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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15
DISTRIBUTING ARMS.
HAYWARD STRICKEN.
Junior Nebraska Senator Victim Of
Apoplexy.

Omaha, Aug. 15.-Reported here SEN
ator Hayward stricken with apoplexy
and dangerously III at BrOwnville He
was delivering addresses at G. A. r.
reunion.
Senator Hayward was to have been
one of the speakers at a WOOdnan pic
mic today at Brownville, Neb. He had
just been called upon and was on the
point of rising when seized with an at
tack of apoplexy and fell to the plat
form unconscious. This was a little
after IL o'clock. Two doctors present
at once came to his assistance and at
1:50 the senator was showing signs Of
regaining consciousness.
The doctors at this hour are not will
ling to make any prediction as to the
outcome, but say the condition of their
patient is critical. BY evening they
hope to be able to arrive at some more
definite conclusion.
There was a large crowd in attend
ance at the picnic and the sudden ill
ness of the senator caused almost a
panic which was only prevented by
the prompt action of some of the cooler
headed men among the Woodmen.
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BASE BALL AT AUBURN.
Correspondent Tells of Another Vic
tory For Home Team.

To the Editor of the State Journal;
Baseball enthusiasm is at high pres
sure in this ancient town that once
aspired to be the capital Of the greatest
state in the Union. On Saturday, the
18th inst, the Auburn braves raised
the war hoop" and hit the trail over
the prairie in the direction Of Wa
baunsee county, the objective point be-
ing Keen, situated II miles northwest
of Auburn. The boys stopped for din
ner at Dover, and picked up a sub at
short, in place of Fox, who was detain-
ed at home. They arrived on the scene
of contest at p. m, when the game
was Immediately called. The Keen
braves - fearing defeat might be lurk-
ing round their .'tepees.'' imnorfed a
battery from Maple Hill; while Baxter
and Stahl performed a like service for
Auburn
Stahl behind the bat was very effec-
tive, not one of the Wabaunsee
braves being fleet enough to steal
second, but after a number of trials,
and always finding the bail there to
welcome them, they thought it more
prudent to remain on first until pro-
NOTED by a safe hit. Baxter in the box
was also in fairly good form Two men
only got bases on balls, while during
the game eight men boring great ragged
holes in a Kansas breeze with the stick
vainIy trying to get onto his curves,
were each given a nice plump goose egg
as a reminder. The home team was
only allowed to score in four innings,
and had it not been for a streak of luck
in the fourth inning, in which they ran
in scores, their credit score would
have been meagre. AS it was. the
score stood 10 to 19 in favor of Au-
burn.
The boys made their triumphal entry
into Auburn at p. IN. with nine scaIps
dangling from their belts, and were
royalty entertained at an ice cream sup
per given by the Woodmen. And now
they say they are tramping the streets
of Auburn with a chip on their shoul-
der, wondering who will have the
temerity to undertake to knock it off
So far this season they have not struck
a single defeat.
A b
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REBELS ROUTED.
Jiminez's Forces Defeated by
the Government Troops.

Puerto Plata, Aug. 15.-The govern
ment forces commanded by General
Escobosa have defeated the insurgents.
The rout was almost a massacre. The
wounded on both sides are numerous.
The engagement is considered by the
government as decisively ending the
Jiminez uprising. The plan for gradual
withdrawal of paper money from circu-
lation has established confidence. Short
term bills of exchange on Europe sell
for 300 per cent silver. The Dominicans
almost without exception are for the use
of American money.
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EMILY cRAWFoRD's LETTER.
Scenes In Court When the Attack on
Labor Was Announced.

