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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
LOCAL MENTION.

Dancing class tonight at Steinberg's.
Election is now only two weeks Off
two weeks from tomorrow.
H. Clarkson has gone to Dallas. Tex,
to attend meeting of insurance agents.
w. H. Caldwell has returned from
Washington where he attended the G.
A. p. encampment.
Shawnee team, M w. of A, will give
dance at Steinberg's hail. Tuesday
evening, October 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Hudson arrived
from the east this morning and are
stopping in the city for time.
Group two of the Kansas State Bank
ers' association will meet Wednesday in
Emporia. p. 1. Bonebrake will preside
Nit White of Emporia. was in To-
peka today on his way to Norton, where
he is to act as official slipper in an en-
closed coursing meet.
W. E. Connelley has returned to Topeka
to visit his family. He is now in the
pension service as an examiner and is
stationed at Kansas City.
The annual meeting of the Ohio club
at which time there will be election of
officers, will be held this evening at
their hall. III West Sixth street
There will be a meeting of the board
of directors and the transportation com
mittee of the Commercial club Thurs
day night at the rooms of the club.
Owing to a wreck on the Wabash
Sunday night at Missouri City, Mo, the
road was obliged to handle its traffic
over the Santa Fe from Lexington
Junction, Mo-. to Kansas City.
Nicholas Chiles proposes to sue DR. J.
T. Mcfarland and Rev. A M Jackson
for damage for showing his pictures at
the Friday night art display at the
auditorium. This is not a joke by the
funny man.
Governor Stanley has been asked to
be present at the christening of the new
pleasure boat which c. P. Dewey, the
! Chicago millionaire, is building to run
/ on Eureka lake. near Manhattan. The
/ ceremony is scheduled for next Satur-
day.
Two freight cars left the Rock Island
tracks near Morganville Saturday night,
and there was a delay of about an hour
/ to through traffic. Nobody was hurt,
and trains are running more nearly on
time today than for many days. The
Mayetta wreck of Saturday has been
cleared up.
Governor Stanley has granted a requi-
siticn to the governor of Washington
for Walter Osburn. who is accused of
mortgaging cattle which he did not own
to a bank in Eureka. He left the coun-
try Immediately after making the r-ort-
gage and has just been arrested in
Washington.
Hal Reid's play, THE Night Before
Christmas" drew two large audiences at
/ the Crawford Saturday. The play is
| certainly Reds masterpiece. It abounds
in pathetic Incidents and points a
strong moral. The cast is strong and
for a popular price attraction the play is
far above the average.
Lawrence and Return SIC via Santa Fs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
FUNERAL OF MRS. COFFEY.
An Impressive Service Held at Meri-
den Saturday.

The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Coffey,
who died Wednesday at her home near
Meriden, was held Saturday from the
Catholic church a Meriden. She was
the mother of nine children and they all
attended the funeral. She came to Kan
sas in 1857 after having lived at Scran-
ton, Penn. where she moved from her
home in Ireland She was 10 years old.
The funeral sermon was preached by
the Very Rev r. NJ. HAYDEN of To-
peka He spoke eloquently of the noble
qualities of the deceased, of her devotion,
self-sacrifice and courage. Father Hay
den also acted as deacon at the cele-
braticn of the solemn high requiem
mass.
The funeral was the largest ever seen
in MeTiden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
Fish In the Waterpine.

Clarksburg. w Va. oct. pa catfish
was the cause of the destruction of a
house by fire on Weston avenue this after
noon. About $3.50 fire was discovered in a
tWO-story frame house owned by Thomas
Barnes and occupied by four families
The fire department responded and had
the blaze under good control when sudden
ly the water supply failed. An investiga-
ton disclosed the fact chat the pipe was
choked up, and upon cutting 1t open a
17-pound catfish was found in the pipe It
had doubtless been drawn into the ipe by
the suction The loss was over 5000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

reporter for the State Journal. Mr..
Spencer said that as yet it had not been
decided how the petition would be word
ed, or what it would call for, but that
in his opinion it would be brief
Mayor Parker said: Yes, we have
heard from President Street, and / think
the petitions will be ready soon. / sup
pose that Topeka will have to assume
the outstanding first mortgage bonds,
and issue second mortgage bonds for the
remainder. / think that with the credit
of the city back of them. there should
be no difficulty in selling the bonds al
4 or Az per cent interest"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
GIRLS ARE ROBBED.
Burglars Enter a Young Ladies'
DormitOry at Mexico, Mo.

