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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-09
TURN ON THE LIGHT.
Police Force Evidently Needs
Some Investigation.

Tt now looks as if the motive in bring
ing charges against Sergeant Tim Don
ovan is to cause a vacancy in that po-
sition for a henchman to fill, but a
thorough investigation of the workings
of the whole force would be a good
thing.
Officer Hall, who brought the charges,
was perhaps misinformed and led to
believe that he was right in suspecting
Donovan of duplicity. E. E. Shoaf,
who was quoted as having said that
Donovan warned him against Hall, de-
MED to Chief Ramsey and Mayor Drew
that Donovan warned him, but said
that Donovan told him to close. He
did so, and says he has been closed
ever since.
Mayor Drew believes that the charges
were brought against Donovan at the
instigation of Officer Sherman Williams,
who aspires to be a sergeant and who
has claimed that he was promised a
sergeancy. Mayor Drew said today:
Il never promised Williams or anyone
else a place. If a vacancy was to oc-
cur Williams would not be appointed.
I have the utmost confidence in Ser
geant Donovan, and know that he is
well thought of. :"
More than one officer on the police
force is loud in his denunciation of Ser
geant Donovan and other members be-
cause they are Democrats. There is
hardly a man on the police force but
has some complaint to make about
other members. The 'stalwart officers
of the law are as jealous as a set Of
school boys. The force could be i'm
proved by discipline, and the sooner it
is done the better for the city.
When asked if Officer Hall had sub
mitted testimony against jointists who
had not been arrested, Chief Ramsey
admitted he had, but that the officers
were only waiting to secure more evil
dence.
The joint which Hall went into in cit
liens clothes is at 522 Kansas avenue.
He reported to the chief that he bought
and paid for beer there. Last evening
the chief was asked why he had not
arrested that jointist upon that evil
dence and he said that he wished to Sc
cure more evidence At $40. Officers
Golf and Hall pulled the place and ar
rested Ed Leonard as bartender. James
Hargraves and Ed lyman, both Of
North Topeka, were also arrested on
the same charge.
The record of the arrests and convic-
tiona of jointfsts since April 10 is as
follows:
April-Seven arrests and three convic-
lions in police court.
Mayo arrests, 10 dismissed, ap-
pealed, 8 not settled, convictions.
June-26 arrests, IL dismissed, ap-
pealed, 8 not closed, Z convictions.
July-31 arrests, 20 dismissed, ap-
pealed, 3 continued, 2 not closed, 4 con-
victed.
August to present time-12 arrests, 1
dismissed, 1 appealed, 1 convicted and 8
continued.
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An Able Decision.

Judge Monroe has had to decide a
queer land case in Ellis county. A
number of years ago a party Of Rus
slams bought a section of land and laid
out the town Of Herzog. Each party
wanted his land to front on the main
street of the town, so it was to be laid
out in lots 65 feet front and a mile deep;
but not knowing the number of feet in
21A feet too short. The thing went along
all right until last year, when st was de-
cided to have a new survey. The coun-
ty surveyor went to work. but hadn't
gone far before he begun to find one
mans house on anOther's mans lot.
After hearing the testimony, listening
to the arguments, reading the briefs
and examining the law the judge came
to the conclusion that the best thing
he could do was to let the old arrange
ment stand We fail to see how Solo
mon himself would have done better
Russell Record,
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AMERICAN LOSS
In TOday's Fighting, s Killed
and 26 Wounded.

