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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-16
PANIC ON VAIL STREET..
Was Created by the Shooting of Bank
or Wickoff

New York, June 16.-At the hospital
Clark. who shot Banker Wickoff, would
not give his name and address or his
occupation. He said he needed mons y
and had been out of employment for
one week. He claimed he had no par
ticular motive other than that of get
ting money for the support of his wife
and boy. He said: Il had never seen
the bank president before and did not
know him. He had never done me nor
any member of my family any wrong.
I did not mean to harm him, but when
he refused the demand that I made
meant to succeed L hope that he may
recover. If my wife should identity
me L viii not be laid in the potter's
field. have been here about fifteen
years was born in the west"
The police do not know Clark
Neither had any of the bankers en-
ployes ever seen him about the bank
His identity is mystery and every eff
fort is being made to identify him
The accepted theory is that he is crazy.
The shooting created great excite
ment in the banks in Broadway. In
few minutes all Wall street a mile aid
q half away, knew it. and wild rumOrs
were afOat there The attempt of Nor
cross to kill Russell Sage was recalled
and intensified the excitement The
bank officers were quickly upon the
scene and in a short while every ar
rangement was perfected for an emer-
gency.
President Wickoff has apartments in
the Chelsea flats and also a home in
Mont Glare, N- IT.. where his wife and
two married daughters live one is
the wife of w. r.. BrinkerhOff of the
New York City bank.
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6. A. R. GENERAL ORDERS.
News of Interest to the G. a. R. Men
of Kansas.

The G. A. r. department has issued
general orders No. 4.
O. H. Coulter of Topeka has been
made SUPERINTENDENT of the G. A r
post No 101 has been made chief mus
tering officer.
The headquarters for the department
of Kansas at the national encampment
at St. Paul in September have been
established at the Hotel Ryan on the
same floor as the national headquar-
ters- Free quarters in school build
Ings viii be furnished veterans COM
plete with cots or mattresses, but no
blankets. There will also be a camp.
Burnside Relief corps is raising funds
to erect q monument to the memory of
mother Sturgis, an army nurse.
Aides have been appointed as follows
in the following counties:
j. f. IiltOn, Barton; J. B. wilkins,
Brown; W H jeff. Chautauqua; c.
Rogers, Clark; Jesse Dever, Clay. J.
NJ GOf, Crawford; D. r. Martin, Cher
Okee; IL p. Jolly, Dickinson, J. r.
Baird, Ford; L. p. CayOtt, Franklin;
James Mans. Je1Terson; Thos- Ander-
son, johnson; j. N Hays. kingman;
John WOkum. LeavenwOrth; Otis Whit
ney, Labette; w. II. Morgan. Marion;
s. L. Wilson, Marshall; John Ledbetter,
Mcpherson; Ed H Ninard Neosho: L.
B. Wolf. Ness; John Weber. Usage;
Seymour Sleeper, PaWnee: c. N. Baker
POttaWatOmie, A J. FOOte, Rice. John
Tenant Riley: Albert Feele Rocks:
"
Russell; Arson Miller, Saline j. c.
Kirk, Sedgwick; Stephen Pasker. Shaw
need; II. II. Reed, Smith; T. NJ. Davis,
Washington; Frank Ludlow, Wabaun-
see; T. M. Robertson, Wilson; o. S.
woodward, WOodson.
The following inspectors have also
been appointed in the following coun-
ties.
Z. z. Simpson, Barton; John SehiI-
ling. Brown; A r. Smootze, Cheyenne:
G. NJ. Knapp, Chautauqua; w N
Walkingford, Clark; W H Fletcher
Clay; J. F. Gould. Crawford; D H. David
Coney; James Knox, Cherokee: John
Rapp, Ford; Geo. B. Johnston Frank
lin; Joseph Miles, Jefferson; J. S. Gayer
kingman. P J. O'Neal LeavenWOrth;
L. NJ. Beden. Labette; @. E. MaIcOmb
Marion: w II. Smith, Marshall: Jas A
Wells, NeOshO Jas. @. Matter. Ness:
E. T. Wolf, Usage; John A. FOuts. Os-
borne; George Drant, Pawnee; c. E
Hathaway. POttawatOmie. A. J. Sha-
ner. Rice; A. J. Cress. Riley; Chas
Hilgers, Rocks: A Robertson Rush;
A n Thomas. Russell. Chas. Bush
Saline; J. r. Brown, Sedgwick; p. s.
Darling, Sherman; J. T. Morrison,
Smith A. B. Cheever. Sumner: p H
Maunder, Washington w. p. Richev
Wabauusee; J. 3. Anglin, Wilson; J. Q.
Long, WysndOtte-
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10 HELP THE Usage MINERS.
President Ripley Authorizes a Pay.
ment Of $1,000.

