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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
FEARS FOR A SHIP.
Spanish Cruiser Reina Regenta
Believed to Be Lost.
Over Four Hundred Persons
We're ON the Vessel.
NO WORD FROM HER.
Tie Only Conclusion is That
She Has FOundered.

GIBRALTAR, March 14.-The Spanish
cruiser Reipa Regente is believed to
have foundered off the coast of Morocco
during recent gale. She had crew
of 42O officers and men. Pieces of
one of her boats and semaphore flags
are reported to have been picked up
along the coast near Centia and
Tarifa. The Reina Regente, Alfonso
XIII. and Lepanto are three new sec
ond-class deck-protected cruisers of
the same build. They Ire of 4, 800 tons,
having 1900 horse power, and were
expected to steam twenty knots.
The Reina Regente had just conveyed
the returning Moorish mission to Tan
giers. She left that port March 10 for
Cadiz, and had not since been heard Of
The absence of news from her is caus-
ing the greatest anxiety, and it is be-
1ieved that she has been lost with all
hands. The cruisers Isla De Luzon, of
the Spanish fleet, sailed yesterday from
Algiers in search of the missing cruiser
The Reina Regente was one of the
three Spanish warships that took part
in the great Columbian naval parade
in New York harbor in the spring of
1898, the other two having been the
Nueva Espana and Infanta Ysabel
FIVE EMPLOYEES FRIGHTFULLY BURNED.
SHARON, Pa, March 14.-By the flash
ing of flames from the door of an an
healing furnace in the Sharon iron
works late yesterday afternoon five
employees were frightfully burned.
When the flames burst forth from the
furnace the men, who were standing
near, were completely enveloped in
fire. Strauss, one of the men, seemed
to lose all reason and began running
through the mill, his clothes all afame.
He was caught by the mill employees
and their quick work saved him from
being burned to a crisp.
AN EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE.
OIL CITY, Pa, March 1.-THE grip
has become so prevalent in and about
this city that the disease can be classed
as epidemic. The local physicians have
at least 200 cases under treatment, and
as some of them are attended with
typhoid complications, there is much
uneasiness manifested, and some of the
patients are in a serious condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
WILL HAVE HIS HANDS FULL

President Cleveland Will Find All Europe
Care For His Return.
WASHINGTON. March 14.-When Mr..
Cleveland returns from his duck shoot
ing he will pro bly, find the whole of
Europe on his hands to take the place
of congress which he dropped just be-
fore his vacation. The affairs of the
state department are such as to furnish
him with occupation and food for
thought for some time to come. Austria
is about the only country that this
government has not some sort of a
complication with, and the harmony
of our relations with Austria is threat
ened. Everything was all right with
England up to this time, but now the
shooting of the purser of the English
vessel at New Orleans has created a
implication there.
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Kansas City Has a Half Million
Dollar Blaze.
Firemen Could Do Nothing Be-
cause of the Wind.
ALL DONE IN AN HOUR.
The Western Newspaper Union
Building is Destroyed.
Great Western Type Foundry is
Also Ruined.

KANSAS CRY, NO, March 14.-While
bitter cold wind was blowing from
the north last evening a fire broke out
in the four-story building of the Eng
hsh Supply & Engine Co., at 40, 412
and Ala West Fifth street and burned
for one hour and thirty minutes with
Incredible fury. When the fire had
spent its force two magnificent brick
buildings were srnouldering ruins and
property to the value of S242, 900 had
been destroyed. The fire started at
$50 o'clock. It was under control at
o'clock. The flames from the English
Supply Co.'s building communicated
with the four-story brick occupied
by the Great Western type foundry
and the Western Newspaper union, and
thirty minutes later the walls of both
buildings began to fall The flames
1eaped 100 feet in the air, and burning
brands were showered over the north
end, threatening to destroy that por-
ton of the town. Adjoining buildings
were set fire by burning brands, but
had been done.
The fremen were quickly on the
scene, but could do nothing TO save
bno burning pulB04uRp anu 10ub CnS1k
efforts to keeping the fire from spread
ing to adjoining property. The water
pressure was the poorest in the history
of the city in recent years. In the
burning buildings the fires burned
briskly and no appreciable effect was
made on them by the water. All OF
the companies in the city except two
were called out to the fire.
The losses and insurance are esti-
mated to be as follows: Coates estate,
con building, 40, 412 and Ala West Fifth
street, S55, 900. partially insured; English
Supply & Engine Co. 1865, 900, insurance,
$4,000; Boston Betting Co., S25, 600. in
surance, $25, 900; Great Western Build
ing Co.'s building, S32, 900, insurance,
10000; Great Western type foundry,
S25, 900, insurance, $40, 900; Western
Newspaper union, $4,000, insurance
$4,000.
The fire burned the greater part of
the night A force of firemen were de-
tailed to keep it within its limits. Tele
phone and telegraph wires were torn
down by falling walls and the Metro
politan's Fifth street cable railroad
was tied up for three hours by the fire
Thousands of people stood in the cole
and watched the progress of the con.
dagration.
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Shot WItbout Provocation.

