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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
M'KINLEY BREAKS DOWN.
Exhausted by the Reception of so
Many Visitors He Closes the Doors.

Washington, April 6.-The public re-
ceptiOn at the White House yesterday
was unusually large. Mr.. Mckinley
stood in line for 40 minutes and shook
hands with over 1000 persons. The
strain of seeing so many visitors pri-
vately and publicly is telling on the
president
He leaves on Wednesday for a brief
rest, accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley,
Mrs. Saxton, Secretary Porter and wife.
The president probably will soon change
the programme governing visitors to
the White House.
There is at present practically con-
tinuOuS stream of callers from 10 a. m
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon and
some of the most persistent even return
at night
It is estimated that Mr. Mckinley has
given personal audience in the five
weeks he has been in the White House
to $4,000 persons and has received at
the public receptions $4,000 more. The
fatigue involved in the present arrange
ment was so great that last Saturday
afternoon at o'clock Mr.. Mckinley be-
came completely exhausted and was
forced suddenly to deny admission to
anyone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
FOREST RESERVATIONS.
Correspondence Showing How They
Came About Submitted to the
Senate.

Washington, April 6.-The secretary
of the interior has sent to the senate
the correspondence of the forest reser-
vations in the western states. The
most important document of the series
is a letter from Secretary Francis to
President Cleveland, dated February 6,
recommending the creation of these res
ervations.
From this letter it appears that res
ervations were selected and the boun-
diaries established upon the recommen-
dalton of the national academy of sci
ence which had investigated the matter
through a subcommittee of college pro-
fessors at the instance OF Secretary
Smith.
Secretary Francis letter shows that
he warmly approved the selections
made, covering p, 379, $40 acres, and
that he suggested the issuance of the
proclamation on Washington's birth
day. He said that the area of the res
ervations then proposed would exceed
that of all those already established by
about 1000, 600 acres, but that "as our
public forests are being rapidly denuded
and the loss resulting therefrom is in
calculable." he did not think the ap-
parently large area should initiate in
any degree against the recommendation
of the committee.
There is also a letter from Secretary
Francis to Senator Allison, recon-
mending legislation permitting mining
and prospecting on all forest reserva-
tons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
DIR. POTTER IN TROUBLE.
This Time it is a Suit for Divorce that
Confronts Him.

New York, April 6-The Rev. Daniel
G. Potter is in more trouble. This
time it is of a purely domestic nature.
His wife has brought suit against him
for divorce. The papers were served
by a process server from the law office
of Howe & Hummel, attorneys for Mrs.
Potter.
The complaint sets forth a long array
of grievances on the part of the wife,
to the present. The complaint cites
q, 1873, at Hamilton, N. Y. and that
years old; Sterling, II, and Dean, Is.
Mrs. Potter asks for the custody of the
children and fair share of such prop
erty as her husband may own. The
complaint names several correspond
ents.
Mrs. Potter, whose maiden name was
Mary Pearl, a native of Medina, N Y,
is now living in Brooklyn. She is a
descendant of Moses Rogers, one of the
earliest settlers of Fairfield county,
Conn, who received the big tract of
land known as Shippan Point from the
British crown. Part of this property
she inherited. Her husband, Dr. Pot
ter, built numerous cottages on this
land and housed during the summer
months many Of the poor of the East
side. He also sent many of them to the
old Rogers maDOrhOuse, one of the his
toric places along Long Island sound.
In these charitable enterprises his wife
always aided him until last fall. Since
that time they have been separated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
PRAISE FOR GLADSTONE.
President of the Greek Boule Sends
Him a Message

