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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
KANSAS FAIRS 1900.

Following is a list of fairs to be held
in Kansas in 1900, their dates, locations
and secretaries, as reported to the state
board of agriculture and compiled by Sec
rotary F. D. Coburn:
Allen County Agricultural society-C. H.
Wheaton, secretary, lola; September 1913.
Brown County Fair association-John H
Meyer, secretary, Hiawatha; September
Butler County Fair association-Alvah
Sheldon, secretary, Ell Dorado; September
Chautauqua county-Hewins Park and
E'alr association: N. g: Marsh, secretary,
Cedar Vale; August 8-11.
Clay County Fair association-E. E.
Hopes, secretary, Clay Center; Septem-
Corey County Fair associations. E.
Woodford, secretary, Burlington; Septem-
Cowley county-Eastern Cowley Fair
association: ]. NJ Henderson, secretary
Burden; September 1921.
Douglas county-Kaw Valley Fair as
renee
Finney County Agricultural society-D.
. franklin County Agricultural society
3. e. MeQuesten, secretary, Ottawa; Sep
Greeley County Fair association. B.
newman, secretary, Tribune; October 2-3.
Jackson County Agricultural and Fair
aSsOc1auOn-S. b. McGreW, secretary,
Holton; September lila
Jefferson County Agricultural and Me-
chanical associaton-Edwin Snyder, sec
rotary, Oskaloosa- September Al.
Jewell County Fair association-Chas. F,
Horne, secretary, Mankato; September
11-14.
Linn County Fair association-Ed. R.
Smith, secretary, Mound City.
Marshall county, Frankfort Fair asso-
ciaton-C. W. Brandenburg, secretary,
Frankfort: September 25-2S
Miami county Agricultural, Mechanical
Fair association-Jos. P. Trickett, secre-
tary, Paola; September 25-2s
Montg0mery county, Coffeyville Fair
secretary, Coffeyvile: August 14-1T.
Morris County Exposition company: E.
J. Dill, secretary, Council Grove, Septem-
Neosho County Fair association-H.
Lodge, secretary, Erie; August 1881.
Neosho county, Chanute Agricultural
Fair, Park and Driving association-A. z.
I1mpane, secretary, Chanute; September
Usage County Fair association-C. H
Curtis, secretary, Burlingame; September
Riley County Agricultural society: R. T.
Worboys, secretary, Riley; September
Rocks County Fair association: David
B.: Smyth, secretary. Stockton, September
Saline County Agricultural, Horticul-
tura1 and Mechanical association-H. B.
Wallace, secretary, Salina; September
25-2S.
Sedgwick county. Wichita State Fair
assoeiation-H. g: Toler, secretary, Wich-
4 tia: September Al.
Wilson county, Fredonia Agricultural
association-J. 7. Cooper, secretary, FIRE.
doniaLs August 21-2A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
JUSTICE BREWER IN X. c.
Will Hear Arguments in a Noted
Water Case Contest.

Kansas City, June 27.-David ]. Brewer.
associate justice of the supreme court of
the United States, arrived in Kansas City
yesterday from Madison, Wis, and spent
the day with his sister-in-law, Mrs.
avenue. In the morning he called upon
Miss Adelaide Utter, clerk Of the United
States circuit court; Judge Cortland, who
is on the federal bench in place of Judge
Phillips, and other federal officials, and
set Friday morning at o clock as the
time for hearing the arguments in the
case of the Metropolitan Water company
of Kansas City, Kas., against the city of
Kansas City, Mo.
Justice Brewer is an avowed anti-expan-
sionist and anti-imperialist and has bold
ly taken this stand in a number of pub
lishad interviews.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27

