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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
KANSAS MUSICIANS.
Hutchinson Jubilee, Proving Success
full and Entertaining.

Hutchinson, June 2.-The third day of
the jubilee opened with even greater in
terest than was exhibited at the first
days session. Many new people ar
rived and were in attendance. 1t is
probable that the jubilee will continue
to enlarge until Riverside park will
have to be walled and rooted to make
an auditorium large enough to hold the
musicians of Kansas.
Yesterday evening the whole town
of Mcpherson, with the exception of
one policeman left to guard the city,
arrived in Hutchinson to attend the
jubilee. The Mcpherson people are a
happy, good looking crowd and have
large number of good singers. The
weather, although it might have been
just a little cooler today, appears to
have been ordered expressly for the
jubilee.
Yesterday, the second day, opened
with bass solo contest. In this there
We're five entries as follows: VIM.
Cooper of Junction City, Fred B. Clark
of Mcpherson, Geo. NJ. Lavender of OF
tawa, W. N. Detwiler of Ottawa and
]. H. Hinshaw of Hutchinson:
The contest number was 1.-THE Ben
ediction," by Gordiniani. This was the
general number and in addition each
contestant sang one selection of his
own choosing.
Mr. Clark chose the Creole Love
Song" by Buck; Mr.. Lavender the
"Bedovin Love Song" by Pinsuh; Mr..
Detwiler, The Song Hybrias, the Cret-
tom by Elliott; Mr.. Hinshaw, Return
unto thy Rest" by Puche Evans, and
Mr.. Cooper, the ''Vulcan Song" by
Gounod.
There were three entries in the chorus
contests, Mcpherson, Wichita and
Lyons. Glass A had for it's general
numbers, Praise Ye the Father" by
Gounod, and The Peasants Wedding
March, by sonerman. The class B
numbers were Holy, Holy" by bikes,
and Breathe Soft Ye Winds" by Pax
ton.
Yesterday afternoon the piano stu
dents contest took place. A require
ment of this was that the performer
should be under II years of age. "Laf-
tuse," by Raft, was selected as the gen
erel number while each player chose
Louise Winans, Edna Burns, Lille Bal
enger of Hutchinson, Alice Barnes,
Winfield; Anna Vandahlen, Fredonia;
Anna Quigley, Sterling; Edna Batten
TerrilI, Wichita; George Bailey and
Gertrude Bailey, Great Bend; Ethel
Bowman, Wichita; Mate Smith, Gyp-
sum City, and Bessie Sawyer, Newton.
The days programme closed with
concert at the auditorium. The num-
bers were announced as arranged by
Director Hoagland. The class cho01SeS
A and B combined their forces and
gave their contest selections of the af-
ternoon The combined work was done
for the first time and was a revelation
of the value of cooperative training.
Prof Krantz of Mcpherson led the
combined choruses. The other num-
bers on the programme consisted of
solo and part selections from the Gay s
contest numbe
The contests close tomorrw and the
award of prizes will follow, probably
tomorrow night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
WITH A LIVE WIRE.
Toledo Electrician Defies Policemen
From the Ton of a Pole

Toledo, June 2.-In the war between the
two street car companies, which has been
raging here at intervals for the past three
weeks, a new element of warfare was in
troduced and it proved such surprise to
the parties on the offensive that they re-
urea without striking a blow. The new
current of electricity with a voltage of l.
200 During the progress of the fight be-
rails. ties, bricks and all sorts of debris
had been piled on the tracks to cause
and the woG proeee pc oEer a pan
was hit upon, and that was for a lineman
graph pole, to which was fastened the
trolley wire, insert a Jumper and thus
wire the car had to use to get its motive
power from By this process the cars
the blockade was rendered complete. Yes
terday Traction company's nneman was
gagged in the pleasant occupation of in
sorting Jumpers and killing Bowling
top Of the pole was Harry ]. Walsh,
to lift the blockade, and, spying Walsh
on top of the pole, Chief of Police Raitz
l l9 at the chief. This only made
t limb at tsg nad and b he to
dared him to come up. The chief threw
aside his coat spat on his hands and made
doing this Wash had nser fed fhs second
Jumper and taking a coil of wire that
Jumper" while he let the other end drop
to the ground at the foot of the pole. AS
soon as the end struck the ground there
was roar and a cracking and flames, red
white blue and green in color, shot up
on all sides and the wire became like a
glowing thread with the great heat. The
chief beat a hasty retreat and the police
f3lloWed suit; As soon they did so
Walsh pulled the wire away from the
ground, thus rendering it harmless and
dead" Every time policeman would
come near the pole or try to interfere
with Walsh or his operations he would let
down the wire. and in a tantalizing voice
would ask: why don't you fellows take
hold of 1t and pull it DOWN. But the
bluecoats could not be induced to go near
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE.
Government Will Spend Over a Mill
ion Dollars This Week

