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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-03

MIR. w. S. Morris. superintendent of
motive power Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio. is the author of the suggestion
which caused the company to be repre-
scented in the big parade Wednesday by
e gondola loaded with coal. Mr.. Motifs
had seen this in Cincinnati parade once,
where II made as great a hit as it did
Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-14
LOOKINGFOR TROUBLE
PARDON REFUSED.
William Deford Says Henry. Allen
Took Advantage of Him.

William Deford of ottawa who was
the adjutant under Colonel Funston in
the Twentieth but who is now at home
in Ottawa came to Topeka today to
make application for a pardon for
Charles Brown and Lulu Cash, two
colOred sweethearts who were given fif-
teen years in the penitentiary for high
way robbery. They took $3.50 from a
man.
Deford appeared before the governor
and stated his case, explaining that the
two persons had been convicted upon
evidence furnished by another colored
man, CLANCY by name, who was jealous
of Brown. Now CLANCY is in the pen
itentiary and was an ex-conVict al the
time.
Deford presented a petition for the
pardon signed by the judge who tried
the case, the county attorney who pros
ecuted it and other leading citizens of
Ottawa. The governor told the young
lawyer the pardon could not be issued.
Now Deford says Henry Allen told
the governor the pardon of the two col
ored persons would give Deford pres
tige among the colored voters at Otta-
wa and suggested that the pardon be
not issued. The claim is made that the
governor accepted Aliens suggestions.
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WHEN EDISON WAS POOR.

[F'rom the Electrical World.1
AS illustrating Edison's happy sense
of humor and it's indulgence even under
conditions not particularly conducive
thereto, the following anecdote may be
interesting:
He and I were engaged in the early
seventies" says E. H. Johnson, lin our
usual night work of experimenting in
biography; our laboratory for the time
being was on the top floor of the old
gray stone building, No. 66 Broadway,
the present site of the magnificent Man
haitian Life skyscraper' Neither of US
was much given to pecuniary fore
thought. and it not infrequently hap
pened that long about daylight, when
WEAKNESS and hunger combined to par
alyze our mentality and render further
work useless, we would find ourselves
without much nickel wherewith
to purchase bun, not to speak of a
combat the WEAKNESS and the hunger
by a brisk walk in Central Park and
back by which time the office boy at
least would be on hand and ready to
assists US to a meager but grateful
breakfast al Coffee Pats, a well known
penny-lunch establishment on Park
Row, whose sole other patrons were
newspaper in that vicinity.
1T was upon the occasion of one of
these gray morning saunters, when we
were particularly hungry, having had
rather more of physical than mental
labor that night, and in consequence
looking very much begrimed, that Edi-
son remarked as we were passing the
better quit inventing and hire ourselves
out as a pair of Chinese gods. We
would be a more brilliant success. At
least, we needn't so hungry
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HOOP IRON TRUST
Includes Every Manufacturing Plant
In the Country.

Pittsburg, April Heterogeneous
have just been completed for the con-
solidation of the hoop iron and iron tie
interests of the country. The capital
stock of the new company will be $33-
600 900, of which $4,000, 900 is preferred
and SIS, 600 600 not. The companies in
cluded are: ]. Painter Sons & Co, Isa-
bella Furnace company, VIM. Clarks
Sons & Co, Lindsay & McCutcheon of
Pittsburg Union works of the National
Steel company of Youngstown, O.. Mon
essen Steel company of Monessen, Pa,
p L. Kimberly company of Sharon, Pa,
Portage Iron company of Duncansville.
Pa and the PonerOy Iron and Steel
company. These are the only plants i'll
the country. The manufacturers re-
ceived word today to present their stock
on Monday next in New York and re-
ceive cash for it. The general offices
will be in PittSburg.
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G. A. r. ENCAMPMENT
To Be Given a One Fare Round Trip
Rate by Eastern Railroads.

