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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-08-03
pof=Automobile,l.

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len, tpirb iiberan .2utrttt geItatten
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Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-08-03

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tes @ebdubes als unpermeiblih benn
es ipoa 70 3onnen. feline 6Dhe betrug
40 Sub, fpdbrenb bic anberen Oimen=
itcnen So au 40 SUB einnabmsn.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-08-03

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@eriAtsfib ieboA nur 90 Meilen eItt'
fernt an berfelben 6trede Der Dlir<
linoton unb Weif1ouri NiDer D1lrt.
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bdubes unb febte es duf bier atipD9!ls
liehe, fladx GiienbdhniDdgen. Oiste,
befpcnnt nit einer befonbers Forten
2pfomotipe, bdmpften nit eiter tSes
lhpinbiafeit pon 3 Meiien bic 9tunpe
bann benz 8eftimmunasorfe oes Gss
rintsaebdubes entaeaen.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-08-03

S9ulen fir Mutomobilfahrer errihz
ten. 9lber niht nur in Sporttreifen
biirgert itd bas neue 8ehitel Elm. fonS
bern au6 fir 2aitnaaen iheint es
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pertpertben. Sn bortiaen Strnbea
itebt man bereits Mutomobi1en be-
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faHen an bic poRfilialen. lluier Bib
Derunf9aulidt Elm berartises 9fs
fobrt.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1899-08-03

Die ltltra<9emperenaIer befehben
iebt audi bas fosenonnte Wuraelbier
(Hcot 8eer). baupt1dblih besipegen.
neil es benz rihtiaen Bier 70 Gbnlidb
iieht. Wesbalb riHten bic 6errfHaf>
ten tire Wiailana nidt ou4 anfs
Srinfpaier, tpelfes ebenlo ausiieW.
tpie reiner 0oppeltiimmel.
Die .gleue sSreie preHe" 1Areiht:
,Das benz Mtmiral Detpep gebotene
beralife Willtommen gilt ni6t nur
benz 6elben, fonbern bor Muenl ben
beriibmten Wertreter Der aroben dt,e>
ritdniihen NotiDn. nit tpelder DeHer>
reid 1lnaarn bnrh 10 biels genltills
fame ssilterefen eng berbunben in.
Namentlid feit ber 0dsletons94 94ffditl.
Dos Rleinfae. gestben al fssHetf 8l
Mie tanit es !pirfen iptit anA ttllN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
M'PHAlL SUMMONED.
Will Be Asked to Tell What He
Knows About KlOndike.

Donald McPhail of the national mill
tary home at LeavenwOrth who recent
~ sent a letter to the State Journal in
which he charged that there are p sa-
looms still running in the Klondike at
Leavenworth, has been summoned be-
fore the county attorney at Leaven-
worth to furnish whatever evidence he
may have in his possession concerning
the situation in the Klondike
When the state officers read the letter
in the State Journal, telephone COM
munication was Immediately establish
ed with F. B. Dawes at Leavenworth.
Mr.Dawes informed Attorney General
GODDARD that the Klondike has been
closed and is now closed and that the
information furnished by Mr.. Nc
Phafls letters was incorrect.
However, McPhail has been summon
ed to appear before the county attor-
ney today at Leavenworth to tell what
he knows.
The state officials who have been
pushing the fight against the Klondike
have been informed through what was
regarded as trustworthy sources that
the KlOndike is a. thing of the past; that
all the saloons and dives have been
closed up
When the NcPhail letter was made
public the attorney general Immediate
ly instituted an inquiry with the idea
of going after the KlOndike more Wig
OrOusly than ever in the event it had
not been closed M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
SUGAR WAR COMING.
1t viii Be a Go as You Please
After Jan. /.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Formal announce
ment Of the end of the factor plan
of selling sugar, which means that the
sugar war will be on again harder than
ever after January 1, is contained in
the current number of the Modern
Grocer, published in Chicago today
The news is that the equality plan
will be abolished on January 1, and that
thereafter all sugar will be sold on
competitive basis and on its merits
The abandonment of the card agree
ment comes after a years futile at
tempt on the part of the sugar trust to
get the aid of the wholesale grOcers in
driving the independent Fefiners out of
existence. A month ago a committee
from the wholesale grOcers went to New
York at the invitation of the Have
mey ers to make a final effort at an
understanding. The Wholesalers were
to get their sugar with an additional
rebate if they signed an agreement to
buy only trust sugar. The conference,
like former ones, came to nothing and
it is supposed the sugar trust officials
gave up in disgust.
In spite of the fact that it will now
be a go as you please race between the
independent Tefiners and the trust for
the sugar trade. Chicago wholesalers
do not look for any great cut in prices
on the part of the refinerS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. Dec. 29.-WHEAT-In the grain
and provision markets today there. was
barely enough business to warrant the
posting of an occasional quotation. There
were no cables and statistics owing to
the closing of other markets were incom-
plete. May wheat opened sc under yes
terday at 695sc and eased off to 69ss0 69l &c
steadying on buying against puts. Re
ceipts here were 100 cars, IS of contract
grade.
COR was easier with wheat but steadier
at the decline. The trade was incOnse-
quential Receipts were 271 cars. May
opened a shade down at 327sG33c
OATS-LOcal longs sold some oats. Re-
ceiptS We're PA cars here. May opened a
shade under yesterday at 237sG24c.
PROVISIONS opened practically I'M
changed from yesterday and for some
time sold little changed from initial fig
ures. May pork opened at 5000. May lard
at $5.7212Q5-75 and May ribs at IS. 5215.
west 81 1912; December 81 -4S12: May 81 A.
RYE-December soc; May SIC.
BARLEY-Cash 365a045c.
TIMOTH Y-lDecember, $2.45; February
May wheat closed steady 1sc under yes
terday at 6972Q699sc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
A HANDSOME HOME.
A. Zahner will Build One on
Topeka Avenue.

