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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
IT'S THE RULE.
Serious Losses Often Attend Expedi-
tions to Tropical Countries.


New York. Sept. "a dispatch to the
world from London says:
Sir William MacCormick president of
the Royal college of surgeons of Eng
land, surgeon of the Prince of Wales
and one of the most distinguished
members of the profession in Europe,
who acted as surgeon to the Anglo
American Ambulance association in the
Franco German war was asked his
opinion concerning the causes of the
high mortality from illness among the
United States troops. He said: I
have only very vague information on
the subject and it is one on which no
medical man could give an opinion of
the slightest value except upon precise
and exhaustive data.
THAT the mortality is high is
patent, especially when compared with
that from illness among our expedi-
tions to tropical countries.
but our experience in that respect
compares very favorably with that of
other countries. France suffered ter
ribIe mortality from illness in NADIA
gascar-nothing fancy, in battle.
ITALY, too, had serious losses from
the same cause in Abyssinia.
I'm our expeditions to the west coast
of Africa, our losses from illness have
been trifling''
rs the west coast of Africa more IN
healthy than Cuba?'' Sir William was
asked.
'tOf course it is much more unhea1-
thy was the reply. There is no rea-
son that I can see, why, with proper
precautions, mortality from illness
among the United States troops in Cuba
should have exceeded our mortality
from such a cause on the west coast of
Africa.
"Then, again, you will notice that the
force operating under the sirdar in Sou
dan has enjoyed a remarkable tmmuni-
ty from Illness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
LION AND BEAR AGREE.
They Will Go In and Rob the Dragon
Jointly.

London, Sept. 6.-The Daily Mail says
this morning:
I'VE learn from good authority that
an Anglo-Russian understanding is
practically complete. Great Britain
recognizes Russia in Manchuria, Rus
STA undertaking to satisfy Great Brit
ain in Chinese railway matters and to
respect EngIand's sphere in the valley
of the Yangtse Kiang.'
The Daily Mail also understands that
Cecil Rhodes, acting in behalf of South
African interests, is negotiating to pur-
chase the Delagoa railway from Portu-
gal.
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
who has just paid d visit to NJ Chwang
in the province of Leao Tong, Man
churia, a terminus of the proposed rail-
way extension, the contract for building
which has been at issue between the
Russian and British governments, says:
1.-The Russians are acting there quite
regardless of the rights of Englishmen
and others and as if the place belonged
to them"
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Shanghai it is rumored there
that the British fleet is under orders to
rendezvous at NJ Chwang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
WHY THEY WEREN'T PAID.
Colonies of Volunteers Requested that
Money be withheld

Washington, Sept. 6.-Considerable
complaint has reached the war depart
ment from various parts of the country
because the volunteer troops in Cuba
did not receive their pay. In most in
stances the pay of the volunteers were
three months in arrears and the gov
eminent has been criticised for not pay
ing the men promptly.
Now that the troops have returned to
the United States it develops that the
men were not paid because the colonies
of fifteen regiments requested the pay
master general to withhold the money
due the troops until they should return
to the United States. Paymaster Cen
eraI Stanton says that the government
had an efficient corps of paymasters
and plenty Of money in Cuba and could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

The companies to by the Erie line are:
Band of Akron.
G, of Wadsworth.
G, of Ashland.
Those who travel over the Pennsy1-
vania are:
E, of East Liverpool
K, of Alliance.
I. L and F, of Canton.
D, of Wooster.
H, of Shreve.
M, of Mansfield.
A, of Bucyrus.
The District of Columbia volunteers
will leave camp on Thursday, and the
proba biIities are that the First Illinois
men will go tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
Citizenship Pardons.

Governor Leedy will issue citizenship
pardons to the following convicts in the
Kansas penitentiary today: win
Kibble, Morris county, grand lar
ceny, five years; J. Soran, Usage
county, false pretenses, three years;
Richard Roe, Dickinson county, grand
larceny. three years; Dennis Dryer,
Wyandotte county, grand larceny, three
years; John Ashley, Crawford county
grand larceny, three years; Henry
Hawley, Wyandotte county, grand
larceny, three years; Walter Hart,
Reno county, grand larceny, two years
j. H. Mckinney, Sedgwick county,
burglary, two years; M. B. Edminston,
Woodson county, false pretenses, one
year and half; Charles Gilman, Geary
county, breaking jail, one year; Daniel
TempIin, Geary county, larceny, one
year; eager Turner, Allen county, false
pretenses, one year; A. L. Lemly, Sedg-
wick county, attempt grand larceny, one
year; Mamie Price, Bourbon county,
receiving stolen goods, two years; Tuss
Essex, Shawnee county, assault with a
deadly weapon, two years; Frank
Weakly, Rice county, burglary third
degree, one year.
non, n HE dining oars m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident, of which Mr. John
Oliver of Philadelphia was the subject is
narrated by him follows: Il was in
a most dreadful condition. Ny skin was
almost yellow. eyes Sunken, tongue coat
ed, pain continually in back and sides
no appetite-gradually growing weaker
day by day Three physicians had given
me up. Fortunately a friend advertised
trying Electric Bitters,' and to my great
joy and surprise the first bottle made a
decided Improvement. I continued their
use for three weeks and am now a well
man. know they saved my life and
robbed the grave of another victim" No
one should fail to try them. Only so cents
per bottle at Swift & Holidays drug
store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
OMAHA EXPOSITION.

