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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-25

soldiers who are still in she field No
produce therefore will come to the mar
ket here and the ships that bring car
goes cannot take anything back. If the
province is to return to a self support
ing basis and trade begin again, the
Cuban army, it is generally admitted,
must be disbanded.
Robert MasnO, the, British consul here
said that business is at a StandStill.
mo produce is coming from the coun-
try he said, because the condition of
things there is unsettled and merchants
are afraid to engage in operations until
the political situation is better defined.
Owing to the lack of labor, lighters
and wharfage facilities are completely
blocked and our business interests are
suffering. We cannot order cargOes.
There is no money in the province. If
trade is to be resumed some definite
steps must be taken Immediately by
the United States"
Spanish merchants view the situation
from most gloomy standpoint and are
prepared to cease all connection with
Cuba if the question of dominion is set
tied in any other way than that the
United States shall be in possession.
Julian BendOZa, of the Ward line,
makes a statement to the effect that ut
ter disregard is shown in the chief
quartermaster'S department to private
importers.
1--WE had arranged" he said. 'to es-
tablish a regular mail and freight line
between New York and here, but we
have had to discontinue it temporarily
owing to the difficulty of discharging
cargoes. For instance when the Phila-
delphia came here with a cargo of only
400 packages, the vessel had to remain
loaded for Is days, eleven of which. on
demurrage, cost the company $400 a
day. Much of this unreasonable delay
was due to Col. Humphreys who paid
no attention to my protest.
The war is over and it is to the in
terest of the government to encourage
private trade; but the reverse is ap-
parently the case. I obtained a lighter
at considerable expense and it was con-
fiscated by Col Humphreys, together
with a gang of men had employed"
Gen. Lawton places no credence in
the stories of intended Cuban violence
and says they have shown no disposi-
ton to make trouble for the United
States military authorities.
There has been nothing" he said,
'to disturb the peaceful state of affairs
nor do expect trouble"
If there should be any, however Gen.
Lawton is prepared to demonstrate to
all concerned that the United States
military authorities are supreme in the
capitulated province of Santiago.
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A French Fishing Schooner
Runs Into a Steamer
And Is Sunk Off the Grand
Banks in a Fog.
is PERSONS DROWNED
The Captain and Eight Seamen
Are Saved.
No Attempt Made to Avoid the
Disaster.

New York, Aug. 25.-The Thingvalla
steamer Norge which arrived today re-
ports that she sunk the French fishing
schooner I.acoquette of BayOnne, France
on Saturday last, on the Grand Banks.
The captain and eight seamen were
saved. Sixteen went down with the
unfortunate vessel The Norge sailed
from Stettin August g. The weather
was generally fine to the banks of New
foundland, when it became foggy with
patches of clear weather.
On Saturday, August 20. between three
and four O'Clock in the afternoon the
weather was foggy but not so thick
that the vessels speed was reduced.
Captain Knudsen said he could see
about three cable lengths ahead. The
wind was fairly brisk from the west
southwest, when a vessel suddenly loom
ed up from the north with sails full
and stood directly across the bow of
the steamer. The bells were Tung to
stop and back at full speed, but too
late to check the steamers headway.
The stranger, a fishing schooner fell
across the bow and with crash was
forced over and sunk. Three men
sprung aboard of the Norge.
The passengers of the Norge, most Of
whom were about the decks, rushed
about in alarm at the shock but were
soon quieted when they learned that
the steamer was uninjured. A boat was
lowered and six men and a dog were
picked up. The vessel sank almost i'm
mediately and in sinking carried with
her 16 of her crew.
Captain Knudsen of the Norge said
that as a steam vessel, he was obliged
to keep out of the way of all sailing
craft, but that this was time when
the sailing vessel could do more to help
herself than the steamer. The latter
was going ahead at full speed, for the
fog was not, in the judgment of the
captain, sufficient to reduce headway.
The fisherman was an active vessel, had
a good breeze and was under good
steera geWay, but made no attempt to
avoid the collision, keeping on with sails
full until squarely under the bow. The
large hull of the Norge, Captain KnUd-
sen said should have been visible for
long distance
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DIR. JAMES MADE DEAN
Of the New Teachers College of Chi
cago University.

