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To be the Cause of
Making Some One Happy,

For only short time even, Is case
for congratulation; but to be the cause,
Of making large community happy for
long time is consummation greatly to
be desired. Yet nothing is easier, for by
buying your groceries of the Chicago
Grocery 1t will have that very desirable
result, as weHtouch your pocket-bo so
lightly, and that, If anything. will GER
tainlE bring, happiness. z.
For one week we will sell you goods as
follows ~.
bbI. best Bread Flour, $4.75
i bbk, best st. Louis Flour. 4.25
1 gal. best Porto Rico Molasses, AS
l gal. best New Orleans Molasses, so
Id. new Sword Fish, - 10
1 lb. Salmon Trout, .OS
Our Teas we are still selling at old prices
before the duty was put on them, as we
bought enough to last us one year just
before the duty was imposed
Lard, though little higher we still
sell per h., .0S
Id. Rolled Wheat Flake, .O5
8 lbs. Rolled Oats. .25
Best Granulatsd Corn Meal, @per h., .Os
8 lb. bag pure Table Salt; .05
6 lbs. Lump Starch, as
A ID. p'k'ge Swift Washing Powder, II
8 bars Pride LaundryiSo .s5
4 lbs. 4-crown californla Raisins, .s5
'ALLiATsR
Chicago Grocery,
Gf0HnrH 6nv.Snnc
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Fall Cata1og
for the Asking.

Our new fall catalog is now
in the printers hands, expect
to have it shortly. Drop us
a postal with your address,
and we'll send it when ready.
The Press., 1899-10-05
Mems Custom
Made Suits.

Special offering for a short
time!
We will make to measure,
mems suits in the best man
ner, of ALL WOOL BLUE
and BLACK CHEVIOTS
and SERGES and CHECK
ED and STRIPED CHEW
IOTS-some forty styles in
all to select from-at a very
special price, only
$3.50 a suit !
Think of it! A made-to-
your measure suit from the
new styles of all wool suitings
at $12.5o!
Every man in town-every
man who reads this ought to
come in at once and let US
take his measure.
The Press., 1899-10-05

NxTM. WOBBECKE, Merchant
w Tailor, Room /, Warren's Block, Stafford
Springs, Conn.
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S~S1 sSS@=aSSN
Springfield, September, 1899.
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~ T. PRESTON, Counsellor at
". Law, Notary Public and Real Estate Agent,
Wilmington, Conn.
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IL .EG. PATTEN, 81 Wells-st., Hart
L. ford, Conn.,, Dyeing and Carpet Beating
Works. Miss NJ T. Russell agent, stafford Springs.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
NOW ZOE MACHINERY.
Leather Trust to Take In All AppIi-
ances For Making Shoes


New York, Oct. 1O.-The Standard
Shoe Machinery company, which has
just fled articles of incorporation at
Trenton, n. J., is being organized for
the purpose of consolidating practically
all of the important makers of shoe
manufacturing machinery in the coun-
try.
This new company is the creature of
the interests which were recently sue
cessful in forming the American Hide
and Leather company, commonly known
as the upper leather trust, and is part
of a scheme to make close combina-
tion of the shoe manufacturing inter
ests of the country with view or
controlling not only the domestic trade,
but the markets of the world as we'll.
Thomas J. Ryan, who was the active
promoter of the upper land combin-
alton, occupies the same position to-
ward the new company.
1t is said to be the scheme Of the
shoe trade interests who are behind
the combination of machinery makers
to follow this company with cOmbin-
alton of practically all the boot and
shoe manufacturers in New England
about 125 in number and to consolidate
this with the American Hide and
Leather Standard Shoe Manufacturing
Machinery companies, making a gigan-
tic trust that will try to control the
shoe trade of the world.
When this general scheme was con-
ceiVed several months ago. steps We're
taken to bring the shoe manufacturers
together into a trust, but it was soon
found that little success could be Sc
cured by such a combination without
the cooperation of the makers of shoe
machinery, to whom royalties would
have to be paid and with whom lay the
powers to at any time ruin the manu-
6acturers' trust. Consequently the shoe
trust project was dropped Tor the time
being and work was begun upon the
shoe machinery people themselves.
The new Standard Shoe Machinery
company will acquire the following con-
Germs and patents:
The Woodward Manufacturing COM
pany, including its patented machines
for heel work; the Bay State Shoe Ma
chfnery company, including its patented
machines consisting of welt and turn
machine, lock stitch stitcher, welt beat
er. welt. skiver. bobbin winder, welt
beveller and grower. rough rOunder
and stitch indenting machine and sole
laying and sOle-levelling machines;
BuzZolls patents for a spring heel ma
chine and for heel breaSting machines;
the Shining Lasting Machine company,
including its patented lasting machine,
also patented in England; McDOWelI's
patents for a heel and sole trimming
machine.
The company is capitalized at 81, ,0O0,-
stock preferential as to capital as we'll
as to dividend) ard S3,000,O00 common
stock There will be retained in the
company's treasury for future acquisi-
tions S500.000 each in preferred and COM
mon stock.
Directors and managers of the new
company will be as follows: E B.
Beecher, Diamond Match company,
WestVile, Conn; B. F. Spinney, shoe
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10

