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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
PIGEONS FOR STEAMERS.
French Transatlantic Liners to Be in
Communication With Shore.

Paris, March 9.-Ffgaro states that a
service of pigeons between French
transatlantic liners and the shore will
most constant communication between
the steamers and land is henceforth
insured.
The first thing is to train the pigeons
on the passage from HaVre to New
York for two or three passages. When
training is over a dozen pigeons will be
sent to Havre each week to leave by
has passed Sicily on Sunday dispatches
will be collected and Photographic re-
productions made of each.
One bird thus will be able to carry
all the dispatches. On approaching New
York the birds will be released and
their dispatches cabled to Havre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
ALARMING DEATH RATE.
Many Persons Dying of the Grip in
the City of Mexico:

Tucson. Ariz, March 9.-Lautaro
Roca, who for the past year has been
official translator at the American en-
bassy in the City of Mexico, has re-
turned to this city.
.'There is an alarming death rate in
the city of Mexico, owing to an epidem-
ic of the grip said Mr.. Roca to a re-
porter. There were 720 deaths in forty
eight hours and as many as 400 deaths
occur each day. It is estimated that
10000 people are sick, most of them
being among the poorer classes, whose
mode of living no doubt aggravated
the disease, and after it got foothold
it spread to all parts of the section in
habited by the poor
There is also smallpox there, but
the better class do not fear it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
COPPER WELDING SECRET.
ST. Louis Machinist Claims to Have
Made the Discovery by Accident

st. Louis. March 9.--A young Norwegian
working in a St. Louis MACHINE shop
claims to have discovered one Of the lost
arts-that of welding. copper. Today a
specimen piece of Welding was exhibited
to c. w. Marshall of 10 North Ninth
street. a friend of the young mechanic,
who for the present, withholdS his name
and the secret of his process.
He has been experimenting for five years
and after almost giving it up hit upon the
idea accidentally He was. experimenting
to temper copper. and in disgust threw
piece Of the warm metal on the floor e9,:
welded to a small piece of steel The cop.
per had been treated by, a liquid not in,
tended for the purpose, but which proved
the material to render it possible to be
welded.
times. each time employing a larger piece
of metal and meeting with the same sue
cess. He shows how the welding is ac
complished in his little machine shop, but
will not disclose the nature of the ma teri
ais used until he has secured a patent on
The specimen shown today was perfect.
the two metals apparently being drawn
together with the solidity of one sub
stance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
TO FIGHT sSUIT CLUBS"
Clothing MerchantsR of Terre Haute
Begin Action Against Alleged
Lotteries

Terre Haute, Ind, March 9.-The
clothing merchants of this city have
combined to prosecute the many "suit
clubs which are being conducted by
the merchant tailors and which are said
to have cut deeply into the trade of the
clothing dealers.
Prosecutions have been begun on the
ground that the clubs are a lottery in
violation of the law of the state. The
suit clubs" make the defense that no
one can lose and that it is only a mat
ter of time when each club member
will draw a suit number. They propose
to retaliate on some of the clothing
dealers who have been giving away
prizes, the selection of a winner being
left to chance.
We mend and sew on buttons free.
American Steam Laundry. Tele. 341.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
GLOOMY VIEW OF CUBA.
Missionary Finds Conditions Are Not
To His Liking.

New York, March 9.-The Rev. DR.. a.
B. Leonard, senior secretary of the
missionary society of the Methodist
Episcopal church, who has spent sew
era1 weeks in Cuba and Porto Rico,
studying the religious and moral condi-
tions Of the people that he might ad-
wise the missionary work of the asso-
citation. returned on the Caracas this
morning.
L passed through the larger part of
Cuba and Porto Rico on my trip he
said, and l do not hesitate to say that
L return to New York a much discour-
aged man.
Cuba, politically, is In a highly dis
organized state. Throughout my visit
ligfon- The people, as a whole, seem all
most entirely destitute of the religious
sense. There are a number of churches
In the larger cities, but even the major
ity of these have fallen into disuse A
great many closed their doors years
ago. The priests have absolutely neg
lected their duties and have given them
selves over to immporal lives.
In some of the villages there were
no churches at all, and, so far as
could learn, there has never been. The
clergy have been living on the public
treasury for years, and, in return for
their salaries, have given nothing. OF
course, these priests hate the United
States and are bound to be a serious
impeachment to all missionary effort.
THE people, as a whole, are poor
specimens of the human race. 1t seems
to me that one of the greatest problems
the government has to face is the Gu
ban army. 1t seems to me that the ac-
ton of congress in voting them So
000. 900 was sheer folly, for this money
will be quickly spent in dissipation. My
opinion is that the only thing left for
these men is to turn bandits and this I
Ia of IN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
DON'T BELIEVE IN SIGNS.
Burglars Ignored Mr.. Biest's Warning
and Carted Off 5000 Worth
of Shoes.


