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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
WORK ON THE GRAND.
Task of RemOdelling Theater Is
in Progress.

The work of renovating the Grand
opera house on Jackson street has been
begun, and a force OF painters is at
work treating the outside walls to
paint. Workmen are today cleaning
the cinders from the basement, where
they have accumulated for years.
Upon the completion of this work
new cement floor will be put in the
basement and the dressing rooms will
be removed from the stage and all
placed on the basement floor. An al
most entire new heating plant will be
installed. Expert theater decorators
will arrive this week from Chicago to
begin the work of interior decoration.
Carpenters have already begun the
work of repairs, and all the floors,
stairways and outside exit stairways
will be repaired SO as to be in first
class shane
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
TRADE MovEnEENrs.

Domestic trade movements for the
first quarter Of 1902 compared with those
for the corresponding period in 1901 are
reported in the March summary of in
ternal commerce by the treasury bureau
OF statistics. Those figures seem to in
dictate a continued increase in the vol
ume Of representative branches OF. COM
merce. The receipts Of wheat at eight
markets in the interior for the year 1901
up to April 1 amounted to 1871 7S3, 065
bushels compared with 1876. 632, 7e6 bush
els for the corresponding period of 1902.
There is thus a gain of 81 per cent to
the credit of the current quarter
The livestock N ovements exhibit the
same general tendency, with some ex-
ceptions. For the first quarter. of 1900
the receipts Of five kinds of stock at the
five leading markets Of the interior were
7.412,7oS head: for the first quarter of
1901 the receipts totaled 7.646.572 head.
and for 1902 totaled 1881. $50 head. The
great percentage of gain among the FIVE
classes of stock was made in the re-
ceipts Of calves. A comparison OF re-
oeipts shipments and consumption Of
calves brings to light the fact that the
primary markets are cutting deeper
than usual into the younger classes Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
THEY ORDER A HIGHT.
Court House Corridors Will No Long
er Be Dark.

The county commissioners have be-
come awfully and alarmingly extrava-
CANT. They are heaping expense upon
the tax payers Of Shawnee county. The
commissioners have allowed one electric
light to be burned in the dark halls and
stairways of the building.
For years the halls and stairways of
the building have been dark as the in
teriors of the pyramids Of Egypt. There
has not been light enough there to dis
turb the peaceful slumbers OF a mummy.
The building was planned like a fortress
without windows where they are need
ed Now one electric light on the main
stairway is trying to diffuse the dark
ness so that people will not fall up or
down the stairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29

Perry Heath, who was first assistant
postmaster general under the Mckinley
administration and who is now pub
Usher of the Salt Lake Tribune, and
should therefore know about such
things. heartily endorses the Post
check scheme. The Post check was de-
vised by Mr. c. w Post a prominent
and pubHc-spirited citizen of Battle
Creek, Mich. He was assisted in its
perfection by a number of publishers,
and the plan has been earnestly en-
dorsed by the American Newspaper
Publishers association. Mr.. Heath
says: Since the adoption of rural
mail delivery and our farmers are
making so many mail orders, our rural
friends win be greatly interested IN
this proposition, and they would do
we'll to so express themselves TO their
senat tors and representatives. in con
gress. The design has been dedicated
TO the government. so that no fndivid-
ual can selhshly profit by the adoption
OF the Post check
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29

This poetieal effusion published in the
Newton Kansan, Mr.. S. R. Peters
paper, contains advice which Mr.
Eugene F. Ware ought to consider Of
value coming as it does from the man
who might have been:
Are you there, Eugene Ware?
If you are, will you be fair?
All we ask in our prayer
Is for YOU to be square.
Let the eagle squeezers swear
Let them rage and tear their hair,
Give US what the laws declare
is our just and proper share,
That is all we ask of Ware,
Eugene Ware.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29

Good crops" says Henry Clews in
the most recent issue of the Financial
Review, are what make good markets
after all, because they make good rail-
road earnings, and good railroad earn
ings make good dividends. and good
dividends make good buyers for rail-
road stoclKs-those who buy and pay
cash and put the property away in their
strong boxes for safe keeping. Farmers
hold and own the lands that produce
these crops. and they have been getting
very rich as a result of the prosperous
conditions we have had for several
years past. A good harvest viii insure
another year Of general prosperity"
Clearly Mr.. Clews is not among those
who believe that political parties and
policies can alone create prosperous
conditions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
MR.. P0sT GETS AHEARING.
Author Of Post Check System APP
pears Before the COMMITTEES.

