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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
Where the Venom Comes From.

FROM the IOleQO bee.
There was one feature of the Chicago
mayoralty contest that may not have
come to public notice and that deserves
some attention. 1t was the apparent
effort of the New York Sun through its
news and editorial columns to defeat
the candidate who was elected on Tues
day by a plurality of forty thousand
more.
Through its Chicago correspondent
the Sun endeavored to make it appear
that Carter Harrison was in league with
all the vicious elements of Chicago and
that the city had never been more dis
orderly than it was during the Harrison
administration.
We have no means of knowing how
true how false these reports We're,
but we do know that they were written
by George w. Human, formerly one
of the editors of the Sun, and that Hin
man is now editor in chief of the Chi
cagO Inter Ocean, the personal organ OF
Charles T. Yerkes.
That Yerkes, with his well-known an
tipathy for Carter H. Harrison, inspired
the Suns news articles there is little
reason to doubt.
On these prejudiced reports the Sun
based a series of most ill-tempered edi-
torials, one of which, in the issue of
April 4, seems to go beyond the bounds
of reason. 1t begins by flashing the Chi
caso dailies-excepting of course the
Yerkes organ-for supporting Harrison,
and concludes with this remarkable
statement:
If this astounding scoundrel is re-
elected. strangers will shun Chicago as
if it were Lahaina and only lepers dwelt
there For human life there will be no
safety, and as to property, insecure as
it is now, its fate will be infinitely
worse. No like ruin to a civic and mu-
nicipal edifice was ever wrought; no
social crime of a like depravity was
ever wrought. And that which is the
most appalling thing is that all this has
been wrought by Chicago'S newspapers
and that, too, for motives unsurpassa-
bly, vile and depraved. 1t is to their
everlasting disgrace. Let US hope that
Chicago may be spared this humiliating
and destructive calamityt'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
POSTPONED.
Telegraph Injunction Case Goes
Over Until May Is.

The hearing for a temporary injunc-
ton in the proceedings brought by the
Western Union Telegraph company
against L. Blackman, Armstrong &
KassebaUm, f. D. McKeever, w. S.
Wright to kill the suits against the
company brought under the new tele-
graph rate law. has been postponed I'M
til Monday, May Is. Judge Hazen gave
both sides warning that he would then
push the hearing.
The case was set for this hearing this
morning but did not come up until this
afternoon. Both sides wanted a con-
tinuance. Col. w. H. Rossington ap-
peared for the telegraph company, and
E D. McKeever, w. S. McClintock and
Judge S. H. Allen appeared for the de-
PENDANTS.
The telegraph company wanted time
in which to gather evidence to prove
that they are operating their Kansas
offices at loss, and the defendants
want to collect rebuttal evidence. Judge
HaZen gave notice that he did not in
tend to have the case drag along very
long. He said he wanted the entire case
completed before the jury came back
June l.
I don't want it said that this court
delayed this case" said the judge, land
1 shall insist on it's being pushed
hearing of the temporary injunction
three weeks from today. That will
give the defense sufficient time to file
and argue demurrer if it wishes to do
So
The telegraph company was required
to give bond of $500 as a protection
against any damages that might arise
from the injunction suit.
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Continued from First Page)
Montgomery. sergeant, K, Third artiI-
lery.
April 23-Jacob Boyd, sergeant. K.
Fourth infantry, variola; 6, Samuel ].
February, private, I, Eighteenth infan-
try; 81, Thomas Gauble, private, D.
Third infantry, diarrhoea; 6, Joseph
Gompman, private, C, Eighteenth in
fantry, malarial fever; 5,B. Q. Chandler,
private, c, Second Oregon, erySipelas;
20, Charles NJ. Parsons, private, M,
First Washington, tuberculosis; 20, Jay
E. Taylor, private, E, Second Oregon,
peritonitis; 81, Michael Ryan, sergeant,
A, Fourteenth infantry.
ADVANCE ON CALUMPIT.
Manila, April 24.-Gen. MacArthur's
division left Malolos today, apparently
intending to besiege Calumpit.
Gen. Hale at 4 o'clock this afternoon
had crossed the Bagbag and had
reached a position a quarter of a mile
from Calumpit, thus commanding the
ford. Prisoners captured by Gen. Hale S
troops say AguinaldO, Gen. Luna and
the Filipino staff are al Calumpit with a
great force of Filipino troops
Before daylight the Fourth cavalry
with three guns belonging to the Utah
battery, the Nebraska regiment and
the Iowa regiment under Hale were
proceeding in the direction of Kuinchua,
where the Bagbag is fordable, but COM
manded by trenches.
During the afternoon the troops
crossed the river.
Gems. Macarthur and Wheaton with
the Montana regiment advanced to the
left of the railroad and the Kansas regi-
ment moved forward to the right, north
of MalOlOs. They had with them a long
supply train with two armed cars in
front carrying two Calling and Colts
rapid-fire guns and the 6-pOunder which
did such execution at the capture of
MalolOs. The insurgents attempted to
destroy the railroad bridge outside of
Calumpit and succeeded in badly warp
ing the iron framework. AS soon the
soldiers left the Filipino capital the ma
tives began flocking in, as they did at
Santa, Cruz before the last boat of Gen.
Lawton's expedition had sailed.
Our army is compelled to abandon all
towns when an onward movement is
commenced, because of insufficient men
to garrison them. This gives the Fill
pino leaders a framework upon which
to spin stories of American defeat.
The American commanders have left
great stores Of rice at Malolos, which
they have been distributing to the ma
tiVeS and Cinnamon daily, of whom
some 200 or 300, nearly all of whom re-
manned during the occupation, but who
followed the American army out of the
/ place or who took the trains going in the
direction of Manila, fearing the rebels
would kill them. These refugees include
some of the WealthieSt citizens of that
place.
Maj. Milford of Gen. Lawton's staff
is in command of the Nebraska regi-
ment,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
LEVEE BREAKS.
Annual Mississippi River Flood
Has Started.

