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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
IS A BIG FIzzLE.
Everybody Seems Down on the
Chicago Horse Show.

Chicago, Nov. 4.-JOhn A Logan, Jr.,
and the Illinois state board of agriculture
are trying to see who is boss at the horse
show in the Coliseum. Mr.. Logan hired
some Pinkerton detectives to do guard
duty, and the board refused to allow the
BILL thinking the regular police were suf-
ficient. A. D. Baker took occasion to
tell Mr.. Logan that he had been hired
by the board to do its work, and that he
had overstepped his authority in secur-
ing the extra protection against robbers
and piczpocekts. The board won its point.
The Pinkerton men went home.
The attendance at the afternoon show
was not enough to fill the boxes and the
great area of seats There was slight
enthusiasm, the cheering being mostly by
the grooms and hostlers, who applauded
their own turnouts each time they came
by the entrance from the paddock.
The evening crowd was more compli-
mentary, but at no time did the interest
become clamorous or rise to a fever heat
1t was even cold about the tapestried
quarters of the Bit and Spur club, where
it was expected that joy would reign and
revelry hold complete sway. 1t was fig
ured that the attendance of the second
day was running behind that of the first.
but the management claimed it rather
expected that.
There has been small attendance from
the country and the crowd is expected
to come from society, which runs to
horses and the show of fine raiment. The
boxes last night were filed by the people
who occupied them the night before, with
the exception that there were some that
held none
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
CHASING A GOVERNOR.
VIM. C. Oates is Driven From
Place to Place by Quar-
antine Officers.

Washington, Nov. 4.-''Yes. under the
quarantine regulations promulgated by
Governor Johnston and the municipalities
of Alabama my wife, my son and myself
were literally driven out of the state be-
cause we were from Montgomery. al
though we had not been exposed to yeI-
low fever. We were informed that un-
less we left by the first train we would
be subject to a fine OF 500 each for every
day we remained in the state"
Thus spoke William c. Oates. for four
teen years the representative of the Third
congressional district in the congress of
the United States and chief executive of
the state of alabama during 1895 and
1896
Before yellow fever was officially de-
clared in Montgomery said Governor
Oates. Il sent my wife and little son to
her brothers country place. five miles
from Eufaula. in Barber county, Ala,
to remain until the yellow fever scare
was over remained in Montgomery two
days later attending to business. When
Mrs. Oates and our little son arrived at
her brothers country home. Eufaula
quarantined against that home immedi-
ately. and none OF the inmates were al
lowed to enter the city. In the mean
time the governor had issued his procla-
ed places not to stop within the state and
forbidding their return within a period o:
ten days. Immediately the sheriff Bar
bour county went out to Mr.. TOnney's
place and ordered Mrs. Oates and our
little son to leave the state, under the
terms of the proclamation.
she took the first tram for Washing
ton, not even being allowed the privilege
of consulting me before her departure.
A + he 1pfT Wit a
of gentlemen for my old home in Able
vile. We were placed in a car specially
set apart for our transportation and the
doors and windows were all tightly
closed.
''As we passed through Troy, Pike coun-
ty, one of the gentlemen raised win
dow for the purpose OF securing a little
fresh air and was immedia tely ordered by
one of the officers on board the train to
shut it down or he would crack his head
with his club At every station the peo-
pie were up in arms A complete quar-
antine had been established and the peo-
pie had no use whatever for refugees
The same conditions existed in Dale and
Henry counties, and when I arrived at
Abbevine-my old home-I was informed
by the marshal. under the direction of
the mayor of the town, that 1 must leave
Immediately. I secured a conveyance as
soon as possible and was driven across
the country to Eufaula, expecting there
to meet Mrs. Oates and come on to Wash
ington. On my arrival, however, I dis
covered that she had already left for
this city.
L suppose there was a general sigh Of
relief when I took my departure from
their midst, and this, too, in the face of
the fact that I had already had the yell
low fever and had a certificate from
probably the most prominent physician
in Alabama. certifying that I was in per
feet health and had not been exposed to
the disease in any way nor at any time"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
JOHN SEBASTIAN IN UTAH.
General Passenger Agent of the Rock
Island on an Inspection Tour.

