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Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
VIII Meet To-nirIt.

The Eighth Ward James q. Blaine cub
will meet ut lower Turner hnll tonight.
The executive committee. to whom th"
question of the consolidation with the
Eighth Ward Republican club was r,-
frrred, Will make It's report. \ number ut
good speakers will he present and all Re-
publicans are invited 10 attend.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10

Guthrie, O. T., Aug. 9-tSpecial) Govern
or Renfrow Is At work on his annual re
port. which will be o volnminous document
actions in official and business circles of
the territory throughout the year, with sta.
tistics on all subjects obtainable, which viii
make II one OF the most interesting and vol
luminous documents yet issued in the ter
ritory.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10

John Dendorffer, butcher on Twelfth
street. between McGee and Oak streets,
was overcome by the heat Saturday after,
noon. lie was attended at his home and
revived permanently.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
Positions.
Minneapolis.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
western League s,undins.
MInneapolI. Z, IIIwauI.ee 3.

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 9,-Borchers' Wild
ness and poor support gave to-day's game
to Minneapolis. Score:
RHE
Milwaukee 30 | o 0 0 o o 2-3 10 5
batteries = Milwaukee. Borchers and
Spear; Minneapolis. Figgemier. Parker and
Schriyer
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
Eiuh,.en Dead Mt Philadelphia.

Philadelphia. Aug 9--Therc were eight
cen deaths ana thirty prostrntions from
heat in this city to-day. II was the hot
test day Of the year, the thermometer reg
istcrlng g6.6 at 4 o'clock.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10

with lass AMI torpedocs. the latter for tho
timers and to Indicate to Anderson when to
40 ahead fast and when to SLOW up.
Anderson announces that he viii make
another attempt on August %. on wheel
To ION
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Ctncinnati 8, LouisviIIe 4.

Cincinrsti. o.. Aug. s--L.ouisville's errors
"a on balls won the game for Gin,
I'M t.prohied moi at ali by Cincin-
NJ as as Umpire Lally seemed 10 the
u sof ,he unfair In three cases.
The r. ming Clarke hit for ons
oh.drove u ny to left. which
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10

wamego, Kas.. Aug. 9.-tSpecai.) Yester-
day afternoon ]. Poojman, u colored man,
about % years old, when bathing in the
Kansas river, at Wabaunsee. was taken
with cramps and drowned.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10

"Supposing." remarked the man who
wears glasses and talks at random. that
We We're TO have n war"
Were not going TO have any such a
thing" replied keener
"lut supposing we should What seems
q misfortune would become an advantage.
II we should have a war wouldn't go be-
cause I'm too nearslghted."
81 wouldn't go, either I'm too far
sighted. ."--Washi Star.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
'Krau- out for failure to bat in turn

Earned runs-Kansas City. :.
Twobasc hlts-Lake . Nyce. Callahan.
Threebase hits-Lakc. Campau, Spies.
Double play-Shugart unlssisted.
Bases on balls-On Callahan, Il of Null
lane, 3.
Struck out-By Mullanc, g.
Hit by pitched ball-Menefee
Time OF game-li0
Tmpre-Carruthcrs.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
Ninrocsy VIII Prnhnbiy Win second
Prize and piIisbury Has u
Chance for Third.

The Porges-S -Showal'or game, In the sew
cntsenth round. was drawn hnl not Wun
by porres, as previously reported. The
hnai nine games will he played on Monday
IN the following order:
Jarowski VS. Pcrgea. Tarrasch VS. Al
lin Steinits VS.. Pillshury. TsChirorin VS..
Schiners, Charousek vs.. Lasker, Black
hurne ys, schleehtsr. Teich'nann W. Marco,
Schallop, Walbrndt n bye
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
A Chance to sen Your House.

eight rooms, well located, good yard and
modern improvements. Address. giving full
particulars. 265. Journal office.
Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10

Aren't there q great number OF sugar
plantations in Cuba?'
"Yes. Sugar plantations to burn."-I.ife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
BOOMING THE FESTIVAL.
What Kansas Papers Are Saying
About Our Fall Festivities.

