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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

WICHITA, June 24-TAe Democratic
county committee met Saturday in the
office of Amidon s. Comfy and called q
county convention of their party. fixing
the date for holding the same on July II.
From present appearances the action SO
far does not indicate desire for fusion.
The sentiment in favor OF silver is almost
unanimoug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
ELLIS JACKSON FOUND.
The Carthage Contractor Who Disap
peared Was Wandering Along the Ohio.

Inc CARNAGE contractor VINO O1Sap-
peared Was Wandering Along the Ohio.
CARTHAGE, Mo, June 24-Ellis Jack
son, the Carthage contractor who mys-
teriously disappeared in Kansas City
during the Priest of PalIas parade
in October last has been
heard from. He writes his
family from Louisville, KY, that he
came to his senses wandering along the
banks of the Ohio river two months ago.
How he came to be i'll the vicinity of
Louisville, or what has transpired in the
more than six months of time, he claims
is all a blank. He is now working in
Louisville and has sent his family money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
Fireworks. Fourth of JuYv.

A meeting Of those Interested in an
evening display of fireworks on the
Fourth, will be held at the office of the
Copeland hotel on Tuesday evening, at
$50 o'clock.
1t is proposed to have one good dis
play from the dome, in preference to
four dozen little private displays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
KANSAS MAN IN TROUBLE.
Marries Cherokee Indian, Which Is .
Crime in south Carolina.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-About year
ago Thomas w. Potter of Kansas was
sent to Cherokee, n, c., as Indian agent
and superintendent of the Indian school
there. He fell in love with a Cherokee
teacher and was married to her, though
the laws of North Carolina make inter-
marriage of whites and Cherokee Indians
pententiary offense.
The matter has been referred to Sec
rotary Smith, but it has become still fur
Their mplicated by the marriage of
Adolph G. Baker, a leading southern
architect to Miss Rachel Blyth, a
wealthy Cherokee orphan of North Car
DINA,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
TO gpie Rv EIectrIcitv.

NEw YORK, June 24-William Caesar
the West India negro, who, on March %,
murdered and dismembered his mistress,
Mary Martin, was today sentenced to die
by electricity in the week beginning July
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

Congressman Charles Curtis left To-
peka at noon today for Eureka and will
spend this week among the voters of
Greenwood county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
Cncd nj Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere thanks
to all those who took part in the funeral
services of our beloved husband and
father, especially to MarshalPs band and
the Topeka turnverein.
MRS VIM DREYER
AND CHILDREN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
Kansas City Markets.

KANSAS CRY. June "a -CATrLE-Re-
ceipts, 7,1OO; shipments 6O0 Market
steady for best, others weak. Texas steers
$3O0g 4S0; Texas COWS, $2.15@3.9O beef
steers; So So $3.50; native COWS, So. 90
@395; stockers and feeders. $2.25 q
4 %; bulls $20002 60
The following are today's represent
alive sales secured by wire by the To-
raIrn Grnir, ond Stock Exoh nnno.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
A TT. Scott Boys Promotion

FIT. SCOTT. June 24-County Clerk
Reuua received a letter from his son
Ralph, who is now at San Francisco,
Cal, informing him that he had rendered
his resignation as an employe on one of
the United States fish distributing cars
and accepted the important appointment
of distributor of fish for the state of
California
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

LEAvENwORTH, June 24-Prof. J. a
Farrell of the state university returned
yesterday from a short concert tour
through northern Kansas. Miss Mary
Berry, soprano, of Waterville, daugh ter
of Senator Berry, and Miss Louise Smith,
pianist assisted Prof. Farrell in the con-
certs. Prof. Farrell has flattering offer
to sing in opera from a Chicago manager
but owing to his recent appointment as
professor of voice at the university was
obliged to decline. The company will
give a closing concert in Lawrence Tues
day evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
ALL WANT TO PEACH.
Negroes Arrested for Train Wreckine AL
Want to Turn States Evidence.

