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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
BLAND GRTNDS AN ORGAN.
One of the Incidents of the ''Time" the
Atchison Folks Had.

A distinguished looking gentleman
with spectacles and waving black hair
walked up Kansas avenue yesterday
afternoon with a hand organ in front
of him and a agile monkey fastened
with a chain hopping along in front. He
was followed by a crowd of men with
corn husk umbrellas.
The man was Judge W. T. Bland, who
now preSideS over the district court of
AtchisOn county, and he came to To
peka with the rest of the delegation to
see the town and have time. As the
Atchisonites walled across Kansas
avenue, near Fifth street, they caught
sight Of an italian with an organ and
monkey, who was trying to coax pen
MES from the children who surrounded
them.
Judge Bland broke away from the
crowd. He went up to the Italian, un-
his own back. He then took the mon
keys chain and started to grinding,
meanwhile jerking the chain, which
caused the little animal to hop around
al if he We're dancing. The Italian
looked on helplessly, but when he saw
the dimes and nickles being dropped in
to the monkeys hat.a broad smile over
spread his face and he pOcketed the
money.
Judge Bland and his party went two
blocks and they stopped whenever they
saw a crowd, and did not leave until
they had made a collection.
Then Judge Bland handed the organ
and monkey back to the Italian and the
party started out to look for other fields
cODuuer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
KNOCKS A "MELlSH."
Major Anderson Has a Personal
Encounter With One of
the ROWdieS.

Maj. T. ]. Anderson is wearing band
ages on his right hand this morning,
and member of the K. N. G. has a
black eye.
When Maj. Anderson came UP from
the camp last evening he was not in
good humOr. He had seen the K n. G.
imposing upon the gatekeepers. So
when he heard a man who wore the
uniform of the militia abusing Topeka,
he informed him that the conduct of the
soldiers had been ungentlemanly and
generally bad. The militiaman retOrted
sharply.
Major Anderson was in a white heat
His long right arm was drawn back,
and the next minute the militiaman
was sprawling on the pavement. His
companions did not say a word. and
Major Anderson strobe majestically
away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
Banks Have so Much of the yell
low Metal
That They Don't Know What
To Do With It.
TREASURY MAY GETIT
There is a Corresponding Scar
city of Greenbacks.
The Situation is Likely to Stop
Their Retirement.

New York, Oct. 2.-The plethora of
gold in the banks and the treasury and
the scarcity of greenbacIs is, causing
banks some difficulty in making their
payments at the clearing house in bills
and may cause most Of them in g short
while to return to the practice Of
years ago. and settle their daily debt
balances in gold.
The first movement in this direction
was made when the National Park
bank paid its entire debit balance Of
$5S6,000 in gold. Two other banks have
also paid gold in settlement of the
debit balance. 1t is considered likely
that other banks will have to follow
suit shortly.
prefer to receive bills rather than gold
in payment of their credit balances. The
gold is paid into the clearing house in :
the shape of clearing house gold GER
tificates which is the most convenient
form of payment, as it does not involve
any counting or handling of so much
coin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
HOPE IN BRYAN.
Three Hundred Million People
of India
Look to the Nebraskan as Their
Savior.
He MUST WIN IN 1900
Says Prof. ChOsh of the CAL
cutta University,
Unless Something Comes of the
WOlcOtt Commission.

New York. Oct. 2.-Prof A. S. Chosh
OF the Calcutta university, a native
East Indian, sets forth in an article en-
titled "India's Cause for Silver" in the
October number of the North American
Review, the reasons why the people of
India desire the re-opening of the In
dian mints.
Fro1- ChOsh arraignS the British gov
ernment for blocking the way to an in
ternational agreement for the remone-
dzation of silver, charging that by
closing the Indian mints, it has con-
nScated One-half of the wealth of the
people of the Indian empire.
He expresses the opinion that Eng
land may be forced out of regard to her
own interests to change her course and
he concluded:
If, however, Notwithstanding every
entreaty, she proves false to her own
and the worlds interests, then she may
learn to her cost that other nations
can act without her and may see the
very thing come to pass in retribution
which she so long opposed. If she still
continues to block the way, if Senator
WOlcottS mission fails, and the Indian
mtnts remain unopened, then the last
hope of India must lie in Mr.. Bryan.
If three years hence his efforts are
crowned with success, which neceSsar-
lily they must be if nothing is done
meanwhile to solve the great question,
he will perhaps find the gold worship
pers of Europe, headed by England,
waiting in trepidatiOn in his ante
chamber to entreat an international
agreement. That will be the hour of
his triumph and in the anticipation of it
the three hundred millions of India will
wish him gOdspeed with all the power
of their stricken hearts"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
FOR PICKING POCKETS.
Small Boy Arrested Who Strongly
Protests His Innocence.

