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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-06
Ladies' Night Observed,

Ladies' night was observed at the Young Mems Republican club last evening. A large number of the young lady relatives and friends of the mem- bers attended; and the club house was well crowded. The evening opened with a musical and literary entertainment, ill which number of talented young musicians took pat. Following it came dancing, which was enjoyed by many. A number of prominent republicans visited the club house during the even- ing.
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$1,OOO IN VALUABLES STOLEN. House Entered at BrOokheld Ccnter
 Occnpants mt the Fair

Danbury, Conn.,, Oct. 1.-The police were notified this evening that the res- idence of Charles Williams at Brook field Center had been entered by burg lars during the afternoon and jewelry diamonds, etc. to the value of over $1,000 were stolen. All the members of MT. Williams family were attending the fair to-day and when they return ed this evening the burglary was dis covered. Entrance was gained by fore ing a window
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Freight Car Burned.

An empty freight car at the Cedar Hill ward was totally destroyed by fire about o'clock this morning. The car was on a spur track adjoining the meadows. An alarm was run from box S4 at the corner of State and Grace but the car was nearly all burned up when the firemen arrived. It is thought that the car was fired by hoboeS.
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still Alarm of Fire.

A still alarm of fire was sent to No S's engine house shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for blaze at No 302 Wallace \street in house owned by Benjamin Lambert and oc- cupied by J. Bryan. The fire was caused by the explosion of an oil stove. It was extinguished before much dam age was done The total damage will amount to about $25.
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KeVIess Fire Alarm Royea

Superintendent Grant of the fire alarm telegraph system yesterday placed another keyless fire alarm box at the corner of Grand avenue and Jeff ferson street, box No 432. Two of the keyless boxes are now in position as an experiment the other one having been placed at box 23, corner of Crown aud State streets, about two weeks 2En.
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ChaIIcnue Ready for Lipton.

Lowell, Mass. Oct. 5.-The yacht that won the first international cup was won by General Ben Butler of Lowell. If the Shamrock wins in the coming races Sir Thomas Lipton will receive challenge from several Lowell men who are willing to spend a half million dol Jars to bring it back.
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strike nt Cramps Grows.

Philadelphia, Oct. ,. 5.-Forty men en1- ployed at Cramps representing trades, to-day joined the striking employees. The strikers held meetings to-day and received reports stating that there are not over 800 men at work and nearly 300 on strike
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Ex-U. $. Senator HarIa nd Dead.

Des Moines, Ia, Oct. 5.-Ex-United States Senator James Harland died at his home in Mount Pleasant, Ia., this morning.
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immediately and then stopped. The lazy breeze was carrying the big yachts down the wind at snaiPs pace. For almost an hour the spectators on the excursion boats watched them drift ipc
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Columbia Gained at First.

It was a challenge to the Shamrock on her best point of sailing and Cap tain Hogarth accepted the gauge. They went heading over toward Long Is land shore, and the Columbia continued to increase her lead. The Shamrock set her staysail but it only kept the wind from her balloon and the sail it. self hung limp. It a few minutes she took if down
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ONLY TWELVE MILES OFTHE THIR-
 TY COVERED.

Yachts Drift Most of the Time-Skip- pers Battle Hard for Advantage of the Zephyrs-Sham amrock Half Length Ahead When Race is Declared Of-As Result of the Trial Columbia is Be- lfeved tho Superior Boat in Running ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-03

