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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
PLAYED CARDS ON SUNDAY.
Seven Young Men Arrested Last
Night.

The police made nineteen arrests yes
terday and last night. Seven of them
were "for playing cards on Sunday"
John Sawyer and Robert Marshall. col
ored, with J. H. Hall, Charles billiard,
William Ware. William Eagleson and
James Woods had q game going on in
the socalled 'ishot tower" at the corner
of Fourteenth aud Quincy streets, when
they were arrested last night. All of
them pleaded guilty except Hall, and
their fines were So each this morning.
Some of them paid it or part of it, while
the rest are in iaiL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
ANOTHER MASSACRE.

Report That RIustapha Pasha Has Mas
sacred the Inhabitants of Zsitoun.
LONDON, Dec. 23-The Telegraph
publishes Il dispatch from Vienna saying
it is reported that Mustapha Pasha COM
mandiug a Turkish force has captured
the town of Zsitoun, which was some
time ago taken by insurgent Armenians.
and that he had massacred all the Ar
menians in the place who did not make
their escape to the mountains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
EIGHT WERE BURNED.
Gas Explodes in a Rolling diIl In Pitts
burg, Penn, This Morning.

Ua5 LXpiOues N 2 1toIIfnE IliII IN fltt8-
burg, Penn, This Morning.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 23.-By an explosion
of gas at Shofberger's rolling mill on
Fourteenth street at 4 o'clock this morn
ing eight men were burned, one of them
fatally.
The names of the injured were: Phil
lips Bowman, colored, will die
Fred Near, Michael Kelly, Vim. Moo
ney Anthony McNally, Joseph Bowman,
David Scott, one unknown.
The men were working at the bottom
of a blast furnace, when the gas exploded
it forced the hot Stag, which accumu-
lates in the cupoia, over the sides. Be
fore the men could get cut of the way
the hot metal poured over them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
WITH QUIET HONORS.
Door Keeper Bassett ofthe Senate Buried
in Washington Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 90 Funeral ser
vices over the remains of the late Capt.
Isaac Bassett, the veteran door keeper of
the United States senate, were held in
the First Presbyterian church yesterday
afternoon. Rev. Byron Sutherland, the
pastor of the president, delivered a SER
mon. Senators Hawley, Sherman, Roach,
Mitchell of Oregon, German and PETER
representing the senate. were present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
Oldest Locomotive Engineer.

Joseph Bell, the Oldest locomotive en-
gineer in the world, died at his home in
London, Eng, recently at the age of 50
years, from injuries received by acct
dentally falling into an open cellarway.
Bell was engineer on George Stephen
sons famous Rocket" locomotive, and
heard that inventors prophecy that a
steam engine would attain 4 speed Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23

ten or twelve miles an hour. In charge
of that locomotive he made an average
speed of .wenty-nine miles per hour.
and one occasion surprised the scientific
world by making the then wonderful
worlds record run" of thirty five miles
an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
Santa Fe Engineer Honored.

Mr. j. III. Meade, resident engineer
of the Santa Fe at Pueblo, Col, was Sc
lected at the recent meeting eff the exc
cutive committee of the Road Masters
Association of America, held at the
Great Northern hotel, Chicago, to pre-
pare a paper on ditching and sub drain
age of railroads, to be read at the next
meeting at Niagara Falls in September,
1896.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
NEW YOKK'S BOON.
Not Less than SS0,OOO.OOO Expended
in the Last Nine Months.

NEW YORK, Dec 23.-During the
present year the growth of new onild-
ings in this city has been phenomena
There has been filed with the building
department. during the year the plans
for new buildings to cost altogether $71-
008,9 81, and plans for alterations to old
buildings to cost $S,294,4la
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23

for all kind of poultry, fish, game and
oysters 70S Kansas ave. Phone 1888 .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23

Give Morrow a call at his meat market
a. TOS Kansas avenue. All kinds of
game, roasts, veal, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-23
INSURGENTS ROUTED.
Four Thousand of Them Put to Flight by
Spanish Troops in Cubn.

MADRID, Dec. ga despatch received
here from Colon, province of Matanzas,
island of Cuba, confirms the report that
the Spanish troops have routed 1000 in
surgents, on the Calmena river. One
hundred of them were killed.
subscribefor the Daily STATE JOURNAL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
SEED CRAZY FOR SEBRA SKAyS.

