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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-10
TAKE OUR VIEW.
Foreign Powers Endorse Americas
Position Regarding China

Washington, July 10.-The state de-
partment has finally concluded to make
public the identical note which was re-
Gently delivered to the powers as defln-
ing the position of the United States
respecting the Chinese trouble. 1t is ex-
pected that this circular instruction was
drawn up on the Both of June and trans
mitted to Canton for the approval of the
president, and communicated to the
powers concerned on the Sd of July. 1t
embodies the views to which this gov
eminent has strictly adhered from the
very beginning of the present troubles
and which the different powers have one
by one taken into favorable considera-
ton.
The view announced at the start by
the president that we did not consider
ourselves at war with the Chinese ma
ton and that all our efforts should be
directed to localizing the disturbances
in the province of Chi Ii and keeping
them from spreading throughout the
empire by enlisting on the side of peace
the power of the v:ceroys of central and
southern China, has now apparently
been adopted by all other powers 1t is
too soon to prOphesy the ultimate re-
suits of this policy, but thus far the in
dications are all favorable 1t will be
seen that no answer from the different
powers was required or expected to the
circular Of July 3. but it is understood
it has been everywhere favorably receiV-
ed and that no objections have been
made to it in any quarter. It is not true
there has been any formation of groups
or combination of powers of any sort
whatever. 1t may be positively assert
ed, for instance, that the cooperation
of France and the United States has
been most constant and cordial.
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THE LIMIT PASSED.
IFrom Harpers Bazar.1
ease mamma. rIeasap

please, mamma pleaSer
Papa I beg of you. do not refused"
Cordelia Pasdetout chung wildly about
her fond but obdurate mothers neck, and
rained kisses upon her cheeks, while An
astasia, her sister, did likewise to her
father.
But their pleading seemed of no avail;
the elder Pasdetouts shook their gray
heads firmly in negation, though 1t was
evident that the necessity. of-refusing their
daughters requests panied them beyond
measure. ---
Gently but with decision, as. one shakes
a hard shelled crab from out a scalp net,
the parents disentangled their daughters
arms from their shoulders. Then, master
ing his emotions, the father said:
mo, AnastaSia and Cordelia, what you
ask of US is too much! Never before
have we refused a request of yours. We
have moved from city to city, from state
to state, to the injury of my business and
the destruction of your mothers health,
in order to deceive people as to your ages.
For the last ten years it has been nothing
but move for us, for every time people
you have insisted on us packing up and go
ing elsewhere, that you might start anew.
at twenty-five and twenty-three respec-
lively. We have submitted to this no.
madic life for our love. Of you, but your
most recent demand is too much. We,
absolutely refuse!"
The daughters sobbed like anything. In
fact, they sobbed like everything
But their firm parent remained firm
NO continued Mr.. Pasdetout, I'VE will
not absolutely will not, celebrate our sill
Yer wedding again in order to prove to
people that you two can not be over
tWenty-four at the outside. The idea
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PRIZE FIGHTERS COMING.
Have Decided That Topeka Is a Fruit
full Field.

A crowd of prize fighters will arrive
in Topeka from Kansas City this week,
and an attempt will be made to arrange
and successfully pull off bouts with
local pugilists every Sunday during the
summer. The fighters are Jack Nor
rison. who participated in one Of the
preliminary bouts at the Gardner-San-
try meeting in Convention hall, Kansas
City, last week; Tommy Sears, other
wise known as Jack Fitzgerald, who put
in a season here last year, and Red
Brennan.
The plan is to hold the fights in the
country just outside the Shawnee coun-
ty line along a line of railroad. The
first fight arranged will probably be
between Morrison and Wade Watts, the
colored pugilist of Topeka
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HE KNEW ABOUT BEARS.
Farrell Knows More Now, Having
Paid Two Fingers.

