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LAST 'EDITION.
MONDAY EVENING.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 16, 1900.
MONDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
25 Per Gent of
fantry
By Chinese Bullets While
Storming Tien Tsin
COLONEL LISCUM KILLED.
Major and Three Captains
Among the Wounded
Regiment Under Murderous
Fire For Hours
Allies Are Finally Repulsed
With Heavy Loss
(Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.)
Tien Tsin, July 13, via Che Foo, July
15. and Shanghai, July 16. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon 7,000 of the allied troops
were attempting to storm the wall of
the city. The attack began at day
light. Its success is doubtful. The
Chinese on the walls are estimated con
servatively at 20,000. They are pouring
a. terrific hail of artille-y, rifle and ma
chine gun fire upon the attackers. The
Americans, Japanese, British and
French troops are attacking from the
west and the Russians from the east.
The Americans suffered terribly. As
the Associated Press representative left
the field the chief surgeon of the Ninth
Infantry said a conservative estimate
was that 25 per cent, of the Americans
w ere hit. Col. Emerson H. Liseum is re
ported to have been mortally wounded,
as he was walking in front of the
troops. Major Regan and Captains
Buekmiller, Wilcox and Noyes are
among the wounded.
The marines losses include Captain
Davis, killed, and Butler, Leonard and
several others wounded.
Officers declared that it was hotter
than Santiago.
When the correspondent left the
Americans were lying in the plain be
tween the wall and the river under an
infiladins and a direct fire. It was
equally difficult for them to advance or
retire. The correspondent counted 300
wounded men of all nationalities.
The officers of the United States ma
rine corps mentioned in the foregoing
dispatch are probably Captain Austin
H. Davis, recently at Manila, killed, and
First Lieutenant Smedley Butler, of the
United States steamer Newark and
First Lieutenant Henry Leonard, re
cently on duty at Cavite.and also of the
Newark, wounded.
ALLIES REPULSED.
Washington, July 16. The navy de
partment this morning received official
confirmation from Admiral Remey of
the reverse of the allied forces at Tien
Tsin on the morning of the 13th. The
dispatch is dated Che Foo, July 16, and
eays:
"Reported that allies attacked native
city morning 13th, Russians right, with
Ninth infantry and marines on the left.
Losses allied forces large: Russians 100,
including artillery colonel; Americans
over 30; British over 40; Japan 58, in
cluding colonel; French 25.
"Col. Liseum. Ninth infantry, killed;
also Capt. Davis, marine corps.
"Capt. Lemley, Lieuts. Butler and
Leonard wounded.
"At 7 in the evening, allied attack on
native city was repulsed with great loss.
Returns yet incomplete; details not yet
confirmed. REMEY."
COL FRENCH KILLED.
- - Loudon, July 16. The Evening News
MOW
La
the Ninth In-
Hit
prints a dispatch dated at Shanghai to
day, giving a detailed account of the at
tack of the allied forces on the native
city of Tien Tsin, as reported in the dis
patch to the Associated Press, dated
Tien Tsin July 13, via, Che Foo, July 15,
and Shagnhai July 16.
According to the Evening News dis
patch, the allies were repulsed and com
pelled to retreat with a loss of more
than 100 killed, the British losing 40, and
the Japanese 60. The Americans and
Russians, it is added, also suffered
heavily. Among the Americans killed
were Col. French, of the Twenty-fifth
infantry and Col. Liseum of the Ninth
infantry. A Russian colonel of artillery
was also killed.
. The dispatch adds that the Chinamen
fought with great desperation and their
marksmanship was accurately and
deadly. "
CHINESE TACTICS.
New York, July 16. A dispatch to the
Herald from Tien Tsin, July 8, says:
While the Chinese are making a stub
born resistance about Tien Tsin, they
are making no attempt to regain Taku
or to cut off the approach to Tien Tsin
by river or railway. The entire distance
is deserted by the natives, and troops
come up without seeing a Chinaman.
Unguarded launches ply up and down
with dispatches. The restoration of the
railways is being pushed forward.
