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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22

The report ON the Japanese Navy reeem x tsst 10
:. interesting 70 those who do not kno" S.,y a
force consists of 1886 tons Japan mas over 80
four cruisers OF AIS tons each three IN tons
tons each: vhe OF $3.50 tons; tnree o,o IONS each;
each: seven OF between l,Soo ana 80. six Of "
two Of 1872 tons each; one OF y, na Of 81 tons
tween 600 and 700 tons each' anr twelve Of tns
s sr,a ars we're VI built in Japan shpynr'ia india
France nine in England. ana r one total NUMBER 10
none in the United o S,at esd the total namV''
guns mounted was S9z an '"0
Crews T.i9s officers and men,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22

,,,nres 20 give a good deal OF trouoe 70 ~.
49,, Admiralty. After a series OF pros'sss -
trials during which she attained spssu ',
knots her boilers met with serious msnap an,
Is the crown sheets OF the Fox cOTEusses md If IA
nocss gave way TO a greater or less degree, sa1
two furnaces the collapse was 50 grea. ."a .....
boiler plates beIliei down nearly 10 ~, other
bars The fact Is that the boilers IKE man hin.
instances in full-force trials on otner nav, ZOO
ard Ike the "Deacons One-Hoss shi'' 80, thin
ooL N stan the strain; the meta vas re boil.
" stand the pressure. The result i ina hence
% eps arr ordered to be taken out for pam viii b.
a DELAY OF several months before INC '"T
ready for more mishaps
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22

staenaton OF the Navy personns e.. ,n,srestsd II
which the English officers seem to be Nav,
quite as much as the officers OF the A"n,saans
are. "pteous Plight of the Naval Le rnsii.s ,sr
,be heading OF an article in one OF the ."ss a.
vice papers The facts presented are ther. ~
arouse sympathy at least; for ins s,ys list Q.
over thirty eutenants on t ~ have been o. "a
hs, Sefo r one hundred OF their Juniors
same rank born
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22

Turkey seems to have been startled :, france,
.ensIve building programmes OF RUSSIA a". should
and there Is feeling or great Jus US turkey
Russia conclude TO assume the ou ,,,,., the feet
regards the situation oil huss'a ssr,ice only
IN the n atar. Then too. the establishment
military port at Iibau and the arransss ooass
naval station on the French Med,erra ,Sa imprsr
adj 70 turkeys annoyance and g,ye 81 t"i the B.ti
Sion that the objective IS The nope The suass
ssa any cue oY Turkey 70 improve her The ,he iac.
s sSors defences is interpreted to be due ~
mentioned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
ARCADE CLUB PULLED.


Discussed Only Poor LII uOr.
The Arcade Literary and Benevolent
society has come to grief Its charter
signed by Secretary Of State r. S Os-
born has been contiscated by the sheriff.
along with nine S-galIon kegs Of beer
and the usual club fixtures and beer
pumps.
The rooms of this society for the dis
PensatiOn of literature. benevOlence and
Pabst beer. were up stairs over Ryan's
Sixth street between Jackson and Van
Buren,.
The fact that the officers Of the club
secured quarters within block Of the
Topeka club and the street Of churches.
indicates that they had an eye for intel
lectual advancement, even though they
had TO be sandwiched in between liv-
cry stable and bl acksmith shop.
Jack Cole. the local glm bier, and
Frank Shaw, the Parkdale billiard hall
magna'e, are the two men who dispensed
benevOlence at SO much per glass. The
literary feature Of the club was demon
strated beyond al doubt by a pile Of
Police Gazettes and other sporting pa
pers rich in fancy pictures in which
crime or hosiery are the principal feat
ures. Art should have Is IN included ia
the title of the society, for there is hardly
a prize fighter, bulldog or game bird Of
any reputation known to the talent but
that has It's picture on the walls
" hen Sheriff Burdge and his posse of
deputies called az Mr.. Jack Coles fount
Of charity asst evening, they only found
one man there besides the proprietors
He had received SO much benevolence at
their hands that he was quite overcome
and speechIess-so much SO he had to be
carried down stairs
Shaw and Ryan were put under $1,000
bond each, which they are unable to give
and are locked up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
THE WHEEL IN WAR.

