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The leader., 1899-05-10
Cats bite Cause. Death

Cleveland o., May G.-Joseph A.
hackman, wcll-known contractor of
li's o'y' died in terrible agony Friday
Us 'he result of a cat bite. Last Mon
DAY he was bitten on the thumb by a
pet Maltese cat. Little attention was
taiu 10 the matter at the time, but
ialer Aackman was taken i'll and lock-
jaw set in,
The leader., 1899-05-10
Street Car Line. Tied In.

Duluth, MINI, May 3.-The strike q,
the union employees of the Duluth
Street Railway company was felt bv
the public Tuesday night more than !,
any time. Three of the lines were tied
up entirely, and only a few cars wer.
running on the Superior strast line
The leader., 1899-05-10
New street hallway for Denver

Denver, COL, May e.-The Municipal
traction company has been Incorporate
ca with an authorized capital stock Of
sl'ooo,OoO for the purpose of building a
street car system in Denver in opposi-
hon 10 the new company which has alb
,oroed Inc two old companies. Ex-
Mayor L. 5. McMurray is president.
The leader., 1899-05-10
BARRED FROM THE MAILS.
Anti-ImpcrinIistic Pnmph-
lets Excluded from Manila by
Orders from Washington.

Washington, May THE postmas
ter-gencral has directed the postmas
ter at san Francisco to take out Of the
mails for Manila three pamphlets is
sued ly Edward Atkinson, of Boston,
vicc-prcsident Of the Anti-lmpcrialistic
The leader., 1899-05-10
wade Hampton,s Home burned

Columbia, S. c., May 5.-The home of
Gen. Wade Hampton, in the suburbs of
Columbia, was burned at an early hour
Tuesday morning. There was no insur-
ance on the property, and fine library
containing about 5000 volumes was
lost. In attempting TO save dog the
general was scorcheA about the face.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Wheaton Takes san Tomas.

London, May 4.-Ad9ices have been
iecelNed here from Manila that Gen.
wheaton captured San Tomas after a
severe fight with the insurgents. The
insurgents were routed. The town was
nearly destroyed by fire. Lawton's
brigade is advancing toward Maasin,
NnGre the insurgents are expected to
make another stand
The leader., 1899-05-10
German ConsuI's Opposition.
Mntnnfn Forced to Yield.

Admiral Albert Kautz, L. $. ", and
Capt. Stuart, of the British cruiser
Tauranga, wrote and dispatched
through French priest to Mataafa,
ordering him to Withdraw his forces
outside of line ten miles long and six
miles broad. Mataafa replied detantly,
refusing to withdraw unless the Ger
man consul and the captain of the Ger
man cruiser Fake agreed. Admiral
kautz and Capt. Stuart thcreupon sent
an ultimatum to Mataafa, threatening
to compel the withdrawal of his forces.
In support of this ultimatum plan OF
action WAS decided upon. Lieut..
Gaunt's brigade was strengthened, and
heavy gun was landed at Mulinu, and
war rockets were %otten in readiness.
Being informed of these preparations,
Mataafa made prompt reply, agreeing
to withdraw Immediately.
The leader., 1899-05-10

Four hundred dollars a square foot,
or $j0,cG0 per running foot, was Of
fered and the offer refused for the cor
ner lot on broadway at the southerly
side of Wall street. New York. In other
words. Sl.200,0c0 was offered for the
premises and lot ST Broadway, "a feet
wide. This is the highest price ever Of
fered per square foot for land in North
The leader., 1899-05-10

San Francisco, May Gen. Charles
7. Eagan, ex-commissary general of the
United States army, sailed Thursdav
for Honolulu on the steamer Australia
Gen Pagan and his family viii spend
several months on the islands.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Barber. Must BE Licensed.

jefferson City. No. May 6. = Gov.
Stephens has signed Senator. Rollins
bill requiring that all BARRIERS working
in Missouri procure licenses and pro-
viding state board Of Inspection TO
pass on applicants,
The leader., 1899-05-10
Noted German Dead.

Berlin, May 3.-Dr. Martin Eduard
Won simson, the distinguished German
jurist and politician. who was presi-
dent III the Frankfort national assem-
bly, ia is4ss died in Berlin Tuesday even
ing in bis eighty-ninth year..
The leader., 1899-05-10

The United States fish commission,
after extensive experiments in an effort
10 raise oysters in Great Salt Lake, has
given up the task, with the exclama-
ton: You can lead an oyster TO the
water, but you cannot make him grow"
The leader., 1899-05-10
Uphold the Prcsidenf.

