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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
CAN'T GET CURLING.
Stone Seems to Have Given Way to
Cement in Topeka.

The city can't get Fort Scott blue
sandstone to finish out the contracts
let last year for the curbing of
West street from Ninth to Tenth,
Madison from Tenth to Eleventh and
Jefferson from Third to Fourth
clamoring for the completion of the
paving which should have been done
two months ago.
At a conference held today between
the mayor. city attorney and city en-
gineer 1t was decided to readvertise
and relet the contract for the three
blocks of paving Involved. The con-
tract for the sandstone was let to
Webster and Tulloch of this city who
are agents for the Fort Scott quar-
ries. s'i-s IS
There does not seem to be much
demand any more for that stone
curbing with cement being put in
everywhere" saidc Mayor VIM. Green
today. ~ ~
"And for that reason they are not
doing much with those quarries at
Fort Scott. They said that they were
going to. open a new ledge of sand
stone. After considerable time they
announced that the ledge had been
uncovered but that 1t was not suitable
for curbing. it tapered down. Prob
ably a car load or two was delivered
Used. The people have their park
ings covered with brick and they
have paid for their paving but have
not got it yet. The condition is to
be deplored. On that account we
have decided to ask that the curbing
contract be ~relet for cement. ]
don't believe that the people will OBJ
ject to the cement and it won't cost
them any more than the stone. The
original contract called for 37k
cents. The city tried letting its paw
ing contracts in a lump this year
thing, rolling. grading, paving and
curbing in one sum were shown
preference as against separate bids
for such work. The scheme does not
prove to be the success that it was
thought it would 1t has hoisted the
price and the paving costs more this
year than last
The bids on grading last year ran
from 26 cents to. "a cents. this year
it was fiat 80 cents. Rolling cost
cents this year, last year from "
to 8 cents Combined curb and gut
ter was let at so cents, last year the
cost was but 81 cents. Paving cos1
from $1.2S to $1.29 a square yard
| last year from $1.23K to s1.27A
vitrif1ed tile pipe cost from So cents
to 20 cents last year and this year II
is fiat IS cents.
The big increased cost comes In the
| curbing which is three cents higher
in the other items of the contract the
location of the work and change In
the specifications are partially re-
sponsible for increased cost this year
The change in the paving specif1ca-
ton which calls for grouting the frs,
layer of brick in all paving this veal
adds to the cost while the grading Is
practically the same kind of work as
| was done last year for the same price
of 80 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
THE RUSSIAN LION SORE.
Hackenschmidt, Disguised With Amer
lea, Sails for Europe.

New York, April 9.-Sore in mind and
body. George Hackenschmidt, ''the
Russian lion,'' and former world
champion wrestler, is on the ocean
bound for England. Hackenschmidt did
not wish to discuss his recent match
In Chicago with Frank Gotsch, but be-
fore he sailed he said:
Il believe 1 have not had a square
deal The referee when met Frank
Gotsch In Chicago, did not seem to see
the way in which Gotsch was wrestling.
l had no one behind me to look after
my interests.
You can see for yourself" said the
lion, turning the left side of his face.
and eye, badly disfigured.
That scratching should not be al
lowed in wrestling match. Gotsch
kept digging his thumb into my eyes
the side of my face and the left ear
His finger nails were long and did
great damage. Some Americans at the
ringSide cried Shame"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
In A SINGING CONTEST.
X. U. and Washburn to Have New
Kind of Session Friday.

