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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-27

of Parsons that the board of charities
will have full charge of all business per-
tanning to the new institution.
Mr. Stevens called on the governor to
leave with him the deeds and abstracts
for the land selected for the site, but
the governor declined to accept them.
He said to Mr.. Stevens:
THE law gives me no power in this
matter. / have nothing to do with it
and unless the law directs / shall have
nothing to do with the natter The
governor looked up the law and found
that the responsibility is with the state
board of charities since the legislative
committee has completed it's work Il
can't accept those papers," he then said
to Mr.. Stevens.
ct will then leave the papers in your
office to be delivered to the state board
of charities" said Stevens.
mo, I don't want anything to do
with the business. Deliver them or
send them to the board. I don't want
this office mixed up on this matter in
any way whatever said Stanley.
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WHIST CONGRESS.
Three Hundred Players Expected at
the July Session In Chicago.

Chicago. June 27.-Three hundred
whist players are expected in Chicago
from all over the United States for the
ninth annual congress of the American
Whist league to be held during the week
beginning July 10. All the sessions are
to be held in the auditorium.
Four trophy matches are to be held
for the Brooklyn trophy for auxiliary
associations, Hamilton club trophy for
club tours, challenge trophy for club
tours and Minneapolis trophy for club
pairs.
Special excursions from east and west
are to bring the delegates and the con-
vention promises to be the largest held
in the history of the organization. The
standing of the organization is such
that Cavendish. the late great English
authority upon the game, journeyed
across the Atlantic twice to attend the
sessions.
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Low Rates to the East.

Your attention is directed to the ex-
ceptionally low rates in effect this COM
ing season to nearly every prominent
point in the east
Never before has such an excellent
opportunity been afforded for a summer
vacation tour, or for visiting friends in
the east We mention below a few Of
the places to which greatly reduced
rates have been made. The Union Pa
c:fic is the line that will give you the
best service to any of these points
Buffalo, N. Y, June 14-15. Rate-One
fare. plus, $500, for the round trip.
Chicago, Ill, June 1915. Rate-One
fare and one-third for the round trip.
on certificate plan.
Milwaukee. Wis, June 14-16. Rate
One fare and one-third for the round
trip, on certificate plan.
ST. Louis. Mo. June 1923 Rate-One
fare, plus, $500. for the round trip.
Detroit, Mich, July $40 Rate-One
flare plus $780, for the round trip
Richmond, Va, July 1916. Rate-One
fare, plus $500, for the round trip.
indianapolis. Ind, July 1923. Rate
One fare, plus $500. for the round trip
For full information as to dates of
sale and limits on tickets. time of trains,
etc. call F. A. Lewis, city ticket
agent. or J. c. Fulton. depot agent.
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The Work of Women.

For months the alI-absorbing topic Of
conversation in New Orleans has been
sewerage drainage and a better water
supply. There has been great need
for better sanitary conditions in New
Orleans for d long time, but until the
present time the progressive element
provements, being outvoted at the
polls by ignorance and narrow-mind-
cdness.
The late constitutional convention of
louisiana gave taXpaying women the
right to vote upon all questions of tax
alton, and to them is due the credit of
carrying the day for better sanitary
conditions in New Orleans. They voted
solidly to tax themselves for these i'm
provementS and for the mayor to have
the appointive power. The machine pol
iticians were also arrayed against these
improvements. The New Orleans Plea
yune says:
1.-The politician has been crushed and
let the credit go where it belongs. The
women of New Orleans, under the lead
ership OF these two active, energetic
and self-sacrificing young women, Miss
es Kate M, and JEANNE Gordon, did it,
and all the glory is theirs. Woman
plays a most important part in the poll
ties and affairs of this city w heneVer
a crisis approaches, the men who are
on the right side appeal to her, and the
appeal is never in vain. She jumps into
the breach, and invariably victory
percheS upon her banner. All honor to
the fair six. The women, or, rather, the
few women, who were in the sewerage
and drainage league, probably did as
much work as all the men in the city
put together for the special tax, and
they did it quietly and thoroughly
For weeks before the election the
ladies made it their business to seek out
the women property owners and ascer-
tain their views, and, if agreeable, Sc
cure their proxies, if they were not dis
posed to go to the polls themselves to
vote This in itself was small task.
From what some of the commission
ers of election say, the women demon
strated what they had observed the in
structions as to voting with great deal
more punctiliousness than the men.
They had no difficulty in arranging their
ballots. and knew the routine better
than many men who had been in the
habit of voting, not only early but Of
ten.
TT only remains to pay tribute to the
women taxpayers. They were allowed
under the law to vote, and they were
all for progress. They talked and wrote
in its favor before the election and yes
terday they voted for it. This was to
be expected, for the women are always
the grandest. noblest and best in an
emergency, and for this we love them
best To them great thanks are due for
the fact that this morning New Orleans
steps forth in the grand march of pro-
orreSS and prosperity
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SHOT IN BACK.
Colored Boy Wounded by a Vicious
COmrade.

