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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
GUATEMALAN OUTRAGEs.
Perpetrated on Innocent Mexicans
Along the Borders

Tapachula, Mexico, Aug. 30.-Many
outrages have been perpetrated on Mex
leans by Guatemala army officers. The
worst case is that of Trinidad Voga, an
honest farmer who was told by the
Guatemalans that they wanted to buy
horses and he accordingly crossed the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30

line with a large number of horses to
meet General Barrilas, who seized his
animals and had him beaten. This
outrage caused much indignation. 9th
er similar actions are reported and are
under investigation and due informa-
tion will be given the government of
this republic. The Guatemalans ap-
pear to be actuated by an intense ha-
tired of NIexicans, taking every oppor-
tunity to insult and rob the humblest
people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
BOYCOTT IS LEGAL.
A St Louis Court Sustains a Labor
Union in Its Use.

st. Louis, Aug. 9O.-Judge Valiant Of
the St. Louis circuit court has rendered
a decision in the case of Marx and Hass
against Watson and others declaring
boycOtts legal.
A temporary injunction pending set
uement was granted a week ago by
Judge Mckee, sitting in Judge Valliant's
stead The order enjoined the union
from boycotting the tailoring firm. Now
Judge Valiant declares the boy
colt is legal as long as no force or in
timidation is resorted to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
STAMPEDE AT PUT-1N-BAY.
Owing to the Appearance of Small
pox in Hotel Victory.

Columbus, O.. Aug. 8O-The following
telegram has been received by the state
BOARD of health from Put-in-Bay o
Everything here quarantined. Have at
present six cases smallpox, five very mild.
one case smallpox bedfast, ali among col
ored servants of Hotel Victory. So far
checked. Have left only harbor open to
trade. Hotel Victory closed
An exodus took place from the island at
-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
POTATO RIOTS.
Barbados Plantations Looted During
the Night.

Kingston. Jamaica. Aug 3O.-Advices re-
ceived here from the island of Barbados,
belonging to Great Britain, report wide
spread potato riots. Riotous gangs of men
have been looting the. produce of the plan
recent sbooti6e of t5e snee2ar afs th tI1e
house of assembly in mistake for an OBJ
noXious landlord these demonst ira tfons
are considered to be of a serious nature
and more troubles are antfcinated
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30

done towards protecting the Knights
on the sale of their buttons.
I'VE must get to work on the parade
for Carnival night" said Mr.. Holiday
1--WE must have a good parade and the
work must commence soon. I appoint
Major Shreve chairman of the commit
tee on parade"
The next meeting of the KarnivaI
Knights viii be at the call of the pres
ident
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
VI eather In dications.

Chicago, Aug 3o.-Weather forecast
for Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Wednesday; warmer in west portion
tonight; southerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-30
SAMOAN KING DEAD.
.1ietoa Falls a Victim to Typhoid
Fever.

Auckland n. T.. Aug. 3o.-Malietoa
Lacupepa, king of Samoa, died on Mon
day. August %, of typhoid fever.
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Work of the Pension Office.

The report of certificates issued for the
week ending Feb 70 shows
Army invalid: Original, rs; increase and
additional 1888; REISSUE, 33; restoration and
renewal, 40: duplicate, 8; accrued, "a;
total 400. ~
Army invalid (act June %, 1S9O) Orig
nal, f3S; increase, 1874; additional. 142; re-
issue, 20: res torat ton and renewal, ~: sup
plementals, a. duplicate, y; accrued, 81;
total, 81.
Army widow, etc.: Original, Ga; restora-
ton and renewal, l.; duplicate, 3; accrued,
1: total, 90.
Army widow, ETC {act June 81, 1890:
Original, 2S2; increase and additional, 3;
reissue, 2; restoration and renewal, /:
duplicate, q; accrued, 2; total 296
Navy invalid Original 8; increase and
additional ! reissue, A; duplicate, / &C
crued, /; tosal 10.
Navy invalid (act June 81 1890: Origi-
nal, ID; increase ana additional, IA; re-
issGe, 2; restoration and renewal, s. du-
plicate, /: accrued, 4; total, Al.
Navy widow, etc: Original, 1.
Navy widow (act June u, 1S90): Original,
TO-
indian Wars-Survivors: Accrued, /.
Indian Wars-Widows: Original l.
Mexican War-Survivors: Original 2; in
crease and additional, D: accrued, A; total,
IL.
Mexican War Widows: Original. I.
Totals: Original, 500; increase and add
tional, 467; reissue, 81; res oraiion and re-
newai %; supplementals, 4; duplicate, 81 !:
accrued. III. Grand total. 1853.
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ITO be coRfinued)
PERSONAL.