Washington, June 2.-The United
States government will enter the mar
kets this week as a purchaser of some
thing more than $1,OOO,0OO worth of
clothing and few other supplies, which
do not include cOmmiSSary'S SubS1St-
ence stores guns or ammunition. Some
of the articles to be purchased are the
following:
Fifty thousand standard army trou-
SerS and $4,000 fatigue coats or blouSeS'
estimated to cost 100000 225000 draw
ers and 225, 900 undershirts, light weight,
estimated cost $100, GOO; 10000 shelter
tents, $50, 900; 300 hospital tents, $4,000;
$4,000 wall tents, $50, 900; 5000 cOnical
tents, $40, 900; 600 sets company books
and 20 sets regimental books, $4,000,
and $4,000 mosquito head nets
These goods, according to the notice,
will be purchased by the depot quar-
termaster at New York, Philadelphia,
ST. Louis, New Orleans and San Fran
cisco. The largest orders will be given
here and the next largest in Phiia-
deIphia. Delivery of all goods pur-
chased will be required to begin five
days after contracts are awarded.
On Thursday bids were opened in
New York for 10000 army helmets One
bidder. a Broadway firm, offered to
take the contract at $1.25 a helmet and
fill it in two weeks. Just after the bids
were opened the QuartermaSter general
directed the depot quartermaster mere
not to award the contract (the helmets
were for the army in Manila) until
quotations on pith helmets from Hong
Kong could be obtained. Yesterday the
depot quartermaster was directed TO
increase the order to 20, 900 helmets and
award the contract, as Hong Kong
couldn't begin to compete. The Broad
way firm got the contract. Bids for
&C. 600 canvas uniforms also for the Ma
Mia troops, were opened yesterday. The
prices named in the bids ranged all
the way from 70 cents to $3.50. The
contract was not awarded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
IT'S FREE FOR THE ASKING.

La Grippe, so prevalent during the
winter and early spring, often leaves it's
victims with a cough and a weakness of
the lungs. The sufferer expects it to
wear off in time, but in most cases it
will not. The final outcome will be
case of consumption, if those first symp-
toms are neglected. A wise man or
woman will take skilled, special treat
ment at once, and the best obtaina BILE.
There cannot be any question on this
point. The Amick Treatment will re-
store your health in such cases. 1t
has saved many thousands of lives, and
should be resorted to a once. The fol-
lowing testimonials will appeal to the
reader without further common:
''Itaska, Tex, Dec. Is, 1S97.-My
health is very good, and 1 do not think
your consumption cure has its equal 1t
did for me just what you claimed. I
am today a well man. You are well
come to use this for the benefit of suf-
fering humanity. Yours,
T. w. TOMERLIN."
Campbell. Tex, Jan. 3, 1SSS-My
wife had what the doctors said was con-
sumption, when she began taking your
treatment. She hadn't used one bottle
till we saw it was doing her cough good.
She had not used three treatments
when her cough was well. I use you
inhaling medicine in my family in case
of bad colds and find it very good.
W. D. EAKIN.''
A free trial will be allowed every
reader of this paper who will submit
his case to the Amick Chemical Co, 81
and 21S East Ninth street, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
FOR KANSAS CATTLE.
Prize Money Set Apart for an Exhibit
at Omaha.

The Kansas Omaha exposition COM
mission has just issued the following
announcement in regard to exhibits of
fine stock from this state at the Omaha
Exposition:
The Kansas commission of the Oma-
ha Exposition, being DESTROYS of doing
all it possibly can for the live stock in
terests of Kansas, have set apart 81, 500
of the small fund at it's disposal to be
used to aid the breeders of fine stock
and poultry in making an exhibit at the
TransmiSSiSSippi and International eX-
position at Omaha, Neb. The board of
Kansas commissioners will duplicate all
premiums awarded to Kansas owners
of fine stock and poultry by the board
of managers and judges of the said
Omaha Exposition, provided said pre-
m1umS do not exceed the sum of 81 500
IF any part of said 81, 500 is undisposed
of after paying premiums as above pro-
posed, it will be divided equitably
among exhibitors; or if the exhibitors
of fine stock and poultry decide by a
majority vote to make an exhibition of
the different breeds among themselves.
the board of Kansas commissioners
may in their discretion order such ex-
hibitiOn and friendly contest to be held
IN such manner as it may determine
H. A. Heath, of the Kansas Farmer
is appointed as superintendent of the
Kansas fine stock interests and will
look after the welfare of the breeders
and exhibitors and see that their inter-
eStS are fully guarded and protected"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
BROKE ALL RECORDS.
Col Titles Band Gave a CONCERT 80
Minutes After Instruments
Arrival

