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The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
WESTERN HORSES WIN.
Michigan and Nebraska Beat the
Greatest Kentucky Thorough
breds at Home.

Lexington, KY, Oct. 7.-After two
postponements on account of rain, the
fall meeting of the Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeders association began at
1870 yesterday morning with six races
on the programme. The event of the
day, the $4,000 futurity for 3-year-old
trotters, was quite a surprise for the
talent, being won in straight heats by
Peter the Great, a Michigan colt, who
sold for $15 in pools of 500. The favor
lite, Charley Herr, made a game fight
for every heat, but was Outfooted. A
popularity of the race was that Sec
ond, third and fourth moneys were di-
V1ded between Charley Herr, Lineck
and Seraphin. The stake was worth
$500 to the winner, with $500 to his
nominatOr, d. G. Streator, kalamazoo,
Mich, who still owns him.
In the 2:09 pace, Searchlight, the won
der of the year, was a prOhibitive IA
vorite, selling at $50 to 500 for the
field. The real contest in this was for
second place, which fell to Sherman
Clay, NicoI B. third.
The $1,000 futurity for 3-year-old trot-
ters was won by Merchant. Hand
spring and BOralma divided second and
third money. The Merchant, who was
the best yearling out last year, was a
strong favorite, and did not disappoint
his hackers, winning with ease. Marcus
Days Handspring made gallant el-
fort to head him, but it was without
avail. The Merchant is owned by his
nOminatOr, W. A. Paxton of Omaha,
Neb
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
PLANT POTATOES.
Followers of Pingree's Plans Dig a
Good Crop.

New York, Oct. 7-''Potato' Pingree's
idea has been carried out by unemplOy
ed printers of this city and today the
type farmers gathered the fruit of
their toll. Early this spring a grant
was obtained from the Park board of
321 acres of ground at Pelham Park
Bay for cultivation the ensuing summer
by members of the printers union. Plats
were assigned to each cultivator, who
worked under the direction of a compe-
tent instructor. All the produce raised
belongs to the cultivator, who can sell
it himself or consign it for sale to a
foreman appointed by the land COM
mittee.
Prominent as promoters of the scheme
were the well known lawyer and club
man, Bolton Hall, DR.. William TOlman
of the New York Association for the
Improvement of the Condition Of the
Poor, Professor Gould of Johns Hopkins
university. and J. W. Sullivan, a well
known writer.
The work today was entered into with
a zeal that showed the ambition of the
cultivators to reap well their harvest.
At the dinner hour the men went in de-
tachments to the dining tent, where
regulation country dinner was given
them. 1t is impossible as yet to state
definitely what the yield will be, but
that it is a large one there can be no
doubt,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07

chief nurse Miss Murray, assistant
nurse, was made chief. She is noble
fine, hard working, painstaking woman
who took especial pains to see that
Lieutenant Lafferty needed nothing we
could give him. Lieutenant Lafferty's
was the only death in the officers ward
in the three weeks I had charge, and
no one regretted it more than your
humble servant
Lieutenant Lafferty if at his home
and able to command a million dollars
could not have secured higher medical
talent or better nursing than he re-
ceived in the officers ward at the gen.
eral hospital at Camp Wikoff.
Mrs. Lafferty, Lieutenant Lafferty's
mother arrived at Camp Wikoff ten
days before his death, and there was
nothing Major Brown, Major Thomason,
Captain Jackson, NJ. D., or Colonel
Greenleaf or I could do to please her
left undOne; the same with the lady
nurses. and when Lieutenant Lafferty
died, about 10 a. m. Monday, Septem Der
19, she told me had killed her son and
asked me to kill her. I did my duty
as can be proved by every officer in the
ward and medical man in the hospital -
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
$4,000 IN FINES
Levied on the Sporting People of
Dawson.

Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 7.-Navigation
on the upper Yukon river is closed. The
last passengers who came out from
Dawson on the steamers Columbian
and Canadian arrived here this morn
ing, some with hard luck stories and a
few with gold. The most interesting
news from Dawson relates to Commits
sioner OgiIvie's reforms He is making
sweeping changes and intends to make
the KlOndike a model mining district.
Mr.. JeX says September 13 a small
army of the half world and gamblers
were arrested and fined to the amount
of $4,000. The money will be spent in
improving the streets of the city
Wages in the KlOndike are becoming
lower and lower according to ]. E. Cham
berS of Victoria. 1.-The new system now
in vogue was inaUgurated he said,
"by Kirkpatrick and Bonner, two of
the biggest claim owners of the whole
district. Men were hired for 500
a month when I left and their board for
the winter months
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
WITHOUT SHELTER.
Wisconsin Forest Fires Leave Many
in Destitute circumstances.

