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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
General Mabry Threatens to
Shoot the Fighters.
Saws He Will Follow Them to
the Earth's End.
RANGERSAT THE RING.
Governors on Both Sides of the
Line Are Active.
Stuart is Still Confident That
the Fight Will Occur.

Ell PAso, Texas, Feb. 13.-General
Mabry of the Texas Rangers informed
Dan Stuart last night that when the
train or flatboat, or whatever it is to
be, that is to convey the pugilists to
the battle ground, pulled out, he would
be there without d ticket, and with all
his rangers, would attend the fight.
Stuart readily acquiesced, saying that
he was willing they should go along
and keep him out of Texas. 1t is
needless to say that the rangers will
all be there.
Governor Ahumada of chihuahua, is
still bringing troops into Juarez, and
by tonight will be in strength to be-
gin war if necessary. He declared
yesterday that under no circumstances
would he allow the fight to take place
in Mexico. He said: 81 will prevent
it by force if necessary, but l hope it
will not come to that, but if it does, 1
shall use force"
evil you shoot them DOWN."
''If men come into Mexico and in
tend to break the law they will be
arrested, and if they resist arrest they
will be shot. That's all there is to
that matter
The Governor added that newspaper
correspondents and other spectators
will ''be regarded as prize fighters"
and that bullets might strike the news
paper fraternity as well as the specta-
tors.
Il don't think much of prize fight
ing, anyhow" said the Governor. ST
went over to Ell Paso last night, and
saw two colored men box Dixon and
Walcott) and do not like it as we'll
as l thought L should, from what 1
heard about it,
The chances of the fight coming of
are good, however, despite the declara-
ton of the Governor of chihuahua,
and the American officials Stuart
calmly insists that the fight will be
brought off according to schedule, and
there is no doubt that he is making
every effort, and will continue up to
the very last minute to do his utmost
to bring it off. He insists that every
thing is ready and that no interruption
will be forthcoming.
Late yesterday afternoon Adjutan1
General Mabry gave Fitzslmmons a
scare that sent the lanky Australian
to Stuart with eyes hanging out.
General Mabry called at Fitzsimmons'
quarters In Juarez, and informed him
that DO matter where he went, no mat
ter where the fight took place, some of
the State rangers would be with him.
If he attempted to fight on Texas
soil, the rangers, General Mabry
declared, would at once open fire
and pay the principals in the fight the
distinguished honor of trying to kill
them first of all. Fitzsimmons at
once hurried over to Ell Paso and de-
clared his antipathy to being shot,
and demanded absolute protection,
without which he would not fight at
all. He and Stuart held a long con-
versation, and at its close Fitzsim-
mons mounted his wheel, and with
apparently easy mind started back to
his quarters, saying that he is salts
fed to take the chances
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Man With an Iron Skin.

In Berlin Cingalese battles all inves<
tigati:ns by physicians by the impen
etrability of his skin. The bronZed
Fastener, a Hercules in shape, claims
to have found an elixir which will rem
der the human skin impervious to any
metal point or sharpened edge of
knife or dagger, and calls himself the
Man with the Iron Skin" 1t is true
that it has beer impossible to even
scratch his skin with sharply pointed
nails with finely ground knives and
daggers He is now exhibiting himself,
and his greatest feat is to pass with his
entire body through a hoop, the inside
of which is hardly big enough to admit
his body, and is closely set with sharp
knife-points, daggers, nails and other
equally pleasant trifes. Through this
hoop he squeezes his body with absolute
impunity The physicians do not agree
as to his immunity, and some of them
think that Rhankin, which is his name,
is a fakir, who has by long practice
succeeded in hardening himself against
the impression of metal upon his skin.
The professors of the Berlin clinic,
however, considered it worth while to
lecture about the mans skin, pronounc-
ing it an inexplicable matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
CORBETT'S OPINION.

