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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-19
Freight Wrecked and Burned.

Abilene, Jan. 19.-Two freight trains
on the Missouri Pacific col1ided in front
Of the depot at Hope. Two cars were
thrown into the building, and a fire
started, burning three cars and the
building Three trainmen were hurt,
but not seriously. One engine was
wrecked.
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WOODEN MILL GOODS.
Remarkable Sales of the Home Pro-
duct.

Mr. Auerbach of the Palace Clothing
company said today: During the last
three days We have sold one hundred and
fifty pairs of trousers, all made at the To
peka wooden mill from the cloth woven
a the mill I have just placed order
with the mill for $3.50 of goods
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FLORISTS.
NJ RS. J. r. HAGUE, Florist, successor
~ to R. ]. Groves.S17 Kas. av. Phone 602-
w. c GROVES. successor to r. J. Groves
greenhouses 1172-75-77 Clay St. store. S21
Kansas ave- Phone 2S3.
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Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and ia West sth.
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Tahler,s Ruckeve


Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment
gives instant relief. It allays infiam-
nation and heals 1t is prompt in its
action and positive in it's effect It is
the kind that cures without pain or
discomfort. It is for piles only. SOC.
Tubes, 75c.
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1851, when the war broke out, he had
gained the rank of lieutenant command
er, in which capacity he served duri-..:
the conflict. He was on the steam frig-
ate Mississippi at New Orleans, Port
Hudson and Fort DoneIson. where he
took an active share in the water hos
tilities.
IN 1872 received his commission Al
commander, and IN 1884 he was raised
to the rank Of captain. From that tirro
until 1889, when he was commissioned
as commodore, ne served the navy de-
partment in several capacities and has
come to be regarded as a reliable officer
IN an emergency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-19

Pure Buckwheat Flour at J. H. Hell
ler'S, 2Z7 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-19

Guaranteed TOBACCO habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. SOC, g.. All druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-19
WANTED-HELP.

WANTED-Uprigh and faithful gentle
men or ladies TO travel for responsible,
established house in Kansas. Monthly SIS
and expenses. Position steady. Refer
ence. Enclose self-addressed stamped en-
velOpe. The Dominion Company, Dept.
K, Chicago.
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sALEsMEN WANrEp.

$50 A WEEK and expenses paid men ia
sell cigars on time. Experience unnec-
essary. The W. L. Kline Co., st. Louis
No
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.

STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
N-~~--~~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-----
THE J. c DARLING CO. 7s4 KAN. AVE,
TOPEKA Send for catalogue and prices
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LOST AND FOUND.


LOST-In Oakland, a 1ady's pocketbOOk
with S45 in it. Reward for return to
Chas. Eichar, 4S4 Sumner ave.
c1oc1-S cleaned for SOC q05 Kansas ave
upstairs.
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NEW YORK REGIMENT.
Will be Sent East as Whole, and
Not in Battalions.


SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10-The
latest instructions from the War De-
partment are that the New York Regi-
ment shall be transported to New York
as a whole, and not in battalions, as
heretofore stated This will necessitate
the postponement of the departure of
the First Battalion until the arrival
of the balance of the regiment from
Honolulu
The steamer City of Peking, which
was due here yesterday from Homo
lulu with several hundred of the New
Yorkers, has not yet put in an appear
ance, but her delay is accounted for by
the officers of the steamer Hupeh,
which arrived from the Orient via
Honolulu last night, who state that the
embarkation of the New Workers was
progressing slowly. She is expected to
arrive early tomorrow morning.
The steamer Scandia. due to arrive
here next week, will bring a large de-
tachment, and the balance of the New
Yerkers will come on the steamer Ala
meda, due on the 14th.
1t will depend greatly on the general
health of the New Workers whether or
not they will be sent home in time for
Christmas. OF the men already here
sixteen are in the division hospital. If
the health of the men to arrive here is
good, the regiment will probably go
East almost at once, but should it be
poor, the soldiers will be detained until
such time as the health of the regiment
permits transportation.
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BOTKIN CASE.
Petition to Enjoin Judge Cook
From Proceeding With Trial.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1O.-W. L.
Harper of this city to-day petitioned
the Supreme Court to enjoin Superior
Judge Carroll Cook from proceeding
with the trial of Mrs. Cordena Botkin,
the accused murderess of Mrs. John p.
Dunning of Dover, Del.
The action of Harper was taken to
determine the rights Of the Superior
Court to try the case, in view of the
fact that the Supreme Court refused to
extradite Mrs. Botkin. 1t has been ru-
mored that the defense would take some
such action in the case after all the evil.
dence had been introduced, and then
to step in and declare that the court
lacked jurisdiction in the case. If the
defense waited until such q stage it
would be after the State had spent more
than $4,000 in the case, and it is to pre-
vent this great expenditure that Har-
per took the action that he did. The
case has already cost the State many
thousands of dollars.
1t is not known what action will be.
taken by the Supreme Court.
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Commits Three Murders, and Then Ends
His Own Life.
His Sister and Her Husband Two OF
the Victims-No Reason Known
for the Awful Crimes, Except
That the Murderer Was Consid-
cred Mentally Unbalanced, and
Out Of His Mind at Times.

