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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13

Sis boom bang-ba went a half dozen
rockets and bombs and shotguns outside
the building.
Unless noise ceases"
Screech, tr-r-r-r, bang!
I'VE are proud OF the man who four
years ago"
Rah, rah. rahl
Took charge and opened the doors of
the markets of the world"
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
''Of his integrity. his honesty
Whoop-hzz, burr-r-r-r. bang!
Mr.. GODDARD stopped.
Mr.. Mulvane raped with a miniature
croquet mallet for order. Il hope you
will keep ORDER" he said He managed
to introduce Prof. W. T. Vernon, the
colored orator from Quindaro, whose
lung power is not weak. He was expect
ed to quiet the crowd.
Some one-bang- bang-suggeste q rev
moments ago-toot-to ot-that the chair
-screech-screech-caH upon me
burr-r-r-r-to quiet the crowd.-Rah-ran n
rah-It IS a matter Of lung power. Per
haps can do it, He did He was too
much for the noise and the din ceased af-
ter it was found that he could TAX
against a thresh1ng machine or boiler
II made prophecy before. election;
Pref vernon sssome one said Bryan was
the Moses Of the people and said the dif-
ference was that the Lord buried Moses
where the people could not find him. but
that on November the people would
bury Bryan where the Lord could not ind
J. R. Burton was the next speaker. He
said: I'VE won the contest on merit, we
won because we deserved it, We won be-
cause we kept every pledge of the St
Louis platform OF 1896 We. rejoice be-
cause the better element Of the Amer an
people are themselves In 1895 we t Id the
American people to put US back in power
and that we would put the flag In Ha-
wall, where Democratic administration
had taken it down. We said If our ticket
was elected we would make the smoke
come out of the smoke stacks and send
the shuttle through the loom. We kept
our pledges. Last spring We were lit le
afraid of the old soldier vote but the flag
the issue in this campaign"
DR.. Swallow of Jefferson county, Frank
Nelson and John Dawson made short
talks and CONGRESSMAN Curtis closed the
meeting by saying: The greatest veto y
of the Republican party was the exec ion
of Abraham Lincoln in 1864. The greatest
victory since that time was the re-elec-
ton of William Mckinley last Tuesday"
One of the most enthusiastic spec ors
in the Auditorium was an invalid lady in
an invalid wheel chair She was careful "
wrapped in shawls- Her chair was wheel
ed to a good place on the first floor where
she could see and hear all. Her wrinlled
hands applauded the speakers Some one
asked her If it was not quite an under
taking for her to attend a meeting. .fOh.
never miss a Republican rally" she said
4 have been singing the DOxOlcgy ever
since the election couldn't miss this
meeting"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-13

army mail orderlies to do the work.
Mr. Naille says the correspondence De-
tween the natives on the ISLANDS IS ds
near nil as that Of rancherS ana lia1ls
men at our army posts IN the states
There are now Il postofficeS under the
charge OF Americans, OF Whlcn eleven
are money order Offices Th1rty-seVeh
other offices and in charge of army ON
Gals for the sale of stamps and the
handling of registered matter Ahe Sys'-
tenn of military postoffices has worked
very satisfactorily, the revenues from
such sources amounting to $l,ll5 WITH
out any offsetting expense. In several
provinces in which native governments
have been established a revival Oh the
system of service maintained under the
Spanish regime, for the native mans on
~ has been tried. Each town president
had to attend to the mail for and from
his town free and each town PROVIDES
regular carriers to adjoining towns VINO
in this manner work out what cores
ponds to our road tax.
It has been practically demonstrated
in Pangasinan province that the reVe-
be of much help in maintaining paio
service. Each town now is to PROVIDE
at its own expense, service to ADJOINING
towns except where the central admins
tration assumed such service. This tenn
porary continuance of the old system Is
maintained primarily for the official
correspondence of the local presidents,
who make the mail voluminous Later
over important steam routes. The
Thanking privilege given to local court
and municipal officials has been con
tinued- The Filipinos have made little
progress in acquiring a knowledge OF
English. Railway postal service has
been maintained on the only railway
line in the Philippines.
The report urges new postofice quar-
ters in Manila.
Following our occupation of Manila,
all prices have increased and rents have
been raised everywhere The letter car
rier service at Manila is reported as an
eyesOre ard an denomination but ii is
stated must continue until there can be
secured a sufficient number of English
reading Filipinos, added to which diff
Guilty is the notorious dishonesty of the
native servants. During the year 37734
money orders were issued for 81, $780, &c.
against les sthan a half million dollars
last year. Complaint is made of the
low salaries paid in the service and Mr.
Vaille says that unless his salary ($4 ,000)
is soon increased he shall ask to be re-
called.
The report says the time is not ripe
yet for civil service examinations for
appointment to this service. It is pre-
dicted that with the withdrawal of
American troops and the consequent
turning over of the telegraph to the civ
il government the telegraph operators
will have to act as postmasters in all
but the largest towns.
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TODAYS' MARKET REPORT.

