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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
0UTGEN ERAL ED.
Carnegie Beats the Government
i'm the ArmOr Plate Matter.

Chicago, Nov. "a special to the
Tribune from Pittsburg, Pa, says:
The Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel
companies have no idea of abandoning
their armor plate plants, erected at a
great expense, and have. in pursuance
of this idea, acquired the new Krupp
process for the hardening of armor
plate.
The use of the harveyizing ovens at
Homestead will be abandoned unless
purchasers of armOr plate specify that
process. European military establish
ments have been interested for several
months in new process of finishing
armOr plates perfected at the Krupp
works of Essen, Germany. The process
is a secret thus far to the public, but
its use, it is claimed, hardens the sur
face of a plate to a greater depth than
the Earveyizing method.
1t is said the Carnegie and Bethle-
hem companies have acquired the ex-
elusive right to use the Krupp process.
In that event these companies would be
able to monopolize the armor plate
business in America. provided the new
process attains the superiority claimed
for it.
If congress should decide upon the
erection of an armor plate plant, the
government will not be able to obtain
armor made in accordance with the
new process Invented by Krupp. The
price paid for the Krupp process is be-
ing and will be kept a secret.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
RAILROAD BOOM.
1t Seems to be Under Full
HeadWay
In This Western Country the
Past Few Days.
Now it is the b. & D. That is
Coming
INTO KANSAS CITY.
This Makes Three Important
Roads in Three Days.
Extension of the Alton Line
Into Kansas
FORESHADOWING
The Pushing of Other Big Rail-
road Lines
Westward During the Next
Year or Two.

Kansas City, Nov. 6.-It is officially
announced that the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Trust company will fnancier
the construction of a railroad about 90
miles in length between Quincy, the
eastern terminus of the Omaha, Kansas
City and Eastern. and Beardstown, Ill.
the western terminus of the Baltimore &
Ohio Southwestern. This link is to be
built, it is said. for the purpose of Civ
ing the Kansas City road an outlet to
the Atlantic seaboard and the Baltt-
more s. Ohio Southwestern, virtually an
entrance into Kansas City. The propo-
sition has been pending for over year.
1t is also stated that the St. Joseph &
Grand Island is seeking a Kansas City
entrance over another spur of the local
line,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
PENSION ROLL GROWS.
Makes a Gain of 1886 in the Past
Year Above Losses by Death
and Otherw sc.

Washington, Nov 6.-The first annual
report of the commissioner of pensions.
H. Clay Evans, to the secretary Of the
interior, has been made public
There were added to the pension rolls
during the year the names of 50,1W new
pensioners and there were restored to the
rolls 3971 pensioners who had been pre-
viously dropped, total of 4372.
During the same period the losses 10
the roll were 81, $50 by death. 1074 by re-
marriage of widows and mothers, l. SIS by
legal limitation (minOrs). 2,6S3 for failure
to claim pension for three years. and A.
$50 for other causes an aggregate of A.
122.
The whole number of pensioners on the
rolls June 30, 1897. was 97G,O14. The gain
over the previous year was 5.S36.
Seven widows of revolutionary soldiers
and nine daughters of revolutionary sUI-
diers are still on the rolls
During the year 5.234 claims of vari-
Gus classes We're disallowed. This num-
ber however, does not include claims
which were made for higher rates of pen
sions.
The amount disbursed for pensions by
the pension agents during the year was
$780, 799,242, and the amount disbursed by
treasury settlement AS, a total
of S139. .949, III. This exceeds the amount
disbursed during the fiscal year 1896 by
the sum of 81, 5O4, 4S0 If 146I1 certificates
which were held in the bureau until July
l, 1897, had been mailed to the pension
agents during the fiscal year they would
have required first payments amounting
to S2,191,694. This amount, added to that
actually disbursed, makes an aggregate
of s141, $50 936. The appropria ton for the
payment of pensions for the fiscal year
1897 was only $14OO00,O00 The average
annual value of each pension at the close
of the year was S13317. The average an
nual value of each pension under the gen
eral law was $162.04; each under the act
of June q, 1890 was $1O9.25. The aggre-
gate annual value of all pensions at the
close of the year was s129, 5.428. This
of course excludes the cases that were
held up. There We're "A original and
seven duplicate bounty land claims ad-
mitted and 145 original claims Of this
character rejected.
In conclusion, the report recommends
the publication of a complete list of PEN
sioners and the passage of a law to the
end that no pensions be granted to the
widow of any soldier that shall marry
hereafter.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
sHooTED THE IpEA.n
What McKenna Said Recently About
the Kansas Pacific

