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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
FUNERAL OF MISS WOLFF.
Trimmings ofthe Coffin Win be of
Solid Gold

The funeral of Miss Minnie Wolff,
whose death occurred yesterday after
noon as a result of the accident Of
Thursday evening, will be held at the
First Presbyterian church tomorrow
afternoon at 5 O'Clock. Rev. DR..
COuntermine, pastor Of the First Pres
byterian church, of which Miss Wolff
was a member, will conduct the funeral
services. and music viii be furnished by
the church choir. Six young men,
friends of the deceased, will act as
pail bearers.
The body of Miss Wolff will not be in
TERED, and for the present will be
placed in the NfOeser vault at the To-
peka cemetery. Mr.. Wolff will at once
commence the construction of a vault
a the cemetery and the body Will be
removed there when completed.
The casket in which Miss Wolff Will
be buried is probably the most eIabOr-
ate ever prepared in Topeka. It is OF
cedar, copper lined, and is covered with
the finest white cloth and silk plush.
The trimmings are of solid gold. and
a solid gold plate bears the name of
the deceased and her age Miss Wolff
was 19 years of age yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
KAN. CITY TO GET THEM.
Makes Up Her Mind to Have Some
Of the Conventions.

Kansas City, June ia new field of
revenue for the convention hall fund
developed last night At the meeting
of SpHtlog camp, No. 4, 1857, NJ w of A,
the youngest camp of that order in
Kansas City. organized May 81 and
having a membership of only 100 it was
voted to subscribe on behalf of the
camp $1OO to the convention hall fund
There are over 400 lodges of different
secret orders in Kansas City, some of
camp of Modern WoOdmen alone has
500 members, and if it follows the pace
set by its younger brother, it should
make a subscription of $780, The pos
sibiIities in that direction are great, and
should the example of SplitIOg camp be
generally followed by benevolent orders
a large sum will be realized
The Metropolitan Street Car company
yesterday made the very handsome
subscription of $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
PERKINS IN DOUBT.
He Nay Join the Opposition to Ha-
waiian Annexation.

New York, June ia dispatch to
the World from Washington, says:
senator Perkins, Republican, of Cal
ltornia is strongly disposed to Join his
democratic colleague, Senator White
ton of Hawaii
I am familiar with the islands. said
ne, and am very doubtful as to the
wisdom of this policy. There is one
point of some moment continued Mr..
Perkins. that I have not vet seen
touched upon. Within the last wear or
two there have been a large number Of
merchant vessels built on the Clvde for
the Hawaiian trade. They fly the Ha
waiian flag, but are English vessels
Under the proposed treaty those shiDs
would naturally become entitled TO
American registry, fer they would come
in with the islands.
There is another and perhaps more
important question involved. The an
nexattOn of Hawaii would. it seems to
me, utterly ruin the beet sugar industry
that is now beginning to assume con
siderab bic proportions in California and
other parts of the west With coolie
labor the Hawaiians can produce sugar
and refine it for two cents a pound
Beet sugar costs anywhere from 315 to
Gets. q pound as produce, and we could
not compete. Then, too, the planters of
Hawaii have trust just as tyrannical
and impOrtunate as the sugar trust and
It would not be long before the two join
ed forces and had the whole country at
their mercy.
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desoIation. Every booth, van and mer-
ry-go-round in the fair was smashed.
In the distance the cyclone present
ed the appearance of a cloud of smoke
going from the southwest to the north
east. Roofs were seen flying in the air
like kites.
Ambulances and 40 carriages were
soon employed searching for the dead
and wounded. The people were COM
pleteIys dazed, and women and children
could be seen sitting and weeping upon
the doorsteps. Considerable damage was
done at st. Denis.
Madrid, June 19-Violent hail and
rain storms have swept the province
of Sagovia in the old CASTLE district.
Crops have been ruined, houses flooded
and cattle and goods carried away by
the floods. The people are panic-strick-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
HANNA WINS.
Puts the Foraker Men to Rout at
Cleveland

