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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
SITUATION IN LABErTE co.
As It is Viewed From the Republi-
can Standpoint.

Parsons, Nov. 1.-Labette county is
one of the most interesting battle
grounds of the present campaign. In
1896 this county gave Leedy over 400
majority. The Republicans started in
a the beginning of this campaign to
overcome this majority and since the
middle of September they have had one
meeting each night at some point in the
county. Their meetings have been wen
attended.
The PopuIists have not been asleep in
the meantime Last Saturday the
Populists held an all day meeting and
barbecue. 1t was sumner. All the
big guns of the party were here, and
they had tremendous meeting.
The Republicans, however, were not
discoura ged and they set about to give
Stanley a big meeting here last night.
and they succeeded. One-half the peo-
pie who came to Parsons could not get
into the opera house to hear Stanley.
The Republicans claim the county by
100 to $50. The POpulists claim the cOun-
ty by more than that. The election
alone will decide which party is right.
In fact, the defeat or success of either
ticket in this county depends on the
railroad vote" in Parsons. The NJ. K.
& T. shops are located here. In 1896 the
shopmen voted about as a unit with the
PopuIists This year the Republicans
think they will break even on this vote
If they do they will win by a small ma
jority. If they don't the Populists will
win.
Labette has two Popu1ist representa-
tives in the legislature. This year the
Republicans claim the election of their
candidate in the southern district. Tom
FlanneIly of Oswego. They concede
that the Populists will win in the other
district.
Stanley is popular here and will lead
his ticket in Labette county. He came
down to Parsons just after he was nom
mated and shook hands with all the rail-
road men and everybody else in town.
Many Populists say they will vote for
him. If Stanley carries the county he
will take the rest of the ticket through
with him, and may save Kirkpa trick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
Hold a Large In
door Meeting at Parsons
AS Against the POpulist Barbe-
cue ON Saturday.
OVERFLOW MEETING
Necessary. Some 700 Visitors
Coming on a Special Train.
The Labette Victory Depends
on Parsons ShOpmen.

Parsons, Kan, Nov. More than
1900 people crowded into the opera
house. here last night which has a seat
ing capacity of 900. The occasion was
Mr. StanIey's meeting. Among those
present on the stage were F. G. Petri,
a wealthy German, who as a Populist
says he has repudiated Governor Leedy' s
denomination and Joined the followers
of Stanley. Judge H. G. Webb, a
brother of the late w. G. Webb of To-
peka, presided. Judge Webb, like his
brother, was a. PopuHst.
Mr.. Stanley and Mr.. Welch arrived
at Mound Valley, where it was neces-
sary to wait one hour and a half for
the Katy special which was run to
Parsons and return for the evening
meeting. A large portion of the village
turned out. Mr.. Stanley shook hands on
the way to the hotel, where after a
hasty supper he was hustled off to the
hall the only one in town, where ESQ
people filled every nook and corner,
while Mr.. Stanley talked ten minutes
before the departure of the train to
Parsons.
one hundred people went to Parsons
from Mound Valley on the special train,
but only a part of them heard the
speeches. In the crowd were Swan
Peterson and n. P. Johnson, two Swed-
ish leaders who recently declared them
selves for Stanley, having supported
Governor Leedy during the last cam
paign.
Four hundred tickets were sold to
Parsons from Oswego. while 200 came
from Chetopa. This train was late and
the crowd did not reach the opera
house until $40. Mr.. r. B. Welch went
out and talked to the crowd outside
which could not get into the hail
Mr.. Stanley also spoke few mo-
ments on the street. AL Schick, local
speaker, was sent for and another
meeting was started on the corner a
block south.
The Republicans here are enthusiastic
with the work which is being done z9 for
sible for the special trains which
brought the crowds of visitors to the
city. Mr.. Foley himself and Clyde Reed
met Mr.. Stanley at Mound Valley and
escorted him to Parsons.
The Republican managers are elated
over this meeting, as it exceeded their
expectations in every particular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
CYCLONE FORMING
Which May Catch the Maria
Teresa on Her Way North.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The navy de-
partment is under no apprehension as
to the safety of the Maria Teresa, al
though some fear has been expressed in
the Santiago dispatches that the vessel
and with her consorts, the Vulcan and
Leonidas have fallen into the sphere of
a West Indian cyclone. The Teresa
passed Cape Maysi, at the eastern ex-
tremity of Cuba early yesterday morn
ing, bound for Hampton Roads, and
signalled that all was well and that her
machinery was working smoothly. By
this time, according to the calculations
of the naval officers, she should be well
on her way towards the Bahamas, keep
ing to the eastward and away from the
Florida coast. Meanwhile, the weather
bureau report to the navy department
shows that a cyclone is forming to the
southwest of Havana which probably
will come up the southwest coast of
Florida and if this prediction is true
the warship would lie well away from
thousand miles, according to the calcu-
latiOns
The latest calculation made at the
department is that the Teresa will ar
rive at Hampton Roads next Sunday
afternoon. Presuming that she has no
fever aboard, she will probably come up
to the Norfolk navy yard for survey.
Whether the repairs recommended by
that board will be made at the same
upon the report of the board and upon
the recommendation of Chief COnstruc-
tor HichbOrn, but the probabilities are
that the work will be done in Norfolk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
N. Y. SOLDIERS VOTING.
One Regiment Day Will Vote Un-
til the Balloting is Completed.

