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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
Richmond. VI. March 5. lss9.

Private sales reported to-day were as
follows: Wrappers. 2 hogsheads; nlers,
hoeshead: cutters, y h~ogsheads;
smokers. l hogshead; leaf dark. lls hogs
heads: Tugs. AZ hogsheads; strips (Drighp,
: bogsheads. Total number of hogsheads
sold during the day, 49,.
United States internal-revenue collec-
lions for the city of Richmond, va, to-
day were: Tobacco, A,755.2S; cigars
500 80. Total, S2,lZl.t5.
old Dominion. Allegheny, and shockoe
v-,arehouses report to-day: Receipts, %
hogsheads: deliveries. 90 hOgsheads.
Messrs. John F. Jacob & Co. VIII oner
for sale. By sample, at their office, on
south Twelfth street. tomorrow CIues-
day) morning % hogsheads of fine DARK
Obacc A
uxvelfth street. will nave a fine break OF
dark tobacco. including the crop or MI.
Il. Ford. Of Cumberland county, az '"e"
MIR. ID. y. Henderson. a prominent TO-
bacconist Of Henderson, ". G, was on
he slip to-day. making headquarters
with Nessrs. NJ. 7. Smith & co.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
SUFFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

SUFFOLK. VA, March 6.-(Special.)-
active: fancy hand-picked, 33-4c. 4;
extra hand-picked, 31-Sc.: third grade.
III. hand-picked, 21-2c.; Jumbo. extra
hand-picked. 43-ic.; No. l Virginia.
shelled, 43-4c.; No. . Virginia, shelled.
2 3-ic.; extra large Virginia shelled.
l-2c.; No. l Spanish. shelled, Sc: No. 2
Spanish. shelled. &c. Farmers stock. crop
very short. Market strong and advancing
on all grades. Fancy, Slide; strictly
prime. &C.; prime. 10 to 23-ic.; common,
none Offering; Spanish. 90c. per bushel.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
CHARLESTON COTTON-MILL SOLD.
II VIII Continue to he Operate"
with Negro Labor.

CHARLESTON, 5. c., March 6'-Ihe
Charleston Cotton-Mm was sold at pubic
auction here to-day. under an order Of
Tho 1-nited states Court. for 10000, the
upset price fixed. John ii. MONTGOMERY
~ snartanburg. was the purchaser. Mr..
MONTGOMERY said he represented a syndi-
cafe ana the mill would be operated with
negro labor. no.,
II is The only mill in the country that
has employed negro labor. instead OF
white. The mill was built III 49, anu
has never proved a success; IT mas Se"1
sn5ndtes and owns commodious buildings
ana considerable real estate in this city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Common green and nondescrlpt. $500
$40: medium smoking and cutting. S.5on
81; good smoking and cutting. Nus9.5O;
fine smoking and cutting. $Sn so.
Leaf-COmmOn cutters. SJu$J.O; mo-
dunn cutters. $7.5)qts50; good cutters.
$500 $50: fine cutters. sl0dSl2; fancy cut
tiers. sl2n$l4; common wrappers. $3.50;
medium wrappers. Sl0asli: good ma
hogany. Sl2ns15; fine white. S2Jusf0.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
DANyrLLE TOBACCO MARKET.

DANVILLE, VA. March 6.-(Special.)-
Quotations rule as follows: Wrappers
Fancy. S5HsJ0: good. s250s35: medium,
$lJlS25: common, slod SIS.
F~illers-Fine, s7ass; good. s5dS; COM
mon. SQS.
Cutters-Fine. sl7as23: good. sil.5Cqs17;
common, Ndt1l.50.
Smokers-Fine. SO nsi3.O: good. $7.50q
5000: common. S~.5gdS7.50.
Nondescripts-Good. s3.5OqS; common.
$1GS3.JO.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
A YOUTH
A Fatality of the Higb water at
L~ynchburg.

