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The times., 1897-10-30
REICHsRATH SITS ALL NIGHT.
Lecher and His Noisy Followers
Prevent an Adjournment.


Vienna, Oct. 29.-The sitting OF ths
Reichsrath, which began at Z O'Clock last
evening, is still on and is likely to la st un-
Gil an agreement IS arrived at, and this the
opposition IS endeayoring by all possible
means to put OFF as long as they can. Herr
Lecber, who began a speech early in the
evening continued to talk until 0 O'Clock
this morning in spite Of the continuous
uproar OF his opponents, which most OF
the time drowned his voice
Herr Wolff, who spent most Of his time
III trylhg to put motion declaring the
session closed, TesOTted to every conceiv.
able means to prevent Herr Lecher from
continuing lis speech. but was unsHccesS-
fol. From midnight until o'clock in the
morning he kept up a terrific din, aided
by bis followers, but was obliged to de-
SiSt ftom exhaustion, while Lecher kept
on speaking at the top of his voice.
The times., 1897-10-30
WASTE OF WATER IN HOSPITALS.
Mr.. McFarIand's Recent Report Has
ACCOMPLISHED Good Results.

NJ fs McEAflhHuS - Hecent REPORT Has
Accomplished Good Results.
The recent report Of Mr.. cFarland ON
the waste of water by reason of the public
hospitals not paying any water tax has
already resulted in one improvement and
reform. The Commissioners have received
from Mr. Reginald Fandan, the chairman of
the executive committee of Garfield
Memorial Hospital, letter stating that
the committee has taken active measures
to ecoEorniEe the water supply OF the in
stitution and that it is confident there
viii bc large decrease iii the aluount used
hereafter.
Tie Commissioners have written to all
the hospitals and other institutions whose
use Of water has been tested, requesting
that measures of preventing the waste he
adopted The hospitals have all been
found to use an enormous and unnecessary
per capita supply Of water.
The times., 1897-10-30
Baltimore the Flagship.

As reported S,me weeks ago the Baltl-
more las been made the flagship OF Ad-
miraI Miller, at Honolulu. she sailed yes
terday riom san Francisco for her new
duty.
The times., 1897-10-30
Bank Suspends Business.

Athens, Pa, Oct. 29.-The FIRST Ma
tionaI Bank of this place has decided To
li1uidate and suspend business Creditors
VIII receive the fun amount OF their
claims The institution was founded n
1865.
The times., 1897-10-30
Time Extended for the survey,

BY agreement between Secretary Sher
man AMI Minister Ronlero, of Mexico, the
time for the survey of the Rio Grande ana
Colorado Boundary line has been extended
one year from December "a.
The times., 1897-10-30
Conc 10 HeIn Hanna.

Mr.. Roosevelt, A ssistant Secretary OF the
Navy, left the city yesterday afternoon for
Columbus o., where he is to make i
speech in the interest of the Hanna cam
Daign.
The times., 1897-10-30

Il1dH BUGo 20 a
hospital for an opera
ton, she realizes at
last the mistake she
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
LOOKING FOR SHIPS.
German Naval Bill Exciting Much
Comment.


BERLIN, October 2.-The entire
German press is specializing upon the
new naval bill, which is now being
considered by the Cabinet. Both DR..
Misuel, the Vice-President of the
Council of Ministers, and the Bundles
rath have approved the measure, but
before it reaches the ReicRstag it may
be somewhat changed. The bill asks
for total appropriation of 100000, 900
marks, to be distributed over seven
years, and contemplates the construc-
ton of a score of vessels, of which 10
are to be large ships.
If the Reichstag refuses to grant this
amount of money it will be dissolved
by the Government and new elections
will be ordered forthwith, in which the
naval plans of the Emperor will be
made the principal issue, in spite of the
whole agrarian party's advice, who, in
that case, fear defeat
Against this Government program
there is already great deal of oppsi-
ton. The entire Left, including the
Radicals, Ultra-Liberals, Socialists
and the Center party, are denouncing
it in their newspapers. The leader of
the organ of the Center, the Cologne
Volks Zeitung, fatty refuses, in Wig
orous editorial, to Tending a hand in
binding the Reichstag in it's appropri-
atoms to period of seven years. as
"abridging the constitutional rights of
that body" The Center party, with it's
votes, is absolutely necessary to pass
the measure.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
STEAMER TO TAHITI.
French Consul Making Provisions
for Mail.

