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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

The Pooling BnI and Election of sena
tors BY Direct Vote Discussed


The Pooling Bnl and Election OF sena-
tors BY Direct Vote Discussed
WASHINGTON, Dec THE senate
had a brief session yesterday and
then adjourned over until Monday.
Mr. Vest had intended to urge action
on his plan to secure cloture in the
senate, but there was no disposition
among the senators to settle the
question at once, and Mr. Vest re-
luctantly let the subject 60 over
Mr. Turpie took the floor to present
q carefully prepared report on the
resolution for the election of United
States senators by direct vote Of the
people.
Mr.. Ransom gave notice that the
memorial services for the late Sena tor
Vance would be held on January II
next
"A bill was passed for the ma tional
dedication Of the Chickamauga and
Chattanooga national parks on Sep
TENDER 10 and 20, 1898. under the d.
rection Of the secretary Of war, and
then, at 1850 .. m. the senate went
into executive session and at 1s55 ad-
jOurned until Monday.
The entire time Of the house was
occupied in the discussion of the rail
road pooling bill to which there ap-
pears to be a great deal of opposition
No action, however, was taken on the
bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec THE claims of
4 number Of attorneys for eompensa-
ton for services in the settlements
of the claims of the old settler Cher
okee indians against the United
States were given hearing before
Secretary Smith and Assistant AttOr-
ney Hall yesterday. AS a result Of
the prosecution of their claims the
Indians received $500, $50, while the
attorneys fees claims aggregate
over $15S, OOO- The matter grew out
Of the removal Of the Indians from
North Carolina to the Indian terri tory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

GUTHRIE, Ok. Dec. THE Usage
Indians have made partial agree
ment with the government com
mission to take their lands
in severalty. Chief Big Heart has
decided to submit the proposition to
give each member Of the tribe $50
acres to a vote of his people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

WAsHINeroN, Dec THE mem
bers Of the Dockery commission.
created at the last session of con
gress, who have for some time past
been conducting an Investigation into
the workings of the general land
Office for the purpose Of instituting
reforms in that branch of the govern
ment service. if necessary, have com
pleted their work. but are not We t
ready to make public their recon-
mendatiOns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

CITY OF MEXICO. Dee. THE me m
bers Of the Quere tarO legislature
have voted to subscribe their pay to a
war fund in case of tronble with
Guatemala. General Leonardo Mar
quez of Maximilian's army, now in
Cuba, Gneral Pablo Rocha of Guyato
huahua are ready to serve. The last
named has been ordered to report at
the City of Mexico
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

ST.. PAUL. Mimi, Dec THE anti
Washburn and Great Northern rail-
way interests are working to combine
on Governor Nelson for United States
senator against Washburn. the pres
ent incum bent. If the deal is made
the fight will be an exceedingly close
one for the winner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

MARCELINE, Mo, Dec. 7.-Burglars
entered TIE Bank Of Marceline last
night, drilled the door Of the vault
and wrecked the safe with nitro-gly-
cerine. From some cause they failed
to take any of the money in the safe,
as but 81. 81 was missing The loss to
the bank is fully covered by insur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

WASHINGTON, Dec - Notwith-
standing the overwhelming RePu bill
can character of the next congress,
and the fact that breaks were made
in the solid South, there viii be no
colored member.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

WAsHINGTON, Dec THE apprOpri-
ations committee of the house has
completed the bill making appropria-
tions for the payment Of pensions
ries an appropriation of S14I, ss1, $40,
assagainst estimates of SI41, 551, $40,
and an appropriation for the current
year Of $751;. 5s1. $40 The only reduc-
ton from the estimate was Of 5000,
600 on account Of fees for examining
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

tive Livingston of Georgia, from the
committee on appropriations, has re-
ported to the house the bill making
appropriations for fOrtifca tions and
other works of defense for the fiscal
year 1898 and 1896 The estimate on
which the bill is based aggregated
81, 357,7O3, Of which sum there IS
recommended in the bill s1-s79, O57,
being IS. AIS. 646 less than the esti-
mates and e547. $40 less than what
was appropriated by the last fOrtih-
cations act
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

clerks at 81, 400; eight clerks at 81, zoos
even clerks at 81, 600; one messenger
It 1920; salaries and expenses of 3O3
additional deputy collectors, S2l1,-
800; salaries ana expenses Of ten adj
1itional revenue agents, 81, 500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

