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mJWMA IP YOU WOULD KEAD TO-DAY THE HEWS OF There's a daily treat In the JOURNAL. IF YOU WOULD KEACH THE PEOPLE AT THEIR HOMES, It Is Wise to Adrertlse In the Journal. A 6 VOL. XVI1L TOPEKA. KANSAS.

MIDNToMIT SDCPION POa HtJaS DAY, JANUARY 28. 1890. NO. 23. WRECK.

A BLAZING ITT 11 SLIDING SNO trip across the Atlantic. We had a rough trip across, bad winds and rough seas, but the genial Capt. Albers, who was instrumental in saving the passengers from the wrecked ThingvaUa, did everything possible to make the trip enjoyable for the few passengers who were able to be up. LOOKING FOR THE LUCKY GUESSERi New York, Jan. 27.

Nellie Bly's trip was a success from beginning to end and she beat the record she started out to beat. It was expected that she would make the tour of the world in seventy-five days, and she did it in-seventy -two days and a fraction. There have been more than 500,000 guesses received in answer to the World's offer of a free trip to Europe to the person who guessed nearest Nellie Bly's actual time. Ten postoflice clerks' are now busy in the World office sorting the coupons and the result will be announced as soon as the herculean task is finished. The exact time in which the trip waa made, waa 72 days, 6 hours and 11 seconds.

EUROPEANS INTERESTED. London, Jan. All the important evening papers here and throughout England printed the news that Nellie Bly arrived in New York Saturday afternoon. The news was wired to France and German v. and the plucky American Kirl's THE NEW WATER COMPANY.

A BI Thlnsr' for Topeka. The Capital Stock of the New Company Over a Million. The change in the waterworks company means a big thing for Topeka. The capital stock of the old company was but $200,000, upon which there a blanket mortgage of $120,000. The new company will be known as the Topeka Water company, instead of the Topeka Water Supply company and has fixed the capital stock at over one million dollars.

At the meeting of the directors Saturday evening, Jesse Shaw, was chosen secretary. Dr. M. O'Brien remains as secretary of the old company, whose affairs will naturally not be entirely adjusted for some time to come. Arrangements have been perfected by which a large amount of new money will be infused into the corporation and thus result in great benefit to the waterworks system "itself in particular and Topeka in general.

The affairs of the company have been exceedingly well managed and the property and plant are among the very best in -the country. Coffin Stanton, the New York bankers, are to be commended for the active interest which they are taking in securing additional capital for the prosperous concern. The Journal does not understand that this firm is interested in any more than a representative capacity. KILLED BY A FALL. EL McCoy, a Carpenter, Loses His life this Morning-Another Man Injured.

E. A. McCoy, a carpenter, fell from the roof of Benson's ice-house, west of the asylum, about 11 o'clock this forenoon, breaking his back and hip and causing death in about an hour and a half. He was working upon a scaffold, which broke, and he fell thirty feet to the ground. The asylum 'doctors and two other physicians from the city were called.

Another man who was working on the scaffold with 3Ir. McCoy also fell and sustained injuries which. NELLIE BLY'S RECEPTION, How the TOsrkT 'CinmrnntTintor Was "Welcomed at New York. New York, Jan. 27.

Nellie Bly's arrival here at 4 o'clock Saturday, afternoon was celebrated by the booming of cannon, and she was met at the Jersey City depot of the Pennsylvania railroad by the city officials of New York and an eager crowd of prominent citizens, leading journalists and curious sight-seers. It was a great reception and the enthusiasm of the crowd was at the highest pitch. There were sullen echoes of cannon across the gray waters of the bay and over the roofs and. spires of three cities. People looked at their watches.

It is only 4 o'clock. Those cannot be sunset guns. Is some one dead? Only an old era, and the booming at the Battery and Fort Greene tells its passing. The stage-coach days are ended and the new era of lightning travel begun. A little woman is stepping from the platform of v.

a railroad train in Jersey City. Ten thousand eyes are on her. A mad crowd surges to and fro as if it would sweep her against the great grim wheels of the locomotive which whirled thither. Men push and strain against each other in a struggle fierce as if it were for life and death. Hats are knocked off, eyeglasses vanish, big policemen wave their locusts frantically, and are brushed about in the clutch of the eager, irresistible throng.

