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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
CAPTURED BY MOORS.
Englishmen Encounter Disaster
on the Morocco Coast.

Berlin, Feb. IA dispatch from Tan
giers to the Cologne Gazette says the
government of Morocco has arrested
five members of the Globe Venture
syndicate on a charge of unlawful trad
ing.
The difficulty appears to have arisen
from the operations of a British Min
ing company, the Globe Venture Syndi-
cate acting under a treaty whereby the
Sus chiefs granted a trading and min
ing monopoly over 10000 square miles
of the Sus district
London, Feb. IA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Mogador, Morocco,
says that an expedition having occu-
pied Erkze, presumably on the Sus
coast, with the assistance of rebel
tribesmen, the sultan's troops attack
ed and defeated it after severe fighting,
capturing four Englishmen.
Tangiers, Feb. 1.-The British steamer
Tourmalin, it is officially announced,
while attempting to land arms and
stores on the Sus coast of Morocco, was
intercepted by the Sheriff1an steamer
Hassini, whereupOn she opened fire.
The Hassini reciprocated and captured
one of the ships boats, with three En-
glishmen.
The Moorish troops then demolished
the villages favorable to foreigners,
killing numbers of inhabitants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
1T is GOING TO BE BIG.
Greatest Crowd Since the Fall Festi-
val to Actend the Creamery
Convention

The attendance at the national
creamerymen's convention in Topeka,
February 21-26, promises to exceed the
highest expectations of the committees
in charge of the affair
J. z. Nissley and F. s. Hurd estimat-
ed that the attendance would reach g.
OOO but they declare that the number
will be far in excess of that
A car load of creamery men will be
made up in Boston; another in New
York, anu third in Philadelphia.
These will join two special cars at Chi
caSO, making special train from the
east, which will also include the scat
tering delegates from various points
east of there.
The greatest attendance is expected
from the northern states, Iowa, Min
neSOta, Nebraska and the DakOtas.
H. F. Marsh, the Iowa member of the
transportation committee, has notified
the local committees that he expects
fully 1000 people from the north. 1t
is the intention to have the crowds
come together from Columbus Junction
Qa-) on the Rock Island, and it is esti-
mated that four special trains will be
necessary to convey the visitors to To-
peka.
This number of visitors, added to the
Kansas crowd, it is believed, will make
the total reach $500, if indeed it does
not go as high as $1,000
This convention will exceed any ever
held in Topeka in point of numbers as
well as in the amount of financial in
terests involved. Twenty-six millions
of dollars worth of property will be
represented by the delegates. Added
to this will be the thousands of dollars
worth of machinery exhibited, the var
ious features combining to afford the
state of Kansas the largest gathering
of practical men in it's history.
Plans for the meeting are being made
with great foresight, and nothing will
be left undone that will add to the con-
Venfpnce and entertainment of the
city's guests.
Mr.. Nissley and Mr.. Hurd have ex-
acted promises that all the Topeka no
tells will serve butter during the week
of the convention, instead of just some
of them, and other details will be look
ed after later
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
sSMALLPOX, KEEP AWAY
Sign Placed on Some Baggage Nearly
Caused Riot at the Santa Fe
Depot.

A long baggage truck at the Santa
Fe depot was loaded with the worldly
effects of a family VINO were going to
seek fame and fortune in the short
grass country. They had a couple OF
trunks on the truck. To be sure they
looked the worse for wear but they held
their contents as we'll as the half dozen
quilts that were wrapped into bundles
The collection of luggage did not look
any too clean.
Quite a crowd had gathered around
the loaded truck and were commenting
upon the potatoes packed in a bird
cage and having considerable sport
about the outfit. In the baggage room
was a large yellow sign that had been
brought from the smallpox district Of
New Mexico. 1t read in big black let
ters, SMALLPOX, KEEP AWAY" It
was an easy thing for d bystander to
pin the sign on the side of the truck
near the wall When it came train
time and time to load the bundles and
trunks one of the baggagemen started
to run the truck over to the baggage
ed eff there was a scattering of those
crowded around the truck and all the
way down the platform the crowd fell
back as if a bayOnet charge were COM
Ing.
When the baggage car was reached
the baggageman found the door shut
and the baggageman on the inside peek
ing through a crack. I'll throw up
my job before I'll take that stuff in
here" The train was delayed several
minutes before all the passengers and
the baggageman could be convinced
that it was a joke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
RIDGLEY PUSHES HIMHARD
The Kansas Congressman Crowds
Gen. Grosvenor Into a Corner.