Lincoln Neb Jan Ex-senator Henderson nhs
advised President Mason OF the Relief Commission
that the Department OF Agriculture VIII snip 10 MN
mail sacks containing the Senator's entire quota
Of garden and field seeds. amounting To ABOUT
1000 papers The Senator says:
II Won se. III 10 distribute them from your Once.
all that will be necessary to do VIII DE 10 ,Pu.
the name and postofiice address Of each recipient
on each package. | understand that Represehla-
tIves IIaynor and Mercer Will send you an theItH
and REPRESENTATIVES Bryan and Meike)ohn mn
Senator Allen will scDd you part or theirs. ne
Agricultural Department will also send ia,ee
amount fro y the Department supply, ana confip"-
tIons from other members of congress
This 10 n considerable extent. will solve the
question OF seed grain. This question has been the
source OF much speculation among Nebraska peo-
pie While the present resources are sufficient 10
feed and cloths Nebraska's destitute. little pro
vision had been made for seed grain. Now ~ ~
believed that thousands OF bushes annually dis
trIbuted by the Agricultural Department through
the various Congressman and Senator's VIII De
sent to Nebraska by common censent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
TIE PLIGHT or BTNGHA NTON
NO MONEY TO PAY ITS EMPLOYEES AND Off
c1A1s-BRooME COUNTY ALSO HARD Up.

c1AIs-BRooME COUNTY ALSO HARD Up.
Ringhamton Jan. 2s tspecaD. This city is bank
r,,pt The public funds deposit in the Ma
tional Broome County Bank. which closed us doors
in last weeks panic and Is now In the hands OF fK-
aminer Van Vranken. The total amount OF the
funds in the bank Sl0l o26 ST. and this is needed
February | TO pay policemen. teachers and other
employees and public officers The matter seemed
so serious that this evening the Board Of Aldermen
held a special meeting and decided to borrow money
enough for current expenses. The Bnghamtoh
Trust Company. OF the banking-houscs tnat sur
yived the panic hah offered 10 advance any amount
the city needs. Broome County Is almost IN as bhd
shane az all the county funds were on deposit IN
the def1nct bank amounting to about $1,000 They
were deposited there by County Treasurer John A.
Rider and his bondsmen r x. Morgan. ID L.
Brownson \. s. Miner Erastus Ross. w. =. Hal
lock and Frederick T. Ockerman. are responsible
10 the county 10 the amount OF the treasurer
bond $1,000 II the bank fails TO pay of It's de-
pOsitors. Messrs Bro"nsoh ana morgan were oii-
GERS Of the bank.
The doors Of the bank were opened this afternoon
hv the examiner for the payment OF notes held by
the bank which about due. Examiner Van
Vranken says ne does not think the bank Will open
for regular business for some time. but that
receiver will be appointed The depositors In this
city have no use for receiver for any OF the
defunct institutions. as they say 1t only means
large expenditure Of their money. Justice Parker,
Of the Supreme Court. will appoint receiver Tor
the Merchants Bank tomorrow. state senator r.h-
,,und O'('onnOr who has returned from AIDdhN'
saId that the Superintendent Of Banking Mr.. Pres
ION has decided that a receiver ~ hot necessary
Tor the Chenango Valley Savings Bank
asbier Morgan. whom State Examiner Sackus
charges with embezzlement. has outlined ms de-
fance His attorney said that II womb ne care
iessness ana old age" Morgan had been IN charge
~ The hank nearly fifty years. ana grew 10 thhk
n. could do as he pleased with the depostois
funds He was also very careless III keeping p"ohs,
II is not thought that the savings bank VIII De ~
-.ondition IN reopen for some months yet. me eA-
aminers are moi hurrying. and as a c9miseluenr,e ,
many OF poorer depositors are rxninns setx h"m
sne"nIators The banks closed at Just ,he Wors,
,oc In the wear for the poor. as me "Ih,rr ~ d,
,iihe III nevore nont and fuel and provisions are
high The charitable organizations are hav,ns an
~, can do 10 look out for these 1hioItuna,e
my M inoas % In the city Is practically paralyZed
Cashier Morgan is still at large ana ,on Examiner m r
pacLns does not show any great ihchna,Ion, ~ al ~
I,achus uo'I I,xar,iner Van Vranken tonight an
nnrced The apponment OF o. T. kellogg OF cort-
land y. Y, as receiver OF the h'oo'"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
MAKING UP THE CASE AGAINST DEBS

