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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-09
POISONED THE FISH.
Three Men Die as the Result of Eat
ing Them.

Hinton, W. Va, June 9-Great ex-
element prevails on Bluestone river, in
this county, on account of the rnysteri-
Gus poisoning of the fish in that stream
AS result three men, Lewis Petry
Colon BLY, and a man whose name could
not be learned, are dead, and E, E. An
CELL, a prominent merchant, is lying at
his home dangerously i'll from eating
some fish caught from the river yester-
day morning. a late report says that
a number of persons and cattle have
died today from the effects of drink
ing the water
Today the fish have been dying in
large numbers and are being washed
ashore. The people are greatly excit-
ed and will not use the water from the
wells that are near the river Where
the poison came from or what it con-
sists of, is a mystery. One theory is
that the poison is due to some mineral
substance in the water and it is said a
peculiar sediment has been found on
rocks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-09
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items intended for this column should
be left at the Kjmball Pig. Co.. before "a
O'Clock in the morning.
E. S. McClintock is back from Okla
homa.
B. F. Van Orsdal of Silver Lake was in
town yesterday.
Miss Ida~fIenry is back from a visit to
Miss Knox of Fairview.
Miss Edith Dickinson of Meriden visit
ed friends in North Topeka yesterday.
Mrs. r. W. Jenkins left today for Grand
Lake, Col, where she will spend the sum-
Bert Howard left yesterday for Newton,
where he Will work on a farm near that
place.
Mrs. Grinter and daughter. Miss Birdie.
Of Perry are the guests of Mr. and Mrs
The Ladies' Aid society will give an
ice cream social Friday evening at the
Kansas Avenue NJ. E. church.
The Baptist Sunday school picnic which
was to have been held Friday at the
Campdoras woods, has been postponed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson and daughter.
Miss Jessie Thompson, of Chicago are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Baird.
Miss Lissie Nicholson of De Soto. Kan.
who has been the guest of her brother. c.
c: Nicholson, for the past week, return
ed to her home yesterday.
Miss Grace and Frances Ruttan ofLeav-
enworth are attending the Christian En-
deavor convention. and while here are the
guests of ttheir uncle, J. A. Fuller, and
family of 1928 Quincy street.
The presentation of the cantata Queen
Esther which was given By the Baptist
cHuTcn uICeE direction OF MI VIII ' an
Ness, was so highly appreciated that it
will probably be repeated in the near fu-
ture-
Miss Maud Baker and Mr. Philip Glib
son were married this morning at 8
O. clock at Arlington. They came imme-
diately to this city and are to be The
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Steele until
Saturday.
Mrs ]. H. Todd and son Roger have re-
turned from Frankfort Ind. where they
have been visiting friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Todd and sons. Maurice and Roger, who
have been living on the south side for the
past year, have moved back to North To-
peka and are at their home, 1912 Jackson
street.
Last Wednesday afternoon the Ladies'
Aid society of the Presbyterian church
served supper at the home of Mrs Joe
Langworthy- The occasion was in honor
of Mrs. James Campbell of Topeka Kan
sas. a former member of the church and
sOciety.-W orthington 0nd-) Times Mrs
Campbell and children. joe and Fred, will
return to Topeka this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-09
ST. PAUL SAILS.
Spain or the Canaries May Be the
Cruisers Destination.

New York, June 9.-The auxiliary
cruiser st. Paul. formerly the crack
ocean liner of the same name, weighed
anchor yesterday and put out to sea
under sealed orders and under her own
steam. The st. Paul put in here a week
ago, after a cruise in the Caribbean
Sea- where she was the first to sight
Cervera'S fleet Her particular errand
to this port was to secure coal and pro-
visions, instead of decreasing the sup
ply at Key West. Since her arrival here
she has taken aboard nearly 5000 tons
of coal and $50, 900 gallons of water.
During this time many changes have
who is in command of the ship, return
ed from Washington yesterday and
went on board. Although it could not
be definitely learned as to her destina-
ton, it is generally believed that she
will either go to Spain or to the Ca
ass the coast cities. Wilfred POwelson,
who is on the st. Paul, said:
80 far the ship has shown herself to
be made of the right sort in getting
around, but it seems to me that the st.
Paul has the crew of a battleShip rath-
er than of cruiser. The men are all
eager to take part in the fight. At
Santiago We were sent off to Mole st.
Nicolas with the dispatches almost the
moment the American ships begain to
get in their fine work. People seem to
look upon the ST. Paul somewhat after
any sense of the word a formidable
fighting machine, she could still give
good account of herself were she to
meet one of SPANS SO-called unarmOr-
ed cruisers. The men on board seem
to be pleased with their. surroundings,
have met with a finer lot of officers,
from captain down..
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LOCAL MENTION.

