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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01
PROMISE FAIR AT LAST.
Weather Bureau Has Quit Predicting
Rainfall for August 8 Inches.

The government forecast sent out this
morning was for fair weather today
and Tuesday, although the indications
are that September Will have a good
start toward keeping up the damp rec
ord of August.
The rainfall for August was COL. The
normal for the month is 404 and the
excess was 197 inches. The mean tenn
perature for the month was 1872 The
normal is 76.1 The highest point reach
ed by the mercury was 100 on the 4th
and the lowest was 81 on the 18th.
The wind this morning vase north
blowing eight miles an hour. The min
imum temperature was So. The hourly
temperatures recorded by the govern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01

lobe uncomfortable without being I'M
happy one must be a philosopher or
woman with tight shoes.-Puck
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01

do you think there is anything re-
markable in love at first sight?" asked
the romantic youth.
Mot at ALL" answered the cynic. It's
when people have been looking at each
other for four or five years that it be-
comes DISQUALIFICATION Star.
beauty takes a mans eye," remarked
the Observer of Events and Things;
she thinks she has a perfect right to
hold her umbrella in such position as
to take his other one. "Yonkers States
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01

What did your old uncle leave?"
"A lost of disguised relatives. and a
jubilant young widow we'd never heard
of before. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01

Uneasy is the head that wears a hale.sS
remarked the Observer of Events and
Things.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01

InOmaS, Kelly oHered me the assistant
state treasurership and a thousand dollars
in cash if I would stop the fight ON him,
and can prove it.
kelly and his friends are trying to drag
Major Remington into this fight. but as
matter of fact Remington has mad nothing
to 90 with it, notwithstanding the way he
has been treated by Kelly. Four years ago
Kelly, Simpson, who is his attorney, Grea-
son and Remington, were all working III
harmony, and all went to the Hutchinson
convention to support Remington, who was
a candidate for state treasurer Simpson
went as chairman of the Miami county
delegation, Kelly went as a delegate-at
his own request. Remington was thrown
into the air and Grimes was nominated
with Grimes promise to make him assist
ant state treasurer in his pocket"
How was Kelly's shortage first discov-
How THE sHORTAGE WAS DIsCov-
Erred.
Last January" he replied, when Kelly
was candidate for state treasurer and
there was no one mentioned against him, a
friend of mine who was once a county
commissioner here. came to me and said
Kelly,s record was not straight.
g What do you mean2 said /.
+" Nothing, he said. except that he ia
4" That's pretty serious charge to make
treasurer 1 said. If you know of such
thiEcs against him you owe it to the Re-
publican party to tell what you know
a. Not much he said. L don't want to
get mixed up in any such affair."
L supposed that as he had been county
commissioner he had run across something
regarding Kelly's records in the county
house and began to look up the matter
myself. Almost the first things / found
were the Hamilton and Crane items which
were first investigated 1 told Greason
what I had found and it was so apparent
that Kelly was a thief that we thought
the public ought to know it before making
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-01

What do people mean, pa, when they
say the first shall be last?'
''They have in mind the New York base
ball club that starts the season at the tor
and ends at the bottom.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

The natal day Oh the republic of
Cuba, May 90 found Iavana arrayed
like a queen to await sle coming of
her lord. She seemed reinvested for
the occasion with the dignity of the
prosperous days of her power and
wealth.
AT noon Senior Palma attached his
signature to a document as president
of the Cuban republic. after an ex-
change of con congratulations, and the
veteran Gen. Gomez assembled to the
roof of the palace. where he was &C
corded 4 great reception. Gen. Wood
personally lowered the American col
ors, which We're saluted. and with his
own hands hoisted the Cuban flag, as
an act OF the United States. Gomez as
sisting.
Gen. Wood and his staff and the
American troops embarked immedi-
ately after the hosting of the Cuban
flag and the American ships steamed
out of the harbor.
At the time the transfer took place
in Havana, Gen. Whiteside at Santi-
ago. turned over his authority to his
Cuban successor and sailed away with
the American cavalry which had been
in garrison there.
Tomas Estrada Palma, the first
president of the Republic of Cuba. is
a little old man He wears rusty
black clothes. He moves nervously
and quickly, winking his blue eyes
as he talks. He is lavishly polite af-
ter the manner of the old Spanish
school His chin is more than strong
and aggressive. being what country
people call jumper jawed, which
means that his chin betrays strength
and aggression raised to the highest
power.
The president-elect of the republic
of Cuba will be 81 years old on the
ninth day of July. He was born at
Bayamo, in the province of Santiago.
His mother tried to keep him out of
the revolutionary movements which
were brewing in the island during his
youth. She even went so far as to re-
strict him to the boundaries of the
Bayamo estate.
Associates she knew he must have,
but his boy friends had to come to
see him: he was not allowed to visit
them. The father had died when
Tomas was very young. When he was
Is years old he broke from his moth.
er's leading strings and went to Ha
yana to study. Soon after that the
death of his mother left him in sole
back to Bayamo to manage it.
BY this time rebellion had broken
out actively and Palma cast his q
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12
Where Religion Is Fatality.

