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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
SAVED IN MID AIR.
Lineman's Climbing Spurs Prevent
an Awful Death.

New York, Oct. 12.-Herman R. Bennett,
a lineman. while on the top of a pole al
most so feet high yesterday. was shocked
by an electric current of more than a
thousand volts and fell headlong. In all
human probability he would have been
killed, but the climbing spur strapped on
his foot caught on a heavy guy wire
stretched from pole to pole nearly thirty
feet above the ground-caught and held.
There Bennett was suspended. head down.
ward, unconscious until his fellow work
men raised a ladder, released him and
lowered him. Now, although the current
severely burned him and he suffered
greatly from shock, he has a chance for
his life.
seized with both hands a live wire at the
top of the pole, for both hands We're burn
in his clothing. under his right arm, and
the flesh there exposed was severely burn
ed. Burns marked his chest and legs,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
MASON A VICTIM OF GOVT.
Illinois Senator a Sufferer in His
Grand Pacific Apartment

Chicago, Oct. 12.-When Senator Mason
steps upon the platform to make his next
campaign speech his admirers will be
panied to notice he walks with a limp
The junior senator of Illinois has at last
broken down under the strain of uttering
belligerent speeches and Warllke attacks
on Spain and his friends say he has fallen
a victim to the govt. Last night the SEN
atOr lay in his room in the Grand Pacific
suffering untold agOnfes from his aristO-
cratic disease, although he declared him
self much more comfortable than during
the two preceding days.
The first approach of disease was noted
Thursday night, when several severe
tWingeS beset the senatorial toe. FIR day
Mr.. Mason elected to keep his apartment
rather than undergo the tortures brought
on by locomotion. Saturday found the
statesman still a prisoner. Yesterday the
attentions of DR.. Struggled, the house
distinguished patient was well enough to
drive over to the Auditorium and dine
with his old friend, William Kerr. Last
night it was said that the excursion had
we'll on the road to complete recovery
Since the beginning of his illness it is
said that 1t times the ordinarily placid
temper and sunny disposition of Mr.. Ma
tons ordinarily so prompt to answer the
sena torial summons have fingered of late
when called to his room, dread1ng to en-
ter the stateSman'S presence. Clerks Tay-
lor and GriswoId mindful of the revenge
wreak by Mr.. Ma son last winter on
Washington hotel clerk, have been care
full not to bring his displeasure upon them
selves.
Like most sufferers from govt. Senator
Mason refuses to admit that he is afhict-
ed with the aristocratic disease. Merely
a little touch of sciatica," he tells the
many friends who come to inquire after
his health with anxiety written upon their
countenanceS. But the friends shake their
heads as if to say that they know better.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
STEALS WIFE'S MONEY.
Man Mourned as Dead Until Discov
cred to Be a Thief

Chicago, Oct. 12-Alfred Benson, who
mysteriously disappeared a month ago
from his home at Evanston, and was
mourned by his wife as dead, has been
heard from. Mrs. Benson learned that
her husband had drawn out of Chi
cago bank 81, 500 which had been depOs-
tied jointly by them, and the cause of
the police have searched for Benson no
trace of him has been found, although
the charge now placed against him by
his wife will cause them to redOuble
their efforts to find him.
Mrs. Benson, then a widow, married
Benson a year and a half ago in Brook
Ign. Soon after they moved to Chica-
go, where Benson secured a position
with the wholesale boot and shoe firm
of NJ. D. Wells Co. By the will of her
legacy of $2,500 Upon the partition OF
the estate the check for the money was
sent to her at Chicago, after she had
become Mrs. Benson. 1t was placed on
Benson being joint depOSitOrS.
Four months ago Benson lost his po-
sition. One night he announced that
he could secure another place if he could
prove to his employers that he was
married. He suggested that Mrs Ben
paper, which he dTFw from his pocket
Without hesitation Mrs. Benson wrote
on the paper which he rendered Lillian
Benson, wife" Benson departed but
failed to return or communicate with
his wife.
Doctors bills and household expenses
drew heavily on her funds and she de-
cided to secure a portion of the 3d. 500 in
the bank. Then the discovery was
made that the entire sum had been
son, who had presented Mrs. Benson's
signature and his own.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
TOOK NOTES ON THE PLAY
That Is Why Comedian Jack Ryley is
Chased From q Theater.

