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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
Belts.
sNAP sHOTs AT HOMENEWs


The street repair force did not stop for
Memorial day.
The bad roads interfered with bicycling
yesterday.
F P Lindsey has gone to Chicago and
Indianapolis on business.
Farmers say that the prospect for
large fruit crop is excellent
The Valencia wire fence telephone has
been extended to the railway station
The insulators are being placed on the
new Western Union poles along Kansas
avenue.
The fishermen who returned yesterday
did not bring glowing accounts Of large
catches
Treasurer Hehebower ought to turn his
vorkmen loose on the weeds of the state
house grounds
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Whitaker of 121
West Eleventh street are the parents of a
daughter born this morning.
Councilman Roundtree who is a teacher
in the city schools is planning to spend
his vacation at Nashville, Tenn
Charles Gormley, formerly director OF
Gormley's band. is now in charge of the
shoe shop at the state reform school
The auditorium association has done
nothing for a week. They are waiting
for the council to approve the plan adopt
ed.
Every year several Topeka teachers Sc
cure transportation to the National Edu-
cationaI association by working up ex-
cursions.
The plans of the Mulvane-Leonard build
ing at Sixth and Jackson streets have
been changed and the building will be
but one story.
Till. for 500; the south half of lot 81 and
the north half of lot SO Madison street,
Cranes addition.
Nancy J. Franklin has filed suit in the
district court for divorce from her hus-
band. w. A. Franklin. The charges are
of the stereotyped form.
Chancellor Bird of the Knights of Ply
thias is preparing to call district meet
ing of the organization in the northeast
ern portion of the state.
Probate Judge Dolman has issued a
marriage license to John Ashbaugh and
Miss Sadie Samuelson. Ashbaugh is the
veteran Topeka auctioneer.
AR W. A. Coates. secretary of the Ar
kansas Valley Town and Land company.
was called to Chicago Saturday by the
serious illness of his father.
Mrs. H. a. Tice, wife of Trainmaster
Tice of the Santa Fe. spoke to the mem
bers of the Railroad Y. NJ. c. a. at the
association rooms yesterday afternoon.
Ralph H. Faxon. the Topeka newspaper
man left this afternoon for Newton, Kan.
where he assumes the position of city
editor Of the Newton Republican tomor-
row.
Harmon Ryus will return to Topeka
this week from Lexington. No, to spend
the summer. Mr.. Ryus is a member of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31

agent, and Mr.. A. O'Hara, superintend-
ent, arrived in the city Saturday and
spent TWO hours in the city.
President Robinson was seen just be-
fore leaving for the east. When asked
if the Frisco would continue to run to
Burton, he said that the matter was
as yet undecided, but he thought that
on July 1 the Frisco would make Wich-
tia its terminus and any freight the
road would have for Burton would be
turned over to the Santa Fe. He said
that it was only thirteen miles further
by way of the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
GREAT STRIKE MINERS.
Diggers in Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia Coal Pits Quit.

Pittsburg, May 31-The national ex-
ecutive board Of the United Mine work
ers of America have decided to order
general strike throughout Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio and West Virginia, to secure
the 50 cent rate for mining.
More than $4,000 miners will be af-
fected by the order, and a desperate
struggle between the men and the op-
orators will result.
The order. it is said. has been de-
cided on because of the fact that 10
of the large coal companies in the
Pittsburg district have secured control
of the lake front dockage.
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GIRL SHOOTS HER RIVAL.
Miss Annie Wheeler Fa ally Wound
ed by Miss Mildred Brewster.

Montpelier, Vt, May 31.-NIiss Mildred
Brewster, the daughter of a wealthy
farmer of Huntington, Saturday even
ing shot and probably fatally wounded
Miss Annie Wheeler, of whom she is al
legged to have been jealous. The deed
was committed in a lonely spot on the
outskirts of this city.
After shooting Miss Wheeler, the
Brewster girl turned the revolver on
herself, inf1icting a serious and possibly
fatal wound.
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washouts Cause Santa Fe Trouble.

Albuquerque, May 31.-The Santa Fe
train out of FL Paso is now brought
north by the way of Deming and Rim
con over the Southern Pacific to DEM
ing, and thence to Rincon over the Sill
yer Citv and Deming branch and all
FL Paso trains will be handled over this
route until after the ashOuts south
of RincOn have been repaired.
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MAY Make Wichita its Terminus.

