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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

should obstruct the path of the flying
wheelmen- The steering of the machine
viii be done by the man in front. Just
ahead of him is a wedge shaped alumni
ium ''air cutter, which viii, it is said,
appreciably reduce tbs atmospheric resist
ance The gear is compounded to 1913, and
the strength Of the machine is such that
it could bear q weight Of 9, geo pounds.
Whatever may be the result Of this
unique contest. if viii undou btedly be the
most interesting cycling event the world
has ever seen. LE the cyclists wins the
very wind viii b outolassad, for the En-
pirs State express goes g mile "a e seconds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

Tt is now almost certain that no ac-
tion regarding the Pacific railroads inc
debtedness win be taken during the
present session Of congress. This fact
viii probably lead to redoubled efforts
on the part of Mr. Burton and his SUP
porters to secure his election to the
United States senate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19
Colorado Fruit Shipped to London

Denver. May &c H. Tibbetts Of
Newcastle. Colo. one of the Oldest fruit
growers on the western slope. called on
Secretary Jackson of the Chamber of
Commerce and announced his intention
of shipping 500 bushels of cherries and
99Q barrels of apples. some of which
viii go as far as London Ener
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19
Silver Nay Oppose Adjournment.

Washington. May 19zThe impression
is growing about the capitol that the
silver men viii soon take position
against final adjournment before the
national conventions. The movement
embraces silver advocates i'm both
houses and Of all parties. There has
been no formal agreement but there
has been a general exchange of views
and there is no doubt that some of the
leaders hold the opinion that it viii be
wise to postpone adjournment until
there shan be opportunity to know
what position the conventions viii take
on the financial question
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

By the recent civil service order Of
the president. official patronage has
been cut down to almost nothing out
side Of appointments. which must be
confirmed by the senate. Now if con
gress would pass a bill granting a pen
sion to everybody who has served in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

Waather Indications

Chicago, May 19-For Kansas. Part
~ cloudy with local rains tonight and
Wednesday; winds mostly easterly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19


Republicans alike are united in the be-
lief that Mckinley is an unsafe man.
Platt is certain of it and so is the New
York World. They say that if elected
his success would open the way to such
a disastrous diclzer OF the high prOtec-
tionists with the silver men as Senator
Teller has recently confessed resulted
in the passage of the Mckinley tariff
bill and the Sherman silver purchase
act in 1890 In discussing the situation
the World says. THE free silver Re
publican senators vii hold the balance
of power quite as firmly in the next
congress as they do in this one. There
win be i've Republican senators GER
tainly, and possibly eleven, who viii
not consent to the passage of any rev
enue or tariff bin that does not provide
for the free coinage of silver They
have blocked both the house bills in
the present senate. They freely say
that they can and viii do the same in
the next. With a weak and webbing
president in the White house, and the
dilemma Of 1890 repeated with added
strenuousness and a larger silver ma
jority in the senate. can there be any
honest doubt Of the result2"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

DR.. A. p. Sawyer: L have used. one
box of your Pastilles. and they have
helped me more than anything else
that I ever used. and have tried al
most everything Mary Johnson. Bush
nell. III Frank Sim, Pharmacist, 607
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

Try US on collars. We can make them
look Ike new Peerless Steam Laundry
10 and ia w Sth st. Phone S32
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

to experiment with medicines. Reqrs'
Blood Purifier is no novelty. A recerd
OF twenty years proves it to be the
best known formula for enriching the
blood and driving from the system
those impurities which breed disease
For sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

the army. its members might find
some time to devote to matters which
concern the general public. Hitherto
almost the entire time Of a large ma
5ority of congressman has been taken
up in securing government positions or
pensions for their constituents, mainly
for the purpose of securing their own
reelection Tt viii be a welcome change
when congressman's return to the
house depends on his merits as legis-
lator. rather than his ability as pri-
vate claims attorney or his success in
getting places for a lot Of applicants
for Office, at home. The members should
be thankful for the change that is tax
ing place along with the rest Of us.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

Ancient Order Of the Pyramid VIII
give a dance and ice cream and straw
berries, 104 and T06 Kan. Ave, Wednes-
day evening, May 20, 1885, Come and
have a good time. Admission 10c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