Chicago. Aug. 25.-Dr Edmund J.
James, professor of political science
in the University of Chicago, has been
appointed dean of the new teachers
college, organized by the university on
the foundation created by Mrs. EN-
mons Blaine. He was for thirteen years
professor in the University OF Pennsyl-
vania and has been in Chicago since
1896
The teachers college is a unique ex-
pertinent of education-an attempt to
organize college work in science, litera-
ture and art in such a way that per
sons engaged in the active work of
teaching can get the full advantages of
a college training. 1t is a direct and
practical outgroWth of the university
extension movement in the United
States and is an expression of that
closer connection between the public
school work and the university,of of which
DR.. James has been an earnest advo-
cate.
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MAD ANIMALS RUN WILD.
SaIina Has News Which Dighton Has
Suppressed, if True.

SaIina, Aug. 25.-News reached here
today of an unprecedented hydrophobia
plague at Dighton, Lane county.
A number of horses, COWS and hogs
are afflicted and Mrs. Maude Marlin
cousin of Miss MabIe Marin, superin-
tendent of schools in this county was
knocked down by a mad COW and pain
fully but not seriously injured. The
ist owners COW and all the dogs in town
except two. The mad COW was killed
and the county commissioners were
called together in special session to take
steps to dispose of the dogs.
The commissioners ordered that all
afflicted dogs be killed by the admin
istration of chloroform The animals
were captured and drugged, but when
the time for burial arrived it was dis
covered that two of the dogs had re-
covered from the effects of the drug
and escaped. In their madness they
ran all over the town and almost Gre
ated a panic. Ten horses belonging to
one man were bitten and have gone
mad. A number of cows and hogs were
also bitten.
The son of Frank Maple was bitten
on the arm and his parents took him to
a mad stone at Great Bend. The stone
stuck to the wound twelve hours al
together. six hours and twenty minutes
at one time 1t is not yet known
mad cattle are attacking other animals
and it is not known where the plague
will end An effort is being made
however, to wipe it out by killing the
afflicted animals. The town is in a
state of intense excitement.
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HEADLESS AND NUDE.
Horrible Murder Mystery Re-
ported to Rock Island
Offices Here.

A rather startling report was received
at the Rock Island offices in this city
this morning from Conductor Anderson
in charge of an eastbound freight train
due to arrive in st. Joseph, Mo, at
o'clock this morning. 1t was to the eff
feet that headless body had been dis
covered by the side OF the track near
the small station of Elwood, Doniphan
county The body was that of a man
and entirely nude. On examination it
was found that the head had been
hacked off from the trunk, probably
with an axe. The head was nowhere to
be found.
Conductor Anderson stated in his re-
port that the man was not the victim of
a railroad accident, and that indications
pointed unquestionably to murder.
There were no clothes by the body and
none could be found in the vicinity
There was no trace of identity with the
exception of a card lying not far from
the body on which was the name f
Fidler.' This card may or may not
have some connection with the tragedy
The body was left in charge of the
switch tender at Elwood, and the cor
oner Of Doniphan county notified at
Troy. An inquest will probably be held
today.
Aside from the first report of the
finding of the body, no other word has
been received by the Rock Island peo-
pie up to a late hour this afternoon.
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SOLDIERS GOING HOME.
First Illinois Starts for Chicago to Be
Mustered Out.

Chickamauga Park, Aug. 25-The
First Illinois cavalry left at an early
hour today for Fort Sheridan at Chi
cago. The departure was an enthusi-
astic one, as the men, almost without
exception, are pleased with the prospect
of getting home and out of the service
The One Hundred and Fifty-eighth In
diana, First West Virginia and Sixth
Ohio viii leave this evening for Knox
vile, where they will remin until furth-
er orders. The regiments compose the
Second brigade, Second division, Third
army corps.
Preparations are progressing today
for the work of mastering out the Sec
ond Nebraska and the light artillery
now here. Lieutenant Colonel Frank
D. Baldwin, who has been acting adiu-
tant on the staff of General Brecken-
ridge for some time, has been appointed
chief mastering officer, and will be al
lowed as many assistants as he needs.
The artillery batteries to be mustered
out are batteries a, B, c and D from
Ohio, batteries A and B from Georgia
and the Twenty-eighth from Indiana
In response to rush orders all these bat
teries returned today from Lookout
Mountain, where they have been on
practice marches. Work will be COM
menced upon them tomorrow The
work of mastering out the Second Ne
braska will be partly done here and
will be finished at Omaha The regi-
ment viii be started home as soon as
transportation can be secured
The number of sick at Camp Thomas
sick men sent TO their homes. Hospital
trains provided with every comfort Dos
slple leave daily for the various state
capitals
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Favored With Lemon Extract
Bought of a Peddler.
PtOmaine Poisoning Follows
Quickly After Use.
THREE PERSONS DEAD
And Many Others Sick Perhaps
Fatally.
Summer Guests at Greenfield,
Penn sylvania.

