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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05

The Grand Trunk Railway System
have a magnificent new Pullman Yes
fibglled train which VIII be put in ser
vice on June "a, and known as the
Seaside and White Mountain Special p
is nearer a palace on wheels than any
other train ever run to those famous
and popular resorts. The entire train
is vestfbuled from end to end lighted
bv electricity, and viii consist of a
Library. Chair and Smoking car, also
containing a barber shop and bath
room. a Dining car four magnificent
Sleeping cars. each containing twelve
sections. drawing and toilet rooms for
ladies and gentlemen, and q sumptious
Library and Observation car in the rear
OF the train. This magnificent train
will run through the tourist season of
1895. making ten trips in all Further
information on application to Il. R.
Morrow, city Ticket Agent 1o3 Clark
street. Chicago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05
CHANUTE ITEMS.
Personals and Notes Among the En-
ployes of the Santa Fe.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Expressman John Young is on the
sick list suffering from Thaumat isrn-
VIM. Farrell who was unfortunate in
making a coupling some time ago. is
improving nicely
Fireman Fl. Davis, James Rildbrends
w. II. Williams, Arvid AHcel, Fred
Jenner and A. Johnson have been sent
10 Arkansas City to assist in the rush
on the Panhandle division.
Wiper VIM. Yelton has been sent to
Winfield to take the place of engine
watchman Charles owen. on account
of sickness.
Fireman John switzer has gone to
Topeka for a few days to look after
lodge work
Fireman Chas. switzer has returned
from Galveston, where he has been att
tending the convention Of the G. i a.
to the B of IL. IT.
Engineer $. G. 1deFadden has gone
to Topeka for a few days.
Mrs. W. ID. Frisby has gone to To
peka for a. few days.
Engineer j. G. Prentice viii visiB liz
Kansas City for a week.
Fireman Ross Prentice is laying off
on account of sickness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05

Chicago: Wheat steady on reports Of
damage to Argentine crops.
Chicago. Chicago Packing and P. CO.
buying pork.
Chicago: Estimated receipts tomor-
row. wheat 375; corn 1000; oats 200;
hogs 1000.
New York: The four ports cleared
for export, wheat and -four AZ, 600 bush
els
Liverpool. Spot wheat quiet. I'd
lower; futures California wheat, 3Ad
lower; Red American I'D lower.
Minneapolis 1885 cars, last year /, 617
cars Duluth 374 cars. last year $50 cars.
Chicago: Total visible supply wheat
50, 116. 900; corn 1887. 600; oats 1854, 600
Chicago: Stocks grain in Chicago,
wheat 1887, 900; corn 5ss4s, 600; oats q,
037 600.
Chicago. Visible wheat incheased 1.
401. 600; corn increased $50 GOO; oats in
creased 288. 600.
New York: Potter and Cuthbert sold
sugar.
chicago: Cudahy sold wheat this
morning.
Chicago: Puts. May corn 25ssc. calls.
27Ic puts, December wheat 645sc;
calls 721ac; all good all next week.
Chicago. Talk is that Is per cent Of
Kansas crop has been marketed.
Chicago. New York sold wheat early
now buying.
Chicago. Black Sea shipments S.
704 600.
Chicago: Inspections. wheat 412-20s
corn sS6-761; oats S27-S9
Chicago. Puts, December wheat 66sk
calls, sec; puts, May corn 261sc; calls,
26asc puts, January pork SIP; calls
1872; curb. December wheat Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05
Eraa giIvar Naafinn s.

The free silver forces viii open their
campaign this week with meetings as
follows. Tuesday. October s. Berry s
hail. North Topeka; free silver head
quarters. 924 North Kansas avenue
Wednesday. October "a. Oakland. brick
school house: Thursday, October s,
Hamilton hail, Sunnyside schoolhouses
Pleasant Ridge schoolhouse; Friday.
October 9. Shorey. Watson Seabrooks
Mission Center; Saturday October 10,
Valencia. Silver Lake haW valley
schoolhouse. Oakland, frame school
house. The speakers at these meetings
win be announced later. Judge Samuel
A Kingmam viii preside at the meet
ing at Hamilton hall and Hon w. a.
Harris win be one OF the sneakers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05
CARLISLE REPLIES.
Answers a Cues ton and Shows the
Amount of Silver Coinage.

