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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
AIDING REBELS.
Allies No Longer Conceal the
Facts About Situation.
RevOIutiOnists Steadily Advance
ing on the Capital.
BATTLE s MILES AWAY
Results in Defeat of President
Castro's Forces.
Cutting Telegraph Wires and
Tearing Up Railroad Track.

New York, Jan. 5.-According to the
Herald's Willemstad correspondent the
revolutionists are advancing in three
columns on General Castro's army.
A desperate fight occurred Saturday
night within eight miles of the city of
Caracas, resulting favorably to the
revolutionists. They are cutting all the
telegraph lines. tearing up the railroad
and are hourly expected in the immed-
late neighborhood of the city. A con-
dition OF extreme panic prevails among
those who have heretofore believed
that Castro was invincible.
A committee of the most prominent
citizens has gone to President Castro
and made representations OF how hope
lessly untenable is his position But
he insists on holding on until his forces
are defeated in a decisive battle. It
seems that this can not be far dis
tant
President Castro is also planning
what he shall do when the inevitable
comes, but he will make a desperate
fight before quitting. as he has no
chance to escape. The only alternative
is Imprisonment
The correspondent adds that no at
tempt is now being made by the allies
TO conceal the fact that they are af-
fording assistance to the revolutionists.
BLOCKADE WILL STAND.
Berlin. Jan. 5.-Great Britain and Ger
many came to an understanding four
days ago to enforce the blockade of the
Venezuelan coast precisely as though
the negotiations for arbitration were not
going on. 1t was doubtless in conse-
quence of this understanding that the
vessels at Porto Cabello We're taken,
though both the foreign office and the
navy department are yet without ad-
vices showing that vessels were taken
or marines landed.
Commodore Scheder telegraphs that
the Germans on Saturday seized a
number of large Venezuelan sailing
vessels at Port Cabello. The prizes
were tOWed to Los Roeues. where they
remain under guard Otherwise there
have been no developments at Port Ca
bello.
CASTRO HARD PUSHED.
Washington, Jan. 5.-The responses OF
the allied powers to Castro's last propo-
sitiOn to submit Nenezuela'S s case to the
arbitration of The Hague tribunal have
not yet been received, but it is expected
the answers will not be much longer de-
layed as the present state of affairs on
the Venezuelan coast IS not viewed with
satisfaction here. The blockade is be-
Heved to be working injury to American
interests, therefore the desire is strong
to see the protocol, which will include a
provision for the termination of the
blockade, speedily agreed upon.
Mr.. Bowen's advices from Caracas
| show that conditions there are very
much disturbed; that internal revolu-
tionary troubles have intensified and
that President Castro is sorely beset.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
Laccbm

OF the three or four hundred birds
that are on exhibition under the classi-
fication of display" the pheasants have
everything distanced, but their cage is
in an out of the way place on the south
side of the hall where It is very hSsiv
to be overlooked unless a person has
determined to see everything in the
show. This particular pair is the pro-
perty of the Lantry Brothers of Cotton
wood Falls and belong to flock kept
on the Iantry ranch. The pheasant IS
smaller than a small leghorn chicken
although built differently, but its exter-
iOr decoration is nothing less than won
derful and too intricate to be described.
There are not less than 80 different
shades and colors in its makeup and all
harmonic, as every other thing IN ma
ture does.
In a cage not far away is a family Of
houdans The houdan chicken looks as
though it had Just escaped from con-
hnement in a -four barrel and had its
coiffure mussed. Elsewhere 1t IS black
All the feathers on its head seem - Try
to get in the way of its eyes and beak
with conside era bic success in the effort
It is believed that the boudan lays eggs
like other chickens but for artistic pur-
poses it is a dismal failure IL might
gain entrance into the freak depart-
ment. Among the other curios are some
black breasted red game bantams. The
birds are several sizes too small for the
name but are the most clean Hmbed 2nc
generally "dressy'' little fellows in the
exhibit The only cages of this variety
are the property of Tom Herren Of the
Daily Legal News. who combines chick
en- fancying with his editorial and social
duties Herren has taken prizes with
his birds in Topeka and Kansas City
There are a few cages of game birds
so far and more are expected later on
Gus Mackey has several black war
horses. a southern breed never exhibit
ed here before. They are true fighting
birds not very large in size but active
and aggressive in the game pit It
would add to the attractiveness of the
poultry show if a cooking main could
be pulled off. but no such thing has yet
been put on the programme. Some
pressure will be brought on the man
agement by local sports to hold one in
the basement of the Auditorium as
closing feature, if it can be guaranteed
that there will be no police interfer-
ence.
Anyone who can tell the difference
between a buff Plymouth Rock and
buff Orpington is entitled to wear a
blue ribbon and an annual pass to
the poultry show There is a differ
ence in the arrangement Of the leg
scales and the rock is said to be a
round heavier than the Orpington, but
the two birds are the same size, color
and nearly everything else. They are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

