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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
WORSE THAN ARMY CAMP.
Three Thousand Gases of Typhoid
Fever at Dawson.

Port Townsend, wn., Sept. 26-The
steamship Topeka has arrived from
Lynn canal ports with so Klondikers,
80 per cent of whom have little or no
dust to show for their experience in the
land of gold and they all express them
selves as being glad to get out alive.
Three thousand cases of typhoid fe-
yer is the estimate placed on the num-
Der of sick in Dawson September s, a
large number of deaths occur daily, of
which no record is made. The cold
weather coming on soon will check the
fever.
It is estimated that about 5000 people
Joined the rush to Stewart river. Nearly
every foot of available ground has been
prospected, but no gold was found. That
section has been deserted by all except
a few who hope to create another eX-
element next season. Among the To-
peka's passengers was Joseph 1aduey
the founder of Dawson.
He says that many who return are
men that, even if the country was one
solid mass of gold, would not make any
thing. consequently they give the coun-
try bad name. He admits there is
great deal of sickness, but says that
Dawson has a hospital for all the
tramps. When any one is taken sick
anywhere along the river he is sent to
Dawson which gets the credit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
MARIA TERESA FLOATS.
Hobson Raises One of the Spanish
Cruisers.

Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay
Cuba, Sept. 26.-The wrecking company
engaged under Lieutenant Hobson in
the work of saving the wrecked Span
ish warships has succeeded in floating
the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa. The
cruiser, after being got af1oat, was
taken in tow by the Potomac and con-
voyed by the cruiser Newark, the Scorp-
ion and the Alvarado. proceeding for
Guantanamo bay, where she arrived
last night The successful issue of the
attempt to float her was greeted with
the blowing of whistles, the fire of ma
tional salutes and by cheers, in which
the Cubans Joined, disturbing the noon
siesta.
Oft Siboney the barometer and the
wind indicated the approach of a hur-
ricane and the towing power was in
creased
The Newark, under Captain Good
rich rendered valuable assistance in
the work of saving the Maria Teresa.
The cruiser is being put in condition for
her trip north by the repair ship Vul-
can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
THINKS ANDREE DEAD.
Undertaking of the Arctic Explorer
Regarded as Ill-Advised.

Berlin, Sept. 26.--Admiralty Councillor
KoldeWey, one of the best informed men
in Germany on all matters touching Arctic
exploration, granted interview today
regarding the probable whereabouts of
Prof: Andree and the possibility of his re-
turning from his attempt to reach the
pole. Koldewey says that Andree's un-
dertaking was thoroughly ill-advised. The
explorers calculation that his balloon
would float thirty days. with a daily loss
of fffty-One cubic meters of gas. was pure
~ theoretical, he declares. Practically it
has been demonstrated time and again
that a balloon of similar dimensions to
that of Andrees can with difficulty be
fioated for twenty-four hours in the face
of strong head winds. KoldeWey says
that the chances are, taking into consider
alton the meteorological conditions that
obtained at the time of Andree'S depart
ure, that his balloon cannot have made
more than from 300 to 500 miles without
losing it's buoyancy. After that, he be-
Heves, ii must have sunk upon the big
polar desert in pack ice, where the ex-
plorers probably found it quite impossible
to maintain themselves and where COM
munic atom with others was quite out of
the question. He thinks it altogether like
" that AndIe &c and his party have perish
ed long ago.
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BALKS AT THE ALTAR.
Bride-Elect Refuses to Be Welded to
an AGED Lover.