President E. p. Ripley of the Santa
I'e has given the Usage mining ques-
ton his personal attention in a letter
to Gov. Morrill, If relief for the miners
becomes necessary. Mr.. Ripley author
ICES Gov Morrill, to draw on Treasurer
Wilder for any amount UP to $1,000 In
his letter President Ripley says.
The cause which has led to the par
tial abandonment of the Usage mines
is the opening in Kansas and adjacent
states of other mines containing as
good or better coal in thicker veins,
and consequently more cheaply pro-
duced-in short, competition; and while
this works injury to the railroad and
the miner at Usage, it is probably true
that the great body of the people who
are coal consumers sid not producers.
or carriers, is benefited thereby The
change is one of industrial revolutions
which are frequent enough, and which
work great injury to individuals while
benefting the masses
Mr.. Brown calls attention to the freight
rates, as showing that in some cases
the rate per ton per mile is less from
Pittsburg than from the Usage district.
1T is generally conceded that there is
good warrant for a decrease in the rate
per ton per mile with an increased dis
lance but even if this principle should
be disregarded and the rates made the
same per mile, it would not help the
Usage district in any essential particu-
la
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CRUELTY DID 1T.
How One Topeka Girls Family Drove
Her to Moral and Physical Ruin.

CT would like to call the attention of
the public" said Mrs. Thorpe to a
Journal reporter. "tO one in particular
of the many things that recruit the
ranks of the fallen women
Cruelty and i'll treatment at home,
the lack of love in her own people often
sOurs a girl against the world and puts
in her the careless criminal spirit or
on the other hand the inherent appre-
citation of love and kind treatment
makes young girls victims of designing
men and women When a. girl believes
that none at home love her she is ready
to accept the semblance of love from
almost any who offer it and gives them
her confidence. She naturally Graves
love and viii have.it or what she thinks
is lit. at whatever cost to herself.
This thought is called out by the
experience of a bright white girl L but
recently had in my charge as police
matrOn.
when she was but nine years old
her father came home from work cross
one evening. In some childish way she
offended him and in his i'll temper ne
whipped her cruelty.
"Of course she cried loudly and this
increased his temper till finally he
turned her out of the door and locked it
against her
she ran terrified into dark street
and cried herself to sleep in an alley.
She was found there by some disorder
~ characters who took her to their
home.
The next day she went to her home
and when her father found where she
had been he turned her out Of the house
again and told her to never come back.
She never did
She went to the woman who had
treated her kindly and they gave her
shelter and q sort of kindness perhaps
the first she had ever been able to
count on
Of Topeka's most desperate Of disor-
derby women.
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MORRILL, WANTS SHAWNEE.
A Report That He Will Make a Fight
For This County.

There are the rumbHngs OF trouble in
Shawnee county.
r. b. McMasters and three or four
other supporters waited on the cover
nor late yesterday afternoon to induce
him to make a fight for the delegation
and it is supposed that he viii do So
By the common courtesy which IS
supposed to exist between candidates
Governor Morrill, had made UP his mind
to concede the county to TrOutman.
Now AIOrrilIs supporters make the ex-
cuse that TrOutman made a fight for
Mcpherson county which was the home
Of MorrilTs manager and consequently
Morrill, is justified in fighting him in
his own home.
Not a single county convention has
endorsed Governor Morrill,. Ellis and
Sherman have endorsed the state ad-
ministra ton In Wabaunsee county
a resolution endorsing Morrill, was vO-
ted down and an anti-Morrin delega-
ton was named
The sIowness of the state central
committee in calling the committee to-
gether to fix the date for the cOnven-
ton has not helped Morrill, as his lieu
tenants hoped it would. 1t has given
the opposition time to work and they
have not neglected the opportunity.
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list and free silver Democratic forces.
you don't think. then that such a un-
ion is prObable2"
II don't say that I say that the free
silver leaders have given Us no intima-
ton as yet that they purpose making
such a proposition / say, if it is to be
made it ought to be made before the
Chicago convention meets, so that we
can be consulted. 1T may be too late
after that to harmonic our differences,
for, as / have said, our people viii not
be satisfied with every man whose
name may be brought forward at Chi
cago. The Populist party of the west
and northwest is largely composed of
Old-line Republicans, Who would not be
willing i'm an cases to cast their vote
for free silver Democrat who was not
personally, or for other reasons, entire
ly acceptable to them. They would
prefer to vote for their own candidate.
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BREIDENTHAL'S SLATE.
The Guessers Have it FixedWith Two
Places for Democrats.

