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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-06

The Montana. volunteers are winning
golden laurels on the battlefields of the
Philippines. The hardy mountaineer is
q success wherever you put him.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-06

It IS said hat lawyer Lamb Is slated
for city attorney. Perhaps the Anaconda
Standards mayor intends to Lamb it to
the Miner on every occasion.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-06
CHICAGO N BUTTE.

chief distinctions being that the forme,
city occasionally sends a ba}iot-box man
i@pulator to the penitentfary. For obvious
reasons Butte has not as yet attained
that agree of civilization. but bids fail
to reach it in due time-judsing from the
expression of the people in the late NUM-
cipal election.
1t required several years Of effort on
the part of the respectable citizens of the
lake city to build w the cohesive senti-
ment in favor Of united action for good
government that sent ]. Chesterfield
Mackin to the panitentiary for eight
years. for manipulating election returns:
and with the start already mad in Butte
toward ~r5novating public affairs it is fair
to assume that this city Will soon rival
Chicago in the faithful administration of
political justice. The time will come
when elections in BUTT Will be just as
fairly conducted as in any city in the
land. and when the suspicion of an HE
gal titls Will not emharrass the
Hi ""o "'1'lt-s ms
- '-9 -aiI'" il"'7i" + " IS" N"'ss'
WHICH @i H'N7Sl ant iHi7''i'I i7S"- u
~vestigat.or would destroy.
0~h o7 7a'" IN Hin er1I.' n Nr' il'F-
caioId9t1 'o' mayor o. chicago cares
VI" : - u "'s7"I'' !" any
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18
OWNED BY A WOMAN.
Steve Fell, of Indiana, a Slave
For Twelve Years on the
Amazon.

| Indianapolis, Ind. July 1s-G. T.
/ McKirn, of Thornton, has received a
/ letter from Steve Fell in California,
which says that for u years past he
| has been a slave in a tribe on the
| upper Amazon.
! He bore years of hardships until, in
/ final desperation. he decided to escape
| or die. and succeeded in freeing him
! self slew his guards and got away on
| a raft Then he found a canoe and
made his way down the river until he
| found a priest.
Fell says his last owner was young
woman, who treated him royalty for q
! time. but, becoming incensed at him.
used great cruelty toward him OF her
he says:
she became angry at me for kind
ness shown a slave girl, who shared her
portion OF the queens meat with me.
All the humility, pleading, vowing I
could do availed me nothing. I lost
my place in her confidence; was re-
duced to the ranks of the labOTer IN
der the most cruel task master of her
household. I was starved. Overworked.
punished All the indignities of a re-
sourceful tyrant were heaped upon me
L was punished severely for the most
trivial Offense, that other slaves did
with impunity, until the yoke became
SO calling I could bear it no longer
In conclusion Fell writes:
7 am now on a farm. my health
much improved I hope to reach home
this coming winter I have had one
letter from home since arriving here
a message of sadness. indeed-father,
mother, one sister and one brother have
died"
Mr.. McKim is q prominent citizen of
Thorntown, and Fell. who formerly
lived there, was on an exploring expe-
dition- Concerning preparations for his
travels y years ago, he says
As I told you, I had Joined my
comrades-Messrs- Edwards and BoFn-
tOn-at New York. as previously ar
ranged, and We sailed for South Amer
lea After a few days sightseeing and
study Of the conditions, people, etc, on
the upper Amazon, We reShipped for the
upper river country. disem barking at
PitOIa. near the Aedira river Here we
rugged the boat we had taken with US
from New York, employing two native
oarsmen ana started up the river in
quest of curiOs- After ten days out.
while gathering fruit, Mr.. Edwards was
bitten by a reptile and died in a few
After exploring the country Fell says
they were preparing for the return trip
when he and B0ynt0n were stricken
with fever. They were cared for by a
family Of native Amazonians and Fell
recovered but was 50 in debt that he
was sold into slavery and all of his
goods. worth 81. 900, confscated.
Fell says he was transferred from
one master to another until he was Sc
cured by a young woman, a member
Of the tribe. who owned big herds. Her
name is not given Fell made his es-
cape by getting to a tributary of the
Amazon and building a raft on which
he fOated for many miles. A Catholic
priest named Patheny GuarmO gave
him clothing and aid and a letter to
another priest down the river and he
finally reached Rio Janeiro. From there
Fell shipped on a sailing vessel for san
Francisco ana is now working on
farm in California.
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TODAY'S APPOINTMENTS.
More Officers Named For New Reg
imeuEs.

