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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
ALWAYS ASKING.
Gov. Leedy Will No Longer Answer
Newspaper Questions by Wire.

Eastern newspapers which telegraph
to Governor Leedy for his opinion on
any question make a mistake for he
never replies to a telegram of this ma
ture.
Today a St. Louis paper telegraphed
to know what his position would be
on a proposition to make the day upon
which peace is declared a national holt
day.
Governor Leedy read the telegram de-
Hberately and a look of WEAKNESS over
spread his face as he threw the yellow
slip of paper on his desk. Not a word,
not a single word will they get from me
by any such means. 1 have respect for
the newspaper profession and if a news
paper wants an opinion about anything
it will have to send a reporter to me
and that is the only way in which they
will get an answer. These eastern
newspapers can not get my help when
they ignore the reporters. My rule is
an irOn-clad one and 1 do not answer
these kilograms which come to me from
some newspaper or another every day"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
Items Gathered From the County Of
fces-Notes and Personals.

Sheriff Cook, Justice Guy and J. w.
Wise yesterday drew the jury for the
September term of the district court
In it there are eleven Topeka men. One
OF the jurymen is colored- Following
are the names:
From Topeka city-A Thurman, F.
G. Bowen, M. NJ. Hughes, Edward J.
McMullen, Geo. Henry, E. A Miller,
Samuel Irwin B. F. McGifin, J. D.
Page, Geo. Fritten, J. Q. Maze Topeka
township. BrOdersOn, Reece Nannah.
E r. Felt. Auburn township-W. D.
Butner. Dover township. T. Fitz-
gerald. Silver Lake-R. H. Harrington.
Mission township-PhiIlip Christman.
Sheriff Porter s. Cook appointed his
son, Jesse Cook, as assistant county
jailer on August l, but failed to an
nounce the appointment for the public.
The young man is capable. He was a
high school student. The position of
assistant county jailer was made
vacant by the resignation of Frank
Beach. The place of Fletcher Helms
will be left vacant as the sheriff's force
was larger than was needed.
The will of H. c. Peak, who lived in
Oakland, has been sent to Probate
Judge Dolman from Clay Center to be
admitted to probate. Judge DOlman has
taken dispositions in the case and will
appoint Ella Peak, wife of the deceased,
as eXecutriX.
that it is not necessary to put revenue
stamps on Acknowledge of deed or
mortgage. Another clause of the revenue
law is that mortgages shall not be filed
which have not been properly stamped;
Not long go a Topeka man who helped
frame the revenue law filed deed in the
recorders office with the required amount
of revenue stamps on 1t, but they had NOT
been Cancelled with the date and his inl-
tials. This goes to SHOW how trouble IS
made for Mr.. Stevens. The probate judge
has also had considerable trouble in get
ting ministers to afftX revenue stamp
Of ton emit n ma ri o.
R Robinson, the tramp who was yester-
day caught by Chief Strauss in North To-
peka and charge with burglarizing the
residence of John H. Harrington. was to-
daY taken before Justice Guy and his pre-
liminary hearing set for August TO- de
confessed to having burglariZed the house
when questioned by City Jailer Al Hop
kins He got IS cents and some food and
was discovered in the house and fled.
All claims against the z. R. 3. dry
goods store have now been settled. and
the firm has given bond to Marshall Field
& Co. for the release of the goods attach
ed by them.
Mrs. L. 2. Harris. colored. has filed a
suit for divorce in the district court ask
William Harris. The petition states that
they were married at Meridian, Miss, Oc-
tOber Z 1871. She states that on April
p. 1897, her husband felled her to the nOor
since that time she suffers great pain IN
her head from the effects OF It me Petl-
ton states that they have elghU cn1laren
living, of whom six are minors, 66laIIlS
has a grocery at Thirteenth and quincy
streets and Mrs. Harris asked IN her petit
ton that he be restrained from dlsposlng
issued by Judge Dolman, who is acting
for Judge HaZen-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following real estate transfers
have been recorded in the office of the
register of deeds:
c. G. Huntington to Mary A. Gibson,
lots 392-4-6 Harrison street.
w. B. Simpson ct al. to Kelley S E
Higgins, $500, lots 23O-2-4-6-S, Byron av-
enue, Oakley's sub.
W. H. Lambert and wife to Geo. H
COzine, $1,000, lots 4O-2 Holman street,
HOlman's Sub-div.
Jno. Deever ct al. tr, to Lille A Cob
lentz, 81, 500, lots 1857 Tenth street east,
Holidays add
Kelley S. e. to Emily E. Higgins, ST.
lots 230-2-4-6-8 Byron avenue, Oakley
sub.
To J. Thomas. lots 1875 Lawrence
street, 1857 Fillmore street, QuintOn
Heights; 2O4-6 Emmett street, Heery's
1st sub; 1902 Harrison street; 2O4 Wa
bash avenue, J. w. Morris add; pit, NV
or. 5-12-16; 124 North Topeka avenue:
A and E, 5 TT. 40, Monroe street, w
Watts' add.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
RUSHING THE WORK.
Carpenters Busy Night aud Day at
Montauk Point

