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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-15
PEACE IN SIGHT.
Arbitration Commissioners See Their
Way to Settlement of the Strike.

Pittsburg Pa, July 15-While the
settlement of the miners strike on the
basis of true uniformity in prices and
conditions in the Pittsburg district is
regarded as almost a foregone conclu-
sion by the arbitration commissioners,
many operators have no confidence in
the success of the plan. They claim
it will be impossible to get the opera
tors on the Pennsylvania road to con-
sent to pay the same rate as may be
decided upon by the Pittsburg dis
trict.
1.-The last uniformity movement" said
one, was a humbug, and this attempt
will be the same. The plan is all
right and De Armitt's position is all
right, but uniformity can never be eS
ia abliShed in the PittSburg district"
The members of the joint board spent
the entire morning in discussing true
uniformity as proposed by President
De Armitt, and they believe that the
plan can soon be established. Com
missioner Schmidt of Indiana said that
the commissioners expected smooth
sailing now in bringing about a settle
ment.
Cleveland. O., July 15.-The Crescent
tin plate mill, closed in every depart
ment today. The heaters refused to
work and without them it was impossi-
bic to operate the mill.
The company decided to shut down
indefinitely All the heaters were TAX
en- INTO the edIIfdlSdHldl60 IRON anu steer
association last night. The mill may
be closed until the settlement of the
strike.
Columbus, O., July 15.-President
Ratchford has mailed personal requests
to miners throughout the country ask
ing for statements regarding the wages
they received, for publication for the
benefit of the public; 80 miners in the
Sandy Creek valley have been heard
from.
Since early in the spring, the wages
of these men for each two weeks has
averaged 1914 each. The total earn
ings was $223 80 and for the same per-
iod their Indebtedness to the operators
for rent, provisions, mining materials,
etc, aggregated $619.25, leaving the
miners in debt to their employers in the
sum of $396.71.
President Ratchford says this is a
erS,
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BACK FROM sPITzBERGEN.
Augusta Victoria Within One-Half
Degree as Far North as
Nansen's Ship

New York, July 15.-The Hamburg
American express steamer Augusta
Victoria, Captain Kamprf, which went
on cruise to Norway, the North Cape
and Spitzbergen, reached Tromsee in
Norway today at 1 p. m. ON her re-
turn from Spitzbergen.
The following report was received
here today by cable from Tromsee:
The steamer left Trondhjam, July 6.
for the North Cape and Spitzbergen.
On July the North Cape was reached
which the passengers assembled at mid
night, favored by splendid weather.The
steamer then proceeded northward for
about 400 miles. reaching Spitzbergen
at about II degrees north latitude on
July 10. 1t is interesting to note that
this is within half degree of the lati-
tude reached by Nansen's ship, the
Fran, when she was frozen in. The
passengers disembarked near the mag
nif1cent ice ford, some arranging hunt
ing trips, while others explored the vi
cinity and took photographs.
They met Captain Sverdrup, the for
mer commander Of the Fran, who was
in command of the steamer Lofoten,
and reported that he had just left Prof.
Andree, the aeronaut, at DAMS island,
on the northwest coast of SpitZbergen,
and that his preparations to reach the
North pole by balloon had been COM
pleted.
1.-The start was to be made before
July 15.''
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$4,000 IN TWO DAYS.
Claims at Clondyke Worth 100000
Apiece Already.

San Francisco, July 15.-The follow
ing is the extract from a letter receiv
ed from the Excelsior, just arrived
here from Alaska. 1t was sent from
the Clondyke region by a prominent
and wealthy young business man of
San Francisco to his brother in this
city:
THE excitement on the river is in
describable, and the output of the new
Clondyke district almost beyond belief.
Men who had nothing last fall are now
worth a fortune. One man has work.
ed forty square feet of his claim and
is going out with $4,000 in dust. One
quarter of the claims are now selling
a from $4,000 to $50. 600. The esti-
mate of the new district given is thir-
teen miles, with average value of $500, 900
to the claim, in which some are valued
as high as 81, 900, 900 each At Dawson
sacks of dust are thrown under the
counters in the store for safe keeping.
Some of the stories are so ia bulOus
that L am afraid to repeat them, for
fear of being suspected of the infec-
ton. Labor is SIS a day and board,
with 100 days work guaranteed, so you
can imagine how difficult it is to hold
employees.
IF reports are true it is the biggest
placer discovery ever made in the
world, for though other diggings have
been found quite as rich in spots no
such extent of discovery has been
known which prospected and worked
so high right through
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HURT IN A RUNAWAY.
Charles Straub, Farmer, Meets With
Painful Accident

