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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
TANNER BEHIND THEM.
Pana Miners Told to Get Out
Their Guns.

Pana, Ill. Oct IA telegram was
received today from Virden saying that
in all probability Operator Lukins, of
the Chicago Virden Coal company
would attempt to land at Pana the i'm
ported negroes who after a bloody riot
were shut out at Virden. A conference
was Immediately held by telephone, be-
tween Capt. Harris, company G, Auro-
ra, ILL.,, commanding the militia here
and Adjutant General Reece and Gov
ernor Tanner at Springfield, ILL., The
conference resulted in the governors
ordering Capt. Harris to Immediately
put on a guard at each of the coal
mines and at the approaches of each
railroad into PanS and under no cir
cumstances to permit any imported ne
groes to land in Pana. Capt. Harris has
only 81 men under his ommand and he
was ordered to call on citizens to as
sist him if necessary.
The union miners through their pres
ident, G. G. CraVens, Immediately vol
unteered their services. Oteher citizens
also volunteered their aid. Capt. Har-
riS told them to be in readiness where
he could find them. ThereupOn the
miners assembled in waiting for a call
to arms while Capt. Harris Immediate
ly followed the governors instructions
and placed a guard at each mine and
railroad crossing.
In an interview Capt. Harris said:
THE governors orders shall be strictly
Obeyed and if any negroes are brought
into Pana while I am in charge and
they refuse to retreat when ordered to
do so, I will order my men to fire. All
armed guards will be similarly dealt
with The governors orders shall be
strictly obeyed. If lose every man I'M
der my command no negroes shall land
in Pana-"
The reported coming of negroes caus-
ed most intense excitement and miners
and citizens generally at once got ready
to aid Capt. Harris. Governor Tan
ner's name is on the end of every min
er'S tongue and he is being warmly
praised for the quick action he has ia
ken to prevent any more negroes from
landing in Pana.
Capt. Harris in conference with the
miners president, Cravens, ordered the
miners to get their guns and be in read
mess to assist him in preventing the
negroes from landing. The miners
readily compiled with his request.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
HE LIKES THE FLAGS.
Prof Moore Opposes Any Change in
the Weather Signals.

Omaha, Oct 14-Of1cials in the service
of the United States weather bureau, rep
resenting nearly every state and territory
in the Union. are now in session in this
city, Prof. willis l. Moore, chief Of the
bureau, being the presiding officer
A large proportion Of the time was
taken up in discussing the value of and
opportunities for improvement in signal
ak ber se eeg coasts to- bs ana 3
sentiment in favor of changing the flags
beiIs "a Etc as noTe resfiIy Sem from q
distance, but Prof. Moore held strongly
for the flags.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
100 DISCHARGES
In Tennessee Regiment for Incom-
potency.

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-THE Tennes-
see regiment was inspected by Major
surgeon of the regiment. He found that
100 men might be discharged for suffi-
Gent reasons. The failure to develop
aptitude in service is to be the chief
reason for discharge, and by the opera
ton of the order, the regiment will be
rid of many Objectionable characters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14

Mrs John G. West and Miss Bessie
West.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thompson and
daughter Jessie of FIT. Madison, Ia, are
visiting in the city.
J. A. Davis has gone to Dodge City
on business.
The Epicurean will try a new depar-
ture for next Sunday, they will serve
dinner from to p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
nae Wheelino COMING In.

Seattle. Wash. Oct 1.-THE steamer
Cottage City from Alaska reports pass
ing the gunboat Wheeling from St.
Michael with Captain Pratt's govern
ment survey party aboard. The Wheel
ing win arrive here next Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
win s.aY at s1o,ooo,ooo.

San Francisco, Oct. 14.-At a special
meeting of the stockholders of the Ha-
waiian Commercial and Sugar compa-
ny. called for the purpose of acting an
a proposition to increa Sc the stock from
SO, 0OO, 900 to S15 900, 900, it was decided
not to make the proposed increase.
President POLITE presented his report
of the condition of the corpora ton
which was approved by the sharehOld-
erS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
The Botkin Habeas oorpus.

