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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-05
PINCREE SCARED
BY the InrOads Being Made by
the Trusts.
Wants Congress to Take the
Matter in Hand.
STATES POWERLESS.
POWERLESS.
If They Are Driven From One
They Set Up in Another.
Finds Fault With Mckinley in
His Message.

Lansing. Mich, Jan. 5.-Following is
an abstract of Governor Pingree's mes
sage to the state legislature delivered
today:
Governor Pingree congratulates the
state on it's PROGRESS and the era of
prosperity which is opening up before
it. Equal taxation he treats at length,
saying that it is the most important
question in this state today and that
the present state administration was
put in power expressly to take some ac-
ton looking TO an equitable system of
taxation. He argued that railroads and
other corporations should be brought
urder the tax law instead Of being
assessed upon their gross earnings, as
at present.
Governor Pingree then recommends
the repeating of the special charters of
the Michigan Central and Detroit,
Grand Haven and Milwaukee roads SO
as to bring them under the general tax
laws. The attempt at the special ses-
sion last spring to pass the Atkinson
bill, which has equal taxation for it's
object, is referred to and the governor
criticises some federal officials for al
legged lobbying against it. The governor
recommends a moderate income tax
upon all incomes above $1,000 a year.
The progress made by the trusts in
recent years has alarmed the governor.
He advocates that congress should take
this matter in hand, as state legisla-
lures, he says, are powerleSS, because
corporations would simply be driven
from one state to another by any at
tempt at legislation on the part of the
states.
Governor Pinssree finds fault with the
present national administration, saying
that 1.-The war was precipitated by
clamor of an interruptions press with
the. cooperation of equally unscrupu-
louS politicians, who hoped that the ex-
element and hySteria of war would dis
tract the popular mind from the abuses
of their misgovernment and from the
grievances which our people suffered
and still suffer, greater than those
which any of SPANS subjects had to
complain Of
Decided opposition was expressed to
the annexation of the Philippines, the
governor claiming that they are in no
usefulness, as are the Hawaiian islands,
or the Antilles. He says: 1.-The scheme
of annexation is simply a weak imita-
ton of the policy of European monar-
chies, conceived in apparent ignorance
or Indifference respecting the vastly
different conditions which have forced
those pow ers into distant colonization
Relative to public ownership of rail-
ways, Governor Pingree says: Il most
earnestly recommend that this legiSla-
ture inau gurate a policy looking to the
ultimate purchase by the state of all
the railr Dads within it's limits" The
passed providing that all candidates
for each elective office. from governor
down to ward officers, be nominated by
direct vote of the electors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-05
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

Chicago, Jan D.
WHEAT.There was enough bullish
sentiment in wheat carried over from yes
terday to start the market at slightly ad-
vanced prices. The Improvement only
ers generally considered the advance of
SD at Liverpool disappointingly small and
sold freely: May opened at 715sQ%c and
fluctuations to 70A &c. The. export de
mand very slack, and there
good deal of selling for the short account:
that there had been very little evidence
of actual damage to winter wheat
reports for January FROM Ohio and Ne
braska placed the condition of winter
wheat in the former state at 100 and in
stances and with nothing to encourage the
bull side. trade became very slack and
May sagged off another fraction, selling
AL cars against 374 last year. Chicago
received 104 cars, of which only one grad
CORN-In corn factor was the liberal
receipts, 542 cars. Cold, clear, weather
which will accelerate the movement also
tended to weaken the market. yer
nand was limited the price was forced
down quickly. The decline in wheat, too,
a shade lower at 377s@1@c and sold off to
oATs-oats sympathized with the lead
ing grains Trade was dull and prices
cars: May opened unchanged at 27$4e and
declined r, to 254@2$c.
ers and liberal receipts of hogs, burdened
lo%er 9 and sald of to
and declined to s5771s May ribs started
shade higher at $5-15Q5171s and sold
'i BA I / ~ 42a51c.
TIMOTHY-January, $3.50; March, $40.
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DISEASE AIDS STRIKERS.
Pneumonia Attacks Imported Ne
proes at Pana. Ill

Pana, Ill, Jan. accompany c, Fifth
Illinois infantry of so men under Lieut..
Headenberger, was notified today to re-
port Immediately at Springfield. They
leave tonight after having done 60 days
riot duty here account of the miners
strike.
Company L, of Peoria, has been or
dered here to relieve company G. They
number as men and it is understood
they will remain here all winter. This
makes a total of $50 soldiers on duty
in Pana, Col. Frank Wells of Decatur,
commanding.
Disease appears to have come to the
aid of the union miners. There are over
$50 cases of sickness, principally pneu-
monia among the imported negroes. Ben
Henderson and Nero Pitts, negro min
ers, died today of pneumonia. The strik-
ers received Sc, 900 from state organiza-
tionS today for cOmmisSary. Each union
miner now receives S. a week.
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NEW SENATE OFFICERS.
j. W. Morphy to Be Secretary OF the
| Senate-Other officers.

