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The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
BASEBALL IN MANILA.
SeIee of Boston Will Take Two Teams
to the PHILIPPINES

Boston, Dec. 16.-Twenty National
league players probably will play base
ball in the Philippines next winter.
Manager Selee of the champions said
so today. The two teams will include
some New York, Boston and other men.
The American soldiers already have
introduced our national game to the
dark-skinned citizens Of Manila, and
now a three base hit is the signal for
thunders of applause three days in ev-
cry week on the turf diamond of the
Plaza de RagUmbayan.
The English outdoor games have been
incorporated into the life of Britons
who have gone into new lands to make
homes for themselves, and wherever
the United States holds the power base
ball is sure to get a foOthOld especially
as the game is a warm weather spOrt
Already several well known mana
gers have talked over the prospects OF
a winter trip to the far-off new posses
sions of Uncle Sam Among the num-
ber is Manager Selee Of the worlds
champions, who has been looking over
the maps and steamboat time tables
and making an itinerary.
Selee has figured out that 20 Of the
best players could put in a fine winter
at little or no cost by taking the trip
at the close of the regular Season He
will talk it over with players he ex-
poets, to meet on his visit to New York.
Baltimore and the south and west.
Selee's idea is to stop Off at large
cities on the way to California. for a
game, play two weeks in Frisco, stop
for a few days at Honolulu and remain
about six weeks in the principal cities
giving ample time to return home for
the opening Of a new season, According
to his schedule the boys could get back
home o. March l.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

The death of ex-senator Calvin S.
Brice which occurred yesterday removes
from the field of activity one of the
greatest manipulators of railroad af-
fairs the country has ever known. He
had recently obtained a concession to
build a road in China and had dis
patched his agents to the Orient to be-
gin operations
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
Barton County Poultry Show.

Great Bend, Dec 16.-The Barton
County Poultry and Pet Stock associa-
tion has issued a neat 62-page premium
list and announcement for their exhibit
ton in this city on December II, 19 and
20. The exhibition will be under the
management of A. Wimergreen. F. H
Shellabarger, of West Liberty, Ia, has
been secured as Judge
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
A TOPEKA NEGRO
Shoots and Kills Another at Wichita
and Wounds White Man.

Wichita, Dec. 16-Fritz Simmons, a
Topeka negro, shot and killed Tom A.
Miller. another negro, last night, just
across the street from the county jail.
The trouble occurred over Niler's wife.
aEiizaY's head struck che pavement and
his neck was broken. Elmer Murphy,
white man, who was passing, was shot
in the hip. Simmons came he4 ( Is-
Gently from Topeka, where he was en-
plOyed in the Throop hotel He is now
in iail.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
Police Judges Fees Too sr1alL

Parsons. Dec 16-Police Judge Tai
bot who will assume the duties of
county commissioner next month will
resign as police judge. A few years
ago there was some money in the police
judges office, but recently business in
that court has fallen off to such an ex-
tent that there is scarcely ten dollars
a month in the position.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Although we are depriving England
Of her markets in all parts of the world
and steadily depicting her hoard Of gold
she Is constantly emphasizing her
friendship for this country. She has
been whipped in a fair economic fight
and now wants to stand in" with the
victor
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