French Consul Making Provisions
for Mail.
TACOMA, Wash, September Is
French Consul La Lande, stationed at
San Francisco, is en- route here to dis
cuss with Tacoma business men the
proiect of establishing steamer line
to Tahiti.
Several months ago the French Con-
sular agent at Portland, Tyson, caused
a flutter in local business circles by
announcing that his Government had
decided to put on monthly steamers
between Tacoma and Tahiti. This an
nouncement proved premature, and
Tyson, by direction of Consul La
Lande, it is said, came up and ex-
plained at meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce how he came to make the
error. The Chamber of Commerce,
however, has been working on the pro-
ject ever since, figuring, among other
things, how much money can be made
by importing cocoanuts for distribu-
ton throughout the country. 1t is I'M
derstood here that the French Govern
ment would substitute the line to the
extent of s35 900 yearly, and the Amer
lean Government would be asked to
give it mail contract. Apartments
for Consul La Lande have beene re-
served at the Tacoma Hotel for sew
eral days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
Greece Was Coerced !.

ATHENS, October 1.-The contents
of the White Book presented to the
Chamber is now generally known. 1t
confirms the statement that Germany
threatens to withdraw from the con-
cert of the powers in the event of
Greece not accepting the peace condi-
lions, and it also confirms the state
ments regarding the warning to
Greece which the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs, M. Hanotaux, issued
May Goth relative to the internal sit
uation, declaring that any attack upon
the dynasty would threaten the very
existence of Greece.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
SUGAR FROM POTATOES.
A Dutch Professor Who Promise
an Economical Revolution.

A Dutch Professor Who Promises
an Economical Revolution.
LONDON, September 25.-An extern
sive economical revolution is in sight
if the claims of DR.. Primer Geerlings
turns out to be what the Doctor as
serts they are. DR.. Geerlings, Gov
eminent official of Java, and formerly
a professor of chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Amsterdam, announces the dis
coyery of simple method of convert
ing potato starch into sugar. He lodges
his description of the method with the
French Academy of Sciences so as to
secure priority for his invention, al
though he is not ready to make the
details public,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
WANTS A NEW DREIBUND.

Proposition to Unite France, Rus
STA and the United States.
PARIS, October 2.-The Eclair this
afternoon advocates FrancO-Rus-
SIAN American Dreibund. It says it
considers Americas commercial and
agricultural support necessary even in
the case of a Franco-German war, and
expresses the hope that the new French
ambassador to the United States, Jules
Cambon, will do his utmost to bring
about the alliance referred to.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14

To Make Peking Treaty Port.
WASHINGTON, October 1t has
been recommended to the State De-
partment by United States Consul
Read at Tientsin that the question of
including Peking in the list of treaty
ports be taken into consideration.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14

Several women in Chicago have or
ganized the Women's Civic Reform
Association, whose special purpose it
is to fight gambling. Men are eligible
to membership.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
ties. the import duties and the internal
MANY SEALS IN BEHRING SEA.
A Canadian Vessel Gets Some OF
the Branded Animals

VICTORIA, B. c., October 4.-Cap-
tain Cox of the sealing schooner Tri-
umph, which has returned from Behr-
ing Sea with 1854 skins, says seals are
plentiful in the sea; there are as many
there this season as ever there were.
But for some cause or other they were
very restless. In the Triumph's catch
were four or five skins from which the
hair had been burned off the back.
There is a mark from which the fur
was burned, seemingly by electricity.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-14
NICARAGUA WANTS MONEY.

