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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-31

If you have rooms for rent,
with or without board, send
with price and location at
once to the Bureau of Infor-
nation, State Fair, Birming.
ham, Ala.
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Liverpool October 30.-Coaton spot, fair
demand; prices, higher; American middling,
fair, ZIG; good middling, 1-S2d; middlins,
4 1-32d; low middling, 8 27-32d; good ordi-
nary, 2l-32d; ordinary, 3 15-32d. The sales
of the day were 10000, of which 1000 were
for speculation and export and included
$500 American. Receipts, 5000; no Ameri-
can. Futures opened firm and closed quiet;
American middlng, l.. M. c: October, 3S)s
October November, 3.5s@3.59b; November
Decembe., 3.5Ss; December-January, 35ls;
January-February, 3.56s; February March,
March April, April ?May S.55s; May-June,
3.5im355s; June-July, 3.54l3.55s; July-Au-
gust, 35ib; August-September, 3.52s.
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DryCOods

New York, October 30-The week opens
with an average demand for cotton goods
There is an upward tendency In bieached
cottons. No material change In brown cot
tons. Prints in staple lines in good de-
mand and prices leading upward. Print
cloths inactive, but prices strongly upheld.
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New York, October 3O.-Cotton quiet and
steady; middling, 79s; net receipts, 1.4SS;
gross, SG0S; sales, 1874; stock, 107 06S; Con-
tinent 200.
Total today: Net receipts, 1850; exports
to Great Britain. 19,65S France, 1O,131 Con-
tinent 6,760; stock, S20,060.
Consolidated: Net receipts, SO,6SS; exports
to Great Britain, So ,943; France, 1O,1i1; Con-
tinent 17,2S2.
Total since September 1: Net receipts, L.
1896; Great Britain, 529, 454; France 1884,
539; Continent, 502 145.
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ENGLISH CABLES
IN COTTON MARKET
Reported ThatEuropean SpinneTs
Are Heavy Southern Buyers.
PRICES WELL SUSTAINED
New Orleans Hedged Against Oversales
in Spot-Forecast for Frost Made
in the Belt Had I'M
portant Influence

New York, October 30.-A better feeling in
the local market was generated by bullish
class of English cables and reports of
heavy frost in the northern portions of the
western belt experimenting this news were
rumors to the effect that European spin
ners were heavy buyers of cotton in the
leading southern markets, causing pro-
nounced strength and higher prices at
many points.
The local market opened steady at an adj
vance of 8 to points, and though reactions
were recorded at various times during the
session, the general trend of sentiment con-
tfnued bullish with prices well sustained.
Shorts were uneasy and bought steadily
from opening to close. Wall street pur-
chased the January and March positions,
New Orleans hedged against oversales in
spot cotton and Europe purchased e1e gem
eral list in moderate way. A forecast for
frost over a large area of the belt tonight
and estimates for continuation of light
receipts were important influences at work
In the late session.
Private advices from prominent English
houses declared the feeling in spinning cir
cles abroad was one of unrest, as manufac-
turers were carrying light stocks of raw
material. The market closed firm at a net
gain of 5Q7 points.
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ROOMS WANTED.

Bulb planting time. Ask Godden's.
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No IS, 'fWashington and Southwestern
Limited" solid vestibuled train, Atlanta ia
Washington; Pullman sleeping car, Biz.
mingham to New York; also Pullman H.
brary observation car, Atlanta to New
York.
No. sc, ~. S. Fast MAIL" carries Pull.
man sleeping cars, Birmingham to Char.
lotto, N. c.. and Atlanta to New York, and
Asheville, N C.
No. 81 carries Pullman sleeping car. Bir-
ningham to Greenville, Miss.
J. Nd. CUP, Traffic Manager. Washington.
d. =.
f. S. Cannon, Third vice-President and
General Manager, Washington, d. c.
w. A. Turk @. p. A.. Washington, d. c.
nooga, Tenn.
C. e jackson. T. p. a.. Birmingham. Ala.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Stocks and Bonds
Local Cotton Market
Middling. 6A967sc.
The Iron Market.

