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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
HONORS TO DOM PAUL
Welcomed With Enthusiasm in the
Orange Free State

BIoeufoutefn- Orange Free State May
I=Prasideut Kruger. OF his arrival
hare yesterday ID attend the confer
ence with Sir Alfred Mflner. governor
OF Cape Colony and British high com
missioner FOR South africa arranged for
rh= uurpose OF considering the demands
Of the OutIaEd6rS- was received BY 4
guard Of honor At the railway station
which was decorated II his honor He
was welcomed by the president Of the
Orange Free State. NJ T. Stey1- and
the cabinet S41utsS were fired and
the TranSvazl national hymn was play
ed Replying 70 an address President
Kruger said he had Cous here 20 work
for the welfare Ct the whole o. South
Africa and TO discuss al questions zx-
cepE the Independence Of the Trans
EaaI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
SIX BOYS IN HOUsEBOAT.
The Ark VIII Garry Youthful Grew TO
Meuphiz

Chicago May 3I-ImbUed with the
spirit Of adventure. gained from a well
worn copy Of The Adventures OF
HUcklebsrry Finn" SIX young Chfeazo-
ans await anxI0usIy next SATURDAY az
taruoOu- when in tow Of Cast william
O Daytou's steam launch viking tbe
noUsebOzE ark VIII begin a trip Of sorrz
$50 miles from Magazine slip AZ FfaIszelS
and Lumber streets out through r1e oId
canal into the Illinois river and L
good fortune fzverS thence INTO the
Mississippi. with Memphis for Z pro-
Specrive terminal port
The Ark IS EEirty-fiva feet ever all
fat boEromed- with cabin kitchen and
hoId- Il draws only eight inches q
water Z NJ ROsSster. jams Anderson.
Edwin Nick George Hand. Elisha. Nor
gan and Frank TrudeII make ID the
party
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
Elxing Fox wins the Derby.

London May 5L-The Derby. other
wise the 3Isth renewal Of the Derby
stakes vas Won today BY the Duke OF
Westrninsterss hay colt. Flying Fox
AT the second day CT the Epson meet
Ing Summary The Duke OF West
minister's b G. FIyTng Fox by Orme-
Vzmpire won DamCcLeS- second Mr.
= A Nl1eEss br- c. Innocence BY 81
au-Lavferge. third Twelve horses
ran The betting was 70 on Flying
Fox ridden BY Cannon - 70 1 against
UamocIes ard so 70 I against Inno-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
Wrsck On the = g n.

Nashville Tenn May sI-NIue rer-
sons injured and Two q them seriously
IN a head-end collision Of local uassen-
ger trains On the louisville & NASHVILLE
ruad twenty-five miles south Of hera
AT s O'Clock this evening Both engines
and the baggage cars were smashed
while Engineers BurEs ard Shuzzrr re-
ceEvad serious internal injuries Seven
passengers were slightly hurt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
RECEIPTS OF SUEZ CANAL.
For the Fiscal Year They Reached
About S16,5Oo, 900

Paris. May 3I--TEe report Of the
Suez Canal company shows total r.
Ceipts FOR the fiscal year 10 the amount
OF E5 5G0. Geo {SIS- SD. .1G0). an Increase
Of SIS 500 fsT45-eGs1 over the previous
year The number Of vessels that rzS=-
ed through IL 3595- \ marked iuerua -
Is 70 be noted IN ths passages OF AuerI-
can vessels bound for Asiaric us5rTs
their number reaching Per cent Of the
r0tzI fg- The wear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
Mckinley Declines

New York May sL-P-esfdeut Nc
FfuIeE has written 70 the police board
declining the invitation 70 De present
AZ the annual parade of the New York
police force. 10 be held tomorrow
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31

stops short only at dollar gas If the
representatives Of the gas company
knew that q dollar rate would be Url-
profitable. the idea Of such 4 rate would
never have been held cut With its
present modern plant there IS 10 rea-
son why the Topeka Gas company
can't furnish gas as cheap as the corn-
paufas Of other cities where the rate
Is Z dollar and even less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
Had stoIen s3 70

Portland Ore May I-Frank N
blanchard. alas yTul- z Lee, approach
I'd the night WaCchmau at the Union
station here about midnight and told
nfu that he desired TO give himself into
custody Blanchard said lie stole 1870
from Horace G. Allen q Boston OF
NAY s and that he desired ta be placed
under arrest Blanchard does not ap-
pear 70 be more than 20 years old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
DEWEY'S DEPARTURE.
The Admiral Will Leave Hong
Kong June 5th.