Mexico, Mo-. Oct. 2o.-A burglar who
had entered the girls dormitory at
Hardin college last night by way of
fire escape, and stole money and jew
elry from the rooms of various students
was finally put to flight by Miss Bertha
Pattengill, of Atlanta, Ill, a Latin
teacher He escaped before an alarm
could be given. Two of the girls, whose
room was entered, were inundated into
keeping quiet by the burglars threat
Among those whose rooms were robbed
was Miss Laidlaws of South Dakota
Louise Lakeland of Mexico, and Louise
Blackmer of New F'raklin. Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
New Rural Delivery Rou-es.

Washington, Oct. 20.-Rural free delivery
will be established. TO commence Deccm-
Der !. as follows
Kansas-Abbysviue Rero county. one
carrier; route. p miles population. 1875 !:
postoffice at Pekin to be supplied by ru-
raj carrier: mail to Abilene. Airing
ton Reno county. one carrier: route 231s
miles, population, IS postoffice at Bone
Springs to be disccn hued. Harper. Har-
per county; one car Ter: route. 2411 miles;
population. $40 miles. additional servtce)
Hutchinson. Reno county; two carriers;
46 miles: population. le45; additional scr
vice. Whitley, jackson county; one car
rier; route, 251z miles; population, ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Cochran. aged q. was shot and fatally
wounded near Arapahoe peak. Middle
Park by an unknown hunter. who evident
" mistook him for a deer. The man who
did the shooting. after learning his mis-
take, fed and his identity has not vet
been discovered. Cochran died a few hours
after being found by friends. His home
was in Kansas and he had been spending
the summer on mountain ranch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
En- Route to Culebra Island.

Washington, Oct 20-The navy de-
partment is Informed that the torpedo
boat tiotilla commanded by Lieutenant
Chandler has left Norfolk for Port
Royal, S. c.. on it's way to Culebra ISL
and to take part in the extensive man
euvers of the north and south Atlantic
and European squadrons early in De-
cember. The fotilla is composed of the
destroyer Decatur and the torpedo boats
Bagley. Barney Biddle, Stockton, Thorn
ton and Wilkes, together with the steel
tug Nina.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
WILL SOON BE READY.
Petitions Are Now Be-
ing Prepared.

City Attorney Spencer this morning
received from Charles F. Street, of the
Topeka Water company, a copy of the
first mortgage issued to secure the pay
ment of $270 coo in bonds on the water
works plans. The bonds expire in 1926,
and therefore have twenty-four years
to run
Mr. Spencer and J. D. Mcfarland had
a. conference this morning on the sub
ject of the petition for the bond election,
and expect to have the petition ready
very shortly. When seen at noon by a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
TOPEKA'S NEW STORE.
Mrs. L. K. Brown Opens Ladies' and
Children's Furnishing Store.

One of the best stores in Topeka for
the purchase of a lighter class of goods
especially designed to please women is
at Mrs. L. K. Browns ladies' and chill
dren's furnishing store in the Crawford
opera house block In this store may be
found a splendid selection of women's
and children's underwear. hosiery, laces.
embroidery, fine china. towels and hosts
Of needed and pleasing novelties. Sta
tionery, school supplies and pictures are
portion of the stock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
inheritance Tax Sustained

Denver, Colo, Oct. 2O-Judge B. Is.
Lindsey. IN the county court Of this
eArapahce) county, today rendered a
decision in the case of the estate Of
Sam Strong, the Cripple Creek million
aire. sustaining the validity of the in
heritance tax feature of the revenue
law Jaw passed by the Colorado legislature
to the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
NEARING THE HIGH MARX.