And amid all the tumult walks the little lady, with just a foot of space between her and that madly joyous mob. She is carrying a little walking stick in one hand and with the other waves her checkered little fore-and-aft travelling cap and laughs merrily as her name is hoarsely shouted from innumerable throats. Tense faces stare from the long galleries that bend ominously beneath their awful load of humanity. The tops of passenger coaches lying upon the side tracks are black with men and boys. Grimy railroad men, their smutty and be-whiskered faces wreathed in smiles, swing their dirty caps and cry hurrah to the little traveler.

Policemen are almost at fisticuffs with the crowd there. From the balconies bunches of flowers are thrown into the struggling crowd. But the little girl trips gay ly along. The cir-. cuit of the globe is behind her.

Time i3 put to blush. She has brushed away distance as if it were down. AS LOADED. Senator Ingalls Was Beady For Interruptions From Democratic Senators During His Speech, He Had Prepared Himself With the Documents. Hundreds of Congratulatory Letters and Telegrams.

Ingalls -was Loaded. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. The democratic members of the senate may congratulate themselves that they did not interrupt the- flow of Mr. Ingalls' oratory on In the language of the wild and wooly west, the Kansas senator was 'loaded for bear." In view of his experience with Senator Voorhees of Indiana, last year, he has taken occasion to look up the political records of the leading senators on the democratic side, especially those most likely to interrupt him or to venture a reply.

"The documentary evidence" in such case lay on the desk before him during his speech, and there is no doubt good reason to believe that Mr. Ingalls was actually "aching" for an interruption. But the southern senators were a little too discreet. They had seen the "Kansas Zephyr" demoralize the "Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" last year, and there was not one of them willing to offer himself as a sacrifice. They had a little caucus of an informal character before Mr.

Ingalls arose and they unanimously agreed to hold their peace whatever the Kansas senator might say. As a result, they sat still and listened in respectful silence while Mr. Ingalls discussed the race question, and keenly criticised the southern democracy. Senator Ingalls has received 100 telegrams from various parts of the country, and more than 300 letters from the eastern and middle states complimenting him on his speech. The great west is yet to hear from by mail, but many of the telegrams were from beyond the Mississippi, even as far as the Pacific coast.

Several cablegrams have been received from Americans in London, indicating that the Speech attracted attention in the Old World. The democrats have not yet decided who will reply to Mr. Ingalls' but it is intimated that Senator Vest, of Missouri, may be chosen. New York's Companies Consolidated. New York, Jan.

27. For some time various corporations interested in electric lighting in this city, together with the corporation that controls the subways, have been negotiating for a consolidation of interests. These negotiations are now practically ended. The long-continued panies and the Metropolitan. Telephone company, which controls the subways is ended.

The subway company has transferred, for a large consideration, to the consolidated electric light by the Westing-house company, all its rights, franchises, and contracts by virtue of which it controlled the subway. The capitalists have centralized the eleven companies into four groups, as follows: First, the Edison company, next the Manhattan interest, consisting of the Manhattan and the Harlem companies, both being practically controlled by the same owners; next what is -known as the East River interests, consisting of two companies, both owned by the same parties; and last the Westinghouse interests, which consist of the United States, the Brush, the United Electric, and the Ball companies, and with which the Mount Morris company has common interests. All the arc light interests were then brought together, the Edison company not being taken in because its business is confined almost wholly to incandescent lighting. An arrangement was made by which the company controlling the subways was to be paid 80 per centf its valuation in the stock of the consolidated company and 20 percent in cash. The franchise of the subway company passed into the control of the consolidated company at once.

In mak-ins the deal the financiers who were back of it had to raise $1,000,000 in cash. The consolidated companies, or the Westing-house interest, expect to reap most royal profits from this financial negotiation. Disasters at sea. London, Jan. 27.

The British Loch-Moidert. captain and crew ship from Paraguay, November 4th, for Hamburg, is ashore at Callantsoosr. Holland. Thir ty of her crew were washed overboard after. she struck and all perished.

The British ship Janet Cowan, Capt. Livingston, lost a number of her sailors when off the Isle of Wight, last Thursday. Five of her crew were lost. Although the ship was almost dismantled the remainder of the crew succeeded in navigating her to Plymouth. COMPELLED TO PUT BACK.