Thomas Lewis, a 13 year old boy, was
arrested at the fair ground yesterday
afternoon for picking an old lady's
pocket. Young Lewis lives in Kansas
Special Policeman FarnSwOrth during
the Festival. The officers arrested
Lewis and teIephoned for the patrol
wagon. The patrol came and the boy
was bundled into the wagon and taken
to the city Jail and afterwards turned
over to the sheriff. The boy is confined
in the county Jail. He said, between
his sObs, I was in the grand stand all
alone, another boy that 1 did not know
was croWding around the woman who
lost the pocket book. I looked down
on the floor and saw the pocket book
lying there. picked it up and started
to hand it to the woman when she
grabbed me and accused me of stealing
it, If any one stole it, it must have
been the other boy"
A woman who was sitting in the
the trouble was, said she saw Lewis
pick up the pocket book from the floor
and look around to see whom it might
belong to oand then start toward the lady
who lost it.
County Jailer Leach is not at all
backward in saying what he thinks
about the arrest. "All the notorious
crooks and thieves have been allowed to
go scot free and the police make a
great spread and arrest small boy
and lock him up. 1 do not think for
minute the boy is guilty.
Lewis was taken before Justice Guy
this morning and the case set for next
week. Judge Guy wrote the boys
case for some time next week when the
father can be here. The fathers name
is James Lewis, 1925 East Eighteenth
street, Kansas City, Mo. He is a gas
litter. During the time between now
and the trial Lewis will remain in the
county jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
BIG LEAKA FAIRGROUNDS
Militia Tore Down the Fence Admit
ting 5000 People Free.

Yesterday afternoon while the crowd
at the gates of the fair grounds was
the largest and the ticket sellers and
ticket takers were busy handling the
throng that was going to attend the
sham battle, a crowd of about 200 mill
amen torn down the east fence OF the
fair grounds for a distance OF about
100 yards and let in several thousand
people free. The militia men went to
the cars and guided the people to the
opening and let them in. They went to
people in wagons and told them they
could go in free. In a very few min
utes the crowd understood the situa-
tion and made a rush for the opening.
Some of the officers of the companies
were aiding in the scheme and when
Major Tom Anderson arrived at the
scene a young lieutenant got a little
too fresh with the Major and was
knocked down for his ungentlemanly
conduct by the irate Major and in
structed to learn better manners. The
Majors hand is badly swollen and is
today done up in a bandage Before
the rush could be stopped and the
fence repaired enough people got in.ac
cording to Major Anderson's estimate.
to cheat the Committee of Fifteen out
of about 81 500
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
THREE BOATS LOST
Which Were Intended for Service on
the Yukon.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 2.-The steamer
North Fork has arrived direct from St.
Michael with IS passengers and the fol-
lowing letter from H. NJ. Morgan, As
sociated Press correspondent;
Dutch Harbor, Sept. 21.-The wreck
of the schooner Hueneme, having on
board the material for three river boats
to be built at St. Michael island for
service on the Yukon, has had the effect
of changing the route of the steamer
Portland, which had on board the ma
terial for one river boat also for service
on the Yukon.
The Portland will discharge her cargo
here Dutch Harbor) and leave Moran
Bros, the contractors for building riv-
er boats here, together with their en-
ployes, who will proceed with the con-
structiOn of the one boat brought up
on the Portland.
AS soon as the Portland has unloaded
she viii return to Seattle, where ar
terial for the construction of three
boats as originally intended to be con-
structed here, and forwarded to st.
Michael in the spring.
The passengers and Mr.. G. H. Hamil
ton and Barber party are to be trans
ferred to the steamer Bertha of San
Francisco, Captain J. N. Hayes, which
is expected to leave UnalaSka. on Fri
day, the oath inst, for St. Michael
The Bertha left St. Michael on We'd
nesday. the 18th inst, and arrived at
Dutch HarbOr Friday morning, the II n.
This will be her last trip this season,
she returning to San Francisco for the
winter
The steam schooner North Fork of
Tacoma arrived here from St. Michael
late this evening with about 35 pasSen-
gers on board. Among them were 2.
c. Richardson of Seattle. Mr. Richard
son left the Sound July 25th over Chill
kOot pass. arriving in Dawson City on
August 18th. He stayed at Dyea two
DAYS, and two days at Lake Bennett.
Mr. Richardson says there are at least
$500 people at Dawson, the greater
number living in tents.
Soon after he arrived there, the
North American Transportation and
Trading company closed their store, be
ing out of provisions and unable to I'LL
about 40 paid orders.
The Alaska Commercial company was
filing about One-third of their paid or
ders, with a bare chance of the Margar-
ct, with 100 tons of provisions, and the
Alice, with IS tons, arriving 9eIOfe
they would be compelled to close. Ihe
MARGARET ought to have arrived by Au-
gust %, but it is almost Impossible TO
get up the Yukon on account OF the
lack of water
NIr w. E. Langdon of Seattle, also
a passenger on the North Fork, has
been up the Yukon as far as Yukon on
the Hamilton
Mr. I.angdOn says the water fell four
and a half feet in five days, and that
it is impossible for anyone to get
through to Dawson City this year he
saws it is impossible to eXaggerate the
danger from starvation in the Klondi ke
this winter and an early winter IS pre-
dfcted and there are absolutely no pro
visions to be had There are about LOCO
peODIe at Rampant City living in tents
and the Hunter and MinOOk creeks are
all located.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
LOOKING INTO THINGS.
Inspector of Steam Vessels Making
investigations.

