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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
SCHLATTER DEAD.
The Strange Being Who Elec-
trified Denver
For a Few Weeks and Then
Disappeared
DEAD OF STARVATION.
His Fast Was Too Much for
Him.
Identity of the Man Fully
Established.
DEAD OF STARVATION.

H1 Paso, Tex. June IA week ago
last Friday two American prospectors
found in the foothills of the Sierre Ma
dre on the Puetas Verdas river, thirty
five miles southwest of Casa Grande,
in the state of Chihuahua, all that re-
mains of the Francis SchIatter who a
year ago was the subject of much Won
derment throughout the western states,
particularly in the southwest.
The prospectors' attention was at
tracted to his camp by their espying
saddle astride a limb in a dead tree
high up in a gorge through which the
river runs. His skeleton was found
lying stretched out on a blanket close
up to the tree, the bones were bleached
white and alongside lay the copper rod,
miniature base ball bat wei Ching about
40 pounds. Piled up alongside the tree
We're saddlebags, a memorandum book,
package of letters bound by a, rotten
rubber band, some blankets and six
suits of underwear. A Bible and can
teen of water were alongside the pile
and the canteen was half full of water.
His saddle ropes and some extra cloth
ing were directly over the skeleton on
a limb of the tree. In a knot-hoIe in
the tree were found needles, thread,
buttons, etc. On the inside of the Bible
Schlatter, and under it two verses in
prayer, followed by the signature
Clarence c. Clarke, Denver, Col"
There were no signs of violence and
the prospectOrs believe Schlatter died
of self-imposed starvation as there
were no cooking utensils of any kind in
camp.
The jefe politico at Casa Grande was
notified May 80, and on June 2 the skel-
eton and effects we're brought to that
village, where the authorities hold them
awaiting a claimant.
Casa Grande is situated Is miles from
the present terminal of the Rio Grande,
Sierre NIadre & Pacific railway. a new
line for the past year under construc-
ton from this city to Casa Grande.
letters and othAr effects and pronounce
An Indian informed the authorities
gray horse in the neighborhood where
the camp was found The horse was
hobbled A Mormon cowboy stated
that during the month of November
last Schlatter rode up to his camp 80
miles west of Casa Grande on a gray
horse. He was unarmed, carried no
provisions or cooking utensils, and re
fused to eat anything and said ne was
fasting. The cowboy stated that his
visitor seemed strange and preoccup1ed
and during the few hours at his camp
he cured the cowboys horse of a swell
ing on the back and fOrelegs by rub
hing his hands over them. He 1dent1-
fed the saddle at Casa Grande as that
of his visitor in November, which bears
the mark of a Denver manufacturer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
WHEELMEN PILED UP.
90 Riders in a Race Plunge In
to Stone Ouarry-AII Hurt.

New York, June while turning q
sharp corner at the foot of a steep hill
20 riders in a five mile road race near
PaSSaIc, N. J., ran into the mouth of a
big stone quarry, and every one of the
racers was injured and every wheel was
wrecked. That none of the riders was
killed is extraordinary.
Sixty cyclists had entered the contest,
and by the time the steep hill was
reached 20 riders were punched togeth-
er. They did not slow up for the hill.
but dashed down at full speed. As they
reached the sharp corner they attempt
ed to turn into the river road. The
momentum was too great, however, and
each man lost control of his wheel.
As the leaders went down amid their
wrecked wheels their followers ran into
them and the widest confusion follow
ed. A cry of horror went up from the
spectators on the hill and several WO-
men tainted. Half a hundred men were
soon at the scene of the accident and
the work of extricating the injured was
begun. Several of the riders were drag
ged out unconscious. George Peddy oe
Lyndhurst, was found 20 feet away i1alf
dazed. between piles Of stones. Aan6
with q broken leg. He had been among
the first to strike the obstruction.
The stone which the leaders struck
weighed fully ten tons and on all sides
of it lay bleeding and bruised riders
Parts of wheels and racing suits were
scattered all around The men were
soon freed from the wreckage and as
sisted to shed nearb by, where the cpecea-
tors bound up their wounds. Peddy was
the only one seriously hurt, but none es-
capped without some injury, and many
of them had to be taken home in car
riages.
The wheelmen blame the officers OF
the race for not warning them of the
dangerous turn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
TWO CENTS.
SPANISH CRISIS ENDS.
Cauovas is Retained and Weyler Con
tinues in Cuba