The duchess Of Marlborough, who was
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, has been
chosen, it is announced, to Officiate at
the launching of the new English bat
will float alongside the union jack, as
was the case in the launching Of the
Formidable.
The dungeon IN which the assassin OF
the Empress Elizabeth is now confined
is a WindOwless, damp, stone chamber,
and Lucchini will probably pay for his
crime by the loss Of his eyesight and
his reason. Only once fortnight is he
permitted to walk in the prison court
yard for half an hour. He does not
even see the attendants who bring his
daily rations at o'clock every morning.
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Mr. Langan, the editor of the Munich
comic paper Simplicissimus, and Mr..
Heine, the chief cartoonist, have fed to
Switzerland to avoid arrest for lese
majestic. The cartoon which has given
Offense represents the ghosts of Code
frOi de BouillOn and Frederick Barbar-
ossa as reVisiting the holy city, where
the latter picks up the kaiser's helmet,
puggaree and all His fat sides shak-
ing and his mouth agape with uncOn-
troIlable merriment, he shows his find
to GOdefrOi, who remarks: stop your
silly laughter. Why, our crusades
hadn't any serious purpose, either"
One of the declarations of DR.. Lyman
Abbott, which created considerable dis
cussion when it was made two or three
years ago, was of his disbelief in the
story of Jonah and the whale. AS soon
as his utterance on the subject was
published a number of people came to
his support with statements that it was
not possible for a whale, owing to its
physical conformation, to swallow
man. Then some one found a. fairly
well authenticated story of a modern
man being rescued alive after having
been swallowed by a, modern whale, and
after a number of letters were publish
ed, the subject was left about where it
had been taken up.
Senator Morrill,, though he has had
NJ. A. and IL D. degrees conferred on
him from the Universities Of Pennsyl-
vania and Vermont, spent all his early
life on his fathers farm and WAS edu-
Gated only at the roadside country
schools.
The real motive of the German en-
peror in sending his sister-in-law.
Princess Henry of Prussia, to China and
Japan, ostensibly for the purpose of be
ing with her husband, is alleged to be
to have her become personally ac-
quainted with the two expresses, which
would be greatly to the advantage of
Germany in diplomatic movements.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

It looks now as though the only way
for the brewers to escape the war tax
IS to start establishments for the manu-
facture Of "moonshine'' beer.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
Salinas Water works Inpro we'd.

Salina, Dec. 16-The Water Works
company has just received a new pump
ing engine. 1t weighs eight tons, is ~
feet long, and has a capacity of 2,O0O,O 900
gallons every "a hours. 1t throws one
barrel at each stroke. It will be set up
will be ready for work in a few days.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

a favorable recommendation. Yester-
day he interviewed Governor Leedy in
regard to the matter and the governor
rewarded him by signing a pardon for
TempletOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Minneapolis Journal: A wealthy East
side society lady has had her pet dogs
paw read by a palmist. This is an
awful extravaganza when there are
thousands of poor people who can not
afford to have their palms read.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

County coroners of Illinois are hold
ing a convention in Chicago. The
coroner of Cook county can give them
pointers on how to create business,
based on actual experience.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Vermont has established a state hos
pitaI for consumptives at Rutland. 1t
was opened in October and already has
27 Datients
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

The brewers say the war reduced the
consumption of beer 20 per cent. Is
General Egan's recommendation of
beer for the army intended as a bouquet
for the hreMars2
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Since our victory over Spain, Lord
Curzon uses the expression, Mary and
T. in his conversation.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
New Rock island Treasurer.

New York. Dec 16.-At the meeting
Of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad directors today ]. E. Hayne
was elected treasurer In place Of James
3. Phillips.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Sectionalism in politics appears to be
on its last legs and the president is just
now engaged in knocking them from
under it.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

a burglar has been pardOned because
his family is needy. Perhaps that is
why he became a burglar and it may
lead to his resuming his former occu-
~,a+for
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

for several days, and still these trees
have green leaves on them.
This causes us to think they are of
the winter variety, and we shall take
care to preserve them until old enough
to bear fruit
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

In two days President Mckinley has
done more toward breaking up the po-
Iitically solid south than has been ac-
complished by all his predecessors since
the war.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

The strongest evidence that the Chi
cago & Alton has been sold to the
Michigan Central lies in the fact that
both managements deny it.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

If Chicago should conclude to turn
loose the county coroner on her Doodle
aldermen there would be no necessity
lnr roraa
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Legislation in Kansas seems likely to
be conducted on the continuous perform
ance plan
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