Writing of the Moors of Tangier, .
traveller reports: Almost every spring
there is an epidemic more or less
pronounced. of smallpox, and the num-
Der of pitted faces is very large.
Mothers are anxious that their child
rem should pass through the ordeal
early and with this end in view place
them in the way of contagion. l knew
one poor woman who had a pet son
of perhaps eight or nine. One day she
came like Rachel. sorrowing and not
to be comforted for his loss. oh, God!'
she cried, what can l do? God
knows it was not my fault that my
boy did not take the disease in time:
for three successive years l borrowed
the blankets in which others had died
Of the smallpox, directly they were
buried, and it was only this year he
took it. Now he is gone, and I am
left alone"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

with the island party. Years of agita-
ton and organization followed, in
which Palma bore an active and
prominent part.
In 1868, when open war began, he
was one of the leaders in the newly
formed Legislative body. His home
town was the first upon which the
Spanish troops descended. The pa
triots. loving it devotedly as they
did for it was an old and pleasant
city of homes, burned it to the
ground, so that the oncoming regi-
ments should find neither food nor
shelter there.
During the guerrilla campaigning
of the Ten Years War Palma was
elected president of a republic or
gained by the troops. In 1877 he was
captured by the Spaniards. imprison-
ed for a short time in Havana, and
later taken to Spain, where he was
confined in an old castle for over a
year.
He takes care to give the Spaniards
their due, and says he was treated
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12
MiAmated Names.

The union of the given name with
the surname often makes an amusing
combination. Sometimes it is accident
al, but more often designed. The
story that went the rounds of tho
newspapers some time ago that Gov
ernor Hogg of Texas had named his
two daughters IRA Hogg and Ina
Hogg, it is gratifying to know, has
been denied. A case in the east OF
Columbus has come to the notice of
the observer. a gentleman who bears
the common name of Case has named
his little daughter IRA Case.
NJ. A. Bridge, the well-known chief
clerk in the Office of the state dairy
and food commissioner, has named
son Brooklyn" Brooklyn is not an
uncommon name in itself. but Brook
Ign bridge is somewhat startling.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

1895
Battieship Maine blown up in the
harbor of Havana, while there on
friendly visit Feb. Is.
Message sent by President Mckinley
to congress in regard to blowing up
of the Maine. April IL.
Congress passed resolutions recog-
nizng independence of Cuba and de-
handing that Spain relinquish her au-
thority. April 20.
President issued call for 600 vol
unteers. April %.
Congress passed resolutions. declar.-.
Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet
in the harbor Of Manila May eyyu1 i;
Schley sailed with the flying squad
ron from Key West. May 10.
Schley arrived at Santiago de Cuba
Army sailed from Key West for
Cuba. June Is.
Landing and battle at Las Guasimas
Vic Victory of Ell caney and San Juan
Gen; shaftegy calls for reinforce
Battle of Santiago. July. 5.
Truce declared. July r.
Articles of capitulation at Santiago
approved. July is.
Surrender of Santiago. July IL.
Peace protocol. Aug. r.
Peace commissioners sent to Paris.
Oct. /
Evacuation of Puerto Principe and
other provinces Dec. 5.
Provisional government proclaimed
by Gen Wood. Oct. 81
Treaty of Paris signed. Dec. 10. S:45
Gen. Garcia died in ws611Ngton-
Il IL.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

