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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
ON A HOT TRAIL.
Frankfort Printer Disappears in a
Deranged Condition.

Frankfort Aug Wv. F. Colford,
the printer who has been working in
the Bee office, and who was sandbagged
by Chas. Schraier, a tough character
has disappeared very mysteriOusly. He
left all of his personal effects here and
no one saw him go or knows where he
went. He had been complaining con-
sfderably of a pain in the back part of
his head where he received a blow,
and it is evident that his mind was de-
ranged from the effects of the blow.
He learned the whereabouts of his
would be assassin the day he left and
evidently went after him. In reading
the proof of the type he set Wednesday,
there was discovered positive proof that
his mind was unbalanced. All through
the articles he set up were scattered the
words: And I'll follow him to hell"
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The New York Sun thus disposes of
the question of the Philippines: "a
compromise on the Philippines would
make the achievements of George Dew
ey and his men a glittering failure, and
the endangering of our army and navy
in that distant spot a senseless wrong.
To omit to insure to this country a clear
road to China by putting the sign of
America on all the interIying islands
on which fortune enables US to lay our
hands, would be a failure in American
craftsmanship as wide and deep as the
great Pacific
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CHIOKAMAUaA RELICS.
Forwarded to Ell Dorado by the Sur
geon of the Twenty-First.

Ell Dorado, Aug. 1.-Major F. c. Arm
strong, surgeon of the Twenty-first
Kansas in camp at Chickamauga, has
the G. A. r. post and the w. r. G. Of
this city. To the former is sent a gaveI
and to the latter an ink stand, both
made of laurel root, with a bullet i'm
Dedded IN each one. The laurel root of
which the gavel is made was gotten by
MAJOR Armstrong on Lookout Noun
tain, and the bullet was found by him
haf way up the side of Missionary
ridge where the hill was climbed by a
Massachusetts regiment. a half mile
northeast of Orchard Knob
The inkstand for the w. R. c. is made
OF a laurel root in which a bullet has
been Embedded. ever since the memoir
able battle DR.. Armstrong found it a
hundred yards to the right of the site
of the old Craven house. It is a south
ern bullet and was fired directly down.
ward by a rebel stationed on the noun
tain.
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CORN IA FEET HIGH.
Big Stalks Part of the sedgwick
County Exhibit

Wichita, Aug 1.-The material for
the SedgWick county exhibit at the
Omaha exposition is partially packed
and will be shipped today Pat Healy
has been at work for several weeks
collecting samples of farm products
had to begin with, got together a very
creditabIe exhibit. There are several
punches of corn. some of which has
good ears, Notwithstanding the eari-
ness of the season, and the highest of
the stalks are more than fourteen feet
in height. The Irish potatoes are OF
good size, and ought to cause the expo
sition visitors to have a good opinion
of the fertility of Kansas soil.
Mr.. Healy did not have commission
to start in time to get the best of the
wheat in straw, but the samples are
over four feet in length. Then there is
corn in the ear and oats, rye, etc,
which all together make a. remarkable
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01
TO TRANSFER MAIL.
Railway Mail Service at Newton to
Be Improved.

Newton, Aug 1.-The government will
establish transfer clerk for the mail
service in this city in the next few days.
John Douglas of this city has been Sc
lected for the position
The reason for the establishment of a
transfer clerk at this point was the i'm
mense amount of mail handled here
every day. Nearly every train which
comes into town in the passenger ser
vice carries mail
Reports show that more mail is han
died here than at st. Joseph, Mo, Leav-
enworth, Atchison and several other
towns of f1rst-class Importance, which
have had transfer clerks for some time
The mail last winter which passed
through here was very heavy. Then
it was thought to be due to the holiday
season, but instead the amount has been
increasing steadily
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DISOWNED BY BISMARCK.
Relative of the Great German Dies in
Want.