kept in separate cages, however. which
is prima facie evidence that there is
some difference, and different labels
are put on them. To the man whose
knowledge of chicken is confined to
his Sunday dinner experience the two
are just the same.
It is early yet and by today noon only
ten or twelve hundred birds had been
entered, and a considerable number of
cages were sitting about the edges
waiting to be labelled and put in place
For the next thirty-six hours the show
Will continue rapidly to increase in
size and, the managers claim, viii be
almost doubled by the end of the week.
In point of numbers the pigeon depart
ment is the nearest complete. All Of
the birds are the property of home
fanciers and few, if any, exhibits are
expected from out of town. Those who
have pigeons on display are P. P. P1a-
mondOn, Aaron, Isaac and Chas.
Sheetz, c. E. Fairchild, NJ. T. Hankla
of the Fifth Avenue hotel, Roy Payne,
E. Mason, Hix Seaman and George
Holmgreen. There are about 800
pigeons in all and among them some
very curious specimens. OF the whole
lot the "homers,' the messenger pigeons,
are the most useful to mankind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
MAY NEED FUNDING BONDS.
Mayor Parker Thinks City Should Is
sue $4,000 Worth.

At the council meeting this evening,
Mayor Parker will probably suggest to
the council the advisability of issuing
about 100000 refunding bonds to take
up the city's floating debt
The exact amount of the total annual
deficit can not be stated. but it is be-
tween $50, 600 and $4,000. In order to Is
sue the refunding- bonds. it will he rec
essary, as stated in Fridays STATE Jour
nal, to secure a special act of the LEXIS
lature. After tonight the council will
not meet again until after the le@isla-
ture is well underway. and in order 10
get into the game early, the council
will have to decide what it wants to do
tonight
The advantage in the plan OF issuing
refunding bonds is that instead Of pay
ing 6 per cent interest to the banks on
its floating Indebtedness, it will cancel
all this Indebtedness with the refunding
bonds, and pay per cent interest," on
the bonds, an annual saving OF l per
cent interest
It should be understood thai the en-
tire $4,000 debt does not exist al Of the
time When the taxes come in. the debt
is all cancelled, but before another fax-
paying time comes around, the city is
back in the hole again to the extent OF
about the amount stated.
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WROUGHT Up.
IndianOIa, Mss, People Begin
to Feel the Effect
Of Government Order Closing
Their POstoffice.
BY PRIVATE SERVICE.
All Mail Is Now Collected and
Distributed.
Trouble Is Extending to the
Surrounding Country.

1ndlanoIa, Miss, Jan. 5--There can be
no mistaking the fact that a large por-
tion of this community is considerably
wrought I'd over the action of the gov
ernment in closing the postoffice here.
The partial paralysis to business is be-
ing felt more and more.
Today a private Office was establish
ed for the distribution of mail collected
by an Independent messenger service
from Heathman and GreenvilIe.
Both of these Dostofices are being
congested with mail as the result of
the closing of this office The independ-
ent Office here will be maintained at the
expense of the citizens.
No serious trouble is anticipated by
the more conservative people but pre-
cautions have been taken by both the
city and county officials to deputize d
sufficient complement of men, should
the occasion demand.
Postofdce inspectors are here checking
up the accounts of the abandoned Of
fee. A large number of people publicly
avow that they will not accept the
negro woman as postmaster under any
circums tances despite the inconvenience
which is being suffered.
The night passed without special In
cident.
w ayne cox husband OF Minnie cox
the negro postmaster, who is a clerk
in the railroad mail service, passed
through here on his regular run last
night, but would not discuss the mat
ter. He has been in the government
service for IA yers and bears a good
record.
An authorized statement from the
mayor says that conditions are such
that he would not advise Mrs. Cox to
open the postonice-
The mayor further stated that if the
situation at any time showed that the
woman's life. liberty or property were.
in jeopardy he would swear in a suff1~
cient number of men to afford her ample
protection
The under current of excitement ex-
tends to surrounding towns. A large
number of strangers are here and more
are arriving on every train
MAY BE REOPEN I'D.
Washington. Jan 5.-Seuator Nc
Laurin (Aiiss) today conferred with
Postmaster General Payne on the sit
uatiOn at Indianola, Miss, where the
postoffice has been closed as result OF
antagonism to the negro postmaster.
subsequently, Senator McLaurin stated
/ that ne believed the office would be
reOpened this week. Mr.. Payne said
that the office win be reOpened if there
is no intimidation of the postmaster
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