Chicago Jan. 2s-Waace Rice was the FIRST Wit
ness introduced by the Government at the opening
Of the Debs this morning. Mr.. Rice was re
porter on n daily newspaper during the strike His
testimony was designed TO show the participation OF
the officers and directors OF the union In the strike
and their power IN ordering the boycott of the Pull
man cars.
AT the afternoon session Mr. Walker. for the
Government. read the editorials OF THE Railway
Times" the organ OF the American Railway Union.
issued during June and July last. and attempted 10
show that through this channel Debs and his asso-
caes endeavored to ncite the members or the ordtr
10 conspiracy and deeds Of violence.
The principal witness called by the Government was
q w Myron. He an Illinois Central switchman
and took active part In organizing branches OF OF
the American Railway Union among the yardmen of
the Illinois Central Railroad. He testified that on
Iune 26 he received an order signed by Debs under
dhe seal OF the American Railway Union nstructlng
him TO call out the Illinois Central men. He then
narrated length his trips TO the suburban railroad
Yards and his method OF enforcing the order, The
l;oyernments counsel aimed to prove through the
,estimony of this witness that conspiracy thfn
existed and that Myron's actions were 10 be AK n
"a those OF an official OF the American Railway
Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
PEOPLE INJURED BY RUvA WAY

Buffalo Jan. 2s-Whilc going TO hre In WILSON,
ST., the horses attached TO truck ran away '"''
night. The truck struck the cnro al r''n'o'
a,,d the driver and six fremen were thrown 10 the
ground George Wolf was injured Internally ana
his condition is serious The others escaped win
slight injuries The horses continued their mad
race down Fillmore-ave.. with the truck on one one
set NJ runners the front bob dangling at their
heels Al Smith and Howard SITS. they came into
collision with large sleigh occupied sd,h by anS ,ns
Otto Schott Jennie Strauss. nine years old. had
leg broken; John strauss sixteen years o,u,
wears sustained a fracture OF the right elbow
and probably fractured skull. His condition "
da angerous The runaway horses were captured
without further damage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
CIV SHtKESPEARF'S PENSION cur D""'

Chicago. Jan. .. dlspatch from p''o. ,.,.
80. .,vord reached this city last night from
xyasbineton that the Pension Department hah Sent
notice to General William Shakespeare OF nam
rnazoo that his disability pension Of '2 hah p'''
reduced TO sso a month. General Shakespeare mas
suffered from n number OF severe WOUNDS ever S'''
the war. and IL said to be In almost '"nS'h'' 49,
:, =, - -, ,ho Leading Democrats oi the STATE.
I'm, af IN. recent Grand Army OF IN. f'P"pp,'
encampment at OwossO he mad" an address: ",
terlv scoring the pension policy OF thr pr'S'nl W
nInisfration since then special pension rsai',i"
have been working on his case. ana his iilehns a'
,rnu,e the preseni cut solely TO the Gen"ral u'
n,inciation He VIII probably contest the r''"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
OUR FIGHT WITH TAMMANY."
DR. PARKiIURsTs NEW BOOK ro Re READY ON
FRIDAY-DEALING WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT

DIR PARKfIURSTS NEW BOOK 70 BE READY On
FRIDAY-DEALING WITH THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT
Charles Scribners Sons the publishers Of the Rev.
DR. Charles Il. Parkhursts new book entitled "our
Fight with Tammany" have announced that .he
book will be ready for sale on Friday OF this week.
From extracts furnished by the publishers. 1t would
appear that the book will contain much OF what
DR. Parkhurst has said IN speeches and interviews
about municipal reform since he undertook his now
famous crusade The hostility Of DR. Parkhurst to
the Police Department Is thus explained In one ex-
tract:
The department which, I'm my rustic innocence.
had supposed existed for the purpose OF repressing
crime. ii now began to dawn upon me had for its
principal object to protect and foster crime ana
make capital out of H. 1t rude awakening TO
a cruel fact. in the light Of which the last three
years have been constantly lived 49,.
II was that appreciation OF the situation, as thus
awakened, that / insisted upon my election to the
crime should henceforth determine the socety's
policy previously the society had worked in con-
nv acceptance Of the presidency that the society
should henceforh deal with the police as lis arch
antagonist. making with IL 10 alliance. and giving
il no quarter. We are the only organization OF a
similar character In the town that does not consent
TO lean on the arm OF the Police Department; ana
in view OF then thoroughly rotten character which
that department has been demonstrated 10 possess
popularity In that particular Is one OF which We
think we have reason TO be proud.
In summing up the work which he performed in
his crusade. DR. Parkhurs, writes:
Nevertheless. in full View OF all that has passed.
and In spite OF all in the way of vicious criticism
and honest misunderstanding that has ensued l
still am obliged 10 say that the course TOOK was
the only course that could have been taken ana that
under the like circumstances would repeat pre-
csely the same policy. No rhetoric that mignt
have availed OF. and no theories OF the situation
that / might have promulgated. would ever have
begun to take the place OF my being able 10 say say.
know" | be permitted 10 say tnat wnr
in my pulpit shortly after and on the Strength @
OF nv own personal knowledge. repeated IN more
OF detail the charges for which ] had just peen
presented" felt clear to the centre OF my oeing
Attorney no Grand Jury. and no Justice MARITIME
or anv of his ilk could ever shake me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
DooBs or SWINGS BANK CLOSED.