Local Stocks and Bonds
Corrected daily by D. f. Allen 81 Co, 1O3
Twentieth street Telephone S3i.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-19
GROWING TELEGRAPH POLES
Experiment of the Memphis Road a
Success

Fort Scott. Aug. 19-Some years ago
the Kansas City, Fort Scott &, Mem
pms railroad began experimenting in
the propagation of forest trees, looking
forward to a probable future timber
supply for the railroad. Under the di-
rect1on and instruction of Prof. Sar-
gent, OF Harvard university, the COM
pany planted about 100 acres near Earl
1ngton, Kan, Il miles south of this city
OF the following varieties of timber
trees:
White Ash, Black Walnut, Wild Cher
~, Usage Orange, Ailanthus. CataIpa
BiSnOniOideS, Catalpa Speciosa.
Inc annual growth and general ap-
pearance of these varieties were care
fully noted for three or four years. and
a perceptible difference was observed
IN favor of the Catalpa Speciosa, and
the following is quoted from a report
made by J. NJ. Buckley, roadmaster:
THE Catalpa Speciosa has certainly
proved to be the strongest grower. most
tenacious, standing the dry weather
better than any other variety and at
the present rate will come to maturity
years before any other variety is of
sufficient size to be of any utility"
Inc result was that contract was
made with the late Robert Douglass to
plant two sections of land, 1880 acres
in Crawford county on the Bourbon
county line, entirely of this valuable
tree. The railroad company owned one
section and Mr.. HONEYWELL, director of
the road, the other. The two planta-
lions, when completed. contained about
three million trees. The last of these
trees were set about Is years ago.
The experiment has resulted in a
most unQueStiOnable financial success
Had better judgment been displayed in
the selection of land on which the trees
were planted an even richer harvest
would be in store. A casual observer
can easily see that there are many
acres of hard pan" within these two
sections of land and as hard pam
produces inferior corn, it will also pro-
duce inferior trees.
On good soil the trees have made no.
table grOWthS. many of them meaSur-
ing u to Is inches in diameter and 40
to so feet high. Counting about 1900
of the best trees to the acre, the aver
age would be about eight inches in di-
ameter and 35 to 40 feet high From
this observation it is calculated that rs
to 100 valuable telegraph poles can be
land, besides thousands of fence posts.
It is a difficult matter to place a
present valuation upon such timber
lands, for the trees are Just reaching
a size Whereat practical value begins
Every additional year will add greater
wealth in a greater ratio. However
the indications are that with judicious
cutting, a thousand telegraph poles
could be taken off of each acre within
the next ten years, besides a large
quantity of fence posts and cord wood
AS telegraph poles of timber as valua-
BILE as catalpa are worth in our mar
ketS So to $3.50 each, and fence posts
10 to Is cents apiece, an approximate
idea can be made of the value of a Gull
of the land, the trees, the planting, the
cultivation, the interest on the capital
and the general attention for Is years
has amounted to less than 500 an acre
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RAILROAD NEWS.
The Santa Fe Finds Potato Gull
ture Pays the Road.
The Freight Department En-
cOurages the Farmers
IN THE KAW VALLEY.
In 1895 This Road Shipped Out
266 Cars.
This Season 500 Car Loads
Will Be Shipped East.

Probably but few Kansas people
know that the q miles of bottom land
lying along the Santa Fe road between
Lawrence and Holiday represents one
of the greatest potato fields in the
state. The cultivation is practically in
It's infancy as yet, ana 1t is predicted
that in a few years it will have de-
Veloped into one of the most important
potato growing sections in the west.
The soil along the river east of Law
renee seems especially adapted for pO-
tato cultivation, and it was started on
a small scale several years ago. The
Santa Fe freight department soon re-
allied the possibilities of the section
and encouraged the farmers to grow
potatoes on their land The result is
that by the end of the season the San
ia Fe will have taken out of that ter
rltory over 500 cars of potatoes.
In 1895 there were 266 cars of potatoes
loaded at the small stations between
Lawrence and Wilder. The next year
the farmers went into potato culture
heavily and 40 cars We're taken from
the territory. In 1897 the aggregate
number of cars of potatoes was 679 and
last year 523.
So far this year $50 cars Of potatoes
have been taken out by the Santa Fe
and there are still enough potatoes in
the ground to fill in the neighborhood
OF 300 cars more. This will make the
largest yield since potato growing was
taken up in that stretch of KaW valley
and the Santa Fe freight men predict
that from this time on each succeeding
year viii show larger crop.
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A STRIKE THREATENED.
Engineers Fail to Reach an Agree
ment With Manager SchaF

Chicago. Aug. 19-Railroad men say
there is a possibility of an engineers
strike on the Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago & St Louis, otherwise known
as the Big Four, over wages. A confer
ence between a committee representing
the locomotive drivers and General
Manager Schaff finished today without
having reached an agreement Presi-
dent ingalls, will be asked to take up
the case.
Grand Chief Arthur of the Locomo-
tive Engineers was notified of the con-
ditions by wire and letter this after
noon. There was a general cut in the
wages of Big Four engineers in 1893.
President ingalls, at the time promised
the men, it is said, that as soon as fin
ancial conditions improved and the
road began to make more money the
old wages would be restored in whole
or, at least, in part. The engineers say
the company is more prosperous now
than at any time in its history, and the
promise to make the restoration in
wages ought to be kept.
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LEGAL.