L~ANCHBURG, VA. March 6.-(Special)
1' to-day. while the current in the river
strongest. Frank and William Tay-
joy, two youths. who live on the Amherst
.le procured a boat and began TO collect
OBJ itwood as Il came down. While they
were towing a big sill 10 the bank, their
N'ai ran against a tree and capsized. The
'.ttr brother. Frank, saved himself by
NHfng 10 the tree. from when he was
i'er on rescued by persons in another
GOAT William. q lad aged about II. was
'NioHn In the water and made a brave
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
DRY SUNDAY IN ST. LOUIS.
Iiquor Dealers Decide to obey Law
TO Make It Unpopular.

sT. LOUIS. March G.-Prompuy at mid
n.., saturday every saloon turn
ODD out IT'S lights and closed for
tWeay--.ur hours. The LiQuor-Deal-
o- Association met ON Saturday
and resolved 10 comply with the
orders 0l the Police Board, closing AN
saloons on Sunday. Chief Campbell
..rlcted patrolmcn 20 arrest amy one
u.. attempted to violate the Newberry
.aE nd sell liquors.
Numbers OF the Prohibition Union Of
o. r..ian Men rejoice over this. but the
0,. Of the board is generally believed
o. be- a play 10 make the law obnoxious
4.l thus bring about its repeal al TINS
JON of the Legislature. The fact that
tal or three commissioners who voted
for tle enforcement of the sunday closing
tw are interested in brewery properties
color TO this belief. wholesale
,s and grocers did a thriving DusI-
in bottled goods on Saturday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
,yxcpauRG TOBACCO MARKET.

LYNCHBURG. VA. March 6.-Speciall
Ouototions: Medium dark Tugs, Slns2;
primings. SOC. uN; common dark Jugs.
Sl.5OGSi.S0: medium dark Tugs. Sasz'0o'
ine and good dark, &QSt
Tasf~Common dark leaf, $500 $45o;
medium dark leaf, <5as6; good dark Leaf.
x-S,Se' ane dark shipping leaf, Sasl;
GOOD black wrappers, sl2asls; fine black
wrappers. N5dszo. ,-., xou. rrns
Bright Tobacco-Bright new Luss-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

effort to swim ashore, hut the stream
was so swift and the water so icy cold
that his strength soon gave out. and in
sight of many who would willingly have
helped him if they could, and within a
few yards of the bank. he threw up his
hands and sank. The body has not been
recovered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
PETERspuRG TOBACCO MARKET.

PETERSBURG, March 6-lSpecial.)-
Market nrm. with heavy receipts and
good demand for all grades. Quotations.:
Common to medium Tugs. $3.50 to 81: good
to fine Jugs. 81 to S.; poor short leaf. s.
to 81: fair 10 good short leaf. $3.50 10 s.:
medium to good wrappers. - TO sl2; good
to fine wrappers. sli to $50; medium to
good shipping. 81 to $40; good to fine ship
ming 80 TO sl6.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
To Savings Banks DepOSitOrS

Turpentlne-Firm at fic.; sales. 3S6 casks.
receipts, 129 casks.
R~Osln--Flrm and unchanged; sales. eN
barrels. receipts. 2.OlS barrels.
WILMINGTON, y. g., March g.
Spirits OF Turpentine-Firm at 4315a4ic.i
receipts. % casks.
Rosin-Firm at 95c. and 81; receipts
253 barrels.
Crude Turpentine-Firm at ND anc
8. 40: receipts, ~ barrels.
Tar-Firm az 81: receipts, 3s2 barrels.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. March G-Tur
pentine-Flrm NJ lie; sales. one
Rosin-Steady and unchanged; salcs
mono
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
FOUND NEARLY FROZEN.
SAYS Ills Family Live in Rich-
mend.

hALTIMORE. MD, March ~6.-(Special)
.1n Berkeley (coloreO. aged 50 years
found nearly dead from exposure in
a backyard in the suburbs to-day. lie
ho has "a wife and two children living
.. Nlln street, between Twenty-ffth and
taelty-sixth streets. Richmond. He was
.son 10 Maryland Medical College.
kelley was employed as am oyster
l..scr. His schooner was frozen I'm the
afoor. and he rOamed about the city.
h lived ia the brickyard until found by
~ police.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK MARKET.

