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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29

St. Louis, Dec. 29.-At the semf-an-
nual meeting of officers Of the Frstsr-
nifty of Operative Millers of America
held here, it has been decided 10 hold
the next annual convention at Detroit
in June, 1899. St Louis, Omaha and
Kansas City put forth strong induce
ments to secure the convention 1t was
decided to nominate and elect officers
of the fraternity in the future by letter
The three members receiving the high
est number of votes viii be declared the
nominees, and the one receiving the
highest number of votes at the election
will he declared elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29
claim himself for services on the board
of charities.
The Protest Again.


Senator Crossan, chairman of
the judiciary committee, reported
that a majority of the COM
mittee had decided that the protest of
the Republican senators against the ac-
ton of the governor in calling a special
session should not appear in the jour
nal of the senate.
Senator Lamb presented a minority
report from the same committee, in
which it was recommended that the
protest be printed in the journal, and
moved that the minority report be sub
mitted for the majority report. Lamb
then made a speech in which he criti-
cised the POpulist senators for drawing
50 a day for haIf-hOur sessions, and
said:
THE farmers and tax payers of Kan
sas have a right to know what this body
is doing, but you prevent the senate
journal from telling the truth"
Lamb then moved the previous ques-
tion, shutting off debate, but his report
was slaughtered again on 2 vote and
the Republican protest is still out in
the cold.
The senate then adjourned at 9:55 un-
til 80 D. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29
Torture in Spanish Prisons.

London, Dec. ga Seville CORE
spondent of the Morning Post says:
Some of the recently arrested Carlists,
it is rumOred, are being tortured to in
Alfonso and to reveal details regard
ing the Carlist organizations. Such re-
ports are, of course, denied officially,
but they are believed throughout the
country. I am told detailed stories
tending to show that torture is quite
common in Spanish prisons
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29
Editor B. v. Robertson paad.

Placerville, Gala, Dec. 29-Robert V
Robertson, formerly a well known Chi
Cago newspaper man and founder of
the Nugget of this place, died today of
consumption. He was one of the most
widely known journalists on the coast.
A widow survives him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-For Kansas: Shows
norther and cold wave tonight; Fri
day fair and decidedly colder; high
northerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29
IS IT IMPossIB LIE

Tc Esep the Legislative Chambers
Clean PIT Seems So.
The janitors of the senate are open to
even more criticism than those employ
ed about other. parts of the state house
The senate janitors of course, are
charged with the responsibility so they
CContinued on sixth Fagel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-29

Continued on Sixth Fage.)
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
QUITTING DOWN.
A Disposition at Washington to Wait
 for the Investigation.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The excite ment of the past few days has mostly disappeared at the navy department and the overworked officials, particu- larly the officers of the navigation bureau, who have been working night and day since the Maine disaster to meet the inquiries of the anxious rel atives of the victims, while keeping up current work of the office, were able to turn attention to other press ing matters.
 The last dispatch that came rela- tive to the disaster was one from Ad- miral Sicard, dated at Key West last night. It was as follows: Secretary of Navy Bache sailed from Key West to Havana with divers and stores for the Maine. The Iowa comes to Rev West on the 18th and the court of in- quiry on the Maine assemblies here on the arrival of Lieutenant Marx Lieutenant Marx will be judge advo- cate of the court and will lay down the line of procedure, being somewhat of an expert in the matter It is be- lieved at the navy department that he cannot reach Key West early today from Tampa owing to the lock of a reg ular boat but it is thought he will be there in time to conduct the investi- gation when it opens next Monday.
 While the court is entirely master of it's own proceedings the department believes few preliminary ses- sions in Key West to lay the foundation for further investigation through the taking of the testimony of the survivors now at Key west will be of advantage. The board can then proceed to Havana, as the work can be conducted rapidly to a finish with the assistance of Captain Sigsbee and the information gathered by the divers.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20

Fifty extra men were taken cn in the yards this morning.
 STIR AT LEAVENWORTH.
 Fort Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 19.-- In accord with orders received from Washington the troops of the garrison here were inspected today in heavy marching order and it is stated that the articles of war were read. Heavy marching inspection is unusual for this time of year. It is remembered that similar inspection was ordered just prior to the moving of troops to Chicago during the great railroad strike.
 ON THE ALERT AT FORT RILEY.
 Junction City, Kan, Feb. 19.-A fact that the troops at Fort Riley were busy all day preparing their equip ment and packing personal effects and that all furloughs to officers and men were refused pending further orders, has given rise to reports that orders have been received to be in readiness to move on short notice
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
THE IBERIAN VISITOR.
The Spanish Charge d'Affaires Feels
 no Apprehension.