Chicago, April 14.-For the national
enactment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, to be held at Philadelphia,
September 4 and 9, the eastern roads
have agreed to make a rate of one fare
for the round trip from Chicago and all
points in central passenger association
territory. The same rate will be made
over all lines standard and differential
alike 1t will also apply to New York.
Tickets will be placed on sale Septem-
Der 1 to 4, inclusive, good for return up
to September II.
BY depositing ticket with the joint
agent of the lines at Philadelpbia and
payment of fee of so cents the return
limit can be extended up to September
80. Liberal concessions in the way of
Stop-oyerS have been made.
The travel to the national encamp-
ment promises to be very heavy this
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THROUGH DREAM.
An Illinois Woman Locates Missing
Husband and Secures Arrest.

Chicago, April 14.-Mrs. George Bau-
der, whose husband deserted her at
Quincy, ILL.,, last September. has To-
Gated him through a dream. Bauder
spent last night in the county Jail as the
result.
Mrs Bauder applied to Justice Hall
for a warrant, telling the following
story:
After her husband left her she moved
to St. Louis, where her mOther-in-law,
whom she never had seen, lived. She
introduced herself as a fortune teller
and told the elder woman the details
of her sons life. Mrs Bauder, Sr., then
admitted he was in Chicago.
The deserted wife then moved to this
city, but could find no trace of her
husband. On Wednesday night, how
ever, she dreamed she saw him at work
in a bicycle factory near an immense
building. That day she passed Tat
tersaIl's and recognized it as the big
structure of her dream.
Searching the neighborhOod she soon
found the bicycle factory. Satisfied her
husband worked there she secured the
warrant and visited the place with
deputy. Bauder was soon located. At
first he denied his identity. but later
confessed he was the womans husband.
He will be given a hearing this after
noon
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NO RAILROAD LIKE


Perhaps the most interesting railroad
in Pennsylvania is the Kishcoquillas
Valley. which runs from ReedVille to
BelleVille, a distance of nine miles. 1t
has connection with the Pennsylvania
on the Lewistown division, and does q
good business. Its equipment consists,
according to official statement of two
engines and four cars. Only one Of the
locomotives is in use steadily. however.
and when it is in the roundhouse the
residents of the town know that no
trains are on the road.
The general manager and purchasing
agent is ]. P. Getter, a physician of
Belleville. His wife. Clara w. Getter.
is treasurer of the line. The engineer
of the locomotive in use is master me-
chanic. superintendent of motive power
and several other things well, and it
is said of him that he has an easy time
of it unless something happens to break,
when he has to work all night, if need
be, in repairing the damage. Special
trains are frequently run over the line
by fishing parties to some of the trout
streams along the route. The trains"
are hand-cars, borrowed for the time
being. and operated by section hands.
The principal traffic over the road comes
from an extensive canning establish
ment at one of the stations
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NEW WITNESS FOR MILES.
Telling of Use of Formaldehyde
For Preserving Meat

Kalamazoo, Mich, April 40: K. Buck
bout of the Buckhout Chemical company
of this city has written a letter to Cen
eral Miles giving some Information to
the use of formaldehyde in preserving
fresh meat intended for food. The letter
is follows:
Kalamazoo, Mich, April 10 1Ss9.-Ma-
DOR General Nelson A Miles Washington.
D. C.-Dear Sir: We are convinced that
the expert chemists and your assistant.
Major Lee, have not yet learned the name
of the chemical used in the fumiga ton
and the preserving. of meat in question.
For the purpose of informing you ! will
state that we are thoroughly convinced
the chemical used is formaldehyde, and
one reason that we are quite sure of it is
that the representative of a chemical
house which handles formaldehyde large
~ called upon us and in conversation with
him regarding the price that we were get
ting said it was nearly the same as they
charged Armour & Co of Chicago by the
car load. and that the day previous to his
being in our office he had made a sale
of car load to Armour & Co.
DOUBTLESS the chemists in Washington
can tell you all about forma Id hyde.
While 1t is not poisonous article. vet it
is not wholesome. and should not be used
for preserving articles of FOOD
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AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE.
Ten by Seven Miles in Extent For
Barton County.

