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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Usage County Prisoners Per-
mitted to Paint Buggies.
Work In Direct Competition
With Free Labor.
PEOPLE PROTESTING.
Organized Free Labor is Great
~ Incensed
At Officials Who Are RespOn-
sibIe For This Condition.

Lyndon. Sept. 22.-The county COM
nissioners of Usage county have Great
ed a storm of indignation by permitting
the prisoners in the county jail to en-
gage in work which is in direct COM
petition with the free labor of the coun-
ty.
Usage county has long been fighting
the system of convict labor coming in
contact with the efforts of men who
are responsible for the maintenance of
large families.
The sheriff of the county who was
elected by the votes of organized labor
represented by the miners of this county
has arranged and is now permitting the
prisoners in the county Jail to paint
buggies and wagons. A lucrative
business is being done.
The prisoners who are doing the work
are those who were sent to jail for vi
olating the prohibitory law. They are
allowed the freedom of the Jail yard
and the result of their work comes in
direct competition with that of citizens
of the town who have worked earnestly
and faithfully many years to build up
their trade
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

SIS, 2S5; circuses, $4,000; other exhibit
tions, SO, $50; theaters, 1881 Total
special tax, 50, 1865, 1873.
Miscellaneous, Sc, 140, 476, the principal
item of which is documentary and pro-
prietary stamps, $6,133, 695.
The statement shows a decrease of
81, 49O, 76O in the receipts from beer. This
decrease is accounted for by the with
drawaI of the beer from warehouses to
avoid the increase in the tax, which
was not effective, inasmuch as the beer
will be assessed the amount of the
stamp tax when offered for sale. Ac-
cordingly it is to be expected that the
returns for September will show a cor
responding increase
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
TREASURY EXHAUSTED.
The City of Wellington is Short of
Funds

Wellington, Sept. 22.-Wellington city
warrants are at a discount for the first
time in years. On the first of the month
there were $306.93 in the general fund.
Since then one warrant for 50 had
been paid so that the balance in the
treasury last night was $3O3.9S. The
bills allowed by the city council aggre-
gated 81. 1888 SO. Consequently the treas
ury lacks just 81, O94 80 of having enough
to pay them.
The largest bill allowed was a gas
bill for 81 $50, which has been hanging
fire since July and the July water bill
for 1875. These two bills were held up
on the theory that both the gas and
water companies are private corpora
lions and, as they had not complied with
a law passed by the last legislature re-
curing them to file certain reports with
the city clerk, they had forfeited all
rights to collect these bills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
PILES OF SILVER.
Payment of Buffalo Bills Show Made
Stacks of It.

There was more silver passed over
the counter of the money order depart
ment of the postof11ce Monday after
noon than on any previous day in the
history Of the office in this city.
On that particular afternoon the per-
formers and employees of Buffalo Bills
aries, and in the neighborhood of $500
was sent out of Topeka to different
parts of the country in money orders
ranging from 81 to $50. These orders
were purchased wholly with silver, and
the majority of the money passed in
at the window was in quarters and half
dollars
The supply of silver taken in at the
department has not yet been exhausted.
Piles of quarters and half dollars are
still ranged on the counter behind the
grated window.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
A YOUNG TRAVELLER.
A Boy Ten Years of Age on Chief
Strauss Hands.

a very small boy, tow-headed and
freckled, but clipper as you please, of
10 years Of age. is acting in the capac-
ity of a white elephant to Chief
Strauss at the city prison.
Sergeant Donovan picked him up last
night while the lad was wandering
around trying to find a place to sleep.
Several months ago the boy ran away
from his home in Iowa bound for New
ton, Kan, where he had some distant
relatives. Having stayed his welcome
out he wrote to his parents for money
to reach home on but was CURLY in
formed that as he had left without help
he could return the same way.
The boy says his name is Lewis But
Ter and he will reach the Butler home
stead before snow flies
Marshal Strauss thinks he Is rather
small to turn out with such a long dis
tance in front of him and is puzzled as
to what disposition to make of the
youth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
RESULTS OF THE WAR TAX.

