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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-25

Rear Admiral Crowninshield Visits tho Big
English Naval Arsenal.

Special Gable Despdch TO The sUN.
LONDON. July 24.-Rear Admiral Crownn-
shield OF the United States Navy. accompanied
by Lieutenant Commander Colwell. the Amer
lean naval attachc. visited Devonport to-day
and was conducted through tho dockyards by
Flag Capt Grenfell and Flag Lieut. Lam BERT
representing Admiral Fairfax.
Admiral Crowninshied made an exhaustive
inspection. even visiting the canteen. where he
tasted the beef ration, Subsequently he was
entertained at Capt. Grenfell's official real
uence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-25
Mould.ae snic,de seem. crnr1.

Mrs Minnie Svcrak OF S53 First avenue was
committed to Bellevue Hospital in the York.
vio Police Court yesterday for examination MS
to her sanity. She was taken to the hospital
from her HON" on July 10 with her throat cut.
At first sh" accused her husband OF trying to
kill her and himself. 1t appeared that she had
cut herself while delirous from drink and
medicines she had taken.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-25
Runaway Girl Found at Coney Island.

Nellie Bennett. IL years old, VINO ran away
from her home in Dcnng. Ulster county Avo
weeks ago, was found last night by her uncle.
Louis +. Bennett. at Con"y Island. where un-
der the name of Mabel Wilson," she was
selling tickets for one OF the Bowery shows
on the unceT complaint she was locked UP ON
the charge OF being wayward person.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-25

"Jane Doe" Badly Cut About the Face
Treated mt Bellevue Hospital.

Trented nj NNIIeyuo NONpItnI.
4 young woman. accompanied hv an older
one who addressed her as madame drove to
Bellevue Hospital ato last might and ask oil for
n surgeon to attend to wounds on h0r face and
head DR.. Palmer took tho case and when the
woman raised her veil he discovered that she
had been cot several times. npparsntly with
the ragged edge OF broken bottle.
After dressing the wounds the surgeon asked
the woman her name and address. She re-
fused to give either
II came to bellevue so tina. | could keep
this thing quiet" she said. IT Is nobody's
business how | was Injured or why or by
whom
Ii was explained 10 her that there must be n
record Of every case ~ the hospital
We'll. nut me down as Jane Doe address
refused. she said
This name was accented by the hospital ON
cas and the two women drove away.
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THE POPE INDISPOSED.
He Has Returned to the Vatican from His
Garden villa.
sp,aol Cub,, D,Ipatcs to THr suS.

StrCidI dO'N Drbphtrt 70 lHE sun.
ROME. July "a The Pope Is suffering from a
slight indispoSition caused by the great heat.
He has returned to the Vatican from his garden
villa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-25

ROCHESTER. July 24.-The officers who went
TO arrest Jack Deubley. saloon keeper. this
morning found his dead body hanging in the
back room. Deubley got into a quarrel with
August Spall. a baker. on Saturday night.
Spall threw Il beer glass at Deubley. and
Dsuhley seized a cHseknife and slashed Spall
across the cheek. making wound the scar OF
which Spall will always carry. Deubley knew
that he was to he arrested and talked about
the disgrace OF it, He went out and got glass
Of beer this morning. and. returning to his
room, hanged himself.
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TURKISH BRIGANDS' RICH HAUL.
Government Rays $4,000 Ransom for n
French Engineer and His Wife.

French Engineer and His Wife.
Special Cdbi, Despatch TO THE Sun.
PARIS July PA French engineer named
Chevclier. and his wife. who were captured
a while ago by Turkish briGands. have been
rnnsomed by the Porte, which paid $4,000
Turkish for their release. When they were
captured a soldier who was accompanying
them tried to defend them and was promptly
shot. Yorgaki the hrGand chief. has now sent
$500 to the soldiers widow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-25

really hrstClass summer resort either at seAshore
mountain, make Its locality known though THE
SUNs advertising columns. SUS readers seek such
plaCUs.-dir.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
THE GOVERNOR ON TRUSTS.

