davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
NO PROTECTION.
Seems That There is Need of
Insurance Laws.
Superintendent Church Says He
is POWerlesS.
MANY ARE DEFRAUDED
Wild Cat Companies Ply Their
Trade UnmOlested.
Kansas People Should Find Who
is to Blame.

superintendent Church of the insur-
ance department continues to receive
complaints from persons who have
been defrauded by insurance organiza-
tions which are doing business in the
state without license from the insur-
ance department; also without hope of
redeeming their obligations to pat
rons.
Some weeks ago Mr.. Church got af-
ter some of these irresponsible organi-
cations but it seems that some are still
in existence which he has not been able
to reach The law is lame in these
matters and the legislature neglected to
pass a law to protect the people.
Rigid laws for the regulation of these
unsound institutions have been pro-
posed for many years but the men who
come to Topeka to make the laws for
the state spend their time wrestling
with tOwnSite vacations and scores of
other unimportant affairs when the
money of the people is being carried
away by the insurance society which is
minus both financial standing and hon
or.
The latest complaint which has come
to the insurance department is from
Dodge City and it is pathetic story.
Mrs. Carrie cambridge is the COM
plainant and she appeals to the super
intendent for help in the collection of a
policy for $4,000 left by her husband,
who was killed four months ago.
The company is the Traders and
Travellers Accident Insurance company
of New York Mr.. cambridge took
out the policy while in Colorado. The
widow writes to the department as fol-
lows:
My husband was killed four months
ago I hold a policy for $4,000 in the
Traders and Travellers Accident In
surance company of $3.50 Nassau
street, New York. I have fulfilled ev-
cry part of the pohcy's requirements
but the company does not pay me. They
have not exactly refused to pay me but
they say 1 must sue in 80 days or lose
my rights. An attempted settlement
was delayed until the expiration of the
80 days and now I can get nothing.
THE policy was taken out in Color
ado but my husband who lived here
kept up his payment of premium or
dues. [ have written to the superln-
tendent of insurance of Colorado but he
will do nothing for me. hope you will
be able to do something"
The unfortunate part of this affair is
that Mr.. Church can do nothing but tell
the woman that the company has no Ii
cense to do business in Kansas and
that under the circumstances there is
no steps which he can take to aid her
in the collection of the money due.
This is by no means an isolated case.
There are dozens of them in this state
but still the people. in their mad haste
to secure cheap insurance, identify
themselves with anything which pre-
sents itself and the result is the same
as in the case of Mrs cambridge. The
money is paid out but returns do not
come on the insurance policy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
TO OWN ITS LIGHTS.
Denver Makes Its First Venture in
Municipal Ownership.

Denver. June 2.-Mayor Johnson and AL
derman Petrie. chairman of the commit
tee on electric light and gas, held con-
ference yesterday on the plans bY Whlch
the city shall own it's own light plant
The mayor has been in correspondence
with eastern firms who deal in electrical
apparatus
A the request of the mayor, City Elec-
trician Sayer has been figuring on the
probable cost of the new plant 1t is
roughly estimated that the plant VIII cost
about 1859, 600. The figures of the eastern
firm are somewhat lower than this, but
it is certain that the cost will be in the
neighborhood of $l60OO0; On this basis
Alderman Petrie says that the city will
be the absolute owner of the plant at the
end of four years.
1t is not the purpose of the mayor or
to secure funds to construct the plant:
The mayor and the light committee of
the aldermen. it is believed have evolved
a feasible plan to raise the money
This plan contemplates the handing over
of 100000 next January to the company
building the plant. The annual cost to
To this will be added 5000, making a
total of $100, 600. Instead of making the
regular annual appropriation for light, the
money Will be given to the construction
company as a first payment for building
the plant. The balance of the money will
be found in some way that viii not hurt
any of the appropriations in the general
1t is calculated that the plant can be
built in six months, so that it VIII be in
working order next January when the an
The necessary legislation prior to letting
the contract for the work will be rushed
through when once it finds its way into
the council. The experts at the city hall,
who have been looking into the matter,
say the city will save $4,000 a year
through the ownership of its own light
years this will be a clear annual gain to
the municipality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
IN THE MAIL BOX.
a Carrier Finds Cat and Dog-Mail
Covered With Blood.

