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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
ABUSE AMERICANS.
Returned Spaniards Says They Were
Badly Treated.

London, Aug 27.-The Madrid corre-
spondent of the Daily Mail says the Of
ficers and soldiers who have returned from
Santiago de Cuba bitterly accuse the
Americans of unfulfl1ed promises made at
the time of the capitulation of Santiago.
The Americans. they say, forced the Span
ish troops to encamp on spot where hun
dreds or corpses of the Spanish defenders
of FL Caney We're buried. The rains al
most unearthed the bodies, the stencil
from which produced epidemic. The
Americans. the Spaniards assert, kept the
latter without food, and the officers re-
ceived only timed sardines. Most of
them returned seriously i'll from the re-
suits of prolonged hunger. Several died
daily. The government has resolved the
correspondent says, ito appoint the ex
Spanish consul at Key West as diplomatic
agent at Washington until peace shall
have been restored"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
LEAVING CAMP THOMAS.
Three More Reg -ments Get Away To-
day.

Chickamauga Park, Tenn, Aug. 27.-
Three regiments left Camp Thomas for
Knoxville today. They were the Sec
ond Missouri, the Fifth Missouri and
the Sixth Ohio. The Southern railway,
which is moving most of the troops,
now has things in such shape that
hereafter the regiments will be moved
rapidly. General Breckenridge has
made his arrangements accordingly and
expects to get the whole of the First
corps out during the next two days
Just when the Third corps will go or
where it viii go are questions not yet
positively answered. The lack of wa
ter facilities at Huntsville, reported by
General Frank has caused a disarrange-
ment of plans which may cause delay.
The officials favor Admission, Ala, but
it is probable that more Investigation
will be made before a definite decision
is reached. The work of mastering out
the Second Nebraska is progressing
rapidly and viii probably be finished
by Monday night.
It is not yet known definitely when
the command will leave for Omaha. but
it Will probably go Tuesday. As soon
as the mastering officers dispose of this
regiment they begin upon the light bat
teries. The sick in the regimental divis-
ion and general hospitals are now re-
ceiving the best of attention. Hundreds
of patients have been sent home during
the last few days and the doctors and
nurses can well handle those remaining
A number of Sisters of Charity arrived
today to assist in the hospital work.
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TIGHTENING
THE COILS.
The Police Authorities and the
Attorney
Are Carefully Guarding Every
Avenue of Escape
FROM MRS. ADA BOTKIN
Accused of Poisoning Two
Women at Dover, Del.
She is Taking the Situation
COOlIy.

San Francisco, Aug. 27.-The police of
this city are working hard to perfect
the local end of the Botkin case before
Detective McVey arrives from the east
with the requisition papers for Mrs.
Botkin's extradition. Assistant District
Attorney Dunno is preparing to aid the
authorities in every way and at the
same time Mrs. Botkin's attorneys are
preparing an elaborate argument
against a transfer of the case to the
Delaware courts. Attorney Dunno has
requested Chief of Police Lees to get a
more definite status of the case from
the Delaware officials and to that end
the following was telegraphed to At
tOrney General White, of Delaware,
asking for the aff1davits in the case on
the following points:
Separate afidavits from all parties
knowing any facts tending to show who
committed crime, towit: From post
Office authorities of date of receipt of
box, to whom delivered, by whom de-
iVered to the victims, who partOOk of
candy, date of deaths, with names of
victims, attending physicians on de-
ceased; that candy contained poison;
affidaVits from chemists analyZing can
dy; date of analysis, with result; par
ties present at eating of candy.
All these, with such other afHdavits
obtainable concerning proof of guilt as
would be sufficient to hold the defend
ant to answer before magistrate for
final trial, must be attached to and
made part of the reQuiSitiOn papers,
properly examined by magistrate and
county clerk, and authenticated accord
ing to law.
Mrs. BOtEin's attorneys will make a
desperate fight in her behalf and Chief
Lees wants to have his side of the case
prepared on strictly legal information.
Mrs. .BOtkin spends a great deal of her
D6Tf6Ctln2 2OrGeOlSn6SS
her attire. She changes her gowns fire.
quently and,to all outward appearances
is not the least nervous. She, however,
takes a great deal of interest in the
case and reads every line published in
the newspapers. She has had several
consultations with her attorneys but
the ordeal has so far had little appar-
ent effect on her nerves.
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DIED OF STARVATION.
Lieut.. Tiffany of the Rough Riders,
Dead at Boston.