The senate held a caucus last n1ght
and agreed upon the senate employees
for the regular session. The old officers
were turned down with the exception
of Senator Householder who was re-
elected president pro tenn of the senate
The list agreed upon is as follows:
J. w Morphy of Topeka, secretary;
NJ A Householder, president pro tenn;
d. Gassoway, Columbus, sergeant-at-
arms; 7. H. Gallagher, Springdale, as
sistant sergeant-at-arms; A. A. George,
Erie assistant secretary of state; Kew
Mr.. G. w Singer, Mound Valley, chap
lain; V. w. Moore, Coffeyville, docket
clerk; L. D. Fuller, Pratt, assistant
docket clerk; A. d. Gilpin, Lincoln,
journal clerk; H. B. Wallace, Salina,
and P P Mercer, Lincoln, assistant
journal clerks; Sol Long, Grenola, read
ing clerk; V. p. James, Beloit, door
keeper; w. H. Grove, Winfield, H. c.
Sanger, Walnut, R. w. Holmes, Somer-
set r. c. Widdicombe, Kansas City, w.
l., Shopper, Fulton, assistant door
keepers; Ursel Finch, Harper, postmas-
ter; F. c. Johnson, Phillipsburg, docket
clerk; Andy Swigart, Ell Dorado, assist
ant docket clerk; Augusta Hayes, Kan
sas City, stenographer; J. d. Schooley,
CLAY Center, guard to cloakroom; I. H.
Wood, Larned, assistant; H. H. Bolson.
Harris; T. w. Gannoway, Pratt; c. w.
Griesby, Clay Center; c. F. Russell,
Hillsdale; Henry Davis, Topeka, jani-
tors; Guy Renscn, Chelsea; J. A. Lup-
fer Larned; K. Scott, Oberlin; Charles
Kennedy, Fredonia; Robert Widdicome,
Kansas City; Mark Hern, Brazilton,
pages; Nellie Forney, Belle Plaine,
feleDhone clerk.
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DEWEY'S LOVING CUP.
a Cincinnati Club for the
Present

Cincinnati, o., Jan. 5.-vice President A.
H. Pugh of the Piccadilly club, has re-
ceived the following letter from Admiral
Dewey, in which the admiral thanks the
club for the loving cup forwarded to him,
and declares his intention of coming to
Cincinnati if his plans for the future will
permit it:
Flagship Olympia, Manila, P. L, Nov.
%, 1S9S.-A. H. Pugh, Esq, Vice President
Piccadilly Club, Cincinnati O.-Dear Sir:
1 have much pleasure in acknowledging
the receipt of your letter of October ),
1898, informing me of the honor which the
Piccndilly club has done me in presenting
me with a loving cup, and also letter
SIGNED by members of the club. 1 need
hardly tell you that this evidence of APP
probation of myself and work by the
members of the Piccadilly club has given
me unqualified pleasure, and 1 beg that
You will convey to them my heartfelt
thanks. While it is yet too early for me
to form any plans for the future, or rather
after my return to the United States, yet
it would give me great pleasure to accept
of the hospitality of the club for an even
ing, as you so kindly suggest, and 1 will
bear it in mind. Thanking you for the
kind expression in your letter, L am, very
sincerely, GEORGE DEWEY.
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Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill.