New York, Aug. 1.-The wife of a
nephew of Prince Bismarck, the Bar
oness Rose Won Puttkamer, died today
at No. 312 West One Hundred and
Twenty third street. The baroness died
amid humble surroundings and in OBJ
security that resulted directly from a
conflict of will between Prince Bis
marck and the dead wOman's husband,
Baron Franz Won Puttkamer.
The Won Puttkamers came to New
York nearly a decade ago. The baron,
after receiving a military education,
held commissions successfully in the
German, Russian, Italian, and Turkish
armies. When he returned to Germany
his maternal uncle, Prince Bismarck,
endeavOred to prevail upon him to &C
cept a permanent billet in the German
army. Won Puttkamer refused, and the
prince forthwith withdrew his patron
age and formally disowned the baron.
Since residing in New York the baron
has supplemented a meager income de-
rived from a legacy left him by his
mother by teaching equestrianism at
riding academies.
Ladies' Shirt Waists Hundred so that
the colors will not fade. by Fearless
Steam Laundry.
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GIRLS DRINK WHISKY
And Cause Two Young Men to Be Ar
rested on a Serious Charge.

Hutchinson. Aug. IA case has been
brought in Justice Campbell's court
against two Hutchinson young men,
Ed Hogan and J. H Burnes, charging
them with giving Intoxicating liquor to
Ollie Baker, a minor. The complaint
was made by the girls father. who says
that his daughter is not yet 16 years
old.
Last Sunday the city officers heard
that two young men and two girls had
been drinking in the park and had re-
manned there all night. The girls were
Ollie Baker and a girl named Hayes.
The Baker girls father looked the mat
ter up and decided to have the young
men arrested. The charge is that of
giving intoxicants to minor. The case
was continued until Tuesday, August
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PAwNEEs OMAHA EXHIBIT.
Early and Late Fruits as Well as Veg
etables to Be Shown.

Larned, Aug. 1-Pawnee county is go
ing to have exhibit of fruits and Vege-
tables at the Omaha, exposition. A. w.
Smith, one of the Kansas commissioners,
was here this week and made an arrange
ment with S. S. Dickinson, one of the
targets fruit growers in western Kansas,
to send a sample of his produce to the
exposition. and in accordance with ar
engagements the first shipments, consist
ing of early apples, potatoes and corn vas
made to Omaha today. An exhibit of fall
and winter apples, plums and grapes will
be shipped later; also t1eld corn Kafhr
Altogether there will be over fifty speci-
mems of fruits vegetables and products,
of apples, all of which are grown on Mr.
Dickinsons place, one mile south OF this
place.
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MAY NOW 60 70 MANILA.
Linn County Populists Resolve for
the goth Kansas.

La Cygne, Aug. 1.-The Linn county
Populists in convention here passed
resolutions strongly denouncing the
treatment of the troops of the Tween
tieth Kansas regiment at San Francis
CO. The resolutions read as follows:
Resolved, That we are bitterly OPP
posed to the vilIainous manner in which
the Twentieth Kansas regiment has
been treated by tools of the money
changers.
First, by pretending that they are I'M
sOldierly in their department and are
incapable of learning the Z. S. drills,
the same being absolutely false.
Second, by not furnishing the neces-
sary rations solely for the purpose of
starving them into mutiny.
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NOT DEAD AS SUPPOSED.
Fort Scott Man Believed to Have
Been Killed Turns Up.

Fort Scott, Aug. IA letter received
here three days ago by the mayor an
nOUnced the death of Joe A. Ashen, a
Fort Scott railroad men, in the yards at
Laramie, Wyo.. It was said he was
killed by the cars and had been buried
His wife was called home from st.
Louis and the family was in mourning
until it was learned by Geographic in
quiry that nobody had been killed at
Laramie City. Today Ashen was met
read of his death in the newspapers.
The letter announcing his death was
signed by man purporting to be gen.
yards at Laramie and said he had been
identified by papers found on his per
son. Ashen says such papers were
stolen from him in st. Louis a few weeks
ago.
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SPIRITS THROW STONES.
People of Indiana Town Puzzled Over
Queer Phenomena.

