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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
ANOTHER SHALE TEST.
Mill Will Be Built by MOeser
Bros.

Ernst Fahrig. jr.. the son of Dr.
Fahrig. is expected in Topeka this week
to commence the installation of the new
test mill to- experiment with gold shale.
The new mill will be equipped with the
same machinery used in the first test mill.
but will be located in more commodious
quarters. Noeser brothers have again
offered to furnish the building for the mill
and their offer has been accepted.
There are several carloads ofshale ready
for use. The shale which will be tested
this time has been collected from great
many different places along the Smokey
river in Trego and Ellis counties. The
object of the present series Of tests is not
90 much to prove that there is gold in
the shale as it is to prove that it Is
generally distributed throughout the
whole field in Trego and Ellis counties.
The people who are talking of putting tp
q big addition to the bauxogen mill back
east want to be sure that there is plenty
Of the shale to be had before they increase
the capacity of their bauxogen mill. Baux
ogen is the active element in the Fahrig
process of extraction.
As soon as the new test mill is ready
for work. DR.. Fahrig will come on, and
will probably be here for 80 days. He is
now accommodating a supply of bauxogsn
from the shale mill to be used during the
experiments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
MORGAN MUST STAND BACK
Senators Noftzger and Smith Both
Want Longs Place.

Senators T. A. Noftzger Of Harper
county. and F. Dumont Smith of Ed
wards county, came to Topeka today,
and Smith says they came to make
Billy" Morgan, Congressman Longs
manager, renounce his claims to Longs
shoes as congressman in case the latter
shall be sent to the senate. Smith and
NOftzger are both mentioned" as pos
sible successors of Long when there
shall be a vacancy in the Seventh dis
trict
The anti-Long people are spreading
.pizen' in the Seventh district by send
ing out the report that Billy Morgan
is preparing to take Longs place in
congress when Long becomes senator"
said Senator S1bith, land some of the
Seventh district fellows have been
biting on it,
Looks like you have been nibbling
yourself, from the way you came up
here" put in Morgan with smile.
III admit it, answered Smith.
'Noftzger and 1 both came right up
here to see about it. and we have
bought Billy off. He has agreed to keep
portatlon to the ST Louis Worlds fair.
He's a cheap man."
Il think that's a pretty good price for
my chances" said Morgan.
Perhaps you're right But say, I
guess we had better have that agree
ment in writing if you don't mind" said
Smith.
THAT won't do any good replied the
other. Agreements of that kind are not
binding any more. 1t has been tried up
here in the First district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
JONES Is FOR PRINGLE.
Representative from Trego Tells
Where He Stands.

DR.. 4. B. Jones of WaKeeney, repre-
sentative-elect from Trego county, is here
today calling on Governor Stanley. He is
counted in the Stanley column in the SEN
atorial race.
Il don't know who the other representa-
tives up in my county are for, saio DR..
Jones in speaking of the speakership con-
test, but as far as 1 am concerned l
propose to vote for Pringle."
There Will be three members of the
classic name of Jones from the Sixth dis
trict alone in the lower house of the COM
ing legislature. Besides Or. Jones of
Trego county, there will be Colonel c. D..
Jones of Norton and John F. Jones Ct
Cove.
A peculiar fight was made on DIR. Jones
to defeat him for election The story was
started among the country people thai he
wanted to come to the legislature in order
to get a law through giving doctois a
mileage of one dollar mile for going Tito
the country to attend the sick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04

public Steel preferred 1 point each. There
was not much sympathetic effort else
where and profit taking sales soon wiped
out the Improvements. Manhattan reacted
TO below 150
The uncertain outlook in the money
market and the growing certainty OF a
poor bank statement for Saturday kept the
market listless and irregular. There was
a slight hardening tendency earlier in the
second hour, but by noon prices We're at
the lowest of the morning with in
creased offering of stocks St. Paul got
below IFS and Manhattan lost 15s points,
Fort Worth and Denver City advanced 2lA
points light demand.
Bonds were dull and irregular at noon.
Pressure relaxed against the more active
stocks, but there were no rallies of i'm
portance and the market Immediately re-
lapsed into stagEation when the selling
ceased. New Yor4, Chicago and st. Louis
lost 8 per cent
The markets undertone grew f1rmer dur
ing the early afternoon. but the recoveries
were slight Prices then fell lower than
before, Louisville losing a full point net.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
Old Men Who Are Not Old.