swimming at the foot of Van Buren,
street were arrested Tuesday and taken
TO the police station where they were
given lecture by Judge Magaw and al
lowed to go free.
Hutchinsonis just at present trying to
secure street lights, and there is talk
OF appealing to Mayor Drew and Mr.
Edward Wilder to decide what would
pc fair compensation for the desired
Illumination.
Tt is strange said a Republican pol
itieian at the Copeland last night that
when man goes to the national con-
vent1on he comes home so swelled up
that you have to crawl up a ladder to
get to talk to him.
Why is it that when a crowd assem-
Dies to hear some man talk the man
ayers OF the show always present some
one else as a curtain raiser. This wastes
the time of the people usually. It's like
a bantam weight exhibition prior to a
big fight.
Senator Lucien Baker, apropos of the
lightning changes of clothing on the
part of his opponent at Philadelphia,
announces that he has but one suit of
clothes This sarcastic reference to Mr..
BurtOn'S propensity has aroused the ire
of the Burton managers in no small de-
gree.
T. l.. Ross has returned from a bust
ness trip through the central portion of
the state He was away about week
and during that time drove. over two
hundred miles. In going through the
country he says nothing but waving
fields of wheat and corn may be seen
as far as the eye can see.
The practice of having flags on the
state house has been discontinued. This
is due to the fact that the effort of
putting up the flag every day taxes the
energy of men who put in their time sit
ting in the shade somewhere along the
corridors making remarks about people
who pass in and out of the building.
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LIGHT FROM TEN TSIN.
Terrible Experience of a Party of
Railroad Men.

-@~~@~@
Chicago, June ga special to the
Tribune from Victoria, B. c., says:
AdVices received by the Empress of
india give graphic details of the eS-
cape from Pekin and Tien Tsin Of for
eigners. OF all the fugitives to reach
the coast none had a harder fight for
their lives than the American, French
and Belgian engineers, who were sur
rounded by the boxers at Peng Tai, the
terminus of the railway that was to run
to HankOw.
When the boxers attacked the station
and the machine shops. the engineers
barricaded themselves in the machine
shops and held the Chinese off for some
time. They had several women with
them, wives of some Of them These
women loaded the mems rife belts and
otherwise assisted to repel the boxers.
Soon, though the foreigners found their
position in the shops untenable as some
of the Chinese had rushed and set fire
to part of the building Then they
ran for it, fighting their way through
the boxers. When they had gotten
through the boxers lines the Chinese
gave no more attention to them. but
instead began to pillage and destroy
the station and machine shops Two of
the Belgians then hurried to Pekin,
where they reported the danger of the
party and called for volunteers to help
them.
A number Of Cossacks were dis
patched to the rescue.
They set out on June 2, and encoun-
tered a large crowd of boxers forty
miles from Tien Tsin and were obliged
to return, being unable to fight their
way through the boxers. The Cos
sacks, who numbered thirty-three, had
two officers wounded.
In the meantime the engineers were
between two forces Of boxers.
There were thirty of them. They had
taken up position on a small hill and
there they made trenches in which they
fought for an hour, holding off the box
ers in their front. They were all I'M
conscious Of the party to their rear and
after their hard fighting arranged that
eight should be left in the trenches to
hold back the boxers, while the other
twenty-five, including the women and
children, went on towards Pelzin. They
had no carts and the men carried the
weaker ones when they became ex-
hausted. The march of the fugitives to
PelIin was an awful one. When some
few miles from where they had been
intrenched they found another party of
boxers, not so strong as the party be-
fore encountered, however to their front
and the men formed a hollow square
with the women and children in the
center. and dragging along. fighting
and repelhng the onslaughts Of the box
ers, they made their way to Pekin after
two days replete with terror.
The boxers Of this party were without
firearms, being armed only with poles
shod with iron and knives and spears
They were kept at a distance by the
rifles and revOlvers of the railway men
who killed a number Of them.
The eight heroes who were left be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
TO SELL THEIR WARES.
Fall River Mills Make Big Cut on
Prints.

Fall River, Mass, June N.-There was
another cut in the price Of printing
cloths today from 35kc to 2zkc a ward
There has been no business done of any
account since early in March and the
price was then fixed at 31kc. A cut a
few weeks ago of sc a yard failed to
bring any trade and the present cut is
largely experimental as the selling
committee has received no intimation OF
orders for the coming at the new figure.
Cotton has advanced sharply in the
past week, but it failed to strengthen
the market for goods. The next move
in this market must be a reduction in
wages or curtailment of production to
prevent an accumulation of stocks at
the present high cost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
ARE ssFOREIGN DOGS.''
Humol Gus Style the Chinese Boxers
Use in Mentioning Whites.

Philadelphia, June 27.-Mrs. Oliver
Clifford, who with her husband is con-
nected with the Presbyterian mission
at Tien Tsin, writes under date of May
20. to her brother in this city as fol-
lows:
I'VE sleep now with our firearms close
at hand. Oliver and I each have
brace of pistols under our heads. I al
ways have two valises packed, ready to
flee at any moment, and the entire for
eign population is anxiously watching
for the first sign of an uprising. Last
Monday morning when the people
awo1e in the city huge placards were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
Atlanta Is Ready.

