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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
A GROWING
SENTIMENT.
Senator HansbrOugh Finds the
Business Men
Almost Unanimous For Keep
ing the Philippines.
SERIOUS PART OF 1T
He Thinks is the Fact That if
America Lets Go
There VIII Be a Scramble
Among European Powers.

Washington, Aug. Ex-senator Hans
brough of North Dakota, authorized an
interview today in which he said:
Il have been surprised on meeting
prominent business men in the last
thirty days to find almost a unanimity
OF feeling in favor of holding the Phil
ippfnes. At first I supposed it was
merely the outcome of enthusiasm over
the success of our arms and a desire to
keep the flag wherever it had been
planted, but 1 find the sentiment in
favor of territorial expansion is grow
ing. I doubt, however, If they have
stopped to consider that to control the
Philippines eontemplates a standing
army of perhaps 10000 to $4,000 men,
seven thousand miles away from home,
with enormous expenses for conStruc-
ton of garrisOns, etc.
THE serious part of it to my mind
is that if we do not take the Philippines
the several foreign powers now seeking
control will undertake to plant them
selves in the islands and the whole
eastern question, so called, will be
transferred to and for some time re-
yolve about the Philippine islands. L
presume that some AMIGA BILE arrange
ment could be entered into on the part
of the United States without the for
eign nations which are watching out
for power in the territory, whereby a
joint prOtectOrate could be agreed to,
giving France, England, Germany and
Russia the same privileges that we
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
TALKS FREELY OF DUNNING
San Francisco Woman Might Tell a
Story About che Fatal Candy.

San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 24-Mrs.
w. A. Botkin, whose name has been
mentioned in connection with the Dun
ming poisoning case, talks freely of her
friendship for Dunning and frankly ad-
mits her affection for him. It has
been intimated that Mrs. Botkin could
tell more than she has yet done con-
corning the death of Mrs. Dunning, but
this she vigorously denies.
While John P. Dunning was here for
months before his removal from the
Associated Press, he was on terms of
intimacy with Mrs. Botkin. For a, time
they had rooms at the same house, 927
Geary street, and were accusOmed to
spend much of their time together at
various resorts and at the races. All
this Mrs. Botkin freely admits. During
an Interview last night the woman said,
speaking of Dunning: Poor Jack
poor, dear little fellow! Why, he had to
drink to drown his troubles. He would
have lost his mind if he had not, and
now his wife has been poisoned.
And, worse yet, when he learns that
a woman who associated with him in
San Francisco is suspected of the crime
he will Immediately think of me. He
will know I am that woman, and I
tremble at the effect it will have upon
him. Dear little fellow! oh, the irony
of fate! Think what it would be if
[ should next meet Jack Dunning in
court ROOM She denies, however, that
she knows anything of the crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
THE PACIFIC GIBRALTAR
England Making Extensive Prepare
tons For Depot at EsquimaIt

Vancouver, B. G., Aug. 24.-England is
preparing to make Esquimalt the Gibral-
tar of the Pacific. The government is
taking steps to take possession of all prf-
vate property contained within the town
of Esquima1t in order to complete the
equipment of the naval station and make
a the southern corner of Vancouver ISL
and a supply depot of the empire as i'm
pregnabie as was Gibraltar so years ago.
Engineers have already made surveys of
the town and their stakes stand in the
streets, giving a hint of the important
change soon to be made. The plans con-
template the equipment of a store, repair
and supply station second to none in the
empire; the building and manning of forts
capable of defending this depot against
any force that gould be brought against it
by sea or land; the providing of docks
large enough to receive the biggest ships.
The present dock is a stone structure
costing $500, 600. This will be enlarged to
accommodate the largest ships in the
British navy. The strongest military
point at Esquimalt is Signal hill, which
rises 300 feet above the water. On it's
summit will be mounted the heaviest mod
ern cannon. England is steadily increas-
ing its naval force in these waters, and
other signs point to preparations to meet
the new conditions in the Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24

having the prefix Miss before them.
On the previous sailing date of the
same line there were only four male
passengers registered, while the bach
elor maids were numerous, and the pro-
portion of bicycles taken along was IL
to q. Most of the passengers were
teachers, lecturers or students in some
branch of art or literature.
Il would rather go across on cattle
6nafe esid oy o' ue IaI1 sa, 1io es
not only a virtue but a pleasure of ne
cessity In the first place, the cattle
ship does not toss and roll like the
others, owing to it's heavy freight, and,
in the second place you are out at sea
II days instead of eight, and, there be-
ing so few passengers, each comes in
for a share of individual attention from
the ships officers and attendants. The
cattle? oh, the ventilation is so perfect
that you would not know there were
cattle on board unless you went where
they were, and they really add interest
and variety to the voyage"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
NEW PLAY CHICAGO.
"Why Smith Left Home" Scores a
Success.

