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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-27
WHIPPED BY WOMEN.
A Bertrand, Neb., Man, Accused of Insult
;.-a Girl RonahIv T-aa+ad

A Bertrand, Neb, Man, Accused of Insult
ing q Girl, Roughly Treated
BERTRAND, Neb.. March 27.-H. II.
Wiley, ex-justice of the peace and a
pioneer citizen, was publicly whipped
by mob of enraged women in the
streets of the city yesterday. He was
accused of making an improper pro-
posal to a young girl, and was ordered
to leave town. He was arranging to
do SO, in the custody of the constable,
when a crowd of women, led by the
girls mother, surrounded the officer
and demanded his prisoner. Revolvers
were exhibited and threats made to
use them. The officer complied and
the prisoner was taken to the main
street and given a terrible beati ng.
Citizens finally put stop to the work
and the victim left town at once
Willey's family witnessed his punish
ment. which occurred in front of his
residence.
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A TOPEKA GIRL WHISTLER
Who f. to Have n stage Engagement
Next Year.

VINO As to Have n Stage Engagement
Next Year.
young Topeka girl whistler made
her debut at ths Grand last night before
Canary & Lederer's "The Merry World"
company, after the performance given
by that company. Il was just after the
audience was dismissed, and the stage
hands were rafting the scenery about
when the curtain was rung aud Miss
May Evans whistled amid the noise and
confusion for the professionals.
Although Miss Evans audience con-
sisted only of the burlesquers, it was a
larger one than has sometimes graced
the Grand this winter. The young
whistler's sister played her accompani-
ments for her, and she gave fine imita-
tions of birds, whistled an air from
"Amorita," and charmed the company
with her art.
Miss Evans is the fifteen year-old
daughter of William Evans, 1884 Harri-
son street, Manager Clair M Patee
heard of her and last night sent for her
to come and whistle for the actors He
was SO pleased that he said he would
engage her for next season. The whist
Ter now with the company, Louis Grana',
is superb and is under contract for the
season.
Manager Pates is an old Topeka man
himself. He used TO be employed on
the Commonwealth fifteen years ago and
afterwards by the Kansas Newspap err
union,
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INSURGENTS WARNED.
Wey1er Gives Notice That He VIII Treat
Them as Bandita

Weyler Gives Notice That He win Treat
Them as Bandits
HAVANA, March 27.-Captain Cen
eral Weyler has issued a proclamation,
declaring that, in view of the fact
that the insurgents avoid engage
ments with the troops and devote
themselves entirely to acts of incen-
diarisn, he has resolved to deal with
them as lncendiaries and bandits, ap-
plying the rule set for them in his
former proclamation, which was that
incendiaries and bandits were to be
shot, after the most summary trial.
Maceo is now on the western end OF
the island, between the west coast and
the military line running through
Mariel, Majana, Guinanajay, Water
loo. Artemisa and Neptune. The
guardianship of this line has been in
trusted to General Arolas, who is rid
ing along it with his chief of staff
and column of troops numbering 25,-
600 men. This renders Maceo's posi-
tion very critical, and the Spanish au-
thorities once more express their con-
fdence that they have the insurgents
in a trap from which they cannot
escape.
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JOnahed.
They were casting lots.

