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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12
Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Baker and daugh-
ter Nellie returned Saturday from Bear
Lake.
Dr. L. NJ. Powell has returned from
his three weeks vacation in Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred WelIhouse and
children returned Saturday from a
short visit to Tonganoxie and Leaven-
worth.
Miss Ethel Mckee returned to her
home in Newton, Sunday, after short
visit with Topeka friends.
Mr.. John r. McKeever of St Joe
has accepted a position in the car ser
vice department of the Santa Fe. He
will move his family here soon.
Miss Florence Griest returned Sat
urday from her home in Ellis, Kan.
She spent the summer in Salt Lake
City
Mrs B. T. Payne and daughters An
ME and Jessie returned Saturday from
ManitOu where they have been spend
ing the summer; Mrs. S. T. Fulton and
son Darrah returned with them and
will remain two or three weeks before
returning to their home in Kansas
City. Mr.. Fulton came down from
Kansas City to spend Sunday with
them.
Mrs. L. P. shoop is visiting friends IN
Newton.
Mr.. J. Snattinger and sister Florence
spent Sunday in Atchison.
Miss Williams of Marion is Wis
iting the family of her uncle, J. w. Sid
well at AL Quincy street.
Mrs. D. Downing and daughter H&-
en- of Upton, Iowa, are visiting Mrs.
Upton parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Thompson.
Mr. w O. Rigby and Mr.. Charles
McMfchael have gone to Omaha for a
few days.
Miss olive Lewis went to Lawrence
today to attend the university
Mrs. F. J. Shubert and Miss Bessie
West returned Saturday from Colorado
where they have been spending the
summer.
Mrs. James L. King and daughter
Emily and Miss Hila Hinckley have re-
turned from a short visit in Kansas
City.
Miss Blanche Joerger returned to her
home in LeavenwOrth Sunday after
few days visit with Miss Edna, Crane.
Miss Julia Chute is spending the week
with friends in Lawrence.
Miss Mabel Horton has returned from
Miss Amy Hunt has resigned her pO-
sition with the firm of Warren NJ.
Crosby & Co., and will enter Bethany
college.
Mr.. A. J. Horton of Chicago is spend
ing the week with his brother, Mr.. r.
I. Horton.
Mrs. NJ. J. Mercer went to Chicago
Saturday to spend a few days.
Mr.. Milton Beitz spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Mrs. H. NJ. Hadley and children have
returned from Oklahoma where they
have been spending the summer. Miss
Miss Ethel Hadley at her home, 634
Clay street.
Prescott & Co have the plumbing,
hot water heating and lighting in L.
NJ. Jones' new residence to be built on
Topeka avenue.
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MYSTERIOUS ROBINSON.
Stole a Loaf of Bread and Actually
Ate 1t.

R. Robinson of Dallas, Texas, a tele-
graph operator, was adjudged insane
today If it had not been that the costs
of the case would not have been paid
if Robinson had been acquitted the de-
cisiOn might have been different.
Robinson's original offense was-AGe
theft of a loaf of bread and so cents
from house in North Topeka. He
admits that he took the bread because
he was hungry and a great deal of myS-
terry was thrown into the case because
he did not tell what had become of the
bread He told a Journal reporter to-
day that he ate it. If it is like the
ba kers there is no doubt he is insane.
The next Offense of the young man
was that he sometimes did not speak to
his iaiIers He was bound over to the
district court, of course, by justice
of the peace who concluded that his
offense was too great for his jurisdic-
ton.
Then Robinson became the object of
suspicion because he did not associate
with the other prisoners He preferred
to be alone Then he seemed Indifferent
to his fate. He once sent for ply
stefan and then told the doctor that he
was not sick. Robinson faced the jury
in the probate court today without any
show Of fear. He answered every ques-
tion frankly. He is educated and an
expert penman.
After the jury had deliberated a few
minutes Robinson was declared mt
subject for the insane asylum
Robinson was employed as a tele-
eraph operator on the Mexican Central
and left there because he thought the
climate did not agree with him After
he got out of money he continued the
search for employment until he reached
Toneka. where he became a criminal.
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CAUSED BY CANNED FOOD.
Another Explanation of the Sickness
in the Army

