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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-14
NO WORD YET
From the Three Missing Boats of the
Steamer Lawrence.

Baltimore, Feb. Alt was said at the
office of the Merchants and Miners
Steamship company this morning that
no word had reached there from three
boats reported missing and containing
officers and members of the crew of the
steamship Lawrence wrecked yesterday
off Port Royal, S. c. All the officers
and members of the crew of the Law
renee live in Baltimore.
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of the year they flood the entire town and
the natives take to the hills or the house
housetops, but despite this sousing the
place is healthy and epidemicS counpar-
atively unknown The high ground of
the tiny Island of Guimaras forms kind
of funnel with the Panay shore, with the re-
suit that calm is comparatively unknown
on the latter island The temperature is
much lower in Iloilo than in Manila and
to this Is due the general healthfllness of
the spot. The American troops that have
been cooped mp in the transports in the
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officers. General Miller and his trans
ports are in this anchorage. protected from
the storms which sweep the eastern seas.
No lack of water is to be found in this
fathoms in low water, but a short dis
tance from that it deepenS to 10 feet, and
from that point on grows still deeper. Such
vessels as the American forces have can
easily navigate there.
The spring tides of Iloilo harbor are un-
usually strong and high. At that season
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doro islands. South and east of Panay
are the islands of Negros, Cebu and
BobbL BY the waters of Bobbl Magellan
was murdered in 1921. Mindanao island is
south of Bobbl-
The water front of Iloilo is low ground,
partly marshy. An inlet from the sea,
which extends to JarO, forms d Serni-circle
about the town. A very small island in
front of the harbOr. called Guimaras, pro-
tectS the harbor and creates an anchorage
considered to be one of the best by naval
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harbor for weeks past will find IloiIo a
most restful place.
Fine residences of the town are raised
strong wooden posts two or three feet
in diameter. These reach to the roof.
The ground floor and walls are Of stone.
The roof is of iron The poorer class of
dwellings are constructed of nipa, raised
on four posts. They go easily before the
spring flood, but not difficult nor ex-
pensive to replace. Iloilo has practically
no communication with the interior of
Panay.
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Iloilo, the chief town of the island of
Panay, is in the Philippine group of al
most as much Importance as Manila. From
a climatic point of view it is far more
habitable, as the northeast winds are prev
aIent and a calm is rare. Calm weather
is one of the most difficult propositions
faced by foreigners who take up their res
idence in the Philippines. Iloilo is in lati-
tude 10 AS west, almost al the southea stern
extremity of Panay, and Panay is prac-
tically due southeast of Luzon and Min
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THE GOTH IS MOVED

And is Now Entrenched in Front of
Caloocan.
Manila, Feb.14.-The Twentieth Kan
sas and the First Idaho volunteers have
been recalled from the marsh lands
north of Malabon, and the former regi-
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81 A DAY OFFERED

By Aguinaldo to Spaniards to Join
His Army.
London Feb. 14.-Rueter's Telegram
company limited has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Manila dated
February 49,
After the capture of Caloocan a
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, Feb. 14.-For Kansas: Cen
orally fair tonight and Wednesday;
fresh to brisk westerly winds.
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Continued on Sixth Page.)
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W. wells, Practical Plumber, SIG kan. ave.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-12
NOTABLE WEEK FOR
EX-CONFEDRA res
Continued from Page on4)

stood
\ very queen, with every virtue crown
Mid stirring scenes Of stubborn battles
born.
Child of the chieftain of hapless
cause,
For scoiiing Foe she had no word of
scotn;
\ woman true, she won the worlds
applause.
With angels keeping watch DER Holly
Here lei her wait among the great and
good
The most Interesting parsonage ~ the
unyeillng was Hon. John III. Reagan,
chairman OF the Railroad Commission oi
Texas. He is the only living member Of
the Confederate Cabinet, a truly great
man who deserves the hove aud good will
that go out to him from all sections OF
the South. Though old, he Is hale and
hearty and looks like he has many more
years OF usefulness. He has the dis
tinction of having always served his
people from disintersted motives. He
resigend seat in tae United States
Senate in order 10 organize the Texas
Railroad Commission, a position which
he honors His short speech at the un-
yelling was a gem, and was warmly re-
pciyed.
Ii has been a notable week here, par
ticularly for the galaxy of Southern wo-
men who compose the delegates to the
Daughters of the Confederacy. They
held interesting meetings, attended a de
lghtful reception given by the West
moreland Club and were invited here
and there to luncheon, teas and the like.
The social events of the week were not
less notable than the unyeiing of the
monuments to the father and daughter
of the Confederacy. The next work to
be undertaken is monument at Wash
ington City, the scene of has successes as
Senator and Cabinet officer, and then a
monument to the women Of the Confed-
eracy This was discussed somewhat by
the men. The women want no monu-
ment as hong as the grave Of a single
soldier is unmarked or Confederate
soldier is i'm need.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-12
Prison Reform Needed.
q. c. chrlstian Advocate.l

