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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
PLANS APPROVED.
New Branner School to Be One
of the Finest in the City.

AT the adjourned meeting Of the
school board held last night but little
was done further than to accept the
plans of ]. c. Holland & Co. for the
new building at Branner school
The plans were inspected and the
specifica lions read. Except in a few
details all was found to be in harmony
with the members wishes and the
plans were referred to the building
committee with power to act. The build
ing will be probably the handsomest
grade school in the city when
completed There will be an air
of learning about the place and this
suggestiveness is carried out even to
the iron gate in the vestibule.
The building will have nine school
rooms Is by 81 feet. A departure will be
tried. The school will have an assem-
bly, room. Not large enough to ac-
commodate all the scholars but larger
than ordinary school rooms. The room
Will be AZ by 90 feet.
In the basement will be a manual
training room the same size as the as
sembly room. This the board hopes
to be able to fit up for the work for
which it is intended within a few years
and to carry out the manual training
idea in every school.
The blast system of heating and ven
tilating will be used This is a hot air
system without any direct steam radia-
ton and as the fans can be run in the
summer for ventilation it is thought to
be the best for school purposes.
At the next meeting of the board,
August Z, bids for the erection of the
building will be received. Another
question to be decided is the employ
ing of a vocal music teacher for all
the schools during the coming term.
The idea is to employ one instructor to
have charge of the music in all the
different school rooms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Senator Jones Got the Pension.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
Somebody the other day repeated story
of Senator Jones which was told at
Roadside club dinner not long ago.
The incident was the result Of one OF
President Cleveland's vet0es. The presi-
dent had vetoed an old womans pension
bill on the ground that she got drunk"
once in San Francisco, said Senator
Jones as ne discussed the veto on the sen
ate floor, "A man fell into a hole in the
sidewalk and sued the city for his in
iurfes. The defense put in was that the
man was drunk. This nightly incensed
the court.
q There is nothing in such a defense
said the Judge. sava gely. A drunken man
has much right to have perfect side
walk as a sober man, and needs one
worse
That" concluded Jones, sis the way
feel about this old lady's pension And
he voted to pass it over the veto. The
pension went through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18

attractions which would cost less and
be just as suitable.
w. B. Robey-What time did you
think about giving the circus2
Dean Low-That is a matter that we
can decide at our next meeting. I
think that early in September would
be the best time to give it as then
many of the people who are out of town
now for the summer will be back, and
that means a larger crowd. About
Thursday, September Z, would be
good day.
NJ. D. HendersOn-HOw many per-
fOrmances will we have2
Dean LOW think that two perform
ances will be enough. One in the after
noon and one in the evening. We might
possibly repeat it the next evening.
Chas. SamsOn-Let's run the show
whole week. Tt is a good thing.
NJ Weightman-HOw much money
has the Auditorium fund on hand.
NJ. d. HendersOn-AbO bout $500 but we
may not be able to get that.
Dean LOw-NOW have a. scheme to
raise money. which ought to bring US
in quite a sum. I have prepared sew
eral copies of lists like the following
and we can take these around to the
different men of Topeka and raise the
money and plenty of it.
Whereas, The Commercial club of To-
peka, Kansas. proposes to give certain
entertainments, known as a society Cir
Gus, the net proceeds of which are to
be used toward seating the Topeka
auditorium building: and
Whereas, Said club has no funds out
of which it can advance the necessary
expenses of said entertainments.
Now, therefore, we, the undersigned,
hereby subscribe the sum of dol
lars each to be used in defraying the
expenses of said entertainments, with
the express understanding and agree
ment, however. that said fund is to be
refunded to each of US out of the pro-
ceeds of said entertainments but in
case said proceeds shall be insufficient
to reimburse US in whole, then each of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
1T RISES AGAIN.
People Living North Of Topeka
Reopen Dead Animal
Question.