Chas. Straub, a farmer living east of
the city on Sixth street, was injured in
runaway this morning on West Fifth
street. He was driving a team of young
horses hitched to farm wagon, and had
stopped in the alley by DR.. 8. E. Martins
residence at Fifth and Topeka avenue.
When he attempted to climb into the
wagon the seat broke loose and fell over
onto the horses. They were frightened
and started to run. Mr.. Straub was
thrown violently to the ground striking
on his head and shoulders. He was rem
dered unconscious, and was carried into
the residence of DR.. Martin where he re-
ceived medical treatment. 1t was found
that two ribs were broken, there was a
long scalp wound, and his face was
bruised. His injuries were painful but
not dangerous.
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ABOUT THE SHOW.
Contains 200 People and is a Cor
geous Extravaganza

Cinderella will be seen at Garfield
park on a stage 4S feet square, the big
gest in the west. OF this but twelve
feet on either side will be enclosed
This with the background will furnish
the scenery for the spectacular opera
Two hundred children in brilliant cos
tunes will furnish the entertainment
and give life to the stage. There will
be seats for {, 600 people erected in front
and on either side of the stage Be
sides these, the park benches will be
adGed to the seating capacity.
The stage will be elevated to admit OF
trap-doOrs for the operation of spec
tacular features
Work will be begun Friday on the
stage and seating at the park. The
audience will face the south and will
De seated on the terrace to the south
of the grove. The stage will be in the
open space south of this and will face
the north. All the seats will be con-
structed with a view to safety. There
will be a slight rise from the stage to
Where the terrace appears.
k H Baker will operate the calcium
nghts He has procured several new
fixtures for calcium and electrical eff
fects- In a spectacular production of
this kind calcium lights are most eff
fective- They will be used almost
wholly to light the stage. Extra cleo
trio lights will be strung out through
the audience space.
Nothing like this spectacular opera
has been given in Topeka 1t is one
of the most pleasing of fairy tales and
the story has been followed closely in
Is good, while the songs introduced will
please. The costumes have been care
fully selected and there will be the
simmer Of the finest court silks and
satins under the glare of the calcium
lights. The costumes for the princi-
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SUIT FOR A BIG ESTATE.
A. B. Quinton Will Go to Washing
ton in a $15OO,OOO Case.

Attorney A. B. Quinton will go to
Washington and Philadelphia July 20
to represent the Rain heirs as claim
ants of the Joseph Ball estate which
falls in favor of the Rain and Roney
heirs. The estate is estimated to be
worth 81, SOC, 000 Mr.. S. Rain of this
city is one of the heirs.
Mr.. Quinton will meet Messrs. Sloan
and Dunham at Washington, when the
case will be opened, and if matters de-
velop as anticipated suit will be
brought by the Rain heirs for the prop
erty. There are 21 heirs on the Rain
side, while the number is not yet known
on the Roney side. Some evidence
which is said to be valuable to the Rain
heirs was secured from two old ladies
in Philadelphia a few days ago. Mr.. S.
Rain recently made a trip to the east
in the interest of the case. He thinks
that the Rain heirs will be shown the
rightful owners of the property In
this case he will receive about $40, 900 as
his share
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-15
DEBs TAKES THE FIELD.
Starts for West Virginia to Preach
the Gospel of the Strike

Columbus, O., July 15.-Eugene v.
Debs has te1egraphed President Ratch-
ford from Chicago today that he would
cancel all his other engagements, and
at once go to West Virginia to do what
he could to get the miners to quit work.
He ended his telegram with the words,
you will win"
The men who have been selected to
push the campaign in West Virginia
are: Eugene V. Debs, president of the
American Railway union; Cameron
Miller, ex-national vice president of
the United Mine Workers and repre-
sentative of the Labor league of west
ern Pennsylvania; Robert ASken and
J. J. Webber, representatives of the
American Federation of Labor; Fred
Dilcher, member of the national ex-
ecutive board of the United Mine Work
ers; William Haskins, vice president of
the Ohio miners; w. D. Mahon, nation
al president of the Street Railway en-
ployes association; w. L. Green of
Findlayville. Pa; and Jonathan Cost
lett of Hooking Valley.
Debs' tour through West Virginia will
be a triumphant one. He will be pre-
ceded by persons connected with the
miners organization, who will herald
his coming and make arrangements for
monster meetings.
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With $75O,OOO in Gold, All
They Could Carry.
Millions ON Millions of the
Metal in Sight.
A MAN "PANS" $4,000
In Gold Dust in Two Days at
ClOndyke.
Frantic Rush to the Fields
5000 Already There.