The young ladies' of Washburn coll
lege and the high school are engaged
in a ticket selling contest with a gold
watch as the premium for the one
is the musical contest which is sched-
uled for tomorrow night at the Audi
forum between the Washburn and X.
U. glee clubs. The watch which has
been offered by Walter Boles. who is
managing the contest, is a solid gold
ladies' size watch. and is very hand
some one.
The contest promises to be a very
interesting one notwithstanding the
fact that such a contest is somewhat
have been working hard and will be
able to put forth their best musical
efforts tomorrow night.
The Washburn Glee club will be as
sisted by Miss Grace Bo1es. and Miss
Elinor Lincoln, a reader and imperson-
ator, will give several readings during
the evening. Outside of the contest
feature of the programme, it will be a
good musical treat and well worth the
price Of admission.
The programme for the entertain
ment is as follows:
PART I.
Washburn Glee club.
Stein song (Bullard). Glee club.
Blow the Smoke Away (MSS ar
ranged by Howard). Mr.. Tice and Glee
club.
Solo and Quintette, Miss Boles and
Messrs. Spring, Weede, Ramsey Stark,
Coons.
Reading (selected), Miss Lincoln.
Spanish Students Song dacome),
Glee club.
vesper Stars (Merin), Glee club.
PART II.
X. U. Glee club
Opening chorus - College SONG
(Douglass), Mr.. Power and Glee club
Floating on a Marcel Wave (To-
basco Land), Mr.. Snattinger and Glee
club.
Catastrophes Jayhawker Quartette
Reading (selected), Miss Lincoln.
Mr.. Indian (Tobasco Land). Mr.
Teall and Glee club.
Tobasco Land: Rose of Mexico (To.
basco Land), Mr.. Cooper and Glee
club.
Anything (Tobasco Land). Mr.
F'rickleton and Glee club.
De Landman, Glee club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09

1t is unusual for the house and
senate journals and session laws Of a
legislative session to be issued so soon
after the session as were these books
issued after the special session.
Speaking of the binding which Is
done for the various state libraries,
Mr.. McNea1 said today:
Under the law, the libraries at the
State university, State Agricultural
college, two state normals and all
other state educational institutions,
together with the state library at To-
peka and the State Historical society
library, are all authorized to send in
here their worn out books for rebind-
ing. This class of binding was al
ways avoided as far as possible by
state printers before the state took
charge Of the printing plant, because
there is no money In it. It. is diff
cult and expensive Jobs This class OF
books are mostly bound in half Rus
STA. and 1t involves a great deal of
sorting and classifying. Books sent in
for rebinding must be all taken to
pieces and restitched.
''Then there are the newspaper
files from the State Historical society,
which have to be bound. The
preparation Of these newspapers for
binding is a big undertaking. They
have to be sorted and Strengthened
one at a time, and this is long and
tedious process.
This class of work is increasing
because the number of books In the
state libraries, which now aggregates
close to 100000, is increasing, and the
number of books which need rebind-
ing is also increasing. I don't know
how much longer we can handle this
work without increasing the capacity
of the bindery.
ct am very much gratffied at the
amount OF work which we have
turned out since the special session of
the legislature. We were able to get
the special session journals and laws
out of the way promptly because the
copy came in promptly. In addition
to all this book making, we have of
course done the heavy line Of print
ing forms, blanks, and miscellaneous
work for all the state institutions and
the big departments at the state
house. We now have the catalogue
for the State University about two
thirds completed which is much fur
Their advanced than usual. This cata-
logue will consist of 500 pages or
thereabout, and $4,000 copies will be
printed"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
HAVE NO PLACE.
Shameless Neglect Of Insane by
the State. ltS0@
Over 200 Turned Over to COun-
ties and Sent to Poor Houses.

Statistics collected by the state board
of control show that one fifth of the
counties of the state have insane
patients incarcerated in their aims
houses, while almost one-half of the
counties have idiots or feebleminded
persons in their aims houses.
The total population of all the aims
houses in the state on January 1 was
749. OF this number, 203 were either
insane or idiotic.
These statistics were collected by the
board of control for the purpose of
showing the need for the enlargement
OF the Winfield school for feeble
minded, and also of the state insane
asylums. 1t has also been ascertain
ed that many more harmless lunatics
are being taken care of in private
families at county expense. instead OF
being sent to the poor farms.
The board of control report also COW
ers the population of all state charita-
dgures are for January 1. 1908.
The total population of the state
penitentiary was 796 males and %
females. total of 919: of the indus
trial reformatory at Hutchinson 80
males, making the aggregate number
confined in penal institutions 1,129.
In the Boys Industrial school at To-
peka there were 1873. and in the Girls
Industrial school at Beloit there were
1917.
Arm people (sane) in the county poor
farms was All. of which 306 were
men and los were women. There
were also in private institutions 15
males and 60 females. making the
total pauper population 436.
There were 480 children in semi
public orphanages. and 100 in strictly
private orphanages. There were also
151 in the state orphans home, and
10 in county poor farms, making the
total number of orphan children 744.
At the Topeka and Osawatomie asy-
lums there were 1872 insane; 81 more
were in private asylums and As were
in county poor farms.
There were 391 idiots and feeble.
minded persons at the Winfield hospi
tai, and 15S in county poor farms.
The state hospital for epileptics ha.
376 inmates.
At the state blind school there are
IS students, and 81 more blind person.
are at poor farms. In the state dea
and dumb school are $40 students, and
rs more are in county poor farms.
There are AZ inebriates confined il
county poor farms.
Twenty-seven almshouses had no in
mates of any class during 1907. There
are insane persons confined in about
one-fifth, and feeble minded person.
in about one-half of the county aims
houses of the state. No appropriation
is made for the care of this class ir
their stage of affection. The board OF
control will ask the next legislature
to provide for their care in additions
or enlarged state institutions.
An examination of the reports of the
los county clerks to the board of con.
troll, covering almshouse population
shows that on January 1. the aims.
house record was: Eighty-f1ve had ne
insane inmates; "a had no feeble
minded; 90 had no inebriates; II hat
no blind; 80 had no deaf; 81 had ne
children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
LEWIS CAN'T COME.
Miners Delegates Must Get Along
Without National President.

