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The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
RELIEF MEASURES TAKEN.
Government Expedition Will Not Be
Far Behind the Spring Rush
fO Alaska

Washington, Feb. 3.-Genera1 Merriam,
commanding the department of the Co
lumbia has notified the acting secretary
of war that he has completed the details
of the relief expeditions TO be sent out by
the government tothe gold region in Alas
ka and to the Klondike. These are as
follows: Major D. H. Rucker is assigned
to command and take temporary station
at Dyea. where he is to stablish a camp
and supply depot. Captain George Ruiz
len, assistant quartermaster, is designate
ed as quartermaster and commissary of
the expedition and is to report to Major
Rucker at Dyea. Captain D. L. Brains
ard. commissary of subsistence, has also
been assigned to duty at Dyea, pur>
chasing and disbursing officer of the ex>
pedition. Captain Bogardus Eldridge,
with a detachment consisting of Lieuten>
ant E w Clark and fifty enlisted men o.
the Fourteenth infantry, tOgether with
First Lieutenant F. NJ. Kemp. assistant
surgeon, and two enlisted men of the hos
pitaI corps, fully armed and equipped for
escort duty in the interior of Alaska with
100 rounds of rifle ball ammunition per
man, are ordered to proceed from Vaneou>
yer barracks to Dyea and report to Major
Rucker. First Lieutenant Guy H. Pres
ton, Ninth cavalry, in charge with Lieu
tenant Ryan, Ninth cavalry, and the pack
trains from the department of the Platte.
forage to include May 81, are assigned to
duty at Dyea-
Orders have been given to the CHIEF
commissary of the department of the CO..
lumbia to ship by steamers from Portland
and Seattle about February 5, 1900 cons
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
american FRUIT SHUT OUT
Germany Excludes It on Alleged San
itary Grounds.

Berlin, Feb. 3.-The Prussian minister
of finance has issued an edict which
goes into effect Immediately, prohibit
ing the importation of every kind OF
American fresh fruit.
The decree has been sent to all the
German ports and frontier stations ex-
cepting Bavaria, Saxony and Wurtem-
burg.
The United States embassy was not
previously warned and the United
States ambassador, Mr.. White, sent a
formal letter to the foreign Office today
inquiring upon what authority this in
imical step was taken
The United States consul at Hamburg
DIR. Hugh Pitcairn-telegraphs that
10000 barrels of American apples have
been forbidden to be unlOaded, and that
two trains full of American fruit have
also been forbidden to cross the frontier
at Emmerich, which, aside from Ham
burg, is the principal place of entry for
American fruit.
On receipt of this news, Mr.. White
sent a second and stronger remon-
STRANGE to the foreign office, calling at
tention to the evident violation of the
treaty.
At the foreign office it was learned
that the Prussian government prOhib-
its the entry of American fruit on sani-
tary grounds, claiming that California
and other Vermin threatened German
trees and fruit.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
LELAND A RICH man.
His Property in DOniphan COun-
ty Valued at 100000.

Frank Elliott, editor of the Troy Times
and executive clerk to Governor Leedy.
who is at present waging a fight on Cy
Leland, has been making an examination
of the amount of property held by Mr..
Leland in Doniphan county and the
amount of taxes that he has been paying
on the same. Elliott states that the ex>
animation shows Leland to hold property
amounting to 10000, and that on this
basis he should pay something over 5000.
As a matter of fact, he says, he pays
about $500
Leland was chairman of the board of
county commissioners of Doniphan coun-
ty for % years. and Elliott charges that
he fixed his taxes to suit himself
Elliott and Fred Close were talking in
the governors office today and the ola
charge. often made against Leland. that
while chairman of the board he took the
opportunity Of Furnishing his enemies by
raising their taxes, was brought up.
Close stated that it was Leland's methods
in this regard that caused him (CIose) to
lose his farm in Doniphan county, saying
that after he became entangled with Le-
land politically his taxes increased year
by year and this fact was virtually re-
sponsfble for the loss Of the property.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
BEARS WERE THICK.
Hunter Kills Four Inside of
TwentY-Five Minutes.