Sunday afternoon at O'Clock at K.
of P hall the annual memorial services
of the knights of Pythias will be held
Past Grand Chancellor W. A ). Bro
will preside.
Up to o'clock last evening the
O'Clock last evening and about midnight
there were other showers Whlch
amounted to SO of an inch. This made
a total of 81 of an inch of rain FOR the
"a hours. The minimum temperature
last night was ga degrees. Weather Ob-
vor showers this evening and thunder
storms tonight with partly CLOUDY
weather Friday.
James Thomas, colored. who in a
quarrel with another colored man
named Tom Rucker, shot at him IN
Smoky Row Sunday evening, was hned
$50 in police court yesterday on the
charge of discharging frearmS Dude"
Goggins a eolored tough, who is said to
have handed Thomas the revolver with
which the shooting was done. is under
arrest on the charge of disturbing the
ons Both men are Smoky Row
toughs.
A marriage license was issued yes
terday to John A. Banks, aged % years.
of Whiting, Kan, and Miss AuSta l..
Bartlett, aged % years. of Lecompton.
Patrolman J. Campbell of the police
force. is dangerously i'll at his home,
He has been sick for over a month.
Jaundice is his ailment together with
a complication of diseases. He is a
brother-in-laW of Ex-Governor L. D.
LewelIing, and was member of the
police force during the Lewe1lfng ad-
rninistration. He has held aposition with
the present administration since Feb
ruary, 1897.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-09
RAN A BEER JOINT.
A North Topeka Jointist on Trial in
the District Court.

A. ]. Stone, of North Topeka, was
placed on trial in the district court to-
day on the charge of maintaining a
nuisance in the form of a beer joint
a Gil North Kansas avenue.
n. c. Cave was arrested by the Off
GERS at the same time, which was May
4, but today the case against Cave was
nollied.
This case was brought by the county
attorney affidavits made by the
temperance committee. The complaint
in the case was signed by A. A. Adams
of North Topeka H. c. Gordonier and
w. J. StovaI swore that they made
purchases of beer of Stone at the place.
When the county officers raided the
place they found a full complement for
the maintenance of a joint, all of
which was seized. 1t was brought into
court today and introduced as evidence.
There were two kegs of beer, and sew
eral bottles of beer, whisky and other
stuff of an infiammatory nature. The
beer was beginning to work, and it was
feared that the top of the kegs would
be blown out during the trial. Bailiff
John COyne kept a close watch on it.
The jury went out at IL o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-09
GET A GREAT FLEET.
Uncle Sam Impressing Vessels of All
Kinds at San Francisco.

San Francisco, June 9.-It appears
that the steamers Senator, City of Pu-
ebla and Queen, owned by the Pacific
Coast Steamship company We're not
chartered but impressed in to the ser
vice of the government as transports.
The company hopes that the City of
Topeka will be substituted for the
Queen, which at present is in Alaskan
waters. The City of Para arrived last
night and will at once be fitted out for
Manila.
The capacity of the transports al
ready engaged or likely to be chartered
is as follows: China 1000 men; Colon
500; Zealandia $50; Senator 800; Morgan
City 700; Ohio 1,00O Indiana 1000: Vic
toria $50; Olympia $50; Arizona $50; To-
coma $50; Columbia $50; Queen SEQ;
City of Puebla 500; City of Para 500.
This makes a total of 12,700 troops to
go in the next two expeditions.
There were $500 men in the first ex-
petition. It is understood that the
government intends to send to the Phil
ippines 10000 men. At least five more
transports will be needed to carry all
the troops.
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A Pleasant Picnic.

Mrs. E. H. Anderson gave picnic
Monday afternoon complimentary to
Misses Minnie Rich, Sadie Shay and her
brother, Mr. Orlando Murray of En-
poria. The young ladies went over to
the park early and the young men went
later for supper; they stayed until
about o'clock. and spent the remaind-
er of the evening at the home of Mrs.
Anderson.
Those present We're: Miss Walsh, Miss
Name Duffy, Miss Ella Ramsey, Miss
Hattie Ebright, Miss Annabel King,
Miss Edith OFT, Miss May Ebright, Miss
Minnie Rich, Miss Sadie Shay, Miss
Clara Ebright, Miss Susie Dick. Miss
Lulu Mckee, Mr.. Roger Van Hook. Mr..
Fred Gahagen, Mr.. Orlando Murray,
Mr.. Merle King, Mr.. Will Dick, Mr..
Paul Roehr. Mr.. Bert ROehr, Mr.. Day
Kari Mr.. Malcolm Gerard, Mr.. Earl
Case, Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Olan Dolman.
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FRISCO WAR NEWS.
Horses of Officers Will Not Be Shipped
to Manila

