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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
conservative estImate for the territory.

a conservative estimate for the territory.
The great wheat producing section IS
composed Of nipe counties out Of til, the
Woods. Grant, Kay. Garfield. Noble, Okla
homa, Kingfisher, Canadian and Cleve-
land and the Usage and Kansas Indian
reservations. This section of the terri
tory has become famous for it's immense
wheat crops of 1897, 1898 and 1899
The acreage of 1898 was an increase of
80 per cent over the preceding year; this
years gain over last will reach at least
10 per cent. The crop was not moleSted
by insect pests nor affected by rust The
grain everywhere is large and plump The
wheat acreage in Kay county. the banner
county of the territory, reached this year
210 900 acres; Canadian county comes next,
with 100000 acres. Garfield county claims
100000 and an average of twenty bushels
to the acre.
The 100000 acres of leased land in the
Usage Indian reservation have produced a
splendid crop. One field of 5000 acres
in in the Ponca Indian reservation will yield
employed in harvesting this big field.
1t is longer conjecturaI or specula-
tive as to the value of Oklahoma as
wheat producing country. This is the
third great consecutive crop which has
been raised. The aggregate income to the
territory from this years crop will not
fall below so 600. 000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
CHANGE OF WARDENs.
Both Federal and State Officials of
Leavenworth Prisons Ready.

Leavenworth, June 30.-Major Robert
Wilson McClaughry, the new warden of
the federal prison, arrived at Fort
LeavenWorth at noon and was received
a the depot by Warden J. w. French
the outgoing warden. Ma jor McClaughry
was accompanied by members of his
family, and will settle down at once,
Warden French vacating the residence
by today.
All kinds of reports are in circulation
concerning changes to be made at the
prison, but these are premature and
without authority.
Rumor has it that Deputy J. NJ Allen
is likely to go, as well as Farmer
French, brother of the outgoing warden.
These are the principal changes spoken
of among those who allege to know
what they are talking about.
j. B. TOmlinson, the new warden of
the state penitentiary, was among the
arrivals yesterday and will assume con-
troll of the state institution tomorrow,
Warden Harry S. Lands stepping aside.
Last evening the Business Mems as
sociation gave a spaghetti lunch at the
National hotel to the incoming and out
going wardens of the federal and state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
HIS LAST ROUNDUP.
zone of the Boys" Gives a Farewell
Party Just Before His Marriage.

Ottawa, June 30.-There was a stag par
ty in Rohrbaugh hall in this city last
night, given by A. H. Cutler of Lawrence,
a travelling representative of the Theo.
Poehler Mercantile company. Mr.. Cutler
gave. this entertainment to. his friends, a
large party of them. for the reasons ex-
planned in the following novel invitation
which he prepared and signed:
There is time, ordained ere time began,
When man should take a partner on God S
plan;
And yielding humbly to the Sovereign
mood,
now renounce all things in bachelorhood.
But ere I cast adrift its transient joys,
l fam would meet once more with the
''old boys,
And in a light and most informal way,
Cut loose the bonds that bind to royster-
erS gay.
So, please accept this invitation hearty
And, honor me, at this my last stag
party;
If you Conclude to graciously attend,
You'll lind the date by reading to the end.
You'll find some Cubans there to rout in
smoke; i.E .A;EH
And tiuids to inspire your song and Joke:
And last, not least, you'll find a welcome
true,
From one who's ever found a friend in
you
The wedding takes place July 5. A Bur-
ltngton girl Is the bride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The rapid growth Of the telephone in
the United States is shown in the facts
and figures given in a pamphlet issued
by the correspondents of ]. P. Morgan
* Co. in New York and Boston. In
1850 there were 40S exchanges, with 1872
$50 instruments in the hands oflicensees.
In 1855 there were in the same territory
2.1o0 exchanges and more than /, 290, 900
instruments under rental. In addition
TO its normal investments, the American
Telephone and Telegraph company had
IN 1898 $4,000, 600 in buildings built and
occupied by il and connected by sub
terranean systems in the principal cities.
The entire expenditure of all Bell COM
panies to the close of that year for con-
struction, including real estate, was
Sill, 159, 309.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Some People We Know and We
Will Profit by Hearing
About Them.

