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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
ALGER TO GO
And So is Miles Owing to Army
Scandals.

New York, Jan. PA special CORES
pondent of the Herald, writing from
Washington, says:
1t is declared that Secretary Alger is
to be removed from the war department
that the president will be forced to
send him back to Michigan
1t is also declared that Gen. Miles is
to be removed for two reasons: First,
that when, as he alleges, he found the
beef bad, he did not report to the gov
ernment; second, that he does not work
harmoniously with the administration.
If reports are true, this will be the re-
suit of the investigation by the war
commission. 1t will report against the
charges that ''embalmed beef was sup
piled to the soldiers and that the canned
and otherwise prepared meat was bad
or poisonous; also that the charges that
soldiers did not have proper food are
untrue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
VOTES ARE CHEAP.
Quoted at $50 in the Nevada Sena-
toria1 Fight.

Carson, New, Jan. 21-A sensational
statement has appeared in the News
which is devoted to the senatorial
aspirations of Congressman Frank
Newlands, charging that Assemblyman
Leidy, OF Esmeralda county, had been
paid $50 and had been promised a posi-
ton in the Southern Pacific office at
San Francisco to vote for the reelection
of Senator Stewart. A countercharge
is made by the Stewart managers to the
effect that Leidy was induced to remain
away from the caucus through improper
influences exerted on behalf of New
lands. Both senate and assembly had
adjourned until Monday before this
publication, but it is probable that an
investigation of the charges will be
made when the legislature reassembles,
perhaps postponing the senatorial cleo
tion which is called for next Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
TO MAKE THEM HOLY"
Petty Interference With Cuban Gus
toms by General Ludlow

Havana, Jan.21-Major John C.Bates,
military commander of the department
of Santa Clara has arrived from Cien-
fuegos to discuss with Gen. Brooke the
affairs of his department. He reports
that there are 25.000 Spanish troops still
at CienfuegoS though the transports are
now leaving daily. The last one is
scheduled to sail on February 10.
Gen Bates says he had not heard Of
the alleged murders of Spanish ex-voI-
unteers in the Santa Clara province
regarding which Gen. Castellanos has
complained to Governor General Brooke.
The administration of the interior of
the province has not yet been organ
lied.
Brigadier General George w. Davis,
military governor of the department of
Pinar del Rio has issued an order pro-
hibiting cock fighting. His action is
applauded by the best elements in the
community.
Governor General Brooke purposes to
confer with all the governors of depart
ments so that all may act on the same
lines of policy.
During a masquerade at the Havana
club last night in honor of the Cuban
assembly, Major General Ludlow, mil
itary governor of the department of
Havana sent a staff officer to stop the
discharge of fireworks in front of the
club house. AS this was interfering
with an old time custom the Cubans
were at first disposed to be reSentful
but after some boisterous talk they
gave up the display. Two persons had
been injured by fragments of rockets.
The prisoners at the Presidio, Ha-
vana, have voluntarily surrendered 378
knives and other similar defensive
weapons which under the Spanish reg
ime, they carried concealed about their
persons as a protection against the
harsh measures to which they were
sometimes subjected at the hands of
the guards Lieutenant Colonel Mon
talVo the administrator of the prison,
thanked them so warmly that several
prisoners wept.
A small lighted bomb was found near
the door of the house of a Spaniard at
No. 80 Officio street this morning. It
was extinguished by the occupant of
the house. No arrests have been made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
HELEN GOULD'S GIFT.
When Needs Were Greatest She Sent
a Steam Launch to Santiago.

Washington, Jan.21.-The war depart
ment has appointed DR.. Orlando Ducker
surgeon in charge of the hospital at
Havana At the commencement of the
war this physician, who had studied
much abroad, was directed by the
American Medical society to go to San
tiago and study yellow fever and ma
larial fever. During the battles OF San
Juan and Ell Caney he was fired upon
many times and was near the firing line
at Ell Caney when DR.. Danforth, of Mil
waukee was shot through the head.
DR.. Ducker continued his work under
these dangerous conditions. He did not
hasten back to the states when the war
closed, but went to the hospital near
Santiago and worked among yellow fe-
yer patients until the last volunteer had
recovered and left the hospital. The
doctor found it very difficult to get sup
plies. He appealed to the government
and to the Red Cross without avail for
a launch.
In his extremities he wrote to Miss
Helen Gould, in New York, and received
a prompt cable reply that she had sent
that day, by a transports a private steam
launch to be used free of cost until it
was no longer needed. DR.. Ducker re-
turned from Santiago a few days ago
bringing the steam launch, which was
turned over to Miss Gould.
The return of the boat was the first
animation of the worthy deed OF Miss
Could.
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SHAFTER'S PART DONE,
And He is Willing to Leave the Rest
to the People.

