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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-03
PINGREE SCORES VICTORY
Meas are Providing for Taxing Corpor
atoms Passes Michigan House.

Lansing. Mich. March S.-Governor Pin
gree has scored victory in the lower
house of the legislature, when by, a vote
of 70 to % the Atkinson BILL providing for
levying taxes upon the property of rail-
roads, express. telegraph and telephone
companies. passed.
The Atkinson bill and a substitute there
for had both been on the table. Motions
were made to take up both bills. After a
lively debate the substitute was laid upon
the table by a vote of 81 to g. all the af-
firmative votes being cast by Republicans,
Speaker Adams among them.
The Atkinson bill was then taken up
and passed under suspension of the rules
and a call of the house which caused the
doors to he locked. The bill was given
immediate effect. Its fate in the senate
is prOblema teal
The Atkinson bill provides for assess
ment of railway, express and telegraph
property by a state board of assessors.
which shall have access to all accounts
and statements of the corporations inter-
ested, the companies to be assessed at the
average rate of state, county and munich
pal taxes throughout the state. The COM
panies required to make sworn annual
statements of their possessions and condi-
tiOnS.
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OUR SHARE
Of China Is to Be the Province
of Chi Ii.

Pekin, March 3.-The demand of the
Italian government upon the govern
ment of China for a lease of San Nun
bay, as a coaling station and naval
base, has caused great excitement here
not only among the Chinese but also
among the diplomats.
The Chinese are firmly convinced that
Great Britain is chiefly responsible for
the Italian demand and that it was
made in order to emphasize Great Brit
aims displeasure at the turn which the
northern railroad question has taken
The representative of a great power
in the course of conversation is said to
have suggested that the moment has
now arrived for international control Of
China and it is added that if the policy
of the spheres of influence is really
inaugurated, the United States is ex-
pected to have a say in the matter and
it is further said that there are indica-
lions that America is likely to prefer
the province of Chi Ii.
Chilli is one of the largest provinces of
China, on the north coast and has an
area of So, $40 miles and a population of
q, OO0 600. 1t is one of the richest prov
inceS OF China.
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ON TEE RIGHT TRACK.

That Des NIoines, Iowa, is on the
right track in the pursuit of a new
bridge is shown by the following from
the News:
A sentiment is growing in Des Moines
favorable to the erection of a Melan
arch bridge. instead of the usual steel
structure over the Des Moines river at
Sixth street.
The Melan arch bridge is of brick,
the arches of which are strengthened
by steel laid in cement. These bridges
have been erected in many cities, not
ably In St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louis
vile. Topeka and Detroit The bridge
costs a little more than the truss struc-
ture, but 1t is good for centuries and re-
quires no repairs. Much of the cost of
the steel bridge is for maintenance-re-
flooring. painting. etc. none of which
Is necessary in the brick arch
One Of the strongest arguments in ia
vor of the Melan arch bridge is the
fact that the home brick product is
utilized and from so to 40 per cent of
the cost Of the bridge labor, is retained
for the benefit of the home laborer. A
very large share of this employment is
AFFORDED unskilled labor
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MIND A BLANK FOR YEARS.
Queer Story Told by the Alleged Vic
tim of Chicago Footpads.


Atlanta, Ga, March 3.-The alleged
millionaire and gold miner, David J.
Telfair, this morning at o'clock awoke
from stupor into which he had fallen
Sunday morning. The queerest event
attending his reawakening, however,
was that he claims not to remember
anything which has transpired since
the evening of August Is, 1896, when he
states he was assaulted and beaten
into Inconsistencies in Chicago.
Between that time and the present he
has been attempting to organize a cor
poration to mine gold in China by
means of a marvellous machine of his
own invention and was married here
on January last to a cousin. He now
declares that he remembers nothing of
these latter circumstances, does not rec
OgniZe his wife, and had the impression
that today was the 10th of August 1896.
He states that he was robbed and as
saulted at the foot of Cottage Grove
avenue, Chicago. At the time he was
boarding at Alb State street. On the
evening of this misadventure. he says,
he wore belt containing 81, 600 in cur
rency and over $500 900 worth of dia-
mOnds. He does not know what became
of this. He still claims that he obtained
the money and diamonds in South
Africa, whence he was driven by Barney
I3arnato and Cecil Rhodes at the COM
mencement of the Jameson raid.
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SEARLES' COTTON VENTURE
Introducing New Method of Baling
the Product-Proft in Growing 1t.


