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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06
GHOST AT THE WEDDING.

shRdowy Form OF Commodore Vsndea ,
bit e said TO Have Appeared
The following is an original dream Of
a ghost that appeared at the Vanderbilt
Marlborough wedding, according to the
memory Of Prof. Hutehinss. the pODu-
lar lecturer, and the Boston Post.
The welding feast was on, the four
hundred we're gathered there in all the
plentitude Of their royal power.
The aristocracy, ''monocracy' and
plutocracy were there: when. suddenly,
an apparition burst upon the startled
thrOng5 straight he strobe toward the
bride and looked to neither right nor
left at any living thing. but advanced
with mighty strides. till the won der
ir8 crowd fell back and gave way to
the oncomer. Tall. lean. lank and
shadowy, broad-shouldered and big
handed, he faced the bride do YOU
know me, Consuelo?'' he said. and the
terrified bride raised her trembling eye
to the tall. gaunt figure.
Il do not know you" she said Put
I am your eat-grandfatber; my name
is Cornelius. and they call me the com
nodore." But" said the bride. your
hands are large and bony. hard and
horny; your fingers are misshapen.
twisted and distorted s'So-so."
chuokled the ghost. Hard and bony,
are they2" and he clasped his hands
and rolled them one over the other until
tic joints cracked again and he
laughed with mighty gIee with
these hands did 7 toll, strive and strug-
gle, and with these twisted fingers did
pluck out Of the hands Of remorseless
and relentless fate, seventy millions Of
gold to endOw YOU with. and here you
stand to-day with the four hundred
gazing upon you. You. with all your
youth and beauty and accomplishments
traded and bartered OFF like sheep in
the shambles. and for what? An empty
banble. a bursting bubble. a trinket.
title, a thing to catch the heart of a
woman" And then the ghost turned
and looked again, not at the bride. but
at the royal duke Look at him he
said Behold the royal scion of a noble
house, with the lineage of a thousand
years behind him, and what before
him p and then once more he turned
toward the bride and spoke his last
word And for this. and this. and all
TINS, may the awful destiny which you
nave invoked upon your happy young
soul be kinder to you than you have
been to yourself" And while they
shuddered and stared the frightf1I sDec-
ter lifted warning finger and vanished
never again to appear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06

A definite ofHcial statement Of the
cost Of that great engineering work, the
Kiel canal. shows the reaching point to
have been some S39. GOO. 600. It is about
sixty-one miles long, twenty feet deep
at low water and 229 feet wide. in
numerous places the width increasing
to 428 feet to allow the largest vessels
to pass each other. and work will be
continued until vessels Of any depth
can pass at low water. The embank-
ment is stone-lined to a depth OF six
feet below the water, and the locks at
the North sea end of the canal are said
TO be the largest in the world. with the
exception of that at Bremerhaven. Two
BRIDGES span 1t at a height of 1877 feet
above the water and there are also six
opening bridges and sixteen ferries
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06

Stuart Robson detests a barber. But he
is fond Of the oonvenienees Of a barber
shop. He enters the nearest barber shop
and stretches himself out on a chair Then
the barber lathers his face and strops the
razor and just as he is about to shave Mr..
Robson sits up in the chair takes the razor
from him and without a word, calmly
shaves himself. As a rule the barber
pours out torrent of protestations, but
the CON edian goes calmly on with his
work. After he has finished he sinks back
into the chair again and the barber, with
a more or less rebellious expression, wash
IS Robson s face with bay rum. Then Rob
son sits up again and as the barber begins
OF his hair ia kes the brush away from him
and dresses his hair himself After this
he rises, bes5oWs a liberal fee on the bar
Der and departs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06
Democrats Unanimous for Silver
Is tO1.
Over 100 Townships and COun-
ties So Declare.
AN EASY VICTORY.
Stone, Bland, Vest and COckrell
the Big Four
Congressman Hall, GOldbug.
Turned Down.

ST. LOUIS, April 6.-The Democrats
Of 100 or more townships and counties
of Missouri held conventions Satur-
day. In almost every instance free
coinage at 10 to i was indOrsed, and
delegates to the State convention were
instructed 10 vote for delegates to the
National convention who favored that
idea. Whenever the issue was made
the conventions expressed themselves
in favor of sending a solid silver dele
cation to Chicago, regardless of the
choice of congressional districts.
Governor Stone heads the delega-
ton from Vernon county. COckrell,
Vest, Stone ana Bland we're ind Orsed
as delega large to the Chicago
convention Livingston, Cong ress-
man Halls home county, instru cted
Tor free silver.
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RIVAL SALVATION ARMIES.


