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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21


Wall St, New York. Feb. 21.-STOCkS-
Prices declined a fraction at the opening
of the stock market today with the ex-
ception Of a few specialties. The market
was affected by the depression abroad.
caused by the Moroccan complications.
The volume Of business was moderate.
After lying idle and almost motionless.
prices ran off sharply. The declines were
made on small sales. The market came
to a. standstill again WithOutSa rally.
The market was apparently bare Of sup
porting orders. but the decline ceased at
Intervals without any effective rally.
After successfully restoring the opening
losses. and obtaining some margin besides,
the market weakened again and some
stocks fell to a lower level than al the be
ginning. The market was still heavy at II
o'clock and showed but little improve
ment
An extension of the decline brought
practically all prominent stocks within
the range of I per cent losses Except for
the continuous pressure which was con
sfdered significant because of the inability
of the market to shake 1t of, very little
in the way of news or gossip was in cir
culation. Amalgamated Copper fell 19t
points and Pressed Steel Car ~ points,
Smelling 81 points and Federal Mining
9& points.
Prices touched the lowest average Of
the day after ? o'clock. There was a
small rally on short covering by room
traders in the bear crowd, but the down
ward drift was resumed There were some
rallies at the last, making the closing
slightly irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Washington, Feb. 21.-These western
postmasters have been appointed: IN
dian Territory Sonora, district 9. John
w Fowler, vice Frank Iikowski, re-
signed. Kansas-Chss Rice county,
Charles B. Garten, vice c. L. Orr, re-
signed: Cullison. Pratt county. Carrie
A PhTbrick, vice D. S. Philbrick, dead;
McLain, Harvey county, Eli r. Rich
ardson, vice s. w. fitzpatrick, resigned;
Mount Hope, Sedgwick county, Philip
3 Di.I, zice D. S. W oodWsrd. removed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

~ vorl-. FTeb. 2I-MONE Y-MOney on
cali easier. sd5 per cent. ruling rate D.
closing bid and offered at per cent; time
mans easier: 60 and 90 days and months
- NV " York Feb 2-NONEY- Prime
mercantile paper, 505A per cent; sterling
s--eberee steady with actual business in
bees,I-ers, l3flIs at 81 s6lz "A $3.50 for demand
- at Is S9eae74 S2s5 for 50 day bills; post
81 rafes "a $1,000 "a and s4STd4. S71z; COM
mercial bills. s4S2l2
SILVER-BaT silver, 66lsc; Mexican dol
lars 511zc
BONDS Government bonds steady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
smelzers Are Dirorced.

Judge Dana of the district court
granted two divorces on Monday after
noon. The wife of Joseph Smelzer was
given a decree. because her husband
swore at her He had six children when
they were married. She also had OBJ
iections to the action of the children.
Lulu NJ Goss was divorced from Ed
ward Goss on the ground of cruelty The
wife claimed that Ter husband had been
very cruel to her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Chattanooga, Tenn. Feb. 21.=H.
consul general to London. has an
nounced his willingness to accept the
Republican nomination for governor
of Tennessee. Mr.. Evans has been as
sistant postmaster general and pension
missioner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

New York, Feb Neutrality-suspicious.
firm. Street price: Extra cream
erv gST2s1kc. Official prices unchang-
al. creamery common to ex-
ira. fea2sc; factory. common to hrsts, "A
67i7c. western imitation creamery extras
21e. western imitation creamery, hrsts,
F;cScs-Narlxet easy. Western frstss
1sc; western seconds. 1S91S1zc,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
BABIES IN KANSAS
Mr. COburn Says There Are Over
10000.
Indicates That Race Suicide Is
Not Prevalent Here.
BIG ARMY in SIGHT.
Upward Of Three Hundred
Thousand Available for War.
Total Population Of State a
Million and Half.
BIG ARMY in SIGHT.