Atlanta, Ca, March 3.-John e.
Searles and his son, Foster Searles,
spent yesterday in this city. Mr.. Searies
is travelling through the south in the
interest of a new cotton concern winch
is introducing the cylindrical method
Of baling cotton. Mr.. Searles said to-
day:
1--WE believe that the round bale, such
as we are introducing in the SOUTH Will
result in great benefit as we'll as great
economy There are about ten pounds
more density in a round bale than a
square, and the cotton is baled at the
gin instead of being sent to a com
press. My visit through the south Is
mainly for the purpose OF studying
your commercial advantages and pro-
gress down here, with the view of MAX
ing probable investments. We nave
seVenty-five plants in the south already
and will have 800 more before the next
crop"
Mr. Searles was asked about the pro-
posed reduction Of cotton acreage in the
south. Reduced acreage, he repleo'
might raise the price, but the trouble
is the farmers will not reduce. When
the price of cotton goes up they VIII
want to raise more cotton than before.
The result is that every body raises more
cotton and the price goes down. the
way for farmers to make money out or
their cotton crop is to reduce the ex-
pense of growing and handling the
staple"
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KANSAS NEWS.
Captain, David Elliott, Killed at
Manila
Had About Eight Thousand
Dollars Paid Up
IN LIFE INSURANCE
Was a Member of Sixteen
Lodges at COffeyVilIe.
Leaves a Wife and Six Children
Was Methodist.

Coffeyville. March 3.-Captain David
Stewart Elliott, who was killed at
Manila, enlisted in the Thirteenth regi-
ment of Pennsylvania volunteers in
April. 1851, and served until the close
of the war.
He was married December %, 1874,
to Miss Clara J. Barndollar, daughter
of Jacob Barndollar of Everett. Six
children were born to them: John B.,
Leila c., Clara Irene, James Russell,
Grace, and D. Stewart, jr.
Captain Elliott came to Coffeyville in
May, 1885, and negotiated for an interest
in the Journal. On June he purchased
the interest of John TRULY and from
then until September Il, 1886, the Jour-
nal was published by Elliott & PETER,
the latter being w. A. PETER. jr. In
September. 1886, Mr.. Elliott purchased
the interest of Mr. PETER and from
that time until September 1, 1897, con-
Quoted the Journal alone After selling
the Journal, Mr.. Elliott engaged in the
practice of law, and was doing that
when he raised Company G..
Capt. Elliott belonged to sixteen
lodges. OF these nine were strictly in
surance orders, and Mr.. Elliott had be-
tween $1,000 and $1,000 insurance paid
up.
He was a member of the Methodist
church.
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much as he might in the way of sup
porting the family.
The late cold spell resulted in half
the people in town putting on plasters.
If you are out calling these days, turn
your face to the window occasionally,
and look out in the dark, to give your
hostess a chance to scratch.
When a woman has a COW that will
come in fresh soon, the other women
in the neighborhood look at her hus-
band with scorn, as much as to say,
''Why don't you do something to aid in
taking care of the family?"
When a woman gives a party, it Is
said that she was assisted by from
six to twelve women. Why ''assist"
when there is nothing to do? If the
one 'assist?" Society will not be quite
right until women assist when assist
ance is needed.
When man behaves himself and
pays his debts, and can be trusted, and
is really "a good man. he is always
more or less cOnceited about it. But
for a man to behave himself. Nothing
pays as well as good conduct, and no
man can succeed without it.
The average young man thinks he is
in position to marry if he has $3.50 in
the bank. and a steady job. Hope is a
great factor in a love affair. After the
did it. and when he eats pie at night,
and has the nightmare, he always i'm
AGNES that he is marrying again on
$3.50,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-03
SAYS PIPES Will BE SAFE.
Madison Professor Denies Allegations
AGAINST Electric ThaWinP Plan.

