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The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the Stata Journal
Chicago, june "A.

chicago, June IA.
WHEAT-Wheat opened steady today at
a shade under yesterdays closing price
for September, which is now the
leading option, but slightly higher for
July. More rain was reported in the
too wet Too much rain was also reported
in southern Illinois and southern Ohio and
Kentucky. Some rain was reported in
the Black sea district, but Russian .pring
and winter crops a whole are stlIl suf-
fering from drouth. Prices eased off ma
terially after the opening under Hquida-
ton by local longs, but offerings were
steadily absorbed the decline and the
market rallied sharply. Northwest re-
ceipts were 434 cars, against 536 last week
and 73 a year ago. Chicago receipts were
JOG cars, of contract quality. September
sold a 77ssc at the opening, declined to
CORN-Corn was neglected but fairly
steady, weather in the corn belt was IA
vorable and receipts liberal-440 cars. Sep
tember opened a shade higher at 33ssu42c
and sold at 1874 Q3sc
OATS-OatS were dull but steady with
corn. Receipts 1872 cars. September opened
a shade higher at 21c and sold at 201sd21c.
VISIONS-PrOviSiOnS were dull but
firm with hogs. There was a fair general
demand later Packers sold moderately
September pork opened shade higher
at $S45dS.471a. advanced to SS.57k and re-
acted to IS. .5212. September lard opened a
shade higher at $5.15q5-1714 and advanced
to So September ribs opened unchanged
BARLEY-Cash, 34d39c
RYE-Cash, Soc; July. 5Sc: Sept. 56lzc.
TIMOTHY-Aug., $3.50; Sept, s.. 60; Oct,
s. so.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
PINGREE OUT OF POLITICS
Alleged That Michigan's Governor
Will Try to Teach His Party
Lesson.
Detroit, Mich, June

Detroit, Mich, June 14-The Free
Press tomorrow will say:
Governor Pingree will not be a can
didate for office, either this year or next,
visers.
1T is said that his family desire his
retirement for social reasons, and also
that the governor wishes to show the
members of the present Republican leg
islature and others that are said to be
obstructing the course of his taxation
legislative measures at Lansing that
the Republican party in Michigan and
Wayne county can not carry an election
without the prestige of the Pingree
name and his personal influence
This afternoon, in conversation
about the next election, he said: Well,
I shall not be a candidate for office, you
can bet on that ]"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14

Helen Wellington Morton, of Tescott,
leads the girls.
The undergraduates Of Washburn will
spend the summer in various ways and
in some ways entirely different from the
undergra duates of eastern colleges.
Many of the boys are keeping an eye
on the harvest fields and the girls and
looking for occupations best suited to
them. The summer will not be lost but
spent in either work or study.
The following was the programme of
the graduating exercises:
Instrumental trio-Hungarian dances,
Nos. l and Observation-Disclosures. Brahms
Misses Mccoy, Bowen and McAdams.
Prayer.
Vocal trio-"'Halt! for the Bugle's
Miss Spencer, Miss Taylor and Mr. Pond.
tunities in Old Professions"
Rev. ChaS. NJ. Sheldon, Topeka. Kan.
Washburn College Glee Club.
Conferring of degrees.
The following are the graduates:
Gertrude Boughton. Sardius Mason Brew
ster. Henry Fairfield Burt, Howard
Moody Frank. Helen Wellington Morton,
Robert Spencer Pond, Margaret Sawyer.
Draper Talman SchOonover, Eliza beth
MacLure Tunnel.
Bachelor of Science-Samuel Herbert
Little. Frederick John Tit.
Bachelor of Letters-May Lola Axteu
Mary WallingfOrd Harrison, Zella Winona
Parker. Zula Woodard Parker.
Instrumental Music-Myrtle Jessie Ack-
erman, May Haines Bowen, Emma May
McAdams, Marthe Mccoy.
Vocal Music-Laura Emma Davies,
Laura May Taylor.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
ALL SAFE.
No Lives Lost by the Sinking of the
Macedonia.