San Francisco, June 9.-Major Cen
eral Otis has issued an order announc-
ing that the horses of field and staff
officers would not be shipped to Ma
Mia
General w. P. Miller, commander of
the First brigade, has issued an order
to the effect that all recruits were to
drill not less than four hours each day
and old soldiers not less than three
hours.
The Utah cavalrymen have received
their full equipment.
First Lieutenant B. G. Geary, jr,
ordnance officer of the North Dakota
regiment has been appointed regimen
tai adjutant. He has been succeeded
as ordnance officer by First Lieutenant
Fred COnklin.
Captain w. H. Langfitt, of the en-
gineer corps, has been promoted to
be major and will relinquish command
of the engineer corps.
Captain F. B. Buchan, Twentieth
Kansas, has been appointed by Colonel
Little acting regimental adjutant IN
the place of Adjutant DeFord. who mas
returned to Kansas. on recruiting SER
vice. Colonel Little has issued an or
der giving his men liberty at any time
when not on duty
The men of companies and K, OF
the North Dakota volunteers, complain
of the scarcity of food in their camp
They place the blame on the chle1 COM
misSary. ,,-.4,.
Minnesota is down with pneumonia
H H. Sergeant Tenth Pennsylvania,
a victim of appendicitis, will be DIS
charged. as he must submit to an OPP
ration.
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Mr.. GILES DEAD.
One of the Founders of the City
of Topeka
Goes to His Rest at 10 O'Clock
This Morning.
WAS 80 YEARS OF AGE.
Has Been Failing Since Para
lytic Stroke.
Sketch of His Life and Work
in Kansas.
WAS 20 YEARS OF AGE

Frye Williams Giles died this morn
ing at 10 o'clock at his home, southeast
corner of Eighth and Jackson streets.
In 1891 he suffered a stroke of paralysis
which was most severe, and he never
since Vegained full control of his body.
he did not suffer pain, however. Sat
urday evening he complained to Mrs.
Giles that he was feeling i'll and that
he had pains in his chest. He was bet
ter Sunday, but grew worse on Monday
and since then has been confined to his
bed. Last night he suffered considera BILE
pain and was much weaker this morn
ing. His life ended peacefully at 10
O'Clock
Mr.. Giles was born in Littleton, Graf
ton county, New Hampshire, May 80,
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POPULIST COMMENT.
What the Governor and Others Think
of Stanley's Nomination.

The nominations made at Hutchinson
afford the principal topic of conversa-
ton at the state house today.
Governor Leedy was -committal
as usual when asked for his opinion of
the ticket nominated. q have never
met Mr.. Stanley" said he, ct will prob
ably have occasion to make his ac-
quaintance soon, but until that time I
do not care to tell what I think of him.
When Governor Leedy was asked
what effect the nomination of Senator
PETER by the Prohibitionists would
have he said: Il do not know. Perhaps
PETER will be elected then he looked
at the wall if he was thinking, but
if he was the thought did not find ex-
preston.
Ex-Chairman John Brefdenthal said:
'Stanley'S nomination is a good one. I
am inclined to think that the nominal
ton of PETER will cut some figure. Some
politicians think that he will get 10000
votes but of course 1 do not know how
it will be. It has been limited that the
Shawnee county delegation will vote
for PETER at the Populist state conven-
ton. 1t would be funny wouldn't it. if
they would nominate him.
Secretary of State Bush said: Ct be-
lieive that the Republicans have nomi-
mated a pretty good ticket
r. H. Semple said: The Republicans
made a good nomination in Stanley but
they have some mighty weak men on
their ticket
Assistant Auditor c. A Taylor: ST
was scared to death for fear the Re
publicans would nominate Seaton As
it is our ticket will be elected unless our
people do not come out and vote. The
Populists are the greatest stay-at-home
people there are and it takes an eff
fort to get them out in an off year"
Assistant State Treasurer Williams:
1.-THE Republicans have nominated a
good ticket and L am glad of it. We
don't want to run against plugs. I
would rather see a good horse in the
field than a poor one for there is a great
deal more satisfaction in beating a good
horse than poor ONE
Private Secretary Lewis: ct would
have been better pleased if Hood had
been nominated because think that he
could have been more easily beaten. I
was more afraid of SeatOn than any of
the candidates. We will beat Stanley
all right but it would have been less
trouble to have defeated Hood
Chairman Taylor Riddle of the Popu-
list state central committee: 4 am glad
Stanley was nominated. am noU
afraid that the brewers will put SIS. 900
into the Republican slush fund this
year. If they did they would be badly
fooled The only man was afraid of
was Seaton.'
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CHINA AND JAPAN
Are Again Having Trouble-W What
European Nations are Doing.

