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JAMES A. JOHNSON.
The Ex-Lieutenant-G Governor Lying
Seriously iii,

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7.-Ex-Lieu-
tenant-Governor James A. johnson has
been lying seriously i'll at his residence
for several weeks past.
The well-known lawyer and journal,
fist has not been in the best of health
for number OF years, and recently
he was unable to partake of food.
Under the careful attention of Doc
tors Luke Robinson and Thorne he has
been freed from attacks of sciatica, and
to-day he had improved sufficiently to
warrant his physicians assuring their
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San Francisco Races.

SAN FRANCISCO, May AT In
gleside. Weather fine and track fast.
Six furlongs, selling, Oregon Eclipse
won, O'Fleta second, Irma third Time
1:161a.
Six furlongs. selling, Peixotto won.
Summer Time second, La Nascota
third. Time 49,.
-Four furlongs, Dunboy won. Scar
borough second, Hohenzollern third.
Time-O:49
Six furlongs, selling, Heartsease won,
Sea Spray second, Gold Bug third.
Time-1:151a.
Seven furlongs, selling, Olive won,
Affiatus second, Major Cook third.
Time-1 :2S1a.
Seven furlongs, Terrier won, Midas
second, Joan third. Time-1 .2S-H.
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What, a Pleasure

To see at distance and read with the
same lens glass, no split to detracr
from the vision. This is made possible
by calling on f. de Wolfe Hennah at
The Normandie, Tenth and X Exam
ination and consultation free. and you
are under no compliment to do any
business.
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Placer's Flower Festival.

AUBURN, May Placer Countys
floral festival opened tonight at Agri-
cultural Hail. The display was excel
lent. and thousands were present to
witness it, The fete continues to-mor-
row and tomorrow night.
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New Mining Bill.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-Congress-
man Johnson to-day introduced a bill
providing that where a person or COM
pany may sink shaft by boring to de-
velop the depth of a channel in gravel
mines the money so expended shall be
considered as assessment work done
to the amount of work or money so ex-
pended
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HIS BODY GROUND TO PIECES
A rlan Suicides by Throwing Himself
in Front of a Train.

LINCOLN lNeb), May Frank r.
Walton, a young money lender of Lin
coin, successful in business and of
some prominence in society, committed
suicide this morning by throwing him.
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Railroad Property Burned.

SOMERSET (Ky), May THE
Queen and Crescent Railway Company
lost 100000 worth of property this
morning in the destruction by fire OF
the roundhouse and twelve locomotives
here. The insurance is ample. The de-
not was burned a year ago.
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Auction at DavisviIIe.

On Saturday Bell & Co. of this city
will sell at auction in Davisville, at |
o. M, the warehouses of the insolvent
Liggett estate.
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New Life-Saving Station.

WASHINGTON, May THE Senate
Committee on Commerce to-day favor
ably reported a bill establishing a life
saving station at Bonita, Cal.
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Eleven Bodies SO Far Recovered.

CINCINNATI, May THE total list
of recovered dead in the wrecked build
ing on Walnut street is now eleven VIC
Tins Three more bodies were taken
from the ruins this evening. They
were: Mary Kennedy, domestic at
Fey's; C. F. Andreas Of Mount Auburn
and William Loheide, bartender. A
large force of firemen are still busy re-
moving the debris, and will probably
have the entire place cleared by mid
night. There are still several people
on the list of missing who are supposed
tc be buried in the ruins.
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Milwaukee Strike.

MILWAUKEE, May IA joint
meeting of the committee to arhitrate
the street railway strike appointed by
the City Council, the strikers and the
Merchants Association took place at
noon. Manager Payne refused TO meet
the strikers committee, and the out
look is not pleasant. The situation
tonight is unchanged. No cars were
running tonight after O'Clock.
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Crossing Accident.

CHICAGO, May IA carriage con-
tanning six persons was struck by the
Milwaukee Limited train this after
noon while crossing the tracks of the
Northwestern Railroad in Rogers Park.
All the occupants We're injured, hut
none will die. The trainmen say that
Mr.. Adams, the driver, was confused,
and that only the slowness of the speed
of the train saved them all from death.
The occupants We're carried fifty feet,
when the outfit fell in a ditch.
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II. s. Steamship MINNEAPOLIS.

SOUTHAMPTON, May The
United States steamship Minneapolis
sailed to-day for Cronstadt.
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Ice-cream and cakes, 10 cents a dish.
Otto, opposite Plaza.
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Highest Of al b. Leayening Power-Latet Report
R>!a!a!!! R RskidHs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

patients family that he would recover:
1t will, however, be some time before
he will be up and about.
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WOMEN TO THE FRONT.

