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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-26
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GRAssHOPPERS SWARM.

The Rediegged Kind Here, Said To bs
the Famous Pest.
A swarm of grasshoppers came to To-
peka today. They flew over housetops
and alig hted on the necks of pedestrians;
thev crawIed into windows aud made
their dinner on the awnings along
Kansas. avenue. A few of the more
fastidious were seen eagerly devouring
the "before" and after" sign in front o.
a dye establishment. There have been
no reports that they stopped trains anc
ate buggy aud wagon tires but these will
arrive in due time The cores pondeu1s
of the Chicago and New York papers
will attend to this and etfectually squelct
all the efforts of the Million club to at.
tract immigration to Kansas.
The hoppers which visited Topeka
today were of the frisky kind and the
entomologiss who attempted to capture
few specimens found them almost al
active as the delusive flea. The insects
seemed to have been travelling south east
but their destination is not known.
Old settlers who profess to know say
that the insects seen on the streets today
are the Rocky mountain locust, which
spread such devastation all over the
west in 1878 and 1874. They have the
red legs of the locust and there is the
marking on the breast like the never-to-
be-forgotten pest that Is q close re5em-
blance to some letter of the alphabet.
This is the time of year in which the
locusts first made their appearance 10
Kansas in 1866. They came in such
swarms that they. obscured the sun like
cloud and within twenty-four hours
had eaten almost every scrap of vegeta
tion. There wasn't much vegetation
that year to eat.
II the grasshoppers in Topeka today
are the Rocky mou ntain locusts they may
deposit their eggs, which, when they
hatch next year, will make trouble, but
there is nothing to be feared of them
now unless they become a great deal
more numerous than thev are
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WILL THEY DODGE?

Is the School Fund Investigating Com
mittee Going to Fall Down?
The state school fund nvestigating
committee was TO have met today to
make ap its fnal report to be filed with
the governor, but quorum of the COM
mittee failed to appear.
Representative Hopkins one of the
members of the committee says the evil
dence is all ready and the committee can
make its report as soon as a quorum is
present.
1t is now known that the committee in
its report will dodge the Scott county
bond deal, in which several high up
Missouri Pacific officials are interested,
but Representative Hilton, the Populist
member of the committee, is expected to
file a special report in regard to that
doa1
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ssfN A1Oih ALLlSON' nope Oh p9flndl6nL
prosperity in the future require our
careful study because of the lessons they
teach'
Senator Allison then coming down to
the questions OF the hour attacked the
Democratic party for its course taken on
finance and the tariff. A condition of
pros perity had marked the life of the
Mckinley law of 1890 and the Sherman
law of the same year. To the radical
measures taken hv the Democratic party
after their ascension in 1892, the speak
er laid the disturbance, distress and dis
aster that the country has undergone
since.
Il cannot close" concluded the
speaker, without an allusion to the
silver question. The opening of our
mints to the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of IS to 1 without the concurrent
action of other leading commercial ma
tlons would lead at once to the silver
standard, which would be a greatly de-
preciated standard, and would produce
great distress and injustice"
Following senator Allison were adj
dresses by United States Senator Gear,
Ex- Gov. Larribee, Gen. Drake, aud Matt
Parrot
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CAN'T GET JUSTICE.
Dick Hodgins Pleads That Judge Haz< N
HOm'5 Give Him II Fair Trial.

Dick Hodgins Pleads That Judge Haz%n
WOm't Give Him II Fair Trial.
Judge Hazen, it is claimed, is not an
impartial judge, and there are not twelve
men in Shawnee county that will give
Dick Hod gins Justice This will be a
shock to those who have pinned their
faith to Judge HAGEN as the best judge
in Kansas.
= L he trial of Hodgins is scheduled to
come up in the district court Immediate
ly after the Poole trial is concluded,
which means some time tomorrow or Sat-
urday. This morning an application for
a change of venue was filed Judge
Hazen has not yet taken action, and it is
a question whether he will grant the az
plicatiOn.
HJdgins is to be tried for assaulting
$ B. lsenhart on the street after the To-
peka club trial last spring. Isenhart was
one of the attorneys for the defense, and
Hodgins, steward of the Topeka club,
was one of the witnesses. The trouble
grew out of the case, and Isenhart was
attacked on the street
The application states that owing to
Judge HaZen and Mr.. Isenhart having
been law partners for several years, that
the judge would be preiudiced in favor
of MIR. lsenhart
Mr.. Hodgins files an affidavit that pre-
judice is SO great against him in Shaw
nee county that he can not secure fair
and impartial trial within it's borders.
Mr.. Isenhart said today: "We don't
want any change of venue. We are sat-
isfied to try this case right here where
both Hodgins and myself make our
homes and have lived for years."
The expense of taking this trial to
some other county would be consider
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ALLISON, GOLDBUG.
The Senator Opens theCampaign
in Iowa.
Says Free Silver Means Distress
and Injustice.
A SILVER STANDARD.
Free Coinage Means Single
Standard and Depreciation.
Praises the Mckinley Tariff and
Sherman Law.
A SILVER STANDARD.