The Chinese have a faculty for mov
ing their guns rapidly and suddenly op
ening fire from a new point.
At dusk they sent six shells into the
foreign settlement at random. One en
tered the barracks of the centurions
men and wounded six.
The stacks of government salt on the
opposite side of the river and the acres
of ruins give the Chinese an opportunity
to pour in random rifle shots without
exposure.
WILCOX ISN'T KNOWN.
Washington, July 16. It is stated at
the war department that no such per
son as Captain Wilcox who was re
ported wounded, is in the Ninth infan
try. The officials here think it might be
Major Wallace of the Ninth.
NEWS OF FIGHTING FROM JAPAN.
Washington, July 16. The Japanese
legation has received a dispatch dated
Tokio, July 10, stating that the Rus
sians guarding Tien Tsin, were severely
pressed and called on the Japanese
troops for assistance. A combined attack
was made on the Chinese and the latter
were repulsed. The Japanese lost two
captains killed and thirty non-commissioned
officers and privates wounded.
This dispatch probably refers to one
Of the early fights at Tien Tsin.
CLAMOR FOR REVENGE.
London, July 16. "Revenge today,
mourning tomorrow," is practically the
universal cry of Europe.but it is sorrow
fully admitted that there can be no re
venge today, nor perhaps, for many to
morrows for the incredible barbarities
that are reported to have marked the
last scenes within the legations at Pe
kin. Nothing is clearer than that the
anti-foreign conflagration is rapidly
permeating even hitherto quiescent pro
vinces and. though it is recognized that
every day which leaves Pekin in the
power of the mob increases the perils
and difficulties of the situation, nothing
comes from the diplomats of Europe to
show that the powers have overcome the
jealousies, resulting in general impo
tency to which is commonly ascribed
the sacrifice of the handful of women,
children and men comprising the inter
national colony in Pekin.
Nothing has been received today that
adds to the informat'on previously ob
tained regarding the massacre. The only
ray of light extricable from the Pekin
message appears to be the statement
that Cheng and his followers did their
utmost in defense of the legations. Th ;
rebels, however, are evirinrlv irratlv in
the majority, and the few loyalists are
neipiessDeiorethe hordes who have join
ed and are daily joining the blood stain-
1
Jq
Col. Emerson H. Liseum.
ed camarilla, who have usurped author
ity at Pekin. The fate of the capital ap
pears to threaten other towns like Tien
Tsin, Che Foo and even Shanghai. The
defeat of the allied forces at Tien Tsin
seems to place that town in desperate
straights and if retreat to Taku is ne
cessitated, observers consider that it will
be likely to decide the policy of waver
ing viceroys.
The departure of Admiral Seymour
from Tien Tsin and the movement of
warships toward Shan Hai Kuan on the
Gulf of Liao Tung, are taken to indi
cate that this route may be adopted for
an advance on Pekin. which is distant
170 miles from Shan Hai Kuan.
The members of the Chinese legation
this morning still assert that they have
no information concerning the fate of
the foreigners in Pekin. The war office
today issues a dispatch from General
Doorward dated Tien Tsin, July 11,
which adds little to previous informa
tion. The Chinese according to this dis
patch attacked the station the morning
of July 11 and were repulsed after four
hours hard fighting in which 600 of the
enemy were killed.
On July 9, General Doorward com
manding a force of 100 Americans, 950
British and 400 Russians and General
Fukushima, commanding 1,000 Japanese
attacked the Chinese and captured their
positions southwest of the city, killing
350 and capturing four guns.
American and Japanese troops sub
sequently rushed and took the western
arsenal, General Doorward adds that
the day's honors rested with the Ameri
can and Japanese. There were no casu
alties among the Americans or the Rus
sians. GOODNOW HAS NO NEWS.
Washington, July 16. Consul General
Goodnow cabled to the state depart
ment from Shanghai, under today s
date, that there is nothing more to re
port since his cablegram of the 13th in
stant. That dispatch reported the at
tack on the legations at Pekin aa about
to begin. Mr. Goodnow s statement is
a direct contradiction of the Shanghai
story that all foreign consuls were .in
formed Saturday by Sheng, that tne
legations had fallen and the ministers
were killed,
ORDERED 3000 KILLED.