London, Jan. 27. -The United States steamer Enterprise, having on board the remains of Mr. George H. Pendleton, late United States minister of Germany, sailed from Dartsmouth for New York Saturday, but was compelled to return owing to the stress of The county commissioners have allowed the Topeka Water Supply company to pay the tax on a valuation of $23,364 in the sum of $1,133.15, being the full amount added as subsequent assessment by the bdard of county commissioners for 1887, such payment being made without penalties or interest and on dismissal of all suits now pending in relation to taxes of the company, at their cost.

The board of county commissioners, as a basis of compromise, agree that such payment and dismissal of suits be accepted as a final adjustment of all matters in dispute touching assessments, of the company for the years 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889. A Change of Base. The Festival Chorus have changed their night of meeting to Wednesday, and S8 a consequence have changed their place of meeting to the Modoc rooms in the Manspeaker block, between Seventh and Eighth streets, on Kansas avenue. HEW Horrible Disaster on the Monon Bonte This Morning. The Fast Passenger Train Into a Creek, Falls The Cars Take Fire and Eight The Exact Number Killed and Injured Not Ascertained.

The Cars Toole Fire. Indianapolis, Jan. 27. Passenger train No. 1 on the Monon, which left Chicago Sunday night at 11:55, was wrecked this morning at 7:50, one mile above Carmel, a village 16 miles north of tis city.

The train was running at a rapid rate and was approaching the long treetle across "Wllkerson creek, when the tender of the engine jumped the track. The engineer reversed his engine but before the air brakes could check the speed of the train, the locomotive and baggage car had cleared the trestle, but the sleeper and smoking coaches went over into the creek, both taking fire almost immediately being consumed in an incredibly short time. Those who escaped injured busied themselves in digging out the dead and injured from the wreck, but before this could be accomplished the heat of the burning cars became so intense that they had to withdraw. As far as known at this hour the following are the killed and injured: KILLED. Mrs.

Eubank, Broad Ripple, Ind. Two children of D. S. Oldham, Sheridan, Ind. Unknown man who died soon after being rescued.

Mrs. Lizzie Fitzpatrick, Indianapolis, missing and supposed to have been burned. INJURED. W. E.

Ingalls, president of the Big Four system, Cincinnati, injured about head and arms. Engineer Schope, Indianapolis, seriously. Julius Pearson, Sheriden, serious. II. Pearson, Sheridan, serious.

A. L. Clark, West Field, commercial traveller, cut forehead. Express Messenger Munger, badly hurt. II.

S. Miller, New York city, commercial traveler, cannot live. Louis Newman, internal injuries. Charles G. Wirt, Frankfort, bruised head and hips.

B. C. Indianapolis, head badly cut N. B. Ingersoll, of Detroit, commercial traveler, hip hurt J.

P. Altzier, bruised seriously. G. W. Stingel, Rossville, seriously bruised.

Harry Angle, son of conductor, elbow cut off. Those slishtly injured are; Will Marker with Lloyd Thomas, Chicago; J. L. Baldwin, district passenger agent; Conductor Angle; Mark Fitzsimmons, brake-man; Jackson, sleeping car porter; W. S.

II ollidav, Boston; D. G. Justice, baggage-master, Otto Gresham, Indianapolis; F. E. Calkins, Chicago.

9 NOT IX THE WRECK. The report that M. E. Ingalls was in the wreck proves to be untrue. Conductor Ingalls was mistaken for him.

TWO MORE KILLED. Chicago, Jan. 27. Additional particulars of the accident to passenger train No. 1, on the Monon route, wrecked near Carmel, add two more to the list of those killed, whilst the list of those injured will probably be increased.

Up to this hour (noon), the names of the two additional killed have not been ascertained. The officials of the road here say that the train was going quite slowly when it struck the broken rail. The engine got clear over, the cars immediately next to it toppling over on the incline and taking fire. No. 2 train arrived on the scene of the accident shortly afterward.

The dead and wounded were put on board and taken back to Indianapolis. The wrecked train was not vestibuled. Nearly all the killed were in the sleeper which was among the first of the cars to take fire. The cars are almost totally con sumed. A SCENE OF HORROR.

Fortunately for the occupants of the wrecked train, No. 2 which left this city Chicago at 7:30, had been ordered to meet the train No. 1 at Carmel and as soon as word of the wreck was received, the passengers hurried to the scene and went earnestly to work, rescuing the occupants of the burning cars. A horrible scene met their eves. Two boys and a woman were dead, but their bodies were being rapidly consumed.