VIM. a. PInkerton, of the nosed detect
i've agency, was, with his brother. a
student at Notre Dame University in 1860.
Afterward they were in the secret service
OF the Army of the Potomac, under their
father While they were all in camp at
Harrison's Landing, Fathers Corby and
Patrick and Henry Dillon, who were all
ChaplainS, came over to visit them. &C
companied by couple OF officers OF Cor
coran's Irish Brigade. photogru Dher
happened to be present, and Pinkerton
had picture made of the group. lie re-
Gently presented to the Notrc Dame Uni
versity Post handsome copy of the Me
mortal War Book, beautifully inscribed.
and containing fine reproduction of this
picture.
Prof. James A. Grier, d. D.. Bellevue,
Pa, has a most admirable defense of the
veterans and pensioners in the United
Presbyterian OF Jan. 20 This is good work
where it is most needed. The religious
press has great influence, and it has been
none-too-friendly toward the comrades,
mainly, we believe, because the facts have
not been properly presented to the editors,
and considered by them. Such presenta-
ton of the pensioners Just claims as Prof.
Grier has made will be OF the greatest bene-
fit to them.
In his address to the Iowa Association
of Veterans living in Kansas. Rev. ". r..
Bair, who served in Co. ID, 7th Iowa, took
strong ground against "the gambling
systems tackled on to all our soldier Re
UNIONS" He said that Reunions had been
very successfully conducted where there
were no privileges sold to anybody to fleece
the comrades and the visitors, and he was
in favor of this being made the
rule everywhere.
The Southern Calfornians are pressing
Col. Harrison Gray Otis, formerly of the
18th Ohio, now Of Los Angeles, for a place
on the Commission for the Paris Exhibition.
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When they arrived at their house ST ard
Shorty arranged the things so as to give the
Deacon a most comfortable rest after his trying
experiences, and cooked him the best dinner
their larder would afford After dinner they
htied him pipe-full of kinnikinniek, and the
Old gentleman sat down to enjoy it while ii
and Shorty investigated the contents of the
earpct-sack. They found endless fun in it's
wotui condition. The butter and honey were
sneared over everything in the rough hand
ling which it had endured They pulled out
the shirt, the socks. the boots. the paper and
books, and scraped off carefully Us much as
they could OF the precious honey and butter.
It's TOO good to waste the least bit, said
Shorty, tasting it from time TO time with
JUNCTION Don't mind q hair or two in the
butter, this time 81 1 kin believe your
mother IS good buttermaker Its thebest
ever tasted J"
Well, the butter and the honey NAV be
spilled, said 81, but the other things are all
right. My, amt this a nice shirt And them
socks. Shorty, did you ever see such socks.
Ever so much obliged to you, Pap, for these
boots. Old Hank SOmmers's make. He's the
best shoemaker in the State of Injianny No
Quartermasters cowhide about them.
And -
81 stopped. He had suddenly come across
Annabels ambrotype. He tried to slip it into
his pocket without the Others seeing him. lie
edged awkwardly to the door.
You look over the rest o. the things.
Shorty" he said, with a blush that hid his
freckles I've got to go down and see the
Orderly Sergeant
Shorty and the Deacon exchanged very pro-
found winks
tn }. .o,,ts,,,e-yN
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much that they WIZ sure he wuz my son.
They asked him If he reckernized me rs his
dad, and after they kicked him two or three
times he said he did, but he WIZ goin' to cut
his throat now, since they'd found it out.
He couldn't stand everything. Then they
said they'd postpone execution on condition
that I'd kneel down. drink pint o. whisky,
take the oath o allegiance to Abe Lincoln
and sing Well hang jeff Davis on sour
apple tree
i told 'em / wuz perfectly willin' to take
the oath to Abe Lincoln as often as they
pleased that he WIZ my man from start to
finish; that | wanted JEFF Davis hung the
mint we ketched him. I'd sing the song if
they'd learn it To me, though Eve not sung
anything but hymns for the last - years As
for the whisky, 1 wouldn't fetch it on no ac-
count, for | belonged to the Good Templars
They all seemed pacied with this except
one man, who insisted that | should drink
the whisky One o the Sheridan men
Knocked him down, and then the fight be
tween the Rousseau men and the Negley men
broke out afresh, and the guard come in and
quoted things by the time they'd done
this they found that the man who had recller
nized me as his father WIZ tryin' TO hang
himself with piece o. tent-rope They cut
him down. larruped him with the tent-rope
and then started another court to try me for
havin' sich a son. But some officer come in
and took out the Prosecutin' Attorney and
the lawyer for the defense aud the Presidin'
Judge and bucked and gagged 'em. This
cooled things down agin till mornin'"
- We might walk over to the Provost-Mar-
shaPs," suggested Shorty, and watch for
them fellers as they come out, and take q
uroD ont ~ some of fpn -
8 1t III be waste o time" said 81. with
shrug of his shoulders. They'll all be
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Deacon Kiegg Has Little Experience o
Life in the Army.
CHAPTER XVI.

