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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
GAS co. WILL ENLARGE.
The Mcuvried Company Has Dropped
Out Of Sight.


The Excelsior Coke and Gas company
and $500, Q09 on their gas plant.
The first thing to be done is the cree
ton Of an enormous holder at the Sas
works on Monroe street. The company
SEQ. 600 cubic feet of gas The capacity
of the holder now in use is only about
15o 600 cubic feet.
The works viii also he enlarged to
twice their capacity at present, and the
latest improvements for the EGDufac-
pany has the Shawnee county right FOR
the use and manufacture OF acetylene
gas. and g plant for its manufacture
may also be built.
The mains OF the plant are also to be
extended to the outlying streets not
now reached. ard some OF the smaller
mains viii be taken UP and larger ones
put down.
A report has been circulated that the
McIlvried company which was given a
chise to the old gas con pany. and the
project to build the second plant in To-
peka has been abandoned.
The officers of the old company deny
that a sale has been made or that they
have ever considered the question OF
buying out the new company
1t is somewhat strange III the sale OF
the franchise has not been made. that
the new company has not been heard
from for months. None of the cOuncilmen
know anything about them, and the
time allowed by the franchise for com
mencing the work expires on June TO-
If the mem bers of the new company do
not appear by that time, there viii be
but one gas franchise in existence
The new company gave q $40 900 bond
that the plant would be built. but the
councilmen are now Of the opinion that
the bond is worthless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
A WOMAN GLOBE TROTTER.
Miss 1Tayne Worrell Travelling With
out a Chaperon, Dies Suddenly
in Frisco.

San Francisco, June S.-The remains
of Miss Aayne WOrrell, the young Eng
llsh woman who died suddenly at the
Palace hotel on Saturday. are still at
the undertaking parlOrs awaiting some
word or order from her family or rela-
tives in England concerning their dis
position.
At present nothing is known of the
young woman aside from her name and
address. The mystery surrounding
the young woman and the object which
prompted her to make a trip around
or chaperOne has not been explained
among the steamship passengers are
added more mystery to the case. The
post norton examination upsets the
theory that death resulted from heart
disease.
DR.. Whitney was called in attend
ance upon the young woman a few
minutes before she died and found her
In spasm- The symptoms indicated
heart trouble and after her death DR..
Whitney expressed the view that heart
trouble was the cause of her decease.
Dr. Nathan found in performing the
autopsy that the heart and all other
organs were in a healthy condition and
the result shows cOnc1usively that
death was not caused by any organic
disease.
The stomach was removed and will
be submitted to a chemical examina-
ton with view to determining
whether death resulted from poisoning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
NEW POLITTCAL PARTY.
Wants to Start in Kansas Writes for
Inform alton

A letter was received at the state
house from Chairman L. B. Logan OF
A Alliance. Ohio. OF the new National
party. The letter was as follows:
please inform us by return mail as
to the exact course which should be
pursued 10y a political party that has
had no previous organization or eX-
istence- in order to get the nominees
on it's state and congressional district
tickets placed upon the official ballot
in your state
Captain IT. S. Slower, assistant secre-
tary of state. replied by saying that in
asmuch as new political parties sprung
up in Kansas about every year, the
Office was NOT as a. loss to know what
to 90 with the communication. He told
the chairman that the nominations
should be made as in other parties, and
the same method of procedure would
apply to the National as to other pO-
htical parties.
The letter bore the names Of the fol-
lowing as officers of the executive com
mittee of the new party.
Chairman,L L. 3. Logan, Alliance Ohio
Vice chairman, John 2. St John,
Olathe, Kan
secretary. D. L. Thomas. Alliance.
treasurer, A NJ Todd, Kalamazoo
Mich.
The other members of the executive
committee are:
Helen NJ Cougar, Lafayette, Ind;
John Lloyd Thomas, New York city.
and r. S Thompson, Springfield, Ohio
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CAPT.JOHN G.BoURKE DEAD
President Of the Folklore Society
Passes away

