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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-09
ODDFELLOWS'
Grand Lodge Commences Its
Work In Secret Sessions.

The forty-third annual encampment
of the odd Fellows is in session in To-
peka today. The meetings of the dele
gates composing the grand encampment
are behind closed doors. officers for the
ensuing year are being elected this af-
ternoon. The camp adjourns with
meeting tonight.
Naomi RebelSah lodge MOSS last night
conferred the degree to about 400 dele
gates in the Odd Fellows temple on
Quincy street.
The Spring Hill team of the Rebekah
assembly viii give an exhibition of floor
work in the senate chamber at the state
house this evening at o'clock.
Shawnee Encampnent No. will con-
fer the Royal Purple of third degree at
the temple on Quincy street tonight to
about 800 delegates. This will be fol-
lowed by a banquet at the Fifth Avenue
hotel.
The order of Muscovites held a secret
melting and banquet at the Elks club
rooms last evening. Officers were elect
ed as follows: L. NJ. PenWell, Topeka,
czar; w. H. Kemper, Horton, regent; J.
]. Snyder, Topeka, conlmandant; S. Ste
peka, treasurer, and J. w Haughey,
Wellington. herald. Thirty-three covers
were laid for a five course dinner.
Tomorrow the regular session of the
grand lodge will begin at 9 O'Clock in
Representative hall. The Rebekah as
sembly meets at the same time in the
senate chamber.
The question of the election Of repre-
Sentatives to the grand body will proba-
bly, be brought up during the meeting at
Representative hall tomorrow. This is
the only question of any Importance to
be discussed and settled al this session
of the grand body. The question is up
on the adoption of resolutions making
the delegates from lodges of the even
numbers elected one year and delegates
from the lodges bearing odd numb
elected the following year.
The object in electing half the dele
gates one year and the other half the
next year is to prevent an encampment
from being filed up at each session with
new members who are not conversant
with the order of business
Tomorrow night the encampment jub-
lice will be held at the Auditorium Ev-
cry one is invited to come. An interest
ing programme has been arranged.
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chicago livestock Market.

Chicago, Oct 9-CATTLE-Receip f.
O00 Including 1000 westerns and 100 Tex
ans. Generally steady. Good to prime
steers, $5.50d6-O0; poor to medium S4.50Q
5.45: stockers and feeders slow. 81. 50u450;
COWS, s2.60a4.25; heifers. $2.75d46O; can
ners. 81. 00Q2 so; bulls S2.20d440; calves,
unchanged $4.0Ou6.00: Texas fed steers,
$4.1014.S5: Texas grass steers, $3.30a400;
Texas bulls, 81. 5013- 25.
HOGS-Receipts today, "a 900; tom orrow.
90 900: left over. 4000; 5 cents lower: top,
$5.371a. Mixed and butchers, "a. 90G1537l9
good to choice heavy. S4.9005. 80: rough
heavy. s4,75q4s5; light, $4.S5Q5.35; bulk of
sales, $5.O5a5 25
EEP-Receipts 1900; sheep steady:
lambs slow. Good to choice wethers, s.. 50
@40O; fair to choice mixed So. 4Od3s):
western sheep. $3S0d4.00, Texas sheep,
S2.50Q3-50; native lambs, 81 25d5.35; west
ern lambs, S4.750515.
Official for yesterday:
sheep, 1885
,sHIPM 5sNTs-cattIe. 1880; hogs, s.s4s;
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TALKS TO MERCHANTS.
Roosevelt Speaks in ST. Louis Mer-
chants, Exchanga