Cumberland, Wis. Oct. News Of an
other death from forest fires comes from
the town, of Clinton, in this county TO- TO-
day. A boy was found dead on the bank
of the Yellow. river with his feet in the
water. His feet were badly burned and
their appearance would indicate that he
had sought the river for safety.
General BOardman and party from Mad
ison, representing the state relief commit
tee, arrived here this morning, and after
taking a census of the fire district drove
to Rice lake. Seventy-three destitute fam
lilies were found in Turtle Lake, fifty-tWo
families in Cumberland, forty families in
Stanford and Rice Lake and thirty fami-
lies in Clinton and Barron; also nineteen
families in Cumberland, all of which need
ed immediate assistance
The general has arranged for the dis
tribution of relief from Turtle Lake, Cum
berland Rice Lake and Barron, and sup
plies will be forwarded Immediately to
The danger is now mostly past, though
it is still unsafe to travel through some
fire districts in the vicinity of Cumber-
land
The property loss in this county will
aggregate 100000, besides the farm build
ingS and crops. large amount of stock
has, been burned and much hard wood
timber has been destroyed. A crew of
men was engaged today burying the dead
bodies of animals in the district south of
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
Two Trust Compan les Unite.

Chicago, Oct. Negotiations looking
to the absorption of the Commercial
Trust company by the Royal Trust
company have been completed and the
business of the former will be taken
over by the latter today, the CONNER
ciaI's deposits being transferred to the
Royal and with them all its resources.
The companies are capitalized at $780,
600 each. The Commercial Loan and
Trust company will transfer deposits
amounting to $1.849, ,412, which, added to
the 81, ,167, ,3S9 the Royal had when the
last statement was made to the state
auditor September 20, will make s., ,O16,-
sol. The Commercials loans at that
time were S1,36s, AT, which, added to the
Royals, will make 50, ,624, $50. The Com
mercial also had cash resources amount
ing to $685. to be added now to the
ROYALS S41S 3S7.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
TORE GRAPE DOWN.
Sign of Death Causes Row in Chicago
Suburb.

Chicago, Oct. 7-Austin was f shocked d6%l Ss4
over a piece Of Grape which h ha9 soI2.t5 been n
TaVernor, at 119 West Fifty-second street,
Austin, on account of the death OF TaVer-
nor. . 20 49,
Dunning insane asylum, was taken to the
county hospital recently sgffering from ON
consumption. sunday ne o1eu: az ttLS
body was removed to. his. hone, in austin;
Arrangements for the funeral tomorrow
were made, and black crepe was placed
In the same building with the ,Tayernor
family is a dance hall, owned by l. "a.
Morrison A dance was scheduled TO take
place in the hall this evening, ana MOT
rison objected to the presence of the Grape
on the door . ..,-o1e 70
remove the Grape. Later Henry Sehultz,
a fellow member with Tavernor IN the
Knights of Pythias, found the black cloth
in the ticket office OF the nan anu anu IeseOi Gu
This angered Morrison, and ne tore Ine
crane down a second time. The police
were called on and the Grape was again
a+tached 10 the door and now the author
tiles are searching for the dance nan pro-
prietOr who it is said, Will be arrested
Morrison could not be found TINS a1ter-
noon bv the detectives who were sent to
him.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
Will TRY OUR PLAN.
European Capitalists Will Erect Iron
Works on American Principle

Cleveland, Oct. 7.-As the result of a
trip through the United States, made by
a party of European capitalists and
practical iron men, a large number of
steel and iron mills will be erected in
Europe, in which all kinds of iron and
steel products will be turned out, but
especially structural iron and steel
The process to be used in the last
branch of manufacture will be the
Grey process" /" the invention of Henry
Grey of Duluth, Mimi.
The party visited all the big iron mills
in the country. Mr.. c. H. Dorer Of
this city is the attorney for the capital
lists in this country and escorted them
through the United States on the trip
which has just ended. In an interview,
Mr.. Dorer said: THE foreign capital
lists and the Europeans interested with
them have already begun the cOnstruc-
tion of a large plant at Luxembourg, to
cost several million dollars. The Grey
process will be used there. Ultimately
a dozen plants will be erected in Ger
many, France, Austria, and Hungary.
I should think S1OO, ,OOO. 600 would be fin
ally invested in these enterprises.
THE structural iron industry is an
immense thing in Europe. They use
iron beams in their houses even. In
Germany alone last year they turned
out 1900, 600 tons of iron beams against
300, 900 tons in this country"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
THE LAFFERTY CASE.
DR.. Walker Writes Letter to the In
vestigation Commission.

