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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
BOUGHT $4,000 WATCHES.
Prince HlkoR Placed Large Order
for Russian Railway Employees.

New York. Oct. 22.-Prince Hilkon.
the Russian minister of railways and
commerce. accompanied by his SON,
Prince Michael Hnkoff. occupied suites
on the American line steamship St.
Paul, which sailed Wednesday for
Southampton.
The prince is pleased with many
American railroad devices and may
adopt some Of them in his country. 1t
is said one result Of his visit to the
United states is the placing by him OF
an order for 1900 American watches
to be used by employees of Russian rail-
roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Black Mrs. Belle
Hall Small, Miss Nellie PETER Miss
Elenna Cross, Miss Lottie Page of Den
yer. Miss Lou Nelly and Miss Sadie
Atchison of Leavenworth. Mr.. J Frey,
Mr.. John Frey, Mr. Frank Lewis. Mr..
G. Il. Curry. Mr.. A. #. Williams Mr..
Walter Burgess, 1Ir. Frank Bennett.
formed a dancing party at Lieb's hall,
Tuesday evening.
Miss Nellie PETER entertained a few
very Informally at luncheon yesterday
noon Her guests were Mrs. W J.
Black, Mrs. Arthur Mills, Mrs. Belle
Hall Small, Miss Glenna Cross. Miss
Lottie Page, Miss Lon Nelly, Miss Sa-
die Atchison
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een. 80 and VanderbiIt I'd Territor7

4Iinco. l. T.. Oct. 22-Gen. Nelson A
Miles, commander of the United States
army. is at Anadarko. Indian agency.
w K Vanderbilt is his guest. They
are taking in the annual arm target
practice in the Wichita reservation,
which is to continue until November L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
NEWS FROM JAPAN.
japanese Establish a Steamship Line
to Australia

Vancouver. Oct. 22.-Advices by the
steamer Empress of Japan state: Brig
adler w. NJ. Powell has been APP
pointed commander Of the Salvation
Army in Japan
A Japanese steamship line to Aus
tralia has been started, the Yamashiro
Naru. the pioneer steamer having left
Kobe on October with 400 tons cargo.
The emperor and empress Of Japan
have made large donations for the suf-
ferers in the various provinces visited
by the earthquakes and floods
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
WILL BET 100000.
Michael Doran Has That MuchWhich
Says Minnesota Will Go Repub-
Hcan.

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. EN- an inter
view with the Pioneer Press, Michael
Doran, banker and broker in this
city and know all over the United
States as a Democratic national COM
mitteeman and leader in Minnesota for
twenty years. announced that he is
willing and ready to bet any part or all
of s1OO.0 900 that Mckinley for president,
would carry Minnesota at the coming
election
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
DAVID HENDERSON SUED.
A Former Employe Sues for 100000
DAMAGES for False Inprisonm ent.

Chicago. Oct. 22.-Matthew W. Pink
erton and David Henderson are code
which is on trial before a jury in Judge
Smiths court The complainant is
Albert Beaumont once advertising
agent of the Chicago Opera House.
Beaumont was arrested in August 1880,
on complaint of Henderson, the man
ager of the opera house. and indicted
on the charge OF embezzlement. The
charge was that he had sold theater
passes. The arrest was made by Pink
erton. Beaumont was tried and ac-
Quilted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22

Constantinople. Oct. 22.-An trade has
been issued Ievying a poll tax of five
piastres per head on all Mussulmans
and increasing the taxes on sheep, pub
lie works and education by to ~ per
cent. These taxes, with the revenue
from the five projected monopolies, will
it is estimated, produce 100000 Turk
ish pounds, which will be used for mil
itarY purpOses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
Silver Democrats Petition Denied.

Lincoln Oct. 22.-The supreme court
has denied the petition of the silver
Democrats for a mandamus to restrain
the secretary of state from certifying
the national Democratic state ticket
and national electors to the county
clerks Of the state. This leaves the
Palmer and Buckner ticket the only
one to be designated as Democratic on
the Nebraska state ofIicial ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
princeaa ITelene Reaches Rome.