Want to Turn States Evidence.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 24-The ar
rest of seven negroes, some living in
Floresville, and some in San Antonio
charged with the wrecking of trains on
the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass railway
during the past four months, was made
today in this city, All the accused are
trying to turn states evidence. Two
have confessed. The refusal of free rides
on the train is their excuse for the crime
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
TO BE HANGED AT FIT. SCOTT.
Jerry Wallace Will Figure in the FRS
Hanging Since 1862.

Jerry Wallace viii Figure in the First
Hanging Since 1862.
FIT. SCOTT, June 24.-Jerry Wallace.
who was convicted in the United States
court here last Saturday of the murder
of his step father, Alex Zane, in the Wy
andotte reservation near Baxter Springs,
Kan, last March, was sentenced by Judge
John A Williams of Little Rock to be
hanged here Friday, September 81, be-
tween the hours of 10 a. N. and 2 p. n,
at place selected by the United States
marshal.
If the order of the court is carried out
this will be the first legal hanging held
in the county since Sergeant Fritzelle
was hanged for the murder of Captain
Brown in 1852. and will also be the first
legal execution ever held in the county
under the civil laws, as Frizelle was ex-
ecuted at the order of a military court
martial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

Books ON q. =. Bonds Closed
NEW YORK. June PA Wall street
circular says that the books for. per
bonds offered in London today have been
closed. The amount was over sub
scribed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

J. L Sheldon is now here. Orders for
piano tuning addressed postof1cs box
N22 will ha attended to PROXIMITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

Great picnic of the season. Fl. Riley,
Tuesday. June Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
National scheutzbund Meet.

New YORK, June 24-The first shoot
ing festival of the National Scheutzbund
will be held at Glendale Scheuten Bar,
L L, from June 30 until July 8. The or
ganization is made up of fftv-two of the
best shooting societies of America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
Buried whole Family In Two WaAk,

GRINNELL, Iowa. June 24-William
Case has buried five children within two
weeks. Diphtheris was the cause in
each case. The father was blind, and
the five children constituted the entire
family,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

Presbyterian excursion to F. Riley
next Tuesday, June 60
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

CoRN-Easier; No 2 mixed 42016c;
No white. 43A@M
OArs-1c lower; No. mixed 2a@s4c;
No. 2 white, 2515@26
RYE-No. 2, nominally CO.
BRAN-Weak; 57@59.
HAY Firm; timothy $9.50@11O0;
prairie $8O0@9.5O
BUTTER-Steady.
EGGa-Ouiat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
Russian Village Destrovea hx Fire

ST. PETERSBURG. June 24,-Over 100
houses have been destroyed by fire at
Vishni- Volotchok, seventy miles from
Tver, on the Zena. Many of the inhabi-
tants persisted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
OTTAWA CHAUTAUQUA
ASSEMBLY
SANTA FE ROUTE.

bANIA FE ROUTE
One fare (sl.59) for the round trip.
Tickets sold June 18th to 28th inclusive,
good to return including June Both. See
Rowley Bros, agents, for times of special
through trains, programmes, and all par
tlculars Gov. Mckinley of Ohio and
many illustrious speakers will be there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
TODAY'S MARkET REPORT.

Special pains taken in doing up la
dies waists Peerless Steam Laund ry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

cessive tests made Their statement is
as follows:
The first test was commenced on May
81, and kept up continually until May
"a, when it rained .68 inch.
The second test commenced May 26.
continued until May 81, when it rained
N inch.
The third test commenced June l.,
until June 3, when the rainfall was 10
inch.
The fourth test commenced June z,
continuing until June 10, II and II, on
each of which days it rained, the total
for the three days being 2.92.
The total rainfall for the four expert
ments being in excess of five inches at
Wichita and in excess of six inches with
in ten miles of Wichita.
Whether the rainfall was induced or
assisted by the experiments, we cannot
say; but the fact remains that rain fol-
lowed the experiments in each case, and
in each instance at almost the exact time
predicted by Dir. Matthews.
Our judgment is that the busine IS
men of Wichita can easily afford to con
tribute the small amount necessary to
continue these experiments through July
and August, which Mr.. Matthews is will
ing to do if the contributions are made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
BANKERS VS.. EXPRESS CoMPANIl

