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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26
Cannot Rest.

Your appetite is gone What little you eat dis
tresses you Strength is failing-are bilious. You
have headache, backache, feel blue and meian-
choy- and cannot rest sleep. The fact Is your
nerves are unstrung. and you are on the verge
of nervous prostration They must be strength
ened renewed. They will themselves
but must have a nerve remedy. This you Will
find In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-26

According to the records In the coroners
Office. the San Fraltcisc1 death list up to
May 25 from IRE and earthquake is 4oa.
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TO CARE FOR NIcG0vERN.
Sam Harris viii Look After the Lad
Who Brought Him Fame

Cincinnati. Dec. Sam Harris, for
mer manager Of Terry McGovern, erst-
while featherweight champion who is
now confined in an asylum in New
York, was in Cincinnati today for a
short time on his-vay to New York to
take charge of McGovern. 1t was Nc.
Govern who brought fame and fortune
to Sam Harris. now a prominent the
atrical promoter, and Harris has not
forgotten the Brooklyn boy in his sad
plight
4 do not know how serious Terry's
case is, Harris said, but I am now
going to New York TO take charge Of
him. hope he is not past recovery. I
know no more about his condition than
I have read in the papers. I don't be-
lieve his present weak mind is due to
excuses. Terry was never a boy for
any of that. His troubles have been
heartbreaking and his defeat at hands
of Young Corbett. his bitter rival: the
death of his children and financial los
ses have weakened his mind 1 am 90
ing direct to New York to take charge
Of Terry and see what can be done for
him. McGovern earned at least 1922. =
600 while in the fighting game"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08
SHOULD Get BUSY
Hutchinson RefOrmatory Needs
lnvestigating,-Says Minister.
Rev. w. r. Gray Adds Chapter
to Gates Marshall Feud.
HITS AT MARSHALL.
Ministerial Union Hasn't With
drawn Endorsement OF Gates.
Says 1t Is Place of State officers
to Order Investigation.
HITS AT MARSHALL

Rev. w. r. Gray, pastor of the
United Presbyterian church at Hutch
inson, has a word or two to say on the
controversy going on over the manage
ment of the reformatory. He writes
as follows:
Editor Topeka State Journal:
Il find in your issue of last We5nes-
day a letter from E. E. Marshall, SUI
perintendent of the State Industrial
Reformatory located in this city. in
which he publishes. an action or the
Hutchinson Ministerial association
touching the controversy between Mr.
Marshall and ex-Cha plain A. G. Gates
fear wrong impression is made by
that letter Regarding the matter I
wish to make a personal statement.
''F'irst-The fact that my name APP
pears in connection with said action as
president of the Hutchinson Ministerial
association is to be construed to mean
simply that such action was taken, not
that I personally endorse every item
in it, for 1 do not.
t'Second-In signing this action 1t
was not my thought that it meant that
the Ministerial association has with
drawn its endorsement of Mr. Gates
personal character given previously
nor that the ministers of Hutchinson
have changed their opinion of the
high grade work done by Prof. Gates
while chaplain in the reformatory.
Thirds one who signed the per-
sonal endorsement given Mr.. Gates
some months ago it was my intention
in SO doing that Mr.. Gates should use
that endorsement in any honorable
way he might desire.
"Fourth-As to the ministerial as
sociation of Hutchinson declining to
make an investigation of conditions at
the reformatory, it is my opinion that
the association acted wisely, for the
reason that we have no authority in
the matter. In the face of the con-
trOVersy CIV an investigation
would mean the taking up of charges
of Tnismana cement and probing mat
tiers to the bottom to determine the
truth or falsity of these charges. To
do this it might be necessary to ex-
anime the records and call many wit
nesses. The Hutchinson Ministerial
association has no authority to do such
work The state authorities are the
ones to do this work, and in view of
the charges that have been made
through the Journal and other papers
the state authorities ought to get to
work at Investigation soon. If the re-
formastory is not properly managed as
charged there should be a change of
management at once. If the charges
are false the present management
ought to be exonerated.
'W. R. GRAY
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TO PRESENT DAVID GARR1cK.p
Tho Annual Play by Lawrence Stu
dents VIII Be Interesting.

