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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
BoUTwELL's BRAVERY.
His Dangerous Ride to General PIeasan-
ton to Save Kansas.

His Dangerous Ride to General PIeasan-
ton to Save Kansas.
There is one hero whose connection
with the Battle of the Blue stands
clouded perhaps by the absence of his
name from the list of active participants,
but who is none the less a hero, and that
is D. W. Boutwell,, who now lives in To-
Peka-
Just before the battle, when it became
apparent that Shelby's men would make
a determined attempt to enter Kansas
and the Kansas command knew that
something must be done and done quick
ly, volunteers were called for to take
message from the point near Kansas City
to General Pleasanton at Leavenworth.
1t would be desperate ride for lone
man. The country was full of rebel ruff
fans who fingered behind the trees and
mounds only too eager to shoot at sight
any Kansan loyal to the Union that mig ht
be found.
The volunteer selected was Boutwell,,
and he made the ride successfully.
PIeasanton's forces left Leavenworth in
the night and by forced marches sue
ceeded in reaching the Blue in time to
nip in the bud the Price raid into Kan
Sas.
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PICTURE OF THE BATTLE.

S. j. Reader, North of Topeka, Has a
Painting of the Battle of the Blue. -
S. J. Reader, who lives north of To-
peka on Soldier creek, was in the Battle
of the Blue and took a great interest in
it's history and memory afterward. A
few years ago he visited the battlefield,
and taking a few sketches painted
very creditable picture of the battle in
rough way.
1t shows most prominently the battery
with the twenty-fo four pound brass howit-
ger in the lane beside the Moockbe barn.
Tho two most prominent figures in the
piece are G. G. Gage who was No. and
Daniel Handley who was No. 1. Hand
ley was killed and when he was picked
up by his friends day or two later it
was necessary to wrench the hammer
from his hands.
In the picture Colonel Veale is promi-
nent at the right with a white
feather in his hat and the
figure of General Shelby's nephew
who mistook Col. Veale for Col Gordon,
and delivered an order to him from
Shelby, thus giving the Kansans a new
clue to the situation, is beside him. The
order was "Hold your positions at all
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wheat crop is assured and broom corn
crop certain.
KANSAS CITY, May 3O-A special to
the Star from Oakley, Kan, says:
The long drouth has been
broken. Rain commenced falling
last night at o'clock and over an inch
fell in very short time. 1t continued
raining all night and rain is still falling.
The country is literally flooded. The
rain gives the farmers renewed hope,
and comes in time to save a good many
fields of wheat. A good deal of corn and
other crops will now be planted.
KANSAS CITY, May 30.-A special to
the Star from Garden City, Kan, says:
This county was visited by a soaking
rain yesterday afternoon and last night,
wetting down to depth of ten inches.
LAWRENCE, Kan, May 3O-Heavy
rains set in here this morning and fell
for several hours. completely wetting
everything and doing great good.
BLUE RAPIDS, Kan, May 3J-A splen
did rain fell last night and today Corn
and grass are saved and there is some
hone for wheat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
BATTLE OF TRE BLUE.


History OF the Engagement Where Our
- Soldiers Fell
The Battle of the Blue, in memory NJ
the dead of which the Gage monument
was unveiled this afternoon. was fought
after o'clock on the afternoon of SatI1r-
day, October %, 1854, one mile north of
the Big Blue river in a narrow lane on
the Hlckman's mills road, about six
miles south of Kansas City and fonr
miles from the Kansas line and Iasted
less than an hour.
1t was one of the fiercest of the ha+t1as
of the west and was between the Second
Kansas militia from Shawnee comfy
under Col. George W. Vsale-less than
SIX hundred men-and a force of rebeIs
mum bering more than six thousand nm
der the command of Gen. 10 Shelby for
Price. -'A
1t was really one of the most imnor
tant battles fought for Kansas. for
though Kansas lost it, Shelby was balted
lot the night, which gave General Pleas
anton time to so arrange his commend
as to make it impossible for Price 70 g II
INTO Kansas, as he had undoubtedly in.
tended, sack its towns and capture Fo-+
Leavenworth. That battle of an honr
turned the entire history of Kansas ana
saved toe state from what would have
Oeen wholesale slaughter and pillage
ster Price. ~ AAOn
When the news of Prices cominp
EeAcneo Kansas it found her in a dire
Pre1Ic%ment. There were rebels on the
south, hostile Indians on the west and
now Price on the east. Msnv If The E erO
sas men were already in the fio1d IL
Arkansas and elsewhere. and wbar -
on October 9th Governor Carney mo.
claimed marshal law in Kansas tbs 49, wv,
guardsmen sprang to arms and - ~
march with loyal eagerness. " VIC
The Second regiment was from sbov
nee county Il consisted of seven com.
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BITTERNESS FORGOT.
concluded from First Page