cnanLS' exchange.
st. Louis. Oct. 9.-In his speech at the
Merchants Exchange, Governor Roose-
Welt said
I am glad to meet you and to thank
you for the courtesy you have extended
to me. In this building the hum of in
dustry never ceases, and so will have
to talk against it. I am usually talking
for 1t, gentlemen. (Applause.) There is
always one feature that is peculiarly
pleasant to me, coming to a city like st.
Louis which has among it's citizens so
many of the men who wore the blue and
SO many of those who wore the gray,
and of their sons. I think if the Span
ish war had done nothing else it would
have been from our standpoint well
well worth while because of the realizing
sense that it gave US of the fact that
all the differences of this nation are a
thing of the past and that We stand be-
fore the rest of the world as Americans
and nothing else. (Applause).
Il served under General Joe Wheeler
fighting Joe Wheeler-and there was one
very amusing incident which occurred
while we We're at Kettle Hill General
Joe got very much interested in the fight
and addressed group Of u.s. of whom
suppose tOur-htthS were nCrthernerS.
He said, Wade into them wade into the
Yankees, wade into them We said,
All right, general, we will wade into
them
ut was indeed a lesson for all of the
younger men to see soldiers like Gen
eral Butler of South Carolina, General
Wheeler of Alabama and General Fitz-
hugh Lee of Virginia again in the blue
uniform and fighting under the old flag.
1 think if there is one thing which we
need to keep perpetualy before US, and
especially, gentlemen, when there is a
political contest on, it is the essential
unity of our people and the essential
solidarity Of our people. If prosperity
comes to us-if honor comes to us-it
will come to all. If adversely comes.
all of us will suffer more or less on
account of it. In this audience you, the
men of business, will not get up if the
WagewOrl1er and the farmer go down. If
they go down you will go down; and
when they are going up it means that
business will be prosperous too. Fun
damentally our interests are the same.
Gentlemen I shall not try to make a
speech to you. / have been making sew
eraI speeches lately (applause), and I
thank you greatly for the courtesy you
have extended to me, which 1 assure you
I deeDlV appreciate''
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AGAIN IN COURT.
Charles Hoffman, the Irrepressible,
Once More In Trouble.

Charles Hoffman is again in trouble
and once more in court This time he
has gotten in three courts over the same
matter.
Heitman had some boys herding COWS
west of town. One of the cows decided
to break through the pasture fence and
seek new foraging grounds. The COW
wandered around and broke into a field
belonging to Susan L. Herman. Mrs.
Herman found the COW and not know
ing who it belonged to took it up a
stray and according to law advertised
the fact. Hoffman hunted several days
for the COW and finally found it in Mrs
Herman's barn. Now Mrs Herman's
story is that Hoffman broke down the
door of the barn and got his cow She
tried to prevent Hoffman from taking
the animal and she says he slapped her.
Hoffman says she slapped him. Mrs.
Herman had Hoffman arrested for as
sault and tried before Justice J. H.
Queen of Topeka township. He was found
guilty of assault. Then Hoffman APP
pealed the case to the district court.
Mrs. Herman commenced a replevin and
damage suit in the city court for the
COW or the value of it, $25. The case
was heard yesterday and Judge McCabe
has it under advisement. Mrs. Heitman
has sued her husband, Charles Hoffman,
for divorce, and Louis Hoffman, Charles
son, was arrested for shooting A. Hart
in the leg when he really meant to shoot
his father.
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OPERATORS COME IN.
More Post Notices of 10 Per
Cent Advance in Wages.

Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 9.-The A. S. Van
Wickle estate operating the Colerain
and ATflnesville collieries and Calvin
Pardee & Co., owners of the Lattimer
mines, posted notices today offering the
10 per cent advance in wages to its mi
ners The notices are similar to those
posted by the other coal companies.
There are only about four other individ-
ual operators in this region that have
not yet offered the increase among them
being G. p. Markle & Co. These hrms
however. are expected to make the wage
concession within the next few days. II
they do not and the miners convention
decides to accept the 10 per cent ad-
vance offered the strike leaders say they
will be forced to fall in line
There were no marches this morning
but the usual crowd gathered in the vi
cinity of the collieries that are still
working, for the purpose of getting the
men to refrain from going to work
There were no disturbances reported.
President Mitchell and the other Off
Gals of the United Mine Workers left
here at 10 o'clock for Shamokin where a
big labor demonstration will take place
this afternoon. The party goes from
Shamokin to Scranton tomorrow morn
ing where they will remain until after
the miners convention shall have ad-
journed.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 9.-The Susque-
hanna Coal company which is operated
by the Penna. railroad, will, 1t is stated
on unqueStiOnable authority grant the
10 per cent net increase in wages to it's
mine workers that has been offered by
the other big coal carrying companies
and by the individual operators. The
advance, however, Will most likely not
be announced until after the men have
returned to work as the company does
not desire to hold the promise of an ad-
vance in wages as the inducement for
the men to return, but prefer that they
resume their work, trusting in the COM
pany to afford them as fair treatment Is
any of the other companies.
MauchchUnk, Pa, Oct. Sin the Pan
Their Creek valley today about 900 mine
workers are out at Coaldale and vicin-
ity. The cOllieries affected are Nos. 8.
10 and IL of the Lehigh Coal and Navi-
cation company. The company's officers
are doing all in their power to keep their
men at work
The strike leaders, however, assert
they Will succeed in tying up the colliery
in a daV or two
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Trade, Topeka
New York. Oct. s.-The week opens dis
appointingly for the bull pools. Commits
sion houses received very few orders,
either by mail or telegraph yesterday,
whereas large numbers had been expect
ed. There was, of course, disappointment
IN that quarter because OF the failure or
the pubilc 70 snow a Willingness 10 par
ucipate in the bull movement. From the
views expressed last evening by the lead
Ing traders 1t IS very evident that the
over-shadowing influence in the market
at the moment is the fear of sharp rise
tics and the coal strike is no longer con-
sidered an important factor. As Wall
street sees 1t, Mckinley is as good as
elected and the trouble in the coal reg
ions is practically at an end so that there
is nothing upon the speculative horizon
to adversely affect values. except the
spectacle of higher rates for call money.
Nothing. perhaps, will scare speculafors
traders are all selling stocks short, while
the more influential opera tors anr,ear ia
ing is in evidence on all moderate recFs-
sions and when the shorts try to cover
the market goes up without any help.
stocks some large bloc1<s IF Peon1e' Z
Gas are said to be still held in Chicago.
but holders are becoming Disguised with
the action of the stocks and apprehen-
sion OF the outcome Of suits to compel the
company TO furnish gas to all its CUSTOM
ers at the rate charged to those who live
namely 40 cents per thousand feet If
the courts decide in favor Of the consumer
People Gas Will decline sharply. An
early furry of several points is talked Of
in Tennessee Coal and Iron 1t is not safe,
however, to put much money Into this
stock, as it is controlled exclusively by
a. few people who are always looking for
an opportunity to fleece the outsider. p.
X L IS sold freely on all advances Inc
bears still believe this stock VIII start
down the toboggan again before long and
land somewhere in the neighborhoOd Of
40 Sterling exchange took another sharp
drop yesterday and is now almost low
enough TO make the shipment OF gold to
the other side profitable Il is not thought,
however, that very large amounts will be
sent at present Shipments OF funds to
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Furnished by ii &. GOingS Commission
Company, members Chicago Board of
Trade, Topeka
Chicago. Oct 9.-WHEAT-Weakn in
wheat has been the feature today and
longs have sold freely with the closing
prices about bottom for the day. The
news has been of mixed character
Early cables showed but little decline,
while weather northwest was clear. The
vious close and commission houses were
the sellers Some export business was
reported early and this. together with
Bradstreets report showing a decrease of
q millions in worlds visible had a ten
dency to strengthen values temporarily.
The rally found ready sellers. The north
west market giving way rapidly In
creased receipts in northwest are expect
ed and this has a tendency to weaken
them
CORN-The corn market has been bare
" steady with considerable selling of Oc-
commission houses have been the best
support. Receipts fair 731 cars, while
only $40 are estimated for tomorrow. The
cash business has been moderate. Clear
ances have been fair One Of the promi-
nent holders of October, supposed to have
sold little stuff in order to hold market
down Close trifie easier.
OATS-Oats have sold off a little in
sympathy with corn Receipts fair There
is some strength in the cash property due
TO supposed concentration Cash demand
fair
been the center of attraction. while pork
has been neglected The cash demand has
been very large. The general specula-
tive trade, however, has been light. Hog
receipts moderate. October pork closed
$500 J. z. HARRIS.
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GREETING TO B. OF L. E.
Song Dedicated to De Soto Division
No. 234, OF Topeka