New York, June George Weller, a
letter carrier, opened the newspaper and
package mail box at both street and Fifth
avenue yesterday afternoon and got a
scare when a Maltese cat jumped out and
scampered away. It followed by a
small black and tan dog.
on the corner opposite the mail box
stood a half dozen men who looked as
though they We're expecting something to
happen. They laughed and jeered when
the animals jumped out of the box and
shouted rough jests at the carrier.
The cat sprang over his shoulder as soon
the box was opened. AS Weller turned
to look after it the dog appeared and ran
down the street The wagon driver fol-
lowed the black and tan and caught him.
The dogs throat was lacerated and bleed
ing, showing that the two unfortunate
imals, squeezed into the box together
through the narrow slit, had been fighting
with each other.
Half the mail matter in the box was
so covered with blood that the addresses
could not be deciphered. The cruelty of
the whole proceeding can be imagine led
readily by anyone who has seen the big
red mail boxes that stand on the corners
marked: For newspapers and package
only Don't drop letters here
The crime is a serious one. as covered
by the United States statutes. relative to
tampering with the mail or DESTROYING it.
The laws covering cruelty to animals
cover the case also. 1t is believed the
two animals were put in the mail box by
the same person who a year ago threw
a. cat into the same box. 1t was found
dead when the carrier came to collect the
packages. It had been smothered to
death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

Santa Fe was a near relative. Presi-
dent Ripley was just as ignorant in ref
erence to the California official Their
first meeting was as strangers and not
as cousins.
The business which brought the two
men together was taken UP and dis
cussed and finally settled. Then, with
a view of finding out something about
the man he was dealing with, President
Ripley remarked:
4 don't think I ever ran across you
before, Mr.. PaysOn- How long have
you been in railroad work?'
Mr.. Payson commenced to recount
his railroad history. He told of his
another. Getting back to his early ex-
periences in railroad work he happened
to mention where he was born.
What place did you say?" asked the
Santa Fe executive at once.
The Bakersfield official repeated the
name of his birthplace.
And what was your fathers name?"
next questioned President Ripley.
Mr.. Payson told him.
why, you're a cousin of mine" ex-
claimed Mr.. Ripley. You're father was
my mothers brother"
The two officials lost no time in get
ting into family history. In a few mo-
ments it was settled beyond doubt that
announced. The two families had lost
track of each other, and the Santa Fe
president was unaware that member
of his family had, like himself, risen to
prominence in railroad affairs
Mr.. RipIeys name is Edward Payson
Ripley, he having taken his mothers
name.
AS a result of the discovery of rela-
tionship, it altogether likely that Mr.
Payson> can remain at the head of the
Santa Fe line into San Francisco as
long at least, as President Ripley di-
reefs the policy Of the system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
RAILROAD NEWS.
Vice President PaysOn, of the
Bakersfield Line,
Accidentally Discovers He Is
First Cousin
OF PRESIDENT RIPLEY.
The knowledge of the Relation
ship Existing
Came About in a Queer Way
OFPRESIDENT RIPLEY.
Came About in a Queer Way
Mr.. PaysOn Pleased.

Whatever arrangement is made for
the future management of the Bakers
field line into San Francisco after it is
formally taken possession of by the
Santa Fe, it is probable that Mr.. G.. P.
Payson, the present vice president and
general manager, will remain at the
head of the road. Aside from the fact
that Mr.. Payson is a competent oper-
ating man, this is only reasonable from
the fact that he is a cousin of President
z. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe.
The knowledge of the relationship ex-
listing between the two officials is only
of recent date and was brought about
in rather a peculiar way. Up to the
time that General Manager Payson
went east to discuss the transfer of the
road with President Ripley he was ig-
norant of the fact that the head of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
SNAP SHOTS ATHOME NEWS

