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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
FIELD MONUMENT FUND.
Drawings to Aid the Scheme Attract
Washington People.

Washington, July 28.-The original
drawings made by American artists in
aid of the Eugene Field monument
fund are being exhibited in Washing
ton.
They were originally brought to this
city by Albert L. Swift of Chicago, for
exhibition at a hotel during the Chris
tan Endeavor convention. Mr.. Swift
gave them in charge of Clara Bell
Brown, however, and she secured per
mission to exhibit them at Veerhof's,
the principal art store in the capital.
Here many people call daily to see
them. Mrs. Brown is also selling a
collection of Fields POEMS and in this
book copies of the collection appear.
The receipts have been about SO day,
which is an encouraging sum when It
is known that Washington is practical
~ deserted, especially by people inter-
ested in art and literature
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
YALDOSTA'S CARNIVAL.
Fifteen Hundred WatermeIons Given
Away at the Close.

Valdosta, Ga, July 24-The third and
last day of the great midsummer car
nival brought from 1000 to 5000 people
to the city and in many respects the
programme was the best of the week.
The baby show attra ffty-eight
little ones with their fond parents, from
Georgia, Florida, Alabama and South
Carolina. The contest was held in the
opera house and was open to all babies
except those in ValdOsta.
At 2 o'clock 800 water melons were
turned over to the crowd, and from 5000
to 1000 people gathered in the court
house square to partake of them.
Late in the evening grand pyrotech-
mic display on the city hall grounds
closed the weeks great carnival
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
AN ODD CONCEIT.
It is Said All the Watch Signs Indi-
cate the Same Hour.

Have you noticed inquired City
Clerk McFadden of a Journal reporter
today, that the hands of all the watch
signs point to exactly the same hour?
and down the other, and you will find
that all of the signs are alike in that
respect.
1t is not only true of the signs in
Topeka, but you will find them the
same everywhere. understand that
the custom dates back to the time of
Lincoln's assassination and that the
hands of these watch signs all point to
the exact hour at which the president
expired"
The reporter made an investigation
and found that what Clerk McFadden
said about the watch signs is true so
far as Topeka is concerned. The hano.s
of all of them point to Is minutes after
s o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
HERE 1T Is, BOYS.
The Bicycle That viii Jump bitches
Invented in Topeka.

A Topeka mechanical genius is now
at work on a new form of bicycle, by
which the rider will be able. to jump
or vault over obstacles or bitches of
considerable size.
The operation will be in close irnita-
ton of the ordinary act of jumping by
man or horse. A pair of coil springs
are attached to each Wheel which are
lOOSened at the proper moment and
strike the ground, lifting the wheel and
rider from the earth.
This upward movement, modified by
the forward movement already ac-
quired and the action of gravity, pro-
jects the vehicle and rider through a
curve and thus enables him to pass
over an obstacle or cross a space pre-
cisely as in jumping
The energy to give this upward move
ment will be placed in the spring either
by press of some kind or by an in
geniOuS attachment by which the BIZ
cycle is set up so as to leave the wheels
free to reVOlve, and the energy devel-
oped by simply operating the bicycle
by means Of the pedals. After the
springs are lOOSened for the lump. the
mechanism throws them forward just
as a horse throws forward his feet and
receives the impact due to gravity, alb
sorbing the shock and at the same time
storing energy for a new rise.
A certain loss of energy due to fric-
ton will be provided for by an auto
matte adjustment, which is again ad-
Unstable after a certain number of leaps
have been made, when the maximum
energy is again stored by means of the
pedals as heretofore mentioned.
This new machine will render hurdle
bicycle races possible, and the intro
ductiOn of this feature at the Topeka
Fall Festival depends upon the perfect
ing of the device for giving an extra
ordinary storage capacity for the neces-
sary energy without unduly increasing
the weight of the machine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
SALVATION BOOTHS HURT.
Peculiar Coincidence of Two Cycle Ac-
cidents to Salvationists.

Paris, July 23.-Catherine Booth Glib
born, commonly known as La Marchale,
head of the Salvation Army in France,
was knocked down by a bicyclist in this
city yesterday and was badly hurt.
New York, July 23.-In connection
with the foregoing dispatch there is a
coincidence in the fact that Mrs. Booth
Tucker, a sister of Mrs. Booth Glib
born, suffered serious injury at East
Orange, N. J., one evening last week
by being run down by a bicycle ridden
by a Salvation Army woman who was
taking her first lesson in wheeling.
Mrs. Booth fuckers wrist was broken
and she sustained other painful hurts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
FATAL FAMILY QUARREL
Cincinnati Husband Fires Five Bull
let's Into His Wife's Body.