Ladies' Memorial association of Charles
ton.
Two carloads came from Atlanta and
includes roses, palmettos, moss and de-
signs by the Ladies' Memorial associa-
ton of Atlanta.
Monument Is Forty Feet High.
The monument dedicated today is 40
feet from the ground to the top of the
figure which surmounts it. The pedestal
is of pearl granite from Quarries
at Constitution Hill. near At
lanta, Ga. Its lower base is
fifteen feet and six inches square and
upon it are laid these other bases.
On the front of one of them cut in
raised and polished letters, are the words,
'Confederate Dead" The upper base is
adorned with a series of rich
holdings and on the front of
this stone is placed an en-
larged model Of the confederate
seal, worked in bronze, representing in
relief mounted soldier, Gen. Washing
ton, inclosed within a wreath wrought
by entwining the foliage of products of
the south.
The die of the monument is made of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
THE DROUTH BROKEN.
Fine Rains Are Falling in Western Kan
sas Counties Today.

Fine Rains Are Falling in Western Kan
sas Counties Today.
SYRACUSE, Kan, May 30.-The long
continuous drouth has been broken by
splendid rain. Some wheat will result
in Hamilton and Stanton counties.
HAYS CITY, Kan, May 50-It is rain
ing here today aud one aud one-tenth
inches of rain has already fallen.
KANSAS CITY, May 3O.-A special to
the Star from Columbus. Kan, says:
Southeast Kansas had a ten hour rain
last night and today everything is in
gladness The wheat yield will be set
forward good deal and if the rains con-
tinue seasonable from this on, the corn
crop will be very heavy.
KANSAS CITY, May 30.-A special to
Star from Hoxie, Kan, says: Three and
one half inches of rain in the past ten
hours and still raining. The late wheat
is all right Corn looking we'll.
KANSAS Cry, May 30-A special to
the Star from Goodland, Kas., says:
Sherman county is a sea of water.
Rain began here last night
at midnight and it is still
raining. Three inches of water
has fallen. The rain extends to the
mountains west and to Phillipsburg east
The ground is wet down a foot Half
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
The Prince Took on HIS Hat.

According to the Philadelphia Rec-
ord, the captain of the clipper Lopisi-
ana, which lately arrived at that port
tells a good story of the way an Amer
lean boy, without making himself of
fensive, extorted Il tribute from
royalty. While the Louisiana was ly-
ing at Dublin, the prince of Wales,
who was then the guest of the lord
mayor of the Irish capital, sent word to
the captain that he would like to coma
on board and see what an old-time
American clipper-ship was like. The
captains son heard what was going on,
and declared that he would make the
prince tip his hat to him. He knew, it
seems, that the prince was not in the
habit Of uncovering in this way. When
the royal party came on board the boy
appeard on deck waving the American
flag. The prince, seeing the national
colors, lifted his hat, and the rest of
the party followed suit, to the great
delight of the captains son, who thus
had made good his bOast.
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PATRIOTS HONORED.
[Concluded from First Page.l

