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MISS SOPHIA CHOArE's LANDS.


LA PORTE, Ind, oct 10, II developed to-day
that Miss Sophia Choate, the New York woman
who died In slualor and poverty at Valpar-
aso, Ind. was until recently the owner Of
valuable lands In Michigan. Mis-. Choatc, in
fulfilling her VOW to live and die n reclusc,
guarded the, secret Of her valuable property
interests and she was believed TO he penniless
II appears that the Lands were recently sold
Tor taxes and they will now be reclaimed and
the estate divided among the heirs In New York.
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Mrs. Abbey Get. Her Detained Trunks.

Mrs r, 4. Abbey visited the Custom House
yesterday. She had proved 10 the ~satisfas ion
o. the customs authorities that she was not a
and when she had paid the duties
brought from Europe I. Gently an order for
their release was issued.
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Prof. Shumway Goes to the University Of
PcnnsyIyania,

NEW BRUNSWICK, y, j.. Oct iS-Prof Edgar
s. Shumway, Instructor Of Latin at Rutgers
College until last srring. has been appointed an
assistant instructor OF Roman .aw al the Uni
ver-it ~ of Pennsylvania. Prof. SUBWAY left
Rutgers COLES" because OF strained relations
with President Austin Scott. lie Is n graduate
Of Amherst College AID was an instructor at
Rutgers seventeen years.
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II, II. Duryea is Reported to Have Sold Hi,
Interest In the Yankee.

When the class OF 7o-footers was ffrst dis
cussed Harry Payne whitney was one Of those
who agreed 10 build. Later on he allowed
i. B. Duryea TO purchase an interest In the
Yankee, and Mr.. Duryea had charge Of the
season II IL said that Mr.. Whitney has pur-
chased Mr.. Duryea's interest and Is now sole
owner OF the yacht. No notification Of this
change. however has been fled with the pecre-
tary OF the New York Yacht Club.
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Strike at Hotel Manhattan.

Seventy laborers who were employed on the
new annex to the Hotel Manhattan. Forty-sec-
ond street aud Madison avenue, struc'. yester-
had cen disctarg q. The general contractors
for the work are Marc T. dhtz & Son, nd the la
borers belong to the Iaborers' Union p elective
A.gfat.
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Deput, Sheriff Retailing Cigars.

Deputy Sheriff strauss is tax ng the receipts
Of the cigar stand kept by Emmanuel NJ
Pachinakis at II Broadway. in tho Bowling
Green bulldog, under Al attachment obtained
In Brooklyn by Patrick J Sullivan for sel+
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Charges Against Dr. Meeker Dismissed.

%EIIzABETH. y. j., Oct. B-Gov. Voorhees,
has refused to remove DR.. Charles A. Meeker
from the New Jersey state Board Of Dental
Examiners on the charges made by DR.. G..
Carlton Brown, DR.. +. VI. Beasley, DIR. 4. c.,
Barlow, and DR., George f.. Adams. the remain
Ing members Of the board. The charges were
mainly incompetenCy.
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the DEAD or n soTH VIEW YORK.
soldiers Bodies Hurled at Huut,vIlo TO lie
Fxhumcd.

HUNTSVILLE. Ala, oct. l5.-Capt. p. j..
Mcguire and other Officers Of the SiNty-ninth
New York Infantry are In huntsville for the
purpose of eAhumiug the bodies Of NJ" soldiers
Of the regiment who died here u 1859. 1wcn-
ty-one OF the regiment are buried here.
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VIII OF Charles Theodore Polhemu..

The will Of Charles Theodore Polhomus was
filed for probate In the Surrocate's ONCE in
Brooklyn Yesterday. The estNte. which is val
ued at ~, 100, Is lett to his widow, Elsa {. Pol
anus. E8d bis son, Theodore ". Polhemus.
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the disqualification OF the Rainbow, and IL.
b. Duryea- in his letter which was published
last week. said that he would not take any OF
them and, that the Yankee would not sail for
them again. II seems probable that they will
have TO be raced for again next season.
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Corporal sas. Free OF the Murder Charge.

