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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
is 1T ANOTHER EXPEDITIONS
Rumors at Key West to Eject That
Ii Is.

KEY WEST, FLA, March 26.-The
city is full Of rumors Of an expedition.
The City of Key West came in last night
and reported seeing a large steam-tug
anchored near Bahia Honda, twenty
miles from here. At noon yesterday a
large steamer passed through the har-
Dor, going out through the northwest
channel 1t is reported that she came
to locate the United States revenue-cut-
ters, and get them TO pursue her. ana
thus throw them off the scent. The
steam-tug George W Childs took on
large quantity of coal last night. and
left the harbor to the northwest. about
o'clock 1t is stated that the coal IS
intended for a filibuster steamer that did
not come into the harbor. The cutter
Winona left this morning for Bahia
Honda. 1t Is stated. also, that men and
arms were on the keys north Of here, all
ready for shipment.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
wORKMEN BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine I'm "a
New Jersey MiII.

New Jersey Will.
WOODBURY., n. j.. March 25-rhree
workmen were blown to atoms and seye-
raj others were injured shortly after noon
to-day by an explosion at the Repauno
Nitr0-Glycerlne Works. on the Delaware
river front. below Lincoln Park. The
dead are.
THOMPSON STILES.
CHARLES WRIGHT
DAVID HAMILTON.
Stiles lived at Woodstown and the
other victims resided at Paulsboro. None
of the injured are seriously hurt. Their
injuries were caused chiefly by flying
debris. The explosion was felt and heard
ten miles from the mills. The RepauDo
works are operated by the Duponts (of
powder making fame). and are used for
the manufacture OF nitro-glycerlne and
gun-cotton. The explosion to-day oc-
CURED I'm the separating where the
nftro-glycerine goes through one Of the
most delicate and dangerous processes.
The three men who were blown TO atoms
we're the only occupants OF the building,
and the cause OF the disaster cannot be
learned.
Where the separating-house. a one
story frame structure, stood there is a
great hole In the ground, and the trees
Tor 200 yards around are denuded OF their
limbs and twisted by the force OF the ex-
plosion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
Michigan Iron-ore Pool Prices.

ISHPEMING, MICH. March 2S.-The
newly y-forrned pool OF the Michigan
mines producing Bessemer ore viii pro-
badly fix a base price so TO 70 cents
below last years fgures. Any further
reduction in wages is not contemplated
for the present
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
A Narrow Escape.

EMPORIA, March 26.-(Speeial. )--There
was quite narrow escape las, night
OF kerosene lamp In the room OF Miss
Long. who resides with her family. on
Main street. She caught up the burning
lamp and threw II into the street before
any damage was caused 10 furniture or
the building. Miss Long was severely but
not seriously burned.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27

quested to deliver before the camp an
address on some Friday night.
The following comrades were reported
sick: j. II. Ware, Sr, A. B. Sutherland,
L. Levy. Peyton Wise. l.. Wagner. l.. J.
carneall. and Il. e. Perkinson.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
THOMPSON STILES.
CHARLES WRIGHT.
DAVID HAMILTON.
spanish philippine outlook Gloomy.

MADRID. March 26.-rhe Manila cor
respondent Of the Imparcial cables that
the Spaniards there take gloomy view
OF the outlook IL Is thought that. even
suppressed. il would recur In an aggra-
waited form.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
THREE BOARDS OF ALDERMEN.
All Struggling foe Control of tho
same City.

WILMINGTON, N. c., March 26.--Two
Boards OF Aldermen organized here to-
day, which, with the old board holding
over. as they claim they have the right
to do, until the constitutionality Of tho
election held yesterday is decided by tho
courts, makes three boards struggling for
control OF the city government. Two Of
the boards elected Mayors.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27

orders for printing sent to the Dispatch
Company will be given prompt attention.
ana the style Of work and prices viii b
sure 10 please you.
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nnse-ilaII.

wcABEs VS.. RICHMOND COLLEGE,
TO-DAY.
At BROAD-STREET PARK.
Game called at +. Nj.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27

"BEows's BRONCHIAL TsocHEs" arc widely
known as an admirable remedy for hronchiiis,
Hoarseness. Ceughs, and Throat Troubles SOLD
only In bOxes.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
DIR. LUIS FOUND GUIL'rY.
Motion for New Trial hnde-B"h
Refused.

