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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
WAVE OF DEATH.
DETAILS Or THE TIDE THAT
. SWEPT NORTHERN JAPAN,
Some 1900 Persons Were Killed
and 5000 Injured-Whole
Towns and Villages
Swept Away.
-THE story of the tremendous
tidal wave that swept the
northern shores Of Japan and

caused the loss OF some 27, 600
lives on June Is is told in full detail in
the advices. recently received at San
Francisco by the Pacific Mail steamer
China. The first reports were not e1.
sggerated, and in addition to the loss
O. life there we're over 5000 persons
seriously wounded and in bad condi-
ton owing to the destruction of hos
pital facilities aud medical stores.
The damage to property is enormous,
and is roughly estimated in the OFF,
cial report at nearly 1000, 600 yon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

companies exceed $5.ssl. .09U,00o. The
grand total of american life insur.
ance policies in force, those OF the
assessment companies and orders in
cluded, is reported to be si5, o4S, 452,-
6eA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
BICYCLE SKATE.
An English Invention for Fast Road
Travelling.

Inventive genius in England has
turned its attention to the perfection
of road skate, an adaptation of the con-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

inches wide required to make tliiH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
Tilllnan'a ..seben .1.eben' Luck.

Senator Tillman is known to the ne
groes of South Carolina as a "seben
'leben chile"-tnat is to say, he is the
eleventh child Of his father who was
the seventh child of Senator Tillman s
grandfather. This combination is re-
garded as superlatively lucky by the
superstitious negroes who look upon
Tillman as man of destiny and
hence not TO be opposed with any pros
pect of success. Tillman's luck has be-
come proverbial in South Carolina
and MS friends say that he has never
known defeat in any undertaking since
his boyhood. His nerve and determine
ton have carried him through many
places where another man would have
failed miserably. He is in his 50tb year
and lived on the old family farm up
to 1890 when he was elected governor.
the first Office he ever held. He lost one
OF his eyes as a result of an accident
while swimming when a boy.-Ex-
change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
big Electrioal PAM.

Mar!p0sa county, California, is to
have the third largest electrical power
developing and distributing plant in
the United States The largest is at
Niagara. the next is at Folsom. ia Cali
fornla, and the third is to be con
struct-d at the Horseshoe Bend on the
MERGED river. The location is near the
center of a mining district. having at
least 100 mines that are sufficiently
prOspected to use cheap power AT the
driest season of the year the power
company calculates upon 1900 horse
power and during eight months in the
year they expect water enough to gen
crate 3. 500 horsepower. The price the
company proposes to charge its cuseo-
mers is IS per horsepower a mouth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

The following up to date leap year pro
posal is oulled from the personal columns
of a leading New York paper;
'Wanted-By a young lady, Of pleasing
eountenance, presentabIe figure. agreeable
manners, general Information and varied
accomplishments who has studied every
thing from the creation to crochet, stu
alton ia the family Of a gentleman of cul-
ture and social standing she viii take the
head OF his table, manage his household,
scoId his servants, check his tradosmen's
bills. accompany him to the theater, cut
his magazine leaves, and make life gener-
ally joyous; 70 per cent Of his income wi
be accepted as salary, and plain gold rim
for the third finger Of her left hand is d
sired as badge Of service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
WHAT WILL GROVER Dor
His Course on the cuban Resolutions
Purely Speculative.