Justice Fursmnn discharged Corporal Adolph
Sass from custody on hts own reoognizance yps-
ierday In the criminal branch OF the Supreme
Wolf In her room In East Eleventh street, but
the jury DISAGREED. He will now be taken 10
Fort Adams. X. l.. 10 be tried for desertion.
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Death OF a Soldier IN PekIn.

WASHINGTON. Oct. i5-Gcn. Chafee telc-
graphs from Taku Oct. ~ that Harry I. Shep-
ard Troop NJ, sixth Cavalry. died in Pekin,
Oct. G, e dysentery.
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Court Calendars This Day,

Appellate Division Supreme Court Nos. OF, IS
Is, So, IS, 30, 100, 90, 90, SO, W, 90. rs. 81. 80.
supreme Court Appellate Term --Recess. Special
Term Part !. Motion calendar called al To- 30 \. N.
ished. Motions. Dcmurrers- Nos. 1928, I4SS. Pre-.
ierred causes-Nos. IVA, l7ls, 1898, 1929. Part
zoo, 1854, lQa5. lOse, 1887, 1924, 42s. 1890. 1908,
vi Clear. Elevated n, X. cases, Trial Term
Part II. Clear. Preferred oauses-Nos. 50s2. 4279,
1870. 1871. 5S06, 1892, 5O0l. 5glI. Part III. Clear
; ;5sS f zoe l Isss ! ,ss' j,SS' 1tSs' iass. i;sss' i!s:''
bsS' f. Fsn EmGIssf Cas-, from ffsn #
Part VI Case gnGaished Nos 5iAss s5S9' 90,
l4s1, el5, 1000, 1901. Parts yin, *. and u
Adjourned for the term. Part NI.-CAsc diminished.
Cases from Part ,Nll. Part All.- CaseS unfinished.
Ca sT,r DSm ta'' INSTRUMENTATION c,l.,..,
eAii.a SfIGSo a n Foi probate wis OF Hannah
i. Wrsy, Elisa Anderson. Patrick Dayoren, David 4.
Mayer, Phebe c. Cunningham, Caroline berg,
Joseph Slemeyet. John Z M9n.ypenny. at 10 so
-Mouons. Trial Term-ParL !. Clear. Nos. $3.50,
l5Ii, 1851. 1918, 1928, 2oo2, 2s5S 2Ossps. ?e7e, 2ss0,
lll2, lllS, INA. 1859. llel, 1898, l644, lo47. i7S2.
1901, 1891, 1892. 1898, 1894. 1895, 1895, 1897. 1895,
isss' 1899 1891 ls9a' 800 ls3S, PsT' Y Clear
7os, i7lS. i4so, i7ss, lao, i.0s, 1894. iisl, 1919,
1851. i65s. loSS. 1850, 1881. 1892, I6sS, 1884, 1855,
1850, 1857, 1898, 1889, 1890, PartIii. Clear. Nos.
i492, iiiss. sos, ~ i!1ss, llzs, llso, iisi, l!s.,
is sSi, isSS. 1855 1885. iisss:ss,, s s5ioi ii,s s'i isd: s'i is, ,s9,. isSs,
sS5S. 1907, 2o'2.
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Court Of Appeals Calendar.

,o 4asAsn' 9 Sc. i 81. sSs, &c. e CA rs, II. 'sa, sssi &
67s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
SLY OLD HONDURAS
Tries to Avoid CLAIM of American Cit
liens by Sharp Practice.

