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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
RUSH TO THE MINES
The Trego and Ellis County Lands In
Great Demand.

Ellis, July 2S-The rush for land
leases in the vicinity of the ore beds
continues with increase each day But
there is more trouble now to secure a
lease or even a purchase.
Many ranchmen have refused to sell,
lease or bond their land, one who owns
an entire section from which the richest
mineral has been taken refusing to list
en- to any proposition. There is a heavy
travel to the prairie mining camp local
llYer1es being unequal to the demand
and farm teams being pressed into SER
wee to carry passengers 1t is said the
Union Pacific cOntemplateS building a
branch to the district
Meantime James Fallens and Fred
Fisher, two Union Pacific passenger
conductors, formed a company among
railroad men, who secured the services
OF Prof. Wheaton, a mining expert. to
manage the work Thew too obtained
options on land and sent ore in car lots
70 FLORENCE, Col, which it is said gave
good returns.
The parties interested refuse to give
out any Information but have taken I'D
options, paying out thousands of dol
lars In closing deals. The ore as it is
called, lies in blanket formation. reach
lng from the surface to a known depth
OF ZOO feet, the value being so well dis
tr1buted that it is hard to determine
whether It grows richer with depth or
The formation in which values are
round is an easily worked shaIe, and
contains fossils of deep sea creatures
and fish and rare shells It however
appears to be a schist formation. slate
colored and heavily stained with zinc.
Assays have been made which show
values all the way from trace to $50
in gold, 20 per cent zinc and some silver.
the best returns coming from fossil Sc
lections, which prove it to be of a sedi-
mentary character
Mill runs by car lots, it is claimed bv
the Beam process show a value of Sc in
gold and IS per cent zinc.
Another claim made is that chemical
analysis shows per cent petroleum
This is verified by an unrnfstaBable
odor of oil obtained by breaking a piece
of the shale
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
JAYHAWKER Jors.

A strange woman is terrorizing Arlzan-
sas City at night. As she is armed with
a 45-calber revolver, no one wants to be
too inquisitiVe about her.
Charley Finch. who is a recognized au-
thority on entomology. says that the
knOcker is worse than a grasshOpper
crossed with a kissing bug
The Inman Review says 81 600 to IS, 900 is
an average price for a quarter section in
that locality. A few years ago $1,000 would
have been good valuation.
In commenting on the fact that Mr.. Lee
land thinks politicians should be sent to
the Philippines Dave Leahy inquiries,
with or without applejack?"
The Salina Republican thinks that Ed
Little viii be Congressman Calderhead's
opponent in the Fifth district next year
That game leg may help Ed in a sprint
ing contest of that kind.
Emporia intends to import the Midway
from Chicago. VIII White is up there
picking them out. Lots of other men
would like that sort of a. job
With the exception of Funston. no one
man in Kansas has so much written about
him as Cyrus Leland. and the great part
Of what is written consists of slurs upon
him That is one of the rewards OF be-
ing successful in politics
The music for the old settlers reunion
at Hutchinson on August viii be fur
nished by McMurray's string band The
I given by the sod-house aristocracy of the
short grass country years ago, and despite
/ the alleged progress shown by the Hutch
I inSOn jubilee, the old settlers don't believe
/ that any modern violinist can fiddle half
so Wen as the McMurray aggregation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Son of the Mayor of OIathe
Drank Embalmfng Fluid
And Is Slowly Dying From the
POison's Effects.
TAKEN BY MISTAKE.
His Young Wife Nearly Insane
From Grief.
Another Who Partook of the
Fluid Saved by Antidotes.

