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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27

Miss Margaret Boulware will leave
the first of the week for Silver City, N.
NJ, to visit her mother
Some OF the boys in the younger
crowd are planning to give a platform
dance Friday evening, August 4, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bennett on
West Eighth street
Mrs. w. N. West and children expect
to leave Sunday for Pryor Lake, Mich,
to spend the remainder Of the sum
mer.
Mrs. Francis A. Jet and daughter
in-law, Mrs. E. w. Jet, returned We'd
nesday from a visit with friends in
Kansas City.
A party which enjoyed a pleasant pic
mic at Garfield park Wednesday evening
was composed of Miss Santa Waters,
Miss Eleanor Work, Miss Emma Dennis,
Miss Ida Bergen, Miss Jean Frost. Miss
Berdena Crandell, Mr.. Fred Gordon,
DR.. John Work of Dunevant, Kansas,
Mr.. Earl Case, Mr.. Edward Dennis, Mr..
E. NJ. JolIey and Mr.. Frank Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Thompson and
children are spending a few days at the
Coultis farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Agnew and
daughter of Pueblo are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs VIII Hurliss at 921 North Van
Buren, street.
ferran, Captain H. NJ. Phillips and Col
J. w. F. Hughes have returned from
a short fishing excursion at Elmdale,
Kansas. Fish were not very plentiful,
Macferran distinguished himself as a
long diver.
Misses Mabel and Norma Wheeler did
not return to their home in Kansas
City Monday as they intended, but re-
manned over for the Lalkin party this
evening.
MarshalTs band will give a concert
Friday evening on the lawn of the To-
peka club for the members and their
friends. A number of these concerts
were given last summer and were much
enjoyed by those who heard them and
it is hoped that they will be given often
during the summer.
Mrs J. W. Buckingham and grand
daughter arrived today for a short visit
with Mrs. Hagar and family at 727 To-
peka avenue; they are enroUte for their
MIA.
Miss Ida Keener left today for Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver to spend the
remainder of the summer.
Mrs. S. ]. Crawford is spending a
week in Topeka with Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Capper and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Crawford.
Miss Brown of Delphos, Kansas is in
Topeka visiting her aunt, Mrs. w. A.
Johnston.
Mrs. E. S. Rice and Miss Jennie West
have returned from few days visit in
Leavenworth-
Miss Ruttan of LeavenWorth is spend
ing two weeks in Topeka with her uncle
Mr.. J. A Fuller.
Miss Annie Rouse of LeavenWorth is
the guest of Mrs. E. S Rouse Next
week Miss Rouse viii visit Miss Blanche
West.
Mr.. Jake Mohler has returned from
Salt Lake City where he spent his va
cation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
BIG RISE IN FURS.
Effect in Canada of the Decrease In
the Supply From Labrador,

Quebec, July PA big increase in the
price of furs is one of the direct results
of the decrease in the supply brought
by the Montagnais Indians from the
wilds of Labrador and northern Quebec.
Last winters catch was an exceedingly
poor one, and but for the higher prices
secured there would be great suffering
If not actual starvation among the alb
origines.
The advanced prices are due to COM
petition with the Hudson Bay company
Mr.. Williams, a Boston dealer, went to
the Labrador coast when the Indians
arrived from their hunting grounds and
secured some $50, 900 worth of furs. Local
traders on the coast bought as much
more
Skins of the otter which the Indians
sometimes get only Sc or IS, yielded
them as high as from SO to $40 this
year. Bear skins have commanded as
much as SIS to $25 in first hands, and
the skins of the marten, which ordinar-
lily bring only about IS each, have run
up to $50 and SIS. Black and silver gray
fox skins have realized as high as 1920
This remarkable increase in values
lends Importance to the project of Mr..
Menier in raising black and silver foxes
upon his island-Anticosti. He now has
at least fifty families of them in captiv-
ity, and they are increasing with great
rapidity and promise exceedingly lucra-
tive returns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
PYRAMIDS O. X.
Committee Finds Order In Excellen
Financial Condition.

