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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-29

Three candidates for the secretarvship
have already presented themselves ana
more may be heard from before the cleo
ton is called at the afternoon session on
Tuesday. Secretary William Il. Barnes
will be a candidate to succeed himself;
c. A. Chandler, of Argentine, who now
holds responsible position in the en-
ploy of the Shaw Botanical garden at
st. Louis, is a candidate, and ". D. Sell
lers of Edwardsville, a young and pros
porous fruit grower of Wyandotle coun-
ty, will offer himself on the altar of The
society. All three are said 10 have
strength and a close contest is predict
ed
Comparatively few of the 300 people
expected to attend the meeting have
yet arrived. There are about go mem
bers in the State Horticultural society.
Most of these are regular attendants at
the annual meetings. A cOEsidera BILE
part of the attendance is made 10 CT
delegates from the 80 or 40 county nor
ticultural societies over the state aud
the others are merely interest onlOOkerS,
usually fruit growers. During the past
few years the society has had a good
growth in membership and the Topeka
office had been made valuable to the
fruit men for whose benefit it was in
tended.
1t has been a prosperous two years
for the society since the last election
and Major Frank Holsinger of Rosedale,
who is treasurer, points with pride at
nest egg Oh S-VV Wnlch ne leeNes 10 tHe
man who succeeds him in Office. Legisla-
a1Ve appropria tiOns for the society have
not been all that could nave been de-
sired by the officers and the closing of
a term with money in the treasury is
regarded as a singular evidence of good
management. At last the society IS
housed in Very .leasant and sufficient
rooms at the north end of the north
wing on the FIRST floor of the state
house Work on the surrounding rooms
has not been completed and cOnsidera BILE
disorder prevails IN the corridor. The
present meeting however, will be held
for the first time in rooms exclusively
the property of the organization. Moth
ing much can yet be said of the fruit
exhibit It is to be made on the Srst
floor in the rotunda of the capitol build
ing Workmen are busy today setting
1t up and arranging tables for it but
much of the fruit promised has still to
arrive.
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GOOD TRADE YEAR.
England Is Able to Look Backward
With Satisfaction.

New York. Dec. 29.-The year which
is rapidly drawing to close has been
on the whole q good one for British
trade, says the Tribune's London CORE
spondent. Although the boom which
was predicted as the result of peace in
South Africa has not yet put in an ap-
Dearance. still John Bull. ship owner.
ship builder, manufacturer, merchant.
engineer, coIliery owner, banker and
financier. can afford to look back upon
1902 with a certain sense of satisfaction.
John has at last woke up to the
necessity OF keeping himself abreast Of
the time in regard to methods. Amalga-
nation and reconstruction have been the
order of the day, and even the railway
companies have begun to take in hand
the reorganization of their mineral and
goods traffic. Revenue is coming in well
in excess Of estimates and shows a fair
proDortionate. increase over last year,
after making allowance for additional
taxation. On the other hand. though
more than six months have elapsed since
the termination of the Boer war, the
national expenditure has not yet begun
to show the reduction which tax payers
would like to see, and 1T is probable in
consequence of demands for various
purposes in South Africa for reorganiza-
ton of the army and navy and for
larger grants on account of education,
this side of the national accounts will
show a very considerable reduction for
some time come
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New org Stock.

Wall Street. New York. Dec. 29.--STOCKS
The majority OF stocks opened at lower
prices than on Saturday. but there were
enough gains to make the tone Irregular
In some of the active issues trading was
very feverish Amalgamated Copper, which
closed at 6315 on Saturday. was sold down
to 6112, and rallied feverishly. Anaconda
opened up points. The opening sales Of
Rock Island were 500 shares at 1874 to ~
compared with 4s7s on Saturday. The
stnez declined to As. Union Pacific lost =
point on running sales or 1,29o shares and
St Paul declined IS point. Sales of 200
shares of Chicago Great Western we're
made ST 25iz to ZA. compared with 25A
on Saturday, and there were sharp frac-
tio-al gains in Louisville and Chicago and
Alton Missouri Pacific ViSraIed feverishly
over a "a nge of half a. point
Precipirate declines in few of the spec
ulative leaders brought out large offer
ings from all quarters and che market
gave way sharply. Rock Island broke from
AZ TO A. and st. Paul, Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific. Atchisor Reading. Bal
timore and Ohio, Sugar. Manhattan and .
number of other stocks SielceG l to l1s
points Anaconda reacted a points from
its opening. few unimpor-ant stocks
were bid up, New Jersey Central rising
2 points and Great Northern preferred,
Chicago and Alton. Baltimore and Ono
preferred and Ice preferred TO TX points.
BUYING bv the shorts rallied the leaders
for n time. but tbs market developed re-
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Topeka Hide Market.
KANSANS TO HANG.
Brummitt and Barclay Convict
ed of Murder of j. /. Poole.