Richmond. Va. March 6. 1899.
Receipts: 40 cattle. 100 sheep and lambs.
$40 hogs.
sales: $50 cattle, 100 sheep and lambs.
800 hogs.
Prices: C~attle-Best. Az to &c, gross;
medium 90 good, 3l-i 10 4l-ic., gross
common TO fair, . 10 &c.. gross, bulls,
ID 10 3l-4c., gross; sheep and lambs,
3i-2 10 4l-2c., gross; hogs, Sl-2 to 4c.'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK. VA. March 6.-(Special)-
Farmers Market-Fancy, Csc; strictly
prime. 3 1-sn3 1-4c.; prime, 27-SaSc.; com
mon, 2 1-fd2 sic; Spanish, 9c. bushel.
The market is STEADY, with a continued
upward tendency.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Richmond. Va, March o, 1889.
Quotations: Wheat-Longberry. 10 TO
7Sc.: mixed. 10 20 1Sc.; shortberry. 20 TO
ne. No. > red. 7Sc. Corn-White Virginia,
bag lots. i2c.; No. , white. re; No. )
white 40 - To 4ic.: No. mixed. % 20 zoe.
10. 3 mixed. 81 u 10 S9c. Oats-NV. ,
mixed s}c.: No. 3 mixed. % lie; winter
seed oats. - to Csc. Rye, g to 65c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
PETEHsnTRG PEANUT MARKET.

PETERSBURG. VA, March 6.-(Spe-
cial)-Virginia P~eanuts-Ffrm at 3G3 Lie.
for good to nice. Spanish quiet at @c.
Stock very light.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Cards, Bill-Heads. Statements. Letter.
Heads. Note-Heads. Circulars. Hanioins.
Dodgers. SC, printed by the Dispatch
Company at low prices. Wal give you
good work at the same pric~s yon Ray for
inferior work. Send us your orders n
NE will guarantee satisfaction In every
particular.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.

Richmond, Va. March 6, 1889.
Sales: Georgia and Alabama c%Onsols.
eco at 10l. Citizens Exchange Bank
g shares at 2S.
HnVEpNNFNT SECURITIES.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND. MARCH s. 1880
ARRIVED.
steamer Richmond. Hitler. New
York. merchandise and passengers; Old
Dominion Steamship Company.
SAILED.
steamer Richmond. Hitler. New
York. merchandise and passengers; Old
Dominion steamship Company.
steamer POc8hOntaS. Graves. Meadow
vile. Left MeadOwville this morning OF
regular trip for Norfolk. leaving Rich.
mond yesterday on account OF high water
PORT OF NEWPORT NEWS. MARcHG
By telegraph.)
ARRIVED.
Steamer City OF York. New Orleans
Steamer Parkgate. Galveston.
Steamer Rose Castle. Pensacola.
Steamer Thyra, Liverpool.
Steamer Glencoe, Rotterdam.
Steamer Minnewarka, Santiago.
Schooner Frances NJ. Boston.
Barge Forest Belle. Providence.
Barge T.. /. Carleton. Providence.
SAILED.
Steamer Venus. Leith.
Steamer City Of York, Cork.
Steamer Parkeate. Hamburg.
Steamer Rose Castle, Rotterdam.
Schooner y. r.. Breary. Boston.
Schooner Van Name & King. New Ha-
ven.
PORT OF BERMUDA HUNDRED, VA.
MARCH s, 1893.
By telegraph.)
ARRIVED.
schooner Sarah +. Tyler. vetra. to load
pine wood.
SAILED.
Schooner Sodonia Curley, Curlcy. lum.
Der; Baltimore, Md.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Cash quotations were as follows; Flour
easy and quiet. No. 2 spring wheat, o'l
7W5c.; No. spring wheat, 65qtsc. NO. :
red. 72i5a73c. No. , corn, Doc. NO. Z oats,
NI.GgTac.; No. 2 white, NdSoA4c.; NO. s
white. 2glkdS0c. No. 2 rye, 55i2c. NO. :
barley. 42G5lc. No. l naxseed. A.l5usLlolz;
new. s.. lSi1nN.1 1884. Prime timothy seed
g. 10. Mess pork per barrel, $1,000 ss.lo.
Lard. per 100 pounds, &.22isaS5.21. short
rib sides Ooose). SiJOgSA.lO. Dry-salted
shoulders boxed, iHH43sc. Short clear
sides boxed, Si.s0dti.e. Whiskey, dis
%tillers' finished goods, per gallon. N.9.
Sugar. cut loaf. unchanged. Butter
steady: creamery, i4nl9t2c.; dairy. 1li2n
lie. Eggs firm: fresh, lsa2Oc. Cheese
steady and unchanged.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, March A-Calves-We
o1ote as follows: Strictly choice veals,
DER pound. &C.; good veals, per pound,
iiIc. rough 10 good, per head. SASS
sheep and Lambs-We quote; Fail lambs,
pood 10 choice. iS.G5hc. per pound; poor.
Tough stock. 4aiisc.: sheep, per pound.
choice. l44itc.: good. per head. S.50dsf;
inferior. per head. S2g2.0; old bucks.
per head. ~S3.5odSi.oo.
CHICAGO. March A-The few cattle
that were offered to-day found buyers az
unchanged prices. Fancy cattle brought
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07

