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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-03

to the young ladies. has been indefinite
ly postponed
Miss Rika Long has returned from
her home near Clay Center where she
spent the holidays.
Cameron Miller who has been spend
ing the holidays in Topeka with his
mother will leave Thursday.
Miss Julia Whitmer entertained the
young ladies who received with her
New Years afternoon at a six o'clock
dinner and in the evening some of their
young men friends were invited in and
the time spent in playing cards. Those
present were, Miss Leila Hord, Miss Ed
ma AIillice, Miss May Downing. Miss
Birdie King Miss Ethel Cockerell, Mr.
Roy Millice, Mr.. Charles Decker Mr..
Will Clauser. Mr.. Luther Nellis, DIR.
Oscar Charlson and DR.. Lux.
DIR. and Mrs. Q. F. Menninger always
have Monday evenings at home to their
friends. A musical and art programme
is usually arranged for entertaining
their guests.
Miss Stella Kelso of Burlingame spent
a few days in Topeka with friends last
week.
Miss Viola White entertained infor-
mally at cards Monday evening.
Mrs. r. Malau, Miss May Wilson,
Miss Maud Tegart and Mr.. John Mason
were in Lawrence last Saturday.
Miss Ethel Fox and Miss Alice Bond
are visiting in Missouri.
Peter Allen of Atchison spent New
Years with Topeka friends.
]. B. Chandler of Gridley, Kan, is
visiting relatives in Topeka.
Charles Sills has returned to Arkan-
sas City after a visit with Topeka
friends.
Mr. Frank Dreyer entertained a num-
Der of his friends very pleasantly Mon
day evening. The first part of the
evening was spent in playing games,
after which a, taffy pull was in order.
Those present We're, Miss Flora Vesper
Miss Ina Dreisbach, Miss Carrie
| Kruger. Miss Dora Kruger Miss
| Mary Richards, Miss Minnie Rooster
Mr.. Winnie Dreisbach, Mr.. julius Fritz
Mr.. Theodore Vesper, Mr.. Jacob Geiser
| Mr. Charles Richards.
Ernest Gillette of Council Grove spent
| New Years in Topeka with his sister
| Mrs. E. H. Phillips.
| Miss Eliza G. Kerr is spending a week
in Clay Center with her sister.
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Topeka FANCIERS.
They Elect Officers and Arrange For
Poultry Show.

One of the pleasing and substantial
accessories to the State Poultry show
which will be held in Topeka, beginning
Monday morning of next week, will be
a course banquet at the National hotel,
on Thursday evening. The banquet
will be given by the Topeka Fanciers'
association, for the out of town exhibit
ors in the Poultry Show. Tt will be an
elaborate affair and Joseph G.. Waters
will be POSTMASTER, as it is rumored
that he once owned several pigeons.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Tope-
ka FancierS' association was held at the
Commercial club rooms last evening.
A great deal of business in connection
transacted, and the finishing touches
and completion of arrangements made
before the opening of the show on Mon
day morning.
From the present outlook the poultry
show of 1900 will be larger than any
of its predecessors. There will be on ex-
hibition about 1900 chickens, of almost
every known breed. Added to this num-
Der will be about 800 pigeons and so
Began hares. These will all be care
fully arranged and displayed in the
large vacant store room at No. 814 Kan
Sas avenue.
An incubator which will hatch out the
chickens during the week of the show
has been secured and will arrive the
latter part of this week and be set up
in conspicuous place in the show
room.
Several new breeds of chickens and
pet stock will be shown this year for
the first time in Topeka, among these
is pen of Buff Orpingtons, imported
from England.
The prizes which are offered at the
show this year vary from 81 to $40. In
the sweepstakes, the prizes range as
high as SIS, and in the grand prizes,
the amount for the three prizes offered
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BRYAN DIDN'T HELP.
Senator Allen Says He Was Not
Aided by the Colonel.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Senator Allen
(Neb). in an interview authorized an
absolute denial of reports that he would
be a candidate for the presidency on
the part of the fusion forces. He said:
''I would not accept the nomination
if it were unanimously tnedered me.
Mr.. Bryan will undoubtedly will be the
candidate of the Democratic, Populist
and Free Silver parties for the presi-
dency. Nebraska will give him uni
ted, active delegation to all three of the
conventions
Senator Allen declared that so far as
he knew Mr.. Bryan had not aided him
in his candidacy for the senate, say
ing:
II did not ask Mr.. Bryan directly or
indirectly to aid me in securing my
appointment to the senate nor did he
aid me to my knowledge. 1 did not see
or communicate with the governor re-
speeding the matter until he sent for
me. Mr.. Bryan know nothing of my
appointment until it had been determ-
ined on by the governor. The relations
between Mr.. Bryan, Mr.. Hitchcock (who
was a candidate for senator, when Mr.,
Allen was appointed) and myself are
of the most harmonious character and
will continue So
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WILL PAY So CENTS.
State Board of Charities Will Bring
Contractors to Terms.