Price from crossing until Gen. FIeas an
ton sbonld arrive. The camp fires of the
Topeka Battery cleaned that night on
the banks of the river near Russell Ford
The armament was composed of one
twentv-four FOUNDER brass gun and
twenty men. Its strength consisted IN
the hearts of its mon, and not IN It's guns,
equipment or discipline. 1t was not uni
formed, equipped or drilled in any mill
tary sense. Its members had snatcheo
their blankets from their own beds, had
come out clothed in the garments Of the
field and the shop; the battery horses
we're their own and had never heard
gun. and they were. beyond even the
men of Lexington, the ideal citizen SOL
diers.
Captain Burns bravery and heroic
defense of his battery was admired py
the rebels themselves, for he was tender
" nursed. and his wounds skllnuily
treated. by the order Of General shelby,
proving again that the soldier Will al
WAYS recognize courage and herolsm, even
in an enemy, and that, in the end, we are
all Americans
Ross Burns passed the long, cold
night of suffering on the bosom OF
friend, who held him close IN MS en-
brace. to impart some of his own life and
warmth to MIN. The story OF that day
and night viii 90 down on the page OF
history to heroes yet unborn, and will be
an inspiration and q revelation, showing
how faithful friend can be, and how
great hero that man Is VINO always
does his duty we'll and faithfully.
s.Search the annals of all countries in
all ages, and you will fail to lind more
GOODNESS, bravery and heroism, or more
mastery defense than that displayed by
Capt Ross Burns and his Topeka battery
at the Battle of the Blue. In the wide
field of song and story it Will stand alone
and never fading garlands of fame will
be woven for the heroism of those men
of Kansas.
"Captain Burns never recovered from
his wound, and it is the common belief
of his most intimate friends that he was
never afterwards free from pain. But
he never complained.
Times have changed, yet life remains
the same In the main and in times of
the profoundest peace it seems dull, COM
mon place aud filled with motives that
are exceeding small The words "Do
and Die" sound like echoes. We have
little 10 do and nothing to die for. But
for instances such as we this day COM
rnem0rate, we should indeed come near
to losing the high ideal that lies behind
all human hope.
"The striking figure of history is not
the statesman, the author, the philoso-
pher, the inventor, but the citizen sol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
TRIBUTE
To the Soldiers Who Fell in the Battle OF
tho Blue.
[Written bY DE-. Ii. w. Roby.l

Written by Dr.. II. w. Roby.l
We stand here today in the presence
Of all that remaineth to mortals.
OF heroes who persisted in BATTLE
When treason hot plOWshareS were pushing
Down under the solid foundations
OF liberty temple. and preaching
The bulwark and fortress OF Freedom.
These men whom we honor and cherish,
lnscrlbing their names upon granite
Which, Slow in its impulse to crumble,
Shall bear them on down through the ages,
Were heroes whose unmeasured manhood,
Has given the world new pattern
Whereafter to build in its temple
A new and gigantic colossus.
They stood on the borders of Kansas,
When waves of rebellion came surging
And crashing with believing thunder:
They stood there like mountains of granite
ana hurried back the cohorts of treason
That swarmed like the frogs of old Egypt,
Up out of that deSOlate region
Where Liberty counted her children
AS Just men were numbered in SOdOm.
And when the red demon of battle
Stood there on the Blue with his torches
Revealing the portent and menace
Where treason pushed on for the slaughter,
They turned their pale faces in silence
And gaZed with loving demeanOr
WheTe. weeping, their wives and their child
rem
And such of their kinsmen as tarried,
stood out for moment before them.
And when they remembered the pledges
EXaeted by loved ones at parting
1hey turned and went down to the battle
AS jewellers crowd to a banquet,
And there. in the heat of the conflict
In answer to Liberty'S challenge
They kissed the red lips of the cannon
mat blazed in the pathway before them,
anu Iald down their lives as the forfeit.
Then Liberty marshaled her force
And hurled back the foe from the border:
And tenderly lifting their comrades,
The living returned with their ashes
And laid them to rest on this hill top.
W mere now we assemble to honor
Their names, and their deeds and their valor.
And when the long roll of the ages
ShSu summon whoever still sleepeth
10 rise and go up to the muster
Ii.eSe heroes, whom angels Will envy
Shall stand at the right of the column
That forms for the endless processioT1
And God will devise some new glory
10 mark their distinction and honor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
THE DAY IN KANSAS.
Decoration Day Exercises at Lsavenw,
Lawrence and Other Places.