Rome, Oct. z2.-Princess Helene of
Montenegro, made her state entry into
Rome today. The princess and her re-
latives arrived here at Il O'Clock and
were welcomed by King Humbert
Queen Margaret. the crown prince, her
betrothed husband the ministers, mem
bers of the diplomatic corps, etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22

only daughter. AIaude. died in Paris,
Monday. October 10. shortly after the
birth of daughter She was the wife
Of Julian F. BIeuditt, and had resid-
ed in Paris since her marriage. Mrs
Charles A Stevenson (I<ate Claxton)
was with her daughter when she died
and will bring the remains home for
burial She viii also bring her little
rnotherIess granddaughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
Saw Buaalo'' Bill.

a party of young people attended
Buffalo Bits Wild West show last
evening The party included Mr. Dean
Waters and Miss Fe Yates Mr. Ed
ward Dennis and Miss Santa Waters,
NIr. Fred Gordon and Miss Lee Red
den, Mr.. Charles Joslin and Miss Pearl
Mcfarland. Mr.. Earl Mcdowell and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
sava lTeKinleH Win - KentuoIEy

Louisville. Ky. oct. 22.-One of the
greatest Republican meetings ever held
in Kentucky was addressed by GOV
ernor Bradley at Music hail last night
The meeting was presided over by Sam
q Roberts chairman Of the Republi-
can state committee. who in his speech
confidently predicted Mckinley would
carry Kentucky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22

Miss Emily Elliott. 8Tr. Austin Black
and Miss Eleanor Work, Mr. John
Work and Miss Ida Bergen, Dr. Nc
Candless and Miss Martha Bradshaw
Mr.. Ben Criswell and Miss Emma Den
r7fc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
Win Proba.bIz sueeeed Bisbop Kaane.

Washington, Oct. 22.-Rev- Father
Conaty of Worcester, Mass, and pres
ident of the Catholic summer school at
Piattsburg. n. Y. viii, in all prOba-
bility, succeed Bishop Keane as rector
of the Catholic university in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22
BUFFALO BILL FINED.
Assessed $3.50 in st. Joe for Giving
His Show Without License.

St. Joseph. Mo, Oct. 22.-Colonel
William F. Cody. better known as
Buffalo Bill" was fined $3.50 by Judge
CaroIus on the charge of giving an ex-
hibitiOn Of his show in this city with
out a proper license. The case viii be
appealed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22

Chicago, Oct. 22-For Kansas: Prob
ably local rains tonight and Friday;
colder tonight; north to east winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-22

Try US on collars. We can make the1
look like new. Peerless Steam Laundry
112 and ia W. 9Th st. Phone $50.
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Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try IL
J. w. PHILLIPS. e12 W. Eighth Ave
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ALTO HANG OUT FLAGS.

Nobody is guarding Mr.. Bryan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21
MONSTER ELEPHANT TRAP.
Hitherto UnpuElished Description
 of the Massive Keddah.
Over Two Hundred at Haul William Boyvles. One of the Few Survivors, De- scribe tho scene-A Tremendous
 struggle and Terrible Catastrophe.
IeopYRfftHr.1 .1Sge.1

X single elephant is something Of show--if he is seen parading along the streets, all the boys in town are soon ut his heels; and drove of dozen or 20 of these huge beasts is considered warrant enough for such phrases as -Greatest Show on Earth" and all the grandiloquence of the biggest and most flaming circus posters. But what think you of drove of 236 elephants, trum- terror, stampeding like q herd of fright ened cattle? That would make q show worth going some distance to see; and, indeed, it was necessary 10 go as far as to Africa. Unfortunately, too, the price of the tickets was high; for most of the spectators paid for admission to that circus nothing less than their hvesi A few, however, escaped, end one Of these aMlr. William Bowlee5 an Englishman by birth, told me this story. And although the affair oe curred in the year of the queens iubi lee. he says that so far as his knowlz edge goes, no detailed account has ever been published
 "We had come to Africa" said Ar. Bowles. flor the purpose Of catching elephants. The trap was planned by Mr. George Sanderson, superintendent of the British keddahs at Dacca, and was probably the largest ever eonatruetz ed. It was formed of [ royal pen, 105 yards in circumference, with two massive walls of stone. 3eo yards in length, diverging iron the gateway. These walls spread out like the legs of a pair of open tongs, and were 75 yards apart at the tips. Elephants were known to be very numerous in the vicinity of the Garo Hills, where the trap was built, and the originator of the scheme hoped to make big haul. And he did. That tile undertaking was au- daeious is the least that can be said.
 Several months were spent in the construction of this immense affair,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21