New York May s1-A World dis
patch from Hong Kong says
Admiral Dewey. On the Olympia. viii
sail from this port June & The YES
sci will call first AT Singapore Where
she Is expected to arrive On the IIth-
and viii remain there tw0 Or three
days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
ACQUITTED.

Paris May 51--3In- De RouIesfe and
3TarceI-Haberr who have been On trial
before the sSszzzs court here IN the
charge OF ins-irInE soldiers 70 insubordi-
Datiou n connection with the eEection q
President Loubet we're acquitted today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31

Chicago May 31-For Kansas Part
II cloudy with ShOWerS THURSDAY anz
IN extreme east portion tonight variable
winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31
MoEADNocKs SHELLS
Couldn't Bring Back the Captured
o6eerz o. the Relief

Manila Nay 51-Detzus rezr5f7-
the capture bE FIIfp5nos o. two cf5,-z-s
g. the United States hospital ship Re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-31

Lost-Mouday morning. On Kansas
aveuus. between Sixth and Eighth ave
nues a diamond stud Finder vii Be
given ten dollars reward BY H Irving
Goodrich. g Wabash avenUes Chicago,
The evening times., 1899-06-21
TEEFTS IN CHICAGO.
Fostonice Porter. Engage in Whole
sale Robberies.


Chicago, June 21.-What is regarded as
one Of the boldest mail rcbberies in the
history of the Chicago rostoffice was de-
tected yesterday and two drivers of mail
wagons, Walter Porter and John Newman.
were arrested. Porter confessed his guilt
duplicating Newman.
An immense quantity of letters. thou
sands Of them. and many money orders and
checks were found in a lodging house at
No. 260 Ealstel Street, where the two
men occupied a room. When brought to
Inspector Stuart's Office the stolen mail
matter covered the floor There were let
ters. checks. and money orders intended
for nearly every State in the Union and in
all parts of Europe One check for $40 900
and another for a large amount was sent
from Marcus Daly's bank in Anaconda
Mont.
The men who have been pillaging the
mails have been in the empIoye of the
Chicago postoffice only since June l. All
the mail was taken in pouches while in
transit between the postoffice and railway
stations. The prisoners will not admit
that they secured any large sums of money.
but declare they would have been much
richer had their scheme not been discover
ed so soon. When arrested they were pre-
pairing to destroy the mail matter, and had
hidden most of it in sacks in an attic at
the Halsted Street lodging house. There
were over $4,000 Of the stolen letters.
Porter and Newman came from New
York. where both had been employed as
drivers Of mail wagons in the New York
postoffice for upward of four years. New
man has wife and two children in New
York. Porter is single. 1t is believed they
have realized hundreds. possibly thousands,
Of dollars from their mail robberies.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
sLoAN's VICTIM IN DANGER.
Waiter the Jockey AsauIted Threat
ened With Erysipelas.


ened With Erysipelas.
London, June 21.-The condition of Win
terbourne, the waiter who was injured in
the Sloan fracas at Ascot last week is not
improving and it is now feared that erysi-
peias will supervene. The police authori-
ties are closely watching the case. Right
Hon James Lowther. NJ. p, who is one Of
the stewards Of the Jockey Club said in an
interview today that he did not expect
that the matter would be closed, but that
it was not likely that the club would act
pending the action in the law courts.
The Star publishes Winterhourne' J
version of the affair, furnished by gen.
tlernan in an official capacity who is fol-
loving the case in behalf of the waiter
"interbcurne, he says. is a most inoffen-
sive man and has always conducted him
self well. He did not give Sloan the least
provccation for the assault. He accidsn
tally knocked against Sloan's table twice.
but had not said word when Sloan struck
him. Winterbcurne's employer now has
IN his possession the Eve-pound note Gov
cred with blood which Sloan's fiiend, u
prominent boxer. thrust into Winter
bourne's hand. Wintsrbourne is still con-
fined to his bed His face is an awful sight.
1t Is greatly swollen and very painful
His doctor is as yet unable to tell whether
or lot his jaw is IrO;1an. Winterbourne
was perfectly sober at the time OF the as
sault.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
A New Electric Fluid.

