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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-22


made this proposition: MY dear. If you
will get me ten minutes conversation
with his lordship VIII give you a kiss
and 10 stiIlings-'
Give me the 10 shillingss~ was the
reply, land come this way
Opening door. the lady led the way
into the library. where Lord Darlington
was at work. and introduced the visitor
thus:
Bob, dear, here IS a gentleman who
is so anxious to see you that he has
given me half sovereign to bring him
in"
OF course. the pretty housemaid was
Lady Darlington. who had liking for
a joke and also for plain print dresses
in the mornings of Sydney's warm days
1t was a terrible shock to the visiting
Australian premier and he was very
piano during the subsequent confer
ence.
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worked for centuries. cannot afford to
make Fuse OF coal as fuel because the
cost of transportation is SO great This
shows how necessary are railways and
steamboats, to the successful working
OF mines, Of whatever character. and
at the same tine it is an eloquent COM
mentary on Chinese methods. The
mines are the magnets that Will draw
the railroads TO the interior of China,
and il Will not be long before the con-
cessfons obtained by various countries
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Native effort toward the development
of mines in China has not been wholly
lacking and there are proofs that for
many centuries the mineral deposits
have been scratched over in a rude
way In fact. coal was in use in China
when other countries hardly knew of
it's existence Six hundred years ago
the famous Venetian traveller. Marco
Polo. said ''AH over the country of Ca
thay-as he called China-there IS a
kind Of black stone existIng in beds in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-22

vance OF the
official meeting
On presenting
himself at Gov
eminent House
at an early hour
he encountered a
remarkably at
traetfve looking
young woman,
and asked If
Lord Darlington
was at home
Being answer
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NOT A DISASTER
Winston ChurchilFs Account of the
Spion Kop Battle.

