The Topeka Daily Capital, Sheldon Edition *** 1900 *** ____________________ 13 Mar 1900, Tuesday Staff of The Topeka Daily Capital, Sheldon Edition Charles M. Sheldon ... Editor and Publisher Harold T. Chase .......... Associate Editor Dell Keizer .............. Business Manager H. S. Houston ............. Eastern Manager P. C. Chamberlain .. Manager of Circulation EDITORIAL STAFF. J. F. Jarrell ................... News Editor Jno. P. Fritts ..... Washington Correspondent R. A. Wright ............... Telegraph Editor R. G. McKinnie .................. City Editor H. D. Wilson ................ Exchange Editor G. A. Nichols ...................... Reporter C. C. Smith ........................ Reporter W. T. Reed ......................... Reporter Geo. E. Overmyer ................... Reporter S. C. Whitlock ..................... Reporter Jessie M. Garwood .. Social and Club Reporter Geo. W. Hart ...... Associated Press Operator BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. R. L. Thomas .............................. Cashier W. B. Robey ............. Local Advertising Manager H. J. Wingart .............. Advertising Bookkeeper F. Hughes ........... Daily Subscription Bookkeeper E. D. Curtis .. Semi-Weekly Subscription Bookkeeper C. E. Maxwell ..................... City Circulator D. B. Dyer ............... Traveling Representative Geo. O. Boone ............ Traveling Representative A. M. Stephenson ......... Traveling Representative R. A. Miller ............. Traveling Representative A. Bass ................................... Janitor COMPOSING ROOM. Geo. Rause .......................... Foreman K. U. Whitted ............. Assistant Foreman J. F. Kirkpatrick .. Foreman Advertising Room O. G. Miller ......... Advertising Compositor A. E. Thomson ........ Advertising Compositor Wm. H. Marrs ......... Advertising Compositor T. Q. Whitted ........ Advertising Compositor C. R. Mitchell ................... Compositor P. C. Phares .............. Linotype Operator G. W. Patterson ........... Linotype Operator J. D. Stevens ............. Linotype Operator John Ryan ................. Linotype Operator John Corbin ............... Linotype Operator Geo. Lathrow .............. Linotype Operator Charles J. Ericksson ..... Linotype Machinist Paul Evans ....................... Galley Boy STEREOTYPE ROOM. Henry W. Dalby ................. Foreman Edward Bryant .............. Stereotyper Ray Brooks ....... Assistant Stereotyper Chas. Wilkerson .. Assistant Stereotyper PRESS ROOM. R. Maxwell ................. Foreman H. F. Sheldon ............. Pressman Byron Long ...... Assistant Pressman Walter Staples .. Assistant Pressman Emery Slaughter ............. Helper MAILING ROOM. J. H. Andrews ........ Foreman Thos. Bass ..... Mailing Clerk Fred Kinney .... Mailing Clerk Arthur Majors .. Mailing Clerk R. E. Heller ... Mailing Clerk J. D. Powers ... Mailing Clerk Frank Root ..... Mailing Clerk Burt Buckner ... Mailing Clerk Geo. F. Hill ... Mailing Clerk F. L. Curtis ... Mailing Clerk - - - KANSAS NEWS AND COMMENT Eugene Lorten, who recently sold the Linn County Republic to W. S. Scott, late of the Junction City Repbulic, will take up the practice of law. Lorten intends to remain in Linn county and as a lawyer and politician--for in Kansas it is impossible for a lawyer to keep out of the member of politics--he will take great pleasure in calling on the new editor for the purpose of giving him pointers on running his paper. Elder Michener, the financial agent of the Kansas Wesleyan at Salina, who is trying to raise $30,000 for that institution says he believes he will be successful. If the $30,000 is forthcoming, the school will get the $100,000 endowment offered by Rev. James, the Methodist minister at Oakley, who recently fell heir to a great fortune in England, with the sweety?, it seems, of getting the money. Mrs. Rebecca Maye, an aunt of E. Dawson whose home is in Miami county, is one of the eight widows of the war of the Revolution whose name is on the pension rolls. Her husband, Stephen Maye, fought in the battle of Bunker Hill, and was present at the surrender of Yorktown. She was married when 16? years old. Instances such as this appear to make the link short which connects the present with the fighting days of the brave men of the colonial times. - - - Type. All night the sky was draped in darkness thick, Out from the clouds imprisoned lightnings swept. Into the printer's stick With energetic click, The ranks of type into battalions crept, Which formed brigades while dreaming labor slept; And ere dawn's crimson pennons were unfurled, The night-formed columns charged the waking world. E. F. WARE ("Ironquill"). Topeka, Kan. - - - HIS HOME BURNED. J. C. Fox of Atchison Repeatedly Attacked by an Unknown Enemy Atchison, Kan. March 12.