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Evening star., 1897-10-25
LAvIGNE-wALCOTT BOUT.
Both Men In Good Condition for Their
Coming Fight.

Coming Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. October 25.-Both
George Lavigne and Joe Walcott are down
to weight and in fine fettie for their fight
on next Friday night. Walcott has had
no trouble in reducing to 1876 pounds. and
Is pronounced by the experts to be fit for
the fight of his life. Lavigne at present
weighs 134 pounds. and will let up In his
work for the next few days. The men will
weigh in at o'clock on Friday evening
Evening star., 1897-10-25

The second team of lie Droit Park de-
feated the first Gonzaga College team by
10 to Friday. The features of the game
were the running and tackling of Ross and
Dondrero. The lineup of the LIE Droits
was as fellows: r. Purcell, right half back
w. Perkins. left end; d. Ross. full back;
J. Dondrero, left half; E. Burns, right end
Cossor, right tackle; f. Chauncey, right
guard; B. Bocock left guard: b. Graham
left tackle; w. Brush, quarter back; W.
Spellhouse, center. The team would like
to hear from any foot ball team whose
average weight is not over 120 pounds.
Address Manager c. p. Clark, 422 Florida
avenue northwest
An interesting game Of foot ball took
place recently on Dupont field between the
eighth grade of the Force School and the
third Lafayettes. which resulted in a vic
tory for the Lafayettes. s to q. The fea-
tCre of the game was the tackling by Poe
and Walters of the Lafayettes, and the
running of Sutton and Leighton of the
same club. each making a touchdown
Washington was referee and Dickford and
Finley timekeeDerS
Evening star., 1897-10-25

Increase of Interest In the District
League.
Interest In the games of the District
Evening star., 1897-10-25

Princeton defeated Cornell Saturday in a
stubbornly fought game by score of 10
TO .. The game was fine exhibition OF
scientific foot ball, but Cornell could not
stand Princetons tremendous weight. 4
crowd of nearly 5000 persons was on han 4
to see the game.
Evening star., 1897-10-25
North and South, 10, Fast and Yves
.ny1
BOWLING.

North and south, II: East and West, 2
xWinning card.
Evening star., 1897-10-25


stubbornly fought game by a score of 10
TO .. The game was a fine exhibition OF
scientific foot ball, but Cornell could not
stand Princeton's tremendous weight. A
crowd of nearly 5000 persons was on haai
to see the game.
Although Yale defeated the Indians Sat
urday ir well-played game, the sons of
Eli could not keep the red men from scor-
ing. The best they could 90 was ~ to ..
The game was one of the cleanest contests
ever played, being entirely without slug
glng or anything like serious injury.
The feature of the game was a goal kicked
from the field by Hudson from the :S5-yard
line.
H. Pierce, captain of the Indian team
says that judging by the game of Saturday
the Tigers are much stronger than the
Yale team.
AS was expected, the Columbia Athletic
Club of this city was defeated by the
Orange Athletic Club at Orange. The score
was "a to o. The game well played
and was interesting, and the c. A. c. team
showed the result of careful training and
practice, but superior play and weight on
the part Of the Orange team prevailed.
The Harvard team showed surprising
reversal of form Saturday. and defeated
the Brown eleven by score of Is to o.
The crimson line held like a rock while in
the offensive work good gains were made
at every trial. The play of the crimson
team probably surpassed anything seen on
a Harvard gridiron for many a day.
Other games Saturday were as follows:
At Annapolis Md.-Naval Cadets, 6:
Princeton Reserves, o.
At Gettysburg. Pa.-Un:versity of Mary
land. 6: Getty sburg College. y forfeietD.
At West Point-West Point, 30: Tufts, o.
At Ann Arbor, Mich.-University of Mich
igan, 16: Oberlin, @.
At Andover, ss.-Phillips-Andover IA;
Yale Freshmen, o.
AT Buffalo. n. Y.-University of Buffalo,
16; Western Reserves of Cleveland, 1.
At New YGrk-Trinity College, 32: New
York University, o.
At New Brunswick, N. J.-Rutgers, 16:
Stevens Institute, o.
At Williamstown, Mass.-Wesleyan, 90;
Williams. %.
At Syracuse-Syrscuse, 40: Union. o.
At Worcester. Mass.-Holy Cross College,
10; Boston College, 4.
At Washington. Pa.-Washington ard
Jefferson, II; University of West Virginia,
o.
At Chicago-Chicago University, II:
Northwestern University. 8.
At Williamsport, Pa.-Bucknell. IS; Le-
high 10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
The Gear of Russia Told the
Sultan of Turkey
That if He Did Not Agree to an
Armistice
THE RUSSIAN ARMIES
Would March Upon COnstanti-
nOple at Once.
This Quickly Brought the Sick
Man to Terms.