MoBERLY. No. Dec. 7-Moberly
Central High school building was
completely destroyed BY fire last
night The building was a three
story brick and cost S25. 600; insur-
ance SO 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-07

VAsHINeroN. D. c.. Dec THE
estimate for the collection of the in
come tax until July 1. 1895. aggre-
gates S245, 095. and includes provisions
for one statistician, s.. 500; an addi-
tional head Of division, s., 500; six
The sun., 1894-03-22
Warm March Day,

ST Paul, March 19.-The thermometer
at the weather bureau Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock registered IS degrees
in the shade, WHICH was the maximum
Pont reached This is the highest tenn
perature ever experienced in Minnesota
in March since the est; blishment of the
weather. bureau in this part of the coun-
try and since any official record has been
kept of the weather. In fact, old Sol
outdid himself by creating a temperature
b5s' bg3s5 ~ 4bs afdS hs IT e P nny sESr
registered In March before was in 1879
on the 9th, when the mercury stood at
GS degrees. The next highest point
reached was GA degrees in March, 1874,
on tn, Odd and 26th. Last year IN St.
p tricks day the thermometer WIS only
80 degrees above zero md the sno was
still en- the ground.
The sun., 1894-03-22
Foreign Gossip.

Da CANA, the Brazilian .nSurGpnt,
notifies President Peixota that he will
surrender if guaranteed protection.
The report that the crew of the yacht
Natalie was shot by Hatien soldiers is
untrue.
English troops have taken possession
of BluetieldS. Nicaragua The native
troops have withdrawn. Collisions
have occurred.
Premier SenOr Sagasta has completed
the reconstruction Of the Spanish cabi-
net. The ministers of war. Justice,
foreign affairs and marine are not
changed. but Senior Salvador takes the
place of Senior German Gamazo, .e-
signed. as minister of finance
Chancellor Won CaDrivi submitted 10
the bundesrath proposal for the coin
age of 11.OQO,OOO marks In fivr-marlz
pieces; 7.OOO,OOO marks in two-mark
pieces, and 4,OOO,UO in one-mark
pieces. The proposition was made as
result Of the increased demand for
snch coins, and from the fact that the
silver coinage has fallen 22,OOO,OUO
marks below the authorized limit
The joint action for Slandcr of Fl
nance Minister MIGUEL and ChancellOr
Won Caprivi against writer Plack. Book
seller Dcwald and a public speaker of
the name of Schweinhagen began. The
first two issued Il book entitled: "Phlr-
isees and HypOcrit ss," in which We're
produced the charges of Rector AL
wardt, Schweinhagen vllftied the min
listers in speeches ut various meetings.
He declared that Herr MIGUEL had been
guilty of a criminal transaction in
connection with the Roumanian loan
The prisoners upheld their assertions.
The sun., 1894-03-22
KILLED BY A WOMAN,
AN ATROCIOUS CRIME UNEARTHED
ny LONDON POLICE.
An Abandoned Woman Entices AN
Old Man Into Her Room and After
killing Him Places His MutiInted
Body In 81 Trunk