San FRANCISCO, Oct t4-Superior
Judge Cock has arrar ged for Judges
Wallace and Seawell to sit with him
when the habeas corpus procee5 i7gs i
the Botkin case come up on Monday.
It is understood that if the writ is de-
MED, the defense win sue out a writ
Il the supreme court and if that s. ould
fail, will resort to the federal courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14

Toledo. Ohio, Oct 14.-The mill be-
tween oscar Gardiner, the Omaha
kid and Joe Hopkins, scheduled for
tomorrow before the Olympia club OF
this city is off. Chief of Police Raitz
has issued orders forbidding all boxing
matches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
Earthquake Closes a sac.

VisaIla Cal. Oct. 14.-An earthquake
felt here rocked houses on their founda-
lions, broke crockery and aroused many
people The door of a heavy safe was
closed by the shock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
The Topeka Cruiser

The best cent cigar on earth, Geo.
Burghart manufacturer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-14
Salts act on at
Topeka Steam Laundry
Davies Sells Coal

Tel. s9O-First and Kansas avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
VASH[NGTONS WILL CELEBRATE.
TUESDAY WILL BE OBSERVED BY MANI
WHO BEAR THE NAME OF THE
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY

Washinston's Birthday will he celebrated on
Tuesday with more than ordinary interest by John
Washington Of Marion-st. Mr.. washington was
born in Lancashire. England where lived Lawrence
Washington Esq Of Grays End. the great-Srahd-
father OF George Washington. While John WASH
incton. OF Maron-st. never fully Investigated the
genealocy OF the family. he Is reasonably certain
that flowing in his veins Is the original Wasnihy-
ton blood The Brooklynite is janltor. and has a
happy Itt.e home. made bright by wife and four
children Near by, In Sumpter-st, lives Robert
WASHINGTON also an EnSlishman. but Robert and
John have never tried find out whether they were
related.
Miss Mary Washington. OF Decatur-st., comes
from New-Jersey family and traces here gene
alogv direct TO the original family tree.
Miss Harriet III. Washington. of South Fourth-st
sidney s. Washington. who lived in Slxth-st
South BROOKLYN and ded only few weeks
ago was a direct descendant OF the old Washington
family from which the father or our country came
lie came TO Brooklyn from London twenty-seyen
wears ago. His widow Mrs Kate Wisdom Wash
ington. who Warren Of Bunker Hill stock
ington was one OF fifteen chi.dren of william Wash
ington. one Of the largest paper manufacturers in
fncland He was a member of the Royal Arcanum.
OF The St George Society of Brooklyn and n promi-
rent worker In the Park Congregational Church
Peter Washington. Of Sheepshead Bay. came
from GALWAY County Ireland. Mr.. Washington Is
n C;ravesend farmer and devotes so much time 20
the rni-ug ~ potatoes. cabbages and onions that
he has not any leisure 10 inquire into his genealogy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
Fulton Street. Calatin Place and Livingston Street.

side walls will be built Of stone and cement, while
The entire top will be OF steel girders with arched
hrickwork between them. the asphalt pavement or
the street above resting directly upon the top OF
railway will be through handsome iron pavilions TO
the platforms of the stations. which VIII be nush
with the floor OF the cars to facilitate OF
ma ssengers Along the south bank OF the spree the
walls next the river will be provided with open
arches allowing light and air to enter the tunnel
which will be lighted throughout and large elec-
trio exhaust fans at various points VIII prevent me
very obnoxious in the Budapest Underground Rail-
way. The first Of the new lines WI coneGI me ne
the greatest local Importance. which II now taxes
forty minutes to travel through crowded streets
while ten minutes will be sufficient 10 cover IL WIFI
underground electric cars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
BERLIN'S UNDERGROUND ROAD.
From Krhlow's.