The everlasting and troublesome ques-
ton concerning the disposition Of dead
animals is by no means settled.
At the meeting of the council a week
ago a contract was awarded to George
H Hapgood for three years to dispose
of dead animals. He proposed to build
a "tallOW factory north Of Topeka and
it was supposed that everything had
been settled satisfactorily, and the coun-
ell would have a, little rest from a tire
some question.
The feeling of relief gave way to one
of WEAKNESS when petition was sub
mitted at the meeting Monday even
ing 1t was in the nature Of protest
from people who live in North Topeka
or IN the neighbOrhOOd of the proposed
L. Brooke headed the petitioners. It
was addressed to the city physician and
was as follows:
This is to call your attention to the
fact that one George H Hapgood IS
about to establish a plant to render
out grease and tallOW from the car
casses Of dead and diseased animals at
about three-fourths of q mile north OF
the limits of the city. The point is on
Soldier creek and the refuse matter
will find its way into said creek which
flows into the city across its northern
boundary and will cause said creek to
become filthy and will be injurious to
the health of the inhabitants of said
city. Wherefore we especially request
that you take such action as may be
proper in the premises"
City Physician Peers placed his bfh-
cial O. K. on the petition.
Councilman Belts said the people
would not tolerate the erection of the
plant in the locality proposed.
Councilman Blossom said some one
would get hurt If an attempt was made
to build the plant
The petition was referred ts the cam
imittee on health sanitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
For Mr.. Wells.

There was music in the air at the Throop
hotel last night. The Amphion orchestra
gave a concert in the hotel office, COM
pumentary to Mr.. w. w. Wells of Kan
saS City, who is in the city for a few
days. Although a young man yet, Mr..
Wells composed several notable pieces and
among his best known are The Referee
and 1.-THE Schoolmarm." These two pieces
Will be played at MarShalPs band concert
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Paving Appraisers.

Mayor Drew has appointed the fol-
lowing appraisers:
Thirteenth street between Buchanan
and Lane streets-James Gillett, Fred
Miller and James Mccartney. The ap-
pOintments were confirmed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Flour Mil Burned.

Mount Vernon, Ind, July 18.-The
Peerless flour mill was destroyed by
fire today. The loss is 100000 fully in
sured. The property belongs to the
Kaufman Milling company Of St.
Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Ottawa Chautauoua.

The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets
to Ottawa and return July 18th to 28th
at rate of one fare for the round trip.
Limited for return to July 31st. Train
from Topeka leaves at 8 a. m, and
lands you right at Forest Park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Asphalt Sidewalks

Made from Pure Asphalt from Indian
Territory at reasonable cost. Esti-
mates given on application. Topeka
Roofing Co, Ill West Sixth street. To-
peka, Kansas.
Fine potatoes 35c busheI Whittelsey
Mer. Co., grOcers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Humbugs.

syrups are just as good as Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrups. If you cannot get it from
your druggist, notify US at once and on
receipt of Zoe. We win send you a bottle.
Guaranteed. Squires' Pharmacy, 1872 Kan
6as ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
AN OLD LONG ISLAND TREE

The eagle tree" of East Moriches, L.
l., an oak centuries old, is said to be
dying. 1t has been occupied by a. pair
of bald-headed eagles since the end of
the last century, whether the same pair
all this time is not sure, but such is the
belief. The building of a railroad 100
yards from the tree drove them away
awhile, but in 1887 they returned and
the household was maintained until
hunter wounded the male eagle SO bad
ly that he died at the foot of the tree
which was his home. They say the
hunter would have been Iynched if he
had been caught. Ospreys are said to
have afterward occupied the nest which
the eagles abandoned, but this does not
seem likely. The owner of the land
where the tree grows says he does not
own the tree. which had rights there
before he came, and it shall never be
cut doWn.-New York Sun.
1--WE have sold many different cough
remedies, but none has given better salts
faction than Chamberlain says Mr..
Charles Holzhauer, Druggist, Newark. N
J. 1T is perfectly safe and can be relied
upon in all cases of coughs. colds or
hoarseness. Sold by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
Connect With sawar.

Mrs. Dora r. O'Neill has been given per-
mission to connect lots III and 117s on
Western avenue with the sewer in SUBJ
sewer district A of sewer district Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18

It suffered for months from sore
throat Eclectric Oil cured me in TWEEN
ty-four hours" NJ. S. Gist, Halves
vile, KY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18

Fancy sun-cured Japan tea 35c 1b.
Whittelsey Mercantile Co., grocers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02