The Advocate has no sympathy with
carping critics, nor with those who for
selfish or political purposes seize upon
every mistake ON the part of men in au-
th0rity to heap TRADE of abuse on their
heads or write bitter things against
them. But there are times when the
most conservative and patient must
speak out.
We have not felt called upon hereto
fore to speak of the humiliating, not to
say disgraceful, things developed in
the mama gement of the convictS in our
State prison and the farms connected
with il. But recent investigation by tn =
committee appointed by the last Legs
lature have brought to light a condition
Of affairs that is to us painful in the eX-
treme If the evidence reported by the
Saafly papers. and notably by the Raleigh
News and Observer. is true. then there
is an immediate and imperative demand
for revision of our whole system of
prison discipline
That some must be punished all ad-
mit--that persons who violate the law
must suffer the penalty. This is neces-
sary for the public welfare. That it is
necessary to have prison discipline goes
without saying. But wanton cruelty u
these unfortunte people is crime
against them, against the public, and a
wrong in the sight of God. Such treat
ment cannot be tolerated by Christian
people or connived at by a great State.
On the Roanoke farms it is stated that
30 per cent of the prisoners are whipped;
at the central prison, Raleigh, 30 per
cent. How severely nobody knows ont
side the prison walls. The thud of the
whip and the cries of the sufferer do
not reach the outside world; they fall
on the ears of men like themselves, who
may at any time be subjected TO the
same torture.
There is no inspector Of prisons to
make investigation and give information
to the people. and the law does not
limit the number of stripes laid on the
backs of these sufferers That is left
to the discretion of the official in charge
and the hash is laid on until he is salts
fed
The people of North Carolina owe it
to themselves and to humanity TO de-
mand radical reform in the manage
ment Of prisoners and convicts.
Great discretion ought to be used in
selecting persons to control our prisons.
Ii is a, mistake TO put them in charge
of cold, hard, or cruel men. Men of the
hest habits, of the highest integrity, AMI
of the strictest sense of justice and right
should be put in charge
Even convicts have some rights and
these rights ought to be rigidly protect
ed. They are deprived OF liberty, they
are denied all the privileges that others
enjoy, they are put to hard. eXhausting
labor, surely they are entitled to humane
treatment. They should have plenty of
wholesome food comfortable clothing,
and such religious privileges and instruc-
ton as will enable them to understand
the plan of salvation and appropriate the
benefits of the Christian religion.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-12
Dr.Huiham RebukeS Editor Bailey.
He Protests Against the Biblical Recorders
Amazing" Defense of SummerePs
Brutality.

