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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
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Horrible Details of the Situation i
Havana

Horrible Details of the Situation in
Havana.
Copyright 1898, by Associated Press-)
Correspondence Associated Press)
Havana, July SIN a diary OF events
in the island of Cuba, kept by a Span
lard of this city, there are recorded the
following, under date of June %:
Six hundred and hfty-nine retail
provision dealers went to-day to the
grocery exchange, but bought nothing.
Correspondence from the interior of the
island says that the misery in some
quarters is horrible. Some people have
committed suicide because they had no
means to feed their families The
prices of provisions are so high that
the daily salary of working man is
not enough to buy the most necessary
articles of food.
French steamer from Bordeaux,
France, has arrived there bringing
20 900 bags of flour and rice and sixty
hogsheads of Goldfish.
The Spanish minister of marine has
sent in the name of the queen regent a
cablegrama of cOngratulation on the
safe arrival in Cuba of the Reina Maria
Cristina, Capt. Justuarola, which just
reached CienfuegOS last week.
Senior VassaIo, civil governor of the
province of Puerto Principe, has sent an
energetic circular to all the mayors OF
the towns in that province ordering
reference to the condition of all ar
ticles of food sold. The unripe fruits,
as we'll as great quantities of decayed
meat and horse flesh have developed
many diseases among the poorer
classes.
The municipality of Puerto Principe
has sent a message of thanks to Senior
Telesforo Garcia, of the MeXtcan-Span-
ish patriotic junta for the provisions
he has sent to Camaguey.
The Cuban council of secretaries yes
terday approved the statute relative to
the suspension of eviction suits Tor non
payment of rent prOlOnging the en-
forcement of the act until September 1,
1898.
The suspension of eviction suits for
nOn-payment of rent has been enforced
at RegIa and Guanabacoa, also.
General Blanco has issued a bando
enforcing the bandO of Gen. Aro1as rel
alive to the prices of provisions, which
had been abrogated.
It is rumored that three big trans
Atlantic steamers have arrived at the
island from Spain with provisions and
money.
June 3O-Yesterday a freight train
from Batabano arrived here with III
bass of coffee. 142 bags of peas, 4S6 bags
of rice and 312 bags of black beans.
IT is reDOrted from Cardenas that ~
retail provision dealers have been ar
rested for failure to obey the order
given by the military commander OF
that place ,-,--e. +,,o+ j.,
the cfstern of a house on Santa Teresa
street were found the head, SKIN ana
tsiI of a dog that had been killed ana
tba flesh of which had been sold for
food
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
BROTHERS SUICIDE.
Two Expert Telegraphers End Their
Lives.

New York, July 19.-'Poor Tom Ian
ders is Dead were the words that flew
through the Western Union building
when it became known that one of the
oldest telegraph operators in the en-
plOy of the company had taken his lie,
just as his brother had less than two
weeks ago.
1t was ten days ago that william D.
Landers, for 25 years an operator il
the employ of the Western Union com
pany, walked into the big building, bade
all his friends and fellow-workers good
by, walked into the basement, placed a
pistol to his temple and fired the shot
that caused instantaneous death.
His brother Thomas was in the build
ing at the time. The shock was so
sudden and unexpected to him that he
sorrow he took to drink. spending the
days haunting the old places where he
and his brother were wont to chat and
make merry together.
It's no use,' he said, TON and 1
have never been separated through
these 54 years. L can't stand it. I'll
join him in death
With these words still clinging to his
lipS he went home Wednesday after
noon to his wife and two daughters.
Mrs. Landers left the house shortly af-
ter he arrived to do some shopping. AS
she was going he called her back sew
era1 times to bid her a last farewell.
At 6 o'clock, when Mrs I4anders re-
turned from her tour of the shopping
district, she looked in the sitting room,
but her husband was not there. Then
bed, with a gas tube between his lips,
lay her husband She called him, but
no answer came. He was dead. Tom
had gone to join his brother.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
COWS ARE DYING.
Strange Disease Exercises the Citi-
zens of Fort Scott.