FREE SOIL (Mich.), Dec. 10.-Will-
lam Hitchings yesterday murdered his
brother in-l law, John Hunt; also, his
sister, Mrs. Hunt. and Thomas Hay
ward, a sixteen-year-old youth en-
ployed by Hunt. Hitehings then cut
his throat.
The three We're cutting wood togeth-
er on Hunts farm, two miles west or
this village, when Hitchings, without
warning, attacked his brother-in-laW
with an AK, killing him instantly. The
insane man then chased Hayward un-
til the latter slipped and fell. and
Hitchings killed the PROSTATE boy with
his ak.
Hitchings next covered his brother
in-law's body with brush, and then
proceeded to the farmhouse, and after
a terrible and desperate struggle with
Mrs. Hunt, he stabbed her in the neck
with a jackknife, killing her also.
After the woman's body was dis
posed of by being pushed under a bed,
Hitchings went up stairs to his own
room, leaving unmolested a baby
asleep in it's cradle The madman's
last act was to apply the knife to his
own throat. He succeeded in killing
himself. evidently after two attempts
EIitchings was considered not to be
right mentally, and out of his mind
at times. No adequate reason for his
awful crimes is as yet known.
The dead womans young daughter
found her mothers body on her return
from school. Her clothes had been
nearly torn off in the unequal struggle.
Neighbors found the bodies of Hunt
and Hayward in the woods late at
NIGHT
The record-union., 1898-12-11
T. C. WALKER DISASTER.
Inquiry Into the Causes Of the Ex-
plosion Resumed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-The in
quiry into the causes of the fatal ex-
piosion on the river boat T. c. Walker
was resumed this morning by United
States Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers
Bolles and Bulger.
Robert Dempsey, fireman on the
Walker, testified that on many occa-
sions the water in the boilers was very
low, and on one trip when he came on
duty he found ths boiler empty, as in
dicated by the water gauge.
John Greenwood, ex-assistant engi-
neer of the Walker, stated that it had
been the usual practice for the Walker
to race against the rival boats, and
when this was done the fresh water
would be used up and salt water would
be let into the boilers.
The inquiry was adjourned until
Monday, when the crew of the Walker
will be called to testify.
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BRANDES EXAMINATION.
The Preliminary Hearing May Not
BE Completed Before the 1st.

OAKLAND, Dec. 1O.-The prelimi-
nary hearing in the William A. Brandes
murder case will be the longest on rec
-ord of Alameda County, nearly two
weeks having already been occupied.
Judge Cliff fears that it may not be
ended before his term on the bench ex-
pires with the year.
The prolongation is caused by the eff
forts of Sawyer and Bennett, the de-
fendant's lawyers, to bring out every
bit OF the evidence, in order to prevent
surprises at the Superior Court trial.
BY the maneuvering of the prosecu-
ton, District Attorney Allen will be
able to compel Brandes to go on the
witness stand when the preliminary
hearing of Mrs. Eta Brandes, the IL
legal wife, is begun, and evidence may
be obtained in regard to the marriage
relationship, at the least. The woman
viii probably not turn States evidence,
at least not prior to the Superior Court
trial, and it is anticipated that she may
have to defend herself against accusing
statements from the man.
The record-union., 1898-12-11
Los ANGELES LEGISLATORS.
Favor Bu11a for United States
Senator.