Washington, Oct 7.-Dr. William
Walker, the physician who attended
Lieutenant Lafferty in his last illness
at Camp WikOff, has sent an explana-
ton of his connection with the case to
the war investigating commission. The
letter is dated October and was writ
ten from Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
He says the lieutenant had been wound
ed in Cuba and afterwards had tya Nid
fever, which was followed by phyle bits.
He got better, but afterwards developed
pneumonia The letter continues as
follows:
"Dr. Delafeld, a very prominent New
York physician; Colonel N. Sem, Major
Thompson, Colonel Greenleaf, Captain
Jackson and some other prominent
physicians We're called in consultation
in Lieutenant Lafferty's case and spe-
cial nurse was detailed night and day
to attend Lieutenant Lafferty alone,
also an orderly, whose duty it was to
devote their whole time to Lieutenant
Lafferty. I saw him every hour dur
ing the day. I made my visit to the
ward at p. m. and again from u to
a. m, and again at $50 a m II any
thing occurred in the ward was called
and answered cheerfully at any hour.
After Miss Annie Wheeler left US as
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
200 CARRIAGES WANTED
To Carry Visiting Odd Fellows to the
Site of the Proposed Home.

The special committee representing
the Topeka Commercial club and the
Topeka lodges of Odd Fellows began
their work at 8 o'clock this afternoon
to secure subscriptions preliminary to
inducing the Odd Fellows to locate their
home in Topeka.
No effort will be made to raise a large
sum of money. Major Anderson thinks
that not more than $4,000 will be re-
quired and he says that he has little
doubt about the ability of the commit
tee to secure that amount of pledges IN
a very short time.
The Grand Lodge, / O. 0. F., will
meet in Topeka next Wednesday and
the committee hopes to be able to pre-
sent the pledges by that time The
more money secured by subscription the
less will be the doubt about securing
the location of the home for Topeka.
Major Anderson is at work today
sending out postal cards to 2OO people
who have teams and buggies. He hg-
ures that with that many cOnveyances
there will be little difficulty in taking
every visiting Odd Fellow to the site
of the proposed home, two miles west
of Topeka.
The Grand lodge which will meet IN
Representative hall will adjourn at
D. m. to go to look at the Sutherln pro-
perty. 1t is essential that there shouIo
be enough conveyances for every visit
ing Odd Fellow and those who do not
receive Major Anderson's card should
not hesitate to donate the use of what
Major Anderson said today: THE
fact is that I feel greatly encouraged
over the prospect for securing the Odd
Fellows home for Topeka. The location
which the members have in mind could
not be better. The home of Mr.. Suth-
erin is large and would answer the pur-
pose for several years and additions
could be built to it without a great
deal of trouble.
There is no use of Topeka standing
back and waiting for a thing to come to
US. If we do that we are bound to get
left, and there is no reason why We should
not come right out and show the people
of the state that when we go after any
thing we mean business
Wichita is working hard for the loca-
tion Of the home, but I understand that
the location is not satisfactory They
got the IaSOnic home down there, and it
is a good thing. This will be larger. It
will not be necessary to raise large sum
of money in Topeka, but we will have to
make up the difference between the price
of the Wichita property and the cost of
the place selected here. The local lodges
will help out, that it will not leave a
great deal for us to secure
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
INSIDE TIPS
From the Manhattan Realty Company
Which SwindIed Many.

New York, Oct. 7-Developments in
the case of the so-called Manhattan
Realty company show that the opera
tions of the men behind that concern
had extended all over the country, with
this city as a base The police say that
at times the promoters would engage
in legitimate business and thus acquire
a standing. In the Center street court
Charles Spencer, Joseph B. Hart, Alex
ander McCauley and Stephen c. Moen
were remanded for examination.
Later Moen was brought out and held
in $1,000 bail. At the hearing enough
was developed to show the interesting
methods of the Manhattan Realty COM
pany. The company had offices in No.
IL Broadway. It also had places under
another name at Twenty sixth street
and Broadway, in the St. James build
ing and at No. 10 Fulton street. The
shrewd operators also had branches in
Chicago, st. Louis, San Francisco and
other western cities and anyone ask
ing for references in any part of the
country was referred readily to a con-
their integrity-by wire or telephone.
The old discretionary pool game was
a strong favOrite and wonderfully sue
ceSSful. The company sent out circu-
lars principally to farmers, stating that
it had '>an inside tip on the grain
market and would take customers in
on the deal for deposits anywhere from
$50 to $1,000. No partner in the deal
could invest more than $1,000. Another
plan was to advertise for partners in
a lucrative business. OF course money
was needed and once that was received
in most cases the lucrative business
would disappear.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
DON'T PREVENT TALKING.
Corbett-McCoy Match is Of-But
Their Mouths Go on Forever.