Cincinnati, July 23.-Early this morn
ing six shots We're heard at the resi-
dence of VIM. T Wiley. ladies' tailor
and furrier on West Fifth street. When
Wney's room was entered Mrs. Wiley
was found bleeding from five bullet
wounds, and her husband unconscious,
with a bullet hole in the right temple.
The woman died on the way to the
hospital.
Wiley's wound was superficial the
ball glancing off the skull. They have
had frequent quarrels and We're sepa-
rated but began to live together again
about three months ago. Wiley says
his wife shot him and he then seized
the revolver and fired at her. He came
here from Louisville about fifteen years
ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
HOLDING TOGETHER.
The Middle of the Road Men All
Meet There.

St. Louis. July 23.-The middle of the
road men held a meeting at the Texas
headquarters just before the hour for
the afternoon session of the cOnven-
ton It was a tumult0us and enthus-
iastic gathering. The net result was
the adoption of a motion declaring that
it was the sense of middle of the road
men that no compromise should be en-
tertained or adopted by them until a
platform of Populist principles and a
straightout ticket was nominated; also
that an effort should be made to have
the friends of Butler on the committee
on permanent organization. withdraw
his name, so that all their friends might
unite upon Campion of Maine, their
forces not to be divided upon the Ques-
ton of a permanent chairman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
BRYAN'S VIRGINIA CABIN.
Crowds of People Visit the Old Home
stead N ear Sperryville.

Manassas. Va, July 24.-Silas Bryan,
father of the Democratic candidate for
president, was born in Virginia, not far
from Sperryville, and the little log cabin
in which he first lived is still standing.
The place has been visited daily by
crowds of people and generally defaced
by them. Photographs have been taken
and several admirers have sent pic
lures to Mr. BRYAN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
SWELL SET TO ACT.
Muncie Women's Crusade Against
Offensive Posters.

Nduncie, Ind, July 24-The Women's
club, composed of Muncie's swell set,
passed resolutions last night condemn
ing merchants who disigure fences and
telephone poles with advertisements
and will take steps to stop it, together
with the posting OF immoral pictures of
women on show billboards
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24

side viii hold its regular meeting with
Mrs. Ellen Parkhurst this evening at 8
o'clock.
Miss Emma. Banks requests that all
eQuestrians in the city who will decor
ate and take part in the floral parade
will meet her at the court house in the
committee room at 30 O'Clock Monday,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24

Dr. A P. Sawyer: have used one
box of your Pastilles. and they have
helped me more than anything else
most everything Mary Johnson, Bush
nell, Ill Frank Sim, Pharmacist. COZ
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24

Ayers Ague cure is a vegetable pre-
paration. and warranted to cure all
malarial disorders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
Mineral w alter.

The finest in the west. Come and try it
J. W. PHILLIPS. SIP W. Eighth Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
BLAND AND DEBS.
Will Speak at Kansas City, Mo, on
Labor Day.

Kansas City. July 24.-The labor or
CARNATIONS are determined to make
this years celebration of Labor day,
September Z, the greatest in the hfsto-
~ of Kansas City.
Richard p. Bland and William J.
Bryan have been invited TO deliver adj
dresses at Washington park in the af-
ternoOn and Bland has promised to be
present.
The Industrial council has also in
vited Eugene V. Debs, and he has writ
ten a letter agreeing to come and make
a speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24
For Sale

For Sale or Exchange for Good Farm
Loans.
A two-story business block, with base
ment, on Kansas avenue near business
center. Apply to
T E. BOWMAN & co.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Even tho Governor Not safe.