The San Francisco Bulletin Sunday
evening, contained the following:
There was in joy in Kansas hearts
this morning when the Quartermaster' s
department sent to Col. Little the I'M
derclothing, shirts and shoes which
have been so sadly needed by the regi-
ment. Henceforth the Kansas men
may drill on the rocky roads of Rich
mond without injury to their feet There
were enough shoes and shirts for the
regiment, but there was not sufficient
variety of sizes.
Some of the men will have to wait
until the articles delivered to Col. Little
can be exchanged for others that will
fit.
Pickets around the Kansas camp have
been forbidden to permit food to be
passed over the fence to soldiers All
contributions must be given to the COM
mlSSary.
The Kansas band is now a fact. and
if Col. Titles representations be cor
rect will soon be a thing of beauty and
a JOY forever. Kansas was the only
regiment which had no band. The col
onel emulous of neighbOring regin
telegraphed to different towns in KAN
sas for aid. Seven hundred dollars was
obtained in a few hours.
colonel Little personally. guaranteeing the
balance of the price. Thirty minutes after
sas regiment had a band concert, the pro
gramme consisting of a solitary air-"The
Red. White and Blue" The members of
the band are skilled musicians, but never
before played together.
The Sunday Morning Call said: Colonel
Little of the Twentieth Kansas is deter
mined that his command shall have
band. He made the necessary requisition
for instruments, but these were disa D.
proved by the government, SO Colonel Lit
tie wired the mayors of the different Kan
saS towns from which the regiment comes
ASKING Tor donations with which to buy
instruments. The replies Were quick and
numerous, and SO far the following
amounts have been received Minneapol
$50; Abilene, $40: Paola. $50; Fort Scott
$50; Lawrnce, $50; Salina, $50; Ottawa, 800,
The generous response of the citizens of
Kansas is greatly appreciated by the regi-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
ALL ROME LAUGHS.
Powers Outwitted by Socialist Dep
uty Who Evades Arrest

London, June 2.-There is an amusing
situation in the chamber of deputies,
Rome, where a deputy has imprisoned
himself and defes all the forces of the
kingdom to turn him out He is Slgnor
Percetti, a socialist, and one of those
against whom a warrant was issued
for having melted the Mlanese and
other rioters.
AS soon as he heard that he was to be
arrested SignOr Percetti rushed to the
chamber, where he has been over a
week He spends all day in the cham
Der and at night he sleeps on the seats
The government has tried to get MN
turned out, but it appears that he has
a. right to stay in the house as long as
he likes Every outlet is watched by
detectives in the hope that the deputy
will make a bolt some day, but he has
declared that he will die of old age in
the chambers sooner than be captured
1t is hopeless to try to starVe him out
as his socialist colleagues bring food,
and with their contributions and the
nadded benches he finds himself most
comfortable.
Premier Rudini is at his wits END to
devise some means to terminate sit
uation at which all Rome is laughing
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DANGER FOR KODAKERs.
Innocent American Youth Arrested
as q Spanish Spy.

Galveston, June 2.-E. H. Barnette,
who represents the firm of H. L. Judd
& Co., of New York city, in the south,
left this city May 81 on the steamer
Algonquin, of the Clyde line, with a lot
of samples and a kodak, with which he
proposed to occupy his idle moments
for the amusement of himself and the
edifcation OF his friends.
At Charleston he took several views Of
the harhor with it's defenses and ship
ping. He left the boat at Jacksonville,
Fla, Tuesday, May "a, and proceeded
there Saturday morning.
After attending to some business he
took his films to a local photographer,
and made an appointment to call Sun
day morning for the developed photo
graphs. At the appointed time he went
to the photograp piers, saw the develop
ed plates, and on emerging was accost-
ed by a policeman, who stated that the
chief of police desired to see him. At
ter being uShered into the private office
of Chief Jones, Barnette was informed
of the character of the photographs he
had taken en- route, and that he was
under suspicion as a Spanish spy.
This Barnette denied vigorously, as
sorting that he was a stanch American
and loyal to the stars and stripes. Col.
c. S. Richie, U. S. A, was sent for,
and after examining the photographs
and hearing the statement of Barnette
gave it as his opinion that the amateur
photographer was not an emissary of
SDain
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TAX ON TRUSTS.
Senate Makes Levy on Sugar and
Standard Oil.