Mr.. F. B. Keen. the man who is
experimenting the arrangement of the
big irrigation reservoir in Barton coun-
ty, was in Topeka today on his way
east. He was accompanied by Mr. w.
]. Halleck, a capitalist of Detroit, Mich,
who is financially interested in the
scheme and who has been in Barton
county inspecting the work
Mr.. Keen says that the work of
turning the Arkansas and Smoky Hill
rivers into the natural basin will be
completed in time to secure the heavy
water next spring. By the time it is
completed it will have cost in the neigh
borhood of a half a million dollars.
The natural basin is ten miles long
and seven miles wide, and will form the
largest irrigation reservoir in the United
states and one of the largest in the
world. Millions of acres of land can
be irrigated from it's supply, and Mr..
Keen says that section will be made
to rival in productiveness the Arkansas
Valley country of Colorado.
The big reservoir is directly north of
Great Bend
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PLEADED FOR LIFE
And Gallant Shawnee County Sol
dier Spared q Filipino Maid.

George Walton, a Shawnee county boy
with the Third artillery. writes: When
We were clearing up the fringe left by the
Twentieth Kansas in its charge at Calico
can, stepped into a hut and there saw
one of the prettiest native girls I have
seen on the island l guess her folks had
gone off and left her when she was asleep
or something. for she wasn't half dressed.
She got down on her knees and mumbled
something in their ALFRED language that
1 couldn't understand but l tumhled to
her acting and knew she was begging me
not TO hurt her. told her that AIneri-
can soldiers never hurt a woman. but of
course she couldn't under stand that
either. and the next thing I knew she
clasped me around the knees and was
moaning something which sounded like
Oman Serentee. oman serentee-' 1 didn't
saVvy that. either, so I patted her on the
head and made signs for her to go if she
wanted. She understood that and Hoped
off through the underbrush like a bare
brown rabbit But / saw girls and wo-
men who had been killed-not Intentional
ly, of course. but because they got IN the
way of our Volleys.''
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LAWTON'S GREATEST LOSS.
Five North Dakota Troops Killed and
Two Wounded by Insurgents
In Ambush.

New York, April IA dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says:
1.-The expedition under Maj. Gen.
Lawton yesterday moved twelve miles
further along the lake, taking two
towns, LOngos and Paetee. A squadron
of the Fourth cavalry was left to gar
rison Santa Cruz.
There was only desultory shooting
from the retreating enemy until the
advance reached Paetee, the center of
the insurgents military government,
in the district of Laguna de Bay. Here
the road is f1anked by steep hills on
each side on which the insurgents had
constructed great log trenches and also
across the road. The North Dakota
regiment ran into a cross fire.
Squads of five SharpShOOterS each
were sent up the steep hill and through
the thick brush to flank the insurgents.
One squad of the North Dakota regi-
ment suddenly came to the insurgent
trenches. halting when only fifteen
yards off. Only one man in this squad
boats shelled the insurgents position for
an hour. The enemy was finally driven
out. Our loss was five killed and two
wounded; the greatest loss Lawton has
yet sustained. The launches captured
Tuesday are worth $50 900.
1.-The expedition has not sufficient
men to leave garrisons in the towns
taken"
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INCREASE THE FORCE.
More Guardians of the City Are
Needed.

With the taking of Potwin Place into
the city it is expected that the police force
will be increased.
At present. besides the chief. the force
consists of two sergeants, two jailers. one
patrol driver, one guard, one matron and
16 patrolmen. This force is too small to
properly cover all the territory in the city
limits. At night one patrolman has all
of the territory west of Jackson street
and south of the river.
The beats during the day are from Nor
ris street. in North Topeka. south to the
river, from the river to Fourth street.
from Fourth street to Sixth street from
Sixth street to Ninth street, the beat in
the neighborhood of the Santa Fe depot
and one officer at large. At night. the
beats are from Norris street south. from
the river to Third street, from Third to
Fifth street, from Fifth to Seventh and
from Seventh to Tenth on Kansas ave-
nue.. one man on the Santa Fe beat. one
in Parkdale. one in South Topeka and one
west of jackson street.
Chief Ramsey would like to see the force
increased so that four mounted police
could patrol the residence parts of the city
at night. They could cover much more
territory than men on foot 1t is expect
ed that the force may be increased one or
two men, but more could be found useful.
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KANSAS COMPANY READY.
Marshall County Has q New Insur-
ance Organization Completed.