Lawrence. Kan, Dec s-Three
Kansas City students will be included
in the cast OF David C1arrick'' which
the Dramatic club Of the University Of
Kansas will present December 13 and
IA. Miss Isabel Barton Of Kansas City
Kan. will take the part OF Miss Brown
in the cast. and William Stout and
Willard Holmes that of Mr.. Jones and
Mr.. Smith,
David Garrick." which the club
will present as its annual performance
is the original of Walker Whiteside's
David Garrick's Love-" and is by far
the most pretentious play the club has
ever undertaken. The real star OF
the cast is Gus Koehler of Paola, a Sc
Nor in the School OF Journalism,
who will take the part of David Car
rick. Koehler has had two years ex-
perience in the east as a professional
actor Scion Smith of Stockton, the
manager of the play, will take the part
of Simon Nigot; A. P Riddle OF Min
neapolis that of Squire Chivy; Glenn
Shields Of Chicago will be Mr.. Brown.
Miss Elizabeth Parkham OF Emporia
has the leading woman-s role. the
character Of Miss Nigot. Miss Winnie
Lewis Of Yates Center will represent
Mrs Smith
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INDICTMENTS IN UTAH.
Hartman and Gould Lines and Of
fcers Are Under Fire.

Salt Lake, City, Utah, Dec. S.-The
federal grand jury that is investigating
coal land frauds in Utah and charges
that railroad corporations have discrim-
mated against certain shippers, made a
partial report Friday afternoon in the
United States court to John A. Mar
shall Indictments were returned
against the Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany, the Oregon Short Line Railroad
company, the Union Pacific Coal COM
pany, the Utah Fuel company and sew
eral of the highest officials representing
the Hartman and Gould corporations in
Utah.
The indictment against the Hartman
companies embraces the Union Pacific,
the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pa
cific Coal company, Everett Bucking-
ham, general superintendent of the Or
egon Short Line and a man named
Moore. The Indictment charges viola
elimination against d. J. Sharp, coal
dealer in Salt Lake City, who was
forced out of business after, he had cut
prices below the prices charged by
other dealers in coal.
The indictment against the represen-
tatives of the Gould interests embraces
the Utah Fuel company, H. G. Will
Jams, general manager of this company
Robert Forester, the company's geo
logist; W r. Foster, secretary to Rob-
ert Forester; Alex M. Cowie,
general manager of the company s
L. Clark, the Utah Fuel company's at
torney at Denver and George "A. Moore,
the company's agent at Denver.
They are charged with defrauding and
attempting to defraud the United States
government, the charges being based
on the methods pursued in acquiring tt
tie to coal lands in Utah.
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WHEAT DROPS.
Market Affected BY Lower Cables
From Liverpool.
Trading in Corn Light With
Fair Cash Sales.
LIVE HOGS ARE LOWER
But the Provision Market Still
Remains Firm
Owing to Small Receipts at
Packing Centers.

Chicago, Dec S.-WHEAT-The wheat
market opened easier today in sympathy
with lower prices at Liverpool. Com mis-
sion houses were good sellers, but trading
May wheat opened Is to nc lower at
800 q to 793zc, sold at 19Qg1sc and then ad-
vanced to 7y14c. Minneapolis, Duluth and
Chicago reported receipts of 592 cars.
sentiment in the pit became bulIish in
the last half hour of the session because
of q good demand by commission houses
with northwestern connections. May sold
up to 1890 and the close was Sceady with
My 1s@1zc lower at 791sQ1zc.
CORN-The corn market was steady
Trading was light and cash houses were
fair sellers. May opened unchanged to A
shade lower at 1890 44c to 44c and sold at
Prices became firm in the later part of
the day because of a good demand by
shorts. May sold up to 441sc where 1t
closed firm at the nigh point of the day.
the easier tone of wheat affecting prices
slightly Trading was very hg1t- May
opened a shade to &c lower at 3o7sc to
35ssNszc and sold at 55S4c-
PROVISIONS-The provisions market
was firm despite a 10c decline in the price
of live hogs. The. strength of the market
was caused by the continued small re-
ceipts at western packing centers- Jan
uary pork opened 1Oc higher at $40 10
Lard was up a shade at $500. Ribs open
ed 21aG5c lower at 1870 to SS.5219 and sold
up to S. 40
RYNCash 67M69c-
RARLEY-Cash 43N55c.
TIMOTHY-s4. 35d 81 As.
FLAX and Glover, nil
Cash: Wheat-NO. 2 red 76119c; No 3
red, 74d75c; No. 2 hard, l514n77e; No. 3
nard, TO T5c; No. 1 northern, S2aS6c; NO 2
ditto SO0S5c: No. 3 spring. 76dS5c.
Corn-No. ?, nothing doing; NO. 3, new
oats-No. 2, 34c; No 3. Sssls4c.
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Kansas city, Mo, Dec. S-CAIILE-
Market steady Netive steers. "a. COOS. rs;
southern steers. So 00d5.25; soutehrn cows.
81. O0d3. %; native cows and heifers, $2-g0g
4 %. stockers and feeders, 81. 4oG460; bulls,
s.. i56S. so; calves, $2.50Q6.50; western fed
steers, S3.40Q5-50; western fed cows, 81 $50
HOGS-Receipt 1900. Market IOc lower.
Bulk of sales, St. 20Q6. IS heavy, Sc. 221kq
IS. 1906 2Z12.
SHEEP-Receipts. none. Market nom
inally steady. Muttons, $4.2595- I5; lambs.
ewes $4 0065. 35
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TWO PER CENT INSANE.
Cause Is Attributed to the Freedom Of
Marriage.