They were casting lots.
For days they had drifted about on the
raft at the mercy of the waves. 1t seemed
an age since the ship had sprung leak
and been abandoned. The last scrap of
biscuit had been savagely devoured week
before and the few drops of water re-
manning in the barrel had become too bad
for even a starving man to swallow.
One by one the few survivors had seen
their companions drop dead of privatioD
or go crazy and jump overheard. To re-
lieve their su6erings they had done every
thing that sbipwreoked men ever do as
well as few of the things that writers of
sea stories say they do. Then came the
last resort. After casting hungry eyes
upon each other for hours they decided to
draw lots to see which one was to die that
the others might live.
Silently the six white and one black but
ton were put into the hat, and the seven
miserable wretches huddled around to
gamble with death. At length each clutch
ed hand held one of the buttons, and then
one after another they were opened in fear
and trembling.
''Shiver my timbers,'' exclaimed the
boa tswain's mate, "but we're in hard
luckl The skinny man has drawn the
black button. New York World.
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House Votes $35,OOO,OOO for
New Battleships.
Regular Naval Bill Amounts to
$31.OOO,OOO.
MORE TORPEDO BOATS.
MahOn Moved to Name the War
Vessels
Quay, Reed, Mckinley and Alli-
son.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The naval
appropriation bill was passed yester-
day by the House without substantial
amendment. An effort was made by
the advocates of a larger increase of
the navy than was authorized by the
bill to increase the mum Der of battle
ships from four to six. This increase
was supported on the floor by Messrs.
Hanley, Cummings and Johnson, of
California, and opposed by Messrs.
Boutelle, chairman of the committe,
and Hulick and Robinson.
The House, by a large majority,
stood by the recommendation of the
committee, the proposition for six
battleships mustered but thirty-two
votes, against 1874. Various other
amendments were offered, but all
failed. Mr.. Mahon. Republican, of
Pennsylvania, caused some amusement
by moving to name the ships Quay,
Reed, Mckinley and Allison.
The bill, as passed, carries So, 6Il,-
o34, and authorizes the construction
of four battlesb1ps and fifteen torpedo
boats, the total cost of which will be
IN the neighborhood of $35, 100000.
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HULL's CHAMPAGNE HOOK.
It Was Given As . Practical Joke, but
Helped the Congressman.

It Was Given Practical Joke, hut
Helped the Congressman.
This is the story of champagne hook.
By a champagne hook is meant one of
those metal beaks in a pocketknife which
are used in breaking the wires which Sc
cure the cork in a champagne bottle. The
here of the story is Representative Hull OF
Iowa.
Mr.. Hull and Congressman Chickerine
were going to Chicago on a train together
some time ago when Chickering displayed
knife which Hull at once began to ad.
mire extravagantly because it had a hook,
which Chickering seriously assured him
was designed to remove stones which be-
come fastened in horses hoof occasional
ly on a rocky road. A stone in your horses
hoof is an ugly thing to displace unless you
have a hook in your knife, and Hull knew
this.
"Well, governor" said Chickering, with
secret malevolence, knowing that Hull
represented a prohibition state, ''if you
like the knife so well, you may have it,
"Oh, no." said Hull. 81 wouldn't think
of accepting it. You might have use for
1t some time on the road driving. If youI
horse should ever gather a stone in his
hoof, you would greatly miss this hook
That's all right, governor - said Chick
ering. 81 know where can pick up an
other just like it. SO you just take it and
remember me.''
Hull accordingly accepted it, and on
reaching home showed it to his wife, to
whom he extolled the virtues of knives
with a hook attachment for cleaning
horses hoofs and rejoiced in his wonderful
possession.
Mrs. Hull looked at the knife and then
at her husband.
John - said she, "any man who has
served three terms as secretary of the state
senate, been twice lieutenant governor and
served two terms in congress must be a
pretty good man if he doesn't know a
champagne opener from hoof cleaner"
The story leaked out, and one of the
avidious correspondents of an Iowa paper
wired it as choice bit of gossip about
state members. It was copied all over the
state and commented on in a variety OF
ways.
About this time the congressman met
the correspondent who first published the
story. He was smiling all over.
You did me a great service" Hull
said, wringing his hand affectionately, ga
great service. All the Prohibitionists are
taking my wife's view of my Ignorance
and saying 1 must be an unusually good
man, while all the ants are insisting that
I'm devil of good fellow for imposing
SO successfully on my wife, since I must
certainly have known better. 1t works il
behalf of my popularity whether you take
one view or the other. ''-Washington Post
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France Votes for Income Tax.

PARIS, March 27.-The Chamber of
Deputies, 2so to 27O, has voted for the
government proposal of the principle
of an income tax, but has referred
the details of the scheme to a com
mittee. The income tax proposal
has been intended as the central feat
ure of the plan of the present gov
eminent and it has been believed ex-
tremely dou btfu1 whether its proposal
could pass the Legislature. The action
is in the nature of a compromise, in
dorsing the principle of an income
tax, but throwing aside the details of
the government scheme.
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SENATE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.

