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The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21
Cornelius Carter,


the bed, turned to Mrs. Collins and ask
ed her whom L should call.
Cornelius Carter
Cornelius Carter, colored, of Law
renee, was called to the stand. County
Attorney Jetmore conducted the exam
ination.
Q.-How long have you lived in Law
renee?
A.-Nineteen years.
Q.-Do you remember being in the
employ of the police department in
April?
A.-Yes, had charge of a gang of
prisoners working in the City park.
Q.-Mr. Carter, did you ever see this
gentleman? (Collins).
Ayes.
Q.-Know Jesse Harper?
A.-Yes
Q.-Tn ask you if you remember of
seeing Jesse Harper down by the City
park in conversation with a white man?
Ayes.
Q.--Does this young man answer
ing to Jesse Harper?
A.-Yes. I am sure it was him.
Q:-How long were they talking to-
About ten minutes.
Q:-Did you have any conversation
with Jesse after he left him.
Ayes.
Q.-Did you see him have anything?
A.-Yes, he showed me a stud and
said: See this? That guy gave it to
IIle- II IS a Q1amOnd.' / didn't nav
much attention to it but I said: Hes
a sport" Jesse said: Eyes, he's a
SPORT
Cross-examination by Attorney Hay
den.
Q.-Where did you see Collins?
Al don't remember where, maybe
on Massachusetts street
Q-Do you remember of the time?
A.-NO particular date
Q--Now as a matter of fact you
haven't a distinct remem brance Wbatev
renee?
Ayes, I remember of having seen
his face.
Q.-What time was this?
About or 2:3O o'clock.
Q-WaS it a stud?
A.-No, a pin.
Q-Now, which was it-a pin or a
stud?
A stud.
Odd it have a spiral screvv M, pvas
1t like a button.
=. Al don't remember-I didn't have
it in my hand at ALL
Q-Was it as large as a hickory nut?
Q.-Was it as small as a marrowfat
pea?
A-No
Q.-What was its size?
Al don't know
Q.-HOw was it set?
Al don't know.
Kitty Smothers.
Miss Kittie Smothers, colored. of
Lawrence, was next called
Q--Where do you live?
Am Lawrence.
Q.-Can you pick out John Collins?
A--Yes, he sits there with the white
flower in his coat.
Q.-Was John Collins ever at your
house?
A.-Yes
Q--Whom did he come to see?
Any brother joe
Q-Where did they go?
An the parlor
Q.-When did you see John Collins
there again?
At was soon after the first time.
Odd he see Joe?
A.-No, he gave me letter.
Q.-W hat did he say?
Ale told me to give it to my
Q.-Was it sealed2
A.-YeS.
Odd you see it?
Ayes.
Ole showed it to you?
A.-No, 1 took it out of his pocket
Cross s-examination by Attorney Hay
den.
Q.-whom did you come up to the
court house today with?
A.-With my brother Joe, Rev Mr..
Skinner and Mr.. Harbaugh-
Q-Who is Mr.. Harbaugh?
Ale is a detective.
GA detective, aye?
A.-YeS, sir.
Q.-When did you see him before?
A--Last week when he came to see
my brother
Q.-When did he come again?
A.-Yesterday.
Q.-Whom did he ask tor?
Any sister and me.
Q.-What conversation did you have
with him?
Ale askea me If I had received a
letter for Joe.
Q.-Ask about its contents?
A.-No.
Q.-How long did John Collins re-
main at your house the first time?
Al don't know. went upstairs to
| my lessons.
Q.-What time was it?
l Al was cleaning the supper dishes.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21
Range of Prices.

Furnished by the Palm & Coyne Com
mission Co, Grain, Provisions and Stocks.
10 West Sixth St, Topeka, Kan.
Chicago, June q.
Article. Open High Low Close Sat.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21

HOGS Receipts, 5000. Market steady
to strong. Bulk of sales, SO. 75d3. .95; heav-
les, So 90d4. .02a; Packers. So. 70d3. 50; mixed,
So. .65@395; lights. So. 60dS75; workers, So 20
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
la r1bS. S3GI6 so: muItOnS. S364. 3d.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21

Q.-How long were you in there?
Al don't believe I stood there more
than ten seconds. I just went in, paus-
ed by the bed, looked at the form OF
the bed, turned to Mrs. Collins and ask
ed her whom 1 should call.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21

