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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

the region for the season just past is
estimated at 50, 900, 900, of which the
beach contributed one-half. Two
claims alone are credited with $225,-
900 between them, while one gulch is
said to have yielded more than $780,
900.
In the gulches mining is carried on
by stripping, slucing, and to some ex-
tent, by rocking, but on the beach
almost exclusively by rocking. In
the latter process the sea water is
used, the gold being caught in blank
cts, and to some extent on copper
plates coated with mercury. Where
copper-plate was lacking, the bottom
of the rocker has been covered with
silve. coin, coated with mercury.
The 1000 men working along the
beacl, in the late summer and fall
took out an average of $40 each daily.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22
A ssltstirr,pr Cooker.

An automatic self-stirring cooking
pot is the latest development in the
kitchen utensil line. This, it is
asserted, does away with the neces-
sity of constantly stirring while cook
ing the porridge or oatmeal that forms
such an important adjunct of the
average break fast. Tue pot, as shown
in the sectional drawing, is double,
and consists of an inner receptacle,
to contain the oatmeal to be cooked,
and an outer, or water, jacket, with a
spout opening. This jacket is first
filled with water, and the cap on the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

The tundra has not infrequently
yielded from ten to thirty cents to
the pan. Capital will doubtless be
required to develop the tundra de-
posits, and those of high quality
which have been found in the benches
in the lower mountain region. Only
comparatively small strip Of coast has
been prospected thus far, but there
is no reason to suppose that the gold
discovered is more than fraction OF
what will show itself later in response
to systematic search. All signs point
to the placer mining of the Nome dis
trict as surprising that of any other
part of the world.
This country is cheerless, and not
naturally adapted as to climate, soil.
vegetation or animal life, for the abode
of white men, but it is at least readily
accessible, which is more than can be
said for the Klondike district. In the
Klondike there is growing timber for
building houses, constructing sluice-
works. furnishing part of the neces-
sary fuel, etc. at Cape Nome there is
none, and every board, beam and post
must be brought from elsewhere. The
sea is open, however, from some time
in June till about the first of Novem-
Der, and steamships and sailing ves-
sells can ply to and fro freely. The
temperature never falls SO low as in
the Klondike, but the ferceness of
the winds which sweep the coast
makes the cold harder to bear. There
is not game enough to speak OF, and
no natural food for horses and mules,
so that provisions for man and beast,
coal for heating and industrial pur-
poses, as we'll as building materials,
must be brought up from the south.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

As London Learns Things.

New York policemen have been
served with new kind OF club. 1t
has a swivel handle, which prevents
it from being twisted from the grasp
OF its holder.
The novel feature of the club is the
arrangement by which sixteen saw
teeth, each half an inch in length, pop
out of sixteen holes, dig into the hand
which grasps it and give one strong
pull.
The teeth remain concealed until
an attempt is made to wrench the club
from the policeman. The united pulls
in opposite directions lacerate the
evildoer's hand in a iiffy.-London
Weekly Telegraph.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

III Washington. Mr.. Schrader gives
a brief account of his trip in the latest
number of the National Geographic
Magazine, and has also addressed the
National Geological Society on the
same subject. The reports brought
back by him and other explorers, like
Lieutenant Jarvis of the revenue cut
ter Bear, indicate that this newly
opened district, over the national
ownership of which there is no dis
pute, far exceeds the Klondike in i'm
portance as a source of the worlds
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22
CnILOREN'S COLUMN.
The FoolIsh Chicken.

The Foolish Oh .ckcn.
Once naughty Chicken
Wouldn't go to bed.
When his mother called him
This is what he said:
''What Il silly mother,
Always in fright
Lest something eat her chickens
Can't bear US out OF sight.
81 know more than mother,
feel that l can 90
In safety round ,his corner.
10 whore the pumpkins grow
"That's the place where mother
Took us all one day,
1t was cool and shady.
I'll go there and stay.
81 know the sun is setting,
And l ought to go to bed;
But our coop is hot and stuffy,
I'll sleep out here instead
But two bright eyes were watching,
They'd seen the chickie come,
Two ears had heard his foolish words,
About his happy home.
And so the hungry weasel,
a supper had that night,
And chickie's mother clucks in vain
Her son is lost to sight.
Frances G. Bush. in Chicago Record
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

above sea level, but it slopes gently
upward till at the base of the noun
tains, four or five miles back, 1T
rea shes an elevation of $50 to 200 feet.
Quartz veins and veinlets, traverslng
the rocks in the mountains, are sup
posed to be the source of the gold in
the marine gravels.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

spout then screwed on. Leading from
this water jacket is tube extending
along one side of the inner receptacle,
the bottom Of the tube communicating
with the bottom Of the receptacle by
means of perforations. The steam
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22
was q Chinamal