Immediately in front of the boy was a lady who is as yet unidentified. Her body was enveloped in flames, but there was not a possible way to get her out of the burning coach. Across from this lady was Mrs. Eubanks, of Broad liipple, Indiana. She lived only a few minutes after being taken out Another of the rescued, but who has since died, was Mr.

Deming, of Sheridan. Buckets having been procured from the farm houses near by the flames were soon sub dued and the hre prevented from com municating to the other coaches. ii jt uuu as was possioie to ao so, a search was made for the dead. The body of a woman, identified as Mrs. Lizzie Fitzpatrick, of this city, was soon found.

it was burned to a crisp. The Oldham children were found side by side, the neavy jBiove lying across tneir bodies. A meeting of the official members of the M. E. churches of the city will be held this evening at the irst church for the purpose of forming a Methodist alliance, the purpose of which will be to promote Methodism in Topeka and Shawnee county.

The floral decoration on the pulpit of the First Methodist Church yesterday con sisted of a twig cut from a peach tree be- fore the late cold snap, that was in ful bloom. Loss of Life by Avalanches in California Towns. Railroads Still Blockaded by Snow and Ice. Terrible Gales Cause Disasters on the Atlantic. Mountain Fires Around Pike' Peak Threatening Manitou.

Xost in an Aralanchel Downikvtlle, California, Jan. 27. During the storm yesterday a snow slide at Logans ville, ten miles below here, buried a house, and two of the inmates were killed. Many families at Sierra City, fearing a snow slide, have left their homes and taken refuge in the lower Butte mine. Two houses of the town are.

already reported to have been destroyed by slides. A man started from Sierra City, about a mile distant, and perished in the snow, which lies seven feet on a leveL solid ice on the track. San Francisco, Jan. .27, The railroad officials in Sacramento succeeded in having communication for a short time last night with Truckee, on the eastern slope of the Sierra mountains, when it was learned that the snow is sixteen feet deep on the track between that place and the station five miles west of there. late- rains followed by freezing 'water, has transformed this into ice which will have to be chopped out and shoveled away by hands.

It" is understood the railroad company has endeavored to secure telegraphic with Sierra in order that a few at least of the east bound trains that are there can be ordered back to Ogden and their passengers transferred to the southern route. Much alarm, is felt by fruit growers in Lee county, and in fact all over this section of the country; for the safety of the fruit crops. The remarkably mild weather had developed fruit buds to a dangerous degree and the decided changes of the last week has wrought vast damage. There is absolutely no hope for the peach crop and the apple crop is possibly destroyed. train blown from the track.

i Denver, CoL, Jan. 27. The Atlantic express on the Rio Grande was blown from the track at Monument station, Colorado, yesterday evening and rolled down an' embankment. It; caught fire at once and the flames were fanned by the hurriv cane into a seething furnace. Twenty oi more passengers were confined in the coaches, and but for the almost superhuman efforts of the train men they would have been roasted alive.

All were terribly shaken up and bruised. DhL. VALENTINE APPOINTED. Governor Humphrey thisjafternoon appointed D.A. Valentine a regent of the State University, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Honi J.

FBillings', of Clay' Center. The appointment will meet with general endorsement by the friends of the University throughout the state. The new regent is editor of the Clay Center Times, and is one of 1 the leading newspaper men and one of the prominent and rising young republicans of tho state. Closins Ont Sale. Closing out our entire stock of clothing, hats and caps, gents' furnishing goods, without reserve at actual cost.

We are going to consolidate our store with our St Joseph house; in preference or moving it will sacrifice the entire stock store fixtures for sale and store for rent August Brothers, 614 Kansas avenue. Bankers Indicted. 1 Sioux City, Ia Jan. 27. Indictments have been returned by the grand jury of this county against Edward L.

Bradbury, president and cashier oi the bank oi South Dakota at Madison, and vv. u. Bradbury assistant cashier of the same bank, for obtaining money under false Cy Iceland Sworn In. Leavenworth, Jan. 27.