Niddletown, Pa, Aug. 25.-Ice cream
prepared with lemon extract, purchased
from a travelling salesman, a few days
ago, has caused the death of three per-
sons, and a score of others are sick
and more fatalities are expected. The
dead are:
MRS. HERMAN MICHAILES, No.
613 Ninth avenue, New York
MRS. WILLIAM SEDER, Mount
Vernon, N. Y.
ROBERT JONES, a farmer living
near Greenfield, Ulster county.
The dangerously sick are:
H. J. Harding, New York.
Herman Auderh, Mount Vernon.
Mark Holmes, New York.
Mrs. Snyder and daughter, New York.
Mrs. Hanson, New York.
Mrs. c. E. Allen and two children,
New York
Mrs. D. A. Osborne, Newburgh.
Mrs Katharine Taylor, Philadelphia.
Miss Alice Cleaton, Brooklyn.
Otto Zefert, New York.
Mrs. H. A. Stuthof. Brooklyn.
Henry Weber, New York.
Mrs Arthur Jones and three sons,
Greenfield, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jones. of Noun
taindaIe.
These constitute all summer guests
at Arthur Jones' cottages at Greenfield,
which is about five miles from Noun
taindaIe and the proprietor's parents
and family. The ice cream was eaten
at Sundays dinner and about O'Clock
that night Mrs. Seder was attacked
with nausea. Soon after others were
similarly attacked and by midnight the
two cottages were filled with sick. DR.
J. F. Curtlett of MOuntaindale, was
summoned and he diagnOsticated the
cases as ptomaine poisoning. He called
Dr. MunsOn, of WoodbOurne, and the
two have worked necessarily. Mrs
Seder died Tuesday, Mrs. Michailes
Wednesday night and early this morn
ing Robert Jones died. DR.. Curtlett
believes six more deaths will occur
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TWO HUNDRED
PEOPLE UPSET.
Circus Excursion Train in a
Collision.
Four Car Loads of Passengers
Overturned.
TWELVE BADLY HURT.
A FrightfuI Panic Followed
the Accident.
Many Women TrampIed and
Slightly Injured.

Port Huron, Mich, Aug. 25.-Twelve
persons have been more or less serious
ly injured in a collision on the Flint and
Pere Marquette railway here. They
are:
Mrs. James Hobbins, Wales; hip and
spine injured and two ribs fractured.
Mrs. Margaret Downer, aged "A, Wales;
two ribs fractured.
Mrs. DR.. Wilkinson, Almont; head
cut, cheek bone injured.
Miss Martin, Detroit; nose broken and
several scalp wounds.
Mrs.M. S. Swain, Almont; leg bruised;
ankle sprained.
Miss KnOz, Memphis; face, head and
shoulder injured.
Mrs. ]. Clegg, Memphis; head and
shoulder injured.
Mrs. MCGUIRE, Memphis; shoulder and
arm injured.
Mrs. Victoria Cook, Wales; thumb on
one hand and finger on other broken.
George T. Fries, of this city; thumb
dislocated
Miss Bessie Baker, of Memphis, and
Mrs. Helen Wilcox of Wales, were so
badly shaken up, they required medical
attention but no bones were broken.
The collision was between the AL
mont train and train No. 500 of the
same division. The former was loaded
with circus excursionists. Four cars of
the Almont train were overturned and
almost telescoped. Thee engine of the
other train was derailed.
When the trains came together,
frightful panic ensued, the 200 or more
passengers in the overturned cars
screaming and struggling to extricate
themselves. In the excitement many
women were trampled under foot and
innumerabIe slight injuries inflicted.
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HORRIBLE PREDICAMENT.
Brakeman Dragged Along the Track
Hanging by a Brake Beam.

c. w. Mitchell, a freight brakeman
employed on the Rock Island whose
home is in Horton, had thrilling ex-
perience near Fall Leaf, a small station
between Topeka and Kansas City early
this morning. Holding on to a brake
beam he was dragged for several hun
dred feet under a freight car. If his
hold had slipped he would have fallen
across a rail and have been ground
to death under the wheels of the train.
Mitchell was walking over the top of
the freight train and was in the act of
stepping from one car to another when
the coupling suddenly broke and the
cars parted and he fell headlong to the
track below. He struck by the side of
one of the rails and in another minute
the car was upon him. Although
stunned and painfully injured by the
fall he had the presence of mind to
catch the brake beam and draw him
self away from the rail, and in this
position was dragged along the track
until that section of the train was stop
ped While no bones were broken 1t IS
feared that Mitchell was seriously in
jured internally. He was taken to one
of the hospitals in Kansas City.
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Kansas Pensions.

