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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
BOILED IN GREASE.
Paekinghouse Employe Falls
Into a Vat of Lard.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-While working in
the tankroom of Nelson Morris & Co.,
this afternoon, Thomas Rooney, an en-
ploye of. the company, slipped and fell
into a vat of boiling grease. He was
so seriously sca1ded that physicians at
the Mercy hospital say that in all prob
ability he cannot recover. He shot
feet foremost into the vat, the scalding
contents coming up nearly to his shoul-
ders and splashing on his face. He
shouted to Patrick O'Hara, his fellow
workman. O'Hara rushed to a rack
where stirring poles were hanging. Roo
ney's hands were SO slippery with the
hot grease that three times he lost his
hold on the pole O'Hara then threw
in piece of bagging and Rooney was
pulled out of the tank.
So badly was Rooney's body scalded
that from a few inches below his arms
the skin would peel off in places as his
clothing was removed. Rooney is SO
years old and married He lives with
his wife and two children at Forty
third and Wood streets. He owes his
life to the fact that the vat was not
full to the top, as il usually is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
1T WONT GO IN.
Plank Against Federal Courts
Not Strongly Favored by
the Three Chairmen.

Taylor Riddle, J. Mack Love and
Webb McNall, chairmen of the Populist,
Democratic and Free Silver Republican
state committees, held a long confer
ence last night, during which they dis
cussed the future, the unanimous senti-
ment being that fusion in Kansas in the
next campaign will be more complete
than it has been at any time in the
history of the allied forces.
Some of the Democrats have been
complaining against the proposition to
make the fight on the federal courts a
leading issue of the next campaign and
are inclined to resent any such a plan.
1.-THE Chicago PLATFORM, said Chair
man Love to. Mr.. Riddle, ''is as good a
document as could be framed, and I in
SiSt that we stand upon that and accept
no new theories nor permit a single is
demands the Democratic party has
made and has always stood UP manful-
ly and battIed for
Mr.. McNall favors a fight on the
federal courts, but he is opposed to the
abandonment Of the issue of silver,
important pending before the American
people. ss=s1sst-.4s.-- 49,
Mr.. Riddle represents the sentiment
of the Populist state committee in
standing for the issue against the fed
eraI courts, but admits that he
ping everything else and fleeing to that
alone. He wants straightforward
campaign based upon the demands
which have heretofore been important
in the Populist campaigns.
1t is not likely that the anti-federa1
court resolution will occupy a promi-
nent place very soon in fusion plat
forms
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
M'KlNLEY'S WORK.
The President Says His Tariff
Bill is Responsible for
Prosperity.

New York, Aug. 23.-A dispatch to the
Journal from Hotel Champlain says:
President Mckinley stated to Jour-
nal reporter that it should be source
of pleasure to every American citizen
to know that there was a return of
prosperity to the country.
The cause of the present boom in the
west" he said, lis undoubtedly due in
a great measure to the large crops and
high prices caused by the failure of
crops in other countries. But the fact
that prosperity has set in in the east
cannot be accounted for in any other
way than by the wise policy of the Re
publican party in restoring. a protective
tariff
The present boom is not spasmodic,
but will continue to increase, and not
only the manufacturers, but the people
generally will soon realize that it is
only with a protective tariff and sound
financial principles that the country
will be prosperous and remain in that
condition.
With the restoration of confidence
will come a restoration of prosperity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
HIS KNEE WAS BAD.
Young Man Taken to the Salvation
Army Hospital With an Abscess.

Robt. Dalston, young man who looked
like a tramp but who is thought to be a
man in hard luck, applied to the Saliva
ton Army hospital Saturday night for
medical aid. He had a terrible abscess on
his knee and said he had been to a doc
tor in this city but that he refused to
lance it.
He was taken in at the hospital and DR..
Agnes Mckee Wallace, the attending pny-
sician, lanced the sore. 1t was a large
one, and would, it is said, have proved
serious had it been neglected. The knee
is now beginning to heal and the young
man will be able to leave in a few days
He rode to Topeka in a box car. He said
the abscess formed from his working at
laying brick on a walk, and in so doing
had to be on his knees most of the time
He is a devout Catholic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
LIGHTNING's ODD WORK.
Burns a Brand of Fire Around q
Child's Body but Doesn't Kill.

