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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
FOR TROOPS IN TROPICS.
List of Articles of Clothing Author
lied by the War Department

Washington, Feb. 15-In a general Or
der issued today by the secretary OF
war the announcement is made of the
clothing authorized for use by the
troops serving in Cuba and other tropi-
cal countries. The list is as followss
Cork helmets or campaign hats, straw
hats, khakie uniforms, white bleached
cotton duck suits, unlined blouses, ging-
ham or chambray oVerShirtS, light
weight flannel shirts dark blue woOD,
lightweight undershirts Cotton and
wooD, jean drawers, lightweight cot
ton stockings, abdominal bandages, rus
set shoes and leggingS, rubber ponchoS,
trousers of 16-ounce kersey.
The quartermaster'S department has
been busy for some time arranging a
list of suitable clothing and several
combinations are recommended. 1t has
been suggested by the quartermaster
general that the men should wear light
weight woollen undershirtS with a ging-
ham or chambray overShirt and either
the khakie or white duck suit. If this
is not agreea BILE a regimental command
er may clothe his men with cotton I'M
dershirts, a lightweight dark blue wool
len. overshirt and the same uniform. For
use at night, when the weather is COOL,
the men can use the unlined blouses.'
The russet shoes furnished by the de-
partment are of exceptionally good
quality, and the wearing of abdominal
bandageS is to be made compulsory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
OYSTER FAMINE PROBABLE
Cold Weather Shuts Off Source of
Supply of Eastern Dealers.

New York, Feb. 15.-Oyster dealers
say there is likely to be an oyster fam
inc for some time, the oyster trade hav-
ing been severely injured by the present
cold weather. The long and continued
freezing weather has cut down the ship
ping of oysters from this city, as many
of the shippers have been caught with
short stocks on hand and can not get
more until there is a break in the
weather.
The amount of oysters shipped daily
from the New York market, exclusive
of the New York city and Brooklyn
trade, will average 5000 barrels. This
does not include the amount from ship
pers on Long Island, whose cOnsign-
ments practically pass through this
market also, and are estimated to be
about 1000 barrels daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
CARLISLE FAMILY
Escape Death by Suffocation by a
Marrow Margin.

New York, Feb. 15.-But for the wake
fulness of a servant, ex-Secretary of the
Treasury John G. Carlisle and his fam
lily might have met death by suffocation
last night.
A defective f1ue in the basement of the
Carlisle residence, No. Washington
square, north, caught fire. One of the
servants gave the alarm Before the
firemen arrived the house was filled
with smoke. Mr.. and Mrs. Carlisle, who
had retired a short time before, were
awakened by the cries of servants and
CROPPED their way to the street.
The fire was eXtinguished with loss
of 5000, and Mr.. Carlisle personally
thanked the firemen for their prompt
assistance.
The arrival of the engines caused
much excitement among the neighborS,
and many invitations were extended to
Mr.. Carlisle and his family to pass the
night in more secure quarters, but
these invitations were declined.
Il guess we can stay just where we
are remarked the eX-secretary. THE
firemen tell us there is no further dan
GER
A servant kept close watch on the
Carlisle home for the remainder of the
night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Rear Their Heads About the
Falls of Niagara.
Dynamite is POwerless Against
the Huge Piles
THATLINE THE SHORE
Great Uneasiness Felt by Own
ers of Property.
A Sudden Thaw Certain to
Prove Disastrous.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Feb. 15.-Above
the falls in many places the ice is pack
ed in the river in high piles and extends
many feet from the shore. Much dyn-
amite has been exploded to drive it
from the inlets leading to the different
power plants. The jam in the gorge at
the foot of the falls grows with the
days. Some of the hills are nearly so
feet high. One of them is called a
mountain and is said to be over 100 feet
high.
Such a large quantity of ice has not
been known in the Niagara river for
years and the situation is a decidedly
serious one and makes owners of pro-
perty close to the banks of the river
apprehensive for the result when the
river begins to free itself. Should mild
weather set in and the ice move it
would undoubtedly sweep everything
before it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
A GENERAL STRIKE
In All Coal Mines of Arkansas and the
Territory Imminent.