r.s---;47e ~ 1870 j..
~ 81 s
A1t-s4 from llle courier journal 20 sec
zeEa1y Carlisle asking for Information
concerning the coinage Of silver. Sec
lows.
Prom January g. 1896. to September
30, 1886 standard silver dollars have
been coined at the minis Of the United
States to the amount 81 s13.5a4. 1872 Since
November b 1893, the date OF the repeal
pf the purchasing clause Of the social
ed sherman act standard silver dol
lars have been coined in the United
States to the amount Of sl7.S69. 1911. or
more than twice as much as was coined
during the whole period Of our history
prior to 1878.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05

Chief OF Police Gardiner thinks that
he has a murderer in custody at the
jail and word has been sent to the au-
thGrities REGARDING his arrest. On Sep
TENDER ri at the little town Of Table
Rock. Nab, three men were in the act
of breaking into Z. store when Marshal
NJ A. Craig discovered them In try
ing TO capture them one OF the men shot
him, killing him instantly. 1t is now
believed that the murderer As here He
is a tramp giving the name Of J. Gully.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05
Kansas city Livestock Market.

CATTLE-Receipts 10000; shipments
2160 Best grades steady to strong,
others steady. Texas steers S2.O5Q3.30;
Texas cows s1.60Q2.25 native steers
s8.100AS0; native cows and hetfers s1-25
03.0o; stockers and feeders S2.00@3.85;
bulls S1.4002.80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05

Mr. ana Mrs. E. d. 3TcKeever are the
parents OF a boy, born yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-05

NE Klaa. q REus Beaeham's-BEECHAM's.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
RIGHTS OF WAY IN FRESNO
The San Joaquin Valley Railway
Company Making Good
Progress.
Many Obstacles Encountered, but They
Will Eventually Be Over.
come.

FRESNO, CAL. Feb. 19.-The rieht-of-
Railroad Company is making commend
able progress in securing rights of way
through the county. Several knotty prob
lens have been disposed of, and the way
now seems open for the committee TO COM
plete its labors at no distant day.
Among the purchases just consummated
are four lots at the corner of Mono and @
streets, the property of Mrs. Lizzie
Manuel who resides in Los Angeles.
A basis of settlement has been agreed
upon between the committee and w. B.
Baker of San Jose, who owns the south.
west quarter of section q, township 13
range 20. The agreement calls for seven
acres running diagonally through the
property, which adioins the Montpelier
Tract The closing of this deal was the
source of much annoyance to the commit
tee. After considerable correspondence
with the owner of the property it was
agreed to submit the matter to arbitration.
A committee composed of Alex Gordon
]. ?. Strother and J. M. Braly was chosen
and the value of the land involved to.
gether with the damages was fixed at $400
An agreement between the company
and Jules Gottleib of Denver has been
reached. Four lots on @ street are in
volved in this deal.
The committee is encountering no small
degree of difficulty in securing deeds to
some of the property not yet purchased.
However, the committee is making ex-
cellent progress, everything considered,
and will no doubt be prepared for the con-
struction crews when once they cross the
line into Fresno County.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
Duel in Which a Revolver and
a Double.Barreled Shotgun
Were Used.
OUTCOME OF AN OLD QUARREL.
The Slayer Surrenders Himself-They
Were Prominent Residents of
Hardin, Or.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb. 19.-Isaac W.
Mills brought the news to Prineville on
Monday that he had shot and killed James
r. Wagner. Mills version of the affair,
the only one heard thus far, is that last
Saturday he rode to a fence beyond which
Wagner was blowing, and asked Wagner
to come out to where he was, as he
wanted to have an understanding in refer
ence to a division of fence over which they
had quarreled and which they had decided
to divide, each building his own fence.
Wagner replied that if Mills desired to
talk with him he would have to come
where he was, so Mills rode in to where
Wagner was, when he found that Wagner
had tied his team to post and in his
hands held a double-barreled shotgun.
Mills got down from his horse and then
commenced war of words. Pretty hard
names were given and returned, until
finally Wagner, who was standing near
Mills, suddenly raised his shotgun and
struck Mills IN the face, making a wound
near the right eye. At the same time,
stepping back little, he fired at Mills,
who at the same instant struck the gun
with his right hand, receiving the contents
in the back of his right hand, near the
knuckle joints and ranging upward toward
the wrist, tearing away the tendons.
This shot dazed Mills for moment, but
on recovering he reached for his pistol
with his left rand and Immediately fired
| and at the same time Wagner shot the
second time, and again Mills received the
contents in the hand. but this time in the
left, the one in which he had his pistol
Mills dropped his pistol and Wagner i'm
mediately fell over backward, and Mills,
after some difficulty, succeeded in picking
up his pistol and walked off, leading his
horse. After going short distance he
met u boy, who helped him to his home
and gave the alarm.
Both men were prominent stockmen oil
Hardin. in the southeastern part of Crook
County, where the shooting took place
Mills was brought to Prineville and his
wounds treated. He at once sent fol
/ Sheriff Combs ana surrendered himself
! Mills is not absolutely sure that Wagner
was killed, but is of the opinion that he
died almost at once. Mills will lose his
right hand and possibly his left. Both
men have families and are old residents o1
the county. Wagner was about go years
OF age, while Mills is a comparatively
young man.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
A GALA DAY At VALLEJO,
The Monitor Monadnock to Be
Formally Put in Commission
This Afternoon.
Band Will Play "The Star Spangled
Banner" as the Colors Are
Unfurled.