To the State Journal:
Two weeks ago Cheops Council, No. 2,
Ancient Order of Pyramids, of Topeka,
appointed a committee to make an ex-
animation of the books and vouchers
of the Royal Temple. and to criticise
where criticism is applicable and to con-
denim where condemnation is due, have
spent all the time they could spare for
fifteen days and nights until II O'Clock
examining the books and vouchers from
the organization of the order, beginning
with the first receipts of the order and
vouchers issued, and all the business of
the organization up to and including
July 1st, 1898, and we can now safely
state to the membership at large that
thus far we have found all receipts ac-
counted for.
All death claims for which proof of
death have been received, including
two for the present month, have been
paid.
We, the committee deem this preIim-
mary report as to the condition suf-
dcient to allay all distrust that may
have arisen.
The final report will be made as soon
as possible by the committe and the in
surance department of the state under
the direction of which this committee
has performed its labors.
L. T. YOUNT,
J. P. FARNSWORTH,
c. B. HYPES
CHAS. MILLER,
R. P. MARCH
Committee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
NEW BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Plans For q Rival to the National
Wen Under Way.

st. Louis, July 27.-The project to or
ganize a new baseball club and asso-
citation in this city to become a member
of the American association which was
organized about q month ago, has been
perfected, the ST Louis Baseball asso-
citation formed and a ball team to be
called the St. Louis Browns, will be
organized in time to take the field early
next season. The old Sportsmens park
has been acquired and under the name
of Athletic park, will be fully equipped
for baseball purposes. The property at
this park, together with the lease. of the
grounds has been turned over free Of all
incumbrance to the St Louis Baseball
association and everything seems now
to be in fine shape to carry out the
plans OF the promoters of his move
ment.
The situation is now stated to be as
follows:
1907
One will be known as the American
association and the other as the nation
al lea que and the circuits of the two will
be made up in this way:
American assOciatiOn-New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton in the east and Buffalo, Detroit,
Chicago and St. Louis in the west.
National league-Boston, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia and Pittsburg in the east,
and Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati in
the west.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
CLEARS MURDER MYSTERY
Charles A. Brant, of st. Louis, Not
Killed Out of a Desire For Revenge.

st. Louis, No, July 27.-The mystery
surrounding the murder of Charles A
Brant, who was shot and killed on
Twenty-second and Locust streets. this
city, on July %, 1898. has been cleared
up Last night in the private Office of
Chief of Police Campbell, John Con-
nors. who was arrested in Cincinnati
by a st. Louis detective, made a con
fession to the effect that he and two
pals. Harry Morris and Edward Hou-
man, held up Brant for the purpose of
robbery and shot him upon his making
a desperate resistance. Morris and
Hellman are now serving long terms
in the Jefferson City penitentiary for
burglary These two men, it now
turns out, had admitted their completely
in the crime to the st. Louis officials
and had implicated Connors. The cap
ture of the latter and the confessions Of
the trio clears up a murder mystery
that has baff1ed the police for year
and to which the attention of the en-
tire country has been called.
Contrary to the idea held by many at
the time. the murder was prompted
solely by a desire for booty and not
by private hatred or a desire for re-
venge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
KID LAVIGNE'S FALL
Is Drowning His Sorrows In the Flow
ing Bowl

New York, July 27.-The World publishes
the following: The sting of defeat which
3D. b.sVl5ae 1 es tleliee 50, 4 lev "ee -
Frank Erne, SCENES to be .preying heavily
a letter sent TO a friend in this city. the
erstwhile invincible lightweight Is not tax
ing care of himself and is endeaVOring to
drown his sorrow in the flowing bowl.
The Saginaw boy is by no means 2 back
number, and If the report be true he is
showing very poor headwork. Other
champions have gone before him, and yet
some of them never fell a victim to the
habit which sooner or later becomes fatal.
FitzsimmOns is a man who, when he lost
the championship. lost more than did La
vigne by his defeat. and yet did not take
TO drink for consolation His hope is
that he may some day retaliate and win
back the championship. and it would be
well for the KID to follow his example
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
STEAMSHIP SPEED LIMIT.
Seems to Have Been Reached In
Kaiser Wilhelm.

