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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-21
p BODIES RECOVERED
Ambassador and Mrs. Hay We're
Present
But Far Enough Away to Es-
cape Harm.

London, June 21.-During the launch
ing of the new British first class bat
tleship Albion, of u. 95, tons at Black
we'll today by the Duchess of York, a
ceremony at which the United States
Ambassador, Col John Hay and Mrs.
Hay and Lieutenant Colonel Wen, the
United States naval attache, as
sisted, the displacement of
water caused an immense mass of wa
ter to rise on all sides, completely sub
merging one of the lower stages of the
yard and immersing hundreds of peo-
pie.
As this dispatch is sent the bodies
Of twenty-seven men, women and chill
dren have been recovered from the
scene of the disaster
The Duchess of York and Col and
Mrs. Hay and the remainder of the
distinguished guests did not see the
accident which occurred at the mo-
ment when three cheers were called
for the successful launching and the
cries and screams of the victims were
drowned by the outburSt of hurrahS
and the steamer sirens.
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HOT FIGHT WITH THIEVES
Two are Run Down and Captured by
Posse of Citizens.

Mt. Gilead, O., June 21.-Sheriff Pur-
inton and his deputy, H. Bowen, yes
terday started out to intercept two
horse thieves who had been operating
in Darlington five miles south of here.
In his haste the deputy failed to arm
himself, the two officers separating to
scour the woods near which the rogues
had last been seen. Bowen was success
full in his search and intercepted the
men. In attempting their arrest they
each covered him with revolvers and
marched back into the woods. This act
was witnessed by q farmer who hurried
to town with the news.
posse was formed and soon the
woods were filed with men. The chase
became warm and just when capture
seemed certain, the horse thieves cut
the strap of a farmers horse that was
hitched to a surrey, but in their haste
did not observe that one of the lines
had been employed as hitching strap.
The vehicle was upset and again the
purSuers gained.
Twelve shots were fred at close
range by the bandits and in the ex-
change of bullets one of them was
wounded in the hand. After another
were captured. The deputy sheriff
whom they had captured was threat
ened with death if he followed them,
but not needing their warnings, was
in at the capture.
The men gave their names as George
Dewey and Gilbert Tenney.
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A FISH TRUST
Organized in America by Eng
Observation-Disclosures of Capital.

Cleveland, June H.-After negotia-
tons extending over a period of two
years. a consolidation of the most i'm
portant concerns engaged in lake fish
ing has at length been effected.
Edwin Corbin, the promoter of Chi
cago, acting in the interest of a London
syndicate has arranged the big deal
which will merge so per cent of the
fresh water fish dealers into one i'm
mense consolidation, the capitalization
Of which will include common and pre-
ferred stock debentures, the total run
ming well into the millions. The final
details have not as yet been made pub
lie. but some twenty-fOur concerns, of
which the A. Booth Packing company
is the largest, will be turned over to the
new corporation, which has been or
ganized and will be financed in Eng
land.
w. Vernon Booth of the A. Booth
Packing company has been the prime
mover in the enterprise and will prob
ably be manager of the consolidated
business
June 80 has been set when the trans
fer of the property Of the INDIVIDUAL
concerns will be made and the English
syndicate will take charge of the COM
bined interests at some time shortly
afterWard.
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GUNS IN POSITION.
Work on the Philadelphia Rapidly
Nearing Comnletion.

Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal, June
21.-The work on the cruiser Phila-
delphia is nearly completed. The ships
main battery of six-inch rifles have
been swung aboard and set in position.
The ship has been painted in war color.
She will be taken out of the dock the
first of next week.
The new deck of the United States
steamship Adams has been about COM
pleted and that ship will soon be ready
for commission.
The old iron cruiser Ranger will be
hauled into the quay walls shortly and
converted rapidly as possible into q
modern gunboat.
Work on the Yorktown is being eX-
pedited as much possible and as
fast as the men get through with the
Philadelphia they will be transferred
to the Yorktown.
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BICYCLTST KILLED.
Riders May Sometime Learn Not to
Ride Close to Horses.