Don,t swallow Nauseating Capsules,
but take Groves Tasteless Quinine Pow
ders. Absolutely tasteless. lndorsed by
chemists. q cents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-07
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.

.Ouotations are for bonds maturing II
not less han ten years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16

to make a 3-inch carpet of the maize
pattern on the wide streets of Atchison-
This IS one Of the unanimous features
OF the corn carnival the name the. eele-
bration bears. Every body throws corn,
and nobody protests.
This corn throwing is defensible on
the theory that it affords the opportuni-
ty for all to actively participate. 1t
isn't the most interesting feature or the
most distinctive feature of the carnival
The city is decorated, and corn in a
myriad of forms is employed. Individ-
ual ingenuity is given full play. The
business houses vie with each other in
elaborate devices to do honor to the
great cereal Then there are corn cos
tunes. Last year 1000 people clad in
garments and headgear devised from
corn walked the streets. What can be
done in decorating and costuming with
corn stalks, corn leaves, corn husks, corn
tassels, ears Of corn, shelled corn, pop
ped corn, COlOTed corn, corn cobs, only
those who have seen an Atchison corn
carnival can appreciate. Ladies wear
hats made of corn, frame and trim
golden brown fashioned from corn
huskS- Men have hats and Jackets OF
corn lady of Atchison, Mrs B. J.
CuSack, has won national fame as
corn milliner.'' Her work is a labor
of love Her creations are gifts. Last
year Mrs. Mckinley received the pro-.
Duct of Mrs. Cusack's artistic eye and
fingers, and there was much marveling
when the box was opened at the White
House and the dainty corn bonnet was
lifted out This year Mrs. Cusack is
at work on two dreams of corn bon
nets, one to go to Queen Victoria, and
the other to the first lady" of the
United States.
The corn doll is one Of the popular
souvenirs of the carnival Thousands
are made, with dresses and hats and
paraSOlS of corn huskS, and they sell
like hot cakes. Corn manufacture ex-
tends to necktieS and even to corn
shoes. Cornstalk canes are carried. AL
most endless is the variety of things
which illustrates the idea of the carni-
val
The king of the carnival rides in a
chariot under a canopy of cornstalks,
drawn by horses, over the heads of
which nod great plumes of husks. His
army IS battalion after battalion of
marching corn shocks. Nothing more
novel was ever seen in a street parade
than 200 corn shocks marshaIed in COM
pan1es and moving in time behind the
chariot of the king. Concealed in each
shock is man or boy, of course but so
well concealed that the corn shock is all
that is seen.
Everything is corn except the music,
ana there is a corner on that. Atchison
reaches out and calls in all of the horn
blowers who can be found in the region
around The test is ability to play "A
Hot Time in the Old Town Last year
there assembled $50 musicians of local
fame After the combined band had
played the typical tune of the carnival
all day, the musicians were taken to an
auditorium and induced to ATTEMPT
Gloria" from Twelfth Mass There
never was such a time as AtchisOn
called her corn carnival last year. The
coming carnival is to celebrate a big
ger crop Like crop, like carnival is
carnival to come, like the crop, is to
break the record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16
Used Buekets Zoe Firewood.