San Diego, Cal, May 4.-The G. 4. Il.
encampment of the department of Cali
fosnia and Nevada, now in session here,
passed resolutions upholding the course
Of President Mckinley in his conduct
Of the war.
The leader., 1899-05-10

The new baseball" as reported in
Cincinnati, has in it "nailers," smash
ingdoubles, ""baby rollers" "grassers,
laced hits to center" etc. etc. Baseball
is becoming more complicated than a
New England dialect story.
The leader., 1899-05-10

There s an ancient and dreadful .r,,.1
CHINA. II gives to the man who hsnno ro n
mold u the power to cut off the head ~ ~. 20
one one, ne WISHES W. without danger Of pT ~
sns,,,, Az people flee from this sword :,
proach Of Hostetter's Stomach p she ap-
This famous remedy cures all forms 81 , ..e.
ach troubles, beginning with cons,;n s.om-
and ending with liver or kidney d;sSsPpss 'i9 n
will he found in all drug stores and !; !. y
ways cures. "Hu u al
We cling to our faults with a eru
than we do to our virtues.-I. A M grasp
letin. ~ W. Bul-
The leader., 1899-05-10

New York, May 5.-Ex-Alderman Viii
nam ). Leaycraft, of Brooklyn, who was
unuer Indictment with other Brook IN
oihcials Tor conspiracy TO defraud the
home. -
The leader., 1899-05-10

The emperor of China is making a
play for the agricultural vote of the
empire. lie has learned to manipulate
the trolleys over span of celestial
pillow horses
The leader., 1899-05-10

Exports of American manufactured
goods during March amounted to $780,
o25,s33, an average of 81 100000 for each
working day.
The leader., 1899-05-10

The s2o.5o bicycle is just as deadly
rs the SIS chainless when it carries the
hump-backed scorchcr with his mind
wrapped up in his necktie.
The leader., 1899-05-10
OUR INTERESTS UNFRAMED.
OGlcial Assurances Given THAT United
states Is Not Affected by Recent
Events in China.

Washington, May 6.-OHicial asSur-
ances have been giyca to our govern
The leader., 1899-05-10
AGREES TO A TRUCE.
Mataafa to Await Action of the
Samoan Commission.
The German Consul, In Spite of In
structions, Again Displays His
HostiIity-Dctails of RE-
cent Engagements.

Washington, May 5.-The following
cablegram has just been received at the
navy department from Admiral Kautz:
auckland. May A. sub-date. Apia,
April H.-Secretary Navy. Washington:
All quiet at Apia. Mstaafa and his chief
. agreed 10 keep outside lines pre-
scribed by British senior officer present,
and and to until commits
sion = there VIII be no more fighting.
(Signed) "kACTI.
The cablegTam was mutilated in
transmission over the cables and in the
process of resolving the cipher. Its
meaning is plain to the naval officials as
confirming the press report that truce
has been agreed upon in Samoa and
there will be no more hostilities pend
ing the reaching of conclusion by the
commission now on the way to the is
lands and due there in about two weeks.
Recent Fighting.
Auckland, y. H., May 5.-Advices re-
ceivcd here from Apia, Samoa, to April
%, state that the rebel loss by the she'll
ing of the Mataafan stronghold at
Nailima by the warships of Great
Britain and the United States was quite
heavy. Many of the rebels were wound
ed. The house in which the late Robert
Louis Stevenson lived was riddled with
shot.
On April 90 there was a sharp Skin
mish between rebels and Lieut.. Il. ~.
Gaunt's brigade near the town of
Nailima. In this engagement one Ma
taafan was killed. The lines of the
friendlies were attacked in the dark
ness at two points, but none of them
We're killed.
On April % there was some bush
fighting. Lieut.. Gaunt's brigade, num-
bering 900 men, advanced under hot
fire. The enemy lost several men, the
bodies of the dead being dragged away.
Of the friendIies, one was killed and
three were wounded. The British lieu
tenants, lines, Hickman, Shuler and
IIeathcote, under Lieut.. Gaunt, led the
loyalists.
German Consurs Opposition.
The New Zealand government steam
er Tutanekai had arrived at Apia with
dispatches announcing the request Of
the international peace commissioners
that the inhabitants peacefully await
their arrival frGm San Francisco. i
meeting of the three consuls, in view of
this message, was held, but without re-
suit, the German consul dissenting
from the propositions of the other two
consulS.
The leader., 1899-05-10

Montreal paper says that 10000
Canadians have removed from the prov
ince of Quebec TO the United States this
spring
The leader., 1899-05-10

The famous Bonanza gold mine near
Eakcr City, Ore, has been sold TO the
Standard Oil company for So 900 900.
The leader., 1899-05-10
Chance for Her.