Fort Scott, July 19.-Nine Fort Scott
mich cows have died in the past few
days of a strange disease which cannot
be satisfactorily diagnosed, and a gen
uine scare exists in the west part Of
town.
The fatality seems to be only among
the cattle that have been grazing on
the west side of the Marmaton near the
Missouri Pacific shops. Max Neubauer
lost three last Friday and Saturday.
Five others died in the two days 1t is
thought by many that the flood dirt on
the grass is the cause of the fatality
but this theory seems to be exploded by
the fact that w. H. Dorey, living in the
locality has 25 head of his own cattle
and a number of cattle on his pasture
none of which, though they were turned
onto the flooded pasture the day the
water subsidized and have grazed there
ever since, have been at all affected.
Others attributed so many deaths to a
poisonous weed which the cattle eat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
WEEDS TWO WOMEN TWICE.
Ohio Attorney Divorces Two Wives
and Marries.

Cleveland, o., July 19.-Joseph NJ
Nowak, a prominent attorney of CIeve-
land, has returned home with a bride
from their second honeymoon. Although
but AZ years old, he has had a record
breaking experience in marital life with
two first marriages, two remarriages,
three divorces and four children.
The first marriage lasted about ten
years and a son, now about entering
manhood, was born to them. About
ten years ago a young lady from st.
Louis, seamStreSs, acquired acquaint-
ance with the Nowak family 1t was
not long after that the Nowaks were
divorced. Mr.. NoWak went at once to
St. Louis and there married the former
seamstress. For eight years they lived
happily together before the return of
Mr.. NoWaks divorce habit.
Early in 1896 Mr.. Nowak obtained his
second divorce, this one from his sec
Ond wife, then Mrs. Bertha, NoWak A
month or so later Mr.. Nowak happened
by chance to meet his first wife, the
original Mrs. NoWak, on the street.
They chatted together and as the talk
turned to other days the old affection
ex-wife. Her strong affection for her
child led Mrs. NoWak to listen to her
ex-husband and after considerable hes
itatiOn on her part they went down to
Pittsburg and were remarked This
marriage lasted almost a year, but last
winter Mrs. NOWak, having, perhaps,
contracted the divorce haDlt from her
husband during some of their marriages
to each other, applied for and was
granted a divorce on the ground of
cruelty. A few days ago Mr.. Nowak
went to St. Louis, the home of his Sec
ond divorced wife. Next morning Mr..
NOwak and his second ex-Wife appear
ed at the marriage license Office in St.
Louis and secured a license for their
marriage. They went directly to the Of
fee of Justice Haughton, for Mr.. No
wax believes in always being prompt
and businessli1e in these matters, and
were married again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
WASHINGTON WISDOM.
London Times Comments Upon the
Terms of Santiago's Surrender.

Terms of santiago's Surrender.
London, July 19.-The Times this
morning. in the course of its weekly
review, says:
Inc Santiago negotiations are hon
orable to both combatants; and their
success was probably due to the wise
and StatesmanIil1e concession of Wash
lngton to send the Spanish garrison
nome The prospects of regaining their
native land is naturally grateful to
Weafled troops, and this stroke of policy
VIII probably have a great effect on
the garrison at Havana.
There is not the slightest doubt that
troops possessed of such great fighting
capacity as the Americans have shown
could have at any time stormed San
t1ago- Happily, a useless sacrifice of
life has been aVerted.
Ihe direct gain to the United States
from the capituiation is small, but the
lndlrect results are important in the
growth of mutual respect between the
two nations and the lesson to the Mad
rid government that it may now aban-
don hopeless attitude without loss
or military honOrs. The whole Santiago
campaign conforms strictly to the ex-
perience of the past. The American
navy has displayed conspicuous ability.
Iorpedoes have played a less important
part than was anticipated, and it may
be hoped that overwater discharges on
board cruisers will now be abandoned,
II indeed these craft may not be ex-
empted from the incubus of the tor
pedo.
Judging from the American expert
ment at Santiago, the prospect of bonn
bardment from invisible naval stations
over cliffs will not be very alarming in
future warfare.
THE problem at Manila resembles
that just solved at Santiago, except
that the military conditions are more
favorable to the Americans. What
ever may be the Interior designs of the
Germans these are not likely to be
furthered by incidents like the Irene
affair, which might easily have led to
serious consequences but for Admiral
Dewey's tact and moderation. The hur-
ricane season in the Philippines is now
fast approaching, and after the expert
ence at Samoa reluctance to keep
large number of vessels confined in the
waters of Manila bay may probably be
expected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
TO ENJOIN A BOYCOTT.
Laboring Men Adopt the Oft-Con-
demned Method.

