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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-05-05
Mccarthy Selects Delegates.

Ottawa, May SC. C. Mccarthy of
Nortonville, who is a,candidate for the
Republican nomination for state treas
urer, in accordance with authority con-
ferred upon him by the county central
committee, today announced that he
has selected the following delegates to
the state convention from Jefferson
county. who will look after his candi-
dacy from now until the close of the
convention: G. w. McCammon, Valley
Falls; L. H. Randolph, Nortonville; J.
NJ. Davis, Winchester; c. H. Sleeper
McLouth; c. H. Phinney, McLouth; c.
S. Cathan, Perry; c. F. Johnson, Os-
kaloosa; Doc Shirley. Osawkie; Ford
Quiet, Osawkee; L. B. Brown, Thomp-
sonville; ]. w. Sayler, Osawkie; c. S.
Hunter, Rock Creek; A. ]. Perry, Nor
tonVille.
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publican organization our friends are re
Quested to meet and organize and choose
delegates under this call. Counties are
authorized to choose such delegates at
such time and manner they may deem
expedient.
D. c. TILLOTSON, Secretary
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS.

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Surgery and diseases Of women, with
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FLORISTS.

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w. c. GROVES, successor to r. J. Groves
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JEWELLERS.

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-12

uinnsr 20 the bar OF ST. Landry, When
the guests arrived they xcund everything
awaitfng their reception. In the drawing
room a bright wood FIRE giawed behind
polished h-asses, waxen tapsrs cleaned
from silver candesahra 10 be multiplied
ana reflected again and agasa from sur
rounding mirrors. TIE Judge greeted them
with his usual magnificent courtesy OF
manner, while his wife. atf.red IN trall-
sng gown Of black velvet and rare old lace.
with diamonds sparkling from her hair and
her throat and her hands, seemed more
taan ever brilliant. beaatifus and gracious,
When presently a slave held the door open
and ushered their guests Into the dining
hall. the elegance CT THE occasion seemed
complete. Snowiest linen, frailsst china
brightest crystal, most polished silver
adorned the board. With that rare grace
which was at all times her Distinguishing
charm. Mrs. B. dished the soup from the
steaminS silver urn. her brilliant wit and
clever rspartee stimulating ,he while. As
each guest was served his glance fell upon
plate Of paiest amber liquid with tiny.
ind!ssirsuishahie bits OF something float
ing therein,
Finally the hostess lifted her spoon and.
With 2 graceful wave Of ner hand, gave
the signal 20 begin. There was a smile up
on her paired lips as she said:
Gentlemen, | have prepared new soup
for your deiscta;ion toasy. trust IL may
please your pa.ases. Should you like the
recipe can tell you 1t Is made from the
cowhide with which Judge B. whipped me
this ,uorning.'
How do you like my story. mesdames.
messieurs?
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A WOMAN's REVENGE.
How She Treated Her Husbands
Guesss TO Rawhide soup.
PhlIadelphla Times

philadelphia Times.
Poets are the only true prophets left 70
Cod Thus hath the poet said. And now
IL I. who am nes poet. tell you the truth
VIII you beiieve me? / think not. but We
shall see.
Listen.
III fail 10 recount you a story In few
hundred words a. suIl Of tragic suggestive
ness as My Last Duchess" that marve.-
Gus lIfe-h:s.ery told In ffty-seven lines,
then am TO blame. and rot the story.
One OF the most prominent ignres On the
supreme bench Of Louisiana In ante-beilum
DAYS was a certain Judge B.. whose locale
was the parish OF s.. Landry. The Judge
was a man OF oid-sehooi elegance. his wife
was one OF the most brilliant women of her
day in the state. Their 81. Landry home
vas noted for the elegance OF It's appoint.
ments no less than for the grandeur Of its
hospitality. Their entertainments were
noted throughout the country vide. More
than one whgte-halred man prominent in
lat,rr-dav Louisiana politics can tell you
tar he proposed 10 bis wife At Q bail ~
JIdga B---ss. and IL ysu should care 20
gov the wife can describe the elegant
govns all the ladies. and particularly Mrs.
r.. wore 90 shat occasion. Tbese would
make pleasant stories. an 10 tell sou
one q another sost
gr->. . e>~sass A~ess ie~ tssdsA ~ AA~a
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SPANISH FOuRs TAKE A RISE.
THIS II Dine to the Belief That spain
In Getting Ready Ia Quit.

