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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-09

San Juan hill is a steep enough
climb on the side where the American
soldiers charged up on July l, and
captured the blockhOuse. but on the
opposite side it is practically a preci-
pice, almost perpendicular. No man
has ever been known to descend on
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-09

CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
cry AND INVENTION.

n Bicycle with a Third wheel for L se
Railroad Tracks-it Eliminates the
Bad Road Feature of Long Runs-A
Lamp Worked by Air Pressure.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-09

The last of the troops from Santiago
- :~~'~-i - Camp Wikof
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1898-09-09

If anything We're needed TO prove
that Roosevelt's soldiers are rough
riders Private Clarke and his horse
Dandy furnished ii the day after the
capture of San Juan hill. Although
the rough riders did not take their
horses with them from Tampa Clark
managed TO smuggle his horse over
with lot of officers animals and ne
was the proudest man in the COM
mand when showing what Dandy could
do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
ACTOR KNEW THE LAW.
Clay Clement Causes an officer to Re
lease Two Prisoners.

Carthage. Mo, Feb. 16.-At Nichols juno
ton two men We're made TO board the
Frisco train from Springfield by a con-
stable who carried a wagon spoke and
big six-shooter. The men were hand
cuffed. The officer gave his name as J.
G. McAndrews, from Arkansas. and claim
ed to have been on the trail of his cap
tives, John Darnen and John Jackson, for
some weeks, and that they were wanted
for stealing in Arkansas. The men claim
ed they We're travelling from eastern Mis-
souri, with their families, and, Just before
the train arrived, had been fOrcibly taken
by the officer. who charged them with
crime of which they knew nothing
This story was told by the men to clay
Clement, the actor, who was on the train
and became interested in the trio. Having
studied for the legal profession IN early
life, Mr.. Clement realized that the men
were being unlawfully dealt with and soon
informed the officer that unless ne had
a requisitiOn he was not warranted in tax
ing the men to Arkansas This seemed
a strange idea to the Arkansas man, put
still he was determined to take them with
him
When the train arrived at Aurora. a
LAWYER named J. B. McGuffin of Purdy
came on board and observing the party;
soon took part in the argument and added
the weight of his opinion to that OF CIen-
emit until the Arkansas official trembled.
and for fear that he might get hImseI
into trouble, finally consented to hbeIate
the men. He fished out his keys AFTER
laying by his wagon spoke, ana unlockSo
consta Bile took his train for Arkansas,
wea ring a deep frown- Mr. Clement ad-
nOnished him to be more careful IN future
and ito go back to Arkansas, where the
but remember that it is not the law in
Missouri.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
DEEP IN THE PAST
Is it Possible to Find Out All
About Coronado!
What May Be Hidden in the Ar
chiVes of Spain.
WILL BE OF INTEREST
To Know What Happened When
the Ancient Explorer
Passed Over These Plains in the
Sixteenth Century.

The committee appointed at the an
nual meeting of the state historical So
ciety to aid in further investigating
the route and explorations of Coronado
in 1541 will meet at the rooms of the So
ciety in the state house in this city on
March ?.
Mr. J. V. Brewer of st. Paul, Mimi,
who has been conducting Investigations
along this line for several years and
has published a book on the subject,
will come to Topeka and meet with the
society. 1t was at the request of Mr.
Brewer that the committee was ap-
pointed by the society.
The committee consists of Judge John
Guthrie and Mr.. Eugene Ware of this
city and Mr.. L. r. Elliott of Manhat-
tan. The object of the meeting is to
prepare for the work of continuing in
vestigations, and if possible determine
the exact location where Coronado
struck camp and abandoned his search
for the golden city of the plains.
If there are any old documents in the
archives of Spain to throw further light
on the travels of Coronado, this COM
mittee is going after them. Perhaps
an appropriation from the United
States government can be secured to
investigate and a commissioner from
Kansas sent to look up the ancient rec
ords. Something may be secured to
furnish historical color for the great
Louisiana Purchase exposition Of 1903.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
FROM NEWTON.

