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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-28
CORNELL MEN LOSE HOPE.

There were other spurters too. Pennsylvania
took a turn al it and dashed up even with
Cornell. The Ithacans were weakening, and
Wisconsin had both them and the Quakers
headed by length. But Columbia a boat
length OF clear water behind Cornell, and drop
ping back with every stroke. The two-mile flag
was coming up rapidly. The almost
half over. and the winner of the race was yet
a mystery. 1t had been a dingdong neck-and-
neck struggle for the two miles every gain
fought out inch by inch. and every loss yielded
up only with the most obstinate tenacity wis
consin has sprnted twice, and will be done for
in a minute whispered the Cornell men to one
another. but the wish was father to the thought
and a dismal wretched fear Of defeat was be-
ginning to take root in the breast of the men
from classic Ithaca. The Quaker shouters had
been pretty we'll satisfied with the work of their
crew. The Red and Blue eight had taken
things fairly easily. had made their way Nd
| even with Cornell. and clearly doing
| cleaner snapper work than their old-time
| rivals. The mile flag was abreast OF the crews
now, and the raucous-voced coxswains, bowling
| through megaphones strapped tight to their
| lips. called frantically for spurts Cornell re-
| sponded bravey. and so did Pennsylvania But
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-28
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.
rage weight Of eight men on crew loZ.
rage age Of eight men on crew 2o.io years
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
CORNELL,

Average weight Of eight men on crew. lopZ
Average age Of eight men on crew, 2l.o years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
ONE MORE VICTIM
Of the Baker-Howard Feud in Ken
lucky.

London Depot, KY, June 1.-THE
Towards and their allies, the Whites,
are in possession of the ground in the
Baker-Howard feud and few Bakers or
Baker sympathizers are left to modest
them. After Tom Baker, the head of
the Baker faction, met his tragic death
yesterday at the hands of an assassin
whose deed stands alone the coolest
blooded in sthe history of Kentucky
feudal wars, the state militia under
Colonel Williams with Wiley, Jim Dee
and AL Baker, shorn of their arms, left
over the mountain road for Barbours-
vile, where the charges of numbering
Burch Stores and Wilson Howard will
be tried on a change of venue granted
by Judge Cook.
Baker, when shot. was in his tent and
within 20 feet of the assassin who fired
from the porch of Sheriff Beverly
Whites house, diagonally across the
street. Baker told his wife that he
was tired and would stand up for fresh
air and when he did so a bullet pierced
his breast Colonel Williams sounded
the assembly and the battalion of mill
tia charged Whites house. They found
the gates locked and the doors barred,
but the boys in blue broke the locks and
bars and found inside nothing save a
stock of Winchester rifles. Upon exam
inat1on one of these guns was found to
contain freshly exploded cartridge
and 1t is this which sent the 1eaden mis-
sile through the heart of the fearless
feud leader. The people of this place
and along the road to Manchester are
wild with excitement. Sympathy for
the Bakers is expressed on every side
The troops are powerIess under Ken
lucky law to protect or execute the
simplest duty, being subject to the or
ders of the sheriff, who in this case is
not in sympathy with their purpose
John G. White, of Winchester, Ky. a
brother of Sheriff Beverly White, with
two guards passed through here today
going to the scene. It is stated that
Special Judge a King Cook will order
a special grand jury and attempt to in
dict the slayers of Tom Baker, but the
fact that Judge Cook is not the reg
ularly elected judge may delay this
matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
THIS IN CONNECTICUT.
Lynching Is Expected, If Pursuers
Catch Black Fiend.