Boston, Aug. 27.-First Lieutenant
William Tiffany of New York, one of
Colonel Roosevelt's rough riders, died
at the Parker house in this city of ex-
haustion and want of nourishment in
Santiago and on board the Olivette. on
which he was being brought to Boston,
being landed Tuesday.
When he was landed in Boston it was
thought he was in a fair way toward
recovery, and instead of going to the
hospital with the other men he was taL-
ken to the hotel and placed under the
care of private physicians and given
private nurses.
The death certificate signed by DR.. F.
NJ. Johnson gives this as the cause of
young Tiffany's death:
Death due to protra cted fevers, due
to war life in Cuba, and starvation"
Lieutenant Tiffany's brother, Belmont
was present when the youth died. He
made only this statement:
my brother died of starvation
There were also present at the bedside
his mother, Mrs. George Tiffany; his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Perry Belmont, and
his betrothed, Miss Maud Livingston Of
New York.
New York, Aug. 27.-William Tiffany
was the son of the late George Tiffany,
his mother having been Miss Isabella
Perry, a sister of the late Mrs August
Belmont. Lieutenant Tiffany belonged
to the family of which Commodore Oil
yer Hazard Perry was a distinguished
member. Perhaps none of the rough
riders had been more identified with the
public life of New York than Lieuten-
ant Tiffany. He associated himself in
business with Rawlins Cottonet some
years ago, and together they conducted
flower shop in Fifth avenue known as
The Rosary" being among the first of
the young men of society to launch our
in business of the real sort.
Lieutenant Tiffany was no novice at
rough riding, as he had spent several
years on a ranch in the far west. He
was also capital whip, like his uncle,
William George Tiffany of Paris.
He was engaged to Miss Maud LiV-
ingston, daughter of the late Robert
Cambridge Livingston of Islip. L. I.
He is survived by his mother. an un-
married sister and by two brothers.
Perry Tiffany, who married Miss Marie
Havemeyer, a daughter of the late
Theodore HaVemeyer and Belmont
Tiffany, who married Miss Anne Cam
erOn, a daughter of Sir Roderick Cam
eron. The lieutenant was a member of
the KnickerbOcker club
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MAIL FOR ALASKA.
Postal Inspector CIum Has Estab-
lished Many Offices.

Victoria, b c., Aug. 27.-The steamer
City of Topeka, which arrived, brought
among her passengers Postal Inspector
Clum, who has made a tour of the Alas
kan territory. The Topeka's passen-
gers confirm the stories of the richness
of Pine creek, and say that suffering
this winter will be intense.
Much will be done by the government
to relieve the inevitable distress.
John P. Clum, of Washington, D. c.,
was last March designated by Post
master General Gary as special postal
commissioner for Alaska.
He has established a great many new
offices and for the interior Alaskan
towns between Juneau and Tanana he
has arranged a twice a month mail,
and for the towns between St. Michael
and Tanana a monthly mail. This
service is to be maintained throughout
the entire year, winter and summer
Mr.. Clum says that the government
will send out inspectors to Alaska fire.
quently, to see that the contrac ctors for
carrying the mails live up to their con-
tracts.
Major J. NJ. Walsh, the Yukon COM
missioner. who has been succeeded by
Mr.. Ogilvie, the former Dominion sur
rival of huS successor, who is expected
in few days. Major Walsh said to-
day that the collection of royalty was a
matter optional with him, and in all
matters he was granted great latitude;
that he was empowered to amend the
existing mining laws and in some in
stances he did change and modify them
to suit the eXigencieS of the occasion
Concerning the collection of royalty
the major vehemently remarked:
I never enforced the collection of
royalty from any man who was not
able to pay the royalty many times
over. The law was only enforced
against the men who were able to pay it
the rich mine owners
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43 LIVES LOST
By the Blowing Up of the Stick
cen Chief.

