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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
rHoUGHrHE WAS CHRIST.
a BIOodthirsty Hays city 1Eaniaci stripa
HImseIfof CloahIne.

Himself of Clothing
HAYS CITY. Kansas, March. 15-Joshua
Warburton, a bachelor farmer of Wheat
land Townships now confined in the coun-
tn Jail The unfortunate fellow was
taken last week, commencing to talk in
spiritualism and accusing neighbor wo-
man of using a spell on him.
He went to the Rogers farm and de
cIared that the infant child of Charley
Rogers was his own and that he was
going to kill ii. Dick Rodgers, who was
alone with the mother, occupied the
lunatic's attention while Mrs Rodgers
fed to the Stegman house with her babe
When Warburton discovered her absence
he started ia pursuit, but stopped on the
road to strip himself naked, and this gave
both Mrs. Rodgers and Dick time to
reach Stegman's When the mailman
dashed in, fearful struggle followed, In
which Dick and three women finally
conquered and tied Warburton with ropes
He imagined chat he was Jesus Christ
and that all about him were devils who
were endeavoring 10 take him, body and
soul He is aged about forty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
FIRST IN CHICAGO HISTORY.


CHICAGO, March 15.-For the first time
in the history of the United States court
of appeals in Chicago, woman has ar
gued a case. She was Miss Kate Pier.
who practices law ia Milwaukee. and
for several hours she compelled the at
tentiOn of Judges Woods. Baker and Sea
man. who sat in begowned dignity while
Miss Pier expounded law principles.
Miss Pier wore a tightly-fitting gown
Of black velvet, with a big American
beauty rose pinned on her breast. The
case was a personal damage suit against
the Crane Elevator company which Miss
Pier won for her client in the lower
The case was taken under Amusement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
PICKWICK CLUB BURNED


NEW ORLEANS. March 15.-Tha fa-
nous Pickwick club building at the corr
ner Of Canal and Car0ndelet streets. one
o. the finest and best known places in the
south. is practically ruined by hra today.
Ut was q little after O'Clock when fhe
smoke and flames issued from the build
ing on the four 81 floor.
The bOokkeeper, manager ana other
employees were in the building 1t tAe
time, and they quickly gave the
alarm and the fire bells summoned tho
department TO the scene. but before Che
first engine had reached the corner of
Canal and Gravier streets, the fire had
attained serious proportions. and again
am alarm was sent in
The flames quickly ram through the
upper stories, finally burst through Tile
roof and Quilted the club house before
they were subdued. The department
worked three hours before the fire vaa
under control and Canal street Was
packed and jammed with thousands uf
people who watched the efforts 81 save
tile building. The loss viii Be #I50.O00.
The fire IS thought 70 have been caused
by imperfecIous ia the electric motor iu
the kitchen. The club fronted ora Canal
and Carondelet. and was four stories
high. with cupola and much exerfericr
ornamentation. The two upper floors
were completely burned out and the sec-
ond badly damaged
The building is ten years old and cost
@l5J,U0O- At naQ been eiaDorateA9 iuf-
nished at a cost Of $4,000. Loss on
building and furniture VIII be heavy.
Many valuable paintings and much
fine statuary we're saved. There were
s34 600 of Insurance on The furniture aud
100000 on the building.
Surrounding buildings were slightly
damaged. Pickwick is one Of the oldest
and most ari8tocratic clubs in tine south.
oxford laaaraa india
Shirtinga af
TopEKA sH1Rr M'r'e Co
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
A GOVERNOR GROWS PIOUs.
Conneetieut's Executive Wants the People
Cropping in Darkness Enlightened.

HARTFORD, Conn. March 15-The
proclamation Of Governor Morris for the
observance Of fast day this year has
caused much comment because Of a SEN
tence which has been inserted and which
reads-
~OJesu Hominum Salvador, with Thy
gracious light illume the minds Of Thy
children, who CROPPING ia darkness arc
unable to see the truth when it is pre-
scented to them"
Governor Norris explanation is that
the present ages are not observing the
anniversary properly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

tors in getting ready; chat April and May
viii be consumed in speeches. and that
when the bill returns to the house it VIII
be in conference two weeks and become
law about the middle Of June. But they
now pretty generally agree on the opinion
as expressed by Champ Clark-fhat when
the bin does get through sits authors
wouldn'6 know it If they should meet it
fn the public road
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

o. S. =. lodge room, where the A. p. a..
meets. and picked the lock Of the secre-
tarv's desk and stole all the applications
which had been passed upon, thereby
obtaining d full roll of the membership.
Not only was the membership list
stolen. but the oath that each member
takes. the ritual and other valued secret
documents were taken. TT is said the
members Of the association number about
200.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
CHICAGO saloon Ezeepers Organizs-

