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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-08
LOCAL MENTION.

Mr. E. NJ CocIrelI will turn over the
Office of clerk of the district court to his
successor, DR.. A. NJ Callahan, on Jan
uary 1.
Thirty of the So cadets in Major
Boyd's company, were taken sick at
Omaha Wednesday night. They suspect
it was caused by ice cream.
The Salvation Army held it's own
against the f1ambeau clubs on the ave-
nue. by putting forth a little extra ef-
fort last night.
Otto Kuehne and r. L. Cofran are be-
ing talked of as prospective candidates
for mayor to oppose the Republican
candidate next spring.
The colored voter will receive more
attention than ever from the politicians
hereafter They were put in the front
of the hambeau club parade last night.
The services of the Divine Scientists,
will be held at their hall, 1888 Jackson
street, at o'clock p. m. Address by
Viva A. Leeman, subject, What is
Truth
Rev. H. H. Fowler of Linn, Kan,
former Topeka newspaper man, is visit
ing in the city. He has two large con-
gregations to take care of, one in town
and another in the country.
It is plain to be seen which of the war
heroes are the faVOrites in Topeka.
Dewey, Roosevelt, Hobson and Wheeler
are the ones whose names were ap-
plauded at the meeting last night.
Hester J. Small has brought suit in
the district court against the city Of
Topeka to secure a title to a piece Of
land adjoining the Union Pacific tracks
in North Topeka. She says the city is
illegally holding the land.
The board of directors of the peniten-
tiary have quarters of their own at that
institution. When they met this week
they found one of their beds broken
down, and they accused the board of
charities of doing it. The board of
charities will average upwards of ESQ
pounds each.
At the Church of the Assumption to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock La
Hache's celebrated Mass for Peace
which was sung at the conservation Of
Father J. F. Cunningham as bishop of
the ConcOrdia diocese of the Catholic
church, will be repeated. The choir
will be augmented, with orchestral ac-
compartment.
While returning to Topeka Thursday
evening on the Karniva1 Knights spec
ial, Mr.. Bennett R. Wheeler was served
with papers in a S10 900 law suit while
in St. Joe. The suit is one brought by
Hugh Campbell of Edinburgh, Scotland
/ against the defunct Kansas Investment
company, and Mr.. Wheeler is involved
as one of the stockholders. The papers
could as well have been served on Mr..
Wheeler here as in st. Joe.
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The meeting of the Topeka branch Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary sOci-
ETY. continued yesterday at the First
Methodist church. The days services
were opened by Bishop Ninde, who held
communion service. The report of the
secretary, Mrs. E. L. Madison, showed
the membership to be 6, $50 and the re-
port of the treasurer Mrs. A NJ. Davis,
gave the amount collected as S13. 764 81.
The Topeka branch supports eight mis-
sionaries and has cared for 300 orphans
At the evening session Miss E. B. Grif-
fths gave an interesting lecture on
missionary work in Japan. Miss Grif
fths was a missionary there for eight
wears and is now spending q, vacation
here. The business meetings close this
afternoon at o'clock when the dele
gates will take a carriage ride around
TOnaLCa
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Double Header Freight Crashes
Into the "DelmOnicO''
Killing One Man and Injuring
Many Others
IN THE OMAHA YARDS.
Harry Jones, a Waiter, Was
Ground to Pieces.
Engineers and Firemen Jump
But Are All Hurt.