Believes Championship Fights in This
Country Are Done For.
New YORK, Feb. 13.-The World
publishes the following telegram from
J. j. Corbett, dated at Anderson, Ind:
sit is not settled in my mind who will
win the coming contest at Ell Paso. I
do not think either man is wonder.
While Fitzsimmons beat Maher once,
am quite sure Maher has improved;
but we can't uell how much he has
improved until he faces Fitzsimmons
again, and that is the only way to
know. AS regards the future Of pugi-
ism, 1 don't think there will ever be a
championship battle fought in Amer
lea again unless in private, and then
the principals will be liable to get
into a lot of trouble. But then there
is Australia, am sure they can fight
over there. And, again, they can
box limited contest in England. 1
will NETT the winner of the present
contest in Australia, England or any
where else
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
THE ARMENIANS.
A Gifted People Who Have Played
Considerable Part in History.

A Gifted People Who Have Played q
Considerable Part in History.
The Armenians are a civilized peo-
pie, people of great natural gifts and
a people who have played a considera-
BILE part in history, says the Century.
Since their ancient monarchy, which
had suffered severely in the long and
desolating wars between the Roman
and Persian empires from the third to
the seventh century of our era, was
finally destroyed by the Seljukian
Turks, a large part of the race has been
forced to migrate from it's ancient seats
at the headwaters of the Euphrates,
Tigr1s and Aras. Some of them went
southwest to the mountain Businesses of
C1lic1a, where another Armenian king
dom grew up in the twelfth century.
Others drifted into Persia. Others
moved northeastward and now form
large, industrious and prosperous pop
ulation in Russian Transcaucasia,
where many have entered the military
or civil service of the ear and risen, as
the Armenians used to rise long ago
in the Byzantine empire, to posts of
distinction and power. Russia's three
best generals in her last Asiatic cam
paigns against the Turks were Arme-
mans. Others again have scattered
themselves over the cities of Asia Minor
and southeastern Europe, where much
Of the local trade is in their hands.
But large number, roughly estimated
at from 100, 900 to LOO, 900, remain
in the old fatherland, round the great
lake of Van, and on the plateaus and
elevated valleys which stretch west
ward from Mount Ararat to ErZeroum
and birmingham. Here they are an
agricultural and Ito less EXTENT pas
toral population, leading a simple,
primitive life and desiring nothing
more than to be permitted to lead it in
peace and in fidelity to the ancient
church, which has been to them the
symbol of nationality, as we'll as the
guide of life for sixteen centuries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
NEW INDIAN POLICY.
Secretary Smith FavOrs Selling All Lands
Not Needed by the Indians.

Secretary Smith FaVOrs Selling All Lands
Not Needed by the Indians.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l3.-The Secre-
tary of the Interior has transmitted to
Congress agreements made with the
Grosventre and ASSN boine Indians at
the Fort Belkna2 Indian agency, Mon
tana, and the Indians of the Blackfeet
reservation in Montana. In his letters
of transmission, Secretary Hol1e Smith
formally enunciates a new policy,
which will be extended to all Indian
reservations. He says: 81 am firmly
convinced that the better policy in
such cases is for the government to
take charge of and sell for what they
will bring such lands as the Indians do
not need, the net proceeds being
placed in the treasury of the United
States to be expended for their ben
eft -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

Everybody knows that the earth
makes one complete revolution on its
axis once in each twenty-four hours.
But few, however, have any idea OF the
high rate of speed at which such an i'm
mense ball must turn in order to ac-
complish the feat of making one revolu-
ton in a day and a night. A graphic
idea of the terrible pace which the
old earth keeps us year after year may
be had by comparing its speed to that
of a cannon ball fred from a modern
high-pressure gun. The highest veloc-
ity ever attained by such a missile has
been estimated at ], 632 feet per second,
which is equal to a mile in three and
two-tenths seconds. The earth, in max
ing one complete revolution in the short
space of twenty-four hours, must turn
with a velocity almost exactly equal to
that of the cannon ball. In short, its
rate of speed at the equator is exactly
1,507 feet per second. This is equal to
a mile every three and six-tenthS sec
onds. seventeen miles a minute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
PENGUIN BABIES QUEER.
They Cause Their Parents No End of
Trouble.

