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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-27
LEGISLATIVE SNAP SHOTS.

Senator Buschow introduced his first
bill last night. It provided 1or a change
pr salaries OF the county officers In Ora
Ewing Herbert. editor Of the Hiawatha
World, visited the senate yesterday.
Ex-senator Fulton of Brown county
visited the legislature today.
The governor has signed the bills maxi
Fe for the trans1ortat ton Of the Terti-
eth Kansas, rebuilding the heating plant
at the asylum, making appropriation for
the State Normal school. accepting the
Fort Hays reservation, allowing the ap-
preparation of 500, 900 for the Parsons asy-
iurn to be used after the end OF the fiscal
the T'Tenty-sixth judicial district
Senator Mcmillan is tryiug to resurrect
IS in the hands Of the committee On agri-
viii Ogg, who has been employed in
the office Of the clerk of the supreme
court. has resigned and will go to Kansas
Crimson gfg els, If Fa asen w ctF be taken by WIN
The senate judiciary committee has re-
ing the leasing of lands bid in the vari-
Gus counties at tax sale.
The bill authorizing free employment
agencies in cities of the first class has
been favorabIy reported from the commit
tee on cities of the first class.
Senator Branine presented a petition
asking for the passage OF the bill re-
lating to mutual benefit insurance COM
4 bill was introduced this morning. re-
llating to the fees and salary Of the Sher-
The governor has signed the bills pro-
ylu1ng Tor contempt OF court procedure,
for the health and safety Of miners, re-
curing librarian to send session laws to
the new courts in Crawford and Chero-
kee counties. concerning railroads and
common carriers.
The president Of the senate smashed an
ink well this morning when he called
the senate to order. The head of the
gavel came Of and knocked the well to
pieces and scattered it over the clerks
and reporters.
The women who are lobbying for the
woman suffrage bill were very active in
the senate this morning attempting to
hold the. senators who had voted for the
bill in line
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sNAP sHoTs AT nuMR NEWS

The city election viii be held on April 2.
The district court is working overtime
these days
The Republican central committee will
meet tonight at Armory ha1l.
The sale of seats for s'Under the Red
Robe commenced this morning.
Miss n. Parry Bundy viii give a re-
evening.
evening.
street, has been released from Quarantine
for smallpox
..The spinster's Return win be given
church tonight
The. nrst rehearsal of the amateur play
rooms OF Mrs. Mccoy
The. Topeka High school will organize q
base ,o til team within short time and
A woman's mass meeting has been
called for Friday afternoon at 2:sc at the
Third Presbyterian chureh. All women
are urged to offend.
The members of the Republicans FIan-
peau ei4p nave gwen up Al plans q go
OF President Mckinley.
Jake Frendenberger. who has been with
Greenwald's for the past SIX years. and is
taken a position with the Hub Clothing
hold an all day meeting at Mrs. vii
liam Aliens. Thursday, February rs. BJs1-
ness Of Importance and all are urged to
be present.
s At last accounts "Coloneip Hughes had
not changed his mind about running for
which he is not subject to change with
out arning-
Unity club meets Friday evening with
the following programme: Reading, Mrs.
Frank ParkhurSt; vocal solo, Miss G.
Grace Akin; review OF "Eben Holden"
Miss Ada Fulcher.
The Hughes faction is now attacking
the Home Defenders. Ale they afraid
they Will smash Colonel Hughes build
ing Tor his wife's) in which a joint was
run since last July without his knowl-
edge?
Mrs. H. B. Hogeboom. wife of the
Grafton for appendicitis at Stormont hos
pital Wednesday. The operation was per-
formed by Dr.. Mum, with the assistance
of Drs. Powell, MCCLURE and Mum.
A. j. Henderson drove Off a bridge at
Seventeenth and Fillmore streets on No
Eenber A. 1860, and is now suing the city
for S414 damages for injuries sustained
through a defective culvert The claim
has been before the council but its pay
ment was refused.
Abilene Chronicle: Colonel Hughes of
Topeka who Is a candidate for the may
orship of that city, backed bv the temper
alfce element, may be a good man in some
respects, but he Is guilty OF vice as con-
temptble and offensive drinking-that
Of smoking cigarettes. It shows q. pois-
Oned brain and a lack of horse sense in
a man who smokes the vile things Their
stencil not only poisons the smoker, but
also the atmosphere which others have
to breathe. Men who smoke them should
be isolated.
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RELIC OF THE REBELLION.
Letter Found Telling of the Burial of
$127 in Gold

