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false cue that President Kruger would
certainly give way under steady pres
sure and that even if he did not make
concessions the BOers would not make
a genuine fight and that there would
be at worst not a war but a military
demonstration This IS secret history
as 1t is told by men who know what
has been going on in the innermost
circles. A safe commentary upon II
would be that Presidents Kruger ana
Steyn brought on the war at their con-
venience, just as the Dutch command
ers have succeeded in forcing the Brit
ish generals to attack under CONDITIONS
most favorable to themselVeS me olu
tories are always railing at MI CnaIl-
berlani, but, unlike what is going on
in Africa, it is a sham fight At the
end of the war he Will settle the Atr1-
can question as he likes, for no other
minister will interfere with hlTn-
This pre-suppOsed British victory
which Lord Roberts can bring ABOUT II
any EngllShman can DO II, win lhe
help of heavy battaliOnS recruited from
the army reserves, the militia, the
yeOmanry and the volunteers. These re
Wyndham's war office programme
make up an enrolled force of over 49,
coo men, exclusive of the regular stand
ing army on a peace footing.
The earliest reports Of the battle OF
COIenSO from special corresponding
are mutilated by the censorship ana
leave untold what the pubic IS most
anxious to hear The Daily Ma1PS cor
respondent describes the excellent prac-
tice of the British batteries after dawn
and the heavy fire which the infantry
drew from the enemy concealed and
sheltered by broken ridges and naiVely
adds that General Buffers army retired
after eight hours fighting, the Four
teenth field battery being partly de-
molished and left behind on the field
Some of these early accounts read as
though the censors had revised them
with the help of a HOwitzer battery.
Military men say that Colonel Long,
who threw away the batteries at Co
lenso by neglecting to send forward
scouts, did the same thing at the AL
dershot manOeuvr- in 1898 and was
reprimanded for il either by General
Butler or the Duke of Connaught. If
that be true, Butler ought to have been
on his guard against his reckless tao
ties. A fresh freak in the cable has
interrupted the current war news in
the last "a hours.
The revised list of the Hagersfontein
losses has increased the number OF
prisoners by 40.
The Dutch have guarded against
second use of the armOred train by
blowing up railway culvertS north Of
EIodder river. Their position is describ-
ed by the Standard correspondent as
marvelously strong
The correspondent. George Lynch, is
held at Pretoria on the charge OF being
a. SpV.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Evening the Honors Up.

TF'rom the New Haven Register.1
It was at President Hadley's recep-
tofn that the following bit of cOnversa-
ton was overheard:
Dr. Dwight. turning to a prominent
young aIumnus OF Yale, after greeting
him with, Hello, claSsmate." said
something about his own very recent
return from the country, adding after
ward: BY the way, I owe one of the
New Haven newspapers grudge- It
printed an item about me a few weeks
ago to this effect: 'Ex-President Theo-
dOre Dwight has just returned from his
summer home al Norfolk Now, my
name is Timothy, and my summer home
is at Litchfield."
well, that is one of the things, at all
events, that can be very easily rectifed,
doctor" said the aIumnus, pleasantly
Yes" replied the doctor, with a drol
smile, they might say, and I think it
would be satisfactory to me. that Pro
fessor Alfred Hadley has just been
elected president of an institution at
Waterbury, %
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
FEELING RUNNING HIGH
Among Americans in Honduras ow-
ing to Shooting of One of
Their Number

New Orleans. Dec. 19.-F. P. Bean, an
American of prominence, who is now
resident of San Pedro. Spanish Hon
duras has arrived in the city direct
from Central America He said:
when 1 left San Pedro a week ago
Thursday, Dr. VIM. GoIde, who was
shot by Joaquin Hernandez, a clerk Of
the criminal court there Cthe Hondu-
rean following up the work by murder
ing Captain Jake Imboden) was still
alive and there was a chance for his
recovery. President Sierra sent word
to the authorities at San Pedro to
treat Hernandez leniently, and see that
he did not suffer.
LAS a consequence the murderer is
confined in name only and the Ameri-
can colony is convinced that unless
something is done, he will never be pun
ished. AS a result the feeling in the
San Pedro colony of Americans, which
is the largest in Central America, is
running high. We talked the killing
over thoroughly prior to my departure
and the Americans there are determin-
ed to see that Hernandez is punished
for his crime
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
USED A WHIP.
Former Topeka Girl Creates Excite
ment in Oklahoma