Salt Lake, Nov 4-Two notable
heads of passenger departments were
Salt Lake visitors yesterday They
were John Sebastian, general passenger
agent of the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific, and S. K. Hooper. general pas
senger agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande.
Mr.. Sebastian is notable among pas
senger men. In his business he stands
in the front rank, and he has given to
the passenger men more ideas than any
official of similar rank. Just now the
Sebastian interchangeable system of
mileage tickets is the chief subject un-
der discussion among eastern passen-
ger agents, and its trials on the big
trunk lines of the east have been very
successful Speaking of this system
yesterday, Mr.. Sebastian said that the
system was working most satisfactOr-
lily and he thought it would, in the very
near future, be adopted by western
lines. He said that his trip at present
was for the purpose of going through
the new territory opened to his line
with view to studying the needs for
the future. The Rock Island is al
ready operating through cars to west
ern points via Grand Junction.
Major S. K. Hooper is just complet-
ing his thirty-secOnd year as a passen-
ger official He is one of the oldest
men in the service. He has been with
the Colorado line, the Denver & Rio
Grande. as the head of it's passenger
department, since June, 1884.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
JUMPING on TURNER.
Because He Helped a Republican In
stead of the Party That Gave
Him His Job.

81 talked against coercion and intim-
idation last fall in the campaign" said
r. W. Turner today in discussing the
rumor that an effort would be made to
have him removed as secretary of the
state board of railroad commissioners
because he helped in the election of r.
NJ. Pickler, a Republican, for district
judge in the Fifteenth district.
4 am still opposed to that doctrine
in politics, and I do not want anyone
to make the mistake OF believing that
I now propose at this period of my life
to be dictated to in this manner.
4 helped Pickler some, perhaps, by
voting for him, and I don't care who
knows it, said Mr.. Turner denantly-
1.-The POpulist candidate for judge is a.
good man. Nothing can be said against
him, except that he is not so much ex-
perienced as Pickler. Therefore Pick
Ter viii make a better judge Picker
was running on bipartisan platform
and I supported him.
w. E. Bush, secretary of state. is es-
peciaIly indignant at Turner. He it is
who wants the executive council to re-
move Turner. Today Railroad Commis-
siOner Campbell asked Mr.. Bush about
the causes which made Mr.. Bush's
home county, Jewell go Republican.
We could not do anything when q
large majority of our people stayed at
home, and such fellows as Bob Turner
there working against our candidates.
snapped Bush.
Asked if he proposed to seek Turner's
removal, Mr.. Bush said:
wait until the executive council
meets and see,'' he replied and walked
away.
The state house people are inclined
to laugh at the anger Mr.. Bush displays
because his county went into the Re
publican column.
r. w Turner said: with Bush.sec-
retary of state. and Charley Ross. as
sistant secretary of state in Jewell coUE-
ty, they should have been able to fix
things up. In Smith, there is Amis as.
sistant state superintendent, and others
of prominence. It's all foolshness for
those fellows to charge me with the re-
sponsibility of the defeat of their can
didates for county Offices
The fact is said Mr. Turner. '+th
free silver Republicans were not rec
ognized in any of the counties cOmpris
ing that judicial district. We wanted tC
fuse. but the Pops said they diun't need
US. We just supposed they were from
Missouri, and we showed it to EN-.
They have found after it is tCo late,
that they did need us"
Mr.. Turner concluded by saying: IF
they want my job. they can have it. but
the people around this state house
must not think that they can compel
me to surrender my own principles and
suffer their dictatiOn."
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
COMMISSION BUREAU.
Startling Innovation to be Consider
ed BY Western Passenger Men.

Chicago, Nov. ito pay commissions
through a bureau is the exceedingly
unique proposition to be considered by
the executive committee of the west
ern passenger association at a meeting
to be held in this city next Thursday.
That it will not be adopted seems
certainty. 1t is OF too startling a ma
ture to go through at the first consider
alton.
1--WE have found that knowledge of
each others action from a source that
is above suspicion of partality has
been exceedingly beneficial said
general passenger agent discussing this
proposed consideration of the commits
sion question. I'VE have found in
many instances that supposed reasons
for cutting rates for the purpose of
meeting some other fellow did not eX-
list; that we had been misinfOrmed as
to facts. The correct information COM
ing from the head of a bureau who has
every facility for learning the truth and
no incentive for nisstating it is accept
ed as sufficient, and the proposed re-
ductiOn, which would cost US hundreds
of dollars. is not made.
IF all commissions were to be paid
through a bureau there would be no
unauthorized payments, and each line
would be able to know what others are
doing. The chairman of such a bureau
would tell each subscriber the exact
amount of payments made by others, of
course, but by disabusing of such ideas
the minds of those who are suspicious
he could keep all in line and save the
roads hundreds of thousands of dollars
each year"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
SENTENCE CUT IN HALF.
Gen. Brooke Declares Private Ham
mon0's Punishment to be
Too Severe.

