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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
FRISCO FORTIFTCATIONS.
Uncle Sam Preparing to Strengthen
Her Coast Defense.

San Francisco, Sept. 23.-The United
States engineers in charge of the forti-
fcations of the harbor of San Francisco
have directed that a survey be made on
the shore line on the south side of the
bay and Golden Gate from Black point
to Point Lohos. The purpose of the sur
vey. which has just been begun and will
be completed a week hence, is to accur-
ately locate the forts for the information
of the war department..
Army and navy officers here now think
that the harbor defenses are sufficiently
well advanced to stand off any fleet that
Spain or Japan could put into action here
and that they are strong enough with the
assistance of the floating batteries of the
Monterey and Monadnock types, and with
the aid of torpedoes, to make a splendid
fight against the best fleet England would
be likely to send here.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Send a Formal Protest to the
Bank Of England
Against the Maintenance of a
Silver Reserve of Any Amount
APPEALT OMERCHANTS
To Assist Them in the Fight
AgainSt Silver.
The British Government is
Placed Between Two Fires.

London, Sept. 23-The protest which
the London bankers drew up at their
meeting in the clearing house yesterday
against the policy of the governor of
the Bank of England in announcing its
Willingness to maintain One-fifth of its
bullion reserve in silver, was presented
to the bank today.
The resolution is accompanied by
formal letter and the resolution itself is
in the name of the clearing house as
sociation, as although all the members
were not represented at the meeting, a
majority of the membership was repre-
sented. and unanimously adopted the
resolution. which is as follows:
That this meeting entirely disap-
proves of the Bank of England agreeing
to exercise the option, permitted by the
act of 1884, of holding one-fifth or any
other portion whatever of silver as a
reserve against the circulation of the
Bank of England notes. That a copy
of this resolution be sent to the Bank
of England. the prime minister, the first
lord of the treasury, and the chancellor
of the exchequer."
An organized movement has begun to
induce other commercial bodies to- pro-
test against the announcement of the
governor of the Bank of England. A
high official who was a participant in
the negotiations between the United
States bimetalIic commissioners and
the British cabinet, said today to rep
Tesentstive of the Associated Press:
Il fear the bankers will frighten the
government into receding from their
stand for bimetallism- They have for
gotten that parliament unanimously re-
solved measures to secure a stable par
of exchange between gold and silver
and Sir Michael E1icks-Beach Ohe
chancellor of the exchequer) pledged
himself to DO all in his power to carry
the resolution into effect.
The English public have forgotten
also that ten of the IA members of the
agricultural commission signed report
recommending bimetallism as a pallia-
tive for the agricultural depression in
England. The public and the newspa-
pers seem to think the government is
influenced merely by a desire to secure
The good will of the United States, when
it is attempting to carry out the declar-
ed policy Of parliament"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Drunk Man With a Revolver

Last night on Smoky Row, P. Porter
stood on Kansas avenue in an intoxi-
Gated condition and told a friend how
he would have killed an enemy of his
if he had said another word. AS he
said this he pulled from his hip pocket
a large revolver and f1ourished it
threateningly. He swayed with an al
coholic load" and people near by were
in fear of being shot. Special Police
man Taylor was near when this hap
pened, and he rushed up behind Por-
ter and pinioned him Securing the re-
volver from the drunken mans grasp,
he took him to police headquarters,
where the charge of drunkenness and
carrying concealed weapons was placed
against him. He explained that he was
a travelling man who had come to this
city on business and that he carried the
revolver to protect himself on account
of having valuable chattels ON his per-
son. No chattels were found. Today
he deposited $5 and was released.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
TAKE TO THE WOODS.
Citizens of Austin, Texas, Have Vel.
low Fever Panic

