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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
FATAL FIRE AT HOUSTON.
Two Persons Burned to Death and Third
Fatally Scorched.

Houston, Tex, Oct. 17-Fire origin
ating in the San Jacinto hotel spread to
st. Joseph's inflrmary, destroying two Of
the buildings of that institution. Five
other buildings were burned causing a
loss altogether of about $3.50 900, with
$3.50, 900 insurance. The most serious loss,
however, was the destruction of life, two
persons having been cremated and one
probably fatally injured
The two lost were Sisters Dorleral and
Jane of the infirmary, whose remains
were recovered burned beyond recognition.
Sister Clothilde was badly burned and it
is thought she cannot live. There were q
number of narrow escapes and several
persons badly injured by jumping from
the second story of the San Jacinto hotel.
None were fatally hurt, however. Two
patients reported missing have been ac-
counted for
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Wednesday, Oct. II.

Searching parties are looking for bags
containing $50, 900 in gold and silver which
train robbers buried last week somewhere
within mile of Sacramento.
The company supplying the towns of
Carey and Vanulc, o., with natural gas
shut them off owing TO failure of the
supply. 1t is expected that many towns
in northwestern Ohio heretofore using gas
will be burning coal and wood before
spring.
Mrs. Bette l.. :. Harrison, widow of the
late Colonel a. Irwin Harrison, oldest
brother of cx.Presidcnt Harrison, is dead
at Minneapolis rs the result of q surgical
operation.
A Giving picture" girl doing s. water
act mt Boston was badly scalded by the
hot water being turned on alone instead
of with cold, so as to make 1t tepid. In
orders not to spoil the picture she stood
the pain until IL was unbearable.
Professor w. S. Wyman, of the Uni
versity of Alabama, thinks 80. X" is de-
rived from the Choctaw word "Okeh,"
meaning all right The usually accepted
belief is that these letters were General
Jackson's alleged abbreviation for "On
Korrect."
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
His Opinion.

"You have been very fortunate in your
opportunities for travel, Mr.. Dulby," re-
marked the young woman.
YES" was the reply. II have man.
aged to get about a good deal"
''What do you think of Paris?''
"Parris, " he said enthusiastically, "is
about the lest fire chief this town ever
had, in my estimation.
And she is resolved to say Parce here
after. detroit Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Shot the Girl and Himself.

DAVENPORT, Ia, Oct. 16.-As result Of
lovers quarrel Charles Kahler, a young
carpenter, shot Lizzie Uchtorf in the face,
inflicting serious wound, and then sent
bullet into his own brain, dying instant
ly. He had been keeping company with
the girl for some time and had made prep
aratiOns to marry. The girl will recover.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Too Much Law for Washington Park.

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-At a meeting Of the
board of directors of the Washington Park
club the following resolution was adopt
ed: "That the Washington Park club
give no racing meeting in the year 1896"
The reason given for closing the famous
track is that the laws of Illinois too freely
admit of the prosecution of booksellers, and
that without this feature the track cannot
be successfully operated.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Democrats Cannot Run the Government
Successfully.

The receipts of the government for
the fiscal year 1894 were nearly $780,
900, 900 less than the receipts of the
government for the fiscal year 1898.
The expenditures of the government for
the year 1894 were nearly SIT, 900, 900
less than in 1893, while the payments
for pensions for 1894 were $1S, $50, 000
less than for the fiscal year 1898.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Heavy Registration at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE registration Of
voters was the heaviest Chicago has ever
known. The total registration was about
2O5, 900, against 10000 registrations just
before the last presidential election. The
205, 900 does not include women, about
5000 of whom placed their names on tho
nOllin p lists
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Naval Fights Past and Present.

Landsman-From what you have OBJ.
served or learned of the few naval engage
ments of late years, what, in your opin-
ion, is the chief difference between mod
ern battleships and the old kind-when it
comes to actual fighting?
Old Sailor--So far as 1 hev obsarved, the
chief difference is this: The old kind, when
hit, went down kerswash, and the new
kind goes down kerchug. New York
Weekly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Two Souls.

He was in love-profoundlyFs
1t pierced him through and through,
And he was pleased to hear her say
ThDt she was that way too.
He popped the question to her straight.
She backed and filed and ran
And wrote to say she was in love,
But with another man.
Detroit Free Press.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Tuesday, Oct. &c.

