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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-29
LEWELLING'S NEPHEW.
Police Sergeant Hampton shoots and
KuIs 3 Man ta kansas city. Kan.

Police Sergeant Hampton shoots and
KuIs Man ia kansas City, kan.
Kansas CITY, Kan, Oct. 29.-L. d.
Hampton, 8 nephew Of Governor
Lewelllng, shot and killed Edward
Egan about z o'clock Saturday night
IN an alley in the rear of Egan's house.
20 North Second street Hampton is
a sergeant on the Metropolitan POI
lice force OF this city. Egan was
plumber
Egan and his father-in-lavv, Dennis
Ryrnes, were smoking together IN
Egan's house Egan's wife heard a
noise in the back yard She went out
to see what caused it and saw a man
She was frightened and ran in and
told Egan- He stepped out and or
dered the man off, coupling the com
mand with an insulting epithet- The
man was Sergeant Hampton He re-
scented the epithet but did not an
nounee his identity A quarrel fol
lowed The men grappled- Byrnes
ran to his SON in-law's aid. There
was shooting and Egan was almost
instantly killed He was shot twice
by Hampton, once IN the left side and
once in the head. Either wound
would have been fatal
Hampton was shot three times by
Byrnes- Two of the bullets took eff
feet in the knee of the left leg and
one IN the left hip. Both Hamp-
ton and Byrnes emptied their revolv-
ers, firing five shots each Byrnes
escaped without a scratch.
1t is not believed that HamptOn's
wounds are serious. He claims to
have been in the yard for the purpose
OF finding a stick with which to drive
of a dog that had flew a him Other
parties attribute dishonorab bic mo-
tive to HamptOn's presence IN the
yard
The Kansas City, Mo. police have
identified Egan as a notorious safe
blower, who has served time in a
nun Der Of prisons.
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Later News of the Victory of
Marshal Yamagata-
Battle of Kin-Len-Cheng Easily
Won by japanese.
THEY QUICKLY FLED.
Sixteen Thousand Chinese Made
Only a Slight Resistance.

WASHINGTON. Oct 29.-The Japanese
legation has received a dispatch
which con frms the news from Shang-
hal of a second victory of the Japan
csc army under Marshal Yamagata-
The telegram is dated Hiroshima. and
reads as follows:
Before dawn of October 20 our
army, under Marshal Yamagata, at
tackled kim Len Cheng, one of the
important stronghoIds upon the Chi
nese frontier. The place was de-
Tended by 16, 900 troops under General
Lin and Song They fed after offer
ing only a slight resistance and the
Japanese forces took possession of
the fOrtifications and the city. They
captured thirty large field gums, an
immense quantity OF rlces food OF
other kinds, etc, and more than 300
tents. The Japanese loss was twenty
killed aud eighty-three wounded.
The Chinese loss was more than 200
killed; the exact mum Der Of their
wounded is not known
1t is believed at the japanese 1ega-
ton that the General Lin mentioned
IN the above dispatch is the noted
Chinese commander who played such
a prominent part during the Ton
King difficulty, and to whom, it was
offered the chief command in the
Chinese army The Japanese lega-
ton has received its first mail of
Japanese newspapers since the battle
Of Yalu and Ping Yang, and they are
filed with the details of the engage
ments, lists of killed and wounded.
accounts of heroism and other evil
dences of war.
The bad tactical methods of the
Chinese soldiers excites the derision
Of the japanese. The latter point
out that the Chinese erect breast
works and then sit quietly within
them without throwing out Skin
mlshers to harass the enemy. The
Chinese soldiers also raise a mum Der
of banners just as they fire a volley,
so that the Japanese troops always
know when a shower of led is i'm
pending The Chinese also exhaust
their cartridges in the magazine guns
as fast as they can fire them making
a hail of bullets and then long calm.
The rifles captured from the Chinese
show rust Of long standing and other
careless treatment
A touching story is told of a Jap
anese bugler who had just sounded
the charge" when he received a
bullet in the breast He was urged
to lay aside his bugle, as any fresh
exertion would make a hemorrhage
proving fatal His reply was another
blast of the charge" as he toppled
over
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THE STAFF OF LIFE.
A Crusade Innuxurated In = Number Of
cities for Cheaper Bread