Constantinople, May LIT transpires
that the car made a direct appeal to
the sultan to order his troops to cease
hostilities and arrange an arnistice, and
this, coupled with the fact that most
serious results would have ensued if
Turkey had persisted in her defiant at
titude, brought about the present state
of affairs.
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish minister
of foreign affairs, called upon the dean
of the diplomatic corps, Baron Won
Calico this morning to deliver the sui
tan's decision to arrange an armistice
1t is now believed that terms of peace
will be negotiated directly between
Turkey and Greece
The sultan has ordered two hospitals
of 300 and 100 beds respectively to be
erected near the Yildis Kiosk in order
to allow him to visit the Turkish sol
diers who have been wounded in the
campaign against the Greeks.
London, May -. = The harmony
of the press on the subject of
The Times, Novoe Vremya, the Temps,
the North German Gazette and the
Fremndenblatt are as one in the Wig
Orous denunciation Of Turkish preten-
sions
Now that the last obstacle to a speedy
armistice is removed by Germany,
which temporarily blocked the negotia-
lions, she having instructed her am
bassador at Constantinople, Baron Won
Saurma -Jaltsch, to join the other am
bassadOrs in pressing upon the porte
the necessity of agreeing upon an arm
istice, it can be taken for granted that
with the innumerable forms of coercion
ready to the hands of the powers, the
sultan will yield to the inevitable with
in a day or two, especially as the cap
ture of the Greek positions at Domolxos
will go far to satisfy the Turkish war
party.
An order telegraphed to Edhem
Pasha to cease hostilities probably in
dictates that the Turkish government
is about to accede to the demands of
the powers.
1t is further stated that the porte is
now disposed to enter into negotiation
to bring about permanent peace with
Greece upon terms less Onerous than
those which have been heretofore de-
manded. There is no confirmation here
of the report of disturbances at Ath-
ems, though no doubt there are grounds
to fear a popular manifestation.
Athens, May 19.-Orders have been
sent to the Greek commanders in Epi-
rus to cease fighting in view of the ar
mistice.
Athens, May 1e.-Dispatches from
Arta say that the Greeks have retired
from there in good order. A telegram
received from LAMA reports that a
panic prevails there and that many of
the inhabitants are leaving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
GREENBACKS boarded.
Probable Gold Export This Week Will
Reach 100000

Washington, May 19.-The boarding
Of greenbacks continues. Treasury ad-
vices from the New York sub-treasury
place the probable gold export move
ment for this week at $4,000 900 to So
600, 600. The gold reserve has been re-
duced by the export movement, which
began April q, to $145,40O, 900.
With gold at a slight premium in
London, no immediate prospects of a
cessation of gold exports is looked for
here for several weeks to come. The
Bank of England, which has been fur
nishing gold to Japan and Austria for
several months, is now recouping its
gold holdings from the United States,
and is expected to continue to do so
until it's reserve is built up to the point
it attained before Japan and Austria
began to draw out gold.
THE United States holds the only
free gold in the world said a treas
ury official today. land our system per-
mits its easy and cheap withdrawal
The withdrawal of gold enables Sec
rotary Gage to hoard greenbacks and
treasury notes and thus contract the
currency. Since March the treasury
notes and grenbacks retained in the
treasury have been increased from
S41. 500 900 to 81, 0OO. OO0
The last gold exported was bar gold,
upon which the government charges
one-tenth of one cent premium. This
premium will probably be increased this
treasury considers bar gold as its most
desirable form. 1t has, too, only $2I,-
600 900 of gold in bars, While its coined
gold amounts to S156, 900, 000 against
which there are $37, 400, 900 gold ceruh-
Gates outstanding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
RED INSTEAD WHITE.
Colored People of Norcoss, Ga, Test a
Nostrum With Evil Results