New York, July 1O.-In the course of a
visit to the geological gardens in Bronx
park today John Farrell acquired some
wisdom concerning the disadvantages of
associating too intimately with bears.
For his experience he traded two fing-
ers There was a crowd around the bear
pits watching the huge animals, who
were close to the bars, begging for
bag of peanuts. Formerly he was en-
ployed as an assistant in the park, and
he knew the animals, or thought he
knew them. He Immediately pushed
through the crowd in front of the pit
where the polar bears are kept, and
climbed the rail there.
Just as Farrell was explaining that he
knew all about the animals the first
bear to arrive took into his mouth the
offered peanuts and the hand that held
them. There was shout of pain and
terror from Farrell and a grOwl from
the other bear, which was also trying to
get a grip. The first bear made no re-
marks; just hung on like grim death to
the hand until Keeper Hoey came up
over the nose and head Then he back
ed off, growing furiously. They took
Farrell over to the refreShment house
and sent for an ambulance that took
him to the Flower hospital
The surgeon said that there wasn't
enough left of the middle finger of his
right hand to be of any use, and that
the third finger would very likely be lost
too. But for the interference of Keeper
Hoey the angry animal would doubtless
have drawn the mans whole arm in
through the bars, in which case the 9TH
er bear would have secured a hold, and
there wouldn't have been any arm left.
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AGAIN STM'KINLEY.
Bourke Cochran, Gold Democrat, to
Campaign Against Imperialism.

campaign A&d1uSG
New York, July 10-The Journal has
received the following dispatch from its
Paris correspondent:
"Bourke Cochran arrived last night.
He said:
THE government is at fault for al
lowing the attitude of the country re-
garding the Beers to be nisrepresented
by Chamberlain and other English off
Gals. who repeatedly have made the
misstatement of our sympathies in the
Anglo-BOer struggle.
They pretend that our sympathies
are with England, and by this persistent
and bare-faced Misrepresentation they
have been able to hold the English suffi-
GENTLY together to prosecute the war.
Our government is much to blame
for allowing England to exploit the
American people for its own purpose.
In view of the grave consequences re-
sulting from this Misrepresentation our
government should have stated correct
ly what the attitude of the country is.
We should at least maintain neutrality
instead of encouraging assault on Re
publicanism.
NO one asked Mckinley to say an
unfriendly word against England. Every
one wanted him to express the hope
for the settlement of the controversy
on basis not involving the destruction
of the independence of the South Afri-
can republics. McKmIey's refusal to
prevent our country from being mis-
represented is all the more astonishing
and humiliating in view of the fact that
80 per cent of the American people sym
pathize with the Beers.
I'VE do not ask intervention, but we
did and do ask that our country be not
held up before the nations of the earth
as the enemy of republics
when our rulers allow the nation to
be used as a catSpaw by imperialists
and royalists, no wonder the country
is accused of a downward tendency
toward Imperialism and royalty.
Z shall go to the Passion Play at
Oberamnergau and will return to New
York on August Is to take part in the
big anti-imperialist meeting"
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WHERE CAPE NOME rs.

Cape Nome is situated on the shore
of Boring sea at the mouth of Snake
river, Seward peninsula, central-west-
ern Alaska, u s. A, 65 degrees north
latitude and 166 degrees west longitude,
and, by the ocean route, distant from
its base of supply, Seattle, some twenty
seven hundred miles. In making the
ocean trip from Seattle one steams
westward for nineteen hundred miles
across the North Pacific ocean to Dutch
Harbor on the Aleutian archipelago, and
thence northward eight hundred miles
to the land of gold. passing. en- route
the governments seal rookeries on the
Pribyloff islands. During the ocean
VOYAGE of ten davs one is encompassing
a part of the six hundred thousand
miles of Alaskan territory, and on
reaching Cape Nome is as far west Of
Seattle as Chicago is east.-Harper's
Weekly.
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JAPAN WILL STAY
When Once She Gets a Foothold on
Chinese Soil.