The following is taken from the
Wichita Beacon:
Shawnee. 0. t. Dec. 16-The latest
sensation here occurred when Mrs. 5. E
Fix and Clara Fix. wife and daughter
of Jesse Fix, q well to do Farmer living
about one mile east Of this city, paid
an old darkey Is cents to go into res
Iaura1t and notify IhCmas j. l4aZEelt
that there were persons on the outside
who desired to see him Mr.. L4aZzeu re
spending to the summons was Mortified
to be met by the ladies with cOWhide
whips. the administration of which in
regular doses, made the blood fly from
his face and neck. He sought refuge
in retreat but found it difficult to avoid
the enra ged women. Finally he got
away through the rear yard of saloon
and the aggressors went home unmo-
Tested by the city officials.
ASKED Why they so treated Mr.. LaZ-
zen, they said he had made some SLAM
derOus remarks about them, which they
intended should cease. Miss Fix is a
beautiful brunette from near Topeka,
Kan, and has lived in and near this
city for nearly three years. Tired of
the mOnotOny of farm life, she in the
latter part of 1898 and the former part
of 1899 clerled in the real estate Office
of NarteH & Lazzeu. She claims that
Mr. Lazzell agreed to pay her IS per
week. Lazzell claims that he was to
pay her for only such work as she did.
Lazzen says he has paid her in full.
She says Lazze1 owes her about $50
balance
This controversy has been in JUS
tice court for several months and still
hangs there The ladies heard OF a re-
mark alleged to have beer made by
Mr.. LazZell and considered it derOga-
tory, and the affray of this afternoon
was the result. Mr.. Lazzell is a Pot
tawatOmie Indian by adoption. He
came from Kansas to this country some
twenty-five years ago, and is one of
the most respected citizens of Okla
hOma-''
The Fix family lived for many years
three miles southeast of Topeka Tom
IazzeI as he was Familiarity known, re
sided for many years on a farm in the
vicinity of MenOken.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
EMERALD MINING EGYPT
TFrom the London Mai