Postmaster Arnold, Though Demo-
erat, Relieves in the Ability OF
Women.
Postmaster Arnold, who was censured
by some Democrats because he elevated
two of the ladies employed in the Office
to be heads of departments, says that he
feels that he did no more than his duty,
no matter what people say.
The ladies are Miss Edith Metcalf,
who was made chief of the money order
department, and Miss Maud Earnest,
who was placed at tho head of the regis
try department.
'tThey were both in the line of promo
tion," said Postmaster Arnold, "aud the
fact that they are women would not pre-
vent me from appointing them. 1t was
due to them. and by every precedent the
places should have gone to the ladies,
and so l appointed them. know I have
been criticised by few people, but
cannot help it l feel that l did my
duty"
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AMONG THE RAILROAD MEN
Arrangements Made for Santa Fe
Tracks in Chicago.
NOTES ABOUT KANSAS RAILROADS.

Notes and Personals of Interest TO
Railroad Men and Items Along the
Kansas Lines.
: Mr.. James Dun, chief engineer of the
Santa Fe, has returned from Chicago
where he attended a meeting of the en-
\ gineers of all roads entering Chicago for
the consideration of a plan for the ele-
walton of the tracks at the intersection
of Sixteenth and Clark streets, and also
for the elevation of the Santa Fe tracks
through portion of the city.
A change in the present arrangement
of the tracks at the intersection of Six
teenth aud Clark streets, where some
ten or twelve railroads cross and inter-
lace each other, was asked by the mayor
of Chicago in the interest of the safety
of the public. Two plans for the rem
sedy of the present condition were con-
sidered by the engineers; one, to raise
the street aud lower the tracks; the 9th
err. to elevate the tracks and lower the
street The latter plan, although
possessing several disagreeable
features, was deemed the most advis
able, and was submitted to the mayor.
An ordinance will now have to be pre-
pared and passed upon by the council
before. any action can be taken.
On the question of elevating the San
"a Fs tracks for some distance through
the city, nothing definite is known as
yet 1t will depend wholly on the fiuan-
cial condition of the new company wheth-
er the work is taken up this year or post
0onad
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CLOSER she was at one time in charge of
the corps at Topeka.
Ella c, the race horse said to be re-
sponsible for Frank Mileham's downfall,
has recently been sold to Ed O'Dell, pro-
prietCr of Belmont park, Philadelphia.
He will race her next season.
The county commissioners havs re-
ferred the plans for the new Melan
bridge to Gen Sooy Smith of Chicago
FOR approval He is one of the best
authorities in the United States.
Larry Sheehan, the new jailer, has not
become used to the telephone annoyance.
Soma one called him up and asked; is
this number 6s?" "No," said the jailer,
"this is the county Jail; do you want in?"
William Henderson, cashier of the
First National bank, has been elected
director of the bank to succeed the late
j. c. Kyle, aud Henry E Lantry of
Strong City was elected to succeed the
late Barney Lantry
Lawyer Joe Waters is very much
against the movement to have the ladies
attend the wrestling matches. "lnstead
of the ladies elevating the sporting ele-
ment," says he, SIT would result in the
sporting element degrading the ladies'"
G. c. Clemens has isaued a manifesto
to the members of the Peoples Party, in
which he says Chairman Taubeneck
must be deposed or Populism will die.
He denounces Taubeneck's fusion scheme
as treason. Clemens will leave for ST..
Louis tomorrow to help down Taubeneck
Invitations have been sent out by the
secretary of the Kansas Medical society
for the next meeting in Representative
hall, May IS to 10. As a special induce
ment the invitation states: 1--WE expect
by May to have the Gothenburg system in
vogue so you can take refreshments IN
the basement of the capitol"
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INVITE TO THE REUNION
The Committee on Invitation Sends Out
the Circulars.