Kansas City, Mo-, April s.-Less hope
prevailed today that an agreement
would be reached between the miners
and operators joint committee. When
it went into session the miners seem
ed to be just as determined as ever
not to agree to- anything but a one
year scale, while the operators were
holding out for a three year agreement
National President T. L. Lewis, of
the United Mine Workers of America,
who was expected to come to Kansas
City in an effort to settle the difficult
ties, today notified the miners that his
presence was needed in the eastern
fields and he would be unable to be
present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
TODAY's MARKET REPORTS

Chicago. April 9-WHEAT-The wheat
market was Irregular at the opening to-
day, the May option being strong on buy,
ing by elevator interests and July and
September being weak because of favor
able weather in the southwest. May open
ed Hc lower to Nc higher, at 91A@917sc
and sold at 92@921sc. Minneapolis, Duluth
and Chicago reported receipts of 1S1 cars
The market weakened greatly in the
latter part of the session, May declining
to S91kc The close was weak, with May
1850 lower. at S9zc.
CORN-The corn market was firm, the
chief influence being the official forecast
for more rain which is expected to inter
fere with the movement May corn open
ed 1sc lower to 1Ac higher, at 671zQ67ssc,
and sold at 671zc.
Prices held firm until near the close.
when they weakened in sympathy with
wheat. The close was easy, with May Nc
lower, at SIC.
OATS-The oats market was quiet and
steady Trading in the May option was
light. May oats opened Nc higher, at
52Nc and held around that figure.
PROvISIONS-The provisions market
was steady and trading was dull. May
pork opened unchanged. at $780, sold
down to $13. 421h. Lard was unchanged, at
S. 3711. Ribs were unchanged, at T.221A
RYESCash: 76@78c.
BARLEY.Cash: 68Q82c.
TIMOTHY-April. A.6o.
CLOVER-Nothing doing.
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The olathe Mirror says:
Senator

The Olathe Mirror says: Senator
Hodges returned from Kansas City
Thursday of last week, where he has
been seriously i'll at the University hos
pital Senator Hodges underwent 4
serious operation, but has almost COM
pletely recovered. He is looking well.
notwithstanding his great suffering. He
stood the delicate operation we'll, walk
ing to the table himself and like a
stole told the surgeons that he was
ready,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09

opening dealings. The Erie stocks were
higher as result of the announcement of
the financial settlement effected for the
company The first and second preferred
stocks rose a point. Southern Railway
advanced ~. Brooklyn Transit /. and st.
Paul V. Canadian Pacific fell a point, and
the gains in the Erie preferred stocks
were lost immediately.
The stock market fluctuated with a
lower tendency. Prices at no time got
land. c., C. and st. Louis preferred Jump
ed points and National Lead and Press
ed Steel Car preferred /. Delaware and
Hudson yielded l. and Pacific Mail ~.
rhe lethargy of the demand made tne
market sensitive to light selling and
United States Rubber second preferred
and American Cotton Oil sold down a
point. The bond market was irregular.
Erie Junior issues rose sharply.
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Kansas City. April 9.
Knn.as civ Ave stock.