Wichita, May BID. B. Robinson,
president of the Frisco railroad, and
other prominent officials of the road,
spent several hours in the city Satur-
day. President Robinson stated that in
all probability Wichita would be made
the western terminus of the Frisco. At
present the Frisco is running its trains
over the Kansas Midland to Burton,
which is it's terminus. Should the
change be made he thought the road
would turn its business for points west
of Wichita over to the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
Text Book Board.

The text book board has adjourned
and will not be in session again for two
weeks. The board has completed the
selection of books with the exception
of readers and when the next meeting
is held the readers Will be agreed upon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB.
Programme of the Annual Banquet tt
Be Held June 4

4
The annual banquets of the Saturday
Night club have become of considerable
interest to outsiders. The banquet will
be held at the Throop hotel on the even
ing of June 4 this year. The programme
is novel and it must be for Saturday
Night club banquets are unlike any 9th
ers.
Following is the programme.
But bark! the Ginning clocks to
dinner CALL
Retiring presidents address. Jno. A. Daley
Let others hail the rising sun,
1 bow to him whose course is run
Jetsam and Flotsam. .......C. F. Spencer
would to God thou and I knew
where a commodity of good names
were to be bought"
Neither Borrower or Lender
Folk Lore of the Saturday Nighters.
Are we not Brothers.
my laughter"
What art thou but black clothes
A Contemporary Review neutrality-suspicious..
Prof Frank Nelson
Should he by chance a Knave or
Fool expose that hurts none here;
sure here are none of those
Any old thing II. A McNeal
Let others have their Games,
Wakes, Dances, Concerts, Bag
pipes, Balls, Circuses and Hobby
Horses, but give me-any old
ITO ali. to each, a fair good night
And pleasing dreams and SlumberS light"
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Bie Mankato. MIMI. Failure.

Mankato, Mimi. May 31-The Hub
bard Milling company and R. D. Hub
bard of this city failed Saturday. Liza
bilities, $500, 900, and assets not over
$3.50, 900. The failure was brought
about by a heavy and continued decline
in National Linseed Oil company stock,
Of which Hubbard held an amount val
ued a short time ago at $3.50, 900; also
of cattle losses of $3.50, 600 on a ranch az
Miles City, Mont
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FRISCO AND WICHITA.
After July 1 the Terminus to be Nov
ed From Burton.

Wichita May 31-Nr. D. B. Robin
son, president of the Frisco, accOmpa-
MED by Mr.. B. P. Cheney of Boston,
one of the directors, and Mr.. a. J.
Davidson. superintendent of transpor-
tation; F. NJ. Bisbee, superintendent of
bridges and buildings; George T. Mich
olson. general passenger agent; J. A
Middleton, assistant general passenger
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Hanna enters a Denial

Washington. May Ex-senator Hanna
was quite concerned today over the
publication of a report to the effect that
he had promised the railroads that a
pooling bill should be enacted out of
consideration for the alleged assistance
rendered the Republican party by the
railroad companies in the recent cam
paign. THE report" he said, lis pre-
posterous and I Indignantly deny it."
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.Frank wilson. the grand mentor 81 /

Frank wilson, the grand mentor of the
Kansas and Nebraska Grand Temple of
the Knights and Daughters of Tabor of
the International Order of Twelve. has
filed an answer in the suit brought
against him in the district court by Anna
Howard the deposed high priestess of
Pearly Rose tabernacle. He says that
Mrs Howard was never expelled and de-
MED the privileges of the order. but
simply suspended for threatening his
life and retaining money placed in her
hands to defray funeral expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31
DUNKARD 5. S. CONVENTION
It Opened at Oakland - Lasted Till
Sunday Evening.

Saturday afternoon the annual Sunday
school convention of the northeastern
Kansas Dunkard churches opened in the
church al Oakland. There was large at
tendance of delegates and visitors from
this portion of the state and the meetings
were interesting. Last evening the con-
vention closed. The following was the
programme of exercises for Saturday
evening and Sunday, all of which were
held at the Oakland Dunlxard schurch:
700 D. m.-Young Peoples Meeting. Sub
ject: Personal Church Work. Opened
T. A. Eisenbise, S. J. Miller c. A. Cath
erman, Maggie Kreitzer and Sister DR..
Shafer.
500 p. m.-Sermon by Elder c. J. Hoop
er. Subject: Biblical Authority for
Sunday Schools
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SUNDAY.

