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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
MUST REORGANIZE.
Iowa Building and Loan Association
in Trouble.

Des Moines, Iowa, June 1.-Auditor
of State Mccarthy is in receipt of the
report of J. c. Grabbo, public account
ant and auditor of Davenport, on the
condition of the perpetual building as
sociation of Clinton, Iowa.
The Examination extended over the
period between January 1, 1870. and
January 1, 1898, twenty-eight years.
The account reports that he found TO-
900 errors in the accounts involving
about $150o,0O0. He found that the
liabilities amounted to $308, 1922 while
the assets amounted to 1854 259 %, a
deficiency of $54, 1862. 80. In addition he
saws he found shortage, for which he
holds former secretaries of the com
pany responsible, amounting to $11,-
65477, and which appears on the reca-
pitulation of the company's condition
as assets.
The net deficit between the assets
and liabilities amounts to about 500, OOO.
Upon the accountants recommendation
and that of the state auditor the COM
pany has distributed this deficiency to
the stock and the company has reorga-
nized and resumed business on a cor
root ha
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
EDISON'S ACCIDENT.
Son of the Inventor Has a Marrow
Escape

New York, June Thomas A. Edison,
Jr-, was the victim of unattended ex-
pertinent yesterday. The use of wireless
Biography as demonstrated in the Gar
den has become a matter of comment,
and its usefulness is acknowledged. While
the mines in the tank have been used to
blow up the miniature cruisers, another
experiment has been under consideration
for several days. 1t is that of throwing
an electrical wave into the tank so that
a particular mine can be exploded. The
mines were placed in the tank yesterday
before the show. opened, and one not to be
used was placed, apparently in safety, in
Mr.. Edison's desk; which was situated
several feet from the border of the tank.
Mr.. Clark, the man who sends the wave
from the instrument in the gallery, was
in charge of the sender and Mr.. Edison
in charge of the receiver. AS the wave
sent to the tank it spread, and in
spreading caused an unlocked for explo-
sion, which demolished Mr.. Edison's desk
and destroyed many valuable papers. This
startled everybody, and called for the i'm
mediate action of the fire brigade in the
Garden. The demonstration of the cleo
trical wave was a most important one,
and the discovery. at this time of its La
bility to extend its radius when the full
power of the wave is exerted will give Mr..
Edison something to study out and Mr..
Clark something to think Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
Cuban General Has 10000 Mel
in His Command.
They are Better Equipped Thar
Ever Before.
SPANIARDS RETIR E.
Withdraw Their Forces to Prov
ince of Santiago.
Garcia Still Has Headquarters
at BayamO.

Key West, Fla, June 1.-Couriers
from Cuba today brought highly en-
couraging reports from General Cal
ixto Garcia's army. Garcia alone, it is
said has ten thousand men, better
equipped then ever before, except In
the matter of clothing, and they are in
excellent spirits. Five thousand men,
it is added. occupy territory along the
northern coast near Manati- The Span
ish troops have withdrawn to Santiago,
and Manzanillo and General Garcia still
holds his headquarters at Bayamo.
General Mario MenOca1 has been
obliged to abandon his contemplated
attack on Holquin, province of Santi-
ago de Cuba, General Lugue of the
Spanish army, having thrown ten thou
sand men into the city and strongly
fortified neighboring hills.
The Cuban military leaders have been
discussing the summer campaign. They
believe five or six thousand men can
we'll be spared from Santiago province,
where the Spaniards are entirely on the
defensive, and sent to the western part
of the island
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
ROBBED A TRUNK.
Gem Thieves of Note Cornered in
Chicago.