Camp Meade NIiddletown, Pa, Nov.
An election is being held in the 202nd
New York regiment today for state
and district offices. The 201st will vote
tomorrow and the 2O3rd on Thursday.
Polls were opened at o'clock this morn
ing in the 202nd's camp and four in
spectOrs chosen by each company to
conduct the election. Major G.. w.
Hobbs, representing the New York sec
retary of state, has supplied each COM
pany with poll books and ballots. The
ballots contain all the headings that
any soldier may require, although he
must paste or write the names of the
candidates.
An official list of all the candidates
has been posted by Major Hobbs in a
conspicuous place in each regimental
camp. After the polls close the ballots
will be sealed and sent to the secretary
of state at Albany. He will in turn
transmit them to the country clerks of
the various districts represented by the
soldiers. These clerks will send the
ballots to the district inspectors to be
included in the return of the several
districts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
SUGAR WAR STARTS
With the Opening of the Dosch-
er Re1ineries Today.

New York. Nov 1.-The Times says:
The new Doscher sugar refinery begins
its actual output of refined sugar today.
Friends of the new enterprise insist that
through the use of modern apparatus the
Doscher plant will be able to turn out pro-
duct at an average of over one-eighth of
a cent per pound cheaper than is possi-
bic in the old ref1neries. No recent trade
event has commanded the Wall street at
tention which is given today's start by
the Messrs. Doscher of their competition
with the American Sugar Refining COM
pany, in whose management for so many
years they were conspicuous.
President HaVemeyer OF the American
Sugar Refining company is reported IS
saying to business acquaintances that it
is the Doscher and not the Arbuckle COM
petition that he has reason to consider,
and from the same quarter came other
violent predictions of dreadful things
which the company proposed to infict
upon the rash Seceders.
One of the first collisions between the
DOschers and the American company will
be the matter of controlling the patronag ge
of the wholesale. grocers- Dominance in
that quarter is to be made the first test
of the Doscher enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
a HOT HEADED OLD SOLDIER
Makes a Scene on Meeting Congress
man Ridgely.

Chanute, Nov. 1.-Congressman 2.
r. Ridgely came very near getting into
a fight during his recent visit here. He
was going along the street shaking
hands with voters, when he met an old
soldier who lives in the country, but
whose name was unknown to those who
witnessed the incident. When the con-
versation was opened the candidate
stated his mission, whereupon the veter-
an flew into rage and said:
ANY old soldier who would vote for
a Populist congressman, or any other
Pop. candidate, ought to be hung
Mr.. Rtdgely was both insulted and an
gered. He paused for a moment to
steady his nerves, then said:
I challenge you to repeat that state
ment.'
''WeI, don't you think I won't repeat
it. I say it again; and again" yelled
the old man, throwing off his coat and
starting for the congressman Inter-
ference from bystanders averted the as
sault.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
BEATS THE KLONDIKE.
Ore Found in Washington Run
ming $500 to the Ton.

