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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
REAL ESTATE DEALS.
Bona Eide Sales and Mortgage ForecIOs-
ures As Shown in Registers' Office.

Bona Eide Sales and Mortgage ForecIOs-
ures As Shown in Registers Office.
The register of deeds office did land
office business today. Besides several
deals of minor Importance there were
two transactions of considerable dimen-
sions in property near the town of Rich
land.
James NJ. French traded to George A.
Bushong a ha.f section of land adjoining g
Richland and quarter section just south
of the town, with a S2,700 mortgage on
them. for lots 81, 8 and 10 in block
2 of Richland, lot 2 in Rains first addi-
ton to the town, % acre 5ract a mile
northeast of Richland with a mortgage
of $500, and difference of $4,000 In
other words BushOng pays French $4,000
and assumes a $2,7OO mortgage, while
the latter pays the former $4,000 and
assumes $500 mortgage, a difference of
So. 90O altogether.
Lizzie Rowley has sold to limo Good
win for $1,000 lots 274 and 276 on Mon
roe street in Holidays addition.
Morris Affron purchased from John
Twyman lots So and SO on Quincy street.
He paid S 400 and assumes $500 lien.
E. J. Tomlinsou of Lyon, Kan, got lots
of property for $1,000 when he purchased
from George A. Clauser yesterday lots
203, 205 and 209 on Logan street, Knowles
subdivision, lots 315, 315, 317, 362, 1854
and 366 Wayne avenue, lots 266, 268 and
270 Duane avenue, Miller's College Park
addition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
MANIAC WITH A KNIFE.
Terrible Fight of a Sheriff With q
Crazy Man
ON THE AUBURNDALR HORSE CAR.

"A Patient Being Taken to the Insane
Asylum Suddenly Whips Out
Knife and Clears the Car.
Sheriff Anderson of Saline county had
a terrible experience with an insane man
on the asylum street car line last evening
that will last him through life and per-
haps teach him the lesson that an insane
man is never to be trusted.
The sheriff arrived in Topeka last
evening from SaIina with a powerful
built Swedish farmer named Hill in
charge who had been consigned to the
state insane asylum by the probate court
of Saline county.
Hill lived in the extreme lower edge
of the county, in the Swedish settlement
near Lindsborg. He had been accounted
a peaceable man but full of wild vag
aries, which grew and developed until
it was thought best to send him to the
asylum for time.
There was no particular precaution
taken to prevent the patients escape by
Sheriff Anderson in the way of handouts.
Besides, Hill had shown no evidences
of vicious temperament
About o'clock Sheriff Anderson took
his prisoner on the Sixth street line to
Horne street, where he transferred him
TO the asylum Car, which was driven by
young Bratton, boy of IA during the
absence of the regular driver at supper.
The transfer was made without the
least INSTRUMENTATION on the part of the
prisoner, and Sheriff Anderson settled
down in the seat in lazy way gazing at
the country.
At this juncture the car reached the
top of the hall and gave a view of the
asylum, which seemed to set Hill wildly
crazy. Springing to his feet he whipped
out long knife from under his coat and
with yell made rnsh for Sheriff An
derson. HiIPs face, the sheriff says, was
fearful to look upon; his eyes glazing
and murderous. In a second it flashed
to the sheriff that he was confronted
with raving maniac.
He jumped out of the car AS he
leaped the crazy man turned on the boy
driver, and struck at him with the knife
but the boy was nimble as a squirrel,
and dropping his lines ran for dear life.
Sheriff Anderson had been watching
his opportunity, and bounced on the lu-
natic's back, at the same time knocking
the knife from his hands.
Back and forth they struggled over
the Car for at least two minutes, perspir :
ing and painting, when suddenly Hill
subsidized into the same stolid state that
he had assumed through the entire jour
ney.
After some inducement the boy re-
turned to the Car and Sheriff Anderson
safely lodged his prisoner in the asy-
| lum.
! 1t may be considered as almost provi-
| Dental that Hill's insane streak did not
occur on the Sixth street line, where
! is almost always women and children.
Hereafter insane patients should be
taken out to the asylum in hacks or pri
vate conveyance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
ASK FOR MILK SHAKES.