Perry, Q. T., Aug. &c. I. Spencer
and family, who live two miles south
of Osborne, had a narrow escape from
death by lightning.
Mr.. Spencer is a merchant at Os-
borne, on the upper edge of this coun-
ty, and lives on his claim two miles
south of town.
Lightning struck the chimney f1ue
and entirely demolished it. Mr.. Spen-
Ger, wife and baby were sleeping in a
room on a bedstead which was torn al
most to pieces and the wire springs
were melted in several places None
of the occupants of the room were hurt
or shocked In the other room the
three daughters, aged 4, 13 and Is years
had made a bed on the floor The 4
year old child was burned about three
inches wide entirely around the body
and up the spinal column above the
shoulders. The other two girls were
both burned on their bodies and lower
limbs and all three suffered for sew
eraI hours The house was badly shat
tered, most of the plastering falling
from the ceiling and walls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
BEST IN THE WORLD.
Kansas Creamery Butter is Awarded
the Blue Ribbon by the Gov
yr1oanf

The department of agriculture at
Washington after submitting to a care
full chemical analysis, half dozen sam
pies of Kansas creamery butter, an
nounced officially that the Kansas pro-
duct is superior TO that produced in
Minnesota, or in the United States. Eng
land or Ireland.
Recent experiments have been made
to ascertain the foundation of the COM
plants coming from abroad to1the eff
feet that American butter contains too
much brine. The department of agri-
culture took the complaints under con-
sideration and Immediately made num-
erous tests with the above result.
These experiments demonstrated that
butter made in England, ireland or in
the United States does not compare
with the Kansas product in the proper
tion of solids. OF nine samples of
Kansas creamery butter analyzed at
Washington, the average per cent of
water was found to be S34 and the pro-
portion of butter fat 1915. In these
tests Minnesota was second.
The following table shows the result
of the. tests:
Percent Percent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
PARIS CRIES aDEAR BREAD. -
French Capital Alarmed by the Per
sistent Advance in Wheat

Paris, Aug 23.-Serious alarm has
been caused here by the advance in
wheat. AS much as so francs advance
per quintal has been reached in certain
markets, and all along the line the quo
tation ranges from 2S francs so centimes
to 20 francs.
Already the poorer classes have be-
gun to feel the effects of this state of
things. Bread has risen from 65 cen
times per loaf of four pounds to So cen
times. Nor is it mere greed of gain
that has caused this rise. The official
price of bread is fixed for Paris by the
prefecture de la Seine. This week ac-
count has been taken of the rise in
the price of wheat by a notification that
the cost of a four-pound loaf, including
baking, has mounted to 76 centimes.
The papers for several days have been
full of articles dealing with this sub
ject. 1t has been made the cause for
attack upon the government. Dear
bread in fact, bids fair to become an
election cT-y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
BUFFALO Is A PICTURE.
Elaborate y Decorated in Honor of
the G. A. r. Veterans

Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 23.-The decora-
zion of the city with bunting and cleo
tric lights is elaborate. Nearly every
building in the business section is be
decked- On Main street, opposite ST.
Pauls church. the business center of
the city, stands the welcome arch 1t
as monster structure in the form of a
monogram composed OF the letters &c.
A r" The arch, or span, is formed by
the legs of the letter "A" which is in
and blue. This is surrnounted by two
shields on which is standing a golden
eagle, bearing in its beak an electric de-
vice with the word Welcome At
night 2,5O0 incandescent lamps ilIumin-
lite the arch In Lafayette park are
displayed p designs representing the
various army corps badges. Across
Main street, looking northward from
Lafayette square, stands the triumpha1
ARCH The structure is built to repre-
sent piece of solid masonry, standing
high above the street. The large cen
width to admit the passage of the col
umnS, and on each side of the center
arch are smaller arches of the same de-
sign
a block beyond the triumphal arch,
at the entrance to Chippewa street,
stands another arch, the gift of the col
pFed people
At the circle at the junction of North
street with Porter and Richmond ave-
nueS are the reviewing stands, marked
by the national colors. There are two
the other on the south side of the street.
Their total seating capacity is 1000.
President Mckinley and other diStin-
guished guests will review the parade
from one of these stands.
Camp Jewett, named in honor of the
mayor of Buffalo, a city of $500 tents,
provided for the accommodation of the
visiting G. A r. men, is situated at
the Front. a broad plaza on the city
park system, adjoining Fort Porter and
overlooking Lake Erie, the mouth of
Niagara river and the Canadian shore
AT its entrance on Porter avenue, few
blocks below the reviewing stand, is an
other arch. 1t is made TO resemble
granite and forms an imposing en-
trance
AT the exit of the camp and on the
line of the Fort Porter ramparts stands
the fifth and last arch. 1t is in the
form of a horseshoe and finished in inn
atation iron.
One Of the most brilliant features will
be the living shield, which will be pro-
duced on Wednesday, the day of the pa
rade. Four thousand children from the
schools, who have been under rehearsal
for weeks. will form the shield, which
will stand on Chippewa street below
Delaware avenue, at the point where
the line of march turns from Chippewa
street into the avenue Its position will
be such as to face the marching col
unnns for the two blocks.
The platform upon which the children
will sit will be built Squarely across
Chippewa street, cutting off all traffic.
II is to resemble a large grand stand,
the seats grading upward as the ele-
walton increases
This will give, the shield the appear
ance intended, namely, of resting on an
easel The seating space will be square
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
Streets of Buffalo Resound With
the Regular Tread
OF Grand Army Posts Marching
to Headquarters.
CLARKSON ARRIVES.
Events of the Week Open With
His Reception.
w. r. C. and g. A. R. Ladies
Will Try to Unite.

Buffalo. N Y, Aug. 23.-Grand Army
week opened with fair weather. All in
dicatfons point to a colossal encamp-
xnent beyond the expectations of the
most sanguine citizen Trainloads OF
veterans and their friends are constant
ly arriving and a person might think
there was a great parade in progress as
the posts march up the main street TO
their quarters. This morning the wom-
ems headquarters at 256 Delaware ave
nue. were formally opened. Here the
visitors will be carefully looked after.
Everything possible has been PROVIDED
for their comfort.
ThaddeuS S. Clarkson, commandment in
chief of the Grand Army, arrived at his
quarters at the Iroquois hotel today and
his reception constituted the first event
of the week of the encampment.
He was met at the station by local
G. a. r. men and members of the re-
ception committee and escorted to the
hotel where he was officially received by
Col. Winans, chief of the headquarters
staff.
arrived are the following:
Naval post department, Pennsylva-
mia.
Farragut association. U. s. Grant post
and Burley posts, all of Philadelphia.
Welch post, Columbia, Pa
Departments of Tennessee and GeoC-
gia.
John A Andrew post of Boston
Rankin post of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lafayette post, of New York.
Harding post, of St. Louis.
Tod post, of Youngstown, 0.
And the New Hampshire delegation.
The latter has a boom in its possess
sion as il is pushing the candidacy of
Gen John c. Linnehan, of Concord, N.
H, for commander-in-chief.
Rear Admiral Cyrus Sears, arrived
last night and will hoist his flag on the
steamer Idaho today. The Idaho has
been assigned to the naval veterans.
During the week further effort will
be made TO unite the Woman's Relief
corps and the Ladies of the c. A R.
There has been a good deal of discus
sion over a possible union, but it is the
desire of the Grand Army that the ten
cts of the Woman's Relief corps prevail
as to the eligibility clause and the ladies
of the G. A r. do not want to- give up
on that point, so that the matter of a
union seems as far away as when the
two organizations took to different
paths.
ITO cherish and emulate the deeds of
our noble army nurses and of all loyal
women who rendered loving service to
our country in her hours of PERIL is
the aim of the Woman's Relief Corps
The ladies of the G. A. r. accept only
the wives, mothers, sisters and daugh-
ters of honorably discharged soldiers
and reject the loyal" woman who had
no relatives in the war to whom she can
trace rela tiOnSfiD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
SWALLOWED HER PUG.
New York Woman Struggles Dog
Into Glen Island Snly to Lose
it to q Sea Lion.

