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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
AN ELOPEMENT STORY
Concerning Daughter of D. G. Hewitt,
North Topoka's Postmaster-
seems Mistake.

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. 3.-Harry E.
Purcell, connected with press associa-
ton at Chicago, and Miss Day N. Hew-
lit, daughter of Daniel S. Hewitt, post
master t North Topeka, Kan, eloped
from Chicago and were married here
yesterday.
The above dispatch appears in an
eastern paper.
Mr. Hewitt was seen at the postoffice
in North Topeka in regard to the above
dispa ten, and said:
Il don't know thing about it. I
have no daughter by that name, and
1 don't see how they got such a report
connected with my family. 1t must be
some story which has been made up or
else it is another Hewitt. 1t is none of
my daughters"
Mrs. Hewitt was called on at her res
idence on Harrison street and said:
Il really don't know a thing about it.
I have no daughter by that name. All
little 13 year old girl, and she is here at
home. I do not see how it possibly
could be connected with our family, for
we have no relations by that name. I
have married daughter living in Chi
cago. She is a widow now. Her name
is Mrs. Lou May Elliff, and I am sure
that it is not she. Why, she wouldn' t
do such thing that. She has al
ways told me not to worry about her
because she would always take care of
her self and never do anything which
would bring disgrace upon the family.
We have not heard from her for about
two weeks, but 1 am sure that it is not
she And why should she take the
name of Hewitt when her name is Ell
lift? It must be some mistake or some
other Hewitt" :"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
CHILDREN ON THE ALTAR.
Eleven Manned Daily in Chicago in
the Factories.

Milwaukee, Aug. 3.-The gymnastic
teachers met today jointly with the stu
dents of the gynmastic summer school,
DR.. Kehron, professor of physiology of
the University of Illinois at Champlain,
delivered the first of a series of lectures
for the summer course Of the gymnastfc
normal school. He explained the merits
of gymnastics from a physical point Of
view. Physical training recommends it
self, he said, for the development of Will
power, which nlanifests itself by closer
attention and greater strength of MEM
ory.
In Chicago alone, the speaker said.
eleven children were MANNED daily in the
factories by the accidents occurring after
o'clock from exhaustion. He added that
the record should be a warning to those
who believe in the old way of allowing
matters to run themselves, instead of US
ing every means for the promotion OF
common welfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
Fast Flyer on the Kansas Pa.
cific (U. P.) Wrecked.
Train Plunges Into a Washout
Near Byers, Colo.
2 KILLED, MANY HURT.
Cars Piled in a Heap on the En-
gine.
The Wreck Occurred at Day
light This Morning.

Denver, Aug. 3.-The fast flyer on the
Kansas Pacific railway was wrecked
about daylight this morning, about for
ty miles east of Denver. Two trainmen
were killed outright, five passengers are
said to be fatally injured and many
others badly hurt. The killed are:
JOHN A. WARD, engineer of No. III
Twenty-eighth street, Denver.
w. B. HARRINGTON, baggageman, n,
of Kansas City.
The wreck was caused by a washout.
The heavy rains of the night flooded
the streams and carried out a portion
of small bridge which spans Comanche
creek, between Byers and Strasburg.
The train was on time and was run
ming along at the usual speed, when ap-
preaching the point of accident. With
out warning the engine plunged into
the abyss, followed by the mail and
baggage car and other cars were piled
about in confusion.
The engine was completely under wa
ter in almost the middle of the stream,
and Engineer Ward was under it.
Strange to say the fireman escaped
death, but he is reported to be badly
hurt. Instantly there was the widest
confusion.
The fatally injured passengers were
riding in the forward car. Some of the
sleeping passengers in the Pullmans
were thrown from their berths, and
more or less hurt, but none seriously.
Ryers, the nearest town to the wreck,
was five miles away, and the conductor
hastened to cover that distance on foot.
He arrived there at O'Clock and the
railway officials in Denver were notified
of the accident by telegraph A special
wrecking train with General Manager
Duen and other railway officials and
physicians on board started for the
scene of the wreck.
Meantime all possible was being done
for the wounded at the wreck.
But little additional information could
be obtained after the first reports, ow-
ing to the distance of the wreck from
any telegraph office.
Engineer Ward was one of the best
known locomotive drivers in the city.
The rain storm was general in the
plains region and it is feared that many
railway bridges have gone out. The
wrecked train was due in Denver at
4:03 a. m.
LIST OF INJURED.
The special train sent to the scene of
the accident arrived in Denver at 1880
p. M, with the dead and injured. The
injured are:
oscar Ingram, fireman, bruised about
w. H. Rankin, Denver, badly cut
about the head arm broken.
J: E. Reid, back injured.
Mrs. Fred Nash, Larimie, Wyo., back
sprained.
Mrs. c. E. Garvett, Blue Springs, ,Neb.,
right ankle broken
Mrs. c. L. Hubbard, Abilene, Kan,
back hurt.
w. H. B. Thornton, Chicago, arm
sprained and bruised.
L. Eckert, Seattle, Wn., head cut.
Miss Minnie Edelmonn, bruises.
G. f. Goddard, LeavenWorth, Kan,
back hurt.
Both Pullman cars remained on the
track, but the chair car was tipped UP
on end in the washout. All the injured
passengers will recover
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
HANG THE GOVERNOR.
An Alabama Paper Wants Lynching
Made Lawfu1-Severe Scoring.

Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 3.-The Ozark
Free Press, the leading POpulistic week
Iy paper in Alabama, in its issue of this
week contains a columln and half of
editorial signed by its editor, c. H.
Mathison, which indorses the lynching
of negro assaulters, even to the extent
of burning them at the stake, when
they add murder to their crime, and
declares that any governor sheriff
who orders out troops to protect such
criminals, should themselves be lynch
ed.
The editorial declares that there is an
unwritten law in this state that a man
who assaults woman, shall die as
soon as he is caught, and says "this
law is imperative as any upon our stat
ute books"
THE Legislature ought to pass law
authorizing the relatives of an outraged
woman to murder him on sight. The
duty upon each citizen to participate in
the capture and aid in the killing of
such f1end ought to be engrafted upon
our sta atute books. Thus, 1ynching
would become the law of the land as
we'll as the unwritten law of the heart"
The editorial closes with a severe ar
raignment of Gov. Johnston, conclud-
ing:
such an order calling out troops)
ought to be hanged. A governor who
would deny to a father and husband
the life of the despoiler of his home is
an enemy to society, a blasphemer of
God and vile anarchist to his govern
ment.''
Mathison, in closing, says that he is
personally responsible for what he has
written. The editorial has caused
sensation, and may call for action by
Johnston's action in ordeting out the
troops to protect the Decatur prisoners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
WANT TO FIGHT AMERICA.
Germans Desire a European Trade
League Against This Country.

Berlin, Aug. 3.-The German press
still actively discusses Great Britain s
denunciation of the commercial treaty,
and the agrarian section fiercely de-
mands a tariff war, and agitates for
reprisals against the United States
Yelled and open suggestions are made
for European trade league against
America, with threats of serious conse-
Quences should England refuse to, join
such a league.
The Post says: "The successful exc
cution of such a policy presupposes an
enduring bond of confidence with Rus
sia, and Emperor Williams visit to St.
Petersburg therefore will be of great
Importance commercially
The Magdeburger Zietung the Dan
ziger Zeitung and other leading COM
mercial papers take a pessimistic view
of the situation and express a fear that
the export trade will suffer severe
losses even before the treaty expires
next summer; SO that even if the new
treaty is arranged on the most favora-
BILE terms, Germany will still be the
loser,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
THE STEREOTYPED CRADLE
With the Infant in it Rescued From
the Bohemian Flood.

Vienna, Aug. 3.--Reports from the
flooded districts show that the situation
is even worse than was at first feared.
The greatest damage has been done in
Bohemia. At Trautenau thirty houses
have been destroyed and twenty five
persons drowned. Corpses were to be
seen floating down the streets with
every kind of debris, even cradle with
a crying infant, which fortunately was
rescued.
At the village of Freiheit, a house
was washed away bodily and it's seven
the whole town of Reichenberg is sub
merged and there, too, many have been
drowned.
The Danube is now almost double it's
normal width and is still rising.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
FANATICAL PREACHER
Saws Wood and Gives Product of His
Labor to Tramps