They Cause Their Parents No End Of
Trouble.
From Young Idea: You will notice
looks as though he might be extremely
good for eating, but if you could see
father and mother penguin Just now
you would find them uncommonly thin
The care of the baby has SO worn upon
their minds and the trouble Of finding
enough fish for three to eat, that all
superfuous flesh for the time has van
ished. Baby penguin has a curious
nest. The mother tucks the egg away
softly and safely among her warm
feathers and even moves slowly anu
with great gravity over the cliffs, carry
ing the egg, while father penguin goes
fishing. Mother penguin looks as rat
during this time as the baby does now,
but when the egg is Matched she goes
fishing, too, and soon grows as thin as
father penguin himself. You notice the
funny little wings just beginning TO
start on baby's shoulders. Well, mother
and father penguin have longer ones,
but they are still more like fins than
wings. Nearly all the time is spent IN
the water and fms are more useful to
them than wings; when on land these
little half wings are used as legs, ana
the birds are often mistaken for quad
rupeds as they run over the ground
They do not seem to be troubled with
insomnia. When asleep they can be
kicked several feet and never even
wake up. There is a variety called the
jackass penguin, from its habit OF
throwing back its head and making a
loud, strange noise that sounds like
the braying of that animal. The king
penguins have regular towns, where
every inch of ground is measured on
in squares for nests. The young birds
are arranged in certain locality, the
melting birds in another, and the clean
birds quite apart from all these. So
strictly are they all divided that if
moulting bird should accidentally stray
near the clean birds it would be in
stantly put out. In the Falkland is
lands and in Patagonia these birds
abound. They are also very numerous
in certain islands of the southern Pa
cific ocean. On some of them 10000 or
&C, 900 are constantly landing or going
to sea.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
She Remembered Him.

"A little romance of the war was ap>
propriately rounded out at Harlem
Courthouse, KY, a few days ago. In
1862 fine young fellow Of II, named
Jesse Baker, a confederate, was wound
ed in a skirmish near that place. and
was left by his command at a mountain
cabin owned by John Calleen, a bush
whacker, who was helping the yam
KEGS. John and his wife were absent,
and only their 13-year-old daughter,
Mamie, was at home. She cared for the
wounded boy. nursed him through
three months sickness, and fell in love
with him during that time. But Baker
went away, forgot Mamie, and at the
close of the war married another girl.
His wife died. A little while ago he
moved to Harlem county, where he
discovered his benefactress, Mamie.
and found she was a widow. A few
days ago they were married.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
ROYAL ARCANUM SMOKER.
Cigars Cards, "Frosted Doughuuts" and
Coffee Aid to Make Good Tine.

Cigars, Cards, "Frosted Douchnuts" and
Coffee Aid to Make a.GOOd Time.
"The smoker" given by the Topeka
council of the Royal Arcanum to the
members and their gentlemen friends at
their hall last evening, was decided
success. SO much SO that similarity ar
ranged entertainments may be made
permanent social feature of the organi-
cation.
An unlimited allowance of havanas,
cards, frosted doughnuts and coffee. and
good companionship formed a com bina-
ton which made the evening enjoyable
to all participating. and left very pleas
ant impression of the orders initial
smoker"
Palmer Fl. Charlock of Boston, su-
preme orator of the order, who is now in
Kansas for the purpose of building up
the Royal Arcanum, addressed the
company during the evening, giving
short explanation of the methods and
objects of the organization. E Il.
ShumwaY read very witty original
poem and the Carmen quartette, S. E.
Lewis and the orator of the Topeka
council, A. z. McKittrick, favored the
company with several selections.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
ATTEMPTED TO BREAK JAIL

Three Prisoners at Fort Scott. Kan, At
tack Deputies With Clubs and POkers.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, Feb. 13.-The
most desperate attempt at jail break
ing that ever occurred in this county
was made here last evening by John
Franklin, a United States prisoner,
charged with attem pting to rob the
mails, and George McGloulin and c. D.
Mason, two desperate prisoners from
Linn county, charged with burglary.
They pried three bars from the inner
door, and were standing in a narrow
space between the inner and outer
doors when Deputies O'Hara and
-Cowan started to lock up for the
night. When the officers opened the
outer door the three men, who were
armed with pokers, and clubs made
from a wooden cot, made vicious at
tack on them.
The officers were knocked down, but
quickly regained their feet, and,
drawing their revolvers, gave chase to
the escaping prisoners, whom they
soon captured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