New York, Jan. 31.-Winston Spencer
Churchill has cabled, and the Evening
World copyrights, an account of the
battle of Spion Kop. The dispatch,
q, says the fight on the summit of the
Kop was one of the fiercest and most
furious conflicts in British military his
tory.
Guided by Thornycroft, the troops
surprised the Beers there and carried
the trenches with the bayonet at 8
o'clock in the morning. There was lit
tie loss.
but the ground was broken by large
rocks and unsuited for entertainments
At dawn heavy Boer shelling began.
Gen. Woodgate was seriously wounded
Urgent demands for reinforcements
were sent by the commander who sue
ceeded Woodgate. The reinforcements
We're sent strengthening the defense.
Thornycroft was appointed brigadier.
commanding the whole force on top of
the hill. A bitter and bloody strug-
gle followed throughout the day, the
Beers concentrating every man and gun
on the summit of the hill and attacking
with the greatest spirit. The British
artillery was unable to cope with the
superior long range Boer guns and dur
ing the afternoon it became evident the
infantry could not endure another day.
1t was impossible to drag guns to the
summit of SpiOn without elaborate pre-
parations, or to fortify the hill strongly
enough to protect the defenders from
unassailed artillery.
Therefore Thornycroft's decision to
abandon it was both wise and neces-
sary. The troops, still stubborn and
formidable. marched back to the camps
in regular order. Every effort is now
being made to succor the wounded, of
whom many still lie on the summit.
The official lists will give the losses.
The defense of the hill by the English
regiments. was a glorious episode. The
whole army is proud of it.
The Boer positions before Ladysmith
fcontin,ea on Sixth PapeA
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ever, and loud cries of Indignation were
heard from the Democratic members.
Then loud above the tumult came a
voice clear and sharp: I'VE are deal
ing with pack Of heather and hounds.
Let's go to the opera house.
RUSH FOR OPERA HOUSE.
Shouts of approval greeted this pro-
posal, and out of the door down the
broad steps streamed the crowd, has
tening along St. Clair street toward the
opera house. Close behind came Gen.
Collier on the run He shouted orders
to Lieut.. Col. Gray, who was standing
by the steps; a few quick orders were
given by that officer and away toward
the opera house rushed the soldiers. 1t
was no parade. Every man went as
though running to a fire. They ran up
the middle of the street and easily dis
tanced the legislators, who took the
sidewalk, and handicapped themselves
by numerous posts, boxes and pedeS-
trians that filed the way When the
lawmakers arrived all they obtained
for their run of quarter of a mile
was the privilege of standing on the op-
posite side of the street and gazing at
the opera house, the front of which was
occupied by painting line of soldiers in
double rank, with fixed bayonets. Gen
Lyons, the Oldest and most cOrpulent
man in the house, had despite his
physical drawbacks managed to beat
the soldiers and get into the hall. He
was politely requested to come out,
Whlch ne dld with the remark, 1t does
not look as though quorum will get
in
Thomas Heffner, the owner of the op-
era house. demanded that the mem bers
of the legislature should be admitted
It was private property. he claimed, and
the militia had no right to keep any
body from it. He was completely ig-
nored by Lieut.. Col. Gray.
Speaker TrimbIe stepped up to Lieut.
Col. Gray and demanded entrance to
the hall It was refused.
Turning around, Mr.. Trimble ad-
dressed the crowd: Gentlemen, we
are denied admission to the opera
house. We viii now adjourn to the
court house,
TRY FOR THE COURT HOUSE
Away went the crowd with good ma
tured yells of derision at the soldiers,
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GOEBEL MUST DIE
DIR. Hume Considers His Early
Death a Certainty.
Though He Showed Signs of
Improvement This Morning.
LIVING ON HIS NERVE.
Wounded Man EVinces a Deter
minati0n to Live.
Contest Board Declared Him
Elected Last Night.
TAYLOR PROCLAIMS.
Governor Declares the State
Assembly Adjourned.
TAYLOR PROCLAIMs.
Governor Declares the State
Assembly Adjourned.
Democratic Members Seek Vain
Iy For Place to Meet.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. s1.-At $3.50
o'clock this morning DIR. Z. z. Hume,
who had been in attendance upon Mr..
Goebel throughout the night came from
the wounded mans bedroom and an
nounced that there was hardly a possi-
bility that he could recover.
The only thing that keeps him alive"
said DR.. Hume, lis his splendid nerve.
He can not keep up on that alone, how
ever, and I consider that death is
practical certainty and that within a
very short time"
Vim. Goebel was slightly better at
daybreak this morning than he had
been at any time since o'clock yeSter-
day afternoon. The physicians, how
ever, hold out no strong hopes of his
recovery and say that the chances are
still very great that his wound will
terminate fatally. During the early
part OF the night he failed steadily and
he could not last much longer. About
midnight however he rallied and from
that time until this morning held his
own ana little more. He was trou-
bled during the night with frequent
spells of nausea which the physicians
declared to be a bad symptom. The in
ternal hemorrhage ceased, however and
thls was looked upon as an evidence
that he might after all pull through.
The courage Of the wounded man has
never failed him for an instant and
when able to talk he insists that he is
surely going to recover. No progress
has been made toward appreh ending the
man who did the shooting, and it is not
likely any will be made. To all ap-
pearances, as much is known of the
assassin today as ever viii be known
POLICE GIVE IT UP.
The police have practically abandon
ed the case, and there is nobody besides
them to take it up.
The force of mountaineers are in the
building from which the shots were
fired and nobody has been allowed to
enter it. Access to it is made still more
difficult now by the force of soldiers
which is stationed at every gate. No
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body is admitted to the CAPITOL grounds
without q pass and very few have been
issued. All night soldiers poured into
Frankfort and at o'clock this morning
fully 1000 men with two Gatling guns
were stationed in the capitol building,
500 more are expected during the day.
Large crowds are expected in Frank
fort today and the prediction is made
that by nightfall fully 5000 strangers
will have arrived. The city at present
is very quiet and there is no surface in
dication of trouble from any source. 1t
is largely due to the conservative atti-
tude assumed by the leading politicians
o. both parties that there has not been
fighting in the streets of Frankfort.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME.
kilograms were poured into the city
last night from every direction an
nOuncing that bands of armed men
were more than ready to come down
and create all sorts of trouble. To each
and all of these messages were sent
telling them that there is no place like
home and urging them to remain there
One crowd came in from Lexington yes
terday afternoon and behind them
walked boy carrying valise
which contained eighteen revOlvers be-
longing to the party
1t is certain now that the legislature
will seat GObel at the first session
which it holds.
If he is seated by a joint ballot the
Republicans viii pay no attention to
the matter and viii refuse to surrender
any of the offices. They have made up
their minds that the seating of Goebel
by a joint ballot is illegal even under
the GOebel election law which provides
that a cOntesting candidate for COVER
nor shall be seated by a majority of
both houses.
They viii resist fatty any efforts of
the Democrats to seat officers by joint
ballot.
Governor Taylor and his attorneys re-
manned all night in the state house
Threats had been made 29inCt all of
them. and 1t was thought the wise thing
for them to remain where they were
until the excitement had in some degree
ab2ted-
TAYLOR DECLARES LEGISLA-
TURE ADJOURNED.
Governor Taylor at 10 o'clock issued
the following proclamation:
TO the General Assembly Of the Com
monwealth Of Kentucky:
Whereas, A state Of insurrection now
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BUSHWHACKING.
American Scouting Party Falls
Into an AmbuScade.