state decided to support Henderson. I
had expected that Ohio would divide
it's vote, giving half to the eastern can
didate and half to the west, but if
Ohio goes solidly with the west, as it
has voted to do, it will give the west a
majority of SO. which is sufficient to
cover any losses that may occur.
The fight in the west between Hen
derson and Hopkins of Illinois, is also
settled by the action of Ohio. 1t was
simply a question as to which of the
two men was the stronger, and it is
demonstrated that General Henderson
is Minnesota and Wisconsin have also
declared for him, which puts him far in
the lead.
chance whatever now. If Ohio had di-
vided its delegation the contest would
have been far closer, but the west prac-
tically has it now"
Mr.. Leland thinks it was bad policy
for the Kansas delegation to wait until
the speakership contest is settled be-
fore getting into the game, because it
will give Kansas the appearance Of
tagging after the winner and Kansas
congressman will not have the infiG-
ence with the speaker which they
would have had if they had come out
for him early in the contest and aided
in helping him through.
kansas ought to have come out for
the man of it's choice some time ago.
Mr.. Leland said Some people like to
wait until they see who the winner is
to be and then help elect him, but that
won't make them strong with the win
ner The way to do is to pick out the
man you want and declare for him ear
ly and work for him. Then when he
wins you have some influence with
him.
1t is stated that Mr.. Curtis, as chair
man of the Kansas delegation will call
the delegation together some time dur
ing this month to take action upon the
SpeakerShip matter.
1t is also claimed that Mr.. Curtis
personally prefers Mr. Sherman for the
speakership. Calderhead was favora-
ble to Hopkins, Reeder's choice is un-
known, and Bailey Miller, Bowersock
and Long are for Henderson.
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| rendering of several instrumental Sc
lections, ending with THE Star Span
gled Banner"
United States Senator Albert J. Bev-
eridge of Indiana. who came to the
Philippines some time ago, has made a
fortnights trip in the southern islands,
visiting IloilO, Negros and Cebu. Dur
ing his tour he talked with the chief
of JolO, who has 1000 fighting men un-
der his command and who processes
friendship for America, which friend
ship, he limited, might be strengthened
by the continuance of the annual sub
sidy of $4,000 formerly paid by the
Spaniards.
Mr.. Beveridge will leave here on Sat
urday. He intends to travel in China.
General Smith has punished the in
surgents at Escalente. Island of Ne
gros. for the murder of Captain TiIly
of the signal corps, who was fired upon
by natives under a flag of truce and
cut off from rejoining his companions
on board the cable ship from which he
had landed. General Smith burned the
town and killed a number of members
of bands of insurgents whom he found
in the neighborhood.
Three members of the South Dakota
regiment were wounded at San Fer
nando in the encounter between the
insurgents and American Outposts.
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LEGAL QUIBBLE.
Sumner County Cannot Build Jail
Because of Silly Technicality.

]. S. West, assistant attorney general
today gave an opinion in which he
holds that the commissioners OF Sumner
county can not take money from the
county revenue fund to build a new Jail
and residence for the jailer.
The commissioners had submitted the
proposition to a vote of the people. It
carried and the commissioners were
planning to begin the erection of the
buildings which We're to cost $40, ,OO0
The question of the legality of such ac-
tion was raised and referred to the at
torney general by j. NJ. Ready, county
attorney.
The revenue fund contains about $4O.-
900 which has been paid in by bondsmen
for defunct banks and delinquent taxes
of years past. This amount of money
is more than is necessary for the coun-
ty business and remains in the treasury
as a surplus. Morally the commission
ers proceeded properly to dispose of the
money because the new jail is needed
badly but legally they acted contrary
to the law The attorney general says
the law provides that money raised bv
taxation can not be diverted to other
purposes than the payment of the coun-
ty expenses. For this reason the new
improvements will not be made.
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STATE OFFICER SUES.
Wants $4,000 From Grain Com
panies For Personal Injuries.

Joseph w. Snyder, who was a weigh
master in the state grain inspection de-
partment under the last administra-
tien, has sued the Johnson -Brinkman
Commission company, at whose eleva-
tor in Rosedale he was employed for
$4,000 damages for injuries he sustain
ed in an accident last October The
suit was filed in the court of common
pleas of Wyandotte county but was
removed to the federal court here to-
day, on the petition of the defendants.
To make sure of his case Mr.. SNYDER
has brought two actions, one against
the commission company alone, and the
other against the company as a CO.
defendant with A. D. johnson. superin-
it's foreman.
Snyder's duties were to weigh cars of
grain on the elevator scales. and to
reach the scales he had to step over a
rope which passed around a sort of
pulley, and was used to draw cars on a
sidetrack. At the time Snyder was in
jured he was just stepping over this
rope, when it slipped off it's pulley. and
Mr.. Snyder got the impression that he
was being thrown in several differen1
directions at the same time.
When he was gathered up it was
found that he was severely injured in
ternally. For these injuries Mr. Sny-
der sues the defendants for $22 900 on
each suit. but he probably does not ex-
pect to make more than one of them
stick
As the commission company is Mis-
souri, corporation it prefers to go into a
federal court in preference to a Kansas
court, and therefore has had the case
transcribed
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STRAUSS is DEAD
Passes Away on the Banks Of
the "BIue Danube"