Chicago, Oct. TT wish you would
carefully exclude all strangers that you
don't know from the rehearsals of our
new play" said Manager Ed Jack to
Mr. Zeddes Of the Grand Opera house
staff. You see." continued Mr.. Jack,
some fellow or other has been seen up
in the gallery or first balcony taking
notes on The Voyagers' and if he turns
up tomorrow I wish you'd have him
thrown out"
Mr.. Zeddes accordingly left instruc-
lions to his subordinates to promptly
swOop down upon any suspicious stran-
gers who might approach the rehear-
sails of THE Voyagers," the play by
Mrs. Ryley which Roland Reed is to
Hardly had the rehearsals of THE
Voya gers begun when a couple of hus-
ky gentlemen of the Grand Opera house
lithOgraphing forces who were on watch
saw a rather small and secretive gen.
They watched him as he took out a
pad of paper and a pencil, and Bill said
to Tom: PLAY thief, sure! Let's throw
him out!"
So they descended upon the unsus-
pecting gentleman, who had begun ma
king notes, and without any explana-
ton seized him and ran him first up
stairs and then down to the lobby.
Here he isl" said the electors as
they dragged their victim in front of
Manager Jack. To their surprise and
dismay Mr.. Jack merely said why,
how are you, Ryley, old man? What's
the trou bic %
It was Jack Ryley. the comedian and
the husband of Madeline Lucette Ry-
ley. She had asked him to look at the
rehearsal from the balcony and make
notes of what he saw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
SAILS IN QUEER CRAFT.
New York Lawyer Carries His Boat
Under His Arm.

New York. Oct. 12.-William Douglas
Moore came sailing up to the battery
dock about 8 o'clock tonight in a trim
little boat. The craft stood well up to
the wind and 70 le a heavy swell made
by passing steamers like a cork. but
when he arrived at the pier her owner
jumped out and to the establishment of
the onlookers, began to pull his boat to
pieces.
He took out the twelve-foot mast and
folded it into three pieces, IOosened
few pieces of cord and off slipped a
duck covering, disclosing an apparently
fragile frame work of ash, which in
few minutes more was unlocked and
neatly tied up in a bundle three feet six
inches long. The strange mariner then
tucked his dismantled boat under an
arm and marched up Broadway to his
office, where he practices law when not
engaged in sailing his remarkable craft.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
SAVED BY HARRISON'S SON.
Major Russell B., Prevents a Lynch
ing in Florida.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 12-Ex-Pres-
ident Harrison's son, Major Russell B.
Harrison. undoubtedly saved a man
from being lynched here today. The
man whose life was spared is J. M
Coleman, a we'll known haberdasher
He had fired a pistol at a fleeing sold
Ter, but, fortunately, failed to hit any
one. although the street was filed with
people at the time.
The report was quickly circulated
that Coleman had attempted to kill
Major Harrison, provost marshal, but
although the major figured in the affair
the shot was not fired at him, and no
attempt was made upon his life.
The trouble started between Coleman
and apriYate. Coleman used foul lang
uage, and a crowd of soldiers gathered.
Major Harrison, walking down the
street. saw the crowd and went into
the store to see what the trouble was.
Coleman then turned on him, calling him
vile names and ordering him from the
store. Major Harrison, fearing further
trouble, went for policeman, Coleman
being a private citizen
AS to what occurred just here ac-
counts differ and are somewhat confus-
ing. 1t is said by Coleman that a sold
Ter entered the store and struck him
over the head with a pair of brass
knuckles and then ran; that he followed
the soldier to the door and fired at him.
At any rate, no sooner had the shot
been fred than the soldiers rushed into
the store and the shout went up to
lynch Coleman.
Several provost guards were standing
by and at once loaded their rifles. Ma
jor Harrison, hearing the shot, came
back, and realizing that the soldiers in
their enra ged condition were intent on
killing Coleman, ordered them off, and
in so doing undoubtedly saved the
mans life.
Coleman was arrested and placed I'M
der 81, 900 bonds. No further trouble is
faara6
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
ROMANCE OF THE WAR.
Spanish Girl Mares Soldier Who
Gave Her Dying Father Water.