Hia Course on the cuban Resolutions
Purely Speculative.
WAsHINGToEs april 7.-Senor Dupuy
de LONE, the Spanish minister here,
was too busy to receive reporters
wishing to ascertain what he proposed
to do the result of the action
of the House in adopting the con
ference report upon the Cuban
resolutions. Proba bly, his course
will depend entirely upon the
attitude to be assumed by the
president towal the su bject. The
course 01 the latte is purely a matter
OF speculation. Since the transmits
sion TO congress last Fe bruary Of the
correspond ence reIat We to Cuba, much
matter has cOngrega ID a the depart
ment Of state bearing on the later
phase Of the struggle. For pruden-
tlal reasons these reports have been
withheld, even from congress, and SO
1T IS not possible to learn whether or
not the state of facts as set out there
ia is such as TO warrant any change in
the attitude toward the revolution the
President assumed and defined in his
annual message to congress. The
tests p. laid dOv in the beginning,
NEhicL She revolutionists must fulfill
rem; unchanged, so far as can be
gathered. Relative to the ex-
tension Of his good Offices to
the end Of bringing about independ-
ence, it is entirely possible the Presi-
dent may find it within his inclination
and disposition to move in that direc-
tion as FAR as he can safely, for he is
on record in his message as deprecat-
ing the continuance OF the cruel and
bloody" war on the island However,
in either case, the President is not
under the present nee ssity Of decid-
ing whether he will act and how upon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
AJOLLV HERMIT.
ana An About the Strange way he ana
His Dog Travel.


HIS Dog Travel.
Uncle John Cusack. the hermit of
Moose Island, has Just sold part of his
lnsular domain in Moosehead lake. and
to this extent, has abdicated the long
seclusion in which he has dwelt for
about thirty yea<s, says the Maine State
Press. He retains 200 acres, upon
which his house and stable stand. -Four
hundred acres he has sold to a wealthy
woman, said to be a southerner, for
about $4,000, who will build there her
summer residence. Not long ago there
appeared in print an account OF John
Cusack's feat in crossing the Piscata-
quis river at Foxeroft, standing on a
thirty-fve pound binding pole. Such
a performance is a commonplace one
for him Frequently on a wager or
merely to exhibit his skill he has
crossed the broad reach of West cove
at the foot Of Moosehead lake. on a pole
as slender. and when even upheld by
nothing more buoying than a lumber
mans pick-pole. AS to the matter Of
? boat to take him from the island to
the mainland he gives himself little
trouble. To leap upon log, with
slab or sappling for paddle. and pro
pei himself across the dividing channel
is as much matter of course with him
as for an urban resident to step upon
a horse car.
With such craft he sometimes has
made strange and adventurous voyages
Once as the steamer from Kineo plowed
down the lake through heavy sea the
ships company we're astounded by The
sight of a man in mid-Iake standing
breaat high in the heaving waters VITA
which he was battling in seeming pur-
suit Of a small dog that sat in full view
above the surface a few feet ahead Of
MIN.
The steamer, changing her course
slowed down to pick up John Cusack,
who was making the fourth mile of q
voyage, with an old tree root as his
craft and his dog as his passenger. Ha
stood upon the larger end of the root,
thereby lifting the other end above the
water. and upon this raised tip the dog
found a safe if not quite dry footing.
The sight of Uncle John and his dog
making similar though less venture
some voyages about the lower part of
the lake is not uncommon, and the dos
has learned to take his place on the dry
end OF she stick or root at his master )
first word of command.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
TIE EoREsrs OF HoNpuRAs.
They Are Fun of wud Animals from
the Tiger Down.

They Are Fun of vVud Animals from
the Tiger Down.
a tramp through a tropical forest is
full Of pleasure, says the Century.
Working our way up the little river.
we waded many a rod using its bed for
highway. In several places the soft
banks held the Imprints of tigers feet
In others the horny toes of the tapir
had left their impress and the tiny foot
prints of the little red deer Of these
mountains marked the sands. In many
places the soft ground of the bottom
lands bordering the stream was rooted
up by wild pigs. Now and then my
guide shifted the air suspiciously and
was astonished that I could not detect
the Odor that the waree gives from
the gland on his back. Then the man
would creep forward and point to a
reddish animal busy with g nut or with
a sapote that some fmproyident monkey
had plucked before it was ripe enough
to eat and thrown from the branches
high overhead We would step for
ward. the pig would give one startled
glance and with barking grunts scurry
away, switching his tail and kicking
up his heels. as though in high glee be-
cause he was only half frightened and
wholly jovial withaI Often a sound
like that made by a racket-loving
urchfn clapping two shingles together
called attention to some toucan with a
marveIous1y big nose. The scream Of
a hawk. the chatter Of monkeys, the
clear song, like that Of a cardinal gros-
beak. but with a prettier tril at the end
than the grosbeak knows; the plaintive
cry of the sloth. and the hum of insects
these were the morning voices Of
those vast shades At midday all was
silent The sunlight filtered through
the tops of tall mahoganies and Span
ish cedars and fell upon the spotted
trunks of rosewood and lignum vitae
trees and carpeted all the ground with
golden patterns. Even the magnificent
butterflies no longer fitted on silent
wings of most brilliant and lovely hue,
over grown strewn with the wings Of
hundreds Of their fellows that had fall
len prey to birds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