Spokane, wn.. Nov. IA telephone
message from Republic Camp, north
half of the Colville reservation says
that the miners have cross-cut "A feet
of ore in the big ledge on the 430 foot
level and the drills We're still in ore.
The news of the big strike has spread
to the surrounding mining districts and
the excitement is intense. Conservative
mining men say that such an ore chute
with such values-$300 per TOMS un-
precedented in the mining history of
the continent. The great chute has been
length of 400 feet. It is nowhere less
than five feet wide and the width runs
as high as % feet.
Contrary to the general rule in gold
mining, the ledge is the richest at the
widest points. The mine is so miles
from railroad and the ore is freighted
that distance over a mountain road and
shipped to a Puget Sound smelter. In
addition to these limited shipments the
company is treating ore at it's mill on
the ground with the electro-cyan
It's receipts from ore shipments and
mill runs are averaging $4,000 per day
and these will be greatly increased
when the machinery is installed for the
enlarged mill. Enough ore is blocked
out to keep the mill running for several
years. Other big mines in the camp are
the Mountain Lion, owned chiefly in
Blaine owned in Spokane. Buying or
ders for Republic stock were telegraph
ed today from many of the surrounding
towns. It is hard to quote prices on the
Republic stock. Before the recent big
strike it was selling freely the past
week at 50 per share, but now there is
not a share in sight and holders are
talking So per share.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
CIGARETTE AND POWDER
Causes Serious Injury to Four Mem
bers of the 10th Infantry.

Detroit. Mich, Nov. -Four privates
of the Nineteenth infantry who were
left at Fort Wayne, when their regi-
ment west south We're badly injured to-
day by the explosion of a quantity Of
powder, which they were transferring
from the basement of the guard house
for transshipment to the regiment in
Porto Rico. The men are:
Privates:
Fred Fisher, company G.
Archie Miller, company e.
Robert J. Laval, company L.
Fred Craw, company D.
With the exception of Miller, who was
badly burned in the thigh, the injuries
were confined to the mems heads and
faces.
Comrades of the injured threw buck
cts of water over them to extinguish
the blaze. 1t is not thought any of the
burned men will die, but all will be dis
figured.
The explosion occurred just as the
men had arrived at the top of the stairs
leading from the basement. 1t is be-
lieved the powder was ignited by
spark from a cigarette which a soldier
was smoking.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
GEN. WOOD SETTLES DOWN
Rents a House and Will Move His
Family to Santiago.

Washington, Nov. IA few months
ago, General Wood in command of the
city of Santiago, intimated to the sec
retary of war that he would like to
come home on a leave of absence, but
in view of the fact that General Law
ton has turned over the command of the
department Of Santiago to General
Wood and has been assigned to a, di-
vision command in the United States
it will be impossible for General Wood
to return to this country at present.
General Wood has made up his mind
house there and Mrs. Wood and children
will sail for Santiago a week from to-
morrow,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
SNOW ON CHILKOOT.
18 Inches Reported by the Last Par.
ty Down From Dawson.

Seattle, Wash. Nov. 1.-The steamer
Farrallon arrived here last night with 100
KIondikers. who left Dawson October l.
According to the estimate of the purser
they had about 100000 worth of gold dust
They report that there were Is Inches
of snow on the Chilkoot pass and about
inches on White pass. The weather was
getting quite cold. The last boat to leave
Dawson this season for the lakes was
scheduled to leave the first week in Octo-
Der. About $50 people had engaged pass
Rich placer strikes are reported on the
Dalton trail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
WILT OWNS UP.
Says He Stole the Entire $45, 900
Missing From the Bun zIau Bank.