New York, Aug. "a dispatch to the
World from New Haven, Conn.,, says:
Rev A. L. Chase, the tramp preach
err spoke last night in the little mis-
sion room on Temple street here. Chase
is a minister who gives the money he
earns by saving hard wood and by 9TH
er manual labor to tramps with the un-
derstanding that they buy food, eat
and then listen to a gospel talk by hina,
The Rev. Mr.. Chase is slightly built
and about As years of age. His full
brown beard is tinged with gray and he
wears spectacles. His dress consists of
a thin black alpaca sack coat and vest
and a pair of black trousers rather the
worse for wear. He wears neither COL
lar nor tie, but around his neck is a
white cotton handkerchief.
Mr.. Chase refuses to discuss himself
saying: Il beg to be free of egotism.
1 am simply preaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ. AS to what I am or from
whence I came, I have nothing to say.
lam simply trying to do the best L can
for the Master"
Mr.. Chase shows unnistakable marks
of scholarship. He has the Bible at his
tongues end and is modest in manner.
He works hard for the money he gets
and apparently delights to spend it in
aiding unfortunates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
HOBARTS INA SWELL SET.
Vice President'sFamily Mingles With
Astors, Lispenard Stewart, Etc.

Newport, r. T., Aug. 3.--Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hobart were royalty en-
tertained yesterday. In the afternoon
Mrs. Calvin s. Brice gave a garden
party at her villa on the cliffs in honor
of Mrs. Hobart and the affair was grac-
ed by one of TIE largest gatherings that
has been noted at any social function
in the history of Newport. Mrs. Hobart
received the many guests, assisted by
Mrs. Brice and the Misses Brice
James J. VanAlen gave a delightful
and enjoyable dinner party in the even
ing in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Brice, Governor and Mrs. Dyer
Mrs. .Astor, Chauncey NJ. Depew, ,Lispen-
ard Stewart and Rear Admiral Luce
U. S. N.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
To the KlOndike Discovered by
an Oregon Civil Engineer.
Is Only 800 Miles From the
Coast.
CAN SAIL UP A RIVER
Which is NaVigabIe for Small
Steamers.
Other Gold Deposits in Alexan-
der Archipelago.

New York, Aug. 3.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
There is a short and easy route to the
rich gold fields of the Klondike, accord
ing to a communication to the interior
department, from J. NJ. G. Lewis, a civil
engineer of Salem, Ore, who says he
can open up at small expense a route
from the mouth of the Copper river, by
which the Klondike may be reached by
journey of not much more than 300
miles from the coast.
The route which he proposes will
start inland from the mouth of the
Copper river, near the Miles Glacier,
about 20 miles east of the entrance to
Prince William sound. He says the
Copper river is navigable for all small
steamers for many miles beyond the
mouth of its principal eastern tributary
called on the latest maps the Chillyna
river, which is naFigable for a consider
able distance. From the head of navi-
cation on the Chillyna, Mr.. Lewis says
either a highway or a railroad could be
constructed without great difficulty or
very heavy grades, through what the
natives call the Low pass probably
the Scoloi pass. From this pass the
road would follow the valley of the
White river to the point where it
empties into the Yukon on the edgetJ
the Klondike gold fields.
George F. Becker, in an unpublished
his investigation in 1895 of the coastal
gold districts, says that most of the is
lands of the Alexander archipelago con-
tain gold deposits, yet unworked, that
would probably repay very handsomely
we'll directed efforts of placer mining.
These deposits are in the neighborhood
Of Sitka and generally on Baroness and
Admiralty islands and the beaches of
the adjacent mainland. Another fairly
promising region is in a group of de-
positS on the Kenai peninsula on the
southeast shore of Cook Inlet and at
Yakutal bay and the beaches of Kadiak
island. These regions have not yet
been exploited, only to a limited degree,
owing to the unfaVorable physical con-
ditiOn of the coast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
Statue to SCHUYLER Colfax

South Bend, Ind, Aug. 3.-A statue of
the late vice president, Schuyler Colfax,
is to be erected here, his home and where
his family now lives. This decision was
reached al meeting of the Commercial
Athletic club, the leading business or
ganization of the city, last night a COM
mittee was appointed to solicit funds
Money will be raised in South Bend and
requests for sums will be sent to Re
becca lodges throughout the union. Mrs.
Colfax was the founder of the Rebecca
lodge and it is believed lodges all over
the country will respond. 1t is proposed
that the statue shall occupy a niche on
the Washington street side of the new
court house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
MEETING OF SANTA FEMEN
Station, Engine and Trainmen Called
to Meet at Supt. McClellan's
Office