Glare, Mich, Feb. 3.-William Poat,
who lives seven miles from Glare, broke
the bear-hunting record last week. He
was examining a huge tree that had
blown over, with upturned roots, when
a goOd-sized bear came out. Mr.. POat
t'plugged'' him. No sooner had the echo
of the shot died away before another
bear came from another side, and a shot
from the rifle soon silenced this one
also.
Mr.. Poat thought he would get his
game together and prepare to go home.
AS he ATTEMPTED to extricate the first
bear another stuck his snout out. Mr..
Poat grabbed his gun, and No. lay
dead at his feet. He again began to
pull one of the dead bears from the hole
when a. gruff grOwl was heard, and one
of the largest she bears ever seen here
came out for a fight. The next mo-
ment she was dead. Four bears had
been killed within twenty-five minutes,
single handed, a feat that few men
have ever achived in this country.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
WAR in THE CAMP
May Lead to the mastering Out of
Company M, K. N. G.

Company M, K N. q.
There is trouble in Company NJ, K.
N. G., stationed at Topeka, and the
company may be mustered out of the
service.
The trouble originated among the Of
fcers. Some of the members charge
that LteutenantS Frank J. Frank and
HuddlestOn are jealous of Capt. J. z.
Towers and want him deposed. A petit
ton, asking the removal of Towers, has
been circulated, but both Frank and
HuddlestOn diSaVOW any connection
with the document.
Lieutenant Frank, who is next below
Capt. Towers, has been threatening to
resign for some time. One of the mem
bers of the company said today that
the resignation of the lieutenant would
be received tonight, and after that there
would be no further trouble, but when
Ere Bk was seen, he took a different po-
sitiOn from that anticipated.
I had intended to resign said he,
but I have changed my mind and will
remain with the company. The boys in
sist that / shall stay, and / will do So"
What do you know about the petit
ton for the removal of Towers?'
7 know nothing about it; nothing
whatever. I heard that something of
that kind was started, but it was stop
ped by the colonel. Why, it would be
INSTRUMENTATION to circulate anything
of the kind and if did it would be sub
Ject to court martial. 1 am good
L d
long time and visit him every day at
noon. / have nothing against him and
there is no truth in the report that am
fighting him. l want to see the cOmpa-
ny built up and that is why am going
to stay"
But when Capt. Towers was seen, he
admitted that there had been some
trouble, but he said that he did not
care to talk about it.
4 understand that Lieut.. Frank in
tends to resign tonight, and when that
is done, it will be a matter of record
The military board will stand behind
me, and I have no fear of the result.
The trouble is that some people do not
seem to understand who is in charge OF
the company"
The history of Company M has been
interspersed with failures and disap-
pointments. The company was once
mustered in by General NcCrum and he
afterwaFd became sorry and rescinded
his action.
when the time for the officers examina-
tions came, they all failed. The mill
tary board heSitated about mastering
the company out at this time, but final
ly Lieut.. Smith of the adjutant gener-
ais office agreed to hold a special school
for the instruction of the officers OF
Company NJ. This is held every Mon
day evening. The purpose of the in
structiOn is to prepare the officers for
the next examination, which is in May,
when they are to be given another op-
portunity to prove themselves compe-
tent officers of the guard.
The trouble may put an end to all
this as well as to the life of the com
pany.
It was the purpose of the organizers
of the company to make it the Gov
ernOr's Body Guard
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
GAVE UP TOO SOON.
Divorce Denied a Couple Who Had
Lived Together But Month.

Kansas City, Feb. 3.-George L. White
young man, was before Judge Slower in
the circuit court yesterday asking for a
divorce from Margaret White. They were
married last March and lived together but
a month.
why do you wish a divorceY' asked
the judge.
"I couldn't get along with her,
'How do you know you could not?'
why, I tried it."
''You tried it for a month";
Eyes, SIR
You didn't live together long enough
to find out if you could get along"
I did find out, judge. She went to mat
inees and base ball games and wouldn't
do the housework or put up my luncheon
when went to work.
Don't recite your grievances to this
court" interrupted the judge. "A couple
who give up after only a month of try
ing to get along have not tried hard
enough. The court refuses the divorce"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
KEEN SCENT.
Remarkable Development of the Oh
factory Nerves.