Chicago. H.. Nov. 13.-WHEAT-Wheat
started weak on lower cables today, De
cember ssI &c lower at 1870 to 72ssc.
longs offering freely. A recovery to T33sc
followed on prOfft-taking by shorts LO-
cal receipts were 165 cars ten of contract
grade Minneapolis and Duluth reported
$40 cars against 1,130 last week and SO4
year ago.
Bradstreet's announcement Of an in
crease in the worlds visible of 0O1.00)
bushels, double what had been expected
caused renewed liquidation and Dece mber
slumped later to 72zkc and closed weak,
112Q 5sc lower at 721sN73c-
CORN-Corn was quiet but Mteady on a
fair demand and light country offerings.
December opened unchanged at 1914 Csc.
Rece pts were 524 cars.
The market broke later with wheat and
closed weak, 16d5sc lower at 35Ac.
OATS-OatS were quiet, but steady. in
sympathy with corn There was some
commission house buying. Receipts were
1873 cars. December opened unchanged at
22AGAc.
PROVISIONS - Provisions were quiet
and lower because Of heavy hog receipts
and lower prices at the yards. January
pork opened 25Rc lower at 81 671z, January
lard SC down at S6-S5 and January ribs 21k
use to 5d71zc depressed at S6.1715@Ssc
FLAX-Cash: N. w. 1872: S. w. $181;
November, $1.77; December, $1.T7-
RYE-December, 40 &c; January, 4SAc.
BARIEY-Cash, 3SG62c.
MOTHY-NOVemb "a %.
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TAX SALE LAW.
Suit Commenced in Supreme
Court to Test Its Validity.
Has County the Right to Buy
Certificates?
LID ON DENO nnHNrrxr
FROM RENO COUNTY.
Commenced by Frank L. Martin,
of Hutchinson.
Asks Supreme Court to Compel
Treasurer to Accept His Bid.