Washington, July - 16. An unofficial
report has come to the attention of the
Chinese officials here to the effect that
3,000 Chinese officials at Pekin petition
ed Prince Tuan to protect the foreigners.
whereupon Prince Tuan ordered all
those who united in the petition to be
killed.
A BIG WAR HAS BEGUN.
New York, July 16. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
A great war has opened in China, with
the Japanese in the front line and with
the heaviest reserves immediately avail
able. Three American battalions and
about 13,000 Japanese troops have reach
ed Tien Tsin since these two battles
were fought, so that the allied forces
now exceed 25.000 men. with contingents
slowly dribbling into laku.
War has not been formally declared,
but it is in progress, with every -indication
that it will continue indefinitely
until the government now in power is
overthrown and the empire broken up
into a series of European and Japanese
provinces and protectorates.
The retreat of the allied forces from
Tien Tsin would be followed bv out
breaks against the foreigners in all the
provinces. They are compelled to halt
where they are and to hold their ground
by hard fighting, and a campaign begun
with no other motive than that or se
curing vengeance and reparation for
the massacre of the legations will in
volve sacrifices and expenditures for
which territorial cessions are indispen
sable.
This may not be the American view
but the Russians, Japanese, Germans,
Italians and French already have then
eyes fixed upon future provinces and
conquests, and the English will find an
other India in Central Asia.
FIERCE INDIGNATION AT WASH
INGTON. Washington, July 16. A degree of ex
citement reminiscent of the days of the
Spanish war prevailed at the state war
and navy departments today. Early in
the day came Admiral Remey's dispatch
conveying the ill tidings from Tien
Tsin and for the time this obscured the
Pekin situation. The Ninth infantry
is one of the craek regiments in the
world, and the terrible story of the fa
tality in its ranks aroused a spirit of
fierce indignation and a demand for
vengeance among- the officers of the
army here, that could not be repressed.
There was a disposition at first in the
war department to pluck some hope
from Admiral Remey's statement that
the death of Liseum. and in fact, the
whole fight at Tien Tsin was nothing
more than a "report." That hope was
dashed by the receipt of the dispatch
from the correspondent of the associat
ed press, written directly on the battle
field and in a place where the facts
must have come under his eye. There
upon Secretary Hay called a special
cabinet meeting to discuss the situa
tion. He was only able to gather up
four members, but fortunately these In
eluded Secretaries Long and Root.
There was talk of an extra session of
congress, ana aiscussion or runner re
enforcing our troops in the Philippines.
It was also understood that communi
cation had been had with President Mc
Kinley at Canton.
There was just a grain of comfort
in a dispatch from Consul General
Goodnow at Shanghai stating that he
had nothing new to report. From this
, it was gathered that Goodnow knew
nothing of the reported fall of the lega
tions though that report had come from
Shanghai.
SITUATION MAKES FOR HARMONY
Berlin. July 16. The German consul at
Che Foo, having communicated to the
governor of Shan Tung, Emperor Wil
liam's offer of a reward of 1,000 taels for
the rescue of foreigners at Pekin, has
received the governor s reply which is
dated Julv 13. to the effect that the
shutting up of foreigners in Pekin has
deeply touched his heart, but that at
tempts to relieve them have failed ow
ing to the revolt in Chi Li, but the gov
ernor adds he will again try his best to
effect their release.
At the foreign office here there is no
question as to the correctness of the
Chinese news of the massacre of or-
eigners in Pekin. Officials, take the view
that it is against the interests of the
Chinese to admit that there has been a
massacre, and that, therefore, the Chi
nese official dispatches on the subject
are, for once, probably true. Regarding
Tien Tsin, the foreign officers state the
dispatches from Admiral Bandemann,
declare that the situation has Improved,
as reinforcements continue arriving.