June LIST to October 31st the Grand
est Exposition
Except Worlds Fair) ever planned in
the United States. Located within
cheap and quick access of the entire
Missouri and Mississippi Valleys, at
your own doors. Through tickets be
yond Omaha allow stop-overs. Reduced
excursion rates to Omaha. Take the
Burlington Route the old and firmly es-
tablished line to and through Omaha in
any direction.
L. w. WAKELEY
General Passenger Agent.
HOWARD ELLIOTT
General Manager,
St. Louis Mo,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
SOUSA'S NEW OPERA
The "Charlatan Put On at the
Knickerbocker.

New York. Sept 6-The Knlcker-
booker theater opened it's doors for the
season last night presenting a new
comic opera by John Philip Sousa and
Charles Klein, entitled 1.-The Charla.-
tam DeWolf Hopper was Demldoff,
the charlatan, and made all of the
character possible. NeIla Bergen as
Anna, the daughter of the charltan.
divided honors with the comedian, and
the rest Of the cast rendered their lines
intelligently and tunefully.
The music was entirely of the Sousa
kind, pleasing and catchy. The Hbretto
of Mr. Klein, it's scene being laid in
Russia in the eighteenth century, was
up to it's usual standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
The Direct Line

to Denver, Salt Lake City, San Fran
cisco and Portland, is via the Union
Pacific. The service of the Union
Pacific to all principal western points
as unexcelled by any other line and con-
sists of Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pull
man Tourist SIeepers, Chair Cars, Din
ing Cars. meals la carte.)
For time table and full information
call on F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Agent,
]. c. Fulton, Depot Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
A Free Sonvanir

A souvenir button of the Topeka
Cruiser given with each rs cent pIIr-
chase of that brand of cigar. The best
cent cigar made Geo. Burghart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

have paid the men promptly but for the
request made by the officers command
ing the regiments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
Procnra the Bets.

IF you the best Baking Powder on earth
desire,
For 'Gipsy Queen you had better in
quire,
Favorite with the ladies it always has
Gypsy Queen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

Smoke the Topeka Cruiser cigar, the
best 5 cent cigar made. Geo. Burghart,
manufactures.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

In all the leading groceries bear in
mind,
Gypsy Queen Baking Powder you Will
find,
"A Queen indeed, it reigns supreme,
ftGypSy Queen -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

The best safve IN the world for crrs
Bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapDed hands, chiiblains.
corns and all skin eruptions and positive.
~ cures piles, or no pay required. II Il
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction OF
money, refunded Price 3 cents per box
Tor sale by Swift g. Holiday.
Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do opr work. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West 8th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
eive the children a Drink

Called Grafn-O. tt is a delicious, appe-
tizing, nourishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like
the finest coffee but is free from all its
injurious properties. Grain-O aids di-
gestion and strengthens the nerves It
Is not stimulant but a health builder
and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs
about u as much as coffee Is and Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

We will do your laundry work on
short order without extra charge.
Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

Cool and comfortable dining cars on
Santa Fe Route are obtained by use of
electric fans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

Ladies' Shirt Waists Iaundried 50 that
the colors win not fade, by Peerless
Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

After Cycling Golf Tennis Riding or any
Athletics, a bath with CETICURA SOAP is
one Of the luxuries of modern civilization. IL
prevents chafng, redpess and rouShRess Of the
ska, soothes Inflammation and irritation, re-
moves undue or offensive Precipitation, and
Nhea followed By q gentle amounting with
CUIaCURA, purest OF ernoIIients and greatest
OF. skin cures, proves most beneficial in re-
i1aving tired. famed, strained or tndamsd
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06

Sold throughout the world. Price. CUr1.
CURA SOAP. Csc. CUTfCURA (oi2tment), Soc
POTTER DRUG AND CHEAI. CORP. Boston,
Sole PEoRss British Depot. King Edward St.
LondOnL Send for s'8OW to Produce Soft
White Hands, &res.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-06
one Night Treatment o.; Q. F'g =:

the night soak the hands In a strong, hos
lather of CUTICORA SOAP. Dry thoroughly
and aneint freely with CUTICURA. greatest Of
emollient skin cures Wear old kid gloves
vita the finger ends cut on and holes In the
palms for ventilation For red. rough, chapped
or dlseelored hands, dry. assured. itching, fe-
vsFish palms, with snapeless nails and painful
Gasar ends. this treatment Il wonderful
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07
The Thief-rrackers.