Vienna. June 3.-Johann Strauss, the
famous composer is dead.
Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in
1925, and at an early age showed such
capabiity in music that he was ap-
pointed music director of the court
balls by the emperor. He organized a
hand and visited all the capitals of
Europe, creating the greatest enthus-
iasm on each visit
In 1872. without his band, he came
to the United States, and conducted the
orchestra of 1000 pieces in his own
compositions at the so-called peace
jubilee in Boston.
Besides over 400 compositions of dance
music, he published four operettas
which met with considera BILE success
His beautiful waltz music earned for
him the title of 1.-The Waltz King
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QUEENS BIRTHDAY.
1t is Officially Celebrated in London
Today.

London, June 3.-The queens birth
day was officially celebrated today in
London. The chief event was the troop
ing of the colors on the Horse Guards
parade. The immense concourse pres
ent included the United States ambas-
sador, Mr.. Joseph H. Choate, and most
OF the prominent Americans now in
this city. Detachments of the Grena-
der Guards, Cold Stream Guards and
Scots Guards participated in the cere-
mony, accompanied by their massed
hands. The Prince of Wales appeared
in q field marshalS uniform, attended
by the Duke of Connaught, the Duke of
Cambridge. the Duke of York. and
Prince Christian of Schleswig- Holstein,
preceded by brilliant headquarters
staff and the royal equerries. The
Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. the
Princess of Wales, the Duchess of York
Princess Charles of Denmark and the
Duchess of Connaught reviewed the
ceremony from the windows of the
Horse Guards. After an inspection of
the troops by the commander-in-chief
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, the royal
party took up position at the saluting
point and the troops marched past to
the music of the massed bands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-03
CROSBY BROS. ADDITION
Will Be Ready For Occupancy in the
Fall.

Plans are now being prepared for the
new building of the Crosby Brothers
back of the present establishment on
Jackson street, and work will probably
be commenced within a month It will
be ready for occupancy by fall.
The new building will be connected
with the present store by a bridge
across the alley on the second floor, and
1t will have an entrance on Jackson
street Customers can then enter the
store from Jackson street as we'll as
Kansas avenue.
The new building will be 60x150 feet,
and will cost when completed some
thing over $4,000. 1t will give the firm
much needed additional room.
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enabling the society to cover the first
floor from the south entrance to the
east entrance. The state labor commits
sioner may be moved to the offices on
the west side of the south corridor, Civ
ing the historical society two additional
rooms.
The Kansas academy of science will
be given the rooms now occupied by F.
d. Coburn. The secretary, B. B. Smyth
is now at work on a herbarium which
will be mounted therein. The Goss col
lection of birds will likely be placed
under the direct charge of the academy
of science and moved to the rooms
which the department will occupy.
The council will have an official meet
ing Monday to take final action upon
these propositions.
The most important fact connected
with the visit of the council today, is
that il has been decided to begin i'm
provements on the interior of the state
house Immediately after the close of
this fiscal year. June 80.
At a meeting held after the tour of
the building, Treasurer Grimes and
Auditor Cole were named as a commit
tee to look after the contemplated
change of offices. These two men will
have complete charge of this work.
The superintendent of the state house
grounds was criticised for not having
the upper floors of the capitol kept free
from dust and dirt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-03
ROBBED AT LEISURE.
Bandits Spent Two Hours Looting
the q. P. Train.

