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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
TRAITORS SANK HER.
Filibuster Steamer Title Scuttled and
Four of Her Crew Drowned.

Providence. r. L, Jan. 26.-Nineteen
survivors of the fHbustering steamer
Title, which probably sank of Barne-
gat, were brought to this port by a
cOasting schooner today -Four men
were lost Captain John O'Brien was
among the saved.
The Tillie was abandoned last Sun
day afternoon while off Barnegat in
the midst of a terrible storm. It is be
Heved she was scuttled by traitors who
had Joined the party on board for the
purpose of destroying the vessel The
nineteen who were saved escaped with
great difficulty. The other four men
could not be taken OF and they went
down with the vessel. Forty tons OF
dynamite. three dynamite guns and a
considerable quantity of ammunition
intended for the Cuban insurgents were
on board the Title when she sank
Captain Waldemar Of the Governor
AInes says of the rescue:
Sunday afternoon about O'Clock
about 20 miles south by west Of SHINE
cook, we sighted a small two-masted
steamer flying her cOlOrs union down
Steering toward the steamer and
watching her through the glass we saw
that she was deep in the water and Ia
boring hard. Soon afterward we made
out two boats filed with men just
astern Of the distressed craft The
wind was blowing 40 miles an hour and
the sea was fierce. The course of the
Governor Anes was changed to bring
her as close to the steamer as possible
and when within quarter OF a mile
Of her the fve-master was hove to Two
boat loads dropped down to the Ames
and were pulled aboard. The second
mate of the Ames and four seamen vol
unteered to return to the Title to the
aid of the men still on board the sink
ing craft They brought back four at
the risk of their own lives.
Darkness had set in by the time the
men returned to the Ames, the wind
had increased to a hurricane and the
only course left was to abandon the
four remaining men to their fate. The
Title was even with the water line at
the time and undoubtedly sank almost
Immediately"
Upon reaching Providence the sur
vivors, after expressing their gratitude
to Captain Waldemar Of the Governor
An7es, left for New York Ten of the
crew rescued were Cubans. The names
of the lost are: HoratiO Pevia- Alfred
BermudeS. - - CauceIlOri and the
steward, whose name is not known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
SANTA FE LOCAL NOTES.


z. z. Sellman of the car repairing
force is sick with pneumonia.
Mr.. J. J. Kinney arrived on No. )
from the east.
No. was an hour and twenty min
utes late Tuesday
Mrs. Barnes. wife of Fireman Robert
Barnes, is dangerously i'll with typhoid
fever.
Brakeman F. NJ. Upton is now run
ming on lib. ia and Z.
Brakeman Ed Carr. who fell from the
top of a moving freight train at Wa
karusa and was badly injured, is able
TO be out and has been visiting his par
ents at EudOTa-
Brakeman Cary johnson expects to
make a trip TO California on a Ray
mOnd & WhitcOnb excursion
SWitchman James E Strain is sick.
MONTGOMERY Ward & Co.'S two spec
ial cars and hOrseless electric carriage
are standing on the side track The
carriage viii be run on the streets as
soon as the weather viii permit.
Chris Swank OF the car shops has left
the employ of the company
Frank Sawyer and Ed Chance will
leave the employ Of the company on
Friday and viii start for the klOndike
on Feb. ;.
Ed Purcell of the planning mill is sick
Frank Johnson Of the planning mill is
sick
Charles Peterson of the planning mill
is taking a vacation
The new machine shops and the wheel
presses viii be run the rest Of the week
until o'clock at night.
Engineer Webb is sick
Fireman Harry O'Brien has been pro
NOTED from the switch engine to road
service.
Firemen Lain, William and Pickett
Of Argentine have been transferred to
Topeka on the extra list.
Milton Smith formerly night caller
at the round house. is now engineer on
one of the switch engines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
AMONG RAILROAD mEN.

