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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
WHOLEFAMILY MARRIED.
Father and Daughter Participate in
Double Wedding.

Kansas City, July pa father and
his daughter were contracting parties
in a double wedding solemnized last
evening at the home of James A Good
in on Lafayette avenue, in Kansas
City, Kas. The contracting parties
were James A. GOodin and Bessie Sid
ney, bessie L. Minor and Mary A.
GOOdin.
The first groom is the father of the
second bride He called at the probate
judges office yesterday afternoon and
secured a license for himself and one
for his daughter, who is only 16 years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
BICYCLE BENEFIT CONCERT
MarshalPs Band Will Give Concert
Next Friday Night

MarshalTs band will give a CONCERT next
peka wheelmen who have constructed a
bicycle track. at Garfield park 49,,
The track is now about completed and
will be opened with a blue ribbon race
ne vi eelmen are to have the proceeds
of all tickets to the concert which they
club will canvass the city and make an
effort 20 secure good results from the sale
Of tifkefS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
KILLED HIS UNCLE.
Murder Follows a Spree of Two Lin
coin, Kan, Men.

Lincoln Center, Kan, July 23.-Mike
Healy and Mike Barrett, both farmers,
were in town yesterday afternoon and,
after drinking, quarreled. Late in the
evening, Barrett followed Healy to his
home, two miles from town, where they
fought, and Healy stabbed Barrett,
killing him instantly. Healy came to
town and COVE himself up a coroner 5
jury held Healy for murder and his
preliminary trial is set for next Tues-
day. Healy is Barrett's uncle. Barrett
left wife and a young child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
$4,000 FROM SPAIN.
Checks From Madrid Sent to the Cap
tain of Cervera's Flagship.

Norfolk. Va. July 23.-Captain Concas of
the Maria Teresa, now prisoner at the
naval hospital here. where. he is suffer
tie morning his ship, with the other Span
ish vessels, made the dash, out of Santi-
AGO harbor. today received a check for
S4Oe0 from Madrid. 1t came through a
Brazilian bank to the war department,
which promptly forwarded it here
An Of the wounded Americans and Span
iards a; the hospital seem to be doing
vel and TO deaths have been reported
since Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Franklin County Failure.

&, Cramer, the PaOIa millers, took pos
session of the stock of general merch-
andise of c. r. Wheeler of Parker, on
a claim of $3.50. Mr.. Wheeler vOluntar-
ily turned his stock over, as he declared
he could not pay out. Other claims,
amounting in the aggregate to the full
value of the stock, will be presented
Difficulty in making collections is as
signed as the cause of the failure. Par
ker is just over the line in Franklin
county and in the midst of a splendid
AGRICULTURAL country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
FIGHT OVER TICKETS.
Atchison Railroad Ticket Agents
Have a Merry Time.

Atchison, July 2S.-The war among the
Atchison ticket agents is not being ex-
tensively advertised but it is red hot
all the same. 1t is related that Ed. Nc
sold a woman a ticket to Chicago for
SO, the regular price being $3.50.
VIII Bryning, the Burlington man,
went to her, and bought the ticket, Civ
ing her a ticket to Chicago over the
Burlington, and a dollar in money. She
also gave him an affidavit stating that
she had purchased the ticket for SO, ac-
cording to the story. Under the agree
ment of the railroads, the Rock Island
will be compelled to redeem the ticket
at So so
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
MOVES TO SALIVA.
Carriage Company of Des Moines Con-
solidates Branch Houses.

Salna, July 23-The Kratzer Carriage
company will locate in Salina. D. n.
kratzer, the resident manager, is here,
and the first car load of goods is expected
tomorrow
The, company at present operates
branches in Mcpherson, Concordia and
Wilson, all of which will be discontinued
and Salina will be the headquarters and
distributing. point in Kansas. The com
panys plant is located in Des Moines, Ia
and has a capacity of 1000 Vehicles per
annum; 1t is expected that the output
from this local station will be fully 1900
carriages per annum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
ANXIOUS KANSAS GIRL.
She Sends War Department Message
for Two Volunteers.