WARNINGi
Burglars and thieves bewarei:
This place is protected by the -:
st. Louis, March 9.-August BEST, a
prosperous shoe merchant at 2611 Cass
avenue, has a sign reading like the
above on the door of his store.
This morning the sign was still there,
but 5000 worth of shoes were gone, and
the glass that had been in the door
was trapped on the sidewalk
The front end of Mr.. Biests store was
a wreck. It appeared that the burglars
had used a battering ram or a telegraph
pole to break open the door. The wood
was splintered and the glass broken
and the lock placed out of commission
by the assaults.
A wagon load of shoes was taken,
most of them packed in pasteboard
boxes, one pair to a box.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09
Model of Old Fort Dearborn.

Chicago March 9-The model in wood
and staff of the first Fort Dearborn was
placed on view yesterday at the e, rooms @, Of
the Chicago Historical society The model
was. made by A: L. Yanderbergher. a
Hollander,. living in Chicago. and was
presented to the society by Mrs. Charlotte
Whitehead Pitkin. a daughter of Jesse
whitehead. one of the oldest of Chicago
citizens. In the most minute detail the
model is judged perfect and the members
of the society to which it has fallen are
proud of their treasure. For years an
effort has been continued to get a picture
of the model of the old fort as II appeared
from the task has been exceedingly diff
cult and never before satisfactorily &C
complished.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

Herne's "Shore Acres at the Crawford
theater Saturday, opened this morning.
The play was seen in Kansas City this
week and one of the papers there, in
commenting on the performance, said:
LAS long as Shore Acres remains on
the stage the public is sure of a chance
to see one play which Is artistic to the
last degree and realistic in the best
sense of the word"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

Happy is the man or woman who can
eat a good hearty meal without suffer
ing afterward. If you cannot do it,
take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests
what you eat, and cures all forms of
Dyspepsia and Indigestion. Geo. w.
Stansfieid, w. H Wilson, A. J. Arnold
& Son. A J. Kane & Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

Your linen left spotless.= American
Steam Laundry, 112 West Seventh.
Telephone 341.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

Static electricity is the only proper treat.
ment for Neuralgia, Sciatica, Gout, Rheu-
matism and Nervous Diseases. At the J..
II. Woodbury. Institute. 127 w. 42d ST., N.
Y, treatment can be had for these dis
eases. Static electricity is recommended
and our system of application Endorsed by
the Medical Profession. Consultation free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laun-
dry, 112 and ia West Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-09

Rock Island Route,
Fit Worth Short Line.
Account Cattlemen's annual meeting
will sell you Fort Worth and return,
S1450. Tickets on sale March IL and
~, good returning March 18th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
KANSAS NEWS.
Last of Five Strange Hammond
Sisters Dies.
Promised Their Mother They
Would Never Marry.
KEPT THEIR VOW.
Leave a Comfortable Estate
Which No One Claims.
For Years the Last Sister Re-
manned a Recluse.
KEPT THEIR VO

