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The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
NHUOHO UIUOa
Masked Robbers Hold Up
Passenger Train.
Secure 500 in Money and
JeWelry Last Night.
THE THIEVES ESCAPE.
One Man Kept Cool and Con-
ceaIed $115 in Unique Place.
Bold Robbery of Union Pacific
Train at Nearman.
THE THIEVES ESCAPE.

Leavenworth Dec 20.-Passenger
train No 1. of the Missouri Pacific rail-
road, was held up last evening by three
bandits, at a station called Nearman.
six miles north of Kansas City. Kan
Two of the robbers wore masks and all
were armed with nickeI-plated Colt re-
volvers of an old-fashioned make. Only
the sleeper attached to the train was
molested, and about $500 in money and
valuables was secured.
The three men boarded the train at
Kansas City, Kan. Nearman is six
miles north of that place. AS soon as
the train was under way they entered
one of the sleepers and began relieving
the passengers of their ValuableS. All
of the bandits were armed, and while
they did little talking they fourished
their weapons in the faces of the Occu-
pants of the car in a menacing manner
They worked quickly, evidently anxious
to complete the job as quickly as pos
sible.
The two heaviest men wore black
masks Of the regulation bandit kind,
while the third, a tall, we'll dressed man
with blue eyes and a light mustache,
appeared with his face uncovered. Each
accentuated his demand at the point of
his revolver and in a few minutes had
relieved the terrified passengers Of
their watches and money.
There was no time to hide anything,
but one man saved $115 by pushing the
bills down under the shirt collar Of his
boy in front of him.
AS the train approached Nearman.
which is a flag station, one of the men
pulled the bell rope. While the train
had slowed up they backed from the
car, sprang to the ground and disap-
peared in the woods.
A posse was quickly organized and at
once began the pursuit. Descriptions
of the three men were teIegraphed to
the authorities of all the surrounding
cities from LeaVenWorCh.
superintendent o. r. Rathborn, of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, was notified
from the station at Nearman, and i'm
mediately dispatched the road detec-
tives to investigates.
A passenger on the train giving the
name of R. L. Hayes, telegraphed to
the superintendent that he thought he
had seen these men in Kansas City,
Kan, and stated that if T Calrill, of
Kansas City, Kan, was informed of
the description of the men. he could
probably locate them, as he was we'll
acquainted with the thieves who infest
that part of Kansas City, Kan, known
as Toud-A-Loup.
The railroad authorities estimate the
watches and jewelry taken at $500 and
there was $3.50 in money taken.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
WEAKNESS OF TRUSTS.

The Pittsburg Dispatch is disposed
to take an optimistic view of the trusts
power for evil. In a discussion of the
trust problem. it says:
Among the signs of the times one Is
noted by our contemporaries in the
west that was easily foretold by those
who have studied the nature and his
tory of combinations. This is the
prosperity that is enjoyed by small
factories in lines of industry where
trust combinations have been formed
without including all the establish
ments in that line.
The particular evidence that has at
tracted recent attention to this phase
of industry is given by the state factory
inspector of Indiana This official says
that Of the industrial establishments
OF the state the busiest are the small
factories outside the trusts All things
being equal, he declares that the aver
age citizen prefers to buy from the nom
trust factories, and this tendency. he
thinks, VIII OF itself help considerably in
solving the trust problem The Chicago
Tribune. in the same connection, refers
TO a case in that city where a manufac-
turer refused to join the combinatio
ana IS. as result, doing so per cent
more business than before the combi-
nation was formed. Any man we'll in
formed in Industrial matters can add
edge
There is nothing new in these facts
1t is a result Of the weIl-esta bIished
laws of trade. The independent fac
tory, if it is allowed to exist viii Sc
cure the cream of the business not
only on account Of the preference Of
the people for such concerns, but be-
cause, While the trust is engaged in
establishing arbitrary prices. the in
dependent concern can make conces-
stons TO secure desirable business
This has been demonstrated so otter
that the organizers of a trust for
any other purpose than to unload wat
cred stock on the unwary recognize
that to succeed they must not only
Dr1ng all existing concerns into the
combination, but must have some lever
OF choking of new competitors. Where
this is neglected the attempt to put up
prices comes TO such a fall as was il
lustrated in the late reduction of 80 1-3
per cent in prices of window glass.
1t IS possible that the Dispatch's es-
innate of the sentiment involved in the
cases where purchasers SHOW a prefer
ence for the independent concern, is q
trihe exaggerated. Closer investfga-
tlon probably would reveal the fact that
price and quality enter into the trans
action, to a larger degree than does
sentiment or regard for the future of
the country The buying public is much
the same everywhere and patronizeS
those who furnish it the best goods for
the least money and asks no Ques-
ktcnS.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
NO RAID THIS YEAR.
Annual River and HarbOr Job
Will Not Be Attempted.

