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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
BIG PARTY FOR LAKE VIEW
About 200 People From This City
Will Go Down Tomorrow.

It is believed that 200 Topeka people
will spend tomorrow at Lakeview. OF
this number about so are members Of
the club. the others being invited
guests The picnic will leave tomorrow
morning on the Santa Fe plug, Occu-
pying three special cars, which will be
attached thereto. At o'clock tOmor-
row evening, an engine sent from To-
peka, will bring the cars and people
home.
An impression has gotten out that
the picnic has been postponed, but this
is an error. Dr. L c. Wasson, who is
managing the affair, said this after
noon: "A postponement has not been
thought of and the crowd will go down
rangements which were made early this
week" Fishing, boating, dancing,
shoot between the Topeka and Law
renee gun clubs, a talk by Prof. Dyche
on his trip to Alaska and other features
of amusement have been provided by
the o11Ib
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
OFFICIAL STATIONERS.
S. B. Brett is Awarded the Contract
for Furnishing Stationery to
the State

S. B. Brett will furnish stationery and
supplies of that character to the state
during the fiscal year ending June 30
1898 in accordance with the terms of
a contract awarded to him last night
by the executive council
This is the third time Mr.. Brett has
secured this contract consecutively, and
the materials furnished have been so
uniformly excellent that the state house
people have never had cause to COM
plain.
The council opened the bids for pa
ferring them together with samples
submitted to a committee composed
of w. e. Bush. secretary of state, State
Printer-elect Parks, and the foreman,
George Tincher, instructing them to re-
port to the council at a meeting called
for Saturday afternoon, when the con-
tracts will be let.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
TO STAY KANSAS.
Again it is Announced Topeka Pen
sion Agency Won't be Abolished.

Washington, May 2s.-President Nc
KinIey has under consideration and
shortly will act upon report submitted
by Commissioner of Pensions Evans on
the consolidation of pension agencies
ordered bv President Cleveland
shortly before the change of admins
tration. The report recommends a COM
pIete revocation of the order. Septem-
ber first was fixed as the date for Pres
ident CIeveland's order to take effect
There is no doubt but the order of revO-
cation will be promulgated within a few
weeks.
Commissioner Evans says that prob
ably all the pension agencies will be
consolidated into one in this city some
time in the future, but that there is no
necessity for such action at this time.
The provision of President C1eveland's
order replacing the agencies at Topeka,
KAN and Des NOines, Ia, with one to
be established at St. Louis, the com
missioner says, would result in 161, 900
pensioners being paid from that city
without any advantages over the pres
ent system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
DOUBLE CHICAGO HANGING
Two Colored Men Pay the Penalty of
Crime in Chicago.

Chicago, May 2S.-Wflliam T. Powers
and John LattimOre, bOthO cOlOred, were
hanged in the county jail today, the
first double execution since the hanging
of the anarchists in 1887 and the first
double coIored execution ever had in
Chicago. Both men were cool and
walked unassisted to the scaffOld.
Neither had anything to- say. The drop
fell at Is seconds past u O'Clock. Pow
ers hung perfectly mOtiOnless after the
drop, his neck having been broken Lat
timOre drew his legs up cOnvulsively
several times.
William T. Powers was executed foR
the murder of John J. Murphy, a sa-
loon keeper by whom Powers was en-
plOyed as a porter. On the night of
December %. 1886, Powers stole into
Murphy's bed room and beat his head
to pulp with stove poker. The OBJ
ject was robbery. Powers was % years
old John baltimore and Henry Ruck-
er were convicted of the murder of
Louis Marvec on the tow path of the
drainage canal near Summit. November
20, 1896. Ruckner confessed when ar
rested and was given a 25 year SEN
tence In this case too, the object was
robbery. LattimOres age was p.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
RUMORED BALL DEAL.
ST. Louis and Philadelphia to Ex-
change Some PLAYERS.