cent interest per annum on all of said in
stallmentS therein mentioned from the
date of the bonds until the collection OF
each of said inStallmentS as provided by
law, which shall be collected annually at
the same time and in the same manner as
said fnStallment, and after the taking
effect of this ordinance it shall be the duty
of the city clerk of said city annually al
the same time other taxes are to be GER
titled and until all of said taxes and as
sessments 50 apportioned have been GER
titled, to certify to the county clerk of
Shawnee county, a full list of all the
property liable for such work or
Improvement, except such property
upon which the special assessments afOre-
said have been paid in full, as herein pro-
vided, together with the respective
amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces
and parcels of land which amounts shall
include the annual installmentS and the
interest on the same all unpaid ball
ances for one year at the rate of four and
one-half per cent per annum. afore-
said; and such amounts SO certified shall
be collected as other taxes and assess
ments are collected.
Section 9. This. ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after it's
publication in the official city paper.
Passed the Council August II, 1899.
Approved August IL, 1899.
c. J. DREW, Mayor.
Attest: J. H. SQUIRES,
CSeall City Clerk.
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AFTER THIRTY YEARS
An Escaped Convict Is Caught and
Returned to the Scene of
His Crime.

Ardmore, I T., Aug 19.-Deputy
Marshal Lindsay, accompanied by
Sheriff E. c. Mudd, of Butler. No.
have arrested Thomas SpOtwOod, aged
so years, an alleged fugitive from JUS
tice- SpOtwOOd is wanted il Bates
county, Mo, where he is said to have
been known as T. r. Freeman and
where he was sentenced to be hanged
Dec. II, 1859, but escaped two days be-
fore the sentence became effective. The
prisoner will be taken to Missouri as
soon as requisitiOn papers arrive.
THE CRIME.
Butler, Mo, Aug 19.-Theophilus R.
Freeman, the condemned convict re-
ported to have been recaptured in the
Indian Territory, is under sentence of
death for the murder of James West
brook in Butler thirty years ago, when
this place was frontier village Both
men were considered influential citi-
zenS of the village. Freeman became
infatuated with the wife of West brook.
One night in December, 1869, WestbrOOk
returned home and found Freeman
with his wife. He ordered the intruder
out. An hour later Yves tbroOk went
into the street and was shot down by
Freeman, who lay in wait with a shot
gun. The murderer was arrested by a
posse of citizens. a grand jury was
hastily summoned, Freeman was in
dicted. tried. convicted, and two days
later he was sentenced to be hanged
on Decemb II. On Decem Der Is, he
broke Jail, prying off the boards of the
little wooden building that served for
that purpose. It was opendly charged
at the time that, through the use of
money, Freeman had secured the con-
nivance of officials in effecting his es-
cape.
Nothing more was ever heard of him
until a few days ago. when a CONNER
cial salesman who formerly lived in
Butler, recognized the convict in the
Indian Territory and notified Sheriff
Audd
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SAID amounts levied appOrtiOned and as
sessed aforesaid shall be due and collect
able in ten equal installments, the first
said installments each and every year
thereafter, and all to be collected with in
tereSt as in this ordinance deSigna ted
Provided, that the owner of any piece of
property liable for any such special assess
ment may redeem his property from any
such liability by paying into the city
treasury the entire amount chargeable
against the same as in this section desig-
mated upon the city clerk mailing to him a
written or printed notice thirty days be-
fore the issuance Of the bonds of said city
or after the issuance Of the bonds. by pay
ing all of the installments with interest
on the same at the rate Of four and one
half per cent per annum as provided by
law.
Section 2 That there is hereby further
levied and assessed against each lot and
piece of property described in section one
of this ordinance, four and one-half per
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levied and assessed against each lot and
piece of property described in section one
of this ordinance, four and One-hal1 per
cent interest per annum on all OF said in
stallmentS therein mentioned from the
date of the bonds until the collection OF
each of said instruments as provided by
law, which shall be collected annually at
the same time and in the same manner
as said installment, and after the taking
effect of this ordinance it shall be the
duty OF the city clerk of said city an
nually, at the same time other taxes are
to be certified and until all of said taxes
certified, to certify to the county clerk
of Shawnee county, a full list of all the
property liable for such work or improve
ment, except such property upon which
the special assessments aforesaid have
been paid in full, as herein provided, to-
gether with the respective amounts due
in each of said tracts, pieces and parcels
of land which amounts shall include the
annual inStallment and the interest on the
same on all unpaid balances for one year
at the rate of four and One-half per cent
per annum, as aforesaid; and such
amounts certified shall be collected
as other taxes and assessments are col
lected.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after its
publication in the official paper Of the
city of Topeka
Passed the Council August Il, 1893.
Approved August Is. 1899
c. J. DREW, Mayor.
Attest: J. H. SQUIRBS,
lSeaL1 City Clerk.
First Published in the Topeka State
Journal August 10, 1891
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nue., and according to the appraised value
of the same, without regard to the build
ings or improvements thereon, said spec
ial assessment being based on the special
valuation and appraisement of said lots
and pieces of ground and the several
amounts levied, apportioned and assessed
against each of the same according to
the benefits to be derived by reason of
the paving of said alleys, Except the in
tereSt hereinafter mentioned, are deScrib-
ed and designated as follows, to-Wit:
PAVING ALLEYS BETWEEN SEW
ENTH STREET AND EIGHTH AVE-
NUE. AND BETWEEN HARRI-
SON STREET AND TOPEKA
AVENUE.
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NOTICE.
MAYORS Office.