New Orleans April PA crevasse is
reported on Bayou LIE Fourcne. between
Lockport and Raceland. 1t is said to
be 200 feet wide. Some of the finest SUI
gar plantations in southern Louisiana
are located in the vicinity.
The break occurred at 7 o'clock this
morning on the Clothilda plantation.
four miles below Raceland. At last re-
ports it was 200 feet wide with both
ends still crumbling. State Engineers
Lewis and Richardson have left for the
scene Planters and their laborers are
already at work in an endeavor to stay
the bikes. Much valuable property Will
be inundated.
STILL RISING AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, April 24.-The river con-
tinued to rise today, but so slowly that
conditions are not perceptibly changed
from yesterday. The weather bureau
report saws: 1.-THE river at ST. Joseph
will go but little above it's present stage
and will show a slight fall by Wednes-
day evening At Kansas City a slow
rise will continue until Tuesday night or
perhaps Wednesday morning. A slight
fall may be expected Thursday and dur
ing the latter part of the week.
BOOMING AT ST. LOUIS.
St Louis, April 24.-As a result of the
heavy rain fall in this vicinity and in
the upper Mississippi valley and the
high stage of water in the Missouri riv-
er the Mississippi has risen six feet in
the past 48 hours. The present stage
is 1856 feet, while the danger line is 80
feet.
that the rivers in this section will rise,
reaching danger line stages SOON These
rises will bring the river here up to the
danger line within a few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
Priceless Flag Made by Women.

(F'rom the Chicago Inter ocean,
George S. Knapp. a resident of Evans
ton, Chicagos beautiful suburb, is tt
owner of a United States flag for which he
has refused an offer of 100000 The offer
was made by English COLLECTOR of Gu
the remark that there is not money
enough in England and America to buy
that piece of silk
The flag was made by the women of the
United States the official flag of the
Worlds fair. 1t headed the opening pro-
cession, 1t was the first flag to be unfurl-
ed and the last to be lowered at the expo
sition. Every thread of silk in the BAN
ner was taken from the cocoons and
woven by American women. The staff
also is a interesting composite of historic
of the Union. The inlaid pieces are
placed in row running downward along
the lower section of the staff, starting
with a design consisting of thirteen stars
about 8 feet from the lower end of the
staff. In the center of the design is a
larger star made from a piece of one of
the oak supports of the old Liberty bell in
Philadelphia. and around it, in a circle.
are grouped the other twelve stars. Con-
necticut is represented by star made
from piece of the old charter oak of
colonial history. Massachusetts by a piece
of the old elm from Boston common, Vir-
each of the original thirteen colonies has
contributed wood equally historic.
Curiously enough, the flag made in
Arch street, Philadelphia, on the same
street and within a few blocks of the
house in which the women of Philadelphia
made the Paul Jones flag lis years be-
fore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
ACCEPT AMERICAN PLANS.
Change In Exposition Railway Gives
United States Exhibit 5000
Feet More Space

Paris, April 4.-The Paris exposition
authorities today accepted the plans for
the main building of the American ex-
hibit. They told United States Com
missioner Peck the exposition would be
complete all in good time and the build
ings were now more advanced than
those of the Worlds fair had been at
a corresponding time.
change that has been made in the
route of the railway which will be run.
to the grounds gives the Americans
5000 feet more of exhibition space
Mr. Peck has secured a concession to
cook Indian corn in all forms as an
educational exhibit to foreigners. This
will be an important feature of the
American exhibit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
HENNESsEY GONE.
Rock Island Terror Leaves the Hos
pital For New York.

