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SAN FRANCISCO STOCKS.
San Era ncisnn Aug 12t

San Francisco, Aug. 18th.
Morning Session--Andes, 15c; Belcher,
32c Bullion, &c: C Va, 50; G. & C, 40c.
Justice. 14c; Mexican, SIC; Ophir, Ills;
Potosi, &c: Silver Hill, &c; Union, 29c; Y
Jacket SIC.
40c; B & B, 63c; Chollar, zoe; Potosi, 37c.
c Point, 25c; Confidence, SIC; Utah, &c;
Sierra Nevada, 69c: Challenge, 35c.
Closing Quotations--EAlta, &c; Alpha, &c;
Andes, 17c; Belcher, 32e. B & B. Coo; Bull
lion, Sc: Caledonia. CSC; Challenge, 33c;
Chollar. 19c; Confidence, SIC; c.. C Va,
s195; Imperial. 1c: c Point, 24c; Eureka,
50c G. & C, 39c: H & N, soc; Julia, &c;
Justice, 14c; Kentuck, Sc; Lady Washing
ton 1c Mexican. soc; Occidental, zoe;
Ophir, $1.10; Overman, lie; Potos, 35c;
&c: Sierra Nevada. Csc; Silver Hill. &c:
Standard. S2.75: Union, 27c; Utah, SC; Y
Jacket, Sic.
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Sacramento, Aug. 18TH.
Porter Brothers Company sold at open
auction to-day California fruit at fol-
lowing prices:
AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Peaches-L Crawfords, s5d95c box;
Crawfords. 95c@S; Orange, 55q60c; FL
berta, 90Q95c; Stillson, 9oc box. Pears
Bartletts, 81. .25@2O5 box; B Hardys, $40
205 box Plums-Kelseys, 81 crate. Prunes
--Gros, 55Gs1.25 crate; Fellenberg, Sl15;
Italians s12OQ1.25; Silver, SOc@S1 10 -Four
Porter Brothers Company sold cars.
AT NEW YORK.
Pears-Bartletts s1.6O@230 box and $50
90c half box. Plums-Bradshaw 6oc
seys, soc box and 55cds1.45 crate. Prunes
Silver, 60c@I.05 crate; Gros, 96c@Sl. %; !;
Fellenberg, S5cG$150; Italian. $1.25q1.3O;
fdpds fGeasl bos Muir 45asoc Eberta
55dS5c; L Crawfords, 40c@sl05; Susque-
hanna, 5Oa75c; McKevitts, I5c; Mitchell,
55c; Lemon Cling, 65c, Glings. o6G; Sse@$l; NC Nc
inne. 55c: Orange Cling. 65a95c; Tuscan,
50c@s1 Nectarines-50c crate. Grapes
Tokays, s125@1SS crate; Ny M1seats "a aC5 o.
New York, of which Porter Brothers
Company sold 8 cars.
AT PITTSBURG.
Peaches-Crawfords 60@75c box; Or
ange, 6o@$l; Susquehanna, 6odSoc Pears
90c6$1.20 90 crate; Gros, 90cQ$1.10; Fellen-
berg, 9Oc@$105 crate.
AT CINCINNATI.
Peaches-Crawfords soc box; l. Craw-
fords, 70175c: Susquehanna, 35GS0c box
Pears-Bartletts, SLIGO box; B Hardys,
81 so Prunes-Italians, $1.06 crate; Gros,
94c Fe1lenberg, Sill crate.
AT BALTIMORE.
ches-Susquehanna, 40@75c box.
AT MONTREAL.
Pears-Bartletts, 81. .S5Gl2.25 box. Prunes
-Gros, S1.05 crate; Fellenberg, $1.10; Sill
yer. CSC Plums-Kelseys $110 crate; Egg,
g0G195c crate. Peaches-Crawfords, $1Q105
box: Fosters, 81; Orange. S0l90c; Susque-
hanna, 90c box.
AT CHICAGO.
Pears-Bartletts, 1.25Q2.15 box and soc
half box. Peaches-Crawfords 65c box;
Susquehanna, 65Q70c; l. Crawfords, 600
65c Tuscan, 65c box and SIC crate; Fos-
ters, 55c; Mary's Choice, 45G7Oc box and
CSC crate Elbertas, 70475c box: Lemon
Cling, soc; Orange Cling, 65c box. Plums
Columbia 450l90c crate; Egg, 55c@$1;
Japan, SIC; Yellow Egg, S0c@s1; QuacSen-
boss, $3.50; Cages, zoe. Grapes-Tokays,
81 % crate: Muscats. $1.50 crate. Prunes-
Gros, 25c@$1.20 crate; Fellenberg, $40;
German, $1611. so: Silver, 75c; Bulgarian
s.. 10 crate. Fourteen cars sold to-
day in Chicago, of which Porter Brothers
Company sold cars.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Preparations for Observance of
Anniversary of His Death.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S-Prepara-
tions for the observance of the one
hundredth anniversary of George
Washington's death are being actively
conducted by the committee of the
Grand Lodge of Masons for the State
of Virginia and by the local lodges
The Masonic observances which will
take place in Alexandria and at Mount
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The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section 1-Section z of Ordinance No.
141 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 7-No person or persons shall
use, or cause to be used. any city water
for the purposes of irrigation, in that
portion of the city of Sacramento bound
ed on the west by Nineteenth and on the
east by Twenty-fifth streets thereof, ex-
a. m, and from to o'clock D. m, and
in that portion of the said city bounded
on the west by Twenty-fifth an6 on the
east by Thirty-first streets, except be-
tween the hours from 5 to 10 O'Clock
a. m and from IL o'clock m. to 9 O'Clock
d. M, and in all other portions of said
city, except between the hours from to
o'clock a, m, and from to 9 o'clock
D. M; provided, that during said times q
continuous use of the city water for more
than two hours, for the purposes of irri-
CATION shall be unlawful and provided
further, that the City Cemetery State
Capitol grounds, Federal Building, City
Plazas and Agricultural Park III said city
shall be excepted from the provisions of
this ordinance, and that during the fore
going hours fixed for irrigation the City
thereof shall maintain fire pressure
throughout said city.
Section 2-All ordinances or parts of or
dinances in conflict with this ordinances
are hereby repealed.
Section 3-This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force from and after its
passage.
President of Board OF Trustees.
Approved June TO- 1899
VIM LAND. Mayor
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole car
casses from slaughterers to dealers:
BEEF-Steers. first quality, 71zd7Ao:
other grades, 647c per 10; young. Cows
and Heifers, SIC; old Cows, 5laQ6c per 10.
VEAL-TGSc for large and 81aQ912c per
10 for small.
MUTTON-Wethers, 7k@Sc; Ewes. 70
TIC per 10.
LAMB-S69c per ID for Spring.
PORK-Live Hogs, 5bG16c per 10 for me-
dium, 5a4457sc for small, 5ssQ51ac for
large; dressed, 715QSs4c per 10.
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CITY OFFICIAL ADVERTISING.