New York Aug. 6.-The work of get
ting the camp ready for Gen. Skaters
army is being rushed. Brigadier Gen
eral Sam M. B. Young is at Montauk
with Captain J. K. Patton. quarter
master of the volunteers and Chief En-
gineer Smith, of the quartermaster gen
erhPs office, experimenting the work.
1t is expected that much of the camp
will be completed when the first cav
airy arrives from Santiago on Wednes-
day or Thursday next.
An army of carpenters are now at
work on the buildings and the work viii
be carried on day and night as long as
necessary.
The camp will have an extensive cleo
trio light plant and there will be also
teIegraphic and telephone connections.
A corps of postal clerks will arrive in a
day or two, to open a postoffice for the
accommodation of the army. Train
loads of tents, stores, medicines and
provisions are on their way to Mon
tauk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
WE SELL THE GOODS.
Exports Of Manufactures Show an In
crease of $12, 100000.

New York, Aug. "a special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
While the United States expectations
of agricultural products during the
year have been wonderful, surprising
in value those of any preceding year in
the history of the country and thus at
tracing universal attention, the expOr-
tatiOn of manufactures is. when con-
sidered in detail, equally interesting in
its bearing upon the general commerce
and prosperity, both present and future
of the nation.
The expectation of domestic manu-
features in the fiscal year 1898 is set
down by the records of the bureau of
statistics of the treasury department
at S28S,S71, 449, which is nearly S12 900, 900
greater than in any preceding year in
the history of the country. This is es-
pecially interesting, in view of the fact
that the imports of manufactures dur
ing the year were abnormally small. In
addition to this, it is reasonable to sup
pose that the purchases of manufac-
utres by the people of this country in
the prosperous year just ended were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