PHILADELPHIA. June S-Captain John
G.. Bourke. Third cavalry u. s. A.. died
today at the Polytechnic hospital, this
city. where he had been under treat
ment for about three weeks. Captain
Bourke had been suffering for long
while from the effects of disease con
tracted while campaigning in Texas
and the far west. His condition be-
came so bad that it was finally de-
cided he should be brought 10 this city
for surgical treatment A difficult OPP
Grafton was performed, from which the
sufferer was not able to recover.
Captain Bourze had brilliant record
as 2 gallant soldier. he enlisted as
private in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania
cavalry in 1862 and took part in the
campaign Of the army of he Cumber-
land under ROsecraIS and Thomas. He
was awarded a medal of honor for gal
lantry at Stone River At the close
OF the war Captain BOurl1e was ap-
pointed by President Lincoln cadet
at-large to the West Point military
academy, from which he graduated in
1859 He saw much service in Indian
warfare and was mentioned in general
orders for gallantry in engagements
with Indians. He was member of
scientific societies in France, England
and the United States and wrote much
upon anthrOpOlOgy and folklore. One
Of his most valuable monographs upon
the medicine of the Apaches was pub
His most popular books, "On the Bor-
der with Crooks, AN Apache Cam
paign and 1.-THE Snake Dance of the
Moquis' have had editions in New
York and London.
At the meeting of the American Folk
cemPer last Captain Bourke was chosen
president
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ABILENE Is AMUSING.
Clever Scheme of the Abileneites to
Get Both State Conventions.

Abilene, June S.-The committee ap-
pointed to invite the aid of other eoun-
ties in bringing the Republican state
convention to Abilene is out with a
somewhat unique circular letter which
is being sent to county committeeman
and leading Rpublican politicians all
over the state. 1t is as follows:
Abilene, Kan, June 3, 1895.
Dear Sir: We desire to earnestly SO
HCit your vote and influence IN favor OF
naming Abilene as the most suitable
place for holding the next Republican
state convention. We have ample hotel
accommodations, a hall that viii com
fOrtably seat $500 persons, well VenI-
lated. cool and on the ground floor.
Our people are hOspitable and ready
to receive you Abilene, by reason Of its
location and superior railway accOmmo
datiOns is more easily reached by a
larger number of delegates than any
other city in Kansas, being on the main
line of the Union Pacific and on the
Santa Fe and Rock Island railroads.
The POpulist state convention meets
at Abilene, Aug. 5. Its location in the
central part of the state-the strong
hold, we are sorry to ADMIT OF PopuIlsIh
lis for the purpose Of rallying q large
representation of their party and aWak
en- additional enthusiasm for their
cause. We want to counteract this IN
fluence.
Give US the Republican state cOnven-
ton and the Fifth and Sixth districts
will be out in such numbers that not
only viii the evils of the Pop cOnVen-
ton be lessened, but the c. O. 2. viii
be greatly siren gthened in the place
where help is greatly and most needed.
We are not out in the interest OF any
candidate. or set of candidates, nut
simply for the best interests OF the par
ty in the state
venfence if the proposal meets with
your favor or disfavOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR.
There Are Four Of Them in the 37th
District

Tn the Thirty state senatorial
district. composed OF Rice, Barton and
Stafford counties there are four candi-
dates Tor the Republican nomination.
They are. H. T. Willard and H L.
Lasker of Sterling. Paul Maggie of Stat
ford and r. wv. Moses OF Great Bend
Ia Rice county there VIII be quite a
fight between Willard and Lasker for
the delegation from that county. with
the chances favOring Lasker, probably
well known ia politics. Willard has
been secretary of the senate and is
known an over the state NagIe is a
Stafford newspaper man, while Moses
is a Great Bend lawyer and a prOmi-
nent short grass statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
PANIC AT SELLS' SHOW
The Big Elephant Attacks His Keep
er and BrsaEs the CenterpooL.