London, March 19.-This city has for
a comparatively long time been exempt
from murder, but to-day u sensation was
caused by the discovery of IL crime that
in its details somewhat resembles the
notorious Gouffe murder that occurred
some time ago in Paris. The scene of
this latest horror was in Grafton street,
in the Soho district. which is infested
with foreigners of the lowest class. 1t
was in the im,ncGiatr vicinity of thu
housa in which the mutle" was CON
inittel that the police recently raidad the
;narchists clubs. An Austrian woman
named Marie Hermann who is we'll
known to the police as night prowleT'
recently rented a sm:l! room III 1ouse
On Grafton street. On Thursday night
!; st shc in company with an elderly man
was seer to enter the room. Subsequent
" loud qnarrelling wa:' he; rd in the roosa
by othel tenants III the hodse, bat as
worLy wars were of frcqt cnt occurrence,
no attention was plId to this. A woman
named Hutchins, who lodged with the
Hermann woman on Friday found blood
stains on n sink, and spoke to the Her
mann woman about them. The late:
passed the matter off lightly, but on
Sdtufudy Sne cuduSeu HeI louSlh5S, tan
ing better apartments i'll Marylcbone
street. She took with her heavy trunk
wnich she asked should be carefully
handled. The police were notified and
officers were sent to the house Oh Mary
lebone street where the Hermann w0-
man had taken up her rcsid erce and
search made If the apartments occupied
by her. The trunk which the woman
l. II IL So,
room. The police forced, it open anil
found in it the body of the missing man.
His head had bcel battered. evidently
with some blunt instrument. The body
presented frightfui appearance, and tie
clothing in which it was attired was
drenched with blood The Hermann
woman was at 'nce taken into" custody
on a charge of wilful murder. The body
has been recognized as that of well-to-
do ex-job master namal Stevens Hs
was seventy-six years ID.
The sun., 1894-03-22
HIS NARROW ESCAPE.
Thrilling Experiance of a Carpenter
i'm Chicago.

Chicago, March 19.-People in the vi
tinity of new grain elevator i'll process
Of erection at South Chicago We're hor-
rifed to see Joseph Coates, a carrt nter,
slip on the roof and slide rapidly to the
edge. AS h. was going over the edge
Coates gral bed a wall plate with his
right hand and hung to it, his hO,ly being
81 spended at height of 100 feet, Coates
eight fellow wOrkmcn were paraiyZnQ
with fright, and Two of them tainted.
Others soon recovered their senses and
set about t. rescue the mGn. All THIS
time Coates was crying out to those in
sound IF his voice to save him. IN the
course of q few seconds the horror
stricken watchers on the bridge below
saw a man appear at q window, and be-
Find him were several other men. The
first conner leaned far out until it seemed
as if he would tumble headlong from tho
hole, but strong hands and stout rope
about his body held him securely while
he reached out and grasped the man
f$r girg from the wall plate and sue
ceeded in getting him to the window
ledge. Then with an almost superhunfan
effort botl men were dragged through the
window by the rescuers inside. The res.
cred man, when he found himself saved
fell over III a dead faint, and the res
cuer, William Jones, another carpenter,
collapsed completely. Coates, when be
was finally revived was in such. nerv-
Gus condition that he had to be assisted
home by two Of his fellow workmen.
The sun., 1894-03-22
END CAME SUDDENLY.
Mrs. John w. Noble, Wife of the Ex-
Secretary, Ia Dead.

Washington, March 10 Mrs. John w.
Noble, wife of ex-Presidcnt Ilarrison's
secretary of the ihteri"r, died suddenly at
her home in this city yesterday. The end
of life came to her while standing in her
Il ming room chatting with female friends
and waiting for Gen. Noble, who hud
STEPPED from the room to call n carriage
for Il drive. She complained suddenly of
dizziness, her maid caught her as she
was falling and before she could be
taken TO a couch she was dead. The
cause of death was organic heart dis
ease, regarding which she had been
V, rned by eminent ply sicians, and of
which disease both ber parents died. Mrs.
Noble was Miss Elizabeth Halstaad, and
daughter of Rev. DR.. Halstead of North
ampt0n, Mass. She was ffty-six years
of age, having been born in June, 1887.
She was one of six children, all the rest
being still alive. She met Gen. Noble
while on a visit to kcCkuk, Iowa, where
he, then a soldier, was stationed, early
in the late war. They were married Feb.
q. 1864, and during the remaining days
of the contest She was at the front with
her husband, icing service arOdnd Chat
tanoOga and Memphis. After rhe war
she came to st. Louis with Gen. Noble,
and here they have since lived, except
during her husbands term as secretary
of the interior. She loa. IS no children,
two born to her ha ting died early. Mrs.
Noble has been a leader during her life
in this city in charitable work and move
LentS for the advanC ement # her sex.
The sun., 1894-03-22

