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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
DEATH OF GEN. FLAGLER.
a Soldier of Many Battles Passes
AWAY

Washington, March 30.-A dispatch
received here from Old Point, Va, says
that Brigadier General Flagler, chief
of ordnance, U. S. A. died at the Hygeia
hotel at 5 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
General FIagler was born in New
York and was appointed to the military
academy from that state July / 1856
He was graduated number five in the
class of 1861, and was appointed second
lieutenant of ordnance. He served with
His earliest military service was in con-
nection with the drilling of volunteers
at Washington, D. c., after which he
acted as aide-de-camp to Colonel Hun
ter in the Mana sSaS campaign, being en-
gagged in the first battle of Bull Run.
He was afterwards aide-de-camp to
General Mcdowell, in the defenSes of
Washington, D. C. He accompanied
General Burnsides' expedition to North
Carolina as chief of ordnance and was
engaged in the battle and capture of
POanOke island; also in the attack of
Newburn, n. c., the capture of FIT.
Macon, the Maryland campaign with the
army of the Potomac, in the battle of
battle of Fredericksburg battle of Chan
cel10rsville and the battle of Gettys-
burg. He was brevetted three times
during the war, as captain, major and
lieutenant colonel.
Since the war he has served at various
stations on ordnance duty and has rem
dered most important service in the
development of the ordnance depart
ment of the army. In the west he served
at FIT. Union arsenal, N. NJ, and San
Antonio arsenal, Texas.
He reached the grade Of lieutenant
colonel of ordnance in 1881, and the
grade of colonel in 1890. While in COM
nand of the Watertown arsenal in 1891
he was promoted to brigadier general
and chief of ordnance and has since
served in that capacity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
WHEAT OUTLOOK BAD.
Discouraging Reports From Ali Win
ter Wheat States.

Advertiser prints Thomans April crop
report. 1t estimates the present yield
of winter wheat at S4.2. On the cor
responding date last year the conditions
were returned at S9.6 per cent Re
turns from the six states east of the
Rocky mountains, Ohio, Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas
cent as contrasted with Gil per cent
last month and $3.50 last April. The av-
erage condition for the three states of
California, Oregon and Washington is
SCI per cent as compared with 800 per
cent last month; 96.5 per cent last De-
cember and 9o.3 per cent on April last
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
Not Enough Ships.

San Francisco, Gala, March 30.-The
British steamer Ettrick Dale has ar
rived from Hong Kong and Yokohama
with a cargo for the Pacific Mail Steam
Ettrfck Dale will take back a cargo of
cotton. She reports that there is so
much freight in the Orient and here for
transportation to and from the United
States that the steamship lines can
scarcely handle it. The market for all
goods in Cuba and Japan has increased
to such an extent that the English are
seriously alarmed over trade conditions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
WINDSOR SAFE OPENED
And the Contents Valued at 100000
Found All Right

New York. March 30.-Another body
has been found in the Windsor hotel
ruins and sent to the morgue numbered
Body No. 27.'' This was the most COM
plete body yet found, consisting of the
almost complete skeleton with portions
of the head, arms and legs attached. 1t
was the body of a woman.
The office safe has been opened and
the contents said to be valued at near
ly $500, 900 were found to be unframed.
Mr.. Leland said that the safe contained
many packages of valuables belonging
to the guests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
AMERICAN VICTORIES.
United States Sends Prin ting Presses
to England and Africa

Chicago, March 30-Another illustra-
ton of the victories of American manu-
features is shown by a big contract
placed by the Goss Printing Press COM
pany of this city for five of their latest
traight-1ine perfecting printing presses
to be shipped to England. These orders
call for the best and most complete ma
chimes built by the Goss people.
Another foreign order secured by this
same concern is for a press to be shipped
to Africa for Paul Kruger, to be used
in printing the South African Republic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
Young children, to avoIo.

Young children, to avo1o
m SINUS, scrofula, or
ricketts,, and develop healthy
tissues, bones and teeth, need
fats and hypoPhosphites. DR..
w. Gilman Thompson,
Prof. Materia Medica and
Therapeutics, in the Uni
versity of New York, asserts
that Cod-liver Oil is the
best fat for the purpose.
SCOTS Emulsion is cod
liver oil partly digested and
combined with hypoPhos-
phites, it gives children
material for rich blood,
solid flesh, bones and teeth.
soc. and &I.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT g. BOVINE Chemists New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
Gold Mine Right in Town.