Madrid, June THE queen regent
has confirmed Senior Canovas, the pre-
mier, in his ministerial powers, and the
cabinet will remain in Office with per
sonnel and policy unchanged.
All the leading members of the senate
and of the chamber of deputies who
were consulted by her majesty. as well
as three marshals. have advised the re-
call OF Captain General Weyler from
Cuba.
New York. June IA dispatch from
Madrid to the Journal said:
The solution of the cabinet crisis has
caused an enormous Sensat ation here
Premier Canovas keeps the same cabi-
net ministers and he also retains Wey-
Ter in office. An impression prevails
that Weyler will be recalled at a very
early date.
Senor Sagasta said in an interview:
4 cannot understand the solution of
the crisis, which I consider simply ad-
journed."
The dissident conservatives consider
the situation somewhat dan gerous.
Premier Canovas himself at the cabinet
council foreshadowed the necessity OF
giving some Information, limiting at a
change In ministers of foreign affairs
and the colonies at an early date. The
general opinion in court circles here is
that CanOvas remains in power because
he alone supports Governor General
Weyler, to whom a brief opportunity
Will be accorded to give effect to his
promise to pacify the two eastern pro-
vinces of Cuba in a short time
The queen regent made every effort
to arrive at other conclusions, but fail
ed. Before CanOvas was returned to
power on Sunday, she called all the
leading senators and deputies to con-
SultatiOn in regard to affairs in Cuba
They Joined with the rnarshals Of the
army in declaring that Weyler should
at once be recalled and som cone, prob b.
ably General CampOs, be sent out to
pacify the island and fOreste1 any ac-
ton on the part of the United States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
ASKED PROSPERITY.
In the White House an Old Negro
Petitions the Throne of Grace

Washington, June John w Sheldon
from Orange county, Va, the little pock-
marked negro who walked all the way
from his Virginia village last week to
see President Mckinley and failed, was
at the White House again today. This
time he came to pray and not TO see
the president.
He entered the mansion shortly after
1 o'clock and learned of the president 5
absence, but when informed that he
would be in after o'clock the little
man walked slowly out and bided his
time until the president arrived. Then,
with a cautious tread, he tiptoed into
the big east room, walked to the ex-
treme southern end and knelt down in
prayer. He removed his hat and old
army coat, laid them carefully on the
floor, clasped his hands, and looking
up at the ceiling, prayed fervently for
several minutes. The room was well
filed with sightseers, who were much
amused at the old darkey.
What are you praying for?" asked a
reporter.
use praying for a return of dis here
prosperity what I hears so much bout" p"
replied the old man in all earnestness.
One of the White House ushers was
about to- remove him from the room, but
on second thought concluded to let the
old man bring prosperity, if he could,
by praying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
WASHINGTON SHOCKED
An Attorney Shoots a Woman and
Kills Himself on Pennsyl-
valiia Ave.

washington, June THE throng of
government clerks and others hurry1ng
up Pennsylvania avenue near -Four ana
a half street about ten minutes of nine
o'clock this morning was startled by the
attempted murder Of Miss Dorothy T.
Souires and the suicide of Charles Ear-
Der. a patent attorney who had gained
much notoriety OF late by his eccentric
actions. Barber shot Miss Squires and
then turning the revOlover ON himself
n,lt a ball through his brain causing al
most instantaneous death. Miss Squires
is still alive.
Barber had considerable of a patent
practice, but had been growing more
and more eccentric for several years
and of late many of his friends thought
him netally unbalanced. Miss SQuires
formerly worked for him as a stenOg-
rapher and upon leaving his employ
rnent he annoyed her with his atten-
lions threatening to injure her, if she
would not permit him to call FINALLY
the matter became so serious that she
had to appeal to the courts for protec-
tiOn and he was placed under bonds to
keen the peace He seems not to have
desisted, however, for since then the
girl had received several threatening
letters from him, in the last of which
he announced that he would do some
thing which they both would regret.
Barber also came before the Wash
inptOn public in another, but similar
role a few days before, being brought
into police court for an assault case
with some sensational features arising
out of a struggle for fine dog he pos
sessed. He came to Washington from
FoIattebi1rg N Y. and was associated
in a few cases with the late Benjamin
Butler of Massachusetts, the one time
presidential candidate.
Miss Squires was shot in the back of
the head but at the emergency hOsuital
whittier she was taken it is said that
the wound probably will not result ser
iollSlV.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
Debs'Once Mighty Organization
to Disband
At Its Meeting in Chicago on
June Is.
OVER ONE THOUSAND
OF Its Members Living Under
Assumed Names
In Chicago Because They Could
Get No Work.
OVER ONE THOUSAND
The A. r. L. to Be Merged in
the New MOYem ent.