Manila, Jan. 31.-A scouting party of
the Twenty-ffth infantry, while oper-
ating near Subig was ambushed by in
surgents and a lieutenant and three pri
Yates We're killed and two or three pri-
Yates wounded. A company some dis
tance in the rear on hearing the firing
hurried to the scene and recovered the
bodies.
The local papers assert, although the
statement is not confirmed, that the in
surgents lost 40 in killed and wounded.
CASUALTY LIST.
Washington, Jan. 31.-The following
casualty list has been received at the
war department from Gen. Otis:
Dec. 4, Frank Thiel. company E, 18th
infantry.
Malaria, Jan. 5. Matthew McNulty,
company B, 22d infantry.
William Doty, company F, 40th in
Typhoid, Jan. 25. Garfield Connor.
company c, 18th infantry.
Jan. II, Geo. Reil. company E, S9th
Varooila, Jan. 25. Second Lieutenant
Eugene G. Wing, company B, S6th in
fantry.
Jan. u. Spencer Koontz, company F,
36th infantry.
Jan IA Vim. A. Holt, company H, 33d
infantry.
Dysentery. Jan. "a. Daniel F. Shank.
9Th infantry.
Fred Matthias, sergeant, company F,
27th infantry.
Pneumonia, Jan 81, Newton Hollen-
baugh, company I, 9Th artillery.
Wounded in action, Jan. 25, Rufus
Ridener company A, 37th infantry;
Suicide Jan %, VIM Gregory COM
pany H, 11th cavalry.
Casualties-Killed: Ceuba, Sept. %,
Herman Fritch, company K, 23d in
fantry, near Ceuba, Luzon.
Jan. 13, Walter K. Young, corporal,
3Sth infantry, between Tanan and Lipa.
Jan. 20, Frank w. Summerfield, musi-
clan, company F, S6th infantry.
At Mangatarem, wounded Dec. 9, Jas.
]. Dunn, company 1, 25th infantry,
head.
John Goodman, company N, leg slight,
at BOtolan. OTIS.
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WOULD HELP HANG HIN.
Ex-senator Bronston Angry at Assas-
sin of GoebeL

Frankfort, Ky.,Jan. 31.-Former State
Senator Charles ]. Bronston passed
through Frankfort last night going to
his home in Lexington. To reporter
Mr.. Bronston said:
Il will lead mob that will hang the
man who shot Senator GoebeL 1 will
go further and say I will help to hang
any man who is connected with the
conspiracy. 1 do not approve of Mr..
Goebel or his methods, and am not in
sympathy with his fight for the gov
ernorship, but assassination is a poor
way to check him. I believe in fair
play and fair fight. There is no pun
ishment too severe for the men who
conspired to end his lfe.''
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JAILED FOR FLIRTING.