Austin. Tex. Sept. 23.-The death of
the Lovejoy boy at Beaumont has
caused some CONSERVATION in this city.
The town is rigidly ,quarantined A
number of health officers met here for
a conference on the situation.
The little victim was newSboy and
handled New Orleans newspapers Cit
izens are fleeing to the woods for ref
uge from the dreaded disease.
Vicksburg, Miss, Sept. 23.-I.ast
night two guards near Vicksburg halt
fired on the guards. The latter re-
turned the fire, when a scream from
one of the assailants was heard. The
identity of the attacking party is not
known Headquarters of the state
board of health has been established at
Jackson.
Mobile, Ala, Sept. 23.-There was a
slight increase in the number of new
cases of yellow fever during the past
"a hours, but this was offset by the an
nouncement that there were no deaths
to report, that five of the patients were
discharged and that all the patients
were doing well. There have been no
deaths here since Saturday last, and
the total number of deaths are three.
The total number of cases are thirty
four. The new cases are four in num-
Der.
New Orleans, La, Sept. 23.-The Off
cial record in the board of health office
showed total of twelve cases and two
deaths, in the past "a hours. The new
cases are for the most part widely
scattered, anu several OI LileIu dt lSdSl
do not seem to have been the outcome
of local infection. 1t is apparent that
the microbes brought over in bag
gage from Biloxi and Ocean
Springs are still incubating, and that
many more cases of fever are to be
looked for. The system of quarantine
and sanitation in vogue here is unques-
tionabIy showing great results and
whatever spread there is of the sick
ness is confined to houses in which yell
low fever already exists, or in premises
Immediately adjoining.
The cases terminating fatally today
were:
DR.. Joseph Lowell, aged 27 years, 7717
St. Charles avenue.
Miss Elizabeth NusSbaum, aged II
years. 1900 Gale street.
DR.. LovellS death has been expected
for four days. he contracted the dis
ease while attending a number of pa
tientS who were suffering with the
Ocean Springs fever. He overworIxed
himself and when stricken his consti-
tntion had been so much shattered that
the chances We're against his recovery.
There We're seven new cases reported
at Ocean Springs, and seven patients
who had been ill were discharged.
At Biloxi, Michael Levy, aged IL
died of the fever.
j. w. Sweetman, prominent drug
gist of Biloxi, and his wife, are among
the new cases of sickness reported.
There are 200 whites and negroes at the
Fontainbleau detention camp. People
are constantly arriving and a special
the infected towns and camp. The pa
tients in the marine hospital tents are
doing well and are understood to be in
no danger.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
CANADA Is PLEASED.
Likes Attorney General McKenna's
Interpretation of Section %.

Ottawa, Ont, Sept 23.-The secretary
of state today said the decision of At
torney General McKenna, at Washing
ton, against section %, of the Dingley
tariff law had been received by the Do
minion government with much Satisfac
ton The officials regard the decision
as evidence of friendlinesS on the part
of the United States toward Canada.
He considered Attorney General Nc
Kenna had rendered his decision on
broad and liberal lines and in the spir-
it of a good neighborliness. To wipe out
the bonding privilege would create mo-
nopolies among transportation lines in
both countries.
American lines he said are a source
of wholesome competition and the SuS-
tanning of the discriminating clause
would have had the effect of forcing
Canadian trade over the Canadian line,
whereas a large portion of Canadian
trade is now carried over American
lines, where transportation facilities Of
fer fair opportunity for competition.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
YANG CHUNG TO PEI KUAN.
Floods in China Renders 100000
People Homeless.

4coma, Wash, Sept. 23.-China ad-
vices per the steamer Empress of China,
which arrived at Victoria last night, re-
port that this years freshet was lower by
more than a foot than those of preced-
ing years, but in spite of this decrease
and also the fact that the grand canal
has not contributed its usual quantity of
water the Pei-IIo river has burst both its
eastern and western banks and one vast
sheet of water now stretches from Yang
Chung to Pei Kuan, a distance of 20 odd
Ii. One hundred thousand people have
been rendered destitute and the damage
done to property is estimated at about
one million.
The railway is in danger from the food
and should a wind of any strength arise
the damage to the road from the wash
of the waves may be considerable.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
MORGAN BUYS A FOREST.
Pays $50, 900 for 1850 Acres in the
Adirondacks.

