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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
CHINESE NAVAL RESERVE.
A Company of Cslsstials Being Or
ganized in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Oct. 31-PhiIadeIphfa is
to have the first Chinese naval contin-
gent ever organized in the United
States
Missionary Frederick Poole. acting in
conjunction with Lee Toy. the mayor
Of Chinatown, has called a meeting Of
CelestIals in the Chinese Y. NJ c. A
when an organization to be known as
Uncle Sam Chinese Naval Reserves
will be formed When the peace Jubilee
was suggested Mr.. Poole determined
that his charges should be represented
IN the column on civic day Mr. Poole
uniformed and equipped the pupils Of
ms mission as marines. Thirty-eight
Whitehead CelestiaIs marched in the
parade
The company carried a banner with
the inscription, We helped Dewey, and
on the cap of each man was the name
of Admiral Dewey's flagship.
About 40 Cinnamon have already ex-
pressed their determination to Join the
reserves, and all will be uniformed in
white duck jackets. brown canvas leg
gings, caps Of the regulation naval pat
tern. and armed with Metford rifles and
naval cutlaSSeS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
UNCLE SAN WAKES Up.
Sends an Expert to England to Learn
Methods of Constructing Ordnance

New. York, Oct s1.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says
manufacture of ordnance may be obtained
for future American men-Of-war. orders
PendIeton. Superintendent of the gunfac-
tory to proceed TO England to inspect the
of guns. mounts. torpedo tubes. etc
WIre-Wound guns, which have been sue
VII be carefully examined by the visiting
oIIleeF ana. as under water discharge
the battleships Missouri and Ohio. he VIII
learn the method of their manufacture at
the ordnance works of Armstrong The
department has purchased the right to
use the method of manufacture OF under
strongs and has also bought the right to
use the breeeh mechanism Of guns built
~ y leAefs sons ana Maxim
The finch rapid firing gun built by the
L4Ier hrn Is one OF the latest weapons of
we're held sors I'M 80 5 i 1,i1
the powder and Drojectile are separa ted
while in the 6-inCh rapid firing guns OF
the United States navy the she'll ana now
der are combined by means of a cartridge
case
= s-ineh gun on. plans somewhat similar
% those followed in the construction Of
the N1ckers gun was recently built The
IesIs or TINS weapon az the proving
all future 6-inch guns viii be constructed
on she same lines The new type Is A.
CALDER in length and weighs eight tons.
and is designed for q muzzIe velocity Of
1000 feet per second
reau 70 equip no more protected Or un-
pro ected cruisers with torpedo tubes. the
authorities being pretty well convinced
there IS no necessity for them
Water discharged tubes will be supplied
TO armOred cruisers and battIeshfDs
Captain Charles O'NeiI's recGrnm anda-
that a uniform CaHber of small arms be
adopted FOR the use of the army. navy
and marine corps has attracted consider
able attention in army and navy circles.
It is expected that Secretary Long viii
Indorse q Dill providing for C0-operatfon
on the part Of the army and navy TO OBJ
a naz cali her 7s 2 ID,
Lee small arms in use in the navy IS .2s3
while that of the -Jorgensen i 80
The army Is convinced that the KraE-Jor-
geusen rife is best for its use. while the
navy asserts that the Lee is superior.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
BOB SEMPLE AND MAJ. BOYD
Give Conner T. Davies a Lift at a Belle
vile Needing.

BeueviI1e. Kan. Oct. SIR. II. Sem
PIE OF Topeka and Conner T Davies Of
Concordia addressed a very large and
enthusiastic audience IN the opera
house here Saturday evening. Nj
Davies directed the attention OF his
hearers TO the work of the PoDulist leg
islature Of 1887. and-chaIenged his oU-
ponent, R 3. Ward. who was in the
audience 70 appear before that or anv
olner intelligent audience and tell them
that in the event of his election IA
would introduce measures to have auv
part Of the laws passed by that IegisIa-
ture repealed
Nj Sernple in his speech compared the
present state Administrative with thar
OF It's republican predecessor SHOWING
tne cost OF each. and how much benefit
the people OF the state had received
rom the administration OF Governor
Leedy as compared with that of Cover
nor Morrlll and urged upon the ueopIe
the Importance Of continuing the pras-
ent administration IN power. Major H
n Boyd followed in a speech showing
the Inconsistencies of the ReuubTiea1
party IN regard to the free coinage Of
SILVER pensions and their many prom
tsez 10 the old soldiers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
MIDDLE OF THE ROADERS
are Left Of the State Ballot in Colo
RADIO.