Foreman Grandy is Quarantined at
home with the scarlet fever.
Fireman Wiselogal is building res
idence on East Fifth street.
Resident Engineer Earl left this
morning on a tour of inspection along
the Oklahoma division.
Fireman Caldwell feels somewhat Ella
ted now, since the boys call him Bill
Nye. HIS is a likeness of the genuine.
Fireman Steve Boyer will take an in
definite lay off this spring and has
about perfected arrangements to go to
Juneau, Alaska.
HOstler Ben DitlOW has resumed work
after an enforced absence of two
months with sickness.
Painter Worth is fixing up his shop
in the old roundhouse. A new floor is
being put in it and it is being repaired
in other ways.
Brakeman Repetto has gone to Kan
sas City to take a run out of there to
this point on the through freight ser
vice.
Passenger travel on MOB, the Califor-
MIA Limited, is increasing every day.
The train was sent out of Kansas City
Monday with eight cars. the regular
equipment of the train being five cars.
The train was dOuble-headed out of
Emporia but lost u minutes between
there and here. 1t was doubled headed
again out of here and between this
point and Dodge City, IL minutes of the
u were made I'D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
STATE POLITICS.
Ex-senator PETER Gets Back to
First Principles.
Instead of Mere "POIitics'' the
People Should Begin
TO THINK OF A PLAN
To Put All the Unemployed
People to Work
70 THINK OF A PLAN
More Important Than" FusiOns"
and Political "DeaIs.'

Ex-senator w. A PETER thinks the
gravest problem of the time, and
the one which promises to become
more serious than any now confronted
by the people, is that of putting the
great army of unemployed men at
work. He says:
Our development in manufactures
has has not been equalled anywhere at
any time. and the Improvement in the
quality and quantity of work done and
in wages paid has been phenomenal
This growth, however has been attained
with a plethora of labor which grows
faster than the work can be done, and
there lies the great trouble of the time
Labor can be prohtably employed only
in vast establishments where the mus
ter rolls contain names by the thOus-
and. The harvest is ripe and the reap
ers multiply far beyond the need OF en-
ployers. And the evil will soon become
serious unless statesmen and econo-
mists turn their attention toward the
solution Of the problem it presents.
which is, how to employ all the workers
on the work that is to be done.
Every state, probably, and al the in
corporated towns and cities have va
grant laws and poor laws. Vagrancy is
declared to be an OffenSe-a INSIDE
meanor, and is punished accordingly
The rule is to put Migrants to work for
the public. In one form or another. all
the unimplOyed labor of the country IS
charge on the people at large-the
neighbOrhOOd, community, county, city
or state How much better it would be
to provide public employment for all
that cannot find work with private en-
employers.
In connection with legislation along
this line, laws in every state ought to be
enacted fixing a days work at eight
or six hours, so that more persons
might be put on the work now to be
done. Then it ought to be made the
rule to have public work for all per-
sons that would, otherwise, have moth
ing to do. II would cost no more TO
furnish honorable employment to the
idle than it now costs to force people
to work at dishOnOrable occupations
How much better a man or woman
would feel working for wages for the
county or state or nation than to go
nails"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
SUNS FACE DISFIGURED.
Spots Over 10000 Miles Wide APP
pear on Its Surface.

New York, Feb. 16.-There is a vio-
lent eruption on the face of the sun to-
day, and if one looks through a tele-
scope there will be seen long train of
little black spots travelling across the
shining disk They have been crossing
it for three days, and were just past
the center today. There are three large
spots and 81 smaller ones, which ap-
pear like pin points in the telescope
The larger ones look like large beads.
The length of the train of spots is
about 145, 900 miles, and the largest one
is about 10000 miles wide.
1t is rather unusual for these spots
to appear at this time. There are reg
ular cycles of disturbance on the sun,
lasting about IL years. The maximum
point in the present cycle was reached
in October, 1898, and the minimum point
is due at the end of this year or early
in 1899. This outbreak is therefore
what astronomers call a secondary
maximum.
The solar disturbance may be fol-
lowed by meteorological phenomena.
such as an aurora borealis or a violent
magnetic storm, or it may produce no
noticeable effect upon this planet
Astronomers are divided as TO the
origin of sun spots. Some hold that they
are caused by a violent contraction Of
the sun, while others believe the spots
are caused by the feeding of the fur
naces of the sun at regular intervals
by showers of meteoric matter-in other
words, that the sun passes cOaling sta
tiOns at regular intervals.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
DE LOME'S GOODBYE.
A Large Number of Friends Went
With His Party to the Station.