The foreign office, while deeply deplor
ing the horrible eVents at Pekin, ex
presses confidence hat "henceforth the
powers solidarity of interest will as
sume perfect harmony."
The foreign oftice rurtner stated that
Dr. Mumm von Schwartzenstein (ap
pointed minister to China in succession
to the late Baron von Ketteler) will pro
ceed to China, knowing the latest devel
opments. Regarding the anomalous position of
the Chinese position here, the foreign
office said the minister admittedly does
not know from whence the declaration
of June 29, emanated. He also admitted
that he could not vouch for the cor
rectness of all the Chinese dispatches lie
had received lately. The foreign office
pointed out to him that until the situa
tion became clearer all of the communi
cations could not be considered as em
anating from the Chinese government.
The foreign office is also considering
whether unlimited telegraphic connec
tion between Lue Hai Huan, the Chi
nese minister to Germany, and China
incompatible, just now, with Germany's
interests, today issued orders inhibiting
Chinese legation dispatches.
lhe British embassy here has thus
far received no news from London con
firming the news of the massacre of for
eigners in Pekin. Lord Gough still
doubts that there has been a massacre.
Chinese news having been all along un-
reiiaDie.
JAPAN'S FORCE AT TIEN TSIN. .
Washington, July 16. The Japanese
legation today received a cable from
the minister for foreign affairs dated
Tokio, July 10, giving some belated de
tails of the fighting at Tien Tsin,, July
3, when the town was still in posses
sion of the allies.
According to this cablegram there are
4,000 Japanese troops at Tien Tsin. More
than half of the allied troops in the at
tack on Tien Tsin on the 13th, there
fore, probably were Japanese. The ca
ble is as follows:
"On the 3rd inst., a large body of Chi
nese soldiers appeared before Tien Tsin
and attacked the northern part of the
settlement, which was guarded by the
Russian troops. The Japanese sent to
their aid. at the Russian general's re
quest one battery of artillery and two
companies of infantry. After a heavy
cannonade, they- silenced the Chinese
guns, and finally repulsed the enemy."
The Japanese losses in this engage
ment were two captains killed and thir
ty non-commissioned officers and men
killed or wounded. Major General Fu
kishama has now under him at Tien
Tsin about 4,000 Japanese troops.
WHO IS COL. FRENCH?
Washington, July 16. The report that
Colonel French, Twenty-first infantry,
was killed at Tien Tsin, is not under
stood at the war department here. Of
ficials state positively that Colonel
French is not in China, There is but
one Colenel French in the service and he
commands the Twenty-second infan
try, two battalions of which are in the
Philippines and the third in this coun
try. On June 30. Colonel French was in
New York on sick leave.
WU HEARS THE NEWS.
Washington, July 16. News of the
battle of Tien Tsin, as brought by as
sociated press cables direct from the
field, was conveyed to the Chinese min
ister early today. The minister follow
ed the recital with rapt attention, in
terrupting with expressions of aston
ishment and profound regret at this
startling development. He was partic
ularly impressed with the detailed
names of the American killed and
wounded which appeared to remove ev
ery shadow of doubt and he asked as
to the various officers and their fami
lies. The scene of the fighting oame
home vividly to the minister as he has
lived for a long time at Tien Tsin, the
close friend and associate of Li Hung
Chang during the latter's vice royalty
there and every detail of the engage
ment around the walls could be follow
ed by him with a personal knowledge of
the surroundings. In his mind's eye
he pictured before him the scene of ac
tion. Here he pointed out the great
walled city, within which the native
Chinese population lived.
Around the city swept the sinuous Pel
river from Taku toward Pekin. Below
the walled city, a full hour's ride by
chair, lay the foreign settlements or
concessions or compounds. At this lat
ter point well away from the walls of
the mam city, the foreign citizens, witn
the allied troops, have until now been
located. The news of the fight at the
walls meant, therefore that the allied
forces had advanced from their position
well down the Pei Ho and had attacked
the city itself. The outcome of this
he viewed with the utmost concern. He
spoke- with a great deal of freedom, but
asked to be excused from any public
declaration on the subject. In the most
sympathetic terms, however, he ex
pressed his horror at the latest develop
ments, declaring that to no American
home could the news bring deeper re-
gret than to himself.