Kansas City. Mo-, April s.-CATTLE-
Receipts 1000, including 200 head OF south
erens Market steady. Native steers, $o.2a
as 80; southern steers, "a. 759650; southern
cows, $3.2504S0; native cows and heifers.
SCI .OOG6. IS: stockers and feeders, $3.50Q5.8O;
bulls 81. coax. so: calves, s. 5@6.O0: western
steers, 81 1906 so; western cows, $3.50@5. 40.
HOGS-Receipts today 10000 head. Mar
heavy. S. 9O@6 90; packers and butchers,
s. 1896 IS; lights &70d5.S5; pigs, A.5O@6. %.
SHEEP-Receipts today 1000 head. Mar
ar go: range wethers. $500. 10; fed ewes,
5.OOQ6.50.
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Sold Meat unit for Food.

Emporia, April 9.-In Justice of Peace
D. A. Dryers court. c. D. Roberts, a
butcher, was convicted by a jury of
six men, of keeping meat unfit for food.
Justice Dryer fined Roberts $25 and the
costs in the case. It is likely that a
meat and dairy inspection ordinance
will grow out of this incident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
WEEDS on Eiehty-fifth Birthday,

Chicago. April "a dispatch to the
Tribune from Fort Dodge. Ia, says:
L. s. Coffin, founder of Hope Hall and
former president of the anti-Saloon
league Of Iowa, was married yesterday
to Mrs. Nellie Ingals Of Detroit Mr..
COFFIN will celebrate his eighty-f1fth
birthday today. and upon his arrival
at his country home near here, will be
given a reception by friends
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Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, April sLClose-WHEAT-
Receipts 20 cars. Unchanged to lie lower
May. s5lsc; July. 77Ac; Sept. 76A a,S Cash Sa
red. 941k@95zc; No. 8 red, 92@94c.
CORN-Unchanged to nc higher: May,
eOs4c; July, 591sc; Sept, 577sc. Cash: NO
mixed, 6i1h@62c; No. mixed, 61A@61Ac;
Nos and white, 61Ac.
OATS-unchanged. No. white, 5O1s@
sic; No. mixed, 471zc.
RYE-7AG7Sc.
HAY-Firm. Choice timothy, 11.5O@12.OO;
choice prairie, s9.50Q10.0O.
ing stock, 1Sc.
rent receipts. 134c.
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Portland. OREGON.

Every hight at.7:35 a Pullman tour
LIST sleeping car leaves Topeka via the
Union Pacific r. r. which goes
through tc Portland. Oregon. without
change. There Is no better way to
reach all OF the great Pacific north
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Beeves, A.65@7 30; cows and heifers, e l5@
625; Texans, $45O@5.40; calves, $45Og6.SO;
westerns. $440Q5.50; stockers and feeders
So. 25@5. 35.
HOGs-Receipts today about 1900 head
Market 10c higher. Lights, s.. 75@6.20; NIX
EIDE, $5.75@6 IS; heavy. s5.75@6;25 rougns'
$5.75@5.9 80; pigs. A.65@5.55; bulk OF saies'
Sc GOOGLE.
SHEEP-Receipts today were about Il
900 head Market weak. Natives, $4.doW
$50: western. S47566 80; yearlings, Sc. 25@
$50; lambs, S6.Oo@7 IS; western, Sc. 25@7.S0.
Kansas CITY Live Stock Sales Today.
THE following sales were made today az
the stock yards. Kansas City. MO. ana
telephoned to The Topeka State Journai
by Clay, Robinson Co. live stock com;
mission merchants. with OFFICES at q"
markets.1
Kansas City, April g..
CATTLE-Receipts today 5000 heao.
Market slow and steady.
HOGS-Receipts today 5000 head: MAI az.
ket SC higher. Bulk of sales, $5.SSQo.U'
top 1906
sHEEP-Receipts today 1000 head Mar
lot cfa
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Over $4,000 Volumes Turned
Out in Two Months.
BUT THAT ISN'T ALL.
Rebound 700 Volumes and zoo
Newspaper Files.
Public Printer Talks of His In
creasing Duties.