Washington, Dec. 2O.-Chairman Bur
ton of the river and harbOr committee
authorized the following statement to-
day:
There will probably be no river and
harbor bill at the present session. One
strong argument against a bill is the
fact that the engineers force will be
occupied during the coming year with
projects already provided for. In many
cases plans for improvements are not
even completed. In others advertise
ments for bids have not yet been made
Another fact Of Importance is the IN
crease in price of material over last
year. Some of the projects already au-
thOriZed cannot be completed for the
amounts estimated by the engineers.
"Of course the demands upon the
treasury and the amount of revenue
are facts to be taken. into consid-
Grafton. although 1 do not mean to
say by that river and harbOr improve
ments are less important than others,
1t is only because contrary to usual
custom, the bill was passed during the
last session of the last congress.
recognize, however, that on many ac-
counts it is preferable that the bill be
considered at this session There is so
large a. number of details and the set
tlement of disputed questions arising
from amendments of the senate make
it desirable to have plenty of time
This is hardly possible during the short
session Also there are several pro
jects Of urgent importance, among
them the Improvement of the south
west pass of the Mississippi. The con-
tinuing contracts on the Mississippi
river will run out about June 30 1900.
These are the arguments on both sides,
but as I have said, there will probably
be no river and harbor bill at this ses-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
SENATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
Appointments Which
Have Been Approved.

Washington. Dec. 2O.-The senate has
confirmed the following nominations:
Consuls-M J. Beahr, Nebraska. at
Santos, Brazil; w. r. Davis, Ohio, AL
exandretta, Turkey; p. LOeber, Ohio,
at Dusseldorf, Germany; r. E Mans
field, indiana, at Zanzibar; Watts, Penn
sylvania. at Kingston, Jamaica; H. w.
Harris, Ohio. at Mannheim, Germany.
E. p. Kinsbury to be surveyor general
of Washington.
Receivers of public monevs-A. J.
Apperson, of Oregon, at Sitka, Alaska;
z. NJ. FOote, at Evanston, WyO.; J. S.
Scott, at Perry, o. t; o. Scribner at
Visalia, Cal.
Justices of the court of private land
claims-J. r. Reed. of Iowa; w. z.
Stone. of Colorado; H. c. Sluss,Of kan
sas; w. W. Murray, of Tennessee; T. c.
Fuller, of North Carolina
o. H. Summers. Oregon, appraiser of
merchandise in the District Of william
cite, Oregon.
Indian agents-Major G. W H. .Stouch,
Il. S. A, retired, for the Cheyenne and
ArapahOe agency, Oklahoma; w. R. Lo-
gan. Blackfoot agency. Montana; Ira
Hatch, Cheyenne river agency, South
Dakota; J. Edwards. Crow agency, Mon
tana; A. A. Armstrong, F't. Apache, A.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
ANOTHER BIG DROP.
b. r. T. Declines 13 Points
R. 1. and Santa Fe 2 Ia.

New York, Dec. 20-The stock market
ranged along until the late afternoon to-
day in an almost normal condition Fluc~
tuatiOns were somewhat wider than us
uaI and there was much irregularity. But
nothing sensational occurred until the
evident pressure to HQuidate in Brooklyn
Transit gave birth to a fresh brood of
rumors of financial embarrassment in in
huential quarters. The extra weakness
of Brooklyn Transit unsettled the whole
market, but stocks most closely allied
with Brooklyn Transit in a speculative
sluiee were the most aqected. The ex-
treme declines We're: Brooklyn Transit,
13L: Peoples Gas, 50: Federal Steel 6:
Rock Island and Atchison preferred "a
each.
TobaccO ana MetroDolitan I. Tennessee
Coal 81 and Manhattan 5. The Grangers
were most affected in the general list.
Brooklyn Transit was supported at 81 and
the market rallied The call money rate
was at per cent during the furry.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
NEW BAILEY MOVE.
Huron Herald to Be Published Tri-
Weekly In His Interest.