Much has been said during the past few
years about the Importance of young m en-
as leaders in finance, industry and poll
tics, and the impression has been culti-
waited that only young men were fitted to
do the great work of the world in the pro-
gressive days. But when we take d look
around at the men who are actually i'll
the lead today in literature, science poll
tics, religion and business We find mucn
to disDrove this idea that old age is a
sign of weakness and inefficiency.
In our own strenuous land we have
such men as Edward Everett Hale Theo-
dore Cuyler and Russell Sage still at Inc
forefront in a multitude of activities al
though all three of them have left so
years behind some time since. In the
sphere of national politics we have such
commanding figures as Senators Hoar ard
Hawley. both of whom must plead guilty
to the age of 76. while the two illustrious
senators from Maine, Messrs. Hale and
Frye. are both men of many years. the
first-named being IS and the other IL Our
present secretary of state. Mr.. Hay. is
far from being a youthful person. having
ga years to his credit while Secretary
Wilson is older than that by three years,
and Postmaster General Payne is nearly
60. Whitelaw Reid of The Tribune is s.,
and Drs. James NJ Buckley and Lyman
Abbott. the veteran religious journalists,
are over Sc.
If we turn our gaze abroad we find
equally strong testimony. 1t is Sir John
Arid, vergifg on 10, who has built the
great Nile dam. It is Lord Masham, verg-
ing on 80. who has just appealed to the
English government to overhaul the fiscal
system. Henry Labouchere, ''Labby,"
the brilliant editor of Truth, is man of
70. The keenest debater in the house of
commons is still Sir william Harcourt t,
in active opposition at a. Mr.. John Nor
ley Is 73 Leopold of Belgium is g. and
King Christian of Denmark is 81. The
worlds foreign relations are in the hands
Of men over so and 20. Lord Currie is IS.
Sir Edmund Monson is 81. Sir Charles
Scott "a and Sir Frank LasceIles 60. Lord
Cromer, young enough to make another
Egypt. is 60 also. and at the other end
of Africa man of 70 reigns as prime
minister of the Cape.-Leslie's Weekly.
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LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
Six in One Family Die Suddenly All
Insured

st. Louis. Mo. Dec. 4-Deputy Coroner
Boogher. in an official statement made to-
day, declared that the result of the in
quest held over the body of Mrs. Kate
Smith, whose death was The sixth occur
ring during the last II months of pers..ns
nearly related, revealed the fact that all
of the dead, except baby, had been in
sured.
The direct cause of the death IF Mrs
Smith was found to be CASTRO en-: eri.is.
and a contributing cause that HIS not
been determined AS soon rs the trans
cript is completed it viii De delivered to
Circuit Attorney Folk.
Nearly all of the six PERSONS died sud-
denly. The fact that they were insured
and that they all exhibit I'd similar svulp-
toms caused the Inquest Sc be- held =
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ALL ARE CERTAIN.
CONTINUED from First Page.)


Der OF the Kansas delegation who did
not line up for Mr.. Cannon in the be-
ginning. Although he considers the hgnt
over. Mr.. Bowersock is still for MI
Littlefield for speaker, that gentleman
still being a candidate for the office Mr..
Bowersock's preference is based on per-
sonal friendship. He is staunch al
mirer OF Mr.. Cannon.
Representative NCurtis called on the
president to pay his respects He i'll
troduced c. + Biddle of Wichita and
w c. Miller of Medicine Lodge.
AS rule very little general legisla-
tton is enacted during the short session
of congress. This rule probably will
apply to the present session. but Rep
resentative Bowersoclx hopes to secure
the passage of at least one measure be-
fore adjournment. He wants his bill
providing for a federal court at Kansas
City, Kas-, to become law, and thinks
he will be successful. The bill has passed
the house and is before the senate com :
mittee on the judiciary, and it would
appear that there is some ground Tor
his hope. The bill is being opposed by
Topeka and Leavenworth, Judge Hook
being especially emphatic in his oppo-
sition to it. Mr. Bowersock also hopes to
secure the passage of a bill giving the
Orient railway permission to build a
bridge across the Missouri river at KAN
sas City. Kas. He is also interested IN
securing the passage of the bin for the
relief of the University of Kansas. 1t
proposes to reimburse that Institution In
the sum of $40, goo. The claim grows out
of war days, and was assigned to the
university by the Emigrant Aid society
of New England several years ago.
Once it passed both houses of congress
and went to President Mckinley for his
signature. The president failed to sign
it. and it did not become a law. 1t Is
not probable that any action will he
taken upon it at this session of con-
gress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
SCHOOL MA'AMS PARADISE.
Their Average Wages in Chautauqua
County $63.29.

