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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
CAUSES OF DELAY.
Why Supplies Do Not Reach Ameri-
can Soldiers.

WASHINGTON. July 12.-The officers who
are responsible insist that every eXer-
ton possible has been made since the
war broke out to clothe and equip an
army of a quarter of a million. When
hostilities began the government had
insufficient supplies to put in the Held
the $4,000 troops that comprised the
army They admit there have been
great delays, but insist that these have
been solely due to the inability of man.
ufacturers to increase ten-fold their ca
pacity for furnishing the lines of sup
plies used by the army. War was de-
clared April q and hostilities have been
in progress for less than 80 days.
There is no question that Skaters
expedition to Cuba was hurried off I'M
der pressure for immediate action on
account of the demands of the navy for
the investment of Santiago a week or
ten days before 1t should have left
Tampa There were an insufficient
number of transports, because the war
department found it impossible to char
ter enough ships to carry all the troops
and all the supplies which had been
concentrated in Florida.
The problem of ocean transportation
has been the most perplexing that has
called for solution by the war depart
ment. 1t has not yet been thoroughly
solved, although, owing to liberal ap-
preparations, the government has gone
into the open market and purchased
instead of chartering ships to carry the
troops in Cuba When Gen. Skaters
expedition left Tampa, under earnest
appeals from Admiral Sampson for
troops at Santiago, it left behind a
large portion of its artillery, most of
the cavalry horses and draft, and pack
animals. for which no vessels were
available.
1t was deemed best that the expe-
dition should start insufficiently equip
ped rather than remain at Tampa, be-
cause of the fear expressed by the ma
val authorities that the hurricane sea-
son would set in, that the blOckading
squadron would be dispersed and that
Admiral CerVera'S squadron would eS-
cape unless Immediate investment of
the city was made. This was the con-
trolling cause for the hurrying off of
Gen. Skaters expedition against the
earnest protest of many of the leading
army officers, and of the supply depart
ment, who were fully aware of the de-
ficiencies which would result in case Of
the Immediate departure of the trans
ports.
Matters are now Strengthening them
selves out; ample artillery is landing at
Santiago; reinfOrcementS and supplies
are being sent to the front as fast as
vessels can be purchased and the crit
icisms which have been directed against
the supply departments, and which, on
the face, seem well deserved, viii cease
when Gen. Skaters command is placed
in possession of the ordnance, ammuni-
ton and equipment which, from the
outset, were designed for his use, but
which could not be forwarded earlier
on account of the absolute inability on
the part of the government to procure
the requisite ocean transports.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
THREE DEAD INA BARREL.
An Insane Mother browns Herself
and Two Little Children.

well known railroad man, returned
home to find his wife and two little
children missing. A careful search Of
the house disclosed a note on a side
board from his wife, stating she was
losing her mind, was unfit to live and
intended to die and take two of her
children with her.
After an all nights search the three
bodies were found, head downward, in
a barrel, half filed with rainwater, on
the premises. The woman was 38 years
of age and the children and 1 year
and months respectively.
Her act was totally unexpected, and
a terrible shock to her husband and
other relatives. A verdict was rem
dered in accordance with the facts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
AFTER GERRY SOCIETY.
New York Wants Board of Charities
to Control.

New York July 12.-The question of
whether the Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children: commonly known as
troll of the state board of charities, came
up in the supreme court before Justice
Giegerfch, who. after hearing arguments,
reserved his decision.
The attorney general applied for a writ
of mandamus to compel the Gerry society
to submit to inspection by the authorf-
ties of the state. and also render a re-
port OF It's receipts, expenditures and the
work done by it, as is done by other
charitable organizat lions.
1t is cOntended on behalf of the state
board of charities that the Gerry society
is Il charitable institution within the mean
ing of the law. and that it is bound to
render an annual report a to its financial
condition and its proceedings as other
charitable institutions do. The society
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
WAR DRIVES MEYERS MAD.
With Knife and Flag He Dispels an
Evengelist's Gathering.