Marshalls band viii give a special
open air concert at GARFIELD park to
night Admission 10 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19

We aim to please our trade. Peerless
Steam Laundry 112 and ia W. 8th Sc.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
THOUSANDS OF PAUPERS
Immigrant Authorities Appali-
ed at the Great Influx.
More Than Ten Per Cent VIII Ever
LaHd-FiTteen Thousand Have Al
ready Arrived

New York, April I3-The Herald
this morning says: The steamer Bo-
liyia OF the Anchor line. arrived from
Genoa and Naples Yesterday. She
brought 1876 Italian immigrants. six
hundred Of them were detained al Ellis
Island on the ground that they are
likely to become public charges. Of
this number none had more than dol
lar or SO, while many of them were
practically penniless. DR.. Senncr said
that only about 10 per cent of those
detained would be allowed to land.
The steamer Alesia, of the Fabre line
also from Naples, reached the bar at 10
o'clock last evening with I,o64 on board.
They will be landed at Ellis Island thi.
morning. The immigrant authorities
are appalled, At the great influx OF Ital-
ian pauPers More than 1900 have
already arrived and DR.. Senner has
received advices that 1900 more are
about to sail from Naples
DR.. Senner IS very alert and is enforc-
ing the immigration laws to the letter,
particularly in the case of Italians, in
hopes of discouraging their fellow
countrymen. but this apparently has no
effect on them He has been compelled
to increase his force of employees on
Ellis Island and has frequently impor-
tuned the department at Washington TO
aid in relieving the station.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
BUTTE MAN TAKES HAND
Cyrus f. Page. Fifty Eight Years OF
Age Mixed Up in Duel.

Butte, Mont, April Io.-When Con-
gresham Linton, of Michigan, refused
to accept the challenge of Captain
Thomas Phelan, of Kansas City, to fight
a duel, the matter was taken up BY Cv-
rus E. Page, of this city, an old-timer,
IS yesrs of age.
The correspondence between the two
was made public today BY PheIan. be-
cause they could not agree on conditions.
Page claimed to represent Linton and
was therefore the challenged party. He
proposed Butte as the fighting ground
and selected rifles IS the weapons, at
seventy Eve yards. Phelan accepted
the defy but insisted that he was chal-
lenged and claimed the right 10 name
place and weapons. In mis- letter he said:
81 will not fight YOU at seventy-fve
yards. AS the challenged party I will
meet YOU st ten PAGES with rifles, to
wheel and fire. Submit my acceptance
to your friead and arrangements will be
readily made to meet you. am sorry
that you should fall in the place of Hon
W. l. Liston; your enthusiasm makes
you an unnecessary sacrifice. but you Sc
lect to perish and having a suicidal in.
tent, and believing in the cause cham
pion, am willing to crafty you. Let
your reply be immediate"
Page said today he was ready to stand |
by his acceptance of Phelan's challenge, |
but expresses the belief that the Irish |
captain was "a coward, blow-hard and |
wind bag
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
The Monterey COLLISION.

Washington. April I3-Captain Lud-
low of the Monterey has reported to
the navy department BY telegraph the
collision yesterday between his vessel
and 3ooo-ton Swedish merchaHtma an:
The Monterey was lying at anchor at
time in Puget sound. The Swedish
steamer struck the warship on the star
board quarter, dead abean, denting in
one plate below the water line and
knocking off three rivet heads. The
Swedish steamer was reported to be in
danger of sinking at the time of send
ing the despatch. The Monterey was
ordered to Seattle to go into the new
dry dock, meanwhile the Swedish steam
er has been Iibeled for repairs.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
ROMANCE AND MYSTERY.
Remarkable VIII Case OF Frederick
Maxwell Somers.