Washington. April 29.-The committee. Of
postal and treasury experts investigating
the question of establishing a postal cur
fency met today. but adjourned without
dctlon- G. ". Post, the author of the Post
currency bill, explained the measure and
urged that the people needed some means
Aof the immediate renting OF postal cur
rency and said any plan that calls for 60
ing TO the poStoffice to send or receive
such currency was impracticable
FOR this reason he contended that the
pending plan which has been endorsed by
the American Newspaper Publishers asso-
cation should suppiant the money order
or postal system. Superintendent Metcalfe
OF lne money order system objected to the
FORM OF the plan, but not to its general
schene. tie conceded that some measure
was necessary by which currency would
be obtainable at ones door, as it We're,
but said the division Of the business be-
tween the treasury and postofice depart
ments was impracticable. He offered
IN its stead postoffice department
project which. he thought, would
better answer the purpose His scheme IS
adapted from the postal notes system
used IN Germany, France, Great Britain
and Canada.
Great Britain. he said issues 20 million
OF these postal notes against IL million OF
regular money orders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
WILL ASK CLUB TO HELP.
st. Joseph Grocers to Be Welcomed
to Topeka

An effort will likely be made by the
Topeka Retail Grocers' association to
have the Commercial club assist in the
entertainment of the 500 excursionists
from the St Joseph Grocers' associa-
ton, who will be here on Sunday, May
IL
The grocers want the Commercial
club to hire Marshalrs band and give
a free concert in honor of the visitors
at Garfield park on Sunday afternoon.
It is also desired by the grocers that
Governor Stanley allow the state house
to remain open all day Sunday, with
guides on hand to escort people to the
top Of the dome. About the first thing
people want to do when they come to
Topeka is to climb the dome, and unless
special arrangements are made, this
cannot be done on Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
COTTON-PICKING MACHINE.
New Invention Will Be Tried on This
Years Crop.

Jackson, Miss, April 29.-The first reg
ular contract ever made in the world
to pick cotton by machinery was closed
in Greenville a few days since, and the
first experiment with the machine viii
be made on the Rosenstock plantation,
in Washington county, next fall. A
Pittsburg man named Thomas r. Nor
ris is the inventor of the device, and for
the past ten years he has been conduct
ing experiments in the vicinity of
Greenville. He now claims that the de-
vice has been modelled on a practical
working basis. and feels confident that
he will revolutionize the cotton picking
industry of the south.
The machine he admits, is valueless
except on level uplands, low valleys and
prairie grounds, but even if it should
prove successfu4 with this limit its eff
feet on the labor question in the south
win be very marked, as millions of dol
lars are expended each year for the la
Dor employed in cotton picking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
A Mistaken Idea Prevails
using GROUNDs INVADED
Japanese Displace Californians in Sup
plying San Pedro Markets.

San Pedro, Cal, April 29.-About 100
men living here who have been making
their living By catching fish in the
ocean are now idle or are merely mend
ing their nets as a result of the inva-
sion of Japanese market fishermen. For
the past few days the wholesale houses
have been paying but 2 cents q pound
for fish and the fishermen have ap-
pealed to them asking them to pay 3
cents regularly and not to buy Of the
japanese Most of the old fishermen
are Italians and Germans. It is claimed
on behalf of the Japanese that their
catches have been mostly of varieties
different from those taken by the Ital-
ians and Germans, and that they do not
therefore interfere with the work of the
older fishermen Recently some Japa-
nese fishing boats left moored in the
inner harbor were broken up and set
adrift No other violence has occurred.
The shipments of fish from this port in
1901 amounted to about 1,400 tons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
PROTEST. FROM SAVANNAH.
Business Men Object to a Negro For
Customs Collector.

