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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-10
CoNVICTs ESCAPE.
Two Climb 10 Feet Up an Air Shaft
One Shot and win Die.

Leavenworth, Sept. 10.-John Lelacl1
and Chas Pound. murCerers from
Cherokee county, serving-fife sentences
made a perilous and dangerous effort
to escape from the state prison yester-
day
Lelack was successful and is at
large. Pound was shot in the back and
leg and will probably die. The two
prisoners were together in the coal
mine, 40 feet below the surface. They
accomplished what seemed TO be the
impossible feat of climbing to the sur
face on a frail timbering which lines
the shaft. BY a slip or misstep both
might have fallen hundreds Of feet.
However, they both reached the sur
face and the mouth of the air shaft
outside the prison. They had almost
gained their liberty when a guard dis
covered them with above results.
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WYANDOTTE COUNTY WAR.
It Seems to be Hopeless State of
Bitterne ss.

The Wyandotte county war-as it is
now termed by politicians-has not
changed materially during the past
day, so far as any advice that has been
received at Republican headquarters
Secretary BristOw said this morning:
I'VE do not know ANYTHING further
concerning the matter. The committee
is still down there trying to adjust the
matter We thought we had the mat
would be satisfactory to all concerned,
but it seems that it was not and 1
don't know now how it will be settled"
The latest report from the seat of
war; is that the anti-Trickett men
have given notice that they will not
abide by the result of the primaries,
but will file their certificates of nom
nations and vote for their men regard
less of the consequences to the ticket
in that county.
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HAMILTON HALL A SHOW.
Besides the Floral Decorations 25 Big
American Flags are Used

American Flags are Used.
The decorations at Hamilton hall for
the ladies Floral Festival benefit ball
will be done in the national colors, red,
white and blue.
All day today Mrs c. S. Sutton and
two men, employed for the purpose.
have been engaged in decorating the
hall, and tomorrow, all day, the ladies
of the general committee will help.
The sale of tickets has been surpris-
ing, and though the reports from the
various sales people have not been re-
ceived, a low estimate places the num-
Der above 200.
1t is believed 300 tickets will have
been sold by tomorrow night.
1t is expected that the society peo-
pie will be there in force, and Assembly
and Oxford circles will largely com
prize the ball
All of the steam piping and other
unSightly wall fixtures in the hall are
being covered up, the windows draped
In the cOlors, and the stage entirely re-
draped. Yards and yards of red white
and blue paper and cloth is being used
and 25 immense flags from the state
house and the Republican headquarters
will help in the decorations.
The central part Of the hall is to be
used for dancing and at the ends of
the dancing space will be $50 chairs for
will be the refreshment space and it
will be separated from the rest of the
room by fancy screens loaned from
homes. Screens will also cut off the
geptlemen'S dressing room which will
be at the west end of the hall. A dozen
or more screens will be used in this.
Several dozen Japanese and Chinese
lanterns will be hung about the hail.
but they will not be lighted.
A great deal of upholstered furniture
such as sofas and chairs, will also be
people, and statuary Will be used also.
so.
The stage will be a mass of palms
and flowers, which will be furnished by
Mr.. Rodman and Mr.. Hayes, florists
On the floor of the hall will be a. great
many palms and plants also.
Promptly at $50 o'clock the grand
march will begin, led by Mr.. Edward
Wilder and Mrs. Jonathan Thomas.
MarshalIs band will play the march.
Gormly's band and WatsOn'S Orches-
ira will also play, and between the
dances selections will be given by the
Alhambra Mandolin club. About ITO
musicians will be engaged in furnish
ing music for this ball.
Prof. J. H. WetherelI will have
charge of the dancing.
He will be assisted by the following
society gentlemen: Ed Curry, W. J.
Burgess, W. A. Morton, 3. T. Lewis,
Geo. w. Crane, w. W. Webb, George
gle, Thos. A. Clements, Frank s. Da-
Wis and T. L. King.
The ladies expect to clear at least
$500 on the ball, and it will all be ex-
pended on the Floral parade Of the
Fall Festival
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DEATH OF MRS. GREENBAUM
A Sister of Mr.. S. Barnum of This City
Passes Away.