John Hennessey the man who ter
rorized the passengers on the east
bound Rock Island Colorado-Kansas
City train, which arrived here last
Monday morning, left this afternoon for
New York. The Rock Island company
guaranteed him transportation through
to his destination, and the physicians
and nurses at the Stormont hospital
donated him sufficient ready cash to
keep him from need until he arrived
there.
Hennessey has been at the Stormont
hospital since the morning he reached
here in possession of the smoking car
of the train. He never attempted to
give any explanation of his conduct
on the train except to say that he got
an idea the passengers were trying to
rob him and endeavored to stop them.
While at the hospital he gave unmis-
takeable evidence of being unbalanced
mentally, and the physicians pronounce
him a degenerate.
Hennessey says he has no home, and
is going to New York because he has
friends there. When asked where he
was from he would simply answer "at
large"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
OSTRICH LIKE.
Two Topeka Children Brighten Their
Parents.

seven-year-old son and a three
year-old daughter of Topeka parents
Sunday demonstrated the wonderful
swallowing ability of children and
caused fond parents hearts to beat
hard with anxiety for their welfare.
The boy is the son of Mr. and Mrs
John SIENNA, of 125 Tyler street, and the
girl is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs
John Switzer of 1896 Topeka avenue
The former showed the capabilities of
the stronger sex by letting a tin whistle,
three inches long, slip down his oesoph-
agus, and the latter contented herself
with medium sized safety pin.
Both children were distressed for a
snort time after swallowing the ar
t1cles, and their parents were greatly
alarmed. However, they soon recovered
their usual comfort and today are not
SUFFERING any effectR 1om their childish
indiscretions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
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Kansas
Avenue.
MANY GO FISHING.
Only so Per Cent of Topeka Children
Attend Sunday School

The Sunday schools of Topeka have
determined to double their enrolment
within the next 20 months, or before the
dawn of the twentieth century. At
present there are about 5000 persons of
all ages enrolled in them and an effort
viii be made to increase this number
100 per cent
At the annual convention of the To-
peka Sunday School association, which
was held in the First PRESBYTERIAN
church last night, the subject was
brought up by DR.. ]. d. Countermine.
He spoke of what is known as the
Twentieth Century movement" which
has been started by the Presbyterian
church of the entire country and taken
up by other churches, the object of
which is to double the number of pupils
an the Sunday schools of the United
states before the twentieth century is
ushered in.
OF the 5000 persons who are now at
tending Topeka Sunday schools it is
estimated that only about 5000 are
children of school age, and as there are
over 10000 children of school age in the
city, it is believed that there are as
many children VINO don't go to Sunday
school as there are who do.
The objects of the city Sunday school
association were told in an address by
Robert Stone upon association work
Ihese are days" he said, of COM
b1nat1ons, associations and corpora
tons, and yet it has only been a few
years since people invented corpora-
as something greater than corpora
tions, and that is trusts. We read about
them in the papers, political parties are
beginning to talk about them, and poll
tlclans of all kinds deem it best to
TRADE against them. We look upon
them as specters. They masquerade as
companies and associations
But all combinat lions are not to be
feared. The Topeka Sunday School as
Soc1at1on is a com bina ton of the schools
of the city, but its object is to help
one another, and to do better work for
bettering the children of the city. It is
also meant as an encoura cement to
teachers in preparing for their work,
and to secure a larger attendance of
Children
j. B. Larimer spoke of Sunday school
work, and DR.. COuntermine made the
closing address.
The officers of the city association for
the coming year are:
President-Jesse Shaw, First Baptist
church.
Vice president, First ward-J NJ
Shellabarger, Second Presbyterian
church.
Second ward-William Hahn, Third
Christian church.
Third ward-A. c. Carruth, Central
Congregational church.
Fourth ward-J. A Ramsey, United
Presbyterian church.
Fifth ward-George H. Griggs, Wal
nut Grove Methodist church
Sixth ward-C. S. Ogelsbee, First
Presbyterian church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-24
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State journal