Bridgeport, Conn, June 12.-Everyone in
the town of Stratford is in a state of wild
Sunday morning; when a negro burst into
bound her With Stout ropes and then gag
ging her with potato assaulted her.
night, but IS being Sf Hunted e by DOSES e
headed by sheriffs and local policemen.
There are declarations that the negro
will be summarily lynched when caught.
Bridgeport police until last night and the
chase was then taken up from this end
Bridgeport Mrs Roberts lives alone With
her yo1ng daughter in the outskirts r4e of Nh" the
town in a plain little country farm house.
Miss Roberts had gone to Bridgeport,
Mrs. Roberts locked all the doors after
somewhat isolated, and she has frequent
" had visits from dangerous looking
The negro had been watching his OPP
portunity. He evidently was acquainted
women were alone in the house. He
waited until the young woman had gone
a short time, and then emerged from the
Mrs Roberts heard noise in the back
yard. but before she had time to inves-
tigate there was a crash. The colored
man. with blow from a heavy SHOVEL.
sitting her screams with MS hand He
dragged her into the next room and threw
her upon the floor With a rope which he
had in his pocket he bound her hands and
then tied a potato in the womans mouth.
fright 800 . '---'07' i-'7e--'i' i7 = Oiii
The negro remained in the house for
some time, just how long is not known
Mrs Roberts tainted before the man went
away, and her daughter did not return
until nearly noon As she entered the
house she saw her mothers unconscious
form upon the floor. The girl ran scream
ing to the nearest neighbors. and in a
short time bands of men were in hot pur-
suit. Then Deputy Sheriff Hagg was sent
for, and practically the whole town. wild
with excitement, organized to aid in the
search.
Lynching in Connecticut is almost IN
known, but the fiend will stand no chance
if he falls into the hands of one OF the
posses.
All the avenues of escape are thought
to be closed, and the negro, if caught by
the civilians, will get a short shrift.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12

senate measure, there will be some rad
zeal changes. Both houses are in favor
of forcing the money question to the
front in the next campaign, not only by
declaring for the gold standard, but by
legislating to lessen the discretionary
power of presidents and secretaries of
the treasury. The new law will GER
tainly provide for the specific redemp-
ton in gold of all the securities of the
government on demand, including sill
yer certificates and treasury notes, as
well as the greenbackS and the bonds.
Many of the senators feel, however,
that if this is done there must be legiS-
lation to protect the stock of silver now
in the country. There are outstanding
about half a billion dollars worth of
silver certificates and treasury notes.
If these are to be redeemed in gold it
will be necessary to guard against the
possibility of banks refusing them out
right, and hence precipitating their re-
demption SO rapidly as to swamp the
gold reserve. This is one of the i'm
portant features of the new legislation
which will be gone over carefully by
the senate committee, but which appar-
emily was neglected by the house eau
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
SHOT THE BRIDE.
Fatal Termination of a Chsri-
vari in Oklahoma

Wichita, Kan, June 12--While a par
ty of young men were serenading Mr..
and Mrs. Ray Higgins, near Watonga,
Ok, on Friday night, the bride and
groom of two hours appeared on the
front porch and ordered the senenders
to leave.
20 The charivari party, composed of
about 20 friends of the young married
people, refused to go. Instead they con-
tinued to make deafening noises by
beating on pans and firing shotguns.
One of the party, Harry Randall
deliberately pointed his gun at the
young couple and fired. The brides face
and breast was filled with buckshot.
She fell fatally injured, shot through
and lungs, and died an hour later. The
groom was also shot in the fact, but
not fatally.
After the accident the charivari party
fed. No arrests have been made yet.
a small brother of the bride was also
wounded but not seriously.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
SEEK CURRENCY PLAN.
Republican Senators Hold Conference
In New York City.

New York, June 12.-As a result of
conferences by Senators Aldrich, ALI
sor. Platt of Connecticut and Platt of
New York. of the finance committee, it
has been found it will be inconvenient
to some of the members of the COM
nnittee to proceed with the formulation
of new currency legislation It is in
tended, therefore, today, to provide for
a Republican subcommittee on the cur
rency. which will probably include the
members now here.
Unless present plans are changed, the
subcommittee will not meet at once,
but will probably adjourn for from two
to four weeks, and then meet not far
from New York, to take up the work
of formulating the Republican finan-
cial policy. Public hearings will not
be held, but the secretary of the treas
ury, the director of the mint and other
government officials will be asked to
give their views to the confereeS.
From the conference it was evident
that while the financial legislation sug-
gested by the house caucus will prob
ably be embodied in substance in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
lola GOT A TIP.
Had No Money, So Retired From the
Asylum Contest

