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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29
MISS GRANTS HONEYMOON
Viii Be Spent at the Castle of the
Bridegroom Near Moscow.

Newport, r. I, Aug. 29.-Mrs. Potter
Palmer last night set at rest all specu-
lation regarding the marriage of her
niece. Miss Julia Dent Grant, to Prince
Cantacuzene of Russia, by making for
NAL announcement of the details of the
wedding. Owing to the absence of the
brides father, General Frederick D.
Grant, in the Philippines, and in ac-
cordance with the wish of both the
bride and her mother, the affair will be
made as simple as possible. The re-
1igiOUs ceremony will take place at
noon on Monday, September 25. at All
Saints Memorial chapel, the officiating
clergyman being Bishop Henry c. Pot
ter of New York, and Rev. DR., Nevin
of Rome, Italy, who has been the guest
of Mrs Palmer for several weeks past.
The bride, who will be given away by
her brother, Ulysses S. Grant, will be
unattended. The ushers will be Potter
Palmer, Jr-, HOnore Palmer, Worth
ington Whitehouse, Robert L. Gerry,
Captain Algernon Sartoris of the Brit
ish army, cousin of the bride and Mr..
Randolph. In addition to the ceremony
at the church the Russian civil mar
riage form will be observed at Beau
lieu. There will be no wedding break
fast except to the immediate bridal
party but a farewell reception, after
which the prince and his bride will
leave for New York, to sail directly for
Russia, where they will spend the
honeymoon in the castle of the bride
groom, between Moscow and Odessa.
Prince Cantacuzene, who is expected
to arrive in this country on September
8, will be accompanied by a friend who
will act as best man at the wedding.
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CARVER APPOINTED.
Will Have Charge of the City Prose
cutions.

Judge IT F. Carver will have charge
of the general litigation of the city
during the next two or three months at
least, while City Attorney Bird is at
work on the waterworks case and other
matters requiring his close attention.
Mr. Bird has gone to New York nav to
be present at the taking of dispositions
in the WaterwOrks case. He stated to
Mayor Drew that it would require two
months of steady work on that one
case. In the meantime the September
term of district court is coming on and
a large number of city cases will come
up in that. The majority of them are
cases which have been appealed from
the police court.
In view of this state of affairs the
city council thought it best to appoint
someone to take charge of the general
run of litigation while Mr.. Bird devO-
ted himself to the waterworks case, and
last evening the following resolution,
introduced by Councilman Nettels, was
adopted:
Whereas, The work of the city at
torney is now, and throughout the sea-
son has been, unusually heavy, owing
to the large number of special improve
mentS being made, the pending contrO-
versies with the water company, the
suits growing out of the efforts of the
city to erect a city hall, and from other
causes; and
Whereas, He is now necessarily alb
sent from the city on business, and the
services OF an experienced lawyer are
needed during his absence and likely
for some time after his return, because
of the near approach of the time of
trial of the waterwOrks case, and the
necessity of thorough preparation
therefor; therefore, be it
Resolved By the mayor and coun-
cilmen of the city of Topeka, that the
mayor be and he is hereby empowered
to appoint an assistant city attorney to
render such services to the city as may
be necessary by the absence or Occupa-
ton of the city attorney upon other
important business of this city"
Before Mr. Bird left for the east he
recommended to Mayor Drew that
Judge Carver be appointed to take
charge of matters, and the mayor will
follow the recommendation Judge Gar
yer stated today that he would ac-
cept.
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CITY WILL NOT BUY.
Council Refuses to Purchase Lots
Near Police Station.