At the other legations and embassies
the same feeling of dismay prevailed.
Although Minister Wu will make no
public utterance, the associated press is
able to give what is believed to De tne
aspect of the situation from tne cm
nese standpoint. According to this view
the advance of the allied torees irom
the foreign settlement, down the nver,
upon the native walled city was not
only unfortunate, but was fraught with
the greatest danger. With the fate of
the foreign legations and ministers at
Pekin still in doubt, the allied forces
might well have turned their attention
to cutting a way through to the rescue
of their officials and citizens at the cap-.
ital
Tn that event, it is said the normal
continue, and the status quo been
continued, and the status puo been
maintained. But by an assault of the
walled city, the natives within the city
might naturally be expected to defend
themselves, believing that their homes
were about to be attacked. They have
oeen penned up within the city, know
ing nothing of what has occurred with-
CContinuOd on Sixth Page.)
ENDS BYtBULLET
Tragic Death of Ex-Lieutenant
Got. C. V. Est ridge.
Suffering From Cancer He Twice
Shoots Himself.
DIES IN TWO HOURS.
Says He Was Tired of Tortures
of Disease.
"Was One of the Founders of
Emporia.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Charles V.
Eskridge, editor of the Emporia Repub-'
lican, and one of the pioneers of Kan
sas, rather than longer suffer, the tor
tures of a cancer, committed suicide
Sunday morning at 3:30 o'clock while
laboring under mental aberration. -
Mr. Eskridge shot himself twice with
a revolver of large caliber. The weapon
was in a box .which contained private
papers which the governor had brought
to him a few days ago. The members of
the family knew nothing of the presence
of the revolver among the papers and
no one susneeted that the venerable
editor contemplated such action. The
house was aroused by a shot Sunday
morning. The members of the family,
the first being his only son, Edward W,
Eskridge, entered the room. Tire window
which opened out on a porch roof was
open. Mr. Eskridge was writhing in
pain. The son concluded thiit some one
had assassinated his father and he
leaped through the window in quest of
the supposed murderer. While a phy
sician and officer were being summoned
another shot sounded from the room.
The bed clothing was removed and the
story was revealed. Mr. Eskridge had
concealed the weapon under the cloth
ing and had taken his own life.
He lingered two hours, a portion ol
which he was entirely rational and
stated that he had taken his own life
rather than endure the tortures of the
disease which has kept him in his room
lor many months. The governor spent
the last short period of his existence
calmly discussing the tragedy and giv
ing instructions as to his business in
terests.
The death of Mr. Eskridge will be a
personal shock to thousands of people
in Kansas. No man in the state was
more generally acquainted with the peo
ple. And in his reserved and quiet man
ner there was a warmth of friendship
and a hearty hand-clasp which was
never forgotten. He quit without notice
a job as cabin boy on a leaky steamship
which was plying the Mississippi river
out of St. Louis to come west. He had
run away from home in Lewiston, 111.
with ?2, an old shirt, a pair of trousers
and a pair Of boots, and taken the place
on the steamer. While knocking about
the country after leaving the boat he
picked up the printing trade and was a
student of the "art preservative." This
developed a scientific knowledge of the
business and made him methodical and
careful. He drifted west and landed at
Lawrence in 1855 and worked for
while on the Herald of Freedom. A year
later he went to Emporia and was ap
pointed secretary of the town company.
Emporia at tnat time consisted or a
series of illuminated diagrams and out
lines on blue paper. But Mr. Eskridge
started in with true Kansas spirit to de
velop the place and attract emigra
tion. His first appearance in public life
was to make a speech at a printer's
festival in Lawrence in 1856. He lost no
opportunity to advertise his new town
and it was but a short time until peopleJ
located there. He was one of three men
who were running Emporia. He was
secretary for the town company and
had the only store there was in the
vicinity. He preceded the railroads, the
pony express mail but he kept the little
store and took a prominent part m sav
ing the country, the meetings all being
held in his store, the speakers and audi
tors sitting on the counters rough
board structures on the heads of bar
rels and on boxes.
