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The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
Divorces Granted.

Divorces have been granted in the Superior
Court as follows: Maggie Paige from William
Paige, on account of wlllful neglect; Beatrice
C. Kenney from Mark Kenney, for desertion /;
Sarah McComber from Edward E. McComber,
because of his in temperance; John ]. Killalee
from Elizabeth Killalee, for desertion Sarah
J. Evans from John NJ. Evans, for desertion
and failure to provide; Laura A. Barnes from
George W. Barnes, for cruelty; John E. Hill
from Olive Blanch Hill, for cruelty; Miriam C.
Wayborn from Albert E. Wayborn, for cruelty
and willful neglect.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19

and assistant managers of the several univer-
sity teams shall be considered college mem.
bers of the association until their successors
are chosen and shall not be liable for annual
dues.
Sec. ). Any member of class who has not
graduated in the Aft ia ted Colleges is eligi bic
to Affiliated College mem bership.
Sec. 6. The payment OF the annual dues of
this ASSOCIATION shall cons titute membershi
No person shall be allowed TO vote in any
meeting until his dues are paid.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
JUDGE BLAKE
SERIOUSLY ILL
Seized With a Light Stroke
Of Paralysis Last
Sunday.
His Memory Has Been Failing
Him Gradually for Some
Time Past.
Eighty-Two Years of Age, With an
Unblemished Record as
Public Servant.

Judge Maurice G. Blake, well.known
pioneer mem ber OF the bar of this City,
was taken with light stroke of paralysis
last Sunday night. He had been growing
weaker for some time past, and his failing
memory was one of the symptoms of the
inroads of old age.
On Sunday evening Mrs. Maurice Blake,
his nephew widow. as was her habit in
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
DEATH OF COLONEL OTIS
1he RETIRED Vtteram Passes 1,gov .
His San Dis1o Ham.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. 1s.-Colonel
Elmer otis, U. S. A, retired died this
afternoon at 1:30 at his home, 1860 Fifth
street, after an illness of several months.
The immediate cause OF his death was
diabetes. He leaves a widow and six
children, five of whom were present at the
time OF his death. The funeral arrange
ments are not yet com plete, but thew will
be under the auspices Of the Loyal Legion.
Z lionel Gus retired as colonel of the
Eighth United States Cavalry in 1892 He
was born near Westfield, Mass, on Feb
ruary 81 1880. He is honorably men,
toned repeatedly in 'Records of the Re-
bellion, ano was retired in 1892 for dis
ability contracted in line of dutv.
ADVANCES made on furniture and pianos with
or without removal j. Noonan lOl7-lO23 Mission.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19

TEN YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE
i at 1877 Market street, San Francesca has
stamped him the leading specialist OF the
Pacific Coast In the treatment OF all Chronic,
Nervous and Special Diseases of both men aud
women. Entire or partial loss of manly power
and vlgor in young. middleaged or old men post
lively restored. Weakening drains which sap the
vitality. destroy the health, cause paralysis, in
sanity and premature death, quickly and perm A.
gently stopped Private diseases OF every name
and nature cured
Write if you live away from the city. Book
"Guide to Health," a treatise all the organs
and their diseases, free application. Core
spondence strictly confidential Address F. l.
SWEANY. 737 Market street. San Francisco. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
Fire in Chinatown.

o'clock last night for fire in the rear of Wing
Sing & Co.'S Chinese fancy goods store t615
Dupont street The cause of the fire. which
damaged the building and stock to the extent
of $780, is not known.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
Heavy Shipments for Eastern Markets.
Carload Lots for London.

Carload Lots for London.
Ninety-five carloads OF California fruit
were shipped from Sacramento for points
east of the Missouri River last Saturday.
The fruit going East now consists mainly
of pears, peaches and plums. Last Mon
day two carloads from Sacramento and
two from San Jose were consigned to Lon
don. The demand in England for Califor.
MIA fruit is constantly growing. The fruit
has reached London this season in good
condition. The recent shipments were
made by the Central and Union Pacific,
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the
Erie Dispatch and the American line OF
steams hips.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
NO AdnIteratcd Food.