Norcross. Ga. May ia number of
colored people in this vicinity have just
placed a unique grievance into the
hands of the state authorities. Some
time ago there was advertised here
and elsewhere throughout the state by
a corporation doing business in a
northern city a lotion that was guar
anteed to make colored people actually
white.
The first one to invest in the lotion
was a very black young woman, who
is the wife of Alfred Bolton, a negro
who operates a creamery near Nor
cross.
She secured a quantity of the stuff,
and, following the prescription on the
bottle, rubbed it vigorously into her
skin. The operation caused intense
suffering because the lotion was as hot
as cayenne pepper, but the woman per-
severed, and in time her skin changed
color as the advertisement said it would
but it turned red instead of white. Ug-
ly scarlet spots appeared on her face
and body and her hair came out. She
appealed at last to DR.. Richardson, a
well known white physician, who found
unmistakable evidences of poisoning.
The woman is now critically i'll, and if
she gets well will be disfigured for life.
Her case sounded an alarm among the
negroes and nearly a score of others
suffering from the same complaint
have gone to physicians for treatment.
The firm which supplies the lotion will
be prosecuted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
HOUSE FULL BLOOD.
Horrible Murder of an Entire Family
Near Helena, Mont.

Denver, Col, May ia report was
published in an evening paper here to-
day to the effect that VIM. H. Hamil-
ton, a contractor; his wife, Catherine
Hamilton; his son, Lee Hamilton, aged
10, and his daughter, Elizabeth Hagus
Hamilton, aged 49, who lived in Den
yer until recently, were murdered in a
small village near Helena, Mont, three
weeks ago and the crime suppressed in
order to enable the Montana authori-
ties to trace the murderers-
Mr. Hamilton, who had lived in Den
yer 20 years. disposed of his property
here last February and left with his
family, going first to Oregon and later
to Montana Near Helena, it is said,
he engaged in brick making. Accord
ing to the report which has reached
friends of the family in this city, Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton were found dead in
bed with their threats cut. Miss Ham
flton was also dead in bed with her
throat cut and many bruises on her
body. 1t is stated that appearances
indicated that an attempt had been
made to outrage her and that she was
killed, after a struggle, before her as
saflants had accomplished their pur-
pose MI Hamilton had apparently
made a desperate fight. His body lay
on the floor and was literally covered
with wounds. All the fingers of his
right hand except the forefingar were
severed, showing that he had ,rasped
the razor or knife. His throat was
also cut. Footprints near the house
showed that two men were concerned
in the murders. The house had been
ransacked and it is believed that the
fnurderers secured about $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
LONDON OIL SCARE.
An Official of the Standard Trust
Makes a Statement.

London, May 19.-The following state
ment was made today by an official of
the Standard Oil trust in relation to the
charge of a London paper on the i'm
purity of their oil:
'Of the sensational stories published
in an English newspaper, reporting ex-
blossoms of our oil and attendant diSaS-
ters it is to be noted that the Pure Oil
company, of Pennsylvania, is pushing
the sale of its product in the British
Isles.
I'VE are selling there what is known
as Lima oil. 1t comes from the fields
of Ohio and Indiana. In its crude state
it is not as high grade a petroleum as
that which flows from our wells and
other wells in Pennsylvania.
However, after being refined by a
process somewhat different than that
used in refining Pennsylvania petrol
cum, il is just exactly as good and safe
an oil as the Pennsylvania It's results
in every way are as satisfactory On
account of the difference in grade in the
crude states, there is a general impress
sion that the Pennsylvania oil is better
than the Lima oil.
Now as to the 'explosins' Experts
know from exhaustive tests that eX
plosiOn through the use of any oil can
occur only at a certain moment. That
moment is when the VapOr from oil and
the air mixed with it bear a certain fix
ed proportion to each other. The mix
ture in the lamp above the oil does not
explode unless this particular combina-
ton exists, and it is very seldom effect
ed The best lamp is apt to explode
sometimes, whether Pennsylvania or
Lima oil is used, but the chances are
very, very small.
I'VE have agents all over England
and every explosion of our oil is in
vestigated by them. We have received
reports from them that there has been
no increase in casualties in England
Americans can take this sentence and
the first and then decide for themselves
what the trouble is. 1t as not explo-
siOnS''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
FREE BATHS IN BOSTON.
The Most Elaborate Pavilion on the
Atlantic Coast to Be Built at
Revere Beach.