Washington, Feb. 16.-The late Span
ish minister, Senior Dupuy De LONE,
accompanied by Nine. De LONE, their
Washington at 4 O'clock yesterday af-
ternOon for New York, whence they
sail for Liverpool. A large delegation
from the diplomatic corps, accompa MED
by their wives, gave a hearty au reVoir
at the station to their late associate.
Nine. De LONE carried a bouquet of
red roses and several baskets of flowers
were carried by the attendants and
placed in the car occupied by the De
LONE party.
The entire staff of the Spanish lega-
ton, headed by Senior Du Bose, the
charge d'affaires, were present and 9TH
tess De Lichterveld, of the Belgian le-
cation; ViscOunt and ViscOuntess De
SantO- ThyFsO, of the Portuguese lega-
ton; Mr.. Ricada, the Swiss minister
General Rengfo, of the Columbian lega-
ton; Baron Riedl, of the Austrian le-
cation; Mr.. De Wecherlein, the minis
ter of the Netherlands; the Count
D'ArcOs of Spain; Mr.. Cana, the Chill
ian minister, and Nine. Cana and Senior
Corea, of the Central American Iega-
ton
Nine. Cana brought a handsome bou-
quet and handed it to Nine. De LONE
De LONE passed among his former as
sociates, giving them a warm farewell,
and Nine. De LONE waived her adieux
to the men and embraced the ladies.
Quite number of outsiders were at
tracted by the gathering, but further
than that the minister's departure was
entirely quiet and unobtrusive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
CRUSADE AGAINST WHISKY
Will Be Conducted During April in
Kansas by DR.. Russell

The state temperance union has Sc
cured Dr. Howard H. Russell OF Della
ware Ohio. and two of his most able
assistants in temperance work for a
Kansas crusade during the month Of
April.
Mr. RusselPs plans have already been
made. He will visit the principal
towns and hold three meetings each
evening. The last evening of his stay
in a city large union meeting will be
held in which himself and assistants
and the local ministry will participate
The executive committee of the state
temperance union authorized the local
committee of Topeka to act in this mat
ter. The members of the committee
have accepted DR.. RusselPs proposition
and arrangements for the crusade are
now being made 1t is probab BILE that
DR.. Russell will spend but little of his
time in Topeka
DR. Russell is national superintendent
of the field work for the anti-saloon
league He attended the recent an
nual meeting of the state temperance
union and helped raise the money to
pay the debts of that organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

The following transfers of real estate
have been filed for record in the office
of the register of deeds:
VIM. A. Binnes and wife to David
Graw, $1,000, lots 416 and south half of
41S, Van Buren, street, Curtis addition
From T. E. Barnes to B. F. and J. z.
Vawter, Viola and G.. E. McColin, $25,
lots 700 and 7O2. Lincoln street, Martin
& Dennis addition.
VIM. Griffith and wife to John Grif-
fifth, 81. 400, south half of southeast quar-
ter 17-10-17.
James Sheldon and wife to c. F. An
derson, $617.5O. lots 237 and 239. Monroe
street. Wilder's subdivision.
Joseph Acton and wife to VIM. Gilker-
son, S175, west half of northwest quarter
36-11-13.
Thomas n. Coomer to H. G. Helfeld,
81, $50, lots Z. and 9, block 8, Auburn
dale addition.
81 400 lots 1876. 13S 140 and 142, and east
half of 14O, 142 and IA Taylor street.
f. L Sexton and wife to Harry COON
er. 81, 200, commencing at a point on the
center line of Western avenue produced
1880 feet north from the center of Sec
Ond street extended; west 260 feet, north
10 feet, east go feet, south rs feet to
place of beginning, except 65 feet off
west side.
A W. Knowles and wife to Bank of
Topeka, lots 541, 543 and 545 Buchanan
street, TROOPS Third addition, 104
Thirteenth street, TROOPS Fourth ad-
ditoin, also 35 acres Res. ?.
B Rockwell and wife to the Ex-Farm
Co, sos, lots 9 and II, block E, Harri-
son street Parks addition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
MR.. LITTLE ON .eTHE BILL"
Of Course This Means Only One Bill,
the Railroad Bill.