Z
Terre Haute, Ind, Aug. 1.-At Cory,
a small town south of here, the people
are trying to convince themselves that
the shower of small stones the greets q
little girl named Miller every time she
steps out of doors are not thrown by
spOOks.
She had been i'll at the home of Peter
Rosschlein and since her recovery it is
said that when she goes out of the
house a shower of stones falls around
her, but singularly enough none strikes
broken by them.
Persons who accompany her are
struck. Guards have been with her and
efforts made to capture the persons
who throw stones, but they have been
unsuccessful until now many of the
town people believe in ghosts. On one
occasion it is said stones fell back of
her bed.
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FIGHT OVER CHILDREN.
Little Ones Change Hands the Same
as Chattels.

Fort Scott, Aug. Jacob Numer, a
well known farmer residing near Red
field, returned yesterday from Pennsyl-
vania, where by habeas corpus proceed
ings in a Pennsylvania court he recov-
cred his little children from the custo-
dy of his wife, their mother, in whose
Simons of the district court of this
county.
At the last term of the district court
the divorce case of Mrs. Eff1e human
VS.. Jacob human, came up for trial on
the grounds of abandonment. Mr.. MI
man did not appear, and the divorce
was granted.
Mrs-Numan went to pennsylvania re
Gently taking the children with her but
her husband followed and secured the
little ones on a writ of habeas corpus,
showing that their mother was not a
them.
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a COUNCIL CONSPIRACY.
One of Salinas Council Members
Charges Others With BoodIing.

Salina, Aug. 1.-Salina is having all
kinds of trouble over the water Ques-
ton again At a council meeting called
to wipe out old scores and settle back
rents members accused each other of
being thieves and selling their votes
for money. Twelve thousand dollars
was finally voted to settle an accrued
debt of $4,000 and accepting a new rate
of $4,000 instead of $6.O5O for the rental
of 81 hydrants per year. Next day a
member of the council secured a. tenn
porary injunction against the city Off
Gals, tying up the $4,000. The case
will be heard August 26
The Injunction was sworn to by COun-
Gilman Taylor Miller, who charges a
fraudulent conspiracy entered into be-
tween members of the council that vo-
ted for the sum allowed and the water
works company.
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New Paper for PaoIa.

Paola, Aug. From a reliable source
it is learned that there is a probability
of Paola soon having a third newspa-
per. Without making any noise about
it a solid business man, it is said, qui-
city arranged for the publication of an
Independent paper. It is to be
stock company and none but business
men are to owl stock. The shares are
to consist of ten in number of 81 900
each. If the promoters plan is car
ried out the new paper will make it's
first appearance about September 1.
The details are being kept very quiet.
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HOME FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
Congressman Peters Returns From
Washington.

Kansas City, Aug. MASON s. Peters,
congressman from the Second Kansas dis
tricf and fusion candidate for reelection,
arrived in Kansas City, Kan, yesterday
morning at 10 O'Clock from Washington
and will remain at his home until the
campaign is over
The Congressman has for the past two
weeks been engaged in Strengthening out
a number of contested pension claims, and
had a large number of back pensions for
people throughout the district ranging in
sums from 500 to 81, 600 Besides this he
was appointed to look after and straighten
up number of matters pertaining to the
mail service in the south.
Mr. Peters says that the feeling at the
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WOUNDED AT SAN JUAN.
Lieut.. Mills of Leavenworth, Now in
New York HospitaL

