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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-26

has been made about cleaning out the
Klondike.'
It is true that the majority of the
KIondike dives were closed sometime
ago, but it was not until after the old
soldiers had been %obbed of their last
pension payment. That was three
months after Governor Stanley an
nounced his intention of closing out the
den of infamy. For a short time after
each pension payment the keepers of
the dives reap a harvest, but as soon as
the pension money is gone there is a
dearth of business, and it was during
the lull in affairs that the joints agreed
to close in consideration of the agree
ment that they would not be punished
for past OffenSeS.
The State Journal sent a representa-
tive to investigate the state of the
Klondike on Friday the day that the
pension payment began. At that time
13 joints We're ready for business, and
during the day wagon load after wagon
load of bar fixtures and paraphernalia
for running joints and gambling houses
were hauled out from LeaVenWOrth
Not only We're joints opened in many
of the old places, but new ones were
also established.
The dive keepers did not expect to be
disturbed-at least not seriOusly-fOr
at least two or three weeks, and in
JhaJ time lney Will De ready TO smut
up shop and go back to LeavenwOrth-
Many of them are women, and the most
of these run disorderly houses in con-
nection with their saloons and gambling
houses
The Klondike proper is made up of
about 40 buildings-Or alleged buildings,
for some of them are nothing more than
cheap shacks thrown hastily together.
They occupy the V-shaped plat Of
ground formed by the Kansas City &
Northwestern railway part from the
Santa Fe. The railway station is i'm
mediately in front of the gate that leads
into the home grounds. Both roads
use the same station, but the North
western runs Immediately north toward
the city, while the Santa F'e runs to the
northwest, and the Klondike occupies
the space between them.
AS one stands on the boulevard IN the
home grounds and looks west the Klon-
dixie is the principal object in sight.
On the other side of the little valley
rises the wooded grounds of Mount St.
Mary's academy, and the scene would
be one of beauty were it not for the
dingy blot between the two slopes. The
community which has won the unen-
viable reputation of being the most in
famous in the state of Kansas, with it's
dingy buildings, dirty, screened win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-26
TRUST BURSTS.
Flour Mill Combine Has Col.
lapsed-ReceiVers Have 1t.