New York, June 27.-The cruiser At
Ianta, at the navy yard. is now about
ready for service. Tt was runored at
the yard that the Atlanta and the Ken
lucky would be sent to European waters
and possibly to China The Kentucky
is expected at the navy yard today, her
official trial trip having been finished
yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
AGGRESSIVE PRICES
We are confident that prices made some of the
following items have never been equalled:

SOC hair brushes for................33
Csc bottle instant crockery or glass
member. in this sale. ..............-1S loo
3 boxes mourning pins for. ......-..5c
spools machine thread, 200 yds..... &c
One lot of 1Oc coin purses. each. Sc
Csc and 35c pocketbooks. 19c
SOC and Csc pocketbooks .35c
The above are strictly first class in
every respect.
One lot of ladies' fancy hose, with
seams-closing out price .............4c
One lot Of ladies' fast black hose
Very excellent quality, really worth 15c
bought for this sale. 1Oc
One lot of ladies' extra fine guage
hose. double sole, high spliced heel.
worth Csc per pair. They go in this
sale at 16 2-3c or 500 for box of 3
pairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
DISASTER IN A NINE.
Miners Imprisoned by Pillars of Coal
CoIlapsing.

ShamoIkin, Pa, June 27.-Several pillars
Of coal collapsed in the No. 10 vein in the
Blelson shaft today, causing q gangway
to be closed in. entombing Robert TavIor
q miner, and his Hungarian Iaborer. An
other Hungarian laborer is also unac-
counted for. A rescuing party is endeav-
oring to reach the entombed men, but It
Is likely the fate of the latter will not
be kno1zn until tomorrow, as huge mass
of coal wiz have to be penetrated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
Alabama For Hill.

bama delegation leaves for the Kansas
City convention on Sunday. The ma
jority of the delegates are apparently
strong for David B. Hill for vice presi-
dent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
SMALL WARES.

&c horn dressing combs.
8 1-3c rubber dressing combs.......5 Sc
15c metal back combs.
35c hair brushes for.................19c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27

One lot India Linen at 4c per I'd, SIC
Is the regular price.
one lot Of Black Satines, absolutely
fast color, very fine quality-worth all
Of 2212c-Sale price. ....-............AO loo
One case of Lonsdale Muslin-Come in
short lengths to 10 yds-Each piece
stamped Lonsdale 61sc-Regular
value .-..-..- ...-..-....-.-....--.. &c
8 bales fine unbleached Muslin-full
yard WIDEN this sale. 419c
One case assorted full standard cali
cos-All this spring styles-in this sale
they go at ........-............' &c
One case assorted Indigo Prints
Colors absolutely fast-in this sale .412c
Elsewhere you will have to pay SIC.
100 pieces best quail Table Oil Cloth,
the prettiest range of patterns and col
orings-Your choice ..-... ..-..4Tc
You pay 25c elsewhere.
1000 balls full standard Knitting
Cotton-al colors-in this sale for. DC
You will have to pay elsewhere 10c-
3 dozen 24-inch Sun Umbrellas-extra
strong frame-in this sale. ZSc
Elsewhere 45c.
A 25c bottle Aroma Smelling Salts
None better on any market. ........ loo
Ladies' Shirt Waists part Sikh
bright summer shades-Choice. 1.19
Bought to sell at $500.
% doz. Ladies' washable Shirt Waists
You know what these are; they were
shown in the window last week, ticketed
75c-in this sale ....................43 c
1000 cards pearl dress buttons-a clear
white button-Come in Is, 20, p and "A
line-Your choice OF any size, per
dozen ................. ................4 c
IS pieces cotton twilled bleached fowl
ing-worth sc per yd-Sale price. .21ac
10 pieces cotton check towling-in this
sale, per Observation-Disclosures. .212c
25 dozen honey comb towels-1Sx40-
very excellent toweI-Sale price. SC
Elsewhere 8 1-3c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27

found posted on the walls and fences,
reading as follows:
!" The Heavens are dispIeased at the
presence of the foreign dogs in China
The gods have decreed that there shall
be no more rain in the whole kingdom
until they all are expelled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
CARPETS, MATTINGS,
LINOLEUMS and
OIL. CLOTHS,
At Absolute Cost.