Washington, July 1S.-The following
additional appointments to the voIun-
teer army have been made by the
president:
To be major:
Adam Johnson. Jr., formerly cap
tain Nineteenth infantry.
To be captains;
VIM Brook. lieutenant Fourth IN
Charles D. Comfort. lieutenant colonel
Seventh infantry.
Edward J. Gihon, major Sixth Massa-
chusetts.
Alexander Ureng Jr. captain Sixth
Earl W, Tanner. lieutenant Seven
teenth Infantry
Samuel W kennedy. major First
willard D. Nembin. second lieutenant
Seventh artillery.
Philip H Stern captain company c,
Fifth United States volunteer infantry
Arthur G. Sharpley, first lieutenant
Third Kentucky
To be first lieutenants:
Hugh c. Preston. captain Fourth ..
s. v infantry.
VIM. O. Reed. first lieutenant First
Kentucky.
KaoHn L. whitson. First sergeant,
Fifth Maryland volunteers.
VIM A. Castle, captain Seventh Ohio
Frank Lowry Seventh Ohio volun-
teers.
Albert P. Morrow. corporal Sixth U.
D cavalry
George L. Wood. second lieutenant,
Second Ohio volunteers
To be second Iieutenants:
Walter W. Clarke, private company
F, First Georgia
Louis s. Chappelear. first lieutenant
company F, Fifth California volun-
teers.
John c. Cassels. sergeant Third Penn
sylvania volunteers
John Upton Dunn. Eighth Z. S. an
fantry.
Samuel NJ. English, lieutenant Eighth
California.
Francis ]. Ellison, 2O2d New York
Charles Harrington, first lieutenant,
First Illinois volunteers.
George l. Febiger. captain Ninth q.
S V. infantry
GuiIford S. HARDER. 15sth Indian vol
VIM. H. Lyons, major First West
Virginia.
Cleveland c. Lansing. Hugh Neil.
first Lieutenant and quaFtermaster, Sec
ond Arkansas.
George c. Shaw. District Of Columbia
W. c.. Tremaine, first sergeant bat
terry D, Fifth artillery.
Frank l. Case, first lieutenant COM
pany G, Sixth L. S V. infantry
A E. Deitsch, non-commissioned off,
Ger. Tenth OHIO volunteers
Harry D Mitchell, lieutenant Second
Ohio
Donald G. McCleIIand. non-commis-
stoned officer, Seventy first New York
volunteers.
Arthur n. Pickel, corporal company
G. Third Tennessee
Francis w. Ralston, Jr., first sergeant
Pennsylvania volunteers
David A Snyder, first sergeant Tenth
Ohio volunteers
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POWER OF WATER.

From New Orleans Times Democrat ]
A little group of solid citizens was
standing on Baronne street watching a
cleaning gang at work with the hose.
That reminds me of old days in Cal
ifornia," said one OF the party as the
stream veered slightly and sliced off
the corner of a pile OF dirt. L never
realized how much force could be deveI-
oped by a jet of water he continued
until I tried hydraulic mining 1t was
in 1870. up on the Sacramento river.
They had brought a stream down the
Sierra Nevada mountains in a big
'fiume' that ended in a length of wire
wrapped hose and a, six-fOOt nozzle with
arms on the sides for a couple of men
to take hold of.
They played the stream against q big
bluff directly opposite and it bored out
the solid. packed foundation like live fire
eating into finder For a dozen feet from
blue bar and there was something strange
and murderous looking in the way it drove
straight out that 1t made my flesh creep
to watch II several IabOreFS had been
accidentally struck by the stream and in
each case the man was killed as suddenly
as if hit by cannon ball
I remem Der on one occasion some rival
claimants came down from Shasta and
took possession of a cabin not far from
the end Of the hume line Our boss who
was a Dig lrIS1man named Murphy. told
US to turn the stream on the place. and
as We were all spoining for row We lost
20 time in ooey1ng never saw such a
seven ways for Sunday and one OF the
fellows inside was pitched bodily through
the air and landed in the river The dis
tauce was SO great that nobody was hurt.
and after that our gang was known as
Murphy's light artillery Mark Twain
draws a very vivid picture of hydraulic
sona1 experience I can assure YOU he
hasn't embroidered the facts in the least"
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TWIN CHICKENS.
FFrom the Boston Transcript.