Cleveland, June 1S.-The Republican
county convention was slow in conven-
ing in Music hall this morning and it
was nearly noon before the members
got down to business. Though re-
turns at the primaries showed that the
Hanna men controlled the convention.
the Foraker forces represented by
Mayor McKisson disputed the control
was called to order they would be in
charge.
The fight was precipitated by the
nomination of F. L. Taft, a McKisson
man. and Judge Francis J. Wing, a
Hanna man for permanent chairman.
The ballot resulted in the overwhelm-
ing victory of Wing, and the cOnven-
ton thereafter was clearly in control
of Hanna. A resolution ringing in its
tone was adopted indorsing Hanna for
reelection to the United States senate
and the convention settled down to elect
76 delegates to the state convention.
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TO LET.
''EngIand Expects Every Man
to Be Ridiculous
Over the Queens Jubilee and
Has Stripped
The Lumber Yards to Erect
"EStands,'
WHICH AMERTNA Ms
WHICH AMERICANS
We're Expected to Purchase
and Sit On,
But the Americans, It Seems,
Are Not Forthcoming.

London, June 19.-LOndon is in the
midst of jubilee fever. The streets are
impossible, resembling a mixture of
carpenter shops and country fairs.
They are crowded with excursionists
from all parts OF England, who are
coming in on special trains at all sta
tiOns. Everything seems to have been
half done and incomplete. Many of
the decorations are already seedy from
the two days storm. No one. how
ever, seems to be lacking in enthusi-
asm, unless it is in the case of the syn
dicates of spectators in jubilee seats,
who at all places excepting St. Paul's
cathedral, are accepting any reason
able offer. The combined losses of the
four largest spectators exceed 5000, 900
and on every hand are inquiries as to
Where are the Americans?"
Considerable disgust and even resent
ment is expressed at the fact that the
available seats at the speculator's s price
Much sarcasm is directed against the
stand holders. Whistler, in Fridays
Chronicle, has a sketch in which Mel
son, speaking from the top of his mon
ument in Trafalgar Square, is sup
posed to say: Boarded at last. Eng
land expects every man to be ridicu-
lous.''
In addition, St. Martin is depicted as
putting up sign on his church, read
ing: Protestant house of the Lord to
let Apply TO the money changers OF
the vestry"
A strange tale is vouched for by one
of the London papers. 1t says that a
wealthy membe of the aristocracy has
paid $3.50 (s1,75O) for a room on St.
James street. He is suffering it is
said, from hideous malformation of
the countenance. will arrive late on
Monday night, will spend that night in
the room referred to and will witness
the procession with his attendant, all
other people being excluded from the
room. For twenty-seven years, it is
further stated, only two people have
seem his face. The unfortunate man
drives every night about London. and
on entering and leaving his carriage,
according to the newspaper, he covers
his head with a hood
A discordant note of the festivities is
the shabby way in which the colonial
soldiers have been treated. Again and
again various detachments have ar
rived at noon but have met with no
intimation as to where they should go
and they found no food ready for them
when they finally reached their bar
racks. The scandal was at last taken
up by the press, especially by the Pail
Mall Gazette, the Globe and the Daily
Mail, and the Prince of Wales himself
brought the red tape officials to their
senses. There was a marked change
when the Cana adians arrived. Though
it was midnight, a large number of Of
ficers were in waiting on the platform
and a band of music played the Cana
dians to their barracks, where they
found their quarters and supper all
ready for them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
WITH A POP BOTTLE
And jag, Buck Sawyer DemoIishes
a Street Stand

Buck Sawyer, a colored man who used
to be a barber, but who has lately been
out of a job, got on a spree last night
and made things lively at the corner of
Crane and Kansas avenue. He picked
up pop bottle at a small fruit stand on
that corner and broke the windows and
a show case. The police were called and
they arrested Sawyer. The proprietor of
the stand was in police court this morn
ing to tell of the damage done. He said
that over s25 worth of property had been
destroyed Judge Atchison fined Sawyer
$50 for disturbing the peace and so for
damaging property. Sawyer has been ar
rested many times before. He used to
use bay rum as a beverage
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
A YOUNG MAN AND MONEY.
Another Instance of How Risky it is
to Get Them Together.

