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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-11-05
After the Kasnas Central.


The preparation of papers has begun
in the Office of the attorney general in
an action which Will compel the Kansas
Central branch OF the Missouri Pacific.
between Leavenworth and Miltonville,
to relay it's rails or else go out of bus.
mess.
This action, like that against the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, will be made
as sharp. short and decisive as possible.
The executive authority is determined
upon finding the real power in this
state. If ruling of the board of rail-
road commissioners cannot be enforced,
that fact will be discovered soon, and if
the board has received authority from
the state, that authority will be main
tanned.
The Kansas Central admitted once
that it had been fairly treated by the
commissioners, but it seems determined
nevertheless, to do nothing except on
compulsion. Compulsion, and a great
deal of it, is now in preparation, and
the public will watch with interest the
application of it,
Governor Humphrey says that sew
eral important railroad questions have
been hanging fire, but that there is no
hope of having them amicablyd ajusted.
They have narrowed themselves down
to a fiat question of authority, in
which it is his purpose to enforce to
the letter the laws of the common
wealth.
DR.. W. L. Schenck, of Topeka, has
resigned his position as member of the
state board of health, and Governor
Humphrey has appointed DR.. Andrew
Sabine, of Garden City, to fill the va
cancv.
The Twelfth general conference dis
trict convention of the Epworth League
for Kansas. Missouri and Illinois met
in Topeka for a two days session. The
Epworth League of this state met the
two days following. About 600 dele
gates we're in attendance during the
week.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-11-05

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

secret history OF the road, Intending o
thousand literally stunning details. II d,
does the lovers of gossip will certainly bt
entertained. and the trial will be the Tea
ture of the decade.
Second in interest to the Hopkins case
and but barely second, is the suit brought
against Laurence Drake and others by l4s
persons claiming to be the natural heirs OF
Mrs. Ann Drake Seaman She died in
1873, leaving s., 0OO, 600 worth of real estate
in New York city, about 5000, 900 worth
in Chicago and perhaps $50, 900 of personal
property, about three-fourths of which she
had willed to her second cousin, Laurence
Drake. She was very proud OF her descent
from the great navigator, Sir Francis
Drake, and for many years before her
death, at the age of eighty-three, was &C.
centric to the verge of insanity. All the
other brakes received something, but the
Seamans and other relatives were Left out,
the natural result of which was a suit
Fifty witnesses were examined, but the
surrogate finally decided that undue In
fuence" was not proved.
Notice of appeal was filed, but nothing
further was done. Now the Seamans come
forward with two startling allegations
that the alleged will was a forgery and
that their attorney was bribed by the
brakes to let the appeal 60 by default.
And that attorney was no less person
than Smith NJ. Ely. once mayor OF New
York, and now dead. It is conclusively
proved, in fact admitted by his legal rep
resentatives, that he received a heavy fee
from Laurence Drake, but it is claimed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
MRS. ANN DRAKE SEAMAN.

"The omission TO provide for my adopted
son, Timothy Hopkins is intentional and
not occasioned by accident or mistake"
1t is the exact language prescribed by the
statutes of California for disinheriting
natural heir Then 1.-THE neighbors did
talk" IL was remembered that Mr.. Searles
was but forty-six and Mrs. Hopkins twenty
years older when they married. and that
Timothy Nolan Hopkins had protested.
Nevertheless, Timothy had received quite
a handsome advance from Mr.. Hopkins,
and when he married a niece Of the widow
she presented him 500, 900 and decided TO
his wife a magnificent mansion and
grounds at San Marco, some twenty miles
from San Francisco-said 70 have cost ST.
100000 He was also made treasurer Of the
Southern Pacific. with a salary of $4,000 q
year.
Tim was in Japan when he heard OF his
foster mothers 6eath. and hurried home al
once. He became an object of interest C
the California end OF the great railroad
com bisation. as they naturally inferred
that Mr. Searles would continue the policy
OF bis late wife in sustaining Mr.. Hunting
ton. while young Hopkins would vote the
stock otherwise. And the millions of stock
belonging 10 Mark Hopkins estate are am
pie TO decide the control Now, Mr.. Tin
Hopkins hints that if Mr.. Searles does not
surrender. he lHopkinsl viii publish thu
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
by the queen with the Order of the Crown

