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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
ALGER AND EGAN CLASH.
Sharp Words Exchanged Over Sup.
plies Furnished the Army.

Washington, Sept. 1.-Secretary Alger
and COmmissary General Egan are said by
Mr.. Ayers friends today to have had a
short but decisive encounter in the office
of the secretary of war yesterday. The
secretary, it is alleged, called General
Egan to account for not supplying the
camp at Montauk Point with the delica-
cies requested by General Wheeler and
ordered by Mr.. Alger himself. General
Egan pleaded the law and regulations in
Il ordered those things to be sent to
Montauk Point, did I not?'' inquired Sec
rotary Alger, sharply, it is said. You
did, was the RESPONSE 90. and you counter
named 7, my 0TdeFs oiq. Wen
tary of war, and I do not want you to
cOuntermand any of my orders in the fu-
ture. If there is any responsibility to be
assumed will assume it. Good day"
1t is rumOred that future orders of the
secretary, about supplying the sick SOL
diers with special food and delcacies not
included in the regular army rations will
be properly attended to. The president
will authorize the supplies to be paid for
out of the s50OOO,O 900 national defense fund,
if there should be further difficulty in get
ting them any other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
KANSAS news.
A SWindling Scheme, Entirely
New, Worked at COffeyVille.
Young Farmer Loses a Horse
and Cart to Sharpers.
SCRIP LAW VIOLATED
InjunctiOns Do Not Restrain
Coal Operators.
Pittsburg "Tribune" Cites In
stances Of Continued EVasiOns.

Coffeyville, Sept. IAN interesting
case growing out of an alleged swindle
was tried in Justice Matthews court.
The suit was in the form of a replevin
OF pony valued at SIS and 6. cart and
harness worth Sc, or $21 worth of prop
erty in all. The case was brought by
Arthur Stewart, minor, through his
next friend. Thomas Keaton, for whom
he was working, and the defendant in
the action was Buster Howard.
The details of the alleged swindle, as
brought out by the testimony, are sub
stantially as follows: On Saturday,
August 20, young Stewart came to Cot
feyville with his horse and cart and
hitched in front of the "bowery'' on
South Walnut street. Thinking him
an easy victim, a young fellow entirely
unknown to Stewart, approached him
to buy a ticket in a rattle Of Norman
horses. The smooth swindler explained
to the young cOuntryman how each
TICKET was sure to win a. horse. Stewart
replied that he had no money and the
stranger told him he could get loan of
$40 on his horse and cart. Stewart
agreed to buy ticket if the loan could
be procured and together they went to
bowling alley in East Ninth street,
where Buster Howard advanced $10
taking the boys horse and cart as
Then came the boldest stroke of the
alleged swindle. The stranger and
young Stewart left Howard and started
out to take a look at the celebrated
Norman horses that were to be ratified
off. They started towards the Missouri
Pacific depot. When almost to the
yards, they met another fellow, a
stranger to young Stewart, but evil
IDENTIFY an old friend of the fellow with
Stewart. They began to discuss the
rattle and the third man seemed highly
elated over his chances of winning sew
eral fine horses. Stewards eyes pro-
jected from their sockets. He could
hardly believe it-a fine horse for a few
fellow who had started out to show
Stewart the horses suggested that the
lad buy his tickets then and there.
Stewart at once reached down in his
jeans and extracted therefrOm the SO
that Buster Howard had loaned him.
Then the rattle ticket seller grabbed the
$40 bill and started to run. Stewart
started after him. Il
The exciting foot race had proceeded
but a very short distance when Stewart
says he was stopped by a negro, also
in the swindle scheme, who claimed to
be a policeman. This let the swindler
menced to argue with Stewart and
finally agreed to let him go and not
arrest him. He advised Stewart not to
go to the Jail, where" the negro said,
1.-The other two men are already under
arrest, and if you go up there, they'll
pull you, too
The Jury in the case was out less than
thirty minutes when verdict for the
plaintiff, Stewart, was reached.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
FLOATS ABANDONED.
Chicago G. A. R. Will Act as Guard of
Honor on Peace Day.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The committee of citI-
zens who are arranging the details for
the peace festival decided to hold the cell
ebration Tuesday and Wednesday,, Octo-
Der Is and 19. The nature of the parade,
which will be the feature of the second
day, was changed. It was decided to dis
pense with the usual floats. 1t was the
general opinion that there was no time to
train the many persons necessary to man
them.
The street reception will be in honor of
President Mckinley and his cabinet, the
governors of states and the troops return
ing from the front
There will be a guard of honor composed
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
several provisional regiments, the mem
bers Of which wished to get to the front
The returning sailors will be equally
represented with the soldiers. With the
Grand Army of the Republic will march
the Confederate veterans under the stars
and stripes.
on the first day the educational part of
the demonstration will be attended to-
There will be public services in many halls
throughout the city, and in every public
school local orators will talk on patriotic
subjects.
There viii be a banquet at the Audito-
rum for the guests of honor. OF the
sixty chairmen of the sub-committees of
the finance committee dfty-five have ac-
cepted; W. R. Harper. e. U. Gordon and
one other ChicagOan will go to Washing
ton to ask the president to attend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
SEAL QUESTION COMES UP.
Old Controversy With Canada Appar-
emily About to Be Settled.

