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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

The delegates Of the United States,
Russia and Japan signed in Washing
ton the new Bering sea treaty to stop
pelagic sealing - An attempt was
made to assassinate President Moraes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
CHICAGO FEARS DELUGE.
All the Streams in and About the Citv
Flooded.

Chicago, Ill, Jan. 4-The continuous
rain of yesterday, following without in
tefmls1Son the dOWnpOur of the two
previous days, caused a deluge which
has rarely been experienced in Chicae.o
and Cook county. In the midst of the
city, where the drainage facilities were
IN better shape, not much inconvenience
was felt, but in the outer districts the
streets looked more like ponds than
thoroughfares, and many Easements
were flooded. Outside of the citv MANY
roads We're in an impossible condition.
and the fields We're covered with large
expanses of water.
The Desplaines river, the Illinois and
Mlchlgan canal and the drainage canal
We're torrents. In a number of Iocali-
ties the former burst over IFS banks
and flooded the surrounding conntr1
South Eng1ewOOd was almost subnere-
ed. Sidewalks were covered with wafer
ana easements flooded, but no very ser
1ouS damage was done. In the stock
yards region the same condition ex-
isted
The pumping works at Bridgeford
We're forced to shut down, the drain
age canal being so full of water that
1t was found impossible to force it back.
AS q result, the current of the river
was turned toward Lake Michigan. and
all the impurities of the stream were
emptled in the direction of the source
of Chicago's water supply
The condition of affairs at Summit was
alarming The water of the Des-
PLANES river tonight rose to within two
feet of the top of the dam and it was
feared if the water continued to rise
il would overflow into Ogden's ditch
and both streams would pour toward
Chicago. At Lemont things looked
equally serious. Last night it was
feared that the Illinois and Michigan
canal would leave its banks and sWeep
away the lumber yards located there
The portion of the country north of
Lemont known as the flats was flood
= Fg,,~
about midnight, the weather suddenly
turning cold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
TO RECALL WEYLER?
Another Positive Announcement of
His Recall is Made.

New York, Jan. 4-News has been
received by the Cuban junta from
Washington to the effect the Spanish
government has positively determined
to recall Captain General Weyler Gen
Primo de Rivera, it is said, will sue
ceed General Weyler in Cuba He is a
captain general in the Spanish army
and in favor with the Canovas govern
ment.
Minister Taylor, it is said, informed
Secretary Olney several days ago that
the authorities at Madrid were on the
point of relieving General Weyler of
his command in Cuba, and of appoint
ing as his successor Captain General
Rivera.
Reasons were given in brief why
change was deemed advisable, and a
statement was made as to the probable
time when the orders would be pro-
mulgated. 1t is learned the Madrid
government is displased at the fact
that General Weyler, with about 2OO.-
600 troops, has not put down the Cuban
revolt. He has expended large sums of
money but, SO far. has made no decided
headway in accomplishing his main OBJ
ject, that of quelling the insurrection
and restoring peace and good order in
Cuba.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
STEEL POOL FIGURING.
The Trust is Collecting Data Prepara-
tory to Fixing Prices

Pittsburg, Jan. At is understood
here that a committee of the Bessemer
Steel association of the United States,
known as the steel billet pool, is meet
ing in New York today preparatory to
calling a meeting of the pool in the
near future.
Secretary George S. Riscomb is out Of
the city, and firms who are members
of the pool say that they have not yet
been notified of the meeting. The COM
1nittee now in session in New York is
a special one appointed to collect data
concerning production, allotment,
prices, etc. with view to arranging a
new schedule for the billet manufactur-
ers represented in the pool. The steel
market has been inactive during the
holidays. but there is a feeling here
that prices have reached the lowest
notch, and will settle near a basis of SIS
for a ton of steel billets. This is the
figure that the pool expected to fix
when the rext pr-ce agreement is enter
ed into.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
DENSE FOG IN NEW YORK.
Ships Do Not Try to Enter the Bav
Because of It.