Olathe. July 2S-A. E. Moll. "A years
old, son of ex-Mayor A. z. Mou of this
city is dying from drinking embaIming
fluid last Tuesday.
A bottle of the fluid was found in a
laprobe which had just been sent by
Undertaken Ryan to the livery barn of
young MolPs father. Primus Smith a
colored man working in the barn, and
young Moll, thinking the bottle contain
ed kummel, each took a drink, but dis
covered at once their mistake. Smith
hastened to learn what the bottle con-
tanned, and when informed he at once
began taking hot water and lard and
carried Mon to his home near the barn.
Physicians were called and ever since
nave worked to counterfeit the poison,
but they have decided that there is no
hope for Mol. Smith, after a little
sickness, has entirely recovered.
Young MoH is partner with his father
IN the blacksmith shop, and is one of the
best liked young men of the city, honest
sober and Industrious. He has an es-
Unable wife whom he married less than
one year ago. She is nearly frantic
with grief and her mind is threatened
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Carbondale School Meeting.

Carbonate, July 2S-At the annual
city school meeting held here yesterday,
w. H. Reed was reelected to succeed
himself as treasurer of the district
school funds. This leaves the school
board unchanged for another year, it
being composed of r. H. McClair, pres
ident; w. H Reed, treasurer; r. B.
Mckee, secretary. A tax of two mills
was voted for school purposes for the
coming year. The board was directed to
buy three vacant lots adjoining the
school property, and the grounds will
be enlarged to the extent of the new
purchase. 1t was decided by the school
patrons to hold not less than eight, nor
more than nine months of school during
the coming year. the length of term
within these limits to be determined by
the board. The next term of school here
will begin on Monday, September Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
10 BORE FOR GAS.
st. Louis Parties VIII Prospect In the
Sand BILLS West of Abilene.

Abilene, July est is reported that
St. Louis parties who have had experts
on the ground looking over the pros
mental gas wells in the sandhills west
of town.
It is believed that the formation is
such as to indicate deposits of oil and
gas similar to those of southeastern
Kansas. Small deposits of gas have
been found in the past, and It is pro-
posed to extend these old wells which
are about 700 feet deep, to twice that
depth A syndicate has secured leases
for prospecting purposes on hundreds Of
acres of the saadhill lands and work
viii soon commence. This city once
spent $4,000 on gas well experiments.
but found nothing; three wells were
put down and the tools stuck in the bot
tom of each. That there is gas and coal
under this county has long been a fav-
orlte theory. and such outcroppings of
the latter have been found as to give
good ground for the proposition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
SAME AS LAST YEAR.
School Levy Is Changed Very Little
by Boards.

The annual school district meetings
were held all over the state yesterday.
In the country districts and in cities of
the third-class the people who are inter-
ested in running the schools and in
keeping the taxes down, met and made
the annual levy for this year.
Today many of the Shawnee county
districts are certifying their levy to the
county clerk. The levies run about as
they did last year, from five to eight
mills
Besides making the levy yesterday all
districts elected district treasurers' for a
term of three years. and in many dis
tricts the question of teachers for next
winters school was settled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
RECEIPTS NEARLY s16o,ooo.
Revenue Office Collections For July
Make q Good Showing.

Leavenworth, July 2S.-The receipts of
the internal revenue office for the month
of July this year will be about the same
as they were for July last year July's
receipts are the largest of the year on
account of the payment of the yearly
taxes imposed by the war revenue law
The receipts which have thus far been
received by the office for this month
have amounted to over $3.50, 600 The re-
ceipts for the month of July. 1898
amounted to $152, $50. There are yet
three days in the month of July and it
is very probable that the receipts for
this month viii be very nearly if not
quite as large as they We're for the
same month of last year.
During the last few days the receipts
Of the Office from special taxes have
been very light, compared with what
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
Trego County Clerk Shows His Patri-
otism In Making Reports.