New York, July Eff the marine
architects who have entered into a con-
tract to build a new steamship for the
German line construct a vessel that is
able to do better than the Kaiser
wilhelm did on her last trip. then they
will make one that will be able to cross
the ocean at fair railway speed. It is
very doubtful whether they have ca
pacity to exceed the power that they
have placed in this finest Of ocean
steamships.
But there seems to be a reaction
reaching to some of the managers Of
ocean steamship lines. 1t was reported,
for instance, in a New York dispatch
to the London Times that the new YES
sells which Mr.. Ismay has contracted
for are to be svgifter than anything that
ever sailed the ocean, and to be SO con-
structed as to make competition posi-
BILE. even with torpedo boats. That
was the intimation in this dispatch. A
private letter received from Mr.. Ismay
this morning states that this dispatch
er Oceanic, which will cross the ocean
early in the autumn, bigger in some
of its measurements even than the
Great Eastern, Is not intended to be a
record maker, nor of any Of the other
steamers Mr. Ismay's company viii
construct. He says that it seems to him
that regularity in time is Of more i'm
portance than occasional cannon-shOt
that the Belfast ship builders have been
laying the plans for the new steamers
of this line. Those who receive mails
from Europe will be ready TO approve
this assertion, since it does not COM
pensate for an occasional letter that
that there should be frequent differ
enceS of eight or nine days between the
date of the London stamp and that of
the receipt of the letter at the New
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
TOUGH FOR PHILADELPHIA
Lajoie Is In Bad Way, and May Be
Out of the Game For a Long Time.

Philadelphia, July 27.-That Lajoie's
injury is more serious than was at
first anticipated will be seen from the
fact that Manager Shettsline is serious
" thinking of securing a regular second
baseman to replace Larry. In speaking
of the matter today ''Shettsp said he
would like to get a good man, and
would probably try to secure ChiIds
from the Reading CPenn.) team. Chnds
is a wonderfully fast fielder, but has
the reputation of being a light hitter
II IS on the latter point that Manager
Shettsline hesitates in engaging Childs
Lajoie's leg was put in splints today
With LajOie out of the game for any
length of time the PhilIies' chances for
that $4,000 prize money seems to be
knocked into a cooked hat. That Lajoie
and Delehanty are about the whole
team can be seen from the work of the
Phillies since Larry has been out of
the game But two games have been
won out Of the last five The expert
ment of trying Cooley at second proved
costly, and if a good second baseman
is not secured Immediately the team
will be thrown hopelessly out of the
race.
To add to the Phillies' misfortune
Lauder has been knocked out and may
not be able to play for several days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
Toura ID the Rockr nTountains.

Denver & Rio Grande railroad offers to
tourists in Colorado. Utah and New
Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the
transcontinental traveller the grandest
scenery Two separate and distinct
routes through the Rocky Mountains
all through tickets available via either
The direct line to Cripple Creek, the
greatest gold camp on earth. Double
daily train service with through Pull
man palace and tourist sleeping cars
between Denver, San Francisco and
Los Angeles, and Denver and Portland
The best line to Utah, Idaho, Montana,
Oregon and Washington via the ogden
Gateway Write S. K. Hooper, G. P.
&, T. A, Denver, Colorado, for illustrated
descriptive pamphlets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
WOMAN,s LONG WALK.
Seller of Pencils Asks Aid After
Reaching New York From Bangor.

Seller of Pencils Asks Aid After
Reaching New York From Bangor.
New York, July 27.-It was a remark
able story that was told in the Morris
ania police court today by Mary Har-
ley, a woman apparently possessed of
much refinement, who said she is 80
years old and a native of Bangor, Me.
It attracted so much attention that the
business OF the court was practically
suspended while she was present
Miss Harley applied for shelter at the
fremont police station last night. She
said she had walked from Bangor, earn
ing her way by selling lead pencils.
When the sergeant in charge of the
station expressed surprise that she
should attempt such a trip she replied:
1t is no new thing have made the
same journey every summer since I was
16 years old, and never before have /
been compelled to ask assistance on the
way. But this season business has been
poor and the weather worse and tonight
did not want to stay out in the rain. ."
She said that she wanted to see the
Marquis de Lafayette in 1924 when he
came to this city, and, as she did not
have money enough, decided to walk
from her home in Maine and sell pencils
to buy feed. She had a splendid time
on her trip, got back home safely and
felt much better than when she started
She said she enjoyed herself so much
that she has taken the trip every year
since, and these Journeys, always on
1901 ana always managed through the
sale of lead pencils, have proved a
source of great pleasure to her.
On one of her trips years ago, she
stopped at the home of Thomas B. Reed
who was then a baby. She rocked the
future speaker on her knee, and had
dinner at the house. She said she also
knew Hannibal Hamlin well.
She had never found business so dull
as on the last journey, she said, and
had never sold so few pencils. The
clerks of the court made a fund of 50
with which they purchased her stock
of pencils. She said she would buy an
other stock and start back.
Miss Harley did not know whether
she would make another trip on foot to
the city.
I'm getting a little bit old. now." she
said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
ASTRONOMERS 10 MEET.
Third National Gathering Soon to Be
Held at Yerkes Observatory.