Men who have been obtaining good
lands at ridiculousIy low prices by buy
ing up tax sale certificates, in Shawnee
and other counties of the state, have
been deprived Of a source of much profit
under the operation Of a law of 1893
which authorized county treasurers to
buy all such lands.
In Shawnee county there was a bitter
fight against the commissioners because
of the refusal of the board to permit
the spectators to get in on this bust
ness and reap a handsome profit there
from. There were all sorts of threa is
against the commissioner injunctions,
mandamuses, and whatnot-but nothing
was ever done to get the Interpretation
of the supreme court upon this law and
the propositions which have attached to
it since the enactment.
However, the supreme court will pass
on the validity of this particular pro-
vision n determining a suit which has
therein been filed by Frank L. Martin,
of Hutchinson The suit which is in
the form of a mandamus proceeding,
involves the constitutionality of this
law.
Clients represented by Mr. Martin
offered the county treasurer, at the reg
ular tax sale, the amount of money ac-
charges against land offered for sale fol-
lowing the legal advertisement thereof
by the county treasurer.
Under an order made by the commits
sioners the treasurer refused to accept
the bid made by Mr.. Martin for his eli
ents and the treasurer. instead. bid the
farm property in for the county,, in &C
cordance with the provisions of the law
of 1893
Now Mr.. Martin has brought in the
supreme court a nandamus proceeding
asking the court to compel the county
treasurer to accept the bid which he
made for the land, take the money in
payment and issue therefor the tax sale
certificate.
This question has been an issue among
real estate men and land purchasers for
law of 1893 made many complications in
a proposition which the buyers had all
their own way prior to that time. In
some counties the matter has been
dropped, but where men see a partic-
ularly valuable piece Of land offered at
tax sale they are very DESTROYS of own
ing, trouble always follows
1t has been pointed out by those who
are in favor of open competition in this
county has no right to interfere with a
legitimate business transaction by APP
propriating in it's own name whatever
valuable or other property may be per-
nitted to go under the hammer.
All of these questions will be de-
termined by the suit which Judge Martin
has filed and its outcome will be watched
the state. because in every county in
Kansas there are many men who en-
gage in business Of this character and
the enforcement Of this provision of law
finds them without much assured profit
in tax sale certificates.
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BURNED TO DEATH.
Sad Experience of a Man Stealing a
Ride on Car.

Kansas City. Nov. 1S.-When the pas
senger train on the Fort Scott &
Memphis road left Kansas City for
Memphis at $50 o'clock last night there
was a young man lying on top of the
baggage car stealing a ride. AS the train
was passing Thayer. Mo. $40 miles from
Kansas City, a spark set fire to the
mans coat. AS the train averages about
fifty miles an hour between Kansas City
and Memphis the man had all he could
do to hold on to the top of the car as it
swung around curves. He could not let
go long enough to pull off his coat. So
the fire burned through his clothing to
his back.
He screamed for help, but the rumble
of the train drowned his cries. AS the
fire spread his sufferings became in
tense. Finally when the train struck
a straight piece OF track he let go his
hold on the car sufficiently to pull Off
his coat He threw it over the end or
the baggage car and it fell on the plat
form beside the porter, who ran back
and told Conductor WEIGH that some
body was burning to death on top of the
car They went out on the platform
just as the young man, who had worked
his way to the end of the car, fell down
on the platform. They picked him up
and carried him into the car. His shirt
and trousers were still on fire The
blaze was put out but when the mans
clothing was taken off his body waS
found to be badly burned. He was so
nearly exhausted that he could not talk.
His clothes had been burning while the
train ran from Thayer, Mo, to Black
Rock, Ark, a distance of fifty miles.
He refused to give his name.
The trainmen took the man off at
Black Rock and the station agent sent
for a physician. Later the man was
sent to a hospital in Memphis. He is so
seriously burned that he is not expected
to recover.
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DALY's COPPER INTERESTS
Heirs to Sell Montana Property to
Standard Oil Company.

New York, Nov. 13.-The Journal of
Commerce today says:
Marcus Days connection with the
copper interests of the country is well
known With ]. 3. Haggin he owned a
controlling interest in the great Ana
the Amalgamated Copper company last
year. The value of his holdings in An
aconda at the time the transfer was
made was estimated by some at consid-
erably in excess of $10,00o,O00.
It was the opinion of copper men gen
orally that Mr.. Days death would have
little effect upon the interests Of the
AmaIgamated Copper company. His
long illness had practically forced him
out of the active management of the
company for many months. The stock
of the company advanced over two
acting somewhat later. Nothing definite
as to the successor of Mr.. DAILY as preSi-
dent of the company was obtainabla,
but Ii is the opinion of many that H. H.
Rogers, vice president Of the company,
viii fill the position. In this connection
1t may be worth noting that Mr.. Rogers
recently made an extended trip to the
Ans cOnda and other AmaIgamated cop
per properties. 1t is barely possible that
the death of Mr.. DAILY may have a ten
dency to bring about an earlier settle
ment of the Montana litigation than
would otherwise have been possible
Considerable interest has been mani
Tested over the probable disposal of Mr..
Days holdings of Analgamated copper
stock. According to some reports, Mr..
Daily sold out the bulk Of his holdings
long ago. Others in closer touch with
the company deny this and say that the
stock has not been sold and that Mr.
Days heirs are not likely to sell it. Ac-
Standard Oil interests will take care of
the DAILY interests.
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Chicago Live stockMarket.

