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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
B. P. CHENEY DEAD.
A leading Santa Fe stockhoIder Passes
Away Today.

Away Today.
BOSTON, July 23.-B. P. Cheney died at
his home in Wellesley this morning. He
was largely interested in the securities
of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway and Northern Pacific railway,
and numerous other railway and financial
corporations.
Mr.. Cheney is the father of B. P
Cheney, Jr.. who. has visited Topeka
several times in company with C. s.
GIeed and is now on the Pacific coast
Mr.. Cheney, sr., was one of the Origi-
nal Santa Fe men, and, although he was
a director and able to know the actual
condition of the property, he always be-
lieved in the property, and his
original holdings are today being man
aged by his son, B. P. Cheney, jr., who is
now travelling in California.
Mr. Cheney, ST., was chairman of the
board of directors from April p, 1884, TO
May s. 1887. He got his start in life by
establishing the express business in the
New England States. He is now at his
death one of the wealthiest men in New
England, his wealth being variously esti-
mated from twenty to fifty million dol
lars.
He leaves several small children but
there is enough property to make them
all several times milEonaires.
His son B. P. Cheney, Jr., has had
practical charge of his business for two
years and he will no doubt continue to
manage the estate.
B. P. Cheney, jr., in company with
Mr.. c. s. Gleed, who has been in Cali
fornia, is now supposed to be be on his
way to the City of Mexico. He is on this
trip looking over the Santa Fe property
with the view of strengthening his in
terests in the reorganization of the COM
pany.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
ROGERS IDENTIFIED.
Said to be the Son of Rev. E. R. Rogers of
GreenviIIe, Ill.


A new clue has been secured to the
identity of the man Rogers who commit
ted suicide last Saturday and who still
lies at the Stoker undertaken rooms.
This afternoon Rev. w. F. File identi-
fed the body in many ways, and said he
knew the suicide well, and that the name
he gave was correct He had known
Frank Rogers since he was a little boy.
The story he told was that Frank
Rogers was the son of E. R Rogers. q
minister, and lived at Greenville, Illinois.
The young man was pretty wild but was
a favorite and married the richest and
one of the most popular young ladies in
the county, Miss Cordelia Brown, of
Pocahontas. After he had spent nearly
all the money she had, she got q
divorce from him. At the time he mar
ried he was in the employ of the Wabash
road but was discharged soon after for
drinking.
The young mans father and mother
are both dead and Mr.. File told Mr.
StOker to telegraph to James Wafer of
GreenvilleV a telegram was sent to Mr.
Wafer this afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
SAY THEY'RE ALL RIGHT.
A Letter From One of the Princeton Stu
dents Received.

dents Received.
PHILADELPHIA. July 23.-The appre-
tensions of friends of the students from
this city was dispelled yesterday. when
the parents of L. Frederick Pease, a
member of the party, received a postal
card at their Germantown home, which
read as follows:
"DUBoIs, Wyo, July IA
Am going through to Yellowstone park.
where we arrive Friday and, crossing
the park, John Otheman and 1 return to
Chicago via Northern Pacific from Gin
nabad, Mont. We will arrive home about
the same time as formerly expected.
Am very we'll The mountains are
covered with snow, and we have to cross
through it. Don't worry about the Ban
mock Indian troubles. They are seventy
five miles from here, and we are daily
leaving them further behind Good bye
till Friday"
sythe Little, father of B. Forsythe Little.
one of the party of Princeton students
now in Wyoming received the following
dispatch today from Capt. A. S. Ander-
son, U. S. A. in command of the troops
in Yellowstone park:
FOUNTAIN GEYsER, Wyo, July 23.-
Princeton party all right, no trouble;
every body here and perfectly we'll
A s ANDERsON
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
THE LOSS AT SILVER CITY.
Flood Damage VIII Rench $15O.OOO
Fine buildings Collapsed.