Leavenworth, June 21.-Shortly before
noon yesterday Clarence E. Reed, aged
about 20, met with an accident from
which he died at 2:30 this afternoon.
Young Reed was riding bicycle and
Main street, a cart containing two
small boys, turned the corner rapidly,
One of the cart shafts struck young
Reed in the right eye and entered his
brain The horse became frightened
and reared up, and in coming down
struck Reed with it's feet on the breast.
The wounded man was carried into
shop, where his wound was dressed by
a physician, and later he was taken to
his home in the patrol wagon. Young
Reed was foreman of the Kelly broom
factory and is a step-son of. Richard E.
Manley, the Turner hall confectioner.
In the confusion attending the acct
dent the names of the occupants of the
cart were not taken by those near. al
though it is known that one of the boys
was colored and that both were small.
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Reinforcemeuts.

washington, June 21-It was an
nounced today that no additional trans
ports other than the Newport which
has been impressed on the Pacific coast
had been secured. OF the eleven trans
ports available by the department in
the east, arrangements are being made
to have half a dozen or more rem
devious at Tampa for the purpose pre-
sumably of carrying additional rein
forcements to General Shafter.
Just what portion of General Shaft
ers reinforcements are to be taken
from Tampa has not yet been an
nOunced but with a half dozen ships
at it's command, the department ought
TO be able to transport approximately
2,oOO with their equipments and sub
SlStence stores. Most of the remainder
1t is expected, will be taken from Camp
Alger, amounting it is said to a bri-
gade- The latter Will leave the country
by way of Newport News or Norfolk,
going in the big vessels Harvard and
Yale Secretary Alger was asked just
how many achievements would be
sent to General Shafter, but he declined
to state definitely the number, saying
however, in a general way, that there
would be between five and ten thousand
men.
The lack of suitable vessels for carry
ing supplies of fresh refrigerated beef
for the army in Cuba, as we'll as for
the starving people there is proving
very embarrassing to the officials of
the cOmmissary generals office. Near
ly a week ago General Egan opened
bids for supplying this necessary ar
ticle of the soldiers diet and would
have awarded the contracts before this
but TO rthe reason there are no ships
available to carry the supplies. The
ships when secured will have to be
fitted with refrigerating apparatus, in
order to preserve the meat fresh and
this will take some little time.
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IN SIMPSONS EYES.
Cuban Forces are Surrounding Santa
go-Fleet Movements.

RO-E1S0C movements.
Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
On Board the Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Dauntless, off Santiago de
Cuba, June 10, via Kingston, Jamaica,
June 21.-Rear Admiral Sampson au-
thOrizeS the publication of the following
information obtained from reconnois-
sances and from the Cubans:
Matters are quiet at Guantanamo
bay. The Spanish are transporting
artillery to the town of Guantanamo.
Yesterday a shell from the battleship
Oregon destroyed a railway car and set
a warehouse on fire. A spy asserts that
the Spanish gunbOat SandoVal has been
filled with straw and will be destroyed
if there is any danger of her being cap
tured.
THE Spanish forces at Guantanamo
are Va1nly attempting to reach Santiago
where nothing is known as to the sit
uation at Guantanamo. as the Cubans
hold the intervening territory
General Garcia's forces are within
three days of Santiago. They number
1000. The same number of Cubans are
near Holguin. General Rabi is at Ac-
erradoro, Is miles west of Santiago with
$50 men, ali well armed.
THE battery at Castillo de la Socapa
opposite Estrella, Santiago, has two
Hontoria guns, four Maxim-Norden-
feldt 37-millimetre guns, one Maxim
NOrdenfeldt 57-millimetre gun and one
Calling 25-millimetre gun-an taken
from the Reina Mercedes. The Bat
terry at Castillo del MORO has two Max
lIn-NOrQen1eldC l5-m1lI1metre guns ia
ken from the torpedo boat destroyer
Terror. brought by Admiral Cervera
The Punta Gorda battery has two Or
dOnez bronze guns and one Hontoria
All the batteries have also muzzle-1oad-
erS.
1.-THE mines at the entrance are on the
Latimenclar system-two lines of seven
each: One line was fired at the Mer-
rimac, but without effect. The Merri-
mac cleared the line when she exploded
one torpedo in the first line was also
fired at the Merrimac, without striking
her. The mines contain 225 Kilograms
of gun cotton and there are several
bustamente torpedoes.
1.-The best information is that the hull
of the Merrimac does not block the
channel but lies to the right. Vessels
can pass without touching it,
During the bornbardment on June
Captain Hermon- second in command
on the cruiser Reina Mercedes and five
men were killed by a shell. Six were
wounded.
Lieutenant Hobson and his men are
now believed to have been taken up to
Santiago"
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ICE FAMINE RELIEVED.
Marines Welcome 1t Like Money
From Home.