Decoration Day Exercises at Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Other Places.
LEAvENwoRTH, May 30-Decoration
day is being celebrated at Fort Leaven-
worth regardless of rain. All local G. A.
X. organizations have joined with the
garrison in carrying out the programme.
d. c. Tillotson of Topeka delivered the
address of the day this afternoon.
At Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Kas., May 30.-MemoriaI
Day in Lawrence was observed by the
dedication of handsome gran
ite monument to the memory
of victims of the raid upon the
town in 1868 by Missouri guerilla
Quantrel and his band of outlaws who
swept upon the city and burned and de-
stroyed and killed $50 of the inhabi-
tants.
The monument dedication attracted
large crowd of strangers to
the city. Exercises were presided over
by Col o. E. Learnard. Dedicatory ora
ton was delivered by the Rev. DR.. Cord
ley and poem written for the occasion
was read by Mr.. B. w. Woodward. The ex-
ercises at the monument located in Gem
etery east of town were interfered with
it having been the intention to have the
Unwilling done by the widow of the
late Governor Charles Robinson
Exercises were held indoors.
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THE PARADE.
The Line of March Changed at the Last
Minute.


After the heavy rain of this morning
the sun came out bright and clear at
noon and though it threatened rain
again during the early part of the
afternoon it had no terrors for
the thousands of men, women and chill
dren who had made up their minds to
see the parade and the dedication of the
Gage monument The parade was cur
tailed some on account of the weather.
1t was more than half an hour forming
in the vicinity of Sixth street and Kan
sas avenue, and it was after 2 when it
began to move.
The order of parade and of the cere-
monies in general varied very little from
the order as printed in last nights
JOURNAL, excepting that it went out
East Sixth street Immediately with no
parade on Kansas avenue at all This,
it was said, was on account of the mud
on East Eighth street, which was to have
been the chosen route. The order of the
parade was as followss
Platoon of 20 police and patrol wagon.
DChief Marshal T. J. Anderson and
guests in carriage.
MarshalPs Military band.
First Division.
]. 8. Collins, commander.
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occupied by ex-President Harrison, Gov
ernor Mckinley, Governor Morton and

occupied by ex-President Harrison, Gov
ernor Mckinley, Governor Morton and
Mayor Strong.
The graves of soldiers in Old Trinity
church yard were handsomely decorated
by a committee representing the grand
army posts of this city and Greenwood
and other cemeteries in or near the city
were also remembered in the distribu-
ton of floral remem brances.
The principal Observance of the day
however was at the tomb of Grant, Riv-
erside Park, overlooking the Hudson
river. The services there were under
the auspices of Z. S. Grant Post G. A. R.
and included a memorial address by Gov.
Mckinley, of Ohio.
Contributing to make this affair note
worthy the United States cruiser Cincin-
natl was anchored in the river near by
by order of the secretary of the navy and
fired a salute.
The statue in Battery park of John
Ericsson, the designer of the Monitor,
distinguished services for the union
cause.
At New Rochelle a statue of Thomas
Paine, the Trainer of the Declaration OF
Independence, was unveiled this after
noon, addresses suitable to the occasion
being delivered by Col. R. G. Ingersoll
and Thsddeus B. Wakeman.
May Howard began suit today for di-
vorce from Frank s. Howard on the
ground of cruelty and neglect. They
were married three years ago.
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TO WRECK VICTIMS.
A Monument to Those Killed in the Ash
tabuIa Railroad Disaster Dedicated.

A Monument to Those Killed in the Ash
tabuIa Railroad Disaster Dedicated.
AsTABULA, O., May 30-A monument
to the unknown dead of the
Astabula bridge disaster was dedi-
Gated here today with imposing
ceremonies. The story of the disaster is
still vivid in the minds of the present
generation of adults.
A Lake Shore westbound passen-
ger train on that bleak night
in December, went down with the
bridge spanning Ashtabula river, to the
bed of the stream, seventy feet below,
with its precious load of 1916 human
beings, 90 of whom were killed outright,
drowned, or burned to death.
Harry A. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield, delivered the Grafton
today,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-30
CHICAGO ROAD RACE.
A Great Cycling Event Run Today Before
Great Crowds.

CHICAGO, May 2O.-The annual Deco
ration day Chicago bicycle race from the
Lincoln monument in Lincoln park to
Evanston and return, a distance of
about twenty miles. was ridden to-
day and crowds along the
route, estimated at from $4,000 to co.
900 persons, cheered and encOura ged
the straining contestants as they passed.
This race is now one of the noted
events of the cycling world.
The race is q handicap up to 10 min =
utes, and an army of about $50 cyclists
appeared to contest for its honors.
The official decision of the winners of
the race was as follows: First Homer
Fairman, Chicago; second. George En-
erson, Englewood wheelmen; third w
W. Rosback, Englewoed wheelmen.
Claims were made that Dworak, the
supposed wiz nsr did not cover the course,
and after considering the case the judges
gave the Chicago road race to Fairman.
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hazards. Reinforcements will soon be
here" Veale knew then that the fight
was lost
The picture is deficient only in the
number of rebels represented, as only
single line is given, whereas there were
thousands of them. They were too many
to Daint
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Zinc Rain in Colorado.