A Crusade TnauEurated In 3 Number Of
cities for Cheaper Bread
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-In view of
the crusade for cheaper bread in
auQurated in mum Der of cities in
Guiding Waslfine ton. where the price
has been reduced from five to four
cents per loaf. as a result Of the cru
SADIE. the agricultural department has
given out a bulletin on 1.-The cost Of
bread taken from the forthcoming
report of Professor w. 0. Atwater on
the nutritive value of food Tt says:
In practice 100 pounds of -four viii
make from 133 to 137 pounds Of bread,
an average being about 136 pounds
Flour, such as is used by bakers,
is now purchased in the Eastern
states at not over 81 per barrel This
would make the cost of Hour In a
pound of bread about ~ cents AL
lowing one-half cent for the sh Orten-
ms and salt, which is certainly very
liberal, the materials for a pound of
bread would cost not more than two
cents. OF course there should be
added to this the cost of la Dor. rent,
interest on investment, expense of
selling, etc. to make the actual cost
to the baker Very few accurate
weighings and analysis of bakers
bread have been made in
this country 50 TAR as
4 III aware, DuL LIC GDONE III
represents the facts as nearly as
have been able to obtain them. The
average weight Of a number Of speci-
mems of ten cent loaves purchased IN
Middletown, Conn, was one and one
fourth pounds. This makes the
per pound The price Of bread and
the size of the loaf are practically the
same now as when -four cost twice as
much
THE cost Of bakers bread is a COM
paratively small natter to the person
who buys only loaf now and then,
but in the Eastern states and in the
larger towns throughout the country,
many people, and especially those
with moderate incomes, and the poor,
buy their bread of the baker. Six
cents per pound or even half that
amount for the manufacture and dis
trlbutlon seems very large amount.
In the larger cities cOmpe titiOn has
made bread much cheaper, but even
there the difference betwee n the cost
Of bread to the we'll TODD family who
bake it themselves and the family of
the poor man who buys it of the
baker, is unfortunately large"
The report also goes into the
che mistry and scientific features OF
bread-making- The nutriments in
bakers bread are. Protean. per
cent fats, 2 per cent; carbohydrates,
Sc per cent; mineral matter. 1 per
cent Total IS per cent nutriment
and 80 per cent of water. In wheat
flower the total nutrim ents are IS
per cent and water IL per cent, show
ing that the nutriments are largely
reduced by baking. The potential
energy in a pound of flour is ? 900 per
cent; in a pound Of bakers bread,
/. 300 per cent. With the increase in
the proportion Of water IN the bread
as compared with the -four, the pro-
portion of nntriments is diminished.
but the addition of shortening
and salt brings up the fat and
minerals in the bread so that the pro-
portions are larger than in -four. -
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BLOWN SKY HIGH.
A House at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
Wrecked With Dynamite.
Twenty-four Sticks are Placed
Under the Building.
FOUR FATALLY HURT.
The Building Was Large Hum
garian Boarding House.

WmKEsRAERE, Pa, Oct. 29--A large
Hungarian boarding house at Laurel
Run, this county, was blown to atoms
by ndynamiters yesterday morning,
and three Of the inmates killed out
right, four fatally injured, and a half
dozen seriously hurt The fiends who
planned the explosion did their work
well, despite the fact that part of the
plan failed They placed about TWEEN
ty-four sticks of dynamite under the
building, each being about nine
inches long and weighing about
half a pound A wire connected the
sticks with q battery about fifty
yards away. When the signal was
given only about half dozen Of the
sticks exploded They were sufd-
Gent, however, to completely wreck
the building, not a beam or plank of
which was left standing. Several of
the inmates who occupied beds on the
upper floor were hurled fifty feet in
the air, some Of them escaped fatal
injuries by aHghting on the trees
near by. Half dazed by fear and
sleep, they managed to hold on to
the limbs until they recovered their
sense and were able to reach the
ground.
"A track walker who arrived on the
scene shortly after he explosion says
IL reese N Dl6Q q DdbLleuelO. Inc cries
of the Injured were heartrending.
Some Of them were in the trees;
others were lying on the ground and
under the debris of the wrecked
building. One Of the boarders who
escaped injury, made his way to a
neighbOring shanty and awo<e the
inmates Blankets and bedding were
carried to the scene, and the injured
made as comfortabl as possible
At daylight the officials of the
Lehigh Valley railroad were notified
and a special train with a number of
physicians were hurried to the scene
The doctors dressed the wounds Of
the injured who were then brought
70 the hospital in this city The
boarding boss says he is at a loss to
know what prompted the dastardly
deed As far as he knows he has no
enemies in the world. Some of the
boarders think the motive was rob
berry as several of them were known
to have considerable money in their
possession.
Michael Bellakovitch. the proprietor
of the boarding house, was arrested
and sent to jail. The authorities say
they want him a. "a witness He had
money in his possession and on Satur-
day said to friend 1hat he was going
to the old country O1 Monday
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FIRE BUGS AT WORK.
The City OF Newport, Ark, Infested by
Gang of Them