Fort Scott, Feb. 27.-Just before her
death a few days ago at her farm home
near Hammond, Kan. where she had
lived for % years, Miss Sarah McCauley
denied the recently published report to
the effect that her two sisters, Mary Ann
and Louise, who died almost simultan-
eously a few years ago, had killed them
selves rather than break a promise to
their mother on her deathbed that they
would never get married, which prom
Use was said to have been made by the
five daughters of Martha McCauley, a
once aristocratic southern woman, 1iv-
ing within a short drive from Washing
ton, D. C.
Sarah was the last of these five
daughters, each of whom remained true
to the marital remuneration which they
are said to have made under such SOL
emn circumstances. Her death marks
the extinction of her eccentric family,
and her estate, consisting of rich farm
adjoining Hammond, Kan, and some
personal property, has no claimant. 1t
was willed to two distant relatives, il ohm
and Hobart McCauley, who have not
been heard from for a decade, and the
executor has been trying to locate them.
1t is said that more than so years ago
the five sisters entered into a compact
not to get married. The reason for this
strange resolve is unknown. Twenty
two years ago, through a brother, they
acquired a, 200-acre ranch near Ham
mond. After the death of their broth
er they continued to live upon the place,
and managed it without the advice or
assistance of a man, except such as
they chose to hire to do the work. They
were eccentric and unique in their Sc
clusion. Sarah, who has just died, hv-
ed alone and Stunned the society of
sympathetic neighbors, who often
by. A search among her papers fails
to disclose any correspondence of recent
years, and it is evident that at the time
of her death she had no knowledge that
the beneficiarieS named in the will were
alive. Lycurgus McCauley, a once
wealthy street car owner of st. Louis,
was a brother of the sisters, but they
were not in communication with each
other at the time of his demise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
DOLD PLANT BURNS.
About 10000 Pounds of Meat De-
stroYed at Wichita.

Wichita, Feb. 27.-The monster smoke
house of the Jacob bold Packing COM
pany was almost totally destroyed by
fire early Sunday morning. The fire was
discovered about $50 by a Waterman,
who called out the company's depart
ment, which discovered it's serious ma
ture and Immediately turned in gen
eral alarm. Before the city department
arrived the large building was a mass
of flames. The meat inside added fuel
to the flames. The firemen made
hard and successful fight to keep the
flames from spreading. For time it
looked as il the entire plant would be
wiped out, but after three hours of
hard work the fire was gotten under
control.
George bold, the resident manager.
was unable to state definitely what the
damage would be, but says there was
$4,000 pounds of meat in the building,
which is almost completely destroyed.
No estimate could be placed on the
buildings loss. The walls are intact
and it is probable that they will not
have to be rebuilt. While responding
to the fire the large steamer broke
down, throwing the crew and injuring
seriously one fireman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
NOT ATHERToN's SON.
a Shrewd Victim Works Missourians
With q Land Scheme.

Montgomery City, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Sev-
eraI business men of this city have been
victimized recently by a smooth man
representing himself to be Charles v.
Atherton. of Ellsworth, Kan, son of o.
L. Atherton late state treasurer of
Kansas" The bait used by ''Atherton,
OF Ellsworth" to catch suckers was a
sweet mOrsel of land. law, a dead
Dutchman, an absent cousin, farmers
beard, soft Velvety hands and a slick
tongue. The story came to light to-
day.
Late in the afternoon Of February II
grocery, in this city, and casually re-
marked: 1T is much colder here than
in my state" This led to converse
ton, wherein the stranger said he had
just come in from BeIlef1ower, a small
village near this place, and that he was
greatly disappointed in not finding his
cousin, as he wanted him to give a
power of attorney to file on some land
in Kansas, which was worth So, 900. This
caught Ferguson, and he said he would
like to give the power of attorney"
and get the land and the IS, 900 cash for
1T.
The stranger explained that he had
been to Chicago with some cattle and
had stopped at Quincy, Ill, and secured
the mower of attornev'' from a cousin
there this he showed Ferguson, the
document was signed up and acknowl-
edged before a notary and he wanted
another power Of attorney to file on
the other $50 acre tract. Stranger
claimed to be the administrator of the
estate of two Germans who had enter
ed the land and who had recently died
before securing a deed from the gov
eminent so they could hold the land
thirteen years and not have to pay
taxes on it and, when the thirteen years
were up, they expected to take out their
deed, but they had died and he as ad-
ministrator, could not file on the land.
Ferguson gave him $3.50 filing fee
and the stranger left. 1t now develops
that he visited several other business
men, from each of whom he obtained
filing fees" and he is now missing.
o. L. AthertOn, banker at Russell
Kan, has written Mr.. Ferguson that the
man is a rascal and fraud and to
have him arrested as he had been work.
ing this game in other states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
HAVE A GRIEVANCE.
Railway Telegraph Operators
Make Demand on the
Santa Fe.