Some time ago E. B. Mcdowell Of
fered to sell the city the three lots just
north of the city prison for $4,000. The
offer was referred to the ways and
means committee, which has recon-
mended that the offer be not accepted.
The ordinance which was introduced
some time ago to place a license on
bill posters and persons who distribute
hand bills, dodgers and miscellaneous
samples, was turned down unceremon-
iously by the ways and means commit
tee of the city council last evening, and
the report was adopted
A special bond ordinance, issuing in
ternal improvement bonds to the
amount of $25, 237. so, was passed.
Concerning the invitation of SYRIA
cuse, New York, to the council to at
tend the third annual meeting of the
League of American municipalities, on
Sept ember 49, the ways and means COM
mittee recommended that if any MEM
Der of the city government wishes to
attend the convention he be accredited
as a representative of the city of To-
peka- The report was adopted, but no
one expressed a burning desire to go.
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over which there was controversy
some time ago. Some time after Mr..
Sweet had purchased the property at
tax sale the courts decided that it be-
longed to the city for park purposes.
Now Mr.. Sweet wants his money back.
The matter was referred to the ways
and means committee, and in making
its report the committee said:
Your committee on ways and means
has had under consideration the propo-
sition of I. B. Sweet, Offering to take
$1,34O.27 in discharge of his claims for
taxes paid upon the park in the Fifth
ward. and recommend that the propo-
sition be rejected. 1t is the opinion Of
your committee that these taxes were
Wrongfully levied upon the park and
are not a lien thereon. Your committee
is inclined to believe from information
before it, that the holder Of these tax
certificates, or his assigns, knew when
he bought them that the land was a
public park and under the law not sub
ject to assessment and taxation"
The report of the committee was IN
animOuSly adopted.
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FLED TO THE FOUNTAINS.
Prospectors Say the Xaqui Indians
Are South of the River

A T, August 29.)-G. H Lacey Of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, and Z. W. Wattermeier OF
Chicago, sent by Chicago principals to
prospect in and beyond the YaqUi coun-
try, arrived in Guaymas last night from
Potam, a Yaqui village in the midst of the
scene of the indian conflict which they
left July %
Lacey says that neither people nor prop
efIy north of the YaQui river were in any
danger and that prospecting and mining
GOULD be conducted with absolute safety.
All the fighting Indians We're in the brush
and jungles south of the river and were
gradually taking their women children
ana supplies to the MOUNTAINS. In the
village Of Potam were 300 reconcentrados
and 100 Mexicans. At no time DURING Ms
stay, he says could the Indians have been
prevented from taking the town and
Strengthening the Inhabitants. He says ne
saw SIX Haquis shot and he knows Of the
execution of forty or fifty more.
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TAKE A GLOOMY VIEW.
British Ship Officers Say Peace With
the Filipinos Is Far Away.

New York Aug. 29.-According to the
first and second officers of the HolyroOd.
a British vessel just arrived here from the
Philippines with 10000 mats of raw sugar
which are being unloaded in Brooklyn,
the natives of Iloilo are glad that the
Americans instead of the Spaniards are
now occupying the Philippines.
1.-The Filipinos at Iloilo who loaded our
sugar got about so in Mexican money
for twelve hours work" said First Of
THAT is equal to about IS cents in gold.
thoGgh stupid Their work i'I as stevedores
makes them extremely muscular. They
With the Control Of Iloiio by the tinted
States because they are getting pretty
three years ago and the scale is still go
ing up" -.
the reporter asked Second officer Car
rinr!gs E5ea = ~ o+,u 49,, 60 - =
have money and friends among the big
out that some rich gang of ttiibusters
is supplying Aguinaldo with ammunition
and when that comes, look out for break
ers. They are even getting quick-fring
guns from somewhere.
I don't see,' continued Darlington,
"how these ignorant backwoods savages
are ever going to leaSn that the United
White men look alike to them them they fyi were ere
oppressed by the Spaniards and they are
a Spaniard and a Yankee 1t is going. to
be hard work to thrash them. It would
navy to police these islands, there are so
many of them. And, by the way, they are
the finest group of islands in the world.
You can sail a deep vessel all through
them and the scenery is something Won
derful- They are in their wild state yet
with the woodland reaching to the wat
er's edge. No one knows what they con
tain in the way of minerals and riches, as
some of them are inhabited by natives
that are just about as bad cannibals.' -
What about peace. between the natives
and the Americans
There won't be any right away" said
Darlington. THE natives are savages. I
would not like to trust them any further
than could see them. The better classes
like the idea of belonging to the United
States, but the more stupid know just
enough to fight. Suppose this country
will lick them out after while, but it
will be a long time. There are so many
of them"
Are the islands worth having?"
wei, l should say So CALCULATED Car
rington. Under intelligent cultivation
they will prove immensely valuable"
How did the soldiers you saw like the
idea of being there?'
They want to gel. back and see their
friends. They don't like so many Tagals
all at once. I guess most of the boys went
out there with the idea of seeing a lot of
the world and not thinking, they. would
stay long. I don't see how they stand it
during the rainy season"
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BRIGHT FOR MINNESOTA.
Business Affairs Never Looked Better
For That Section.