Song Dedicated to De Soto Division
No. 234, OF Topeka
The following song, composed by J. G.
Waters. of this city, was sung at the
Union meeting held in the Auditorium last
week AS sung by Mr.. James Moore and
the Modocs to the tender air of The Blue
and the Gray" it scored a decided hit:
All hail, the gathering guests today;
And. all hail, this Brotherhood
All hail. the veteran chief. grown gray
In his battle for its good.
Let's sing a song that shall stir the soul,
And forgive US, all the past;
And give brave men the deserving dole
OF a laurel wreath at last.
CHORUS
Roar and rattle, storm and battle
The surge and sway as pistons play,
Each mile a danger. death no stranger,
These men are here. our guests today;
Headlights burning, wheels all turning,
Long be the life and bleSt the years,
The gain and glory, song and story
OF Arthurs corps of Engineers.
A steady eye and an iron nerve.
And the engines throbbing steel!
A lurch and swing as it rounds the curve,
And the shrek of grinding wheel.
They're brave and true at their place and
post,
From the rise to set of sun!
They bear in safety a thankful host,
And its millions say, well done"
CHORUS.
Roar and rattle, storm and battle
The surge and sway pfstOns play,
Each mile a danger. death no stranger,
These men are here, our guests today;
Headlights burning, wheels all turning,
Long be the life and blest the years,
The gain and glory. song and story,
OF ArthurS corps of Engineers.
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The weather bureau has the elements
again under control. and Observer Jen-
nings has time this week to attend the
Scottish Rite reunion The forecast sent
out today is fair tonight and Wednes-
day. Warmer Wednesday," The maxi
mum temperature Monday was Ct, and
the temperature this morning at IL
o'clock was So. The minimum today
was Il. The wind has been south, blow
ing s miles an hour.
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WISE RISES TO REMARK.
City Engineer Says Jefferson County
Stone is Good For Curbing.

stone IS 0OO0 EOr CurD10R.
City Engineer Wise was speaking of
the curbing today and said: I don't
see why the people insist on the Colo
ra do sandstone or the Fort Scott stone
for curbing, when they can get the JEFF
ferson county stone so much cheaper.
1t costs from As to SIS cents per foot to
put in the other stone, and the Jeffer-
son county stone can be put in for 80
cents per foot. They can also get
cement curbing for 80 cents, and it will
last as long and do as well the high
priced stone curbing. In Lawrence they
are using only the Jefferson county
stone, and if the people of this city
would do the same they would not only
save money, but would be spending their
money close to the city with a good op
portunity of a large part of it coming
back
of course the city has to let the con-
tracts for the kind Of material that is
called or in the petition and can not
change it in any way, but if was asked
my opinion of the question / would
suggest that the petitioners ask for the
Jefferson county stone"
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New york Money Market.