Mr.. W. Brooks. brother of Superin-
tendent Brooks of the Western Union
telegraph Office, Will take the mana ge-
ment of the Western Union at FL PasO.
Mr. Brooks has been the manager of the
Las Vegas Office for some time and IS
promoted to this Office because of the
resignation Of AR F. r. Steel. who will
take charge of the san Francisco Office
Capt Diamond, for years a faithful
and competent engineer of the Santa Fe
Pacific has given up pulling the thrOt-
tie on the iron horse" and will accept q
position at the Albuquerque railway
shops
J. J. Burns built the D n & A. rail-
road from Chetopa to Larned without
dolIar q his own money.
T. g Edwards, who formerly held the
position of day operator at the Rock Is
land station at Caldwell. has beer. work
ing for the Western Union in Omah Ia
lately.
Conductor Joe Barnes of the Rock Is
land at Caldwell, is visiting Topeka
friends.
Roadmaster Jim Neal Of the Rock Is
land IS nursing a broken finger. the re
suit OF timber falling on his hand
L C Hull, Rock Island agent at So
ina was offered the agency of that
company at FL Reno, Q. T. with an in
crease of $50 per month in salary. he
went TO FL Reno looked over the town
and declined the promotion in a letter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
JERRY DEFENDS PETERS
And Criticizes Populists for Picking
Faults in Their Officials.

In the Second district it has been
charged that Congressman Peters Of
Wyandotte, opposed the passage of the
stockyards bill in the last legislature:
works also in the interests of the corpor-
atoms as a member of congress and is
not UNFOLDING the principles of PopuIism
properly These. charges have reached
the ears of Jerry Simpson, who has is
sued a general denial for Mr. Peters,
proving that the charges are untrue. In
concluding letter on the subject, Mr.
Simpson says:
My experience in the reform move
ment is, that our own people are too
ready to go to the opposition for their
Information in regard to the character
and conduct of the leaders in the Pop
ulist party. The enemy knows this. and
they are always ready. at all times. to
furnish that class Of information that
they believe viii balk the efforts and
stop the growth of the reform move
ment.
Rather let US close up the ranks.
stand shoulder to shoulder and show
solid front Of opposition TO the com
mon enemy of mankind-the Republi-
can party-instead OF turning our guns
on one another let US strive to see who
can make the widest gap in the ranks
of the fOe''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
LEFT ON TRAINS.
All Sorts of Articles Are Forgotten
by Absent Minded Passengers.

Recently a Chicago railroad display
ed in its unclaimed parcel room five
barrels of rubber overshOes and a box
full of false teeth.
All this property and more during a
period of six months had been left on
the suburban and through trains by
absent minded passengers.
The article which figures most extern
siYely among the lost and found OF the
big railroads is the umbrella. An Of
fetal OF the Illinois Central says he re-
ceives in the baggage department !, 800
umbrellas a year.
General Agent Sadd of the Burlington
says his records show about 500 a year.
and the other lines report large cOllec-
tons of this servicea bic article, which
is left on trains in all kinds of weather
Next come the Oyershoes, which are
daily found, singly and in pairs, and
Oftentimes odd in size and kind. At all
the offices they are accumulated to the
extent of barrels.
Wearing apparel in large quantities is
to be found in the lost parcel rooms.
The clerks in the Atoms quarters at
the union station fitted out a dummy
figure with every single article that
man is likely to wear from head to
foot. The articles were all left piece by
piece on the trains and gathered uD by
the employees until the figure was tOg
ged out in newest fashion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
FROM La JUNTA

The new turntable is now in working
order. and is q decided Improvement on
the old one. Two men can easily Oper-
ate the one now in use.
Master Mechanic Forster returned
from Denver Wednesday night. and
since that time has been confined to
his bed by illness. the nature of which
we have been unable to learn
Pueblo has a new sensation. a "di-
vine healer gifted with remarka Bile
power to effect cures by the laying on
Of hands, being now located there. One
of his patients is John Holmes, a form
er engineer on the Santa Fe, and IA
miliarly known in this city as Dutch
John" Holmes was injured in a wreck
at Canon City about four years ago.
and since that time has been practical
" diSa bled- Since the divine healer
laid hands on him. however, he has be-
come quite an athlete, and can dis
lance the boys IN a 1G0-yard foot race
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
SPOKANE FIRE VICTIMS.
Tangled Wires Prevented Rescue by
the Firemen.