Washington, Aug. Expansions have
been granted as follows:
OriginaI-Samuel Hubbard, National
Military Home, LeavenwOrth. Sc.
AdditiOnal-Jacob Gudgel Idana, Sc;
Milton Ellington, Hiawatha S6 to S.
Restoration and reissue-William Phi
Ter, Preston, $14.
Renewal-AIilton w. Dutton, GaIena,
Sc.
Increase-Parra N Cline. LaCygne.
Sc to SO, Henry P. Frankeberger, Nc
Cune, SS to SO.
Reissue-Charles Meyer, Highland,
$s
Original widows, etc.-Frances E. Gil
beant. GIasco, $12; Alice Spencer, Hor-
ton, IS; Sarah J. Balm, Pleasanton, IS;
Isabelle Ruble, Elk City, S12.
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SOLD THE CANDY.
Frank Gattrel, a Clerk In a
Store at Stockton,
Tells of Selling Confectionery
to a Woman
WHO PUT 1T in A BOX
With Some She Already Had in
Her Possession.
Mrs. Botkin Says She Has
Bought Only Lemon Drops.

San Francisco, Aug. 25.-Nrs. D. A.
Botkin, who is accused of the murder of
Mrs. ]. P. Dunning and Mrs. J. Deane,
at Dover, Del. by sending them a box
of poisoned candy, now occupies COM
Portable quarters in the matrons
ward at the city prison. Her husband,
who is working hard in her behalf is
allowed to visit her
She refused to be interviewed but
constantly asserts her innocence. When
questioned by Chief of Police Lees, she
told in detail of her movements during
the last few weeks and said her regard
for Dunning was purely pIatonic. She
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GLAD TO GET BACK.
Troops in Porto Rico Delighted at the
Prospect of Returning Home

Ponce. Porto Rico, Aug. 25.-The coast
ing schooner Dolores, flying the Spanish
flag, entered the harbor this morning.
Her captain was uncertain whether
state of peace or war existed, but de-
cided to take his chances. The Dolores
was not mOleSted.
The Alamo with supplies and cloth
ing for General Henry's men, sailed for
Arecibo, on the north coast of Porto
Rico, this morning.
General Brooke is still awaiting his
credentials. On their arrival he will
Immediately leave for San Juan, a troop
of the Sixth regular cavalry acting as
escort.
Preparations are being made for the
embarkation of the volunteers and
cavalry ordered home. The cavalry in
cludes troops A and c of New York,
and the following Pennsylvania troops;
The Philadelphia city troops, the Sher-
idan troop and the Governors troop
These are concentrated here and at
Guanica, and will probably sail on the
transport Mississippi in the course of
a few days. The men are delighted at
the prospect.
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STEAMER LINE TO CUBA
Will Be Put in Operation by the Gov
ernment.

Washington, Aug. 25-Assfstant Secre-
tary MeikeIjohn of the war department is
contemplating the establishment of a line
of transports from New York to Havana,
Santiago, Ponce and return. 1t is ex-
pected the line will be ready for operation
next week. Havana will not be on the
route at present, but as soon as that port
is open the war departments line of trans
ports will touch there. The line will be
utilized for transporting mails and sup
plies to the quartermasters, commission
ers and surgeon generals departments, as
well as such other freight as may be need
ed at the points occupied by the United
States forces.
selected because of the severe quarantine
at Tampa against yellow fever. The
transports will have scheduled dates for
departure and arrival, like any other
ocean steamship line.
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ROBBED THE DEAD.
Valuable Jewels Belonging to EN-
poria's Suicide Cannot Be Found.

Emporia, Aug. 25.-Since the funeral
of the late Mrs. Julia Northington,
which took place last Thursday after
noon, it has been found,in gathering to-
gether her personal effects, that all of
her jewelry is missing. Just how long it
has been gone or who the guilty parties
are is unknown.
As is always the case at such times
during sickness there are many persons
running in and out who pose as friends
but, in such cases as this, prove to be
unprincipled wretches who take advan-
tage of the situation and steal every-
thing they can lay their hands on
There is little hope of finding the thief
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SPANIARDS DISGUSTED
At the Surrender of Santiago Since
the Troops Returned.