St. Louis, May 28.-Just before the
Browns started for New York it was
announced that three players were
about to be traded or purchased, and
that the deal would strengthen the
team.
The names of these players were not
made public, and it was generally sup
posed that the New York giants would
furnish the men. 1t turns out that the
Quaker club was the source of the pro-
posed supply of the new material The
following special from Chicago to the
Post-Dispatch explains itself: The pro-
posed swap of players between the
ST Louis and Philadelphia club hangs
fire. While both Won der Abe and Stall
lings are investigating to see that the
stock the other offers is sound of
limb and free from blemish, the con-
templated trade of Hallman, Harley
and Grady for Dowd will probably not
go through, as Stallings declines to
pay the price for the Browns captain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
DON'T WANT HAWAII.
Marquis KIDD of Japan Says His
Country Has No Designs on Sand
wich Islands
rk, May 28.-The World this

New York, May 28.-The World this
morning says:
Marquis Ito, who has just arrived in
this city en- route for London and the
queens jubilee, politely refused to be
interviewed on the plea that he was too
fatigued after his long journey; but
Marquis KIDD, who speaks English flu
emily, answered for him some questions
concerning the policy of Japan.
THE rumors that the japanese desire
to annex Hawaii" he said, are mere
idle gossip. We went a man-of-war
there to protect the interests of our
countrvmen. That is all. After our ex-
perience in Formosa, we don't want to
annex Hawaii or anything else at pres
ent."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
TWAS TEMPERANCE DAY.
Closing Hours of the Presbyterian
Assembly at Eagle Lake.

Eagle Lake, Ind, May 2S.-When the
Presbyterian general assembly gathered
this morning it was understood that an
effort was to be made to complete the
sessions today. The rush characterizing
closing hours began at once.
The committee on bills and overtures
reported briefly upon petitions as to GER
tain liquor bills and Sunday legislation
pending in congress. The statement was
made that sufficient information was not
at hand for deliberate judgment but a
general statement was adopted covering
the subject as follows:
The general assembly reaffirms deep
interest in all legislation by which the
cause of temperance and morality are
wisely furthered and commends the ef-
forts of the Christian men in our state
and federal legislative assemblies to safe
guard social purity and to prevent the
maintenance of liquor saloons in any
public building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
MISTAKEN FOR A BURGLAR.
Cincinnati Policeman Kills G. a.
Duey by Mistake.

Cincinnati, May 2S.-George A. Duey,
who has been connected with the Asso-
ciated Press here and at Denver, San
Francisco and other places for many
years, was killed last night in a most
peculiar manner By Policeman Amos
Booth.
An alarm of burglars had been given,
calling Booth to the lplace. Duey was
en- route home at the time, and refused
to halt, when the officer shot him dead,
mistaking him for one of the burglars,
who made their escape Duey had re
Gently been employed in Chicago and
was here visiting his parents. His
brother, D. J. Duey, is the chief opera
tor of the Associated Press.
Officer Amos Booth, who shot and
killed George Duey last night, tells the
following story:
About O'Clock last night Miss Fanny
Plecke of 1919 KnOWltOn street, Cum
minsville, discovered burglar in her
house. She screamed and the burglar
fed. Officer Booth lives a short dis
tance away. He was in bed. but jumped
up and hurried downstairs, dressed in
a night shirt and a pair of trousers and
carrying his revolver in his hand. He
ran toward the PleCl<e house, and when
a half square away saw man coming
toward him. Seeing the man half
dressed, with a revolver, George turn
ed and started the other way. Booth
says he called halt" twice, but Duey
raised the revolver and fired. Duey
dropped dead, shot in the back of the
head. Patrol 10 was called and the
body was taken to the mOrgue, where
letters in the dead mans clothes snow
ed that it was George A. Duey-
There is no possible reason to believe
that Duey was the burglar. Booth did
not say that he was an officer, and be
ing dressed only in night shirt ana
pair of trousers, it is not surprising
that Duey fled The dead man came
here a week ago to visit his relatives,
and when the LatOnia opened he Sc
cured a position with the foreign book
at the track. His wife died several
wears ago in Denver. He has two
brothers, John and David, the latter OF
whom is chief operator of the Assocl-
ated Press in Cincinnati. He was con
sidered a man of good habits and
sseiIt-edged operator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
Struck Officer Canron.

Blacksmith John Magil last evening
struck Detective Capron across the face
with an umbrella as the two We're on the
corner of Fifth and Kansas avenue. Ma
gill was Intoxicated and Capron had
placed him under arrest. The officer
started with Magill toward police head
quarters, and when west of Kansas ave-
nue. the latter struggled and freeing him
self somewhat, landed a heavy blow on
Capron's face with an umbrella he had
in his hand. He was taken to the city
Jail and locked up, with the charge
against him of drunk and resisting an
officer."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
HUGE FOSSIL FOUND.
Cherokee Strip Yields the Petrified
Skeleton of a Prehistoric Monster.