TFrom the Boston Transcript
A rather unusual sight was witnessed
recently during a visit to a poultry
farm near the Heart Of the Common
wealth Two chickens from the same
egg are here, and as they have already
lived five weeks and are apparently as
well as any of the others, the chances
are that they will grow up and become
healthfuI members of poultry society.
The owner says he has already received
an offer Of S25 for the pair, but prefers
to keep the chickens. His attention was
called to them first when he saw two
bills trying to break out through the
shell. The egg containing the twins
was carried into the house. the shell
was carefully removed and the two in
FAINT chickens were given the first sight
of the world They were wrapped up in
cotton batting and were placed in the
oven of the kitchen stove and kept there
for some time.
For the first three weeks they were
not allowed to go out of doors, and were
fed on matted milk and brandy served
to them from a medicine dropper. The
little fellows are now strong and able
to look after themselves and run about
in a large yard with 100 or more of
their relatives
One popularity about these chickens,
who, by the way, are of the variety
known as buff brahmas, is their ex-
IRENE exclusiveness. They have moth
ing whatever to do with the others and
are constantly together Where one is
1G@AAr NAAC OAAAGA - &c 10 DC W4tALAAA q
foot or two of it If one Of them is
picked up, or separated from the other,
both start in calling to each other. and
keep this up until the one which has
been taken up has been placed on the
ground. Then they Immediately Join
forces and start off on a fOraging
trip
The owner Of this remarkable pair Of
chickens says that he has written to the
publishers of two poultry magazines
and has received word that he has been
particularly fortunate in keeping these
twins alive as long as he has. Instances
of two chickens from one egg have been
reported before, but it has never been
proved, SO it is said, that they Hv-d
more than seven or eight days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18

Your attention is directed to the ex-
ceptionaIIy low rates in effect this COM
ing season to nearly every prominent
point in the east
Never before has such an excellent
opportunity been afforded for a summer
vacation tour, or for visiting friends in
the east We mention below a few Of
the places to which greatly reduced
rates have been made The Union Pa
cshc is the line that will give you the
best service to any Of these paints
Indianapolis. Ind. July 20-23- Rate
One fare plus S2.e0, for the round trip.
For full information as to dates OF
sale and limits on tickets. time of trains,
etc call on F. A Lewis, city ticket
agent, or ]. c. Fulton. depot agent.
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FOR sALE-REAL ESTATE.


AN EXCELLENT FARM FOR SALE
This farm, consisting of $50 acres. is
found in the country known as Paradise
Flats and 5uSt one mile south of the in
cOrporated city of Plainville, Rocks cOun-
~. Kansas. fun description Of this
place IS impossible: to appreciate the
value of this farm you have but 70 come
and it All land seekers are invited,
and especially those who are looking for n
first class home already improved. With
out describing improvements this IS one
of the best improved places IN ROCKS
county. and this land can be bought with
Improvements thrown in 1 mention the
most important improvement, which is
modern room house. built very eonyen-
lent. has good bathroom have plenty
of fruit on this place. this year, alone,
have at least . bushels of stra wberries.
have a fish pond with plenty of fish; in
spared to make this an ideal home, and
il you viii come and see it you viii be
convinced, but my age and health are
such that L am going to retire from the
The soil is a rich, black loan, from to
> feet deep, the place Is well watereds the
Paradise creek running through it, besides
there are several good springs that would
amount of cattle. This is Il great Op-
portunity for any stOCkman. plenty of
grazing land can be had Just miles south
on the Saline river. and cattle can be run
then plenty of rough feed could be raised
on the place 10 winter quite herd Of
cattle
Now anyone desiring a good place for
farm wen improved. will never regret it
if they come and look at this one Terms
will be made TO suit purchaser. Anyone
desiring further information in regard to
-- DAVID KERNs.
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. Disgracing Their Uniforma.