BRooKFIELD, Mo-, March 1S.-Tom
Campbell, a locomotive engineer, shot
E. J. Davis. on Main street, yesterday
evening. The two were walking in
opposite directions and as they met
Campbell, who was drunk, drew a re-
volver and fred without saying a word.
The ball struck Davis in the back and
only made flesh wound. The injured
man is president of the E. j.. Davis
Manufacturing Co. and leading citi-
zen. The two had never had any
trouble and were not even acquainted.
Campbell was arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
WHY MAKE A CHANGE?

Mr.. j. p. Davis Can't See the Reason for
Changing Mayors.
Mr.. ]. P. Davis, president of the Kan
sas Mutual Life Insurance company, is a
warm supporter of the candidacy of
Mayor T. w. Harrison for reelection.
To a STATE JOURNAL reporter Mr..
Davis said he believed the people of To-
peka realized that Colonel Harrison has
made an efficient executive and there is
no necessity for making a change at this
time.
Mr.. Davis says he is satisfied Mayor
Harrison will be renominated and re-
elected by handsome majority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
scotch-Irish Coneresa.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March IA
Representatives of the national execu-
tive committee of the Scotch Irish So
eiety of America met here yesterday to
confer with the secretary, A. c. Floyd,
of this city, in regard to arrangements
for the seventh congress to be held at
Lexington, Va, June 20. Invitations
will be extended to a number of dis
tinguished speakers to deliver ad-
dresses
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REVOKED HIS ORDERS.

Secretary Smith Recalls a Ruling Made In
September.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The secre-
tary of the interior has revoked his
order of September 4, 1894, directing
that action upon all cases of settlers
who entered Oklahoma territory within
the prohibition period be suspended,
where the disqualification of the entry
man was the controlling issue in the
case. His revocation of the order was
caused by the failure of congress to
pass pending legislation for their re-
ia
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SUGAR TRUST OPPOSITION.
Louisiana Planters win Erect a Large Re-
hnRrH in New Orleans.

finery in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, March 14.-At a meet
ing of the sugar planters it has been
determined to erect a sugar refinery in
New Orleans. This was done in direct
opposition to the sugar trust, which
controls the two refineries in this city.
The planters complain that the trust
had proved hostile to them, had
opposed them in every possible
way and had robbed and despoiled
them. The bulk of the money for the
new refinery was subscribed at the
meeting and it was decided to allow
no one to subscribe except sugar plant
ers, and to invite no foreign capital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
MASTERING FOR THE FRAY
Mr.. A. C. Rice Here in the Interest of the
Oakland Dam.

Mr.. J. B. Bartholomew, the Oakland
real estate boomer, has brought to Tope-
ka Mr.. A. G. Rice, general superinten-
dent and consulting engineer of the
Stillwell- Bierce q Smith Vale company
of Dayton, Ohio.
Mr.. Rice is here to look at the Oakland
dam site, as his company is said to have
the contract for putting in the dam and
the dam machinery.
Mr.. Rice got here too late to stop the
progress of the other dam company in its
work for charter. 1t remains to be
seen which company will now get down
to business and build a dam.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
Barn. Horses and Mules Lost.

A barn on the McGeorge farm, a few
miles east of here, was burned yester-
day, causing the loss of considera BILE
hay and corn, three horses and two
mules When the fire started the mules
were out in the lot, but as the flames
increased they ran directly into them
and perished
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CattIamen at Fort worth.

