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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-20
RAILROADERS CONFER |
Representatives Of the Brother
hoods Hold "a Consultation.
Men Who Deserted BrOtherhOods
Want to Come Back.
MUST MAKE A PROMISE
Will be Reinstated if They
Won't Do SO Again.

CHICAGO. Aug. 20. - A conferences
was held here yesterday b. repre-
sentatives of the railroad brother
hoods for the discussion Of matters
affecting the old organizations as q
result Of the work OF the A. K u
during the recent strike Among
those present were: Grand Chief f.
p. Sargent and T. w. Arnold Of the
Locomotive Firemen, Grand Chief 3
C. WILKINSON. Messf's. Morrisey and
Terrell OF the brotherhood of
Trainmen and T. " Powell, grand
eli ef of the Order OF Ra ilway Teleg-
rHphers. An agreement was re iched
60 endeavor TO secure the relnstate-
ment Of the members of the orders
who Joined the a. r L.. and. hav4ng
since repente Of their course, are ap-
plying for mem bership IN their Old
lodges
Mr.. Wilkinson sad after the con-
ference many of the men were out OF
positions through the strike and had
applied for readmission to the brother
hood, cOnfess.ng that they had been
swept away by the excitement at
tending the strike and TIA profuse
promises of the leaders Of the A. r
III. They now had no jobs and the A.
r. U. was ia no financial position to
give them support
The TraInmen lost several lodges
by defect Ons to the A. K T., ne
said, '.and applications are being
male for a renewal of the charters of
all Of them We agree to take the
men back and viii do all in our power
TO have the railroads lift the boycott
from them. for We are sure the Tain
men viii not again cave Their lodges
under similar circumstances
The Order Of Railway telegraph
ers, 81 Mr.. Pow I'll, was fortunate
in the detection of few of its mem
bers. We lost two 10 ires-one at
Helena and the other at RipOn. The
ot1ic ais Of the order left here last
q ght 10 effect the reorganizat ton OF
the lodge and viii make PERSONAL
appeals to The var GUS roa IS 20 re n
state their men As the brotherhood IS
stood firm aga nst the strike the
otficia s believe the secretary will 9 It
the repentant emDers back to their
plIces
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f oUR ) n1 cANN IN.

Appropriations Of the Present Congress
from Republic ~tAnslp ,int-
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 20.-Re pre- senta-
tive Oseph g. Caan5n, OF Illinois, the
senior Repu bl can tnenb r Of the
present apprO oria -ion com mites of
the HOUSE. and wlO was caairnLn Of
the appropriation con-n5tt-e during
the tiIty-hrst, or '-R ed con yresS,
has preparel statem-nt which he
viii submit to tie house sett n forth
a comparison from his standpoint of
the appro prlations for the present
AMI Flity-tirst con gr IS. 1t IS cL0-
toned, Pension Appropriations Re
duced $50, 80. 5Ol. Total Of Otner APP
propr atoms Increased
Mr. Cannon says: ''Air Cleveland,
by his estimates asked congress to
apr 0pri. te for the public service for
the coming cal year, including
permanent appropriations $500 662. :
e4O, ana congress has apprOorl-
ated for sucn service $3.50 0os,-
1863. This, in round numbers,
is $50, 900. 90 less than the president
asked for the public serv CO. A large
part Of this $50, OOJ. 900. however, VIII
be appropriated next winter by way
OF dehcienc. es-
a compar tive statement Of ap-
prOpriatsOn made at thIs congress for
the fiscal year enling June 80 next
with appropriations made at the first
ana second session OF the last con
gress (the Fifty-saconI cOngress). and
a the first and second sessions of the
Fifty first, commonly known as the
Reed congress. shows, AMI su h is
the fact, that the appropriation this
year are greater by 81, 26s, s5s
than were made by the
first session of the Fifty-frst or
Reed congress. The statement also
shows that the appropriations made
this year are SIS, o35. $50 less than
those made at the second session OF
the last, or Fifty second congress.
This reduct on is covered by the item
for pensions alone. There " s ap-
propriatel tbs year for pens ons
so. O09 5O4 less than WAS appropriated
last year
1T will be noticed therefore. that
the appropriations this year. except
ing pens On@, are greater than the a p
propriatiOns made last year S263, SD
The total appropriations for the
Fifty first. or Reed congress, two
years, 5135, All. lS3; those for the
Fifty secOnd. or last congress, two
wears Sl.O27. 1O4 SAT"
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ANXIOUS To QUIT.
Both Houses of Congress Are
Ready to Adjourn.
Action Of Cleveland On Tariff
Bill Delays Them.
THIS WEEK PERHAPS.
Republicans May Oppose Correc-
ton Of the Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2o--The final &C.
ton Of the president on the tariff bill
IS the only thing that stands between
the senate and final adjournment 1t
is the general opinion that with the
bill passed upon by the chief execu-
tive ADJOURNMENT could be arranged
within a days time The last of the
appropriation bills received final
consideration Of the senate dur
ing the past week and even with
out the passage of the Murphy
resolution there would not have been
much Proba bilIty of any general leg
islatlon, owing to the likelihood of
there being no quorum The last
roll call Saturday discovered only
fOrty-hve sena tOrs, two more than a
quorum. in the chamber, and the
highest mum Der Of the day was fifty
four. Several have left since.
The Democratic managers hope to
have the bill repeating the provision
in the tariff bill exempLing alcohol
used in the arts and in the manufAc-
ture of medic. nal passed.
There appears some likelihood of
opposition the Repu bilcan side
am. if there should be, this bill viii
niece ,sarIy go over until the next
s-ss4On. The Democratic me N bers Of
the finance committee also hope to
report the supplemental tariff bills
during the Week. out 90 not SA pGcb
action on them
Probably no considerable time will
be spent in executive session in con-
hrmIng Nominations to winch no one
obj Acts.
The house Of representatives is
ready to adjourn to-day. Its work
las been comp eteI; it IS only ava. t.
ing tn acton OF the 5 ats an OF
tne president It's le that it
" II ljourn from until the
sent. al iOurns
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THEY AsK b ABOLISHED.
Large Number of 4tauroed Men Are
eaving the ountry.