Chicago, June THE American Rail-
way union is to end its official existence
on the 18th of June, when the meeting
Of the organization takes place in this
city.
Eugene v. Debs will outline his
scheme for new cooperative COM
monwealth. The meeting viii be open
10 the public and many prominent labor
leaders and citizens are to be invited
to attend
a secret meeting will be held during
the afternoon at Uhlich hall, and plans
will be made for spreading the doc
trines of socialism. President Debs
contemplates a sine die adjournment of
the A. R. q. and the reorganization of
the membership on more radical and
broader lines which will permit all
workingmen to become members.
After the convention adjourns, open
air meetings are to be held and re
cruits enlisted for the new Industrial
army. which is to march across coun-
try and found colony in Utah.
Debs is expected in Chicago within a
few days.
A director of the A. r. U. says one
third of the men who were engaged in
the railroad service prior to 1894 have
never pulled a throttle or turned a
switch since, because the General Man
ayers association decided that they
should never be employed again. The
same authority says that a thousand
or more men who participated in the
strike and who are working for other
companies now have lost their identity
and are living with their families un-
der assumed names
1t is from the first named class of ex-
railroad men that President Debs and
his followers propose to recruit the reg
iment that is to go into the western
country and there try their fortunes s
a cooperative commonwealth
At the meeting III the morning of
June 15 President Debs will tell to as
many Of the public as care to attend
what he proposes. At the afternoon
session, which Will be secret, the other
members of the organization will en-
deavOr to devise means to assist their
president.
The Chicago representatives OF the
commonwealth scheme say that the pill
grinages of James Hogan, Holmes and
others in Colorado in wagons, from
which they are preaching the doctrine
of socialism and the cooperative COM
1nonWeaIth, does not mean that the first
attempt at colonization will be made in
Colorado. Utah is still the choice of
the majority, and it is probable that the
first settlement will be located not more
than 200 miles from Salt Lake City.
The leading men in the union in Chi
cagO are losing no opportunity to tell
the working people of the beauties of
co-operation. A number of meetings
have already been held and more are
10 follow before the opening session of
the convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
BEACON HILL ORGANIZES.
Forms an Auxiliary to the Foster
Humane Society.


An auxiliary to the Foster Humane
society was organized Sunday after
noon on Beacon hill. 1t will be known
as the Beacon Hill Humane society.
The meeting was held at the residence
of Mrs NJ A. Cornelius, 2031 Kansas
avenue. Judge c. G. Foster, president
of the Foster Humane soCiey, was pres
ent and made an address. There
were about 50 present.
The members formed themselves into
a band of mercy to do all in their power
to prevent cruelty to animals. Forty
names were signed to the pledge. The
work of the Beacon Hill Humane socie-
tv will be along the lines of the Foster
Humane society, and it will be simply
q local organization. 1t is expected
that auxiliaries to the Foster Humane
society will be organized in all the sub
urbs. The following were the officers
elected: President: JOS M. Stark;
vice president, Miss Nellie Griggs, and
Secretary. Miss Anna Slatin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
Musical Festival

To accommodate the Chorus and 9TH
ers attending the Musical Festival at
Ottawa on June 11th and 18th, a special
train will be run from Topeka over the
and arriving at Ottawa at $50 a. m.
and will return leaving Ottawa at 1920
p. m. on Saturday, the 18th, after the
concert
This train will be run through in
both directions without change of cars
or without making stops. A baggage
car will be attached to carry all bag
gage needed at the Chautauqua meet
ing.
For other information see
F E. NIPPS,
Ticket Agent,
Topeka, Kanx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
BELLIGERENT M'NALL.
He Talks to a Reporter for the Chica-
go Tribune.