The citizens COMMITTEE of Is" has
inaugurated an active campaign for next
falls reunion and for the entertainment
of the old soldiers and other visitors who
will be in Topeka reunion week.
The Committee of IS" held a meeting
at the council chamber last night and
adopted form of invitation which is to
be sent out Immediately to every G. A.
r. post in the state.
In the absence of Mayor Fellows. chair
man of the committee whose home is
quarantined for diphtheria, Mr.. Edward
Wilder acted as chairman of the meet
ing and 81. M. Phillips was temporary
secretary. The twelve members of the
committee who were present were Ed
ward Wilder. Chas. E. Figg. Oscar
Krauss, A. N. Baird. John Schmidt, G. e.
Titus, Aaron Sheetz, w. G. Edwards. j.
B. Marshall, I. F. Doran and III. N.
Phillips.
@Major T. J. Anderson and s. s. Nc
Fadden of the G. A. r. committee were
also present
The following is the invitation to be
sent to every G. A r. post in the state:
40 the Grand Army of the Republic
and veteran soldiers of Kansas:
CAT mass meeting of the citizens of
Topeka, a committee of fiftsen was APP
pointed to invite the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic and all
of the citizens of Topeka to hold their
annual state reunion in this city during
the month of September, 1896, and to
| provide for their entertainment while
| here.
at is the desire of the citizens to
make the reunion held here the most
memorable ever held in the state. To
accomplish this end every effort is being
made to provide for the entertainment
comfort and enjoyment of our honored
guests.
I'VE, therefore, as the members of the
said committee, representing the citizens
OF Topeka. most cordially invite you to
be with US in September, 1896, and we
sincerely hope that the invitation will be
acce pied.
mo pains will be spared to make the
reunion a grand success. We will make
for you an occasion of rejoicing and
good fellowship. Come and see US, you
| are welcome"
To this will be attached the signatures
| of the memb ers of the Committee of 49,
The committee will meet again next
| Wednesday evening.
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SHOPS AND KoUNDHoUsE.
Personals and Notes Among the En-
pIoyes of the Mechanical Dennrrnant.

Personals and Notes Among the EN-
pIOyes of the Mechanical Departments.
Eengineer Frank McKeen has re-
turned to work after few days lay off
while his engine was undergoing slight
repairs.
Engine SOC, after a thorough over
hauling and repairing, has been turned
out of the Santa Fe shops in this city,
and will take regular passenger run
between Topeka and Marceline. No.
Santa Fe engine S17, overhauled and
repaired in the Santa Fe shops in this
city, was taken to Meriden this morning
on trial trip, and will probably be used
in freight service out of Topeka.
Santa Fe Fireman Patrick Roby, of
Chanute, took the required examination
for promotion TO the position of engineer
before Master Mechanic Geo. w. Smith
yesterday afternoon.
Santa Fe engine 1853, which has been
running out of Topeka for some time
past on regular passenger run, taking
the place of engine 500, was deadheaded
to the Chicago division this morning.
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WHEN HE WAS CLERK.
Interesting "Reminiscences of MIR. r.
I. BOnebraGe OT3O Years Ago.


L. BOnebraGe offs Years Ago.
When President P. / Bonebrake of
the Central n National bank, read the an
nouncement of change in county Off
GERS, and the fine new court house which
is soon to be occupied, he told JOURNAL
reporter some things connected with the
old court house and the early
history of the county which are
now forgotten. Mr.. Bonebrake
lived in Topeka when the old court
house at the corner of Fourth and Kan
sas avenues was built. That was thirty
years ago, and Mr. Bonebrake was
county clerk, c. c. Whiting was sheriff,
w. E. Bowker was treasurer, II. Nc
Arthur was clerk of the court. A. l.
Williams was county attorney, and K.
Carriger, G. w. Spencer. and A. G.
Miller were county commissioners.
"Of these officers" said Mr. Bone brake
"there are but two left, myself and Mr.
Williams. l do not know why we are
spared unless it was to give US time to
become better men.
"On July 4, 1868 we moved into the
new court house then verita BILE palace.
remember with what pride we guided
all strangers who came to town through
the new building which included the
Jail. The Jail was full all the time and
the court most of the time.
"In those times Wild Bill and Jack
Harvey were deputy United States mar
shals at Ellis and Ellsworth and Bat
Masterson at F.. Dodge and woe betide
the culprit who did not surrender at
once.
"In those times we had thirty or forty
saloons and law and order did not pre-
vail. l remember seeing Wild Bill and
Jack Harvey ride on horseback into a
saloon on the corner of Fifth and Kan
sas avenues and get their morning
drinks.
"Long John Carter was city marshal
and on circus and election days the
whole town was on spree. The Gala
| boose was on Fifth avenue and John
would arrest DRINKS and put them in,
| but while he was away after another loi
| they would crawl ont of the windows and
| escape. We had NO police wagon, and ]
remember seeing John wheeling q
drunken man to the calaboose in a wheel
| barrow.
SAT that time a primary election was
being held in Roberts saloon. 1t was in
watermelon time and three or -four
| wagon loads of melons were piled UT
on one side of the room. During the
election excitement Chef Thomas. Jr.
and John Richie got into fight, anC
while tumbling on the floor they started
the melons and in a moment the mer
were out of sight in the center of the
| pile of melons. They were dug out anC
peace was restored without further
| trouble"
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.