San Francisco. Oct. flames A. Du-
mont. supervising inspector of steam
vessels. is in the city on official busI-
ness.
He came west by way of Puget Sound
and Portland He spent two days in
Seattle. during which time he gave his
attention several cases which have been
before the local inspectors of that place
recently.
The cases of the officers of the steam
or Mexico. who We're suspended from
dutv for their responsibility in the loss
Of tbe vessel on the Alaskan coast re
ca,7+II- were aiken under adViSement.
He also investigated during his stay in
Seattle the charges made against the
local inspectors for permitting the
steamer Eliza Anderson to sail for Alas
lxa He is inclined to think they acted
in good faith, as they were both anx-
ions to sail on the vessel themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
AFTER THE SANTA FE.
Robbers of the Rock Island Had De
signs on Another Train.

Ardmore, I. T. oct 2.-Ten deputy
United States msrshals under Chief
Stowe have left mere with the hope of
capturing the bandits who held up the
Rock Island passenger train just north
OF ChicSasha. They are acting upon
the confession of a man jailed last
week for supposed completely in a re
cent Santa Fe robbery.
He is said to have revealed to the Of
ficers the plans, as arranged in ad-
vance, for the robbery on the Rock Is
land road. He states that the band in
tended riding east from the scene of
the robbery to PaoH, in the Chickasav
country where they intended to hold
train on the Santa Fe road. due there
early this morning. The officers expect
TO board the threatened train at Pur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
IT COST $4,000
For the Committee of Fifteen
to Give the Festival.

Treasurer Greenwa1d of the Commit
tee of Fifteen is not yet able to tell ex-
actly how the Festival finances stand.
The paid entertainments were disap-
pointments from a financial standpoint
owing to the fact that the militia
threw every possible obstacle in the
way of collection of gate receipts. The
Committee of Fifteen lost enough by
the outrageous conduct of members of
the Kansas National Guard at the
gates to have paid their expenses.
Last year the receipts from the sham
battle were So 900. This year with the
same charge at the gate and a larger
crowd they We're but a trifle over 81
800. Every one who could worked the
gate keepers. People on the free list
grumbled because they We're not al
lowed to take a dozen people in with
them.
The receipts from the various paid
entertainments according to P. I. Bone
brake who had charge of the gates are
as follows:
Tuesday ............ ..............$13 81 800
Wednesday, no charge.
Thursday afternoon ........... 800
Friday -.-.-.....-... ......----.-... 1,3O0
Total ............ ..................$S .$S. 400
These figures have not Vet been
checked up and a few tickets were sold
Up town which may raise the total s1O0
or $500
The shows. street parades and So
forth cost the committee considerably
more than last year. The expense of
the Kansas National Guard will be
much greater and there will be the cost
of the Indians, the Knights tourna-
ment feature and similar expenditures
which will raise the grand total of ex-
penses, according to Treasurer Green
wa q, dangerously near S14 COO
The committee will have by subscrip-
tions and balance left from last year
about S., 0G0 though part of this years
subscriptions are still uncOllected This
with the receipts from the shows at the
grounds will make the receipts on all
accounts this year about $11 400 If
Treasurer GreenWald is aOrrect about
the expenses this would leave a deficit
of $4,000, which is about what the sur
plus was last year. It is the bringing
of the militia here which was a heavy
expense that will be responsible for the
deficit if there is one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
Railroads Brought in $500 People in
Excess OF Previous Record.