The Commercial club mas taaeu up the
matter of securing all night teIegraph
service A committee Of which Mr. p J.
Monaehan is chairman viii endeaVor to
- rtlx-iTlce +.-s managers nts % the West
ern Union ana 1-S,...sa- -. z..s- ------
10 demand continuous telegraph service
The companies state that the expense q
rnessaaEes after 1870 O'Clock at night, the
present closing time, would be less shau
800
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
WINTER PEACH TREES.
Minneapolis Man Has Four Standing
in Snow With Green Leaves
Yet On.
minneapolis Messenger

TMInneapOIIs Messenger.I
The writer has standing on his place
four young peach trees, that are now
surrounded by snow. and have been
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Apparently Governor Leedy believes
It is better late than never"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

excuse 4OE LdllluS III lONe.
No woman ever made home happy for
her husband and kept a parrot.
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Life to a woman is a series of sur
prises; to q. man it is a series of shocks
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Probably it never had occurred to the
king that Daniel might eat the lions.
During the first five years of his mar
ried life a man works hardest keeping
things away from his wife. During the
next five his wife works hardest keep
ing things away from the neighbors.
To WOO women properly a man must
first win her.
Before a girl is twenty you can never
tell whether she is in love or her stom-
ach is out Of order.
A man without any religion at all
may not be manly, but a woman with
out any religion at all isn't even femi-
nine.
At the age Of twenty-five man must
be either engaged or married, or else the
women begin to wonder why he doesn't
behave himself.
To be fascinating to a young man a
woman must never admit that she is
not in love; to be fascinating to an old
man she must never admit that she is.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IFrom the New York Press.1
No girl over twenty can give any good
excuse for falling in love.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

N B.-Readers will please bear in
mind that this item is dated Wichita.
IN TIGHTS.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

No woman ever made home happy for
her husband and kept a parrot
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Before a girl is twenty you can never
tell whether she is in love or her stom-
ach is out Of order.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

To WOO women properly a man must
first win her.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Probably it never had occurred to the
king that Daniel might eat the lions.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Life to a woman Is a series Of sur
prises; to a man it is a series of shocks
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

Senator Morrill,, though he has had
NJ. A. and Ii. d. degrees conferred on
him from the Universities Of Pennsyl-
vania and Vermont, spent all his early
life on his fathers farm and was edu-
Gated only at the roadside country
schools.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-12-16

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The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
THREE CHILDREN BURNED
Aerripie rate Resulting from Children
Playing with Matches Near
Coal OIL Can.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, June 9.-Three
children met death in frightful man.
ner Tuesday evening in Allegheny. Nv
the explosion of can of oil their cloth
ing was ignited and the children
were burned SO terribly that they
died in short time. The victims
were Ella, Edith aud Harvillc Watts
children of Charles Watts. of Fernev,s
Hill, near Woods Run avenue, aged
eleven and seven years and four
months respectively.
The eldest child proved herself he
rome, for with the flames ROASTING her
body she tried to carry her baby broth
er to place of safety. Mrs. Watts was
badly burned in trying to save her
children
The children were playing in an out
mouse In the yard, and one of them
struck a match. In the same room was
a large can containing two gallons of
OIL. When the match was thrown down
IL dropped into the can and the explo-
sion followed.
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
ADMITTED SPANISH LOSSES.
News Received in Havana from Santiago
de Cuba of Losses Ia Mon
days Rombardment.

HAVANA, June "Details from Span
ish sources at Santiago de Cuba have
been received here of the Spanish
losses during the bombardment
Of the Notifications there by
the American fleet on Mon
lay. The marine chief killed
on board the Reina Mercedes was
former Capt. Emilio Acosta Eyornanu.
Ensign Alexandra Molins, also on the
2eina Mercedes, was killed Col.
0rdenez, of the artillery, and inventor
of the cannon bearing his name, was
slightly wounded. Some other officers
were slightly wounded by projcctiles,
shells and fragments scattered by the
explosion of shells on land
The insurgents dynamited passen-
ger train near Canas, province of Pinar
del Rio, overthrowing one car and de-
railing the train.
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
WHY PINKERTON WAS THERE
The Detective Visited Washington to IA.
sure the Government that He was
Not in the Employ of Spain.