VALLEJO, CAL, Feb. 19.-The new
monitor Monadnock, being all complete,
at o'clock Thursday afternoon, with all
the pomp and ceremony peculiar to put
ting a Government vessel into commission,
this new terror of the seas will fly the
American flag.
Captain A. s. Barker captain of the
yard, will have the honor of turning the
monitor over to the command of Captain
Sumner, who arrived few days ago from
Washington. The officers and crew will
orders are being read. The Independ ence
band will play THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner" as soon as the colors are unfurle =.
The men will stand with barred heads and
officers congratulate each other on being
aboard of such splendid fighting ma
chine as the M onadnock.
The crew recently from the Texas, who
have been aboard of the Monadnock, look
with pride upon the workmanship about
the vessel, which they say is far better
than that done on the ships they have
been in the habit of seeing.
The monitor has been painted from
stem to stern q snow white, and when in
commission there will remain but little if
anything to be done to her. She will go
out on a short sea trial, but will not Be
given as severe test as though she had
been constructed by contract. Her stores
and coal will be put on board at once and
her crew take up their quarters on the
monitor, which is pronounced by all
to be credit to the skill of the officers and
workmen employed on her at the Mare
Island Navy-yard.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
EFFECT OF TALBER7ys SPEECH.
Several South Carolindns Likely to Lose
Thei1. .Sents in CnloreSs.

Several South Carolinans Likely to Lose
Their Seats in Congress.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Feb. ia Sun
special from Washington says: A rumor
circulated among the mem bers of the
South Carolina delegation yesterday was
to the effect that the recent speech of Jas
per Talbert, which was denounced as
reasonable by Representative Barrett OF
Massachusetts, probably would cost sew
eral South Carolina Congressman their
seats.
Four contested election cases pending
before the House are about to be decided.
On the very day when Representative Tai
bert created the scene in the House, the
Committee on Elections having the South
Carolina cases in hand were about to re-
port.
1t was understood generally that at least
three, If not all, of the sitting mem bers
from South Carolina would get.clear titles
to their seats. Then came the Talbert
episode. Almost instantly there appeared
to be change of sentiment among certain
membe of the committee regarding the
South Carolina cases. The reports said to
be ready for promulgation were held ba ok,
and drscouraglng hints were thrown out
10 the interested gentlemen from South
Carolina. All inquiries were met with
the statement that the committee was
having great trouble in reaching decision
IN those cases. 1t was said also that the
Republican National Committee was urg-
Ing the Republicans of the elections com
mlttee not to lose sight of the political pos
slblllties involved in the South Carolina
cases,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
x-RAYS USED ON STEEL,
Roentgen's Discovery Will Be
Utilized to Detect Flaws
in the Metal.
Fair Shadows Developed in Expert.
mental Photographs of the
Dense Substance.