ICamden IN. J.) Cor. N. Y. HeraId.1
John Fisher was sentenced to go days
in the Camden county Jail this morning
for trying to firt with Miss Lizzie
Clarke while they were on a Cape May
train.
Fisher declared that Miss Clarke had
invited him to a seat beside her, by
means of her "winking eyes and inimit-
able dimpIes." Miss Clarke, however,
said she resented his attentions. She
called the conductor, and when the train
reached this city Fisher was arrested.
Justice Stackhouse sentenced Fisher to
two months in Jail.
What's the matter with a big fine2'
asked Fisher. III pay a cool hun
dred."
The justice refused the offer to pay
a fine and Fisher was taken to the coun-
ty Jail.
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SANTRY ARRESTED.
Bantam Pugilist In the Tolls of the
Law-To Arrest McGovern.

Chicago. Jan. SO-Eddie Santry, who
meets Terry McGovern at Tattersall's
Thursday was ,arrested today. The
same constable who arrested Santry
will go to Garrett, Ind, tomorrow
morning and arrest McGovern, his
manager and trainer, all of whom are
on the Baltimore & Ohio limited, bound
for Chicago.
These proceedings will not interfere
with the fight, however but are taken
on the part of the management to pre-
vent molestation of the boxers by per-
sons interested in a rival boxing or
ganization.
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PLAGUE MARCHES ON.
Forty-one Deaths and Fifty-tw0
Cases Reported at Honolulu.

San Francisco. Jan. 31.-The steamer
Australia. seven days from Honolulu.
arrived here today and reports that up
to the time of her deuarture forty-one
deaths from the plague had occurred and
there was a total of 90 cases.
The Australia has been ordered to
quarantine and further particulars of
the situation in Honolulu cannot be OBJ .
tained until she has been thoroughly
examined and fumigated. 1t is under
stood that Honolulu's Chinatown has
been burned.
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MRS. LAWTON OVERCOME
When Informed of What the People
Have Done For Her.

San Francisco, Jan. 31-Until she
reached this city Mrs. Lawton knew
nothing of the fund raised by the Amer
lean people. The news was taken
aboard by Pilot Reed and communicated
to Mrs. Lawton by Lieutenant Colonel
Edwards, the dead soldiers adjutant
general.
"Oh, how kind how kindl" she sob
bed, and completely overcome, she sank
down upon a divan and cried like
child.
TT had ALWAYS been Henry's ambition
and mine" she said presently, ITO have
a home for the children, but had
despaired of it" More she could not
say.
Everybody in the cabin came forward
and congratulated Mrs. Lawton in turn
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FIVE MEN KILLED.
In the Ambuscade Near Subig Last
Monday

Manila, Jan. 31.-5:35 p. m.-Monday's
affair near Subig resembled the recent
pack train ambush. Lieut.. Schenck with
a scouting party of 40 men of the
Twenty fifth infantry ran into a large
force of insurgents in a mountain def1Ie.
Schenck fell at the first volley shot in
the head. Sergeant Singleton and three
privates were killed and five men
wounded. The Americans then retreat
ed. Afterwards a stronger force was
sent to the scene of the fighting and the
insurgents departed.
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DIR. HALE RESIGNS.
The Venerable Pastor Retires From q
Boston Pulpit.

Boston, Jan. 31.-Rev. DR.. Edward
Everett Hale's resignation as pastor of
the South Congregational church was
formally accepted last night and Rev
Samuel A Eliot was called to succeed
him. DR. Hale remains as pastor
emeritus.
Rev. DR.. Eliot is a son of President
Charles w Eliot of Harvard unigersi-
ty and has been for the past two years
the executive chief of the National As
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Rebe lion at Khartoum

Paris, Jan. 31.-There is a rumor in
official circles but not traceable to au-
thoritative sources that a rebellion has
occurred among the Soudanese troops
in Khartoum. There are only $50 white
British soldiers there, under command
of a major. The Soudanese force con-
sists of two battalions, with a total of
800 men,
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ONE FARE RATE
For Republican National Convention
at Philadelphia.

New York. Jan. S1.-The passenger
association today decided on one fare
rates for the Republican national con-
yention in PHILADELPHIA.
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Weather Indications.