miscellaneous
ton bill, which was introduced by Sem
ator Forney, chairman of the ways and
means committee, and passed under the
declaration of an emergency, pays the
bills for stationery, and other small ex-
penses, but there are no deficiency ap-
preparations in it. The balance of $1,000
on the new state electric light plant is
paid.
Senator Morrow moved to amend by
adding an appropriation, as recon-
mended by Governor Leedy, of 1923, 900
to reimburse contributors to the Omaha
exposition fund. This was defeated by
the Popuists, who, as Senator King
expressed it, thought this was a mat
ter for the consideration of the regular
session.
The bill makes appropriations for the
new court of visitation, for the fiscal
year ending June &c. 1899, as follows:
Salaries of three judges. ........$ 81. SIS. 90
salary OF sohcltor-. --....... 90 -OC
salary OF clerk. .----..-..-.... 3OOC
Salary of stenographer 1877 80
Contingent fund .............-.. 5000 90
The bill has been sent to the house
where it will be passed this afternoon
and become a law after publication in
the State Journal.
Afternoon Senate
The first call of the senate was had
this afternoon at the opening of the
session, upon the passage of the bill
property. The vote was 10 to 5, and
Senator Titus in charge of the bill,
asked for the call The doors were
locked, but Senators Jumper and For
ney came in from the cloak room and
voted for the bill, passing it 81 to 5. The
call was then dispensed with, having
lasted two minutes.
This measure, which now goes to the
house, provides that county commits
Sioners shall levy tax upon the prop
erty of each school district, equal to
one per cent of it's insured value. This
fund is then to be placed in the state
treasury and used in the payment of
provisions of the bill into effect, $4,000
is appropriated for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1900, also for the year end
ing June so, 1901. Should an unexpend-
ed balance remain at the end of that
period it shall be retained as a part
of the insurance fund.
Senator Jumper and B. P. Waggen-
er, the Missouri Pacific attorney, were
comforting in a senate window, when
Senator Ryan arose and said:
81 see the chairman of the state board
of charities and the manager of the
octopus in caucus over there, a pro-
ceeding which L believe is out of or
der"
The senators laughed as Mr.. Jumper
went to his seat. He said:
81 want to say that we accomplish
things, too, when we get together
The senate then passed Senator Cros-
sans bill providing punishment for
lawyers who embezz1e funds which they
may collect and fail to account for. This
bill now goes to the house.
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THE COMING WAR
Between Russia and England Spoken
of as a Certainty.

London, Jan. 5-The Daily Chronicle
this morning quotes the opinion of an
American now in China who has recent
ay toured in Siberia, Mongolia and Man
churia, as to American relations with
Russia and Great Britain. He is repre-
scented as saying:
1.-The United States has nothing to
fear from Russia and nothing to gain
by helping England in the coming war
AS soon as Russia's railroad schemes
are completed they will Russianize and
develop a, country whose mineral wealth
ds unlimited England's only hope is to
organize the Chinese into a large army
to oppose Russia. This may mean war.
but better war now than so years hence
when Russia will have consolidated her
powers
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POLES MAY BE CUT.
Western Union Declines to Bury
Its Wires in St. Louis.

Its Wires in st. Louis.
st. Louis. Mo, Jan. 5.-Under the city
ordinance known as the Keyes ordi-
nance, all telegraph poles in the district
bounded by Twenty-secOnd street and
the river and Wash and Spruce streets
were to be removed by midnight of
Dec. 81 last and the wires placed under
ground. The Western Union Telegraph
company did not comply with this ordi-
nance and its poles strung with wires
are still standing in the district.
City Councillor Schumacher is cor
sidering the matter and if he can con-
vince himself that the city will not be
liable for heavy damages, he will issue
an order to cut down the poles in the
prescribed district. Before the Reyes
ordinance was approved the city sued
the company for $15O,OO0, the first in
stallment on an annual rental of So
for each Of its telegraph poles in St.
Louis. The rental was fixed by an
ordinance which was intended to gov
ern all wire using companies. The SUI
preme court of the United States, after
twice considering the case, decided that
the company was not bound by the
ordinance, as the rental prescribed was
unreasonable.
Under the Reyes ordinance any COM
pany seeking to place its wires under
ground had to file an application for
permission from the board of public i'm
provements to construct underground
conduits- 1t also was required that
each applicant must subscribe to the
terms of the prior ordinance, which the
Western Union had contested success
fully in the courts. The Western Union
refused to bind itself to comply with a
provision which the United States su-
preme court had pronounced unreason-
able Accordingly Judge Marshall of
the supreme court, who then was city
councillor, decided that the desired per-
mission could not be granted. Now,
the company contends that, having been
denied the privilege of burying its wires
it can not be compelled to remove them
from overhead
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A MILLION TONS
Of Orders on the Books of One Iron
Mandatory.