Muncie. Ind, Sept. 26,;-The marriage Of
iss Ia Bncey of S Sc Was to have
occurred last evening in Muncie at the
VendOme hotel. where the two principals
were to meet for the first time. The cou-
pie have been conducting correspondence
for a year and were to have met here
three weeks ago. for the same purpose,
but by a Misunderstanding the groom-elect
came to late and the young woman
became tired and returned home.
Buckley finally came, and has SINCE re-
manned here, endeavoring to persuade his
affanced to come again. She arrived in the
afternoon, and as all arrangements had
been completed for the wedding when the
bride-elect was escorted to the hotel to
meet her future husband all seemed well.
After she discovered that he was nearly
thirty years her senior, the love she had
entertained began to fade away, and
when the time came for the wedding she
absolutely refused to marry him, and the
union has been called off.
The bride-elect is Is and Buckley nearly
60. Buckley has been connected with an
iron mill near his home, and soon after
the death of his wife began the CORE
spOndence with Miss Mccain.
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GOT THE WRONG MEN.
Alleged Train Robbers Turn Out tc
Be Merely Safe Blowers.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 26.-The hopes
of the local police received a dash of
cold water today " en- word from st.
Joseph, unconfirmed but apparently au-
thenticy was received that the three men,
James Morgan, John Ryan and James
McIleer, arrested in that city last night,
were not the desired Missouri Pacific
train robbers, but a band of safe
crackers from Iowa who had just made
a successful raid in that state.
The men, when arrested, had in their
possession several hundred dollars
worth of powder burned money, which
the police quickly stamped as coming
from the Pacific Express company's
safe, blown to pieces with dynamite
near Dawson on Friday night last. The
statement that the men are Iowa safe
robbers was made by a local detective,
who went to ST Joseph last night and
saw the suspects this morning. Chief
of Police Hayes still hopes that the men
are part of the gang of train robbers
and they will not be allowed to leave
the state until the officials are thor
oughly satisfied on this point.
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MAY GO TO THE HOMES.
Soldiers of the Spanish-American
War Will Be Admitted.

Milwaukee. Sept. 26.-Soldiers of the
Spanish-American war when so dis
abled that they can not care for them
selves will be admitted to the National
Soldiers homes. Senator John L. Mitch
ell says that while the law provides
that the national homes are for dis
abled soldiers of the civil war; some dis
erection is given the board of managers
such other soldiers to be cared for as in
the Judgment of the managers is deem
ed right Under this ruling Senator
Mitchell says that members of the reg
homes until they could be transferred
to their home at Washington, and he
says it is his judgment that needy and
disabled soldiers of this war Will be
cared for at the homes if they apply
and room can be found for them.
''It may be stretching the law lit
tle,' said the senator, "but it is in the
interest of humanity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
FIGHT OVER STATE FAIR.
Attack on Board of Agriculture In
Wisconsin Is Certain.

Milwaukee, Sept. 26.-Upon the sue
cess or failure of the first annual state
fair being held under the auspices of
the Wisconsin state board of agricuI-
ture created last year by the legislature,
will depend two important questions.
These will be the continuance of the
state fair under the immediate supervis-
ion of the state and its retention upon
the extensive and complete grounds in
Milwaukee county. The entire state
is watching this meeting with the pur-
pose of determining those questions.
the Endorsement or condemnation Of
which will be expressed in the legisla-
ture next winter.
It now seems certain that the fair will
lose about 5000, and an attack in the
legislature will be made upon the state
board for it's management of the fair
and upon the location at Milwaukee.
Governor Scofield and his state board
of agriculture had hoped that the state
fair might rebound to their political adj
vantage, but like everything else the
Republicans had counted upon this year
it seems to be a boomerang.
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MRS. WOOLEY RESIGNS.
Pastor of the Independent Liberal
Church Steps Out

Chicago, Sept. 26.-The resignation of
her pastorate at the Independent Liberal
church in Hampton court, which Rev.
Celia Parker WOoley has for some months
desired, was accepted yesterday. Mrs.
WOoley has been in i'll health since last
winter and it has long been the advice
of her physicians that she relinquish act
i've church work. She has made no spe-
cial plans for the future, although she is
determined to content herself with her lit
erary work and lectures.
The future of the Liberal church of
Hampden court court is not promising.
Many of the church members are held
only by the eloQuence of their pastor. and
now that Mrs. Wooley, whom they partic-
uIarly enjoyed, is gone, it is doubtful
whether they will remain. Mrs. Wooley
has been pastor of the Hampden court
church two years, having gone there from
the Unitarian church at Geneva, Ill.
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MORRISON ON TRIAL.
The Fort Worth, Texas, Preacher An
swers to Charge of Murder.

