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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
NEWS FROM CAMP ALGER.
Col Lindsey Captures Moonshiners
and Illicit Still

Camp Alger, Va, July 17.-At the
present time there is some outlook for
the departure of the Twenty-second.T The
report circulated today is that two regi-
ments of the first brigade, Second Di-
vision and Second Army corps will be
taken TO NIL up a brigade in Major Gen
era4 Buffers Division, which is to move
Rico.
The selection will be made from the
Thlrd New York, One Hundred and
Kansas
At present the Twenty-second is in
hne condition in every respect and the
regiment is holding it's own with any
IN the camp both in advancement in
military tactics and health, there being
but seven cases now in the hospital
with measles, all of which are on the
road to recovery.
The Twenty-second is ten only regi-
ment from Kansas which has not lost
a man by death
DR.. F. H. Martin of the hospital corps
has been promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant of the corps.
Tomorrow we will have brigade in
spection. For the past week Col. H. c.
Lindsey has had a provost guard out
night and day securing the camp and
country for miles around arresting
moOnshiners and bOotleggers; they
have been very successful in their work,
having captured some ten or fifteen
men and about fifty gallons of whisky.
The stands on the grounds are rushed
to their full capacity, and the streets
OF the camp are paraded by vendors
with all kinds of things to sell. This
continues until the money is spent or
has been sent home.
On behalf of the regimental and line
officers of the Twenty-second Kansas
volunteers L wish to refer to an article
published some days ago IN the Journal,
written by J. w. F. Hughes, regarding
the military progress of the Kansas
regiments under the officers who were
appointed by Gov. Leedy and stating
tina thad such appointments been made
from the ranks of the state militia the
Kansas regiments would today be far
Their advanced, better equipped and held
in higher esteem.
In speaking of the Twenty-second
Kansas I voice the sentiments of every
regimentaI and line officer as well as all
privates, the latter of which over
third have at various times belonged
to the state militia, that the statements
are untrue and not borne out by the
facts. w. G. K.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
EDITORS WILL MEET.
Association at Concordia Excursion
to Omaha Exposition.

Association at Concordia-Excurs
to Omaha Exposition.
Concordia. July 2O.-The North Cen
trail Kansas Editors association hold
their annual meeting in Concordia July
% and %. The following is the pro-
gramme:
THURSDAY, JULY %.
THE Ideal Country Newspaper-The
Features that Make 1t Popular with
the People, ID. A. Valentine, Clay
Center Times.
''The Newspaper as an Educator''-H
9. Wilson, Waterville Telegraph.
THE Importance of Typographical Ex-
cellence''-H. N. Gaines, Salina IN
ion.
Newspaper Courtesy''-W. c. Palmer,
Jewell Republican
FRIDAY, JULY %.
'FWhat Know About Job Printing
Seward A. Jones, Beloit Call.
1.-THE Moral Tone of a Newspaper
T. A. Sawhill, COncordia Empire.
''HOw to Secure and Retain Advertis-
ers''-Ben T. Baker, Smith Center
Journal
Local News-What to Say and How to
Say it''-Niss Florence Headley, Gay
lord Herald.
Justice vs.. Popularity''-J. S. Carpen-
ter, Council Grove Republican
1.-THE Value of Country Correspond
ence'--E. E. Brainerd, Phillipsburg
when Should an Editor Stand by His
Party?'-A. P. Riddle Minneapolis
Messenger.
'Editoriais''-C. NJ. Harger, Abilene
Reflector.
Progressive Journalism''-Gom T.
Davies, COncOrdia Kansan.
On Saturday morning the editors and
their wives will leave Concordia via
the Missouri Pacific railroad for Oma-
ha, arriving there at o'clock Sunday
morning. They will leave Omaha on
their homeward trip Wednesday,, Au-
gust Sd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
FAMISHED CITIZENS.
Raid the Red Cross Steamer State of
Texas, to Get Food.

copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Santiago de Cuba, July Is, via Kingston,
Jamaica, July 2O.-The Red Cross society 5
steamer State of Texas arrived yesterday
at o'clock in the afternoon and this
morning at daybreak DR.. Elwell, who was
in charge of the work of unloading, Sc
city and one large shed on the dock, en-
gagged so stevedores and began to unload
the steamer about o'clock She had !, 400
tons of provisions on board.
The distribution began at o'clock, al
lowing a pound and half of ratiOns to
each citizen. When the unloading began
crowds of half starved citizens rushed to
the dock. fighting, trampling one another
under foot breaking open the cases and
stealing the supplies Finally q picket
of troops was placed on the wharf, re-
tire cargo had been landed before the
distribution began.
Each applicant was furnished with a
ration ticket supplied by the local comrnis-
ment. The water supply of the city.
which was cut off on July above FL
Caney by General Garcia's troops. leaving
on again tonight. The ice factory resum-
ed work today, using the rainwater supply
All the liquor stores, wholesale and re-
tail, are closed under General Shafters
orders, but the Spanish soldiers have
large stock of rum on hand which they
are exchanging for our hard tack and
Last night the city. was very quiet and
there were no disturbances, the distribu-
Texas being anXiously awaited. as there
was literally nothing in the city to eat.
Before the refugees left for Ell Caney
-four was selling at $50 per barrel, beans
at $50 per 100 pounds, condensed milk at
IS a tin and hard tack at 81 per piece.
At Ell Caney the prices were still higher
-$25 for a tin of condensed milk and 50
for a piece of hard tack. The ruin and
want in the city are almost inconcejvable.
Twenty-Five Cubans, political prisoners,
are still in the local jail but report has
been submitted on the subject by Cuban
residents to General McKibben, the tenn
porary military governor, and their release
is expected.
Admiral Sampson, accompanied by Com
modOre Schley and the marine staff, land
ed at o'clock this morning from the
Vixen and met the municipal officers of
Santiago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
IRON TRADE WILL RESUME
Baltimore Capitalists Prepare to
Boom Santiago.

New York, July 26.-Santiago de Cuba
under the American flag means the
immediate resumption and a, large in
crease in the future of the iron and steel
trade with that section of the island
says the Baltimore correspondent of
the Tribune. The stock of hte Juragua
and the POncepO Mining companies is
largely held in Baltimore. Most of the
Bessemer ore which is mined at San
tiago has been coming to this city. I'm
til the supply was shut off the works of
the Maryland Steel company We're run
exclusively on this ore, and the COM
mercial success of a tide water steel
plant like the one of the Maryland Steel
company requires the Cuban ores, be
cause of their value in making steel and
of their cheapness.
While the mines were in operation
from three to four cargOes of ore came
to Baltimore each week, and the month
1y impOrtations ran from 80. 900 to &c. 0O0
tons. While most of this was consumed
at the works of the Maryland Steel
company, some of it was sent to Pitts
burg and used at the Carnegie Steel
works. AS a return cargo the vessels
bringing the ore carried out bacon,
lard, flour and coal, and on account
of the frequent shipments formerly
made the business has missed since
the war stopped all commercial rela-
lions with Santiago.
When the Spanish officers stopped
the work in the mines they cut off the
opportunities of thousands to earn a
resulting from the war. Iron men and
shippers here say that if the people
are now permitted by the American
government to return to their work
such "a policy will do more toward re-
Iievi1ig the suffering Cubans than any
other step on the part of this country
A general resumption of work on the
plantations, the railroads and in the
mines would simplify the problem of
taking care of the territory which is
now under the American flag. The
superintendents of several of the iron
companies are now on their way to
Santiago to resume operations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
CHINCH BUG TRAP.
Oswego Farmer Encloses His Farm
With q New Device.

Oswego Independent: E. w. Hopkins,
whose farm lies eleven miles southwest
of OswegO, has worked out novel plan
for chinch bug destruction. Mr.. Hop
kins has a wheat field bordering on his
corn field from the north and the bugs
are marching in millions upon millions
from his wheat into the corn. To pre-
vent them from entering the corn field,
he has a narrow board three inches
high sunk One-half inch into the ground
running the entire length of the corn
plot between the corn and wheat fields
This board is grooved on top and the
grooves are filled with fresh tar.
The tar is poured into the groove
from a tin perforated in the bottom to
admit the tar into the groove at right
speed. This can is placed in a box and
the box on a twO-wheeled structure, one
wheel following the other. Each wheel
is grooved to hold it on said board.
The machine has a handle and is run
like a wheeIbarroW. The whole run
way across the field can be made as
fast as a man can walk. At regular in
terva1s beside this board, holes are
bored about two feet deep. Tar tracks
are made perpendicularly along this
board and leading towards these holes.
AS the bugs travel along the board,
some east and some west, keeping clear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
MurderOus Assault by Two No
tOriOus GaIena TOughs
Upon Henry DeLOsier, Who Now
Lies at Deaths Door.
FRONTENAC'S BOOM.
Labette County POpulists Com
mend Dewey
And Deny Republicans Monopoly
of Patriotism.