Total number of babies in Kansas,
under years old, 166,762-
Total number of people over so
years old, 1868.
Number of men subject to call in
case of war. 316.735-
Number of people who work for a
living, 5OO,059.
OF this number. PSI, 956 are farmers
OF the total population, 53-5I are
over q years of age.
The number of school children" be-
tween and 20 years 532.686.
Total number of negroes in the state,
B1.067.
total number of Germans in the
state 1924.
OF the total population Of Kansas,
one-hah was born in Kansas.
These are some of the interesting
facts culled from the complete report
of the decennial census. issued Tues
day afternoon by Secretay F. d. Co
burn. secretary of the state board Of
agriculture.
As has already been given out, the
total population of the state is 1874
SOS. but this does not begin. to tell the
whole story Of the census. There are
figures about almost everything, from
the number of babies down to the
number Of peach trees. The popula-
ton has increased 1000 600 in the past
I'VE wears, and about 100000 in the
past ten years.
One of the interesting points just at
this time is the total fighting strength
of the state. There are 316,735 men
in Kansas who could be called to arms
an case of hostilities. These are men
between the ages of is and a. mus
Kansas alone, could i'm case OF emer-
hot Vrre1r
needed i'm the Spanish and Filipino
wars AS a matter Of fact, the state
could probably furnish a good many
more than $4,000, for there are IN the
state 100000 men over q years OF age
Vvandotte county, which has nearly
twice the population of any other
county has 2O.788 men subject to mill
tary call. Strange though it may seem,
Montgomery county is second on the
list in its available fighting strength
with 12,157 men. Montgomery coun-
fv has only $4,000 population, but the
fighting strength indicates that large
proportion of its population are males
in the prime Of life
Sedgwick county. with $1,000 popu-
lation can furnish 10,S A. fighting
men, and Shawnee, with 55,642 pop
ulatfon, has 1883.
TopeIza's CoIored Population.
Topeka has by far the largest popu-
lation of colored people of any city of
the state. 1t is traceable to the fact
that just after the war Topeka was
the Mecca for hundreds of negroes
from Tenn ssee and other southern
states, and as a result Of this immigra-
ton Topeka became possessed of its
ITEM esseetOWn." which is now being
rapidly absorbed, and which in the
course of few years will entirely
pass away.
The following are the comparative
figures for the large cities of the state
ON color of nOpulatiOn:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

75a7sc; No. 8 hard. 7107sc. No. 2 red. $50
SEC; No. red. S30ST1zc
CORN-Market unchanged to lower
MAY 1885, e. T4ilv So1kc Cash. No. 2 mix
ed, 3SesS1kc; No . white. 39c; No.
white 3S3Ac.
sOATS-lIarket unchanged NO. white.
295kQ3o1zc; No. mixed, 295sc.
RYE-Nfarket steady. 5SM6oc.
HAY-Market firm. Choice timothy 5000
d11-O0. choice prairie, $s.25dS-50.
ER-Market firm. Creamery, sc.
EltC5s-Mar1at weak. Eresh. zoe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Chicago. Feb. 21.-CATTLE- Receipts to-
dav O0O0 head Market for best steady;
others I0c lower. Beeves, SSSOQ6. %; cows
and heifers. $1.50d4S0; stockers and feed
ers s. 75dA 70; Texans, $3.50Q4.40
HOGS-Receipt today, 10000 head; esti-
mated Thursday, q, 900 head. Market 5p
lOc lower Mixed and butchers, $3.50
& q515s 10: light. IS 9566.171k; pigs, $500
Cos: bulk of sales, S6.10d6-25.
SIFEP-Receipts today, 22,o00 head
Market weak Sheep, 50 50G5. 70; lambs,
81 75177 10.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
FATALLY injured hx a Train.

Kansas City, Kan, Feb. 1-Wfllard
Figley, As years old, was mortally in
jured by a Missouri Pacific passenger
train at the Missouri Pacific depot here
Tuesday. He died in the ambulance on
the way to the hospital a few minutes
after the accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

New York, Feb 2l.-sUGAR-Raw SUI
gar steady. Fair refining, 27sc; centrifu-
gal. Sc test, 3 11-32Q39sc; molasses sugar.
CSC Refined sugar quiet. Crushed, IS 20 /;
powdered $3.50; graduated. $3.50.
COFFEE-Market steady. No. Rio,
Size s. 500 H9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Galveston, Tex, Feb. 21-COTTON-
Market steady. at 10szc per pound.
New York, Feb. 21--COTTON-Sal to-
day. 1859 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet
and 20 points lower. Quotations per leo
pounds: Middling uplands s10S0; mid
ding gulf, S1LO5.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Chicago. III. Feb. 21.-BUTTER-tEar
ket steady. Creamery, 17GZ7zc; diaries,
HOPING
Guided, HE
CHEESE-NIarket firm. Daisies, 13c;
Twins, 113z612c; Young Americas, BE
POULTRY-Asive poultry easy. Tur-
keys. 13Q15cs chickens, 111sc; springs,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
No ATore eundav Theaters.

