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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
HURRY THEM UP.
Officers Ordered to Crowd Move
ment of Philippine Re-
Inducements.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Orders have
been issued from the war department to
expedite the movement of reinforce
ments to the Philippines. The transport
Sherman will start from New York next
Thursday with the third regiment of in
fantry and four companies of the Sew
enteenth infantry. The following
Thursday, February 8, the transport
Sheridan will sail from the same port
with the Twelfth infantry and the head
quarters and remaining companies OF
the Seventeenth infantry. The officers
in command of these troops have been
instructed by telegraph to execute the
orders for this movement without un-
necessary delay.
Both transports will follow the same
route to Manila taken by the transport
Grant, across the Atlantic and through
the Mediterranean sea and the Suez
canal. The Grant started several days
ago and is now supposed to be in the
vicinity of Gibraltar. Gen. Lawton, who
is to assume active command of all the
military forces in the Philippines when
Gen. Otis becomes military governor of
the territory, is a passenger on the
Grant.
Two regiments of infantry are also
under orders to proceed to Manila by
way of the Pacific ocean. One of them
has already started and 1t is expected
the other will take it's departure from
San Francisco within a few days. The
arrival of these four regiments will in
crease Gen. Otis fighting strength by
nearly 1000 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31

race for superintendent of insurance,
will be appointed on the court of visi-
tation, as the governor told him if he
was not appointed insurance commits
sioner he would get something better,
and the place on the court is the only
better job in sight.
This makes two of the best appoint
mentS which have gone to Fort Scott,
Grant Hornaday being made a member
of the state board of charities. Spencer
was figured out of the race when Hor-
naday was appointed, but he got on a
hand car and Travelled over the state
securing the endorsements Of the rail-
road men to such extent that the
governor could not ignore him. Spencer
is a railroad man and is the only candi-
date for public office who has received
the unanimous Endorsement of railroad
men.
Church has held various offices in
Marion county for fifteen years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
ACT PROMPTLY.
Something Should Be Done at
Once to Protect the Insane
Asylum Against Fire.

The insane asylum is still being sup
piled by the two inch pipe from the
main line of the Topeka water works.
The water has to be used with great
care as the supply is not enough to run
all the boilers and the institution is still
cold. If it were not for the extremely
cold weather the inmates would not
suffer but with the thermometer around
zero and not enough water to run the
boilers full force the buildings are cold.
1t has not yet been decided what to do
in regard to the water supply. The
board is in session and will make some
arrangements before they adjourn. The
board has not yet decided between re-
building and connecting with the city
water system.
AS the city water system will soon
belong to the city, it would be economy
in the long run to connect with the
water works; this would also insure
protection against fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31

to have charge of the Kansas exhibit
at Paris. He is to be appointed by the
governor and confirmed by the senate.
He will be placed under bond of $40, ,000
and his expenditures will be subject to
the approval of the governor.
This bill is a part of a. plan which was
formulated at Chicago a year ago at the
corn congress, over which Secretary Co
burn, of the Kansas board of agricul-
ture, presided. The plan is for every
corn producing state of the great west
to make an appropriation for an exhibit
at Paris, with the idea of placing before
the people of Europe the desirability
of corn as food.
At the Chicago corn congress there
was organized the American Maize
Propaganda" the purpose of which is
stated to be f'tO teach the world to eat
corn This organization is pushing the
corn question, and is behind the pro-
position to have the corn states make
appropriations for a corn exhibit at
Paris.
The idea is not to make a corn ex-
hibit in the general acceptance of the
term but rather to show what can be
done with corn in the way of food. At
present the European nations live large
ly on rye, and the corn commission will
endeavor to show that corn is much
better and cheaper food, and in that
way increase the demand for corn.
To do this it will be necessary for the
corn states to make appropriations, as
the national government mas apprOpr1-
ated only $4,000 for an exhibit of our
agricultural resources. Japan is
spending $400 900 in advertising the
merits of her teas alone.
In speaking of the matter Secretary
Coburn said:
This may mean a big thing for Kan
sas. Last year Kansas alone produced
100000, 900 bushels of corn. If we can
increase the demand for corn in Europe
sufficiently to raise the price on an
average of one cent per bushel it will
mean an increase in the value of the
annual corn crop OF Kansas a million
and a half dollars.
1.-The success or failure of this under
taking will depend mainly on the selec-
ton of a proper man for commissioner.
If the appointment is given to some
ward heeler as a, reward for political
services it will not amount to anything,
but if a good man is selected it ought to
be a success"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31

United States army pay table at So 500
annually. This aggregates the nice little
sum of SO, 600 for generals alone;
then there are colonels, lieutenant col
onels and majors whose numbers run
into the thousands. The privates do
not amount to much, for they are com
paratively few, but each of them will
who figured out the total have reported
that over $57, 100000 will be required to
crafty all the demands Gomez has
made, which is an average of S1,425 a
man.
To meet these demands and show
Gomez their absurdity, GonzaIo Quese-
da, who for the last three years has
been the representative of the Cubans
in Washington, started for Cuba la
week. after reaching a thorough under
standing with the war department au-
thcrities. Robert p Porter went along
with Mr.. Queseda as the official repre-
sentative of the United States in the
matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
COLD WAVE BROKEN.
Zero Weather Extended Into Okla
homa Last Night.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-The cold wave con-
tinues undisturbed in intensity in this
section, the mercury having reached II
below. However, the weather is mod
Grating considerably in the northwest
where the force of the wave is broken.
The line of zero temperature today
reaches as far south as Oklahoma. Bis
marck, N. D., reports 20 below, Duluth
Mimi, "a below and Green Bay Wis,
26 below.
Local indications are that the cold
will moderate in this section tonight.
COLD THROUGHOUT MISSOURI
st. Louis Jan. 31.-The coldest wealth
er of the season in ST. Louis and vicin-
ity prevailed today, the thermometer in
different sections of the city registering
from to Z degrees below zero. At
the observatory of the weather bureau
in the government building the former
figure was the record while at the
mounted police station in Forest Park
the lowest point mentioned was reach
ed. When the sun came out the wealth
er became several degrees warmr.
Zero weather prevails throughout the
state.
There is much suffering among the
poor of the city because of the intense
cold,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
ISABELLA GOES HIGH.
An Exciting Day on the Denver
Stock Exchange.

Colorado Springs. Col, Jan. S1.-Yester-
day was the biggest, widest and most
exciting day on record in local mining
stock circles. The call lasted from 10 a.
m. until D. m. The total sales fell a
little short of 100000 shares and prices
went skyward. Brokers went wild and
the pit presented a scene of Bedlam turn
ed loose. Crowds bulged out into the
streets, brokers refused orders and ladies
were turned away from the overcrowded
galleries.
Isabella was the feature and nearly $780,
600 shares of this stock changed hands at
prices ranging from $50 to SIS II open
ed at $l50 and jumped to $1-70 on the next
sale, $l.75 and $3.50 were the next quota
tions, and then a drop was taken to S165;
For the rest of the call the stock sold
around $40. On the second call the
shares dropped rapidly and touched So.
but rallied to Sig and closed at $1-5712-
The whole market showed strength.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31

Illinois infantry and the Twenty-third
Kansas infantry now in the department
of Santiago and the Forty seventh New
York infantry and the Sixth U. S. ".
infantry Cwhite immunes) now station
ed in Porto Rico.
The transport Minnewaska will arrive
at Santiago with the Fifth infantry
about February IA and will return to
Newport News with the Twenty-third
Kansas infantry. From that port the
regiment will be forwarded to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, for muster out.
The transport Chester will arrive at
Santiago about February 10 and will
bring the Eighth Illinois regiment to
Newport News, whence they will be
transported by rail to Fort Sheridan,
ILL.,, for muster out.
The Chester is expected to arrive at
San Juan, February 4, for the purpose
of bringing the Sixth volunteer infantry
to Savannah for muster out. The offi-
GERS charged with this movement are
specially instructed to see that the
transports are thoroughly inspected,
renovated and completely prepared for
the comfort, subsistence and shelter of
the troops before they are allowed to
start on the voyage home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
Postof1ce Business Big.

The business of the Topeka. postoff1ce
continues to show an increase in the
business of the city. Last week SO, 900
was paid out in money orders to Topeka
terday amounted to over $4,000 Many
people are taking advantage of the new
plan by which money may be placed on
deposit for any length of time in the
postoffice by the purchase of money or
ders. The sale of stamps at the post
office during the month of January has
been unusually large. Postmaster Guth-
rie states that the amount of money
paid out in money orders during the
past few months has equalled half the
money paid out IN money orders in
Kansas City during the same period of
time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
One in Wichita and One In
Burlington, Iowa.
Maintained Both Establish
ments For 90 Years.
DEATH REVEALS ALL.
Fight For Insurance Money
Brings Out the Facts.
Remarkable Career of Richard
C. Combs, Drummer.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 31.-A decision
rendered by the supreme court brings
to light another story of one mans two
families. Richard G. Combs died in 1889
and left two families, one in Burlington
and one in Wichita, Kan. The Burling-
ton family was the legitimate one, but
Combs had maintained both for 20 years
and lived most Of the time just prior
to his death with the Kansas woman
and three children, whom he recognized.
Her name was Miss A. c. Bum.
Combs, who was travelling man, lad
a policy of life insurance for $4,000 in
the Iowa Legion of Honor. The money
was paid to the Burlington family and
suit was begun by the guardian of the
Kansas children to recover from the
Burlington family or the Legion OF
Honor, the mother of the Kansas chill
dren having died. The court holds that
the Burlington family must divide with
the Kansas children, since their father
recognized them as his.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
BURGLAR PHILOSOPHY.
Frank Filing Tells How He Became a
Thief and Why He Doesn't Quit.

Burglar Frank Filing sits in his mar
row cell at the county Jail today with a
ccntented expression on his face. If he
feels any regret at being again behind
the bars his manner does not indicate
that fact.
'I am sorry said he today, "that I
made Sheriff Cook any trouble and ex-
pense. He is a dead square old man,
and I would not have put him out for
anything I don't care anything about
the rest of the fellows
He expressed no regret for having in
jured Jailer- Lawson He said that he
did not intend to hurt him much. Sher-
im Cook had repeatedly warned Lawson
against entering the inner corridor un-
less there was soIlseone to lock the outer
door behind him, but Jailer Lawson was
over-confident. He is a powerful man
and did not think that he could be taken
unawares.
thief. 1T is a dangerous business, -
said he, ito go into peoples houses after
night, for you are apt to waken some
one. You never know when a man is
going to get the drop on you and you
have to keep a, mighty close watch. 1t
is dangerous that I haven't been
doing much at it for some time. I have
found that it is safer to go into houses
in the afternoon when people are apt
to be away from home. Then if anyone
finds you you can say that you are look
ing for someone who rooms there or
something of the kind and get away
that way.
t'I was raised by a good family, but
when 1 was only a boy 1 fell in with
tough boys. I stole a good round sum
and got away. I was caught in another
state. I had sense enough to know that
1 could not be taken back without a
requisition and so when they came for
me refused to go. got lawyer and
he got me out on a habeas corpus 1t
was so dead easy that I fell right in
with the business, and have been fol-
lowing it ever since.
"The business has its drawbacks, but
thief who hasn't plenty of money all
the time is no good. After a man serves
a term in the pen there is nothing left
for him. He can't be decent if he wants
to. People are dead onto him, and
about the only thing left for him to do
is to become professional
Filing says that the morning he es-
capped he crawled into a. barn less than
a block from the Jail where he hid under
some hay all day. At night he got out
and walked to Mcfarland, about thirty
miles from Topeka. He begged some
thing to eat on the way. 1t was there
he boarded the Rock Island freight
train.
The greatest fear the man had when
he was brought back to Jail was that
he would be locked in the dark hole, -
or dungeon, which is in the basement
OF the jail. He was agreeably disap-
pointed when Sheriff Cook ordered him
placed back in his old quarters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
OUR COLD HALL.
Here Are Some More Reasons for
Building a Convention HALL

Topeka is probably more poorly
equipped for entertaining a crowd than
any other town in the state of any pre-
tentions whatever. Hamilton hall seems
to be the only available room, and it
cannot be cooled in summer nor warm
ed in winter. Topeka ought to vote
bonds and do something-IioIa Register.
The party that left here Saturday for
Topeka to attend the Kansas Day club
meeting, drifted in with the storm, by
ones and twos yesterday and today.
They say that the accommodations
that Topeka furnished the club were
very poor. The meeting was held in
Hamilton hall, where there were no
stoves, no steam heating apparatus nor
beverages to keep a person from freez-
ing to death and the members and
guests of the club sat around with their
overcoats and gloves on The banquet
that was served was something terrific
even for Topeka. Every man helped
himself to what little there was in sight.
and those that did not, well, they were
among the first to lead a grand rush
for a warmer climate in the office of the
Copeland hotel. But withal it was a
happy and joyous crowd that met in
the hall and everything went. The
speeches were good and the crowd ap-
preciative.-Emporia Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
OPEN TO COMPETITION.
Senator King Proposes to Regulate
Charges of Commission Dealers.

The passage of bill introduced in the
senate by Senator King will destroy
the combination among Kansas City
commission men who handle stock
shipped into the yards there, but man
age at all times to keep out competition
and charge their patrons. oftentimes,
unreasonable prices for their services.
Mr.. Kings bill proposes that COM
binations of this character shall be de-
clared illegal and that men engaged in
this business shall do so in competition
and not by any agreement to maintain
certain prices or charges 1t is also
proposed to make each commission man
file annually, at the close of the year,
a complete statement of his business
transactions for the twelve months pre-
ceding the report To reach this matter
all stock yards which received or han
died during the past year 100 head of
cattle or 100 head of hogs or sheep are
declared public stock yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
INVESTIGATIONS
Of Public Officials Will Be Made as
Heretofore If Made at All.

The senate today killed, on final pas
sage, Senator Stones bill repeating the
law providing for the appointment of
legislative investigating committees for
public officials. This bill was killed in
the special session. 1t provided that
public officers, guilty of misconduct,
could be removed only after being tried
and convicted in the district court.
These legislative investigating COM
mittees are the political smut mills
about which Senator Jumper has said
so much.
Now the old law is left operative,
and if the Populist office holders do not
vacate when the state Republican ad-
ministration wants the places for its
own party workers, a partisan inves-
tigation may be held and the officials
ousted.
This rule also applies should the Pop
ulist senate fail to confirm Governor
Stanley's appointments.
The bill was on final passage this
forenoon, and the roll was called, seven
teen senators voting for the bill, sixteen
against. Senator Stone, author of the
bill. demanded call of the senate, and
the doors were closed. Mr.. Stone made
a canvass and discovered that he could
not rally enough votes to pass the bill
and moved that the call be dispensed
with. This carried, and a constitutional
majority not having voted for the bill,
it was lost.
Senators voting for the bill were:
Braddock, Caldwell, Cooke, Crossan,
Field, Hart, Helm, Householder, King,
Lupfer, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shell
don, Stone, Titus, Young.
Senators voting against the bill were:
Andrews, Anderson, Battey, Coleman,
Farrelly, Forney, Fulton, Hanna, Hell
mick, Hessin, Johnson, Lamb, Level
ling, Matthews, Ward, thinner.
Senator absent on leave were: Arm
strong, Benson, Jumper, Morrow.
Campbell, Shaffer, Stocks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
RUSSELL BANK FAILS.
First National in the Hands of
Receiver.

Washington, Jan. 31.-The comptroller
of the currency has received a telegram
announcing the failure of the First Ma
tional bank of Russell, Kan.
Following is statement of the con-
dition of the bank as shown by the re-
port made to the comptroller of the cur
rency for December 1, 1898:
Capital $4,000; surplus and undivided
profits, $11, ,795; circulation, $4,000; due
to depositors, $59,35O; total resources,
1891
The bank will be placed in the hands
of John B. Cunningham, national bank
examiner as tennOrarY receiver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
ELLEN AND HER STOVES.
Richard Thinks One Is Enough For
the Wife He Divorces.

Richard Brown, who lives at Four
teenth and Chandler streets, has filed
Brown, and his principal ground is that
"she won't let him bring his clothes
back home''
Ellen Brown is a woman of strong
personality, according to Richard. She
net only refuses to let him inhabit their
residence, but she will not even let him
take one of the two cook stoves with
which the Brown family has been
blessed. Richard might worry along if
he could only get one of these stoves,
but Ellen says NO" and Richard has
due amount of respect for his wife.
The injured husband asks Judge Ha-
zen to order his wife, Ellen, to allow
him to take one of the stoves and a few
other things and go away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
HAIR CHANGES COLOR.
Singular Experience of War Veteran
in Oklahoma.

Perry, .. T., jan 31.-The hair of John
Carpenter "a veteran of the civil war, aged
Go years, began turning gray so years ago
and for the past 20 years it has been as
white as cotton. A few night ago Car
penter was awakened from sleep by the
dampness of his head. He got out of bed
which were as wet as if he had dipped his
head in water.
When he got up next morning the mem
bers of his family didn't know him. When
he went near his daughter, who was dress
ing in another room, she screamed and
to her mother. Other members of
the family asked Carpenter what he was
doing in the house. His voice was recog-
nized and he was led to a mirror. Then
he didn't know himself. His hair was as
black as it was when he enlisted with
General Sherman in the army.
Inasmueh as Mr.. Carpenter has recent
ly become enthusiastically religious, the
superstitious believe the change was
brought about a reward to Carpenter
for his loyal devotion to Christianity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
APPOINTMENTS.
Governor Names List as Expected
Postlethwaite for Railroad Court

Governor Stanley sent the following ap-
pointments to the senate for confirma-
ton:
superintendent of insurance-w ".
Church, Marion, to succeed Webb Nc
Nall, July 1, 1899.
State grain inspector-A. E. McKen-
zie, Kansas City, Kan, to succeed w.
w. Culver.
State oil Inspectors. o. Spencer, Fort
Scott, to succeed DR.. E. ". Wharton of
Yates Center.
J. c. Postlethwaite. who was kn the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
PETITION 100 MILES LONG.
The Extent to Which the BARRIERS Are
Pushing Their Bill

The BARRIERS who have been quiet for
several days, opened up Monday after
noon, by sending in petitions for the
passage of the BARRIERS bill.
The petition presented yesterday,
headed by G. B. Hypes, president of the
state association of BARRIERS, was long
enough, it is said, to reach from To-
peka to Tecumseh. The BARRIERS now
claim to have petitions, sufficient, if
combined, to make one long enough to
reach 100 miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
General Porter Gives a Dinner.

Paris, Jan. 31-The United States
ambassador, General Horace Porter,
gave dinner last evening in honor of
the members of the Venezuelan arbi-
tration commission. The company in
cluded in addition to the arbitrators,
Sir Edmund J. Monson, the British am
bassador; the Russian and Italian am
bassador, NJ. Delcasse, French minister
for foreign affairs; John Jacob Astor
and George Vanderbilt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
WOMEN FAINT BY SCORES.
Crowd at the Grand Opera in New
York Made Crush Unbearable

New York Jan 31.-There was such
a crowd at the matinee in the Metropol-
itan Opera House that actually it was
impossible to close the doors leading
from the foyer to the auditorium, so
great was the crush of ISLANDERS within
Every seat was sold and the standing
room was packed.
Some twenty young women who were
standing during "Lohengrin'' fell in a
dead faint before the performance was
over and were carried out into the lob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
HANGS ON TO TEXAS.
Storm is Still Raging in the Lone Sta1
State.

Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 31-The worst
blizzard experienced in years is sweep
ing over the northern and western por-
tions of Texas, causing much suffering
to man and beast. Walter Mitchell, a
wealthy cattle man of Clay county, has
been found frozen to death. All kinds
of stock are suffering severely while re-
ports from some quarters say cattle are
dying in great numbers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-31
Can stiu Dump Waits Here.

Senator Tom Andersen's effort to pre-
vent the annual unloading of paupers
and waits in Kansas has been cut down
in it's infancy by the senate committee
of judiciary, which has killed the bill
by recommending that it be not passed.
This bill prohibited other states from
sending paupers or waits into Kansas.