Exchanges. S7534Sl1: balances, SlHasN 'hl'8so-
Exchanges so 292.677, balances. '2N'Z'f4 F
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET-Cal money ]"
London. 2i2 per cent open market discount I"'e'
9s per cent for short and 81. per cent lot Ios
bills Rcrlln discount rate. 49, per cent ', ,
exchange ON London. - marks 49, picnn1s aus
e1cls.ae OIL London. % francs - Genuine
discount rate. o. per Gems.
l,oUr1GN Submarines Enet. ,on-ois'
ioi sic ex-.n,crcst ror money and 1861 oNin'r,,'
~. a., ,ccoui. French rcntc~. i"o fr.ncs '''a
confines Spanish IS so London. COL
THE SILVER MARKET.- Bar s,lNrr. ,'c ,n5Nn
2, 1851 - ,o-,.
com pKtNurM I'm Madrid 43l'. lishon' '''''
Ficr0e Avrcs 135. Rome az
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02
cnA4ACl-H. or TRADrN9

Irreguiarity marked mo course N trading IN ver-
terdays market At the close net gains snd
losses about evenly distributed The weak
features Steel and Wire Brooklyn Rapld
Transit. Continental Tobacco issues International
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02

DOMESTIC .N .tFtNG Nc7.-Cr',ans - Com
merc1 ''ee.rf- bank. -r rn,m san
Traroisco- -igif 'n-. tole51ap. -rzc Cincinnati
over the counter 500 premium between banks.
ia0-0c discount SNannah-Ruy1ng '-l6c discount.
ceiling -fe per 81 ooo premium. Charleston Buying.
i-'So discount. selling ,-lsc premium Boston-Par
anc 5Ilor discount Cmcaeo-55c discount ST Louis
---sc II-c0lut
BANK CLEARINGS - New-York Exchanges.
50 1892. balances. &346727 Baltimore Ex-
changes 8.7l3o,S. balances 1926 Gs7 Philadelphia
Exchanges. $lsl5s,5o6; balances. {24so374 Boston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02

xe- gold sql7 6oi sos. 7s7.o7i In. So 30
Net silver $50 545 3TfG l4p Dec n .4'5
Set s r~.fe.. f74ff H0C 1880 80 Dec elHli
yef Trers notes sG4 e77 e05 Gfs Inc. G1l
Ac-1ai cash over
outstanding -
tfcHft@ 1910 0eN 0ZN f-fn 40 90 ino Nn'-''-<'
Deposits 81 Va
torai banks Sl.s| t4 NN9'l 40 DOC ">'.N''
Available cash s7s 42e a sa5i 721 SOS Inc. S2as 40
NTfrn- lahV ties go fGs SIS - '66 lnc 2Nln.lNN
Ac, ,nsr Val s2s1 a2tao7 s27s a72s72 ns. Sa57 cs3
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS Customs receipts
reported from Wash.ngton $3.50 53i. internal revc-
nue. receipts Sa1 7i5 miscellaneous receipts, S6T
Total receipts for the day. S.4a5 90 expenditures
81 1000, Receipts for fsral year 70 date. sm ST.
sos expenditures No}7ai SO. excess Of expenditures
s42ff $685. Receipts Of Natona. bank notes for Re-
dcmpton tose6
sTR-TREASURY sub-Trcasury was debt
or AZ the Clearing House S79S It's net gain on
balance was e rs. maze up by loss In cur
rancy ~ 1855 ano gain IN coin of 81 $3.50. re-
sultng in general balance Of SIS consist
inr NJ NeS2Si.22i coin and Si5+56,' currency Tho
business FOR the week ended last night included
receipts of S22.357o5 and payments of i27fi22f
Dcductre from the ipts ~ 900 and from Che
payments sl1I1300 for items winch affect IFS ac-
count with the genera Trras-ry only ns gain as
affecting me banks was 1850
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02

The danv washington Treasury &tonen. COW
erine actia results ~ two da.~ ago. compared
With the Inst preceding staterlrrt IS - follows.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-10

