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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14
LIST on CASUALTIEs
Collected From All Over the Philip
pine Archipelago.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE war de-
partment today received from General
Otis the following list of casualties:
Manila, Aug. Traditional casual
Sixth infantry at Bebon, Negros July
10, company K, David Sanderson.
July 80, company K, Vincent Seger,
near San Isidro, Negros, John Heichner.
Twentythird infantry, near Pardo,
Cebu, July "a, company K, Robert H
Moore.
Seventeenth infantry, near San Fer
nando, Luzon, August 8, company D,
Corporal Samuel T. Bollinger.
Ninth infantry, company D, Corporal
George S. Wells
Company H, Charles J. Lavier Jr.,
Fourth infantry, near Novaleta, Aug.
Company I. Frank Lampman, Twen-
ty-second infantry, near San Luis, Aug.
p.
Company D, Via W. Cox
Twenty first infantry. near Mari
quina, company B. Walling Collins.
Company G, John A. Brennan
Twenty fourth infantry, James Mold.
Fourth cavalry. company -, Ser
geants James Robinson and Nick Sebi-
Wounded:
Twenty first infantry at Calamba,
July 80, company G, Corporal Alexander
Foster. chest, severe.
Twenty first infantry, near Mariqui-
ma, August u, Second Lieutenant Mar
ion NJ. Weeks. abdomen, moderate.
Company E, Corporal Louis Blood.
thigh, moderate.
Company B, First Sergeant George T.
Rollins, arm, severe.
Charles Wellington, leg severe.
James Camel, thigh, moderate.
Frank d. Vendle, arm, slight.
Company E, Geo. w. Howard, thigh,
severe.
Twenty fourth infantry. company E,
Samuel Webster chest, severe.
Clarence RuckeF, fore arm, moderate.
Company G, John Cecil, thigh, slight.
Corporal Willis Howe, thigh, moder-
ate
Fourth cavalry, company 3, Charles
Jabemlann, arm, moderate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14
JAYHAWKER lots

There are 1913 girls in the industrial
school for girls at Beloit.
E. J. Garner. who used to run various
newspapers out in the Fifth and Sixth
districts, has esta blished the Okla onna
Woodman at Guthrie.
An eastern syndicate is said to have
leased large amount of land in the
sand hills between Abilene and Solomon
for the purpose of prospecting for gas.
Mitchell cOunty's court house is so
old and delapidated that it has been
abandoned to the bats and owls. and
the county offices are scattered around
in no less than seven different build
ings.
Mayor Roach, of Salina. who is also
manager of the Kansas Wesleyan busi-
ness college, has recently made arrange
ments to open a branch of his school at
Honolulu in the near future. The next
thing he will be starting one at Ma
Mia
Freeman AthoI of Mankato. found a
twig ten inches long on one of his crab
apple trees on which were 80 apples
John HOfer, Of AthoI. Smith county.
matched it with a Six-inch tNfg bearing
p apples. Jewell and Smith counties
raise other things beside corn
A Smith Center woman has brought
suit against the Western Union Tele-
graph company asking for 81 9e9 90
damages for transmitting and deliver
ing to her an improper telegram re-
hecting upon her character. 1t is al
legged that it was shown to outside par
ties before delivery.
Seward Jones made a statement in
the Beloit Cali last week that Mitchell
county had a pumpkin 51a feet in diam
eter. 1t sounded like a big yarn but
most people took it for granted, not
knowing what Kansas won't produce.
This week Seward says he meant SO
feet in circumference. But still that
pumpkin takes the cake.
A Lucas man who is bound to be a
pessimist anyway has figured it out
that the recent rains have cost him
s. so an acre He says that before the
rain his corn would have made 80 BUSH
els to the acre and he would have re-
ceived 80 cents a bushel for it, but now
it Will make 80 bushels to the acre and
he will get only Is cents for it. and be-
sides it is taller and harder to gather
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Death of Mrs. Lena Mcclure.