New York, June 1.-THE steamer
Rescue of the Merritt and Chapman
Wrecking company arrived il quaran-
tine early today having on board Cap
tain kuffahl, six of the crew and ChaS.
w. Moss and Hermann Brandt, two
passengers of the steamer Macedonia of
the Ward line, which was sunk by the
steamer Hamilton of the Old Dominion
line last night. The remainder of the
crew and one passenger, F. w. Wright,
landed at Long Branch.
After the Hamilton became cleared
from the Macedonia and seeing the ship
still affoat, Captain Kuffahl returned
to her and endeavored to beach her but
she suddenly took a lurch and sank in
six fathoms of water about seven miles
south of the Scotland light ship and
one and a half miles off the shore. She
lies on even keel, and only the top of
her funnel and her two masts are Wis
ible. The passengers and crew saved
none of their personal effects.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
TRIAL OF TOM JAMES.
Well Known Citizen Being Tried For
Shooting a Neighbor.

The trial of Thomas NJ. James for
shooting William H. Hayes in North
Topeka last November is being heard
today before Judge HaZen in the dis
trict court. There is conS1derab bic IN
terest in the outcome of the trial on ac-
count of the prominence OF the parties
but the attendance at the court room IS
no larger than is usual at criminal
cases.
James and Hayes are neighbors in
North Topeka. They reside side by side,
and the shooting affray for which
James is now on trial for his liberty
was the result of a dispute over the
boundary line between the two proper
ties. 1t was on the morning of NoVem-
ber 20 that the dispute was renewed
while Mr.. Hayes was driving a stake
to mark what he claimed was the
boundary between the two lots. James
went out and ordered him to quit, but
his house and brought out a shotgun
with which he shot Hayes in the side
1t was feared at the time that Hayes
would die but he got well eventually
James gave himself up to the officers
Immediately after the shooting. and
when Hayes recovered the charge
against him was made assault with in
tent to kill.
The trial began at o'clock Tuesday
afternoon and the rest of the day was
consumed in making up a jury. Judge
Hazen had ordered special Venire of
six men to be drawn on in case a jury
could not be secured from the regular
panel The regular panel was exhausted
when only eleven jurynnen had been Sc
cured, and three of the special venire
were drawn on to secure the twelfth
man.
The jury, as it was finally passed is
composed Of the following: Dewitt
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
BEGIN WORK IN JULY.
Court of Visitation Promises to Dc
Some Things.

There are three cases on the docket
of the court of visitation for hearing on
the first Monday in July. AS the Fourth
comes on the following day, Tuesday, it
is probable the court will not convene
on the 3rd.
The first case is the telegraph litiga-
tion. The second is the action brought
by the citizens of New Albany, Wilson,
county, to require the Frisco to main
tain an agent at the station.
The next case is one from Corliss.
east of Lawrence. formerly Cedar juno
tion on the Santa Fe. The citizens
there want the Santa Fe to keep an
agent there.
The mem bers of the court will go TO
Leavenworth Thursday to be present
Friday at the hearing of the appica-
ton for an injunction, made by the
Western Union, to prevent the court
from hearing the Mcpherson county
case brought by J. G.. Maxwell to en-
force the new law reducing telegraph
tolls.
The clerk of the court will take
charge of the office in the absence of
the memb bers of the court, who will be
accompanied by a. ]. Myatt, the So
Icitor. and A. A. GODDARD. attorney gen
eral These two gentlemen will act
as counsel for the court.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
CLOSE OF WASHBURN.
Glass Receives Degrees In
Gowns and Mortar Boards.

The thirty-fourth commencement of
Washburn college took place Wednes-
day morning in the college chapel at
1880 with the members of the class at
tired in caps and gowns.
1t is rather unusual for classes in the
west to graduate in caps and gowns and
this is the second at WaShburn with the
necessary courage to adopt the old Eng
liSh custom. The class of "a was robed
in black with mortar boards and tas-
sells but the question of caps and gowns
comes up for every class to decide and
80 out of "a times the college girls and
young men of Washburn have decided
against the paraphernalia.
Everyone who attended the commence
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
IT Is SLOW.
People are Reluctant to Take Advan-
tage of Bankrupt Law.

The federal bankruptcy law will have
been in operation one year on July l,
but only 151 bankruptcy cases have
been brought in the state of Kansas
under it. Before it became operative
it was prophesied that hundreds of
Kansas men who went broke" in boom
times and have big judgments hanging
over them would fall over one another
to discharge their obligations under the
bankruptcy law. But they didn't do
it. Many of the judgments had been
charged off as worthless and others had
been paid. The result was that not
more than a tenth part many people
took advantage of the law in Kansas
as had been expected.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Joseph's Tips.