Elizabethtown, KY, Feb. S.-Near
Stephenburg,a village in the southwest
ern part of the county, lives negro boy
who has developed a remarkable sense
of smell.
He is blindfolded, and in a crowd of
people, no matter how large, he can tell
who had on a certain hat on his head or
who wore a glove the last time after
these articles have been removed
from the head or hand. He smells the
hat or glove and then passes around
among the crowd and locates the last
wearerThe little negro is below the
average of his race in intelligence He
is a puzzle to the local physicians, who
of one accord admit that no such devel-
opment of the olfactory nerves has ever
come under their observations before.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
WILD BILLS SHOOTING.
A Little Exhibition of Skill Given
While Riding Along a Street
in Topeka.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
1.-The last time 1 saw Wild Bill" said
the ex-Kansas man, was in Topeka in
the fall of "A. He was wearing his old
blue army overcoat and at the hips were
two big punches where his six-shooters
hung. He was walking down Kansas ave-
nue. when 1 noticed him. His brown
mare Nell was tied to a hitching post in
front of a store. He united her, mounted
and rode down the street as hard as she
could go. As he rode he swung half
round in the saddle, pulled out one OF
his guns and began shooting at the sign
groceries above the door of little one
story wooden shop. When he was past
and the row was all over some fellows
who investigated found that all six bui-
lets had struck inside the letter o in the
sign. 1t was just a little exhibition OF
how he could shoot on the run for the
amusement of whoever happened to be
in sight,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
THE CAMPAIGN IN CONGRESS-

Congressman Curtis assertion that
much of the talk INDUCED in on the
floors of congress is merely intended
for home consumption, confirms the
idea generally held of it, by the addi-
tion of what may be regarded as ex-
pert testimony
Congress has been in session two
months and no legislation of a general
nature has been attempted beyond the
passage of some of the appropriation
bills. Concerning these bills there has
been little or no discussion, but about
them have been hung days and weeks
of talk and hundreds of pages of the
Congressional Record. The civil serv-
ice, the Cuban question, Hawaiian an
nexation. anything in fact which con-
tanned the essence of political capital
has been eagerly seized upon by the
partizans of the various political faiths
represented in the halls of congress,
with a hope of exerting an influence on
the fail elections.
Fortunately for the country congress
has lost it's power to influence the busi-
ness of the country in a damaging way.
1t cannot meddle with the tariff or with
the currency because the members
would not dare to disturb the former,
and there can be no agreement regard
ing the latter.
The passage of the Teller resolution
by the senate did not create a ripple in
commercial circles because it was well
understood that it would be defeated
in the house. The senators knew this
when they passed it.
When the house banking and curren-
cy committee gets its bill ready for the
reform of the monetary system along
the lines of more firmly establishing the
gold standard as recommended by Sec
retary Gage and the Indianapolis mon
etary commission, the house will in all
probability talk about it for some weeks
and pass it with the certain knowledge
that it will be defeated in the senate.
The people understand the play, and
it has ceased to interest them except in
the sense that they are called upon to
foot the bills.
Aside from the enactment of neeessa-
ry appropriation bills, the present ses-
sion of congress has been and will con-
tinue to be mostly devoted to fighting
the battles of the campaign of 1898
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

nut table that looked old enough for
anybody. He priced it at rs cents and
Mrs. Matthews took it.
Last evening George HOrner came to
DR.. Matthews and said:
Doctor your wife bought a table that
I sold at the second hand store. It has
a history. It has been in our family
ever since I was born, and I am now So
years of age Abraham Lincoln gave
my father that table at New Salem.
Ill, in 1s43. It has been in three fires.
but every time it was rescued. I lost
my trunk and everything 1 had in a fire
up at the stock yards in this city, ex-
cept that old table. Somebody car
ried it out -
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.

CF7rom the Atchison Globe)
Remember that people talk on
very slight provocation.
Some men have such a horror of debt
that they become narrow.
After a girl passes 26. she should quit
the baby stare.
After man is thirty, in thinking of
coasting he considers the walk back.
However sad man may feel, he loses
his look Of sadness when eating a good
dinner.
Every man believes that under GER
tain circumstances, he has a right to lie
to a woman.
=
A man who has scattered a good
many compliments, says that it pleases
a man more to compliment his children
than it does to compliment his wife.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

BALDWIN - The assignment of
Lieutenant James T. Kerr, Seventh in
fantry, as professor of military science
and tactics at Baker university, Bald
win, Kan, has been revoked, and Lieu
tenant William F. Clark, Second caval-
ry, has been detailed, to take effect
March 20, relieving Lieutenant Ernest
V. Smith, Fourth infantry.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
Pensions for Kansans.