A meeting of the station, engine and
train employees of the Santa Fe in To-
peka has been called at the office of
Division Superintendent c. T. Mcclellan
tomorrow night by Mr.. w. c. Garvey
chairman of the executive committee in
charge of the Santa Fe celebrati ton. At
this meeting plans for the celebration
will be decided on and displays discuss
ed.
It is probab BILE that the station, engine
and train employees in Topeka will COM
bine in arranging a display or series of
displays. In this event the engine and
train men at other points in the state
will prepare displays exclusive of the
orders in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
MAY BE BLOODSHED.
Turkish Fleet Sails for Crete Evident.
ly With Hostile Intentions

~ "1Gn AOSL1I6 4QLeO ClOnS
Paris, Aug. 3.-According to a dispatch
received here today from Constantinople,
a division of the Turkish fleet has been
ordered to sail for Canea, Island of
Crete. If the statements in the dispatch
are correct, fresh trouble may be anticl>
pated in the settlement of the Graeco-
Turkish peace preliminaries. 1t has been
reported for some time that the Turkish
government was contemplating landing
additional Turkish troops in Crete and on
Thursday last the admirals in command
of the foreign fleets in Cretan waters,
held a. conference and decided to oppose
by force the landing of Turkish REIN
forcements in Crete.
They notified Ismael Bey, the Turkish
civil governor of the decision arrived at.
But the Turkish governor replied that he
could not accept such a decision, appar-
emily taking the ground that the porte
would persist in it's intention to reinforce
the Turkish garrison in Crete.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
TRIBESMEN BEATEN.
British Drive Off Rebels at FIT. Chak-
dara With Little Loss.

Bombay Aug. st is announced in a
dispatch from Simla, the summer resi-
dence of the British Indian government.
that the combined casualties of the CAV
rison of Fort 'Chakdara in the Chitral
district which was relieved yesterday and
of the relieving force under General
Blood. only amounted to Lieutenant Ratt-
ray wounded, seven native British SOL
diers killed and thirty-five wounded The
loss of the insurgent tribesmen, who
were besieging the place, is not stated.
Six thousand tribesmen with scaling lad
ders, were preparing to attack the fort
when they were attacked by the first
British column. under Colonel Meikel-
John and completely routed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
NEW EQUESTRIAN CLUB.
Has Membership of IL and Expects
to Double Tt

The latest organization to spring into
existence in Topeka is the Topeka
Equestrian club The club has already
a membership of twelve, and steps will
be taken to make it a permanent organi-
zation. BY the time of the Fall Festival
the club expects to have a membership
of at least %, and as an organization will
take part in the Floral parade. The cos
tunes and decorations of the lady and
gentlemen members respectively in the
parade will probably be alike.
The executive committee of the new or
ganization met at the suburban home of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Burton east of the
city Saturday night and formulated
constitution and bylaws for the govern
ment of the club. These will be adopted
by the club at the regular meeting to-
morrow night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
WON'T LET ALL OUT.
The State Board of Pardons Will
Leave a Few in States Prison.

The state board of pardons today rec
commended that the following applica-
tions for pardons be refused:
Joseph Soron, Usage county, years,
obtaining money under false pretenses.
VIM. Knapper, Wyandotte county, 4
years, assault with intent to kill
Luther Keating, Wyandotte county, z
years, larceny.
George Hubert, Cowley county, 10
years, robbery, first degree.
David Skelley, Linn, 8 years, burg
larry, third degree.
John Van Valkenberg, ,Sedgwicl coun-
ty, 21A years, burglary and larceny.
The board recommended a commu-
tation to three years and three months
the seven years sentence of VIM. Hun
ter of Johnson county, who was con-
victed of grand larceny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
The Bimetallic commission.