5000, including 400 Texans and 200 west
erns. Generally slow. Good to prime
steers. $5.40G5 80; poor to medium, $40 n
5 30; stockers and feeders, $2.5Od4 40: VS..
g 60G4.35; heifers, 81 75Q4.75; Gamers, 81 5
Texas fed steers, 81 O0d49O; Texas grass
steers, So. 30G4.10; Texas bulls, $2.60d3.5.
HOGS-Receipts today A O01, tom ROW
10000; left over, 2,0s2; Zoe lower: top, sos.
Mixed and butchers. $.65@5.05; good to
Q475; light, $465Q5.OO; bulk Of sales. $3.50
G495.
SHEEP-Receipts. 1000: sheep, choice
steady, others weak. Lambs, choice
steady, others weak Good to choice weth-
ers, $4.O0n4.40; fair to choice mixed. 49,
Q410. western sheep, $400Q44 40. Texas
sheep, $2.50dS-60; native lambs, $4.25d540:
western lambs, $4.75@535
Official receipts and shipments for yes
terday:
RECEIPTS 24.s2s; hogs. SO. Al;
sheep, IS, 736.
,sTffPN EsNTs-Cattle, 1905; hogs. 5.2ss;
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M PARTY LINES.
Everybody Celebrated Republic
can Victory Last Night.
FIambeau Club Paraded in a
Blaze of Fire.
NIGHT OF CARNIVAL.
Night Made HideOus by Blowing
of Horns.
Auditorium Well Filled With
Enthusiastic People.
Speakers Had Difficulty in Be-
ing Heard.

The free open air exhibition in con-
nection with the Republican ratification
last night was turned into a Karnival
night and Democrats and Populists and
a few Prohibitionists and Socialists were
on the street with horns and implements
of noise having as good a time as the
victors.
Kansas avenue was crowded with
ratifiers 1t has been two years since
there has been a. carnival so all who
wanted to make a. noise were out. There
were tin horns that were short and tin
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corn December was demand early and
advanced to u under May. Market seems
steady.
Chicago: Local crowd went long on
provisions last night and at sight OF the
big hog receipts we're scared ana sold OUT.
Market is now in better position TO bull
Paris close: Wheat advance equal 70
Ct{ca go: scaipers selling wheat or low
err closing Liverpool cable. Good time TO
buy.
liverpool closing cable: Wheat va low
er: corn. I'D lower 70 I'D higher than
Chicago: These outside markets seem
weak. Market here steady. New York
Kansas city receipts: Wheat. today 81
cars, last year s. cars. corn. today 10 ~.
last year 81 cars: oats, today cars. last
year 8 cars.
St L uis close: Wheat-Dec mbor n c
bid May. 755sc asked. November. llatc.
Corn-December. 3l9sc asked. May. a5ssc
bid; November. 35i5c.
Clio go; Estimated receipts r t0m0r-
row-Wheat, 10 cars. corn, $40 cars; oats.
Primary receipts and shipments: Wheat
Receipts. today $50 402 bu- last year
923. 900 bu.: shipments. today 3g9.s bu..
last year 526. 900 bu. CDrn--Rec luts. to-
day 564, 867 bu., last year $50 900 bu- sh D.
nents, today 3S0.5S2 bu-, last year 5Qs.-
COO bu.
Total clearances: Wheat and -four (aa
wheat. 1900 bu-; corn. 7fl lSs bu.
Br tree 3 last week: Wheat. Increase
] III 900 bu., corn. decreased $50 900 hu..
oats increased 81 600 hu.
Brad tree IS. Wheat, iuCr deed NIL Ion.
corn. decreased 1,1l4000s oats, decreased
1880
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SUIT FOR 100000.
Instituted Against the Portland Gold
Mining Company.