CHICAGO, ILL, Feb. 19.-The Illinois
Steel Company is making plans to use the
Roentgen photography for the detection
OF flaws in steel. If experiments along
this line are successful, one of the greatest
benefits of the new photography will ac-
crue to manufacturing and metallurgy.
Albert Sauveur, chemist and engineer oi
the Illinois Steel Company, is conducting
these experiments. If his hypothesis is
correct, the penetrating nature of the rays
and its Photographic effects will be the
means of detecting flaws in steel and deter
mining the purity of metals.
This fact is appreciated by the direc tors
OF the Illinois Steel Company, and com.
plete and searching investigation will be
made at once in the laboratory of the com.
pany at the mills in South Chicago.
Owing TO the difficulty of getting the
needed apparatus the experiments have
been handicapped and delayed. Mr..
Sauveur expects to get results this week.
He was fortunate in being able to obtain a
Crookes tube from one of the electrical
supply houses in Chicago. Besides this,
he had several tubes blown at the Illinois
Steel Works. He has been disappointed
in not securing an induction coil that will
give the current necessary to produce the
light.
The chemist has been photographing
various metals and has produced fair
shadows. But steel is so dense that some
have regarded it as doubtful if rays can be
produced strong enough to pass through
it and record on the sensitive plate the
delicate variations in the shadows which
indicate flaws.
The experiments do not differ from
the numerous tests of the Roentgen dis
covery which are being carried on all over
the country. An ordinary sensitive plate
in a holder is placed beneath the Crookes
tube. The objects to be photographed are
placed upon the plate and the current
sent through the tube to develop the un-
known rays, which have Photographic
effect upon the plate.
1t has become matter of ease now for
any one to produce shadows by metals
varying in depth of tone, according to
their density. 1t is only necessary to have
a correct Crookes tube having practically
perfect vacuum. But to discover flaws in
these metals by the shading in the mega
tive will be much more difficult, especially
when the metal is steel and almost OPAQUE
to these rays, even on long exposure. The
outcome of the experiments cannot be
fOretOld.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
A Result of Searching the
Hills and Valleys for
Six Months.
LOCATION OF THE BONANZA
Obstacles Under a Spanish Grant
That May Prevent It
Being Worked.

MILL VALLEY, CAL, Feb. 19.-John
f. Tobin of this place claims to have dis
covered ledge in Mill Valley that is full
of gold and silver, particularly the latter.
He has made rough assay of the rock,
and makes the startling announcement
that the gold and silver in it will run as
high as $298 ton.
Mr.. Tobin refuses to divulge the location
of the ledge, but he says it is in Mill Val
ley and not over two miles from Eastland
station, at the terminus of the Mill Valley
branch OF the North Pacific Coast Railroad.
Mr.. Tobin is well known in Mill Valley,
where he is the agent for Wells, Fargo &
Co. He is trustworthy, and his story is
believed by the people here.
He was seen this evening at his home
near Millwood by CALL correspondent,
and said that 1t was true that he had found
ledge rich in gold and silver.
81 have been searching the hills and
valleys in and about Mill Valley for the
last six months" said he, land at last
have succeeded in locating rich deposit.
Il made quick assay of small piece
of rock weighing about half an ounce
yesterday, and was surprised to find that
~ SOllld4hCN Cup dlllOult vi Div CI. W v
rough estimates placed the value of the
rock at S298 ton, and as l had no. means
of ascertaining the quantity of gold in the
rock l believe its value will run still
higher"
Mr.. Tobin said that his stepfather had
years ago discovered gold near Mill Val
ley but was unable to work it as it was sit
uated on the great Throckmorton ranch,
which was Spanish grant, and the laws
of California did not allow a prospector to
claim land that was under Spanish grant.
1t was for that reason that the region was
never worked.
Mr.. Tobin thinks that he will have the
same difficulty in working his ledge. He
says that it is situated on the lands of the
Tamalpais Land and Water Company, and
he fears that they will have some hesi-
fancy in selling any property that he
might wish to purchase.
81 have shown samples of the rock to
some persons having a knowledge of
mines," said Mr.. Tobin, "and they have
expressed the opinion that it is very rich
in silver, which substantiates my ASSAY.
l will send sample to the City tomorrow
and hope to have it assayed there, and by
tomorrow night 1 will know whether there
is any gold in the rock or not.
81 expect there will be a large number
of men searching the hills for the ledge
as soon as the papers publish my discov-
cry. but l have no fear of their finding the
place. 1t took me many months of weary
tramping before 1 came across it, and l do
not think they will discover it in day.
The ledge is quite large, and the sam
pies of rock l have assayed have been
taken from the surface"
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
THE JOHNSON BOYS.
SttH Elmding the Oficers-Iheir Horse
Are Captured.