Furnished by the Palm & Coyne Com.
mission Co., Grain, Provisions and Stocks,
10 West Sixth ST., Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-21
Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City, June 81.
CATTLE-Receipts, 5000. Best grades,
steady, others weak. Native steers, "a. .75
"a 50; Texas steers, 81. 4.10d4. 70; Texas cows,
81. .5Od .75: native cows and heifers, $225GD
AIS; stockers and feeders, So 3-25@5.5O; bulls,
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Ranges Of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by the Palm & Coyne Cor
11o West Sixth St, Topeka, Kan.
New York, June p.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20

heoom> Red Cross nurses when they
have not the first qualification for any
thing of The sort. There is good metal
in these women. or they would not have
the impulse to undertake this danger
Gus work; but they will have to be
trained. The advantage of the Saliva
tionists is that they are already on
hand. Their people will not faint at I'M
nleasant sights. or fall Ill with malarial
fever. or dodge hard work. A corps
that has served in Jamaica is used TO all
that sort OF thing. 1t is ready for
emergencies. This readiness for action
is one of the characteristics of the peo-
pie with the red flag. When they go 10
a country to convert the inhabitants
they make IL their business to adopt ma
tive dress and native customs and nnd
out what the natives think. which is
good deal easier than trying to put cor
sets, high-heeled shoes, foreign MILL
merry and European gowns. the English
language, American cooking stoves
and the five points of calvinsm
all on the market at once, among nap
by half-clothed heather who nave
weIl-establishe religion and ciVfiiza-
ton Of their own, such as 1T is. what
ever anyone may think of the peculiar
tenets OF faith held by the Salvation
Army. their work in the Sums OF our
big cities proves that they can and Wall
handle work that nobody else is Willing
to touch. and that is the kind OF ma
teriai wanted for service in Cuba.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20
CRUISER AT SANTIAGO.
Spanish WarsI,ip at the Cuban Port
Ready for Action.

Baltimore, April 2O.-1he British steam
ship Mary Aiming. Capt. Davis. arrived
yesterday from Sa...iago. Cuba, with iron
ore. Capt. Davis stated that prepara-
tons for war, which was looked upon as
inevitable by the Spaniards, were In
progress when he sailed on Tuesday, of
last week.
He had expected Vive Consul Fox,
whose home is I'm this city. to accom-
pany him on his departure. but Mr.. Fox
apprehended no immediate danger. and
he determined to remain longer at his
post of duty. Capt. Davis also offered II
convey any Americans who desired TO
leave, to "a friendly port. but the few
left were not alarmed by the situation
as it then existed. and expressed the
opinion that they could leave In safety IL
danger arose. On his voyage to Santa
go, Capt Davis carried a cargo of coal
for the Spanish navy.
The Aiming reported the four-masted
schooner Eleazer w. Clark, of Bath, dis
charging coal at st. Jago. A second
class Spanish cruiser is lying at the
mouth of that port, ready for action.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20

II in the pan and carefully made il In
the form of a circle and fitted the cross
pieces. Then she put IL in the big Orlck
oven and watched il as lovingly as II u
had been-weH. her first baby asleep
Here another song bursts from ms
marty in the other room. ana uoHii.o
pIaver interrupted in the midst OF his
,.ey,o,onous "ein. zwei. drei.' looks hSs
"a mounds Of animated protest AVNi
C.arman friend starts up from the taDi7'
h,,r,D. into a chair. and returns with
German comic paper. You listen 20 MS
Exclamation of the jokes. and laugh as
well as well as you can Ihen ne pap
tbs score and you look around me room
once more. All the tables are put
petber sometimes. he says. end 20 end.
for a reunion of German students. All OF
them SCARED and Battered by dueis- Inc
proprietor. with his ample supply %
avoirdupOiS. was student. too Ou' III
some way his jolly face has escaped ne
marks of his fierce encounters
As you turn TO go your friend stops
you to point out the two little bull s-sye
windows of stained glass which light the
room by day.
You never saw anything Qui,e 80
nice" he tells you. ''as the light from
these windows on a Spring morning With
the door set half open. letting in strip
of sunlight on the floor: all the corners
Of the room dusky and shadOwy; the
smell Of book in the air. the stream OF
book from the sDigot-ah, you would
think you were in the Vsterlsnd,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20
Gen. BoOth's Oner.