New YORK., April I3-What will pro-
badly be the final hearing in the remark
able will case OF Frederick Maxwell
Somers, also full of romance and mys-
terry, is set down today in the surrogate
court Mr.. Somers, who was well
known in literary circles in America.
began his career on the San Francisco
Argonaut. He practically ended his
literary labors in New York in 1892,
when he sold out the two magazines,
Current Literature and Short Stories,
both of which ne had founded and
edited up to that time His will, which
is said to have been made few hours
before he died, in hospital al South
ampton, England, February :, 1894,
leaves an entire fortune TO a lady named
in it as his hancee. TO the exclusion of
MS aged mother and two sisters. who
are contestants. His betrothed was
Violet Gratz Brown, granddaughter OF
the candidate for the vice-presidency on
the Greeley ticket,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
Burned to Death.

San Francisco, April I5.-Frisk Eras-
my, child six years old, was burned to
death last zight N FIRE which destroyed
two houses in the Richmond district.
Mrs. Catherine Blume, the child's grand
mother leaped from two-story window
and was seriously injured. John Erasmy
entered the burning building to save his
son and narrowly escaped death him
self
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
HORRIBLE.
An INSANE Father Kills His Three
Children.

Chicago, April I4-While broodine
over the idea that his family would suf
fer from want, John Lehman this even.
ing shot and killed his three children
After committing this terrible deed Leh-
man attempted to end his own life BY
hanging, but failing in this, he turned
the revolver upon himself and sent a
bullet through his heart, killing him
self instantly. The names Of the dead
are
John Lehman, IS years old.
Clara Lehman. 8 years old.
Bertha Lehman, 3 years old.
An infant four months old. not yet
named
For eight years Lehman has been in
The employ Of the West Chicago street
railway company, and during the great
er part Of the time had been a driver on
the Center avenue line. Lehman has
saved $500. This money is deposited
in one Of the city banks The family
lived comfortably and wanted for moth
ing. Notwithstanding that fact, Lehman
worried a great deal He had fear
that someday his savings would be
swept away and MS family would be-
come dependent on charity.
He gradually grew worse, and of late,
when at home, ne talked Of nothing
else. Mrs. Lehman and Henry Lehman
her young stePson, were away from
home when the tragedy occurred At
$50 o'clock Henry Lehman returned
and found that his father had killed all
the children except himself Minnie
Lehman, a daughter, who had not re-
turned from school was. besides Henry,
the only child to escape and both would
have been killed had they been at home
All the children were shot through the
heart and killed instantly. One bullet
did the work in every case. The body
of Lehman was found lying in the bath
room upstairs. A piece of clothes line
was around his neck showing that he
had attempted to hang himself
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
MOST BLOODY.
Rebel Indians Raid the Town of
Juquuela. Mexico

City eft Mexico. April I5.-A telegram
from Oaxaca city this afternoon stated
that the rebel Indians at the town of
Juquel4 killed all the town councillors,
school teachers, local priests, chief of
police and the telegraph operator-in
fact everyone hoI.iing a government
place. The people are in terror.
The rebels began their plotting in
holy week, instigated by Indian lawyers.
who informed them that the new state
state taxes were unconstitutional. but
the authorities paid no attention to the
excitement among them, considering
that they were engagedin their drunken
celebration of the season. But Procur-
ing arms and Rachetes, they made
rush for the town hall, and the perfect
hastily closed the doors, which they
soaked with petroleum and burned,
thus affecting an entrance They
sacked the place, penetrating the private
apartments of the project, and grossly
maltreated the women of his family;
and then. turning their attention 10 the
officials and armed servants, killed and
wounded several. The scene was hor-
rible one, as the assault took place in
the early evening and thaexcitement of
the mob was indiscribable- The mob
of drunken Indians, after sacking the
town hall. went TO the federal stamp
Office and assaulted It, burning down the
outside door with petroleum, which also
fire TO the entire house,
placing Collector Grwciada, who was on
the roof with ais clerks, in a most peril
ous position; but they managed to es-
rape BY the rear, jumping for their lives
Many shops were burned after being
sacked and the Indians decorated them
selves with finery. They all fed on the
of the soldiers and are..now in
he hills. The revolt is local and will
De suppressed and the instigators of the
Indians will be severity punished. as
hey took advantage of their gross ig-
lorance.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
PROVO TO PARK CITY.
Rio Grande Railway Surveying for a
New Extension.