Maine is one of the few old states
that still observe more or less serious
ly an annual fast day. Gov. John
+. Hill, in his proclamation, which is
very brief, says: This day, revered
by the Fathers, comes to us conse-
Grated by the observance by many
generations. 1t is appropriate that We
should continue TO respect a custom
so deeply enshrined in the hearts of
the people. and l earnestly recommend
that the day be observed in a manner
consistent with the purposes for which
it has been set apart. New Y0r}
Times.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

with great kindness and respect by
them.
After his release he was postmaster
general of Honduras for five years,
and then came to the United States,
where he established a collegiate
school for Cuban and South American
boys at Central Valley, n. y.
During the last struggle for Cuban
independence he was the head of the
junta which, with headquarters in
New York. raised money and carried
on a propaganda in behalf of the
cause.
He says that his first work as presi
dent will be toward extending a free
school system throughout the island
and he insists that there shall be
neither ostentation nor formality in
his conduct of affairs.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

Suddenly, on March IS, about II a,
M the lookout shouted Land"
De Viaria held his course until he
saw a long point to the north. sailed
beyond it and recognized the harbor
of Port Smith At $50 that night
they landed, exactly eleven days and
nights after the boats started away
firm \the ship in company.
Ayu9 were so weak when we got
ashor{," said De Viaria, that we
could not stand up, but we got over
that pretty SOON
Third Mate Hobart R. Reynolds told
the story of the sinking of the ship
and the adventures of the boats.
Three of the four boats had got fast
to whales at once, he said. and the
first mate had brought a big COW
whale alongside and made it fast in
the tackles on the port side of the
bark. A bull whale had broken from
the school, and suddenly appeared
about two ships lengths away from
the bark
There's a big bull close alongside"
cried Capt. Jenkins. Better go after
him, Mate"
The mates boat was within striking
distance within few moments. They
drove harpoon deep into the whale.
The big breast struck out with
speed which set fire to the whaleboat
where the line ran out, and made
straight for the ship. He struck her
fairly on the starboard side amidships
as she lay hove to.
The whale sank at once.
The bark was sixty years old. The
whale crushed in her side and she
began to careen at once. Capt. Jenk
ms. his wife. the steward and cabin
boy were all that were left aboard
The mate, seeing that the ship was
in distress, cut loose from the whale
and went to the captains aid.
The steward tried to get at the pro-
visions below, but could get nothing
but box of ships bread. The cap
tain secured four pals of fresh water,
and with the bread and parrot aban-
doned the ship.
After dividing up the bread and
water to his men. They discovered
that spray had spoiled the water. 1t
was all salt.
Well boys" he said, its all up
with us. but III see what we can do to
reach Barbados" little later he
sighted the captains boat. The cap
tain divided what fresh water was
left between the two boats.
Fortunately their voyage was not
long. At 9 o'clock they sighted
smoke, and the Borderer, bound with
coal from Baltimore to Chile, sighted
them. After picking up the captain
and third mates boats. the Borderer
cruised about and found the second
mates boat.
All were hoisted aboard, boats and
all The Borderer cruised about in
circles. looking for the fourth boat,
until dark, and then went off. She
landed Capt. Jenkins and his men at
Pernambuco.
The picture on top shows how the
was sunk by a collision with
a whale. The dark arrowed lines in
the map show how the survivors put
out in boats, one for Pernambuco,
Brazil, and the other for the Isle of
Dominica. The light lines indicate
the route of the survivors to New
York.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

Thirty years ago Gen. Palma. now
president of Cuba, hastily buried his
mother, victim of Spanish cruelty,
in an obscure cemetery in Bayamo,
with wooden cross to mark the spot.
Recently with all tokens of respect
and love, he and his friends disin-
tered the remains, placed them in a
stately tomb bearing a tablet with this
inscription: "Candelaria Palma, whose
beloved son Thomas has returned
after thirty years and given her Q
Christian burial"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