When the asylum committee met in
Topeka several reasons were assigned
to explain the absence of Iola's repre-
sentatiVes. The lola Register publishes
the following, editorially, as the real
reason why lola was absent:
Talking about Doodle as a factor in
determining the location of the new in
sane asylum, which nearly all the state
row is: Soon after the locating COM
mittee left lola a straight tip came
from a confidential friend of one of
the committeeman that it would take
money to locate the asylum. The gen.
tlemen who had the proposition in hand
talked the matter over and unanimous
ly agreed that lola didn't care to enter
into a contest of that kind. And that
is the reason that this town dropped the
business without even reducing her
proposition to writing. 1t is an ever
lasting shame that a committee could
not have been appointed against whom
there could not have been even a whis-
per of suspicion. But since such
committee was not appointed the
charges that have been made should be
probed to the bottom. 1t is not a mat
ter that should be laughed aside. The
honest men on the committee If there
are any, owe it to themselves to either
show the falsity of the charges or to
make known the names of those against
whom they are true
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
CANNED BEEF OMITTED.
Bacon Takes Its Place in the Rations
of Otis Army.

Washington. June 12.-Colonel L. D.
Brainerd, chief commissary of the army
in the Philippines. makes a report con-
corning the supplies for the army, IN
which he says:
Priro to active operations in the field,
all troops were supplied with the gar
rison ration. issues being made to the
regiments by the issuing commissary
for periods of ten days.
On March Is the issues were modified
by adding one days bacon and eliml-
mating canned beef. by issuing ten days
flour and no hard bread and in chang
ing the issues of vegetables as fol-
lows:
Potatoes, rs per cent; onions, Is per
cent; tomatoes, Is per cent; mess pork
and beef no longer issued About the
same time oatmeal was added as one
OF the components to be issued in lieu
of fresh beef Fresh vegetables brought
from San Francisco have been supplied
daily to all the troops of this COM
mand
On February 5 and s. during active
operations travel rations were supplied
to all organizations on the firing line
The garrison ration, including fresh beef
and vegetables. was resumed February
:. after which date regimental commits
saries attended to the details of sup
plying their commands.
The commands at Cavite Corregi-
dor island. Iloilo. Bacalar and at Cebu
are supplied with subsistence stores
from the depot commissary in BinongO.
Fresh beef for troops at Cavite is drawn
from the cold storage vessel the Duke
OF Sutherland. Troops al Cebu are
subsisted on native beef. which costs
from IS TO 20 cents. Mexican, per pound.
The Indiana is stationed at Iloilo as
a cold storage plant and from it the
troops at that point are supplied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
DEATHS AT MANILA.
List of Soldiers Who Have Died In
Hospitals

Washington, June 12.-Gen. Otis has
notified the war department of the fol-
lowing deaths since his last weekly re-
port from wounds in action May 20:
Carl A. Carlson, private, company H,
Twenty-sec infantry.
June 5, Melvin P. Daily, private, COM
pany G, Fourth cavalry.
June s, Robert E. Mills, private, COM
pany G, Fourth cavalry.
June s, Patrick Branigan, private,
company c, Fourth cavalry.
June 9, Clifford H. Bowser, first ser
geant. company K, First Colorado.
Typhoid fever, June 8, John A Sax
ton, private, company NJ, First Mon
tana.
Meningitis. George A. King. private,
company L, Seventeenth infantry.
Cholera nOstras, Frank L Garrison,
company I, Seventeenth infantry.
Dysentery, Ralph o. Odell, private,
company A, Second Oregon.
lucrative cOlitis, June 4, Oscar A.
Finnigar, private, company A, Utah
artillery.
Drowned. ]. ]. Chloe, private, com
pany G, Second Oregon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
ROMANCE OF A CONVICT.
Won School Teachers Love and She
Secured His Parole

Montgomery, Ala, June 12.-Dr. w.
S. Baldwin, the young Cuthbert, Ga,
physician who killed his rival in love
in front of a store in Fitzpatrick, Ala.
about four years ago, and who has
since been in the state Denitentiary.
was paroled by Governor Johnston to-
day on condition that he leave the
state.
DR.. Baldwin, while a trusty at one
of the convict camps in the state, fell
in love with the pretty young teacher
who presided over the country school
there. He was afterward removed to
another prison 100 miles away The
pretty school teacher was not to be
cheated out of her sweetheart, however.
by distance or by felons chains, and
one day about six months ago she ran
away from home. Joining her lover
at the convict camp, she was married
to him. The following day she was
forced to leave the prison. and has
steadfastly worked for her husbands
release. Baldwin's i'll health and that
of his wife, supplemented by a large
petition. caused the governor to order
his release today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
G. A. r. STANDS By EVANS
| Failure of the Movement to Secure q
Change in the Pension Office.