A Loan of Seven Million Pesos
Authorized.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, via Calves
ton. October 1.-THE Congress of Mica
ragua has authorized the Government
to borrow 100000 pesos $4,000, 00O)
on the best terms and time possible,
pledging as security national proper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
POLICE ARE INDUSTRIOUS.
Fines Collected for June Will Nearly
Pay Expenses

When. the city council meets to audit
the accounts of the Topeka police de-
partment they will find that the fines
collected by the department for the
month of June amount to so large
sum that but $25S.46 will be required to
settle all bills of the department above
the receipts.
The total expenses of the police de-
partment for the month of June were
81, ,976. 96. The total number of parties
arrested for selling intoxicating liquors
and keeping nuisances was %. OF this
number Is were charged with maintain
ing a nuisance in violation of the new
city ordinance. The others were charg-
ed with selling liquor. All but abou&
five of these men either forfeited their
deposits of 800 paid fines of 800
each.
This makes the receipts of the police
department very large. For the month
the amount received was $1,71S.50
At the city prison fines were worked
out on the stone pile to the amount of
$449
During the month there were 155 ar
rests which were divided as follows:
Drunk, disturbing the peace, Sc;
street walking, disorderIy conduct, Z;
selling intoxicating liquors contrary to
law, %; grand larceny, petty larceny,
burglary, larceny, II; assault, resisting
an officer, 4; keeping disorderly house.
inmates of disorderIy house, II; vag-
rancy, Z; other miscellaneous oHenses,
80; total, 155.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
DANGLING IN MID AIR.
Patrick Cooks Attempt to Fly Comes
to an Inglorious End.

New York, July Patrick Cook
went to High bridge and confidently
expected to fly from there to the bat
tery. But as he was preparing to
start he slipped and fell and it was
miracle that he escaped falling to the
piles of rocks on the new speedway, loo
feet below. He caught at the ropes,
hung head downward for half an hour
thirty feet below the bridge rail, ana
was with difficulty rescued.
Cook is 35 years old and until re
Gently was a stonecutter- NOW ne is
employed as a gateman on the eleVat-
ed road He began upon his flying
machine when but 10 years of age, and
since then the subject has never been
absent from his thoughts. Recently ne
came to the conclusion that his sixteen
wears of labor had ended in success
With his own hands he had built par
achute of oil canvas and steel ribs and
strong cords, and he took a week from
his work to give it the necessary nm
ishing touches. Accompanied by a
man whom he had hired to help him,
he started for High bridge. The para
chute was fastened to the aQueduct by
a rope that was to be looSened by a
Jerk when Cook was in position. Po-
licemen near by suddenly heard frantic
cries for help They found that Cook
had lost his footing and was hanging
helpless in a tangle of ropes, twenty
feet below them. He was taken to the
police station and locked up, and later
arraiCned and dismissed with warn
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
MURDER ONA CRUISER
FhlIlp Carter of the Indiana, Plunges
Bayonet Into His Superior
Officer

New York, July 1.-Thomas J. Kennev
master at arms of the battleship In
DIANA was murdered last night on board
the ship as it lay at it's moorings at the
Brooklyn navy yard. The murderer
Philip Carter, walked up to him and with
out word of warning. plunged a bavonet
blade up to its hilt in his back Kenney
was a popular man. He entered the ser
vice six years ago.
Garter enlisted in Boston in 1895 He.
ike the man he killed, is young being
but q years of age. He had no service
except on the Indiana.
The murder occurred about Z O'Clock
and it had been preceded by an aIterca-
ton. At 6:10 p. m. Beer quarters were
sounded and the men took their posi-
tons in line on the forward deck to re-
ceive their rations of beer. Carter was
among the number. He had been absent
during the afternoon and had been drink
ing He insisted on pushing the others
aside and kenney noticing his condition
took him out of the ranks and refused
to allow beer to be served him. Carter
then seized a bottle of beer and the mas
ter at arms took it from him and reported
him to the officer of the deck For this
Carter was severely reprimanded This
led to the murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
NEARLY BROKE RECORD.
June Has Never Been so Hot in Kan
sas but Once Before.