Manhattan, Aug. 14.-AIrs. Lena Nc
Clure died Friday at the county farm,
only a short time ago she was the pref
ty wife of George B. Mcclure, then on
the Mercury staff. She was mem
Der of St PauPs Episcopal church of
this place, a Daughter of the King
and apparently a happy wife in a pref
tily furnished house. Her husband died
suddenly about a year ago, and becom-
ing addicted to the morphine habit, she
sank rapidly into an abyss of mental
and moral oblivion, and Friday she
died No Daughter of the King to
offer resolutions. no priest in gown
and state to guide her soul across the
dark river. She was attended only by
the kind matron of the farm, and died
..unlettered and unsung"
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the Missouri Pacific, east Of here, shot
a burglar with a shotgun at o'clock
saturday morning as the burglar was
making his escape from the Bradford
store with an arnfuI of goods.
Bradford has his residence connected
with his store by electric signals. He
heard the signal and grabbed a loaded
and started to protect his prop
erty. AS he neared the store he saw
the form of a man leaving through a
rear window. Bradford fired and the
man fell, screaming. My God, you've
shot me. I'm bleeding to death Don't
shoot again" When daylight came
Bradford discovered that the man was
gone, but he could be tracked by the
ford found the man lying in a cornfeId
badly wounded. Several shot had struck
him in the face, both eyes being in
Jured- He was brought here and lodged
in jail. He gives his name as Wallace
Bowers, of Cleveland, O., and was
tramping.
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KANSAS NEWS
Two Attempts Made to Blow Up
the Home
OF a Parsons Man With Dyna-
mite Cap and Fuse.
PLACED ON THE PORCH
The Fuse Failed to Burn Up to
the Powder.
Victim Knows of No Enemy
Who Might Injuxe Him.
PLACED ON THE PORCH

Parsons, Aug. 14.-Twice recently an
attempt has been made to blow up the
residence of D. F. Wilson, the painter
at 1880 Clark avenue with dynamite.
Fortunately dangerous charge did not
explode at either time or the dwelling
would have been wrecked and Wilson
and his family killed or severely in
jured.
The last attempt was made Friday
night. The stick of dynamite with cap
and fuse attached, was found on the
back porch of Wilson's house early Sat
urday morning and turned over to Mar
shall Hazard. who has been endeavor-
ing to find out who made such das-
tardly attempt to kill an entire family
Hazard has been unable to get any
clue, and upon inquiry at all the stores
in the city dealing in explosives, he
found that none of them handled the
same brand of dynamite as the stick
that was attempted to be used. Wilson
is unable TO throw any light on the oc-
currence, as he knows of no reason why
any one should attempt such an outrage
upon himself and family.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Mary J. Stricken and husband to
Martha J. Johnson. $500, lots 81 and s..
Tenth avenue. west
J. G. Freshman and wife to Theodore
Kreipe, $1,000. south Z of section 10 and
southeast q of the northwest Il and west
- of northeast u of 15-12-l7 $50 acres.
Ethyl Moore to NJ. s. Beatty. SO, lot 500.
Tyler street, Armstrong addition.
Sarah l.. Curtis to Henry Gutsch, $500.
lots r. II, IS. Is and 2, Beacon street.
Daniels subdivision
G. L. cambridge and wife to Jno. Kemp
81 west 40 feet lots POI. 203. POS and 90.
and fractional lot 2071z Monroe street,
North Park addition.
B. Rockwell and wife to Chas. L Hol-
man, SIPS, part southeast u 29-1I-16.
s. B. Isenhart to I. NJ. Thomas, $3.50,
the south half of lot IS and north 2 of lot
81. Fillmore street.
irwin Shook ct al to c. L. Shook, 81. lot
122 and south half of lot 124, Polk street,
Maple Grove addition
c. L. Shook ct al to irwin Shook, 81,
south half lot 124, and lot 126, as same as
irwin Shook ct al to Mary A, Shook. 81.
lots 128. $50 and 1872, same as above
Johanna NJ Rosen TO Peter Shafer, S125,
north 25 feet lot 50, Monroe street, North
Topeka
lot SO, Monroe street. North Topeka.
Same to Peter HOefner. $3.50 the middle
25 feet lot 60, Monroe street, North To
r. s. statler and wife to T. S. Wolf and
wife $1,000, lot 461 Clay street, Kings ad-
dition.
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3. O. GAYS MINE.
Reported That He Is About to Sell It
For $4,000.

Negotiations are under way between
eastern capitalists and Mr.. F. c. Gay
of this city, general freight agent of the
Santa Fe, for the sale of the latter's
copper mine on the edge of the Yuma
desert in California. The mine is held
at three-quarters of a million dollars,
and this is probably the price that will
be paid for it.
There are other men interested in the
mine with Mr. Gay but he has exclusive
control of it. Of the $3.50, 600 he will re-
ceive the greater portion in the event of
the sale Of the mine.
Mr.. Gay has been interested in mines
for the past % years, and the Yuma
copper mine is his first big paying in
VeStment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14
BROWN STEPS DOWN.
Moses of Young Democracy Resigns
His Position.