Pap" said 81, by way of introduction,
''this is Shorty, my pardner and the best
| pardner a feller ever had, and the best soldier
in the Army of the Cumberland"
Glad to see you. Mr.. Kegg," said Shorty,
reddening and grasping the fathers out
stretched hand; "but you orterve broke that
boy o. your'n O. lynn when he was young"
s. He never did lie, " said the Deacon cheer
fully, land / don't believe he's lynn now
I've heard great deal o. you, Mr.. Shorty,
and Pm sure he's tellin' the truth about
you
"Drop the Mister, Pap" said ST. eve
never call each other Mister here, except when
we're mad"
81 took the carpet-sack under his arm. and
they trudged up toward Army Headquarters.
Relieved of anxiety as to his own personal
safety, and having found his son, Deacon
Klegg viewed everything around him with
open-eyed interest. 1t was wonderfully
new and strange world into which the
sober, plodding Indiana farmer had dropped.
The men around him spoke the speech to
which his ears were accustomed, but other
wise they were as foreign as if they had come
from the heart of China. Their dress their
manners, their actions the ways in which
they were busying themselves had no re-
semblance to anything seen on the prosaic
plains Of the Wabash in his halfcentury of
life there. The infantry sweeping over the
fields in endless waves, the dashing cavalcades
of officers and stats, the bewildering whirl of
the light batteries dazed him. Even ST awed
him. 1t was hard to recognize in the broad
shouldered, selfassured young soldier, who
seemed so entirely at home in his startling
surroundings, the laundering, bashful hob
bedehoy of a few months before, whose feet
Y,,I dc A.
into everything else that they should not be-
Somehow, 81" he said, looking at his off
spring with contemplative eye you seem to
have growed like a cornstalll in July, and VT
when | come to measure you up you don't
seem no taller nor heavier than when YOU went
away How is it?
Don't know, Pap, ST answered 81 feel
as I'd had more'n 10 long years o. growth
since we crossed the Ohio River Yit, you
don't seem a minute older than when went
away"
q didn't feel no Older" returned the
father, until got In that guard-house last
night. Then | could feel my hair gittin'
grayer every hour and my teeth droppin'
OUT
Pm afraid you didn't git much chance to
sleep, Pap, said 81 sympathetically.
Loss o sleep was the least part of it."
said the Deacon feelingly. Il kin stand a
little loss o. sleep without any partickler
bother. 1t wasn't bein' kept awake 50 much
as the way was kept awake that wore on
me-"
why, what happened ?" asked ST.
Better ask what didn't happen, " groaned |
his father. Used to have some mighty
rough shivarees when / was boy and'd jest
settled on the Wabash. Lots o. toughs
then, specially 'mong the hatboat- men.
who'd nothin' to drink but new sod-corn
whisky, that'd fight in every spoonful But
for pure, straight-out tumultuousuess that
guard house last night gave six pecks for
every bushel of Wabash shivaree'
Shorty looked meaningy at 81. "Guard-
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authorized fanatics it will still demand
that we take possession of Cuba and
Porto Rico, and end a criminal misgov.
eminent which cannot prevent such out
RACES. We should, in addition, demand
exemplary damages from Spain, and
such abject apology as the fagrancy Of
the offense requires.
In the meanwhile; the time gained
has been we'll employed in advantage
ously posting our sea-going feet about
Cuba, and in putting our Atlantic and
Gulf seaboards in good condition of
defense. We seem to be in very good
shape for any counter movement that
Spain may try to make.
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nents.