That's How Mr.. Nichols Store was Robbed
Sheriff Dave Burdge returned from
Kansas City today with VIII Rucker,
one of the four colored boys who are
thought to have stolen $50, Sunday from
Mr.. Nichols grocery store on East Tenth
street. Three of the thieves are now in
custody and the sheriff's forces expect
to land the fourth before many hours.
The robbery WAS committed in the fol-
lowing manner. MIR. Nichols had been
counting his money in the back room of
his store and when one of the colored
men came in to get milk shake he saw
the money lying on the table. Dir. Mich
OILS then closed the door between the two
rooms and the customer left. Almost
Immediately another man came
in and called for two milk shakes, one
after the other. While Mr.. Nichols was
waiting on the second customer, the first
one must have entered the store from the
rear and taken the money from the table,
as it was gone when the old man re-
turned to the back room.
From descriptions given the officers
several days after, police arrested John
London, a young colored fellow and
turned him over to the state. Sheriff
Burdge spent thursday in Kansas City
hunting for Rucker and Friday he was
arrested by Kansas City special police
man as he was trying to leave town on a
freight. The sheriff secured the neces-
sary requisition papers yesterday and
went to Kansas City after Rucker last
q
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conductor, brakemen, baggageman and
porters all being members of'the order.
A Topeka man who has returned from
Europe says that President Fairchild of
the Agricultural college, who has been
Investigating the agricultural colleges
of Europe, will start for home next Tues
day.
John Haisch, who is the official ami
NAL undertaken, dog catcher. etc., will
this afternoon go to Missouri to make a
short visit During his absence his as
sistant will attend to all the duties of his
various offices.
The Kansas crop exhibit, which is be-
ing arranged to take with the off cial
train to the national encampment will be
shipped in Rock Island baggage car,
which has been placed at the disposal of
the department commander by Major I.
J. Anderson.
Lutte Carr and Clarence Myers, of
Eudora, arrived last evening with nine
head of horses which were purchased
near their home by Liveryman John
hrauss, of Topeka. The horses were
bought for shipment and were driven
through.
Doctor Howard insists that where
weeds grow, live their natural lives and
die as leaves in autumn, that there is
less danger of sickness than where they
are cut down in life and left to decay.
The latter method fattens the physicians
pocket book
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
ENDEAVORERS JOLLIFY.
Hold a Big Meeting at the First Pres
byterian Church.

Hold Big Meeting at the First Pres
byterian Church.
The Christian Endeavorers of the city
had a rousing meeting last evening at
the First Presbyterian church. It was a
sort of a welcome meeting to the dele
gates who attended the national conven-
ton at Boston a short time age. There
were over 800 Young people present
Miss Bessie Shelton, the state secretary
of the Christian Endeavor societies, was
present and gave her account of the ma
Eional convention. She exhibited several
Christian Endeavor flags that she had
collected while attending the convention
The Rev. L. P. Broad, who is an evauge-
list, told of some of the things he saw
while in Boston. Eight men from the
Santa Fe shops furnished some vocal
selections. The Junior chorus from the
Third Christian church sang couple OF
songs. The meeting was an enthusiastic
one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
FOUND IN THE GUMRY.

Belongings of VIM. d. DOdds, Formerly
of Topeka, in the Burned Hotel.
The remains of VIM. D. Dodds, one of
the victims of the Hotel Gumry catas-
trophe, were sent to his home in Albany.
New York, yesterday. Rev. J. Dodds OF
this city. father of the deceased, endeav-
Ored to have the remains brought here,
but when he sent word to Denver, the
shipment had already been made to AL
bany, Concerning the finding of the
body, the Denver Republican says:
Early yesterday morning Henry E.
Woods, an asssyer, reported to the coro-
ner's Office that the remains of William
D. Dodds would be found among the ru-
ms At about o'clock a letter press
copybook belonging to Dodds was found
and the tiremen beean using their imple-
to find other effects belonging to the
same man.
His clothing came next and package
OF letters, among which were his creden-
tials. One of these, dated Scranton, Pa,
July 10 last, had been mailed to him al
No 1850 Polk street, Topeka. The doc
ument was to whom it might concern
and stated that William D. Dodds had
that day been appointed agent of the
Colliery Engineer and Miner. This was
signed by Rufus J. Foster, president Of
the publication mentioned. A strange
pocket piece found in waistcoat evil
IDENTIFY belonging to Dodds bore on it ar
inscription reading:
Life is short; death is sure; the Chris
tian-the cure"
The body was found soon afterward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
CITY SANITARY WORK.
Council Will Reject the Pending
Proposition.
FORCE WILL BE CUT DOWN.