Copyright, 1899. by Associated Press.)
Rennes. Aug. 15.-The drama at
Rennes grows tragical. That long be
Gained town is being stirred into a
more violent passion than Paris
In the morning at 6 o'clock a we'll nigh
successful attempt was made to kill NJ.
Labori who defended Zola last year,
and who came here to defend DreyfuS,
with NJ. Demange. The wOuld-be as
sassin was evidently a crank and look
ed like a workman. His weapon was
revolver, the theater of the crime, the
Qua1 RichemOnt 1t was while Labori
was going to the court with Colonel
PicQuart and his cousin, NJ. Cast.
When Madame Labori came up she
was sent to fetch a doctor, and not
knowing the town, she lost a good deal
of time At last she thought of going
TO the court and asking there for
military surgeon. Doctors Vidal and
Reclus were at hand and at once ac-
companied her They had the presence
of mind to send gen d'armes to the bar
racks for an ambulance with a stretch
er and bearers.
With deep thankfulness they found
that N. Labor could move his limbs at
will. The spine, therefore, was not in
5ured- The ball had entered at the
sixth yertebra behind the thorax 1t
might be imbedded in the muscle of
the back or have penetrated deeper, in
5uring the lungs. However, the thing
was to bear the wounded advocate to
the pretty and gay looking villa he
had hired for use during the trial a
villa adorned with green slabs of fence,
bright with flowers and in the airy
part of Rennes- But why go further
into details2 The lesson of the event
was foreshadOwed in my cable last
evening The two opposite forces are
in line Of battle. Fanaticism has an
pealed to and has answered the call
Colonel PieQuart describes the would
be murderer as swarthy and thick set
Tesolute and intelligent looking. He
thinks the man might be a southron
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Invited to Attend an Entertain
ment in New York.
To Be Given In Honor Of Ad-
miral Dewey.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Journeys All the Way to
Plattsburg to Ask Him.
The President Declines to Give
a Positive Answer.

P1attsburg, N. Y, Aug. 15.-The en-
tertainment committee of the Dewey
testimonial fund, consisting Of Ex-GOv-
ernor John S. Wise, chairman, ex-firs
chief, Hugh J. Bonner of New York, Dr.
Brush and Secretary ShottweH arrived
here today and invited the president to
attend grand performance to be given
at the Metropolitan opera house. The
president promised to be present if pos
sible but said he could not give a posi-
tive answer
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these additional oficers is explained in

these additional officers is explained in
the following telegram:
Washington, D. c., Aug. IA, 1899.
Governor W. E. Stanley, Topeka, kan:
To meet any demand of the future for
volunteer officers, under act of congress
approved March 2, you are requested
from each of the volunteer regiments
of your state mustered into service dur
ing the Spanish-American war. in order
that their records may be examined and
such further inquiry as suggests itself,
may be made before there is any urgent
pressure for action. In suggesting
these names, youth, vigor, intelligence,
character and demonstrated fitness to
command should be taken into consid-
Grafton. ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War.
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PLAN HAs FAILED.
Boyd's Cadets Will Not Attend Ma
tional G. A. R. Encampment

The indications are that Major Boyd's
girl cadet company will not visit the ma
tional encampment of the G. A r. at
Philadelphia next month, owing to the
failure of the plan to raise money for
the payment of the expenses of the
trip.
The encampment at Hutchinson
adopted a resolution pledging the va
rious posts to raise the money neces-
sary to defray the expenses of the trip
and the department commander recent
ly sent out a circular letter requesting
the posts to remit.
Only $3.50 has been raised which is
about one-tenth of the sum necessary
for the trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15
JUMP A RESERVATION.
Settlers Excited Over a RumOr
Concerning Fort Hayes
Old Site.

Hayes City, Kan, Aug. 15.-Great ex-
element prevails here over a rumor
that the abandoned Fort Hayes military
reservation has been opened to entry
under the homestead law
People commenced stalking off claims
Immediately after midnight. and at
noon nearly all of the 5000 acres were
staked off. Others went to the United
States Land office, at Wakeeny, and
tried to make entries, but the officers
rejected them Two and more persons
are claiming every quarter and contest
talk and quarrels are frequent.
Nothing will stop the excitement until
instructions arrive from Washington.
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OFFICERS NAMED.
Governor Stanley Appoints Lieuten-
ants For Volunteer Regiments.