Berlin, vita street traffic commensurate with
It's dimensions and population. has so FAR been
confined 10 bus lines and streetcars for communi-
cation between tile traffic centres I'm the city
proper The "Stadbahn" (clty railway Is a steam
railway connecting some OF the suburbs with Her-
lin but Is not located near enough 10 the traffic
centres as be OF value for the purpose OF get
ting from one point to another within the CITY
proper An elevated railway was proposed but the
project was objected 10 so vigorously that IL had
10 be- abandoned. An underground electric Railway
was then suggested. but ordinary tunnene could
not be rcsorted 10 on account Of the peculiar cond
tons OF Rerlin soil. which Is sandy, and being hut
little above the surface OF the Spree River water
IS encountered just below the surface These con-
dltlons responsible for novel kind OF railway
construction which may best be termed a sub
pavement railway, which is placed Immediately be-
meath the street pavement
The system designed by the firm Of
Siemens & Ialske, and solves the problem OF un.
dersround rapid transit for Berlin In an excellent
and comparatively economical manner. Work on
OF the Spree River. near the Reichstag Building
The foundations OF the base OF the tunnel and tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
RELICS OF OLD TIMES.
TWO FAMILIAR BUILDINGS BEING TORN
DOWN. g.
EASTERN DISTRICT LANDMARKS THAT WILL
SOON RE- rHIsGs OF THE PAsr-THE OLD
BELL TOWER AND THE FORTY

BELL TOWER AND THE FORTY
SEVENTH REGIMENT ARMoRY.
Two old landmarks which have stood within
few feet Of each other in tho Eastern District for
many years. Will soon be something of the past
They the old 9Th Regiment armory building. al
Bedford-ave. and North Secoud-st.. and the old bell
tower in North First-st.. directly IN the rear OF the
armory building. Both structures were condemned
some time ago by the Building Department az
being unsafe. Work in tearing them down was
begun a week ago and continues slowly. The
armory building, which has been known In late
years Grand Army Hall, was built In 1868 ana
the first armory erected in the Eastern DIS
trict 1t was constructed for the 18th Regiment
which occupied 1t until the present armory, at
Marcy and Lynch-st., was built, several years
ago. After the regiment had changed its quar-
ters Maxfeld Post secured a lease from the city
for the building and changed the rams 10 Grand
Army Hall. For more than ten years the post con-
Quoted the hall. 1t was there that James O. Blaine
made memorable ten-minute address IN the o"
hall in the presence OF two thousand people. Al
that time the applause was so tremendous mat IL
was thought the floor would give way.
The unsafe condition Of the building finally COM
peled the post 70 vacate. What the city VIII DO
with the site is not known but In all probability
will be used for police station.
About the tims the work Of tearing down the ola
armory building begun workmcn were set
10 work tearing down the old bell tower: The
structure s one of the last relics Of the days before
eiectricitv and modern inventions had brought hre
apparatus UP to their present standard Among
the old bel-rlngcrs who have pulled IN. rope thdt
sct The old hell ringing were Patrick Hayes. now
Warden of the penteniary: Fire chief John Perry
and william Irwin. No man has probahly had =
moro thrillin. experience than Irwin as neil-
ringer lie was in the OLD tower many years aso,
when he heard some hoys c:y Fire ron q, tne
street He paid attention To them. as, u WIS
customary for tho boys to cry out Fire AT the
bcil-r,ngcrs bu' this time the cry was genuine.
Al the base Of the tower were stables USED ny me
Fire DEPARTMENT. The nre had started ~ me SIa-
HOS which were a OF flames, BEFORE !rWih
realized his danger. . a, IL
", then found escape by the stains cut OF lie
nrst sent I'm an alarm. and then sei2ing a hferope
he fastened one end 90 an eyebolt and started 10
slide down the rope. When he reached me Geek
,horc tho flames were shooting out from all sizes
Ee was compelled TO stop. Men below saw MS pre-
dic,mert and grasping the rope, pulled II away
-, Tho flames and irwin slid down. cutting his
honds and leFs a he did The rope parted JUST
as he reached the ground having peeh purlv"
,hrouch at the deck"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
CHANGES OF THE WEEK.
AN ALLEGED COUNTESS ~ 'Afh'
FINED FIVE DOLLARS FOR rNToXIcATIoN AND
SENT TO PRISON IN DEFAULT