New York. Sept. 23-J. Pierpont Nor
gan. the banker. has purchased 1850
acres in the beautiful and wild Adiron-
dack region of Hamilton county Tor
S2OO 900.
His new place is called ''Uncas," and
Mr. Morgan is now neighbor OF Col
lis p. Huntington. The new tract in
cludes Lake Mohegan, ana was pur-
chased from WIN. West Durrant, son
of the late DR.. Thomas c. Durrant, first
vice president of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
The road to'tUncas"f from Fourth Lake
took the timber of 1000 acres OF state
land to build it, A private wire con-
meets Mr. Morgan with Wall street.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
BOY WAS SENSITIVE.
Kills Himself When Reprimanded by
His Mother.

Waverly, o., Sept. 23.-SherIey Stock
ham. the Is year old son of a widowed
mother, living in Union township, this
county, committed suicide today at
noon.
He had been accustomed to drink
cider from a barrel in the cellar, and his
mother wanting to convert If into vim
eear. poured water into it. This made
the bov mad, and he promptly knocked
che bung out and let the vinegar out on
the ground.
His mother reprimanded him for the
act. whereupon he arose from the tapIe
and said he would kill himself, and
rushed upstairs where the family pistol
was kept. Before the family could fol-
low and interfere, he placed the revol-
yer to his forehead, and sent pulet
crashing through his brain.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
SHOT HIS FATHER-IN-LAW.
An Elopement in New York Ends in
Murder

Ridgefield, Conn.,, Sept. 23-James
Lewisboro, N. Y, shot and instantly
killed Charles Mead, his father-in-Iaw,
aged so years, at the latter's home in
Lewisboro, last night.
The bullet lodged in Mead's breast.
According to the story which has reach
ed this place, Kelly, three weeks ago,
eloped with the IS year old daughter of
Mead. The couple returned to- Lewis
boro after their marriage, but failed to
receive the blessing of the brides faith
er. A quarrel took place last night and
the shooting resulted. Kelly was ar
rested soon after the tragedy.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Grand Lodge knights of Honor.

The grand lodge of the Knights of
Honor of Kansas met yesterday after
noon in the parlorS of the Copeland. H
S Roberts of Manhattan presided;
A bo,1r % delegates were present and
the routine business was gone through
with. ]. A Wells of Erie was elected
dictator for the coming term and ). b.
2iegs of Emporia- was elected reporter.
No irnportant changes were made in the
CONSTITUTION as was intended, and it was
decided to take up the question at the
next meeting, to be held at Wlchlta; on
+ta third Wednesday of September,
800 The meeting adjourned at $50
and most of the delegates left for their
homes.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
PUSHING WAR VESSELS.
San Francisco Iron Works Getting g
Three Big Cruisers Fit.

San Francisco, Sept. 23.-The officers of
the Union Iron Works expect to launch
the hull of the japanese cruiser Chilose
early in January. Work on the vessel
is being rushed along rapidly as pos
sible. Most of the plates of the protec-
tive deck are in place and the sharp steel
ram at the cruisers bow is complete.
The protective deck of the battleship
Wisconsin is nearly completed and her
steel stern post and ram are in place.
The frames of the torpedo boat Farragut
are up and it is thought that she will be
ready for launching at about the time
the Japanese cruiser slips into the water.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
INFANTRY RIFLE CONTEST.
Phenomenal Scores Made at Vancou-
Yer Barracks.