Washington, June 2.-Marked progress
was made by the senate yesterday
towards the final disposition of the war
revenue measure. The committee
amendments on nearly go pages of the
bill were passed upon and the senate
nearly reached the principal questions
at issue between the contending parties.
ready been discussed pretty thoroughly
ana, aside from few set speeches yet
10 be delivered, will not arouse proba-
ply more than desulatory debate.
The interest of the session conferred
IN the action taken on the amendment
OF Mr. German Oem., Md, levying
tax OF one-quarter of one per cent on
the gross receipts of all corporations
doing a business exceeding $250000 Il
year. BY a direct vote upon it the
amendment was rejected, 81 to "a.
Mr.. Pettigrew pop, s. D. offered the
German amendment with the clause
containing the $3.50, 600 exemption
stricken out, but it was defeated, 25 to
81.
Mr.. White Oem., CALI then proposed
the German amendment so modified
that it levied a tax of one-quarter of
one per cent upon all corpora tions en-
gagged in the refining of sugar or pc
troIeum. The California senator ex-
planned that he desired to see a tax
levied on the American sugar trust and
the Standard Oil company. The amend
ment prevailed by a vote of SO to &c.
Republicans, five Populists and two
silver Republicans, and opposed by "a
Republicans and two Democrats.
Following is the detailed vote:
Yeas-Bacon, Baker, Berry, Butler,
Cannon, Carter, Chiffon, CockrelI, Gull
1om, Daniel, Faulkner, German, Gray,
Harris, Jones (Ark.); Kyle, Lindsay,
Mallory, Mantle, Mitchell, Murphy, Pas
coe, Perkins, Pettigrew, Roach, Stew
art, Sullivan, Tillman, Turley, Turpie
and White. Total, SO.
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, CAT
ferry, Chandler, Clark, Davis, Deboe,
Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger
ley, McInery, Mcmillan, Nelson, Platt.
Comm; Proctor, Sewall, Shoup, Spoon
er. and Metmore. Total. IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
A GA-LORIOUS TIME
To Be Given the Philippine
Troops at Honolulu.

Mr.. Dan H. Case of Honolulu, son of
A. H. Case of this city, has written
e, letter to his parents in which he gives
some news of the Manila expedition
and the preparations for receiving the
United States troops. He says, under
date of May 81:
The China" came in from the west
yesterday afternoon and leaves for San
Francisco this afternoon at O'Clock.
We are anXiously looking forward to
the arrival of the troops for Manila.
A great time is in store for them if
they are allowed to land. The whole
city will be theirs. and verything in
it.
An immense mass meeting was held
a few nights ago and it was agreed
that no soldier belonging to the army
and navy of Uncle Sam, who passed
through on these transports should be
allowed to spend a cent of his own
money, but that everything would be
furnished them, and all they wanted
of it. Committees of all sorts have been
appointed to look after their needs. A
ship will be sent out to meet them as
soon as they are sighted, and five whis-
ties will be blown as soon as they are
seen so that the whole city will know
they are coming. Five thousand dollars
have already been subscribed for their
free entertainment, and if it becomes
necessary plenty of additional funds
can be raised in an hours time.
That is the way things are done here.
Every soldier will be furnished all of
the island fruit he can eat and carry
away and if the troops stay over night
their bills will be paid by local Hawai-
ian citizens. I will send you copies of
the papers containing accounts of the
event.
Since the defeat of the Spanish forces
at Manila these islands feel perfectly
safe We are all proud of Dewey's VIC
tory That fellow certainly is a stun
ner and knew his business. I suppose
there has been an engagement on the
Atlantic ere this. OF course the United
States can hardly look for such an out
come as the Dewey victory. In fact,
history believe, does not disclose any
battle where one side came out of it
without the loss of even one man n
defeating the Spanish forces without
any loss. It does not detract from the
glory and honor, and carries little or no
Grief with it
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CASTELAR, STARTS A ROW.
Makes an Attack on the Queen Re
gent Through the Newspapers.