--The home of J. C. Fox of the wholesale drug house of McPike & Fox with most of the contents, burned shortly after midnight. The loss is $10,000, partly covered by insurance. The house was lit on fire by an incendiary, about whom there is much mystery. During the last four months Mr. Fox has been annoyed by an unknown enemy, or insane person who has been throwing stones through the windows of his house. At one time a servant Real Estate Transfers. J. M. Stucker and wife to Mary L. Barnes, $1, ac. lots 2 and 3, block 5, College Hill addition. J. T. Clarkson and wife to J. M. Stucker, $675, same. The Topeka Iron company to John Dechand, $114, lots 28 and 30, Garden Place addition. Same to John Stadler, $1, lots 31 and 32, same. John Ingenthron to same, $114, lots 40 and 42, same. O. W. Blood and wife to Thos. f. Flynn and wife, $800, lot 227 Adams street, Holliday's addition. Geo. G. Quincy et. al., executors to Chas. P. Bolmar, $1,350, lot 26 Quincy's addition. - - - News About Town. J.A. Henley of Lawrence was a Topeka visitor yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Rose are the parents of a ten-pound boy, born Monday. Carl Lawson, jailer, is in Wichita testifying before the United States grand jury. The first ice cream sign of the season was displayed on Kansas avenue yesterday. The net earnings of the state penitentiary for the month of February were $5,240.82. Judge Hook will consider the city water works litigation upon his return to the city in two weeks. L. T. Yount, commissioner of elections, is hunting for buildings in which to hold the election on April 3. Jailor Grubbs, of the city prison, returned to work yesterday, after having been sick for two weeks. Workmen yesterday began laying the foundation of an eight-room frame house at 1406 Topeka avenue for A. A. Hurd. It will cost $3,400. Work on the auditorium foundation was resumed yesterday. The snow and cold weather had brought the work to a temporary standstill. The Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church will meet this afternoon at 2:30 in the church parlor. Subject, "Our Indian Mission." Deputy United States Marshal Prescott went to Wichita last night, taking with him M. E. Cayon, who will be tried on a charge of counterfeiting. Mr. and Mrs. James W. McCauley entertained about thirty guests at a 6 o'clock dinner at their home on West street on Saturday evening. Miss Alice H. Johnston, representing the Chicago Inter Ocean, arrived in Topeka yesterday. She is here to prepare a Sunday story for the paper she represents. Deputy United States Marshal Willits, District Attorney Lambert and his assistant, H. J. Bone, have gone to Wichita, to attend the United States District court. Blank forms have been furnished to the pawn-brokers by the police. The blanks will be used in making a daily report to the chief of police of all articles pawned during the day. The regular meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society will be held in the parlors of the First Methodist church on Wednesday at 3 p.m., instead of at Mrs. Bishop Vincent's, as heretofore announced. Spontaneous combustion in a pile of rags in an empty house at 306 West Van Buren street, North Topeka, called the department to that place at 8:30 last evening. The fire was immediately put out. The damage is a small hole in the floor. - - - Judge Valentine Ill. Stricken with Paralysis in His Office; Is Improving. Judge D. M. Valentine was stricken with paralysis while reading in his office last Saturday. He was taken to his home and medical aid summoned. While his left side was completely paralyzed, Judge Valentine did not lose consciousness. He was greatly improved yesterday, being able at times to move his hand and there was some feeling in his foot. Judge Valentine is nearly seventy years old, and this is the first time he has been confined to his bed in forty-one years. - - - Of a Personal Nature. I. N. Ury of Fort Scott was in the city yesterday. Governor Stanley is spending a few days with his family at Wichita. He will be in Topeka Wednesday. B. P. Waggener of Atchison, general attorney of the Missouri Pacific, was a Topeka visitor yesterday. Mrs. Annie L. Diggs, state librarian, has gone to Indianapolis, Ind., to make purchases of books for the library.