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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady: No spring wheat, 90
Q100: No. 8 $50 99c: No red. ssss
Q90A; No. corn, 591h: No. 2 yellow
62c: No. 2 oats 50Ac: No. 3 white 46
956h: good feeding barley 66@6sc:
fair to choice mailing 71075c; clover
contract grades $500: short ribs,
Qoosel $685. mesa. DOVE per ISI
S16.10 a 1915: lard per 100 lbs $500:
short clear sides (boxed) $S.75 a 800:
Wnlskey basis of high wines S1.31.
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CLOSING STOCK LIST.

Adams Express :. :. $50
Atlantic Coast Limo -. -. -. 1SR
American Cotton Oil - ...., 30A
American Cotton Oil pfd IS
American Express. " .1S5
American Locomotive ...... son
American Locomotive pfd.-.a s.-.., SO
American Tobacco pfd cer.=. -. TAX
Anaconda Mining Co -. ..-. IL
Atchison ............ s:h
Atchison pfd go
Baltimore and Ohio -, ....-.=.s s=... s7A
Baltimore and Ohio pfd >. 81
Denver and Rio Grande 80, :. 2e>
Denver and Rio Grande pfd ....- 65
Erie :. 1Sh
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CLOSING PRICES

New York August 24.0Cotton
spot closed steady; middling uplands.
1886: middling gulf 1866: sales 361
bales.
Futures opened steady and closed
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RECEIPTS SAME DAY LAST YEAR

So casks spirits turpentine.
Ill barrels rOsln.
$ barrels tar
III barrels crude turDentlns.
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NAVAL STORES

SPIRITS OF TURPENT1NE -
Dull, 55A.
ROSIN-Dull. SO. so
TAR-Nothing doing.
CRUDE TURPBNTTNE - Hard,
$500: dip, $4.30: virgin, $4.75.
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LOCAL COTTON MARKET

Saturday, August "a.
COTTON-Nominsal
Receipts Of cotton today bale.
Receipts same day last year-o
bates.
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80 casks spirits turpentlne.
81 barrels rOsin.
81 barrels tar.
118 barrels crude turpentine.
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT

Houston, net receipts. 2.05S bales.
Augusta quiet at 13Ac: net receipts
2s bales.
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Total today, at all ports-Net re-
ceipts 1889 bales: exports to Great
Britain. $50: France. 200: continent,
1862: stock 28244s.
Consolidated at all ports-Net re-
Britain, 353: France. 200: continent.
ceipts 1.4S9 bales: exports to Great
1862.
Total since Sept 1sr at all ports
Net receipts 9.856.477 bales: exports
to Great Britain, 3.758.944: France,
894, 1888; continent. 3.409.196: Japan.
248.264: Mexico. go.
New York. August 24.-Receipts at
the ports today 1889 bales against q
sos last week and 8.076 last year. For
the week 10000 against 11.574 last
week and 1852 last wear Today's
receipts at New Orleans 149, against
232 last wear.
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q. S. AND OTHEK BONDS.

Z. S. refunding 2s registetred. .105S
U. S. refunding IS coupon ....10515
Z. s. IS registered 80. ...... 1929
U. 5. IS couosnD .1O2B
u. S. new As registered ...126h
U. 9. new As coupons -. 1862
American Tobacco 4s -. ..... 63
American Tobacco 6s :. ... 96A
Atchfson adjustment 4s =. S7H
Atlantic Coast Line As :. :. =. 80
Baltimore and Ohio 31bs :. 80
Baltimore and Ohio As :. :. >. 96k
Central of Georgia SIS :. :. ..1021z
Central OF Georgia 1st Inc -. So
Central of Georgia End Inc 80. 65
Chesapeake and Ohio AIS -, 100
Denver and Rio Grande As :. :. 93k
Erie prior liens 4s >. .....-.... 81
Erie gen. IS ........-.,.. 7eE
Louisville and Nash. Unified 4s SO
Norfolk and Western con. Is :. 33A
New ork Central gen. SIS ..... ssA
Seaboard Air Line ....... 67h
Southern Railway 5s offered ..1O3
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Southern cotton mill stock for the
week ending Saturday furnished by
HUGH MacRAE & Co, bankers, Will
mington, n. G.
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PRODUCE MAKkET-

Corrected by
". II. Cooper, Wholesale Grocer
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indigestion