Topeka people are still talking about
the reported intention of the Chicago &
Alton to secure control of the Kansas
division of the Union Pacific but they
all seem to be in a woeful state of
darkness as far as the plans of the Al
ton people are concerned or the state
ment that the reorganization committee
intends to abandon the road and build
a parallel line from Leavenworth to
Denver.
At the office of General Attorney Will
Iiams the only statement that could be
secured was that no information had
been received at that office about the
pending sale.
In an interview in a San Francisco
paper this week wired from Washing
ton Attorney General McKenna hooted
the idea that the reorganization COM
mittee will abandon the Kansas diViS-
ion. He said:
THE ownership of the Kansas Pacific
is part of the committees scheme of re-
Creanization. They hold liens junior to
those of the government. They cannot
make them good except by the owner
ship of the road
"Besides there are the owners of the
first mortgage. They must bid to make
that good. But suppose the committee
does not bid. Others will; the govern
rnent may. The road is a very valua-
BILE one.
'In 1890 its gross income was over
SO. 0OO 600. I am talking of the aided
portion. It's net income in 1890 was
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

STA, $50. with unusually large expend-
itures for repairs. In 1891 the net in
come was 81, ,223. .606.82. In 1892, 81 SOL, :
26033. 1t declined experiencing the ef-
feet of the hard times, as it Will exper-
ience the effect of some good times
again) through 1898, 1894 and 1895 to
$642, ,S99.62, rising in 1896 to sos, e61. S.
The years 1890, 1891 and 1892 are the
real test of the Kansas Pacihc's net in
come and it can be put down at over
81, ,00O 600, and this is 4 per cent on $25,-
000, 900 or per cent on $50, 900, 900.
Does any sane man believe, there
fore, that the reorganization commit
tee will let it be sold for $12, 80 600 when
it will pay per cent on nearly twice
that amount and 5 per cent on nearly
SIS, 900 600 more than that amount es-
pecially as the committee owns liens
junior to the claim of the government
and which will be in such event a total
lOsS2
Then, again, suppose the road should
be paralleled. Who would suffer if
this would destroy or impair it's value :?
It seems to me the reorganization COM
mittee would lose, for it would lose it's
junior securities. This would be like
cutting off ones nose to spite ones
face''
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
THAT ALTON DEAL
What Bismarck of the Chicago Tri-
bune Says OF It

Bismarck the most noted railroad
reporter of the United States says in
the Chicago Tribune in connection with
the proposed purchase of the Kansas
Pacific for the Chicago & Alton:
The Kansas Pacific will certainly be
abandoned by the Union Pacific Rail-
way company, no provision being made
by the reorganization committee, Whic h
has bid in the main line, for the pur-
chase of the Kansas branch. The sale
of the Kansas Pacific under the gov
ernment foreclosure, set for yesterday
in Topeka, has been postponed until
Thursday, December 16, there being no
bidders present when Special Master
Cornish appeared to receive bids.
Between now and the day of sale a
new syndicate is to be formed, with j.
PierpOnt Morgan at the head, to pur-
chase the property. There is no Hkeli-
hood of the government securing a
large part of it's loan on this road. The
government has a lien only on about
$50 miles of the road from Kansas City
to the Colorado state line, and the in
debtedness to the government now
amounts to nearly S13, 600. 900. The fact
the road from the Colorado state line to
Denver is owned wholly by the first
mortgage bOndhOlderS will deter other
capitalists than those associated with
J. PierpOnt Morgan from bidding for
the road.
THE syndicate above referred to, 1t
is understood, will buy the road for the
Chicago & Alton This road has a traf-
fic contract with the Kansas Pacific
similar to the one the Chicago & North
western has with the Union Pacific, and
it has found the Kansas Pacific almost
Indispensable as an outlet from Kansas
City to Denver. The loss of this con-
nectiOn would be a bad thing for the
Alton. and for this reason it is not like
ly to let it fall into antagOnistic hands.
The Alton, however, will not buy the
road but it has offered to lease it from
the syndicate which is to secure it at
the foreclosure sale, and operate it,
agreeing to pay the actual net earnings
to the owners of the property.
''The Atoms offer, it is understood, is
being favOrably considered No other
road could operate the Kansas Pacific
to such excellent advantage and secure
such good results as the Chicago & AL
ton. Being managed with the same
care and attention as the Alton has
been for years, there can be no doubt
of favorable results in net earnings that
would give the owners a handsome
profit on the investment The Wander
bits are anxious the road should come
under the control of the Alton, as the
latter is practically the connection Of
the Vanderbilt lines from Chicago and
st. Louis to Kansas City,"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
HANNA WINS.
Republicans Will Have a Major
ity of Five on Joint Ballot.