Austin, Tex, Sept. Ex-Governor Gull
bersOn has sent Surgeon General Stern
berg an official message calling his at
tentiOn to some suggestions made by
DR.. Thomas D. WOOten, an eminent
physician of Texas and the medical di-
rector for the southern army during the
civil war, relative to the cause of so
much sickness in the volunteer army.
He attributes it directly to the use of
canned foods in the army and gives
his reason as follows:
Canned soups, meats and Vegeta bles
are strongly liable to fermentation and
decomposition when exposed to such
and campaigns, resulting in the septic
poisoning of all who partake of them.
The very diseases that have prevailed
so a1armingly among our troops being
typhoid in their character point clearly
to a septic origin. Typhoid fever itself
is but a manifestation of septic cOndi-
lions, and given the food necessary to
induce such conditions, coupled with
the resultant conditions themselves, the
conclusion seems logical, if not ire
SiStible that the cause lies in the diet,
complained of. Another cOgent reason
for INDUCING this hypothesis may be
found in the fact that the same I'M
healthy symptoms have appeared eV-
eryWhere, regardless of change in lOca-
Chickamauga, MOntauk Point, and Fort
Sheridan the same prevailing diseases
obtain, Indicating a common and uni
form origin. What cause, common and
universal in all camps, has or can exist,
unless it be this canned food diet?"
The governor asks the surgeon gen
eral to give this matter an inVestiga-
ton in the hope that it will prove Of
benefit to the sick soldiers or at least
T0rRURnf fuTth her sickness.
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SOCIETY NEWS.

Miss Anna NJ. Davis was very agree
ably surprised by her most intimate
friends last evening at her home 725
Topeka avenue.
Considering the weather all had
very enjoyable time. Refreshments
were served. Each one left a remem-
brance in the shape of a useful school
article accompanied by a verse and his
or her autograph.
The invited guests were DR.. Thorpe
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. A. Conroe, Miss Jean
Wallace, Miss Bunker, Miss Mary Mar
tin, Miss Jessie Welch, Miss Coeburn
Miss Lillian Griffith, Miss Alice CIin-
ger, Miss Anna Hagar, Miss Jennie Ha-
gar, Miss May Wood, Miss Minnie
Davis, Miss Blanche Smith, Miss Mary
Huron, Miss Leona Jones, Miss Nellie
I4ercher; Mr.. Stryker, Mr.. Jacob Strick-
Ter, Mr.. Kline, Mr.. Conry, Mr.. A. o.
Beach, Mr.. Carr, Mr.. VIII Moore, Mr.
Courtney Smith, Mr.. Chas. Lercher, Mr.
Gregory, Mr. Roberts, Messrs. Matthew
and John Davis.
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= tems intended for this column should
O'CLOCK in the morning.
Orlin Mccall returned Sunday from
Cincinnati.
B. A. Patten of Silver Lake was in
town today.
Miss Blair returned to her home in
Netawaka Saturday.
M. c. Holman came home Saturday
night from Cincinnati.
Miss Grace Carr of Emporia visited
North side friends yesterday.
Miss Birdie Stoker came home Satur-
day from her trip to Omaha.
The pavements have been repaired
ana the streets put in first class shape
for the reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. seelemire will leave
tuesday for visit to relatives in Wa
terloo, Iowa, and in Nebraska.
The Sunday school board of the Kan
sas Avenue NJ. E church will meet this
evening in the church parlors.
Mrs g. w. Angle returned yesterday
from Kansas City where she went to
attend the wedding of her niece.
Mrs. S. L. Courtney returned Satur-
day from Kansas City and St Joseph
where she has been for the past ten
days.
Miss Daisy FOwkes, who was the
guest Saturday of Miss Julia Waite
City.
Mr.. and Mrs A NJ. Petro and son,
Kelsey, have returned from Kansas
City where they have been spending a
few days.
Mr.. seelemire, operator at the west
ern Union office, is taking a months
vacation. His place is being filled by
Mr.. Williams.
Miss Kate Buechner went to Leaven-
worth yesterday to meet her brother,
Fred, who is member of the Twenty
second regiment.
The Denver drum corps passed
through yesterday noon over the Union
Pacific on their return from the G. A
r encampment at Cincinnati.
Airline Bradley who has been quite
sick at the home of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sheetz on Quincy
street, is much improved.
Miss Grace Miller, daughter of S. c.
Miller left last week for Emporia
where she will take three years
course in the state normal school.
Miss Swallow of Ellis county was the
guest today of Miss Mamie Mulroy of
PIP West Gordon street. Miss Swallow
will attend Washburn college this win
ter.
Alphonse Won Leays, who was form
erly with his brother in the watch re-
pairing and jewelry business in North
Topeka, was wounded at the battle of
Santiago and is now at his home in
St. Marys on furlough.
Rev. ]. NJ. Miller, president of the
state normal school at Emporia, was
the guest yesterday of his brother, S.
G. Miller. Rev. Miller preached yes
terday morning at the First Presby-
terrain church. He returned to his home
today
Mrs. S. T. Wolfe and son left yester-
day for a visit of two months to Mrs.
Wolfe's parents and friends at Ender-
lin, North Dakota. Mrs. Wolfe is the
wife of S. T. Wolfe, who is in the Of
fee of the auditor of passenger receipts
of the Santa Fe.
H. C. Day of Duncan, Arizona, ar
rived last evening and is visiting his
sister-in-law, Mrs. T. B. Reynolds of
1905 Quincy street. Mr.. Days son,
CORTLAND, is expected this week from
Arizona. He will spend the winter here
and attend school.
Miss Margaret Casey left this morn
ing for Lawrence where she will enter
the university and take a two years
course in law. Miss Casey was stem
ographer for several years for Henry
Call, now of New York, and since then
has held a similar position in the law
office of Dobbs & Stoker.
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THE COST TO SPAIN.
She Expended 1884, 100000 on the
the War