Vancouver Barracks. Wash, Sept. 90
The first days record of the firine of
the rifle competition between the First,
Sixteenth and Fourteenth infantry reg
1ments, departments of California and
Columbia, was characterized by phe-
nomenal scores.
The firing was at rectangular targets
at distances 200, 800, 500 and 500 yards
The five best scores are as follows:
Corporal Rheiden, Company F, Four
teenth infantry, 1885,
Corporal John Cream, Company H
Fourteenth infantry, III.
Corporal Charles C. Cheney, Company
H, Sixteenth infantry, 1T.
Private George f. Watson, Company
G, Sixteenth infantry, 176.
Private VIM. Reilly Company E. Six
teenth infantry. 175
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
RUSSIAN COAL OIL.
Germany and Russia Unite 90 Freeze
Out the Arc erican Product

Washington, Sept. 23.-From Russian
sources United States Consul Germain at
Zurich learns that a traffic arrangement
has just been closed between the Ger
man and Russian state railways where
by the Russian coal oil producers will
henceforth be enabled to compete sue
cessfully with American coal oil in the
German markets. As soon as the new
arrangement is in force direct shipments
of coal oil will be made from the Caspian
sea and volga river points to the Ger
man points.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Free Fairy Tales.

Send your name and address to the
n. K Fairbank Company, Chicago, st.
Louis New York, Boston, Philadelphia
or Pittsburg, and you will receive by re-
turn mail, free of charge, a beautiful
booklet, entitled Fairy Tales" hand
sormely Illustrated in colors.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
ARIZONA GOLD RUSH.
Great Discovery in the Chocolate
Mountains of Free Milling Ore.

Albuquerque, N NJ, Sept. 23.-Au-
thentic information is at hand that
there is a great discovery of free mill
ing gold ore in the Chocolate mountains
of Yuma county, Arizona.
The rush there is started, teams,
stamp mills and people arriving at Yu-
ma from up the river, bound for there.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

Nearly 81, ,000. 900 worth of stock in the
Kansas-Alaska Cooperative Mining
company has been taken already. 1t is
going rapidly at SO per share. The
company are now taking the initial
steps preparatory to their start in Feb
ruary. Applications for stock will be
taken by any of the directors or at the
Secretary's Off Alb Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Abeut That ssFast Mail.o

"Does this train meet the fast mail?"
asked a man at Newton yesterday.
Yes said the conductor. Then the
man went to the back of the train, into
the last car and took the last seat back
and wrote a note to his wife telling her
Eagle.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
To Stop the Flow OF Gold.

London, Sept. 23.-The Bank of Eng
land has increased it's rate of discount
to 214 per cent.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
COURT NOTES.

Yesterday Justice McClintock dis
missed the case against Jack Downey,
J. J. O'Rourke and Robert Daugherty
charging them with violating the state
grain law. The defendants will have
to pay the costs of the case
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
Colored Lights.

washburn the Druggist, IS head |
quarters for all colored fires. Buy of |
him.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23
PanAr El0wArS

For sale at McClintock's Crockery store
Friday and Saturday.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-23

Justice McClintock is given to rec
ords. First one is broken and then
another. Yesterday the judge let the
eight hour law go by the board and
heard a case at 7:30 p. m. The lights
in the court room were lighted, and
while the constables sat around and
dosed, the judge heard the evidence in
a garnishment case and decided that
Albert Ackstrom should pay the doctor
bills he owed DR.. W. S. Lindsay.
By order of County Attorney Jetmore
the case against Fess Wilson, Ed Noes
er, w. e. JenneSS, Clifford Fisher and
the irrepressible twins, John Doe" and
Richard Roe for resisting an officer
at the Garfield park riot, were dismiss
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11

La moyenne de la consomma.
tlon annuelle du bois de construc-
ton, aux Etats- Unls est estlm69 q
20 billions de pieds ct quoique la
consommatlon dams les Etats du
Nord soft stationnalre, on estime
la ,onsommation des bols r6sineux
a 100 billions de pieds r6partis
CONNIE suit pour ohaque Etat:
Minnesota, 20 billions de pieds;
Wisconsin, 10 billions; Michigan,
Is billions; Pennsylvania, 10 bill
lions; New-York, Is billions ct le
resue est reparti ent1e les autres
Etats. II y T. aotuellement au Ca
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RECRETTABLE