Nashville. Tenn. June 19.-It has been
developed that rumors which have been
in circulation for several weeks con
cerning Thomas Calendar, a young
man of this city, the southern agent of
the Latin & Rand Powder company of
New York, have resulted in the offer
of a reward for his arrest. His where
abouts is not known. The security
company on his bond offers the reward
He represented the powder company in
nearly all OF the southern states east
of the Mississippi river, and it is al
legged his shOrtgae in Nashville ac-
counts is $1,000, and it is also alleged
that shortages in other states may
reach 100000 He was general col
lector reporting every three months,
and since early in May efforts to find
him have proved fruitless. Calendar
is of excellent family and we'll connect
ed in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
TORNADO AT LINCOLN, Ill.
20 Persons Seeking Safety in Large
Barn are Hurt.

Lincilon, Ill, June ia tornado
which passed over the central and
southern portions of Logan county this
afternoon destroyed thousands of dol
lars worth of property and completely
demolished the big COW barn on the
farm of the state institution for the
feeble minded. Twenty-six persons
seeking refuge from the storm were
buried in the debris Four of the ref
ugees, boy pupils from Chicago, were
taken out dead. Five others were Sc
verely injured, one of whom, the farm
superintendent. will probably die.
The dead are:
Sylvester Baker.
James O'Brien.
Neal NICK enzie.
Castle Lebaron, all pupils of the in
stitutiOn.
The injured are:
Jacob WilmOt, farm superintendent;
will probably die.
Henry Berger, William Wilhelm, VIM.
Fisher, pupils, severely bruised and
cut; will probably recover.
Lemuel Gleason, attendant, seriously
injured internally; may die.
At 3:45 this afternoon a tornado was
seen approaching the city from the
southwest. The state institution for
the feeble minded, containing over 700
inmates, seemed to be directly in the
path of the storm. The roofs of sew
eral of the buildings were carried away
and much damage was done about the
grounds, but the inmates were under
perfect control and the threatened
panic and great loss of life was avert
ed.
The tornado passed on to the north
east. touching next on the farm and
stock barns connected with the asy-
Ium, three miles distant. In the COW
barn were huddled 26 persons, includ-
ing the superintendent of the farm,
Jacob WilmOt, "a pupils and an attend
ant. The barn was wrenched from its
foundation and torn to pieces. Four
with the exception of the superintend-
ent, escaped serious injury and were
shortly rescued from the debris. The
tornado passed on, doing great dam
age, the extent of which is not known.
The storm divided into sections and
covered wide territory.
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HOW BARNATO DIED.
He was so Determined That the Clos
est Watching Failed to Prevent
His Suicide


New York, June ia dispatch to The
World from London says:
When the steamship Scot arrived at
Southampton your correspondent obtain
ed the following account of the suicide
of Barney Barnato from DR.. Wilson:
1.-The morning he sprang from the
deck. Barnato told me he certainly should
make away with himself. So extra pre-
cautions were taken. Sol Joel, his
nephew, who was with him when he
jumped overheard, was watchful but
BarnatO made a sudden spring-it was
like a fiash-and was overheard. Joel
caught his trousers. but failing to hold
him, shouted to Fourth OFFICER Clifford:
I can't swim, you try to save him.
Clifford, taking his coat and hat off,
said: Wen, here goes. III try and
jumped overheard.
When he was sixty yards from Bar
nato he seized a life buoy, utterly ex-
hausted. Eventually Clifford was res
cued by a hfebOat. commanded by the
third officer, who then proceeded TO re-
cover Barnato's body. For three hours
restoratives were applied and artificial
respiration was restorted to. but without
success"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
WILL OPEN TO GENTILES.
400 Endeavorers Will Sing in the
Mormon TabernacIe.

Chicago, June 19.-About 500 Chica-
goans will attend the sixteenth Inter
national Christian Endeavor conven-
ton which opens at San Francisco July
z. A majority of them will leave June
% on a special train of fourteen
coaches, which will be specially dec
grated with banners and bunting The
train will consume eight days on the
trip westward, stops for sightseeing
being made at several Colorado re-
sorts.
At Salt Lake three days will be spent
and a complimentary concert of 400
voices will be given in the Mormon
tabernacle, the first time, it is said, that
Gentiles have been accorded that privi-
lege.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
DEATH DEALING HEAT
Three Fatal sunstrokes at Lincoln,
Kan-Temperature 1O5.