San Francisco, Aug. 2Z--News has
been received here confirming the re-
ported loss of the stern wheeler Stick
cen Chief. A letter received from Ju-
neau, dated August 10, brings the con-
f1rmatory news and further says that
the disaster was doubtless caused by
an explosion and that the crew and
passengers, numbering 43 persons,
were undoubtedly lost. The Dora
saved dog which was floating on
piece OF Wreckage. That it was an ex-
plosion that caused the loss is inferred
by the DOra's crew, from the fact that
most of the wreckage was broken into
small bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
STATE QUARANTINE
Has Been Established in Texas
Aga 5nst Galveston.


Houston, Tex, Aug. 27.-State Health
Officer Blunt was seen after his return
from Galveston and asked about the
suspicious case of fever at that point
The case went to investigate" said
the doctor, was that of soldier
named Goodwin, p years of age To-
Gated with the troops at F't. Point,
about mile and half from Galveston.
He has been there since April L With
out going into a technical description
of the case, 1 can simply say to you,
as 1 said to the people of Galveston,
that the case is an extremely suspicious
one with nearly all the complete symp-
toms of yellow fever. This opinion was
cOncurred in by DR. Eli and other ply
sfcians of Galveston and under these
circumstances I deem it but prudent to
quarantine Galveston and await de-
VeIopments. This quarantine will be
kept up for two or three days within
which time developments will arise
which will determine positively whether
or not the case is one Of yellow fever.
The quarantine will be enforced
strictly as to passengers coming out of
Galveston. Mails will be permitted to
go in and out under certain restrictions
and all freights viii be permitted to go
into Galveston, but no freight will be
permitted to come out, except by spec
ial permit.
Z have established a state quarantine
to prevent the annoyance of a lot of
local quarantines."
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LETTER TO M'KINLEY.
From the Philippine Islands Commit
tee in Europe

London, Aug. 27.-The Philippine islands
committee in Europe has addressed a let
ter to President Mckinley regarding the
appeals made to him by high Roman
Catholic ecclesiastics in America to pro-
tect the religious orders in the islands.
The expulsion of the friars the committee
contends, is "a necessary antecedent to
moral sanitation The letter names par
ticularly the archbishop of Mala and the
bishops of Nueva Sagovia and Nueva
Caseres, whose acts of hostility against
both natives and Americans and against
the Jesuits and other respected religious
institutions are condemned by everyone"
The committee urges President McKin-
ley to laid the Filipinos to suppress the
immortality of the diabOIical institutions
fostered by those monks" and concludes
as follows:
Your name can never be associated
with that of the friars, and the sense of
right of the noble nation at whose head
you are placed will never permit the ever
victorious and humanitarian stars and
stripes to protect them
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WAR BREAKS OUT
Between Kansas Warriors
Funston and Little.

San Francisco, Aug. 27.-There is an
open rupture between Col. Funston and
Lieutenant Colonel Little. Funston
threatens Little with court martial be-
cause Little recommended to Gov.
Leedy men not wanted for vacancies by
Funston.
Funston said last night:
If his recommendations do prevail,
and officers are put in here over my
head, this regiment is going to witness
all the changes of a tropical climate
but that isn't the story.
1T was only last night that learned
of LittIe's action and you may imagine
how I took the news. Unlucky; or per-
haps lucky. I couldn't find Col Little.
7 fancy something very unpleasant
would have occurred in view of the
frame of mind I was in then.
This morning I asked him if my in
formation as to his unwarrantable ac-
tiOn was correct. He replied in the af-
frmative. I asked him if he thought
that he had military precedent for a
subordinate sending in such recon-
mendation.
He replied NO but considered that
he had done perfectly right never-the-
less.
Then I told him that his conduct
was the prejudice of military discipline
and that I intended to place him under
arrest for insubordination. He did not
relish the idea.
Little is president of the court mar
tial now sitting on the Thomas affair
and did not wish to inconvenience it's
workings and so did not carry out my
threat. That he can be arrested and
court martialed for his offense I have
good authority for believing. am
still working on the matter
Little says he has looked the matter
up and is satisfied ne is correct and has
nothing to regret or to take back At
noon he is still free from arrest.
Z. W. ELLIS.
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BRINK OF THE GRAVE.
Sad Home Coming of Missouri volun-
teers