New York, Aug. 29.-Thomas Lowery
of Minneapolis, who is in the city, says:
Business affairs never looked better
in Minnesota than they do today. The
spring wheat crop of the three great
wheat states, Minnesota, North Dako-
ia and South Dakota. will amount to
about two hundred million bushels. One
Of the best expert judges returned to
Minneapolis just before left there and
reported that after a thorough personal
investigation he estimated the crop at
19GOOO,OOO bushels. At first it was fear
ed that the high and hot winds which
nave recently been prevailing in the
wheat producing areas would greatly
damage the crop, but they are over
now and the damage is not nearly SO
great as anticipated. To move this
crop 1 do not believe we will have to
borrow dollar outside capital there
Is SO much money in the three states at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29
MODOC CONCERT.
Interesting Programme For This
Evenings E ntertainment


Following is the program of the
Modoc concert at Garfield park this
evening:
March .......-.. 1.-THE Fortune Teller"
Steinberg's orchestra.
chorus s.s......-.--...... "Bugle song
ModOc club.
Song ...............'Dea of Nelson
Mr.. F. Weightman.
Duet ........'I feet Thy Angel Spirit
Mr.. w. Won Dahlen and
Mr.. David Bowie.
Violin solo ....-.....-....-......S Selected
Miss Pearlade Prescott.
Song 49," THE Monarch of the Woods"
Mr.. VIM. Shaver.
Il Didn't Know 1t Until Afterwards
Mr.. F. Weightman.
Overture. "A Hunt in the Black Forest
Steinberg's orchestra.
Song The Vagabond"
Mr.. Chaplin A. Cartwright
Song. The Mexican Nightingale
Mrs Violet Butler-McCoy.
OueIC ---...- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EXCELSIOR
Messrs. F. Weightman and
VIM. Shaver.
Miss Anna M. Parry Bundy.
Song Observation-Disclosures. THE Rosary"
Miss Nina Thomas.
Quartette .............. DE Old Banjo"
Modoc quartette.
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tenn, spent yesterday in Chicago Mr.
months trip to Honolulu and will leave
the city today for New York. He said:
IT have been out of the country for a
month and came directly here after in
speeding our California lines with
President Ripiey's party, now out there.
1t will be only a few months before our
new line from Stockton to San Francis
co will be ready for operation. The con-
dition of the road in California is ex-
cellent- We will reach the coast from
Albuquerque over our Santa Fe and
Pacific division. formerly the Atlantic
and Pacific road, to Mojave, and from
this point to Stockton by the San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Valley division,
through Tehachapi Pass
Mr. Walker was asked to give his
views on the general railway situation
and expressed himself as very much
pleased with the outlook.
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HORSE MARKET INJURED.
Dreyfus Case Makes French Investors
Timid.

Kansas City, No, Aug 2s-One of
the biggest horse buying firms in
France recently sent an agent to Kan
sas City to buy 1900 horses to be used
as cab horses in Paris during the ex-
position. The agent had bought and
shipped 120 horses when he received
telegram to buy no more. Inquiry
the excitement created by the Dreyfus
case, which seems to have the same
effect of making investors timfd that a
presidential campaign has in this coun-
try.
The French buyers were giving $50
for horses; the farmers are willing to
sell for $45 and the spectators saw
good business ahead. When the order
to stop buying came they were round
ing up horses from every direction and
are now unloading at a heavy loss.
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PORTO RICO's SORROW.
". s. Post Says That the Islanders
Have Lost Absolutely Everything.

