davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
BAD OUTLOOK.
Day of the Yale-HarVard Boat
Race
Opens With Rain and North
west Wind.
BUT LITTLE BETTING.
Yale Men Decline to Give ANY
Odds
To Opponents Who Have Lost
For Six Years.
BUT LITTLE BETTING.

New London, Conn. June 29.-The
day of the Yale-Harvard regatta open
ed rainy and with a northwest wind
blowing. The lateness of the time fixed
for the varsity race. p. m, as well as
the weather had an effect on the size
of the crowds. None of the specials
ran in until nearly noon, when train
of six cars came with a delegation from
s. Paul school.
Up to $3.50 o'clock there was little or
TO public betting on the races. 1t was
noticeable that the Yale men were no
more enthusiastic than the Harvard
mer and when the latter asked the
small odds that naturally belong to a
university whose crew has not won In
six years, they were unable to get
bet. Even up seemed to be the prin-
cipIe. AT half-past o'clock the wind
had squared around to a dead north
and blowing against the outgoing tide,
it made such a mussy course that if it
continues it will certainly be impossible
to row the first race on time.
The stake boats for the two mile race
of the freshmen were anchored some
fifty yards to the east and further out
into the river than the blue flag mark
ing the inside limit of the west side of
the course.
1t was about 1O:4O when the fresh
men crews reached the starting points
and twenty minutes later, the referee
announced that it had been decided to
postpone the races as follows:
our OdTeQ -0U D.
starting at the head of the four mile
varsity course and running down the
river to a point opposite the navy yard,
a distance of two miles.
Freshmen race-4 p. m, racing from
a point opposite the navy yard at the
two mile mark of the varsity course.
and finishing at the bridge, the end
mark of the four mile course a distance
of two miles.
Varsity race between six and seven d.
m, over the varsity course down the
river.
The wind holding from the same
quarter as during the forenoon, both
wind and tide would be with the crews.
The crowd took the postponement
very good naturedly and the six hun
dred people on the observation train
seemed to believe that the three races in
a bunch would be more pleasing than
if the original purpose had been carried
out.
a new drawing for positions took
place after noon today, resulting as
follows: Four OaTed-Yale, west and in
shore; Harvard. east and in center.
Freshmen-Yale, west and in shore,
and Harvard east and in current.
Eight oared-HarVard, west in shore,
and Yale east with current.
The position of the crews in the var
sity race does not give any advantage.
Harvard has the current for the first
two miles on the start and Yale for the
last two miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
NEW EXPLOSIVE
Which Appears to Be What Has Been
Wanted.

New York June ga dispatch to the
Herald from Washington says:
Important tests with thOrite, a new high
explosive are being conducted by the
board of ordnance and fOrtificatiOns at the
Sandy Hook proving grounds. Little is
known in the war department of the char
acteristfcs of the new explosive. It is
the invention of Prof. Tuttle of Oregon,
who asserts that it is perfectly safe, and
willing some weeks ago to put a red
hot poker into a charge of thorite. de-
claring it could be done without causing
it to explode. 1t is believed to have pic
ric acid as it's base. Tests of the ez-
pIosive by the inventor are said to have
been very satisfactory and it may prove
to be the material the army has been
seeking.
partment of the army has been expert
menting with jovite. emmensite and dry
and wet gun cotton, paying more atten-
ton to the last named explosive than any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
ASSASSINATED.
Mayor of MuskegOn, Mich, Shot
In His Own Door
BY Disappointed Office Seeker
Who Then Killed Himself.

NIuskegon, Mich, June 29.-Mayor James
Balbirenie was assassinated at noon by
J. w Tayer. a disappointed offfce-seeker.
Tayer shot Mayor Balbirenie while the
latter was standing in the doorway of his
store The ball entered his left breast
above the nipple. After the shooting Bal
birenie turned and ran upstairs to his liv-
ing rooms and dropped in the hall. He
expired 15 minutes later. Tayer swallow
ed some caPbolic acid and then turned the
revolver upon himself and fired. The ball
entered his left breast. He died at L
o. clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
A WOMAN'S PLUCK.
Mrs. Stevens Beat the Record Across
Siberia by Eleven Days.