by the queen with the Order OF the Crown
of India
Ex-Governor Sprague's wife is one of the
best horsewomen to be found at Narragan-
sett Pier and often rides thirty or forty
miles in day.
Miss Rachel Quincy, the protege Of the
Duchess of Bedford, who is to marry the
young earl of Dudley, is, besides being
very handsome, extremely accomplished
and one Of the best amateur singers in
England.
Mrs Marshall Roberts, as she writes her
self since her middle initial o. was dropped,
is the richest widow in London, and is des-
cribed as having dark blue eyes and hair
that hides a golden simmer. Mrs. Rob
erts IS clever impromptu cook.
While she has been abroad Mrs. Mckee
has kept a very full journal Of her travels,
and in il she has recorded very infinitely
her impressions of the people she met in
London and Paris society. Perhaps some
day she will venture TO put it into print.
Mrs. Campbell, the wife OF the Ohio gov
ernor, is a tall and handsome brunette
She carries herself in a stately manner,
and is always exquisitely dressed Over
her dark eyes she wears eyeglasses, which
rather add to her beauty than detract
from it.
The widow OF Hannibal Hamlin IS a
half sister of Mr.. Hamlin's first wife. This
second marriage occurred in 1885, and Mrs.
Hzmlin spent something like twenty years
in Washington with her husband, She IS
remotely related TO Senator Morrill, Of Yer
mont
Mrs. Fremont and her daughter are now
IN possession Of the house that was pre-
serted TO them BY committee Of Los An
geles ladies. It Is a pretty and comfortable
cottage of the suburban style Of arcnitec
ture, and cost, with the lot on which it
stands, 5000
Mrs Frederick Sharon. dsughter-in-laE
OF the bonanza millionaire, has been
great student OF music AL her life and Der
knowled0e covers tie entire field But On
the piano she hss Iayished her very best At
tention, with the result that she has At
tanned degree OF proficiency on the iustru-
mezt that Is something wonderful
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
RAILWAY RUMBLES.

About twice as much power is required
to stop an express train as to start one.
A cable line is to be built between the
city of Washington and the historic spots,
Arlington cemetery and Mt. Vernon.
A Pullman palace car recently passed
from st. Louis to New York, which was
chartered especially for the transportation
of two valuable dogs.
A new car on the Michigan Central rail.
road does the work of 300 men in scrapina
the dirt dumped on the sides of the track
to the edges of the ELL.
The management Of the Southern Pacific
railroad has decided, after seven months
trial, to dispense with train agents. The
conductors will receive better pay.
Harry G. Duval, Chauncey N. Depew's
private secretary, has the reputation of be
ing able to turn of more work than any
other man In the employ of the New York
Central Railroad company.
The circuit court Of St. Louis has rem
dered a decision that express companies re-
ceiving goods from owners are liable for
them until they arrive at their destination,
no matter how many companies handle
them in transit.
Locomotive 1893, Pittsburg division
Pennsylvania railroad, during the past
year travelled l40, 900 miles in its two daily
round trips between Pittsburg and Al
toona, distance of III miles. and in that
time is said to have required no repairs.
The Erie road proper and the Chicago
and Alton now have rule that there shall
ID q man n Ia k,orp as rha siuypaI m a n
on the rear coach Of every passenger train,
and in no case is be to leave his position
between terminals unless 70 run back 10
signal an approaching train
Some of the monstrous cranes used in the
Baldwin Locomotive works az Philadel-
phia lift a big locomotive as easily as a
mother does baby. Each of them saves
the labor of $50 men and does away with
the necessity OF having a complicated sys-
tenn of tracks for shifting the locomotives.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad com
pany has Just completed the expenditure
of 100000 on improvements or its
through line 20 the west AT Pittsburg q
great freight depot has been erected, and a
loop constructed at GienWood, which will
save great deal of time in the passage OF
through trains.
Californis enjoys the only railroad that
runs on the tops OF trees This is in Sono-
ma county. where the railroad crosses a
deep ravine, in the center of which are two
huge redwood trees side By side These
giants have been sawed OF seyenty-fys
feet above the 6ed Of the creek, and the
timbe-s and ties are laid on these tail
stumps.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16