Spokane, Wn., Jan. z5.-Five lives and
probably. more were lost in the fire in
the Great Eastern block They were:
Mrs Rose Smith, aged 20.
Mrs H G. Davies, an elderly lady
from Nebraska City, Neb., who fell in
descending from the fifth story, died at
the hospital this morning
W. B. Gordan, mining engineer and
expert
Mrs. Cora Peters and daughters Ethel
and Alma, aged respectively 9 and Z
Miss Alice Wilson. aged Is, employed
as a hat trimmer.
Her sister, Maud Wilson, aged 5.
Mrs. Davies was living at her daugh-
tiers, Mrs J. T. Pronger. They had
rooms on the fourth floor and were cut
of from the stairway and fire escape
The hremen failed in their efforts to
lift the ladders to the fifth story, owing
to a tangle OF electric light and tele-
phone wires.
Mr. PrOnger caught two large wires
running up the outer wall of the build
ing He crawled down to these to the
fourth story and managed to catch the
top of the swaying ladder. He de-
Scended to the ground and was follow
ed back up the ladder by a fireman car
rying light ladder on his shoulder.
This was connected to the large ladder,
to the other end, and she then descend
ed in safety. Meanwhile Mrs. Davies
had tried to follow Mrs. Pronger. She
came on down hand under hand until
she lost her hold and fell to the stone
pavement. She was p years old. One
son. Charles T. Davies is a merchant at
Nebraska City, another, Rev. F. C
Davies, is pastor Of the First Baptist
church at OttumWa, Ia.
The local board of insurance agents
estimated the total property loss a
1925, 600; insurance $135, 000-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
ON THE WRONG TRAIN.
A Minister Points Out to a Stockmar
the Error of His Ways.

When the fast mail pulled out of En-
pOria for Florence the other morning.
a man, who. from his clerical appear
ance was recognized as a minister. took
a seat in the rear, compartment of the
passenger coach.
Two other men, with rudy complex
ions, heavy boots and gruf and hearty
manner that branded them as stock
man. took a seat in the smoking com
partment.
They were enjoying themselves, but
after a bit. time grew heavy on their
hands The minister also grew tired of
sitting still and thought he would walk
through the car When he reached the
door leading into the smoking cOmparu-
ment. he-loOked through the glass and
was Mortified to see one of the stock
men hand a bottle of whisky to the 9TH
er, who turned it skyWard and allowed
the warming liquid 10 gurgle down his
sunburned throat.
The minister opened the door. stepped
up to the man who was drinking and
laying his hand on the shoulder of the
man just as he stopped to take breath,
said:
My friend, do you know you are on
the road TO help
Just my luck" said the stockman
II always get on the wrong train"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26

After the address Miss Minnie AfcAur-
trie played Scotch airs on the piano. James
Miller sang There Was a Lad With
Burns in Kyle and Miss Maggie Hardy
sang Duncan Grey William Craig re-
cited Casey at the Bat Miss May Mon
tieth sang Bonnie Jean and Peter
Fisher gave a Scotch reading. Miss Ger
trude Miller and Miss Ogilsvie played pi-
ano solos and Mrs. II. StiIlman sang q
song
After the programme was finished
Scotch refreshments were served, which
consisted of scenes, oat cakes, shortbread
and coffee The audience sang Aud
Lang Syne" and dispersed Many of the
young people remained and danced until
a late hour. There were over four hun
dred present to listen to the literary en-
tertain1nent-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
FROM LAS VEGAS.

Superintendent Dyer's private car,
No 386, is receiving its finishing touches
IN the shops at La Junta, and will be
ready for service in a few days.
l. w Grant, the locating engineer of
the Santa Fe, will office in the same
building with ROadmaster Elliott. until
the new depot shall have been erected.
A Y. Key and w. a. Kinnear, from
Newton, Kan, are in the city. They
are engineers appointed for the new de-
pot and grounds. They will prOba bly,
be in the city for five or six months
VIM Flynn, the section boss for the
Santa F'e Pacific at blackberry, is suf-
fering from a stroke of paralysis. His
right side is entirely paralyzed and he
is in a very critical condition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
mANDYs LOST CARPET BAG.
Santa Fe Brakeman Causes an Aged
Couple Much Concern.