Washington, July 23.-An anxious
member of the gentIer sex out in Kan
sas teIegraphed the war department re-
Gently asking if Pony Lee and Jim
Langley has been killed at Santiago.
Their names were not among the list of
the dead and a message containing this
pleasing information was sent to the
inquirer
Yesterday another telegram was re-
ceived from the same person by Secre-
tary Alger. 1t read:
please look up Pony Lee and Jim
Langley at Santiago and tell them to
write right away"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Nutuood Stakes.

Dubuque, Ia. July 23.-The Nutwood
Driving club has added six additional
stakes to the IA already filed for the
meeting in this city August 22-27, as
follows: 2:35 trot; 2:20 trot; 2:35 pace
81, 500 each; free or-all trot and free-fOr-
ali pace 81, 500 each, making a total of
20 stakes with purses aggregating $31,-
600. A contract has been made with
John Hussey to manage NutwOod Park
after this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Rucklen,s Arnica salve.

The best sa1ve IN the world for cuts.
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapDed hands, Shllb!ains.
~ cures piles, or no pay required 1t is
Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded Price % cents per box
For sale by Swift & Holiday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Ottawa Baseball.

Ottawa, July, 23.-The organization of
the Ottawa Base Ball association has been
completed by the election of the following
officers: President Charles EsterIy;
J. r. Boardman: treasurer. DR. R. A
Wassson; team manager,C E Elweu- The
above named officers are to constitute a
hoard of directors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Star Pointer Failed.

Detroit, Mich, July 23.-The feature of
the racing at Crosse Point track yester-
day vas Star Pointers attempt to lower
self. Although the big horse failed to
accomplish this. his time of 2:Ol1A is con-
Sldered remarkably good for this early in
the season The track was in prime con
diilon for speeding. but the weather was
rather cool for fast going. Pointers time
by quarters was BOZ. 1:O1H 1:32, 2:OlIb
This broke the track record Of 2:O2, made
/ by Robert J.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
MRS. CHAMBERLAIN'S GIFT
Sends S25 for Volunteer Soldiers Re
lief Society.

Danvers, Mass, July 23.-NIrs. Mary
Crowninshield Endicott Chamberlain, wife
of Joseph Chamberlain of Birmingham,
England, has given SIS to the fund of the
Volunteer Aid association.
In a letter to her mother, Mrs. William
c. Endicott, she says she wishes to be
identified with the aid of the American
soldiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
ALIVE AND WE'LL.
Lieut. Bridges, Reported Killed, is
Heard From.

St. Louis, July 23.-Lieutenant Charles
II. Bridges of company H, Twenty-second
United States infantry, who was reported
killed at Santiago, is alive. His mother,
Mrs. Judge Prentiss D. Cheney of Jer-
SEVILLE, Ill, has received a letter from
the young officer written on the field Of
battle. It is dated July ;, near Santi-
ago. and says he is we'll and in command
of his, company, the captain having been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Low Rate to Saratoga and Return

If you are going east, buy ticket to
Saratoga on July 81, August 1. 2 J, or
5. and obtain benefit of low return
rates. Ask agent Santa Fe depot how
1T may be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Little minook OUTPUT.

San Francisco, July pa letter from
Rampant City in the Little MinOok dis
trict in Alaska, places the output of
nine claims for the season at Sis, 900.
The steamer Kalamazoo is reported to
have been lost in Thirty mile
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23
Troubles Of q
Pastors Wife

THIS sOona,t zqzs peculiarly ated physicians e0sLd
nothing to reIleOe her, yet she cured IN simple
cray. She sends message to suffering humanity
zOllach should be Hel6tzL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23

The finest in tire west Come and try
Ct. J. W. PHILLIPS.
612 West Eighth st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-23

Band concert, Garfield park, tomor
row.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05
WOOdfOrd Not to Return.