E. E. Brown, the self styled Moses of
the Young Democracy of Kansas, who
has received a great deal of free adver-
Using has quit being a Moses and has
written the following letter to F. P.
Hettinger. of Hutchinson:
You will undoubtedly be surprised
that have concluded to resign as chair
man of the executive committee
II have given this matter quite con-
siderable thought and have come to the
conclusion that it would be for the best
interests of the Democratic party for me
to sever my connection from the Hutch
inson conference An impression pre-
walls that it is a move to disOrganize
the Democracy of Kansas, therefore, to
prove my loyalty as Democrat, am
willing to sacrifice personal interests for
the good Of the party whose principles
I worship.
4 feel very grateful to the many
Democrats who have written me en-
couraging letters, also to the press. that
have said many kind things in our be-
half, and do not feel hard toward those
who have criticised US because I believe
that they were consistent and believed
that it was not for the best interest of
the Democratic party.
L am very sorry that the controversy
between Mr.. Overmyer and myself
came UP and things were said under
the impulse of the moment that ought
not to have been said, yet to prove my
loyalty to the Democratic party, should
ne receive the nomination IOf the nlSn-
est office in the gift of the state at the
hands of a Democratic convention, I
would work for him just as loyalty as I
would for any friend that I have on
earth, as want it understood now that
1 am not a 'bolter.'
In this connection I want to thank
the committee for their loyalty to me
and will say that anything that I can
do to assist in making the Hutchinson
conference a success, command me. I
shall be in Hutchinson to attend the next
that you will select a chairman who has
the interests of Democracy at heart and
who will be a credit to the party and
be successful in uniting all factions so
the future.
with best wishes for yourself and
the success of Kansas Democracy, re-
"E. E. BROWN"
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It's application to progressive govern

it's application to progressive govern
ment
1t is senseless and wrong to grope
among the shadows of the past for in
structions, where there are none in
stead of resolving existing doubts by
an intelligent survey of the future.
America can no more afford to let the
Philippines go than she could let the
south secede.
American manufactures are seeking
a market. American territory must be
extended in order that that maket may
be found.
Again, the Philippines are in our
hands. We owe to them a parental
duty They assuredly are not capable
of government. To whom could we
cede them with assurance that they
would be governed justly?
The rantings of so-called anti-imper-
ialists are nothing if not treason and a
slur thrown in the teeth of Americas
gallant soldiery.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chieago News.l

LFrom the Chicago News.l
The sun dial is one of the old-timers.
AS rule the cast-iron rule should be
cast aside.
To the restaurant chicken all seasons
are spring.
Even the time of the losing horse is
money to the bool1maker.
A wise man never tells his neighbors
what his experience cost
In life we count upon the uncertain,
but the inevitable always surprises US.
An old bachelor says the penalty of a
stolen kiss is often lifelong bondage
About the hardest thing for the anna
teur farmer to raise is the money to
run the farm.
Coin is the name Of a Cincinnati
spiritualist. He is evidently a circulat-
ing medium.
It's no wonder the way of the trans
gressor is hard considering the amount
of travel there is on it.
The man who succeeds in forging his
way to the front is in a position to be
trampled on by the mob If he falls.
Says rural paper: "A savage dog
on the outskirts of town bit off a small
boys finger and swallowed it, Any
way, the dog showed some considera-
ton in not swallowing the boys finger
before biting it off.
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ONE KANSAS MAN
Invalided Home Arrives on the Cen
tenniaL

