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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
THREE FRIENDS FIRED ON.
An Unconfrmed Rumor That Spanish
Ships Fired on the Filibuster.

An Unconfrmed Rumor That Spanish
Ships Fired on the Filibuster.
Cincinnati. Dec. ga special to the
Commercial Tribune from Key West
says;
Much comment was made today in
Havana over the report cabled from
New York that the flibustering steamer
Three Friends had been fired on by
Spanish cruisers and that the schooner
had disa bled a Spanish gunbOat This
report is positively denied in official cir
Giles, who affirm that nothing Of the
kind occurred. but that the story is
made from whole cloth 1t is admitted
that the steamer landed on the south
there was no fighting. 1t is further
more admitted that only a part of the
cargo was secured by Gomez, Spanish
coastguards having captured good
portion The Three Friends is here
lying under the guns of the Raleigh
Captain Lewis refuses to say anything
about his trip, save that he had been
after derelfcts. As to the story of
fight he processes ignorance. None Of
the crew can be induced TO speak OF the
affair. The vessel does not bear any
marks of conflict and the report IS
doubted here
Havana advices are that Gomez's ad-
vance guard has captured Las Pessega,
in Santa Clara province, taking the en-
tire garrison and all their stores. A
battalion of fresh troops was sent to
Matanzas this morning from Havana
to be sent to the front. Great eXer-
tiOns are being made to get strong
force to oppose General Gomez, and
three lines are being formed to get the
Cubans entangled between them and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
sPA1N's CREDIT HURT.
Unless There is a Decisive Cuban Vic
tory Very Soon.

tory Very Soon.
New york. Dec. ga Madrid special
to the World says.
1t is believed in diplomatic circles
that Spain viii take advantage Of the
dispositions of President Cleveland and
Secretary Olney to negotiate directly
with the United States to secure the
neutrality by granting discriminating
concessions in the contemplated Cuban
tariff and fair promises of colonial au-
tonomy before the accession of Mckin-
ley
one of the principal reasons of the
Spanish government for insisting upon
General Weyler making a decisive at
tempt to clear the provinces of Pinar
del Rio, Havana and Matanzas within
a few weeks is the urgent necessity for
scoring a military success before Spain
has once more to appeal TO the native
and foreign markets for fresh loans
when she shall have exhausted the
money obtained by the recent interior
loan. which viii be in March of next
year.
At present the minister of the colo
MES dispOses of this cash and Cuban
bonds of the value of $4,000, 600 only
out of the proceeds of that loan. The
expenses of the war in Cuba are 81, OOO-
GOO monthly and in the Philippines at
least 81 600, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
WANTS REPRESENTATION.
Cecil Rhodes Gives a Hint of What
English Colonies Want.

Fort Elizabeth. Cape Colony. Dec. 26.-
At banquet rendered to Cecil Rhodes
here. he said his public life was not end
ed and he would not give up his seat in
parliament until he was not returned He
asserted that no savage country can re-
main a part of Africa Cape Colony. he
said. must be dominant power south OF
Central Africa His idea was to assimi-
late the tariffs and the peoples This, he
said could be done in the north
1t was NOS a question of race. but of
unity. He urged his hearers to cultivate
a closer union with other South African
communities He stated that when he
was negotiating with the late Charles
Stewart Parnell. Parnell had promised
him that a clause should be inserted in
the home rule bill, which would permit
Representatives from the colonies to sit
. ALaat asIar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
Powers Wouldn't be Passive if
Z. S. Helped Cuba.
viii Not Allow Such Action to
Go Unn0ticed.
MOVE OF GERMANY.
Said to Have Formed an Ali
ance With Spain.
She VIII Help Her If Necessary
Against L. s.

London. Dec. 26.-The Times Paris
correspondent says; THE Washington
government has been confdenhaIy i'm
formed, although in very friendly
terms, that the European powers would
not remain passive should the United
States recognize or encourage the Gu
ban insurgents. If my information is
correct, an intimation has been further
given that Germany is quite ready, even
now, to take SPANS side should the
United States show a disposition Off
cially to side with the rebels. These
warnings originated in the course of
pour parlers for d European coalition
against revolutionary socialism,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
LOCAL DRAMATIC NEWS.