A story of eleven days in an open
boat, with the fierce sun of the tropics
beating upon them, and only two
swallows Of water and half a ship
biscuit a day each, was the tale of
adventure and suffering told by Mate
Manuel de Viaria and his eight COM
panionS, who arrived at New York
on the steamship Madiana, which
brought them from Dominica, in the
West Indies.
De Viaria and his men We're part
of the crew of the New Bedford whal-
ing bark Kathleen, which was stove
by an angry sperm whale $50 miles
from land in West Indian waters on
March II.
Driven to the boats with only a
scant moment in which to snatch up
w ter and biscuits and then separated
upon the wide sea. it is curious fact
that every person aboard was saved
Even the parrot of the captains wife
arrived safely at home. The survivors
in the two boats reached home within
twenty-four hours of each other.
De Viaria and his men sat together
in the smoking room of the Sailors
Homo in Cherry street. De Niaria was
the spokesman.
I'VE sighted a school of whales,
with maybe ninety or 100 in it he
said, land all four boats went after
them.
Il struck whale Of maybe fifty or
sixty barrels. He sounded two or
three times. but we killed him. and
down to us.
1,
was about half mile away. She
had all sails set, with her foreyard
aback, waiting for signals.
Then l saw flags go up to all three
peaks. That means all boats come
in While l watched l saw her heel
over. 1t was dusk. The last | saw of
her was her yard ends in the air.
Then the mates boat, with the
captain aboard, came down to me. They
were waving hats and handkerchiefs,
meaning cut loose
1.-The captain got all four boats to-
gether and divided up the men.
had nine all told in my boat, and each
of the others had ten, counting the
captains wife in the mates boat.
The captain gave each of us a pail
of water and maybe ten or twelve
pounds of biscuit. He said: Steer
west by north, one-half north
at was a clear night, but no
moon. We watched for the captain
to flash a light to Keep together. We
s&~ the light at O'clock, and then at
o. !. That.was the last We saw.
:. when morning came there was no
Boat in Sight
Then 1 madesup my mind to take
my own course and steer due west for
Dominica
The weather was fine until the last
two days, when it took two men to
bail out the seas that combed over the
quarter.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12
Grew the Whar Kathleen Tells Graphic Story of Remarkable
Adventures When Ship Is Sunk by
Angry Monster.

rage the etiquette of the profession
that he would be refused hearing by
some judges and by others SO sneered
at as to make solicitors unwilling to
employ him. A judge who has only
just left the bench professed one day,
while he was listening to a junior, not
to understand what he was saying and
when, at last, the unfortunate junior
began to shout the Judge sweetly re-
marked that it was very difficult to
understand any gentleman who insist
ed on putting a hair screen on his up.
per lip"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

81 suppose l will surprise my young,
readers" writes T. p. O'Connof,
when l tell them that l remember
the time when man who wore
beard was regarded as something of
phenomenon, and, indeed. as scarcely
gentlemanly. but SO it was. At> the
bar a young barrister who wore
beard or a moustache would SO out
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12

1t is said that the Georgia peach
growers consider the full of the moon
in April the date on which the fate
of the seasons crop has been decided.
If there has been no bud-killing frost
by that time they feel safe.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12
CHRONOLOGY OF CUBA LIBRE

Spanish control of Cuba finally re-
l1nquished. Last troops left Havana:
Tenth infantry. u. S. A, took up quar-
ters in city. Dec 81
1899
Provisional government by the Uni
ted States; work of cleaning, removal
ting and restoring order.
1900.
Ditto, and taking census, prepare
tory to holding elections.
1901.
Cuban constitutional convention as
Sembled. January. Congress passed
Plat resolutions providing for Amer
lean suzerainty. March 2. Cu.an con-
stitutional convention accepted Platt
resolutions. June IL Cuban law
promulgated by Gov.-Gen. Wood and
elections held. Dec. 81.
1902.
Delegates elected at popular cleo
tions met and chose Gen. Estrada
Palma as first president of the repub-
lie of Cuba. Feb. "a.
President began prepare don for
formally turning over government to
Cubans. March "a.
drawn. March 24-May 10.
Fiestas and general celebration all
over island. May 1913,
Final transfer of government to Gu
bans. May 20.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12
The Schemskha Earthquake,