Ogden, Utah, June 3.-W. G. Bruce,
one of the mail clerks on the train
that was robbed in Wyoming, has ar
rived in Ogden. He said that when the
train was stopped the robbers came to
his car and ordered him to open the
door. He refused and the robbers be-
gan shooting into the car from both
sides. Bruce turned out the lights.
Then a stick of dynamite was placed
under the door and it was shattered.
The clerks, fearing the car would be
blown to pieces opened the door. One
of the robbers stuck his gun into the
car and fired, but the bullet did no dam
age. The lights were then turned on
and the clerks got out of the car.
The clerks in the Portland mail car
We're also ordered out and the party
of clerks and trainmen were stood up in
a line and guarded by one man. A de-
mand was then made of Ernest Wood
cock, the express messenger, to open
his car but he refused. A couple of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-03
Captain Dreyfus Has Been
Granted a New Trial.
Court Renders a Verdict in
Favor of Revision.
NEW COURT MARTIAL
Ordered to Sit in Interior of
the Country.
Away From Paris Influences
and MObS.

Paris. June 3.-The court of cessation
today rendered a verdict in favor of a
revision of the Dreyfus case and order
ing a new court martial to sit at
Rennes, sixty miles from Nantes, forthe
trial of the prisoner.
Previous to the announcement of the
verdict crowds of people assembled at
the palace of justice and in it's neigh
borhood awaiting the decision. Perfect
calm prevailed. The decision, which
was pronounced at 3:40 p. M, says the
prisoner is to be retired on the follow
ing question:
rs Dreyfus guilty of having in 1894
practiced Vaccinations or of having
communication with a foreign power,
or its agent, with the view of facilitate
ing acts of hostility in the case of a
war with France?'
The audience received the decision
with cries of "Vive la justice!" ''Vive
la lOie."
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KILLED BY BLIND MAN.
Mrs. Monaghan Murdered by Her
Daughters Lover.

Uniontown, Pa, June 3-Mrs. Minerva
Monaghan was murdered in her home
on Jefferson street shortly after mid
night while trying to protect her
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude McCoogan,
from the attacks of Councilman Nc
Cormick Mrs. Monaghan was stabbed
in the neck with some sharp instru-
ment which severed the jugular vein and
produced death in few minutes
Mccormick. who is blind, had been
paying attentions to Mrs. McCoogan,
and late last night found her in the
company of young man named
Diffenderfer. This so enraged him that
he assaulted her with a water pitcher.
Her mother came to her rescue and
Mccormick drew a knife and cut her
throat and then fed. He was later ar
rested at his home Mrs. McCoogan was
not seriously injured. Young Diffender-
fer is under arrest and will be held as
a witness.
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STOLE SHOES.
Walter McClain Seems to Have An
other Crime to Answer For

Walter McClain, who is confined in
the county jail charged with robbing
cigar store, is having several crimes
laid at his door and is now held to be
responsible for the theft of pair of
shoes.
Friday a boy took a pair of shoes to
the shop of c. V. Pennington, to be
mended Pennington recognized them
as a pair of shoes stolen from his shop
a week before the cigar store robbery.
He reported the matter to the police
and Sergeant Donovan found that Nc
Claim had sold the shoes to a man
named Spa1ding and that Spalding sent
them to be repaired, not knowing they
had been stolen from Pennington.
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Republican Leader Cy Leland
Says Kansas Is Too Slow.
Our congressman Should Have
Boarded Band Wagon.
CONTEST is ENDED.
Henderson of Iowa Picked as
Sure Winner.
Kansas Boss Sums Up the Stu
alton.

Cyrus Leland foresaw. the outcome of
the contest over the speakership of the
next national house of representa- tives
before it was known that Hopkins of
Illinois had any idea of withdrawing
from the race. He stated yesterday
that Henderson of Iowa was as good
as elected.
Mr.Leland says that Sherman of New
York, the candidate of the east, will
stand no show against Henderson,
Kansas has not spoken yet but it will
make no difference now what the Kan
sas delegation does.
"Ohio decided it Thursday" said Mr.
Leland, when the congressman of that
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MAY HOLD UP MONEY.
Appropriation For New Asylum
May Not Be Available.