eaving the ountry.
ST. PAUL. MINI. Aug. 2O-As a re-
suit Of their connection W tn thu re-
cent great strike large number Of
railroad men in this city are
making arrang ents to leave
this country, claiming they have
been placed on the blacklist Of all the
railroads md can secure no places, no
matter whether there are vacancies
or not. About forty of these have
made preliminary arrange ments to
20 to the Cape Of Cool Hope and JO-
hannessburg. South Africa. and others
are talking quite ser ously Of going
to Brazil Hard times here. work else
where and chea importation
largely influenced them. although
they claim that the prime pal
cause j. that they are marked men
and have no chance whatever
Of employment in this country. The
men are given notice by each road for
which they worked stating they have
SO worked, but in notices now given
in many of them occurs the phrase,
Left the service on account Of the
strike Of June so. 1894 The men
have no other form Of recOmme nda-
ton, and say that this is simply a
warning to other companies not to en-
pi1v them
State Boiler Inspector Clark, is Civ
1ng tie men. for their use in fore On
countries. a note stating their PROTECT
eRey as engineers and 6remen. and
with each a le tier from Governor Nell
son con 6r3ning their citizenship as
Americans. Many OF the engineers
have secured certificates from Inspec-
tor Clark. and will run threshing ma
chimes this year. while many more are
looking for jobs on stationary en-
Fines- There are between 800 AMI
500 such men IL st. Paul and as many
m-re in Minneapolis.
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FUNERALUF0OY. ROBINSON
Simple Services over the Remtins OF
q ansas. Irst ohiaf AIagIstrate.

Simple Services over the Remtins OF
e. ansas' irst Chief AIagfstrAte.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Aug 2O--The
funeral OF the late Governor Charles
Robinson took place in this city
Yesterday afternoon at $3.50 from the
FIRST Con gr -ssional church At the
expires sed desire Of the dece aseI and
his wife the services were very simple
and there was very little DISPLAY of
any kind
The services were very simple and
brief They were opened by Dudley
BUCKS. Tne hymn lie ld Kindly
L.ght" was the song, AM ter prayer
a short tribute was paid to the
memory of the dead Oy Rev Dr.. O. U.
UOwlan1, pastOr OF the UnlJer an
church. toward which Organization
Governor Rob nsOn leaned more than
any other church
After the sermon the vast crowd
was allowed to view the remains,
after winch they wsre convey ~ to
their last resting place in OAK Hil
cemetery AMI there with a few brief
words laid away
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BRIEFS BY WIRE.