Correspondence of Associated Press
Key West, Fla, June 21.-When the
gunboat MachiaS come in just after
the auxiliary gunbOat Leyden and in
front of the revenue cutter Woodbury.
she stood very high out of the water
and had only. ten tons of coal aboard.
Worse than this, the supply of tobac-
co was entirely exhausted, and the men
had seen no fresh fruit for many days
She had been out more than three
WeekS.There was great rejoicing among
the crew when the gunboatS came
alongside with ice cold beer cakes, ice
cream, lines and other fruits. TIL
boats were soon empty. One of the Of
ficers went aft to where the shore mer-
chants were dispOsing of their wares
to the sailors and got two good-sized
pieces of ice, with which he ran for
ward. Diamonds. boys diamonds The
prepared at once. The NEWSPAPER men
produced tobacco and cigarsF and the
famine was relieved.
The men of war and officers are
obliged to drink tepid water in their
long cruises. They have some ice when
they start from Key West, but it soon
gives out, owing to the great heat of
the ships, and the cemaking plants
which some of the larger ships have
are either out OF order or do not yield
q large supply.
ON cape haytien, during Admiral
Simpsons San Juan cruise the Assoc
ciated Press dispatch boat Daunt1ess
twice brought ice to the flagship New
York, half a ton each time. The price
of ice in Cape Haytien is $50 a ton. The
half a ton of ice had shrunk some
what by the time it had been convened
through the streets of Cane Havtfen fo
the Dauntless, which lay at anchor.
When the Dauntless reached the fleet
the New York sent out boat to take
off the ice. The sun was blistering hot
and the ice melted at an alarming rate
wa being MT n he
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POISON IN FOOD.
Wisconsin Volunteers Taken Sudden
~ Ill at Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Fla, June 21-From
twenty to thirty members Of Company
H, First Wisconsin regiment, were
taken seriously ill last night. There is
every indication that the men are suf-
fering from the effects of poisoning
caused by eating unwholesome food at
dinner or supper. Later in the after
noon several complained of being i'll
with cramps in the stomach but moth
ing serious was thought of the matter
Late at night they began to vomit in
eessantly Major Evans. surgeon of
the regiment, was called. He prescribed
for the sick men and partly relieved
their Sufferings.
The food is the only cause to which
the illness can be attributed. The men
ate canned beans, bread and potatoes.
An analysis will be made to determine
If the food was affected.
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Louis B. Hamilton and VIM. Hopkins
of the District of Columbia.
Second regiment, United States vol
unteer engineers-First lieutenant,
Robert Stewart Brooks of New Jer-
Sey.
Tenth regiment, United States vo1un-
teer nfantry-Captain Charles L.
Beatty of District of Columbia.
Third regiment, United States volun-
teer engineers Captain-Lewis H.
Mattair of Florida.
To be first neutenant-hichael S.
Murray, commisSary sergeant, U. -. A.
Additional Observation-Disclosures c.
Lord of Nevada, John A. Krause of
Ohio, Henry May of Ohio, coward
A. Bigelow of Illinois, Webster c. Weiss
of Pennsylvania, John r. Lynch of
Mississippi.
Chief quartermaster, with rank of
maiOr-Otto II. Falk of Wisconsin.
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COURT MARTIAL ORDER.
Civil Engineer White, U. S. N, Must
Answer for Bad Dry Docks.