This is purely a local event.
1t took place in Topeka, Kan.
Not in Buffalo or New York.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe a citizens word.
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that's endorsed at home,
That obtains resident advocates,
Is more worthy of confidence
Than an article from distant city,
Testified to by unknown people.
Mr. E. Mcpherson, of ABS Chandler
street, brakeman on the Santa Fe r. r,
says: Nearly all my life L had more
or less trouble from my kidneys and
was seldom free from pain across the
small of my back. RaiIroading at its
best is very hard on the back and kid
neys, as everyone knows who has tried
it. 1 used remedies of different kinds
but they all failed to reach the cause.
Procuring a. box of Doans Kidney Pills
at Rowley & Shows drug store corner
of 9Th st. and Kansas ave. although L
did not take the treatment as regularly
as 1 ought, they did the work just the
same. The results I obtained proved
Doan's Kidney Pills to be the most
prompt and effective remedy I ever
used"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents
per box. Mailed by Foster Milburn Co.
Buffalo, n. Y, sole agents for the u. s.
Remember the name-Doan's - and
take no substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

ways a Kansan," has again been exem-
plifed. this time by Seymore Davis,
who is well known in Topeka. He is
quoted in the Philadelphia Call as fol-
lows:
while the Kansas boys are fighting
in the Philippines their wives, sisters
and sweethearts are running the farms
These women urged the men folks TO
enlist and told them they would tend
the crops while they were away. The
girls are ploughing and hoeing and pull
ing the weeds and thinning the corn.
They wear big sunbonnetS and do not
get tanned. Furthermore. they are as
highly educated as any class of city
maidens and in between their busy
days they write to the boys on the other
side of the world, and it is safe to say
that those letters are as CHEEKY as a
Shimmering cornfield rustling in a prai-
RE zephyr and chockfull of patriotism
for the land they TILL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Newton has caught the street fair fever
from SaIina- Abilene is an immune.
Bent Murdock's kick has now become
a revolution" according to Dave Leahy.
A A Banta, formerly of the McPher-
son Republican, is now with the Abilene
Chronicle.
ingalls, is perfectly safe in calling Ma
poleOn a liar. Napoleon is long way off
and quite dead.
The funniest at Lawrence last Sunday
aroused the ministers Of that place into
The politicians are keeping an eye on
John Seaton just now They are afraid
he is getting ready to spring some sur
prise on them.
Every town that got left in the asylum
squabble is now giving Parsons a loud
horse laugh because the law is defective.
The Kansas editor who wants to kill off
Cy Leland by making him vice president
had better first get the SUBJECTS consent
The young Porto Rican who came up
would like to find the man who Invented
the English language.
The arrest of Jester, the alleged MUIR
derer. furnished a good graft for the
week, and they worked it hard.
Tramps are not bothering central Kan
Sas just nowTthey go around by way of
Kansas and hands are in demand
Society item from the lola Register:
There is a Wedding in the young crowd
in lola on the string and more that a
dozen others are strongly suspected.
A Wichita man has applied for an in
junction TO keep a laundry nearby from
laundry blows directly into his office.
lola is putting on metropolitan airs The
Missouri Pacific is running three subur-
ban trains a day out into the factory
towns that have sprung up east of Io1a-
The bouquets which the Kansas press
is throwing at Roosevelt this week indi-
cate that he can have anything he wants
in Kansas in 1S04-if a new hero does not
arise.
Charley Finch of the Lawrence Journal
is knocking ingalls, candidacy for con-
gress in the First district But then,
Lawrence is in the Second district, so the
kick doesn't count
Vic Murdoch credits Henry Allen with
can Now listen to Allen roar. The Re
publican is a POpulist paper and jumps
onto Stanley at every turn in the road.
Jewell City scores. but it is too late in
the game to count. Father Hogan of
that place is a first cousin of Jim Corbett.
If Jewell City wants to get in the middle
of the swim let it trot out cousin to Jim
Jeffries.
A Wichita cigar factory is sending out
a large picture of large factory with
many hands at work, and underneath it is
will Patronize Home Industries
Ewing Herbert wants Hfawatha to have
free delivery of mails, and he tells the
business OF the postoffice 81 600 this year.
1t would give four men a steady job.
The Kansas editors are making a big
outcry this week because Roosevelt in
speaking of Funston to Kansas City peo-
PIE the other day said. " our brave Fred
But Roosevelt was only giving Kansas
City little taffy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
Pensions For Kansans.

Washington. June Extensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-William Hahn, Burlington,
Sc; James NJ Jones, PIeasanton, So;
John p. Albert, Weir, Sc.
Increase-Samuel H. Tinden, Atwood,
$14 to $17; De Witt c. Smoke, Wichita
S12 to $17; George H. Snedaker, Farlin-
Vile, 81 to $24; Silas Staples, Logan,
Sc to $40; John Nash, Lakin, SO to $14 !;
Thomas BoneweH, independence, Sc to
SO; William L. Henderson, Greensburg,
$12 to SIT.
Original widows, etc-Minors of AL
bert Ellis, St. John, SIS; Mary NJ.
Schneider, Atchison, So.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
NEGRO MINERS IMPORTED.
Seventy-five More Men Behind the
Stockades at Ecammon.