Madrid, Aug. 25.-The newspapers
say the general public displays consid-
cradle disgust at the hasty surrender
OF santiago, since hearing the stories
with regard to the ADEQUATE defensiIJa
conditions prevailing there, told by the
repatriated soldiers, who arrived yes
terday at Corunna by the Spanish
steamer Alicante.
There have been six deaths aunopo
the returned soldiers since their arrival
and many others are feared
"A special commission is now meeting
10 decide upon the question of ollaran-
tine. The military authorities ba1+e J,e
gun the distribution of arrears of nav
to the repatriated troops.
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MINERS BROUGHT TO TIME.
Operators Threaten to Close Down for
the Year.

Hazelton, Pa, Aug. 25.-The 700 coal
miners and laborers employed in the
Audenreid and HoneybroOk strippings
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
company, who went on strike yester-
day. returned to work this morning.
The men struck because of what they
claimed to be the unjust discharge of
two Hungarian laborers. The prompt
and decisive action of superintendent
Richards in posting a. notice that if the
men were not at work this morning the
mines would be shut down for the bal
ance of the year, produced a wholesome
effect on the strikers, although they
claimed the two discharged men will be
TeinStated
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nnnninr in New York.
CUBANS A MENACE.
Business Cannot Go on Until They
Disband.

New York, Aug. 25.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Santiago says:
The merchants here are anxious that
the Cuban army should be disbanded
at once. It is a standing menace to
business, they say. They are all anx-
ious to resume, but find it impossible
to do so, because property is threatened
by the Tldisciplined levies of Garcia's
command.
Cultivators refuse to return to planta-
tions, where they will be subject to con-
tributions for the support of the Cuban
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10Th TO COME HOME.
Expected That They Will Be Muster
ed Out When Gen. Merriam
Gets Back.

San Francisco, Aug. 25-General AIer-
riam is expected back from Honolulu on
September 20 at the latest, and, accord
ing to the prevailing opinion at army
headquarters, the Philippine troops
here will then be mustered out and
General Shafter will return to take his
former place at the head of the depart
ment of California, General Merriam
returning to the department of the
Columbia
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ARRIVED FROM SANTIAGO.
City of MaconW the 17thI nfantrv
Aboard.

New York, Aug. 25.-The Trnitad
States transport City of Macon arri1-eJ
here today She left Santiago Auaust
Montauk Point. She is held AT cI,s,-oC3 ~
tine for disinfectfon
The transport Seneca, Captain Deck
er, arrived today from Montauk Point
which place she left last evening Tbe
Seneca left Santiago August Ii VIII
the Fourth infantry and arrived at
MOntauk the 18th. e'
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TROOPS REACHMANILA.
of Two More Transports Re
ported by Gen. Merritt.

Washington, Aug 25.-The war de-
partment has received the following:
Manila, Aug. 25, S:35 a. m.-Adjutant
General, Washington: Rio de Janeiro
and Pennsylvania arrived 24th; all
well; no casualties excepting Private
Wenks, First South Dakota, who died
between San Francisco and Honolulu.
(Signed), MERRITT.
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London. Aug. 25-The Duke of Abr1,zzi
nephew Of King Humbert of Italy. and
an oihcer in the Italian navy, has com
Inlssioned Mr. G. L. Watson, the Eng
ilsn yacht designer, to design and have
built on the Clyde, a yacht ninety feet
long at the water line, in time for trial
SPINS with the Shamrock, the Yacht
with which Sir Thomas J. Linton viii
compete for the America cup.
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Dawes Treatv nafaatad-

Kansas City. Mo. Aug 25-A special
TO the Star from Oak Lodge, L T, says:
IN the election for and against the
Choctaw-C -Chtckasaw-Dawes treaty yes
terday, the vote in this county went 80
per cent against the treaty. This is a
representative county and it is believed
the result given forecasts the outcome
of the election
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WILL PAY WAR TAX.
Pacific Express Co. Gives Up
the Fight.

st. Louis, Mo, Aug. Pa special to
the Post-Dispatch from Fort Worth.
Texas, says:
superintendent o. w. Case, of the
Pacific Express company, has notified
the state officials, that, beginning to-
day, his company will comply with the
recent ruling of the state railway com
mission to pay the war tax on express
matter destined to points in Texas.