Kansas City, June 1s.-A special to
the Star from Lincoln Center Kan.
says:
The weather throughout this part of
the state has been intensely hot since
Wednesday, ranging from 1O3 to 1O5
degrees. Three deaths from sunstroke
have been reported. besides half a doz-
en- prOstrations.
HOTTEST IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Ark, June 19-Today
was the hottest June day in years At
IL o'clock the mercury had climbed to
9S. There have been but few -prostra-
tions, due to the fact that out of door
labor has been suspended and little or
no street traffic has been carried on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
FROM II STATES.
Delegates Have Been Appointed to
the Gold Mining Convention.

Denver June 19.-The Colorado rail-
roads have decided to give one fare for
the round trip between all points in
the state for the benefit of visitors to
the international gold mining conven-
ton, July Z, and 9. Besides this
one fare rate has been made to Salt
Lake for the Transmississippi con
gress and Utah's pioneer jubilee, July
IA and 20 respectively. The governors
of seventeen states have so far noti-
fed the managers of the convention Of
the appointment of delegates at large.
A feature of the preparation is the
organization Of a committee of over 100
Denver ladies to arrange for the com
fort and entertainment of lady visitors.
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MRS. B1AcKmAN MISSING.
The Woman Claiming to be Barnato's
First Wife Disappears Myster-
iOuSlV,

Cleveland. O., June 19.-Mrs. Blackman
of this city, who claims to be the wife
of Barnato and who left for London
about eight weeks ago has mysteriOusIy
disappeared. A letter which was mailed
in London, about six weeks ago, was re
ceived by her daughter, who resides in
this city.
In the letter Mrs. Blackman said she
would in a few days set sail for Johan-
nesburg, Africa. to attempt to establish
her identity as Barnato's wife. Since that
time nothing has been heard from her,
and the theory advanced by Detective
Seligsohn is that she has met with foul
play.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
ALL WRONG ABOUT CUBA.
The President Has Decided on No
Line of Action

Washington, June LIT can be stated
on the best authority that all publica-
tions purporting to outline the Cuban
policy of President Mckinley that have
been made up to the present time have
been in disregard of the fact that up to
this moment the case of the United
States government has not been yet made
up and that even in the discussions of
the subject of our relations to Cuba that
have taken place in the cabinet circles,
the point has not as yet been reached
where it could be said that the executive
had finally determined upon a line of
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
BIG STEAMER ADRIFT
In the English Channel and a Great
Storm Raging.

Dover, Eng, June 19.-The storm in
the channel continues. A large steamer
is reported adrift and the cross chan
mel boats are greatly delayed.
Antwerp, June 19.-Seven fishing
boats off the Belgian coast have been
lost with all their crews, and twenty
fishing boats have been lost off Sche-
veningan on the Dutch coast.
Rotterdam, June 19.-The streets of
this city have been flooded by a Sc
we're storm of rain and wind, which has
done much damage to all coast towns.
In the latter, however, no lives are re-
ported lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
MILL WHEEL KILLS CARP.
Kankakee River Strewn for Miles
With Dead Fish.

Kankakee, Ill, June 19.-The appear
ance of myriads of German carp, vary
ing in size from one to four pounds,
lying dead with lacerated bodies. for
miles along the bank of the Kankakee
river, and covering the surface of the
river, called here State Fish Commits
siOner Cohen of Champaign and S
Bartlett, superintendent of fisheries at
Quincy, Ill, to inquire into the cause
They found that several schools of carp
had attempted to pass through a mill
race at Waldron and had been ground
to pieces in the turbine water wheel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
B. Y. p. L. CONVENTION.
Great Preparations for its Entertain
ment at Chattanooga.

Chattanooga. Tenn, July 19.-Prep-
arations for the annual convention of
the Baptist Young Peoples union of
America, which viii be held in Chat
tanoOga July Is to 119, are almost COM
for homes for the $4,000 visitors ex-
pected has been completed and the re-
suit has been gratifying A chorus of
SEQ voices has been organized and IS
rehearsing under the direction of Prof
Porter of Baltimore. The main pro-
gramme. which includes numbers by
many of the most prominent Baptists
in America. will be rendered in the
public auditorium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
Charity Board Appointments.

