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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
NEGROES AND HOBOEs
Says Chief Irwin of Kansas City, Broke
UP the Carnival

Kansas City. Oct. 1O.-"Any- man or
woman hereafter found masked on the
streets after 6 O'Clock p m. on Carnival
day will be arrested and fined. In the
future. should we ever again have a
Carnival night. the people must be as
orderly a other nights. The law will
be strictly enforced"
That is what Chief of Police Irwin
said as he sat in his office listening to
stories of what happened Carnival
night.
Carnival night has never been a
good thing" said he. and it has grown
worse every succeeding year Carnival
night men went along the streets with
buckets of red paint bedaubing women
and men and running wearing apparel
Men squirted ink from syringes into the
faces of specta tors. and general demon
alization reigned supreme The throw
ing Of -four was a new and particularly
offensive feature.
''Four-fifths Of the maskers were Ne
eroes boys and hObOes. They took
advantage Of the license granted on
such an occasion to perpetrate all Kinds
of petty outra ges. thinking thaI IN the
turmoil and excitement their vast num-
bers prevented arrest and punishment
The police were helpless They were
outnumbered q hundred to one
IF the better class of people had ex-
ercised forethought it would have been
different Carnival night has grown to
mean that. for hours, the heart OF the
city shall be given over to the disrep-
ltable classes once in a year, and that
decent people shall remain at home.
The disreputable women Of the city rev
eled in the license of the night to offend
and insult respectable people, and their
equally disreputa BILE companions ex-
ceeded even what the women did
What must be the effect Of such
riotous conduct upon visitors from
broad who coma to Kansas CITY as her
guests. to be entertained and shown
every possible courtesy2 What must
they think of how law and 40rder is
can believe that the inoffensive men
and women who We're besmeared and
pounded Carnival night will ever wish
to return to another Carnival night IN
Kansas City
stThe instructions forbidding the blow
ing Of horns before and after certain
hours, I am glad to say We're generally
observed. When I went home at IL al
night / had not heard of a single cas-
Of women in male attire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
LOIE PLEAsEs LII HUNG.
Miss Fuller to Go to China to Dance
Secures a Rich Contract

New York. Oct 10-The announce
ment was made today through her at
torney. Abe Hummel that La Loie"
Fuller viii make a trip to China to
dance before the emperor and in all the
large cities Of the great empire Of the
east.
When in this city a few days ago.
Ii Hung Chang saw"La Loie" and was
captured by her beauty and grace. He
at once made a proposal thatshe should
make a trip to China 1t was thought
att the time that the viceroy was mere
~ giving the beautiful American dan
Ger a Chinese compliment" but it
seems that he was in earnest and left
instructions with his agents in this city
to make q. contract with Miss Fuller for
her appearance before the emperor
She was permitted to make her own
terms. Miss Fuller leaves for Atlanta
tomorrow, and after a. brief engage
ment there viii go to New Orleans
Mexico, san Francisco and Vancouver
Her last engagement in this country
viii be at Vancouver, from which city
She viii sail for China Dec. T.
Miss Fuller will dance in Pelzfn Jan.
Is before the emperor Of China She
viii also give a special performance be-
fore Iii Hung Chang. Miss Fuller will
then tour the very large cities of China
but viii not attempt to penetrate far
into the interior. Leaving China she
viii go to India thence to Australia,
and from that country to France She
viii hardly return to the United States
before 1889.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
WORK OF SUPREME COURT.
Disposal of Cases Before It-Interest-
ing to Lawyers

The supreme court yesterday trans
acted the following business:
1O646 City of Leavenworth against
Smith certified to court of appeals
10648. Menger against Carruthers.
submitted.
1868. State of Kansas against New
man. continued to November.
1864. State of Kansas against May,
submitted
1O655. State Of Kansas against Park,
submitted.
1866 state Of Kansas against Smith,
continued to November.
1862. City Of Kansas City against
Smith submitted.
1868 City of Kansas City against
Gubel, submitted
1O675 State of Kansas against Nc
Cormick. submitted.
1868. State Of Kansas against Cliff
ton, submitted.
The above completes the cases that
We're assigned to be heard at this term
of court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
WEYLER FOOLS LEE.
he Keeps American Prisoners in
Damp Unhealthful Cells.