Athens, Aug. 5.-Hassa Pasha has
been reinstated as governor of Herak-
lion. in the Island OF Crete. as being the
only man able to cope with the situation.
On his refusing to admit to the town
mob of Mussulmans, who were bringing
I'm the bodies OF two Mussulmans shot
by insurgents. he was torn from his
horse and severely maltreated. The
situation is critical. and thousands Of
armed Mussulmans are thronging to
Heraklion unchecked. The Christian
residents are in a state of panic, and
Turkish troops have been sent from
Canea TO restore order. Serious fight
ing is reported from Macedonia. Two
hundred insurgents inflicted severe
losses on 300 Turkish troops at Saran-
tapore's pass, near Elassona. Two
bodies of insurgents at Katranitsa. after
two days hot siege by 1900 Turks cut
their way through toward Sorovitsovo.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
$50 O'CLOCK
Ii MEETS VICTORIA.
Chinese Statesman Pays a Visit to
Osborne.
Received by Prince of Wales aud Es-
corted TO the Palace.

LONDON, Aug. 6.-Li-Hung- Chang and
his suite went by special train to Ports
mouth today in order.to cross the Solent
TO the Isle of Wight and visit the Queen
at Osborne He was received at Ports
mouth by a number of distinguished
naval officers and others. and salute OF
10 guns was fired when he boarded the
royal yacht Alberta which was in waiting.
Upon leaving Portsmouth the yacht
made detour and gave the distinguished
traveller view of the large feet of war
ships and slso permitted him to see about
RS large and attractive fleet OF pleasure
craft as ever assem- bled In the Solent.
The Chinese statesman was saluted by
the feet and continued on his way to
Trinity wharf, Cowes, where he was re-
ceived by the Prince OF Wales, who
escorted him to Osborne. The Marquis
of Salisbury. who presented Li-Hung-
Chang TO her majesty, had preceded the
Chinese envoy TO the Isle OF Wight.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
PROVIDENCE STOCK EXCHANGE.
Local Securities Felt the Moore
Failure.


The falling off in prices. bid and
asked, for local stocks yesterday from IL
to points was accounted for by the un-
easiness resulting from the failure OF
Moore Brothers, at least SO far as the
bank stocks were concerned. 1t was sup
posed that considera bic of the Diamond
Match and New York Biscuit paper
wos held here, and in spite OF the assur-
ance by the local agent of Moore Broth
ers that less than s400, 0o0 OF the paper
is held here, and that 1t is fully secured
by stock, the prices on the Exchange
aid not recover today. On the contrary,
there were two more declines in the
bank stocks. Roger Williams and West
Minister National falling of from 70 and
So to SD and "a.
Nicholson File Company shares are
quoted today at bs bid and 62 asked as
against 81 bid and 63 asked yesterday.
Narragansctt Electrical Light Stock,
price bid, has gone down one more
point to rs and the bid price for Provi
dence Gas today Is 81 Ia as against SO
yesterday and So a week ago.
There were II shares OF National North
American Bank stock sold in the ex-
change today at AZ in lots OF 10, 3 and
shares.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
TALKED ABOUT.

The 18th Regiment, Rhode Island Vet
eran Association, to ysther with the I'd.
and eth squadrons.of the cavalry, held
their reunion at Rocky Point yesterday
afternoon.
Early this morning Charles Peppers, an
employe ut the works of the A. III. Flint
company on Dixie street, was quite badly
injured by being caught in belt which
he was putting onto pulley. lie was
tnken into DIR. Chagnon's office where
his wounds were dressed and from there
to his home, 81 Wendell street.
number Of improvements are being
made at the Providence Athengum.
They include the changing of the interior
arrangements, the putting up of a new
book case, and the. out side OF the build
ing has been repaired. The amount of
money expended on the changes is about
s500.
IL Is contended that a cat which is be-
ing conveyed to a distance blind folded
Will have its sense OF smell in full ex-
ercise, and Will 10y this means take note
OF the successive odors encountered on
the way, and that these will leave on its
nina sufiicient knowledge OF tue route
taken rs to make IL an easy matter FOR
the animal to lind its way home again.
The officials at the State prison and
some OF the inmates who are 30 To-
Gated are spending most of the time to-
day watching Thomas Jennings, better
known as "Steeple Jack" who is at work
on the chimney OF tho pettaconsett
pu mping station. Mr.. Jennings is work.
ing nearly 200 feet from the groJnd and
Is attracting much attention ~ tn at
quiet neighborhood.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Boomers Not Discouraged.