The state board of charities adjourn
ed today, having elected fifteen attend
ants for the Topeka asylum, who viii
be put to work as vacancies occur. The
board placed list of the names of the
persons elected in the hands of DR..
Eastman and instructed him to sum
mon them when needed. About the 1st
of next month the board viii meet in
Topeka, after completing the tour OF
the various institutions, and elect a su-
perintendent of the Winfield asylum
and one for the industrial school at
Beloit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
Weather Bureau INDUCES in
an Alarming Forecast.
Says Everything Indicates Cy-
clones in Central West.
PRESENT INDICATION
Is That There May Be 'FTre-
mendOus Casualties
And a FGreat Loss Of Life and
Property" "

Chicago. June 19.-The United States
weather bureau here announced at 2
D. N. today that all conditions are fav-
orable for a destructive storm in the
region of which Chicago is the center.
The storm may strike at any point in
the menaced territory and may easily
be widespread and inf1ict great damage
in any locality from Madison, Wis, to
Lafayette. Ind.
THE conditions which I state" said
Prof. Garriott. apply to southern Wis
consin. eastern Iowa, northern Illinois
and Indiana and southern Michigan.
The storm will be sufficiently severe
from present indications for tremendous
casualties and great loss of life and
property
LATEST FROM CHICAGO.
The government barometer here at
215 this afternoon stood at 29.1O. This
is lower point than was recorded at
St. Louis just previous to the disastrous
cyclone of last year. The record at St
Louis Monday just as the storm broke
was 1885.
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STORMS IN INDIANA.
Damage Done to the Amount of $40,
900 and Lives Reported Lost

Indianapolis, Ind, June ia severe
storm passed over eastern Indiana yes
terday. Dispatches from Muncie and
other points report damage to factories
and houses aggregating $50 600 or $4O,-
600, but no loss of life. Rumors were
current that several people were kill
ed but the reports lacked confrmat ton.
The principal damage was at Eaton and
a ALBANY Ind
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CIoudburst at Calgary.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, June ia dis
patch from the west reports serious
floods and a cloudburst west of Calga-
burbs of Calgary are submerged; so
families are made homeless and several
bridges washed away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
TO STRIP THE MOUNTAINS.
White Mountains to be Made Bare by
Lumber Company

Boston, June 19-The Bartlett Lumber
company has completed the biggest land
deal ever accomplished in the eastern
states 1t has purchased outright Mount
Washington. the entire presidential range
and twenty lesser eminences of the White
mountain group and in addition some Co.
600 acres of fuel land in the wilds of New
HampShire
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CYCLONES IN IOWA.
Two of Them Do Damage but Touch
the Ground InfrequentlY.

Ottumwa, June ia small cyclone
passed over Rose Hill, a village in Keo-
kuk county yesterday afternoon, touch
ing the ground in several places just
outside the town. The damage done
was confined to trees and outbuildings
Another cyclone of a somewhat great
er violence passed six miles east of
OskaloOsa. Its path was over two
miles in length and about so yards in
width. The damage was slight, how
ever, being confined to fences, trees and
outbuildings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
Carter Harrison Hasn't Time.

Chicago, June 19.-Nayor Harrison
will not preside at the queens jubilee
celebration at the Auditorium next
Tuesday evening. Although posters an
nounced he would, the mayor has writ
ten the committee in charge of the cele-
bration that pressure of official du-
ties will prevent his attendance.
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Revival Services at Christian church

Mr.. Sims and wife Of Wichita, state
evangelists of the Christian church will
hold special revival services at the Third
Christian church all the coming week
The meetings after Monday night will be
held in big tent just across the viaduct
Good music and short service are prom
iSed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
Sc DID q UsefnI Thinr

New York, June 19.-James Gayler,
assistant postmaster of New York since
1880, died last night at the age of 10
He devised the registered package en-
velope, still in use.
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ssNick'' Ford is Dead.

St. Joseph, Mo, June 19-Ex-Con-
gresham Nicholas Ford, for twenty
years a leading merchant in this city
and once a leader of national promi-
nence in the Greenback movement and
who also ran for governor of Missouri
on the Greenback ticket. died last night
at the home of his daughter. Mrs. E. A.
Mcdonald, a AIiltonvale, Kan
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-19
Bust of Beethoven Unveiled.

Chicago, June ia bronze bust of
Beethoven was unveiled in Lincoln
park today in the presence of a large
gathering of admirers of the famous
composer.