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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07

sirens walled. Five minutes the din
continued. The Columbia made no re-
Spouse to this thunderous demOnstra-
ton As the Defender crossed the line
she also was greeted with a demOnstra-
ton quite as enthusiastic and prolonged
The yachts were Immediately taken in
tow by their tugs and brought up the
bay
Herbert Leeds. on behalf of Mr.. Iselin.
said after the race that the friends Of
the Columbia were very well satisfied
and hoped to do better when their sails
were made more trim He said there
was no accident of any kind and the
yacht would leave for New Rochelle to-
day. Butler Duncan said he had Moth
ing to say for the Defender Everything
had been satisfactory. The race was an
informal trial for a cup offered by the
New York club. The official trials will
occur in September.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
GOLD IN NEW MEXICO.
Rich Find Fifty Miles From FL Paso
Texas.

FL Paso, Tex, July Great excite
ment has been caused IN the vicinity
of JarJelIa by the discovery near there
yesterday of rich placer gold deposits
1t is the first strike of the kind in that
vicinity in New Mexico.
The md was made by W. D. Bates
and A. A. Bruce, two well known pros
pectors, in a canon close by the famous
Mamie Baird mine.
Messrs. Bruce and Bates dug down to
bedrock yesterday just on an expert
ment, and to their establishment gold
dust and small nuggets were visible in
the black sand TO the naked eye They
scOoped up a SackfuI of sand weighing
about so pounds The sand panned out
gold to the value Of about So. and they
were consequently elated over their dis
covery. It is said that their find will
cause a rush OF prospectors to that re-
gion.
The spot where the rich finds were
made is only so miles east of FL Paso.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
STRUGGLED DIAMONDS.
Mrs. Dodgs's Outfit Was Partly Val
liable and Partly Fake"

New York. July Col Dudley s.
Phelps, chief OF the law division of the
custom house, received today the OFF,
cial appraisement of such of the jewels
as were selected as dutiabIe from those
brought into this port on the St Paul
on June a by Mrs Phyllis E Dodge.
The appraisement gives the foreign
value of the detained jewels at 341, 500,
and the duty, 90 per cent ad valOrem,
at S24 500. or a home value OF S66, 400
The foreign value of the famous pearl
necklace of fOrty-three pearls, a dne
ruby and large diamonds was put at
S35,160. The three rings in dispute, one
with a black and a smoked pearl, one
with two pearls and a diamond, and
one with a pearl and a diamond, were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
CLAIMS NO HANS LAND.
Interstate Land Company's Demand
Based On a Mexican Grant

Guthrie, O. T.. July 1T now develops
that the claim of the Interstate Land com
pany of Denver, Kansas City and Wash
ington. to a title for !. POO, 900 acres OF land
Beaver county. o. T. formerly No Mans
Land1. is based upon an old Mexican con-
cessiOn or land grant. afterWard ratified
by the Texas republic
The mpany claims that No Mans
Land was not part Of the Louisiana pur-
chase. but. rather, of Mexico, and, when
they ceded it 10 the United States. it was
only quit claim, subject to the great
land grant, which has since come into
possession Of the Interstate LanG com
pany-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
Extract from Journal. Ray 2sth-)
KNOWN IN TOPEKA.
David Halo, Who Lost His Life Sun
day, Had Many Friends Here

David Halo. who was killed in the Rock
Island wreck Sunday morning at 1.15 near
Waterloo. Ia, was well known in To-
peka-
Mr.. Halo was a travelling man who
made Topeka very often and was a stock
holder in the Huh Clothing store He went
to St Louis with the body of his father
for burial and was returning. to AIipneaPo-
lis when killed Mr.. Halo was to have
been married in September to young
lady living IN Minneapolis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
TROUBLE THREATENED.
Huntington Strikers Resolve to Force
Imported Negroes Out.