New York, Jan. 4-During the past
twenty-four hours the waters on the
upper and lower bay have been envel-
opeu IN dense fog, with no apparent
sign OF clearing weather Not a yes
SCI passed IN through the narrOWs since
sunrise yesterday morning Several
vessels are Que to arrive in port and
no doubt they are waiting outside of
Sandy Hook and Scotland IightshiD for
the fog to lift, rather than to attennt
so hazardous a thing as finding tha 1I-a,-
into port in such weather. AT o1laran,
tine the weather has been darIr 80
gloomy and the fog so dense that oh
jects could not be seen fifty feet a1Eyav
from the shore.
Navigation has been almost entira1,,
suspended, being confined to a few
tugs that with much difficulty picked
their way down the bay and managed
to reach quarantine safely where thev
were satisfied to tie up at the wharf
and not take the risk of proceeding
further down the bay, as had been the
original intention. The steamers Ori-
noco and Sirius, which arrived and an
chored off quarantine last evening. still
remain fog bound off that place. their
commanders deeming it more prudent
to walt till the fog clears
The Wilson line steamer Hindoo
which was in collision with the Crom-
we'll liner Creole in the lower bay Ia 81
evening, returned in the fog. and an
chor5d oft Clifton, S. l. Captain Doug-
lass landed at quarantine at noon. He
reports that the Hindoo is leaking in
the fore peak. Some of her bow mates
arc cracked and as the damage is un-
der water its exact nature cannot be
ascertained until she reaches her dock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
DAMAGE IN ARKANSAS.
Tornadoes Visit Cameron, Camden
and Benton.

Texarkana, Ark, Jan. Reliable in
formation was received here that a cy
clone passed over Cameron, Ark,
small town on the Cotton Belt railroad,
IA miles east of this city, at 1 O'Clock
Saturday, doing much damage. Several
houses were blown down and one man,
supposed to be a farmer was killed.
The path of the storm was about one
mile wide
Reports from Camden, Ark, are that
a heavy storm prevailed at D. m.
Little Rock, Ark, Jan. A deStruc-
tive wind storm occurred at Benton, 25
miles south Of Little Rock, this after
noon and from all accounts extended a
considerable distance south
The north bound ST Louis Cannon
Ball was delayed south of Benton by
the wreckage-
Eureka Springs, Ark, Jan. 4-The
warmeSt New Years ever known here
was followed last night and today by
a hard rain with wind and great cleo
trical disturbances. The precipitation
is unprecedented and the temperature
phenomenal Thermometer so degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
HARRIS HEADQUARTERS.
He Opened His Senatorial Boom To-
day at the National

The storm seems to have had its eff
feet on politicians. While there are a
few of them gathering in, yet they
come in very slowly. Not a candidate
for speaker is yet on the ground, al
though all of them are expected tomOr-
row.
Col. w. A. Harris this morning open
ed headquarters at the National in
room 20. Judge A w Dennison will
be here tonight or tomorrow and have
his headquarters in rooms 16 and II in
the Veale block.
Two of the leading candidates for
speaker, w. F. Brown of Pratt and w
d. Street of Decatur, will have their
headquarters at the Dutton. The other
candidates for speaker have not an
nounced where they will have their
headquarters.
The members of the legislature that
had arrived in the city up to o'clock
today were: Senators: w. + Harris,
Leavenworth; Maj. P. Pritchard. Gra-
ham; A J. Titus, Harper; S. c. Fields,
Reno; Dan Hart, Norton; representa-
tives: ]. w. Clark, Thomas; w. H
Ryan, Crawford; r. ]. Wallace, Gra-
ham; J. c. Foley. Norton; E. T. Hack
ney. Sumner; H A Keefer, Leaven-
worth.
Ex-Speaker P. P. Elder is up today
from Franklin county He says he is
q non-com Blatant, and that he will only
stay around today and will go home to-
night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
WILL WADSWORTH HERE.
Likes the Part He Now Has in the
Alabama Company.

Will Wadsworth of the alabama
company is in town today. He came to
Topeka yesterday afternoon and has
since been stopping with his parents at
his home on Buchanan street. The COM
pany closed a weeks engagement at
the Auditorium at Kansas City Satur-
day night, and after playing in this city
tonight will start on a. southern tour
Wadsworth has lost none of his ad-
mlration for the stage, and says he
firmly intends to follow that profession
Last year he played the part of the
coon" in Alabama but this year is
playing the boy part, one much more
TO his taste.
The part I have this year, said he,
Is good clean part. BY that 1 mean
! :Iie make up does not require the paint
ing lhat my part last year did 1t was
q sood deal of trouble to scrub the stuff
on on my face every night, and at the
IlidJoIlty OF theaters you can't procure
warm water With cold water it was a
face - " A9iiO"
AFTER touring the south. the company
VIII go 70 New England and play there
up to the end OF May Next Summer
the play may be taken to Australia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
THE LIBEL SUIT.
Judge Hazen Sustains the Objection
to the Petition.