Guthrie. OKLA, Dec 29-For the sec
ond time James Brummitt and George
Barclay have been sentenced to be
hanged for the murder of J. l. Poole.
cattleman, in the Usage Indian reserva-
ton, July 16, 1900. The execution is set
for February II. 1908. but the attorneys
for the prisoners say they will save their
clients necks even if they have to an
peal to the president
Early in 1900 Barclay and Brumnitt.
both of whom are Kansans. started out
from Coffeyville for a wagon trip
through the Indian Territory. On the
4th OF July, 1900, they are alleged 70 nave
stolen saddles and household effects from
the residence of J. 1. Poole, in the Greek
country The Poole family was attend
ing celebration in nearby town at
the time of the theft On their return
Poole headed a posse of the Anti-Horse-
thief association and camped on the
trail of the thieves. who were rounded
up while preparing breakfast under the
trees at the home of a friend in the
Usage reserva ton.
Poole and his posse planned to sit at
the table with the outlaws. who at
preconcerted signal were to be covered
and captured. A desperate fight fol-
lowed the carrying out of this plan,
Poole being killed, Barclay desperately
wounded and both he and 2rummitt
captured. The remainder of the gang
escaped Both prisoners were connned
in the federal prison here. where they
have been since except when taken to
Pawnee in 1901 for trial.
On their first trial both were convict
ed and sentenced to be hanged in Juna.
1901 but execution was delayed pending
an appeal to the supreme court of Okla
homa. Chit Justice Burford sustained
the finding of the court at Pawnee and
the death sentence was again pro-
nounced by Judge Hainer. 1t has not
been decided whether the men will be
hanged in the federal prison here or
taken to Pawnee for execution.
This IS believed to he Barclays first
serious offense. but Brummitt is said 10
be a bad man. who has served term
in the Denitentiary for other crimes.
Both were among the prisoners who
cemetery.
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YEAR OF DELAYED TRAINS
Railroad Man Says It is Due to shor-
age of Cars and Engines.

Omaha. Dec 2s.Ls.I have been in this
business for over twenty years and never
have known passenger trains to run on
poor time as they have done this year"
said one of Omaha's veteran railroad men
yesterday. 1T is a fact he continued
that roads generally have failed to OBJ
serve schedules this year l warrant if
a comparison could be made it would lie
found that more trains were late more
times in the last year than in any other
similar period of Omahas history.
Now, it will be interesting to look into
the causes of this condition. Some will
tell you, glibly, that it is due to the I'M
precedented volume of traffic and in
directly that is correct. But that does
not fully explain matters 1t is true
that. taken as a whole. this has been the
business in the country's history and
Omaha, the gateway to the great west,
has opened her portals to unusually large
hordes of travellers this year, but 1 have
observed that at times when the passen-
ger traffic was the heaviest the trains
might be making the best time they had
made during the year So that does not
explain it. 1 was here in one of the old
depots years ago when round-trip excur-
sion tickets were sold to California for IS
and the rush of travel was something ire
mendous, but the trains all made good
time.
The simple cause is the general short
age of rolling stock. All these roads, or
DIT iedSl HStIly ali OF Inein, are snort on
engines and many on cars, and they
simply have been unable to meet the con-
ditions which this unheard of era of pros
perity has thrust upon them. The rail-
road magnates, who are given credit for
being the most wide-awake and progress
sive fellows in the country, were caught
mapping that time. They did not foresee
this enormous increase in business COM
ing in time to prepare adequate means
of handling it as it should have been
handled. Now, you will find that
scarcely a road in this part of the coun-
try has failed to order new cars and new
engines, especially the latter. But this
does not necessarily promise Immediate
relief from the congestion that has set in.
The enginemakers throughout the coun-
try are already covered up with orders
that cannot possibly be filled by the last
of 1903, so that if this enormous increase
In volume of business has come to stay.
and there Is little doubt that it has, it
will require more than a year for the rail-
roads to catch up with the situation"
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Chicago. Dec. 2o-CATTLE-Rece TO-
day, $500 head Market 101l6c lower
medium, $S.00Q4 75; stockers and feeders,
81 o09l4. 40; cows, $1.75Q4. 80; heifers, Sz00q
500 Gamers, 81 25@2.40; bulls. 2.0014. 40;
500.
HOGS-Receipts today, $4,000 head; esti-
mated Tuesday, 600 head; left over from
Saturday q $50 head. Market 10Q15c higher.
Mixed and butchers s6.2OGI6.65: good to
choice heavy $6.6ed6. IS; rough heavy, IS %
46.60; light. $6.O0Q6.40; bulk Of sales, s6.4O9
SIS
SHEEP-Receipts today. 1900 head.
Sheep and lambs strong. Good 10 choice
wethers, a. O0GI4.50; fair to choice mixed.
s.. O9I500; western sheep s40004.50; native
lambs s4O0d6.00; western lambs, $425Q6.oO.
Official receipts and shipments Saturday;
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts -.... ........ y24 13,l61 1,6g5
Shipments 49,. -. 100 S13 go
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DIR. FRANKLIN LEAVES X. u.
Professor of Chemistry Goes to Leland
Stanford for Higher Salary.