Aguinaldo's wife is Chinese
Mestiza, and made herself conspicu
Gus in the revolutionary army by
organizing a cred Cross" hospital
corps, and placing herself at the head
of it. She was captured by American
troops recently and is now prisoner
in Manila.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

The finest red coral is obtained
from the Mediterranean; the large
pieces of pale color are said to be
often worth twenty times their weight
in gold.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

that is generated in the jacket has no
other avenue of escape except through
this tube. Naturally, then, as the
water begins to boil, the steam in
seeking to escape passes through the
tube and up through the food. 1t is
asserted that the agitation thus pro-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22
FACTS ABOUT AculNALoo.

His Origin, Training aud Charucteristio
Oriental Methods.
Aguinaldo was born at Cavite Viejo
thirty yesrs ago. His father. Don
Carlos, was truck farmer Of the ma
tive class, but rose to some Importance
among his fellows, and was thrice
elected Mayor OF Cayite. Aguinaldo's
education was of the most limited
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-02-22

under General Joubert Inc
beiege completely surrounded the position The town mes IN
hills kop!es
placing artillery, the
The constructed
sids the other facing from the
The plans shown IN the
French engineers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
A DESIRE TO MARRY
Causes Chicago Syrian to Embezzle
Much Valuable JeweIry.

Chicago, Aug. 10.-An Oriental ro-
nance in an Occidental setting was re-
vealed when detectives from the Cen
trail police station arrested Oadie Hero
a Syrian, charging him with embezzling
several thousand dollars worth of jew
elry. The complainant is a jewelry firm
in this city where Hero was employed
as a salesman in the Asiatic mail order
department The young man confessed
his guilt and attributed his wrong doing
to a desire to amaSS enough wealth to
marry one of his country women.
Hero told the police that he had been
in this country six years. He was born
in Damascus, and on arriving in New
York he obtained a position as agent for
Oriental JeweIry house. Later he
came to the Chicago firm and had sole
charge of the trade with the Orient and
conducted the correspondence in Syrian
and Arabic. As no other member of the
house understood these languages Hero
was never interfered with and his books
were seldom examined.
The young foreigner was made to ac-
company the officers to his apartments,
where many of the missing goods were
found and also a crucible and chemists
lamp used by Hero in melting up his
plumber. There were a score of watch
movements bereft of their cases and a
jewelry case was half filed with brace
lets and rings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
ENDORSE M'KINLEY.
Montana Methodists Enter the Field
of Politica

Helena, Mont, Aug. 10.-The follow
ing resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the Montana conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church, now in
session here:
Whereas, Our country has been
passing through a great crisis in its
history and in it's destiny and requires
steadfast loyalty of our people, there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we appreciate the
great courage and spirit of our nation,
under the leadership of the president
his counsellors and congress, the I'M
surpassed bravery and ability of our
army and navy and loyalty of our peo-
pie, and further commend the onward
sweep of our nation in it's worldwide
leadership and we are proud of our
flag
I'VE rejoice that our domain widens
and beneficent institutions of our glori-
Gus country are carried to the utter
most parts of the earth, which we ap-
prove.
I'VE convey our sympathy to our SOL
diers sailors, missionaries and citizens
and pray for their deliverance.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
FLORENTINE FOOT BALL.
LFrom Good Words. ]