Fort WORTH, Tex, March lathe
cattlemen's convention yesterday went
to work on routine business. The new
officers are: President, A. P. Bush; vice
president, R. J. Kleberg; second vice
president, s. B. Burnett; secretary, J.
c. Loving. There are upward of $780,
900, 900 represented in the convention,
the association being one of the largest
in the United States, with a member
ship of 700. The annual dues amount
to S37. 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
Trolley to the Pxramids.

To the pyramids by trolley may soon
be possible trip. The Egyptian govern
ment has just granted a concession for
an electric railroad in Cairo, and the
pyramids are only eight miles away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
HAHN LEAVES TOWN.
He Ran a Meat Market on West Sixth and
Was Considered Honest.

He Ran a Meat Market on West Sixth and
Was Considered Honest.
Will Hahn, who ran a meat market on
West Sixth street, near Buchanan street,
has disappeared and taken with him $120
belonging to himself and q partner Joe
Hagan, and leaving debts to the amount
of $3.50 unpaid
On the morning of the goth of Febru-
airy Hahn, went down town with $3.50
saying he would pay some bills. That is
the last seen of him in Topeka.
Little or no effort has been made to
trace him, but it is said he has been
heard from at Houston, Texas, and Mr..
Hagan has found Topeka man who de-
clares he saw Hahn in Kansas City last
week.
Hahn is a young man and is unmar-
ried. He was regarded as good bust
ness man and honest His sudden ir-
regularity is very surprising to all who
knew him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14

CADDo, I. T., March 14.-Next Friday
at the Pushmataha district court, 30
miles west of Caddo. johnson Jacobs,
convicted in the Choctaw district court
for the murder of his wife, will be shot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14

east is j. Foster
Rhodes, who was
recently knight
ed by King Car
los of Portugal
and deceive d
from his males
tvs hands the
decoration Of the
Order of Christ
of Portugal. Mr..
Rhodes is a real
estate dealer and
a promoter of sky
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DeatructIva Fira.

WAUPUN, Wis, March IA de-
structive fire occurred at this place
yesterday morning. During its pro-
gress six persons were injured, one
fatally. The pecuniary loss aggre-
gates $40. 600.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
Cough and Cough and Couxh.

But If you desire to stop Coughing, try
Begg's Cherry Cough Syrup Itrelieves
instantly, and will effect a permanent
market Price %, 90 and $LOO. A posi-
tive guarantee with every bottle. Sold
by w. R Kennady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
Fer NebrasEa Sufferers.

Pilot GROVE, Mo-, March 13.-The
citizens of Pilot Grove and surround
ing community started one car of feed,
corn and oats, yesterday to North
Platte, Neb-, to be distributed among
the sufferers of that country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
A VERY ADVANCED WOMAN.
Bright Career OF Mrs. Dickinson, President
Of the National Council of Women.

IIICAIHSOIIs 1FEbBIUOAO
of the National Council of Women.
Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, the new
president of the National Council of
Women of the United States, is a fine
speaker, a skilled parliamentarian, a
novelist and poet of marked talent, and
a we'll known educator. She was born
in New England and became a teacher
when mere girl. She was earnest and
ambitious, and desiring to acquire an
elaborate education sought admission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
Marking Time.

The hill people of Assam reckon on
time and distance by the number of
ouids Of kstel nuts chewed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
KNIGHTED BY THE KING.

Promoter Rhodes Rewarded For His Kind.
ness to the Kings Commissioner.
The latest Chicagoan to corral title
from one Of the monarchs of the effete
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14

Columbia, Adair county, KY, has
been almost wiped out by fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-.
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can &c reached
trough any other paper %ais is faok
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
Oklahoma's First Hanging.

OKLAHOMA, CITY. Ok, March IA
John Milligan, the negro murderer of
Gabe and Hannah Clark, was hanged
here to-day. Milligan entered the
house of the Clarks on the night of
November 3, 1898, and killed them with
an ak. NIilligan was only 81 years old
He died coolly, saying he was going
straight to glory. This was the first
legal hanging in Oklahoma. While
under sentence of death Mlligan twice
escaped from Jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-03-14
THE STAR GROCERY
- POPULAR LOW -
PRICED GROCERY.