San Francisco, Gala, Jan. 21.-Major
General Shafter was given a public re-
ception by the citizens of San Francisco
last evening at the Palace hotel The
affair was under the auspices of a COM
mittee of 100 citizens, headed by Mayor
Phelan.
The general shook hands with thou
sands of citizens.
General Shafter made a brief speech
in which he reviewed the Santiago CAM
paign. In conclusion he said:
''The campaign has been criticised but
heretofore 1 have said little about it.
Now that 1 am at home and among
friends, I have no hesitation in saying
that not a mistake nor blunder was
made in that campaign. If you want to
hurt anybody, you have got to get
up near enough so they can hurt you.
1t was a fight between men and the
victory went to the best soldiers and
the best marksmen. We kept the enemy
so busy they had no time to attack our
flank
In conclusion, he said that the part
of the army was done, and he had no
fear that the people could not success
fully cope with the new responsibilities
thrust upon them. The war was a
great blessing, and the outlook was
bright for long continued peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
DiSembarks His Troops on a
Small Island
Three Miles Distant From
IIOilO.
WITHOUT OPPOSITION
Conditions on the Transports
Were Such
That He Was Compelled to Go
Ashore Somewhere.

New York, Jan. 21.-A special from
Washington says: General Miller's ex-
pedition has landed on Guimaras is
land, three miles from Iloilo, without
opposition, General Otis cables from
Manila.
Landing was necessary because of the
crowded condition of troops on the
transports. Experience has proved that
soldiers lose spirit and fighting quail
ties when confined long on board ship,
SO the war department asked General
Otis to ascertain if it was possible for
General Miller to lanu his expedition
near noilo. He cabled that it was and
was then instructed to order a landing
1t was deemed inadvisable to have
this expedition return to Manila with
out having landed because it was fear
ed the natives of Luzon would think
the Filipinos at Iloilo has repulsed the
Americans.
The presidents policy of pacifcation
will be continued and no attempt to
land at Iloilo will be made at present
the island on which the men have
landed is healthy and has an abundance
of water.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
FISH IN THE YUKON.
A Good Supply Reported in That
River and Tributary Streams.

Montreal, Jan. PA report of inter-
est and value has been received at the
fisheries department, Ottawa, from 81
former emp1oye of the department now
resident in Dawson, dealing with the
fisheries Of the Yukon and tributary
streams. 1t gives the first accurate in
formation on the subject, and corrects
what would appear to be an erroneous
impression as to the value of the Yukon
fisheries as a means of food supply.
There are many kinds of fish, includ-
ing whitefish, buffalo fish, pike, and
grayling, all edible, and in the cases of
the whitefish and the grayling of a very
superior kind. If on further inquiry the
waters are found to be stocked to an
extent to allow of any large quantities
being taken for local food supply, it will
be in the interest of the department to
see that the supply is not wiped out by
the employment of unwarranted means
of catching. In several of the larger
lakes fishing companies are at work,
and find that they are able to realize
handsome profits therefrom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
FOR A STATE PARK.
Bill to Purchase the Pawnee Republic
Site for That Purpose.