Selling AduIteratcd Food.
Several grocers were arrested Tuesday and
yesterday for selling aduterated food Judge
Campbell has set all the cases for trial as soon
after October Is as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19

AFTERNOON.
Overture, "Joan OF Arc c'...................V Verdi
Russian Carriage song. g.-................ Thornton
Melodies from "Cnimes of Normandy" Planquette
Pilgrims Song of Hope ..................B Batiste
INTERMIssIoN.
Fantasia, Songs of Ireland Godfrey
SOlO TOT COTutt.
w. h. Rogers
Waltz "Tales of Vienna Forests" . Strauss
Selection from "Little Christopher" CaryII
March, ''On to Klondike".. ..........,,. Rog ers
EVENING.
Overture, "Rosamonde' e'...............S Schu hart
Gavotte, 'My sweetheart, ',............ Burald
Scenes from Faust '.................... Gounod
Burlesque 'The Salvation Army" Wilson
Scene from ',LoheDgrn Wagner
Collection of popular songs. ........,.....W Witmark
Solo for corfeL. ............ ..................
w. B. Rogers.
"Pzzicato Polka. Strauss
Melodies from "The Chieftain" sullivan
March, "Creedm moor --.--- -........... Rogers
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
Weak Men and Women

CHOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS. THE
- great Mexican Remedy: gives Health aRA
strensth to the Sexual orgapz-
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19

ADVANCES made on furniture ana pianos with
or without removal j. CONAN, lol7-lO23 Mission.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
LOOTED THE STAGE COACH
Highwaymen Rife the Mail Pouches
and Express Box.

Spokane. Wash. Oct ga special from
Uniontown, Wash, says:
The stage running between Lewiston
and Jniontown last night was held up
by masked men and the United States
mail and express boxes rif1ed. At the
top of the hill the robbers jumped from
their place of concealment and demanded
the treasure box and mail pouches. These
were given up. One of the passengers
was compelled to break open the treasure
box with an ak held in readiness, after
which the stage was ordered forward.
None of the passengers was molested.
On the arrival at Lewiston the driver
telephoned the stage proprietors here, who
went at once to the scene, accompanied
by the postmaster and express agent. The
postmaster and express agent from Lew
iston also hurried here. The contents OF
the pouches were found rifed OF valua-
bles and wrappers and articles not want
ed were strewn on the ground There
is no trace of the perpetrators. 1t is
believed but little booty was secured.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
HETTY GREEN HAS TACT
She Thinks All the Candidates for
Mayor are Very Nice Men

New York Oct. 21.-Mrs. Hetty Green,
the richest woman in America, uttered a
sound political dictum today.
1T is hard to tell where we are at,
she said.
Then Mrs. Green, who is tactful, gave
her opinion of the candidates.
"Oh, my, they're all nice men" she
exclaimed. General Tracy is all right
He is a very able man and would make
an excellent mayor.
And Mr.. Low-of course, I like Mr..
Low; he's so earnest and fearless He
would make very superior mayor. And
1 haven't a word to say against Judge
Van Wyck. He's just nice as any Of
em. He tried a case of mine once. L
never had a case before fairer judge 1
won it. I have never read Progress and
Poverty but I'm told Mr.. George person
ally is extremely honest
"Ahr' sighed Mrs. Green; sometimes
I wish women could vote. But 1 doubt
if women are ready for the ballot" And
then she added: Yes, the candidates are
all nice men But it is hard to tell where
we are att
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
PFNITENTIARY coal.
Complaints Made That the Warden is
Selling Too Much.