"Shc says her face is her fortune"
"Well, she certainly ought to take ad.
vantage of the new bankruptcy law. CHI
cage Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
PREACHING IN A SALOON.
Omaha Pastor Converts Dive Into
Meeting Place

Omaha, Neb, May 22.-"Give me
beer" remarked a young fellow with a
broad eXpanse of black and white
striped shirt and a sparkler shining in
the center
Dash your money; take off your
hat" replied Mr.. Goldsmith, there is
going. to be a prayer meeting here right
now"
TWAS in a resort in the tenderloin dis
trict that the Reverend Charles W.
Savidge of the Peoples Church had de-
cided to preach a series of sermons, be-
ginning with Sunday afternoon.
Pastor Savidge was accompanied by
Councilman Lobeck, superintendent of
the Sunday school, and the church
choir, who sang and prayed as they all
knelt on the SawduSt floor of the motor
ious saloon. This was a strange sight
a dozen devout members of the church
praying and singing before lot OF
painted women and men with faces
deep-lined with dissipation, and around
each corner for two blocks and across
the street extended several blocks OF
fine stone fronts and little shacks of the
tenderloin district
Newspapers We're spread over the bar,
and the glittering wares on the elegant
sideboard to hide these things, which
would lead one to think worldly
thoughts on a warm day. The pastor
looked gratefully at this, and as he
mounted a box inside, and with only the
explanation that Mr.. Goldsmith had
volunteered his place to the preacher
any Sunday, began to talk earnestly
and in a quiet voice on sowing and
reaping."
the half-hundred men and women who
were crowded into the place, which had
been a scene of orgies for most of them,
to think what their wicked life meant
for them in the hereafter.
Some of the best people in the city
belong to Pastor Savidge'S church and
indorse his plan of holding a series of
six weekly meetings in the notorious re-
sort.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22

adjourned late Saturday evening until
today, completing the work of adopting
books for use in the schools of the
state. Before closing. the meeting, the
members, by F. p. Smith of Lawrence,
presented Frank Nelson, state super
intendent, with a watch chain as tes
timonial of his services with the COM
mission. The special session adopted
the following books:
History of Kansas-E. P. Greer and
Noble L. Prentis.
Wooster Primer-Published by Crane
G Co, Topeka.
Thompson System of Drawing-D. c.
Heath & Co.
Reading Charts-Ginn & Co.
Maps and Globes-Rand, McNally &
Co.
Relief Maps-Eaton & Co.
The commission is in session today
considering blackboards, crayons and
desks. but it is impossible to state
whether the commission will take action
upon these general supplies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
FOR BRYAN AND TOWNE.
Congressman Shafroth's Idea of the
Next Democratic Ticket

Denver Colo, May 22.-Bryan and
Towne in 1900 is what the Silver Repub-
lican leaders, now in conference in Den
yer, seem to desire as fusion presiden-
tial ticket. Former United States Sen
ator Frank j. Cannon, of Utah, and
Judge E. E. Colborn, of Salt Lake, and
other Silver Republicans of prominence
have been hobnobbing with Congress
man John F. Shafroth for the past few
days. They win also consult with Sen
ator Teller.
My choice for the vice presidency,
William Bryan's running mate, is form
er Congressman Charles S. TOwne, of
Minnesota, chairman of the Silver Re
publican national committee" openly
announces Shafroth. Senator Teller is
also heartily in favor of Towne. Senator
Cannon and the former congressman
from Minnesota are close personal
friends. Congressman Shafroth said:
We silver Republicans believe that
our safety and future lies in keeping
a separate organization 1 do not think
there is any prOba bility of our getting
into the Democratic national convention.
I am not in favor of such a move. but
1 do think that for indorsing Bryan
the Silver Republicans should receive
the vice presidency. The next Republi
can convention will have gold written
all over its platform, but any one who
thinks these western states can be car
ried for such a ticket has very poor
political foresight, in my judgment"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
FUNERAL org. G. GAGE.
Will Be Held From Residence at 8
D. NJ. Tuesday.

The funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Guilford G.. Gage will
be held at his residence on Van Buren,
street Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev J. b. McAfee of the Lutheran
church ard Rev. ]. T. Mcfarland of
the First Methodist church will offici-
ate
The members of Lincoln Post, G. A.
r. and lodge No. Il, A. F. and A. NJ,
which was the first organization with
which Mr.. Gage was identified, will act
as an escort to the cemetery, and will
take part in the services at the grave,
Mr.. Norris L. Gage of Chicago,
brother of the deceased, is now here.
and Mr.. Stephen Gage. the other broth
er, will arrive from California tomor-
row morning. Neither of the two sis
tiers, Mrs. Caroline Kenny of Hillsdale,
Mich, nor Mrs. Christina Stevens of
Ashtabula o., will be able to attend
the funeral account of i'll health
The flag on Lincoln Post hall is fly
ing at half mast today out of respect
to the dead philanthropist-
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FLOWER LEFT S6,OOO,OOO.
His Real Estate Estimated at About
$75, 900 in Value.

Watertown, n. Y, May 22.-The exact
value of Ex-Governor r. P. Flowers
estate will not be known until after the
appraisal, but in the petition for the
probate of the will the value of the
personal property is estimated at So
600, 900 and real estate at $4,000. If this
estimate is nearly correct Mrs. Flower
and the daughter, Mrs. J. B. Taylor, will
each receive about SO. 900 600.
The will, which was proved today be-
fore the surrogate. was executed on De-
cember 81, 1896. and was witnessed by
Benjamin c. Van Dyke, Arlington, N.
J.; Otto Tanker, jr., No. 233 West
Twenty-siXth street, New York, and
Thomas c. Watkins, No. so East Wash
ington square, New York.
BY his viii Mr.. Flower left requests
of $4,000 to each of his brothers and
sisters or their heirs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
GOODBYE, DAN.
Veteran Fire Horse Retires After
Faithful Service.

Chief Wilmarth, of the fire depart
ment, has a new horse which is being
taught the work expected of a member
of the fire department teams
For eight years Dan has been doing
service on the department and for
greater part of that time has been do
ing service on the chiefs wagon. Be
sides going to every alarm of fire in
every district he has made the tours of
the town when the chief was out in
specting buildings. He is Is years old
has been a good and faithful horse and
as the chief says, has earned a rest.
He will spend the summer in a green
pasture and recuperate. The new horse
is a handsome sorreI weighing Lib
pounds His name is Dock and he is an
Intelligent fellow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
WOMEN PULL FLOWS.
The Donknobors Have No Horses or
Cattle, So They Harness Wives
and Daughters

Ottawa, May 22-Captain E. Hub
bell, Dominion land surveyor, who has
been for some time past engaged in
surveying the land allotted to the
Donkhobors in Manitoba, stated that
they have already erected large num-
Der of houses and have invested to a
considerable extent in farm stock.
They have not formed themselves in
to villages as yet, being content to get
the land under cultivation on the CO.
OperatiV system.
Capt. Hubbell says that the women
are hitched to the plows to assist i'll
tilHng the soil, and he has seen as
many as six plows at one time break
ing ground in this fashion, having no
less than % women harnessed to each
of them. They take the place of horses
and cattle, which the immigrants do
not posses
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
RED PEPPER POPULAR.
Connecticut School Children Who
Break Rules Have Been Eating
Tt For Three Years.

Derby, Conn, May 22.-Johnny Trip
is not the only child in room No. 1 Of
the Shelton school who has been given
red pepper to break him of the habit
of whispering.
The same day Miss Mary Connery,
the teacher, gave young Johnny the
dose that has made him so i'll, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hammond of
Keen street, who is also years old,
Miss Connery- This punishment was
administered before Johnny Trips but
the amount was not so large and the
results were not so severe. The Ham,
mond boy was made i'll and his mother
kept him away from the Shelton school.
Humane Officer Burgess has aScer-
tanned that Miss Connery is not the
only teacher in the Shelton school who
has given red pepper to scholars. He
found that a can of red pepper has
been as much of adjunct to- the
desk of a teacher in the primary grade
of the Shelton school as ruler or a
call bell The treatment was intro
duced in the school three years ago.
consultation of physicians was held
today on the case of Johnny Trip, the
s year old scholar who was given red
pepper recently by his teacher, Miss
Mary Connery
DR.. Loomis. the attending physician,
found the fever higher this mo4ning
than it was last night. 1t was at 1882
and DR.. A. S Randall was called in
the boys condition tonight, the fever
remaining about the same. The, swell
ings on the tongue and face caused by
the pepper have disappeared, and the
case resembles typhoid, so the doctors
say.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
GODFREY RECEPTION.
Famous Band Leader Will Be Enter
tanned in Topeka.