But in that atmosphere some of the
best men Kansas has had were reared.
Along with Eskridge were Senator
Plumb and Jbi. C cross, tne nrst presl
dent of the First National bank and
later receiver of the M. K. & T. railroad.
There were others less known to fame
but the good-fellowship of the great and
bounding west made them one man
when the subject ot Emporia and her
future were under consideration.
Mr. Eskridge was the leader in the
movement to have a mail route estab
lished between Lawrence and Emporia.
The mails were intermittent and the
promoter of the enterprise made a com
plaint which astonished the struggling
state when he discovered that three or
four bushels of mail destined for Em
poria. reposed in the office at Osawat
omie. Mr. Eskridge aroused the offi
cials and the pony express became a
feature of importance and regularity.
A striking coincidence is connected
with the pony express, and it had an
important bearing upon the attitude of
Mr. Eskridge in later years. Lawrence
was the first point of communication
on the east when Emporia was estab
lished. When the time for railroads ar
rived, Eskridge agitated the construe
tion of a line from Lawrence direct to
Emporia. He kept it up and the Law
rence and Carbondale branch was pro
jected. It is but a land mark today,
but when A. E. Stillwell projected the
Mexican & Orient line some months
ago, the old time enthusiasm returned
to Mr. Eskridge. He saw in that a re
alisation of his early hopes and at once
became an earnest supporter of the pro
position. A week prior to the national
Democratic convention at Kansas City,
the directors of this proposed line held
a meeting in Kansas City. Mr. Eskridge
wanted to be present and made an ef
fort to arrange to go, but his health was
shattered and his strength was gone.
But he was not deterred in his purpose
to communicate with the official meet
irn, TT summoned some of his ponfi
dential friends in Emporia and talked
to them of the Importance or this pro
ject. He furnished a long list of sta
tistics and caused an Emporia man to
go to Kansas City, see the directors and
tell them of the importance of building
through Emporia and establishing there
a division point, 'this was practically
the last act of the governor's busy life.
Mr. Eskridge came to Kansas wearing
boots and he never abandoned them un
til his last iilness compelled him to re
main constantly in bed. He was an
earnest sympathizer with the Union
cause, participating in tne early strug
gles for freedom. Somewhere there is a
history of the governor's deeds which
gave him the title of captain. But he
never used this mark of distinction and
would never write his name other than
taking a nap in her room at the hotel
C. V. Eskridge." He abhorred "Hon."
and was a stickler for simplicity.
Mr. Eskridge was a man of decided
convictions. He was stern and to
strangers seemed abrupt and gruff, but
no man was ever further removed from
such a personality than was he. He
was a man of few words, and while he
seemed to take small notice of things he
was always alert with mind and eye
and had an intimate knowledge of local
and state affairs.
Men have wondered that Mr. Esk
ridge has survived to this time the life
of hard work in which he has en
gaged. "In the Emporia Republican of
fice he had a high counter at which tie
did all of his work. He never sat down,
and for fifteen years Emporia people
and strangers have seen the gray-
haired man, always smoking, standing
by that counter near the large windftw
In the office reading papers or writing
copy for the paper. The Emporia Re
publican was at one time the leading
daily paper of central Kansas. It was
a morning publication and covered the
entire section of the state west of there.
Then came the Newton, Hutchinson
and Wichita dailies and the Republi
can's field disappeared. It then took the
local field, where it has since remained.
The Republican suffered In the Cross
THE LATE EX-LIEUTENANT GOV.
C. .V. ESKRIDGE.
bank failure. Eskridge lost the ac
cumulations of years, but retained the
plant and good will of the paper. He
was compelled to move to a new office
built for him by his brother, John T.
Eskridge, who was an officer in the
confederate army, and a radical Demo
crat, while the editor was a bitter op
ponent of that cause.