Leavenworth, Aug. IA letter from Mrs.
Mills received here is to the effect that
her husband, Lieutenant Mills, First cav
airy is now at the Toneer hospital, cor
ner Fourth avenue and Forty-hrst street,
New York. doing well. The officer was
wounded at the storming of San Juan
hill and was on the summit when a bull
let struck him, entering the right temple
and making an exit at the left of the up
per part of the nose. He has lost his
right eye and saved the left by only a.
scratch. Lieutenant Mills, while regret
ting the seriousness of the wound, is glad
that it was received on the top of San
Juan hill
He was assistant adjutant general on
the staff of Brigadier General Young. and
General Wheeler highly complimented him
for his gallant conduct during the battle.
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Alabama holds a state election today.
The Populists are evidently expecting
t. be cheated, as the chairman of the
state committee has issued a circular
in which he asks all POpulists to keep
e. tally sheet, and if the returns show
that they have elected their ticket and
the Democrats attempt to defraud, then
he will lead a movement to set up a
dual government, expecting assistance
from President Mckinley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01

Your friends may smile
But that tired feeling
Means danger. 1t
Indicates impoverished
And impure blood.
This condition may
Lead to serious illness.
It should be promptly
Overcome by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Which purihes and
Enriches the blood,
Strengthens the nerves,
Tones the stomach,
Creates an appetite,
And builds up,
Energies and vitalizes
The whole system.
Be sure to get
Only Hoods.
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Diseased Diagnosed as Pink Eye.

Newton, August 1.-The mystery as
to what the strange disease affecting
the cattle in Darlington has at last
been explained. Frank Weinschank Of
Kingman, late of the state live stock
commission, was in the city last night
and said it was a specie of pink eye in
the cattle. He said that he did not
consider it dangerous, and that quaran-
timing the cattle would do no good, as
it was general over the state. This,
he said, is the trouble with the cattle
in Mcpherson county and near Leaven-
worth and Bonner Springs.
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Salina Citizens Will Soon Have
Country Club House.

Salina, Aug. Much of the required
amount has been pledged with which
to purchase the Col. Phillips property,
Mt. Barbara, for club house purposes.
The money is so easily subscribed that
there is little fear of the enterprise fail
ing. In case it becomes a certainty the
contemplation which will make of it the
finest club house property in the state.
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AMATEUR BICYCLE MEET.
Winfield Preparing for Big Day for
WheeImen.

Winfield. Aug 1.-The amateur bicycle
meet in this city August 9ta now prom
ises to be a bigger event than it's pro-
meters at first anticipated and they
feel elated over the matter a s a result
The returns already received from the
entry blanks sent out indicate that all
the events will be well patronized and
some of the best riders in the state will
be present.
The business men and citizens gen
orally have subscribed literally and
have given the affair every encourage
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arrived here from Ohio last night and
today made arrangements to tear down
the factory and move the machinery to
Chicago. At the time he closed the
a representative of the trust and insist
ed that within 30 or go days he would
reopen the factory. but those best ac-
quainted with the circumstances are
confident the purchase of the plant was
a trust scheme to get it out of the
way.
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FAKIRs RULED OFF.
Will Not Be Allowed to Do Business
at Pioneers Picnic.

Irving, Aug. 1.-The twentieth annual
picnic and reunion of the pioneer set
tiers of Marshall county will be held in
Irving September /, 2 and 8. Games of
chance and travelling peddlers and auc-
tioneers will be prohibited from doing
business on the grounds or within hear
ing distance of the speakers platform.
This being Marshall county old set
tiers reunion to get together to talk
over the thrilling "reminiscences of the
pioneer days, it will be strictly non
political affair.
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Rough Rider Brought Back.

Wichita, Aug deputy Marshal
George Stewart of Ardmore, I. t, pas
sed through here last night with Lem
Shfpnan. a rough rider who was with
Troop M at Tampa, Fla. Shipman en-
listed at Ardmore as a rough rider I'M
der Captain Bruce. He had been pro-
NOTED to a sergeant. The charge ag-
ainst him is selling liquor. He VIII be
e Zen To ArdnaOra for trial.
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strone Flow 81 Gas.

Cherryvale, Aug. THE Edgar
Smelling company struck a strong flow
of gas in the Schoopman well No. to-
work will commence at once on a third
well. The company expects to COM
rnence building soons
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Fever Stricken Cattle Die.