Omaha, Oct. s.-A double headed
Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
freight train ran into the rear end of an
Omaha passenger train in the yards
three blocks north of Locust street at
10 O'Clock this morning. The last car
on the passenger train was the dining
car "DelmOnico." 1t was split almost
in two lengthwise.
Killed:
HARRY JONES, waiter, of Chicago.
Fatally Wounded:
Otto HomedaIe, conductor dining car
scalded and injured about the body
lives at Boone, Iowa.
= Seriously injured:
J. Westerheide, Omaha, internally in
jured.
NJ. w. Brandt, engineer, freight en-
gine, internally.
Mike Smith, engineer freight engine
internally.
Frank Speck, fireman freight engine
No. 200, cut about face and body and
probably internally injured.
- Madden, fireman freight engine No.
81, hurt about head and shoulders
D. F. Danner, Pullman car porter,
hurt by falling glass.
Otto Parsons, waiter in dining car,
crushed and scalded, will probably die,
home in Omaha.
The following walters and cooks in
the dining car were more or less in
jured about the hands and face by fly
ing SlaSS ana SpllnJerS.
T. G. Madray, Chicago;
Fred Leonard, Chicago.
Henry Jones, Chicago.
Thomas Robinson, Chicago.
The accident was due to the inability
of the engineer, Mike Smith of the head
engine, No. 81 of the freight to stop his
train. The freight with engine 81 ahead
and with the 200 in charge of Engineer
Brandt behind was just rounding the
curve a half mile north of the accident.
They were running at about a IS mile
an hour rate. The tracks from the
curve south to where the accident Oc-
CURED is a down grade. The supposi-
tion that the track was clear, as it
should have been, caused the engineers
to continue on around the curve at the
maintained rate of speed. Ep gIneer
Brandt said when the engine passed the
curve he saw the mOtiOnless .passen-
ger train and Whistled down brakes"
but before this move could be made the
engine struck the dining car. As they
struck Brandt and his fireman jumped
as did Engineer Smith and his fireman.
The occupants of the dining car were
totally unaware of the approaching
freight until the rear end of their car
was lifted from its rear wheels and
split in two on the boiler of the big
freight engine.
Jones. who was killed, was caught be-
tween the frame of the engine and the
floor of the car and ground to pieces.
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QUEEN LII COMING BACK.
She Will Be on Hand When Congress
Assemblies.

San Francisco, Oct S-The United
States transport steamer Valencia has
arrived here form Manila and Honolulu.
She was "a days and IA hours on the
trip from Manila and nine days from
Honolulu. The Hawaiian correspond
ent of the Associated Press sent the fol-
lowing advices under date of September
%:
Honolulu, Sept. 2S.-It is learned on
good authority that ex-Queen Liliuok-
alani will leave for Washington about
the middle of November, to press her
claims against congress for remunera-
tion for the loss of her throne and the
which she feels that the people of the
United States owe her some pecuniary
compensation.
Upon being questioned upon the SUBJ
ject, J. o. Carter said:
1.-THE queen has not mentioned the
matter to me of late. At the time OF
her return to the islands, she was quot
ed as saying that she intended to re-
turn to Washington in November, and
I believe we had some talk about it.
But nothing was decided then, and as
far as 1 know, nothing is settled now.
I know she will not leave for some
weeks on account of some business mat
ters in which I am assisting her. What
her plans are concerning her trip to
Washington, she has not mentioned to
me yet, but of course she may co.
The United States ship Bennington
arrived from San Francisco yesterday,
eight days out.
The Bennington comes to relieve the
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STILL DEFIANT.
Gen. Bacon Will Again Move
Against the Indians
With a Command Increased to
$50 Men.
SURRENDER UNLIKELY
And Trouble is Expected to Last
For Some Months.
Redskins TerrOrize the Little
Town of LOthrOp.

Walker, Mimi, Oct. Sat the Indian
council held at the reservation a demand
was made by the government, through
Indian Agent Sutherland that the men
concerned in the killing of the soldiers
near Bear Island, be given up to an
swer the charge of murder.
Marshal O'Connor and 250 troops
commanded by Gen. Bacon will move
to the agency on the reservation at 10
o'clock this morning. Boats were chart
cred last evening and another effort will
be made to apprehend the 20 Indians, for
whom the marshal has bench warrants.
When the troops arrive at the agency.
runners will be sent out and the men
ordered in. In case they do not re-
spond, Marshal O'COnnor, backed by the
troops will go after them. Information
given out by one of the Indians at the
council yesterday was that nineteen
young bucks composed the force which
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Philadelphia, which is already coaled
and ready to sail for the coast with
Admiral Miller, who is to be succeeded
in the command of the Pacific squadron
by Commodore Kautz.
Admiral Miller and the flagship Phil
adelphia will sail on the 3Oth for San
Francisco.
At a meeting of the cabinet held on
the 26th the resignation of Henry Laws
as auditor general of Hawaii was for
mally rendered and accepted, and H. G.
Austin, the present tax assessor of the
island of Hawaii, chosen to fill the va
cancy- The appointment is a presi-
Dental one and subject to confirmation
by the senate. The change will take
place on the 1st of the month.
Company of the New York engineers
is now in camp at Pearl City. They
have been ordered to make a survey
of the Pearl harbOr region, probably
with a view of securing data for forti-
ficati0n and improvement plans.
Now that the Hawaiian islands are
under the jurisdiction of the United
States, the Chinese contract Ia bOrers are
raising a fund for the employment of
attorneys to free them from their con-
tracts under the law of the United
States. 1t is expected that about $4,000
will be raised for this purpose.
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FOR WIFE MURDER.
Prominent Citizen of Lawrence is
Now Under Arrest