Marion. Ind, July. ia damage and
injunction suit IS being tried in the cir
precedent in this state.
The suit is brought by Carmichael
Brothers, painters and decorators,
against Joseph Shellhouse, walking del
egate for the Amalgamated Building
Trades councilg a labor organization,
and Is of the members of the organiza-
ton.
The suit is for 81. 900 damages and an
injunction to enjoin the members and
the organization from boycotting and
interfering with the plaintiffs business
cotted and threatened to boycott all
business men who employ them and
have prevented them from getting con-
tracts for work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
NEW STYLE OF HAMMOCKS.
Colonel Durbin to Provide Comforts
for His Regiment.

Anderson, Ind, July 19.-Co1 w. T.
Durbin of the new One Hundred and
Sixty-first, just organized, made a trip
to his home in this city before starting
for the front. He will probably intro
duce something new in war equipment
He will no doubt be able to purchase
enough hammocks for his entire regi-
ment.
The hammOcks which he has in view
roll up like a blanket and can be placed
on top of the knapsacks. When swung
they have a canopy top, from which a
mosquito netting can be draped. This
top will shield them from the sun and
also from the rain. He is of the opin-
ion that they are exactly what is want
ed in Cuba, and the war department
will probably authorize the experiment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
BRYAN OFF TO THE WAR.
The Delay of Railroads flinders the
Starting of Troops.

Omaha, July 19.-It was long after
O'Clock last night when the last of the
trains bearing Col. William Jennings
Bryan and his regiment, the Third Ne
Draska volunteers, pulled away from
the switch near TT. Omaha. The cars
were not provided on time, and there
was still further delay in getting the
supplies and equipment on board. 1t
had been widely advertised that the
soldiers would start at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and when that hour arrived
a great crowd had gathered in the vi
cinity of the fort. The long wait in the
hot sun proved too much for all but
few of the most enthusiastic, however,
and when the troop trains finally got
away there were but a few persons to
bid them god speed. Though Col. Bryan
was sorely by the unexpected delays, he
went away to war quietly and orderly,
and very much as if he had been fight
ing all his life.
Col. Bryan and his staff, with two
battalions, go by way of Chicago over
the Rock Island and Burlington roads.
The Missouri Pacific carries the third
battalion by way of Kansas City and
st. Louis. The regiment will be re-
united at Nashville, and will go from
there to Jacksonville in a body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
MARVELLOUS MACHINERY.

People can be happy and can realize
their wishes if they will use good reason
in their daily habits of food and drink
We take pains with our animals to
see that the food is carefully selected.
yet we are likely to seriosly maltreat
that marvellous bit of machinery said
to be made in the likeness and image of
Him who planned it all. A ten day 5
change from coffee to Postum has been
worth more than gold to many.
The true remedy for a generally run
down condition is to abandon coffee
drinking and take on Postum Cereal
Food Coffee, which goes directly to
work to rebuild broken down nerve It's
sues throughout the human body.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
JIM REEDER FIGHTS.
A, A@air of Honor With a Spanish
Sympathizer.

HAYES City, July 19.-J- H Reeder
has returned from Mexico, where he
had been attending to his duties as
clerk of the United States court OF
Spanish land claims. He says the Mex
leans are mostly Spanish sympathlzer
one day while he and a friend were
ra9ding the war bulletins a Mexican
made Some remark about hoping the
Spaniards would win in this war when
an old soldier tapped the Mexican over
r. baad With his cane This called for
eiie General H9elr tight and Jim had to floor
his man before he could get out quiet
was soon restored on the arrival OF a
company of rough riders. However MI
ReedeI took off his long black coat, put
his glasses in his pocket and sailed into
the Mexican with great gusto ana sue
ceeded in vindicating the supremacy OF
Kansas muscle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
TO ARREST EGG THROWERS
Prohibition Orator Gets Warrants for
Assailants.