New York. Oct. ia special to the
world from Havana says.
Weyler is fooling Lee.
The order prohibiting the American
consul general from visiting the mill
tary prisons keeps him from personally
Investigating the condition Of the Amer
leans imprisoned there He has to rely
on what Weyler tells him. In their
last interview General Lee complained
Of the unsanitary condition of the cells
the American prisoners were in Wey-
Ter replied boldly: oh, have. attend
ed to this matter. They have been re
moved to cells Nos. A. and AZ. General
Lee retired. battered at his supposed
success. not knowing that the Ameri-
cans have always occupied cells Nos. Al
and ~.
Those cells. by the way, are gloomy
and so damp that water Oozes from the
ceiling and triekles down the walls wet
tingr the floor. which never dries In
one of these cells are Melton, the Amer
lean newsps per correspondent, and Geo.
Aguire. locked with a man suffering
from small pox-
The disa greement between Weyler
and Lee continues. the arrested Ameri-
cans suffering the consequences
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
NEW POWER IN IRON.
J. D. Rockefeller Has a Cinch on the
Steel Trust

Steel Trust
New York. oct. 10-According to the
articles of organization of the Joint
Traffic association, the rates for the
transportation of the coal coke, iron
ore mill cinder. limestone and petrO-
ieuIn, crude or refined, are outside of its
jurisdiction. This clause was dictated
by the Standard Oil company and the
coal trust. and in furtherance of the
scheme Of John D. Rockefeller to ulti-
mately control the iron and steel trade
with the immense ore deposits of the
Lake Superior iron mines which he
owns
Under It's provisions special rates can
be made to special shippers of these
articles by railroads. which need not
be followed by competing lines or any
other railroads for the same haul In
dependent shippers can be forced to
pay a higher rate in competition with
the Rockefellers' iron ore or the stand
ard Oil monopoly. The Rockefellers,
on the other hand. owning large inter
ests in most of the trunk lines, can
through this influence, obtain low rates.
thus cutting their competitors out of
the market
Coke. iron ore. mill cinder and lime
stone are all used in the manufacture
of steel and iron.
John d. Rockefeller is becoming every
day more largely interested in the steel
and iron industry. He is credited with
having a pig iron pool now under way
and to contemplate a steel trust, which
viii include the largest plants in the
country.
In carrying out these schemes the in
dependent producers must be crushed.
This provision Of the Joint Traffic asso-
citation agreement places this power in
the hands of those who can control the
railroads. The RocRefellers can do this
easily. The list of their holdings in
cludes nearly every prominent railroad
i'm the country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
NEBRASKA FOR SILVER.
Democratic State Committee Place
Bryan's Majority at 10000.

Omaha. Oct 10.-J. c. Dahlman, chair
man of the Democratic state committee,
says that from reports received the
free silver forces are increasing in
mum bers. and former estimates placing
the plurality at $4,000 have been in
creased to 40. 600.
Mr.. Dahlman says further that the
silver forces viii carry four out of the
six congressional districts sure with
even chances of carrying the Omaha
and Lincoln districts. The Demo
cratic state central committee force Of
employees has been kept busy the last
week supplying the demand for itera-
ture printed in the German, Swedish
and Danish languages.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
CARNEGIE is WRATHY.
Dlsmisses Some Head Officials on Ac-
count Of Getting asoueezed.n