Madison, Wis, March 3.-Prof. Dougald
Jackson of the University of Wisconsin,
who is one of the inventors of the cleo
trical method of thawing water pipes, de-
MES the statement of Prof. Johnson of
Chicago that the current will destroy the
pipes.
Prof. Jackson says the direct current
will destroy pipes, but that the plan he
and Prof Wood have evolved is to use
the alternating current, which, when prop
erly used, will not injure the pipes. Prof.
jackson said:
Damage to the outside of a buried
water pipe can occur by .electrolysis only
when the current leaves the metal of the
pipe to enter the soil around it. Frozen
soil is not a conductor of electricity. The
thawing is accomplished by means of al
ternating currents, and these are quite
unlikely to cause injury to the inside of
the pipe"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-03
BIG LAND DEALS
Real Estate at Junction City Changes
Hands at Good Values.

Junction City, March 3.-Today two
land sales were consummated here ag-
gregating $21, $50 and practically all
cash. J. r. K1egar a prominent stock
man of this city, bought the ]. P. Fall
farm of 300 acres of bottom land, eleven
and one-half miles from the city, for
$40, 500. Jacob Meyer, six miles south
west of Chapman, bought the William
Becker bottom farm of 346 acres, eight
miles east, on the river, for $11, $50. Kle-
gar owned a fine ranch, nearly 500
acres, and Meyer has a 1O.000-acre farm
where he lives, both of which farms are
not for sale. Many good farms have
changed hands since the new year on
cash deals.
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A BREACH IN THE HOUSE.
Of the Pennsylvania Legislature Over
Bribery Investigation.

Harrisburg, Pa, March 3.-During a
wrangle in the house of representatives
today as to the adjournment hour for
Friday, Speaker Farr declared the
house adjourned and followed by the
clerks and many of the members left
the chamber. Those who remained in
the house elected Bliss of Della ware
county, one of the anti-Quay Republi-
can leaders, speaker.
AS soon as the chaplain had concluded
his prayer, a motion was made to dis
pense with the reading of the journal,
but it was vigorously opposed, this
being part of an alleged plan of some
of Senator Quay's followers to delay
proceedings by flibustering and thus
preventing the introduction of a resO-
luton by Gen. Koontz of Somerset. the
anti-Quay member of the bribery COM
mittee, for the appointment OF addi-
tional members on the bribery investi-
eating committee, which is inQuiring
into charges in connection with the vote
on the McCaro1 jury bill. After a
wrangle over a resolution by which II
o'clock had been fixed as the hour of ad-
journment was in force, Mr. Farr stated
that this resolution was in force and
adjourned the house. He and many
members and the clerks then left, amid
great confusion and excitement.
Those remaining elected Mr.. Bliss
speaker by viva voce vote and he
called the house to order.
Representative Fox, of Philadelphia,
called the roll and two other members
acted as clerks. The roll call showed
the presence of two less than quorum,
although many members sat at their
desks and refused to vote. Mr.. Bliss
made a statement after the roll call
that in his Judgment the house was 1e-
gally in session but the speaker having
left the house and taken with him the
officers, the house could do no business.
Mr. Stewart of Philadelphia, anti-Quay
Republican said the speaker adjourned
the house because he feared the house
would right wrong it had done in al
lowing him to appoint committee to
investigate charges of bribery.
After adopting motion authorizing
Mr.. Bliss to appoint a committee of i've
to take action on the arbitrary ruling
cess until the hour fixed for the general
session to ballot on senatorship.
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FIND TWO COFFINs.
CHASTITY Discovery of Ditch Diggers
in Salina.

Salina, March 3.-While the ditchers
of the Salina Water company were at
work on frozen water pipes in the
southwest part of town they found on
South street, near the corner of South
and Eleventh, two collins about two
feet below the surface. One coffin was
that of a grown person and made Of
walnut, while the other was the coffin
of a chiId-constructed of pine. Both
collins were in a fair state of preser-
walton. The collins had no boxes.
In early days the Salina cemetery
was located in that part of town on
land belonging to H. H. Morrison. After
Gypsum Hill cemetery had been estab-
lished it was supposed that all the
bodies were removed to the new ceme-
terry
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A. o. o. w. ADJoURNS.
Twenty-frst Annual Session of the
Kansas Grand Lodge Over.