While the war enthusiasm Is at its
height and a good many people who
never smelt powder nor faced serious
emergency are anxious to go TO the
front. there Is reason to rejoice in the
offer made by Gen. Booth, OF the Saliva
ton Army He is reported to have said
that his organization would be found
ready for service whenever the hour
came and that there was a corps al
ready acclimated in Jamaica which
could be ready for work at any time.
The distinguishing characteristic of the
Salvation Army has always been its
practical horse sense and this is shin
ing illustration Of it.
some of the leaders of conven-
tional denominations are now praying
for peace, any kind Of peace. so it viii
suit the powers that be. They are be-
having in this emergency very much as
some of them behave in the great war
against vice and crime which they are
supposed to be carrying on. Ii is not
their business TO go in person to relieve
misery i'm filthy holes and pesthouses.
This business has practically been ham
died by only two bodies of religious
workers-the Catholic Church and the
Salvation Army. Both Of these organ
izatIons will undoubtedly be represent
ed in Cuba not in the army, but follow
ing along behind, filling difficult and
perilous posts in hospitals. where there
is no promotion, no money and no glory.
relieving the misery Of the starving re-
concentrates and Drawing the dangers
of yellow fever Anywhere that help is
needed, there viii be found the black
robes of the nuns and priests and the
red banner of the Salvation Army.
These two types Of workers have also
the common characteristic of being fit
ted for their work. A good many
would-be newspaper men are now burn
ing with zeal TO serve as correspond
ents, and some women are aspiring &c
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20

The national sword is drawn and the
scabbsrd thrown away. Polo has turn
ed his legation over to the French am
ba ssador. demanded and received his
passports. and left for foreign parts.
IL is possible that Woodford may be
handed his without asking for them, on
his presentation Of the ultimatum this
evening. In that event there viii be no
further occasion TO wait a minute. IN
der the circumstances that action on
the part Of the Spanish government
would be definitely and conclusively a
rejection of our demands; and, instead
of delaying hostilities until Saturday.
our fleet might make a scrap heap out
OF MORO Castle before that day.
However events may shape them
selves. we may confidently expect lively
times during the next few days, and the
newsboy population Of the city is
pretty sure to reap small harvest
Enthusiasm will be plenty and Tories
and Hessians noticeably scarce. 1t is
an extremely bad time for those breeds.
The whole American people are united
in one grand war party, and there will
be no more domestic politics until the
fight is over and won.
The mute appeal for vengeance which
has ascended to high heaven from
among the sharks in the foul waters
of Havana harbor is on the point Of be-
ing answered. The knelI OF Spanish
tyranny. lust and british feTocity in
the Western Hemisphere has been
tolled, The end is at hand, America
is ready ant crouching to spring upon
the common enemy Of civilization ana
mankind.
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Ferdinand had been out with the boys.
He had remained with them for several
hours during the afternoon discussing the
only topic that any one discusses at this
time-.he coming war. Patriotism was
at the highest food during the entire
time and the 0ratory was punctured with
more or less quenchings OF thirsts. caus-
ed by many brilliant perOrations. The
consequence Of all This was the same as
usual. and when the dinner hour, or near
about that period. arrived motion 70 adj
iourn was made and carried. Ferdinand
for obvious reasons was not able 10 ad-
iourn very promptly. but he did after
slight struggle. and was advised By
friend TO indulge Hberally in ozone before
going home.
You don't want to go home just now.
Ferd" said his friend. You need ozone.
lots of it; in fact. you want about
thousand acres Of it.
II want a million acres. frankly adj
miited Ferdinand.
"I'll tell you what 10 do said his
friend. get on a street car-Open car.
mind you. and ride down to the navy
yard and back. tn do you power OF
good"
That seemed good idea. and Ferdi-
. nand adopted il. Il have got two car
tickets he said. and III get clear
{ head by a ride in the ozone,
Prompt to the word the action was
quick: that is as quick as circumstances
would allow. and Ferdinand boarded an
open car. took a front seat and drank in
all of the ozone in front of him He felJ
better when he got down 10 the navy ysru
gate and boarded another car on his re-
turn trip. The conductor soon began
his ticket in his fingers finding the air
quite brisk. undertook 70 put on the
I light Spring OvercOat he had with him.
In the mix-up the ticket disappeared.
Search for it was unavailable. He had
exhausted ali his cash: he had no other
ticket; the conductor rang the bell. the
car stopped and Ferdinand was pontely.
though very firmly. invited TO take u
walk.
This walk was a long one. He lived
somewhere in the neghbOrhOOd OF
Georgetown Heights. but wi b a sigh and
a few words eminently proper on Occa-
siOns of that character. he started on
his journey. cutting across muddy vacant
lots and daring through dark alleys. He
| got tired. dirty and reasonably clear
/ headed and about IL O'Clock succeeded
in reaching home. laying the fatteTins
| JUNCTION 10 his soul that everybody had
| retired.
Not So however. In these days of war
| the family knowing his absolutely regu-
/ lar habits. were afraid that he had been
| drafted in the Army an a were impa-
| tient1y and almost to the verge Of tears.
awaiting TO hear of him. They were an
up. No one would thirls cf going 10 bed
under the circumstance, 50 Ferdinand
was greeted upon his entrance By his
wife. who. between her sobs and tears.
hastily inquired: why. where have you
been?"
Been getting some OzOne." was his
reply. II got it all. Amt any left Tor
anybody else" he said.
II believe you" said his spouse; 'yol
smell like IL. Now. 60 to bed" An1
he -ent-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20