Savannah, Ga, April 29.-The Savan-
nah cotton exchange, which is compris-
ed Of the leading business men of Sa-
vannah, is up in arms aginst the reap
pointment of J. H Deveaux, cO1ored as
collector Of. customs at Savannah It is
generally understood here that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has practically decided
on Deveaux for the position, which he
has held for four years. The exchange
met today and adopted a resolution call
ing on the president to appoint some one
suitable for the position who may be
received and treated as a social equal
The resolution was telegraphed to the
president as it was feared that he was
about to take immediate action.
A copy was sent to each senator and
representative from Georgia as well. Eff
forts have been made to find something
against Deveaux besides his color but
thus far have failed. The president &c
clares he IS not prejudiced against the man
because of his color. Several white men
are after the position.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
CONTRACTS ONE SIDED.
Defense Set Up by Attorney of Amer
lean League.

St. Louis, Mo, April 2s.-Arguments
of counsel on the petition of prohibition
of ST. Louis National League Baseball
club to restrain Harper, Wallace and
Heidrick from playing with the st.
Louis American League club, were heard
today by Judges Tally and Fisher joint
". The court room was crowded with
fans" and Secretary Hedges of the
local American league team was present.
At the conclusion of arguments the case
went over until tomorrow when the op-
posing counsel viii present their briefs.
Judge Russell Of Cleveland and Judge
Bond appeared for the plaintiff In the
course of his arguments Judge Russell
cited the decision of the supreme court
Of Pennsylvania which held that the re-
serve clause in the contracts of Lajoie,
Bernhard and Fraser with the Phila-
delphia National League club are valid.
Attorney Johnson, for the American
league, did not deny the authenticity of
the mems signatures to National league
contracts, but declared that the con-
tracts in question were unconstitutional
because one sided.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
A HALT IS CALLED.
The Knocker Gets in His Work
on the Virgins Ferry Deal.

ST Louis. Mo, April 2s.-The Mis-
sissippi Valley Trust company today
fled in the circuit court a petition for
an injunction to prevent the transfer
of the stock of the Virgins Ferry com
pany to the Mercantile Trust company
and to force the latter company to turn
over to the Mississippi Valley company
the shares of stock now in its posses
sion. A temporary restraining order
was also asked for to stop the further
purchase of ferry stock by the Mer-
camille Trust company or the offer Of
inducements to make such transfers
Judge Tally granted a temporary re-
Straining order
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
sUGAR FAcToRY IN KANsAs
Rocky Ford Company to Experiment
This Season.

The beet sugar industry continues to
spread into Kansas. The farmers Of
Sedgwick county viii probably expert
ment with it this summer with a view
to securing a beet sugar factory next
year.
The company which owns the factory
at Rocky Ford, Col, is anxious to come
into Kansas II it can secure a large
enough acreage of good beets IN any
one locality to supply a factory It re-
Gently had a committee go from Wichi-
ia to Rocky Ford to investigate the in
dustry there and that committee is now
working up the experiment among the
farmers of Sedgwick county. They ask
that not less than 30 farmers shall plant
at least a half acre Of beets each this
sun mer to ascertain if the crop can be
probably grown in that locality. The
beets must be grown under the direc-
ton of an expert After August Is tests
VIII be made Of the per cent or sugar
IN the beets, and If they run Is per cent
the company will be ready to contract
to build a factory. It viii pay 81 q ton
for beets which run 13 per cent sugar,
and a conservative estin ate of
beet crop is Is tons uer acre. If
the percent of sugar is high enough the
company viii contract to build fac
tory costing at least a half million dol
lars. All it asks in return is that the
farmers shall contract to raise at least
5000 acres of beets a year.
If the project is successful in Sedg-
wick county. it is not at all unlikely
that the whole Arkansas valley will in
time be given largely to the production
of sugar. From 5000 to 10, 600 acres will
supply big factory, but one man can
not raise many acres, so that it requires
a comparatively dense farming pOpula-
ton in a sugar beet country. Plenty of
sunshine and a sandy soil are two Of
the principal requirements of the sugar
beet, and these are abundant in south
western Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29