Pittsburg. Pa. Oct. 10-NIr. and Mrs
Andrew Carnegie are passengers on the
st. Louis which left Southampton on
Saturday.
They are returning earlier than usual
on account Of prospective changes in
the management Of the Carnegie Steel
company
About ten months ago q New York
paper published dispatch from Pitts
burg stating that President John G.
a l-eishnan and his assistant W. RI
Palmer, had resigned. President Leish-
man and other Officials of the company
denied the story.
Andrew Carnegie, who was then ia
New York, made several trips to Pitts
burg and it was stated that he was
shaking up his partners The first Of
fetal whose resignation was accepted
was Mr.. Palmer, but it was not until
Mr. Palmer announced ii himself that
the Carnegie people would admit that
he had left the company.
MT Carnegie's ire was reused by his
partners allowing themselves to he
squeezed in pig iron deal by which
i was stated the company lost about
$3.50 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
MRS. STANTON,S CALL.
VIII Work Against Gold as She Once
Did Against Slavery.

New York. Oct. 1O.-Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. who for so years has labored
to advance the legal rights of woman
kind, viii conduct a vigorous silver
campaign among women
Although Mrs. Stanton is on the eve
of her 81st birthday. she is still engaged
in literary work and has lost none of
her executive ability.
This is really the first vital issue to
come before the people" she said yes
terday at her home. 26 West Sixty-first
street, since the war. Without the
aid of the women the anti-slavery ad-
vOcates would have been many years
longer in bringing about emancipation.
Now we propose to show the women
that the currency question is of almost
as much import.
my plan is to request all the leaders
in the women's Bryan clubs in the city.
and prominent women interested in
economic study, who see that the Chi
cagO platform offers just such changes
as the voters need. to gather in my
apartments this week for a conference.
1T is the women of the masses we
want to reach. From the women of
fashion we can expect little. We shall
devise plans for reaching the mothers
in humble homes. We want them TO
see that~an opportunity is offered the
poor man to free himself from the op-
preston which he now suffers Our
object shall be to send missionaries into
the home"
Mrs. Stanton was the first woman to
address the New York legislature. That
was fifty years ago. She was work
ing for the repeal Of the "Old English
Marriage Law under which married
women had no more rights than slaves.
Through her efforts this law was re-
pealed. and in 1913 she secured the pass
age of the married woman's property
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
Witt Divorce Case.

Judge Hazen has been listening to
evidence in the Witt divorce case the
past day or two. A family quarrel be-
tween T. N. Witt, farmer living south
west of the city. and his wife. resulted
IN both bringing suits for divorce. Mrs.
Witt has lived in Topeka for several
years Each is willing that a divorce
should be granted, but there is a diff
ference about how the property should
be divided. The three pretty daughters
of the couple are in court relating the
troubles between their father and
mother. Judge Hazen viii probably
take the case under advisement this
evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10

bankers, or upon the will and authOri-
ty and countless assets of this great
American nation2
If tidal wave swept Europe, Asia
and Africa out Of existence, if every
ounce of gold were destroyed, If our
whole bond and banking system We're
abolished as completely as the Negro
slave trade, America would still sur
ViVe and prosper. But close the fac
tories, foreclose the mortgages. bank
rupt the stores, make one half of the
people paupers and the other half sher-
ifs and detectives, and this nation win
decay and rush into the oblivion that
shrouds a thousand monarchies."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
Ten Thousand Suicides.

selves than are told OF IN
the papers. A hundred men kill them
selves by overwork, overworry, neglect
Of health, to one who uses pistol.
A man has a little trouble with his
head, his stomach, his nerves-he doesn't
sleep well, or feel WE'LL and he doesn't
paw any attention to it. He loses flesh
and strength and says; " Bye and bye
he will take a vacation.
He lies to himself.
What he needs is a tonic, a blood
maker, a nerve builder He needs Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Tt
is the most wonderful health maker in
the whole world. 1t puts the entire body
into good order It begins on the diges-
ton. Makes the appetite sharp and
strong-he1ps to digest the fOOd-renders
it easily assinilable-puts blood making,
blood purifying properties into it. Sends
it tingling into every fiber of the body.
Puts cushions Of 1osh all around the
abused nerves. Brings healthful, restfu1
sleep-malzes solid hesh-nakes a new
man of you
If your druggist is honest, he viii rec
ommend it. If he is not, he viii try
to sell you something else.
Neglected constipation viii soon make man
" not worth his salt" A listless, saloW, bilious
man continually suffering from headaches and
heart-burus is unfit for business or pleasure Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation
They are tiny, sugar-coated Eranules One " Pei
let is gentle laxative and two mild cathartic-
They never cause pain or gr1Pe- Druggists sell
them,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
RIDPATH's CAMPAIGN.
The Noted Historian Working Hard
for silver's Success