Pittsburg, March 3.-The twenty-first
annual session of the grand lodge Of the
Ancient Order of United Workmen of
Kansas adjourned yesterday. Resolu
tions were passed, among which was one
complimenting Grand Master Workman
J. H Order for the past efficient work,
pledging him the active support during
the coming year of the Workmen of
Kansas. The representatives to the su-
preme lodge chosen were: e. E. Muir
ply of Leavenworth, Webb McNan of
Gaylord and J. NJ. Miller of Council
Grove. Chief of Honor Mrs. A. H.
Yarchs of Pittsburg presented Grand
Master Workman Order, for the grand
lodge, with a handsome gavel.
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WARREN M.CROSBYaCo
no. DRY GOODS
Sa> 6I3-6I5 HANS. AVE.
Saturday Specials

Ladies' Dress Skirts
special values and are very
cheap.
Ladies' Cheviot Skirts
black and navy blue, hand
somely braided, was $500,
now Sc. so.
Ladies' Cheviot Skirts,
black and navy, trimmed
with satin and braid bands,
was $3.50, now $500.
Ladies' Venetian Cloth
Skirts, black and navy, was
$500, now $3.50.
Ladies' Venetian Cloth
Skirts, Oxford mixture,
fancy braid trimming, was
$1,000, now $3.50.
ASK co see our NGW
Spring Suits.
We have just opened at
our Jewelry Department
about SO styles of Belt
Buckles. a display worth
your time to inspect. Gold,
silver, enamel, cut steel,
jeweled and Rhine stone
Buckles at every price from
l5c to $500 each.
New Belts, new pompa-
dour and side Combs, new
Hat Pins, new G hains and
Pearl Necklaces.
New Neckwear for Ladies.
Silk and satin string Ties
at 1Oc, Is, 10 and 25c.
India silk and satin but
terhy Ties, at 25c.
India silk Puffs, new col
ors, special, 25c.
Fine Puffs, with stock
collar to match, beautiful,
at CSC.
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WALKING TO HIS BRIDE.
A Cowboys Long Tramp to Meet the
Girl of His Heart.

Parkersburg, w. Va, March 3.-John
Fairbee, aged "a years, cowboy, ar
rived here last night en- route to Upshur
Ethel hardwood, with an estate of $685.
600, who he claimed was his aff1anced
bride.
Fairbee claims he met Miss Darkwood
while she was visiting at Lincoln, Mo-,
from where she advertised for gentle
men correspondents" After a short
acquaintance and just previous to leaV-
ing for her home, she promised to marry
Fairbee during the coming spring, pro-
vided he would walk every step of the
way from his western home to her al
legged home. He is penniless.
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morning, never regaining consciousness.
Pensions For Kansans.

Washington, March 3.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-Elijah H. Warden, Pleasan-
ton, IS; John Vaughn, dead, Arlington,
Sc; jeremiah N. Wicks, New Chilli
cothe, So.
Observation-Disclosures L. Igel, Leaven-
worth. So to s12; William B: Casteel.
Reno, So to $12; Samuel K. Kinch,
Clyde, Sc to So; James Smith, Labette,
IS to SO; Adam Smith. Kansas City,
Sc to $12
Original widows, etc.-Mary J. Nell
vain, Augusta, SIP; Rebecca J. Vaughn,
Arlington, So.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. johnson. died this
morning at the home Of the parents. GIG
place this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Eliza Wheeler, aged 81 died Wed
nesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
c. B. Hurst, 1929 North jackson street
The funeral was held yesterday and the
Lille ]. Stagg, aged "a, died at the home
of her parents near Dover yesterday. The
neral will be held tomorrow.
John P. Gibbs, aged "a died early this
morning at the Midland hotel, Kansas
a 412 East Tenth street and he was son
of the late william Gibbs. The body will
be brought here for burial
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OIL BILL PASSES.
House and Senate Each Concede Part
of Their Differences.

The conference committee on the oil
inspection bill came to an agreement
today and recommended that the house
recede from part of it's amendments,
a the senate had agreed to concur in
of 81 to 0.
The bill still provides for inspection of
gasoline, compels the inspectors to turn
in all moneys collected by them to the
state treasury and report all oils in
spected to the state auditor 1t also
prohibits inspectors from riding on
passes and then charging their railroad
fare I'D to the state
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BARBER DIDN'T TALK
And Won a Dollar From a Customer
While Shaving Him.
IFrom the Salina Journal.