Hagerstown, Nd. Feb. 27.-While en-
gagged in tearing down a small brick
structure IN the rear of his residence
yesterday, E. T. hudson came across a
folded paper under the floor. Written on
the outside of the paper were the words
Read this" On the inside was the fol-
lowing: 'Hagerstown, Md, Sept. 10,
1862. Yesterday it was said that the Con-
f6derates. under General Lee, were on
the march for this town. I have buried
S127 in gold and silver in a tin box 80
feet south Of where this box is buried
about four feet deep. If come back any
time 1 will get this letter to keep from
fooling anybody. We start at o'clock
to meet General Mcclellan. II / am
killed the finder is welcome to the mon
cyl. III. G. Drew, company G, First
Maryland regiment.
p. S--There is an apple tree to the
left Of the money about four feet"
The battle took place a few days later
and as Drew was never seen after that it
is supposed ne was killed. The tree re-
ferred to has long since disappeared ard
there Is now nothing left to locate the
exact spot where the money was buried.
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Thomas are visiting Mrs. John Joerger
OF LeaVenWorth-
Miss Nina Thomas win sing at tie
concert Thursday night given by the
Catholic Literary club of LeavenwortF
Sundry articles will be for sale at tire
penny social at the Central Congrega-
tional church Friday night.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rfage Of Miss Bertha Edna Umpleby to
Mr. William Homer Ray, Wednesday
evening, March 5, at the home Of Mrs. L
A Umpleby, sos Jefferson street, at $50
in the evening.
Miss Emma White will return tonor-
row from q three weeks visit in New
York city.
Mrs d. A Clements will visit Mrs
John Joerger in Leavenworth tomorrow
Mrs VIII Eastman who has been Wis
ting Mrs. Longaclzre Of Emporia, has
returned home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-27

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Geo. Sehauer1nann and wife to Geo.
Degand, $1,000 lots 81, 80, II, 40 and As
North Quincy street. Cranes addition.
H. L. Humphrey and wife to D. A.
Mulvane, $50. lots 81, So. IS and 81
Lafayette street. Mulvane & Chase's
second addition
w. ]. Peters and wife to Chas. W. Sto-
yer. $4,000. lot 5 and part Of lot 4 IA
II, Is.
VIM. F. Bureh to Adam Renyer. $1,000.
sw z 21.-I3. 10.
Nachua Savings bank to J. w Thomp-
son. 81 200. lots and 9, block IL, Au-
burndale.
Houston. $1,000. lots and g. block 3,
Elmont
H Ohse and wife to Otto Durow, 81,
part Sc Il %. and NV X Of ne u 80,
u. a.
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1O12 North Kansas avenue.