TO eat his lunch. In the absence the
tagging would be hurriedly taken down
ana as much quartz as they could get
INTO their pals dug out. One of the
NUMBER was always on watch at the
cage station while this was being done
10 prevent surprise. Once only We're
they in any danger of detection. On
that occasion the shift boss entered the
workings through the 50-foot tunnel on
the hlllslde and crawled down through
the slopes to the level at the 100. The
men We're just putting the last bit of
tagging INTO place as he came upon
them. One quick-witted among them
dlsarmed suspicion by saying:
started to run on us again. but we
heard the tagging giving and stalled it
Off"
Next lunch hour there was a man
stationed in the Slopes as well as the
sage station.
s1.The first nuggets found in the jigs
came from the cleanup Of the cave-,n
everything, waste as we'll as quartz,
was put through the mill at the Hope.
some OF the streaks had fallen into he
leVel with the granite. The nuggets
subsequently found were from pieces of
quartz that fell away every time the
tagging was removed.
knowing this much it was easy for
the mine management to find the rich
streak, or, rather, to find where it had
been worked for there was not much
or 1t LETT. But what remained was of
size enough to show that nothing so
rich had ever been found in the coun-
try. Mining that little streak was like
mining pure gold, and the company got
over 100000 out of it before it was alto
sether played out.
1T Is believed that the ninth man had
cached his share somewhere near the
mine, ana close watch was kept on
MIN to discover the place. The engi-
neer on the night shift recalled that
NO. y had always started off along the
Great Northern railway track to the
west after going off shift, although his
cabin was to the east of the mine. On
one occasion he had watched him. He
went along the track TO the bend,
where the timber grew down close to
it, He disappeared for time, and the
next the engineer saw of him he was
fooling around among the slide rock
in the edge of the timber on the side
hill.
Before they had succeeded in tracing
out No. 9s private gold bullion bank
the Hope mine caught fire in its lower
workings. A few men worked their
way through the slopes to the 50-foot
level and got out through the tunnel
in the side hill. But II men met a hor-
rible death in the depths and No. 9 was
one of these. So the secret of the cache
died with him. But there are many in
Basin who believe he hid his share of
stolen gold in the slide rock on the side
hill to the west of the mine and that
some spring when the snow goes off
and the ground is soft there will be a
little landslide there that will expose it.
And every spring there are those who
prowl and poke among the slide rock in
the hope that they may fall heir to the
hidden treasure. The fate of the other
eight is not known to me. nor was it to
my informant. But No. 9 had told him
that the thieving night shift "cleaned
up more than $4,000.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-10
Sunday Conrsinp.

Following are the conditions and draw
for the coursing stake Sunday and Tues
day. June II and Is. Thirty-two all
aged dogs at $3.50 each, with $40 added,
first, $50; second, SIS, third and fourth,
$3.50 each Next four draw S. each; win
ners of one course, $3.50 each, making
$780,
Draw: F. T.. Nichols Peter Jackson vs..
F. L. Nichols Smut Corbis & Smiths
Little Empress VS.. ]. B. Williams (ns)
Homer D.: j. Harry's Driver vs.. William
& Rees' Lady Hearst; c. Batson's Traver-
ser VS.. J. Benefits Sapphire; H. c. Gram
lng's Billy Walker vs. H. c. Gramlng's
Pet; 7. Mutton's Bob Fritz vs.. D. Dough-
ertys O'Connel; H. Body (ns) Siouch vs.
H. Carveth's Longside: j. Giles Leadress
vs.. A. Treise's Fly; w. H. Smiths Tor
nado VS.. A. Davey (ns) Ida Twister; NJ.
Daveys Random Shot VS.. J. e. Hosking's
King Cashier: j. Ayres' Rusty VS.. Will
Jams 4 Rees' Buebird; ]. Giles Starlight
vs. j. Eddy's MayHower: H Carveth's
Bessie VS.. ]. Yeo's Daisy Belle: H. Mich
OH Lord Nelson VS.. ]. E. Hosking's (ns)
Rash Adventure; T. Graphs Fitz-Regina
vs. p. Rogers Thunderbolt B. Corin's
Sly Girl VS.. 7. Craps Gypsy M
On account of guarulng, Peter Jackson
will run in the first round with Little
Empress and Smut with Homer D.; Billy
Walker with Bob Fitz, and Pet with
O'Connell
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-10
BUTTE News.
THEFT OF GOLD QUARTZ
How the Hope Mine at Basin
Was Robbed.
THEY MAKE A RICH HAUL
Miners Accidently Discovered the Trea-
sure and Worked 1t While the
Foreman Was Away-Part
of 1t Still Hidden.