New York, Aug. ga sea lion de-
voured a small pug dog which was
smuggled into Glen Island by a wom-
an, who had hidden him under a
wrap.
Thirteen lions were basking in the
sun on a raft at the south side of the
pond. The dog fell or was thrown into
the water by a mischievous boy, and
the lions made a simultaneous dash
into the water.
They Immediately sank under the
surface, but a moment later one of
them appeared within a few feet of the
dog The latter was swimming to-
ward shore, apparently unconscious of
danger.
He turned his head in the direction
of the lion, which disappeared with the
dog a moment later. The lion soon
came to the surface again, but the dog
was not to be seen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
WHEAT TAX WILL STAND.
French Government Decides to Make
No Reduction.

London, Aug. 2S.-A dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Paris. printed
this afternoon, says: There will be no
reduction in the tax on imported wheat
and flour. The reply of the govern
ment to the representations on the
subject says that the temporary search
ty of wheat on the French market is
owing to the bad harvest and that as
soon as the American and Australian
wheats arrive at French ports the sit
uation' will right itself.
Continuing, the correspondent of the
Pail Mall Gazette telegra phs: 1.-THE
government, especially now that the
afraid of offending the small peasant,
who usually grows wheat. On the
other hand the working classes, who
constitute the mass of the population
in the large towns, still live largely ON
bread
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
NO WHEAT FROM RUSSIA
Government Prohibits Export of
Grain Owing to Small Crop.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 23.-The Press
says: WORD has been received at this
port that the Russian government is
meditating the PRONUNCIATION of a de-
cree prohibiting the export of wheat,
owing to the small crops in southern
Russia, and this report is causing some
uneasiness to those interested. The
effect of this contemplated action will
be to create a strong demand for tom
grain as possible may be shipped before
the prohibition takes effect.
A well known shipping man in this
city said that this conten2pla ted action
of the Russian government makes it an
almost settled fact that Europe must
look to the United States to fill her or
ders for cereals.
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FOREIGN HARvEsrs BAD.
Latest Reports From France, Austria
aud Roumania are Unfavorable.

London, Aug. 23-The Mark Lane
Express, in it's weekly review of the
grain situation says:
"The wheat harvest is about half over
and the reports continue to be fairly ia
vorable, in spite of Interruptions of
many heavy showers and the general
delay in carrying the wheat already
cut.
1.-The foreign harvests are unfavora-
bly, reported. The latest advices from
France, Austria-Hungar and Rouman-
ia, are all more or less unfavorable"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
M,KINLEY TO BUFFALO.
Last Day of His Stay on Lake Cham
plain.

Hotel Champlain, N. Y, Aug. 23.-The
last day of the stay of the presidential
party here was a quiet one. The presi-
dent visited Secretary of War Alger
early and then reviewed the 21st United
States regiment.
The remainder of the day was given
up to preparations for the journey to
Buffalo.
Mr.. Mckinley said today he had never
enjoyed an outing more than the pres
ent one and that both he and Mrs. Nc
Kinley had improved in health.
Gen. A1ger said today he had not re-
ceived the report of the special commits
sion ON the San Pedro harbor and that.
it would probably await his return to
Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
FLOUR GOES UP.
The Advance CAUSES Much Excite
ment in France.