williams Bay. Wis, July 27.-The
greatest event of the year in astrono-
mical circles will take place at the
Yerkes observatory September 6. 7 and
8. It will be a national astronomical
conference and will be attended by as
tronomers and astro-physicists from all
over the country, and possibly some
from Europe.
This will be the third annual affair of
the kind to be held in this country. The
first was held here in October, 1897, at
the time Of the dedication of the OBJ
servatory. Another was held last Sep
TENDER at Harvard college observatory,
and then it was proposed to form a per-
manent organization and arrange for
meeting each year at one of the larger
observatories. A preliminary meeting
and a constitution was drawn up which
will be presented at the meeting here
and probbly adopted. An extended
programme will be given, discussing
various astronomical subjects.
DR.. Schlesinger, formerly of the
YerkeS observatory, but for the last
year professor Of astronomy at Column
biaL University, New York, has been
the guest of Professors Hale and Bar
nard at the observatory for several
days. going to Yukiah, in the northern
part of California, where he will have
charge of a new observatory esta bliSh
ed by the government. This observa-
tory at Yukiah is one Of four in differ
ent parts of the earth on the same par
allel of latitude. Their purpose is to
observe the variations OF latitude caused
by the pole moving in circle around
itself or rather, the spot where it is
supposed to be. This is a subject which
is receiving a good deal of attention
from astronomers of late, and it is ex-
pected that the exact duration and ex-
tent of this rotation will be ascertained.
The period observation will continue
ten
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
MILLIONS In GOLD.
Assay Of1ces In Wall Street q Mag
net For the Curious.

New York, July 27.-One of the COM
mon sights in Wall street, which al
ways attracts a curious crowd, is the
carrying into the assay offices Of gold
and silver bullion to be tested. Be
tween $50, OOO, 900 and 10000, 900 worth
of precious metal every year is deposit
ted in the office to be assayed- The gold
and silver is brought in solid Jumps
like pig iron, except that they are sharp
cornered. They come in express Wag-
ons, and are carried into the Office by
men who handle the stuff as if it were
indeed nothing more precious than the
lead and copper it appears to be.
It is dirty and unattractive looking,
but the knowledge that each one of the
Jumps is worth $4,000 or $4,000 gives
it a wonderful fascination for the idlers
who speculate with much gusto on
what they would do if they had one or
two of the bricks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
EUROPEANS JEALOUS
Of Relations Between United States
and Mexico.

City of Mexico, July 27.-The an
nouncement is made here that the Equi-
table Life Assurance company of New
York has subscribed for $4,000, 600 of
MexicO's new per cent gold bond is
sue and it has created a most favora BILE
impression in financial circles. The
success Of that portion of the new
bonds allotted to the United States has
aroused much comment, for it is now
seen that a new trade relation of Amer
lean investors and capitalists to Mex
leo has dawned. European interests
here naturally do not look with favor
on this new and favorable attitude of
American investors towards Mexico
and all organs of reaction and thoae
controlled by European interests are
much annoyed.
The City of Mexico is practically be-
ing rebuilt and building permits have
been granted in number in excess of
any previous period in its municipal
history.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
AN UNNATURAL MOTHER
Accused of Throwing Her Babe From
the Train.