Cherokee Strip Yields the Petrified
Skeleton of Prehistoric Monster
Chicago. May 2S.-In tent at Ham
nond. south of Chicago is prehistoric
monster. or rather the petrifed skele-
ton of mammoth sea lizard.
The proprietor, Henry Patterson OF
Perry. o. T., has it on exhibition at ten
cents a look 1t was dug up in the
Cherokee Strip.
The Chicago academy of science
wants it. 1t is probable that the ~ueaI ~
will be made. and Chicago will get one
Of the greatest wonders OF prehistoric
= Charles F. Guntl1eg,.. alderman: mer-
chant and DaIeontologist, is a director
of the academy. He heard of this gl-
gantic fossil and went to Hammond.
eft is the most wonderful and most
colossal fossil ever uneartheu, says NJ:
Gunther. Its proportions are SIMPLY
gigantic There are Vertebrae, a COM
plete skull, ribs and hippers' that are
mammoth in size. There can be no de-
ceptfon about it. The exhibit is that
of a fossil, fully petrified, the bones be-
ing CalcerOuS.
s@There are so or more vertebrae, each
as big as the joint of a StOVepipe. The
head is 16 feet in circumference, ana
has long, prOtruding bone, five feet
across, like the beak of bird The
ribs are 25 feet long, half-hOoped in
contour and the eye-sOckets are four
feet across. The prOpeuerS, or fins, are
perfectly preserved, and three. feet
wide and eleven feet long. should
Judge, from the petrifactions, that the
lizard was 300 feet long.
The fossil is that of a saurianodon, or
sea lizard. In the Cherokee Strip the
alIuvial deposit just overlies the ere
taceous or chalk formation and the fOs-
sill was found by Mr.. Patterson in a
putty clay, not more than four feet be-
low the surface.
est fossil ever found. Professor March
of Yale has restored skeletons of the
reptiles of North America that are over
100 feet long, but nothing so gigantic as
tbe Cherokee Strip lizard has ever been
hrn11ght to Iight on this continent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
CONVICTS REBEL.
700 Prisoners at San Quentin. Califor-
mia, Engage in Revolt.

San Quentin Prison, Cal, May Is
Seven hundred convicts, comprising the
jute mill force, rebelled at the prison
fare and refused to resume work unless
an improvement in the menu was prom
ised. The warden and Prison Director
Wilkins investigated the food question
and pronounced the complaint to be
without cause. The prisoners still re-
fusing to work all of the rebellious 700
were ordered placed in solitary confne-
ment on bread and water until they
agreed to conform to prison rules
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
CHILD BADLY HURT.
Being Pelted With Mudpies When He
Fell Iniuring His Brain.

A childish quarrel among a group OF
children over the possession of mud pies
on Madison street this morning came
near resulting in the death of one Of
the children. While trying to escape
from two of his playmates whom he had
offended by pelting with mud, the 8
year-old son of John Baumgardner,w who
resides at 631 Madison street, fell and
struck the right side of his head ON a
brick sidewalk near his fathers resi-
dence, probably injuring his brain. The
child was picked up in an insensible
condition by passerby and taken to
his home where he lay in an uncOn-
scious condition for almost an hour.
It is feared that the fall injured the
child's brain. Baumgardner is tailor
in the employ of John F. NcManus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
MILITIA ORDERED OUT
To Quen Mob of Toll Gate Raiders
in Kentucky.

Kentucky state guards, so strong, act
ing under the orders of Governor Brad
ley. left here on a special train at $50
O clock last night for OwingsViue The
company reached OwingsVille about
midnight. The company was ordered
out by request of Sheriff Lane of Bath
county, Who, it is reported. has fnfor-
nation that a strong mob of toll gate
raiders would try TO take Johnston,
their captured chief, from the Owings-
Vile jail tonight. Failing in this, it
is reported that the raiders will attempt
to take Johnston from the hands of the
court Tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
RAILROAD MEN DEPART.
Those in Attendance at the Rate Con
ference Left Last Night