Denver. Oct s1.-The time allowed for
making changes in the state tickets eX-
pired at midnight The middle-of-the-
road Populists viii have no state ticket,
the court having decided at the last mo-
ment that the party has no standing
There are ten state tickets. but only
four candidates for governor. Charles =
Thomas, Democrat heads. the Democratic
PEOPLES party Teller Silver R5pu 0ltcaJl-
National Peoples and Liberal Union
tickets Henry r WOlcOtt heads the Re
publican. silver Republican (anti-Telleo
and Western Republican tickets The other
two candidates for governor are Robert
H. Rose. Prohibition, and Nixon Elliott
Socialist labor
ThrOugh the decisions of the courts in
regard to emblems, the Teller Silver Re
publican candidates for the legislature and
county officers in this and several OIher
counties viii appear On the ballot under
the emblem of the other faction Of the SlI-
yer Republican party. which has fused
with the Republicans on the state ticket
This fact will cause many Silver Repub-
leans to vote the straight Republican
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
To the Voters of Shawnee County:

For five weeks past I have been nurs-
ing my son who returned from the army
with typhoid fever, and consequently
have not been able as had hoped and
desired to make a canvass in the in
teFest Of my candidacy as clerk Of dis
tween ROW and election day is so short
that 7 shall be able to meet person
ally only a comparatively few Of the
voters OF the city and county. I take
this method Of informing YOU Of NY
vote. In asking you for your suffrage,
I viii promise, If elected. to perform
the duties OF the Office to the best OF my
abilities equitabIy and legally to all
who NAV he Interested in rhe business
Of the Office Respectfully,
r. NJ SPTVEY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
UBIQUITOUS HOSE.
The One That Killed ssHOOkey
Jim" Said to Be Omni-
present.

People who saw the identical piece o.
hose with which Hockey Jim was klllea
at the Topeka asylum as exhibited oy
W B. Townsend at Hamilton hall sat
urday evening. may be surprised 10
learn that the same bludgeon was also
o. exhibition at Nicodemus, Coneyvilte
Pfttsburg and various other places dur
ing the same evening Taylor H-lddte
claims TO have discovered that such was
the case.
Mr.. Riddle received a letter this morn
ing from n c. Inflow. mernbe- OF the
Pou91Ifst state central committee, who
lives at Hill City In the letter M
Inflow urges the PopUIfst committee TO
send a coIored speaker this week 70
Nfcodemus. a coIored settlement IN
Rocks county, to undo the damage done
bv a Republican speaker there on Sat
urday evening. The letter goes on to
say that the story of Hockey Jim vas
old at the NIcodemus meeting Satur-
day night. and that the speaker showed
the- coI0red people there the piece ot
hose with which Hockey Jim WI killed,
and Mr. Inflow is afraid y wiz nave
bad effect upon the colOred vote IN that
county.
From this letter Riddle concludsd that
there might be more pieces o. nose
around over the state and be wired 70
various points where Repub1cac meet
ing were held Saturday night. and ne
claims to have discovered that the saTne
piece OF hose was used at LeelSs=riVl 1rta-
Pittsburg. COffeyTLlle, Ottawa N4co
deuus and Topeka, so Tar as heard
The Republicans deny thai they have
been making the bIuige0nS to order
and thew say that RI lie has been i'm
posed upon If he has received any sCcn
F.a MA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
GOVERNMENT TAKES HER.
Massachusetts, Aid Association Has
No Further Use for Shin Bav State

Boston Oct 91--The work of the hos
plrat ship Bay state ended with her re
turn here with the sick soldiers belonging
70 the Six Massachusetts regiment. So Tar
as the Volunteer Aid assocIa zion is con-
cerned- The few Massachusetts man re-
naming in Cuba and Porto Rico would
not warrant another trip TO the West In
llas under the auspices of the association
This does not mean however thar r1a
Bay state viii not continue her good
work word has been received bv DR.
Burriu that the government NAV take
me snip and that an officer OF the war de-
CauOrrOW morning
Ih7 Volunteer Aid association VIII meet
LleslaE afternoon. when the matter of
be concluded. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
KEMPTONs ARE AT HOME.
Proprietors of the Company Here
This Week Were Born Here.