Victoria, B. c., March 30.-Gold bear
ing quartz assaying as high as $32 a ton
has been found en- the water front of this
city. The vein has been traced a con-
siderable distance and is believed to
extend under the water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-30
Seattle, Wash,
&2s.S5, via Santa Fe Route.

Happy is the man or woman who can
eat good hearty meal without suffer-
ing afterward. If you cannot do it
take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests
what you eat. and cures all forms of
Dyspepsia and Indigestion. Geo w
Stansfeld, w H. Wilson, a. J. Arnold
& Son. A. J. Kane & Co
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

When the crest of the dam Is at Its
stantly pass over it, carrying all the
floating matter swept down the stream
by the current, logs, lumber, and the
like, and in winter the ice, which will
be broken up as it strikes the steel
crest and carried over dam into the
Desplaines. This Is one of the prlncl
pal needs of such dam, for this float
ing matter would not pass through the
slulce gates. The water at the gates
passes under them and for depth of a
few inches from the surface is almost
motionless while the current pours
along underneath this "still water"
which runs deep" OF course, floating
objects would remain at the surface
and could not get through the gates
without bobbing under the surface
passing through and reappearing on
the surface on the other side. No log OF
wood or cake of ice could be induced to
do this and therefore the dam Is being
constructed, for over that current of
water foot deep will pour constantly
bearing on It's bosom all the tiotsam
and jetsam of the canal.
Behind the massive controlling works
is deep basin ending at the northern
extremity in high levee or bank. 1t
Is almost GOO feet wide and extends in
winding course to the Desplaines
| River, now twisting It's way along
few hundred feet from the sluice gates.
All this will be under water as soon as
the channel is opened. This will be the
tail race" and into 1t the waters of the
drainage ditch will be allowed to pass
from the controlling works Is as great
volume as the officials desire. OF
course the flow can be stopped entirely
IL need be by closing all the sluice gates
and raising the bear trap dam to a
point higher than the level of Lake
Michigan. In short. through the nova
BILE dam and the gates the sanitary dis
trict absolutely controls the volume Of
water that will pass into the Des-
PLANES by way of the tail race. A leyee
has been built by the trustees along the
southern bank of the river just west of
the controlling works which extends in
winding course toward the city of
Joliet, the smoke of which can be seen
five miles away from the big wall
which ends the channel proper. 1t Is
designed to change the course of the
Desplaines so that 1t will flow directly
toward Joliet instead of aimlessly
around the country.
Work on the controlling plant was
started In 1896. when the sluice gates
We're begun and the first work on the
bear trap dam, which Is destined to be-
come n famous piece of engineering,
was started in June, 1897.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

how to plan to meet all requirements
and still have Il combination OF style
and effect that will be in keeping with
the residence. Another very import
ant thing in study of this kind, which
is often lost sight Of is the great de-
STABILITY of the building being rat and
vermin proof as near as possible. First,
the site should be q level one and the
foundation so built that only few
inches will be oht of the ground. Then
I'll the inside ground level with the
wall with good, solid dirt, free from
loan or vegetable matter.
Study the needs of your stable just
as you would those of your kitchen. Be
sure to embody In 1t everything that
can be OF use to you. Let 1t be labor
saving building In economy of mater
ials used rs well as In the other re-
quirements involved. The more
thought you expend In this direction the
more of Il success you will have. BE
sure to plan SO that you will have dry
base and plenty of air under the floor.
Good ventilatio is the life of all good
work. and without ii decay will quickly
ensue. Good drainage Is also neces-
sary. Carefully graded and construct
ed stall floors, with drain connections
which can be washed out readily, are
important from n sanitary point of
view especially. In fact, the occupants
of house or stable have most to gain
from first-class drainage and ventila-
ton.
This building was erected as model
of its kind, and has proved to be so. 1t
is In every way desirable for it's uses
and is good example of what prop
erly equipped stable should be. There
is one large box stall with hard dirt
floor. The carriage room Is floored
with tongued and grooved plank two
inches thick; second story with ordin-
ary flooring. The foundation is Of
stone. The structure above the founda-
ton Is strongly framed; the first story
finished with drop siding; second story
and roof, shingled. The roof is left
unpainted; all other wood work Is
painted two coats. The width of the
building Is twenty-five feet, and the
depth eighteen feet. The height of the
first story is eight feet, and the second
story up to the rafters. The cost of a
structure of this kind would naturally
vary with the market as influenced by
local conditions but it could probably
be built in most places for about $500.
e. A. Payne.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

stands alone at the controlling works Is
the bear trap DAM 1t Is not bear
trap ut all. 1t is not any old kind Of n
trap. 1t is a dam with Il movable crest,
If you know what that is, and this In
Its general appearance suggests the old
fashioned dead-fall bear traps. with
which Daniel Boone used TO enspare
the luckless bruins when he wanted
new oyercoat. The crest of this dam,
which Is 160 feet wide, by the way,
twice as wide as any other bear trap
dam in the world. Is made Of steel
plates bolted together to form floor,
over which the water will pour on its
way to the tail race. But that whole
dam, weighing 100000 pounds, can be
raised seventeen feet by the efforts of
two men, with the assistance of little
hydraulic power and couple of coun-
ter weights weighing about 100000
pounds each. When 1t will be desirable
to check the flow of the channel into
the Desplaines, owing to high water In
the river this dam can be raised grad
ually, reducing the flow from the chan
mel until the desired height Is reached.
And this Is the star feature of the con-
trolling works. The operation of the
sluice gates, which are thirty-two feet
wide and closed by doors weighing
twenty tons each, is ordinary and SIM
pie. The doors are raised or lowered
by counter weights, according as the
flow of the channel Is to be raised or re-
duced But the elevation of the entire
crest of the dam Is a matter requiring
much more engineering skill.
The Largest Dam in the World.
This is the largest bear trap dam In
the world. There is one In France, on
the river Seine. and In this country
there is one on the Monongahela River
and two near the head waters of the
Mississippi. But they resemble this
only in the general idea that the crest
Of the dam, that is, the angle over
which the water flows, can be elevated
to control the flow Of the water. Moth
ing so immense as this dam has ever
been projected or so complete as the
mechanism by which 1t is to be raised
and lowered.
At each side of the dam tower has
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
"R" IN NAMES OF RICH MEN.
Part the Letter Plays with Successful
Financiers.

Those people who are inclined to
slight their "r's' should be careful. A
little Investigation shows that the ''r'
Is nothing to be sneezed at. If you
have an "r'' In your name, either your
Christian or surname, you have a
chance to get into the class with the
great ones Of the world. The list of
men of wealth and fame who boast of
an ''r" in their cognomens is surpris-
ingly long and would seem to indicate
that the letter which New-Yorkers SO
habitually slight and elude and distort
is the lucky letter. The richest man
In the world Is John d. Rockefeller,
whose name begins and ends with an
''r," although his title to the first place
among the worlds millionaires may be
contested by Baron Rothschild, who
also has the lucky letter. Among other
American men of great wealth the AS
tors, the Vanderbilts and Bradley Mar
tin stand out prominently and all have
the .r." Then there are the handlers
of gold and stocks of International
fame, the Lazard Freres, Barring Gould,
the house of n. w. Harris q Co., all
with the 81"
The rich men of Chicago also show
the lucky mark, 2. d. Armour, Levi u.
Letter, Lambert Tree, Potter Palmer
and J. V. Farwell being among the
number, and In other walks of life,
turning from mere riches to fame of
other kinds, there are Carter Harrison,
Robert e. Burke, Robert Redfield and
Robert Waller among the Democratic
machine leaders and Lorimer, Hertz
Zina r. Carter, Graeme Stewart, John
r. Tanner and Ernest Magerstadt
among the. Republicans. OF the men
nationally famous the list Is almost
endless, from Rudyard Kipling through
Alger, Shafter, George Dewey, General
Merritt and Marcus Hanna down to
Jerry Simpson, not forgetting Bryan,
Teller, Stewart and Tom Reed.-Chi.
cago Chronicle.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
HUGE BEAR TRAP DAM
MIGHTY CONTROLLER FOR CHI.
CAGO DRAINAGE DITCH.
Great Dam and System of SIuice Gates
Through Which the Water from the
Canal Will Pass Into the DespIaines
Remarkable Engineering Feat.

At lockport, Ill.,, the great drainage
channel ends. There the mighty cut
which, beginning near the Bridgeport
pumping station at Chicago, extends
twenty eight miles through earth and
rock terminates In solid concrete wall
six feet thick at its smallest dimension
and backed UP by thousands of tons of
broken stone blasted from the channel
and dumped behind this imperishable
barrier When the channel is completed
and the water of the river turned into 1t
were man to start in u rowboat at the
upper end of the channel and let the
current carry his craft down stream
the nose Of his boat would at Lockport
bump into this solid wall. 1t Is set di-
rectly across the end of the channel
which at that point becomes a basin
almost 500 feet wide.
On the north bank of the channel at
its terminus is the greatest piece of en-
gineering in the whole gigantic work
This is the controlling works." the sys-
tenn of sluice gates and the dam
through which the waters of the chan
mel will pass into the Desplaines River
For the big drainage canal will not
empty into the Desplaines as one river
empties into another. or as the Chi
cago River now flows into the lake at
times simply by junction of their
channels. Every gallon of the water
from the channel will pass through the
immense controller" the gates and
dam by which the sanitary district can
regulate the flow of the channel 1t
would not do for the trustees to cut
their new channel through to the bank
of the Desplaines and turn the water in
to take care of Itself. When the Des-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

been erected the top of which will be
about fifteen feet above the surface Of
the water when the channel Is In oper-
alton. In each of these towers an i'm
mense bucket of steel and iron weigh
ing close to 100000 pounds will be
placed and the cylinder in which it
rises and falls will be connected with
the water by gates which can be opened
and closed at the will of the operators.
When 1t is necessary to raise the crest
of the dam to check the flow Of the
water in the channel toward the river,
as in case of u flood in the Desplaines
or other emergency, the gates will be
opened and the water In the immense
cylinders which buoy up the heavy
buckets will escape through subter-
ranean tunnel to the tail race. AS the
water descends the buckets will also
slowly move downward and the crest
Of the bear trap dam will rise, gradual
ly checking the torrent of water from
the channel. which will be pouring
over the dam into the tail race and
thence into the Desplaines. At the
same time, of course. the sluice gates
will be lowered, decreasing the opening
through which the water will be rush
ing and aiding the dam In keeping
back the food from the channel
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

PLANES Is at flood In the spring there
would be oceans Of trouble We're the
waters OF the channel uncontrolled. Be
sides all that, the law under which the
sanitary distrlet-tsssssisssees are operating
requires them at all times to control the
volume of water in the channel. 1t says
that while the population of the sani-
tary district of Chicago Is at Its present
stage, or approximately so, the channel
shall carry 100000 cubic feet of water
n minute. When the population In
rreases, as it will In the course of a
score of years or less, to about double
what 1t now Is the channel must take
care of 100000 cubic feet of water a
minute. 1t was constructed of suffl-
cient capacity to fulfill the latter re-
nuirement when the time comes. Just
now 1t is necessary therefore to control
the flow and keep it down to 100000
cubic feet minute and this Is the OBJ
iect Of the controlling works.
The "Bear Trap"
While the seven mighty sluice gates
through which a portion of the water
will flow on its way to the "tail-race,"
as the junction with the Desplaines is
termed, are remarkable and notewor-
thy as engineering feats, the feature of
especial prominence and the one which
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
why Sheep Are Woody.

If you want to ask sheep where he
got his wool and why, take dog into
mountain pasture band and if the
sheep are afraid of the dog they will
invariably run uphill rather than down.
You have your answer. The ancestors
of the domestic sheep, like wild sheep
Of the present day, lived among high
mountains and needed their woolly COW
ering to protect them against the con-
stant cold of high atmospheres. They
chose the high and inhospltable region
to live in because they fond the fierce
fiesh-eating animals of the plains too
strong for them. A proof of these facts
Is that the wool grows on sheep the
year round.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
Shop-Worn Socks,

The National Advertiser tells o story
of an old bachelor who bought a pair
of socks and found attached to one of
them n slip of paper with these words:
II am a young lady of 20 and would
like to correspond with bachelor.
with view to matrimony." Name aud
address were given. The bachelor
wrote and in few days got this let
ter: mamma was married twenty,
years ago. The merchant you bought
those socks from evidently did not adj
vertise or he would have sold them
long ago. Mamma handed me your
letter and said possibly / might suit
you. / am IS years old"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
Disinfection of Streets.

The London streets in summer are
carefully dlslnfeeted by means or wa
ter carts, which are at work by day and
night, while the openings of the sewers
are also strewn with a disinfectant
powder of the same sort as that used
In solution for the water carts. The
powder used In watering the streets Is
commercially pure potassic perman,
ganate, or permanganate of potash, a
powerful oxidizing agent. One ounce
is sufficient for 100 gallons of water.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

To be had in the Market.
Mr.. Thomas will conduct nothing but nIst'
class house and cordial welcome VIII De eh'
tended to all guests.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

Bull Fighters on Bicycles.
Bull fights on bicycles are now COM
mon sight in Madrid. ....
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
CandeIaria Hall Saloon

Is well-known and finely furnished and is the
sto"t al with the choicest and best brands OF
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
DESIGN FOR A STABLE.
The Building Shown Here Was Erected
us II Model of Its Kind.

A well-planned and carefully con
structed stable as an adjunct 10 hand
some residence is often the exception
instead of the rule. In situations where
the stable and house are seen at the
same time the former should match the
latter and be in every way ia the same
general style. 1t ought TO be a pie
turesque. pleasing design adding to the
charm OF the landscape. When nice
house is erected and it is necessary to
have n private stable in close prox-
unity, 1t Is often difficult to know just
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05
Grave Robbery q Capital Crime.

Robbing graves is a crime under Chi
nese law for which the thief may be
Justly killed on the spot by anyone
finding him out.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

When the man woman refused to
marry gets rich, she is in position to
talk about the irony ct fatA
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

With Hall which cannot be egualled in south
western Nevada For terms, Theatrical Mana
gers will address the Proprietor.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-05

Age shows its approach in many
ways on woman. One is the appear
ance of little shawl she begins to
wear pinned tightly around her sAoal-
dera
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1899-07-13
Deserved His Promotion.

Captains of the Iowa, in his contribu-
tion to 1.-THE Story of the Captains" for
The Century, speaks of the wonderful
nerve and courage Of boatswain's
mate named Trainor shown at the de-
struction of the Vizcaya. The boat Of
which Trainor was acting cockswain
was lying near the stern of the burning
cruiser, and most of the Spanish sailors
crowded on her upper deck aft had been
persuaded to jump overheard, and were
thus saved. Three remained, however,
holding on to the rail, with their bodies
hanging over the side Of the almost red
hot ship.
Trainor was heard to say, eve must
save them men somehow, and with
out orders he jumped overheard. swan
to the side of the Vizcaya, -clambered up
to the deck at the imminent risk of his
life, kicked the three men overheard,
took header himself and succeeded in
rescuing all three Of them. The water
was full of sharks swapping and tearing
at the Spanish dead and wounded.
Trainor was afterward promoted at the
request of his captain.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1899-07-13
Science of Soundfg Skulls.

Certain disciples of Charcot, notably
M. GILES de la Tourette, have recently
evolved a new science, or rather new
aid to diagnosis, in the sounds of the
skull. They tap the skull with little
hammer, and, according to the char
acter cf the note it gives out, they con-
clude as to the condition Of the brain.
The skull Of child gives out note of
higher pitch than that Of man. In OLD
age the skull sound rises again. The
thickness Of the skull can be determined
after some practice, and any disease or
fracture betrays itself by the peculiar
sound Some skulls, according to the
doctors, give out a veritable sound Of
cracked pot, and SO the popular term
'cracked" for person of eccentric in
tellect is fully justified.