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. S.-J. J. Kun
kle, a wealthy merchant tailor, is IN
der arrest charged with having murder
ed his wife by poisoning. Mrs. Kunkle
died ten days ago. About four weeks
previous to the woman's DEATH Birdie
COminyOre, her 14-year-Old daughter by
a former husband, died after a lingering
illness which baff1ed the skill of the
family physician.
Kunkle she told several of her neigh
bors that she was being slowly poisoned
and also that her daughter had been
poisoned. When asked why she did not
leave the house Mrs. Kunkle replied
that she did not feel strong enough to
go, and that she hoped to secure actual
proof of her suspicious.
Upon the death of Mrs. KunkIe her
neighbors brought the case to the at
tention of the coroner, who caused the
woman's stomach to be taken to the
state university for an analysis of it's
contents. The result of this analysis
was reported to the coroner's jury yes
terday.
Strong signs or arsenic were present,
and upon this showing, and upon the
testimony of neighbors of the Kunkle's s,
the jury today returned a verdict that
Mrs Kunkle came to her death by
poison administered at the hands of her
husband, land others to the jury un-
known
Following the returning of this verdict
Kunkle was arrested. The stomach of
Mrs. Kunkle's little daughter has now
been removed for the purpose of ana
1ysis.
1y after her life had been heavily in
GuTa6
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Mrg. snencer Celebrateg.

October marked the seventy sixth
birthday of Mrs. Mary J. Spencer of
Big Springs, Douglas county. A very
pleasant surprise was planned by her
children and grand children. Mrs.
Spencer and husband moved from Ken
lucky to this state in the fall of 1857,
and located on the place where she now
resides. She has a family of ten chill
dren all of whom are still living. Well
filled baskets were brought, and a
splendid dinner was enjoyed by the fol-
lowing persons: Her sister, Mrs. Joe
BartlesOn and her husband. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. F. Spencer, Mrs. and Mrs. o.
D Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. S. z. Nixon,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. 7. Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. p. Shaffer, Mrs. VIM Sage, Mr.. S. E.
Spencer of Topeka, Mrs. Vim. McClana-
nan, MI and Mrs W. 3. Glenn, Misses
Eta Spencer. Lola Nixon, Edith Spen-
Ger, Cora Spencer, Eta Shaffer, Effie
Nixon and Maude Shaffer, and John
Spencer, Elliott Spencer and Clvde
Spencer.
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PICKING Up ISLANDS.
England Finds Time to Gather in a
Few in the PACIFIC.

Victoria, B. c.. Oct. 8.-The islands re-
Gently annexed by the British warship
Gold Finch are said to be the Duff, Cherry
and Mitre groups The Mohawk planted
the British flag on the Santa Cruz islands,
the Reef islands and the Swallow group.
In her trip to the latter islands she ran
on a reef and was considera bly, damaged.
The Duff group numbers eleven islands,
all tnickly inhabited by copper-colored ma
tives. The islands are densely wooded
and of great fertility. NIire island is un-
inhabited, but Cherry island has between
500 and 500 natives on it of the same ra ace
as the Tocupians. The whole of the re-
cent annexations have been placed under
the control of Mr.. G. M Woodford the
British resident in the Solomon group.
The Island of Motuiti, or Kennedy ISL
and, which has appeared on the charts
since the beginning of the century, was
searched for in vain by the steamer No
hawk when she reached the Santa Cruz
islands. No island exists anywhere near
the position assigned, and it is thought the
island like Falcon island, also has sunk
beneath the waves.
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80 PEOPLE EATEN
By Australian CannibaIs at One
Feast.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. 8.-News received
from Australia by the Wartime, states
that the head-hunters, a cannibal faction
of the natives at Rendova, have of
late been extremely active in the prosecu-
ton of their horrible custom, and a terri
BILE atrocity was committed by them on
the western portion of the protectorate.
They captured a village, and after slaugh-
tering many inhabitants returned home
with thirty prisoners. These thirty were
killed and eaten at a barbaric feast given
by the head-hunters in honor of their vic
tory One of the most notorious of the
head-hunting chiefs has since been cap
tured by the British.
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Warden I,andis' Renort.