Vancouver, B. c., June 9.-OrientaI
advfces are to the effect that China
and Japan are having trouble again.
Complications have occurred in China
one after another and now the Japa-
nese consulate at Shashi is burned
down. The Chinese indemnity has
been wholly paid, Wei-Hai- Wei is
evacuated and Japan has assurance
from China that no part of the province
of Fukien shall be leased or coded to
any foreign country. The obligations
of the Shimonoseki treaty have thus
been fully discharged by China and
now a new complication has arisen. 1t
seems that rioters at Shashi raided the
japanese consulate, set fire to the
building and also destroyed all foreign
residences along the river Yangtse. A
Shanghai dispatch says the rioters are
Chinese hkin (tax) officials who were
recently discharged from service On
receipt of the news of the riot the min
lister of the navy issued instructions to
the commanders of the cruiser TakaO
at Shanghai and the gunbOat Maya at
Saseho. to Immediately. proceed to the
scene of the disturbance for the protec-
ton of the Japanese residents.
H. NJ. s. Esk has been ordered to the
scene of the outrage. Shashi, where
the riot occurred, is one of the ports
opened to foreign trade under the Jap
anese treaty of 1895 and was opened
on October 1, 1896. 1t is situated about
so miles above Hankow.
Japan has adopted the method of
tanned a guarantee that the portion of
the Chinese empire in which she is
most interested shall not be aIienated
At the instance of the Japanese minis
ter plenipotentiary, the Chinese gov
eminent has engaged that no part of
the province of Fukien shall ever be
coded to foreign power Fukien is
the part of the mainland lying opposite
FOrmosa. The treaty relating to the
Japanese settlement at Tien-Tsien has
been signed by China. Japan has been
granted concessions both on the upper
and lower reaches of the Peiho.
France has demanded from China an
indemnity of 600 tae1s, the erection
of a church as a memorial and the ex-
tension of the railway from Manning.
in Kwangsi province to the coast of
kwang-Tung, as compensation for
the murder of a French priest.
It is officially reported in Mandarin
circles that Russia has secretly de-
manded a lease of not only Kinchou, a
few miles from Port Arthur, but also
of Fuschcoua Sui Preftura1, a city
further north than the former city.
These with the possession also of Kali
peng, at the head of the Lao Tung
peninsula, will give the Russians entire
control of the peninsula.
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1873 which made him 79 years of age.
He traced his ancestry in unbrOken line
10 John Giles who came from England
and settled in achuSetts in 1884.
At the age of Is years he went to
Webster, Merrmac county, n. H, where
he was indentured a s a store clerk until
his majority. He received a common
school education. In 1871 he engaged
in general merchandise business at Lit
Teton, N H, where he continued until
1884. when he started west.
He was married in 1914 to Miss Caro-
line Fellows, at Salisbury. N. H In
1854 he went to Kansas City on the
steamboat Genoa" on its last trip up
the Missouri river He started to Law
renee on foot in company with Daniel
n Horne T. G. Thornton, Timothy
F Crow. William c. Iinaker l.. a
Cleveland and S. A. Clark. This was
December ?, 1854.
Arriving at Lawrence Mr.. Giles
started as one of a party to go up the
river and locate a townsite They ar
rived at the present site of Topeka
December 4. The next day a town
company was formed and Mr.. Giles
named the place Topeka. an Indian
word. meaning small potatoes" He
helped lay out the streets of the city.
He was appointed first postmaster of
Topeka in 1885. He kept a private
record of land conveyances which was
afterward legalized by act of the state
legislature In 1857 he was elected
county recorder and clerk, which posi-
In 1854 he established a banking bus
mess, and two years later associated
himself in the banking business with
G w. Jewell. This firm continued in
business until 1872 under the name of
F W. Giles & Co, when the Topeka
National bank was organized with Mr..
Giles as president He has been re-
tired from active business connections
for several years and he and his wife
have lived quietly at their home in
this city.
Mr. Giles was a member of the Ma
sonic order, was prominent member
of Grace cathedral; having held the
OFFICES of vestryman and warden, and
at the time of his death being honorary
warden No children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Giles, and the former leaves
no near relatives except his wife.
He was a man of rare business tact
was prominent in all public enterprises
for the good of the city, and took great
pride in the growth of the city which
he had laid out and named.
Since he suffered the paralytic stroke
in 1891 he has been feeble and unable
to attend to his business affairs.
No arrangements have as vet been
made for the funeral services.
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PARKS UNPROTECTED.
Soldiers Have Been Called Away by
the War;

