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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED.
Lieut.. John n. Evans Loses His Life
in Philippines.

Manila, May 30.-Major Henry T. AL
len, of the F'orty-third infantry, while
scouting from CathalOgen, island of Sa-
mar May 9, drove a party of ~insur-
gents from the valleys. Four Americans
were killed, including Lieut.. John H.
Evans, who was slain while gallantly
leading a charge against the entrench
ments. Eleven Of the enemy were killed
and four were wounded. The town of
Caterrnan, island of Samar, was attack
ed at midnight, April 30, by a thousand
rebels who entrenched themselves near
the town over night. Captain John
Cole, of the Forty-third regiment fought
the Filipinos for six hours and after
wards buried $50 of the enemy. One
American was killed and one was
wounded.
The hamlet of PAWN. in the province
OF 1aguma, island of LuZ0n, the head
quarters of Gen. Cables, was surround
ed May by the three detachmentS of
the F'orty-second regiment, Thirty-sec-
ond regiment and Eleventh cavalry. On
~ few OF the enemy were encounter
ed, Cables having departed the day be-
fore. PAWN, which was manifestly a
rebel stronghold, was burned to the
ground.
Captain Nordon's scouts and two
companies of the Eighteenth regiment,
while scouting May Il in western Pan
ava surprised a number of the enemy
near Valderama and killed 80 of them.
There were no casualties among the
Americans, but some of them suffered
| from SunStroke.
| The official reports announce scouting
and small enga gements in Panaya and
Cebu islands. and Tayabas, Laguna,
| Zanbelles, Bengut and Pangasin pro-
vinces, resulting in IA of the enemy be-
| ing killed and many wounded.
The Americans also captured so rifles
a Nordenfeldt gun and supplies of am
munitien and destroyed a. powder fac
tory.
A rebel major who surrendered at
Liscum last week, has been persuadIng
| others to follow his example. Today he
ordered the surrender of As men with 5E
rifles at Tarilac and hopes to influence
| more of his countrymen to do the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
OTIS SUCCEEDS MERRITT.
President Appoints Him Major Gen
eral-other Appointments.

Washington, May 3O.-The president
yesterday sent the following nominal
tions to the senate:
Brigadier General Elwell s. Otis, U.
S. A. to be major general, June 1e. 1900.
vice Merritt to be retired on that date.
Court of private land claims, Joseph
r. Reed, of Iowa. to be chief justice.
To be associate justices Thomas G,
Fuller, of North Carolina; Wm.W. Muir
ray. of Tennessee; Henry c. Sluss, of
Kansas; Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado.
Thomas H. Horton, of Ohio, to be
consul at Harput. Turkey.
Promotion in the volunteer army
Captain Robert Burns, assistant sur
geon, Forty-ninth infantry, U. S. V, to
be surgeon, with rank of major; First
Lieutenant VIM. c. Warmsley, assistant
surgeon FOrty-ninth infantry, U. s. V,
to be assistant surgeon with rank OF
captain; Second Lieutenant VIM. F.
Gynne, Thirty-sixth infantry, U. S V,
to be first lieutenant; Second Iieuten-
ant A. K. Paskette, Thirty-seventh in
fantry, .. S. V. to be first lieutenant:
Quartermaster Sergeant Elmer B. Cav
EFT, company II, Thirty-ninth infantry,
u. S. v, to be second lieutenant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
AN IDEAL CLIMATE.

The first white man to set foot on
Utah soil, Father Silvestre Velez de
Escalante, who reached the GREAT
SALT LAKE on the 2Srd day of Sept,
1776, wrote in his diary: "Here the CHI
mate is SO delicious, the air so balmy,
that it is pleasure to breathe by day
and by night" The climate of Utah
is one of the richest endowments OF
nature. On the shores of the Great
Salt Lake especially = and for fifty
miles therefrom in every direction
the climate of climates is found. To
enable persons to participate in,these
scenic and climatic attractions, and to
reach the famous HEALTH, BATH
ING AND PLEASURE RESORTS Of
Utah, the UNION PACIFIC has made
a rate to OGDEN and SALT LAKE
CITY of one fare for the round trip,
plus $3.50, from Missouri River, to be
ia effect June 21st, July 7th to 10th in
elusive, July 18th, and Aug. I'd Re-
turn limit Oct. 81, 1900.
For full information, call on or adj
dress, F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agt-.
or J. @. FULTON, Depot Agent.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Union Pacific Orders Examina-
tiOn For Employees.
Familiarity With Time Cara
Rules Required.
ADVANCE STANDARD.
Management Determined That
Men Shall Be Proficient.
Is in Line With Previous Move
For Physical Examination.
ADVANCE STANDARD.