The state board of charities through
Chairman Grant Hornaday has notified
Mckinney Bros. & Co, of Kansas City,
that the state will pay IS cents per
bushel for the 5000 bushels of potatoes
sent to the OsawatOmie asylum. Unless
this offer is accepted the firm is in
structed to take the potatoes out of the
asylum cellars.
The controversy concerning these po-
tatoes arose over purchases made by
/. Shaffer and T. J. Hayes, stewards
of the Topeka and Osawatomie asylums
respectively. The purchases were made
without authority from the board. The
contract called for Colorado potatoes
but Iowa potatoes of an inferior quality
were shipped.
The board is not yet convinced wheth-
er the complication is due to an error
on the part Of the shipper or to an ar
raugement by which the stewards were
to profit financially
An investigation of the matter is be-
ing made and future developments may
add interest to the case
It has already resulted in an iron-clad
order that stewards shall not, in the
future, spend the states money, ex-
eept under authority from the board.
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and there they find the old couple in
bOiSterOuS row. The parents pretend not
people, and continually talk of their do
nestle happiness. This suddenly deter
mines the daughter not to speak to her
parents of their difficulty, and her hus-
band promises to likewise keep the mat
ter to himself This Is a good arrange
ment from q farcical standpoint, but it
is something that would never happen.
If a jealous young wife became convinced
from strange perfume and blonde hairs
on her husbands coat that he was shar-
ing his affection with another woman, 1t
is altogether unlikely she would keep the
matter from her mother simply because
of parental quarrel especially when the
her story as the accusation that her
father was likewise engaged. And the
young husband would find consolation in
the fact that his father-in-law was in
trouble as well as himself, and would
more naturally confide to him his side of
the story. The chain of circumstances
that the comedy portrays has therefore
rightfully a place in novel, and the
shifting of the responsibility was clever
stroke on the part of the authors or
The characters of because She Loved
Him So" are for the most part credit
ABLY handled by the members OF the COM
pany which presented the comedy here.
Miss Clara Dickey is particularly capa-
bic in the part of the jealous young wife
and leaves nothing lacking in her i'm
personation. Mr.. Thomas David looks
his part of "Oliver West" the young huS-
factory manner Miss Effie Germon is
well cast in the mOtherly role of Mrs.
Wetherby'' but the work Of Mr.. John
Daily Murphy as John Wetherby' could
be improved upon. Miss Helen Remsen
appears to make the most of the part of
the Spanish senorita, and Miss Mamie
John Westley, as the love sick youth
carries his agitation a trifie too far,
The piece was seen by a large audience.
and the company received a curtain cali
after both the first and second act.
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was an immediate move toward the
town, and a few scattered shots We're
fired as our troops entered We Were
in the town now and the colored sold
iers showed a grim and great earnest
ness in their work of gathering in pris-
oners, rifles and bolos. Strong black
arms caught fleeing insurgents upon
the streets and hauled them from IN
der beds and beneath houses. Native
women screamed in alarm and on their
knees offered money and food to our
American troops.
At o'clock in the morning the COM
mand started to return, bringing with
it the prisoners, some 225 rifles and
nearly zen thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton, loaded on bull carts procured in
the town.
That same afternoon company E of
the Twenty-fifth returned to O'Donnell
to gather in So more rifles, and they de-
stroyed certain insurgent supplies and
an outfit for the reloading of rifle cart
ridges. The 125 prisoners were fed and
then released.
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AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