New York, Oct. THE Corbett-Mc-
Coy fight has been declared off. At a
meeting yesterday of men interested in
the fight William B. Gray, manager for
Mccoy, showed a letter he had received
from David Nugent, manager of the
Hawthorne Athletic club, of Buffalo, in
which he stated that owing to the
many complications that had arisen the
club had decided to call the match off.
Tom O'ROurke of the Lenox Athletic
club, said that he had resigned as man
ager of that club and was going to Cal
ifOrnia with Tom Sharkey. Joe Wal
cOtt and Tom BaByard. He said that
Mccoy had some kind of grievance
against him and would not fight at the
Lenox Athletic club. O'Rourke said
that after he had gone Mccoy might be
induced to fight there.
John Considine, the Detroit sporting
man, said that he was ready to put up
a purse of $4,000 for the fight between
Corbett and Mccoy.
George Considine, his brother, shook
IS 900 in bills in the air, and said he
was ready to match Corbett against
anybody in the world. He asked Gray
if Mccoy would fight and Gray said he
would have to see Mccoy before taking
a match
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
ALL A MYTH.
No Deep Water Channel at the Yu-
kon's Mouth.

Seattle, Wn., Oct. THE United
States surveying party in command of
Captain Pratt, which has been survey
ing the mouth of the Yukon has re-
turned to St. Michael. Captain Rratt
says the supposed deep water channel
at the mouth of the Yukon for large
ships is a myth, although the party sur
Veyed an eight foot course through the
Kisslinok channel Only two govern
7nent survey parties remain to be heard
from, namely the Eldridge and the
Spur parties. Both went in by way of
Cooks inlet and up the Sushitna river,
Spurs party branching off and going
over KuskOkwin. These two parties are
expected back within a short time.
There were no signs Of ice in the Yukon
up to September 90 The Indians pre-
diCted a late fall and it is believed that
all the up-river boats above Weare will
reach their destinations. The excite
ment over the reported riches of Colo
vim bay continues and people are Ieav-
ing st. Michael every day in small
boats
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
LOSES A BIG FORTUNE.
Widow of the Tragedian Keene Meets
With Business Reverses.

Cincinnati, O., Oct. Trouble is report
ed in the Keene Stock company at Robin
inson Opera House here. It has been los
ing venture from the start. Mrs. Keene
has invested over. $4,000. This was. the
tag end of Mrs. Keene's inheritance from
her husband the tragedian.
Claude Keene. a son of the tragedian
and treasurer of the house, said today:
''When my father died he left my mother
over $4,000. After. paying some little
debts she had left about $4,000. OF this
she has risked in Robinsons venture. over
$4,000 1t has cost US in the neighbor-
hood of 81 900 and s., 900 a week to put on
the royalty plays at this house, while our
receipts for the largest week, that Of A
Celebrated Case will not exceed 81, 500"
Mrs. Keene will return next week when
the future of her connection with the Rob-
inSon ODera House will be decided.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
PRIZE WINNERS
At theEisteddfod Contest at Salt Lake
CITY.

Salt Lake, Utah, Oct THE grand
emo OF the aor tlie
pated in by five choirs of 125 voices, the
selections being "All Men, All Things" "
by Mendelssohn, and the might Song
by Stephens. The prize was awarded to
the Salt Lake choir under the leadership
of Prof. Stephens.
D. Gilbert Jones of Slatfngton, Pa
composition. and NJ = EdwarTis Of
Preston, Idaho. second. The first prize
for the best treatise on the introduction
of christianity in Wales was wOa by two
the honors being divided between W. D.
Williams of New York city and D. w
Williams of Jackson, Ohio. The first
prize for the best poem on America s
Dead Sea-" was won by John =. Lewis
of Cleveland Ohio.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07

meetings have been held for the purpose.
it is claimed of seeding from the union
and forming a new organization;
The diSgruntled members decided, last
Sunday to refuse to pay all dues and as
sessments, and when this became known
the strikes were decided upon to bring the
backsliders into line.
Strikes will be declared on every build
ing where one of these members is en-
ployed If necessary, shop strikes will
be called. and between 500 and 400 men
will be affected.
''These men have refused to pay their
dues" said Business Agent Kennedy, 'and
they must take the consequences.
General strikes will be called on every
building where they are at work. This
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
HILL TO STUMP.
Will Make a Speech in the New York
Campaign.

