The Topeka State Journal from Topeka, Kansas • Page 4

STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17, 1S89. 4, AT THE BIEISOFOIim 3XCSSTJCX. Daily. State 3oumal A Pit fik A am going to buy an ULSTER from D.

Cook Son at 25 Per Cent Below the Prices of So called "HALF PKICE" Stores. THE LIVE STOCK RATE. All Lines Represented and the Case Taken Under Advisement. All the Kansas lines were represented at the live stock rate conference held at the office of the board of railroad commissioners yesterday afternoon. The railroads desire to change the method of charging for shipments from ear load to actual weight, on the ground that it is more equitable, and disclaiming any intention or desire to increase the rate.

To show that shipment, by actual weight is correct and that it is not more expensive, the result of a series of tests has been filed with, the board of commissioners and these will have to be thoroughly examined by the board before they can arrive at a decision. The weights were taken in Chicago by a new automatic method by which cars can be weighed accurately while in motion and passing over the scales. The board will reach a decision some time next week. The representatives of the various' railroads present at the conference were C. A.

Parker, general freight agent of the Missouri Pacific; F. D. Russell, general freight agent of the St. Louis and San Francisco; D. Atwood, general freight agent of the Rock Island; F.

Whitney, assistant general freight agent of the Union Pacific; A. P. Tanner, assistant general freight agent of the Santa Fe; C. P. Rector, division freight agent of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas; A.

J. Van Landingham, commissioner of the Kansas City bureau of transportation: T. R. Beman, secretary of the Trans-Missouri Freight association. I THEY WILL FIGHT Rosalnsrton, Smith St Dallas Employed to Hesist the Bock Island Foreclosure.

Over $2,000,000 of stock was represented at the meeting of the Municipal Defensive Alliance at the Copeland yesterday afternoon, all the counties being represented in part except Shawnee and Sherman. The court having recognized the rights of the municipalities to be heard, there wa3 practical unanimity and the business of the meeting was speedily transacted. Eesolutions were passed declaring it the purpose of the municipalities to fight the foreclosure of the Hock Island mortgage to the extent of the law. A committee was then employed to confer with Rossington, Smith Dallas, of this city, and ascertain what they would defend the case for. The committee reported and, the terms being satisfactory, a contract was entered into with the firm.

Everything is now in shape to fight the case to the end. The representatives of the other counties were quite surprised and disgusted that Shawnee county was not represented in the meeting and expressed themselves quite freely and forcibly on the subject. Three young men who were engaged in a quiet game of craps in a barber shop last night were arrested by three stalwert officers, Wellman, Nichols and Cannon. The men were fined $10 each. They were engaged in painting the interior of the shop, and had stopped a few moments to allow the paint to dry, and a game was proposed and played.

They were not painting the shop red, but on the contrary, a very quiet, soft shade. For the Holidays. The Memphis Route Kansas City, Fort Scott Memphis, Kansas City, Clinton Springfield and Current River R. R. companies will sell round trip tickets to and from all stations on these lines, not more than 200 miles apart, at half rate one fare for the round trip except that no reduction will be made where regular round trip rate is 50 cents or less.

Tickets to be sold December 24, 25 and 31, 1889, and January 1, 1890, good for return until January 3, 1890. J. E. Lockwood, Gen'l Prss. Ag't, Kansas City.

Holiday Goods in great variety, closing out at a great reduction. Also pure drugs at the lowest price, at Walker Ill East Fifth street. WINNER" Suits me and my NX-1 I tried THEIR "half deal" once, Once only KAMS. AVE. family.

(J Bet! VL III E. SIXTH A After the crowd cleared away Saturday many articles were found in our store, among them 3 purses containing quite large sums. The owners can have same by proving property. 3 LBS. MIXED NUTS 25c.

3 LBS. MIXED CANDY 25c. CAPITAL GROCERS. if Mm 1 Attendant Are you looking for anj thing in particular? Uncle Eeub Yis, sah, I is. I heered tell dat dey wux some ob ole mastahs a-stoppin' heah, en I fought I'd look in en see 'f ole Mars Ogletho'p, oh Gale's plahntation, Georgy, hed arrived in town.

