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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-04
KANSAS news.
COffeyViIle SqUatters Compelled
to Vacate Claims.
Cleared of Distractions at the
Majors Order.
HOUSES TORN DOWN.
The Farce Is Promptly Ended
by Prompt Action.
Large Crowd Looks On In En-
iOyment Of the Scene.

Coneyville. July 4-The land jumping
nrocess at twelfth and Walnut streets
came to q. sudden termination, when
Mayor Frazier instructed Street Com
missioner Dean to clear West TWelIlh
street of all distractions. Then the
hopes of those who expected TO get
something for nothing fell with a dull'
sickening thud.
Everything along the south side of the
street was claimed. Beginning at j. }.
Barndollar's lots along the south OF
Twelfth street between Willow and
Elm streets. thence east to Walnut
street there was strung line OF CIV
cred wagons, tents, shacks, etc SIIS 9
Hughes claimed" the land IN quesllOl
between Willow and Elm streets. Scat
tered along the south side OF the street.
and over in Mr.. Barndollar's pasture
Green had driven stakes aud put ptd-
cards on them reading: rms cam
taken nv Green Hughes; June %. 1899
Around each of the stakes he had up
turned a few spadetuls or DIRT ne
slept in a covered band wagon on ms
claim Thursday night.
Across Elm street, and east OF Maple
street, w. L. Wicks seemed to nave
things his own way He had erecteu
Hughes. and by them Informed the pub
lie as well as other land-seeking 1ndlVlQ-
uals: This claim is taken by W. L.
Wicks; June 90 1899 He heId me
Allin owns the land abuttlng Thai
claimed by Mr.. Wicks.
East of the Wicks claims was that OF
Lud and Jordon Crouch, who owned the
land AUDITING their claim and thought
they might as well get the rest of It,
Between them and Ed. Jackson's claim,
three or four negroes headed by i. G.
Calhoun had taken claim Then came
the land claimed by Ed. Jackson. at
Twelfth and Walnut streets. Across
the street north. G. f. Brown claimed
fourteen feet of the ground covered by
Hedges planning mill. Mr.. Brown
slept in the mill Thursday night as
well as several nights previous.
This was the situation up to II O'CLOCK
Friday morning. At that time Street
Commissioner Dean. acting under or
squatters to move everything off the
street by 1 o'clock. All Of them except
ing Mr.. Jackson and 3. c. Calhoun,
who had put up wooden buildings, obey
ed the order at once and at o'clock
only the half completed buildings owned
by Messrs. Jackson and Calhoun re-
NAMED in the street. Shortly after 1
o'clock Mayor Frazier accompanied by
| Marshal Zimmerman and Street Com
missioner Dean appeared on the scene
After looking over the ground, they
found everything gone but the two
wooden buildings. SummOning a wagon
and a couple of labOrers to assist the
marshal and street commissioner, Mayor
Fra zier gave orders for the buildings
to be torn down. And it was done. The
lumber was loaded on a wagon and
amusement, and as the last remains of
the buildings disappeared down the
street, the great big farce of land jump
ing was ended.
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JUDGE ELLIS, FARmER.
Mitchell County Politician has 1000
Acres of Land and Much Wheat
and Alfalfa,

Beloit, July Judge A. H. Ellis
isn't roaring a particle because he failed
to land in congress. The judge has be-
of land in the counties of Mitchell,
Jewell, Cloud, Lincoln and Phillips, of
which 600 acres are located in his home
county of Mitchell.
He thinks he has 200 acres of wheat
which will beat any other like number
OF acres in his county. Besides he has
so acres of good alfalfa, under shelter,
while hundreds of other acres have been
cut, and is stacked in the fields. His
law business is good. He hasn't a sore
spot about him.
Speaking about the wheat cropp in
Mitchell county careful and conserva-
tive estimates place the number of
bushels for this year not less than one
million, thus beating most of the wheat
records of Mitchell county heretofore
Corn prospects are first class. Much
Of it has been laid by, and many fields
are in tassel.
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Pensions For Kansans.