Brazil is keeping her wars hips in Rio
harbor for fear Of further trouble.
The king Of Corea has ordered his
troops to fight with Japan against
CHINA
Joseph Balls. colore I. of Emporia,
the oldest man in Kansas, is dead
He was ia years old
Postmaster Heed of Albion. Idaho,
is short in his accounts S2,TO0; cause
supposed to be gambling
The lately suspended Wichita Ma
tional bank Will resume business
again about Septic IN Der l.
John Dusty of st. Joseph, Mo, was
sentenced to death for assault on
7-year- old Florence Potter.
IN New .dforl. Mass, the loom
fxers and web drawers and tsvisters
union met and voted to strike.
The Democrats and Populists Of
Sedgwick county Kan, are endeavOr-
ing to agree on a fus on county ticket
In the Nebraska National guard
sham battle at Lincoln. d arm of a
private was blown OF by the Prema-
ture explosion Of a cannon.
UniteI States >cret service officials
have seized 70. 900 Kansas due bills on
the ground that they were made in
imitation Of Unitel States currency.
The new Japanese minister to the
Unit ID States reached San Francisco
Satur lay. He declined to discus the
war, but said Japan was sure to win
Senator Mcpherson Of New Jersey
was on the point of rendering his re-
S gnat.On Saturday, but was dissua led
fir IN doing so by friends. His health
is poor
Otto Zeigler of California won the
one mile national championship at
the League Of American Wheelmen
meet at Denver, and is the American
champion
The Republicans Of Kansas viii for
mally Op-n their campa gn Sept 1,
after which date all candidates and
close of the campaign
c. c. Cline, police reporter of the
Kama City Times, and ex-mayOr Of
Pond Creek. Ok, has been arrested
for train wrecking in connection with
Pond Creek Rock Island war
The river and harbor bill carrying
S11.479. 1870, became a law without the
presidents signature. the legal limit
of ten days having expired within
which he could sign or veto it
The Democratic editors of Kansas
will meet in Topeka August % to con-
suit with Chairman Richardson about
the state campaign ami the way the
newspapers should conduct II
Senator Davis of Minnesota says
Inc new Oni4GSC treaty WILL pAOHG
very bene fetal to American commerce
China uses silver in trade but produces
very little of it. which will give our
silver mines market.
The Sioux City athletic club is out
with an offer of S35, 900 for a finish
fight between Corbett and Jacks n.
They guarantee no police interior
ence- Corbett expresses a will ngness
TO accept the offer jackson has not
been heard from
Dreifus. Block & Co, of Pittsburg,
Pa. have secured a ten acre tract At
New Kensington, and will establish
tin plate plant to cost about $500, OOO
The concern will be known as the
Duquesne Tin Plate works and viii
EN- ploy 800 operatives
The political friends of Senator Vest
in twenty counties in the Mort Invest
ern portion Of Missouri are going &c
hol.l three days barbecue in the
near future at some point near Kan
sas City. at which Senator Vest viii
explain his course il congress.
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form Of government, to be inaugurate6
in 1890, Ito was iutrusted with the i'm
portant work Of preparing the constitn-
ton. He spent the nine years at his dis
posal in travelling all over the world and
studying the constitutions in vogue in
the leading civilized nations. He was
broad minded, persevering and able.
When the government was renrgan
lied in 1886 preparatory to welcoming
its new constitutional regime. Ito was
made premier. He worked hard to bring
about a settlement Of the vexatious
treaty revision GuCation which had been
embarrassing Japan foI years, but his ef-
forts failed, and his cabinet resigned.
In 1892, however, Japan concluded that
she could not get along without him,
and lie and Count Inouye, his minister
Of foreign affairs, were returned to
power These two men have been large
~ instrumental in causing Japan to de-
clare war against China, and their at
tempts to bring the contest to a success
full issue for Japan Will be watched
with interest the world over. Count Ito
is n civilian and has had no military ex-
perience, it is said, and whether he viii
lie able to hold his own with Lii Hung
Chang, the veteran warrior of China,
remains to be seen.
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ANARCHI9 MET.
Emma Goldman Is Given deception
b. New York Annre h.sts.

Emma Goldman Is Given deception
b. New York Annrs h.sts.
NEW YORK. Aug. ga rece ption
was given EN- ma Goldman last night
at the ITALIA tn ater which nearly
5000 persons attend cd The affair
was gen rally Ia ne ana the So Zeal
force OF detectives hal notAtng to do.
Charles WilIre1 Nov oray. the en- p
lish anarchist wa. also pressnt aa1
preceded Emma Goldman by a Spe ch
ID which he eulogized her heroisn
and self-sacrifice. Sp-a'xing Of the
police. he retuar lled: the DOl. zee e X
ist for bog lie They are here TO pro-
tect thieves Of ASSOCIATED soeiety from
plumber of the poor workers
When E-nrnl Goldman c1ne on the
platform there was d great burst OF
applause Her spe .ch was chiefly de-
voted to 4 rancorous attack upon all
who were concerned in her prs ecu
ton, conviction All imPr .sOnment
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STEAMER FOUNDERs.
All this Passengers and Crew Saved FL
cepr SIX.