Stomach trouble Is but a symptom of. and not
in itself a true disease. We think of Dyspepsia,
Heartburn, and Indigestion as real diseases. yet
they are symptoms only of q certain specific
Nerve sickness-nothing else.
It was this fact that first correctly led DR.. Shoop
in the creation of that now very popular Stomach
Remedy-Dr. Shops Restorative. Going direct
to the stomach nerves. alone brought that success
and favor to DR.. Shoop and his Restorative. With
out that original and highly vital principle. no
such lasting accomplishments were ever to be had.
For stomach distress. bloating biliousness, bad
breath and sallow complexion. try DR.. Shops
Observation-Disclosures or LtQuid-and see for your
self what it can and will do. We sell and cheer
fully recommend
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HLUSTRATER CATALOGUE, con-
tanning particulars as to advantages
and charges sent on application.
Board, Library, Medical and full
Literary Tuition fees a year S155.OO.
F. p. HOBGOOD, President
je 25 If tn tn sa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-15

his whole being. The Y. NJ c. A. was
now TO n great extent realizing his
dream of the church.
Elon 5. Clark. in his speech. paid
this tribute to the hardworking and
efficient secretary: I'VE have here a
brother who left his home in a distant
land, far across the sea, years ago.
Soon after coming among US he was
converted and since, a period of about
fifteen years. has not ceased to strive
for the spiritual betterment of young
men. Indeed. the salvation of Topeka's
young men has become such Il passion
upon him that it goes before him as
pillar of cloud in his day-dreamS and
a pillar of fire in his night-dream ms.
The initials OF his name are Geo. E.
Lerrigo, our secretary. AS Jacob set
up 2 pillar TO mark the place of his
heavenly vision, so has our dear Ler-
rigo. our faithful officers and directors
and Topeka's loyal citizens in spite of
hard times. flood and bank failure,
reared this beautiful house. a bethel
for Topeka's young men, Gods an
swer to our most effectual prayer and
fondest dream
President J. B. Larimer presided.
The following We're the toasts:
Hon. E. W. Hoch. The Officers and
Directors of the Y. NJ c. A"
Dr. F. N Lynch. "Our Members
E. L Copeland. our Brothers in
the Business World"
Dr. Norman Plass. "Our Pastors"
Elon s. Clark. ''Dreamers''
Geo. E. Lerrigo, 1.-The Future"
The dinner was served by a COM
mittee from the Y. W. c. A. Mrs Ler-
rigo and Miss Grace Houghtelin in
charge.
Among the invited guests present
were Governor Hoch. Rev. F. N
Lynch. Jonathan Thomas. W. F. Jen-
sen. F. P. MacLennan. E. H. Crosby
c. 8. Elliott. F. NJ. Bonebrake, W. w.
Mills. l. D. Whittemore and W.
Robinson.
About eighty of the active working
members of the association attended
the dinner.
The directors chosen as the new
board are: J. b. Larimer. Jesse Shaw
Norman Piass. H s. Morgan. J. c.
Smith. s s OFT, H. A. Kingsley, EIon
8. Clark
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GROOM TO THE RESCUE.
Took PeriIous Climb So His Marriage
Could Occur.

A marriage. not without consider
able difficulty, was performed by R. F.
Hayden, probate judge, last evening
when he united in wedlock F. w.
Buckmaster and Miss Alice Fresby.
both of this city. Mr.. Buckmaster is
80 years old and Miss Fresby is Al.
They hunted up Judge Hayden
about I o'clock last night. This hour
is way and beyond the time that the
county matrimonial shop closes up for
each day, but one of Judge Hayden's
many admirable traits is his willing
ness to oblige on all occasions, SO he
started for the court house with the
couple, who could not postpone their
wedding until this morning for reas-
ons known only to themselves.
Arriving a the court house, which
was as gloomy and dark as a tomb
Judge Hayden discovered that he had
left his keys some place and could not
get in the building. He managed to
get in communication with Deputy
Sheriff Ward and Mr.. Ward came to
the rescue with a key which opened
the front door of the court house. But
this did not overcome all difficulties.
There was no key to open the door in
to the probate court where the neces-
sary papers incident to marriage are
kept.
Mr. Buckmaster. the groom, was not
to be thwarted. He discovered that
the transom over the door, and about
ten feet up in the air was open. He
volunteered to climb through it and
open the door from the inside. With
much effort. and while the bride held
her breath for fear the groom would
fall to his death or something else. Mr.
Buckmaster was boosted up to the
transom by Deputy Sheriff Ward and
the probate judge. He crawled
through a space about six inches wide
and dropped to the floor in safety
Then the door was opened and within
few minutes Mr.. BuckmaSter and
Miss Fresby were pronounced man and
wife
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JACKSON AND BREWERS.
Attorney General Notifies Them That
He Is Ready.