James Vaughan, a colored boy, was
shot in the back Monday evening by AL
bert Lindsey.
Vaughan was at home and in the
back yard at 108 Monroe street when
Lindsey went to the front door of the
house to inquire for him. He was told
he was in the back yard. He went
around the house and a shot was heard.
Lindsey walked around the house to the
front again and said he would shoot
anyone who tried to stop him.
Vaughan's parents found him lying in
the back yard where he had been shot.
He refused to tell why the shooting had
occurred. Lindsey and Vaughan were
friends up to the time of the shooting.
Lindsey has not been found.
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NO ROOM FOR PATRIOTS.
Men Who Want Army Commissions
st Good Salaries Will Be
Disappointed.

Governor Stanley is receiving a large
number OF letters from people who want
commissions in the event Kansas fur
nlshes another regiment for the Philip
pines Should the state furnish another
regiment the governor will have moth
ing 10 do with naming the officers be
cause a law passed last winter by the
legislature provides that hereafter the
kansas National Guard must be first
accepted This means that there will
not again be such a muddIe over fur
nlshlng troops as was had under Gov
ernor Leedy.
the law makes it obligatory upon the
and as there are now two regiments of
the h N e., with complete set of off,
GERS the patriots who want to enlist at
= good salary under another call will be
disappointed.
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TODAY'S RACE.
Four Big Universities Will Contest on
the Water.

POughkeepsie, N. Y, June 27.-There
was every promise early today of the
best of conditions for the university
boat race, which is set for o'clock this
afternoon, the contesting crews repre-
senting the University of Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin university Cornell UNIVERSE
ty, and Columbia university. The sky
was blue, with scarcely enough breeze
blowing to stir the bunting with which
the town was profusely decorated. The
air was cool and invigOrating. Trains
from below and the river steamers be-
gan bringing in eXcursionists early in
the day, among the arrivals being a
number of college delegates, all enthus-
iastic over the merits of their favorite
crews. Cornell is always a favorite
with Poughkeepsie people and the sue
cess of the upstate university in the
freshman race yesterday was RESPONSE
BILE for a great deal of added enthus-
iasm.
The betting today was very limited,
one detriment being the poverty of the
Columbia contingent consequent upon
the ardor with which they backed the
freshman yesterday AS a general thing
the bets were Cornell against Columbia
at even money. Cornell against Penn
Sylvania or Wisconsin at four to five or
Cornell against the field at to 10. The
Pennsylvanians had plenty of money
and most of them were willing to back
their crew at the same odds as quoted
on Cornell. although some offered and
found takers on Pennsylvania against
the field at even money Sam Boyle,
VINO was captain or the pennsylvania
in 1897, said just before noon:
I'VE have $4,000 to put up on our
crew, but are finding difficulty in get
ting takers, although four of US have
just succeeded in making a bet of 81, 900
against Cornell at even money. We
will bet that way right along against
Cornell and we will give to l against
Columbia, and 8 to against Wiscon-
sin
The varsity course is a four mile
stretch, beginning at Crum Elbow and
ending a mile below the bridge. Wis
consin's position was 325 feet from the
west shore with Pennsylvania next to
the eastward, Columbia next, and be-
yOnd Cornell.
The sun was so warm on the river
did not send his men out for a morning
timber and did not even allow them
about the float.
Up at CornelPs quarters the varsity
boat which had been rugged for the
freshman race yesterday had to be re-
rugged today for the varsity crew, and
to see that everything was all right
Courtney had the men sit in the shell
and take a short row up the river Their
form was perfect and they rowed two
miles at a splendid pace.
Coach McConville reported that his
Wisconsin men were in excellent condi-
ton, but that he did not intend to send
them out. Some of CoIumb bias men were
in the smaller boats for a while but
DR.. Peet did not put them through any
regular practice.
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NON-UNION MEN LEAVE.
They Are Being Driven Out of Cieve-
land by Strikers.