Ga1ena, July 20.-Henry DeLosier,
about 80 years of age, lies at deaths
door in his humble cottage in the tim
Der a short distance east of Empire, as
result of a murderous attack made
upon him by two young toughs, Earl
Dent and Wib BaIdridge, with base ball
bats.
DeLosier went a short distance north
east of his home to get his little boy
who had gone to see a game of ball.
A wire enclosed the ball ground and
spectators were required to pay 25 cents
admission, this DeLOSier objected to
ana crawled under the wire, at the same
time telling those in charge that he
merely wanted to get the boy and take
MIN home and did not care to see the
game. Dent and Baldridge insisted
that he pay or go no further, but he
started to go and Dent struck him over
him and as he attempted to rise Bald
ridge also struck him with a bat along
the left side of the head, and it is
thought caused a slight fracture of the
parietal bone, but there is no diSplace-
ment. However, Inflammation may set
IN causing a depression which would
cause death unless trephining was re-
sorted to.
Until officers arrived and arrested the
coWard1y asSailants, Dent kept the
crowd back, threatening death to any
who might attempt to hold him, and
exhibited his cOwardly and murderous
disposition by making haunting re-
marks about poor DeLosier as he lay
upon the ground in an unconscious con-
ditiOn. In a little while the officers ar
rived and placed the guilty wretches
under arrest. Baldrdge was placed in
jail but Dent made his escape before
reaching the jail and has not been cap
tured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
PoPULIsTs PATRIOTIC.
Labette County Convention Remem-
bers Americas Fighters in
Resolutions.

Parsons, July 20.-The Labette county
POpulist convention in the resolutions
declared as follows:
I'VE believe in the education of the
masses on the lines of integral cooper
alton, with a view that the people, as
municipalities, as states and as a ma
ton may gradually assume and operate
all public franchises that are in their
nature monopohes, that the greatest
good to the greatest number shall ac-
crue to the people.
I'VE point with pride to the splendid
victory of Commodore Dewey, COmmO-
dOre Schley and General Shafter as an
evidence of what American manhood
can do when aroused by a great emer-
gency, and we call the attention of the
people to the fact that of the 5000 vol
unteers recently enrolled in Kansas 3
273 voted for Bryan and free silver, and
we point to this instance as proof
that the Republican party has no mon
opOly on patriotism or valor in the de-
Tense of the old flag"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
HIGH FINANCE.

Under the CAPTION ''The Disgust of
High Finance the New York Press thus
refers to the popular loan: When gold
and bond syndicates talk dismally
through their organs about the govern
ment's loss in premiums on the pop
ular loan they mean their own loss in
commissions. It is a case of apEasia, as
the doctors say, prOnouncing one word
while intending to pronounce another.
Truly the traditions ofAmerican finance
have been rudely violated. The pillars
have been shaken. Where, except in
stock gambling operations, is the broker
to come in if this sort of thing keeps
on and per cent loans continue to float
themselves; and, disgustedly, we must
inquire, where is to be the field, out
side of bankrupt railroads, for high
finance?
The government is losing no pre-
Eniums The syndicates would pay
permium now for a per cent bond-Of
course. They have seen the demand, in
credible before this issue, for 8 per cent
bonds. But at the time of the adver-
tisement of the loan they would have
paid par and not a copper over. And if
the American public had not stood
waiting with it's wallets in it's hands to
take this loan they would have snirked
at Uncle Sam and said, "This being a
3 per cent bond payable in coin, which
means possibly silver, and is not GER
tainIy better than a Mexican bond on
that account, will cost you discount
of about 2 per cent, say, $S,OOO,0OO on
the whole authorization of $500, 900, Q0O ="
In driving this bargain they would have
been justified from the commercial
viewpoint. They would have been
moderate, in view of the 100000 profit
which the gold syndicate made on a
$50 600, 600 loan. Their course would have
been businesslike. But it is not bust
nesslike now to stand around and lie
about the bargain that the government
has made-simply because it may in
cite other large borrowers to adopt the
same methods.
There is scarcely enough of the floss
of premiums talk to be noticeable; but
what there is of it is transparently false
enough to be funny.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
PFoPLE you HEAR OF.