Chicago. Jan. 31.-For Kansas: Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday; warmer
in east portion Thursday; variable
winds.
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sition on the hills near Colenso, where
they are in great force. Reinforce
ments are apparently arriving from the
TransvaaI Large bodies of Beers are
also visible between here and Potgie-
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-11
MIR. ROOT OFF FOR CUBA.
The Secretary Goes to Fnmilinrixe
Himself With Innulnr Conditions.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1O-Elihu Root. Sec
rotary of War, left for Cuba this afternoon
on the Ward Line steamship MORO Castle
He was accompanied by his son. Edward
Root. Secretary Root will spend about two
weeks in Cuba, visiting Cienfuegos, San
tiago. and other points on the eastern and
southern coast of the island. He said that
he intended to finish the trip which he had
begun last March. At that time he visited
Havana.
Il am going to Cuba now in order to
familiarize myself with the conditions on
the island" said Mr.. Root. 81 want to in
vestfgate the agricultural. commercial, So
cial, and political conditions of the coun-
try. Niny questions will soon come up
which l shall have to pass upon, and it is
essential that l should have some knowl-
edge on the subject"
Mr.. Root said that he was preparing his
annual report. which must be submitted
before Congress meets next month He
was not inclined to talk about the election
at first. but was pressed to do so.
Does the election prove that the senti-
ment Of the country is for the retention of
the Philippine Islands ?" he was asked
TT Is to be presumed so.'' said Mr.. Root.
ut will produce salutary effect there.
Robber bands and guerrillas will still con-
tinue to fight in the Philippines. but the
lighting will be less from now on" he con-
cluded
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First Fruits.

When the campaign was in its last
stage 1t was Senator Scott of West Vir-
ginia who said: THE trusts are good
timent at the polls, and now the Beef
Trust comes forward with admirable
promptness to show us what good things
they are. 1t holds the mandate of the
American millions to make them pay the
last penny for their fresh meat that can
be wrung from them. The Beef Trust will
never forsake them. 1t is at work already.
We rather supposed it would wait few
days longer before putting on the screws;
but probably its magnates argued that
the enormous expenses of the election
could not be too soon returned to the
strong box and dividend account. All sorts
and conditions of animal food, except rep
tiles and poultry, not yet handled by the
trust, has been advanced twenty-five per
cent. Hereafter, roasts, steaks, chops
and outlets will be seldom seen on the
poor mans table, and hence he will ap
preciate them all the more for their
rarity.
We are assured that the Beef Trust will
thus add thirty-nine million dollars per
annum to its revenues, paid by the peo-
pie who voted last week to keep 1t and
Its associated monopolies in power. The
Coal Trust has increased iis popular tax
on consumers by twenty-seven millions.
Oil, sugar, tobacco, flour, biscuits, rub
Der. steel, whisky, and the rest are yet to
be heard from. They have hardly yet re-
covered from celebrating their tremen-
dous victory. But by tomorrow most of
them will be sober enough to resume bust
ness.
Sugar is fifty per cent. oil fifty per cent,
and most other things from thirty to fifty
per cent higher than they were two years
ago. During the same period there has
been an average advance in wages amount
ing to four per cent, according to statistics
published by the Department of Labor. But
since the successful appeal Of the trusts
TO the country We can safely count upon a
rapid rise in the cost of all commodities
and an equally rapid and important drop in
wages. In both ways the standard of living |
among the working classes will be lowered, !
and they will be prepared for that station |
IN lie to which the trusts have destined |
them. and to which they have elected
themselves By paralyxing majority.
The American people are the salt Of the
earth. They have more intelligence than
The angels. They can always be trusted.
When the American people join with Scott
IN shouting iosanna to the trusts they
know exactly what they are doing. 1t
means that they are dissatisfied with cheap
meat and want to pay more for and eat
less Of 1t; want less sugar at an enhanced
cost; want less light and to pay more for
oil; less -four and costlier flour. and SO on
to the end Of the chapter. The Beef Trust
movement following Immediately upon the
heels Of Mr.. McKinley's election is proof
positive that they are going to get what
they voted fer.