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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
KANSAS FAIRS IN 1900.

Following is a list of fairs to be held
IN Kansas IN lsoo. Lnelr dates, locations
board of agriculture and compiled by Sec
Allen County Agricultural society-C. H.
Wheaton. secretary, lola: September 1O-12-
Brown County Fair association-Joh1n n e
Butler County Fair association-Alvah
Sheldon. secretary, Ell Dorado; September
Chautauqua county--Hewins Park and
Fair association: n. G.; Marsh. secretary.
Clay County Fair association-E. E.
Hopes, secretary, Clay Center; Septem-
Corey County Fair association-J E
Woodford, secretary. Burlington; Septem-
Cowley county-Eastern Cowley Fair
association: J. M. Henderson. secretary
Douglas county--Kaw Valley Fair as
ISOLATION: a. c. Griesa. secretary. Law
Finney County Agricultural society-D.
A Minis, secretary, Garden City:
B. c. McQuesten. secretary. Ottawa; Sep
Newman. secretary. Tribune; October 2-3.
Jackson County Agricultural and Fair
association-s. B. McGrew. secretary.
Jefferson County Agricultural and Me-
chanlcal association-Edwin Snyder. sec
Jewell County Fair association-Chas F.
Horne, secretary, Mankato; September
Linn County Fair Association-Ed. r.
Smith, secretary, Mound City.
ciation~C W Brandenburg. secretary.
Frankfort; SEPTEMBER 25-28
Miami county Agricultural, Mechanical
Fair tion-Jos. P. Trickett. secre-
tary, Paola; September 25-2S
Montgomery county, Coffeyville Fair
and Park associat ion-R. Y. Kennedy.
secretary, Coffeyville; August 14-17.
Morris County Exposition company: E.
]. 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. E.
Timpane. secretary, Chanute: September
At.
Usage County Fair association-C. H.
Curtis. secretary. Burlingame; September
Al
Riley County, Agricultural society: r. T.
Worboys. secretary. Riley; September
1921.
Sedgwick county, Wichita State Fair
association-H. G. Toler. secretary, Wich-
tia; September Al.
Wilson county, Fredonia Agricultural
association. n. Cooper. secretary, FIRE.
donna: August 21-24
Stafford County Fair association-Johln
w. Lill, secretary, St John; August 29-31.
Harvey County Agricultural society;
John c. Nicholson. secretary, Newton;
October 2-5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
THE IRON TRADE.
Month of August Will Show Re-
striction of Output.

Cleveland, O., Aug. 3.-The Iron Trade
Review says:
A superficial view of the situation puts
stress upon the conference of officers of
the large steel companies and those of
the beSSemer pig iron association at Chi
cago on Thursday and Friday of last
week. 1t is true that restriction of pig
iron output both by the steel companies
and by the merchant furnaces was dis
cussed at length; but the meeting was
without outcome in any definite plan for
a decided restriction in bessemer pig iron
products will be seen in the near future,
but it will come in just the way that
production Of finished material has been
curtailed in various directions in the
past few months.
Steel works not only continue to hold
up shipments of purchased pig iron but
are piling iron at their own furnaces.
This will be stopped and the month of
August will see such a putting out of
stacks as may hold the price of bessemer
some considerable sales of malleahle
bessemer the past week and other like
business is in prospect The chances of
a strike by puddlers and fnishers are
good and August is likely to be a month
of idleneSs The single failure announced
in the central west this week is not sig
nificant of anything more than the fact
that Independent sl1elp mills are practi-
cal1y eliminated as a factor, under the
concentration of the wrought pipe trade
The condition of credit is generally very
The trade in foundry iron is still far
from satisfactory. being practically I'M
changed in the midst Of the activity in
the mill products.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
BURLINGTON ROUTE.
New Through Train to Portland and
Puget Sound