New York, April 6-The Journal this
morning prints the following:
Athens. April An. Zaimis, president
of the boule, the single Greek legisla-
tive body, sent to Mr.. Gladstone a mes
sage of gratitude for the stand he has
taken in behalf of Greece and the Gre
tan Christians. In his message Zaimis
said: "All your glorious life has been
full of combats for justice and liberty.
Now that the Hellenic nation has risen
to fight in favor of Crete, which is be-
dewed with blood, you come to uphold
anew the rights of an oppressed race"
Hawarden, April 4.-Mr. Gladstone re-
piled as follows to the president of the
Greek parliament: My tract was not
written to confer a favor on Greco, but
to discharge a solemn duty contrib
uting to redeem my country from any
risk of dishonOr which would have been
incurred by placing ourselves in antag-
Onism to the high interest of justice
and freedom. My opinion is that if
the Greeks continue discreet and the
Cretans firm. their reasonable self-as-
sertion will carry the day, and the
powers, if they should be so unwise as
to take hostile part, be both discred-
tied and defeated"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
Republicans Held the State in
Yesterdays Election.
Silver Made Larger Gains in
the Southern Part.
DETROIT DEMOCRATIC
Maybury Elected Mayor by TO-
900 Majority.
Mckinley Majority Greatly Re-
duced in the State.

Detroit, April 6.-Returns from the
state indicate the reelection of Judge
Chas. D. Long, Republican, as justice
of the supreme court and the defeat Of
George L. YepIe, fusion candidate.
Chas D. LaWtOn and William J.
Cocker, Republican candidates for re-
gents of the University of Michigan are
also elected. The vote was light ana
the free silver sentiment was shown IN
several cities more strongly than IN the
November election. This appears 70
have been especially true in the south
ern tier of counties. In a few cases on
the votes for city offices, the RepubI-
can majorities of last fall were turned
into fusion victories. AS usual the re
suit as to local officers is considerably
split up politically.
Detroit. April civilian May bury,
(Den- was elected mayor yesterday by
about 10000 majority over Capt Albert
E Stewart, Republican. In view OF
Mr. Maybury's victory it is considered
surprising that Judge John Miner, DEM
ocratic candidate for police justice, was
defeated by Judge Albert F. Sellers,
Republican. who was reelected by
majority fully equal to that received
by Maybury-
Estimates, based on returns thus far
received from the state, give Long up
wards 20, 600 for supreme court justice.
The Republican candidates for regents
of the university were elected by prob
ably somewhat smaller pluralities-
Long ran ahead of his ticket generally
NcKinley's majority was about $4,000.
Pingree's for governor was about 2O,OOO
more.
Lansing, Mich, April 6.-The Repub-
licans elected Davis for mayor by q
majority, a loss of 80 Republican votes.
city clerk. The Republican state ticket
has q plurality of 119.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
CLEAN SWEEP FOR DEMOCRATS
They Elect Everything in Cincinnati
Making Large Gains in Repub-
Ecan Wards

Cincinnati, April 6.-The election in
Cincinnati yesterday was for mayor
and other city officers and members of
the board of education. The Republi-
can ticket was headed by Levi Q. Good
ale for mayor and the Democratic tick
ct by Gustave TafeI. The latter was
elected by a plurality of 1920 The city
gave Mckinley a plurality of almost
20. 900 last November and Caldwell, Re
publican, for mayor three years ago
6, 755 plurality. The ticket headed by
Gus Tafel was victorious throughout
the lowest plurality being for E O.
Shelby, for city treasurer, who received
only 300 plurality and against whom a
fight was made on account of the con-
struction of the waterwOrks and for
other items. An unusually large vote
was cast. The issue here was on Geo.
B. Cox who has been recognized as a
boss in the city and county politics for
years and a controlling factor in state
politics. The ticket headed by GoOdale
was named by Cox, and the issue was
made against it as q. Cox ticket. The
Democratic gains were made in the
Republican wards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
sIBLEY FOR PROSPERITY
The Eek Pennsylvania Congressman
Fears Tariff Taxation is Not
the Panacea.