The City OF Newport, Ark, Infested by
Gang of Them.
NEWPORT. Ark, Oct. 29.-Last night
about clock fire destroyed the barn
of Dr. L. E. Willis with its contents.
Some valuable horses were saved.
The department had hardly turned in
when a second alarm was given This
time the stable of Judge Phillips was
a total loss About II o'clock a third
alarm came from the new gin of the
Newport ginning com pany. and this
plant, just completed at a cost of
Sc, 900, was destroyed. All the cotton
was saved The compress narrowly
escaped.
The city by this time was in a in
tensa state Of excitement and al arm.
A large humble of armed me n pa
trolled the streets all night, but no
further alarms were reported. At a
mass meeting thirty deputies were
sworn in end divided into squads W it'll
the purpose of Kidding the town of
the numerous thugs and thieves
called here by the fair Twenty
Of the gentry were escorted out Of
town, and woe to the man that fails
TO give a good account of himself
harAa ffar
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SHAKEN BIZ an EXPLOSIONS.
rive Tons or Dynamite Near Chippews
Falls. wis, Explodes.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Oct. %
This city and vicinity was terribly
shaken yesterday BY an explosion
which occurred on the summit of a
hill . mile from town. where was
stored in a small building Eve tons of
dynamite
The ground was torn up to a great
depth for some distance, while trees
and fences for many rods were tor n
and twisted and quite a number of
trees were pulled up by the roots.
The glass in every farm house for
miles around was shattered In this
city the effect was disastrous to the
plate glass fronts and windows IN
numbers OF dwellings we're blown out
The shock came while people were on
their wayt 0 C hurch and threw women
and children down and several women
tainted.
The village Of Bloomer, twelve
miles distant from the scene, appears
to have felt the force more severely
than here. The cause of the explos-
ion is q mystery Only one life is
known to have been lost.
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A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
Chicago Tanners Start a Big Canfagre
Plantation in CaIifornfa.

Plantation in California.
SAN Francisco, Oct ga novel
industry has been started ia the San
joaquin, Cal. valley by Chicago tan
ners- The scheme is to plant
caniagre. weed Of the yellow dock
family. This vegetable contains from
twenty three to thirty per cent
Of fannie acid which ca xtIacted
by chemical process at small
expense and with large profits
to the producer Two hundred car
loads of twelve tons each have been
ordered from the noun tains of Mex
leo. where it abounds The producers
expect to get 500 car loads of the con-
centrated caniagre acid year,
amounting to about 5000 tons This
Will be shipped to Chicago for tanner
les near the stock yards In addition
to growing the plant there will be ex-
tensive works for reducing the roots
into pulp composed mostly of fannie
acid The factory and other build
ings, dwellings, etc, will cost about
$500. 600.
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nIethodlst Annirersarv.

NEW YORK. Oct. % - The John
Street Methodist church ce1e brated
its 125th anniversary yesterday. 1t
was an event Of considerable inter
est to the millions of Methodists in
America, for on the spot where this
rather shabby church stands was
erected the first Methodist meeting
house in America
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WAITE IN CHICAGO.
The Colorado Governor Makes a Speech
to 10000 People.