Denver, Colo, Nov. ia suit for ST.
900, 900 against the Portland Gold Mining
company has been brought in the United
States district court by the heirs Of
Eugene Doherty. one of the original pat
entees of the Black Diamond mine,
which was acquired by purchase in 1895
by the Portland. In 1896 Doherty was
killed in shaft of the Black Diamond
mine, and the suit Is brought by his
heirs to recover the amount alleged to
be due his estate. There are eight heirs,
all of whom live in Ireland. The COM
plant alleges that no accounting was
ever made by the Portland company to
Doherty for his interest in the Black
Diamond
James Burns, W. S. Stratton and John
Harnan are the principal owners Of the
Portland mine.
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PHILIPPINE T. O'S.
Postal Business Shows q Surplus of
$40, 1928 For the Year.

washington, Nov 13.-F W. Vaille,
director general of posts of the Philip
pine islands in his annual report to the
postmaster general, shows a surplus of
$19.528 to the credit of the Philippine
postal service The revenue to June 80
last was s117, S4S and the expenditures
SOS, 22o, making both years of the de-
partment's existence show a surplus.
Decided progress has been made in OPP
ening postoffices. 1t has been the en-
deavor to have an Office in charge of an
American clerk wherever the number of
troops made it impracticable for the
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DEATH BY AN AUTO.
G. Z. EDDY, Son of Saginaw, Mich.
Millionaire, Victim of Fatality.

Saginaw, Mich, Nov. &c. Kirl1e
Eddy, son of c. K. Eddy, the millionaire
lumberman of this city, died at st.
Mary's hospital early this morning as a
result of an automobile accident which
occurred here on election night
Young Eddy never regained conscious
ness after the mishap, having been
throw with great violence upon the as
phalt pavement when his auto, which
was running at 40 miles an hour, dashed
into the curb. He was 80 years old and
was one of the most prominent business
men in Saginaw valley.
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FAMILY SKELETON Barred.
Millionaire Duryea's Name Blackened
by Daughters in Fight For Estate.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The Duryea fam
lily skeleton was dragged from it's closet
yesterday in the surrogates court of
Nassau county, Mineola, Long Island,
when Edgar E. Duryea, known to New
York as a man of porperty, millionaire
starch manufacturer and a conservative
business man, was by his own daugh-
ters pilloried in open court as an inn
beetle, a habitat drunkard and an as
sociate Of dissolute women. Walter E.
Duryea, whose neck was broken some
time ago and is now cured, was charged
by his sisters with plotting to deprive
them of their inheritance.
The fight for the Duryea millions is
bitter and friends have been unable to
prevent the scandal becoming public.
The hearing will be continued next
Saturday.
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New York Money Market.