Chicago, June 1.-The thief who stole
$4,000 worth of diamonds from Mrs.
Howe's trunk while it was on Its way
from her residence in West End ave-
nue., New York, to Peoria, several
weeks ago. Is said to be in Chicago,
cornered by detectives, who only await
instructions from the east to arrest
him. Descriptions of pawned gems col
Iected by the Chicago detective bureau
and submitted to an operative or
Schott's detective agency of New York
furnished the clew whereby the most
valuable of the jewels have been traced
to a pawnshop and the identity OF the
man who pawned them ascertained.
The suspected robber is under surveil-
lance.
Mrs. Howe's diamonds were packed
in a Jewel case in the bottom of her
trunk when she started on trip west,
but at Peoria, where the trunk was
opened, the gems were discovered to
be missing. They were heIrlooms in
unique settings and were priced beyond
their money value.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
NEW DEATH ENGINE.
Half-Ton Shells May Be Exploded
Among Spaniards.

New York, June Hudson Maxim,
an inventor and brother of Hiram Max
i'm, the gun inventor, arrived here to-
day on the steamship Lucania- He will
go to Washington to place before the
government propositions relative to his
aerial torpedo guns.
Mr.. Maxim is not connected with his
brother firm in England, but is at the
head OF the Maxim Powder and TOrpe-
do company of New York, which has
been organized to succeed the ZaIinski
Dynamite Gun company. He will seek
to have the government adopt the az
rial torpedo gun for coast defense and
also to build a torpedo cruiser Sucn a
cruiser as would be required could he
built at a cost Of $500, 900.
The gun which it is hoped the govern
ment will use is made in various sizes.
That which it is proposed should be
used would carry a half-ton aerial tor
pedo nine miles. Either compressed
gun cotton or picric acid can be used
in the torpedo. For expelling it from
the gun cordite is used.
A half-ton shell, it is said, will ey-
plode with a destructive area of Al, 900
square feet and one ton shell with a
destructive area of 900 square feet.
A ton shell, however, can be thrCwa
only five miles,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
SNAKES PICK HOPS.
Indiana Man Does Away With HUI
man Labor.

Deer Lick, Ind, June Hop picking
is one of the industries of this county,
and gives employment to several hum
dred persons each year. In 1896 the en-
ployers had considerable trouble with
pickers over the question of wages.
The pickers wished to be paid by the
hour, but the hop growers wished to
The matter as a general proposition is
still unsettled except by one hop grow
er, Jacob Presley, on Deer Lick bot
toms. He did not hire any pickers at
all this year, and yet his hops are
picked and cured. The story is a Gu
rious one, and begins in 1895, when Mr.
Presley first noticed two yellow snakes
in his hop field. His first impulse was
to kill them, but their actions were so
odd that he stopped to watch them.
The snakes would climb the hop poles
and pick every blossom throwing them
upon the ground. Then they would ex-
tract a certain amount of hop from the
set Mr.. Presley to thinking if the
snakes could not be utilized instead of
men and women.
In the spring of 1896 he found nest
of thirteen yellow snakes down by the
creek, and, capturing them alive, he
took them home. In the fall he tried
them, and with such success that he
determined to use them this year Ac-
cordingIy he hired no hands, to the
great surprise of his neighbors. In
stead he turned the snakes loose, put
ting $50 baskets on the ground to eaten
the hops as they fell. The experiment
was a great success, but Mr. Presley
has incurred the deadly enmity, of the
Hop Pickers' union, the president OF
which, Bob Habernut, promises to put
a boycott on Presley's snake-picked
hons This winter
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STRIKE ENDS.
Lebanon, Penn, Furnaces Again Car
rying Fires.

Lebanon, June 1.-The strike inaugur-
ated several days ago at the Bird Cole
man and North Cornwall furnaces at
Cornwall by the American and Hungar-
ian employees of the Lackawanna Iron
and Steel company. of Scranton, is
practically at an end. One of the three
furnaces affected by the trouble has
resumed, and the other two will begin
operations again in a few days.
Armed deputy sheriffs still guard the
North Cornwall furnace, where opera
lions were resumed yesterday, although
the strikers have made no efforts to
again drive out the workmen. No eff
fort was made today to resume opera
lions at the Bird Coleman furnaces,
and Manager Grammer will not begin
work there for several days. The stri-
kers are now thoroughly frightened
since the arrest of four of their leaders,
and the appearance at Cornwall of the
Sheridan troop, which were out on a
practice scout.
Today a number of the strikers vol
unteered to return to work as soon as
operations are resumed. Constable
George A. Hunter, a deputy sheriff, and
Captain Bennett, a boss of the Lacka-
wanna company, were fired on last
night by strikers who lay in ambush,
but their aim was poor and both men
escaped injury.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
LIKE CY LELAND.
Milwaukee Postmaster Dodges Civil
Services Rules.

