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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-30
Terror of the Tarantulay
[From the New York SUM

n.
Low down on the Rio Grande river"
said a man from Texas, where the sands
are heated almost red-hot with the sun,
bigests rftlesnateas snd ta biseesf ta
antulas in the world. If you can look at
one of these tarantulas when he is pinned
fast to a board with the naturalistfs thin
steel pin and you are sure that he is good
and dead and can not spring at you and
shoot his poison into you he forms an in
teresting subject to study. They are hor-
rible-looking, hairy things, with eight
brown and black. The female tarantula
is said to be a tickle spouse and to have
rid of her cOnsort when she is tired of
hlIn she WooeS ana WedS ali rlghL. as
sumes the entire care and support of the
young family The hrst matrimonial jar
she has she turns to ana Kills her nus
band. Not content with killing him, she
eats him.
The female is the larger and stronger
OF the two; they are simply gigantic
six inches between the stretch of their
legs. They are the terror of man ana
the insect family that wicked Mrs. Tar
antula stands in as much dread of man
stands in dread of her, and that is a big
of the tarantula hawk The tarantula
tarantula. 1t Will fly around over the head
of the tarantula, make a lightning like
e a spr & awgy Ro Grete ff h fs tSen
all the tarantula hawk family sit down to
1.-THE tarantula hawk will not hurt men.
On the contrary, it is a blessing, and you
never hear OF a western man harmtng one
of them. 1t is said that these Rio Grande
cattle rangers are indebted for the taran-
tula hawk, to old New England profess
scr, who, while down in that country in
pursuit of his studies a naturalist, was
sstung by one of these monster spiders
and nearly died. and would certainly have
died had it not been for the whisky flask
of his guide. In that country where rat
tlesnaSes. tarantulas and centipedes are
50 big and SO plentiful no rancier leaves
his house without his whisky flask. Short
" after the old professor left that part
of the country the rancher received a
small these with
instructions what to do with them. He
turned the big wasps loose, they increased
and multiplied and now they are holding
their own against the enemy, the taran-
f111a
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CASTELLANEs AT DUBLIN.
halla Was the Wife of Frances
War Minister

London, Aug. sO.-The Comte and
Comtesse Boni de Castellane were
prominent figures during the Dublin
horse show week, the most notable
function of its kind in Europe. Buyers
came from all parts of the world. Rep
resentatives of all the Europen govern
ments were present and Dublin was
thronged with the smartest society.
The Comte and Comtesse lived
aboard the steam yacht Valhalla at
Kingstown. They dined with Viceroy
Cadogan at the Vicerega1 lodge and en-
tertained the ViceToy, Vicerine and
court aboard the Valha1la, which was
beautifully Illuminated for the oc-
CASTOR.
COmte Boni was deeply interested in
the horse show and bought two pairs
of splendid carriage horses for IS, 400
He expressed himself as delighted al
together with his visit to Ireland, prom
Using surely to attend the horse show
next year. The Castellanes sailed to-
day for Trouville, their party including
the Due and Duchesse de Luynes and
the Marquise de Galliffet, wife of the
war minister, whose presence on the
Valhalla shows that Comte Boni does
not carry his violent anti Dreyfus
anti-repubHcan animus into private
life
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COOP ERATIVE.
Home For English Workingmen
on the Water.
For SO Weekly Men Live on an
EX-0ceam Liner.
GOOD BILL OF FARE.
Reading and Recreation Rooms
Are Provided.
Profits Go to Reduce the Cost of
the $50 Guests.
GOOD BILL OF FARE.

London, Aug. SO.-An attempt on
novel lines to solve the problem Of
housing workingmen adjacent to their
work is being tried at BarrOw-in-F'ur-
ness, Lancashire, by Vickers & Maxim,
the great shipbuilding firm.
The Alaska, the former Guion liner
and first of the Atlantic record break
ers, has been purchased, transformed
into a temporary workmen's home and
anchored off the ship yard.
Excellent sleeping recommendations
are provided for $50 men, with dining,
reading and recreation rooms, at an in
elusive cost for board, lodging, wash
ing and mending clothes, of SO weekly.
The men get breakfast of tea, coffee,
eggs, bacon and fish; for dinner, beef,
mutton and two vegetables, and for tea,
bread and butter, jam, cheese and cold
meats. Everything is of the best quail
ity. A man can have single cabin
for % cents weekly additional
The Alaska house will be managed
on a cooperative plan by committee
appointed by the men and their en-
ployers and all the profit will be applied
to reducing the cost of living.
1t was opened this week
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TWO FACTIONS CLASH.
Pingree Forces and the Ants Promise
a Lively Campaign.