Paris, Aug. 23.-F1our rose SO centimes
a sack at Marsei1les on Saturday and
pending arrivals from New York and
Buenos Ayres, are expected to check
the rise. The agitation for the aboli-
rapidly and at Tarbes, Rodes and Cette
there is much excitement on the SUBJ
ject.
The Figaro expresses the belief that
the rise will not last long as no scarcity
is feared, adding that the socialists will
not succeed in the alarmist campaign,
which they are alleged to have sprung
for political purpose. The Justice de-
clares the price of bread has no rela-
ton to the present price of wheat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23

and the figures dressed in red, white
and blue, Will be SO arranged as to
form the outline of a shield with red
and white stripes and with white stars
in a blue field surrounded by q border
of black. Boys in black garments are
to form the black background, while
boys and girls dressed in red, white and
blue will fill in the stars and stripes and
the field
The children of the shield will all day
long sing national anthems and patri-
sotic songs to the accompaniment of
music.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
PLUNGED FROM THE DECK.
Detroit Woman browns Herself in
the Lake

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 23.-Shortly after
the City of Cleveland left Cleveland
last night for Detroit, a woman believ-
ed to be Mrs. Flora Anderson of this
city, threw herself into the lake from
the promenade deck. Boats were low
cred and the search light used, but
without avail.
She is sard to have quarreled with a
man on the deck at Cleveland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
WON $4,000 ON WHEAT
An Indiana Man Gets Back Lost
Fortune.

She1byviIle, Ind, Aug. 2s.-About ten
years ago Thompson Francis lost his all
800, 0U0-in grain.
He went to. work on a rented farm
saved his money, and three weeks a go
invested every spare dollar he had in
wheat margins. Saturday he unload
ed, a winner $64, GOO. He says he will
retire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
BUENos AYREs' BIG CROP,
An Increased Acreage and Large
Yield is Reported.

Buenos Ayres, Aug. 23.-It is officially
announced that a very large crop of
grain is anticipated in the Argentine
Republic, the grain under cultivation
covering larger areas than ever before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23

winnings by those who carried through
big deals.
The gossips have J. Pierpont Morgan
of New York down as one of the win
ners and they credit him with having
cleared s., 1,000, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-23
THE WINNERS IN WHEAT.
G. B. French Santa Fe Clerk, Seems
to Lead the Movement.

Chicago, Aug.23.-The amounts clean
ed up so far by leading dealers in wheat
are given in the following table of esti-
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are given in the following table of eSti-
mates:
Joseph Letter, Chicago. $500. 900
Chas. A. Pillsbury, Minneapolis. 500, 900
B. S. Barnes, st. Louis. 500, 900
Chicago Blind Pool. .............. zoo, 900
w. D. & C.F.Orthwein, ,St.Louis.. 500, 900
W. r. Linn, Chicago. o.............. 400, 900
VIM. It. Baker, Chicago......... $780, 900
d. R. Francis, st. Louis. ......... 300, 900
G. T. Smith, Chicago. 300, 900
Geo. B. French, Chicago. 200, 900
E. B. White, St. Louis. ........... 200, 600
G. NJ. Harm gton, St. Louis -. 200, 900
w. G. Haarstick, ST. Louis. 200, 900
There Is now on foot grain campaign
which involves possibly 10000. 900 bush
els of wheat, 5000, 900 bushels of corn
and 5000, 900 bushels of oats. The as
sumption has been that it was started
at New York by Wall street people No
body knows how it happened that Allen.
Grier and Zeller. a new grain firm made
up about two years ago with capital
of $780, .000 came to get this huge bust
ness.
Nobody knows how it happened that
all The others came to a young broker
George B. French, who year ago was
a clerk in the Atchison, Topeka & Sam
ia Fe railroad office.
Wild rumors of immense fortunes
having been made by the operators in
the wheat market are in the air. In the
excitement of the rise gossips have be-
come feverish and tell tales of princely
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-13

over sn,OOO,OOO, for April, 1895, little
over 100000, for April, 1897, $4,000.
The loss for the nrst four months OF 1895
was Sl9,6iSOoO. for the corresponding
period OF 1896. Si7,6?OOOo, and for the flrst
four months of 1897, Sg69O,ooo. From
this II appears that the destruction by
fire for the ilrst quarter OF 1897 Is about
$4,000. COO less than for the corresponding
period OF 1895.
Al best there are heavy losses, much
heavier than they would be II there were
a proper system OF building inspection;
and, we must think, larger than they
would be II the fire insurance companies
would look more closely into the moral
element OF their risks,
In wheeling we have had one more fire
this year than we should have had. and
one more than we would have had II this
moral risk had been more closely looked
into.