FINED FIVE DOLLARS FOR 1NToMcATIoN' AND
SENT TO PRISON IN DEFAULT.
An elderly woman who said she was Foish
countless and gave the name OF Eva Angehca
Kruger. was arraigned In the
Even Street Police Court yesterday and fined - Tor
,ntoxicaton. In default of the payment of the fine
the woman went TO Jail. policeman found her
late on Friday night in Mon'rose-ave' stegser'hs
about the street holding bottle OF whiskey ana
took her TO the police station. Although iah'H"'
ee,,re in the neighborhood OF Unon-ave. and South
Fourth-st where her lives. she never mace
mention to any one of her alleged title until yester-
div when she was committed 10 jail II was then
that one Of the court officers heard her mutter'
This is pretty hard countess.
When questioned the woman said she was sixty
ore wears old and had son living at NO. % Union
ave She could speak seven languages, she SAID
Th. Is the story she told Forty years ago. when d
ut,le more than twenty years old. she fell In love
with the Baron Won Neujadel but her pafS5in.ss o.
tected 10 the union account OF their dlnefeni
yeligious faiths. The baron was a frotcstdnl M
sSe a Catholic The two finally decided TO elope 10
America, where they were married ana HNeu nsp
Mis-, ,oeeiher until the barOns death a rev years
later one child blessed this union, son Ieoree'
who as he grew up dropped The Won ana peeai, m,
plain George Neujadel several years ai'sI t 10
Parnn,s deaib she met Or. Emil Kruger Of NO ~
Flushine-ave. Later tHeS "'"''''' ~
died ten years ago. . -, , ,,, hor sor
While taken III in the street ieW inoitns 49, az
ssid she was arrested, charged with vagrancy ds-
spite her protest and when arraigned IN cow. So
fned $40 or six months IN the workhouse ne M
was maid TWO days later by her SON Inc Woi,,', ~,
noothsr ha wing been countess was what hhe h"d
tod him 10 IL unable to pay her me
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
LIFE AT DAWSON CITY.
From Leslie's Weekly