1.-THE Burlington Northern Pacific Ex-
press" new daily through train
from Grand Island for Northwest Me-
braska, Black Hills. Wyoming, Mon
tana, Washington, Tacoma, Seattle.
Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon, via
Billings, Montana-Lne short line an6
time saver to the Upper Northwest. To
Central Montana in "a hours; to the
Puget Sound in 81 hours from the Mis-
souri, river. Through coaches and chair
cars, through tourist sleepers, through
dining car service and standard Sleep
e~s. This is the main Travelled road Mis-
souri, river to the Northwest
Number Is, Kansas City and St
Joseph to Nebraska, Denver, Colorado
Utah, Pacific Coast and the Northwest,
Montana, Washington, Oregon, via Lin
coin and Billings Weekly California
excursions.
Number %, Observation-Disclosures Ex-
press" from Hastings for Nebraska.
Colorado. Utah, and Pacific Coast.
To the East: Chicago and ST Louis.
greatly improved trains in time and
equipment.
To the North: Best trains daily to
Omaha, ST. Paul, Minneapolis and the
Lake region. J. G. BRAMHALL.
Il. P. A., 822 Main ST.. Kansas City, Mo.
l. w. WAKELEY,
GenI Passenger Agent, st. Louis Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
Genl Manager. st. Joseph, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
COUNTIES ARE PROMPT.
State Taxes Paid Better Than Ever
Before.

The July payments of taxes, bonds
end coupons from the various counties
of the state have practically all been
received at the state treasury. The
prOmptneSS of these remittanceS is an
accurate barometer of the financial con-
ditiOn of the people. The treasury has
accounts with the great majority of the
school districts, townships and cities of
kansas as well as with the counties,
and the tinge of prosperity colors them
all in rOseate hue.
Many counties have already paid the
state taxes of 1899 in full, which is very
unusual. The delinquent taxes are less
than ever in the history of the state.
Two or three years ago there were sew
eral hundred thousand dollars of back
taxes on the wrong side of the treasury
1edgers while now it is less than fifty
thousand dollars. Only four counties
are still to hear from with their semi
annual remittances.
The maturing bonds and coupons
have been paid with remarkable
rpromptness and $125, 900 worth of bonds
dlave been taken up before maturity.
About $4,000 has been received from
Hhe sale of school lands alone during
the month of July. The school fund
commissioners are kept hustling to find
suitable reinvestment for this money,
and altogether it appears that the legis-
1ature will hardly be called next
winter to aid any destitute or poverty
striker communities in this state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03

he made a desperate effort to tear the
masks from the mems faces.
They finally overpowered him. After
throwing Moore on the bed and piling
a feather tick and quilt on him, to
smother him, the robbers twisted up a
newspaper and set fire to the bed.
They left, supposing that they had
finished their work, but Providence in
terefered. The paper had been picked up
outside, and was practically water
soaked from the heavy rain of the night
before. It did not burn long, but Moore
was in terrible agony while it was blaz-
ing.
Then began his struggle for liberty.
He gnawed the cords from his arm, and
after an hours work he was liberated.
He alarmed the neighbors, and went to
Elmore, where he told his experience.
their masks were thin, and one dropped
off the face of the one he scratched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
In A BIG RACE.
Ocean Liners to Compete For Priv1-
lege of Carrying Mails