MARsHALLTowN. Ia, Segt. 26.-The
Republican state campaign was formally
opened here this afternoon under the
auspices of the Iowa Travelling Mems
Republican club, whose headquarters are
in this city. The crowd was not as large as
anticipated, owing largely to the fact of
the cold and threatening weather The
sky cleared toward noon, however, and
the attendance was good at all three
meetings this afternoon.
Des Moines sent delegation of 500
by special train, and fair sized delega-
tions came from number of other
points. he principal meeting was
opened at 2 p. N. in the opera house,
which was packed.
United States Senator Allison deliver
ed the leading address, thorough re-
view of finance, tariff, and other leading
issues
Senator Allison said:
"MR. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CIrI-
ZENs:-I Congratulate you on this aus
pIcluus opening. This assem- mbIage is an
indication of the interest ReDu ublicans
take in the result. That victory will come
to us cannot be doubted. That its mag
nitude will depend upon effective or
gAnization, and effort should be
realized Organization rests with the
state comInittee, the local committee and
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THICK AS TRAMPS.
Globe Trotters Now Reach Topeka Near
Every Day.

Globe Trotters Now Roach Topeka Nearly
Every Day.
Topeka was visited today by two more
globe trotters.
Globe trotters have become as common
as ordinary tramps lately. .Today's vsi-
tors were Henry Wilson, a colored man
80 years OF age. who started from Elmira,
New York, August 4, to walk to san
Francisco and back. His companion,
Herman Robinson, is young white man
who joined the ''hoofing it" com bination
at Kansas City.
Wilson and Robinson carry their bed
ding and other effecgs in child's wagon,
over which is stre ched piece OF black
oil cloth, bearing the inscription: "Eimira,
New York, to San Francisco, and Re-
turn"
Wilson said he expected to make the
trip in about year.
The two walkers arrived in Topeka
last night from Lawrence, and about noon
today left for the west They intend to
follow the Santa Fe TO La Junta, and will
then go south through New Mexico.
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PAT CONEY THERE.
One of the Committee on Resolutions. at
the lrish Convention.

one OF the Commit ittse on Resolutions, at
the 1rish Convention.
CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Today's session of
the irish "new movement" convention
was generally regarded as the most i'm
portant of all The principal business on
the programme was the consideration of
the platform, submitted by the commit
tee on resolutions, and the report of the
committee on ways and means for na-
tioaai organization. The delegates waited
with esgerness an outline of these two
reports.
P. Ii. Coney of Kansas was one of the
committee on resolutions.
O'Neill Ryan. of st. Louis, was greet
ed with enthusiastic cheers when, as
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tions, he stepped forward to read, under
the Iile of "A Declaration of Principles"
the following:
s'It has become evident after many
years of earnest endeavor to obtain
measure of independence from the Eag-
lish government by peaceful agitation
that appeals to reason for justice are
futile. 1t is left, therefore, for the
men of the Irish race to proclaim
again the truth recorded by
all history that the liberties
of people and the independence of a
nation cannot be achieved by debate,
DHl must De won upon the neiu or Dattle,
and we declare our belief that the men
of Ireland who are being driven into
exile, or into the graves of serfs in their
native land by English misgovernments,
are entitled by the laws Oi God and man,
TO use every means in their power to
drive from their country the tyrant and
usurper and We believe that Ireland mas
the right to make Eugland's difficulty
her opportunity and to use all possible
means 10 create that difficulty.
''ln view of these facts, the members
of this convention appeal with confidence
to their American fellow citizens and all
lovers of liberty to cooperate with them
in aiding the people of Ireland in the
achievement of the same measures of
liberty enjoyed in these United States"
Distinct from the declaration of prin-
ciples,' Chairman Ryan also submitted
on behalf of the resolutions committee
three separate resolutions protesting
against the incarceration in English pris-
ons of Irish patriots, expressing sympa-
thy with the Gu a. TevJlutiouists and
indorsng the worN of the Gaelic league
ia its efforts to preserve IRISH literature,
language and art
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STILL COOLING OFF.