The railroad men from Kansas City, St.
Louis. Omaha and other points east, eX-
cept the Santa Fe officials. left the city
last night on the special belonging to
General Manager B. F. Yoakum of the
Frisco. The party left Topeka at Z
o'clock in time to reach Kansas City be-
fore the departure of trains for the north, /,
east and south.
President Ripley and Vice President
Morton have gone west on a tour of some
Kansas branch lines which Mr.. Ripley
has not yet been over.
The railroad men who attended the con-
ference yesterday were:
President E. P. Ripley, Third Vice
President Paul Morton. Freight Traffic
Manager W. B. Biddle and General
Freight Agent F. G. Gay; for the Mis-
souri, Pacific, p. P. Waggener, general at
torney for Kansas and Nebraska; J. H.
Richards of Fort Scott, attorney for
Kansas; w. c. Stitt and J. c. Lincoln;
for the Union Pacific. A. L. Williams. at
torney for Kansas; H. G. Katn and e H.
Wood; for the NJ, K. & T. c. Hail.
freight traffic manager; for the Rock Is
land, NJ a. Low, attorney for Kansas,
and ]. NJ. Johnson, freight traffic mana
ger; for the Frisco, B. F. Yoakum, vice
president and general manager; F. D.
Russell, and J. w. Gleed, attorney for
Kansas.
J. ]. Fletcher. traffic manager of the
Memphis, appeared for that road, and
also for the Pittsburg and Gulf; Assistant
General Freight Agent c. r. Berry, for
the Great Western; General Freight and
Passenger Agent S. NJ. Adsit for the St.
Joe and Grand Island; General Freight
Agent George H. Crosby, for the Bur-
lington and Missouri river; c. r. Hudson,
assistant general freight agent of the
Santa Fe, for the Wichita and Western,
the Leavenworth. Topeka and Southwest
ern, and Manhattan and Burlingame-
Others present We're: c. S. Gleed of
Topeka, director of the Santa Fe; Cen
eral Manager J. J. Frey OF the Santa Fe;
Land Commissioner John E Frost of the
Santa Fe; Receiver John II. McEntire of
the Wichita and Western; Attorney A. A.
Hurd of the Santa Fe; Assistant General
Freight Agent C. A. Kimban of the Rock
Island: T. w. Maxwell commissioner of
the Jobbers' Freight bureau of St. Joe;
w. p. Trickett, secretary of the Kansas
City Transportation bureau; n. H Loom
is, assistant general attorney for the I'm
ion Pacific, and w. Littlefeld, attorney
for the Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
New Band At Cove Citv.

The secretary of state has issued arti-
cles of Incorporation to a new bank and
irrigation company as follows: The Ex
change State Bank of Cove City; capital
stock $4,000 The directors are: NJ. b
Smith, G. D. Roger and G. A. Jones of
Cove City; r. c. Jones of Everest, and
]. T. Jones of Grimwen. The Coolidge
Irrigation and Manufacturing company
of Coolidge; capital stock 5000. The di-
rectors are: J. R. Realty, V. T. Top
scott, c. NJ. Stanley. w. E. Tarbox and
7. B. Martin, all of Coolidge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
Death Of VIM. WeidIer.

William Weidler died at his home, 307
Quincy street, shortly before noon to-
day of heart trouble. Mr.. Weidler was
over so years of age and for a number
of years has been engag ged in the roof
ing business in this city. He has been
a sufferer from heart trouble for years,
and for several weeks past has been
confined to his bed. He leaves a wife
and family The funeral will be held
from his late residence Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
Operation for Appendicitis.

Miss Isabel Thompson, daughter of Dr.
A. H Thompson, was operated on for
appendicitis at the Stormont hospital
this morning, and is now in a critical
condition. although the attending physi-
clans believe that she will recover Miss
Thompson has .been i'll for some time.
and the conditions revealed by the opera
ton proved that the only chance of saw
ing her life lay in surgical relief. The
vermiform appendix was removed in the
operation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
New Constitution Defeated and Dem
ocrats Have the Usual Majority.

Richmond, Va, May 28.-The vote yes
terday was light all over the state. The
elections were for county officers and
on the question of calling a constitu-
tional convention. Returns covering
about three-fourths of the counties in
the state render it certain that the pro-
position to call a convention to frame
new constitution is defeated by an
overwhelming majority.
So far as party lines were drawn in
the election for county, town and city
officers. the net result is a victory for
the Democrats.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
snit on Dr.. Liun's Homestead.