The police have received their new
uniforms.
The Topeka lot owner is now having
a battle with weeds.
John Macdonald heard Godfrey's
band in Kansas City.
Mr. w. H. Cabbell has gone to Kan
sas City to visit his brother.
The cherry crop is small, probably as
the result of the hard winter.
Mr.. E. L. Martling, manager of the
Crawford theater in Wichita, is in the
city.
Home grown Strawberries were new
er more plentiful or finer than they are
this year.
Hudson Lewis, formerly an employe
of the Santa Fe in this city, is visiting
relatives here.
Conductor Staples. who had his regis
ter stolen a few days ago, has been I'M
able to find it,
Ed Kellam is at Valardena, Old Mex
leo, with the Valardena Mining and
Smelling company.
This has been a hard season on roses.
Slugs are destroying the leaves and
there are few blossoms.
The degree team of A. o. U. w. lodge
pa will go to Burlingame Monday night
to initiate candidates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Cowan, formerly
of Topeka but now of Goldfeld, Col,
are the parents of a daughter.
The state board of health will meet
on June H. Inc GATE OF the meeting
has been postponed two weeks.
Judge McCabe of the city court
claims the coolest court room in town
1t is in the basement of the court house.
A Topeka man says: Il wonder how
much of the $4,000 Parsons raised to
secure the new insane asylum is left?"
Rev T. Martin of Topeka lectures to-
night at Galena under the auspices of
the A o. u. w. His subject is The
Big Three"
Mr.. Paul Battey has returned to To-
peka after completing a course in the
engineering department of the state
university.
Mr. John Macdonald will deliver the
annual address before the literary
cieties of Washburn college at the col
lege chapel tonight.
Yes, thank you, never overlook an
opportunity to get drink of the de-
iciods soda water served at the Sim
Drug Co. fountain.
Now that straw berries have become
cheap they are not so attractive as
they were a few weeks ago when they
were two boxes for a quarter.
The graduating exercises of the
nurses of Christ hospital will be held
in Grace cathedral tonight An Informal
reception will be held afterward.
Mr. Edward Smith has commenced
work as assistant city engineer. He has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
been unable to take up the work before
this time time because of sickness.

been unable to take up the work before
this time time because of sickness.
Mr.. A. E. Smith, an employe eff the
Santa Fe paint shop in this city. has
gone to Argentine to take temporary
charge of the company paint shop there.
Now that the new asylum has been
located the western members of the
legislature who voted for the appro-
priation will proceed to kick them
selves.
Chief Dispatcher McMurtrie of the
eastern division of the Santa Fe is away
on a vacation. Frank Patterson is act
ing as chief dispatcher during his alb
sence.
Burns Williams. son of Mr.. A. L.
Williams of this city, won second
place in the tennis tournament at the
Wentworth Military academy in Lex
ington, Mo.
School teachers who have been teach
ing in the country are looking for some
thing to do during the summer now. A
year ago many of them Joined the army
and went to war.
Nobody works a. hard in a parade as
the members of the drum corps. Just
look at the drum corps the next time
you see a parade, and watch how the
drummers perspire.
The hand bills advertising the ball
game at Scranton on Decoration Day
between the T. A. A. and Scranton
teams laid great stress on the fact that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
THOUGHT no BE A TRICK.
No Reliance Placed in Alleged Mes
SAGE From the Pelican.

Tacoma, Wash, June 2.-The officers
of the Northern Pacific steamship com
pany doubt the authenticity of the sup
posed message from the lost steamship
Pelican. found in a bottle by Capt
Tunnel of the schooner Hermann on
the shore of Portage Bay. 1t is believed
by officers of the company and other
sea faring men that the message is a
hoax cast adrift by some vessel passing
the Aleutian islands after the disap-
pearance of the Pelican. The latitude
named is ], 400 miles from Portage bay
and the currents would carry such a
bottle southeasterly instead of north
easterly. 1t is doubted that the Pelican
sank at all as she was loaded with p
900, 900 feet of lumber. 1t is believed
that she went ashore probably on the
Aleutian islands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
FILIPINOS LET IN.
But Must Furnish a Bond to Return
to Their Homes

Washington, June At has been de-
cided to allow the company of Filipinos
now detained at San Francisco to enter
the country for the purpose of giving
exhibitions. They will be required,
however, to furnish a bond that they
will return to their homes after the ex-
piratiOn of their enga cement This
because of the fact that these Fflipinos
came to this country under contract to
give exhibitions. 1t will be held, how
ever, that they are not contract labor
-ers within the meaning of the contract
labor law and hence may be admitted
under the conditions which the secre-
tary will impose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
GOT HIS CLAW HAMMER.
Governor Stanley Has Dress Suit
Brought Him at the Train.

Governor Stanley went to Wichita
Monday evening and was there until
Thursday when he left for Atchison to
attend the reception to Lieutenant
Rowan.
The governor telegraphed to Luther
Burns, his executive clerk, to meet him
at the train and bring with him the
governors claw hammer coat. The
governor came in on the Santa Fe at
O'Clock, received his dress suit and left
in five minutes for Atchison. Thus no
time was lost and the engagement was
filled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
BOARD ON A TOUR.
Monthly Visits to State Institutions
Begin.