Chicago, Nov. Lambert Wilt, the
absconding comptroller of the Bunzlau
Savings bank, Bohemia, with his wife
and aunt, were brought here today from
St. Louis, where they were arrested
last night. They viii be held here as
prisoners to await instructions from Bo-
henia.
having embezzled S45, coo of the banks
funds and expressed relief that he was
through with being a fugitive. His
young wife, whom he married about
the time he left Europe, declares she
was ignorant of the cause of their sud
den departure for America. In Willis
possession was found S5,521 and he is
said to have considerable more sof the
$4,000 which he stole from the Bohem-
ian bank. on deposit in New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
ACROSS TWO CONTINENTS.
a. Bohemian Absconder is Chased
and Arrested in ST. Louis.

St Louis, Mo, Nov. AFTER a chase
across two continents, Lamber Wilt,
chief comptroller of the BunzIau Saw
ings bank at Bunzlau, Bohemia, with
his wife and her aunt, was arrested at
the Hotel Roseacre today on the charge
of his having absconded with 900
guilders, equivalent to SAL, ,420. The ar
rest was made by a Chicago detective
at the instigation of V. Zemesky, a
piano dealer at 642 Blue Island avenue,
Chicago, who is a stockholder and the
western agent for the Bunzalu bank,
and who had been instructed to search
for Wilt.
Wilt has been married one year and is
3S years of age. His father is a pros
August 6, Wilt and his wife, accom-
panied by her aunt, Blaja Mullei, left
home on a vacation for his health. They
Travelled through Austria and came to
America, landing at Hoboken October
8, where he wired his mother of their
arrival Meanwhile the bank officials
had discovered a shortage of 109, 900
guilders and were searching for Wilt
His message home gave them a clew
that he was in America and they noti-
fed their western agent.
Wilt Travelled through the east and
finally went to Chicago, whence he came
here last Thursday evening. A detective
was behind him two days throughout
here Saturday and arrested the party
of three today. Wilt had $100 in United
States money and he and his wife
both had a large amount of Bohemian
money concealed in their clothing. Wilt
admitted that he took 12, 600 guilders,
but said he did not take the balance
of the amount accredited to him. He
said friends at Hoboken had advised
him upon landing that he was being
hunted. The detective took the three
back to Chicago at o'clock last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
MARYLAND Is MISSING
Left Havana on the 18th With Five
Cases of Yellow Fever on Board.

Norfolk, Va, Nov. 1.-The whereabouts
of the Maryland. on which vessel devel-
oped five cases of yellow fever, resulting
in three deaths at Havana, is a mystery.
The Maryland sailed from Havana Octo-
ber IS for Baltimore. against the advice
and protest of DR.. Brinmer. sanitary in
spector of the marine hospital service at
Havana, who advised the captain to pro-
ceed to Tortugas quarantine, the Mary
lands skipper refusing.
The Maryland, had she entered the capes
at Virginia, would have been held up at
quarantine but the officials today said
nothing had been seen of the vessel on
which it is feared other cases of the
dreaded disease have developed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01

speeches. Mr. Stanley refrained from
indulging in remarks in any way de-
rogratory to Populists and Democrats
Mr. WeIch brought out the Hillmon
case and criticised McNan for forcing
a settlement from the insurance COM
panies, after, as Mr.. Welch said, 1.-The
ALLEGED body of Hi1lmon had been iden-
tified and the insurance paid on the life
of a man from Iowa, whose name was
Walters"
Mr.. Stanley discussed national and
state issues briefly, leaving early in the
afternoon for Parsons to make the prin-
cipaI speech at a night meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
GROUNDED THE CURRENT.
A Halloween Joke That Was Very
Ineonvenient, Indeed.