er and Breaks the CenterpooL
Kansas City, June 8.-Terror reigned
in the circus tents at Fifteenth and
woodland streets Saturday AFTERNOON.
Dick the most vicious Of the herd OF
thirteen elephants belonging to the
Sells-Forepaugh aggregation, had an
ugly mood. and came within an ace of
killing his keeper. In the midst of the
excitement and shouts and the scram-
bic of the spectators to get away the
other elephants realized that something
was wrong, and trumpeted forth omi-
nous blasts and tugged at their chains.
Then the lions and the tigers roared,
the bears growled, the hippotami
splashed the water in the cages with
Impotence and snorted. and the mon
keys squeaked. the whole creating a
bedlam that completely drowned the
noise of the rain storm without. Dick"
had the trainer PROSTATE and was try
ing furioUsly to gOuge him with his
immense tusks. In the melee the cen
terpole of the menagerie tent was
struck by the elephant and broken in
two. Then a policeman, who had been
attracted by the excitement, rushed in
to the tent with q drawn revolver and
was in the act Of firing at the ugly
fered. They knew that the shot would
be as harmless to the elephants hide
as a paper wad and would only fur
Their infuriate the beast, while the re
port would be likely to create a stam-
pede among the other animals. 1t was
half an hour before quiet was restored
The keeper Joe Beatty has been
trainer of elephants for eight years.
Beatty was standing in front Of the ele-
plant, with his hand on his trunk, when
the elephant attacked him. The big
beast struck him a blow with his trunk
that took him off his feet and landed
him thirty feet away. Beatty immed-
lately shouted: Bring me the biggest
hook, and when it was handed to him
he undertook to chastise the brute with
a blow squarely between the eyes.
''Dick'' resented this and knocked the
keeper down. Before Beatty could re-
gain his feet the elephant was upon him
and with lowered head was attempting
to gouge him with his tusks With
adroftness born of long experience
the nimble Beatty succeeded in wrap
ping both arms and both legs about the
tusks. The beast sought to loosen his
hold but could not. He pounded Beatty
against the ground but could not use
his tusks to fatal advantage. After a
Iunge Of more than usual fury, Beatty
loosened his hold and leaped out Of
range before Dick could recover him
self. The beast started again for his
Intended victim, but by this time Bill
Chambers, the superintendent of ans
mails, attracted his attention from an
other direction. The elephant paused,
slashed his trunk around furiOusly
and trumpeted with rage, and finally
retreated to the other side of the tent.
The trainer and his helper then began
a slow advance with an elephant in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
NAN EWING SOLD BEER
Says Daniel Sanborn but the Police
Gould End None.

Daniel Sanborn, a man who must be
So years of age and wears gray whis-
kers, has had warrant issued for the
arrest Of Nan Ewing. a Smoky Row
character.
He SAYS she robbed him.
According to his story ne went into
her place to drink a bottle of beer Tt
was while thus engaged that he thinks
she took about 81 from his pockets and
relieved him of some silverware that he
was peddEng-
The police searched the Ewing wo-
mans place for beer and were ready to
arrest her on a charge of selling liquor
but no beer was found
san1orn lives near notion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
THEY WILL BE RIVALS
Santa Fe and the Frisco win
Compete For Coast Business
Instead of Being Allies as Form
erly.
u. 3. Robinson VIII Assume the
Presidency of the Frisco July l.

The resignation Of D. B. Robinson as
first vice president of the Santa Fe viii
take effect July /. and on that day he
will assume the presidency of the St
Louis & san Francisco railway.
With Mr.. Robinson as president OF
the Frisco line. the aspect of cOmpeti-
tion for Pacific coast business viii be
greatly changed In that line the
Santa Fe VIII now find a rival instead
of an alley as heretofore. No railroad
man in the country has q more thor
ough knowledge Of the west or of west
ern business than ID. B. Robinson, and
under his management the Frisco road
viii undoubtedly prosper and become
an active competitor for all business to
the Pacific coast.
Mr.. Robinson's headquarters viii be
in St. Louis and he viii remove from
Chicago to that city in the near future.
The sale of the Frisco road takes place
on June o. and on July I the property
viii pass into the hands of the new
company Of which Mr.. Robinson viii
be the official head.
The following statement made by one
of the directors of the Santa Fe at the
time of the election of Mr.. Ripley SIS
president, is interesting from the fact
that his prediction has been verified
almost to the exact date. He said
A great mistake has been made in
selecting another than ID. B. Robinson
TO the presidency of the Santa Fe. No
other man in the world can have so
thorough an understanding of the
Santa Re ana the territory through
which it passes as he possesses. He is
TOO big q man to occupy a subordinate
position, and I am sure that he viii not
remain with the Santa re more than
SIX months. + say All Of this without
fin any manner rejecting upon MT
Ripley, who is. am sure. one of the
greatest railroad men i'm the west"
Tt is I-umored among railroad men. and
the rumor is given much eredance. that
Mr. Robinson win take with him To the
Frisco g number OF personal friends
among the Santa He cHlcfais men with
whom he has been associated for wears.
The retirement of Mr.. Robinson VIII
undoubtedly effect official the person.
mel of the Santa re
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
MRS. GILBERT ASKS $4,000
From the Union Pacific for Injuri les
Received at Rossville.

