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Stikeen River journal., 1898-06-04
EDITORIAL.
Northern Light, June 1899.

WITH this issue ends the first series
of The NORTHERN LIGHT. For live
Years past this paper has been pub
lishcd four times II yea. as IA quarterly
exponent of the work of Presbyterian
missions in Alaska,' for the informa-
ton of Christian Endcavor Societies
and other contributors to the support
of the work The paper has not been
intended to solicit funds so much as To
acknowledge them and to show what is
being done by those who are supported
by missionary contributions for \ laska.
TUE NORTHERN LIGHT has been
conducted wholly as Il personal venture,
the editor alone being responsible for
both the financial and literary manage
mcnt of the paper. While ii has not
been AN official organ OF the Alaska
l'rcsbytcly or of the Board of Home
Missions. yet it has been the habit of
the paper to represent all the work OF
the Presbyterian church in Alaska us
fully and imparlaly as possible. Con-
tributions have been made 10 its col
nmns by workers at all the mission
stations and it has always been evident
that he paper has not been published
in the interest OF any one particular
| llt'l'l vi lllNliN itVul.
y very gratifying degree of success
has attended this publication from the
beginning. As il WAS intended To do,
/ il seems to ''mcet II felt want. and
HE demand has continued from Year to
year. The EXPENSES have not been
great and have been very well met by
the funds secured from subscribers and
advertisers. For lack Of time. not
much effort has been made 10 increase
the circulation OF on income from, the
| paper. The regular readers are en-
/ pectcd to relieve the missionary editor
of such work. rs the aim is simply ia
do good and help ON the cause Of mis-
siou@ in this neglected land, not 10 de
/ rive any personal gain. it is ri@ht 10
look To the friends of this work
- help in circulating int~lli-
@enrr of il and in bearing the financial
responsibility. such aid IS confident
~ hoped tur i'll the future Us in the past.
From thi- time onward. il Is planned
To have The North star. Of ~itka. unit
Cd with The NORTHERN IlalIT and
issued undcr The latter name from this
Office once in TWO months, six tunes II
year. The price Of the two papers
separately has been - cruts: for the
two combined. i, will he 30 cents. for
single copies 10 separate addresses. and
Nl.1u. for ten copir. 10 one address. DR..
i. Is. Wilbur. editor of the North star,
Key. N. y. Met Iceland and others will
he associate editor, of The NORTHERN
LIGHT hereafter. Improvement in he
paper may we'll br expected. The first
ISSUE Of the ncW series will be due the
first OF August. Subscribe HOW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
RAILROAD NEWS.
New Railroad Mems Federation
Is Promised
BY Engineers AlIying Them
selves With Firemen.
ANTI-SCALPING BILL
Will BE Braced Up by a Meeting
of officers.
ANTI-SCALPING BILL
Pullman Replevins Sleepers
From the Maple Leaf.

Members Of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen and Engineers all
over the country are discussing a pro-
posed change in the constitution Of the
hremen's organization whereby en-
gineers are to be made eligible to
membership, a change which may be
made at the convention in Toronto. It
is said that If the amendment carries
the name of the organization will be
changed to the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Enginemen, so as to include
both classes of members.
w hlIe the direct effect of the change
would be to strengthen the firemen's
order through large increase in men,
bershIp, the real object of the move
ment is to bring the locomotive en-
gineerS as a body one step closer TO
federation, which has been a pet theory
with the leaders of railroad labor or
CARNATIONS more than a dozen years.
Through the influence Of Grand
Chief ?. NJ. Arthur the engineers have
refrained from joining the federation,
leaving the fremen, brakemen, switch
men and conductors without the SUD-
port OF the engineers in the event of
trouble, except in case the engineers
up this weak spot that the movement
to admit engineers to the firemen'S or
der was 1naugurated.
Up to a few years ago the conduc-
tors held alOOf from the federation but
a new order was instituted and finally
the anti-strike clause was eliminated
from the bylaws of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors, and the two conduc-
tors organizations were merged into
one, which became a member of the
federation.
It is said that there has been dis
satisfaction among the engineers, espec-
tally those in the west and south, over
the refusal of the powers that be to
permit the order to go into the f 1era-
ton. 1t is the expectation of the lead
ers of the movement in the firemen's
order that the disaffected element
among the engineers will join the fire
men as soon as the way is opened to
them and that in this way the engineers
finally will be forced to federate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
ALL IN ONE.
The Merchants Federation and
Commercial Club
Are Soon to Be Made Into One
Organization.
FIX PRELTMINARIES
A Session of the Two Bodies
Held Last Night
And Arrangements Completed
For Union.