washington. June 21.-The secretary of
the navy has ordered a general court mar
tiaI to meet at the navy yard at New York ORR
next Wednesday for the trial of Civil En-
gineer U s. G.. White, u. S. N. on the
Charge of neglect of duty and culpable in
efficiency in the performance of duty
while serving as sub-inspector under Civil
Engineer Monocal in the construction Of
The detail for the court is as follows;
Commodore Rush Wallace (retiredl, Com
rnodOre H u. Robson, Medical Director
II NJ Wells (retired), Captain T. F. Kane
(retired). Commanders z. T: Strong, Sam
uel F. Relden (retired), II. N. Nanny
Parry Knox and f. NJ Wise. with First
Tiellfenaut c. H. Lauchheimer, L. S. NJ.
c.. as judge advocate.
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COMING TO TOPEKA.
Over 1000 st. Joe People Will Be
Here Next Sunday.

An excursion that is expected to bring
1900 people to Topeka will be run from
June &c.
It will be under the auspices of the City
Salesmens association of st. Joe, and
forms the annual excursion arranged by
the association. This year it was decided
to visit the capital city of Kansas, and
for the round trip the Rock Island has put
in a special rate of SIPS.
Special arrangements will be made for
checking bicycles, and the posters gotten
out by the Rock Islnd advertising the ex-
curSiOn suggests that eXcurSioniStS take
their wheels long and enjoy a ride over
the paved streets of Topeka. The con-
cert by MarshaIIs band at Garfield park
in the afternoon is mentioned as the chief
attraction
The excursionists will arrive in Topeka
in the morning and remain until o'clock
in the evening.
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REVENUES INCREASE.
Collections for the Month Exceed
Last May by S3, 291, 225.

Washington, June 21.-The monthly
statement of the collections of internal
revenue shows that the May collections
amounted to 14,O9S, III, an increase over
May last year of $3,2S1, 225. The re-
ceipts from the several sources of rev.
enue and the increases as compared
with May, 1897, are given as follows:
Spirits. $7,O96.460, increase $1,9SS, O57;
tobacco SO. 754, O62, increase $1,O1S. 759:
fermented liquors SO, 131, sos, increase
$247, SS7; oleomargarine $SS,O14, increase
$23, 712; miscellaneous SIS, O74, increase
81, 962.
The net increase in the receipts dur
ing the last eleven months was $19,-
93S. sos.
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RELIEF SHIP READY.
The Floating Hospital Will Sail This


New York, June 21.-It is hoped that
the army hospital ship Relief will be
ready for work in a week. The army
and navy officers want to get this fine
vessel to Cuba as soon as possible.
The staff will be composed of the fol-
lowing officers:
Major George H. Torney, surgeon-in-
chief; Major William c. Gorgas, sur
geon; assistant surgeons, Captains
Francis Metcalf of Buffalo, Randolph
hanson of ST. Louis and William NJ.
Gray, microscopic of the Medical Mus
cum in Washington. There will also
be three assistant surgeons-Ernest c.
Schultz and Thomas A. Smith of this
city and Frederick MEG Hartsock Of
Baltimore. These officers will report
to the Relief today and organize the
mess.
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COLORED OFFICERS
Will Command the Two Additional
Battalions From Kansas.

The cOlored troops from Kansas will
be comma nded by colOred officers. Gov
ernor Leedy made this announcement
when he returned to Topeka at noon
today.
Adjutant General Allen was in favor
white men but Governor Leedy prompt
ly vetoed this proposition by announc-
ing that all the officers will be colored.
This will give the colored people places
for two majors and one lieutenant col
onel and at the same time will put a
check to the ambition of r. B. Turner,
who has already bought his uniform.
If a company should choose to elect a
white captain there will be no objec-
ton but it is not likely that this will
be done. Governor Leedy will make the
same reservation concerning the organ
ization of the companies as he made
under the first call. If an officer who
is not acceptable is elected Governor
Leedy will refuse to commission him.
Governor Leedy has also announced
the following recruiting stations:
Topeka.
Atchison.
Leavenworth.
Fort Scott.
Wichita.
Lawrence.
Another place is yet to be named and
that will complete the assignment.
The colored people in Kansas are
nearly all confined to the eastern pOr-
ton of the state. Adjutant General AL
len says that there are not enough col
ored people in the whole Seventh dis
trict to recruit one company.
Under this order Topeka will proba-
bly, be entitled to a whole company. All
the cOIOred people who care to so will
undoubtedly be given an opportunity.
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TO POISON AGUlNALDO.
Somebody Tempered With the
Generals Food.