Washington. June 1.-THE movement
started by pension attorneys to secure
a change in the head of the pension
office at Washington has fallen down.
At the department encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic for Penn
sylvania, held at Wilkesbarre, a resolu-
ton calling for the resignation of Com
missioner H. Clay Evans was defeated
by a. large majOrity.
Encampments held in New York and
Oklahoma adopted the resolution on
the same day several weeks ago.
Corporal Tanner engineered the matter
at the Syracuse gathering, and as soon
as New York had voted, telegraphed
Pat Coney, in Oklahoma, to go ahead
there. The Oklahoma encampment fol-
lowed New York The pension attorneys
were iubiIant. Since then the same
resolution has been presented in the en-
campments of Illinois, Wisconsin, Penn
sylvania and several other states and
voted down with emphasis. Governor
Barnes of Oklahoma has written an
exposure of the way in which the Grand
A rrny organization of the territory was
misled. and prominent Grand Army
men of New York have repudiated the
action at Syracuse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
STRENGTH OF THE WEST.
A New York Congressman Admits
Political Power Has Shifted

New York, June 12.-Republican pol
iticians are discussing the attitude of
Senator Thomas c. Platt upon the
Speakership question and are wonder
ing why he did not keep one of the
New York delegation to the front in the
hope that he might land the prize and
gain for New York a distinguished
ronage and the craftsmanship of the
ways and means committee
One of Mr.. Platt's friends, who has
just come back from Washington, in
talking about the subject today, said:
THE reason Senator Platt did not
stand out for the speakership is be-
cause he knows as well Congress
man Payne or Congressman Sherman
that a New York man could not posi-
bly, be elected. He knows as we'll as
any other person connected with ma
tional events that the great west Is
now the controlling factor in national
politics, and that from this time on the
presidency of the United States and the
speakership will be controlled by the
western states, and the only thing that
will come to the east Will be the vice
presidency, and the man selected for
this place must be one who can con-
troll the money bags and supply the
necessary campaign funds
This rule, it will be found as time
progresses, will govern both parties in
making selections The west will be
the controlling and dominant factor in
the political conditions of the country
as the eastern and middle states are
and will be in finance. Senator Platt
is not a great man, but he is wise
enough to realize this is the condition,
and to get as much out of it as he can
for New York state in the way of pat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
SOUTHERN LYNCHING
In Which All Concerned We're
Negroes.

Sardis. Miss. June 12-Simon Brooks
Ccolored) was Iynched by a mob of 500
negroes near here, having been taken
from the Jail sometime between mid
night and dawn. The crime which was
thus avenged was most atrocious. Last
night a negress named Arnistead, while
returning from a shopping tour to her
home. was assaulted by Brooks and an
other negro. The woman was outraged
her throat was cut and she was severe
" beaten about the head and her jaws
were tightly tied TO prevent her breath
ing Her body was then concealed in
rubbish The woman rallied sufficient
" to give the alarm and the names of
her assailants. Part of the goods taken
from the woman was later found in a
trunk belonging to Brooks. The mob
which was composed entirely of ne
groes, did its work quietly. The white
people knew nothing of the affair until
hours after il took place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
ional Educational
Meeting.
Association

For the meeting Of the National Ed
ucational Association at Los Angeles
Cal, July 11-14. 1899. the Union Pacific
will make the greatly reduced rate OF
one fare. plus $500, for the round trip.
The excellent service given by the
Union Pacific was commented on by all
who had the pleasure of using it to the
convention at Washington in 1898. This
year our educational friends meet in
Los Angeles, and members of the As
ISOLATION and others from points East
should by all means take the Union
Pacific
The service of the Union Pacific via
Omaha or Kansas City is unexcelled
and consists of Palace Sleeping Cars
Buffet Smoking and Library Cars, Din
ing Cars, meals a-la-carte, Free Re
clining Chair Cars and Ordinary Sleep
The Union Pacific is The Route for
summer travel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
DEWEY'S son FAVORED
Patriotic Merchants Are Eager to Buy
From Him.