San Francisco. July 10.-Horace Herr
fielder Of Vienna, Austria, engineer and
newspaper correspondent. has arrived
here after a ten weeks tour through
China.
Il was in Pelzin on May &c. 27 and 2S."
said he. and at that time there was no
local trouble with the boxers. AS for
the Chinese soldiers they are absolute
~ the most cowardly men / have ever
encountered. A mere stamp of the foot
and threatening wave of the arms are
sufficient to scatter a band of thirty
imperial soldiers. Every one in China
knows that the government is behind
the boxers. That was the sentiment
l heard expressed everywhere. The
government does not openly support the
movement; it let's the boxers go on
and shuts its eyes. / was informed in
Pel1in that government officials had
been nearby at the massacre of Chinese
Christians in the interior and had
turned their heads that they might not
bear witness to a deed which they took
no steps to prevent.
while was in Pekin a lady from
one of the embassies was grossly in
suited in the streets by a mob. She
was riding in sedan chair, when a lot
of coarse fellows closed in around her
and subjected her to the most offensive
phrases known to the Chinese lang
uage. 1t had come to such pass that
the foreigners did not venture out from
their residences or limited their prom
enadeS to legation street The Chinese
nave a QlSaSreeaDle way OF closing IN
a man in the street and barring his
way. They would press up close and
feel of a fellows coat and of his hands
and face.
Il had conference with the French
Catholic bishop in Pekin. He was the
only one in the foreign settlement that
expressed genuine apprehension for the
safety of Europeans and native Chris
tians. He told me that there are, all
told, about $50 Europeans in Pekin-
There are between sixty and eighty
thousand Chinese Catholics in Pelin.
They are the people who are in danger
from the boxers, probably as much as
are the Europeans. There are four
Chinese Catholic churches in Pekin.
1.-The British embassy is surrounded
by a high wall but in the street is a
great filthy pool was told that was
where the sewage from the embassy
was allowed to flow.
1T seems to me that the thrush of tbs
japanese troops is dangerous. Where
they go they stay. They may enter
China to cooperate in putting down
this uprising but they will remain there
holding some territory when their work
has been performed"
Herzfelder carries passports from his
government showing that he is credit
ed as regular commercial representa-
tive.
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POPENOE WILL NOT BUY
Gives Up Purchase of First National
Bank.

The following appeared in today's
Kansas City Times:
Topeka, Kan July st is an
nounced on good authority tonight that
+. .. PopenOe of this city has obtained
control of the First National bank OF
topeka, one of the largest financial in
situations in this part of the state. He
held by Levi z. Letter, the Chicago mill
ionaire. The capital of the bank is
$3UO,OOO, OF which Mr.. Letters interest
was larger than of any other share
holder. 1t is said to be Mr.. Popenoe'S
plan to have the other stockholders
the First National a powerful factor
in western banking. Mr.. Popenoe is
president of the Accounting Trust com
pany and a year ago purchased the To-
peka Capital
Mr.. Popenoe said when shown the
dispatch:
1T is not true that have bought Mr..
Letters interest in the First National
bank Mr.. Edward Wilder and I have
been negotiating for Mr.. Letters stock
and had an option on it, which we ex-
pected to close, but after mature con-
sideration and because find the Cap
ital requires much of my attention and
that did not feel my strength would
stand the additional strain the negOt1a-
lions for the purchase of Mr. Letters
interest were dropped Monday after
nOOn.'
The capital stock of the bank is $780,
600 and Mr.. Letter owns $161,00o of the
stock, being a controlling interest
Major William Sims, president of the
bank, said this afternoon: The bank
will be continued under the same man
agement as it has been during the past
letter from Mr.. Letter telling him that
the deal was off.
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Don't Garry Your Business Home.

If men and woman who are obliged
to work hard during the day, declares
Orison SWEET Marden in Success"
would only learn to drop their business
when they leave the office. store or fac
tory, and not carry it, with it's attend
ant worry and anxiety, into the home,
it would work a revolution in the Amer
lean character. If business men and
women, and wage-earners of all kinds,
would lock up their business or occu-
pations when they leave them in the
evening, and free their minds from all
care concerning them until they open
the doors the next morning, what
change would be wrought in the home
atmosphere, in the mental, moral, and
physical well-being of the workers
themselves
There is nothing whatever to be
gained, and everything to be lost, by
perpetually thinking and planning
about ones business out of office hours.
1t is a trite saying that the bow that
is bent all the time soon loses its elias
ITCHY and tension. So the man who is
affairs soon loses his elasticity and
buoyancy of spirit and becomes jaded
and worn out before he has reached
middle life. On the other hand, the
man who leaves his business at the
store or Office in the evening, brings a
fresh mind and clear head to it the
next morning. and, consequently, makes
fewer mistakes and accomplisheS much
more than if he had dragged it into the
home and made himself and every
body about him irritable and unhappy
by his incessant worrying over his daily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-10
IMPORTS AT MANILA.
Merchandise to the Value of $17,4 49,
412 Taken in Last Year.