A dispatch from Leavenworth today
charges Penitentiary Warden Lands
with selling penitentfary coal, thereby
increasing the hardShipS being expert
enced by miners in various parts of the
state because of the lack of work. The
dispatch says;
Warden Harry Lands is said to be
the chief of the convict coal agents, and
dealers are making special complaint
about him.
"A. A Newman, president of the
board of penitentiary directors, is said
to be travelling over the LeavenwOrth
Kansas q Western railroad and in 9TH
er parts Of the state selling penitenti-
airy coal to dealers, and in car load lots
to POpulist politicians. He has reserV-
ed the old Kansas Central territory for
himself, and since he started out the
LeavenwOrth coal shafts have been do
ing little or nothing along either the
LeaVenWOrth, Kansas & Western or
Kansas City Northwestern roads.
Among the state officers engaged in
selling prison coal is eX-State Senator
William Rogers, as the following from
r. H Braden, a coal dealer of Wash
ington. Kan, under date of September
-, to a LeaYenwOrth coal company, will
show:
'' Please quote prices on Leavenworth
lump coal William Rogers, regent of
state university, is shipping Lansing or
penitentiary coal into this place and
putting in customers bins at $2.S5. 1
want to know how he can do it "
THE freight rate from Lansing to
Washington, Kan, is 165 a ton, and
allowing 25 cents for drayage, the net
cost Of the coal to Rogers is 81 ton.
1.-The mine owners here have receiV-
ed many letters from coal dealers stat
ing that Populists officials have been to
them and offered to furnish penitenti-
airy coal for ten cents a ton less than
other mines, no difference how low the
price quoted to them. This cutting has
been going on since spring, and had it
not been for the great coal miners
strike in the east, the LeavenwOrth
mines would likely have been closed
during the summer WOrkingmen and
mine owners appealed to Governor J.
W. Leedy early in the spring to inter
fere and prevent the crOWding out of
free labor.
THE first trouble over the new ar
rangement at Lansing occurred over
the coal contract at Fort LeavenwOrth-
Senators Baker and Harris at the re-
quest of LeaVenWOrth citizens, made a
protest to the secretary of war against
government contracts being filled with
convict mined coal. After some delay
the quartermaSter general of the army
decided not to interfere, and the bid
der supplying Lansing coal won. Since
then much bitterness has been stirred
up and the convict coal question is en-
tering into local politics as never be-
fore. 1t had much to do with defeating
fusion in this county. 1t was found
that a candidate for a local office had
received a carload of convict coal last
week, and it is nearly certain he will
be defeated at the pOllS.''
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
CHINA GETS THE MONEY.
Details of Her $eO,OoO,oOO Loan are
Completed.

Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 21.-The steamer
Empress of Japan brings the following
Chinese advices:
1.-The Jameson-Hooley syndicate loan Of
e16, 100000 has now been absolutely set
tied. On September Is the agent of the
syndicate settled the matter with Sheng,
director of railways. OF this &9,00O,O 900
is already in London to be handed over
to the representatives OF the Chinese gov
ernment.
The syndicate has secured the con-
struction and financing of the railroad
from Foo Chow to Hang Kow and there
are prospects that this will include con-
Jointly with the Chinese government, the
exploration and development of coal de-
posits which are known to exist in Ho-
nan. 1t is expected that a staff of Eng
Iish engineers will arrive in China early
next year to survey the country and
carry out the whole scheme. The loan
is for fifty years, after ten years of which
the Chinese will commence to repay the
principal.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
H. M. HANNA SICK.
Brother of the Senator Likely to Die
From Appendicitis.

Cleveland, o., Oct. 21.-Mr. H. NJ.
Hanna, president of the Globe Ship
building company and widely known on
the great lakes, lies critically i'll at his
home, No. 6O9 Prospect street. Four
physicians have been in constant at
tendance upon him since Monday night
at which time he underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis.
Last night he was so low that it was
feared he would not survive, and a con-
slant watch was kept at his bedside.
Mr.. Hanna is associated with his
brother Mark A. Hanna, in nearly all
his enterprises, except that of the firm
of NJ. A Hanna & Co. H. NJ. Hanna
is 56 years of age, three years younger
than the senator
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
Excursion to Ft. Riley.

$500 for the round trip On Thurs
day, Oct 28th, the Union Pacific will
run a special train to Fort Riley leav-
ing Topeka at 1O:14 d. m. A fine pro-
gram has been arranged for the enter
fainment of visitors. A cavalry drill,
artillery drill, cavalry athletic drill in
riding hall, band contest, sham battle,
etc Lunch, etc, can be had at post
mess and post exchange. Public build
ings can be visited by excursiOnists.
Guides will be detailed to show excur-
sionists about the post and explain
when different exercises will take place
Fxcursionists are especially invited
by the commander of the post to spend
the day there. Train will leave Fort
Riley returning at s p. m.
F. A. LEWIS.
City ticket agent, 525 Kansas ave.
J. c. FULTON,
Depot Agent,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21

drunkness viii not be made
against some OF the militiamen. 1t
has been reported to us that some of
the men were badly Intoxicated when
they got off the train and that their
condition was principally responsible
for the disgraceful conduct No mat
ter what may have been the cause, it
is our intention to go to the bottom of
this matter and if possible have the
company mustered out. Hutchinson
does not care to have such an orga-
nized mob in the town
Beyond saying that he had heard of
the effort to have the company mus
tered out because of disOrderly conduct,
Adjutent General Allen would not dis
cusS the report.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21