Kansas City, June 16--The visit Of
Colonel w. A Harris of LinwOOd to
this city created considerable stir
among the local POpuhsts. 1t is well
known that Colonel Harris is Breido n
that's candidate for governor and equal
~ well known that his trip here was
of a political nature, but to ascertain
the real facts exercised the utmost ssslu
of POpulist ingenuity.
They Learned that Colonel Harris
was here i'm consultation with several
POpulists who are supposed to be slated
for the state ticket with him.
The Breidenthal- Harris ticket, it is
claimed, Will be made up as follows:
Governor W. "a. Harris Of Leaven-
worth; lieutenant governor, NJ. A. Pratt,
of Sedgwick; secretary of state, H. H
Artz of E'inney; state auditor, J. b
Gibbs of Wyandotte; attorney general,
j. +. Mcdonald of Bourbon; superin-
tendent of public instruction, s. NJ
Scott of Lyon.
1t has been decided. it is said. to leave
the Offices of chief justice and con-
gressman-a--larget to be filled by Dem
Ocrats-
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SNAP SHOTS AT HOMENEWS

The Sells circus band is above the
average.
There viii be meeting of the city
council tonight.
We will soon begin to complain Of
the dry weather.
The second concert of Gormley's band
is to be given tonight.
The justice courts all took a vaca-
ton yesterday for the circus.
The final test of the new electrical
machinery is to be made soon.
City Attorney Bird is sick with ma
laria and unable to be at his office
The only thing we can do now is to
sit down and wait for the Fourth Of
July.
Three large cells were caught in the
river above the water works yester-
day.
The Sells show is headed for the
northern states and will then go to the
Pacific coast.
A Topeka kennel owner has import
ed a thoroughbred bloodhound pup
from England.
Miss Anna Foster Of Topeka, has been
elected secretary Of the State Sunday
School association.
The eIIs-Forepaugh show left To-
pe1a for Leavenworth over the Santa
Fe at 1:3O this morning.
The state house was ove-run with
sightseers from out Of town yes erday;
some of them Indians.
Mare Hanna recently sent a splendid
steel engraving Of William Mckinley
to Major T. J. Anderson.
The patrol wagon was kept at the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon to be
in readiness for an emergency.
Capt H N Phillips has gone to st.
Louis. After the convention he viii
visit relatives at Westchester, Pa
The big pair of hippopotami that
were driven around the tent at the
circus yesterday viii become parents in
August.
Thomas Cooney, who jumped his
bond after he had pleaded guilty to
disturbing the peace in 1894 has been
captured.
Secretary of State Edwards and La
Dor Commissioner Bird are the only
state officers of Kansas at the st. Louis
convention.
Waterman Richard Boyd did not
work his gang yesterday afternoon at
the city rock pile. He was on duty at
the police station.
H B. Hogeboom, son of DR.. Geo. w.
HogebOom of this city, who recently
graduated firm Rush Medical college,
has located permanently in Fort Madi-
son, Ia.
Sheriff Kepley has a $1,000 damage
suit on his hands because he searched
the house of J. A Smith in Kansas City
for W s. Chnds. who escaped from the
county jail.
J. B. Bass has bought the Topeka
! Cali, the paper formerly owned by VIM.
/ Pope, who died of smallpox. The paper
/ is to be run as the organ Of Topeka col
ored people
James Norman, a young colored man,
was given a hearing in the police court.
| charged with being a vagrant. officer
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A VOICE FROM A FRIEND.
Electrical Review Of New York Says
q Good Word for SIonecker.

The Electrical Review of New York,
which does not often have much to say
about politics, gives j. G. SIonecker of
Topeka the following complimentary
notice.
.'Hon.J. G. slonecker Of Topeka, kan.
a gentleman who has many friends in
electrical circles, is a candidate for
judge of the court Of appeals in his
state. The Electrical Review does not
often enter into politics, but in this case
is pleased to make an exception and
most heartily indorses Mr.. SlOnecker
for his official position. for which his
abilities and his integrity so admirably
fit him. The state of Kansas will be
hOnOring herself by placing him on the
bench, and his many friends in the
east, where he is widely known as a
lawyer of eminent attachments, viii re-
jOice over his election"
The Electrical Review is edited by
Charles Price. formerly of Topeka
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/. 0. 0. r. GRAND OFFICERS.
The Election Held BY Mail Completed
at Last.