This Week We're Born Here
George z. Kempton and L. A Kempton,
proprietors Of the kempton Comedy COM
Ter tornorrow hight. are old Topeka boys
Before Sol Smith Russell had ceased en-
Richard Mansfield was stiH a minor fea-
ture Of a stock company. they were set
wins Fountain Dramatic company"
The two kemptcns were born here
cefved their first stage experience in dress
ing rooms, chamberTnaids IN those days
being scarce in Topeka But they were
ambitious and early manifested desire
for something more histriOuie- They fell
Hshsr s Of the North Topeka I'll Tines ssl' nan
with desires FOR the management Of i
coaspired TO organize a dramatic CON
pany- Several other kindred spirits were
Fountain Dramatic company suddenly
sprang into existence II was called the
Fountain dramatic company in honor
Of the fountain in the Union Pacific park.
which was then the pride Of North To-
Miss Lfbbie Curtis. a sister Of Congress-
man Charles Curtis, and now MS jerome
CoIvin of North Topeka, was the star O
the com pany- 1t was not long before the
Union Pacific fountain had given way TO
pa par pr 90 Of the North side At
church fairs, lodge socials and other en-
tertafnul entS it was greatly in demand
But ambition still eIung to the Kernpton
boys, and only for awhile were they salts
At Mania ttan lived a colOred man named
1IcCandless who had been on the minstrel
stage.and one day he wrote George Kemp
ton suggesting the organiza tIo1 OF a min
streI company kemptOn fell in with the
suggestion and it vas not long until II
ming of the Kempton brothers professional
Since that time both the boys have been
in the theatrical business in one way or
years George kempton was with Lincoln
]. Carriers PRODUCTIONS. This year the
brothers got together and organized their
present repertoire company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
POLICE WILL Stop 1T.
Loafng and Insulting Language at
Transfer Station Must End

Saturday afternoon VIII Bryan was
arrested for disturbing the peace. He
was one of a crowd that created a dis
turbance Saturday at the transfer sta
ton BY addressing improper remarks to
ladies who were passing. Gene GOrmes,
who works in Burghart's cigar store
went out and ordered c. L RapIey and
Bryan away. They refused to go and a
fight ensued- RapIey was arrested but
Bryan escaped In police court RapIey
was fined s. and when Bryan appeared
TO testify in his behalf he was arrested
and viii be tried this afternoon
There is a crowd Of young fellows, -
said Chief Strauss, that loaf around
the transfer station and insult ladies'
These two fellows are not the only ones
and the sons OF some very reSpecta bic
families are in the habit of doing this.
The police are determined to break up
this crowd Of loafers and will do It
This sort of thing must stop"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
NEW MISSION FIELD.
Rev. DR.. Samuel c. Edsan of Chicago
Accepts the Bishopric of
North Dakota

Chicago. Oct 31.-The Rev Dr. sam
ueI c. Edsau, the rector Of St Peters
Episcopal church in this city, announces
that he has decided to accept the
bishopric of North Dakota prOfered to
him by the Episcopal convention re-
Gently held in Washington Rev DIT:
Edsau says he would remain rector OF
the church which he founded until a
date in January, yet to be fixed, when
the conservation will take place
DR.. Edsau hopes this ceremony VIII
be held in St. Peters church Bishop
AIcLaren probably will be IN charge
The new bishop will make a trip 10
North Dakota within two weeks to look
over the deld.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
TRIAL FOR MRS. BOTKIN.
An Early Hearing VIII Be Given the
San Francisco Woman.

San Francisco. Oct. 31--BTrs. Botkin's
desire for an early trial will probably be
gratified-
The district attorney says his first
move viii be TO send to Delaware for
witnesses from that state. He says
probably as many IS half a dozen per
sons would be brought from Dover. and
that he would make an effort TO secure
the attendance of John P. Dunning, hus-
band of the dead woman, as = witness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
ICE IN THE YUKON
Ties Up and Wrecks Many VaIuabIs
Boats.