Columbus, O., Nov. 6.-The Dispatch
Qnd. Dem.) today prints an interview
with Allen o. Meyers of the Democrat
ic state headquarters in which Mr.. .Mey-
ers says: Il stand today where stood
the day after the election, with Judge
Nash, chairman of the Republican state
committee who says the senate will be
II Republicans and 19 Democrats and
the house 50 Republicans and 81 Demo-
Gratis, giving the Republicans five of a
majority on joint ballot for United
States senator"
Mr.. Meyers in the report, does not say
directly, but intimates that nothing will
come of these efforts to get up con-
tests in the legislature.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
a WALL STREET DODGE.
Is What British Newspapers Call
American Anxiety About Forti-
dcations

London, Nov. 6.-The Daily Chronicle
in an editorial this morning based upon
the resolution in the New York Cham
Der of Commerce urging the president
and congress of the United States to in
crease the sea coast defenses, says:
NO doubt if the whole British navy
We're recalled from the ends of the
earth it might put a few shells into
Wall street, into Brooklyn and even in
to Jersey City, but it could not pass
through Long Island Sound or it could
never get anywhere near Hell Gate.
Great Britain, however, has something
else to do than clear the world of her
ships in order to infiict a fine on New
York. But when the Wall street bears
want a pretext for a scare, anything
comes handy"
All the morning papers comment on
"SUch alarmist rumors as a Wall street
dodge to send prices down.
None of them believes that they
should be taken seriously.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
DIR. BLAKESLEY RESIGNS.
Surprises HIS Congregation by Sud
denly Throwing Up His Charge.


denly Throwing Up His Charge.
After 27 years as pastor of the First
Congregational church Rev. Linus Blakes-
ley has resigned.
At the annual meeting on Thursday
night Mr.. Blakesley rendered his res
ignation. It was surprise to everyone
No idea had ever been entertained by any
member of the congregation that their
pastor intended to sever his connection
with the church that he had been pastor
of so long. When Mr.. Blakesley took
charge of the work the church was strug-
ling for existence It was under his
guidance that it grew to the strong or
ganization that it is now. Mr.. Blakesley
said:
Il resigned merely because L thought
that there were other men who could do
the work to be done in the church better
than I could do it. There has been
great deal of inertia in the congregation
and it seems impossible for me to over
come it, There has been no trouble at
all in the church, nor between the mem
bers and me My career in the church
has always been peaceful and was SO up
to the time of my resignation"
Mr.. Blakesley does not intend to leave
Topeka but will continue to make 1t ms
home. There has been no trouble be
tween the pastor and the congregation
The resignation has not been accepted by
the congrega ton and no one has been
proposed as his successor 1t is more
than likely that DR.. BIakesley's resigna-
ton will not be accepted.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
wEYLER A F1REBRAND.
Is Preparing a Party to Oppose the
Governm ment.

New York, Nov. "a special to the
Herald from Madrid says:
The fruits of Gen. Weyler's behavior
at Havana appear to be already ripen-
ing in the peninsula. News received
here states that at a big meeting held
at Santander to arrange a demOnstra-
ton in Weyler's favor on his arrival
there, disgraceful tumult ensued. The
chairman declared that only those in
Weyler's favor had any business to be
present.
Amid the uproar that followed, a
voice was heard crying:
why should the nation gIorify its
eXecutioner? What mas WeyIer done
beyond sending US back thousands OF
dying soldiers?''
The police had to disperse the meet
ing. It is reported that public feeling
in Santander is in very excited state.
The correspondent in Cuba of the
impartial cables his paper that Gen
Weyler handed over matters to Gen
BlancO in state Of chaos, and that
beyond doubt he is preparing a party
to oppose the liberal government.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
THE CUBAN MANIFESTO.
New York Herald Prints the High
Spirited Document