approve of or reject the plan proposed
under the regulations prescribed and con-
tanned in the Specifications governing
the construction of all awnings construct
ed or to be constructed in the City of
Sacramento" and which said specifica-
tions were duly approved and adopted
September IL, 1893. by the Board of Trus-
tees in and for the City of Sacramento
Sec. 8. This Ordinance shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after it's
passage.
Passed July 6, 1897.
CHAS. E. LEONARD,
President Of the Board of Trustees.
Approved July g. 1897.
c. H. HUBBARD. Mayor.
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Steamer Vigilancia.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-The Ward
line offices have received a dispatch
from Nashua, Bahama Islands, saying
that the steamer Vigilancia which sail
ed from here Wednesday, August 9th,
for Mexican ports, via Havana, where
she was due last Sunday, arrived at
Nassau last evening, all WELL and the
vessel in good condition. The Vigilan-
cia sailed for Havana at 2 o'clock this
morning.
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Ex-Congressman Baker

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1S.-Reports just
received from Belleville, Ill. indicate
that Congressman Jehu Baker, who
is suffering from a complication Of all
ments, is slightly Better to-day. He
has less fever than yesterday, but is
very weak. His physicians cannot say
whether the ex-Congressman will re-
cover or not
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SACRAMENTO MARKETS.
Trade Quiet and Quotations I'm
changed in Produce Circles.
Sacramento. A