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. 29.-As a result
of the visit of President David Starr Jor-
dan, sof Leland Stanford university. to
Lawrence, and that of Professor V. L.
Kellogg, of the same institution, Dr. E. c.
Franklin, of the chair of physical chem
istry at the University of Kansas, has
accepted the place OF associate professor
of organic chemistry at Leland Stanford
DIR. Franklin will go to his new position
next September.
Kansas born and bred, DR.. Franklin
was graduated from the University OF
Kansas in 1851. and afterward took his
doctors degree at Johns Hopkins uni
versity; he travelled and studied in Ger
many and in other European educational
centers. and is regarded as one of the
most promising young chemists in the
country, and his original researches in
the electrical conductivity Of liquid am
nonia. well as along other lines, have
placed him in the front rank.
DR.. Franklin has been member of the
faculty here since his graduation and the
completion Of his work. He married a
sister of Congressman Charles F. Scott
and has a brother who is q member of
the faculty at Lafayette college in PENN
sylYania.
His new position will pay him S2.750 a
year. substantial advance over his
salary here and viii lead shortly to-a full
professorship ait $4,000 year. He will
succeed DR.. Alexander, who died last
summer.
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CROKER BUYS PROPERTY.
Master of Moat House Makes Him
self Valuable Christmas Present.

Vantage, Eng, Dec. 29.-Richard
Croker gave himself Christmas present
in the shape of two new properties adj
joining his Letcombe estate. One is the
White house, which at one time he rented
from its owner.
The other is the Pewitt farm. Both
combined embrace about $50 acres. 1t is
reported that he is negotiating for an
other farm called Angeldown. All these
together comprise land valuable for horse
training.
These acquisitions will involve large al
terations for Mr.. Cookers purposes, and
the acquiring of them has relieved the
fear of the Letconbe people that he was
tired of Moat house, and meant to trans
fer himself to his Limerick property at
Ballingarry.
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TRADES UNION WAR ENDS.
Rival Factions in Denver Reach
Basis of Agreement

Denver, Col, Dec. 2a.-The local war
between the two trades assemblies in
Denver has been called off and by the
ratification of an agreement, decided up
on by committees, there will be in the
future only one trades assembly in Den
yer Over year ago the two assemblies
split over the question of affllistion with
the American Federation oc Labor or
the American Labor union The point
was the affiliation of the f1rsmen's ,lnion
whose national body belonged to the
latter national organization. In the set
Element, the local assembly will become
part of the American Fed grafton OF
Labor, but there will be provision in
the new constitution to the effect that
all craft union shall afFliate with their
national organizations. The question of
existing dual unions will be dealt with
by arbitration committees. Labor cir
cles as far south as Texas and north to
Montana will be affected by the settle
menI of the local fight.
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MARKETS TODAY.
General Selling Movement in
the Wheat Pit.
Weakness in Wheat Has Similar
Effect on Corn.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle Receipts Pick Up and
Prices Go Down.
Hogs Continue to Move Up a
Point or Two.