New York, Nov. 6.-Honduras. says a
Washington dispatch to the Herald, has
played sharp trick on the Pears bro
theirs. in whose behalf the United States
has been endeavoring to collect an in
demnity of $4,000 for the murder of
their brother. Frank Pears, in February,
1899.
Several months ago Honduras pro-
posed to pay $1,000 if this sum would be
satisfactory to the United States, but
Secretary Hay decided that it was not
sufficient and reiterated his demand for
the satisfaction of the entire claim. The
latest demand was taken under consid-
Grafton by the Honduras government.
A few days ago the department was
informed by Honduras that the Pears
brothers were not in sympathy with its
efforts to obtain an indemnity and that
they had entered into negotiations with
her for a timber concession, which she
had finally refused to grant
This action of the Pears brothers is
decidedly embarrassing to the state de-
partment- The department is not press
ing the claim for indemnity entirely for
the benefit Of the Pears brothers. 1t IS
deemed advisable in the interest of fu-
ture protection of American life and
property in Honduras that that govern
ment should be taught not to permit the
death Of Americans and the escape of
their murderers- 1t is likely, therefore,
that another demand will be made for
a settlement of the claim
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NEW YORK THEATRES.
Smith and DeKoven's New Comic
Opera to Be Presented.

New York, Nov 6.-Only one new play
will receive a Broadway production this
week. Foxy CUTLER will be shown to-
morrow night at the Broadway. 1t is a
comic opera, with words by Harry B.
Smith and music by Reginald de Koven.
People who saw the "Highwayman'' by
these authors recall the willy detective
who was the chief comic character. He
will appear again and be enacted by JeT-
ONE Sykes He will figure this time
throughout the entire three acts. one in
England and two in Corsica. The scene
~ and costumes are said to be beauti-
full.
One other new play will be disclosed
this week for a single performance and
so may hardly be termed a Broadway
production. At the Empire on Thursday
afternoon The Tory's Guest will be
acted. It is a melodrama Of colonial
days by Victor Mapes. The American
Academy of Dramatic Arts viii give 1t
as the first in a series of plays by Amer
leans.
Fife Shannon and Herbert KeIcey in
Ny Daughter-in-Law." viii be at the
Grand Opera House They are to go on
a short tour in that play, and in the
spring come to Broadway in My Lady
Dainty, by Madeline Lucette Ryley
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SIZE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Woman Who Disappeared October 26
Found Dead.

New York, Nov. 6-The body Of Mrs.
Mollie MCLEOD, wife of Neil Mcleod,
a wealthy resident Of Mont Clair, ~ j.,
was found at the foot of Eagle Rock,
in West Orange, near the Mont Clair
city line. Mrs. MCLEOD disappeared on
October 2s The body win be sent to
Chicago tomorrow for interment.
Charles Kelly of Newark was walking In
the woods when he saw what he thought
was a bundle. He thrust aside the I'M
derbrush and the body was revealed.
He notified the police.
Mr. MCLEOD recognized the body as
that Of his wife One side Of her face
was severely burned with carboiic acid,
and beside her right hand was a bottle
that had contained the poison. DR..
Clarke said there was no doubt the
woman committed suicide.
Mrs. MCLEOD drove with her husband
to the depot on October g. when he
started on his daily trip to New York.
where he is a banker. She seemed in
good spirits as she babe him good-by.
The cOachman drove back from the
depot alone. He said Mrs MCLEOD had
told him to drive home that she intend
ed to take a walk. Owing TO Mrs. Nc
Cleod's delicate health the servants be-
came alarmed and one Of them teie-
phoned to Mr.. Mcleod. who immediate
~ returned to Mont Clair and instituted
a search for his wife.
He summoned the assistance Of the
police of Orange, Mont clair and New
ark. but no truce Of her could be discov-
cred.
For some time Mrs. MCLEOD had
brooded over an illness which the doc
tors had pronounced almost incurable.
it was Imperative that she should go to
a sanitarium. She replied that she
would rather die than go to such an In
stitution and refused to leave home.
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NOTED DIVINE ILL.
Rev. DR.. John Wesley Brown of New
York Near Death.