CHICAGO, Oct 29.-When Governor
Waite of Colorado. reached Chicago
yesterday morning he was met at the
depot by a delegation of several hun
bred Popul lists and brass band and
escorted to the Grand Pacific, where
he held impromptu reception in
the loby for an hour At O'clock
the band headed a procession Of PEG
ple's party men who escorted the gov
ernor to the Lake Front park.
At the Columbus monument q
crowd of perhaps 10, 600 people were
Assem- b1ed- He spoke for half an
hour. He assured his auditors that
Colorado was around and that the
Populists would be triumphant
In the evening he spoke to large
audience in Tattersalls pavilion
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The Gar - Improving.

ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 29.-An official
bulletin issued from Livadia, at 10
o'clock yesterday morning, bearing
the signatures Of the five physicians
in attendance on the car, says: 1.-THE
car slept well last night. His appe-
tite is good Bis condition is un-
changed"
The regular Official bulletin dated
LiVadia and timed o'clock last even
ing, says that the condition of the
car shows no change.
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RED OAK. Iowa, Oct 29.-Between
10 and 1 o'clock yesterday morning
the barn belonging to n. Yeager of
Omaha, was destroyed It was USE
as winter quarters for race horses in
charge Of J. T1den. The 3-year-o old
stallion Antwerp, by Anteo, 2.I61S.
and Elgin Girl, 2.191<, valued at
s.. 600 were both burned A yearling
colt by Redwald, 2:231<, was also lost.
The FIRE was undoubtedly of in
cendiary origin.
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SAN DIEGO, Cal, Oct 29.-The SER
les of earthquakes which began last
Tuesday afternoon continued during
the week and reached an end with a
very perceptible shock felt through
out the region between Lakeside and
Alpine. A spring of water which had
been obliterated by the earthquake q
two years ago again sprang into ex-
istence. There are reports of other
similar occurrences in the mountain
country.
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Pride is sometimes brought low by 9TH
er means than fall A gentleman who
paid a large sum for an officers room on
deck for an ocean voyage was inclined at
first TO give himself an air of superiority
because Of the superiority of his lodging
But terrible storm flooded the deck for
days thereafter, and his pride was drown
ed out by foot of water in his deck cabin,
ard he said. II don't mind paying well
to cross the Atlantic, but I don't like to
&C through 1t. - Boston TRANSCRIPTS
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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Oct. 2a.-Henry
W Bennett. treasurer of the Repub-
lican county central committee and
president of the indianapolis Stove
company, employing several hundred
hands, in an interview says he has
within the past week advanced the
wages of all his employees five per
cent in justice to the men. The ad-
vance has been caused by the revival
Of business.
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Ter, one Of the most prominent citi-
zens and a wealthy farmer OF Cooper
county, who resides fifteen miles
west Of Boonville, has been arrested
on an Indictment for the murder OF
James Wedges, a co1ored farm hand,
employed by Mackler. who was as
sassinated while blowing IN a field
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-29

Fort WAYNE. Ind. Oct. 29.-At st.
Joseph's hospital last night, John
Huffman shot Hubert Aller in the
head with a revolver for kee ping him
awake by loud sno ring and then shot
himself in the head. Both are dying.
They are more than 60 years old, and
for ten years have been inmates of
the hospital. employed as janitors.
Two weeks ago Huffman bought a re-
vclver to shoot Aller if he did not
omit snOriur
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HELENA. Ark. Oct 29.-The White
Cap cases resulted in acquittal. The
prosecution labored under the disad-
vantage of having the notorious de-
tective, Richardson, now under in
dictment for completely in the killing
of six helpless negroes a few weeks
ago near Millington, Ark, which no
doubt infiue need the jury in its de-
oicior
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OMAHA, Neb-. Oct %. - Charles
Sherman, a local tough, ran amucl k
with a knife at Douglass and Eff
teenth streets at 2.1O yesterday after
noon and slashed a number of peO-
pie He then jumped into a hack and
escaped. He became enraged at q
hack driver
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LrdA, Ohio, Oct. 2B- A fast freight,
west bound, on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago was run into
from the rear by freight No. 81 in a
dense fog yesterday morning just
east Of the Ottawa river bridge Six
cars were thrown down an embank-
ment and wrecked utterly; one load
ed with coke caught FIRE and was con-
sumed- Brakeman Frank Ferris, En-
gineer John Kohler and Fireman W.
ID Rhodes, all Of Fort Wayne, were
injured seriouslY. but not fatally.
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BRISTOL, Pa, Oct. 20 A disastrous
construction and freight wreck oc-
Cured on the Pennsylvania road near
COrydon station, about o'clock last
evening, in which three men were
killed and a score or more injured,
some seriously
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QUARANTINE, T. T., Oct 2g--On the
arrival of the Cunard steamer Lucania
at Quarantine last Friday evening,
Surgeon Poiaton reported to Deputy
Health Officer Iallmadge that two
deck ste awards named Cecil Brown.
aged 20 years, and Charles Phillips.
aged 20. had been taken down with
smallpox during the voyage
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct 29.-J. A.
Gates, the Populist candidate for con
gress ia the Eighth district, has been
withdrawn by the Populists and an
attempt will be made to fuse with
the Republicans and support Mccall,
Republican. against Enloe, Demo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-29