Chicago, July IA street evangel-
Gst at Green and Madison streets col
lected a crowd around him, among
whom was Samuel Meyers, a painter
residing at the Haymarket hotel. Soon
he got into an argument with a by
stander about the war.
Meyers did not like the way the
stranger talked and he grew excited.
Quickly he jumped to the middle of
Madison street and from one pocket
drew an American flag and from an
other a big knife which he opened.
Shouting at the top of his voice he
defied imaginary Spaniards to take the
flag from him. The crowd laughed
which angered Meyers the more. He
threateningIy advanced and the thrOng
scattered. Meyers then started rapid
~ through an alley with the flag wav-
ing and his knife cleaning.
Captain Mahoney and Detective Fo-
ley overlook him and had a struggle
before he would yield to arrest. He is
now confined in a cell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
BATTLE ON HOUSETOP.
New York Has Three Cornered Nil
Among Women.

New York, July 1.-Two women at
tackled a third woman on the roof of a
six-story tenement house. The par
Elephants in the fight, which was over
the right to dry clothes, were Mrs. Eva
Kent, thirty-tWO years Of age, a
boarder, Annie Gilbert, twenty-three
years of age, and Mrs. Sarah Spiro,
twenty eight years of age, upon whom
the others inflicted serious injury.
Mrs SpirO, after a hard days labor
at the waShbOard, went to the roof and
strung her clothes to dry. Mrs. Kent.
who also had done her washing during
the day, was surprised and angry when
she faced full lines of clothes hutter-
ing in the breeze and saw no space for
her.
She began to abuse Mrs. Spiro and
then struck her. There was a feminine
rOugh-and- tumble fight. Mrs. Kent
who looks as if she were able to defend
herself, nevertheless was getting the
worst of the fray. She called her board
er, Miss Gilbert, to her help.
After a brief inspection of the tOpsy-
turvy condition of her friends clean
linen, she took part in the battle. Be
tween the two Mrs. Spiro was nearly
house poured into the hall Some one
ran into the street yelling that woman
was being murdered
Bicycle Policeman Ross hurried to the
roof and found the two women still
beating the other. He arrested Mrs
Kent and Annie Gilbert. and took them
to the Union Market station.
Two doctors worked over Mrs. Spiro
dncessantIy for several hours. They
fear that owing to the woman's delicate
health there are slight chances of her
recovery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
FEIGNED SUICIDE.
st. Louis Woman's Method of letting
Husbands Wrath.

st. Louis, July 12.-"Tomorrow you will
regret what you said. and will wish that
you had not been so hasty"
With these words to her husband Mrs.
Alfreta Baum. wife of James Baum, rails
ed bottle containing a colorless liquid
to her lips and drank it's contents.
Husband and wife had quarreIed over
family affairs. Baum rushed to his wife 8
side and tried to prevent her from driking
the contents of the bottle, which he
thought was poison. He was too late.
He then hurried out of the house and
had the woman removed in an ambulance
to the city dispensary. DR.. NeWcoTnb
asked the woman what she had taken.
fbe sfomacb 6unD and after ePpltgI
examination of the liquid brought forth
came to the conclusion that the woman
had not taken poison.
She finally admitted that she was only
feigning, and said she just wanted to
followed, and husband and wife walked
home together.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
is alleged to receive from the city and
elsewhere more than SQ0.OOO wear.

is alleged to receive from the city and
elsewhere more than 600 a year.
Commodore E. T. Gerry and De Lancey
NicOu, the legal representatives of the So
cfety cOntended that the state board OF
charities has no control over the institu-
tuition within the meaning of the statute
relied on by the state board. 1t was also
claimed that the statute books contain
several laws regulating charitable organ
1ZatiOnS, in all of which are provisions ex-
cepting the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children from their jurisdic-
ton.
Attorney General T E Hancock. in
supporting the application for the writ of
ties was authorized by law to visit and
inspect any charitable. eleemosynary. cor
regional or reformatOry institution of
this state. excepting prisons, whether re-
ceiVjng state aid or maint aimed by munich
palitieS or otherwise The revised cOnSti-
tuition provides that payment should
be made to any such institution,
wholly or partly under private control for
the care of any inmate who IS not received
or retained therein pursuant to rules es-
tabished by the state board of charities.
The attorney general. after quoting pro-
visions of the law bearing on the case,
said the application was necessary for the
purpose of determining the powers and
duties of the state board with reference
to Institutions and societies of this de-
scriptiOn. He said the Gerry society was
undoubtedly a charita BILE institution.
Commodore Gerry cOntended that the
ganization, but a part of the machinery
of the criminal law of the county of New
York, and the police department recOg-
nized it such.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
ORPHANS TURN TO SWEDEN
Children Leave Their Dead Mother in
Chicago Hotel

