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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
LITTLE TAKES A SHOT
At Those Who Make a Business of
Slandering the Troops.

Abilene, Aug. 9.-Ndrs. Mary A. Schive-
ley, president of the local w. c. T. u, is
in receipt of the following letter from
Lieutenant Colonel Little of the Twentieth
Kansas at San Francisco:
To the W. c. T. Z. of Abilene, Kan:
Dear Friends: We have received from
you $50 for the benefit of the sick boys
from Dickinson county. On behalf OF the
men we desire to express the m, st hearty
gratitude for this thoughtful kindness
which is absolutely the best form your
kindness could have taken. How much
more noble and patriotic your motives and
conduct than that of those who, safe at
home continually assail and SANDER the
troops that left their homes to take the
chances of war in the services of our
country-for which brave men have died
before the walls of Manila and the IN
trenchments of Santiago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
BRAND NEW MONEY
Is Being Paid Out to the Army at
Chickamauga-

Chickamauga Park, Tenn, Aug. Sat
$3.50 a m. on SnOdgrass Hill, General
Breckenridge reviewed the greater part
Of the army encamped at Chickamauga
Park. The review was a very impos-
ing one, over 35 600 men being in line.
The review was witnessed by a large
assemblage of citizens.
The paymasters are now progressing
rapidly with their work. They had
thousands of sheets of pay rolls to look
over, each sheet, in addition to giving
the names of the men and time of SER
vice of each, containing numerous ex-
plantations.
The men are all paid in currency, ex-
cept such silver as may be necessary
to make change. The bills are all new,
having never been used or even folded
The Third Tennessee, First Vermont
and Sixth New York, composing Cen
eral COlby's brigade, are moving to a
camping site near Dalton Ford.
The health of the men is expected to
be much better in the new location
Brigadier General ROsser is in Chat
tanooga i'll with fever. He will be
unable to return to camp for some
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
HASN'T GOT HIM YET.
Actress Madeline Bouton Says She
Has Baron in Tow.

San Francisco, Aug. 9.-Madeline
Bouton, an actress, who is now in a
hospital here being treated for an in
jury received in a fall while dancing
was today shown a dispatch from New
York, containing the interview with
Miss Clay st. John, Miss Bouton's sis
ter, who said that the latter had mar
ried Baron Won Nimptsch a year and a
half ago. Miss BOutOn smiled.
q am not yet married to Baron Won
Nimptsch,' she said, but we are en-
gagged, and will be married just as soon
as 1 am able to leave the hospital. The
Baron has written me that he intends
to sail for New York on August Is, and
may come as far west as Chicago, pos
sibly he may come to San Francisco
Baron Won Nimptchs is said to be a
cousin of Prince Hatzfeldt, who married
a niece of Coils P. Huntington. He is
the son of Countess Franchise HAITI
feldt and Paul Won Nimptchs of Joesch-
kowitz-Tschirne and JanOWitz, in Sile-
sia He is AZ years of age.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
SYMPATHY AKIN TO LOVE.
Romance a Sequel to the Late Arme-
MAN Massacres.

st. Louis, Aug. 9.-Theodore Daniels
a survivor of the Armenian massacres
is one of the principals in a pretty ro-
nance that came to light yesterday in
the marriage license office. In the last
terrible raid of the Turks upon the
Armenians, Daniels saw his wife and
parents brutally outraged and murder
ed, and he himself narrowly eSca ped the
wrath of the Turks. He fled from Ar
menia and made his way to St. Louis
where the recOunting of his narrowing
experience excited the sympathy of a
young woman, who became interested
in him to such an extent that she af-
terward consented to become his wife.
The young woman in question is Miss
Rose Killing of Chicago. When Daniels
arrived in this country, he stopped at
1925 Papin street with his brother, who
had married Miss Kings sister, and
when Theodore arrived, thoroughly de-
jected and dOWncast, she took compass
sion on him and did all in her power to
comfort him. Little by little did she
induce him to tell, the story of his life
and after the recital of each chapter he
seemed much relieved.
Miss Rose listened with a feeling of
mingled sympathy and Indignation for
the hardships her future husband had
been compelled to undergo. She openly
expressed her sympathy, which caused
to spring up between them a feeling
that afterward ripened into love and a
proposal of marriage. He was prompt
~ accepted, and the trip to the mar
rage license Office was the sequel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAVED.
Evidence That Bourgogne Victims
Survived for Days.