One of the neatest, strongest and
most commendable utterances that has
come from the executive of Kansas was
spoken in Governor Stan1ey's toast be-
fore the Commercial club last evening
when he thrust knife into the trusts.
The talk on these great combinations
which are taking the red blood out of
many industries in Kansas was lifted
above and out of politics. 1t was nom
partisan and courageous. 1t held up
as an object lesson the loss to Lawrence
and Kansas of a great wire and nail
factory; the idle wheels and bat-occu
pied building of the Topeka Starch fac
tory.
IT the governors words result in ac-
tions which remove any handicaps
placed by the trusts upon the mills and
factories of Kansas they will be of
great avail
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
is REALLY A BIG MAN.
Gen. N. NJ. Curtis, Six and Half Feet
Tall, In Topeka.

The man of large stature, six and one
half feet, and great shoulders, the larg-
est person seen in Topeka as a citizen
outside of museum, who was walking
on Kansas avenue just before noon,
was General N. NJ. Curtis of New York
who stopped off for a few moments to
call on Judge A. H. Horton.
General Curtis is the inspector of the
national and state soldiers homes and
he has gone to Dodge City is visit the
Kansas institution. He did not visit
Leavenworth but sent a deputy inspec-
tor to the national home there. Mr..
Curtis goes from Dodge City to Color
ado's home, then to the Pacific coast,
visiting first at Santa Monica.
Il am something of a Kansan," he
said to a Journal reporter. Il own
small farm rear Ottawa and stopped
off there yesterday to look at it, / have
been a Kansan on the basis of a tax
payer for years and I want to say" he
observed with a smile, that L am glad
of it. This is a great state" Then his
features became downcast for a mo-
ment as he added: But, it's too bad
the silver business took the people from
the path of true principle in Kansas.
Well, another good crop will put an end
to it. Good crops and silver argu-
mentS do not thrive well together
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
independence to Have a First
Glass Cotton Mill.
Ten Carloads of Machinery En-
Route From the East.
YARNS AND TWINES
Will Be Manufactured of the
Best Quality.
1t is Believed That the Plant
Will Have to Be Enlarged.

Independence, April ia larger cot
ton mill than was at first contemplated
will be erected in this city.
Ten carloads of machinery, purchased
at Providence, r. l., is enroute. This is
more machinery than 1t was intended to
purchase and means that the plant will
be an important one. At first it was
intended only to manufacture the cotton
yarns for sale, but machinery has been
bought for finishing the yarns into
wrapping twines, for which there is an
unlimited demand in the west, and the
yarns need not be sold east to be made
into tWine and then shipped back again.
From what can be learned of the out
look for business and a ready sale of
products those interested are enthuSi-
aStic over the enterprise and believe
that in a short time it will be found
necessary to add to the size of the
plant.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
BASEBALL A SIDE LINE.
State House Employees Will In duIg
In Athletic Recreation.

The state officers and state house
state superintendent Thursday evening
for the purpose of organizing a baseball
team which will be maintained during
the summer. Frank Grimes, state treas
erer, is at the head of the movement.
being assisted by D. w. Little, assist
ant state superintendent.
The state house team will first tackle
the newspaper baseball team. A nine
composed of the men who work on To-
peka papers and those who are cores
pondentS for Kansas City papers has
defeated the state house employees at
baseball under three administrations,
beginning with Governor Lewelling and
ending with Governor Leedy.
The state house team managers to-
day announced that the newspaper men
could prepare to accept a drubbing, as
they will be the first aggregation to be
challenged.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19

Albany Journal: Whenever it be-
comes necessary to put a child on the
witness stand in a court of law, the
Judge or justice always has an infallible
test to determine whether the young
ster's testimony is admissible. He asks,
do you know what happens to children
who tell lies?" If the youthful witness
replies with promptness, that such chill
dren go to hell or to 'the bad place -
he or she thereby proves his or her
eligibility to the satisfaction of the
court. and is sworn. In this city yes
terday, a boy whose testimony was
needed in a court case replied, to the
stereotyped question. that little boys
who lie were hanged. The reply was
not orthodox in form. but the court ac-
cepted it, probably reasoning that as it
may be reasonably supposed that per-
sons who are hanged go to he'll after
ward-if there is such a place-the boy
had indirectly indicated the orthodox
ultimate destination of prevaricating
youngsters. We have long been waiting.
with interest, for a youthful witness
who would candidly confess that he
knew no more about what becomes of
children who lie than the Judge on the
bench, but would state that he had
been taught simply that it is wrong to
iie and that he must always tell the
truth. We are curious to learn what a
court would do with such a youngster.
Possibly the court would fall dead.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
PLEA FOR STATEHOOD
Is Presented to the President by
Porto Ricans.