SacramentO, Aug. 18th.
Trade was quiet about local produce
circles to-day and prices as previously
quoted.
various articles mentioned:
FLOUR-Family Extras, s195 per 100
lbs; 81 for so TBS.
FRUIT = Oranges, 30c per dozen;
10; Prunes, SC; Peaches, sc per 10 and
40q50c per box; Apples, &c per 10: April
cots, Sc per 10; Pineapples, 4005Oc each !;
Blackberries, &c per 10; Strawberries. so
&c per basket; Figs, sc per fb; Crabapples,
sc per 10, 65075c per box; Grapes, &c per
fb; Watermelons, 15Q20c each: Cante-
1oupes, 5@10c each.
vEGETABLES-T Tomatoes. &c per 10,
Caulidower. 10c per head; Carrots. Let
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

Bids will be received at the office of
the undersigned until o'clock D. M, on
MONDAY, August q, 1899, for printing 2I5
copies of Annual Report Of Chief En-
gineer of Fire Department. Report on
file in office of Chief Engineer. A certi-
fed check, made payable to City Clerk.
for an amount not less than ten per cent.
of aggregate of proposal must accompany
each bid The Board of Trustees re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids. M +. DESMOND City Clerk.
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Closing Grain Quotations.

Chicago Aug. 18th.
WHEAT-September 71&c: December,
737sc; May, 767sc.
New York, Aug. 18th.
WHEAT-September nc; December,
T91ac May, S2asc.
San Francisco, Aug. 18th.
WHEAT-December, $1.1314; May, $.177s.
CORN-Large Yellow $1.05Q1.0715.
BRAN-$16G1
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mems linen collars DC
Reasonable goods at small prices)

selling OF mems furnishing goods has, prnci
Pd eature the offering OF linen collars unusually low price
OF <c each There's great quantity Them and all are fair
syie and make-some T. WIS among them These are styles
hat will not be carried by this FALL put this low price on
them to hurry them out
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COMMERCIAL.
WHEAT STRONGER, WITH AN
ADVANCE ON CALL.
Barley Market Dull and Easy
Oats Are Quiet and
Corn Weak.
San Francisco A,,o 1a+

San Francisco, Aug. 18th.
The local wheat market was stronger
to-day. prices on call having a further
advance and the spot quotations for ship
ping grades being marked up 1Ac per
GENITAL, while willing, though unchanged
continued very firm. The local barley
market was dull and easy. Receipts were
81, ,S52 centals, including 4191 centals on
the Admiral Troude from Port Costa for
the United Kingdom. Oats were quiet.
Red was firm and black and white easy.
Receipts We're 1920 centals. Corn was
weak with no receipts.
Receipts of hay continued heavy for
the past "a hours and amounted to 964
tons. Prices were weak. Receipts of
bran were 2.724 sacks, including 1854
sacks sac from % Oregon. Receipts of mid
Arrivals of fruits from the river were
generally lighter to-day and a little inn
proVement was observed in the market.
Pears had a slightly firmer tone. Basket
peaches had wide range, clingS selling
at 10420c and Freestones at 25035c. Fancy
apples continued firm. Canteloupes and
Nutmeg melons We're still in large supply
and prices were lower Grapes We're plen-
tiful at the previous quotations. No Long
worth straw berries were received and the
quotations are omitted. Large StraWber-
ries We're in good supply, but the quality
as a rule was poor and low prices ruled
Raspberries of the second crop were
abundant at previous prices. Fancy
blaekberrieS were a shade higher. Ounces
We're lower. Other fruits were unchanged
The market continues firm for strictly
creamery butter. Other grades of but
ter are fairly steady at unchanged prices.
A steamer is due to-day from Humboldt
Bay with fresh supplies. Cheese remains
to be well sustained for selected ranch
and No. / Eastern.
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California Dried Fruit.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-California dried
fruits quiet. Evaporated Apples-Com-
mon, TIC; prime wire tray, SA@S1ac;
choice, S34@9c; fancy, 911s9912c. Prunes-
3A@Sc Apricots-Royal, lac; Moorpark,
14Gl6c Peaches-110111ac for unpeeled.
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ORDINANCE NO. 51S.