stock on the western farms. and other
areas OF supply.
The average weight OF hogs at Chicago
was six pounds less than during March,
1901; at st. Joseph, eight pounds less;
at Omaha, y pounds less, and at KAN
sas City. 19 pounds less. The carload
receipts of stock generally show an IN
crease, except at Kansas City, where
there was a decrease OF 81 per cent in
the number of cars, compared with
March, 1901 For the three months end
ing March 81 of this year Chicago re-
ceived 1854 cars of stock, and 6s,56S for
the corresponding quarter Of the pre-
ceding year; showing a gain OF sol
cars, indicating that the Chicago supply
is being kept up by the central west and
northwest. Traffic in livestock COM
pared for the first quarter Of three sue
cessive years showed that for the first
quarter Of 1900 four markets received
122. 1872 cars; for 1901. the corresponding
figure was "a, 1888 cars. and for 1902, 1Zi,-
2l9 cars. There is, therefore, a material
gain to the credit OF western livestock
traffic thus far this year over either OF
the preceding two years, despite the
southwestern shortage of supply.
The comm ercial years report on the
pork packing industry confirms those
figures Of the increase Of livestock traf-
fic The Cincinnati Price Current gives
25,4 al, SIS head as the total OF hogs pack
ed in the western eenters during the
year ending March 1, compared with
%. SOC. 694 head for the preceding year.
The receipts of hogs at New York, Phil
adelphfa and Baltimore, however, dur
ing the y months ending March were
the lowest in seven years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
CAUGHT INA BLIZZARD.
Terrible Experience of George A. Car
penter and Party Near Nome.

Tacoma, Wash, April 29.-Nome advices
dated February II state that George A
Carpenter, a well known coast. newspaper
man, who was caught in a blizzard on the
AoxapOga divide, near Nome in Decem-
Der, had to submit to an amputation of
both arms and both legs. On the date
named Carpenters limbs were healing but
trouble, strain and loss of vitality had
somewhat affected his mind Prospectors
Vint and Hunter, who were caught in the
blizzard with Carpenter. win live, but are
disfigured for life, losing an arm and leg
each. Fraternal societies of Nome were
be5f ~ e oa1 an z1 fsiI LOT res,e s
at Berkeley, Cal. Carpenter had worked
on Tacoma and other coast papers, later
owning papers at Anacortes and Juneau,
Alaska He was one Of the discoveries Of
Cook inlet placers.
While bound from Fort Gibson to Ram
part, Thomas Irving, prospector, was
frozen to death early in March during
blizzard. His body was found within two
miles Of one of the mail relay cabins.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
ROSSYILLE GRADUATES.
Three Young Women Complete High
School Course.

Rossvil1e, kan, April 9.-Commence-
ment exercises in the schools were held
here Saturday evening at the high
school assembly hall Miss Edna Hart
eel. Miss Ella Barr and Miss Stella
johnson were graduated from the high
school and Miss Ella Wyatt, Miss
Blanche Baird, Miss Maude Worthing-
ton, Miss Lulu Moseley and Mr.. Cyrus
Higginbotha-n were graduated from the
city schools to take up the regular high
school work.
J. H. Dawson, of the state treasurer's
office delivered the address to the grad
yates and W. H. WATSON, of the state
superintendent office and formerly a
teacher in the Rossville schools, was in
attendance. Music for the commence
ment exercises was furnished by the
Rossville orchestra, four of the violin
players of which are young ladies' r. B.
Arnold is the principal of the schools.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
HIGHEST PRAISE.
Some Topeka Citizens Grow En-
thusiastic on the Subject.

The praise of the public.
Is merits just reward
Nothing in modern times
Has received the praise accorded THE
Little Conqueror.
OF some kinds of praise we. are skep-
teal.
We doubt the praise of strangers;
The highest praise for Topeka pub
Is hearty expression from Topeka
people
Doan's Kidney Pills are Endorsed in
Topeka.
No better proof of merit can be had.
Here's a case of it. We have plenty
more like it.
Mi W. H Cox of Seward avenue.
farmer, says: Il had kidney complaint
for a number of years, and suffered 50
greatly from backache that I could
hardly stoop or straighten- / could not
rest well nights and arose in the MORN
ing tired and unrefreshed- There was
also a distressing weakness of the kid
neys which bothered me greatly, espee-
tally if I caught cold. was induced. to
try Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a
box at Rowley & Shows drug store. I
can not express how gratiled 1 was
with the speedy relief I obtained from
the treatment The pains all disappear
ed I rested well nights and the diff
Guilty with the kidney secretions was
corrected
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster A1ilburn Co. Buffalo. N.
Y. sole agents for the United States
Remember the name, Deans. and take
no substitute
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
Marshal Kills a Desperate.

