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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19
GOT AWAY WITH $4,000.
Sharper Defrauds Chicago and New
Orleans Financiers.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 1s-About eigh7
reSiI Li l9 ago a Napoleon OF tlnanes
the city of New Orleans. Jasper W. Russ
was ms name and debenture companies
He FIRST figured as one of the chief or
S So, oI the German Am flcan Deepen
ture company, Of which he was secretary,
treasurer and general manager. His con-
neclion with this company was short
iNed. he next managed the Organiza-
ton of the American Bond and Savings
company. He then organized the National
DePenture Redemption company, limited.
About this time, IN the early part of
May, 1898, the attorney general Of LOuisi-
ana took proceedings in the courts to close
Up al ueDenture companies on the ground
that they were violating the law While
the other companies were making a fight,
Russ quietly organized the METROPOLITAN
Bond and Savings companys limited, and
when the state got after that he organ
company, without any limit at all. This
business of the International and Metro
politan, and with Russ as president, n
G Willoz as, secretary treasurer and q. J.
Ortenbach as general manager, pursued
the even tenor of it's way, collecting from
its debenture holders and selling new de-
bentures.
Business proved so good that Russ and.
Ortenbach proceeded to Chicago, where
a branch Of the New Orleans Concern
Ortenbach remaining in Chicago to man
age, while Russ divided his time between
the two cities.
AS day after day passed and monthly
payment after monthly payment was
mace ana debenture holders saw not re-
which passed between the company and
the debenture holders passed all one way
and when the holders were res::5ed tfls
privilege guaranteed them by their de-
bentures of borrowing 80 per cent of the
Investigate.
On August &c a meeting was called Of
the holders of debentures and the result
was that over a hundred debenture hold
ers employed attorneys to collect their
money, or to put the company in liquida-
ton.
Russ was in Chicago. but telegram
brought him flying to New Orleans. After
Yesterday the receiver with a notary
the appraisers and the lawyers proceeded
to the office of the company to make an
inventory and apprasement of its assets
and take list Of its liabilities They
found that the liabilities of the COMPANY
including. what it had collected from de-
benture holders, amounted to something
near $4,000. The assets consisted of the
office safe, which was too heavy to carry
away "A cents balance on deposit in four
different banks, and cents in postage
stamps which had stuck to the bottom of
the cash drawer and could not be remov-
ed,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19
ONE GIRL KILLS ANOTHER.
In the House of the Child Firing the
Shot Corpse Was Lying.

Scranton, Pa, Sept. 19.-Lizzie Rus
sell, seven years old, was shot and in
stantly killed by Mary Moran, IA years
old.
The latter in play pointed a revolver
at the Russell girl and pulled the trig-
ger. The bullet struck her near the
heart. The parents of the children are
neighbOrs.
In the Moran house, where the acct
dent occurred, an infant child lay dead
The father was about to drive to
Wilkesbarre to arrange for the funeral.
He had laid the loaded revolver on
shelf, as he intended carrying it for
protection during his ride home at
night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19
SALESMAN HELPED.
Clark Was Paralyzed After a Long
Sea Bath.

Tacoma, Wash, Sept. 19.-Whole-
salers and travelling men Of Tacoma
and Seattle are raising money to pay
expenses of H. c. Clark a young Chi
cago travelling man, who has represent
ed Chicago baking powder company
on the coast for several years. Clark
became paralyzed last month at Cohas-
sett ocean Beach, after remaining in
the water an hour and half and exer-
cising violently afterward. Recently he
was brought to Seattle, where friends
are caring for him. Hundreds of tickets
have been sold for a benefit ball game
to be played here Saturday between Ia
coma and Seattle travelling men, the
proceeds of which will take Clark east
and care for him some time. Clark's
wife and daughter are with him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19
BIBLES FOR HEROES.
Voluntary Contributions Received at
the Army Building.

New York, Sept. 19.-FOr ten days or
more supplies of all sorts from every
part of the country have been arriving
at the Army building, and now there is
in the store room a big pile of boxes
and crates filed with comforting and
appetizing things. All these supplies
are the voluntary contributions of peo-
pie interested in the welfare of the sol
diers. The various boxes contain ap-
parently the offerings of whole town
ships of people. Into one box are fire.
quently packed indiscriminately pa
jamas and bed clothes, bottle of vase
line, Jars of preserves and jellies, CASTLE
and scented soaps, homemade grape
wine and other things. Not infrequent-
~ the glass has been shattered by
rough handling and the pajamas and
bed clothes have to be taken out in a
thoroughly be-jellied and be-jammed
condition.
Among the other things sent are
many religious books, tracts and peri
odicals. A short time ago, a committee
representing a number of charitable or
carnations went to Camp WikOff and
asked the men there what they wanted
The men wanted many things, but only
one of them asked for a Bible. Never
theless, the good people who are so
licitous for the welfare of the soldiers
have sent with their jams and pre-
serves Bibles enough to supply all the
soldiers who may come to the Army
building. The Bibles are Of the sort
known as the army Bible, consisting of
the New Testament and a book of
hymns bound in one volume.
we make a speciality of doing up coll
Orad shirts and waists and sT1la "a ptea-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19
TWO PRISONERS ESCAPE.
Sheriff of Wabash, Ind, Neatly Trick
ed by Men in His Custody.