boulevard, to study music, with Miss
Mary Norris Berry.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Mrs. L H Myers and daughter Joyce
of Lamar, Col, are guests of Mrs. Z. J.
SeymOre.
Master DeWitte Hagar has returned
from a few days visit in Wakarusa
Miss May Pearl of Wakarusa is Wis
iting friends in Topeka for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy A. Capps are the
parents Of a daughter, Claudia Kent.
Mrs. J. w. Crisweu entertained for
her daughter Hazel last Saturday af-
ternoon, the occasion being her eleventh
birthday. The following guests were
present: Helen Woodard, Marie Lager
strom, June Mitchell. Helen Mitchell,
Lille Jordan, Eva Kinley, Grace Grote,
Harry VanSlyck, Willard VanSlyck and
Tom Robinson.
r. E. Thomas has returned from a
short visit in Kansas City.
Mrs. NJ. S. French, of Los Angeles.
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
R. c. Bradshaw. left Monday for an ex-
tended trip in the east.
Mrs. Annie Roger has issued invita-
tions for the marriage Of her daughter
Cora, and Mr.. Clark Curtis WitWer, on
Wednesday evening, October %, at half
past eight.
Mrs. Grant Thompson of Wamego
spent Monday in Topeka on her way to
PurcelIe. Ok.
The Vespuccian club will meet Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. J. B. Calvert
at her home on VanBuren street.
Mrs. d w. Millard returned Monday
from a two weeks visit in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
SEES THE END.
DR.. B. F. DeCosta Says the Episcopal
Church Has Met Its Sedan.

New York, Oct. 10.-An interview is
published with Rev. DR.. B. F. De Costa,
the Episcopal clergyman who has just
resigned from the priesthood on ac-
count of the admission of DR.. Charles
A. Briggs as a minister of the church.
DR.. De Costa says:
''Now that the diocesan convention is
over and the Bible, so far as Episcopa-
Hans are concerned, has met with its
Sedan, I have concluded that it would
be quite as well to drop out of the
Episcopal ministry altogether. To my
mind, unless the unexpected comes to
pass, the poor future of the Episcopal
movement must be considered as clear.
Notwithstanding the effort to gloss the
matter over, the action of the diocesan
convention is one of the signs of the
times.
This diocese and the Episcopal church
at large is dominated by what the rul-
ing factions call the spirit of the age.
They forget to say what age. This spir-
it that they talk about is simply the be-
lated ghost of the age of Arianisn.
The Episcopal church has made a
new departure and I cannot go along
with it. Consistency requires a repudi-
alton of the whole scheme and I think
have adopted the best method. / pre-
fer the faith 1 learned at my mothers
knee to the inventions of sciolists.
If any of my old friends is grieved 1
shall feel very sorry. A class of men
seem to boast of their incapacity for
progress holding that if one has a pro-
per training in EpiscOpalianism he will
always stay where he is put. Yes. with
the proper training he will be practical
ly stuck fast in his environment. In
fact, there are a great many flies just
now imbedded in the Anglican amber
Still I happen to know many Episcopal
clergymen who would get out of the
ministry if they could. The once fair
prospect has faded. The mirage has
fed. The case is very puzzling and now
with teeth set they stand to their task
not knowing what else to do.
There is an imperative need of bread
for wife and little ones The hard strug-
gle for pelf blunts the moral sense, in
ducing mental tnaction and spiritual
aSnhXrYia -
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
ROOT GOES TO WORK.
Secretary Will Begin at Once on His
Annual Report