. FAD over our prices, you will find something that
n you have to buy. A trial order will convince you
that it is to your advantage to trade here. Goods
always the best.
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Rargs' Rerman saIve.

The household remedy Every family
should keep it for cuts. burns, bruises,
and Inflammation of all kinds. W. K
Kennady keeps q full supply.
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BOWLING GREEN, Mo-, March lotto
Werneke, while out hunting on the
Mccormack Live Stock Co. 8 farm, near
this city, was accidentally shot yester-
day morning and died in the afternoon.
Prohibited From Playing Ball.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, March 1.-THE
Yale faculty has voted to prohibit the
freshmen class from playing any base
ball this year outside of New Haven, or
with other college mines anywhere.
This is punishment for the action of
the freshmen in creating disturbance
at the glee club concert here in jan
uarV.
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11s and ia West sth. Peerless Steam
Laun irx.
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Buy tinware cheap Of Sheldon

Buy granite ware of Sheldon
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subsoribe ior the JouRNAI.
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1875 Al 8GszSEA E7EUIs]E5'
625 jackson street.
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-09-11
What Perfirio Diaz Has Done for the
Republic Of Mexico.
An Interesting Sketch Made Especially so
In View of His Approaching Re-
Election to the Presidency.

Porlirio Diaz is a remarkable man, says
writer in the Saturday Review. Ii one
stops for moment to think OF the re-
peated revolutions and civil wars in the
South American States, the peace which
reigns in Mexico provokes curiosity.
Not so long ago Mexico was Il land OF
revolutions. Nothing was secure. Gov
ernments changed, constitutions were
altered, leaders, patriotic or traiorous,
rose and fell bandits governed the coun-
try, national debts were dishOnored, the
civil government was corrupt, the mill
tary government was honeycombed by
by treachery. Within generation we
have seen the fatuous, incompetent
MaXimillian 90 to his doom at Queretaro,
earning nothing bnt the compassion
the world feels for the weak gentleman
who, wholly ineffective in life, snatches
from fate one ray Of glory by brave
death.
The chct among the saviors OF Mexi-
co ut thai time was BenIo .Juarez, the
stout little Indian patriot, who had
something OF tile auslerity OF Cromwell,
and less OF pose and personal ambition
a simple soldier, tenacious, constant and
iar-seeing. Next to Juarez in force was
Porlirio D,az, who put aside his lawyers
gown when the Un,ed States invaded
Mexico III 1871, and from lhrnceiorth
was Il sncccs,l lul soldier and statesman.
From the first he won distinction in the
field. In dealing with the American
invaders, and the notorious Santa Anna,
no less than with the Imperial army
when he captured Puebla, and the City
of Mexico, which together with the I'M
peral army, he compelled to surrender
without the loss of II man OF his own
army, he showed something OF that pow
er to wait, "if it took all summer
which was the dominant characteristic
of General Grants military career
There is in him, also, similar strong
independence OF thought and action
which is the best guarantee OF security
for a state. Ii Diaz possesses the suble
tv of the Indian, and he is an Indian
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-09-11