Snapper Garrison. the once famous
jockey, has quit the turf and is en-
gagged in the life insurance business in
New York. He failed to save any Of
the big sums he made as a rider and is
said to be in debt.
Lord Westmeath, known on this side
from having been an attache of the
British embassy at Washington, has
just been appointed assistant private
secretary to Secretary Chamberlain at
the colonial department.
Miss Lucille Walroud of NIuskogee, I.
T., was recently graduated from a col
lege of Muskogee and has the diStinc-
ton of being the first person to receive
the degree of bachelor of arts from any
institution in the Indian territory.
James J. O'Brien. who when a hotel
porter in Washington, D. c., a few
years ago eloped with niece Of Adj
miral Porter, has just been suspended
from the New York police force pend
ing trial on charge of brutality to
prisoner.
The youngest volunteer in the naval
reserves is Cadet Roland S. Gielow, a
bugler on the training ship New Hamp-
shire. He is a friend of HObsOn, and
is proud of a bugle which was given
him by the hero of the Merrimac-
Tt is related of General LaWtOn, one
of the Santiago heroes, that on one oc-
casiOn while he and his men were chaS-
ing the Indian chief Geronimo in the
Sierra Madre mountains they had to
crawl on their hands and knees for
miles and were for twenty-fOur hours
without water in an intense heat
Colonel Cortejo. who was sent as a
prisoner to Mcpherson barracks and
afterWard returned to Havana, has
poor command of English, which may
explain why he thought some citizens
of Macon, Ga, exclaimed on seeing
him: Hail to Spain" He doubtless
heard a somewhat profane remark
which is more or less popular just now.
In some Notes on Journalism"
which George w. Smalley has just
printed he gives this advice to novices:
newsgathering never go to see anybody.
limited that this accounts for some Of
the extraordinary INSTRUMENTATION
which Mr.. SmaIley has been sending
from this country to the London Times.
W. L. Foster has piloted over 200
boats through the White Horse rapids
in Alaska during the last two months.
For this work he received nearly $4,000
and he thinks that he succeeded in
earnings as much money in the same
length of time as any man in Alaska.
Foster ran a street car at Astoria. be-
fore he went to Alaska, and he is now
thinking of buying a few shares of
stock in the company of which he was
once a humble employee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
BURNED AND CRUSHED.
L C. Howell Caught Between Engine
and Threshing Machine.

Newton, July 2O-L. c. Howell of
Putnam was terribly crushed and
burned by being caught between a
threshing machine engine and a sepa-
rator.
Howell was backing up the engine to
couple it on the separator, but the en-
CINE refused to stop, and he was caught
between the boiler of the engine and
the self-feeding attachment of the sep
aratOr. Two ribs on the left side were
broken and his right side was burned
to a crisp before he could be released
from his terrible position.
He was taken at once to Sedgwick
where he was given medical attend
ance. It is not thought that he can re-
cover, as he has suffered Internal in
jurieS besides his other wounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20

The value of the cruiser Brooklyn in
the battle that resulted in the destruc-
ton of Cervera's fleet is we'll told in
this paragraph from the Buffalo Ex-
press:
Spanish officers seem to agree that
the Brooklyn, the Oregon and the
Texas, especially the first two, were the
ships which beat them. But for the
fast Brooklyn some of them would have
got away. This should be a sufficient
demonstration of the greater need for
more armored cruisers of the Brooklyn
type in our navy than for more battle
ships, even if We could be assured that
all our battleships would be as good as
the magnificent Oregon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20

The prospect for American output of
steel manufactures is of increasing in
ternationaI and economic interest. The
largest manufacturer of steel in this
country says that now and in the future
American labor, although higher paid,
will compete with increas sing success
with the less costly English production
of steel. The placing in India awhile
ago of a vast quantity of steel rails is
an illustrative case in point. A large
fraction of the world will be railroaded
by the United States during the next
decade or two, according to shrewd,
far-seeing students Of production and
market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
FRANK ACocKs AGAIN.
Gridley Tourist Wants to Be Great
General