The week of September 8 to October
3 this year viii be a gala season for all
kansans who can get to the state capi-
tai to attend the great fall festival and
carnival in honor of the Union soldiers
of '61-'65- Topeka is already making
extensive preliminary arrangements for
the entertainment of visitors and has
the committee of fifteen Pa thorough
ly organized body of its most wide
awake and public spirited men-ln
charge of affairs The committee is
actively at work. meets regularly once
q week. and with 1000 subscribed by
the citizens at its disposal, promises to
give the veterans and their friends a.
week of wonderful pageautry. electrical
fres-a time of unmiXed pleasure, in
nOcent fun and revelry.-Iola Register
The agreement Of Governor Mckinley
to attend the autumn reunion at To-
pelza is another success for the Occa-
sion This viii probably be the great
est meeting of Old soldiers ever held
in Kansas. unless the big reunion OF 80
be excepted. And it viii exceed that in
point of raction.-Winheld Sentinel.
The managers Of the old soldiers re
union to be held at Topeka the last Of
September have made great stroke
by enga ging Mckinley for a speech on
that occasion The engagement is posi-
tive, and the rush to see the next presi-
dent Will simply be tremendOus.-Oska
loOsa independent
The old soldiers reunion at Topeka
next fall should be one Of the grandest
gatherings i'm the history of the state.
Major Mckinley has promised to be
present and speak to the boys" and
he always keeps his prOmises.-Blue
Rapids Times
Topeka win be strictly in it with her
G.. "a. r. reunion i'm September. She
has succeeded i'm getting the biggest att
traction that America can produce this
year Major VIM. cKinley--ROOlzs
County Record
Mckinley viii be at the state reunion
which takes place in Topeka No man
in America can draw a larger crowd
CLYDE Herald
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this summer. About once in ten years
this occurs, and such seasons have gen
orally been marked in the past by ocean
disasters Just 40 years ago this sum-
mer the greatest mass Of ice ever known
to have appeared in the Atlantic drifted
down from the arctic regions, and
many good ship met disaster among
the beYgs. Tt is to be hoped, though,
with tho powerful searchlights with
which steamers are now equipped, and
with the increased methods of warning
sailors Of such dangers, the summer
may pass without a repetition Of such
catasTophes.
Most Of the people who crowd to the
rail of a big liner in naidocean when the
word is passed around from pilot house
to steerage, Iceberg to starboard, -
have but a dim idea as to where the
strange visitor came from. They marvel
at the fantastic shapes Of its peaks and
pinnacles, at the glory Of its colors, at
the chill which it causes in the atmos-
phere and speculate vaguely as to how
and why it left its farof home.
The number Of people alive who have
witnessed that grand and awful sight,
the birth Of an iceberg, are few indeed.
Those who have tell us that it is one Of
the most impressive and awe inspiring
exhibitions Of any Of which the forces
of nature allow man to be a Spectator
Through the eyes of some Of these bold
investigators let Us trace one Of these icy
mountains Of the deep from the cradle
to the grave.
OF course when we look for the home
Of the iceberg we turn naturally to
Greenland. That vast and mysterious
island, which some explorers say should
be called a continent, is entirely cover
ed by a great sea of ice, many thousands
Of feet deep. This is called the ice cap.
The immense falls Of snow yearly in
crease it III thickness. On the top it is
merely snow, but as this melts it sinks
down and under pressure of many tons
becomes ice, clear as crystal and almost
as solid and hard as marble.
The pressure of this great mass, so
enormous that we can scarcely realize
it, does something more than change
snow into ice. 1T causes a slow but
gradual movement of the great ice cap
over the surface of the country, which
slopes gently to the coast. AS the ice
reaches the shore it is met by barrier
in the shape of a rugged range Of rocky
mountains. IF there were no outlets, the
ice sea would overflow their tops, high
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
THE sCORCHER sCORCHEs.
81 Thinks Thoughts. Frees His Mind and
Comes to Grief at Last.
Ting-a-Hngl Ting -a-Hngl
Sfand asiaa tharal

