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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
CYCLONE NEWS VAGUE.
Reports From the Otoe Reservation
Coming In Slowly.

Falls City, Neb-, May 20.-Au efforts
to ascertain the extent of the cyclone
damage in the Otoe reservation have
been unavailing.
The report Of forty killed and many
injured cannot be verified. The report
is said to have been brought from the
interior of the reservation by a courier.
News travels slowly on the reservation
under favorable circumstances. and
with all forms of communication rem
dered difficult by reason of high water
bad roads and wrecked wires. it is ex-
ceptionaly difficult to verify the rumor
Citizens of this county held mass
meeting here and appointed a commit
tee to procure funds for the cyclone
victims Of this Immediate locality. Sew
eral hundred dollars were contributed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
STORE CARS OF THE LIMITED
Santa Fe Puts Away California Cars
For the Summer.

Eight of the fifteen dining cars
owned by the Santa Fe, which are in
service on the California and Chicago
stripped of their equipment in Chicago.
preparatory to storing during the sum
mer- The cars viii probably be brought
to this city and stored in the car shops
at this point
The equipment of the eight cars. con
sisting of chairs. table linen, silver
ware and cooking utensils, is estimated
to be worth $4,000. It was at first de-
cided to store the equipment in the
Harvey cold storage plant at Chicago.
but it is now the intention to also bring
this to Topeka and place it in the store
house in charge of Storekeeper Hill
ton.
If the plan of again establishing the
limited train service during the winter
is carried out the cars will be rehtted
early in the fail. They VIII probably
be repaired and reprinted While in the
shops during the summer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
SAVED by THE MISSION.
One of the Florence Crittenton Home
Happily Married.

Kansas City, May 2O-One OF the
most telling indications of the good
work being done by the Florence Crit
tenton mission in Kansas City was the
marriage here of one of the missions
girls, Miss Myrtle WEIGH, to Martin
Culver q. respectable man of this city
Myrtle Welch's parents lived in St
Joseph She ran away from home
about two months ago and was taken
in charge shortly afterwards by the
mission The bridegroom had known
Miss Welch prior to her going astray,
and was apprised of all the circum-
stances The ceremony was performed
By the ReN. S. N. NeeI-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
Free Silver Ohio Delegates.

London, o., May 2O.-The Democrat tic
convention of the Seventh Ohio district
has offered the congressional nominal
ton to John w. Bookwalter, who de-
cHned it. 1T is understood Bookwalter
is a candidate for elegate-at-Iarge in
the interest of free silver.
James Johnson. jr.. of Springfield and
Geo j. Long of Troy We're selected del
egates to the Chicago convention. The
congressional nominee and the dele
gates were instructed by resolution for
free silver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
WOMAN no PRESS THE KEY.

yrs. BEaekIind to Telegraph the News Of
the Republican Presidential Nomination.
When the Republican national con
vention has decided which one Of the
many candidates viii head the ticket
for 1896, the news viii be flashed to ev-
cry part of the country with all the
swiftness that skilled fingers and in
genious electrical appliances can com
mand. Long before Wisconsin has been
reached in the roll call of states the
quick witted correspondents viii have
figured out the result and the name Of
the fortunate man will be coupled with
8 short and hurriedly written bulletin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

The scrap of paper will be shot down in
a pneumatic tube from the table where
the reporters sit to a room underneath,
where viii be waiting scores of tele-
graph operators Among them Will be
one, a young woman, who viii probably
be intrusted with the sending of the
very first message that viii be distribut
ed from ST. Louis to the interested and
waiting millions.
In 1883, when Cleveland was nomi-
mated, hers was the hand that gripped
the key which clicked out the first init
nation of the result. She was Miss Mol
lie Landrigan then and enjoyed the
reputation of being the fastest operator
in the west. Since then she has been
married, and her name is now Mrs. W. r.
Macklind- It has been months since she
has touched a key, but when the Postal
Telegraph company recently began max
ing arrangements for handling the ire
mendous amount of business that viii
be thrust upon it at St Louis the man
ayers found that Mollie Landrigan was
needed and needed badly Mrs. Mack
lind at first refused to return to the work
which she had given up when she be-
came a wife, but she was persuaded to
press the key once more and take a hand
in telling to the country the story Of
what promises to be one of the most ex-
citing political events Of the decade.
Besides Mrs. BIacklind the Postal com
pany viii have force Of 80 expert send
ers, each one of whom uses the code by
which they are able to send 3, 500 words
an hour. The Western Union company
viii have a similar force at work, and
elaborate preparations are even now be
ing made in providing sufficient wires
for these operators to work on. Several
other women teIegraphers viii be en-
ployed on convention work, but the ma
jOrity Of the operators viii be men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
Changes in Santa Fe Agencies.