Representative Woodward, of Repub-
lie county, wants the state to purchase
the site of the old Pawnee Republic viii
1age for a public park, and has intro
duced a bill to that effect into the house
The move is recommended by the State
Historical society.
During the latter part of the last CEN
tury the Pawnee nation ruled the plains
from the Platte to the Arkansas They
were the strongest and most warlike
nation in the west at that time, and
compelled weaker tribes to pay tribute
to them. The head of the nation was
at a village on White Rock Creek in
the northwest part of Republic county,
which was known as the Pawnee Re
public. 1t was from this village that
the Republican river took its name and
also Republic county.
When Lieutenant Zebulon Pike march
ed through Kansas on his famous ex-
ploring expedition in 1906, on his way
to the mountains where he discovered
and named Pixies Peak, he visited this
nation. His route lay to the south of
from there he went across to near where
Salina stands, and then marched north
to the Pawnee Republic, which he
reached on September 20, 1906
When he reached the village Lieuten-
ant Pike found that a company of Span
iards from New Mexico had visited it
only a month before, and had left the
Spanish flag floating over the village,
in token that the Pawnees acknowl-
edged allegiance to Spain. He per-
suaded the Indian chiefs to haul down
the Spanish emblem and raise instead
the Stars and Stripes.
This was the first time in history that
the Spanish flag gave way to Old Glory,
which at that time was rather youthful,
and in memory of the historic event the
state is asked to purchase the site of
the old Indian village and improve it
for a state park.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
NO INQUEST NEEDED
On the Seventeen Victims of the Dun
ellen Wreck.

New York. Jan. 21.-The World pub
fishes the following:
There will be no coroner's inquest into
the cause of the wreck at Dunellen, N.
J., on January 9Th, in which II persons
lost their lives. Prosecutor voorhees,
and County Physician Long have ar
rived at this decision after an informal
investigation held by them in this city.
Prosecutor Voorhees, said yesterday
while the investigation was not yet end
ed it had progressed sufficiently to war
rant the statement that the railroad
was not criminalIy responsible, whatever
its civil responsibilities.
No inquest, he added, need be held as
responsibility for the accident had been
determined He would not state on
whom the responsibility had been fixed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
FAYNE MOORE'S FRIEND.
Wealthy Young Contractor Offers to
Become Her Bondsman.

New York, Jan. 21.-Fayne Strahan
Moore, accused of aiding her husband to
badger Martin Mahon, hopes to go forth
from the Tombs to liberty. A wealthy
New Yorker has consented to become
her bondsman. Should he not be ac-
cepted her mother will offer cash bail
for her release. Mrs. Moore's lawyer
called at the district attorneys office
and offered as a bondsman for the
young woman Joseph M. Campbell a
wealthy builder and contra ctor, living
at 327 West One Hundred and Sixteenth
street. Mrs. Moore is under 81, 900 bonds
and Mr.. Campbell offered security
four pieces of property valued at $140,-
900. The district attorney will try to
have her kept in prison until her second
trial is called.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
GLOOMY AT DAWSON.
Much Sickness, Distress, and Disap-
pointment

Dawson, Dec. %, via Seattle, Wn.,
Jan. 21.-The situation here is gloomy.
The number of sick is increasing and
the six hospitals are full. The mounted
police have donated for the help of the
poor some $4,000 in cash from their
treasury. This leaves them with but
81 900 cash on hand.
Commissioner Ogilvie called meet
ing to decide on ways and means for
relieving the situation and a memorial
asking for aid will be sent to Washing
ton 1t is estimated that $4,000 a month
will be required to pay for the treat
ment of indigent patients. The death
rate this winter has been almost as
great as in the summer. Several stam-
pedes to new fields have recently oc-
CURED, but in each case the gold seek
ers were disappointed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
HERMIT FOUND DEAD.
Left His Family and Had Lived Alone
in Hut Near Independence.

Independence, Jan. 21.-Richard Yer
brink, an eccentric character, who had
lived at the north end of Table mound,
near here, for a number of years, was
found dead in his hut last evening.
Verbrink was about so years old. Sew
eral years ago he left his family and
since then he has lived by himself in a
little hut which he constructed on the
banks of Elk river. He was we'll edu-
Gated, but since his retirement from
civilization he had spent his time trap
ping and fishing. 1t was generally sup
posed that the old man had conSidera BILE
money, and some think that was what
led to his mysterious death, although
no marks of violence can be found on
his person. The body had been there a
day before it was discovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
Lost Heirs Turn Un.

London, Jan. PA resident of San
Francisco, DR.. Charles Freye, died in
testate at Vienna in July last of apo
plexy, leaving the sum of 100000, it is
said, deposited in San Francisco. No
heirs were discovered and the state was
about to take over the money when
two poor Swiss named Poshardt and
May, from Dubendorff, near Zurich, ar
rived in Vienna on Tuesday and claimed
the inheritance. They brought with
them documents to show that they were
the deceased brother and brother-in-Iaw
respectively.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
IS HELD FOR MURDER.
Jack Haines, of Topeka, Must Answer
to the Grand jury.