LOS ANGELES, Dec 1O.-The AS
semblymen and Senators elected from
tLis county at the recent election met
at 10 O'Clock in this city for the pur-
pose of entering into discussion with
the business men of the county and
city regarding prospective legislation.
Questions of salaries of county officials.
appropriations for public institutions,
the maintenance of an exhibit at the
Paris Exposition, the good roads bill
and others were considered.
The legislators this afternoon. in in
|terviews with the Evening Express, =
The record-union., 1898-12-11

Mr.. Bath, the proprietor of the Arcade
Hotel of Sacramento, says: l take great
pleasure in calling the attention of the
public to one of our home institutions
the Sacramento Sanitarium. more popu-
larly known as The Neagle Medical InSti-
tute. located at 72413 X street.
great sufferer from kidney troubles, with
catarrh of the nose and throat. had Sc
we're constipation and indigestion, with
bloating of my stomach after eating.
had pains in my back and extending into
my hips. I put myself under the treat
ment of DR.. Neagle and associates. Now,
after a few months treatment, / am a
well man: I never got such quick relief
in my life. w. BATH.
My daughter Myrtle had a very severe
trouble with her left ear. 1t had been
charge was very offensive and threatened
to destroy the ear. Three months ago
Medical institute and She was promptly
G. W. BOWSER.
Myself, daughter and son have been
treated and cured at the Neagle Medical
Institute, and we feel that we. could not
say enough in praise OF pom thad 19sftpslon. Rnss
Proprietor of Ross Hotel Roseville. Cali
Several years ago I had a severe spell
of sickness. which caused me to become
deaf. I could not hear the loudest talk
ing WAS tra5ed snd was as copeegy Gg cIee
SdA lAiotilutC oiAA
and now I hear well. +. EVANS.
Ophir, California.
! had been a long sufferer from rheu-
matism and neuralgia. have been COM
pletely cured at the Neagle Medical In
stitute. My two sons We're also treated
and promptly cured at the same Institute.
1t is with great confidence that we rec
ommend all who are suffering from any
kind of sickness to go there and be
treated. Mrs. .. DOWDlN-
NatoTna California.
Diseases of women and children given
special attention.
Nervous Diseases, Nervous Prostration,
Nervous and General Debility made
specially. Symptom blank No. sent free
Consultation. either at the Institute or
by mail free and strictly confidential
Observation-Disclosures, catarrhal troubles
and chronic diseases.
|, NEAGLE MEDICAL INSTITUTE OF
PHYSICIANS AM. SURGEONS, located
permanently at 7241a K street. Sacra-
noento.
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FIRE AT STOCKTON.
Results in Damage Estimated at
Twelve Thousand Dollars.

STOCKTON, Dec. 10.-Fire broke out
early tonight in the paint shop and
storeroom of the Stockton Paint Com
pany, in the rear of the Avon Theater
block, corner Main and California
streets, and before the firemen could
get the blaze out about $4,000 worth
of damage was done.
The building is owned by the Misses
Schrieke of Oakland, who recently
erected a business block here, and the
stock was owned by the Stockton Paint
Company. The paint shop is a one
story structure Immediately in the rear
of the Schrieke building, and was filled
with paints, oils and wall paper.
The Schrieke building was to have
been turned over by the contractors to-
day, but something caused a delay, so
the loss falls. on the contractors, Lee &
Lewis, who are Well insured
For time it seemed that the fire
would get the whole block, but it was
finally checked, though the blazing oils
floating on the water made it danger
Gus work.
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WAR INVESTIGATION.
CHIEF SURGEON HAvARD BE-
FORE THE COMMISSION.
Some Regiments at Santiago Were
Not Efficiently Supplied With
Medical Officers.