The Rock Island and Santa Fe roads
together brought into Topeka during
the week $500 people in excess of the
number brought to this city during the
Festival week last year. The Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads to-
gether brought in / 900 more people
than last year, making the attendance
$500 over that of last years Festival
The Santa Fe reports show 4 900 more
people brought in on that road, and the
Rock Island reports $500 in excess of
last years number. A portion of the
Santa Fe excess was made up of the
Santa Ee employees who came to To-
peka to take part in the Celebration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
The For nation OF the New
Spanish Cabinet
Means a Change of Policy To
ward Cuba.
RECALL WAS CERTAIN,
And the Captain General Has
FOrestalled 1t.
The Queen Regent is Worried
Over the Turn of Affairs.

London. oct. "A special dispatch
received here from Madrid today says
that Gen. WeyIer has been recalled
from Cuba. His successor. it is added,
has not yet been officially announced.
Capt. Gen. Weyler is credited with
having amassed a fortune in the Phil
ippine Islands and he is said to have in
creased it in Cuba, although probably
he has had to divide with good many
politicians at home. The Spanish army
is pronounced to be as rotten as the
Spanish civil service system, and still,
according to a inent SDanlaId mere,
when a Spanish regiment is sent to at
tack a force of Insurgents, the spanish
commander sends an emlSSary with q
purse who makes arrangements which
provide that while the Spaniards march
one way the insurgents go away by an
other route.
Havana, oct. 2.-EI Pals, the organ
of the AutonOmist party, commenting
editOrially on the Spanish cabinet crls-
IS, says:
There are powerful reasons why we
advise the continuance of the ConserV-
atiVes in control of the government so
as to avoid the prejudice and danger
which might be OccaSiOned by a VIC ent
transition in the abnormal circurn-
stances of the present political and NIL
itary problem in Cuba The negOtia-
tions with the United States have ar
rived at a stage which does not admit
of a violent interruption or a raulcaI
reversal
La Lucha says:
The Liberals during the last political
campaign went further than prudence
advised and compromised more than
they thought. Their demands for the
recall of Capt. Cen Weyler places Sen
or Sagasta in a ditficult situation, When
the captain general has asked for two
years time to put down the revolU-
ti0n.
Capt. Gen. WeyIer will be able to
prove that in the provinces of Havana,
8Iatanzas and Pinar del Rio, the rebel
lion is under control
The advantage or disadvantage of his
resignation will lie exclusively at the
door of the Liberal party Senor Sa-
gasta has made a mistake and given a
chance to his adversary to route him
by making it impossible for him 10
form a durable cabinet.
New York, Oct. "A special to the
World from Madrid, Spain, by way OF
BayOnne, says:
in all her consultations with the Span
ish generals and the leaders of the pO-
litical parties, the queen regent has laid
stress chiefly upon the question OF
Spain's relations with the United States
and the best means of averting the loss
OF Cuba through prolongauOn of the
war and consequent American inter-
vention, thereby impeTiling the stabil-
itv OF her sons throne, let alone playing
into the hands of the Republicans and
Cariists, who have been especially trOu-
blesome of late. The queen also insist
ed strongly upon discussing whether
Spanish rule in the West Indies would
not be jeopardized by too extended
grant of autonomy, thus enabling the
SeparatistS and autOnOmlStS to prepare
gradually and legally q revolution
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
CAN'T STOP THE SALE.
Success of the Denver Courts 20 Pre-
vent o. P. Sale IS Doubted