This afternoon at 2:15 o'clock on the
street level the temperature was 81 to
SO degrees. In the weather box on the
Columbian building the temperature
was 35 degrees. Last night the mini
mum temperature was So degrees. The
rain of yesterday afternoon together
with what fell last night amounted to
1.5S inches. Weather Observer Jennings
says that the conditions indicate local
thunderstorfns tonight with higher tenn
perature> tomorrow. The past month
has been a record breaker in the way
of weather.
The mean temperature for the month
was IS degrees. The normal mean tenn
perature for June is IS degrees. In June,
1890, the month had a mean temperature
which was warmer than the past month
by one-half degree. The warmest day
of June was on the 18th, when 1t was
100 degrees.
The lowest temperature during the
month was on June 4, when it was 40
degrees. On June 2, 1888, the lowest
temperature was Sc degrees. But this
past month had the hottest day which
has ever been recorded in Topeka in
June.
The rainfall in June was heavy. In
all 1872 inches fell.
This was exceeded in June, 1891, when
TO- so inches fell. The smallest record
of rainfall for June was in 1892 when but
three-fourths of an inch fell. The nor
NAL June rainfall for Topeka is 5-53
inches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
CROCKER'S PURCHASE.
He Buys 181 Acres of Land in West
chester County for $686,OOO

the California millionaire. yesterday
completed, through Broker Lawson Nc
Cormack, the purchase of tract Of 1S1
acres at Hunts Point, West Chester.
The price paid, it is reported, was $685.
600.
1t is Mr.. Crocker's intention to build
handsome houses on the land, with the
design of making it a suburban resi-
dence district of the best class. The
tract begins about a third of a mile
southeast of Hunts Point station on
the Harlem branch of the New York
New Haven & Hartford railroad and
extends south and east more than half
a mile, facing the Bronx river ON the
east and Long Island sound on the
south. The land includes Elmwood,
the Spofford estate and mansion, and
part of the old Hunt farm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
Presidential Appointments.

Washington, July 1.-The president
today sent the following nominations
to the senate:
TFeasury-Geo. c. BidweH to be COL
lector of customs of the district of New
York; Wilbur F. Wakeman, appraiser
of merchandise in the district of New
York.
Emery P. Close, attorney of the Unit
ed States for the northern district of
New York. -
John F. Mowey of Washington con-
sui at Kanagwa to be consul general at
Yokohama; Geo. n West of the Dis
to be consul at Sidney, Nova Scotia.
To be consuls-Ossian Bedwell of New
York at Fort Erie. Ont; John c. Hig
gins of Delaware at Dundee, Scotland.
C. Sanford Russell of Missouri to be
receiver of public moneys at Tronton,
Mo-: Lee Patrick of Oklahoma to be
agent for the Indians of the Sac and
Fox agency. Oklahoma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
OPPOSE HENDERSON.
The Fight on Henderson and Steele is
Being Pushed.

The Populist league has appointed a
committee, the names of the members
of which are being kept from the pub
lic to draft resolutions which will be
presented to the governor demanding
the removal of Police Commissioner M.
D. Henderson and Chief Steele.
Resolutions containing similar de-
mands on the part of the Populist fam
beau club are already in the hands of
the governor The local Populist or
ganizations are continuing the fight on
Steele and Henderson, which was in
augurated in May. The f1ambeau club
is mad because the commissioners re-
fused to accept their recommendation
of a candidate for policeman while H.
c. Lindsey is leading the fight in the
Populist league because he did not get
the political jobs which he had picked
out for himself and Brother Charlie.
The police board ought to go, but not
for the reasons alleged by these Popu-
list office seekers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
IDLE.
Now $4,000 More Men Have
Quit Work
Because Of a Proposed Reduc-
tfon of 20 Per Cent
BY the Iron Manufacturers in
Pittsburg District.
ALL ARE UNION MILLS
Which Have Closed and Work
men Skilled Hands.
GREAT COAL STRIKE
Also Begins Today, Including
Five States.
Twenty Thousand Men in Ilii-
nOis Drop Their Tools
ARE UNION MILLS
Which Have Closed and Work
men Skilled Hands.
GREAT COAL STRIKE
Also Begins Today, Including
Five States.
Twenty Thousand Men in Illi-
nois Drop Their Tools