While the Board Of Inquiry has
maintained complete secresy as to the
testimony which has been presented to
it, and suffered no hint of its own opin-
ions to transpire, the trend of public
opinion everywhere has been irresistibly
to the conclusion that the blowing up of
the Maine was not accidental. There il,
in fact, now very little assertion Of the
accident theory anywhere. It's strongest
supporters at first seem to have aban-
doned it. At the White House and the
Navy Department, where very properly
much support was given it in the be-
ginning almost nothing is heard of it
now. 1t was eminently wise that the
Executive and Navy Departments
should, no matter what evidence was in
their possession, at first give much coun-
tenance to the accident hypothesis. This
was a matter of international comfy.
The allegation that the Maine had been
designedly destroyed was so grave a
matter that it should not seem to be
entertained until it was supported by
indubitable evidence. The Administra-
ton, therefore, wisely restraining the
natural excitement Of the people over
the terrible event, went actively to work
to make a thorough investigation, to OBJ
tain facts about which there could be no
dispute, and at the same time to quietly
put our ships and seaboard in readi-
ness for the worst alternative. The in
vestigation is now nearly closed, and the
Board of Inquiry may present its find
ings any day. If those findings shall be,
asis now generally believed they will, that
the destruction of the Maine was designed
and intentional, we are now in pretty
good shape to take the next momentous
step. Whether or not the Spanish off
cials were guilty of the abominable
treachery, whether it was the act of a
clique of Weylerites, intent upon involv-
ing and overthrowing Blanco and the Sa-
gasta ministry, or whether it was done by
gang Of zealots having no official
connection with the Spanish Govern
ment, we must be prepared to Law a
very heavy hand on Spain. If it shall
appear that the Spanish officials were
accessories to the crime it will be such
terrible offense against US that the
world will justify us in infcting the
seyerest possible punishment upon that
country. If it shall appear that it was
clique Of Weylertes the consequences
cannot be much less serious, while if it
appears that it was the work Of I'M
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MUSTERED OUT.