- 6ettIn9 Hea0y 10 Qult.
NEW YORK. May i.--spanish fours,
which have been as low as q. and which
closed last week at 2eA, have gone up to
ss says the London correspondent OF the
Tribune. This unexpected rise Ia ex-
planned on the street as due to a belief
that the Spanish are not prepared TO risk
arother naval engacensent hut will keep
the fleet under shelter OF Cadix ana accept
the intervention OF The powers. II this
feeling were general. Spanish tours would
go above As. but the rise has sufficed 10
convince many hopeful bankers that peace
IL close at hand. They have been talking
freely among themselves about the pos
sibIlity OF negotiation en- the base OF Span
sh withdrawal from Cuba and American
retirement from the Philippines with
moderate war indemnity, payable from
Madrid. They have no facts upon which
70 base this belief except this sudden i'm
provement in Spanish securities and the
unexpected air OF confidence In the restro-
alton Of peace exhibited In Paris and
Vienna.
All reasoning about Spanish fours is.
however illusory. They would improve In
price II Spain were to lose all her colonies.
or IL she were 10 have second naval
defeat. Just as they have risen on the
strength of reports that her navy will
NOT fight In West Indian waters. II was
unlimited issues OF paper money which
sent them down TO q. They have been
rising since Admiral Dewey's victory be-
cause investors have reason % hone that
the war WI. be over before the printing
press Is we'll In operation.
Outside official circles there Is less
hopeful feeling respecting the near APP
proach OF peace. Among diplomats the
feeling Is prevalent that the ministers have
not dared 10 take the risk OF another
naval defeat. which might upset them
and the monarchy. Any ministry which
proposes peace with the United States
will be overfhrown. Sagasta Is described
by those who know him intimately as rid
Ing for fall on some side issue. so az 20
be able 10 return 10 office when some other
premier has been rash enough to treat for
peaee, and has suffered the penalty OF ex-
IRENE unpopuiarity and popular ven-
xenace.
50 far AZ can be learned no well TN
formed member 90 parliament or diplomat
shares the confidence expressed by men
In the street that the war is practically
at an end.
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wAsHIsGTos 10 SLOW.
etf department. Complains That
fseepa Arc Not Mustered Qatckly.

~ apartment Complains That
frseps Arc Not Mustered Qaickly.
speclai Dispatch TO the Poes-Intellsgencer.
WELLINGTON. May li.-Il IL reported
e " war department that the Washing
Sn sslunteeu are slow In mastering In, and
~ only battalion Ii now ready. when
20 should have regiment on the way TO
As Francisco.
Ca Alssr criticised this severely today.
~ said the California troops were more
ssss anxious 10 go, and might take the
sars Of those Of ths northern states.
aete~ffe siowness In mastering sn Of
y Warrington troops is I'm no respect the
ASH a the militia, nor of the state au-
ssss'sses The men, organized into COM
Aa'es ohirered. and very nearly equipped.
sAss BEEN encsmped al the rendezvous for
ass saan week. However, only about
nv CAY have been examined. while I'm
sasafnla and other places. snose than 20
! ~ asve Been passed az each rendes-
With the examination and muster
e nate authorities have nothing 10
Intir duty was accomplished when
.N Nfnlshed the requisite number 90 men
feafexyoas established by the Fed
ehuriiles. and VITA remarkable
- not exceiled by any state In the
- The criticism OF the department
directed To the Officers detailed
ga a.dtrs
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~. 3 81 80 - !. 4, = vsxS.~ 3xad dora
~ - j. - . ~ ~ ,ns ,raons.
- 49, =. 80 rs~T.hed me
- - Wesn lsons go. !. ,s.~ea~s
1ne - u1sa - 80 &C., ra,,s, rsSr
~ - ~ cops s 1900 ~, fo
fheouoa a. ~ ssas,,. ana re-
0eamef - p.sss xofhsny
- sthfee s.ss ..,t.sv she i'm
= q svssss 80. r,sch cafIsnr Col.
- shssne -. s...r,c.r. asek az the
= psnf e 49, 80. cxa~d He said.
- - sedSs s''s
IL -. x.x,a,,o,, ~ the
- behAa 81 sHs ,.,.ss.s..s.sass yol,,rt.ers
- segnen. - .s..'~,~ ;hanks Far this
- - ~ ..ra.,cr ~ en.husiasm
- -. go ~sven everything We
gnasz. - -. haye Even ourselves in
- ~ - - Arasrscsn people and the
We arr going at the call
- -. =. "a aa. our duty.
- - =, ~ thai while the entire
- xr..hsr~,on volunteers il COM
]. = - !. ,.sr and web drilled COM
- = =. CONVINCED that 1 am 20 lead
9 se9.,e Ia our nag and our nation
- they represent Seattle. Spo-
lIss.z vatiDus. and shall be proud to
e. -. 3 Their duty in the cause OF
~ 49, have enlisted. We go all OF US
..z.. = return. but some of US may
ll.. - hosae and friends once more. IL
49,. h.rx shall be glad and happy to
-. - n. but should I never return.
- u1fi you. citizens Of my city. .
- ,.-~,~-s.xa dear 70 my heart 1
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os1sAlllA COMPANY DIsRAxDs-