l Washington, Feb. 19.-The Spanish legation has been advised of the ar rival of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya, and Senor DuBosc has communicated with the Spanish sul-general at New York and Lieutenant Sobrat, the naval attache of the legation, who is now in New York, concerning tic feels no apprehension of the presence of the ship in American waters, but he has given instructions for such precautions as may seem to be justi- fed by the circumstances. The con- sul-general and MT. DuBosc and his sttaI have no present intention of go- irg to New York. The precautionary measures are merely those of main taiDing an efficient patrol about the ship.
 Aside from the instructions through MT. DuBosc, the Spanish naval au- thoritfes at New York are in con- munication with the minister of ma rine at Madrid. In view of the feel ing that there need be no apprehension, it is understood by the Spanish au- thorities there that there will be TO restrictions on the visiting Vizcaya, beyond the necessary precautions of preventing an indiscreet crowding by the public at large. Up to this noon MT. DuBosc had not heard from the commander of the Vizcaya,' what his plans are as to the duration of his visit at New York and his subsequent movements. His orders will come direct from the naval department at Madrid. MT. DuBosc called at the state department at noon and officially notified the authorities of the presence of the Vizcaya in American waters. NO DEAD FISH.
 Madrid, Feb. 19.-A dispatch re- ceived today from Rear Admiral Man terola, the naval commander at Ha- vana, says proof exists that no dead fish came to the surface after the ex- piosion that wrecked the Maine and that when the disaster occurred there was not the slightest upheaval of water such as would inevitably follow submarine explosion.
 ANOTHER EXPLOSION.
 Key West, Fla, Feb. 19-A passen- ger on the steamer Olivette from Ha- vana, which arrived here tonight, re- ports that shortly after the vessels parture from Havana, when she was about eight miles off shore, two ter rife reports were heard. The sounds resembled the discharge of heavy cannon or large explosions
 A CUBAN MOVEMENT
 Havana, via Key West, Feb. 19.-It is reported that an important expedi- tiOn has landed at Baracoa, near Mariana, in the province of Havana.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
FORT SHERIDAN.
The Garrison inA Readiness to Receive
 Orders of Any Character.

Chicago, Feb. 19.@Since Friday morning Fort Sheridan, where the Fourth infantry and First cavalry are stationed, has been in a state of the utmost activity. Soldiers have been polishing their weapons, arranging messes and kits, grooming horses and preparing generally to march at a moments notice. Co., Robert H. Hall, in command of the fort, yester- day received a message among others delivered to him daily, which caused him to take action. He at once or dered that general preparations for a possible summons be made.
 Accordingly every man at the fort was set to work. Every man of the 700 soldiers at the fort busied himself arranging his army belongings. Every man has been supplied with ammuni- tion sufficient for 100 rounds of shots. This is in the cavalry and infantry. Orders were issued to turn the defect i've weapons in and new ones have been supplied. Today final prepara- tions in compliance with the orders were completed and the fort was in readiness to receive orders of any character.
 RUNNING AT NORFOLK.
 1 Norfolk, Va, Feb. 19-Orders have been received at the navy yard to
 keep the force working on the mon-
 itors Puritan and Terror, and the tor
 work tonight and all day tomorrow
 These vessels will be ready for duty by Wednesday. It is understood that the Terror was expected last night to
 go into ordinary service, but this
 morning she was ordered to get ready
 to go to Hampton Roads. Her crew
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
LeaYenVorth and Riley Ordered
 10 be in Readiness.
Sudden Change in Pro- gramme Instituted at the Norfolk Navy Yard and the Terror Ordered to Pro- Ceed at Once tc Ham pton Roads.

Boston, Feb. 19.-The Evening Her. aid says: In compliance with tele- graphic orders received at Fort War ren last evening a detail of one cor poral and thirteen men has been sent to reinforce Lieutenant Ketchum, in command of the mortar battery at Growers Cliff, Winthrop. It is claimed that the order mas no particular sig nif1cance, but is part of the routine of the navy department. established long before this incident occurred.
 Rush orders have been received at Fort Dirr from the commander, Col. Woodruff. to send a detachment of one corporal and eight men to Fort Win throp, where they will get S-inch converted rife guns to the dock in readiness for shipment
 The guns are to go to Mobile, where carriages from New York have been sent to mount the rifles on. The big guns will go by rail. It was learned today that orders received some time ago from the department at Wash ington bearing on the equipment and efficiency of the men are being carried out at the navy yard, and that every marine remaining there has been inspected, his equipment in- creased to that of active service, and extra drills are being held daily. Ap- prentices on the Wabash, as well as regular seamen and recruits are being given practice at guns and with the cutlass.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
PECOS VALLEY LINE.
The Work of Construction Will Begin
 About April First.