Washington, July 4.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-James H. Elliott, Beulah,
Sc; David Kicker, Leavenworth Sc;
Daniel Zehner. St. Paul. Sc; Rudolph
F. Peake, Godfrey, IS; William Brown,
Hoxie, $12; Charles Sanders, Fort Scott,
So; Francis D. Nichols, Norfolk. $40;
William M Cribs, Cawker City, IS; Rile
Jennings, Perry. IS; Frank G. Harmon
son, National Military Home, Leaven-
worth, Sc.
Observation-Disclosures Black, Dodge
City, So to $40
Increase-George F. Corkadel, Valley
Falls, Sc to IS; William Wallace, Stat
ford. SIG to $24; William G.. Stevenson,
Clinton, S. to s12; Squire Dunn Pawnee
Station, SIT to $24; Richard Bishop,
Stockton, $40 to $17; Allen Dunn. Con-
cordia, $24 to $50; William J. Miller,
Meriden, $50 to $50; John R. Madaris,
Emporia S24 to $50.
Original widows. etc.-Helen F. Roach
Wichita, $12; Frances Thompson, Bailey
vile, IS; Amanda Horn, Garnett, SIP.
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RAILROAD TRusr.

From the POSC-D1Spatch.I
In consolidating their many railway
interests into one great company the
VanderbiIts respond to the tendency
which seems to be irresistible.
If this scheme is accomplished the
New York Central, Boston & Albany,
Lake Shore, Michigan Central, Chicago
& Northwestern, Union Pacific and
some tributary lines viii be amalgama-
ted into one line stretching from ocean
to ocean, with a mileage OF nearly II, 900
miles.
The consequences are easily foreseen.
The object of the consolidation IS to get
the benefit OF Economics which have
a singular fascination for monopoly
promoters. These economies win be
made up Of the saving of salaries. for
thousands of railroad men will be turn
ed out to grass. Local agents, superin-
tendents. district freight and passenger
agents-an branches Of the service will
be reduced The Vanderbilt lines have,
at many points, been competing with
each other, and each has been COM
PEELED to maintain a force Of men to
get all the traffic possible and properly
care for it. This competition ceases
with the amalgamatiOn Of the separate
organizations, and the men who sup
port it viii be discharged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-04
A CLUMSY COUNTERFEIT.
Farmer Boy Raises a Two Dollar Bill
and Is Arrested.


Fort Scott, July 4.-Oscar Dickinson,
the son Of a wealthy farmer living in
Barton county, No, was arrested in
Pltusburg Friday night by Deputy Uni
ted states Marshal Money of this city,
and Chief of Police Webb of Pittsburg,
on the charge of counterfeiting, and he
was brought here and arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Mos
her He gave $1,000 bond with his faith
er as surety, for his appearance at the
preliminary hearing.
The work Of the young man is the
clums1est that has ever been called to
the attention Of the federal authorities
he process was to take a two dollar
bill and paste a cipher along side of the
two. The paper bill was Of gray, and
IN doing this work the boy cut the
cipher from some money used at some
commercial college, which was Of green,
consequently the correspondence was
far from identical This was done on
three places on the note but the other
smaller twos were exposed to the eye
and easily detected unless passed over
at glance. However this young man
succeeding in passing the raised note on
the agent Of the freight depot of the
Pittsburg & Gulf road at Pittsburg, in
payment of a freight bill of $2.07, but
while the agent went to get it changed
Dickinson, feeling a source of alarm
skipped out. When the agent discOv-
cred the nature of the money he report
ed it to the police and Messrs. Mooney
and Webb soon afterwards arrested
him.
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Picric Acid Found the Thief

A rich American, residing in the St.
Georges quarter here, had been for
some little time past the victim of sys-
tematic thefts. BanknOtes and money
not left under lock and key disappeared
regularly. NJ. Corvette, the commissary
oflpolice, was informed of the robberies
He found it would be impossible to keep
an effective watch on the bedroom
where the thefts occurred, but he adopt
ed a stratagem which turned out sue
cessfully. A small vial containing a
mixture of picric acid and fuschine was
placed in a metal case for holding gold.
and a few NapOleOns were placed on
top. In order to get out the gold, the
metal case had to be held upside down,
and then, of course, the chemical pre-
paratiOn would run out and stain the
thief's hands a bright and indelible yell
low. AS soon as some of the gold was
missed NJ. Corvette summoned all the
servants to his presence. The Wallets
fingers betrayed him Realizing the use
Iessness of denying when caught yellow
handed, he confessed, and was duly
locked up.--Paris Correspondence of the
London Post.
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KIPLING AT SCHOOL.
[From the Independent.l


