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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
WHO KILLED HARRIS?
All the Men Arrested at Colorado
Springs for His Murder Released.


Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. 8.-The
five men arrested yesterday, after the
fight between armed bodies of men
representing the two factions of the
Silver Republican party for possession
of the opera house have been released
by orders of the district attorney, there
being no evidence to show that any one
of them fired the shot which killed
Charles E. Harris of Denver.
The coroner's jury which is investi-
eating the murder has taken mass of
conflicting testimony and the only
point that has been esta blished so far is
that Harris was a member of the party
that drove the Teller people out of the
opera house. Who fired the fatal shot
will probably never be ascertained as
a great many shots were fired during
the melee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Will Be Warmer.

Warmer air is promised for tomorrow
by Weather Observer Jennings. He
saws the warm weather is gradually re-
turning. although it will not be as hot
al it was last week. Temperature rec
ords for today are: Highest "a at ..
m, lowest 40 at a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

42 Texas steers ..................... s19 4.25
20 Texas cows .................... 942 $40
20 native COWS and heifers -. 1899 50
IS stockers and feeders .-......... al 80
bulls s........... .........11I4 $3.50
HOGS-Receipts, 5000. Medium and
lights, strong to sc higher: others steady
Bulk of sales. $3.60d3.70; heavies, $1,000
$50; packers, $3-5543. IS; mixed $3,50d3 Is;
lights. S3S503.15; workers., So 70d3.75; pigs,
SHEEP-Receipts, $780, Market firm.
Lambs, S3.50Q5.50; muttOns, S3.1Oa41O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Naval Reserves Goine Home.

New York. Sept. S.-Five hundred
members of the Illinois naval reserves.
taken off forty-two different vessels on
which they served during the war with
Spain left the Pennsylvania depot in
Jersey City today for Chicago. The men
are expected to arrive in Chicago to-
morrow afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

For diarrhoea dysentery, collie, chol-
era f1ux and all summer complaints.
nothing is so gentle, soothing and eff
fective, as Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam.
It never fails to give relief and if taken
in time will effect a speedy cure. Be
sure that you get "Beggs" the only
remedy with a national reputation. For
sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Sept. S.-Weather forecast
for Kansas: Generally fair tonight and
Friday; warmer IN west portion to-
east.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Raw 0Fof New Orleans.

of yellow fever are reported from Taylor's
Station tonight; The state quarantine an tn
against New Orleans will be raised within
a few DAYS unless new cases develop. No
fear of a general epidemic is now felt by
the hoard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Kansas City Livestock Market.

Kansas City, Sept. g.
CATTLE-Receipts. 1000. Market steady
to strong. Native steers, So 50G5.50; Texas
steers. $SG425; Texas cows, S2.50a3.10; ma
tive cows and heifers, $2G4.50: stockers and
feeders. $4G5.40; bulls, S2S5Q3.55.
PREVENTATIVE SALES.
No. VT. Pr.
q native steers .....................15l6 $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Miles Of for Washington.

New York, Sept. S.-Major General
Nelson A. Miles leaves for Washington
on the 1850 train on the Pennsylvania
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Illinois volunteers Start Home.

New York. Sept. s.-The First Illinois
volunteers were taken across to ConnTnunl-
pan ferry boats and there emb 'l1ed
upon trains of the Lehigh valley ra-- way
The hospital train carrying POS sick men,
pulled out westward bound at l:l5 p m
The Lehigh Valley connects at Suspen-
sion Bridge, Niagara Falls, with the
Grand Trunk railway.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

The SpirituaIists of Topeka will begin
a camp meeting Sunday at the fair
this years meeting will be larger than
last years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Range of Prices.

Furnished by the Wickham Commission
Co., 112 East Fifth St, Topeka, Kan.
Chicago, Sept. g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
LEGAL

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN: Relia-
Bile information before this department.
shows from sworn evidence and admis-
sions that G. A. Bailey. the state agent
for the Phoenix Insurance company OF
BROOKLYN. N Y, is using what has been
generally known as Harrison Clarkson s
rating book in the, transactoi9e OF II tns sj
been held by the court-at Mr. GARRISON
own seeking-that companies mat nave
the same in violation of the ANTITRUST
laws Of this state and the rules OF this
Department Therefore, / have this day
revoked the license of the said G. A.
Bailey as state agent for the Phenix IN
public will govern itself accordingly
Given under my hand and seal this Sth
daxEff GpDteuber, A. d. 1898.
1SaSil WEBB McNALL.
Superintendent of Insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Market Gossin.