Gave Her Dying Father Water.
genuine romances of the war has come
to light through the announcement of
Lieutenant Luke W. Terrell, of Com
pany z, First Kentucky, that he ex-
poets to be married to Senorita Mexia
Antonius, a Spanish girl at Ponce, on
November Is. Love first grew between
the two when the young American Off
Ger tended her dying father. Lieuten-
ant Terrell is home on a furlough, and
Is with his mother at 1921 Duncan
street, in this city. On October Is he
will Join other members of his regi-
ment at Cincinnati and proceed to
Ponce.
According to the lieutenant's story
Jesus AntOnius, a Spanish captain, was
dying in Ponce, on August IA from a
wound received during a bombardment.
His daughter was tending him On the
day of his death the young soldier hap
pened to be near the dying Spaniard
and gave him some water. The Spanish
maiden was deeply grateful Shortly
DeLore the Spanish officer died he gave
the American his military coat as a
token of esteem and gratitude. The
acquaintance between the young people
was kept up and the lieutenant found
she was very intelligent girl One day
Terrell was arrested for some offense
by the police of Ponce. He could not
get word to his regiment, but the girl
heard what had happened, interceded
and secured his release Not long after
ward they told their love and became
engaged.
city. has been i'll with fever, but is now
recuperated. He has just received a
letter from his betrothed urging him to
return as soon as he can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
KILLED GIRLS FATHER.
An Elopement Ends in a Homicide
Eloper Landed in Jail

Pine Bluff, Ark, Oct. 12-J N. ATcKiu-
ney, living near .Redheld, this county. to-
day shot and instantly killed Charles Tay-
lor; one of the largest cotton planters Of
Mckinney was clipping to Pine Bluff
with Miss Cecil Taylor, and they were
pursued by the girls father, who, on over
taking the fleeing lovers, fred at McKin-
ney. Mckinney returned the shot, just
as Taylor leveled his gun to shoot a sec
ond time, and put two charges Of buckshot
in his breast.
The clippers took Taylor's body in the
wagon with them, came on to town and
were married. Then they gave them
selves up, and are now in jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
CLEW TO A SEA TRAGEDY.
Bottle Containing Word of a Mutiny
Found on the Coast

New York. Oct. IA faint clew to a
sea tragedy fOated to the Jersey shore
at Sea Girt Thursday afternoon, sealed
In far-traveling bottle. Although the
message was brief, it suggests a scene
OF terror and bloodshed. It reads:
Bark Sarah R, latitude 40 degrees
north, longitude SO west. Mutinv on
board. Captain killed. For Gods sa ke
helpI" FIRST NATE
The place in the Atlantic indicated bv
the message is directly on the Tropic Of
Cancer, about 1000 miles due east of
Havana, Cuba. 1t is out of the course
of the regular lines of travel, which
makes it difficult to guess whence the
bark came or whittier it was going.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
THE STREETS OF CAIRO
VIII Be the Scene of Much Gaiety
This Week

Cairo. Ill. Oct. 12-Cairo's free street
fair opened at noon TODAY The event
was celebrated by a chorus of steam whis-
ties, bells, the firing of cannon and every
thing else that can make noise The
great event of the afternoon was the
steam boat race on the Ohio river between
the Dick Fowler and the Georgia Lee.
The merchants have decorated their
booths, which extend in double row on
Commercial avenue. from Sixth to Tenth
streets. A heavy shower of rain ru ned
many of the handsome dispIav VS.. There
promises to be a large attendance during
the next Eve days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
SLEPT NINETEEN WEEKS.
Woman Awakens With Weird Stor-
les of Spirit Travel

Wyoming Ill, Oct. 12.-ATrs. Resale P
Ravens has just awakened from a sleep of
nineteen weeks.
Two days before her slunber began Mrs.
Ravens wandered from home, and late at
night she was found two miles away, ly-
ing unconscious under brush heap on
Spoon river. She was carried home and
restored to consciousness. She explained
that she felt herself losing consciousness
and, fearing that she would suffer from
the cold before she was discovered, she
crawled under the pile of brush. She
complained of great WEAKNESS, and the
second day afterward she sank into the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE

Knights Eemplar, Pittsburg, Pa, Oct
1o-14-One Fare for Round Trip
From all points on the Union Pacific.
For dates of sale and limits on tickets
call on F. A. Lewis, city ticket agent,
or ]. G. Fulton, depot agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
WOman'S ~""~"~
SeVereSt Trial.