DENVER, Colo, July 23-A special to
the Times from Silver City, N. M., says:
This town presents a sad spectacle today
caused by the most destructive flood ever
known in this region. Sunday might
water came down from every direction
and meeting at Portertield's corner threw
the food right on to the business houses
Mud and sand piled upon Broadway
half way up to the windows. The post
office is ruined. One side was washed
away. and another part fell this morn
ing The fremont and Trimmer hOlels
are badly wrecked, the lower floors be-
ing filed with sand and water. The
Broadway hotel was wrecked. In every
part of town houses are tumbling down.
Gillette g. Son lost goods to the amount of
twelve thousand dollars,
Other business men lose similar
amounts Approximate loss is $150.0U0
with number of bridges washed away.
1t will be a week before trains can pass
into town. The weather is threatening
today. Should more raih fall it will
finish the buildings that remain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23

''I have been deceiving you,'' he wildly
cried.
She would have fallen had she not
clutched the air.
81 have been deceiving you. r.
The words seemed to be fairly wrung
from his unwilling lips.
fam the man who writes those fair
with stationary temperature predictions
in the papers,
With a shrek that was eloquent with
anguish she turned and gazed gloomily
into the gathering dusk.-Detroit Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
Referm school Rov AIurdera.

SALINA, Kas., July 23.-John Radford,
IL years of age, has been arrested here
for dragging Henry Hudson into deep
place in the Smoky Hill river Saturday
while bathing and drowning him 1t was
at first thought the drowning was acci-
dental. John Radford has bad record,
and was convicted OF stealing eighteen
months ago and sent to the reform school
After remaining there about six months
he made his escape and went to Okla
homa, returning to Salina four weeks
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
She Wanted to Help.

She was in the country for the summer
and was interested in everything she saw.
Excuse my Ignorance, won't you" she
exclaimed as she went over to where
Farmer Corntossel was working, "but L
do so love to pick fruit. These plants are
very pretty, but can't see what grows on
them
''No" was the reply. "It is purity hard
to see''
eBut what do you pick off them?"
t'Tater bugs Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
INDIANS IN CONTROL.
Serious State of Affairs Exists in the
jackson Hole Country.

DENVER, Colo, July ga special to
the Times from Cheyenne, Wyo.. says:
Governor Richards received message
at noon today from Adjutant General
Sitter, who is in the Jackson's Hole re-
gion investigating the Indian trouble,
indicating that serious state of affairs
exists there.
The settlers have abandoned their
crops, and are moving their families out
of the country. Indians from Fort Hall
and other reservations are reported going
into the country, and all the mountain
passes are in their control.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
THE DEADLY ROAD RACE.
1t Kills Off Another Youthful Enthusiast
at Pittsburg. Pa.

at P1tt8burg. Pa.
PITTsBURG. Pa, July 22.-Walter Pear
son, the 19-year.old son of ex- Mayor
Richard Pearzon, of Allegheny, is dying
at his home, as a result of over
exsrtion in the Cleveland to Pittsburg
road race Saturday.
He was ambitious to arrive among
the first five, and over taxed his strength.
He was so enthusiastic and nervous
prior to the race he did not sleep any
Friday night He rode out of Cleveland
like a whirlwind At Enon, which is
about two-thirds the distance, he col
lapsed and fell from his wheel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23

Biggerstaff- Young Higgins says he
adores the very ground Miss Fosdick walks
on.
Timberwheels-He wouldn't have such
an affection for it if he knew it was mort
gagged to its full lvaIue.-Detrolt Free Rress'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
BRAZIL Will PROTEST.
She ressnts the action of England in Claim
ing Trinida

ing Trinidad.
New YORK, July ga Herald dis
patch from Buenos Ayres says: A cor
respondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs
that advices to the English legation there
declare that England claims the Island
of Trinidad as her own. One cargo of
coal, it is reported has been landed on
the island already. In view of this it
was decided by Brazips cabinet to form
ally protest, and a message to that effect
was at once sent to BraziPs minister in
London. Fiery articles have appeared
in the Brazilian papers denouncing
England for her appropriation of the
right to the territory belonging to Brazil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
Newnpnper aaan CommIts auicide.