striking illustration of the skill OF
birds in building their nests is in the
museum of natural history at Soleure,
Switzerland, where there is a birds
nest made entirely of steel There are
a number of clock-making establish
ments at Soleure and in the yards OF
these many broken clock and watch
springs of all sizes are scattered about
One day a clockmaker noticed in a
tree in his yard a swallows nest Of Pc
culiar appearance. He climbed up to
it and found that a pair Of wagtails had
built nest almost entirely Of clock
springs. 1t was more than four inches
across and perfectly comfortable for
the birds
In the fall. after the young birds had
grown up and the whole family had
fitted southwark for the winter, the
nest was carefully taken down and re-
moved to the museum.-E Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
vest Endorsed for Senator.

MACON. No, April THE Macon
county Democratic convention was
held here yesterday Resolutions de-
claring for free silver at l6 10 2. tariff
reform. indorsing George &. Vest for
the United States Senate. indorsing
&he State and county administra tons.
nn6 imderalmg Vest, Bland, Cockrell
and stone for delegates at large to
Chicago, were adopted The delegates
10 Sedalia were instructed not to vote
for or fndorss any one for Chicago
delegates not ia favor Of free silver at
10 to T.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
aeIa Tor aLanalaaehtar.

LAWRENCE. Mass. April Arthur
Bradley. the Haverhill shoemaker. one
of the principals ia the fatal prize
fight here Saturday night, was ar
raigned before Judge Stone, charged
with manslaugh ter and prize fighting.
and ten others were charged with be-
ing present and aiding and abetting
the light Bradley was bound over to
the grand jury m So, 500 on the charge
OF manslaughter and s.. 600 on the
charge of prize Sighting. The other
defendants were bound over in ST., 900
each
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

The latest university to open its doors
to women is the University of Athens
Five women were enrolled for the win
ter term, yet not without violent objec-
ton from some Of the students The
question divided the students into hos
tile parties, and two of them went from
words TO blows, until tnaiiy one shot
the other with revolver at the en-
trance to the chemical lecture room
Strange conjunction Of the bar barism
OF The east and of the west at the TEN
pie of science in Athens!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

Articles Of dress are now being ex-
tensively made of glass A Venetian
manufacturer is turning out bonnets
by the thousand. the glass cloth Of
which they are composed having the
same simmer and 5rilliancy Of color
as silk, and. what is a great advantage.
being impervious to water. In Russia
there has for long time existed q It's
sac, manufactured from the fiber Of a
peculiar 1lamentous stone from the
Siberian mines. which by some secret
process is shredded and spun into a
fabric which, although soft to the touch
and pnaDle in extreme. is Of so dura-
Bile nature that it never wears out
This is probably what has given an en-
terprisIng firm the idea of producing
spun glass dress lengths. The Musco-
Yite stuff is thrown into the fire when
dirty, like asbestus, by which it is
made absolutely clean again: but the
spun glass silk is simply brushed with
a hard brush and soap and water and is
none the worse for being either stained
or sOiled- The material is to be had IN
white. green. lilac. pink and yellow
and bids fair to become very fashioa-
able Tor evening dresses. An Austrian
is the inventor of this novel fabric,
which is rather costly Table cloths.
napkins, and window curtains are also
made OF it. 1t has also been discov-
cred that glass is capable Of being
turned into a fine cloth. which can be
worn next to the skin without the
slightest discomfort. Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
The Newa Aroused Enthusiasm in Peru.