Kansas City, Jan. 21-John Haines.
who shot and killed Charles Watson
IN the saloon of Colwell & Ray, at 1O46
Union avenue, about o'clock Thursday
morning, while under the influence of
hquor, is now a prisoner in the county
1ati. A warrant was issued for him
yesterday, charging him with murder
an the nrst degree. HaineS was re-
moved from the police headquarters to
the county Jail yesterday morning i'm
mediately after an inquest had been
held by Coroner Lester
The verdict of the coroner's iurv was
that Watson came to his death bv a
pistol shot wound received at the hands
or Haines William King and Fred
Gurus, both of whom were eye-wit-
nesses to the tragedy, related practical
~ the same story of the shooting that
they told the police soon after the
traSeoy- Both said that Haines was
drunk and quarrelsome. An hour be-
tore the shooting Haines was heard to
make threats against WatsOn's life but
the latter paid no attention to him be-
cause he had been drinking.
Watson and Haines had been warm
Ir1enos for twenty years, and the trag-
edy would never occurred had the latter
not been drinking. Up to the time thar
ne actually fired the shot that ended
" atsons life, the latter thought that
dalneS was only fooling King and Cur
It's both testified before the coroner's
jury yesterday that Haines was cIear1IJ
TO blame and that Watson made no
st,.i7so - agalnst MIN or any effort to
strike him until he pulled a revolver.
me Inc witnesses to the tragedy say that
watson did not strike Haines until after
ne rad been mortally wounded by the
latter. 'e
Haines' wife came here from Tonelxa
and has employed Major Blake T.
Woodson to defend her husband
Halnes counsel has sealed his Inns and
@ He now refuses to say anything about
the tragedy. Haines' plea will be SELF
defense SELL
Halnes was arraigned in Justice Ross,
court yesterday and his preliminary
hearing set for next Monday afternooSS
The funeral of Charles d. Watson will
oe held at 2;30 this afternoon from wei
den's undertaking rooms, 211 East Fif-
teenth street. Interment will be in Elm
wood cemetery
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ALLSMOOTHED OVER.
England and France are About to Get
Together.

London, Jan. 21.-The Paris CORES
pondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
Il am informed that Sir Edmund
Munson, British amba assador to France
in an interview with M. Delcasse,
French minister of foreign affairs, has
virtually laid down the lines of nego-
tiations on all disputed points between
France and Great Britain. The pro-
gramme so far amounts an an Anglo
French treaty of the highest historic
importance. In official circles the ap-
preaching solution is foreshadowed
rather cautiously, but while the ami
cable explicit terms which have been
hinted to me are scarcely realized as
vet they leave only one or two details
of mutual compensation unsettled"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
CALLS 1T A STEAL.
Senator Tillman Jabs His Pitchfork
Into the Nicaragua Canal Scheme