IF'rOm the Detroit Free Press
Eve see lots of strange things" said
the laxative hotel clerk, but one of
the strangest that ever happened along
this way came in one day last March
an old man with a carpet bag and an
old umbrella, who wanted to know If
this was a tavern. assured him it
was, and he said he guessed he would
hang up with US a bit if we didn't
mind. He looked so green and innocent
that congratulated myself that the
house used electricity for lighting pur-
poses, and that there was no gas for
him to blow out.
q handed him over to a bell bow
with instructions to see him safely to
his room and to carefully explain all
the mysteries of a modern hotel. 1t
wasn't two hours before a chamber
maid sent down word that the old man
was gathering up all the fire buckets
on the floor and burning them up in
the CRATE in his room.
Il charged up to his room to find out
what he meant by such conduct. I
found him in his room calmly smash
ing up the buckets by bringing his No.
IA cOWhide boots upon them. The
buckets were some that we had placed
in the halls a number of years ago to
be used in case of fire. But as we had
lately placed five hydrants on every
floor with reels of hose at every point,
we had allowed the buckets to go into
See here!' I yelled, as I took in
the situation, what in the name of
heaven do you mean by burning up
those bucketS?'
g Why. answered the innocent old
codger, as he picked up one of the
buckets, doesn't it say right here on
them, To Be Used for Fire Only?'
Il Wilted and told him to go ahead.
They were not worth much, anyway,
and I was afraid if didn't allow him
to go ahead that he might break out at
some other spot that would cost US
more''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16
INDIANS AT THE CIRCUS.
LCor. of the Chicago Record.I

[Cor. of the Chicago Record.]
Frank H. Gushing, of the Bureau of
EthnoIogy, says when he brought the
delegation of Zuni Indians east in the
summer of 1852 what interested them
most of all they saw on the journey was
the circus posters that were pasted on
the dead walls and the high board fences
along the railway track. They showed
professions of gilded chariots extraor-
binary acrobatic feasts, cages of fero-
cious animals, herds of elephants and
other pictures which are quite familiar
to the eye of the white man, but had
never before been seen by the Indians.
They were filed with amaZement. They
could not understand what the pictures
were or why they We're exhibited to the
public. In their untutored attempts to
solve the mystery they concluded that
they were representations of religious
rites and had been exposed in pubic
places in order that the people might
worship them. In the Zuni mythology
the animal kingdom has an important
place, and their different clans and gems
are named in honor Of the tiger, the
bear, the antelope and other wild
beasts, which they are accustomed to
worship. Therefore they lost no time
in offering alteration to the circus post
erS.
Shortly after their arrival in Washing
ton Barnum came to town with his circus
and menager1e and he sent an 1nNltatlon
to the Zunis, who promptly accepted II
was difficult. Tor MI. 0uSnlnS ana luelF
other escorts to get them away from the
cages of the wild beasts, because they had
never seen such live animals before and
feared that they would never have anOth-
er opportunity At each cage they offered
prayers and scattered their curious pray
meal in the air. The lions ana the tig-
ers, the giraffes and the elephants inter
eSted them most, and it was with the
greatest reluctance, that they were per-
Suaded to leave Jumbo, who was then the
king of the herd, and his associates But
the performance had already begun in the
ring, and Mr.. Barnum was anxious that
they should see it all.
The Zunis regarded the tent as a great
temple and believed the performance to
be a mysterious religious exercise. Hence
eyramme with the most reverent attention.
Everything that happened seemed to
amaze and interest them more than the
last. They were astounded at the gym
hear or conceived of such feats of
strength and agility and were convinced
that the acrobats we're supernatural be-
ings possessed of divine strength and the
spirit of the gods
Mr.. Barnum sat with them during most
of the performance, and at the end,
through Mr. Cushing as Interpreter. he
told them that he desired to make them
a present to take home to their tribe. He
told them they might choose anything I'M
he would give 1t to them or send it at his
expense to Zuni- The Importance and gen
crosby of this offer was Immediately rec
OgniZed but 1t was a matter too pOrten-
tous to be hastily settled, hence the ven
cradle caciQue asked time to consult and
.sAii right" said Mr.. Barnum. heartily
'sAnything you want under this tent IS
Yours, and you can have all the time you
need to take your pick. Only l suggest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16
ORGANIZED 1850.