CHICAGO, March 15.=One hundred
Chicago saloon keepers have organized
the protective Liquor Dealers Con
sumers Association for the purpose of
dealing ia wholesale liquors for the ben
e1it of It's members. In order to do this
a stock company capitalized at S5O,OO0
viii be formed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

A Great Northern Train fn Drifts over
the Tops OF the Cars

SEATTLE, Wash, March ia Great
n orthern passenger train arrived here
last night from the east week over due,
having been delayed by snow Ia the Cas-
cade mountains
Its progress was first stopped by the
deraiing of the engines ali the snow
plovs were blocked by the wreck and
the snow got start Snow fell continu-
ally and was piled about the tops Of the
cars
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
10 ELECT A PosTmAsTEn-

EEia1vathn Democrats Have q Novel Way
of Settling the POst0nlee Fight
HIAwArHA, kan, March 15.-The
Democrats here have agreed TO elect q
postmaster by ballot. March 81. The sug-
gestion came from Senator Martin.
While the election viii have no bind
ing effect ON the president or postmaster
general as to the appointment il is ex-
pected that il viii have SD much weight
as to settle the matter entirely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

Damage suit FILED Against the M X & n.
by Ft- Scott Child

by n TT. scott Child.
FIT SCOTT. March 15.-Late yesterday
afternoon a very important suit was filed
in the district court in which Blanche
NJ Watson by Edward Watson, her next
friend. seeks to recover $4,000 al
legged damages for personal injuries,
sustained in the collision Of a Missouri
Pacific passenger train and an M., H. 81.
It. freight train at the crossing of those
two roads. near the Missouri Pacific
shops in this CITY on July 18th, 1891.
The plaintiff was, at the time of the
accident seven and one half months old.
and is now over three years old. Both
railroad companies are made defendants.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

ENPoRIA. March l5-Mra McGrer1r.
charged with being implicated So the
stealing of Major Hood watch. has NOT
yet furnished bond and is stiu in the
county Jail Mrs. Dr. Webster and Mrs
Prof Kelly had q lengthy conference
with her this morning Oh the subject of
religion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
DIVORCED BY JUDGE HUMPHREY



Divorce at junction city
JUNCTION CITY, March l5.-Judge JAS
Humphreys court has been occupied for
ten DAYS with the divorce suit of Mrs
Chas. +. Lee, wife of a prominent insur-
ance man of Kansas City. The petitioner
is a daughter Of j. f. Streeter of the city.
The Streeters are among the old residents
of the state.
Mrs Lee asked for a divorce on the
grounds of non-support, abandonment
and extreme cruelty. Judge Humphrey
late this afternoon handed down his deci-
sion. He granted a divorce absolute, with
the custody Of the children. denying Lee
the privilege of seeing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

E81PORIA, March 15.-1lrs. Samuel
Emmons of this city. received word this
morning from the probate judge of Corn
wall, Conn, that her father VIM. Bald
win. who died at his home there last
week had left her fortune of 100000
and that he (the probate judge now
holds that sum subject to her order. Mrs.
EmmOns has employed an attorney to
look after the matter for her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

colored boys notified Marshal Fleming
that they had found dead baby under
the culVerg al M arket street and First
avenue Inc marshal investigated and
round their story correct. To was white
male child, and had evidently been slI
born, as it bore no marks of violence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
BIG EQUAL sUFrnAeE 1IEHrIse.
Atchison IS Praparina Tor . Large CON-
yentfon in 1Lay.

AfchlsUm is preparing Tor % Large Con-
ventfon in aLay-
ATcHIsoN. March 15.-There viii be d
mass meeting held in Atchison on May
IA and Is. to consider the question Of
equal suffrage. which is To be submitted
to the voters in November
The campaign committee expects to
send out 5000 posters throughout the
county Offering free entertainment to all
who write ia season to obtain it. Carrie
Lane Chapman Annie j. Diggs. Susan
B. Anthony and Therese jenkins of Wy
oming are among the speakers.
AtchIson Postoffce Moved.
The postof3ce has been removed from
the vicinity where it has been located
for the past twenty years to the hand
some new building at the corner of kan
sas avenue and Seventh street last even
ing The only articles which were taken
from the old Office were the safe. sacks,
pouches and a few books. The new
Atchison postofice is one of the hand
soonest structures of the kind in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

ATcHIsoN. Kan. March 15.-John H
Bert travelling representative Of Jacob
Leu AZ Sons of Atchison. died here yes-
terday. He was formerly or ST. Louis.
where the remains VIII be taken and
cremated according to an expressed wish.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

NEW YoBK, March 15-A policeman
and four persons were taken to the small
p0x hospital today All the policemen at
the station house to which the officer be-
longed were Yacclnateds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