An Ordinance to Amend Section of
Ordinance No. 141, Regulating the Time
for Using City Water for the Purposes
of Irrigation in the City of Sacramento,
and Providing That Fire Pressure Be
Maintained by the City Water Works
During Said Time.
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The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento ordain as follows:
Section l. Section 5 of Ordinance No.
324 of the City of Sacramento, passed
October 8. 1898, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2. No awning shall be constructed
within the limits of the City OF Sacra-
mento. without the owner, agent, COM
many. firm or corporation owning or being
the agent for the premises in front of
which it is proposed to construct an
awning, or the contractor for the con-
strllction of the said work having first OBJ
tained a permit so to do from the Chief
Engineer of the Fire Department of the
said city, who shall first inspect and
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Produce Quotations.

FLOUR-Family Extras, 36O13. 75 per
obi; Bakers Extras, $340Q3.55; Oregon
and Washington, $SQ3.50 per bbi.
WHEAT-Shipping, $1.05 per ctl for No.
/ and $106A for choice; Milling, s1073hQ1 10
per ctl. firm.
BARLEY-Feed, 7Ss4@s3Ac per ctl:
Brewing. S1l2cM95c per ctl; Cheyalier.
81 S110M1.2212 per ctl; nominal
> OATS-New Feed. S1.0712G115 per ctl for
Red. $1.20G1.35 for White and 90cdsl per
ctl for Black. 81
CORN-In sacks-Large Yellow. 81. 05G
10712 per ctl; do, White, 81 O5Gl 071s:
Mixed. Sl02l2G1.05; Small Yellow, nom
sinal.
s RYE-New, 9OQ95c per ctl
# BUCK KWFEAT-Nominal.
BRAN-S16@16.50 per ton.
NCS-$17u19. 80 per ton
ROLLED BARLEY-$18G19 per ton.
$4.50M4.75 per 100 lbs.
OAT GROATS-S4.55 per 100 lbs.
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ORDINANCE NO. 46S.

An Ordinance Amending Section 5; of Or
dinance No. 324, Entitled AN Ordi-
nance Providing for the Removal of
Porches, Balconies and Awnings Hav-
ing Posts or Supports Resting on
Sidewalk. Declaring the Same Unlaw-
ful. and Providing a Penalty Therefor,
and Prescribing the Mode of Construc-
ton for Awnings and Balconies Pro-
iecting Over a Sidewalk in the City of
Sacramento, Passed October 3, 1893"
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ORDINANCE NO. 476.

An Ordinance Amending Section 2, of Or
dinance No. 324 relating to the Con-
demnation, Construction, Alteration
and Repair of Sidewalks, Bulkheads
and Curbings, Passed October 3, 1898.
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Bartlett Pears, boxes, $150Q2.10, av $1.73
Car crossed $941.
AT LONDON.
August 18th.
CFx 1914, shipped July 18th: Twin Sis
av s1.6S; Bartlett Pears, two-ffths boxes,
Sl.56Q1.92, ay S1-5S; Beurre Clairgeau, 96cn
s1.01, av 81. Golden Drop Plums, single
Car crossed s1,,764.
Pears. two-ffths boxes 81. .5691.s 80, ay 81. IS:
Hardy. s1.2041. 3d. av s12S; Golden Drop
Plums. single crates, av Sl92 Car
CFx 1s,l ls5, shipped July 2sth: Bartlett
Pears, two-tifths boxes S1.56G1.9 .92. av ST.
Beurre Clairgeau, 96cQS1.01, av 81; Beurre
Hardy. $1.0s@1.32 av SIPS; Golden Drop
crossed g @ si,s78. "
AT PITTSBURG.
CFX 10777, shipped August 7th Early
Crawford Peaches. boxes. SIC; Foster, soc;
low Egg, SIPS; Gros Prunes, $1.2S; Giant,
$1.25. Car crossed 81, ,127.
CFX 1854, shipped August 7th: Elberta
Peaches, boxes. SAC; Early Crawford, Sic;
Susquehanna, SIC; Columbia Plums, $1.24
Car crossed $685.
AT CINCINNATI
CFx 10520, shipped August Sth: Sus-
Cling, rec; Bartlett Pears, boxes, S2.1;
Fellenberg Prunes, single crates, S1.25.
Car crossed 1,004.
AT MINNEAPOLIS
CFx 10, ,6e5, shipped August 11th: Muscat
Grapes, single crates, 81 S3; Tokay; $l6S;
Salway Peaches, boxes, SIC; Susquehanna,
soc; Nectarines, single crates, Sis: Bart
lett Pears, boxes, 81. Car crossed 81, Ill.
AT OMAHA
CFX 10, 744, shipped August 18th: Tokay
Grapes, single crates, 81. So; Orange Cling
Peaches, boxes, Sic; Susquehanna, SAC;
Bartlett Pears, boxes. s1.9S: Red Nectar
ines, single crates, Sll5; Diamond Plums'
s1.27. Car crossed SLIPS.
AT DENVER.
CFX 10,54S, shipped August 18th: Ma
laga Grapes, single crates, 81 40; Brandy
wine Peaches, boxes, S3c; Elberta, S5c;
Susquehanna, Sac; Bartlett Pears, boxes,
s1.S7: German Prunes, single crates, s1.25.
Car crossed S971.
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200 Market street. San Francisco. and
corner Second and Spring streets,
Los Angeles.
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California Fruit Sales.