New York, Nov. 6-The Rev. DR.. John
Wesley Brown, the rector of St Thomas
Protestant Episcopal church, in this
city. and one of the best known clergy
men in this diocese. is dangerously i'll
and his family is unwilling to speak
freely concerning his condition
DR. Browns church. which Is in Fifth
avenue, is a very large one and noted
for the number of its wealthy and fash
iOnable parishioners.
pr. Brown is So years old. He was a
civil engineer, but became a Methodist
minister in 1866 and later Joined the
Episcopal church He had a church at
Middleton. Del, and went thence to
Trinity church. Philadelphia; Christ
church, Detroit; Trinity church, Cleve-
land, Ohio. and St. Pauls cathedral,
Buffalo, where he stayed for six years
and nearly trebled the income of the
cathedral
Many fashionable weddings have ia
ken place at St Thomas since he has
been rector. including those of Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Duke of
Marlborough. Miss Pauline Whitney
and Almeric H. Paget, and Miss Clark,
daughter of Senator W. A Clark and
DIR. Morris
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SORROWFUL TRAGEDY.
Death Comes to Chicago Woman From
Revolver Given by Husband.

Chicago, Nov. 6-By the accidental dis
charge Of a revolver last night. Clarence
BuEekley Beardsley, a man ef wealth and
Wen known in the city's business circles
shot and killed his wife Madge Bpwker
keardsley- The accident occurred I'm the
family apartment of the Mcintosh. $40
superior street. The victim on receiving
the shot fell TO the floor with a scream
and was dragged up by her husband to
die in his arms.
In handing the revolver. from which
the bullet made the fatal wound Mr..
3eardsley was endeavoring to instruct her
how 70 fr1ght5n away burglars who might
pry about the house during his q bsenre
on a business trip, which he was on the
point of making to the Pacific slope He
had removed the cartridges. had showed
her how to hold the weapon. had replaced
the bullets and had laid the weapon On a
table. In some way it Was pushed off
and in spite Of the fact that it was OF
the hammerless pattern, it exploded. Mrs.
BeardsIey fell to the floor with crv
1t was found later that a bullet had
lodged just above the heart and within
ten minutes the woman was dead
Mr. BeardSley had bought the revolver
during the afternoon He was to lay
aside his duties temporarily as manager
Of the liability department of the Tray
eieFS Insurance company and hurry To
oregon TO superlntend new extensions at
o gold mine IN which he was interested
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MONITORS TOO HOT.
Officers and Men on the Monadnock
and Monterey on Sick List.

New York, Nov. 6.-Because Of i'm
pairment of the health Of the officers
and men assigned to duty on the mont
tors Monadnock and Monterey, it is
probable. according to a Herald dispatch
from Washington, that the navy depart
ment win direct that the vessels be laid
up in ordinary at Cavite.
The latest officer ordered before a re-
firing board as a result of service on
the Monadnock is Captain r. T. Strong.
Every commanding officer Of the mon
ttor since she has been stationed in the
far east has experienced i'll effects from
serving on such a hot ship.
After six months on board the vessel
Captain H f Nichols suddenly died
from heat exhaustion Captain John Nc
Gowan, who succeeded Captain Nichols.
was invaded home last spring and Cap
tain Strong was sent to command the
Monadnoc1 in May.
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Mrs. Beardsley had arranged to go to the
residence of her father Hugh D. Bowker,
in fEdgewater. She was to remain there
during her husbands absence. The re-
cent reign of housebreaking among the
nOrthshore suburbs had frightened the
wife and she had insisted that a revolver
be kept in readiness to meet any posi-
Bile intruder al the EdgeWauer home.
The shooting occurred shortly after 9
O'Clock Husband and wife were seated
in the parlOr when he announced that he
had needed her request in regard to a
pistol.
Then he took out the weapon and start
ed 10 give her the lesson in its use which
ended in the tragedy.
Clarence BurcKley Beardsley is a mem
Der OF the Union League club, the Wash
ington Park club, and the Chicago Ath-
letic association.
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BAR TIGHTS IN THEATRE.
Mime. Hermann Will Not Appear In
Pittsburg Unless Order is Cancelled.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 6.-When the Du-
quesne theater opened this season under
the management of Harry Williams the
latter made rule barring the appear
ance of women in tights. Nothing was
known of this until the engagement last
week of THE Telephone Girl" Mr. Will
Hams ordered that the girls wearing
tights appear in skirts and the change
was made.
Mime. Adelaide Hermann arrived here
today and as she does a dance in tights
she was told of the new rule. She pos
itively refused to change her costuming
it is said. and gave notice that If the
rule is enforced she will not play. Mr.
Williams says tights are offensive to
women and children.
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WAR ON THE CHINESE.
New York Laundrymen Object to
Presence of Yellow Onnosition.