Appleton, Wis, July 19.-Town of
Dale people evidently do not like pro-
hibition politics. Warrants have been
issued for bunch of rotten egg offend
ers on a charge of assault and battery
preferred by James B. Farmer of Dale.
The trouble originated with the tour Of
the country by Col J. S. Felter and his
prohibition campaign wagon. He is ad-
VOcating the cause of third party pro-
hibition and his views were opposed by
the town of Dale offenders, who it is
said run a country saloon. The men
thereupon threw rotten eggs at the pro-
hibition worker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
FIRST CAPTURED FLAG.
Spanish Emblem Exhibited on the
Back of a Chair by Gen. Corbin.

washington, July 19-The first Span
ish battle flag captured in Cuba by the
American army reached the war de-
partment yesterday. 1t was consigned
to Gen. Corbin, who displayed 1t to
view on the back of a chair in his office.
The flag is a small one, measuring
about two by four feet, and is poorly
constructed of cheap material It was
captured by Company 3, First United
States infantry. regulars. This com
pany is part of the First brigade, Sec
ond division, Fifth army corps.
The flag was captured at Juragua-
cita, June %, by the following detail:
Corporals Newman and Boyle. Pri-
Yates Keyser, Cooley and Houghtal-
ling. J. J. Crittenden was captain of
the company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
IS LIKE TOPEKA.
Milwaukee's Improvements Must
Await Injunctions.

be able to start work On it's garbage
plant until late in the fall or possibly
not until next spring. Judge Cassoday
of the supreme court last night granted
an order which prohibits the city from
disposing of any garbage, bridge or
street improvement bonds until the in
junction which was secured by H. H.
Rice and which enjoins the city from
disposing of any of those bonds on the
ground that it has already exceeded the
limit of it's injunction, can be argued
before the court.
The city is absolutely tied up and
cannot make any improvements until
the case is decided. It has been placed
at the foot of the calendar of the SUI
preme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
CAUGHT IN WIRE FENCE.
Arkansas City Young Couple Meet
With Serious Accident

Arkansas City, July lorna Lewis
met with quite an accident He and
Miss Maude Miller were driving in the
north part of town when dog ran out
and frightened the horse so that-he
turned around, upsetting the buggy
and threw out the occupants and then
started to run.
He ran into a barbed wire fence and
got through leaving the buggy there
Miss Miller's face and neck were bad
" cut. a great cash being cut on her
left cheek Orna was badly bruised
but not seriously hurt. The horse was
caught today and was found to be quite
badly cut by the wire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
BOND SALE ILLEGAL.
Fort Wayne Judge Renders a Decision
Involving Much Property.

Fort Wayne, Ind, July 19.-Judge
O'Rourke rendered a decision in the
Consolidated Street railway case which
involves $1,000, 600.
The court finds that John J. Ship
perd the late Cleveland fnancier, IL
legally, through connivance with Cleve-
land banks and the Guardian Trust
company, appropriated $990O00 worth
of per cent bonds belonging to the
company.
aided in the cancellation of 100000 in
first mortgage bonds. The court de-
clares the sale of these bonds to be
illegal and the Cleveland men will lose
them. A motion has been made for a
new trial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19

Bad mana cement keeps more people
in poor circumstances than any other
one cause. To be successful one must
look ahead and plan ahead 50 that
when a favorable opportunity presents
itself he is ready to take advantage of
It A little forethOught will also save
much expense and valuable time A
prudent and careful man will keep a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house,
the shiftless fellow will wait until ne
best horse going for a doctor and have
a big doctor bill to pay, besides; one
pays out 25 cents, the other is out a
hundred dollars and then wonders why
his neighbor is getting richer while he
as getting poorer. For sale by all drug
@5StSs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19

Send your address to H. E. BuckIen &
Co. Chicago. and get free sample box
Of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. A trial will
convince you of their merits. These pills
are easy in action and are particularly
effective in the cure of constipation and
sick headache. For malaria and liver
They are guaranteed to be perfectly free
from every deleteriOus substance and to
be purely Vegeta bic. They do not wea ken
by their action. but by giving tone to the
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size SOC per box
Sold by Swift & Holiday, druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
ROBBERS ARRESTED.
Men Who Held Up the Frisco Train
Now in Custody.