Washington, June 9.-Secretary of the
Interior Bliss has written letters to Sena-
tor Allison and Representative Cannon
urging that an appropriation be made for
the protection of California parks from
trespasSing sheepmen- The troops which
guarded the parks have been called away
in connection with the Philippine expedi-
ton. He says the Yosemite, Sequoya
and General Grant parks are in great dam
ger of being seriously defaced. The law
requires the secretary of the interior to
protect these parks. but he says this can
not be done unless money is appropriated.
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The Woman's Club.

The Woman's club held it's last meet
ing Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. c. S, Baker; the attendance was
large and a very pleasant afternoon
was enjoyed.
The first part of the afternoon was
devoted to business; the club is in a
prosperous condition and is growing
rapidly; twelve new members were ia
ken in at this meeting. A great work
has been planned for next year and a
number of committees were appointed
to take charge of the different depart
ments. Two more delegates to the
city Federation were appointed, Mrs.
Cavert and Mrs. J. P. Howe.
The house was prettily decorated with
cut flowers and the club colOrs, purple
and white; the motto adopted is,
Through Strength to victory" white
denotes strength and purple, victory.
Mrs. A. B. Chamberlain gave some
readings from Longfellow. Mrs. Cavert
read a paper on Domestic Economy,
which was read at the meeting of the
State Federation at ottawa, Mr.. Roy
Baker sang and Miss Cora Evans
played several selections. Light re-
freshmentS were served.
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Struggle Over Land.

San Francisco, June e-The Emitted
States government filed a suit in equity
in the circuit court against the Southern
and Central Pacific Railroad companies
the Metropolitan Trust company of New
York and others to recover 81. 9S9 alleged
to be due on $7.195 acres OF land north
east of Sacramento. The complaint al
leSes that the land was patented by the
government TO the railroad company by
mistake and that the company afterwards
sold a portion of it to settlers who were
innocent purchasers. As congress has
passed act to protect these purchasers
the government has confirmed their title
TO the lands and now sues the railroad
companies for the amount stated.
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Notes and Personal Mention.

D. A. Brown, city attorney. and DR..
j. NJ. Frankenburger, both of Kansas
City, Mo, formerly of Topeka, are in
the city visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs. o. F. Sawyer has issued invita-
tions to the ladies of the Nautilus club
for a thimble party, June 10, at her
Judge and Mrs. A. Bergen, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Watkins. Miss Ida Ber-
gen and Miss Elizabeth Davis are
spending a few days at the COultis
farm.
Mr. Archie Williams has gone to
Hutchinson.
The Daughters of the Revolution of
Topeka have Joined the National FEEDER
alton and they will be represented at
the meeting at Denver by Mrs. a. H.
Horton, the president and Mrs. Eugene
Ware.
Mrs. Erickson and son Jack, of Usage
City, are visiting Mrs. Erickson's sis
ter Mrs. A. o. Rosser.
The picnic which was to have been
given Wednesday by the Ladies' Music
club had to be given up on account of
the rain; the club will meet Friday af-
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Fos-
ter.
Miss Daisy Sherman of Rossville is
spending the day with her sister, Mrs,
Parr.
Mrs. Gibson and son, and daughter
Mrs David Palmer went to Kansas City
TO-DAY: Mrs. Palmer viii remain there
for a two weeks visit and Mrs. Gibson
and son will go on to Chicago.
Mr.. William Werner of Tacoma, Wa,
has been spending a few days with his
wife who is visiting her parents here.
Miss Mary York of RossvilIe is in
Topeka, the guest of Miss Clara Ship
man.
Miss Louisa Aimes of st. Marys is
visiting friends in Topeka.
Miss Florence Horn is going to Kan
sas City for a two weeks visit.
Miss Eva Hewely arrived today from
Newton and will be the guest of Miss
Maude Hague during the c. E. conven-
ton.
Miss Martha White of Junction City
who came to Topeka to attend the we'd
ding of Miss Francis Moon, will re-
turn to her home Friday.