One of the common things of life is
combined with d situation which probably
never had a duplicate in reality in the
construction of the comedy Because She
Loved Him So" which was seen for the
Ilrst time in Topeka at the Crawford
theater Tuesday night. The first is the
jealous of q woman, and the second is
the attempt of an old couple, after thirty
years of undisturbed happiness, to rem
edy the domestic difficulties of their
daughter and her husband, by pretending
TO be engaged in such difficulties them
The result of the combination, however
Is a. pleasing comedy with several good
Iarclca! situations For a French adapt
tauon II is particularly clean, and in de-
yeloping power it is unusually strong. For
instance the second act introduces a
Spanish widow and a very ordinary law
yer, whose matrimonial agreement later
Is an argument in favor of the law of
opposites, and wholly fails to show why
course of that act the Notwithstanding
S5nOr1ta seems to he an uncalled and
the SURROUNDINGS in the midst of which
she is suddenly presented and allowed to
remain without the least explanation of
neP presence But along in the third act
her existence becomes a matter of i'm
portance, and a situation never dreamed
of in the preceding act-that of a real
disagreement between the elderly couple
Is made to arise. The meek looking law
yer, whose introduction appears as much
uncalled for, If not unharmoniOuS, as
that of the Spanish widow is also sup
piled with a reasonable excuse.
A novel is made responsible for the I'M
real portion Of the comedy and this con-
stltutes one of its clever points. The
daughter's mother reads a story of how
the De Lacey Browns corrected a dOmes-
tic difficulty by showing the young peo-
pie the righteousness of their position.
the Illustration being a pretended quar-
rel between themselves, and when she
finds that her daughter is really engaged
IN such q. Difficulty she determines to fol-
low the story The daughter arrives at
the parental home in one carriage and the
daughters husband in another carriage,
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in this class are $25, $25 and IS, respec-
lively. The total amount of premiums
offered in all the classes this year will
be in the neighborhood of $500.
F. H. Shellabarger, of Iowa, a judge
of national reputation, has been secured
for the show, and will judge all birds
entered for premiums. Mr.. ShelIabarger
will no doubt give entire satisfaction,
as he is fair in his decisions and comes
well recommended.
The following officers of the Topeka
F'anciers' association were elected for
the ensuing year:
Chas. Steinberger president; Thos. s.
Lyons, vice president; L. V. Marks,
secretary; Thos. Owens, treasurer; ex-
ecutive committee, Geo. H. Gillies, r.
F. Atwood and James Clark. Reception
committee for the poultry show, Thos
S. Lyons. Geo. H. Gillies, Harry T.
Forbes, r. F. Atwood, John Haman
and Thos Owens.
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T. A. A. BOWLING.
Some Interesting Contests in Store
For Lovers of the Game.


Since the league was formed between
Kansas City. St. Joseph, Lawrence and
Topeka, bowling has been on the boom at
the Topeka Athletic association. Law
renee comes to Topeka tonight for game
with the T. A. A. team and Kansas City
Will be here Saturday night The Topeka
team has played Lawrence three times
and won two and lost one. Kansas City
defeated the Topeka boys by small
margin last week on Kansas City'S al
leys and the t A. A. team is looking for
revenge Saturday night when they get
the Missouri bowlers on the 7. A. A. al
leys.
These games, however. are not regular
league games The first contest the
schedule will take place on January 18th
at Kansas City between that and the st.
Joseph teams. Topeka plays its first
league game at st. Joseph on January
goth.
A great deal of credit is due the mem
bers of the T. A. A. team for the ar
rangement Of this bowling tournament
and it is expected the athletic association
will help the boys out financially. In
Kansas City a small admission fee IS
charged to help defray expenses. but that
not be done in the T. A. A Large
crowds should be on hand tonight and
Saturday night to encourage the Topeka
team.
Last night the Ducklets defeated the
Boomerangs in an exciting duck pin con-
test by ten points.
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Has NO Livine Equal

The London Observer sums up long
review of the work of Vladimir De
Pachmann, who plays in Topeka this
month with the following superlatfve
praise: Every time NJ. de Pachmann
plays, his technique, touch, command
of tonal graduation, and phrasing ex-
cite more and more wonder and admira-
ton In many respects it is quite safe
to say that he has absolutely no living
equal" This great artist will visit To-
peka January 18th under the auspices
of the Ladies' Music club and viii play
at the Crawford opera house. All music
lovers will hear him.
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MUST WAIT A WEEK.
High School Graduating Exercises
Postponed.