1912 North Kansas Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Conkle who have
been spending the past several weeks in
Arizona have now gone to Los Angeles,
Cal, where they will be the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. ". s. Charles. They
write that the weather in Arizona has
been uncomfortably warm.
Mrs. s. G. Miller is very seriously i'll
with peritonities at her home, 927 Van
Buren, street
The meeting last evening at the Argo-
naut club which was held at the home
of Mrs. Charles Curtis was one Of IN
usual interest. Roll call was answered
by quotations from the works of Rud-
yard Kipling. The lesson in English
history covered the reign OF the Stuarts
to the civil war. The paper by Miss
Winifred Clarke on Historical Castles
of Scotland was wen prepared and the
paper on Rudyard Kipling by Miss
Kelley showed careful study Mrs F.
NJ. futile and Mrs. J. c. Fulton We're
visitors of the club at this meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis and fam
lily will move the first of the month from
IA West Gordon street to 1924 Jackson
street.
Mr. and Mrs. J. s. Morse who have
been spending the winter in the south
and in Cuba are expected home some
time next month.
Manhattan to resume his studies at the
K. s. A. @. after a short visit to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F Kinball
Mrs. Frank Kistler came home last
to relatives in Oklahoma.
Mr.. w Fl. Scrivener who held the
special meetings this winter at the Gem
trail Avenue Christian church, arrived
yesterday from Garden City and made
a short visit to friends hire He left
this morning for Perry where he Will
conduct meetings.
The Ladies Guild of the Church of
the Good Shepherd will meet Thursday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs J. A.
Campbell, 1115 Monroe street.
lice Il, -
Bertha Dana and Mr.. Ned Dana of
Manhattan who have been the guests
of the Misses Kimboll. returned last
evening to Manhattan to resume their
studies at the college.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Ruttan OF Leaven-
worth are visiting Mr.. ana Mrs J. A.
Fuller of 1928 Quincy street.
A. J -Ault and Dick Lacey Of Meriden
were in town today.
The Missionary society Of the Second
Presbyterian church will meet Thurs,
day afternoon and all day Friday a. the
home of Mrs. Beaudry, S5E Jackson
street. The time wiz be spent in quilt
ing and all the ladies Of the church are
invited to attend.
will give a political speech at the Pres
byterian church, corner OF Curtis and
Van Buren, street.
A mass meeting, to be addressed by
J. W. Gleed, Col. Hughes. Mrs. McCar-
ter and others will be held at the Sec
ond Presbyterian church Friday even
ing. March l.
Messrs. Colvin & Supple expect to
move some time next month from their
present location to the building former
1y occupied by A. T. Proudfif Extensive
improvements, including plate glass
windows will be made to the building
vacated by them, and this corner will
then be occupied by the enterprising
dry goods firm of Cost1ey & Post.
Mrs. Russell Barber and daughter
Esther went to Los Angeles. Cal. today
where they win visit Judge and Mrs. c..
W. Carey.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-02-27
UNDER FALLING WALLS.
Four Men Buried by a Cave-in
Two Killed.

New York. Feb ga ten-foot stone
wall erected in an excavation at 1888
West Nineteenth street for new build
ing caved in today. Four italian labor
ers were buried under the wall when It
fell Two were killed and two badly
hurt. One of the dead men was named
Calab. The other has not been fdenti-
fed. The injured are:
stefano Golydato and Francisco Tim
moreno.
Golydato was buried in the stone and
mortar up to the waist and a hospital
surgeon administered stimuIants to him.
while firemen and laborers dug to get
him free. It took half an hours work
to get the man out. He was taken to a
hospital
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SHOULD RETAIN CUBA.
American Tourists Say Country Il
Unfit to Be Free.

DuAI 70 DO = LIca
New York. Feb. 17.-SeveraI Of the
passengers on the steamer Havana,
which has just arrived from Havana,
express the opinion that Cuba is not in
a political condition to receive her in
dependence Dr.. ". c. Phelps Of Buffalo
said: Uncle Sam must ssdy in Cuba
Everybody with whom I ccnversed IN
Cuba wants the United States to stay
there. 1t is only the rabble OF negroes
consisting Of about thirty per cent Of
the entire population of Cuba who yell
for free Cuba, and these uneducated,
disconnected and shiftless people are
merely .fire-eaIers.' If they got their
freedom some other nation would step
in and take the island from them for
debt. must say trat TIE streets of
Havana are beautifully clean and that
the general health OF Havana is remark
ably good. as there has been a libeI al
use Of disinfectants. The great trouble
in Cuba is that there is nothing TT to
eat"
Joseph Howard, the journalist. said:
If the United States tries to leave Cuba
next June as is talked of they'll have
TO get back there pretty quick to avert
a state of anarchy which would I'M
doubtedly follow their Withdrawal Cap
ital is apprehensive- Everything is dull.
as every one IS awaiting the trend OF
events There is no trade All are
waiting. The theaters are only opeE
spasmOdically. Americans and the cap
italists want the retention Of United
States troops"
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SALISBURY 10 RETIRE.
London Says He viii Not Be Sue
ceeded by Duke of Devonshire.