Washington, Jan. 21.-Speaking to the
Nicaragua canal bill in the senate yes
terday afternoon, Mr.. Tillman Is. CO
declared that the whole canal scheme
was purely speculative and had for it's
main idea the pulling out of the treas
ury of $5, 900, 900, a sum which he char
terized as the last apple on the tree, :"
which the Maritime Canal company is
grasping at, after having missed get
ting the fifty millions or a hundred mil
lions which previous bills had proposed
to give them.
Il believe" he declared, that this
scheme is a steal and nothing but a
steal
"The more you stir this thing" he
shouted, the more you investigate, the
dirtier it becomes and the louder 1T
stinks.
when the senator from Alabama
(Mr. Morgan) tried to interfere with my
rights as a senator on this fioor,' said
Mr.. Tillman, II made up my mind that
this bill should not pass today and that
we might as well adjourn
While Mr.. Caffery was discussing his
amendment reducing the amount avail
able to be paid to the canal company to
81, ,00O,O0 Mr.. Berry offered the follow
ing amendment to section 8:
Nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to authorize the payment to said
company or to any persons a greater
sum than the value of such property as
ascertained by the commission herein
named, nor shall any warrants be deliv-
such value"
Mr.. Morgan accepted the amendment
and it was agreed to.
Mr.. Caffery's amendment was then
defeated, 80 to 20.
Mr.. Chiffon (Texas) offered an amend
1nent reducing the number of directors
of the canal from eleven to seven, five
= of whom are to be from the United
States. The amendment was agreed to-.
Mr.. Spooner offered an amendment
that if the president be unable to Sc
cure from the governments of Nicara-
qua and Costa Rica such concessions as
will enable the United States to build
and perpetually own and control the
canal, he is authorized to negotiate for
a control or the right to construct,
maintain and perpetually control some
other canal connecting the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans; and the president is also
requested to negotiate for the abroga-
tion or modification of any or all treaty
obligations in any way interfering with
the construction, ownership and perpet-
ual control of any such canal.
Replying to a question from Mr.. Nor
gan, Mr.. Spooner said that his express
sion ''some other canal would of course
include the Panama canal. He did not
believe that the United States ought to
be tied up in this subject to the gov
ernments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
AS a desire was expressed that the
amendment be perfected, on motion of
Mr.. White the senate adjourned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
TOPEKA AND X. G., KAS.
The Chances for Public Building APP
propriations This Session.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The chances are
that congress will, at this session, make
the appropriations asked for public
buildings at Kansas City, Kan, and To-
peka. A bill appropriating $S5, 900 for a
building at Topeka, introduced by Rep
resentative Curtis, and another appro-
priation of $4,000 for building at kan
Sas City, introduced by Representative
Peters, are now pending before the
house committee on public buildings
and grounds and although they have
been strenuously urged, the committee
has failed to report them to the house
Senator Harris said today that he
would offer both bills in the senate as
amendments to the sundry civil bill and
that he felt sure they would be passed
If this can be accomplished both pro-
jects will be in good shape. Represen-
tative Curtis said today it was reasona-
bly, certain that the amendments would
be accepted when they reach the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-21
WHITE PASS RAILROAD
Is Now Completed to the Sum-
NIT and 5000 Men Are
Employed.

San Francisco, Jan. 21-Peter L. Har-
per, secretary Of D. c. Frazer, the Eng
lish capitalist who is backing the White
pass and Yukon railroad is here on his
way east. He says the railroad is now
completed from Skaguay to the sum-
nit of White pass. The company is
hiring all the men it can get as it is
desired to complete the road as soon as
possible to Fort Se1lzirk, 80 miles from
Skaguay.
About 5000 men are now on the COM
pany's pay roll, but it is hard to keep
them and stampedes to the gold fields
are frequent.
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MADE TO PAY 500.
Sa1oonkeepers Pulled, and Put Up
Their Regular Fee.

The drinking resort in the rear Of
George Klauer's cigar store on Kansas
avenue between Fifth and Sixth was
raided by the police yesterday after
noon about four o'clock and the usual
amount of kegs and bottles, mostly
empty, were hauled to the station. The
bar room is fitted with a substantial
cherry wood bar that has done duty in
Topeka for some time.
AT the same time that Policemen
Belts, Mccoy and Simpson were visit
ing the place, Policemen Bernard and
Sergeant Owens arrested Frank Bates
for running a joint in the basement
of a building near corner of Kansas
avenue and Fourth street. Both put up
500 at the police station for their ap-
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a Notable Company.

London, Jan. 21.-The Prince of Wales
appears in the role of a patron of the
opera, permitting his name to head the
list of shareholders of Covent Garden.
1t also includes the name of the duchess
of Marlborough,A ,Adeline Patti and num-
erOuS financierS and titled people. The
new operas promised include 1.-The Prin-
cess D'Auverage" by Prof. Jen Block of
the Antwerp conservatory and "a PriS-
oner of War; by Carl Goldmark.
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An Atchison Pioneer Dead.

Atchison, Jan. 21.-James c. Aud died
at the family residence on R street yes
terday afternoon, aged 81 years. De
ceased was one of the oldest residents
of Atchison, having come here from
Brownsville, Pa, in 1858. Until a few
years ago when he retired, he was a
builder and constructor, and was as
sociated with Major Gum, of Kansas
City, in the construction of the stone
work of the Atchison bridge. His
brother, David Aud, is president of the
First National bank of Atchison-