Mena. Ark, Aug. 5-Two thousand
campers, who came here to witness the
advent into Mena OF the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf railway, and TO take
up homesteads. were given a setback
Monday night. their tents and outfits
having been wrecked and scattered by
q severe rainstorm. Many men have
brought large families with them to take
up claims In the new town. and yester-
day men, women and children spent the
time hunting for their belongings. which
had been blown in every direction. De-
spite che setback, the boomers made
considerable progress, and homestead
ing is going on at rapid rate. Schooners
ore arriving hourly from every direction.
The storm has effectually broken a two
months drought
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Steamboat Men Fined.

FALL RIVER. Aug Sin the District
Court today Captain John q. Cook, en-
gineer Il. A.Tolman and m anager George
+. Young were fined 30 each Tor violating
the laws relating to Sabbath observance
in running the steamer Il. =. Shaw Sun
day, July 10, to Crescent Park. They
appealed, their counsel questioning the
COURTS jurisdiction, and were held in
500 each for the Superior Court. Young
is manager of the Taunton Herald, and
explained that on four days OF that week
he had chartered the steamer TO carry the
poor chiden OF Taunton FOR fresh air
outing. On Sunday he expected to raise
revenue to assist in paying for the boat.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Next Meeting at Boston.

Worcester. Mass, Aug. 5.-The con-
ve~tion of the state branch OF the Fed
Grafton Of Labor concluded its session
yesterday. The day was devoted prin-
cipally to adopting a series of resolu-
tions and in listening TO the reports Of
the various officers and committees.
The convention voted to hold its next
meeting in Boston. The officers elected
for the coming year were: President.
J. ID. Pierce; first vice president, H..
OrAdv. Springfield; second vice presi-
dent, -. u. Sheehan, Boston: secretary.
George III. Lord. Brockton; treasurer.
Charles Spencer, Springfield.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
A BICYCLE COLLISION.
Men on a Tandem Run Into a Lone
Wheelman.

Just before 9 O'Clock last evening John
Reddington, who lives at 104 Clifford
street, and two unknown men riding a
tandem bicycle collided on Broad street
near Gladstone street. All OF tho men
were thrown to the ground and AIR. Red
dington's machine was wrecked. One Of
the men on the tandem was quite badly
injured and was taken into the residence
OF John A. Corey Oh Gladstone street,
where mis- wounds were dressed. Mr..
Reddington did all no could to assist the
men, and asked them for their names
and addresses, but they told him the
collision was accidental and IL would be
unnecessary to make any report of the
affair.
The tandem the men rode was a nickle-
plated one, and no such machine Is
known in the city by the bicycle dealers.
The only one ever seen in the city was
in the Fourth OF July parade, and that
camc here from New York. 1t is quite
evident, therefore. that the men are
strangers In the city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
CONFESSED HIS SIN.
Banksrs' Clerk Who Committed Forgery
Comes to Grief

Comes to Grief.
Montreal. Aug. 6.-Ludwig II. Grunig
OF New York was arrested at the STAN
ley hotel yesterday, by Detective Karch.
OIL a charge Of forgery. Grunig was In
the employ of Ladenburg. Thalman &
Co, bankers. New York city. On June
20 a blank letter of credit disappeared
from their Office somewhat mysteriously,
and shortly afterward Grunig obtained
leave of absence. and proceeded to the
Adirondacks. where he rusticated at the
Algonquin hotel under the name of l..
Gainsburg. Monday he came 10 this
city and presented the credit letter to
the Union bank of Canada He had filled
II TO the extent OF s250O. and made a
draft on Ladenberg. Thalman q Co. for
the same amount. whose endorsement
he had forged. payable to Ludwig
Grunig. All banks had been notified OF
the missing letter OF credit, and the
teller. becoming suspicious. asked the
young man TO call again. In the mean
time the detective was notified, and
Grunig was arrested. He broke down,
and confessed that his troubles were
due to stock speculations. He is a young
man of good address.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
wouIGnt Make Good Citizens.