Chicago Dec. 29-WHEAT-There was
a general selling movement in the wheat
pit today. resulting from bearish statistics
the weather being favorable for the move
ment and Liverpool cables lower, while
the receipts were liberal and the shipments
from Russia on large scale: The opening I,e1
77M771sc, and with little support to the
market there was a further decline te
receipts of $50 cars, which. with local re-
ceipts of 70 cars. cars of contract grade,
made total receipts for the three points OF
S32 cars, against J,152 cars last week, ana
S4z cars year ago.
May continued to decline until 76skQ7S11o
was reached, but a good commission house
demand together with buying by the
leading long, brought about a firmer feel
ing and the close was AQssc lower, at 1873
CORN-Clear weather throughout the
west and southwest, together with the
ing in corn. with May a shade TO HqAc
lower, at 4S4054S7sc to 43asG431zc. The
prospects for better weather brought out a
large number of selling orders, the major
ity Of them coming from the country, al
though the local crowd was largely on the
ever. was only moderate, the demand be-
ing rather light, and as consequence the
market was inclined to drag. May sold
off to 431kG431zc, but later rallied again to
1850. Local receipts were go cars, with
cars of contract grade
The strength in oats was help to corn
and the close was firm. with May 1sQAc
higher, at 5s04Ss4c.
OA1S-OdtS opened weak on lower
prices in other grains and on the large
local receipts, about twice many cars
being received today than had bean essi-
mated. Mey was off Nc to lslesc: at the
start opening at 33sz GySS7sc to S35sc. put
soon sold down to $3.50 on liquidation by
local longs, there being little support given
the market from any source. Local re-
ceipts were 81 cara.
PROVLETQNS-Notwi hstanding the de-
preston IN the grain pits, provisions open
ed strong. influenced by the higher prices
at the stock yards. May pork opened Jog
2Oc higher, at SIS. $50 1856; May lard was
1o0121ko higher, at $s.65G9- 671k. while ribs
were up 21fG73kc, opening at $S.701S75. The
poor condition of the bulk of hogs induced
free covering by shorts and prices were
well maintained
WHEAT-Cash: No. 2 red. 74G76c; No.
3 red, 67173c; No. hard winter, 71474c;
No hard winter, S71kg72c; No. l north
ern spring, 76G7c; No. northern spring.
T3G753kc; No. 3 spring, 6SQ7512c-
CORN-No. 2, 45@451ac; No; 9; 42q42l4c.
FLAX-Cash: NV, $1.24; S.-W., $116;
May, $1.23.
RYE-Dec., 511zd51szc.
BARLEY-Cash: 3SG5Sc-
TIMOTHY-Jan., $4-25.
CLOVER-Dec., $10-S5-
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Opening LIVERPOOL cables Wheat and
corn unchanged from last Wednesday.
Chicago: Wheat opened a fraction lower
and broke &c quickly Disa appointing Liv-
erpcol cables were disappointing to the
bull crowd who Went over long on wheat
Saturday.
Second Liverpool cables: Wheat and
corn 1sd higher.
Grain receipts at Chicago today: Wheat.
2. Oats, By cars: graded %.
Chicago: May corn holds firm in face of
the weakness in wheat There seems to
be some strong interests supporting corn
and oats. Wheat is not acting good.
Grain receipts at Kansas City: Wheat.
&c cars; corn, 101 cars; oats, is cars. A
year ago: Wheat, "a cars; corn, III cars
oats, Is cars.
Liverpool closing cables: Wheat I'M
changed; corn sd higher for the day.
Northwest grain receipts today: Mime
ago: Minneapolis, S37 cars; Duluth, o6
cars.
Total visible supply: Wheat 4s. 7ss 0oo
bushels: corn, 7.112.000 bushels; oats, $780,
COO bushels.
Weekly visible supply changes: Wheat
decreased S62, 900 bushels; corn increased
71O.0o bushels; oats decreased 95s, 900 bush
els.
Estimated grain receipts tomorrow at
Chicago: Wheat, 100 cars; corn, 655 cars;
Chicago: Privileges tomorrow: May
wheat-Puts, 765sc; calls, 7711c: curb, 1880.
May corn-Puts, 4S1zc; calls, 4S74c; curb,
1890.
Estimated receipts of grain tomorrow at
Kansas City: Wheat. 81 cars; corn, 100
cars; oats. Sc cars
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newed weakness before II o'clock. the
transcontinental group declining to the
lowest.
Prices receded all around to a point gem
orally lower than before. One point de-
cliTes were reached by United States Steel
preferred. New York Central. Pennsylya-
mia, Illinois Central, Southern Railway and
Missouri Pacific. A rally of more than q
point In Sugar steadied the market. but
St Paul relapsed to below III Gains of
1k to points were scored by St Joseph
and Grand Island. Lake Erie and Western
and United States Rubber preferred. The
chief selling was attributed to various
pools which are responsible for last weeks
rise in prices. The rise in call money to
IL per cent induced the selling. Bonds
were irregular at noon.
Buying orders were scarce, bu there wsa
no resumption of selling and the market
improved gradually. RecoverfeS from the
lowest point reached in St. Paul. Rock Is
land. Missouri Pacific and Sugar. Other
stocks made only feeble rallies.
The decline in ST. Paul reached 21z points
and other important stocks extended their
losses to nearly points. Lacxawanna
lost points. Bushes had diminished at /
O clock and the pressure relaxed
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Judge Frederick Wellhouse, president
Of the society said this morning:
THE present meeting Of the society
is to be an important one by reason of
the legislation that is to be brought up
It IS proposed to limit the members to
one term in all the offices but that oI
secretary. The duties of the others are
of such a nature that the changing
every two years viii not conflict with a
proper administration, while it is good
business principles to retain a com
peteut secretary. The real work Of
keeping up the organization depends
upon him. and that office Will not be
molested. : am in favor Of the pro-
posed amendment. for in my own case l
have held the Office Of president for
eight years and want 10 get out.
Whether the amendment is adopted or
not I will not be reelected
I'VE expect to have a very good meet
ing. although it is too early to make
predictions about attendance It IS also
too soon to say much about our fruit ex
hibit although the specimens that are
exhibited viii be unusually fine. This
has been very good fruit year"
No one seems to be prepared to say
who viii succeed the present officers,
who are as follows: President, Frederick
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ORDAINED AS DEACONS.
Bishop MiIlspaugh Was in Charge of
Services at Kansas City, Kas.