All tho Passengers and Crew Saved Ex-
cept SIX.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 20-A dis
satch from Ryb nsta an important
commercial center, situated on the
eight bank Of the Volga river. states
that a terrible storm passed over that
city and the neighborhoO8 on Friday
last The damage done to property
was immense. The steamer UspieNh.
tying on the River Shexna and the
Volga, was caught by the storm in the
former stream There were 100 pas
sengers on the vessel and they were
thrown into q panic by the ire
mendous force of the wind, the furious
dOwnpour Of rain and almost imp-ne-
trable darkness
The captain, knowing that his ves-
sci was n great danger. headed her
for the beach. his intention beng to
run her ashore Before this could be
done. however, the vessel sprung
aleak AMI began to founder. AS shs
foundered her decks were blown
body on board of her was
havins been time to lower the boats.
Despite the fury of the storm passing
vessels which had heard the signals
Of distress, stopped and managed to
rescue every body except the captain
and i've other persons. Nothing WAS
seen of these six after tine st amer
fOundered, and it IS supposed they
were drowned.
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SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Aug. 2O.-In-
porters and mercha nts here ella m a
serious blun1er has been made in the
tariff bill. Un1er tha proposal law
cocOanut oil is admitted free Of duty,
but copra which is the raw mater al
of which cocoanut oil is mlnufac-
tured. is subjecte to a duty Of 80 per
cent Twelve leading firms here
have unitei in teiegrapning q prot st
to Washington urg .ng a srrsction of
what they believe to be an error made
through ignorance Of the articles.
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third time, but he declined renomina-
ton and became president Of the Nash
vile, Chattanooga and st. Louis rail-
road
IN 1885 Mr. Porter was appointed as
eistant secretary of state by President
Cleveland, but resigned before the close
of his term During Mr.. Cleveland 8
present term ex- Governor Porter was ap-
pointed minister to Chile to succeed
Patrick Egan, but life among the Chill
cans apparently did not suit him, for he
returned few months ago and has now
been appointed United States judge,
succeeding Judge d. M. Key. whom he
appointed United States senator when
he was governor. Judge Porter is a
trustee Of the University Of Tennessee,
which has conferred upon him the de-
tree Of LII. d. and has been one Of the
.esolute opponents Of the proposed repa-
Riation Of the state debt Of Tennessee.
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TACOMA, Wash. Aug. 2O.-A special
from Ocosta says: On Saturday morn
ing while making a landing through
the surf at 10 Creek. fifteen miles
north of Gray's harbor. a whaleboat
and a crew of nine men in command
OF Lieutenant Freeman II. Crosby, u.
S. N, Of the United States coast sur
vey steamer Macarthur, was capsized
and Eve men are missing. namely,
Lieutenant Crosby, John Freyer, J,ns
Gudmun isel, William Nehm and Alex
Smith
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NATAIONAL G. A. B.

AN the Great Survivors Of the Union
Forces win Attend
PrrrsBURG. Pa. Aug. 2O.-Practica1-
" all Of the great survivors of the
Union forces viii attend the ap-
oroachfug twenty eighth national en-
sampment Of the @. A. R. in this city
septem Der 10 to Is. Among them will
be General BENZ lmin Harrison. Gov
srnor Mckinley, General Horace Por-
ter, General Daniel Butterfeld, Cen
sral Mem. McGregg, General Luc ius
Fairchild, General G. S. Merrill, Gen.
Daniel E Sickles. General Louis Wag-
ner, Past Commanders in Chief Robert
b. Beath, P.tnl Van DerVoort. John s.
Kountz, John Palmer. A. G. Weissert,
William Warner, Russell A. Alger and
s S Burdett with many Others Of
national renOwn-
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SEDAL1A, Mo, Aug. 2O-Samue1
Curtis, representing a Joplin house,
selling goods on the installment plan,
eloped from this city last night with
Miss Annie Dunnefee, the daughter
of a fashionable boarding house
keeper Although Miss Dunnefee is
p years old and had a right to run
off. a warrant has been sworn out for
the arrest of the couple, and the
pol &c Of other cities have been re-
quested to head off the clippers
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CONSUL REMOVED.