Chicago, Aug. CIV. s. Post, a civil
engineer who has been engaged in rail-
road surveys in Porto Rico for several
months past and was there during the
hurricane which devastated the island,
passed through Chicago last night on
his way to his home at GaIesburg. In
describing the conditions of the island,
Mr.. Post said:
THE damage from the storm is more
far-reaching than can be magined by
any one who has not visited the island
and become acquainted with the con-
dtttons of life there. The people are in
good spirits and are rallying nObly af-
ter the first paralysis caused by the
disaster, but the worst is yet to come.
The principal food of the poor classes
is green bananas, which is really their
bread. The banana trees were nearly
all blown down and by this time the
stock of green bananas, which the POr-
to RiCanS cook in various ways is ex-
hausted The difficulty of rebuilding
the houses is great on account of the
scarcity OF tools and the fact that there
IS no supply of lumber on hand.
In addition to all this is the loss of
the coffee crop and of the mills neceS-
sary for the production Of the sugar
output Of the island. The hurricane
added but one more evil to trade condi-
lions which We're bad enough before.
The people of Porto Rico have always
sold their products and imported ev-
erything they use Their principal ex-
ports were coffee. sugar and tobacco
which went chiefly to Spain and the
Spanish colonies and We're there dis
tributed to the consumers.
AS soon as the United States took
possession of the island Spain put a
tariff on Porto Rican products which
was practically prOhibitive. The peo-
pie could send no more goods to Spain
and the United States market did not
take the place of that which was clos
ed The United States tariff is Just as
high against Porto Rfcan products as
it was before the island came into our
possession and the people there have
not taken the advantages of reciprocity
which are enjoyed by some of the Eng
lish and French islands Unable to sell
anything the people OF course. cannot
buy and commercially the island is at a
standstill. Even before the hurricane
the employer had no work for his men
and the islanders are plunged into the
most terrible poverty
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WELCOME FOR M'KINLEY.
The President Warmly Received by
Citizens of East Liverpool, Ohio.


Columbus. o., Aug. ga special to
the Ohio State Journal from East Liv-
erpOOl, Ohio, says:
This old pottery city, where William
Mckinley visited almost every summer
during the early nineties. awoke last
night and gave the president the nois-
lest possible welcome on the arrival of
the party from Pittsburg at IL O'Clock.
Five thousand people greeted him at
the train. The crowd jOstled and cheer
ed and the president and wife were
driven to the home of Colonel Taylor,
where he and his wife are stopping,
through streets ablaze with electric IL
Limitations and fireworks.
The escort was the East Liverpool
company of the old Eighth Ohio regi-
ment, the Presidents own" which
saw service in Cuba last year. Mean
while a salute was doomed out in his
honor upon the hill. In the diamond
stood a handsome arch lighted by cleo
tricity, from which the words Our
President" blazed. At Colonel Taylor's
house the people thronged the street
and lawn until the president was forced
to come out and bow his acknowledge
ment.
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GOLD FROM ALASKA.
Steamer Clutch Comes Down With
100 Passengers end $4,000.

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 29.-Steamer
Clutch has arrived with 40 passengers
and $4,000 in gold dust from Atlin and
Dawson. Among the passengers was
J. H. Robertson of New Brunswick. who
brought out several thousand dollars,
and the body of a brother who died en-
route home. Dawsonites report that the
government is commencing work on a
16 mile road through the principal
creeks the estimated cost of which is
about 100000 The report of a quartz
strike on Rock Creek is stated to be
greatly exaggerated
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Chicago to Nwe York and Return
S1845.

Via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railway. Tickets on sale September 1st
to 4th inclusive. Return limit Sept.
18th. or by deposit of ticket and pay
ment of so cents, may be extended to
Sept Both Stop-OVer allowed at Nj
agara Falls and Chautauqua, also priv
iIege of Hudson River day line boats
between Albany and New York in
either direction. For sleeping car
reservations, which should be made
early, or any additional informa ton,
address B. P. Humphrey, T. P. A, Kan
sas City, Mo, or F. NJ. Byron, G. w. A,
Chicago, A. J. Smith, G. p. A, CleVe-
land.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-29