Scranton Penn. Jan. PC H. krumehaar' ''ate
superintendent OF Banking In pennsylvania, '"'s
morning closed the doors OF the OIyphaht i."s'
Company Savings Bank. at Olyphan' ne iee,'
that some Of the investments made by 'he oa""
are not satisfactory and has closed the INSTITUTION
nendine an examination OF them the SupeIin
tendent also felt there was az irreguna,s m
under the name OF the Bank OF O.yphant -a, Mn,a,
the bank was incorporated as the olyphah, =, ,I"I
Company. George VI. Hull Is presldeh' an" W. ."
Gtonc cashier of the bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
,,,vrs, or COLOvgL 0sBORyg. o. s. ARMY

81. Augustine. Fla. Jan 2s (speciaD.-Colonel
Nathan W. Osborne. commander OF the 9Th Infantry,
II s. A. IL confined to his room In the Beecher cot
tage dangerously III. Colonel Osborne. VINO was
recently stationed at 81. Francis Barracks. In this
civ returned here about one month ago from Fort
Mcpherson Atlanta. for the beneft Of hiis heaith
The change does not seem to improve his condition'
1rhls morning Lieutenant r. G. kimball quarter
master OF the 9Th Infantry arrived from Atlanta 10
visit the Colonel Colonel Osborne is about Sixty
retired list
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
THOUGHT TO BE TRAIN RORBERS.

Pine Bluff. Ark. Jan. 2S-Constables brought here
yesterday and placed In jail the young man said
20 answer the description OF the McNeill Cotton
Belt" train robbers They were beating their
way" down to Warner the Iron Mountain road
when captured. The men. who each about
twenty years OLD, gave their names as Charics
Bucks and william McLeheit. Both declare their
Innocence OF the charges Of train robbery and say
they can prove an aibi. They we'll dressed
and have not the Appearance Of criminals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
LIVES LOST IN GALVESTON BAY.

Galveston, Tex. Jan. &-The storm which has
been brewing for the last day or two broke over
this city this morning at o'clock doing consdera-
bic damage TO property. while Galveston Bay
several lives were lost by the capslzing Of mum
Der OF soops. The wind blew at the rate OF hfty
miles an hour The Salvation Army headquarters.
On Broadway. were completely demolished. es ysre
also seven cottages in the East End. Texas city
suburb Just across the bay sustained heavy loss.
MANY houses lately erected there having been blown
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
"DRIFTS TWENTY FEET DEEP"
TRAINS STALLED AND TRAVEL DELAYED IN
WESTERN NEW -YORK-THE WORST STORM
IN TWENTY yEARe


Watertown. y. ". Jan. 2S-The storm in this
ton continued through three nights and two days,
the longest record In nearly twenty years. The
snowfall measures about foot, in addition to the
Two feet already on the ground Snow Is still
falling heavily. and no sign appears that the storm
is nearly Yesterdays efforts to open roads
were futile. the wind blew the into the
cuts as fast as IL removed. The Rome Water
town and Ogdensburg line this morning were COW
cred with drifts from four to twenty feet deep. but
the ploughs making quick work OF them, and
1t is expected that the entire line will be open to-
night.
a wreck was caused at Adams this morning by
the collision of northbound passenger train with
a delay of three hours collision between a snow
Potsdam has caused a wreck which adds to the
delay. The lines from Watertown to Utica and
three to iive hours late In the country there will
be little possibility OF travelling before tomorrow
Buffalo Jan. 2s-The blizzard Of Saturday and
Sunday moderated this morning. but the weather
Is very cold. Trains were badly delayed last night
Along the Erie road. between Warsaw and Rock
Glen. the snowdrifs several feet deep. on the
Dunkirk branch Of the Erie trains were stalled
Gould N se 1nkk an
TO Dunkirk yesterday afternoon. The train due at
naxnar a. al last accons mr. was in the snow a., Perrvs
burg
a dispatch from Asheford Junction says passen-
Rochester and Pitsburg Railroad suffered % much
privaton Saturday night. Train No. 3. from Roch-
ester for Bradford. snowbound at PAVILION
and reached Asheford twelve hours late The
snowbanks ten and twelve feet high In places
About dozen passengers were on board They
were unable to sleep. there were no accommo-
dations and they without anything to eat
A dispatch from Leroy says snow has bockaded
everything Four engines and crews on the Erie
road were stalled in high drifts between Leroy and
Stafford from o'clock yesterday morning until .
p. m The forward engine was badly damaged by
snow the headlight and cab being broken. Country
roads impossible
The Telegraph lines suffered severely west OF here
Between Dunkirk and Erie over one hundred poles
prosrated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29