Chautauqua county seems to be The
paradise of country school ma ans. Ac-
cOrding to the forthcoming report of the
state superintendent the average wages
paid country school ma ans is ssS %
month, more even than is paid men
teachers. This is far more than is ps-d
women teachers in any other county.
These figures do not include city
school teachers but only those in schools
having only one or two teachers. The
figures for Chautauqua seem almost in
credible, inasmuch as last year the av-
erage was $40i5 for men teachers. a:.G
$30.32 for women. This year the a-crass
for men IS S57.4e and for women $63. %.
The average for the whole state 81
present is S4O4S for men and $35.07 for
women, an increase Of about a dollar
year for the past four years
Wyandotte county pays men an aver
age of $e6 month and women $52
month. Ford and Morris counties zach
pay $50 to men and $40 to women. Pail
lips county pays the lowest averages,
$50 to men and $27 to women.
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Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas CITY Mo. Dec. 4-c ATTLE-Re-
ceipts today, 5000 head. including 500 mead
of Texans. Market strong to 1Uc higher.
steers 81 O0I4 IS: Texas cows 81 S5n2-So;
native cows and heifers, $1,000 i-25. stock
ers and feeders. 81. 50d40O; bulls, g. 40 =;
calves 81 50u6OO: western steers. $3-6095.oO,
western COWS $2.00Q3-25-
HOGS-Receipts today. 1900 head Mar
S. f5T6. Is: heavy. So 15a6.30 packers, S. 1917
SIS: medium, $6.15a630; light. ssO5g6 20
workers. Sc. 15d6 20; pigs, $5.S0Q6.55.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 5000 mead
Market strong Muttons $3.00a4.0o; lambs,
So 5O6I5.1 Is; range wethers, $S.004Sso; ewes
81 00fI3. So.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
SAILS INTO ELIOT.
Samuel Gompers Replies to the Col
Iege Man in Boston.

Boston, Dec. 4.-"The Organization of
Labor Trade Unions was the title of a
lecture given by Samuel Gompers presi-
dent Of the American Federation of Labor,
before the Twentieth Century club last
night. During the lecture he dwelt at
length on the reported adverse criticism
of labor unions by President Eliot and
on his statement that the modern strike
breaker is a good type of an American
hero
He thought President Eliot either did
not mean what he said or did not grasp
the Importance of what he did say. Mr..
Gompers said further that if the strike
breaker is hero, then all associated ef-
fort is wrong, the efforts of the whole
world for social, industrial and religious
liberty are wrong.
IF President Eliot is right said Mr..
Gompers. then Benedict Arnold was a
patriot and Judas Iscariot saint"
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on higher prices for hogs at the yards and
with good demand for lard and ribs the
advance was well maintained. January
pork opened unchanged, at $500: January
lard was 5d10c higher. at $9.6712 40. 7215, with
ribs up TIC. to $S.271k
red, 70G72c; No. 2 hard winter. 711sM72c
No. hard winter 6SG170c; No. northern
spring, 75c: No. northern spring, 7slsc;
No. spring, ESQ Tic.
CORNING q 55@551kc: No. g. 55d55l1c
OATS-No. 3 3elk@31c; No. 3. soc.
FLAX-Cash: NV, $1.2O: S--W., $1.14
Dec, $1.14; Jan. S1216I1. % 7tt
RYE-Dec., 4S1kc; May. . &c ~
BARLEY-Cash: 36M6ec
TIMOTHY-Jan., $40
CLOVER-Dec-, s10.S5.
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ARE FAR BEHIND TIME.
State House Stairway Contractors
Pay $40 Day Penalty.

The contractors who are putting in the
new steel stairways in the state house
are beginning to push the work a little
faster for fear that it will not be COM
pleted by the time the legislature meets
which might cause them great deal of
trouble. The contract called for the
completion of the work by September 1
and a forfeit of SO day was placed in
as penalty for the nOn-completion of
the work on that date.
1T is costing the contractors SO a
day right along now for every day that
the work remains unfinished" said
State Auditor Cole today. The penalty
began with September l. l think they
will undoubtedly get the stairways
finished by the time the legislature
meets, for if they do not they will have
to stop work because their noise would
interfere with the legislature. but the
forfeit would go right on"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04