Chicago, April "a.
WHEAT-Heavy northwestern receipts
and reports of rapid progress in seeding
caused an easy feeling in wheat at the
opening today, but at the decline profess
SIGNALS bought heavily and the market
soon developed an upward tendency. May
opened a shade lower a 721sQ4c. touched
123sc, then advanced to 725sc. July start
ed ed sc higher at 739sQ7ke, sold off to nc
cars. % of which graded contract. Min
neapolis and Duluth got 500 cars, compared
with 493 cars year ago. Worlds ship
ments to Europe for the week amounted to
6,6O0,000 bushels. Amount on passage de-
creased 920, 900 bushels
CORN-Light receipts and small country
offerings strengthened corn. Shorts cover
ed freely Ss. Shipping demand fair. Re
ce1pts, PA cars: May started shade
higher at S4qS41sc and advanced to S4ls
OATS Good cash demand and country
buying helped oats. Receipts, 203 cars.
May opened shade higher at 263sm1hc,
eased off to 2614q3sc, then tirned up gain
to 26ssd 15c.
PRONISIONS-Large receipts of hogs
and selling by commission houses weaken
ed PROVISIONS May pork opened 712c lower
at $9.05 and declined to $9G9 O21A May lard
and ribs ruled 213c lower at $500 and S4 40
@4721 respectively.
BARLEY-Cash, 3S645c.
RYE-May, 5Sc.
TIMOTHY-April $2.42; October SEQ.
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.ussian wheat Shipments, ,Os8 900 bush-


Russian wheat shipments, LOSS 900 BUSH
els corn 256, 900 bushels; Indian shipments
wheat last week, 40S 900 bushels.
Chicago: Good all this week: Puts July
Dulutf1 receipts today, 10 cars; Minneap-
oils receipts today, 49O cars; last year, 3S1
Great Bend, Kan: No rains in Barton
county yet this spring and crop depends
Kansas City receipts: Wheat 1O3 cars
last year 16S cars; corn 81 cars. last year
"a cars: oats 10 cars; last year Is cars.
% cars; corn 224 cars, graded 49 cars oats
203 cars, graded q cars.
sas City, 1900; Omaha, 5000
London, 1;9O p. m: Wheat cargoes quiet.
WHEAT aoaf dec GS $40 ooS a
corn increased 10000 bushels. Imports of
from Atlantic ports, $4,000 bushels s1
Worlds shipments of wheat, $500, 900 BUSH
Liverpool stocks of wheat. LESS 600 bush
corn, $4,000 bushels; decrease, 1000 bush
Paris: Wheat opened centtmes lower;
Liverpool, $3.50 p. M; Wheat ssa1zd I'M
der Saturday, corn unchanged.
lower, corn unchanged.
Chicago: Looks as if liquidation was
business market will bull
at lie over May for ordinary No. / north
ern. :, Minneapoliiss flour sales Saturday, 3d.
Paris close: Wheat 5 centimes higher
flour 25G30 centimes higher.
Elevator people have taken May wheat
which is stronger than July.
large and exporters bSfPg or wheat
Liverpool: Wheat closed unchanged, corn
Vs ii supply: Wheat a decreased 1923. 900
bushels, corn decreased 1.607, 900 bushels,
oats decreased 6240OO bushels.
New York: Worden sold Atchison pre-
ferred down: There was not great deal
Topeka cash market, II a. m: No. hard
wheat 50 test, Csc ~. -,
bushels; corn, 2S,1O1,0 bushels; oats, 49,
Total cIearances: Wheat and flour, $780, Oo
bushels; corn, $40, 900 bushels.
Paris: Wheat closed firm; 40 confines
European wheat visible, 61O40.0OO bush
els; week ago, 61,S4o.Ooo; decreased 800, 900
stocks of grain at Chicago. Wheat. 5.135.-
3, 1ss 600 bushels. -
London close: Wheat cargoes steady.
Kansas City cash market: No. 2 hard
wheat. 6714c; No, mixed corn, 33c.
;. An agent of the White Star steamship
tonnage at the seaboard- Liverpool rate
Chicago: Estimated receipts tomorrow:
Wheat; 50 cars sa663 corn; $50 cars; oats. $40
Chicago: May wheat is strong today.
only &c under T1lh d July New York is large
ocean Tass aa nP d nGdath better
demand for freight room.
~ reduced and there win be good demand rslSd
for AMERICAN wheat from now on.
Kansas City cash market. 100 D. m: No.
2hard wheat, SO test, 671zQ6Sc; No. 2 mixed
corn, 33c
Chicago: Puts July wheat. 1880: calls,
745sc; Puts July corn, 35Ac; calls, 351kc:
curb July wheat, 74c sellers; July corn,
New York close: Wheat, May 7sasc July
7S1Sc, September T1sc; corn, May 401sc.
st. Louis close: Wheat: cash nc. April
TIC. May 7S14c bid. July 727sc bid: corn,
cash 341sc, May 33ssa1Sc, July 33s4 Q7sc bid,
oats. cash 2s1zc. May CSC, July 241zc bid.
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TWO IN ONE DAY.
New Trusts Incorporated in New
JerseV