BALTIMORE, MD, March z,'-Ine
Jury IN the case OF Joseph LUIS VINO mas
been on trial in the United states |oul'
for three days on the charge OF con-
s-iracy with General Carlos Rolon 10
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27
To Cure u Cold In One Day

take laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets.
&c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27

WASHINGTON, March es--
- p. M.-Fo scast for Virginiai
ftMR Fair weather, but with increasing
eloudiness; northerly winds;
slight rise In temperature.
For North aud South Carolina: Gene
rallv fair weather; slightly warmer.
southyesterly winds. becoming variable.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-27

THE WEATHER IN RICHMOND
YESTERDAY was bright and clear, Win
a keen air. Al midnight me SKY was
cloudy and the temperature falling.
state of thermometer:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
WHAT ABOUT OUR OWN
Another Attempt to Force New
York Waits on Kansas.

New York, July 29.-R. NJ. Brace, son of
the founder of the Childrens Aid society,
will leave this city tomorrow with nine
boys en- route for Kansas. where an effort
will be made to obtain for them perma-
nent emplo. ment.- Since the complaint
from Kansas officials over the alleged
wholesale shipping of New York waits to
that state the society has refrained from
sending any boys so far west. The boys
who leave tomorrow will be the first since
efforts were ms se to secure the passage
of law in the Kansas legislature, barr
ing out New York boys.
The boys agea average from 10 to Is,
and as they are models in behavior,
strong and healthx.s Mr.. Brace hopes to
make such an impression on the good peo-
pie of Kansas that their opposition to
New York boys will be silenced forever
How do you expect to dispose of your
nine boys?" Mr.. Brace was asked.
I'VE will ADVERTISE replied Mr.. Brace,
''for persons who are willing to adopt
strong, healthy boys. My experience has
been that we get more people to meet our
views than we can accommodate. 1 have
no fears for the result of the trip. In the
first place the mission is one of charity,
and is more than commendable on that
basis alone. These boys have been under
our care and tuition for some time. They
have been especially educated, 1 might
say, for this purpose. They are willing,
obedient and painstaking, and will, in
point of fact prove blessings to the Kan
sal homes"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
STORMS ON THE sun.
Hicks Views the Eclipse and Sees
Wonderful Things


St Louis, July 29.-The partial eclipse of
the sun was observed here this forenoon
from 7:25 to 9:32 o'clock According to
Rev. Irl r. Hicks. a prominent astrono-
mer, and weather prophet, it was the bes
he had ever seen. He said: ''It was a pc
culiarly beautiful exhibition. do not
recall an eclipse in my experience that
seemed full of magnificent action.
My telescope showed violent perturba-
tionS. To the southwest appeared an
enormous sun spot, with a black chasm
at its center into which, like nodding
plunes, the waves of fire seemed to fall.
Towards the northeast of the giant spot,
and just above the line of the moons s
pathway, were two smaller spots of SINH
lar description.
These indicated unusual activity in the
sun, due to a season of storms on that
planet.
1.-The earth always feels the effects ofex-
shall have storms and electrical displays
probably tonight-as a result of the So
lar disturbances"
Chicago, July 29-The Yerl<es telescope
at Lake Geneva was not in working order
today. No eclipse observations of par
ticular value were made in the vicinity of
Chicago.
Beloit, Wis, July 29.-The eclipse of the
sun was plainly discernable in this city
at Smith observatory. Prof. A Bacon
made very satisfactory observations. A
mist prevailed at times that prevented
some calculations in regard to the lunar
mountains.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
LOCAL MENTION.

There will be a meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the Eight district Y.
p. S: c. E. Friday evening at the Y.
W. c. a. rooms.
''Klondike fizz'' is the latest drink to
be had at the soda fountains. It tastes
Just like all the other new drinks that
preceded it.
Chaplain John A. Bright returned
home last evening from Kirwin, where
he officiated at the funeral of Horace
Moulton, who was burned to death
The secret societies of Topeka have
issued call to all the different orders
to meet at the Commercial club rooms
on Tuesday evening, August g. at 8
o'clock, to effect a permanent organiza-
tion- One of the features of their part
in the Fall Festival is to build an arch
across Kansas avenue, and they have
hit upon an original idea. They pro-
pose to build an arch from the four
corners of the street. Plans are now
being drawn up by an architect and will
be submitted at the meeting Tuesday
evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
HOT AFTER LYNCHERS.
Governor Atkinson Offers Rewards
for Lynchers of White Man.