New York, Oct. 7.-Senator Henry Cabot
least once in aid of Theodore Roosevelt's 5
candidacy for governor of New York, The
Republican state committee received his
definite acceptance of the invitation. The
committee also expects Speaker Thomas
B. Reed, Senator Joseph Benton Foraker
of Ohio and Senator Frye and Congress-
man Boutelle of Maine to speak once or
twice each on the stump in New York
with the candidate.
Chairman Frank Campbell of the Dem
ocratic state committee, in an interview,
said
Senator Hill will take the stump and
make one of those tours for which he was
famous in years gone by
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
Engineer Cline, U. S. N, is Dead

New York, Oct 7-Chief Engineer
Cline, U. S. N, retired, is dead in this
operation for cancer of the tongue. He
was born in Baltimore on September 8,
1887. In 1861 he entered the navy on
the ship wyoming and took part in the
coast of China the Wyoming was en-
gagged by three Japanese men of war
and eleven sailors were killed. He was
promoted to chief engineer in 1887 and
the Charleston during the Brazilian re-
beIliOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
ARRESTED FOR ARSON.

Ottawa, Oct. 7.-George Nye was ar
rested here and lodged in jail charged
with arson. A dwelling house near his
residence was fired yesterday morning
about 4 o'clock and Nye was seen by
neighbor leaving the house shortly be-
fore the fire. The probable object Nye
had for setting fire to the house was to
get revenge on the landlord who had
compelled him to move from one of his
houses. Nye's preliminary trial will
be held today.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
Doxev's 100000.

Anderson, Ind, Oct. major c. T
Doxey's 100000 holdings in the Amerf-
can Plate Glass company, the great
antitrust concern, have been trans
ferred to Pittsburg parties who had ac-
quired the other 500, 900 of the capital
stock. The new owners have planned
additions to the Alexandria plant which
will make it the largest of it's kind in
the world. Work is to begin at once.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07

J. B. Gibbs of Kansas City, Kan, who
was deposed as chairman of the Color
ed Free Silver league of Kansas last
spring, and who attempted to organize
an off-shoot of the league, has issued an
address in the name of the league, to
the colored voters of the state, calling
upon them to work and vote for the
Republican state ticket this fall and to
stand by the party that has stood by
the colored people for more than 80
years."
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
PLUMBERS MAY STRIKE.
Drastic Measures to Enforce Payment
of Union Dues.

Chicago. Oct because of the nom
payment of dues by many members of the
Plumbers union general strikes will be
declared on about sixty buildings in course
of erection on the south side.
According to the officers of the union
these strikes will begin tomorrow after the
meeting of the board of business agents
of the Building Trades Council
For several weeks many plumbers have
refused to pay their dues to the organiza-
tion owing to alleged dissatisfaction with
II The ed dissatisfaction has gone so far that
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
DERELICT RAFT
Worth $4,000 is Towed Into San
Fran cisco Harbor

San Francisco, Oct THE lumber
raft which has been floating around the
Pacific for two weeks has been tOwed
into this port by tug boats. The origi-
nal raft was built at Astoria, Oregon,
had to be abandoned during storm.
The raft broke up but greater portion
of it fouled off Pigeon Point, and it was
this piece that was saved by the tugs.
1t is $50 feet long and worth SIS, 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
She HELPED the Great Eastern.

San Francisco, Oct. THE old steamer
Professor Morse; which assisted the Great eat
Atlantic is lying at the Fulton Iron
Works and viii probably be broken up.
She was purchased in New Orleans for
$4,000 and was brought here to run to the
Klondike but the boom was over before
she arrived, her boilers have been con-
demned and it is not believed that she is
worth repairing.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-07
LUCANIA DISABLED.
Big Cunard Liner in Trouble
Off Brow Head.

Queenstown, Oct. 1.-THE Cunard line
steamer Lucania, Capt. Mckay, which
left New York on October 1, for Liver
pool by way of this point, was sighted
off Brow Head at 2:1O p. m today ap-
parentIy in a disabled condition.