A Boston Inventor Attaches Something Re-
sembIing a Calling Gum 90 His bicycle.
No less an authority than General
Nelson A Miles, the world famous ln-
dian fighter and veteran of tho late war;
has testified to the probable value oft
the bicycle for signal service work and
scouting in time of hostilities. Further
than this, nearly every army of note
in the world has a bicycle corps for KS
work, and Lot few companies, equip
ped in heavy marching order. have
made long runs across country ia much
less time than the same distance couId
have been covered on horseback. Iu-
ventor b. d. Stevens of Boston has Civ
en- the wheel even a more warlika aa-
pect. He has invented a sort of gatling
gun attachment for a bicycle which is
designed to transform the inomensire,
silent steed into a machine gum. The
entire equipment is simple and docs
not add five pounds to the weight Of the
wheel. A metal Jacket the shape Of b
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
SENT BOTH 10 JAIL.

Judge Foster Sentences Two Atchison
strikers for Assaulting a switohman.
At an adjourned session Of the United
States circuit court this morning at 10
o'clock, two AtchisOn men, J. W. Kurth,
a Missouri Pacific empIoye, and Patrick
Sullivan, an employe Of John SeatOn's
foundry, were arraigned before Judge
Foster charged with contempt Of court
The contempt with which they were
charged u IS in assaulting H E Fergu-
son, switchman IN the Santa Fe yards
at Atchison who was an emplOye of The
receivers Of the Santa Fe. Kurth
and Sullivan not only assaulted
Ferguson, but they inundated
him b. calling him -scab
and using other language which was Of
fensive. This all happened on July ,.
When the men we're taken before Judge
Foster this morning they had no counsel
They told Judge Foster their side Of the
story and said they did not know the
Santa Fe was in the hands Of receivers,
and did not know they were disobeying
the orders of the court
Judge Foster said their ignorance was
not sufficient excuse, and the receivers
must be protected IN the performance of
their duties in operating the road He
then sentenced each Of them To serve
thirty days IL the Shawnee county Jail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12

He has thus won the right to be called
the great American traveller When Air.
Vincent left Yale about a quarter of
century ago, he found himself possessed
of a large fortune and a great ambition
to hobnob with the strange peoples of
the earth He believed that q man
should thoroughly know his own coun-
try before he began on the others and
accordingly he made a two years tour
of the Uni.ed States visiting the CAPT
tai of every state
Then he descended upon South Amer
lea, mastered the countries and their
customs from Venezuela to Terro del
Fuego and wrote a book desert bling the
interesting things he saw. Europe was
bis next geographical feast and for des-
sert he took in nearly all of Asia.
When he had scaled the great wall OF
China, he made thousand mile excur-
siOns through different parts of the
great empire. From China be travelled
to India, and from India to Australia
Three years ago Mr.. Vincent planned g
65, 900 mile trip as nonchalantly as most
men would plan visit TO a neiRhboring
city. It included a jaunt through CEN
tral Asia, the thorough exploration of
the island of Madagascar, which ifs as
large as France, and a trip. entirely
around the great continent of Africa.
In the course OF his African trip be FREE
quently left the coast line he was fol-
lowing and made long journeys 10 tlo
interior He followed Stanley's trail
up the Congo, visited Lake Hnugwoole.
where Livingstone died, inspected the
gold mines of the Transvaal and tho
diamond fields Of Kimberley looked over
Dahomey the land Of the warlike ama-
IONS, visited Liberia and spent seven
months in the Congo Free State
He says German Africa is "a hopeless
country. The natives are savage canui-
balls, and boatload Of captves en route
to the cannibalistic market is "a common
sight on the Congo Mr.. Vincent is IS
feet inches tall and lis So conhdegt ~
his ability to look out for himself that
he always travels unaccompanied by
other white men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
BIGGEST AND BEST SHOW.
Sells Bros Great Tires Ring Circus
and Mammoth HEanage-Ie.