DENVER, May 30.-Rain was general
throughout eastern Colorado last night
In many places the rainfall already
amounts to two inches and it is still rain
ing. The rain will be of great benefit to
the ranges and late crops. In the noun
tains there has been q heavy dnowfall
insuring plenty of water for irrigation.
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AT GRANTS TOMB.
1t is the Chief Event of the Day at New


York.
NEW YORK. May 3O-Veterans of the
Union army in this city celebrated the
day of the dead under favorable condi-
tions. The parade of the Grand Army
members starting from the Plaza at
Fifth avenue and Fifty ninth street show
sadly the ravages which years have
made in the ranks of the volunteers of
1865
The reviewing stand at 25th street was
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One of the features of the

one massive stone, the dimensions
being six feet and one inch
square by two feet and ten
inches high and has re entering
angels which are filed with groups of
cluster columns terminating in richly
carved Romanesque caps.
Upon the north face is worked in en-
closed letters upon a polished panel
this inscriptions:
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Rurries and Phaefona,

We have just set up the finest lot of
new styled surries and phaetons ever
brought to Topeka.
COLUMBUS BUGGY Co,
P. ]. Hindmarsh. Mgr
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So. X
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE SIX THOUSAND SOUTHERN
SOLDIERS HERE BURIED,
WHO DIED IN CAMP DOUGLAS
PRISON, 1S62-'65.
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The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
through anv other paper. This is a fact.
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A DAUGHTER was born Tuesday night 90
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Crum on East Second
street
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COUNTRY PROPERTY.


$2oO-Sure investment. 40 acres just south
Of the city LAND adjoining held at from $500
10 $500 all acre; this belongs to nonresident,
and he has instructed us to sell at once; price
only 500 per acre. Think OF II.
:. $3.50 Lovely country home; l acre fine
land; Broom house. barn. plenty OF water;
close to depot, store, postoffice ana church; ~
minutes drive from city.
$l03O-iu acres good alfalfa lana,
ali fenced and cross-fenced. new barn, house.
corn-crib, chit ken and stock corrals. artesian
well and water-right with place; mile OF de-
pot and creamery close TO store.
postof1ice churches and sc.ools; will make
terms this is bargain.
of the city, highly improvcd; acres set to
choice fruits in bearing, acres in altalia'
elise toelcctr c cars, school and church. An
excellent bargain.
room cottage, ~ acres in bearing lemons;
variety of other fruits: blocks from store,
postofc and depot; S5 minutes drive from
the city.
1894 U-5 acres set to choice fruits and ber-
rites all in bearing; roses, flowers vines ana
ornamental plants; fine, x-story, s-room resi-
dence, grant view; no frosts or fogs; 20 min
utes drive from CITY; ose to two railroads,
school,, church and stores; noun ain water
piped 20 house and land; see tnis at once; a
great bargain.
$l2,5UO-Walnut grove. so acres; 80 acres
Det solid to bearing walnut trees variety OF
oranges and other choice fruits; goo house
and outbuildings; 10 miles of the city; this
owner must sell on account Of declining
health.
Wehave choice income orange and lemon
groves, walnut groves, finest fruit and farm
for sale and for exchange. Give call be-
order & DOW,
Ii Tel. 1899. 1885, S. Broadway.
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II wac terribly nervous and excitable.
restlesa at night and could not slsep; in
thu morning. upon arising, would feel
worse than when l went to bod; l WAS
we.k and emaciated; had no appetite,
and what did eat distressed me greatly ;
| had lost hssh and was losing all hope
Of ever being cnred; three months ego |
Was cured by Dr.. Shoree' oystem. and
TODAY can say was never AZ we'll in
my life; am gaining rapidly in tesh
and not in one instance have l tho
slightest ra'urn OF my former ailments."
Go see Mas Cuttiford. ask her ii her
statement lie trno. hear from her own
lips grateful words praising the wonder
full success OF this new treatment.