A Change Occurs In saIvadorian Con-
sular OfBcs In San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 2O-San SAL
vador has a new consul in this city.
Carlos YrIgoyen has been removed
and the place has been given to DR..
EustorjO Calieron, who has been liv-
ing in san Francisco the past two
years. He is a native of Guatemala.
lie closely sympatnizes with the
present government and is bitter
enemy Of the Ezetas. by whom he was
tortured as punish snt for taking part
in a revolution against them
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PREMIER no OF JAPAN.


Hung Chang.
In the present unpleasantness between
Japan and China the two political
giants Of these countries are caeasuring
strength with each other. Ii Hung
Chang is directing the movements Of
the armies OF the Flowery Kingdom, and
Count Hirobumi Ito is looking after tie
offensive and defensive interests Of the
mikado. The japanese cabinet consists
of eight ministers of state, and Count
Ito is premier. He is one Of the younger
japanese statesmen who forged to the
front after the rebellion Of 1877 and has
since been considered one Of the ablest
men in the land Of the chrysanthemum.
In 1874 Ito was under secretary Of the
department Of public works in Japan
and built the first railroad in tho coun-
try. When the imperial edict Of 1881
was issued, promising the people of ia
pan a constitution and a representative
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SPRINGFIELD. III. Aug. 20.-Gov-
ernor AltEeld has received letter
from a committee Of Pullman citizens
asking assistance in feeding LOCO
families unable to get work The
Pullman company is alleged to be i'm
and turn ng many old hands out on
the street The governor left for
Chicago and will personally investti-
gate the situation.
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sUIcIDE 0F "a oFFICIAL.
1EsInn choiy Causes Captain Nicholson &c
Take Ais own Life

WAsHINeToS. Aug. 2O.-Captain z.
N. N chol son Of Indianapolis. Ind.
superinte ndent of the treasury de-
partlnsnt stables. committed suicide
here yesterday afternoon by shooting
mself He was a veteran of the
lnte war. during which he served
under ex-Prasi lent Harri on After
Mr.. Harrison was in u rurated he ap-
pointed Nicholson. who had been his
neighb0r for thirty wears. TO the
place ne occupied at the time of his
Gath. Melancholy is supposed to be
tbs cause for the deed
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NEW YORK, Aug 2O.-Severa1 far
seeing Califoraians have lltely taken
steps to form v.De syndicate to con
troll and regulate tie price Of the
product OF the vineyard. There are
nearly 1000 acres of vines in Califor-
MIA. The value OF property an the
cellars arc estimated at nearly $50
600, 600.
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MEXICO CITY. Mex, Aug. 2o.-Last
night passenger train on the HidalgO
railroad collided with pulque train
coming into the City Of Mexico Sew
eral persons were killed and num-
Der badly hurt The Waterman failed
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O.-The Japan
csc legation has received a telegram
announcing that the government Of
Japan has determined to issue a
dom site loan Of so, OOO 600 The dis
patch states that a strong outburst Of
patriotic feeling has been evoked by
this proposition. AMI the people in all
parts of the county are eagerly su B.
scr binn TO tn. lonr
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WARRENsRURe. Mo. Aug. 20. Large
crowds are in Attendance on the Cum
Deriani Presbyterian Sunday school
assembly now in session at Pertle
Springs The session began Tuesday
OF last week. and will end next Thurs
day
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SAN Francisco. Aug 2o.-The Ex-
aminer publishes an interview with
Lord Randolph Churchill, in which
he denies the story that he was vic
tim OF morphine. and saws that report
was malic ously circulated through
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 2O.-The killing
Of tn. famous border banIit. Luna.
and his wife bv a troop of sOliie rs,
FORTY miles from this place. has caused
great rejoicing in Tamalejis-
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SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 2o.-The Ital-
ians are deserving California in large
mum bers. They find it is difficult tc
obtain work here and many are re
turning to tally Other are going tc
the South m states, particularly
Florida an Alabama
The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellane0us columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people As can be reached
through any other paper This is 4 fact
All the talk in the world will not con-
vince you 80 quickly one trial 81 Do
Wits Witch Hazel Salve for ScaIds.
Buns. Bruises, SKIN Affections and Piles.
J. (. Jones
American Steam Laundry, 112 West
18th street. tele. BAL
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Headache. costiveness. and piles are
thnrnu~hlv cured by a ju14cl.as use If
Ayers Pills.