All the main floor Of the Auditorium
is covered with long trestles of cages
conta lining hundreds Of prize chickens
whose eggs sell for $3.50 per dozen, and
who carry themselves as if they knew
about the fact. When they are being
prepared for the show they are bathed
and brushed and rubbed down just like
a pedigreed stallion. There are a few
birds whose owners neglected to do this,
and you can see the difference. A white
feathered bird is washed with soap and
water very carefully and then is rinsed
in clear water with bIuing in it. to bring
out the whiteness. on the same prin-
ciple that the WasherWOnan does 1t to
linen in the laundry. This is very
effective and makes a hit with the
judges Then the exhibitor takes a nail
brush or t0othpick and gets all the
dirt out from under the leg scales and
off the beaks and away from the combs
that has been cleaned I'D looks for all
suit and is just about as careful of itself.
The prediction Of the officers about the
size OF the show will almost be full
filled. The show is as big now as the
one last year was at it's biggest. Birds
are still coming in and men are at work
cleaning away the first litter scattered
from the cages. Deodorizers are to be
stationed in places where they can con
tribute their usefulness to the show.
and they are much needed. This morn
ing those who knew how smoked cigars.
Judging will proceed continuously to-
morrow and will not be finished till neal
the last of the week Only a few for
sale signs are displayed.
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CROKER COMING BACK.
Tammany's Old Boss VIII Visit Amer
lea in April.

New York. Jan. 5.-Members of the
Democratic club are interested in the
report that Richard Croker is coming
home early in April The former leader
of Tammany Hall is said to have cabled
the stewards of the club to have his old
rooms made ready for him The suite
OF rooms has been vacant since he went
to England last January. Mr.. Croker ;
friends say his visit to this country Is
going to be brief and political He
intends to remain one month or six
weeks. and will spend only part of the
time IN the city. He VIII visit ex-Sen-
ator Edward Murphy at Elberon Il
also has been suggested that he may
go 70 West Baden. Ind, with Charle1
n. Murphv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
POISONED WHISKY
Kills a Coachman and Nearly
Causes Death of His Wife.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Jan. 5.-Mrs.
J. E. Bailey, wife of a coachman of
George N KiIborne, was declared to be
out of danger from strychnine poisoning
introduced into her system last night
which her husband had drunk He died
in agony at midnight. The case prom.
ises to develop one of the greatest muir
der mysteries in the history of Pixies
Peak region. Mrs. Bailey since her re-
covery tells a story that indicates that
some one deliberately poisoned her hus-
band by means OF a bottle of whisky
given him as a New Years present. The
coroner and police are investigating and
state that it is a case of strychnine pOis-
oning. Mrs. Bailey's condition was
brought about by her drinking from the
same bottle Her husband had been
thrown into convulsions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05