Judge Hazen today sustained the objec-
ton to the petition in the libel suit
brought by Conrad Mayer and Robert
Hitchcock against the State Journal, c.
X Holiday and Simon Greenspan for
$4,000 damages.
The suit was brought because of pub.
lications and statements concerning the
connection of Mayer and Hitchcock with
the o. NJ B. during the recent campaign.
Judge Hazen took the position that the
petition was not sufficient to sustain the
suit because it did not state that Mayer
and Hitchcock had ever been members
of the o. NJ. B. or had been expelled from
the organization when the grounds for
bringing the suit were that the publica-
tion had injured their standing socially in
the o. NJ. 3.
E G. Wilson, attorney for Mayer and
Hitchcock secured permission to amend
their petition and the suits may be filed
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
RUN ON OTHER BANKs.
st. Paul People Get Excited Over the
Closing of Banks.

St. Paul. Jan. 4.-Owing to the ex-
citement caused by the closing of the
Germania and Allemania banks today,
many depositors started after their
money in one or two of the other banks
the Minnesota Savings bank being the
center of excitement The president of
the bank William Bickel. Jr-. is the
son of the first vice president of the Al
lemania and this fact seemed to turn
the minds of the people that way. This
morning the bank was open for bUsi-
ness. but at O'Clock was taking ad-
vantage of the rule allowing go days
notice before allowing Withdrawals of
deposits.
At a few minutes before i O'Clock,
the West Side bank organized IN 1886,
with a capital of 100000, closed its
doors. The president, c. F. Staples,
told the Associated Press reporter the
bank cleared through the Allemanla.
and had its clearings returned today
because of the closing of the bank
The West Side bank had suffered con-
siderably from the general shaky con-
dition of financial affairs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
BANKER CHAPMAN'S CASE.
Supreme Court Grants Him Leave to
Apply for Habeas Corpus.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The supreme
court today granted Elverton r. Chap
man, the New York broker. convicted
for refusing to answer questions put to
him by the senate sugar trust invsti-
eating committee, leave make an ap-
plication for habeas corpus. The court
Will hear argument on March % The
case is a test one. Chapman surren-
dered himself today to the district at
torney and was permitted TO go to the
supreme court to make the application
a deputy marshal accompanying him.
The hearing of the argum ant was post
poned so long in order to permit Sena-
tor Edmunds to spend the winter in
the south He asked the court to set
the date at a time when the Inaugural
ton and the March winds would both
be well out of the way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04

A portion of the cargo in the fore hold
will have to be discharged before the
necessary repairs can be made. The
steamers pumps have to be kept con-
stantIy going to have the fore peak free
of water.
Nothing further has been heard from
the Creole since the collision occurred
last evening. She is probably at an
chor in the lower bay. Among the fog-
bound steamships now due at this port
from Hayre. December 26; the Anchor
liner Olympia, from Naples, December
-; the Cunarder Aurania, from Liver
pool, ,Deceber 26; the White Star freight
er Georgia, from Liverpool, ,Decemper "a;
RnffaIo from Hull; Mohican, from
Swansea; Stella, from Hamburg; St
Irene. from Liverpool, December ~;
Negantio from London, December II;
Habana and Yumuri. from Havana,
December 30.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
ANOTHER BANK CLOSES.
The Allemania Bank Also OF St Paul
Closes Its Business