Chicago, July 12.-Following instruc-
lions probably given them by their dy-
ing mother, a brother and sister, 10 and
II years old, respectively, left the bed
side of their parent, Mrs. Ida. Ander-
son, soon after her death at the Stock
holm hotel to go to Sweden. Before be-
ginning their long trip the children took
possession Of their mothers purse, con-
tanning $25, and a. few personal belong
ings. They were not seen to leave the
hotel and the death of their mother was
not known until her body was found
late Friday night.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Anderson, who
seemed to be a woman of refinement,
took up her abode at the Stockholm ho-
tel with her two children According
to the story, she reiterated the state
nent at the hotel that poverty had ne
cessitated separation from her chill
dren on previous occasions Before go
said she had visited Evanston to take
her daughter from a home for girls in
that city. Her 1O-year-oId son, she said,
she had taken few days before from a
newsbOys' home in Jackson boulevard.
Little was known of her history by
the hotel employees except what was
gathered from disconnected hints drop
ped from time to time. It was learned
that the woman had come from Sweden
several years ago with her husband and
family and settled in Wisconsin. Later
her husband abandoned her, it is said
and she lived in~private families where
she had done hOusework being com
PEELED to have her children cared for
separately from her. She once lived in
Hull house.
Mrs. Anderson, according to the en-
ployes Of the hotel, repeatedly told her
children that if anything happened to
their mother the only place for them to
go was to the old country. There, she
told them. they would be cared for and
educated by her relatives. The en-
ployes of the hotel and the police say
they believe when the boy and girl saw
their mother was dead they made their
preparations and started upon their
long journey.
Since the death of Mrs Anderson the
police have been unable to find any
clew as to the whereabouts of the chill
dren. The cOroner's physician held an
inquest over Mrs. Anderson's remains.
Quick consumption was assigned as the
cause of death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
OLD MAIDS IN SESSION.
Unique Convention at Neenah, Wis
Largely Attended.

Neenah. Wis, July IAN "old
maids convention" was held in the
city hall This was the first. convention
of the kind ever held in this city, and so
far as known it is the first of its kind
on record.
The object of the convention was to
determine how the members of the
batting society should compOrt them
selves so as to make themselves popu-
lar with the sterner sex.
The convention was largely attended,
especially by the young men and num-
bers of old bachelors. who were anx-
iOus to learn of the traps that were
to be set for them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
Rohhed the Grave.

A startling incident of which Mr.. John
oliver of Philadelphia was the subject, is
narrated by him follows: 7 was in
a most dreadful condition. Ny skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coat
ed pain continually in back and Sides
no ppetite-graduaIly growing weaker
day by day. Three physicians had given
me up. Fortunately a friend advertised
trying Electric Bitters,' and to my great
JOY and surprise the first bottle made a
decided fmproV ement- I continued their
use for three weeks and am now well
man. I know they saved my life and
robbed the grave of another victim No
one should fail to try them Only 80 cents
per bottle at Swift & Holidays drug
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
To Cure Headache in Is Minutes.
Take DR.. Davis Anti-headache. Druggists

Bad management keeps more people
an poor circumstances than any other
one cause. To be successful one must
lock ahead and plan ahead so that
when a favorable opportunity presents
itself he is ready to take advantage of
1t. little forethought viii also save
much expense and valuable time. A
prudent and careful man will keen a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and DiarrhOea Remedy IN the house
the shiftless fellow Will wait until ne
cessity compels 1T and then ruin his
best horse going for a doctor and have
a big doctor bill to pay. besides; one
pays out % cents, the other is OUT a
hundred dollars and then wonders why
mis- neighbor is getting richer while he
IS getting poorer. For sale by all drug
sgistS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
Beats the KIondike.