IFTOIH lIIt SetIIIId JUuIIIdI.I
John SwartZman has accomplished a
feat never before performed by a bar
Der. A customer bet him that he could
not keep his mouth closed during a
shave. The amount originally bet was
50. The determined John Theoretically
sealed his cavern of sound, and all the
Establishments, entreaties and even
threats of his customer could not in
duce him to utter a word. His answers
were simply in the shape of a panto-
mime.
The customer was paralyzed by his
experience, and when he saw he was to
lose his bet effected a compromise by
paying 81.
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Commits Suicide on the Train.

Pittsburg, March 3.-The conductor
of the Memphis train, arriving here at
1887 a. m, telephoned physicians that
he had a man aboard whom he could
not awaken. When he was taken from
the train he was unconscious. Exami-
nation showed an ounce phial. contain
ing laudanum, nearly empty, in his
pocket. The phial bore the label A.
Morrison, pharmacist, Kansas City.
Papers showed the man to be NJ. NJ.
Spencer, and that he Travelled for
Shearer Bros, wholesale merchants of
Chicago. He died about o'clock this
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STOP TERMINAL CHARGES.
Injunction Against Railroads Asked
by the Interstate Commission.

Chicago, March 3.-United States Dis
trict Attorney Bethea, representing the
Interstate commerce commission, filed
a bill in the United States circuit court
today asking an injunction restraining
nine of the leading railroads entering
Chicago from the west from imposing
the 81 terminal charge at the stock
yards. On February 81, after thorough
investigation, the commission sent no.
tices to the railroads that the 50 was
illegal. This warning was disregarded
by the companies. If the injunction is
granted it will mean apparently a loss
of several thousand a day to the rail-
roads.
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Capt. Wintrode For Marshall.

Capt. ]. r Wintrode, one of the old
est and most reliable officers Shawnee
county has ever had, will be supported
by his comrades and friends for the po-
sition of marshal of the new city court
at the primaries on Saturday. Capt
WfntrOde was a brave soldier and is
one of the most deserving heroes of the
rebellion, having served over four years
in the Seventy-sixth Ohio infantry vol
nnteers and having risen by degrees
from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel of
his regiment
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Fifty Children in Tears.

The bond OF affection between chill
dren is often as strong as between par
ents and their offspring. This morning
Miss Edith Garland's schoolmates from
her room, to the number of forty or
fifty, accompanied her to the Rock Is
land depot to bid her goodbye upon her
departure for Memphis, Tenn, to reside.
AS the train pulled in everyone of the
children burst into tears and cried all
the way back to the school building.
1t was a pretty and touching incident.
-Wellington Journal.
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Stationery.

These prices for Saturday
and Monday.
One pound pkg, 100 sheets,
good quality Note Paper,
worth 15c, for. .lOC.
One pound pkg, linen fine
quality Note Paper, worth
25c, for .l0C.
Cream Baronial Envelopes,
2 packs for. sc.
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THE POPE FEELS WELL.
Has Passed a Good Day and Feels No
Pain.

Rome, March 3.-The following bulle-
tin was issued at o'clock this after
noon:
''The pope has passed a very good day
and does not complain of any pain. He
says he feels very well. His tempera-
ture is 98.6, pulse ~ and respiration 2"
The doctors add that the pont1n
mental and physical condition is ex-
cellent. The papa1 secretary of state,
Cardinal Rampolla, has sent a letter
TO the high prelates residing in Rome
in which he says: Il hasten to notify
YOU that today the state of the holy
father is completely satisfactory"
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Hodgins' cafe has changed hands and
Ed HilIman and Andy Fish are now in
charge. Fred Hodgins, the former
proprietor has left Topeka for Excelsior
Springs, Mo. The two young men who
succeed to the management of the cafe
have been connected with 1t for some
time and are experienced in the bust
ness.
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NOT MRS. GILMORE.
Error of Reporter in Including Her
Name With Others.

In an interview with Attorney Cen
eral GODDARD, printed in last evenings
Journal, the name of Mrs. Gilmore was
used. Mr.. GODDARD says ne did not men
ton Mrs. Gilmore, and states that he
never said anything to anyone in any
story.