Chicago, Nov. 4.-Private Charles
Hammond, who was dragged by his
heels before a summary court-martiaI
at Fort Sheridan four weeks ago on
the order of Captain Lowering to an
swer to a charge of desertion viii serve
but half the sentence imposed upon
him. He was sentenced by a court
composed of fellow soldiers of Captain
Lowering to go to prison for a year at
hard labor and to forfeit all pay for
this period. In addition the verdict
provided for the dishonorable discharge
of the private.
General Brooke, however, has re-
viewed the verdict, criticised it and cut
down the punishment. AS mitigated
by General Brooke the sentence com
pelS Hammond to serve in prison only
six months. His pay is reduced by
$40 a month and there is no provision
for dishonorable discharge that being
deemed too severe by the commander.
In the review of the case, the general
said the sentence was excessive. BY
this action the stigma of dishonorable
discharge will not attach to Private
Hammond and after he has served six
months he will be restored to his for
mer position in the army.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
FERGUSON In NEW WORK.
The Conductor Writing Insurance for
the New York Life.

Alexander Ferguson, the discharged
Santa Fe conductor who was held re-
sponsible for the wreck at Lang station,
has entered the life insurance business.
He is now writing insurance for the New
York Life Insurance company, and is
working among the Santa Fe trainmen
and enginemen with whom he was asso-
sciated for years.
Ferguson was in this city today and
stated that he was resting on his oars
far as any action against the Santa Fe
company was concerned He said that
he had not yet fully decided to bring ac-
ton for damages against the company.
The cause of FergusOn's 5 indecision. it is
said, is the fact that he was formally dis
charged from the service of the company
the charge of carrying passengers
without transportation, and he is not sure
to the wreck
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
SANTA FE VACANCIES.
Several Conductors and Firemen to
be Promoted

Emporia, Nov. 4.-There is a vacan-
cy on the passenger run out of Kansas
City. The oldest brakeman applying
for the same before the 10th will be as
signed. There are also two vacancies
on the EmpOria and Hutchinson Mon
day and Wednesday locals, and the
Strong City and Superior branch mixed
train. The oldest conductors applying
before the 10th will be assigned there
to.
+. The Oldest fireman making applica-
ton before November will be put on
Emporia plug. There are also firemen
vacancies to be filed on engine 1O5 on
the Salina branch. engine 104 Arkansas
City branch and engine 90 on the Hol-
lyroOd, which will be filled on Noven-
Der 3
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
NEBRASKA STILL COUNTING.
Estimated Majority for Fusion. Ticket
is 1O.33O.

Omaha, Neb., Nov. 4-Fffty-two
counties have made returns on the
head of the ticket These give Sullivan
60 $50; Post So, ,245. The same counties
last year gave Holcomb 81, or; Mac
Coll 5000 This shows the vote to
have fallen 1919 per cent off from 1896.
The counties yet to hear from gave q
total vote of 62, 991 for Holcomb and
MacCoII.
If this vote decrease in the same pro
portion as that already reported, the
counties yet to hear from will give
total vote of 81 .793 for the head of the
ticket. Judge Sullivan has received so
far SO. per cent of the vote cast. If his
rate is maintained he will get 27,7O9
votes in the remaining counties and
Post will get "A, ,0S4. This will leave
the total vote approximately: Sullivan
1853; Post SO, 1923; SulIivan's plurality
1890
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04

road August s, 1894, to join the strikers,
leaving behind, it is said, an excep-
tionally good record. From the moment
he severed his connection with the road
Ketcham says he has been a prescribed
man. For over three years he declares
he has been knocked about from pillar
to post in an unsuccessful endeavor to
find work railroad officials admitting
that they were in need of men, but adj
ding that they would endanger their
own positions if they took on men who
were under the ban for having partici-
pated in the great uprising of 1894.
Ketcham urged his plant in Judge
Burke's court a year ago, but the jury
failed to agree. Several of the members
of the general managers association
were called then as witnesses for the
plaintiff in an effort to prove that an
agreement existed among the railroads
not to employ men who took part in
the uprising of which Eugene V. Debs
was the leader.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
DEMOCRATS MADE GAINS.
Increased Their Numbers in the Iowa
Legislature.