Affairs of the Commercial Travellers
Home Association of America the corner
stone of which was laid last week, bid fair
to be seriously disrupted over the fact that
no city west of Cleveland, is represented in
the management.
Obituary: At Mora, n. NJ, Henry II.
Green, a classmate of General Grant mt
West Point, and who was stationed at
Fort Dearborn before Chicago was begun.
While doing "a skirt dance at st. Louis
Amelia Glover caught her foot in her vol
luminous drapery and badly sprained her
ankle.
Two young farmers named Hosea L.
Stone and Virgil Moon, living near Waco,
Tex, became involved in quarrel over
girl and fought a duel with knives. Moon
was killed and Stone severely injured.
The first snow furry of the season
swept over Orange and Sullivan counties,
New York. There was quite heavy fall,
also in Delaware and Chenando counties.
President and Mrs Cleveland intend to
return to Washington from Gray Gables
next week.
A report comes from Honolulu that ex-
Queen Liliuokalani Is insane.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Depositors Get 40 Cents ON the Dollar.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Oct 16.-The
long looked for settlement of the Seymour
bank matter has been effected, depositors
getting 40 cents on the dollar, which they
agreed to take few months ago. Tho
bank failed July "a, 1893.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Ambassador Bayard at Home.

WASHINGTON, Oct 15.-Ambassador
Bayard has arrived in Washington from
New York. He will be here tor two
weeks and is stopping with relative, w.
b. s. Clymcr.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK, Oct. 49,
Money on call easy. Offered ut per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 304I5 per cent;
sterling exchange firm with actual business
4s634@4S8 for sixty days; posted rates 1870
1885. Commercial bills 4s511604s5s4
Silver certificates, $50 bid; no sales; bar sill
yer. 631h. Mexican dollars 51H.
United States bonds, 5's regular, 1854;
do SIS coupons, 1l911; do As regular, 1l411;
do As coupons, 1l4N; do rs, regular, 96
l14lb; Pacific 6's of '95, 10l bid.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10.
of Trade today: Wheat-October, opened
JO1lc. closed tO34c; December, opened 51zso,
closed b214c; May, opened 561sc, closed 57Ac.
Corn - October, opened 1880, closed 4914c;
December, opened 465sc, closed 4ssc; May,
opened 4s5sc. closed 491sc: Oats-October.
&c, closed &C; May, opened 321sc, closed
32Mc. Pork = October, opened s.. closed
$l2.60; January, opened Sl2.45, closed
Sl2.40. Lard-October, opened $3.50, closed
$3.50.
Produce: Butter Extra creamery, PC
per Id; extra dairy, zoe; packing stock, EGO
l3c. Eggs-l7c per doz, loss off. Live poultry
Chickens S6Ds16c per ID; ducks. 808lkc;
turkeys, S69c; geese. S6.00C01.O per doz Po-
tatoes-Burbanks. 5s0184c per bu; Hebrons,
560l63c; Rose, 550HSc; early Ohio, 550l6lc.
Sweet potatoes Illinois. Sl.000l.2J per Dbl
Apples to choice, Sl.OOGD2.50 per
Dbl Cranberries--Cape Cod, choice, SS0U5o
$50 per Dbl; S25Od3.OO per lbu box Honey
White clover, lib sections, new stock, 1'D
l516c; broken comb. 100l2c; dark comb, poor
packages &c; strained California, 5G6c per H.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Oct. Ii.
Live Stock--Prices at the Union Stock yards
today ranged as follows: llogs-Estmatod
receipts for the day, 2i,OOJ; sales ranged at
S2.26lD475 pigs, Si.J0d5.15 light, S45O04.70
rough packing, $4,000 10 mixed and S47JlD
$50 heavy packing and shipping lots
Cattle Receipts for the day, 5000; quota
tons ranged at s5.5006.O5 choice to extra
shipping steers, S4.50lD5.40 good to choice do,
S3.9O14.i0 fair to good $3.l01Llj common to
medium do, S3.lJ43.75 butchers steers, $50
62.05 stockers, 81. s0D340 feeders sl.25G29O
cows, S2.4003.2O heifers, Sl.5O03.5O bulls
S2.3003l0 Texas steers. Ss756l440 western
rangers, and S2.0O05.5O veal calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts for the day,
1900; prices ranged at $l.5O03.15 western
$50 Texans, Sl.75ap38o natives, and 500
o. Is lambs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
J GREATLY EXAGGERATED
Seems to Have Been the Dispatch Con-
corning the Enid Affair.