The Newa Aroused Enthusiasm in Peru.
LnA, Peru, April Tit was gener-
ally known here that the United
States House Of Representatives was
70 take the vote yesterday which
would finally decide the attitude of
Congress on the question Of Cuban bel
hgerency. This vote was viewed with
the greatest interest, ana the result
was promptly bulletined When the
news appeared the greatest enthus-
iasm was manifested by the people
over the Houses action, and sympathy
With the Cubans was very generally
expressed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
wichita Reporter Thraahed.

WICHITA, Kan.. April 7.-District
Clerk Newt Bridgeman took onease at
an article in last evenings Beacon.
which stated that ne had been making
the rounds of the saloons with Chief
Burt and instructing the whisky men
to vote the Republican ticket. He
sought out Ed Cochrane, the reporter
who he believed wrote the article and
administered a sound thrashing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
- 80 - commlttad.

NEVADA, Mo. April 7.-Justice G.
7. Davis yesterday committed the
three Nassau train robber suspects 10
jail in default Of So, 800 bail each.
The men. William Bruce Morris, aged
%; Harry Vaughn, aged ~, and Will
lam Rogers, aged "a, were identified
by an the trainmen Of the Missouri
Pacific freight train, held up at Mas
sau, one mile south Of the city, Jam
uary as. as the men who did the job
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

The famous old Peggy" Stewart
house in Annapolis. Md. is being re-
modelled. It was the home Of Anthony
Stewart, owner Of the brig Peggy Stew
art. who excited the wrath OF the Mary
land coIonists by paying the obnoxious
tax on q cargo Of tea in 1774
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
For vess. so 80 &c.

RocKPoRT, No, April THE Dem
ocrat 81 this county met here yester-
day and elected the following dele
gates to the sedalia convention. j.
NJ sliger and j. NJ Hopkins. The
delegates TO Sedalia were instructed
to work to secure the election of Vest,
Stone and Bland as legates-at-large
to the Chicago convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
The Nebraska Senator Bitterly
DenOunces Cleveland
I'm the PostOfFice Appropriation
Bill Debate.
Declares He a Disgrace to the
Great Office
And Does Only the Bidding of
Wall Street.

WASHINGTON, April THE Senate
spent the entire day On the postoace
appropriatio bill but did not com
plete il. The bill served to bring ont
some sharp criticisms by Senator Cor
man on the adm inistrati0n of the post
office department, and by Senator
Allen Of Nebraska, on alleged irregu-
larities resulting from the civil ser
vice system. The vote on the post
Office bill viii be taken today.
Dir Allen spoke Tor the retention of
the old system with its country post
masters and arraigned civil service as
a farce In this connection Mr.. Allen
said: "The greatest mugwump of the
day is ia the White House. tt Is diff
cult TO say whether he is greater as a
mugwump or as imperial Democratic
dicta tor. He has led the hosts Of
mugwumps in this country for ten OF
fifteen years Mr. Allen referred
also to Teddy Roosevelt, the great
New York mugwump, second only to
Cleveland himself"
The Senator severely criticised the
action OF the president in removing
Civil Service Comm issi0ner Johnson.
declaring that the president had pur-
sued the methods or Jeffrey and the
Old Bailey, listening to the Whisper
ings of scandal mongers in order to
pitch a man out Of Office. This was
civil service-a mere cloak by which
president ana mem bers of MS ca binet
could carry out their own desires
Again, abiding to the president, Mr.
Allen said. tHe is disgrace to the
great office he occupies He should
not, and doubtless VIII not, be re-
turned to the position again. The
Senator referred TO the president as
his majesty F" correcting himself to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
ROBBED ana Left FOR Dead.

WIcATrA, Kan, April 7.-Thomas
Sparr was found IN an insensible con
ditlon il one of the public streets here
early last night and 1t is expected that
he cannot recover. He was badly
beaten about the head and robbed Of
all ais money He was employed by
the Dold Packing company and had
been paid of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

Emperor William Of Germany dined with
the officers of she cuirassiers of the guard
the other day, and toward midnight began
talking with a bandmaster about historic
al marches Later his majesty took the
baton from the bandmastar's hand and
by Frederick the Great At its conclusion
the emperor said cit is grand like that.
I viii have il like that throughout my
army. p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
THAT NILE CAMPAIGN
ENaLAND's PROPOSED EXPEDITION
AGAINST THE MAHDlSTS.