Chicago, June THE Tribune prints
the following regarding Superintendent
Webb McNau:
Webb McNall, Kansas unterrifed
kee,where he will try to thrust the Kan
troubles of his own similar to the trou-
bles of j. r. B. Van CIeaVe arrived in
Chicago yesterday en- route to Mflwal1-
kee where he viii try to thrust the Kan
sas state house and the insurance com
panies out of his mind for the next
two weeks.
Mr. McNau did not come to Illinois to
coach Commissioner Van Cleave nor
10 have Commissioner Van Cleave coach
hirn The two WatchdOgs of the in
surance business never have met. al
though the Kansas commissioner saws
he has read good deal about the Iii
nols commissioner, and has a great deal
of admiration for him.
Mr. McNaH, unlike Commissioner.
Van CleaVe, is not a colonel and never
appears in uniform.
Our tastes in Kansas are much
simpler than yours here, you know, %
ne sald deprecattngly, when mention
was made of Commissioner Van
ClSaVe's military achievements
Before McNau left home the Metro
against him
win I fight it?" he said. "Weu. I
should say I will. If they persist in
pushing 1t Will prove everything I
bic started from my revoking their IL
cense.
I think Commissioner Van CIeave
took the right stand in intimating that
he would revoke the licenses of the in
surance companies in the Pacific eIe-
vator case AS l understand it. your
state law provides for a board of arbi-
tration in case the insurance com
panies and policyholders fail to agree
on a loss, and the companies refused
to accept. the decision of the arbitration
board They ought to be made to set
tie or else have their licenses taken
away. and I think Mr.. Van Cleave did
just right
I have not had any difficulties with
the insurance companies lately with the
exception of the metropolitan Life.
They filed two injunction suits against
me when I tried to stop their doing
business in the state, and then they
filed a $4,000 libel suit against me for
things I had said about their ways of
doing business. Then they figured it
all up and decided had done them $780,
600 damage, and so they increased the
amount.
I am on my way to Milwaukee to
attend the session of the supreme lodge
A o. u. w. I am chairman of the
committee on appeals of the lodge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
RECEIVER Is WANTED
To Settle Partnership Between
Charles Hixon and Otto Anderson

Assistant Superintendent Charles
Hixon of the Topeka Railway company
and Lineman Otto Anderson of the
same company live close neighbors on
Jackson street between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets. They each have
lawns, and they conceived the idea of
adopting the cooperative system in the
care of their yards Following out
this idea, they bought a lawn mower
in partnership 1t was a second hand
one and the price paid was SIPS. Mr..
Hixon told his friends of the new ven
tUre and Mr.. Anderson was much
pleased with it.
But it happened that both wanted to
use the mower at the same time the
other evening and there was trouble.
Now Mr.. Hixon threatens to ask to
have a receiver appointed SO that he
can obtain his rights in the matter
Mr.. Anderson is also in favor of this
plan, and unless n satisfactory com
promise can be effected it is probable
that they will ask that Shorty Rouse
shall be named as the arbitrator. The
Topeka railway employees are about
equally divided in their sympathies for
the parties concerned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
run on the quiet" and he is doing

run on the quiet and he is doing
it.
Mr. Simpson believes that Governor
Leedy will not head the Populist state
ticket next year Asked why, he said
Il have heard through unsolicited
channels that the rank and file of the
party Is very much disgusted with
Leedy. He has always been bowling
about something: does nothing else, in
fact, but howl. He was a bitter anti
corporation man. With the legislative
and judicial branches of the govern
ment back of him the people feel that
he could have secured some of the
promised reforms and measures Of re-
lief. He has failed conspicuously, too,
in everything he has undertaken along
that line. People can not always be
fooled, and while the governor has been
playing to the galleries, the fellows on
the lower seats have been fixing to
have another show with the principal
parts taken by characters better cal
culated to interest those who paid the
highest price for seats, and who will
also stick closer to the text"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
CYCLIST BREAKS HIS NECK
While Trying to Out Glass an Electric
Car.

Providence, R. I, June Arthur La
hiff, while racing against an electric
the Roger Williams park the roadway
is quite steep. Trolley cars are in the
habit of bowling down the incline at a
high rate of speed, and a good many
cyclists have tried to beat them in
races. Last evening when a car head
ed down the hill Lahiff was alongside.
He was measured up by the motorman
for a race and the contest began in
earnest.
Suddenly Lahiff was seen to tumble
and make a complete somersault over
his handle bars. He struck with great
force while going at his fastest clip
and his neck was broken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
A "FAUST'' RECITAL
Is Given With Marked Success at
Washburn College.