North Brook6eld, Mass.-Il y a
environ mile Canadiens qui ne
Won't pas aux Offices religieux lie
dimanche, pal suite du different
survenu entire M. Fable Tulte Cir
landais) ct ses paroissiens. &c de-
plorable 6tat de chooses a 6t6 anne
ne par les nombreuses in]ustic.:s
don't notre clement a 6t6 l'objet.
LIZ cDr6 a toujoursSrefus6 aux Ca
nadieps la permission de chanter
I'm seul cantique en- francais dams
reglise, meme aux fetes St-Jean-
Baptiste.
LIE cure s'est toujours efforc9 de
faire comprendre aux Canadiens
qu'lls n'6taient que tol6r6s a re-
elise ct que les irlandais y etaient
les ma1tres.
LIE dimsnohe, quand il rendalt
compile de la ~collecte, il await
%]oujours soln de dire: "Les irlan-
da1s mont dome tant ct les Cana
diens mont dome que tant."
C5pendant, IN jour, le montant
dome par les Canadiens parut 81
petit qu'ils r%efuserent d'y croire ct
frent une enau6te. M. Felix Le-
o%laise, de Southbridge, qui demeu-
RAFT lei alors, s'adjoignit I'm autre
paroissien, ct tous deux frent ia
vislte des families condolences,
enregistrant fdelement le montant
dome par ohaque personne ce
iour-la.
leur travail fni, lis constaterent
qu'entre le montant dome ct le
montant rapport6 il y await une
difference de plus de "deux cent
cinquante piastres" en- favour des
Canadiens. II y cut quelques gros
mots de part ct d'autre.
MATS les fats etaient ID, en- rien
de brutal CONNIE un fat. M. le Gu.
RS dut fare I'm semblant d'exouse.
Pas de francais a l'6cole, pas de
franeais q l'eglise.
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Renaissance

Quelaue temps avant SO mort,
le regrett6 Faucher de st Maurice
couohsit sur le papier les lignes
s%ulvantes, qu'on lira aveo IN pro-
fond int6r6t:
On soir, j'6tais en- France, l'hote
de mon ami Drouin, capltaine de
tr6gate. La scene SO passait q
Montmlrail, pres de la Fert6 Der.
nard, d6partement de la Sarthe.
Debout sur une terraesa, ]'6tais
pensif au milleu des mile bruits
que ION entend gu coucher du so.
iell.
Tout q coup je treesaille, J'6cou-
ton chanta1t au fond du ]ard1n
la bsllade canadienne qul eat de
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11
Mesdames ct Mesdemoisellet

Mesdames ct Ne sdemoiselles
81 vous etes atteintes du Beau
Nal GU que vous sentiez quelque
douleur Oh il fault un amplatre,
exigez toujours de votre pharma-
Glen III Female Flasters "du DIR
Lariviere, les souls emplatres en-
ploy6s dams les hopitaux ct les
communicates religieuses. En-
achetant I'm de ces plasters YOU
aurez toutes les directions pour
vous gu6rir en- peu de temps. En-
yoy6 aussi par la MALE sur r6cep-
ton de 25c or tlmbres-poste, en-
6crivant au DR. Iarivi6re, Man
r. L.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11
NATIoNAL|sME