Bankers AIlege ExhorbIt3nt Rates and IL
legal Combination by Companies.
LEAvENwoRTH. June 24-There is q
big row brewing between the banks and
the express companies. The banks claim
that the express companies formed
combine about the first of the present
year contrary to the antitrust or anti
combine law passed in 1889 and imme-
diately proceeded to raise rates 25 per
cent on shipments of currency from Kan
sas City to this place.
The banks complain that while the ex-
press companies cut down expenses in
town fully one-half by combining. they
advanced the rates simply because they
believed they were in a position to en-
force them. The banks claim that Leav-
enworth Is Disseminated against in the
rates and that the Leavenworth rates are
exhorbitant. arbitrary and unjust
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24
RAINMAKER MATTHEWS ENDORSED
wichita Business Mems Committee Pro
nouness His Work Successful.

WICHITA, June 24-The committee
appointed by the business men who have
been backing Rainmaker Matthews, to
make observations on his experiments,
has reported favorsbly on the four sue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-06-24

300 Market strong to sc higher. Bulk
of sales, $4.3O@450; heavies, $445@
4.70; packers. $4.3004 10: mixed, $4300
GO; lights $4100435; yorkers. x425 q
4.35; pigs, $3.s5@425.
% hogs. ............ oSl ~
OIL hogs. @Oa 80
oo nogs. AoS AZ
SHEEP - Receipts, 1870; shipments,
800. Market steady to 1Uc higher.
1S sheep Observation-Disclosures. Al OO
90 Sno0 % q oO
WHEAT-2c lower; No. 3 hard, 69@71c:
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13

fered the pastor lowered the box contain
ing the usual articles into its receptacle in
block of granite and with the benediction
the laying Of the cornerstone was finished.
The building of the new church has a
particular history, in that the name of the
donor is withheld at his own request. II
will be out of debt and fund sufficient for
church expenses for year has been sub
scribed. in advance by the faithful of the
flock.
The foundation, which is deep enough
for the construction of cellar wherein
will be placed the hot-air furnace for heat
ing purposes, is built of brick, the super
structure to be of wood. The ground floor
is 53x6S feet in dimension, divided into
four rooms-pastor's study, infant class
and Sunday school rooms and main audi
ence-room, 53x40-so constructed that all
can be thrown into one room when neces-
sity demands it. The two main towers
will be eighty-five feet high, surmounted
by electric lights. The ventilation will be
what is known as the Ruttan system.
The interior woodwork will be of Siskiyou
pine and the walls will be decorated in g
becoming manner.
One especially pleasing feature of the
building construction Is that all the labor
expended on it is Santa Monican and all
material, as far as possible, is purchased
at home. It's cost will range between
$4,000 and $4,000.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13

any point desired, from the muzzle of the
gun to distance of three miles Use is
made of table of ranges for fuse and the
fuse cut accordingly before the shrapnel IS
fired.
In permanent Notifications an accurate
fixed base is used and range-hnders are
employed to establish distances. In field
work, where distances are unknown, or
where practice drill is in progress, first
shot is fired as above described and as will
be the method used in Mondays artillery
practice.
The range to be fired over on Monday is
a distance of about two and half miles,
from the San Francisco and San Jose
county road to the foothills, or by meas
urement between $500 and 1000 yards.
The members of Battery are having a
Irregular picnic" at present, but their
movements have been so orderly tnat their
presence is hardly suspected by the town
folks. 1t is safe to say, however, that
on Monday morning everybody from
B B'lingum to the Varsity will know that
Uncle Sans regulars are in the county and
attending strictly to business.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13
ERRINGToN ON THE STAND.
Endearors to Sho,c That He Shot n
Self Defense.