Furnished by the Wickham Commission
Co.. 112 East Fifth ST., Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08

WA NTED-Girl for general homework,
German or Swede preferred. zoo To-
ueka ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-08
Ranges OF Priees on stoeks.

Furnished by the Wickham Commissio
Co., 112 East Fifth St. Topeka, Kan:
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
GOVERNOR GENERAL MERRITT|
Military Ruler of the Philippines Type OF
the Best Americanismr He Was at
One Time a Farm Hand.

General Merritt, who goes to the
Philippines as military governor of
that island empire of the Pacific, is the
second in command of our national ar
my. He won fame and honor as Sher-
fdan's chief ofncer in the great battles
of the war. He was an unrelenting
warrior, once fighting nine battles in
reer is more or less on record. but Of
his private life little has been given to
the public.
Gen. Wesley Merritt's father, John
Willis Merritt, was New York lawyer,
having an Office at No. 134 Nassau
street when the boy was born, Dec. /,
1886, at No. 81 North Moore street. He
was one of eight brothers. Twenty
months later the law ONCE was at No.
Spruce street, the family having re-
moved to Brooklyn.
When Wesley was four years old his
father, having large and increasing
family. abandoned law for agriculture
and bought a farm at Looking Glass
Prairie" near Bellville, ILL.,. not far
from ST. Louis Young Merritt attend
ed the school of the Christian Brothers,
a Catholic institution, at Belleville. La
ter he worked on the farm for three
years, helping his brothers raise corn
and pork. for which that section has
always been famous.
Merritt . Farmer.
vo,po Norr;<x o%ioc d.ox,o N. f.r,,
team seventeen miles to town, getting
only fifteen cents bushel for his corn.
Everything that farmer produced in
those days was cheap as dirt, and there
was little money in circulation. Paste
board checks circulated between mer-
and their merchandise seemed high be-
cause it took SO much corn and pork to
pay for it. Being lawyer and a man
of a literary turn of mind. the boys
father aspired to do something besides
raising corn. He started local even
ing newspaper at Belleville, called the
Advocate, and later a weekly of the
same name at Lebanon. Both were
Democratic organs, and, Ike most of
the Democratic journals of that day,
were for territorial extension, the an
nexation of Texas, and the settlement
Of the vexed and formidable Oregon
question" by taking possession Of the
country clear to the Pacific ocean
Young Merritt helped his father and
brothers publish this Democratic news
paper. He mastered the business of
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
Mixed,

A rural justice, with a morning war
extra" and the code of Georgia before
him, delivered the following remark
able decision" recently: 1T appear
ing to the court that the prison
er at the bar has won a remarkable
battle in the Philippines. and that. in
stealing the hog. he was only acting in
a spirit OF self-preservation, in coun-
try where food is so scarce that the in
surgents are eating horsefesh. it is,
therefore, the opinion OF the court that.
in comforting the title of rear admiral
upon him the government acted well
and wisely. and that. if he be reinforced
in time. he will yet take full posses
sion; and it is ordered that he be re-
leased On parole and prove by the daily
dispatches that the Spanish officials are
the biggest liars in the world.-Chicago
Dispatch.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16

railroad. nearly 200 miles to the north.
A hurry" telegram was sent to Gen.
eral Merritt. then colonel of the Fifth
cavalry at Fort D. A. Russell, near
Cheyenne. After reaching Rawlings
or the nearest railroad point to the
White River Indian agency, General
Merritt had to ride four days and
nights continuously with light sup
ply of food and ammunition. Thorn
bucgh was dead and his men were on
the point of starvation, wounded and
barely able to cling to their guns be-
hind their intrenchments. Merritt ar
rived at the break Of day, advanced
with yells and scattered the Indians,
who were waiting like coyotes for the
soldiers to die or surrender. General
Merritt's wild ride through the Rocky
mountains will long challenge the rec
ord. 1t is considered remarkable that
he did not kill horse or a man dur
ing his mountain march.
With Custer, Mcpherson and Sheri-
dan. Merritt was called one Of the boy
generals Of the war. Graduating from
West Point but a few months before
the civil war broke out, he Joined the
Second dragons and continuously dis
tinguished himself In the cavalry serv-
ice all through the War. He was Sheri-
dams right hand nan IN the great
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
W. E. STANLEY.