The A. D. Robins homestead has been
sold by w. c. Stephenson to A. Zahner,
a capitalist, who lives in Potwin- The
price named for the property is $500
exclusive of the house, which is to be
moved off.
Mr. Zahner will next spring begin the
erection OF a, handsome ten room house
on the property. He expects to use 1t
for a residence. The house will prob
ably cost more than $4,000 and will be
thoroughly modern in every respect.
The plans have not yet been made, but
the new building will probably be
frame.
The Robins home is at 1923 Topeka
avenue. It was for many years one
of the handsomest residences in Topeka
The block in which it is situated con-
tains several imposing homes and the
addition of that to be erected by Mr..
Zahner viii make the block between
Eleventh and Huntoon streets on To-
peka avenue one of the most beautiful
in the city.
The old house will be moved off some
time this winter and work on the new
residence will be commenced as early
as Dractica Bile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
Grain Letter

Chicago, Dec. 23.-WHEAT-The wheat
market has held very stubborn through
which is quite noticeable. in view of the
nervous q ana deenor al stock ;4, market
been very little in the way of news to
of foreign markets offsets reports of
increased acreage and presents normal
conditions OF our winter wheat crop: Phi
mary receipts are light and undoubtedly
we have seen our heavy receipts on this
still exists a fair demand for export right
healthy basis is conclusiveIy shown by
their action and frmness in the face of
stock EXCHANGES The specuIative sfttla-
ton for wheat is not a weak one as the
steadiness of the market is mistaken by
many as a sign of weakness. This leads
to rather indiscriminate Selling on the
breaks so that there is an outstanding
punishment in the market. 1t is well to
remember that the season has been an
open winter far and that we may
soon work into crop scares with present
conditions.
CORN-The corn market has become a
fractional affair. Pit conditions and the
attitude Of local operators have been the
price makers. The general trade has been
light The market naturally has been a
firm one and this may be due to the fact
that receipts have not come up to the eX-
pectations of bears. There continues to
be fair cash demand while feeders in
pers for the new crop that is moving. The
general feeling among the outside corn
the speculative demand will not become
urgent until prices show some advance
ment.
OATS are fairly active with moderate
trade Arrivals are light and there still
exists good cash and export demand. This
grain has shown remarkable frmness con-
sidering the drives made at it by some
of the local bears.
PROVISIONS-Th bulls in provisions
have much the best of it. Early in the
packing season the packers were of one
mind that last years run of hogs would
be repeated and they made haste to sell
product in the pit against these arrivals.
To their disappointment the hogs do not
come but SPECTATORS have come into the
market and absorbed their offerings. The
consumptive demand has been large this
year due to the high price of cattle and
the increased industrial capacity of the
country. This demand for meats has pre-
vented anything like an average accu-
mutation of product in the packers Gel
lars and already January shorts are be-
coming alarmed. The market is showing
signs of congestion on the short side and
with the closer movement in quality. due
to the new rules. there promises to be a
lively Whirl in this product.
Permit me in connection to extend to
you merry Xmas greeting and to wish
you a full tide of prosperity and happi-
ness the coming year in which 1 hope to
be of assistance to you in keeping you
right of the market to your financial adj
vantage. j. F. HARRIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23