Atlanta, Ga July 29.-After giving the
secret hearing to two of the brothers of
w. L. Ryder, the white man lynched in
TaIbot@county last week, Governor At
kinson offered the following rewards:
Five hundred dollars for the arrest
and conviction of the first two MEM
bers of the mob, that lynched Ryder;
$1OO for each subsequent arrest and
conviction and $3.50 for the arrest and
conviction of any person or persons
hindering or interfering with the bring
ing of the lynchers to justice.
The governor announces that he has
IN his possession the names of several
of the lynching mob, which numbered
only 10 with positive proof against three
of them. He expresses his determine
ton to exert the full power of his office
to punish the guilty parties
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
IS ANDREE LOST?
Reported That His Balloon Has
Been Seen Adrift.

Stockholm, July 29.-The report has
reached here that what was supposed to
have been Andree's balloon had been
seen adrift in the White Sea, and has
caused much popular excitement, it be-
ing feared that the intrepid explorer
and his two companions had been lost.
Men of experience in the Arctic regions
discredit the report.
Copenhagen, July 29.-Dr Fridjof Nam
sen, the Arctic explorer, whose recent
expedition reached the highest point
north ever attained, discredits the con-
lecture that Andree's balloon was seen
floating in the White Sea by the cap
tain of the Dutch steamer Dordrecht, as
was reported in a dispatch from Am
sterdam. He says that Andree could
scarcely have reached the point de-
scribed by the captain in six days, he
having left Danes Island in his balloon
on July II. Other persons who are ac
quainted with the polar seas are of the
opinion that the object seen was the
sails of wreck or that of an expert
nlent a a self-steering balloon, many of
which have been recently released.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
WE WANT ANNA SO BAD.
Board of Pardops Eooses Negro Wo.
man Tough, Well Rid OF.

In recommending that the governor
pardon Anna COrmack, the notorious
and desperate negrssS who was sent to
the penitentiary for the murder of Sis
Parker at a negro dance in North To-
peka in 1890, the state board of par
dons has perpetrated an outrage upon
a decent and law abiding community
The people are getting irritated at the
members of the board.
The board last spring declined to
make a. recommendation for. a pardon
but for some inexplicable reason has
again taken up the case and passed
upon it faVorably. Should Governor
Leedy act in accordance with the
boards recommendation he will invite
and certainly receive the criticism of a
large majority of the citizens of To-
peka, regardless of party Affiliations.
There is no reason why this woman
should be again turned loose in the
community.
The two women, Anna Cormack and
Sis Parker were attending a disre-
putable dance in North Topeka when
the crime was committed. There was
a new "colored dude" in town and the
Cormack woman became jealous of Sis
Parker to whom the visitor seemed to
be devoting the most attention. The
Cormack woman deliberately walked
up behind her disreputa BILE associate
and companion, and plunged a knife
into her back Of her neck.
1t is true that the mother of this
creature needs assistance. Would it
not be better for the city to provide for
her keeping than to have the Cormack
woman returned here?
Anna Cormack ought never to have
been born, but after born she ought to
be kept shut up. She is a degenerate
of the most pronounced type. She isn't
a creature to be reformed any more
than a mad dog can be reformed.
Governor Leedy may as we'll dis
charge the warden and his employees at
the state penitentiary and open the in
stitution as a winter resort That is
the plane to which it is descending
through the agency of this fool board
of pardons. People sent there go only
for a short visit and are thereafter
turned out with the highest official
cumstances."
The board of pardons is knocking
Governor Leedy's administration into a
cooked hat. 1t is almost time for pub
lie mass meetings to denounce these
functionaries who appear to have gone
clean crazy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
TODAY'S ECLIPSE.
Plainly Visible to Persons Looking
Through Smoke J Glass.