Washington. April .-Ex-Representa-
tive Joseph S. Sibley of Pennsylvania,
who, during his career in the F'ifty-fourth
congress. impressed himself on the nation
as one of the ablest and most eloquent
advocates of silver, was seen in the lob
by of the Shoreham last evening He is
in the finest health, and remarked to a
reporter that he enjoyed coming to Wash
ingtOn but preferred coming in his present
capacity a private citizen, to partci-
pating in national legislation when the ma
jority in congress was imbued with such
different theories of governmental policy
from those he entertained
But I sincerely trust" said Mr.. Sibley,
that the Republicans will be able to
make good their platform pledges and
give prosperity to the country. If they
do they will remain in control not only
for four years, but for 40, perhaps if
good results II they 90 NOT, they Will
hear from the people in 1900 For myself
ges made IN 1856; do not think that a
nation can be made prosperous by taxa
ton any more than one Individual can,
and say this as one who never held to
the dogma of free trade, but always adj
vocated tariff that would provide suf-
nclent revenue to meet the national eX-
penses and adjusted 50 as to confer equal
benefits to all the people. But of what
beneht IS the tariff II the great agricuI~
tural sections are not able to buy the pro-
duets of the manufacturer? No doubt on
the enactment OF the law many fires viii
be lighted in furnaces now idle, and
things viii hum for awhile at least in
many mills and factories.
This viii come about, and yet in the
Mississippi valley, wheat will remain at
50 cents a bushel, lard cents a pound,
and in the south cotton will bring to the
planters but cents a pound How can
these toiling husbandmen with such beg
carly prices, pay for the things that are
needful to be consumed, and how can
prosperity come if they have not the
means of purchase?
The financial question is a the root of
all our troubles, and until it is settled L
do not see how there can be any perma-
nent Improvement.
Zone Of the most effective speeches
made in behalf of Mckinley was by Sen
atOr Quay a Pittsburg, in which he gave
his promise that within 80 days after the
election of the Republican ticket steps
would be taken to bring about interna~
tional bimetalliSm. There is element
in the Republican party strongly in favor
of this policy, but a larger and more pow
erful element will never agree to any
thing but the single gold standard Eng
land. too, will always block the way to an
agreement by the nations, for being the
great creditor country she will never con-
sent to get one bushel one pound. one ton
where she now takes two from tributary
countries; and thus there is left us but
one way out and that is to adopt singiy
and Independently the bimetallic system
which will ultimately make of the United
States the richest and most powerful ma
ton on the fact of the earth"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
PEARY WANTS AN 3sANGEL''
The Explorer Needs Money for His
Proposed Expedition

New York, April 5.-No public spirit
ted citizen has yet been found to back
the north pole expedition proposed on
the new lines by Lieut.. Robert E. Peary,
the arctic explorer. Today Lieut. Peary
confirmed the news that he had been
detached from duty at Brooklyn navy
yard and ordered to report for duty at
the Mare Island navy yard at VeIIeio
Cal, April 20. This change of station,
Lieut.. Peary says viii not interfere
with the carrying out of his plan for
reaching the north pole, the details of
which were submitted to the American
Geographical society at it's last annual
meeting
Lieut.. Peary's estimate of the cost is
$4,000. His plan is simple and is re-
garded as feasible by such eminent
authorities as President Daily Of the
American Geographical society and
Explorer Nansen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
LEAPING OVER ELEPHANTS
Gustav Warner Was Badly Injured at
Madison Square Garden.

New York, April 6.-Gustav Warner.
26 years old, whose home is in Newark,
was badly injured last night while
making leap over elephants in Barn
um's circus at Madison Square Garden.
With a dozen others, Warner was
making leaps over three of the animals.
He turned the customary two somer-
feet, fell on his back. He lay. where he
fell for a few seconds, and then was
assisted to the dressing room. No one
in the audience seemed to be aware
that an accident had occurred, and the
performance went on without Interrupt
ton. The mans spine was injured and
his condition is serious.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
GIFT FOR MRS. M'KINLEY.
Sylvester Scovel Will Present Her
With q Fan of Historic Value.