London, June 21.-The Hong Kong cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
According to the report of the United
Sites transport Seafiro. which has just
arrived here from Manila, dastardly at
tempt was made last week to poison
General Aguinaldo. He was taken sud-
denly and violently Ill after partaking of
a meal, and the symptoms were such as
clearly indicated that poison had been
mixed with his food. General Aguinaldo
was ill for two dayS.''
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TO JOIN SKATER.
5000 Men Ordered to Start at
Once For Santiago.

Washington, June 21.-The war depart
ment has Issued orders to Brigadier Cen
eral Henry NJ Duffeld to proceed with
his entire brigade from Camp AIger to
Fort Monroe, where they will take trans
ports for Santiago. The brigade com
prises the Ninth Massachusetts and Thir-
ty-third and Thirty-fourth Michigan, about
5000 men in all
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FLEET TURNS BACK.

washington, June 21.-Advices re-
cefved here by way of Marseilles,
France, confirm the first reports that
the Spanish fleet has returned to Ca
dir The dispatch states the Victoria
was injured and was towed into port.
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BY HOME LABOR.
Lawrence Men Secure All Contracts
for New K U. Buildings.

Lawrence. Kan, June 21:-The contract
shop building at Kansas university. to
take the place of the building IN de Ses W
Stubs Contracting company of Lawrence
for $19, 4s9. sc. The whole contract for the
plumbing in the building was let to Doane
Bros of this city and the contract for the
heating to Graeber Bros. of this city The
contracts call for the completion OF the
work by November 1.
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CASTELAR, CRIES ENOUGH
Refuses to Return to Politics-Says a
Republic is at Hand.

London, June 21.-Accordfng to dis
patch to the Daily News from Gibral-
tar the republicans at Madrid have
again vainly tried to induce Senior
Emilio CASTELAR, to return to lead the
Republican party. CASTELAR, says his
health is bad and that he is too old to
work, but he presses the conviction
that a republic is at the door and about
to take possession spain, "Carlism
being out of the question and the mon
9Tchy being an absolute -~,-4ure''
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Band Organized at Humboldt

The latest Kansas band has been or
ganized at Humboldt, Allen county, and
the charter was filed today in the office
of the secretary of state. 1t is to be
known as the Humboldt Band associa-
ton, and the capital stock is placed at
q 50O
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Judge cooley's Mind Gone.

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 21.-Judge
Thomas NJ. Cooley, the noted authority
en- constitutional law, who has been at
a private asylum at Pontiac for a year,
has returned to this city. He shows
considera BILE Improvement physically
but mentallr he is in about the same
condition as when he first broke down.
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Million Dollar Subscriptions.

Washington, June 21.-The amount of
subscriptions received today for the
new bonds exceeded that of any other
day since the law authorizing their is
sue went into effect. Among the num-
Der were several one million dollar sub
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Omaha and Return SIS.

Via Santa Fe route, tickets sold only
for afternoon trains, June 81, and cary
morning trains June %, final return
limit June 2Sth' T@ Santa Fe is the
shortest and quickest route.
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500 Cash

Buys a horse, buggy and HARNESS..
Horse good locker and stopper, buggy
as good as new. Can be seen at Wat
sons livery barn, Seventh and Van
Buren streets.
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Omaha Exposition.

Fast train via the Santa Fe, leaving
Topeka 4:55 a. m. and arriving at
Omaha at noon. See w. C. Garvey,
agent about this fast train.