Cyrus Leland, is now the collector of inter nal revenue for Kansas, having been sworn in Saturday. He left for Troy, last evening to attend his aged father, who is seriously ill. The new collector has 800 applications for ten places. Major Peck, of Fort Scott, is certain to be appointed to one of the deputyships. The Topeka Horse Police association will hold a meeting in the board of trade rooms this evening, at 8 o'clock.

4 TO-DAY'S MARKETS. At Kansas City. Ex-sis Crrr, Jan. 27, 1899. The Live Stock Indicator reoorU: trt'T WAfn.a Iftfl Hhinnnh ACTUS Market strong to 10c higher, tit eon (3 00; cows fl 8G2 75; etockers and feeders, $2 2t) f3 10.

MUliS Receipts. oaipmenia, noBA Market 2U and 5 cents higher. All grades, $3 7(VS 80; bulk. $3 75S 77. SHEEP Reecipts 1,000.

shipments 1,600. Market steady. Good to choice muttons and lambs $3 503 40; stackers and feederr 5 005 25. WHE TWeaker No. 2 hard 63c; No.

hard. B8M636Jc: January asked. No. -2 red. COliN Weaker.

No. 2 cah 21Uc No. .2 cash 18348l8c; January 18He asked. RYE No. 2 cssh 87c bid, January 38.

EiiGS-Qaiet. 11c BUTT -Unchanged. HAY-Uachaaged. At Chtoao3. Jan.

27. 181. HOGS BeeeipU, 23,000. Market actire. Light, 3 801 VJt heary packing and 8hjpDi-.

83 85. CA rTLE liecipts. 14.000. Market steady. Be-et 3 205 20; stackers and feeders 50 3-25.

SHEEPBeceipts, 4,000. Market steady. Muttons $3 805 75; lambs $3 00g8 WHEAT Firm. January 754e; Mayr 7940 COKN Steady January, JJ8c; Way, Slftc OATS Firm. January 20Jo; May 224o.

RYE May, 44. BABLKY Nothing doing. PHIME TIMOTHY $1 20l 22. FLAX SEED Cash, $1 35. PORK Kteady.

January, $9 65S9 67J; Vay $10 1010 12. HK Htedy. May. $8 10S lift. bHORT RIBS January, $4 89.

BD Steady, KGGS-ateadj. success is now known throughout the length and breadth of Europe. Here in England the trip excited unusual; interest, particularly because at the outset the papers had predicted that Miss Bly would not succeed All give her credit now for pluck and perseverance. The Rt. Hon.

Sir Mountstuart Grant president of the famous Royal Geographical society, lives at York House, Twickenham. When the World correspondent called on him to-day and told him of Miss Bly's success, he said: "I am very glad to hear it. While I can't see that her trip will benefit the cause of science, still it shows what a. plucky young woman with a powerful newspaper to back her can do. For my part I think it best to travel slowly to see foreign countries, but if any more enterprising Americans desire to emulate Miss Bly's example, it is much better to travel rapidly than not to travel at all.

Iiss Bly has proved herself a remarkable young woman and I hope she will get a good husband." The following dispatches have been sent to Mis3 Bly through the World's representative: John C. New, consul general, an American who knows by experience the difficulties and dangers of travel, says: congratulate you on your most remarka ble success." P. T. Barnum "From the great amount of public attention you are attracting both at home and abroad, I begin to look in your direction for a new and popular feature of my show." The Rev. DeWitt Talmage "As I boarded the Aurania to-day, homeward bound, newsboys on the streets were selling papers with the tidings of your success and your fast journey around the world.

Accept my congratulations on your triumph for journalism and. the American Prof. Virchow of Berlin, President of the Anthropological Society "I consider Miss Bly's trip a great achievement, and admire her pluck and the enterprise' of the World." Prof. Baron von Richtzoff, President German Geographical Society "I am ex ceedingly pleased at Miss Bly's success and safe arrival. Send her my heartiest congratulations." Fire at the Klttery Navy Yard.

Portsmouth, N. Jan! 27. The largest fire that ever occurred at the Kit- tery navy yard broke out this morning at clock the boiler room of the building No. 45, occupied by the construction and repair department as a machine and iron plate shops. Ihe nre quickly ex tended along the shafting andeily timbers into the building JN o.