The Mercury VIII Drop a Little Mora on
Friday.
The government thermometer indica-
ted seventy-seven degrees at 2 o'clock,
aud Weather Observer Jennings says it
will be cooler Friday.
During the past twenty-four hours
local thunder storms have been quite gen.
eral along the east border of Kansas and
all over Missouri. At a. u. rain was
falling at Spring gheId, Mo-, and the con-
ditions are favorable for local showers in
sou hern Missouri and Kansas.
Forecast for tb is section: Today fair,
and sIig ntly cooler Friday.
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SCORING DAWES.
Doctors Say That tho Attorney Gener.
Is Ignorant.


Is Ignorant.
The state board of health is in session
today at the office of DIR. Thomas Kirk
patrick. The principal work of the
morning was the selection of delegates
to the American Public Health associ-
alton of Denver and the discussion efthe
sanitary laws.
The bo ard made a request of the state
to allow them expenses for two dele
gates to Denver TO the health association,
October IA. But Attorney General
Dawes gave it as his opinion that the
state could not AMI would not pay out
any money for "junketing trips"
This brought about heated discussion
by the members
DR.. E. NJ. Hoover of Halstead said:
"This board means business and is run
ming on an economical plan aud for
one think it a shame that Autocrat Dawes
can sit in judgment and grind US down
to mere pittances. He has no more cor
ception of what the sanitary work re-.
quires than the queen of Sneba
"It's shame for such man to be in
vested with the power he has.
II come here from Harvey county and
lose three days and get my railroad fare.
and yet the state refuses to give us ex
penses for two delegates to the most i'm.
portant health meeting ever held in the
west"
Dr. c. F. Meninger said: "We are
having to suffer for the reckless
profiigacy of the former board
Y ct it seems shame thai
Dawes can't discriminate. We are act
ing on strictly business lines and keep
ing- expenses down.
81 do not get cent for my work, and
our attorney general, who doesn't know
ri from
seems determined to throw every stone
in our path he can.
1.-TWO or three times he has ''rendered"
opinions detrimental to our best WORK
Secretary Edwards and Auditor Cole
both assured me that they thought our
request reasonable, and they would
cheerfully grant it if it were not for the
opinion of MIR. Dawes" Other of the
members spoke along the same lines.
The question of diphtheria arose for
discussion, and Drs. kirkpatrick and
Menninger spoke of Topeka cases. DR.
Menninger said:
"My observation is that the most
of the cases of diphtheria in Topeka are
situated along the low draws and hol-
lows rather than on the ridges, and that
surface drainage has much to do with il.
Many of the cases have been malignant
and the patients have died.
"lt does not appear to have abated'
Reports of committees occupied much
of the time.
Those present were: Taylor E. Rains,
Concordia; P. D. St. John, Wichita; A
Clifford. Lawrence; c. f. Menninger. To-
peka; Sylvester Laning, Topeka; c. d.
Clark. Minneapolis; E 81. Hoover, Hal
stead; j. P. H. Dykes, Stafford; Thomas
Kirk patrick, Topeka.
P. d. st. John and a. Clifford were
selected as delegates to the Denver
meeting and the board will pay their ex-
penses from their own pockets if Attor-
ney General Dawes doesn't relent
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FITZSIMMONS IN A FIX.
The Attachments on His Stake Money
Won't he Released


new YORK, Sept. 66.-The stakes
lodged in MIR. Philip J. Dryers hands on
the part OF Bob Fitzsimmons, for his com.
ing fight for the pugilistic champion
ship of the world with James j. orbett,
will not be released from the attachment
obtained on them by the Metropolitan
Job Printing company on July 10 last
Judge Beekman in the supreme court
TODAY denied motion to vacate the at
tachment The Metropolitan Job
Printing company judgment is
against Fitzsimmons for printing execu-
ted by them when touring with Bob
Fnzsimmon's own specially company to
the amount of $3,078 "a.
As Fitzsimmons would not pay the
debt an attachment was secured on the
ground that FIzsimmons was non
resident of this state, and the $4,000 put
up in Dryers hands was levied on.
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A RARE DISEASE.

