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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-21
GEO. h. EVANS RESOLUTION
To Appoint a State Architect was
Voted Down.


At the silver convention held in Rep
resentative hall yesterday afternoon
and in the National hotel parlOrs last
night George H. Evans, the ex-state
house contractor, attempted to put the
convention on record against Governor
Leedy and incidentally secure some as
sistance in furtherance of his plans
concerning the appointment of a state
architect.
Mr.. Evans introduced this resolution:
Resolved, That we demand of Gov
ernOr Leedy that he bring prosperity
to Kansas by the immediate appoint
labor can be put to work on public
improvement provided by the legisla-
ture."
IF we are going to have prosperity -
said Evans, 1T will not be through
idleness. I do not believe that the
powers that be should delay the work
provided for by the legislature until
the arrival of another campaign. Then
the Republicans might get into office
and we would be out"
Mr.. Evans made some lengthy COM
ments about the action of the governor
in delaying the appointment of an
architect and suggested that if the
state work should be done many idle
men would be given an opportunity to
earn a livelihood.
Webb McNall suggested that there is
no appropriation for the board of pub
lie works; that the appointment has
caused by the action of the legislature
in failing to make specific and intelligi-
BILE laws and that the governor could
not, by any action he might take, re-
lieve the situation in the least. The
Evans resolution was then voted down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-21
LOVES DEAR OLD ENGLAND.
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough,
Talks of Her Visit to the Queen.

London, May 21.-To learn what the
Queen of England said to the young
American duchess on the occasion of
their first meeting, I called today upon
COnsuelo, Duchess of Marlborough,
says a New York correspondent.
The duke and duchess left Windsor
at noon Saturday and went to Blen-
helm, returning to Spencer House,
their town residence, today
COnsuelO, the American duchess, re-
ceived me graciOusly. She looked
rounder and more beautiful than when
she left New York two years ago.
Really said the duchess. there is
very little to say, and I don't know
that the duke would approve of my dis
cussing our visit to the queen AS a
ceived US in the state drawing room, in
stead of appearing first in the dining
hall, as is the usual method of proceed
ure. She inquired if the severe English
climate had had any effect upon my
health, which was about the only per
SOnal question she addressed to me.
Dining at the castle is a great func-
ton, but nothing happened of unusual
interest The queen was looking very
well, and during dinner she talked
pleasantly on topics of the day, retir-
ing before the rest CT US. We all arose
when she left the table. We did not
see her again, as We left at noon, after
a hasty breakfast, at which, of course,
she did not appear"
The duchess said that she was sensi-
Bile of the great honor conferred upon
her by the queens invitation, and add
ed, with girlish naivete:
I just love dear old England!'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-21

Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry
The sun., 1897-02-28
Tea Drinking.

The tea-drInking habit that only few years
ago WAS supposed to he an infRliblc sign OF an
old maid now numbers among Its votaries
many men who, for ono reason or another,
think tea better than more potent drinks.
Nearly every big club In New York counts its
tea drinkers by the s,ore. They order tea when
others around thNn order whiskoy Five
o'clock is the tea drinkers tnIe and in support
of their habit thev say that IL d, as net inter.
fsre with their appetite for dinner and Is as
pleasant an aid to u sn.lal chat ns whiskev or
beer. One Of the regulations of the navy says
that nothing stronger than sherry shall 10
served IN the Wardroom, but this doesn't pro
vent any officer who chooses from keeping wins
key in his room. as matter OF fact, how.
ever, there Is comparatively little heavy drink.
inS oonc h' naval officers In the service. A
VISITOR Ia one OF the boats In the navy yard was
TALKING with several officers In the wnrdrOom
ons afternoon lIst week when the srutot Lieu.
tenant, who hal been on deck for four hours
supcrniendinG the shlpuing OF several small
boats came below, looking thoroughly chilled
through. lie ordered the japanese boy who
was on duty IN tho wariroom 10 bring him
not OF tea. Tho Captain Joined him In this
drtnk. and when the visitor EXPRESSED his sur
prise At the mildness Of the beverage on cold
dAy. both officers declared that Il was better
than whishsy when man Was cold.
The sun., 1897-02-28
BULLETS FOR S1vaGEs
Dun DsH Prsjcctiics and Their Tearing rnect
on Any Body They HIT.