According to the official monthly
statement of the collections of internal
revenue for August the total receipts
amounted to $27,SO4.573, a net increase
as compared with August, 1897, of S.
sS1,710. The receipts from the several
sources Of revenue are given as fol-
lows:
Spirits. S. .258: increase, 1856. 5S6.
Tobacco, $3,444, S77; increase, 1898. 1862.
81, 4O5, 977
SIS.
Special taxes-Bankers, 50, O99, 500; bill
lard rooms, S94, 430; brokers, stock,
bonds, etc, SIS. 700; brokers, commercial,
$45,S2o; brokers, custom house. $3.50;
PaWnbrekerss s1ss29S; bowling alleys,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
CAMBON MAY COME BACK.
His Reported Transfer is Not Credit
ed in Washington.

Washington, Sept. 22.-The report
from Paris that Ambassador Cambon
would be transferred to Vienna is not
credited at the French embassy here.
At the same time, while a transfer to
this particular post is said to be improb-
able, the opinion is growing in well in
formed diplomatic quarters that NJ.
Cambon will before long take one of the
European missions, of the rank of
Rome, Madrid or Constantinople. The
personal preferences. of the ambassa-
dor are toward remaining in Washing
ton, and it is the general wish among
the officials of the state department and
throughout the diplomatic corps, that
NJ. Cambon return to Washington and
complete his term Of service, after his
coming trip to Paris. He has received
his congo or leave, and made arrange
ments to sail 'by the French line on
October L
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
DEAD MAN SHOWS UP.
Former oswego Man is a Chaplain in
the Army-Insurance Fraud.

Mound City, Sept. 22.-The war has
brought to light a crime, if the inform
alton given US is true, that affects
former citizen of Mound City.
seven or eight years ago Rev. Fred
V Jones was pastor of the Congrega-
tfonal church in this city. He was an
eloquent preacher,a popular pastor and
an esteemed citizen. While every one
speaks we'll of him there are very few
compliments for his wife.
He left here and after few years he
was reported dead, and every one be-
ueved the story until the Mound City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
SAILORS FOR DEWEY.
400 New Men to Be Sent to Join the
AdmiraPs Forces.

Washington, Sept. 22.-The navy de-
partment has ordered 400 sailors to be
sent to Admiral Dewey's squadron at
Manila. The men will be sent from
San Francisco on a merchant steamer.
1t is the purpose of the department to
gather most of the men from the Paci-
fic coast, but orders have been given to
Lieutenant Commander Vail in charge
of the permanent naval recruiting sta
ton in Chicago, to recruit 10 of the sal
lors there. This detail does not amount
to a reinforcement of the forces at Ma
Mia, for the men are to take the place
of sailors whose terms of service have
expired,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

According to a bulletin issued by the
Bureau of American Republics, the is
land of Cuba has about 81, 900, 900 acres
of land, of which in 1868 only 26S9, 400
were under cultivation, while 9,974.134
were utilized in cattle raising and nearly
II, 900, 900 were virgin forest. Ten years
later considerable land had been clear
ed owing to the increase of sugar pro-
duction, but there still remain at least
100000 acres awaiting the application
OF American industry and capital. The
ruinous effects Of Spanish misgovern-
ment are shown by the fact that, while
the production of sugar from 1894 to
1895 aggregated over L, 900, 900 tons, from
1895 to 1886 it was but 225,O00 tons. The
tobacco crop of the Vuelta Abajo dis
trict will not exceed 10000 bales, or
about One-tenth of the ordinary yield,
while the production Of coffee will hard
~ meet the demand for local consump-
tiOn. The imports of the island for the
fiscal year of 1896 amounted to $66, 1885,
754 and the exports to S94, 1895, 536 How
the Cuban war has affected our own
commerce with Cuba is shown by the
statement that in 1893 the Cuban trade
amounted to imports $7S, 7O6, 500 and ex-
ports $24. ISL, sos. The trade has fallen
off during the fiscal year, ending on
June 80, 1897, to imports SIS, 4O6, SIS, ex-
ports IS, 259, 776. The American invest
ments in Cuba have been made in su-
gar estates, iron and copper mines at
Juragua and Baiquiri, representing an
expenditure of $4,000, 900, employing over
1000 men, and shipping from $1,000 to
10000 tons Of ore PEI. month, and in
groups Of manganese mines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Strict Secrecy Maintained.