VIII exhibit in Topeka, Saturday, July
18th Coming in all its entirety like a
mighty avalanche sweeping everything
before it. As the price Of admission has
been reduced from so to 70 cents, now
every body can 60 to the largest, oldest,
richest and best tented exhibition on
earth, Sells Brothers. enormous united
shows. Three big circuses IN three sep
arate rings, ffty-cage menagerie, huge
elevated stages, gladiatorial combats,
royal Roman hippodrome gala-day
sports, Australian avlary, African aqua
rum, Arabian caravan. spectacular pa
geants and trans-Pacifc wild beast ex-
'hlbit, matchless in the mighty majesty
of its magnihcence. All other shows pos
itively outclassed The great show of
the world. After Witnessing the sublime
and overwhelming deluge Of delights the
public will be satisfied. because there is
absolutely nothing else left in the realm
Of anausements that possesses any merit
whatever. Remember day and date, last
but not least the PRICES cents for ev-
erybOdy. Magnificent aud bewildering
street parade at 10 a. m. on the day of
the exhibition. Special excursion rates
on all lines Of travel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
ENGLISH NOT AFRAID
To Invest Their CapitsI-DetrOft's Stree
Railway Purchased.

ORANGE, n. J., July 12.-Contractor
Thomas Nevins has purchased the street.
car lines in Detroit, Mich. The contract
was signed last week. Mr.. Nevins had
the option which expired on July 9.
English capitalists were anxious to Sc
cure the road. and induced the mayor of
Detroit to delay granting the franchise
beyond the time named, in the hope of
defeating Mr.. Nevins Nevins went to
Detroit last week and closed the deal.
He will pay for the lines, which comprise
eighty miles of track, thirty miles Of
which are already equipped with the
trolley system, s., 250,0OJ; $4,000 600 in
cash and the balance in bonds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
RAILROAD NOTES.
News Items Interesting TO Railroad.
aud che Public

r. B. Price Of the Kansas Manufac-
turer's Dispatch of Hutchinson visited
the Santa Fe Offices today.
The Santa Fe loaded 227 cars of live
stock in Kansas yesterday This is the
biggest live stock business done in sew
eral weeks. 1t is all bound for eastern
markets.
f J. Cartlidge, his wife and son Harry,
Alfred u. Frost and David Gossett re-
turned last evening from d visit to New
Mexico. They say that while that cOun-
try IS dry usually there have been several
good rains lately in the Sesilla Valley
near Las Cruces, and peaches, grapes
and all kinds Of fruit are looking fine.
Yesterday for the first time Since the
beginning Of the strike the Rock Island
began taking live stock into Chicago.
They took l6S cars of stock out of Kan
sas City for their eastern connections.
In correcting "A wrong impression as to
meaning Of the word t.scab" "A Santa Fe
engineer said Yesterday: IF an engi-
geer belonging 10 the American Railway
union leaves his engine. and !, belong
ing to another organ ization. obey an
order TO take his place, / am not sscab-
bing' till am ordered out by the head of
my own order. This fact not being IN
derstood by a great many people. causes
great injustice frequently TO be done
Santa Fe Engineer Ell Whitcomb Is
laying OH and visiting for a couple Of
weeks In St Joseph.
Since the closing Of the shops the
Santa Fe dlspensary is working on short
time, The Office hours are now from
1880 a. N. to II N and from $3.50 to
DR.. J. c. ,Eggleston OF the Santa Fe
dispensary il in Kansas City for day or
60 He viii return tomorrow and will
leave for the mountains to visit month
Ed Lane, who was employee of the
Santa Re shop until the late unpleasant
ness, is now working for the company at
EmpOria a switchman.
The railroad u. NJ. G. A rooms on
East Fourth street have recently been
fitted up with electric lights.
Since the shops closed there are now
no noon bible class meetings at the rail
road \. IL c. A., and there have not
been any of the Sunday afternoon meet
ings- The latter will probably soon be
started again
Some twelve or fifteen Of the men laid
OF at the Santa Fe round house in the
machine department have been taken
back to work BY the company. Harry
Brooks Is among the number.
Two farm hands near Emporia are so
much Interested in the present labor
trouble that they have struck and re-
fused 70 work until the trouble is settled
The work Of feeding the strikers at
Emporia has begun in earnest A store
has been started there for the distribu-
ton Of contributions
me " lnneld railroad picnic which
was TO have taken place Saturday has
been indefinitely postponed on account of
the strike.
The A r u desires people all over
the state to look out for persons who are
asking for money in its name 1t has
recently developed that a man was at
Winfield claiming to be the authorized
solicitor and worked the town for con
siderable money
The Daily STATE JOURNAL prints all
She neWh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
FOR "A GRAND JURY.
The Anti-Lquor Crusaders Meet
and Act
REQUEST FOa 4 GRAND JURY
To he Made 10 Judge Hazen-1f the
JO1ntIsts DOn't Get Out OF TsWn
They VIII be Put 1n jail.