MT. A Q. Thomas OF MarysvflIe, Tex,
has found more Valua BILE discovery than
has yet been made in the Klondike. For
years he suffered untold agony from con-
sumption, accomanied by hemOrrhages.
and was absolutely cured by DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. He declares that gold is of
little valuae in COMPARISON with this mar
Vicious cure; would have it even if it
cost hundred dollars bottle. Asthma,
bronchitis and all throat and lung affec-
tons are positively cured by DR.. King
New Discovery for Consumption. Trial
bottles free at Swift & Holidays drug
store Regular size SOC and 81 Guaran-
teed to cure price refunded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
VISIONS VERIFIED.
Mother Dreams of Her Sons Fall in
Battle.

Indianapolis. July 12.-Charles Hauk.
aged 20, enlisted in the army here in
May and went to Cuba with the Six
teenth United States regulars. His
mother and sisters have dreamed al
most nightly that they saw him fall in
battle and their fears have been con-
f1rmed by his name being reported
among the missing since the battles
before Santiago. The last letter re-
ceived from him was just after the
landing in Cuba.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12

The clouds
have hardly held
more rain drops
than the te ars
which have fallen
from WON G n s
eyes. There is a
world of truth in
the old song
which said: Man
must work, and
ON a n mu s t
weep. Women
must weep not
only for the trOub-
les and ills of
those they love,
but because of
the physical ag-
ony and suffering
that they them
selves endure in
silence.
Nine-tenths of
tbs pain and suf-
fering that We
men nd e rg o
could be avoided
bv a little kuow1-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
The Direct Line

co and Portland, is via the Union Pacif-
ic. The service Of the Union Pacific to
all principal western points is unex-
celled by any other line and consists of
Pullman Palace SIeepers. Pullman
Tourist Sleepers, Chair Cars. Dining
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, 1898-07-12

edge, and a resort to the right remedy.
When woman feels weak, sick, nervous,
fretfu1 and Respondent, and suffers from
pains in the back and sides, and burning
and dragging down sensations, she Is suf-
4ering from weakness and disease of the
distinctly feminine organism. DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is the best of all
medicines for ai1ing women. 1t acts di-
rectly and only on the delicate and import
ant organs that make maternity possible.
It makes them strong and well. It allays
Inflammation, heals liberation, soothes
pain, and tones the nerves. It does away
with the usual disComforts of the timorous
period, and makes baby's coming easy and
almost painless. It is the discovery of DR..
R V Pierce, an eminent and skillful spe-
cialist, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the Invalids Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. No honest
dealer will urge a substitute for this su-
perior medicine.
II cannot say too much for DR.. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription" writes Miss Clara Baird, of
Bridgeport, Montgomery Co, Pa. 81 cannot
praise it too highly for the good it did me If
any one doubts this give them my name and
address"
Send for DIR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser. Paper bound, Fl one
cent stamps; cloth bound, ten cents more.
Address DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
To Buffalo and Back

routes. Round trip fare only $500.
Tickets on sale July II and u and for
train No. of 18th. Limit of tickets
reading over Santa Fe may be extended
to September l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
IS Per Cent

discount on all medaIlions. etchings
photOgrap hs, etc, this month. c.. NJ
AGorrison's jewelry store, sos Kansas
avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
Colorado and Return s24.

Summer tourist tickets to Pueblo.
Colorado Springs. and Denver and re-
turn, on sale daily to and including
September Is. 1898, at Santa F'e depot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12

The electric fans now operated in
Santa Fe Route dining cars are deslr-
able and seasonabIe accessories to an
already unsurpassed service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12

to Colorado and return for s240O, on
sale daily to September 15. by Santa
Fe Route
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12

Not how cheap but how good is this
way we try to do our work Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 ard La West sth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12
Picture Sale.

rs per cent off on pictures this month
G. H. Morrison, sos Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-12

Cool and comfortable dining cars on
Santa Fe Route are obtained by use OF
electric fans.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-19
FOUR MEN KILLED.
Desperate Negro shoots Dead Three
Dcputy-Sheriffs.