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 30.-NOthing
could demonstrate better the bitterness
of the feeling that preVaIis peIW esei
the so-called federal and Pingree rae
tions of the Republican party IN TINS
state than the fact that Quartermaster
General White has commenced SUIT
against Edwy Q. Reid of Allegan Tor
S25, 600 damages for alleged libel.
General White is the head and front
of the military crowd that Is credited
with controlling the action of Cover
nor Pingree in all political matters.
while Reid is a prominent member or
the federal faction, as evidenced by the
fact that he is the present postmaster
of Allegan. He is also editor and pro-
rrietOr of the Allegan Gazette, alto
gether the most Virulent antt-Pingree
organ in the state His ant1pathy IS
not confined to the governor by any
means, but extends to all of the latter
friends, and especially to those who
are associated with him politically.
No newspaper in the state has equal
ed the Gazette in bitterness OF its at
tacks on Governor Pingree and his ad-
ministration, and the suit instituted
few days ago is due to a few brief but
pointed reflections made by Editor
Reid on the manner in which Quarter
master General White handled Michi-
gan's $780, 900 war fund This matter
was the subject of a legislative investi-
cation last spring, and while the inVesti-
cation was in progress the Gazette
took occasion to express its opinion of
the quartermaster generals methods,
and, by inference at least, charge mall
feasance and misfeasauce in Office.
There is more in the case of a pO-
litical significance than appears on the
surface. General Whites fellow mem
Der of the military crowd is Inspector
General Marsh, who is also chairman
of the Republican state central COM
mittee. Marsh is a resident of Allie
gan, and for years the bitterest sort of
a feud has existed between him and
Editor Reid. 1t is conceded that the
libel suit was advised by Marsh, who
is DESTROYS of getting even with Reid
for screenings he has received through
the columns of the Gazette. It will
be a celebrated one, as it involves
pretty much the entire Republican
party of MICHIGAN.
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BUYING WAR VESSELS.
Five Steamers and Twenty Lighters
Ordered in New Orleans by Mexico.

New Orleans, Aug. 3O.-The Mexican
government. through a commission
headed by General Monasterio, who is
in New Orleans, has placed here inn
mense orders for machinery. some Of
which has been shipped to Mexico, and
an order for a fleet of five steel steam
ers and twenty steel lighters for light
military use in the interior
The vessels are all built in sections
for convenient shipment, all carry ma
chine guns in the bow and all have
Quarter-inch steel shields above the
gunwales encircling the hull, and per-
fOrated with holes for rifle firing. The
lighters are designed to be lowed four
each by the steamers, but are fitted out
for rowing also. The steamers have
speed of eight miles, are stern wheel
and driven by Roberts boilers and en-
gines made by the Marine iron works of
Chicago. The lighters draw but ten
inches with fifty-fve men aboard. and
the steamers about the same.
The Mexican government is also buy
ing immense orders of complete ma
chine-shop equipments to establish gov
ernmental military posts and shops
combined along the railroads. Two
of the steamers and ten of the barges
have been shipped on ocean goers to
Mexico and two schOOners have car
ried cargoes of the general machinery.
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WANT ANNEXATION.
That Is What Dominican Revolution
lists Are After

Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. SO.-Nelson
B. Clark, who has just arrived here
from SantO Domingo, confirms the re
cent advices of the Associated Press as
to the situation of affairs in that re-
public, but he adds that the revolution
is so essentially national and devoid of
personal political elements that the ad-
herents of Jiminez are advising him not
to come to SantO Domingo for the pres
ent. What the people are clamOring
for is not a mere change in the political
personnel, but good government, with
financial solvency with which they as
sert the idea of American annexation
or a protectorate.
This. Mr.. Clark adds, is the sole pres
ent object of the revolution, and the in
dustrial and commercial conditions are
such that the entire nation indorses the
annexation scheme as the only real So
luton.
The government censorship prevents
correspondents from cabling the truth
and the same applies to Hayti, which
sympathetically desires the suppress
sion of the revolution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-30
The Burlington Route a Good Rail-
road.

