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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
A Marvellous Machine.

The cinematograph can be used to
register extremely slow as wellas rapid
motion. Making visible thegnowth of a
flower or plant will add a fresh inter
est to botany. The camera for this
novel work is provided with e.oclSwork,
and records the growth of plant for
weeks. In the cinematograph the ra-
pidity of development can be increased
10000 times, and Jacks beanstalk is
thus realized to the eye. The booming
of an Amazon lily cn the screen should
be worth seeing.-Ohicago Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28
Banquet Of Poultry Men.-About &c

Banquet of Poultry Men.-About 80
members of the State Pet Stock and
Poultry association held banquet III
the Avenue House Wednesday evening.
An excellent spread was served. At the
post-prandial exercises o. H. Henderson
did the duties of toastmaster and speeches
were made by George Reed of Barton,
who spoke for the dog men, w E. Mack
of Woodst ock, George P. Moore, W, l..
SWEET. w. B. Eastman, H. M. Barrett,
A. {. Underwood and nearly all the
Others present. 1t was very pleasant
occasion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28

The largest room in the world under
one roof and unhroken by pillars is at st.
Petersburg. is $40 eet long by 40
feet in breadth.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-01-28

Hoods pills cure liver ills, biliousness,
indigestion. headache. A pleasant laxa-
tive. All DRUGGISTS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
RAPID PRINTING DONE.
Government Employees Do Some Fast
Work.

Washington, June 1.-THE govern
ment printing office has added another
feat to it's wonderful record of achieve
ments. 1t has been known to print an
edition of the revised statutes in sin
gle night, and only a few weeks ago the
report of the board of inquiry into the
cause of the disaster to the Maine was
turned out by this great estab lishment
in one night, including the illustrations
which accompanied it.
Saturday afternoon at $50 o'clock
Secretary Gage delivered into the hands
of Captain Bryan, foreman of printing
the material to be used in the prepara-
ton of the circulars relative to the new
war loan authorized by the president
Almost 1900, 900 of these circulars, sub
scription blanks and pamphlets descrip-
tive of the bonds were required.
Monday morning the entire work of
printing had been done and q wagon
from the government printing office at
$50 a. m. delivered the first 100O 900 of
each of the circulars, blanks and
pamphlets required. The treasury force
was busy preparing for the mails the
enormous number of papers that will
be sent out to all money order postof-
fees, banks and express offices. and in
order to avoid congestion Of the mails
Assistant Secretary VanderIip invited
the cooperation of the postmaster at
Washington and the superintendent of
the railway mail service. and by their
direction the bundles are being prepared
according to states and territories and
sent to the pOstOffice in installments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
BOLT IN MINNESOTA.
Ignatius Donnelly Starts a Little
Party of His Own.

Minneapolis, Mimi. June 1.-THE mid
dle-of-the-road Populists. who boIted the
state Populist convention held in this city
yesterday because the majority insisted
upon fusion with the Democrats and Sill
yer Republicans, held convention of
their own today and nominated the follow
ing state ticket:
For governor. l. C. Long. Magnolia; for
lieutenant governor, Kittlel Halverson,
Belgrade; for secretary of state, NJ. Wo-
genberg, Duluth; for auditor, Charles
Hopkins, Fairfax; for treasurer, P. H.
RahiIly, Lake City; for attorney general.
John F. Kelly. St Paul: for clerk of the
supreme court, A L. Stromberg, Forest
Lake.
Tgnatius Donnelly, the leader of the
boilers, was Endorsed for United States
senator. Three new members of the Pop
ulist national committee were selected.
Whether or not they will be defeated de-
ponds upon the outcome of the contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
DlSGRACEFUL.
Conduct of Soldiers at Chicka-
manga Due to the Evil of
Tough Resorts.