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb. 26.-The Uni
ted States Milling company, generally
known as the -four trust, collapsed Sat
urday afternoon, but the fact did not
become known until today when Judge
Jenkins in proceedings auxiliary to the
United States court of New Jersey, ap-
pointed three receivers for the COM
pany, two of whom are now in charge
of the property. The receivers are
Daniel Thomas, of New York, Charles
E. KimbaIl. of Summit, N. J., and Al
bert c. Loring, of Minneapolis.
The collapse OF the company was due
it is said to inability to float Its Sc
curities on the open market
George Vim. Ballou. the stockholder
who institutes the suit in which the re-
ceivers are appointed, makes the fol-
lowing statement concerning the causes
leading to the failure of the company in
the complaint:
That in the organization of the COM
pany it had been hoped that sufficient
means would be provided for the pur-
chase of the property required by the
company and to supply sufficient work
ing capital to carry on its business by
the sale Of its first mortgage collateral
gold bonds, but because of the tight
money market and the depression in
industrial securities, the company was
unable to carry out the plan and was
obliged to resort to borrowing money
on its collateral trust bonds and other
wise was urged to secure a. temporary
loan by it's issue of so-called trust bonds
and further by the failure of this plan
by borrowing in open market. The
money so borrowed constitutes the
floating indebtedness, which amounts
to 81 095, ,S0S.0s. of which $144, 1865 is due
and $3o4. $50 is on demand loans"
The United States Milling company
was formed with capital stock of s25,-
GOO, 900 on April p, 1889, having secured
control of the following flour milling
properties:
In Milwaukee, the Lake Superior the
Anchor and the Listmann mills.
In West Superior, the Grand Repub-
1ic the Freeman and the Mankato mills
In Minneapolis, the Excelsior, the
Standard and st. Anthony mills. to-
gether with ninety-five per cent. of the
capital stock of the Northwestern Con-
solidated Milling company, which ope-
rates and owns five big flour mills
In Duluth, the Imperial and the con-
structed terminal elevators.
In New York state. the Syracuse
mills. the Baldwinsville mills. the Ur-
ban mill.
In New Jersey. s5 per cent. OF the
CONTINUED on Sixth PagsA
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ing the password The following is the
programme.
PART L
Morgan's orchestra
Harry COhn, musical director.
Opening Chorus-Medley and intro
ducing Smoky Mokes."
InterIocutor-L. Gabler.
Bones-F. A. Borland. F. H. Lane,
Frank Ellison.
Tambo-Chas. Mahana, VIM. Brooks,
Arthur Long.
Balladists-Percy Crow, J. N. Wat
kins, Walter Mills.
SONGS.
mo COonS AllOWed''-ChaS Mahana
In Shadow of the Pines'-Percy
Grow.
Lady with Ragtime walk"-wm
Brooks
He Was a Singer. N. Watkins.
I'm Make That Black Gal Love Me-
F. A. Borland.
ASLEEP in the Deep''-Walter Mills.
"Lindy, My Black Relle Do"-Frank
Ellison
oh, Listen to the Band'-By Entire
PART II.
OLIO.
Chorus-Arion Singing society.
Monologue- Burlesque Quartette-
Chas- Mahana; and quartette-Brooks
Mills Watkins. Borland.
Buck Dancing-M. Aye r. Woods
Silence and Fun-Arthur Long.
Quartette-Wyatt Sisters.
Telephone Duet-F'rank Ellison, J. N.
Watkins.
Monologue-F. A. Borland
Quartette-Ad Astra Quartette-H. L.
Shirer, 1st tenor; H. E. Everholt I'd
tenor; W. NJ. Shaver. 1st bass; J. Moore,
I'd bass.
Club Swinging-Jos. Whitmer.
Grotesque Dancing-Frank H. Lane.
Knockout Comedians-Mahana and
Long.
Vocal Solo-Gertrude Belle Tyron.
Trombone Solo-John F. Mcmahon.
Finale-'That Niger Treated Me all
Right''-AIiss Hill
Cake Walk-AIisses May Aye, Abbie
Hill, Anderson, Aye, Messrs. Roy Woods,
NJ. Aye, w. VanVleck, Leo Conwen.
The grand lodge will be in session
during Wednesday and at the evening
meeting Captain j. G. Waters will de-
liver an address on Fraternity" At
$50 o'clock Wednesday evening the
grand ball will be given in metropolitan
hall -Watson's orchestra will furnish
the music. The grand lodge session
be in session Friday. The following are
the committees, from the Topeka lodges
in charge of the session.
General A. o. L. W. committee-Geo
W. Reed, chairman, corner Twelfth
and Harrison streets: Jno. S. Cady, Sec
retary. 431 Tyler street; H. w. Nc
Afee, treasurer, 616 Kansas avenue.
From No. st. A. Beck, H w Nc
Afee, E. C. Warren, E Mueller, G.
Taylor.
From No. 11-Frank BIanch, c. F
Cavert, Irwin Pribble, H. Checksfield
T. E. Sheard.
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tax to remain as low as SIPS. He says
the finance committee undertook to
guard against the deficiency, which will
certainly arise before the close of the
first half of this year, by making the
per capita tax $3.50 instead of $1.25.
Says Grand Recorder Forde:
ITO raise the per capita tax will re-
suit in a great deal of harm, and yet
it viii be absolutely necessary to do it
if the present deputy system and grand
lodge premium of 81 continue. The per
capita tax could be allowed to remain
where it is, namely, s1-25, and both sys-
TENS continued if the laws were amend
ed so as to make half of this premium
payable by the applicant. I am not
so sure but what this can be success
fully done in this state. Lodges could
be required to remit, for the beneficiary
certificate fee, the sum of $1.50, instead
of 50 cents only. The subordinate lodge
could either provide for a 81 initiation
fee, to be paid by the applicant, or. if
the finances of the subordinate lodge
would permit, and they deemed it best
to do SO, the 81 additional, or a part
thereof. could be paid from the gen
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Beck. chairman, PIP East Sixth street.
Committee on finance-T. B. Brown,
chairman, 824 Quincy street.
Committee on entertainment-J. w.
Gibbons, chairman, 401 West B street.
Committee on printing-Frank Blanch,
chairman, PIP West Seventh street
Committee on badges-John Ash,
chairman, 3O6 Branner street.
Committee on decorations-E. E
Schmidt, chairman, 1876 North Van
Buren street.
Committee on team work-E. C.
Warren, chairman, 418 Kansas avenue.
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From No 20-H. L. Wilkerson, ]. A.
Hearick, L E. McGreW. T. NJ. Coughiin,
E. E. Miller.
From No 1851. NJ Penwell, F.
Weaver. c. B. Wright, E. E. Schmidt,
c. NJ. Brown.
From No PAT. B. Brown, Jno. S.
Cady, James Harris, Calvin Brewer, E.
c. Haubach.
From No. 26O-J. w. Gibbons, Geo. w.
Reed, John Ash, Cyrus Guthrie, Joseph
Seiben.
From No. 2ss-T. T. Wright, ]. ].
Lannan, I. H. Kingman, Chas. Robin
son. Claud Shields.
From No 231-M. Groendike, J. R.
McNary, w. c. Steele, NJ. ]. Slaybaugh.
F. Phinney.
Executive committee-Reed, Beck,
Sheard. Herrick, Penwell. Brewer. Glib
bons, Lannan, McNary.
Committee on ways and means-T. A.
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kLONDIKE BLUFF.
Notorious Resorts Open For
Business on Pension Day.
Journal Reporter Found 13 Sa-
looms Ready For Customers.
HOW THE PLAN WORKS
Places Closed After the Pension
Payment.
Old Soldiers Had Then Spent
All Their Money.
A BIRDS EYE VIEW.
Infamous Place as Seen by a
Stranger.
What One of the Keepers Had
to Say.
How the Officers Make Arrests
in KlOndike.
How the officers Make Arrests
in KlOndike.