Eagngea ia Caaases sf Prayer aad
Melody ~ Cleveland. Ohio.
CLEvELAED, Ohio, april 6.-There
vas q conflict between Ballngton
Booths American Volunteers and
Corps 10. OF the Salvation Army
here yesterday. Tt was a conflict Of
prayer and melody, however. The
Volunteers held their FIRST public
meeting in the public square. There
were about twenty-five of the Yolun-
teera Most of them wore the old Sal
vation Army uniform and the Balling-
ton Booth badge. A crowd of 1000
followed the Volunteers from the First
NJ &. church, which had been packed
at the Easter service When the meet
ing in the square was in progress, the
Salvation Army corps, with brass
band, appeared on the scene, drown
ing the prayers OF the Volunteers
The meeting went on, however, and
soon the two bands of soldiers were
praying in different parts Of the little
park. There were many patriotic
speeches by the Volunteers
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FIRE IN A MUSEUM.
Two Thoater Audiences In Panio-Wnd
Confuaion Amone the Freals.

Two Theater Audiences In q Panio-Wnd
Confusion Among the Freaks
CHICAGO, April q. "A fire which bore
a very threatening aspect for time
and created a panic broke out yester-
day afternoon in a Clark Street dime
museum 1t being Easter Sunday, the
two small theaters in the building
were entertaining audiences Of more
than the usual proportion, at least
l,OuO persons, who occupied every
available space, being present
The audiences at once made a
rush for the doors and for
time pandemonium reigned. The
stage manager, Charles Bell. took
commanding position and urged the
people not TO lose their heads, and to
his GOODNESS and possession is due
the fact that the patrons finally es-
capped without injury. The widest
confusion, however, prevailed among
the freaks and stage performers, but
all escaped without injury, many Of
the actors running into the streets in
their stage attire.
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Tho snrine shootinr.

The hunter and the angler are both
busy just now and are reported to be en-
joying an unusual amount of sport
Besides the shooting of wild fowl and
the creeling of brook trout in early spring
two other sports are also INDUCED Inlay
snipe and plover shooting on the salt
meadow lands and along the ocean surf
and the bagging of English snipe On the
fresh marshes of the uplands. Spring
shooting is growing less in favor every
year, however, and this is as it should be-
The birds should not be pursued at all
seasons. The spring visit of the bay snipe
and plover is merely for a day or two of
feeding, the birds resting on their way to
the north, where they nest and rear their
young, which return with the parent birds
in late summer. Therefore, if the mating
birds are not destroyed on their way north
in the spring, they will return with their
young to afford all the more sport in the
fall
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wArTHRsON on THE LRTrEE.


If Kentucky Presents Carlisle oa a
Proper Platform Ho WA Kun.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, april 6.-The
Courier-J ournal says editorially:
The position which Mr.. Carlisle
takes is entirely in accord with the
dignity of she office Of President and
with the duties of the ONCE OF secre-
tary OF the Treasury. He declines to
participate in contest for the 1omi-
nation. holding that the matter of
6rst moment is the declaration Of the
party's principles. lie desires the in
aorsement Of his services by his State,
and, though he does not say so Ia so
many words, if his State shall present
his name TO the national convention
on a satisfactory platform, he will IN
doubtedly accept that resp possibility.
Kentucky is ready It needs no
campaigp to bring Kentucky to Car
isle. Let the convention be called
the sooner the better-and the State
which took the lead for an honest
tariff viii take the lead for an honest
isa-wranau %
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cit Just occurred to me, - said the
smart young man who sometimes drops
into the newspaper Offices to impart 8
bright idea, that the dog show is 3
bowling success.
81 am glad to hear it, - replied the
man at the desk. Il was fearful it
would be failure. Been attending it?''
'Oh, no, - rejoined the other IL
was thinking it would be a good way
to-
eff you haven't been attending it.
how do you know it is a success?''
Maybe you didn't understand me. ]
said it was a bowling success. Seei
Howling. -
Don t you catch on?'' interposed the
exchange editor. He's trying to give
you a pointer about the dog show.
"And it's what I collie good one, -
added the man who writes mp the pro-
vision market.
81 should think you'd beagle lad to
get a little outside help, spoke up the
man who grinds out the insurance news.
''And when he Danes to come and
tell you about it himself, - chimed in
the man who chops out the board Of
trade report, cit ought to a cur to you
that
"He took the trouble, - interrupted
the man who keeps track Of the stock
market, TO runner hound and give you
the idea He didn't terrier minute on
the way. -
Hes So alf a bull, too, 3" observed
the man who dishes up the railway
news.
Gentlemen, said the caller, pale,
but calm, Il seem to be up pug gainst
it, Good afternoon.
He went away, and for the space Of
I'VE minutes nobody spoke The smart
young man had paralyzed them. Chi
cagO Tribune.
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BoUNCER. 2.1O1I.