San Francisco, July ia story ri
valing in intensity of interest that told
of the fabulous wealth of Monte Cristo
little steamer Excelsior, which has just
arrived from ST. Michaels, Alaska.
Millions upon millions of virgin gold,
according to the story, await the for
tunate miner who has the hardihood
and courage to penetrate into the un-
known depths of the Yukon district.
There was tangible evidence on the
little steamer of the truth of the story
told by the travellers, for in the cabin
were scores of sacks filled to the very
mouth with dust taken from the
pIacers of the far frozen north.
The amount brought in is variously
estimated at from $500,0O0 to $750,OOO.
There came in on the Excelsior some
forty people, among them some women,
from what is known as the Clondyke
district. Only fifteen of these had been
actually engaged in mining. There were
among them men who had been for
more than ten years facing the dangers
and hardships of the frozen north in
the hope of making d rich find, but who
siEnally failed.
But now they come back with for
tunes slowed in their gripsacks and un-
told millions to be picked up in the
country OF Wh1cn so little Is KNOWN.
The new Ell Dorado lies just across
the Alaskan boundary in British ter
ritory 1t is of recent discovery, but
already there are at least 5000 people
on the ground and more are fiockng
in that direction. The discovery of
the CIondy1e regions presents a story
that is uniquely interesting. Around
Forty Mile on the Yukon, is a tribe of
Indians known as the Slickers, and
with them is a man who years ago
was known as George Cormack. but
who is now called 'Slick George" In
September last, at the head of a party
of Indians he left his hut near Forty
Mile camp and started in a Southeriy
direction, saying that he intended to
find new gold field before his return.
He came back two weeks later and
startled the miners with the announce
ment that forty miles away there was
gold to be found in plenty.
The streams abOunded with the yell
low metal and all that was needed was
for somebody to pick it up. Many
persons f1Ocked to the place, and in
time the word reached Forty Mile
camp that untold riches could be found
along the bottoms of Bonanza creek
and its tributaries. Men who had
failed at the former camp Immediately
packed up their belongings and set out
for the new fields. 1t was a hard and
trying journey, but that was nothing
with the promise of millions at the end
of the rOl1tP-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-15
NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE.
The Republican County Central Com
mittee Will Organize July "a.

The new Republican county central
committee will not meet to organize
until a week from next Saturday.
new committee:
First ward-At large, J. M. Wilker-
son., w. F. Pagan, Frank Beach, A. c.
Hale.
Second ward-At large, NJ. Weight
man, Arthur Capper, H. F. Bird, Geo.
w. Crane, Andy Jordan, J. c. Holland.
Fourth ward-At large, j. T. Clancy,
w. r. Adams, Carl Lawson, John Nor
ton, F. r. Waters.
Fifth ward-At large, J. F. Snyder.
N J. Burdick, c. A. Smith.
Highland Park-G. w. Fisher.
Shunganunga-I. S. Curtis.
Monmouth-G. NJ. Beard.
Linn Creek-F. B. Baird.
Rossville-J. Fritz.
Silver Lake-Will Vanorsdol.
Kaw-Robert Keith.
Muddy-A. A. Rice.
Tecumseh-CharIes F. Rice.
Rochester, H. Kingman.
Rfchland-H. M. Howard.
South Williamsport-C. W. Smith.
North Williamsport-J. T. Hanna.
Auburn-A. w. Padgett.
North Mission-C. N. Houghton.
South Mission-J. E. MauS
Kaw-William M. Hampe.
Menoken-S. 4. Coleman.
Oakland-Jon Campbell.
Potwin-J. w. F. Huges and J. 3.
Larimer.
Dover-F. Kingsland.
Willard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-15
HE RAPS EVERYTHING.
An Evanston, NlL) Preacher Even
Cracks Away at Topeka, Kan"