- wenla lot Enltst Without Cap.
lnln ree1e. who Was Rejected.
|tsal Dispatch to the Observation-Disclosures.
flc0MA. Nay u.--Company A. OF Cell
~, Was today disbanded BY reason Of
|h in6naordinaaion Of 80 men. The trouble
|pee on sccount Of the failure Of Capt. u.
u FootA. of that company. 10 pass the
nkdcal examination. when twenty-five or
n.rsy n the men declared they would not
sfss without their captain. The company
vas thereupon ordered disbandsd. A ma
lorsty of the men will however. become
part u : nsw company to be organized TO
REPLACES cosApany a.
fhh new company n to be made up OF
sas excess mee from other cosnpsries which
eoataIned goo many men. and from those
II Company A who can qualify. The cap
'a!n Of the new company has not yet been
ssaesn. despite the report In circulation
saat such an officer has been appointed. 1t
b likely that Hrst aergt. George II. Dire
Der. Of cid Battery A. Of Spokane. who II
nnw the raakine eergeant under the regular
army fase4 III BE- made second lieutenant
af ise sew canpany.
N4nNAk o6Scer Capt. Taylor In pushing
ss ~ % fast an the examining physi.
can Nm out the men. ard second bat
txssat VI likely BE- ready for moving with
q ~ raj forty-eight hours. If not before.
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HOSPITAL SERVICE
FOR THE ARMIES,
Arrangements Made 10 Have IL the
Most Complete and EaAcient
of ANY Ever In Uge.

OF Any Ever In Use.
Jew YORK, May f2-Aasistant Sur
ge1n General Green.eaf, who will be in
entire control of the medical corps and
hospital ard ambulance services TO be es-
tabiished in Cuba, has completed his COM
preheasiye plans for rendering aid 10 the
sick and wounded in the coming cam
paign. and has closed his ONCE here pre-
paratory to starting for the front with
Gen. Niles. says the Washington CORE
spondent of the Tribune. Col Hoff will
succeed Col Greenleaf as assistant sur
geon general, although later he may be In
charge of tho sanitary organization at
Camp Sheridan. opposite Washington.
Surgeon General Sternberg has been un-
firing in his efforts to provide Col Green
leaf with everything Imaginable to con-
s,itute the finest medical organization
which has ever been paced in the field by
any nation.
This sanitary organization viii be based
on the strength Of the lighting division.
the proportion OF men in the hospital
corps being about ; per cent. of the fight
ing force 1t will be divided into regi-
mental attachments, ambulance COM
psnles. field hospitals, lines of communi-
cation to hospitals. base hospitals, hospita.
transports and railway trains and general
hospitals already established in the
the immediate supervision Of the surgeon
general in Washington, and the first will
be In charge Of Col Greenieaf.
Men who are wounded in action win be
cared for by their divisions In the order
Of their numbering. the slightly wounded
and the sieks being discharged from the
field hospitals II their injuries or iliness
are sight. and they are capable of quickly
returning to duty. Those whose condition
Is more serious will be transpoited-car-
ried through the lines OF communication
hospitals II reeessary-to the base hos
pitai. and only the bad eases who are
untitled for further active service will be
sent in the hospital transports and speci-
ally fitted railway trains to the genera,
hospitals In the United States.
About $50 medical officers and 60 sur
geons and 50 assistant surgeons will ac-
company the army. the rate being one
medical sfflcer 10 about 100 soldiers Of the
lne The medical corps viii. also include
about go hospital stewards and acting
stewards and about LOO privates. In adj
ditIon to the usual equipment OF stretch
ers. $50 ambuiances OF the most modern
design will be used, 100 OF which are al
ready with the troops and the remaining
fifty were ordered shipped from Indiana
10 Tampa today. Not more than one
third OF the entire sanitary organizations
will accompany the first force OF regulars
that lands In Cuba, the remainder follow
ing with the volunteers.
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PORTO RiCO PANIC STRICKEN.
Political Arrests by the Th0usand-
Tyrranfcal Measures Enforced.