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2o.-Another well
developed case of small pox was dis
covered yesterday, the victim being
Charles E. Williams. a colored mes
senger in the interior department.
Williams is the third messe niger in
the department who has been at
tackled with the disease.
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BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct 29.-Mrs- Mar
garet E. Easter, poetess, died at her
home here yesterday, aged IS years
She had been i'll for some time She
was the author Of ''Clytie' and a
number of other popular poems
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CoRINTH, Miss, Oct 29-Forest
fires are raging in the vicinity of
Corinth and a dense smoke overhangs
the town. Several cotton fields have
been DESTROYED in the outlying dis
trict, valuable tim ber ruined and the
country laid waste Hundreds Of
farmers are fighting the flames
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Amos Beclxwith, who was chief Of the
commissary department of General
". T. Sherman's army during the
civil war. died at his home here about
midnight, of pneumonia. He was 60
years old and was on the retired list
IF the army
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BUENos AYREs. Oct 29--The earth
quake which was felt throughout the
Argentine Repu bile yesterday was
most severe. Many churches. theaters
and private houses were destroyed.
Twenty persons are known to have
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SALT LAKE, Utah, Oct &c. A
Glass and l. H Rogers, two brake
men on the Rio Grande Western. were
caught between freight cars while
coupling at Soldiers Summit and
killed.
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BLAZE At RoLLA. NO.
Several Business Firms Burned Out with
n Loss of $4,000.

n Loss of $4,000.
RoL.LA, Mo-. Oct. ga most dis
RstTous fire occurred here yesterday
morning and it is estimated that the
loss will reach $50 600 or more At ?
o clock the night watchman discov-
cred FIRE in the grocery store of Mrs.
M. Greabe but before the flames
were controlled the business portion
OF the town had been severely dealt
with The heaviest losses are: Viii
liam Heller, dry goods, etc. S14. 600,
insurance SO. 600; Charles Schuman.
e5, COO. assurances g.. 600; Rolla Herald,
@6. O0os Insurance 81. 500.
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HAY SPRINGS, Neb., Oct, 29.-Thia
sc ction Of the state was visited by a
heavy snow storm yesterday. lasting
eight hours Stock IS suffering greatly.
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WEBB CITY, No, Oct 29.-The North
Star mining plant in South Carterville
was completely destroyed by fire last
night The origin of the IRE was IN
known. but is supposed to be incen-
diary. Loss s.. 600. No insurance.
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ST. LOUIS, No, Oct 29.-Tbe East
St. Louis freight depot of the St
Louis Transfer company, caught fire
from some, as yet unknown, cause.
about IL o'clock last night. and was
almost totally destroyed with its con-
tents. The loss Is about $50. 600.
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Then I owe you $2114, do I9' she
asked.
You do"
why, then you won't mind another
little trifle like 81. 90 of course, - smilingly
said Miss Peterson.
ssNo, indeedl'' said Mr.. Perkins. ''Here
is $40 and the receipted bill You take
this and 60 home to your mother, and
shall think got rid of you cheaply-"
oh, thank you, Mr.. Perkins, - said
Miss Peterson You are very kind Now,
if you viii send an expressman down to
the depot with MY trunks, we viii go on
the 2 O'Clock train ''-Exchange.
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Peerless steam Laundry - Pesrles
Steam LaundrYe