Francis Rvchnowsk, mechanical engineer OF
Leinberg. Austria, has discovered strange and
very subtle matter, which he has called ''elec-
troid,- because of certain affinity with electr
city Eiectriod. produced by special apparatus
built by the inventor. is obtained by the disso-
luton OF certain matters under the influence of
the electric current. II MAKES noise. and at the
same time a refreshing scent and cool breeze
experienced This discovery induced Mr.. Rycl-
nowski to make a machine capable of refresh
ing the air to such degree that those present
during the experiment had the feeling that the
window was open, although this not the
case EIectroid is very subtle matter. but il
seems to be /. fluid. and it be gathered and
preserved; while falling a plate it reflects in
a shape Of shining shcavcs.
The commission appointed by the Austrian
government TO investigate this discovery report
ed that. under the influence of e!ectroid, plants
grow rapidly. and the buds of flowers unclose
while one is looking at them. E,ectrod annihil-
ates microbes, and thus preserves organic mat
ter. These are physiological influences Of eec-
troiJ Among mechanical phenoniena the COM
is not stopped even by brick wall and glass;
that it attracts solid bodies and makes them
shine like moonlight-it makes them move and
attract other bodies: finally, that it acts
photograph plates. and produces sharp and dis
tinct lines, such as were formerly possible only
with very powerful lens The conclusion Of
the commission was that Mr.. Rychnowski's
discovery will play q great part il applied to
industry, is the with the discovery OF
his countryman, Jan Szczepanik.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
TWEED's CHUM A PAUPER.
Sent TO the AlmskOusc of Which He
Was Once Warden.

New York, June 21.-Michael Lynch
c"Bridge Commissioner Lynch. Bill
Tweed's friend. destitute. suffering all III =
HIS OF seniiity. was sent to the almshouse
on Biackwelfs Island of which. years ago.
he was the assistant warden And with
Lynch, to this poor harbor for the wrecks
OF life. will go his cd wife. Elizabeth his
partner Of many years. for whom he mani
tested the NEST touching devotion.
Lynch is eighty-nine years old. His
wife is ninety years. For fifty years they
had lived on Cherry Hill. Their home was
at No. IA Cherry Street Their woes ac-
cumulating. their poverty growing deeper
they went to the home Of their daughter
Mrs. Mary Brown, who alone survives of
their eight children
But Mrs. Brown. herself poor. has many
children, and she reluctantly consented
that her, parents be taken to the aims
house. But first their bodily ailments
must be scured. So yesterday they were
taken in an, ambulance to Bellevue Hospi-
tai. Lynch could walk, his wife was car
ried into the hospital on a stretcher He
showed the tenderest solicitude for her.
BE gentle" he begged the stretcher-
bearers, and walking beside her he kept
saying: Are you comfortable. Lizzie?"
And he wept.
Yes, she feebly answered, 'but don't
let them part US, Mike
They we're put in adjoining wards, as
close as could be to each other, and the
doors of the wards were kept open.
In his time. Lynch was the political lead
er Of Cherry Hill. He was a member of
Big g. Hose, of which Tweed was fore
man. and was very close friend of the
then boss. who made him assistant warden
of the Ialmshouse. Besides Lynch had
other good places in the department of
charities. In his heyday, Tweed built a
wooden bridge between Manhattan and
Blackwelrs Island. The bridge. the first
to spring from Manhattan. stood but a few
months, but while it stretched its span
Lynch was bridge commissioner" by
Tweed's favor, and that his intimates
thereafter called him. The unfortunate
who now accepts the city's charity was
prominent in the Tammany delegation at
many State and national conventions.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
CLOSING OF THE SCHOOLS.
Pupils Lay Down Their Books for
the Summer

The public schools of Washington clor1..
today. No elaborate exercises marked the
occasion. and the session of '9S-'99 passed
quietly out of existence. At some of the
schools, however. the teachers in the varf-
Gus departments took occasion to make
brief addresses. The names of those who
deserved commendation on the years work
were read and those entitled to advance
ment announced.
The entrances to the high schools will
De exceedingly large next September AL
together the year has been most rrofit-
able one The attendance has been unusu-
ally large and work of the scholars gem
orally satisfactory. At some of the schools
the closing exercises were celebrated by
songs and Rotations by the children. The
commencement exercises of the Central
High School will be held in Convention
Hall tonight, when quite a number will
be awarded certificates of graduation.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
NILES AND THE PH1LRP1N-s.
The Commnnding General Not Likely
to Succeed Otis.