Mayors OnIce.
Topeka. Kansas, Aug. 16, 1899
There will be a special meeting of the
Council of the city of Topeka, August p.
1899, at Z 80 o clock p. m, for the purpose
of hearing any and all complaints that
may be made as to the valuation and ap-
Iraisement made by the appraisers as
per their report now on file in the city
clerks office of said city of all lots, pieces
and parcels of ground that were omitted
by the former appraisers in their report
liable for the cost of constructing sewer
in sewer district No Is in the First ward
and more full setforth by Ordinance No.
2013. G. J. DREW, Mayor.
Attest: J. H. SQUIRES.
CITY ClarlE
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PROPOSALS.
Onfce of the City Clerk,
AugIIst Is. 1899

Offfce of the City Clerk,
August IS, 1899.
Sealed proposals Will be received at this
office until Monday. August 21st, 1898, at
o'clock p. m, for re-paving with vitrt-
fed brick on sand foundation that portion
of Topeka avenue now occupied by the
railway tracks and stone pavement.
Topeka evenue from Tenth street to
Eleventh street
Topeka avenue from Eleventh street to
Twelfth street.
Topeka avenue from Twelfth street to
HuntOon street.
Topeka avenue from Huntoon street to
Thirteenth street.
Topeka avenue from Thirteenth street
to Fourteenth street, in the city Of To-
pcka, Kansas.
INSTRUCTIONS.
All proposals must conform to the spec
ificatiOns and estimates furnished By the
city engineer and now on file for inspec-
ton in the office of the city clerk.
The mayor and council reserve the right
to reject any all bids.
J. H. SQUIRES.
City Clerk.
Dated Topeka, Kan, Aug. IS. 1899. =
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P. & G. BOYCOTT.

Kansas City. Aug. lathe forces
uniting in the boycott of the Kansas
City, Pittsburg & Gulf road were aug
mented yesterday afternoon by the
Burlington lines west of the Missouri
river and the Chicago. Milwaukee & st.
Paul road, these lines having served no.
tice on the Gulf road of the cancelling
of all joint freight tariffs.
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Ordinance No. 2O6S.

AN ORDINANCE relating to apportion-
ing and levying a special assessment on
certain lots and pieces of ground in the
city of Topeka, to pay the cost of paw
ing the alleys between Seventh street
and Eighth avenue and between Harrison
street and Topeka avenue, and relating
to the collection thereof.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council
men of the City of Topeka:
Section / That for the purpose of pay
ing the cost of paving the alleys between
Seventh street and Eighth avenue, and
between Harrison street and Topeka ave
nue. in the city of Topeka, there is hereby
levied and assessed a special assessment
on all lots and pieces of ground liable
therefor, in the block bounded on the
north by Seventh street, on the east by
Harrison street on the south by Eighth
avenue and on the west by Topeka ave-
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Hamilton Clark of Chauncey. Ga, says
he suffered with itching piles twenty years
before trying DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve
two boxes of which completely cured him.
Beware of worthless and dangerous coun-
terfeits. Geo. w Stansfield; W II. VIII
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Section 1. That for the purpose of pay
ing the property's proportion of the cost
provided IN Ordinance No. POPS, approved
May %. 1893, there is hereby levied and
assessed against the several lots and
pieces Of ground hereinafter described,
and in the benefit district created by said
ordinance No. POPS, the various sums set
opposite the following described property,
tO-Wit:
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Section 2. That Immediately upon the
publication of this ordinance, it shall be
the duty of the city clerk of the city of
Topeka to transmit certified copy Of this
ordinance to the county clerk of Shawnee
county kansas, and It shall pc the duty
assessed against each lot and piece of
property mentioned in section one Of this
ordinance, upon the tax rolls of Shawnee
county, Kansas. prior to the date in 1899,
that the said tax rolls are required TO be
transmitted to the county treasurer which
said several amounts shall be collected as
one tax in the same manner as other
taxes.
Section 3 This ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its
publication in the official paper of the city
of Topeka.
Passed the Council August II, 1889.
Approved August IS 1899.
Attest: J. II. SouIRES,
(SeaL) City Clerk.