Where is my carpet bag2" cried a
passenger on No. lib. after the passen-
gers had been unloaded and things
were quiet. Where is my car"
The brakeman put it OF at HOlli-
day" said a robust individual who was
reading an Official guide to the KlOn-
dixie
why didn't you tell me?" cried the
man.
Didn't know it was yours until you
spoke" replied the man as if he en-
jOyed the situation
David. you go and see the brake
man right away" said his wife
David started and the wife followed
him as far as the door. The man hunt
ed up Pat Sherman and told his story
with tears in his eyes
And Mandy's new dress and all her
FILINGS are in that there carpet bag, "
said the man. We are goin' ter Win
field ter a weddin', and we won't have
no fine clothes ter wear"
Mandy heard the story from the plat
form of the last car and then she
chimed in.
Yes. and David's new neck tie and
his bran new shoes is in it"
Pat hunted up the brakeman, who
was allowed to go free when he said he
thought the bag belonged 10 the peO-
he would telegra phi for the missing bag
gage and have it sent on by the next
train
will it git thar in time for the wed
din p" asked the woman
Guess not; you Will have to postpone
the wedding" said the bra KEENAN,.
The old man clambered on the train
and kept shouting to Pat as the train
pulled out, TO hurry and send the grip.
Remember, its got er tomato can
tied on the handle" was the parting
injunction of the old man as the train
pulled out.
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new R. R. FOR WICHITA
Sedgwick County Will Be Asked
to Vote Aid in Bonds.

Wichita, Jan. 26.-Two of the Midland
officials were present at a meeting OF
the Commercial club and a proposition
was submitted. Should the road con
clude to go south, only about 16 miles
will traverse Sedgwick county, but in
order to reach the coal fields and make
connections with the Missouri. Kansas
& Texas, it viii be necessary to ex-
tend the line about 275 miles.
One official said that the road would
be built for One-third Of the actual ex-
pense per mile which would be s.. 800.
This would make it necessary for Sedg-
wick county to vote bonds TO the
amount of $4,000 or about 81 500 fer
each mile built in the county.
As Oklahoma is a. territory that can
not vote bonds. but many of the town
ships have raised subscriptions which
amounts to the same thing.
The subscriptions are really better
because they are in cash and VIII be
paid over upon the completion OF the
line The Midland officials have a
route already mapped out designating
just what towns viii be on the line
The terminus may be Sapulpa, although
this is not positively decided upon The
Wichita Commercial club took hold of
the movement and passed favorable
resolutions and have signified their in
tention of lending all possible aid to the
new project.
If the arrangements can all be COM
Dleted, the work will likely begin early
in the spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
IN ASIATIC WATERS.
The United States is Represented by
Seven Powerful War Vessels.

San Francisco, Jan. 26.-Rear Admiral
McNair. who has been in command of
the Asiatic squadron from November,
1885. until the Sd instant, when he was
relieved and ordered home and who has
reached this city on his way to Wash
ingtOn in an interview said:
1.-THE feeling in China and Japan is
one of uncertainty The fleets of the
powers in Asiatic waters have been in
creased until they are all represented
by an unusually heavy armed force, but
what they may portend is something 1
do not know. When I left there were
five American vessels there and with
one on her way from this port and the
Raleigh due shortly from the Atlantic,
we viii have a feet of seven vessels,
the best of their class in the world to
protect American interests and uphold
if necessary, the honor of the American
fag''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
IN MEMORY OF BURNS.
Hundreds Celebrate His 13oth Birth
day at Lincoln Post Hall

The Scotch people Of the city and many
Americans assembled at Topeka Post hall
Tuesday evening to do honor to their
countryman, Robert Burns. They made
merry and enjoyed genuine Scotch cele-
bration- James Cuthbert was master OF
ceremonies. He introduced Judge John
Guthrie, who made the address of the
evening upon the subject, Burns He
stated that he always had a warm feeling
for Burns because the noted Scotchman
was born in the same city that his
mother lived in-Ayr. Scotland. This was
the 18Th anniversary OF Burns birth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
something TO Know.

that the very best medicine for restOr-
ing the tired out nervous system 10
healthy Vig0r is Electric Bitte-S This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys and aids these organs in
throwing OF impurities in the blood
Electric BitterS improves the appetite
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic
Try it. Sold for SOC or S1.00 per bottle
at Swift & Holiday drug store.
Subscribe for The state Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
NEW RAILROAD SPIKE
1t Can Only Be Loosened by a Tool
Especially Made.