Neil Burgess famous County Fair
win be at the Grand Opera House next
Thursday evening The County Fair
is now by no means in its infancy, yet
it seems to be a play that the public
does not tire of. and it is said to be
even better this year than ever. I'm
der the immediate supervision of Mr..
Burgess himself, new scenery has been
painted, new effects prepared, and al
most an entire new company engaged.
The play itself has been carefully re-
Vised and stre1a gthened wherever deem
ed essentil. There viii be a double
quartette, which has never before APP
peared in the play, and specialties of a
lively and interesting nature viii be in
trOduced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

With the departure Of another year
when a. review is made of the condition
of affairs, it is only right that some
thought be given % the physical body
which enables everyone to battle with
life's problem and figure for them
selves the profit or loss on the trial
count may be large and each ones ma
terial gain be great. it would not be
surprising if it suddenly dawns upon
many that good health has been great
~ Impoverished by the low condition
of the blood. 1t is in this state that
the Tactic acid in the vital fluid attacks
the hbrous tissues, particularly the
joints. making known the local mani
festations of rheumatism. Thousands
of people have found in Hoods Sarsa-
parina the great blood purifier, a posi-
tive and permanent cure for rheUma-
tism.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
70 Repay Quantren Raid Payments.

me state treasurer has received
copy of the bill introduced i'm congress
bv Congressman Dick Blue to reimburse
Kansas for payments made for the
0nanfreu raid claims. In 1887 the state
assumed the responsibility of paying
these claims to an amount exceeding
$500. 600. The state has made payments
in instalIments of one-tenth of the i'm
terest and principal each year, the last
payment being due i'm 1899. The bin
Introduced by Mr. Blue carries $685.
O12 As. which, if passed, viii fully reim-
burse the state OF Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
LIFE WORK.
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night sWeats. allays soreness and speed
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Munyon's Blood Cure eradicates all
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Munyon's Nerve Cure cures all forms
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Personal letters to Prof MunyOn. 1906
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
CUBAN FLAGS ALL RIGHT.
But You Mustn't Print Emblems,
Faces. Etc. on nOId GlorY.n

Kansas city. Dec 26.-CoIoneI An
Ebony Stephenson of Washington, d. c..
special examiner of the department of
justice, is authority for the statement
ahat the flying of Cuban flags is in no
sense a violation of President Cleve-
hands proclamation. According to him.
Colonel Hartman can throw five or six
CUBA libre" flags to the local breeze il
ne wants to. Colonel Stephenson was
also explicit In the matter OF emblems,
faces or printing in the United States
flag. a practice quite prevalent in the
recent campaign.
Congress passed a law directly pro-
hibiting the use Of our flag for adver-
using purposes, - said he.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
Old P eople.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
f7nd the true remedy in Electric Bit
ters This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whisky nor other in
toxicant but acts as tonic or alter
atfve. 1t acts mildly on the stomach
and bowels, adding strength and giving
tone to the organs, thereby aiding ma
ture in the performance of the func-
lions. Electric Bitters is an excellent
appetizer and aids digestion. Old peo-
pie find it just exactly what they need.
Price so cents and 81 per bottle at J.
K Jones drug store, Fifth street and
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
ENGLAND UNTERRIFIED.
Thinks She Has Nothing to Fear
From U. S. Commercial Rivalry Yet.

London. Dec. 26-The Times has a
special article this morning comparing
the English and American mercantile
marine in which it says: The United
states have accomplished 50 many re-
markable things that it is not unreal
sonable to expect that they will achieve
a great deal more
From a purely commercial and none
tary point of view. rivaliing the British
marine. is less difficult than might APP
pear The task Of building such fleet
spirit and with thousands of railways
But the question is, what would they
do with such navy when it was built2
Looking to the fact that it would be
difficult to displace the English carry
ing trade and to the heavy cost of con-
struction in America as compared with
England it is safe TO assume that Eng
land has little to fear for a long time
TO come
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
ARIzONA'S BIG CANAL.
It viii be So Miles Long for Irriga-
ton Purposes.