The election by mail Of the officers Of
the the I. Q. O. f. grand lodge has re-
suited as follows All of the 1876 lodges
i'm the state being heard from.
Grand master. w. H. Glenn, who re-
ceived 1887 votes; c. r. Walters re-
ceived 1O70 votes and T. C. Frazier 428.
Deputy grand master. w. j.. Brown,
is elected, having received 1875 votes
over j. A. COlaw with 1876.
Grand Warden. ]. f. Wayland, is
chosen. having received So votes, L. G.
Parker received 257; w. j. Russell 255;
A. S. Kemper, 292; @. A Strong 391. NJ
Nicholson 252; and w. H. SpangIer $50.
Grand Secretary Kent is elected over
g. w. Jones. the vote being 1852 TO ], 204.
Grand Treasurer L. G. Beal was re-
elected with no opposition.
W. IT, Taylor was elected grand rep
resentative with 1.5S9 votes over J. A.
Campbell with LIST
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AMONG RAILROAD men.
A Brave Railroad Engineers
ImpulsiYe Act
Saves the Life of Babe in a
Well.
Items Of Interest About Kansas Rail
road Matters Personals and
miscellaneous

Railroad engineers are heroic by ma
ture almost to a man. In the face or
danger either to themselves or others,
be the danger great or small this hero
ism Invariably asserts itself. Y esterday
afternoon a Santa Fe engineer of this
city demonstrated that years at the
throttle had fostered this nature with
in him. AT the risk of serious injury to
himself he rescued a year old baby
from drowning.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs Cooley Of
North Topeka was visiting Mrs Cook
AT the corner of sixth and Jefferson
streets She had her two children with
her, one baby girl years old ana
while the mothers sat in the house talk
ing, the children played about the yard
and the baby tOddling with them
Watching the children at play soon
ceased to interest the baby, and she
started out on an inspection tour by
herself. In the rear of the premises
there is a well surrounded by the old
fashioned box, and this at once attract
ed the attention of the child. For a
time she was satisfied to jump up and
down on the platform and pound the
sides of the box, but firing of this she
climbed UP on a stool and looked over
the edge. The dark water 40 feet below
attracted her, and she leaned still far
ther over In a moment she lost her bal
ance and fell
form disappear the edge OF the box
and screamed for her mother The
scream aroused Engineer Byron Client
who was doing in a hammock in the
next yard. From the crowd of frantic
women at the well he realized that
some one had fallen in and was among
them in a moment. The baby could be
seen at the edge of the water, one tiny
hand grasping the end of the rope
which she had caught in some remar-
kable manner, and one foot resting on
a rock at the side of the well. One-half
the body was in the water.
Engineer Client says he don't know
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-16
WRECK NEAR PAoLA-
Six Persons Hurt on Missouri Pa
eiie Passenger Train.

Missouri Pacific s0uthbound passen-
ger train No 3 was wrecked yesterday
about IA miles north of Paola- The en-
CINE and two baggage cars were
ditched and three coaches and a sleep
err derailed. A defective rail caused
the wreck.
Six persons were injured but no one
killed The injured are. Jack Shea
han, engineer. shoulder sprained, scald-
ed about head and neck; A. p. Rhodes,
fireman, badly scalded from hip down;
r. IL. BOering, express messenger, col
lar bone broken Frank Zimmerman,
baggageman, scalp wound and should
err sprained; Mrs. GaIager, bruised
about body; Mrs. Priscilla Moore. of
Independence, kan, thrown against a
seat and iniurad.
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Chief Surgeon George w Hogeboom
of the Santa He has received a letter
from James A Gale. chief surgeon of
the Norfolk & Western railway. ask
ing for Information concerning the
Santa Fe Hospital association. with a
view Of adopting a similar system on
that road. DIT. HOgebOom has in the
past received numerous letters of a like
nature from surgeons of railroads in
all parts Of the United States who were
about to inaugurate a hospital associa-
ton The Santa E'e Hospital associa-
ton is Acknowledged to have the most
perfect system of any hospital associa-
ton in the world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-16
CUBBISON FOR SILVER.
But Only Advocates the CoinageO
the American Product.

j. * Cubbison. the brilliant young
orator from Kansas City was in To-
peka last evening but his object was
not political Mr.. Cubbfson has been
trying hard to keep on the fence in the
factional fight in Wyandotte county
and both factions claim him. He is in
favor of the coinage of silver to the
extent of using the American product
He says if that is q success it can be
extended.
Mr.. Cubbison says that the Wyan-
dotte county convention viii be held
next Saturday and that there will be a
Morrill, delegation named because the
machine is for Morrill,
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a Look Through South Missouri for
Four Gents.