Warden H. S. Lands of the peniten-
tiary made his report for the month of
September to State Auditor Morris this
morning. It shows the earnings of the
penitentiary for the month to have been
$11, 1885, and the expenditures $13. 1O916,
leaving a deficit of 81. so. The earn
ings of the coal mine were as follows:
Charged to customers, S146 S5: charged
to state institutions, $5,290.39; wagon
trade S269. .25
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SULTAN WILL YIELD.
Announcement Made That Troops
Will Leave Crete.

Canea, Island of Crete, Oct. S.-Ismael
Bey, civil governor of the Island OF
Crete, has informed the Mussulman no
tables that the sultan will withdraw the
Turkish troops from Crete in accord
ance with the demands of Great Brit
ain, Russia, France and Italy, who, on
Wednesday, presented to the porte
collective note calling for a withdrawal
of the Ottoman forces, and requiring an
answer within a week from that date.
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ment. so far as is known here, is stin
alive.
Sample c. George, the husband. IS
now reported to have been married to
a second wife for more than a year.
He is reported married in Wheeling to
Miss Lucy Graham of Alliance, and the
marriage was kept a secret until after
the settlement with SaxtOn. AS soon
as George got his damage money from
SaxtOn he announced his marriage
Mrs. George claims Saxton deceived her
and deserted her.
The News at Washington.
Washington, Oct s.-The news of the
murder of Mrs. McKinley's brother was
received at the White house just about
the time the reception to the EpiscO-
palian counsel in session here was about
to be brought to a close.
Mrs. Mckinley was receiving with the
president during the evening and was
in her usual spirits. The news of her
brothers death was a great shock to
her Several private dispatches were
received at the White house from mem
bers of the family in Canton in regard
to the tragedy They were very brlef,
however, and contained little If any
additional information to that contained
in the press dispatches. The president
made an effort to secure further facts
over the long distance telephone, but
this was working so unsatisfactory
that there was little reward for his
efforts.
Mrs. Mckinley expressed a wish to
attend the funeral, and accordingly
hurried arrangements were made
whereby she will start for Canton at
o'clock tonight. The president, Mrs.
McKinley's sister, Mrs. Barber, who
was at the reception last night, the lat
ter's son and several others will accom-
pany her. Word received here is that
the funeral will be held on Monday.
The unfortunate event will not inter-
fere with the presidents trip to the
Omaha exposition, save that he will
not be able to leave here with the party
as originally intended on Monday morn
ing, but instead will join them in Can
ton the night after the funeral. It is
not vet determined whether Mrs. Nc
Kinley will accompany the president to
"a
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and Cass lake via Duluth They are in
command of Major Libbey. One bat
terry is from this city and one from
St. Paul. They are all that is left of
the state militia, the infantry companies
having all been mustered into the vol
unteer service. They are equipped with
a GatIing and a field gun for each bat
terry and each man carries a saber and
a revolver.
The trip will be made in eight hours.
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CORBETT DROPPED.
Oregon SenatOrship is Finally
T,OSf to Him.

Salem Ore. Oct. 8-The Republican eau
Gus last night decided to drop H. w. Cor
bett and vote for Joseph Simon for United
States senator. Simon is president of the
senate and a well known lawyer and poll
tician of Portland.
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DORA cox CAUGHT.
Woman Outlaw in Oklahoma Placed
in Jail

Wichita, Kan, Oct s.-A Tecumseh,
Ok, special says that Dora Cox, a no
ted female outlaw and horsethief has
been landed in Jail. She recently escap-
ed from the Kingfsher jail. When cap
tured she was riding bareback and
barefooted and had a cartridge belt
buckled around her She is as tough as
a woman can become.
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It has been discovered that the Spring
field rifles carried by Major BOyd's ca
dets are wooden guns. Major Boyd had
the steel barrels removed and wooden
ones substituted for them. They are not
so heavy.
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FOOTBALL TODAY.
Miss Anna Rose Witnesses a Bruis-
ing Festival