JofntIsts DOn't Get Out OF Tewn
They VIII be Put IN jail.
The joints. clubs and drugstores of
Topeka, which are selling liquor contrary
to law, will receive the attention Of
the temperance crusade executive com
mittee.
This committee met last evening at the
council chamber and completed its or
ganization and arranged its plan Of can :
paign against the liquor law vioiaters-
5 b. Bradford, chairman of the com :
mittee, presided, and large numbe Of
the members were present H. e. Bow
man was elected secretary OF the COM
mittee.
NJ I. Campbell, considered the advis-
ability of petitioning Judge Hazen for
the calling of grand jury to meet at
the September term Of the district court
The committee will, ia the near future.
circulate a petition asking that a grand
Rev Charles NJ. Sheldon said he
thought there was something radically
wrong with the court machinery IN
regard to appeal cases from the
police court to the district
court He. said he had examin-
that since the first of January thirty cases
had been appealed aud that p Of the
thirty had afterwards been dismissed on
motion of the city attorney.
Mr. Sheldon said he thought there
were two many dismissals especially
when most of the defendants in the cases
dismissed had been convicted in the
police court BY overwhelming evidence
Mr.. TiLotson the city attorney was not
there to defeHd himself.
A. X. Rodgers said the committee
ought 70 make a red hot crusade and if
the jointists and club men PACK up their
st and get out of town 50 much the
better; they won't have to be arrested,
but il they stay. 60 after them with the
law and put them in Jail
On the motion of Mr.. Rodgers a com
mittee Of five was appointed on evidence
and prosecution. This committee was
named as follows: 5. b. Bradford, chair
man; w. #. Campbell. II. H. Fowler,
Rev. G.. M. Sheldon and Mrs l. f.
Thorpe.
A committee on finance was appointed
as follows: E. F. Hilton, Samuel 7. Howe,
II. G. Bowman, A. B. Jetmore and Mrs.
NJ. E. Perine.
Another committees was appointed to
visit the police commissioners and the
county officials nd see what they would
do about enforcing the law.
1t was suggested that it would be a
good idea to secure q petition signed by
800 or 1000 voters pledged to not vote
for any man who would not pledge him
self openly to a vigorous enforcement of
al laws, and especially the prohibitory
law This scheme is being worked in
wichita and il said to be a success in
otfsetting the influence Of the clubmen
and joinrisrs.
The committee will meet again next
"Wednesday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12

BICYCLE WITH AUTOMATIC FIRING REVOLVER.
large pistol is attached to the front of
the wheel, and when a scout or slir-
misher goes forth with warlize intent
he can slip the pistol into his jacket
connect it with the front wheel by a se-
ries of rods and in fcw moments find
himself ready to give an enemy Il very
warm reception. The pistol carries sis
cartridg es and eight more may be fed
into it automatically from the magazine
above.
The soldier wheelman thus has IA
shots at his disposal, and, what Is more
important the apparatus is So arranged
that by pressing a lever on the handle
bar the revolver is fired automatically
by the revolving of the front wheel of
the bicycle. If the rider continues Co
press the lever, the entire shots may
lie fired, but by releasing st at q given
thine he may fire only as many as he dee
81 res. Another peculiarly of the attach
m emit is the fact that the pistol has an
arr Of fire as great as the distance the
haa idle bars Will turn to right or left
# [ he scout is brought to bay and fore
ed . dismount, he may either stand be-
side his wheel and fire the pistol hy
hand or attach the weapon to q light
shoulder piece carried on the wheel and
use lit as if it were a rife. General
Miles has seen the apparatus and speaks
very hi ghly of It, The inventor 81 81
years of age His best known work thus
far Is the Stevens dynamite SHE'LL winch
the government has succeaEfully tested
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12

Ella and Will Lynch Arrested for
Heartless Act

Ella Lynch and VIII Lynch were in
the police court today on the charge of
beating their mother. They live on East
Tenth street several blocks beyond the
creek, in the neighb0rhood where B. +.
McLain, the child murderer resided.
Ella and VIII are % and p years old
respectively.
Mrs Lynch appeared at the police
headquarters yesterday afternoon and
had the warrants issued She was
bruised about the face and said she had
bruises on her body. She complained
that Ella Lynch, besides helping her
brother beat her, had broken nearly all
the dishes in the house. The trouble
was the result of a family quarrel The
cases were continued until tomorrow.
Ella Lynch is SO enraged because of
her confinement in Jail that she has
given way 10 a great demonstration of
grief She sobs and means in a loud
tone Of voice
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
LEwELLING TO SPEAK
At Twenty-one Places In Kansas In the
Month OF August.