HORN LAKE, MISS, May 1s-A
tragedy occurred at the Foster planta-
ton, four miles southeast Of this town,
at 10 o'clock this morning, resulting in
the death Of four men.
r. b. Campbell, II. r. Campbell, w. c.
Cooper, and c. /. Jones, deputy sheriffs,
visited the Foster place TO arrest MINI
rod Littlefield and William Lttlefield, his
son, both negroes, charged with muir
der committed in Bolivar county several
years ago. The negroes resisted the
officers, whereupon Deputy X. Il. Camp
bell fired, killing Nimrod Littlefield. The
younger negro seized a Winchester rifle
and used ii with deadly effect. His first
shot struck Deputy Cooper squarely in
the forehead, killing him instantly. The
Infatuated negro then turned on II. X.
Campbell, shooting him in the head,
death resulting instantly, while a third
shot brought Deputy Jones to the ground
a corpse. 80
Deputy X. +. Campbell, having no
available ammunition, beat a hasty re-
treat for assistance, and upon returning
to the scene of the tragedy with posse,
found the bodies Of the dead deputies
horribly mutilated, their heads having
1een beaten into a jelly. Bloodhounds
Eyere secured and Immediately put on
'Littlefeld's track, and il he is caught a
lynching Will occur.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-19
T" BIZZY " AGAINST US
HE SAYS THE WAR Is DUE TO
AMERICAN PROvOCATION.
OUR q CHANGE OF FRONT"
~ means RetrogressiOn in the High
Sense of CiyiIization"-Thc Pro-
posed AngiO-American Alliance
Americans Not AngIO-Saxons.

copyright 1885, by the Associated Press.)
FREDERICKSBURG, May 1S.-The cold
and rainy weather has increased Prince
Bismarck's neuralgia and aggravated the
swelling Of his legs. and he has been
unable TO leave his bed for several days.
Dr. Schweninger is again here. and is
disquieted about his patient. The Prince.
therefore, is unable TO receive visitors,
but correspondent of the Associated
Press, from members of the family, has
been able TO obtain the views of the
former Chancellor on the war and the
suggested Anglo Saxon alliance, as ex-
pressed by the Prince during his most
shey are as follows:
Prince Bismarck condemns the war out
right. He says it is due to systematic
American provocation. which finally be-
came unbearable. He added
WASHINGTON INSINCERE.
THE whole course OF the Washington
administration has been insincere.
my views are well understood. ! have
always held that war is only defensible
after all other remedies have failed. The
result of the war cannot be wholesome
either TO America or to Europe. The
United States will be forced TO adopt an
intermeddling policy, leading TO unavod-
able frictions. She thus abandOns her
traditional peace policy, and in order TO
maintain her position she must become
military and naval power-an expensive
luxury, which her geographic position
rendered unnecessary.
Americas change of front means re-
PROGRESSION In the high sense of civilza-
ton. This is the main regretable fact
about this war"
CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.
Regarding the speech made on Friday
last by Joseph Chamberlain, the British
Secretary of State for the Colonies, at
Birmingham, Prince Bismarck said;
THE Importance thereof depends upon
whether MIR. Chamberlain private opin-
ions are those of the British Govern
ment Close Anglo-American relations
are doubtless feasible. but an alliance is
improbable and would be unserviceable TO
both.
Besides, it is a mistake to call the
Americans Anglo-Saxons. Theirs is a
mixed blood-Brtish Irish. German,
French. and Scandinavian. The Anglo
Saxon does not even predominant to-day.
This dwelling on so-called race interests
Is nonsense in politics. Look at the
so-French agreement and the Drei-,
fund Politics are not dictated by such
far-fetched sentimentaiities.
"Germany's duty. plainly, is to m9n-
tain her interests by carefully nursing
the good neighborship of the EUROPEAN
nations"