Washington, Feb. Extensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-William A. Davis, Fort
Scott, So.
Additional-William Mortimer, Bluff
City, Sc to So.
Increase-Jordan Reynolds, Emporia,
$40 to $50; James w. Casteel, Cedarvale,
$17 to $24
Original Widows, Etc.-Minor of
George S. Wells, Great Bend, SO.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

WEIR CITY-Since last Saturday
Marsh Patton, aged II, son of Farmer
H. H. Patton, has been missing. He
was sent to Weir Bros mine to take
his brothers dinner, and has not been
seen since. It is thought he may have
struck out to visit an uncle, who is a
wealthy stockman in Nebraska. The
boy had a little money.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

LEAVENWORTH Dan Mahoney
an emplOye of the Terminal Railway
company. attempted to make a coupling
last evening and slipped on the icy
ground. falling beneath the cars. His
right leg was broken by the fall and the
wheels of a heavy loaded car passed
over his left leg, mashing it.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

1.-THE Slaughter of the Innocents'' is
what the vote in the house on the Teller
resolution is called at Washington. The
innocents are the members of the ma
jority who fear that their chances of
reelection are gone
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

WICHITArWork on the boulevard
in the new City park has been formally
opened and Paul Mellinger went around
to Mayor Ross house at 6 o'clock and
told him that they expected him to be
on hand promptly at o'clock to throw
the first shovel of dirt. The mayor
was on hand promptly at the appointed
time.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

ATCHISON-John J. Donahue. SER
geant of police from February, 1898, un-
til the same month 1895, has sued the
city of AtchisOn for 81 800, which he
claims for overtime during the above
period. He alleges that he worked 16
hours a day, and as eight hours con-
stitutes a legal days work, he is enti-
tied to pay for the extra time.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
Standard oirs Bic Steamship.

Chester, Pa, Feb. 3.-Roach's ship
yard in this city concluded a contract
to build for the Standard Oil company
the largest tank steamship ever con-
structed in this country. The ship will
be 364 feet in length. As feet beam and
% feet deep and Will be built to carry
oil in bulk
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
New Revenue Colleetor Deputv.

LeaYenWorth, Feb. 3.-Revenue Col
1ectOr Sutton has appointed U. S. Sar-
tain to be special deputy collector for
Wyandotte county to succeed F. Feagan
resigned. Mr.. Feagan resigned in or
paying position in the office of the Kan
sas Smelling company at Argentine.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

LEAVENWORTH-E N. Eurley, a
member of Company-H, of the Soldiers
home, died suddenly while sitting in a
chair at the Commercial hotel last
night The cause of his death is un-
known, but is supposed to be heart dis
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
Caught at BeIleviIIe.

st. Louis. Feb. 3.-It is just learned that
the Belleville police have in their clutches
Paul Miller, alias Ed Ginger, the man
who is charged with the murder of Fran
ces D.. Sarah A and Elsie Newton at
Brookfeld, Mass, on the night of the
7th of January.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

P. C. Essex. the leading Attorney Of
Golden City. No, writes: Have been
troubled for years with Blind, Itching
and Bleeding Piles. and one box of
Beggs German Salve cured me entire
". At druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

1t is now suspected that Mr.. H. H.
Boyce, who was engaged in buying
votes for Hanna at Columbus, is Old
Man Livingston, who figured in the
same capacity in Mr.. ingalls, interest
in this city in 1890
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
A. Won Going I'd CalforniaP

If so, please bear in mind that the
Santa Fe route limited train passes
through Topeka westbound every Sun
day, Tuesday and Thursday, and runs
to Los Angeles in fifty-four hours, with
through sleepers to principal California
cities.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
Everybody Reads the State Journal

plete rations. with proper proportion Of
subsistence stores and property, and also
tandem and single sIeds. TO Major Rucker
at Dyea.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

SBORNE-Andrew Eller, a promi-
nent young farmer living twelve miles
northwest of here, was killed yesterday
afternoon by the accidental discharge
of a revolver, which dropped from his
pocket as he was getting into a wagon.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

LAWRENCE@The Usher guards, Of
ficially known as Company H, of the K.
N. G., will give their fourth annual
ball on February q. In connection with
the ball the prize drill contest between
members of the company will take
place,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
FROM KANSAS TOWNS.