There is a blind preacher at Evan
ston, Ill, by the name of George
Schorb who has created a sensation
among church people by a book just
published which he has named 1.-The
Golden Rule and the Rule of Cod
The Rev. Mr.. Schorb reaches out as
far as the Methodist church in Kansas.
Mr.. Schorb says he was present at
meeting in Topeka, Kan, when $10-
900 residence was presented to Bishop
Ninde, and the debt was saddled on
the Methodist people of Kansas, when
many of them lived in sod houses and
dugouts." He adds, however, that
when Bishop Ninde found how hard it
was for the people to pay the debt he
voluntarily paid rent for the use of the
house.
The residence at 500 Topeka avenue
was purchased about IL years ago by
the four Methodist Kansas conferences.
1t was bought of DR.. Eastman for $10,-
900 but the conference had no money
to pay for the residence. 1t was offered
to Bishop Ninde free of rent as a resi-
dence but that gentleman, as Mr..
Schorb says, refused the proffer and
while he lived in the house paid rent:
When the Kansas conferences found
how heavy the load was they repudia-
ted the purchase. They said that To-
peka could have the residence because
this place would receive all the benefits
of the Bishops residence. Then the
First Methodist church of this city took
the property and has since held it.
There is still heavy mortgage but the
taxes. Bishop Vincent now occupies the
residence and like Bishop Ninde he
pays for it's use.
The Rev. Mr. Schorb says many
startling things in his book. Apparent
ly nobody with money is safe from the
blind preachers whizzing snicker-snee
Even PATHS four yards of dress train
are shipped off, thus: IF Mime. Patti,
instead of covering the floor with her
superf1uous cloth, would cover another
Woman's back, both women would be
more comfortable" To those who ad-
wise their daughters to marry for mon
ey he propounds the conundrum: ''If
ladies can sell themselves so years for
1000, why should they not sell them
selves an hour for $5?" He thinks that
the old fashion of too many children
is better for the home and the nation
than the new fashion of no children
He puts the question of the supremacy
of the foreigner thus: "God will give
the country to those who drink beer
and have children rather than to those
who drink no beer and have no chill
dren." Here is another of his aphor-
iSmS:
Il would rather be a squatter on the
western prairie, living in a dugout,
fighting floods and fires, with a true
woman beside me, and dear children
around me, than live in a palace in
Chicago with a fashion plate for wife
and a poodle dog for child
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pals are gorgeous. having been pur-

pals are gorgeous. having been pur-
chased in New York
Mrs. E. B. Meredith, who is getting
up this big extravaganza q nd has had
to look after most of the details per-
sonally, is confident that large crowds
will attend the three performances on
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday of
everybody in Topeka is going to see
Cinderella. 1t will be something which
will please the people. At this time
of the year the people don't care to ex-
ert themselves much. They want to
be entertained. When they go to see
Cinderella they will be thoroughly en-
tertained. They will be delighted
These children that have been train
ing have taken up their parts so well
that 1 would be able to put the opera
ON tomorrow evening if necessary. All
the dances are now ready, but are be-
ing practiced faithfully every day. The
specialties have been ready for some
time The principal parts Will be
taken by young ladies and gentlemen
and will of course be well done. L
have had to do everything in the ar
ranging of the details. L have had to
train the children, order the lumber
fact every little detail which had to be
attend to I have had to do. 1 have
received but little help, but for all that
I have gone right along and I will see
it through.
ut seems to me everyone will be will
ing to spend a dime to add to the floral
fund The entertainment they will
receive will be worth at least so cents.
Everything will be in readiness for. the
of the kind seen in Topeka in many
Yea
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~ BELOW ZERO.
Mining Has to Be Done in a North
Pole Climate.

San Francisco, July ia private
letter received here gives an authentic
report of the condition prevailing at
Clondyke, the new mining camp in
northern Alaska. The letter was writ
ten at Circle City. After stating that
the thermometer was Y degrees below
zero and then broke, he says:
II returned here from Clondyke yes
terday for grub, and start back tomor-
row. Flour is worth 500 per sack of
so pounds, and everything else in pro-
portion, and none to be bought. Live
hogs are worth 81 to SIS per pound They
are the horses in this country.
THE gravel is frozen from eighteen
to twenty feet deep to bedrock but we
burn a shaft down and then drift using
fire instead of powder. The gravel
runs in gold from SIS to $3.50 per pan,
and a young fellow on a claim above
me panned out 900 in two days. Men
cannot be hired for wages. Every new
conner in the camp is offered big wages,
as high as $50 a day, but seldom will
anyone work for another. The only
phantom that stands in our way to the
goal of the millionaire is Mr.. Grub.
have provisions enough to last me un-
til next June, and am as we'll fixed as
any man in the country
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SHERMAN ROWLES TO ACT.
BE Will Join the "In Gay New York;
Company in a Few Days