tenniaL
San Francisco, Aug. 14.-The United
States transport Centennial has arrived
here from Manila after a most exciting
round trip. She narrowly missed a
couple of typhoons, was ashore on a
coral reef where the entire crew barely
escaped capture at the hands of the
Filipinos; one of the sailors was killed
by a parting hawser and one of the
quartermasters was stabbed by a color
ed cook.
Because of the stabbing, Charles
Wilson of the CentenniaPs galley staff,
arrived here in irons, while Herman
Brevey, the transports quartermaster,
will have a sOjOurn in some hospital I'M
til he RECEIVERS from the effects of the
cooks knife.
During the tightening process, neces-
sary to get the Centennial off the reef
near Manila, on her outward trip, a
quantity of government stores to the
value of $3.50 had to be jettisoned and
were eagerly appropriated by the Fill
pinos, who swarmed about the reef and
made more than one attack for the
purpose of capturing the vessel and
crew.
Upon her return trip to this port, the
Centennial brought a number of in
valid officers and men from various
regiments. The wives of officers are
also on board. Major r. Lockwood
Captain Kell and Lieutenant Hawkins
are invaded home. Lieutenant Parker
has been promoted to a first lieutenancy
in the Sixth cavalry and comes back to
go in his troop.
Lieutenant J. B. Harbeson was
wounded in the leg at ParanaQue. Lieu
tenant A. w. Yates was the victim of a
sunstrOke and is paTaIyzed on one
side. Lieutenant W. S. Overton is
wounded in the leg. DR.. KEN has been
ordered to Fort Hamilton, N 2 The
sick were in charge of Surgeon J. B.
Darling, and Captain J. F. Evans as
commisSariat.
Captain G. F. Spear, of the Mime
sofa regiment, started from Manila on
the transport, but left the ship atNaga-
saki
The officers and men brought home
by the Centennial include the follow
ing: Lieutenant James P. Harbeson,
Thirteenth infantry; Franklin NJ. KEN,
United States engineer; Edwin E HaW-
kins. South Dakota volunteers; James
S Parker, Sixth cavalry, L. s. A;
Yates, Ninth infantry, q. S. A; w S.
Overton, Third artillery, u s. A;
Major J. w. Hannay, Third infantry,
u S A; Captain w H Kell, Twenty
second infantry, U. s. A; Major B. c.
Lockwood, Twenty first infantry U s.
A. Private Alfred Plant, Company A
Twentieth Kansas; Private G. Q. Gal
Iagher, Company I, Minnesota regiment;
Sergeant THEODORE Dangerf1eld, Com
Danv B, iowa regiment
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IS DOING HIS BEST.
Governor Stanley Writes About Clos
ing the "KIondike.n

Newton, Aug. 14-NTrs. L. C. McLane,
secretary of the W. C. T. u, has re-
ceived the following letter from Gov
ernOr Stanley:
Dear Madam am in receipt of
your of recent date. returning the
thanks of your organization for my eff
forts in behalf of closing the 'KIondize'
My only hope of success in the matter
is public support. I am glad to know
you indoFse my action. There are many
difficulties in the way. but I hope to
succeed. The influence of the governor
in this matter, however, is not very
large, and all he can do is to make the
best effort possible .
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AZ Eseaped 1Furderer caught.

Wichita, Aug. 14.-Sheriff Simmons re-
ceived word today that Ed FitzsirnmOns,
negro, who broke jail here last January,
while awaiting removal to the peniten-
tiary under a sentence of fifty years for
murder, was caught in RIinnea polls,
Mimi. yesterday At the time F'itzsim-
mons got away. seven other criminals,
all under sentence to the penitentiary,
escaped. None of the others has been
captured. Sheriff Simmons viii meet
the Minnesota officer in Kansas City
today and take Fitzsimmons directly to
the renitentiarv-
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TO BORE FOR OIL
st. Louis Syndicate Leases 5000
Acres of Land Near Solomon.

Solomon, Aug. 14-An eastern syndi-
cate has this week, through its local
agents, leased the mineral privileges on
about 5000 acres of land three miles
east of this place in the hills along Sand
creek. Among the lands leased and on
which the first shafts will be put down
German, $40 acres; A w. Rice. GAO
acres; H. Southworth, so acres; J. Nc
Naun, 100 acres; also the Red Bud
ranch of 500 acres. On the last will be
put down a well 1000 feet deep.
Oil and coal are indicated along the
creek, while a 700-foot well on the Red
Bud ranch few years ago produced a
flow of gas that lasted for weeks. The
syndicate has headquarters at st. Louis
and has sent an engineer to prospect
the entire region.
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Hurt In a Runaway.

Abilene, Aug. 14.-Lou Hizer, a lad
of IA years, was seriously and perhaps
fatally in jured Saturday in a runaway
He was riding a hay rake, when the
team ran away and the boy was thrown
off in front of the rake. His body was
badly cut by the teeth, one leg broken
les inflicted
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TEE coRN Is SAFE.
Timely Rains Fall In Central and
Northern Kansas.