though n few weeks would have sui Heed for trap of ordinary material and dimensions-fo palisades of wood are usually employed, and are found quite sufficient. When the walls were finished they were thielsly covered with branches and foliage; otherwise no elephant could have been induced to enter. When all was complete it was as strong as fortress, yet so disguised that even these clevez animals would not suspect 8 snare.
 sYhe next task was to mass the ele- plants from the surrounding jungle, and drive them toward the pen. This involves careful maneuvering. since if the animals are in the least alarmed they break away in all directions
 We began the drive in the forenoon, and to our great surprise found the elephants gathered in one place. in- stead of being scattered through the jungle, as usual and their name was legion. We got them started how ever. with very little difficulty. Though the elephant is naturally of an ex- tremely cautious and suspicious tenn per, the great snare was so sl5illfully screened that the whole herd walked good-naturedly into the jaws of the trap.
 "Then the excitement began. When all were between the walls of the fun nel-shaped entrance, it became neces- sary to drive them forward into the pen at the apex. Three fire lines had been prepared-the first extending from tip to tip of the spreading walls, and the second and third parallel to this. but nearer the gateway. On these lines dry grass had been laid in bundles. hidden by green leaves, ready to be fired the moment the herd had crossed them.
 As soon, therefore, as the elephants had passed the first line. the drivers closed in from all sides with loud shouts and applied lighted torches to the dry bundles. Instantly great wall of fire flashed up behind the poor animals, who rushed forward terror stricken.
 sMr. sanderson, who was perehed up in q tree to get good view of their movements, was hardly less terror stricken when he perceived the size of the herd. There was good ground for fear that so vast q number could not get through the narrow gate before the fire would reach them. He had not exs pected drive of more than l50 and had he gathered in only 100 he would have been quite satisfied. He saw ht,- lure him more than 200 frightened and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21
The Japa-1 ,se .ra,ia,ma. ;,

My own esspeI lanee of Japanese rail- ways certainly cid not give the idea that they were a husiness-lilSe people, e. g., few regiments of guards, return ing in triumph from Formosa last November upset the whole service on the Tokaido (the main line in Japan) for week, and the general manage ment, even in normal times, would bring discredit on. say. the Southeast ern at it's worst. In their general mode of life, too, cannot say that observed any qualities which I should describe as business-like-if you want thing done in hurry they answer "tadaima," "all in good time.' which means any time between now and the new year. When sightseeing, e. g., visiting fac tory, after having seen one thing pause invariably follows, during which one is entertained to smoke and cup of tea, which. though hospitable and pleasant. does not couduce to get ting through the sightseeing that day.
 National Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21
slBERlA.s FROZEN DEAD.
Czar Nicholas VIII Mitigate the Horrors of
 Investigating Foul Play.

Investigating Foul Play.
 Though no throb of pity for the wretches that have been and are to-day sent to bleak, frozen Siberia by the "ad- ministrative process" has yet moved the heart of the great white czar of all the Russias, that monarch has, with a flash of humanity, started in to accom- plish reform of one of that territory's greatest horrors. So secret have been the doings over the whole extent of this vast storm-swept torture chamber of the most autocratie government of the world that only now has this outrage against civilization leaked out.
 While sufficient machinery may not be at the czar's hand to abolish the hor- TOT utterly, the reports that come from the winter palace say that he will nit igate it and strip it of its present ghast- hness. Custom is hard to break, and change i'll the Russias and this grim practice has come down from Tartar times. Thesdead, whenever there is a suspicion of foul measures, are frozen stiff, packed away in convenient cell lar in a building in the center of the dis triet, and left there for months to await the coming of the government clerk of the province.
 That official has a great extent of ter ritory to coyer,the steppes so broad and spreading that he can only get around them three or four times year. In the meantime the corpses lie shrouded in frost, kept for his official examina- tion. He comes accompanied by his corps of dirty moujiks and the surgeon of the province. A roaring fire is built in the center of this building, which has but one room. AS the flames curl up merrily from the heap of flag ots, the bodies, one by one, are tlragged from their subterranean resting piace, tied to stakes close to the fierce heat, and thawed out-literally and precisely while the ezar's representative looks on.
 Then each of the unfortunates, long since passed away. has the last word of the law said upon him, the surgeon ripping open, disemboweling, carving up each and all of them, that he may detect the evidence of supposed crime. San Francisco Examiner
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21