It Caused the Taking off of Receiver
Wilson.
Itis now learned that the death of the
late Receiver Wilson was due to an unus-
ual nalady known as ossitication of the ar
Leries. Mr.. Wilson knew of this disease as
a year-or two ago he subjected himself
TO a thorough physical examination by
one of the best doctors in New York
city, and was made acquainted with a
condition of his arteries tnat Nigh prove
fatal in time. The disease is rare aud
develops by the hardening and thinning
of the walls of the blood vessels.
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SERVICES AT THE ASYLUM.
A Praise Meeting Held by Mrs. Wheaton
the Evangelist.

An interesting praise meeting was held
at the asylum last evening led by q noted
evangelism. Mrs Wheaton, who Is made
the holding of such meetings. at prisons
and jaiis her especial work for many
years She has also held such meetings
At asylams but less frequently than at
prisons.
There were present between 800 and
400 aud the services were interesting.
Many OF the patients were pleased and
hoped Mrs. Wheaton would be enabled
to hold services again
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FIFTEEN MEN BURIED.

DENVER, Colo, Sept. ga spec
ial to the Times from Leadville,
Colo, says: There has been an ex-
plosion at the Belgian mine and
The ground has caved in. There are if
teen men underground. 1t is impossible
to reach them
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GOV. MORRILL QUITE ILL.
The Governor Has Overtaxed His Strength
and Must Rest.

Governor Morrill, will go to his home
at Hiawatha this afternoon to rest, and be
under the care of his family physician.
The governor has grown steadily worse
since his return from Chickamauga, in
stead of getting better and he today can
celled his engagement to speak at the
state irrigation convention to be held at
Garden City next week.
The governors friends think his recent
trips have been too much for him. and
that If he had stayed at home aud rested
after his sickness at Kansas City on La
Dor Day he would have bsen much bet
ter by this time.
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H. B. Archer carried at Macon.

MACON, Mo, Sept. 26 M. B Archer,
telegraph operator in the. general
Offices of the Santa Fe rail
way at Topeka, Kan, and Miss Nettie
haffrey, daughter OF Chris MAffrey, vice
president of the Macon city council.
were married at ST James Episcopal
church this morning.
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Death or Miss Rumphreys.

Miss E. v Humphreys. who lived at
g16 Topeka avenue, died yesterday morn
ing at Cambridge, Mass, of cancer. The
body is to be buried at Auburn, New
York. Miss Humphreys was n sister of
GUY L. Humphreys, chief engineer Of
the mining department of the Santa Fe
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auxiliary clubs; eff
fective effort rests
with each citizen be-
fore and on election
day.
"Happily the dis
tress of two years
ago is gradually
passing away, and
hope for confidence
in the future has
taken its place. The
causes that led to
this distress and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-26
TALMAGE ACCEPTS.
He VIII BE Co Pastor with DR.. Sutherland
at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Sept 26.-Rev DR.. Tall
mage OF Brooklyn mas accepted the call
to be co-pastor of the FIRST Presby-
terian church of this city.
This decision was communicated
by Dr. Talmage 20 the special
committee Of elders. deacons and trus-
tees in letter received TO-DAY
DR.. Talmage is to be CO. pastor of the
church on equal authority with DR.. Sun
derland aud probably will preach one
half OF the sermons beginning Sunday
evening, October 81.
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Vaprants Finea,

Lee Curtis. Joseph Duckworth, Frank
Murphy and Bert Blair were run in for
vagrancy last night. Judge Ferry was
convinced that mistake was made in
regard to the first two and discharged
them. Murphy and Blair were fined S25
each, remitted if they leave town imme-
diatelv
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VIM. BecNer Dcad

VIM. Becker. timer in the Santa Fe
shops, died this morning Of consumption
at Oakland. He was a member of the A
o. Q. w. and his funeral will be con-
Quoted by the lodge in conjunction with
the Arion and Turner societies. The fu-
neral is to be held at 2 p, IN. on Sunday.
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VIRGINIA FAIR ENGAGED.
1t is Said She is to Marry Count Ssiris-
tarpfE.