Gridley, July 2O.-Frank Acocks start
ed from Gridley about 4 year ago with
the ostensible object of making tour
around the world. The ladies present
ed him with a flag which he said he
would carry everywhere he went. Peo-
pie of Gridley made a great fuss over
him and for a short while he received
what he wanted-newspaper notoriety.
Then he dropped out of sight. Now he
turns up at Camp Alger and wants a
commission as major or captain, or
corporal. or any old thing, he don't
care which, so he gets his name once
more in the papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
GLOBE SIGHTS.

CFrom the Atchison GIobe.)
Dogs should be particularly useful
now: the dog tax is due.
There are too many people who use
their friends as coaling stations.
A woman's idea of a glorious death
is to leave her money to a church
We greatly admire a man who has
sense enough not to be thoroughbred.
It will do you no good to complain:
the neighbors won't mind their own
business.
A mule has one advantage: everyone
is afraid of g. mule, and no one'''J Jokes"
with him
People put a terrible lot of money
and work in a home which they help
to make unhappy.
Linen pants are always too long or
too short; no man ever wore pair
just right as to length
The police should be given some
power to arrest any eIocutionist who
practices with the doors open
When a mans wife falls heir to mon
ey, all the other married men around
town feel mighty funny.
Half the men you see sitting on the
porch with their families in the even
ing, are being reminded that the grass
needs cutting.
AS people get along in years, the rec
election of the price paid remains with
them longer than the recollection of the
good time.
When a man refuses to sign a note as
security, he says he would like to, but
that he has promised his wife never to
sign another security note
We have noticed with regret that
there is no demand for a great many
things the people have to sell. For
example, in the spring there is no de-
1nand for radishes. The fact is unfor-
Iunate, for radishes are easily raised,
and people could make money selling
them, provided the demand was brisk,
and prices fairly remunerative. But
there is a brisk demand for at least
one article: ham bones. Keepers of
restaurants say that they have twenty
calls for ham bones where they have
one to sell A ham bone sells for five
cents and coIored people are particu-
1Rrly fond of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
BACK FRoM KLoNpIKE.
Larned Man Says the Country is
Overrated.

Larned, July 2O.-George W. Craw-
ford, who left here last spring for the
Copper River mining district in Alaska,
returned home Sunday night. Owing
to the high water and steep mountains
Mr.. Crawford was unable to get within
one hundred and fifty miles of his des-
tination and he concluded the best
thing to do was to return home.
He says that country is overesti-
mated and very few prospectOrs ever
get any gold. He reports the people
returning as rapidly as possible and
says he will take his chances in Paw
nee county in the future.
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Missionaries Return From Afriea.

Axtell, July 2O.-Dr. Silas F. johnson,
son of Ithiel Johnson, and who for the
past four years has been medical
missionary among the Bolo tribe in
West Africa, arrived here accompanied
by his wife and baby They left Africa
about the middle of May and have been
on the road ever since.
DR. johnson knew nothing of the war
between Spain and the United States
until he was we'll on his way home.
They will remain about two weeks in
Axten when they will go to Los An
geles and visit with Mrs. Johnson's
DeODle.
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of the tarry groove, they meet on this
upright tar. Confusion follows, and
they tumble eight or ten per second into
the horrible pitt AS this pit is tarred
on the sides, the wingless chinch bugs
are doomed. When the writer saw this
death trap last Saturday, it was more
than half full of unhappy chinch bugs.
Still they formed an endless and NOV
ing chain, coiling themselves into the
bosom of death. Some were holding in
dignation meetings, but death ended all
affections
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-07-20
MEMORIAL TO A DEAD HERO
Services at Chanute in Honor of Lieu
tenant Safer.

Chanute, July 2O.-Services were held
in the Methodist Episcopal church in
memory of Lieutenant w. A Safer, who
was among the first killed in the battle
before Santiago. Rev. H. M Carr, D.
D, rector of Grace Episcopal church,
delivered the sermon, and the pastors
of other churches participated in the
services. The church was packed to
overlooking. Lieutenant Safer was
reared in Chanute. He was graduate
of the high school here and was ap-
pointed to West Point in 1890,