The Union Pacific management has
ordered up all train and station en-
ployes for examination on time card
rulss and regulations. The examine
ton is now being conducted by the OH
Gals of the various divisions.
This move is in line with that made
Bome time ago requiring all employees
engaged in the handling Of trains to
pass a physical examination. 1t means
that the Union Pacific management is
determined that the standard of its en-
ployes shall be second to none in the
country.
Under the present examination the
men are required to be able to answer
all the intricate rules concerning the
running of trains, as given in the en-
ploye's time card. The examiners ques-
tion the men closely as to the meaning
of all signals marked on the card, and
require an explanation of the course Of
procedure in case the various signals
are met with
THE examination will probably con-
tinue for about three weeks. Employees
who fail to make a satisfactory Show
ing Will be discharged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
TEDDY'S ROUGH RIDERS
In Second Annual Reunion at okla
homa City, July IA.

Oklahoma City. May 3O.-The second
annual reunion of Roosevelt's Rough
Riders will be held in Oklahoma City
July 1, 2, and 4. and judging from the
matter that is being sent broadcast
throughout the land it will be one of the
grandest affairs of the kind ever held
in the southwest.
Governor Roosevelt, the gallant lead
er of the Rough Riders, has announced
his intention of being present during
the entire four days of the reunion and
he will actively participate in the fes-
Invites. The second day of the reunion
he will tell the story of the Rough
Riders in a mammoth coliseum to be
erected for the purpose on the fair
grounds. Among other prominent men
and civilians who are expected are Gen.
Leonard Wood, Major Brodie, General
Frederick Funston, General Joe Wheel
er, and the governors of the adjacent
states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
FRISCO FORMALLY BUYS IT.
Acquisition of osceola and Southern is
Completed.

st. Louis, May 3O.-A special meeting
Of the stockholders of the ST. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad company
was held in this city at the general
offices, Century building. The purpose
was to authorize the purchase of the
Kansas City, Osceola. and Southern
railway, the Frisco's Kansas City line.
This line has been operated by the
Frisco for two years past, and in Feb
ruary last the property was acquired
outright.
ers was legal formality ratifying the
action Of the board in New York. The
majority of the stock was voted in
favor of the purchase and the board
was likewise authorized to increase the
bonded Indebtedness of the Frisco
company in the aggregate amount of
$8,SOO,0OO, providing for the above pur-
chase for extensions and other pur-
poses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
WHERE IS HE CAT,
Peculiar Political Attitude of Former
Topeka Man.

W. W. Cone, formerly of Topeka, who
now lives in Brandsville. Mo-, writes to
a friend in Topeka as follows:
'Pll be hanged if 1 know where am
at politically. voted for Abe Lincoln
with my first vote. afterward Horace
Greeley. and would be voting for him
now if he were running. 1 sympathize
with the Beers; always have been a free
trader; am against the Philippine war
and believe that all soldiers should be
withdrawn from there, now. Say to the
inhabitants of the islands, We know
how it is for we were in your fix in
1776.' Believe by the eternal that the
constitution shall follow the flag Never
voted a Democratic ticket in my life.
Am not Populist Won't vote for Nc
Kinley. Say, where am at?' Ask Bob
Semple."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
ANOTHER FRISCO CHANGE
General Auditor Douglas Will Become
Vice President.