Washington, April 19.-Julio Henna
and M. Zeno Gaudia today presented to
the president a memorial drawn up by
them as commissioners of the people
of Porto Rico, asking that exclusive
military control over the islands be
withdrawn and the matters relating to
the various branches of the civil gov
ernment be turned over to the control
of the departments in Washington hav-
ing jurisdiction over similar matters in
the United States; that the troops in
the island be reduced to the number
necessary to garrison the forts and mil
itary posts; that the people of the island
be granted all the privileges and i'm
munities of citizens of the United
States; that the people of the island be
granted a territorial form of govern
ment temporarily; that a census be
taken, so that congress can intelligently
decide upon the permanent government
of the island. whether Porto Rico is to
be organized as a territory, admitted
as a state, or disposed of in any other
way" and lastly, "in compliance with
the provisions of the United States con-
stitution, trade between the United
States and Porto Rico shall be abso-
lutte"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
MRS. COCHRANE DEAD.
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. W.
Philips Dies at Stormont Hospital

Mrs. John Cochrane,, who was formerly
Miss Belle Phillips daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Phillips, who reside on Jack
son street between Tenth and Eleventh,
died at the StormOnt hospital this after
noon at l 80 O'Clock.
Mrs. Cochrane was operated upon Mon
day morning for appendicitis. The phySi-
clans anticipated that the operation would
occupy half an hour, but the disease had
made such unusual progress that the pa
tfent was on the operating table over two
hours.
The deceased was a widow, her husband,
who was prominent Colorado lawyer and
a one time United States attorney for
one of the Colorado districts, having died
some years ago, since which time she has
lived with her parents in Topeka. No ar
neral.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
ALMOST DIED.
Marshal Sterne Has Trouble In Get
ting a Prisoner to Yuma

Don F. Willis, who is Office deputy
for United States Marshal Sterne, re-
ceived a letter today from Mr.. Sterne,
who left last week to take a feeeral
prisoner from LeaVenworth to the fed
eral prison at Yuma, Arizona The
prisoner was very ill with consumption,
and it was in the hope of keeping him
alive that he was transferred from
LeaVenworth to Yuma.
Mr.. Sterne writes that the man nearly
died on his hands in going over the
mountains. nd it was only by the Wig
orous use of stimulants that he was
kept alive. The man did not know when
the high attitudes were reached ana
he complained because the tailor had
made his clothes so tight around the
chest that it suffocated him.
When they arrived at Yuma the war
den of the prison refused to accept the
prisoner because he was too i'll. but Mr..
Sterne told him that unless he did so
he would wire the attorney general to
see President Mckinley and have the
warden relieved at once, which put an
other light on the matter from the war
den's point of view, and he concluded
to take care of the sick man after all.
Mr.. Sterne went on from Yuma to
San Diego, Gala, where he will visit
relatives before returning to Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
WINFIELD ASYLUM.
At Present There Are 143 Inmates
Pitchers Methods Shown.

Winfield, April 19.-The site of the
Winfield asylum consists of 160 acres of
land some two miles from the city.
| The site is a rocky bluff-there is a lit
tie fertile land on the lower slopes, but
the rocky summit on which the build
ings are located is as infertile, as a part
of Bill Nye's Georgia farm. He said it
was so poor he couldn't raise a disturb
ance on it.
In additional to the original site there
is 100 acres of fertile bottom land, which
as properly the farm of the institution.
There are at present 143 pupils. They
attend school; there are three grades
with three teachers. kindergarten.
second grade and high SchoOl-some of
them can be taught little; more of
them are hopeless imbecileS. There are
at present Is that are entirely helpless.
They are kept in a room by themselves.
Their ages range from to 27-have to
be fed with spoon and cared for as in
fantS.
These helpless children of all grades
from the hopeless imbecile to the high
er. but clouded intellects, are entitled
to best care the state can give them,
and it is the purpose of the board to
accord them such treatment and atten-
tion as humanity dictates and their pc
culiar condition demands.
The new building is nearly ready to
be occupied, when the number of pupils
will be doubled, and yet scarcely one
half the feeble-minded of the state will
be provided for.
Candidates for admission must be un-
der 16 years of age, and are supposed
to be returned to their respective coun-
ties when of age.
The accounts for the month of March
are as follows:
Care and maintenance. 81 ,O07 "A
Salaries and wages. 724.24
1Otdl :. - ...''. 81 81 80
A good beginning in decorating the
barren bluff, upon which the buildings
stand, with cedar and other trees has
been begun, and will be continued. Good
cherry and peach orchards will be
planted this spring upon ground that
can be irrigated by the sewerage, and
good results are anticipated. Upon the
same ground will be planted a few
thousand strawberry plants. 1t is con-
templated to furnish each institution
with plenty of home grown fruit.
The peculiar surgery practiced by DR..
Pitcher, the superintendent, has been a
and unfavorable by the public press.
DR.. Pitcher himself is a very enthusiasts
tic advocate of his practice-says he
thinks he is laying up large credit in
the future world for the good he is do
ing in this. He has made so eunuchs
this year, and since the completion of
the hospital has unSexed eight women.
He claims that good recoVeries have
been made in all cases. That patients
are personally much better off in every
way, and that all danger of future ac-
cidents is precluded. Whether the prac-
tice will be continued by the incoming
superintendent is not yet determined.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