New York, Jan. 5-Iron trade author
tiles continue their confident predictions
of continuing activity in that industry.
In reviewing the iron and steel trades
the Iron Age, pointing out the excellent
features of the present situation, says
today:
There is a continuance of activity in
the iron and metal trades, although, on
the whole, the market is quite as fever
ish as it has been. AS a matter of fact,
come, are keeping within a narrow cir
Gle of regular customers, and are in
clined to discourage anything which
might foster speculation. How heavily
the steel works are engaged Is indicated
by the fact that one large concern has
one million tons of orders on it's books,
while similar figures relatively are re-
ported from other works.
I'm the rail trade the western mills
have raised prices 81 per ton, which
seems to have clinched number of
outstanding options. The Pennsylvania
railroad is reported to have placed it's
order for los, 900 tons, distributed among
the mills on the lines.
1T will be recalled that some time
since the German merchant pipe combi-
nation, tight and powerful organiza-
ton, dropped prices in order to freeze
out the American works, which were in
vading the market.
1T is interesting to note, in view of
of this effort, that the National Tube
Works company of McKeesport, Pa,
have just sold 100000 feet of pipe for
delivery in Germany.
I'VE understand that the capital
stock of the American Steel and Wire
company, now $24,000,000, equally divid-
ed between common and preferred, is
to be increased to close on to 800, 000, 000
also equally divided between common
and preferred. Report has it that ne
gotiations are pending for a steel plant
in central Ohio
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Market Gossip.

Liverpool cable. wheat sd higher; corn.
I'D lower.
Receipts of hogs: Chicago, 10000 stezdy;
Kansas City. 1900, steady; Omaha, 5000,
steady.
Receipts of cattle: Chicago, $500. strong;
Kansas City, 1850, strong; Omaha, 1000
steady.
Chicago receipts: Wheat, 1O4 cars; corn.
542 cars; oats, 128 cars.
Chicago: Estimated receipts for tomor-
row, 81, 900 hogs.
Northwestern receipts: This year. Min
neapolis 316 cars, Duluth 125 cars: last
year. Minneapolis 800 cars, Duluth 45 cars.
Liverpool, closing cable: Wheat 1sd
higher.
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Chicago Livestock Market.

CHICAGO, Jan. 5.
HOGS-Estimated receipts today, 40 600:
left over, $685.. Market strong to sc
higher. Light. So. 3503 SPY: mixed, So. $50
$40; heavy, So 1908. 721a; rough, S. 4OQ3.45;
workers. 1856.
CATFLEr-Recefpts. $500. Strong to 10c
higehr. Reeves, $4d5.95: cows and heifers,
$204.S5 Texas steers. S3.30f64. 65: StockerS
and feeders, 81 S5M4 40
sHiEEPa,Reeeipts. 70 ooo; Market steady Iy;
40: lambs. S4dI5 80
Official yesterday:
HOGS-Receipts. IS, 507: shipments. $500.
CATTLE-Receipts, 1Oo25: shipments. B.
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New york Money Market.

New York, Jan s.
MONEY-Money on call, nominally 212d3
per cent prime mercantile paper, 3d3$a
per cent; sterling exchange firmer, with
actual business in bankers bills a $4.S4l2
az for demand and at $4.S1$46r4.s2 for 60
days; posted ra ties, S4.S211 and $4.S51z; COM
mercial bills. $480$4 d4.S14.
SILVER-Silver certificates, nominally
591AG601Ac; bar silver, soc; Mexican dollars,
1890.
BONDS-Government bonds irregular.
U. S. IS, 1917: new As, registered. 129: new
1914; IS, registered, 112s4; coupon, 112zz.
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Joliet Society @convu1sed.n

Joliet, Ill, Jan. 5-Joliet society was
conXulsed two years ago over the stealing
OF 5000 worth of diamonds from Mrs.
SWinbank Williams, a guest of the Hotel
Munroe; Sidney B. Davis, a guest, was
arrested and convicted on circumstantiaI
1entiary February 3d. 1897. Yesterday he
confessed to Warden McCiaughrey. locat-
ing the diamonds at the corner of Chicago
and Jefferson streets. The diamonds
were found where Davis placed them two
years, ago in plain sight of those who used
fha closet
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said the bond of the state treasurer,
given for all the funds that might come
into his charge, would stand as security
of the guarantee fund" He spoke
against the amendment offered by
Burkholder, striking out county, nu-
nicipal and school district funds as Sc
curity for guarantee fund" loans, say
ing that all securities were required to
be approved by the state treasurer and
state bank commissioner. He declared
that the bill was demanded by the peO-
PIE of the state irrespective of party,
and that the members of the house
would have no excuse to offer if it was
defeated.
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Job Lot of Work by the Senate.

