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The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
WHO'S TO BLAME
For Sending Sick Soldiers North In
Unfit ShipsP

Washington, Aug. 3.-An effort will be
made by the war department to ascer-
tain the official at Skaters headquarters
who is responsible for dispatching to the
United States transports loaded with SOL
diers which are alleged to be untia for
the work to which they are put. With
this end in view Surgeon General Stern
Major Harvard, the chief surgeon with
Skaters army:
'.'The management of the medical depart
ment at Santiago is severely criticised. SICK
transports are said to be OvercrOWded, not
properly supplied with medicine or medl-
Who is responsible2 Reply in full and take
measures to prevent similar occurrences
in future"
At the same time rigid investigation is to
officials and others concerning the unfit
ness of the transport COnchO, which reach
ed New York several days ago. Secre-
tary Alger has taken much interest in
the Seneca, which about ten days since
brought to New York a large number of
sick and wounded and which vessel also
said to be unsuitable. The inVeSti-
cation will be made by Colonel Heyt of
the inspector generals office. General
Sternberg feels that injustice is done the
cisms made of the transports in bringing
the sick and wounded north and in the
preparations for the journey. As a mat
ter of fact, he said today. he did not know
pOrary hospital ship, the first intimatiOn
of that character being received when
telegram reached him announcing the ar
rival of the vessel at Norfolk. The load
ing of the ship with supplies, including
ice, other than of medical character
does not come under the supervision of his
bureau and his officers, he says, should
not be charged with any derelictness of
that character.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
NAME TT HOBSON.
Movement on Foot in New York to
So Rechristen the Colon.

New York, Aug. 3.-There is a move
ment on foot to rechristen the CristobaI
Colon, If she be saved, the Hobson, in
honor of the young lieutenant who
played so conspicuous part in the
blockade of Santiago. It was suggested
first that the Spanish name of the yes
sci be retained, simply Americanized to
read Christopher Columbus, but the
new idea to give the cruiser the modern
and popular name bids fair to supplant
the other.
IF that vessel is ever added to the
American navy" said a well known
citizen yesterday, ''it would be fine
thing to name her after the man who
was more instrumental than any other
in saving her. If the Colon be saved it
will be Hobson, and none other, who
did it. A board of survey looked her
over and pronounced her a hopeless
case Another board, consisting this
time of only one man, looked her over
and said she could be saved. This man
was HObson.
Moreover, he will have a double
claim upon her in public opinion, for
it was he who, by sinking the Merrimac
in the harbor of Santiago, forced Ger
vera to make his run by daylight thus
assuring the capture of the fleet. There
fore vote for the name HobsOn-
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
AIR SHIP FOR KLONDIKE.
Canada Man Would Fly to the Gold
Fields.

Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 3.-The air-ship
recently invented by J. De PEtolle of
the interior department. in this city. is
being built and perfected at McFar-
lanes foundry here and will soon be
ready for his trial trip. The invention
is a combination of air-ship and bal
loon.
The balloon is of canvas, and is egg
shaped. This balloon is to carry the
weight of the air-ship car, and will be
inflated with gas generated in the car.
In front of the balloon is a propeller
The object of having the propeller in
front is to give a better chance to the
machine to cut through the air. The
steering apparatus is placed in the
rear The balloon will be supported by
a framework of bicycle tubing, a small
hollow shaft running through this tub
ing for the gear and motive power. Sus-
pended from both ends of the balloon
is the car of the air-ship. In the car IS
the receptacle for gasoline, which Will
run the machine. From the center OF
the car up to the gear Of the balloon
frame a sort of bicycle chain extends,
and this chain being moved from the
power in the car below will make the
propeller revolve.
The balloon is 4S feet long and Is feet
wide around the center. 1t is intended
for Klondike travel, and is expected to
attain a speed of 25 miles an hour.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
Under That Term Lord De La
War;
Explains 100000 Pounds Re-
ceiVed From HOoIey.
TOO PROUD TO WORK
For Pay and Too Honest to Be
Bribed,
He Accepted Presents From the
Promoter.