The trial of the Rev G. z. Morrison,
who was arrested in Topeka for wife
murder and released through careless
ness has commenced at Fort Worth,
Texas.
The following dispatch from that
place tells about the opening of the
trial:
Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. ga sensa-
tional murder trial is in progress at
Vernon Rev. Mr.. G. z. Morrison of
Panhandle City, is accused of poisoning
his wife in October of last year. MOrri
son was pastor of the Northern Meth
odist church at Panhandle City. One
night his wife was discovered in convul-
sions and suddenly died. Her death was
suspicious and the authorities began an
investigation which showed she had
been killed with strychnine- Morrison
was in the meantime arrested at To-
-peka- kan, detained As hours and re-
leased, as the laws of Kansas do not
permit detention longer without suffi-
cient ground. Morrison left Topeka, but
was traced through Illinois, Nebraska,
Kansas and Colorado and finally ar
rested in Los Angeles, Cal, April 1,
1898. It developed Morrison was engag-
ed to Miss Annie Whittlesey, of Topeka.
A letter written her by Morrison a, few
days before his wife's death was read
in court, in which he addressed her in
the most endearing terms. The case is
attracting widespread interest, not only
In Texas but the entire west.
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DISCIPLES TO MEET.
Christian Church Will Hold Ma
tional Convention at Chattanooga.

GlOnal convention at CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga, Tenn, Sept 26.-The
national conventions of the Christian
church and Disciples of Christ will be
held here October 1920. The first, the
woman's board of missions, will be in
session from the 18th to the 18th. The
president is Mrs. o. A. Burgess of In
dianapolis. The board, which is pros
porous. does missionary work at home
and abroad, and also conducts part of
the educational work.
The general convention, which meets
October Il to 10, has the oversight of
the general work of the church. It met
in Indianapolis last year and $500 dele
gates were present. Its proceedings
were characterized by a great COM
where it is said about 5000 people par
took Of the Lords Supper. The Rev. DR..
Power of Washington, D. c., will pre-
side and deliver the annual address.
Among the other noted speakers on the
programme are Congressman Benton
McAlillin of Tennessee and President
E. V. SOllars of Hirman college. The
foreign missionary society will be in
session October 10 and 20. The con-
ventions promise to be interesting, as
the year has been one of great pros
perity in all departments of the work.
The Disciples of Christ are strongest
in the Mississippi valley. there being,
it is said, not less than $4,000 members
between the Allegheny and the Rocky
mountains. It's great leaders were Bar
ton W. Stone, Thomas Campbell, Alex
ander Campbell and Walter Scott, who
began their work in 1909. Their distinc-
tive plea is for the union of all Gods
people on the basis of Gods word as the
only rule of faith and practicable
restoration of the primitive Christianity
both in doctrines and ordinances having
no creed except what is found in the
New Testament
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
CARNIVAL PARADE.
General Order Concerning the Pro
cession on Friday.

General Order Concerning the Pro-
cession on Friday.
Chief Marshal Robinson of the Fail Fes-
tivaI parades has issued the following gen
eral order:
General Order for Karniva1 Knights
parade, Wednesday, September q, to meet
and escort Karnival Queen from depot TO
Mrs. Manspeaker's residence:
Parade will form at S:15 p m. on Quin-
cy, facing north, right resting on Sixth
street, and move at $3.50 p. m. sharp.
All Karnival Knights, G. A r. organ
izations, hambeau clubs and fraternal So
cieties are hereby invited to participate.
All owners of steam VIII stiles are request
ed to have them sounded during the firing
of salute by battery B, when Queen ar
rives in the city.
Returning from depot, parade will pass
over following line of march:
From depot west on Fifth to Kansas
avenue, south on Kansas avenue to Ninth
street, west to Jackson, south to Tenth, to
Mr.. Manspeaker's residence.
GENERAL ORDER FOR FALL Fest
VAL PARADE. FRIDAY, SEP
TENDER 80, 1885,
Parade will form at 2 p. m. and move
promptly, at 2;S0 over the following line of
sas avenue to Gordon street.
First and second divisions win continue
north to Garfield park, third and fourth
divisions will countermarch on Kansas
avenue to Second end street Get, and disband.
First division-F. M KimbaIl, marshal.
All G: A. r. posts and old soldier Or
CARNATIONS.
Form on Quincy street, facing south,
right resting on Tenth street.
All fraternal organizations, degree
teams and floats entered by secret orders.
Form Quincy street, facing south,
right resting on Eighth street.
Third diViSiOn-Otto Kuehne, marshal
Topeka fire department, all labor organ
izations and floats entered by business
men.
Form on jackson street, facing SOUTH
right resting on Tenth street.
Fourth divisional. w. Dana marshal
All carriages, pony carts, ponies, horses
or floats decorated with flowers.
Form on Harrison facing south, left
resting on Tenth street.
The following bands will report to di-
vision marshals as stated below:
MarshalPs band to chief marshal at
Tenth and Kansas avenue
Hamilton'S band to Marshal Dana at
Tenth and Harrison streets.
Lyndon band to Marshal Wear at Eighth
and Quincy streets.
Nortonville band to Marshal Kuehne at
Tenth and Jackson streets.
G. A. R. Drum corps to Marshal Kim
ball at Tenth and Quincy, streets.
Boys Bugle corps to chief marshal at
Tenth and Kansas avenue.
The following gentlemen are hereby op-
pointed assistant marshals on chief mar
Colonel D. J. Norton, Major A. P.
Shreve, DR.. W. S. Lindsay. Mr.. c. W.
Kouns, Colonel Jas. E. Anderson, Captain
w. B. Eberley, Captain H. NJ. Phillips,
Mr.. w. G. Stephenson, Orville Taylor,
bugler.
H. L. ROBINSON.
Chief Marshal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL.
The Ashcroft Trail to the Klondike is
q Fraud.