=
Comes to Grief at Last.
Ting-a-ingl Ting-a-Hngi
Stand aside, therel
never saw anything like the incousid-
sratoness of these people. The roads run
ming through their villages are so uneven
that there is no comfort in riding on them,
and when you take to the sidewalks the
people get in your way Now here's a
nice stretch Of cement walk, as straight
and smooth as a cinder path, running
from one end Of the village to the other,
and yet there arc men and women and
even children walking on it. Well, it's
their own fault if they get hurt. Here
goesl
Ting-a-lingI Ting-a-Iing ling -IingI
Clear the road, good peopIel I'm aeon
ingl
BY George, there's that constable with
a tin star who warned me last week to
keep off the sidewalks herel Well, he'll
have a nice time catching mo unless some
kid gets in my way and throws me. He's
got that crook handled cane too. Now
that ism right Crook handles ought to
be absolutely barred in every civilized
country where the bicycle is in use. They
are dangerous. I can take chances with a
man with a club, but if any one gets
hook on the wheel it's a dead sure thing
that II land on my neck over in the next
county. 1t ought to be penitentiary Of
fense to carry such a thing. It's ten times
worse than carrying concealed weapons.
Look outl Hi Ting-a-lingi You Il
force me into the gutter
The idea of permitting any one to wheel
q baby carriage on the sidewalk It's an
outrage, that's what it isl It's a menace
to any one who ISM walking. Suppose I
had run into that baby It would proba-
bly, have ruined the wheel, and that con
stable with the tin star would have caught
me sure But-what in thunder is he do
ing now? Hang me, if he ism It calling me
80 stopl I like his neryel
Save your wind and keep your eyes
open, old man I'll be along this way
again next week, and perhaps you can get
me then, If you watch Outl
Funny old geezerl But he's like all the
rest of these country eonstables. They
think they re wise and foxy, but men like
me get the better Of them ten times day.
We just play with them, and
Who is he signaling TO up ahead of me?
1t must be that bOyi I wonder what
Hi Don't swing that gate openl Can't
you see that it swings clear across the side
walk, and I'll
Bangl Ripl S-s-s-sl Ouehl
Pneumatic tire ripped, spoke busted,
clothes torn, IL bruises and a practical
certainty that III get not less than $40
and costs. Well, I'm in luck that I didn't
break my neck. Beaten by a constable and
a small b0y.--Chicago Post.
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- 80 AZ MAruRIrT.

as they are. But there are outlets. They
are IN the form of valleys which open
on the bays or on the sea itself. Into
these the ice cap pours its solid rivers
which scientists call glaciers
The rate at which they move is so
slow as to be imperceptible-three or
four feet year at most. Yet these riv-
ers are hundreds of miles long. With
out any figuring you can see that the
ice which finally reaches the ocean after
such trip must be centuries old.
Now we viii look at the mouth of
one Of those arctic rivers Of ice. The
scene in summer is one of deceptive
tranquility. You can see the precipitous
cliffs from between which the glacier
pr0rudes. A wall OF ice from $50 to
400 feet high has been pushed out into
the bay. Against it's foot the waves lap
gently. The great mass of ice looks as
stable and as solid as the rocky prom
one0ry. beside it. All is peace.
Suddenly something happens. With a
tremendous roar and crash like a peal
OF thunder q big section Of the GLACIER
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
THE BERG IN IT'S OLD ACE.

impetuous cataracts that wear away the
walls until they look like spires or pin
nacles.
In its passage over the Grand bank
the berg viii generally ground two or
three times, and viii not move until its
size has been diminished sufficiently for
it to float again. When it does move off,
it encounters the full force of the Gulf
stream. Then disintegration goes on
rapidly. The wave caverns are worn
clear through until they form arches
Quitting cliffs are formed, which break
off of their own weight and fall into
the sea. The berg is worn away at the
water line and below it, so that it be-
comes top heavy. Then it topples over
with a great crash. Turning turtle, y
the sailors call this, and woe to the un-
lucky ship that happens to be in the
way when this occurs. This inclination
of bergs to roll over makes it dangerous
for curious spectators to approach too
closely to them
As the berg gets farther south the
water grows warmer and the rays OF
the sun stronger 1t changes position
often, and is split up into smaller pieces
These smaller bergs do not last long,
and finally disappear altogether, leav-
ing not a trace Of the great white mass
which left its arctic cradle with so
much commotion only a few months be-
fore.
Icebergs of large size are seldom seen
below latitude Al degrees, which is
about opposite the port of New York,
and they never get farther south than
40 degrees The snow Of which they
were formed, and which fell ages ago in
the region around the pole, returns
again to liquid shape and mingles with
the waters of the Atlantic.
CYRUS SYLVESTER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20
STORY OF AN ICEBERG.
From It's Arctic Cradle to DISCO
luton in Southern Waters.
LARGE CROP OF BERGS THIS YEAR.
They Appear Earlier Than Usual In
The Path Of the Atlantic Liners
and Add to the Picturesqueness
and Perils Of Navigation.