Of the auditor and state treasurer. HAD
this law been Passed, The public funds
would nave been As properly guarded as
no5V and during the four years the pres
eut administrator has been in power,
the amount received by the state as in
terest would have been between $4,000
and $4,000.
our educational institutions are
growing mere and more expensive ana
viii continue to grow so as they are
made more effective. We have no tut
tion in our public institutions, even in
the departments giving professional and
technical education. and impose no bur
den of this kind upon nonresident stu
dents After thorough consultation with
the heads of the three educational in
stitutions a bill was agreed upon pFac-
ticaly prepared py the heads or the IN
stitutiOns themselves and submitted to
the last legislature by which an Incl
dental and small tuition should be
charged and thus in a measure Tighten
the continually growing burden OF
maintaining these institutions at what
was practically a nominal tuition or in
cidental fee 1t seems strange that the
legislature neglected to pass such a law,
especially when it had the sanction OF
the educational institutions, but it's the
old story. This failure was another dis
TO CONSOLIDATE BOARDS.
"In both my first and second mes
sa ges I recommended the consolidation
of the board controlling the educational
institutions and also the boards control
ling The penal institutions.
..7rhsra eear7s ~ have been an eY-ro-
,ao1,e oninfon formed that these recon-
n7andafiors were made in the interest of
economy but this was not the case.
7ei4 -, r,s,g,Ii ,7s+i ~, If +l,eee I,oa,-sI-
for tle e-oo5 of f1a institutions. The ex-
rense IF these boards is So small as to
he handy worth eans;dering hnt il
seems to me that if the three educa-
ti0nal institutions could be under one
board that they could be managed bet
ter as nart Of a general educa tionaI
system and avoid the friction that has
existed between them for some time, and
especially that growing out of the at
tempt of each one to get the largest ap-
preparation. It was with the same idea
that ] recommended the consolidation
of the boards Of the penal institutions
so that the board might have all that
was best in the government and expe-
rience of each institution and the sug
gestlons OF the warden Of one and the
superintendent OF the other There IS
a very pronounced difference OF opinion
on tilis question, out time ana ODserVd-
tlon nave eonhrned me IN my views
"a my nIst message / suggested tnat
&c oitlses coplL Pc a3ollslea Wl1hou-
80 80 ~ eus puDiIc service Actlis on
- --ies 9u5ssSe eioll' suppoItsu my theory
49, 49, 1ii ot-ece lessol anu uecl.leu 70
Pt.9tiiS q 80 Y u VI "a aollS eahlllg me
off5oe 7i5 ~ 80 y = - ne I. - :
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srnS-aTo, cn-,t5rre,9+ ~ Ie'SS7u slis
oTa-baff go - - - - -.
aIo,s r,.,,-e - go ana st11-. g Il
least iraT9afriner +l9s r9,fli s,,,i -
both recornn7en7a+{o,5 80 49, Issso,,
were llnavailine
All Of our 11,blfo fne+f+4+sons sre IN
elegant condition NJaz,- b,,il95,s,s -
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COSTLY CAN OF BEANS.
Woman Wants So, 700 Damages
for PtOmaine Poisoning.

lola Kas.. Jan. 5.-A novel suit has
been fled in the district court here by
Mrs. Jason Watson against Grocer
Harry Steyer for So 900 damages
She says she bought can of baked
beans at Steyer's store on September ?,
1902, and ate some of them for supper
dying. She charges that there was Grim
mai neglect somewhere that poison
should thus be sold for human consump-
ton, and lays the blame on the grocer
Tor several days. A question involved is
whether the grocer or the firm that
canned the beans is responsible.
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QUAILIN COFFINS.
One Way in Which Came Law Is
Violated in Illinois.

Benton, H. Jan. 5.-Noah Moore was
arrested at Smothersville this morning
on three charges for shipping quail to
St. Louis. The warrants have been OUT
for him about a year. but he has sue
cessfully evaded all officers, until Dep
uty Sheriff Sherman Perryman arrest
ed him. While under arrest. he told of
a very. peculiar way in which the game
law is being violated by some one liv-
ing between this place and Eldorado on
the Eldorado division of the Illinois
Central railroad, which shows to what
extremes people will &C to get the ex-
orbitant prices offered in the cities for
quail He says that twice d coffin has
been shipped over the road to St Louis,
purporting to hold the remains of a
corpse. but in reality held the c0rpses
of about 100 dozen quail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
MILLS STORE NEWS.
OUR JANUARY
WHITE SALE