a journey Of forty-lve miles from sixty-m
Post brought US 10 Dawson City, the wonderful
city OF the new mining district. populated al
most in night Although really sixty-five miles
distant from the Klondike. IL is a typical mining
camp. minus the guns. The laws OF the British
Government are enforced at Dawson, and those
laws prohibit the use OF firearms: consequently
few men carry guns In and around Dawson at
the present time there about four thousand
men and one hundred ard fifty women. Daw-
son. of course. is very primitive and very dirty.
although from recent conversation with Mr..
Ladue understand that every effort is being
made to clean IT, There are large stocks Of pro-
visions in all the stOrehOuses, and II looks as
though there could be no hunger in the Klon-
dixie. There will be little or no lawlessness and
there is proba oility OF very little sickness The
Alaskan winters are healthful. In September
can be seen quantities Of black ducks vending
their way southwark. and even on the streets
OF Dawson can you see the sparrow and hear It's
chirpng. Here. everywhere in Alaska, Nature
has stored her treasures in safe Of ice: in fact.
one writer has called Alaska the Nations ice
box. but to me it represents the future paradise
OF poet and painter. Nature has done much Tor
Dawson, but the energetic American has done
more. He has built warehouses in which he has
stored acres OF food, built comfortable log
cabins. erected a theatre. established many sa-
Icons. biard-roons and dance halls The sums
OF money spent In these billiard saloons and
dance halls are simply fabulous: fortunes
changed hands every night at the different gam
bling devices At poker in a single night $780,
600 frequently changes hands. 1t being nothing
DO not infer from this that all the miners are
gamblers Many of them never enter a saloon
or dance he'll.
have a little friend out there. an old school-
mate. who is teaching school. She hugely en-
joys her winters there. She Is al Circle City.
She takes a daily ride behind a splendid dog
team. and. tell you. it's great fun. You ride
a while and then YOU get ont and run; then
you get in and ride again. No one really knows
what a sleighridc is until ne rides behind
fine dog team. The Inhabitants manage 10 get
considerable amusement They have private
dances parties and in the summer time they
even have pcnics. The Arctic winters are most
keeny felt by those miners who are obliged
all through the long, dark winter TO live In tents
and dugouts.
Dawson City is rectangular In shape II Is
laid out In town lots. Its streets are sixty-s!x
feet wide IL is situated on a stretch OF low
ground on the northwest bank OF the Yukon,
iu.t below the mouth Of the Klondike. Town
lots in Dawson City are selling now at So,oo
each Up 10 the present time % cents at Daw-
son IA the smallest piece Of money used; II IL
called four bits. Both Protestar,s and Roman
Catholics have already established mission
churches in Dawson. Those who visit Dawson
next spring will see a live metropolis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
HEAVY DAMAGES GRANTED.
VERDICT FOR $4,000 AWARDED
AGAINST THE HEIGHTS COMPANY.
THE WIDOW OF JOHN J. READ. WHO WAS KILLED
BY A TRoIL.EY-cAR IN AUGUST. $685.

WINS HER SUIT.
The largest verdict ever given IN the Second
Judicial Department in case OF damages for
death was yesterday awarded TO Carrie e. Read.
administrator Of the estate OF her husband. John
J. Read. The verdict for $4,000
Mrs. Read lives In Twenty fourth-ave.. Benson
hurst. Her husband killed at l a. m. on
August g. 1896 while driving across the tracks OF
the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company. In
Eighty-sixth-st., OF Twenty-second-ave. He was
thrown about sixty feet and was dead when
physician reached him. II was coincidence
that his death occurred the same night that
his near friend Daniel O'Connell. the politician.
was found dead IN his bed.
The most important witnesses were the motor
man. James G.. Elliott. and the conductor, Walker
A. Sarles They testified that their car was going
at the rate of about thirty miles an nour when II
struck Reads carriage and that the car went on
FOR three hundred feet before 1t could be stopped
There were no passengers In the car at the Tune.
INT these employees corroborated by outsiders:
The company put I'm evidence the statements or
the mon taken just after the accident. Ihey theh
said that the going n the rate or seven or
eight miles an hour. Both motorman ana con-
d,Irtor had left the employ Of the company
The case was tried before Justice Van Nyck OF
the supreme Court and jury, and scared YER
dict was returned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20