De "L'Esperance'
LIE "Natlonallsme" en- politlque
est mort ct enterr6 ct son oralson
fun6bre a etc prononc6e d plu-
sieurs reprlses deja.
On ne parle plus de oandidatu-
res "nationales" maintenant; celia
sentirait lie rance. Les Cansdiens
Americans 1mmlgr6s aux Etats-
Unis ont reconnu quill ny await
pas advancement pour eux s'lls
pr6sentaienJ des candidats sp6-
cialement "natlonaux" ct go sont
ranges sous la banniere de Fun GU
de l'autre partl sans voulolr sim
poser.
Cette conduite a 6t6 r6compen-
see CONNIE ellie le m6riteit ct les
progress que notre race fat en- &c
moment dams la politique ne sont
que lie prelude do Influence con-
siderable qu'elle acquerra plus
tard dams "a direction du pays, 81
ellie continue, sans s'oucuper du
"nationalisme''. a n'avoir en- vue
que accomplishment des devoirs
que le tire de oitcyen AMERICAN
lui impose.
La lutte enterprise par la presse
tranco-am6ricalne contre 10 "na-
tionalisme" en- politlque a etc cou-
ronn6e du plus grand success, ct
co psuvre oheval de bataille dan
tan est bien mCrt....et bien NAL
inspire serait celui qu1 voudrait lie
eaire revive de ses cendres.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11

Halifax, Canada. -L'une des
velnes dor pur les plus consid6ra-
bles don't IL SO soft fait mention
dams lhistcire des mines dor de
la Nouvelle-E cosse a 6t6 d6couver-
to la semaipe derniere sur la pro-
pri6t6 Torquoy dams IN nouveau
gisement que la compagnie faisait
inspector.
On nugget qu'on a retire de la
ve1ne contenant So onces de quartz
ct 100 onces dor.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11

Albert Pr fontaine ae Duluth
employ6 dams la General Freight
Office du Duluth South Shore <
Atlantic RR. 6talt de passage
Minneapolis dimanche ct lundi de
cette semaine en- route pour Botti.
neau, N. D., Oh il va rendre vlsite
a un de ses onoles, Toussaint Pre-
fontaine, qui y est etabll sui une
terme depuls plusieurs ann6es. Go
jeune homme est en- vacancies de
deux semaines quill emplole q
oonna1tre POuest. II est le fills de
M. Joseph Pr6fontaine oompRtrio-
to des plus estim6s a Duluth.
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Gardez-v0us des Onguents pour
le Catarrhe qui confinement
du Mercure

CONNIE le mercure d6truit sure
ment le sens odorat ct d6range
complement tout le systemic en-
traversant les surfaces muqueuses.
Les articles CONNIE ceux-la ne de-
vraient jamals 5tre employees q
moips que par la prescription dun
m6decin de bonne reputation car
lie NAL quill fat est dix fois pire
que le bien que vous pourrez en-
retlrer. Halls Catarahe Cure ia
brlqu6 par F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, ne content pas de
mercure ct est pr1s q l'int6rieur,
agissent jmmediatement sur lie
sang ct les surfaces muqueuses du
systeme. En- achetant Halls Ca
tarrh Cure soyez certain que vous
obtenez le veritable. II est pris q
r'interiear et est fait d Toledo,
Ohio, par F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Certifoats gratis.
Vendu par les droguistes, priz
Use.
Halls Family Pills sont lef
mellleures.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11

H., 7. Winter, de Minneapolis,
nous 6crit de Nickerson, Mimi,
quill a obtenu le contrat de la cou-
pe de $4,000 cordes de bois de
chaufage.
II pave l6 piastres par mols ct
pension.
LIE bucheron peut aussi entire
prendre la coupe du bois a la cor
de ct paiera So par semaine de
pansion.
Pour plus amples informatlons
s'adresser q 81, L, Winter, Nicker.
son, Pine Co, Mimi.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1897-06-11

cette solr6e, tous plus GU MONS
assidus des 0entes de charit6, ne
pert on meme ne fut bless6 dams
l'aHreuse catastrophe du 4 mai
dernler.
Parmi les personnes pr6sentes
a cette solree, la marquise dan
glade, la comtesse de Virieu, lie
oomte de Divonue.