seph Crossnfckle of North Manchester,
Charles Pyle and James Fisk Of this, city;
escaped from the Wabash county jail and
have not been recaptured. These men,
with. two more were locked in the bull bull
not broken Sheriff AcKahan says assist
ance must have come from the outside;
Friends are supposed to have entered
through the basement crawling through a
hole in the floor outside the pen ana I'm
locking the door, Hberating the lot. Gross
nickle was in for grand larceny, Pyle for
highway robbery and Fisk for stealing a
check
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19
The Direct Line

to Denver, Salt Lake City, San Fran
cisco and Portland, is via the Union
Pacific. The service of the Union
Pacific to all principal western points
is unexcelled by any other line and con-
sists Of Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pull
man Tourist Sleepers, Chair Cars, Din
ing Cars. meals a la carte.)
For time table and full information
call on F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Agent
J. C. Fulton Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19

It is true that others initiate the
methods employed in advertising Beggs'
German Salve, others claim to heal and
to cure disease because Beggs German
ca1ve the one true ointment, has been
so Wonderfully successful. But in thou
sands and thousands Of cases, as shown
by grateful testimonials Beggs. German
SalTe actually and permanently cures
when other medicines fail to do any
good whatever. For sale by all drug
giStS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-19

We make a speciality of doing up coll
ored shirts and waists and guarantee
ing colors. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-07

Chairman Kennedy presided at a
meeting of the Oahu American Union
Party Central Committee on Saturday.
Secretary w. R. Sims kept the reco u.
The principal discussion was on kap;o-
lani Park beach. The party platform
declares for sea frontage for the park
when existing leases to private parties
expire. These subcommittee of the
Central Committee were announced:
Conference.-The. A. Kennedy, T. f.
Lansing, Geo. w. Smith.
Organization-F. B. McStocker, w
II. Hogs, E. G. Winston.
Resolutions. S. Martin, J. A. Low
Ed TOwse.
Reception. A. McCandless, B. F.
Dillingham;, f. ]. LOwrey.
= Finance w. Smith, T. F. Lam
sing, B. f. Dillingham;.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-07
Dedication Of the Bishop Memorial
Chapel Instrument.
RECITAL BY WRAY TAYLOR
Organ and Building-Music Worthy
Such an Occasion-Taylor Gives
One of His Own Compositions.

The new pipe organ built by the John
Organ Company of San Fran
cisco, for the Bishop Memorial Chapel,
Kamehameha School grounds, was for
mally dedicated Saturday evening with
appropriate exercises. 1t had been the
request of the Hon. Chas. r. Bishop the
donor of the instrument, that Wray Tay-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-07
FOR kAWAIAHAO.
Benefit Entertainment for the
Church's Y. p. S. c. f.


benefit entertainment in aid of the
4 F. S. c. E. of Kawaiahao viii be given
IN the prayer meeting rooms of the
church tomorrow evening. beginning at
3:f5 o'clock. The following program has
been arranged for the occasion:
Chorus-o come, let us sing unto the
Lord & Rice
Kawaiahao Choir.
Piano Duet--A coquettish smile.
.........................E ngleman, OPP. 299
Eva Kinney and Manu- Mahelona
Chorus-O kun moe, Semi chorus). ....
n. p. /.
Chorus-Joy shall e'er be thine.
-'.-.a--..-.-.-..- ...--.-..-.--.-C. a Wnftt
Kawaiahao Girls
RECITATION OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. David a
Chorus-O Lord, how excellent is Thy
Name ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. r. Palmer
Kawaiahao Choir.
Piano Duet-Flower Song. Lang, o. s.
Violet Lima and Hattie Ayau.
Chorus-Nearer Home, (Semi-chorus).
n. p. I.
Vocal Duet-Life's dream is DER.
J. Kumalae and Julia Keliiaa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-07
RACE PROGRAM
FOR nth MARCH, 1898.