New York, Aug. 3.-Next Tuesday and
Wednesday four of the largest and
swiftest ocean steamships will begin
race from this port to Europe, the OBJ
ject being to get the transatlantic mails
across quickest.
The race will begin at 10 a. IN. on
Tuesday, when the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse of the North German Lloyd VIII
start for Bremen via Cherpourg ana
Southampton. The next morning, at the
same hour, the Deutschland of the Ham
burg American line will start from Ho-
boken for Hamburg, calling at plymouth
and Cherbourg on the way up the Eng
lish channel
Just about the time that the Deutsch-
land leaves its pier the New York, OF
the American line, which will carry the
bulk of the mail, will start from the
Manhattan side of the river en- route to
Southampton direct. AT $3.50 that same
afternoon the Oceanic, which is the larg-
est ship in the world, will leave the
White Star pier to go to Liverpool by
way of Queenstown. -Four such vessels
have never left port for 5000 mile race
within a comparatively short time of one
another.
The Kaiser Wilhelm arrived here yes
terday and, while its engineers will not
admit it, the statement is made down.
town that every inch of Its enormous
steel engines is receiving special atten-
ton Tor the trip eastward. The draw
back of the Deutschland, its admirers
say, is that it will not arrive here until
Sunday morning and will have but three
short days in which to cool off and pre-
pare.
The Oceanic arrived in the North Riv-
er today, and while its officers say that
the run homeward of the four big vessels
will be exceptional for point of speed,
size, and carrying capacity, they deny
that the Oceanic will be driven any fas-
ter than it was intended for, which is II
knots The Deutschland is % knot
boat, as against 2212 of the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse.
The New York has not this speed, but
its going in the company of the big trim
ity is noteworthy in steamship circles
because of the big consignment of mails
it will carry. Half a dozen well known
business houses down town are today
preparing letters to send by each ship, to
first.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items intended for this column should
be left with the Kimball Printing coM-
rany. s35 Kansas avenue
Miss Jessie Perkins is home from a
weeks visit to relatives in the country.
Blue Post will hold a post muster to-
morrow at 1 o'clock at their hall. 8S1
Kansas avenue.
Miss Efe King left today for a
months visit to her sister, Mrs Bert
Fessler at Duluth.
Mrs. J. c. Seeker has returned from
a visit of several weeks to friends at
Mammoth Springs, Arkansas
Miss Ida Ferris of Kentucky, is the
guest of her cousin, Mrs Clark NeiS-
wender, of 1914 Jackson street.
Mrs. H. w Daub of Central avenue
left yesterday for her old home at
Lathrop, Mo-, to be gone a month.
Mr.. e. E. Palmer and family and w.
A. Maze and family will go to Silver
Lake tomorrow on a short fishing trip.
Miss Neff of White Cloud, and Mr..
Ben. Neff of Port Arthur, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. J. c. Seeker, of
Quincy street.
Mr.. Taylor city salesman for the
Kistler- Metzler Mercantile Co, left last
evening on a visit to his home at
Pueblo, Colo.
North Topeka has another photo
graph gallery. This one is wheels
and is located on the avenue near the
]. M. Baird home.
c. C. Nfilburn and family north of
Rossville will move to North Topeka
the first of the week and will live at
e34 Monroe street.
Miss Cora Baker of 919 Jackson
street, went to Council Grove yesterday
where she will visit friends for the re-
mainder of the month.
Miss Fannie Nesbitt, night operator
at the Western Union telegraph Office,
returned yesterday from a. weeks out
ing at Colorado Springs.
Mrs w. D. Woodford and daughter,
Ruth, went to Kansas City today to
visit friends, and from there they will
go to Ottawa for a short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Keplinger of Usage
county. who have been visiting Mrs.
Keplinger's sister, Mrs c. F. Bridge,
returned to their home yesterday.
Mrs. ]. B. LETTERS and children, Elsie,
Alene and Dewey, of 923 Van Buren,
street, have gone to Doniphan, Kan,
and St Joseph, Mo, to visit relatives.
The condition of Mr.. John Sheetz, sr.,
who was injured by a fall the first of
the week, was somewhat improved to-
day, he having rested easier last night
Probate Judge Dolman and family
did not return Wednesday from Colo
RADIO as expected. Everything was in
readiness for leaving, but owing to Mrs.
Dolman becoming i'll their return was
postponed.
Miss Edith Porter will go to Hutch
inson Saturday, where she will be the
guest of friends for two weeks. During
her daughters absence, Mrs Porter
will stay with her other daughter, Mrs
Frank Hale.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nystrom and lit
tie daughter, Claudia, left yesterday
for their home in Kansas City, Kan,
after visiting Mr.. NystromS parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Nystrom, of 1919
Jackson street, for several weeks.
G. L. Haywood has given the use of
his store building at 812 Kansas avenue
for the pension day dinner tomorrow
1t is the intention of the committee to
have a notary public present on this
day so that old soldiers can have their
pension vouchers executed free of
charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
ONLY FINED S25.
Man Who Knocked His Wife Down
Let Off Easily.

d. B. Bryant, a colored man who runs
a barber shop at 326 Kansas avenue.
was fined SIS in the police court Thurs
day afternoon for striking his wife.
Bryant plead guilty and so none of the
details of the family trouble came out
in court.
Officer Henderson, who made the ar
rest, said that he was standing across
the street from the shop when he saw
Bryant and a woman not his wife come
down the street and enter the shop.
Bryant's wife was in the shop and, as
soon as the other woman entered.
struck her with an umbrella Bryant
at once knocked his wife down and was
in the act of kicking her when Hender-
son interfered and placed him under
arrest.
The woman who was with Bryant has
caused trouble between him and his wife
for the past two years, SO the officer
told the judge at the police court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
ALARMS MIXED.
Fire Alarm Box Misleads the Depart
ment.