Cleveland, O., June 27.-The riotous
outbreak of yesterday was repeated to-
day in several parts of the city, non
union men on Big Consolidated lines
being stoned and forced to abandon
their cars. Only two cars were opera
ted by non-union men on the Broadway
line and these were repeatedly stoned,
every window being broken and the
conductors and motormen struck.
At Axten avenue, a mob several hun
dred strong was broken up by the po-
lice. The non-union car men took to
their heels, pursued by the crowd, but
made their escape. The abandoned cars
were wrecked by the mob.
The exodus of non-union men from
the city continues
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Furnished by ]. C. Goings, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth st, Topeka
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain
T.ivarrooI o1anfnq cable. Wheat ga
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DRIVEN OUT.
Americans Return From Qua.
temaIa With a Tale of Woe.
Found a Gold Mine But Couldn't
Get to Work 1t.
THROWN INTO JAIL.
Later Put on a Ship and Sent
to United States.
Was Mixed Up With Il. C. Fill
busters

New Orleans, June BIB. B. Pears,
the brother of Frank Pears, who was
killed by a sentry in San Pedro, Span
ash Honduras on January 81, and whose
killing was made the subject of official
inquiry by the United States reached
New Orleans on the steamship Break
water last night.
Pears alleges that United States Min
lister Godfrey Hunter has done moth
ing in the matter. The Pears family
will push the matter at Washington.
He has been refused permission by the
Honduran authorities to disinter the
body of Frank Pears. The Breakwater
also brought John B. Richards and w.
H. Harris, who alleged they were eject
ed from Guatemala by the government
of that country. The men allege that
they discovered a gold mine in the pro-
vince of Zacapa, where they washed out
SIT worth of gold in one hour They
went to have their claim recorded and
they were warned by the authorities to
leave the country. Instead they went
back to their claim and on June Is,
Richards was arrested, Harris escap
ing. Richards says he was thrown in
to a filthy prison at Zacapa. He wired
Minister Hunter but to no effect and
on the second day after his arrest,
Richards was taken to Port Barrios.
There he was loaded up on the Break
water and his fare paid to this country.
He found Harris on the same ship.
Richards and Harris are indignant
over their treatment and propose to
bring the facts to the attention of the
authorities at Washington. Richards
has been in Central America for five
or six years.
He secured a position last year with
the Guatemala railroad and While
working on a tie contract for that road
it is said, he harbored the party of
Americans known as the Kansas City
flibusters and in that way probably
incurred the displeasure of the Guate-
malan government.
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GEN. CASSIUS III. CLAY
So Nearly Blind He Cannot Distin-
guish observation-disclosures Guarded.

guish observation-disclosures Guarded.
Richmond, KY, June 27.-Genera1
Cassius NJ. Clay, ex-minister to Rus
STA, and known far and wide as THE
Sage of White Hail. is almost totally
blind. To the Kentucky L. A. w.
which called upon him in a body, he
stated that his sight was so impaired
that he could not distinguish man from
woman. Not only this, but he is so fee
BILE that when he left his mansion and
went out into his yard to welcome the
visitors he was compelled to lean upon
the arm of an attendant. His fine old
baronial mansion, now falling into de-
cay, in the upper story of which bees
have built their hives and immense
bats find a home, is invested with the
same mystery of yore, and as sedulous-
ly guarded as when the Vendetta"
threatened him.
The general was not slow in notify
ing his visitors that they could inspect
his grounds all they desired, but would
not be allowed to enter his castle. His
divorced child-Wife, Dora, is living with
her soldier husband at Pinkard, Wood
ford county, and the neighbors say she
never visits White Hall now.
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SURPRISE FOR BOTH.
Bishop Millspaugh Meets and Recog-
nizes Friend He Had Not
Seen For 80 Years.