FOR nth MARCH, 1898.
LIST Race-PACIFIC CYCLE AND
MANUFACTURING CO.'S PURSE.
$500. One mile dash for profess
SIGNALS, to beat 2:25, or no race.
I'd ace-CALIFORNIA FEED co.'s
PURSE, $4,000. ss running race
for Hawaiian Bred Horses.
Sd Race-CLUB STABLES PURSE,
$780, 300 Glass. Mile heats, 2 in
8. For trotters and PAGERS.
Ali Race-SEATTLE BREWING co.'s
PURSE, $4,000 Half mile dash.
Free for ALL
9Th Race - HAWAIIAN BICYCLE
CO.'S PURSE, $500. Mile dash
for amateurs, to beat 2:35, or no
race.
9Th Race - UNION FEED co.'s
PURSE. $4,000 X mile dash. Free
for all.
7th Race-ENTERPRISE BREWING
CO.'S PURSE, $4,000. Free for
all trotting and pacing. Mile
heats, in 5.
Sth Race-FASHION STABLES CO.'S
PURSE, $4,000. Running race.
Mile dash. Free for all.
9th Race-MANUFA HAIR
NESS CO.'S PURSE, $500. Gem
tlemen's driving race for road
horses, to be driven by the owners.
10th Race-CITY SHOEING SHOP
PURSE, $500. 2:30 class for
trotters and PAGERS. Mile heats,
2 in 8.
National Trotting rules to govern
all harness races and Pacific Coast
Blood Horse rules to govern all run
ming races.
Judges for the day are: Capt A N.
Trip, Theo. Hoffman, Capt j. G..
Cluney.
Starter-C. B. Wilson.
Races to commence at p. m. sharp.
PER COMMITTEE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
LIST OF PASSENGERS.
Names of Persons Who Embarked a
London

I<an1SS OF PERSONS w no EEnDdThCu d L
London
New York, Oct. 15.-Following is a list
of the passengers on board the steamer
MOhegan:
P. A. Baxter, James Blakey, W. ]. Blooming
dale. Miss BUSHNELL. H. F. Cocwan. Miss H: N.
Cowan. Mrs. s.. G. Crane, Charles Duncan. Miss
Rose Duncan Mrs Fen1ton' Mrs; J. 2. Firing,
George, Mrs. L. S. Grandin, Mrs. Crumbrecht,
A. H: Harrington, Miss Hart, John Hyslop, Rich
King and maid, Master W. King, w: A. Kipling,
J. j. LeLaehepg, Ei w lockwood, L; NJ Luxe ,m
rison, Jr., Miss katharine Noble. D. ]. O'Neil
f. A. Pemberton: Mrs; F; r. Pemberton, two
toms two maids, Miss Maud Rondebush, Mrs.
S sheRaFd; s Miss Saunders MrI e. y A ws G1 l, S Smith we meT.
Mr.. Cardary, DR.. Fellows.
The Miss Hart who was a passenger
On the steamship Mohegan was Miss
Hannah f. Hart, daughter Of the late
Henry I. Hart of New York.
Mr.. Morrison, another passenger, was
a son of Henry Morrison, a ~well-known
lawyer of this city.
At the New York Yacht club, it was
not known whether Or not John Hyslop,
the clubs official measurer, was a passen-
ger on the MOhegan. Mr.. Hyslop went
abroad on a ship of the Atlantic Trans
port company last July and was expect
ed to return about this time. Mr.. Hys-
l9Gp was born in Scotland and came to
this country in his youth. For many
years he has been the official measurer
for the New York Yacht club and acted
in that capacity in all the recent ~interna-
tional races. Probably no yachtsman in
the. country is better known than he.
Among those who are still missing are
Mrs. S. c. Crane, believed to be the wife
of Stephen Crane, the novelist, and J.
Hyslop, who is believed to be the official
measurer of the New York Yacht club.
Miss Rondburn is the American Oper-
attic singer who is professionally known as
Maud Rounds. She telegraphed to a 1ela-
tive in London today, saying: 'Ship-
wrecked. Mother dead"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
FRENCH NAVY ACTIVE.
Three Armored Cruisers Ordered
to Get on a War Footing as
Soon az Possible.