Terre Haute. Ind. Oct. 1o.-Prof. Jno.
Clarke Ridpath the historian, Demo
cratic and Populist nominee for con-
gress in this district. spoke to an i'm
mense audience here last night at the
Democratic wigwam. It was esti-
mated that seven thousand people tried
to hear him. He was escorted by the
largest street parade given by the Dem
rade of horsemen from the country al
most a mile long.
In the carriage with Prof Ridpath
rode National Populist Committeeman
NJ C. Rankin of Indiana. w. H. Scale,
free silver Republican, and Judge Nc
Mutt, leading Democrat, who intro
duced him. Prof. Ridpath made a
strong free silver speech and devoted
much attention to the history Of the
crime of 1873
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
Rnoklen,s Arnica saIva.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands.
Chublains, Corns. and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pey required. 1t is guaranteed TO give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price g cents per box For sale BY J.
Z. Jones' Fi1th and Kansas Ave
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
WHITNEYS GO no JAPAN.
Harold Payne and His Bride Start on
Their Journey East

Neport. r. L, oct. 10-Mr. and Mrs.
Harold P. whitney left Newport today
on what is really their wedding trip
They boarded Cornelius Nanderbilt's
private car, on which they VIII go to
Vancouver. 3. c., where they will en-
bark on the steamer Empress of India
for Yokohama. Japan They will pass
the winter and spring there.
They will return here in time for the
next Newport season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
A PLACE FOR THE FIGHT.
Dan Stuart Says He Has Found a
Place for Corbett and Fitz

New York, Oct. 9.-"Dan'' Stuart who
is now in Dallas. Tex, has wired a
friend in this city that he would arrive
here next week. Stuart says he has
secured place where COrbett and F7itz-
simmons can settle their differences in
a twenty-four foot ring without inter
ference from authorities, and If the
pugilists mean business there will sure
ly be a fight. Stuart says he will offer
a liberal purse. The contest will prob
ably take place in Mexico early in Jan
uary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-10
Mineral Water.

The finest In the west. Come and try It
j. w. PHILLIPS. 612 W. Eighth Ave
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-04

his committee will begin vigorous work
at once. Every county that partici-
pates will have opportunity to display
its resources to at least 1000 visitors,
day and night for a week, and the ex-
pense will be trifing.
News in Brief.
The Northrop, Braslan, Goodwin Co.,
wholesale seed dealers at Minneapolis
and Chicago, have assigned.
The star mail route from Paynesville
to Melrose is to be discontinued, in
stead, two have been substituted. The
contract for these two has been given
to a man down in Kentucky.
The annual meeting of the State Fire
mems Association of Minnesota will be
held in Duluth June 9, 10 and II.
Elsie Gussman, the 7-year old daugh-
ter of Rudolph Gussmann of Winona,
was kicked in the forehead by a colt
and will probably die,
A postoffice has been established at
Langor, Beltrami county, with Henry
A. Langford, postmaster.
The state treasurer has received S14,-
569.S6, the amount on deposit by the
state when the City bank failed.
The department of the interior has
notified the attorney general that a
new hearing has been granted in the
section 80 case, the date to be agreed
upon by the attorneys in the case.
Ed. A. Page, of Carlton has been APP
pointed assistant sergeat-at-arms at the
St. Louis convention.
Peter McKenna. alias Zone Eyed
Pete" who supposed that the charge of
murder against him was dropped, was
lodged in Jail at Grand Rapids. He was
before the district court last January
for killing John Bacon, who was
burned to death at Russell's ranch last
September.
Minnesota postmasters have been APP
pointed as follows: Predmore. Olmsted
county, VIM. E. Schaffer, vice M. j.
Beach, resigned; Pleasant Grove, Ohm
sted county, VIM. F. Roesler, vice Alva
II. Yates, resigned.
Burglars entered the Northwestern
depot at Kasson, and blew open one of
the safes, without securing any booty.
After one of the hardest examinations
ever given in the city for admission to
to the Annapolis Naval Academy, Will
lam Satterlee Pye, of Minneapolis took
the highest rank. John Ames was sec
ond.
Two CHURCHES are in course of cree
ton at Long Prairie; one a Catholic,
the other a Lutheran.
A severe wind storm struck Duluth
the other day capsizing sailboat in
the bay. The i've occupants of the
boat were saved hF the life saving
crew.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-04
CYCLONES AWFUL WORK.
Details Of the Havoc at st. Louis
and East ST. Louis.
The List of Death Numbers Over 400
The Damage to Property Will Cause
Loss Of Between S4.OOO.OOO
and S5,OOO,OOO.