Independence, Aug. 1-Sherif Squires
has received orders from the state live
stock sanitary commission to raise the
quarantine in Town Greek township
and establish a second one at Corey
vile. Several head of cattle have died
in that township from Texas fever
within the last week. The Texas fever
has also broken out in Chautauqua
county, west of here, and several head
of cattle have died.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-01

Admiral Camara doubtless thinks
Watson is after him. He sIyIy slipped
through the strits of Gibraltar dur
ing the night and anchored his fleet in
the well protected harbor of Cadiz.
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President of college Of Emporia.

Newton, Aug. 1t is quite probable
that the Rev DR.. J. c. Miller, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church OF
Newton, will be chosen to be president
of the college of Enporia, the Presby-
terrain institution of that city. Since
the death of President Hewitt recently,
DR.. Miller has been practically in con-
troll of the college affairs.
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Negroes Fight to Death.

Atchison, Aug George Walker, a
notorious Atchison negro, and Andy
Carther. a notorious st. Joseph negro,
fought with deadly weapons in joint
here. Carther was shot in the left
breast and will die. He had just re
covered from the effects of a cutting
scrape in St. Joseph.
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Ex-RAYS.

The Spanish reigny season is about
over in Cuba.-Ottawa Republican.
Spain might appropriately add the
Canaries to her orchestra which is to
render peace overtures.-Emporia Re
publican.
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The insane desire to write something
smart ABOUT, Dove Dewey, is getting
painful.-LebanOn Journal
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While the English have been express
ing undying friendship for this coun-
try, they have been quietly doing Dick
Croker out of his money on the turf.
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national capital is that the war is prac-
tically ended; He says that the Presi-
dent and other high officials look for
peace to be declared within the next two
months, and perhaps before.
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LIKE ToPEKA's PLANT.
Fort Scott Cracker Company SwaI-
lowed by the Trust

Fort Scott, Aug. There now seems
little doubt but the Fort Scott
cracker and candy factory has been
bought and closed by the trust.
G. H. Wurtz who bought the factory
about six months ago and closed it up
ostensibly for repairs and new stock,
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After the war is over many a soldier
will have occasion to remember Camp
Merritt.
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Somebody has discovered that Ad-
miraI Dewey is a hneal descendant OF
Alfred the Great.
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considering

showing for. the county, considering
the time Mr. Healy had to prepare it.
Other products will be added as the
season advances and the samples sent
out will be replaced by fresh ones at
intervals.
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General Shafter is proving himself
the Ben Butler of Santiago, except as
regards the spoons.
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After peace is declared, how does the
government propose to induce Dick
Wainwright to stop fighting?
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The government should issue a call
for volunteers to go down and fight
Gen. Joe Wheeler's congressional cam
paign for him.
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After acquiring Porto Rico, perhaps
the government will reconsider Den
marks proposition to sell her group of
islands.
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Garcia left Santiago before receiving
his share of the 100000 quinine pills
which We're sent down on the ResoIute
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IF Blanco were on speaking terms
with Shafter, he would doubtless beg
him not to rock the boat.
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The war department seems to think
that Fitzhugh Lee got his share of
glory before the war began.
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If Shafter ever wants to run for con-
gress from the Santiago district, it is
almost certain that he will find Garcia
lined up with the opposition.
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After all, perhops Aquinaldo is only
playing for an appointment as post
master at Manila
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1t is notable that Dewey and his men
have not yet said anything about prize
money
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We may decide to keep the Philip
pines just to show Europe that we can
manage them. -..-
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of her husbands condition and drove
from Moran, arriving there just about
the time he died
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SchIey's men not only won golden
opinions but they won gold.
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The Spanish people don't care what
the terms are, just so they are hurried
along.
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GLOBE SIGHTS

(From the Atchison Globe.I
Even a good dog is appreciated.