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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
LTKE BANK OF ENGLAND.
The Grand Pacific to Give Way for a
Monster Building.

Chicago, April 1.-THE Chronicle
says: Papers viii be signed today that
viii settle the fate Of the old Grand Pa
cidc hotel The property has been
leased for ninety-nine years. from
Northwestern university, by q company
Of Chicago capitalists. with the pr0vis-
ION mat the present structure shall be
torn down
The lessee is the Illinois Trust &
savings bank Ihe exact terms of the
lease could not be learned other than
that the document specifies that the
work of tearing down the hotel is to be-
SIN at once The structure that viii
replace it viii be erected for special
use as a bank building and VIII be oc-
eupied by the Illinois Trust & Savings
bank. giving it what the stockholders
in the United States The building viii
pe noaeled after the Bank of England
pullding Plans for the building have
already been drawn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
MILITARY BOARDS WORK.
New Companies Ordered-No Militia
Encampment This Year.

By a unanimous vote the state mil
itary board has decided TO give Tope-
ka a company in the Third regiment,
K n. G. This was in answer to the
petition circulated so freely in this city
asking the board to make room for a
Topeka company.
Cottonwood Fails and Garden City
were also admitted into the guard
both companies being in the Second
regiment. The application from Gre
nOla was refused and that of Arkansas
City laid on the shelf until the next
meeting of the board.
The stand taken by Auditor Cole in
regard to the proper expenditure of the
K N C. appropriation kept the mill
tary board from deciding in favor of
an encampment at Topeka. 1t is be-
Heved the members of the board did
not care to take the responsibility of
acting in the matter when their act
ion was liable to be questioned.
Lieutenant H. A. Smith who has been
on the governors staff for some time
has been promoted to rank as a col
Onel, and his Office designated as in
spectOr- general Of the K. N 6. He will
have immediate supervision of the
companies of the guard throughout the
state and will endeavOr to build up the
guard to a higher plane than it is now
The next meeting of the board will
probably be in June.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
FOR A TOPEKA COMPANY.
Names of Those Who Desire a Militia
COmpanv in TonaL-a

The following names We're attached
to the petition asking for a company Of
K. N. G. at Topeka. which was acted
on by the military board:
"A. d. Hubbard VIC. Crawford. Frank
Kelso, Jchn Wyatt. J. s. Clark. O. S.
Mcintosh, J. @. Rogers. H. Z Howe w.
A Sloo w. j. MAXWELL. G.Wood. Al
Baty. j. NJ. Milen. John S. Burdge. ].
Wilcox, J. F. Carter. J. II. Goodwin. r
W. Mcdowell A. z. Jones, A.XV. Moore.
Josiah Ross, r. Fl. Faxon. NJ r. Mitch
ell. e. s. Van CIeave, J. n. Crumn. .Jr..
John w. Day, W @. NcCune. c. S.
Steadman G. l. Slusher. Isaac S. Lee.
w J. II. Baldwin. J. NJ. Huston, J. j.
jenkins. J. c. Rickens, J. H Bowman.
Fl. c. Patton, Geo A. Howe. w Van
Cleave. A. f. Barber. J. w. Hampton.
John @. Alexander. n. Fl. Payne. d. W.
Wilson, John w. Stout, W. s. Culver.
G.. " Wolf j. w. Sidwell, Geo. Downing
ID. @. Tinotson, r. c. Martin A. NJ.
Harvey, j. D. Coddington w. r. Rag
land, w p. Frost. NJ Wagner. S. H.
Dixon, w. TT. Williams. Jos. S. Ever
ett w. Fl. Fisher. j. E. Stewart, E.
Stephens, H A Cochran. F. r. Dixon.
J. w Newberry, c. w Harrison, Jesse
Dixon and W J. Whittikince.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
KTLLED TWO WOMEN.
a Murderer, Who Once Lived in Kan
sas, Caught at Seattle.


Duluth. Mimi. April 17.-After a
search of nearly Two years. during
which time at least a dozen suspects
have been arrested. "A. A. Austin who
enticed Lena Olsen from Minneapolis
to Duluth and then brutally murdered
her for her money. throwing her body
into lake Superior, has been caught.
He was arrested by a Minneapolis at
tOrney in Seattle yesterday, where he
lived under the name of James E. AL
sop Chief of Police Smith. of Mime
apOlis. who has been working UP the
case. arrived here today and requisi-
tion papers will be procured.
The handwriting Of A. A. Austin,
found ON q hotel register here tallies
exactly with that of Alsop. AlsOp has
been involved in q number of question
able deals heretofore. He was q warm
friend of Harry Hayward the famous
Minneapolis murderer and in his valise
was found handkerchief marked with
Hayward's name
AlsOp came here in 1888 from Kansas
where he had been a deputy sheriff.
November "a 1890, AlsOp drove his
wife behind a spirited horse to the top
of a hill to look at q house. At the top
of the hill he got out for the apparent
purpose of fixing the harness The
and she was killed. Later her brother
wanted the body eXhumed, alleging foul
play. Through the efforts of friends
the matter was hushed up. The next
July he married Mrs. Julia NinthOrn.
who had just secured a divorce on the
ground of nOn-suppOrt for which di-
vOrce Alsop is alleged to have paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
HIS LIFE IN HIS HANDS.
Fhe wild West was Bad Enough. bat
There Was Something Worse.

The wild West Was Bad Enough, bat
There Was Something Worse.
$50 you were q pioneer in the early days
Of the west?'
81 was, - answered the graybeard.
ssAnd you lived out among the hostile
Indians?''
Yes
ssLived with a rifle IN your hands and in
hourly expectation OF being the mark for
hidden enemy's bullet?'
1T was something like that"
50 Do you know, I often think that a life
like that must be terrible. I should think
the mere strain on the nerves would Kill a
man in short time-holding your life in
your hand all the time, always conscious
that a moments relaxation of vigilance
may mean death. "
ooh, 1 don't know, " replied the gray
beard stWhen 7 came back from the
west, I was go years old and did not have
q gray hair. I got off the railroad train
and started to walk across the street.
Half way over I heard the dingedest cIang-
ing and yelling right on my heels I ever
heard, and somebody gave me push that
gent me clear to the curb. Then when L
looked round 1 saw I'd come within an ace
Of being run over by a trolley Never had
so narrow an escape from Indians.
i went into a saloon close by to get q
drink and settle my nerves. While / was
standing at the bar a couple Of fellows got
into scrap, and one of them threw
heavy beer mug. Didn't hit the other fel-
low, but it came within sixteenth OF an
inch of my right temple.
I started to walk up town, and the first
crossing came to a policeman grabbed me
by the shoulder and jerked me across SO
quick it made my head swim. looked
to see what was the matter for there were
no car tracks on that street, and saw
that I had just escaped being run down by
a hackman who was hurrying to catch
train.
Up street a little farther somebody
yelled, Look Outp at me, and when I
jumped big ioiole fell of a roof and
struck where I had been standing.
] got to my hotel and was heading for
the door, when somebody grabbed me and
asked me if I Wanted to be killed. They
were hoisting a safe into a second story
window over where I'd been trying to 90,
and I hadn more than got out OF the way
before a rope broke, and it dropped.
81 went to bed, and about midnight I
was called up by bell ringing over my
head and found the place was on FIRE, and
I had to slide down a rope to escape. Be
ing a sound sleeper, they d had hard work
to wake me, and had barely touched the
ground when the roof fell in
.tW hen I looked in the glass next day. /
saw the first streaks Of gray that had ever
showed themselves in my hair. Oh,
there's dangers in civilized life as well as
out on the plains Buffalo Express.
Try US on collars. We can make them
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry,
112 and ia W. Sth st. Phone 332.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
PROSPECTS OFRAIN.
Parts of Western Kansas Had Two
Inches Last Night

Clouds and wind with a lower tenn
perature and prospects of rain is the
existing condition of the weather to-
day A high variable wind is blowing
at a velocity ranging from 50 to 40
miles an hour, and at L o'clock the
weather men predict showers to-
day and tonight with cooler weather.
Throughout the state today a gener-
al cloudy condition is reported with
strong variable winds. The tempera-
ture ranges from so to 80
Along the line of the Santa Fe west
of Nickerson a heavy rain fell last
night. Between Sterling and Dodge
City from one to two inches fell A
heavy rain is also reported to have
fallen on the Great Bend and Salina
branches
On the Rock Island line from Omaha
to Philipsburg a heavy rain fell last
night, and also on the Clay Center
branch. On the western division from
Phillipsburg to GOOdland a light rain
is reported to have fallen.
In Colorado cloudy weather with
light mists is reported today In New
Mexico cloudy and windy weather is
reported, and in Texas the weather is
cloudy and pleasant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
TROUBLE AHEAD
If the Federation of Labor Car
ries Out Its Project
To Organize a Monster Strike
for Eight Hours.
PLANS ARE GIGANTIC.
1t is Proposed to Call Out 6OO,-
900 Men
In All the Large Cities of the
Country.

Chicago. April IA special from Bos-
ton to the Record says: AS the result
of the eight hour proclamation recently
isued by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor, plans
have been prepared for a monster strike
which is planned to extend to New
York, Philadelphia. Chicago, St. Louis
and all the cities where the force of
such move would be most keenly felt
The strike viii be for the enforcement
of the eight hour work day, which is
now refused. President Gompers and
Vice President Mcclure of the Ameri-
can Federation, viii be here Sunday to
confer with the leaders. They have
been ascertaining the strength Of the
unions and advance reports from them
say the unions are prepared financially
1t can be safely predicted that at
the least computation 900 men viii
be involved in the strike and if once
started the labor leaders say it will tax
the resources to the greatest to prevent
such scenes as were enacted in Chica-
go, or still worse, as were witnessed in
the Homestead affair
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FITZ SHOCKED.
The PHgilfst Gets a Lot of Elec-
trio Voltage,
And Nero, His Pet Lion, is
Killed.
ADVENTUREON ROOF.
The Lions Chain Touches Elec
trio Light Wires.
His Life Goes Out in Sparks
Fitz is Dazed.

Cleveland, April 17-Robert F'itz-
simmons. the prize fighter. came within
an inch of being electrocuted last night
AS it was his pet lion Nero was killed
and Fitzsimmons was severely shocked
and quite seriously burned.
On account of the extremely warm
weather the lion was yesterday taken
to the roof of Rumsey's gymnasium on
Erie street where he was chained up.
Shortly after midnight last night.
Fitzsimmons, accompanied by Ernest
Roeber, the wrestler. and Lewis Rob
ertson. an attache of the gymnasium,
went upon the roof TO see the animal
On reaching the roof F7itzsimmons
called to the lion which. upon hearing
his masters voice. sprang forward to
the length of the chain and over some
electric light wires. A shower Of
sparks quickly followed at the contact
of the chain with the wires. The lion
received a shock and again jumped to-
wards Fitz, VINO sprang back against
the wall of an adjoining building. The
lion sprang past him, drawing the
chain taught across the pugilist' $
thighs, who cringed under the severe
shock In his agony the lion leaped
over the edge Of the roof and hung by
the neck. Fitz pulled from under the
chain and was removed to his hotel.
There is a burn across his thighs and
a small burn on the knuckle of the in
dex finger of the right hand. That is
all the visible evidence of the terrible
ordeal. although Fitzsimmons was in
a dazed condition for over an hour.
When the lion was pulled up from the
side of the building where he had been
suspended he was dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
DEAD HORSE ABOVE EARTH
Made Things So Malodorous That a
Law Suit Followed.

The state of Kansas wants to pun
ish Robert Owens, of Silver Lake. for
not burying a dead horse on the 18th
day of last January
The case was taken up this afternoon
in the district court John F.. Dren-
nan is the prosecuting witness. and he
claims that the carcass made such a
stencil that he could not work in the
neld- owens refused to bury the ami
NAL, he claims, when requested.
Owens main defense is that he did
not own the horse when he died. hav-
ing given him away month before.
He charges that brennan is a neigh-
borhood scold, trying to make trouble
for erybody. and began the case to
get the fees
The case of the state vs.. John Heit-
man for assault upon his tenant.
Joseph Zmek. follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
FRISoO REORGANIZATION.
The Plan for It is Made Public Today

Inc Elan IOT II IS mace EuD Dl1C EOOaVs
New York. April 1.-THE reorganiza-
ton plan of the St Louis & San Fran
cisco road is out.
1t provides for the issue of So. 900 600
of consolidated mortgage 1OO-year 4 per
cent gold bonds: S5,OOO,000 nOn-cumu-
lative 4 per cent the preferred stock,
SIG 600 0000, cumulative per cent
second preferred stock and SIS, 90, 600
common stock
All stock OF the new company is vest
ed in five voting trustees for five years
and until the first preferred stock has
two consecutive years. The plan pro
vides for a redustiOn of the fixed
charges from $2.436,982, the present
amount.
Provision is made for future neces-
sary Improvements by the reservation
of new bonds not more than $500. 900 to
be available to any one year. The
present consolidated mortgage bonds
are assessed 10 per cent for which first
preferred stock at 40 viii be given
Each present bOndhOlder is entitled
bond deposited by him for $50 new
mortgage bonds. 1859 first preferred
stock $3.50 second preferred stock. and
81 .206 common stock, paying therefor
s670 in cash. The total cash require
ment under the plan are S6,321 41O, in
Guiding 81 400 600 for the arrears of in
terest and sinking fund. $1.915,O0 for
car trusts. etc. and S1.9T1 $50 to ac-
quire at 35, the S., 633, 900 4 per cent con
sOlidated bonds owned by the AtchisOn
interest and which it has offered to sell
at that figure. Gen. Louis Fitzgerald
is chairman Of the reorganization com
mitre6-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
MATEBELES BY THOUSANDS
Fifteen Thousand of ftheSavages Mass
ing on BuIuwayo.

London, April 17-Alarming reports
received here today from Capetown and
other parts of South Africa regarding
the situation in Mata beleland
According to one report over IS 600
rebels are massing for an attack upon
BuIuway0 This it is believed by the
secretary Of state for the colonies, Mr..
Chamberlain is OverdraWn and the of
dcials Of the British chartered South
African company say they have no
fear for the safety of BuluwayO
In the house of commons this after
noon, Mr. Chamberlain replying to a
question on the subject said that the
government had decided to replace the
troops withdrawn from Natal and
CapetOwn- Therefore a battalion of the
line and a body of mounted infantry
would be dispatched to these. places as
soon as possible.
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FIVE CHILDREN PERISH.
Smothered to Death in a Tenement
Fire at Turner'S Falls, Mass.

Smothered to Death in Tenement
Fire at Turner'S Falls, Mass.
Turner's Fails, Mass, April 17.-Five
children We're smothered to death by a
fire in a four story tenement block here
today
The fire originated in the basement of
the block in which the children and
their parents We're living. 1t spread so
rapidly that those on the second floor
We're barely able to escape with their
lives
Though blinded and nearly overcome
with smoke a man named Courmaline
who lived on the upper floor got two of
his six children and carried them to a
place of safety. Two more We're then
secured and carried ont but the others
perished- A young man, a cripple. es-
capped by going down a clothesline.
The dead are:
JOSEPHINE COURMALINE, u
years.
EDWARD COTTFi0GALINI2. 10 years.
ANNIE DTTBOIS, 4 years
LENA DUBOIS. years
ROSIE BONNER, 10 years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
YBOOMAN BOYS SENT.
Two Former Topeka Young Men Fig
ure in Maryland Pop Politics.

Baltimore April 1.-THE Populist
state convention of Maryland has cleo
ted the following delegates to theirnat-
i0nal convention.
AT large. S. S Field Baltimore. wal
ter Vrooman. Dorchester county: W.
S. Brandon. Prince George.
First district. Ira II. Guilford, Cal
vert county. Second district Fn0ch
Noyes. Cecil county. Third district. c.
81. Kemp, Baltimore. Fourth district
Hiram Vrooman. Baltimore. Fifth dis
trict. IT. Garfield Jenkins. Chester
county Sixth district Singleton DIFF
fenbaugh. Allegheny county.
The platform adopted reafIlrms the
omaha national platform of 1892 The
delegates to the national convention
are instructed to use all honorable
means to effect a union of all opposed
70 the rule of money bugs, if not under
the same name at least under the same
leaders,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
THE STORY IS DENIED.
It is Said the Strike is Only to Extend
to Carpenters.

Boston, April 1.-THE story that q
Widespread strike is to begin here and
elsewhere on May l. to bring about the
adoption Of the S-hOur day which has
been sent to western papers from this
side is denied by labor leaders here.
The exact situation is explained as
follows: At the convention of theAmer-
lean Federation of Labor held last De
cember. the question of the S-hour
working day was discussed at length
and it was finally decided that the Ma
tiOnal brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners Of America should assume the
leadership in the struggle on May L,
1886.
With this end in view the carpenters
union in this city have been steadily
strengthening their organization and
are desirous of obtaining an S-hour
day with 81 for q days pay. President
GOmpers of the American Federation of
Labor and p. j. Mcclure. secretary of
the Brotherhood of Carpenters and
JOiners of America. will be here to con-
fer with w II. Hayward general sec
retary of the National Master Builders
association and a committee from the
Master Builders association on the
question Monday. The carpenters are
confident that their demand will be
granted on the ground that Secretary
Hayward has publicly announced that
he is in favor Of the movement and it
is also claimed that in expressing their
Willingness to take 81 for a days pay
the carpenters are making a winning
concession as hundreds of carpenters
are today receiving from 1925 TO S2.75
q day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
w. IA. HARRIS TO SELL.
His Fine Stock Farm at Linwood to
Be Disposed Of

Secretary Coburn~ of the agricultural
department left this afternoon for Kan
sas City He win go to LinwoOd tOmor-
row to inspect the stock farm of w A.
Harris. congressman at large from
Kansas
Mr. Harris intends disposing of his
stock at an early date and Will retire
from the business altogether, locating
in Lawrence. his old home
The reason given by AIr. Coburn for
Congressman Harris quitting the stock
business is that there is little profit i'm
the business at present. Aside from
this it is said Mr.. Harris has been ln-
fortunate of late in financial matters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
KISSED SENATOR TILLMAN,
And the Sturdy South Carolina Dem
Ocrat Blushed

Denver. Colo. April Ex-senator Till
man left at 4 O'Clock yesterday after
noon by the Santa Fe for Wichita.
An amusing incident occurred at the
reception rendered him at the Brown
Palace. The line Of people who wished
to greet him had been going by but
FIVE minutes when a corpulent lady
with gray hair clasped the senator S
hand with a firm strip and before he
knew IT She had pulled him forward
and had planted a smacking kiss on his
cheek
The incident was loudly applauded,
while the senator blushed and the lady
fed to the street. She was Mrs. Oar
neil. and she declared she was not a
vomau's rights woman. but that she
was i'm favor of free silver and she ad-
mired Senalor TiIlman Tor bis braVery.
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CharIss Johnson Pardoned.

Johnson, sentenced to the penitentiarv
from Bourbon county September Z. 1895.
for grand larceny. JohnsOn's S term was
for two and one-half years for steal
ing "a bicycle. lit now appears thar III
is ain innocent man, as another has
confessed to the theft, exonorating
Johnson
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MILES Under Water.

Kemptviue. Ont, April 17-An ice
jam in the Ridau river has backed UP
its waters to such an extent that for
miles around farm lands are deeply
submerged The Prescott and Ottawa
branch of the Canadian Pacific railway
is for some three or four miles covered
with water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
IN FRONT OF THE ALAMO.
Eight Thousand Epworth Leaguers
Hold a Temperance Meeting.

San Antonio Tex, April 1.-THE fifth
annual conference of the Texas Ep-
worth league closed here last night aft
er a successful meeting. Resolutions
We're passed condemning Sunday base
ball and the liquor traffic. and com
mending Governor Culberaon and the
Texas legislature for prohibiting prize
fighting in this state.
Rev. George Stuart of Tennessee.
made a rousing temperance address,
and Bishop Key. held an old fashioned
jubilee service. In the afternoon a pa
rade of 8 600 Leaguers marched through
the streets to the old Alamo, in front Of
which an open air service was held by
Bishop Key
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-Four storv Brick Burns.

Chicago. April IA four story bricl
building at 45 Jackson street was DC
strOved by fire today. The loss is esl
mated at from SIS 900 to 500 600. TINS
first floor of the building was occupie-
by Lindauer & Friend. clothing; D +
Wis. Johnson & Co, hydraulic pressure
r. FIorentine &. Son, picture frames
and the National Merchandise compe
ny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
MACKTNAW STRAITS OPEN.
The First Steamer From Chicago Out
ward Bound Goes Through.

Mackinaw City, Mich, April 1.-THE
straits of Macldnaw are open and nav
igation in the lakes has resumed
The first boat to pass through the
straits was the steamer City of Berlin.
bound from Chicago to Fairport which
PASSED here yesterday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17

Mary f. Small this afternoon began
suit in the district court against Edwin
r. Bennett and others for foreclosure
upon a mortgage of 5000 given April
g. 1889. to the Lombard Investment
cOuDan-
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HOWESEEKFRS'
EXCURSIONS.
Santa Fe Route One Fare PLUS $Gl
for the Round Trip.

These tickets VIII Be sod to various
points in Oklahoma. Texas, Arkansas.
Missouri. Arizona and Indian territory
The dates of sale viii be April DIST,
and May 5th. with final limit of 2l
days from date of sale. For tickets ana
all particulars, call on
J. p ROWLEY. City Ticket Agent,
Santa Fe Route. Topeka. Kan.
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Beaubien Guilty Of Grand Larcenv.

A jury in the district court this aft
errOon found James BeaUbien guilty
of grand larceny Beaubien was charged
with both burglary and grand lar
ceny in connection with the robbery of
the Howard store. The jury came in
at 2:30 o clock after being out one hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-17
JOHN sTETsON DYING.
The Well Known Theatrical MANAGER
Has q Fatal Attack Of Pneumonia

Boston, April 17.-John Stetson. the
famous theatrical manager is diving.
He has been i'll from pneumonia at his
home in Commonwealth avenue three
days and his physicians report that
there is no hope of his recovery.