Schemakha is a city to the westwl|
of Baku, the seaport of the Russ
oil region, and lies in an area al
devastated by earthquakes. On Jal
last (Rasaian date), shock Dc
the town .and a fire that br
laid it iqsashes. Thousands OF
'perished by the shock, which
the pablic buildings anAch,
which they were crowded.
dozen houses of the $40
the town were destroya1
mosque that had sur
was leveled to- th
probable that tn
doned.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-12
THE PROMISE,

THAT the United States hereby dM-
claims any disposition or intention to
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or
control over said island, except for
the pacification. thereof, and asserts
its detefmf tiszss when this is accom-
plished, to- leave the Eovernnfent and
control 81 the island to its pesple. =
congress April 20, 1898
Four years and twenty-two Hays la
ter the promise is fulfilled. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-05
OPPOSED TO M'CARREN.
LOCAL DEMOCRATS TO WRITE EN-SEN-
AToR HILL PROTESTING AGAINST
M'CARREN MANAGING THE
CAMPAIGN

Another discordant note in the Dehocrauc
harmony programme sounded last night
when il was announced by prominent Greater
New-York Democracy leader that letter will
soon be sent to ex-senator Hill protesting
against Senator McCarren either as chairman
Of the State Committee or of the Executive
Committee this fall. The letter will be sent to
Mr. Hill merely as ''feeler,' and the tone OF
the eK-Senator'S reply will govern the ac'loh
of a large number of prominent Democrats VINO
are ready to spring a fight against MI McNdI-
rem.
The protest against McCarren comes TOO laVe
IL is understood be Of any particular use
because ex- Senator Hill already has DECIDED, II
is said that he is to be the active manager OF
the campaign. Despite the fact that the hsn'
against the selection or the 6rooklEn Se!ia ~.
will probably prove futile the opponents OF
MI McCarren are going to start a sort OF cru
SADIE against him.
The opposition Mr.. McCarren is tWofold
First there is the feeling on the part of many
Of the Create New-York Democracy men that
McCarren is hand in glove with the worst ele-
ments in Tammany Hail. and that he would be
a load for the organization to carry next fall.
Second, the friends OF Frank Campbell are eH-
ceedingly indignant that Mr.. Campbell should
be sidetracked, after years Of fidelity to Mr..
Hill
Ex-senator Hill is backing McCarren purely
as a measure of politics. McCarren is one Of the
leaders of the Mclaughlin machine in Kings.
and his management of the campaign would
mean that the old alliance between Mr.. Hill and
Mr. Mclaughlin had been resumed.
1t is said that if Mr.. Hill declines to change
his attitude toward McCarren the local Demo-
Gratis who oppose him will object to McCarren
openly and announce themselves freed from
responsibility for the outcome of the State
campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-05
EIGHTEENTH WILL BE DRl.
FIRST PLATOON OF PRECINCT DECIDES
TO ENFORCE THE EXCISE LAW.

The patrolmen of the first platoon III tle
Eighteenth Precinct East Twenty-second-s'-
station under command of Acting captain
Cray Yesterday afternoon decided to JOIN the
revolt and enforce the excise law They met
In twos and threes throughout the precinct
talked the subject over and decided 10 put 1t
UP to the captain and make arrests ana repoi
all violations of the excise law
The men of this platoon are in excellent po-
sition TO make things lively for violators OF the
excise law in the precinct. inasmuch as they
go on post at l. o'clock tonight and remain
on duty until a. m. tomorrow. They go GU,
again at q o. m. Sunday. and stay on duty ulitli
midnight. There about forty men III 'i'e
platoon. ..,.
The conditions in this precinct are olttereilI
from those in some others. Most or 'ne poiCc
men live in the precinct, and those who 90 not
them owe their long and undisturbed details 10
the influence of ex-Dock Commissioner Charles
Murphy who is a relative of Acting captain
Cray. -, .
The men on the second platoon will get TO
eether to-day it is said. and will also come 10
s decision as to what they Will do toward en-
forcing the law.
Some of the men Of the first platoon fold last
night Of warning the saloonkeepers through,
ont the precinct We're receiving. II was sara
That q detective sergeant was gong through
tho district telling the saloonkeepers what po-
licemen he considered safe and what ne
considered unsafe" and which could be trusted
and which could not