The following changes in Santa Re
agencies have been made.
The agency at Williamsfield5 Ill, has
been transferred from F. NJ Purviance
to j. S. Mcdonald. the agency at Souts.
Haven, kan, has been transferred from
w. w Patterson to =. S. Gum; the
agency at Riberia, N NJ. has been
transferred from j. @. Street to 70. A.
Lindsay; the agency at the North TO-
peka city Office has been transferred
freVs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
WRECKED A HEARSE.
Lnt Stoker's Blacks Run Away With
an Enntv Eaarsa

AIilt Stoker's fine black hearse team
ran away yesterday afternoon on West
Fourth street and did about $500 worth
of damage to one of his hearses-
Deck COnlzlin was ON his way
with the hearse to the funeral of Mote
Ware when the horses started to run
down the hill beyond Topeka avenue.
They ran into a telephone pole break
ing it short off and damaging the front
part of the hearse- COnklin was
thrown into the mud but was not hurt
None of the glass was broken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Rock Island Engineer 1IcAIister Of
Herington who was elected mayor on
that town some time ago and immedi-
ately afterwards released from the SER
vice of the road has returned to his
home from Chicago, where he went to
confer with the officials of the mechan-
ical department. 1t is said that he was
refnstated on the condition that he re-
sign his position as mayor, and as he
has resumed his run his resignation
viii probably be presented in Few
DAVIS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
FREIGHT BLOCKADE Ar DIVIDE
It May Result in W. K Giuett Ex-
tending His Road to Canon City.

G6nQluy HIS ROAD TO canon Guy
Tt is rumOred that w. K. Gillett, ex-
general auditor of the Santa Fe, viii
extend the line of the Midland Termin-
al railway of which he is the owner,
from Cripple Greek to Canon City to
conect with the Santa Fe during the
coming summer. This move is said to
be the result of a disagreement with
the Colorado Midland, in the matter Of
per cents.
The Midland Terminal road connects
with the Colorado Midland at Divide.
When the Santa Fe a short time ago
found it necessary to alter its contract
with the Colorado Midland that road was
compelled to make a new traffic agree
ment with the Midland Terminal This
new agreement was not acceptable to
Mr.. Cillett, and While in Colorado re
Gently he held a conference with Re
ceiVer Ristine of the Colorado Midland.
The meeting accomplished nothing.
however, and q few days ago the Mid
land Terminal issued an order refusing
to accept freight from the Colorado
Midland unless that road would sub
init to a better schedule Of per cents.
AS yet no move has been taken in this
direction by the Colorado Midland, and
as result great piles of freight for
Cripple Greek are stacking up at the
Divide station.
AS the Midland Terminal is the only
road into Cripple Greek, the trouble be
tween the two lines viii retard the re
building of that town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
NEW NIAGARA BRIDGE.
It Is Awarded to the Pennsylvania
Steel Company.

Niagara Fails. May 20.-Engineer l..
J.. Buck Of New York has awarded the
contract for the construction of the
place the present railroad suspension
bridge across the Niagara. river. TO the
Pennsylvania Steel company of Steel
ton. Pa
neighbOrhood of $500. 600 Work viii be
gin in a few weeks and the entire work
must be completed within one year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
PEARY AFTER AMETEORITE
The Noted Explorer Going North In
the Interest of Science.