I ain't sot eyes on him sence sixty-fo. Puck. Modern Improrements. Fire Insurance Agent I fear I must charge you extra rates. You burn kerosene oil here, I see.

Mr. Suburb- Yes, but we run no extra riskno ris- at all. The kltohen ia separate from the house and there is a skylight in the roof big enough for the servant-girl and the cook stove to sail through without hurting any thing. N. Y.

Weekly. The Claims of Iong Descent. Tramp Say, boss, can you give me some dinner? I'm so hungry I'd sell my birthright for something to eat. Paterfamilias Humph I I doubt if jyour birthright is the equivalent of even a mess of pottage. Tramp Well, it ought to be.

My family has been in the soup for several generations. Munsey's Weekly. "Not a Heap-Year Proposal. Young Widow Mr. Preaohley, will marry me? Mr.

Preachley Well, really, Mrs. Buckley, this is so sudden, and Young Widow Oh, well, take your time to think it over. Mr. Harkins and I thought we'd like to have you perform the ceremony for us. Harper's Her Choice of Cows.

Flossie (from the city) Is that so, Uncle Zeb? Doos all the butter you isend us come from this cow? Farmer Geehaw (patting his fine i Jersey) Yes, this is the one. Flossie (eagerly) Please, Uncle Zeb, me the one that gives the butter-sootoh. N. Y. Mercury.

He Knew Its Properties. Stranger Excuse me, sir, but didn't jyou just buy a bottle of hair invigorator iin that barber shop? Binks Yes; why? Stnoi ger Oh, nothing, only I wish to 'Inform you that I am the most artistio on the street. Lawrence American. THE TIME TO which to Secure Realize 0RPGST BAYS Granite Tea and Coffee Pots For Christmas at D. H.

Forbes'. Look at the display of brand new fine Shoes in the windows of Kietzman's new Shoe Store, 416 Kansas avenue. Fine shears at D. H. Forbes'.

Holiday rates at one fare for the round trip via. Rock Island route. Christmas carvers at D. H. Forbes'.

Take the Rock Island route to points south. Direct and through connections to all points. Christmas presents! Ladies and Gents' Fine Slippers. New stock, new styles.1 Kietzman's new store, 416 Kansas avenue. Go to Walker and see their grand drawing.

Ill East Fifth street Fine carvers at D. H. Forbes'. A. G.

Johnson paid a $5 fine for drunkenness in the police court to-day. "Gold Coin" stoves. Willis, 131 K. NOW IS TERMS. one week, by carrier, Daily, four weeks, by carrier.

Daily, three months, bymiil, Daily, one year, by mail, Weekly, one year. 1.53 6.00 LOO OFFICIAL PAPER OF TOPEKA. BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. feather Indications.

D. G. December 17. For Kansas: Fair, colder, variable winds. Congressmen are still seeking to fill that aching void made by the disappearance of Mr.

The Cronin case is ended and now what will Chicago do to fill her usual space in the telegraph column? Minneapolis and St. Paul are thinking of calling themselves Minnepaul, but the wedding day is still apparently a long way oft The Cherokees are making themselves very obnoxious over their strip. Uncle Sam may get his dander up and do Borne stripping himself. The new epizootic which has attacked the human race is called the "grippe" in Paris. When it gets a good grip it never knows when to let go.

Dr. Harvey discovered the circulation of the blood. This was not the Doctor Harvey of Council Grove, a brother of Governor Harvey, even At the risk of a libel suit The poet Browning, much ridiculed in life though he had thousands of admirers who ably defended him, will rest in Westminster abbey. This is confusion to his enemies. There is a fad coming that nobody wants, but it is asserted that everybody is bound to have it, and that is the influenza that all Europe has been sneezing over for the past six weeks.