unusually large, both by reason of the
increased earnings and the further fact
that during several preceding years
their purchases in these lines had, be-
cause of the financial depression, been
light. For these two reasons, the
smallness of impOrtations of manufac-
lures and the probable increased con-
sumption of manufactures by the peO-
pie of this country, it is reasonable to
suppose that the home demand upon
the manufacturers was unusually great
thus reducing to some extent the at
tention which they had formerly been
able to give to an invasion of foreign
markets. In addition to this it has
been feared by some that the increased
custom rates adopted a year ago would
result in a reduction of the purchases
of American goods by citizens of other
nations, but this expectation was not
realized
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Divine healing camp meetings are be-
ing held in the City park
Topeka now has the best ball team
since the days of GOldsby.
The Edison plant keeps one of the
incest looking lawns in Topeka.
Chairman CLANCY of the Republican
county committee is on the sick list.
There is always a good crowd of Ia
dies at the ball games on Friday, ladies
day.
The Twenty-third regiment band
gives a concert every evening at the
camp.
One Topeka man is kept busy sending
baskets of eatables to his wife who is
camping.
The street car track is being repaired
on Kansas avenue between Eighth and
Ninth streets.
The Karnival knights MINISTRIES will
be the largest ever given in Topeka by
local talent.
The delinquent tax list has been pub
lished. It covers about the same space
it did last year.
Rev. z. L. ThOrp will preach tOmor-
row evening at the First Methodist
church on THE Province Of COurtship- -
Kansas avenue from Gordon street
to Garfield park was sprinkled last
evening, much to the comfort of those
who attended the band concert.
The city policemen had their choice
of selecting either soft felt hats or he'll
NETS to be worn while on duty, and
they voted for the helmets.
Justice of the Peace John L. Guy was
thrown down by being struck by a bug
gy Thursday evening, but he is able to
attend to his duties today.
Topeka has 200 more population
than any other city in the state. Kan
sas City, Kas., cannot be reckoned as
an independent city. being only a sub
urb of Kansas City, Mo.
Rags for rag carpets are sewed to-
gether at police station by women pris
Oners- When rags are donated rugs
are made and sold and the money used
for purchasing thread, needles, etc.
Tom Davis and Jesse WeatherIy, two
cOlOred boys, have been sentenced to
the county Jail fourteen days on the
charge of stealing watermelons from a
farmer named John Owens. They ate
all they could, and then cut other mel
ons loose from the vines.
c. K. Holiday, jr., and John F. Nc
Manus were soliciting subscriptions
among the merchants yesterday for
Fall Festival funds. They met with
good success 1t appears that the Kar-
niVa1 Knights are the most active
workers for the Fall Festival In an
other year they will doubtless be in
charge of the whole thing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
EPHRAIM SELLS WILL.
Circus Proprietor Left His Entire Es-
tate to His Widow.

Columbus, o. Aug 6.-Ephraim
Sells, late the head of Sells Bros.
shows, and at the time of his death
representative of Sells Bros interest
in the FOrepaugh-SelIs Bros combina-
ton, leaves his entire estate to his
widow, who is given three months
in which to qualify an executrix. 1t is
estimated that the estate is worth $780,
600. Mr.. Sells directs that if at the
time of his decease he should have any
interest in the -FOrepaugh show,
that interest is not to be disturbed I'M
til the close of the show season, but
when the show goes into winter quar-
ters he wants his interest disposed of
according to the law of Ohio and the
proceeds given to his wife. Mr.. Sells
left two daughters and a son, none of
whom he mentions in the will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
ICE FOR NILES MEN.
Rich New Workers Take an Ice Ma
chine on Their Yacht

yacht May, carrying so tons of supplies
sent by the National Relief commission
to the army in Porto Rico, sailed today.
The May is the property of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Van Rensselaer,, who placed
the yacht at the disposal of the National
Relief commission about a week ago.
room We're. converted into freight rooms
and piled high with boxes of food and
barrels of bacon. The cargo of the May
also includes all kinds of medical supplies
and surgical instruments and ice ma
chine and plant having a capacity of 500
hundred pounds daily, and cold storage
facilities. Those who sailed on the May
We're Mrs. Van Rensselaer, and her
daughter Miss Fell, and National Relief
Commissioners William Potter, Alexander
Van Rensselaer,, L. c. Vanuxem and G.
G. Croft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
TOLD STORIES ABOUT HER.
A Young Man in Jail for Slandering
a Girls Character.

will prevent being a colonel. came to To-
peka last evening. His primary , o6Jeer
Leedy concerning the pardon OF Harry
Webb. who was sentenced to the Lever
county Jail for slandering a young girl by
the name of Hettie Forrey-
lengthy petition was as PT TeSb9b1lteq Ia TO
don and the fight over the matter in
Jewell county has become intense Nearly
everyone in the county IS on one SIDE or
the other of the question
Mr.. Turner visited Governor Leedy to
protest against the granting of the par
don. and after he left the executive office
Governor Leedy announced that Webb Will
not be pardoned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
sTH ILLINOIS FOR CUBA.
Colored Troops Leave Springfield To-
morrow.