George M. Ufford, clerk of Trego coun-
ty, sends to the state agricultural de-
partment his abstract of statistical
rolls made out in red, white and blue,
intended to suggest his patriotism and
love of Kansas, especially Trego coun-
ty. 1t is one of the finest pieces of
clerical work received this year and
greatly pleasing to the state house peo-
pie who have to deal with it,
In a letter. Mr.. Ufford states that the
people of his section are prosperous and
contented and that his returns from as
SCISSORS show, on the whole, a material
increase in average production, individ-
ual wealth and happy homes. He dwells
especially on the splendid increase in
the number of cows, beef steers, acre
age Of alfalfa (more than 100 per cent?
he says is largely due to work in behalf
of those lines of industry, so ardently
promoted in recent years by the state
board of agriculture
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Pensions For Kanaans.

Washington, July Extensions have
been granted as follows:
Origfnal-Alfred A. Samuels, La
Harpe, $14; Albert r. Frye, National
Military Home, Leavenworth, 50; (spec-
ial, July 15)
Restoration-Philip Young, Barnes Sc.
Restoration and increase-Clark D.
Bryant, Selma, SO to So.
Renewal-Benjamin Baird, Topeka, Sc.
ncrease-Wiiliam Stranathan, Cay
lord, IS to $40; Abraham Hartin, Rock
Creek, Sc to IS; John J. Goodson, Pat
terson, Sc to SO; Patrick MCGEE King
man, So to $12; Matthias Gates, Wichita.
$24 to $50
ACKNOWLEDGMENT W. Wilson, Leav-
enWorth, IS.
Original widows. etc.-Eliza A Bry-
ant, Selma, So.
Mexican war survivors restoration)-
Benjamin Ward
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

The Sunday school statistics of North
America, recently published, show the
following totals: OF Sunday schools in
the United States, 1880; in Canada.
1914: in Newfoundland, Labrador and
Mexico. 672; total of Sunday schools,
14s. ops. Gain in number of schools 6.s79.
OF officers and teachers in the United
States ], Alb, 1887; in Canada. 1880; in
Newfoundland. Labrador and Mexico,
3,O97; total of officers and teachers, l.
496, 5s4. Gain, 22.o93. OF scholars in the
United States. 11.497. 92s; in Canada, $751;
Az: in Newfoundland, Labrador and
Mexico, 80, OBS; total of scholars, IL, 1885,
7s5. Gain 626. 55s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Brockton Times: When it comes to a
question of veracity between General
Otis and the newspaper correspondents
at Manila, people will be more inclined
to accent the version of the situation
as given by the latter. Newspaper men
do not unite in such a criticism of con-
ditions unless there is reason for it. The
fact that their protest had to be cabled
from Hong Kong to secure transmission
to this country is in itself evidence in
favor of their contention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Pawnee Normal Institute.

Larned. July 2s.-The Pawnee county
normal institute will begin it's 1899 SEES
sion in the high school building in this
city next Monday, with Prof j. w
Mayberry. superintendent of the public
schools, as conductor and Prof. Warren
Baker of Great Bend as instructor The
term will extend through four weeks
and a larger attendance than ever be-
fore was known, is anticipated at this
session
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
HEIR no 100000.
Mrs Charles W. Wood, of Burlingame,
Has Gone to England After It.

Burlingame, July 28.-Charles W.
Wood of this city is the rightful heir
to about 800, 900. He does not get this
information from an attorney who
wants big fee for looking after his
claim, but it comes from his father,
who has known of it for many years.
About forty years ago an uncle OF
his father died in England, leaving So
100000 worth of property. The rela-
tives there manipulated things in their
own interest, and those on this side
of the water were too poor to enter a
protest that the others felt worth heed
ing.
But while other members of the fam
lily have been in eastern states, Charles
has been tiIling Kansas soil and has
become well off, is in a position to go
to the. expense of looking into the mat
ter without feeling it financially Ac-
cordlngly, Mrs. Wood has gone to look
after the matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

The Democrats of Mississippi recently
adopted the plan of indicating the party
preference for senator at the primaries
such preference to be binding on the
legislature The result of the recent
Mississippi primaries insures the cleo
ton of Governor Anselm J. McLaurin
to the senate for the unexpired term Of
Senator WalthaH who died last year
There is already one McLaurin in the
senate, John L., of South Carolina, who
is a relative of the Mississippi Nc
T.aurfu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Swallowed 8 Turkey Eggs.

