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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-07

elected a member Of the lower branch OF
'he General Assembly: in 1889 he was
erected Attorney-Goneral on the ticket
with Governor Mckinney and was re-
eieeted on the ticket with Governor
OFerrali.
A FAITHFUL OFFICIAL.
No Attorney-Genelal OF Virginia was
ever more faithful to his trust than was
Attorney-General Robert Taylor Scott.
Careful. painstalsing. dlligent. with the
highest sense OF the responsibility that
rested upon him. he threw his every
energy into his labors. Nearly always
busy with the work OF his position, he
was never too busy TO be the courteous
ana obliging gentleman. willing TO give
information to the humblest. so far as Il
was consistent with his public position.
AS the legal advisor of the Executive
and the various state boards. his services
were invaluable and during his incurn-
bency many were the knotty and complex
questions he had 20 unravel. BY the
State Board Of Education. of which he
was most efficient member. heswill be
especially missed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-07

CONCLUDED ON THIRD PACED
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
M'KINLEY GETS A BADGE.
Is Made Honorary President of the
Ninth Army Corps.

Troy, N Y Aug. 21.-The only active
part the president took in the proceed
ing of the reunion of the Army of the
Potomac yesterday was in a visit to the
Ninth corps of which he is a member.
The corps gave him an ovation and
finally elected him honorary president.
The president in few words accepted
the honor signed his name to the reg
lister and left the room with the corps
badge upon his breast. He stated that
he was a sergeant in the Twenty-third
Ohio regiment of the Ninth corps un-
der command of Rutherford B. Hayes.
In the evening the president attended
the public meeting of the Army of the
Potomac in Music hall. The place was
jammed to suffocation and the preSi-
dent received a great ovation. General
Alger was not with him having left at
$50 for New York to attend to special
business for the president.
Governor Black made the opening ad-
dress, he extended in behalf of the
state, a cordial welcome to the society
of the Army of the Potomac, Mayor
Mailer, then made a few appropriate
remarks.
There was a brief response by the
president of the society and then Ma
jor G. A. Woodruff, the orator of the
day. delivered an Grafton.
Following this came the delivery of
the army poem by Captain r. w. Ray
mond, u. S. v. At 11;30 o'clock Presi-
dent Mckinley and his party took the
train for Bluff Point
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
M'KINLEY GOING BACK.
Ill r ,turn to Was hington From His
Outin Next Week

BIuffe Point N. Y, Aug. .21.-Secretary
Alger came back here with the preSi-
dent today and will stay until the party
leaves The president arrived at seven
o'clock and being fatigued after the
trip remained in the private car until a
late hour Gen. Alger said the present
programme of the president is to leave
here on Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock
and go through to Buffalo on a special
train arriving there about 2 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. DR.. Depews
private car will be reserved for the use
of the president and his immediate
party. They will go via Albany instead
of by the Saratoga and Schenectady
route. Albany. will be reached at a.
m, but no stop beyond switching time
will be made. Secretary of War Alger
was asked as to the character of the
report upon the Notifications for San
Diego harbor. He said: MY absence
from here yesterday has, delayed my
examination of my business letters. 1
have not seen the Report as yet, and 1
rather doubt whether it is here
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart were
numbered among the missing when
President Mckinley returned. Mrs.Ho-
bart has for the past few days been in
poor health and her physicians believed
she would improve more rapidly at
home. Upon this advice it was decided
yesterday to return to New Jersey and
the vice presidential party left on an
afternoon train. 1t is expected they
will return later to- finish out the sea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
BY INJUNCTION.
The State Will Try to Prevent the
Collection of the 100 Pound Rate
on Live Stock

Proceedings have been commenced to
enjoin the Kansas railroads from en-
forcing the recently promulgated 100
pound rate for the transportation of
live stock in this state.
This afternoon in the absence of
Judge z. T. Hazen, Attorney General
Boyle on behalf of the state and Judge
T. l.. Davis and ]. G. Waters, repre-
senting the cattlemen of Kansas, appli-
ed to Probate Judge L. S. Dolman for
an injunction to restrain the railroads
from enforcing the collection of this
new rate.
This action is the result of the brief
hearing before the railroad commission
erS Thursday, at which the commits
Sioners ordered the companies to re-
store the old rate pending the hearing
which was set for September 81.
The refusal of the railroads to COM
ply with this order has hastened action
on the part of the attorneys for the
complainants and the injunction suit
was brought today, being regarded as
the quickest way to dispose of the con-
troverSy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
1T WASN'T SO BAD.
John Cochran Falls Off a Car but His
Back Isn't Paralyzed.