Milwaukee, Wis. June 1.-Gradually
Postmaster Stiilman is circumvenring
the civil service law and is reno ing
all of the Democrats in the posta! ser
vice in Milwaukee. Today he removed
Captain W. p. O'COnnor, superb nten0-
ent of city delivery, and appointed in
his place Captain w. G. Denny. In no
tifying Captain O'Connor of his re-
moval the postmaster offered him a po-
sition as carrel. Captain O'Connor
was recognized as one of the most eff
f1cient men who has ever been at the
head of the depe rtment in Milwaukee,,
and in his removal all the rules of the
civil service were set at naught.
A short time ago Postmaster Sti1Iman
removed Roman Czerwinski, who was
superintendent of the registry depart
ment, a trivial charge, gen raIlv
supposed to have been trumped upThe
national civil service league is now con-
Quoting n investigation with q view
of determining whether charges shall
be preferred against Postmaster Still
man or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
NEW NORMAL SCHOOL.
Will Be Opened at Nickerson in Sep
tember.

Nickerson, June PROF L. B. Smith
OF Great Bend, Kan, and Prof. ]. H.
Jackson of this city have made a CON
tract with the board of education of this
building for ten years, and will open the
Nickerson normal school in September.
Prof. smith has been in the Great Bend
college for ten years and is now al the
head of that institution. Prof Jackson
mas been the principal of the schools in
this city for four years, and was re-elect-
ed for the ensuing year.
The high school of this city will be
merged into the Nickerson normal. The
building leased is six-room pressed
brick two-story structure, and money to
make the necessary changes in the build
ing and to build an addition has been rails
ed by private subscription.
The school will be incorporated under
the laws of the state and will issue di-
plomaS to graduates. 1t will open with
six or seven teachers and from $50 to 200
pupils. Locating this school here was one
OF the most important steps ever taken by
the residents of this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
BIG SACK RACE.
Rev. Myron Reed Says Legs of Pow
ers are Tangled.

Denver, June In a memorial day SER
mon Rev. Myron Reed said:
"a nations real strength and happiness
do not depend on properties and territories
nor on machinery for their defense, but on
getting such territory they have well
filled with none but respectable persons
Not but that in the present state of things
it may often be a Soldiers duty to seize
territory and hold it strongly; but only
from banditti savage or idle persons.
The war against Spain is a war against
Mr.. Ruskin's banditti, savage and idle per.
sons, burners of hospitals, murderers of
women. I feel one way and think an
other. In my small way am like Mr..
Rusl1in,, generally he hates war On &C
disgusting things about this war. There
are lot of people plotting how to make
that the cable ought to be cut between
Washington and New York.
"One Fourth Of July in Gunnison I saw
a sack race. The racing men got their
legs into. bags, and thus hobbled; made
a a3r tn an i inch and half. The more haste
the less speed. There is something in
this war that tangles the legs of the pow
ers that be. There is a sack used in
but never handled it. There is much in
any war, even a just one, that is vulgar
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
MURDERER GOES MAD.
Illinois Criminal Cheats Gallows With
Hydrophobia-

Carlinville, Ill, June From evil
dence last evening and today William
Perrine, the self confessed murderer of
his daughter, Anna, aged Is, will cheat
the gallows. He has been committed
to jail two weeks. Recently he inform
ed his fellow prisoners and the attend
ants that he was suffering from the
bite of a mad dog.
Last night he became violent, bark
ing and snarling like a dog, biting and
tearing his clothes to pieces and giving
every evidence of the rabies. He is of
herculean proportions and his spasmS
were terrible. Finally he was over
powered and heavy opiates administer
ed. If he is shamming his pretense is
an excellent imitation. His crime is
the most loathsome of any in the GRIM
inal calendar of Macoupin county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
OPPOSED MARRIAGE.
Immigrants Deported For Refusing
to Comply With Law.