Conference Committee Agrees to Report
Them, Cutting on Further Debate.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-The con-
&errees on the Cuban resolutions lave
agreed to accept the resolutions as
passed by the Senate.
The Senate resolutions are as fol-
lows:
Resolved, By the Senate (the
House of Representatives concurring
therein), that in the opinion of Con-
gress a condition of public war ex-
lists between the government of
Spain and the government pro-
maintained by force of arms by
the people of Cuba and that the United
States of America should maintain a
strict neutrality between the contend
ing powers, according to each all the
rights of belligerents in the ports ard
territory of the United States.
Resolved, further, That the friend
1y offices of the United States should
be offered by the President TO the
Spanish government for the recogni-
ton of the independence of Cuba"
The House conferrees were reluct-
ant to relinquish their resolutions
prepared by their committee. but the
plain alternative was presented to
them of the Senate resolutions or
no resolutions. They were informed
by the Senate conferrees that the only
course by which resolutions could be
agreed upon by both Houses was one
which would shut off the Senate from
more debate. They were told Senator
Hale had served notice that if the
question was brought forward again
in the Senate it would be debated to
the end of the session, if necessary by
the opponents of recognition to the in
surCents.
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REATEN RUFFIAN.
Mrs. Emma Bear0sisy Knocked Down
and kicked by Her son-in-LaW:

Mrs Emma Bear0sIsy Knocked Down
and Kicked by Her Son-in-Law
Mrs. Emma Beardsley, who lives at
1875 Hsncock street is suffering from
severe beating received last evening
from her son-in- law, Will Miller. She
has a black eye and her upper lip shows
4 deep cut and it is swollen TO three times
its natural size Besides this she is
bruised about the body where she was
kicked.
Miller has a record. He served
term in the penitentiary for burglary,
and since he was released has not oeen
doing much work. He was married last
November, but that did not increase ms
thrift. though he has since lived tn his
wife's parents. Mrs. Beardsley says
that she got tired of boarding lie; lmps-
cunious son -in-law and short
time ago told him that if he could
get money to pay the proprietors of bill
lard halls and get into theaters Wnlcn
he freouents, he could also pay his board
bill. This offended Miller and he went
away.
Yesterday he returned with an express
wagon to get his trunk. He told his
mother-in-law that he would kill her II
she did.not take care. Then he starred
to take his trunk out, but MRS. bearos-
lev told him that he could not axe II
until he paid his board bill.
This angered the young ruman anu ne
struck his mother in-law in the mouth
with his fist cutting and bruising her lip
and knocking her down. Then he kicked
the PROSTATE woman. Miss Beardsley,
his sister-in-law caught Miller and pulled
him aside.
Then he turned to her with an oath
and said he would kill her too If she did
not let him alone. Three times she
dragged him away from her mother and
then he ran out of the house.
Mrs. Beardsley was at the police sta
ton this morning and told her story and
a warrant for Miller's arrest was issued
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SHALL THEY BE STATES
The House Must Act ON the Arizona
ami New Mexico Bills.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The state
hood bills for the admission of the terri
tories of Arizona and New Mexico will
be again pissed by the house
committee On territories at its
meeting next Thursday. Today
the Committee decided without
any formal vote to take the bills up next
week and vote uDon them second time.
The New Mexico bill has been re-
ported favorably to the senate, but the
house committee by a very ose vote
taken several weeks ago decided not to
report them to the house.
1t is new claimed by the advocates OF
statehood that two committeeman who
voted against reporting the bills have
come to the opinion that the best plan
will be to lay them before the house ana
let the whole house take the responsloll-
ity of passing or rejecting them. This
course has been advocated by some OF
the party leaders in the house.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March PA
smooth gang of confidence men have
been at work here for a couple of days
Yesterday they picked up Frank Hick-
man, a young farmer from Norfolk,
Neb, who was on his road to Guilford,
Mo-, and worked him for SIS. Last
night they worked Isaac Moon, a St
Louis travelling man, for ST. and dur
ing the forenoon worked w. Fl. Moore
a Geneva, Kan, farmer for $50, and
an old lady, Mrs. Ellen Williams, of
Centerville, Ia, for $3.50.
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Governor A1tgeld Indicted.