The Kansas Congressman Crowds
Gen. .Grosvenor Into a Corner.
The Washington Post prints the fol-
lowing account of a recent tilt between
Congressman Ridgley of Kansas and
Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio:
In a clash of oratory the house at
tempted yesterday to establish whether
or not the country is being swept by
wave of prosperity. Gen. GrOsvenor,
of fame as a statistician and skilled as
a debater, contended in the face of
Democratic opposition that the south
had been particularly blessed by the
Mckinley boom. Gen. Grosvenor en-
tertained the house with some incisive
replies to a number of Democratic and
PopuIist questioners.
One of those Mr.. Edwin Reed Ridg-
ley, of the Third Kansas district, who
was born in a log cabin in Wabash
county, Ill, kept pounding away until
he found crevice in the armor of ''the
sage old lawmaker of Athens Gen
Grosvenor indirectly referred to him as
a baclIwoodsman and little later
talked of the ability of congress ''to leg
islate half the value out of all the prop
erty in the United States.'
The Kansan tried to trap Gen. Gros-
venor on this by showing that the op-
legislate value into property, which
would have been beautiful argument
in favor of free silver. Gen. Grosvenor
was crafty enough to see beforehand
the deep pit that he was pIunging into
and he began to scramble back at q
lively rate, asserting that congress was
able to @change conditions so that the
value of many commodities would in
crease.
Mr.. Grosvenor branched into a his
tory of coal mining in Ohio as a sample
of prosperity.
Representative Ridgley, of Kansas.
asked Gen. Grosvenor to show that the
coal miners of Kansas had experienced
prosperity. Gen. Grosvenor doubted if
there was much coal mining in Kansas.
Representative Ridgley said there
were $4,000 coal miners in his state.
There were cries of 'tOh. OH from
the Republicans at this, and Mr.. Ridg-
ley finally admitted that the miners and
their families numbered 25, 900.
Then Mr.. Ridgley taunted Gen. Gros-
venor with his statement that "con-
gress can legislate One-half. out of all
property in the United States He
wanted to know whether congress could
not legislate value into property, and
demanded with much earnestness a
simple negative or affirmative answer
Gen. Grosvenor parried the thrust.
isn't that rather cold?' he asked.
THE gentleman is beginner. Why,
1 am making a speech, my friend he
added
Dwelling upon the controversy about
prosperity, Gen. Grosvenor declared:
It's mighty plain to me that something
has happened" When Mr.. Ridgley still
insisted on an answer to his question
Gen. GrOsvenor said he knew what the
gentleman was after He wanted to
bolster up his creed that congress could
take paper that isn't worth a cuss and
make it worth a dollar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
THE AUDITORIUM.

Topeka's most urgent need is an audi
torium, but bad as this need is we can
better afford not to have an auditorium
for some years than to put it in the
City park a mile away from the center
of the town. There is already one sat
1SfactOry auditorium in Topeka, put up
by an enterprising citizen, but unfort-
unately not large enough for the needs
of great state convention city. We
don't want another that viii be unsat-
iSfactory. Topeka's new auditorium
should be up town and accessible and
not fifteen minutes walk from the ho-
tells, like the auditorium of Hutchinson.
Capital.
Of course, if the auditorium could be
built in the exact center of the city it
would be better to build it there, but
since nobody has as yet offered to give
$4,000 to $4,000 worth of property for
a site, it is idle to talk about raising
that much more to buy one. Consider
ing that the morning paper is leading
the sentiment that objects to the City
park, the State Journal suggests that
Banker Mulvane, who owns the Capt.
tai, make a present of a site for the
auditorium. He is a man of great
wealth and here is an opportunity to
build an enduring monument that will
ever keep his memory green in the
hearts of his fellow citizens. Not only
this, but the great building should be
length and breadth of Kansas as the
result of the free gift of one of Topeka's
foremost citizens. We see no better
way to overcome the objections raised
by the Capital to other sites for the
hall than to present an uptown site
outright.
On the other hand. the City park is
not an out of the way place. It is only
five blocks from the Throop hotel, seven
from the National and ten from the
Copeland. Kansas City's new $15OO0O
auditorium is to be full mile from the
business center, Ornaha's is two miles,
Chicago's is ten miles-at Jackson park.
Besides, with the auditorium in City
park the people of North Topeka will
contribute from $4,000 to $4,000. while
with it up town, it is doubtful if they
will give a cent.
It seems folly to get the people by the
ears over the proposed site just as the
plans of years are likely to come to
fruition. Still if somebody will buy a
site uptown and present it to the city,
the Journal viii gladly favor the con-
struction of the auditorium on such
site. But $4,000 put into a site means
$4,000 less in the building; and we
ought to have good substantial struc-
ture built of brick and steel that will
be an ornament to the city for at least
so years. The people are starting out
to raise $25, 900, but it is hoped to raise
$4,000 before we get through. Last
year Topeka spent publicly and pr1-
vate1y $50 900 on its Fall Festival-mon-
ey simply ''blown in to have a good
time; it certainly ought to be willing to
spend as much for something lasting
and substantial.
By the way, it will be remembered
that the Capital fought the new bridge,
the Fall Festival, and every one of the
new activities that is making Topeka
prosperous. What ails the Capital, any
way? 1t will soon have the name of
public obstructionist if it does not
mend its wavs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
A Clever Trick.

It certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can
try it who has Lame Back and Weak
Kidneys, Malaria or nervous troubles
We mean he can cure himself right
away by taking Electric Bitters This
medicine tones Ep the whole system,
acts as a stimuIart to the Liver and
kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve
tonic. 1t cures Constipation, Head
ache, Painting Spells, Sleeplessnes and
Melancholy It is purely vegetable, q
mild laxative, and restores the system
to it's natural vigor. Try Electric Bit
ters and be convinced that they are q
miracle worker. Every bottle guaran-
teed. Only soc a bottle at Swift & Hol-
liday drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
MR.. LOUD'S MANNERS.
He Calls a Delegation of Three
Brooklyn Men Damned Asses"

New York, Feb. 1.-Messrs George f.
Elliott, S V. White and Thomas G.
Shearman who were sent to Washing
ton to protest against the proposed cut
in the postal service in Brooklyn, did
not. according to Mr.. Elliott. receive a
very cordial greeting from Congress
man Loud, the chairman of the postal
committee.
Mr.. Elliott says that after the dele
cation had stated it's business, Mr.
Loud broke out thus:
you men are a pack of damned ass
es. You don't know anything about
what you want. You think you do. and
YOU come down here and try to tell US
our business, but you don't know any
thing about it, and 1 repeat it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
WON'T MAKE ANYBODY MAD
Temperance Unions Opening Meet
ing Tonight is Planned to Be Kind.

An effort viii be made by the manage
ment of the annual convention of the
State Temperance union. which opens to-
night at Hamilton hall. to keep out par
tisan politics and to induce the temper
ance workers to refrain from making bit
ter personal attacks the state admin
istration, and to prevent the breaking out
of any bitterness during the heat of de-
bate.
The temperance workers desire to or
ganize for effective work in the coming
campaign against the saloon and they de-
sire to start out without creating preju-
dice against themselves. A plan of or
ganizati tiOn is the main subject to be con-
sidered.
While the advocates of the state dis
pensary system will be here, if possible,
the subject viii be kept out of the meet~
ing. and it is not expected to come before
the convention.
The resolutions win be tempered, and
the entire. session will be one looking more
towards harmony and energetic work
than to stirring up strife and antag gonism.
The executive committee held meeting
this afternoon and the convention opened
for the appointment Of committees at 4
o. o'clock.
DR.. ]. A. Lockwood of Salina will make
the annual address as president of the
union tonight followed by an address by
DR. Howard H Russell of Della ware. o
The Y NJ G A. Glee club will furnish
music tonight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
HOTEL ABLAzE.
The AlvOrd, Largest Hotel at
GlOyerSViIIe, n. Y,
Destroyed by Fire and Five
Lives Lost.
ENTIRE FAMILY
Burned to Death in the Blazing
Building.
E. G. Kimbal, Wife and Daugh-
ter of Indianapolis.