St. Paul Jan. 4--The Allemania bank
capital S4O0 900 and having a clientage
similar to that of the Gerrnania closed
its doors soon after the other bank had
announced its assignment The Al
lemania bank was organized last year.
being the successor of the Commercial
bank, William Bickel. formerly presi-
dent of the Germania bank, joining
forces with Albert Scheffer of the Com
mercial to organize the new bank
Its last official statement made on
December Il showed: Loans and dis
counts. SOS, ,S42; sundry bonds, SS6,s5O;
demand loans. $62, ,SS1.4O. Capital stock
paid in, $4,000 undivided profits less
expenses SOS. .754. GO; individual deposits.
S5zg. .7S9. .27; interest certificates, $751;
253 % President Scheffer of the Alle
mania said at noon that they had been
suffering from the panic. the failure
being due to the com mbined holding and
Withdrawing of deposits A crowd OF
depositOrs soon gathered demanding
their money and al II O'Clock it was de-
cided to close at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
SNOW, RAIN;
roc, FLOOD.
All Kinds Of Storms Rage in
United States.
The West and North Suffer
From a Severe Blizzard.
IN DANGER OF DELUGE
Chicago and Places Along Mis-
sissippi Fear Floods.
Cold Succeeds Rain Which VIII
Cause Great Distress.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Reports from all
parts of the west tell of damage by flood
and storm during the last twenty
four hours. In Illinois heavy rain
has fallen, and streams are flooded,
making the roads impossible and
damaging the winter wheat. Joliet is
threatened with one of the worst
floods in it's history.
Families are moving out of their
houses and low lands are flooded. Wa
ter is sweeping through the lumber
yards and the Rock Island track is
submerged in the vicinity of Lacon.
Wheat has been damaged badly by
the "a hours rain and the roads are i'm
passable for marketing corn. The San
canon river is threatening obstruction
to thousands of bushels of cribbed corn
1t has rained for 60 hours and is still
raining, but growing colder.
In northern Michigan the rain is also
severe. Near MenOminee it has rained
for AS hours Logging has been sus-
pended and hundreds of men have come
out of the woods. Ice gorges at Fisher
and other points on the Menoninee riv-
er are threatening serious consequences
to MenOminee and Marinette.
In Minnesota a blizzard ragged all day
steady yesterday with alternating rain
and sleet, and with falling temperature.
South Dakota suffered a severe snow
storm which prevailed all day yester-
day. The snow drifted, and a railroad
blockade is feared.
Nebraska is suffering from the worst
blizzard it has experienced for years.
Snow was u inches on the level last
night, and the wind piled great drifts
six and seven feet high. Trains are de-
layed in the vicinity of Hastings Last
night a binding snow was falling and
a sharp wind was blowing. At Grand
Island there was five feet of snow in
the Union Pacific railroad yards Tel
egraph and telephone service is greatly
impeded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
TEMPERANCE MEETINGS.
Good Templars at the Head of Series
for This Week

A series of temperance meetings un-
der the auspices of. the Good Templars
begins this evening at the First Chris
tian church. Major c A Bateman
who speaks tonight, is the grand chief
Templar of Kansas. In a letter to
Secretary Stephens of the State Tenn
perance union he says: My lecture on
Monday evening is entitled The Battle
of Life, or the Worlds Tramp and it
is one of the liveliest and most enter
tanning lectures 1 have. Those who
are present that night will be present
every night afterwards"
One of the features of these meetings
will be three or four five minute talks
each evening by prominent workers
among the young people of the city, all
of whom are expected to attend with
out any special invitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
FARMERS QUIT INSURANCE.
Ottawa County Farmers Fire Insur-
ance Company Will Cease Business

The Ottawa County Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance company has decided to
quit business An excessive loss ratio is
the cause given for the decision of the di-
rectors to wind up the business of the
company.
The Atlas Assurance company of Eng
land has decided to withdraw from the
state. No reason is given to the depart
ment for this action on the part of the
company, but it never had over ten
agencies in the state and did not push
its business it is probable that what lit
tie it had did not pay.
York has decided to stop writing business
in Kansas. 1t only had solicitor in
the state and did not have very much
business. The withdrawal of these COM
panies does not in any way effect exist
ing contracts of insurance with them nor
does it revoke the power of attorney
which permits them to be sued and ser
vice obtained by serving the superintend-
ent of insurance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
GOLD SUCCEEDS RAIN.
Floods About St.Louis Do GreatDan-
ace-Cold Sets In.

St. Louis. Jan. 4.-The heavy rain which
mast two davs. continued until last even
ing when a cold wave set in and the tenn
peratur dropped 80 to 40 degrees in
short time The heavy rains have caused
the rivers on both sides of the Mississ-
ippi to rise above the danger mark; At At
over the low bottoms and is rising at the
rate of "A inches an hour. Hundreds IIe Is, OF
already been switched away. The river is
fun of floating rails, saw logs and rail
road ties, which represent loss OF many
thousands of dollars.
In the vicinity of Virginia, Ill, the
heaviest rainfall in years prevailed within
the past sixty hours. The SangamOn
river is rising, threatening destruction to
the thousands of bushels of cribbed corn.
Creeks are overfiowing. 1t is St1n rain
ing and growing colder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
CYCLONE KILLS 12.
Moorin ngsport, La, was Wiped Out by
a Terrible Storm.