Until recent years woman's severest
trial has been the bringing of children
into the world.
Today nearly AFT the sickness, pain,
discomfort and dread are avoided BY
those expectant mothers who use
Mothers Friend, that wonder
ful iniment made famous by the great
good It has done. 1t is Used externally.
That Is the only sensible and safe way
to relieve morning sickness, headache,
tightness, swollen, hard or rising breast.
The bearing of children need no longer
Be dreaded. Mothers Friend has been
called a Godsend by mothers all over
this land. Sold at drug stores for s. a
bottles and by
The BradfieId Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Write for our fss illustrated book entitled Before
Baby is Born
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
Omaha and Return s45o.

Via the Santa Fe; tickets sold October
10, II, u and Is. Fast exposition flyers
leave Topeka 4:55 a. m. and arrive at
Omaha at noon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-12
ri Eel s.. q.

Frank Longs. Hotel oxford.
The herald., 1898-11-07
MEN WHO DID NOT FIGHT
ORGANIZE A NEW SOCIETY ON G..
A. r. LINES
The Service Men of the Spanish Wal
Will Perpetuate the Memory
of Their Efforts &.
Associated Press Special Wire

LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. 6.-Last night
there was organized a society which aims
| TO be for the soldiers who enlisted Tor the
Standardization war what the Grand
Army of the Republic has been to the federal
army OF the civil war. :,
Service Men of the Spanish War
| is the title of the society, and the plan OF
organization was conceived by Capt. WI
son |. Davenny, chief of subsistence OF the
First brigade. Second division, First army
corps. Articles of Incorporation have been
drafted by Capt. j. Davenny, Col. r. W.
Lord. Twelfth New York; Col George w
Gunder, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indi-
ana; Col. Thomas J. Smith, Third Ken
lucky; Col. William Fl. Pew, Eighth Massa,
chusetts; Col William ii. Catfee, Second
Missouri; Lieut.. Col. r. w. Banks, Third
Mississippi.
This, the primal chapter, has been named
Henry Clay camp No. /. The following Off
GERS were elected: Commander, Col. Leon
ard; vice commander, Lieut.. Col. Banks;
aduitant general and chief of stall, Capt
Davenny; treasurer, Col. Gunder.
a ritual and regulations will be drafted.
The plan of organization provides that
the parent organization, Henry Clay camp
No. i, shall be supreme in all matters per
tanning to ritual and regulations, organiza-
ton of new camps and the general govern
ment of the society until national camp is
organized.
The units of organization will be the local
camps, each to be named after some de-
ceased American soldier, sailor or states
man, and numbered in the order of theil
formation.
Each local camp shall elect two represen
tatives to state camp, and one of these
representatives shall be designated to at
tend a local camp. Charters for local camps
shall be issued by the commander and ad-
jutant until a national encampment is fully
organized and provided with headquarters
for its officers.
The charter fee at the outset is fixed at 800
for local camps. The funds accrling to the
parent or to the national camp as its receipts
from charter fees, etc., shall be used to de-
fray the expenses OF the administration
Local camps are permitted to provide for
benefits for the needs of worthy members,
if it is deemed advisable.
A review of transportation was held at
Camp Hamilton today. All the army wag.
ons, ambulances and conveyances of every
sort were inspected.
The herald., 1898-11-07
TELEGRAPH NEWS INDEX