New York. oct. .-MONEY-Aioney on
call firm at 3 per cent. Prime mercantile
paper. 5d5A per cent Sterling exchange
steadier with actual business IN bankers
bills at S4.S4dA for demand and at 81 eORalp
4.S02 for sixty days. Posted rates SASH
and sAs5la. Commercial bills $.1s%@
4S01z.
SILVER-Silver certificates. 64ikM65is c.
bar silver. 635sc; Mexican dollars, 50itc.
BONDS-GoVerumen bonds weak; re-
funding Is. registered and coupon, l04, p.
registered, -; IS, registered, lO9; coupon,
1899: new As. registered and coupon, 1884 :
old As. registered and coupon, u4&; IS,
registered and coupon, 1l3iA.
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Topeka nfarketa Todav

Topeka. oct. 3.
CATTLE.
COWS-S3. OOd3 l5
HEIFERS-$3.O oH5.25.
HOGS.
LIGHTS S0df90.
MEDIUM AND HEANY-S4 S00Aqo.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT-67067ikc
NO. 2 CORN-3fc.
NO. 2 WHITE CORN-34jkc.
NO. 2 CATS-22ihc.
HAY-S6.50d7.00
PRODUCE.
FGGS-14 cents.
BUTTER-16 cents.
CHICkENS-6 cents.
Elgin. ILL.,, Oct. 9.-CREAMERY BUT
TER-2011c.
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Market Gossip.

4AdIaGI oOSSlD-
Furnished by J. c. Goings Commission
Company, members Chicago Board Of
Trade, Topeka
Chicago: Weather map shows very fav-
orable conditions for wheat and corn
movement; clear generally and with mod
Chicago receipts: Wheat, 1854 cars. grad
ed 4; corn, 49, cars, graded 2o2; oats. 45S
Duluth receipts: Wheat today 1ss cars.
Paris: Wheat dull. to 15c lower; -four
dull, to Toe lower
Paris: Weather fine and warm.
London: Weather in England fine.
Omaha: Hogs, 10000; cattle. $500.
Liverpool 100 p m: Wheat dull. De
Corn, quiet, November SD higher; Decem-
Der 14d higher than Yesterdays close
Der unchanged; December I'D lower. Cora
steady, 1zd higher than yesterdays close.
last year 19s; corn, 26 cars. last year SO
cars; oats, Is cars, last year H.
St. Louis receipts Wheat, 1906, last
year 33, 1913; corn, 60 200. last year LOG, 400:
oats, IS, 400, last year $4,000.
Minneapolis receipts: Wheat. today 400
cars, last year go cars. WI. s., -.
lower p corn : to I'd higher than 10 last s
Paris close: Wheat, futures &c lower.
A4fn antwerp Wheat Wheat 7lSc lower Tz,ls ,o
corn, AQ1Ad higher than yesterdays
London close: Wheat sd lower to ia
higher; corn, Is to 15d higher.
Paris: Wheat unchanged to sc lower:
flour unchanged.
Chicago: Hogs close weak. 1900 left
over.
Chicago: Estimated receipts of hogs for
tomorrow. 80. 600 head.
Primary receipts and shipments: Wheat
Receipts, today $50 600. last year 1.-TWO
days. 346S,000 shipments, today $4,000
last year 1.-TWO days. 1871 GOO. Corn-Re-
eeipts, today $4,000, last year 1.-TWO days.
231 600; shipn today SOC 00O. last year
Gwo days. 1870 900.
Chicago: TouaI clearances--Wh heat and
-four Gas wheaD 306O00 bushels; corn, 162,-
096 bushels.
World visible: Wheat, net decrease
10000; last year. increase 5.022. 900. Corn,
last year, increase 2, $4,000. Oats, decrease
322 900.
New York reports loads wheat and
Is corn for export.
St. Louis close: Wheat-October. bic;
December, 75c: May 79Ac. Corn-October,
3Sc: December, 1880; May, 34i2c bid.
Kansas City close: Wheat-December,
$3.50; May, 7S1sc. Corn-December 323zc.
May, 337sc.
Bradstreet's worlds visible. Wheat, de-
creased 1876, 600. corn. increased 235. 900;
oats, increased 1 636, 900.
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TO SELL HEB CLAIMS.
Canada Will Dispose of Government
Reserves in the Klondike.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. e.-News that the
Dominion government had decided 10
offer for sale all government claims in
the Klondike has been received with
much joy in Dawson, as it means the
development of some of the best proper
ty in the Yukon valley. The claims to
pc offered include all the alternate
claims which were reserved by the gov
eminent during the big rush, and all the
claims that have reverted to the crown
from various causes. 1t is estimated
that there are between 5000 and 10000
such claims in the Klondike.
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Kniehts of Golden Eagle Meet.