supper. After supper the other Off,
GERS were taken up and the following
nominations made:
w. K. Smith of Wyandotte county,
for associate justice. on the first ballot.
II. e. Richter of Morris county. for
lieutenant governor, on the second
ballot.
George A. Clark of the Junction City
Republican. for secretary of state, on
the first ballot.
George f. Cole OF Crawford county,
for auditor. on the first ballot. Mr..
Cole was auditor during Governor
Morrill's administration.
Frank f. Grimes of Wichita county,
for treasurer. on the second ballot,
Wilkins withdrawing on that ballot
and starting a break to Grimes.
A. A. GODDARD of Topeka. assistant
attorney general under F. Il. Dawes,
for attorney genera. on first ballot.
Frank Nelson of LindsbOrg. pro-
fessOr in Bethany college. for superin-
tendent of public instruction. on first
ballot.
w. J. Bailey of Baileyville. for Con-
gressman-at-large. on fir st ballot.
The big Seventh carried off the lions
share of places on the ticket. 1t got
the governor. treasurer and state SUI
perinterdent. The Sixth district got
''skunked. The Fourth got lieutenan.
governor: the Third. auditor: the Sec
Ond, associate justice: the Fifth. secre-
tary of state; the First, attorney gen.
eral and Congressman large.
The platform indorscs the national
Republican administration. reaffirms
the principles of the platform of 1896,
recommends strengthening the navy,
building the Nicaragua canal and an
nexing the Hawaiian islands. 1t ia
vors liberal construction OF pension
laws, urges preference of soldiers and
sailors for office. demands the sending
of poll books to volunteer soldiers of
Kansas. and that only enough convict
coal be mined to supply the state in
situations. 1t Endorses Senator Lucien
Baker and Representatives Charles
Curtis and Case Frederick.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16

the three commissioners to carry out
the terms of the treaty. And now in a
new and globe encircling war this
brave, sagacious and competent man Of
the people, who in his turn was farm
er's boy, typesette-, publisher, editor,
lawyer, cadet, soldier and then a vic
torious and always conquering officer
in the great armies Of the war, is again
wanted at the front. Those who know
him best agree that he has a judicial
temperament and Is eminently fitted
for action in civil or military affairs
requiring wisdom and justice. He will
be heard from again.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16

running country newspaper taxing
his turn in looking after petty details.
besides learning to set type and becom-
ing an expert printer while but boy.
At the age of sixteen he went to read
law in the offic, i Judge Haynie in Sa-
lem. He was making rapid progress
when Gov. Bissell. then member Of
congress. secured him a cadetship for
West Point.
Gen. Merritt has no family. His
favorite nephew. Eaton Merritt. he is
educating at Connecticut school. with
a view Of sending him to West Point.
Gen. Merritt was married in 1871. in
Europe. to Miss Caroline Warren. Of
Cincinnati. She died in 1898. At st.
Paul. and was buried at West Point.
where the general was superintendent
for five years.
The Merritts originally sprang from
three brothers, who came to America
from Ireland in 1000. their descendants
settling in Winchester. and from that
family. 1t is said. all the Aerritts born
In this country have descended.
OF General Merritt's military history
much has been written. A mere rec
ord of his battles. engagements and
campaigns would MI columns. He had
many narrow escapes from death-a
ootable one at the hattie Of Beverly
Yerd II 19eS. when he was attAeke1 By
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
RATHER SWEET.