more or less influenced by Spanish en-
vironment, he has also hold, though.
silent, martial temper. For 20 years he
was chiefly engaged in helping to quelI
instructions; he was twice imprisoned
by the French during their occupation
OF the country, with the object OF up
holding Maximilian; and, refusing to
give his parole, he escaped and took the
field again. A revoutionist himself, no
man ever put down revolution more
successfully.
When Juarez became President OF
Mexico in 1865 under the Constitution
OF 1857, which has been fruitful OF dis
order until Maximilian came, and was
the goal aimed at by subsequent patriots,
Diaz was the strong lieutenant OF Juarez.
When for the third time Juarez was
elected President, Diaz, like many Lib
eral leaders, opposed him, and at last,
di HIS lldClclluu vi l4u NOIld, IcNollcu,
and issued Il manifesto called the Plan
OF the Notables. With truely dramatic
picturesqueness,, Juarez suddenly died,
and Lerdo de Tejada was elected pres
dent. Three years passed, and then the
vigilant careful Diaz took the field
against the president and forced Lerdo
ia leave the country. He proclaimed
himself Provisional President, and pre-
sently became Constitutional President.
Then began better day for Mexico
The man whose whole career had been
spent among revolutions and civil wars
knew what course TO adopt. With his
perfect knowledge OF intrigue he outwitt.
ed the revoutionaries at every point
He appeared to trust no one. OF bound
less energy, earl vat work, and untiring
in devising plans OF action, he became
practically head OF all the departments
OF State. He understood their manifold
qualifications, and mastered their details
Order and the restoration of the finances
were his immediate objects. To achieve
the former he dealt heroically with rev.
olution, and in the face OF uproar hung
nine revoutionists at Vera Cruz ut the
beginning OF his term OF office. Ht
knew his people, their volatile spirit
their regard for men rather than iol
principles, their respect for genuine
force, and he was strong enough to car
ry ont his policy without wavering.
1t was characteristic OF this dark, self
contained, powerful man that on his as
sumption OF the presidential Office hi
should send for number OF bandi
chiefs and say to them:
"Senors, how much d, Won nuke {
The eagle. (Silver City, N.M.) 1894-1???, 1895-09-11
year out of your business?"

~ yN"i ouu vi youi buSiiipoS'
They consulted together for mo-
7ment, then gave an estimate.
y "Senors," the astute man continued.
"Lean do better than that, and can
give you honor and adventure also.
want you to put down banditry with a
strong arm. want you for my choice
and particular soldiers, and you shall be
the best of my gentlemen-guards, my
boundary-riders." Then he offered
them the highest pay OF any soldiers in.
the world, and after consulting among
themselves they accepted his terms.
Thus were established the Rurales, one
OF the most dashing bodies OF troops in
the world, who Diaz had rightly conject-
ured, put down banditry with with a de-
cisiveness which astonished Mexico.
There is no enthusiasm like that with
which the Rurales are received every
where; and this is saying much in n
country where there are at least 1000
soldiers quartered in the City OF Mexico
alone.
In Mexico, when was there not long
ago, found numbers OF persons who
were opposed to Daz, but they could
point out no man who could possible
take his place. no one who could rank
with him in practiced astuteness, force
OF will, strength OF character, or power
of administration. When in 1880 his
term OF Office expired, and it was deemed
expedient for him not to seek rejection,
he secured the election OF his Secretary
of war, General Gonzalez, who passed
through troublous times, and showed to
no disadvantages where personal BRAY
cry was concerned, during the nickel
riots of 1883. Gonzalez was, however,
unab to handle Mexican affairs, and
when retired in 1884 there was an
enormous national debt to be faced.
Riot and revolution burst forth again,
but on Diaz taking Office better state
OF things began, the debt was consoli-
dated, and the foreign credit OF Mexico
became something more than a doubt
ful term. In spite OF the serious de-
preston of silver, Mexico is now going
steadily on to prosperity, though now
prosperous she really is no man may
quite know, for public statements by the
government concerning revenues are
evidently made in the interest OF those
who love to study puzzles; they are be-
yond the mathematics Of the Angle
Saxton.
But to all outward appearances the
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-13
He Did Tell.

One morning this week the janitor
at the court house saw boy at the
door and asked him what he wanted.
He said he wanted his breakfast, as he
had nothing to eat for sometime.
Mr.. FITZGERALD suspected that the
fellow had escaped from some institu-
tion after he had him in the Office,
asked him what his name was. The
boy was somewhat frightened at the
manner he had been received and
burted out ShonteH. Misunderstand-
ing the word used the ire of the jani-
tor was aroused, and taking hold of
him by his shoulder he shouted:
ashanti tell, ,eh! we'll I'll make you
tell. Come right in the cell here, and
I don't want any more of your imperti-
nence." The boy explained to Mr..
FITZGERALD that his name was S-h-o-n-
tell, that he was not superintendent
had escaped from the reform school
July 4th. This calmed Mr.. FitzGerald,
and he appologized for the mistake he
had made in the sound of the word and
hurriedly brought him as good break
fast as he could get anywhere. John
and the boy have been on the best of
terms eyer since: but we would advise
no one to twit him about Shontell,