Fort Smith, Ark, Feb. 15.-Only 1880
miners are at present on strike in the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf mines in
the Indian Territory, but the prospects
are that a general strike in all the
mines in Arkansas and the Indian Ter
ritory will be declared in a few days.
The situation is critical and the result
hinges upon the result of todays con-
ference between the miners and op-
orators here. Should the operators re-
fuse to concede the demands of the
miners every mine in the district will
be closed.
The trouble began last Thursday
when a mum Der of men were discharged
at Harsshorne. Seven hundred went out
there and about six hundred have since
gone out at Wi1burton. The miners
primarily demanded only the reinstate-
ment of the discharged men, but they
now want other concessions. The COM
pany threatens to import men to take
the place of the strikers and an attempt
to carry out that threat will result in
serious trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
AT HALF MAST.
New York Flags Lowered i'm
Memory of the Maine.

New York, Feb. ia year ago the
United States battleship Maine was
blown up in the harbor of Havana
and 266 American seamen lost their
lives. The event is being remembered
in this city today. Flags are floating at
half mast on the city hall, the public
schools and all other public buildings,
national, state and municipal.
Nearly all the vessels coming into the
harbor those going out and those at
the piers have flags at half mast. This
is not confined to any class or order of
shipping.
Besides the public buildings, many
of the private residences have flags sus-
pended at half mast, and in many of
the stores are pictures of the Inflated
battleship with the phrase Remember
the Maine"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
DEATH OF CHAS. BACKUS.
he Was One of the Organizers of the
American Express Company.

New York, Feb. 15.-Charles Chap
man Backus, one of the organizers of
the American Express company, is
dead, aged 83 years.
About 1910 Livingston, Wells & Pome-
roy established an express line between
New York city and Buffalo and en-
gagged Bennett, Baekus & HawIey to act
as their agents in Utica, N. Y. The bus
mess consisted in the conveyance of
money packages between the banks
along the line of the New York Central
and Hudson River railroad and Henry
Wells was the sole messenger his
freight being carried in a hand bag.
The income at first was SO small that
time and again Mr.. Wells was on the
point of abandoning the enterprise, but
Mr.. BackuS encouraged him to perse-
we're, fOreseeing the vast capacities of
the business if extended, to include the
carrying of merchandise. This was
eventually done and Mr.. Backus be-
came interested in it and soon after
conceived and organized with others
the American Express company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
NO MONEY FOR INSPECTORS
Their Work of Practically No Conse-
quence Anyway.

State Auditor Cole, upon authority of
an opinion by Attorney General GODDARD,
has held up and declined to pay the sal
aries and expenses and State Grain In
spector Culver and his fifty-one depu-
ties, a total of $4,000 for the month of
January.
The auditor asked Mr.. GODDARD about
the law and this is what the attorney
general said:
Il will say that section "a, of article 2,
of the constitution, provides that no
money shall be drawn from the treasury
except ia the pursuance of q specific ap-
preparation made by law Now, while
grain inspection is by the law of '97
made self-SuStaining, still all the
moneys collected for inspection must be
turned into the state treasury, and
while the act provides for the salaries
to be paid by the treasurer, still the
legislature has made no specific apprO-
priation therefor. In Martin VS.. Fran
els, IS Kansas, 220, a similar law was
involved relating to the insurance de-
partment, but the court held that no
salaries could be paid out of the in
surance fund, though made up of fees
collected by the department, without a
sufficient appropriation made by the
legislature.
This decision is distinctly affirmed
in the case of the state vs. Slower, AZ
Kansas, 119. This, therefore, is the set
tied law of the state, and whenever
money is rightfully in the treasury 1T
can be paid out only by virtue of a
specific appropriation made by law.
This matter should be provided for by
the present legislature, so that the var
ious officers who collect and turn money
into the treasury may be able to draw
the salaries which are due or may be-
come due them
In accordance with the opinion of the
attorney general, the auditor refused
to audit the claims of the grain inspec-
tor and his deputies. The auditor will
call the attention of the legislature to
the matter and ask it so to amend the
law as to make it constitutional and
thus secure him and his bondsmen from
any trouble along that line in the fu-
ture. He will also ask for an appropria-
tion to cover the salaries and expenses
of the grain inspection department..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
SMALLPOX RACES IN MAINE
At Waterville Schools Are Closed and
Gatberiugs Are Forbidden.