| WASHINGTON, Dec. TO- ~ Major
| Valery Havard, Chief Surgeon of the
| Department of Santiago, who went
with the first expeditionary force un-
der General Shafter as Chief Surgeon
| of the Cavalry Division, testified be-
fore the War Investigating Commis-
sion to-day that his medical supplies
on landing at Siboney were adequate
for the needs of the cavalry for per-
haps a fortnight, but not longer. It
was impossible at first to unload any
supplies, and, leaving some one in
charge with instructions to do his
| best to get out supplies, he hurried
| forward without supplies to the front,
as battle was impending. He made
every effort to get supplies landed, but
the difficulty was great, and he could
get no boat to reach the transport Rio
Grande for this purpose. At the Sec
ond Division Hospital the medicine,
dressing and stimulants were sufficient,
but the bedding, food, etc., We're mad
equate.
He admitted that some regiments in
the Santiago campaign were not sup
piled sufficiently with medical officers.
| AT the battle of Siboney the wounded,
he said were transferred back to the
division hospital by improvised 1itters
of rope-crossed poles and emptied am
bulance wagons. Surgeon Havard says
he was Chief Surgeon in command
after July 3d. and that to his knowl-
edge no transports carrying the sick
had been sent away improperly sup
piled.
Going back to the difficulty in get
ting at supplies, he said he believed,
first, the transports were not properly
loaded when sent to Cuba: second,
that there were no adequate means OF
loading, and. third, no adequate means
of carrying supplies to the interior.
General Flagler, Chief of the Bureau
of Ordnance, testified concerning the
condition of the coast defenses at the
time war was declared. and advocated
keeping a greater supply of guns and
ammunition on hand. This testimony
was followed by the subioined series
of interrogations and answers:
Were you interfered with in any
way by any superior officer in making
your contracts for supplies from the
Ordnance Department."
"I have no complaints to make. I
could not say so, because it would be
too sweeping a reply"
wv ere any contracts maze or Wnlcn
you did not approve?"
Eyes, in some cases; one for 10000
Winchester rifles
And how many guns?"
''In one case for some rapid-fir
guns"
Had you experimental with models
of them at Sandy Hook?"
Eyes"
Were they satisfactory"
''Well, one type, a wire-wound gun,
was not satisfactory"
Were any of your recommendations
as to purchases of arms overruled or
turned DOWN."
'sYes."
Questioned as. to the rifles contracted
for without his approval General
Flagler said they were purchased by
the Secretary of War, and while not
certain, he presumed they were on the
recommendation of the General of the
army.
The commission then adjourned over
until Monday.
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MORE WARSHlPS FOR DEWEY.
THE FLEET AT MANILA TO BE
STRENGTHENED.
Navy Department Brought Face to
Face With Serious Condition,
Owing to Lack Of Crews.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Admiral
Dewey's fleet will be strengthened
shortly by the addition of some SER
viceable gunboats. The Bennington,
now at Honolulu, has been ordered to
proceed to Guam, in the Ladrone
group, and make survey of the har-
Dor, with view to the establishment
there of a naval station. This done,
she will join Dewey's fleet.
By that time or before the Helena
will have arrived at Manila, and the
Concord and the Petrol, now cruising
in Chinese waters, will have returned,
and altogether the Admiral will have
a sufficient force of small vessels un-
der his command to carry out the
Presidents policy respecting the Phil
ippines, and to bring into submission
any of the islanders who may prove
refractory, and to release Spanish
prisoners held in confinement by the
insurgents.
The Navy Department is now con-
vinced that it will not be practicable
to carry out a project it entertained
at one time looking to the reduction
of the United States naval force on
the Asiatic station, and has settled
down to the conviction that the fleet
must rather be considerably rein
forced, if the attempt is to be made
to maintain law and order in the 1,200
Philippine Islands, and still afford
proper protection to the important in
terests of the United States along the
Asiatic Coast. The combined naval
forces of Great Britain and the United
States in these waters will greatly ex-
ceed those of any two nations in that
quarter of the world.
The necessity for maintaining a
strong force in the East has brought
the navy face to face with a very seri-
Gus condition. Under the law passed
of enlistment of about 1900 sailors
will expire within three and a half
months, and the department is forbid
den to re-enlist them. The immediate
result will be that nearly half the ships
in commission will have to be retired
from active service for lack of crews.
Even at present two naval vessels,
the Philadelphia and the Yorktown, are
charged with the impossible task of
patroling the whole western coast line
of the Pacific, from the Behring Sea
to Cape Horn. Hawaii is included in
their beat. 81
Strong representations have been
been made to the Navy Department
by prominent business interests look
ing to the re-establiShment of the
South Atlantic station as it was be-
fore the war, on the ground that Unit
ted States interests are jeopardized by
the present hiatus, but the Navy De-
partment finds itself unable TO do this
unless Congress enacts the legislation
earnestly requested by Secretary Long
and by Assistant Secretary Allen for
a general reformation and strengthen
ing of the personnel of the navy.
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DUTY ON CHINESE SHOES.
Judge HawIey Upho1ds the Ruling
of the General Appraisers.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-United
States District Judge Hawley rendered
an opinion to-day against EXCLUSIONS
Collector Wise in the matter of the
duty to be paid on a consignment of
Chinese shoes shipped to Chez Chong
& Co. of this city.
Mg. Wise had decided that the shoes
should be classed as cotton goods, and
that duty should be paid thereon at
the rate Of 90 per cent. ad valorem,
the rate on leather shoes being % per
cent. The importers appealed to the
United States General Board of APP
praisers at New York, and they decid-
ed that ''the chief component of value"
in the shoes was leather, and that they
were dutiable as leather shoes at %
per cent. ad valorem.
The case was again appealed to the
United States District Court, and Judge
Hawley upheld the decision of the
United States Board of General APP
praisers.
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One Man Killed and Four Others Injured,
One Probably Fatally.
Preliminary Hearing Of w. A.
Brandes, Charged With the
Murder Of His Daughter, the
Longest on Record in Alameda
County-Has Been in Progress
Nearly Two Weeks, and the End
Not Yet in Sight.