It is worthy of note that that the man who cheated justice by keeping the Cronin conspirators from hanging was a rabid prohibitionist, who spent his leisure time during the progress of the trial in reading the New Testament. Kansas City Times. Of rabidness the above is an excellent Specimen. Atchison is going to' have several cow parties on Christmas eve. There is a tradition that as the clocks strike 12 on Christmas eve all the cows in the stables all on their knees.

Several parties of 3roung folks have been made up to investigate this story and see if it is true. This is an age of iconoclasm. These Atchison cow parties will only result in the overthrow of another beautiful legend. Corporal Tanner says: "I would not march in the funeral procession of Jefferson Davis, and yet I would uncover my head at the grave of Stonewall Jackson, who commanded the forces whose guns knocked my legs off. But that only shows that we are queerly made up.

I certainly have no quarrel with the people who honored Mr. Davis and mourn his departure." Senator Ingalls' recent election as president pro tempore of the senate beats the record. No other man has been thus honored for the third time. Newton Be-puMican. On the 10th inst Senator Plumb introduced eighty-seven bills in the senate.

This beats the record of any man who has ever occupied a seat in the senate. Kansas City, Kansas, Gazette. Yes, they are both record breakers and that is the reason the state of Kansas ac cords them honor. It is very unpleasant for the Brewers' association, and the Wholesale Liquor dealer's association, to see the published statements that cars enough cannot be obtained to move the enormous Kansas crops. They have been paying emissaries to travel over the eastern states for a year past, representing Kansas to be on the edge of bankruptcy.

These big crop items rather injure the statements of the conscienceless scoundrels, citizens of Kansas, some of them, who have been misrepresenting their own state for money. DRUMMERS GOOD NAME. "There is a strong undercurrent in Kansas working for resubmission and the re-Deal of the t)fesent nrohibitorv laws." said Mr. H. H.

Stanton of Topeka, formerly a hotel proprietor of that place, who was at the Centronolis last nip-ht. "I bn- lieve that it will ultimately succeed," he continued, "and that prohibition will be a 41 A. tiiiug wi me past, leu you promoi-tion has plaved smash with the hotel bus iness in Topeka, and IH bet $10 against a new nai mat you couldn't find five drummers in Toneka to-nierht At on a hotpl there which used to be filled seven days in the week, you will see nothing for three days in the week but empty 'benches' with now and then a grip to relieve the monotony, Citv Times. There has been so much of this kind of talk about "drummers" that it is a wonder some drummer does not jrotest against It. The inference from the above is that all drummers are a drinking, carousing, lot of saloon loafers, who are always so dead gone for beer and whisky that they can't live over Sunday out of reach of a bar, iven though it is easy enough to fill up their grips with drinkables, at anv time Hundreds of the drummers who travel in Kansas, are decent, temnerate and sen 8ible men, who are neither admirers of saloons nor guilty of the drinking habit to such an extent that they have to make a bee line for Missouri every Saturday mgnt.

II the number of drummers stopping at Kansas hotels over Sunday is small, it is for another reason than that laexe axe no saloons in Kansas AN ENJOYABLE SOCIAL. The Union Veterans' Union and the Woman's Veteran Relief Union gave an enjoyable social at Lincoln post hall, on East Sixth avenue, last evening between 8 and 12 o'clock. It was the first of a series of parties to be given monthly. A literary and musical program preceded the social. Miss Caddie Lord played a march, which was followed by a vocal selection by Miss Emma Morrison.

Following this Miss Tina Bolt, who is deaf and dumb, recited the Lord's prayer, using the deaf and dumb alphabet. A recitation by Miss Kissie Boyd was next on the program, but it was replaced by two recitations by little Miss McCall and Master Tinker. Miss Grace Knight played a delightful euitar solo and a recitation by Miss Jessie McCall, concluded the program. A dance which was participated in by many of the old veterans, was one ot the leatures of the entertainment. The floors were carpeted with canvas and Bailey's orchestra made the necessary music.