correspondent OF the London Field tells
about experiments made with a new .3o3 ralbro
bullet, with reference 20 the regulation Lee Met
ford bullet OF the British army. He SAYS
1T is and has been for some time an open
secret that the army tBritshI is wholly without
confidence in the regulation Lec-Mettord bullet
M means OF stopping charge Of caval.
ry, or rush OF tho sort OF savage
against whom IN Asia and Africa tho
British soldier is constantly bcinS called
on 10 act Excellent Ggaipst a target II is
quite useless against focs. A Pathan, dur
ing the Chitral campaign, had six OF these
bullets through various parts o. his body, and
was still lighting rs hard rs ever when a ballet
in the neck came through. knocked some OF his
teeth out, and stopped him. He was discharged
from the hospital in few days
Tho Dunn Dunn bullet. 10 rs accurate as the
Lce-Mctford resula,ion rrojcctilc, and has rs
piles OF burned and sun.burncd bricks, earth in
hays and boxes, wet and dry sand, cans full ~
Nate, water Goa" inch plsnSs tied toSc,her boiler
In every instance save two the regulation bul.
leg passed through and WAS picked up in con.
Dunn bullet spread ont and had best pensiraton ctr ton
m SHs mere wS,S Ms GFsS'Sr G | shSck to he m"isTs
sheep hig enough 10 put tis: in,
by the DUN DUN bu wes THGs and srScGS RSPS SS
greater resistance than desd one. II 80. "A
clothed living body may ofer SUN c!e t resistance
e. prevent lis Eoing through In that case the
whole OF tho enormous energy would 10 .ex.
panded In the enemy body; tho bullet
would set up tmushrooinl more, snd-tiod help
him! Jpdgtng by the results on sheep car.
cases, the hole OF exit in u man, II the
bullet went through, would hc so terribly
large that the use ~ this ammunition would
Iva held 10 b" too iHhumsn in Its effects tor use
on men or, at any rate, against civilized emo.
my. The GencTa Convention would not bar Il.
SC ia "A
small;arm pro!cctc, hut the effect Of tho Dam
num bullet Is explosive, do not see WHY such
bullet as the Duln DUN should not lc used
against such unrivI lied enemies ~ the Fuzzy
and the EhiEi, who DO not play ~ lime, who
will not dcIcntly fall when nit, pat who un.
reasonably come an after with the advantage ot
nve 10 one. and even when mOTta.ly wounded
make things nasty Tor oar men.
shot Wild boar with a Dunn DUN at
,!Shty yards. !, had It's right flank diayona'ly
70 me-, and the bullet struck Just undrr the
hack bone, broke a rio, Went through a lung, and
destroyed all the vessels Ia the throat, lodging
In the jaw. The bullet has \ small, soft point
This allows the bullet TO expand"
The sun., 1897-02-28
MIXED FOX HUNTING.
MANY Mems Dog- and Many sportsmcn Com
p,icate Matters. and There's - Iawruit.I

Forest and Stream tells about n fox hunt that
ondcd In u lawsuit. Tho hunt was at Pike Falls.
Tom Codes dog etarteed n fox, and was clrcling
with II In Tom Moorc'a swamp behind tho VII,
lngr. Tom Rest happened to bo going to the
wood lot Ia chop wood whom he heard TIM doy,
and ho at once lost interest In tho wood lot. lilo
wont homo, got his KUN and toNhOund, and made
his WAY toward the swamp in which tho fox was
running, Iio took position ON tho odgo ot tho
swamp, where thcre was a little opening through
waiCa tan foSs runway led. Tho fox cirClrd
twice. and came past Heat. who fred causing
the FOX to doMhlc up, although tho wound was
not mortal Tho fox left the swamp and headed
toward the village.
Meantime Scvcn hounds wcro after tho fox.
lcst's having Joined Codes, ami doSs bclon.ins
10 ncighlnra having come Into the chase AT ono
time and another, Tho fox took two short
circles around the school house, and Codes hoy
wnH IN the school Tho boy. followed hy hln
mates, rushed tu the door In spite NJ tho trhrh.
cr's protests, and Joined the dogs ON tho trail.
VILLAGERS, attracted by the tumult. came out
and added their shouts to tho clamor
Tho wounded FOX ran until II came to Ham
nunhHm's yard, Miss nunhAm grabbed n pi,ch,
fork md with II killed the fox, Hest, following
the foN's trail, cGmr to the yard, and hndins thc
fox dead dcmendcd y from tho woman on tho
score Of frs, blood. She guvc Il to him, Whom
her father came home that night and heard tho
story he went and demanded tho skin. IL was
refused and no sued for IL.
The sun., 1897-02-28
to Parts nnnone hoping may have Betir luck
on some other Crick or IN Heavin.