The Farmers Mutual Fire and Tor
nado Insurance company of Marysville
has complied with the requirements of
the state laws and has 800, 900 in appli-
cations for policies, which qualities the
company for business, except as to the
examination to be made by the state
insurance department
Superintendent Church has appointed
w G. Austin of Cottonwood Falls to
go to Marysville and make the exam
nation.
There is a good story being told at
the state house in connection with this
appointment. 1t is said that Mr.. Church
notified Austin to do the work but the
young man thought a joke was being
played upon him and he wrote to Mr..
Church for further particulars. Assur-
ances that the appointment had been
made caused him to rejoice, and the
examination will begin Monday.
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FOR CUBAN ORPHANS.
Wealthy New Workers to Furnish
Homes For Destitute Children.

New York, April 14.-Resolutions were
adopted today at meeting at the home
OF Levi P; Morton, which will set foot
CUBAN relief work OF the most practical
sort This is the immediate establish
ment of Christian homes for the training
of destitute Cuban children.
blSnop Doane, in explaining the object
TO a large and fashionable audience rep
resssshtaQXe OF much wealth said:
snail borrow a word which I abso-
lutely disavow and consecrate. We want
SXpanSlon-eXpanSiOn of our Christian
feeling of compassion and sympathy to
reach out and take in those in sorest need.
we want the Imperialism of the king
dom of God on earth. What we are CON
cerned with now is our responsibilities
done
The tollowing resolution was adopted:
In the Judgment of this meeting a wise
and generous provision for the orphan
children in Cuba is the most pressing need
OF the time and the most iuportant
method of obtaining relief and Securing
permanent advantages for the future Of
the Cuban people
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GRAND OPERA PROFITS.
Maurice Grau Company Have About
100000 Clear on Seasons
Work

New York. April 12-The dividend de-
clared yesterday afternoon by the direct
ors of the Maurice Grau Opera company
was at the rate of So per cent on the cap
ital of $4,000. of which stock $4,000 re-
mains in the company'S treasury.
The profits for the current sea son. which
has included three weeks in Chicago. sew
enteen weeks at the Metropolitan Opera
House. two weeks in Boston, and ten days
divided between Baltimore, Washington
and PittSburg, stated unofficially at
about 100000 The showing is unprece-
dented here the result of grand opera
season, and made the more notable be-
cause of the enormous expense of Mr..
Grau'S company.
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COFFEE WILL BE CHEAPER.
There Is a Manifest Overproduction
at the Present Time.

New York, April 14-Offcial estimates
place the worlds production of coffee for
the crop year ending July l, 1900 at 49,
COS 900 bags. which is increase of 1.19S.-
900 bags over the current year, but is still
below the high water mark of 1S9I-9S,
which was 15547. 600 bags.
This top notch for coffee represents a
consumption of over 1000 OO0. 900 pounds an
nually. The figures show that the United
States now consumes over 40 per cent of
all the coffee disposed of in the world.
There is a manifest overproduction of cof-
Zee at the present time, and buyers have
1t in their own hands to force a period
of lower prices, despite the fact that whole
sale rates are already below the average
of previous years.
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MERCY FOR THE INDIAN.
Goodshot Found Guilty of Murder But
CIemency Is Asked.

Sioux Falls, s. D.. April 14.-In the
federal court last evening the jury
brought in a verdict of guilty against
Goodshot the Pine Ridge Indian
charged with the murder of his wife
near the agency last January, but rec
commended against capital punishment.
Jealousy was the cause of the crime,
which was a brutal one, the victim 5
head being beaten in with a club. In
dams in attendance upon the trial ex-
to hang.
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TWO WERE DROWNED.
Little Girl and Her Aunt Lose Their
Lives While Picnicking.