The wholesale attempts that are con-
tinually being made to poison the Lon
doners are we'll shown in the annual
report of DR.. Saunders, the medical Off
Ger of health for the city. Stockraisers
sent up last year no less than 430 tons
of diseased meat; that is, excluding
Sundays, as the hospital points out,
about a ton and a half for every work
ing day of the year. Now, ton and a
half of diseased and putrid meat re-
duced to pounds, consists of 1850, and
as each pound is amply sufficient to poi
son it's man, woman or child it follows
that our cousins in the country are will
ing to poison Londoners to the tune of
$3.50 per diem, or, excluding Sundays,
at the rate of 1861, $50 per annum. In
other words, if all the diseased meat
which is received would be eaten it
would not take more than four or five
years to accomplish the poisoning of
every man, woman and child in Lon
doni
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
FEE CRABBERS.
Senators Tillman, Chandler and
Vest CriticiSe.
Lively Discussion of Federal
Court Expenses.
SYSTEM DENOUNCED.
Respects Paid to the Robbery of
q. S. Marshals.
Vest Says Men We're Arrested
For the Sake of Fees.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-It was ex-
pected that the tariff bill would come
up in the Senate yesterday. Mr.. Nor
rill, chairman of the finance commit
tee, having given notice of motion
to that effect. But the subject was
not mentioned during the day. and the
entire session was given to routine
business Considerable progress was
made on the deficiency bill, and the
item of Federal court expenses
brought out strong criticisms from
Mr.. Chandler, Mr.. Tillman and Mr..
Vest against the fee system.
The item of 500, 900 for salaries of
judges and officers of the Federal
courts in the Indian Territory
prompted speech by Mr.. Chandler.
Two of the judges springer and Kill
gore) are ex-members CT Congress, and
had gone to the Indian Territory
with all the extravagant notions en-
gendered by life in Washington and
membership in billion dollar DEM
ocratic Congress-
Mr.. Chandler said he was not yet
prepared to make charges, but he be-
heved from letters received that all is
not as it should be in the administra-
ton of the Indian courts.
Mr.. Chandler declared that the fee
system was responsible for the grow
ing extravaganza of federal court of
ficers. He spoke of conspiracies in
Alabama, South Carolina and else
where to get up fraudulent prosecu-
tons to swell fees of officers
This brought Mr.. Tillman, Demo-
crat, of South Carolina to his feet for
a characteristic speech. He agreed,
with Mr.. Chandler, that the fee sys-
tenn was wrong. A Supreme court
court officials were encouraged to get
up fictitious prosecutions. There is
class of habitual witnesses in the
South. They do nothing but earn wit
nesses' fees, going around 'bam-
boozling negroes and getting whole
teams of negroes to prosecute fictitious
cases. The thing to do was to reform
the law.
Mr. Vest spoke of the robbery and
plumber" practiced by United States
marshals in order to obtain fees. There
were lotteries and rings of these mar
shals who made it trade to go
around arresting men and dragging
them hundreds of miles to jail, not for
purposes of justice, but to swell mar
Shals' fees.
The deficiency bill was laid aside at
4:1n p. IN. Mr.. Hale called up the bill
making February IL Lincoln's Dir tn
day. a national holiday. Mr.. Hill,
Democrat, of New York, said he
had intended to offer an amend
ment making the birthday Of Andrew
jackson legal holiday, but in order
not to interfere with the measure, he
would submit the bill separately. Mr..
Hawley objected to the Immediate con-
sideration of the bill, and this pre-
vented action.
A resolution, introduced by Mr.. PEI
fer, calls for an investigation of recent
bond sales, all dealings with syndi-
Gates and individuals. The resolution
is so comprehensive as to cover every
possible phase of negotiation in the
bond issues of the last three years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
ARIZONA MILITIA OUT.
Governor Hughes Wants no Prize Fight
in His Bafliwick.