The Merchants Federation consisting
of 80 Of the business men of Topeka
will soon become a part of the CONNER
cial club and lose it's identity as a
separate organization. This was prac-
tically decided at a meeting of a COM
mittee from the Merchants Federation
with the board of directors of the Com
mercial club at the Commercial club
rooms last evening.
r. S. Brigham, w. H. Davis c. P.
Adams, Otto Kuehne and T. J. Ander-
son represented the Commercial club
and T. M Forbes, Frank Newland, A.
E. Hickerson, Hugh LAWYER, J. B. Bill
lard and W. T. Weber the Merchants
Federation. Vice President r. S. Brig
ham presided over the meeting.
The point of contention between the
two organizations and one that threat
ened at first to defeat amalgamation
was the rating book system. The
Federation's plan was to run in con-
junction with their work a collection
agency or credit rating bureau. This
the members of the Commercial club
strongly objected to.
Frank Newland explained that the
Federation had for months been work
ing on a list of the names of probab bly,
1000 people that were good and bad
customers" giving each mans financial
rating for the benefit of the merchants.
They felt that it was a good thing and
nateQ 10 TelnQulSn II. But Oh the QUIET
hand the majority of the members de-
sired to unite with the Commercial club.
After much discussion w. H. Davis,
on the part of the Commercial club,
suggested this solution:
That the Merchants Federation drop
their rating bureau" and agree to
bring to the Commercial club at least
25 members and the Commercial club
would waive the IS initiation fee and
make them members.
This was agreed to and the matter
will be reported to each organization at
their next meeting, each of which will
be held in the second week in October
In the preliminary discussion the mem
bers spoke earnestly.
Secretary Weber stated that there
were about 80 members Of the Mer-
chants Federation and about so could
be brought into the Commercial club.
1.-THE dues of the Merchants Fedora
ton are so cents per month" explained
Mr.. NeWiand land our people desire
to know if we bring in to your club 100
members if your dues, which are a dol
lar per month cannot be lowered to 80
cents"
Secretary Anderson stated that the
Commercial club consisted of 140 mem
bers and that the expenses were about
$145 per month.
Mr.. Brigham stated that he thought
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
have been filed:
beth H. Young, $3.50. lots 3O2, 304, 306,
3OS, Morris avenue, West Park addition.
B. w. Carter and wife to Mary E.
Stewart, S35, lot 622, block 5, Lane
street, Martin & Dennis addition:
VIM. Green and wife to Anna Minis
5000, pit. n. W. Il 35-11-13.
s. Flower and wife to Benz. F. Reh-
field, 81. 500, s. e. Il of n. e. Il 36-12-13.
S. A. Scott and wife to Oscar F. Cod
dington, $50, lots and s. II Ella ave-
nue., Pleasant View ADDITION Ltit o,,ts
Slower, $1OO, lot 1916 Eighth avenue
G. w. Angle ct al, by Cook to J.
Thomas, tr., $500, lot 1872 Tyler street.
G. w Angle ct al, by Cook &c 5r to J.;
Thomas, tr, $500, lots 410-1S-zO topeka
avenue, Curtis addition.
NJ S. Evans ct al. by Cook to Ed Ed
ward Atkinson, $3.50. lots 154-156, $. 2z5s
feet, 1873 Quincy street, Fairchild's ad-
ditiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
TO RAISE THE DEAD.
Chicago Meeting Will Brace Up Anti
Scalping Bill