New York, Oct 10.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says; Secretary
Root has returned from the west, where
he went with the president, and will i'm
mediately begin work on his annual re-
port which will be of great Importance.
Besides recount1ng the doing of the mll1-
tary army in the Philippines, Cuba and
Porto Rico, he will probably make rec
concentrations regarding the future gov
ernment of these islands. 1t is well known
that he wishes to inaugurate a civil gov
ernment in Porto Rico at the earliest pos
sibIe moment and that he favOrs the
speedy withdrawal of many of the sold
ierS from Cuba.
The president will depend largely upon
the report of the Philippine commission
in shaping his proposals for the govern
ment of these islands, but Secretary Root
will have something to say IN MS report
to control by the military pending the
institution of civil government
1t is stated that the secretary will not
make any recommendations in his report
for army reorganization or in the direc-
tion of permanent increase for the army,
the Philippine war has been brought to
close. BY this silence the admins trait
it is alleged, will avoid the charge of mil
itarism during the coming session of con-
gress
The secretary will take the ground that
until the war ended it will be difficult to
determine how many of the 100000 men a
present authorized can be dispensed with.
The present force can be utilized until
1901. If the war is ended before the close
of the session. the secretary will draft
bill for a permanent reorganization of the
army If it is not, the whole matter will
go over until the fall of 1900
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
THE DOCTORS
ARE In TOPEKA.
Three Months Services Free to All
Who Call Before Nov. Is.

staf Of eminent physician and sur
geons from the British Medical fnstf-
tute have, at the urgent solicitation Of
a large number of patients under their
treatment in Topeka, established a per-
manent branch in this city at No. 412
Topeka avenue.
These eminent gentlemen have de-
cided to give their services entirely
free for three months Cmedicines ex-
cepted) to all invalids who call upon
them for treatment between now and
November Is. These services consist
not only Of consultation, examination
and advice, but also of all minor sur
gical operations.
The object in pursuing this course is
to become rapidly and personally ac-
quafnted with the sick and afflicted. and
under no condition whatever will any
charge be made for any services rem
dered for three months, to all who call
before November 15 Therefore the
most humble in circumstances can avail
themselves Of the services of these emf
nent physicians.
The doctors treat all forms Of disease
and defOrmfties, and guarantee a cure
IN every case they undertake. At the
hrst interview a thorough examination
Is made and If incurable you are frank
ly and kindly told so, also advised
against spending your money for use
less treatment
Male and female weakness, catarrh
and catarrhal deafness. cancer, without
pain or cutting; also all skin diseases.
rupture and all diseases of the rectum
are positively cured by their new treat
ment.
Dr. s. Edward McCuIly. the chief con-
sulting surgeon Of the institute is in
personal charge
Office hours from a. m to D. m.
No Sunday hours.
eg2eedtaI m noticeoIf te you ea1 not call
treatment
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10

manufacturer of Norway, Maine. and
Lynn, Mass, and president of the Ma
tional Security bank Of Lynn; J. n.
Smith, retired shoe manufacturer of
Lynn, Mass; W. B. HOSmer, president
of the Bay State Shoe Machinery com
pany, Boston, Mass; H. E. Bothfeld.
treasurer Woodward Manufacturing
company, Boston; Thomas G. Plant.
shoe manufacturer, Boston; W. W.
Spaulding, shoe manufacturer, Haver-
hill Mass; J. Stuart Rusk of Gilman
and Rusk, lawyers, Boston; r. F.
Spencer of Hamilton Brown Shoe com
pany St Louis, Mo; Elihu Thomson of
the general electric company, Swamp
scott, Mass; F. w. Curtiss of Curtiss,
Jones & Co, shoe manufacturers, Read
ing, Pa; f. p. Reed, shoe manufac-
turer, Rochester, N. Y, and F. c. Pin
gree of Pingree & Smith, shoe manu-
facturers, DetrOit. Mich.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