FOifticai Arrests by the Thousand
Tyrranical Measure. Enforced.
ST. THOMAS, w. l., May 1.-Two thou
sand seven hundred tons OF coal have ar
rived here from Philadelphia for specula-
ton.
According 10 reports from Porto Rico
the people are panic stricken at the pros
poets OF the bombardment of San Juan.
There have been I,3oo political arrests in
Porto Rico recently under the ;yrranicaI
measures enforced there. The shipping is
suspended and there are no customs re-
ceipts. Y
Hunger and smallpox are spreading
throughout the country, and aoD families
are starving al Franguex and Mayaguez
Two women are said to have died out of
sheer fear of bombardr:ent by sus-
picious looking vessel at sea. and there
has been q suicide at Aguiierada for the
same reason. An incessant coast patrol
Is maintained. and the Spanish author
tiles are eonfiscating the coal of private
individuals. Exchange is at 40.
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LATE MORNING NEWS
SECOND EDITION, 6 A. N.

that you will be made governor general
Of Porto Ricoy' he was asked.
Porto Ricof" said the general. 81 had
not heard about Porto Rico
VIII you be sent to Maniia.''
Il am going 10 Washington TO confer
with the authorities under orders and I
cannot say what those orders are" was
General Merritf's answer.
Army officers who know OF General
Merritt's intense desire for active service
know that his cab 10 Washington at this
Tins 10 thar he wiz be sent to Manila TO
take command of the Philippines
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-12
SEA14Fi4D At MANILA.

Peter g. MeGuise, ~ the z. &. D. Co.'S
cera, Frsn Thss Cfty.
At the battle cf Manila in which the
American squadron under Commodore
Dewey administered such a crushing de-
feat to the epaniards. Seattle was NOT
without q representative. Peter r. Nc
CURE. q marine On The Concord. II . son
Of Mrs. Mary K. Mcclure. who Hives at
2l3 Eighth avenue. His mother ID naturally
proud Of the distinction won by her son as
a participant in one OF the worlds great
est naval Victories.
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Has Nearly Completed Recruiting
for His Cavalry Negtment-

CHEYENNE, Wye. May fg--Col. Tor
reg, who has been authorized to raise one
Of The regiments OF rough riders. has
opened headquarters here and is making
RAPID progress in raising his regiment. He
has Eve complete troops ready Tor sersi>e
m Colorado. Nevada, Utah and Idaho. ard
recruits enough in Wyoming 20 twice iii
the quota OF seven troops assigned TO Wy
oming.
Permission hax bssn obtained from the
war department TO extend the height limit
Ter cavalry mea So that recruits over SIX
feet tau may be accepted.
The troopers are 10 he armed with krag-
JorgeDsoa carhsnss and reviewers AID viii
carry no saae-s. The finest horsss IN The
West are being selected for moGni4
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-
ass WANT ANOTHER GRANGE.
Ass at Yakima Organise q
Sew Military Company,

49,. ss .ssxpasfh 10 the pos,-Inieiiigencer
,aIh fAkiMA. May IA ,arxe
-. q yoang men OF this city met
4. ss, a.es al the Armory. forty signing
49,, .aa'sMeas rolls. and organized an
ss.s,.' Resny for military service. A
~ "a = ssov, Rogers was drawn, ask
Isls NJ she members he ~ once mustered
s.s,.s snsaEtan National Guards OF tn
"a sSsatry ny artillery. as desired
ma. Ae4hnS iast If another cal. be
= es given the preference. Or.
Ass~,A" org was elected captain. r. X
~, - aFsf aeateuant and F. T. Leg
~ sseoaa lieutenant
sss'ss ..eansrs think the company can be
=. ssssaifed 10 the maximum. as Yakt-
ssry enthusiastic for the war.
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FTesidio are. First regiment. California
United States volunteer inraa,ry, twelve
companies. les men. Seventh regiment
California CnEed States volunteer in
fantry, twelve companies. so5 men. Hat
talon Fourteenth United States Infantry.
-FOUR companies. 80 men. First and Sec
end oattaiions California United States
volunteer infantry. eight companies. 100
men.
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GEN. MERRITT At WASHINGTON.
Relieved That He Will be readered
the rommand I'm the Philippines.

NEW YORK. May Is-Major General
Merritt. commanding the Department Of
The Est. with headquarters at Govern
ors Island, has gone TO Washington TO
,oafsr with the president.
A ruusor Is curren, at Governors Island
that General Merritt. who Is the ranking
facsr Of the army next 10 General Miles,
= 20 tie made military governor or Ma
Mia II xas nrst said that General Mer-
ritt was 10 lie held In reserve as gov
ernor general OF Porto Rico When Gen
ersi Merritt was seen Just before leaving
for wasaington he refused 20 conflrm OF
sieny the report.
Have yon yaea1vnA anv fnfnrmAfiaA
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A wHArCoM BOY At MANILA.

CusnePs WITH Dewey.
Special Dispatch TO the Post-IntelIigencer
WHATcOM. May 1.-Two whatcom
county boys are In line for promotion In
the present war. Fred Marchand. whose
home is here, had charge OF one OF the
guns on one Of Dewey.s ships a. Manila
He made quite reputation a. . gunner
before the great battle. Frank Woodin,
who left about year ago TO take charge
OF a store at Phoenix, Arizona, has joined
Rooseveit's regiment OF rough riders and
may win honoTs In Cuba.