New York, Aug. "a dispatch to the
World from Halifax, N. s, says:
Undertaken John Snow, who accom-
panied the steamer Hiawatha on her
mission in search of bodies of victims
of La BOurgOgne disaster, stated to the
World correspondent that some of the
bodies showed evidence of having been
alive in the water for two days at least
and that the body of one woman show
after the sinking of the ship.
Many of the victims, he thought,
caught pieces of wood and other wreck
age and their life gradually ebbed away
in the vain hope of being rescued.
He now thinks If the French line COM
pany had Immediately sent out a vissel
from Halifax upon receipt of the news
some of the unfortnuates might have
been rescued,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
MODIFIED WHIST.
A System Embodying Features of Long
and Short Suit Play.

A System EmbOdying Features of Long
and Short Suit Play.
The game that was played in the recent
whist congress by the second four of the
American Whist club in the contest for
the American Whist league challenge tro-
ply was modified whist, % which might
not improperly be called a hybrid game
possessing many of the essential features
of both long and short suit play. The game
differs from that which has been played
under the name of common sense" Mr..
Street in his little brochure on Modified
Whist" does not confound this game with
that of the short suffer, as the following
extract will show: 1t is dedicated to the
short suffer and reads as follows: eff you
pity the pathetic efforts of the wooden
long suit player as he blindly tries to cast
all hands, be they large or small, round,
triangular or oval, in his one little square
mOld-if you, repeat, have led singletons
and short suits and later have eagerly
trumped those suits you must have noticed
certain flaws in your system. You fire.
quently must have shaken your partner s
confidence in you by calling upon him to
play sometimes upon lead from length,
other times upon a short lead, he could
not tell which, being absolutely in the
dark as to what you held in your hand
Have you not often led a low card sin
gleton or else a low card suit and caused
your partner to play third in hand king
or a queen which was lost to the adverse
ries' ace2 Do you think that such loss
was compensated for by the chance you
thereby gained to trump that suit if in
deed the adversaries did not first draw
your trump
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09

eran enthusiast who is certainly thirty
third degree crank, if baseball enthusiasts
ever get that high. He knows every play
er in major and minor leagues, and he
keeps a careful record of what every one
of them is doing right through the season.
He could give some of the managers who
are trying to strengthen their teams just
now some valuable information. Still he
does not make practice of this. When
requested to tell just what certain player
has done, he can give his batting, fielding
and base running average right upto date.
In discussing the baseball situation he
said:
''What is needed in New York is har-
mony between the officials and the play
ers. In Brooklyn they need some new ball
players. There is enough dead wood in
GOwanus to swamp any institution ON
earth. St. Louis, Louisville and Wash
ington are, think, hopeless cases. The
managers of these perpetual tail enders
think too much of the mighty dollar ever
to get a really first class team together.
Their practice of selling off their stars to
richer clubs has kept them in the rear
bunch, and unless they change their pol
icy they will remain where they have been
for so long. Still would not be surprised
to see Louisville beat out both Washing
ton and Brooklyn and come pretty close
to catching Philadelphia. Tim Hurst
seems to have a cinch on last place These
clubs, it seems to me, have only one al
tentative, to develop their own ball play
ers, and when they have developed them
to hold on to them. But they need not ex-
pect to have winning teams, fat golfers
and enthusiastic local followers SO long as
some more fortunate club can lay a finger
on one of their best players and secure his
transfer for few paltry dollars" And
the veteran statistician seems to have
summed up the tail end problem with
good sound common sense.
1t may be a good thing for youngsters
just going into baseball to play in any old
position to which they may be assigned
that is, it is a good thing for them physic-
ally; their all around physical develop
ment may be benef1ted-but their useful
ness on the green diamond will not be en-
HANGED. If they feel that they are best fit
ted for some particular position on the
field, they had better stick to that place.
Specialists are the real kings in baseball,
and the fair to good all round player is, as
a general thing, to be found on the bench
waiting for somebody to get hurt
GEORGE E. STACKHOUsE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
NORWAY CONTRIBUTES.
Two Norwegian Steamers Added to
Our Prize List.