r. ]. Tiff was in the city Saturday
telling quite a snake story. He says
while threshing a large bull snake was
killed measuring between four and five
feet and on noticing a large bulge on
the snake. curiosity was excited enough
to have it cut open, when three COM
on opening them two were found hav-
ing turkeys in them, but dead; the third
one was alive and about far enough
along to begin the pecking of the shell.
The nest of the old hen turkey had
three eggs left and all Matched out all
right and doing Mell.-Clyde Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
CITY HALL ELECTION.
Proclamation Is Now Being Drawn
I'm,

City Attorney Bird is engaged this af-
ternoon in drawing up in legal form the
mayors proclamation calling the spec
ial election to vote on the city hall bond
proposition. The date named in the
proclamation for the election is Satur-
day August &C.
Every step in connection with the en-
tire matter is being carefully considered
in order that there may be no flaws in
the legal procedure.
The proclamation will probably be
finished tonight and be officially pub
lished tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
ROLLED 1900 FEET.
Accident to Madame Morel ano
Daughter In Switzerland.

Sermatt, Switzerland. July 2s.-Early
today tourists discovered Madame
Morel and her daughter at the bottom
of a ravine near here. Evidently they
had rolled a distance of 1900 feet. Nine.
Morel was dead, her skull having been
fractured Her daughter was badly
injured and delirous. Until she RECEIVERS
her sanity the facts regarding the acct-
dent which befell the two women can
not be ascertained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
FRANK GLASS DEAD.
Man Who Fell Out of Crawford's Opera
House Dies at Hospital

Frank Glass, the co1ored man who fell
out of the third story of Crawfords
opera house last Saturday evening, died
al 1916 this afternoon at the Salvation
Army hospital. He never fully recover
ed consciousness and showed little sign
of life for two days. He began to sink
Thursday morning and gradually grew
worse until he died
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
GAS BELT REUNION.
A Project of Interest to All Old and
Young Soldiers.

lola, July 2s.-At a meeting held at
the G. A. r. hall by ladies of the W.
r. C., and old soldiers of the vicinity
a committee was appointed to take the
first steps toward the organization of a
soldiers reunion to be held at lola
The movers of this matter are i'm
pressed with the idea. of a. permanent
organization and they hope that every
old soldier within reach of lola will aid
the cause to success. The executive
committee who have charge of this are
T. T. Anderson, O. 3. Nichols, R. S.
BOClsOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

If the political party in power fail to
raise enough revenue to meet expenses
it is abused for it by the opposition If
It levy and collect a tax high enough to
meet the public requirements, it catches
it on the score of high taxation. Perhaps
much of the criticism which the parties
administer to each other is justified
after all. It seems odd that each should
indulge in it If it be not so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
mormon Elder Eaeape.

jackson, Ga, July 28.-The three Nor
mon elders who were taken away from
the home of VIM Cunnard Wednesday
night by a mob escaped from their cap
tors and are now safe near here. They
are badly bruised. They swan down
the creek holly pursued by the mob,
finally escaping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
WELLINGTON nfav Be DARK.

Wellington, July 2S.-The city's gas
lighting contract expires today, and the
street lamps will burn for the last time
tonight unless the city renews its con-
tract. The council recently decided that
with the present gas company. The in
tentiOn Of the council is to provide an
electric lighting system in some man
ner, but nothing has been done in that
direction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
RUSHING I'M NEGROES.
Kansas Mine Owners Continue TO I'm
port Miners.