pointed by the minister of justice, NJ.
Sarien to examine the documents in the
Dreyfus case and pronounce upon the
ally granting the prisoner on Devils
Island a new trial, met at the ministry
of Justice. The greatest precautions
were taken to insure secrecy. It is I'M
derstood that the committee will come
to a decision by Monday next, when M.
Sarien will commit it's findings to a
cabinet council, which will be presided
over by President Faure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
CHICAGO NEWS PROVERBS.

Oa1GAGO An w = nv v ENDS
Stiff hats cover a multitude of soft
brains.
The more some people tell you the
less you know.
The patrons of a dime museum have
but little faith in signs.
Some men drink for the shakes and
others shake for the drinks.
When a man makes up his mind to
marry he uses more or less fiction.
Logic proves or disproves all things,
but it doesn't accomplish any of them.
The poverty of a girls father has
caused many a man to remain a bach
elor.
About the hardest thing for colored
man to understand is a negro dialect
story.
A woman seldom throws at anything
until she is so mad that she can't see
straight.
A doctor may give a patient hope. but
he charges for the time it takes him to
give it.
There may be a time for all things,
but the wise man only tackles one thing
at time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
OLD STAGE DRIVER DEAD.
A. g. Moulton, Pioneer Kansan, Dies
at Fort Scott.

Fort Scott, Sept ga. G. Moulton,
one of the pioneer stage liners of east
ern Kansas and a prominent resident of
this city, died in Richmond, Va, last
evening He came to this city in 1865
and operated a stage line between here
and Kansas City and other points. Since
that date he has lived here cOntinu-
ously, and has been a conspicuous fig
ure He was an able writer and pun
gent talker on public questions.
In August last he was 80 years of age,
and apparently in robust health. His
family was one of the oldest of Virginia
and was noted for it's longevity. His
heirs are J. A. Moulton of this city, w.
t MouIton Of Richmond, Mrs. Henry
Drum of this city, Mrs. Yes Hedges of
Coffeyville, Kan, and Mrs. E. F. Graft
of Denver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
A Riley County Suit.

Judge Williams has signed an order
restraining the c. P. Dewey company
from proceedings with the prosecution
of a suit for damages against the Hub
bard & Morgan Cattle company in the
district court of Riley county until the
regular term of the federal court. The
suit is because of contagion from dis
eased cattle said to have been brought
into the state by the latter company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
FIRST OF THE SEASON.
A Snow Storm on Mount Washington
Severe Winter Predicted.

Mount Washington, Ore, Sept. 22.-
The first snow storm of the season blew
up during the night, and was of consid-
cradle severity. In the morning the
summit was capped with white, and the
drifts in places were several feet deep.
The buildings on the summit were COW
cred with sleet and ice, which have not
melted, as the therm Ometer has not ris-
en- above 26 degrees and dropped at it's
lowest to Is degrees. The wind blew
fiercely and steadily from the north,
and the outlook was exceedingly winter
ish It is predicted that the coming
winter will be an unusually severe one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
FIRE RoUrs THE GUESTS.
Lamp Explosion Sets Fire to Emporia
Hotel and It Burns.

Emporia, Sept. 22.-The Windsor
hotel, near the Santa F'e depot, was
completely wrecked by fire yesterday
morning about o'clock. The hotel was
filed with guests, many of whom had
alive Many had to jump from second
story windows. Fortunately, so far as
can be learned, no one was seriously
injured, but many escaped in their night
clothing, having lost all their other
apparel in the flames. The building
was owned by James McEwan and oc-
cupied by Mrs. Frank Miller as a hotel.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of a coal oil lamp in the basement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
GEN. AUGUSTA GETS HONE.
He Has Little to Say About Affairs
at Manila.