Another Proposition to be Submitted
by Frank L. Whitaker-City Physi-
clan to Advise Reduction OF the
Force.
1t is safe to predict that the proposition
of J. N. Miller and c. L Vanderpool to
do the sanitary work of the city will be
rejected at the next meeting of the coun-
Gil but it will have one result and that is
to discharge two of the men now on the
force.
The proposition created something of
a stir for there are those among the
council who would prefer to see the de-
partments conducted by men selected
for their proficiency rather than because
they were useful in the campaign. These
men succeeded in preventing a report of
the committee unfavorable to Miller aud
Vanderpool, but they may be appeased
when the agreement is made to dis
charge two of the five men now en-
ployed.
Frank L Whitaker, deputy commits
ciOner of elections has a proposition on
this question to submit to the council
He says he will do the work of sanitary
sergeant in addition to his present du-
ties without extra cost to the city. This
would save the city $50 per month.
1t is understood that at the next regu-
lar meeting of the council City Physi-
clan Mitchell will recommend the re-
ductIon of the sanitary force.
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GOVERNMENT FORMED.
Cuban Republic Patented After the United
States,

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24-News has
been received in this city that a COM
plete government has been formed by
the Cuban insurgents at Najasa by a
conference of the delegates from all five
of the provinces on the island. The con-
ference was presided over by General
Maceo, and other leaders present were
Antonio Tullo, GARLIC and Gomez.
A constitution was adopted which, be-
cause of it's liberal provisions, was en-
Enthusiastically received by all the armies
in the field to whom it was read. The
instrument provides for five states in
Cuba, each to have charge of its local
affairs under local governor.
The general government of the island
will be vested in a president and cabinet
and two houses similar to those of this
country. Nsjasa will be the capital, be-
cause it is well situated for defense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
STANLEY'S FIRST SPEECH.
The African Explorer Greeted by Full
Attendance.


LONDON, Aug. 24.-The house of com
mons this week has been mainly occu-
pied with discussions of foreign matters,
chiefly points relating to Egypt Siam,
during which Mr.. Henry NJ. Stanley, the
African explorer and formerly a New
York reporter, now member of the
North Lamboth division of London in
the Unionists interest, made his maiden
speech in the house.
MIR. Stanley rose to this effort of his
life during a discussion of the Egyptian
question and he strongly demanded the
propositions looking to an evacuation of
Egyptian territory by the British troops.
His first speech in parliament was equal
to his reputation, and contrary to gen
eral usages on the occasion of maiden
speeches, there was nearly a full house.
or about as full as it could be considering
the deserted condition of London. The
members present listened to the new
members remarks with rapr attention.
Mr., Stanley was attired in a we'll fit
ting light gray frock coat. His utter
ance was rather thick, but he spoke ra-
pidly and to the point. The explorer, it
was noticed, was much hurt when Mr.
James Parker Smith, Unionist mem Der
of the Patrick Division of Lanarkshire.
on the same subject later in the day
intimated that Mr. Stanley was trading
on his reputation as an explorer OF Africa.
The latter subsequently warmly repu-
dated this assertion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES.