1From the Chicago News.l
"A bad penny, like retrousse nose, al
ways turns up.
If brevity is the sole of wit, levity
must be the upper.
The high moral ground occupied by
the hypocrite is a bluff.
Economy may be wealth, but st is not
a satisfactory inheritance.
A man is up today and down tomor-
rowland good many succeeding days.
Conscience makes towards of US all,
but it can't make honest men of US all.
Drowning men often clutch at straws
when engaged in drowning their trou-
bles.
Sometimes a woman crushes a man
with a look, and sometimes she only
mashes him.
The man who succeeds In conquering
his bad habits is indeed a conQuering
hero.
for the best. If this be true the next
best haven't the ghost of a show.
Even if a woman does insist on hav-
ing her own way in everything she
changes her mind so often that 1T
breaks the monotony.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
PRESIDENT HILLS WORK.

According to the Seattle Post Intel
lgencer the recent effort of the rail-
roads to bring home-seekers from the
east to that state have already attained
a high degree of success. The move
ment was started by President Hill of
the Great Northern, but the other lines
terminating at Puget Sound ports soon
followed his lead. As the Post-Intel-
aigencer says:
THE competing roads did not like it.
but they were forced in Seif-preserVa-
tion to meet the cut and advertise for
home-seekerS, too. This far-sighted rail-
road man, not content with bi-weekly
colOniSt excursions, soon announced an
other innovation, and made his daily
trains carry westward bound folks at
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
MEDICAL BIG GUNS.
Three Societies to Meet In Topeka
Soon.

The largest meeting of medical men
in the history of the state will be held
in Topeka two weeks from tonight. 1t
will be the second joint meeting of the
three medical societies of Kansas, and
while a similar meeting was held a year
ago. it was in a sense an experiment
and the attendance was small. 1t has
been proven, however, that the regu-
lars, the homeopathists and the eclectics
can ming1e together with entertainment
and profit, and the attendance of the
members of each school is expected to
be very large.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to arrange Tor the joint meet
ing this year has completed its work
and announced the programme. The
address of welcome will be delivered by
Governor Stanley; it will be seconded
by Dr. ]. e. Minney. and the response
will be by DR.. c. F. Menninger. Several
papers will follow the addresses. DR..
F. B. Packer of Usage City will act as
chairman of the joint meeting, and DR..
A NJ. Hutchinson of Hutchinson, sec
retary.
Following the joint meeting, the
night of May g. the three societies will
hold separate meetings that week.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
COMING TO SUPREME COURT
Controversy In Leavenworth Council
Will Cause Litigation.

There is a contest over a seat in the
Leavenworth city council which will
proba bly, reach the supreme court today
upon application for a judgment of
custer against w. w. KierStead made
by ]. j. Carney.
The council was to hear the contest
but Mayor Nicely declined to put a mo-
tion to adopt a set of rules which would
have practically won the case for the
contestor. This precipitated a quarrel
which ended in an adjournment of the
council for ten days and il is now re-
ported that the case will be brought
into the supreme court. This contest
is a controversy between the Anthony
and Nicely factions in local politics.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19