LfTOm GOOQ words.
The F1orentine fetes of last year pre-
scented one historical spectacle that was
distinctly worth the trouble of reviving.
We refer to the medieval game known
as CALICO, or kick, which is interesting to
English and American youths as bearing
at least q superficial likeness to foot ball.
AT the time of the fetes it was. indeed,
spoken of as the foot ball of Florence,
but it differs from foot ball in two ways
that are eminently characteristic of Ital-
ian character 1t is mRre complicated and
more spectacular.
To begin with, there were twenty-seven
actual players needed each side, be-
sides trumpeters, drummers. standard
bearers, referees and a ball throWer. OF
the twenty-seYen players, fifteen, divided
into three equal companies, were placed
race to face with the enemy in front of
the battle, and bore the brunt of the
strife. They were called runners (corri-
dori) or fronts GnnanzD.
Behind the three battalions of runners
were placed in loose order, extending
across the whole breadth of the field. five
spoilers (sconcfatorD, called because
their business was to spoil the game for
the runners of the opposite side.
The spoilers were supported by four
front httters (datori innanzD; and. these
again by three back hitters (datori in
dietro). These datori may be spoken OF
as half back and backs.
The favorite CALICO ground in Florence
was the square before the church and
costume matches (calcio a livrea) were
held. well the ordinary games (not
In costume), which enlivened the cold af-
ternOOnS during carnival time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
LIFE IN SARAWAK.
TFrom Chambers' Journal.1


A village in Sarawak usually consists
of a single house of immense size, which
affords accommodation to all the inhabi-
tants- The house is built on posts 10 or
Is feet high. It has a veranda along its
entire length, ''in which is conferred near
ly all the social life of the communif,.
and from this veranda open out the p1-i-
vate rooms devoted to each family. Cam
nibalism does not exist in Borneo but
strips of flesh are cut from the bodies Il
enemies, stored in bamboos, and used
the omens are taken. In certain cases Of
illness the patient would be persuaded to
eat small portion of human flesh as a
curative agent, but this can hardly be re-
garded as cannibalism- In Dutch Borneo
tent eat human flesh, but the practice
has been stopped For example, a male
child might be very i'll, and, as a last
resource it would be considered right to
sacrifice a less valuable female life to
save him In such a case. If the boy had
a sister. she would be killed and small
piece of her flesh given to the patient
to eat, under the impression that his life
would thereby be preserved.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
GUN EXPERTS AT ODDS.
Award of Bids for Field Guns is De-
IaYed Because of Controversy.

Washington, Aug. 10.-The secretary of
war has approved the recommendation
of the board of ordnance and fortifica-
lions that there be no further action, for
the present, in providing new field artil-
lery. The ordnance bureau of the war
department has made provision for 200
three-inch field guns, 100 to be manufac-
tured at the Watervliet arsenal, and 100
by contract. Bids had been received for
making the guns and for furnishing
forgings to the arsenal for other guns.
The action of the secretary stops the
awarding of these bids. The board or
ordnance and Notifications claimed that
the type of gun was not the best, and
another, it is expected that at a meeting
on August %, at Sandy Hook, a field
gun of some type will be decided upon.
There has been quite controversy over
this subject between the ordnance bu-
reau and the board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
NORTH TOPEKA.

Items intended for this column should
be left with the Kimball Printing COM
pany. S35 Kansas avenue
Merle King will leave the first of the
week for visit in Chicago and Milwau-
kee.
Miss Margaret Han1ey leave next week
for Chicago where she will be the guest
of relatives.
Mrs. Sue stose of st. Joseph. is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Garrett of
S14 Jackson street.
The K K. K. club met this afternoon
at the home of Miss Ethel Ellis, corner
of Eighth and Tyler streets.
Mrs. Frank Hoyes of 92S Van Buren,
street. who has been quite i'll for the
past three weeks, is now cOnvaleScent.
Mr.. Robert Weir will entertain the
members of the Lyman Sunday school
this evening at his home on Kansas ave-
nue.
Miss June Gage of West Sixth street
is spending some time at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. Lille Bryan, 1902 jack
son street.
The usual meeting of the W. c. T. U.
will be held Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs Kate F. King, lis East
Gordon street.
The ladies of the w. c. T. U. will hold
a gospel meeting tomorrow evening at
the Kansas Avenue M. E. church Good
speakers will be present.
Whitmer King, of 115 East Gordon
street, left Thursday for Los Angeles
Cal, to take position in a railroad Of
fee under Mr.. c. S. Sutton.
Mr.. and Mrs William Greer of Middle
ton, Conn, will arrive today to visit
Mrs. Greer's brother, Mr.. John Spear and
family of 1918 Central avenue
During Mr.. and Mrs. H c. Stafford 5
trip among the northern lakes their
daughter, Miss Alice will be at home
with her cousin, Mrs. P. c. Chamber
lain.
Mrs. L. B. Smith, of Ottawa, ex-state
president of the w. G. T. u, will speak
at the Kansas Avenue M. E. church next
Monday evening. Temperance people in
particular will find this meeting inter
esting.
Mrs Shaffer, near Silver Lake. was
IN town yesterday. Threshing is just fin
ished at her farm and from so acres she
reports 1000 bushels of wheat, making
an average of a little over &c bushels to
the acre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
SEVEN MINUTES AHEAD.
Baker Candidate Beat Burton Man
Filing Papers