spirited
New York. Nov. 6.-The Herald pub
fishes the Cuban manifesto which is re-
garded as the most important dOcu-
ment ever issued by the Cubans. The
manifesto will be submitted to the Gu
ban colonies and Cuban groups all over
the world for signatures. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Nearly three years have elapsed
since the iniquities and corruptiOns of
the Spanish administrative policy i'm
PEELED the people of Cuba to launch
themselves into a desperate war that
has been the wonder of the world.
From the first the moment the govern
ment of Spain Inundated our territory
with soldiers, proclaimed the barbarOuS
rigOr of its martial law and determined
to drown in seas of blood the legitimate
aSpirantS of the colony, weary of bri-
berry, mOnOpOIeS, OutrageS and dlShOn-
or With frenzied fear amidst acclama-
tiOns of the entire nation, the Spanish
soldiers have endeavOred to make Cuba
a desert, StreWn with eOEpses. They
have laid waste our fields and have
killed our animals, as if they proposed
to stamp out all life on our soil. They
have butchered our unarmed men,
even when found PROSTATE in bed, even
when protected by the sacred shelter
of the hospital. They have driven the
families from their homes and have
huddled them together in filthy and un-
wholesome places, in order that hunger
and pestilence may complete the work
of iron and fire.
Such barbarity has proved ineffect-
ual Cuba has resisted with an in
dominitable spirit. In vain has Spain
multiplied her armies, ravaged by the
lead of the patriots and annihilated by
the rigOrS of the climate. Spain has
at last become convinced that she could
not subdue US by force and she has at
tempted to employ other arms to OBJ
tain by deceitful fattery the tempo
rary prolOngatiOn of her decrepit SOW
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
GEORGIA ESCAPED.
Came Near Becoming a PrOhibi-
tiOn State.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 6-The Georgia
senate has defeated a measure, which,
if passed, would have had the effect of
making Georgia prohibition state The
bill has been pending in the legislature
since last year and has been extensive
ly argued. The vote on the bill was Is
to 90
1t is understood that the majority
against the passage of the bill would
have been propOrtionateIy much greater
in the house if the measure had ever
reached that body.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
WILL THEREBE INTERVENTION
The President, it is Said, Will Not be
Precipitate.

Washington, Nov. 6.-''No radical ac-
tiOn Will be taken by the president in
the Cuba question between now and
the time congress will convene and
even in his message Mr.. Mckinley will
not urge congress to take any precipi-
tate steps to end the war. I do not ex-
actIy appreciate why there should have
been any slump in stocks yesterday be
cause there is nothing at hand nor
developments anticipated which will
disturb the relations of the United
States and Spain"
This statement was made by a mem
Der OF the administration who is cog
infant OF the presidents views on the
CUBAN question, and who continued:
THE administration is not vet pre-
pared to carry on the kind of Cuban
policy advocated by former Minister
Taylor. It can be authoritative sta
ted that the president sees nothing in
the existing situation to warrant inter
VentiOn IN the manner urged by Mr.
Taylor, and that there will be no
change in his present pacific attitude
toward Spain until a reasOna BILE time
has been allowed to test the new an
tOnomous reforms, unless affairs in
Cuba should grow rapidly worse before
congress conVenes.
1.-The positive declaration of General
Gomez and other Cuban leaders that
nothing short of complete Independence
will be accepted by them is just what
was expected. but this does not neces-
Barily mean the failure of Spain's plans.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Afridis Appeal to the Ameer.

London, Nov. 6.-AccOrding to a dis
patch to the Times from Maidan, in the
Madam Valley, where Sir VIM. Lock
hart's column is now encamped, it is
rumored there that the Afridis have
made a fresh appeal to the Ameer of
Afghanistan for assistance before MAX
ing submission to the British.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
WORLDS FAIR WAS BETTER
Brussels Exposition of a Commercial
Character With Little Variation.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Prof. Thomas
Wilson of the Smithsonian Institution,
who represented this country at the
Brussels exposition, has returned to
Washington. He describes the expOsi-
ton entirely of a commercial charac-
ter and says it was not nearly so large or
varied the Worlds fair at Chicago.
represented
Those having better or larger exhibits
than the United States were France, Ger
many, Great Britain, Italy, Switzerland
and Austria
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
AUSTRIA TO ANNEX.
She Has designs on Bosnia and Her.
zegovina-

Vienna, Nov. Count Gouuluchow-
ski, the Austro-Hungarian minister Of
foreign affairs, after an interview with
Emperor Francis Joseph today. started
for Monza, northern Italy, to visit
King Humbert.
1t Is semi-oficially asserted that the
visit is without political significance,
but in some well informed quarters it is
believed that the visit is a really a
special mission to the italian govern
nlent with a view of getting its con-
sent to the definite and effective annex
alton by Austria of Bosnia and Herze-
goVina.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
SNOW IN DAKOTA.