New York Dec. 26.-Ex-Senator Eugene
s. Ives of New y DIRK who is we'll and
favorably known i'm Washington, is now
a resident of Arizona. and is here with
Mr. James A. Fleming. a prominent citi-
zen of that territory. in connection with
a big irrigation enterprise.
At the Ebbitt last night Mr.. Ives said:
1--WE propose to cut a canal s. miles in
length. beginning al a point 30 miles above
Yuma and following the course Of the
Colorado river which viii afford suffi-
cient water to irrigate 100000 acres The
soil is naturally of great fertility and only
needs water to make it as productive
any ON earth We raise lemons,
oranges. olives. apricots, figs, and. in fact.
all the fruits that have added so much
to CALIFORNIA; wealth, and can get them
to market several weeks in advance of
the market of that state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
STUDENTS TIRE OF HASH
Trouble in a Theological Seminary
About the Food

New York. Dec. 26.-AIanv of the stu
dents III the general Theological semi
nary in Chelsea square and the dean OF
the institution are at ioggerheads as to
what constitutes good meal.
Some of the students say that the diet
is hash for breakfast dinner and supper,
and that they are getting SO much of it
that their morals as well as their health
is endangered.
DR. Eugene a. Hoffman the dean. VS.
the attack is a cowardlg one. that profess
sors and students eat the same food and
the whole trouble is due to the fact that
the college does not serve terrapin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
Herrmann Died Poor.

New York. Dec. 25-Adelaide Herr
mann appeared today before Surrogate
Weller and applied for letters of ad-
r7inisfratfon on the estate of her late
husband. Alexander Hermann.
Mrs. Hermann declared the property
left by the magician to be worth not
more than 81 600 Her petition sets
forth that the debts far exceed the val
ne of his estate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
100 CONyICTS ASK PARDON.
Promising to GO to Cuba and Fight il
Let Out

Frankfort. Ky. Dec. 25-One hundred
convicts lin the Frankfort penitentiary
filed petition with the governor for par
don. They stated in their petition that if
pard0ned, they would all go to Cuba and
tight to free the island.
The governor could not see it that way
and was inclined to think they might
work for freedom inside the walls and
their expected Christmas gift has gone
elirnrnaring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
"a Kansas Me- suicides.

Los Angeles, Cal. Dec. I'D. w.
Barril1low, a telegraph operator former
~ employed in Kansas City, committed
suicide by taking morphine. Barrick-
low became respondent because OF his
inability to obtain employment. His
father is q resident of CoffeyNiIle Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
RaiIroad nTen Pleased.

Chicago. Dec. 25.-The western railroad
managers say that never before in the
history Of railrOading has there been a
time when rates We're as we'll maintained
as now. The year has been a hard one
for most Of the roads, but the managers
say that they would now have little to
complain Of. if only the volume of traf-
lie were little larger. That however.
IS on the increase and an roads are look
ing Tor larEer trade afIer The ho-ldaNs-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
POLICEMAN A HERO.
He Loses His Life Saving the Life of
Another Man IN a Runaway.

Cincinnati. Dec 26.-Lewis Klausman,a
patroIman IF the police force lost his
life today saving that of another man.
At the Intersection of Vine street and
McAlfclen avenue he caught a horse
runnfng away with buggy in which
Dr. .Hosier was seated He checked the
horse SO that the doctor escaped I'M
scathed but was pushed into an exca-
walton in the street and trampled to
death by the frantic animal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
GIFT TO THOMAS KEENE.
Members Of His Company Give Him
a Silver Loving Cup.

Cincinnati, Dec. 26-Thos. Keene who
is playing an engagement at the Wal
nut Street theater was presented a low
ing cup last night. The presentation
was on the stage after the second act,
with Charles b. HanafOrd as spokes-
man, to whom Mr.. Keene responded
feelingly The cup was insert bed with
the names of the members of the com
pany and Of the business staff. 1t is
silver, gilded inside and provided with
fhrAE handles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
A Pioneer Catholic Dead.

Washington, Dec 26-Mrs Anna
Hanson Dorsey, the pioneer of Catholic
literature in this country died here to-
day aged 50 years. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Rev. VIM. Mckinney, a
chaplain in the United States navy.
She was honored with personal letters
from Plus X and also from Pope Leo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
Mining Man sbot Dec.