New York, June detained at the
barge office are Frederick Recke, a
German printer, and Amalie Wilkrossa,
tall, slender and black eyed. They ar
rived on the Chester from Southampton
on Wednesday as man and wife. They
had not been married, as they do not
believe in the marriage ceremony.
They lived together two years in Lon
don and are atheists.
When told that they would have to be
married or be deported they said they
preferred to be sent back to London,
where they could live without being
married.
Some of the fellow passenger of the
couple said that from conversation they
overheard they believed the man and
woman to be NihiliStS. The case has
been referred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
ORANGES FOR SOLDIERS.
Los Angeles Remembers the Troops
at San Francisco.

Los Angeles, June 1.-The. Southern
Pacific company notified the chamber
of commerce yesterday that car would
be placed at the disposal of the cham
Der for shipping oranges and other fruit
to San Francisco for the soldiers. The
car will be loaded today and sent to-
morrow. The Pacific Steamship COM
pany will take fifty boxes, free of
charge, on the steamer that leaves for
the north this afternoon.
Pasadena, Pomona and Santa Ana Of
fer a car load of oranges. Generous Of
fers have been received from Capt.
Thorn, H. G. Horne, and many other in
dividualS.
All deliveries made in the name of the
chamber of commerce to the Southern
Pacific freight office will be sent free OF
charge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
JOINS EPISCOPALTANS.
DR.. Briggs, the Noted Minister,
Changes Faith.

New York, June 1-Prof. Charles Au-
gustus Briggs, d. D., of the faculty of
the Union Theological seminary, was
ordained as a deacon in the Protestant
Episcopal church yesterday. The cere-
mony was performed by Right Rev
Henry {. Potter, D. D., bishop of New
York, in Grace church. Only a small
number of the clergy and the family of
Dr. Briggs were present at the service
shortly before Easter DR.. Briggs was
received into the Episcopal Communion.
having determined to leave the Pres
byterian denomination, in the ministry
OF which he had long been a conspicu-
Gus figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
BRYAN'S REPLY.
Tells Governor Stephens Nebraska
Has Prior Claims.

Lincoln, Neb., June 1.-Wn1. ). Bryan
wired Gov. Stephens of Missouri the
following reply to his offer Of
colonelcy of a Missouri regiment:
Gov. Lon V. Stephens, Jefferson City,
Mo-
II am deeply indebted to you for the
pleased to be associated in any capacity
with the Missouri volunteers, but it is
quite certain that all or considerable
portion of my regiment, will be ac-
cepted and feel that my first duty is
to the Nebraska boys.
wv. ]. BRYAN"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
NO FOUR CENT FARES.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Knocks
Milwaukee Out.

Milwaukee, Wis, June Judge Sea-
man, in the United States court today
decided the four cent fare case of the
city of Milwaukee against the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
company, in favor of the Street Rail
way company. The case involved the
validity of the ordinance to compel the
Street Railway company to sell TWEEN
ty-f1ve tickets for one dollar. Judge
Seaman pronounced the ordinance as
illegal The case will probably be ap-
peaIed to the United States supreme
court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
LOW RATES
To Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Dem
yer on June and 6, 1898.

One fare plus $500 for round trip.
Tickets good for return at any time
from June IL to July 6, 1898. The Santa
Fe is the only line that runs all it's Col
Orado trains through Pueblo and Color
ado Springs to Denver, and that lights
its day coaches and chair cars by the
axle electric light. The rock ballasted
track and the automatic block signal
system assure safety in transit Par
ticulars on application to w. c. Gar
yer, Agent, A, 7. & S. F. Ry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
The Direct Line

to Denver, Salt Lake City, San Francis
CO and Portland, is via the Union Pacif-
&c. The service of the Union Pacific to
all principal western points is unex-
celled by any other line and consists of
Pullman Palace Sleepers, Pullman
Tourist SleeperS, Chair Cars, Dining
Cars. meals a la carte.)
For time table and full information
call on F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Agent,
J. c. Fulton, Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
PIXIES PEAK