CLEVELAND, O, July 23.-PauI Wolf,
managing editor of the Waechter and
Anzeiger of this city, committed suicide
tonight by taking morphine. He had
been in i'll health long time. Mr. Wolf
was widely known in German newspaper
circles and formerly lived in Washington
where he was correspondent of several
newspapers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
May Rain Tonight.

The fair weather promised for today
has been more cloudy than "fair'
weather is supposed 10 be. 1t hasn'i
rained SO far today, but it is liable to to-
night, says Mr.. Jennings. The Their
mometer was 81 at sunrise and "a at 8
D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
NEVADA WANTS THE FIGHT

Carson Capitalists Will Offer $e5, 900 For
COrbett- FitzsimmOns Mill.
CARSON, New. July 23.-Carson capital
lists are considering d plan of offering
$4,000 for the Corbett- Fitzsimmons fight
if it cannot be pulled off in Texas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
Washburn COIlege.

The academy connected with the col
legs prepares students for admission to
any college.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
ILLINOIS CORRUPTION.
A Resolution to Investigate the Legis1a-
ture Receives Setback.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 23.-Colonel
Jonathan Merriam attempted to intro
duce his resolution today calling for an
investigation of charges of corruption
among the members of the general as
sembly.
When the resolution had been read OBJ
jections were made to its consideration.
Mr. Merriam moved to suspend the rules
and on that question the roll was called.
resulting in SO yeas and SO nays, and the
motion was lost.
After the resolution was voted down
the house adjourned
shipped s.OOO Baskets of Peaches.
SAUGATUCK, Mich, July 23.-The ship
ment of peaches from this place last
night was a record breaker, the total
amount going by boat 20 the Chicago
and Milwaukee markets being $4,000
basketa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23

Every body takes the JOURNAL
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06
Death of Ward MeAllister.

Mr. Ward McAllister, the well known
society leader, died in New York last
Thursday night. Mr.. McAllister was
taken ill week before with the grip.
There were no alarming symptoms
surrounding his illness until seven
O'Clock Thursday morning.
Ward McAllister was a native Of Sa-
vannah, Ga, where he was born about
sixty years ago. His grandfather,
Matthew McAllister, was chief justice
of the State, and his father, Matthew
Hall McAllister, was justice of the
Circuit Court of the United States in
California.
When Ward McAllister was about
twenty years old he went North to
study at Yale. A maiden aunt left
him some money, and after leaving
college he returned to Savannah, where
he was admitted to the bar. In 1852
he went to California. He returned TO
New York and married Miss Sarah
Gibbons, whose father held steam
boat grant from Robert Fulton, and
who derived very good income from
wharf property there, which her fathe'
had acquired. For some years after
his marriage Mr.. McAIister lived al
together in Newport, which was large
ly frequented by Southerners, but
eventually, as he rose in social promi-
hence, he esta blished a home in New
York city also.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06
False interpretations of Prophecy.

We not only have false prophets,
as of the. weather, for instance. but
false interpreters of scriptural proph
ecy. Every now and then some lunatic
pretends to give an Interpretation
of the prophecies of Daniel, and. &C.
cording to them, the world is coming
to an end every few years.
These pretensions are evil and only
evil, for there are credulous persons
who will believe them and be distress
ed by them. The proper place for the
authors of such interpretations of the
prophecies of Daniel is an insane asy-
lum, if they be sincere, or the peniten-
Jiary if they be not. The last of these
insane interpretations which we have
seen. and which suggested the above
remarks, is the following =
IAN English scriptural prophet, fig
uring from the writings of Daniel and
the Book of Revelations. gives the fol
lowing as the coming prophetic
events" which will take place between
January /. 1895, and April 1, 1901, the
uato he mas SET IOr the emu Oh GHe
world. If the first is fulfilled you had
better make arrangements to square
accounts by All Fools Day in the year
last above mentioned.
Ascension of la, 900 living Christians
to Heaven without dying on March s.,
1896
A scion of Napoleon will massacre
10000 Christians between August IA,
1897, and January 26, 1901.
Christ will descend tc earth, and the
millennium begin first week of April,
1901 ~
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06
Murder Will Out.