Pittsburg, July 1.-AS the result or
the failure of the joint wage conference
of the Amalagamated association of
iron and steel workers and manufac-
turers to agree upon the scale at the
Youngstown conference yesterday, all
the union mills are closed down today
and between $4,000 and $1,000 men are
idle.
This includes the skilled workmen and
those depending on them. President
Garland returned from Youngstown
last night. When seen today he said
he was not discouraged at the outlook,
but looked for a settlement after the
annual repairs at the mills have been
completed.
This morning the employees of Jones
and Laughlin's met and discussed the
proposed Is per cent reduction in wages
which it is said, is contemplated. 1t is
said that the meeting reported unfavor-
ably upon the proposition
Pittsburg, Pa, July 1.-The exact sit
uatfon as to the miners strike may be
thus summed up:
During the last three weeks there has
been so much talk of the miners want
in to strike that at the meeting of
the national executive board of the
United Mine Workers union in COlum-
bus last week it was decided to order
one in Pennsylvania Ohio. Illinois, In
diana and West Virginia, but the order
to suspend work has not yet been sent
out.
AS the Pittsburg district is the piv
otal point around which the coal trade
revOlves, a convention was today called
for Saturday. At this convention it is
thought the miners will almost unani-
mOusly vote for a general suspension.
In the meantime the word will be
sent out to the miners of Illinois, Indi-
ana and West Virginia and they will
follow the lead of the men of this dis
trict- Suspension is to date from Mon
day 1t is possible the Illinois miners
in some places will strike tomorrow or
any time before the fixed time to stop
work on Saturday. The officials re
port the men in the five bituminous
mines states to be restless and wanting
to strike instead of waiting a few DAYS
longer. -
Several small strikes have occurred.
District President Dolan of the uliners'
union said today: There is no ques-
tion that Saturdays convention will de-
clare for a strike to occur at once At
the mines where the men are working
under individual contracts it is doubt
ful whether the men will come out
Many of the big companies. have those
contracts with their men and the latter
are satisfied
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
TOM wATsON's LIVER
Or Something Makes Him Sour Oh
All Humanity.

Atlanta, Ca, July Thomas E.Wat-
son, in signed editorial in today's is
sue of the Peoples Party Paper charg-
es that the fusionists have entered into
a compact to deliver the Populist vote
to the Democrats in 1900 and that the
81 500 recently contributed to the Pop
ulist fund by Mr.. Bryan out of the
proceeds of his book sales, is the first
installment of the purchase money.
His editorial concludes as follows:
I'VE could wish that Mr.. Bryan had
kept his money in his pocket. He has
made a mistake-just as he made a mis-
take when he joyously rushed tele-
gram of congratulation to Mckinley.
How such a devoted champion of the
people could find ii in his heart to re-
joice at the election of the representa-
tive of gold bugs and corporations, we
have yet not been able to comprehend
But having thrown out these lew re-
marks. we recur to our question: Why
have the fusion Populists taken Bryan's
money if they are not under obligation
TO deliver him the Populist vote in
1Q002'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-01
THE WATER WORKS.
President Street Here-He Talks
Nicely and Likes Topeka


Nicely and Likes Topeka
C. f. Street of New York, president of
company is in the city today.
+'I have been here several times be-
FORE said Mr.. Street, 'but 1 am anx-
ious to become better acquainted with
tie business men of Topeka and the cit
izens generally.
1--WE have large interests here and
desire to be on good terms with the
people. They are our patrons. We wish
herited some ill feeling. We want to
get rid of it. We want the water TAX
ers to feel that we are just and anxious
to please them.
I'VE have won our suit in the su-
preTne court against the city, but do not
care to demand our pound of flesh. >.
We wish to do what seems fair all
round even to the sacrifice of our legal
rights as construed by the courts.
I'VE hope some plans mutually salts
factory to ourselves and the city can
be adopted by which the new hydrants
needed by the city can be put in.
I'VE believe the city would have
saved money years ago if the litigation
could have been avoided and some ad-
justment of the disputes reached.
''It is not too late now. In fact the
right time, and we wish to show good
spirit and let the people know our in
terests are theirs
Mr. Street is a young man. is delight
ed with Topeka and wants to be on a
friendly basis with all her citizens. His
company has lately accepted the works
from the receiver.