opened this morning, and
the display being made of
Gowns, Chemise, Skirts,
Drawers, Corset Covers,
Etc. is the greatest ever
made by this house. They
are goods of great excel
lence in quality of mater
ia1s, styles of garments,
and superior workman
ship not being excelled
by garments made at
home.
Strong numbers in gowns
are priced soc, 65c, o5c.
ST.. 38, SI.65 and up to So. so.
Chemise, prices range from
soc to $2.O5.
Drawers from soc, 75c, $50
O5c up to So. IS.
Skirts, long and short, soc,
O5c, SSC, O5c, with very fine
garments at $2.O5, S3.o5 and
$500.
Corset Covers, assortment
very large, styles beautiful
price range is from soc to So.
There are special items IN
Mems Night Shirts - the
special prices being 45c, 75c.
OOC and ST.. rs.
EXTRA SPECIAL - 1O9
pair RuffIed Muslin Cur
tains, D yards long, regular
65c goods special at Z0p
per pair
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Pottsville. Pa. Jan. 5.-Tne Eastern
steel com9any has begun work upon
TOUR ooen hearth steel furnaces which
viii nave a capacity of 10000 tons per
year and win be a part Of one of the
biggest steel manufacturing mills in the
country. Work viii be rushed dsv and
night President Gibbons states that the
July 1 ' --e'A1N'0N -
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SAYS ono PRIZE FIGHTS. .
Governor of Indiana Warns Muncie
Officials to Be vigilant

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan 5.-Governor
Durham has notified the city officials of
Muncie that prize fights in the guise of
boxing exhibitions will not be tolerated.
The Muncie Athletic club has adver-
tised a bout for January Il. One of the
posters came to the governors notice
and he called in some of the officials and
told them there should be no prize fight
ing The metropolitan police board of
Muncie has its orders to that effect. It
is reported the club may ignore the gov
ernor's orders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-05
MUNICIPAL COAL.
Detroit viii Supply Her Citi.
zens at Cost.
Is in the Market for Purchase
of 10000 Tons.

Detroit, Mich. Jan. 5.-The city of De
troit is going into The coal business and
supply the people with coal at cost prices.
Some time ago the common council appro-
priated $4,000 for the purchase of coal to
be sold by the municipality and Mayor
Maybury approved the resolution today.
Advertisements viii be printed this after
noon, calling for bids on anthracite, stove
and chestnut smozeless soft coal and the
ordinary soft coal in lots up to 10,00O tons.
The bids win be onened in i've DAYS.
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For Starving Isaac.

Seattle. Wash. Jan 5.-United States
Marshal Shoup has arrived from Juneau
Win thfee Hoonah Alaska Indians, each
sentenced to four years imnrisonnaenf
IN the United States penitentiarv on
McNelIs island for causing the death
OF Indian Isaac, whom they claimed 10
oe a witch They kept Isaac tied to a
hunger resulting in his death.
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1T IS BOUNTY.
L. s. Supreme Court Gives Judg-
nent in Russian Sugar Case.

Washington, eJan. 5.-In an opinion
handed down by Justice Brown today
the United States supreme court de-
cided in the Downs case that the money
paid by the Russian government on
sugar exported is a bounty and that
the collector of customs at Baltimore
was justified in Ievying a countervail-
ing duty on Russian sugar under the
terms of the Dingley law.
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1Tarie Dreasler,a Bsneit.

New York Jan. 5.-Seven thousand
six hundred and eighty-two dollars
was the sum netted at the benefit given
for Marie Dressler. the actress who has
been i'll for several months with
typhoid fever.
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New York. Jan. 5.-Antonio Jappo was
killed and two other 1aborers injured by
a fall of timber IN the Rapid Transit
tunnel at 10th street today.
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Temperatures Of Large Cities.

Chicago. ian. 81 a. m. temperatures:
New York, "a: Boston. "a; Philadelphia,
3S: Washington, sc; Chicago. 2S; Mime
apolis g.: Cincinnati, 80; St Louis, %.
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Chicago, Jan. Forecast for Kansas.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; westerly
winds becoming southwest
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PREDICTS ply WEATHER.
@Cider" Smith Doesn't Expect a Storm
soon.

quite general around as but not much
IN this locality. We viii not probably
have dry weather until the 7th when
the weather will be cloudy There will
be threatening and clustering weather
but it Will pass by for clearer weather -
The government forecast sent out
today was fair tonight and Tuesday
The wind this morning was north
west blowing 10 miles an hour. Sunday
the maximum was 80 and the mini
mum 20 and o-hundredths of an inch
of rain fell. The hourly temperatures
racorcad fndaHz x.rare q fnlIc,nI-e..