 Santa Fe, N. M, Feb. 19-It is an- nounced from Roswell that Chief En- gineer s. R. Ballard of the Pecos val ley road left there day before yester- day with a corps of engineers to cross section the route for the extension be- tween that point and Washburn, Tex gin April 1 at both Washburn and Roswell
 The Illinois Steel company has the contract for rails and a Kansas City firm will supply the ties. B. o. Faulk- ner has resigned as manager of the Pecos Valley Irrigation company in or der to give his entire time to the con- struction of the new railroad.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20

Washington, Feb. 19-The interest ing feature of the days news at the navy department was the decision of the government to allow concurrent investigations of the cause of the Maine disaste) for it's own part mak- ing an independent inquiry through the court of inquiry already appointed while permitting the Spanish author ities to make such investigation as they desire. This arrangement com mended itself to the naval men as fair to all and at the same time as cal culated to develop the exact facts ill a manner that could not be questioned.
 There was good deal of talk among the officials of the need of speedy re- lief measures for the benefit of the families of the explosion victims. Un- der the treasury rules the allotments their families of the men who perished in wreck must stop at once. It is not doubted that congress will do as it did in the case of the Samoan disaster, provide for a years pay to the families of the sailors who died at their post. The difficulty, however, is that such a measure can not be passed at once and in the mean time some of the families of the dead sailors may be in great distress.
 Since the spontaneous combustion theory has come so prominently to the front as accounting for the disaster the officials have been looking over the records to find a parallel case. The flagship New York was discovered to be on fire on March g, 1896. Smoke was issuing from her main magazine This was cleared of powder immedi- ately and it was found that the wood work had been charred deeply. The cause was not at first perceptible, but joining coal bunker was burning When the bunker was opened the coal on top was not hot, but as the men dug down it was found to be red hot inside. There was 10 manifestation of heat on top of the bunker nor on any side save the one next the magazine that startled the officers. The constructors have made considerable air space between the bunkers and magazine in the designing of the new battleshiI now on the stocks. The lesson was kept in mind and everything possible was done to insulate the coal bunkers from the magazines
 Secretary Long has given order. that with the expiration of this day there need be observed no longer thu order to all ships and commands tt display the national colors at hal mast.
 There is no abatement of the tall
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
COACHES FOR BOTH RACES.

Columbia, S. C., Feb. 19.-The sep arate coach bill passed the senate to- night. It had already passed the house. It requires railroads to 1ur- nish separate but identical accommo- dations for first class passengers TOT both races.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
THE FORD ARTISTS.
They Amused the Guests With an EX
 cellent Programme of Sorgs.

The Ford Amusement company gave the guests of the hotel two hours of amusement last night that must have made a hit with all of them. It was from the manner in which they were received, and the excellent entertain ment they gave. they will not be able to rtire from the stage right away. The company is made up of the wait CTS at the Ford hotel. They are all colored men, and the entertain ment contained minstrel dialogues, songs, dancing and music. The jokes were fresh and new, and the songs had the genuine ring of the artist The dancing of John Fowler showed that he was real artist of the old school. And as the end man with George Will SOD he was just as much at home. George Wilson helped him to keep the crowd laughing. These two were the end men in the minstrel part of the entertainment.
 George Wilson sang "All Coons Look Alike to Me-" and he won mer- ited applause. John Fowler followed with "'Taint no Lie," and the audi ence was in the best of humor when he finished. A. Hummer was inter locutor and he handled the end men admirably. A number of negro mel odies were sung, and these were inter- ATr ,,s- bass solo was especially good, and the quarte.te composed of William An derson, William Watts, John Fowler and Eugene Thomas sang in a man. ner to well deserve the name of "Ex- celsior Quartette," which the manager gave them.
 George Wilson was assisted by a number of the company in his produc- ton of "Tke Irish Landlord" comic dialogue. James Lewis in 'The Col o1ed Exodus to the North" was very good, and his makeup would do credit to an artist of long experience in that line. John Fowler sang T Guess That Will Hold You for Awhile" and the dance that went with his song added to the laurels he won at the beginning of the show. But when he appeared as Senator Mark Hanna From Coon Dike," his reputation as an entertainer was established for all time. His speech was a brilliant effort Mark Hanna could not nave done half so we'll. He introduced some original thoughts when he touched upon the silver question. The shorthand re- porter is still working on his transcript of the speech, which is the highest compliment we could pay to MT. Fowler. There was excellent singing by Jessie Boiling, who sang "The Black Four Hundred" and William Anderson. who sang touching song entitled Mothers Last Letter to Her Boy" "A Lost Child" ballad, was Andrew Johnson's contribution to the evenings entertainment, and his work was especially good. Eugene Thomas William Anderson and Andrew John son were ''The Musical Mokes." They played on the mandolin and guitar, and the audience was treated to some excellent music. William Jenkins was assisted by chorus of the com pany in his song, "A Bold, Black Mig ger Crook"
 The Ford company is one of the best of it's kind that has ever appeared in this city. This is what the papers would have said had the company ap- peared at the opera house instead of in a private entertainment at the hotel
 PECOS VALLEY LINE.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20