New York city there were probably as
many foreigners on the Maine as on
any other of our battleships. AS for
the idea that these foreign-born sail
ors are ''mercenary," the pay OF the
average marine is really not so enorm-
Gus that 1t offers any great temptation
to a man not anxious for hard work
and discipline. There may be few men
here and there who are Adventures,
sailing under any flag which will give
them place, but most of the foreigners
in our Navy are Irish and Scandina-
vians-recruited from two of the best
fighting nations on the face OF the
earth.
This country is a composite country,
built up on the principle that all KINDS
of people are needed to make nation,
as well as TO make q world. IL Ameri-
can citizenship means anything, 1t
means that the immigrant from any
country in the old world can come here
and enjoy the same privileges and fuifll
the same duties as a born American IL
he behaves himself creditably. IL this Is
not possible in any part of our land, IL
is because the inhabitants do not un-
derstand what our national idea, as
framed by the fathers of the republic,
really is. And as, in course of time, all
| these mingled nationalities, with the
| special strength which each has de-
veloped in centuries past. will make
this nation the strongest nation on
earth so men of judicious admixture
of the IRISH Scandinavian, and Ger
man races will make our crews all the
stronger This has been proved more
than once in the history of our Navy
There was an admixture of Irish and
Scandinavians in our crews as far
back as 1872. and some of the most
successful crews of the civil war were
as composite as any that can be found
today. The moral of all this is that
| good man is a good man, no matter
from what country he may happen to
come, and if our Navy can attract good
| sailors from half dozen different ma
tions and bring them all under Ameri-
can discipline, il will be just as strong.
| if not stronger, than IL its crews were
exclusively Americans of English an
| cestry.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20
Water Famine Feared.

Tampa, Fla. April 20.--The Plant Steam
ship Company's steamer Tarpon. which
returned from Dry TOrtugas several days
ago. left again yesterday for that island
towing the Governments mammoth water
barge with 100000 gallons of water for the
ships of the fleet now there. The water
famine on the island is getting more Sc
rious every day and in the event of war
might prove n serious embarrassment.
Key West is in almost as bad plight, as
every well on the island is fast being
drained.
The Plant steamships running between
here and Key West carry every drop they
can for the vessels. but still the supply is
insufficient and a naval officer from one
of the vessels at Key West who is now
here said that although the real extent
of the trouble resulting from the scarcity
of water had been suppressed much as
possible. the Government would soon
have to devise some way of increasing the
supply as the evaporation provided by the
Government could supply the demand for
fresh water only to very limited extent.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20
WELCOME TO GEN. BOOTH.
Salvation Army Leader Given Pub
lie Reception I'm New York.

New York. April 20.-Gen. William
Booth. founder of the Salvation Army,
held a public reception in connection
with the opening OF his New York cam
paign in Carnegie Hall last night. 1t
was rendered by the Central troops and
members OF the International and ma
tionaI stats in all parts Of the country.
The hall was filed with Salvationists,
bearing American and Salvation Army
emblems, long before the hour of begin
ming.
The elder Booth. who was accom-
panied on the platform by his son-in-
law. Commander Booth-Tucker his
daughter. Consul Booth-Tucker; Com
missioner Nichol and Bishop +. G. An
drews. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. received a most enthusiastic
reception.
Hearty response was made TO Com
mander Booth-Tucker's call for God
bless the general and hymns called for
by Consul Booth Tucker. The latter
also offered fervent prayer, which
drew forth a chorus of "amens.
Bishop Andrews. as chairman OF the
meeting. made an address in which he
traced the life and work of Gen. Booth.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20

There is a proposition advanced by a
certain strong dynastic influence in Eu-
rome which. If seriously entertained,
would open a new phase of the cuban
question. 1t is that Spain might es-
cane from her present dilemma by ceding
Cuba to the Pope, who. being in posses
sion. could then declare the independence
of the island taking good care. of course.
TO see that the Spanish debt was provid-
ed for. There seems to be an idea that
such course would avert war: but IL
could not Ii is too lac. America has
recognized the independence of the Cuban
people because they have won it. Spain
has nothing to cede and the Monroe doc
trine is very much in the way of the
scheme suggested. The European in
PREVENTION mule dies hard and kicking
but he dies,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20
America's Latent Power.