Quebec, Que. Sept. 1.-The American
commissioners are daily in receipt of MEM
orials from all parts of the United States
respecting the subjects now being con-
sidered by the joint high commission.
While the commissioners still manifest
great reticence regarding their work, it
is learned on the best authority that today
the question of pelagic sealing in Boring
sea was under consideration. The Amer
lean proposition, it is said, will take the
form of an offer to buy out the British
Columbia sealers.
The seaIers have sent in a strongly
worded memorial. in which they ask a
large sum to induce them to go out of busi-
ness, but SO great has been their discour-
agement during the last year or two that
if it comes to the last ditch they will be
glad to take $4,000 indemnity and cease
operations.
Lord Herschel authorizes the statement
that when the commission resumes on
September 20 it will be at Quebec and not
at Ottawa His lOrdship will spend the
short vacation at Newport.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01

only companies so far served with in
functions in the screen cases The
Western company is crediting its en-
ployes with mine run weights, but the
Mt. Carmel Coal company is reported
to be operating at Frontenac in disre-
gard of the writ of injunction. This
report has not been verified but mine
No. is operating. This, however,
might be the case without any infrac-
ton of the order of the court.
The order of the court only requires
that the weights of the coal mine run
be credited to the employee before it is
passed over the screens and any por-
ton Of it is deducted.
The miners of this section are anxious
to see what steps the county attorney
will next take in the event that the
law, and the order of the enjoining
court be held in defiance by the OPP
orators.
There is no question but what the
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the good miners-the
skillful, practical men, are in favor of
the screen law. 1t seems to place them
temporarily on an equality with the
impractical miner, but the companies
will be eventually forced to rid them
selves of the poor miner, who pro-
duces the least amount of lump coal.
And rid of the poor miner their chances
for getting a better price per ton is
improved thereby. That is the way one
of the oldest and most skillful miners
put it to a Tribune reporter.
The companies contend that it is far
otherwise, that the lump coal basis of
pay gives the most earnings to the best
producer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
MISS SICKLES TO WE'D.
Captures British Attache Stationed at
Madrid-October Marriage.

New York, Sept. 1.-The engagement
is announced in London and Madrid of
Miss Eda Siclkles, General Daniel E.
Sickles' only daughter, to Mr.. Dayrell
Crackanthorpe, Third secretary of her
Britannia majesty's embassy at Ma
drid, the oldest son of Montague Crack
anthorpe, Q. c., one of the leaders of
the English bar, who accompanied Lord
Chief Justice Russell to this country
not long ago when they were guests of
the American Bar association.
Miss Sickles and her brother, Mr..
Stanton Sickles, first secretary of the
American legation at Madrid, are child
rem of General Sickles by his second
wife, a beautiful Spanish woman, who
was Miss Creagh. the daughter of a
Spanish councillor of state. General
Sicl1les married her in 1871, when he
was minister to Spain.
Miss Siclles has lived abroad all her
life, and was educated in a Spanish
convent. Two years ago she came to
New York on a visit to her father, and
remained with him year. She spent
winter in Washington, and while in
New York attended the famous Bradley
Martin Ball, where her representation
of Queen Louise of Prussia was great
~ admired.
The wedding will take place during
the first week in October. Owing to the
troubles between the United States and
Spain the marriage will be celebrated in
London, the groom's home. Mr.. Crack
anthorpe and his bride will visit New
York next spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
POLICE ACCUSE DR.POTTER
Do Not Think an Attempt Was Made
to Kill HIM.