A small but perfectly equipped expe-
ditiOn has just left London to start
emerald mining on a rich patch in
Eastern Egypt.
The promoter of the expedition is Mr..
Streeter, the diamond merchant of Bond
street, who, after vainly endeavOring
for 20 years to obtain the necessary
rights, has at last succeeded in Secur-
ing a grant of land from the Egyptian
government, In return, Mr. Streeter
has taken the Egyptian government as
partner in a venture which he hopes
will be quite the biggest thing with
which he has been associated.
My first idea of getting emeralds
from Eastern Egypt" said Mr.. Streeter
to a Daily Mail representative, came
to me from reading of Cleopatra. You
may remember that she is said to have
been lavish in her beStOWal of the en-
erald upon those to whom she desired
to show favor. had also read of the
famous Jebel Zebara mines and of the
rich finds which they yielded to the ear
ly Egyptians subsequently I learned
from a French gentleman that the Ze-
bara was unQuestiOnably rich in the
precious stone, and I at once took
steps to secure a grant of land. For 20
years I have been trying to obtain the
necessary right, but. owing to a variety
of causes, without success.
'Nubar Pacha was so favorable to
my scheme that he promised me sold
ierS to guard the mines, but he died
and as the new government was not
friendly to the idea I again failed. At
last 1 have succeeded in securing the
right to work the Zebara mines. and
have obtained a grant of land of about
140 square miles from Abu Diab, on the
north to Hamrat Mukbud on the south,
with the Red Sea, coast as an eastern
bonn 7arv.
cat first thought of sending my min
ing party by ship to Ras Dhurra, but
being assured that no landing would be
possible, I have sent the expedition,
consisting of a manager. an engineer,
a Cornish ganger, a smith, a carpenter
and an accomplished Hnguist overland
from Edfu on the Nile. From that
place to the mines it is a camel jour
ney of 120 miles to Zebara and 40 to
Sikait, the other mine which I have
secured. I may say that the specimens
which I have already received from
Zebara are very beautiful, but hope
to have some for the market on No
vember 25.
Those who are interested in archaeo-
logical research will be interested to
know that upon that same tract Of
land are the ruins of a Roman bar
racks, which in their day accommO-
dated 20 600 men. Time has entirely de
mOlished the roof. but in other respects
the ruins. as well as those of the RO-
man oven and various temples, are in a
wonderfully fine state of preservation
'As far as I know this portion of the
Arabian Desert is practically uneX-
plored. I hope to visit Zebara myself
in February"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Chicago livestock Market.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-CATTLE-Recei
4,G00; market steady; butchers stock and
Gamers steady to firm; calves shade low
er; stOckers and feeders unchanged
BeeYes 81. .25Q7.3 cows s.. 0004.75; heifers
s.. .25d5 90; Gamers 81. 00d3. 90; stockers and
feeders $3.o0a4.65; Texas fed beeves s.. .35
HOGS-Recefpts today 10000; tomorrow
10000; left over 3.01S: market 21a cents and
5 cents lower. Mixed and butchers S3 800
4.15; good heavy 81 O01l4. IS; rough heavy
s. S5q3-95; light So. 90Q4. 10; bulk of sales
81. .0O1I4.10.
SHEEP-Receipts steady to slow at yes
terdays decline. Native wethers So 600
40; westerns $4.OOd4-40; native lambs 81
as. IS; westerns 50 .00d5. 40.
official receipts and shipments for yes
terday:
CATTLE receipts Il. .59O shipments 2.191
HOGS receipts A. 667; shipments 1851
SHEEP receipts 24.041; shipments 260
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sCLTAN'S SON-IN-LAWFLED
Taking His Wife's Jewels and All the
Money Hs Gould Got

COnstantinople. Dec. 19.-The flight OF
the Sultan's sOn-in-law. Mahmud Pa
sha- Thursday, with his wife's Jewels
and all the money he could collect, has
caused a great sensation here. 1t has
now been ascertained that he sailed for
Marseilles on a steamer and the Turk
ish government has telegraphed to the
French Minister of Foreign Affairs NJ.
Delcasse, asking for the arrest of Nah
mud on his arrival at Marseilles and
his return to COnstantinOple on the
charge that he is implicated in a plot
to assassinate the Sultan. This accusa-
tion. however. is generally discredited.
and it is believed the refugee is the
victim of an intrigue
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
HAS BEEN DETAINED.
Governor Stanley May Not Be Home
For Christmas.