Fort Smith. Ark. July There was
meeting of the striking miners at Hunt
ington yesterday at which it was deter
mined that if the imported negroes at
work in the mines are not Withdrawn by
o clock tomorrow the strikers Will go to
the surrounding country among the farm
ers and make up a force and put them
out Excitement is more intense than at
any previous time since the strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07

reIegated to the class known commonly
as fake by a decision that their re-
spectiye values are SO. IS and IS. Col
lector Bidweu will probably have the
evidence before him Friday. and it is
likely that United States District At
tOrney Henry L. Burnett will appear
for the department of justice and Ed
ward Lauterbach for Mrs. Dodge, who
may be present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07

Butte, Mont,
s2s.s5. via Santa Fe Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
uO0 TOMORROW,
& I'LL SATURDAY

Each purchaser, whether he buys much
or little, is entitled to an ARMoR
PLATE STEEL PEN for the asking
Remember, these are the Topeka,
kan, U. S. A., kind
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-07
BETTINA GERARD SUED.
Her Actor Husband Is Seeking an
Absolute Divorce.

New York. July 7--Jusrfce Nash in the
supreme court has handed down a decis-
ion in favor of the plaintiff in the divorce
suit brought by Harrison J. Wolf Will
Iiams. known on the stage as Harrison J.
Vol, for an absolute divorce against Eliz-
abeth Ordway Williams, known on the
stage as Bettina Gerard.
A fine selection of high grade Their
mometers just received at Benefits
Optical store, $50 Kansas avenue.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
SOlOmOn's Temple.

"a biblical student of this CITY," says the
Washington correspondent of the Chicago
Record, declares that if the descriptions OF
solomon's temple are accurately given in the
bible and by the secular authorities. the
total value OF that edifce and it's contents
must have exceeded $50, 600, 900 600. In the
first place the value of the materials in the
rough is estimated at $12 800, 900, 900 and the
labor at $4,000, 100000. According to Villal-
pandis 10000 men were engaged in dressing
cedar lumber, $4,000 were engaged in cut
ting stone and 10000 in bearing burdens, for
period of seven years, who, in addition to
their wages, received so cents a day for
food. According to the same authority,
which is corroborated by Josephus, the ves-
sells of gold were valued at 140, 900 talents
which, reduced to American money, is equal
to s2.326, 4S1,0l5. The vessels OF silver are
calculated at s3,231 Ills, 900, the vestments
of the priests and the robes of the singers
at s10,050,000 and the value of the trumpets
of gold was $1,000, 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
Possibilities of EnuIisb

A number OF commercial travellers were
telling stories in an uptown restaurant last
night reports the New York Tribune, and
this was youched for by one who used 10 be
railroad conductor In eastern Pennsyl-
vania:
MY train had always reached Lebanon
Just after an express train, but the schedule
was changed so as to bring my train into the
station first, yoluble Pennsylvania Dutch
woman was regular passenger on market
days, as my train stopped at her station,
while the express whlzzed by. The first
evening that / ran my train in ahead of the
express she was much astonished and de-
lighted. She rushed up to me and exclaimed.
in the high key and peculiar dialect OF that
region:
Ivy, you're early OF late; you're first at
last: you used to be behind befors.'"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

Managers of Woodside park, the famous
oval of Philadelphia, have decided to cast
Its fortunes with the National Cycling asso-
citation. Heretofore Woodside park has been
a stronghold of the league.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
any way in which he can get even all
around

Some riders complain of not being able
to ride hands off, and blame it to the con-
structon of the wheel. Riding in this fash
ion is an accomplishment that should not
be practiced but one that it is we'll to pos
sess. Those who blame the wheel for their
inability will in many cases find that it is
the fault of their position. 1t is difficult to
ride without having hold of the bars when
the rider has a forward position and many
riders favor this. By putting the saddle way
back on the seat post and sitting upright,
throwing the weight backward as much as
possible, what has before been difficult will
become easy. The position Of the saddle.
which determines the distribution of the
riders weight, makes the greatest difference
in the way wheel steers, but few riders
appreciate the fact a wise dealer made a
profitable use of this knowledge the other
day. An Englishman, who was seeking
wheel to purchase, told him that he had
been trying of certain make, but did
not like it at all because he could not ride
hands Off" He complained that he had
found the same fault with all American
wheels and he did not like machine to be
so wabbly. The dealer noted the mans po-
sition On the wheel he had brought from
England with him and had one Of his men
fix up a wheel with the saddle way in the
rear. without explaining ne asked the man
to try it, with the result that the wheel was
sold on the spot. The forward position has
become so popular that dealers send wheels
out fixed for it and riders are bothered be-
cause the machine seems unsteady, which is
a mistake.
! Handle bars on the first American bicycle,
manufactured in 1878, measured II inches
over all and narrow widths continued in
use until 1882, when Columbia high grade
wheel was introduced with 22-inch bars.
These were at first regarded as anomalous,
but wheelmen soon grew to like them and
popular sizes gradually increased until the
extreme was reached in 1892, when 2S and
| 3O-inch bars were the fashion. The follow
! ing year shorter bars were again in evil
dence and within two years following bars
were shortened eight inches. In 1897 the
| width OF handle bars had returned to the
original II inches. This year the tendency
| is again toward increased length, the 19-inch
bar being the one generally in use. re-
| turn to the extreme width of 1892, however,
is regarded by manufacturers as improbable.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
Cure for Bad Habits.