The Com mn nOin8 uehc"A wv
to Succeed Otis.
The report that General Miles mas re-
quested the President TO send him to the
Philippines is denied at both army head
quarters and the office of the Secretary OF
War. Several days ago when General
Miles attention was called to such re-
port in a New York newspaper he pro-
nornced 1t untrue. A similar denial was
issued from the headquarters Of the army
this morning.
When Acting Secretary OF War Meikle-
john was asked about the report he stated
that as far as he knew no such action had
ever been contemplated. The President
had not referred to any proposition OF
General Miles that he be sent to the Phil
ippines and the War Department has no
intention OF replacing General Otis.
1t was learned from a perfectly credible
source that General Miles has not made
any request Of the President to send him to
the Philippines. IL the President has had
any such idea he has not communicated it
to General Miles. The latter is kept very
busy performing the duties of Commanding
General Of the Army and all orders relat-
ing to the army pass through his hands
for official action.
While General Miles has not requested
any such assignment to duty it is known
that he has on more than one occasion re-
marked to the President that he would BE-
glad to perform any service TO which he
might be assigned whether in this country
abroad
The evening times., 1899-06-21
DEAD IN A STORE WINDOW.
Suicides Eody There Many Hours
Before IL Was Discovered.

Ht.c:tFF+ hHHN
Before IL Was Discovered.
New York. June 2l.-The body of dead
| man reclined for several hours in 4 chair
in a Brooklyn store window yesterday be-
fore citizen made the grewsome discovery
that a corpse was on view. The body was
tha; of ArGlonde Greiner. o: No. 50 McDou-
sal Street, Eas; New York. who had COM
mtted suicide by inhali1g gas Greiner
was a wealthy picture frame manufacturer,
+sho lived with his daughter Mary. He had
store at No. 1854 Fulton Street, only
short distance from his home.
Yesterday morning he left the house
in good spirits and made q remark TO his
daughter that he would return for lunch
had net returned at o'clock,
and she went to the store.
She found the door locked and the front
curtain drawn. She ratified the knob and
pserei inside. She could see no one and.
not knowing what TO make Of the circurI-
stance. returned home.
st o'cloci. last night Frank Withcrell
of 2H56 Fulton Street, chancsd to step in
frcIt OF Creiner's store On the Ralph Ave
nGe side. He noticed that the lights we're
cut and the curtains half drawn. He look
cd under Cne Cf the shades and saw
mans legs. He pounded ON the window
and as the man did not move, he went for
a policeman.
They broke open the door and found
Greiner's body in a chair in the windCp,
One end of a tube was fastened TO III
gas jet and the other was in the man 5
mouth. 1t was held there by tap>
wound around the tube and fastened 10
the neck.
one of Greiners sons died two years = %
and he has never been the same since. II
was learned that Greiner discharged alt
fis clerks in the morning and ended his
life some time before roon.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
PAPERS ON TUBERCULOSIS.
Prof. De'Schveinita's Report ON tn
Congress at Berlin

Prof. De'Schweinitz's Report ON the
Congress at BerlinA
Prof. E. A. De'Schweinitz. who attended
the International tuberculosis Congress at
Berlin as delegate from the United
States has reported to the State Depart
ment that the congress was held in the
Reichstag building and was attended by the
most prominent German physicians, hy-
gienists. and bacteriOlogists, as well as rep
resentatives of the leading men from Eng
land. France, Russia, Italy, Denmark.
Austria. Japan. Spain, and other countries.
The papers presented by the most promi-
nent men were very thorough and COM
plete reviews of our knowledge of tuber-
culCsis beth from the scientific and practi-
cal standpoint. The special object for
which the congress was called. namely, the
purpose of arousing interest in the erec-
ticn CT sanitariums for the tuberculosis
poor, and especially the working classes.
will be greatly advanced. According to
the present German laws each laborer and
each employer of a labcrer is required to
pay very small tax which is utilized in
taking care of the tuberculosis poor. In
this way quite a large fund has been Sc
cured. and at the present time there are
fifty sanitariums in the German Empire, in
be treated.
In this way a double purpose is served.
namely the Improvement of the health. of
the individual. and at the same time their
education in sanitary matters. Prof. re
Schweinitz thinks that many practical re-
suits will follow the work OF this con-
sress. DIR. Boyd, OF the United States
Navy. was the other delegate from the
United States, and most interesting re-
port is expected from him.
Tire official delegates from the United
States were very cordially received and
entertained.
The Duke OF Ratibor. the president CT
the congress expressed himself as particu-
Larry well pleased by reason OF the interest
taken in the congress By the President of
the United States. indicated by a kindly
telegram sent to the congress by the
President and by the sending OF two dis
tinEuished delegates.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
M1LITARY RITES OVER A CROW.
Eonors TO u Mascot Which Fell "a
Nict i'm to Canned Reef

Middietown. y. Y, June 21.-A military
funeral for Hobson.' the crow mascot of
Company |. First Regiment. which rholeJ
10 death on canned beef, was held in the
company armory here yesterday evening.
grave was dug in the little green plot
rontlng the armory. into which little
CONN laden with flowers was lowered.
Inc eody OF the dead mascot was not in
the coinn. but in the hands of taxider-
mist, il having been decided To have II
mounted and placed in the armory. The
military band was present at the funeral
and PLAYED a dirge
The evening times., 1899-06-21
NEW CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
Great Demand for copies of the
Prcsident'm Recent Order.