Rudyard Kipling found himself at the
United Service college, Westward TIo.
during the six or seven years between
the time he left India as a child and
returned to that country almost a man.
Shortly before his first arrival in Eng
land the United Service college had
been founded with the principal object
OF educating the sons of civil and mill
tary AnglO-Indian officers at Westward
HO, North devon, bordering on that
romantic country made known to many
readers by Blackmore's Lorna Doone.''
As an illustration of Kipling's behaV-
ior in class, there was a certain geogra-
ply master who greatly favored the
drawing of sections of the earth's sur
face, showing the mountain ranges, riv-
erS, lakes seas, strata, etc, and which
were generally executed by his pupils
on sheets of fOolScap. At first the mas
ter was contented with quite ordinary
distances between two given points,
from London to Edinburgh, Paris to
Berlin, and so forth but gradually
he came to lengthen them out to an
alarming eXtent-Chicago to Timbuc-
too, Vladivostok to Goa, Cape Town to
MOSCOW, which, while confusing the rest
of the boys, suggested a humorous idea
for Kipling. From somewhere or other
he procured several rolls Of wall pa
per, and then day and night with pens
and brushes he labDred diligently on
gigantic section, inserting men, birds
beast and fishes, trees-in fact, any
thing he could think Of which being
dl lellSLu SOiupISlSG 10 MS SaIiSIaCllOns
Kipling calmly awaited the result of
his joke. When at last the geographi-
cal master called for that particular
section to his surprise, and the amuse-
ments of KipHngs classmates, Kipling
unwound his gigantic roll on the floor.
At first it was evident that the master
mentally debated the question as to
whether it was a case demanding n
public rebuke by the instant use of the
cane, or commentator in it's highest
form by full marks. when Kipling's alb
solUtely innocent expression of counten-
ance decided him to adopt the latter
course
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CAUSE OF OGDEN WRECK.
A Fourteen Year Old Boy Accused of
Tampering With the Switch.

Junction City, July 4.-MarshaI Gull
Imam and Union Pacific detectives came
to Junction City with Edwin ShUmway.
whose father, George Shumway, lives
in Excelsior Springs, Mo, Saturday.
The boy is IA years old, and is thought
to have pulled the switch at Ogden that
wrecked the Union Pacific passenger.
The boy was arrested in Lawrence.
The boy says he was in Junction City
Saturday evening at 9,got to Fort Riley
at 10, and reached Ogden depot after
the wreck had occurred. He stayed in
Ogden until the next day and walked
to Manhattan.
The boy told several stories. which he
now denies, claiming that the officers
bribed and threatened him into assent
ing to the story they surmised. It is
said that the boy once told that he
happened along at Ogden. He was fool
ing with the switch. and succeeded in
opening it, but was unable, before the
arrival of the Union Pacific passenger,
to put it back into place, and the wreck
came.
The boy, SO the story goes, while
lettering about the wreck dropped
something that aroused the suspicious
of members of the crew. and the boy
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HIS POWER IS GONE.
Aguinaldo Often Sits Alone aud Cries
at the Discussions In His Army.

San Francisco, July "A copy of the
Japanese Times, secured from the
teamship Nippon Maru gives an ac-
count of the arrival at Yokohama of two
Spanish priests who lately escaped from
the inSurgent camp. One of the fathers
stated that the power of Aguinaldo will
be broken Immediately on the arrival
of American troops to garrison towns
that are taken: The priests name is
Filipe Buencamino. In an interview he
said:
'AguinaldO is remorseful. His infiu-
ence is gone and he often sits alone and
cries over the miserable condition into
which he plunged his people. There is
dissension in his army and the bandits
are out for plumber and willing to muir
der. They are as dangerous to the
leader as to Americans.
'AgulnaIdo can not trust his own
men.
1.-The bandits are the men with whom
the Americans will have to deal and in
order to down them it will be neces-
sary to keep a large army in the field
until the thieves are captured or killed.
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KANSAS UsURY DECISION.
Holder of Mortgage and Note Loses
the Balance Due Him.