A Cincinnati man recently advertised his
desire to sell valuable secret for so cents.
He stated that he would tell how he was
cured of smoking, drinking, swearing, stay
ing out at night, going to the races, gam
bling and how he gained twenty pounds in
weight in two years. Several persons sent
him so cents each and here is the secret they
received: Just cured OF all the bad habits
named by an enforced residence for two
years in the Ohio state prison"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

Chicago Tribune: "If you go into that
town just ahead" said the farmers wife,
who had given him a drink of cider and
some doughnuts, they'll make you work on
the stone pile"
Madam" replied Tuffold Knutt, straight
ening himself up and speaking impressively
they may lead me up TO the stone pile, but
they hain't people enough in the blamed
town to make me work on it."
And he trudged on toward the town just
ahead
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

Charles River track, which is located on tn,
bank of the Charles river, and almost ad
joining Harvard college,"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

(a.) "Book' opening to here.
(b) If 29-K-R 2; 30. R x R P ch, K-Kt
3; 81. R-Kt ch. K-B 3: r B CHI.
K Kt: r R and wins.
Problem No. 81, by G. H. Coster, an ex-
ceedingy pretty end game. White to play
and win; only one method will be found
nnSSihla.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
BLACK.
WHITE

Solutions to problem No. 63 have been
received from F. w. Biddle. Omaha, and
d. F. Logan, Norton, Kan.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02
CHESS.

The score of the sixth game completed in
the Kansas Nebraska correspondence tourna-
ment, between c. Q, De France of Lincoln
and o. A. Bayless of Lawrence, Kan, is as
follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

Charles River track, which is located on the
bank of the Charles river, and almost ad-
joining Harvard college,"
A Chicago genius has in operation an cleo
trical contrivance by which bicycles stored
on his premises cannot be disturbed by
thieves without giving an alarm. A bell and
battery were put in position above the door
inside the office and the wires were con-
nected with little button set in the floor
in the wheel recess and extending fraction
of an inch above the flooring. When
wheel was placed in position with the front
tire directly ON this button the weight of the
machine depressed the button and broke the
connection. But II that wheel was raised
the button at once arose also, completed the
circuit and rang the jingling alarm. Moth
ing simpler or more deadly to the bicycle
thief.
Managers Of Woodside park, the famous
oval of Philadelphia, have decided to cast
Its fortunes with the National Cycling asso-
citation. Heretofore Woodside park has been
stronghold of the league.
Omaha scorchers try to excuse themselves
by saying they don't intend to overspeed
their mounts, but good roads make them
forget themselves. AS there are roads
paved with good intentions the scorchers
should take whirl thereon for a change.
prize winning trust of sufficient size to
frighten all their fellow competitors has
been formed by two prominent professional
cyclists now following the circuit OF the
National Cycling association. The combina-
tion Is unique in the history of trusts and
likewise in the annals of cycle racing That
1t is richly remuneratiye to its promoters
all the other prominent professionals on the
circuit can attest to their sorrow FLOYD
Mcfarland, the attenuated rider from San
Jose, Cal. and Orlando Stevens the stocky
athlete from Ottumwa Ia, compose the
| trust and so far their combination has been
entirely satisfactory to themselves. After
less than one month of racing. the pair
have earned upward of S3,000 which is con-
| siderably more than half of all the money
| prizes given at the meets attended by them.
Half hundred or more other riders who
earn their daily bread by their speed on the
| wheel have had to be content with the minor
portion OF the money awarded Among
| these latter are several stars who are cred
| tied with possessing more speed than either
| Mcfarland or Stevens. Up to the present
time Mcfarland has been doing the bulk OF
| the winning, more or less ably assisted by
Stevens, who has not yet attained his part
ners form Several times. however the
former has sacrificed himself for the sake
| of the latter.
| "A League member residing In Omaha"
reports the Wheel. had his wheel stored
with the wheel belonging to the landlady.
L-ndlady had dispute with painter regard
ing quality of some work he did-kept out
SIG of his pay. Painter went to court and
got judgment Landlady still refused to
settle. Mr., Constable entered house and
seized both wheels. against all threats and
! explanations. He also used some bad Ian
guage, Constable and bondsmen not worth
a dollar. League member can replevin his
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