Medical authorities believe that q
to health. especially if person is ener-
getic. 1t is claimed no substance re-
stores muscular waste so quickly as
sugar.
The United States and England con-
sumo enormous quantities Of sugar.
England using Sc pounds year per in
habitant. In Denmark the consump-
tion Of sugar is As pounds to the indi-
vidual; in Holland. 81; in France, 90:
in Sweden and Norway. %: in Russia.
10; Turkey and Italy. Z; Greece, g.;
Servia. 4.
1t has long been thought that sugar
is injurious to the teeth, but it is no
more so than cake or preserves. It
will, of course. injure the teeth if al
lowed to remain in contact with them
for any length Of time. People Of av-
erage health who are in the open air a
great deal may eat all the sugar they
crave without injury.
Sugar is craved by people belonging
to a nation Of energy and dash. Great
mental exertion and high spirit create
the demand. Great quantities of sugar
are used in tea and coffee by English
and Americans. but in Russia. where
tea drinking il almost a dissipation.
very little sugar is used. A fact not
very well known is that little sugar,
taken With water not foo cold IN case
food is not obtainable. will relieve the
feeling OF exhaustion and sharp hun
ger. Some business men keep loaf su-
gar in their desks and when they are
detained from luncheon saturate the
sugar with water and slowly eat it. 1t
does away with the discomfort of going
without food.
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FIND BIRTH PLACE OF suDpuA.

Interesting Archaeological Diseovsrsao
Recsaely AsAs BY Vincent Smith.
Vincent Smith, learned antiQuary
of Bengal, has recently made some in
teresting discoveries Of Buddhist re-
mains in India, says the London cor
respondent Of the New York Sun. The
first of these is the home Of Gautama
Buddha, who lived about 500 B. c. The
ruins of this ancient city Of Kapila-
vastu are in Nepaul territory; they are.
50 far as yet known, entirely of brick,
and are 50 covered with jungle and so
extensive that years will be required
for their thorough exploration. Since
40 B. c. the city has been in ruins and
unoccupied, and excavations are now
bringing to light buildings more an
cient than any previously known In In
dia. More interesting even than Kap-
ilavastu is the discovery of the Lum-
bini Garden, the traditional birthplace
of Gautama- The sacred spot is mark
ed by pillar erected in the third CEN
fury B. c. by the Emperor Asoka. The
inscription on. this pillar is still per-
feet. 1t stands on the western edge Of
a mound Of ruins about a hundred
yards in diameter, and on the south
side of this mound is the tank In which
the child's mother bathed after his
birth. Another discovery, which was
made in stupa. or brick tumulus.
close to the British frontier, is that OF
relics of Buddha himself. These con-
sist only of fragments of bone, which
were deposited in wooden vessel that
stood on the bottom of a massive cof-
fer more than four feet long and two
feet deep, cut out of solid block Of
fine sandstone. This Golfer was buried
under eighteen feet of masonry, COM
posed Of huge bricks, each sixteen inch
es long. The wooden vessel was de-
cayed, and with it was an exquisitely
finished bowl of rock crystal. the larg-
est yet discovered in InOia, and also
five small vases of soapstone. All
these vessels were partially rilled, in
honor of the relics, with a marvellous
collection of gold stars. pearls. topazes,
teryls, and other jewels, and of various
objects delicately wrought in crystal,
agate. and other substances. An in
scription on the lid of one OF the soap
stone vases declares the relics to be
those of Buddha himself, and the char
acters in which this inscription is writ
ten are substantially the same as those
of the Asoka inscriptions. and indicate
that the tumulus was constructed be-
tween 800 and $50 B. c. Buddha spent
many years preaching and teaching
at the city of Sravasti. and a large
number of his sayings and parallels
purport to have been uttered there
The site Of the famous city was long
sought in vain. Mr.. Smith now states
with confidence that it is in the jungles
of the Nepaul Terai. about eleven miles
from the station of Nepalganj road, on
the Bengal and Northwestern railway
Its remains. like those of Kapilavastu.
are buried in jungle, but they seem OF
great extent. and are found precisely
where the Chinese pilgrims of the early
centuries of the Christian era stated
that Sravasti was
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campaigns Of the Shenandoah leading
up to the battle Of Five Forks and the
surrounding and crushing Of Lee.
Merritt's six breyets from major to
major general for his heroic and IRE
sistible fighting 1t Gettysburg. Yellow
Tavern, Hawe'f Shop, Winchester,
Fishers Hill, Five Forks and the Ap-
pomattox campaign are among his un-
dying achievements in the great war.
His title Of colonel in the regular
army, the Fifth cavalry, was bestowed
on him in 1876. Later, when he was
given command of the much sought de-
partment of the Missouri, with head
quarters at Fort Leavenworth. and
subsequently at st. Louis, many so
called experts in military matters
thought it hardly fair to bestow SO
great an honor-to shower the golden
stars of war-on the youngest brig
adler general Immediately following
his promotion.
General Merritt's military career In
closely contested engagements. in great
that of a soldier and hero. He was
graduated from West Point July l,
1860, Just before the rebellion, and
reached a captaincy in the Second cav
airy April 5. 1862. and was brigadier
of volunteers June %, 1863.
A Soldier and Hero.
In the army of the Potomac. on the
staff of General Cooke, and later with
General Stoneman, in his famous raid
toward Richmond, he won renown. In
command Of cavalry he crossed the
Rappahannock and surprised the enc
my, but for hours was nearly surround
ed and once on the point Of being cap
tured. A confederate officer gave him
a savage sabre cut On the head, but he
continued fighting CALAMITY. leading
his men and winning an amazing vic
tory. It was for this bravery that
General Buford complimented him, fol-
lowing it by recommending his promo
ton. Later, General Merritt succeed
ed General Buford in command of cav
airy, operating in central Virginia. He
was in the Richmond campaign in 1864.
fighting with Sheridan at the head
with his columns in his historic raids
through the valleys, always closing in
on the armies of the dying confederacy.
His division (the FirsD. composed of
seventeen regiments of cavalry, en-
bracing General Clusters command,
won him honor for the mastery celer-
ity in which he drove Early and his
troops through Winchester.
More Brilliant Achievements.
Merritt's next brilliant achievement
was at Cedarville. on the Shenandoah.
This was followed by his glorious vic
tory at the battle of Cedar Creek,
where, without infantry support. he
made incessant cavalry charges-tre-
mendous. overwhelming. The enemy
could not survive his assaults Of tor
nado impetuosity. With Sheridan
Merritt displayed a distinguished part
in forcing the surrender of Lee. On
that memorable occasion, so graphic
ally described by Grant and Sheridan,
General Merritt was appointed one of
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
Pa Sent the Lee.