Guthrie. Okla, April 29.-City Mar
shall r. N. Maxwell of Lexington.
Okla, in a battle with George and Jack
Goodin. brothers, near that city, shot
both men with a double-barreled shot
gun, and George died instantly from
his wounds. He was resident of Hot
Springs, Ark, and the brother lived on
Little river in the Chickasha nation.
It is alleged the pair attempted to shoot
up the town and We're followed by the
officer They resisted arrest by cover
ing Maxwell with revolvers, and both
sides opened fire. A coroner's jury held
Maxwell euiltless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
Son the AtehIs0n alobe.l

TFrom the AtchisOn GIobe.I
A boys idea of good eating is wild
goose Of his own killing
Motto from a late 1-2-S lithograpn--
IF Won viii not be my wife, then marry
ma" .
In a. love affair, the one who tires OF
the other first is not the heartless one
but the one who first admits 1t.
This is good time Of the year TO
stay at home, and give your nelgnpors
a chance to get their potatoes IN
When there is a guest in the house,
every one is an ears to catch any re-
marks she may drop about when she
intends to go home.
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Must Show Teller.

Washington, April 29.-The sub-com-
mittee of the senate committee on
Cuban relations appointed to make in
quiry into the holdings of Cuban sugar,
will meet today to formulate a plan of
procedure. Senator Teller said today
that he would propose that a number
of Republican members of the house
who have said that the greater part OF
the present crop is held by the trust,
shnllld be called
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT
New Secretary of the Navy Heads the
List.

Washington. April denominations
by the president:
William H. Moody. Massachusetts, to
be secretary of the navy.
James K. Barnes, United States at
torney western district of Arkansas.
Marshals-A. S. Fowler, eastern dis
trict of Arkansas; J. F. Emmitt, district
of Nevada.
Receivers Of public moneys-James F.
Thompson, at Eureka, Cal: Geo. A.
Robenthan, Blackfoot, Idaho; l. B. And
rews, Seattle; Miles Cannon. North
Yakima Wn.; Alexander J. Cook, Van
cOuver, Wn.
Registers of land offiees-Lorenzo R.
Thomas, Blackfoot, Idaho; Mathew b.
Malloy, Waterville, Wn.: K. H. Smith.
Seattle, Wn.; William E. Chaplin, Chey-
enne, Wyo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-29
a valnable Medicine ZOE Conn and
Colds IN Children.

4 have not the slightest hesitancy in
recommending Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy to all who are suffering from coughs
or colds" saws Chas. N. Cramer, esq.
well known watch maker Of Colombo Cey-
lon 1T has been some two years since
the City Dispensary first called my atten-
ton to this valuable medicine and I have
repeatedly used it and it has always been
beneficial. It has cured me quickly Of
all chest colds It Is especially effective for
children and seldom takes more than one
bottle to cure them of hoarseness I have
persuaded many to try this valuable med
icine and they are all as vel pleased is
myself over the results. For sale by, all
druggists.
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Will Make Illinois His Flagship.

New York, April 29.-Rear Admiral
Aren't Schuyler Crowninshield. the new
mander-in-chief of the European
squadron, will hoist his flag today on
the battleship Illinois at the navy yard.
The Illinois viii sail for Europe tonor-
row The Illinois has been fitted uD
with palatial quarters for the officers
who represent the United States at the
Coronation ceremonies of King Edward.
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ANOTHER EXTENSION.
Rock Island Railroad to Build South
From Lawton.

Guthrie ok. April 29.-The Rock Island
Railroad company. in order TO secure
route from Lawton for an extension into
Texas, has condemned the public highway
as far as Red riveriand active construction
will commence Immediately. The company
desires to get into operation by the time
the Frisco system completes its Vernon
CTex.) extension. Both tap the same coun-
try which is rich.