Denver, March 10, The handsome
anion depot at the foot of Seventeenth
street, covering two blocks from Six.
teenth street to Eighteenth street, was
burned in tle early hours yesterday morn
ing. The Are started in the attic of the
west wing from the electric light wires,
and at the very moment when it seemed
as if the blaze would be confined to that
wing flames burst Iut at the tower ut the
center of the main structure. Only the
east wing and the stone walls are left.
Nearly all the haggage was saved, but
hrportant papers anl records were lost.
the building was owned by the Union
Depot company, fOur-ffths of the stock
in which is owned by tie Union Pacific
Rs ilroad corapal and one-ffth BY the
Denver & Rio Graule. The loss is esti-
mated at 1925, 900, insured for $1o5 900
The sun., 1894-03-22
Tho Industries,

Washington, Special.-The census
bulletin on manufactures in the United
States was made public to-day. The
statistics are given for all classes of
mechanical and manufa curing industries.
E'he total number Of manufacturing "s-
fal,iishments In tho United States Is re-
ported as 305, ,4O1 against 253, $50 n
1880. The summary of totals gives the
following figures for 1890: Capital, &c.
12l,4T5,3O5: miscellaneous expenses,
$3.50, ,O5S; aggregate of the average
number of etupIoyments. 4,771,S12;
wages, So, 2,2S2, ,S23, ,265; cost of materials
used, $5, 1853; value Of products,
S0,37O,107, ,p24. Ihe number Of cStab
lishiheht Is and aggregate capital invested
ia Northwestern states is as follows.
Iowa, 7,440, S77,513,O97; Minnesota,
1906. 1927, ,GS6,61S; Montana, $50, 81,
293794; North Dakota, 3S53, ss22,s.A,hs:}i
South Dakota, 409, s3'2O7, ,7OGI Wiscon
sin, 10,417, $240,515, ,4O4.
The sun., 1894-03-22
eide by turning on the gas in his room

eide by turning on the gas in his room
and viii probably die.
Unemployed worklngmen who have
been SubS!Sting ON the charity of SIN
Antonio. Texas captured Southern PA
citic freight train and left for Callfor-
mia.
Randall Smith agent for the Ham
mOnd Publishing Company of Chicago,
was fined $50 at CarrolltOn. H., for i'm
perSonatlng an officer while collecting
for ALIASES.
Ernst Woyt committed suicide with
poison in his upholStering establishment
at Kansas CITY Mo. He left note
| to his wife and daughter, saying deS-
pt ration had driven him to the act.
John Rodgers, farmer who is al
legged to have robbed neighbor's resi-
tlence, was shot dead by members OF
the Mulberry Detective AssOcia ton
near Frankfort. Ind. The assaSSinS
| form an amateur drtective association
Henry Harding of TunEhannock. Pa,
Il prominent and wealthy lawyer. left
| two weeks ago for Il Grand Army IN
campment at Philadelphia, and has not
been heard from since. No reason for
his disappearance is known and foul
| play Is feared.
The sun., 1894-03-22
Pro4itahI Grain palace

aberdeen, S. D., March 19--The prcsi-
dent and secretary of the interstate grain
palace made a statement to the stock
Folders to-day of the financial condition
Of the corporation at this time. In addi-
ton to the building free FROM debt, the
association has $277.54 on hand, after all
debts are paid. The building. which has
been used for a number Of ltrge gather
ings this winter, makes the largest and
nest convenient assembly room i'll the
state, and will be the most commodioIs
room for political gatherings for years TO
re. The palace will again be used
next fall for the purpose for which it was
built, the exposition of the products of
North and South Dakota. Already many
in rovements are contemplated.
The sun., 1894-03-22
Permitted to Drown.