A somewhat reckless youth who had
enlisted for war and had spent his time
in camp writing home for money, final
II sent this telegram as "a clincher:: &"
Father: Leg shot of in sham battle.
Send all the funds you can" To this
the old man replied: Son: Don't
know your number. but wooden leg
goes to you by express. II doesn't fit
get camp carpenter to plane 1t. Best
love. All well here"
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
PETER THEIR CHOICE.


Kansas PrOhibitiOnists Nominate the Ex-
Senator for Governor.
EMPORIA Kan. June iO.-Ex-United
States Senator William A. PETER was
nominated for governor here yesterday
afternoon by the Prohibition State
convention. The nomination was by
a unanimous vote. Other nominations
were made as follows:
Lieutenant governor. Il. T. Black;
secretary of state, j. B. Carton: treas
urer. j. Biddison; superintendent of
public instruction. Mrs. F. " Buck
ner; auditor. Fl. Hurley; congressman
at-large, NJ. Williams.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
Men and Women.

Men find it easy to take in clever
women, and they in turn are easily
taken in by silly women. Every woman
dearly loves hero; If a man has the
art to appear one she finds him as ire
sistible as the genuine article. A man
invariably loves the woman who makes
. fool Of him. A woman is often
obedient to the man she hates, and OBJ
durate to him she loves. All women
have hearts: a few have intellects. A
sincere man loves, tickle woman loves
to love, and selfish woman loves to be
loved.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
Wonen's Hair Improving.

1t is now said that women's hair Is
becoming more beautiful in color every
year, and is also growing thicker and
longer. This is said to be due to the
small, light bonnets that women wear.
Certain It is that air and sunshine i'm
prove the color and texture Of the hair.
Sun bleaches the hair, and Venetian
beauties always dried their rudy locks
in the sun, thereby getting that tint so
much admired called Venetian red. OF
course sunshine viii not bleach dark
hair, but it gives 4 deeper color to an
kinds Of treeses, and will brighten dun
brown hair.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-06-16
New Exodus to Klondike.

SEATTLE. Wash. June 1.-THE ex-
odus of prospectors to Alaska by the
all-water route began with the DEPART
ure of the steamer Alliance fof st.
Michael's with 100 passengers and
large cargo of freight. including
iearly six tons of United States mail.
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The Tramp Train In Great Bend.

GREAT BEND. Kan, June 1I.-This
town is Overrun with tramps. 1S5 COM
ing in on freight train last night.
They say that they took the train at
EmpOria and that they successfully re-
sisted all efforts of the brakemen to
put them off