The meeting Of the committee to pre-
pare plans for a celebration of the
foundation of the government at Wash
ington, D. G., which Governor Stanley
went east to attend has been postponed.
Whether the meeting has been post
poned for few days or to some time
has not been informed. so it is inpOS-
sible at this time to say when Governor
Stanley will return to Topeka.
1t was expected that he would be
here for Christmas
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Liverpool: Wheat 1sd lower; corr -s.
lower than yesterday.
New York; Clearing house sheets all
went through o. X, looks as if worst was
over.
Hogs tomorrow 10000
New York: Market opens higher and ev-
idence of better feeling apparent advance
looks as if large traders put prices up TO
sell on. Important interests will probably
support market
Mfnneapoiis:o .ls1, last year as; Duluth
New York: Secretary Treasury Gage
announced officially he would today in
would appoint new depository banks which
may qualify by de2o9s5lts Of United mite,
Treasury balance viii afford 30 million TO
Kansas City- receipts: Wheat a. last
year 109; corn 20, last year %; oats T. lass
Liverpool close: Wheat sd lower; corn
London: Wheat cargoes firm. options
New York; Washington special: Treas
ury received number of kilograms from
New York ban. .ers this morning of their
intention to deposit bonds to secure public
New York: Market has decidedly better
advantage of low prices to lay in a sup
ply of good stocks. Strong parties appear
of further Generalization relieved.
CIearances wheat and -four 5000; corn
Wheat shipments 5Os.0O0. last year $50
900; shipments 2lL000. last year z5s0y9
Corn receipts 425,00O,; last year 9l4,uJ0
shipments 2Ss,OO0, last year S64 900.
BradstreetS wheat decreased ]. .2sT. 600;
corn Increased 1,065, 600; oats decreased,
147 900.
Kansas City cash markets: No. . hard
wheat 50 test SO to 64c; No. mixed corn
291@ to 29a4c
Secretary Gage says the crisis In New
York money, market passed and that no
Puts May wheat 6924 to 6s5sc; calls 1aiz
to 7O5sc. Puts May corn 32%4c to 327sc-
calls 822l t, 827sc- Curb May wheat 7054c;
Chicago: Estimated cars. Wheat &.
corn 100; oats So; hogs 10000 head.
Minneapolis close: Wheat December,
64xc; May 67G671sc; July 6S1406sssC.
New York reports ten loads wheat and
seven loads corn for export
Packers have been large sellers Of pro-
duct.
Privileges good this week were quoted
as follows. Puts, May wheat 6qc- calls
71s4c. Puts May corn 321sc; calls S37sc-
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Kansas CITY L1vestock rFarket

Kansas City. Dec. 19.-CATTLE-Re-
lower. Native steers $4,00a6 .; Texas
steers So. .5Od4. 80; Texas COWS 81. .35d3. .25 E;
native cows and heifers 81 .0004. so; stock
ers and feeders s.. .0044. so; bulls 81 5oQ 90.
HOGS-Receipts II. 600 Market weak to
5 cents lower. Bulk of sales 50. .9212d4.00;
heavy s.. .S004 .O5: packers 50 -S21aGt4- -05; mix
ed SO. .9014 90; light 49, 8O04. 90; yOrkers IS. 95
al 90: pigs SO -50d3 971a.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000 Market steady.
Lambs $4.50Q5.25; muttOns s.. 3.00Q4.50.
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Kansas Civ Produce ,rarxs:

Kansas City, Dec. 19.-WHEAT-AIay,
&C. Cash; No. hard 6Sa64c; Ne; $50
CORN-A1ay 29$sc. Cash: No. mixed
2915Q29szc; No. 2 white 2934c; No 3, 2912c.
OATS-NO. 2 2412Q25c.
RYE-NO. 2, 4SC.
HAY-Chofce timothy S. .00d9 80; choice
prairie S7.0Od7 so.
BUTTER Creamery 22Q25;c dairy 1Sc.
EGGS-FTesh II cents.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
esFOREFATHERS' DAY"
It Will Be Observed on Wednesday
Evening

The Topeka. Congregational club will
observe '-F'Orefathers' Day Wednesday
evening. The members Of the club will
ego f3i IN t9e 9, pSIl2Is q, OF t4e 6lrs{ Songre
a supper at $50 O'Clock. After the supper
trfl iefiir :3l4,b " III Ma e,1tIS tIz - az III @
Congregation and Civil Liberty" "
and under the subject New Seas Before
the Mayf1ower.'' discussions will be in
dulged in by Miss Anna Murphy Rev. c.
NJ. Sheldon and Mr.. n. H. LoOmis.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Topeka Markets Today

CATTLE.
COWS-S2. .50d3. so.
STEERS-S3. 500 : 90.
HkItt thS-S3. .006t3.7 IS.
HOGS.
LIGHTS. .5Od3. 60.
HEAVY AND MEDIUM-$3.5 .5003. 70.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHFAT-62 cents.
NO. 2 CORN-24 cents.
NO. OATS-23 cents.
HAYS. .50Q 90.
PRODUCE
EGGS-16 cents.
CHICKENS-6d61 cents.
BU UTTEh-Country. 20c.
EIgin, Ill, Dec. 19.-Creamery butter 26c
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
TOWN ON FIRE.
Florence, S. c., Burning and
There's No Water.