Victoria, B. c., June 29.-Among the
passengers by the Empress of Japan is
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Stevens, wife of Mechanical
Engineer Stevens, of the Baldwin Lo-
connective works of Philadelphia. She,
with her husband, recently crossed Si-
IBERIA, from St. Petersburg to Vladivo-
stock. a total journey of 9,S77 versts, in
exactly AZ days, no one heretofore hav-
ing approached this record by eleven
days.
The urgency arose through Mr. Stew
ems being required to meet 70 Baldwin
locomotives for the new road on their
arrival at Vladivostock. Every means
OF travel was adopted, special train and
steamer. work trains. springless peas
ant carts. the old trantass, horses and
RATS, and the American woman passed
through many adventures that not one
in a million of her sex will encounter.
She says there is little likelihood of the
railway being completed for several
years, while then it will be a patchwork
of rail and water stretches, instead of
a through rail line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
ANOREE is DEAD.
Apparently No Longer Room
For Doubt.

San Francisco, June 29.-H. j. Baron,
formerly an eastern newspaper man,
has written the following to the AS
ISOLATED Press from Wrange1, Alaska,
under date of June "a:
Information received here several
days ago confirms the story that An
dree, the Arctic explorer, is dead. A
Norwegian, who wGs a passenger or
the Rosalie. a boat bound for Skag-
way showed a letter supposed to have
been written by Andree. The letter in
a sealed bottle, had been washed ashore
off the Norwegian coast and was dated
May 4. The latitude was given as "A
north, and the balloon was somewhere
to the westward of Iceland.
81 am leaving balloon and provisions
-Andree,' were the words written.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
CALLED "OUR TEDDY"
Col Roosevelt Made Much of at Mil
Waukee

Milwaukee, June 29.-"He won with
our boys in blue, and he will be our
president, too" Thus ran one of the
banner inscriptions displayed in Mil
waukee's flower parade, Of which Gov
ernor Roosevelt was the center of at
traction. But this apparently did not
interest the governor half much as
did that other, displayed everywhere
and on every lip: Our Teddy"
The governors part in the flower pa
rade was to lead it in the undecorated
carriage of Captain Fred Pabst, ac-
companied by President Hackett, Gov
ernor Scofield and Lieutenant Fergu-
son. He was driven to where the pa
rade formed and, preceded by a mount
ed escort and a band, started on car
riage journey through the ranks of $780,
900 spectators drawn up on both sides
of Grand and Prospect avenues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
DANGEROUS "TOY" PISTOL.
First Victim Is SiIas Gleaves, Who
Will Get Well

Chief Ramsey is thinking seriously of
stopping the sale and use of the toy
pistols now on the market in anticipa-
tion of July 4.
The pistols are made of cheap metal
and are sold for 25 cents. They are of
the double action brand in more senses
than one. They are made to explode
powder caps and also to shoot cart
ridges. The architecture of the weapons
is of the Louis 14th style and they are
liable to shoot out of the back end
as we'll as the front.
Silas Gleaves was shot in the back
of his head with one of these toy pis-
tolls in the hands of James Clark aged
10. The load was supposed to be a
blank cartridge but a deep hole in the
back of CleaVes' head shows that there
was something in the cartridge besides
powder. The wound is painful but not
DANGEROUS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
CHASED WITH FORKS.
Bat Hawley Fortunate in Escaping
Farmers and Landing in
Jail at CORY.

Cory, June 29.-Crowds of excited
farmers armed with Ditchforks and
shotguns chased Bat Hawley for miles
through the country five miles north of
this city.
They failed to capture him, but he
was later caught in town by the police
and taken before Police Justice Barker,
who committed him to Jail. He will be
given a hearing for an offense against
a IA year old girl named Kennedy.
If Hawley, who is 80 years old, had
been captured by the farmers he would
have been hanged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
RICO ALIVE AND WELL.
Report of the Death of Princess Chi
mays Husband Denied.

Cairo. June 29.-The English Speaking
community in Cairo is highly amused
by the ludicrOus account cabIed three
weeks ago to a New York paper of the
birth OF twins to the former princess
of Caraman Chimay and the death from
bubOnic plague of her tzigane husband.
The story is pure invention Both the
princess and her gypsy are still in Cairo
and both are in health.
Rigo was seen promenading the prin-
Cipal streets of the city last week and
the princess visited her dreSsnaker ten
days ago. Apart from a few Greeks and
one Italian girl who died yesterday, no
European has sUccumbed to the plague
IN Alexandria
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
MAYOR JONES' GAS IDEA.
Toledo Executive Says the Artificial
Product Is Necessary.

Toledo, O., June 29.-Mayor Jones in
an open letter to the people of Toledo
outlines his plan, which the city council
has sanctioned, to put the Toledo gas
plant on a paying basis.
After reviewing the history of the fail
ure of the natural gas in this section
he concluded by saying that the only
salvation is in artificial gas. He then
proposes the erection of gas works to be
Springfield, ILL.,, electric lighting plant
the artificial gas plant to be leased of
the city. He invites all the people who
wish . take stock in the enterprise and
form a co-OperatiVe plant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
FIVE MEN DROWN ED.
By the Overturning of a Skiff
In the Mississippi.

Clarksvil1e, Mo, June 29.-Five men
have been drowned in the Mississippi
river. a mile above here, by the over
turning of a skiff. They We're laborers
engaged in the river improvement work
now going forward in this district under
the direction of the United States as
sistant engineer, Captain S. Edwards.
The men lost were:
William Hodge, residence unknown;
Henry Howland, of Clarksville, Mo;
J. w. Phillips, Arnold Phillips and w.
G. Jamison, of Hamburg, III.
Captain Edwards is dragging the river
for the bodies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
NEW CHARTERS.

The american Construction company
OF Detroit, which will engage in the
manufacture of building material at
- IA 'L9lIBqo JoJ p9HddR sBq 'eICI
Holmes is president; John T. Holmes.
secretary and treasurer; G.. A. Beaton,
vice president, all of Detroit. The com
pany has a capital paid up of $50, 900.
The Citizens Water company of Ar
kansas City has secured a charter for
999 years. The directors are: c. L.
Brown, A. H. Denton, G.. f. Hopper,
Rosecrans Stratton of Arkansas City
and w. o. Hopper of Downs. This COM
pany will purchase the water plant now
at Arkansas City or put in one entirely
new.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
ONLY A RARE TURTLE.
The Alleged Sea Serpent Has Been
Positively Iden titled.

Patchogue. n. Y, June 29.-The sea
monster which was captured last week
in Great South Bay and which some of
the old seamen around here believed to
be a sea serpent, has been identified and
classified by Prof. w. z. Gordon, prin-
cipal of the Patchogue high school.
He says that its common name is
'leatherback turtle Only two cap
lures of like specimens have been re-
ported for nearly 40 years. 1t is an
inhabitant of the Mediterranean. the
Pacific and the temperate portions of
the Atlantic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE
Thousands of Bushels Destroyed on a
Big Farm.

Perry, Ok, June 29.-News from Bliss
station, on the Santa Fe railway, TWEEN
ty miles north of here, says that the
large wheat field of ]. w. Miller. To-
Gated in the Ponca Indian reservation,
is burning, and thousands of bushels
of wheat will be destroyed.
Miller has 5000 acres of wheat, and
it is estimated that it would yield thirty
bushels per acre.
1t is reported that several hundred
acres have already been consumed and
fire is raging the same as on a dry
prairie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
DEFICIT OF S9O,OOO,OOO.
Is the Estimate of Treasury officials
For the Closing Year.

officials are now confident that the de-
f1cit for the present fiscal year will not
exceed $50, 600 900. One week ago the
estimate was a little short of $10O, ,00O.-
900 but during the last few days the re-
ceipts have been rather above the esti-
mates while the expenditures have
greatly fallen off.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
YOEMAN'S BOND.
He Is Held in Jail Till He Can Fur
nish SIS, 900 Security.

Judge McCabe bound S. z. Yoeman
over for trial in the district court on the
charge of killing David 7. Jackson and
admitted him to bail in the sum of $15,-
000
The preliminary hearing resulted sole
ly in an argument as to whether Yoe-
man should be allowed bail or not The
case and the arguments closed at g
o'clock and Judge McCabe took the case
under advisement until o'clock Yoe-
man will furnish ball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
EDITORS ON ALGER.
Michigan Men Give Their Preference
For the Senatorship.

Chicago, June 29.-In response to in
quiry by the Tribune of the editors of
various Republican newspapers in Mich
igan fourteen replies have been received
giving preference to Senator Mcmillan
to succeed himself against six for Sec
retary of War Alger. In nine instances
the editors have been non-committal
Several express the view that an al
lance with Governor Pingree is detri-
mental to Secretary Alger'S candidacy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
Mrs. Dreyfus Guarded.

Rennes, France, June 29-The house
occupied by Madame Dreyfus was
guarded by gen d'armes all night long
and at daybreak these policemen were
succeeded by others. In addition a
giant porter keeps the outer gate locked
and barred. No one is allowed to enter
without the express permission of
Madame DreyfuS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
HOME FOR DREYFUS.
Believed That He Will Settle Down
at Gravosa on the Adriatic.

Vienna, June 29-It is generally be-
Heved at Gravosa, Dalmatia, on the
Adriatic, near Ragusa, that Capt. Drey-
fus will settle there after his acquittal
by the court martial at Rennes. The
Dreyfus family has rented from Capt
Tomasevitch, commander of a Lloyd
steamer a villa there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
NEW WHEAT MARKET.
The First Car Is Received in Topeka
Today

The first car load of new wheat was
received today in Topeka by Manager
T. L. Evan of the Capital elevator. 1t
was shipped by w. P. Donahoe & Co.,
of Perry, Oklahoma; was choice grading
No. 2 red. brought IS cents, weighed so
pounds to the bushel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
Gen. McCuIloch a Candidate.

Kansas City, Mo, June 29.-The Stars
Seda1ia. Mo-. special says: Il is officially
announced here today that General Rob
ert McCulloch of Cooper county will be
candidate for congress in the Eighth dis
General McCulloch is major general of
the United Confederate Veterans of Mis-
souri, and served in the civil colo
mel in the Second Missouri Confederate
cavalry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
MRS. SOUTHWORTn DYING.

Washington, June 29-Mrs. E. D. E. N.
Southworth, the novelist, was consider
ably worse today and her death may
occur at any hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
MRS. M'KINLEY WEAK.
She Is Still Unable to Leave Her
Bed.

Washington, June 29.-Mrs. McKin-
ley's condition is reported as improved
today, but she is still weak and has
not yet left her bed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-29
Weather Indications

Chicago. June 29.-Weather forecast
for Kansas: Fair tonight and Friday;
southerly winds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05
A BRACE OF PARADOXES.
Two Odd and Interesting Little
Problems for the Young Folks
to Ponder Over.

Paradox No. If you started from
Chicago and walked due west, and il
were possible for you TO walk on un-
interruptedly in the same direction,
how far could you walk without ever
deviating from your due westerly
course, and where would you arrive
finally?
"oh. that's easy!" you exclaim. Il
would walk around the earth and ar
rive back in Chicago"
Very well. Let yeur answer stand
for the present, and take this: Two
geese are here in Chicago. one stand
ing facing the east and the other
facing the west, and at the same mo-
ment they start and fly directly as
they faced, the one east and the other
west. How far do these two geese
travel before they meet face to face?
Ask your friends to help you solve
this. They will probably take hold
with avidity, and the answers they
give you will be amusing. You your
self probably think it's easy-too easy,
in fact, to worry about. Half way
around the world, you say? Well, you
are mistaken. The correct answer de-
ponds altogether upon the distance
which separated them in Chicago when
they started. For3it does not follow
that the two geese, twhen one stands
facing the east and the other facing
the west, are back toSback. They may
be face to face. Do you catch on?
Paradox No. 1.-Two persons are
born at exactly the same moment in
the same town. Fifty years later both
died at the same instant in the same
town, yet one of them had lived 100
days more than the other.
Now, do not ask your friends to help
you solve this problem, as you did with
the preceding one. Buckle down to
it yourself, right now, without read
ing any farther. No; there is no catch
in it; it is plain, Straightforward
proposition and though it is labeled
paradox" it may not be paradoxical
in the least when you read the ex-
PLANTATION, which is this: Each Of these
two men made so trips around the
earth, one of them always travelling
to the west and the other going always
in the opposite direction. Now, he
who went west around the earth lost
a day on each of his trips, and in so
trips was so days behind the station
airy stay-at-home inhabitants of his
native town. He who travelled by the
east gained one day by each trip. One
of these men, therefore, had seen 100
days more than the other, though they
were born and also died in the same
village at the same moment, and reck-
oned time by the same calendar.-Chi-
cage Times-Hera1d.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05

STATE OF WIsCONSIN-WoodC County Court
I'm Probate.
In the matter of the estate of John Lubbock,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Caroline
Meyer, of the town of Grand Rapids, In said
county, administrative of the estate OF John
Lubbock, deceased, representing among other
things,
That the said deceased died sliced of certain
real estate described in said petition; that it is
necessary to sell or cucumber the same to nav
the debts of said deceased and PRAYING tor
license to mortgage, lease or sell the same; and
1t appearing to the court that it is necessary to
sell or cucumber said real estate for that pur=
pose,
IT Is ORDERED That said petition be heard at
regular term of said County Court, to be held
in and for said county at the probate office in
the court house in the city of Grand Rapids. on
the first Tuesday (being the 9TH day. OF February
A. ID. 1899, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
IT Is FURTHER ORDERED. That this order he
published at least four successive weeks before
SAID day fixed for the hearing OF said petition
IN the Wood County Reporter, weekly news
paper published at the city of Grand Rapids
IN sad county, and that a copy thereof be
served personally on B. NJ Vaug han, a disin-
terested freehoIder of said County of Wood
special guardian of all of the minor heirs men.
toned III the petition, and on all other persons
interested i'll said estate residing in the County
of Wood, I>2lst twenty (20) days before such
day.
Dated this 3rd day of January, A. D. 1899.
By the Court,
JOHN 4. GAYNOR,
County Judge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05
Millions Given AWAY,

1t is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to be generous to the
needy and suffering. The proprietors
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, have given
away over ten million trial bottles of
this great medicine; and have the salts
faction of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless cases.
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarsness, and all
diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cured by it. Call on John L.
DAILY, druggist, and get trialbottle free
Regular size, soc. and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded. 3
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Davis expect
to depart next Saturday for a trip of
about ten days, dividing the time
with friends in Appleton, Milwaukee,
Sparta and Necedah. Mr.. Davis says
he has saved up IS for this outing and
may stay longer than ten days if his
funds hold out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05
How 1t Began.

Mrs. Dixon-Your husband paid me
such pretty compliment yesterday.
Mrs. Hixon-Indeed What did he
say?
why, he said that looked younger
and handsomer than ever"
''Oh, I'm not much surprised at his
saying that. The doctor told him
the other day that he was threatened
with softening Of the brain. Chicago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05

Business places were closed on the
two sides of the river Monday after
noon from o'clock-the New Year
holiday. The banks also had their
doors locked during the afternoon of
said day,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05
The Blue Grass

Region is famous for its fine
horses. A fine horse is the admir-
alton of all. Grand Rapids has
some beauties. Many frst-class
turnouts can be seen on her streets.
If you inquire, you will find they
are from
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05
The Coming Entertainment.

The date has been settled upon for
presentation of the play Damon and
PythiaS by home talent-ThurSday
evening February Ind at Grand Opera
House. Hirzy's orchestra has received
number of new overtureS for that
evening. Rehearsals indicate that all
parts will be well taken. Here is the
cast:
L. hrO ef
Pythlas Chas. Podawiltz
Dionysius Otto Roenius
Ph1l1Stl Grover
DaIOcleS waiter Dennis
LUZ .,.COOIe tOty
Nampa Lenore McCaTty
Senators, Soldiers and Guards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05

DR.. Richard S. Schreckenstein, who
has been studying medicine in Ger
many, and lately returned to the
United States from a tour of Austria,
Italy and France, is a guest of his
relatives Mr.. and Mrs. II. Wipperman
in our city. Mr.. Schreckenstein for
merly pr acticed in Marion, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-01-05

FUR SALE-A tract of choice land-in
all about y lots-centrally located in
the city of Centralia. For terms and
particulars enquire of VIM. Scott or A.
L. Fontaine.