The export figures for September are
extremely encouraging. They are the
largest ever shown for September, with
the single exception of that month in
the year. 1900 and fall less than half
million dollars below the high water
mark made in that year. The figures, as
just presented by the treasury bureau of
statistics show the total exports in
September, 1902. to be s115.5 21, 9S4,
against S106. 9s9,926 III September. 1901,
and s115,9 .722 in September, 1900, the
highest figure ever shown by September
expectations.
Comparing present conditions with
those of earlier years. the figures for
September. 1902. are rs per cent in ex-
cess of those of September, 1898, 30 per
cent greater than those of September
1896, more than double those of Septem-
Der. 1883, and nearly three times as
great as those of September, 1885. This
seems to indicate that the downward
tendency in the export trade caused by
the corn crop failure of last year has
reached its lowest point and that the
reverse movement toward normal con-
ditions has begun.
Following the failure of the corn crop
last year the exports tended steadily
downward. Beginning with October,
1901, in which the export figures were
145 million dollars, the movement was
steadily downward until they reached SIS
millions in July of the present year. In
August the upward movement began.
reaching 81 millions. and in September
lis millions. which is about millions in
excess of September of last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
WORLDS PRODUCTION OF COAL

w O1AAO . ENOO - O44ON OE COAA
The forthcoming volume of mineral
resources of the United States for the
calendar year 1901. United States geo
logical survey, estimates the worlds
production of coal in 1901 at s66. 165. $40
short tons. The three great coaI-pro-
ducing countries of the world are the
United States. Great Britain and Ger
many. The output of. these three coun-
tries combined makes up S1.61 per cent
of the worlds total Austria Hungary
comes fourth. France is fifth, Belgium
sixth, and Russia seventh. The last
country. Notwithstanding its vast area,
produces only about per cent as much
coal as the United States The three
countries which lead in the production
of coal are the three countries that lead
in industrial development. Prior to 1893.
Great Britain led among the worlds
coal producers but during 1899 1900 and
1901 the United States has made such
remarkable increases in coal production
due principally to the unprecedented
activity in the iron and steel and in 9TH
er metal trades. that we now stand far
in the lead of all competitors. with a
production in 1901 exceeding that Of
Great Britain by 47,965,93s short tons, or
10 per cent. Up to the close of 1900 the
coal production of Great Britain and
her colonies. if taken together. still ex-
ceeded that Of the United States. the ex-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Texas has just witnessed a contest
between the officers of the law and the
mob to see who should have the privi-
lege of putting to death negro muir
derer. The officers won by narrow
margin as the result of their quick
work. Trial. sentence and execution
were all pulled off on the same day.
Probably they figure now that the
dignity of the state has been preserved
and the majesty of the law upheld.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
CHERRYVALE'S FIRE.
Starts in Zinc SmeIters and De-
stroys Four Blocks.

Cherryvale, Kas. Oct 20.-Fire that
started early today in the Edgar zinc
smelters burned out four blocks before
it was gotten under control. Loss $780,
600, partly insured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
PAVE ON TYLER.
Improvement May Be Forced Be
tween Twelfth and Huntoon.

It is likely that the council will make
an effort to compel the people living or
Tyler street. between Twelfth and Hun
toon, to pave their street This pavement
will. if laid, connect two paved streets.
and the council. therefore. has the power
to pave by resolution that is to order
pavement laid without waiting for pc
tition.
The proposed pavement will run along
the west side of the Kansas Medical col
lege grounds and vii complete the paving
of that valuable block on three sides
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Gently stole 20 head of cattle in Ness
county but they made good their
escape. There has been good deal of
cattle stealing in that part of the coun-
try during recent months, and for that
reason the reward was asked for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Detroit appears to be intent on prov
ing that politics is not necessary to
good city. government. When it gets
good mayor it keeps him regardless or
what party he belongs to. Pingree,
Republican, was elected to number OF
successive terms and now Mayor May
bury. a Democrat has just been noml-
mated for a fourth successive term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
R.award Tor cattle Thiezea.