Sherman Rowles, the well known Mo-
doc, has decided to enter the theatrical
profession. He will join the In Gay
New York company which is playing
at the Casino in New York city
He will leave in about ten days to be-
gin rehearsals with the company
In this company, which has made a
great hit in New York, there are eighty
people Mr.. Rowles will make his first
appearance August l. What part he
will take is not now known, but it will
be some light comedy part, for which
he is apparently we'll fitted. He has ta-
ken part in many amateur theatrical
performances in Topeka and showed
considerable ability in light comedy He
is possessed of a good voice
The latest amateur performance in
which he participated in Topeka was
"Billee Taylor given by the Elks.
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STORM NEW ENGLAND.
Downpour of Rain the Largest in
Years

Boston, July 15.-From reports received
from all over New England it seems that
yesterdays storm was most severe along
the valley of the Connecticut river and
that the storm center moved slowly up
the river from New Haven to the Cana
dian line, being central over Quebec late
last night.
While to the south and east of the
storm center the southerly and south
easterly winds reached the velocity of
gale, the remarkable feature of the storm
the tremendous downpour of rain.
Such torrents of water that have fallen in
New Haven, Hartford, Springfield and
throughout Vermont and New Hampshire
have not been experienced for many
years. In many instances the rainfall
yesterday exceeded the average precipita-
ton for a quarter of year.
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END is FAR AWAY.
No Settlement of Tariff Differences is
Yet in Sight.

Washington. July 15.-The senate
conferees on the tariff bill are disposed
to resent the efforts of Speaker Reed
to influence the action of the conferees.
The senators are inclined to construe
the speakers participation in the pro-
ceedings as unwarranted and are ap-
parently more determined than before
his attitude was known to hold out for
the senate figures.
The conferees remained in session un-
til after o'clock yesterday and then
adjourned until today emitting the US
ual evening session.
They had not reached a point where
they could call in the Democratic con-
ferees, but all said progress had been
made. 1t was impossible to say wheth-
er the senate or house had the advan-
tage of the days work. Both sides
looked weary and troubled. The out
look for a settlement was said to be
far aWay
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TERRoRs OF ALASKAN LIFE.
Nearly All the Horses Taken to Cooks
Inlet Freeze to Death.

Port Townsend, Wn., July ia let
ter just received here from Alaska
brings particulars of the terrible death
of three men, Blackstone, Bottche.- and
Mollique, who were frozen to death
while endeavoring to carry mail from
Sunrise City across the glacier to Prince
William sound.
The letter came from Charles Will
loughby. He found Blackstone dead on
the beach, lying in blankets and frozen
to death, with half the carcass of his
dog, the unfortunate fellow having eat
en- part of his faithful companion be-
fore he succumbed to the intense cold.
The bodies of BOttcher and Mollioue
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SUSPECT DE ARMITT.
Other Operators Think the President
of the N. z. & Cleveland is
Not Sincer9

Cleveland, July 15.-CleveIand oper-
ators regard De Armitts true uniform
ity plan as a scheme to delay the set
tlement of the strike.
Il Will gladly sign the true uniform
ity agreement" said Mr. Thomas
Young, but 1 will not spend one hours
time in promoting it. If De Armitt
means the Pittsburg district proper, 1
think 95 per cent of the operators will
agree to it. But if he proposes to in
clude the operators on the Pennsyl-
vanfa lines east of Pittsburg, his true
uniformity scheme will fail.''
Mr.. Young says that a great many
operators are willing to pay the So cent
rate.
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were found some distance away on the
top of the glacier, where both had per
ished from the cold
OF 46 horses taken to Cook inlet coun-
try last season for use in pack trains,
only four survived the winter. Last sea-
sons trial demonstrated the fact that
horses cannot endure the rigOrs of the
climate.
The owners will ship a large number
of mules north next season to take the
places of horses and the experiment is
being watched with interest.