200 a. m.-DevotionaI Exercises
$3.50 a. m.-''Value of Teachers Meetings.
President c. E. Arnold and David Els
enbise. Qualifications: ID "Superin-
tendents," A. J. Smith and George Mar
ron. % Teachers John Springer and
c. J. Mishler.
II 100 a. m.-sermon by Prof. z. T. Sharp.
Subject: Value of Discipline"
200 p. m.-Music.
Value of Attention and How to Gain
It. B. S. Katherman, Q. w. Peeoler
value of Blackboard Work and
Maps, Prof. Sharp, I. L. Hoover and
Chas. Fisenbise.
What Should the Teacher Do for the
Child" Sisters Rizzen, 1. o. Younts and
A. Mosier.
Miscellaneous Business.
900 p. m.-'Precious Promises and As
surances," Hattie Conner, Bette Root,
Lizzie Martin, Sisters Oliver, Abbie and
Gharst.
Relation of Parents to the Sunday
School, J. A. Root, J. w. Taylor and
J. W. Mosier.
DoxOfOev
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31

An excellent programme has been ar
ranged for the Band concert at Garfield
Park tomorrow afternoon.
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Reduced Rates to Philadelphia.

Account of the meeting of the Amer
lean Medical Association and Academy
of Medicine at Philadelphia, the 3. &
O. R r. will sell tickets to delegates on
the certificate plan from all points on
its lines west of the Ohio River, May
26th to June I'd, valid for return passage
until June 18th, on the basis of a fare
and a third for the round trip. Tickets
will also be sold on this plan from sta
tions of all connecting lines.
The B. & o. maintains double daily
through Pullman cars from Chicago to
philadelphia. All B. & o. trains run via
Washington and stOp-Over is allowed at
the National Capital within the life of
the ticket
For further information address B. N.
Austin, G. P. A, Grand Central Sta
ton, Chicago, III.
The police Saturday arrested a man
who is supposed to be Robt Nevin. a
Kansas City crook The man came from
Kansas City and a Kansas City detective
named c. L. Sanderson followed him. On
his request the police arrested the man.
A large revolver was found on him and
he was locked up at the city jail the
charge of carrying concealed weapons
Detective Sanderson says that the man is
implicated in the burglary of H. W
Evans residence at 1888 TroOst avenue,
Kansas City. Nevin is said to be an all
round crook and the police think they
have the man. Requisition papers will he
sent here and Nevin taken to Kansas
City.
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Bargains This Week in Leather Goods.

Leather lined combination purse
and card case. beautiful new colOrs
rose values for ......................5O SOC
Our new seal purses for........$ 1 90
Are direct from the factory and
excellent values.
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New combination Purse in black
leather and monkey skin for. Csc
Coin purses in new shapes and
feathers; 35c and 4Oc articles in this
lot for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. DC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-31

Free This Week With Every Belt.
One Of our new patent Belt Pins, in gold silver
black These will be given with every belt pur-
chased BELTS-we opened a new lot today.
The record-union., 1897-10-09
Interesting Opinion Rendered by the
Supreme Court.
Relative to Using of Meters in Imposing
Rates.
Two Attempts Made BY Some Mis-
creant to Wreck Trains of the
Southern Pacific Near Riverside
by Placing Obstacles Upon the
Track.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. S.-The Su-
preme Court to-day rendered an opin-
ion that may prove of interest to the
water consumers of the State. The de-
cision is affirmative of the Superior
Court of San Diego County. in which a
man named V. e. Shaw won a case
against the San Diego Water Company.
The suit was brought to enjoin the
company from shutting off and refusing
to supply Shaw with water. He had
been paying the family rate" as re-
quired by the ordinance, but the water
company put on a meter, making a
difference of about 81 a month. The
user refused to pay for water used as
indicated by the meter, but offered to
pay the regular family rate" The
ater company refused the amount, and
threatened to shut off the water unless
the additional amount was forthcoming.
The Supreme Court interprets the or
dinance as being faulty, but says that
the water company has not the power
TO collect for more water than is al
lowed under the family rate
The court in deciding in Shaw's favor
says: The water company cannot, by
attaching meters, or otherwise impose
upon consumers rates neither author
lied by the ordinance nor assented to by
the consumer"
The record-union., 1897-10-09