Governor Stanley has recommended
for officers in the new regiments of vol
unteers, upon request of the secretary
of war, the following Kansas soldiers:
From the Twentieth-Captain William
J. Watson, Pittsburg; Lieutenant Bur
ton J. Mitchell, lola
From the enty-frst-Captain v L
Everett, Wichita; Lieutenant Howard
M Koontz, Garden City.
From the Twenty -second-Captain
Clyde B. Parker, Oberlin, Sergeant
Robert B. Mitchell, Florence
From the Twenty y-third-Captain
Sherman A Harvey, Lawrence; Captain
William NJ. Hawkins, Topeka.
The reason for the appointment of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15
REGIMENTS FULL.
And Recruits Left Over For the Phil
ippine Organizations.

Washington, Aug. .15-The number Of
enIistments for the Philippines yester-
day was 444, making total Of 1854
All regiments being organized in the
United States except the 29th, 33rd and
35th, are filed and with the extra men
in other regiments, there is enough to
complete them.
1t is the intention of the department
however, to see if the regiments can be
recruited in their respective districts
as the surplus can be used for the reg~
1ments in the Philippines.
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Denver MilIionaire Dead.

Denver, Aug 15.-George w. Clayton,
one of Denver's earliest pioneers, died
this morning from the effects of a
stroke of apoplexy sustained Saturday
night. He was a native of PhiladeIphia
but came to Denver in 1859, entering
the mercantile business. In 1874 he re-
tired with a large fortune which is
now estimated at from SO, 900 600 to So
600, 900. His wife and only child died
several years ago
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Steel From Scotland.

London, Aug 15.-The Pail Mall Ca
zette this afternoon noting the Amer
lean inquiries for Scotch steel says
Lanarkshire firm has secured an order
for ten thousand tons for shipment to
the United States.
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More Cloakmakers out.

New York, Aug. 15.-Eight hundred
cloak makers employed in Is shops
Joined the ranks of the strikers today,
increasing the number on strike to
total OF about 5000 The strikers de-
mand better wages and a reduction in
the working hours
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Storm Moving North.

Washington, Aug. 15.-The weather
bureau issues the following storm bull
letin: TO a. m-Storm central this
morning or South Carolina coast NOV
ing slowly northward. Charleston re-
ports maximum wind 56 miles per hour
from the northeast. Wind VIII Increase
to northeasterly gale along the middle
Atlantic and south New England coasts
tonight and "Wednesday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15
WILL BE ssFIxED."
Atchison Underwriters Found Meth.
cd of Avoiding Antitrust Law.

The Atchison Underwriters associa-
tion has notified w. V. Church, superin-
tendent of insurance that the associa-
ton will so mend its bylaws that it
may continue doing business without
violating the Kansas antitrust law.
A few weeks go the attorney general
held that the association was doing
business as a trust or unlawful combi-
nation and upon authority of this opin-
ion Mr.. Church notified the association
that it must dissolve
The notice of amending the bylaws
was received by Mr.. Church in reply to
his letter.
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USELESS COURT.
Ex-Attorney General Dawes After
Court of ofVisitation.

F. B. Dawes, who is a member of the
house of representatives says if he is
returned to the legislature the first bill
he will present will be one to repeal the
law creating the court of visitation.
Mr.. Dawes says the court is a useless
appendage of the state government and
accOmplishes no good for the people.
In expressing this opinion Mr.. Dawes
voices the sentiment of a large majority
of the people of Kansas. The court
does nothing but draw its pay.
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MR.. z1MMER,s scA1P.
W. B. Poinsett Would Like to Get
IF

w. B. Poinsett of Wyandotte county,
who was chaplain of the Kansas peni-
tentiary under Governor MorrilPs ad-
ministration is a candidate for the nom
ination for state senator from the dis
trict composed of that county.
Wyandotte county is now represented
in the senate by Henry thinner a fus-
ion Democra, who was a member of
the committee which located the new
asylum at Parsons.
Mr.. Poinsett is a Republican and is
said to have the backing of the local
leaders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15
Suit For Blacklistine.