TThe fast 4-year-Old trOtting dlly.I
statement sometimes made by horsemen
that Electioneers were soft and that
their offspring could do nothing
In Bouncer's breeding are found high
class trotting speed producers on the sire's
side, with plenty Of thoroughbred strains
in the maternal direction. Bouncer' S
dam. Musette was a full sister to the dam
of Jersey Wilkes and when four years old
was driven a trial mile in 2:33. She was
BY Mambrino Patchen out Of Ida, by Gill S
Vermont, and through this line there came
q good infusion of fine blood through Der
trand, the best son of Sir Archy.
In 1893 when she was a 2-year-old,
Bouncer was broken to harness, but showed
no particular ability. Her first start was
in a race at HornellsviIle in October of the
same year She won first money in four
heats, making a record Of 1901 in the
second heat. She was not put on a public
track again for nearly a year. This was
at Terre Haute Ind, Sept. II, 1894. She
was evidently in bad form, for she finished
in one race third and in another fifth. Two
weeks later, however, in Hornellsville, II.
Y, she won three heats out of four against
Lulu Wilkes in 2:1976, 2:19 and $500 re-
spectively.
Then came a long list of more or less
successful efforts and her excellent show
ing last year, out of II starts winning first
money times and being placed in only
one event.
Her present record was made in her
race for the Pennsylvania stakes at Lex
ingtOn, Ky, last year at the end Of the
season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06
The Newsbev ana De contralto.

AS handsome Jessie Bartlett Davis was
leaving the stage door the other evening
she was accosted by q ragged little gamin,
who besought her to buy paper. AS Miss
Davis hurried on paying no attention to
his opportunities he exclaimed in pleading
tones: Oh, I say, do buy one. Please
do, Jessiep' This appeal claimed her at
tention, as he evidently intended it should
She stopped and said laughingly, as she
made purchase: Why do you call me
that9 Do you know me2" WAL yer
ken just bet yer boots I knows yerl Yer
front name is Jessie an yer an aotorl''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06

LEXINGTON, KY, April 6. Now that
Colonel Breckenridge is canvassing the
district again to run for Congress this
year, the old movement Of the ladies
in the district is being reOrganized,
and Colonel Breckenridge wall have
the women against him as he had two
years ago. Then the race between
Breckenridge and Owens was close.
Now the friends of Kentucly's ''silver
tOnCued orator" express the fullest
confidence of his success. The Pollard
judgment remains still unsatisfied.
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CARLISLE COY.
Talks ETasively About His Can
didacy.
Under Certain Conditions He
Might Accept.
MIND NOT MADE UP.
Anxiety as to the Kind Of Plat
form to Be Made.
Profoundly Interested in His
Party's Welfare.
MIND NOT MADE UP.