Chicago, Aug. 24-George H. Broad
bursts new farce, why Smith Left
Home" opened at the Columbia theater
last night to an immense audience Peo-
pie were turned away in droves The
comedy scored a success and hits
were made by Maclyn, Arbuclxle Mar
iongiroux, Annie Yeamans, Fred Peters
and Frank Hatch. The basis of the
story of the play is as follows: Smith,
a prosperous contractor about AZ years
old, has been recently married the
girl of his heart, dashing, clever young
woman, twenty years his Junior. Bust
ness prevented a wedding journey, and
to Smiths diSmay. all their friends and
relatives had thought it a good time to
drop in on them and stay a few weeks
Just to show how companionable they
were. Smith had managed to get rid
of them all except his old maid sister,
and, to get her off his hands, he has
invited her old and faithful admirer,
Major Duncombs, to visit them. The
night before the opening of the play
the major had proposed to Miss Smith,
and her brothers joy on hearing the
news is SO great that he inadvertently
reveals the reason why he had given
the invitation to the major. The result
is that the faithful sutton is rejected.
To make things pleasant, Mrs. Smiths
brother elopes and brings his bride to
visit them, and his wife's aunt, who is
an aunt by nature, but a mother-in-laW
by instinct, sWoops down on them, ac-
companied by her husband. How
Smith manages to get rid of them all,
effectively, but gracefully, is the sub
ject Of the plays complications.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
WILL QUIT NEW YORK.
John d. Rockefeller Will Build His
Palace at Cleveland.

New York, Aug. 24-No longer will
John D. Rockefeller pose as the Aladdin
of Pocantico Hills. He has found the
trail of the assessor over his project
for two million dollar palace, and now
he means to revenge himself on West
chester county by transporting his genii
of the wonderful Standard Oil Lamp to
Cleveland, Ohio, where he has a large
estate.
There, according to the superintendent
of Mr.. Rockefeller's lands, the disgust
ed millionaire will rear a domestic
temple of such magnificence that the
assessors of Westminster county will
squirm in beff1ed rage when they read
descriptions of it. Mr.. Rockefeller does
not do things by halves. In order to
prepare site for his Pocantico Hills
place he sliced off the top of a noun
tain, as ordinary mortal might slice
off the top of a Dutch cheese.
Again he rubbed the magic Standard
Oil lamp, and the hill tops swarmed
with pick and shovel genii, road making
genii, engineering genii and landscape
gardening genii A private park was
built and highways were laid out after
the manner of the highways with which
the Roman legions spanned Europe.
This building of roads cost Mr.. Rookie
feller nearly 100000, but it was mere
preliminary.
1t was the intention of the Standard
Oil king that his house on Kykout Hill
should be unrivalled by any residence
in the country. Two millions was to be
the cost, in rough figures, but a few
hundred thousand more or less did not
signify. And now the dream is ended.
The town of GTeensburg is to be bereft
of Mr.. Rockefeller, his palace, his
servants and his taxes.
A few assessors, horny handed sons
of the people, have been able to drive
all this magnifcence out of Greensburg,
and only a decapitated mountain and a.
collection of fine highways with nobody
to drive over them will remain to tell
the tale of a milliOnaire's chagrin and
change of purpose.
There has been no tax reform crusade
in Cleveland, o., as there was in West
chester county last year. 1t struck Mr..
Rockefeller very hard, for under the
old, happy-go-lucky method of assess
ing the property of milliOnaires he
escaped very lightly. In 1896, for ex-
ample, he was assessed only $155,000 on
the Pocantico Hills property, whereas
the reform assessors in the following
year placed the value of the estate at
1851, 900.
Mr. Rockefeller refused to pay a tax
on this basis, and carried the matter
into the supreme court, where if is
has been raised over $775000, and the
Standard Oil man still refuses to pay
cent to the struggling municipality, and
as his brother William is also an in
surgent, the town is SO hard up that
it expects to be obliged to borrow
money to pay it's bills, to say nothing
Of the legal expenses involved in the
fight with John D. and William Rookie
teller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
BREAKS UP A WEDDING.
Bridegroom Flees When He Sees Of
fcers Come to Arrest Him.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-Wedding festivities at
423 West Thirteenth street came to a sud-
den end at 1 o'clock yesterday morning
and during a scene of great commotion
H. Louser, the bridegroom, without bid
ding farewell to his bride, ran through
the door and disappeared just as the po-
lice officers entered another door.
The young wife was almost distracted
with grief at the disappearance of her
husband and implored the officers to bring
him back. A close search was made, but
he could not be found.
The trouble followed a night of merry
making. and, result, Max Hayden, mu-
stefan, is suffering from two stab wounds
in the left side, which, it is alleged, were
inflicted by the newly married man.
Hayden had been engaged to play a viO-
lin at the wedding, and the music he fur
nished was agreeable to the assembly,
but toward morning the violin player, it
is said, became seized with the idea that
he was being sighted, and considered him
self of more Importance than the merry
with the way he was being treated, and,
stopping his music, suddenly advanced to
the center of the dance room and indig-
nantly informed the merrymakers that he
would refuse to dispense any further
music for their benefit
Then he approached the young bride
groom and, shaking his fist at Louser ex-
planned his grievance in fOrCible man
and the discussion then became heated
and resulted in the two coming to blows.
The bridegroom. during the struggle, drew
a small pOcketknife, Hayden says, and
stabbed the musician twice in the left
breast.
Then followed his sudden exit and the
entry of the police, who removed the in
Jured man to his home.
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WAR HERO CELEBRATES.
Private Jones, While intoxicated, Ter
rorizes Brooklyn.