Seattle. Wash, Sept. ga Van
couver, B. c., special says:
Brindley Mills and P. G. Grant, two
members of a Montreal KIondilze syndi-
cate, arrived here today after spending
four months in trying to get through
to the gold country over the Ashcroft
trail At QueSnelle they met Sir Arthur
Curtis, an English baron, and his party
and also ran across them at Mud river,
where Sir Arthur mysteriously disap-
peared and was never seen by a, white
man again. Mr.. Mills saio they Joined
in the search with Indians for the body
and that they are confident that the
latter not only know all about the noble
mans death, but where the body might
be found. They want 81, 900 reward for
bringing it out of the woods. The I'M
fortunate nobleman, Mills believes, met
with foul play.
Mills and his party were lost four
days without food one hundred miles
from Telegraph creek. On one occasion
they took the advice of a treacherous
Indian guide and went fifty miles out
of their way. They describe the expert
ence as terrible. They declare emphat-
ically that the route is a. fraud and that
hundreds of poor fellows are actually
in danger of starvation on it now. They
are stalled fifty and 100 miles apart,
without provisions and without hope.
Mills and Grant started out with fifty
eight horses and lost thirty head on the
road. Their outfits were also lost and
when they reached Telegraph creek
they were broken in health and without
money.
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BACK IRON POETIC RICO.
The Yucatan Arrives From Ponce
With 1874 Men on Board.

New York, Sept 26.-The transport
Yucatan, Captain Robertson, arrived to-
day from Ponce and Santiago with 15H
officers, prfvates and civilians, the latter
mostly discharged laborers and pack
ers. These returned officers and men
are members of different regiments and
are mostly convalescents, sent home to
be discharged or mustered out. All are
we'll and as the transport has been at
sea for a period longer than the incu-
baton period Of yellow fever. she was
permitted to proceed to anchorage.
where she will await orders from the
nuarterrna star's dapartment
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SUICIDES FOUND OUT
''Fred Langsdorf" Thought to Be a
Man From Hoboken.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 26.-"Fred
Langsdorf," who committed suicide near
Armourdale, Kan, two weeks, ago in
a sensational manner, and who left
diary telling of his feelings during a
period of four days while he underwent
the asonies produced by repeated doses
of morphine and prussic acid, is believed
to have been the husband of Mrs. H.
Bukner of Hoboken, N. J. A descrip-
ton received by the Kansas City police
from Hoboken of Bukner tallies with
that of the suicide. Bukner was a book
binder, and, according to the Hoboken
coroner, deserted a wife and family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
Give the Children a Drink

Called Grain-O. It is a delicious. appe-
tizing, nOurishing food drink to take the
place of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like
the finest coffee but is free from all it's
Injurious properties. Grain-O aids di-
gestion and strengthens the nerves. 1t
IS not stimulant but health builder.
and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs
about q as much as coffee. Is and Csc
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-26
FUNSTON'S BRIGADE
Likely to Be the Last to Leave for
Manila.