CHAMPAIGN, Iii, March 27.-Gov-
ernor John P. A1tgeld and the entire
board of trustees of the University of
Illinois were indicted by the Cham
paign county grand jury for alleged
neglect or refusal to comply with the
laws requiring that the American flag
be displayed over the state university
buildings. The flag has been dis
played from the hagpole in front of
the military hall, but not from the
separate buildings.
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Ben Franklin's win Again Probated.

BosToN, March 27.-The will of Ben
jamin Franklin, which was probated
about 100 years ago in Philadelphia,
was allowed in the probate court of
Suffolk county yesterday. This step
was taken in view of the trial of the
question of the legality of certain acts
of the city in the disposition of the
Franklin fund, which is soon to come
up in the courts
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sUNDkx APPROPRIATION BILL
Il Carries se9. 1855
Less Than This Year.

Il Carries Se9, 7,241, 1855
Less Than This Year.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-The sun
dry civil appropriation bill was COM
pleted yesterday by the house COM
mittee on appropriations and will be
called up in the House to-day. Tho
bill carries SO, 4Os, s74, which is SILL
o64, 775 less than the estimates fur
nished by the department, and ST.
241, 2s5 less than the appropriation for
the current year. The total for con-
tinuing tho river and harbor works
heretofore authorized is s., O44, 597. The
estimates for this were 81, 044, 595, and
the appropriations for the current
Among the items of the bills are the
following: Con tinuing postoffices at
Kansas City, No, $780, Omaha,
$40, 600; punishment of violations of
internal revenue laws, $50, 900; sup
preston of counterfeitiug, sos, 900;
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
act, $l25, 600; enforcement of the alein
contract labor laws, 500. 600; quaran-
tine service, SIPS, 900; for artificial
Rotional homes for disabled volunteer
soldiers. s., 423, 253; for State and ter
ritory homes, $725, 900; for United
States courts, So, 1903, PIP; public print
ing and binding, SO, lilo, 800; for United
States penitentiary at Fort Leaven-
worth, S131, 212; for Neosho, Mo-, fish
station, uperintendent, 81 500; fore
graphical survey, Kansas, Nebraska,
theDakotas and Oklahoma. and for
irrigation experiments, S35, 900; fer
infantry and cavalry school, Fort
Leayenworth, 81, SOC; Soldiers home at
Leavenworth, $25, ooU.
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Still Holding Loughbridge.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 27.-
The hearing of the application for the
discharge on a writ of habeas corpus
in behalf of William Loughbridge, the
bank burglar of Savannah, Mo-, has
been continued to Monday. At that
time the Missouri officers will have
arrived with requisition papers, and
the petition for habeas corpus will
doubtless be denied.
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PITrsBURe. Pa, March 27.-Mrs.
Ballington Booth lectured last night
at Sewickley on "Slun and Shelter
Work in Large Cities" to a large
audience. After the lecture, Mrs.
Booth broke the silehce as to the
cause of herself and the commander
breaking away from the old organiza-
ton. She practically admitted that
they had become too much American
lied to suit the ideas of the powers in
I.nn6nn
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Sufocated by Oats.

NORTH JUDsoN, Ind, March 27.-
Train No. II, on the Indiana, Illinois
& Iowa railroad, east bound, loaded
with grain and dressed beef, was
wrecked near Toto last night at
o'clock. The Panhandle wreckipg
train in cleaning up the track found
the dead bodies of four unknown men
in car of oats. They had eviden tly
died from suffocation. None of the
bodies were Identified.
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Shirt Waist Girls Strike.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March 27.-Fifty
girls in the shirt waist department of
the Tootle, Wheeler & Motter factory,
on Fourth street, walked out on
strike yesterday. The strike was for
higher wages, and the girls declare
they will never go back until they are
paid more than ST. IS per dozen. Their
earnings average about rs cents day.
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Suit Against Queen victoria.

MONTREAL, March PA strange
case coming out of the State funeral
of the late Sir John Thompson is up
in the Exchequer court 1t is the case
of w. B. Davidson VS.. the Queen for
flowers supplied on that occasion. Mr..
Davidson claims 81, 900 and the Queen,
as represented by the executive coun-
ell, offers $500 in full settlement. Mr..
Davidson says he will fight the case to
the bitter end.
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RUsHvILLE, Ind, March 27.-As a
result of free-for-all-fght across the
line in Franklin county last night, in
which knives and pistols were used,
nearly a dozen men were wounded.
Henry Wilson and Samuel Templeton
were rivals for the same girl and this
led to the fight when the men met at
a dance. Charles Bolster and Henry
Wilson may die.
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Entirely Unnecessary.