New York, Aug. A.-Private William
Jones of the famous Tenth cavalry is a
colored hero of large proportions and bel
hcose tendencies. AS a member of COM
pany D of that fighting regiment he par
ticipated in the thrilling events at Santi-
ago and came back with a Mauser bull
let in him to recuperate in a hospital He
was discharged as cured a day or two
ago, and the use he made of recovered
liberty to view the naval parade. He
cheered himself hoarse at the sight of the
big ships he had so often seen in Cuban
waters, and then decided to vent his pa
triotic emotions in one stupendous, mem
Orable colossal jag"
proceeded to do the town. It was early
this morning when he found himself in
Brooklyn filled to the brim with enthusi-
asm and many other things. He appear
ed at the side door of John P. STEMS sa-
refreshments in a thick but imperious
voice He got what he asked for. and spit
it out with intense disgust.
rs that" he demanded indignantly,
''sorteF thing to give fender country's lib
critics? Thass shoda warner. Gimme some
thing that bites"
lous bartender, Thomas Moffatt. He is
not positive now that he said Santiago,
but at any rate it was a synonym of that
torrid town Rightly regarding this as
ed the nearest missile, which proved to
be spittoon, and hurled it with prae-
For a few moments after this the sa-
loon was a scene of riot and devastation.
songs, the big soldier proceeded to clean
out the place. Moffatt ran from behind
the bar and attempted put him out, and
in a fraction of second was lying on his
back, with the remnant of a beer glass
scattered around his head in a sort of
halo of stars and stripes
At this juncture Policeman Gresham of
the F0rty-third precinct daWned the
scene with a club, and in few seconds the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
BANDITS ON A BIKE.
Woman Accompanies a Bold High
way Robbery in New Jersey.