Independence, July Am interesting
decision was rendered by Judge Skid
more, in the district court here
In 1898 Mrs Mollie E. Pauline pur-
chased a house and lot in Elk City
west of here, giving a mortgage, tOgeth-
er with her note. to secure the pay
ment. The note was to bear per cent
interest, and fell due in two years. The
note was purchased by w. S. Myers
and at the end of the two years, when
Mrs. Pauline could not pay the note
he raised the interest to "a per cent.
This she paid until April of last year.
when she stopped, and Myers brought
suit to fOreclose the mortgage. Judge
SkidmOre decided that the usurious in
terest and the penalty attached thereto
amounted to more than Mrs. Pauline
owed Myers, and she was awarded the
balance, amounting to $40.
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NORTH TOPEKA.

Items intended for this column should
be left with the Kimbal Printing COM
pany. S35 Kansas avenue.
The Violet club picnicked today in
the country.
Miss Jessie Myers is spending the
Fourth in RossvilIe.
Mrs. Samuel Darling Of Michigan
Valley is in Topeka visiting friends.
Miss Margaret Myers has gone &c
Meriden to visit friends until after the
Fourth.
Lee Campbell of Ellis. Kan, is visit
ing his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Campbell.
Miss DOtt Watts went to Eudora last
evening where she will be the guest un-
til Monday of Mrs, Henry Oberholtzer.
Mrs. Fred Hes and daughter Nellie of
1104 Monroe street. viii go to Colorado
the first Of next week to spend some
time.
Winsted Fuller, who travels for the
NaVe-McCOrd Grocery company of St
Joseph, is visiting his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. Fuller Of 1928 Quincy street.
Miss Julia Keyes. accompanied by her
nieces, Misses Hattie and Laura Nor
gan, will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Sturdyvin and family of Rossyille
today.
Gordon Luckhardt, son of Mr.. William
LUckhardt, attracted considerable at
tentiOn on the avenue today arrayed
in a suit of stars ana stripes to repre-
sent Uncle Sam.
Mr.. c. E. Watkins, proprietor of the
Gem bakery, was struck in the temple
last evening about 9 o'clock by spent
bullet. Mr.. Watkins was standing in
the doorway of his store and a small
boy on the opposite side of the street
shot off a revolver. The bullet hit the
pavement then glanced up ana hit Mr.
Watkins, making a wound which bled
considerably
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what Manner of a Foul.

Hutchinson News: On the K p.
Ringle ranch northeast of town is a
fowl which would be the chief attrac-
ton Of any poultry show. What to call
this particular fowl no one knows but
the terms guinea chicken could be used
to distinguish it from other fowls It
is a cross between the ordinary old
fashioned chicken and the common ev-
cry day speckIed guinea. At a first
glance it looks more like a turkey than
any other member of the fowl species.
A second glance and you notice that
there is some resemblance in a guinea
and again it looks like a large chicken
standing in a peculiar position. Its color
is white with dark spots near the tail
and in the dark spots appear the small
specks of the guinea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-04
WALLACE SEES DANGER.
Unless the President Gets Another
Attorney General

Chicago, July A special to the
Record from Charlottesville, Ind, says:
Gen. Lew Wallace maintains that he
is the warm personal and political
friend of President Mckinley in spite
of his recent criticism of the admins
tratiOn relative of trusts. He believes
that Mr.. Mckinley, abs orbed in other
matters, has trusted too implicitly in
Attorney General Griggs and that Mr..
Griggs has proved recreant to the con-
fdence. Gen. Wallace says that unless
the president soon secures an attorney
general of capacity to investigate and
act on the trust question the success of
the Republican party at the next cleo
ton will be jeopardized.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-04

Philadelphia began about year and
a half ago with public baths. and they
have proved so satisfactory that new
ones are to be built this summer. Balti-
more IS also to have public baths in
two different parts of the city, each
Of which is to cost S21, 900. The build
6ngs will be finished handsomely, and
in each their privileges may be enjoyed
by over 500 persons daily. There are
laundries connected with the baths
which may be used for only a nominal
fee
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Decatur County Boom.

Oberlin, July 4.-No less than seventy
car loads of stock was shipped from
Oberlin last week, fed and fattened in
Decatur county There was ~ car loads
in two shipments, which will put into
circulation in this county close on to
$50, 600. One of the prominent sights of
Decatur county at all times is the stock
ranch of o. L. Benton, where at this
time there are upwards Of 400 fat steers
and about 1000 head of hogs, which
will be ready for the market in the next
few weeks Timely rains have visited
this county recently, which has greatly
improved the wheat prospects, The
general prospect for wheat throughout
Decatur county is that it will turn out
a good half crop.
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GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL.
schley Repeats What He Has Said
Before.