Key West, Fla, Aug. 9.-Two Norwe-
gian steamers have been added to the
United States large collection of war
prizes. They are the Aladdin, captured
by the auxiliary gunboat Hawk off Ca
dir light. Isle of Pines, on Saturday
last, and the Bergen, taken by the aux
Hilary gunboat Viking off Francis Key,
on Sunday.
The Aladdin had cleared from Tamico,
Mexico, for Sagua Ia Grande, with
cargo OF sugar.
The Bergen was ostensibIy bound
from Santiago for the same port, for
the purpose, it is said, of taking off ref
ugees.
Both steamers were seized without
day by prize crews, respectively under
the command of Ensign Schofield and
Lieutenant c. B. Bellies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09

Riders of the gentler sex are adorned
with emblems of the army and navy. The
wheeling roads have fairly bristled and
cleaned with women wearing articles of
the kind. While they are worn to some
extent on the streets, there seems to be
many women who do not like to make
themselves conspicuous except when on a
wheel The cycling costume offers a
special opportunity for army hats and SOL
dierly belts and all such sentimental shOwi-
ness. Sailor hats with the name of the
ship which carries the lover or brother are
also greatly in evidence on the roads.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
A Marrow Escane.

Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada z.
Hart of Cfroton s D.: Was taken with
a bad cold which settled on my lungs;
cough set in and finally terminated in
consumption. Four doctors gave me up
saving I could live but a short time. I
gave myself up to my Savior, determined
il I could not stay with my friends on
earth,I would meet my absent ones above.
NY husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds. I gave it trial, took
in all eight bottles. 1t has cured me. and
and healthy woman" Trial bottles free
at Swift & Holidays drug store Reg
ular size SOC and 81. Guaranteed or price
refunded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
HOW THEY WON SHERIDAN.
Fusionists Have Made Him One of
Them.

The results Of the Democratic and
Populist conventions in Miami county
place Barney Sheridan in a peculiar
position. He is pledged to support the
local fusion ticket.
Sheridan started out with some spe-
cif1c demands and the Populists rushed
into his arms and gave him everything
he wanted. The Democrats were given
the position of district clerk, county
attorney, superintendent and county
commissioner and the Populists must
content themselves with probate judge
and representative. Paul Russell was
renOminated for representative
This arrangement gives Miami county
perfect fusion and it also places Sheri-
dan among the fusionists. After en-
cheering a fusion deal by which his
side got much the better of the trade
the politicians say that Sheridan can do
nothing else but support the fusion
nominees.
The stalwarts lose a valuable worker
in Sheridan. He has a well established
newspaper, which added to his fighting
qualities, makes him a valuable &C
QUESTION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
WAGES GET so Low
That Teachers are Giving Up the Bust
ness in Kansas.

State Superintendent Stryker has re-
turned from a visit to teachers insti-
tutes in several western counties. He
said in speaking of his trip:
There will not be an over-supply of
teachers this year, but I think that
there will be enough. The attendance
at the Institutes is at least 25 per cent
smaller than usual Many teachers are
giving up the business because they
lind that they can make more doing
something else. Teachers wages have
been steadily on the decline for several
years. Do you know that the average
annual wages of the rural teacher is
now but $160 per annum
1T is not surprising that with such a
condition teachers should be giving up
the business to engage in other pur-
suits -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
Against La BourgOgne's Owners to Be
Tried in England.