Endeduors to Shoto That He Shot In
Self Defense.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Oct. 12.-In the
trial OF ]. Bidwell Errington for murder
the plaintiff took the stand this morning
His testimony was largely contirmatory of
that of Mrs. Jones, except that he said
she had asked him to take her to the
theater on the night of the murder. He
said he was aware of threats upon his life
made by Jones and that he went armed in
self-defense.
Before he went to the restaurant, where
Mrs: Jones was employed, on the night of
the killing, said Errington, he went to II.
L. Willis cigar stand and got his pistol
and some money which he had left there.
He went up the street with Mrs. Jones and
left her in front of the Orient lodging
house. He stopped in that place a min
ute, and when he came out Jones ac-
costed him on the sidewalk and struck
him on the left side of the neck with some
heavy implement.
He then drew his pistol and shot at
Jones two or three times, saw him fall,
looked at him and walked away.
The District Attorney endeavored to
break down Errington's testimony, but did
not succeed. The case went over until
Monday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13
round VALLEY ARREST,
A Constable Charged With
Completely in the Late
Lynching.
Vaqueros Is Narrowly
AVerted.

UKIAH, CAL. Oct. 12.-J. L. Crow, one
Of the Constables of Long Ridge Town
ship concerned in the arrest of 'tJack"
Littlefeld couple of weeks ago at Red
Mountain, was arrested by the Sheriff of
Trinity County for alleged completely in
the lynching of Littlefield. Sheriff John
son of this county has gone to meet
Sheriff Bergin of Trinity County at Round
Valley on Monday, and together they will
enter upon an investigation of the Little
field murder and the shooting of Vinton.
A large delegation of Round Valley
vaqueros Is in town to attend the trials oi
S. B. Palmer for grand larceny on Tuesday
and Joseph Gregory for assault to commit
murder on Friday. Both factions were
represented yesterday, and al one time
trouble seemed imminent. Joseph Greg.
ory and Henry Bucknell the latter g
friend of Yes Palmer, got into an alterca.
ton. Pistols were drawn and but for the
interference of friends bloodshed would
have resulted. 1t is quite likely that with
the major portions of both factions here g
fight will result.
The names of the persons or parties who
left for Mad River to arrest Littlefield
upon Vinton's arrival at Tom Haydon's
house have been learned. They were B
w. Van Horn, John Crow, Buck Laycox
Fred Radcliff, Gordon Van Horn, Joe
Gregory, Tom Hayden and one Summons
The two first-named were alone when
Littleheld was arrested, and the move
ments of others up to the time Littlefield
was lynched are being investigated.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13
CHARGED WITH FRAUD.
sensational accusations against Pronit-


oeHSdtton0L accusations against Pronit-
7aent Los Angetes Hen.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Oct. ia suit
involving the operations of the San Ber-
nard1no Investment Company has been
commenced in the Superior Court and seri-
Gus charges of sharp practices are made
IN the complaint against some prominent
Los Angeles men.
The plaintiffs are John W. Craig, NJ. ].
Craig, K. E. Sloan e. P. Doremus, L. Nor
ris, c. H. Morris, John Campbell, A. Burke
and s. Merrill and the defendants are
George n. Bonebrake. f. c. Howes, Wright
SlgIer, NJ. ID. Chamberlain, the San Ber-
nardino Investment Company and the Los
Angeles National Bank.
The plaintiffs charge that by the manip-
uIatlons OF Major Bonebrake and Mr..
HoWes the Investment Company was in
duced to buy 1000 shares of stock of the
Seml-Iropc Land and Water Company for
S4o0, 800, which could have been bought in
the market for $S0,000; with using the
money for themselves and defrauding the
company of $500, 600; also, that 997 addi-
tlonal shares were bought by them for the
company for 500, 700, which could have
6een bought for $4,000, and that two notes
1or S2OOOO each were executed and in
dorsed by the Los Angeles National Bank
| and were sold, and the remainder $59, 700,
was also misappropriated
lt is also alleged that they caused the
company to purchase $50, 900 of worth
less notes, which had been taken by the
Los Angeles National Bank; that the de-
tendants conspired with w. H. Sheldon to
defraud the Semi-Tropic Company of 1884,
ooO and the Investment Company of 5000
shares OF Semi-Tropic stock by the organi-
zatlon OF a new company, the California
investment Company.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13