St Louis, Mo, Aug. PA train con-
sisting of nine sleepers arrived in this
city today. having on board 152 mem
bers of the First, Second and Fifth
Missouri volunteer regiments who have
been laid UP in the hospitals at Chick
amauga Park for some time past. suf-
fering from fevers and other camp all
ments. The home coming of these SOL
diers, many of whom are on the brink
of the grave, was a pitiful contrast to
their outgoing just a few months ago
Twenty-one of the men belonged to
the First regiment, whose home station
is St. Louis. They got off here and
went to their homes
Men from the other regiments whose
cases were considered serious were sent
in ambulances to various hospitals in
the city, where they will be carefully
nursed. The remainder will continue
on their way to homes in different sec
tiOns of the state today.
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MUSTERED OUT.
Death Ends the Service of Elmer
McIntire.
Taylor, Snapp and SpendlOve Of
Topeka Discharged.
NEWS OF 10Th KANSAS.
Sergeant YOung Says He VIII
Soon Be Free.
His Friends Will Appeal to
Secretary Alger.

(From the State Journals Special Cor
respondent)
San Francisco, Aug. 27.-Private El-
mer AIcIntire of E company died in the
hospital of tuberculosis The remains
were sent to Neosho Falls today for
burial.
Drill is now held for two hours each
day. The sick list has been reduced to
only 81
Sergeant OrvilIe S. Taylor. Private W.
Snapp and Corporal Joseph c. SPEND
love were discharged today from A COM
Dany and will return to Topeka.
QUartermaster Sergeant James A.
Young, sentenced to Imprisonment for
embezzlement declares that he is not
guilty because if he violated any mill
tary law it was through ignorance and
he never appropriated a cent of the
money to his own use. He says that he
has friends at home who will present
his case direct to Secretary Alger and
that he will soon be out of the peniten-
tiary. General Miller says that any
ameliorating circumstance in the case
will be forwarded by him to the adju-
tant general at Washington.
All of the troops now in this city have
been moved from Camp Merritt to the
Preside and it is believed by the regi-
mental surgeons that the health of the
men will be greatly improved by the
change. Captain w. H. McKittrick
who raised the American flag over San
tiago is here.
The board of survey appointed to es-
innate the damage done the persons
and property OF the Thomas family by
riOtous soldiers of the Tennessee regi-
ment has not yet concluded its labors.
E. W. ELLIS.
Lieutenant Col Little Rebuked.
CBy Associated Press.)
San Francisco, Aug. 27.-Col. Funston
of the Kansas volunteers, has sternly
rebuked Lieutenant Colonel Little for
writing a letter to the governor of Kan
sas recommending the promotion of
certain men of the regiment although
Little was aware that Col. Funston had
already made his own recommended
tiOnS.
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THANKS OF PRESIDENT
Extended to the Army and Navy
Christian Commission.

Washington, Aug. 27.-President Nc
Kinley has written the following letter
congratulating the army and navy
Christian commission on it's work
among the soldiers during the war:
John J. McCook, Esq, Chairman Exec
utive Committee, Army and Navy,
Commission, New York City.
My Dear Sir-I have noted with much
pleasure the admirable work that the
army and navy commission, organized
by the International commission of the
Young Mems Christian association, has
been accomplishing for the physical and
social welfare of our soldiers and sail
ors. Hoping that the good work may
be continued, I am faithfully, yours,
VIM. M'KINLEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
SHIFTING THEM AROUND.
Skaters Returning Army is Being
Scattered About.

New York. Aug 27.-The United States
cruiser Harvard arrived this morning from
Montauk Point, where she landed 675 men
of the Thirty-third Michigan The Har-
ward is detained for disinfection-
The hospital yacht The Red Cross, ar
rived from Camp Wikof with 10 typhoid
fever patients for Roosevelt hospital
The transport Leona arrived from Mon
tauk after landing over 500 soldiers of
Skaters returning army.
The transport Mortera, Captain Hanlon,
arrived this morning from Montauk. where
she landed 312 men of the TWenty-firSt in
fantrv from Santiago. The Mortera was
formerly a Spanish Cuban coasting steam
er and became prize to the United States
on the surrender of Santiago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
TO RAISE THE WIND.
Seven Big Electric Fans Provided by
Manager Crawford.