Another curious profession among
tie Bedouin is that of the "thief-track-
ers." Being without paddocks or
stables, and their animals more or less
at liberty, theft of stock would ap-
pear to be an easy and frequent mat
ter. Each tribe, however, has its lit
tie company of "trackers," and it would
be either bold or an ignorant man in
deed who ventured to interfere with an
Arabs live stock. I have heard of one
instance in which a camel stolen from
a camp near Ismailia was. after weeks
of labor, successfully tracked to the
Sudan, where the beast was recaptured
and summary vengeance wreaked upon
the robbers. Selected for natural abil-
ity, and trained from boyhood to dis
criminate between each animals foot
print, this faculty becomes so highly
developed that particular horses or
camel's trail is unerringly picked up
from, among the thousands of impress
sions on the dusty highway.-R. Tai
bot Kelly, in Century.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07
A Practical Local Plank.

The plank in the state Republican
platform demanding "the repeal of the
forestry reserve order to the extent of
reopening for settlement every acre of
reserved land in this state which is
suitable for agricultural, logging or
mining purposes" and the pledge
four representatives in Congress, when
elected, to work to that end" is one
that will prove as directly beneficial to
the people of the state as any plank
adopted in any platform heretofore.
The forestry reserve order, with the
boundaries as laid down in Cleveland's S
proclamation, was one of the many
damaging and stupid blunders made
by that Democratic administration and
the effects have been felt and seen in
Western Washington and other sect
ions OF the country. Efforts were
made to secure modification of the
order, bus not until President McKin-
ley came into power was anything
done to remedy the evils. Senator
Wilson after an able fight secured the
adoption of an amendment in the sem
ate which would have remedied the
evil, but it was killed in the house.
Mr.. Mckinley suspended the opera
ton of the order for year, and since
then the matter has been investigated
and the work of undoing some of the
evils has been commenced. Special
inspection and investigation of the ter
ritory included In the reserves is be-
ing made, with view to Withdrawing
from the ban such tracts as should
not be included and returning them
to the public use.
The public notice taken OF the mat
ter by body of representative citizens
from all parts of this state, gathered
in Republican convention and giving
expression to their views in such en-
phatic manner, will have a beneficial
effect, and from this and the knowl-
edge of the situation by Land Com
missioner Hermann, much may be ex-
pected in the nature of modification,
which will undo some of the evils of
the order as originally made.-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07
1t Would Have Made Them Happy.

If times had continued to grow
worse and worse after the election of
VIM. Mckinley;
Ii trade and commerce had fallen
off, the price of wages concerned, and
industry paralyzed, after the passage
of the Dingley bill;
Ii gold had disappeared and the
country had been compelled to issue
greenbacks, after war with Spain had
been declared;
If prices of farm products had fall
len after free coinage had been defeat
ed in 1896, and the gold standard ad-
hered to;
Ii the war with Spain had been mis-
managed and Spain had not been lick
ed as badly as she was;
If the republican party had not an
nexed the Hawaiian islands, and car
ried out its pledge in the st. Louis
platform;
If every promise the republican
party made in 1896 had failed to ma
terialize, and panic and calamity had
followed the Inauguration of republi-
can administration;
If the country's honor had been
lowered in the eyes of the world, in
stead of being raised by republican
rule, second to none on earth;
If all that populism claimed in 1896
would happen if Bryan was not elect
ed, had only actually happened, then
truly would the average populist have
been ecstatically happy.-Olympiap.
But it didn't happen so.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07
THE fact that President McKinle

THE fact that President Mckinley
enlisted as private soldier in the civil
war and endured all the hardships and
vicissitudes of soldiers life, enables
him to appreciate the trials which our
volunteers have had to endure. His
sympathies are with the soldiers, and
he can be relied upon to right their
wrongs, If wrong has been done them.
The fact that many staff appointments
are made for political purposes is not
the fault of the president or of the Re-
publican party. The same kind of APP
pointments would have been made
had the administration been in the
hands of the Democrats and Populists.
The fault is with the system, and un-
til that is changed the fault will con-
tinue. The Hull bill, which was de-
feated last winter by the combined op-
position of the Democrats and fusion-
lists in congress, would have done much
to remedy the evils complained Of. A
similar bill will be presented next win
ter, and it is safe to predict that every
Democratic vote in congress will be
cast against it.-P. i.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07
Forestry Reserve.