Wichita. Kan, July 1.-TWO men be
Iieved to be the robbers who held up the
frisco express train at Andover on Satur-
day night last were arrested at Maize, q
station on the Missouri Pacific road, u
miles north of here One of the prison.
ers was nursing a gunshOt wound in the
left shoulder
The horse and buggy which the robbers
stole near Andover was recovered at
Maize Nothing is known as to the iden-
tity of the prisoners.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
By. JACKSON Z CO., Indianapolis. Ind.
NEW OAYAL CODE.
Has Been Compiled and Issued by
Order of Congress.

NIU5r OF OOuSt6ss.
Washington, July ia new compi-
1ation of u. S. laws relating to the ma
Wy, marine corps, ETC." has just made
by VIM. H. Michael, late of the U. S.
navy, by special instruction of con-
gress. For twenty years the navy de-
partment has been getting along with
an obsolete publication known as
HOgg's Digest, supplemented by a
mass of new statutes, cOmptrOllers' de-
cisiOnS, supreme court decisions, etc.
The present volume YIELDS these to-
gether and pruues away a lot of re
pealed statutes and cancelled regula-
lions and gives in compact form, with
careful annexation a complete digest of
naval laws, as revealed not only in the
statutes, but in the decisions of the
courts and opinions of the attorney
eranaral
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19

knew no medicine save the simple herbs
gathered by his squaws.
Civilized man leads unnatural and an
unhealthy life. Unlike the Indian if he
would maintain his physical and mental
health, he must take reasonable precau-
tons to combat disease. Nearly all dis
eases have their inception IN disorders of
the digestion, torpidity of the liver and
:nnpurity of the blood. DR.. Pierce'S Golden
Medical Discovery is made of simple herbs.
It restores the lost appetite, makes diges-
ton and assimilation perfect, invigorates
the liver, purifies the blood and promotes
the natural processes of exCretior and
erection. It sends the rich, red, life-giving
blood bounding through the arteries and
corrects all circulatoTy disturbances. It
dispe1S headaches, nervousness. drowsi-
ness, 1assitude, and drives out all impuTi-
ties and disease germs. It cures o8 per
cent of all cases of consu1np tiou, bron-
chitis, asthma and diseases of the air-pas-
sages- It gives sound and refreshing sleep,
drives away all bodily and mental fatigue
and imparts vigor and health to every
gan of the body. Medicine dealers sell it,
and have nothing else, Just as good"
"a few of my symptoms writes Charles
Book, of Climax, Ka-amszoo Co. Mich, " were
, heartburn ful1ress after eating, pain in my
bowels, bad taste in my mouth, and occasional
fever and hot Hushes. Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery cured all these and am
perfectly well"
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are SIRE,
speedy and permanent cure for constipa-
ton. One little Pellet +" is a gentle Taxa
tive and two mild cathartic. They never
grippe. Found at all medicine stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-19
CABLES ARE OURS.
Communication via Jamaica is Also
Cut OFF

New York, July 19-The West Indian
and Panama Telegraph company has
sent the following notice to the Western
Union Telegraph company's center
cable office:
1.-THE American government has
taken possession of the cables at San
tiago de Cuba and no communication
via Jamaica and Santiago will be al
lowed until further notice"
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Killed the whole Family.

Houston, Tex, July 19.-At Cypress. a
small town near here. Peter Burton a
negro. murdered Henry Mayer, a white
farmer, his wife and infant child Rob
berry is thought to have been the motive
The negro has 50 far escaped, though sew
eral posses of officers and citizens are
after him. The crime was committed wit h
a Ratchet. One member of the family a
boy who was sick in bed. escaped slaugh-
ter by crawling two miles. He gave the
alarm
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Closed bY Oreditors.

Springfield. Ill, July 19.-The furni-
ture store of Barley & Lax has been
closed by creditors and the sheriff has
commenced selling the stock General
James H Barley, the senior member
of the firm was commander of the Sec
Ond brigade, Illinois National Guard.
He was appointed a brigadier general
of u S.. volunteers and is under Gen
Fitzhugh Lee at Jacksonville, Fla
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Killed Two Deputy Marshals.

South McAIlister, I. T., July 19--Jas-
per Simpson while resisting arrest, shot
and instantly killed J. B. Grady and l.
S Hill, deputy United States marshals'
near Jensen, Ark, last night. Young
Grady was a son of United States Mar
shall Grady of the central district, Hill
was the office deputy at Cameron. Ark,
and had only been in Office short time
A large number of officers have gone
in pursuit of the murderer.