Blue Rapids. June 27.-When Bishop
MilIspaugh stepped from the train into
the depot at Irving last Saturday he
was met with, well Frank, how are
you,' and turning he grasped the out
stretched hand of boyhood friend
whom he instantly recognized, although
they had not met for nearly thirty
years. Vice President a. D. Howe of the
Kansas Triple Tie Benefit association
was the man.
Mr.. Howe is the godson of the bish-
ops mother, and the bishop confirmed
him and administered his first commun-
ion to him in Irving's historic church
Sunday, June Is.
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OBJECT TO COLORED HELP.
Hiring of Negroes as Asylum At
tendents Causes Complaint

The employees at the insane asylum
and the friends and relatives of pat
tents are complaining about the en-
ploying of colored attendants.
Soon after DR.. T. c. Bidd1e took
charge of the institution he Inaugural ted
a new idea and employed four colored
men as employees. Two of them were
assigned to wards in the incura BILE
building and have direct supervision
and control of from Is to % patients.
The employment of colored attend
ant did not meet with the approval of
the board of trustees. The employees
of the institution and the friends of
patients have objected and written to
the board about the matter as they
claim it is done solely for political
raa sons
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Joseph's TIPS.

Furnished by ]. C. Goings, Commissio
Merchant, 112 East Fifth St. Topeka
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
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MOONSHINE RAID.
To Be Taken as a Wedding Trip by a
Marshal and Bride.

Sergent. KY, June 27.-Milford Flan-
cry, aged "a, a deputy United States
marshal, and who has made a record of
bravery among the moonshiners of the
mountains, was married here today
to Miss Nancy V. Croft, the 17-year- old
daughter of Joseph w. Croft, a we'll
to-do farmer.
The groom will take his bride through
Knott and Perry counties in a moon
1t will be an interesting honeymoon
or bridal tour for the young lady, and
the first one on record. The plucky girl
will go armed with a, revolver, and if
NECESSARY will fight for her husband
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HELP FOR CITY CLERK.
City Council Will Employ Two Assist
ants For a Short Period.

City Clerk Squires has been allowed
two assistants by the city council for
two months to assist in making up the
tax rolls.
Councilman Nettels explained that
the work in the office is much heavier
than usual and that it is necessary to
have the tax rolls completed by Sep
TENDER.
Councilman Elliott thought that the
principal part of the heavy work had
been done and he opposed the measure
as a useless expenditure of money.
The motion to allow not more than
$500 for extra help was adopted.
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CITIZENS ONCE MORE.
Governor Stanley Will Pardon Re
formatory ConYicts.

Under the law governing the reform
atory it is impossible for the governor
to issue citizenship papers to convicts
who are leaving the institution, giving
them the right to vote and restoring
other privileges lost by reason of having
been sent to the institution.
The governor has found a way out
of the difficulty and will issue pardons
to the inmates of that institution when
their terms expire. This will restore
them to full citizenship and in a meas
islature until such time as the law may
be amended.
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Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City, june e.
CATTLE-Receipts. 5000 natives, 800 Tex
ans. Market steady to strong. Native
steers. heavy. s.. 8066.25; medium, 1850
$50; light. s4q515; Texas steers. So 73aI5.l
Texas cows. $203.30: native cows and heif-
ers, 81 2564. 20: stockers and feeders, $1,000
~ aoG Ges se 4e 10000 Market steady.
21zc higher Bulk of sales. So. 6aff %. 10 i:
heavy. So 65d3.s0: packers. s3.60d3. IS; mix
ed. 3.60d3. 20; light. S345d3.65; workers. So so
$50; pigs. $3.550I3. 65.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000. Market strong.
Lambs. $4d7; clipped muttons, $3.50Q4. IS;
stoekers and feeders, $3@3.50; culls, 81. 75Q
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JUDGE HOOk'S VACATION.
Will Go With His Family to Plum
Lake, Wisconsin.

Judge W. c. Hook of the federal court
attended the funeral of Judge Foster
Sunday. The judge and family will
leave today for Plum Lake, Wis
where they will remain until about the
middle of July, when the judge will
return to hear any cases that may be
brought before him at that time in
Leavenworth, and to hear a case in ST.
Joseph. where the water company has
brought suit against the city. He will
return to Wisconsin to remain until the
middle of August
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I. o. G. T. Supreme Lodge.

Toronto, Ont. June 27.-The internat-
ionaI supreme lodge of the Independent
Order of Good Templars convened here
today. About 500 delegates have ar
rived, among them representatives from
England, ireland, Scotland, Norway
Sweden, Denmark and India. The
morning session was devoted almost en-
tirely to the reception of credentials
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Chicago Livestock Market.