The location of the new insane asylum
at Parsons is sti1l the principal subject
of conversation at the state house and
the matter may yet take a surprising
turn in an effort to hold up the appro-
priatIon until serious charges in con-
nection with the location are investi-
gated.
The money to build the asylum has
been appropriated by the bill which
authorized the committee to proceed
with it's work. Vouchers for paying out
the money must pass through the hands
of the state auditor and it is said the
state administration is considering the
plan of backing Mr.. Cole in Withholding
warrants for this money until the at
mOSphere is cleared of charges of crook
edness on the part of the members Of
the committee, who voted for Parsons
The charge Of Doodle is being made
freely. tbut no man has offered to sub
stantiate his word in this particular. It
is a sort of random firing which is be-
coming general.
It is claimed that if it can be proven
that money was paid for votes, a viola
tion of law, that the work of the COM
mlttee will stand for naught. Under
such circumstances the location of the
institution would not be valid and
Parsons would lose the game. This
supposed new turn in the affair has not
been generally discussed and it may be
denied by some of the state officers, but
it is a fact that such a plan has been
talked of and the governor is said to
be one of the principal movers in it.
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NEAR TO LYNCHING.
Only the Prompt Arrival of the Mayor
Saved Non Union Street Car Men.

Wheeling, June "a street car op-
Grated by non-union men struck a wa
gon carrying II girls last night The
wagon was upset. Miss Lego of Ben
wood, was seriously, and others slight
ly injured
Silas Shaw and August SenseI, the
crew, reversed the car, with a view Of
escaping into Ohio. Only the prompt
arrival of the mayor and a force of po-
lice prevented a demonstration on
the part of the infuriated crowd. Both
men are in jail, together with another
to escape.
Today a mass meeting of strike SYM
pathizers was held in the opera house
Addresses were made by w. d. Mahon,
of Detroit, national president of the
Street Railway Employees. and Stewart
Reid of Toledo, national organizer Of
fhe nachiniStS
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PROMOTED FOR BRAVERY.
Not Alone Commissioned Officers Who
Are Rewarded by Advancement.

A letter from a soldier in the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment at Manila says
that Percy Barshfield, who was regi-
mental trumpeter while Col Funston
had command of the regiment, has been
promoted to be a sergeant in company
b of that regiment for bravery. Barsh-
field went across a wrecked bridge over
the Bagbag river with Funston and
four others in the face of the enemy's
fire, April 26. For this he was given
special mention in the dispatches to the
war department.
Corporal Claude H. Spurlock has also
been promoted to sergeancy for
bravery. He was struck in the solar
pleXus by a spent bullet March 81 and
rendered unconscious for a few sec
onds. The line was advancing and left
him for dead. He recovered. however,
caught up with the firing line and was
soon commanding his squad again in
the battle.
Both Sergeant Barshfeld and Ser
geant SpurlOck are from Kansas City,
Kan. They enlisted in company as
musician and corporal respectively.
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BIG BALL AT MANILA.
Philippine Commissioners En-
tertain the Natives.

Manila, June 3.-The Philippines COM
mission last night gave one of the most
brilliant balls Manila has ever seen.
1t was one of a series of entertainments
intended to foster friendship between
the Americans and the natives. The
commission has the handSOmeSt resi-
dence in Manila, overlooking the har-
Dor. The grounds surrounding it were
illuminated, while the house itself was
decorated with the American colorS.
The newly appointed judges, General
Otis, a Eumber of other American Of
ficers and many wealthy natives were
present. There a display of
gorgeous native toilets and many jewels
were worn, and the array of handsome
women surprised the Americans. There
was a long programme of American
and Filipino dances, followed by the
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shots were fired into the car and the
door blown off. The express and mail
cars were run down the track a mile
or two to the camp Of the robbers.
There the trainmen were placed about
$50 feet from the track and about TWEEN
ty sticks of dynamite were exploded
on top of the safe in the express car.
The explosion wrecked the car and split
the safe wide open Five of the robbers
carried away two loads each from the
safe and must have secured a large
amount of plunder. When the robbery
was complete the robbers walked leis-
urely up the hill north and disappeared
in the darkness. Two hours were con-
Sumed in the robbery.