During the last two months, the state
printing office, under the management
Of T. A. McNeal. has turned out q, 800
volumes of state books, having a total
of 7,971,600 pages, or an average of 1872
pages to the book.
The biggest volume was the 18th
Kansas supreme court report, which
had 1.027 pages. The smallest was a
go page pamphlet for the state labor
commissioner.
In addition to printing and binding
all these books, the state printing office
has rebound books for the various
state libraries, and newly bound in
Russian leather magazine files, aggre-
eating 700 volumes. It has also bound
700 volumes of Kansas newspapers for
the State Historical society. This is
the most difficult and expensive class
of work which the bindery has to han
die. and it is rapidly increasing in vol
ume.
A list Of the books which the state
printing plant has published since the
special session Of the legislature is as
follows:
NJ No
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09
Only $3.50 For

Gold filled eye glasses or spectacles,
fitted by Chas. Bennett, doctor of OPP
tics, 100 Kan. ave. Satisfaction guar
anteed. No peddlers employed.
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Hadley in Search of Health.

Kansas City. Mo-, April 9.-Herbert
S. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri,
left here last night for Boulder. Colo,
where he expects to spend two months
in an attempt to regain his health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09

Mistress-How is Uncle Nose, Dinah?
Dinah-I don't 'zactly know, missus. De
feber Is gone. but de doctah saws he's
done got de converlessons now.-Judge.
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NEW York Money Market.

New York, April 9.-MONEY-Money on
call easy, 11z@1% per cent; ruling 1x clos
ing bid TX and offered at ~ Time loans
dull and easy. Sixty days 2A@S; 80 days
@3 s months 3az@4 per cent
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 41x@
81 per cent: sterling exchange firmer.
with actual business in bankers bills at
$4.S66O@4 1865 for demand and at NS42o@
4.S4N for so day bills: commemrcial bills,
S4.8z-
SILvER-Bar silver. SAC; Mexican dol
BONDS bonds steady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-09

The Double Track
OF the Union Pacific r r. between
Topeka and Kansas City is a model in
its way and operated over It are eight
trains daily that are models Of con.
Sauience.
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chicago Produce Market.

Chicago ILL.,, April NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
steady. Daisies. 121kQ13c; Twins, 12Q12hc;
Young Americas. 1Sc-
POULTRY-Alive poultry firm. Tur-
keys, 14c; chickens, 13Q1S1kc; springs, 100
131hc. -
BUTTER-Market steady. Creamery, q
@3Oc; dairy, 2O@26c.
EGGS-Steady. At mark, cases included.
14c.
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Ner Yoryk Produce Market

New York April 9.-BUTTER-Market
steady. Western factory firsts. &c.
CHEESE-Market irregular. Winter
made. 1O1.@12c; do. common to fair. 9
G10c.
EGGS-Easy. Western firsts. 15@151c;
seconds, 14I1411c.
POULTRY-Alive steady. Fowls, Ec;
turkeys 15c. Dressed quiet. Turkeys, II
017c; fowls. 12Q141Ac.
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New york Sugar and Conee.

.. New York, April 9.-SUGAR-Raw sugar
firm. Fair refining, 1886; centrifugal, IS
test. $4S6; molasses sugar. $751; Refined
sugar steady. Crushed. $50; powdered.
S.. 30: granulated. $40.
COFFEE-Quiet. No. Rio. &c; No.
Santos S3k6Skc.
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Chicago Live Stock Marker.
Chicago. April Receipts to-
day about 5000 Market shade higher.
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Special
Showing Of
Easter
Millinery

It will pay you to buy your Easter Hat
here. The great variety from which to
choose is one reason. The superior style
excellence is another. And the wide
price-range is a third good reason. Much
the larger part of our millinery was Sc
lected and bought in Paris by our buyer
He was in Paris at the time French styles
were decided upon for this spring. And
you know, French millinery styles lead
the world. Whatever goes out from our
big millinery salesroom you can depend
upon as being correct, authoritative and
faultless in style. The fashions for spring
are so varied-big hats, little hats, me-
diminished hats, hats with ornaments
that our immense showing has a becom-
ing hat for every face as well as hat for
every purse.
Readers of this paper are cordially in
vited to visit our Millinery Salesrooms
during the Easter display. Third floor.
@ncus.8h&. S&ayseSo.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
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Cotton Market.

New York, April 9.-COTTON-Sales to-
day 100 bales Spot cotton closed quiet,
and 10 points lower. Midding uplands,
SO Is middling gulf. $10.4
Galveston, Tex, April 9.-COTTON-
Market steady, 1O3kc.
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FURNISHED by J. E. Gan. COMMISSIONS.
Grains, Provisions Cotton and StockA
Onice ITO w. Sixth ST. Phone 1851