There were two features in the per-
fOrmance Of "441' at the Crawford the
ater Monday night wholly at variance
with the time hOnOred rules of Sensa-
tiOnal melOdrama. In the first place the
william had Washed-out hair instead of
raven locks and grew a scrubby beard
of reddish tnge instead of a dark Van
dyke. In the second place the persecu-
ted herOS clothes were much better
than his. In fact he was made to walk
around in the last two acts in seedy
looking short-tailed Prince Albert and
a hand-me-down i'll fitting spike tail,
while the hero strode magnificently in
a tailor made dress suit The fact that
the hero owns the show and has several
diamonds to his credit, and the william
is only a hired man at about SO per
week, or less, has probably something
to do with these conditions, but it is
horribly damaging to melOdramatic
ideas.
In other respects the performance
kept sufficiently close to the old rules
to be satisfactory to admirers Of that
kind of stage production. The hero
very often raised his eyes and hands to
heaven, both he and the villain said
me" for my" a convict in a peniten-
tfary talked of beautiful spring morn
ing when all nature seemed in tune
and of course the villain and the hero
played see-saW in the matter of tri-
umphs, ending with the hero radiant
in a blaze of glory. The audience was
small, but like the majority of melO-
in the face of the fact that several of
the actors" forgot their lines and the
villain walked weakened.
The melodrama was written for A. ".
Fremont, the owner, something over a
dozen years ago, but was shelved for
the past several years while he han
died a Railroad Ticket" Mr.. Ere
mont is to be criticised for assuming
the role of resurrectionist, and also, af-
ter having assumed that role, for not
spending more money in engaging
company. He has a very cheap aggre-
cation associated with him. probably
on the theory that people who admire
unnatural stage productions of the SEN
satiOnal type admire them under any
circumstances. Fremont is by far the
most capable member of the company,
and he is only capable from a melOdra-
matte standpoint.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
SPECIAL AGENTS
Will Be Given Easy Berths in Largest
Cities as Extra Census Workers.

Washington, Oct. 1O.-Director Merriam
of the census, has decided to appoint
special agents in all of the largest cities
not to exceed thirty to forty days, in
gathering information only as to mechan-
tended to meet the requirement that the
mechanical and manufacturing industries
data be collected within two years from
June, 1900.
Under a plan just outlined the industries
of the country are grouped under sixteen
different heads including food and kin
dred products, textiles, iron and steel,
lumber and its re-manufactureS, leather,
clay glass and stone products, etc.
This work will be done under the i'm
mediate charge of sixteen expert special
agents. AS the law requires that the
statistics concerning population, mortal
ity AGRICULTURAL and manufacturing and
mechanical establishments shall be COM
pleted before any other work is under
taken. the office will have use for the
service of special agents to gather infor-
nation until after these subjects are COM
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
-oted yesterday and 10 appropriate the

voted yesterday and to appropriate the
so-called old bridge.
What is all this steal for? Every
farmer in Jefferson county that desires
to come to the city to trade can today,
and has ever since the Granville state
road has been open, drive with ease and
comfort over as good a road as any
highway to the city. And with the ex
ception of about twenty-five farmers
who happen to live in the bend of the
river across from Tecumseh, they
have as good, and we say better, high
way to the city than other citizens en-
joy in any direction. 1t is only few
who are complaining, and they do so
for a selfish purpose.
''Then if all these people now have
the best highWay-which we will prove
to any committee of the board of trade,
which seems by Misrepresentation to
them to want to take a hand in it, yes,
who voted the peoples money away for
nothing but a plain, outright steal
why should Shawnee county be robbed
of $4,000 and our old avenue bridge,
worth from So, 900 to $4,000, by these
two county commissioners and a few
Shylocks, who want Shawnee county to
build a bridge for the supposed twenty
hVe farmers of Jefferson county, who
now must drive from one to three miles
further? We say emphatically no. We
say we have the best open highway in
this direction east and northeast of the
city for Jefferson county farmers to get
to the city. We say emphatically that
the present road is sufficient and ac-
commodities every citizen of Jefferson
county, and that there is no need of
Shawnee county being robbed of all
this for what We already have, just
to accommodate these few citizens who
happen to own some land in the bend
of the riven in Jefferson county just
east of the city, and have persuaded
the county commisstOners-two Only-tO
assist them in this steal of $4,000 to
$12, 900 out of the Shawnee county treas
ury, so as to bring their land in real
close contact with the city, so as to sell
it and get rid of it, We do not blame
them so much, for it is personal greed
with them, in which all men are more
or less faulty, but we do most emphat-
ical1y condemn the public act of the
two county commissioners for this,
which we call a public steal, and we
give all praise to Mr.. Williams, chair
man of the county board, for his vote
against it. He is to be honored and re-
spected for his manliness in this vote.
Citizens and taxpayers, all we ask is
a fair investigation of this subject, and
if we can not show to the taxpayers
that they are being robbed, then we as
citizens of the north side of Shawnee
county, will pay the whole bill.
I'VE call for an investigation We
demand it by the taxpayers of the
county. We insist that it is a steal,
plain and simple. and will not add one
dollar to the trade of the city. Honesty
is the best policy"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
WATER MAIN EXTENSION
In Kansas City, Mo-, Made Only When
Paid For in Advance.