Atlanta, Ca. June 17.-Govenor At
kinson last night received a telegram
from General Boynton at Chickamauga
couched in severer terms and declaring
that the Georgia authorities in Walker
county were not only not attempting to
suppress the Infamous scenes daily be-
ing enacted there, but willfully encour-
aging them The general expressed a
desire to cooperate with the state
troops. One gambling shop operaed by
one of the most notorious fellows in the
country is said to average a clear profit
of 81, 900 per day Every device known
to entice and bleed the unwary is in Op-
Grafton.
Solicitor of that judicial circuit
Wright says that he witnessed scenes
of unspeagable barbarisn in the camps.
Soldiers would seize negro women and
strip them of every Vestige of clothing.
One woman, frantic with terror. pur-
sued by a yelling horde of drunken vol
unteers, rushed in a first-class car alb
solutely nude, and a number of ladies
were in the coach. Descriptions of the
sights brought by every visitor are of
such a terrible nature that they are
unprintable. Judge Henry and Solicit
tor Wright will take immediate steps
to correct the evils as far as possible.
Governor Atkinson has also expressed
his intention of cooperating with the
military and civil authorities, and it is
probable the Walker county officials
will be subjected to a rigid investiga-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
~ MILES ON a MULE.
Blues Trip Around San
tiago to Reconnoiter.

Copyright, 1898, by Associated Press.)
Off Santiago de Cuba, June a. by the
Associated Press dispatch boat Dandy
via Kingston, Jamaica, June 17.-Lieu-
tenant Victor Blue, in his plucky trip
ashore, under instructions of Rear Ad-
miral Sampson to locate definitely the
Spanish warships in the harbor of San
tiago de Cuba, rode seventy-two miles
on mule. Landing about fifteen miles
west of Santiago, and accompanied by
a force of Cuban guides. he finally
reached an observation point six or
seven miles west of Santiago city.
The troops are encamped all around
the city, and there are several block
houses on the northern side Lieuten-
ant Blue was unable to return over
the road by which he went, because
of the presence of Spanish cavalry. So
he made a longer detour, returning
without having encountered the enemy
Lieutenant Blue said:
If 1 had met any Spaniards I would
have jumped off the old mule and made
for the woods. They are so thick that
the Spaniards never would have caught
me. I heard the sound of firing and
was told it was one of the frequent
brushes between the Cubans and Span
iardS. 1 did not see any troops myself.
and altogether 1 had quite a good
time"
A Santiago daily paper, the Espana,
of May 80. in an article entitled THE
Question of Hunger abuses the rich
bankers of the town for asking ex-
orbitant prices for bread, until there is
nothing left but to renounce eating
bread
Continuing on the same lines, the
Espana says: "Eatables rise in price
daily. If now, when we are at the be-
ginning of the war with the United
States this happens, what will happen
within three or four monthS?"
The paper then virulently abuses the
merchants 1t was this issue of May
30 which Lieutenant Blue brought from
shore when he made his report to Rear
Admiral SampSOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
MAMMOTH FORGERY.
Blue and Gray Legion Officer Under
Arrest

Chicago, June 17.-Leutenant Colonel
Philip Davis of the Blue and Gray Lee
gfon, better known in the south by his
right name, Colonel Parry Lee Downs,
has been taken to Baltimore under &
requisition to answer an Indictment al
leging forgery of railroad bonds to the
amount of $3.50, GOO.
1t is charged that Colonel Downs
forged his mothers name to a number
of notes, mortgages and other secur.-
ties upon which he raised money. In
October, 1895, ne was indicted at Bal
timore, and has been a fugitive from
justice ever since. Gambling put him
in straits, it is said, which prompted
the deed.
Col. Downs is well connected in the
south, and before his troubles occupied
a good social position, was a successful
lawyer, held membership in several
prominent Baltimore clubs and served
upon former Governor Jackson's staff
He came to Chicago nearly a year ago
and opened a law office in the Reaper
block He spoke at several Cuban SYM
pathy meetings about the time the war
began, and was one OF the early cham
pions of the Blue and Gray Legion. At
the time of the reorganization by Col
Glazier he was elected lieutenant cJI-
onel.
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ute they heard US start the ball. they
surrounded the city, burned everything,
captured the women and killed the
children and men, and any Spaniard
that escaped from us met worse fate
from them. The natives flock to US in
hundreds and bring every Spaniard
they capture to us and want to burn
him alive for our amusement.
The Spaniards were confident that
they were going to win and they gave
ball on the strength of it, and issued
invitations for another on May T. but
that one we attended. The general
who ate supper at the ball, made a
speech in which he referred to us as a
nation without a history and said they
Wculd yoke us like cattle and never
spare the lash He little thought while
ne was saying this that we were pass
ing the forts and strOngholds.
The sights to be seen ashore were
sickening- They would not even bury
their dead and we had to guard their
wounded from the natives. At the gen
erals house, his wife was lying by the
side of her little baby. The baby was
torn to pieces by a shell, but the mother
was not harmed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17