Omaha October II I was there and he
came to me with tears in his eyes and
said that he was 81 behind in his &C
counts and unless he could raise 1ic.Ie
money he would lose his position. He
has wife, and being a good fellow, it
seemed a pity to leave him in such
case. have been in the employ of 9TH
er publishing houses and have often
taken orders for Scribners' works
Hathaway told me that if 1 could
get two persons to order books and
would turn the commission over to him
he would not lose his position and he
could keep up the monthly payments on
them and the firm would never know
it. So agreed to do it. L went to two
of my acquaintanceS and got them to
place orders for the books, which they
did, and Hathaway was to pay the
dues on them. and 1 would get the
books later. In this way the commits
sion squared the debt he owed. 1 asked
him: Hathaway. is this all right2' He
said: Yes, for all the collections go
through my hands and I will keep the
payments up.
I didn't make a cent out of the deal,
but did it simply to help Hathaway.
Hathaway knows this, and Mr.. Down
ing will find it out. He knows now that
Hathaway is behind in his accounts. 1
shall tell the whole story 70 the court
just as IShave told it to you. Hathaway
has no right to sacrifice me to save
himself. AS to grand larceny, of course
1 didn't steal the books. AS to forgery,
I ana not guilty 1 have witnesses to
prove my innocence. am held here on
an alias warrant. 1t is ridiculous. But
I am green at such things. This is my
first trouble in this way, and I really
don't know my constitutional rights.
But I feel sure that L shall be cleared
in the trial, for Hathaway will have to
be there, and I shall have my witnesses
there who were also present when the
contracts were signed for the books
Nebraska officers have obtained
requisition papers for the removal of
Mr.. Gee to Nebraska. They will arrive
this evening and the governor OF Kan
sas will be asked to honor the pa
pers.
Mr.. Gee gives as his reason for sign
ing an assumed name in Topeka the
fact that he came here to work for a
new company.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
An UNFADING BLACK.
Three Special Diamond Dye Blacks
That WIN Not Fade, Crock
or Wash Out.

No other dyes equal the Fast Dia-
mond Dye Blacks in making colors that
will not fade or grow dingy. There are
three different kinds, for wool, for cot
ton and mixed goods, and for silk and
feathers, and goods dyed with these
dyes can be washed in soapsuds with
out starting the colors. They will make
dresses, cIoaks, suits, ribbons, feathers,
stockings, etc, a rich, full black that
cannot be r distinguished from new
goods. Do not allow any dealer to
force upon you an imitation of Diamond
Dyes. simply because he can make a
little more on it than he can on the
original Diamond Dyes.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
WANT IT MUSTERED OUT.
Hutchinson Military Company Incurs
Ill Will of Hutchinson People.

It is reported from Hutchinson that
some of the leading citizens of the town
are making an effort to induce the state
military board to muster out the COM
pany OF the state militia located there.
The matter viii be presented to the
next meeting of the state military
board and it is probable that those
who are behind the scheme will pre-
sent evidence in support of their de-
mand that the company be mustered
out. A citizen of Hutchinson who
came to Topeka this week to investigate
the methods of procedure in such
cases told a reporter for the Journal
why the citizens demand that the com
pany be mustered out. For the pres
ent' he said Il prefer not to be known
in this proceeding until we get the mat
ter in better shape.
THE people of my town and the peO-
pie of the county who are familiar with
the facts in the case insist that the or
ganiZation be disbanded. The militia
company at Hutchinson not only dis
graced the city which they call their
home but terTorized the people and
frightened women and children beyond
all reason the day the company came
home from Topeka.
when the train stopped a t the depOt
the platform was crowded with men.
women and children. The miIitiamen
jumped off the train, yelling and
screaming at the tops of their voices
Not content with this they began firing
of their guns over the heads of the
women, pushing and showing people on
the platform and indulging in other
unbecOming conduct 1t was one OF
the most disgTaceful scenes ever Wit
messed on the streets of Hutchinson
The people were thoroughly disgusted
and 1 believe every man in town heart
lily wished that the militia was at the
bottom of the river.
I am not sure that charges of
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
A HEATED CIRCULAR
Issued by the Kansas Free Silver
Union.