San Francisco, March 19.-AIrs. MoIlic
tLartin, wife of saloonkeeprr, her
daughter Ora, aged six, and Miss Nellie
Mccarthy, who lived with the Martins,
were drowned in the bay by the cIpsiz-
ing of ytcht They We're out on q
pleasure trip with Peter Thornburg, q
Swedish sailor. The latte glve the
tiiler to Mrs. Martil while he adjusted
the sails. She was inexperienced, threw
the boat too close to the wind and it
turned over. All managed to hold on 70
the overturned boat which drifted with
the ebb of the tide past the British ship
M,ry Down. Thorl burg claims their
cries for assistance were heard but the
officers refused to lower a boat, throwing
out n life buoy instead. The women, ex-
hausted, finally loosened their holds and
81 nix. Thornburg was rescued after be.
ing two hours in the water.
The sun., 1894-03-22
Personal Mention.

Patrick Ford, aged 81 years. of Rock
ford. Ill, dropped dead ut lis home
W. W Raymond. an Old missionary,
died ut Skipanon. Or. HgA Ad - yeup:S,
Richard Croker. the Tamlnany chief
tain. Will buy Il ranch in Texas.
Ludwig August Irnnkl. the Bohemi-
an poet. died in Vienna, VIII ere he had
lived for many years. He vas 81 years
old
Judge Horatio NJ Vandeveer died at
TaylorSvfllr. Ill He had filled many
public offices and WIS "eDortel mill
iOnaire.
Harriet W. Potter of st. Joseph,
Mich. will soon wed Hawaiian Minis
ter ThuISton, whom she first MT at the
worlds fair
Mr.. Gladstone has SO far recovered
his health rs to have been able to leave
his house yesterday. He spent the aft
rrnoOn i'll his library.
The three daughters Of Joseph ScheEk
Of Sanhorn. y. Y. became suddenly i'll
sane. They are eighteen. twenty and
twcnty-zeYcn years old. respectively,
The Hancock monument commission
has adopted the design of Henry J.
Fnicott of Washington for an eQues-
trian statue Of Gen w. s. Hancock in
bronze.
The. president has approved the joint
resolution authorizing Gen. .. Q. How
ard to accept the decoration of the
Legion Of Honor from the president of
the French republic.
James Theobald. Conservative mem
ber of parliament for the South OF
RonfOrd division of Essex. Eng, died
;,s the result of injuries sustained while
boarding 4 moving train.
The sun., 1894-03-22
The cn.nn1tr Record.

W. Evans. Il farmer living near Grin
nell. Iowa. fell from his wagon and
broke his neck.
John Peters and Rudolph Junkins
were killed at Etna Mills Cal. by a
snow3lidr
George Endriss a wealthy ,stOcllman
of Galena, ILL.,, was thrown from Als
carriage and Instantly killed.
(iIgnet, an oil town in Ohio. was Wis
tied by flames. and block Of business
houses was completely destroyed
Officers OF the Lansing Lumber Com
pany place their loss by the fire at
Dodge. Mich. at S170OO0.
Tobias BoSsprt. an Old fhaa was
thrown from his buggy at Omaha aH6
killed. He had been drinking
At AtchisOn, Has. the Missouri Riv-
cr IS cutting ii new channel, endanger-
ing property valued at Sl,5OO.OoO
Joseph Brunk was dangerously in
jured by being caught in the machine
cry Of his flour mill at kewanna, Ind.
At FlWOOd. Ind. Il :&yPar old daugh-
ter of Dr. Coke had both legg cut off by
an electric car She cannot recoveF.
The 2-ypar old son of f. E. Shepherd,
of Columbus. Ohio ate concentrated
lye and will probably die from the eff
fects
Antoine Turk. an Austrian about 35
years old, blew out the gas in the st.
Nicholas Hotel in Joliet, ILL.,, and was
asphyXiated.
Isaac Brown. of RocktOn, Ill, while
lying in jail intoxicated set fire to his
mattress, but was rescued before being
burned. though nearly suffOcated.
The 1G-ycar odd daughter Of Capt. w.
J. Swain, cX-state comptroller of Texas
perished in fire which destroyed his
house at Henrietta. Texas. Capt. Swain
was also severely burned.
The sun., 1894-03-22
THE POLLARD CASE.
Col. Breckenridge Will Testify in
His own Behalf.