Chicago, Dec. State regulation OF
DR.. Frank Billings. president of the IL
linois state board of charities in an ad-
dress before the national conference
on truancy. His audience was largely
made up of experts in charity and re-
formatOry lines and his declaration
While it created surprise, was greeted
with applause.
He was speaking on, Should Wards
Of the State Re Separated from the
Public School Children ~ and drew a
picture Of the backward methods OF
instruction which the state board OF
charities had found in certain institu.
tons.
But we physicians believe in get.
ting to the root of a. disease" said DR.
Billings. bringing his address to a
close. There is no use in taking any
other point of view. The root of this
trouble lies in the existing freedom of
marriage.
II do not believe there should be
any such freedom of marriage. T am
no lawyer, but I would like to see So
ciety put on its statute books a law
forbidding two people to be married,
not merely until they had secured a
physician, but until they had obtained
a certificate of inheritance showing
their antecedents.
This sounds drastic, but the in
crease in the defective classes is so i'm
pressive as to warrant such a conclu-
sion. Two per cent Of the population
Of Illinois is insane. The number OF
detectives is increasing per cent an
nually.''
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Fan PInYer I1as ParaIrsis-

Ventura, Cal, Dec. S.-Pitcher Char
ley Hall of the Cincinnati club received
a stroke of paralysis at Santa Barbara
at polo game. He first was stricken
with complete blindness of the right
eye The muscles and nerves of the left
side of his face also are uncontrollable
Later he recovered his sight, but he
cannot close the eye Hall thinks his
afIiction came from q swim in the
plunge from which he contracted a Sc
we're cold. The doctors call it PARALYSIS
and are treating it with electricity
They think the boy will be all RICH,
again in a few weeks.
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Wreck on the Southern.

Washington, Dec S.-Southern rail-
way passenger train No "a struck the
rear OF a freight train just south of
Danville, Va. early today. derailing the
engine and several freight cars. The
freight cars caught fire from the en-
CINE and the Danville fire company was
called upon to extinguish the flames.
1t is reported that the engineer of train
No 81 was killed and his fireman in
fured. but on account Of interruption
to telegraph service this report has not
been verified. No passengers were in
jured
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Kansas City, Mo. Dec s.-WHEAT-
Close: Unchanged; December. 6S1zc; May.
&c; July, 71szc Cash: No 2 hard. 706D73c;
No. g. 671kQ72c; No. 2 read, 72Q73c; No. g
671zd11c.
CORN-Unchanged to nc lower; Deem
Der SIC; May $3.50; July 39zkc- Cash:
No. mixed, aSQ3SAc; No. 3, 371kQs7SSc;
No. 2 white, 39QS91zc; No 3, 3Siz4381kc.
3 OATS-Unchanged; No. 2 white, 34Ac;
No. . Mixed 33Q231zc-
RYE-Market steady. 64G65c
HAY-Market strong. Timothy, 80 cents
higher; choice timothy, $16.o0116 so ;
choice prairie $12.75G13.C0-
BUTT R-AIarket firm Creamery. &c;
packing, 1S3zc
ECGS-Marlzet steady to firm. 2Sc.
ReeciDts-Wheat. % cars.
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Mn Asll fo- : NIIIIion-