WAsHISeroN, April 6.-secretary
Carlisle has written the following
letter on the sub ject Of his candidacy
for the presidential nomination at the
Chicago convention:
Charles R Long, Chairman Democrat
&c State Central Committee, Louis
vile, ky
WAsHINeroN, April 4, 1s96.-Dear
Sir. Your favor of March 80, in which
you say in substance that many Of my
friends in Kentucky and elsewhere
desire me to become a candidate be-
fore the approaching national Demo
cratic convention for nomination to
the Office Of president, ana requesting
me to give some authOritat' re or detn-
tie expression upon the subject, has
been maturely considered
Many communications upon the
same So bject and similar import have
been received from friends ia different
parts of the country, and while very
grateful for these numerous express
ions OF confidence and esteem upon
the part of my Democratic fellow citi-
zens, I have not been able to reach
the conclusion that the existing con
ditlons require me to comply with
their requests by authorizing them to
announce me as candidate for the
Presidential nomination
While / feel a profound interest in
the welfare of my party, I am much
more concerned about its declaration
Of principles than its selection of can
didatess because, in my opinion, its
failure or success at the election, as
well as its capacity for useful service
IN the country in the future, depends
upon the position it takes or omits to
take upon the public questions now
engaging the attention of the people,
and especially the questions affecting
the monetary system of the country
and the character and amount OF
taxation to be imposed upon our
citizens It's position upon these and
other subjects having been agreed up
sus and clearly and distinctly an
nounceds the convention ought to have
no difficulty in selecting a accepts bic
candidate who will fairly represent
its views, and in order that its delib-
erations may be embarrassed as little
as possible by the contentious of rival
aspirants and their friends I think my
duty to the party viii be best per
formed by declining to participate in
q contest for the nomination.
The obliFa tions assumed when I ac-
cepted my present official position re-
quire me to devote my entire time and
attention to the public interests com
mitted to my charge, and 1 shall con
tinue to discharge the duties imposed
upon me to the best of my ability. and
in such manner as will, in my judg-
ment, most certainly promote the
true interests of the country; and if,
in the opinion of my fellow Democrats
of Kentucky, my services eutitle me
to their cOmmendation and approval,
I would regard their endorsement of
my public course as an ample reward
for tn e little I have been able to ac-
eomplish in behalf Of honest admins
tration and sound financial policy
j. e. CARLISLE.
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John W Hamilton announces himself
at the head of new theatrical syndicate
which has already 500, COO and is to have
theatrical exchange, a play reading and
producing bureau, a school of acting. a
vaudeville ana dramatic agency, a colossal
bachelor apartment house for actors and
which is furthermore TO publish a theatric-
al newspaper Mr. Hamilton should not
neglect to add to his syndicate a livery sta
bic in the basement, a cycle track on the
roof and place where Thespians can prac-
tice walking on railroad tics
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HOLMES CONFEssEs ALL.

OF the Murders Comnitted by Kim.
PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-H. 81.
Holmes. the convicted murderer, has
made a confession in which he tells
how and why he put to death no less
than twenty men. women and chill
dren. He writes as calmly and re-
IN orselessly as he murdered, neglect
ing no detail. He even gives an &C
count Of six murders which he planned
but was prevented from carrying out
Holmes desert bes in detail the muir
der Of the Williams sisters, of Quin-
Ian, the janitor Of the castle who
'skuew too much. - of Benjamin Pietzel,
the murder for which be is to be
hanged, and of the Pietzel children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-06

Tt Is a fact well known to astronomers
that the average number OF total and
partial eclipses in any one year is four.
that the maximum IS seven and the
minimum two. Where only two occur
they are always both Of the sun There
are a great many more eclipses Of tho
sun IN the course Of a year or 100 years
than there are Of the moon. This fact
notwithstanding however. London, the
metropolis OF the world. seems 70 be q
pace where such distractions Of the
snn-s ls-ht seldom ocenE.
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They have a gun club in Watkins, N.
z, that shoots potatoes instead Of clay
targets, SO says an exchange. and some Of
the mem bers are getting so that they can
peel potato at almost every shot. One
of the men stands behind a box and
throws the potatoes with all the strength
Of his arm, and when the shot hits them
the bits Of potatoes and skin can be seen
Co fly in the air and scores as a dead po-
tato." Busted BIRDS count in the
match, and some of the men are no small
potatoes when it comes to hitting the fly
ing murphvs.
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CARDINALS FOR PEACE.
Gibbons, Vaughan and Logue Unite
In an Appeal