Salt Lake, April lot appears that
the Rio Grande Western railway peo-
pie are keeping well abreast of the times
in the extensions and proposed exten-
sions of their lines. A surveying party
has been at work for that company for a
week or more on a proposed line from
somewhere in the neighborhood Of
Provo to Park City. with the ultimate
end in view of running to the Uintah
reservation when that tract will be
thrown open to settlers.
Just at what point the new line will
TAP the Rio Grande Western railways
southern line is not decided, but it will,
according to the present plans, be some
where in the neighborhood of Provo
city The line will run as near as NAV
be to Provo bench and through Provo
canyon to the Park It was mentioned
a week go that surveying party was
at work in that region, but it only leaked
out yesterday that they were there in
the interest of the Rio Grande Western
road and that their destination was
Uintah via Park CITY.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
Alabama Elections.

Washington, April I4.-Senator Pugh
of Alabama today received from his son,
J. c. Pugh, the following telegram, Civ
ing details of the Alabama primaries:
johnson carried IS counties, without
doubt. Clark only Is, with doubtful.
Johnson will have 500 delegates. Clark
81, with S doubtful. The legislature free
silver by large majority"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
sees a GoIdbu= Head.

Denver, April I4.-Senator Tillmar
i, ia Denver. He says the outlook is
altogether favorable for the democratic
convention to be controlled by the free
silver wing. He will probably remain
in Denver several days.
81 am democrat" said Sen ator Till.
man today to Mayor McMurray, "but II
l may be permitted to offer word OF
advice TO the free silver republicans OF
Colorado, send Senator Teller to the
ST. Louis convention as chairman of the
delegation with instructions, which ne
will gladly obey, to lead his delegation
from the convention hall the moment
Mckinley or any other goldbug IS nom
mated for president, or any other plat
form than one demanding free silver,
without awaiting the consent of Erg-
land"
Senator TilIman concluded. The
country is going TO hell; let US show the
world that we know it and that we are
determined to interfere"
Senator Tillman was rendered a re-
ception at the Brown Palace hotel to-
night. After being welcomed b. Mayor
McMurray, he was presented with a
pitchfork made from gold and silver
taken from the mines Of Colorado.
Hon. E. R. Holden, who made the pre-
sentation speech, said:
"Take this pitchfork back to the
United States senate, anu dig up the rec
ord of Senator Sherman, and then dig
down into the history of John G. Car
isle"
This remark was received with great
applause by the large assemblage that
h ID gathered to welcome the bimetslist
from South Carolina
Mr.. Tillman concluded his address by
saying: 81 stand by Colorado, and all
ask is that you stand by South Caro-
lima"
After the senator had finished there
were loud calls for Hon. T. NJ. Patter-
son, who addressed the crowd briefly
After the speech making Senator Till
man shook hands with several thousand
people His principal address will be
made tomorrow night at the Broadway
theater
Senator Tillman will not speak at Ar
lington Park as was arranged. the sen
ator found it impossible to fill this en-
gagement without disarrahging all his
dates.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17

ITO address them on Sundays on sub
| jects that would be of real interest, o.
real importance. He should base his
sermons on history, philosophy of the
art and the genius of the Greeks. Let
him make his congregation conversant
with the PHILOSOPHERS of the world,
the great thinkers, the great poets, the
great artists, actors, orators, inventors,
captains of industry, the soldiers of
progress. Let them have a Sunday
school in which the children shall be
made acquainted with the facts Of nature
with botany, entomology, something Of
geology and astronomy
In spite of all that has been done for
the reformation OF The world, it is still
cursed with poverty and crimes. Peni-
tentiades, he said, should be trans
formed into schools and workshops and
the conyicts should be educated and
paid a reasonable sum for their labor.
Colonel lngersoll paid a pretty tribute
to the home. The more homes, said he,
the broader the foundation of the nation
and the more secure. Everything should
be done to keep this from being
nation of tenants. The men who Guilt
vate the earth should own it. He would
except homes from sale not only under
execution, but from every description
of taxes In granting divorces, he
would give the wife divorce "if she
it, if she wanted it." There
is no danger in demoralizing the world
divorce He would not allow
the man to cast off the wife unless she
had hagrantly violated the marriage
contract.
But for the sake of the community
he would grant the woman divorce for
the asking. There would never be gen
Grafton of great men until there had been
a generation of free women. The !
speaker referred to the labor question |
and said he saw no satisfactory solution of
It except through the civilization of the |
employers and employed. Great rail
roads should pay pensions to their worn
out employees and care for them in their
Did age. The employee must learn to
make reasonable demands of his EN-
oloyer-
Every child should be taught to be
and everyone should be
aught to avoid being burden 10 others
Is it would shun death. Children should
De taught to think, to investigate, to re-
y upon the light of reason. Nothing
hould be taught in any school that the
eacher does not know, Beliefs, super
theories should not be treated
ike demonstrated facts. The child
hould be taught to Investigate, not to
,eIieve. To hasten to the coming of the
,olden dawn of the perfect day, we
must educate the children, we must
commence at the cradle, at the lap of
he loving mother. Let every human
eing, concluded Col. Ingersoll, do all
he good he can and let him build up
Ip the wounds OF his fellow creatures
nd at the same time put forth every eff
ort to hasten the coming of the better
ay. This in my judgment is the real
eligion. To do all the good you can is
, be a saint in the highest and noblest
ense.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
INGERSOLL'S REAL RELIGION
In Nature We Find the Seed Of
All that is Good and Evil.