Pittsburg, June 3o.-Seventy- five more
Ala bama negroes were unloaded by the
Western Coal and Mining company at
the StOckades in Scammon yesterday.
The miners did not attempt to interfere
with them, and all of them are now be-
hind the Stockade. The company has
brought these men in defiance of the in
junction secured by County Attorney
Stephens against the importation of I'M
desirable laborers, relying on the coun-
ter injunction they have obtained from
a federal court 1t is reported that the
county board of health of Cherokee
county will take steps to prevent any
more importations OF negroes by issuing
a quarantine notice that the railroads
will be forced to respect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Government by injunction works
both ways it seems. 1t can be used not
only to keep men from work but to keep
them at it temporary injunction has
been secured at Chester, Pa, TO pre-
vent valued employee from accepting
a similar situation elsewhere at an ad-
vance in salary. The employee is Ed
win h Martin, an expert steel worker,
and the firm which seeks to retain his
services in its plant is the Lukens Iron
* Steel company. In 1898 Martin en-
tered the employ of the company which
asks for the injunction at a salary of
5000 per year, signing an agreement to
remain in the position for i've years.
Two months later he decided to resign
the place, but the company refused to
accept the resignation, and is holding
him against his will through the pre-
hrninary injunction, which prevents him
from leaving He says his intention is
10 enter the employ of the Diamond
Steel company of Wilmington. Del. at a
salary of $500 per year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The catch of shad on the American
coast this year is estimated by the fish
commission experts at 19,OOOO 900, or an
increase of $50 per cent since 1885. when
the commission began the systematic
collection Of eggs and the distribution
OF shad fry. Not only this fine fish, but
striped bass also, now range freely
along the Pacific coast, where a few
years ago they were entirely unknown.
The shad catch alone in Pacific waters
this year was nearly 100000 and fur
ther planting along the coast has been
susDended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
Dentonville a Prosperous Town.

Dentonville, June 3O.-The last state
ment of the Bank of Dentonville shows
a deposit of about 10000. The bank
was incorporated in 1894, the town hav-
ing a population of about $50. Most
of these deposits are from the farmers
living in the vicinity OF the town.
Since May 1st the Rock Island has
hauled out of Dentonville not less than
so 900 bushels of corn for which the
Bank of Denton cashed farmers checks
for SIS 900 alone
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
WAS NOT MAYGARD.
Man Arrested at Galena Charged
With Murder Proves Innocent.

Galena, June 3O.-The photo taken
yesterday of Peter Maygard, who was
charged with the murder Of State Sen
ator H. w. Wall, forwarded to Staun-
ton, Ill, where the deed was committed,
has proven Maygard's innocence. A son
of H. w. Wall, after receiving the
photo, wired the Galena officials last
evening: Photograph received. He is
not Alto Matthes, my fathers muir
derer.'
will sue the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
UNION PACIFIC ENGINES.
Forty Ten Wheelers Being Delivered
For Nebraska Freight Traffic

Omaha, Neb., June 30.-Forty ten
wheel locomotives of the 1900 series
are now being delivered to the Union
Pacific for use exclusively on the Ne
braska division freight traffic.
Nos. 1903 and 1904 are already at the
shops here and are being run about
the yards getting into smooth working
order for service Immediately. Eight
more are on the road and will be here
The other thirty Will come at the rate
OF one a day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The New York Evening Post makes
the statement that Elbridge II. Gerry,
the philanthropist and owner Of the
Windsor hotel, owns a church in New
York and rents it for 81. 200 a year and
then secures its exemption from taxa
ton because of it's religious usesI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
PROSPEROUS OKLAHOMA.
The Greatest Crop of Wheat in Its
History Just Harvested.

greatest wheat harvest is just ended. The
June harvest in 1897 is the next largest.
The wheat area includes l. 250, 900 acres, the
largest in the history of the territory.
The product of the wheat crop is safely
of the counties the yield will be forty
bushels per acre. but in others not so
large, making eighteen bushels per acre
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Minneapolis Tribune: The Standard
Oil company claims it has been forced
to leave Ohio because it was unfairly
treated. On this same theory there are
thousands of Standard Oil victims in
every state in the union who would be
justified in getting Oft the earth en-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
Lot jumping at Cofevville.

Coffeyville, June SO.-A strip of land
fifty by $50 feet, on the main street of
the town, was Jumped" here yester-
day by two citizens who claimed it had
never been taken up before. They be-
gan the erection of buildings at once.
The town has taken steps to make
them give up the land, holding it be-
longs to the municipality. 1t is very
Va Ina
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Although it was announced with
many expressions of satisfaction at the
time that the $50, OOO, 900 payment to
Spain was made without the transmits
sion Of dollar in actual cash,
since that time more than $40, O00,-
900 in gold has been shipped to Europe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

prisons. The affair was quite an in
formal one and gotten up to enable the
business men to meet the new officials
and bid good by to the old ones. speech 5
were made by a number of gentlemen
and John H. Atwood presided as toast
MASTER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
DAM GOES OUT.
Concordia Electric Light Plant Pow
or Destroyed.