Butte, Mont, Dec. 26.-In a shooting
scrape at the Southern Cross mine in
Deer Lodge county d. A. Riley, the well
known mining man, was shot through
the heart and instantly killed and John
Mcintyre, his slayer, also received a
bullet in his right hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

Guthrie O. r.. Dec. 25--64ov-. Renfrow
TODAY pardoned J. w. Crawford. eS-
county attorney of Lincoln county, who
was sentenced to two years in the peni-
Tertiary for official extortion suit was
brought against Crawford by d. o. Stew
ard who is now serving two years
term in the Kansas penitentiary on a
charge of embezzlement brought by
Crawford in retaliation 10th are law
- Il -arnrnlllanca IN Mestarn kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
zoo HFuob Chance Ill 81.

Some of the friends of r. IT, Funston
are talking of the possibility of his Sc
curing the appointment in the McKin-
ley cabinet as the secretary of agricul-
ture This is one of the things that
the Republican politicians look for
ward to with very vague hope. how
ever. as there seems TO be very little
chance Of Kansas breaking into the
cabinet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
Yale GIee Club at St. Louis.

ST. Louis, Dec. 26-The Yale GIee and
Banjo club entertained a large select
audience at their concert here last
night. G. G. Schneider, J. W Wads-
worth, w. J. Lapham and E H. Brewer
made the hit of the evening in their
various speciaIties The banjo club
held the stage for an hour and was
given a royal welcome
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

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Price rs cents per box. For sale by J.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

I'm Old Tennessee" which will be at
the Grand opera House next Monday
night, is said to be an excellent south
ern comedy drama. Thirty people are
ture of the pay, novel buck and wing
Dancing Will be introduced. There will
also be interesting specialities and OPP
cratic singing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
Russia is Watching japan.

London, Dec 26.-A dispatch to the
Graphic from Paris says: 1T is stated
that a Russian fleet of twelve vessels
has been stationed at Vladivostock to
watch Japan, which is suspected of
meditating another blow at China"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
ned 5000 in ST. Louis.

St Louis, Dec. 26.-The Salvation
Army fed over 5000 adults and children
a their various rooms in this city to-
day and sent out about ], 900 basket din
ners to deserving families
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

Fords Merry Players will close their
engagement at the Grand Opera House
tonight in the production of Monte
CristO.' At the closing performance
several VitascOpe pictures viii be
shown The company is playing a mat
inee this afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
XMAS r. r. RATES.

SANTA FE ROUTE-HOMF ROAD
Tickets at one and one-third fare for
round trip, sold Decen Der "A, %, 81 and
January 1, to all points with in 200
miles. Final return limit January 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

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Gaylord & Barcley, tailors. have re-
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SIS Kansas avenue.
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The old way of delivering MESA ges
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26

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THREE CHILDREN KILL
ED BY A HOG.

Fayetteville, Ark, Aug. l..
In Benton county yesterday
Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of a
barber, became alarmed at the
absence of her lo-year-old
daughter and started out to
search for her, leaving her
children, infant twins and a
boy aged 4, playing in the yard.
During her absence a vicious
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killed them. The little boy
tried to run the swine away
and was himself fatally bitten.
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BRYAN'S NOTIFICA
TON SPEECH.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. q
When w. ]. Bryan leaves for
New York Friday evening he
will carry with him the draft Of
the speech which he intends to
use before the notification COM
mittee at Madison Square gar
den. He has devoted consid-
cradle time to it, but will put
a few finishing touches on it
before it can declared COM
plete. 1t will occupy between
an hour and an hour and a
half in delivery and will discuss
the Chicago platform in detail
and give his interpretations
thereof. He becomes very in
dignant at the charge that he
and those who stand with him
on the Chicago platform are to
be classed as anarchists or
that they aim to break down
any laws of the country. Those
who have been taken into his
confidence say this speech will
astonish the country.
1t is understood that Hon.
Richard P. Bland, who will be
n1 Lincoln at the time of Mr..
Bryan's departure, viii accom-
pany him to New York and
appear with him in Madison
Square and make a speech.