Shreveport, La, Jan. 4.-Moorings
port, a town in Caddo Parish. in the ex-
treme northwestern part of the state,
was swept by a cyclone at 8 o'clock
Saturday afternoon and every house
that was not completely demolished,
was unroofed. The telegraph wires
went down at the time, and for six
hours it was impossible to learn any
details.
Upon receipt of the news a special
train was made ready, and at 6 o'clock
started for the scene of the disaster
with a number of physicians and nurses
on board.
Two hours after the train left the
telegraph company patched up the
wires so that messages could be sent
and received, and it was then learned
here shat the wind storm had been the
cause of the death of at least II per-
sons, and that many had been injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
wARMEsT AND wETTEsT.
Chicago is Experiencing Some Record
Breaking Weather.

+ Chicago. Jan. 4.-The weather in Chi
cago for the past day was the wettest
and Warmest ever recorded for the first
three days of a new year, the average
temperature being above so degrees
and the total rainfall 2.56 inches. The
total precipitation in the month of
January, 1885, was only 1.12 inches, in
Guiding snow fall. The month of De-
cember just passed was the dryest De-
cember ever recorded here, the total
rainfall being only sixteen -hundredths
of an inch, which is 219 inches below
the normal.
Last December had the least precipi-
tation of any single month in Chicago
since the organization of the weather
bureau, more than a quarter of CEN
tury ago, except the month of Febru-
ary, 1877, when the total precipitation
was only six -hundredths of an inch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
MERCURY SEEKING ZERO.
The Wind Has Increased All Day and
Temperature Is Getting Lower.

At o'clock this afternoon the ther-
mometer registered 27 degrees above,
and was then on a gradual decline
towards the zero mark AT that. hour
a piercing northeast wind was blowing
at rate varying from 16 to 20 miles an
hour having steadily increased in We
locity since early morning. The predic-
ton of colder weather tonight, sent out
by the weather bureau today, sent out
to be verified.
Strong north and northeast winds are
reported throughout the state generally
this afternoon, causing the snow to
drift heavily and interfering with rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
LEGISLATORS STALLED.
Members of N. Dakota Legislature
Stuck in a Snow Drift.

Minneapolis, Jan 4-SpeciaIs to The
Journal from Red River valley points
indicate that the storm has been in
progress there since Sunday morning
and is more severe than that ofThanks-
giving though little snow has fallen.
1t is very cold and the loose snow has
been piled in tremendous drifts.
The only train that left Grand Forks
this morning was bound for Bismarck
and was loaded with members of the
legislature. 1t is stalled just outside
the city. There are no trains running
in the Red River valley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
GOMEZ TO SURRENDER
This Report, However, Comes by Wey
of Madrid

Madrid, Jan. 4.-Private cablegrams
received here from Havana say it is
possible that Maximo Gomez and other
influential Cubans will surrender to the
Spanish authorities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
INAUGURATION MEETING.
J. III. Harrington Desires a Full At
tendance at Silver HEADQUARTERS.

j. M Harrington. chairman of the
committee on entertainment for the
inauguration exercises next Monday,
desires a full attendance of the mem
bers at a meeting to be held tonight at
the silver headquarters, S14 Kansas
avenue.
The details of the programme and
the exercises for the Inauguration cere-
monies will be completed.
The new state officers will be sworn
into office at Representative hall, Gov.
Leedy being the only one who will be
exDected to make a speech.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-01-04
Nothing Further From Commodore's
Grew.

Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 4-Nothing
further has been heard from the eight
missing men of the steamer CommO-
dore, although the Cubans here still
have hopes that the survivors will be
picked up. The four men who landed
at Port Orange Sunday morning were
Major Julio Rodriguez Baz, Manuel
Gonzales, Louis Sierra Medorara and
Jesus Alvarez. all Heutenants, and
Captain Murphy. who will reach Jack
s0nville, this evening, when a thorough
investigation will be made.