Rev. D. s. Hubbard of Lyndon, Kan
will occupy the pulpit of the First Pres
byterian church, this city, tomorrow
morning and evening.
The German Evangelical Association
church, corner Fourth and Monroe, Rev
5. Miller, pastor. Service at II a. N. and
.. m. Sunday school 10 q. N.
st. John A NJ. f church, Seventh and
Topeka avenue, ]. c. c. Owens, pastor.
Preaching at II a. N. Morning subject,
Transforming Power of the People
Through Christ" The evening service
will be conducted by the Sunday Even
ing club Prot. Page will read paper
entitled the "Young Christian" Miss
Eva Hawkins will sing solo.
Grace Cathedral. corner Polk and
Eighth streets, the Very Reverend Frank
r. Millspaugh, dean. Holy communion
8 a. m. Morning prayer, litany and ser
mon at II a. N. Subject, "Remember
Lots Wife,"
Church of the Good Shepherd, corner
Quincy and Laurent streets, North To
peka, Rev. Canon Miner, minister in
charge. Celebration of the holy COM
munion with address at IL a N. Evening
prayer with sermon at 8 p. N. by Dean
Millspaugh.
Church of St Simon, the Cyrenian,
corner Western avenue and Seventh
street, Rev. Canon Miner, minister in
charge. Evening prayer with sermon at
4:30 p. II. by Dean Millspaugh.
Calvary Mission of Grace Cathedral,
1929 East Fourth street, Rev. Irving
Todd Minister in charge. Evening
prayer with sermon at 4 p. Ii.
The gospel meeting for women at the
Y. w. c. A. rooms, 610 Kansas avenue,
Sunday, 415 p; NJ, Will be led by Miss
Elizabeth GrIdley. Special music will
be furnished.
Kansas Avenue NJ. E. church, North
Topeka. Rev. c. E. Rolcomb will preach
at II o'clock. In the evening there will
be union temperance meeting in this
church.
First Church of God, corner Fifth and
Jefferson streets, Rev. F. f. Manchester.
pastor. Morning service at II a. N.
Theme, "Infuence of Association"
Eevening service at s p N. Theme,
Ready for Service"
First Spiritualist Society, Lincoln Post
hall, Sixth avenue. Conference at II a.
IN. 8 a. IN. address by II. II. Brown (soul
culturisQ upon The Gospel of Can"
Second baptist church, First street
! Rev. q. D. Olden pastor. Preaching II
a N. and s p. N.
Rev. E. S. Farrand will occupy his pull
pit at the Westminster Presbyterian
church morning and evening. II a. IN,
"a Good Mans Sad Experience; 1870 p.
m, "The Lord Reigneth."
Seabrook Congregational church-Ser-
vices at 11:15. Subject, THE Power of
Love for Christ" Evening services at 8.
Suunyside Congregational church
Preaching at 4 p. III. Union meeting of
the Seabrook and Sunnyside Christian
| Endeavor societies at D. m.
Brethren (Dunkard) church. Oakland
Preaching at l a. IN. and 8 p N. to-
morrow by Elder Vaniman.
United Presbyterian church, corner of
! Eighth and Topeka avenue-Rev. NJ. F.
Mckirahan pastor. The theme for ser
mon tomorrow at il o'clock is samuel
Rejected" No evening service.
Rev NJ. F. McKirAhan will preach at
the Liberty church, corner of Fifth and
Leland, tomorrow evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
INVESTMENT co. FAILS.
POstOfice Department Interfered and It
Hasn't Done Anything Since


ST LOUIS, Aug Cav. W. Ramsey
and other bondholders of the Equitable
Savings Investment company have ap-
piled 10 the circuit court for an injunc-
ton, restraining the officers of the COM
pany from collecting any more dues, or
declaring the plaintiffs bonds forfeited
by non-payment of dues They also
ask for the appointment of a receiver
and an equitable distribution of the
assets of the company, which was organ
lied in 1898, under the name of the ST.
Louis Mutual Bond Investment company.
The extent of the operations of the in
vestment company was enormous before
the postoffice declared the concern to be
fraudulent 1t has not enjoyed public
confidence, the plaintiffs state, since
the reorganization which took place i'm
mediately after and has done little new
business. Altogether 129, 921 has been
paid in and only $56,620 expended in
maturing bonds.
There has been a continuous lapsing of
bonds since 1898, and the plaintiffs com
plain that no report or statement has
been issued since November of that
wear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
GRAIN MEN CLASH.
Probable War Between Grain Dealer
and Elevator Men.

Probable War Between Grain Dealers
and Elevator Men.
CHICAGO, Aug. Painless the de-
mands of the Illinois grain dealers asso-
CITATION are promptly acceded TO by the
prospect for the institution of a virtual
boycott against the latter class that will
affect their business to a serious extent.
TINS is the kind of a gauntlet that was
thrown down last evening at a joint
meeting of committees from the Illinois
Grain Dealers association and the Chi
cago Receivers and shippers association.
The former committee represented
some 800 grain shippers throug bout the
state and the latter was composed of
members of the board of trade, commits
sion merchants and shippers. The meet
ing was arranged for the purpose of dis
cussing the evils of the present system Of
weighing grain in vogue among elevator
men and to devise means for its correc-
ton. II resulted in the unanimous conclu-
sion that the interests of the grain deal
ers of the state demanded that disinter-
ested weighmen should be on duty at
each public elevator, and that such ele-
vator companies as refuse to adopt the
suggestions had been Disseminated
against by all dealers making shipments
to Chicago.
The chairmen of both committees
were outspoken in denouncing what they
term the Outrageous methods of the ele-
vator men, and each claimed to voice the
sentiment Of his association as being in
favor of public weighmeu.
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One of the old Residents.