Madrid, Sept. 22.-General August,
the former captain general of the Phil
ippine islands, has arrived at Victoria,
capital of the Spanish province of A1va,
about 80 miles south of Bilbao. It is
said that he looks i'll and is reticent
concerning the recent happenings at
Manila. The general, however, admit
ted that he contemplated surrendering
before the capitulation actually took
place. He also praised the army elo-
quently and expressed the hope that
the supreme court would pass judg-
ment on his conduct.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
CAMPAIGN IN RAw11Ns.
Two Tickets Nominated and the
Struggle Begins.

Atwood, Sept 22.-The Democratic
and Populist convention nominated the
Following ticket: Representative, S. c
Martin; county treasurer, Simpson
Flynn: district clerk, NJ. w .Mikesell;
county superintendent, W. K. Loot
borrrow; probate judge, Dan Anderson.
The Populist conceded the offices of dis
trict clerk and probate judge to the
Democrats.
The combination ticket is in opposi-
ton to the following nominees of the
Republican party: Representative, f.
D. York: county treasurer, Wiley Doyle;
district clerk, Charles Reamue; superin-
tendent. O.V Henderson; probate judge,
s n. Tindell The fusion ticket claim
a majority of 200 in the county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
FATAL LEBANON QUARREL.
John Bensing Shot and Fatally
Wounded by Alex Christie.

Lebanon, Sept. 22.-Alex Christie shot
and mortally wounded John Bensing,
a German, at the Christie home during
a quarrel about the settlement of a
trivial matter The trouble began last
Friday when Bensing became enraged
and told Christie he would kill him and
feed his body to the hogs. Christie
warned him to stay away from his
farm.
Yesterday morning Bensing appeared
in the doorway and told Christie that
he had come to settle with him. Chris
the ball going through the abdomen.
Tom Cornweu was the only witness.
Christie Immediately came eight miles
to town and was taken to Smith Cen
given over to the authorities. The men
are both bachelors and live on nearby
farms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Earlv Mornine wedding.

Emporia, Sept. 22-R. G. Shulze and
Pearl S. Harvey were united in mar
riage yesterday morning at $3.50 at the
Episcopal church, the Rev. 8. e. Bus
sre officiating. Two hours later the
young couple were accompanied to the
depot by a. bevy of young friends, and
took the cars for Denison, where in
few days they will be lat home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

New York, Sept. 22-Yesterday's to-
tai gold enga gements comprised 81 ,000,-
900 for the United States Mortgage and
Trust company, and $500, 900 for Morton,
Bliss & Co. There was also announced
an engagement of $780, 900 to the Man
haitian Trust company. Total engage
ments received from Europe since the
beginning of the movement, SO, 900, 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Manelauehter in Third Degree.

Eureka, Sept 22-The jury I'm the
Cornell murder trial, after twenty-one
hours of elaboration, returned a YER
dict finding Thomas Council guilty OF
manslaughter in the third degree. Con-
nell killed Michael Santry, rival hotel
keeper, at Fall River, August 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

1t is announced that a scientist has
succeeded in making eggs out of milk
This discovery added to that of the
milkman that milk can be made out
Of chalk and water should have a ten
dency to reduce the price of eggs or
increase the profits of the producers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Pensions for Kansans.

Washington, Sept Extensions have
been granted as follows;
Original-Special Sept. TO- John N.
Smith, Nickerson, Sc; John P. Moore,
Woodbine, IS.
Increase-George Raymond. Law
renee, Sc to $40.
Original widows, etc.-Specia1 Sept. 9,
Elizabeth Fowler, Winfield, So.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Big LAWYER Fee,

McGrew, Watson & Watson, a law
firm of Kansas City, kan, have fled
suit in the federal court against the
county commissioners Of Wyandotte
county to recover $50, 900 claimed to be
due them for defending the county in
a road certificate case. The attorneys
won the case for the county, but state
that they have not yet received their
fees
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
KILLED HIS FATHER.
Paola Jury Acquits John Roberts Of
Murder.

PaoIa, Sept. 22.-The coroner held an
inquest on the body Of John Roberts
yesterday, the jury finding that the de-
ceased came to his death by reason Of
two gun shot wounds inflicted by his
son, John Roberts, 1r., and that the
shooting was justihable and done in self
defense This clears the young man
and he Will be released from jail at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Tribute to Lafavetta.