A demand is to be made on the Santa
Fe management for an increase in the
pay of operators on the Santa Fe road
proper. A grievance committee repre-
senting Santa Fe system division No.
is in the city to meet General Superin-
tendent Nudge and make such a de-
mand.
Mr.. Nudge will not be in Topeka until
Wednesday. The committee will waH
until his return.
w. T. Casey of Kansas City is chair
man of the grievance committee, and
the other members who are here now
are A. b. Harding, Williamsburg, Kan;
]. A. Newman, Wichita; G. d. Whitney,
Newton; P. L. Marston. Argentine, and
D. ComStock, Ration, New Mexico.
The schedule under which the Santa
Fe operators are now working was ar
ranged in 1892. A revision of this sched-
ule is to be asked on the ground that
there is general dissatisfactio among
the operators over many of it's regula-
tions. The feature of the proposed re-
vision will be an increase in the pay
of the operators. The minimum salary
now paid operators is $45 per month.
Chairman Casey said he thought a
satisfactory revision could be agreed
upon with General Superintendent
Nudge. He said there was no proba bill
ty of any trouble, but would not state
that trouble might not result if the
company refused to accede to the COM
mittee's demands.
The committee is now working on the
proposed revision and will have it COM
p1eted by the time Mr.. Nudge returns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
APACKED JURY
Said to Be the Cause of Continuance
in Quay Case.

The Evening Bulletin says: mo
made known than it was declared by
ing the case was an astounding discOv-
cry affecting the jury panel Officials
in the district attorneys Office decline
to discuss this beyond stating that
there was only one reason why the trial
should not go on, the prosecution being
entirely in readiness to proceed. Rumor
had it that a case of impersonation had
been detected, but concerning this no
definite information was obtainable.
After court adjourned Mr.. Rother-
mel stated in reply to an Interrogation:
While 1 will say nothing whatever
about the couSe which induced me to
continue the case except what I said in
court, 1 can state that the entire sub
ject was submitted to Judge Better and
approved by him before L made the ap-
plication for pOStpOnement-
Upon the question of tampering with
the jury the district attorney made a
most significant utterance in court,
avOwing that the pOstponement was a
duty to the commonwealth. Beyond
that he refused to speak save to say
that it would be unwise to give his rea-
son at present. Judge Better had been
informed of it, and that sufhced- His
manner and the first words conveyed
the idea that proceedings are likely to
grow out of the discovery and that
disclosure could be made in advance
of the steps that the commonwealth
might take. I will not say anything
about the jury panel he said finally
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
SAILS IN TWO WEEKS.
Tod Sloan Says He Will Make $780,
900 in England This Year.

New York, Feb. 27.-Tod Sloan plans
to make 800, 900 this season as a, jockey
in England. He sails in two weeks.
''I have made $50, 600 a year for several
years in America" said Sloan, and the
first of my reasons for going to Eng
land is that 1 can earn double the
amount there that I can here. My esti-
mate is based entirely on fees for rid
ing. 1 do not bet. I found out years
ago that I could not bet and ride my
best and I do not believe any other
jockey can. 1 can not explain just now
how or why it interfered with my judg-
ment, but the fact remains that it did.
I'm England 1 shall make my home
in London. I am under contract to ride
for Lord William Beresford, first call,
and to his royal highness, the Prince of
Wales, second call, and after these
am at liberty to accept any mounts 1
DIeaSe''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
PRAYERS FOR M'KINLEY.
In an Episcopal Church in Mexico
Causes the British Minister
to Withdraw