PHOENIX, ARR, Feb. 13.-Major r.
Allyn Lewis, commanding the Second
battalion, n. G. A. wires from Bowie
that he has positive information that
the Maher- Fitzsimmons fight is to be
brought off within ARIZONA lines.
Governor Hughes has ordered to East
ern Arizona, three companies of mil
tia, two from Tucson, and one from
Yuma They will be held at Bowie or
San Simon. Companies at Nogales,
Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa were also
instructed to prepare for active service
at oEce.
Last evening the Governor wired the
Southern Pacific company that he is
informed that an attempt will be
made to bring off the main fight in
Arizona, and urging that company not
to become accessory by any unlawful
act of carrying the fighters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
The Estimate Too High.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The sub
committee of the House committee on
commerce is considering the report of
the Nicaragua canal commission. The
general impression among the mem
bers of the subcommittee is that the
estimation of the commission for the
completion of the work (Sl36, 600, 0OO
is entirely too high Mr.. Doolittle of
Washington, says that there are gen.
tlemen in the United States who can
give the best of security for carrying
out their contract, who will agree to
complete the work for $40, 900, 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Cl.ck Needed winding.

A jeweler of Tuscola, Mich, says that
during the past year one o'clock has
been. brought to him seven times for
repair, and each time all that was
wrong with it was that it needed wind
ing. Each time he explained the
cause to the owner, but after a few
weeks, or sometimes months, the clock.
being neglected, would stop, the owner
would shake it, blow in it and then take
it to the jeweler, who would astonish
him by winding it and handing it
back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

The Nebraska department G. A. R.
is holding its annual encampment in
Omaha.
President Cleveland has pardoned
Robert L. Lane, sentenced in Missouri
to two years Imprisonment and fine
for counterfeiting.
Experiments with aseptclin, DIR.
Cyrus Edson's new consumption rem
edy, are being made on convicts in the
Auburn, N. Y, prison
All the pool room proprietors and
employees in Covington, Ky, have been
indicted by the grand jury and the
pool rooms closed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

Three statues are about to be erected
to famous Bretons in Brittany. At
Ploermel, known for it's pardon it is
DR.. Guerin, who introduced the trans
fusion of blood into modern practice,
who will be honored; at Lesneven it
is General LIE Flo, Theirs minister Of
war, and at Oman the Cometable Du-
guesclin, whose memory Coquelin and
Deronlede have revived, is to be rep
resented on horseback. The money for
a monument to Renan at Tregueir has
not been raised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
RAYS BY TELEPHONE.
Edison VIII Experiment in Transmitting
Them by Wire.

ORANGE, N. J., Feb. 13.-Edison con-
tinued his experiments with Roentgen
rays yesterday, and although many of
his experiments were unsuccessful, he
is as enthusiastic as ever and declares
he will try Photographic a brain as
soon as he secures rays strong enough
to suit his purpose. Edison proposes
to try if the rays can be sent over
telephone wire, placing the diaphram
of one receiver in front of tube and
a receiver at the other end of the
wire in an adjoining room, in front of
a sensitized plate. If the experiment
is successful, the wizard says the pos
sibilities of the application of the rays
will be immense, and may include a
practical device for sending pic lures
by telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Connecticut Thrift.

1t is impossible to say whether it is
anything more than sailors yarn but
the New London Telegraph publishes
as a fact that a farer from an adjacent
town, noticing a sign reading Dinner.
II to 2, 25 cents" went in, ordered din
ner, finished at L o'clock and paid Is
cents. The proprietor could not con-
vince him that he had made a mistake.
Words ensued and the farmer was
shown the door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13

WAsHINGIoN, Feb 13.-The House
committee on territories held a warm
session yesterday over the bills to ad-
init Arizona and New Mexico into the
Union. BY vote of to the COM
lnittee adjourned without action. The
vote indicates that, for the present at
least, the committee is opposed to re-
porting the statehood bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Venezuela Accepts Good Advice.

LONDON, Feb. lat is announced
from good source that, following
the advice of the United States, Ven
ezuela has practically decided to send
a represen tative to London with power
to open direct negotiations with the
government of Great Britain for a set
Element of the boundary dispute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-13
Vest stIn After nIortnn.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-In the SEN
ate yesterday Mr.. Vest secured the
adoption of the resolution calling on
the Secretary of Agriculture to report
what recent changes had been made
in the quarantine line against cattle
coming north from Texas. Mr.. Vest
explained that a recent publication
stated that the Secretary had issued a
proclamation making radical changes
to the detriment of the parties in in
farASf