Washington, D. C.,-Following
the custom in the case of minister
who has been obliged to leave hi.
post by thu outbreak of hostilities,
Stewart l.. Woodford has filed his
resignation as minister to Spain.
1t is believed that 1T will b, six
months before the United States has
occasion to send a minister to Ma
drid again, and if Mr.. Woodford's
resignation remaius 30 long nnacted
upon his status will be merely nor
NAL for. under the law, his salary
ceased after the expiration of sixty
days from the date he left his post
with the addition of a sufficient
period of time to enable him to re-
furn to the United States.
1t might have been possible for
General Woodford to have returned
to Madrid in the capacity of United
States minister, but this could only
have been the case had the Spanish
government seen fl to Lake re-
quest to that effect. Otherwise, it
Is customary for polite reasons, to
send new minister to avoid the re-
vival of bitter feelings and to restore
harmonic relations between the two
governments, lately at war.
Should the United States govern
ment. in disregard Of this conven-
tional usage, persist in returning
General Woodiord to Madrid, it
would find itself in the position of
being obliged to receive Senor Ber-
nabe, late Spanish minister to Wash
ington, whose course in establishing
a system of espionage in Canads
during the war, rendered him in
some degree unpopular in the
United States. X. g. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

man, is as TO the way you are going
to vote. Are you siding with the
commercial class, or are you not
Nr. Stanley is an excellent represer-
tative of that commercial class, and
Governor Leedy is as good repre-
sentative of those who are opposed to
commercialism. Against which name
will you make the X on the ballot
this fall?
SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL.
Your action really means more
than a protection of your own inter
ests purely. They are bound up
with those of other citizens of the
republic and your vote will count
one way or the other. Let us get at
q fundamental principle. A govern
ment points ultimately t. a democ-
racy or to an aristocracy. We are
reaching toward the former, but the
Republican party is not wanting I.
drift that way. Look at the great
reforms in history. They have all
been fought out for greater freedom.
Religious and political freedom have
been battled for-now, our fight is
for industrial freedom. That is the
labor question, the so ,ial problem.
Do you want the advantages that
come from a democracy in religion
and in politics to be added to econo-
mics. With those three all attained
we shall have government such as
we had hoped for, free from the taint
of commercialism. Without indust-
rial freedom there can be no true
freedom, and opposed to it is the
commercial class, the class desiring
an aristocracy in industry. Their
party is the Republican party, the
one that proclaims government to be
a machine to rule people; yours is
the other side, the party that under
stands government to be ap associa-
tion OF individuals for their mutual
welfare and advancement.
Remember this when you go to the
polls.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05
A WORD WITH WORKING.
MEN

Mr.. Workingman, how are you
going to vote this fall? This is the
question How are you going to
vote this fall? What are you going
to do for yourself and your family?
If you intend to vote for results
you have your choice of two tickets
in this state at the coming election:
either you will vote the ticket head
ed by w. Eugene Staley for Govern
or or the one headed by John w.
Leedy. 1t is worth while consider.
ing this thing little. Let US con-
slider it.
THE woRKINGMAN's STANDPOINT.
What standpoint should the work
man take in regard to his voter Do
you remember what Wendell Phillips
said? His advice is worth quoting
again:
My advice to workingmen is this:
If you want power in this country :;
If you do not want your children to
wait long years before they have the
bread on the table they ought to have
the leisure in their lives they ought
to have, the opportunities in life they
ought to have; ifyou don't want to
wait yourselves, write on your banner
so that every political trimmer can
read it, so that every politician, no
matter how short-sighted he may be,
can read it. Eve never forgetl If
you launch the arrow of sarcasm at
labor, we never forget; il there is q
division in Congress, and you throw
your vote in the wrong scale, we
never forget! You may go down on
your knees and say, / am sorry
did the act, and we will say, 1t will
avail you in heaven, but on this side
of the grave, neverl" So that a
man, in taking up the labor ques-
ton, will know he is dealing with q
hair-trigger pistol, and will say, 'eI
am to be true to justice and to man !;
otherwise | am a dead duck"
Ex-President Benjamin Harrison
and others have decried the lack of
union between labor and capital,
and they have said that the interests
of the two are identical. Nice
sounding paragraphs can come out
of this phrase, but the fact remains
that there is continual conflict te-
tween capital and labor. There
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