on to close the joints, as he is now do
ing at klOndike- How soon Will they
be crying over the false" executive and
hurrahing for some other shilly-shally
candidate. Think of selling liquor in
klOndille, called derisively Stanley
Knockout drops" These non-partisan
Prohibitionists remind US of that
poetry:
THE Sunday school man, no man could
be truer,
Kept busy all summer dencuncing the
brewer;
But his fever cooled off with the change
of the weather.
And late in the fall they voted together.
The Sunday school man had always
been noted,
For fighting the saloons. except when
he voted;
He piled up his prayers with holy per-
lection,
And knocked them all down on the day
of election.
''The foxy old brewer was cheerful and
mellow
Said he, I love that Sunday school fell
low;
He is true to his church, to his party
he's truer,
He talks for the Lord, but votes for the
brewer
Peter z. Her. the great brewer of
Omaha, Neb., says: High license Zone
thousand dollars), has not hurt our bus
mess, but on the contrary, has been a
great benefit to us"
Then there is that Albert Griffin-J.-
HELEN Osterism of Kansas and Iowa:
it wants to love the world, the flesh and
the devil to death. It is a kind of moral
anarchy that would do away with legal
suasiOn. They never advocate it very
loud for counterfeiters. train robbers or
horse thieves, but save all their SYM
pathies for those worse criminals, the
awful klOndikers and murderOus liquor
vendors. To lay the strong arm of the
law on these heartless wreckers of
lives, homes and human souls is to them
the objectionable political sin The sight
of a PrOhibitionist throws them into
spasms and to hint that they can not
love the saloon business to death is to
call out whole columns of injured in
nocence. To people who believe in pro-
tecting life and property and furnishing
criminals. their antics are as "amazin' "
as ArtemuS Wards kangaroo. They
hardly deserve a serious thought The
idea of running society without laws,
and officers. and courts is childish. The
thought of enforcing law with an Off
ciary not in sympathy with that law is
silly. The people of Kansas are get
ting a tremendous object lesson It is
a costly experiment to elect and pay
officers to administer law and then
have to use other public funds and
raise many thousands of dollars in ev-
cry part of the state to enforce law in
spite of these cOwardly, incompetent,
or recreant officials.
TT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
HOT SHOT FROM BUTLER.
Prohibition Leader Writes a Letter
About Non-Partisan Temper
ance Advocates.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
1t IS rather amusing to observe the
antics of some Kansas temperance
apostles sO-called- They fight political
prohibition early and late, year in and
year out. TrOutman and his crowd bob
up before every election, ripping the
RrOhibitiOnistS and idOlizing the Grand
Old Party Last fall they fairly fell
down and wOrshipped the good man
1rom Wichita" Some of them are now
paving the air because they did not
get the political pie they wanted No
body but political idiot ever expected
STANLEY to enforce the prOhibitOry law
after he went to Leavenworth and kiss
ed the loot and licked the boots of the
saloon element to catch the liquor vote
"A man who Is governed by public senti-
nenI alone has no principle to start on.
Il ms is the chap who all the preachers
thought would respect his official oath
and enforce the law. They are sitting
up OF nights to watch him close the aw-
1ul Alondlke, with his gas cannon, all