To the Editor of the State Journal
How does II come about that detached
companies OF recruits from New York
New Jersey and Pennsylvania are being
sent through to the coast unaccorn panied
By any officer or other responsible per
SOM
Last Friday two car loads Of such sol
diers Were transferred here and remained
from midnight until 1880 the next dav
There was not even corporal among
them and BY 10 o clock half Of them were
drunk Many Of them were without
money and those scattered through town
begging vlctuals-
The writer lives near the tracks. and
just before noon three of them came md
asked-3nG OF course g0t-diuuer- They
left New York city sixty strong ana ar
rived here with tOrJy-nine- On leaving
New 4ork they received their uniforms
and one dollar and a half each. the money
being spent long before they reached here
This morning one car load more OF them
writer's house The car Is at this no
ment deserted and the boys are scattered
through the town. and many OF them half
drunk
We were told that they were in charge
Of an agent, but that ne had no control
over them.
There must be something wrong some
WAeFe W no is respOnsible2
w. P. HILLYER
OsawatonIe, July IT. 1899
Collars and curfs Numbered to LOOK
Hike new by Peerless Steam Laundry.
IL and ia West Eighth street
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HONEY TO BURN.
Kansas Soldiers Have Been Digging
Up Spanish Coin.

The following is from a letter written
by Seth Hammel. with the hospital corps
OF the Twentieth Kansas, to his father
George NJ Hammel- The letter is dated
San Ferua ndO. May 10:
The surrounding country is the finest
i have ever seen Rice fields. sugar plan
tations and fruit trees Of all kinds We
would not mind living here if it were not
for the AmerlcanO sen0ritaS we left be-
hind A good deal OF buried money is
being found Two Kansas men and a
south Dakota man found 5000 In Spanish
money, and now We have money 10 burn.
we have good quarters. but the ratiOns
are very poor The COrned beef is the
worst we have ever had We are de-
hEhted that Colonel Funston has been
made 4 general but no less so that Major
Metcaf has been made colonel II is
the best thing that could have happened
to the regiment
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TrOup's
Enterprise
PEDDLER HELD UP.
Bandits Loot His Wagon, Tie Him
to Wheel and Start Team

Caney. July 1s.-Samuel I Peach. a He
brew psddler. VINO arrived here in a badly
battered condition last night says that
he met with an adventure in Timber Hill.
sixteen miles southeast OF here WElLc n
night
Roach, who plies his trade by wagon in
the indian Territory, had reached the
most lonesome place in the road which
penetrates the dense wood covering Tim
Der mill. when he was confronted by two
mounted half-Oreeds. who showed a brace
OF six-shOOters into his face and request
ed him TO throw up his hands. This he
did whereupon the highwaymen relieved
him Of his last So and looted his wagon.
scattering the goods about prOUisCuOusIy -
Then they bound Roach 10 a wheel OF his
wagon and whipped his mules into a run.
The rope. however. broke after they had
gone a short distance and Roach dropped
70 the ground The robbers. thinking that
he was dead. rode away Roach recover
ed after awhile sufficiently TO make his
way here Beyond badly bruised head
and q broken collar bone his injuries are
slight He says that one OF the robbers
y as the notorious Ed NewCOmb.
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HORSES RUSHED FORWARD
For Use of the Army In the Phil
ippiueG

Chattanooga, Tenn, July 1s.-On rush
order from the war department 200 horses
and mules and 50 escort wagons were
shipped from the Chickamauga- quarter
masters department to San Francisco to-
day by special train, 10 be forwarded at
once TO Manila
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18

The Santa Fe route has issued a hand
some six months calendar. July to De
cember. 1899, which contains six sepa-
rate reproductions in color, ski inches
of E a Burbank's celebrated portraits
OF Pueblo Indians: one for each month.
These are the same reproductions used
IN Brush and Pencil" and cannot be
obtained separately for less than $50
In fact some of them already command
a high premium. The Aztec Calendar
also has an engraved cover containing
a reproduction of the ancient Aztec Cal
endar stone. Obtainable for 25 cents by
applying 10 w. J. Black, general pass
enger agent. A, T. & s f. Ry., Topeka,
kan May be ordered by mail.
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Roofing

All kinds Of Roofing. Slate. Pitch and
Gravel Tile and Pure Asphalt roofs put
on at short notice. We repair old Tin
Roofs with an asphalt coating and
warrant same Cor five years Esti-
mates given on application Topeka
Roofing Co. III West Sixth street, To-
peka Kansas.
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Natiek. Mass July 18-Horatio AIger.
the writer OF boys stories. died at the
home Of his sister. Mrs. Amos Cheney,
here today.
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G. A. r. Literature

OF special interest to veterans and 9TH
ers who wish details about the National
Encampment at Philadelphia in Sep
TENDER can be obtained by addressing
J " hesbrough, A C. P Agt- Van
daIIa-P Pennsylvania Short Lines, St
Louis
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Card of Thanks