Now that the China case has been
disposed of, the Pacific Mail Company
will send the Baracouta, now plying
between Central American ports, and
will make application for an Hawaiian
register for her The Baracouta is
now under a condition register exactly
the same as the China had, having been
issued at London on the same date,
and under exactly the same circum-
stances. There is no doubt that the
Baracouta win get her register. Mac
Farlane, who is her flag owner, says
she will come here next month.
DR. Jerrard K Smith, brother of
Attorney General Smith, was murdered
at Koloa, on the Island Of Kauai, on
the night of September oath. A ma
tive named Kapea committed the deed.
His brother an accomplice, turned
States evidence, and the arrest of the
murderer followed. The crime was a
most cold -bIooded one. DR.. Smith was
at his desk engaged in writing A
knock called him to the door, and as he
stepped on the veranda the native shot
him, and then drove off. His victim
lived for a few moments The muir
der was committed because Smith had
ordered Kapea's mistress to Honolulu
to report as a leper suspect. This act
ion incensed the native, and he took The
physicians life. DR.. Smith was to be
married shortly to Miss Mary Brewer.
now in San Francisco.
The record-union., 1897-10-09
Ex-sECRETARY BENNETT.
VIII Have to Serve Out His Sem
tence at San Quentin.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct ST. r.
Bennett, x-Secretary of the Society for
the Prevention of Vice, will have to
serve out his sentence in San Quentin
for assault to murder George Gray,
whose daughter Bennett was accused
of annoying.
On September 8, 1894, Gray saw Ben
nett On the Oakland local train, and
fired four shots at him, none of which
took effect. Bennett retreated, but
when bystanders had taken the revolv-
er from Gray, Bennett fired at him do
ing no damage.
A jury acquitted Gray, but Bennett,
who was charged with assault to COM
nit murder, was found guilty of as
sault with a deadly weapon. On ap-
peal to the Supreme Court the judg-
ment was reversed upon a technicality,
and the second trial resulted in a YER
dict of guilty of the graver offense of
assault to commit murder.
Another appeal was taken, but the
Supreme Court has affirmed the judg-
ment of the lower court.
The record-union., 1897-10-09
SEAL CONFERENCE.
Press Comment Upon Great Brit
aims Refusal to Take Part in 1t.

LONDON, Oct S.-The "St- James
Gazsrte'' this afternoon, referring to
the formal announcement that Great
Britain's declination to take part in the
Behring Sea conference to which Rus
sia and Japan might be parties, says:
''Thare will be a feeling of relief that
Great Britain, in behalf of Canada,
has finally declined to walk into the
trap which was being arranged at
Washington. America has never paid
the indemnities for the illegal seizure
of Canadian sealing vessels. and has
exhausted every diplomatic artifice to
evade the award, finally asking fresh
conference. The Marquis of Salisbury
consented, whereupon America pro-
posed that Russia and Japan should
have seats at the conference, with the
obvious intention of outvoting England
and upsetting by a side wind the Paris
award"
The Globe" commenting on the
same subject this afternoon, says:
"As a mere matter of business, it is
time that a firm check was put upon
The record-union., 1897-10-09
WRECK OF THE NAVARCH.
Sixteen of the Crew Rescued From
an Ice F1oe-Fourteen Perished.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. S.-The fate
of the crew of the steam whaler Nav
arch Of New Bedford, which was
wrecked in the Arctic on August 18th,
is no longer in doubt. AS is already
known, the captain, his wife, and the
first and fourth officers, who succeed
ed in escaping from the vessel after she
was caught in the ice, were picked up
by the United States revenue cutter
Bear. The other thirty men on board
the Inflated vessel were supposed to
have perished.
The news of the death of fourteen of
these men and the rescue of the other
sixteen was brought to this city to-
day by E. M. Dias, one of the surviv
ors, who came down on the steam
whaler Bonanza from Point Barrow.
Dias, who is a Portuguese, relates
narrowing tale of suffering and star
walton in the icebound north. After
the Navarch had been nipped by the
icebergs, and the captain, his wife and
two of the officers had been fortunate
enough to reach open water in the gig,
the others stayed by their vessel as
long as possible The food supply rap
idly became exhausted, fourteen of the
men died, and finally the vessel went to
pieces and sank.
The sixteen survivors tried to make
their way south over the ice, but soon
found themselves adrift on foe. For
twelve days they drifted with the ocean
currents, suffering the most intense tor
ture from hunger. They were reduced
to the verge of starvation, and in their
craving for food ate the skins with
which they were clothed.
Finally, after all hope of rescue had
been abandoned, the castaways were
sighted by the steam whaler Thrasher
and quickly rescued. They were TAX
en- to Point Barrow and given every
care and attention.
Dias was brought to this city on the
Bonanza so that his eyes might be
treated by an oculist, his sight having
been seriously affected by the gleam
of the sun on the ice. He was the third
mate of the vessel.
The record-union., 1897-10-09
TOOK LAUDANUM.
A Deserted Wife Ends Her Life
With Poison.