Moderate Project Compared with
WolseIey's Of Twelve Years Ago-Expe-
riences Britain Has Gained From Former
Campaigns In the Same Direction
The fierce light that beats upon a throne
hardly pr0yokes more Wariness and cir
oumspeotion than the light that falls upon
a modern military expedition. Whether it
Is one Of Italy in Tigre, of France in Co
chin China OF In Madagascar, of Germany
In Zanzibar, or of England in Ashanti,
the Transvaal or the Sudan, the report
ers and the critics swarm and have means
of turning on cathode rays to get the true
inwardness as well as the outer seeming
of things. And this fact is suggested by
the cautious and deprecatory policy adopt
ed by the British government in leaving
it uncertain just where it proposes to go
OF what il agrees to do in the Anglo-Egyp-
tian campaign. The phrase, cooperation
with Italy, covers not exactly a multi
tude of sins. but of possible failures to ac-
complish what is really desired, for at any
point an expedition proceeding up the Nile
can be withdrawn on the ground that the
diversion in favor of the Italians at kassala
has been accom- tlished.
Thus Mr., CUrzOn's statement in the
house OF commons that an advance Of
British troops has been ordered to a town
one-third of the distance between Wady-
Halfa and. Dongola' meaning Akasheh
-ssand may ultimately be made to Don
COLA, + simply takes the minimum of Brit
ish operations and probably also discounts
a success to that point, since it would DO
strange indeed if British arms could not
advance thus far In 1854 Wolseley, with
his main force, advanced to Korti, which
is beyond DongOla, on the great northward
bend or Loop Of the Nile, and thence sent
Earle by river across country to attack
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

CHMLIcoTHE, Mo, April fudge
Broaddus, on application Of the bond
holders and other creditors Of the
Excelsior Springs railroad. nine miles
in length. appointed H. u. Garland
and g. a. BraIey Of Kansas City re
celvers Of the road The road has de-
faplted its interest and there are
judgments against it for right Of vvav.
Tt taps the Wabash road at the Mis-
souri, river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07
The missouri Rising RapidIy.

ST JOSEPH, No, April THE Mis-
sourl river has risen nine feet il TWEEN
ty-four hours at this place and is still
rising 50 far, very little damage has
resulted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

Mrs. Cleveland is choosing her hus-
bands srring salts. Duck trousers would
be most appropriate. Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

We mend and sew on buttons free OF
charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-07

Gov ernor Lowndes Of Maryland has
been trotted ont els favorite son by
tbs Aiaxyland Repu blicans
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-11
CATHOLIC CLUB WON
The Team Starts in the
Amateur Association
With a Victory.
ELIZABETH O~UTCLAssED
Prize Winner in the Palma Tour
ney-Local Scrappers in
New York.

The Championship season of the ANA
teur Bowling Association was ushered in
last night with two games, in both of
which clubs of this city competed. The
most important was the game between
the Elizabeth Athletic Club, the oft-re-
turned champions Of this association, and
the Catholic Club team. the new member
of this league. The game was rolled on
the Catholic Club alleys, and everything
resulted successfully for the new begin
ners. They turned out a strong team,
and gave the cracks Of last year a bad
beating. The Catholic Club bowled a
strong game and led the visitors on every
frame. There was a large crowd on the
alleys, and the friends of the Catholic
Club team were jubilant over their repre-
sentatives' suspicious opening. On the
first frame the Catholic Club cut out the
work and had q pins the best Of it. This
they increased to 81 on the second. h
margin grew all the time, and when the
last balls had been rolled the Catholic
Club was successful by a margin of 221
pins. 1t was one of the worst defeats re-
ceived by Elizabeth in a long time. The
speed with which the c. c. has begun the
race should give them a lead, and the se-
ries will be all the more interesting be-
cause of the participation of the local or
~ganization. They bowled steadily. and
the honors accumulated around Tom Cav
anagh and Frank Riordan. Only two of
the Elizabeth team beat the average. The
ccorec vrara+