His own Behalf.
Washington, March 19.-The legal COM
plicatiOns and moral side issues of the
Breckinridge case which are gradually
coming to light as the trial progresses in
crease the public interest here in Wash
ington where the kentucky orator is best
known and make it the most sensational
scandal ever reviewed in the criminal
courts here. Curiosity is rampant among
lawyers as to the line of defense which
the array of five able lawyers retained by
the congressman have marked out for
him. For time after the revelation of
the secret ms rriage of Col. Breckenridge
to Mrs. Wing in New York on April 20
was made public, it was the general
opinion that this circumstance would
form the basis of the defense, but to-day
the attorneys for Mr.. Breckenridge have
intimated to the contrary. Even had they
not said so it is a fact that all the prom
ises of marriage alleged by Miss Pollard
ta haze been madA to her, except the
staten entc in thA pres ence of Mai.
Moore, were before the date of the cl an.
dc stine marriage. Moreover, it seams 10
be established ly a preponderance Of the
authorities that the promise tc marry
IL Gde by a married man, furnishe; ground
fer breach of promise action in case it
is accepted in good faith by tie other
pf frty, who is ignorant of his legal dis
ability to fulfill the ct ntract The n4ys-
terry of the defense will be solved in Il
few days, however, for it is the present
intention to place Col. Br4ckinr. !ge on
The witness stand l3 the first witness iu
his own behalf.
The sun., 1894-03-22
DA CANA ESCAPES.
The Brazilian Insurgent and His
Officers Now Safe mt Sea.

Copy right, 1894, by Associated Pressl.
Rio Janeiro, March 19.-Judging from
the course of events here it Is thought by
if4paFtial observers that-tha- Psrtugusse
government does not intend to honor the
request mode upon it for the surrender
OF Admiral Da Cana. Da Cana took
refuge on the Portuguese corvette Min
dtllo when the instruction collapsed.
Fre sident Peixoto demanded that the Qd-
miral and the officers with him be de-
livered into his hands The Portuguese
minister declined to order the Portuguese
con mander to surrender the fugitive, and
yesterday afternoon the Mindello and the
Albuquerque, another Portuguese war
shi having on board Admiral Da Cana
and seventy of his officers, put to sea. 1t
had been thought in sCme quarters that
if the vessels attempted to leave the bay
with the fugitives on board, trouble
would ensue. There was not, however,,
the slightest opposition made to their de-
parturc, and as a matter Qf fact, trouble
from tEis source was never probable
The destination of the warships is un-
krOwn. 1t Is conjectuled that they will
go south to MontevideO and land the
insurgent officers there. If they are
landed at Montevideo they can easily, if
they are so disposed, join the insurgents
i'll Sac Paulo and Rio GrsAde do Spi,.
who are still in armed oppositieh to the
gOyErAInRnt.
The sun., 1894-03-22
AssignIlcnts uf guStices.

Washington, Special, The death Of
AFGtiGa Biatchford ard the app ointment
OF his successor flom another circuit
leaves the Second circuit comprising New
York, Vermont and Connecticut, without
presiding judge. In view of the fact
that Judge Field was originally from that
section, il is reported that he will be an,
pointed to that position, i is not known
Wle'heE ho would ac:4pt or not. In case
he Is assigned to the New York district,
either Justice Harlan or Brown will BIZ
assigned to the Ninth district, comprising
California Oregon, Washington and Mon
tana.