This is the story of the theft of gold
Hope mine in Basin, Mont, as it was
told me by one of the men employed in
the mine at the time of the robbery.
writes Joe Quail in a syndicate story
relative to matter that is we'll known
to several men living in Butte.
There were not more than half a
dozen log houses in Basin when Mike
O'Donnell, an old prospector, dscov-
cred the outcroppings of a ledge of
god-bearng quartz on the south side
of the gorge at the head waters of the
Boulder river. He located two adjoin-
ing claims on this ledge. The one to
the west he called the Hope, and the
other he named the Katie. Now,
O'Donnell had been grub-staked Chat
is, provided with supplies while pros
pecting) by merchant named Klein
schmidt. Under the law Kleinschmidt
was entitled to an interest in both
claims, but old Mike only located him
in on the Hope. He had to fight in the
courts for his interest in the Katie, but
before the fight arose the Hope was
sold to some Helena parties through
the influence and efforts of Klein
schmidt. The Hope was then only a
prospect" but it brought $4,000. 1t
was not at all developed and was. in
sense, at that time a wildcat propo-
sition. O'Donnell had only done work
enough on it to hold the claim, and
had made no big discovery. But the
ledge was a wide and strong one, and
the surface indications were conceded
about $40 to the ton in gold, with some
silver, and with indications of copper.
The deal was engineered through the
president of a bank in Helena. and the
banks reserve capital was used to de-
velop the claim. The bank failed a few
years later.
The Helena capitalists spent lot of
money developing the Hope. A mill
was built, in which the ore was
crushed and concentrated and a shaft
was sunk 200 feet and levels run east
and west Gangs of men worked on
the 200, one set drifting and another
stopping taking the ore out overhead
wherever gold ore was found; and on
the 100 other gangs did the same No
really rich ore was found on the 200.
but one day the mill superintendent
found a handful of gold nuggets in the
jigs after putting some ore from the
the nuggets We're as large as grains
of the day and night shifts on the 100.
but so far as he could learn none of
them had seen any free gold in the ore
sent up.
The mill superintendent turned the
nuggets over to the mine superintend-
ent, who sent them to Helena. The
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-10
IS FAR FROM A FINISH
One Hundred and Seventy Three
Witnesses Examined.
The lARklN INSANITYCASE
Twenty-Five More Witnesses to Come
Besides the Testimony in Re-
buttal-End Not Yet
in Sight.

One hundred and seventy-three wit
nesses have SO far been examined in the
Larkin insanity case and the end of the
hearing is not yet in sight. The parties
who are trying to prove that James
Larkin was insane when he sold his in
terests in the Tramway and Snohomish
mines to the Butte & Boston introduced
SO witnesses, and the other side so far
has had 80 on the stand, and will prob
ably have 20 or rs more, after which re-
buttal testimony will be offered
William ]. Fezzey was on the witness
stand yesterday morning and testified
as to conversations he had with Larkin
during 1891, 1892 and 1888 Larkin told
him about the lease and bond he had
given the Butte & Boston on the Tram
way and Snohomish. In 1892 he granted
an extension on the lease and bond and
got $4,000 for it, half of which he gave
to William Mcnamara his co-owner
of the property. There was a mort
gage on the property and Larkin was
particularly anxious to make a sale for
that reason. He also wanted to sell so
that he could get money with which to
develop his other properties. After the
sale had been made Larkin was very
much elated over it and considered that
he had received a fair price for the
property. He told the witness that if
he had not sold to the Butte & Boston
he would have been entirely engulfed
with the mortgage. Fezzey said he
considered Larkn perfectly sane at that
time and competent to manage his own
business. On cross-examination the
witness said Larl1in told him he recev-
ed $4,000 for his interest in the prop
erty and that he was indebted to Jim
Murray $4,000 on the mortgage. Larkin
had been working the Highland lode
claim and had an idea that it would
prove a great mine He thought more
of it than he did of the Tramway and
Snohomish. He had to shut down the
Highland for lack of means to con-
tinue the development The witness
was running the engine at the High
land when Larkin was operating it and
one day while he was out of the engine
room Larkin responded to a signal bell
to hoist and pulled the bucket into the
zey admitted that when he ran into the
engine room and saw what Lark.n had
done he called him crazy or a fool and
called his attention to the fact that
men were working in the shaft and that
they might have been killed. The wit
ness said it would have been a natural
expression to call a man crazy who had
attempted to run an engine when he
knew nothing about it, at the same
time he did not believe Larkin was
crazy. The witness said it was too
common thing around Butte, especially
among leasers, to run engines by mea
who knew nothing about them. Larkin
was very much in debt and the witness
did not think he could have had much