Chicago, May 2S-A cyclone struck st.
Louis about five o'clock Wednesday after
noon, causing death and ruin on both sides
of the river. The grand stand at the race
track was blown down, killing $50. The
east end Of the great Eads bridge was de-
stroyed, and it is reported that an Alton
train went into the river. Steamers on the
river were sunk with all on board. A sta
ton of the Vandalia in East st Louis was
destroyed, and it is reported IS lives were
lost. The roof of the republican convention
hall was taken off. The two top stories of
the Planters hotel are gone. The Western
Union and many other buildings are
wrecked. Everywhere is desolation and
debris. The city Wednesday night was
in darkness. Fires broke out and threat
ened to destroy what the wind spared.
THE wreckage hindered the fire department
in it's work and made it difficult to check
the flames. At Drake, ILL.,, schoolhouse
is said to have been demolished and so
pupils killed: Telegraph wires are down
and it is difficult to secure information.
Heavy damage to life and property is re.
ported from other localities.
Woe in st. Louis.
st. Louis, May pa pail Of gloom ard
death hangs over the Mound City. Thirty
Six hours have scarce been sufficient to
bring its people to realization Of the hor-
TOR with which it has been visited, and
they are yet dazed AMI stupef1ed. Save for
the fitful glare of the gas jets in the win
dows of the saloons and restaurants, and the
electric lights of the few hotels and other
concerns that operate their own plants,
the entire city is still in darkness. In the
devastated district the search for the dead
buried in the ruins is being carried on with
the aid of torches and locomotive head
lights. Details of police keep the crowds
at q distance, while the air Is filled with the
shrieks and sobs and hysterical lamenta-
lions of the bereave1 Ever and anon the
changing of a gong is heard in the distance,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-06-04
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
A Peculiar Suit.

"A peculiar suit was fled at Duluth In
which lima A. Pepper, of st. Paul,
seeks to annul divorce secured in ST.
Louis county by her dead husband,
Ashbel Il. Pepper, of Minneapolis. In
her complaint she says that they were
married in Pottery, VT, July 4. 1854,
and they have had five children, whose
ages now run from Is to 40 years. In
1886 she claims that her husband
abused her, and after that they lived
separate, she in St. Paul and he in Min
neapolis. In 1889 Pepper went to Du-
luth and represented himself as citi-
zen of St. Louis county, and presented
petition for divorce, alleging that his
wife had deserted him and had removed
to Boston, when in fact he was not a
resident of that county at all and he
well knew that his wife was living at
that time in St. Paul. Pepper died in
Minneapolis, intestate, and the plain
tiff did not hear of his death, or of the
divorce until February, 1896. She
wants the divorce overruled on the
ground of fraud.