the new banking law were offered
Mi Of the people now agree that it
was a good thing to enact legisla-
tion which would permit cities to
obtain and operate gas and electri,
light plants as we'll as water works.
The law requiring trial by jury in
case of contempt of court is univer-
sally conceded to be a just one.
Hardly a county in the state can be
found in which the people d. not
testify of the value of the county
salary bill. 1t has reduced the ex-
pense Of local government material
ly In almost every county in the
state. The state treasurer's books
show beyond any question that the
grain inspection law was valuable
piece of legislation. 1t not only
saves the profit derived from the
fees received to the state, but it
places the authority to inspect in
the hands of the state itself and
takes it away from the board of
trade, which have previously hand
led 1t IN their own interest and to
the detriment of the producers. All
of these laws have resulted in great
good to the state and the election
of Populist legislature this winter
will result in a continuation of
these efforts In the interest of the
people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

on the same plant. Ferti ization can
then take place only when the pollen
comes from separate plant that is
from plant arising from a separate
seed. All our varities of orchard and
small fruits are reproduced by cut
tings, gratis, buds, layers or other
similar methods and not from seed,
hence are merely one plant cut into
great many parts. Therefore in self
sterile varities (such as Bartlett pears.
the Brighton, Merrimac and Wilder
grapes) the pollen must be obtained
from another variety. Isolated plants
or large orchards of a single variety
may fail TO set fruit from this cause.
To prevent such failures mix the
varities. The quickest way to reme-
dy cases which have reached maturity
is to top graft another variety upon
them in sufficient quantity, (The
Seckel and Kieffer pears and the Con-
cord, Niagara, Agawam and Green
Mountain grapes are self fertile.)
a. An insufficient supply of bees
will hinder the setting of fruit.
While other insects may take part in
the carrying of pollen, the fruit raiser
must rely chiefly uyon honey bees.
Experience shows that though hungry
bees may fly two or three miles.
Hives should be within half a mile
of the orchard or small fruit patch:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

The Republicans have pretended for
a generation that they were the only
friends of the veteran of the Civil war.
In Kansas this year they have but
one old soldier on their ticket, while
the Populists have nominated two old
soldiers and one soldier who is now in
the field. In addition to this at least
one half dozen other soldiers now in
the service have been nominated on
Populist local tickets and in almost
every county the number of o'd sold
iers on the Populist tickets great y out
number those nominated by the Re-
publicans.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

The republican story that the
populist Legislature defeated bill
providing for the initiative and ref
erendum is still golpg around.
There is hardly a republican editor
who uses this stuff who does not
know that the statement is untru @
IN every respect. The fact is that
the only way that the initiative and
referendum can become available to
the state of Kansas is by the adop-
tion Of a constitutional amendment,
which amendment can be submitted
only by the adoption of joint reso.
luton by the legislature, which RESP
luton must have been voted for by
two-thirds of the members of each
house. This two-third's 3 vote was
secured In the last Senate but In the
house the populists lacked eight votes
of having the requisite number.
The records show that this joint reso-
luton failed to receive the necess 4ry
votes in the house and that il lacked
exactly eight votes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

Not a single republican paper has
attacked any portion of the excel
lent laws passed by the last popu-
list legislature. A running fight
was kept up for several months
against the text book law, but after
one year of its operation no one has
any thing whatever to say against
it. The same condition is true with
reference to the stock yards law.
Not single republican paper has
charged that the reduction in rates
was unreasonable and no one has
alleged that the reductions should
not have been made. There never
was time when any criticisms on
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

1t is impossible for Congressma n
Botkin to comply with all of the re-
quests for speeches at reunions and
old soldier gatherings. This condit-
ion is due to the fact that the veterans
of the Civil War realize that they
have an energetic friend in Botkin and
they appreciate his untiring effort in
their behalf.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