ENID, o. t., May %, 1894
To the Editor of the State Journal:
A telegram in the Capital this morn
ing under an Oklahoma City date line,
concerning alleged fight between
local officials of this city and a Rock
Island freight train crew, is a tissue of
falsehood from date line to finish. The
really strange feature of the article
is how such news should emanate
from Oklahoma City, probably rs miles
away from Enid and the Rock Island
railroad 1t is impossible for a news
paper to be absolutely correct in its news
gathering, but such execrable and pre-
posterous trash as depicted in the Capt.
tails dispatch is to be deplored. 1t en-
tees the public at large to anticipate
bloodshed and terror where it does not
exist The facts in this case are these:
An ordinance in South Enid prohibits
the Rock Island from running its trains
through the town at unnecessary speed.
The company issued an order to this eff
feet the same as even applies in Topeka,
Kansas City, ST Joseph. Omaha or any
large city. Enid Is located at the bot
tom of two maximum grades and in
some cases, where long freight train is
being drawn, the engineer cannot at all
times reduce the speed to literally con-
form with the rule and climb the heavy
grade Just such an instance as this oc-
CURED last Saturday, and to annoy and
harass the company several constab les
boarded the train (Which shows il was
not running at a very alarming speedy,
pulled a coupling pin between two cars
and cut the train in two, and but for the
thought illness of the crew would have
caused a serious collision with train
following and the attendant loss of life
and property. Only brakeman was ar
rested and fined $3.50 A bond was i'm
mediately given and the case appealed
to the district court. No one was killed.
there was nc scuffiing; the affair oc-
CURED last Saturday and has been al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
GENERAL RAILROAD NOTES.
Railroads and RaiIrOad Notes Along the
Kansas Lines.


Kansas Lines.
Mrs. Mary E. budding, mother of
Santa Fe switchman f. j. budding, is
visiting relatives at Blairstown, Mo.
Thomas Wells of the Santa Fe freight
office at Argentine was shot in the leg
by man who mistoOk him for. bag
gageman who had been flirting with his
daughters, at o'clock Sunday evening.
The bullet passed entirely through his
leg and the wound is not considered dam
gerous. He is at his home in Argentine.
George Finnie of De Soto, Mo, an en-
gineer on the Iron Mountain. is here WIS.,
ting his parents on East Fourth street.
Master Mechanic HOLSTER of the San
ia Fee at Usage City is off for few days
on a pleasure trip, and Engineer Ed Sea-
hill of this place is there holding down
his job for him.
Engineer W. P. Beeler of Usage City
is in Topeka for short visit.
Santa Fe engine 100 is in the shops for
a few days and Engineer VIM. Rainy and
Fireman Harry Chapman are fishing in
consequence.
The new Burlington depot at Leaven-
worth is being put under cover. 1t is a
one story brick building.
w. A. Lewis. of the Santa Fe, and Miss
Mary Adds, who were married on the
18th, have gone to housekeeping at the
corner of Leland and Fourth streets.
Henry W. Bottoms, of the II. K s. T.
general offices at Parsons, was married
to Miss Maggie Ruby of that place on
May 18th.
A. Zimmerman, of the NJ. K. 81 T.
bridge department at Parsons, has been
made superintendent of bridges and
buildings of the Union Pacific. Denver
& Gulf road, with headquarters at Den
yer, Col
Robert Craig, of the Usage Carbon
company, at Usage City, visited the San
ia Fe here yesterday.
A union meeting of the Ladies' auxil-
larry of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen of the state. is being held in To
peka today at the hall of Farrie May
lodge No. 20. Several ladies from Ar
kansas City and Chanute are in attend
ance, and the business of the meeting is
to select delegates to the national con-
vention of the order, which will be held
at Harrisburg, Pa, on date not yet de-
termined.
Two small bridges, Nos. 81 and SO,
were burned in some mysterious manner
on the Santa Fe's Kansas City line near
Spencer yesterday morning, and trains
Nos. and 2 were compelled to use the
Union Pacific track to Kansas City from
this place. 1t is not known whether the
bridges were set on fire by some mali
cious person or whether they caught
from some engine. Indications point to
the former theory however.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
BELLAMY ON COXEYISM.
The Author of Looking Backward Express
e. His Views of tho Movement.