Presence of Yellow Opposition.
New York. Nov. 6.-The 1aundrymen
and laundresses of New York have de-
clared war against Chinese, which, they
say. will end only In 1902. when congress
passes a new law excluding the Mongol-
ian. The candidates for office are but
ton-holed and made to place themselves
on record as regards the Chinese ques-
ton A candidate who is non-committal
will not get the vote of a laundryman or
the husband of a faundress-b1ack or
white.
The rumor has gone forth that congress
will not pass exclusion act two years
from now, when the present law expires.
This would mean that new hordes of laun-
drymen would come here to threaten
home industries.
All was harmony until a few weeks ago,
when some of the Chinese laundrymen re-
dueed the price Of washing a shirt to five
cents and of other articles in proportion.
The more radical among the iaundrymen
now talk of forcing congress not only to
exclude coming Cinnamon, but to send
back those already here.
live" is then. slogan The Chinese have
appealed to the powerful society known
as the Ching Foo All Sou, and say that
Mclean Washee man got biggee head"
and refuse to be intimidated.
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BITTEN BY A SKUNK.
Hydrophobia Follows In the Case of 6
Cowboy at El Paso, Texas.

Ell Paso, Tex, Nov 6-silas Carson of
Wilcox, Ariz., died in this city today. of
hydrophobia produced by the bite of a
mad skunk. Carson was a cowboy and
one night about three months ago, while
out on the range near Wilcox he awak-
ened to find that a rabsd skunk had taken
refuge in his blankets. Carson struck the
skunk with his hand and the beast bur-
led It's teeth IN one OF ms myers, -.
mistakable symptoms of hydrophobia. 1t
is no uncommon thing for cowboys on
the range in the remote regions OF Ari-
iona and New Mexico to be attacked dur
ing the dog days by skunks with the
rabies, but this is the first case on rec
ord in this city where hydrophobia has
resulted.
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TO SELL ITS NAVY.
Chilli Will Dispose of Several Vessels
to Sister Republics.

New York, Nov. 6-A dispatch to the
Herald from Valparaiso says: Signifi-
cant announcement is made in view of
the reported agreement of five South
American republics to apply arbitration
in the settlement of their disputes, that
Chile is about to reduce her navy.
The government win sell one third
class cruiser to Ecuador and another to
Peru and two torpedo boat destroyers
to Japan.
The fact that one of the warships will
be sold to Peru. which is one of Chile's
opponents in the Tacna-Arica dispute
gives additional weight to the declara-
ton that a settlement Of the controversy
will be effected soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
NO DUTY ON SHEATHING.
Copper Lining on Bottom of Ship Not
Held Taxable.

San Francisco, Nov. 6.-United States
Circuit Judge Marrow has reversed the
decision of the board of United States
general appraisers in the matter of the
duties on yellow metal sheathing used on
Morrow said:
1T could hardly have been intended by
congress to permanently exclude from the
coastwise trade for ten months IN the year
a vessel built in the United States be-
cause 1t had used in its construction or
equipment free of duty. some foreign ma
terial, the life of which was of short dur
alton, and which had become worthless
not be paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
AN ACCIDENTAL SHOT.
A Chicago Man Dangerously Wound
His Cousin.