Aside from the Topeka D.mo
crat and one or two other papers OF
the same class, there are no Demo.
crat papers in Kansas which are not
supporting the state ticket nominal.
ed by the Democrat State Conven.
ton. All of these papers take the
position that if Governor Leedy and
his associates were worthy of Dem
ocratic support in 1896 that they
are entitled to 1t again, considering
the splendid record which has been
made in every department.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05
Some Reasons Why Fruit Does
Not SET

Kansas Ex pertinent Station, Manhattan Kansas.
In order that fruit shall set it is
necessary that the flowers be fertiliz-
ed. Fertilization is the union of the
pollen with the ovules, which are the
small bodies that develope into seeds.
Fertilization is essentially the same
IN plants and animals. A perfect
flower consists of stamens, which pro-
duce the pollen, and pistiis. which
contain the. .ovules. In some flowers,
however, the stamens and pistls may
be produced in separate flowers on
the same plant, as the corn; or even
on different plants, as the willows and
cottonwood.
When the pistils are fetilized by
pollen for the same flowers, the
flowers are said to be self-fertilized.
This can happen only in perfect
flowers. Self-fertiliztion usually takes
place in wheat and other cereals and
In some other plants. However.
most plants, especially those having
snowy flowers, are not ferlilized by
the pollen from the same flower, but
from different flower; that is they
are cross-fertilized. Tie reason for
this has been proven exp0rimentally
to be that cross fertilization usually
produces harder progeny than self
fertilization. Ut should be borne in
mind that these remerks do not neces-
sarily apply to hybridization, in which
the pistil is fertilized by pollen from
a different species.) In cross-fertili-
zation the pollen may be transferred
from one flower to another by the wind
or by insects. In our common edible
fruits the pollen is carried by inse cts.
AS a rule such plants have flowers
which secrete nectar, and the in,
sects visit the flowers for the nectar ac-
cidentally carrying the pollen upon
their bodies. Bees, especially honey
bees, are the most important insects
in this respect
There are four importand reasons
why fruit may fail to set:
1. The pollen may be insufficient
in quantity. This applies particular.
ly to the strawberry. Many of our
cultivated varieties, the so-called pis.
tilliate sorts, produce only a small
amount of pollen, not enough for
complete fertilization {such as Bubach,
Warfield, CrescenD. A failure from
this cause may be easily prevented
by painting pollen producing varie-
lies The so.called staminate sorts)
along side the others (such as Capt.
Jack, Parker Earl, Grandy).
2. Insects may be prevented from
visiting the flowers during the recep-
tive period. If bees are kept from
fruit blossoms by netting CT other arti-
fetal means, the amount OF fruit set
is little or none 1t not infrequently
happens that inclement wet weather
prevents or hinders the flying of bees
during the period when the flowers
are receptive. A fruit tree half of
which was subjected 10 continuous
spray of water during the Towering
period, produced no fruit upon the
sprayed portion, but an abundance
upon the other A failure due to the
abcva mentioned cause cannot well
be prevented, but may be modified
having bees near at hand to utilize
the short favorable periods which do
occur.
3. In some varieties of fruits the
flowers are self-sterile and refuse to
take pollen even from another flower
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

There is hardly county in Kan
sas that the Republicans have not
made overtures to the Democrats and
offered them places on local tickets
ii they would endorse the remainder
of the ticket. It should be said to
the credit of the Democratic party of
Kansas that with but one exception
these offers have been uniformly re-
fused. In view of the fact however
that these offers are continually be-
ing made by the Republicans it would
seem that the time should come some
time when they would stop talking
about fusion being a sacrifice of prin-
ciple.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

Around the Navy department there
is talk of reviving the Office of vice ad-
miral and appointing Dewey to the
place.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

AT Manila last week Aguinaldo's
army numbering $4,000 gave public
parade and then evacuated the sub
urbs in accordance with the request
of General Otis.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.

The Republicans of Connecticut
have demanded the retirement of
greenbacks.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-10-05

The American occupation of Ha-
wanna is reality. Our flag flies
over the U. s. Commission House.