Louisville, Ky. Feb. z1.-The board
of public SAFETY has issued an order
closing all theaters and skating Kinks
on Sunday. The board is of the opinion
that Sunday theater going is democrat
ling.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

kansas city. Feb. 21.-Close- Y IiEAT +
receipts today, "a cars. Quotations
were eull and as follows. May. Csc. Ju-
~, 7sske; Sept, 7S1zc. Cash. NO. hard,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Topeka is long on Russians. having
$50, against 2S3 in Kansas City 1t
also has sos English and Welsh, com
pared to 499 in Kansas City. On Ger
man and Irish, however. Kansas City
As Tar I'm the lead, with 1907 Germans
and 1900 Irish, against T68 Germans
and 269 Irish in Topeka.
Leavenworth shows up strong on
1oreign-born population, its total be-
ing 2.S28. while Topeka. with nearly
twice the total population. has only
S,2O3 foreign born. There are 1870
Germans in Leavenworth and 425
Irish.
Looks Like Race Suicide.
One of the features of the report is
that fl indicates the race suicide
theory. In 1885 the average number
Of persons to a family was 5.04 and
the number of families 251.661 Ten
years later. i'm 1895. the average num-
Der of persons i'm a single family had
decreased to Az and the total num-
Der Of families increased to 279.816.
The census taken last wear shows
still greater decrease in the size of
Families. the per cent having gone
down to 4.44, decrease of ST in the
last twenty years. At the present
time the total mum her of families has
increased to 345.O66.
Kansas Raises Most of It's Population
The figures show that nearly half
OF the total population Of Kansas is
not only native born. but Kansas. born.
A big slice of the popula ton moved
in here from Missouri. and a lot more
from Illinois.
New England which gets the credit
for furnishing big blocks Of popufa-
fion for Kansas. is really of minor i'm
portance. Tt must be that the quality
was extra good for a good share Of
the prominent people claim New Eng
land for their ancestral home As a
matter of fact. Massa chusetts fur
@lshes 2,835. Vermont 2.422. and SO
On down to little Rhode Island with
461
The population of the state. divided
according to place of nativity, is as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

and IrgestmenT secuTlpeA FoOHi l.
Col1rnhsan bldg-1
Liverpool opening cables; w neat 7su
higher: corn I'D lower ,xs.,z
fiverpool. 1870 p. m: Wheat 1aqS4d
higher corn Adssd higher 20
Grain receipts at Chicago; Wheat. j.
cars: graded Z. Corn, 344 cars; graded j.
oats, 1853 cars; graded 81
Northwest grain receipts today Mlnne-
abolis 100 cars; Duluth not reported A
year ago holiday. 49,.
Grain receipts at Kansas CIty1 " neat
so csrs. corn. AZ cars, oats. u cars.
Estimated grain receipts at Kansas city
Thursda--. Wheat, A cars; corn, 90 cars
oats, -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and STOCKS.
Office 10 W. Sixth st. Telephone 4S5.I
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Range OF Prices on Stocks.
FURNISHED by J. E. Gall. Commissions
Grains Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
Office 10 W. Sixth st. Telephone 4S& u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21
kansas city. Feb. u.

Kansas City, Feb Il
CATTLE Receipts today, 1000 mead
Market slow to steady. -.
ket 1Oc lower. Bulk Of sales, s6.0oqo10'
top, s6.17lz- oooo -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today.
TThe following sales were made today at
the stock yards. Kansas City. Mo, and
Fv C,Iav. Robinson & Co. live stock CONF
mission merchants. With offices at ali
markets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

National Board of Trade Kansas City.
FURNISHED by J. z. Gall. Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Office no w. Sixth st. Telephone 4eo'l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

ft5,,r,,,shed nv the A. N Nci,ern,ott Com
Mission Co, Stocks, Grains. F'royisions
and IrvestmenT securities Room L
Columbian bldg-g
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Topeka Feb q
/ FURNISHED by Charles Won hacking Co.
Yards close at noon on Sa1urdays1
HOGS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-21

Tone11= Etdc Nr--.--Sr4
Topeka. Feb. d
prices paid IN Topeka this v7eefr ,s--
on Boston quotations.I 's-sse
GREEN SALT CURED ......s,, . 800
The Lake County times., 1906-12-10
THE FEDERAL COURT BILL.