Mrs. NJ. Greenbaum, mother of Mr.
S. Greenbaum and sister of Mr.. S. Bar
mum of this city, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Burgauer at
Winfield, last evening at o'clock. Only
a few months ago the husband of the
deceased was taken away. The re-
mains will be brought to Topeka Friday
afternoon on the Santa. Fe train at 2
o'clock. The funeral procession will
form at the Santa Fe depot and proceed
directly to the Jewish cemetery where
short burial service will be held
Mrs. Greenbaum was IS years of age.
She WIS a highly respected and most
estimable lady and her many friends in
Topeka will hear of her death with pro-
found regret. The friends are invited
to join the funeral procession to the
cemetery.
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SANTA FE SUIT.
Tom Fenlon Settling With the Com
pany For Death of Pelton.

Atchison. Sept. 1O.-Thomas P. Fen
lon is in Atchison to take judgment in
the case of Jonathan Pelton against the
Santa Fe Railway company. This case
has been pending since 1889. Pelton
was injured in a railway accident in
1888 and died in November of the fol-
lowing year.
The case was tried in the Atchison
county district court and the plaintiff
got judgment for $4,000. In the su-
preme court the decision was reversed
on the ground of excessive judgment.
The railroad company did not care to
try the case again and a compromise,
it seems, was effected.
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SANGER AND BALD.
Race for 81, 900 Purse-sanger Wins
in Fast Time.

Watertown, N. Y, Sept. 1O-Ten thou
sand people saw Walter Sanger beat
Bald two straight heats in a mile race
at the Riverside park course in this
city yesterday for purse of 81, 900 con-
tributed by the Jefferson County Ag-
ricultural society.
A flying start was made by the men
and they were paced by a tandem. San
ger dropped in behind the tandem and
kept the position until the q pole was
reached, when he made his squirt, pass
ing the tandem and finishing two
lengths ahead of Bald. 1t was the fast
est mile ever ridden by a bicyclist in
northern New York. Time 1859 3-5.
In the second heat the men started
neck and neck closely followed by the
tandem. Sanger passed Bald at the q
pole and finished two lengths ahead.
Time 1857 rs.
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CALL EACH OTHER NAMES.
Leoti Blues and Garden City Reds
Continue to Wrangle.

To Sporting Editor State Journal.
Garden City, Sept. 1O.-In reply to a
piece in The Journal September 1, pub
lished by the Leoti Blues, I wish to say
the column published by the Garden
City Sentinel regarding the treatment
of the Reds during their stay at the
town of Leoti does not represent the
sentiment of the Reds but since the
Leoti fellow takes the trouble to make
the reply that he did 1 feel it my duty
to defend the Reds, who are gentlemen
fro first to last, unlike some of the
Leoti nine and as to their being cham
piOns of western Kansas they cannot
lay claim to that as they did not play
but four Leoti men and one of them
was not one of the regular nine. 1t is
true that Leoti Gall northwestern Kan
sas) beat the boys two straight games.
but it is impossible for a nine to beat
another nine together with the umpire
They call themselves a kid nine;''
we'll, that may be so, but if it is, the
Reds are babies as regards age and
weight compared with the Blues. AS
to the "howling crowd of humanity"
that is too mild. A kissing mob would
have suited better. The fellow speaks
of certain jugs of bug juice, in reply to
which I simply wish to say that the
gentleman varies from the path of truth
as all the Reds are of the best of char
acter and move in the best society. In
conclusion 1 wish to say that people
that live in glass houses should not
throw stones and that we do not wish
to hear any more of the Leoti boys. AL
though it amounts to nothing it might
give people who do not know the Reds
a bad opinion of them.
Z
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Great Decline in Cotton.

Washington, D. C., Sept. 1O.-The cot
ton report of the department of agri-
culture for September shows a decline
from the August condition Of the crop
which was SOL to 64.2 per cent, a decline
of199 points. This is the lowest Sep
TENDER condition reported in the last
twenty-seven years. The state aver
ages are as follows: Virginia so; North
Carolina 20; South Carolina 20; Georgia
Il; Florida Y; Alabama Sc; Mississippi
81; Louisiana so; Texas 81; Arkansas
so; Tennessee 81; Missouri 81; Indian
Territory so; Oklahoma IS.
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MUTUAL NATIONAL BANK
Also a New Orleans Institution Closes
Its Doors.