Youngstown, O., Oct 9-The twenty
first annual session of the Supreme Cas-
tie, Knights of the Golden Eagle, began
here today for three days session. To-
days programme was devoted to ad-
dresses of welcome and prize drills.
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TWO DESERTED WIVES.
Jennie E. Wyatt and Elizabeth Reeder
Seek Divorces.

Divorce business never stops in the
district court, and today two cases were
filed.
Jennie z. Wyatt decided that she
wished to be separated from Frank
abeth Reeder wishes to be divorced
from N. NJ. Reeder, as ever since she
married him she has been compelled to
work for her living, and at last was de-
serted by him.
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Kansas City Live Stock Market
HONEY GROVE, TEX, June 7, 1900.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 9.-CATTLE-Fe-
ceipts, p 900: market steady to shade
lower. Native steers, $3.50d5.50. Texas
steers, 81. S504.75: Texas cows, S2O04S-o5;
native cows and heifers. S1-50d5.15; stock
ers and feeders, $3-o0di4- 60: bulls, S2-29dSou-
CALN ES-Receip 5, 200; market STEADY,
425d5S5.
HOGS-Receipts, 1900; market 3 cents
lower Bulk Of sales, S5.05I512ia; heavy
and packers, S505d5.20; mixed s500Q5 121z
light. $5OoQ5-171a; workers, $5lOao.lf52'
pigs, $410d5.10.
SHEEP Receipts. 5000: market strong.
Lambs, $3.S5q5.00; muttons. S2.65d4O0.
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DEVOTED TO CHINA.
Nothing Else Considered at the Cab
met Meeting.

Washington, Oct 9.-Today's cabinet
meeting, which lasted two and a half
hours, was devoted exclusively to the
Chinese situation. The answer of this
government to the French note practi-
calIy was decided upon, and viii be put
in form for transmission to the French
government very soon. It's substance
was not made public, and will not be
until it is delivered to the French min
lister for transmission to his govern
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. NJ J. Sloan, aged years. died
last evening at her home, 1919 Harrison
street. Mrs. Sloan had been a sufferer
from paralysis and rheumatism for
long time and for the past six months
has been confined to the bed. The funeral
will be held Wednesday afternoon from
the Central Avenue Christian church
and inteFment will be in Rochester Gem
RteTV
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No Cars or LIGHTS.

Terre Faute, Ind, Oct. 9.-Ihe employees
Of the Terre Haute Electrical railway
went on q. strike today and as result
no cars were started and no electric
lights or power is in service. The men
say they. struck because the management
refused to yield to any of the demands
made. by them The company says it will
not yield.
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the interior yesterday reached e OF
million dollars. which indicates that the
demand from that source iS very urgent
and fOreshadOws complete wiping out OK
the reserve this week. unless the talked
OF import movement Of gold materlalizes.
II. N. HUDSON.
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Miss Defenbach's Death Uncertain.

Toronto. Ont. Oct. 9.-Assistant SUI
preme Ranger Harper. of the Independent
Order of Foresters, in which Miss De-
fenbach. of Chicago, was insured. said
that the orders agents in Chicago were
not certain that Miss Defenbach had ac-
tually died. It might yet turn out he
said, that the case was one of substitu-
ton and that the body cremated was not
that of the young woman upon whose
life the policy was originally taken.