Chairman Breidenthal of the Populist
state central cammittee, today announced
a list Of the meetings to be addressed
during the month Of August by Governor
Lewelling. The appointments are as fol
lows:
Aug. I'd; Ulysses, Grant county, Aug. Sd;
Garden City, Aug. 4th, 2:3O p. N; Dodge
City, Aug. 4th, 8 p. m; Pratt, Aug. 9th;
Greensburg, Aug It'll; st John, Aug.
Sth; kinsley, Aug. 9th; Larned, Aug. 10th;
Mcpherson, Aug. 14th; Lyons, Aug 18th;
Lacrosse, Aug. 10Th; Ness City, Aug.
18th; Dighton, Aug. 18th; Leoti, Aug.
Goth; Sharon Springs. Aug 21st; Oakley,
Aug. 22d; WaKeeney, Aug. 25d; Hays
City, Aug. Gath; Russell, Aug. 18th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
NAY NOT PAY THIS WEEK.


Treasurer Edward Wilder could give
no definite Information today in regard
to Santa Fe pay day.
He said: Il had expected to have been
able to pay one day this week, but there
are only two more days left and the de-
mands have been very heavy.
1T viii take $4,000 to pay here and it
will only be a few days more until we
can pay. ! can not fix the day definitely
yet, but if we don't pay this week we
will the first Of next week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
MAJ. MORRILL, AND THE STRIKE
Thinks There should Have Been More
Cancellation.

Major E. \. Morrill, was in Topeka a
few hours yesterday afternoon on his
way to Buriingame where ne and James
a. Troutman are making speeches today
at the Usage county Republican conven-
ton. Major Morrill, said he had had no
opportunity to think about anything but
the strike for two weeks and that the
more he thought about it the more GER
tain his conclusions are that all this
trouble might have been avoided by
little Cancellation. What the outcome
would be he would not predict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
ROACH DIFFERENTIATION.
Results of the Best Article Ever Invontsd
Made a Clean sweep OF Them


CINCINNATI, O., July 12-Cockroaches
have caused numbers of houses in the
business portions of Cincinnati to remain
unoccupied on account Of their being in
tested with reaches. The owners of
these buildings have at last succeeded in
entirely Kidding the premises Of these
pests by using Insectolene, which was
recommended to them by such promin-
emit concerns as the Grand hotel, st.
Nicholas hotel, Burnett house, Grand
Union depot and others.
It is reported that G. W. Stansheld,
632 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kas-, has
Insectolene on sale. This article is put
up IN small packages for household use
and five- pound and ten-pound packages
for hotels, restaurants, bakeries, etc.
The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
celIaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
through any other paper This j. fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-12
KELLY AND THE POPULIsrs-
He Has Promised support S. NJ. Scott 1t
IL Said.

A story was IL circulation at the Sec
ond district convention at Lawrence that
ex-State Senator II. B. Kelly, who only
recently retired from the state board Of
charities is to make a political change.
According 10 the story Mr.. Kelly will
in a few days write a letter for publica-
ton. in which he will give il as his
opinion that these times are leading to
revolution and that the only salvation of
the nation is in a political change
throughout the country, and that from
this time forward he Will vote the Popu-
list ticket.
A JOURNAL reporter was informed by
a member Of the Populist state central
committee that Mr.. Kelly said before the
Populist congressional convention in this
district was held, that if S. M. Scott was
nominated for congress he would support
him and he also said he would stump the
district for Mr. Scott.
Mr.. Kelly when asked about the story
denied that he had any idea of leaving
the Republican party.
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Stringent efforts are being made 90
reforest Switzerland More than 4o.-
600. ooO Young trees, it is officially re-
ported. have been planted ia that coen-
try Ia the last seven Years
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from 81 90 600
rnile trip, has
been making tho
acquaintance of
different parts of
the earth for 15
years, durin e
which he has COW
cred altogether
about $50 600
miles, a distance
to-
about IA journeys
around the world
Of H1rn 9mnaHl.H.