New Orleans. La. Sept. 1O.-The Nu-
tuaI National bank, 624 and 626 Canal
street, closed it's doors this morning.
Henry NTaspero, president, James J.
TarletOn, cashier.
The capital stock of the bank was
only $500 900 and it's line of deposits
very small 1t has been regarded as
weak for a long time. The bank is said
to have sufficient securities to liquidate
its entire Indebtedness. Yesterday a
rumor was in circulation that the bank
was about to go into liquidation,
though the directors had not then ia
ken any action on the subject.
They have now concluded to wind up
the business 1t is stated that leading
banks of this city hold in cash assets
an amount which is twice as large as
that usual at this season Of the year,
and are perfectly sound financially.
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ORPHANS HOME.
The New Institution at Atchison a
Model One.

Faulkner of the soldiers orphans
home, says that the new institution,
when in practical operation, will be one
of the most modern of its kind in the
United States. a
The cottage plan is a modern idea
and the institution has three cottages
which will accommodate families of 35
children each The domestic building.
which is the largest of the new struc-
lures, will contain a dining room with
a capacity of 300 children, a general
kitchen, a special training kitchen
where the older girls will be taught the
science of cooking, a hall for religious
services and other entertainments and
a basement for gymnasium and play
room.
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Kansas City, Sept. 1O.-score:

ger and Spear.
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FAST SWELLING.
Milwaukee Man Lowers the American
Record for 100 Yards.

Milwaukee, Sept. 1O.-George J. Whit
taker of this city, who has represented
the Chicago Athletic association in all
the national swimming championships
for the past year, yesterday broke the
American record for 100 yards. Whit
taker has held the 10O-yard champion
ship of the country, but he has never
succeeded in lowering the time of Ken
ny, the Australian, who swan 100 yards
in 1909 3-5 in New York in 1894. On
July 4 Whitaker tied the record, but
in the RACES held under the auspices of
the D1ilw6 ukee Rowing club, he swan
100 yards in 1909, with one turn in open
water. and without a push-off. In
swimming the course Whitaker swan
out of his way or he would have made
even better time. Four thousand per-
sons witnessed the race.
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Armed Men in Juarez-

ST. Lous, Sept 1O.-A special to the
Republic from Ell Paso, Tex, says:
Juarez, Mex, is alive with armed men.
The Mexican authorities learned yester-
day, from what they consider a relia bic
source, that the same parties attempted
to capture the Mexican custom house
at NOgales last month. At this hour
a company of Mexican infantry is IN
der arms in the custom house and
troop of cavalry is patrolling the town.
People crossing from this side are close
" inSDected
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Mrs. Haisch,s Ankle Broken.

Mrs. Betty Haisch, mother Of John
Haisch, had her ankle broken last night
by being kicked by a horse. John
Haisch drove to his home at 400 West
ern avenue and unhitched his horse.
His mother came out with a lantern so
that he might see to put the animal in
the stable. The horse no sooner saw
the light than he began rearing and
plungfng, and he struck Mrs. Haisch on
he foot
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Working for Corn Carnival Success.

Atchison, Sept 10.-Mayor Waggener
goes to Chicago next week and has
scheme to bring the interstate COM
merce commission to Atchison for the
corn carnival.
They held a meeting in Kansas City
on the 25th, and the plan is for them to
leave Chicago on the evening of the
23d, and spend the oath in Atchison.
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NEW ORLEANS FAILURE.
Investigation Shows Declarations of
Half a Million.

New Orleans, Sept. 1O.-President
Chaleron closed the Union National
bank without consulting the directors
The cause of the suspension Is attribu-
ted to a long line of defalcatIons dis
covered when the system Of book
keeping was changed and were said to
amount to about half million dollars
There had been quite a run for some
time The failure caused a censidera-
BILE run on other banks, and last night
the clearing houses passed a resolution
limiting Withdrawals to $100 so as to
prevent a panic.
Bank Examiner johnson remained at
work all night on the books of the
bank. It is expected that several ar
rests will be ordered. Suspicion seems
to rest upon some of the bank employees.
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CHICAGO 6: PITTsBITRG 3

Pittsburg, Sept. 10.-Attendance 1900
Score: r. H z.
Pittsburg .....O2OOO 01O0-8 4
Chicago 40 0 O112 o. -6 II 3
Observation-Disclosures Killen and Mer-
rift; Chicago, Briggs and Donohue.
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River Work at Omaha.