London, Aug. 3.-The Earl De La War;
has issued a statement denying that he
accepted any mony to join any of the
companies promoted by Mr.. Ernest Hoo
ley, the bankrupt, but he admits that he
received about 100000 from Mr.. Hooley
'as gifts" in recognition of services rem
dered, having worked hard in the interest
of the companies with which he was con-
nected.
Lord De La War; adds that while he de-
clares himself morally justified in accept
ing the gifts, he does not desire to re-
tain a shilling to the prejudice of Mr..
HooIeys creditors, and is, therefore, tax
ing steps to ascertain the exact amount
received and to refund it.
He says he called on Mr.. Hooley after
the first examination to give him an op-
portunity of correcting some misstate-
ments, but it was absolutely false that he
directly or Indirectly offered Mr.. HooIey
a thousand pounds to vary his statements.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
EMPRESS, ASSOCIATE.
Widow of Ex-Consul to Paris Now a
Pauper

Raup6r.
New York, Aug 3.-UnIess succor comes
at once, Mrs. Duncan K. Macrae and her
daughter, Miss Virginia H. Macrae, will
today be turned from their little home, 134
Chisholm street, as paupers. Mrs. Mac
rea is the venerable widow of the United
States consul to Paris under President
Pierce. Her brother-in-law was a nephew
of President Polk.
Time was when Mrs. Macrae had wealth
and social prestige and as a beauty graced
her husband was in Paris. Today, un-
less she can pay s91.5O due the Fidelity
Trust company, which was advanced on
her furniture, she and her daughter will
be turned out in the street.
After her fathers death the daughter
Virginia, supported herself and her
mother. But i'll luck seemed to follow
her. Several firms with which she was
connected discontinued business and she
was thrown out of employment. Finding
their resources at an end, the mother sold
to friends in the south some valuable old
laces which had graced her costumes worn
at the leVees of the Empress Eugene. For
two years the MacraeS have lived on the
proceeds of this sale.
On May II of this year the time came
when there was absolutely nothing left
on which to realize. Then it was that
Mrs. Marea borrowed So on the little fur
niture in the house. They soon were un-
able to keep up the payments on this
loan.
Mrs. NTacrae became i'll and took to her
with an order to foreclose on the furniture
unless the loan was forthcoming.
Miss Virginia went to several places, but
was unable to obtain dollar.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
GOMPERS ON THE ISSUES.
Brought Forward by the War-Speaks
and Says Nothing.

New York Aug. 3.-''The destiny of the
United States is a great and glorious one
no matter what its ultimate policy may be
with regard to Spanish colonies"
This was the general sentiment of the
Central Labor union today, as voiced by
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can FederatiO of Labor. and fndOrsed
with applause by the delegates. President
GOmpers is on his way from Washington
to Springfield. ILL.,, to attend a state con-
vention of the American Federation of
Labor in that city, and dropped in Incl
dentally at the meeting of the Central
Labor union.
Mr. Gompers, after describing the pro-
gress of the eight hour movement, re-
ferred to the terms of peace with Spain
as follows:
Il am not going to. criticise the policy of
the government with regard to the colo
MES We, will annex. Whether or not we
annex the Philippines, the end of the war
will see this country more grand, great
and glorious than ever.
But with this new destiny of the Unit
ed States there will be many things to
guard against. Hawaii is now annexed
and we must be on the alert to see that
no slave labor gets fOothold there.
In regard to the Philippines have
nothing to say except that the laws con-
corning contract labor should be as strin-
gent there as on any land over which
floats the star spangIed banner"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
KAISER'S VISIT
To the Holy Land is Feared by the
Jews.

Paris, Aug. 3-Chief among the sub
Jects already put forward for discussion
at the forthcoming congress of Zionists
at Basle is the visit of the German
emperor to Palestine, which, far from
evoking any feeling of good will among
the Jews, fills them, on the contrary
with apprehension, for it is generally
admitted that if Germany gets posses
sion in one form or another of the Holy
Land, all hope of the Israelite nation
ever recovering possession of Palestine
will be at an end.
Those Hebrews who are most interest
ed in the Zionist movement fOresee that
the emperOrs tour may result in some
practical return on the part of the
sultan for Germany's powerful and
verbal friendship, and if, as asserted
at Berlin, the Ottoman rulers good will
takes the form of conceding to the
station, Haifa being already colOnized
almost exclusively by Germans, it is re-
allied that Germany will become the
prepOnderant power in the Holy Land,
and that Haifa will only become a point
of vantage from which Germany will
eventually spread out and obtain pos
session of the entire Holy Land Inas-
much as the latter is regarded by Rus
STA, France and by England as the
principal present barrier and eventual
highway to the east, it is possible that
the ambitions of the kaiser in cOnnec-
tiOn with Palestine may culminate in
war.
1t may be remembered that the
Crimean war, in which no less than five
European powers were involved, orig
mated in a dispute between France,
possession of the holy places in Pales-
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
BOY MAKES DARING LEAP
Plunges From Lincoln Parks High
Bridge and Escapes Injury.