Concordia, June 3O.-The Concordia
mill dam gave way yesterday afternoon
and about 100 feet is gone. Fears are
entertained that the whole dam will go.
This dam has stood the test for II
years. 1t furnished power for the mill
and electric lights.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The handsome way in which the New
EngIanders entertained the president
may have been partially due to a feel
ing of gre t!tude for the protection rem
dere9 their coaSl III time of great
imaginary danger from the Spanish
armada
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
FROM a CHURCH sTEEP1E.
Two Enterprise Painters Have a Per-
haps Fatal Fall

Enterprise, June 3O.-Samuel Beaver,
ford, unmarried, his brother-i law,
while painting the steeple of the German
M. f. church yesterday, fell to the
ground, thirty-five feet, their scaffold-
ing collapsing. Both are badly hurt,
Beaver perhaps fatally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
TO STAY IN MEXICO.
Gillett Ships Horses and Cows From
Woodbine to Chihuahua.

Abilene, June 3O.-G. G. Gillett is evil
IDENTIFY arranging to stay permanently
in Mexico A large car has been ship
let's four fine horses, several cows
and a Hereford bull to Chihuahua The
freight bill was about $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

If Pingree and Alger practice indus
triously during the coming winter they
should be able to present an entertain
ing exhibition of team work by the time
the 1900 season opens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

indianapolis News: If the farmers
once get to forming combinations, then
you viii hear something from high
quarters about the terrible evil of trusts!
The farmers are supposed to remain
quiet. and be the victims.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

AS between Robert P. Porter and Gen.
Leonard Wood for the place Of secretary
of the colonies when the office is estap-
iished, there should be no hesitation on
the part of the president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Washington Post: The Kansas editors
don't take very kindly to the Teddy and
Freddie ticket The time has passed
when Kansas can be swept off her po-
Htical feet by political accidents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The fact that the new American
cruisers are to be coppered does not
indicate that they will be played to lose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

1t has often been called to mind that
people who have once lived in Kansas
never forget her and always have
good word for her when opportunity Of
fsrs- The saying once Kansan al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.
Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo,
$1,000 For the Round Trip.

GIenwood Springs, s31. 90; Salt Lake
and Ogden, $50. 90; for the round trip
see Rock Island agents for full Informal
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

If two men engage in a controversy
and ask you to settle 1T, don't do 1t
one of them is bound to jaw you, in
stead of the other man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

VIII Alger be a partner in the potato
business of Governor Pingree, tooF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The recent Democratic carn1Va1 Al
louisville was a % round affair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The PHILIPPINES do not appear more
anxious to fight in rainy weather than
our boys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The contest among the women at
present seems to be as to which shall
wear the largest plaids in her skirts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Most married women have an eXag-
gerated notion of the ease with which
their husbands ought to make money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Excitement is high at Brest-breast
high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Unless a man is worth $500, 900, he is
not far enough away from the day
when he went barefoot for his folks to
enjoy hearing him boast of st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

A widow doesn't feel entirely bereft
so long as she has enough money an
the bank to buy cow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Some people get up surprise partie
because it is the only way in which
they can get invited.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Some women go off and have a big
cry, who should go off and hunt a big
club, and use at.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

A woman doesn't begin to love a maj
until she begins to be afraid she ism
enough afraid of him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atchison GIobe.1
We don't believe anybody knows how
to spell Fritz Haekelnkaemper's name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

A man who runs stands on the Fourth
of July for the sale of pies and lemon
ade, threatens to leave Atchison be-
cause it is slow, and has only one
Fourth Of July celebration a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

ment has ever been published This sum
is drawing a high rate Of interest and
some of the obligations must soon be
paid. 1t is to urge upon the officials
the necessity for making extraordinary
efforts in the collection of tithes in
der to relieve the financial embarrass-
ment of the church that this conference
has been called.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30
REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR

LF'rom the New York Press.l
Woman without religion is as natural
as a cat without fur.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

People begin to watch a widow
within three months after her hus-
bands death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

If a doctor should advise a woman to
put anything on the small of her back
as heavy and warm as a. hustle, what
tender sympathy she would receive
from her friends for being compelled
to wear it!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

After the first three or four times
man falls in love in the regular way
he takes liver pills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

Excursion Via the Santa Fe.
One fare for points within 200 miles
and return. Tickets on sale July 1, 2,
8, and 4; good returning July 9Th.
Heinz's Ice Cream is the best. Phone
397-212 East Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The women are permitting their dress
skirts to cape in the back again From
this circumstance we discover that the
bustles women wear are made Of fine
wire, and not of old newspapers, as
some unobserving men suppose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-30

The trouble with marriage is it's a
mockery if you don't have ideals, and II
you do, you smash them all