The following extract from an amend
ment to an ordinance passed by the city
council December 6, 1898, relating to the
extension of mains in Kansas City is
quite interesting. Under municipal
ownership extensions are made only
when a deposit Sufficient to cover the
entire cost of the eXtensiOn) is made
by residents living along the line Of the
proposed water main.
Extract from an amendment to or
dinance 10951:
THAT the board of public works act
ing as water commissioners may in its
discretion provide for the furnishing Of
water to residents upon any street, ave-
nue., or other public highway, on which
there are no water mains, upon the
terms and conditions following: That
is TO say, in consideration of the agree
ment OF Kansas City to lay mains and
furnish the water desired, such resi-
dents shall deposit with the assessor
and collector Of water rates a sum Of
money aggregating the total cost of the
purchase and the laying of said mains
as such cost may be estimated by the
WaIerWorkS engineer and the Superin-
tendent of Waterworks, before the work
of laying the mains shall commence.
Said residents shall at the time of max
ing the deposit of money file with the
assessor and collector of water rates
their agreement in writing to take and
pay for water at the rates in force at
the time the water is consumed The
amount contributed by each of the
signers to be set out in full therein.
The assessor and collector of water
rates shall, by the terms of such agree
ment, be empowered and directed to
charge, by proper credits. the amount
of the water bills against the deposit
to the credit of the several contributors
or depositOrs until the amount of re-
spective deposits shall have become ex-
hausted by consumption of water fur
nished by Kansas City and charged
against such deposits respectively, then
such mains so laid, in pursuance of such
agreement, sha-- ipso facto, become the
property of Kansas City
This ordinance shall take effect from
ard after the first day of April, 1899,
and not before"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
OPPOSED TO 1T.
North Side Merchants Bitterly OPP
pose the Proposed Kaw Bridge


J.H FOUGHT, of North Topeka, is op-
posed to the appropriation of $4,000 by
the county commissioners for the new
bridge across the Kaw, east of the
city, and his sentiments represent those
of other citizens in North Topeka. In
a communication to the State Journal
he says:
Last Sunday morning and in pre-
vious issues of the daily papers no
tice articles in regard to the intended
bridge across the kaW between To-
peka and Granville. The first articles,
as we'll as the one last Sunday, led the
readers to believe that the present So
called Granville state road, from To-
peka to Jefferson county down the river
on the north side of the river, is in a
very dangerous neglected, rough, hilly
and impossible condition for farmers
to travel. This is untrue. The facts
are. and I defy anyone to disprOVe them
even the two county commissioners,
who seem to be anxious to steal, as it
were, $4,000 Of our money and to do
nate our old Kansas avenue bridge,
which is worth from SS 900 10 $4,000 to
Shawnee county-every foot of the
Granville state road is as good and
easy to travel as any street in the city
of Topeka outside of the paved streets,
is the best maintained, best worked,
and is kept in the best order, of any
public highway in any district outside
of the city, either east, west, south or
north 1 can show it to any man or
committee who will drive over each of
the leading roads leading out Of the
city ten miles, and the north side mer-
chants dare them to show this
up We dare these Shylocks on
the public crib and the two county com
missfoners who are so dishonesty rep
resenting their constituency as to steal
from our county treasury the $1,000
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
AFTER OUR GOLD.
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Ter
ry and Their Company to Sail
For New York.

New York, Oct 1O.-sir Henry Irving,
and Miss Ellen Terry and their company
viii sail from London for New York on
the steamer Moquette about the middle
of October. Their American season will
begin at the Knickerbocker theater Oc-
tober 90, and among their dates are:
Pittsburg, Alvin theater, January Is;
Cleveland. Euclid avenue theater, Janu-
ary p; Detroit, opera house, January e;
Toledo. Valentine theater, January %;
Columbus. Great Southern theater. Jan
uary 30: Dayton, Grand opera house, jan
uary 81. indianapolis, English'S Opera
house, February 1; Louisville, MacAuley's
theater, February 2; st. Louis, Olympic
theater, February 5: Chicago, Columbia
theater, February Il.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-10
Worlds Greatest Ore Road.

Duluth, Mimi, Oct. 10-President Great
singIer of the Duluth & Iron Range rail-
road. returned from the east where he
purchased equipment that makes the Iron
Range the greatest ore road in the world.
The order includes ten locomotives and
30 steel ore cars. They will give the road
capacity for five million tons season
Eat plenty, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure win
digest what you eat. It cures all forms
of dyspepsia and stomach troubles F. r.
Gamble, Vernon, Texas, says: ''It relieved
me from the start and cured me. It is
now my everlasting friend" Geo ".
Stansfieid. w. H. Wilson, A. J. Arnold, A.