John Cochran is a Topeka man who
feels that he has something to be
thankful for today.
When it is taken into consideration
that John Cochran is lying in bed at
the Santa Fe hospital unable to move
from one position on account of intense
pain in his lumbar muscles attending
his slightest motion, this may be Won
dered at. Nevertheless Mr.. Cochran is
thankful.
Mr. Cochran is a carpenter employed
in the repair yards of the Santa Fe in
this city. and while working on the
roof of a freight car last Tuesday aft
ernoon he lost his balance and fell to
the ground. In falling he turned a
complete somersault and struck on his
back Apparently he was not injured
to any extent by the fall and was able
to get up and after a few minutes re-
Sumed his work.
But on awakening the next morning
he experienced considerable pain in the
muscles of his back. Mr.. Cochran had
read of paralysis resulting from falls of
a similar kind, and the pain worried
him. He went to work that day and
when quitting time came around at six
O'Clock the pain was more intense. When
the intensity gradually increased up to
Yesterday morning and his muscles
1nent panied him he became convinced
that he was becoming paralyzed
With this dread conviction upon him
he entered the Santa Fe hospital yes
terday. The physicians informed him
ten minutes after his entry that he had
simply a severe sprain of the muscles
of the back
And that is why Mr.. Cochran feels
thankful today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
MUST THINK WICK is RICH
Burglars Seem Bent on Getting Into
His House

Another attempt was made last night
to burg1arize the residence of James r.
Wick at 919 West Eighth street, where
similar attempt was made at the time
that three houses in that neighborhood
were burglariZed two weeks ago As in
the first attempt, a sharp instrument
was placed under the window sash and
the window pried up with sufficient
force to break the lock and shatteY tI>a
glass. The noise of the breaking glass
awakened Mr.. Wick, and ne heroically
got up and made sufficient noise to
frighten the burglar away. The man
did not enter the house
Mr.. Wick says that he believes the
house is 'hoodooed," and will move into
a house where burglars calls are less
frequent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
HANDSOME MOUNTS
That Will Appear in the Parade of
Floral Day

The annual meeting of the Topeka
Equestrian club will be held next Wed
nesday evening at Z O'Clock at the west
steps of the capitol building. AT this
meeting the officers of the club for the
ensuing year will be elected. All per-
sons who desire to become charter
members of the club must sign the con-
stitution and bylaws and pay a MEM
berShip fee of 81 before this meeting.
rade of the Fall Festival and prepara-
tions have already been made for fancy
drill work for this parade. Only mem
bers of the club, will be allowed to par
ticipate in this work, and all who wish
to become members are urged to meet
with the club next Wednesday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
ALL AMERICAS way.
English Press Comments on the
Wheat Movement