St. Johns. NJ. IT,. May 2O.-The Arctic
explorer Lieutenant Peary, is going
north again this summer and the
steamer is now being arranged here
for that purpose.
The object of the expedition is be
leved to be to secure for the PhnadeI-
phia Academy Of Science the forty-ton
meteorite near Cape York. which Peary
discovered last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
mr.. COLLINS SURPRISED.
His Friends Present Him With a
Gold Watch as a Token ofRegard.

Edward T. Collins trainmaster and
general yardmaster of the Kansas City
and Argentine terminals of the Santa
Fe railway, whose resignation went in
to erect Yesterday, was presented with
a handsome diamond studded gold
watch and chain and charm yesterday
by his brother employees. 1t was a to-
ken of appreciation from the men who
had worked many years with Mr.. Col
Inns.
Mr.. Collins was seated in his Office at
Argentine looking over some papers.
when about 100 employees of the road.
including Superintendent of Terminals
j. T. Rora back. crowded into the Office.
Yardmaster Vim. Cunningham, in
brief speech, presented Mr.. Collins with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

the watch. 1t was complete surprise
to Mr.. Collins and he could not ind
words to express his appreciation He
finally called on Superintendent Rora-
back to speak for him.
Mr. Collins viii remain in Kansas
City few days and viii then so to
Mexico, where he VIII assume the su-
perintendency of division Of the Mex
lean Central railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

pany the party as far as Guthrie. @. IT,,
where he VIII stop off tomorrow on le-
gal business with the attorney OF the
company at that point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
THE STAR GROCERY
Wholesale and Retail.
Canned Goods.

10 cans OIL Sardinss.
cans Mustard Sardlnos.
4 can Corn Beef --.....
I can Roast Reef .....
! can Clipped ef..-.......
cans BInckborrioa
cans Strawberries. ---.
3 cans Cherries
cans GoOseberries.
cans Blu8berries.
8 10 cans California able Peaches. .-......
70 cans California Table ApTicots- .......
Id cans California Table Plums. ...-....
3 b cans California Table Pears.
cans Sliced Pineapple. --................-.
cans Grated Pineapple. ...-.-.
California Gallon Peaches .
California Gallon Grapes 49,. ...........-
California Gallon Apricots.. ...-.-.--....
cans Salmen- ..-....-...
Fotted Ham or Tongue ......
Boston Baked Beans ......
cans kaW Valley Marr0wfat Peas ---...-.
cans kaw Valley Pumpkin. .--.-.--.........
Is cans Martin &c Wagner String Beans .-.-.
8 cans Iowa Corn ~.
4 9-ib cans Standard tomatoes. ....-.-..-...
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
Kansas Normal EIusioal Course.

AT Topeka, June to August 81
w c. E. SeebOeclz, principal.
Assisted by a corps of talented teach
erss including w ". Dahlen in Vocal
Dept For particulars call on or ad-
dress THOS. @. LOMBARD. MANAGER.
The Copeland. Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
shons Close at Noon.

The Santa BE shops IN this city
closed at noon today to allow all the
employees who are members of the
knights of Pythias to take part i'm the
afternoon demonstration. The after
noon holiday was requested by the orr
der, and for the purpose of making up
the time the men viii work Saturday
fnranonn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Ancient Order of the Pyramid viii
give a dance and ice cream and straw
berries, 704 and 7O6 kan. Ave. Wednes-
day evening May 20, '96. Come and
have a good time. Admission 10c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Bremner's butter waters. a perfect
a4ter dinner wafer, with cheese.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Bremner's butter waters. unrivaIed
for crispness and favor; take no imita-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

J. r. Poorman & Co, electric light
wiring, electric bells, etc. Phone $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

box of your Family Cure for a severe
pain in my side, and was cured from
an pain Mrs. Mary Jane Marshall.
Galesburg, Ill Frank Sim, Pharma-
cist, 607 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Ladies' shirt waists 1aundered so that
the co1Ors viii not fade by Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia w. 9Th
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27
SUFFRAGE LECTURES.
Appointments of Some of the Speakers
for the Ensuing Week.