The Dartmouth Savings bank of
Dartmouth, n. H, this afternoon COM
menced proceedings in the district court
against DR.. H. c. Linn to obtain posses
sion of the Linn homestead on West Sixth
street The amount involved is $4,000
with interest at per cent from jan
uary 1, 1895. The petition filed by the
Dartmouth bank asks that a receiver be
appointed for the property pending the
settlement of the suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
Rates for Merchants Customers.

New York, May 2S.-The managers
of the Joint Traffic association gave q
hearing today to a delegation from the
Wholesale Merchants association, who
made a strong plea for a reduced rail-
road rate for Out-Of-tOWn buyers who
are to come here for the fall trade.
Nothing was said about what the rate
should be- but it is understood that the
merchants want one fare from points
this side of the Ohio river and one and
one-third from points further west. No
decision was reached today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
No Rain TOMORROW.

The weather will be pleasant tomor-
row according to Weather Observer
Jennings I have had hundreds of
inquiries about the weather" said Mr..
Jennings today. "GHd 1 have promised
that it shall not rain. There is not one
chance in a thousand that it viii. but
if any rain should fall, I shall leave
town to escape an indignation and out
ragged public. There are more picnics
tomorrow than I ever heard Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
Worlds Bowling Record Lowered.

Louisville. KY, May 28.-Mr. Frank
Sem of the West End Bowling club
lowered the worlds bowling record
here last night at Byrnes' bowling hall.
Mr. Sem made 20 successive strikes
before leaving the alley. The previous
worlds record was is successive
strikes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-02-10

thews are I'm very reduced circumstances:
They saw that they are without food and
fuel, and have a very sick child. They
claim TO be unable 10 get money 10 buy
medicine with.
The roof Of the Chesterfield courthouse
Is being shingled-an Improvement that
is very much needed. The present court
house Is a very old structure. having
been built about one hundred years ago.
Tie first courthouse tho county had
was destroyed or pulled down long years
ago. The foundation remained until a
few years ago. An antiquarian from
Boston wrote 10 the clerk OF the County
Court 70 send him a few OF the bricks
from the foundation OF the old court
house. and to-day those bricks form one
OF the interesting exhibits in a Boston
Museum.
Or. j. p. Gillian. the popular treasur-
er Of Chesterfield county, was seized with
a severe attack of rheumatism Sunday
morning. and on Monday he was quite
sick. 50 much so that he was unable 10
attend court The doctor was IN Man
chester Saturday looking as wen as ever.
His many friends hope that he VIII soon
be cut again.
The roads in Chesterfield are in very
bad condition at present. They nave
been very good all the winter but the
last cold snap and the recent heavy rains
have made travel over them almost I'M
passlble in some sections OF the county.
PREFERRED MARRIAGE.
There was a marriage at ne ohe scr
field Courthouse on Monday. Hattie behe
Johnson. a bright mulatto girl. had
charged Egbert Sturdiyant. very unat-
tractive looking darkey, with failure 10
fulnll his promise. Rather than run the
10 marry the girl When Hattie Belle
went TO the clerks office IN company
with her parents. one OF the ornaments
she wore was button bearing this In
scription i am somewhat Of a liar
myself. but there are others
Two petitions have been made 10 the
Judge OF the County Court Of Chester
field TO give new voting precinct I'm
Manchester district or in other words
20 divide the Swansboro precinct A.
there will be an election In May for
district officers the general impression
seems 10 be that it would be well TO let
this matter go over until after the next
election, and have the change made dur
ing the summer and In time for the leg
islatiYe election I'm the fall
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
The County Court adjourned for the
term on Monday.
The Hastings Court adjourned for the
term after the transaction Of a few chan
Mr. r. b. Rood. manager Of the Bell
Telephone Company, was In the city on
business yesterday.
Mr. j. W Stanley, OF Cincinnati. was
I'm the city yesterday morning.
Mis- NLrTie Turpin, OF Hallsboro, Ches-
terrified county. is the guest OF her aunt.
Mrs Logan Porter, on Cowardln avenue.
Miss Fannie Shotwell. who has been at
tending college I'm stanton, has returned
10 her home on CoWardin avenue.
Mr. Hugh l.. Gill whose face Is n IA
miliar one on the streets OF Manchester
has announced that he will be married
on the 18th OF March
Mr. Arthur Nunnally. OF Randolph
Macon College. Is visiting his grandpa
rents in this CITY