The Jail fixed establishment consisted
of native jailer, with Deputies and
few paid warders, with semimilitary
guard for sentry work, armed with
muskets and provided with ammunition.
most Of which was 50 cid and damp from
the climate that it had 70 be destroyed
periodically. They were commanded
and drilled by handsome old pensioned
Subahdar native of1cerl This old gen
tleman wore collar Of gold beads round
his neck. and over his dress OF spotlsss
white an embroidered sword belt sup
ported n native sword in a green aud
gold scabbard. He war a striking look.
ing old man. with strict notions, Of dis
cipIine and duty. bis father hadsbeen 40
Plassy with Give.
1t was part Of this officers duty "a
make ms morning report AZ tho rnagis-
trate's house, II the magistrate had nos
had time 20 20 to tho jail on his morn
ing round. His usual report wa brief
and emphatic. MY lord, the fail Is all
well" One morning he continued IL
thus: ''Be II known 20 your lordship
that the jail cat has had Eve kittens
VIII your lordship order that the cas-
have an extra ration q milk This rs
said In the gTsyest voice, with his hand
sui At bis forehead IN military salute.
When the order wss given for the eats
extra ration he marched OF without tbs
shadow q . smile On his face. while ths
magistrate remained almost eonvuissJ
with suppressed laughter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
SIOUX c1rY's CORN PALACE

In another wing Of the palace will be
found an exhibit from Central and South
America, which will include over forty
varieties of fine woods, such as mahogany.
rosewood, oilwood, ETC.; coffee bushes,
growing and loaded down with coffee;
pineapples just as they are transplanted;
cocoanuts on section of the tree; india
rubber plants and india rubber in the
crude and manufactured state; banana
plants and a score of other varieties of
tropical plants; Indian relics and souve-
Mrs; views of country and city life, etc. In
the space devoted to this unique exhibit
will be erected of cane or bamboo, with
matched roof, a characteristic Central
American hut, which will be presided over
by family of natives clothed in their own
peculiar costumes
1t is estimated that the palace will be
visited by 10000 people this fall There
will be a number of special excursions
from New England, as also from Virginia,
North Carolina and other eastern and
southern states.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

kins that he fascinated the widow. He
was and is reserved, refined and cultured,
and ranked high in New York as deco
rator and household artist, when i'll health
drove him to California in 1881. He was
employed by Mrs. Hopkins, whose prevail
ing passion it was to build and furnish
fine houses, and in 1887 they were married.
Several folks noses were thereby put out
of Joint, including two cousins of Mrs. Hop
kins-Searles, old ladies who had no support
save a pension granted by her. But the
main objector was one Timothy Hopkins,
born Timothy Nolan. His father, an Irish
laborer, was drowned in California and his
mother died of grief, for she had been ship
wrecked on the way TO California and lost
her only child besides Tim, and suffered
greatly, only to land and find that her hus-
band was no more. Timothy Nolan was
bright boy, however, and was taken by the
childless Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hopkins. In
time they grew to like him so well that
they gave him their name, reared and edu-
Gated him in fine style
Imagine, then. the establishment of all
parties when the will of Mrs. Hopkins
Searles was opened and it was found that
every dollar was given to her beloved hus-
band" There wasn't the slightest men,
ton of any great charity or Of any of her
dependent relatives, and only this legal
mention of the adopted Tim:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
Sioux Cltr.s October Jubilss.

The Sioux City corn palace opens its
fifth annual festival on Oct. and con-
tinues for seventeen days. Great prepare
tions are being made for the festival,
which promises to be one of the most nota-
BILE events ever celebrated in Iowa
The palace building will be $50 feet long
and 200 feet to the top of the dome. The
great arch in the center completely spans
Pierce street.
One wing of the building VIII contain an
auditorium with a seating capacity of 1900
people. The Mexican National band from
the City of Mexico has been engaged for
the entire season, and will give two con-
certs daily. This band Is composed Of
fifty-six skilled musicians, under the
leadership of Senior E. Payen, who directed
the Mexican band at the cotton centennial
at New Orleans in 1854.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
A Splendid Field for Antiquarians.