The partial eclipse of the sun oc-
Cured this morning between the hours
of and 10 o'clock and was seen by
many people who read about it in last
evenings Journal.
About 7:30 o'clock this morning peo-
pie who held smoked or colored glasses
in front of their eyes and looked toward
the sun saw dark object appearing at
the lower right hand part of the SUMS
surface. or course the sun was too
bright to allow of ones seeing the
eclipse with the naked eye. Gradu-
ally the dark object moved over the
suns surface, but kept below the center
of it. Probably the greatest degree of
the eclipse was at $40, when the sun
was more than half covered by the
moons shadow. Through a smoked
glass the sun looked as if an immense
chunk had been cut out of it. The sun
light shed upon the ground was OBJ
served to be somewhat dim. About
1O:45 o'clock the black disc had disap-
peared from the suns surface and
brighter sunshine followed
Jeff Davis, the colOred street corner
orator was one of the observers. He
stood at the corner of Sixth and Kan
sas avenue and peered through SnlOk-
ed glass while he told the crowd about
him of the movements of the moon and
sun. Its jes dis away" said he, de
sun is stayin' still and shinin' its best
and de moon, she is crossin' over from
de south to de north. She am goin'
slow, but she am shuttin' off quite a
considabul of de light. Now, wondah
what de people in de moon am thinkin'
bout it right now. That's a great
question, gemlen.
EclipSes such as occurred this morn
ing are known as annular eclipses. AT
the moment of eclipse the central pOr-
outer ri mis- shown as a bright circle or
outer rim is hown as a bright circle or
annuluS surrounding the eclipSing
moon. Such eclipseS are called annular
eclipses for this reason. The present
year gives US a minimum number of
eclipses, both annular eclipses of the
each year and there may be as many
as seven, five of the sun and two of the
moon.
The present eclipse was seen as an
nular only in a narrow path some 100
miles wide, beginning in the Pacific
ocean and crossing Mexico and Cuba,
reaching the shoulder of South Amer
the South Atlantic. The eclipse was
visible as a partial eclipse over a much
larger area north ard south.
Topeka lay in the region from which
the eclipse was seen as partial.
Observations of partial eclipses, or
even of annular eclipseS, have little in
terest outside of the fact that the OBJ
ish corrections to the tables of the
moon. y
An af1nular eclipse, and still less
partial one, presents no opportunity for
studying the corona, that mysterious
s lar atmosphere visible only during the
fleeing moments of total eclipse. 1t
has happened, however, on one or two
occasions, that observers have thought
they could detect the outline of the ad-
Vancing moon, as projected on the
background of the corona before the
first contact occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
THE FESTIVAL QUEEN.
The Question Mnst Be Settled
for Good and All.

Mayor Fellows will tonight announce
to the Committee of FIFTEEN that the
secret committee of five appointed by
him TO select a queen will either reach
decision or resign.
The committee has bea97 .deIuged with
letters recommending the selection OFF
Mrs. C. s. Sutton as queen in spite of
the fact that Mrs. Sutton refused point
blank to accept it. Mrs. Sutton says
it is not her place as protector of the
floral feature to accept the position of
queen.
Mayor Fellows said today: st select
ed committee of the best men to be
found and they have been compelled to
admit that they could find no one who
could do what was expected. In order
to make that feature all that it should
be it will be necessary for the queen to
spend several hundred dollars in
dresses. There is no one willing to do
that and the committee will be com
PEELED to again ask Mrs. Sutton to ac-
cept the position.
Mrs. Sutton has been to Los An
geles. She has been everywhere and
knows exactly what should be done
She knows just what is expected of a
queen and she is the only available per-
SON."
Mrs. Sutton says If the matter can't
be adjusted she will have to cut out the
feature and use the money for more
floats, but the committee still thinks
that she may be induced to assume the
part herself
The people of Topeka will not consent
to the feature being cut out The
whole state is expecting it, and we can
not a1IOrd TO dlSappOint the visitors. 1t
is to be hoped that Mrs. Sutton will not
allow this part of the floral parade to
be dropped, even if she has to retract
her declina ton and consent to act as
queen herself.
We must have a Oneap md court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
YACHT RACE on THE LAKE.
Enquirer Owned in Buffalo, Defeats
the Chicago Yacht Pathfinder.