It is strangely significant that the
revolver with which Mr. Eskridge ended
his own life was purchased immedi
ately after the failure of the First Na
tional bank and the suicide of Charles
S. Cross. The losses into which he had
been plunged weighed heavily on the
governor and soon the sickness which
caused the melancholia came on. The
Cross suicide and failure was a shock
rrom wnicn tne governor never recov
ered. Mr. Eskridge was . secretary of the
first Masonic- lodge organized In Em
poria. He kept the faith until his
death. He served the city in all sorts
of public offices and was for many years
a conspicuous figure in the Republican
legislatures. Mr. Eskridge reared in
that service the .monument which will
always stand.
He was the author of the law author
izing school districts to vote bonds for
the construction of school houses.
He secured the location of the state
normal school at Emporia, sacrificing
the nomination for governor to ac
complish it.
He had the name of the county
changed from Breckenridge to Lyon, in
honor of the valiant deeds of Gen. Na
thaniel Lyon, who gave the people of
Emporia valuable service In troublous
times. . .
He served as lieutenant governor un
der Governor Harvey, and enjoyed the
distinction of being the only man in
Kansas who defeated John J. Ingalls in
a state convention in those early days.
Ingalls sought the nomination which
the governor obtained.
Mr. Eskridge had one hobby: the con
struction of. a railroad from Lawrence
to Emporia.
His fad was the adoption of reso
lutions. He never attended a ward
caucus, a general meeting for the im
provement of the town, a political gath
ering or a public meeting of any char
acter, that he did not present resolu
tions for adoption. In the days when he
was a regular member or the state con
ventions he was always on the com
mittee of resolutions. He believed in
declarations, having acquired this idea
while a member of the Republican con
eressional convention May 22, 1861, at
which the following declarations were
made:
"Resolved, by the Republican party
in convention assembled. That the ex
isting condition of national affairs de
mands the emphatic and unmistakable
expression of the people of the state,
and that Kansas allies herself with the
uprising Union hosts of the north to up
hold the policy of the administration.
- "Resolved. That the grave responsi
bilities of this hour could not have been
safely postponed, and that they have
not arrived too soon, and that. In the
present war between government and
anarchy, the mildest compromise is
treason against humanity."
The most vigorous fight Eskridge
ever made was when he drove John
Madden out of the Republican party.
Years ago Madden and Eskridge had a
quarrel over a subscription account.
Madden was nominated thereafter by
the Republicans of his district for pres
idential elector. Then Eskridge opened
his heavy guns. In that part of the
state this fight is recorded as the most
bitter political feud in its history. Mr.
Eskridge was a fighter and he made
things so lively for Madden that in a
public letter he declined the nomination
for elector and joined the Populist
movement at the same time. In later
years the trouble was patched up, ani
when Mr. Eskridge bolted his own party
platform and evinced a friendliness for
silver, he and Madden became warm
friends.
After the St. Louis convention Mr.
Eskridge half-way left his party, and
has since been inclined to the silver side
of the political divisions. He associated
with Republicans in local affairs but in
national affairs he was inclined towards
Bryanism.
Eskridge was once mainly responsible
for the defeat in the legislature for the
amendment offering women the right
to vote. In this he laid the foundation
for the lasting hatred among the suf
fragists. .Ar. incident of this character
is best illustrated by the experience of
a reporter for the Republican. Years
ago Susan B. Anthony arrived in Em
poria to lecture. The reporter was sent
by the governor to interview Miss An-
tContinued on Sixth Page..)
STILL THEY GOME
Another Big Concern Booked
V: For Topeka.
McCormick Reaper Company to
Establish Branch House.
BUILD A FOUNDRY.
A Repair Shop Will Also Be
Erected.
Now Looking For a Convenient
Location.
The McCormick Reaper company of
Chicago is looking for a location for a
wholesale distributing point for Kansas
and the northwest, and Topeka i3 being
considered favorably.