Personals and Items Connected with Rail-
rOadIns in All Departments.
c. G. johnson has been appointed
agent for the Santa Fe at Hilltop, Kan,
vice r. E. Golf resigned,
A w, Reeves has been appointed city
passenger agent for the Santa Fee at
Ell Paso, Texas, vice P. d. Mccarthy re-
signed.
Miss Ella Murbarger of the passenger
department of the Santa Fe left today
for Denver, whore she will spend several
days.
c, E. John has been appointed agent
for the Santa Fe at Shaw, Kan, vice J..
T. Maddox, resigned
John Mason of the auditor of freight
receipts office of the Santa Fe has re-
sumed his duties after = short illness.
President A. A. Robinson of the Next
can Central railway will leave Ei Paso,
Tex. January 16, in special car No. AL
en- route TO the east. Mr., Robinson will
stop off in Topeka.
The Southwestern passenger commit
tee has authorized a rate of one fare
from points southwest of St. Louis for
the athletic exhibition to be given by
FifZsimmons and Maher in Ell Paso, Tex,
February IA to 90
A meeting was held in Chicago yes
terday by the western lines which are
parties to the immigration agreement,
aud representatives of the Southern Pa
citic road, for the purpose of bringin G
the Southern Pacific into the agreement.
General Passenger Agent Daniels of
the New York Central road is authority
for the following statement: "The Van
derbilt lines can ticket passengers from
st. Louis and Chicago to Jerusalem with
only two changes OF cars-one at New
York, where the traveller takes the steam
ship, and the other at Jaffs, on the Medi-
terranean, where he takes the cars for
Jerusalem"
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TOPEKA'S RIVER DRIVE
Which We May Have Some Day If We
SnVe Our Money.

When Landscape Gardener Parce was
in Topeka he suggested that this city
ought to lay out river drive" starting
at City park aud running along the river
to Martins Hill. If the city should ever
become large enough or rich enough this
might be done, some day. II will be
seen by the following dispatch that the
city of Wilmington, Del, has under way
a similar project:
WILM1NeroN, JAN City Engineer
Chalkley Hatton has been instructed TO
make surveys and estimates of the cost
of various routes for the proposed river
road, which is intended to establish
river front for Wilmington. The surveys
will ba made at once.
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Eugene F. Ware is now at Ft Scott.
Joe Waters is an expert clog dancer,
but it is an accomplishment he is not
! vain of.
T. F. Doran will leave tomorrow for
Washington, D. c., on a ten days bust
ness trip.
A man with his rubbers at the other
| end of the line can see nothing in "beau-
| tiful snow"
Col Geo. W. Reed. of Topeka. ''the
jiner," now says he belongs to 81 secret
societies.
The work of furnishing the Jane c.
Stormont hospital in Potwin has been
commenced.
The lot beqeathed to the Y. III. c. A.
by J. c. Kyle is near Second street and is
valued at $4,000.
The new county court house is rapidly
assuming the elements of what is known
as a peach" inside.
The deaf and dumb asylum at OIathe
made two sets of harness and sent them
to the reform school here.
President C. c. Baker of the city
street railway is one of the best amateur
| photographers in Topeka.
Col. VIM Tweeddale AMI DR.. R. E.
McVey will read papers at the session of
| the Municipal league tonight
The family of DR.. NJ. l.. Thomas, the
new pastor of the first Baptist church,
consists of his wife and three children.
The Kansas members of the Populist
national committee are in favor of hold
| ing their national convention at Kansas
City.
Dr. II. l. Thomas has been preaching
in 81. Louis church for a salary larger
than he is to receive here by $500
year.
1
| National and Merchants National banks
were reelected for the ensuing year last
night.
C. A. Horn. the passenger brakeman
who is on the grand jury, is the running
mate of dad" Griffith, the popular con-
ductor.
The Modocs have engaged Professor
| L. L. Dyche of the state university to
lecture in Topeka, January "a, on his
North Pole trip
G. c. Clemens, W. ]. Costigan aud s.
NJ. Scott will go to St. Louis tomorrow
to attend the meeting of the Populist
national committee.
A young man who accepted the first
invitation he had to aleap year party be-
cause he feared he would not have an
| other has had two since.
Two well-thumbed copies of W. Dean
Howelps works and good clean Bible
compose the library in the "ladies'" de-
partment of the city Jail.
There is a nipping and an eager air in
the rooms in the Metropolitan building
| used by the grand jury and witnesses.
Mr.. Blackman should fire up.
Mrs. Wade of Sitka, Alaska, delivered
an address today before the Presbyterian
Woman's Missionary society at the West
minister Presbyterian church.
In Kansas City, where they have fifty
cent gas, it is said the bills for cooking
and lighting in houses OF medium size
average less than 81 month.
Ex-Jailer John Burdge now has time
to get down town occasionally and re-
new the acquaintance of Topeka people
he used to know several years ago.
Prof A. Limbach, of Minneapolis
| Minn.. who was formerly a teacher of
languages in the Minnesota state univer-
sity, is in Topeka, the guest of Frank
| Durein.
Adjutant and Mrs. Smith, OF the Texas
district, will conduct special services at
the Salvation Army barracks tomorrow
night. When Mrs. Smith was Captain
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Affernm Esfnte.