Paris, Oct. 1~7.-Inquiries made today
at the Offices of the French ministry of
marine confirm the report published by the
Soleil in a dispatch from Toulon, that
Vice-Admiral Fournier, who is now at
Tunis. with the minister of marine, NJ.
Lockroy, will return Immediately to Tou-
lon, where orders have been received to
speedily prepare the armored cruisers AID
miral Trechouart, Bouvines, Jemmapes
and Valmy for active service, and that in
addition orders have been issued to send
the largest possible number of gunners to
Brest without delay to man the fortified.
ton and batteries there.
The vessels mentioned are to be prompt
ly placed on a war footing and sent to
BreSt.
Rumor %connects the French naval prep
a~rations with the Fashoda dispute.
The Paris papers today, in chroniclins
the movements of the British fleet N the
Mediterranean, announce that three Brit
ish ironclads are engaged in gun practice
eff Bizerta, the French naval station in
the Mediterranean, on the African coast.
A semi-oficial note issued this evening
says that the statements to the effect tina
the French warships which are being
placed on a war footing have been or
dered to Brest, is incorrect, and it is add
ed that undue Importance has been at
tached to the incident.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
THE REAL ISSUE.
Remember that the Democrats Are
Lining Up for 1900"

In a speech before the Democratic state
convention in Milwaukee in August last,
W. II. Rogers, a prominent Democrat of
Madison, made this significant admission:
While we will go on to prosecute this
campaign on state issues, and use the am
munitlon already furnished by the Repub-
lican party, we will not forget that we are
lining up our forces for 1900"
Here is an admission from one of it's
leading orators that the Democratic party
IS dishonest in its professions that it is
prosecuting this campaign ION state is
sues 1t is also an admission that it is
only preparing for the presidential cam
paign in 1900. and that free silver. at the
ratio of 16 to 1, will be the issue again.
The Democrats care nothing about state
issues, for they know that what they call
the indictment of the Republican party
in their platform is nothing but a tissue
of falsehoods. 1t is not the welfare of the
state or nation which they seek, but power
and place. They have no Well-estab-
lished principles to which they nave con-
sistently adhered. 1t is nothing to them
that a campaign of falsehood won them a
victory in 1892 and that that victory cost
the country untold millions of dollars, and
that in 1896 the people, in their indigna-
ton, swept them from power by such a
verdict as has had no parallel in our his
tory; they ARE lining up their forces for
1900 What matters it to them though
free silver and free trade have been con-
demned by the great voice of the business
world? They propose to line up for
800 with one at least of the same old
cries, trusting that the people will forget
their bitter experience of 1892 and follow
ing years. Remember that a debased cur
rency with all the ruin that follows it will
be the penalty of another Democratic vic
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
BicycIe Road in India,

A Harvard student who has just re-
turned from a bicycling tour of India
thus. describes the road from Lahore to
Calcutta: SIT is twelve hundred miles
long and it is level. The material of
which it is made is called 'kunker,' and
if you turn that word into concrete you
have an idea of what it is like. The
road is hard and as smooth as prepared
pavement, and there is no dust. When |
first got on this road with my wheel and
enjoyed the luxury of easy travelling [
said, This is magnificent, but l suppose
that in a short time it will become gritty
and uneven / went fifty miles, one
hundred miles, two hundred miles. five
hundred, six hundred, seven hundred, and
it was always the same, with not even
the smallest stone to give a jog. Almost
the entire way is lined with a double
row of majestic trees. The concrete road
runs like a long, white ribbon down the
center. Along each side of the bunker
are loose soil tracks, over which the ma
tive bullock carts creak along at the rate
of two miles an hour"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
REL MEN AS HOSTS.
Black Hawk Tribe Arranges to En-
terrain Its Friends.

Black Hawk Tribe No. 9 of the I'M
proved Order of Red Men will give an
entertainment and supper and also a
dance at Harmonic hall on Monday even
ing next. Mayor Rose will welcome the
visitors and will be followed by Horace
S. Snowden, the chief of records for the
tribe, who will speak of Milwaukee from
early days up to the present time and
show the relations of the growth of the
order during it's entry into the state of
Wisconsin. He will be followed by
Charles E. Maurer, the great sachem of
Wisconsin, who will speak on the good of
the order. +. H. Best, the great chief Of
records of the state, will then entertain
the members and friends, and will be fol-
lowed by others, after which a supper
will be served in the banquet room, and
dancing will follow until the early hours
of the morning.
The reception committee will receive
the guests. Mrs. John Stegbauer, Mrs.
James T. Brett and Mrs. Frank Raspin
will see that the ladies' are we'll cared for
while A. @. Coughlin, George Neune-
macher and DR.. e. b. Fuller will ook
after the gentlemen. James T. Brett will
preside as chairman of the evening and
introduce the speakers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
MISS WILL
Bulk of Actress Estate Left to Her
Husband, Melbourne
Mcdowell.