Sacramento, Aug 18th.
The Earl Fruit Company sold California
fruit to-day at auction and other points
at the following prices:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-20

LFrom the Atchison Globe.l
Romance as nearly always foolish
less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-20
A TRUST OBJECT LESSON.

Under the above headline the Boston
Traveller gives what is probably the
true story of the recent purchase of
guard rails in England by the Boston
Elevated as follows:
We have an excellent object lesson
of the blessings" of trusts right in
about 800 tons of steel guard rails has
just arrived from London, to be used by
the Boston Elevated railroad. The his
tory of this purchase shows most fOrci-
bly, the possible results of an abnormal
advance in values through the conSOl-
idation of competing trade interests.
Gen. Bancroft says that everything had
been done by him to place the order
with some firm in this country, but
that competition in these particular
would have to pay the price established
by the trust producing them, if he was
to use American made goods.
This price he considered exorbitant
and invited quotations from English
makers. AS a result the contract was
given to Dick, Kerr & Co. of London
at a price considerably under that made
by the domestic mills, and which ad-
1nits of the rails being landed here,
per cent over the price insisted upon
by the consolidated concerns.
This is a trust object lesson with a
moral.
1t has been reported that the railroad
management was unable to find an
American manufacturer who was not
so overrun with orders as to make ii
impossible to do the work.
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HUTCHINSON JUBILEE CLOSES.
Ottawa Won Big Chorus Prize of 5000
Nc Pherson Second.

Hutchinson, May 2O.-The Kansas
musical jubilee closed last evening with
a grand concert in which the winners
of the different contests appeared. The
prize awards were announced at the
close of the concert The big chorus
prize, 5000 cash, was carried away by
Ottawa, Mcpherson winning the second
prize of $100. The interstate soprano
solo prize of 800 cash was won by Kan
sas. The contest was very close. 1t
was won by Mrs. Houston WhiteSide of
Hutchinson; Miss Emma Dent of Otta-
wa was second and Miss Laura Lam
port of Winfield, third. The vocal duet
contest was won by Miss Belle Brock
way and Mr.. J. w. Wilcox of Ottawa
The bass solo prizes were also won by
ottawa, w. d. Detweiler, first, and r.
E. Cline, second.
The male quartette prize went to the
Newton young mems quartette. The
first prize for tenor solo was won by
Thomas Powell of Newton; E. L. Evans
of Emporia. second Miss Edna Schwen-
son of Mcpherson and Miss Uramai
Gray of Great Bend divided first prize
in the contralto solo contest; Miss Wini-
fred Wright of Pittsburg, second. The
ladies' quartette prize went to ottawa
Hutchinson. second. Miss Lora May
Lamport of Winfield won first prize in
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the soprano solo contest for Kansas
singers, and carried off the honors of
the jubilee by the highest grading re-
ceiVed IN any of the contests. Miss Ell
via Fitch Walker of Wichita was Sec
ond in the soprano contest.
The ladies' chorus prize was won by
hutchinson Frederick Root of Chicago
adJudged the vocal contests. In the in
strumenta1 contests, Allen Spencer of
Chicago was adjudicator. The winners
were: Violin solo, Carl Groeshner,
Hutchinson, first; Margaret Fowler of
Kansas City, second prize; contest
piece, "Andante and Scherzo," by
David.
Piano solo, Mrs. Frank NJ. Smith,
Leavenworth, first; Miss Grace z.
Crane, Oswego. second; contest piece,
"Maerchen," by Raft.
Cornet solo, one prize, Walter Nc
Cray, Nickerson; contest piece, Schu-
bert's "Serenade'
Piano duet, one prize, won by Misses
Retta Nimocks and Uramai Gray of
Great Bend
Piano students, one prize, Miss Ger
trude Nimocks of Great Bend.
The winner of the second violin prize
Is 10 years old, but does not look to be
over g. She has been studying the violin
but three years, and is a pupil of Prof.
Boucher of Kansas City. She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Fow-
Ter of Kansas City, Kan.
The winner of the first prize gradu-
ated at 1eipsic, Germany.
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HOW is THIS?
Lawyer Says Bankruptcy Proceedings
Are Irregular.