NEW YORK, Sept. ga special to the
World from Newport says: There is a
rumor here that Miss Virginia Fair,
gagged to Count Seiristarpff, who has been
prominent in society for the past two
seasOns.
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Nlnrlhoronrh = Directnr

OTTAWA, Sept. S6-It is said here that
the Duke of Marlborough bas become
director of the Grand Trunk railway. and
that Sir Charles Rivers Wilson will make
such an announcement in few DAYS.
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A FAKE "MISSING LINK. -
Bones Found by Prof. j. L. Workman Were
Those of "a Pet Monkey

DENVER, Sept. ga special 20 the
Times from Rock Springs, Wyo, says:
The bones found by Prof j. l. Wort
man, of Columbia college, New York,
near the head of historic Bitter creek
and pronounced by him the "missing
link" were tho skeleton of pet monkey,
owned by cowboys, which died abo.lt
twelve years ago.
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mr.. amyser'a GOOD Luck.

The ground rent of twenty acres of val
liable built up property in Baltimore,
Md, will shortly expire. aud the proper
~ will revert to the Smyser family OF
York, Pa. Alr. w. G. Smyser. - sope-
ka. is one of the heirs.
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RAISE THE FINETO $40.
A Bicyclist Runs Over s. NJ. Evans.
Knocking Out His Teeth.

As s b. Evans, a brother of George
H. Evans, was walking on the sidewalk
near the Santa Fe shops last evening he
was run over by bicyclist
who was using the sidewalk.
Three of Mir. Evans front
teeth were knocked out and he was badly
bruised. He was able, however, to be at
work on the court house today. He has
a good case for damages. Bicycling on
the sidewalks should be stopped at once.
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Major General J. W. F. Hughes of the
Kansas National guard. has appointed
railway at Leavenworlh. an aide de camp
on his staff. with the crank of major.
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City Attorney W. a. S. Bird, who is
grand sachem of the Red Men of Kansas.
delivered al address before the Sioux
tribe at Leavenworth last night
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New Orleans Bank Ausppnds.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept 26-A notice
was posted ON the door this morning an
nouncing suspension of the Co operative
Banking association. Capital stock was
S10u,0U0 The bank had but few de-
DosiEor5
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EMPoRIA, Sept. 26.-T. b Sweet. of
Topeka, was in The city today and talked
favorably of putting up six or eight cot
tages to rent to normal students. It is
his intention to build them at University
Place.
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Chancellor snow Returns.

LAWRENCE, Sept 26--Cnancellor F.
II. Snow, of the Kansas university, re-
turned home this morning from his
European trip His health is much inn
proved
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-05-14
Probate Court.

At the session of the probate court,
Monday the will of Mary l.. Armstrong
of Farmingdale, was proved, approved
and allowed, and Isaac J. Carr of Gardi
ner, was appointed executor.
Administrators were appointed as tol-
lows:
A. NJ. Spear of Gardiner, on estate of
Franklin Stevens of Randolph; Ella +.
Blish on estate of Arthur Blish of Vassal-
boro; W. u. Davis of Gardiner, on estate
of Jacob f. Davis; G. A. Nash, on estate
of Solomon and Sarah Nash.
Fred r. Mason, Jr., was appointed
guardian of f. II. Mason of Waterville
adjudged insane.
In tho insolvency court, G. W. Field
was appointed assignee on the estate of
Asa Taylor of Oakland
A hearing was held on petition of select
men of Piston that Joseph James should
be under guardianship on the grounds
that he was spending his money for in
toxicating liquors. The hearing was ad-
journed until next Saturday.
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AMUSEM ENTS.
The Rising Generation"

"The Rising Generation" was presented
at the Opera house, last evening. before
small audience, yet one which APP
preciated the many amusing situations OF
the piece.
William Barry as Martin McShane, the
man who attained wealth and a promi-
nent position, was whole show in him
self and caused the audience to laugh
heartily many times.
Lydia Barry, in the role of Elsie Con
nelly, drew much attention. and for her
fine singing, was presented with beauti-
full bouquet. Lizzie Conway, as Joanna
McShane, was also pleasing character.
Mr.. Barry had good support, and 1.-The
Rising Generation" is very funny pro
duction that will delight any audience.