4o, occupied as a futtock mill and t'e workmen were obliged to jump through the windows to escape. Despite the efforts of the firemen and the marine guard, the fire extended into the machine shop and help was then called for from this city. The steamer Kearsarge and a hose company were immediately sent over the ferry on a steamboat and with these reinforcements the fire was confined to the wooden buildings. The two buildings were built in 1845-6 and constructed in "stilt" fashion, granite pillars being set upon a heavy foundation and the rest of the building constructed of wood. During the year the buildings were remodeled and connected together, making a building 400 feet in length and 65 feet in width.

The loss is expected to reach $100,000. To-day's Nominations. Washingtou, D. Jan. 27.

The president to-day sent to the senate the following nominations: State Augustine Heard, of Massachusetts, to be ministre resident and consul general of the United States to Corea. Louis Gottschalk, of California, consul at Stuttgart. John F. Winter, of Illinois, consul at Mannheim, Germany. Richard Guenther, of Missouri, consul general at the City of Mexico.

Thomas McDermott, of Tennessee, consul at Saint Thomas, West Indies. George M. Pepper, of Ohio, consul at Milan. Treasury Samuel Bailey, of Ohio, assistant treasurer of the United States at Cincinnati. Justice United States marshal, John E.

Haggart, district of North Dakota. Lj postmasters. Kansas W. H. Fitzwarre, Seneca.

John H. Gray, Neodesha. James E. Anderson, Wamego. John Lehmann, Halstead.

Robt. M. Blair, Stafford. Clarence J. Triffg, Mound City.

Orla S. Casad, Pittsburg. John W. Claypool, Nickerson. B.

A. Bailey, county surveyor, has been authorized thy the county to procure office room outside of the court house at a cost of not more than per month. Geo. H. Smith has been appointed by the county commissioners to assist the commissioner of the poor, at a salary of $50 per month.

'F. C. Bowen, city assessor, has been authorized by the of county commissioners to begin work on assessments for 1890. will probably be fatal. G.

W. DUBACK PROMOTED. Geo. H. Smith has tendered his resig nation as assistant general ticket agent of the Chicago, Hock Island Pacific at the Chicago office.

Geo. W. Duback will take his desk but does not acquire the title. Mr. Duback has been chief clerk in the Chicago office and he once held a similar position under Mr.

Sebastian at the Topeka ofiice. Mr. Duback is succeeded by H. L. Dennis, who has been chief rate clerk in the Santa Fe passenger ofiice here.

A DOUBLE DROWNING. Two Boys Go Through the Ice Near Fort Scott. Fop.t Scott, Jan. 27. Saturday afternoon Ed.

Showers and Bud Wilson, who resided in East Fort Scott, and aged respectively 14 and 10 years, broke through the ice on the pond near the sugar works and were drowned before assistance could reach them. The boys were skating at the time, of the accident. After a search of the pond their bodies were found and various restoratives administered, but to no avail. The water where the boys went under wa3 about twelve feet deep. LATE PERSONALS.

Hon. Geo. R. Peck has returned from Chicago. W.

S. Morganof Cottonwood Falls, is in the city. F. C. Gay, general freight agent of the Santa Fe, has gone to Chicago.

R. R. Price, of Hutchinson, a prominent salt manufacturer, is in the city. Horace Lambersou, colored, was arrested to-day and placed in jail on the charge of arson. G.

W. Cable made the complaint before Judge Chesney. He says that about 12:30 o'clock Saturday night the kitchen window of his residence on west Fourth street, was raised and an attempt was made to fire the house. It is claimed that Lamberson was seea about that time running away from the house. His preliminary hearing has been set for the 31st instant at 9 o'clock.

He was unable to give $1,000 bond for appearance at that time. In the district court this afternoon the trial of Robert and Fanny Burnside, was taken up. They were charged with murder, Robert having confessed that he bought poison and administered it to his father in his coffee about a year ago. A jury will be secured if possible this afternoon. The defendants are colored.

Jos. Ensminger and J. J. Hitt appear as their counsel. A jury in tne district court at noon adjudged William Ganv colored, guilty of larceny, and placed tne value of the goods stolen at $50.

Garrett was one of a gang of six arrested in North Topeka some weeks ago for the burglary of itan ley's store. The rest of the gang pleaded guilty and were sentenced to the penitentiary. Garrett will probably share a similar fate. Governor Humphrey has another appointment to make, in addition to a long list heretofore published. News has been received of the death of John P.