Topeka commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, are preparing to give a reception
in honor of Lieut.. Dan Godfrey leader
of the British Guards band, when that
organization fills it's engagement in To-
peka, June s.
A committee composed of A. o. Well
man, William Green and John Sargent
has charge of the arrangements for the
reception. 1t will be held either in the
state house or at the Throop hotel.
The state officers will take part in
the reception, and Governor Stanley
has been invited to welcome the famous
English band leader and his men to
Kansas. The band will be met at Law
renee by MarshalIs band and escorted
from there, after a concert is given in
the afternoon, to Topeka, and will be
escorted from the depot to the reception.
Lieut.. Godfrey brings with him a band
of forty of the best musicians in Eng
land, and he himself holds the title
of the foremost band leader in Europe
Lieut.. Godfrey is a Knight TemDlar,
and that organization. together with the
members of our own band, will make his
visit a memora BILE one Director Mar
shall and Mr.. Sargent are both per-
sonal friends of Lieut.. Godfrey, and
have visited him at his home in London.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
STRIKEIN RUSSIA.
Results in Street Fighting and Blood
shed.

st. Petersburg, May 22.-Advices from
Riga, capital of the Baltic province of
L1Vonia, announce that on Saturday last
the workmen employed in jute fac
tory struck for higher wages and join
ing with the workmen of the Phoenix
Arms factory, destroyed and burned a
number of houses and resisted the pO-
lice and military. The latter finally
triumphed, and rigorous measures have
been taken against the leaders of the
disturbance.
There was a further slight outbreak
at Riga yesterday, but it was repressed
Only the bare facts in connection with
the affair have been permitted to be-
come public in the press.
AN OLD QUARREL.
Tilset, East Prussia, May 22-Private
letters received here from Riga report
that the Lettish and Lithuanian work
men there quarreled before because the
latter worked for lower wages, and
street fighting followed, whereupon the
military interviewed. Several workmen
We're killed and many injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
AFTER CALIFORNIA WELLS
Standard Oil Company Invades Pa
cific Coast Territory.

Los Angeles. Cal, May 22.-The rep
resentatives of the Standard Oil COM
pany have been in southern California
thorough investigation of the oil dis
tricts.
The exports of refined oil from the
United States have fallen off notably
within the last few years. Other cOun-
tries, notably Borneo, are now supply
ing the Asiatic market. The intention
of the Standard Oil company, it is now
asserted, is to secure oil property in
southern California and establish refin-
cries and enter the Asiatic market.
Ever since the first discovery of oil in
southern California the development of
the fields has been steadily increasing.
and new fields are being found from
time to time. The oil industry has
grown to be one of the chief industries
in the southern part of the state, and a
promising field is now being opened in
Kern and Fresno counties in central
California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-22
WANTS HIS CLOTHES.
Predicament of Man Who Was Sued
For DiVorce

Last Saturday was the first anniversary
OF the Jmarriage Of Walter Bromlch and
street. But there was no happy gathers
ing at the Bromich home to celebrate the
event Instead an officer appeared and
informed Mr. Bromich that his wife had
commenced suit against him for divorce,
and had also secured a restraining order
to keep him from going to her residence
until the further order of the district
court Mr.; Bromich is employed in the
Santa Fe shops and earns So a week. He
properly and that she runs bills so great
that they are more than he can pay. and
garnisheed to pay, them. He says he has
demonstrated with her, but in vain, and
therefore he began to think about getting
preliminary steps to this end.
Mrs Bromich learned her husbands in
tentions, and Saturday afternoon She fore
stalled him, filing a suit herself. alleging
that he had begun to be cruel to her with
in two months after they We're married
self and their baby. two months old. Mrs
Bromich also secured an order from Judge
posing of any of the family furniture or
from going near her residence until fur
Their notice.
Mr.. Bromich went home as usual on
saturday atternoon. He had on his work
to change them for his Sunday suit. 1t
about this time that the notice of
the divorce and restraining order was
Mr.. Bromich left at once to hunt up an
attorney, neglecting to take any of his
belongings with MIN, and he did not re
work. but found himself minus any clothes
to work in. Accordingly his attorney.
permission of Judge Hazen to allow Mr..
Bromieh to go back home and get his
sary order. adding that if it wasn't enough
he would send the sheriff along to get the
the clothes, greatly to the amusement of
the large number of attorneys who were
in the court room.