Seattle, Wash, Dec S.-Congress
Will be asked to appropriate $1,000
600 with which to make a proper ex-
hibit of the resources and products of
the Alaskan country at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition. The fair
directors have telegraphed requests to
the Washington and Alaskan delega
lions III congress to support the bill.
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Herington. Dec. S.-The people Of
the little town of Delavan. eight miles
east of here. gave reception and ban
quet in honor of the opening of their
new bank and the starting of the ma
chinery in their 1000 bushel elevator
Although Delavan is a hamlet of less
than 100 inhabitants. her people enter
tanned and banqueted more than four
hundred persons on this occasion.
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Chicago, Dec. SEATTLE Receipts
cows ana heifers, $65Q5. Is; stockers and
feeders, 81 4Oq4.5O; Texans, s.. 1904. 60;
westerners. 81 9006 90; calves, 81 25G7.5O.
HOGGSEReceipts 10000. Market 10c low
err Mixed and butchers, sc. 050S71z; good
heavy Sc 25616. 40; rough heavy, $. 9o016. 10;
light, s6O0d6. 81; pigs, IS. 5096 20;- bulk of
sales, s. 1906 30.
SHEEP-Receipts {, 1000. Market steady
Sheep. $3.99Q5- IS; lambs, "a 50Q7. Is.
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weak; western Chickens, 105zc; lows, 70
ern chickens. 11013c; turkeys. 12915c;
BUTTER = Market strong. Onicial
held common 10 extra, 22Qo0c: western
factory, common to firsts HW2l75c. Il.
CHEESE-Market firm. state 1ul
creameries, small and large; Ss.ptemEsr
fancy, 14Ac; ditto October, best, l5Ac;
ditto late made, 1254@12Sxc; ditto inferior
10szG111szc-
EGGS-Market strong. State Pennsyl-
.Vania and nearby fancy selected, white,
43Q45c; ditto. choice. -40Q42c.
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New York, Dec. S.-What was prob
ably the largest mail ever received in
New York from an ocean steamer. came
yesterday on the Celtic which carried
1850 sacks Of postal matter Assistant
Postmaster Morgan said that there were
about SOC, 600 letters in the mail of which
fully 100000 were for city delivery.
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AnotIcr Chamnion Hnsl,er-

Wellsville, Kan. Dec ST. G. Hill.
Of this place, has just completed a job
of shocking corn for c. McLain, of
Kansas City Hill worked Is days and
averaged IS bushels a day, shucked and
cribbed. Last Tuesday he shucked III
bushels and 40 pounds.
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Must Sue the Whole word

San Francisco. Dec. S-The Sill
preme court in an opinion by Justice
Sloss, in which all the court concur
red, decided that the McEnery act.
passed. at the last session Of the iepss.
lRture, is constitutional and that prop
erty owners can establish title to their
lands, the records of which were de-
stroyed by the great fire, by suing the
world at large. If no claimant an
pears within a certain period title fo
the property is re-establfshed
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"a Wcsfern WonlIer

There's a Hill at Bowie, Tex, that's
twice as big as last year This wonder
pounds has grown to over $780, He saws.
Il suffered with a terrible cough. ana
ton. I was reduced to 90 pounds. Wien
I began taking DIR. Kings New. I3Issc,v
cry for Consumption. Coughs and Csoldr
Now, after taking y bottles. I have mora
than doubled in weight and am cotnr5lafa1
" cured Only sure Cough and Csofd
cure Guaranteed by Arnold Drug *
druggists. SOC and 800. Trial bottle free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Great Bend, Kan. December s.-Jonn
Springer, a prisoner in the county Jail,
escaped last night Negligence in fas-
tening the cell door was responsible for
the escape. Springer pleaded guilty to
forgery and received a sentence of from
one to ten years in the state peniten-
tiary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

Wall Street, New York, Dec. S.-Prices
OF stocks moved irregularly within mar
row range in the opening transactions.
Operations were small scale There
was a fall OF q in Atchison and a rise Of
q in National Railway of Mexico pre-
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New York, Dec S-SUAR-Raw, steady /;
fair refining SO 11-32c; centrifugal. 50 test,
8 27-32c; molasses sugar, 3 3-32c Refined.
steady; crushed, $500; powdered, $500;
graduated, $3.50.
COFFEE-Market quiet. No. Rio. 73lc
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..Old Bob,, Heard Fronn

Wooster. O., Dec. Bob Fftzsir,-
mons in an interview, which he gave
out here last night, expressed his wiz
lingness1 to take~ons Jack O,Brien after
the close of the theatrical season, tn
match to be for not less than $40. 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

The Russell Record has started a
scheme to give the people of Russell
county a chance to express their prefer
ence by vote for United States senator
In each issue now there is a ballot
fixed up something like single column
on the regular election ballot To the
left are the names of the candidates
which the editor of the paper thinks
are in the race. These are Charles
Curtis, W. J. Bailey, Joseph L. Bristow
w. Il. Stubs, "a. w. Benson. Victor
Murdoch and p. p. Campbell. To the
right are the squares in which an x
mark is to be made to signify the
voters choice. All the ballots must be
signed 50 as to show that the vote is
bona fde one and so as to prevent
some cheerful spirits of voting more
than once.
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Prices paid In Topeka this week. bareA
on Boston futIotntio1s1
Topeka Kan, Dec. 8.
GREEN SALT CURED. .tIzs.
NO. I HORSE. 90 6015s n
NO TALI-OW. ~
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Cotfnn ninrkcf.