You can't most always sometmes teili
Perhaps poor Ike has gone 70 hell
Beneath this some other fellow had written:
II Ike has really gone TO hell.
Perhaps while there he'll learn to spell.
On the north side OF Turn Again Arm thero 10
a tree on which notice OF an abandoned CLAIM
has boon scrawlcd. A rude sketch of a hand with
hS IN .ns anS o hand
the @.." The finger showed where.
One cnterprising locator claimed all the watcr
In Six Mile Greek. Another claimed 30 akers
OF Plasur minn ground on this Crick, without
stating. where tho claim began or ended or In
which direction the lines ran.
Here nre two quotations from q minero diary,
ShSh WAS picked Up on sss ny na ns
fall. They ought TO be appreciated by those ~ Who
have had any experience IN whip,sawing They
sunday, June The better tho dsy, III; the
ness this mornins.,:my first experience in hand M
ling n whipsaw. Verdict at @ o'clock u. NJ. q
hard samc-the saw pit is serious proposition
Saturday, June 10 Finished the log. We
started ON Sunday, containing about l25 feet.
of the old IIqaisltion, The lumber we have
attack u Of dSiiripm trcmens Il Beauty 'abhors
straight limo sho ought to faii violently In love
dnlating lines displayed in our pile Of lumber"
Entries in the diary n fcw days later show that
these prospcctors proflted a good deal by their
experience and succeeded n good deal better
after learning how to use whipsaw.
Among the prospcctors who overran the Inlet
country Inst summer were several Salvation
Army mon. who left the rocks and tho trees
plastered with evidences OF their presence.
In all parts Of the country were written such
..'slnncrs, why Will Yo bic = Eternity" and
Prepare to Meet Thy God" One particularly
noticeable inscription was written on troo
away over ON the Kcnai slope. 1t was the rather
startling query:
Whore viii you be when Jesus calls your
Possibly II VA y man from the town OF the
same name at tAc mouth OF Resurrection {. SEX
who wrote the ans swcr:
Hope City"
On nearly every river and creek, including
those ON Turn Again Arm from Anchor Point
TO the knick River thcro notices which
were written BY the snme man. Sometimes thoy
are AT the mouth Of the stream, sometimes al
most up at the head waters They cover a period OF
seven years, and chronicle the dates on which
this solitary wandcrer started on his uniformly
mnsucccssful searches after the yellow dust.
They all record tho fact that on the days on
which thcy were written one King camped AT the
place thus plncarded: that he had asccnded NO
many miles; had done such and such work, and
had found nothing. Mr.. King IL commonly
called the Commodore. He travels around In n
small dory and has made voyages In those
treachcrous waters of moro than 200 miles and
Is still prospecting.
The sun., 1897-02-28
Doc, Year D,nncr Aaa to yoar w.,.su


In Willisms;own reside two young men ot .
scientific turn ~ mind. Tncy have been dis.
cusslnS whether man weigh, more after eat
ing than tctotS, and have decided ths, eating
ntc- no'hing 10 the wcis whilc driukiug makes
Itself known IN hVolrdupois. Monday they
weighed themselves JUS before 80 ny to dinner.
MI Porter weIFh"' lal ponds ani Mr.. Wae.-
SHn no lhtS also welghri What they ate for
smaller man was tho better feeder. for. a"'ord-
Ing 20 the scales he got away with three and
capacity was only two pounds. The men
weighed themselves again directly after dinner,
and both declare that their weight was not N
creased at al.
The sun., 1897-02-28

There a clergyman in Long Island village who suf-
fered from dyspepsia such extent that it positively seemed
sometimes though his doctrine not sound however,
only stomach trouble and had nothing to do with the mind
Being this of his parhioners lady
him with quantity of Rpans Tabues and the relief he
peenced all congregation noticed improve
men now although his salary SMALL this clergyman and
his wife devote portion of keeping the medicine closet
stocked with suitable supply of Rpans Tabules Doubtless
there many what has been thought herey
fact nothing less than dyspepsia and Rans Tabules cure
dyspepsia One gives relief.
AAA" 40 .crsIr
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
TarbOrO Budget
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
TarbOrO, N. c., November 4