The members of the state board of
charities started out Thursday after
noon on the monthly tour of the state
institutions. The board visits all of the
institutions, returning to Topeka after
the middle of the month to close up the
business for the period and visit the
asylum and reform school
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
Engineers out at Emporia.

Emporia. June Z-The expected cut
of the locomotive force at Emporia has
started. Five extra engineers are at
fected by it and their names are as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02


and sore that it gave me
constant pain 1t finally
broEe into a runnluE
sore ana began to spread
and grew worse. For
the CAST SEe or six years
4 hEFe suffered untold
agony Snd had given up
all hnsse of ever being
free from the disease,
rs / have been treated
ny aome OF the best
phySsc1ans and have
taken many blood medi-
zines. al in vain With
1itsIe faith LEFT I began
20 take S. s. S., and it
Apparently N . de tn e
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
Raw as Beef
FrOmECzerna.

Eczema is more than skin-deep. The
disease itself, the real cause of the
trouble, is in the blood, although all
suffering is produced through the skin !;
the only way to reach the disease,
therefore, is through the blood.
Mr.. Phil 7. Jones, of Mixersville,
Ind, writes:
II had Eczema thirty years. and after a
great deal of treatment my leg was SO raw and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
"AI Mauck will pitch for Topeka" Ht
did. Scranton won to 0.

Chiggers are getting ripe. When yoU.
see a person stop on the street and execute
a series of gymnastics without any ap-
parent cause, you may set it down that
the person has been out into the cOun-
try and that there is a chigger making
trouble.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

R 81. h8sis
Batteries : Baltimore. McGinnity and
Robinson; st. Louis, Cuppy and o Con
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

knew that this was the way the remedy got nd
of the poisOA- Continuing s. s. s., the sore
healed up entirely, the skin became clear and
smooth, and was cured PERFECTLY
Swift's Specific is superior to other
blood remedies because it cures dis
eases which they can not reach. 1t goes
to the bottom-to the cause of the dis
ease, and will cure the worst case of
Eczema, ne matter what other treat
ment has failed. 1t is the only blood
remedy guaranteed to be purely vege-
table
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

follows: c. w Mcclure. Clay Hay
man, Tom Lewis, James Galletly and
Robert Rollo. Until business picks up
there will be little to do at this place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
The Star Grocery
j. S. sPROAT, Prop,
Telephone 252. 112 East Sixth Street.


QATURDAY is always big Order Day at this Store
y We have arranged prices below with the
especial idea in view of making a small amount of
money go long way. You can take this list and com
pare it with the regular dealers prices and find
you from one-fourth to one-thrd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
WESTERN LEAGUE.
AT DETROIT.

AT DETROIT.
Score by innings:
Detroit .............0 0 IL 1 0 o. 9 /
St. Paul .............2 0 D 0 L ) II 2
Batteries-Thompson and Buelow; Fish
er and Spies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

AT COLUMBUS.
Co1umbus-Kansas City game postponed
rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
ALGER'S SENATORSHIP.
His Friends Expect the Administra-
ton to Help.

in western Michigan who expect that
President Mckinley will keep the admin
istration and Senator Burrows from help
ing Mr. Mcmillan in the senatorial fight.
The president, they claim, is known to
have still as high a personal regard for
of the embalmed beef, cry, in the presi-
the cabinet. The two could, therefore.
arrange for Alger to resign early next
year to devote al his time to the sena-
torial matter. and the president could
show gratefulness for the political relief
by rendering the federal force and Sem
ator Burrows at least neutral between Nc
MILAN and Alger.
TIA, ia, razor-edge collars. We put
on smooth edge. Peerless Steam Laun-
drxr Mast 9Th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