Boston, May 19.-The latest undertake
ing of the Metropolitan park commits
sioners is the building of a bathing pa
vilion at Revere beach, within easy
reach of the city limits. 1t will have
accommodations for 1000 bathers. They
have designed the most elaborate and
complete bathhouse on the Atlantic
coast The landscape engineering in
the vicinity of the bathing pavilion is
the work Of the late Charles Eliot, son
of President Eliot of Harvard college.
Every one of the 1000 bathers will
have the benefit of privacy and will
reach the beach by means of a subway
The building will have every modern
convenience, such as toilet rooms, re
firing rooms, large room for the dis
tribution of bathing suits, electric lights
and a room for the storing of va1uables.
A big laundry will be capable of wash
ing and drying 400 suits an hour Only
a nominal fee will be charged for the
use of the bathing suits, which Will be
the only expense connected with the
paViliOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
FOR ONE DAY ONLY
This Blind Man Was Given the Sight
He Prayed For.

Anderson, Ind, May 19.-Tsaac Black,
a farmer living south of this city who
has been blind for years. has just pass
ed through an experience which is at
tracing the attention of local medical
men and surgeons.
The first of the past week his eye
sockets and sightless orbs began to get
sore. Tuesday morning he opened his
eyes to find that sight had fully re-
turned. The joy almost overcame him.
He had prayed for years to be able to
see his family and the surroundings of
his home, and it seemed as though his
~ the next day the sight left him, and
again he is in total darkness. Oculists
can give him but little or no hope of
seeing again
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
COFFINS WASHED OUT.
An Iowa Cemetery Being Swallowed
bY the Waters Of the Big Muddy.

Sioux City. Ia, May 19.-Since the
Missouri river began falling after the
rise of a few weeks ago it has been
cutting banks badly on both sides be
tween Bismarck and Onawa, some dis
lance south of Sioux City. Many land
owners on it's shores lost their entire
farms. Scarcely anyone within rea-
sOnabIe distance of the current escaped
entirely Recently the stream grew
weary of this form of amusement and
in the search for novelty began opera
lions near Sloan, this Woodbury.
county, by cutting across bend at the
point in question.
Directly in it's path is a graveyard Is
or 80 years old. Before anyone knew
what was happening the collins were
tumbling into the muddy current at the
rate of four or five a. day. AS head
way was gained the number constantly
increased and had steps not been taken
to remove the bodies all would within
a week have started outward. Since
then the bodies have been hurried back
from the bank as rapidly as possible.
Indications are that the cemetery Will
soon be swept entirely away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
DEPEW'S BOGUS NEPHEW
Plays a Merry swindle on German
Wine Grower.

New York, May 19-Chauncey M De
pew was in his private Office in the
Grand Central depot a few days ago
when his messenger handed him a let
ter addressed to the railroad president.
There is a gentleman outside" said
the messenger. He wants to present
this letter.
Mr.. Depew played with his eyeglasses
and opened the letter. 1t read as fol-
lows:
''Wiesbaden, Germany.
MY Dear Uncle Chauncey: I have
met a gentleman from Kreuznach, in
Germany, who is coming over to the
states. His name is Ferdinand Macher
and he is a friend of mine. I want you
to get some one to show him the New
York Central road and give him a free
pass over the line. The gentleman does
not understand much English and it
would be best to send a German with
him. Yours with love. etc.
MADISON"
Mr.. Depew smiled Then he looked at
the card of the man who had brought
the letter. It read: Ferdinand Macher
Weingutsbesitzer, Kreuznach, Rhein-
land
OF course the writer of the letter was
not Mr. DepeW's nephew. Herr Mach
er is a big wine grower in Germany. He
arrived in this city three weeks ago. 1t
was while he was in Wiesbaden that he
met young man who said he was L.
Madison Heymen, of Cincinnati" and
who, of course, borrowed money from
him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
GEO. F. TRAINS CLAIM.
He Once Purchased 500 Acres in
What is Now Omaha.

Omaha, Neb.. May 19-In 1855 George
Francis Train purchased from the
KOuntze brothers and E. Rogers a tract
of 500 acres of land lying in the eastern
part of the city.
Ex-Mayor Bemis, who is a relative of
Mr. Train and was intimately associat-
ed with him during the entire time Gov
cred by the transactions about to be
brought into question says that the
purchase price of this land was about
800, 0O0 AT the time of the purchase
Mr. Train paid sS8 600 in cash and gave
a mortgage as security for the balance
The next move in connection with this
land so far as the present situation is
concerned was in 1873, when the land
was sold under foreclosure proceed
ings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
BEETLES FOR CLOCK HANDS
Attraction in Chicago Window That
Draws.