Emporia, Aug. IA very heavy rain
fell here Saturday night, not less than
two inches, and reports received go to
show that a heavy fall was reported
throughout the entire state. Never in
the history of the state has so many
timely rains fallen. Crops will now be
even larger than the most hattering es-
innate heretofore predicted.
Abilene, Aug. 1.-two inches of rain
fell here Saturday night, the rain ex-
tending about 100 miles west. Corn is
considered now safely past it's critical
period.
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REFORM DELEGATES.
Governors List of Reformers includes
Only New Men In the Business

Governor Stanley has appointed the
following delegates to represent Kan
sas at the meeting of the Civic Fedora
ton in Chicago, at which he will also
be present:
First district-W. J. Bailey, congress
man at large
Second K. Cubbison, Kansas City.
Third-George H. Buchanan, Winfield.
Fourth-W- A White, Emporia.
Fifth-John E Eessin, Emporia.
Sixth-Farry L Pestana, Russell
Seventh-Charles E. Elliott, yelling
ton
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KANSANS CAUGHT
BY the Failure of w. N. Jones, of
Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. 14.-Wm. NJ. Jones,
merchant, filed a petition in bankruptcy
in the U. S. district court today sched-
uling liabilities of S91. $50 and no assets.
Among the creditors are H. b Allen,
Waterloo, Ia, $4,000; j. B. Parsons,
Sycamore Springs, Kan, $1,575; EN-
poria National bank, Emporia, Kan,
81, 625; r. L. Tidry, Des Moines, Ia,
81, $50, and Yonker Bros, Des Moines,
S1 125
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FOREVER BARRED.
Four Insurance Companies Refused to
Pay Their Fines In Missouri.

Jefferson City, Mo, Aug. 14.-An of
the ousted insurance companies have
paid the fines of 81, 900 each assessed
against them under the antitrust law,
except the Commercial Union the Law,
Union and Crown, the Victoria Fire and
Marine and the Citizens of New York.
The time expired this morning and as
these failed to they are forever barred
from doing business in Missouri.
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AGED KANsAN MIss1Na.
James Grimes, 50 Years Old Disap-
pears With Money and Notes.

St. Joseph. Mo-, Aug 14-James
Grimes, a wealthy retired farmer Of
Berne, Kan, came here July % to visit
his son, James Grimes. He left for
home August 4, being accompanied to
the depot by small grandson, who has
not been heard of since. Relatives have
made a thorough search for him. He
had $1,000 currency and $500 in notes
with him. He was IS wears of age
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Commissioners Fail to Act.

Fort Scott, Aug 1.-THE county COM
missioners Saturday evening refused to
compel County Attorney Sheppard to
turn over to the county S1.03S in fees he
had collected and retained Most of the
fees were paid as costs in liquor cases
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DEATH OF ]. II. MALoNEY. .
A Dunlap Cattleman Takes an Over
dose of Morphine by Mistake.

Emporia, Aug. 14.-Word has reached
here from Muskogee, L T, of the ac-
cidental killing of James NJ. AIaloney, a
prominent cattleman of Dunlap, near
here. He took an overdose of morphine
by mistake.
Mr.. MalOney has been carrying on an
extensive cattle business in the terri
tory and was well known, being a part
ner of NJ. L. BragdOn. His wife has
been telegraphed.
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New Bank Formed at Leroy.

Yates Center, Aug IA new bank.
called the Citizens State bank, has been
organized at lie Roy. north of here,
The officers are John Koppel, president;
7 Irwin, vice president, and J. r. kop-
pie, cashier. During the panic of 1893
lie Roy had two disastrous bank fail
ures, and has since been without a
bank Two years ago one was organic
ed, but met so little encoura cement it
closed up voluntarily
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

IF'rom the New York Press.l
There is such a thing as a heroic
falsehOOd.
The dead are the only friends we
have always with US.
Before he moves every man ought to
make up his mind to fail from grace
Some people keep the Sabbath so holy
that they don't work any for three
days before or three days after.
The belief in a God is probably al
most as instructive to a woman as the
idea that she can't clean house properly
unless she has a sunbonnet on.
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ANOTHER CLUE.

Rennes, Aug 1.-THE police believe
they have a clue to the assassin of M
Labor, and police officers are now on
the track. He is believed to be in the
vicinity of Fougeres, to which place he
doubled back after taking refuge in
the forest of Couesnes.
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ANOTHER PARDON.
Man Con victed of Running a Gam
bling House Will Be Released.

Governor Stanley this afternoon granted
a conditional pardon to Frank Keeping OF
Hutchinson to be effective October l. KEEP
ping was one of gang convicted OF run
ming a gambling house and was sentenced
to three years in the penitentfary- The
other members of the gang were pardoned
by Governor Leedy.
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and the commissioners held that the
fee and salary law of 1899 does not de-
signate fees IN liquor eases as payable
to the county The petition to compel
the county attorney to turn in the fees
was filed by Mrs. Mamie Couch, a tax
payer of the county.