San Francisco, Sept. 26.-Brigadiep
General Miller says he may go to Ma
Mia on one of the first transports to
leave with what remains to him of his
First brigade. of which the Washington
regiment is considered a part. In that
case Colonel Funston, with the Kansas,
Iowa and Tennessee regiments, forming
the Second brigade, will go last. Should
no general officer be assigned to duty as
cOmmandant at the Preside, Major D.
H. Kinsie will be General A1iller's prob
able successor to that title.
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JAILER OVERPOWERED.
Tennessee Mob Takes a Negro Out of
Prison and Hangs Him.

Knoxville, Tenn, Sept ga special
to the Sentinel from Mountain City,
Tenn, says:
About 2 o'clock this morning a mob of
100 men oVerpowered the johnson coun-
ty jaiIer and took John Williams, the
negro who seriously stabbed Sherman
Dunn and assaulted Mrs. MoIlie Shell
ton, in this county, a week ago, from
the Jail and hung him to a tree about
one mile back of town. His body is still
hanging to the tree with a large crowd
viewing the body.
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Unclaimed Thousands.

San Francisco, Sept. 26.-There are
several thousand dollars in Wells Fargo
and the German Savings banks deposi-
tied to the credit of DR.. G. B. Q. De
Freye, who died in Vienna on July 4
last, and all efforts to find an heir or
claimant for the fortune have been I'M
available. AS far as known the doctor
had no relatives. He was a pioneer
physician of this citv
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DYING SOLDIER BITTER.
Asks That He Be Not Buried in His
Uniform.

Denver. Sept. 26.-Frank Ficks,
private of the Seventh United States in
fantry, has died at the home of his
uncle in this city, of typhoid fever con-
tracted in the Santiago campaign. Be
fore dying he said he had been ill
treated and neglected ever since he was
taken i'll and so intense was his feeling
against the war department that he
made a dying request that he be not
buried in his uniform.
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COLOMBIA BACKS DOWN.
Reconsiders the Decree Severing Re
Iations With Italy.

Colon, Colombia, Sept. 26.-A special
dispatch from Bogota says the Colon
bian government has reconsidered the
decree recently issued severing diplo-
matte relations with Italy and the Brit
ish minister is now recognized as repre-
sentfng italian interests in the absence
of the italian minister. Permission.
moreover, has been granted to consular
officers of friendly nations to act in q
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POTTER'S MISTAKE.
Interference With Thieves Costs Hin
His Life.

Toledo, O., Sept. ga special to the
Commercial from Blissfield, Mich, says
Thieves looted the postoffice at Bliss
field last night breaking the safe open
with a sIedge. John Potter a citizen
who saw them at work walked across
the street toward the Office He was
ordered to throw up his hands, which he
did, firing his revolver at the same time
He was riddIed with bullets and died
instantly. The murderers are at large.
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The Resolute Must Go AWAY.

lutte arrived here yesterday with Gen
eraI Wade on board, having put in for
coal, water and provisions. No com
nunicatiOn was allowed with the shore
and the health authorities have or
dered the vessel to put to sea today.
The COmal has also been ordered to
leave.
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Tickets for Carnival Ball

Tickets for Karnival Knights bal
masque viii be on sale at the Swift &
Holiday Drug cOmpany's store, 523
Kansas avenue, Tuesday morning. In
vitation must be presented when ticket
is purchased. There will be no tickets
sold at the door of the hall Friday
evening. Price of tickets: For gentle
man and one lady, 81; extra ladies, so
cents each
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Pittsburg, Pa, and Return s23. 40
Via the Santa Fe.

For the grand encampment Of the
Knights Templar the Santa Fe has
been made the official route This is
considerably less than one fare and is
the last excursion east this year. Round
trip tickets within a radius Of two
hundred and sixty miles OF Pittsbure
will be sold for one fare. For partic-
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Santa Fe, N NJ, SEPT. 26.-The terri
torial volunteers so long in rendezvous
at Fort Whipple, have gone east over
the Santa Fe route. They were given
bouquets pastry and fruits in album
dance before their train puleId out for
Lexington. XIV.
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suicided to Save His Life.

Edison park last night Joseph Pfaff was
shot to death by Albert Danish. The
shooting followed a violent quarrel
about some trivial matter. Danish dis
appeared and after several hours search
his body was found in the woods near
by. He had committed suicide, fearing
arrest.