Chicago, Nov 6-Chsrles Olson acct
dentaHy shot his cousin, Miss Alma
Beck, at the latter's residence last night.
Olson had taken his two sisters to Miss
Beck's house and was helping the women
pack their trunks preparatory to their
departure to California, when he fired
the shot The injured woman was ia
ken to the hospital, where it was said
she would recover. She said the shot
had been fired accidentally. Olson was
arrested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
JOHN HODGE DEAD.
Master Car Builder of Santa Fe
Gives Up the Fight.

Chicago. Nov. e.-John Hodge Of To-
peka- Kan, aged 81 years, is dead of
heart disease at the residence of his
daughter. Mrs. Mary Roberts Hodge, in
this city.
John Hodge, master car builder of the
Santa Fe. passed away at $50 o'clock
Monday afternoon, according to pri-
vate dispatch received here. Mr. Hodge
will probably be buried in Chicago, by
the side of his son Clarence, who died
about a year and a half ago. Mrs.
Hodge win in all likelihood return to
Topeka for the winter after the funeral
and will go next summer to Canada to
her people.
Mr.. Hodge was born at Ogdensburg,
n. Y. in 1888 He entered railway serv-
ice as q master car builder for the Mis-
souri, Pacific in 1870. He held this posi-
tion for sixteen years. In 1886 he left
the Missouri Pacific and was master car
builder at ST. Charles. Mo. and for the
Santa Fe at Streator. Ill. successfully
for periods of few months before be
coming master car builder Of the Santa
Fee with headquarters in Topeka, on
August I. 1887
Mr.. Hodge is survived by his widow
and two grandchildren, sons Of Clarence
Hodge, also deceased.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
Shot by q Woman.

Phoenix. Ariz.. Nov. "a shotgun In
the hands Of a woman ended the career
Of Ventura Pace Mexican robber in a
sensational manner last night Miss
Lena Peterson heard a noise in the cat
tie corral in the rear Of her house. TAX
ing q shotgun. she went to investigate
and saw a man trying to steal calf
She fired both barrels into his body,
killing him instantly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
MISSING STEAMER SAMOA.
No Word From British Vessel Over
due In China.

San Francisco. Nov. 6.-No word has
been received here from the British
steamer Samoa, which sailed from this
port for Taku on September #26.
The Samoa is under charter TO the
German government and has aboard 500
horses for the troops in China. Two
days after leaving here she returned to
port, having had trouble with her ma
ehinery and shipped q new crew for the
engine room. Three other German trans
ports which left here some time after
the Samoa have already reached China
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Their success in comedy like MY
Daughter-in-Law" has had something to
do with their choice of a new piece Of a
similar style.
The A1ikado" will be sung nine times
during the week by the English COM
pany at the Metropolitan Opera House
1t viii probably prove 10 be the most
elaborate production of Gilbert and Sui
hvan's opera ever seen in New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
FORM A RICE TRUST.
w. K. Vanderbilt Interested In a
Louisiana Concern.

Crowley, La, Nov 6.-The American
Rice Growers Distribution company,
limited, has been Incorporated here with
capital of s15,OO0,0 600, half of which is
paid. The officers are as follows: viii
liam K. Vanderbilt of New York, presi-
dent; William Duson of Crowley, vice
president and general manager; Alex
w -E1allberg of New York, treasurer;
James p. McGovern of New York, sec
rotary. Its domicile Is Crowley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-06
RUSH TO THE CLAM BEDS.
Discovery of Fine Pearls In Wiscon
sin Excites Prospectors.

Prairie du Chen, Wis, Nov. 6.-Dis-
eovery of pearls in the upper Mississippi
river has caused a Tremendous rush to
the clam beds House boats are crowd
ing the river. and more than l, 900 people
are encamped along the river bank
One of the pearls recently found, THE
Allen.'' weighed 100 grains, and is said
to be the largest perfect pearl yet taken
from the river. It was purchased by
William Moore of Comanche, Va, who
paid 5000 for it.