Omaha, Sept. 1O.-The big draw of the
East Omaha bridge turned this morn
fleet of government boats to pass up the
river to the point above the bridge,
where the work of completing the IN
finished rip-rapping is to be commence
ed at once. The boats were the Hugo
and the Atlanta, and they toWed a
number of scoWS.
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Unlawful Fish s1&ing.

Atchison, Sept. 1O.-The case Of the
fellows caught seining in DOniphan
did not appear and his 5000 bond was
forfeited. The Hank Steele case was
compromised by his paying a fine of
$40 and all the costs and dismissing the
prosecution against the fellows that
shot at him and paying the costs in that
case also
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Secretary of COMMITTEES Of Fifteen.

If you have ever seen a little child
in the agony of summer complaint, you
can realize the danger of the trouble
and appreciate the value of instantan-
eous relief always: afforded by De-
Wits Collie and Cholera Cure. For
dysentery and diarrhoea it is reliable
remedy. We could not afford to rec
ornmend this as cure unless it We're a
cure. For sale by C. W. Stansheld, 632
Kansas avenue
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A FIFTY INCH SNAKE.
Story From Butler County of Moth
er and A Baby Snakes.

Douglas. Sept. 1O.-A short time ago
a huge snake was found out at A H.
Smiths, on Rock creek. It was so
inches in length and inches around.
1t was killed and inside of it were A
little snakes, each 10 inches long, MAX
ing in aggregate length 400 inches. The
variety was probably water moccasin,
as the mother serpent of that variety
shelters her young by swallowing them,
and the color answers the description
of the big, poisonous water mOccasin.
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RETURNED FROM SWEDEN.
Augusta Excursienists to Europe Had
Lots of Fun.

Ell Dorado, Sept. 10.-Geo. W. Brown
of Augusta, who, with Mrs. Brown,
spent the summer in Norway, Russia
and Sweden, has returned.
He says for two weeks, so far as the
sun was concerned, they did not know
when to get up or when to go to bed.
the summer. The hottest day he saw
in that country the mercury stood at "a
degrees
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PAYING PHONE SYSTEM.
Fort Scott Company Finds the Bal
ance on the Right Side.

Fort Scott, Sept. 1O.-The annual re-
port of the telephone company in this
city just made shows 116 shares of
stock have been subscribed and fully
paid, and that ia of them are now in
use at a rental of 81 each per month:
that there are 43 patrons not members
of the company; that the monthly rev.
enue is 1896, and that the average
monthly expenses are about $3.50, leaV-
ing about SAC monthly surplus
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Gold Men Supporting Bryan.

Albany, N. Y, Sept. 1O.-The Demo-
cratic primary in the Third assembly
district selected Senator Hill as one of
the delegates to the state convention
A silver resolution was adopted and the
delegates were instructed to vote for
the Chicago platform. Nine delegates
selected by the convention are cOnsid-
cred to be gold men, but the entire del
egation is instructed to support Bryan
and SeMall
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=. w. Hugheg, InstaIlment House.

Still doing business at the same old
place and still sells more goods for the
money, at lower prices, than any other
instaIlment house. Call and see his line
of carpets, rugs, curtains, dishes, toilet
sets, lamps and household specialties.
1O7 East Fifth street, opposite postCfice.
Low prices and east payments
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Small Fire at Cimarron.

Cimarron, Sept. 1O.-The residence of
William Studley, one-half mile west of
town, with all its contents, was last
night consumed by fire. A lighted lamp
left burning is supposed to have ex-
ploded. The family were all at a
church social when it occurred.
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A WOMAN JoTNrTsT.
Arrested In the City of Lawrence
Another Joint Pulled.