a trade journal, printed in the east,
devoted to the tobacco trade, makes the
statement that within two years the
consumption of cigarettes has declined
one-fourth For six years preceding
1896 the production of cigarettes stead
aly increased. At this time of max
imum production the output aggregated
4,1S0, ,000, 900, while the output for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1898. was
about 100000. 600 less, Notwithstanding
that there had been a large increase in
the foreign demand with larger exports
than ever before in the history of the
trade
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mr.. F. c. Lamb. residing at 7o5 Clay
street. died last night of spinal meningitis.
The funeral will be in charge of the G..
A r.
The funeral of David J. Thomas will
take place tomorrow morning at TO O'Clock
from the Third Presbyterian church. Rev.
A j. Coe officiating. The body arrived
Temple, Tex. Mr.. Thomas was a member
of the A. F. and A. NJ and A. o. L. w.
lodges. He leaves a wife and two chill
dren
Carl Ortman, the 10-months-old son of
G. w. Ortman died this forenoon. The
funeral will be held from the family resi-
dence, 212 West Fourth street, at D. IN.
Thursday
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
BATTEY GOES TO WORK.
Mr.. Church's Examiner Has Gone tc
Indianapolis.

Senator R. T. Battey of Florence left
today for Indianapolis to examine the
condition of the Indiana State Life In
surance company. Mr.. Battey is ap-
pointed as an examiner for the Kansas
insurance department. Webb McNalls s
examiners were designated as road
agents. Sometimes we will not have
under our administration" declared
Governor Stanley.
The Indiana State Life was examined
twice by representatives of Superinten-
dent McNall, once last August and once
in December, and now comes the third
examination in nine months.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers of real estate
have been filed for record:
w. H. Light and wife to Mary R. Lee
81, 100. lot 81 and north half lot 519 Lane
street, Williams Dillon's addition.
G. Stevens $225, lots 800 and 81 Sixth ave-
nue. west. Martin Place addition.
Louisa Crauel to r. NJ. Curtis, $50, lot
13o Polk street.
Katherine Roolheiser and husband to
Sallie A. Osborn, S725, lots 241, 243 and PAS
LAWRENCE street. Parkdale addition.
VIM. Crawford and wife to j. NJ. Frank
s., 2S9, lots 165 and 167 Sixth avenue west
Hugh A. Hodgins and wife to r. F.
addition.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19

When a beef extract establishment
was started in Argentina and an at
tempt was made to feed hogs with the
beef from which the extract was made,
which was the same kind of beef as
that canned for American soldiers in
the war with Spain, the hogs ate the
beef and starved. So testified Prof. ].
w. MaIlet. professor of chemistry at the
University of Virginia, before the beef
Inquiry board. No wonder the Span
tards called the Americans pigs.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
MISS KING MISSING.
Pratt County Man Said to Have Alb
Quoted a Young Woman
Against Her Will

Pratt, April 19.-News of an abduc-
tion or kidnapping case has just been
received from the northwest part of the
county. A young man named Moody
kearns was paying attention to
young lady, Miss Carrie King, who did
not receive his attentions favorably.
He asked her company to church and
she refused.
She went to spend the evening with a
friend, and it is said that young Kearns
drove up and called her out of the
house, and that neither of them have
been seen since,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19

a still less fare, until now the reduc-
tion to $25 from st. Paul to Seattle Is
practically permanent"
President Hill is a far seeing man.
He is making money for his road in
two ways. He not only increases the
present traffic but helps to settle up a
country which is certain, in the future,
to furnish an immense amount of busi-
ness for the northern transcontinental
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
KNOCKING AT THE DOOR.

Washington, April 19.-Dr. Y. Y. Hen
ma and DR.. Il. NJ. Zena Gaudia two
Porto Ricans, were at the White House
today and arranged for an interview
with the president. They bear resolu-
tions adopted by convention of the
people of Porto Rico asking for an au-
tonomOuS government with view to ul-
innate admission into the union as a
state. They desire military control to
cease as soon as possible.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-04-19
SHOT By HER BROTHER
Reno County Young Woman Acct
dentally Killed by a Gun Shot

Hutchinson, April 19.-Miss Mamie
Hall, the daughter of a well to do
farmer in Harvey township. was acci-
dentally shot Monday by her 7-year-old
brother, Truman Hall. The young lady
was about 20 years old. She was work
ing in the kitchen, getting supper, and
her little brother was in the room play
ing with and examining an old shotgun.
By some means the gun was discharged
and the contents entered the young
lady's head, passing through the brain
and instantly killing her.
The funeral was held yesterday.