Chicago. Aug. 3.-Bicyclers and pc
destrians in Lincoln Park were horri-
fed at 6:3O o'clock last evening to see
a boy, about u years old, climb to the
railing of the high bridge, at the spot
from which so many suicides have
1eaped to their death Without a mo-
ment's hesitation the boy plunged down
ward.
The boy did not turn in the air. He
struck the water head first at an angle
of As degrees. The OnIOOkers, thinking
that they had witnessed a suicide, rush
ed to the bank of the lagoon. They
were surprised to see the little fellow
come to the surface and swim to the
shore, evidently none the worse for his
plunge. As soon as he reached dry land
the youngster began to run as fast as
he could with his drenched clothing.
Before anyone joined in the chase he
had disappeared in the direction of the
greenhouses.
1t appeared that the daring youngster
had been standing on the bridge with
q. number of companions, none of whom
knew his name. One of the boys dared
him to make the jump. He would not
be dared. His identity has not yet been
discovered.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
ARE THEATERS CIRCUSES
Indiana Attorney Will Present Argu-
ments AGAINST War Tax.

Chicago, Aug. 3.-Leon o. Bailey, an
Indianapolis lawyer, left Chicago for
New York, where he will confer with
leading theatrical managers and col
lect material from which he will con-
struct an argument to present to In
ternal Revenue Commissioner Scott.Mr-
Bailey represents Leslie J. Carter and a
dozen other theatrical managers, and
will seek a. construction by the govern
ment of the war revenue law as it ap-
plies to travelling theatrical companies.
Paragraph 3, section 2, of the law
provides that ''proprietors of theaters,
museums and concert halls in cities
having more than $4,000 population as
shown by the last preceding United
States census, shall pay $100." The
succeeding paragraph provides that the
proprietor of circuses shall pay $100,
and defines every building, space, tent
or area where feats of horsemanship or
acrobatic sports or theatrical perform
ances are exhibited" as a circus" The
law compels all "circuses' to pay a tax
of $1O0 in every state.
Theatrical managers declare that if a
travelling theatrical or operate COM
pany is to be adjudged a Circus" they
will be obliged to abandon the business,
as the tax would be practically prOhib-
itOrV
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
PROFITS BY SWINDLE.
Indiana Man Ahead on a Confidence
Game.

Valparaiso. Ind, Aug. 3.-Henry A.
StOner, the Indiana farmer who imag-
lined he had been swindIed by two con-
fdence men. who took his good money
and gave him a box containing a large
sum which was at first pronounced
counterfeit, finds that he is ahead of the
game, and that the confidence men are
the ones who are the losers.
The two confidence men induced Ston-
er to draw from the bank a sum of
money, which was placed in a tin box.
a dispute arose, and the box, or one
gust like it, was returned to Stoner,
after which the two men fed. When
Stoner opened the box he found over
$4,000 in greenbacks and coin, and at
once jumped to the conclusion that it
was counterfeit.
Today the money was examined by
local bankers, who pronounced it as
good as was ever issued. There is $500
more than Stone gave the two men,
and the suppOsitiOn is that the swim
dlers in some way gave their intended
victim the wrong roll, thus beating
themselves. No trace of the men has
yet been found.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
OLD BELL OF FT. DEARBORN
Farmer in Wisconsin Says He Has
the Valuable Relic.

Chicago, Aug. 81. D. Leonard. a
wealthy farmer in Fond du Lac county,
Wisconsin, has a big bell on his farm
which he says was used at Fort Dear
born for many years to assemble the
garrison and give fire alarms.
It is claimed the bell was procured
from New York in 1916 when the fort
was being rebuilt by Captain Bradley.
In 1856 the fort was demolished, and
six months later Mr.. Leonard, who was
then the proprietor of a foundry in
Chicago, bought this bell in a lot of
junk. A short time afterward he found
that it bore the inscription, Fort Dear
born, 1876" and had no difficulty in
proving to his satisfaction that it was
the bell of the old fort.
Several years later Mr.. Leonard
moved to Fond du Lac and took the
bell with him. As the little church in
the neighboring town of Forest was in
want of a bell, Mr.. Leonard lent his
trophy for the church, and for years it
hung in the steeple and assembled the
Worshippers on the Sabbath. But for
the last ten years it has been at the
farm and been confined to the prosaic
duty of calling hired men to dinner.
If anyone thinks Mr.. Leonard does
no believe in and value this relic just
let him try to buy it.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
SHOE BUTTON in HER LUNG
And Still the Child Continues to
Live.