A new move has been sprung by the
managers have arranged for the publica-
ton of the Huron Herald three times a
gressional Nomination. and the editorials
will be written in Atchison. presumably
by Col. Walker, Col. Sheffield and J. NJ.
Chisham.
An attempt will be made to nip in the
bud the boom which has been started for
Mayor Donald for congress, the Bailey
forces claiming that it is move in the
interest of Curtis.
The tri-weekly publication of the Her
aid viii be continued until after the Re-
publican congressional convention. Andy
White, with the assistance of the paper,
will endeavOr to control the county dele
gates for Bailey, and Postmaster CHS
ham will try to control the Atchison city
delegates White is thoroughly in the
Bailey ranks since Curtis had his EoIni-
nation held uD at washington.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
sALINA WOMAN SCORES.
Her Primer and Number Boxes Adopt
ed For Use in Government
Indian Schools.

SaIina, Dec 2O.-The United States
government has highly honored Miss
Lizzie Il. Wooster, of Sanila, by adopt
ing her primer and reading and num-
Der boxes for use in the Indian schools
of the country. There are at present
So 600 Indian children attending govern
ment schools
Next year this number will be dou-
bled for the reason that the govern
ment will cancel its contract with the
sectarian schools and take back all the
Indian children and educate them in
government schools. The commission
er of Indian affairs is the official who
adopted the books, which will not only
make Miss Wooster a name among
the textbook authors of the country but
will also net her a good round sum of
money. She is the only Kansan who
has ever had any books adopted by the
government for its schools.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
"FARMERS'' TO MEET.
Speakers Who Viii Address State
Board of Agriculture.


The twenty-ninth annual meeting of
the Kansas board of agriculture will be
held in representative hall, Topeka,
January 10, II, and Il. A strong pro-
gram is being prepared and a rate of
a fare and a third has been made for
Kansas railroads.
DR.. D. E. Salmon, chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry a WaShin gtOn,
is to be present and discuss Some
Point of View Prof. S. J. Hunter of
the State university will give an ad-
dress illustrated with stereOpticOn
views on Alfalfa Culture and Insect
Life and General J. K. Hudson, who
was one of the pioneers, will speak upon
The Cost to the Pioneer Builders"
particularly the builders of Kansas
Dairy Expansion a most timely
theme. will be handled by Prof D. H.
Otis of the State Agricultural college
and DR.. Henry Wallace, editor of Wal
laces' Farmer, has promised to be pres
ent and take up the subject of crop ro-
tation. Colonel Richard J. Hinton, of
Brooklyn, N Y, who was an early
friend of Kansas, and has always been
familiar with her interests, is to lee
ture upon the topics of Intensive Cul-
tivatiOn. Small Farms, and Irrigation
as Security" Colonel Hinton has for
many years been interested in, and a
student of irrigation problems in the
west and central west Prof. Minnie A.
StOner of the Agricultural college, and
Mrs. Mary T. Gray of Kansas City, will
have papers of special interest to ladies.
All these with various other speakers
on practical topics, will make the meet
ing one of even more than usual inter
est.
one of the best addresses likely will
be by that pleasing orator, DR.. Carl
SwenssOn, president of Bethany college,
entitled The Farmer BOy-Prince of
tho rT,yxraUfiafh Carf111v
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
TO OPEN JANUARY 1.
The New Electric Line From Leaven-
worth to Kansas City Completed

worth to Kansas City Completed
Leavenworth, Dec. 2O.-The new cleo
trio road to Kansas City will be opened
for traffic January l, after repeated de-
lays.
Possibly nothing shows the congested
condition of the iron and steel mills OF
the country more than the delay which
has been experienced in completing this
road. When construction work was first
begun it was expected the line would be
ready for business in July last, but it
was found impossible to obtain mater
ial, and the date Of opening was post
poned to August, then to October, and
finally to January 1. Each time the
construction company was forced to de-
lay because of a shortage in necessary
machinery for the power house or steel
for the track.
After six months of this kind of dis
appointment the company is certain it
has overcome the obstacles. The power
house is finished, the big dynamos in
place and the track completed, The last
track-laying was finished Sunday. The
new cars, especially built for the COM
pany, and capable of attaining a. speed
of 40 miles per hour, are at the power
house, and everything is in readiness
FOR the opening day.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20