Saturday evening the Faust re-
citaI was given at Washburn college
chapel to an audience which filled the
large room. The evenings entertain
raent consisted of solos and choruses
from the opera Faust" 1t was un-
der the direction of Miss Florence
rTovnslev. teacher of vocal music at
Washburn. The recital was a success
and reflected credit on the manage
rnent and the performers
Thursday evening of this week
schumann recital will be given by the
pupils of the instrumental department
of Washburn 1t will be free. Miss
Helen ingalls,, teacher of the piano
forte at Washburn, will have charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
P. o. ELEVATOR FALLS.
Seven Men Injured by an Accident in
New York PostofT1ce

New York, June THE elevator on the
Park Row side of the postoffice, which is
used for carrying freight and employees,
fell from the fifth floor to the basement
today. The accident was caused by the
breaking of the elevator rope.
The injured according to the police re-
ports are:
Capt J. J. Cox. postoffice examiner.
internal injuries; George W. DAILY, post
office clerk. internal injury; John Mur-
ply, laborer, broken ankle and other in
juries; Joseph Luffer. broken back;
Thomas McGovern, Brooklyn, broken
back; Frank Birdsan, railway postal
clerk, broken leg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
BRIDE is KILLED.
Fatal Ending of a Charivari Party
Held at Salem, w. v.

Wheeling. w. Va, June AT Salem,
Harrison county, last night, John Mich
Olas and Ida Sultan, members of prom
inent families, were married, and after
the wedding feast went to Nicholas
home to spend the night, preparatory
to a trip today.
When they arrived at Nicholas home
there was a gang of hoodlurns collected
to hold a charivari. Just as the bride
and groom were entering the yard
Frank Burt, a boy. fired a heavily
loaded gun. The barrel burst and a
piece struck Mrs. Nicholas. crushing
her skull. She died this morning. Burt
was arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
TWAIN'S BIRTHPLACE.
The Old Structure Is Being Torn Down
in a Missouri Town.

Mexico. Mo. June 7.-Florida, which
is near this city, has recently lost a
very significant relic-the birthplace
of Mark Twain
The old structure is being removed
preparatory to building a new house
Numerous calls have been made upon
Mrs Roney. the owner of the house,
by admirers of the humorist, for suf-
ffcient timber to make a cane, or even
a shingle or a brick. Tourists who
visit Florida in the future will see only
the mound where once stood the birth
place of the man who has made thous-
ands smile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
ON PIXIES PEAK.
DeWolf Hopper Recites "Casey at the
Bat" on the Summit

Summit of Pixies Peak, June by
reciting Casey at the Bat on the
summit of Pixies Peak yesterday in
the presence of a large crowd, De Wolf
Hopper has established beyond ques-
ton his reputation as being the high
est actor in the world"
He sent the following telegram to the
Lambs club of New York: Am up
here at St. Peters gate; have fixed ad-
mittance for all true Lambs"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07

Washington, June THE trial of
John S. Shriver. the correspondent of
the New York Mail and Express, in
dicted for contempt in connection with
the sugar investigation did not begin
today, District Attorney Davis this
morning, as soon as court opened, ask
ing and obtaining a postponement I'M
til Tuesday week, on account of the
absence of two important witnesses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-07
Turks at it Again.

Athens, June Tt is officially an
nounced that the Turks have commit
ted serious excesses in Epirus, violating
women. defling churches and engaging
in general pillage. The Turkish irreg-
ulars it is further announced. have
committed similar excesses in the vii
laees around LariSSa.
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A TOUGH LOT.

If the Breokinridges are of the Best
Families What Must the Worst BeP
Lexington, KY. June III. Breckin-
ridge Payne, descendant of the best
families of Kentucky, shot Percy Stack
house, a driver and trainer of trottfng
horses, ,inhicting perhaps a fatal wound
Payne is reduced in circumstances and
was living at the Stackhouse home. A
quarrel over a slight matter brought
on a collision, in which Payne used
his revolver. He has been held for
trial and it is said will be defended by
his kinsman, w. @. 2. Breckenridge