Philadelphia, Aug. "a very remark
able case of a person living with a for
eign substance in the lungs is being
treated at the Children's Hospital by
Drs. Samuel Mccullough and W.
Given. The patient is eight-year-old
Mary Mcdonald. On July 13 she swal-
lowed a 1arge-slzed shoe button, which
lodged in the bronchial tube of the right
lung. StOppage of the air has caused
the lower lobe of the right lung to col
lapse.
After being admitted to the institu-
ton the child became very weak from
frequent spasms caused by coughing.
DR.. Leonard, of the University Of Penn
syIvania, made an X-ray photograph
and located the button in the bronchus
near the sixth rib, it being apparently
mobile and causing the diaphram to
cease working on that side. The ply
sicians in charge have decided not to
operate on the child. as she now is i'm
proving, and the left lung is developing
so that she can breathe sufficiently to
live.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC
A Flood of Letters on Philippine
Question at the White House.

washington, Aug. 3.-The president is
having his wish. He is hearing from
the country on the question of the Phil
ippines. Many newspapers advised
their readers to write to the president
and tell him their views. The result
was seen on Friday, Saturday and sun
amount of mail was on these three days
four times the usual amount. The num-
ber of letters received at the White
House each day is large, and ever since
the war began has been larger, but for
the last three or four days there has
been a perfect de1uge of letters. Pres
ident Mckinley could not read them all
if he gave all his time to the work, but
the important ones are brought to his
notice, and the general drift and ten
or of the less important ones he gets
from Mr.. Cortelyou, the assistant sec
retary to the president, who has super
vision of all this mail.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
TO LAUD THE DEAD.
Chicago Germans Will Hold Big
Memorial For Bismarck.

Chicago, Aug.3.-Through the medium
of a public demonstration such as has
probably never been accorded a foreign
celebrity in this city Chicago German
Americans will convey to the world
their admiration and respect for the
lie and public services of the iron
chancellor of the German empire. A
mass meeting will be held tonight to
which the representatives of all the
German military, civic and singing So
cieties have been specially invited. Com
memorative resolutions will be passed
and arrangements will be made for a
grand mass meeting to be held Friday
or Saturday either at Central Music
hall or at the Auditorium.
1t is understood that Carl Schurz will
be invited to deliver an address, and
also Professor Won Hoist of the Uni
versity of Chicago. Other speakers who
have been mentioned are Mayor Harri-
son, Judge BrentanO, Judge Stein, E. G.
Halle, William Woke and William
Rapp. The hall in which the services
will be held will be heavily draped in
black and the walls hung with por
traits representing Bismarck at critical
stages in the growth of the German
cOnfederacy. The military societies, or
ganized under the title of Central Yer
band der DeutSchen Militaerverin, Chi
sagO's und Umgegend, will carry the
burden of the demonstration. The Cen
trail Verband includes 15asOcieties and
all are well equipped and organized.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03

heard the noises. The youth suspected
that a burglar was about in break into
the basement, and he ran down stairs
to investigate. He leaned over an iron
railing at the top Of the basement to
peer down the stairway. The railing
broke and fell with Iauterbach on the
watchman. Young thought a burglar
had jumped on him, and Lauterbach
believed Young was a burglar. They
struggled and yelled at each other in
their efforts to extricate themselves
from the broken railing.
Before further damage was done the
mystery was cleared, and the pair
limped up the stairs to the pavement.
The railing crushed the great toe of
YOungs left foot so severely that the
police ambulance had to convey him to
the Alexian Brothers hospital. Lauter-
bach was uninjured
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
DEADLY HEADACHE DOSES.
Woman Dies After Taking Patent
Powders.