San Francisco Oct 31-Iee was making
On the Yukon and there vas thin ice al
Dutch HarbOr when the Portland "a He'd
on October Il. At least a dozen river
steamers are stuck on sandbars n the
Yukon and viii probably be lost The
Dawson city is a total wreck
The Herman and Tacoma are aground
and the other boats are IN such periIous
positions that when the ice breaks up they
may go to pieces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
Arreated "a suspieion.

Detroit, Oct S1--A man giving his
name as Ernest Whiten, was arrested
by the local police last night On suspi-
cfon Of having murdered a jockey
named James Street on March 31st in
st. Louis, Mo Whiten answered very
closely to the description Of Anthony.
or Chappie McHals, who nearly severed
Streets head from his body with a ra-
ZOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31

Omaha, Neb-, Oct. 31--A break in the
big main that leads from the pun ping
station seven miles north of the city
threatens Omaha with water famine.
The company has small engine and q
limited supply OF water in its reservoir,
but whether this will hold out until re-
pairs can De made il problematieaL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
BRING DOWN TEN NUGGETS
The Steamer Portland Has Little Gold
From Alaska

san Francisco. Oct S1-AH the treas
11re on the steamer Portland which
reached this port yesterday from st;
Michael was one box of gold dust ana
nuggets consigned to the Alaska CON
roe-SiaI Germany It's value was not
made known but it is not be-
Teved to exceed s10, 900. Several return
ing miners were on the vessel but they
carried their wealth in the form Of
drafts, and were reticent regarding the
amount
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
BREIDENTHAL'S PLANS
TO Save DepositOrs From Loss
Through Failed Banks

In his forthcoming biennial ranor4
Bank Commissioner BreidanthsI viii
outline his proposed law for the Drotac-
ton Of deposttors against loss e-o-,
ban failures His idea is to have aact7
bank deposit 5 per cent of its s.vaT,e 90
osposl1s, as SHOWN py the report OF the
state bank comuiss foner. with +bs 80
treasurer, by him to be loaned To 9+5s-
banks in sums not 10 exceed 81. a00 a.
- per cent interest, such banks to g-fvs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31

New York. Oct s1--The First battalion
of the Second regiment Of United States
engineers under command Of Major Rich
ard Henry Savage. LETT Camp VVik0m, Mon
tauk Point today, bound for Savannah
to join General Lees army corps
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31

Misses Kate and Hope Sprague will
entertain az Halloween party this
evening at their home on Clay street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
Special Meeting Commercial Club.

Win be held on Wednesday evening
November ,. TO consider the question Of
voting Tor or against the issuance of
BONDS Tor YFaterwOrks and decide which
proposition to endorse The citizens
generally are invited By order OF the
clup- T. J ANDERSON. Secy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
~ Tectnre Couraa-

Russell H COuweu of Philadelphia in
the Union Lecture Course at the High
School Assembly hall tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31
SOCIAL AND Personal.
oCIALCALENDAR FoRTHE wEEK

SOCIAL CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK
MONDAT-The Bachelor Girls party
this evening Halloween parties at the
homes of Miss May Downing and
Misses Kate and Hope Sprague-
UESDAY-Duplicate whist club at
Mrs Arthur Capper's in the after
noon Card party at the home Of Mr..
Doncyson in evening.
ESDAY-Commisce clubs first
dance at Hudson's hall.
THURSDAY-Mrs- Charles Joslin's
thinble party in the afternoon I'M
periaI club dance at Hudson's hall
The o. n. 0. dance at Harmony hall.
FRIDAY-The Informal dancing party
at HudsOn's hall The Viennese party
at Harmony hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-31

Items intended for this column should
he Jeff at the Kimbau Pig. Co. before II
o'clock in the morning
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-05
Hpw TO AVOID LIGHTNING.