Washington, April 5-Nrs. Mckinley,
within the next few days, will be the re-
cipient of a very elegant and Valua BILE
present in the shape of a fan of great
historical value. This will be given by
Sylvester Scovel, who selects the wife
of the president to whom to make this
valuable gift because of the debt of
gratitude he feels he owes for the eff
Cuba.
The fan belonged to the wife of a
Spanish hidalgo of rank a century and
a half ago. It is of finely carved open
work ivory, intermingled on the slen-
der sticks with an elaborate inlaying of
gold. Above this narrow fan part it is
painted in the most exquisite manner.
AS a work of art, aside from it's great
beauty and antiquity, it is of great
value, and was exhibited at the Paris
exposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
PEARY GOES WEST.
The Explorer Ordered to Mare Island
Navy Yard.

New York, April 6.-Lieutenant Rob-
ert E. Peary, the distinguished Arctic
explorer, has been detached from duty
at the Brooklyn navy yard and ordered
to duty at the Mare Island navy yard
at Vallejo, Cal. He will leave Brook
Ign on April 20 and will report at his
new station on April 26.
This change of station, Lieutenant
Peary says, will not interfere with the
carrying out of his plan for reaching
the North Pole. The details of this
plan he submitted to the American
Geographical society at its last annual
meeting.
.'Au that is needed" said he, when
seen at his Brooklyn home today, lis
financial support. I am waiting for
some person or persons of wealth, Suffi-
GENTLY interested in Arctic exploration
to advance money enough to enable
me to undertake the work in the man
ner in which it ought to be undertaken.
ITO reach the North Pole a colony
of Eskimos should be established at
some point not further than $50 miles
from the pole. The money is needed
to maintain the colony until the goal is
reached. The trouble with all past eff
forts to reach the pole has been that
the expeditions had no proper base
from which to work.
Now the pole may not be reached
for some time after the colony is estab-
lished. Trial after trial may result
unsuccessfully, but there will come a
time when the conditions at last will be
favorable and then we must be so sit
uated that we can promptly avail our
selves of them.
Since 1 submitted my plan to the
American Geographical society I have
not received any offer of a contribution
sufficient to carry out the work prop
erly, but I still have strong hopes that
the money will be Forthcoming"
Lieutenant Peary's estimate of the
iG Is
as feasible by such eminent authorities
as President Daily of the American Geo.
graphical society, Explorer Nansen and
Cyrus c. Adams. Lieutenant Peary
said that he had had no correspondence
with hansen in regard to the latter's
visit to this country, but said he would
certainly meet the celebrated explorer
upon his arrival here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
GAGE STARTS THE MACHINE
Makes Preparations for Collecting
New Duties From April 1.

Washington, April 6.-The secretary
of the treasury has issued a circular of
instructions to custom officers through
out the country, carrying into effect
sec. q of the pending tariff bill. This
section requires the secretary of the
treasury to make provisions for the
collection s,Of increased rates of duties
contemplated by the bill, and with that
view he is required to retain samples
of goods purchased and imported after
a prii 1. 1897, and prior to the date on
which the bill becomes a law. The cir
cular is addressed to collectors and 9TH
er officers of the customs and says:
Under the authority conferred upon
the secretary Of the treasury by section
249, revised statutes, chief officers of
customs are hereby instructed to delay
until further orders, final liquidation of
entries, made at the respective ports,
of any merchandise arriving there on
or after the first day of April, 1897. But
the hquidatiOns may be entatively
made and such nQuidations shall not
be closed and stamped, but shall be open
during the pendancy of this order so as
to be amended or corrected if necessa-
~
These directions shall not be applied,
however, to any entries made after
April I, 1897 of merchandise which was
purchased and directed by the owner to
be shipped for import into the United
States by a person prior to April 1, 1897.
Hereafter all entries for collections
except those specified in the preceding
paragraph, shall be stamped in red ink
by the clerks respectively, passing the
same under the direction of the collec-
tor subject to change of rates if re-
quired by law
"Appraising officers will, however, if
practicable, retain such samples of i'm
ported merchandise as may be neceSSa-
ry to determine any question hereafter
arising relative to the proper identifi-
cation and classification for duty from
such merchandise.
"(signed) L. J. GAGE,
Secretary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
TO HAVE A BICYCLE TRACK
Wheelmen of Topeka Want to Estab-
lish One.