New York, June I-Foreign houses are
without orders. Most of the sensational
rumors that were current yesterday. and
to which was due the reaction, fail of
confirmation today. There should be a
substantial rally. with Sugar a good lead
er. Claus Doscher swore on oath before
the industrial commission that he holds
and has held for years for investment
Sugar common stock on which he receives
full u per cent dividends. Mind you.
Doscher is a rival of Havemeyers ;, yet
he knows a good thing He buys Sugar
because of its enormous earnings. What
bigger bull point can, one have on Sugar?
The buying of anthracite properties is OF
a description to warrant and insure the
prophecy, SO to speak. that materially
higher prices will be made on all OF these
issues. Necessarily the coal stocks can
not go up and the rest of the market be
laggard. The suggestion, therefore, to
take advantage of recessionS will prove
highly profitable if needed.
J. ARTHUR JOSEPH
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
RODE A MILLION MILES.
Aged Vandalian Engineer Finished
His Run at Terre aaute.

Terre Haute, Ind, June 14.-"Andy'
Walker, the veteran Vandalia engineer
died today at the age of IS years. He
made his last run several days ago to
Indianapolis, where he became ill, and
could not bring his train back.
He was on the engine that hauled the
first train over the Vandalia bridge
across the Wabash here in 1870, and
prior to that was at the throttle with
trains to ST. Louis over what is now
the Big Four to MattoOn and then over
the St.Louis-Va and Terre Haute
to ST. Louis. He was born in Scot
land and first ran an engine over the
old Madison road from Indianapolis in
1852. His diary shows that he was at
the throttle for 1,060,18 miles, or more
than 40 times around the world, and he
never had a serious accident.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14

ment exercises decided that the Gus
tom is a pleasing one. The girls GER
tainly look very chic with a mortar
board leaning dangerously over one ear
and the tassel bobbing around their
ears. The other sex look very wise and
profound in the robes and caps but it is
a little awkward walking across the
campus against the wind. Under such
conditions the seniors can not look as
digniied as they might wish. Some
members of the graduating class have
promised to will their caps and gowns
to their successors and it may be that
the custom will be kept up.
Robert Spencer Pond, of Westmore
land, carries off the honors of the class
and is valedictorian. He is proba bly,
the best student in mathematics that
the college has ever enrolled. Miss
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
SURE OF ONE.


made a record of which it can be proud.
He predicted the election of the ticket
next fall, and if an election of governor
were held this year the Democrats
would win by 10000 majority He
ury and said the freedom of Cuba was
due entirely to the untiring efforts of
the Democratic minority in congress.
Ihe convention took a recess until 3
o'clock.
John NJ Garman of Luzerne was
CHOSEN chairman of the resolutions
committee. Charles J. Reilly was Sc
Iected by the organization committee
for permanent chairman.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14

j. 4.
Merchant. 112 East Fifth St Topeka,
Kan. receiver and shipper of grain.
Opening Liverpool cabble: Wheat Ad
higher. corn Ad higher. ,.,
district. fiS up anu S''0"S' ram IN BLACK sea
u G6hcago; 6dd H9gsS receipts. 10000; cattle.
London: American shares at parity;
Winter wheat IS now being harvested
but excellent DUALITY. HarVestinfg is Vel
advanced in Texas, about finished in the
In lower Missouri valley some improve
ment reported in condition of wheat.
In North Dakota and Minnesota and
South Dakota wheat is in a promising
New York: Sugar weak on summoning
OF 01nclals oe1ore comm lSslon. report or
settlement of tight denied. Insiders have
Total cIearances of wheat and flour 1885,
Brads5reets s worlds visible: Wheat east
of Rockies, increase, 100000 Europe, de-
New york close: Wheat july. Sue;
=, Minneapolis close: Wheat July, 73Ssc;
Duluth: Wheat. July. 1880; Sept. 75l4c.
Northern Pacific declared 1 per cent div
Kansas City receipts-carlots: Wheat
g. last year II; corn r. last year %; oats
Flour sales at Minneapolis yesterday,
80. 900 barrels.
Privileges: July wheat puts 75@1sc,
calls 755sQ76c July corn puts 3414 q 3sc,
calls 343sQhc; curb, July wheat. 7514c
Topeka cash market: No hard wheat,
50 pound test, 671sc.
The northwest is apologizing for light
wheat receipts owing to railroad wash
outs and interrupted traffic, but the pres
ent receipts are quite heavy enough to suit
either bull or bear. Chicago is no hog
Puts checked decline in wheat. Mar
ket shows little disposition to rally. Linn
looks cheerful enough to short side. but
some of his friends say he is simply hold
ing aloof to get lower prices.
Counselman sold puts on a million and
a half of wheat yesterday and the crowd
thinks the wheat is wanted. The stuff
that comes out is from commission houses.
St. Louis: Orthwein here, who has large
elevator interests at Galveston and other
Texas points, says he has been unable to
contract any wheat, bidding 75c down
there, and finds the interior millers offer
ing more right along.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Kansas city Livestock Market.