Appointments of Some of the Speakers
for the Ensuing Week.
Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Kate
Tupper-Galpin will address parlor meet
ing at the residence of Miss Whitman, in
Fruitvale, Tuesday afternoon, and an
other on Thursday at Mrs. Vrooman's in
Oakland, Mrs. Tupper-Galpin proceeding
alone to San Rafael, where she will speak
on Friday.
Miss Anna II. Shaw's appointments is
are as follows: This afternoon at O'Clock
she will speak before the Young Mems s
Christian Association of this CITY; to- NOR
row night, at Armory Hall, Alameda !;
Tuesday at Calistoga; Wednesday at
Napa; Thursday night at $50 in the ART
gallery OF the Mechanics Pavilion, and
Friday night before the Starr King Frater-
nifty in the Unitarian Church of Oakland.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is booked to
lecture tomorrow at Woodland, Tuesday
at Colusa, Wednesday at Willows, Thurs
day at Redding, Friday at Red Bluff and
Saturday at Chico.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27

with arms extended, listening to the voice
OF our Lord, who says, my cross was
more painful"
st. Rose is clothed in the correct Domin-
lean drapery, in which order she enrolled
herself. Upon her head rests crown of
roses, placed there by her mother, and,
Immediately above, a halo. which sur
rounds the entire figure with soft, mel
low light. The manner in which the
golden tints of the halo blend themselves
into the stronger tints of the sky and
landscape are truly marvellous. Above the
ngure appear two angels holding back the
drapery which discloses to view the main
figure and foreground. In the gospel
lancet is portrayed q beautiful life-size
hgure of an angel in an attitude of adora-
ton, and in the epistle lancet appears the
Angel of Peace holding in her hand the
EN- blem of her mission-a palm branch.
The large quarterfoiI above the center
lancet contains a representation OF the
sacred heart of Jesus, surrounded in a
conventional way with festoons OF roses;
and the two small quarterfoils above the
two side lancsts contain the figures OF two
adoring angels in miniature.
The ornamentation surrounding the
figures and subject of the entire window
is treated in the style of the fifteenth
century or perpendicular of Gothic archi-
lecture. The intricate detail of the work
done in this period, showing in its con-
struction the innumerable mum ber of pin
nacles, cusps and inches. reflects great
credit on the artist and conveys to the
mind of the observer his thorough famil-
iarty with the subject under treatment.
The general color scheme of the entire
window is very rich, but the manner in
which the deep shades of ruby and blue
blend and adapt themselves with the
softer tones of the draperies and the
evening twilight Impresses one with the
fact that talent at home should not only
receive consideration, but is in every way
qualified to execute works of this kind far
more satisfactory and better suited to the
artistic taste and fancy of Californians
than others less familiar with the sur
roundings and requirements of the Pacific
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27
THE PNEUMATIC TIRE.
Said to Have Been in Use in England q
Early as 1S46.

Said to Have Been in Use in England as
Early as 1S46.
Most people are probably aware, saws
Engineering, that Mr.. Dunlop was antici-
pated in his invention of the pneumatic
tire by William Thompson, who took
out a patent for the device about IS46.
The curious thing, and one which is less
generally known, is that the invention
was very thoroughly tested and shown to
have great advantages, so far as the re-
duction of tractive resistance is concerned,
over the tires ordinarily in use. Thus, in
the Mechanics Magazine of March 81,
1847, an account is given of a number of
experiments made in the presence of the
editor of that journal, which conclusiyelv
showed the superiority of the pneumatic
system. A car fitted with the pneumatic
wheels was drawn over a length of road in
Regents Park, half of the distance passed
over being firm and smooth and the
remainder covered with newly broken
stone.
The tractive resistance on the smooth
portion of the road was % pounds with
the pneumatic wheels and 45 pounds with
ordinary wheels. On the newly macad-
amized portion of the road the pneumatic
wheels showed tractive resistance of
3814 pounds and the ordinary tires one of
100 pounds. 1t was also shown that the
wheels stood wear very well, as the car
with which the experiments were made
had been driven more than 100 miles over
every kind of road, the wheels remaining
in excellent condition. These wheels had
an inner tube of soft rubber and an outer
one OF leather to take the wear; but in
1S49 the leather was replaced by rubber
which was tLickened on the tread giving
tire apparently Identical in all essen
tials with those in use to-day. It is most
remarkable that an invention SO thor.
oughly tested and shown to have such
advantages as this should have been al
lowed to lie absolutely dormant for 40
many years. The very existence of the
patent seems to have been forgotten till
the reinvention of the device by Mr..
Dunlop.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27
CATHOLIC LECTURES.
A Variety of Discourses on Timely
Topics to Be Given in This
City.