| HATRY.--At Pittsburg Pa. Col August
| G.. HAIRY. HeTaS born in Speyer Bavaria,
| and came to this country when a child.
| His parents located at Cincinnati, and
/ afterwards moved to Chicago, when Col
/ Hairy studied law. He Listed in the
! 18th Ky. Afterwards he was transferred to
/ the 1880 Ohio, and served until the end OF
| the war. He was mustered out with The
rank Of Lieutenant-ColOnel having won $
| way fiom private by gallant service. Col
| HAIRY was a prominent member of EncamD-
ment ], u. Y. l., and OF the GAR. and
Masonic fraternity
| WARDELL.-A HeuveIton, n Y. SanlueI
Warde!l, Co. G, 10Th n. y, and 18th y. Y.
II A. He lost leg at Cold HarbOr. He
belonged to Ransom Post, Ogdensburg,
n. Y.
REED.-At Maple Valley, Wis, Michael
Reed, Co. Z, 10th y. Y. He served three
years, and was discharged at Burlington,
Vt, July 10, 1865.
CAREY-At Black River. n. Y, Foster
Carey. aged %. He was member OF the
GAL
CUTTER.-At Newhuryport, Mass. Eben
7. Cutter, Lieutenant, Co. A, Ssh Mass,
nine months, and Lieutenant, Co Fl, seth
Mass Comrade Gutter was born in New
burypOrt. He was an officer OF the fire de-
partment for many years, and charter mem
Der of the Veteran Firemen'S Association.
He was Past Commander Of Mizpah Coun-
cl Legion OF Honor, Il prominent odd Fell
low. and member of Post 40
FELCH.-At New huTypOrt, Mass, Capt.
Dan ell NJ. Fclch, 1st Mass. II. A, aged -
He was also a Mexican War veteran.
KENNARD.-At Clearville, Pa. John III.
Kennard, Co. d. 15Sth Pa.
HASTINGS.-At West Grove, Vt, T. J.
Hastings Co. +, 81 Vt, and Past Com
mander of Mason Post, IL. At the Wilder
ness ne received a wound in the head,
VIII ch wasithe cause of his death.
FULLER.-At Sterling. Neb G.. W. Full
Ter. Co F, 18th Ind. The funeral services
were conducted by Post leo, assisted by
comrades from Post SO.
KETCHUM.-At Jasper, \. Y, Thomas
T. Ketchum, Co. f, 1SSih n. Y, and char
ter member of Moses Dennis Post, 5S3.
COMSTOCk.-At Amboy, H., Oscar A.
COmstock Sergeant, Co. ], S3th Ill.
CROXTON.-At Grand Island, Neb., John
Croxton Co. G., 10Th Ky.
BROWN.-At Spring Creek, Neb., Peter
Brown. Co. III, 18th III. lie was Past Com
mander and Chaplain of Roberts Post, 1OI.
STANWOOD-At WaldOb0rO, Me, Lieut.,
James FL. StanwOOd, Co. c, =0th Me. lie
was born at Brunswick, Me, and came
from Revolutionary stock. He was mus
tered into the goth Me-, Aug. 20. 1862, and
served until 1865. At Gettysburg he COM
manded his company after Capt. Billings
was mOrtally wOunde d. At Gravelly Run
he received a gunShOt wound.
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COMMANDER a. d. SHAW, of the
Department of New York, has written
an admirable letter to the New York
World, in which be denounces the asper-
sions upon the pension roll, and declares
it is the purest in the world. He saws
that no new safeguards are needed, and
if other business were conducted as
honestly We should have a new earth.
He recommends that Commissioner
Evans be "sent home by short cut,
and relieve the Pension Bureau of the
stigma which his criticisms have put
upon it."
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existed at the time wnen the original appllca
tion was filed, but from subsequent dat
prior to medical examination, the degrees @
the disability Of the applicant being belo'
the maximum rating, pension may be in
creased accordingly from the date when sucl
wound or injury was incurred or disease con
tracted, provided the degree Of disabilit.
from all contributory causes is thereb.
enhanced to a sufficient extent to justify
higher rating.
Should it be found impossible to fix tn
exact date when such wound or injury wa
! received or disease contracted, the highe
rating shall commence from the date of tn,
| certificate of medical examination showing
| its existence.
| ). Ticious habits A liberal and reasonable
rule in regard to the proof as to ''vicious
habits - was laid down by the Department
in the case of John Martin e p. d., 57S)
| and the same is hereby affirmed, prOUided
| ho,cercr, that where the nature of the disease,
wound, or injury is such as to show that it Is
not due to vicious habits, the Commissioner
of Pensions may, in his discretion, accept the
sworn statement of the applicant as sufficient.
g. Original pension having been allowed,
any subsequent increase of pension must be
based OH the fact that there is increased in
capacitation for earning support by manual
labor, and must be adiuGicated, 80 far as
commencement of the increased rate is con-
cerned, under section 469S3 Revised Statutes
of the United States.
A close examination will show that
these instructions, while giving the
claimants some very welcome relief from
the grating injustice Of Lochren's prac-
tees, do not touch the important ques-
ton of rating, or the principles govern
ing ratings at ALL They. deal mostly
with the methods of procedure in apply
ing for pensions, and sweep away many
of the ignoble traps which Lochren
made for the feet of the applicant. We
praised them at the time they were
issued as a long step in the direction of
justice, and hoped that they were the
precursor of others which sweep away
the last vestige of Hoke Smithism and
LOchrenlSm from the Interior Depart
ment. That hope has not been realized.
1t is possible that the recent order may
go farther than appears on its face to-
ward that realization. 1t is to be
devoutly wished that it shall.
Another burning question is as to
what bearing this order is to have, if
any, upon the reflections made under
Lochren, and continued in undiminished
number under Evans. If it is to
ameliorate the harshness of the Bennett
decision upon the cases appealed to the
Secretary of the Interior, by those who
once gained place on the rolls, shall
not they also who have been unjustly
denied place receive some benefit?
We anxiously await further develop
ments.