London, Aug. 9.-In the suit for dam
ages brought by the owners of the
British ship Cromartyshire against La
Bourgogne's owners as a result of the
collision on July 4, in which the last
named vessel sank with the loss of over
five hundred lives off Sable Island, N.
S, the COmpagnie Generate Transatlan-
tique have asked the admiralty court
to quaSh the writ served on their Lon
don agent on the ground that they are
a foreign corporation. Sir Francis
Henry Jeune, president of the admiralty
division of the high court of justice,
ruled that the service of the writ is
good and that the English court has
Jurisdiction in the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
SWIMMING WITHOUT USING THE HANDS.


movement is exactly the same, but the
hands, instead of being placed on the hips,
are shot straight out from the head just
under the surface of the water and
brought round in a semicircle to the hips.
Another effective stroke which is greatly
used for display purposes is what is known
as the propeller stroke. Lay yourself on
the water as in the still float" with the
legs crossed, and by simply working the
hands twisting from the wrist the body is
slowly propelled through the water. To
reverse the motion and drive the body feet
foremost, turn the followed palms down
ward and, bending at the elbow, draw the
hands to the waist and continually work
them in circle with the hip for a center
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
DEPARTMENT OF SANTIAGO
To Be Established Under General A.
r. ChafTae

Chicago, Aug "A special to the Trib-
One from Washington says:
FreSldent Mckinley has decided to es-
Iaonsh military department in Cuba.
4 or the present the territory embraced
within this command will be that wrested
II m IoraI 5 forces. The command will
ge known as the military department of
santiago. and it is the intention of the
war department to detail as commanding
general General A. r. Chance. The ten7
Ger or the place has been made to him
ana II IS expected he will accept. Chance
was lieutenant colonel of the Third cav-
airy and on duty, at Fort Riley, kan.
Wnen the war broke out. He was made
q brigadier general of volunteers and on
July was commissioned a major general
Tor gallantry in Cuba He is an Ohio
man. who served as a private in the SIKH
SntSd States cavalry for two years dur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Pinned Down by a Steer.

Newton, Kan, Aug. aired Row
1and, a prominent cattIeman of Harvey
county, was nearly gOred to death by
a wild Arizona steer. He and another
man We're at his ranch endeavorins- to
examine the steers prior to dehornment
When Rowland was attacked by the
steer, thrown to the ground and pinned
between the horns. He was assisted to
escape. Rowland is the cattleman who
recently initiated SO much litigation in
cldent TO the wholesale quarantining of
cattle in Butler county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
STROKES IN SWIMMING.
How Grace and Dexterity In Water May
Be Acquired.


Be Acquired.
An English swimming teacher has in
PRODUCED a stroke which is made without
using the hands. 1t certainly has very
good effect in the water. Start as though
swimming the breast stroke, only without
the arm movement, and, as you can see for
yourselves, with the hands together. An
other favorite position when enjoying the
delights of frisk in the water is what is
termed the back stroke. There are two
ways of enjoying this splash. The first
and most simple is to throw oneself back
on the water with the hands on the hips,
working the legs exactly as in the breast
stroke. The other, which is also faster
and somewhat more complicated, gives
much more healthy exercise. The leg
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Lvnched in an ORDERLY Manner.

Ripley, Tenn, Aug. 9.-Saturday
morning about O'Clock, ickard Thur
mond, a negro of bad reputation, enter
ed the house of L. D. Hines and at
tempted to assault his daughter. She
screamed and the negro ran. A posse
chased him to Middleton, Tenn, where
he was captured last evening and
brought to Ripley. He made a fun
confession and was hanged at 1 o'clock
this morning by an orderly crowd Of
nifizAns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Killed bv Lightninc.

Wellington, Aug. 9.-LeRoy Beatty,
whose home is in Oklahoma was struck
by lightning and instantly killed at the
home of W. s.. Mcdaniel near Perth.
He had lust gone to bed when the house
was struck A little boy was sleeping
with him and was stunned but not hurt
had. Fire broke out in the house but
1t was soon exiting uished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Kansas Robberies Explained.