London, Aug. 3.-The Daily Chronicle
announces that the final meeting be-
tween the members of the bimetallic
commission, headed by Senator VOL
cott and Lord Salisbury, will take place
during the latter part of the next week
at the foreign office. Most of the mem
bers of the cabinet will be present and
it is understood that Lord Salisbury
will then inform the commissioners of
the governments views in the
discussion of the question of a more
extended use of silver The commits
sioners are hopeful of a favorab BILE de-
cision and of important concessions.
After the meeting they will proceed to
Berlin and ST. Petersburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
DOESN'T WANT THE PLACE.
W. L Brown Says He Doesn't Want
to be State Cha rman.

w l.. Brown, chairman of the state
board of charities, says: 81 am not a
candidate for the position of chairman
of the Populist state central committee
and would not accept the position if it
were rendered to me by the unanimous
vote of the members of the committee -
Mr.. Brown, in addition to his work as
a members of the state board of chari-
ties, is grand master of the Kansas 1. O.
O. F., and he proposes to devote all his
spare time to visiting lodges throughout
the state. For that reason he declined
to consider the position of state chair
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
DINGLEY'S FATHER DEAD.
Nelson Dingley. sr, Passes Away al
the Age of So

Lewistown, Me-. Aug. 3.-Nelson Ding
ley, father of Congressman Nelson Ding
ley, Jr., died at his home in this city to-
day of paralysis.
Mr.. Dingley's age was 49, Mr.. Dingley
had been III remarkable health up to Fri
day night, when he was stricken with
paralysis. He rallied, but a second stroke
followed.
Congressman Dingley and other rela-
tives were summoned home on Sunday.
Mr.. DingIey was born the old Ding
ley homestead in Dunham and was one
of a large family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
Death Seeks the Harringtons.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 9.-A peculiar ia
tality attends miners by the name of
Harrington. Peter Harrington was in
stantly killed yesterday by a fall of
earth in the St. Lawrence mine. Today
Jesse Harrington, while helping to re-
pair the damage done by yesterdays s
fire at the Boston and Montana ore bins
fell from a scaffold, striking on his head
and being instantly killed. This makes
four Harringtons killed in mining acci-
dents within a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
BRIGHTER DAYS.
Coal Operators Signing an Agree
ment Which Will Stop Strikes

14CAU w 444N44 w III 1~OOP
Pittsburg, Aug. 3.-Signatures will be
appended to the uniformity agreement
which has been in preparation for a week
today. These members of the commission
who are coal producers will sign it and
at once start out to visit the owners or
managers of the 141 mines which are
named as necessary to be included in the
compact to secure additional signatures.
Those who were appointed by the con-
vention to put the document in proper
form and to consult with attorneys as to
legal phrases of it are confident the COM
pact will be acceptable and will be
signed by the required 95 per cent of the
owners, or managers of mines and that a
better day dawns upon the coal industry
of the Pittsburg district which means less
contention between the operators and
miners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
KILLS HEAD COMANCHES
Quanah Parker, Chief of Comanche
Tribes, Slain by an Outlaw

St Louis, Aug "a special to the
Republic from Perry, o. T., says: News
has reached here from Altui, in the ex-
treme southwestern portion of Okla
hona, that outlaws killed Quanah Par
ker, chief of the Conanche Indians, one
of the most noted Indians of the ter
ritory. Chief Parker was returning from
Texas with 300 members of his tribe and
was encamped at the mouth of North
Fork creek. They were engaged in a
game of cards when the chief was killed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
HANGED bv q Rubb.r Hos;

years old. son of respectable parents,
committed suicide this morning by hang
ing himself with a rubber hose. The hose
was small one used for filling bottles
and had stretched but the boy pulled up
his feet and slowly strangled to death.
No cause is assigned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
FRATERNALs, COME OUT.
Big Meeting of All the Lodge Dele
gates in the City Tonight.

This evening the FraternaI day COM
mittee will meet at the Commercial club
rooms. This committee is composed of
subcommittee from all the lodges in the
city A permanent organization was
formed last week with the election of J..
H. Squires as chairman and c. B. Tyler
as secretary. This evening a full repre>
sentation is expected as some important
business connected with the arrangements
of Fraternal day of the FAN Festival will
be transacted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-03
FROZE HIS ARM IN CREAM
New Jersey Contractor Puts Boys Up
to Disastrous Foolishn ess.

Jersey City, N. J., Aug. Samuel
Wolf, a contractor, this afternoon Of
fered a dish of cream to the boy who
would hold his arm the longest time in
an ice cream freezer. A number of boys
who We're around VOLTS store contested
for the prize, but Willie Lockwood out
did them all. Although suffering ex-
cruciating pain he held his arm in the
freezer for four minutes. When he
withdrew it, the arm was frozen stiff
The boy was taken 20 the city hospital
where it was said that it would be nee
essary to amputate the arm.