Denver, Aug 15-Joseph Bruner, a
railroad man, has brought suit against
President Trumbull of the Colorado &
Southern railroad company for $50, 900
damages on the ground that he has
been blacklisted by that road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-15
Dewey is No Better.

Leghorn, Aug. 15.-Admiral Dewey is
still indisposed. Various officials vis-
tied the Olympia today. The admiraFs
departure for Florence has been post
poned.
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Weather Indications

Chicago, Aug. 15.-For Kansas: Local
thunder storms tonight with warmer in
south and west portions; Wednesday
partly cloudy southerly winds.
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Mauna Loa Has subsided.

San Francisco, Aug. 15.-Advices from
Honolulu say that the volcanic action of
Mauna Loa has entirely ceased.
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GREAT ANXIETY.
Felt Over the TransVaaFs
Forthcoming Reply to
England.

Cape Town, Aug. 15.-No reply has been
received here up to the present from the
Transvaal government on the subject of
the latest British proposal for a peaceable
settlement of the questions in dispute and
a dispatch from Pretoria says the reply
when sent will be disappointing and that
it is feared the result will be the break
ing off of negotiations. Great anxiety
prevails at the capital of the Transvaal.
DISTRIBUTING ARMS.
Pretoria, August 15.-The executive
council concluded it's session at 1890
p m, when orders were issued to the
field cornets to give out Mauser rifles
in exchange for Martini-H Henry rifles.
A great crowd gathered to receive the
arms.
The possibility of war with Great
Britain is about the only subject dis
cussed and it is generally felt that the
Burghers should be considered before
extreme measures are adopted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-30
The Great Trust Crnn

This is a record breaking year for trusts.
January has seen them sprout all over the
country like mushrooms in August Take
one days record. that of yesterday. The
Bessemer and openbearth steel plants Of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and part Of Pennsyl-
vania reported in process of consolida-
ton. At Pittsburg, the Carnegie company is
reported to be the only obstacle 10 the
combination of all the tube and pipe plants
of the country into one corporation. The en-
velope trust is trying to effect a consolida-
lean Zinc trust is organized at Toledo In
Tennessee little combination, with 81, 800, 900
capital, has gathered in the blast furnaces
of that section and acquired some 290 600 acres
of coal and iron ore territory. The Bridge
trust, combination of thirty-two companies.
is said to be completed capital $50 900, 000
This is an incomplete list for q single
their work in. The American Tin Plate conf
pany advanced the price of the product yes
terday to $40 per box. And with this
nouncement comes the Information from
Pittsburg that the same trust has forbidden
the iron workers OF that city to Ill orders
for machinery from Independent concerns
under penalty of losing the trade Of the great
combination.
Every one of these trusts was made pos
sible by the Republican tariff and is sustained
by that law. To stop the growth of trusts
we must first kill the Republican tariff
Boston Post.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-30
!. Here, There, ENeywhers.