Hans had climbed up into the cherry
tree to gather cherries. Meantime a storm
came Oh, and the father called out to the
lad: Come down, Hans. 1t is beginning
to thunder
"There's no need, father shouted the
boy. 81 can hear it where am. Illus
trirte Chronik
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An Interesting Session.

First Member Sewing society)-Dear
mel Here we've been talking for three
hours and haven't got to sewing yet.
Second Mem ber-Sewing? What sew
ing?
Third Member-Why, sewing societies
ought to sew, you know.
The Observation-Disclosures, owing to the
lateness of the hour the Sewing Society
For the Amelioration of the Heather will
now adiourn.-New York Weekly.
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Mckinley, Protection and Sound Money.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, March 27.-
The Republicans of the Third con-
gress1onal district met here and chose
two delegates to represent the district
in the national Republican convention
at St Louis. The delegates favor
Mckinley Y, protection and sound money.
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GEO. H. NETTLEToN DEAD.
President and General Manager of the
Memphis system mo More.

Memphis System mo More.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 81
George Henry Nettleton, president
and general manager of the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis railroad,
died at eight minutes to O'Clock last
night. Four years ago Mr.. Nettleton
was seized with the first attack of
cerebral appop1exy, from the effects
of which, however, he soon recovered.
He had from time to time had slight
returns of the same malady since that
time, and the attack that proved fatal
was the eleventh stroke with which
he had been afflicted.
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Condition of Kansas Banks.

WASHINGTON, March 81. = An alb
stract of reports made to the comp
troller of the currency of the condition
of the 11S national banks of Kansas,
shows a falling off in resources.
Loans aud discounts from SO, 1861
to SIS. SOC, $50; stocks, securities, etc,
from $911, Oo7 to $ss3, 4s3.
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BURNED NICE BLOCK.

Fire Destroys she Vose Building at
Machfas, Me.-LOss S125,OO0.
MACHIAs, Me-, March 26.-The new
Vose block, one of the finest in the city,
was destroyed by fire early today, and the
several business firms and per-
Hons renting Offices in the
building as well as lodge rooms lost all
their effects. The total damage Is esti-
mated at 1926, 900; insurance 100000.
The Ere started in enc of the lodge
HpomA
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LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 27.-A
telephone message at 2 o'clock reports
the town of Benton, Ark, on fire,
with prospects of being wiped out.
The fire is under big Roadway and the
town, place of 1000 inhabitan is, is
without fire department.
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What Did She NTean9

Lord Upendown-It seems odd to hear
you say, Miss Parkside, that your father
and brother have gone to business. In
our set at home, you know, nobody works;
nobody.
Miss Parkside-Indeed. Why it's just
the reverse in America. Here everybody
works-e7erybody News.
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A Great water Company Combine.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, March 27.-The
twenty-six water companies that fur
nlsh most of the inha bitants of the
Wyoming aud Lackawanna valleys
with water were purchased outrie hit
by a syndicate of New York capital
ists. The price paid was nearly
4 700 600
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"Did you see BroaktonP" he asked as
the bill collector came in.
eyes, sir. I went in and told him I
was bill collector
"And what did he say?"
''He said he was, too, and that if I'd
leave my bill he'd take pleasure in adding
it to his collection. ''-Washington Star.
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Woman Pri.ouer Hang. Herself.

CLEVELAND Ohio, March 27.-Mag-
gle Weber, the wife of a saIoonkeeper,
arrested for drunkenness, hanged her
self in cell at Central police station.
She is the third female prisoner who
has hanged herself in the station in
six months.
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CoNsTANTINoPLE. March g. - The
council of ministers has decided that
Miss Clara Barton can work only in
conjunction with the local Turkish
commissions in the distribution of re-
lief, and can use only their lists of
destitute Armenians. An trade to
this effect is expected.