New York. Feb. 27.-Rumors are cur
rent in London. says the Trtbune's cor
respondent, that Lord Salisbury win re-
tire at the close Of the session Of par
lament. and that the Duke ~ Devon
shire VIII not take his place. This would
leave the field open for Mr.. BalfouT. with
a possibility that he would be raised
10 the peerage and that Mir. Chamber
lain would lead the commons This is
current gossip. but it is obviously pre-
mature The Liberals would probably
welcome this result, as it would restore
their lighting form and tend to divide
the min1sterialist forces There are
amateur cabinet makers who persist in
working out a fresh combination with
Lord Rosebery. 0Ir. Chamberlain and
MI AsQuith as a tandem team. but
there Is little probability that any
anomalous ARRANGEMENT OF this sort
would be made
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Opening of Game Association.

Chicago. Feb. 27-Severa1 thousand
persons attended the formal opening Of
the International Forest, Fish and Came
association exhibit at the Coliseum last
night The interior of the big building
had been transformed into a veritabie
forest The exhibit of game animals is
extensive and represents nearly every
type of native animals. while the show
ing of birds and fishes is very large The
latter are displayed in glass tanks light
ed from above with incandescent lamps.
Opposite the main entrance is an artid-
eial lake on the banks of which is an
Indian village. The Indians are from
Wisconsin and New Mexico.
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INDORSE MRS. NATION.
Colorado Prohibitionists Think She
Has Done Good.

Denver, Colo. Feb. Plat the state
confer ence of the Prohibition party resO-
Iutions indorsing the work Of Mrs Ma
ton were passed. The resolutions fol-
low:
Resolved. That the Prohibitionists Of
Colorado in state convention assem- bled
heartily indorse the work of Mrs. Carrie
Nation in Kansas, believing that it will
be the beginning Of the end of saloon
rule in the United States We pray that
God may spare her life and speed the
great work that she has begun"
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SALE OF STEEL STOCK.
Market at Pittsburg in an Agitated
Condition

Pittsburg, Feb. 27-Ten thousand
shares of CrucinIe Steel common stock
were sold at the first call of the Pitts
burg stock exchange today at 26sz to
2Tk, as against 251h yesterday afternoon
The demand for the stock was due to a
report that the Crucible Steel company
would probably be included in the great
steel Organiza ton. Negotiations are
under way which it is thought will end
in the company becoming part Of Nor
gan's giant coordination Chairman EIol-
comb and Treasurer Reuben Miller. jr-s
are row in New York and the report
says they are comforting with the rep
resentatives OF the United States Steel
company.
The CrucfbIe Steel company controls
IS per cent. of the output The capital
ization is SIS. 600. 00e each OF common and
preferred stock
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MOB THROWS STONES.
Disturbances at oporto Continue On
abated.

Oporto. Feb. q At meetings of the
council of the Industrial institute and
students today 1T was resolved to re-
quest the government to prosecute the
police who abused their authority re-
spectiuss students bands. The students
and others afterwards paraded through
several streets and gathered in front of
cheering for liberty and denOuncing the
clerlcals- The mob stoned the Catholic
associations building. and made a dem
onstrat-on in front Of the Offices Of the
liberty"
Mounted and dismOunted police then
charged on the manifestants and dis
persed them Numbers Of persons We're
injured, four OF them SO seriously that
they had to be removed to a hospital.
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FRENCH'S Raid.
1t Results in the Capture of
Much Boer Property.

London, Feb. 27.-General Kitchener.
telegrapl1ing from AIiddleburg Gin the
Transvaal) on the railroad between Pre-
toria and Portuguese East Africa IN
der date OF February p. says:
The following additional captures are
reported by French up to February %:
800 Beers surrendered; d 19-pounder
Krupp. one Eowitzer, a Maxim. 10000
rounds of small arms ammunition. 153
rifles 3SS horses. sS4 trek oxen, $500 cat
tie, $500 sheep and 287S wagons and
carts. The Beers casualties were four
killed and i've wounded.''
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BOUND FOR MANILA.
The Cruiser New York to Be Sent to
the Orient

New York. Feb. 27.-Captain Morris
r. r. MacKenzfe of the cruiser New
York. has been ordered to sail for Hamp-
ton Roads on Sunday morning. The
New York will take aboard a number
of recruits at Hampton Roads and she
win probably start for Manila, where
she is to be a flagship next Wednesday.
Commander Briggs, who succeeds
Commander Royal r. IngersOu as head
of the ordnance department Of the
Brooklyn navy yard, has arrived. Com
mander IngersOll will leave today for
San Francisco from where he sails on
March 7 on the steamer Coptic for the
Asiatfc' station There he is to take
command Of the gunboat Bennington
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BLOW TO THE OFFICERS.
Bill to Be Introduced Cutting Off All
Extra Allowances.