Opening Liverpool cables: Wheat and
corn unchanged from yesterday.
Grain receipts at Chicago- Wheat So
cars: corn, 149 cars: oats, IA cars.
Cincinnati Price Current says: 1T was
a favorable week for wheat About the
only drawback is the Hessian fly in the
early sown, and that now is not serious
There was little Improvement in corn. 1t
needs cold, dry weather.
Estimated grair receipts at Kansas City
tomorrow: Wheat, As cars: corn. 80 cars;
oats, s cars.
Grain receipts at Kansas City: Wheat,
So cars; corn 120 cars: oats, 8 cars.
Minneapolis received $40 cars today,
against 375 cars year ago.
Chicago: Privileges. good tomorrow:
May wheat-Puts. 751sc calls, 761zc: curp
75s4c. May corn-Puts, 43c; calls. $3.50:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
D'ANNUNZIO'S WARDROBE.
Neapolitan Newspaper Informs the
World What He Wears.

London, Dec. A Neapolitan paper
publishes an inventory of Gabrielle
d Annunzios wardrobe He has -
shirts II dozen pair of socks of various
kinds and q dozen pair of quiet-tintea
silk; evening suits, smoking coats anG
of gloves for walking and "a pair for
evening wear; three silk muff1ers, u
walking sticks, 8 umbrellas OF violet hue,
10 green parascls, 20 dozen handke1-
ohiefs. $50 cravats OF resplendent and va
ried hues. 10 waistcoats. IA pairs of
walking shoes. two pairs of slippers
soft silent and tremulous,' and two
pair of very fine cambria: three revolt
vers, a dagger, a box of perfumes and
one laDdog
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Lindsborg Singers Won't Come.

The conservatory of music Of bethany
college. Lindsborg.ewil not give 2 concert
here during the State Teachers associa-
ton after all. For some reason it vii! be
impossible for the Lindsborg singers to
come. In place of the concert President
Hill, of the teachers ASSOCIATION, has Sc
cured Prof. Frederic M. Blanchard, of
Chicago. a noted reader. to give a Shake
sperian recital on Tuesday evening of boil
iday week, the night which has been set
aside for the Bethany CO 1csrt. Pref.
Blanchard will give ma ebe-h.'
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BONDS government bonds easier.
Kansas CITY Produce Market.

Kansas City, Dec. 4.-Close-
Receipts today, As cars Quotations
Dec 63110 $3.50; May, 693s@691zc. Cash:
No z hard, 651sde61zc; No. hard, 64c, No.
red, &c: No. 3 red. 63Q65c.
CORN-Dec., 395sG3974c; May. 37Hq
37llc Cash: No. 2 mixed, 4015c; No.
white. 4O1bc: No. white, 391kc.
OATS-No. white, 331zGS3s4c; No mix
ed, 31c.
HAY-Choice timothy. s1O5O611-Oo; choice
p B 81 2la2sc; dairy, fam
cy, 21c.
EGGS-Fresh, 2115c.
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Town Has No Hotel.

New York. Dec. 4-Owing to an
agreement between the proprietors of
three leading hotels the town of Walton.
population 5000, is without public
hosiery, says Times dispatch from
Cooperstown. N. Y. The agreement
runs until the first of next April and
was made because of prosecution for
alleged Illegal sales of LIQUOR
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
KIT CARSON'S son
Found Dead in His Cabin from Bite of
Spider.

Santa Monica, Cal, Dec Aged Sam
Carson has been found dead in his hut
far UP in Santa Monica canon. He had
been bitten by a spider.
Carson was about SO years old and
claimed TO be son of the renowned
scout, Kit" Carson. For many wears
the old nan had lived at the head of
Rustic canon. with only his horses ana
dogs for company.
Before taking up his abode in the
mountains the stories are that Carson
had a most picturesque career as pi-
oneer gold hunter. Indian fighter and
advent1rcr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
A Million Voices

Could hardly express the thanks of Homer
Hall of West Point Ia Listen why. A
severe cold had settled on his lungs. caus-
ing most obstinate cough Several ply
Sicians said he had consumption. but could
not help him. When all thought he was
doomed he began to use DR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. and writes:
TT completely cured me and saved my
life / now weigh 227 pounds" It's pos
itively guaranteed for coughs, colds and
lung troubles. Price SOC and 81 60. Trial
bottles free at A. ]. Arnold 5. s21 North
Kansas avenue.
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Presidential Appointments.