Miss Helen Ouinton entertained
twenty of her girl friends Monday af-
ternoon at her home on Topeka avenue
complimentary to Miss Anita Collins
who will leave Saturday for Washing
ton, D. c.
The afternoon was spent in playing
high FIVE; Miss Louise Willis was the
winner and was given a pretty fan as
a prize. Those present were Miss Anita
Collins, Miss Louise Allison. Miss Grace
Frost, Miss Ethel Davis, Miss Ethel
Morton, Miss Eva Smith, Miss Isabel
Smith, Miss Dot Wood, Miss Gertrude
gladden. of Beloit, Miss Florence Bailey,
Miss Ella Thompson, Miss Kittie Gill
more, Miss Aimee CrandelI, Miss Mar
garet Johnston, Miss Addie Skinner,
Miss Reita Updegraf, Miss Mamie
Veale, Miss Helen Gardenhire of New
York, Miss Louise Willis, Miss Daisy
Neal and Miss Bertha BeaL
A Birthday Party.
Mrs. T. F. Doran entertained twenty
little people Saturday evening at her
home on Western avenue in honor of
her daughter JOSephine's seventh birth
day. They played games and had
general good time. Refreshments We're
served and each guest was given pic
ture of the little hostess as a souvenir.
The guests present were Margaret
Chamberlain, MarJOry KOQBerS5 Grace
Dana, Alice Noble Louise Magin,
Florence Helm, Marguerite Kiene,
Bessie Lagerstrom. Edna Tagert, Flor
ence Fellows, Serie Swanson, Mary
Minney, Lakin Meade, Dee Smith
Walter CoOmer, Walter CLANCY, Frank
CLANCY. Jack GreenwaId and Ernest
Chamberlain.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Mrs. Charles Wolff and children re-
turned Sunday from an outing at the
great lakes.
Z. w. Bentley and family of Louis
vile, Ky, and Mrs. J J. Bentley of St.
Joe are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. I.
Drum at 1016 Tyler street.
Mrs. Byron~Davis and daughter Ethel
returned Monday from a months visit
in Hiawatha.
Miss Lillian GradwohI of Kansas City
is the guest of Miss Lottie Steinberg
at her home on Monroe street.
Mrs. J. P. Raster and children are in
Las Vegas, N. NJ.
Miss Viola White has returned from
a two weeks visit with her aunt in
Kansas City.
Mr.. Lindsay Pegues returned Monday
from a several weeks business trip TO
New York Mrs. Pegues and son Henry
who have been spending the summer in
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LITTLE IN JAPAN.
Lieutenant Colonel Given a Thirty
Days Leave For a Tour

Abilene, Aug. 29-Theo Little receiv-
ed a letter from his son Edward this
morning, written July 81, at Nagasaki.
Japan, where Colonel Little had gone
from Manila, taking thirty days fur
Tough on account of his wound.
Nagasaki is 1900 miles north of the
Philippines and Mr.. Little expects to
continue his tour to Chinese ports be-
fore returning to duty. He expressed
the opinion that the Twentieth will
reach home the latter part of October.
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Gold Strike Confirmed.

Port Arthur, Ont. Aug. 29-Advices
received here confirm the reported
phenOmenally rich gold strike at Island
Falls, Seiene river. The property is
owned by Saginaw, Mich, syndicate
Cross cut vein proves a vein twenty
five feet wide and exceptionally rich
Ore assays run from $12O to $13O per
ton
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DAISY LAKIN HURT.
She Was Thrown From Her Horse
This Morning.

Miss Daisy Lakin was thrown from her
morse while riding this morning, and her
coliar Done FRACTURED. She was also sew
erely bruised about the arms and should
ers, and considerably shocked by the fall
me animal Miss Lakin was riding
thrown forward from the saddle, Striking
on her shoulder and side. While her in
Jur1es are not serious she will be CONFINED
to her home for some lime
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o. p Gets O. & N. Stock.

New York, Aug. 29.-The sale of the
Northern Pacific holdings of Oregon
Railroad & Navigation preferred stock
to a syndicate of Union Pacific inter-
ests is confirmed officially. The three
Northern Pacific officers on the board
of directors, Messrs- Lamont, Mellen
and Carr, offered to resign forthwith,
but they were asked by the majority
of the owners to remain until the next
annual meeting.
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LARGE MINSTREL CROWD.
First Performance of the Season at
the Crawford.

An unusually noisy audience saw the
performance of Maharas Minstrels at
the Crawford theater Monday night.
The balcony and gallery were filled
with people, and but little was needed
to throw both floors into spasms of
applause of heterogeneous character.
The noise seemed to be somewhat in
fectious, as there was more noise than
harmony in the choruses of the first
part.
There is nothing startlingly new
about the performance the Mahara
brothers have arranged for their or
ganization. The second part has few
features of any worth, the educated
pony and dogs constituting one of the
best. OF the work of the performers,
Gordon Collins is entitled to the great
est credit for his step dancing in the
first part.
Tonight Garfield park F. Weightman
in comic songs Admission, 10 cents
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Gard of Thanks

We desire to thank all kind friends,
neighbors and the lodge for their sym
patty and assistance during the sick
ness and death of our beloved wife and
mother.
s. B. MADDEN AND FAMILY.
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Arrive Philadelphia bv Danlieht

All trains from St. Louis Union sta
ton over Vandalia-Pennsylva short
lines arrive Philadelphia by daylight. a
great convenience for persons who will
attend the G. A. r. national encamp-
ment in September. For details about
low fare address J. M Chesbrough. A
G. p. agent. St. louis. No.