East-bound from the Missouri River
to St. Louis. Chicago, il runs the finest
trains, wide-vestibuled, Pintsch lighted
throughout, with the Burlington's cele-
brated free chair cars, dining cars,
Pullman sleepers-
North-bound: two daily trains, per-
fectly equipped, to Omaha, Sioux City,
St. Paul.
Northwest: from fifty to five hundred
miles saved from the Missouri River to
the Northwest by the great time saver
the Billings Route.
West: from the Missouri River to
Colorado and beyond, two great trains
daily.
$500 miles of standard railroad. The
pioneer in courteous treatment of
travellers
The main Travelled road-eyery ticket
agent has tickets reading over the
Great Burlington Route.
J. c. BRAMHALL
T. P. A, S23 Main Street.
Kansas City, Mo.
L. W. WAKELEY,
General Passenger Agent,
st. Louis, Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager.
st. Joseph. Mo.
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E. PLURIBIiS UNUM.
May Become the Motto of the
Trusts.

Cleveland, o., Aug. SOTO combine
the combinations or trusts" is the OBJ
ject of an incorporation, the papers for
which were taken out in New Jersey a
short time ago. This move is the out
come of the studies for many years of
Russell Thompson. a Cleveland news
paper man, working upon the problem
of giving profitable employment to the
immense productive capacity, which
though obviously available, is not used.
His study has led him to declare, in
what is pronounced to be the founda-
ton of a new school of economics t at
a business system in which establish
ments are disconnected is organically
incapable of using more than a small
but that a comprehensive consolidation
wealth increase so great and rapid as
to change the whole condition of So
ciety
Mr.. Thompson formed a corporation
some months ago under the name Of
the Central company, filing a charter at
Trenton through a New Jersey regis
tration and trust company. Several
prominent business men in Cleveland
have been quietly aiding and encour-
aging these preliminaries. Those who
have financially assisted the promoter
have extensive corporate and banking
connections. Communications were to-
day addressed to most of the consOlida-
ton directOrateS, announcing the pro-
ject and explaining it.
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DEWEY AT MONTE CARLO.
Visits the Casino and Watches the
Gaming Tables-Health Is Good.

from Nice to Monte Carlo yesterday af-
ternoon dining at the Hotel de Paris
with S. S. Mcclure of New York. The
admiral visited the Casino, watched
the gaming tables a short time, at
tended the concert and returned to
VilIefranche' by the railway.
The admiral has quite regained his
health, but he says he still feels the
need of avoiding unusual eXertion.
There being almost no Americans here
there will be- contrary to expectations,
no gayety, either ashore or aboard ship,
and the officers are now anxious to be-
gin the voyage to New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-30

Attorney Vaughn and William Young
blood, third auditor of the treasury, to
urge the claims of Shelby for the
judgeship. Mr.. Shelby got the appoint
ment-
Nathan TrimbIe, the clerk of the
court at Alabama, was forthwith re-
moved to make place for the presi-
dents kinsman. Mr.. Allison will quail
ify September 4. The place pays $500
a year. Against this appointment near
ly all of the Alabama stalwarts have
protested.
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q. A. r..
Special Train to Philadelphia via
Santa Fe The Official Route.


Special Train to Philadelphia via
Santa Fe The Official Route.
On September the Santa Fe viii
run a special train to Philadelphia, for
the sole accommodation of members of
the C. A. R., their families and friends,
who may desire to witness the unus-
ually attractive exercises attending
the Thirty-t third National Encampment
to be held September 40. The low rate
of S3O.55 for the round trip has been
made for this event. The train will be
composed of Pullman palace and tour
list sIeepers, and free reclining chair
cars. T. L King, agent, Topeka, has
folder filed with information interest
ing to such as have a trip east in view
Very low rates to New York, Washing
ton, Old Point Comfort, Ocean Grove
Gettysburg. etc, will be made, and may
be taken advantage of by persons hold
ing Santa Fe Route tickets to Philadel-
mia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-30
WaIea Waara a Green Hat.