Cincinnati, o., June 12-Admiral
George Dewey's son, George G. Dewey,
who travels for a New York dress goods
house, was soliciting orders today from
Cincinnati business men. He met with
the same remarka BILE success that has
been his ever since his father made the
family name glorious at Manila and he
Will carry away a big bunch of Queen
City orders The admiraTs son is sim
liar in build to his father-short and
sturdy IN stature He has dark hair
and keen eyes
In conversation with a number of
other travelling men at the St. Nicholas
young Dewey said his success since he
started out on the road a year ago had
far exceeded his hopes He rnOdestIv
attributed his good fortune to his
fathers achievement. and said that as
soon as he made himself known he was
given orders by patriotic merchants
whether they needed goods or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12

the year. Not half the farmers have their
spring crops in in that locality.
A suit has been filed in the district court
by the Fourth National bank of New
York against the Vermont Savings Invest
ment company for 81, 500 The New York
bank alleges that it cashed a check given
by the defendant company for $500 on the
First National bank of Montpelier, VT,
and that the check was protested and not
paid.
The Epworth league of the First Meth
odlSt church has arranged for a Stere-
opticon entertainment tomorrow evening.
1t will be descriptive of Colorado scenery
and will be given by r. H. Woodland Of
Colorado Springs. No admission fee will
be charged, as it is for the purpose of
entertainment, and not a money-making
project.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
MONEY WASTED
Which Was Appropriated For Schools
In Alaska.

Seattle, Wash, June 1.-THE report
OF the United States grand jury sitting
at Juneau. Alaska. investigating educa-
tiOnal matters in the territory has just
been received here. The report says
that between 1884 and 1897 inclusive
S415.000 was appropriated by congress
for education in Alaska which, if it had
been judiciously expended ought to
have provided a school system common
surate with the requirements there. and
would have done so had not the general
agent of education wasted the money
in useless jaunts and in the esta bIish-
ment OF schools at places where but
few white people lived Report accuses
him Of making false statements in his
official reports and concludes by asking
the secretary of the interior to relieve
Alaska of this Official
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
ENGINEERS WORK
Has Included Fighting as Well as
Building Trenches.

Washington, June 12.-Lieut Colonel
Charles l. Potter. chief engineers of
the army in the Philippines made a re-
port on March 81 of the operations OF
his crops 1t shows that the army was
supplied with engineering and intrench-
ing tools so that wherever it stopped if
could be Immediately entrenched on
some occasions the members of the
corps became actively engaged with the
insurgents. The engineers work has
consisted of repairing roads and
bridges, building bridges where neces-
sary and keeping the army we'll sup
Piled with engineer tools, maps and
other materials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-12
IMMERSED BY WHOLESALE.
A United Brethren Pastor Baptizes 80
People at the Rate of One a Minute.

Reading, June 12.-Rev NJ E. Bach
man, pastor of the United Brethren
church, Mannheim, the champion bap-
tier of the state, on yesterday after
noon, in the presence of 5000 specta-
tors, baptized SO persons in 40 minutes
in a stream near Eltonsville, Lancaster
county. These were converts of special
revival meetings last winter and spring
at Ruhler and the Union church, near
Mt Hope.
Among those converted at that time
was George Uhler, who recently muir
dered his wife and killed himself under
religious excitement.
The murderer's son, Freeman, was
among those baptized.
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TOLBERT HAS RETURNED.
The Banished South Carolina Po1iti-
clan Makes His Peace.

Columbia, S. c., June 12.-R. r. Toll
bert, whose contest for the seat of Con-
gresham J. r. Latimer has just been
taken up at Washington, has been al
lowed to return to his home at Phoenix
from which he was expelled last No
veTn, at the time of the election riots
The other Tolberts expelled by the pop
ular will are still in exile.
r. r. Tolbert has made a statement
for publication that changed the senti-
ment of the people. He said he had OPP
posed negro domination, negro office
holding and ignorant negroes voting. He
had nothing to do, he said, with melting
the negroes-had never attended or en-
couraged their meetings.