w. III. Ham, supervisor of the Olym-
pic forestry reserve, is in Tacoma for
the purpose of comforting with Super
intendent Cloes and Supervisor Math-
ewson, of the Pacific reserve on forestry
affairs.
"The Olympic reserve is probably
the most difficult to manage of the
three in this state," says Mr.. Ham,
lowing TO Its greater size and the
amount OF logging being carried on.
"Around Shelton and in other dis
trlcts, there are several large tracts OF
timber which are owned by private in
dividuals who, OF course, retain the
right to cut logs. But most of them
are entirely too human to pay strict
observance to their lines and are not
at all conscie1c 1ce-smitten if their log
gers stray over accidentally, of course)
into the government side. Where
millions of feet are cut it takes pretty
close watching to see that log does
not come from the wrong side oc-
casionally.
"The rangers have never came into
conflict with anyone yet, which speaks
we'll for their diplomacy. The farmers
are rather difficult to deal with in
some instances and it requires consid-
erable tact and 6rmness on the part of
the rangers to avoid incurring their i'll
will, which would make it hard for
them to do anything.
"The chief source of trouble is the
alleged necessity of burning slashings
in the dryest and most dangerous
times. The settlers argument, which
is rather plausible, is that he has a
right to burn on his own land, that he
has no intention of allowing the fire
to escape and if it does, in spite of his
utmost efforts, he is not to blame.
The law, however, is explicit on this
point, and it is matter of public i'm
portance that it should be enforced,
although it does seem hard to be severe
on a poor man struggling to wrest a
subsistence from the soil. But in
general there is the best of fellowship
between the rangers and the settlers,
as it is to their mutual advantage
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07

Some Snappy Talk at Recent Charity
Performance in New York.
In the course of it's recent engage
ment in New York the Abbey-Grau
Opera company gave performance in
aid of the unemployed. The seats
were sold at auction, high prices being
obtained, and a tremendous audience
assembled on the evening of the per-
formance. Several good stories are
told regarding the evenings entertain
ment and the audience by CORE
spondent of the San Francisco Argo-
naut. A lady in the balcony wore a
prodigious hat, with still more pro-
digious feather in it. Another lady
sitting behind her expostulated, de-
claring that the hat and feather shut
her out from view of the stage. The
hat wearer proving obdurate, the suf-
ferer called to an usher and remarked:
eve paid six dollars for our seats and
not for back view of that feather. II
you don't make that woman remove
her hat I'll sue the opera house." The
usher's polite remonstrances induced
the offender to remove the feather, but
she sat through the performance with
her big hat on.
Another lady, also with a big hat,
was appealed to by one who sat behind
her to remove it in order that the stage
might become visible. She smiled
sweetly and replied that she would
love to oblige the ladies behind, but
she really couldn't; her hair wasn't
properly done up. ''That will not mat
ter" said the protesting lady, in loud
voice; "1'm not particular. You may
take your hair off, too"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07

THE American Monthly Review of
Reviews for October gives special at
tention to the developments of the
past month in international politics
and to the lessons of the Spanish
American War. The editor, in the
department of "The Progress OF the
World" discusses the attitude of the
Spanish people toward peace condi-
tions, the new relations between Ger
many and England, the Cars PROPOSE
.tior for disarmament, the Dreyfus
case in France, England's reopenlng
of the Soudan, and other serious prob
lens confronting the European powers.
Important contributed articles review
President McKinley's course In the
conduct of the war to successful
close and the deficiencies in our adj
ministrative machinery revealed by
the fatal delays and break-downs in
the medical and subsistence depart
ments of army management.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07

AN exchange says younger arrivals
in this state are wont to lament that
they have not the opportunities pre-
sented to the pioneers who came here
twenty or thirty years ago. The great
est opportunities ever presented on the
Pacific coast or any other portion of
this country are now before the peO-
pie of Washington. Our fields have
proved that no agricultural section
is richer or more productive; our for
ests will furnish more wealth to this
state than the entire resources of
many OF the Eastern commonwealth !;
our fisheries, which already produce
millions of dollars each year, are yet
in their infancy; mineral deposits
which promise to rival in richness and
extent those of any section of this
country or the globe, are yet to be de-
veloped, and to add to all this, the
Westward trend of American empire
must necessarily make Puget Sound
the gateway for the greatest commerce
ever seen in this country. The pio-
neer was not in it, for he has had all
these years to wait for the building of
railways, the building of cities, the de-
velopment of our foreign and local
trade, and, in fact, all the disadvan-
tages and hards hips usual to the pio-
neer.-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-07
The Emperor Of China Murdered.

special dispatch from Shanghai
says: The announcement of the
death OF the emperor Is confirmed.
The reports as to the means employed
in his taking off differ. One story has
il that he died of poison, and another
that death was caused by strangula-
ton, while third states that he was
subjected to frightful torture, red
hot iron being thrust into his bowels.