The Union Pacific Railway company
has been sued in the district court by
Mrs Jane II. Gilbert of ROssvilIe for
$40 GOO damages for personal injuries
Mrs. Gilbert is a middle aged woman,
the wife of a. Rossville merchant
While she was alEhting from
Union Pacific passenger train at her
home last fall she was thrown down by
the starting of the train. She fell
between the depot platform and the
train and several cars passed before
she was rescued. Mrs Gilbert was
badly injured, she thinks to the extent
of $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
The St. Louis Convention.

Troy. Kan. June list, 1896.
To Delegates and Their Friends:
The headquarters for the Kansas
delegation and their friends have been
established at parlOrs No. Jos and 109
Hurst's hotel, corner Chestnut street
and Broadway, St. Louis Mo. Hotel
accommodations have been secured for
the delegates at said hotel. All dele
gates who have made other arrange
meuts. or do not desire sleeping accom-
modations at this hotel, viii please no
tify the undersi gned-
Arrangements have been made with
the Missouri Pacific railway for accom-
mOdatiOns for the delegates, a1ternates
and their friends, leaving Kansas City,
Mo. about g p. m. Sunday, June 18th,
after trains from the west, northwest
and southwest have arrived in Kansas
City. All who desire Pullman sleeping
car accommodations Will address J. H.
Lyon, Western Passenger agent Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, No. SEQ Main
street. Kansas City. No, who has
agreed to attend to the applications
promptly.
TT IA Mn
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CLATE JEWELL'S NEW LAY.
The Rainmalzer Of the Rock Island
Has an "Optographicon."

Tor a year or more since the Rock
Island abandoned its curious and en-
PERTAINING experiments in rain making
nothing has been heard by the public
them. A PhlliDsburg. kan. Daper
now relates that "Clate" was. until
about q month ago, chief train dis
patcher on the Rock Island. being To-
Gated at GOodland. Now he is out on
the road with an "Optographicon' in
strunent. entertaining the people at so
much per head. and he appears to be
making first class living
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London. June 8.-A dispatch to the
Times from BuIuwayo dated June 6,
says; The American scout, Burnham,
reported that he rode into an impi of
goo Matabele last evening A column
was sent out. which routed the impi.
killing $50 natives. Numbers Of Mar
TIM rifles were captured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
Republiean Convantlon Fl 81. Louil
via Burlington Route

For the National Republican conven-
ton. at St Louis, June 16. 1886, excur-
sion Tickets viii be sold at very low
rates over the Burlington Route"
This viii be the greatest political
Gathering since the War Preparations
are being made for entertainment on
a grand scale; scores of marching
clubs in uniform VIII take part in pa
rades. all the prominent Republicans
of the Century VIII be present
Write to Maj. c. @. RainWater, 80
Washington Ave, Chairman of Hotel
and Boarding House committee in re-
gard to your accommodations
Consult your Ticket Agent in regard
to time and rates.
L. w. WAkELEY, Cen Pass. Agt..
st. Louis. Mo.
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The Land of Big Red Apples, is an
attractive and Interesting book. hand
someIy Illustrated with views Of South
Missouri scenery, including the famous
Clden fruit farm of 5000 acres IN How
ell county 1t pertains to fruit raising
in that great fruit belt of America, the
southern slope of the Ozarks, and VIII
prove of great value, not only to fruit
growers. but to every farmer ana nome
seeker looking for a farm and home
Mailed free, Address,
J. u. LOCKWOOD.
Kansas city. MO.
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FELhER is FINED.
But Says He is Wholly Innocent of
the Charge.

Emery Felkner was found guilty in
Justice Furry's court of striking Mrs
Amanda Hubbard in the face with a
whip last Tuesday evening and was
fined $40 and costs.
The affair occurred in the Quinton
Heights neighborhood. Felkner denied
the entire charge and said the woman
scratched the wound in her face her
selg in order to make a case against
him.
lie saws he viii appeal the case.
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Won't Zen who snot Him.