Lawrence, Sept 1O-The police ar
rested lobe Wallace and raided his
place of business over near the Pinck-
ney school He was arraigned in police
court yesterday morning and trial set
for today. Mary A. Snow was also ar
rested for selling liquor and will be
tried at the same time. The place run
by Wallace was almost wide open and
has been a great nuisance for a long
time. There were several rows over
there Sunday and the arrest was the
result
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Lutheran COLLEGE onena

Winfield, Sept. 1O.-The Lutheran col
1ege opened yesterday for the fall term
with 40 students enrolled. The college
commenced a successful term last
year with an enrolment of only 18
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NEWSPAPER CHANGE.
Mankato Advocate Proprietor Sells
Half Interest.

bought a half interest in the Western
Advocate of this place, one of the lead
ing Populist journals of the Sixth dis
trfct.
The change was occasioned by the
absence of the owner, w. E. Bush, who
will be gone most of the time making
his canvass.
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defeated the Brooklyns in a smuggling
match. Attendance 2.2O7. Score:
r. H E.
Baltimore ....0s112O "-17 Is 5
Brooklyn .....8 0 8 2 o 0 O-s ID
Batteries Baltimore, Hoffer and Rob
inson; Brooklyn, Abbey, Kennedy and
Burrell.
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While Detective ZelIer was searching
for John Ritchie's stolen watch yester-
day at the pawn shops, he found J. c.
Gilchrist's watch which had been stolen
by one of the same gang of little color
ed boys, although it was not supposed
that it had been paWned.
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To the Public.

The Committee of Fifteen desires to
secure the name of each individual or
firm which is. or contemplates, con-
structing a float for the grand parade
of the Festival. AS secretary of the
Committee of Fifteen I urge that all
such persons or firms send me their
names and a short description of the
float, which will be considered as con-
fidentiaL This will help the commit
tee in determining what it shall build.
THOS. F. DORIAN,
encratar-,z Of Cor,arr,ittaa nf E,tftnor,
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CLEVELAND 8: ST. LOUIS 3.

Cleveland. Sept. 1o.-The feature of
the game was the eight put outs of
Burkett for Cleveland in left field.
Score: r. H. z.
Cleveland ....OOso O122&8 IL 0
St. Louis 80 5000 21O-S 9 2
Batteries-C Cleveland, Wilson and Zim-
mer; st. Louis, Donohue and McFar-
land.
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BATTLE WITH BURGLARS.
Masked Men Try to Break Into Leav-
enWorth ELECTRIC RaiIvzav- na,,n4

LeavenwOrth, Sept. 1O.-Tonv Marc
toll, who runs the lunch counter in the
Home depot of the electric road cbaea5
Two burglars away from his place ar
an early hour yesterday morninsr
Tony was awakened by a noise in
the room He looked up and saw a
man in the act of breaking into a show
case. Another man stood outside of the
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Cambridge Soldiers Reunion.

Winfield, Sept. 1O.-The first day of the
old soldiers reunion at Cambridge was
a success. There was a large attend
ance, and with well filed baskets,
speeches and music. Speeches were
made by Captain J. B. Fishback and
Colonel S. Z Fink of this CITY.
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door. Tony made break for the near
est burglar and both ran. Tony then
went to the door and fired four shots
at them. They shot back twice. None
of the shots took effect. A skeleton key
was used by the burglars.
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BALTIMORE II; BROOKLYN g.
Baltimore, Sept. 1O.-The Champions
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Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 1O.-2 p. MT
has been agreed that Matt Savage Of
ClearffeId and De Witt G. De Witt Of
Bradford will be chosen as the candi-
dates for congressman t-Iarge. The
Populists will be given four Of the
electors.
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500. Score:
r H E.
Washington ..41O16 - 16 5
Philadelphia % 1 OO013 9-11 16 4
Batteries Washington. Mercer and
Farrell; Philadelphia, Orth and Grady
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WiIson High School opens.

Wilson, Sept. 1O-The city school
opened Monday with an attendance of
$50. Prof Dallas Grover, Prof. N
COOver, J. L. Greenhalgh, Oscar KEEL
lei and Miss Lizzie Dolphfs as tnstruc-
tors
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Minneapolis, Sept. 1O.-score:

Minneapolis ..8o1o12OO II 2
Columbus 30 o OIL OO-1 Z 2
Batteries-Parker and Schriver; Bos-
well and KehOe
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wichita Fair september 21-26.

Wichita, Sept 1O.-Great prepara-
tons are being made for the fair which
will be held here Sept. 21-26 Good
races and fine stock exhibits will be
feature.
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WASHINGTON p: PHILADELPHIA11 II.
Washington, Sept. 1O.-Attendance
500 Score