To our Many Friends
Words fail to express our gratitude
to you for your kindness to US in the
darkest hour Of our bereavement We
can only thank you
s X WITHERS-
BEYTHO WITHERS.
gertrude COLBERT.
GEORGE COLBERT.
Is bars good laundry SOAP CSC. Whit
telsey Mer. Co, grOcers.
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Perfection Starch the best cold starch
On the market.
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MACCABEES IN COUNCIL.
Membership Shows Increase Of
43,485 In Two Years

Port Huron, Mich. July 1s--Tae eighth
biennial review of the supreme tent
Knights of the AIaccabees, opened this
morning with s. delegates IN attendance,
representing nearly every state and the
Canadian provinces The report of Su-
preme Commander +Markey shows a net
increase during the biennial period OF A.
ass.
The Ladies of the Maccabees also open
ed their convention today The ladies'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-18

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich
blood in the veins. makes men and vo-
men strong and healthy BurdOck Blood
Bitters. At any drug store
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Collars and Guns Numbered to look
Hike new by Peerless Steam Laundry.
~ and ia West Eighth street.
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LAWN MOWERS sharpened. s5c; razors
and clippers Golden Rule. ga Kan ava
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FLORISTS.

MRS J. R HAGUE Florist. successor {
r J. Groves. SI7 Kansas ave Phone &C.
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FREsCo WORK


w W GILLESPIE, Fresco Painter De.
signs and estimates furnished On All
classes OF work 1714 West Fifteenth. To-
peka, Kan Refers to his Work Ia stats
Iourna! puIld1nE.
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STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS
~~~~-~-~-~~~~-----0~-~-~
THE J G DARLING CO. T34 KAN. Az.
High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work.
low price. Catalogue Fres- Phone 292
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MTsCELLANEoUa

MISCELLANEOUS
FOR ExCHANGEFor a good business
building in Topeka. well located. 5
room cottage. 10 acres adjoining ciey. in
alfalfa, good hog ranch, or for garden
ing. well improved water and timber.
with without stock: a $50 per month job
goes in the trade. CAN address /.
s Brundages Heringtons Kan
R-T-P-A-N-S- 10 for cents a druggists.
They Danish pain and proIoug life One
gives relief. No mater what's the mat
ter one viii do you good
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WATCHMAKER-

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WATCHES cleaned, 75c: clocks. Soc
maiusprings, T5c; crystals, 10c. Cash
paid for old gold silver. All work guar
anteed- Old jewelry exchanged for new.
If hard up. see Uncle Sam. 5l2 Kan ave
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STORAGE.

-~~~~--~-~~@------~-----
TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE
CO Packs and ships household goods
Tel 1S6. c. D Skinner 123 East Sixth st
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WANTED-A young girl wants a place to
assist with Homework or nurse. Call at
Iugleside.
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LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Bunch Of keys. on avenue between
Seventh St and Star Grocery Leave
at Star Grocery and get reward
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WANTED-A white girl to do houseworE
for board Work very light 1913 Lin
coin st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30
NEWARK 'SNEWCATHEDRAL
u,,r, CORNERSTONE OF THE EDIFICE
TO BE LAID THIS SPRING.

-, 70 BEING BUILT ON COMMANDING SITE
OVERLOOKING BRANCH BROOK PARK
TO COST MILLION DOLLARS
r.. cathedral of the Sacred Heart, which is
1o,rsa of construction In Newark occupies
u o,evated site on the block bordered by Cliff
o. oye and Ridge-st east and west and by
,,,.., and Sixth ayes. north and south. The
1T, facade will face south in Sixth-ave. and
Is, 10 about fifty feet back from the line of the
80, The cornerstone of the edifce will be
,~,a This spring with imposing ceremonies The
..rated cost OF the cathedral is 81 900 900. all
:, which will be paid by individual subscrip
.,ors bv priests and laymen. and by assess
.,ar,s laid upon the different parishes in the
,,ocese OF Newark.
tn. idea of cathedral for the diocese was
.,,ertained as far back as Bishop Bayleys time,
=, 1870 The Bishop authorized jeremiah
o,pourke. the Newark architect, and the Super
,,,s,ns Architect OF the United States Treasury
der President Clevelaad's second Admnstra-
.,or 10 select a site. The Bishop was in Eu-
.one when Monsgnor George II. Doane and Mr..
o,Rourke sent a cable dispatch TO him stating