sosee Valuable Advice rs to What tn DO
In n storm.
"what should we do when caught in n
thunderstorm"
Campbell Swinton says lightning Is
most apt to strike projecting objccts--for
example, tree On that principle you
ought to keep clear of troos just as you
would keep clear of hayrick. Similarly,
IL you are in "a fat space-take farmers
field-you should make yourself AZ little
all objective as possible If everything
about is level, you yourself become the pro-
jective point which may attract the light
ming. Therefore lie down fat on the
ground, or, even better, get into hole.
"A person who took shelter in hole"
Campbell Swinton continued, would be
absolutely safe, l should think. Even If
the lightning were to strike the ground
near by its power would scatter so much
that he would hardly be likely to come to
harm. Then, II you are in house while
a thunderstorm is raging, the safest shell
ter would be found in the cellar-that Is,
far away from the objective parts of the
building. For myself, l am rather skep-
tical how many folks would care to crawl
into hole or plunge into cellar. You
see, the risk to life and limb in England
from lightning is very small indeed-so
small that tho average man would run 1T
rather than disturb himself"
Il suppose the idea which you have in
Dictated to me explains the damage that
factory chimneys and the chimneys of
dwelling houses occasionally sustain from
lightningS"
"Just so. They are points of attraction.
Not only that, but there must be an addi-
tional attraction in the column of warm
air which rises from chimney when
fire is burning beneath it. L once saw q
chimney struck by lightning, and smoke
had been issuing from it. There were
various ncighboring chimneys, but so far
as / could make out none of them was
active. The incident occurred while l was
sitting in the Wellington club. and the
damaged chimney belonged tn n house on
the other side of Grosvonor crescent. -
London Chronicle
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-05
FOOD WASTED IN COOKING.
Life Sustaining Value Of Meat and vege-
tables Lost Through Ignorance.

Life Sustaining Value OF Meat and vege-
tables Lost Through Ignorance.
A series Of Investigations by experts
connected with the United States de-
partment Of agriculture 60 to show that
there is an immense amount Of popular
ignorance in the matter of cooking;
that, while the greater part Of the food
of man is prepared for use by cooking,
yet the changes which various foods I'M
dergo during the process and the losses
which are brought about have been but
little studied. Few persons know, for
instance, that in 100 pounds of uncooked
cabbage there are but ~ pounds Of dry
matter, and of this dry matter from 2 a
to 3 pounds are lost in the cooking pot.
Experiments with potatoes showed that
in order to obtain the highest food value
potatoes should not be peeled before
cooking; that when potatoes are peeled
before cooking the least loss is sustained
by putting them directly into hot water
and boiling as rapidly as possible.
Even then the loss is very considerable.
If potatoes are peeled and soaked in
cold water before boiling, the loss of
nutrients is very great, being one-fourth
of all the albumenoid matter. In a
bushel of potatoes the loss would be
equivalent to pound of sirloin steak.
Carrots contain less nitrogen, but rela-
lively more albumenoid nitrogen than
potatoes, and therefore furnish more
matter available for building muscular
tissues. In order to preserve the greatest
amount Of nutrients in the cooking of
carrots, the pieces should be large rather
than small. The boiling should be rapid,
so that the food value of the vegetable
shall not be impaired, as little water as
possible should be used, and if the mat
ter extracted is made available as food
along with the carrots loss of 20 to
80 per cent or even more of the total
food value may be prevented. In the
cooking of cabbage the kind OF water
used has more effect on the loss of nutri-
ents than the temperature of the water
at which the cooking is started. In any
case the loss is large. The losses which
occur in the cooking of potatoes, carrots
and cabbages vary with the different
methods of boiling followed. -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-05

four fights, " said the man go. r1ere Is
no elevator I'm sorry, madam, but even
our editor in chief uses the stairs
The woman glanced at the stairs -Four
flights counting this ones" she asked.
"Counting this one," said the man.
That's too much" said the woman. Il
don't care II all the editors In creation
climb them, l shan't" And she turned TO
go when something caught .her eye and
back she came "Look here, she said,
isn't that speaking tube over i'm the
corner?" The man admitted that 1t was.
"why can't you call up through II and
ask them II they will print my manu-
script" The man explained that the
manuscript would have to be read first.
"Well, went on the woman, why can I
you read il to them through the tube
Then they can tell right of and it'll save
me climbing those stairs. The man ex
planned "somo moro, but, although h'
did his best it was i'm vain. Before he was
half through the woman, manuscript II
hand, had bounced out of the door with
"And some folks wonder why literatur,
Is degenerating New York Sun.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-05

Houghton's nightwatchman picked up
a drunken Finn on the streets Thursday
night and put him in the lookup to sober
ND. On appearing before Justice Brand
Yesterday the man gave his name as An
drew Kustsson and pleaded guilty to the
charge of being drunk. The Judge i'm
posed small fine OF $3 and costs, but
as K ustsson did not have the necessary
coin he will spend the next twenty days
at Hotel de Lean.