The various Catholic lectures at present
announced offer an opportunity for all
people interested in the themes selected to
attend a highly interesting course. A
variety of subjects has been taken up.
Next Monday evening Rev. P. G. Yorke
will discourse on 1.-THE Growth of the
Upas Tree" at Metropolitan Hall. This
will be under the auspices Of the American
Women's Liberal League, and is the fifth
of the series given under the direction Of
the league.
A series Of three lectures will be given at
Metropolitan Temple for the benefit of the
Presentation Convent, Powell street. The
first lecture will be delivered by Rev. T.
Caraher, pastor of st. Francis Church, on
Wednesday evening, October 81. His sub
iect will be Dangers to the Repu blic.
On Thursday evening. October %, the Sec
ond lecture will be given by Rev. p. q.
Yorke. the title of which is 1.-THE Church
and Popular Education" The last lecture
of the series will be given by his Grace
Archbishop Riordan on November 26. He
will speak on 1.-The Constitution of the
Church." The cost of season tickets for
this course is 81, single tickets 80 cents.
Father Yorke will speak in Mission Par
Tor Hall Thursday evening, October l, on
What Catholics Do Not Believe" This
discourse is under the auspices of the Gen.
Hal Lecture Bureau Of the Young Mems
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27

new church. After considering sketches
and various propositions from European
window manufacturers, he decided to have
the work done at home, feeling satisfied
that local talent had produced the most
artistic conception of the window. The
making of the window has already begun,
and it will not be long until the grandest
window in California will be erected i'm
mediateiy behind the high altar of st.
Roses.
The sanctuary window for st. Roses
Church will be, when completed, the
largest of its kind west of the Rocky
Mountains, the next in size being the
sanctuary window in the cathedral at
Sacramento, and following this, the tran
scept windows in ST. Francis de Sales
Church in Oakland. The building of st.
Roses church is beautiful and i'm pressive
example of-Gothic architecture, and the
principal outlines of the window conform
accurately to this style, dividing the
window into one large center IAN
Get seven feet wide and twenty-four
feet high; the two side lights four feet six
inches wide and twenty-five feet high.
The upper portion of the window frames
itself into an intricacy of lines composing
the tracery, the large quarterfoil over the
center lancet being seven feet in diameter,
and those above the side larcets four feet
six inches in diameter. This, with the
necessary small angular corners. forms .he
tracery and becomes pleasing finish to
this grand window.
The treatment of the glass is considered
to be the very best example of its kind
either imported to or manufactured in this
country. OF this the accompanying sketch,
l. ~ D,tf 49,
gent illustration of the middle lancet. The
principal figure contained III the center
lancet represents an original full life-sized
figure of st. Rose of Lima, the first canon
lied saint of the New World, stsnding as
she does in the midst of a garden of roses,
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27
minetti-Bacon Concert.

There was good attendance at the first en-
sembie concert given yesterday afternoon at
the Association Auditorium by Miss Alice
Bacon and Giulio Minetti. The following pro-
gramme was well executed: A. Bazzini-String G
quartet in E fat, op. rs first timel, motto sos
tenuto. allegro vivo, minuetto allegro giusto,
andante quasi allegretto, finale vivacissimo,
the Minetu quartet; G. Meyerbeer -"Afri-
cana" Figlia del Rel, E. ]. Stark; Sehumann-
Kirchner-"Ich Grolle Nicht"; Chopin-Polo-
naise in m inor, Miss A. Bacon; oliver King,
"Israfel" E. J. Stark; A. DYorak-Piano quin-
tet in A major, op. 81, allegro ma non tanto,
dumka andante eou moto, scherzo motto
vivace, finale allegro, Miss Bacon, Messrs.
Minetti, Josephs, Verona and Won der Mehden.