Washington. Jan. 1.-The senate today
passed a resolution directing the foreign
status of claims of United States citizens
against Spain and passed bills to ratify
agreements with the Lower Brule and
Rosebud reservation Indians, to grant
California per cent of the net proceeds
of cash sales of public lands in the state.
and classifying clerks in first and second
class .postoffices. The NiearagEan canal
bill then came up and Senator Caffery
made a speech on the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty.
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FOSTER SINKING.
The Ex-Secretary of State Has Not
Long to Live.

Washington, Jan. 5.-Ex-Secretary of
State John w. Foster was somewhat
worse today, a restless and nervous
condition during the night contributing
to make him weaker. The loss of
strength however, is not so radical as
to occasion amy immediate alarm and
his temperature is reported this fore
noon not to have been affected. To-
day he is resting easily and gained a
little rest during the forenoon.
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DON'T Want Pillagers Pardoned.

St Paul, Jan. Sin the legislature to-
day Representative HenneSSy presented
resolutions protesting against the par
don by the president of the PilIager In
dams who participated in the Leech
Lake Indian outbreak where Major
Wilkinson and six United States sold
iers were killed. No action was taken on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-05
Kansas City Produce Market

Kansas City. Jan. s.
ee WF Re 1feel loweE No, 7l hard $50
64Q67c; No. 2 spring, 61d65c; No. 3. 5SQ62c.
CORN-1ac lower. No. ? mixed, 94c; No.
2 white, 3i1Sc; No. 3, 331zc-
RYESteady No. 2. SIC.
EAY--Steady. unchanged.
dairy. 15c
EGGS-Firm. Fresh pc.
Receipts of wheat, Il cars.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. z. Miller, aged 50 years, died yes
terday afternoon at her home. corner of
Sixth and Highland avenues. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon.
Eugene. the 3-year-old son of T. L. Con-
slant of 921 Fillmore street, died yeSter-
day afternoon of spinal meningitis. The
funeral will be tomorrow morning at 10
o. clock.
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A Fine Residence Rnrnad

Sidney, O., says that the fine residence of
": II. G. Goode at that city was. greatly
damaged by fire. 1t cost $50 900. The
loss on building and furniture was $50, 600
We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laun-
dry. 11z and ia West Eighth street.
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ITS LAST TUNNEL
Has Been Commenced by the White
Pass Railway.

Vancouver, B. c., Jan. 5.-Advices re-
ceived from Alaska say very severe
weather has been experienced on the
pass. Lake Bennett has at last begun
to freeze over. The White Pass rail-
way which is now being built in Canad-
ian territory has commenced on its last
tunnel
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to the railroads or other corporations
the right to go into the streets and en-
ploy scab labor, thereby working great
labor associations and laboring men in
general, and for these reasons this bill
should not pass 1 vote against it be-
cause the people of my district are OPP
posed to it because 1t is vicious and un-
a lole -
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Hanged for Wife Murder.

Pittsburg, Jan. 5.-Silas Anderson, col
ored, who shot and killed his wife on the
18th of last March, was hanged in the
county jail today. Death resulted from
the crime.
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DINGLEY MAY GET WELL.

Washington, Jan. Sat 2 o'clock this
afternoon it was announced by the doc
tors that Representative Dingley was
very much better and that it was likely
will continue to improve
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Helen Gould Commendec.

Albany, Jan. 5.-The house, by ris-
ing vote, adopted a resolution, COM
mending Helen Gould for her great gen
erosity during the war.
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RANGES of Prices on Stock.

Furnished by E. NJ Strawn Broker
age Co., Room 3 Central National Bank
Bldg, Seventh and Kansas ave. Topeka,
Kan. Telephone No. 637.
Stocks. Iopen High Low lCIse Yes.
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Russia Backing France.

Berlin, Jan. 5.-The Lokal Anzeiger says
that the Russian representative at Pekin
has been ordered to support French inter-
ests in China. las theoretically as though
they were Russian"
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Sugar Market.

New York, Jan. D.
SUGAR-Raw, irregular; fair refining,
13-16c: centrifugal SO test. 5-16c; molasseS
sugar, 8 9-I6c Refined, barely steady;
crushed, 512c; powdered, Sic; granulat-