Kansas City, June a.
CATTLE-Receipts, natives, 5000; Tex
ans, 500. Market steady to strong and ac-
tive. Native steers. heavy. So. .OOIl5.15: me-
dium, s4S0a5.15; light, $4-O0Q5.oo; Texas
steers, $3.50d450; Texas cows, $2.5oN4. 90;
native cows and heifers. $2.00d5O0; stock
ers and feeders, $2.25q5.10; bulls, S3e0U4.5O-
HOGS-Receipts, 13000- Market strong,
512c higher; active. Bulk of sales, 50. 659
3.75; heavy, 50. 3.65d3.S21 packers, $365d3. IS;
s3,65@3:70: pigs, $3.45d3 so.
SHEEP-Receipts, 2,0o0. Market strong.
Lambs, S4.50Q5.S5; clipped muttons. $4,000
800; g. stoekers and feeders, $2.9eq35O; culls,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicago, june II.
HOGS-Estimated receipts today, 10000;
for tomorrow, 29. coo: left over, 2.SI4. Mar
ket steady to 21sd5c higher. Mixed and
rough heavy, So 500 g. 20: light. IS. 79qf3.9S.
CATTLE = Receipts. 14.00O. Market
steady. Beeves s.. 4.50G5.60; cows and heif-
ers, $2O0a5.10: Texas steers. s4.OeQ 4. 80;
stockers and feeders. So 50d5.15.
SHEEP-Receipts $1,000. Market steady.
Sheep, $3.5G05. 90: lambs, 81. 75GI6.35.
Official receipts and shipments for yes
terday:
Hogs-Receipts, q $50: shipments, 1900.
Cattle-Receipts, 2,061: shipments, 1.537.
Sheep-ReceiptS, 5,oS5; shipments, SII.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
REDUCED RATES.
Telephone Company Actually Pro-
mise to Make Red uctions

The Missouri & Kansas Telephone
company announces that a number OF
extensions will be made this year, and
that toll rates will soon be reduced %
per cent. The company also holds out
the idea that rates in general will be re-
duced within the near future.
When the contemplated improve
Inents are made the company will have
800 miles of wire in operation.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
OREGONIANS DEPART
Leaving Sixty-two of Their Comrade
Dead In the Philippines.

Manila, June 14-11:45 a. m.-The first
volunteers started home today on the
transport Newport, the transport Ohio
carrying the Oregons, first volunteer
signal company sailing for San Fran
cisco via Nagasaki. They are expected
to arrive July u. The outgoing Ore
gon troops left 81 dead from battle and
disease. the result of the years cam
paign The vessels We're cheered as they
steamed ont of the harbOr
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
SPREADING OUT.
Parkhurst- Davis Company to Erect
$4,000 Building In Oklahoma.

The Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile COM
pany of Topeka will soon let the con-
tract for the erection of a SIS, 900 whole
sale house in Oklahoma City. The
building viii be completed before win
ter and will be one of the largest whole
sale houses in the territory of OklahO-
ma. 1t is to be 40 feet long, so feet
wide and three stories high.
The erection of this branch house is
to accommodate the southern business of
this enterprising firm.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
New York Money Market.