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Tarboro, N. c., November 4
The November term of the criminal
court, Judge Sutton presiding, began
Monday with a full docket and thirty
four prisoners in Jail to be tried.
The most important of these is the
case Of murder against c. T. Afford. a
white man, and Ben Fields, colored.
The facts as deposed before the COM
hitting magistrate are, that on the
night of the 18th of May Afford gave
Field a strychnine pill to administer to
Keel, telling him that it would relieve
Keel of drunkenness, but not inform
ing him of the deadly character OF the
pill. Field gave the pill to Keel and
the latter died thai night. The case
was set for trial November 18th.
The sheriff's office collected over
$11, 900 las Saturday and Monday and
the tax payers are treading on each
others feet to settle up to avoid in
dictment under the revenue act of 1897.
An elopement Of a young couple from
Nash county occurred today. They are
G. w. Phillips, of Nashville, and a
Miss Barnes, daughter Of Richard
Barnes, al attractive young lady liv-
ing near Rocky Mount. They were
married this afternoon and are now
stopping at the Bryan house here.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
Rocky Mount Notes
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

Rocky Mount, N. c.. November 4.
Sales of tobacco on our market con
tinue unprecedentedly large. Dur -four
large warehouses are taxed to their
fullest capacity every day. Block
sales" are Of daily occurrence, that of
Saturday last being something un-
known in the history Of North Carolina
obacco markets.
The horse market was gluted to
some extent last week. A lot Of Ne
braska horses, wild as the winds OF
their native plains, were sold here at
public auction. Som amusement was
afforded the crowds who watched the
lassoing.
Rev. CASTOR Battle, once rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd here,
was married on Tuesday in Petersburg,
Va, to Miss Bette p. Wright. They
will reside at the Cool Springs farm,
the old Battle homestead, about six
miles from here.
The Rocky Mount fair was a sue
cess in spite of adverse conditions this
year Three thousand people were on
hand Thursday. The racing was ad-
mirable, the exhibits superb.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

Madrid, November AT the meeting
of the Spanish cabinet yesterday, it
was decided to demand an explanation
from General Weyler for remarks he
made in his farewell address on leav-
ing Havana on Sunday. Previous to
em%barking on board the steamer Mont
serial, which conveyed him to Spain,
General Weyler received a deputatiOn
of a~utoromists n in his address to
them he said in part:
My release from my post n re-
spoons bilities did not surprise me. 1
had expected it from the death of
Senior Canovas, not believing that any
political leader would be strong
enough to sustain me when the
United States and the Is were to-
gether constantly demanding that
Spain should come to a settlement. /
count il an honor to have been identi-
fed with the local Spanish party. But
the policy which / have ollowed was
not adopted in obedience to any politi-
cal peIty, but foc what it represented
on behalf of my country. Before 1
came 1 vas ell aware of the patriotic
conduct of the volunteers, and since
my arrival / have often seen ii Illus
-trated. l have repeatedly advised the
Spanish party not to be inundated,
but to make known to the home gov
eminent the outcome of the reforms
which have been put into force. AS
for the future, ] offer myself and shall
always hold myself in readiness to
serve h party aiming to retain Cuba
for SPAIN"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

When a man is suffering with an
aching head, a sluggish body. when
his muscles are lax and lazy, his brain
dull, and his stomach d~isdaining food,
he will. if wise, heed these warnings
and resort to the right remedy, before
it is too late "Parker's Sarsaparilla"
tie king Of Blood Purifiers makes
the appetite keen and hearty-invigo-
rates the Therapeutics the blood and
fills it with the life-giving elements of
the food. 1t is a wonderful blood
maker and flesh builder. Sold by j. G.
Shepard, j. H. Hardin and HI. l.. Fen
triss.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09

New York, November "A special
cable dispatch from London to the
Evening Post says:
"Today's issue Of shares and deben-
lures by the Direct West India Gable
Company (limited) marks the begin
ming of the end of England's dependence
upon the United States for cable con-
nection with the West Indies. But for
President Cleveland's Venezuelan war
message England would probably have
been quite content to continue to de-
pend upon the United States lines via
Florida and Cuba, out directly the Off
Gals here realized the possibility Of a
war with the United States and the
consequent isolation of the West Indian
colonies, they set about the negotiations
which, after a long, hard fight with the
United States telegraph interests re-
suited in an imperial subsidy OF $40. 900
yearly for twenty years to the British
Canadian capitalists, who own the Hal
ifax-Bermuda cable, for its extension
from Bermuda to Jamaica and ulti-
mately to other leading west Indian
islands and South America. The cable
will be completed by the first week of
February next"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
A FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
a Chesapeake and Ohio vestibuled Train
Wrecked-Four Persons Killed and Sew
enteen Injured