CHICAGO, Oct SIN a clump Of
woods on Lucid avenue, between Sew
enty-third and Seventy fourth streets,
two boys to-day found the body of
woman, evidently a suicide, lying half
hidden among the weeds and tall grass
Clutched in her hand was a telegram
addressed Mrs. D. P. O'Connell, Man
haitian Beach Hotel, Chicago, sent
from a small town in Tennessee, Sep
tember 25th, and which read as follows:
''Will leave for Cuba tonight.
DAN"
Two bottles, one labeled laudanum
and the other paregorie, both empty,
were found in the grass beside her.
Mrs. O'Connel1 and her husband were
attendants at a bath house at Windsor
Park during the summer. About Sep
tember 18th O'Connell left the hotel,
and after drawing all their savings,
amounting to about 5000. from the
bank, disappeared. The lady cashier
at the bath department disappeared
simultaneously. She was next heard
of in Nashville, and from the telegram
found in the dead woman's hand, the
couple are now supposed to be in Cuba
The record-union., 1897-10-09
FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED.
Chas. Watson, a Brakeman, Slight
Iy Injured.

RENO, Oct. S.-An eastbound freight
train was derailed about 3 o'clock this
evening fifteen miles east of Truckee.
The engine and six cars were ditched'
The engineer and fireman are reported
to have been badly hurt. The track
was torn up for several hundred feet,
but it is expected that it will be cleared
early in the morning. Passenger trains
will be delayed six or eight hours.
Engineer Cronan and Fireman Self
ridge of the wrecked eastbound freight
train escaped without injury, Charles
Watson, a brakeman, was slightly in
jured.
Three cars of raisins were badly
broken UP and the contents scattered
along the tracks. The tender of the en-
CINE was destroyed, but the escape of
the trainmen was extremely fortunate.
The passenger train due in San Fran
cisco at 10 a. m. Saturday is tied up al
Reno tonight, and will not leave here
until after daylight
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LUETGERT MURDER TRIAL.
EVIDENCE OF THE PROSECU-
TION BEFORE THE JURY.
Monday the Defense Will Put IL
Sur-Rebutta1 Testimony and Try
to Impeach Judge.

CHICAGO, Oct. S-The evidence of
the prosecution in the trial of Adolph
Luetgert is now before the jury. The
State rested it's case this afternoon.
The closing testimony was of the same
impeaching character that marked the
evidence on the preceding day.
Professor George Dorsey had his in
nings during the afternoon session of
the court, and he made matters un-
pleasantly warm for DR. Airport. Pro-
fessor Dorsey could have talked for
hours upon the subject of osteology, but
the prosecution confined him to matters
tending to contradict and refute the
statements made by DR.. Airport, the
chief expert for the defense.
Then Judge Arthur II. Chetlain was
called to the stand to add the finishing
touches to the Impeachment of Mary
Siemmering. She told Judge ChetIain,
so he testified that she had not been
mistreated at the Police Station, and
that she had gone to the East Chicago
Avenue Police Station voluntarily, as
she knew she would be soon discharged,
because she had done nothing wrong.
Owing to this statement of facts, Judge
Chetlain dismissed the petition, and
the young woman returned to the po-
lice station.
The evidence demolished the story of
Mary Siemmering, who declared while
on the witness stand that she was sub
jected to indignities at the hands of
Inspector Schaack, Captain Schuettler,
and other policemen.
Angelica Schrader, a nurse, who was
a member of Luetgert's household for
three months, said that the missing
woman was most affectionate mother.
A sensation was created in the court
room when a woman attired in mourn
ing garb ascended to the witness stand
and held up her hand to be sworn.
There were tears in her eyes as she
sank into the witness chair. The wo-
man was Mrs Wilhelmina Miller, a
sister of Mrs. Luetgert. So firmly i'm
pressed is she that Mrs. Luetgert is
dead, that some weeks ago she donned
mourning in memory of her sister.
Mrs Miller testified while her eyes
were fixed upon the face of Luetgert.
The big sausage maker returned the
gaze coolly. Mrs. Miller told of the
kindly disposition of her sister, and as
serted that no mother was more pa
tient or kind to her children.
Next Monday ex-Judge Vincent an
nounced that sur-rebuttal evidence will
be put on The defense will undertake
the unusual task of impeaching a
judge A witness will be called to tes-
tify in rebutta1 to Judge Chetlain's ev-
idence as to Mary Siemmering's state
ment to him. This witness will be a
newspaper reporter, who is said to
have heard the young woman's state
ment.