Prcsident's Recent Order.
There is no falling off in the demand for
copies of the Presidents recent order
amending the civil service rules and reeu-
lations. Letters from every section Of the
country are received daily BY the score at
the several departments and by the Civil
Service Commissioner. requesting copies OF
the new rules. The first edition of 10000
copies. it was said this morning, is about
exhausted. More will have to be ordered
if the demand continues.
Some of the amendments to the rules are
not quite clear and the appointment clerks
of the departments are engaged in prepar-
ing explanatory circulars. The Civil Ser
vice Commission in its appendix to the
fifteenth annual report, which will soon be
issued, will also discuss the new rules at
length and give its Interpretation for the
benefit of the officials. and applicants who
are desirous of entering the Government
service.
number of requests for reinstatement
in the departments from persons who have
been separated from the service for more
than a year have been filed with the Civil
Service Commission by the heads Of the
several departments under the clause in
the new rules for reinstatement. but up to
the present time the Commission has taken
no action A number of reinstatements,
however. are expected in a few days.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
SLOAN WINNING AT GATEw1cK.
Captures Two Plates. Riding Lord
William BercsfOrd'n HOrxcs

London, June 21.-At Gatewick today the
Crabbett Plate of 800 sovereigns for two
year-olds. the second to receive 30 and
the third 20 sovereigns out of the race.
five furlongs, was won by Lord William
Beresfcrd's Blacksmith, ridden by Tod
Sloan. Mr. E. Hobsons Beatitude was
second, and Mr.. T. Jennings, jr's. Monti.
third Three horses ran.
The Diamond Plate of 800 sovereigns for
three and four-year- r-olds which have not
won a race up to the time OF entry one
mile and three furlongs, was won BY Lord
William Beresford's Jolly Tar. three years.
RIDDEN by Ted Sloan. Sir J. Blundell Ma
Pies Regent. three years. was second. and
Mr. II. Parks Ballylack, three years. third.
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Petitions for Divorce.

MS Ida Z. Mitchell yesterday, through her
attorney. +. J. Ryan, fled petition for divorce
from her husband, Frank E. Mitchell. whom she
charges with cruelty and dessrton. The parties
were married in this city in 1851 and lived to-
gether till 1891. when, the petitioner alleges.
without Just cause provocation, her husband
deserted her.
Annie q. Weir also filed a petition for divorce
from her husband. lanes H. Weir. whom she
charges with desertion, cruel treatment. and ha-
btual drunkenness. The petitioner states that she
married the defendant in this city in January,
1894, and that they lived together until May l,
1897 During their married lives, Mrs. Weir states
she and her husband had been in the theatrical
business, she singing in concert and opera under
the assumed name of "Chrssic Waitham'' and
her husband as James II. Waltham, 4 musician.
playing in vaudeville performances. Mrs. Weir
states that her husband is in New York,
and receives salary of $50 per week. She asks
to be allowed amony during the pendency of
the procredinps
The evening times., 1899-06-21
Trip. to Marshall Hall.

Cnc needs only to take sail down the placid
and beautiful Potomac in the evening to Mar
shall Hall and Indian Head on the steamer
Charles Manchester to realize how much pleasure
and comfort the Potomac River affords the citi-
of Washington. The stretch Of hills and
woodlands on either side of the river. as
far the eye can reach the boat glides
by the Arsenal, Fort Foote, Fort Washington
and Fort Hunt, is pleasing to the eye and rest
full. The Manchester will make these Indian
Head trips. stopping at Marshall Hall both ways,
every Thursday. Friday. and Saturday evening
throughout the season. The boat leaves its
wharf at $50; in addition. daily trips are made
to Marshall Hall and Mount Vernon at 10 a. m
and 2:3O p. m. On Sundays the Manchester
leaves for Marshall Hall at Ii q. M, 2:30, and
$50 p. m. Prof. Schroeder's Band accompanies
the boat and furnishes music at the Hail.