About this season Of the year the pas
Bengers and officers on the Atlantic liners
come into port and tell startling yarns
about narrow escapes from icebergs and
marvellous stories describing their
glimpses Of these weird and ghostly
phantoms Of the deep. This spring it
seems the steamers have met ice earlier
than usual and bergs in greater num-
beers than for years The charts sent out
by the photographic bureau show that
the north Atlantic is dotted with float
ing mountains Of ice. The lower edge
OF the ice pack extends down across tho
path taken by the fast passenger steam
ships. and not a captain in the service
but feels more or less anxiety until his
craft is safely past the ice belt
The appearance Of large numbers Of
bergs at this time Of the year indicates
that there viii be a big crop Of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

'Well, how do you like farmingq Has
the hog cholera got in your pigweed patch
yet?' asked the friend from the city
johnson, who had rented a farm to es-
cape an epidemic of appendicitis that was
raging in the city, extracted silver from
his thumb and replied: II can tell you
farming isn't the snap folks think.
There's lots of work. A couple of weeks
ago 1 wanted to set a hen. The hens were
all laying. and, not wishing to interrupt
them, set a rooster. I've been working
with him ever since. That bird is as faith
less to his vows as a summer girl But
my worst stroke of luck was last week.
"What was it? Forget to put quilts on
your onion bed9''
mo; not that You see, had a colt
neighbors told me TO feed it plenty of corn
in the ear. I did 50, and 1 am afraid it is
going to die The poor animal has been
deaf as a bat ever since.@Truth. -
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foot splits of, and before the echoes
have ceased it is tossing and rolling like
some huge leviathan- The water Is
dashed into foam all around it, and
huge waves chase each other about IN
reckless confusion. An iceberg has been
born.
Captain @. T. Hall. who was poet
as well as an explorer, has described
such scene IN verse as follGws;
Harzl A dun crash bowling, ravenous yell
Opening full symphony Of CHASTITY sound;
Earring, yet blunt, if the dismal hell
Lent its strange anguish from the rent pro
Through all its scale the horrid diseord rang,
Now Knocked the beast, now took the groan
Of man.
Gradually the water becomes calm,
the noises cease, the huge berg finds its
equilibrium, and then, from out those
glacial solitudess begins its long journey
southwark.
The cause Of the splitting of the berg
from the glacier is better understood
now than it used to be. The first ex-
plorers saw masses of ice drop from the
tops of the cliffs into the sea- This was
still more spectacular and grand But
DR. Kane found that most of the bergs
were formed at the mouths Of the gla-
ciers where the ice rivers projected into
the sea. 1t is the upward pressure Of
the water on the floating end Of the
glacier that breaks off the bergs, so that
they do not ordinarily drop into the sea-
but rise from it.
The first year or SO of the iceberg g
existence may be passed as part of the
ice foe IN which it is securely locked by
the winter formation. But when the
spring comes and the pack is broken up
by fierce storms the berg is released and
swings out into the arctic current to
take its place in the procession that
moves majestically southwark
Now its days are numbered All goes
well, however, as it sweeps down through
Davis straits. Its appearance is sub
stantial and formidable. Its walls rise
almost perpendicularly for over 500 feet.
Its sides may be scanned and qrOOved
from its contact with the mountains
which it has passed, but its top is GOV
cred with pure white snow.
AS the berg rounds the Newfound-
land coast it first feels the warm lap Of
the Gulf stream which is to destroy it.
Its progress up to this time has been
somewhat rapid but now it goes more
slowly The reason for this is that the
upper current of warm water is moving
north. Yet it moves on against current
and wind, for the great mass Of the
berg, which extends eight times as far
under the water as it towers above it. is
urged on by the underlying arctic cur
rent
By the time the berg has reached a
point opposite the northern coast Of
Labrador the warm sun above and the
warm waves at its water line have be-
gun to change its appearance. It's top is
no longer a level plateau, but is nodded
into queer shapes. A south wind viii
set the waves to carving out a great
cavern in its exposed side. The snow on
ats top viii melt and run of the sides in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