Kansas City, Kas., Dec 29-Robert
M. Betting and George GeiSel were Or
dained deacons in the Episcopal church
at st. Pauls church in Kansas City.
Kas., yesterday morning by the Right
Rev. Frank NJ. Millspaugh, bishop of
Kansas. The ceremony was witnessed
by a large crowd every seat in the
church being occupied. The ceremony
consisted of the placing of a stole, the
badge of the Episcopal clergy, over the
shoulder of the candidate The stole is
a narrow band of silk worn around the
neck of the minister. The deacon wears
it over the left shoulder as a sash. The
priest wears it around the neck with
both ends hanging down in front 1t is
symbolical of the yoke of Christ. A
deacon has not the right to marry per-
sons, to preach sermons written by him
self or to administer the holy COM
muniOn- Before becoming a priest he
must remain a deacon three years.
After a brief address to the two can
didates by the Rev. Archibald Beatty
of Bethany college, Topeka, a choral
communion service was rendered by a
full vested choir of thirty mixed voices
under the direction of Frank Weight
man. Then came the ordination service.
altar. where they were met by the
bishop. Then, all kneeling, the Rev.
John F. Won Herrlick, rector of ST.
Pauls church, read the service. The
Rev. Mr. Beatty presented the canGi-
dates to the bishop, who repeated the
candidates knelt. he placed a hand on
the head of each, after which he fast
ened a white stole around the shoulders
of each in the form of a sash, saying
Take thou the authority to execute the
office of a deacon"
The bishop then handed each a copy
of the New Testament. This closed the
ordination service.
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Kansas CITY Produce market.

Kansas City. Dec. -close-wHEAT
Dec, CSC; May, $50 ass5ao Cash: No. 2
hard. s7l9@sSc; No. 8 hard, e4qssc: No.
hard, $4,000: rejected hard: 55qs7c; No.
red, 6T66Sc; No 3 red, 65Q6615c.
CORN-Dec., 367sc; May. 375sc. Cash
No. 2 mixed, 3774Gs7lzc; No. white. 3Sc;
OATs-No. 2 white. sslzc; No. mixed
3294c.
RYE-No 2. 45d4ec.
prairie, S9.50G10.00.
BUTTER-Creamery, z5@27c; Hairy. fam
EGGS-Fresh, 211zc.
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THE POPE is SORRY
But Will N 1t Sanction Divorce of
Princess Louise.

New York, Dec. 29.-The refusal to dis
of Saxony has not yet been received at
the vatican, according to advices from
Rome received by the World. It is also
said the request will be refused if it is
made, because there is absolutely no canon
zeal ground for the annullment of the
marriage.
The pope, greatly grieved at the scan
dal is reported to have dispatched to the
emperor of Austria. a letter expressing
deep coincidence