up. She looks like cruiser. The Sandy Hook observer says that the weather is so thick he can see very little, but from her general appcar- ance he thinks it is the Brooklyn.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
KANSAS CITY STOCK MARKET

Kansas City, Feb. 19.-Cattle re ceipts, 200; market unchanged; only retail trade; sheep receipts, 1000; market firm; lambs, $4@5.40; muttons, s350@4.75
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
PRICE OF COPPER.

New York, Feb. 19.-Coper firm: brokers, S11.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
WHEAT.

Chicago, Feb. 19.-May wheat closed at $1.06; July at 921s.
Arizona republican., 1898-02-20
THE NEW MAINE A Proposal to ReSurreCt the
 Buried Battle Ship If Enough of Her Skeleton Can
 be Found Together TO CONSTRUCT A MEMENT0 A Concurrent Investigation has
 Been Agreed to The Court Of Inquiry Will Pursue Its Own Course AN ANTI-T0RPEDO ARGUMENT
AN ANTI-T TORPEDO ARGUMENT
The Spanish Vizcaya Enters New York Harbor ShadOVed by an American
 War Ship.

The Naval Department Consid- ering the Matter of ProVid- Ing for the Families of the Sailors Whose Lives Were Lost in the Explosion in Havana Harbor.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-08

Ter from congress. Considering the
gallant contingent from Nebraska in
the Spanish war our corn an sun
flowers and Indian name might ap-
proWiately deck the PROV and side
of the next battleship that slides off
the warts into the ocean with the
baptismal drops glistening on her
bow.
Every district, according to orr
principal of representations entitled
to a representative. The Platte has
been the dividing line in
state politics and it is Gus
tomary to select men to the
various representative Offices, with
some regard to an equal division.
Cities are divided into wards and
parts of a ward. Two representatives
from one ward, according to this ul,-
written law, should not be neighbors.
Mr.. Stein happens to be q neighbor of
Mr.. Webster's and this may account,
in part, for his rejection by the coun-
Gil. 1t has been charged that the
mayor only presented Mr.. STEMS
name to the council after an assur-
ance from a majority of the members
that they would vote against confir-
nation. Such an arrangement pre-
supposes amicable relations between
the mayor and his council which the
Impeachment proceedings have, to all
appearances, interrupted. Again it is
said that Mr.. Thompson objected to
Mr.. STEMS confirmation and the coun-
Gil meekly took the hint. The rejec-
tion of Mr.. Thompson's pumping con-
tract which was urged individually
and collectively upon the councilmen
and council, indicates that his con-
troll of that body is liable to interrup-
tons. The personelle of the
council is nearly the same Is
when the pumping contract
was under consideration and there
is no evidence that Mr.. Thompson's
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-10-08

approval or disapproval of Mr.. Stein
had anything to do with the vote
against his confirmation on Monday
night. The candidate is a man with
opinions and strong will and like
everybody else possessing these char
acteristics he has made quiet enemies
who only wait for an opportunity to
get even with a fair degree of per-
sonal safety.
Mrs. Curzon, (born Letter. Vicereine
OF India must support royal state in
the palaces furnished the viceroy by
the British government. Orientais
love magnifcence and Mr.. Curzor's
salary CO $1,000 a month with palace
rent free and horses, coaches and
equipments as well as servants, fur
nashed by the government, is intended
to be sign of Eng.and's power to a
subject people. The viceroy is ex-
pected to spend the surplus in the
business. The American girl must
feel queer with a crown upon her
head holding court and receiving de-
butantes and distinguished foreign
ers in Queen Victoria's pace. When
her guided coach rolls along the mar
row streets and the brown faces tur-
baned and burnoosed stop to look at
the princess in her coach, she must
think of little Cinderella and the ef-
feet of a fairy godmother's wand.
The meeting of the state federation
of women's clubs which occurs rext
week at Omaha will be very short.
1t is hoped that the club women of
the state will be r-,sent. There is
every reason to suppose that there
will be full attendance, as many
club women have put off attending
the exposition until this occasion.
Mrs. Stoutenborough and the board
have arranged an exceptionally attrac-
tive program. The stimulation of these
is not to be lightly disre-