Elwood, Ind, Jan. 26.-Ray Dodson.
inventor of the Dodson nut-lOck, which
viii be manufactured here, and which
has been adopted by many of the lead
ing railroads, has also invented a rail-
road spike.
On the outside edge. or next to the
end of a crOss-Iie. a groove of an eighth
of an inch IS made in the spike In this
groove is a n0tched piece of steel A
small Wedgei is driven between the notch
ed piece, or lock, and the spike making
II almost impossible to pull out the
spike The only way to loosen il is by
the use of a tool especially constructed
for the purpose The spike Will be
manufactured by the new iron industry
being built here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26

post clothing in the registering room
at the FoundhOuse any more
Engineer TrOuslOt, who has been sick
assigned TO his old run on train No
407.
The work on the foundations for the
hot water pump will be at once pushed
through to completion
There is a brakeman's run on through
freights from Argentine to this city
which is vacant and will be given TO the
Oldest brakeman applying for it before
January 81.
Assistant Yardmaster Hiram Nelson
has been laying off since Saturday
SWItchman Joe Schuck acted as assist
ant yardmaster yesterday and Switch
man Holliway is acting in that capacity
today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

The Judges of the court of appeals are
in Topeka
c. G. Gage has had a telephone placed
in his residence
J. f. Taylor has been reelected super
intendent of the county poor farm.
Police Matron Thorpe: 1T hurts a
child just as much TO be beaten as it does
a man"
The grocery at Crane and Quincy street
was robbed Monday night of about SO
worth of goods.
Ben Henderson has been elected as dele
gate from Kansas City to the State Tenn
perance convention
F'urnnan Baker is making preparations
to commence the work of driving piles to
protect the new bridge.
Mrs. Thorpe says she knows OF an hon
est boy of 20 years who wants a position
as deIiveryman for a grocery
Street Commissioner Ramsey has served
several hundred notices TO the people to
clean snow and ice of their walks.
The time has come when jointist feels
that things have been fixed if he is
convicted in the district court
Rev. Jas. L. Hill Of Boston lectures this
evening al Washburn college, it being the
second entertainment of the course
Thursday is the day set apart for
prayer for colleges It Will be observed
at Washburn with religious service
Two old ladies who have applied to
Police AFatroa Thorpe are very destitute
and they need groceries such as the coun-
y does not furnish TO the poor
The petition for the removal Of the old
bridge to a point connecting Rossville and
Willard has been received by the board
of county commissioners The citizens Of
these two townships offer TO pay all the
expenses OF erecting the bridge
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COMPANY PROTECTS ITSELF.
Said to Have Paid Damages to a Wild
ow Before Suit Was BROUGHT.

Atchison. Jan Z6.-Mrs. Ellen O'COn-
nor. widow OF Lawrence O'ConnOr. a
fireman who was killed in the Missouri
Pacific wreck near Hiawatha. March IS.
1897. filed suit against the railroad COM
pany for $4,000 today.
BY consent of the attorneys on both
sides. the case was taken UP at once,
Missouri Pacific
It is understood that the company
made settlement with Mrs. O'COnnOr
and then sought TO protect itself in case
of similar suits by getting judgment
against Mrs. O'COnnOr.
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TO SQUEEZE ENGLAND OUT.
Russia Now Offers to Loan China
What Money She Wants.

London, Jan. 26.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
The British feet has been divided in
to two sduadrons, one at Chu San, IN
der Admiral Sir Alexander Butler, on
board the Centurion, and the other at
Chemulpo. under command of Rear Ad-
miral Fitzgerald.
The Pekin correspondent of the Times
says:
Russia has notified the Tsung-Li-Ya-
men of her willingness TO provide q
loan on the same financial terms as
England'S offer France supports Rus
STA in the matter
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Receiver for Senator Young's Paper
Independence, Jan. 26.-V. s Siekles
was appointed receiver of the Indepen-
dence Star and Kansas today by Judge
Ferrel. The prOprietOrs of the paper
are Mrs Anna A Young, Senator H.
". Young and A T. Cox. Mrs Young
asked for a receiver last week stating
that the other proprietors had never
made any accounting to her. and that
Mr.. Cox had appropriated some Of the
money to his own individual use that
should have been used to pay the ex-
penses for the paper and the proceeds
divided among other partners.