Manila, Aug. $3.50 p. m.-The
American loss in the fighting about San
Fernando at 8 o'clock was known to be
eight men killed and &c wounded. The
loss may possibly exceed these figures,
as the line is five miles long and it is
impossible at this hour to hear from
every point.
Our troops are now about Angeles
waiting for the artillery which has the
greatest difficulty in moving owing to
the wet ground.
The attack was opened at o'clock
in the morning, a battery of the First
artillery Smelling Bacalor on the left.
simultaneously Bells Thirty-sixth in
fantry struck Bacalor from the rear
and drove the rebels out. Armored cars,
each with a six FOUNDER and two Cat
ling revolving cannon on board then
mounted on the railroad track in the
center of our lines.
Soon afterwards these guns did sharp
execution. Battery NJ of the Third ar
tillery and a hundred men of the Iowa
regiment made a feint toward Mexico,
while the main body of troops, consist
ing of the Iowa regiment, the Seven
I6GuLn regiment ana d DalIdllO4 OF the
Twenty-second under General Wheaton
on the right, and the Ninth regiment,
Twelfth regiment and Bells regiment
under General Liscum on the left. ad-
vanced steadily, pouring their fire into
the rebels and receiving a, heavy fire in
return.
The rebels were well protected by
trenches and seemed not to lack ammu-
milton. But they were unable to with
stand for any length of time the hail
of shot our artillery and infantry pour
ed in on them, and retreated, leaving
dead and wounded on the field. A dozen
prisoners were captured by our troops.
The reports indicate that the Ninth
infantry suffered the most though the
casualties of all the regiments are not
yet reported.
The weather was extremely hot and
our troops suffered greatly. But there
was no faltering.
A company of the 18th regiment went
to the relief of Bells regiment this af-
ternoOn. According to reports Bell has
had his wounded sent in and the inSur-
gents are harassing him in the rear.
The firing except at isolated points
had ceased by 10 o'clock
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-09
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

When is someone going to claim that
reward for convicting Klondike joint
list?
And now Pete Gregory's voice is Xix
ened to the whistle in the Santa Fe
shops.
From the way they play ball. it is no
wonder to a Kansas man that Kansas
City has the Blues.
Emporia has a baby which weighed
only ~ pounds at birth, and the Ga
zette wants to know if anyone can beat
it.
"Wanted-5.OoO men to gather corn in
Brown county. Must be six feet tall
or bring stepladders," is the way Ew-
ing Herbert puts it.
The Newton Kansan prints a three
column description of Yellowstone park,
written by bride on her wedding tour.
Just think Of thatt
The marshal of lola rounded up nine
men trying to make an honest dollar
by handling little red. white and blue
disks and pieces of pasteboard.
The Ottawa Herald is knocking on
Sam Jones and calling him names, and
all because he spoke at the Wathena
| Chautauqua and did not at the Ottawa
assembly.
The governor general of Canada says
| the relations between that country and
/ this are strained. which leads Charley
1 Finch to inquire who strained 'em, and
what they were strained through
The recruiting officers who are work
| ing in Kansas at present are very care
/ full in their selection of recruits. Less
/ than half of those offering themselves
! are accepted. It's another case of
many are called but few chosen"
If a young man of q should start
/ in to measure the corn crop which kan
sas will produce this year, and if it were
possible for him to measure a bushel
! every second-a big load each minute
/ working ten hours a day every working
: day in the year. he would be 50 years
/ old before he completed his job and
/ could take a vacation.
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CAT WAS ovER IS YEARS.
Death of an Aged Feline With a
History at Tyro, Kansas.

1yTOs aug. Ss
Editor of the State Journal:
A few weeks ago I took occasion to
mention a cat Of very advanced age
we had, and you mentioned it in your
paper and it was copied in several other
papers 1 now take occasion to men
ton his death.
Below L give you a short biography
of what I believe to be the Oldest cat
in the United States.
In the early spring Of 1874 there was
born unto Mr.. and Mrs. George Cochran.
living near Caney. Kan, a daughter,
and as if by some mysterious provi-
dence, while the babe was but a few
weeks old there appeared a small kit
ten. The kitten was taken in and cared
for as a playmate for the6oaby.
In 1873 Cochran and family moved
to southern California and left the cat
with his wife's sister, Miss Samantha
Dean. Miss Dean still kept and cared
for her niece's kitten which had now
grown old. But he still survived until
the 4th day Of August. 1899, when he
breathed his last and was buried on the
5th in the back yard near a grapevine
at the age of Is years and about 6
months. Can the nation equal his rec
ord? Very truly yours,
J. LENHA RT
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Scheme Of q saloonist.
IFrom the Emporia. Gazette.

From the EmpOria Gazette.1
For the past two weeks a man has
been in town, trying to work what he
thinks is a big scheme. 1t was this.
If he could buy or rent the house on
the corner of Fifth and Merchant on
the lots owned by the government. he
could get a government license and
run a saloon on the property and no
one could stop him. The man tried
hard to get the property, in fact, he
was nearly through with his bargain.
when he discovered that the land had
been purchased by the government after
Kansas had voted for prohi bition.
He went to a lawyer to find out
whether this would make any differ
enCe in his scheme. The lawyer was of
the opinion that it would. The man is
still out with a lantern trying to make
the thing go. He says that up at FIT
Riley, which is government land, if a
man can get a government license, he
can put his saloon on government land
If he can get lease, and the state laws
cannot touch him. The question now Is.
can the man get hold of the land and
the license, and if he can, Will the state
law get him?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-09
Colored x. of P. ofcers.