B. L. Reese, manager of the branch
house In Kansas City has during the ,
past week been looking over the ground
In Salina, Manhattan and Topeka. He
was in Topeka the latter part of last
week and was shown over the city by
W. C. Stephenson. He expressed !t as
his opinion that Topeka would be se
lected as the point at which' the com
pany would establish the branch house.
In connection with the wholesale de
partment of the house a foundry and re
pair shop will also be established. All
the patterns for cog wheels and the dif
ferent parts of the machinery which
they manufacture for which there is a
demand will be made at this foundry.
Mr. Reese went over the ground in
Topeka thoroughly but was unable to
find a suitable building wnicn couia oe
utilized for their purpose. It is given
out that if It is finally decided that thi;
plant shall be located In Topeka a build
ing will be constructed. It will probably
cost J10.00O. The building which they'
require has to be unusually strong to
bear up the heavy weight of the stock
which they propose to carry.
The building which they require will
be 75 feet wide and 150 feet deep and
will be two stories high. This building
would be used exclusively for the
wholesale trade. In connection with this -would
be the foundry. The dimension
of the foundry will be 75x150 feet and
only one story high.
The foundry would probably employ
upwards of 50 men. These with the em
ployes In the wholesale department
would bring the number of employes up
to 75. Beside the wholesale department
which would necessarily have to locate
on a switch an office would be opened
up town.
The railroad facilities are the best rec
ommendation for Topeka. The best of
accommodations are .. offered both in,
shipping the goods into and out of this
city,, which may not be said of the other
cities which have been mentioned. This
taken with the fact that Topeka is in
the heart of the section "of the country;
where McCormick implements are used'
gives Topeka a promising outlook for
the plant.
The branch house will open up with
a stock of about 50 carloads of imple
ments. Of the places looked at, the one which
seems to be the best adapted to the
needs of the company is on a Santa Fa
switch near the Capital Iron works on
the corner of Seventh and Adams
streets.
Two places were considered on th9 ,
Rock Island switch running south be
tween Qufncy street and Kansas avenue
to Third street. Another location is on
the Rock Island switch near the Inter
Ocean mills, in North Topeka.
The matter has not been brought to
the notice of the Commercial club as
yet but as soon as it is steps w ill be ta
ken to secure this industry to Topeka.
This plant would start with about 75
people in its employ. In a few years It
would grow to probably two or three
times that size. In Kansas City a six
story building has just been complete !
for this company.
Mr. Reese of Kansas City will make
his report to the Chicago office. It will
then be taken up and will be finally de
cided in the course of two or three
weeks. Should Topeka be decided upon
work would almost Immediately after
wards begin on the construction of the
plant.
CABINET COUNCIL.
Called by Secretary Hay to Con
sider Chinese Situation.
Washington, July 16. Secretary Hay
called a cabinet council this morning to
consider the Chinese situation. Few
cabinet officers are in the city and the
only attendants were Secretaries Hay,
Root, Long and Gage. The council is
now in session.
At the conclusion of the cabinet coun
cil, it was stated that no line of action
had been determined upon; that tlw
meeting was not called to formulate any
plan, but simply to talk over the situa
tion. It is thought that a communica
tion was drafted for transmission to th;
president at Canton. After the meeting
Secretary Root immediately went into
consultation with Adjutant General
Corbin. He'refused to discuss the situ
ation. In all probability the president will
come home within the next two or three
days to remain a day or two. There is
reason to believe that 8,000 or 10,000
troops will be gotten together aa rapid
ly as possible, and hurried to China.
Some of these probably will be talien
from Cuba. If the situation requires
more men congress will have to be call
ed to provide for them.
Ex-Andersen County Citizens.
The annual reunion of the Anderson
County association will be held Wed
nesday arternoon, July 18, at Garnehl
park. All citizens of Topeka and vit in
lty who formerly resided in Anderson
county are invited to bring lunch and
enjoy an interesting programm of
music and short talks by members of
the association. 1 1.
"Weather Indications.
Chicago, July."l6. Forecast for Kan
sas: Showers and thunder storms to
night; Tuesday fair, except shower
in east portion; northerly, wind.