the way from the state house in To-
peka- They are just as ready to say
ali kinds of naughty things about him
as they were to laud him last fall It
IS another bad case of Morrill,, only in
nnitely worse. Lincoln said you could
FOOL all of the American people part of
the time, and part of them all the time,
out that You could not fool all of them
all the time. He had never met this
bipartisan temperance outfit. After
all these years they did not have
enough influence in the great God and
get a single word, nod or whisper from
mat party or its platform in favor of
prohibitory enforcement. Then they
play like they expected the piOus gov
ernOr for their especial benefit to at
least 50 through the motion Of letting
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items Intended for this column should
be left with the Kimball Printing COM
pany. S35 Kansas avenue.
Smilax and parsley at 916 N. Harrison
greenhouse
Mr. and Mrs E. A Simerwell are VS.
iting in HarveySville.
Mr. P. D. Joseph will spend Christ
mas a his home in FL Dorado.
Miss Lois Sawyer of Shorey has gone
to Salina to spend the holidays.
Mrs. ). Hendrickson has gone to Har-
per county to visit her daughter
Miss Margaret Myers will be the
guest of Meriden friends Sunday and
Monday.
Bring your combings and get a late
style pOmpadOur made at Mrs. Court
ney's hair dressing parlOrs.
Miss Grace Miller has come up from
FmpOria. where she is attending the
state normal to spend the holidays
Miss Mildred Phillips will leave Sun
dav for Marion where she will be enter
tanned by her sister, Mrs c. o. Burgen-
Miss Iucretia Kemp, one of the Oak
land teachers, will spend her CHRISTMAS
vacation at her home at Capital view
Mr. John Powers and daughter. Cecil,
went to Kansas City this morning to
visit relatives until after the holidays
On Christmas morning at nine o'clock
there will be a celebration of the Holy
Communion at the Church OF the Good
Shepherd.
-
day school of the Church of the Good
Shepherd will be held in the church
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Hayden viii spend
Sunday and Monday at Capital view
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ. Kemp,
Mrs. Hayden's parents.
As there will be but one delivery on
Christmas day the pOstOffce will be
open tomorrow from L o'clock until lis
and possibly until two O'Clock.
Miss Myrtle Seymour arrived last
evening from Omaha to spend the holt
days visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
T. F. Seymour of 915 Van Buren, street.
The pOstoffice sells stamps but Priddy
gives them to buyers of books, pictures,
Bibles, fancy articles and picture franz
ing. New P. O., S26 n. Kansas Avenue.
Mrs Marshall Collision and children
of East Gordon street went to Kansas
City, Kan, today where they viii visit
Mrs. Collisions parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs Shoemaker and Miss
guests Christmas of Mr.. and Mrs Shoe
makers daughter, Mrs. Daub of Cen
trail avenue.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Oral Caldwell, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w H. Caldwell of North Central
avenue, to Mr. George Gilman son of
the late Phil Gilman. The wedding will
probably take place during the holt
days
iting his many friends and relatives in
this vicinity. When Mr.. Antrim re-
turns to Colorado he Will be accom-
panied by his brother Hardy who has
for a long time been running the An
trim farm near Elmont.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
y arKet GOSSIP.