Springfield, Ill, Aug. 6.--The Eighth
Illinois volunteer infantry (cOlored) will
probabl leave tomorrow for New York,
where it will be transported by steamer
Yale direct to Santiago, Cuba. Cover
nor Tanner received a dispatch from
H. c. COrbin, adjutant general today,
directing that the Eighah leave in time
to take the Yale on Tuesday next.
The quartermaster general has wired
the quartermaster in Chicago instruc-
lions as to railway transportation. The
adjutant general states that the main
trouble with the American troops now
in Cuba is that they are suffering from
exhaustion and exposure incident to one
of the most trying campaigns to which
soldiers ever have been subjected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
LOCAL MENTION.

The Merchants Federation will meet
Monday evening at Weber's hall for the
purpose of discussing the premium
stamp question.
The stock of w A. L. Thompson
Hardware cOmpanyis being transferred
four doors north. This store room has
been extended back to the alley and is
opposite the new wholesale building be
ing erected.
J. W. Ferguson & Co, the real estate
agent have purchased the tract of
ground lying between 18th and 8th SITS.
and between West and Horne SITS, and
are laying it out in lots, the location
is very desirable, only one block from
car line and paved streets, they will be
placed on the market about Sept. LIST.
Cheap for cash or on monthly payments.
Rev D. D. Boyle last evening closed
series of revival meetings which have
been conducted at the Third Christian
church for the past four weeks. There
were "A confessions of faith at the
meeting last evening. A reception was
held for Mr.. Boyle and the converts.
The pastor of the church, Rev. F. E.
Mallory, is now i'll with malarial fever.
Rev. Mr.. Boyle goes today to Holt, Mo-
to conduct a revival in company with
V. E. RidenOur, singing evangelist.
Gas stoves at cost at Prescott & Co.'S,
118 West Eighth street
1900,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
TO FIGHT ALGER.
Col Roosevelt is Preparing for War
With the Secretary.

Washington, Aug. Cool Theodore
Roosevelt's friends say that he will
take up the gauntlet thrown down by
Secretary Alger, and that. as soon as
he is notified of the facts, he will make
charges of mismanagement and ineffi-
cheney in the Santiago campaign, and
then demand a court martial
This will enable him, it is claimed, to
prove many things which otherwise
would be CLOSED over and give him a
chance TO show up the alleged mis-
takes made by the secretary of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Professor Edwards Dead.

Davenport, Ia, Aug 6.-Joe A. Ed
wards, member of the Iowa legislature,
and resident professor of law at the
state university at Iowa City, is dead
at Mercy hospital where he underwent
an operation for hernia two weeks ago.
The doctors thing apOplexy and not
hernia caused his death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Cervera Returns to Prison.

Annapolis, Nd, Aug. 6.-Admiral Ger
vera and son returned TO Annapohs TINS
morning on the 10 o'clock train from
Baltimore. having arrived there on the
Norfolk steamer. They were accompa-
MED by Roman Catholic priest The
admiral and son were granted only As
hours leave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Ex-Pregident Carson Enlista.

St. Louis, Mo, Aug. 6.-James NJ
Carson, formerly president of the
United Mine Workers association of
Illinois, today enlisted in the Sixth Mis-
souri, volunteers at Jefferson barracks
This is the regiment that has been or
dered to Jacksonville, Fla, to join Fitz-
hugh Lees CORPS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
DIR. R. C. FLOWER
To Visit Topeka

There is no physician in the United
States so well and favOrably known as
Dr. r. c. Flower, and his wonderful
cures are so numerous and frequent as
to convince the most skeptical, and his
ability to correctly diagnose the pa
TENTS disease without asking him a
question fully accounts for his great
success in healing the sick. DR.. R. c.
Flower will be at the Throop hotel, To-
peka, Kansas, Friday, August 18th.
This will be an excellent opportunity to
consult this famous specialist.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Gard of Thanks.

We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to Kaw Valley Lodge No. 20, A
o. U. W; Odd Fellows Lodge No IS,
and the many kind friends for their
sympathy and kindness in our late sad
affiictiOn.
MRS. B. A WILSON,
MR.. and MRS. OGDEN
AND FAMILY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

$16.05 to Indianapolis and return via
Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale Aug
ust 10, 20 and q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

S16.05 to Indianapolis and return via
Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale Aug
uat 10, 20 and 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

Prescott &, Co. are doing the plumb
ing, heating and lighting in Theo. D.
Hammatt's new residence on Polk
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

s16O5 to Indianapolis and return via
Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale Aug
ust 19, 20 and q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

what is the use of paying 40 or so
cents for can of Baking Powder when
you can buy a can of Gypsy Queen for
rs cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Ice Cream Social and Dance.