Chicag go. June q.
HOGS-EStimated receipts of hogs to-
day, 10, 900; tomorrow, 28,0 900; left over. H.
518. Market opened slow; closed steady to
stronger. Mixed and butchers, $3.55q3. 70;
good heavy, So. 7Od3. 7715; rough and heavy,
So. 45d3.6 light, $3.60d3.55.
CATTLE-Receipts. $500; market steady.
beeves, 81. 50a ). 65: COWS and heifers, s.. 600
500: stockers and feeders, S3.506510.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000: market steady;
sheep, So. 5015.25; lambs. 81. GOAT. 75
Official receipts and shipments for yes
terday.
HOGS-Receipts, As. 101; shipments. 1869
CATTLE-Receipts, 1882; Shipments. s.
sHEEP-Receipts, &c, 113; shipments, s22.
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BOOM CONCERNS.
During Past Year 2OS Chartered
Organizations Have Quit

George A. Clark, secretary of state,
has received from corporations doing
business in Kansas the annual reports
showing the condition at the close of
business December 81 last. There are
several hundred corporations now doing
business in the state.
The returns in Mr.. Clark's office show
that within the past year POS business
enterprises organized under a charter
have gone out of business.
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NOT IN KANSAS.
Knights of Protected Ark Have Not
Yet Reached the State.

One of the continents of Superintend-
ent Church of the insurance depart
ment wrote to that official a few davs
ago inQuiring If the knights of the Pro
tected Ark had been admitted to do
business in this state
Mr. church replied by saying that it
Is current report that the dove has gone
out from the ark to find a branch of a
tree and will doubtless return in a few
days with the indication of land and
mat ne viii not be surprised if the land
ang is made on some Kansas hill soon
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New York Money Market.

New York, June z.
cent; prime mercantile paper, 3140s3A per
cent; sterling exchange steady, with act
uel business in bankers bills at S4.S7;4 for
demand and at s4s5az for so days: posted
rates. 81 S61e@4.S7 and 81. 8S12@4S9; CONNER
cia1 bills, 4S5.
SILVER : Silver certificates. 60lz6e2c;
bar silver. 6012c; Mexican dollars, 4312c
BONDS-Government bonds easier. Is,
registered. 1902; IS, registered, 1854 cou-
pom, 1855; new As. registered; L. 1881; cou-
pom. 1291a; old As, registered, 112A: coupon,
11312; IS, registered, 112A; coupon, 1l24.
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WILL HEAR COMPLAINTS.
State Board of Equalization Meets on
july 12.

The state board of equalization meets
in the office of the state auditor July II
TO begin work of examining the tax re-
turns from the railroad companies. At
that time grievances will be adjusted
and all who take exceptions to the work
of the state board of assessors will be
given hearing if they so desire.
The tax returns from the county
clerks are coming into the state audi
tors office and the work of the year in
this line will be completed, except for
the delinquent counties in a few weeks.
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LEAVE TRACKS ALONE.
Effort to Be Made TO Prevent Taking
Up Tenth Avenue Line.

Councilman Nettels has introduced a
resolution to prevent the city railway from
taking up its tracks on Tenth avenue. 1t
also directs that an ordinance be drawn
to prevent the company from laying it's
tracks on the other streets without per-
mission of the city council.
The people on Tenth avenue think the
street railway company intends to take
up its tracks to avoid the heavy expense
for paving the space between the tracks.
The resolution was referred.
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Kansas citv Produce Market

Kansas City June q.
WHEAT-Close: July. 6516c: September.
6714c. Cash: No. 2 hard, 673A16sc; No. 8.
641zd6712c: No. red. 70Q71c; No. , spring,
66G6712c: No. 3. 62G65c.
CORN-July. 311sc: September. 312sc.
Cash: No. 2 mixed, 321kGAc; No. white,
34c; No. g. 3315c.
OATS-No. 2 white, 271kq2Sc.
RYE-No. 2 SIC.
HAY-Choice timothy s50d9; choice
prairie, S1d7.50
BUTTER-Creamery, 1870; dairy, 1sc.
EGGS-Fresh, 10c.
Receipts Of wheat. 122 cars.