e. IN Difference to the feeling OF grief over the
Maine disaster This was to have been the last
dance Of the season. and It's abandonment me ans
the closing Of the social season at the yara.
A tablet is in preparation. when is 10 oe
placed in tho Lyceum Building, bearing the
names Of the commandments CT the yard since J,
was first made a nava, station. lncluoing Al
niral Bunce there are thirty-two names on the
list. the following being the order OF tneir IN IN
cumbency: Lieutenant Jonathan Thorn cap
tains Isaac Chauncey, Samuel Evans, IeoIse
w Rodgers, Isaac ChaunceF. Charles u hiGg-
ley, James Renshav, Matthew e Ferry SiiSs
III Stringhan. Isaac McKeevec, William d.
Salter Charles Boarran, Abraham blSeioW'
Lawrence Kearny Samuel l.. Breese, Rear-A1-
mirals Hiram Paulding. charles n; BEL ~
vanus w Godon Melnncthon smith, wee A
miral Stephen G. Rowan, CommodcreS James w
Nicholson George II. Cooper. John 81. upShuI,
Thomas S. Fil!ebrown. Ralph Chandler, Banctolt
Gherardi Francis NJ. Ramsey, Rear-Admlrai
Daniel L. Brane. Commodore Henry ErDen,
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, Commouore
Montgomery Sicard and Commodore ana Rear
Admiral Francis NJ. Bunce.
Again the Department Of Yards and Docks at
the ward is without head. the severe illness Oh
Civil Engineer Franklin G. Prnoe leaVihs 'he
oclce vacant Mr. Prind'c Is 10 be examined by
a retiring board on March /, but there Is
strong hope among his friends that he VIII DC
sufficiently recovered 10 avoid me necessity VI
going out OF active service. CiVil Engineer fdtks
w,j assume the control Of the office within few
DAYS -, 49, 80 ,ore, .
time covered building NO. w. Ioi I'y w. - 60
quarters Of the Construction Department Is 10
.aLar off and will he replaced by an iron roof
Red paint is being tested on the dock SIDE OF
.ha caisson Of Drydock No. - and the contrast
,,ova.waened mud-stained appearance or the
othe~ provokes considerable comment among
visitors to the yard
CHANGES OF THE WEEK.
Among the changes affecting ships and men o.
th,s station In the week Just ended are the fo'-
lowing: A., ,,
I5eutenan. H II. Hosley DETACHED from the IN
a,ana and ordered 20 hospital New ORR.
u' 70 ,outerant w B. Whittlesey, as inspector Or
c,rdnarco nj RrldGeport and Hartford, VIII estao-
iieb beadcuarters at Hartford. a. ,,e.s
NJ Fnson + p Baldwin. order January ~ modlied.
r-non detachment from the Marheaead ordered 10
Pavmasfer's Clerk j. W. Camm appoin,ed on the
Indiana nomination Of Psymaster X faHsI' >-,,
'C,,.u Enpineer c. W. Parks. detached IRON navy
ward Norfolk and ordered 10 Navy yard New
York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
DRILLING IN MILITARY TACTICS.

The members Of the Dan Gallagher Assocla-
ton. OF Greenpoint, with headquarters at NO.
1Oi Manhattan-ave., have formed a battalion and
are perfectlng themselves In military tactics with
the Intention of Offering their services IN case OF
war There are about two hundred men, who are
being drilled by James McVeign. formerly ser
geant in the 7th United States Cavalry. Tuesday
and Thursday nights have been set aside as arm
nights and the promoters OF the organization in
vite all able-oodied young men who so desire TO
Join their ranks The old ska tingrinb at Mese-
role-ave. and Lorimer-st., and Armory Hall, IN
Taylor-st., near Bedfordave., have been suggested
as suitable places for drilling when the battalion
becomes larger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
DISSATISFIED WITH THE TRUST.
THE COLUMBUS DIsT1LLERY BELIEVED TO
pr PREPARING FOR A FIGHT.

internal Revenue Collector FRANK X moore nus
,oceivsd an application for permission for the
.,,.h,,ert nv the Columbus Distillery OF a de-
oortroert for the purpose Of selling alcohol direct
- drurnists and retail dealers This action OF the
Columbus Company Is believed TO be an indication
that It +, preparing TO fight the Whisky Trust
THE columbus Dis;illery is one OF the largest In
the East. .,,, w.. 49,.
~ conducted through James f.. Webb & Co II
e s,,d that the Columbus company has not been
..,,soad with the amount OF money II has received:
and has complained OF disposition on me part OF
o. r.r,st 10 freeze out several dlstllleries ana
close them down. 1t IS asserted that the Columbus
YY,s'jiisry has declined deal further through the
ty.eth agency and INTENDS 10 sell direct TO
retail dealers ~ o,s C,rh.r,,,do, ,ho
az ~ the Columbus Distillery was III yester-
Az ard could not be seen by reporters.