London, Aug. 21.-The fact that the
price ofswheat has reached 81 busheI
in the United States has produced con-
siderable excitement among grain
spectators and others in London. The
secretary of the Baltic said:
"Of course we have been caught
largely short. The rise in the price of
wheat with the uncertainties of the
future make a somewhat hysterical
market. The rise of pence in the
price of barley, for example today, was
due to no assignable cause.
There is no speculation here as it is
known on Wall street, though there is
some speculation in Liverpool
The secretary of the corn exchange
remarked:
There is no speculation here, as such
transactions are generally known.
There has been a disposition on the
part of the outside public to bear the
market, but the brokers have dissuad-
ed their clients from so doing. The
rise in prices yesterday morning and
today was due not so much to dollar
wheat as to the buying by France,
where the harvestings are proving dis
appointing. Our millers, too, are short.
Our brokers have not made much, as
they held no stocks, but it is needless
to say that the rise of y crown in the
price of wheat yesterday makes the
hvelest times on Mark Lane.
The Americans have apparently got
it all their own way
The Westminster Gazette this after
noon referring to the price of wheat,
says:
1T is an unmerited stroke of good
luck for President McKinley's govern
ment which ought to- have been over
taken by swift calamity for shameless
Iy paying election debts to the trusts
by the passage of the Dingley bill.''
At the same time the Gazette finds
comfort in the allegation that the
Bryanites are made to look foolish
and adds:
THE western farmers will see at once
that high prices are compatible with
gold standard and the destruction of
Bryan and his panacea is bound to fol-
low. But if President McKinley'S sup
porters are wise, they will not for a
moment imagine that when they dis
pose of the silver craze they will dis
pose of the revolt against the American
capitalists, who have never used their
power so ruthlessly as since the last
presidential election
The Westminster Gazette then pro-
ceedS to denounce the ''extortions's of
the new United States tariff which it
adds lis one of the worst and-most
fruftless sources of corruption of pub
lie men and public servants.
In conclusion the Gazette says:
1.-THE degree of success which has at
tended Bryan shows that the Ameri-
cans are becoming alive to the rotten-
ness of something and next time the
campaign will be directed less to the
gold standard than to the standard of
public life''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
MORE BOMBS LOOKED FOR.
Constan tin ople Anticipates Further
Explosions.

Constantinople, Aug. 21--It now ap-
pears that Wednesday was selected for
the explosion of bombs in this city, be-
ca use the Turkish cabinet had been an
nounced to meet that day at the offices
of the grand vizier. The Turkish Of
ficials for some time past have been ap-
pretending danger, though they were
not aware of its imnainence. Immedi-
ateIy after the explosion gangs of Mus
Su1manS crowded the streets ready for
mischief, but the police promptly or
dered them to go back to their homes
and even arrested some of them who
were armed with cudgelS.
Fresh outrages are apprehended, pcs
sibly upon the anniversary of the at
tack upon the Ottoman bank, August
26, or the anniversary of the succession
of Abdul Hamid II. to the throne, Au-
gust 81, on which day in 1876 he succeed
ed his oldest brother, Sultan Murad V.
who was deposed.
The British and Italian guardships
have left their usual anchorage and
have entered the harbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
GAIETY
THEN DEATH.
Crowded Excursion Train Re.
turning to Lima, o.
Is Wrecked and More Than 40
People
ARE SERIOUSLY HURT.
Five of the Passengers Were
Fatally Injured.
A Freight Train Ran Into the
Excursion Train.

Lima, O., Aug. 21.-An east bound
extra freight train on the Lake Erie
& Western railroad crashed into an ex-
cursion train on the Detroit & Lima
Northern at the junction of the roads,
two miles northeast of this city at
10:40 last night. The engine and three
freight cars and two passenger coaches
were wrecked and fully 40 passengers
were injured, several fatally.
The excursion was run by the Peo-
ple's Tea Store of this city to Toledo
and return, and most of the passengers
were residents of Lima. There is no
target at the junction and the accident
resulted from failure of the freight
crew to stop their train. The excursion
consisted of an engine and six coaches.
The freight engine struck near the
rear of the fifth &oach and turned it
upside down into the ditch. The last
car was derailed, badly wrecked and
turned partly over. Those fatally in
jured are:
Mrs John Burnham, Lima, skull
crushed.
Mrs. VIM. Murray, Lima. injured in
Mrs T. N. Scan1on, Lima, body cut
and bruised and injured internally.
Mrs. H. F. Bennett, ST. Marys, o.,
injured internally and thigh and head
badly bruised.
Mrs. j. H. Breo, Lima, skull fractur-
ed and injured internally.
The other injured passengers were:
H F. Bennett, ST. Marys, arm broken
and both legs injured.
Mrs Agnes Rosenbeck, Lima, inter-
nally injured.
Mrs. P. w. Fox, Lima, body badly
bruised.
Miss Anna Koch Lima, back injured.
Miss W. H Long, Lima, leg broken.
Abe Stein, Lima. head and ear cut.
Tafn hao irai1
Miss Flora Glass, back injured.
Mrs. Elmer Brown, Allentown, back
and arm injured.
]. H. Breo, Lima, arm and face badly
cut.
]. H. Fronfield, cak and shoulders in
jured
Harry Won Norman, Lima, side in
jured and hurt internally.
Rex Walter. Lima, knee injured.
Mrs A. E. Kluter, Lima, badly bruis-
ed.
Mrs. William P. Hall, Lima, back and
shoulders injured.
Mrs. Ida Watt, Lima, head and face
cut.
Mrs. J. A. Watt, Perry township.
Mrs. E. w. Botkins. Lima, two ribs
broken.
George Woods, Lima, injured inter
nally.
Mrs. VIM. Cox, Lima, head crushed
and face cut.
Elmer Long, Lima, back, head and
arm injured.
Willie Fellows. Lima, arm dislocated
and head and face cut.
Miss May Murphy, Lima, back badly
injured and head and knee cut.
Miss Malloy, Lima, badly bruised and
head and face cut.
Harry Woods, Lima, head and shoul-
der and back injured.
It was midnight before the news of
the wreck reached the city. All the
ambulances and hacks were called out
and the injured excursionists were re-
moved to their homes or the homes of
friends. An engine and one coach were
used and the passengers who were not
seriously injured were brought to the
Dayton Northern depot about 1 O'Clock
this morning. Several passenger rs were
pinioned in the debris of the car that
was overturned and the trainmen had
to cut the timbers away with axes to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
STAR POINTER FAVORITE.
Odds of Two to One for the Great
Race at Washington Park.