The story of young Talcott, the Wall street
broker who has made million dollars out
of the rise in stocks in the past six months
and who is going to retire perhaps-is full
of encouragement to the ambitious and the
enthusiastic. Any man can make money In
Wall street if he will only buy stocks when
they are down and sell them when they are
up. All that is needed is to know as Mr.
Talcott did, when to begin and when to
quit There is, however, another Wall stree.
story Of the man who boosted that he had
known when to quit, and that was when he
had enough money left to pay his railroad
fare home and 50-cents to give the porter for
carrying his trunk up to his father-in- laws
house. Both stories are true. only the latter
story is true hundred times where the
Talcott story is true once.-New York World
The worst balderdash of the times is all
this silly talk about alliances with other
countries. The United States of America
sounds plural, but 1t is very mucn of a
unit, and it will continue to stand by itself
asking the friendship, of ALL counting the
enmity of none, and thoroughly prepared to
take care of itself under any and all cir
Observation-Disclosures American.
Mr. Speaker said retiring Gov. Bob Tay-
lor, of Tennessee, 81 am about to shuttle off
this mortal coil Of politics and fly away to the
heaven of my native mountains, where l may
think and dream in peace. safe from the
sickening sting of unjust criticism, safe from
the talons of some old political vulture, safe
from the Shiny kiss and the keen dagger of
ingratitude." And so passes Gov. Bob from
the cares of state to Eastern Tennessee. where
he can stand on the mountain tops and tickle
the toes CT the angels.-Boston Herald.
why do the roses fade slowly away" she
inquired POLITICALLY. We'll" replied the bald
headed young man, with wide ears, when
you think it over, it's all for the best. It's
more comfortable to have them fade slowly
away than to have them go all Of a sudden,
like a torpedo. Washington Star. This re-
calls the remark of ARENAS Ward, who was
trying to read in his dining room while his
daughter at the piano in the parlor, was
1ndustriously singing why Do Summer
Roses Fade?" When he could stand it no
longer, he went to the parlor door and said:
''My child, it is their business to fadel
Please do not ask that question of the piano
again. New Orleans Picayune.
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Eating force in the archipelago.

mating force in the archipelago.
simultaneously with the signing of
the treaty of peace at Paris, Agoncillo,
a representative of the insurgent forces
in those islands, makes his way to
Washington and appeals to the govern
ment for the privilege of undertaking
the establishment in the archipelago of
an authority consisting of native men
and forces.
The administration press of the coun-
try denounce Agoncillo as an impudent
and an impertinent intruder.
Where is the spirit of 1776 as applied
to our own country? The United States,
in it's colonial period, when it under
took its great and successful contest
with England, was community of g.
100000 people. 1t delegated to the
court of France Benjamin Franklin.
He was not styled, either by the French
or German or any other court of the
Old World, an impudent intruder.
Agoncillo. on the other hand, represents
native population of upwards of g.
OoO0 people. DESTROYS of the at
tainment of their liberty; but when
their representative appeals to the pow
er processing to be the standard bearer
of the idea of human freedom through
out the world, he is styled an i'm
pudent and impertinent intruder.
Are the authorities at Washington
perfectly assured that Divine Provi-
dence has placed in their hands the
power to dispose of the equities OF
other peoples throughout the face Of
the earth?
This certainly does seem like the very
eXaltation of selfconceit. 1t is time
that the individual souls that make
up the voting population of this coun-
try should be carried by their physical
membranes into some sort of a re-
treat and afforded an opportunity to
reflect upon lines which will expurgate
the idea that the United States and
the administration of it's affairs by Will
liam Mckinley are ordained by Provi-
dence to control the destinies of the
world as now outlined in it's limitations
by our scholars in science
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The Treatment of AgoncilIo.

The attitude of the United States
toward the Philippines is just at pres
ent deficient in ordinary respects as be-
tween one country and another
The Philippines We're beyond every
thought of national conquest ten
months ago. Admiral Dewey DESTROYED
the Spanish fleet in the bay of Manila
on the ist day of May last year. At
that time the archipelago comprising
the Philippine islands was in a condi-
ton of instruction against the Spanish
government.
The United States did not begin war
against Spain with any view to as
sisting the insurgents of the Philip-
pine islands. The victory of Dewey
over the Spanish fleet at Manila placed
this country in position in which its
honorable intentions could be revealed
The war was instituted in behalf of
Cuba. The war, in it's ramifications.
brought the Philippines into national
consideration.
The president appointed a commits
sion to treat with Spanish representa-
tives on terms of peace. That com
mission, either of its own volition or
by direction of the state department at
Washington. evolved the idea that
Spain should cede to the United States
control over the Philippines.
All this occurred while Aguinaldo. the
insurgent leader of the Philippines
was combating the Spanish forces in
those islands. The intercession by the
French ambassador at Washington
brought about protocol which led to
the treaty conference in Paris.
Meanwhile the insurgent forces of
the Philippines, through the aid of
United States soldiery. became a domi-