M. G. Miller, the Baker man, beat F.
NJ. Sponable, the Burton candidate for
senator In the Johnson-Aiami county dis
trict, in filing the certificate of nominal
ton with the secretary of state A1iller's
time was seven minutes ahead of Spon-
able.
Sponable was nominated more than a
week ago; Miller was nominated Tuesday.
Sponable sent his papers by mail and the
postmaster at Olathe, who is a Baker
man. notified Frank l. Brown, of this
city, that the Burton mans nomination
was in the mail. Brown hurriedly Sc
cured the certificate. of Miller's nomina..
ton and filed it with the secretary of
state. Seven minutes after this was done
a special delivery letter to the department
brought Sponable's certificate.
In this contest Miller gained a tempo
rary advantage by having his papers first
filed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
TO WE'D A DUKE.
Ohio Girl Will Marry the Head of the
House of Manchester.

New York. Aug. 1O-A special to the
Herald from Newport, r. I, says:
Mrs. Antonio Yznaga, grandmother of
the Duke of Manchester, has written to
friends in Newport that the duke is en-
gagged to be married to Miss Helena
Zimmerman, a wealthy young woman of
Cincinnati, o. No information is given
as to when the wedding will take place
This announcement follows a report that
was circulated several weeks ago.
At that time Miss Zimmerman was
staying at Maria gansett Pier and after
the report of her engagement to the duke
had been printed in several papers, she
authorized a positive denial in the Her
aid of the whole story. 1t was the fact
of this denial that gave the news con-
tanned in Mrs. Y znaga's letter and causes
interest here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
LOG STEALERS
Organize Mutual Protection Associa-
ton in Wisconsin.

Lacrosse, Wis, Aug 1O.-It was dis
covered today that a party of % men
from Lacrosse, who make log stealing
"a profession, had removed a number of
logs, valued at 81, 900 from the raft of J.
w. Van Saint, which was tied at Ores
bach, MINI. The men overpowered the
Waterman, took the logs and sold them
The men engaged in stealing logs had
a protective association and all men,
bers are pledged to secrecy. Men who
know about their movements never re-
veal their knowledge as they know it
means death or at least personal vio-
lence. During the past 20 years $1,000,000
worth of logs have been stolen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
FRUIT CULTURE.
It is Discussed at Meeting of County
Society,"

The Shawnee County Horticulture So
ciety met Thursday at the home of A
L. Entsminger at Silver Lake. There
was large attendance.
w. H. Barnes, secretary of the State
Horticulture society, gave a most in
teresting and instructive talk on graft
ing and propa cation. B. F. Van Ors-
dal read an excellent paper on Climatic
Influence on Fruit Raising"
Mr.. Entsminger had a beautiful dis
play of different kinds of fruit includ-
ing % varieties of grapes, of which he
gave a most interesting talk
Mr.. Entsminger makes a speciality of
grapes, having one hundred and twenty
varieties in bearing, many of the clus-
tiers weighing 1 pound each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
CATTLEMAN WANTED.
Wyandotte County After @. r. Ian
ders, of Texas.