Attorney General Jackson came back
at the brewers this morning strong and
smiling" as they say of the pugilist,
with a notice to the attorneys for seven
of the breweries that he would on May
o. at $50 o'clock, go before the supreme
court and call up the motions filed TO
''ouash the summons in the following
cases:
Schlitz, Val Blatz. Imperial, Helms.
Rochester, Pabst and Helm Real Estate
company.
The attorneys who fled the motions to
ouash in these cases are Hardness.
Crysler & Histed of Kansas City, and
Hazen &. Cav Of Topeka.
It is evident that General Jackson does
not Intend that these cases shall drag
The breweries involved in the above
proceedings will have to present to the
court their evidence that the service Sc
cured on their agents was null and void.
The burden of proof is on the companies.
1t is likely that the demurrers filed by
c. w Curtis alleged agent for the
Schlitz Brewing association, will be sus-
tanned. Curtis was made party to the
suits filed against the brewery, but the
state is not especially anxious to get
him. 1t is the brewery that the state is
after
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U. S. HOLDS THE KEY.
World Price of Wheat Depends Upon
Crop Here.

Berlin, May 15.-InterYiews with
number of the leading grain mer-
chants and members of the produce
section of the bourse here disclose a
feeling Of great uncertainty in connec-
ton with the grain situation. The
dealers generally are disposed to re-
gard the present wave Of specu-
lation as being an exaggerated
the. United States at this mo-
ment holds the key to the interna-
tional situation, but the tendency is to
believe that the reports of crop short
age are exaggerated so far as the
European situation is concerned The
merchants add that they are also pre-
pared to meet a heavy shrinkage of
production as factor in the general
yield.
Various reports of poor crop pros
poets in Germany, Hungary, Rou-
mania and Russia are playing a role
in the price movement here. The
German winter crop is admitted to be
much delayed and considerable
acreage was frozen out but neverthe-
less. good hopes are entertained that
the spring planting will overcome the
shortage due to the winter damage.
Reports, however, emphasize that
Germany's 1906 crop was below the
estimate and that Germany must en-
ter new grain year without home
supplies.
The crop outlook has been some
what improved through the wagner
weather since the beginning of the
month. There have been sporadic
showers. but rain is still greatly need
ed. Reports also indicate an improve
ment in the Hungarian crop pros
poets as the result of rains. The out
look in the lower Danube and south
of Russia. however. is considered bad
for winter grain but in the Volga
valley and north of Russia the pros
poets are uniformly good which is
expected to counterbalance the Black
sea shortage All things considered
dealers expect the high price will be
maintained in view of the growing
population in comparison with the
grain supplies. Germany in particular
demanding larger and larger Quanti-
ties every year, through the addition
of 100000 to her population annually.
In the produce section of the
bourse today prices opened strong ow-
ing to the publication of a dispatch
announcing that only one-tenth of the
Canadian wheat crop had been
planted.
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START A DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Former Police Officers Go Into Bust
ness for Themselves.

E F. Pavey and c. A. Golf. two ex-
perienced detectives, will open a de-
tecrive agency tomorrow. It will be
known as the Independent Detective
agency, with offices at 521 Kansas
avenue.
Pavey and Golf are the best known
and most experienced detectives in
the city. Both have about IA years
experience as city and Santa Fe de-
tectives. They were let out of the
police with the advent of the new ad-
ministratIon, which followed a policy
Of removal of experienced men. and
started the detective agency as the re-
suit of a demand for experienced de-
tective service which cannot be had
from the Topeka police department
Both Pavey and Goff are old residents
of the city. and are well acquainted
with the Topeka brand of crook. They
will be open to all legitimate detec-
tive work. and have the best wishes
of numerous friends.
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PIERCE IS GIVEN UP.
Oil Man Is Turned Over to the Texas
Sheriff.