G1Oversville, Feb. 1.-The Alvord
house, a five story brick structure, the
largest hotel in the city, is burning and
will be a total loss.
The fire was discovered at o'clock
this morning. Every room was occupied
and many narrow escapes occurred.
1t is feared that some lives have been
lost
LATER-Five lives were lost in the
Alvord house fire. The lost follows:
HENRY c. DAY of Gloversville.
BELL BOY RUPERT.
E. G. KIMBALL, wife and daughter
of Indianapolis, Ind
$1OO 900.
The Alvord House. one of Glovers-
ville's old land marks, as we'll as the
largest hotel in Fulton county lies
buried in its own ashes. At o'clock
this morning the AlVOrd was a hand
some four story structure. An hour la
ter it was a mass of ruins. The build
ing burned with almost incredible rap
idity.
The fire started on the ground floor
and shot UP through the upper stories
with lightning like speed, the broad
stairs and Railways furnishing great
hues which carried the flames upward.
Findlay Morrow, a travelling sales
man for an Albany house clad only in
shirt and trousers, jumped from a win
dow, landing safely in the snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Q. Strauss of this
city finding no escape by way of the
halls, stepped out of the window and
on the narrow ledge or cOrnice, where
they stood ten or fifteen minutes await
ing the reScuerS. With the aid of a
ladder the hook and ladder men brought
them safely to the ground. Mrs. Strauss
lost her jewelry and wardrobe, valued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
British Mail Steamer Sinks Off
Isle of Guernsey.
FOrty-FOur Persons Reported
to Have Been Drowned.
65 PERSONS ON BOARD.
Passengers Attempt to Leave
the Ship in Boats.
Channel Queen Is the Name of
the Wrecked Steamer.

Plymouth, Feb. lit is reported that
the mail steamer Channel Queen has
been totally wrecked off the island of
Guernsey. The captain has been saved,
but thirty persons are supposed to have
been lost
Later in the day the owners of the
Channel Queen announced that out of
IS persons on board when she struck
only two are known to have been
drowned
The Channel Queen which ran be-
tween Plymouth and the Island of
Jersey, it now appears, struck the
rocks during the fog this morning, and
sank.
The rest of the people on board the
Channel Queen, were saved in her boats
which We're launched with difficulty,
one of them being swamped.
The news of the very slight loss of
life, however, turned out to be incOr
rect, for still later advices have it that
A lives We're lost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
MUMMIES AT AUCTION.
Ptolemy II, and other Ancient Poten-
tates to Come Under the Hammer.

London Feb. IA wonderful collec-
ton of corpses will be sold at auction
in London on Monday. The authentic
remains of Ptolemy II. Phi1adelphus,
king of Egypt; Antiochus Softer, king
of Syria, and A1pina, wife Of Seleucus,
queen of Babylon, will come under the
hammer These distinguished remains
were imported from Egypt 35 years ago
and sketches of the 'hieroglyphics taken
from the tombs We're brought with
them, but are now lost. However, two
letters go with this imperial Lot No.
232'' in the catalogue, certifying to
the genufneness of the mummies. One
letter is from DR.. Birch of
the British Museum, and the other
from Prof. Bonomi. The latter says that
ne considers them so valuable that they
ought not to be allowed to leave the coun-
try The owner wanted 5000 for the
For any democratic collector who holds
one mummy to be as good as another
there are two rolled Egyptian mummies
in coff1ns just as they were found. They
have no pedigree. and in this respect the
leVelling power of death is shown by Lot
237, which, though it consists of an an
tique Egyptian mummy in a fine, deco
rated case, is as yet nameless.
The mummy of a. Peruvian woman is
also to be bid for, as well as some Egyp-
tian second hand cofnns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
PROF. HAWN DEAD.
He Was One of the Incorporators of
Leavenworth and First Found
Coal There

Leavenworth, Feb. 1-Prof. F. Hawn
aged 80 years, was found dead in bed
this morning. He was apparently in
good health when he retired. Prof
Hawn was one of the incorporators of
Leavenworth; was a pioneer in western
Masonry and to him belongs the credit
of first discovering coal in this section
As a civil engineer, he aided in the or
iginal survey for the Hannibal & St
Joe railway and being a relative by
marriage of Gen. John Calhoun sur
veyOr general of Kansas and Nebraska
in the tifties, he helped to survey and
plat much of Kansas He was more or
less noted as a geologist, and in the
forties was assistant geologist for Mis-
souri,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
CORBETT HAS QUIT.
Declares He is No Longer in
the PWgiIistic Arena.