They .have not spoken vet; but they viii
speak.
| protest against the declarations OF the
Recorder that in It's belief the condition
az the State prisons il lat least tolera~
BILE" That statement is simply amAzing.
In these prisons there are SEQ TO LOO
men and women. Every one of them *
at the mercy, The absolute mercy of the
overseers. Fifty per cent of these men
on some of these State farms, and thirty
per cent on others, are beaten more cru
ely than the slaves ever were in the
days that are gone. In the time of lie
brew slavery God said that neither Off
Ger of justice nor MASTER should go be-
yond thirty-nine strokes in the way OF
punishment In the days of the whip
ping-post the State carefully hedged the
life and limb of the criminal and pre-
scrihed the number Of strokes, temper
ing justice with mercy. On the State
farms the overseer or supervisor Is the
sole judge and decides when, how often
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on the other side of this question in be-
half of Il fair trial of men whose char
acters are in jeopardy, who are also Hn-
der the relentless, heartless lash of news
papers. as it lis to plead for better treat
ment Of conyictS The pity is that one
who pleads for the former is charged
with having no sympathy with the lat
ter. But we will not argue the matter.
The courts Of North Carolina will take
ii up. and we have gone far enough to
at least make way for an unprejudced
trial. In that trial the evidence will be
full-and it win not be the evidence that
the papers have printed.
IL. As to the rest: We agree char
there is room and call for Prison Re
form; and the first call, the old cali, The
foreyer-failing but ineyitably-comln9
call is for deliverance Of the peniten-
tiary and other institutions from the
spoilsmen. The time will never come
when severe measures of discipline viii
rot be necessary where there are hun
dreds Of convicts, from thieves to nur
uerers. but we shall take up the case
OF every man who seeks to relieve this
discipline of cruelty and of every man
who seeks to build safeguards about The
man who would recognize in their hui
man frailty and silent upward striyings
a kinship to himself and to God and Of
every man who would turn their way
ward faces and hardened hearts tow trd
the Lamb that taketh away the ms
Of men.
H. But this is aside from the original
matter. We began with a particular mat
ter, namely the evidence against Supa'-
visor Summerel and the boards acqult-
tai Of him. We have come to a generai
matter, namely, Prison Reform. la the
particular matter. we say that the full
evidence has not been given to he peo-
pie: that one ought to read the full eyi-
dence, and not depend on papers that
are under suit for libel, before he MAKES
ltD his mind; that one who reals The
fun evidence will not approve the I'M
restrained criticisms upon the invest;ga-
ting board: and, furthermore, that it IS
morally wrong and subversive of The
genius of our government, TO remain
silent while newspapers prejudice 4 Gaze
in their favor. There is courtesy Of the
press. but it is not the highest obligation
of the conscience We await the trial.
Will the others wait? VIII the news
papers cease agitating in their 'avof? Or
if they must agitate will they print tire
evidence in full? Can we ask less?
In the general matter we are enc
with DIR. Hufham To him who seeks
to see how all things work together for
good. we commend this instance-how
sharp and painful difference between
brethren brings forward n right cons
cause and enlists them both IN its be-
half.
1T pains us to think that we haze hurt
DIR. Hufham's feelings. Rather than
seem to do that we would 10 anything
that conscience could tolerate. We do
not yield to him in fellow feeling FIR the
unfortunate. Our difference IS only a
difference in particular case, The end of
which. with confidence in he courts Cr
justice and in a just God, we may La
tiently abide.
j, w. BAILEY, Editor.
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BAlLEY'S ANSWER no DR. HUE
HAM

Following Dr. llufhatn's protest, lsdi'
tor Bailey says:
|. The editorial in the Recorder
against which we have this protest, was
conceived in no ilippnnt spirit and was
uttered in n deep sense OF it's s"rlodsness.
one does not take u stand alone against
odds, with knowledge of the east, IN
iippant spirit, One may De li1as.
sionate upon serious matter without
being ilirpant. We knew that the evil
dence in the investigation by the Board
Of Directors OF Supervisor Summerelfs
conduct had not been printed in full; we
saw the efforts to make such a sentiment
against him that when he should come
into court to vindicate his character
which opportunity every citizen must al
low him. no matter what the opinion OF
hm-and to Justify the board that ac-
quilted him, which is il duty no man may
deny him: we saw the effort to so
mould and arouse public sentiment that
this would be impossible. Whether
guilty or not guilty weak or strong, FOR
saken and despised or popular and hon
ored. the man has right to II fair trial:
and we spoke TO this end, and still speak
1t is rs just and ms humane to speak ON
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and how much the conyicts are to be
whipped And he has his limits; che
lower of the prisoner TO endure. One OF
these officials hipIantly said TO the Leg
islature's committee: I'VE whip until
the man is conquered" This is temper
ing justice with brutality. One of these
men was beaten 10 death. The beatings
go on in every prison: 30 per cent, 30
per cent. Eight hundred TO twelve hun
dred men and women have passed out
Of the sight OF men to fine tender mer-
cies of The oyerseer. There are inspec-
tors of banks, where money is boarded.
but there is no Inspector Of prisons.
where human beings are confined and
tortured. The judges require grand
jnries to nuke careful scrutiny of every
thing else. but no grand jury is sent to
these State farms And these men and
women. cast off by the State, are without
religious influences almost as, much as
if they were already shut up in the
prison-house Of the damned. The Cos
pei which they hear is the evlngs Of the
profane swearing, the lash and the brutal
department of the overseer; the eYangel
of the repeating rifle and the blood
hound. They sicken and die without a
hours when the best of us shrinks from
the coming shadow Of eternity no one
tells them Of Jesus and the resurrection
No mission board takes c0gnizance of
them. The thud of the lash and the
scream Of the victim, the rawlings and
cursings of the Oyerseers and the gleam
Of the rifle and the howl of the blood
hound go on And yet eleven Of the
directors of the penitentiary, with the
Superintendent at their head, declare
that the conditions are at least tolera
ble." And the BIBLICAL Recorder, organ
of a great religious denomination, says:
I'VE incline TO believe them; we believe
in the whipping post; we favor austere
discipline Of eonvicts."
In infinite heart break, before God and
the final Judgment which Is so near me.
| solemnly aver that the conditions are
intolerabIe The Christianity which toll
ergtes them made Eoltare am atheist
aud created the French Revolution. /
do not arraign my brethren. | am guilty
with them. | had not dreamed that such
things could be in North Carolina, and |
thank .Josephus Daniels and Robert Fur
man for the rude awakening which they
have given me. / thank the Legislatures
committee that they have allowed so
much of their Investigations to be pub.
lished.
The whole system is wrong: wrong in
all and wrong in singular. 1t belongs to
a brutal age and TO other lands than
ours. The superintendent and direc-
tors have stood in the way Of change or
Improvement. Let them beware. The
brutal oYerSeerS must 90: they mast give
place to calm, just, humane men. The
lash must stop its devilish work.
The man who has no resource but the
lash in the management of conyiets is
not above his blood-hounds intellect
nally. and is below them morally. He
must 90: go quickly.
There must be n change in the Whole
system. Prison Reform must be the
watch word and battle cry until the pres
| ent evils are removed, and plan shall
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DR.. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, o.:
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New ORLEANS, LA.
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The reform movement that doesn't in
terfere with the rights of a number If
people usually dies in its infancy.
contortionist may be completely
wrapped up in himself without being
conceited.
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PERUNA A REMEDY FOR FEMALE CATARRH.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
LYMAN NAUGLE MISSING.
Prominent Editor of Wellington, Kan..
Leaves MystsriousIy-His Going the
Result OF n Scandal
1t all stations.