The fire department was called at
1910 this morning to a small barn at
5O4 Lawrence street owned by Frank
Petit
Some children playing with matches
started a small fire that was put out
before the department arrived. The
alarm was turned in from box % at
Sixth and Lake streets. The alarm
went in to the the stations badly mix
ed, bling a different number on each
round of the alarm. The ladder truck
and hose reel from Station No. got it
lib while at headquarters % was regis
tered on the last round A week ago
box % was burned out by a trolley wire
being raised by house movers and COM
ing in contact with the fire alarm wire.
The box was repaired but Chief Will
marth thinks that the heavy current
impaired the mechanism of the box,
which accounts probably for the mix
ing of the alarm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
ROBBED AND BURNED.
John Moore, of Elmore, Ohio, Has a
Marrow Escape From Death.

Toledo. Ohio, Aug. 3.-John Moore. an
old bachelor, living alone, about three
miles from Gilmore, at a place known as
MOore's Corners, was aroused from his
sleep last night by four masked men,
who covered him with revolvers and de-
manded his money or his life.
Moore had received $500 Monday on a
mortgage, and, fearing he would be
KILLED, he quickly told them where to
find it After the men had secured the
money they bound Moore, when he
showed fight and scratched one of the
men on the face.
There was a general fight, which last
ed several minutes. Moore, though quite
old, IS a robust, muscular fellow, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
Scramble For Topeka Bonds.

City Clerk Squires has received a
number OF letters from eastern firms
who buy bonds inquiring about the
issue of $31. 9S2. 90 paving bonds that
were ordered by the council at last
meeting. Three letters were received
today inquiring the date of the sale and
the particulars. The letters We're from
Splitter & Co. of Toledo; Rudolph, Kley-
bolte & Co. of Cincinnati; w. J. Hayes
& Sons of Cleveland: This does not
give the impression that Topeka
bonds cannot be sold as was stat
ed by several of the ants when the pur-
chase of the water plant was discussed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
REDS TO PLAY AUBURN.
Santa Fe Crack Ball Team To Have
Another Game.

The Santa Fe ''Reds'' have arranged
for a game with the Auburn team to be
played at the Washburn grounds Sat
urday afternoon. The Auburn nine is
the crack club of the country adjacent
to Topeka. and a lively game is ex-
pected. The price of admission will be
Is cents instead of rs cents. The line
up of the Reds will be as follows:
Bear, catcher; Sherman, pitcher; A.
Vail, first base; Gardner, second base;
Shannon, short stop; F. Wahl, third
base; Miller, right field; Larkin, center
field: LaVarre left field.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
NO INDIANA MELONS.
Rust Appears and Growers Declare
the Output Will Be Worthless.

Muncie Ind, Aug. 3.-Numerous melon
growers in the famous Indiana melon dis
this year.
Many declare that they will not be able
to realize sufficient to compensate them
for the seed. Numerous producers claim
that there are already symptoms of the
dreaded rust, which is so detrimental to
melons, and that if it spreads, as it in
variably does, there will be absolutely no
crop, as the melons will dry up before
port that this is the first time in years
that Indiana climatic conditions have Sc
riously interfered with the raising of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
NEGRO Murderer Hanged.

Baltimore, Aug. 3.-Amos B. Smith,
a negro was hanged in the Jail yard
here at 10 a. m. today. He met death
with composure and resignation. Smith
murdered Sadie James, his mistress,
last Thanksgiving day by cutting her
throat with razor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
LIVELY IN COURT.
Insane Butcher Knocks People Right
and Left and is Shot by Officer.

St Louis, Mo-, Aug. 3.-Gus Eddinger.
butcher, suddenly became insane at the
Four Courts today, and made an assault
who had him in custody. After knocking
down several persons, Eddinger broke
to halt and deffed the officers, when Dep
lty Charles Day fatally shot him in the
back. Ever since he achieved notoriety
three years ago by participating in
bloody prize fight with Gus F'redericks,
Eddinger'S mind has been affected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
WEATHER WARMING.
Government Thermometer Registers
IS This Forenoon.

The weather is warming up ready for
the coming campaign and the political
picnics that are to be held
At II O'Clock this morning the Their,
building registered IS, while the Their
rnometers on the street in the shade were
five degrees higher The minimum was
night and Saturday is still doing bust
ness. The wind has been southwest.
blowing u miles hour The reports
from stations in Kansas show clear
weather with no rain throughout the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
Banker Piper Lost.