New York. Sept. 1.-The police are
disinclined to believe that an attempt
was made to murder Rev. DR.. c. Pot
ter at his home in Long Island City
Sunday morning and go so far as to as
sert that they think the clergyman or
his son may have done the shooting.
An interesting feature of the case is
that when the detectives, with the aid
of DR.. Potter and his son, found the re-
volver with which the shooting is sup
posed to have been done, young Potter
asked them to return to the house until
he could photograph the gun, bible and
outside and inside of the house. The
officers were surprised upon entering
the house to find everything in readi-
ness for the photographs to be made.
There was no delay; the camera, fluids
and all necessary articles were at hand
and the picture of the bible which
caught the bullets intended for Dr.
Potter. Two different views of the
house and a picture Of the gun were
made and later handed out to newspa-
per reporters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
RECOGNIZED HIS HENS.
Escape of a Hutchinson Man Who
Has Been Stealing From
Burton People.

Hutchinson, Sept. 1.-The people in
the vicinity of Burton have for some
time been annoyed by petty thieving.
Hogs, harness and chickens have been
missed and the trouble has continued
so long that of late the citizens of Burr
ton suspiciOned Bud DOWda1 who lives
in this city. Dowdall was arrested on
complaint of Allen Snyder, on the
charge of stealing chickens. Officers
went to DowdalPs place with a search
warrant and some of the chickens were
identified by Snyder. Yesterday Dow
dali was taken before a justice of the
peace, where he was released after
compromising the case with Snyder
who concluded not to prosecute the
case.
Another warrant for Dowdall was
sworn out by Chas. Scott of Burton,
who identified a harness found in Dow
dalPs possession as one stolen from
him at Burton Saturday night. Late
yesterday evening officers went to ar
rest DowdaH again, and he played a
very clever trick on them. They al
lowed him to go up stairs after his
coat, and soon discovered that he had
gone through the upstairs window and
escaped.
The search after him lasted the great
er part of the night but he was not
caught.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
CHAINMAKERS ON STRIKE
Wages are Cut Instead of Advanced
as Asked For.

Marion. Ind. Sept. 1.-The chainma-
kers at the Krein Chain works of this
city went out on g strike today, causing
the entire plant to close down. Fifty
men are employed as chainmakers.
Their helpers, heaters and triphammer
men, 200 in all, went out in sympathy.
The chainmakers work by the piece
and they say that by hard work they
can make $1.35 a, day. They ask an in
crease of Is per cent. A new wage
scale was presented to the company last
week and the company asked until Sat
urday to consider it. Saturday evening
a notice was posted in the mill stating
that not only the increase would not be
granted but instead a cut of per cent
would be made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
PATIENT GETS WEAKHANI
Game of HCalifornia Jack" Fails as q
Cure for Insanity.

Chicago, Sept. 1.-The officers at the Oak
Park police station have new cure for
insanity. It is called. the California
jack remedy. They tried it on demented
Robert Kennedy yesterday. but the first
experiment of the cure was not thor
ough success.
The experiment was tried when Kenne-
dy a resident of Ridgeland, was brought
to the station by officers to await the
coming of a conveyance in which he was
to be taken to the detention hospital. To
tent a game of California jack was pro
posed by one of the officers. At the mere
mention of the cards the patients eyes
frightened and he became all attention.
The pasteboards were produced and the
hands were dealt. Kennedy gave one look
at his hand and then, with a Shrek, rush
ed from the station, cards in hand.
The othcers pursued and soon recaptur-
ed the patient He was then taken to the
hospital, apparently little improved. The
ofhcer who suggested the game insists
had Kennedy only been dealt a better
hand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
M1soREANTs UNDER BOND.
Men Who Stabbed stanIey's Law
Partner are in Jail

Wichita, Sept. 1.-The toughs who
stabbed Earl w. Evans, Walter Vincent
and Alfred Lewis on Friday night were
taken before Justice of the Peace
Enoch yesterday and bound over in the
sum of $500 each for their appearance
for trial
George Edgar Tankersly and Edgar
Drake, who are supposed to have done
the cutting, failed to give bond. Charles
Crawford. Roy Hahn, Fred Harris,
George Peachim aud Lee Bowers were
arraigned.
Harris and Crawford gave the neces-
sary bond. Their folks came to the
rescue. The preliminary hearing will
be held before Justice Enoch on Sep
TENDER 10.
The young criminals were taken to
the county jail late yesterday after
noon. There are no new developments
in the case. The older boys who are
supposed to have done the stabbing, of
which the officers have absolute proof,
refuse to talk. The younger boys have
weakened after thirty-six hours in jail
and have told all they know.
The gentlemen who were cut are do
ing better than the physicians hoped
for They will be out among their
friends within a very short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01