Kansas City, July 2S.-Seventy-f1v
negroes imported from the south were
today placed in the Central Coal and
Coke company's mine at Scammon,
Kansas. This quota fills up the Scam
mon mine and further importations ex-
pected will be sent to the company's
mines at Nelson, Kan. Altogether the
company will have 600 imported negro
miners at work in the district within
ten days.
President Hobart of the Kansas and
TeXas Coal company, says his company
intends to fill its en1Dtv mines with i'm
ported negroes as fast as possible now.
The Southwestern Mining and Improve
ment company has also placed an order
for negro miners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
a Charee of Criminal Asaault.

Mcpherson, July 2s.-Sheriff J. L.
Seitz returned this morning from Col
charged with committing criminal as
sauIt upon a 13-year-oId girl of this
county some time in February. He has
led the officers a chase through several
states before a requisition and warrant
could be served upon him. The date
for his preliminary has not been set.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Tlihu Root is the eighth secretary of
war credited to New York His prede-
cessors from that state were John Arm
strong (Iadison); Peter B. Porter John
Quincy Adams); Benjamin F. Butler
(Jackson); John c. Spencer CTyler)
William L. Marcy CPolk); John M.
schoheld (Johnson), and Daniel S. La
mont (CIeveIand.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

The purchase of the Killarney lakes
IS thus referred to by the Buffalo News:
An American, A C. Peck of Cohoes
Falls this state has purchased one of
the two Killarney domains or estates,
that one owned by Capt. Herbert of
Nuckross. The other estate is owned by
the Earl of Kennare. The property was
sold under a mortgage given a Scotch
Insurance company. and the price paid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Got His Nonav Back.

Chicago, July 2s.-The sum of $1,000 lost
in a panel game" by a contra ctor, sup
posedly from Colorado, was today recoV-
cred by the police. The mans real name
is concealed under the alias of Ed
wards" The money was given bye the
two women who robbed Edwards to an
other woman, who put 1t in safety vault
She confessed to her part in the robbery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

omaha has adopted the civil service
rrinciple in connection with her public
schools. Teachers who have served hVe
years consecutively, are placed on the
permanent list from which they can not
be removed except for cause and after
they have had an opportunity for de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

About the only report that has been
heard from the automobile that left
New York for San Francisco some
DAYS ago is that it has averaged one
break down a day since beginning the
Journey. The Albany Journal suggests
that the machine be called an auto-but-
,r-or,5+-r7ooFiIe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Mcpherson, July 2s.-On July 81 the
Star Mail Route from this city to
Wakeman and Sharp Creek, in this
county, will be discontinued and the
postoffices abolished because no one can
be found who will be postmaster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Col Bryan is showing evidence that
he is not lacking in courage, Whatever
may be said of his political sense
wherever there is a Democratic row. ne
is about the first bystander TO rush IN
and take sides. That is what he did in
Chicago and in Kentucky.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
MORE BUILDING.
Knights and Ladies of Security to En-
large City HansBlock.

The Knights and Ladies of Security
are making plans to build a third story
of the city building which they recent
1y purchased. The addition will be SO
feet Snnara.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

for it by Mr.. Peck was $1s5, 600 Tam
many was too slow in its efforts to
make the purchase, and the members
Of the English parliament could not
raise the money in time The idea was
to make a public park of the beautiful
re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
Broom Corr scarca.

The last car load of broom corn left
Marquette Saturday. 1t brought SIS a.
ton. A broom corn buyer says that
Charley StTOmquist has two car loads
of broom corn on his place near FIRE.
mont. This he says is all that is left in
the county.-AIcPherson Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Unless something can be done to get
0avjd B. Hill and Thomas Watson IN
terested next years campaign will be
tame affair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28
counted,

The Boston Herald says some one IN
that city has bid one per cent for the
privilege of calling 100000 shares OF
Atchison preferred at 20 during the
present year. The stock is now selling
,rnr1na So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Post Dispatch: We shall have to Try
trust meat with trust coal the coming
winter, and many Of us may have 10 get
trusted before we are PROVIDED win
all to which we have been accustomed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-28

Alger is said to be worth 'OOo,ooV
and he can therefore worry along Will
ont the salary Of secretary Of war.