JuaiorShreve, who is an accomplished dancer, did a fancy jig which amused everyone. JJ1. U. Frost was master of ceremonies. THE PULLMAN CASE.

The County Treasurers of Kansas Restrain- ed From Collecting Taxes on Pullman Coaches. Judge Brewer, in the United States cir cuit court, has continued the restraining order preventing the county treasurers of about seventy-five counties in this state from collecting the taxe3 levied on the Pullman palace, drawing-room and parlor cars operated on the railways in this state, by the board of railway assessors for the year 18S9. The original bill was filed January 31, 1888, and a temporary injunction restraining the collection of taxes for 1887 was issued, the Pullman company giving bond of $20,000 to secure he counties for taxes in case they won the suit. In 1888 the injunction was continued, the county giving $10,000 bond. The present bond is for $12,000 and is signed by Geo.

M. Pullman. William Burry, general solicitor of the Pullman company, has filed a second supplemental bill bringing thirty- three additional counties in as defend ants. In these counties Pullman cars were not operated when the original bill was filed. The celebrated case is now pending in the supreme court at Wash ington.

TRIPPING TO THE MUSIC. Those luckv enough to be holders of invitations to S. E. Bacher's dancing par ties will be tendered a grand reception at Metropolitan hall this evening. Mr.

Bacher's Monday evening adult dancing class is rapidly increasing. His popular school was delayed this season owing to the occupancy of the hall by the Santa Fe offices. In response to numerous re quests he will open on Saturday after noon from 3 to 5 o'clock a clas3 for chil dren, for which applications are coming in daily; and, by the way, lovers of dancing should not forget that the annual mask ball under Mr. Bacher's management oc curs New Year's eve. A costumer from Kansas City will be in the city at that time.

On the 19th of November a powerful flow of natural gas was struck at Cherry- vale. Her board of trade are advertising all over the country that they offer 000 in cash and bonds to manufactories and with cheap fuel and three trunk lines of railway her prospects are flatter- idg. Some of our enterprising Topekans yesterday incorporated the Cherryvale Development company; capital stock, $100,000. The incorporators are L. 11.

rounds, vice president Investment Bank ing J. E. McLeod, manager Western Land S. C. Garrard, United States pension office; J.

JL. King, postmaster; U. V. Hinckley, A. T.

S. Jr. K. D. S.

Ueer, capitalist, Uhicago, and J. v. Gil bert, banker, Hodge City. In the case of G. G.

Gage and Isabella M. Crawford against the city of Topeka. the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Pav ing company, James Kamsey and others. to restrain the paving of Van Buren street with vitrihed brick, Judge Guthne has refused a new trial moved by the de fendants counsel, and has given them until December 23d to make and serve a case for the supreme court. Attention Lincoln Post.

Comrades will meet at Post hall to morrow morninff at 9:30. to nttnd tha funeral oi comrade u. u. JNoble. W.

H. Framptow. S. K. Withers, Post Commander.

Adjutant A largre line of novelties in silver eoods. comprising smoking sets, soap boxes, ink stands, bon bon boxes, pin cushions. match holders, paper cutters, cigar boxes, a 1 a A CI 1 i. -r-r- triplicate mirrurs, uc, ui owm xioi- liday's. The Bock Island is the most direct route to Denver, Colorado Sprines.

Pu eblo bait Ugaen ana California, ana racinc coasx points. At cost Stoves at Willis', 131 Kan. ave Holldav o-ooda loTrnrfAoa mJ 1 fn TBS i j. xru.muu.ii a mo at eiuro, a. "Gold Cola" stoves.

WUUa, 131 AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE TTWIT QJ) JL1 JL JL After December 27th this Sacrifice will be Discontinued. MEMAW ONLY Unheard of Bargains. In Ie lust fen Within Days! COME AND SEE WHAT WE OFFER. i En 1 If SCIIOKIHC JACKETS WILL BE OH SALE Before Buying a Stitch Elsewhere at to uRE FRIDAY, ra 628 AND 630 KANSAS AVENUE, ft.