st. Louis, May 3O.-General Auditor
A. Douglas of the st. Louis and San
Francisco will, in all probability, be
hOnored with the vice presidency of the
company after Mr. Yoakun is elected
president and general manager at the
meeting of the board of directors on
June z. In addition to the duties Of vice
president, it is the intention to have
Mr.. Douglas retain his present position
and assume personal supervision of. the
auditing department. In this dual ca
pacity he can relieve the president and
general manager of considerable detail
work in connection with the finances
of the company. The promotion of Mr..
YOakum to the presidency will leave
a vacancy in the board, which Mr.
Douglas will fill, provided the present
plans are carried out
Vice President and General Manager
YOakum, who has been to Chicago tc
see Mr.. D. B. Robinson, returned to
headquarters yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
ST. LOUIS CASUALTY LIST.
Official Report of Wednesdays Strike
Situation-Killed and Wounded

st. Louis, Mo-, May 30.-In a. rioting
sense yesterdays developments were
the worst experienced since the strike
on the lines of the St. Louis Transit
company was inaugurated over three
weeks ago. The rioting was confined to
the southern section of the city and BY
nightfalT the police records showed that
fully a dozen persons had either re
ceived bullet wounds or been hurt by
flying missiles. Three Of those hit by
bullets received what are presumably
mortal wounds, and that no one was
killed outright seems miraculous, con-
sidering the great number of shots ex-
changed in indiscriminate fashion on
the part of the employees of the com
pany, the strike sympathizerS and the
strikers themselves. A list Of the days
casualties follows.
Herman Pestchlxe, shot in back, fatal.
John T. Rice, shot through the chest,
fatal.
r. H. Stilsen, Cleveland, o., shot
through the chest, fatal.
John McCalley, shot il left knee.
Dolly Mitchell, shot in right arm
William Granneman, shot in left leg.
George LaCostan, shot in left arm.
Albert Wackwitz, shot in right arm.
John Decker, shot in left thigh
Frank Veager, shot in hand
Martin Burke, shot in hip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
10 ENTER Usage LAND.
Santa Fe Will Be the First Road to
Build Through Reservation.

Pawhuska, Okla, May 3O.-The Santa
re will be the first railroad to enter
the Usage Indian reservation. Rail-
roads have been built all around it, but
until now, none have entered the terri
tory of the Osages. All freighting into
the interior of the country has been
done by wagons, the major part from
Elgln, Kan, a border town, on the north
line of the reservation
The Santa Fe will soon begin an ex-
tension OF it's line from Pawnee, Okla
and will cross the Arkansas river at
or near Ralston, at which point it will
enter the Usage country. In what direc-
ton or what line the road will cross
the reservation, has not been made
known One route mentioned is via
Pawhusla northeast to Bartelsville, I.
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May Earnings of Railroads.

The gross earnings of sixty-one roads
for the second week in May were So, AS
013, against 1854, 321 for the second
week in May 1885, an increase of $780,
692. Fifty roads show increases and
eleven decreases. Since January 1 the
roads referred to above earned $163, S52,-
925, an increase of 500, 394,276 over the
ing period of 1899. For the longer period
fifty-seVen show increases and four de-
creases. The gross earnings of sixteen
roads for the third week of May were
81, 831, PA, against 81, 682, IA for the third
week of May 1899, an increase of $149,-
O97 Thirteen roads show increases and
three decrea SEES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
VERDICT FOR $25, 400.
Injured Switchman is Awarded This
Amount Against the NJ. z. & T.

AAJ uTSu 0WlIcnman IS Awarded This
Amount Against the NJ. Z. & T.
Parsons. May 3O.-Probably the larg-
est verdict ever rendered in the state
of Kansas against a railroad company
for personal injuries was that given 10
L. 7. Merrill in the court of common
pleas at Kansas City, Kas., against the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad COM
pany for $25, 400. At a former trial the
plaintiff was awarded $50, 500. but The
case was reversed by the higher court
upon ali error. The jury decided that
Merrill was entitled to nearly SIS, 80
more than was first given him
Merrill was employed as q switch
gnan when he fell between the cars
while crossing the Chicago Great West
el'n ever Jersey creek bridge and had
ais legs crushed off at the knees At
ter being run over the man chung to the
trestle-wOrk of the bridge and saved
! hi lself from falling into the river until
the train had passed, when he drew
himself up and waited for the other
trainmen to come to his assistance.
Suit was brought against the two COM
panies because it was claimed, both of
them were responsible for the condition
of the car that plaintiff was injured on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
ROBBER GETS TEN YEARS.
Man Who Participated IN Famous
q. P. Robbery Sentenced