Paris, Sept. 22.-Ferdinand W. Peck,
the United States commissioner to the
Paris exposition of 1900, accompanied
by his staff, deposited a gold wreath
on the tomb of Lafayette. 1t was in
scribed "A tribute to the memory of
General Lafayette from the United
States exposition commission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Champlain Monument Unveiled.

Quebec, Sept. 22.-The unwilling OF
the Champlain monument took place
yesterday afternoon, business places be-
ing closed, the flags of England and
France flew from the house tops and
the streets of the old city were throng-
ed with people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
win Take No Part in Campaign.

Fort Scott, Sept 22.-The announce
nent to the effect that ex-District At
torney w. c. Perry Of this city would
engage in the Crawford county cam
paign in the interest of the straight
Democratic ticket was pronounced to
be false by Mr.. Perry today. He said
he was not paying much attention to
politics this fall, and that he would
probably take no part in the campaign.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
YOUNG GIRL ELoPEs.
Kate Fancy of Grenola, Goes With
Travelling Snowman.

Winfield, Sept 22.-Kate Yancy. the
16-year-oId daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Yancy, living near GrenOla,
station on the Southern Kansas, in Elk
county, has disappeared from home, and
is supposed to be with travelling fake
Snowman going under the name of J.
W. Armstrong. She was traced to this
city, where she met Armstrong, and
nothing has been heard from either Of
them since
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
G. A. R. ESCORT.
viii Accompany the Remains
Winnie Davis to the Depot

Narragansett Pier, r. I, Sept. %
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has received the
offer for an escort for the remains of
her daughter from the hotel to the rail-
way station, on Thursday, from the
commander of the local G. A. r. post.
The offer was accented.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
Woman Rules in China

PeIin, Sept. 22.-Rumors which it is
impossible to disregard are in circula-
ton to the effect that the Empress
Dowager of China, has recovered her
ascendancy over the emperor, who is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

When Gen. Wheeler went into the
army there was a demand that he re
sign his seat in congress, but nobody
seems to think of demanding the resig-
nation of an official when he fOrsakes
his duties to go out and make cam
pafern speeches
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

Calvin S. Brice has secured a con-
cession to build 500 miles of railroad in
the land of the Celestials and he can
add one more to his long list Of resi-
deuces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

Among other things which must be
annexed along with Porto Rico and
Cuba is a lot of dukes, counts and mar
quises, thus adding a new article to
American exports in competition with
the old world
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

The authorship of that pretended let
ter from Queen Lii now seems to rest
between Dave Leahy and Grover Cleve-
land with the odds in favor of Grover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

Pan-American football teams are
looming up in the not far away future.
A Hawaiian student at Yale applied for
admission to the college team.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

The people who solicit contributions
TO buy swords for naval and military
heroes are singularly silent as regards
Rear Admiral Sampson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
ANOTHER ELoPEMENT.
Bride Journeyed From Denver to
Newton to Meet Her Lover.

Newton Sept. CIV. H. Alter came
up Sunday morning from Wichita, and
shortly after he arrived Miss Orie Bald
win came in from Denver, and the two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: Buy
a Mauser rife for your boy to play
with. They make a much heater wound
than a double barreled shotgun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

If there are any people remaining
who still think that Gen. Joe Wheeler
should have resigned his seat in con-
gress on entering the army, apparent
ly they do not reside in his congress
sional district
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22
F,1aion Candidate for Speaker.

Kiova. Sept. 22.-The Democrats and
T0on111ists Of Barber county have fused
on their county tickets. Dr. A. s. Cloud,
the nominee for representative, who will
be elected by a, large majority, win be
a candidate for speaker.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

There is still one vacant place on the
presidents commission to investigate
the conduct of the war and the Omaha
World Herald suggests that it be ten
dered to Helen Gould.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

That hurricane seems to have
brought the Haytien government to it's
senses. It is now reported to be will
ing to have the United States establish
signal stations on the island.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-22

at once went to a preacher in this city
and were married. They returned to
Wichita, where they will reside. They
met here by appointment, and the af-
fair was wholly unknown by the par
ents of Miss Baldwin, who live in Wich-
ita.