Snubbing one OF the 400 is an upper
cut.
Don't judge a mans bravery by his
conversation.
It's a short street that has no turn
for the organ grinder.
Hope is all right when it forms a
partnership with Hustle.
Many a good man has worried himself
crazy over a pOinuess joke.
The high-water mark is reached ev-
cry time the iceman presents his bill
It requires a brilliant mind to write
advertisements for imitation diamonds.
It's hard to follow the bent of a
mans mind when he is in financial
straits.
Ask some men how they feel and
they will entertain you for an hour
with their woes
The less you talk the less likely you
are to choke if compelled to swallow
your words.
If an honest man is the nobIest work
of God it might be policy to keep an
eye on the self-made man.
People are now wondering what they
are going to get for Christmas-alsO
what it is going to cost them
An old bachelor says there is a
period in every Woman's life when she
scratches out the number in her shoes.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Frank McFadden, late
of the Twentieth Kansas regiment. was
held this afternoon at 1870 O'Clock from
his late residence S22 Buchanan street.
The pail bearers were Clad Hamilton.
Fred A RecOb. Butler Haskins Edwin
Myers. Everett E. Huddleston. Charles
B. Ramsey. James ". Kershner and
Arthur Song. all former members of the
Twentieth Kansas At the grave taps
was sounded by Edwin Barrett and Q.
L Mcintosh who were buglers with the
regiment A volley was fired over the
grave by Walter French. Charles Hurd,
Clarence Mcdowell. Walter Vance. Her
bert Miller. Walter Arnold. Harry Ad-
ans and Ellis Davis. Many out Of
tOEvn members of the regiment were
present Among the floral offerings was
a wreath from the members of the reg
iment.
The funeral of Olen Dolman will be
held Thursday afternoon at o'clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
SCHOOL INSURANCE.
Dissatisfaction Over Alleged Unequal
ity of Distribution.

Some criticism has been made on the
manner of distributing the insurance on
the school buildings by the board of ed
ucatiOn
In round numbers the insurance on the
school buildings is S120. 600. OF this amount
about $40. .O00 or one-third is given to two
insurance agencies. while an agency that
pays S245 annually in fire department tax
or One-eighth of the total fire department
tax paid by companies doing business in
Topeka has but S3, 800 in insudance dis
tributed among its companies.
w H Wilson, as chairman of the
building committee, has the placing of the
Insurance policies. He said today that
since he had been on the board there had
been very little change and that no pref
erence is shown any company
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
LEAvENwoRTH AFTER COAL.
Will Tap a Vein Which Has Hitherto
Been UnWorked.

Leavenworth, Dec. 20.-A week ago
John Carr, late superintendent of the
LeavenwOrth Coal company, submitted
a proposition to the Commercial club
to sink a coal shaft providing tempo
rary aid was extended The special
committee appointed to investigate the
proposition made a report last night
approving Mr.. Cars plan, which the
club adopted, and the mine will be
sunk It's location is fixed south of the
city at a point between the city limits
and Lansing, and where access will be
had by all the roads entering the city,
except the Burlington and Rock Island
An option on a. thousand acres of coal
rights has already been obtained.
Mr. Carr expects to have the shaft
completed and hoist coal to the surface
within six months. The mine will be
directly on the line of the new Kansas
City and LeavenWorth electric road
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
BACHELOR BUTTONS
LFrom the New York Press.I ]

[FTOm the New York Press.I
If a man only loves a woman well
enough she can afford to let him be
unreasonable
The average woman will marry any
man who has the grit to hang around
her long enough.
You can generally guess nearest how
old a woman is by the way she moves
her mouth when she sits down.
A girl always lowers her voice like it
was a secret when she tells a man
about a new baby anywhere near their
house.
Half a womans sofa cushions are
made to be used; the other half are to
toss around carelessly when other
women are calling on her.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
GLOBE SIGHTS

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
Have you written your letter to
Santa CLAUSE
We wish Santa Claus was shut up in
Ladysmith.
= woman can't hnd her pocket, and
a man can't hnd articles in his pocket.
Some people say it is wicked to buy
anything useful as Christmas present.
Man is too hungry half the time to
be ambitious, and too stuffed the other
half.
Atchison has a girl who holds up her
skirt with both hands when she crosses
the street.
When not studying the Bible. a
preacher must find the week days
mighty lonesome.
The average girl starts out at IS to
make name for herself. but decides
at 20 that some mans will do.
We always wish at this time Of the
with four rich grandparents.
When a young man talks of taking
his bride to Europe, it indicates that
the marriage is a long way off. Just
before the wedding, he talks of taking
her to St. Joe.
An AtchisOn man who felt that he
could afford to invest twelve thousand
dollars in a fool mining scheme, which
he lost, has never felt able to buy a
hfty-cent pair Of bath slippers.
It is Mrs. Lysander John AppIeton's s
rule to give Christmas presents to those
she has visited within the present year
Those she visited a year ago are re-
membered with Christmas cards, cost
ing five cents.
Pictures of Lady Butler are begin
ming to appear, with the usual story
that she helped to make her husband.
They are unfortunately three days late,
as Butler is best known now by his
record of having lost 1897 men in one
puea cement
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20