Boston Mass, Oct. 15.-Fanny Daven-
ports vast estate, valued at from $780,
900 to $4,000 600, is given almost in it's
entirety to her husband, Melbourne Mac
Dowell. The will of the famous actress
has not been submitted for probate, but
enough details are known accurately to
forecast the disposition Of her big for
tune.
The will was made in 1892 and leaves
to Mr.. Mcdowell the bulk of the riches
accumulated by his wife. There are
some special requests, but the aggregate
of these does not begin to cut much of
a figure in comparison with the amount
to which Mr.. Mcdowell will succeed.
Q Miss D~avenport's sister Blanche
$4,000 is given, and q half interest in the
old Davenport family home in Canton,
Pa; to her sister May OIrs. William Sey-
mourn, $4,000 in cash and Il lot of bonds
Of the Omaha Water company, the value
of which is not known here; to her sister
Florence (Mrs. TIER. $4,000 in cash and
q half interest in the Canton house; to her
brother Edgar, $4,000; to her brother Har-
~, $4,000, and to seven nieces and neph-
ews, $4,000 and $1,000 each.
There is no doubt that the terms Of the
will are Il surprise to Miss DavenpOrts
immediate relatives. None of them had
any knowledge of the amount Of her prop
erty, for she kept her business affairs
strictly. to herself, but they regarded her
as distinctly wealthy. and naturally eX-
pected a considerable sum in requests.
The surprise came in finding that her hus-
band received so nearly the whole of her
property.
Miss Davenport married Melbourne
Mcdowell in May, 1889. He had been
the leading man of her company for sew
eral years and continued to hold the po-
sition until she was taken i'll in Chicago
last spring and closed her professional ca
reer. Early this season, with Miss Da-
venport's appreciation, Mr.; MacDowell
and Miss Blanche Walsh began a star
ring tour, which was suspended for three
weeks after Miss Davenport's death.
Mr.. Mcdowell was the actress second
husband. In 1879 she married E. +.
Price, an actor in her company, who af-
ter0ard became her business manager.
She secured a divorce from him in 1888.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19

dragged him into the lifeboat, Hilson's
shoulder was badly injured.
The sea was then running heavily and
the lifeboat was nearly full of water, and
scraping two or three rocks she was
smashed to pieces. Moore and Hilson
were washed ashore.
a. Gresmith, q irst-cabin passenger,
who says he belongs to Guilford, but had
been engaged in farming in the United
States for ten years, is another of the
survivors. He said: During the panic
| jumped overheard, swan about an hour
and reached a rock. [ tried to climb it,
but the waves were too strong. l after
wards found a raft with a sail on it and
[ held up the sail with one arm and foated
towards the shore.
while on the raft, I washed right over
one rock. Happily [ had on a life-belt
and recovered the raft, which then struck
another rock, to which / held fast for some
time. Afterwards l swan ashore, the
land being but a shot distance away from
the rock to which | was ~clinging."
Only the smokestack inc the foremost
Of the Mohegan can be seen above water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-10-19
AN A
The Wife of a Man Who Travels
for a Green Bay House
Kills Herself.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 17.-DudIey NJ.
Steele is detained at the police station,
and his wife. Mrs. Hattie Steele, is dying
at Clarkson hospital with a bullet in her
brain.
The tragedy out of which the situation
grows occurred at their residence, 1911
Capital avenue, at 3 o'clock Sunday after
noon. The police are not prepared to
charge otherwise, but as Steele and his
wife were alone at the time, and as their
relations were not pleasant, they have
placed him in custody, pending investiga-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steele are well known and
highly respected in Omaha. The dying
woman is a sister-in-law of Col. Butler of
the regular army, now stationed at Fort
KeOgh, Mont. Nj. Steele for many years
conducted a large wholesale grocery bust
ness in Omaha under the firm name of
Steele, Smith & Co. The firm recently
went out of business and Steele has been
the Western agent of the Green Bay Can
dy company of Green Bay, Wis.
The dying woman is unable to make a
statement and will not be able to do so,
the physicians say. Steele's story is that
he called on his sister-in-law an hour be-
fore the tragedy to secure some of his per-
Sonal effects. His wife requested per-
mis- = to talk with him, they having had
SOM, domestic trouble Of slight conse-
quence, and the sister withdrew.
Steele says his wife carried something
concealed by a handkerchief in her hand,
but he did not suspect the nature of it I'M
til the woman suddenly uncovered a re-
y%olyer, and, placing the weapon to her
temple, fired.
Mrs. Steele asked her husband some
thing about taking care of their children,
he says, then suddenly reached over and
kissed him, and at the same instant shot
herself.
1t is stated that Steele called on his wife
to arrange final documents for their per-
manant SnnarotiOn