IaI b-hI IS WUIe III Keeping VIII lht
opening.
o. A. Bayless later won a Ruy Lopez from
c. Q. De France in the Kansas Nebraska
match. This makes the score to date
Kansas, 3l2; Nebraska 22.
The score OF the twenty-second game
completed in the Nebraska Chess association
'arst correspondence tournament, between A.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
Has Life Saver.

A commercial traveller who Is putting
up at one Of the hotels exhibited q
curious .contrivance to some friends
last evening. 1t consisted of q metal
reel almost eight inches long bolted Sc
curely to one of the inside corners Of
his trunk. On the reel was wound
about 100 feet OF steel wire, terminal
ing In sort Of stirrup. The entire de-
vice occupied considerably less than a
square foot of room, and the drummer
explained that it was q fire escape Of
his own invention. "All have to do"
he said, sis to put my foot in the
stirrup and let myself ont of the
window. The trunk acts as an anchor
at this end and ratchet at the side
Of the reel prevents the wire from pay
Ing out too rapidly"
did you ever have occasion to put
It to use?" asked one Of the spectators.
"Only once," replied the drummer.
81 was in hotel that caught fire at
night about eight months ago, and the
first thing did when I jumped out
Of bed was to rush for my trunk. It
was locked, and in my excitement I
couldn't find the key. 1 hunted high
and low and was still hunting when
the porter rushed in and led me down
stairs. They extinguished the fire,
and subsequently discovered the key
under the bureau. Now have the
thing on chain and am loaded for
conf1agrations Of oil brards."-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
a Chnpter on Pens.

1t was not until 1880 that Birming-
ham manufacturer named Harrison In.
troduced the metallic pen to England.
Even then. % years later. when q
barrel Of them was on sale in London,
we read that they were by far too ex-
pensive for general use. We do not
know the price then asked, but mt the
time Of the battle Of Waterloo we read
that Sheldon Of Sedgley was selling
them ut 18 shilllngs the dozen. In the
II years following that date the price
fell to two-thirds this sum.
Today, on the average, 15O pens can
be bought for the price which our
grandfathers paid FOR one &c years
ago. Yet there is good deal Of work
to be done on the successor Of Byron's
"Grny Goose Quill" Each Of the mil
lions turned out every year ut is n
thousand million in England alone) has
to go through 1G separate processes.
One English writer on this subject
says: "Should we, in place Of rolling out
the steel Into strips the thickness of
pens. pull It out into one square bar
having the width and height Of It's
cross area each three-sevenths of an
inch. then we should get q bar All
miles long, which could be bent sol
that one end Of the arc rested in Lon
don and the other end in Edinburgh"
London Chronicle.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
ancient I7inuos.

There is very interesting collection
Of old pianos IN the Roman museum
ut Hildesheim. Germany. Dating all
the way from the end Of the seven
tcenth century, the collection exhibits
In n very instructive way the primi-
tive origin OF piano manufacture, and
gives one in idea OF the simple instru-
ments used by our greatest music COM
posers.
The Oldest instrument on exhibition
Is a small clavichord of the seven
teenth century, possessing IA tones
with % two choral bound strings. An
other of equal antiquarian value has
four full octaves-a one chord Italian
spinet. built ut m angle and possess
ing rich and beautiful tone for sing
ing accompaniment. The strings are
rifted with pointed crow quilts. Both
instruments date from the time of
Handel, Bach and Gluck.
One instrument was made in the
first hall Of the eighteenth century
and is a bound cIavichord Of AZ oc-
taves. So tones and 40 strings. There
Is also an instrument from the second
half OF the last century which pos
sesses 5A octaves. The last two are
supplied with strings tipped with
brasg, and their immediate followI.
were the hammer pianos Of 1850, used
at the time OF Haydn. Mozart and Bee
thoven, and even by Mendelssohn, Bar
tholdy. Chopin ard Franz Liszt during
their youth.-Cb'cago Record.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08