Washburn college and the 'Burly Bur-
lingame' foot ball teams will mix up at
Athletic park this afternoon. if the wea-
ther does not interfere.
Miss Anna Rose has accepted an invita-
ton 20 attend the game, which begins at
$3.50 o'clOck.
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engaged Gen. Bacon's command near
Bear Island. Gay-She- -Ay-Yosh
or as the English version would be
Strong Voice of the Wind, was the lead
er and directed the plan of battle. The
band excepting the killed, are now on
Bear Island and refuse to come in or
take part in the council It is likely
that such renegades as they can induce
to Join them will make things lively for
several months, cOnfning themselves to
depredatiOns on small settlements. The
report that og-Ahe-Mah- -Ga-Shik was
killed by one of the sharp shooters is
denied, the chief refusing to take part
in the attack.
Thirty-five Indians put in an appear
ance at the town of LOthrOp, nine miles
south of here last evening The .wo-
men and children were gathered in
building and the citizens are guarding
the town
J. H. Beebe a squaw man. while
walking along the Brainerd & Northern
track from Walker to Lothrop was
shot at near Lothrop The shots, Bee
be claimed were fired by Indians, who
were in ambush along the track
Four Have Surrendered.
St Paul, Oct. s.-A Pioneer Press ex-
ira says it is said the four Indians
Whom O'Connor wants have surrender
ed.
Dance of Defiance.
Minneapolis, Oct. 8-Deputy Marshal
Ed Warren, who knows the Chippewas
like a book, says there is a special sig
44A4lCcAAlCC " bE dNldClieu 70 ln0 QduC6
held by the Indians on Bear Island last
night. AS he interprets it, the mean
ing is victory and defiance. Had the
Indians been defeated the dance would
not have been held. Warren is confident
that the withdrawal of the troops will
encourage the Indians to further mis-
chief.
Two Batteries Ordered Out.
Minneapolis, Oct s-Batteries A and
B, Minnesota National Guard, left at
o'clock this morning for Deer river
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Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do cpr work. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West Sth.
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Preliminary Put Off Till Monday.

Canton, O., Oct s-Mrs. George was
today taken into justice court for ar
raignment on the charge of murder.
Her attorney after reading the affidavit
announced that they were not ready
for arraignment and the proceedings
were postponed until Monday. The
prisoner was remanded to the county
ia
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charge of Murder Filed.

Canton, Oct. S.-Mr. Marshal Barber,
President McKinley's brOther-in-law,
whose residence is at the old SaxtOn
homestead, received a telegram from
the president today saying that Mr.. and
Mrs Mckinley and Mrs. Barber and
son John Barber, a Cuban and Porto
Rfcan soldier, who has been very Ill at
Washington will leave for Canton to-
night at o'clock on the Pennsylvania
road Mr.. Barber said that the hour
of the funeral Monday afternoon had
not been determined upon and would
not be until he could further consult
with the president.
Post mortem examination of the body
of the late Mr.. SaxtOn shows two super
fetal shot wounds a third bullet enter
ing the left breast and a fourth enter
ing the left side five inches below the
third, passing below the lower abdo-
men and supposedly causing death.
The body was removed to the Barber
today that Mrs. George had threatened
to shoot Saxton She engaged Mayor
Rice and Attorney James Sterling for
counsel today She is being held on
suspicion in mayors court, Mayor Rice
announced that Justice Reiner would
assume his prerogative as police judge
while the mayor acts as counsel during
the arraignment if made in his court
An affidavit charging murder in the
first degree has been filed against Mrs
George by Prosecuting Attorney Pom
erent in Justice Reigner's court 1t IS
signed by Lawyer J. J. Grant, who was
a personal friend of SaxtOn's as well as
oo71rcoI for decreased
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Moved by Jealousy.

Canton, O., Oct S.-The city is in
tensely moved by the shocking tragedy
that so deeply affects the home of its
most highly esteemed citizen, the presi-
dent of the United States. 1t now turns
out that Mrs. George had been around
the residence of Mrs. AlthOuse fire.
ouently and when SaxtOn was about to
enter there last evening he was shot
dead on the doorstep. Mrs. George had
frequently threatened to kill him If he
persisted in calling on Mrs. Althouse.
An interviewer at the city prison told
Mrs George he was not surprised to
find her locked up after what she had
threatened and added: You remember
you said you would kill Saxton if he
did not keep away from the Althouse
place.
Yes, I remember that told you
that said Mrs. George.
And you remember that told you
that if you did you would be hanged? ?"
Yes said Mrs. George, "and re-
member that said did not care if
I was
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Dance of Defiance
Two Batteries Ordered ON.

Minneapolis, Oct. S-Batterfes A and
| B, Minnesota National Guard. left at
/ o'clock this morning for Deer river