The national anti-scalping bill, now
repOsing peacefully in both houses of
cagO October 5. On that date the Ma
tOna1 Association of Merchants and
Travellers is to have a mass meeting
in Chicago to be followed by a big
banquet. 1t is proposed to make of
this banquet a hearty Endorsement of
the bill now in congress. The PROPOSE
ton comes from the officials of the Ma
ttOna1 Association of Merchants and
Travellers, a number of whom were in
conference yesterday with representa-
tive railroad men regarding it. The
executive committees of the Western
and Central Passenger Associations
will be invited to be present at the
banquet, and also the chairnen OF all
the passenger organizations in the
United States. 1t is hoped that the en-
thusiasm aroused will be sufficient to
send every participant away a hard
worker for the proposed law.
This meeting and the campaign Of
education carried on during the sum-
mer undoubtedly will have a good effect
for the bill. Eastern lines have uni
fOrnly refused to grant low excursion
rates during the summer unless i'm
munity from ticket brokerage was
guaranteed on the part of cities desir-
ing the rates. The proposition to with
hold rates for the peace jubilee here in
October is in line with the procedure
followed for nearly a year. AS a result
the necessity of an anti-scalping law
mas been brought nome directly TO the
people and the cause has won many
advocates.
Western lines and the Transatlantic
steamship companies have entered into
a new agreement to govern immigrant
traffic. This was the result of the meet
ing of Chicago officials and eastern
steamship agents in New York last
week. The Canadian Pacific, which
was expelled from the immigrant agree
ment when the transcontinental rate
war broke out, was not present at the
sessions, but it is believed that it will
join with it's competitors again. now
that the rate war is settled. Strong
efforts to secure the attendance of
Traffic Manager McNico1 upon the
New York meetings were made, but
that gentleman was unable to attend.
It is expected that he will meet with
the western men some time this week
either in this city or in New York
Many kilograms were received from
him, and the tenor of all indicated that
the Canadian Pacific desires to be
perfectly fair in it's endeavors to
straighten out the transcontinenta1
passenger rate tangle. Western men
while in New York also agreed to re-
turn to the payment Of normal COM
missions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
1T DID NOT PAY.
The Spectacular Show for the Benefit
of the Floral Feature.

The Spectacular Show for the Benefit
of the Floral Feature.
A larger audience witnessed the per-
Torrance of the Sea Queen" at the
Grand Opera house Wednesday evening
but the Floral committee has made no
money out Of the venture and Mrs.
Meredith thinks that the expenses will
exceed the receipts. About the only
items of expense were the rent of the
house and the special scenery but the
support given will scarcely cover these
items. Mrs. Meredith worked untiring-
ly without pay hoping by means of the
entertainment to raise money enough
to place another float in the floral pa
rade.
One Of the best features of the en-
tertainment was the speciality of Miss
Rose Cohn. She has more than or
binary talent and was heartily encored
after her song in the second act. She
deserves encouragement Probably one
reason that the entertainment did not
pay is that there have been too many
spectacular shows by home talent dur
ing the past year, Topeka will scarcely
turn out for such an entertainment for
a year or two at least. 1t has been
overdOne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
TOO MANY GENERALS.
The President About to Begin Mus
tering Them Out.

Washington. Sept. 22.-The president is
now considering the subject of mastering
out a number of general and staff officers
of the volunteer army proportionate to
the one hundred thousand volunteers or
dered mustered out The lists of officers
in the volunteer service have been pre-
pared and carefully gone over by the pres
ident and war department officials. Many
officers, both general and staff, have re-
signed, which tends to simplify the mus
tering out, as there is no desire to retain
officers who do not care to serve longer.
The president is considering also the
matter of six or seven promotions that are
to be made for gallant and efficient ser
vices in the Santiago and Porto Rican
campaigns. These promotions will be an
nounced in few days. It is probable;
however, that they will be honorary. and
the officers receiving them will be likely
to be mustered out very soon after the
promotions are made.
In mastering out general and STAFF Off
GERS some of the regular army officers
who have been promoted in the volun-
teer service will be mustered out as vol
unteers, and returned to their regiments
and former rank. Most of those to be
mustered, however, will be from the num-
Der appointed from civil life, as the regu-
lar army officers will be needed in the
garrison duty yet to be done by the troops.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The fall styles in mems derby hats run
to a brown with narrow rim 49,
The State PhotogIT aI} I M a9gGGel9t'oh
Mrs Hopkins, wife of Jailor Al hop
Ixins is seriously i'll with heart Touple-
The analysis of the city water mas not
vet been completed and the taste mas not
improved.
sheriff Cook is learning to ride a bicycle
and he says he will not give 1t up uhIess
he gets killed.
Rev. Canon Bywater will deliver an ad7
dress on Confirmation at the episcopal
church of the Good Shepherd in North
Topeka tonight.
The Republican F1ambeau club has de-
cided to turn out during Reunion ana + es-
tival week to act as escort for dlstln-
guished visitors.
Merrill Otery. a co1ored man, has been
sentenced to three years IN the penn enlteeIn7
tiary for stealing some clothing from the
house of John Sawyer.
People who saw the Kansas City-1nd1an-
apolis base ball game W,ednesday a IIb e.
ciated the tact tnat LopeAl H'oi d ing NY
The final meeting to decide what is to
be done with the recelptS OF the SLIoc tlfs
and Butchers picnic Will pc helo TINS
evening at WeberS hall.
Pitcher Foreman of the Indianapolis
club is evidently contemplating gong on
the vaudeville stage this winter. ms an
tics were the life OF yesterday game
One of the electric cars ran off OF the
track with large crowd aboard coming
from the ball game yesterday. II Iook
fifteen minutes to get it on the track
again.
A large number of people. from small
towns near Topeka are anxious LOT the
Karnival knights to run an excursion 70
Omaha. They would take advantage oA
the reduced rate.
A crippled colored man had an epileptic
fit while near the ball ground yesterday
DO and after several violent spasms he
gradually recovered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
FREED FROM STAFFLEBACK
Wife of Prisoner Serving Life SEN
tence Given Divorce.