Paterson, N J., Aug 24-Edward
Shindler of Paterson, N. J., reported to
Police Justice Post of Bloomfield, yes
terday,t that he had been robbed of $3.50
Shindler formerly kept q, general store
near Monticello, N. J., but a short time
ago sold out and came to Paterson on
a visit With his wife he started to
drive to Newark They had just passed
the powder works, near Butler, about 8
o'clock when they met a man and wo-
man on bicycles. Shindler turned out
to let the bicyclists pass. Suddenly the
two leaped from their wheels and
drawing revOlvers, the woman ordered
Shindler and his wife to throw up their
hands. They obeyed without hesita-
ton.
Then the woman pointed her pistol
at Mrs. Shindler and said:
Hand out that satcheI containing
the money"
The voice sounded masculine. Only
the woman spoke during the robbery,
Mrs. ShinGler looked at her husband.
He nodded and she handed out the
satchel. Then, while the man guarded
the terror stricken victims with revol-
on the satchel with a stone to make
sure it held the money. When she said
All right" the man mounted his wheel
and the two rode away toward Bloom
field. They were afterWard traced to
Bloomfield, but did not stop there
While the robbers evidently knew of
the money carried by Shindler, they
missed another bag containing more
than 1000 worth Of jeWelry, and Mrs
Shindler had about 81. 500 sewed in the
lining of her skirt. The money stolen
had been held out for deposit in a New
ark bank before the ShindIers went
west to visit a son there.
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PIE BECOMING EXTINCT.
Pastry Only Found at Lunch Counters
Now.

New York Aug. 24-Pie is becoming
extinct In the better hotels and rest
aurants it occupies a less and less con-
spicuous place on the bill of fare, and
very often is not even mentioned in any
one of its infinite varieties In private
homes, too, the pie-eating habit is dis
tinctly on the wane, and it's place at
dessert is taken by buildings, custards
and ices.
The lunch counter is really the only
place in which pie holds it's old time po
sition and forms the browning bite of a
hasty lunch. The millionaire and the cal
low office boy we're always most given
to the pie habit and many of them are
still faithful to the standard cuts, but
the great majority have given up al
legiance to the dyspeptic dainty.
Yes, pie is going out of date" an old
restaurant man said regretfully. Thine
was when six kinds of pie were not
considered too much for one days bill
of fare, and now our pastry cook makes
but two varieties per day. What causes
this decline of pie?
well that is a hard question to an
swer, but think the great cutlery a bout
its unhealthfulneSS has had a good deal
to do with it. For years the doctors
and the papers have been telling Amer
leans that they were becoming a race
of dyspeptfCs because they loved pie,
not wisely but too we'll. The New
EngIanders and New Workers were
wont to think that no meal was COM
plete without pie and they used to tell
a story of an old man VINO, when he
was dying, said that he felt proud to
say that he had been married for so
years and had never sat down to meal
without pie"
other hotel and restaurant keepers
of the better class confirmed the state
ment that pie has lost it's prestige and
losing favOrite as q dessert. Some be-
Iieved that the wider range of delicate
dessert dishes now known to even the
most ordinary cooks was responsible
for it's decline, but the larger number
said that so little pie was really good
and it had gained such bad name as a
promoter of dyspepsia and stomach
troubles that it had lost it's popularity
because people had grown afraid to eat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
THIEVES QUIT A SAFE.
Burglars Attempt to Rob the Santa
Fe in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-SpeciaI Policeman
O'Day of the Chicago Junction railway
had an exciting chase after two burg
lars at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
O'Day was making his usual rounds,
and as he passed the stock yard tracks
in front of the Santa Fe freight Office
he noticed the flash of a dark-lantern
in one of the rear rooms where the safe
is kept.
Revolver in hand, he crept up to the
front window and looked in All was
dark and the policeman was about to
turn away, thinking he had been mis-
taken, when he saw another ray of
light thrown against the opposite wall
Listening, ne could hear some one NOV
ing about, but could see no one. He
crawled on his knees to another win
dow where he could see the safe. Be
fore it were two men, one of whom was
using a drill.
O'Day's foot caught in a loose plank
and he was thrown to the ground, max
ing a noise, which alarmed the burglars
Before O'Day could rise they had es-
capped through a rear window and were
running down a cattle alley. O'Day
followed. Over fences, through cattle
yards, under sheds, over cars, under
viaducts and under sidewalks the pO-
iceman ran, but the burglars could run
faster than he and they We're soon out
of sight He was compelled to give up
the chase and return empty-handed
after half hours run. On his return
an alarm was sounded and every pO-
Hceman in the yards was warned to
watch for the men who had tried to
rob the safe. In the freight office Moth
ing had been disturbed but the safe.
The safe is of the old-fashioned key
order Two holes had been drilled in
its door. Lying in front of the safe
was a drill, small sledge, a piece of
fuse and several nails. The burglars
had left these behind in their haste to
escape.
The safe contained little money,
some freight books, bills and a few per-
EOnQ1 effects
picious men were seen near the office
Saturday afternoon, but as they disap-
peared at about o'clock they were
forgotten. Policeman O'Day can give no
description of the men, except to state
that they wore dark clothes and soft
felt hats
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
TAKING BIKES ABROAD.
Wheelwomen Making Cheap Trans
Atlantic Trips on Cattle Ships.