in part; from advertising their perform
ance as representative in any way of
the life of the countries of Egypt, Ara
bla, Persia, Turkey in Europe, Turkey
in Asia, Syria, Asia Minor. Tripoli, In
dia, Tunis or AlGiers; from giving the
dance du ventre' or any part thereof
under that or any other name; and. in
fact, holding with the Streets of Cairo
in all of their contentious as set forth
in the action brought to restrain the
Streets of All Nations and the exposi-
ton management from the infringe
ment of their contract attempted. as
heretofore stated in these columns
The injunction not only runs against
CASTOR AkOun and MardOche ZitOne.
but also their aideTs. abettors and
cOunsellors," and names specifically A.
L. Reed. manager of the department OF
concessions, and S. B. Wadley, super
intendent of that department.
The Streets of Cairo are also ordered
not to produce the dance du ventre. nor
to permit about the streets any dance
of an immoral character or anything
Subversive of good morals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
A GANG KILLED OFF.
Clutch" Cassidy, the Robbers Roost"
Leader, Slain.

Salt Lake City, July 17-'rButch"
Cassidy, leader of the Robbers Roost"
gang, was killed near Thompsons'
Springs. on the Rio Grande Western.
zoo miles south of this city. George
Walker, one of Cassidy's lieutenantS.
was also killed, while Lay, another
leader, was taken prisoner, along with
a fourth man, named Thompson. The
killing was done by a posse from Price
Utah, which has been on the trail sine
Sunday. There were eight men in the
posse.
On Sunday the bandits, then five in
number, held up two men in Box Can
yon, near Price, and drove off a buncn
OF cattle. AS similar performances
nave been frequent lately, a number of
determined men resolved to run down
the outlaws. They came upon them at
3 o'clock, four miles north of Thomp-
sons, on the Book Cliffs.
The bandits made hard fight Cas-
sidy and Walker were particularly deS-
perate in their resistance, and when
both fell dead their rifles and six shoot
ers were empty. Lay, one of the men
captured, assisted Cassidy in holding
up Sales Agent Carpenter of the P. V
Coal company at midday at Castle
Gate year and a half ago. They Sc
cured $4,000 on that occasion. Though
dozen posses were sent in pursuit of
them from different points they eluded
them all, and escaped to their mountain
denS in safety
The identification of Cassidy was ac-
complished through a picture taken
when in the Wyoming penitentiary
Although Lay has been under suspic-
ion for long time, his connection with
the cattle thieves was the first positive
proof of his criminality. He has posed
as good citizen of VernaI, whose oc-
casional extended absences from home
We're never explained.
In all, rewards aggrega ting several
thousand dollars will come to the men
who fought the battle and rid the
states of Utah and Wyoming and Col
orado as we'll of two of the most des-
perate men roaming their borders
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
CAME NEAR HANGING.
The Last Scafold Built in Topeka
Was in 1871 for Louis Ford.

Louis Ford. the colored man who was
returned from the insane asylum at To-
peka to the penitentiary Tuesday to
serve out his life sentence for murder,
was the last man ever sentenced to be
hung under the old law in Kansas,
says Charles Foster.
In 1871 Ford was convicted of muir
dering a man in North Topeka and he
was sentenced to be hung August II,
1871, by Judge ]. T. Morton. Chet
Thomas, jr., was sheriff at the time
and had the scaffoId built in the yard
behind the old court house. The wO
men of Topeka objected to having a
hanging and on the 18th of August, the
day before Ford was to be hung, Gov
ernOr Harvey committed the sentence
to life Imprisonment. I remember
that at the time Ford said he would
rather be hung than go to the peniten-
tiary for life.''
Ford was confined in the penitentiary
for short time, when he became de-
ranged and was sent to the insane asy-
lum at Topeka, where he was known as
a, most dangerous inmate with hOmici
daI tendencies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
MORO IS SAFE
Owing to Hobson Being Prisoner
There.