Denver Col, Oct. "A special to the
Times from Omaha says:
Local lawyers and railroad officials
ridicuIe the idea that the injunction of
the district court at Denver directed to
the receivers of the Union Pacific re-
straining them from selling the real
estate of the company as ordered by
the federal court, on account of the
claims of the heirs of Ex-Governor
Evans, can prevent the sale. No at
tention will be paid to the order it
is said. The local sheriff today served
the papers however, and says the Den
yer court will find a way of enforcing
its decree. at least as far as disposing
of real estate in Colorado is concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
RUSHING FORTIFICATIONS.
The Government is Pushing the Work
at San Diego.

San Diego, Cal. Oct. 2.-The war de-
partment is rushing work on the for
ti6catious of San Diego harbor with
remarka BILE energy. Lieutenant Meyler,
in charge of the construction of fOrtif-
cations. said that the first two gangs
TO be placed at Ballast Point, had been
shipped by the quartermaster's depart
ment from the Watervleit arsenal and
that they would soon arrive. They are
ten inch guns, to be mounted on dis
appearing carriages. and the contractor
is instructed to do the work as rapidly
as possible.
built by the California Construction
company with a force of nearly 100 men
working day and night
The war department is building tor
pedo defenses at San Diego that are
rs important, if not more so, than the
gun batteries. One of these easements
is now completed, extending into the
bay under the surface.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
ELECTRIC SEAL BRANDING.
Stanford Party Meet With Success at
PribVloff

PaIo Alto. Cal. Oct. 2.-The members
of the Stanford party engaged in
branding seals by electricity on Priby-
loft islands, arrived on the Campus
yesterday. They claim that the exper-
iment of branding of the seals was
successful
Beside the work of taking the seal
census and building a fence enclosing
the salt lagoon to prevent the redriving
of bachelor seals a number of bird
skins, skeletons, insects and marine
inVertebrata were collected The par
ty consisted of GreeIy '9S: Snodgrass,
'99; Edwards, 1900; Bristow, Adams,
1900, and Instructor Farmer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
THOUGHT IT GRAND.
Ottawa People Enjoyed the Splendid
Santa Fe Parade.

From the ottawa Daily Herald: Most
of the Ottawa people who went to To-
peka on special trains yesterday came
back last night.
The train bringing about 25O shopmen
and their families arrived about 1:3O A.
M. They were all tired and nearly
worn out by yesterdays big crowd. out
all are very enthusiastic in speaking OF
the Santa Fe's parade and big silver
anniversary demonstration. It was a
grand and imposing spectacle that VIII
long be remembered by every man. wo-
man and child who saw it. UndOubted
" it was the biggest parade ever seen
in kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
EARTH ON FIRE.
Farms Are Burning Up in Troquois
County, Ill.

Kankakee. Ill, Oct. "A strange phe-
nomenOn is exciting WatseIa, in Iro-
quois county. The earth is on fire. The
old slough beds burn like dry peat in
the hot weather, the confiagration ex-
tending three or four feet into the
ground.
Portions of several farms are affect
ed and in several instances buildings
have only been saved by timely work
Nothing can extinguish the fires but a
drenching rain. Fortunately, progress
of the flames is slow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02

c. w. Granger, a Santa Fe brake
man residing at Arkansas City, was
brought to the Santa Fe hospital in
this city today with a badly fractured
leg. While walking on a pile of lumber
on a fiat car in freight train yester-
day he stumbled and fell, his right leg
catching and holding fast between the
lumber and the brake rod of the car.
In this position he was suspended over
the end of the car for several minutes
before he was able to recover himself,
and the weight of his body fractured
the bones Of his leg below the knee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-02
New Winter Tine Card

The work of arranging the new win
ter time card on the Santa F'e viii pro
baby be taken up next week. The new
time card viii go into effect on October
20. and on that date the limited serv-
ice from Chicago to the Pacific coast
will be re established. Mr.. w G. Nix
on, superintendent of the Chicago di-
vision, and Mr. F. c. Fox. trainmaster
of the New Mexico division at Las We
gas are now in the city confeTring with
Assistant superintendent Avery Tur-
ner in regard to the new time card.