Now that the British have taken full
possession of Mauipur, the scene of the
latest East India massacre, the aptiquari-
ans are full of eagerness to explore the soil
of the capital It is said to be full of relics
Of earlier ages of mankind, of whom no
other trace than their bee shaped dwellings
has been found. In other parts Of the val
ley these give place to monoliths, the me-
MORALS of another ancient race. The peo-
pie still preserve curious ancient super
stitions, such as dragon worship. For
instance, the blood of the late European
victims was smeared on the two huge
dragon idols before the palace. Most of
these superstitions and ceremonies can be
traced back TO the Nagas, who, in distant
years, are supposed to have intermarried
with some superior race of invading Ar
vans, and so become the progenitors of the
modern ManipurL
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16
PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

Dumas fls uses an ebony desk when be
is engaged in writing
Toisfoi, when writing. sits on bis bed
and puts the inkstand on MS ruffed piile~-
General ShermGn's married daughter.
Mrs. ( s. ThackArA, who Is known - .
writer, Is said 70 De engaged On . very am
b5tions literary work
Ella Hizginson, formerly q the rn2gs-
zine West Shore. has assumed the associate
edltorship OF Tas Pacific Magasine. ppD-
iishsd at Seattle. q which Lee FAirchild -
editor.
Er Lsmpton. or Judge WaKsm. as be
Is commonly known among his associates.
has left the asninZtoa star for New York.
the Mecca Of nearly al young Americans
Of talent
Mss Jessie Fotberziil. The roveiiss.
vEcse Lar Ezss ard 1SzE fEz2ozs E0Gsl.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

1.-THE First Violin" IN 1874. Since that
time she has written six or eight other ro-
manees that have given her high rank
among the feminine noyelists OF Great
Britain.
Eugene Field, of Chicago, whose delicate
humor and verses Of pathos have given
him reputation not bounded by the con-
fines of this country. is about forty-6ve
years old. In personal appearance he Is
long and lank, and the hair on his head
and face il not abundant.
Miss Aimee Tourgee, daughter Of the
author Of "a FOOLS Errand," has been
awarded the prize for Superior excellence
in illustration by the Philadelphia School
Of Design for Women. The prize Is given
by George w. Childs aRd Is . finely en-
graved gold medal Of the value Of fifty dol
lars.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

The valley Of John Day river. . mod
est tributary of the Columbia, seems 70
have become rendezvous q far west
ern srchEologists- Sculptures. carved
into bzsaIfic ledge q that nsighbor-
hood, are suppossi toreprssent ''Anfbro-
poid ape" and the question j. where fiss
Oregon indians eoald nave sesn tee orig
inals q those smbsem2 IL Samatra-
India, OF SINE ape haunted region q 10
western continent 4 iesz rornantc -
izfion o. the enigma would ~ tAe e9a-
jscFs-s that the sculptures n question
do net represent apes q IL. bzt ban q
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

that this was not a bribe, that 1t was
merely to pay him for assisting in a speedy
settlement after the appeal was abandoned
by the contestants. All the real estate is
tied up by injunctions, all who have
bought or leased are in a quandary, and
threatening letters are flying about
One of these hints at a murder. It was
received by Lawyer George w. Wilson,
counsel for the contestants, and reads,
''Take care you do not follow Townsend. !"
Townsend was the lawyer found dead last
November at the foot of the Palisades,
near Weehawken. After a searching in
quiry the jury decided that he had COM
mitted suicide, though there were suspi-
cions of murder, and it now turns out that
he was to have been an important witness
for the contestants. 1t is hard to believe
that any one interested in the will would
consent to murder, but &c, 600, 600 is a great
deal of money, and some men get very
much excited at the prospect of gaining or
losing so much.
Some very queer testimony was intro
duced at the first trial, showing that Mrs.
Seaman erected monuments to her dead
dogs, scattered gold pieces on the parlor
floor when visitors called, regarded Mr..
Drake as the owner of her house and her.
self as tenant, and believed that she could
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

a dozen years past, the public will GER
tainly be surfeited with sensational de-
tails.
No four men ever worked more Sc
cretly and thoroughly as one in every
thing from the election of a United States
senator and the expanding Of 100000, 900,
down to the nomination of congressman
or the discharge of clerk, then the famous
Big Four of California-Stanford,C Croker
Hopkins and Huntington.
Croker and Hopkins are dead, Stanford
is in the United st, ties senate, and now
Mr.. Coils Potter Huntington is nightly
interested in the great will case. for if Mr..
Searles holds the vast estate he is ex-
pected to vote with Mr.. Huntington and
thus maintain his position as controller of
the Southern Pacific. All the characters
of the drama are personally and histori-
cally interesting. Mark Hopkins, creator
of the vast fortune now to be fought for,
was a rugged New Highlander and an
"Argonaut of '49" in California. In four
years he returned and married his cousin,
Mary Frances Sherwood; then went again
to California and in due time became the
famous millionaire and railroad king.
When he died, in 1878, his wife received a
little matter of $4,000, 900, or thereabout.
That was the lowest estimate of it then. and
some think it has more than doubled since.
Edwin f. Searles is also Yankee, but Of
type so different from bluff Mark Hop
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

A new antiseptio agent called micro
cidine, which is composed Of IS per cent.
of nsphthol Of SODIUM and 25 per cent.
Of naphthol and phenyl compounds, has
been tried in France IL is white pow
der, soluble in three parts of water.
The solution, which Is cheap, is said to
be very effective antiseptic, without
being poisonous or caustic or injurious
70 instruments or linen. It's Antiseptio
properties are inferior to those Of zorro
sive sublimate or nsphthol, but surpass
those Of csrbolic and borscic acids ten
and twenty times respectively. The So
luton has given excellent results in
dressing wounds-Sew York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

float on water at will without sinking
Nevertheless the surrogate decided that
she was competent" Mr.. Laurence
Drake, the principal beneficiary under the
will, now resides in Europe.
In a secluded glen in the Adirondack
mountains lives an old Scotch farmer, a
sort of hermit, named John Wilson, who
claims that his daughter, Mrs. Belle Cal
laghan, of New York city, is the rightful
heir to the vast estate in Scotland now oc-
cupied by the Earl of Airlie. And the evil
dence he adduces has proved sufficient to
take a shrewd lawyer to Scotland to prose-
cute the claim. In 1735 his great-grand-
mother owned the estate and made will
concerning it-so much is freely admitted
by all She intrusted the will to her
brother, the Earl of Airlie. The troublous
times came on-the rebellion of 1745"-and
the earls have ever since held the estate.
More than one Scotch lawyer, however,
has limited that the will left the property
to 1.-THE oldest daughter of each succeeding
family of the testat0r's direct line" In
the present generation that daughter is
Mrs. Belle Cauaghan. daughter Of John
Wilson. Fifty years ago, just before he
left Dundee for America, a lawyer there
offered to prosecute the claim for big
contingent fee, but Mr.. Wilson refused.
He was religious enthusiast, and is now a
hermit and devotee. His daughter is more
worldly and wants the property, but time
and prescription are against her.
Last on the list, and interesting as a
beautiful fake" is the claim of Mrs.
Eliza E Knight, of 800 Putnam avenue,
Brooklyn, that she had received legacy
of over 81 ,0O0, 900 from the estate of Lord
Amman, in Scotland. The details were SO
ingenious that the shrewdest were de-
ceived till the police produced old records
proving that Mrs. Knight was formerly
the most expert confidence woman in
America, and a dispatch from Scotland de
clared that no Lord AMMAN had died. So
the case is of. J. H BEAnLR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

A westerner has invented . hay rake
which he thinks viii avoid some Of the
defects Of those now N use. 1t Il com
bination Of the suIky and revolving rakes-
There are tie wooden teeth q the re-
volving rake hanging under and re~olv-
ing round the axle. The proper motion
Is gwen by means o. 3 hinged hack. The
idea is a silky rake which viii not
gather dirt ana rubbish. azd viii drop
the hay IN ths windrow without drag
ging it several feet OF yards beyond.-
New York Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-16

touch, and the nobleman declared that the
buzz Of the boring machine sounded in his
head like the humming of bees in June
garden. The doctors fortune was made.
Every nervous Frenchman who could af-
ford it wanted Dr. Daboll for a dentist,
and many declare that they never enjoyed
rest more refreshing than that taken
while he was digging out the cavities and
jamming in the gold.
The doctor recently sailed for the United
States to attend the annual meeting of the
American dentists, and TO get some new
instruments of kinds which be thinks are
made better in his native land than in Eu-
rODe.