Edward c. Little. private secretary to
Governor Leedy, is indignant at the
statement made by the Republican
press that the proposed new railroad
bill contains one of the provisions de-
nounced by Governor Leedy in his veto
of the bill sent him by the last legisla-
ture This is the provision fixing
penalty on the officers and employees of
a railroad company for violation of the
law.
Governor Leedy objected to the bill
passed by the legislature last year,
said Mr. Little today, because the en-
tire penalty for violation was placed
on the agents or employees of the rail-
road company. The new bill fixes a
penalty on these parties also, for if they
violate the law they should assuredly be
punished, but it also provides a separ-
ate penalty for the railroad company.
Governor Leedy held the other bill IN
just because it provided no penalty for
the company, but simply provided
punishment to the employees of the COM
pany. The proposed bill provides a
punishment for both company and en-
DIONeS.n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
SELLING A WATER FALL.
Great Water Power at Quinnesec
Falls, Wis, Changes Hands.

kaukana, Wis, Feb 16.-The deal by
which the great water power company
at Quinnesec and the paper and pulp
mills with 1000 acres of lands, passes
from the hands of the Qufnnesec Falls
Paper company to the Kimberly and
Clarke company, will be consummated
this week. 1t is not certainly known
what the figures of the deal, one of
the largest in paper mill properties and
water powers in the west. will be, but
they are placed at about 100000.
Quinnesec Falls is a natural water
which can easily be increased to IS feet
fall making it one of the best powers
in the west.
The present Quinnesec Falls Paper
company own in fee simple all the lands
on both sides of the falls so that the
whole water power is theirs and a pro-
posed Improvement of it can easily be
ACCOMPLISHED.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP.
The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
Dawson and Cost $4,000.

Portland, Feb. 16.-Jack Collins. who
started for Dawson City with a band of
sheep last summer. has been heard from.
He sold part of his flock for $4,000. The
other and bigger half of the flock fed the
birds of the Arctic zone. This is how it
happened:
He drove the sheep in over the Dawson
trail Some time before Dawson was
reached cold weather came on. and Col
Inns decided to kill his sheep. He killed
and sold 800 and received nearly $50, 900
for them.
Then he concluded to hold the remains
der for better market He killed the
remaining 400 in a sort of secluded place
of the line of travel, and suspended the
carcasses on poles far enough above the
ground to be out of reach of bears wolves
or other wild animals. He left two
young men to watch the mutton, and pro-
ceeded to look for a mining section. Hav-
ing found one he located a claim and pro-
ceeded to test it. After he had dug out
a few thousand dollars worth of gold, he
thought he would, the French say, re
turn to his muttons.'
His stay had been so prolonged that the
young men had become weary of holding
a wake over the sheep and. imagining
Dawson to be only a few miles away had
started for that city TO enjoy some of the
pleasures metropolitan city can afford.
1t proved to be about 100 miles to Daw-
son. so their absence was more extended
than they had intended, and when Col
Inns reached the place where he had left
the careasses of 40 sheep he found only
400 bleaching skeletons. The eagles, ra-
vens, crows, kites, hawks and other birds
of prey which inhabit that region had
been feasting on mutton. Where the
carcass is, there viii the eagles be gath
cred" is a prOverb which which applies
to other birds of prey. Collins had left
SO many carcasses that invitation had
been sent out and a general roundup of
all the vultures and things in that region,
from Bering sea to Mackenzie river, had
taken place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
MILLION DOLLAR co.
This is at Ottawa-There are Others
but With Less Capital

A million dollars is a big capital stock
for a company, but this is the amount
named in the charter of the Ottawa
Mining company, filed in the Office Of
men, J. P. Mason, L. N. STACKER. Z.
Hamilton. G. H. Meyer and W. G.
Grabendil1e are named as directors,
and the object of the company is to
mine gold, silver, copper and other min
erals in the states and territories of the
United States.
Other charters filed with the secreta-
~ of state are:
The Jarvis Rotary Engine company of
Smith Center Capital stock, S12, 500.
Directors, G. Whittleshofer, B. T. Ba-
ker, ]. w. HARDWOOD A HaberIy, Lee
Starbuck, A. R. Clark and Henry Will
HamS-
The r. W. Black Mercantile company
of Elgin, Kan. Capital stock, $12, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
SANTA FE ENJo1NED.
Pittsburg & Gulf Secures a Temporal
ry Injunction Against a Boycott