Washington, Feb. Ex-senator Daniel
has given notice Of his intention to offer
the following amendment to the army
appropriation bill:
THAT no officer Of the army whether
regular or volunteer and whether in or
out Of the United. States shall receive
by executive or military authority or
otherwise any pay or allowance Whatso~
ever than such as is provided for by
statute law and any such officer who
shall be convicted by court martial of
violation Of this provision shall be dis
missed from the service
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Admiral Sampson Explains.

Boston, Feb. 27-Rear Admiral Samp-
son, referring to his letter to the navy
department. relating to the commission
ing of warrant officers, said that he had
expressed his views solely in the in
terests Of the service as he could come
nnents after a lifetime Of duty aboard
ship and ashore. 1.-The letter was an off,
ciaI communication" he said. LAS an
officer in the navy I am fof hidden by
the regulations to discuss it in any way
for publication
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Prepariae For 9. q. h.

Cleveland, Feb 27.-At d big meeting
yesterday Of the local. committee having
in charge the arrangements for entertain
ing the visitors to the national G. A r
encampment to be held in Cleveland this
year, Ryerson Richie was elected d.
rector and E. ". Doty secretary. These
officials viii establish quarters at 407
Chamber of Commerce building. where
any inquiries concerning the encampment
should be sent.
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~ Aid charleston Exposition.

New York. Feb. PA delegation rep
resenting the South Carolina Interstate
at Charleston, S. c., from December to
June. 1902, will arrive in this city today
to present the interests OF the fair to the
city authorities and business men. The
various commercial bodies Of the city
will be approached in the hope Of secur-
ing their co-operation in the enterprise
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sentence 81 lie Irnprinonment.

Fremont, Neb., Feb. 27.-At o'clock
this morning the jury in the case of Ed
ward Gardner charged with being an ac-
complete IN the murder of Herman Zahn
early IN December, returned a verdict
of guilty of murder in the first degree
and fixed the penalty at life imprison-
nent One of Gardner's companions. VIII
liam Rhea was on December IT sentenced
to death for completely In the murder and
another. Frank Darrell, viii be tried next
week on the same charge.
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New Whatcon, Eyn.. Feb 27-An explo-
sion in the Blue Canyon coal mine a few
miles from here killed Ed Mulligan and
Dick Daley, two Of the day crew. The rest
and the night shift had not yet gone in
DAILY leaves a widow and four children
The cause Of the explosion is not yet
known.
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Prof Samueis. the eve specialist win
be in Topeka at the Throop hotel Mon
Gay, March 4th. for three DAYS. He is
enqorsed BY the following well known
John r 0Iulvane. Fred " Trrse-,s, D
J. Bonebrake. u. S. Senator ~ a T II.,1
rs W. ~ Heck. Chancellor f.. H- snow
judge Barker Of Lawrence. a. ID. Ken.
gall. banker. Valley Falls: ". b Robev
=. > warner. J. H. Bevelle. MANAGER
western Union; Ex-Governor Andy Fslt
ex-governor Lyman L. Humnhrev
fE LcI- Evans, principal Leavenworff
Ilsn school; Mr.. A. Troup of Troup's
enterprise, and thousands Of others
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TO CRUSH WET.
Military Men at London Have Cam
paigo All Planned.

New York, Feb. Z7.-In commenting on
the south African war the London cor
-esponaent or the Tribune says that
military men at the metrcnolis are in
chned 70 believe that Lord Kitchener is
preparing coup with tie object OF
completely demolishing either De Wet
OF Botaa, II not both. on the anniversary
OF AiaJuoa today. just as Lord Roberts
cI1sned CronJe twelve morths ago.
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Youngstown, O., Feb 27.-Four mask
ed men tried to rob the Farmers Nation
al bank at Garfield. ten miles from
here early this morning. Explosions IN
attempting to open the safe aroused the
citizens and the robbers sought safety
In fight