Joplin, Mo, Sept. 22.-Cora Staff1e-
back, who married into the notorious
Staff1eback family, obtained a divorce
from her husband, George StafHeback,
who is serving a life sentence in the
Kansas penitentiary for murder.
When a pretty country girl, seven
years ago, she married George the
youngest of the Staf1eback boys, and
lived as his wife until his arrest for the
murder of Frank Galbreath at GaIena,
Kan, a year ago. She was one of the
states principal witnesses, and told how
the Staff1eback family had murdered
and robbed a number of people and
threw their bodies into old mining
shafts, which are so numerous at Ga
lena and Joplin.
The excitement at the time of the
Staff1eback trial and the search for the
bodies was intense, and came near
causing the lynching of the entire fam
lily Old Mrs. Staffleback, her sons and
her last husband are now serving life
flicting capital punishment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

it would be impolitic to introduce the
rating feature even as an adjunct and
that it would be detrimental to the in
terest of the club. Also that it would
be poor policy to reduce the dues.
Mr.. Newland thought that it would be
a good idea to reduce the dues if by so
doing the. club could increase their
membership. Attention was called to
the fact that January 1st the dues had
been lowered and since then the mem
bership had materially increased. Mr..
Brigham suggested that while a part
of this was due to the lowering Of the
dues much was due to the hustlinS
qualities of Major Anderson.
J. B. Billiard, who is member of both
organizations, thought that the rating
feature should be no objection. Those
who desired could take the rating
book" and those who were not inter
ested in this feature would not be re-
Quired to identify themselves with it.
President Newland said a feature
they desired mostly was to make men
pay their debts who could, or cause
them to lose their jobs. He said the
greatest trouble they had was with the
Santa Fe road. The merchants had so
far failed to get this road to make
their men pay their bills He thought
that with the assistance of the Com
mercial club and the powerful influence
the combined organizations could exert
this matter could be brought about
They would be willing to drop the rat
ing if they could have the prestige OF
the Commercial club.
Otto Kuehne thought that the Com
mercial club would hardly care to take
up the rating feature. That while the
Merchants Federation were deeply in
terested in that idea the Commercial
club was not and should be entirely free
from any such features.
c. P. Adams thought that 1t might be
a good idea to make the rating feature
an adjunct.
Major Anderson thought that the best
plan of all was to increase the member
ship. He felt that if a body of 500 men
in one organization went after anything
they could pretty nearly get it.
It was agreed by all that some social
features would add to the membership
and the interest
Mr. Billiard said for one he would
be willing to abandon the rating book"
if the Commercial club felt that this
feature would be a bar to the amalga-
nation of the organizations. But hoped
that the two clubs could unite on that
basis. Mr. Newland and Mr.. Weber
both endorsed this statement
1t was found on a comparison OF the
rolls of the two organizations that but
u men were members Of both clubs and
the federation committee vouched for
the fact that they could easily bring to
the Commercial club the required p or
even so members.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
FOE GOLD STANDARD.
Washington Republicans Name a
Ticket and Build a Platform.


Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 22.LThe fol-
lowing nominations were made by the
Republican state convention:
For ngressman-at-large- L.
Jones of Yakima and F. w. Cushman
of Tacoma.
For judges of the supreme court
Mark A. Fullerton OF Colfax and T. J.
Anders of Walla WalIa.
The platform contains the following
planks:
1--WE endorse the conduct and admin
1stration of President Mckinley relat-
ing to the measures and events which
led to the war with Spain, the conduct
of the war throughout, and are now
in favor of the retention of all con-
quered territory. We favor the existing
gold standard and oppose the free and
unlimited coinage of silver"
The early completion of the Nicarag-
uan canal, a national system of irriga-
ton and the establishment of postal
savings banks are among the recon-
mendations. The reopening of the
forest reserves is demanded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
PULLMAN CARS REPLEvINED
Rolling Stock Seized in Possession of
the Monon and Maple Leaf

Chicago, Sept pa writ of replevin
for thirteen sleeping cars and fifteen
tourist cars was taken out yesterday
afternoon by the Pullman Palace Car
company against the Chicago Great
Western railroad and the Chicago, In
dianapolis and Louisville Railway COM
pany. The cars were in the yards con-
nected with the Polk street depot. The
Nickerson and Porter who took the
rolling stock into their custody and
left custodians in charge of the cars.
The reason given for the taking out
of the writ is that the railroad COM
panies proposed to take the cars on
southern excursion business while the
Pullman company desired to use them
in the northwest.
The bond accompanying the writ of
repFevin was for $3.50, 900, and was sign
ed by Thomas H. Wickes as vice pres
ident of the Pullman company and
Norman B. Ream as surety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
VISIT OF ROUGH RIDERS.
A delegation Calls on the President
at the White House.

Washington. Sept. 22-President McKin-
ley today informally received a delega-
ton of about a dozen members of the
Roosevelt Rough Rider regiment. A ma
jority of the delegation are from New
Mexico and are en- route home They
were all presented by Delegate Ferguson,
Of that territory, who stated that New
Mexico had furnished four of the captains
and four hundred and forty of the men
constituting the regiment. Each of the
callers was presented individually to the
president, who, after greeting them per-
sonally, talked with them and to them as
a body in an informal manner He spoke
with earnest enthusiasm of the work of
the regiment in the Santiago campaign,
saying he was pleased to have an oppOr-
tunity on his own behalf and on behalf of
the country at large to thank the regi-
ment, through the present delegation, for
the work it had done.
"Our record is one" he said. ''of which
the entire nation is proud. I tell people
who talk with me about the rough riders
that you left the boats in squads Of 20 to
so inquiring the way to Santiago and that
you hardly stopped until you arrived
there
You have not only done we'll" he said,
'but have no doubt you would all be
willing to again serve your country in an
emergency
The response was that they would to a
man
I'VE want our colonel to raise a brigade
instead of a regiment next time" said one
OF the younger members of the party.
The president also congratulated the SOL
diers upon their good fortune in receiving
competent officers to lead them and met
with a hearty response to all that he said
about Colonel Roosevelt and General
Wood and General Young.
The delegation comprised the following
named members of the regiment: Captains
W. H. LleweIIyn, T. Muller, R. G. Day
and NJ. Lun; Lieutenants w. f. DAME, J.
H Carr, Thomas H. Rhinning, F. s. Keys,
- Coleman; Corporals LleweIyn, Fries,
Denny, Caldwell. and Keithley, and Troop
ers Knox Coulton and Wood.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
GAME WAS A FARCE.
Topeka People Pay 1918 for the Priv
ilege of Being Buncoed.

Topeka people hastily deposited $215
in the ticket window at Athletic park
Yesterday afternoon, passed within the
gates emerging two hours later
angry. The game of base ball between
the pennant winning kansas City
Blues and the Indianapolis players, who
were second in the Western league
race, was an exhibition of rare nerve.
1t was a burlesque from start to finish
The umpire, players and followers from
Missouri joined in the comedy of errors
and alleged ball playing. The game
was a. beautiful roast on those who
in a labor of love arranged for the ex-
hibition in Topeka Topeka people were
imposed upon and the day OF exhlol-
ton games between has-beens IS enoeo'
Kid FEARS aggregation, at it's worst,
never equalled the ragged exhibition OF
yesterday.