The following notice of the death of
an aunt of Harry Overholt appeared in a
recent edition of the Pittsburg Dispatch:
''Mrs. Mary Overholt, ane of the oldest
residents of East Huntington township,
Westmoreland county, died at her homo
yesterday. Mrs Overholt is the widow
of Jacob s OverhOlt, deceased April,
1889, and was in her 10th year. She had
resided in the county for SO years. She
was the mother of nine children, eight
OF which survived her; twenty three
grandchildren, ane two great-grandchil-
drsn- One of her sons is J. W. Overholt
coke manufacturer"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
GOV. MORRILL, IN BOSTON.
The Traveller Believes the Vice President
Story.


The Boston Travellers political report
er interviewed Gov Morrill, of Kansas
while he was in Boston, and prints the
following together with a good likeness
of N ajOr Morrill:
"Governer Morrill, of Kansas knows a
good thing, even if it is far away in
Yankee Maine, for he has tagged him
self on as a tail to Tom Reeds presiden-
tial kite, and his friends are anxious to
form a mbination with the Reedites
whereby the Maine man will secure the
support of the Kansas delegation in the
national convention, the Reed men in
return to rally around the Kansas
governor for second place on the ticket.
This reads we'll and sounds nice, but
big Tom is too old a bird to be caught
with chaf a year in advance of the pres
idential convention.
81 met Governor Morrill, in the lobby of
the Parker House yesterday, and I asked
him point blank if he was candidate for
the presidency. The governor
stroked his short gray beard refectively.
and then slowly denied the soft impeach-
ment coupling with the denial, however,
such unqualified praise of Reed as a
stateman and Republican that he re-
minded me of the young lady who, swear.
ing that she'd ne'er consent, consented al
the first proposal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
TO DECIDE CHAMPIONSHIP.

A TOurnament Of ProfessiOnaI Wheelmen
to be Held.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The Quill club
wheelmen of America held a meeting
this afternoon and arranged for a tourn-
ament to be held early in Septem Der, at
which time the professional champion
ship of America will be decided.
The greatest professional riders in
America have already entered, including
John S. Johnson, Walter G. Sanger.
Harry C. Tyler, Watson Coleman, Conn
Baker
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
HAD TOLEAvETHE sOUDAN
Mr. E. Klngman Goes to the Canary
Islands to Recupcrate.

The last number of The Gospel Mes
sage, George S. Fishers paper, published
at Kansas City, contains the following
about Mr.. E. Kingman. a formerly of
Topeka man:
1.-THE latest report from the Soudan
party brings US the information that Mr..
Kingman has beeu quite i'll, and has
gone to the Canary Islands for short
time hoping that the change will benefit
him. All of the other missionaries are
reported in good health"
Mr.. Kingman's first wife died in
Africa, but he came back to America and
married in Iowa, His second wife lived
but short time and he has been in
Africa about year.
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AFRAID HE'D BE HANGED
Gnmry Hotel Engineer Not to Blame
But Was Scared:

ANToNITo, Colo. Aug. 24-Elmer Loe-
scher, engineer of the Inflated Gumry
hotel at Denver arrested here last night
says that the boiler explosion which
killed twenty-five people was not due to
any carelessness on his part.
He claims that before leaving the
hotel he banked the fire and made sure
that the boiler was two-thirds full of
water He left Denver he says, because
be feared personal violence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24
German Banking shares Advanes

LONDON, Aug. PA dispatch to the
Daily News from Berlin says that Ger
man banking shares advanced today, led
by the disconto gesaltschaft, which rose
per cent on a rumor that the company
with the Rothschilds was about to launch
an enterprise in the Transvaal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. PA dispatch
to the N. Novosti from Vladivostock says
that the Japanese are evacuating Port
Arthur and dismantling the fortifca-
tions.
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The Rock Island
MAKES THE RATE $40

MAKES THE RATE S1.00
To Kansas City and return, Sunday. Aug.
25th. Special train leaves Topeka g
o'clock a. m, returning leaves kansas
City $40 o. m.
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Ny. WeekIy Bank stetement.

NEwYORK. Aug. 24-The weekly bank
statement of the associated banks
shows the following changes: Re-
serve decrease $4,000, 300: loans, in
crease $2,257, 300; specie, increase $519,-
200 legal tenders, decrease S5,141, 700: de-
posts, decrease So 68S, 800; circulation,
increase $50, 200. The banks now hold
S37,556,675 in excess of the requirements
of the % per cent rule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-24

Take a combined course in shorthand,
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Business college, 521 Quincy St