St. Louis. May 15.-H. Clay Pierce.
chairman of the board of directors of
the Waters-Pierce Oil company, was
today remanded to the custody of
Sheriff Matthews of Texas to answer
to an indictment charging perjury, by
a decision rendered this morning by
Judge Adams in the United States cir
cult court
Judge Adams today denied the ap-
plicatfon of Mr.. Pierce for a writ Of
habeas corpus
Mr.. Pierce is wanted in Texas to
answer to an Indictment charging per-
Jury in an affidavit made by him in
Nav. 1900, to the effect that the
waters-Pierce Oil company was not a
party to any pool, trust, confederation
or combination in restraint of trade.
After Judge Adams had read his
decision Attorney Priest imme diately
asked that a delay of execution of the
courts order be granted until 2 o'clock
this afternoon to enable him to decide
whether to make an appeal to the
United States court of appeals or d.
rectly to the state supreme court.
Judge Adams granted the request
Attorney Barclay representing the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-15
LOCAL MENTION.

Herman Doerr. % years old. Of Te-
cunseh. and Anna Lentz. IS years old.
of Newman. were married this morning
by r. F. Hayden, probate judge.
Crosby Bros Dry Goods company to-
day placed in the hands of the state .
certified check for 5000 as security for
the battleship silver service. instead OF
the s.. 600 bond which the state demand
ed. The silver service Is now on exhi-
bition in the Crosby window.
The Rochester German Fire Insurance
company. of Rochester. N Y, was to-
day admitted to transact business in the
state of Kansas.
L. 7. Hussey. state oil inspector. was
in Topeka this morning and filed hts
monthly report.
Miss Alice Peyton is quite i'll at her
home. 400 North Kansas avenue.
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THE AMERICAN HABIT
One in Every Three Affected.

OF the 100000 people in the United
States, il is estimated that %, 000. 600 or
one in every three, is partially disabled
from a broken down nervous system.
America is the greatest consumer of
coffee in the world. Can you draw the
correct inference from these two facts2
Many a person will exclaim. Non
sense," 1t is easy for any thoughtless
person TO jump at a conclusion that a
philosopher would study carefully over
before reaching. Think of the members
of your own family. How many of
them are perfectly and completely well
IN every respect? How many of your
friends are perfectly healthy? Inquire
of them and you will be surprised to
learn that the average of one in every
three, VINO are sick. in the main stands
true. Health depends. primarily, upon
a perfectly poised nervous organization.
and the greatest known enemy to the
nervous system is coffee. Its active
principle is caffeine, which is a pro-
nounced nerve destroyer. The action
is. first. to attack the stomach. then
the pneumogastric nerve which lies be-
hind the stomach and which is directly
connected with the brain.
The disordered condition passes thence
from the brain to all parts of the
dalton (well known nervous condition) /;
in others this is hidden. but the work
goes on from day to day until the &C
emulation of forces clinaxes in some
organic disease 1t may be the kidneys
become affected and Bright's disease
sets up, IL may be weak eyes. may be
catarrh. stomach trouble. palpita ton
and heart failure, (Which is becoming
more and more noticeable among
Americans.l
Somewheret you may depend upon IT.
this work will show forth in the form
of disease. 1t may become so fixed and
chronic that il can not be thrown off.
Il is hard to induce a man or wo-
man to give up coffee when they have
become addicted to its use, but If such
people can be given Postum Food Cof-
fee they will quickly change for the
better. for the food drink. when pro-
perly made. has the color and the de-
eminent Java OF the milder and higher
priced grades.
The work Of reorganization begins a I
once. for the tearing down element of
coffee has been eliminated, and in its
place the strong rebuilding effects of
the elements contained in Postum. go
directly TO work to rebuild the broken
down and delicate gray matter in the
nerve centres and brain. This is Just
plain, old-fashioned common-sense that
any thoughtful person can make use
of: in fact hundreds of thousands of
brain workers in America have already
discovered the fact and are using Pos
tuu Food Coffee, to their very great
benefit and relief. There's a Reason -
Read The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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RUFF PLEADS GUILTY.
Charge Was Extorting Money From a
Restaurant Keeper

San Francisco. May 15.-When the
Ruef trial opened today Attorney Ach
renewed his motion for a change of
venue. Judge Dunno denied the mo-
ton, but granted until o'clock in
order that the attorneys might confer
with Ruef ION a matter of consider
able Importance
When court reconvened Ruef enter
ed a plea of guilty
Ruef's plea of guilty was to the
charge of extortion on which the TAX
ing of testimony in his trial was about
to begin. The specific charge in the
indictment concerned the payment to
Ruef of $1,175 by the proprietors Of
Delmonico's French restaurant to Sc
cure for the place permission to sell
liquor in private rooms.
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A MEMBERSHIP CLUB.
n. VI. c. A. Gives Informal Dinner and
Good Reports.