Last Friday was pension day in the
Soldiers home at Leavenworth On that
day also there were Is joints running
in 1.-The Klondike'' adjoining the home,
Notwithstanding the great bluster that
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The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07

unknown in China. Even a beggar
wears shoes. though he may have no
other clothes than the head-bowl,
which serves both as a hat and to hold
out when there is a chance of aims.
Nothing is wasted in China. Even
grass and wheat roots are pulled up,
washed, dried and used for fuel.
Scraps of paper and cloth are pasted
together to make the insoles Of shoes.
Bits of wood are glued to build up
either a board or a post. Women spin
ners and straw-plaiters earn &c a day.
The spinning, though. is most com
monty like the weaving at the hand
looms. only a part of unpaid house
hold labor. Machine-made cloth and
heavily upon the cotton-workers, but
that fact Is in a degree Offset by the
growing import Of raw cotton. Still
some of the light yellow handmade
fabric, know the world over as nan
keen. from the city of export, Nankin,
is shipped abroad. II is made from a
peculiar yellow-staple cotton, hence
not dyed. The same yellow-staple cot
ton Is grown and manufactured by Ar
cadians in Louisiana, but the fabric
is so scarce II does not compete with
the Chinese one.
Five dollars a year will clothe a
Chinese husband ana wife something
more than decently. Underwear is un-
known-so is fitting a garment. The
only measures taken are from the hip
to the ground, and from the middle
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07

makes ont a good ease for Marconi's
theory.
America is the native name of the
mountain range between Lake Mica
ragua and the Mosquito coast. The
termination &c" or "ac." is common
in native pldce-names all around the
Caribbean. Spanish voyagers for
years after Columbus were still search
ing for the water passage to India and
for gold. Both motives caused them
to give particular attention to the
western end of the Caribbean. So the
name America" became familiar long
before it got into boC,.s. Vespucci's
account of his voyages. published in
1904, was the first printed description
Of the mainland of the new world. 1t
ran through many editions in several
languages, and brought its authors
name into much notice. In the Latin
editions NespucCi's name was Latin
ized into "Albericus Vojpucius."
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
Story Of q Chnb.

An extraordinary account comes
from DevOnshire, England, of a club,
found in a muddy pool, that had evil
IDENTIFY pushed its way when young In
70 a cage-like space formed by the
roots of a tree, and being unable to
escape, had grown into the shape OF
its close-ftting prison. Lack Of room
had caused the tail to develop only TO
the extent OF a little deformed stump.
The back fin also had vanished. and
the whole fish had been distorted into
the gnarled and twisted form OF the
root cage, being hideous in appear
lnce, yet seemingly strong and
healthy, II is difficult to imagine how
a fish could get food for years under
such conditions.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
Laboucbere Accused.

London Truth publishes cor-
r~espondence advising that paper of
the seizure at Pretoria of a compro-
missing letter from Montagu White,
former consul general of the South
African republic in London, to Secre-
tary OF State Reitz dated Aug. 4. 1899,
and two letters from Henry Labou-
chere to Mr.. White, dated respectively
Aug, 2, 1899, and Aug. 4, 1899, which
Mr.. White appears to have inclosed to
Secretary Reitz, and a letter OF Joseph
Chamberlain, the secretary OF state
for the colonies, inviting Mr.. Labou-
chere to offer explanations or observa-
tons. thereon, and Mr.. L~abouchere's
reply. Mr.. Labouchere's letters are
brief and Mount to advice to the
T%ransvaal to gain time by the accept
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
Chinese Code of Efigu.,>e