The Kansas Free Silver union has
gone outside the silver question in an
address just issued by the state Off
GERS and now being scattered broadcast
throughout the state. The departure
is an arraignment of insurance cOmpa-
MES.
That part of the address is as fol-
lows:
Another question of great import
ance to US is, how far shall foreign in
SuFance companies comply with the
laws of Kansas? They are endeavOr-
ing, through government by injunction
to continue plundering our state, in ut
ter disregard of the wishes of our peo-
pie or the mandates of our laws. The
real issue is, shall Kansas be a state or
a province? The platform on which
Lincoln was elected president took a
bold stand for state rights, not state
sovereignty; and when Hayes succeed
ed to the presidency it was loudly pro-
claimed that our flag would float over
states, not over provinces. It remains
to be seen whether on this, like the
silver question, our Republican friends
will claim they have not been telling
the truth and truculentIy advocate the
degradation of our state"
These organizations TRUSTS and cor
pOratiOns] do not allow even human
life to stand between them and the OBJ
1ectS of their plunder. A few years ago
they shot down their victims because
the poor wretches were armed; today
they shoot them down for being in the
public highway. For the murder of
three inoffensive citizens our ancestors
successfully raised the standard of re-
volt; we are taunted with being agi-
tatorS If we protest against the murder
of more men than the Americans lost
in the battle of New Orleans. Yet what
occurred in Pennsylvania may occur in
Kansas, for the gold standard press has
unanimously approved or condoned
that murder"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
PUNISH A seMERRYMAKER.' .
Young Man Who Couldn't Behave
Himself Carnival Night is Fined.

frank Brown, a young man who lives
with his parents in North Topeka and
who appeared as prosecutor in the pO-
lice court for City Attorney Bird. was
fined So and costs in Justice Chesney's
court yesterday afternoon, for assault
ing J. w. Paisley on KarniYal night
Paisley is a groceryman who works at
Weber's store On Karnival night
he was set upon by party of so-called
"merrymakers" and received severe
blow on the head. The blow was struck
by Brown with an iron rod. 1t was
easily proven in the trial that Brown
was the offender. Pasley was walking
up Kansas avenue when crowd OF
roughs attempted to tear off his mask
Paisley resisted and started to run.
The crowd followed him. Brown
knocked him down several times.
Brown was fined IS and costs amount
ing to about $50. Mr.. Brown has an
other charge hanging over him. He
was one of the party arrested for
breaking into the house of Mary Sheets
on Crane street. The case comes up
in Justice Chesney's court
City Attorney Bird said that young
Brown never has been assistant city
attorney. He simply appeared for him
in police court while Mr.. Bird was out
of the city.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
SHOW SNAKES LOOSE.
400 of Them Crawl About in a
Crowd of People aud
Bite Many.

Holgate, O., Oct. 2.-Last night a mu-
scum was exhibited here in a large car
which had on exhibition a glass and wire
cage containing 400 snakes. The crowd
was so great the cage was crushed, al
lowing the reptiles to run at large.
Among the collection were number of
black. diamond rattlesnakes. measuring
from five to seven feet long. They were
stepped upon by the crowd and several
persons were bitten. All the doctors in
town were summoned to give medical aid.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
PoPULIsTs ALARMED.
They Fear They Will Lose Usage
County to the Republicans.

In response to the demand that the
administration help save Usage county
from the onslaught of the Republican
campaign committee, E. c. Little will
speak at Overlook next Monday
night.
As outlined in the Journal yesterday
the fight over the question of coal min
ing is very bitter in Usage county and
Bert Logan, chairman of the county
central committee came to Topeka to
tell the state officers that unless he had
more help from the governor, the Re
publicans VIII carry the county.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurable should read what Mr.
P. E. Grisham, of Gaars Mills, La, has
to say on the subject, viz: Il have
been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea
ever since the war and have tried all
kinds of medicines for it At last I
found a remedy that effected a cure
and that was Chamberlain's Collie. .ChoI.
era and DiarrhOea Remedy This
medicine can always be depended upon
for collie, cholera morbus, dysentary
and diarrhoea. It is pleasant to take
and never fails to effect cure. %
and so cent sizes for sale by all drug
gistS.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21
Cvclope in the Phifinoinee

Madrid Oct 21.-A dispatch received
from Leyte. one of the Philippine islands,
says that place has been almost devast-
ated by cyclone. It is estimated that
400 persons lost their lives through the
disaster.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-21

tail covering half column on September
g, nearly seven weeks ago.
The Forepaugh-Sells circus played to
small audiences. The afternoon was a
great disappointment as regarded attend
ance and the evening attendance was lit
tie better. 1t was a big show and pleased
the people. The circus went to Ottawa
last night, where it shows today.