NO one can give the figures to sub
stantiate it, but there is a reliable
story abroad that Buttons hold on
western Kansas has 1oosened.-Wic
Eagle.
He never had any hold The Burton
boom is confined principally to Wichita
and Dodge City, and it's a mighty slim
boom even there--Ashland Journal
The more Mr.. Burton goes about and
"mingles" the smaller his boom grows
With an his requirements. Mr. Burton
has failed to acquire sincerity. Always
artificial. never genuine. Tt is the char
acter of the man. Some learn to con-
ceal, but Mr. Burton is unable to fool
MANY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Chetopa. Advance. An examination
Of the election returns Of two years ago
reveals some very interesting facts just
at this time. Morrin's plurality was
80. s6s. Troutman's was IS. $50. Although
Morrill, had such a big majority over
all others at the convention ne seems
to have been less popular at the polls.
The vote reveals the further fact that
If the opposition vote had been COM
bined on one man, Morrill, would have
been defeated by 1889 votes. and yet
Troutman, with a combined opposition
against him. would have been elected
by ], 963 votes In eighty-one counties
Troutman received more votes than
Morrill,. Troutman is even more popu-
lar now than he was two years ago. be-
cause of the magnificent canvass he
made at that time He won friends
everywhere. We heard one delegate
to the state convention two years ago
say that after hearing Troutman make
his speech before the convention he was
sorry he did not vote for him for gov
ernor, and he said other delegates felt
as he did about the matter The truth
of the matter is that today the people
of Kansas are nearly as strong in the
state for Troutman as they are ia the
nation for Mckinley. The politicians
are against Mckinley and Troutman.
But this year the politicians don't seem
to be in it. They are not in the nation,
and we hope they win not be in the
state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Ia Crosse Chieftain. Topeka is al
ready at work in dead earnest on its
much talked Of fall festival Six thous-
and dollars viii be expended on mag
nihcent floats, Illuminated professions,
dambeau displays and grand tableaux
on the south portico Of the state cap
itol The name for the big carnival
VIII be the Kansas 6. A. r.. Reunion
and Topeka's Annual Festivities for the
Union Veterans of 1876. September %,
g. 80, october 4, 2, g 1sss.s
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An antisquirrel convention is to be
held in Spokane, Wash, on May IS,
which viii be attended by delegates
from all county boards in eastern Wash
ingtOn- The purpose of the convention
is to make united and determined efforts
to exterminate the ground squirrel,
which annually destroys grain and other
crops in that region to the value Of sew
eral hundred thousand dollars.
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The Baggage smasher's Fate.

First Baggage Smasher-Say, Jake, I'm
thinkin it u'd be money in our pockets if
we'd begin handlin trunks more keerfuI.
Jake-Why wud it?
Because the more we smash 'em, tho
bigger and stronger and heavier they make
'em. I've struck three this mornin made
out o. reg lar boiler iron. Ne backs most
broke. Now York Weekly.
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Pleasant For Mamma.

Little Johnnie docking ouriously at the
visitor -Where did the chicken bite you,
Mr.. Billus? 1 don't see any Of the marks.
Visitor-Why, Johnny, L haven't been
bitten by any chicken
johnny Mamma, didn't you tell papa
Mr.. Billus was dreadfully hen pecked2
Why mamma, how funny you loOkI Your
face Is All red l-Texas Sifter.
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Pittsburg Tribune: The Grand Army
reunion at Topeka next fan viii be
the big occasion Of the season in kan
sas. The people Of the state would like
to for once see what Topeka can do in
the way of entertaining a large crowd
They have been disappointed some
times in the past VIII they be this
tfme2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

It is noted in southern California
that since the extensive planting of Gu
calyptus trees in that region there have
been no droughts such as formerly
caused great suffering and less. The
rainfall is increasing every year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

1T appears that the delay in appoint
ing a successor to Walter N. ALLEN has
served a double purpose. Tt has saved
the state some money and saved the
Sixth district for Governor Morrill, if
Lockard and his friends can deliver it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

The Louisiana election controversy
has ended. as they always do n the
south. in the seating Of the Democrat.
There IS little doubt that the Republi-
can-Populist candidate was elected.
but the other side had the machinery
and knew how to use it.
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Weather Indications

Chicago. ay 2O-For Kansas: Show
ers fla east portion this afternoon fair
tonight and Thursday; cooler tonight
winds shifting to westerly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-20

Osborne Farmer: Topeka is to have
an enormous crowd at the state sol
diers' reunion next fail Major DrcKin-
ley has promised to be present and de-
liver one of his patriotic addresses. and
an Kansas VIII turn out to do him
honor