WASHINGTON, June Sin reference
to the repeated assertions that VIM. A.
Pinkerton, of Chicago. had been in
Washington to confer with the
war and navy departments, in refer
ence to spies in this country,
it is authoritatively stated at
the treasury department that
Mr.. Piukerton received no such call
as has been reported. He visited Wash
ington principally for the purpose, 1t
is said, of assuring the various heads of
depar tments that his agency was
not engaged in working for
Spain. Ike fact that his peo-
pie had been employed to make
investigation in connection with the
tlibustering expeditions before the
present war broke out, and the neces-
sarily intimate relations that had ex-
listed between the agency and the Span
ish representa- ives in this country, led
to a belief in some quarters that he
had continued in Spain employ since
hostilities began, and it was for the
purpose of explaining the exact atti-
tude OF his agency and of expressing
his loyalty to the government, it is
said, that Mr.. Pinkerton came to
Washington.
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
IS NOT GIVING OUT NEWS.
Secretary Alger Declines to Discuss
the Movements of the Troops
From Tampa.
DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE SPAIN POINTS.
The War Department Annoyed at the At
tempts of Some of the Newspapers to
Indicate the Exact Point of Debarka-
tion of the American Troops-Nothing
Further From sampson.

WASHINGTON. June 9.-Secretary AL
ger positively declined to say whether
or not United States troops had
sailed from Tampa for Cuba. He
holds that Notwithstanding the bot
Ting up of the Spanish squadron in
Santiago, there are still good and suf-
ficient reasons why every precaution
should be adopted to prevent the
Spanish from obtaining informa-
ton as to the departure of our troops,
the point selected for their debarka-
ton. and the strength of the expedi-
ton. He was good deal annoyed at
the attempt of some of the newspapers
to indicate the very point selected for
landing the troops and siege guns
in the neighborhood of Santiago.
Ii it were true that the de-
partnent had selected place
where there is a strong wharf upon
which the vessels may discharge the
heavy siege train directly. the publica-
ton of that fact, if authentic ated
might very naturally lead the Span
iards to destroy that particular wharf,
and thus seriously hamper the opera
tions of the troops.
Careful inquiry at the war depart
ment, where information as to the
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
FORWARD MOVE TO SANTIAGO.
The Army of Invasion Said to Have LETT
Tampa En- Route TO Key West
Thence to Santiago.

ST. Louis, June "a special to the
Post Dispatch from Washington says:
WASHINGTON. June SIT is ION to
Santiago" in earnest, as transports
with troops left Tampa at high-tide.
Others will get away during the day,
and by daylight Thursday the army of
invasion will be in rendezvous at Key
West. From there they will proceed
Immediately to or near Santiago.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin, Tuesday night, sent
to Gen. Miles the final orders for Gen.
Shafter, who commands the army of
invasion.
Following are the troops, all regu-
lars, that he will take with him:
Cavalry-First, Second, Third, Fifth,
Sixth, Ninth and Tenth regiments.
Infantry = First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Sixth, Eight, Ninth, Tenth,
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Sew
enteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first,
Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-fifth regiments.
Artillery-Batteries + and X. First
artillery: A and +, Second artilley; C.
and f. Third artillery; Il, f, g and IL,
Fourth artillery; b, +, X and N, Fifth
artillery.
The engineer battalion and a balloon
corps form part of the expedition. The
heavy siege train of artillery is under
command of Maj. 5. 5. Mills of the Sixth
artillery.
Physically, the command will COM
pare with any troops in the world. All
are armed with the Krag-J orgensen
magazine rifles.
Three days will be consumed on the
voyage, assuming that an average
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
HOW THOSE DoNs CAV =.
rhey Say sampson was Rc,,,.
'aso with . Loss Estimated a, 900
Fifteen Hundred Men.