The weather yesterday was bright and clear until
the afternoon. when clouds rolled over the sky and
threatened either rain or snow In the evening the
Clements decided In favor OF snow. The snow beg IN
to fall abou. O'Clock and II came down In big.
The latest dispatches received by the Weather
Bureau showed that the storm EXTENDED over al the
Atlantic States south OF this city 1t was moving
rapidly IN a northeasterly direction. and neavy
snowfall was expected for to-day In NeS-York ana
No III nd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
MANY INDICTMENTS EXPECTED.

The Oyer and Terminer Grand Jury YESTERDAY
resumed its investigation. and as this Is the nnal
week Of Its existence. II Is expected to hand IN
large number of indictments In Few days. MI.
Fromme. OF counsel for ex-Poiice Captain Doherty.
was said 10 have been a witness before the jury
yesterday and believed that the reports about
the hasty trip to Europe made by Mrs. Augusta
Thurow several weeks ago would be investigated.
MIA Thurow. since her return 70 the city, has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
SPEAKERS AT THE COOPER UNION MEETING.


simon Sterne and other members Of the sub-com-
mittee of the Committee of Seventy appointed to
make arrangements for mass-meeting to oppose
the Lexow bills for the reorganization of the Po-
lice Department had meeting at the rooms OF the
Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon and re-
csived replies from a number of prominent men
VINO had been invited TO speak at the meeting In
Cooper Union on the evening OF Monday. February
4. After consultation II was announced that among
the speakers at the meeting will be the Rev. DR..
Parkhurst. Joseph Larocque, James c. Carter and
simon Sterne II announced also that list Of
ycepresidents at the meeting will be ready for pub
licaon In a few days The list will include the
names Of many men who have been active in reform
work and who are connected with a number OF or.
ganiZations In the city.
DR.: Parkhurst said last evening: Il expect to
speak at the Cooper Union meeting. and wrote to
the committee this afternoon. recommending that
another mass-meeting In Harlem be provided for. Il
is TO be regretted that there Is not larger hall
for pubic meetings In Harlem. because the people
In that part Of the city take deep interest In the
movement for municipal reform and are ready to
show their interest by attending meetings. they
hold meetings In churches occasionally, and there
Is the Casino in Secondave. which will seat ABOUT
5000 people"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29

Guthrie. o. T.. Jan. 2s-A blizzard. with the ther-
mometer degrees below zero. struck Hennessy TO-
day there is much suffering among the settlers
IN the Cherokee Strip Snow has fallen three inches
on the level and is drifting heavily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29

ARMENIAN COMMISSION IN SESSION.
susPENsIoN OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF
BITIIs.
Vienna, Jan. 2S-A late dispatch from Constanti-
nopie aays that TahsIn Pacha, Governor-General OF
s'tiis has been suspended. and Ermer Bey. a MEM
soer OF the Commission OF Inquiry. has undertaken
his duties
Constantnople. Jan. 2s-At the first sitting Of the
commission sent to Armenia the foreign delegates
Vroposed that Tahsin Pacha, the Governor General
btlis be suspended pending the result of the in
Sessussstion The British. French and Russian Am
SHssssanors also are trying TO the Porte to
~'sssIpiine the GovernOr-0eneral
me Minister Of Justice returned the letter written
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-29
HE STIRS UP CONGRESS.
I THE PRESIDENTS APPEAL.
BEGGING FOR IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL
LEGISLATION.

MR.. CLEVELAND SENDS IN A SPECIAL MESSAGE
ASKING AUTHORITY FOR THE SECRETARY OF
THE TREASURY TO ISSUE THREE PER CENT
BONDS TO RUN FOR FIFTY YEARS
LEGALTENDER NOTES AND SMALL
BANK NOTES TO BE REDEEMED
AND RETIRED - PROMPT AC-
TIoN NECESSARY TO HELP
THE TREASURY OUT