Washington, July 9.-The division of
customs and insular affairs, war de-
partment, has made public a statement
showing the total imports at the port
of Manila, p. l., for the calendar year
1899
Merchandise to the value of 1885,
Alp was imported during the year. which
with sos, 965 in gold and 81. Al, 1872 in sill
yer coin, brings the total importations
for 1899 to SIS, 701 ,469. OF this amount
81 SS7, 090 worth entered free of duty. All
imports of merchandise were brought
in foreign vessels and entered for i'm
mediate consumption The total amount
of import duty collected was So, 064, O90.
The imports by countries show:
From China, $6,796.769; England, 49,,
1O2, 72s; Spain. s2,624,S7y; United States,
81 1856, 1854; British East Indies, 81, pig. SOP.
The imports of gold coin were $50. $50
from the British East Indies. and $75. 445
from China The imports of silver coin
were 1922, $40 from the British East IN
dies and Sis, $50 from Hong Kong.
The statement also gives a classified
detail of imports of merchandise. In
many instances the percentage of the
various articles coming from the United
States was very low, indeed in a great
many cases, the United States exporters
were not represented at all.
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Omaha: Hogs, u 600: cattle, 5000.
Chicago: Hogs opened strong to shade
higher.
lower.
Northwest receipts of wheat last year:
Duluth, 146 cars: Minneapolis. 511 cars.
Bradstreets worlds visible: Wheat, de-
creased 6.160. 000 bushels: corn, Increased
2359. 900; oats, decreased II 900 bushels.
Kansas City receipts. Wheat, 1876 cars;
corn, 10 cars: oats, cars. Last year
Wheat, 35 cars; corn 10 cars: oats. cars.
Chicago: Estimated cars tomorrow
Wheat, 80; corn. SS5; oats. ITO; hogs, 10000
head.
Primary receipts: Wheat, 37s, 600, last
year $1,000; corn. receipts 621 600, last year
ISL 900.
Total clearances: Wheat and lour Gas
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RESUMES SWAY.
Continued from First Page.)

The Chinese in the vicinity of Tten
Tsin have been reinforced during the
last as hours by several thousand of
General Mas and General Sung's troops
from Pekin- The Chinese have also
mounted a number of heavy guns COM
manding the settlements.
a force of boxers numbering about
5000 men was seen entering the native
city yesterday.
Vice Admiral Alexieff has arrived
here, and is expected to assume SUI
preme command.
The allied forces now number about
10000 men, including 800 japanese, who
arrived yesterday.
Arrangements are being made to send
all the women and children to Japan,
by way of Taku and Che Foo.
FRENCH TROOPS FOR CHINA.
Toulon, July 10.-The French ship
L'Aquitaine sailed from this port today
with $50 infantry soldiers and artillery
for China.
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OPEN IN AUGUST.
The Crawford Being Prepared For an
Early Season.

The Crawford theater will be reno
waited before the opening of the COM
ing theatrical season. The entire in
terror woodwork will be repainted and
the walls will be repapered. New car
pet will be laid on the parquette floor.
and several attractive pictures placed
about the walls.
Manager Crawford is negotiating
with high-class repertoire company to
open the house in August, and in this
event an equipment of electric fans will
be provided.
So far as known no improvements will
be made in the Grand Opera house this
summer. Manager King states that
he has booked a limited number of at
fractions for the season
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BIG CROWD GOING.
To Witness the Notification Ceremo-
MES at Canton.

Canton, o.. July 10.-Acting Secretary
Grant of the Citizens Republican club
has received inquiries from clubs in sur
rounding cities and towns of delegations
coming here for the notification Thurs
day He anticipates a large crowd and
has arrangements made for everything
including escorting the visitors The
president and Mrs. Mckinley took a
drive of more than an hour immediate
after breakfast this morning, and then
the former resumed work with Secre-
tary Cortelyou on business forwarded
from Washington and on preparations
for the notification. There were frequent
Interruptions by callers who came to
pay their respects or to inquire about
personal matters
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A MUTE BY LIGHTNING.
Janitor Struck in Church and Robbed
of His Speech.

Painesville O.. July 10.-Alexander B.
Glenn, so years old, was made mute by
a lightning shock during an electrical
storm here. Glenn is janitor at St.
James Episcopal church and was in
the yestry room.
The bolt passed through an open win
dow and out of a door behind him. He
felt, he said, as if turpentine had been
poured down his throat When he tried
He was, disabled in no other way.
On reaching home he wrote on paper
what had happened and a physician
was summoned. His tongue and throat
were swollen badly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-10
New YORK Monev Market.