London. Aug. 3O.-The Prince of
Wales is reported to have developed at
Marienbad a passion for buying hats.
He is especially devoted to soft, green
hats, giving many of them away and
wearing one himself.
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GERMANS BUY OUR BUTTER
Pay 5 Cents More For the Imported
Than the Domestic Article.

Bremen, Aug. 3O.-American butter is
getting a new place in the German
market. Large shipments from the
United States arrived last week The
butter being of excellent quality, read
lily sold in the Bremen market at 20
pfennings 6 cents) above the price of
the domestic article.
Already middlemen are looking Gag
erlY for tomorrow's arrivals of butter,
and a further advance in price is ex-
pected.
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Washington, Aug. 3O.-The amount of
gold certificates exchanged for gold
and bullion to date is $34,556. $50. In
addition to this $5,0O0,OO0 additional
gold is about to be exchanged.
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STOCK Holders nreetine

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of the
Rock Creek Natural Asphalt Co. Will
be held at the company's office in To-
peka, Kansas, on September 18th, 1899,
at 10 O'Clock a. m.
CHAS. A. WILBUR. Sec.
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in whose service SO many races strug-
gled and won, now hold, perhaps finally
the territories over which those to
whom is attributed the Pentateuch,
StrOVe and conquered.
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o. p. Declares a Dividend.

New York, Aug. sO.-The Union Pa
cific Railway company has declared a
semi dividend of 2 per cent on
its preferred stock.
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$500.

Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and
Return
Via the Great Rock Island Route.
Tickets On sale September 6, and 8,
good returning September soth-
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scott and capps piaaolve.

Clarence L. Scott has purchased Ben
Capps' interest in the Cremerie res
taurant and now owns this excellent
eating house alone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-30

Bodily pain loses its terror, If you've
a bottle of DR.. Thomas Electric Oil in
the house. Instant relief in cases Of
burns, cut, sprains, accidents Of any
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&c chinese nrinister,s Wife.

IFrOm the Philadelphia Record.1
Among the very pretty sights now at
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va, is the family of the Chinese Minis
ter. When the lady goes out and sits IN
der the grand old oak and reads her black
letter Chinese books a great crowd of gay
" dressed. small American citizens, both
male and female. attend her, unabashed.
She sits in unbroken silence, for she
Knows no English, and perpetual youth
sits at her tiny. helpless feet and the
wisdom of all the ages since the creation
brow
And when her attendant wheels her
DAINTY 11nrikisha- or whateVed her car
r1age is called. the small Americans at
tend her faithfully. The minister himself
As a charming cultured gentleman and his
society IS greatly enjoyed by the ladies'
Band concert tonight
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place and seek another home Smarting
under the loss of his sweetheart and being
driven from his father home on her ac
count angered him very much. On Wed
nesday he went to Hagerstown and pro-
ceeded to drown his sentiments in drink.
He purchased a revolver, and, taking
several bottles of whisky with him, re
turned to Wolfesvile to carry out his
threat.
He fingered about the neighborhood I'M
til Saturday afternoon. He learned that
the young lady had intended going to spend
Sunday with her married sister at Garfield,
two miles east Being fully satisfied for
this. he went out on the lonely road one
mile east of Wolfesville, and, loading him
self up with whisky, he hid behind clump
of rocks and bushes in ambush for his vic
tim. All unconscious of danger, the young
lady came lightly tripping down the road
about 1 clock p IN. with a small bundle
under one arm, merrily hummlng tune
and plucking wild flowers here and there.
AS she arrived at the rocks Morgan sprang
out and called upon her to offer up her
last PRAYER, as her time had come. lie at
the same time thrust revolver IN her
face. She begged him to spare her HE,
but to no purpose. 1t Is said that, ind
inc her pleadings were fruitless, she sum
moned all her courage am attempted to
strike the weapon from his hand, when he
quickly placed it to her temple and fired,
the bullet entering the right side OF the
head and passing out on the left. In at
tempting to ward off the weapon the sleeve
of her dress took fire from the powder and
was burned off. as well as portion of the
dress over her bosom. under which her arm
Law when she fell. Her arm was badly
burned and her bosom scared from the
fire
Feeling satisfied he had killed her, Nor
gan then placed the revolver to his own
head and attempted to send a bullet into
his brain. but the leaden missile struck
the right cheek bone, and glancing, came
out Of his eye He then fired bullet into
his left lee. Finding these two Intellectual.
he placed the barrel of the revolver against
his abdomen and emptied the two remaining
chambers into his bowels and fell over by
the side of his innocent victim.
Miss Harshman' : screams and the pistol
shots attracted the attention of Mn. Kline
and her son. who live some distance across
the hill They hurried to the scene and
gave an alarm The son went in search
Of aid The young girl was still alive and
fingered for about half an hour, when she
expired Morgan was also alive, but at
times unconscious He raved because he
had not done his dastardly deed in a more
perfect manner
DIR. Lamar. who was summoned, render
ed what aid he could. but it was found
that the man was beyond recovery, and he
died at / | o clock from internal hemur-
rhages. Both the bodies were taken to the
home of their parents aud prepared for
burial
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CHARGES AGAINST HOSE.