Yesterday the young queen of The
Netherlands. assumed her place among
the rulers of the earth, it being her
eighteenth birthday. On next Tuesday
the formal cornation will occur. The
kings Of The Netherlands have been
only three, all named William, and all
great men in government, in war and in
diplomacy. Before them were the Princes
or Orange, who held the Office of Stadt-
holder and personally conducted all the
affairs Of government. The Stakeholder
was an executive president or captain
general Of the United Provinces-Hol-
land, Zealand, Utrecht, Friesland, Gron-
ingen, Gelder1ad and Overseel The
father of Wilhelmina was William III,
the last male member of the house of
Orange. He was wild, dissipated. and
a spendthrift. He was past the age of
so when his first wife died childless, and
after round of riotous living he fell in
love and married a princess, who was
forty years his junior and a radiant
beauty. A year later WilheInina. was
born
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01

able garment. City preachers on a hot
Sunday picnic at the seashore or at
some mountain resort and let their
sheep find pasture the best wal they
can.
Country preachers must give their
people good sermons even on hot day,
while city peWs are satisfied with a
fine coat. With US the devil is always
busy. A certain city minister wrote an
article in a church paper in which he
said that ministers ought to plan in Au-
gust for the winter campaign. so as not
to lose much time, because the season
for work was very short. Are there
no conversions in summer? Is it too
hot? Do ministers plan in August how
the Lord shall save sinners during the
cooler months of the Year?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
e1LLETT SUES KIRBY.
More Litigation over the Abilene
Bank Failure.

Abilene, Sept. ii. w. Gillett, of
Woodbine, has brought suit to have
s22 $50 of the assets of the Kirby bank
declared a trust fund. His petition is a
long one and recites in detail a number
of cattle deals out of which grew the
deposit of cattle paper in Kirby's bank.
on June % he SAYS he sent a draft for
S24 $3.50 on Kansas City commission men
for this amount with instructions to col
lect it and out of the proceeds pay a
s.. 900 note Gillett owed Kirby and ap-
ply the rest on the cattle paper in
favor of Trowers & Sons and the Kan
sas City Interstate bank He says
Kirby collected the amount but 1t was
kept in Gillett's personal account anti
the failure came.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
HACKNEY ar THE HELM.
Ex-Kansas Man Downs Ohio Demo
cratic Bosses With Ease.

The Cleveland, Ohio, Recorder, claims
that w. P. Hackney downed all the
bosses of the Democratic party, and
organized and captured the Democra-
tic convention. In describing the mat
ter it has the following to say:
1.-THE outcome of the fight for the
control of the committee means that
the Cuyahoga Democracy, under its
present leadership, is a very important
element in state politics. The people
who elected Thomas will have the
naming of the executive committee and
will conduct the affairs of the cam
paign. The man who has been back
of all the manipulation which has thus
brought Cuyahoga county into it's COM
manding position in state politics is
w. p. Hackney. He brought out Will
son as a solution to the row between
Bowling and Myers, which was divid-
ing the party. His fine ability and
excellent management were what has
been long needed in affairs Of party in
this state"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01

The world was somewhat surprised a
few weeks ago when the Emperor of
Russia countermanded an order for the
construction of a number Of war ships.
His recent peace note is the second
number on the programme. It is sus-
pected in many quarters that behind all
this lies a lack of ready cash and that
the car sees nowhere to borrow at
present. France, his former depend
ence for financial aid has about all she
can stand in connection with the Span
ish securities which seem likely to be-
come almost worthless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
POPULIST NOMINEES.
List of Those Named for Representa-
tive Up to Date.