the president of the United States, as
of Common Prayer, has well nigh dis
rupted the well-known Christ church, one
this th etT most Rr9 agndfd 6R IN
American worshipers, and is a sort of un-
ion congregat ton, paying it's own way and
owing allegiance neither to the English
establishment nor the American commun-
ion. The Episcopal church has seven mis-
sionaries here, only one of which it sup
own Mexican congregations, but Christ
church's rector is an Englishman His
not come from him. for he has willingly
read. at both morning and evening SER
vices, the prayers for the president of the
United States and the Queen of England,
emitting that for the Prince of Wales and
the British royal family. The trouble
of the English worshipers to the use of
the prayer for President Mckinley, and
lister TO Mexico, they demanded the inser-
ton of the prayer for the Prince of Wales.
Some American books of common prayer
came from New York but were presented
by man from Chicago. liberal and re-
ligious; who is staying here and who no
We're shabby and old. The new books
raised commotion, tIle English worship
congregation over to the American form.
The Chicago man said he thought the
English pro-American sentiment had ex-
tended to Mexico, and regretted the out
come of his innocent act The outcome
was serious, for Sir Henry Deering with
drew from membership, and some one en-
away all the new American books. Hence
the congregation last Sunday had to go
tor is trying to settle matters, but Sir
Henry declares he will not return until the
prayer for the Prince of Wales and the
entire royal family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27

One of the most absurd things in
municipal politics this spring is the at
tempt of the Topeka State Journal to
dictate the nominations to be made by
the Republicans. Its attempt is about
the same as though Aguinaldo should
undertake to dictate who should COM
mand the American forces at Manila
Lawrence Journal
But oh, how different in the morning!
Even more absurd than anything sug-
gested by the Lawrence Journal is the
assumption of it's editor to know any
thing about the sentiments or wishes
of the people outside of his own immed-
late environments. The Lawrence man
evidently made the mistake of taking
the morning Topeka paper editorials as
indices of Republican sentiment in the
capital citv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
HORSE THIEF CAUGHT.
Leader of a Kansas Gang Arrested
and a Lynching Is Narrowly
Averted.

Lawrence, Feb. 27.-The first inroad
was made Saturday on the gang of
horsethieves that has been operating
in this city when Fred Mcdowell was
captured in Topeka and three of the
stolen horses found in his possession.
The thirteenth horse proved the I'M
lucky one, and the thief was arrested
while trying to dispose of three. Nc
Dowen was brought here in the after
noon and locked up.
He was met at the depot by several
hundred men, and as soon as the sheriff
appeared with his prisoner there went
up a cry of Hang himl Hang Him.! -
that looked threatening. AS the sheriff
took his man up town, followed by all
the police officers with drawn revOlvers.
the crowd fell in behind and escorted
the party to the Jail. Here 200 men,
mostly farmers, were assembled. The
intention was to organize a vigilance
committee, but the prisoner arrived one
train sooner than expected, and to this
he doubtless owes his life.
Mcdowell has confessed that he was
the leader of a gang of thieves. He
did this in the hope of saving his own
neck. During the past month thirteen
horses have been stolen here, and the
farmers are determined to stop the
business, if it is necessary to make an
example of someone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-27
BROUGHT UNDER SPECIAL ACT
Suit Against Atchison Bridge Com
panY for Back Taxes.

Atchison, Feb. 27.-Suit has been COM
menced for the collection of the 1898
taxes of the Atchison and Eastern
Bridge company, which owns the struc-
ture over the Missouri river at this
point. The company has refused to pay,
claiming it's assessment is excessive Suit
was brought under a special act of the
Kansas legislature, passed at the re-
cent extra session, providing for the ap-
pointment of receivers to collect taxes
from bridge companies.
A second suit has also been filed
against the Atchison and Eastern
Bridge company by Atchison county 1t
is a quo warranto proceeding and asks
that it be ousted from exercising the
rights, privileges and franchises of a
corporation, on the ground that it has
no legal existence, and that the bridge
be declared a free public highway. B.
P. Waggener is assisting County At
torney F. G. Crowell in the prosecution
of the suits.
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ing aroused and will make a determined
effort against the combine getting con-
troll of any more land. Most towns are
supplied with natural gas for heating
and lighting purposes, but many of the
companies have been negligent about
securing any more leases than needed
and they now find that the combine has
quietly worked in on their hands with only
enough wells to supply their consumers
for a few years.
An agreement is being made by the
gas companies, citizens and farmers to
prevent the combine getting any more
leases and a bill will be introduced into
the legislature preventing the piping of
gas out of the county where found.