The fight for a reorganization of the
federal court system of Indiana is soon
to begin again. AS matter of course
South Bend IS much interested In the
movement, because South Bend is
vitally concerned. Indianapolis is
heartily opposed to the proposition be-
cause If the reorganization plan should
be effected the capital city would lose
its corner on federal court business.
South Bend, Fort Wayne, Hammond,
Terre Haute, New Albany and Evans
Vile would be only getting their just
deserts should the proposed bill pass
The cities named are not prompted by
selfish motives. They are only stand
ing for what seems to be their rights.
Why people with federal court busi-
ness should be compelled to go to IN
dianapolis to transact that business is
a matter hard to understand unless
one happens to reside IN that city
From appearances most everybody in
Indianapolis knows why and in the
majority of instances the answer would
be because" Were they forced to tell.
All Indiana is proud of its capital city,
but all Indiana does not care to be
worked" by the capital city-South
Bend Tribune
The Lake County times., 1906-12-10
A WARNING BY WIRE.

While Wilbur Nesbit was finishing
els humorous novel The Gentleman
Ragman," he was spending a few weeks
IN a country town in Indiana He had
sent nearly all of the revised manu-
script 10 his publishers, but certain
details of the completion of the plot
had been the subject of discussion be-
tween himself and friend connected
with the publishing house.
One day a telegram for Nesbit was
received at the village telegraph office
1t read:
What are you going to do about
Annie Davis and Pinkney Sanger?"
Annie is the heroine Of The Gentle
man Ragman'; Pinkney is the villain
II there is one in the book. The local
telegraph operator personally deliver
ed the message and Nesbit wrote this
reply:
VIII marry Annie Davis and shoot
Pinkney Sanger as soon as I return tc
Chicago.
The operator stared at Nesbit won
deringly when he read the message, bu1
Nesbit did not fathom that stare unit
the morning when he took the trair
home. when the village marshal stepped
up to him and said. meaningly:
Mr.. NesbIt. I would. advise you
as an officer of the law, sir. not to d,
anything rash when you set to Chi
cago."
The Lake County times., 1906-12-10
NEW YORK LETTER.

New York, Dee. 10.-The extremely
high rate for call loans had a depress-
ing influence on prices and retarded
trade generally. Although the early
prices from London for American rails
ranged from one quarter to three
quarters higher than the closing figure
here Saturday. our market started the
day lower and inclined 10 weakness.
Union and Southern Pacific We're eX-
ceptionally weak the former selling of
from 185, the opening price. down to
1885 the latter from 934 = down TO 3d.,
The continued talk Of adverse legisla-
tion by the government against the
stockholders of these two properties is
causing considerable liquidation in
them by the more timid holders
Reading and St. Paul were about the
strongest OF the higher railroad shares.
St. Paul sold up from 1915 to 1S2 II on
short covering and new investment
buying Reading also scored a slight
advance after the early weakness at
the opening This issue is more or less
subject to manipulation and it has
ceased to be a barometer of the tenor
Of the market. The Frick interests
support it whenever it becomes too
weak and sell sufficient stock when 1T
is strong in order to stop any wild ad-
vance.
IN the industrial group, Copper was
the particular feature. 1t scored an
advance of about a point for the day.
1t was surmised in the street that the
standard Oil interests were the best
buyers and that they were favorable to
an advance The metal situation could
not be in better condition, the best
grades of copper are bringing close to
% cents per pound. which is record
breaking price and means enormous
earnings for the Amalgamated Copper
company.
Call loans opened at 25 per cent, but
after the larger loans were made to
carry stocks over, the rate eased off at
about 10 per cent
There is talk of assistance by the sec
retary of the treasury to relieve the
stringency in the money market, but as
yet nothing official or definite has been
made public.
In the last hour when the call loan
market declined to 6 per cent. a gen
eral movement to cover shorts set in,
which turned the market from weak to
strong and closed the entire list at
the highest prices of the day with a
substantial rally in st. Paul and Read
ing.
The Lake County times., 1906-12-10
GET TOGETHER FOR A NAME.