New York June 8.-James F. O'Rren
who was shot in the breast early Sun
day morning, in Chatham Square. is
still a patient at the Hudson street
hospital The surgeons stated this
morning that O'Brien would recover
who shot him. John w. Hahne Of
Council Bluffs. Ia. who is suspected Of
having shot O'Brien is under arrest.
O,Brien halls from Milwaukee. wis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08

Tappa, Fla. June S.-Advices from
CUBA say; Francisco Tarrina,
wealthy planter, and an American cit
izen, has been imprisoned at Cardenas.
for the past Is days without q hearing
and deprived of all communicated
with The outside world.
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Is That the Venezuelan Commission
VIII Not Render a Decision Soon.

Washington. June 8.-The prediction
by the London Speaker of an early
decision by the Venezuelan boundary
commission respecting the boundary
line between Veneuzuela and British
Guiana is not shared by those CONVEX
SAINT with the facts in the case.
Justice Brewer. the president of the
commission. does not think the com
mission viii render an opinion at an
early day Minister Andrade of Vene-
zueIa. does not look for a decision be
fore fall
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Smyrna Railway Attacked.

Athens. June S.-An official report
states that a band of Kurds has at
tackled the employees OF the railway
running from Smyrna to Karaba kill
Ing many, including the British, French
and German engfneers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08

The falling off in freieht tra7e On
the NJ, i. & A. has caused a heavy
cut to be made i'm the mechanical de-
partment of the road For the past
two months all shops have been work
ing forty hours a week. Commencing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
Flower Beds in Holiday Park

Holiday park has been beautifed
by the addition of seven geometrically
shaped flower beds. the flowers for
which We're donated and arranged by
four of the leading florists Of this city
The park now presents a pretty ap-
pearance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08
1IERoHANIs MUST Pay CASE
For Their Freight Bills When Goods
are Received.

The local freight agents association
at LeaN en7Volth. composed of the
agents of the Santa Fe Rock Island
missouri FacIh, Maple Leaf and Union
Faclnc roads have issued a circular
stating that on and after June Is credit
Will oe refused an firms on shipments
OF freight amounting to a ear load or
less, and that bills must be paid the
same day that freight is delivered
The action IF am agent of any one
line in stopping the delivery IF freight
until freight bills are paid VIII cause
wise
This manner of doing business. all
though new in Leavenworth IS old FL
topeka Credit has never been allowed
Topeka merchants on freight bills by
lhe railroads running into this civ
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Penrose and Wannamazer.

Huntington, Pa. June -F'orty-three
out of the 81 districts in this county
have reported on the result of last
nights primaries, showing that for sem
atoria1 delegate Penrose has received
SIS to 40 for Wanamazer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-08

Dainty, toothsome. appetizing. Brem-
ner's high teas; butter waters and Sar-
atoga flakes.
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today the working time is reduced to
sixteen hours week, or two days of
eight hours each 1t is thought that
the cut is only q temporary measure
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New York. June 8.-The treasury de-
partment has issued a call on deposi-
tory banks for the balance of their
holdings Of government money. The
amount involved is about ST. 500. 600. The
call is payable on or before June Is.
Dr. a. p. Sawyer: I have used one
box of your Family Cure for severe
pain in my side, and was cured from
all pain. Mrs Mary Jane Marshall
Ga1esburg. III. Frank Sim, Pharma-
cist, 607 Kansas avenue.
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DR.. A. p. Sawyer: After using one
tirely cured. My case had been treated
by. several doctors. Lucy Bitner. Kan
sas Ill. Frank SIM Pharmacist, 6O7
Kansas avenue
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GeEman aunboats Frown 81 49,

London. June S-A Berlin dispatch
to the Chronicle says. "The two Ger
man gunbOats have arrived at Nan
king, consequent upon the murder of
German military instructors"
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Brehnner's signifies the highest qua--
ity obtainable. Good grocers keep this
brand
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II you want all the news subscribe
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Concert by the DIodocs at Kansas
Avenue N. 3. church, Tuesday even
ing. June 9Th. Adults Csc; children 1Oe.