Chicago, Aug. 21. People who go to
Washington park this afternoon are like
ly to see the greatest pacing race ever
witnessed in the world.
From all indications. the two great pac-
ers will be at their best for they are both
edge can tell, are on feather edge. The
owners of Star Pointer and Joe Patchen
express themselves as satisfied with the
condition of their horses and both are
confident of winning.
The owner of Star Pointer said that if
his horse was beaten in the race today
he expected to see the timers hang out
the two-rninute sign for the first time in
the history of harness horse racing.
The owner of Joe Patchen said it would
not be a surprise to him to see the two
minute mark reached under favorable
conditions of track and weather. Out
side of the respective stables of the pacing
champions the opinion prevails that Star
Pointer will win the race by a small mar
gin, although it is generally conceded
that Joe Patchen will win one heat.
Star Pointer has already beaten Joe
Patchen twice and lost to him once Both
are thought to be better than ever before
and they are nearly equal that a mere
trifie will decide the ownership of the
81, 900 purse one way the other.
A few pools were sold on the race last
night, with Star Pointer the favorite at
nearly to 1.
Washington Park, Chicago, Aug. 21-
p. m.-Joe Patchen won the toss and
will have the inside position in the first
and third heats. The track has a good
cushion but the wind is terribly strong
and the horses will have to face it for
a half mile on the back stretch Good
judges do not anticipate any breaking
of records. The indications are for
crowd of 10000 people.
Stamford, Conn. Aug. PA match
has been arranged between Star Pointer
and Joe Patchen for a purse of SIS, 600,
the winner to take the entire amount
1t has been agreed to alternate the pole
each heat The race will be run during
the grand circuit meeting at Charter
Oak park, in this city. the last week in
August and first in September
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
NOT MUCH SPORTING BLOOD.
Topeka Spectators Don't Appreciate
the Wheat Klondike.

The phenomenal rise in wheat which
has set the dealers a stock exchanges
of hundreds of cities wild did not great
ly affect those who deal in futures in
Topeka In fact the deals in wheat
in Topeka have been comparatively
light. The traders have been cautious,
probably because they have been bitten
so often, and yesterday when the
rise came there were compare lively few
traders on the right side of the wheat
market.
There are two places in Topeka where
Investments can be made in grain or
stocks. One is the Michael Commits
sion company on West Sixth street and
the other is the new firm of Lux & Gar
vim, which has succeeded to the room
formerly occupied by Goodwin & Cham
berlin.
The crowds in these places today were
small in spite of the excited condition of
the market. When the New York stock
market began to come over the wires a
8 O'Clock this morning there were prob
ably half dozen men occupying chairs
at either place. They glanced care
lessly at the figures as they were put
down on the board, but there was no
dealing.
At $3.50 the grain quotations began to
come and the crowd had increased
somewhat at both places. Still the
people seemed cautious. AS the market
began to go up and down few walked
to the cashiers and were given tickets
which meant that they had made in
vestments. The dealing was confined
almost entirely to wheat and corn and
the stock market was neglected. An
occasional novice would drift in, look at
the market, wonder whether there was
not a chance of making 500 or 81, 900,
and walk out.
Among the frequenters at one of the
places is an elderly man. He looks
like a retired farmer He watched the
board as closely as anyone. but made
few investments. Three years ago"
said a frequenter of the place, that
man knew no more about dealing in
stocks than a child. A friend of his in
duced him TO make a small investment
and he lost some money, but he caught
the fever, and he is here every day be-
fore the market opens"
There have been few large profits on
the wheat market in Topeka. Occa-
sionaIly a man who knows little about
dealing in futures accidentally makes
stake. A week or two ago young
Topeka society man invested $5 in
wheat. Yesterday he strolled into the
commission house and inquired how
much was coming to him. The cashier
said 1925. For goodness sake, let me
have itI" said the surprised specula tor.
and, pocketing the money, he walked
out,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
EXTRAORDINARY!
Engagement of the Real Dan A.
Stuart COrbett- Fitzsim-
mons VeriscOpe.