Helena, Mont, Aug. 81. R. Piper,
cashier of the First National bank of
ST. Marys, who was in a party going
through the national Yellowstone park,
is lost in Wonderland. He strayed away
on Monday from the rest of the party
at Fountain Geyser hotel, and at last
accounts no trace of him had been
found. A detachment of troops is as
sisting in the search for the missing
man. His friends fear that his mind
became unbalanced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03

Colorado Springs, Colo. Aug. s.-Cripple
Creeks July gold product was 81, 759, 200,
June. The dividend total was among the
largest recorded being 1922, 1850 Sales
of Cripple Creek stocks on the Colorado
Springs mining exchange reached 20, 062. 121
shares, worth 81, 500 424, or about twice any
previous July record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
Stole From Emplover.

Mrs. Wallace, an old colored woman
complained to the police this morning
that colored boy, Abe Williams, had
stolen So from her. Williams was help
ing her clean house and found a pocket
book under the tick while moving the
bed. She did not miss it until she went
to pay Williams for his work, and when
she failed to find it accused him of the
theft. He denied it. but upon being taken
to the station and ''sweated,' by Sergeant
Donovan, admitted that he had taken the
money, and agreed to return it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
Excursion to Wathena, Kansas.

Sunday, August 9Th, via the Rock
Island Route. only SIPS for the round
trip. Train leaves Topeka 1880 a M,
returning arrives sos p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
Excursion to wathena, Kansas.

Sunday, August 9Th, via the Rock
Island Route. only s125 for the round
trip. Train leaves Topeka 1880 a. m,
returning arrives sos y. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03

Neutrality-suspicious. retail clothing
salesman. Address, stating age, salary
desired, and experience. Must be able
to give good references. Box 578, EN-
poria, Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03

Mrs. Charles Moeser and children are
spending two or three weeks in Manitou.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03

Rubber heels, best on earth, 80 cents
Saturday only. S. M. Roh1ing, 527
Quincy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03

Concert Tonight.
At Garfield Park by Marshali's band,
o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-03
TWO WASH SKIRT BARGAINS.

LOT oNE-Comprises all Skirts sold up to $1.oO,
ancluding Duck or Covert Skirts, plain and 400
trimmed, at price of. ~
Lor TWO-Embraces line of Pique, Linen and
Covert Skirts, handsomely trimmed, all this years
styles, and selling formerly up to s2.50-a chance
During this sale, your choice ........R no
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
Casualties In Chinu.

General Chaffee reports from Taku,
China, the following deaths; Hugo C..
Kraft, Fourteenth infantry, dysentary;
Joseph Lyons. Fourteenth infantry.
dysentary; Henry Kirkland, Ninth in.
fantry, ~dysentary.
The war department has received the
following telegram from General Shat
ter ut San Francisco:
Following additional deaths have oc-
Cured on transport Sherman: Privates
j. nj. Hailes, Thirty-seventh infantry,
chronic ~dyscntary; James Eichison,
Thirty.ninth infantry, chronic dysen-
terry: Elmer II. Werter, Thirty-seventh
infantry, sub-acute dysentery.
General Macarthur cables the follow
ing casualties:
Died from disease, David C. Whitney,
William g.. Parham, Thomas David,
Marion c. Bennett, Josph Barker Cuts,
j. Rush; Ralph c. Dunlap, Albert o.
Bernard, Frank NJ. Linck, Corporal
Edward J.. Interbitzen, Robert Banks,
Corporal James T.. Tansey, Allen p.
Adams, John l.. Forbiss, Corporal
James l.. Hickey, Corporal SCHUYLER
Wiemar; william C. Wood, Seargent
John Hubbard.
Killed by comrade, Clarence Il. Elem.
ing.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-26
RURAL DELIVERY EXTENDED
Carrier Appointed for District Around
Milford.

Additional rural free delivery has
been ordered established at Milford,
Seward county, with one carrier, L.
W. Bundy. who will cover an area OF
thirty-six square miles, serving a
population Of $40.
The postoficc at Camden will be dis
continued and patrons served 10y rural
carrier.
A further dividend Of 10 per cent has
been declared in favor Of the creditor
of the First National Bank of Neigh,
Neb., making 80 per cent on claims
proven. amounting To sos. 5Si
Nebraskans issued patents today:
David w. Hoover, Lyons, hay stacker;
Thomas i. Owen. York. combination
paddock; David y. Suns, Lincoln, valve
regulating device for water motors;
Herman Wclch, Osceola, dump.
Margaret Johnson. of Lincoln, has
been granted a widows pension of ~
per month.