Washington, Dec. 4-The president to-
day sent the following nonina tons to
the senate: Robert NJ. McWade, Penn~
sylvania, now consul. to be consul gem
eral at Canton, China: Martin A. Knapp.
New York. interstate commerce com
missioner. reappointment; George w
Ellis. Kansas. secretary of the legation
at Mcnrovia, Liberia Also a large num-
Der Of army promotions and appoint
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Present Horton Memorial.

The memorial in honor of the late
Judge Albert H. Horton which was
prepared by a committee of the Shawnee
county bar was presented to the suprem.
court today by ex-Justice S. H. Allen.
and the court ordered it spread upon
which prepared it was composed of ex-
Justices Alien and D. NJ Valentine.
Judge T F. Carver, w H Rossingtcn
and NJ Harvey
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
Kelly Out on Bail.

st. Louis, Dec. s4.-Charles F. Kelly,
former member of the house OF dele
gates, has arrived in charge of detec-
arrested last week as a fugitive from
Justice Kelly, who rests under several
indictments charging bribery, was i'm
mediately taken to the Four courts.
where he furnished a $4,000 bond and
was released
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BUFFALOES SHUT OUT.
Quarantine Operates Against Col
Cody's Show.

London, Dec. AIR. Hamburg. president
of the board of agriculture, has dacilei
that, owing to the existence of the foot
and mouth disease ii some of the New
England states. he will De urable to per-
NIT the landing in England of a hers of
buffaloes belong to the ''W'ld West show,
which opens in London December g.
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St. Louis Livestock Market.

St Louis. Mo-. Dec. 4-CATTLE Re
ceipts today, 5000 head. including $500 head
81 35n 80: stockers and feeders. 81 750l3S5:
cows and heifers, $2.25Q4.75; Texas steers.
HOGS Receipts today, 1000 head Mar
s 20: packers, s6.15a6.aO; butchers, S6.20q
SHEEP-Receipts today Loco head.
Market steady Natives, $325d3.S0, lambs,
81. 306T5 40.
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TO Abolish French rifles.

Paris. Dec. deputy Fournier intro
duced a bill in the chamber of deputies
today providing for the abolition of
French titles of nobility. The house
took the measure into urgent considera-
ton and referred it to a committee. An
attempt was made to interpellate the
government in the chamber on the Mar
settles strike. but in view of Minister
Trouillot's explanation last Monday, the
house refused to discuss the strike.
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WHEAT-The strength in Liverpool ca
bles today was a surprise to the trade md
induced quite a little short covering The
cash markets were about steady and re-
ceipts moderate. CIearanceS were liberal
The crowd were bullish and bought wheat
steadily during the entire session There
were surface indications of Armour sell
ing through commission houses. The con-
sentative trader is afraid foreigners axe
trying to help rig a strong market to I'M
load their holdings. On account of stormy
weather the wire service was poor and
there was very little outside business We
do rot feel at all friendly to the long side
and believe sales the hard spots Will
result in at least good scalping profits.
CORN-Corn vas firm all day Volume
of business was small. however. and the
market was in the hands of room scalpers.
Casl. markets were steady. Through rates
considerable buying of 8 or better corn
al country points for shipments by that
date. otherwise there was no feature to
the market. Shorts have all run to cover
and there is long interest in Chicago
May corn. We are extremely hearish Oh
it and believe there is a minimum risk in
selling short and that handsome profits
will result shortly
4 CATS-Oats quiet and featureIess. Hard
" enough to make market.
VISIONS-Provisions were strong
and higher. Receipts of hogs were under
estimates with prices at the yards firm
and higher Packers bought both January
and May pork freely. Shorts and comntis-
sion houses were also fair buyers-
A G. GOODWIN COMMISSION CO.
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Sam Goes to ST. Thomas.

St Thomas. D. W. T.. Dec. General
Sam. the former president of Hayti.
arrived here today from France. He
has announced his intention of residing
in st. Thomas.
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Gable Steamer at Frisco.

San francisco. Cal. Dec. 4.-The British
steamer Silverton which is to lay the cable
between this city and Honolulu arrived
here today from London after a voyage
OF eighty days.
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yew YorS Stock

Wall Street. New York. Dec. 4.-STOCKS
Opening prices of stocks showed insignif-
icant changes from last night level Deal
ings were or a very small scale The gen
eral tendency was slightly upwards In
ternationaI Powe- dropped 13s points
Bull operators bid up Some of the recent
speculative sfavorites, causing advances of
about a point in St. Paul. Louisville. New
York Central. Brooklyn Rapid Transit and
Amalganatad Copper. Evansville and
Terre Haute also gained "a points and
Cleveland. c. c. and St. Louis and Re