II will not be surprise to any who
are at all familiar with the good quail
tiles of Chamberlain 8 Cough Remedy,
to know that people everywhere take
pleasure in relating their experience
in the use OF that splendid medicine
and il telling Of the benefit they have
received from it, Of bad colds it has
CURED, Of threatened attacks Of pneu-
monia it has averted and Of the chill
dren it has saved from attacks of Group
and whooping cough. It is . grand,
good medicine. For sale by Hill Orr.
Drug 90.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
Mexican Custo.,,s.

Ii Is = lit;lc startling 10 newcomers
at nrSt To notice the universal custom
in Mexico OF addressing persons o.
high and low degree by their first
names. AS soon as friends are ut
all we'll Acquainted they address each
other by the given name, and this IS
done not only hy those of the same age
AID sex, but indiscriminatcly among
young men and young women, young
people and elder persons. In the lat
ter case. or between elderly persons.
Il respectful prefix is used, rs Don"
Ricardo. Public characters are also
commonly referred TO by thci~ first
names.
In the household the head Of the house
is called Don Jose or Don Manuel by
the servants. ana Il son in distinction is
known rs Nanuclito Qittlc ManucD.
Among servants the customs regarding
the names given supcriors are not un-
like those Of The negroes OF the south
crn Cni.rI states. The lowest classes,
Or the servants that have grown up in
family. speak to tie heads OF the
house rs Nino or Nina masculinc and
feminine fo.' cliild, or call the wife
and mother scnorita. regardless OF the
fact that SHE may have attained three
score.
The servants distinguish between
on~ OF their own class and Il friend OF
their master or mistress by such dis
tinctions. IL Il caller is to be announc-
cd. II Is scnorita. regardless OF her
age, that is il tie parlor. IL n woman
OF the common class awaits the mis-
tress, 1t Is Il sonora. y gentleman OF
the upper classes Is referred to rs 4
scnor, while Il laborcr will be called q
muchacho (boy).-Modcrn Mexico.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
Outxvitted the Trnn.

Several days ago Il business man
the basement Of whose establishment
Is more or less infested with rats, pur-
chased patent rattrnp
1.-The day before l set It," lie declared
In relating his little tale, II found Il
nest or II tiny rats in bundle OF
shavings in the basement. The little
fellows struck me rs being lust the
right kind Of bait with which to cap
tuTc their parents. and put them into
the trap. huddlcd all together on the
top Of the lid Of n tin can The next
morning l repaired TO the basement
prepared to see the mother rat, If not
the father, safely Gagged inside the trap.
"1ou can Imagine my surprise when
l discovered that not only the old rats
were missing, but that the baby ro-
dents were gone as well. The tin can
top left in tile trap showed me how
the mother rat had effected the release
Of the little ones. 1t rested on the edge
Of the door leading into the trap and
through which the old rat would have
had to pass to get inside, where lr-
babies were.
"Origlrally the tin can top was IL
least an inch from the door, but the
parent rodent undoubtedly sized up the
game and carefully pushed open the
door until it rested OH the foo. Then
she reached in and pulled the tin can
top over so that its weight held the
door down. after which the work Of
carrying out the little rats. not one Of
which was able to either see or walk,
was easy. Great rat, that old one, dom t
you think k?"-Philadclphie Inquirer.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-08
,;ssd BY British Soldiers In Africa.

Capt. O. G.. Dennison is we'll known
all over Africa as commander Of the
forces that captured the famous rebel
Galishe. Under date Of Nov. A, 1897,
from Ffyburg, BeohuAnaland, he
writes: Before starting on the last
campaign ! bought quantity OF Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrh9a
Remedy, which I used myself when
troubled with bowel complaint, and
had given to my men, and In every
case IL proved most beneficial" For
sale by Aill- Orr Drug Go.