Waterville, Me, Feb. 15.-The epi-
demic of smallpox in this city has be-
come so serious that today the board of
health decided to use the state laws
governing epidemics to enforce the
proper quarantine of houses, the isola-
ton of patients by means of pesthouses
and the reporting of suspected cases by
physicians.
Schools OF all kinds are ordered closed,
entertainments and all public gather
ings forbidden and those citizens who
had accepted invitations to the COVER
nor's reception at Augusta tomorrow
have been peremptorily requested to de-
cline the same. The faculty of Colby
university today ordered the institution
closed and sent the students hurriedly
to their homes. The same action was
taken at Coburn institute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
THE TURNING POINT
Has Been Reached in the Negotia-
tIons With Canada.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The negotia-
tions of the high joint commission are
at a critical stage and this fact has
caused rumors of uItimatums and of
failure of negotiations which are un-
warranted up to date. The Americans
have made a number Of concessions on
important points to such an extent they
say, as to imperil ratification should a
treaty be framed. On important points
the two sides have reached agreements,
but on others they have wholly failed
to agree and matters now are about at
a pass where it must be decided soon
whether to report a treaty embracing
points agreed on, or to disagree on all
points because unable to agree on some
items
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
THANKING HELEN GOULD
a Bill for That Purpose Passed by the
Senate.

Washington, Feb. 15.-At the opening
of today's session of the senate the
chaplain referred in feeling terms to the
charity which had been brought out
by the recent terrible storm.
A bill was reported from the military
affairs committee and passed extending
the appreciation of congress to Miss
Helen Miller Gould for patriotic service
during the late war and providing that
a gold medal be presented to her by
the president.
The postoffice bill was reported and
Mr.. Quay Penn.) gave notice that he
would call it up for consideration to-
morrow.
A bill was passed providing for admis-
sion to the naval academy as a naval
cadet of Oscar w. Deignan of the
Merrimac heroes.
Senators Cu1lom, SewalI and Teller
were named as conferrees on the legis-
1atiVe appropriation bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
FRANKS ON A FRESHMAN.
Cocyx Club at Toledo Cause of Stu
dents Being Badly Frozen.

Toledo, O., Feb. 15.-The students of
Wooster university have an organiza-
ton known as the Cocyx club. The one
thing necessary for admission is that a
candidate at some time in his life must
have the end of his spine broken.
Ernest Weld, a freshman Of Marys
vile, O., was initiated last night. He
was placed in a box, gagged and hand
cuffed. An expressman delivered the
box to his sister at Hoover cottage. The
box was left standing in the cold. When
Weld was taken out of the box he was
almost dead from exposure and his ears
were so badly frozen that he may lose
them. The members of the club are
threatened with arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR.
A Bike Racer Refuses to Go onWith
His Riding.

Mechanics Pavilion, San Francisco,
Feb. 15.-The sensation of the day in
the six day race was the rank quitting
of Earl D. Stevens, the Buffalo boy.
Stevens withdrew in the early. morning
hours. His trainer whipped him back
to the track once, but he sneaked out
again and when examined by compe-
tent men and found perfectly sound and
in excellent shape to go on, actually lay
down on the floor and would not be car
ried out. Stevens claimed that he was
going all to pices but during his stay
on the track outsprinted all the riders,
including Miller, Barnaby and Gimm.
The mans trainer gave it up as bad
job, Stevens donned his street clothes
and walked from the building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
CASUALTIES AT MANILA.
Sergeant Keithley of the Goth Kansas
Wounded