Manager Crawford wishes it under
stood by theater goers that the heat
will not interfere with the comfort of
the audience at the performance OF
AT Gay Coney Island at the Crawford
theater tonight. Five electric fans
have been placed in position on the
first floor and two on the second floor,
and these will be sufficient to keep the
audience cool. All the exit doors and
the windows of the house will be open.
Ice water will be provided throughout
the performance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
JORDAN GONE AGAIN.
The Notorious Johnston Disappears
From His Newton Haunts.

Newton Aug. 27.-Johnston Jordan, the
Topeka colored man who is the principal
witness of the prosecution in the Collins
murder case at Topeka has left town. He
was here for several days while SIN
Killer Griffin was preaching here. He
and another colored man, whom the pO-
lice would like to apprehend. We're stay
ing at a colored woman's house on East
Sixth street, but left town several days
ago. It is not known where Johnston
went but when here he claimed that he
would return to Topeka in time to testify
AGAINST Collins.
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KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
One Boy Dead and Another Will
Die.

Decatur. Ill, Aug.27-John Hamilton,
six years old while playing in the yard
at his home today became entangIed in
a live electric wire. The nine year old
son of James Lee tried to pull him out
and was instantly killed by the shock
The Hamilton boy was burned from
head to foot and will die. The wire
was a private telegraph wire that had
fallen over a trolley wire and into the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
THREE NEW CASES.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Dr. Wyman.
surgeon general of the marine hospital
service has received a telegram from
one of his assistants at Galveston stat
ing that the army surgeon in charge
there considers three additional fever
cases as somewhat suspicious He has
isolated them and has taken the pre-
caution to burn their clothing and bed
ding. There are a few new cases also
at Key West which may turn out to be
genuine yellow fever, but they have
not sufficiently developed to warrant a
positive statement in regard to them.
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DAY HAS QUIT.
Secretary of State Not Likely
to Return to Washington.

Canton, O., Aug. 27.-Secretary Of
State Day and Mrs. Day arrived in
Canton on the Pennsylvania train this
afternoon. They were met at the sta
ton by committee from the board OF
trade. Secretary Day expects to re-
main in Canton or the immediate vicin-
ity seeking rest until he and Mrs. Day
leave for the east to sail for Paris with
the peace commission on September II.
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VIII sett e in Yucatan.

Merida, Mexico, Aug. 27.-Many
Spaniards residents now in Havana
and other Cuban ports are preparing to
come to Yucatan and settle. believing
they can improve their fortunes on
the other hand Cuban land prOpr1etorS
among the refugees here. refuse to
sell their lands and will soon return
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27

Vera Cruz, Mexico, Aug. 27.-seversl
cases of yellow fever have declared
themselves and strict sanitary meas
ures are being taken to prevent a sprea d
of the disease. The state authorities
have adopted precautions against the
importation of the fever into gulf ports
within their Jurisdiction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-27
Flood in Porto Rico.

Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug. PA deluye
from the mountains has flooded the r.v-
ers. and the bridges between the town
and port were destroyed. This will
prevent General Miles attending a re-
ception to be given in his honor by Por-
to Ricans at the leading club ton ght
and will probably cause much incon-
venience to the transportation of the
troops which are returning home. Sew
eral camps were washed out.
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High Kite FLYING.

Blue Hill, Mass, Aug. .27-The worlds
record for high kite flight has been bro
ken at Rotch's observatory by AIessrs.
Clayton and Ferguson, who dispatched
a tandem of kites into the air until the
highest one reached an altitude of H.,
124 feet above the sea level. height 277
feet greater than any kite has reached
heretofore.
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Sectional Feeling Gone.

San Francisco, Aug 27.-General
Longstreet, United States commissioner
of railroads, has arrived on an official
inspection trip of the subsidized rail-
roads In an interview he said: I be-
lieve that the little, if any, sectional
feeling still prevailing before the war
is now entirely obliterated and the pop
ular conviction that such feeling no
longer exists is one of the grand achieve
ments of the war with Spain.'
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To Be Mustered out.

Washington, Aug. Z7.-The following
volunteer regiments were today ordered
to be mustered out of the service: The
First and Fifth Missouri, now at Chick
amauga, and the Third Missouri, now
at AIiddletown, Pa, will go to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo. The 159th Indiana, now
at Middletown will go to Indianapolis.
The Eighth New York, now at Chicka-
mauga will go to Hempstead, L. L