Florence, S. c.. Dec ia fire which
started this morning in the City hotel
has destroyed the hotel City hall, Bank
of Florence and five stores, and at 2
o'clock was still spreading.
Assistance was secured from Darling
ton and the entire population of Flor
ence Joined in the work. The water
gave out and no more is obtainable The
losses viii be heavy. No lives are re-
ported lost.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

New York. Dec. 1e.-Foreign houses VIII
anc Early this morning Conservative
bankers expressed the opinion that there
will be no trouble whatever in the clear
ing house and that everything viii 90
through all right today. The monetary
situation will improve. Washington IS
awakening to the necessity OF the sltua-
ton. Hartman viii take Union Pacific
preferred. Vanderbilt buying New York
Central will be in evidence Manhattan
will be supported. Bears viii cover Sugar
and insiders viii take Tobacco. The low
priced standards viii be safe to buy. ST
Paul earnings compared with cOmpara-
lively large month last year show an In
crease of S24, 500. If YOU viii compare
prices with those that prevailed six weeks
ago you viii ind that the declines have
extended from 10 to 40 points Don't YOU
think that the fan in prices has about
discounted the situation If buyers VIII
not take advantage from now on 10 get
aboard the low priced promising dividend
paying stocks they never Will become in
terested in Wall street properties
J. ARTHUR JOSEPH
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

81 $50 a. .S3sz for demand and at s4sl0
and 81 8S1k. Commercial bills 81 500 Isl Isl
SILN ER-Silver certificates 59lI 5S5eSi par
silver 591sc- Mexican dollars 4T1SC-
government bonds weak 3.
registered 1O2; IS, registered 109; coupon
109; new IS, registered 133: coupon 133; old
As, registered 113: coupon IA; IS, register
ed 112; coupon 112.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
sHOPLIFTERS CAUGHT.
Stole Two jackets From New York
Mercan tile Store.

The, police have arrested two coIored
shop hfters- Each one had a winter jack
ct taken from the New York Mercantile
store.
4 Js1ChS= was MISSED A1OtluaE aLLe1 400 II
and the loss reported to the police. Dora
Grant, an 1S-year-old colOred girl decided
to make a good appearance at the per
formance of Uncle Toms Cabin last
night and wore one of the stolen jackets.
She was seen by q boy who works in the
store and the jacket Identified She was
arrested and she told that another color
ed girl by the name of Letia Bartlay had
another Jacket The clerks in the store
had missed only one Jacket Both jackets
were recovered and the two girls locked
up in the city prison.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
sayers AppeaIs to moKinIez.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 19.-Governor Say
ers today appealed to President McKin-
ley for the surrender OF Lieutenant Ru-
bottom and all On-cOmmiSsiOned Off
GERS at Ft. Ringgold charged with riot
ing, etc, during the disturbances which
took place recently. Commander Nc
Kibben has declined to surrender these
men to the civil authorities and Cover
nor Sayers today carried the matter
direct to the president asking for the
surrender Of the men
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Cotton Market.


Liverpool Dec. 1s.-COTTON-Spo fair
demand; prices lower. American middling
9-}2d.
New York, Dec. 19.-COTTON- spot
closed steady ;naiddling upIands 75zc: mid
ding Fulf 7s<c; sales 300 bales
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Toneka Hide Narket

Topeka. Dec. 19.
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tions- The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CURED-I0 cents.
GREEN SALT HALF CURED-9Ac.
GREEN UNSALTED-S1z cents.
NO. l TALLO OW-3Ac
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Henry BOllman, president State Phar-
macy assOciat tiOn of Wisconsin, writes
US: have sold your Cherry Cough Syrup
and Beggs' Little Giant Pills for years
and find them exceedingly satisfactory
and a good seller. Guaranteed. r. W.
SQuires. l32 kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Ny son has been troubled for years with
chronic dfarrhoea- Some time ago I per
suaded him to take some of Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rene
size he was cured. I give this testimonial
hoping some one similarly afflicted may
read II and be benefited. Thomas G Bow
er. Glencoe, 0. For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
AFen That Went to War.