The heating plant at Clay school has
been finally accepted by the board OF
education.
At the last meeting a bill of SAL pre-
scented by Architect Lescher was not
allowed for the reason that the heating
plant at Clay school, put in according
to his plans and specifications, did not
heat the two buildings sufficiently. Mr..
Wilson, chairman of the building COM
mittee, investigated the matter and
found that the trouble was in the fire.
man instead Of in the plant. An ex
perienced fireman was put in charge of
heating the two buildings. THE trouble
seemed to be in the firing" said Mr..
Wilson. After this we will have to
employ firemen instead of janitors.'
At the meeting of the board last
night the bills of F. NJ. Spencer for
$50S.7 for carpenter work and $1,000 for
masonry done on the Branner school
building were allowed. The work on
the building is behind. There has been
considerable delay in putting in the
steam plant and stoves had to be put in
temporarily in order to let the plaster
ers do their work. If it had not been
for the delay the building would have
been ready for occupancy by Jan. 10,
but it will be the middle Of February or
later before the building can be used.
The vanishing and finishing must wait
on the heating plant. The slate for the
blackboards has arrived.
Inc lnlQ-LGI1n graduating CLASS Oh the
high school will hold the graduating
exercises January 26. The class num-
bers %. Bishop Vincent will address
the class and for the reason that he
can not be here till that time the exer-
cises will be one week later than usual.
Each member of the class has to write
an essay or an grafton, but the public
does not have to hear them. They will
be delivered between 11:40 and 1890 on
Thursday and Friday of this week in
the High school assembly hall.
The distribution of the insurance on
the school buildings was brought up.
The insuring of building had been
taken from the agency of Charles
BIakeley and been given to another.
Mr.. Blakeley claimed he should receive
as much patronage as other agencies
of the same size. He will be given
more policies to write.
It was decided to furnish the school
buildings with private wardrObes for
the teachers. The janitors asked for
extra pay for cleaning the school houses
during the holidays. The claim was not
allowed
The following is treasurer's report for
December.
Deposits in bank. ST, 117.84
Tt et,,
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WHEATON MOVES UP.
MacArthur Is Made a Brigsdier Gen,
eral by the President

Washington, Jan. s-The president to-
day sent the following nominations to
the senate:
To be u. S. consuls-Thomas T. Prem
tiss Of Massachusetts, at Rouen,
France; George /. Darte OF Pennsy1-
vapia, at Martinique, transferred to
Patras, Greece; Alonzo c. Yates of Vir-
gfnia at Patras, transferred to Mar
Unique.
War-Brigadier General J. c. Bates
to be major general of volunteers;
Brigadier General Lloyd Weaton to be
major general of volunteers by brevet.
To be brigadier generals-Col. s. B.
NJ Young, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur
Macarthur, Lieutenant Colonel VIM.
Ludlow.
Also number of appointments and
promotions in the regular and volunteer
army.
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PINGREE IGNORED.
Michigan Senate Disregards the Gov
errors Wishes.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. s.-Telegrams were
adjutant general Of Michigan and chair
man OF the Republican state central com
mittee, stating that he was about to leave
Brockport. n. Y, for Lansing, to plead
to the Indictment found against him for
having, as alleged. had a part in the no
toriOus military state clothing deal. Moth
ing has been learned yet as to General
Whites whereabouts.
Colonel Eli R. Sutton. of Detroit a
member of Governor Pingree's military
STAFF and an intimate both of the gov
ernOr and of the indicted generals, testi-
fed today before the grand jury and ex-
hibited his private bank books as a proof
OF his innocence of connection with the
clothing deal
It appears certain that the policy of the
controlling faction in the senate is to dis
regard Governor Pingree's messages, urg-
ing the passage of new legislation before
ending the present special session.
A Joint resolution providing for sub
hitting to a vote of the people the ques-
ton of municipal ownership of street rail-
ways, etc, was reported favorably in the
house TODAY.
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ACTORS Sued For a Ranch,

San Francisco, Cal. Jan. S.-Clarence M.
Bruno. the actor, and his wife. Minnie
Tittu Bruno, have been sued by Edward
Byrne for the recovery of a ranch of
IS, 900 acres in Durango, Mexico, valued at
$50 shares of the Moscow National bank
of Moscow, Idaho. Bruno was the CASH
Ter and one of the directors of this bank,
worth $40 each, Byrne says, but in eff
feet they were worthless, as the bank
was insolvent. The stock was placed in
escrow for Byrne. but he had refused
to receive it.
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OVERDUE DEBTS.
They Continue to Make Trouble For
San Domingo.