nnmanageable. and he knew that the pen would scarcely accommodate go great number. He saw the tumultu- ous herd damned into the apex near the gate, and the flames advancing upon them driven by high wind. The situ- ation was full of peril
 For q time, however, all went we'll. The elephants were pouring through the narrow gateway into the inclosure much as liquid goes through a funnel into a jug; and he had begun to hope that he might safely bag them all in these eramped quarters, when he was startled by evidences of mutiny from within. For as soon as the animals in side became aware of their captivity they began to strive to get out the same way that they had come in, and massed Il such strength as to e1Hectaatiy block ade the gateway, while fae fire pressed close and urged on the frantic herd out side.
 Tt was a tremendous battle. It re- solved itself into q sheer contest of strength, q sort of mons5rous cane lush between two columns of infuri- ated elephaHts
 "A huge male, with one tusk only, stood ia the pass-it was only II feet -resolute that nothing should pass him. These elephants are called Gunesh, and certain castes of the na- tises reverence them. So when our as sistants saw the action of this Gunesh, they became convinced that something terrible was about to happen. The scene was indeed extraordinary; and from the top of the palisades, where 1 Lad climbed had an excellent view of t. The space between the eonyerging walls became every moment more densely packed with the crowding. struggling mass of elephants; it was evident that one party or the other must soon give way.
 "My comrades and the native drivers had remained i'll the outer inclosure, where l could see them sliirmishing dbout with firearms loaded with blank cartridges just behind the advancing fire line. Other natives, perehed on the walls. were keeping up a fusilade of sticks and clods hurled down upon the herd. l myself fired several charges of powder into the Hanks of the foremost elephants, though they were nowise to blame for not moving on. It was not for lack Of willingness or effort, for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21
their legs were braced at a considerable

their legs were braced at considerable angle, and I could see their huge feet boring desperately into the earth as they strove to advance.
 At last the mutineers in the pen gave way, just in the nick of time to save the herd. The Gunesh and his packers were borne backward into the inclosure by a great rush of the tormented squadron outside, and the victors charged in after them. Yet, even so. the flames reached the herd before all could enter, and in their agony and terror the last three turned and unexpectedly broke through the line of fire, trampling and tossing the men who were behind it. It was a hor- rible sight. would gladly have rushed to the assistance of my comrades, built would have been absolutely useless. In an instant all was over.
 At that moment, glanced in the di- reetion of the pen, and saw the great gate falling; itstruel the hind-quarters of the last elephant that entered. Mir. Sanderson had given the signal, and the supporting rope had been cut with an ax by the man in attendance.
 We who survived then ran to the scene of tile disaster. Most of the men were already dead, but those who showed any signs of life received every attention. They were horribly mangled, however, and none of them liyed.',
 Such was the outcome of what was probably the biggest elephant hunt ever manned bv 1s,,ros,aanr
 JANTES 6 x4ANxAro1rD
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21
GOSSIP OF DAME FASHION.
The Lace Mantilla Becoming Fash
 ionable in Swelldom.
\ Spanish Inheritance-The Death Knel1 of Linen Lawn Eas Been Rung- The Summer Dancing Girl
 Two Kinds of Hats.
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 Clad in linen lawn gown, through which pink glimmered, she doated into the room. As she stood before me she suggested picture of dawn, as laugh ingly told here. But this matter-of- fact maid would have none of my praise, and bade me look on the spots on her gown. Inspection verified her re marks.
 For that reason linen lawn is doomed. It spots. and there is no remedy. Every spot seems rather to creep into a larger and larger circle as the days go by. Al though so charming, so suggestive of 9f robe of fleecy clouds, already is the popularity of this material waning.
 In spite of that fact, at present every up-to date girl must have q linen lawn gown. But let her whose purse is linn ited esehew the material, and choose rather a gown of dainty organdie, which will be so popular when the dog days are upon us.
 A novel French design received by Q fashionable modiste is being made into q gown for one of New York's pets of fashion.
 delicately green tinted organdie has orchids scattered over 1t.
 The skirt bears a Parisian stamp by having plaited panels, of plain helio- trope organdie, set between the gores. Yet these panels add nothing to the seidth except at the bottom. being kept under control by reins and bows of heli- oarape ribbon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21