Washington, Feb. 15.-The following
report was received at the war depart
ment today:
Manila, Feb. 15-Twentieth Kansas,
wounded 18th instant, engagement Ca
loocan-Sergeant Ira Keithley, COM
pany D, slightly.
First acknowledgements by desul-
tory firing yesterday-Privates Allen
Grant. severe; Albert Egger. slight;
Ray Hursh, company C, slight; VIM.
c. Walsh, severe; Sergeant VIM. F.
Dunno, severe; Corporal Henry Ritter,
company H, slight; Lieutenant Edwin
A. Hartig, First South Dakota, drown
ed last night while attempting to land
Hotchkiss gun at Pasig.
OTIS.
AGUINALDO'S COUSIN KILLED.
New York, Feb. ia Manila special
says: A Spanish prisoner who escaped
from MalOlos reports that Baldomero
Aguinaldo, a cousin of Gen. Aguinaldo
and Filipino minister of war, was killed
in the fighting at Caloocan on February
10. where the Kansas, Montana and
Pennsylvania troops and the Third ar
tillery were heavily ged. Corrob-
oration of the report was given by the
finding of a generals sword by the side
of a railway shed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
CHILD RUN OVER.
Sad Accident at Granville to Little
SchoolboY.

The 9-year-old boy of Henry Otringer,
a farmer living near Granville, was
struck by the east bound Rock Island
train passing about 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and was probably fatally in
jured.
School had been dismissed and a
crowd of children were on their way
home and saw the approaching train.
They attempted to run across the track
in front of it and all got safely across
except young Otringer who was struck
by the pilot and thrown high in the
air. His head was frightfully crushed
and there is little hopes of his recov-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
REJECT FATHER SHERMAN.
Bishop of Havana Refuses to Let Him
Pray at the Graves of the Maine
Victims

Havana, Feb. 15.-Monsignor Santan-
der, bishop of Havana, has declined to
allow Father Thomas Sherman, who re-
Gently arrived here from Porto Rico,
to hold prayer at the cemetery today,
when the ladies of this city decorate
the graves of those who lost their lives
on the battleship Maine. The city coun-
ell has decided to be represented at the
ceremonies by three of its members
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
SAVED LEE s TENT.
Young Officers Hold it Over HIS Head
During Storm.

Havana, Feb. 15.-During a severe
wind storm last night 800 tents in the
camp OF Major General Lee were blown
down, among them being that of Lieu
tenant Colonel Maus, chief surgeon of
the Seventh corps. The consequence
was that 1900 soldiers were temporarily
deprived of shelter. Lieutenants Sar-
toris and Fitzhugh Lee, Jr, and two or
three other young officers clung to the
ropes of the tent in which Major Gen
eral Lee was sleeping through the
fiercest of the storm and kept it from
being blown down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Havana Negroes Quit Work.

Havana, Feb. 15.-The fact having
come to the notice of General Brooke's
headquarters that negro servants and
other employees in Havana were declin-
ing to work any longer, affirming that
States would supply them all the food
they wanted, Brigadier General Chaffee
has directed a communication to the de-
partment commander, calling his atten-
ton to the fact
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
LACES INA BLAZE.
Dealers in Women's Wear Burned Out
in New York.

e New York, Feb. 15.-Fire today at III
and 119 Prince street, this city, destroy
ed the establishment of Joachim &
F'inkelstein, cloaks and suits; Lyman,
Ossusky & Co., laces and silk capes;
Gustav Mendelssohn, infants wear;
Gustav Reno, laces; AdoIph Miller,
dress skirts, and the Novelty Tea Gown
Co, Van Kuren & Thornton, white
goods, suffered considerable loss from
water. Several firms in an adjoining
building suffered from damage by wa
ter.
The total loss is about $4,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Clubbed and Shot.