of an entire block which has been devoted
to the purpose, only short distance from
the business center of the town.
The building is very commodious and is
divided into four classrooms 90 by SO feet
each, an assembly hall Sc by 60 feet, two
teachers rooms, superintendent Office,
chemical and physical laboratory, ianitor' s
living-rooms, heating-room, cloakroom,
etc.
The exterior is of Milwaukee yellow
pressed brick and the interior finish is of
yellow pine in natural color. The venti-
lating, heating and sanitary appliances
are perfect. Costerisan & Son of Los An
geles were the architects and Frank
Hickox of Bakersfield the contractor.
Work was begun on June II and on July
8 the Masonic Lodge laid the cornerstone.
When the schools opened on September 16
the building was sufficiently advanced to
permit the classrooms to be used.
On Tuesday, October 8, the contractor
turned the structure over to the Supervis-
ors and on Wednesday it was accepted by
them. The contract price was only $14,-
800 and the cost of the building was kept
within that amount.
The people of Bakersfield and of Kern
county are very proud of the new school
and are thoroughly satisfied that they re-
ceived their moneys worth. Mr.. Hickox,
by the way, is now erecting the new Fresno
High School building.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13
PLANS OF The STANDARD,
Trying to Gain FoothoId
in Los Angeles Oil
Fields.
Producers Are AnxlousIy Awaiting
Word From the Executive
Committee.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Oct. 12.-None
the oil-producers have vet paid their
license of So quarter, as provided for in
the ordinance recently passed by the
Council. City Clerk Luckenbach said this
morning that his deputy, John Best, is
calling on every producer in the district
and asking him to pay his license. All of
the oilmen declare that the license is un-
just and that it is unconstitutional. It is
likely that one or two of those who refuse
to pay will be arrested and the matter
tested in the courts.
The members of the Oil Exchange are
anxiously awaiting the return of their ex-
ecutive committee from San Francisco.
No word has yet been received from them.
81 see the Standard is continuing its oil
tests" said Secretary Cochran to-day.
You can't convince me that they are en-.
tirely disinterested, by the open way in
which they have shown their hand to the
oll-producers and the public at large
Il have known them for the past twenty
years, and never knew them to state be-
| forehand what they intended to do. They
| say they are coming into the field, but
| they are still hanging fire and using their
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-13
The PHYSICIANS
Of the Hudson Medical In
stitute Cured Mr.. William
A. Russell, Machias, Sno-
homish County. Wash.
YOU NEED NOT DESPAIR.
A Wonderful Institution, in Which Can
Be Found All the Latest Electrical
Appliances.

TT IS THE YOUNG MEN THAT ARE BUILD
i ing the Far West 1t is the young men to
whom we must look for great improvements.
We old fellows have had our building day
Young William A. Russell, brave William A.
Russell, lives in Washington. He is an indus
trious, paiustaking and progressive young
man. Scarcely 81 years old, he has already
achieved success in his line of work. He is
now interested in one of the lumber-mills OF
Washington. A short time ago he was SICK
young man. His own letter speaks for itself:
April 20, 1895.
Hudson Medical Institute-GENTLEMEN: Your
treatment is thoroughly reliable, and ought TO
crave your pardon for not giving you my nIlma-
ton of the satisfactory results before thls date'
shall be glad 10 recommend any OF my frlends VINO
may stand in need of your treatment. Please ac-
cept my heartfelt thanks for the kindness you
have done me. 1 feel very grateful ana happy
over the change, for it has much to do with my
domestic happiness. . -.
I only regret that I not able to pay you ten
times your fee aid to bring all who7 neeo
your treatment to obtain its benefits. am frank
that it is the greatest thing OF the age ana
l will be able TO do you great deal OF good, Wnlch
Twill take great pleasure in doing. snail recon,
mend the Hudson Medical Institute 10 all nno
WM A RUSSELL,