Before Stock Taking { July Ist) we
offer our entire line of OPEN STOCK
at precisely the cost obtained from
the mills.
Embraced in this offering are the very
best products of the American mills.
consisting of all grades.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27

Daisy Putter.%sDick says he loves me
for keeps. What does that mean?''
Dick-'It means for ever" Ruth Whit
tington-sNo. 1t means you can keep
his presents if it's broken life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and
Return SIC. 90 via Santa Fe.

Tickets on sale June q, July 4, 8. 9,
TO- Is and Aug. Is. Stopovers allowed
between Pueblo and Denver enabling
one to stop at Colorado Springs. Final
limit of ticket October 31st. See T. l.
King. agent for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27

Hundreds of lives saved every year by
having DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil in the
house just when 1t Is needed. Cures
Group, heals burns cuts, wounds OF
every sort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-27
Mems s2.SS Shoe for S2.29.

Fine Chocolate Wei Kid Lace. Late
style toe-Im. tip-Outside backstay-
nickel hooks and eyelets-covered
hooks. All sizes from to lie. Z
and E widths.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

The iHlssacserable resources OF the
npper portion of the Crystal river
valley need vast sums of capital for
their proper development, and it be-
hooves all those interested to make a
concerted effort between nov and the
opening OF the next mining season to
secure the necessary funds for that
purpose 1t is too saow a process to
wait on the prospector to do this an
aided by capital. Certain it liz there ia
not = district in the west that has bet
fer minsral showings that this one and
it shouaH not he difficult matter to
secure an abund anee OF capital if the
people here would only give the in
sestOr fair show. The time has past
when n capitalist will give $40, 900 for
= tsl-koSt hole.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

Some unpublished letters of Miss
Louisa NJ. Alcott, recently brought to
light, effectualiy correct q popular
fallacy as to the original Of Laurie y
in her famous Little Women
Ladislas, a Polish boy, always has
been thought to have been Laurie's 8
prototype but these letters prove that
10 be a Snastzke. Alfred Whitman, a.
Kansas man, who was Miss Aleott' v
playmate at Concord. is. in fact. the
Laurie of her delightful story, and to
him Miss Alcott wrote sozae of the
most charming, revealing letters that
ever came from her pen. Mr.. Whit
man has just edited these raissiwes for
publication 10 The Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

The following is from the N. Y. En-
gineering and Mining Journal:
Gunnison County ty.-Anthracite Coal
Company. This company recently in
corporated under the laws of West
Virginia by New York men with a
capital of 81, 600. 900, par value $40 per
share. The officers are: w. L. Ped
rick. president and treasurer: S. Hal
line, yiee-president: Il. L. Cerero,
secretary. The directors are: w. E.
Pedrick, c. c. Tegethoff, S. Halline,
w. B. Skerton, +. p. Hoffman. The
company says that it controls over
5000 acres of coal fields in this country
said to contain the most valuable de-
post of anthracite west of Pennsyl-
vania, also bituminous and col1ing
coal in large quantities.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30
Our Railroads at the Close of
the Century.


In respect OF it's size and phenomenal
growth. the stupendous railroad sys-
TEN of the United States is to this
country what the equally stupendous
British marine is to the mother conn-
try. In the case of both the wonderful
growth has been confined to the last
three generations. and each is by far
the largest in the world. We have at
hand the annual statistics which are
published as part of Poor's Manual,
from which it is seen that there has
been a healthy growth during the past
year, which, while it is far below the
records of some of the years of undue
expansion, is still without contem-
poraneous parallel in any OF the
worlds great railroad centers. The
length of the railroads completed on
December 81, 1899, was 100, ,S33 miles,
and the net increase in mileage of all
railroads in the United States for the
last year is given as 1881 miles. The
length of the railroads reporting traf-
fic statistics, earnings, ETC., was lS6, 590
miles. Upon this vast trackage there
were carried about 53S, 900, 900 passen-
gers, and the total tons of freight
transported totaled about 91S, 200, 600
tons. The total traffic revenue was
81, 1886, 900, 900. The operating expenses
were about 1888, 900, 900, leaving net
earnings of about $44s, 900, 900, which,
with $1,000, 900 of "other receipts" "
brings up the total revenue to S513,-
S79, ,443. The total payments for valu-
able revenue was about $411, ,000,O 900,
leaving surplus over fixed charges
and miscellaneous payments OF Slo3,-
900, 600.
Under the head of statistics of track
mileage and rolling stock equipment,
some interesting figures are given re-
garding the percentage OF steel rails
in the tracks of the United States from
the year 1880 to the year 1899. Thus,
in 1880, when there was 10000 miles
of track, 80 per cent. of it was laid with
steel rails. In 1885 there was 100000
miles of track, 81 per cent. of which
was laid with steel. In 1890, when
there was 2Os, ,OOe miles of track (these
totals including sidings and yard
trackage), s0.4 per cent. consisted OF
steel rail In 1895 the total had risen
to 235, 900 miles, and the percentage of
steel track to S7.S per cent, while at
close of last year, out of $50, 900 miles
of track, only s.3 per cent was laid
with iron rails.
The total number of locomotives has
risen from $1,000 in 1880 to 37,245 at
the close Of 1889: the passenger and
baggage cars from 1900 to $4,000:
the freight cars from so, 900 to 1.32S,-
600. In considering these figures of
increase, we must remember that the
and cars themselves have
increased enormously in carrying cap
acity, the heaviest passenger locomo-
tive having risen in the past twenty |
years from 45 tons to 80 tons in weight, |
the freight locomotive from 60 to lis
tons, while the largest freight cars
from carrying maximum load of Is
tons in 1880, have now a total capacity |
of 30 tons. Scientific American.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