The mystery in connection with the
land and his son in pond near Salem.
H., in 1898, seems in fair way of be
ing solved, and Wesley Tabor lab Dor
err, residing in BelleviIle, appears to be
the one to tell the interesting story
He will be taken to Salem to give evi
dence of Mrs. Alice Neal, the divorced
wife of Tabor. She stated that Tabor
was at one time very i'll and expected
to die and then confessed to her and a
doctor at Mt. Vernon that he and John
A. McClelland, of Centralia, killed
Alexander and Oscar McClelland and
buried them in the pond. 1t is sup
posed that Tabor will give evidence
before the grand jury and become a
witness for the State against McClel-
land. John and Alexander McClelland
were brothers, sons of Judge McClel-
land. About 1881, the time that Alex
ander and his son Oscar disappeared,
John secured possession of the farm of
his brother Alexander, which the lat
ter had mortgaged and lost. 1t was
given out when Alexander and his son
disappeared that they had gone West
and nothing was heard of them until a
pond on the farm was drained in 1898
and the skeletons of the missing men
were found. Each skeleton was tied
down with heavy stones.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06
Southern Immigration.

In an article on the subject Of South
ern immigration, tn N. Y. Journal of
Commerce says The southwark move
ment of manufacturing establishments
and the development of mineral re
sources will naturally attract class of
immigrants who have heretofore had
little reason to hope for profitable en-
ployment in the Southern States, and in
so far as the industrial progress of the
South is genuine and substantial, and
presents conditions similar to those
which have attracted immigration to
the West throughout the period of it's
development, the Southern States ma
be reasonably expected to attract a
larger share of the immigrants direct
from Europe and Of those who have
found the struggle too hard for them
in more Northern chimes.
Owing to the homogeneity of it's pro-
auctions the South appears on the
whole to have suffered less acutely from
the long strain of business derangement
and depression than other portions of
the country, and this is favorable to
immigration. On the other hand, the
immigration from Europe for the past
year has been but little more than half
as large as for that preceding and much
the smallest in a dozen years, and with
little prospect of increase until there is
pronounced revival of business and
general prosperity. With this revival
the geographical distribution of a new
tide of immigration may prove to be q
matter of some Importance. If the
South has by that time demonstrated
to considerable number of those who
are now moving from Northern States
that it affords equal or superior advan-
tages, it may easily divert larger part
of the stream of immigration that has
heretofore flowed westward and north
westward as long the line of least re-
sistance and with no special reason ex
cept the workings of the natural law
that carried the overflow of population
of older countries into the fields of en-
terprise in newer lands"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06
Stauntolt Spectator.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
Low Prices of Agricultural Staples.

The New York Journal of Commerce
says that the prevalence of very low
prices in agricultural staples is natural
ily enough attributed by organs of the
farming interest to 'bear raids" but
we are surprised to see the same ex-
PLANTATION offered by paper in this
city where the character of trading on
the Exchanges ought to be we'll under
stood. The truth is that there is no
bear raid; prices are SO low that the
bears are timid about exposing them
selves. They have covered" and
gone out of the market, fearful of in.
viting disaster by venturing again up
on SO abnormal condition of things
The withdrawal of the bears has o4Inin
ished the buying with the selling, and
this may have had some effect in de
pressing prices, but the cause is quite
the reverse of raid. Tie market is
sagging under the long interest. Large
quantities of agricultural staples were
bought year ago, more or less, and
1CSOhUIl OOCduoC p1IC>o WOiC 81 ~" :,
and they have been held because prices
went even lower. Sooner or later they
will have to be thrown on the market,
and it is the knowledge of this fact
that is depressing the market and not
raids by sellers. Speculation has al
most ceased; the market is very nearly
in a state of nature. and the low prices
are the result either of excessive pro
duction or deficient consumption, or
both. This is notably true of cotton.
of which it is not disputed that the
last two or three crops were excessive.
The price of cotton would have fallen
lower than it has had the producer
been obliged to sell to the spinners or
hold his crop. The fact that there
were spectators who believed cotton
would go up and were therefore will
ing to buy it has made the decline in
prices more gradual. and in all proba-
bility diminished its extent. Very
much the same thing is true of other
agricultural staples in varying degrees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06