Kansas City. Aug. 9.-The theft of a
horse and buggy at Salina and the rob-
berry of several small stores in Kansas
during the past week was cleared up
here today by the capture of man
giving his name as VIII Jones.He drove
into Kansas City with the conveyance
stolen at SaIina, filed with the spoils
from the country stores. Jones made a
desperate attempt to escape, firing at
an officer several times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Ardmore. I. q. Aug. 9.-Four broth-

Ardmore, L T, Aug. 9.-Four broth
ers-Jesse, Bob, Sam and Boss Reid
became involved in a quarrel with 3.
B. Wetbrook at Marsden, a small place
Is miles in the interior, near here. and
Westbroolx was killed by a knife wound
at the hands of one of the brothers. 1t
can not be told which of the boys, as
the fight was general. The quarrel was
over a trivial matter. The Reid boys
were placed in Jail yesterday. W. H.
Mason was badly cut while trying to
seDarate the men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Arm Nearly Torn From Body.

Newton, Kan, Aug. Crank Avery,
who runs a stationary engine in the
Santa Fe shops, was terribly injured
yesterday afternoon, his arm being
nearly torn from his body. He was
standing on a platform near the engine
adjusting the belt to a pulley when
his left arm was caught and he was
nearly pulled over the shaft Amputa-
ton followed and he will probably live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
Dole VIII Be Governor.

San Francisco, Aug. 9.-Senator Nor
gan of the Hawaiian commission, is
quoted by the Call as saying that ex-
President Dole will be the first COVER
nor of Hawaii, and not Minister SewalI,
as recently reported. The senator ad-
ded that he had the best of reasons for
believing that Admira1 Miller was carry
ing DoIe's commission to the islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
-Four inches Of Rain At Newton.

Newton, Kan, Aug. 9.-ContinuOus
rains fell here from o'clock Saturday
night until Monday morning The rain
at times was a veritable downpour, but
at no time did it cease altogether.
Over four inches was the total fall, and
the good results are inestimable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09

s16.O5 to Indianapolis and return via
Santa Fe Route Tickets on sale Aug
ust 1S 20 and Il.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09
1O4 at Spokane.

Spokane, Wn.. Aug. 9.-Monday was
the hottest day in Spokane's history.
Temperature rose in the afternoon to
1O4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09

Ladies' Shirt Waists Hundred so that
the colors will not fade. by Fearless
Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09

Not how cheap but how good Is tbs
way we try to do our work Peerless
Steam Laundry. u2 ara Ia West Sth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-09

Why Should Not the Brush Rule Apply
to nIaEnates as Wen PIayers?-Home
Sentiment an Important Element of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-10-26
With \ Dr.AD ENGINEER.
Night Express Train on "a Pennsylvania
Road Run. Wild 70: Twenty Miles.

Night Express Train III a Pennsylvania
Road Runs Wild .or Twenty Miles.
SC,pJEilANNA. Pa. Oct. .6.-When
the night cX,res train. 10. -. east
bound. arrived 1T this station at mid
night. tine engineer. Henry Kingsley of
Susluehanna. was tounG dead IL the
cab. with Il head badly crushed. After
the train left Bingnampton. % miles
west OF hc.c. the r-iInmen and u,ners
noticed that the engineer failed TO give
the usual signals It crossings anu At
small stations. ana that the ,rain was
running AT an unusual speed. Fireman
Cowen noticed that TIE whistle YVES not
blown for this station. and going tor-
ward into the cab. found the dead en-
gineer. The train had run 1T a terrific
speed 20 miles without an engineer.
There Were oveI 2n passengerson board.
1t is supposed that the engineer was
hit by a water crane al a point just east
Of Binghampton. Engineer Kingsley
was one of the most reliable engineers
on the Erie road. He leaves a wife and
three children.