And other Distinctive Colorado
Scenes for the Car Windows.
Santa Fe trains carry you through
some of the most pleasing sections of
Colorado by daylight. Tickets to Pu-
eblo, Colorado Springs and Denver on
sale, June 5, and 6, 1898, at one fare,
plus $500 for the round trip. Good for
return June II to July 6, 1898. Details
on application to
w. c. CARNEY,
Agent A. T. & S. F. Ry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
STRUCK AN ICEBERG.
Ley1and's Liner Cestrian Has Her
Bows Crushed.

Boston, June 1.-The Leyland line
steamship Cestrian came into port to-
day from Liverpool with her bows bad
ly crushed as a result of a collision
with an iceberg. The accident occurred
on the night of May q in latitude AZ 40
north, longitude 4S.15 west, and caused
damage estimated at $4,000. The cool
ness of her officers prevented a panic
among the 100 or more souls on board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
MANY People Cannot Drink

coffee atNpight. It Spots their sleep
You can drfRlz Grain-O when you please
and eIaeo IiLA a top For Grain-O does
not STIMULATED Lit nourishes, cheers and
feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, young
fect drink Made from pure grains. Get
a package from your grocer today. Try
# in place of coffee. Is and Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
NICOLINI'S ESTATE.
About 100000 Divided Among His
Three Children.

London, June 1.-The will of the late
Signor Ernesto Nicolini husband of
Madame Adelina PattD, who died on
January Is last, at Pau, France, was
probated today. The estate is valued
at $205, Jos. Nicolini left 100000 to his
widow, Adelina Patti, and the same
amount among his three children by his
first marriage, but Patti renowned her
legacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worlxer, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
Only One Night co Denver

Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Santa
Fe Route. Pullman palace sleepers and
free reclining chair cars through No
other line runs ats trains through an
these points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

We make q speciality of doing up COL
ored shirts and waists and guarantee
ing colors. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
A First Class Train

FOR evervbody-the train that leaves
Tnneka 40 a. m. daily via Santa Fe.
A local train running only between To-
neka and Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

The Only Line to Denver
via Pueblo and Colorado Springs-the
santa Fe Through Pullman sleepers
and free chair cars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
S1.47.

Rogers best triple plate knives and
forks, $1.47 set during annual June
sale of silverware. G. H. Morrison, sos
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

We will do your laundry work on
short order withoutout extra charge.
Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01
The Only Lime to Denver

Via Pueblo and Colorado Springs-the
Santa Fe. Through Pullman sleepers
and free chair cars.
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New Shell for war Purposes.

Hagerstown, Md, June 1.-Charles N
Teeter of this place has invented a bomb
or shell that is receiving much attention
from the navy department. The she'll is
not for bombarding purposes, but is in
tended primarily to enable torpedo boats
without being seen. The device is a she'll,
conical or globular in form, packed with
a compound which will when exploded
emit an immense cloud of dense smo ke The
idea is to fire these shells at a ship or a
battery. and when they strike or the fuse
with which they are fitted causes them to
explode a dense smoke will arise and en-
velop the vessel or fort While the yes
sci or fort is thus enveloped a torpedo
boat can approach and destroy it. while
the guns on board the vessel or in the fort
cannot be directed against the torpedo
boat, because the men on board cannot see
through the enveloping smoke.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

Collars and cuffs Hundred to look like
new by Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

Not how cheap but how good is ths
vav we try to do our work. Peerless
steam Laundry. 112 ard ia West Sth
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

Stop that barking by the use Bat
1ard's Horehound Syrup. It arrests
the cough. allays irritation of the
throat and relieves congestion of the
lungs in a day. It is safe and pleas
ant to take and never disappoints ESQ
and soc. Geo. W. Stansfleld, 632 Kansas
avenue, and Miller's Pharmacy. corner
Sixth and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-01

Give Jones your ice trade. New ice
plant. Tel 430.
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The ChesterfieId Hotel

OF Topeka, Kansas, is now under the
management of Charles L. Wood.