To MEET AT GAINES's MILL-The
survivors of Hoods Texas Brigade
have accepted an invitation from Lee
Camp, Confederate Veterans, of Rich
mond, to attend their annual reunion
at Gaines's Mill, Va, on the 9th of
June next In accepting the invita-
ton Gen. W. E. Barry, president of
Hoods Brigade, writes: The few sur
vivors that are left of the brigade will
be rejoiced TO meet their Virginia com
rades again before we pass over the
river" We wish to stand once more
with uncovered heads around the
graves of our heroic dead, whose dust
has been so kindly cared for by you
and Virginia's noble women Nav
God bless our old comrades of Virginia,
their wives ana Children This will
doubtless prove to be an exceedingly
interesting reunion. Around Gaines's
Mill was fought one of the bloodiest
battle of the war, and the Texas brig
ade was in the thickest of the fray
The Texans will not only be cordially
welcomed by Lee Camp. but by the
people of Richmond and surrounding
country.-Bdltimor San.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06

As Sousa naturally fills the place of
Gilmore, SO the mantle of the great
cornetlst, Arbuckle. fell upon his pupil,
Major A. Frank Hutchins, the leader
and director of the American Screw
Co.'s Band and Orchestra of Provi-
dence, R. l. Mr.. Arbnckle said: Il
know of no man who can produce a
better tone and effect on the cornet
than Hutchius.n In both orchestra and
band, Mr.. Hutchins is distinctively a
leader, and next to Sousa, undoubted
iy occupies to day the most prominent
position in this country. AS a musician
and teacher he stands unrivailed.
In recent interview at his home 1874
Charles Street. Providence, r. l., Mr..
Hutchins said:
1T is generally known that when my
wife came here she was very poorly off
with nervous prostration. To-day she
is the picture of health, and must say
we owe it to that splendid medicine,
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy
Il know of several others who have
been cured within a short time by DIR.
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy. and the quicker people affected
with any nervous difficulty commence
10 TAKE iIllS great m0UlClue, lUe quicker
will they be cured.
But let my wife tell her experience,
which everyone, who knows her, knows
lis true in every particular" Mrs.
Hutclfins said: Il consider il my duty
90 state that | was permanently cured
of nervous prostration by using three
bottles of DIR Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. | doctored for two
years or more with several eminent
physicians without receiving any PER
manent benefit.
MY husband insisted that | shonld
stop employing a physician at once,
and commence taking the Nervura.
ut improved my health at once. 1t
quieted my nerves; [ slept well; began
to have an appetite; gradually grew
stronger. and after using three bottles
declared myself perfectly well.
II give my consent to publish this,
and | trust it may be the means of in
ducing others to try this most valuable
and reliable remedy
Prominent and well known people
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-02-06

DEFINITION OF Decentralization
David b. Hill gives the following de-
finition of Democracy =
Democracy means the peoples
cause, it means equal rights, it repre-
sents the sentiments of liberty, it typi-
fies justice; it stands for moderate tax
alton. for wider markets, for better
trade; its elevates labor, it believes in
the supremacy of the civil over the
military power; it is the great conser-
yator of peace and order in society; it
protects the weak, it restraints the
strong; it tolerates no baseness, it sub
units to no wrong, it demands honest
elections, honest legislation, honest
methods, and honest money; it upholds
civil and religious liberty; it opposes
monopoly. corruption, and fraud, and
it hates hypocrisy and shams of every
description.