Senator Lodge has introduced a bill
to put hides on the free list Is the
tine-honored Republican principle Of
protection to be undermined by such in
sidious tactics as this? Besides, what
IS to become of the oppressed and down
trodden farmers who supply the Amer
lean public with beef if he is to be de-
prived of his meager profits by being
placed in competition with the pauper
hides of other countries? If a tariff
on hides was not the proper thing why
was it placed there2 A general attack
on the protection principle seems about
TO be precipitated all along the line. In
addition to NJ Lodges bill, we find
the president advocating free trade
with Porto Rico. and reciprocity treat
les pending which have caused CalifOr-
mans to rise in arms because pauper
fruit of other countries is about to be
allowed 10 compete with the wen-fed
and highly remunerated fruit of the
golden west. The Democrats who had
an opportunity to reform the tariff and
didn't improve it, but gave the country
the Wilson bill instead. may learn
something about how such things are
done before the present congress ad-
Tourns
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
BRIEF HONEYMOON.
Richmond Hansel Divorced After Ten
Weeks Married Life.

Judge Hazen divorced Richard D. Han
sci from his wife Maggie Hansel in the
district court yesterday afternoon, after
the couple had been married only 10
weeks.
restaurant. On October 4 he went down
to Coffeyville and married a Coffeyville
girl. They came to Topeka to live and
Mr.. Hansel claims that after a very brief
honeymoon he discovered that his bride
was not as good as he thought she was,
so he sent her back to her parents and
applied for a divorce. The suit was not
contested.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20

The death of General LawtOn came as
a shock TO the American people who
had been led to believe that the trouble
in the Philippines was about over That
SO gallant and meritOrious an officer
should fall causes sincere grief That
the soldier of two real wars should be
slain in q camDaign against bush
,vhackers is additional cause for sor-
row. There are officers in the Philip
pines who could better have been spared
than could General Lawton-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
Place For Ralph INGALLS,

Washington. D. C, Dec. 2O.-The pres
ident will in few days make several
nominations as paymasters, with rank
Of captain, in the army. One of the
men decided upon for d place is Ralph
ingalls,, of Missouri, a son Of ex-senator
ingalls, Of Kansas. The nomination
has been requested by Senator Baker
and Republican members of the house
from Kansas. Mr.. ingalls, was an Off
Ger in volunteer regiment from Mis-
souri, in the Spanish-American war
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
Holiday Rates Via Santa Fe Route.

Between points west Of Missouri rive;
within two hundred miles of selling sta
ton, the Santa Fe will sell round trip
tickets at one fare for the round trip
on December %, "A, 25, 80 and 81. 1899
and January 1. 1900. Final limit January
2 1900. Through tickets from points
west of Missouri river to local points
east of Missouri river whose distance
mile limit will be sold for the sum of
the one fare and one fare and One-third
respectively For tickets, folders and
other Information apply to T. L. King
Agent, Topeka, Kan
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
TO PAY STATE WARRANTS.
Treasurer Grimes Is Now Ready to
Take Them Up.

State Treasurer Grimes has issued
call for all warrants that have been
stamped mot Paid For Want of Funds
during the past several months. There
are $500 600 in warrants outstanding, and
the state will be able after today to take
them up.
Treasurer Grimes has set January Is as
the date when interest on the warrants
will cease. The payment of county taxes
morrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
Chanute Woman Returned From
Kansas City Under Arrest.

Chanute, Dec 2o.-Sheriff Prang of
this county has returned from Kansas
City, bringing with him Mrs. Eleanor
Lutz. She was arrested on the charge
of abandoning her children She for
merly resided in NeOShO county, where
she owned a farm fifteen miles from
Chanute. Her husband committed sui
eide a year ago, leaving four children,
the oldest 13 and the youngest 2 years
old. She received IS, 900 in life insur-
ance and the homestead, valued at
$2,S00. The Oldest child is living in
Chanute, and the three youngest on
the farm, where they are being cared
for bV strangers