Lynch, coroner of Leavenworth county. The deceased was the father of Frank Lynch, publisher of the Leavenworth Standard. At a meeting of the creditors of J. W. Dolman, of North Topeka, who failed re cently, Solomon Ettlinger was appointed as permanent assignee, Closing Ont Sale.

Closing out our entire stock of cloth ing, hats and caps, gents' furnishing goods without reserve at actual cost are going to consolidate our store with our St Joseph house; in preference of mov ing it will sacrifice the entire stock store fixtures for sale and store for rent August Brothers, 614 Kansas avenue. Closing Ont Kale. Closing out our entire stock of clothing, hats and caps, gents' furnishing goods, without reserve at actual cost We are going to consolidate our store with our bt Joseph house; in preference of mov ing it will sacrifice the entire stock- store fixtures for sale and store for rent August Brothers, 614 Kansas avenue. where snE nAs traveled. Oceans and continents she has traveled.

She has tripped through war-trodden Europe, where armies of centuries have tramped up and down in ceaseless and unavailing bloodshed. London has squinted sleepily at her from the fog. Paris has cried "Voila." Old Rome has breathed on her in its benediction. Naples has smiled out at her own Capri, and the blue Mediterranean which tossed the pious Eneas has kissed the brow of her bark, and lulled her to sleep o'nights. The pyramids, with their hoary centuries have lifted up sleepy heads to stare at her.

Suez has opened its gates to welcome her dn to Aden. The Indian Ocean, China and Japan have ushered her ever eastward, and the great fatherly Pacific took her in his strong, peaceful arms to hand her back to her native land. Faster, ever faster, her" latest journey was her She has turned the wild dream of a French fiction-master into sober truth, and Nellie Bly's fact of o-day has made the fancy of a quarter of a century ago seem like a twice told tale. And now she is at home, a happy little heroine, with a sunburnt nose and a proud, glad heart. There are smiles and plaud its and love and fame for a welcome.

the public verdict. And what do the public think of it? That triumphal progress, that cart-load of gifts gathered from the admiring people of every clime through which, like a ray of light, she passed quickly. Those heaped up flowers which kind hands are taking from the car yonder. The letters, the messages of God-speed frcm great ones in lands to which she has carried the World's fame and her. own.

And, last of all, this half-mad mul titude, open-armed and open-throated, to greet her back again. One day last November the people knew that Nelli Bly, with all her former honors thick upon her, was going to undertake a new and gigantic task. M. Jules erne was cred ited with the most limitless of imagination. It reached out so infinitely and took in the moon and all the planets.

It plunged into the depths of the sea which no McGinty might hope to fathom. Nellie Bly, the World said, was going to show 31. erne that he had not imagined half wildly enough, that this Puck of his, this globe circular, this Phineas Fogg, was a slow old poke. So, with an outfit made up to avoid the cumbersome delays of baggage travel, the young woman made a neat apology to Jules Verne, invoked the auspices of her stars and started. On a cold, raw November morning it was the 14th, in 1889, she set sail on the steamship Augusta Victoria.

Fond hands waved her a good-by as she steamed down the Narrows, with all the world before her, and the great race against time and fable was begun. NELLIE BLY'S STORY. New York, Jan. 25. Said Miss Blv to-night: M.

Jules Verne said it could not be done. He told me when he met me at Amiens that if the tour was made of the world in seventy-nine days he would applaud with both hands. It has-been made in seventy-two days, six hours and eieven seconas ana Ju. erne may now applaud and two hands will not do, he must use four. It was only sixty-eight days from the time I left American soil until I touched it ajrain.

During that time was in many different climes. But only here I passed amid fruit and flowers in valley, and over mountain tops amid snow and frost, all within the space of sixteen hours. In no country save America is the passage from orange groves to the snow-coated mountain? possible in the same space of time. I have roasted and 1 have frozen since leaving hpme. I have dined on India curry, on Chinese chow, and Japanese eel and rice.

I have traveled on French and English trains, on English boats, on burros, in jinrickshas, in bullock carts, in catamarans, sampans, gherrys and half a dozen other conveyances peculiar to eastern countries in my, trip around the world. Everybody knows that the idea was to make a tour of the world in seventy-five days. At many junctures since my departure have I been compelled to face what looked like failure. I have already told the story of my.