Cheyenne, Wyo., May 3O.-The jury in
the United States circuit court in THE
case Of Robert Lee alias Curry, charged
with the robbery of the Union Pacific
train at Wilcox station, .Wyo., June 80,
1899, returned a verdict at 2 o'clock this
afternoon after having been out nearly
"A hours.
The defendant was found guilty Of
robbing of the train but not guilty of
placing the lives of mail clerks in
jeopardy, which was also charged in the
indictment. Judge TABLET gave the de-
PENDANT the maximum penalty Of ten
years in the penitentiary at hard labor
and sentenced him to pay the cost OF
proceedings against him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30

she would break her neck to do the
bidding of her master.
But things have been changing of
late years, and engineers no longer re-
fer to their locomotives with pride as
of old. This morning the engine Fred
Pausch has been using was in for re-
pairs, and he took out Will Perry's en-
CINE, old go; Will Perry took out
Gene Clark's 1901. and Gene Clark took
out Joe Elson's S66. There would have
been a lot of breach of promise suits
if this had happened ten years ago.
Over on the Santa Fe it is worse still,
and some engineers run one engine in
the morning, and perhaps a different
have changed" said the old engineer
sadly as he began to oil up an engine
he had not run half a dozen times in
his life
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
LAST LINwooD CASE.
United States Supreme Court Afarms
a $4,000 Verdict Of State Courts.

Ou1IeO States supreme court AfQrmS
a $4,000 Verdict of State Courts.
Leavenworth, May 3O.-Attorney F. B.
Dawes has received a telegram from
Washington from the clerk of the su-
preme court, announcing that the decis-
ion of the supreme court of Kansas
awarding $4,000 damages to Mrs. LISA
Martin, of Wakefield. Kan, had been
affirmed.
The case grew out of the disastrous
wreck at Linwood, Leavenworth coun-
ty in 1898, where the husband of Mrs.
Martin, a stockman, was killed. The
suit was originally brought in the Clay
county district court, against the Rock
Island and the receivers of the Union
Pacific roads. The Rock Island an
swered but the receivers of the Union
Pacific petitfOned the case to the feder-
al court on the federal question that
they, the receivers, were appointed by
a federal court.
Attorney Dawes claimed that the case
could not be removed unless the Rock
Island Joined but the Rock Island hav-
ing answered in the Clay county court
could not therefore join in the petition
to the federal court.
Judgment was rendered in the Clay
county court for $4,000, the largest
amount allowable under the law. The
case was appealed to the supreme court
OF Kansas and there affirmed. A second
appeal was then taken to the United
States supreme court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
R. R. Y. M. c. A. AT WORK.
Will Try to Increase Membership to
One Thousand.

The directors are making an effort to
increase the membership Of the Rail-
road Y. NJ. c. A
As an inducement for members to
make some effort in this line a hand
some watch will be given to the mem
Der securing the most new members.
The present membership of the Y. NJ. c.
A. IS about 600. This it is hoped will be
increased to about LOCO. If this in
crease is accomplished many new i'm
provements will be added to the present
equipment of the institution.
The watch is a standard make, II Jew
els, and handsome gold case which Is
warranted for % years. The contest
viii close on December Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
PECos VALLEY EXTENSION.
Survey of Line to Ell Paso Has Been
Completed.

Ell Paso Tex, May S0-The surveying
corps Of the Ell Paso extension of the
Pecos Valley route finished the survey
of the line from Roswell, N. M, to this
city tonight. The announcement comes
from the general Office at Roswell that
the construction crews win begin work
in a few weeks, and the road COM
pleted to this city by the close Of the
summer.
Much speculation is being INDUCED in
as to whether the road will be opened
independently or become the property
of some big system. The road connects
at Amarillo, Tex, with the Santa Fe
and rumor has it that both the Santa
F'e and Rock Island want it.
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By order of
JOHN A. LOGAN.

Commander IN Chlef.
It is apparent by this that the original
idea was to limit the observance of Ne
mortal Day to the Grand Army and to
allow the custom of decorating the
graves of the veterans to die with the
passing OF the last member of the band
that saved the Union. 1t was not fore
seen that a new army of veterans would
be ready to take the place of the old
before the old had been all laid beneath
the sod. Memorial Days sacred OBJ
servance is safe for some generations at
least. 1t is too safe to say that it is
safe forever. Americans will never neg
lect the graves of their soldier dead.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
Bond ofsympathy Between Engineers
and Engines No Longer Exists.