The discussion in regard to the pro-
posed amalgamation of East Chicago
and Hammond seems to be generally In
favor of the idea, but 1T never goes
very far before the question arises as
TO what the new city should be called.
In Hammond there are a number of
old residents who cling to the old name
of Hammond for sentimental reasons,
but the thousands who have come into
the city in recent years do not seem
to care much what 1t is called so long
as 1t is given an entirely new name.
In East Chicago and Indiana Harbor
the consensus of opinion seems to be
that any good name would do so long
as the amalgamated cities are not called
Hammond. The citizens of the thriving
neighboring towns are anxious to go
into partnership with this city, but
they are a little sensitive about hay-
Ing but one name appear when there
are three active members of the firm.
1t would be rather clumsy to call
the new city Hammond, East Chicago,
Indiana Harbor and company, and so
the best way out Of the difficulty seems
to be to give the towns an entirely
new name.
Hammond has lived down a rather
unenviable past in a way that is a
credit to her citizens, but there Is still
a stigma attacked to the word Ham
mond that is suggestive of dog fights,
prize fights Robys. and Pullman strikes
and some of the other things that hap
pened here when Hammond was sowing
its wild oats.
Go to some other large city or even
to Chicago and tell the people that
you are from Hammond and smile
will Immediately illuminate their faces
as they remark "Oh yes, It's near
Roby and that was where they had all
of that trouble during the big strike
in SO.
In spite of Hammond's good behavior
during the past few years, and I'm spite
of the splendid progress that has been
made it is still known as a lawless
city. There is no question that ANAL
gamation would be a good thing for
all three of the cities concerned and 1t
is believed that the people OF Hammond
are too broad minded to allow matter
of sentiment to interfere with plans
that viii result in taking such long
step forward
1t has been suggested that the ANAL
gamated cities be called Lake City
which would be brief and an appropri-
ate name but perhaps If the people OF
all three of the cities get together they
can hit upon a name that viii be not
only appropriate, but Will be original
and distinctive enough to be worthy
OF the great industrial community for
which it will stand.
The Lake County times., 1906-12-10
BUYING GOLD BRICKS.

The Brazil Democrat gives this time
ly advice to it's readers:
"AH the Sunday papers are full of
swindling schemes which they run as
advertising matter for big pay, but
which there is not the least doubt are
gross grating games pure and simple.
These tricks to obtain the money of the
unwary are not confined to oil stock,
gold mining stock or gas stock, but
now the latest is a diamond mine that
holds out its fatuous hands and appeals
to the man or woman who has little
money saved up against old age or a
rainy day, to part with their little all
and exchange it for paper at ten cents
a share" The advice of the Democrat
is to let all these swindles alone"
The Lake County times., 1906-12-10
THEATRICAL NOTES.
"In Old Kentucky

Again the bills are up for In Old
Kentucky"-a welcome sight to the
average pIaygoer, young and DID, who
likes a real good, American play, full
Of action and dash and abounding in
everything that appeals to the manhood
and womanhood OF the American peo-
pie. The story told In Old Kentucky
is comparatively a simple one but it is
told in a stirring way. The types rep
resented by the characters are interest
ing well as human, and what is more
important. the appeal to the heart is
direct and true all through the play
One is not asked to sympathize with
any one whose character is improperly
sketched by the playwright The hero
is a manly Kentuckian the heroine a
girl of flesh and blood, product Of
nature untrammelled. a blushing bud
on a wild rose bush, in whose love af-
fairs you have to be interested. wheth-
er you will or not. Then there is the
pickaninny contingent. They form an
essential element in the story and are
not an added feature to help out the
interest. These comical little darkies
can sing, dance play musical instru-
ments, whirl batons and do about
everything that the "grown-ups" can
do They seem to put real zest into
their stage work. The production for
this seasons tour Of IN Old Kentucky"
has been gotten up entirely anew by
one of New York's foremost scenic art
lists and the company engaged will be
found in many respects the superior Of
any that has ever been seen in the
piece in Old Kentucky has entered
on its fourteenth season fresher, bright
er and better than ever before. Like
Lord Tennyson's celebrated brook. it
bids fair to go on forever. 1t will be
at Towle's Sunday, Dec. 16.