From the Review of Reviews)
The quickness and inventiveness of
American mechanics. engineers. and
manufacturers have no parallel in Eu-
rope. On a years notice the United
States might undertake to cope even
handed with either the Dual or the Triple
Alliance-although We have now only the
nucleus of an Army and the beginning of
a Navy. while the European powers have
made war preparation their principal
business for a whole generation. 1t is to
be suspected that one reason why the
American people have bought the news
papers so eagerly during the past weeks
is to be found in the satisfaction they
have taken in learning how a strictly
peaceful nation like ours could ii neces-
sary reverse the process of beating
swords in plowshares. 1t Is true, for eX-
ample that We have built only a few tor
pedo boats and only few vessels of the
type known as destroyers: but we have
discovered that about hundred very
rich Americans had been amusing them
selves within the past few years by build
ing or buying splendid ocean going, steel
built steam yachts of high speed and
stanch qualities capable of being quickly
transformed into naval dispatch boats or
armored and fitted with torpedo tubes.
Probably not single private Spanish
citizen could turn over to his government
such vessel as the magnificent Goelet
Yacht. the Mayfiower. which was secured
by our Navy Department on March 16;
not to mention scores of other private
steam yachts of great size and strength
that wealthy American citizens are ready
to offer if needed.
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,ron,a.;,e y,xaI ser,ir..

One OF the things on which the Span
lard lust now is pluming himself is the
.homogeneity' of his naval services as
compared with ours, which he is fond
of calling composite" and ''mercen-
ary." The idea seems to be that crew
OF men all Of one nationality unto the
third and fourth generation can do
better work than one recruited from
the natives of several different coun-
tries.
This may. in the abstract, be true. or
II may not; but we are not dealing with
abstracts In the crew of the Maine 106
out of 374 were of foreign birth, ana
among these were the japanese per-
sonal attendants of the officers. All
but nineteen of the aliens had taken out
either preliminary or final papers OF
naturalization. More than two-thirds
of this crew, therefore. were Americans.
and as the crew was recruited from
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-20

Ii is now understood that when Senior
Polo Bernabe shakes the dust of
Washington from his feet he will not
return to Spain. but will proceed to
Montreal and remain there to keep his
government informed of the progress
of American events. Ii is stated that
certain OF Senior Polo's friends in this
city. who. though Americans by birth
are Spanish at heart, will keep him in
formed of whatever may be useful to
the Spanish cause or favorable to the
Spanish arms.
1t is probable that the departing dip
Iomat will take his midnight cigar and
nightcap at a leading New York hotel
tonight, and tomorrow be on his way
to the frozen North. Some sons of
a sunny southern race might dread the
prospect of existence so far toward the
Arctic circle. but in the service of his
Queen. Polo would dare anything; be-
sides which Byron has very justly re-
marked, in mentioning similar sub
ject. that
With the addition Of slight pelisse,
Madrid and Moscow of piece.
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SPAIN NEEDS FUNDS.
she Wants Germany to Buy the Phil
ippiue Islands.

Berlin. April 2o.-The Berliner Neues-
ten Nachrichten, Bismarck organ
prints an article to the effect that the
Spanish government has proposed TO
Germany the sale of the Philippine ISL
ands for $40. eoo. 600 The Nachrichten adds
that Spain is eager to take war NUM-
lions in payment. Spain makes no Sc
cret of her effort to obtain from Eng
land a war loan in exchange for one
of her colonies.
The Nachrichten furnishes an elaborate
description of the Philippines, quoting
prominent German resident oil Mania
who sometime ago pointed out the ad-
yantages of this Spanish possession as j
transatlantic German colony.
Agents from the Spanish government
are now in Germany. commissioner 10
purchase from the manufacturers all the
guns and powder available. They nave
not been successful with the hrupps'
whose stock has been exhausted py oe-
mands from home and abroad.