Rochester, N. Y, Feb. 15.-Jacob Van
Husen, a well known farmer of Pen
field, was brutally murdered Monday
night, being dubbed and the shot. His
dead body was found lying on the floor
of his home by a neighbor. The mur-
dered man lived alone and his house
was in a secluded spot. The authorities
are looking for tramp who is suspect
ed of the murder. Robbery was the mo-
tive for the crime but the murderer Sc
cured only a watch and small amount
of money
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Mo Whitewash Thara.

Denver, Feb. 15.-The house of rep
resentatives rejected the majority report
of the special committee appointed to
investigate the condition of affairs at
the state insane asylum which exon
Grated the superintendent. DR.. P. r.
Thomb, and by a vote of As to 10 adopt
ed the minority report, demanding the
s1lnaIint endent,S removal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Don't Want Troops to Go.

Pana, Ill, Feb. 15.-Resolutions were
introduced at the meeting last night
requesting Sheriff Downey to ask Gov,
Tanner to recall the remainder of the
troops, but did not pass, having the
support of only three out of ten alder
men. Sheriff Downey had agreed to
comply with the councils reoueSt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Seuen More Found.

Port Royal S. C., Feb. 15--Seven addi-
tional seamen of the steamer VIM. Law
renee, which foundered off Port Royal
Saturday morning, have been rescued by
the pilot boat. No names are given. The
captain is still missing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Chewed Zoo Much Tohacco.

Paris, KY, Feb. 15.-Near Cynthiana
20 of Newton Reese's fine cattle took
barn. They ate the tobacco and died
from the effects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Natives to Aid Americans.

Manila, Feb. 15-The New York Jour
nal correspondent cables that the ma
tiVeS of Pampanga province, near Ma
lolos, have offered to join the Ameri-
cans. They claim to have 1000 organized
troops. These natives, it is said, fought
with the Spanish against AguinaIdo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Barrows to Be Librarian.

Washington, Feb. 15.-The president
has definitely decided to nominate Rep
resentaUive Samuel Barrows of Boston,
Mass, for librarian Of the congressional
library.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Our Mr.. White.


London. Feb. 15.-Henry White, the
United States charge d. affaires and Mrs.
White have taken the Countess of Gros-
Venor's house in Park Lane, until Easter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
supt. w. p. Henry Resigns.

Buffalo, n. Y, Feb. 15.-Captain W. P.
Henry; superintendent Of the behigh Val
ley's lake steamship line, has resigned.
7. H. Van Allen, division superintendent
of the Lehigh Valley, will also act as su-
perintendent of the steamship line. The
offices of the rail and lake lines are con-
sOIidated bV this change
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
AGuINALDo.s COUSIN K1LIED:
A DAY OF sKIRM1sHEs
About Manila Results in Filipinos Be
ing Driven Further Back.

Manila, Feb. 15.-5:20 p. m.-Several
Insurgents yesterday afternoon having
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-15
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-For Kansas: Part
ly cloudy tonight and Thursday; var
liable winds.
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st. Lnhn,r

Christmas will be celebrated at st. Johns
church, Twenty nth and California streets,
with the usual soJemnities. At . o'clock a,
m. a solemn high mass will be celebrated by
Rev. NJ. p. Bowling. $. j., president OF
Creighton university, with a sermon by the
pastor, Rev. NJ. Bronsgeost. The music
VIII be rendered by the children of 81.
Johns school. Following this high mass
there will be low masses every half hour
until 10 O'Clock. At 1870 a. IN. there will
be a solemn high mass, at which Rev. j.
Kuhlman, L.. D., vice president OF Creighton
university, will deliver the sermon. st,
Johns choir viii render Gounod's famous
"Messe soleunelle st. Cecilia" under di-
rectlon OF Mr.. John ]. schenk. Mr.. II.
Burnley and MIS-. Cudahy will be the solo
lists. Al the ofertory a choir OF sixty boys.
under the direction Of Prof. Thomas j. Kelly
will sing Novelties "Adeste Fideles.' The
a~colytes will be out in full force.