Chicago, May ia crowd of curious
sightseers stood in front of Allegret-
block yesterday and gazed intently on
a. big clock in the window 1t was not
an ordinary clock, for the hands which
indicate the time were missing. Two
green beetles on the dial We're the cen
ter of attraction.
"Oh, mamma, see 'em move" cried a
boy who could not suppress his aston
ishment
The mother looked the beetles were
moving They were not alive, how
ever. but made of metal and moved by
electricity.
The clock keeps correct time and the
moving beetles have caused thousands
of shoppers to stand before the win
dow, where the clock is located.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
$4,000 JOB VACANT
And the American Church Missionary
Society Can't Dispose of It.


New York, May 19-Miss Louisa
Dean of this city gave thirty years ago
$40 900 to endow a professorship in the
theological department of Griswold col
lege at Davenport, Ia The chair was
to be called THE Anthem Professorship
of Systematic Divinity after Miss
Deans friend, the Rev. Edward Anthem
of this city.
1t was provided that the money
should be held by the executive COM
rnittee of the American Church Mis-
sionary society to invest, and the soci-
ETY. should have the right to name the
person to fill the chair The trust was
accepted in June. 1865. The Rev. VIII
liam Stevens Perry, the bishop of Iowa
was called to the professorship in Jan
uary 1877. The income of the fund
was paid to him until January, 1896
when GrisWold college dispensed with
its theological department. and it had
no further need of a professor of theol-
ogy.
Justice Smyth granted an order yes
terday for the services of su1nnonses
upon the college and Bishop Perry by
publication so that they may aid in the
solution of the problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
SIX ACRES ONLY
Of Tobacco May Each Farmer Raise,
Declare the Raiders.

- Winchester KY, May 19.-CoIumbus
Thomas, a prominent farmer of the
eastern portion of the county and a
large tobacco grower. found a notice
posted on one of his barns warning
him that if he raised more than six
acres of tobacco this year his barns
would be blown up by dynamite. Fol-
lowing is a verbatim copy of the no
tice:
TO Tobacco Raisers of Clark: We
are around arranging the present to-
bacco. We do say you are not to put
in But six aehres of tobacco, if you
late starting around, but this r. "a
warning for Clar CO..
No names We're signed to the notice.
A number of other farmers in the
same section received similar notices
and there is much excitement among
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
Accountable
CataPph.

It is not reasonable to expect to be
cured of any disease, no matter how
constant and persevering the treat
1nent, when that treatment is alto
gether 111isdirected, and can not posi-
bly, reach the trouble.
This explains why those afflicted
with catarrh meet with so much dis
enlargement. Though they faithfully
take the usual treatment consisting OF
sprays, washes, etc, and pass through
the summer without much discomfort,
as soon as cold weather returns, they
find themselves more firmly in the grip
of the disease than ever. Such results
could hardly be expected if the proper
treatment had been given.
Any one who has had experience
with catarrh will readily admit that it
is one of the most obstinate of diseases;
it is easy to see, therefore, that it is
deep-seated, and that no remedy which
merely reaches the surface can have
the slightest effect upon it. The only
known cure for catarrh is a real blood
remedy, one which gets at the seat Of
the disease-the cause of the trouble
and forces it from the system. Such
remedy is S. S. S. (Swift's Speci6cls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-19
CAPITOL ROOF FAULTY.
Heavy Rain Leaks Through and
Spoils Valuable Pictures.


Spells Valuable Pictures.
Washington, May 19.-The heavy
rain storm yesterday forcibly demon
strated that the roof of the capitol is
soreIy in need of repair. There were
leaks in half a dozen places.
In the rotunda two of the frescoes-
the landing of Columbus and the burial
of De Soto in the Mississippi-wer
damaged by a stream of dirty water,
and several of the historic paintings
were threatened, the water dripping
from the roof through a crevice dan
gerously near them. In the house there
was a leak almost directly over the
speakers chair. Mr.. Reeds attention
was directed to the leakage before he
called the house to order, and gave or
ders to have it stopped if possible, but
the water continued to drip until the
house adjourned. Another leak start
ed on the west side of the house wing,
almost directly over the fresco, cover
ing some 25 square feet of wall, entitled
westward the Course of the Empire
Takes It's Way The water literally
flooded the floor within a few feet of
this strikingly beautiful work ofart, and
an attendant was stationed there to
mop it up as it fell to avoid any dan
ger of damaging the painting.
The leakage through the roof is
caused no doubt from decay.