The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-31
STILL THEY LINGER.
Gen. Artz's CommonweaI Army
Postpohes Its March.
SAYS HE WILL LEAVE TOMORROW.
The COmmI@sary Wagon Makes a
Tour Today-A Mysterious Yelled
Woman Throws Bundles Int It

Tour T0day-A Mysterious Yelled
Woman Throws Bundles Into 1t
The Topeka members of Gen. Sanders
army of cOmmonwealers are still in the
city. They still say they will go tOmor-
row, but they have said the same thing
every day this week, and this is enough
to convince the skeptical that tomorrow"
never comes. The reason of this latest
delay Is that by waiting one
more day horses instead of Coxeyites will
suffer from the bad roads evil instead
of walking to Leavenworth the men will
be taken to Lawrence and probably the
rest of the way by farmers IN wagons.
The Topeka COxeyites held a meeting on
East eighth street last night as they have
nearly every night this week. Captain
Artz does not give the men a chance to
let their zeal and enthusiasm in the
movement waver, and @. c. Clemens and
others were there to fill them up with
more sound COmmOnweal doctrine. In
the back of the hall stood two farmers,
one with heavy beard and top boots and
the other with sOrrel mustache and
cob pipe. Captain Artz discovered
later that he had been entertaining
angels unawares, for the man said if Artz
would postpone the starting one more
day they would take him as far as Law
renee In wagons, and guaranteed that
sunrise Friday morning to transport the
rest of them. The thought of walking
twenty-six miles over bad roads is not a
happy one even to honest unemployed
workmen enlisted in a noble cause. and
the proposition of the two farmers was
received with cheers.
Captain Artz didn't even wait to ask
the farmers their names or what part of
Shawnee county they live in. He and
the men were satisfied with the PROPOSE
ton and agreed to wait
Surprising the farmers shouldn't show
up!
Six bushels of potatoes, four sacks of
cOrn-meal, one sack of -four and two
bundles of meat is the liberal donation
made 10 Captain Artz's army this morn
ing by the merchants, professional men
and citizens generally of Topeka. To
secure this supply of provision forty-two
commonwealers, headed by Lieutenant
Foster, and followed by the Ommissary
wagon, marched from Tenth and Kansas
avenue straight north to Gordon street,
a distance of fully two miles, and then
marched back again. The men also
gave dress parade drill in nearly every
block, in which tactics, maneuvering and
other military things were exemplifed.
The men are getting SO they can make
lighting change from single file to dou-
bic, and they can mark time
in way that would make the
don't march very well, but the general
aspect would be better if the men
dressed more alike, were nearer size,
and carried guns. The six footer gener-
ally gets next to 'sShOrtie," and the effect
is not military one. The procession at
tracted a great deal of attention-more
attention than provisions, in fact.
A North Topeka commission merchant
donated the potatoes. Webster g. Co.
was the only grocery firm that donated
anything. 1t was -four.
There was one great mystery in con-
nection with the parade. A woman in
dark blue" a typical ''veiled lady,"
dropped three bundles in the commissa-
~ wagon between the JOURNAL office
and Fourth street She wore thick,
black veil Who is this mysterious ''un-
known" Why should she thus hide her
face? Where did she get her bundles?
What did they contain? Here a big
mystery and chance for Captain Pete
Gish to become famous.
The commissary wagon was driven by
A. i. Duff, a teamster who lives at 4OS
Chandler, and who sympathizes with the
movement He will drive the COxeyites
tomorrow as far as Lawrence