San Francisco. April 14-At Lake Mer-
ced. of the reservoirs of the Spring
Valley Water company. two lives, those of
little girl was playing on the edge of the
lake, and in an attempt to secure some
object floating near the shore lost her bal
ance and fell into the water. A party of
picnickers, one of whom was the little
girls aunt. heard her screams and rush
ed to the lake. The aunt. Miss Rather
inc Williams, plunged into the water to
save her niece. but got beyond her depth
and both were drowned before aid could
be procured. The child's name was Clara
Woods
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EVEN FROZEN WATER.
The Trust Succeeds in Cornering the
Ice Business.

Toledo, O., April 14.-John S. Field,
president of the Knickerbocker Ice com
pany of Chicago, and Charles wagner,
the ice king of Ohio. of Sandusky, are
credited with being the promoters of
mammoth ice trust to practically con-
troll the ice business of the country.
The promoters claim to have options
on nearly all plants of Importance in
Toledo, Chicago, New York. Columbus,
Cleveland, Pittsburg, Buffalo, Indian
apolis, Sandusky, Detroit and other
ritiaS
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Balk Rule Is Changed.

Washington. April 14.-During the prac-
tice games of the various base ball clubs
il was found that the balk rule adopted
by the National league was unsatisfactory
and many complaints were made in re-
gard to it. The old rule, in relation to
the bases. provided that a motion made
by the pitcher to throw to any base with
out delivering the ball should be a balk-
A change had been adopted to make
the rule apply to first base only.
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TO EXAMINE APPLICANTS.
Court of Visitation Wants a Compe-
tent Stenographer For Their
Work

The court of visitation on the first
Monday in May will elect a stenograph-
er, bailiff and marshal The members
of the court have decided to hold an
examination for stenographers who
seek the appointment.
StenographerS who want this place
must possess the same qualifications
demanded for the appointment of court
stenographers in the various judicial
districts.
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Receiver For Evansville Railway

Evansville. Ind, April 14-H. u. Moran
general manager of the Evansville Street
Railway company, was appointed receiver
of that property today. Judgment was
secured yesterday for s26. coo Indebtedness
to John Elliott Bowers of New York. The
sheriff made return property found.
The property is bonded for million dol
lars and a blanket mortgage covers it.
The line, it is said, is barely making run
ming EXPENSES
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HUNTINGTON Wins.

Austin. Tex, April 1.-THE house of
the Texas legislature has passed finally
the senate bill confirming the action of
the Galveston city council in granting to
c. P. Huntington ten blocks OF wharf
privileges on Galveston bay. There was
a strong fight on this bill, but it passed
by vote of 68 to So.
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schlav Gets ORDERS

Washington, April 14--Rear Admiral
w S. Schley, who was on waiting or
ders, was today assigned to duty as a
member of the naval examining board
in this city.
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Don't forget goth Century Milliners
can save you money on Trimmed Hats
and Sailors at Cross JeWelry store, SIS
Kansas avenue.
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Don't forget goth Century Milliners
can save you money on Trimmed Hats
and Sailors at Cross Jewelry store, SIS
Kansas avenue.
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Seattle, Wash,
S2a.s5. via Santa Fe Route.
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srAMps aEA1.s AND STENCILS.

THE ]. c. DARLING CO., 734 KAN. Az
High Grade Rubber Stamps; PTompt oo woEAs
low price. Catalogue free Pnone "a
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PAVING.

THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri1ed
Brick and Paving Co. has been removes
to 11S West Eighth st.
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LOST AND FOUND.


LOST-A large. fiat door key; please leave
at 915 Monroe and receive reward.
FOCND-Where watches or clocks are
cleaned for SOC. s13 Kansas ave. upstairs.
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MRS. NJ. f. HOLLCRAFT. Florist. Tel
ephone 176. Greenhouse 725 Lincoln st.
MRS. J. r. HAGUE. Florist, successor TO
r. ]. Groves. 81 Kansas ave. Phone COZ
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FOR sALE-REAL EsTATF.

FENSKY'S ADDITION; homes on month";
iy payments: on Crane. Chandler and
Lake SITS. Come quick. 515 n. Kansas ave
THE TOPEKA REALTY co. Can sell
your property. 534 Kansas ave. H
Macferran, Mgr.