The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phfs Railroad Co. has just issued a
MAGNIFICENT book Of sixty or more
photo-engraved views of varied scene
nv in south Missouri. From these
views an accurate knowledge can be
obtained as to the productions and gen
eraI topography of that highly favored
section that is now attracting the at
fention Of hOme-seekers and investors
the country over. The title Of the
hook is ~Snap Shots in South Mis-
souri, 1t viii be mailed free upon re-
ceipt of postage. four cents Address.
j. E. LOCKWOOD.
Kansas City, No
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Death and Burial Of Edward Welch

Edward Welch died At Christ hos
pital He was taken there Friday to
be operated upon for appendicitis. The
shock was too great and he died from
the effects of the operation. The
cause of the disease was an injury
which he received while jumping over
a stick held in his hands a few days
ago. He was an employe of the state
printing Office, and had wife and two
children. He was % years old. The
funeral was held from the late resi-
dence. 7O9 Topeka avenue. this after
noon.
The services We're conducted by the
Odd Fellows and the Typographical
union. The interment was made in
the Typographical union lot at the To-
peka cemetery.
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Train Dispatcher at Conoordia.

The position of chief train dispatcher
of the Central Branch of the Missouri
Pacific at COncOrdia, which has been
vacant since the promotion of chief
dispatcher Luke to the position of di-
vision superintendent. has been filed
by the appointment of w. Il. Brooks of
the Mexican Central road Mr.. Brooks
viii assume the duties of his new posi-
ton Immediately.
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Drugs for Charitable institutions.

The Swift e Holiday Drug company:
George Stansfeld. and A. J. Arnold &
Son are the Topeka firms who were
awarded contracts for supplying drugs
to the state charitable Institutions
Other druggists securing contracts are
Cutler & Nelson of Kansas City. NJ
WOOlstine of Kansas City, b. w. Wood
ward of Lawrence and Q. Z. Potts
Drug company
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Johnson. ii lTarion. Sc ! saddIe

The sheriff Of Marion county came TO
Topeka and took back with him one
William Johnston Johnston, in a weak
moment. stole a saddle from a Marion
county farmer. As the saddle was
worth $40 the offense was grand lar
ceny. He was among the number which
the police gathered up, but it happened
1917 49, hin,
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The best salve in the world for Cuts.
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, salt Rheum
Fever Sores. letter Chapped Hands.
Cnilplains, Corns and all Skin Erup-
lions. and positively cures Piles, or no
Peg -aQUlred. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale by J.
K. Jones Fifth and Kansas Ave.
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Bagg,s Hair Renewer.

No preparation ever put on the mar
ket has given such universal satisfac-
ton. lit is not only hair remover and
fnvigOratOr, but cleanses the scalp Of
all dandruff. leaving the hair soft, CLOS
sy and luxuriant. Sold by all drug
gists.
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c. W. Whitmore Elected Chairman.

The Republican committee of the
a1aoted q " vvLitT,C1-e [f O.I-l,,ll5
chairman. and w. J. Burdicl1 of the
Fifth ward. secretary. A vote of
thanks was given the retiring chair
man, Capt. c. H. Titus, and secretary.
j. z. Larimer.
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of OsseO, Mich. after suffering excru-
ciatingly from piles for twenty years.
was cured in a short time by using De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, an absolute
cure for an skin diseases More Of this
preparation IS used than all others
combined. Geo w. Stansheld, 632 kan
sas avenue.
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The Perfect Ointment.

The virtue of Beggs' German SaIve
is it's quick healing power. Else it
would not have earned its world wide
reputation. Your popular druggist has
if
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-16

we can Iaunder ladies' shirtwaists to
suit the most critical customer. Peer
less Steam Laundry. 112 and ia West
Eighth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-16

Try US on collars. We can make them
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry,
112 and ia ". 8th st. Phone 1872.
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Young mothers dread the summer
months on account of the great NOR
tality among children caused by bowel
troubles Perfect safety may be as
sured those who keep on hand De
Wits Collie and Cholera Cure and adj
minister it promptly For cramps bill
ious collie, dysentery and diarrhoea it
affords instant relief Geo. w STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue.