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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-04
OFF ZOE GIN GABLEs.
Mrs Cleveland and the Children Go to
Their Summer Home.

Washington, June AIRS. Cleveland
with her children left Washington this
morning over the Pennsylvania road
for the presidents summer home at
Gray Gables on Buzzard's bay. With
her were Mrs. Olney and Mrs. Minot
and the children of the latter, with
maids
Mrs. Olney and her daughter viii ac-
company Mrs. Cleveland almost to their
destination, branching near the end Of
the route to go to their own home at
Falmouth The president viii join
Mrs Cleveland at Gray Gables soon
after the adjournment Of congress.
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81. JOHNS NEW PARTY.
Headquarters Are Established and
Speakers VIII Take the Field

Alliance. June 4-The national head
quarters of the new political party
born at Pittsburg, last week have been
opened in this city with National
Chairman L. B. Logan of this city, for
several years state chairman of the
Ohio Prohibition party and D. j.
Thomas OF Kentucky national secretary
in charge. The national chairman and
secretary are already hard at work
pushing the organization. The nation
al committee has already been chosen
and provisional state organizations are
arranged for in almost all the states.
Chairman Logan in speaking Of the
prospects of the new party said. THE
number of prominent men, not only
from the old Prohibition party, out
from the POpuhst, Republican and
Democratic ranks as well, who are all
lying themselves with the new move
ment. indicates a very bright future for
it. The candidates for president and
vice president. Ex-Governor St.John,
of Kansas, John Lloyd Thomas Of New
York. Lem j. Smith of Nebraska. e. p.
Wright of Iowa. G.. r. Malone of AIichi-
gan, =. G. Odeu of Nebraska, NJ. V. B.
Bennett Of Kansas and dozens of 9TH
ers win at once take the field for the
new party.
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IN THE MISSISSIPPI.
Bodies Blown Into It by the Cyclone
Being Taken Out.

St. Louis. June At has been feared
that a large number Of the people now
reported missing from East St. Louis
found watery graves. In the light of
recent developments it seems as though
these fears were not unfOunded, for in
the past two days TWO bodies have been
dragged from the AIississippi's waters.
The body Of an unknown woman was
taken from the water near East Car
ondelet and itstilll lies unidentified Tony
Messing, who formerly lived at 1886 n.
Nineteenth street was found in the wa
ter near the Pittsburg pike, near the
East St. Louis elevator. Messing was
employed in the Dolk Bros. coal yards
and was known to have been at the river
front at the time of the storm. 1t was
supposed that he was blown into the
river.
In addition to this a large number Of
horses and other animals have been
found in the debris, which has collect
ed along the banks A number of these
horses were fully harnessed and as the
storm occurred at a time when the
river front was crowded with teams
going to and coming from St Louis
with the last day for the day it is
thought that a number of the drivers
may also have been swept into the
stream There is no way to fully de
termine the number of the missing.
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LAW is DEFIED.
A Chanute Han Crazy Drunk
Slashes a Negro.
lis Jailed, But Relatives Break
Open the Bastile
AND RESCUE HIM
The Officers Overcome By the
Crowd Submit.
The Prisoner Taken Home ana
From There Escapes.

Cbanute June 4-Chanute has peer,
coins through a series of disgraceIul
scenes within week but the el-ili3->
came with the arrest Of Al r. sen
Bel and friend who had peeh
drinking. went busy udlng' "illoA
ended, in runaway
Later fla the evening he attempted
10 cut a colored boy. John Dixon, IN
front of TIardesty's and was arrested
bv city Marshal Briley and placed III
Then mat certain members Of his
family and others broke open the Jam
and released him. taking hlm nome
and maintaining an armed guard over
him during the night Deputies We're
soon sworn in by the marshal ana lne
house surrounded, but no atIeIlp - llls--
to enter or arrest Bell TINS mofAlls
Alr Bel was in no shape to appear IN
court. and Emanuel and Lester A-FHo
could not be found W arlants We're
sworn out for FL IT, Bell, his sons Joe
and Emanuel. Lester LebC ana com
merCial man. who was with Lae etue-
Bell during the first of the trouble
Two of the warrants We're served ana
the parties appeared
The case of city of Chanute VS.. John
Doe was first on the docket E1e plead
guilty to ordinary disturbance or lne
peace The police judge made the me
$50 and costs. amounting to 500, and
committed the prisoner TO JAIL until
such amount was paid.
City of Chanute VS.. Joe Bell was next
called The plaintiff plead guilty OF
disturbance of the peace, and was fined
$50 and costs.
Both fines were paid Immediately
disappeared and has not yet been
fo1n6
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When Father Called NE Peter.


liked to hear my father say
'Oh, Petei" or '.Peteyi' Either way
Seemed promise of q peaceful day
A sort of good cheer greeter.
But could see and hear, I swear.
The thundcr's roar, the lightning glare,
And threatening weather every where
When father called ne ''Peter!"
Sometimes twas ssPeter, boy" And not
A voice 1 know Of Ger begot
4 sweeter tone-wen tell you what,
Zen mothers WASH t s1veeter-
In fact no sound within my ken
Seemed pleasanter to ears Of men,
But OH oh, oh, twas different when
Ny father called me 'Peterl"
For, all 1T 1aeaut that there'd accrue
To me a wcodshed interview;
That Ger buck, with garments few
I'd trem uloUsly teeter,
While some one with hickory CAD
Would demonstrates way he had
What twas that made me feel SO bad
When father called me f'Peterl'
Boston Courier.
The Returned PrOdiRal.
This is the old, old place.
The daisies aeck the meadow still like SLOW (.
There is the river in its noisy race,
And-there s the mule nOrtgaged long ago
There is the hossy mill.
Whose rottiHg wheels no more make merry
There the church tower where the bells are
And-there the grocery where 1 failed six
times.
There is the old town hall
Crumbling with age hut as I stand and gaze
hear 10 more the ancient accents fall
81 think I II give you ten or thirty days"
Scenes of my youth, alasi
But what bent figure in the twilight chill
Comes li.nping t'ward me over fields Of grassy
1Ty creditor, with q remem bsred bill
Frank I. Stanton in Atlsnta consttsl tion-
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Republican Convention at st. Louis
via Burlington Route.

For the National Republican conven-
ton. at St Louis. June Is. 1896, excur-
sion Tickets viii be sold at very low
rates over the Burlington Route"
This will be the greatest political
gathering since the War. Preparations
are being made for entertainment on
a grand scale; scores Of marching
clubs in uniform will take part in pa
rades: all the prominent Republicans
of the Century viii be present.
Write to Maj. c. @. Rainwater, go
Washington Ave, Chairman of Hotel
and Boarding House committee in re-
gard to your accommodation.
Consult your Ticket Agent in regard
to time and rates.
L. w. WAKELEY. Gen. Pass-Agt
St Louis Mo.
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COLORED WOMEN MEET.
viii Hold Their First Annual Con.
vention IN WASHINGTON.

VenC1O4 IN w aS1lnECOn.
Washington, June 4.-The National
Federation Of Afro-American women.
which was organized ia Boston last
July viii hold its first annual conven-
ton in this city, beginning July 20 next
and continuing three days. In an ad-
dress to the women of the country, pre-
pared by Mrs. Booker IT. Washington,
president; Mrs. +. r.. Ridley of Brook
line Mass, secretary, and Mrs. Vic
toria Matthews Of New York, chairman
Of the executive committee, it is said
that Washington was selected as the
place of meeting in order to give coll
ored women an opportunity of attend
ing the Christian Endeavor convention,
and to enable them to take advantage
of the cut railroad rates
During the past few years" the ad-
dress says, most earnest efforts have
been put forth to arouse the women of
the country to the great necessity OF
organizing the interests Of the much
needed reforms in all things touching
our home and national life, and the
fact has been esta bhshed that cur wo-
men are thoroughly alive to the posi-
bilities of a powerful body Of Afro
American women influencing public
sentiment and legislation in favor of
the race at large"
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TETTEDEI III y -T-T-T-V-N MI .
Philadelphia June 4-The Phiuies'
opportune hitting and clean fielding, to-
gether with costly errors by the visit
ors lost the game to the Cincinnatis.
Attendance 4, 126- Score:
r. H. E.
Philadelphia ...O18O111O 8 o
Cincinnati 80 o 1 0 0 O-3 10 4
Philadelphia, Taylor and
Clements; Cincinnati, Fisher. Vaughn.
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Batteries-8cGreevy and Wilson; !
Denzer and Spies.
troit. June score:

r. H E.
Detroit .........O $4,000 lie 3
Kansas City rs o. p 0 *-9 IL .
Batteries-Ely and Twineham; Gala
han and Lake.
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crease the income, by increased taxa
ti0n result in a great injustice
The valuation outside of the city is
never increased, but regularly reduced
and the result is that the city is paying
more than its share of county expenses
The county high school, to which the
city does not send a single pupil costs
the city S3,351.69 ner year while all the
balance Of the county pays only 81
s99.69
This ratio is true Of every other cOun-
ty expense on the basis of the late as
sessment. The city pays $6, 600 more
county and state taxes than all the ball
ance of the county combined
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wIcHTrA,g FIRE -.
Insurance Men Are Pleased With It's
Effectiveness.


wichita. June 4-Fire chief wal
den was showing q party of insurance
men through the city yesterday and
the splendid system of fire alarms in
use here was the subject of commenda-
tion Of the men. and was the means OF
sending all the men away as strong adj
VOcates OF the system ia use in this city
which is lower in cost than that Of
any other city
In the city there are some As FIRE
alarm boxes and by the simple turning
of the crank the alarm is sent TO every
fire house in the city. 10 the chiefs
headquarters. TO his residence and on
tapes the number Of the box is record
ed. and no time is lost in reaching that
point
Aside from this NIr. Stewart has plac-
ed q burglar alarm in all the leading
stores in the city and il is impossible to
open door window or cross the floor
without the alarm being recorded at
the Office I'm the city building and inn
meGiately the 10Y who is on watch
turns i'm an alarm ait police headquar-
ters which shows the officer in charge
exactly where the building has been
entered.
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Bloodv Timeg ii lTadagasear.

Paris, June An official dispatch
from Antannanarivo island of MAZDA
gascar. dated May 80, says that a body
of ], soc Fahavalos bandits have burned
Antirabe For three days the bandits
blockaded a house in which q detach-
ment of French troops was protecting
the Norwegian missionaries. The
French residents with d detachment of
HOvas. eventually raised the blockade
after some sharp fighting during which
200 Of the Fahavalos We're killed.
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USES TIE POND SYSTEM.
A Kansas Nan Eas Plenty OF Irrigat-
inc Watar and Fish.

st. Paul June As. H. Crawford
thinks he has solved the problem of ir-
rigation. There is a raviue or draw Ola
his farm as there is on most every farm
and he is utilizing it, He has had large
and substantial dams made across it
al intervals of q few hundred feet and
has let contracts for two more. He gets
his dirt for the dam by making the
pond deeper and larger than the ra-
vine He protects the dam by using
flood gates to carry off the surplus wat
er and prevent overaows. The ponds
he has now are full of fish and Mr.
Crawford has fresh fish when he likes
These ponds are In q pasture and on
higher ground than an adjoining field
that is cultivated. I'm hot weather the
moisture from these ponds and the dew
they cause to fall keep the growing
crops for hundreds of yards around
If 1t is SO desired Mr. Crawford can
run a few small bitches from these
ponds to his field and send stream OF
water into TT. thus irrigating his fields
when rain is needed
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KANsAs - RACEs.
Six Events Pulled OF at Exposition
Park in Fast Time.

Kansas City, June 4-First race. six
furlOngs. selling-Jess Matthews won,
Emma Long second, Rosa Hart third
Time 1.32
Second. four and one-half furlongs,
seIling-ATiss Verne won, Briggs sec
ond. MOnOn third Time SO.
Third, six furlOngs, sellfng-FurlOng
won, Little Dick second, NOdaway
third. Time 1.2OA
Fourth six furlongs, selling-Alva
won, King Hazel second, BrownwoCd
third Time, 1.2O1s
Fifth six and one-half furlongs, hand
icap-BOb Clampett won Dutch Arrow
second. The Reel third. Time 1926.
Sixth, five furlOngs, selling-Glendair
II won, Knight Templar second, Ada
NJ third Time 1861
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AMNESTY TO STRIKERS.
The Southern Pacific Takes Their
Names From the Blacklist.

ern Pacific company has granted am
nesty to strikers who refused to work
three years ago, and who were after
wards refused reinstatement by the
company. The strikers claimed that
the road blacklisted them, so they
could not obtain employment on any
other railroad in the country
Hereafter when a good man applies
to the railroad for employment the fact
that he participated iu the big strike
viii not prevent his being engaged.
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Will GIVE $500 CASE.
Weir City Firemeu's Tournament to
Be Held June Ills

Weir City, June Am details are-ar-
ranged for the Southwestern F'iramens s.
tournament TO be held in Weir City.
kan. June IL. IL and 10 ana an i'm
mense crowd is expected
FIRST DAY
2. m.-Special 100 yard hose race.
Prizes $50. s25. s1O
SECOND DAY
10 q. m.-Grand street parade of com
panies and bands
p m.-Foreman's $50 yard race
Prizes S25 gold medal, S5 cash
Couplers contest Prizes SIG. SO S.
Chiefs loo yard race. Prizes $50 stop
watch SIS cash.
200 yard hub and hub race. Prizes
$50. S25 SIS
THIRD DAY
p m--Championshi 100 yard hose
race. Prizes $50 SOS. SO
Prizes of S25 and SIS are offered for
the two best drilled companies Also
prizes for the ugliest. handsomest. old
~ youngest cranliest and LATEST
1ifellen IN line; and a fine trumpet to
the best behaved company.
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Mr.. Gushleigh-M May print a kiss on
your lips2
Miss Pushpen decidedly sir; any
kiss you give me is not for publication,
but as a guarantee Of good faith--New
York Herald.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
The Thirty-hrst Annual to be Held at
Ottawa June 1915.

Ottawa. June 4.-The annual conven-
ton of the Kansas State Sunday School
association viii be held this year ct
Forest park, Ottawa, June 12-13-14 rs.
Some Of the best workers from New
York. Illinois. Missouri and Kansas are
upon the programme.
Rates are one fare for the round tri 0.
good 70 remain through the ChatauqLa
assembly which viii be in session frOen
the 18th to 26th-
Each county is entitled to as many
delegates as it has Sunday schools.
For further Information apply to J.
II. EoucEt
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Possihle Reason.

THE poet says remarked the Teacher,
athat Freedsln shrieked when kcsciusko
fell Why should freedom shrioks
s'Mebby Kosciusko owed him some
thing" hazarded the tough looking boy at
the foot of the oiass.-Cbicago Tribune
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Perry Patettic-If any Teller was to call
me liar, 1 would go to work and beat his
head of, wouldn't you?
Wayworn Watson might beat his head
of, but wouldn't go to work. No, never
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Curfew win whistle at Kansas city

Kansas City, June 4.-The curfew bell
viii ring in this city in a very few days
or, rather, as it is in this case, the
curfew whistle VIII blow. and all chill
dren under the age OF Is viii have to be
at their respective homes by clock in
the evening or suffer the consequences.
AT the meeting of the city council last
evening this ordinance was unanimous
~ passed, and viii go into effect in
about ten days.
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DODGE CITY SOLDIERS HOME
Now Has a Steam Irrigating Plant
and Waters Many Acers-

Dodge city. June 4-The Soldiers
home here has about 80 acres of land
under cultivation, SO acres of which is
So situated that it can be irrigated 1t
has steam irrigation plant which has
a capacity Of 600 gallons per minute
and several acres OF garden, which. un-
der its influence. is doing fine and is
supplying the camp" with many Of the
Vegetab bic Injuries
There are 105 old soldiers CHARTERED
at Fort Dodge now. nearly one-half Of
whom have families with them. max
ing the total number of inmates S46
Separate cottages are provided for near
u ali the families. and the others have
suites of rooms in one large building
and the single men each have separate
rooms ia what they call "the barracks"
and have their meals served in one
large dining room
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WHEAT woRM an woRk
Fields Near Abilene Show Traces
Grasshoppars Appear.

Abilene, June 4-The wheat worm is
at work in few fields near here.
The worm resembles the army worm
and also the web worm in some re-
spects, but has no web and is a differ
emit species. The worm is long and
slender The specimens are from an
inch to an inch and a half long. They
vary in color; some are nearly white,
others are a bright green.
1T crawls up the stalk to the head
and then eats out the soft wheat grains.
cleaning out the rows as it goes up.
on Cooper & Whites place grasshOp-
pers are plentiful and are cleaning up
the oats rapidly. They have not touch
ed the corn.
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WOMEN sHoPLIFTERs.
Two Pittsburg Women Centred in the
Tail for a Time.

Pittsburg. June 1.-Two Of the prom
inent women of this city have been
shOplfting. This week officers got on
to their work and over a hundred dol
lars worth of goods recovered which
belonged to different stores One moth
er has six children and the other ten
They were placed in jail. but later We're
released, while the husbands are still
in custody as being accompices.
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FL sehooI Building for VaIley FaIIs.

has been adopted by the business men
here asking the school board to call a
special election to issue bonds to the
amount of not more than S. 600 for the
purpose Of erecting a high school build
ing in this district The expression of
the meeting was that the construction
Of the building and its location be left
to the school board. Petitions are now
being circulated.
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Death of w. H. Weeklev.

Blue Rapids June 4-W. H Week
ley, aged so. died at his home of heart
failure and was buried Wednesday
from the Baptist church of which he
was a prominent member. Mr. Week
ley has taken an active part in the relig
ious and educational affairs OF This
place
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Enterprise shop Men Strike.

Enterprise, June 4.-The hands IF the
Ehrsam machine shops struck for
about an hour and half yesterday as
the insurance of their wages only e2c-
tended to June J. "A conference was
held and the wages were insured for
ten days longer and the men went
back to work.
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TAKING THEM AROUND.
Topeka Citizens Make Our Visitors
Feel at Home.

Mayor Fellows, D. J. Greenwald. Sec
rotary T. r Doran, j. B. Marshall and
Capt H NJ Phillips of the committee
of fifteen accompanied the committee
of the state dremens' association on q
drive over the city. DR.. AIcCurdy do
mated the use of his three seated trap
and hack and membe of the COM
mittee contri buLed the other convey
amces. The fremen were driven to the
fair grounds where the track was in
spected and they were then driven
around to see the sights The commit
tee viii complete their work tonight.
In the district court today the case of
smith vs. Hopkins was dismissed
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TIM FoRAN JoINTKEEPER.
Comes Out ola Leavenworth Saloon
and Shoots an Innocent Man.

Leavenworth. June 4-Tim Foran. a
Joint keeper, got on a spree and shot
Charles Gilmore (colored) in a manner
that VIII likely prove fatal
Foran came out of a joint and start
ed shooting ait Gilmore, who was on his
way to work and did nothing to offend
him. He shot four times. but only one
bullet hit Gilmore Foran afterwards
tried to kill a man walking along the
street named Charles Crawford, who
was fired at three times
EOran undertook to resist the police.
but he was soon OverpOWered and land
ed in iaiI
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Fay remDleton and the minister.

Fay Templeton has Is ministerial friend
who abhors burlesque- The continued and
successful run Of Excelsior, Jr., - caused
him to eKolaim the other day:
All, my dear Piss Templston, I fear
that the drama is gcing to piecesl'
g Yes. = admitted bright and witty Fay,
SO to Spectacular pieces.
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Religious Services in Blacksmith
ShoD.

Fort Scott june 4.-RelgiOus ser
vices in a blacksmith shop are an in
each night. Tor a number OF evenings
Rev. Kech, a preacher of the Latter
Day Saints faith has been conducting
services in Hulls blacksmith shop. He
has an organ there to accompany the
singing and has been having full houses
each night.
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Mr.. CoIdwater-A man could not 0f0r
me q greater insult than 30 ask me to take
q glass of beer.
Colonel Bourbon-Nor me, neithah. sab.
indianapolis Journal
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Customer-I suppose in case we have
smash up Oh this bicycle, you can supply
the damaged parts
Dealer-No, madam. This is a cycle
store, not a hospital -Truth.
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Sooroher-Thirty dollars, Ell? That's
nothing I had a bicycle suit that cost ST.
Geo
Tandem-WhO took your measured
Scoroher-A jury--Truth-
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Mrs. Figg-Tommy, why is it you never
play with the little boy next door? He
seems to be such nice little boy
Tommy-Aw, he's one Of these sneakin
kind Of kids that says be likes his teacher.
-Indianapolis journal.
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'sDid you ever notice that HallmarBer
always speaks of whisky as 'rumf'
ssNot always When be gets it at the
drug store he calls lit tonic '-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
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DEATH oF FATRER coNKLINe.
Cast His First Vote for William Henry
Harrison. His Last for BENJAMIN.

Lyons. June 4-Father VIM. Conkling
passed to rest at 9:45 Tuesday June 2.
surrounded by his wife and three sons.
one of whom Ed G.. lives in North To-
pe1a-
BE was born IN March, 1915. and vot-
ed first for VIM. Henry Harrison and
last for Benjamin Harrison.