tive Up to Date.
Following are the Populist nominees
for the legislature up to date. The
Journal published the Republican nom
inees a few days ago:
J. w. Walker, Atchison.
I. B. Wilcox, Atchison.
o. w. Glynn, Jefferson.
DR.. NJ. F. Marks, Jefferson.
S. J. McNaughton, Leavenworth.
Mat Edmonds, Leavenworth.
Frank Armstrong, Wyandotte.
James Waters, Wyandotte.
J. H. Hibner, Johnson.
D. H. Lewis, Douglas.
John Weaver, Douglas.
w. E. Kibbe, Franklin.
Con Simmons, Franklin
PauI~Russell, Miami.
Jason Sites, Linn.
w. A. Choguill, Allen.
John H. Goodno, Bourbon
J. G. Fogle, Cherokee.
Chas. Gibbs, Cherokee.
G. w. Gabriel, Labette.
J. H. Clark, Labette.
B. F. Moore, Montgomery.
]. B. Sewell, Montgomery.
NJ. T. Jones, Neosho.
Stephen CAVITY, Wilson.
T. F. Morrison, Woodson.
o. o. Outcalt, Coffey.
Jacob Badsky, Usage.
DR.. c. W. Sweeney, Usage.
Joe Griley. Shawnee.
John Barber, Shawnee.
John L. Rippetoe. Jackson.
E. H. Kellar, Brown.
r. J. Williams, Marshall.
A Urbanski, Pottawatcmie.
Dr. P. Daugherty, Geary.
John K. Blair, Lyon.
John F. O'Connor, Lyon.
3. r. Singleton, Greenwood
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01

Philadelphia Record: In regard to
the pension burden which will be event
ually laid upon the country by reason
of the neglect of our troops in field and
in camp expert opinions are somewhat
at variance. Medical department Off
Gals with the Santiago army have esti-
mated that at least four-fifths of the
men who served in the campaign in
eastern Cuba will eventually become
pensioners. Those, also, who saw no
service but camp duty, and whose
health may have been impaired by rea-
son of such service, will have valid
claims for pensions. The invalid list of
the Hispano-American war, as it will
be borne on the pension roll, will scarce
~ be smaller in proportion than that
due to the long past civil war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
LOOKS LIKE CoNTEMPr.
Reported That Scrip Law is Still Be-
ing Violated.

PIttsburg Tribune: The scrip in
functions are causing no Inconvenience
to the companies. They continue to
issue scrip as far as heard from, and
they do it in this manner. The en-
pIoye comes along and wants five or ten
dollars in scrip. The company hands
him five or ten dollars in cash, for
which he in turn purchases from the
company its scrip or coupon credit
books, and thus they have paid the
enploye in cash and continue to issue
the scrip as before the injunction writs
were served.
The Western Coal & Mining company
and the Mt. Carmel company are the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01
A COATLESS PARSON.
Pennsylvania Minister Appears in
Pulpit in Shirt Sleeves.

Reading, Sept. lon a recent Sunday
Rev. J. E. Freeman appeared minus his
coat In the pulpit of Sassaman's church
near Reading. Mr.. Freeman was sub
5ect to much criticism in consequence
and has prepared a statement in his de-
tense in which he says:
when I preached the coatless SER
mon the thermometer registered 90 in
the shade. I would take off my coat
again under similar circumstances. I
did no more sin than do the city preach
ers VINO wear in the pulpit dress coat,
slippers and a shirt stud. had no
gown at the time, nor any comfort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-01

Ed. F. Green, Cowley.
Ed. Jaquins, Cowley.
DR.. F. B. Lawrence, Butler.
F. P. Gillespie, Butler.
Warren Peck, Chase.
G. G. Jones, Marion.
z. T. Harvey, Morris.
John Hellar, Dickinson.
J. ]. Marty, Clay.
J. T. Summers, Washington.
William Moore, Republic.
L. NJ. Newburry, Cloud.
Taylor Miller, Saline.
J. B. Fugate, Harvey.
w. J. Babb, Sedgwick.
w. J. Anderson, Sedgwick.
]. A. Ray, Sumner.
G. D. Newman, Summer.
Glenn Fairchild, Kingman.
B. D. Crawford, Pratt.
J. A. DeBard, Reno.
Marion Watson, Reno.
Isom Wright, Barton.
w. NJ. Kenton, Rice.
S. P. Dinsmoor, Russell.
T. J. McCurry, Lincoln.
T. Q. Rodgers, Mitchell.
VIM. Rosegrant, Osborne.
David Jones, Jewell.
F. c. McLaren, Smith.
F. G. Johnson, Phillips.
]. E. Basgall, Ellis.
B. J. Albertson, Kiowa.
r. H. Estill, Comanche-
David Swinehart, Ford.
A. M. Kelson, Ness.
Frank Reeder, Decatur.
s. c.. Hopkins, Sheridan.
z. H. EppersOn, Scott.