New York. Dec S.LCOTTON-s Spot
closed quitt middling 'uplapds. s1O.s5
middling gulf, S1I.2O. no sales.
Galveston, Tex, Dec. S.-COTTON-
Lower, 1ossc.
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Furnished by J. Z. Gail. iCommlssionA
Grains, Provisions, Cotton. and StockA
Ofrice 10 w. Sixth st. Phone 4S6.l
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Furnished by Cope e Co. 1874 Kan Avef
ems. TIC ID; live turkeys: hens and yours
gobblers, 13c; old toms, lie
EGGS-Fresh country PC, storage 27aesc
BUTTER-Fresh country. 1929
LFGrnished by the City Hay Market I'll
Quincy street.l
HAY.
PRAIRIE HAY--New. ss.oO9s1o.oo baled
ALFALFA HAY-Loose. slooO911oo
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chicago Produce NTarlSct-

Chicago. Dec. s-CHEEsE = Marlxet
strong Daisies. 1870: twins 13014c;
Young Americas, 14c.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; turkeys, Zoe
chickens, SIC; springs. &C.
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Liverpool cables: Opening, wheat sd
lower: corn unchanged
Chicago car lots today Wheat s, corn
126 oats III.
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Preliminary arrangements are being
made by the committee for the annual
banquet of the Kansas State Demo
cratic club which is to be held in this
cfty on the evening of Washington's
birthday, February %. No definite ar
r2ngements have been made as yet TO-
wards securing speakers for the occa-
sion. There is some talk of extending
an invitation to Governor Folk of Mis-
souri,. Governor Folk was the prin-
cipal speaker at the banquet last year
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FURNISHED by ]. e. Gall. Commissions
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO W. Sixth St. Phone 1851
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New York I'sOdncr Market.
New York, Dec. .-POULTRY-Aliv
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Wichita, Kan, Dec. Sat a meet.
ing of the young Mems Republican
league here last night. the candidacy Of
Victor Murdoch for the United States
senate was indorsed. Committees were
appointed to further the work IN MS
favor The league has Membership
of 1900 young Republicans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

The New Toric Lenses are the most
perfect lenses made. Call and see them.
Chas. Bennett, Optician, $50 Kan ave-
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E T Fairchild superintendent OF
schools-elect has announced the ap-
poin1nent of o. V. Henderson. of
Brakeman. Rawlins county. to be bond
clerk. Mr. Henderson will succeed
Thomas Hayes. of Kansas City, Kan.
who has held the position for four
years under superintendent ayhoff-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-08

J. NJ. Wiley. who is a Populist OF f1f-
teen years standing and who was the
Populist candidate for congress in the
First district, has registered kick to
George Hanna's plan to turn the Pop
ulist party in Kansas over to the Re
Z Hanna Hanna is only an s-year-old,'' he
said. land can Join the Republican
party along with the other new Popu-
lists if he wants to but he hasn't con-
suited me yet and there are a lot of
other old-t3mers that he has not con-
suited He Will find that he can't turn
the lists over to the Republicans nor
to any other party. All he can do is
to flop himself and take a few floppers
with him. The res of US will con-
tinue to be Ponulists."
But what's the use in maintaining
a party organization when YOU could
poll only LOO votes for your candi-
date for governor ~ was asked
Horace keefer received a good
many more votes than 100" replied
Wiley nysteriously.
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Captain Alexander r. Banks, the well
known Topekan. has entered the lists
as a candidate for the position of chief
clerk Of the house Of representatives.
1t was only yesterday that he decided
to take this step and the decision was
reached after considerable correspond
once with friends throughout the state
who We're unanimous in their encouf-
agement of his candidacy and predic-
lions of a successful outcome in the
race.
Capt Banks has served ten sessions
as chief clerk of house or senate and
was chief clerk on the memorable &C.
casion when York handed up. through
him. the $1,000 package alleged to have
for Pomeroy in the United States SEN
ate. and has an inexhaustible fund of
"reminiscences that would read like
romance.