Tbs pure Mocha and Java Coffee. 80
11A fb-can Merique Coffee. 40
BIB can Merique Coffee. ...-....-... 80
II bars Fairbanks Clairette Soap. 20
10 bars Silk Soap 70
II bars White Spanish Soap-...-... 20
Is bars Fairbanks Dandy Soap 20
10 bars White Russian Soap..-.... -25
cakes Gran Pas Tar Soap........ %
cakes Ivory Soap. 20
20 Tbs Sal Soda. Observation-Disclosures. 20
TBS Gloss Starch. .........-..-..-.. %
3-1b box Washing Starch. .......... Is
Quart bottle Blueing. 10
Bottle German Washing Fluid. Is
bottles Household Ammonia ...... .25
8 cans Lewis Observation-Disclosures. .25
4 cans Big Bonanza Lye............ %
Alb pkg Fairbanks Gold Dust. Is
1 gallon Honey Drip Table Syrup. 20
gallon Country Sorghum ..-...--.. 80
l gallon New Orleans MolasSeS. $50. 40
cans 3-fb Table Syrup. 20
l can 3-fb Sorghum. .............. -12
l gallon can fancy Table Syrup. 80
l gallon can fancy Sorghum. 40
Large wood pail Table Syrup. .-... AS
lib pail Jelly ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 80
California Dried Peaches. per h.. .05
Cal. Raisin Cured Prunes, per b.. .05
Cal. Evaporated Apricots, lbs. .25
Cal. Raisins, per 10. ............... .O5
Cal Pitted Cherries, per 10. Is
g Tbs Country Dried Apples....... .25
8 LIB pkgs Cleaned Currants. $3.50. .25
LIB pIgs Seeded Raisins ...... .25
Large Silver Prunes, per fb..... .05
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

Milwaukee ..........O o 0 OIL 1 -
Batteries-Amole and Diggins; Friend
Hart and Spear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Score by innings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

AT PHILADELPHIA.
Score by innings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02

AT BUFFALO.
Score by innings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
AT WASHINGTON.

AT WASHINGTON.
Score by innings:
Washington 100 OOOs1 90 a
Pittsburg ..........0 Q 10 l 0 o Oil IA 3
MISUNDERSTANDING ton, Baker, Herring,
Mercer, Mcclure and Butler; Pittsburg,
Gardner, Lever and BoWerman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

AT BALTIMORE.
Score by innings:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-02
AT BOSTON,

AT BOSTON.
Score by innings:
Boston ..............0 8 0 4 0 0-12 Is 0
Cleveland ....-...-..1 5000 = &c
Batteries-Boston, Willis and Clark;
Cleveland, SudhOf and Sugden.
AT BROOKLYN.
Score by innings:
BROOKLYN 22ooO-S il 4
Louisville ...........1 2 , 0 0 o. "A D
notwithstanding, Maui, Dunn and
Farrell; Louisville, Phillips and hlttredge-
AT NEW YORK.
Score by innings:
New York ........1oooo 2OOoE$ il i
Cincinnati ..........3 1 0 c.
Batteries-New York. Colclough and
Grady; Cincinnati. Phillips and PeitZ.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-11-04
REBELS REPULSEOI
FILIPINOs DRIVEN FROM STRONG
ENTRENCHMENTS.
Young's Column Has . Brisk
Fight in Which Two Americans
Are killed and One WOunded-A
Wealthy Visayan Who Has Taken
the Oath Of Allegiance to the
United States IL Accused of Or
ganixing a Revolutionary Junts
and Has Been Arrested.

Manila, Oct. 29.-Gen. Young's col.
umn, which left San Isidro yesterday
morning at daybreak, moving north
ward in the direction of Santa Rosa,
encountered the enemy strongly in
trenched just beyond the Tuboatin
river. A brisk fight ensued and the
rebels were repulsed. Two Americans
We're killed and n injured. Pursuit
was impossible on account of the
width and depth Of the stream.
NJ. Ruperto Santiago, n of the
wealthiest Visayans, who has taken
the oath Of allegiance to the United
States. and who posed as n friend of
Americans, has been arrested ut Ilollo,
while other Visayans are being
watched. The prisoner is charged
with organizing q revolutionary junta.
Santiago owns sugar estates through
out the island Of Negroes. 1t is assert
ed that a council of ten and the man
ager Of the junta met daily at Santi-
ago's office for the purpose of eng1-
neering an extensive scheme of collec.
lions for an instruction. One of
Santiago's steamers was captured car
rying supplies to the rebels. His ar
rest caused rumOrs Of an outbreak OF
the natives of Iloilo and precautions
have been taken to prevent trouble,
A battalion of the Eighteenth regiment
and the marines Of the gunboat Con
cord form an expedition at Conception
Northern Panay. which is searching
for the Concord's coXswain, who was
lured ashore by a white flag and who
is supposed to be a prisoner. They
found the place deserted and burned
every house as a punishment.