ry Injunction Against a Boycott.
Kansas City. Feb. 16.-The Kansas
City, Pittsburg & Gulf railway, has Sc
cured through Judge Phillips of the
United States circuit court.a temporary
order restraining the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe railway from enforcing it's
boycott against the former The boycott
was to have gone into effect today. The
order Will be effective till the 18th in
slant.
This is the first legal step taken by
the Pittsburg & Gulf to fight the south
western roads who gave notice recently
that they would refuse to accept or de-
liver freight to the complainant road
at Texas points, because of its refusal
to enter the southwestern traffic bu-
reau. Each of the eleven railroad and
steamship lines who announced the
boycott gave the Pittsburg & Gulf road
from ten to thirty days notice. The
Santa Fe's limit was the first to expire.
The same action will, it is said be taken
against these roads as their time limit
expires, and an attempt to enforce the
boycott is made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
ANNE pIGGs' IpEA.
An Extra Legislature Might Put Some
Good Shelves in the Library.

Mrs Annie L. Diggs, state librarian
elect. wants to see a special session of
the legislature, but not exactly for the
reason that she believes a new rail-
road bill should be passed. Mrs Digs
believes that if there was an extra ses-
sion of the legislature she might secure
an appropriation sufficient to fit the
new state library rooms with steel
shelving, and this is her principal, if not
only reason, for wanting a special ses-
sion.
The matter of fitting the new library
rooms with substantial steel shelving
has been considered, but the expense of
such equipment has stood in the way Of
a favorable decision. 1t is doubtful
unless a special session is called and an
appropriation made for the purpose, if
Mrs. Digs will secure her steel shelving
this wear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
10 SELL HOSPITAL PROPERTY.
Union Pacific VIII Buy Buildings at
Denver, Cheyenne and OGDEN.

St. Louis, Feb. 16.-Judge Sanborn
last night granted the order for a sale
of the Union Pacific hospital property,
and also an order for the distribution
of the proceeds pro rata among those
who have contributed to the fund.
Martin Dolphin, general attorney for
the Order of Railway Photographers,
who brought the suit in behalf of the
photographers, has been hammering away
on this for three years. 1t is Of great
interest to Union Pacific employees, each
of whom is compelled to give 80 cents
per month into the fund.
The property embraces all the para
phernalia of hospitals; hospital build
ings at Denver, Cheyenne and Ogden,
and other property. The Union Pacific
viii be the purchaser. Service viii be
had on the employees by advertisements
in the Kansas City, Denver, Omaha,
Ogden, Salt Lake and other papers west
of the Missouri river. Some 80, 900 peo-
pie are interested in the order. although
the Union Pacific employees now number
but II, Co.,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
WILL VOTE ON SATURDAY.
The House is About to Dispose Of the
Bankruptcy Bill

Washington, Feb. 16.-The house put
in busy day yesterday. The time was
devoted to the consideration of bills and
joint resolutions presented under the
call of committees and sixteen Of
more or less public Importance
were passed. An order was also en-
tered by unanimous consent for the
consideration of the Loud bill relating
to second class mail matter on Mar "a
1. 2 and 8, and the order for the CON
sideration of the bankruptcy bill was
modified so that the final vote shall be
taken on Saturday instead of Monday
as arranged last week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
NOT FOR FIGHTING.
Judge DoIman Declines to Send a
Youthful Pugilist to the Reform
School

Edward Jones, a 13-year-old boy who
lives on the East side was tried before
Probate Judge Dolman today who de-
cided that he is not entitled to a place
in the Reform school ranks
Eddie Jones was arrested at the in
stance of Mrs. Sarah McClain who is
the possessor of a son two years the
junior of Eddie Jones' The two boys
became involved in a fight and when
the smoke of battle cleared away it was
found that young Mccain had his arm
broken. Forthwith Mrs Mccain gets
a warrant to send Eddie Jones to the
Reform school but Judge Dolman de-
cided that it was not case that called
for his intervention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-16
ATE THE FAMILY HORSE.
Starving People Near Kokomo. Ind,
Kill the Animal

Kokomo, Ind, Feb. 16.-Yesterday
Truancy Officer J. W. Cottingham ran
across a family in the northern suburbs
that had nothing in the house to eat ex-
cept horse meat, they in their extreme
poverty having killed the family horse
to keep them from starvation.
Their pride prevented them from tell
ing their condition, which was only dis
covered by a physician who was called
to the house to treat them. Township
Trustee G. L. Gwinn relieved their
wants.