Charlottesville, Va, November A.
The Chesapeake and Ohio vestibule ex-
! press. known as the F. F. ". from Gin
~cinnati TO Washington was wrecked
near Old Shadwell, five miles east Of
this place at LIS o'clock this afternoon.
Four persons were killed and seventeen
injured The dead are: Henry Bur-
nett, colored porter, Keswick, Va; an
Italian named Merara and her
infant. believed to be from Cincinnati:
Phelix Mareno, (died after removal to
Charlottesville). 1t is reported that the
body Of another Italian child is under
the wreck, but this cannot be con-
| firrned.
| The cause of the accident has not
! been definitely aScertained, but it is
believed to have been due to spreading
rails. The engine left the track on a
sharp curve, and was hurled against
q rock hill. All of the cars except the
dining car and the Richmond sleeper
were derailed. Two cars were plunged
end foremost down the steep embank-
ment n one of them went into the
Rivanna river, which at this place
skirts the tracks. The day passenger
coach and the express cars were badly
wrecked. AS the locomotive plunged
from the rails and overturned Engineer
Duke was hurled from the cab and
crushed under the engine, besides being
terribly scalded by escaping steam.
He was rescued by his fireman and the
conductor. AS soon aft=r the wreck
as possible the uninjured passengers
and trainmen began the work Of rescue
and aiding the injured. Word was sent
to this place and the wrecking train
with physicians was Immediately dis
patched to the scene of the wreck. The
body of Henry Burnett, the colOred por-
ter, was the last recovered. He was
terribly mangled, having been in the
baggage car. A foot supposed to have
been his was first recovered and later
a portion of the head. The body was
literally dismembered. Mareno had
both legs cut off and died at the hospi-
tai at Charlottesville.
The local railway officials after inves-
tigating the cause Of the accident de-
clared that it was not due to spreading
rails, though they are unable to even
give a theory. They state hat the
tracks at the spot are true and eXami-
nation revealed hat they are tied Sc
curely.
The accident was caused by the
breaking of an axle Of the first truck
of the locomotive. The train was mak-
ing up time, and the engine left the
rails on a sharp curve, and rushing INTO
a rocky hillside with terrific force, was
completely Gismantled.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
New Orleans Recovering From Business
S~tagnatiOn

StagnatiOn
New York, November 4.-The Com
mercial Advertiser says: Gratifying
evidences hat New Orleans is freeing
itself, slowly but surely, from the diff
ficulties and embarrassments due to
the prevalence of yellow fever are
found in the ransfer of currency from
the sub-treasury in this city to New
Orleans, direct. On Monday 81, 600, coo
was forwarded and yesterday a SINH
lar amout was sent, gold being depOS-
tied therefor. That ST. Louis banks
have profited considerably by the mis-
Torture Of New Orleans is evident.
One million five hundred thousand
dollars in currency was sent to ST.
Louis last week and more is to be for
warded until the usual falling off,
which is observable about the middle
of November. 1t is believed by some
persons that ST. louis bankers will
hold, if not increase, their cotton bill
business and that New Orleans will
not be able to wrest from them even a
fair volume of thai business, which,
by no fault of her own, New Orleans
has relinquished. 1t would be remem-
bered, however, that Alabama, Louis
lana, Mississippi and Texas draw large
ly from New Orleans and exporters
who have given some attention to the
claims of the two cities, believe that
the bulk of the future business in cot
ton will not, after all, go to ST. Louis"
AT the sub-treasury it was said that
the amount of currency asked for, to
be used in the cotton belt, is not as
large as last year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-09
Severe Eart0uake Shock

Salt Lake City. Utah, November A.
A special to The Tribune from Poca-
tello, Idaho. says: A severe shock Of
earthquake at 2:3O o'clock this morn
ing was felt the entire distance from
Silverbow to Monida, Mont, and at Z
o'clock the second shock was percep-
tible. but not so severe. At Divide,
Red Rock. Lima and Monida windows
ratified, dishes fell TO the floor, flower
pots were thrown from their stands
and other glassware suffered destruc-
ton, clocks stopped and buildings We're
made to sway and crack At Dillon
especially was the first shock evere.
The court house walls were cracked
and the plaster fell from the ceiling.