How ReIIgionists Characterization
Preach Peace, Yet support Vast
Armies-MOney That Has Been Ex-
pended in Costly Church Edifices
CouI0 Have Been Distributed Where
il would Have Done Much More
GoOd-There Can Never be salts
factory solution of the Labor Cues
ton Except Through the.sCiviIiza-
ton Of Employers and Employed.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17

Lander, Wyo., April IA singular
phenomenon was a shower in this city
last night. First red and then yellow
clay fell, followed little later by al
most black mud. People who were out
in the storm looked as though they had
been churned in a tubful of mud
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
WYOMING's NEW MINERAL WELL
Contains sal soda in Almost a Pure
State.

Green River, April I3.-An anaiy.
sis made at the University of Wyoming
of the water taken from the well of the
Green River Fuel and Oil company, re-
veals the discovery of soda of such high
quality that it is likely to prove of more
commercial value than either the pro
duction of natural gas or oil. The ana
lysis given by Professor E. E. Slosson
is as follows:
ollCa OlO<. --.-.....- -.-..--.--- $40
Iron and alumnia Fer O3 Ala o.. 10
Sodium sulphate MAJ SO4 .. IS
Sodium chlorid Ma CT . 6.sS
Sodium carbonate MAJ Cos. "a
1t is claimed that this is the highest
sodium carbonate Tor sal soda to be
found anywhere in this country in a
natural state. Over a quarter of mil
lion dollars has been expended by the
Union Pacific Railroad company in ex-
periments to reduce the sui phate of soda
found in the soda lakes of Wyoming
to the same condition that can now be
obtained in a pure state at Green
River. Professor Knight, wEo has
made an examination of the water
pumped from the Green River well
during the past week, states that it con-
taiAs in solution about sever pounds of
carbonate of soda to every cubic foot of
water of seventy pounds, the soda be-
ing obtained by the simple process of
At the p Itttrt e !
sodium carbonate, or sal soda, as it IS
commercially termed, sells at wholesale |
in Omaha for rs cents per pound, some
thing over S72 per ton. When it is
taken into deratioR that the Rock |
Springs coal is mined, freight paid to
Omaha, sold and retailed at $3.50 per
ton, and profit made on the transaction,
there certainly ought to be a profit in
handling soda worth S22 per tor. A
limited amouRt of carbonate of soda
IS manufactured from salt in the east by
IN expensive process, but the principal
part is being imported from England
ind where it is being manufactured from
salt by :treating it with sui
'huric acid in furnaces. J
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17
GOIHG TO A HOTTER PLACE
Tillman's Declaration Made in
Denver Yesterday.

Advice Given TO the Free silver Re
publicans of Colorado TfI1u,a
Thinks That Teller should be sent
TO the st. Louis Convention with
instructions which He VIII Gladly
Obey-That is. to Hit wherever He
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-17

Collins magnificent "Odes" were
written. published and admired before
the author was 20.