Liverpool, Dec 2S.-Today is a holiday
on the cotton exchange
London: Wheat cargoes firm. holiday.
afloat to United kingdom. decrease 1,20O.-
O00. to continent decrease 1.240,000- Corn
afloat decrease 500, 600.
oo Chicago 57i caFs Wheat 37 loo Eaded d So
Chicago: Hogs 10000, steady to strong:
cattle 800.
Kansas City: Hogs $500; cattle 100.
Omaha: Hogs $500: cattle 100.
Privileges good next week: Puts May
wheat 6S1ac; calls 1971Ac. Puts May corn
325sc; calls 1880.
Kansas City cash markets: No. hard
wheat 50 test 63c nominal: No. mixed
corn 2S15c.
Chicago: Estimated receipts Tuesday:
Wheat IS cars; corn 800 cars; oats $50 cars
and hogs, 80, 900 head.
Puts May wheat 6S1sG6914c: calls $500
zoe; Puts and calls May corn SIC.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat IS corn
81; oats IA Last year wheat 40, corn .;
Total cIearances wheat and -four 5000;
corn 1O2. 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
POPULISTS MOVE.
May Call Their Convention Ahead of
All the Others

Washington. Dec. 23.-The Post to-
day says:
of the Peoples party, yesterday. sent
out a letter to each of the national
committeeman of that organization, ask
ing them a. number of questions, the
answers to which will determine the
plans and purposes of the Populist
party.
As long ago as the spring of 1898. the
POpuliStS decided to hold their cOnVen-
ton in advance of all other parties in
1900, as a concession to the middle-of-
the-rOad radical faction of the party.
Senator Buffers letter is as follows:
Sir: AS you know the national com
mittee at its last meeting in Omaha,
in June, 1898, passed a resolution known
as the Omaha agreement to the effect
that our national convention should be
held at least one month before the old
party conventions We're held.
THE Republican national convention
has just held a meeting and fixed June
19 as the time for their next annual
convention. The Democratic commit
tee has been called to meet February
% to fix a date for their convention.
They will probably hold their cOnven-
ton a week or two before, or a week
or two after the Republican convention.
I write now to get the consensus of
opinion of our national committee on
the following points:
fFirst-Shall I call n meeting of the
national committee to fix the time OF
our national convention?
''SecOnd-If yes, what time and place
do you favor for the committee meet
ing2
''Third-Or shall take the vote of the
national committee as to the time OF
holding the next national convention
by referendum VOte2
''Fourth-If you favor the referendum
vote, what date do you favor for the
national convention?
''Fifth-Shall 1 invite the silver Re
publican national convention to meet
at the same time and place with US?
Z submit the fifth question because
notice that at the recent meeting of
the national executive committee of the
silver Republican party there was a
strong sentiment expressed in favor of
holding their convention at the same
time and place as ours, with the view
of agreeing on the same ticket"
Senator Butler expects that the COM
mitteemen to whom this letter has been
addressed will reply promptly and that
within the next two weeks he will be
able to decide definitely what course
to pursue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
TO PREVENT 'PANICS.
An Important Meeting of New York
Financiers Held.

New York, Dec. 23.-The World says:
An important meeting of financiers was
held yesterday at the office of J. p
Morgan & Co. for the purpose of de-
vising means for preventing any fur
Their failures in this city and for the
purpose of steadying the stock market
until after January 1, when it is gen
orally believed that the danger point
Will have been passed
This meeting is said to have been
called by J. Pierpont Morgan who has
been the mainstay of the financial
world for the last two weeks, and with
out whose aid at a critical moment on
last Monday disaster would have come
to many prominent houses which will
now survive the crisis
The stock market rally at the close
is generally attributed to the fact that
this group of men had reached the con-
cIusiOn to do everything in their power
to prevent further raids upon the mar
ret
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-23
SPANISH METHODS
Of Dealing With the Press In Vogue
at Manila

Manila, Dec. 23.-10:50 o. m.-The
newspaper Democracia, the organ of a
cOterie of Filipinos, including the SUI
preme court judges. favOring American
control in the Philippines, announces
that it has been decided to suspend
publication. The paper was started at
the suggestion and under the patron
age of the Philippine advisory commits
sion, headed by Prof. J. G. Schurman-
The Democracia prints a single page.
In the statement accompanying the an
nOuncement the editor says he has been
directed by the provost marshal to re-
tract certain criticism of the clerical
methods adopted in regard to the
method of schools and adds:
Recognizing the authority of the
provost marshal, we have no recourse
except to comply and have decided to
suspend publication until the present
extraordinary conditions regarding
press matters disappear When We
know what laws rule US by what mode
we are judged and to whose jurisdiction
press matters are amenable the Demo-
cracia will reappear.'
The paper has generally been a warm
supporter of the administration. The
provost marshal recently threatened to
suppress it for publishing an editorial
asserting that Manila streets We're in a
worse condition unGss the American,
than they had been under Spanish adj
ministratiou
The Manila Times was also recently
warned, with an intimatiOn of imprisOn-
ment and cOnfscatiOn for printing an
editorial recommending the creation of
board of charity commissioners to
control the charitable institutions on
account of rumOrs of mismanagene
of charitable funds, by the church au-
thorities.
The newspapers complain bitterly
that the authorities exercise a paternaI
supervision, threatening suppression,
they claim, for trifing errors in the
publication of news not connected with
public matters. They also say the cen
sOrship handicaps newspaper enterprise
by suppressing cable dispatches re-
ceived from respectable agencies, whose
transmission is of an exceedingly costly
character. The matter suppressed in
cludes reports of government actions,
among them being Philippine and Amer
lean occurrences which might give the
FiliFinOs an unfavOrable opinion of the
United States.