Santo Domingo, Jan. g., (via Haytian
cable. 1.-The United States gunboat
Machias is in port. The French consul
here is pressing the Boismare- Cacca-
vile claim of 2OO.0 900 francs payment of
which is overdue. He threatens to en-
barge the government revenues. Ac-
cording to rumors, the Improvement
company has failed to comply with its
contract with the government regard
ing the payment of the claim AS the
local lawyers refused to attend to the
matter, the supreme court has named
a lawyer to act for the French consul.
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TAXPAYERS NEEDED.
Maryland Governor Will Not Incur
Expense of a Special Election.

Baltimore, Jan. 3.-John Walter
Smith, Democratic governor-elect of
Maryland. announced today that he
will not order a special election to
choose his successor as representative
in congress from the First Maryland
district. Owing to the expense involved
taxpayers of the counties comprising
the First district have strenuously OBJ
jected to special election and the
governor will bow to the will of his
constituents and allow the seat to re-
main vacant until the next general
election.
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GRIOLEY'S AMBITION.
Son of the Late Olympia Captain
Seeks to Become a Lieutenant

Norfolk, Va, Jan. S.-Among the ap-
plicants who presented themselves to-
day for examination for commissions in
the marine corps was J. p. Gridley, a
son of the late Captain Gridley Of the
Olympia.
Young Gridley seeks to become lieu
tenant. President Mckinley and Ad-
miraI Dewey are personally assisting
him in securing the appointment.
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GAS WELL AFIRE.
Roar Can Be Heard a Distance of
Twelve Miles

Parkersburg, w. Va, Jan. 3.-The big
Painter gas well, located In Ritchie
county, accidentally caught fire last
night and all efforts to extinguish the
flames have been futile. Millions upon
millions of feet of gas are going to
waste and the financial loss will be
enormous. The roar of the burning gas
can be heard II miles, and the fire IL
Eliminates the whole surrounding ceun-
try.
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New zinc Company.

The Merrimack Lead and Zinc COM
oany of Nashua.N. H. has been author
lied to do business in Kansas. The
capital is 100000 The officers are as
follows: Pres F. H. Aver, Nashua; vice
president, H. E. Ball, Galena; treasurer
bradford Allen. Nashua; secretary, Ed
a. Thrill, Galena. formerly Of Topeka;
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LOSSES GROW GREATER.
Defaulting Treasures Finances In a
Bad MIDDLE.

Lancaster, Pa, Jan. at is believed
that the defalcation of Emanuel H.
Hershey, the absconding county treas
urer will amount to more than the $685.
900 at first disclosed, further failures to
record tax collections having been dis
covered.
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Minneapolis wheat Receipts.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 3.-Minne-
apolis received 81. 961, $50 bushels of
wheat in 1899. This is $500 600 bushels
calendar year, but 100000 bushels less
than was received in the last crop year,
ending August 81.
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Train Kills Three Farmers.

Leadsburg, Pa, Jan. 3.-An express
train today killed Samuel Whitmeyer,
William Wensel and Fremont Wolf,
truck farmers, who were crossing the
track in wagon.
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Free Thursday.

A present free with each purchase
every Thursday this month. Each
present worth from 10 cents to $500.
MORRISON'S Jewelry Store,
sos Kansas Ave. Green Stamps.
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assistant secretary, John P. Goggin,
Nashua. The Acme Creamery company
of Acme, Dickinson county, has been
chartered. The capital is $4,000.
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Premium Stamps. 2 for l.

That's the way we will do business
for few days yet; 20 Blue Stamps for
every $1.00 worth of Coal you buy of US.
Cor. LIST and Kansas Ave Tel. 800.
DAVIES & NICHOLSON.
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A full line of blank books and Office
stationery at the Bennett Book store,
$50 Kansas avenue.
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Killed by Gas.

Chicago, Jan. 3.--Alderman Thomas
F. Ryan, superintendent of the Evan
ston Gas works, died last night of as
phyxiation, the result of an unexplain-
ed accident at the plant. His assistant,
William Miller. is at the point of death.