PRESCOTT, Dec. 10.-A head-end
collision occurred two miles north OF
Prescott this afternoon, in which one
man was killed and four others in
jured, one probably fatally.
The northbound extra had just left
the yards, when it met the regular
Prescott and Eastern train from Mayer
in deep cut and on a curve.
Engineer w. Fl. Wade of the extra
was instantly killed and Conductor
James Atkinson and Fireman Love
were seriously injured. Engineer
Thomas Gatfield and Fireman George
Walker of the Prescott and Eastern
train were also seriously injured. 1t is
thought Gatfield will die.
The record-union., 1898-12-11
CALIFORNIA WINES.
The Cheaper Grades May Find a
Good Market in Germany.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 10 = Paul
Lehment of Kier and Wilhelm Lehment
Of Berlin, Germany, wine merchants,
arrived here to-day from the East.
They have come to study the Califor-
mia wine market, with view of buy
ing cheap wines for their German GUS
toners at home.
Paul Lehment said to-day that at
present American wines have an adj
vantage over Spanish wines imported
under existing German terms. The
cheaper American wines such as he
wants to buy, are taxed at the rate of
$4.S5 for every twenty-four pounds,
while the same weight of Spanish
wines is taxed at S5.S2. He thinks that
If California wines can be imported
into Germany SO as to permit their
sales at the popular low price, they
will undoubtedly take a leading place,
and generally supersede the wines from
Spain and France.
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MCKAY MUST GO TO PRISON.
The Supreme Court Sustains the
Decision of the Lower Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1O.-William
Barron Mckay of San Mateo County
will have to stand the punishment
measured out to him for killing Robert
Curry, although the fatal shot was not
intended for the victim. Such is the
decision of the Supreme Court
Mckay and a man named Gerke had
fight The latter rushed into the
house and secured a pistol, but Curry
attempted to prevent the shedding of
blood In the struggle for the pistol
the weapon was discharged and the
peacemaker was slain.
Mckay was convicted of man
slaughter and appealed to the higher
court, but to no purpose, for the de-
cision of the lower court was sustained
and a new trial denied.
The record-union., 1898-12-11

not all right. 1t is, known that Jackson
is receiving quantity of mail from the
PCStoffice.
Investigation shows that Upton is on
the rolls for 81. .705 real estate. and j.
w. Hamble for 81. 205. Jackson is down
for $3.50 personal property. The men
are not widely known, but are well
spoken of
The record-union., 1898-12-11
Poisoned Her Husband.

WICHITA. tKan.), Dec. 10.-Mrs. Lulu
Johnston of Pond Creek, Oklahoma, is
in jail at Pond Creek and will be tried
December 10th on the charge of poi
soning her sixth husband at Lawrence,
Kan, in May. She is also accused OF
poisoning a half-brother in Sumner
County, Kan, last July.
The record-union., 1898-12-11
A Woman Fatally Burned.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1O.-An aged
woman named Mrs Gillen, who resides
on Santee street, was fatally burned
last night while warming herself over
an oil stove Her clothes caught fire,
and before help arrived she was fear
fully burned. and died to-day after
hours Of suffering.
The record-union., 1898-12-11
BASEBALL AT THE BAY.
The Oaklands Defeat the San Fran
ciscos by a Score of to 2.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10.-The San
Francisco baseball nine rushed the
Christmas season to-day by making
present of the game at Recreation Park
to Oakland. The donation was made
in the first inning with a weird and
butchery Of one Shea, who died in the
box that became his coffin, TO the ac-
compartment of groans from the grand
stand. -Four of the Oaklanders toured
the paths Of burial plot during the pro-
ccedings, and the lead was never over
come, the score standing 5 to 2 at the
end Of the funeral.