Des Moines, Nov. 4.-Chairman Nc
MILAN OF the Republican state com
mittee has complete returns from "a
counties and estimated returns from
the five remaining counties and figures
a plurality for Shaw. Republican, of
about 81, 1872. The plurality may be set
down as above 81 600, and below $4,000.
Chairman Walsch, of the Democratic
state committee has given out no fig
ures He thinks that errors in the re-
turns may reduce the plurality for
Shaw to 90 900.
The senate has so members of which So
are Republicans and Il Populists and
Democrats. The house has 100 mem
bers, of whom the Republicans have
elected 81 and the Populists and Demo-
Gratis SO. These figures are subject to
slight variations, probably to the ad-
vantage of the Democrats.
The Republicans lost four members
of the senate and II in the house COM
pared with the last legislature.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
HIS D1vI7TE MISSION.
Ness County Man Goes to Boston for
a Queer Purpose

Boston, Nov. An the town of Uti-
ca. Ness county Kan. there has re-
sided for a number of years a farmer
named G. H. Curtis. This year his 100
acres of prairie land yielded q good
crop of wheat. for which Mr. Curtis
got good money. Yesterday he ap-
peared in Boston saying that he had
been commanded by the Lord to come
to Boston and tell about call he had
received from the spirit to preach to
mankind He had come without de-
lay Mr. Curtis does not look like an
insane person. His manner was not
that of the religious fanatic. He has
a clear eye and a pleasing voice.
Two years ago" he said, the Lord
came to me in a vision and told me
that I was to start out and preach the
Gospel, anoint the blind and give them
sight. heal the sick. and lead people
from their evil ways SO that they would
salute each other with the holy kiss
ard wash each others feet. The spirit
told me not to cut my hair or get mar
ried- I had been married good many
years before, but my wife and I sep
arated and were divorced. My former
wife is in Iowa and has the girl, who is
13 years old
I do not like the idea of not getting
married. and 1 told the Lord SO. bus
decided to do as Gideon did when he
wanted to know if he was to have pow
er over the army He spread fleece
and if it was wet he was to know that
he was to have power. l spread a
blanket on a cart body and 1 said, If
it comes out wet in the morning l will
know that the Lord does not want me
was wet with dew and have not mar
TiP0.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
SANTA FE DRoUTH.
Company Will Have to Ship Water
for Engine Supplies.

Unless there is a heavy rainfall over
the state generally within the next two
weeks, the Santa F'e company will be
compelled to go into the business of
shipping water for engine supplies. At
present the company is experiencing
some trouble in supplying its engines
with water at different points, and un-
less the supply is increased shortly,
watering places will either have to be
changed or water shipped in from
points where there is unlimited sup
ply.
The late general drought is RESPONSE
Bile for the scarcity of water the last
general rain affecting the supply of wa
ter but little. So low has the supply
become at points that orders have been
issued on all divisions inStructing en-
g-ineers to be careful in the use of wa
ter. 1t has been several years since
the Santa Fe has experienced any trou-
bic from a scarcity of water in Kan
SaS.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe May Cause a Grain
Rate War.
Gives Notice of a New Basis of
Rates From Kansas.
TO PROTECT ITSELF.
Road Tires of Shipping Wheat
to Kansas City
Then Back Over the Same
Route to Galveston.
TO PROTECT ITSELF.

The Santa Fe has announced that, ef-
fective today, it will apply on wheat
shipped from all Kansas points direct to
Galveston for export rates based on the
local rates from such points into Kansas
City, plus Is cents. This action is taken
because the Memphis road has in effect
a 10 cent tariff on wheat from Kansas
City to New Orleans, and the PittsburG
& Gulf and other lines have been meet
ing this rate.
1t is thought that this action may be
the initial move in a determined effort
of the Santa Fe to force wheat shipments
direct to Galveston rather than through
Kansas City. The company recently
built a $4,000 elevator at Winfield, Kan.
All it's lines converge there, and thence
its road runs direct to Galveston. To
carry wheat to Kansas City and thence
back to the Gulf means, of course, a
longer haul and heavier expense for the
same revenue, and also a chance of los
ing large part of the grain here to
other lines for shipment to the Gulf.
It is understood the Santa Fe has had
this matter up in three different meetings
in an effort to secure an agreement to its
action of yesterday. but in each encoun-
tered opposition. The Pittsburg & Gulf
is said to have declared it would put into
effect as low a rate as 10 cents from Kan
sas City to the Gulf ports if necessary to
defeat the purpose of the Santa Fe should
it take the action of yesterday. Should
the Pittsburg & Gulf take this stand,
eastern lines will probably meet it with
lower rates to st. Louis and the Atlantic
seaboard, and one of the bitterest of grain
rate wars may be waged.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
BIG STRIKE RECALLED.
Chicago Conductors Suit Based on
American Railway Union Uprising.