The genuine veriscope of the Corbett-
F'itzsimmons fight at Carson (the Dan
A Stuart one) has been engaged by
Manager L. NJ. Crawford for the Craw-
ford Opera House during Fall Festival
week. Mr.. Crawford had to give up
very heavy per cent to get the show,
but it is believed the house will be
packed at each performance, and that
it will pay out.
This is a stroke of enterprise on the
part of Mr.. Crawford that ought to be
appreciated. 1t is the one indoor en-
tertainment that will be likely to draw
crowds that week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
BOYLE MAKES HIS MOVE.
Starts Quo Warranto Proceedings
Against the N. z. Mutual Life.

AS anticipated in Mondays Journal,
Attorney General Boyle today established
quo warranto proceedings in the supreme
court asking that the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company of New York be compelled
to appear and show cause for doing busi-
ness in the state without a license from
the insurance department
Mr.. Boyle makes a startling proposition
in this case, questioning the right of this
company to do business in Kansas under
any circumstances, because it has no
capital stock, being mutual organiza-
ton. The state law requires that all for
eign corpora tions doing business in the
state shall have capital stock.
Asked if this proposition would apply
to all mutual companies Mr.. Boyle re-
piled that in his opinion it would. This
is the only point upon which the suit filed
today differs from the proceedings
against John E. Lord, general agent for
the company.
Mr.. Boyle is not fully satisfied that quo
warranto- will lie against a general agent
and has brought the additional proceed
ings for the purpose of determining the
powers of the insurance department of
the state in issuing or revoking license
issued to such companies.
Mr.. Boyle says he is not seeking to
engage in a proceeding which will place
him in contempt of Judge Williams order
of injunction. He is proceeding in what
he thinks a legal and proper manner to
ascertain the extent of the jurisdiction of
the department of insurance of which Mr..
McNal is superintendent.
The proceedings is made necessary by
the fact that since the license of the COM
pany was revoked by Mr. McNan in
March the company has continued to So
licit business.
Mr.. Boyle hopes to secure the consider
alton of the two cases at the October ses-
sion of the supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
WILL BE GORGEOUS.
The Floral Ball of Festival Week to
be at the Grand

Mrs. C. s. Sutton has practically de-
cided on the Grand Opera House for
her gorgeous Floral ball on the night
of Thursday of Fall Festival week.
The stage of the opera house will be
built out into the parquette, the whole
interior will be draped and adorned
with flowers and banners, and the ball
will be the most magnificent society
event in the history of the west.
Guests will be present from Omaha,
Denver Chicago, Los Angeles, New
York, st. Louis and many other cities,
besides distinguished people from all
over Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-21
QUAY's LAST WORDS
Ask the State Convention Not
to Endorse Him For Re-
election.

Philadelphia, Aug. 21.-A dispatch
from Harrisburg says that before leav
ing for Florida, Senator Quay request
ed his friends not to permit the intro
duction of resolution in the Republi-
can state convention to meet Thursday,
indOrsing him for reelection to the
United States senate
He will be satisfied with an endorse
ment of his course and that of Senator
Penrose on the Dingley tariff bill and
resolution to that effect, will be placed
in the platform.