Berlin, July 27.-The German. police
are engaged in investigating a myster-
iOJS affair which happened on the Der
lin and St. Petersburg Express a couple
of days ago.
When in the neighborhood of Juster-
book a woman, who, it appears, was
from Boston, as the train was going at
full speed, opened a window and flung
a child she was carrying onto the line.
The alarm bell was at once sounded,
but though the train backed to the
place where the child was thrown out,
no trace could be seen of it. The Wo-
man and her female companion were
arrested, but refused all information
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27

The c. W. B. NJ. Reading circle OF the
First Christian church drove to the
country home of Mrs. N. F. Houston,
two miles southeast of town and spent
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
An interesting programme was given
after which a. pleasant social hour was
spent on the lawn. RecitatiOns by Miss
Stella Terhune of Franklin, Ind, and
Miss Stewart were much enjoyed. The
ladies all took well filed baskets with
them and at o'clock a delicious supper
was served.
Those present were Rev. and Mrs. NJ.
E. Harlan, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w Decker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell. Mr.. and Mrs
Brown, Mrs J. w Going, Mrs. Ada
sill, Mrs. Oliver, Mrs. Burgess, Mrs.
Hodgins, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Wordens
Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Reeves,
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs.
Shepherd, Mrs. Gertie Johnson, Mrs. J.
P. Raster, Mrs. Ethel Worden, Mrs.
Pendleton, Mrs. Busick, Mrs. d. Hen
bricks, Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Ber-
Miss Stout, Miss Stewart, Miss Bedwell,
Miss Ethel Smith, Miss Belle fletcher,
Miss Dora Reeves, Miss Ida Reeves,
Miss Stella Terhune, Mr.. VIII Nell, Nj.
Earl Harlan, Mr.. Howard Johnson.
Notes and Personal Mention.
home in st. Louis after two weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. George w.
Crane.
Miss Lee Redden is the guest Of
friends at camping party this week,
on the Falls river in Greenwood coun-
ty; from there she will go to Ell Dorado
where she will be the guest Of Mrs. Her
bert Putnam.
Misses Santa and F'e Waters will go
to the COultis farm Friday to spend a
few days.
Mr.. Reuben Spivey left Monday for
Oklahoma with a surveying party.
Miss Octavia Greenwood and Miss
Agnes Gunther left today for a several
weeks visit in Chicago.
Judge A. L. Redden, who has been
quite i'll with an attack Of bilious fever
for the past ten days. is improving and
is able to take a ride each day.
The Professional high five club was
delightfully."- entertained at a car ride
Tuesday evening by Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Crane, complimentary to Mrs. Allen
and Miss Kiblinger of st. Louis After
riding over the main lines OF the city
the party returned to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Crane where delicious re-
freshments were served.
Mrs. VIM Macferran and little son
will leave next week for Atlantic City,
N. J.. where they expect to remain for
two months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
A WATER SHOW.
Garfield Park, Three Nights, Com
mencing Monday, July 81.

Prof. H. N Ho1ways will give a re-
production of the Blowing up Of the
Maine, the Bombardment of San Juan.
Prof Holways promises to make this
attraction more exciting and will be
equal to anything of its kind ever given
in this country. In addition of the ex-
citing and appalling scene of the de-
struction of our handsome man-of-war
and the murder of our brave American
sailors, three of the enemy's ships are
completely blown to atoms, and with
rockets flying, bombs bursting, can
mons roaring, the stars and stripes wav-
ing triumphantly over all, and bands
playing Star Spangled Banner" pre-
sents a very majestic and inspiring
scene and this attraction will no doubt
attract larger crowds out to this popu-
lar resort than have ever been there
before. To be given on Soldier creek,
east end of park. Admission Is cents;
children 10 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
CASE WITHDRAWN
In Which President Rossiter Was
Arrested For Criminal Libel

New York. July 27.-The complaint
of Albert Y. Johnson, former president
of the Nassau Electric railway system
of Brooklyn, against Clinton L. RoSSi-
ter, president of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company was withdra wn today.
Mr. Johnson last week had Mr.. Rossiter
arrested on a warrant charging him
with criminal libel in connection with
statements made by Mr.. Rossiter re-
garding the attempt to blow up the
Brooklyn elevated with dynamite. Since
then Mr.. Rossiter's lawyer has written
an explanatory letter to Mr.. johnson
and the complaint was Withdrawn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-27
For G. A R. Veterans and Soldiers

An illustrated folder just issued by the
dalia-Pennsylvania Short Lines for
campment at Philadelphia contains
fine map of that city and informa ton
which will be valuable to veterans and
others who contemplate attending the
encampment. J. NJ Chesbrough, A. G.
P Agt., st. Louis, is distributing the
folders and viii fill requests.