Trenton, n. J.. April A.-The United
States Worsted company, with an au-
thorized capital of $4,000 900, and the
American Plumbing and Lead company
with capital stock of $35, 600, o00 were
incorporated today at the office of the
secretary of state. The former is en-
powered to manufacture and deal in
worsted and wooden yarns and goods
and other fabrics The capital stock
is divided into $50. 900, 900 preferred and
100000 common, the preferred to pay
per cent cumulative dividends. The
dncOrporatOrS are: Samuel B. Lawrence
Henry C. Everden and Leavitt ]. Hunt
of New York, George E. Spence of
Brooklyn and James c. Young of Jer-
sey City.
The capital stock of the other COM
pany is divided into SO, 0OO, 900 preferred
and 100000 common. the preferred
to pay Z per cent cumulative dividends
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Another Hillmon Attorney.

The election of Samuel Riggs to the
bench in the Douglas county district
case as one of the attorneys for Mrs
Hillmon. John H. Atwood of Leaven-
worth has been retained by the plain
lifts in his place. If the case continues
in its staying qualities a. new generation
of lawyers will have charge OF it bfore
it is decided. For more than twenty
years it has been pending in the United
States circuit court. 1t is now on the
June docket for trial at Leavenworth
but whether it will be tried then or not
has not been decided.
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WE'LL KNOWN HERE.
Relatives and Friends of Col. Stotsen-
burg Live in Topeka

A sister-in-law of Col Stotsenburg,
who lost his life in the Philippines yes
teTday, lives n Topeka. she is Mrs.
Genevieve Collins of 525 Tyler street.
She is a sister OF Mrs. Stotsenberg.
Miss Ollie O'Brien was a guest of Mrs.
Stotsenburg while in Manila and re-
ceiVed a cablegram Sunday announcing
the death of Col. Stotsenburg
Mrs. Collins received the news of Col
StotsenburgS death from her brother
in-law, Maj Roman, who is stationed
at Washington. Col Stotsenb11rey
was well known in Topeka and has Wis
tied here several times since he was sta
toned in Nebraska
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TO BE NO MEDDL1Na.
AIger Says He Not Will Interfere In
Philippine Campaipp.

Washington, April Secretary AL
ger today said that yesterdays battle
at Quingua had not altered the plans
of the department in any degree. Gen.
Otis, Gen. Lawton, Admiral Dewey and
the Philippines commission all were
fully authorized to deal with the situa-
ton in the Philippines according to
their best judgment and the depart
ment believed it would be good policy
to refrain from meddling unnecessarily.
The secretary said that if Otis wants
more troops he shall have them and
that meantime the department will
make every effort to hasten the relief
of the volunteer troops by regular SOL
dierS
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4
Chicago, April "a.
WHEAT-Wheat ruled firm. Feeling
was weak at opening owing to rains west
They were, however, not heavy enough to
be any great help. Around 73c there
good support and the market rallied easily.
The local talent were beariSh, but were
not disposed to sell very freely 31zc
break. Crop adviceS from Michigan were
bad and were a factor Gables steady.
Seaboard reported So loads for export.
Ocean freights were higher, confirming
some Improvement in cash demand. Clear
ahces fair Visible showed good decrease.
Duluth and New York markets were rela-
lively firm. another evidence of cash in
quiry. The break of last week was quite
severe and we think the market is due for
another reaction.
CORN-Corn has been firm, a good deal
OF covering by Saturdays sellers. Navi-
CATION will likely open tomorrow. and this
VIII witness the sailing of a large fleet.
Shippers reported better demand; 400, 900
ed 81 loads for export Patten was cred
tied as covering shorts. Market has better
tone and looks If it would do better.
OATS-Oats have been steady, but I'M
eventful. There has been some demand
for May from shippers and some selling
OF May by eastern people.
PROVISIONS - Provisions have been
chiefly a changing affair with the tone
easy because of unexpectedly heavy hog
receipts, 1900 hogs instead of &c. 900 pre-
dlcted No one has been conspicuous in
the trading Shipments were fair of meats,
but small of lard. J. F. HARRIS.