New York Aug. 24.-The knowing girl
with a slender purse is not deferred
from taking a trip to Europe by the
lines have raised their rates of passage.
State room accommodation that could be
secured last year for SIS is now 800.
but the wise girl passes such high
priced craft by. She takes passage on
a cattle ship for $50 S45, or even $40;
this economy she supplements by tax
ing her wheel along with her to avoid
The passenger list of a cattle ship that
sailed from New York ship with room
for 80 saloon passengers, showed only
five mems names, the others nearly all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-24
JUST CAUSE FOR DIVORCE.
New York Woman Asks Freedom
From Man With Bad Breath.

New York, Aug. 24-Nrs. Edna Wallace
Belcher believes there should be other
grounds for divorce than those set down
in the laws of the state of New York.
Mrs Belcher was married to Henry W.
Belcher on January s. She had nothing
against BeIcher, personally: in fact, it is
fair to assume that at the time of the
marriage she was in love with him.
later she called Howe & Hummel and
said she desired divorce.
"A separation an absolute diVOrce?'
inquired the attorneys.
cher; Il can't live with him"
Who's the correspondent? What has
he done?" asked Mr.. Hummel, getting
drawing up the papers.
''Oh, it isn't anything like that" said
Mrs. Belcher, but his breath isn't as nice
TT isn't a lawyer you want for your
husband" said Mr.. Hummel; ITS doc
mo, he's tried them, and I'm going to
try a lawyer" was the reply.
breath as she described did not afford
grounds for divorce, and she went to
Before going she said her husband con-
scented to her getting a North Dakota de-
cree, tied with blue ribbon, and agreed to
got the decree, but not the money When
she returned to this city she sent word to
reply was that he had married Emily Ger
trude Holmes three days after the decree
Poor woman, she has my sympathy"
said the first wife, and then hied herself
to her former lawyers. They told her
that the DakO ia divorce, procured by col
fusion, was illegal, and she decided to test
its legality in the courts of the state
The case came up before Justice Cohen
Yesterday for a substitution Of attorneys
in the divorce proceedings, Howe & Hum
his second marriage for evidence. The case
r nn Ocf
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Fleming had put all her baggage on
board, but while she with the children
went to telegraph to her husband that
they were safe on board the steamship
sailed. They went to the Stevens
House, 25 Broadway, to wait for the
next steamship, but it was too expen-
sive, and on Saturday they went to the
Sweden Lutheran Immigrants hotel at
5 Water street. Edmund Bingberg, the
chef, told me yesterday that Mrs. Elem
ing told him as she went out on Sunday
morning that she was going for walk
and would return for breakfast. Bing-
berg notified the agent of the Thing
valIa line on Monday that the woman
was missing, and they telegraphed to
Fleming. He arrived on Wednesday and
asked the police to aid him in his
search He fears that his wife may
have been robbed, as she had several
hundred dollars in Swedish money in
her possession when she disappeared.
Mrs. Fleming is about 81 years old
She is of medium height and slender,
with brown eyes and hair, and is de-
scribed as being handsome.
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SAYS SHEWAS MESMER1zED
Ella Hawkins Charges Fortune Teller
With Extorting Property.

Chicago, Aug. A.-Ella Hawkins, a
young colored woman, has caused the ar
rest of ]. H. Washington, also colored,
on charges of obtaining goods by false
pretenses. She says Washington mesmer-
lied her and compelled her to part with
a watch, ring and some other property.
She claims she was completely under his
control mentally, and was unable to re-
Sist his demands.
Washington is said to be a fortune
teller Miss Hawkins lives near him and
recently called on him to have her fortune
told. She says he made mysterious passes
over her eyes with his hands and she went
into trance. 1t was some time before
she recovered from her experience, she
says, and then she went to the Cottage
Grove avenue police station AMI lodged
complaint. Washington denies the charges.
He says he was in a. saloon with the same
erty.