Philadelphia, July 4-Rear Admiral
sSaify Of T6 6ons Yi5h Mn Mcs sShley Is fo of
The Philadelphia Times, at his home at
WallingfOrd, about twelve miles from this
city, was given a reception last night by
the citizens Of that vicinity. Fully 1000
and porches. The suburb Of Waningford
was brilliantly illuminated in honor of the
admiral There were many persons of
prominence at the reception. which was
an informal one.
Admiral Schley was introduced TO the
assemblage by Mayor JeffreyS of Chester,
Pa The admiral made a short speech,
IN Which ne Thanked io the Pe0Ple for t9e
that as a result of the battle a year ago
at santiago the geography OF the world
enough to 60 around, he said. and he
great victory to have a share.
Short addresses We're also made by
Mayor Ashbridge of Philadelphia and
number of others.
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PERIODS OF
SUFFERING
GIVE PLACE
10 PERIODS
OF Joy

died. The doctor even gave me up and
wonders how 1 ever lived.
s. wrote for Mrs. Pinkham's advice
at Lynn, Mass, and took her medicine
and began to get well. I took several
bottles of the Compound and used the
Sanative Wash, and can truly say that
am cured. You would hardly know
me, am feeling and looking so well.
Lydia z. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound made me what I am "-MRs.
J. F. STRETCH, 461 MECHANIC ST.,
CAMDEN, n. J.
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Do Englishmen imagine that Amer
scans are never serious? Ambassador
Choate had hardly got settled in Lon
don before an enterprising publisher be-
gan arrangements to produce Joe
Choate's Joke Book" The present am
bassador's predecessor John Hay, now
secretary of state, was subjected to the
same sort of annoyance by the publica-
ton Of rhymes written for pastime in
his earlier years.
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<. of P. Encampment.

Leavenworth. July "A three DAYS
encampment and brigade meeting Of
the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias
will be held here on September p -
of brigade and regimentaI officers will
be held Company No. of this city
has commenced active preparations for
the event
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-04

must tell you that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
more for me than any doctor.
Il was troubled with irregular
menstruation. Last summer 1 began
the use of your Vegetable Compound,
and after taking two bottles, l have
been regular every month since. 1
recommend your medicine to all -
Mrs. MAGGIE A. BRowN, WEST PIT.
PLEASANT. n. J.
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Chimes Stopped For Her.

London, July AIRS. William George
Cavendish Bentnck who was a Miss
Livingstone Of Staatsburg,, New York,
underwent a serious operation Friday
and was in SO critical a condition that
the chimes of the big clock in the tower
of Parliament house, Westminster, have
since been all stopped nightly She. is
better today.
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in uterus, OvarleS
were affected and
had leucorrhRa.
l had my children
very fast and it
left me very weak.
A year ago I was
taken with food
ing and almost
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GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atchison CT

TFrom the Atchison GIobe.1
a man is in great luck if he is a poor
politician
Some women think that only a mar
ried man can do wrong.
An Atchison girl named Virginia"
is known among her friends as va"
Does singing the song 20, Promise
Me-" at a wedding, promise anybody
any thing2
A boys good time at a picnic never
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$3.50. S32.5G.

The above greatly reduced rate has
been made by the Union Pacific to Cali
fornia points. Through tourist sleepers,
quicker time than any other line
For tickets and full information call
on F. A. Lewis. city ticket agent. or
J. c. Fulton. depot agent
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They're on Sale Today.

Round trip tickets to Los Angeles and
return for $500 They will remain on
sale until July 8. For particulars and
descriptive literature apply to T. L.
King, agent, depot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-04

Gun-shot wounds and powder burns.
cuts. bruises, sprains, wounds from rusty
nails insect stings and ivy poisoning
quickly healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve Positively prevents blood poison
ing Beware of cOunterfeits. DeWitt's
is safe and sure. Geo W Stansfeid, W.
H Wilson A. J. Arnold & Son, A j.
Kane & co.
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1t is estimated that four-fifths Of the
eight million depositors in the English
postoffice savings banks are OF the
working classes The total deposits
amount to s123. coo, 600, or more than
the whole capital of all the joint stock
hanIzs in the United Kingdom.