MADRID, June "a sem;.oa.
Is published here purporting 10 o. =. note
account of the bombardment 81 -" e a.
tiago de Cuba by the American :. saa'
Monday last: neeton
The American navy, under Al
Sampson, has fiercely ATTACKED anlral
go de Cuba and bloody encon a.'a'
ensued. The Americans made .I
attacks on the Spanish marino 'n'es
land batteries, which replied ana
consequence the Americans M a
pulsed with heavy losses, estima.. re-
800 men. The American proiecs,l. -
however, sank the. Spanish c .s;.es
Reina Mercedes, five sailors and - user
rines being killed. ma
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10

movements of troops might naturally
be expected. developed the fact that no
word had yet come of the departure of
a military expedition from Tampa As
the troops are under orders to go to
sea just as soon as they can be made
ready, without further direction
from the department. it is deemed
probable that they will get off some
time during the day, and that notice to
that effect will be the next received at
the department.
) No word from Admiral Sampson was
received at the navy department. The
bulletin made public by the department
Tuesday night, in confirmation of the
press reports of attack on Santiago
last Monday, is believed to be merely
skeleton statement of Admiral
SIMPSONS telegram, which it is
surmised contained a good deal more
information than it was deemed pru-
dent to make public. Of course, to
protect the naval cipher the matter
published was paraphrase, and it was
said at the department that the term
used in the bulletin, "Silenced the
works quickly without injury at any
time" was based upon statement
in the original dispatch broad
enough to indicate that the ships had
sustained no injuries, and that there
had been no casualties among the per-
sonnet of the American feet.
Naval officers expressed the belief
that about all of the force landed
Monday from SIMPSONS fleet were
marines, and that their purpose
was not so much to take mill
tary possession of the landing as
perhaps. to spike some guns and de-
stroy some batteries that might have
been reoccupied by the Spaniards to
advantage after the retirement of the
American fleet from the action. One
object of Admiral Simpsons attack
which has escaped general obser-
ration, although exceedingly impor-
ant, was pointed out at the navy
department. This was to prevent the
Spa niards from making a successful
attempt to remove the obstruction of
the channel caused by the wreck of the
Merrimac. Having silenced the forts
at the entrance of the harbor, which,
while effective, obliged the Amer
lean fleet to lie many miles
out at sea to keep out of range
OF their guns. Sampson will now be
able to place one or more of his ships
close to the mouth of the bottle, where
1t will lie in comparative safety, and
yet be able to command easily with its
guns the wreck of the Merrimac
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
PHILIPPINES TRANSPORTS.
Assistant Secretary Meikiejohn Securing
Transport Steamers by Charter
Impressment.

WASHINGTON, June o. -Assistant Sec.
rotary Meiklejohn has chartered the
steamships Indiana, Morgan City and
City of Para for transports of troops to
the Philippines; has closed con- tract
for the Victoria, Olympia and Arizona,
of the Northern Pacific line; has
secured the privilege of acquiring the
Tacoma and the Columbia, if needed
all five on condition that they be given
an American register. He also has or
dered impressed into the service the
Senator, Queen and City of Pueblo. OF
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., il
found satisfactory.
The Forrest City times., 1898-06-10
A SAMPLE OF SPANISH r,po
Spanish Report to the Effect ,..
Philip of the Texas was Killed \.
Spanish Shell at sant,..

WASHINGTON, June 9.-Reports 49,.
ing from Spanish sources, and AM, oO'a'
emily in Madrid. have stated f tss.
Capt. Philip of the Texas NV
been killed by shell bv .s
spaniards. The president said ,s a'
the report undoubtedly was un,ras
and said that it was evidently bas,.,..'
as Admiral Simpsons official ra,'s,
stated that there were no casualties ''
At the navy department consida..
bic indignation is felt at the repor, :,
Capt. Philips death, the .departms0.
saying that no basis whatever tor !.
exists, and that it is calculates ua.s
lessly to alarm his family and friends