The first Membership club dinner was
served to a hundred who sat at the
tables spread in Gemmell hall last ev-
ening ar the Y. NJ. C A building
This club is formed for the purpose
of holding the number of members of
the Y NJ. C. A. to at least 1900
which is the efficiency number neces-
sary to maintain the association with
out deficit. A year ago about 400 new
members were added through a spirited
contest. Some have not renewed on
account Of leaving town Some were
students here temporarily The NUM-
Der in the association now is L4OS-
Elon S. Clark is chairman OF the new
club and his working committee is:
A E Blyth, John Hoehner, Chas-
Heartburg. J. W. Robinson. g q.
Biakely. H A. Kingsley, 1. w Felix,
John Nipps, c. P. Adams, H. o. Mad
1t is planned to give an Informal
dinner quarterly. On these occasions
reports will be made, interest st1mula-
ted, growth noted and plans formula
During the past twelve months the
total attendance in the physical de
partments was $1,000 There were "a
600 games played on the bowling alley.
The gymnasium was patrOnized 10000
times: at the gospel meetings, 4.464-
The receipts and expenditures for the
year were $4,000. s .. -- .... -
The toasts contained numerous refer
ences TO the handsome building. the ex-
cellent work and the great benefits OF
the institution. Governor Hoch paid
several high compliments to Topeka
which he named as This fine, beau1-
full. sober city" He said that the great
thing TO be done in this world and the
most satisfactory and best thing is Ito
do good" His dream of the church
vas that it should be the most at
tractive place in the city. open all the
week and not the most lonely looking
place between Sundays. that ii should
look after not only the spiritual and
moral welfare, but the physical and
the social. should round out the man in
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AGAINST HARTMAN.
His Activities Claimed to Suppress
Competition.

New York. May 15.-The portion of
the recommendations of Attorney Frank
B. Kellogg and Charles Severance to the
interstate commerce commission con-
corning the Hartman railroad investi-
cation has been published here. 1t re-
views the testimony and holds that rail-
road competition has been suppressed
in an area equal to one-third of the
United States: that the contracts be-
tween the Union Pacific and Rock Island
for the control of the Alton railway, as
we'll as the contracts between the Union
and Southern Pacific and the control of
the Illinois Central and the San Pedro
road, are in violation of the Sherman
antitrust act 1t recommends that the
attorney general institute proceedings
to annul these agreements. 1t also rec
ommends that there should be new and
effective laws to prevent inf1a ton OF Sc
curities and declares that the profits or
the great railroads of the far west are
being used to buy stock and control sys-
more roads for the development OF the
west as they should be.
washington, May 15.-The recon-
mendations of Messrs. kellogg and Sew
erance in regard to the Hartman rail-
roads are not yet accepted and confirm
ed by the interstate commerce commits
sion so that they stand at present mere
" as recommendations to the commits
sion and not the report of the commits
sion of itself.
Commissioners Harlan and Knapp OF
the Interstate commerce commission say
that the commission has not yet made
its report
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ROOM FOR TAX COMMISSION.
Board VIII Have Rooms i'm State
House Basement

At a meeting of the executive coun-
Gil of the state this morning. it was
definitely decided that the new state
tax commission shall occupy the two
rooms in the west basement now used
by the state accountant and the at
torney for the board of railroad COM
missioners. The attorney for the
board has already been "ousted," and
the accountant will be given quarters
on the fourth floor of the state house.
This is an arrangement which will
proba bly, suit TO one. The tax COM
Inissioners want much larger quarters
than Will be afforded by two rooms.
and the state accountant will be much
grieved and panied at being moved
away from the fire proof vault. which
his present Office affords But it is
probable that the council could not
have found any reimbursement of
quarters which would have suited
everybody.
There is no money provided for
equipping the Offices of the tax COM
mission, and Secretary of State Den
ton will arrange to use some OF the
furniture purchased for the use of the
legislature and now stored in the
committee rooms
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KINDERGARTEN EXHIBIT.
Will Be on Display Until 10 O'Clock
This Evening

Miss June Chapman and Miss Mary
Jordan. teachers at the Sh eldon kin
dergarten in Tennessee1oWn. have ar
ranged an exhibit of the work of the
kindergarten at Sheldon hall in Ten
nesseetown. which will be on display
until 10 o'clock this evening. Tomor-
row it will be packed up and shipped
to jamestown. where it will become
part of the display in the building de-
voted to the exhibit of articles show
ing the progress and education of the
negro race
w. w. Fisher of this state Is the
commissioner in charge of the collec-
ton of exhibits in Kansas. Colorado.
Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri.