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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
CYCLONE AT RYAN.
Whirling Wind Does Damage in In
dian Territory.

Wichita, June "a cyclone struck
the southwest part of the town of
Ryan, I. T, last evening and totally
wrecked two houses. The Davidson
hotel was partially destroyed. No lives
were lost but cyclone cellar saved the
Shelton family whose house was torn
1 ShredS-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
Bland Is No Better.

Lebanon, No, June 6--There was no
material change in the condition of Mr..
Bland at noon today. He is still criti-
caIly ill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
FROM ANDREE, SURE.
Message Dropped Seven Hours
After Starting.

Christiania, June 6-The slip of paper
found inside the cork buoy picked up
by two boys on May II, last, on the
north coast of Iceland a. cabled to the
Associated Press was inscribed: Drift
ing buoy No Z This buoy thrown from
Andree's balloon July IL, 1897, 1885 p.
Greenwich time 81 north % east. We
are at an altitude of 600 metres. All
well. (Signed)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
Unclaimed Freight Sale

Takes place at A, T. & s. F. Ry.
Co s freight warehouse, commencing
Thursday, June Sth, at a. m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
Ex-Mavor Prince Dead.

Boston, June 6.-Frederick o. Prince,
aged "a years. a well known banker
and former mayor of Boston, died today
from lung trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06
ANDREE
STRINDBERG.

The balloon thus had only Travelled
seven hours and fifty minutes when the
buoy was thrown out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-06

Continued on Sixth Page-)
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Crime. without Motives.

Experts in mental diseases may one day
be able to exactly determine when the thin
line that divides sanity from lunacy has
narrowed to that almost invisible thread,
the severance of which is invariably fol-
lowed by distressing circumstances
Necessarily, the larger part of what is con-
sidered knowledge of the human brain and
its disorders is yet of theoretical sort,
but the promising future may bring to the
faithful investigators of that mysteriously
complex organ an accurate understanding
Of the special malades that detLrone rea-
son.
A deranged mother, living in Brooklyn,
took the life of her little daughter on
Tuesday morning. She had been twice con-
fined in an asylum, but had been restored
to her home apparently recovered from her
mental afiliction. Her husband had lost his
employment, and the supposition is that
her brooding over this misfortune caused
relapse Of the old trouble.
Day after day there are presented In
the news. accounts Of strange and brutal
crimes. committed without sufficient mo-
tive. Men and women here and there sud-
denly plunge into the most diaboIfcal
deeds. no animating purpose being dis
coyerable. or the cause attributed being
SO trifling that it is insufficient to have
any bearing upon the case. Persons Of
q previous stainless reputation take their
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Married Women n. Teachers.

Rather a lively discussion has been going
on in New York and Chicago in regard
TO the employment of married women as
teachers in the public schools. The idea
of some people seems to be that when a
married woman is employed in this ca
pacity some poor girl is crowded out. The
consequence is that in Chicago a deserted
wife, who turned to this profession as a
means of supporting herself and her two
year-old baby, has been compelled to ask
her sister formally to adopt the child
and it is doubtful if even by this means
she will be able to hold her position.
The question is, Of course, primarily one
of fitness for the place; il it is not, it GER
tainly should be. The business of teaching
children during the most impressionable
years OF life is not one which ought to be
subject to any caprice, favortism or fool
ish convention. The women best fitted for
this business should be in it, to the exclu-
sion OF those not SO well lifted; and some
times woman who has had children of her
own knows more about their management
than young and inexperienced girl. In
certain grades a single woman may do the
best work, other things being equal, be-
cause she is likely to be fresher in her
enthusiasm and more thoroughly devoted
to her business than the woman who has
home affairs to look after, and must be
both father and mother to her children.
This. however, is again neutraIized by the
undeniable fact that some women will
work much harder for their children than
they ever would work without that incen-
tive, Thus far it is simply matter of
variable human nature.
The public school system is not made to
The evening times., 1899-12-07

fit the wants Of applicants for jobs, but the
needs Of the children, though it sometimes
looks as If the applicants. backed by poll
tical pull. had things very much their
own way. If the married woman, in some
Individual case, can be more efficient than
the single woman. let her have the place
for which she is fitted. not unimportant
element in the situation is the fact that
most women who have supported them
not like it well enough to continue in it
unless they are obliged to do SO. This is
a profession in which, emphatically. love
OF the work counts. Thus the situation
Is this: The best teachers, those who love
their profession, are generally women who
are fond of children; and in that case they
naturally prefer home life to anything
else, SO that if they take up teaching.
after marriage. it is usually because they
are obliged to do SO.
Still another thing which might be said
in this connection renders the whole busi-
ness rather absurd ii woman applies for
the job of scrubbing the floors of the school
building the board does not ask whether
she Is married or single. Married women,
with husbands who ought to support them,
go out to service, take In washing and
ironing. keep small shops. and do all sorts
Of hard and unremunerative work which
occupies them from eight to fourteen
hours day, often taking them away from
their families. Many a poor woman has
to lock her babies up in room by them
selves, leaving them to such care as an
older child. hardly more than baby her
self, can give, while she goes out cook
ing or scrubbing TO earn a scanty main
tenance for them and herself. and nothing
is said against this. But when a woman
thoroughly fitted for the work OF teach
ing fifty or sixty little ones, reduced to the
necessity of earning living for her own
two or three children, applies for posi-
tion which will pay fifty dollars month
for six hours work a day, the cry Is
raised that she must not neglect
her family and take the salary away
from some unmarried woman, who.
in five cases out of ten, has father who
partially supports her and is perfectly
able to assume the whole burden of her
support. The logic of this seems to be a
little out of drawing.
The evening times., 1899-12-07

Our European dispatches seem to indicate
a tendency among some OF the Continental
powers to involve the Vatican in the po-
litical situation growing out of British en-
tangiements. Departing greatly from past
diplomatic policies. Russia has consented to
the reception in st. Petersburg Of an ex-
traordinary Papal mission. The French
Government is reported in diplomatic cir
cles as actively working to induce the
Pope to join with Russia and France in a
movement to prevent the absorption Of the
TransvaaI and Orange States by England
after the war. and it is announced that
this effort has been so far successful that
Immediately upon British success in South
Africa Leo XIII will issue protest against
the political extinction of those Republics.
All this, If true, is giving new twist to
the concealed situation. and is not calcu-
lated to render it any less tense.
The evening times., 1899-12-07

1t is really surprising to note the activity
of the insurgents in Luzon. in the neigh
borhood of Manila. The report must have
been spread around that all the fighting
generals are up north, and that Otis is
left for the rebels to contend with. We
hope this may not be true, because it
would be unfortunate. The Tagals know
from experience that they have nothing
to fear in Otis. and might indulge in an
other serious uprising. before a soldier
could reach the scene of trouble.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Not Yet Required.
From the Philadelphia Record

No foreign Government has issued yet proc
lamation Of neutrality in the war between Great
Britain and the South African Republics; nor
would such official declaration be necessary
here, unless recruiting in the United States for
the Boer army should be undertaken on an ex-
tensive scale. Such recruiting would constitute
unfriendly act against a Government with
which we are at peace, and proclamation Of
neutrality would be first step toward its sup
preston by Federal authority.
The evening times., 1899-12-07

Senator Penrose yesterday introduced
a bill increasing the pension OF Mrs.
Gridley widow Of Captain Gridley. U. s.
N. who commanded Admiral Dewey's
flagship in the battle of Manila, from
thirty to one hundred dollars a month.
This is one of the measures that should
be left on the calendar as short time as
possible. 1t ought to pass both Houses
and receive Executive approval within the
next week.
The evening times., 1899-12-07

Arkansas may now be classed as a neu-
trail State. Jones. the Governor. has an
nounced himself an out-and-out Jefferso-
nian Democratic expansionist. Jones, the
Senator, is diametrically the other way.
As might be remarked in connection with
the national game of the Commonwealth,
at is a stand of"
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Maine's Lumber Yield.
(From the Boston Clobe.l

Msne's lumber cut this year will be larger than
it has ever been, and in many sections the saw
VIII be used instead of the ak in telling trees
The may not be quite picturesque as the
Ak in the hands of a trained woodsman, but it
cuts with less waste, and Maine lumbermen are
likely to follow the example of the West and use
it altogether.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Swimming to Fight.
(From the Hartford Courant.

Imitation is the sncerest fattery. Probably
those English guardsinen who plunged into the
Modder last Tuesday had read about our soldiers
swimming rivers under fire in Luzon Our sol.
diers did not have Boer rifemen in front of them,
though.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
The Real obiectio.
(From the PhiladeIp,,ia LEDGER ,

Prum me FhiladelPiIa Ledger.)
1t is very evident that the opposition in Ger
many to the importation of American meats is
matter Of politics. and not Of hygiene. Conse-
qnently. this country is not compelled to worry
about its food products, however much it may
deprecatc the threatened curtailment Of the
market.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Chiidren's Refers, SLI9.

We have just 25 Children's blue ChinchilIa
Keefers left; large braided collar; double
breasted; heavily lined; splendid coat for
the youngsters: considered cheap at 50 .: our
price for Friday SlI9
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Shoe Department.

19c Ladies Dongola Kid Lace Shoes, with
patent leather tips. All sizes, and 4 Or
(BASEMENT)
75c Ladies' Warm Lined Beaver Juliets,
with fur binding and turn soles. s1-25 y Sr
value for. ~
(BASEMENT)
69c Misses Nici Kid Button and Lace Shoes,
also tan colors in the lot. some have & Or
extension soles. .25 value. .........V ~
(BAsEMENT)
91c BOYS Best satia Cali Lace Shoe. double
soles and extra back stays. $50 or
tBASEMEST.)
49c MEMS fine Embroidery and imitation
alligator skin slippers for the holi- A Or
days 75c value for for.................f fI(
(BASEMENT)
&c .'Whitmore's'' best Combination Russet
Polish. l0c everywhere. for to- Ar
mOrroH ~
(BAsEMENT)
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Ladies' Skirts, So. 98.

Ladies' Black Crepon Skirts, in the most
attractive patterns-made with pleated back
well lined and bound, and perfect hanging
so values, at $6.9s.
The evening times., 1899-12-07

Large lot of Children's Outing Waists;
pleated back and front; 25c. value for l2isc.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
ChiIdren's Reefers. sLe8.

Nice Astrakhan Refers. with plain or large
pearl buttons; small or larger sailor coliars.
well lined and good wearers; in black. blue.
olive. turquoise. and blue. 4 large assortment:
ages to s; they are fully worth g. so, at
$l.9s.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
ChiIdren's Waists, RHc.

Handsome line OF Children's Tams: navy
blue. gray, and combination colors; 81 valu
for JOc
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Ladies' Mackinfoshes, 81. 49.

In navy. black. and checks-double capes.
velvet collars. all lengths, and sizes-$5
value at $249
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Gift Hints in Mems Furnishing Dept
Mems and Boys Shirts, 59c.

statesmen will selecting
members of the family For
The evening times., 1899-12-07
chifdren's Vesfie Suits, SITS

Handsome line of Children's Suits; ages to
0 years; in fancy Scotch goods and Cassimeres:
neat effects; in dark and light shadss; well
worth 800; coats and vests are fancy braid
ed; coats with roll collar or large sailor, sI75
The evening times., 1899-12-07

All pure linen and a good size and excel
lent quality: a towel that is not sold for
show, but for its wearing qualities; worth
The evening times., 1899-12-07

Elegant suits for children in Cheviots, wor-
steds, and Cassimeres; neat checks. stripes and
plain coiors; stylishly cut: pants re-enforced,
color and wear guaranteed; ages to l6; these
are $500 and s6. values for s34s.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
L.adies' UDdecskirts, SL29.

Ladies' fine quality Nerccrized Satine bn-
derskirts in cerise, royal. and black-made
full in width-all lengths-s2.50 value, at
Sl %
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Dry Goods Specials.
NIghf Gown Flannel, Sc yd.

3s inches wide, a quality that has strength
and warmth to it, and which will, without
doubt. give the best of satisfaction, and
which usually sells for l21sc.
Navy Blue Flannel, &c yd.
% inches wide, not quite all wool. but
Just enough cotton to give it strength and
wearing quality; value 39c.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Corduroy Knee Pants, SOC.
Mems and Boys Hats, CSC;
Children,s TamS, SOC.

About 80 Mems and Boys sample Hats left
Derbys and Fedoras; black, brown, and pearl
worth 81 CO. asc
The evening times., 1899-12-07
A Store for the Bows.

bazaar where coe the little fellows small
Xmas rapidly holidays
The evening times., 1899-12-07

gda wnb b d andr than er@ctn the
is firmly tnhd o he
stock making your h chgdb before
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Boys Suits, $50.

Two excellent lots Of Boys Suits; ages to
10. which sold up to $3.50 and $500. in Her.
ringbone stripe effect, and checked; we'll
made, perfect-fitting suit, $50.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Girls Cosfs, 1928.

Girls Coats. in all the leading shades Of
cadet, green, brown. and red; Made in the
box and REFER effects. with large sailor and
ripple collars, trimmed with novelty braid
and fancy buttons; - and s. values, at p. 9S.
The evening times., 1899-12-07
Infants Slips, 59c.

Infants fine cambria slips: entire yoke Of
tucks and embroidery; long skirts. with deep
hem and cluster of tucks above; worth sc.
for sec
The evening times., 1899-12-07
No Time to Lose in Selecting
Your Holiday Garments.
Ladies' Tailor.made
Suits, SL2. so.

Ladidy Black Venetian Cloth Suits, made in
the leading styles, jackets lined with hest
quality tafeta silk; skirts are made IN the
gored and circular effects, taiior-stitched
seams, lined with fine percaline and bound
with corduroy binding. A regular $50 suit
at Sl2 80
The evening times., 1899-12-07

C0f0red Canton Flannel, &c yd.
In red. grey. or black; a good. well-napped
quality that is actually worth IL Lee I'd.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-25
/DEBuII'S<
Cures all Throat aud Lung Affections.
COUGH SYRUP
y Getthe genuine. Refuse substitutes. -
MS SURE%
n. R..Ln. 1c,1,-s D,cAcAri.z Trtzf fa.
d.. BuLrs Pix care Dyspeesia. 71Iai 20 for SC.

| nal will, on the whole, save greater dis
| tances; that the Nicaragua route is avail
| able for sailing vesstls, while that Of
Panama is practically available only for
steamships; that the facilities for con-
Struction are the most favorable at Mica
ragua; that it has materials for construc-
ton and food supply, which are lacking
at the Panama ~isthmus; that the supply
of lockage water by gravity is superb
bundant at Nicaragua and doubtful at
Panama; that the cost of operation viii
not materially differ; that the Nicaragua
canal will have a local earning capacity
which cannot be developed at Panama;
that the liability to seismic disturbances
are apparently equal; that the strategic
position of the Nicaraguan canal in its
relation to the United States is decided
~ superior to the Panama route"
The paper of Climacoe Coldron, minis
ter to Colombia, was read in Spanish.
1t was a strong argument in favor of the
Panama canal. The paper declared that
there is no doubt of the necessity of the
inter-oceanic canal and that the CONNER
cial and technical investigations have
perior to any other.
Colonel L. Persym, formerly United
States consul at Colon, spoke briefly but
forcefully in favor of the Panama pro-
ject. The Panama route, ne said, is the
shortest and most practicable for any
kind Of a canal, and the only possible one
for a sea-lcvel canal. He further said
that the Panama canal ran no cOmDlated
in eight years for about s1OO, 900, OO0 mater
ial and equipment being on the spot in
nearly sufficient quantities. He claimed
that it would take forty-eight hours for
steamer TO pass through the Nicara-
guam canal, and only twelve hours
through the Panama In conclusion, he
said that the Panama project was held
back in the United States by political
clique which he declared to be working in
favor Of the Nicaraguan plan.
The chair then proposed a number of
questions for discussion by the congress
as to the relative merits of the two
routes, suggesting, first. that the north
ern, or Nicaraguan, route would be short
er to the east; second, that It would also
be more important to North America than
the Panama route as the Panama route
was especially favored because OF inter
ests of South America; third, as to
which of the routes was the better for
sailing vessels; fourth. does not the Mica
ragua route offer the advantages of pass
ing through a great and fourishing coun-
try?
Adjourned until tomorrow.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-25
PEACH Trees BLOOM
Frank Black, Near AIva. Has
an Orchard Full
OF PINK-AND- WHlTENESS
Season Fools Cherry Trees
and Potato Vines, Too.
OF PINK-AND- WHlTENESS

Alva, o. T, Oct 24.-Some peach bios
SONS from Frank Blacks orchard, two
miles south of Alva, nave been exhibited
here within the day or two past. He has
seventy-live trees in full bloom, and if
present conditions continue for several
months longer he will raise a crop Of
peaches. Cherry trees in the yard of S.
B, Share have been in bloom recently
and a second crop Of potatoes is ready TO
use in his garden. Wheat soWn ABOUT
September 10 to 20 is in fine condition and
large acreage was sown, but it IS rath-
er dry for the late sowing. It is impos-
sible to keep track Of the many new and
elegant residences going up in Ava
Both the Normal and public schools are
overcrowded. The normal has 800 stu
dents and the public schools have go
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-25
PROUD OF HER COTTON MARKET
Norman AdVertises Inducements
Second 10 None Other.

Guthrie. O. T.. Oct. 24.-The Transcript
booms Norman as a cotton market, as
follows: Norman's cotton market IS
booming caused by the good prices offered
by its layers. good grades given and
courteous treatment accorded. Prices
range from $50 30 500, according to
grade-and there is but little that does
not grade up so far as to secure from
So 50 to S6.75 per hundredweight. Cotton
in the seed brings from $2.17 to g 20. The
fame of Norman as a cotton market has
stretched out to Shawnee and Tecumseh,
and every day farmers from within
few miles Of those towns are here with
cotton. One day last week a procession
Of wagons containing A bales came in
from within eight miles Of Shawnee.
Their cotton graded up well and they
were given cents a pound for 1t and
went home rejoicing-after spending a
goodly portion of the proceeds with our
merchants. On Tuesray another process
sion rolled in from Denver with IS bales,
which was sold for $3.50, and a few days
ago a similar demonstration came in from
Franklin. All these displays were photo
graphed by ". Z. Brooks fine picture
ptHlS Sspet4dIlE Hldde OF IHe FI@HA4LIl
display The sin at the Norman oil mill
has ginned about $50 bales, over two
thirds of them being round bales. The
Norman Milling company's gin has baled
some 800 bales. This is about half what
was baled last year at this time by those
gins. The country gins are doing the bulk
of the business this year. Prices are al
most double what they were last year.
and the 1893 crop viii make more clear
money for the farmers than that of 1888
Andy Berry estimates thar this years
receipts at Norman viii be about 1000
bales. Last year they were some 7.000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-25
FLORIDA.
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Line Between ST Louis
and Jacksonville

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-25

when the train bearing the Manitoba and
British Columbia contingent FOR the can
adam military to assist Great Britain in
the Transvaa pulled out for the east.
Only fifty men from each province would
be accepted and these had been carefully
selected from each battalion and troop.
so that every regiment IN the Dominion
service would have representative. Ciu-
zens raised $500 20 furnish comforts 20
the men. a half-holiday was proclaim
ed and an immense crowd watched rho
embarkment in a drilling rain Captain
Ley bourne commands the Manitoba con-
tingeut