Chicago, July 29.-The race for a $500 cup
between the steam yachts Pathfinder and
Enquirer, from Chicago to Milwaukee,
started at 9:2O this morning. The race
aroused much interest and the passenger
steamers Virginia and Christopher Co.
lumbus, which accompanied the racers,
were crowded from stem to stern. The
start was made one mile from shore. The
Enquirer obtained a slight lead which
was maintained for nearly seven miles of
the course, when Pathfinder gradually
overhauled her. AS the seven-miIe mark
was passed the racers were neck and
neck.
Pathfinder is owned by F. w. Morgan
of Chicago, and Enquirer is the property
of w. J. Corners of Buffalo.
Waukegan, Ill, July 29.-The boat race
between the steam yachts Pathfinder and
Enquirer has ended in the victory for the
Buffalo boat. The Pathfinder gave up the
contest when off this point and has turn
ed back for Chicago.
When the racers passed the bluffs here
they were rather indistinct, but were
making great time. Soon something
seemed to go wrong on the Pathfinder
and after that the Pathfinder fell astern
rapidly.
Summary - Enquirer II :0S1R; Pathfinder
10. Not many minutes after this time
was taken, the Pathfinder put about ap-
parently giving up the race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
THE FIGHT Is ON.
The People of North Topeka Divided
on the Sewer Question.

on the Sewer Question.
The fight over the proposed North To-
peka sewer is becoming exciting There
will be lively time at the next meeting
of the council for those who are opposed
to the sewer are hard at work and they
intend to make their influence felt.
A meeting was held at the North To
peka fire station last night to protest
Police Commissioner Billiard was chair,
man. The following resolution was pass
ed and will be presented to the council at
the next meeting:
Resolved. By the citizens and land
owners of the First ward of the city of
Topeka in mass convention assembled,
that the pretence that the general health
of the community is menaced by the san
itary condition of the ward and particu-
larly by the want of sewers therein is
false in fact, and unwarranted by our
past experience.
THAT we condemn the attempt to foist
a system of sewerage upon the commu-
nifty against the wishes of the community
itself which is doomed to become an in
tolerable nuisance if constructed upon the
present plans an attempt to deprive
the citizens of the ward of the privilege
of controlling their own affairs.
THAT for a long period of years the
health of this community has been bet
ter than that of other parts of the city
for whose benefit extensive and expen-
sive sewers have been built.
THAT it is notorious that in those parts
of the city provided with sewers no at
tempt has ever been made to compel the
householders to connect with and use the
same. That we are and the sentiment of
the community is overwhelmingly op-
posed to the building of a sewer system
in this ward at this time"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
BLEW UP ROYAL CAVE
British Win a Famous Victory"Over
the Africans Under Mashingombi

London. July 29.-Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain. secretary of state for the
colonies has received a dispatch from
Her Majesty's high commission at the
Cape stating that in the fighting near
Harry, South Africa on Saturday the
noted Chief Mashingombi was slain and
between 400 and 500 of his followers
were taken prisoners. The government
forces occupied all the positions at
Marlciskrat where they captured more
than 100 prisoners.
A dispatch from Fort Salisbury says
that the British forces took the natives
completely by surprise. When charge
was made upon the stockade the ma
tiVes fled to their caves, in which they
were afterwards captured, Mashingom-
bis main cave being destroyed with
dynamite. Mashingombi was wounded
during the attack and died soon after
being taken prisoner.
Two bullets made of solid gold were
found after the fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
EASY ROUTE TO KLoND1KE,
By Way of Lake Athabasca and the
Mackenzie Riser

Montreal, July 29.-In 1897 when w.
Ogflvie, the Canadian explorer, who has
since determined the 141st meridian
and marked it on each side of the Yu-
kon to show the boundary between
Alaska and the Canadian Yukon coun-
try, went up there he returned to civ
nization by crossing the divide and de-
scending the Mackenzie river, Great
Slave lake and river to Lake Athabasca,
and thence arriving at Edmondton and
Clagary.
The Canadian Pacific has a branch
to Edmonton and Sir William Van
Horn stated today that they had al
ready discussed the extension of the
line from Edmonton to the Athabasca
river, a distance of about so miles.
From here there is a clear waterway
of about ], 800 miles in length to Fort
Macpherson, near the mouth of the Mac
kenzie. Thence the route would be
across the divide by the Pearl river, a
short route.