Some man whose idea of a Halloween
joke may yet land him in Jail. was re-
sponsible for the fact that no cars were
operated for 35 minutes last evening
just at the time when people were on
their way down town to attend the en-
tertainmentS.
The man tied a barbed wire to the
rail of the street railway near the fair
grounds and then tied a stone to the
other end of the wire and threw it over
the trolley line. Instantly there was
ground and the current was rendered
useless. AS soon as the cause of the
trouble was discovered it was removed
and the cars were again started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
OUT OF LAND.
Santa Fe Turns the Department Over
to John E. Frost

The Santa Fe company is no longer in
the land business. The formal transfer of
the land to Mr.. John E. Frost has taken
place, and al midnight last night the
Santa F'e land department ceased to ex-
ist.
Mr.. Frost will at once remove his office
from the Santa Fe general office building
to room u, Stormont building, and the
rooms occupied by him for several years
will be turned over to Mr.. I. S. Lauck,
auditor Of Disbursements Mr.. Frost viii
have entire control of all the lands except
the coal lands, up to this time in posses
sion of the Santa Fe, as an individual
land agent, but will pay the Santa Fe
company for the lands only as he sells
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01

Washington, Nov. 1.-The thirty-sec-
ond convention of the American Insti-
tute of Architects convened today at
10 a. M, in the banquet hall of the Ar
Iington hotel The convention will last
three days. Many of the best known
architects and designers in the United
States are in attendance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01

Mexico City, Nov. 1.-The government
is taking measures for carrying out the
sanitation of Mexican Gulf ports. It is
believed here that when the American
government completes the reconstruction
of the sewerage system of Havana and
cleans out the bay, that with moderate
care in Mexican Gulf ports yellow fever
can be stamped out Heavy northerly
gales on the coast are reported and the
health of the coast cities has improved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
TRAIN LOAD OF ALCOHOL
Leaves Peoria Distilleries for Japan
ess Government.

twenty-three cars of spirits has just
been shipped to Japan, sold to the i'm
perial government to be used in the
manufacture of smoke1ess powder in the
government works. They go as a special
train to San Francisco. The shipment
made nearly a million gallons. The
Japanese government is buying enor-
nous quantities, and two more large
shipments will go in November.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
THE FREDoN1A MEETING
500 People Gather in the Court
House to Hear Stanley.

Fredonia, Nov. Five hundred peo-
pie, all the Wilson county court house
would accommodate, attended the Re
publican meeting Monday afternoon, at
made speeches. As in all of his campaign
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
Declares q Diuidand

Philadelphia, Nov. THE board of
directors Of the Pennsylvania railroad
today declared its regular semi-annuaJ
dividend of 246 per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-For Kansas: Partly
cloudy and colder tonight; Wednesday
fair; brisk westerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-01
Death of General west

Washington, Nov 1.-Joseph Rodnan
aged IS years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-11-21
TURKISH PROVERBS.

About twenty years ago there was
at Constantinople a collection OF
quaint sayings and proverbs of the
Osmani people, collected by Turk
isl author, Ahmed Efendi. Many
Of these observations upon life are
interesting. A few are given below:
1t is the mark of a man not to turn
from his promise.
It is better to go to bed foodless
than to get up with debt.
There is no difference between pau
pers and grandees without g6nerosi-
ty.
In proportion as anger comes sense
departs.
From him OF pure disposition sor-
row comes not.
He who asks advice passes a noun
tain. He who asks not loses his way
in the level plain.
Disclose not your secret to your
friend; your friend has a friend, and
he will tell it to his friend.
Do not cut your donkey's tail in a
crowd. One will say it is too long,
another it is too short.
There is no Wanting death when it
comes.
Tie your donkey. Do not make
your weak neighbor a thief.
Even if we sit crooked let US speak
straight.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-11-21
Men of Weakened Power, Exhausted vigor

Men of Weakened Power, e Exhausted VigOr
Weak suffering from nervous debility
weakened power and exhausted vigor can now take
new hope. DR.. Greene, S4 Temple Place, Boston
Mass. who is without doubt the successful
specialist in curing this class of diseases, offers to
give free consultation by mail to all weak ened, Wig
oress and nerve-exhausted men. You have the
privilege of consulting DR. Greene b letter describ-
ing your complaint and he WILL after carefully con-
slderng your condition, send you free letter fully
explaining all your symptoms, telling you every
thing about your complaint so plainly tn you will
understand exactly " hat ais you. Write to him at
once and get back your strength and vigor.