Washington, Aug. 5.-Two young
Italians. yesterday. applied to Judge
Cole of the district supreme court to be-
come admitted TO citizenship. When
questioned by the judge they confessed
that they did not understand the con-
stitution. and were even doubtful as to
the form OF this government. Judge
Cole thereupon decided them to be in
eligible to citizenship, and refused to
naturalist them, on the ground that they
could not swear to support something
they do not understand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
LAWYERS MEET.
Committee Appointed to Prepare Res
olutions on Death ofJudge Carpenter


At IL :05 o'clock this morning a meet
ing of the members ofthe Rhode Island
bar authorized TO practice In the United
States Courts was called to order By Dis
trict Attorney German In the United
States Curcuit Court room.
After Benjamin N. Lapham had been
appointed chairman and Stephen q. Ed
wards secretary, a committee of seven
was appointed for the purpose OF drafting
resolutions on the death of Judge
Carpenter. These resolutions will be pre-
sented at subsequent meeting over
which the court win preside. The rom-
mittee is composed OF United States Dis
trict Attorney Charles T.. German, chair
mas; William y. Sheffield, Jr., David l..
Baker, Rathbone Gardner, Benjamin NJ
Bosworth, Daniel X. BaIlou and Joseph
{. Ely.
Secretary Edwards was also authorized
to notify members Of the bar of the day
OF the funeral.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Overcome by the Heat.

Henry Martin, who is in the employ OF
Everson a Liddle, who are building the
sewer near sassafrass Point, was over
come by heat at f2:s5 this afternoon and
was taken to the Rhode Island Hospital
In an unconscious condition. Ills case is
looked upon ny physicians as fatal.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Arrests During July.

For arrests in the roIice department OF
the city the month OF July was record
breaker, the numb taken into custody
being 957, which is the largest in many
years. The largest number OF arrests on
any one day was 62, and that was Friday,
July 3. The net largest was AZ. That was
on the FIRST day OF the month, and the
smallest number was on sunday, the
l9tn
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
In the Frozen North.

Tromsoe, Norway. Aug. 5.-The Arctic
expedition. headed by Sir Martin Con
way and his nephew, has accomplished
the first crossing OF Sp!tzbersen from
east 10 west. In the central portion of
the islands was found a vast ice plateau
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05

IL you have ever seen little child in
the agony on sumner complaint. you can
realize the danger OF the trouble and ap-
preciate the vslue OF instantaneous relief
always afforded by Dew tits Collie and
Cholera Cure. For dysentery and diar-
rhma IL Is reliable remedy. We could
unless IL were a cure.
Johnstons Pharmacy, 500 Westminster
street; Metzgers Phgrmacy, 230 North
siain street; AIfreds Pharmacy, SIl EDDY
stresf.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Accidents at a Westerly Quarry.

WESTERLY, Aug. 5.-Two men were i'm
jured at the Smith granite quarry today.
One narrowly escaped death through be-
ing run over by a low gear. The other in
a fall resulting from a cavern sustained a
broken leg and other injuries.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05

Disturbers Reprimanded.

Lynn. Mass, Aug. 5-James t. Nc
Eally. Edward Gallagher and John
Tufts. who were recently arrested for
creating a disturbance In connection
with, thu strike at the F1ant shoe factory
were reprimanded by Judge Berry, yes
terday. and their cases were continued
till four weeks hence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Suffering From Appendicitis.

BosToN, Aug. 5.--Henry NJ. Whitney,
president of the Dominion Coal Company
and brother of Hon. Williiamm {. Whit
ney OF New York, is confined TO his
home in Brookline by an attack of ap-
pendicitis. The attack is not consider ed
serious, however, as the remedies ad-
ministered by Drs. Harrington of Bos-
ton and Simpson OF New York, who are
attending him, seem to be accomplish
ing their intended purpose.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Lothairo Expects Acouittnl.

Brussels, Aug. 5,-Major Lothaire, on
trial for ordering the execution of the
English trader. Stokes. in Africa has
completed the formalities looking to his
marriage, showing that he anticipates q
fayorab BILE verdict
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
4 Woman Arrested for Stealing.

Sadie Sanhorn was arrested by detec-
tive Merrill on Hammond street this
aoon for stealing "a gold watch and a
pair OF skates from Gertie Boyce, who
lives at 1896 Westminster street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
Costly Lobsters.

Beverly. Mass, Aug. 5.-William Ken
nedy, fisherman. was placed under ar
rest on his return from a trip to his
lobster pots. yesterday. for having In
his possession 200 short Holsters. This
Is the biggest seizure ever made here.
Kennedy is liable to a fine Of 81 for each
lobster seized
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-05
COTTON.

Cotton futures opened irregular; sale'
20, 800 bales; JAM, 7.31; :Feb., 1882
March, 1884; April, 1886 old; Aug. 7.4s
Sept, 7.2o; Oct, 7.1s; Nov. 7ls; Dec
1876