SttH Eluding the OHceTs-Iheir Horses
Are Captured.
VISALIA, CAL, Feb. 19.-This morning
a CALL reporter left Visalia very early to
make a tour of investigation of the neigh
borhood where the Johnson boys lived,
near Traver The neighbors of the boys
talked freely, and it was ascertained that
the twins were very close to the officers
last Sunday. In an interview with Mrs.
Hill, who lives one and a half miles from
the Johnson place, where it was reported
the boys were in hiding while the officers
were at the house, she said:
'Mr. Hafley came along, and my boy,
Eddie, went out TO talk to him. Hafley
wanted Eddie to 90 with him, but the boy
replied that he had not lost the Johnson
boys. Haley then rode on toward Mon
son. My daughter was at home, and after
Eddie told her what Hafey wanted she
exclaimed: why, do wish l could see
the Johnsons. l have heard SO much
about them.'"
Hardly had she finished speaking when
we heard the sound of horses as if In a fast
lope. On looking out, sure enough. it was
the johnson boys and my daughter was
granted her wish. At that time Mr.. Hafey
was full mile and quarter away from
our house and / was wishing the BOYS were
lurtner Lnan tlaL away asked tnem II
they knew that was Hahey and they an
swered yes. They said the officers were
not looking for them. True enough, they
had got into a little trouble, but that it
didn't amount to much, but still the off,
GERS were not looking for them very much.
l felt very much relieved when they left"
Last Monday several Of the posse trailed
them to the Hardin crossing on the east
side road. About two hours after the
twins had doubled on their track and were
seen going toward Orosi. This would be
Monday afternoon between and 4 o'clock
All of the posses have returned. They
captured the Johnsons' horses in a field
near Farmersville, six miles east of vi
salia
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
5000

They have neither put up,
but they have silently shut up,
and we'll keep shutting 'em up;
and just think of it, four years
ago when we opened they gave
us six months to last. We're an
awfully healthy four-year-old,
amt we? And we have grown
with you, grown in your esti-
nation and grown in popular
favor until the big store num-
bers among its friends to-day
the very best dressers on the
Coast.
People these days haven't
money to throw away and the
big store has taught them a les
son that high styles needn't ne
eessarily be high priced.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
THE NEWS OF SAN JOSE.
An Unhappy Marriage That Ends
in Desertion and a Suit
for Divorce.
Mrs. Sarah Rodgers Tells Her Woes
No Children and No Community
Property.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 19.-Court Com
missioner Montgomery has filed a report
of the testimony taken in the suit of Sarah
Rodgers against Benjamin A. Rodgers for
divorce on the ground OF desertion.
The couple were married in Tres Pinos
in 1889 and lived together until April %,
1894. The husband is at present EN- ployed
in liquor store in this city. The story OF
the wife is that shortly after their mar
riage Rodgers told her that he was con-
vinced that he had made mistake AL
though he had plenty of work, he was a
poor provider, and did not buy her dress
during the five years that they lived to-
gether. He bought her shoes few times,
but always under protest. The wife claims
that during the greater part of the time
she had to rely on her relatives for sup
port. There are no children and no COM
munity property.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
QU4RRELED WITH Il NELGHBOh
An Old Man Murders Uomdn ana
Commits Suicide.

An Old Mon Murders Woman dhd
Commits Suicide.
MILWAUKEE, WIS, Feb. 19.-The lit
tie four-room cottage at IL Plymouth
avenue was the scene of a double tragedy
this noon. Jacob Moser, 65 years of age.
one of the tenants, shot and killed his
neighbor, Mrs. Marguerite Senger, 30,
who lives in the same house. and then shot
himself.
The two families have been on unfriendly
terms for some time. and at this noon the
man went 10 the rear door OF the house
and walking into the woman's kitchen ex-
changed few words with her, then draw
ing a revolver shot her through the neck.
He then went 10 his own rooms and after
cutting his wrists and throat he raised the
pistol to his own head and sent bullet
through his brain.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
An UNLUCKY BURGLAR.
Shot in the Arm and Subsequently Cap
tured at Portland.

PORTLAND, Or, Feb ia notorious
young crook, whose real name the police
have not yet learned, fell into the hands of
the police in a peculiar manner here to-
day. At an early hour this morning B. L.
Houston, Southern Pacific Railroad con-
ductor, living in East Portland, was
awakened by burglar breaking into his
residence through the bathroom window.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houston, each armed with q
revolver, made search for the burglar.
Mr.. Houston located the intruder on the
porch with big bundle of clothes and
valuables he had picked up in quiet
search over the entire house, and opened
fire on him. The burglar decamped in
hot haste, yelling with pain. BY drops of
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
Frank r.. KasDer Dead.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 10. 9.-Frank R.
Kasper, for several years past night agent
here for the United Press and New York
Associated Press, died at the General Hos
pital at 6 o'clock this evening of purlient
pericarditis following an attack of pneu-
monia and pleurisy. Mr.. Kasper was
Justly credited with bein ore of the finest
telegraphers iii the country, while as a
newspaper man he earned reputation
second to none.