ATLANTA, April pa special from
Palmetto, Georgia, says Six negroes OF
Palmetto, it was said here, have registered
a VOW to kill six citizens of the town, each
negro selecting his victim, and swearing to
execute their threats at the first opportn
nifty
One of the negro conspirators was Sam
Hose. and the victim he selected was Al
fred Crawford, who was chopped to pieces
ten DAYS ago. Hose is alleged to have as
saulted Cranford's wife. to have treated
his children brutally and to have robbed
Crawford home
DR.. Hal. l.. johnson, who was active IN
securing evidence against the negro lncen-
diaries. was one of the men to receive a
warning. 4 letter was received by him a
few DAYS ago, warning him that be had
been selected BY the eonspirators and would
be killed at the first favorable opportunity.
H. S. Daniel, another citizen of the town,
had been warned, and an ambuscade was
laid several nights ago Four negroes, 1t
is said. waited several hours for him to pass
q place where they were concealed, but by
accident they were discovered. Other cit
liens have been threatened with death and
repeatedly negroes have rung door bells aud
then concealed themselves, their intention
being, it is believed, to kill their victim
when he appeared at the door.
The vendetta that has been declared by
the negroes and the reign of terror that
followed the burning Of the stores aud ho-
tel in Palmetto have brought great anxiety
to the men and anguish to the women Of
the town. The negroes are leaving Pal
metto every day
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Double Tragedy in Frederick County

Near Wolfesville, Frederick county,
last Saturday afternoon, Edward Morgan
shot and killed his fathers stepdaughter,
Miss 0rpha V Harshman, prepossessing
young lady, seventeen years of age, and
then, turning the revolver upon himself,
ended his own life with four bullets Nor
gan was twenty four years of age and the
son of Jacob Morgan by his first wife.
Miss Harshman' mother was marred three
time, her present husband being Jacob
Morgan. Wolfesville, near where the
double tragedy was enacted, is about Is
miles northwest of Frederick city, in a
mountainous region.
The family had been living happily and
contented until about six months ago,
when Mrs. Morgan observed that her hus
band S son was paying what she consid-
cred too much attention to her daughter.
She rebuked him for his devotion, as well
as did her daughter, who said his constant
attentions were causing her much annoy
once and were distasteful to her. The
more she resisted the stronger became his
attachment for her, and believing that pat
ernal objection was the greater barrier to his
happiness, he finally urged her to elope
and be married. The young lady resented
the proposition and demanded that he
should cease his attention or she would leave
home. Seeing she was determined in her
purpose, he told her that unless she mar
ried him she would never live to be the
bride of another This threat did not
have the desired effect, but on Sunday
previous she apprised her mother of it, and
ON Tuesday she ordered him to leave the