At K. P. hall, 9Th and Quincy, by n
r. A, p. m, Aug. 8. 10 cts each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06
Omaha Expositior

Fast train leaving Topeka 4:55 a. m
at noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-06

Gas stoves at cost at Prescott & Co.'S,
118 West Eighth street.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-04
school FUNDS in Colonial Days.

The logs for the great fireplace, fur
nished by the parents of the scholars,
were part of the school expenses; and
in many a school when a parent was
tardy in the delivery of his winters
load of wood the child suffered by ban
ishment to the farthest and coolest cor
ner of the schoolroom. The teachers
pay was in any of the inconvenient and
uncertain exchanges of the day: wam-
pun, beaver skins, Indian corn, wheat,
peas, beans or any country product
known as truck. Whale oil and fish
were paid to the teachers on Cape Cod.
1t is told of a Salem school that one
scholar was always placed in the win
dow to study and also to hail occasional
passers-by and endeavor to sell them
the accumulation of vegetables, etc,
which had been paid to the teacher
Alice Morse Earle, in Chautauquan.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-04
HUMOROUS.

speaking of the somnanlbulist. =
said the Cheerful Idiot, The at least is
no idle dreamer indianapolis jour
nal.
-She-'Mr. Footelightly doesn't
look like an actor, does hep" He-"No;
and he doesn't act like one, either" =
Tit-Bits.
Little Clarence-'Pa, is there really
honor among thieves p" Mr.. Callipers
NO, my son; thieves are just as bad
as other people. Puck.
Those new neighbors seem to be
great borrowers" Borrowers? One
night when they gave a dinner they
borrowed our family album. Chicago
Record.
There's a burglar in the housed"
she gasped. Il have never yet uncov-
cred my head for any man. her hus-
band rejoined, with an affectation of
hauteur.-Puck.
He Wouldn't Do. Friend
''Wouldn't you like to have me sit here
and shoot at the poets when they come
in?' Editor-"No. You are too poor
shot. Harlem Life.
Had Squared Slr, there are
certain duties we all owe to our coun-
try 81 don't. They soaked me for
$14 on three suits of English clothes,
and paid it, sir; Ipaid it. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
-Judge-"Witness, you are 40 years
Of age?" Female Witness es, alas!
One gets older every day. And yet
was young once (heaving a sigh. All,
your lordship would hardly believe how
young l was.''-Tit-Bits.
Immediate Assistance.-"Mr.G rum-
py,' said the chronic borrower, I'm
financially embarrassed to-day. Can
you help me out?" "Cheerfully." Then
Grumpy kicked his caller through two
offices and long hallway. = Detroit
Free Press.
Attic Witt don't think that new
prima donna will do said the boarder
who has the attic room. ''She is too
much like the furnace here-at least
her voice isl ''How is that?' asked
Mrs. Fashcroft. ''Very weak in the
upper register. "-Indianapolis Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-04

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
oeing constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
of the disease, and giving the patier'
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work II !:
oroprietors have so much faith in its Gu a.
i've powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure
Send for list of testimonials
ADDRESS +. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho hest
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-04

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it ON hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK, R.E.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-02-04
welded to the Soil.

Such evidence as we have indicates
that the negro will not become fac
tor of Importance to manufacturing in
dustries, but will remain welded to
the soil. 1t is certain that soon, prob
ably within a generation, the manu-
facture of cotton and iron and steel
will, in large part, be moved south of
Mason and Dixon's line. The progress
of the south in manufactures is likely,
in the near future, to be extremely
rapid 1t is equally probable that the
operatives in these manufactures must
be drawn from the same source as those.
Of the north, as the negroes cannot
be depended upon to supply them
Henry Gannett, in Southern States
Farm MAGAZINE.