TROY-The Denton Journal and the
Leona Hustler, two Doniphan county
newspapers, have stopped publication
this month.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Leavenworth, Feb. 3.-Miss Dickens
matron of the Old Ladies' Rest, has re-
signed, and Mrs. Hanback,, of Kansas
City, Kan, has been appOintd to fill the
place. The change will be made today;
Miss Dickens leaving and Mrs Han
back taking charge.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

GALENA-John Husley was killed
this morning by falling timbers in a
prospect shaft on the H. G. Butcher,
Trustee, Mining company lease. The
tub, in hoisting, caught the timbers,
causing them to fall, killing him in
Stantly.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
The shortest Route

to Southern California is the Santa Fe.
Pullman palace and tourist sleepers
and free chair cars Qighted by electric
ity) to Los Angeles daily.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Ell DORADO-A man claiming to be
Albert Dehaven was given lodging in
the city Jail last night and this morning
gave himself up to the authorities, say
ing that he forged a check on the Farm,
ers' bank, of Odessa, Mo.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

LAWRENCE-As result of the term
examinations at Kansas university
there were fOrty-seVen double failures
among the students, necessitating that
many leaving school.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

A Pennsylvania court has granted a
woman a divorce because her husband
furnished nothing for the house but the
coal and ice. Did she want the earth?
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Gov. Bob Taylor's mascot has fail
ed him at last. He could not fiddle
himself into the United States senate.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

WELLINGTON-Th county has re-
ceived a draft for $6,S26.4S. the amount
of taxes due for the year 1896, from the
old Frisco branch, running through the
southern portion of the county. The
county has had considerable difficulty
in collecting this tax.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
Me Shortest Route

To Southern California is the Santa F'e
Pullman palace and tourist sleepers:
and free chair cars Qighted by electric
ity) to Los Angeles daily.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
ABE LINCOLN OWNED IT.
History of an Old Table Bought in a
Wichita Second Hand Store.

Wichita, Feb. 3.-AIrs. Matthews went
into a second hand furniture store and
asked them if they had any old furni-
ture. The dealer said there was a wal
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

A realistic novel is an exposure-of
its authors itching palm.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Trying to love is an absurdity; love
IS spontaneous combustion.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Adversely gives the great man {
chance to show how great he is
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Christmas is mans Declaration of
Independence" of the devil.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Minutes are the mosaics of time, the
ages are those of eternity.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

Some men are born great, some
achieve greatness and others become
humOrists.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

There is more action in an ounce OF
kitten than in a ton of elephant.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
CHICAGO NEWS PROVERBS.

A bad memory is the skeleton in the
HAIRS closet.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

The man in the basement can always
undersell his competitor on the floor
above.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

When a young man OF a clock gets
too fast, a setback is necessary.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

IS Photos for 25 cts. Leonard's.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

He who rObs under the shelter of law
is the most daring and cowardly thief
of the day.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

The man who goes to church becaus
he has nothing else to do, is an idl
WOrshiper.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN
Fanaticism is faith turned sour

Fanaticism is faith turned sour.
Whispers and runaway teams make
the break-ups
Pleasure soon pals when it costs
nothing
A shaggy camel may bear a smooth
burden
Friendship may soon die but enmi-
ty never.
All men are fools, but only the wise
stop being SO.
knowledge puffs up. Wisdom let's the
wind out.
When you have nothing to do. never
go after help.
The devil never has to waste any bait
to catch a lOafer
He who robs under the shelter of law
is the most daring and cowardly thief
Of the day.
Minutes are the mosaics of time, the
ages are those of eternity.
Christmas is mans Declaration of
Independence" Of the devil.
Adversely gives the great man
chance to show how great he is.
Trying to love is an absurdity; love
IS spontaneous combustion.
es-.zz7=zss.ss ,-.,--,1 -
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

A lady writer says the coming wom-
an will have her own bank account
we have been waiting for her several
years.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

The devil never has to waste any bal
to catch a lOafer.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-03

When you have nothing to do, never
go after help.