commencement balls, with that dear, delightful, informal hop just before? This hop, by the way, is the occasion which the college boys use as conso- .ation for the trials and tribulations of entertaining relatives and distin- guished guests at the more formal oc- casions. Here they take their sweet hearts for one last. jolly, college dance, and none are gayer or happier at these than the grave and reverend seniors, who, realizing it is their last oppor- unity, go in for all the fun there is. Here one sees the college girl to the best advantage. She is more natural than at the formal receptions and dinners, where she is expected to be dignifed.
 At the informal hop she wears her organdie gown, with it's trimmings of ribbons and lace. It is made over silk. and IS really almost as expensive as the one of brocade and tinsel embroidery
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-21
PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA.
Their Power and Influence Have Com
 pletelY Passed Away.

The first to come were the men of Portugal, then in the fresh springtime of it's power, Bartholomew Diaz discor- cred the Cape of Storms, as he called 1t, in 1486; and after Vasco Da Gama, in I497-'gs. had traced the southeast coast as far as Sofala Ca little to the south of the modern port of Befra4. the Pertu- guese established settlements at that place, and farther to the north of it, and thence carried on considerable trade with the natives, chiefly in gold brought down from the mines of Ma shonaland. However, the unhealthiness of the fiat country which lies between the coast and the interior plateau checked their projects ef exploration and conquest, Individual traders and sometimes missionaries also penetrated far into the interior, and articles which the Portuguese must have brought to Africa, such as fragments of Indian and Chinese pottery, and even, in one or two instances, small cannon, have been found many hundreds of miles from the seaboard. But, on the whole, the Portu- guese eYerted little influence on the country and it's inhabitants.
 The white pop azs.ea remained very small, and it beea degraded by inteR marriage with tils Eadrs; for in Africa, as in Brazil, the Portuguese have shown little of that contempt for the native blacks, and aversion to the mixing of their bleod with the latter, which has been so generally characteristic of the Dutch and the English. During the 17th and 18th centuries the colonizing force Of Portugal declined with the de- cline of her European power. She made no further efforts to explore, and even abandoned some of her stations on the zambesi She remained, however, suu-l disturbed in her possessions till few years ago when a question arose be- tween her and Great Britain regarding the right to Delagoa bay, a port the value of which as the only deep water harbor fit for large vessels aIong the whole coast south of Bejra, was now generally perceived. President Mao Mahon, to whom as arbitrator the con-s troyersy was referred, decided in favor of Portugal. Subsequently Germany a D. peared as formidable neighbor on the north. while boundary disputes arose with the British settlers who in 1890 had occupied the inland country to the west.
 Thus the Portuguese frontier, which had been very uncertain, has now be- come defined. It includes vast area, but in that afea the number of white men, CT even of semi-civil- ized half-breeds, is so small that, al- though some fitful efforts have been made by the Mozambique com pany, little or no progress in occupying or improving the country can be re- corded. Portugal sends no emigrants to Africa. Her government, now hard pressed for money, cannot find the sums needed to develop her African terri tories, nor is there private capital in Portugal to supplement the weakness of the government. The Beira railway and the Delagoa Bay railway (of which more anon) have both been built by for eign companies. Practically Portugal
 may be looked on as an extinct force in South Africa.-James Bryce, NJ. P, in Century