BALTIMORE, Nd, April 3. -Cardinal
Gibbons yesterday gave out the fol
lowing appeal for arbitration instead
Of war, signed by himself and Cardinal
Vaughn Of Westmi nster and Logue Of
Ireland.
AN appeal of the American, irish
and English cardinals in behalf of a
permanent tribunal of arbitration
I'VE, the undersigned cardinals,
representatives Of the Prince Of Peace,
and of the Catholic church in our re
spective countries, invite all who hear
our voices to cooperate in the forma-
ton of public opinion, which shall
demand the esta blishment OF a per
mauent tribunal of arbitration, as
rational substltute among the Eng llsh-
speaking races, for a resort to the
bloody arbItrament of war
I'VE are well aware that such a
project is beset with practical diff
culties. We believe they viii not
prove to be insuperable if the desire
to overcome them be genuine and gen
eral. such a court existed for cen
turtles. when the nations Of Christen-
dom were united in one faith And
have we not seen nations appeal to
that same court for its Judgment in
our own day?
1--WE do not hesitate on our part to
lift up our united voice and proclaim
to all who are accustomed to hearken
to our cOunsels, that it is a sign of
divine influence at work in their
midst when nation shall not lift up
sword against nation; neither shall
they be exercised any more on the
war isaiah ii, a, for it was written
of a future time, come We and behold
the work of the Lord, what wonders
he hath done upon the earth, making
wars to cease even to the end of the
earth, psalm xiv, 81
We. therefore, earnestly invite all
to unite with us in pressing their con
victi0ns and desires upon their re-
spective governments by means of pc
titions and such other measures as are
constitutional.
The appeal is signed: James Card i
nal Gibbons, arch bishop Of Baltimore;
Michael Cardinal LOgue, arch bishop
of Armagh primate of all Ireland;
Herbert Cardinal Vaughn, archbishop
of Westnius 1t is dated London,
Easter Sunday. 1896.
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rzTNEE ENTERPRISE NEEDED


can Pluck and Ingenuity.
Taken as whole Central America
oHers fair field for foreien enter
PRISE BY young men Of self-denving
ana SOBER habits, possessing q csnifa1
OF from $4,000 and a tolerable knowl-
edge Of the Spanish LANGUAGE svecaea
either IN commerce. agriculture or min
ing may be confidently counted un9n
nut they must avoid all interference in
local politics. In these, as in all other
countries, the foreigner who's. char
acter and mode of life command re-
spect viii very seldom. if ever suffer
aolestati0n at the hands of the an
thorities. The Nicaragua canal. If
once commenced in earnest. VIII omen
up the almost ineXhaustible resources
OF that republic, and the engineering
works alone willoffer lucrative en-
ployment to thousands Of FOREIGNERS
Its physical difficulties are insight
cant compared with those which Les
seps never oveTcame on the Isthnaus
OF Panama; and. perhaps, the greatest
obstacle to contend with is the siltsr-
OF the aliuvial deposits at the mouth
Of the San Juan river, the Atlantic en-
trance to the canal. Its whole length
will be 194 English miles. 10 OF which
are Included in the great lake Of Mica
ragua, 134 feet above sea level, whose
total superficial area is 1858 English
square miles. A short cutting viii son-
meet this lake with that Of Managua.
1856 feet above sea level, with a super
fetal area of 500 English square na1les.
being So miles long and Is miles bread
with an average depth Of eve fatho2a
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What She pfscovered.

Charley is so tender hearted, - said
young Mrs. Torkins to her husband g
friend
ssIs hep
eyes. Last night, when he came
home late, I heard. him tell somebody
who had walked that far with him that
the kitty was doing we'll just think Of
a man as busy as be is taking SO much
interest in a poor dumb animal -
Washington Star.
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Testament, charged with the murder
of Rev Burrell Simme, an old gentle
man supposed to have much money
secreted in his home on Pea Ridge, six
miles north of here, was acquitted
after a hard fight, this being the
fourth trial la 694, when the muir
der occurred. Testament was convict
ed and sentenced 10 hang. "A rehear-
ing was secured for him and three
other trials have followed resulting
in an acquittal. after a cost to the
county OF about Si2. go
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10000 HOMELESS.
fire at Manila. Philippine Islands. Burns
Four Thousand Houses.


Madrid, April Ga terrible tire has
occurred at Manila, in the Philippine
islands, by which 1000 houses were
destroyed and 80, 900 people left home
less.
Manila is the capital Of the Philip
pine islands, and has a population Of
100. 900, or. with the suburbs, go, 900.
1t is one Of the great emporiums Of
the East. The principal buildings are
the cathedral, the palaces Of the gov
ernOr and the arch bishop, a beautiful
town house, ten churches Of different
religious orders, several mOnasteries
and converts the arsenal, three col
leges for young men and two for young
women, a supreme court, prison, civil
hospital, university, a marine and
commercial school. a large theater, a
custom house and barracks. 1t has
frequently been visited by severe and
destructive earth quakes.