New York Sept. PA special to the
Herald from Washington says: ASIDE
from the loss of her colonies and the ships
destroyed in battle, the war has cost
Spain about 1884, 100000.
InfOrna ton to this effect mas peen re-
ceiVed at the navy department from the
naval attaches of this government aDrq }5oI;
Including the preparation in anuclpat on
of the war begun in 1895, these sums nave
been raised and expended: 1900
SIS 255 from the sale of $1,000 400 C 61d an
notes of 1886. IS, 7S4, S91; loans of 4OO.OO00JO
Desetas on the customs guarantee, 81, 400,
900: from the sale of silver, etc, SS56, S3S;
loans of the Bank of Spain on the CUBAN
guarantee SIS. 400 600; loan of the Bank OF
Spain on guarantee of contr1butons, ~
900 900: loan of the Bank of Spain per
cent internationa debt; $29 0eO 900; Philip Fl
pine taxes So. 900, 900 These sums DO not
include debts for transports, etc, con-
tracted by the government Whlch are
placed at approximately $62,000 O0O-
According to the information in the pos
session of the department all the money
has been expended on expeditions sent to
the colonies. whose total amounted to
$50, 431 soldiers, 6,223 officers and about 700
generals.
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HALL GAME WAS FIXED.
Landed in New York With Inter
views Already Prepared.

New York, Sept. 12.-Mr. Hall Game
arrived on the Campania, and for the
next fortnight will be at the Everett
house He begged reporters not to m
ten statement and printed matter, max
ing about 4, 500 words about himself.
my first object in coming to this
country he said. lis to help Miss vi
ola Allen in her rehearsals of The Chris
tian. which is to be produced in New
york. and to renew my acquaintance
of three years ago. The play viii be
eriven a preliminary hearing in Wash
ington on October &c, I believe, but that
will be simply to get things running
smoothly The play is really to be
why in America first? Because I
think the New York public is as well
able to decide on the fortunes of a play
as that of London. Besides, religious
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GEO. B. GALLON PROMOTED.
Becomes Travelling Auditor of the
Santa Fe Railroad.

Mr.. George B. Gallon, for several
years voucher clerk in the office of the
auditor of the Santa Fe in this city,
has been promoted to the position of
travelling auditor of the road. His ap-
pofntment takes effect today, and he
will assume the duties of his new posi-
ton at once.
Mr. Gallons duties will be of spec
iaI nature and he will have none of the
routine work of checking agencies
which falls to the lot of the other trav
cling auditors. His headquarters will
be in Topeka, but he will travel over
all divisions of the Santa Fe road prop
er, performing such special accounting
work as may be assigned to him.
Mr. Gallon will be succeeded in the
office here by Mr.. Oscar Clarke, and he
in turn by Mr.. ]. R. Ferris. The pro-
motions will necessitate a number of
minor changes in the office.
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In the Supreme Court.