Copyright. 1898. by Associated Press)
OFF Santiago de Cuba, June 16, per
the Associated Press Despatch Boat
Dauntless, via Kingston, Jamaica, June
17-While Rear Admiral Sampson, on
the bridge of the flagship New York,
watched the bombardment of Santiago
de Cuba this morning, he saw two guns
of the eastern battery apparently in po-
sition. He stopped the New York as
she was going back to her blockading
position, and personally directed the
firing of the S-inch guns at those
marks.
In the admira1's general orders for
ombardment issued last night occurs
the following paragraph:
Fire will be deliberate and after the
batteries are silenced it will be careful
" directed to their destruction. Am
munition will not be thrown away.
Careful instructions will be given to
the gun captains not to fire unless they
can see their mark, which in this case
will be the enemy'S guns
These instructions were so well car
ried out that Admiral Sampson after
the bombardment said: Il do not be
1ieve there is much left of the western
battery. 1t got a great hammering this
morning. The eastern Notifications
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
MANSFIELD COURT.
Sued BY an Actor For 5000 Back
Salary.

New York, June 17.-Richard Mans
field, the actor, was on the witness
stand in part 1 of the city court before
Justice Colan, to testify in his own be-
half in a suit brought against him for
$500 by Edward Arden, also an actor.
Arden's story told was that in March,
1895, he was engaged by Mansfield for
his company for the summer season of
1895 at a salary of $50 a week. Mans
field kept him at rehearsais for two
weeks and then discharged him. Arden
sued for eight weeks salary. Mr.
Mansfield had with him in court A NJ
Palmer and other theatrical managers
and members of his compony.
Il am an actor" he said. when he
went on the stand, ''aEd play in serious
plays
He told of meeting Arden.
He asked for $3.50 a week. said the
actor. II said 1 would give him $50
week. We put the play Candida on
for rehearsal 1t was wort HESS, so 1
dropped it, and he was naturally drop
ped too.
by mistake his trunks went on to
Washington with me. 1 wrote to him
that there had been no necessity in
sending his luggage unless it needed a
change of air. I did not hear of him
again until he had sued me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17

were harder to hit. think some of the
guns we see there are quakers
Il wish HobSOn and his fellows were
not in MORO castle; we would knock
that down were it not for that reason
4 suppose the Spaniards deserted
their guns soon after our fire opened
It would not do them any good to stay
there"
If it be true that the guns of the
Spanish warships have been mounted
on the land batteries, the fact is of
great significance, as it shows that Ad-
miraI Cervera has given up hope of
ever getting out of the trap which Ad-
mira1 Sampson guards.
After the decks had been washed
down, and the guns cooled, Admiral
Sampson set this signal: THE firing
on the western battery was exceedingly
good, especially that of the Texas"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
FIGHTING IN THE EAST.
The A1banians are Again on the War
path.

Constantinople, June 17.-The out
break of the Albanians near the from
tier of Montenegro. the gravity of which
is comparable to the troubles preceding
the Servia- Montenegro war against
Turkey in 1876. is due to the revenge
taken by some Christians upon the AL
bantam murdererS of a Christian nota-
BILE last autumn. The AlbanianS in re-
mote districts participated in the recent
outrages-
In Consequence of the renewed rep
reservations of Montenegro supported
by Russia. the sultan has dispatched
troops to the disturbed districts from
Uskub. There was fighting all day
Thursday and many were killed and
wounded on both sides.
According to the Cettinje advices
many women and children who were
fleeing toward Montenegro have been
killed by AIbanians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
10000 FLAGS.
Chicago's Celebration a Grand Display
of Patriotism.

Chicago, June 1.-THE people of Chi
cago were led to appreciate more than
ever before the inspiring traditions sur
rounding the stars and stripes. 1t was
flag day Wednesday. The national col
ors met the eye everywhere. They
fiuttered from ten thousand STATS. They
swung gayly and grandly over every
school house in the city. They welcom-
ed the strong, fresh breezes from the
peaks and dOmes of immense buildings
and hung in graceful folds from the
windows of countless business houses
and homes. That Chicago is bTimfuI of
the deep and earnest patriotism-the
typical American ,city-went down on
the record indelibfe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
DAWSON ROUTE Is OPEN.
Sailing Vessels Now Clearing For the
Gold Country