New York, July 10.-MONEY- on
call nominally at ~ per cent; prime mer-
camille paper, 324q41s per cent. Sterling
exchange firm with actual business in
bankers bills at $4.S615QSz for demand and
at $4,S4QA for sixty days; posted rates,
81 S5dE4.S7 numerical bills, $4.S31zd15.
SLY ER-Silver certificates, 61AN62kc C;
bar silver, 613zc; Mexican dollars 4S1zc.
BONDS-Governmen bonds steady; re-
funding 2s, when issued, registered, 1O3.
coupon, 103; Is, registered, 100: IS, regis
tered, 10S19; coupon, 109l9; new As, regis
tered, 114l1; coupon. 1141k; IS, registered,
113A; coupon, 1874.
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Topeka, July 10.
CATTLE
COwS-$2. 50G3.50.
DRY LOT STEERS-s4O0G4.50
DRY LOT HEIFERS-$S.o 0QS.76
HOGS.
LIGHT-s4Sod49 90
MEDIUM AND HEAVY-$4.90d5.10
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT-68c.
NO. 2 CORN-39c.
NO. 2 OATS-23c.
HAY-S5.00.
PRODUCE
EGGS-9 cents.
CHICKENS-6G6k cents.
BUTTER-l3c.
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kansas CITY Produce MARKET.

july. ssssc septem 1 HE cash: n no
hard. 711z972c; No. 3, 6SQ71c; No. red,
7612@T55c; No. 8, 73d75c.
CORN-September, 41sc. Cash: No 2
mixed, 44d45c; No. white, 45Q46c; No.
g. 4415c nominal.
OATS-No. 2 white, 2S1&c.
RYE-No. 2, 5Sc.
HAY-Prices are for new crop; choice
timothy, $9.50Q1o.OO; choice prairie. $3.50
BsiUTrER-creamery 15@lsc: fancy dairy
EGGs-Fresh. S1kc.
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kansas Citv LivestockMarket.

Kansas City, July 10.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts, 10000; market steady. Native steers.
$40065. so: Texas steers. $3-0045.20; Texas
cows, $200d3.50; native COWS and beifers.
s1.6005.00: stockers and feeders, So. 00a4 SO
bulls, 81. 65G3 so.
HOGS-Receipts, 16.O 900; market strong to
cents higher. Bulk of sales, IS. 2065 321b
heavy, $3.50 525q5 S713; packers, o s. 25@5.S 3;
ers, IS. 2O65 271a: pigs. $450a5,l5.
Receipts, 1900; market steady.
Lambs, So. 10000; muttons, 81. 65Q500.
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supt. Player is Sick.

Mr.. John Player, superintendent of
machinery of the Santa Fe, is quite i'll
with stomach trouble at his home,
corner Fifth and Topeka avenue. Mr..
Player was taken sick a few days ago.
and it will probably be some time before
he will be able to be at his office.
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Cotton Market.

Washington, July 1O.-COTTON-Condi-
ton of cotton, 1873 as compared with 81 5
last month and SIS on July1, 1899.
New York, July 1O-COTTON-Spot cot
ton closed quiet and steady; middling up
lands, 10Ac; middling gulf, 1O1zc. Sales,
$50 bales.
Galveston. Texas. July 1o-CoTToN-
Firm Q5hc
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wheat) 10000; corn, $4,000
Northwest receipts of wheat for today:
Minneapolis, ~ cars; Duluth, 30 cars. Last
years receipts: Minneapolis 511 cars: Du-
luth, 146 cars. - y
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat a to
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Another War Fund.

Paris. July 10.-The chamber of depu-
ties and senate today voted an addi-
tional IA 500, 900 francs for the purpose
of carrying on Frances operation in
China.
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Topeka Eide MARKET.

Topeka, July TO-
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tions. The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CURED-62zc.-
NO. l TALLOW-31zc.
GREEN-SALT HALF CURED-6Ac.
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Strike Settled.

st. Paul, Mimi, July 10.-The strike
declared on the Montana Central has
been settled. The strike was an out
growth of the troubles on the Great
Northern system last May 1t is stated
that only few men went out and that
trains Were running all day Yesterday.
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Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and
Return $1,000 via Santa Fa

10, 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.