Upon an appeal from the district
court of Greenwood county, the case of
Dennis Taylor versus A. J. Batterton,
appeared in the supreme court today.
Taylor's father died intestate, having
previously transferred his property to
his wife. Litigation commenced when
Dennis Taylor, a son, became of age.
He sought to regain possession Of the
interest in the land and other property.
He sued his mother, who had sold the
land, alleging that she had the right to
dispose of only one-half of the land,
her legal share. But she had sold the
farm, 800 acres, and it had changed hands
three times, when a mortgage was fore
closed. The suit which was filed today
has for it's purpose, the recovery of the
land from its present owners.
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SANTA HOURS Gun DOWN
Reduction of Time in the Shops Be-
ginning Today.

A still further reduction has been
made in the working time at the Santa
Fe shops in this city and at all division
points on the road. Effective today,
the time was cut from ten to eight
hours a day, or ten hours a week.
Two weeks ago the shops were ordered
to shut down on Saturdays, cutting off
ten hours each week. This makes a re-
duction of 20 hours per week in the
working time of the men, who for the
past year have been working ten hours
a day and six days a week.
The fact that grain is not moving to
any extent, and earnings decreasing as
a result, is responsible for the reduc-
ton.
The men will go to work at s o'clock
in the marning and quit at o'clock in
the evening.
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DAY WASHINGTON.
Completing Arrangements for De-
parture of Peace Commission.


Washington, Sept. 12.-Secretary of
State Day arrived in Washington from
his home in Canton on an early train
today As soon as he had breakfast
ed, he repaired to the White House,
where he had a long conference with the
president, which is presumed to have
had special reference to the nature of
the instructions to be given to the
peace commissioners.
Nothing has been heard at the state
department recently from the other
members of the commission and it is
quite uncertain whether there will be a
majority of the body here tomorrow to
hold even an informal meeting which is
desired in order to arrange for the de-
parture of the commission on the 18th
instant. Mr.. Macarthur has just re-
turned to Washington from New York
where he completed all the details of
the trip and it is now settled that the
American commission will take pas
sage on the Campania leaving New
York next Saturday. 1t is not expect
ed that the instructions to be given the
members of the commission will be
made public as in view of the depart
ment the commissioners will be placed
at a considerable disadvantage in con-
Quoting their negotiations We're their
case made known fully in advance.
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DEATH OF DIR. CRUMMELL.
A Noted Negro Divine and Au-
thor.

New York, Sept. 12.-Rev. DR.. Alex
ander Crummell, who lies dead in this
city, was one of the best known negro
clergymen in the United States. He
was the founder and former rector of
st. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church.
Washington; president of the CoIored
Ministers union and the founder and
president of the American negro acad-
envy.
Having a desire to enter the ministry
of the Protestant Episcopal church, he
applied in 1899 to be admitted to the
general theological seminary. This
caused bitter opposition in church
circles and the application was refused
In 184S DR.. Crummell went to England,
where he entered Queens college, Cam
bridge, from which he graduated in
1858. Owing to his delicate health he
entered the missionary service and for
twenty years he was in Liberia, during
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-12

which time he acted as principal of the
Alexandria high school and president
of the Liberia college.
In 1873 he returned to the United
States and founded st. Luke's church,
Washington, of which he continued
rector until the end of 1895. Since his
retirement he had busted himself in
literary work, occasionally accepting
invitations to speak at college COM
mencements and contributing to var
ious religious journals. His published
works are "A Future of Africa, The
Greatness of Christ and Other Ser
mons'' and Africa and America,
series of addresses In 1897 he Orga-
Dized in New York the American Negro
academy, an organization of authors
artists and scholars.
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IN Ii HUNG CHANGES SHOES
Yu Lu Takes His Place in the Tsung
Lii Yamen.