San Francisco, June 1.-THE all
water route to Dawson may now be SAID
to be fairly open. Sailing vessels and
stern-wheeI steamers have left for st.
Michael in order to be ready for the
opening of the Yukon and various 9TH
er kind of craft built at Dutch Harpor
during the spring have come out OF re-
tirement. The first of the regular
steamers got away yesterday ana
from now on there will not be a day
pass without one or more vessels start
ing out for the gold fields.
The Alaska Commercial cOmpany'S
new steamer St. Paul was the first to
get away yesterday. About 100 min
ers who were going to try their luck on
the Yukon went up on her, and all of
them were in the best of spirits as the
vessel steamed away. Louis SIoss, Jr.,
went up on the st. Paul and will in
spect the cOmpany'S stations on the
river before coming home. Captain
Erskine. the we'll known pilot, is also
making a pleasure trip on the steamer
The Alaska Exploration cOmpany's
steamer Leelanaw got away about p.
m. She had big load of freight for the
campany's stores, but she only took
away about so passengers. The COM
pany'S river steamers and barges were
all built at Dutch Harbor and will be at
ST. Michael to connect with the Leela-
nav on her arrival. The men who went
up on the Sintram to put the river
steamers and barges together will prob
ably come back home on the steamer.
The Tillamock with the stern wheel
steamer Rideout in tow was to have
sailed early in the afternoon for St.
Michael, but she was stopped by the
custom-house authorities. 1t was de-
clared after an inspection that the yes
sci was overloaded, and the captain and
owners were ordered to remove a small
river boat and SO tons of coal from the
decks before the-NesSel would be al
lowed to go to sea. Something else will
have to be put off instead of the coal,
as it will be required to replenish the
steamers bunkers before she can reach
ST Michael
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
A CRUEL HOAX, THIS.
San Francisco Woman Swindled BY a
New Trick

San Francisco. June 17.-Mrs. Geo.
Hern of this city is the victim of q new
swindle.
Yesterday an elderly man, who had
ascertained that she had friends in
Pittsburg, called at her house and abb
ruptly informed her that her only sis
ter, a resident of Pittsburg, was dead
and that he had been Entrusted with
letter and a package of little souvenirs
from the diseased. He said that. he had
left these il Port Costa, where he
worked, and that he had spent some
time in discovering Mrs. Kern's where
abOutS.
When she recovered from the shock
of the communication Mrs Kern in
stead on paying the kind stranger for
his loss of time, and parted from him,
he promising to send down the last
message of the dead woman
When Mr.. Kern returned from work
in the evening he became suspicious,
and on teIegraphing to Pittsburg, soon
ascertained that his Sister-in-law was
in good health.
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so YEAR GOLD BONDS.
To the Amount of SIS, 100000 Issued
by the Minnesota Eastern.

Duluth, Mimi, June 1.-THE Eastern
Railway company of Minnesota yester-
day filed in the office of the register
OF deeds trust deed covering a large
part of its property in this section. The
deed IS given to secure an issue of
bonds not to exceed SIS 600 600 and runs
TO the Mercantile Trust company of
New York as trustee 1t covers all of
the first division of the road extending
from Hinckley to Duluth and all of the
northern division which is the FOsston
extension. The money derived from the
safe Of the bonds is TO be used in con-
structing the FosstOn branch. buying
other branches and in redeeming the
old bonds, of which 81, zoo. 600 are out
standing. The bonds are for fifty years
payable in gold and bearing interest al
( per cent,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-17
AN OFFICER WITHOUT FEET
Will Probably Command the New
Georgia Regiment.

Atlanta, June Ex-Governor Atkinson
today received the call for the Third
regiment of volunteers under the re-
cent call of the president The new
regiment viii consist of 1,225 men, rank
and file, and the governor has been ad-
vfsed that three majors instead of two
viii be commissioned. 1t is believed
that Major J. r. Gambler will be given
command. Colonel Gambler is ranking
officer of the Georgia militia and al
though he was passed owing to alleged
disability when the commanders OF the
FIRST and Second volunteer regiments
We're selected because he lacks both
feet, he is physically powerful and a
splendid officer.
The First Georgia regiment volun
teers left Griffin today for Chicka-
mauga.