E. A. Wagner is in Sherman, Texas.
where he is trying to establish claim TO
the Tom Bean estate in behalf of TWEEN
ty five or thirty people who claim to be
heirs. The estate is valued at 100000
and the case has become famous in
northern Texas because of the numerous
attempts of different people to establish
their right to the estate as heirs. Mr.
WAGNER represents new lot.
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CHARTER s FLED.

The following charters have been fled
with the secretary of state:
The Thompson Grocery company of
Wichita; capital stock, $4,000; directors,
]. c. Thompson, W. E. Thompson, s. II.
Edwards, E. E. Thompson and A. s.
Thompson.
The Niota Creamery association of
Chautauqua county; capital stock $500;
directors, W. T. Gwyn. N. 8. Hamilton,
Henry Cowgirl, B. V. Harris, George
Tame, J. r. Dodson and A. ]. WIber.
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THE SANTA FEE BONDS.
Instructions Received by j. Il. johnson
In Regard to Them.


In Regard to Them.
The Union Trust company of New
7 DIRK city has instructed Special Master
j. B. johnson to prepare proportion of
the amount to be credited on each of the
one hundred and forty millions of bonds
which were included in the reorganiza-
ton plan, out of the $60,000,000 paid for
the road at the foreclosure sale.
Judgement for the Union Trust COM
pany against the road was rendered on
August 27, 1895, and the interest on the
bonds from that date until the date when
the instruction was received, Jan. 10,
1896, is to be added to the original
amount. The interest amounts to abont
$4,000 per day.
Judge johnson expects to complete
his proportion today and will Immediate
ly forward it to New York. The work of
releasing the bonds will then be COM
menced.
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OVER THE LINES.

Interesting Items From the Different De :
partments of the Railroads.
Santa Fe conductor VIM. Garrett OF
Marceline, Mo, who has been i'll in the
Las Vegas hospital for some time past,
has entirely recovered.
Engineer Ed Nye of the Missouri Pa
cific, running between Atchison and St
Joe, has been transferred to a run be
tween st. Joe and Kansas City.
D. W. Spencer of Garden City, fore
man in charge of one of the Santa Fe
pile driver crews, is in the La Junta hos
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WHO WILL BE NAMED?
For the Place of City Assessor in
February.

For the Place of City Assessor in
February.
The councilmen and others connected
with the city administration are talking
about the appointment of city assessor
One is to be named to succeed Assessor
Hale at the first council meeting in Feb
ruary and there are already numerous
applicants.
The man who may probably be APP
pointed is Willis Edison, that is. if he
wants the place. Mayor Fellows says
that Mr.. Edison has not applied, but some
of the councilmen say that he desires
the appointment and it is known that he
is AN intimate friend of the mayor as well
as some of the council
City Assessor Hale would like to be
reappOinted and Frank Bowen is an ap-
plicant. Councilman Lockard has
also applied and A. c. Waters and others
willing to sacrifice themselves in the
interests of the city.
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NOW " NJ. G. A. OHicers.

and elected new officers for the coming
year. All of the fifteen directors were
present and the following officers were
elected: President, s. S. OFT; vice pres
ident, ]. p Davis; recording secre tary,
II. c. Bowman; treasurer, Jesse Shaw,
reelected. George E. Lerrigo was re-
alacfad raneral SECRETARY.