New York. June a.
MONEY-Money call nominally 2n2l1
per cent Prime mercantile paper, 3Ad4
per cent Sterling exchange heavy, with
actual business in bankers bills at $4S1A
for demand and $4.S59s for sixty days.
Posted rates, $4.S612d4S7 and $4.S9. Com
mercial bills, S4.S5.
SILV VER-Certifcates 601hG62c; bar sill
Yer, 604c; Mexican dollars, 4S1sc
BONDS-Government bonds steady: L.
S Is, registered, 1908; IS, 1O9; coupon. 1881 ::
new As registered, 13012; coupon, 1901; old
As, registered, 112%4; coupon, 113A; IS, reg
istered, 11212; coupon, 1121a.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
TOPEKA TO FRONT.
Another Capital City Student Wins
Honors.

O. l. Field. a former Topeka boy
secured the Macarthur gold medal at
the National University Law school at
Washington, D. c., last week. He grad
uated with the highest honors of his
class Mr.. Field at one time held a
position as stenogra pher to Mr.. Samuel
T. Howe and later was an employe of
the Santa Fe treasurer's office in this
citV
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Kipling Sails For England.

New York, June 14.-Rudyard Kip1ing
will sail for England on the White Star
line steamer Teutonic today. Mrs. Kip
ling, their daughter and young son and
J. lockwood Kipling, father of the
author accompanied him. The author
has thoroughly recovered from his i'll
ness and is going abroad to spend the
summer at English sea shore resorts.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
STREET CARS IN SEOUL.
Korea Sends to America For Motor
men and Engineers.

San Francisco, June 14.-The first
street railway in Seoul, capital of Korea,
is nearing completion. H. r. Bost-
wick. chief engineer of the syndicate
which is constructing the road, has sent
here for ten or fifteen experienced mo-
tOrmen and several first class electrical
engineers, who are to be sent to Korea
Immediately. The motormen will be
supplied from this city, their wages be-
ing $40 per month.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Kansas City Produce Market

Kansas City, June a.
WaEAT-J1ly, EAT; July, SS1sci Sept, 695se Cash i; ;
red. 7q72c; No. 9. 67@70c; No. spring.
61lp70c; No. 8, 64d67c.
CORN-Juiy, 31lkc; Sept, s11sc. Cash:
No. mixed, 3Sc; No. white, S31zc; No. 3,
OATS-Cash, No. white, 261kc.
RYE-No. 9, SEC.
HAY-Choice timothy, sS.25GS.5O; choice
prairie. $7.25GI7.50.
gTTTER-,Creamery, 16c; dairy, 1Sc.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Commercial Club Meeting.

The last regular meeting of the club
before the summer vacation will occur
toriu<n and other matters of import
ance will be considered and you are
urged to attend. A number of applica-
tions for membership will be voted on.
T. J. ANDERSON, Secretary.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
HILLMON CASE.
Hearing is Postponed by Agreement
of Attorneys Until October 16.

Leavenworth, June 1.-THE celebrated
HiIlmon insurance case has been set for
trial October 16, when the federal court
will be in session in this city. The
postponement to that date was agreed
on by the attorneys.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
DALTON GANG GUILTY.
Young Toughs Admit Their Guilt In
District Court.

Viney Davis. Walter Mclean and
Willard Robinson, the three colored
boys who were arrested by the police
some time ago for robbing Parker 8
cigar store at the corner of Tenth and
Kansas avenue, pleaded guilty to the
offense in district court today Judge
Hazen did not sentence them as he
wishes to ind out their ages first. They
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Sugar Market

New York. June IA.
SUGAR-Raw firm: fair refining 4isc;
centrifugal, SO test, 1-16c; molasses su-
gar, 11-16c. Refined firm; crushed, &c;
powdered. SIC: granulated, SIC.
COFFEE-Dull.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14
Range of PRICES.

Furnished by ]. c. Goings. Commission
receiver and shipper of grain.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-06-14

may be too old to send to the reform
school
These three boys are the leaders of
several co1ored boys who call them
selves the Younger Dalton gang" who
had been carrying on systematic petty
thieving in South Topeka for some time.
The Peerless Steam Laundry has put
on the latest device for smoothing the
edges of collars and cuffs.
We Will wash your colored shirts ana
guarantee colols from fading. PeerleS@
Steam Laundry liz and LA w. Sth.