Chicago. Feb. flames J. Corbett gave
out the following signed statement to-
day;
Il desire to announce my retirement
from the ring. In making this announce
ment do 50 in the belief that the ring
has nothing to offer me in the future and
Ihat Robert FftzsimmOns in refusing nv
propositions for a fight is not only going
N me race Of public opinion, but also
Seekhg 70 avoid a contest about which
ne IS doubtful to the result
OF the ring shall have nothing fur
tner 10 say. My choice was to fight Fftz-
SIMMONS That being denied 7 retire to
aaeXote my whole time and attention to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
CUTS HIS OWN THROAT.
Cleveland's Minister to Brazil Com
mits Suicide.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Feb. Thomas L.
Thompson, ex-United minister to Bra
zil committed suicide here this morn
ing by cutting his throat.
He was one of the best known editors
in California For. many years he
owned and published the Santa Rosa
Democrat. A few months ago, he sold
the Democrat, which was merged with
the Press and is now known as the
Press Democrat Mr.. Thompson was
appointed minister to Brazil by Presl-
dent Cleveland and returned to Santa
Rosa when his term of service ex-
Dired
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
'BLACK EYE" ESCAPES.
Breaks Jail at Ft. Scott and Takes
Seven Other Prisoners With Him.

Fort Scott. Feb. 1-Charles Robinson
allas Black Eye" who was charged
with robbfng banks and postofices in
tured here, broke Jail this morninr with
Geofge w. Finche under life sentences
Tor the murder of Frank Swafford ana
SIX other prisoners. They assaulted the
9ailer and took his keys and guns. Rob
1nson is accused of robbing banks Al
Hume and Richards, No, and the post
Office at Nevada. Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
Give the Children q 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 its
Injurious properties. Grain-O aids di-
gestion and strengthens the nerves. It
is not a stimulant but a health builder,
and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs
about u as much as coffee. Is and Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
A MISSION OF PEACE.
The Visit of the Vizcaya to the Uni
ted States is Called.

Cartagena. Feb 1.-Prior to the sail
ing of the first class armored cruiser
Vizcaya for the United States, the ad-
niraI made a speech to the crew during
which he said: You are charged with
a mission of peace
This announcement was greeted with
cheering and the other ships in the har-
Dor and the crowds Of people on the
quay also cheered for Spain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
Todav,s Appointments.

Washington, Eeb. 1.-The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate: George NJ. Bowers of West
Virginia, to be commissioner of fish
and fisheries. David King, collector of
customs for the district of Natchez.
Miss Col Samuel T. Cushing, assist
ant comnissary general of subsistence
to be brigadier general and commissary
general of subsistence. Charles T. Nc
Coy, agent for the Indians of the Chey-
enne river agency in South Dakota.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
SWAPPING CRIMINALS.
Governor Leedy Ronors One Requisi-
ton and Issues Another.

Governor Leedy today honored one
requisition and issued another. The
reQuisition issued was for James Nor
gan, the Cherokee county gambler, who
escaped from the officers of that county
some time ago and is now believed to be
in Ohio A short time ago he was be-
lieved to be in Indiana, and requisi-
ton was issued to the governor of that
state, but by the time the officers
reached Indiana the gambler had es-
capped to Ohio.
The requisition honored was for the
return of Jack Sturgeon to Grant coun-
ty, Kentucky. Sturgeon committed
criminal assault on the person of Sa-
rah Fallxner in that county on January
Is, but made his escape before the Off
GERS were able to capture him. He is
now in custody in Marshall county and
Sheriff Webb left for that county with
the requisition today
Rev. c. NJ. Sheldon will read a short
e4r Fr,,~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-01
HE RAN FROM TEMPTATION
A Priest Hides Out to Avoid Being
Given $4,000.

New York, Feb.1-Rev. Martin Cess
ner the pastor of St. Patrick's church
at Elizabeth, N. J., who disappeared on
Friday has not yet returned. He is
known to be in a convent in Canada
and he undoubtedly left Elizabeth to
avoid his receiving a purse containing
81, 500 in gold in honor of his 25th an
niVerSary as priest.