Arkansas City, Aug. S.-The colored
K. of P. Grand Lodge elected the fol-
lowing officers for the coming year at
their recent session here; Supreme rep
resentative. r. H. Wade. P. G. c., To-
peka; grand chancellor, J. z. Lewis,
Wichita; vice grand chancellor, A. G.
ord and seal w. w Plumb, Topeka;
grand master exchequer, William Hook
er, Arkansas City; grand secretary en-
dOwment bureau, b. Poke, Topeka;
grand treasurer endowment bureau
Doc McWilliams, Lawrence; grand
master at arms. c. H. Bolton, Junction
City; grand inner guard. J. H. Phelps,
Wichita; grand outer guard, 3. J. Bail
A. DeLano, Arkansas City. Next place
OF meeting. Kansas City. Kan.
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KANSAS NEWS.
EmpOria to Have Three Big
Carnival Days.
Date of the Street Fair Is
September 27-29.
AN IMMENSE AFFAIR.
A " Farmers Day. 6 Patriotic
Day." and Carnival Day."
Marshall's Band and Indian
Corn Dance, the 29th.

Emporia, Aug 9.-The committee IS
able to make a rough draft OF the az
fractions to be offered at the Emporla
street fair September 21-2S-z9 ana -
put the attractions in the shape OF a
programme which may be subject TO a
few minor changes. The three days Will
be designated as follows; WEDNESDAY
the 9th, will be farmers day; Tnufs-
day, the 2Sth, will be patriotic day;
Friday, the 18th, will be ladies' day. On
these days. the following programmes
FARMERS DAY.
At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning,
there will be a colored baby show IN
the grand pavilion to be erected at
Sixth and Commercial. Between IL and
u, there will be a band concert. At
o'clock, the farmers parade Will occur,
and prizes amounting to $50 VIII De
offered for the wagons most aPpropIl-
ately decorated in farm products In
structiOnS for entries will be furnished
later-nO entrance fee will be charged
At 4 O'Clock, there will be band con-
cert and a corn husking contest for
prizes. At 1880, there will be a band
concert and alternating half hours dur
ing the evening, the band concert and
a display of color photography on a big
screen will occur until 1890.
THURSDAY, PATRIOTIC DAY.
The old soldiers of Lyon county and
neighbOring counties will be furnished
with free tents and fuel and, although
the soldiers reunion will be held the
three days, Thursday viii be devoted
ing, there will be a children's cake
walk in the pavilion, for d IS prize. The
cake walk will include a Lillfputian
vaudeville show given by an eastern
troupe of children who have been max
ing a great hit this summer. This en-
tertainment will be absolutely free. An
exhibition of jugglers, acrobats, ath-
letes and tight rope people will enter
tain the crowd from II to u and at
o'clock there will be a patriotic parade,
with a S25 prize for the G. A. r. posts
outside Of Emporia that have the best
showing in the parade. There will be
patriotic speeches in the park and at 4
o'clock there will be an Indian corn
dance given by Indians from the gov
eminent reservation This will be alb
solutely free. In the evening, there will
be speaking in the park and up town
a band concert with more views by the
color Photographic process.
FRIDAY, THE 29TH, CARNIVAL
DAY.
At 10 o'clock the automobile or horse
less carriage will give exhibitions on
the side streets. At 10 o'clock on Com
mercial street the Indians will repeat
their corn dance, and band concert
will be given till noon. After noon the
flower parade headed by MarshalTs
band and followed by the automobile
VIII come down Commercial street
and from 4 until 6 Marshall's band will
give grand concert in the park
where the tents are. At o'clock there
viii be a masked carnival parade and
a band concert in the park until 10
o'clock. At 10 O'Clock the grand march
of the biggest bail ever held in central
Kansas will occur.
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ROCKEFELLER BUYS IRON.
Purchases Eighty Acres Near Hib-
bing, Mimi, For 100000.

DuIuth Mimi, Aug 9-The CONSOLE
dated Mines company, which represents
John d. RoekefeDer's mining interests
in Minnesota, today purchased eighty
acres in section %, four miles from TIib-
bling, for 100000. The property con-
tains 5000, 600 tons of Bessemer ore.
The fee was owned by H NJ. Alworth
of Duluth and the Hull and Boring es-
tates of Saginaw In consideration Of
this purchase the leases of the sellers
HUH and Townsite, of the Hibbing
mines, were consolidated, the mining
company buying the latter and fixing
the minimum output at 100000 tons on
a basis of % cents a ton royalty. The
deal is one of the biggest in iron ore
properties this wear
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GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atchison GIobeI
Every girl imagines that her distress
Is as pitiful as that Of a wounded doe.
A South Atchison mans wife is so
thin that he talks of having her up
holstered.
Very few women's ambition to have
a garden without weeds lasts longer
that the first of August.
Become very friendly with a woman,
and you will begin to hear whom she
regards as her True Friends.
About all that the average man gets
out of church is that some one comes
and takes his nickel from him
One Of the greatest troubles that be-
fall boy is to have boil in a place
where he can't see it, and know how
bad it looks.
To be popular. a man must be kept
so busy applauding the feats of others
that he has no time to accomplish any
thing himself.
By consultation of physicians in
most cases OF sickness, is meant the
attending physician and some friend Of
the family's who once practiced.
An Atchison man has had so MANY
things cut out of him that there is
some wonder that he doesn't have to
have jack screws in him to keep him
from caving in.
Notice. and you will be alarmed at
the number of times you have to repeat
everything you say in order to be IN
derstood. Is it that you don't talk
plainly. or that the whole world is go
ing deaf?
Some men spend their time in setting
traps for themselves.
+ Some little men form companies with
mighty big names.
It always does people harm to baby
them, though they all like it.
Why does a woman rub her face with
shammy" skin, and get the ghost
A young man is complimented when
girl shows Jealousy, but an older man
gets scared.
That indefnable longing in a girls
heart can usually be satisfied by a five
cent glass of soda water.
We often wonder if the average
preacher saves any more souls in his
career than the chaperon.
Some of the plaid skirts the girls are
wearing look like their mothers shawIs
pinned around them.
The proper length for fashionable
call is to hold the screen door open just
long enough to let so flies in
The best sermon is the shortest: II
isn't what is said best at church that
people want, but what is said quickest
The man who gives up a good posi-
et0n to chase of to gold field in some
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PoINTEp PARAeRAPHs.

LFrom the Chicago News.l
Too many of the kind words we think
Of are left unsaid-
The man who is on his guard IS Of
ten the easiest to rope in
It's unwise to judge a mans wisdom
by the size of his silk hat.
It costs a lot more to avenge a wrong
that it does to forgive it.
The counterfeiter is always anxious
to pay man in his own coin.
A man repents oftener of what he
says than Of what he doesn't say.
Don't go to extremes-especially in
your dealings with bees and wasps.
The English language is not a dead
language, yet it is frequently butcher
ed.
SuperIative goodness must be very
hard on the hair if the good really dye
young.
An old bachelor says women wear
shoes too small because the right size
are too large
The chainless wheel is a success, but
what the average cyclist wants is a
tire-less one.
Putting a coat of broadcloth on some
men is equivalent to wasting coat of
paint on a pig pen.
Nine times out of ten when a man
asks your opinion he is only looking for
an opportunity to express his own.
When a girl at a social gathering is
asked to name the prettiest girl pres
ent, she always bushes modestly and
asks to be excused.
Time probab lv never tells more per-
ceptibly on a man than when he tries
to steal upstairs about a. m. and the
alarm clock goes off and aLwakens his
better half.
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Fusion in Cowlev Countv.

Winfield, Aug. 9.-There will be
peaceful fusion in this county. Mr..
Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for
register, resigned and the Populists
agreed to let the Democrats have
treasurer instead. BY this arrangement
lists to call another convention as the
Democratic committee was empowered
to fill vacancies while the Populist COM
mittee was not. The Democratic COM
mittee at once nominated H. S. Silver
for treasurer but his name will appear
only on one ticket as the Populists can
not now get his name on theirs. This
arrangement gives the Democrats
sheriff, treasurer and coroner and the
free silver Republicans surveyor.
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WANTED A PRIEST.
Officers Thought the Man Meant Po-
Iics, and Made Trouble.

Some on excitedly called up the police
station by telephone today and said
that a doctor and the police were want
ed at once in Oakland, east of the
school house. The officers knew that
they had no jurisdiction in Oakland,
so they called up the sheriffs office and
passed the message along to Deputy
Sheriff Hollis Williams.
A vision of {, desperate fight in which
some one had been killed or wounded
rose up before Williams, as he hurried
ly jumped into his buggy and started
for Oakland. He ran his horse all the
way out there, and went to the house
of Mr.. McGibbern, east OF the school
house.
''Who telephoned for an ofhcer?'' he
asked in haste. What do you want of
the police?''
''Niver a bit do want the police, .
was the response Of Mrs. McGibbern-
Il want a docther and the priest for my
husband who is sick
The officer saw Immediately how
priest had been mistaken for police"
over the telephone, and now he is
blaming some one for sending him
three miles and back on a fools err
rand
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HER NEoK BRoKEN.
Death Of a Holton Woman In Kansas
City by a Fall.

Holton, Aug Sword has reached
here from Kansas City that Mrs. r.
Sauerback of HoIton, who fell from the
second story of the home of Samuel
CAM, 1917 Forest avenue, Sunday night,
died yesterday of her injuries. Mrs.
Sauerback's neck was broken by her
fall She went to Kansas City to take
her son Louis, who was a patient in the
University hospital, home. The acci-
dent which cost her life occurred about
II O'Clock Sunday night. Mrs. Sauer-
back was so years old.
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WHAT Is THE NATTER 2
Weather Bureau Thermometer Indi.
Gated Only 90 Today.

The forecast sent out yesterday de-
clared for cooler weather today and ac-
cording to the thermometer the fore
caster was right. The maximum today
up to o'clock was 60
Although the temperature is four
degrees lower than yesterday, it seems
more 1ntolerable. Even Observer Jen-
nings went out and bought half a dozen
fans this morning and has one at every
convenient place in his office. The Their
mometer at ? o'clock registered SO. The
minimum was 76, the humidity g. The
wind was making but five miles an
hour northeast
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REFLECTIONS OF a BACHELOR,

[From the New York Press.1
When a woman happens to hit upon
a good argument, she talks on another
which kills it.
When a wise man wants to advertise
anything to a neighbOrhoOd he cOnddes
it as a secret to his wife.
No matter how much mother-in-1aw
there is in her own family, every wo-
man thanks God there is more in her
neighbours.
A woman really has only two moods
One is when she doesn't mean what she
says; the other is when she doesn't say
what she means.
After one woman has explained that
she likes another because she never
says in-natured things about people,
she rehashes two hours of scandalous
gossip which she has just received from
her.
1t is true that Eve had the devil to
contend with. but Adam had Eve.
It isn't how much you love woman
that counts, but how much she loves TO
think you love to love her.
If some people had their heads cut off
and walked on their necks you couldn't
see any difference in them
A woman will confde a lot more
about her husband to a friend than she
will confide to her husband about her
self.
One reason a woman can't enjoy a
European trip is because she is so anX-
iOus to get home and tell her friends
how much she enjoyed it.
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Hinnesotas Are Loading.

St. Paul, Mimi, Aug. Gov. Lind
received the following cablegram from
Lieut. Col. Friedrich in command of the
Thirteenth Minnesota: Regiment
starts for home on steamer Sheridan
about the 18th. Loading today" It is
expected the regiment will reach San
Francisco about September 10 and be
home October l.
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ereenwood County Republicans.

Eureka, Aug. 9.-The Republicans of
Greenwood county, in convention here
Tuesday. placed in nomination the fol-
lowing ticket; Treasurer, George A.
Bower; county clerk, c. D. Pritchard;
sheriff, w. NJ. Henderson; register of
deeds, George Boone; surveyor, Albert
Huntington; commissioner, Ed Sinclair.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
supporting the St. Louis platform, ma
tional and state administrations and
Philippine policy.
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A Heroic Little Girl.

"A barn belonging to John A. Beltz,
of Liberty township was struck by
lightning about IL o'clock the night of
July 29th. The barn caught fire and
was burned up with 250 bushels Of
wheat, all his harness, a lot of tools,
etc Some outside stables and wagon
sheds were also destroyed. The horses
were saved from the flames by the he
roic work of his II year old daughter
who ran in, united the horses and drove
them out while the flames were burning
fierce around her. His loss is about $500
with no insurance.-Win Courier.