G. G. Clemens does not believe the
blanks which have been used in filing
most of the bankruptcy cases in the
federal court in Kansas are good. He
thinks it doubtful if they fill the re-
qufrements of the bankruptcy law. In
speaking of them today he said:
IF the petitions and schedules in
bankruptcy heretofore filed in this dis
trict have been made upon the only
blanks for sale here or at Kansas City,
it is seriously doubtful whether a sin
gle discharge so far granted is valid.
We had some parties coming to our
office next Monday to file bankruptcy
petitions and we started out to get some
blanks. To our establishment, we could
not find a blank in town that was in
promulgated by the supreme court of
the United States.
I'VE wrote to Kansas City and today
received an answer that no such blanks
are to be had there. Both here and
there, somebody has overruled the Su-
preme court of the United States and
prepared blanks according to his own
ideas. That won't do. The supreme
court Schedules are in the nature of
dispositions, the various headings being
questions, and a bankrupt can not fill
them out without either telling the
whole truth or lying about things. The
blanks petitions in use here are, also, in
my judgment, of doubtful validity be-
of the court to decide what property he
ought to schedule.
The people ought to know the risk
of using other forms than those pre-
Scribed by the supreme court by ex-
press direction of congress-
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COMPANY A, o. II.
Topeka Boys Have Been In Hottest
of the Fights.

The following is taken from a letter
written by Sergeant Emory Bailey to
his father, M D. Bailey, of Topeka:
Each company has received 25 Krag-
Jorgensen rifles and I tell you we need
ed them as we would have to advance
1000 yards under fire before we could
reach them with our long Toms re-
ceiYed a Journal the other day that
said company A had not been mention
ed in any of the reports and wondering
what they were doing. Company A has
been through it all and has just as
much to their credit as any other COM
pany. We have had eight men hit but
none killed. At present we have SO
men on the firing line and the COM
pany occupies the most advanced posi-
ton of any in the regiment. In fact
we bore the brunt of the attack last
night. At the battle of Ginguento,
company A was the first over the
bridge which was burning and deployed
and was the first in the hardest fight
in the war. Company A was the sec
ond company to get into the city of
Malolos and was eating cocoanuts
when the rest of the regiment arrived.
The letter is dated Malolos, April 10.
The letter is enclosed in an envelope
which has the following on the back:
This envelope was manufactured on
the battlefield of MalOlOs."
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THOMAS COUNTY GAINS.
Assessors Returns Show an Increase
of $50 in Population.

Colby, May 2O-About two inches of
rain has fallen in Thomas county in
the last forty-eight hours. The rain
was general throughout northwest Kan
sas, including the counties of Sherman,
Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur Norton,
Thomas, Sheridan and Graham, as far
as heard from. The wheat prospects
have largely increased with these rains.
According to the returns of the as
SCISSORS, the population of Thomas coun-
ty is 1854 a gain of about $50 over
1898. The county shows healthy in
crease over 1898 in everything pertain
ing to the prosperity of the farmers.
The value of animals fattened and
killed during the past year was $56, 236,
against SAG, 624 in 1898. 1t also shows
healthy increase in the number of cat
tie and hogs. OF the former there are
10, 500 head and of the latter GLIB head.
There are in winter wheat 1898 acres
and spring wheat 20,767 acres. In corn
the assessors return 1891 acres, while
corn planting is yet progressing at
lively rate. The value of farms and i'm
provements is placed at $5S7, 465 for 1899,
and the value of farm implements and
machinery is put at $44 .331. The late
rains have put the ground in the best
shape, and with favorable weather
Thomas county will raise one of her big
crops of wheat and corn