London, Sept. 1.-THE Pekin cores
pendent of the Times, says.
Lii Hung Chang still retains his pO-
SitiOn senior grand secretary, but.
anticipating dismissal, he will probably
resign. His removal from the Tsung
Lii Yamen eXcites little surprise, in view
of the publication of the terms Of the
Lu Han railway contract. The nego-
tiations were conducted by him, and he
deceived the Tsung Ii Yamen regarding
the true nature of the terms.
1t is not known whether Russia will
acquiesce in the removal of the main
instrument of the Russian aggressive
ness at Pekin, but it is believed that Ii,
having served his ends, will be aban-
doned. His successor in the Tsung Ii
Yamen is Yu Lu, late viceroys elect Of
the province of SEE Chuen.-
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BOYLE COMING HOME.
Will Return From Colorado on We'd
nesday Afternoon.

Attorney General Boyle, who by rea-
son of illness was compelled to seek
the cool climate of Colorado summer
resorts two weeks ago, has recovered
his usual health and will arrive at home
Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. Boyle will spend the remainder
of the week attending to the business
of his Office but will enter the cam
paign next Monday. The attorney gen
eral was not billed by the Populist state
committee preferring to make his own
dates. His sickness caused him to miss
a month of campaigning.
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CONCORDIA FOLKS
Will Be Here Tomorrow to Complain
to Railroad Commissioners.

Tomorrow afternoon at o'clock the
mayor and the representatives OF the
council of Concordia will appear before
the state board of railroad comTpfssioners
to show why the Missouri Pacific, Santa
Fe. Burlington and Union Pacific rail
Later in the afternoon the commission
ers will pass upon the merits of the peti-
fion filed by Jacob Chapman and 116 c1t1-
zens and patrons of the road, asking that
the Central Branch of the Missouri ae Pa
at Speed, a small station in Smith county.
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FOR ASSAULTING A NEGRO.
Under Guard Private scruggs Gets a
Severe Sentence.

San Francisco, Sept. 12.-As no def
mite news has been received from wash
ington by General Miller, the future dis
position of the eXpeditionary forces now
at the Preside is still uncertain. Gen
eral Miller has approved the sentence
of the court martial in the case of Pri-
Vate A. w. Scruggs, of the First Ten
nessee, who pleaded guilty of assault
while the latter was under the charge
of a military guard and on the Preside
reservation. The sentence is confine-
ment at hard labor for three months,
dishonorable discharge from the. army
and forfeiture of pay. The place of i'm
prisonment will be Alcatraz.
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M. w. Sutton Reversed.

Some months ago NJ. w. Sutton, inter-
nal revenue collector for Kansas, ruled
that ali nomination papers and other doc
1ments connected with the machinery of
an election in Kansas should be subject to
taxation. In accordance with this ruling
sarv to enforce that provision of the law
Today the secretary was informed by n
b Scott of the department at WaShlng-
ton that all such documents, in fact any
thing connected with an election in a SOW
ereien state, is exempt from taxation for
the purposes of revenue. The new ruling
will be enforced from today. Mr. SUIT
tons opinion has thereby been reversed.
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THE TEXAS FOR DEWEY.
She Will Become the Flagship of the
Asiatic Station.

New York, Sept. PA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
There is reason to believe that the
navy department has selected the Texas
as the future flagship of the Aslatlc
station. The understanding is that she
will replace the protected cruiser Olym-
pia which is to be ordered to the United
States as soon as her relief arrives on
the Asiatic station The olympia
cruise expired some months ago but the
breaking out of the war with Spain
necessitated her retention in the east
and some hasty repairs to her ma
chinery were made at Hong Kong just
before the declaration of hostllltles.
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KalImevar-Swan.

At the Congrega tional church at Pau
line, Wednesday, September Z, took
place the marriage of Miss Ida Kali
meyer to Mr.. Rush Swan, Rev. P. 3.
Lee officiating. Quite a number of
friends and relatives were present The
bride wore a gown of white dimity and
carried brides roses. A reception was
given the young couple at the home of
the grOom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Swan. Mr.. and Mrs. Swan will go to
housekeeping at once on the Swan
homestead three miles west of Pau
line
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:, Portsmouth, \. H, Sept: 12.-C9olonel
generals Office, Washington. is here,
making an investigation of the shooting
of Spanish prisoners on board the auxil-
larry cruiser Harvard which occurred Just
before the vessel left Cuba for Seavey's
island. He is taking testimony of marines
and the Spar ish prisoners. and also had
a long conference with Admiral Cervera
on the matter. The shooting was the out
come of a dispute between a number OF
the prisoners and several privates of the
ON hoard.