New York, Nov. -AfONEY-AIonev on
call easy at per cent; prime mcrcant1s
paper 5M5L per cent. Sterling exchange
steady with actual business IA banker
bills at Sf.S4i4QA Tor demand and "a S4.s0az
Q4.Sl for sixty days. posted rates 4.Mh
and S4S5i&. commercial bills. 81 8fTfk.
SIN ER-Silver certificates 6fit u 6iM G:
bar silver, &c. Mexican dollars. Sole.
BONDS-Government bonds irregular.
refunding p, registered. 1Oft: coupon.
1O4St; IS, registered. 109M coupon, 1929
new IS, registered. 137; coupon, l37: old Is.
registered, l5is; coupon, u5iz; IS. regis
tered, l121z; coupon, 112ik.
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Liverpool, 1870 p. M: Wheat quiet De
cember I'd lower, March I'D lower: corn
steady, November 1sd lower, December
1sd higher; January I'd higher than yes
terday's close.
Paris opening: Wheat strong. 1oc high
er: flour strong. 10c higher.
Omaha: Hogs. 1900: cattle 1s,00)
London, lao p m: Wheat steady, De-
cember I'd higher. March I'D lower: CORN
quiet. I'D higher than vest rday's c oSe.
Chicago: Wheat will pr b. bly, be a H.
tie lower owing to the disappoint ng
cables Cash business, which has b en-
done past few days, IS about the best ar
gument in favor of holders. Weather has
turned a little warmer and some new de-
velopments in the Hessian fly question
may be looked for. Argentine news shows
no new development, but the be { ssed
men believe in the reports to the effect
that there has been q lot of damage IN
that country.
Liverpool: Spot wheat I'd lower for
winter and spring, losing yesterdays ad-
vance.
Weather map indicates. the approach OF
very cold weather.
IS 900 head
Minneapolis receipts: Wheat. today ss1
cars, last year 262.
Duluth receipts; Wheat. today 200 cars.
last year So
Chicago: Very little doing in November
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Movement of Tranaporta.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Genera1 Mac
Arthur telegraphs the war department
that the transports Grant and Port AL
bert have arrived at Manila The
Grant sailed from San Francisco, Oc-
tober 16, with six officers and SIS men,
recruits, hospital corps and signal
corps men. The Port Albert sailed from
Seattle. September %, with animals
and forage. The animal transport Kin
tuck has sailed from Nagasaki for San
Francisco and the transport Wilhelnina
has arrived at Nagasaki On her way to
the Philippines with foragef for the army.
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Kansas City Live stock Mari

Kansas City, Nov. 13-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts. 1900; market steady to lower Ma
tive steers, "a. 75tl5.55; Texas steers. 81 09lJ
4.90; Texas cows, S2.50dS.25; native cows
and heifers. s.. 50d5.15; stcckers and feed
ers. 81 55U4 Is; bulls. $2.5a04.0O.
CAIN ESS-Rece ip s, 1,500; market steady,
$450d6.00.
HOGS-Receipts, 1900: market 5a7Oc
lower; bulk of sales, S4.S904S5; heavy, 81 60
Q4.921a; packers. S4S9u4.s21z; mixed, S4.75
Q4S5; light, S4.75Q4-921a; workers. s4.S5l1
4.9215; pigs, 81 25d4S5.
EEt,-Ree sipts, 5000 MARKET steady.
Lambs, $S.5o45.15; muttons, s2.00Q420.
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Biz Deal Consummated.

New York, Nov. 13-The board of d.
rectors of the Southern Pacific railway
at a special meeting held today approved
the purchase through Speyer & Co, of
the majority of the capital stock of the
Pacific Mail Steamship company and
accepted the proposition of Messrs.
Speyer 81 Co., to purchase $40, 900, 900 of
twenty five year four and half per cent
gold bonds Of the Southern Pacific Sc
cured by the control Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company and by stocks and
bonds of other commands
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AT HER OLD HOME.
Baroness Won Kstteler is Improving
Slowly in Health

Chicago, Nov IA special to the
Tribune from Detroit says: Baroness
Won Ketteler, whose husband was muir
dered by the Chinese in Pekin, is i'm
proving slowly at the residence of her
father, Henry 3. Ledyard, president of
the Michigan railroad company When
she arrived about i've weeks ago, her
condition was such that her relatives
for a time were greatly alarmed. She
is now conVaiescent Friends of the
family say that as soon as she Is able,
she will cross the seas en- route for the
late home of Baron Won Ketteler and
will be received by Emperor William
who has requested her to come.