Wellington, Kan, Feb. % Lyman
Naugle, of this city, one of the most
prominent populists in the state and
editor of the Wellington Voice, has
mysteriously disappeared. His wherea-
bouts are unknown and his friends
are greatly alarmed. Mrs Naugle is
lying at the point of death of heart
disease, aggravated by domestic
troubles and the absence of her hus-
band. The immediate cause of
the present difficulties was a trip
which Mr.. Naugle made to
st. Louis and indianapolis in
company with Mrs Marshall. matron
of the Topeka insane asylum. They
travelled on passes issued to Lyman
Naugle and wife" During the last
campaign Naugle was chairman of
Jerry simpsons congressional com
mittee. In local politics Naugle and
his friends have dominated sumner
county populist politics ever since
the rise of that party. His pa
per, the Voice, was regarded, not
only by the populists, but by the
republicans of the state as well, as
one of the strongest fusion organs in
Kansas. Naugle was also prominent
in secret society circles and church
affairs. For years past he has been
the dominant spirit in the Christian
church of this city. lie resigned his
position on the church board and
other church offices, which he had
held, about two weeks ago Up until
recently he had been very regular
attendant at church.
A dispatch from Topeka says: Mrs
Emma Sells Marshall, matron of the
Topeka insane asylum, whose name
is connected with the Naugle trouble,
came to the state house last night and
handed in her resignation as matron.
She admitted that she had gone to st.
Louis and indianapolis with Naugle,
and that they travelled on passes made
out to Naugle and wife. She asserted,
however, that her conduct while on
that trip was unassailable.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-02-24
ANOTHER NAPOLEON
Is i'm Sight and the Spec
tire of Revolution wi !
Not DOWn-FearS
for the Life of
the Republic

PARIS, Feb. ia pail of dread
uncertainty and stupor hangs over
Paris this morning as a result of the
sudden taking eff of president Felix
Faure. The feeling of grief over his
death Is equaled by wonderment II
the fatality is ended, or whether an
other death is to follow,-that of the
Republic. The Spectre of Revolution
is still haunting Paris. Surprise at
the situation resulting from the presi-
dents death has put the plotters
against the government at loss.
Victor Napoleon is now greeted with
an opportunity such as came to his
uncle Louis Napoleon in 1852. Pre-
mier Dupuy is now the strongest Re-
publican in the country. His election
would stood off "a crisis. Mr.. Faure
was the recognized victim of the
Dreyfus intrigueIs. The funeral will
be held next Thursday.