The annual election Of officers in the
ToDeka Athletic association wheelmen
was held last night al the association
bers.
The club has recently been incorpora-
ted and in accordance with the state
law the members elected the five direc-
tors who in turn selected the officers for
the ensuing year.
year are as follows: s. G. Heyman, w.
W. Carr, Morris Schlegle, A. e. Hick-
erson and J. B. Doncyson.
The directors thereupon elected the fol-
lowing officers:
President, S c. Heyman.
Vice president. Morris Schlegle.
Secretary A z. HickersOn.
Captain, Arthur G. Sheer.
Lieutenant, Webb Stevenson.
Representative to division board, H. G.
Lescher, reelected by the club.
j. B. DOncySon presented his scheme to
have new track built at Garfield park
as has been previously outlined in the
Journal, and asked the cooperation of
the members of the club in assuring sue
cess for the undertaking Mr. DoncysOn
I'VE have been working on this project
for several years and think we now
have better opportunities than ever be-
fore to carry it to successful termina-
ton. There is no question that we need
opinion, that the Wheelmen of this city
will cooperate in building it,
H D Crosby, II. G. Lescher, W. c. r.
Reichenbach, William HOdSOn, Norris
Stevenson and others supported the pro-
position and urged that it be taken up.
The board of directors of the club were
owners of the park, secure estimates on
the grading of the track. construction of
stand and other conveniences and ordered
to report within 80 days to a mass meet
ing of wheelmen of Topeka.
This meeting viii be called in due time
and every bicyclist in town will be in
vited to attend and help in the promo
ton of the new track scheme.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
RUSSELL SAGE WEARY.
Getting Tired Waiting for the Wave
of Prosperity.

New York, April 6.-Russe1l Sage,
who during the presidential campaign
made SO many promises of good times
in the event of McKinley's election, has
evidently not yet met with the advance
agent of prosperity in his quarters in
New YOrk's money centers.
4 expect and believe there is bet
ter time coming, but it will come slow
ly. Unless business improves consider
ably I shall certainly favor the reduc-
ton of the Western Union dividend to
a per cent basis. I am not in favor of
paying out money for dividends that
are not earned. It is better to accept
conditions as they are than to be bull
headed against them. Conservative
action now will be greatly to the COM
pany's benefit in the future"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
HOUSTON WHEELS.
Washington Man and His Family on
the Road for Three Years.

Greensburg Ind. April 6.-Afr. G. a.
Lasley, of Port Angelus Wash, passed
through this city yesterday, travelling
overland in a house wheels The Ve-
hicle is built of Washington cedar, weighs
2100 pounds. is six feet high, and the
same number in width and u feet long.
The house has two doors and three
windows. is furnished with folding bed
and table. chairs and camp stove, and is
a compare lively comfortable place in
which to live
Mr. and Mrs Lasley, four children and
three canary birds occupy the house in
which thew have Travelled from Port An
eelns Thew are travelling under contract
with a museum in New York city with
er they are now bound, and where the
sshouse'' will be placed on exhibition.
When here they had been on the road
three years and eleven days and had trav-
eIed 527O miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-06
ALLEE SAME MEXICAN MAN.
Five Thousand Coolies Engage in a
Strike in China

numbering about 5000, who struck re-
Gently against an increase of taxes
engaged in an anti-foreign demonstra-
ton today. There was serious rioting
al noon.
The volunteers We're called out and
detachmentS of marines and sailors
were landed to assist the authorities in
restoring order.
The police eventually forced the cool
les to retire to the French settlement
It is reported that two men were killed
during the disturbance. The volunteers
and the police are guarding the ap-
proaches to the English settlement.