a London dispatch asserts that
Spain will protest but will sign the
peace treaty.
Unfortunate men of the war with
Spain organize a society modelled on
G.. A. R. lines.
The last of the California heavy ar
tillery left San Francisco yesterday
for Manila.
Two male and two female "represen-
tatives" Of ohio's best families indulge
in drunken orgie and one woman is
drowned in n bath tub
The formation of government for
Cuba gives the administration much
concern; the only matter decided on is
that General Wade will be chief in
command.
Tomorrow's balloting will decide
the control of the United States senate
by giving one party a majority over
the opposition; the Republicans ex-
press hope of gaining the few senators
necessary to give the party full control.
An explosion of gas at the national
capitol yesterday wrecked the supreme
court room and reduced to ruins the
central-eastern portion of the marble
pile, from subbss.ement to the main
floor.
The herald., 1898-11-07
THREE MORE VICTIMS
DUG FROM RUINS OF THE DE.
TROIT WRECK
Sympathetic Citizens Subscribe Money
for Relief of Bereaved Families.
Cause of Disaster Unknown

DETROIT, Mich, Nov 6.-Three more
victims were today dug from the ruins of the
new Wonderland building, which collapsed
yesterday afternoon. This makes the death
list so far eleven. The bodies recovered to-
day We're identified as Peter Pleiffte, carpen-
ter; Frank Wolf, timer, and Max PETIT, who
was VOLTS helper.
All the injured at the hospitals are today
reported improving, except Edward Fischer
who is expected to die. A mass meet
ing of representative citizens was held at
noon in the mayors office, and over $1,000
was subscribed for the relief of the families
of the people who were killed.
The loss on the property was estimated to-
day for the first time 1t is believed that
$l02, 900 will entirely cover it.
What caused the catastrophe is still un-
known, and probably will be until the cor
oner's inquest next week. A prominent To-
cal architect in an interview today stated
that he did not believe in the theory that
the steel work was faulty, but said he did
believe that it was not heavy enough.
All three bodies discovered today were in
the center of the building, buried under tons
of debris. Frank Wolf was found stranglec
to death by heavy steel girder which la,
across his throat, being otherwise uninjured
Both the other bodies were frightfully man
gled. OF those known to be dead there are
still missing Fred Miller, Charles Mielkt
and o. Mullin.
The herald., 1898-11-07
A CABINET CRISIS
Threatens Disaster to Newfoundland
Business Interests

ST. JOHNS, n. f., Nov. 6.-There is a
serious cabinet crisis in Newfoundland. Sir
Herbert Murray, the governor, demands the
resignation OF NJ. Morine, minister of
finance. The ostensble reason is that NJ.
Morine is the general counsel of Mr. Reid,
the railroad contractor, but the real cause
is the continued friction between Governor
Murray and the minister. NJ. Morine, in
rendering his resignation, points out that
Sir William Whiteway, the former premier.
and Messrs. Emerson and Morris. members
OF the late cabinet, held a similar relation
to the contractor, and that Sir Herbert Muir
ray acquesced in the arrangement in all
three cases. He reminds the governor also
that he has been aware ever since April
last of his (Morine's) relation to Mr.. Reid.
and insists that the governors omission to
interfere before stemps his action now as
personal and vindictive
1t is expected that complications will arise
,wrecking the cabinet and seriously preiudic-
ing the. negotiations regarding the Frech
treaty shore already under way before the
conference, and the settlement of the dis
putes between the United States and Can
ada.
The herald., 1898-11-07
LOS ANGELES HERALD. MONDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER :.

Every citizen is on tiptoe of expectancy,
and the widest of rumors are afoat. The
negroes, while outwardly calm, are maneu-
vering in secret. They have recently re.
ceived supply of arms, as shown by 300 OF
them parading the streets last night with
their rifles and other arms. They give it
out that their various orders have sworn
death to the redshirts.
But few white citizens slept soundly last
night. Several bands of negroes gathered
in the northern part of the city. An out
break was expected momentarily. A mum.
ber of women were nearly Frustrated with
fear and some were thrown into Mysteries.
White men guarded the barracks of the
Wilmington light artillery and naval re-
serve rendezvous.
The street cars were stoned by negroes
last night so white people were compelled
to desert thine and walk. The police force
was unable to command order.