Cattle on the Ranges Suffer Greatly.
heavy snow storm in the northern hills.
Reports from the northwest cattle range
are that cattle have suffered considerably.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
BUTTERWORTH Is Ill.
Commissioner of Patents Falls Sick
in Mark Hanna's Office.

Toledo. Nov. 6-ConsiderabIe con-
sternation was caused at the office of
Mr.. Hanna today by the sudden illness
of Benjamin Butterworth, commission
er of patents.
He took a chill, which was probably
induced by a severe cold, and had to
be taken to his hotel in a carriage. The
illness is not regarded as serious by his
physician. Mr.. ButterwOrth has been
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Five Vess Is Overdue.

San Francisco, Nov. 6.-Ffve vessels
bound for this port from the British
Isles, are now overdue and it is feared
that some of them may have met with
disaster. They are the British barks
Natuma, Taymount, 1nvermay, the
ship Cawdor and the Italian bark ORR
enta. Great anxiety is also felt for the
French bark Cambronne, bound for this
port, from Newcastle, n. S. w, laden
never been heard from since she sail
ed.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Beatrice Corn Carnival Successful

Beatrice, Nov. 6.-The corn carnival
held here yesterday was a great sue
cess. The weather was very pleasant
and there was a big crowd out, proba-
bly, 10. 900 persons. A feature Of the day
was the floral parade by the ladies'
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
SPAIN CAN'T GIVE UP.
CASTELAR, Says She 1Iust Fight it Gus
and Lose Cuba.

New York. Nov. 6.-The Herald an
nOunces that A. B. De GuervilIe cOrrOb-
crates the statements already made by
eX-Minister Eannis Taylor Mr.. De
Guerville had explained the Cuban sit
uatiOn to Senior CASTELAR, from the Gu
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Martin PoreOn.
Joseph Bobap.

The men were loading steel biIlets on
the car when the shifting engine was
accidentally run down on the same
track Getner and PoreOn cannot re-
cover
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

presidents life. The person who shot
Gen BethencOurt is unknown. No one
knows whence came the fatal bullet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
CRUSHED BETWEEN CARS.
Three Men Badly Squeezed at Jones
& Laughlin's.

Pittsburg, Nov. 6.-Three employees
or Jones and Laughiin's steel works,
We're caught between company car
and a Sh1ft1ng engine at o'clock this
morning, and crushed so badly that two
of them will die. Their names are:
.IOSeph Getner-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06

Continued on Third Page.)
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-06
Gives Color to the RumOrs OF
Impending Trouble.

Even Old Fort BarrancOs at
Pensacola, to Be Manned.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19

HAWAIIAN HARDWARE co
FORT ST., opp. Spreckles' Bank.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19

The presence of SO many Orientals
in Hawaii interferes, says Mr.. Arm
strong, with annexation, and he thinks
that planters, in neglecting to dis
place Chinese and Japanese labor with
white labor have neglected the only
course which can save them from ruin.
This is definite, and moreover, it is
precisely in line with what the same
gentleman has said before as Chair
man of Labor Commission.
Ii is also the main argument of the
opponents of annexation. But surely
no one imagines that within the next
few months, in which McKinley's ad-
ministration will dispose of anneXa-
ton one way or another, the labor
supply Of Hawaii is to be changed.
Chinese and Japanese are here, and
no letter writing, or calling planters
or others to account, will get them out
of the country. Efforts to get white
labor have been unsuccessfully made
for years. Probably t!io large Portu-
guese element in Hawaii will event
ually prove TO be .ne source of its
supply of white labor. But until that
supply is large enough the sugar bust
ness is not required to be stopped.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-01-19
ADVANCE OAHU.

The organization of the new planta-
ton on Oahu is another land mark in
the progress of Oahu. The energy of
the citizens was for a long time de-
voted to the development of Hawaii
and Maui, and yet neglected Oahu, for
its area, promises to give an even more
brilliant showing. The establishment
of this plantation will, necessarily,
give a great impetus to Honolulu it.
self, Though a supplying center to
the whole group, yet its merchants
were beginning to find that direct
communication with the Coast both
from Hilo and Kahului had Slapped
their trade to a considerable extent.
A year ago in other columns than
these the writer set forth the necessity