Madrid, June Am article signed by
Senior Emilio CASTELAR,, the distinguished
republican statesman, which recently
appeared in the Petite Revue Interna-'
cionale, and which has been reproduced
in several Spanish papers, which are
being prosecuted for their production,
has caused a great sensation. Senior
Castelar, attacks the queen regent, re-
preaching her with being a foreigner
and unpopular and with interfering I'M
justifiably in political affairs He COM
pares her present position with that of
Queen Marie Antoinette on the eve Of
the French revolution.
The matter came before the senate
today, Duke De Roca demanding the
prosecution of Castelar,, and others ex-
pressing in violent terms their indigna-
ton at Senior Castelar's conduct
Senior Capdepon, the minister Of the
interior announced that the matters
had already been placed before the law
officers.
Marshal Martinez De Campos de-
scribed Senior Castelar's conduct as i'd
lotto and called upon the government TO
act theoretically, declaring that par
Iamentary immunity must not be al
lowed to degenerate into fmpunity. He
said he feared the chamber of deputies
might refuse to authorize a prosecu-
ton
The Duke of Tetuan, minister of for
eign affairs in the last cabinet of the
late Senior Canovas del Castillo ana the
president of the senate, Senior Montero
Rios. endorsed the utterances of Mar
shall De Campos while senators general
ly extolled the queen regent ana pro-
tested against the obnoxious article.
Castelar'S article has had all the
greater effect because it seems to indi-
cate that he has modified his decision
TO retire from political life, in Difference
to the wishes of those desiring TO put
him forward as a possible president Of
a rnO11b1ic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-02
RICH FISHING CLUB
Organized by Hetty Green's Son at
Tarpon, Texas.

Dallas. Tex, June "A fishing club,
to be known as 1.-The Tarpon Club" of
Tarpon, Tex, has been organized here
E. H. B. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty
Green, and chairman of the state Re-
publican executive committee of Texas,
being the chief promoter. The wealth
of the membership of the '"Tarpon club"
reaches into the hundreds of millions.
There are 300 members, among the
number being President Mckinley, ex-
President Grover Cleveland, United
States Senator NJ. A. Hanna of Ohio,
Senator NJ S. Quay Of Pennsylvania,
and others of equal distinction. The
board of directors chosen for the first
year is composed of the following fish
erman: E. H. B. Green of Texas, Bank
er Van Blockom of St. Louis, State Sem
ator E. H. Houston of San Antonio, ex-
Mayor w. c. Connor of Dallas, and
United States Senator NJ. s. Quay of
PENNSYLVANIA
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NEED FRESH WATER.
Naval officers Exercised Concerning
Supply for War Vessels Boilers.

washington, June 2.-Some concern
is felt in the navy over the failure to
secure fresh water for the boilers of
shins of war. The distilling ships are
not ready for service and the vessels
are not expected to be completed for
month yet The distilling- plant estab-
1isbed at Key West does not give salts
IA ctorv results A report from the
Oregon indicates that the ship was
handicapped by the lack of distilling
facilities on board, and the engineers
lions unless some means can be de-
yised for securing fresh water.
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DRESSER-v VAN DERBILT.
The Marriage Took Place at
the American Church in
Paris, Today.

Paris, June 2.-The religious cere-
mony of the wedding OF Miss Edith
Stuyvesant Dresser to George w. Van
derbilt, took place at the American
church here at noon today. The civil
ceremony was performed yesterday.
There were 1000 persons present to-
day including General Horace Porter,
the United States ambassador to France
and Mrs. Porter; Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Count and Countess CastelIane, the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough, niece of
the groom.
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TO MEET AT QUEBEC.
a Joint Commission to Settle Anglo
American Affairs.

Ottawa, Ont, June I'm the howe of
commons reference was made to the re-
cent conference held at Washington look
ing to the settlement of disputed questions
between the United States and Canada
Sir Louis Davies, who represented Cam
ada at the conference, spoke in high
terms of the manner in which he had been
received at Washington and the DISPOSE
ton shown by General Foster and Mr..
Kasson, the United States representatives,
to discuss with the utmost fairness all the
now. said Sir Louis. is the approval of the
governments of Great Britain and the
which Canada. would be fitly represented:
should be the place of meeting for the
commission.