that you would better settle the matter
trouble
All that night the Zunis sat in solemn
conclave and. it was long after dawn that
they adjourned with heavy eyes and sol
enn faces. Later in the day they met
again, and after several hours of further
conference the old cacique sent for Mr.
Gushing, and in the name and presence of
his associates announced that they had
reached decision which they desired him
to communicate to Mr.. Barnum. He said
they had contemplated and discussed the
subject in all its bearings and had come
to the conclusion that they would prefer
a set of circus posters above anything
else they had seen. He explained that
some of his companions had advocated
the acceptance of one of the animals or
one of the acrobats, whom they would
take home with them as priest or god,
but that would be only one, whereas Il
they took the posters they could have
everything, or at least counterpart, and.
Furthermore, they would thus be able to
show their brethren all the wonders they
had witnessed at the circus.
Mr.. Gushing recognized it as a very
sensible decision It would enable them
to give the whole tribe a very fair idea
of their most remarkable experiences, and
on the next great feast day after their
return the pictures We're nailed up in the
estufa. or temple, for public inspection
with great ceremony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16
STONE THE CAUSE
Major Ames Offers Explanation
of CrOker's Conversion.
He Says the Tammany Chief
Became Scared.
HIS CHANGE OF FRONT
Others Believe Tom Reed Con
verified the Boss.
The Maine Man Is Bitterly OPP
posed to Expansion.

Saratoga, Aug. 16.-This has been a
lively and quite an important day in
the conferences of the Democrats gath
cred here. It has, in fact, been de-
termined to hold the formal conference,
for which the discussions thus far have
been merely preliminary, in New York
instead of Saratoga. This meeting has
been appointed for Friday evening of
this week at the Hoffman House. Judge
Joseph ]. WiIIett of Alabama, the
prime mover in the organization Of the
conference, has wired that he will be
present in New York, and a large num-
Der of prominent Democrats from the
Gulf states will also be there.
1t is reported that Richard Croker
will reach here today, and the point is
made that Fridays conference has
been transferred to New York to avoid
the suspicion of Tammany influence.
Major Henry Ames of St Louis is
here. He did not hesitate to say that
Croker was scared into his change of
base. When Bryan was in New York
last February, Mr.. Anes said, Croker
was asked to call upon him. He curtly
refused, saying that Bryan cut no
ice" and soon after came out ViciouSly
in favor of expansion
Chairman Stone of the Democratic
national committee was exceedingly
widely circulated at the time, that he
would see that Croker was thrown out
of the national convention unless he
changed front in the meantime, and
speedily at that.
Major Ames is a great admirer of
Governor Stone, and thinks Croker dis
played wise discretion in avoiding a
conflict with that redoubtable Mis-
SOurian.
Judge Van Wyck left last evening to
visit his daughter, who is spending the
summer at Pawling, Duchess county.
He was accompanied by Mrs Van
Wyck. A number of personal friends,
including his brother, Mayor Robert A
Van Wyck, and Harry w Walker of
Missouri, saw him off.
Just before leaving the Grand Union
Judge Van Wyck had a lengthy confer
ence with Freeman Rasin of Baltimore,
who had come from a long consultation
with former Senator Arthur P. German
at the United States hotel. Neither of
them had any disclosures to make, but
the matter was considered highly sig
nificant.
Judge WilIett wired today for 100000
more of Van Wyck's antitrust speech
to be distributed through the south,
and added: Tell our friends the new
movement is making great Roadway in
the south. The commercial travellers
have been especially active"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-16

"A book of Verses Underneath the Bough''
Is quite the proper Pabulum just now;
But since editions forty-odd there be
Which ones the One? o, Omar-answer
thou Indianapolis Journal.