NEW York, May 22.-"According to
the mortgage statistics of the last census,
or calculations based upon them made
by George Z. Holmes, special census
agent for that subject" said Edward
Bellamy to a reporter, lit is shown that
per cent. of the American people own IL
per cent. of the property in the country.
leaving but 20 per cent to be distributed
among the remaining 81 per cent. of the
people. 1t is that per cent of money
ed men who govern the country and die
tate the policy of Congress. The people
are mot in it, as the expression goes.
- ssThere is no hope in the long run that
these strikes in resistance to lowering
wages can succeed. The only hope for
the Iaboring classes is the collective or
public conduct of industry by the people
through their governmental agencies for
the common interest, More and more
the working classes are beginning to see
that this is for them the only way out"
$40 you consider these COxey move
ments and these other movements to be,
strictly speaking, sociaiIstjc In charac-
ter?"
.sThey are eminently socialistic in char
acter, inasmuch they appeal to the
principle of the collective or public or
ganization of industry, but the members
of the various armies are very probably
not themselves avOwed nationalist
socialists In seeking relief from the
and necessarily find themselves obliged
to use the socialistic or nationalistic
methods. Circumstances have forced
them upon socialistic lines of action"
"Do you think that eventually socialis-
tic revolution will work Itself along those
Iines?"
81 think, if you askape what the future
development of this thing will be, that
while it is easy to predict the ultimate
outcome, it is not possible for any one to
predict the methods and the precise
steps by which the result will
be brought about. / confidently
anticipate that within fifteen years
the people of the United States will
have committed themselves definitely to
industrial reorganization on lines of ma
tionaIism-that is to say, the setting
aside of the private conduct of industry
in favor of a cooperative organization
on a national basis, in the common in
terest.
81 expect in the meantime, and in the
near future, to see series of extraordi-
nary popular demonstrations, which it is
to be hoped will be peaceful in charac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
EXTENT OF THE LAx-oFF.
About One Hundred and Twenty five
Men in the First Batch.

About One Hundred and Twenty five
Men in the First Batoh-
About one hundred and twenty-five
men at the Santa Fe shops were laid off
last evening at 5 o'clock. The number
was divided up as follows: In the car
and carpenter shop 80, in paint shop 40,
the Sixth street shop being closed en-
tirely; in the machine department the
lay off amounts to about so or 90 men.
Most of these are helpers or apprentices,
and among them are few of the skilled
laborers of the shops. 1t is certain that
many more men will be laid of soon,
several tonight probably, and that the
lay-oH will reach a number exceeding
three hundred before the end of the
working week. Friday.
The men who have been laid off are
certainly in a predicament, considering
how hard it is just at present to get work
at any living price. STILL said one this
morning, sit is not much worse than
working for the wages we have been
getting since the time was shortened l
don't believe any of the boys know yet
what they will or can get to do. A good
many of them will probably be compelled
to leave the city in search of work.
About this same sort of a Iay-off occur.
red last year, and we did not starve. The
force will likely be increased again about
September 1st l have learned to ex-
Dect that'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
IRRIGATORS ARE HERE.


Can be Irrigated.
The Kansas irrigation commission met
this morning in the office of the secretary
of the state board of agriculture. The
full board was present, the members
being: Judge J. W. Gregory, Garden
City; Judge V. H. Grinstead, Dighton
+. ID. Coburn, Topeka; L. Baldwin, Great
Bend, and A. b. Montgomery, Goodland.
The following gentlemen who are mem
also present: II. Y. Hinckley, Topeka.
S. T. Howe, Topeka, and NJ. B. TombIin,
GoOdland.
The meeting was called to collect sta
tistics on the irrigable lands in Kansas
and report to the National Irrigation
convention which Will probably meet at
Denver at a date not yet fixed. >.
The members reported as follows:
Judge Grinstead on the counties of Gree
ley, Cove, Lane, Logan. Wallace Trego,
Scott, Ness and Wichita. Total area s.
OF 400 acres; acres irrigable, 4,528, $50;
acres now irrigated, 22O.
A B. Montgomery reported for the
counties of Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan.
Graham, Norton, Rawlins and Decatur
Total area 1861, 400 acres; acres irrigable
1920, 400; acres now irrigated $3.50.
Judge Gregory reported for the coun-
ties of Hodgeman, Ford. Meade, Finney,
Clark, Haskell, Seward, Garfield, Kearney,
Grant, Gray, Stevens, Hamilton, Stanton
and Morton. Total area 1888, 200 acres;
acres irrigable 6,O31,360 acres now irri-
gated about 10000.
The question of whether the under
flow would supply water for so large an
area was discussed. Judge Grinstead
and Judge Gregory advanced the theory
that the supply was practically mex
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
OUR NEW RAILROAD.
Direct Communication Between
Topeka and Leavenworth.
TRAIN LEAVES In THE MORNING.
General Railroad News and Notes OF
Interest Among Railroad Mem