It do not like these new tangled rail-
road methods. as well as the old" said
a Central Branch engineer to a reporter
of the Atchison Globe. Under the old
method every engineer had his own To-
connective. He learned all its peculiar
tiles: its strong points and its weak
nesses. and he learned to have much af-
lection for it. The engineer learned to
know just how much his locomotive
would pull, and just how it would act
under every condition. and, under the
management of the man who under
stood the old girl, she was almost hui
man. The engineer fondled the old
girl in the round house, Tightening up
q boxing here. repairing a weakness
there, packing the slightest leak, and
giving her the hundred and one little
attentions to make her run easy, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
Railroad Commissioners Elect officers
and Name Place of Meeting.

Milwaukee. May 3O.-The convention
Of railroad commissioners adjourned
sine die last evening with the election
of the following officers:
President, Pierce J. Lindley, Illinois;
first. vice president, W. D. Evans, South
Carolina; second vice president, T. ].
Hennessey, Missouri; secretary, E. A.
Mosley; assistant secretary, Martin S.
Decker.
The 1901 convention will be held in
San Francisco.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
RAIN IN INDIA.
Cholera, However, Shows No Signs of
Abatement

London, May 3O-The viceroy Of In
dia, Lord Curzon of Kedleston tele-
graphs that good rain has fallen in My
sore and that scattered showers have
fallen elsewhere.
The cholera in many parts of Bombay
and Rajputana has not abated and is
causing much mortality and impedes the
relief work. There are now 5,730, 900 per-
sons in receipt of relief.
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Toneka Engineers in Raton.

Engineer Harry Stillman writes from
Ration, n. M, that the five engineers
some time ago, are enjoying mountain
life and are sorry to see the time for
their return so near at hand. The party
consists of Harry Stillman, Ed Webb,
Link Galletly, William Robinson, and
Roger Williams. They will return to
Topeka early in June
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
Laborers Wanted.

A notice was posted at the Rock ISL
and offices in this city yesterday that
laborers were wanted. The new railway
building in Oklahoma has not been pro
crossing as fast as it could because of
a scarcity of help. On this account men
are being hired wherever they may be
found and sent to Oklahoma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
Tourist Rates to Colorado and Utah.s

Tickets will be sold from points of
Missouri Pacific to Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, Colo. and Salt
Lake and Ogden, Utah, June 1st to Sep
TENDER 18th, at greatly reduced rates.
See nearest ticket agent or write
H. c. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. A.
st. Louis, Mo
F. E, NIPPS, Agent.
Topeka, Kansas.
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GOING HOME TO DIE.
Ex-Queen Lilioukalani Sails For
Honolulu.

San francisco. May 3O-Ex-Queen
Lilioukalani SALES for Honolulu today
on the steamer City of Pekin The ex-
queen does not look we'll and it is said
she is going home to die. All the medi-
cal skill of the east could not save her,
and as soon as the news was broken to
her Lilioukalani decided to hasten home
and end her days among her own peo-
pie.
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OVER A MILLION FOR EACH
Will of Ex-senator Hill Leaves His
Immense Estate to Family.

Denver. Col, May 30-The will of the
late Nathaniel P. Hill, former United
States senator from Colorado, was filed
for probate today. His great estate is
bequeathed to his widow and three
children and is to be divided equally
among them It is believed the share Of
each will amount to more than 81 ,OOe,-
900.
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Union Pacific Change.

Omaha, May 30.-W. ]. Park, of North
Platte, Neb., division superintendent of
the Union Pacific. was today appointed
division, vice E. c. Harris, who has re-
signed. Park has been with the road
since 1875, beginning as a brakeman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-30
DE GALLIFET Is OUT.
French Minister of War Has Had
Enough.

Paris, May 30-General, the Marquis
De Gallifet. minister of war; has resign
ed.
It is officially announced that his sue
cessor is Gen. Andre.
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HEAVY Stock Traf1c.

An unusually large amount of live
stock is being handled by the Santa Fe
and Rock Island roads. The shipments
are from Texas and Indian Territory
and from Kansas and Colorado points
to Kansas City and Chicago. The ship
ments last week We're larger than in any
week for many years past.
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for simultaneous compliance Herewith.
Department commanders will use ev
cry effort to make this order effective.
Official: N. P. CHAPMAN,
Adjutant General.
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IN FRISCO NEXT YEAR.

T.; another, almost due north, to Elgin,
or Cedar Vale, Kan.