According to statistics the value OF
the mineral production of this country
during 1899 is placed at 1916, 600, O0O, q
material increase over the previous
year. This plainly shows the import
ance OF the mining industry.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

1T is estimated that the approximate
total production of rubber annually is
81, 800 tons. OF this amount, q, 200
tons are taken by the United States
and Canada: 21,000 tons by the United
Kingdom: and 15, 800 tons by the rest
of Europe. The Amazon district pro-
duces %, 600 tons, and East aud West
Africa 24,000 tons: parts of South
America other than the Amazon dis
trict, 3. 800 tons.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

The large volume of Business trans
acted on the various mining exchanges
in this state. plainly indicates that
those having money to invest xtis1 pin
their faith to the mining industry a4 a
remunerative field for investment. Of
course. Cripple Creek stocks receive
the most at..eatioa. but there seems to
be an Increasing tendency shown by
brokers towards silver stocks.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30
PULLMAN TOURIST SLEEPERS
VIA THE
COZ ORADO MIDI AND RY

Leave Denver at s 30 A. NJ. Wednesday of
each week, running through to Los Angeles,
Cal, without change, via Salt Lake. East
each week.
The cost of double berth in Tourist Sleeper,
which will accommodate two persons, is only
Si.50 between Denver and San Francisco or
Los Angeles.
Ask Agents Of Colorado Midland Ry., for
ticket rates, time tables and illustrated pam
phlets concerning tho daylight ride through the
Best Colorado Scenery, or address
W. F. BAILEY.
to dec Gen. Pass. Agt., Denver, Colo.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

The letter of Sheriff Freeman of
Lincoln county, to the District Attor-
ney in regard TO the Porter case, has
the true ring to it. 1t is useless to put
the county to additional expense by
attempting to arrest whole communi-
ty, as no convictions could be had.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Land Office at Glenwood Springs, Colo,
Oct 16, 1900.
To B. L. Davis, claimant under Timber and
Stone Application No, As, and to whom it
may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver at Glenwood Springs, Colo, on
Saturday, December s, 1900, at 10 o clock a. m.
viz William Fl. Melton of Marble, Colo, on his
P. d. 5. No. 26s7 Ute, for the NV - sw - q,
and IL Sc II. sw "A Sc - sec q II = r IS W
9Th pm.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of
said land, viz: Paul Blonnt of Denver. Colo :;
OF Marble, Colo; William Pace of Redstone,
Colo J. f. SQUIRE, Register.
First pub Oct l9-last Dec 7, 1900
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

What is called tin plate. is sheet
steel coated with tin. The art origin
ated in Germany about the year hoo.
and was carried on there in very
crude way for nearly 300 years before
English metallurgists learned its Sec
rets and began to improve it.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

Dom Paul has reached France and
Is receiving a royal welcome from the
French people. No one seems to I'M
derstand the object of his visit and all
Europe is anxiously awaiting develop
fnents
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-11-30

Some Eseasureznents were recently
made Of crude South African diamonds,
fhat L. the uaeut stones just rs they
esone from the mine except that they
we're cleansed with nitric acid. The
sceults showed that : cubic foot was
squlvaleut in weight Of 33G, 700 carats
ana ~ y11pe Of =, III, zoo