Interest Among Railroad Mem
Tomorrow morning at 1880 the aban-
doned Leavenworth, Topeka q South
western railroad, as stated in Saturdays
JOURNAL, will resume operations At
that time the first regular train since last
fall will be run over the road, and will
leave the Santa Fe depot at this place.
The following are the roads officers at
this time: G. L. Mcclellan, receiver;
Chas Webb, auditor; F. G. Gay, general
freight agent; Geo. L. Nicholson. general
passenger agent; r. b. Gemmell, super
intendent of telegraph; p. Walsh, gen.
eral baggage agent; c. W. Kouns, car
service superintendent, and r. J. Parker,
general road master. Mr. Webb is out on
the road today to install the new station
agents, of which there are three: Topeka,
Meriden and LeavenwOrth being already
supplied. They are: L. G. Parsons at
Osawkie, A Larkins at OskalOosa. and
r. B. Gould at McLOuth.
Mr.. Mcclellan says there will be no
gold spikes and no bouquets tomorrow,
but that the train will be plain as be-
comes the hard times and a Democratic
administration. The train run on this
road will be mixed one. It will leave
Topeka at 7:30 each morning and arrive
at Leavenworth at 100. Returning, it
reach Topeka at $50. The distance is
56.3 miles. All trains will be governed
by the rules now in use on the Santa Fe
it will be noticed that all the officials
are Santa Fe men. The train crew has
not yet been made mp, but the men will
not be from the Santa Fe. No trains
will be run on Sundays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items OF Interest from the North Side
the

Items OF Interest from tho North Side oil
the ASAvsr-
Mrs. James Morris has returned to her
home in Milwaukee.
MIR. and MRS. Eric Nystrom are the
parents of baby which came to them
last evening.
Mrs. Alice L. Kane left for Wisconsin
this afternoon, where she goes to see her
mother, who is seriously i'll.
The Populists of the First ward have
called their primaries at Berry's hall on
Railroad street next Saturday evening
John Hill, of Parkhurst. Davis g. Co.,
has gone to Arkansas City to take the
place of ]. A. Ranney in the firms house
at that place.
Miss May onbaum has gone to EN-
poria to spend the week with friends and
attend the grand lodge of the Degree of
Honor, A 0. Q. W.
Rev. J. r. Madison has gone to Perry
to attend to meeting of the Topeka
district Nj. E. conference which will be
in session three days
Clarence. the four year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Olson died at 1 o'clock
this morning of diphtheria. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not yet been
announced.
Memorial services will be conducted
by Rev. 8. ]. Davis, at the Kansas ave-
nue. III. E. church, at o'clock next Sun
day afternoon. Members of Blue post
and corps G. A. R., with their families,
will attend in body.
The team attached to Hanley's delivery
wagon, while tied near Curtis street yes
terday afternoon, broke the hitch rein
and went home. Finding nobody to re-
ceive them, they went down to
Kansas avenue and were caught by Geo.
Groshong. The wagon was turned over
once on the trip but nothing was broken.
Judging from the amount of sickness
existing and the number of deaths Oc-
curing east of Kansas avenue and south
of Gordon street there must be work in
that locality for the sanitary department
Scarlet fever, diphtheria and that class
of diseases seem to be epidemic the year
round. There is something wrong some
where and it is omebody's business or
ought to be, to look after it.
When you need lumber give E. P.
Ewart, the new dealer a call, 1912 Kan
sas avenue, north.
Monarch gasoline stoves at Henry's.
Go to Henry's for roofing and spout
ing.
Lukens Bros. are selling full leather
top buggies and harness, for 800
Take your prescriptions to A J. Arnold
& Son, S21 Kansas ave. Established 1870.
A complete line of homeopathic RENE
dies at A ]. Arnold's & Son.
Get your tennis shoes at the Blue Front
shoe store, $40 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-22
SPIKES AND SHARKS.
Personal Notes Among the Railroad
Shops at Topeka.

Shops at Topeka.
Geo. w. BANTER of the Rock Island
general passenger and ticket Office, is in
Kansas City today attending a meeting
of the Trans Missouri association. The
tourist rates are under discussion.
Sam Childs of the Rock Island is in
Hutchinson today.
The Capital City base ball club of the
Santa Fe shops, is trying to arrange for
a game at Vinewood park on Decoration
Day with the Indian nine from the Has
kell institute, Lawrence.
Charlie Learned has left his place in
the Santa Fe switch yards, and opened
meat market on Fourth street.
George Sholes has resumed work in
the Santa Fe switch yards.
The Santa Fe jug club" gave pleas
ant picnic at Oakland park Sunday after
noon that was attended by about thirty
couples.