The standard book of etiquette in
China was written by Lady Cho 400
years ago. Lady Che was the widow
OF a distinguished literary man of
north China and after his death was
faithful to his memory. Her husbands
brother was historian of that dynasty.
but when his work was half completed
he lost his sight. The Emperor sent a
messenger to him asking him who
could finish his book and the reply
was returned that only his brothers
wife was capable Of doing it. The
Emperor sent for Lady Cho and she
was conducted In the greatest OF state
to- the Emperor's palace. There she
completed her brother-in-law's work
no satisfactorily that 1t is impossible
to tell where the man left of and the
woman began.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07

in this country, are formulating plans
to turn the entire Soudan, In Africa,
into a gigantic fruit garden. They ex-
pect that the product OF their venture
will supply the whole of Europe with
those fruits that can he raised only in
hot and moist climates. A large CON
signment of fruit trees has already
been shipped to the Soudan and if 1t Is
found that these take root and bloom
as do the native trees. then millions
of other trees will be shipped and set
out. Experts who have thoroughly
gone over the grounds and considered
the enterprise from all standpoints ara
confident that the scheme Is feasible
and will prove highly successful.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
WASN'T a
Bui the al Was THANK fni for Tier
Escorts Private Hint

A New Orleans girl tells this on her
self: She went up to the inaugural
ball AT Baton Rouge In a party. Fer
~dinand-we will consider him as such
was with chem. the dear fellow who
has been nice" To her ever since she
came ont. but who has never commit
ted himself. Beauty determined TO
evoke something besides admiration
from him ut this last event Of the sea
son and IN aid of that purpose carried
alonE Il choice orglndie evening gown.
cut Just right. ana az fresh AZ a new
blossom. They had waltzed u turn or
two and we're moving toward her chap
eron. when Ferdinand leaned forward
her AMI mu,mured In that only-for-
You voice that will revive iutters In
the heart of n Divorce: May ! tell
you something" Beauty was on the
point of telling him that It was not
necessary-that she knew. felt, all he
would speak. but no girl wants to miss
the JOY Of n proposal, so she dropped
her head and tried To be brusque. III
you want to-" she said. You are sure
YOU won't mind?" he wen on. III don't
think ! SHALL she murmured. giving
him the upward slant OF the eye that,
In the lexicon of Irritation, means
but why explain? Just then M
sicnalcd with her ian-for they had
begun to waltz agnin-and Beauty
murmurcd, Not now, Just wait I'LL
We resume dancing" and permitted
herself to he taken To her mother.
"Nou have left one OF your curls mp
in It's paper. my dear" explained mann
ma. soto vocc. Put your head down
as II ! were talking to YOU and I'll
take IL out Mamma WAS a very good
sort to rotice thai marring detail and
the papillotc episode was Over in Il mo-
mcnt. She Joined Ferdinand quietly.
as II nothing had happened. They
moved along quietly behind an avenue
| Of palms. And now" she said, a world
Of emotion in her voice. His eyes
melted over her. ITS all right now"
said he. your mother took 1t out
Beauty says the whole social season
has been n dead failure .-New Orleans
Timos-D2mocrat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07

Russians Seized Waon,en or7d Children.

We occasionally hear adverse reports
in the field. AS a matter of fact, such
reports generally emanate from UNI
truthful sources. The fact is that,
were it not for the protecting arm OF
the cars soldiers in China, terrible
bloodshed would have resulted at many
points. Some days before the cap
ture Of Teintsin a company OF Russian
soldiers entered the city. or their
heroic efforts in behalf Of the foreign
crs Mrs. Charles DENLY, Jr., wife of the
son of the ex-minister to China, writes
from Tientsin: Enormous fires in the
native city were started and the Boxers
began their attack on the settlement;
so we were all aroused at 4 o'clock.
and every one vino lived in the extra
concession went either to friends on
the Victoria road or to the town hall.
AS 1t happened, Mrs. Won Hannekin
had asked us to come to her in case
of alarm. so we escaped to the town
hall. There were perhaps 100 people
rest were huddled together in Gordon
hall for ten days.
THE Chinese troops were every
where. Two days before the alarm
100 Russian troops arrived. They
saved our lives. Had it not been for
them all Of us would have been %slaught-
cred. On that Monday they fought
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
Che Name "America,''

Ricardo Palma of Lima, the director
of the National Library OF Peru, has
published a book reviving and review
ing the old controversy as to the
origin OF the name America" He
contends that this hemisphere was not
named after Alberico Vespucci. but
that the Florentine merchants name
was changed by a French painter to
Americas" in honor OF his travels In
the new world; then a German profess
sor, either ignorantly or wilfully, car
ried on the compliment, and from a
nickname gave two continents their
present title. Jules Maroon, in the
bulletin of the Paris Geographical So
ciety for January. 1889. conjectured
this origin of America" Mr.. Palma's
review of the facts and evidence
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
Patent-Ien her Roots.

Nice patent leather makes the neat
est OF footgear, but it requires care to
keep in order. There is no better
dressing for 1t than a very little salad
oil. Before wearing a new pair OF
patent leather boots It Is expedient to
we'll rub in a small quantity of salad
oil and then polish with a soft cloth.
This is to prevent the leather IRON
cracking, as 1t sometimes does. Pat.
ent leather should never be dried by
the fire, for heat has "A way of causing
the leather to harden and crack.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07

pays a high tribute to Jim Watts. In
her diary of June 10 she says:
They are bombarding us heavier to-
day than heretofore. Early this morn
ing | stood behind a closed window
peeping through the shutter Stats.
-Four bullets pierced the shutters, but
did not strike me. | rushed to the
commanding officer and told him that
The bullets must have come from a
Chinaman concealed In a tree thanking
the window. Calling four Cossacks, we
went to the tree, and sure enough
shook ont a Chlnaman. whose first
inquiry was whether he had killed the
lady. | told him | was very much alive.
My would-be assassin was Immediately
tried and shot. " . y All else may
be dead, but herolsm still lives. jim
Watts rides to Taku to bring us re-
endorsements. He heads fer Taku, but
may ride into the very jaws of death.
Ii Is a most perilous undertaking, but
brave Jim Watts gladly, gallantly risks
his life. ! myself heard him offer it..
Some one must go to Taku, sand the
commanding officer. 1t may mean the
lives Of women and children--it may
mean death to the rider. Who will
go?' 1 know the roads. every inch of
of them; let me 60 said a voice. Then
Jim Watts stepped forward. I shall
go; 1t is right. / am the older brother.
We saw him mount his horse, We
heard the thuds of the hoofs beat more
family and die. Hope took no new
lease of life from this. Before re-en-
forcements could reach us it would be
too late, granting that brave Jim Watts
ever rcacher Taku. And what more
unlikely than that?"
June 23.-ThrOugh the glasses ! saw
the troops coming nearer and nearer.
Are they re-enforcements for the Box
ers or us? Closer they come, and yet
we cannot distinguish them. Eyes
strain through glasses nor catch a
clew to their identity. Another half
hour. SUDDENLY something iutters to
the wind. The stars and stripes, thank
God! thank God! They are coming
to us and we shall not die. How good
heaven Is. how sweet is life! The stars
and stripes, and we wept and HOPED
the first time since that day long ago
when we came to Gordon hall. God
bless Jim Watts! Other flags are now
visible-it is 1890 in the morning.
= The troops reached us before
2 o'clock, The rest Of the day has
been very quiet. The Chinese are evil
IDENTIFY puzzled what move to make
next. How strange not to hear the
Smelling! There are other discordant
sounds, t~hough-the moo of the hungry
cows, the bray of the donkeys and from
the other starved animals comes a cry
for something to eat. Poor creatures:
yet it is impossible to spare food for
them"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-09-07
MoURAvIEFF'S COUP"
lie Called Engiand's Biur and Won Por,
Arthur.

Count Mouravief's most famous
coup was the grabbing of Port Ar
thur. Concerning that bit of active
diplomacy on the part OF the late Rus
sian Minister, the following story Is
being told: Mouravleff, IL Is said.
heard at the psychological moment in
the negotiations during the Chinese
crisis of two years ago Of Queen Vie
toria's avOwed determination never 10
sign another declaration Of war. With
this knowledge at command he held
the key OF the situation in the Far
East. He knew that Great Britain
would not risk n war and, therefore.
he read the brave talk about the open
door" with a smile, and received Lord
flying SO many pretty phrases and his
yelled threats as simply bluff. In this,
say those that believe the story, lies
the explanation of that sudden with
drawal of the British ships of wal
from Port Arthur after they had gone
in with such brave parade. They were
sent as an %ultimatum. but the Admiral
discovered that there was nothing at
the back of the ultimatum. In short,
Mouravieff's discovery OF the alleged
determination OF the Queen never to
sign another declaration OF war en-
abled him to accomplish without a
shot what Russia had secretly been
striving to reach for centuries. In the
language of the new diplomacy, 1t was
the scoop Of the century.