Chicago. Nov. 4-Memories of the big
American Railway union strike of 1894
will be revived in Judge Chfford's court
today when Fred R. Ketcham, an ex-
railway conductor, begins his suit
against the Chicago & Northwestern
railway, charging the company with
conspiring to blacklist him.
Ketchams suit is said to be only the
forerunner of so others involving the
same charge and arraying half a hun
dred ex-railrOad men against nearly
every railroad having a terminus in
Chicago The allegation is made that
a blacklist existing for the benefit Of
the old general managers association
has deprived these former operatives
of an opportunity to obtain employ
ment from any railroad in the United
States.
The general managers of % railroads
have been commanded to appear in
court and produce certain papers which
will throw light on the conspiracy
charge. Six of these officials are ex-
pected to be in attendance upon the
proceedings today
Ketcham quit the service of the Ga
lena division of the Northwestern rail-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
Pensions for Kansans.

Washington, Nov. 4-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-James J. Divine Arcadia:
Emanuel Fisher, Norton; Homer Wells,
Dodge City
AdditionaI-Stephen H. Thurman
Keighley.
Restoration and Supplemental-Bern
ard Garaty. (dec'd). Chetopa
Increase-Charles SOmers, Republic
Reissue and Increase-Wm. Gordon,
Bala.
Original Widows, Etc.-Barbara E.
Welch, RagO; Nancy Garaty, Chetopa; !;
Special, Oct %. Christena Mather
Leesburg; Minor of Archie Edwards.
EaStOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
AUSTRIA TO SPLIT
Compact With Hungary Cannot
BE Maintained.

Vienna, Nov 4.-When the lower house
of the reichsrath reassembled today the
acting president, Herr AbrahamOvicz. de-
clared the chair would not yield to intimi-
dation and that he proposed to resist any
attempts to violate the standing orders.
thus protecting the interests of the state
and constitution.
This statement was the signal for up
roar and disorder upon the part of the
Leftists.
The Neu Frei Presse says that in the
event of the members Of the lower house
behaving in a disorderly manner this
evening the. government will Immediately
prorogue ii. The article says:
"All hope has been abandoned of the
reichsrath approving the prolongaton OF
the Austro-Hungarian compact"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
HUGE GAS TRUST.
To Stretch Out it's TentacIes Over
the Greater New York.

New York Nov. 4-Greater New
York will have a greater gas combine.
whose tentacles will stretch from the
Bronx to Fort Hamilton. The New
Amsterdam Gas company, with a cap
ital of $23. 900. 000 was Incorporated in
Albany today and the papers will be
filed in the county clerks office here to-.
day. The real promoters of this ent err
prise are hidden behind names proba bly,
never before printed in a newspa per,
or, in any case, so seldom as to be un-
recogniza Bile by the general public.
The Consolidated Gas company, of
New York, makes twO-thirds of the
gas used in the present territory of the
city It is trust No. l. Outside that
company are the Equitable, the East
River, the Standard and the Mutual
eOmpaQieS
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-04
HANNA SAYS IT'S ALL RIGHT.
Good Times Made Republicans Care
less and it is an or Year, AnYhow

New York, Nov. 4-The Evening
World prints the following telegram,
addressed to it's editor:
''They tell me I am sure of a re-elec-
tion. That is all 1 know about it. 1t
is an off year, and compared with cleo
tionS that usually follow presidential
years in Ohio, I think there is nothing
to complain of.
1.-The weather was against the Repub-
licans this year, and good times have
made them careless
4 don't think the result has much
Significance as to the money question.
I don't see how the Democrats can rea-
sonabIy bring silver up as an issue in
this state again. They did not make an
issue of it this year 1 hardly think the
money question ought to be considered
as affected either way. The results all
over the country show it was an off
MARCUS A. HANNA"