In <asponse to a request from Z. R
Thorpe. county attorney Of Ness county
Gcverncr Stanley today offered a re-
ward OF 5000 for the arrest of George
Austin and William Ervine. alleged cat
tie thieves. It is claimed that they re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Attorney General Knox's ability to
frighten the trusts may be due to his
previous familiarity with their tricks
and their manners"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

The anthracite miners appear to have
had the sympathy of well nigh the en-
tire people including the soft coal mine
Operators.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
YOUNG ARRAIGNED.
Case Adjourned Till Wednesday
at His COunsel's Request.

New York, Oct 2O-WiIliam Hooper
Young. who is charged with the muir
der of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer several weeks
ago, was arraigned before Judge Cow
Wednesday,.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs Edith Swickard wife of J. w.
Swickard. died of consumption at SOB
Chandler street Sunday. The funeral
viii be held from the Free Methodist
church at 8 D. M. Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

John w. Gates appears to be trying to
rival the record of our superintendent
of exhibit at the Paris exposition, as an
ocean crosser.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

II Ohio becomes Tom Johnsonized at
the coming election, everybody VIII
know why. Mark Hanna has been SICK.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

The conclusion is being reached IN
various quarters that congress can con-
.rol the trusts. But will it do II!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Secretary wilson's date for a decline
Of meat prices is proving to be jack
q lantern.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

President Mitchell has earned the title
of leader of strike leaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Good morning! Have you used Baer's
conI2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR SALE@Candy store sos Kansas ave,
at cost; 1 have two stores; must sell one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

The CRYING need for a work housa
is no longer crying. It has risen to a
shout which should attract the atten-
ton of the legislative body equipped
with the power to establish such an in
stitution. There are about a dozen poor
victims of the sale horse" habit in this
city alone, who insist in getting crazy
drunk about Is times year. Some of
them beat this record by several They
get a fine ranging from five to forty dol
lars, which means days to them. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

W III Cay, also cOlored, a few nights ago,
was arrested Saturday night. His low
ing sister has stood by him since the
unfortunate occurrence but now she
has soured on him. and she has also
notified the police that she wished him
to be turned over to his bondsmen, who
in turn washed their hands of the case
and turned him into the county keep.
At preliminary hearing he was bound
over on the charge of assault with in
notorious Joan. secured bond for him.
and he was released. Saturday night,
armed with a modern Cristy-crusty
bread knife. he sailed forth and sought
the domicile of loan. on whose person
he expressed a desire to use the muir
derous weapon. Little William was has
tily plucked by the copper on that beat.
Now he viii have to languish until his
hearing in district court. when he will
probably Join many friends and ac-
quaintances at Lansing adjacent to- the
ra ging- Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20

Lawrence and Return SIC via Santa Fe
Inauguration festivities University OF
Kansas. Tickets on sale October 16, IL,
Is. Final limit October 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-20
POLICE JOTTINCS.
VIM. Dupree Gives Another
BIoOdthirsty Exhibition.
This Time He Was Trying to
Kill His Sister.
NEED OF 4 WORKHOUSE
More Reasons Why There
Should Be One.
Events of a Day With Topeka
Peace Guardians.
Fed OF A WORKHOUSE
Reasons Why The
Should Be One.