A requisition has been issued by the
governor directed to the governor of
Texas for the return to Wyandotte
county for prosecution of j. r. Landers,
a cattleman who is charged with per-
petrating frauds on commission COM
panies in Kansas City, Kan.
1t is charged that Landers obtained
from one firm nearly 100000 giving as
security cattle which were dead. 1t is
claimed LanderS has been doing an ex-
tenSive business in frauds upon commits
sion companies. He is now under arrest
at Ell Paso, Tex, and the officers of
WyandOtte county have gone to bring
him back to face trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
Battle Ak Board.

The directors of the state soldiers
home at Dodge City have made the
monthly settlement for July with the
state auditor, the total expense for all
purposes being SO, sos o. This board is
made the subject of much Jest at the
state house, some of the wags having
given it the name of the 'Battle-Ax
board" because of the ability of the
three men in disposing of chewing to-
baccO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
HAD A FRIEND IN COURT.
Brother-in-Law of Attorney General
Griggs Released by Grand Jury.

New York, Aug. 10-Only one COM
plainant appeared yesterday before the
grand jury when the case of Warwick
James Price, charged with the larceny of
revenue stamps from the Mutual Life
insurance company was called The
complaint accordingly was dismissed.
Price is a brother-in-law of John w.
Gr1ggs, attorney general of the United
States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
Grows Hotter in Cbicaoo.

Chicago, Aug. 1O.-Up to II 80 a. m. to-
day three deaths were reported as a re-
suit of the continued excessive heat
They were; Edward P. Herrick. broker;
James Gull; Mrs Mary Smith living at
Elgin, Ill. At IL 80 O'Clock today the gov
eminent thermometer registered 80 de-
time yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
Largest Car of Wheat.

The Capital elevator received yesterday
what is said to have been the largest car
of wheat ever shipped into Topeka It
came from Spivey, Kas., and contained
400 pounds. The same company also
sent a train load of wheat to MINNEAPOLIS
so long that it required three Santa Fe
engines to haul the grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
AGREE UPON INQUIRE.
Central New York Democrats to Pre-
sent His Name for Governor.

Syracuse, N. Y, Aug. 10.-Central New
York Democrats have decided to present
the name of Mayor James K. MCGUIRE
to the party leaders as candidate for
governor upon whom all factions can
harmonize and unite. Today the decis
ion was reached to push the mayors
candidacy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
BUY KANSAS LANDS.
St Joe Company Will Establish
Western Ranches.

A st. Joe crowd of moneyed men is
organizing a company to do business in
Kansas, the capital stock being esti-
mated at a half million dollars.
It is the purpose of of the company to
buy large areas of western Kansas
lands for the cattle business into which
it is expected the organization will en-
bark on a large scale. The company is
now making the necessary preparations
to obtain permission to do business in
Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
PRISONERS TO GO FREE
at Alcatraz to Make Room for Others
Constantly Arriving.

San Francisco, Aug. 1O.-The military
prison on Alcatraz island has been over
crowded for sometime past and the con-
slant arrival of soldiers with long SEN
fences to serve has caused the issuance
of an order directing the commandant to
release per cent of the prisoners who
have served any great portion of their
sentences. This is in addition to those
recommended by the board of clemency
appointed some days ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
STEAMER FROM NOME.
Avoids Inspection at Port Townsend
But is Returned From Seattle.

Seattle. Wn.. Aug. 10-The steamer
Aberdeen arrived here late yesterday
from Nome with 90 passengers. On
reaching her dock her captain was no
titled to return to Port Townsend quar-
antine station for inspection, having
passed that port without a call. The
captain protested that he had a clean bill
of health and not a sick person on board
but was sent back
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
ASHES CAST INTO RIVER.
Remains of a Former Student of Uni
versity of Chicago Were Cremated.

Davenport, Ia, Aug. 1O.-The remains
of Charles M BickneH. of Des Moines.
Iowa, recently a student at the Chicag go
university, until he broke down on ac-
count of over-application to his studies.
were cremated here today and his ashes
cast into the Mississippi river, in accord
ance with the wishes of his family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-10
Saturdays Gold Shipments.

New York, Aug. 10.-Gold will be shipped
tomorrow to London by the National City
bank to the amount of $1,000 900: by
Heidelback, Ickelheimer & Co. to the
coin to London tomorrow. Mueller, Schall
G. Co. will ship $4,000 gold tomorrow,
making the aggregate for the day 81, $780,