IFrOm the Ladies Home JOurnaLl
It was General Lees custom during the
war period to leave his tent door open in
the morning for q sprightly hen that had
gone into the egg business promptly and
thus had saved her head When she step
ped in General Lee would put aside his
work and walk post, deferentially, upon
the outside until her cackle announced
the mysteries of egg laying at an end.
She roasted and rode in his wagon. was
a. eye witness of the battles Of Chan
cellorsviIle and Gettysburg. and was fin
ally sacrificed upon the altar of hOspi-
tality at Orange Courthouse IN 1854.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
New York Nonsv .rsrkes.

New York. Dec. 9.-MONEY-8Ioney on
call p per cent. Prime mercantile paper 5
Q6 per cent. Sterling exchange easier,
with actual business in bankers bills at
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Rutter Markat.

New York Dec. 19.-BUTTER-Rece
7.26S packages; steady; western creamery
23021: June creamery 22Q251zc; factory.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
SUGAR Market.

New York. Dec. 19.-sUGAR, raw steady
COFFEE-buil; No. Z 6s.q6Nc.
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Kansas oity Poultry Market.

Kansas City, Dec. 19.
TURKEYS-71h cents.
CKENS-512Q67zc.
EGGS-17c.
BUTTER-15Q17 cents.
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Market GOSSIP.

Furnished by ]. c. Goings. Commissio-
Merchant 112 East Fifth St. To-
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

A lazy liver makes a lazy man. Bur
dock Blood Bitters is the natural never
failing remedy for a lazy liver.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19

Juvenile bicycles for the little folks
$4,000. TOPEKA CYCLE CO.
112 West Eighth Avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Ranges OF Prices on STOCK

Furnished by ;. c Golngs. Commission
Merchant. f12 East Fifth St. Topeka
Kan. receiver and shipper Of grain
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Joseph,s Tins

Furnished by J. c. Goings. Commission
Merchant, 1I2 East Fifth St. TOpeka(
Kan, receiver and shipper OF grain.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-19
Rance OF Pr.cas.

Furnished by J. c. Goings. Commission
Merchant 1I2 East Fifth street Topeka
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain
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Chairman Committee.
HENRY NJ. TELLER,
"R T. PETTIG REV.
PRANK J. CANNON,
EDGAR WILSON.
CHARLES s. H RTMAN,
JOHN SHA FROTFI.
FIRED T. DUBOISE.
"Chairman eN-Committee -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-11-29
THE PASSING THR0NG.
"All the Worlds m stage and Each
one Plays N PART

Ed Dawson returned today IRON
Dallas.
John Mulkey is in the city from
Berwyn.
Ed Burney returned today to
Chickasha.
DIR A. Chapman is in the city
from Coalgate.
A. L. Davis went to Fort Worth
this morning.
Constable Lee Stewart went to
>Woodford this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. D. Carter re
turned this morning from visit to
Gainesville.
Andy Gardenhire and Bo Blake
will take Thanksgiving dinner with
Sherman friends.
DIR. T. s. Booth returned this
morning from a professional visit
to Gainesville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keeler Smith are
here from Marietta visiting at the
home of Richard McLish.
Dan Hines is here from Spring
field, Kans., visiting his daughter,
Mrs. A. E. Costen.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Harris have
returned from a health seeking visit
to San Antonio, Texas.
J. e. DeBrien. J. A. Adair and
w. A. Polk with the Santa Fe
route in the capacity OF switch build
ers are in the citv.