ECAUSE he was
on the war path,
and laboring I'M
der a heavy jag
and the delusion
that D. wanted to
carve his dear sis
ter, Joan, Will
Dupree, the color
ed person who shot
three holes in Mr..
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

In cases where bronchitis has become
chronic from want of proper treatment in
the earlier stages, there is nothing SO good
as DIR. August Koenig's Hamburg Breast
Tea, in conjunction with which is strongly
advised the use Of st. Jacobs Oil as an out
ward application, along the. front of, the
throat, from close up under the chin to well
down to the top of the chest; the one rem
edy assists the other, and, as intended, they
work in complete unison. The wonderful
penetrating power of st. Jacobs Oil en-
ables it to reach the adhesion of foreign
matter which lines the bronchial tubes apd
which makes breathing more and more df-
6cult. As these adhesions become infamed-
and enlarged, st. Jacobs Oil causes such ad;
hesions to break away, making expectora
ton easier and more free. DIR. AuguS
Koenig's Hamburg BreastTe drank slowly
and very hot, soothes and heals the parts /,
is comforting and quieting, stops the cough
and relieves the breathing. This mannet
of treatment land there is no other twS
cessfully) reaches the difficulty from the
outside and the inside at the same time.
st. Jacobs Oil reaches the roots of the ad
hesion, and assists DIR. August koenig's
Hamburg Breast Tea in clearing them then
both remedies act in, unison in healing and
curing. The above remarks apply With equal
force in cases of asthma, Group, whooping
cough, enlarged tensils, and all bronchial
affections. Every family should have St.
Jacobs Oil and DR.. August Koenig's Ham
burg Breast Tea always fin-the house in or
der that they may be promptly used in the
first stages. Often the maladies develope
with wonderful rapidity, and complications
take place with equal suddenness.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20

Devote as many hours day as pos,
sible to not thinking.
Learn TO write 1863 words a minute
on the typewriter. Their work eight
hours day.
Get your name in the papers by doinc
anything that will accomplish your
purpose. sfAIfA
he a,brigadier general.
Invent some strange titles. Then
write books to fit.
Go TO war.
Learn to talk about yourself.
Rewrite an ancient plot.
Write without ceasing.
If your first book doesn't sell more
than million copies, don't be dis.
couraged. Try again. 4ctlt
Read all the other books. Then
write something as near like them
as possible.
Marry publishers daughter.
Join an authors club. BY lending
enough cash among the members, you
may get a plot.
Never refuse an invitation to dinner.
N. Y. Herald.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-12-20
THE POTATO TRADE
That Should Interest South
ern Farmers.

Imports of potatoes into the United
States in the fiscal yea ende. June
80, 1902, amounted to 7,656,16 bush
els, against 371,911 bushels in the
previous year Exports i'm 1902 were
6-s.4s4 bushels, leaving the net i'm
ports 1922, 672 bushels. With two ex-
ceptions the 1902 imports into this
country were the heaviest ever made;
the short domestic crop Of 1881,
amounting to only 100, .494 bushels,
resulted in imports in tn efollowing
fiscal year of s,7S9,s60 bushels; an.
other shortage in domestic produc.
ton in 1887, when the crop amounted
to only 134, 103,t00 bushels, was fol-
lowed 10y imports Of s,2j9,53s bushels.
AS a general rule neither the ex-
ports nor imports of this product are
important. The trade is. in fact. an
anomalous one among food products
in that heavy increases and decreases
in domestic production have little eff
feet upon the e ternar commerce.
During the past thirty years exports
of potatoes from the United States
have never amounted to so much as
a million bushels annually; in only
fifteen years out of the thirty have
imports exceeded that amount, and
four times only have they exceeded
5000, 900 bushels. The annual produc-
ton, meanwhile, has varied widely,
ranging from the low figures of 1874,
when the crop was only 105, 9s1 900, to
the high record figures of 1895 when
the crop amounted to 297, 237,37o bush
els The difference between the small
est and the largest crops of the past
thirty years is thus seen to be 49,
256,370 bushels, and it would be nat
rrally expected in an important food
product like this that the wide rahge
in production would be reflected by
important variations in the export or
import trade 1t has not been I'M
usual, however, that, in year when
the crop was. greatly short of an av-
erage and was apparently entirely in
sufficient for domestic consumption
there followed no appreciable in
crease in imports; crop variations
ranging from neglible quantities up
to as high as 100000 900 bushels have
never yet resulted in an import trade
amounting to so much as 100000
bushels annually.-Crop Reporter.