Chicago, Aug 3.-Mrs. AImeta Mcclure
wife of Attorney M. G. Mcguire, died this
morning at her home 1885 Diversey boule-
ward. from the effects of what is supposed
to have been opium and headache powders
combined.
Mrs. Mcclure. who was SO years old.
had been sufferer from severe head
aches. Early in the morning she COM
planned Of feeling i'll and sent her daugh-
ter to a drug store for a, package of head
ache powders. An hour later the woman
was found by her husband lying qncon-
sciOuS on a lounge in the parlor. Physi-
clans were summoned, but Mrs. Mcclure
died shortly after s o'clock.
The physicians said the case appeared to
be one of opium poisoning, and an investi-
cation developed the fact that she had
ably to produce sleep. The physicians
were unable to say whether the drug alone
produced death or whether it was the
opium and the headache powders com
bined. The matter was reported to the
coroner and poSt-mOrtem examination
was ordered
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
A SWORD AND BIBLE.
Captain of the Texas to Be Honored
by SundaY-School Children.

Galveston. Tex, Aug. "A move is on
foot to present to Captain John Philip Of
the battleship Texas a sword and a .Bi-
Bile. The money to pay for the gift is
to be contributed by the Sunday school
children of Texas. No child is allowed to
give more than cents.
This is meant expression of love
from the young Christians of the Lone
Star state for the gallant captain, whose
first act after the sinking the of the Span
ish fleet off Santiago was to call upon his
crew to return thanks to Almighty God.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
BECOMING A MoTHER.
A Sure Way to Avoid Danger.

Every true woman wants to be
mother. A baby is the dream of her life
the crowning glory of womanhood-
true happiness can never be known
without the blessings a child brings.
Yet the ordeal through which all
mothers must pass is so full of pain.
anxiety and fear, that many a young
life is sacrificed because of the inability
to undergo the struggle of childbirth.
1t Is not necessary to suffer in bring
ing new life into the world. Bv the
use of Mothers Friend >" the suffer-
ing and danger can be avoided, and
the hour robbed of its dread and pain.
This remedy is praised by thousands
who have tested it. Every woman is
anxious to learn how to avoid the
pain and suffering which may be in
store for her. The little book, ''Before
Baby is Born" viii be sent free to any
address upon application to the Brad
6eld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Georgia.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
ASSAULTED FOR THE FLAG
Frenchmen Attack Americans Wear
ING the Stars and Str1pes.

Columbus, O., Aug. 3.-John r. Nc
Laughlin of this city has just returned
from a visit to France, where he pur-
chased horses for importation.
Mr.. Mclaughlin states that the people
with whom he came directly into con-
tact were courteous and pleasant, and
seemed to feel that the United States
was justified in the war with Spain
Their complaisance was from purely
business reasons, however, as they did
not desire to offend a good customer.
With the people of France at large Mr..
Mclaughlin had many causes to feel
that they were opposed both to the war
and to Americans personally. On one
occasion he and a companion were as
sauIted in a railway coach by strangers
merely because they wore a small
American flag in their buttOnhoIes.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
DEATH CAUSED BY GRASS.
Blade of Timothy Results in An Alb
scess in a Child's Lung.

Orange, N. J., Aug. 3.-An autopsy on
the body of Louis Scherrer, z years old,
who died a few days ago, has shown
that the little fellows death was caused
by a blade of timothy grass in his
dung.
The child was the son of Louis P.
Scherrer of Bedford street East Orange.
On the Fourth of July in company with
a half dozen little fellows of his own
age, he was playing horse. The chill
dren played they were cavalry horses
and had been turned out after a hard
days work They scampered about the
lawn and pretended to eat grass in imi-
tation of the animals they represented.
While the child was laughing with a
mouthful of grass a blade Of it slipped
and went down his throat.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-03
DANCED INTO PARALYSIS.
Vaudeville Artist Will Entertain
Audiences No More.

st. Louis, Aug. 3.-NIrs. Edward Keough,
whose stage name is Baillou, has done her
last turn as a fancy dancer and is now a
cripple, with both her lower limbs para
lyzed. Baillou did very clever. turn,
full of new and intricate steps, which tax
ed the resources of her rather delicate
frame to the utmost The dance she did
was the result of weeks of hard and con-
stant practice and the work was too much
for her.
After an especially successful appear
ance the other night the little woman
went to her dressing, room back of the
stage at KlOndike park and complained of
being ill., Then she was Mortified by the
discovery that she could not move her
legs. They were dead to all control or
feeling.
There is but slight hope of her ever be-
ing able to walk again.