LEAvEN WORTH, March l5-Ihe con-
tract VIII be awarded sometime next
month for the building Of pipe organ
ia the Cathedral THAT VIII cost $4,000.
It viii be of tho latest design with pipes
and keyboard to the front with an mod
ern improvements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

All Their Records and LISTS Of Mem
beers stolen.
FIT ScOIr, March 15.-Ihe a. r. al.
here is up ia arms over the theft Of its
records. Last night after the lodge meet
ing some one gained an entrance 70 the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15


and partisan storm, which havo been the
course of the house since the Wilson bill
went to the senate, is soon to he varied,
we are told, By some debates which VIII
bring out the very highest talent and go
down to the bedrock principles of govern
men6 and its relations to the business OF
the country The appropriation bills, be-
ing supported bv far more united party
than the tariff and silver bills, could not
excite bitterness within the majority par
ty, and, as to the contested election cases.
they were practically decided in favor OF
the majority party 3 man, as usual. before
coming into the house Bllb when lit comes
to the Iorrey bankruptcy bill. and the
struggle between 1T ana 5ne Bailey bill,
the question: Of 1ree sllpss ana some OF the
PROPOSE uons OF Chairman Hatch of the
agricultural committee. there VIII neces-
sarily be discussion upon radical princi-
pies.
The judiciary committee mas not as yet
made any great progress Ia considering
the Bankruptcy BILL With the Iorrey bin
the publ is reasonably familiar Mr.
BaiIev's bill ia its first form is radically
different. and however modified these two
viii represent the opposing principles con-
tending in regard 10 tho proper attitude Of
government in all chat class of cases Of
which bankruptcy IS but one 1t IS not
certain which q the bills can be consider
ed first. but 1r IS roleraDly certain THAT the
Hithian bin "a favor ot free ships viii ex-
dercest debates of the session.
To Amend the Constellation
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9e,,,.-r,5++ees If l4l l,,. -.+, 4 -.-s7,1-s
4ion t. amend fae eo-,4ti-1fion They have
been given very respectful hearings. and
there are many more mem bers inclined to
favor their views than one would have
supposed. for congress is not i'm appear
ance i notably RELIGIOUS bogfv
As the phrase ssChristian statesmen
NAV not be generally understood. i6 is
well fo add fbat these ladies and rran+Te-
raer-for there are MANY Isrl7essir tia xie-
itirr t7or--rerrasent that LARGE
class who want ts prt cod iD the consfi-
tuition. recognize Christianity bv law and
If possible make every body virtuol1s and
nar5rl7- I1v act OF congress- The remarkable
success which has attended efforts of that
sort 7r fAe r,.zr seems to have .srlco4rra erad
them greatly. ana confident prophecies are
heard about tbe caDitoI that fn q few years
at the furtbest this viii be ia the broaelest
sense a trnlz Cariztia,, ,-ovarnroant
D,.-.4s.-. il -rv-es.,
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

EMFoETA- ham Marcn I1--MarTIn
MohIer. ex-secretary of the state board Of
agriculture. addressed meeting of
farmers at the court house yesterday aft
ernoon for the purpose of organizing
farmers institute. This work is being
pushed all over the state and is modelled
after the best methods adopted in other
states.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15
Per Dozen lOs.


Just received one car Of
Wasnburn & Crosby's FLOUR.
Minnesota Spring Wheat, finest in
the world
loo TBS. High Pat-.--1 SO
100 lbs. Family %
Choice Country BUTTER Very Cheap.
EGGS, per d0z., loo.
All other goods in same pro
por tions this week only
Gy- Country Orders Packed and
Delivered FREE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-15

Found a Dead Baby.
EMPoRIAs March 15.-1 asterday, two
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-29
Hot Springs and Wind Cave.

Charles s. Stackpole OF Harrisburg,
Pa, and associates, have asked the city
council of Hot Springs for a franchise
permitting them to operate a street rail-
road. They ask this so as to give an
entrance to the city for the Hot Springs
& Wind Cave road. They propose to
build an electric line from the city to the
famous cave, u distance OF ~ miles, and
claim they have all the arrangements
made to build the line as soon as plats
for the right OF way can be fled with the
secretary OF the Interior for some land
owned by the government. All right of
way over private property has been BE-
cured and the city council passed an or
dinance granting right into the ciry.
Water power for operating the line viii
be furnished by the Water, Light md
Power Company OF Hot Springs. The
route of the road will be through q did,
trict unrivaled for scenic beauty.
New territory is being opened mp daily
in the cave, and already over 80 miles
have been explored. revealing curious
and beautiful specimens never before
found in any cave in the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-29

Senator Petticrew now has on his
lawn the finest specimen OF petritied
stump In existence. The stump is a
present from his Brother Fred, says the
Sioux Falls Press, who found isinst sum
mel willie surveying the bad lands. Mr..
Pettigrrw discovered the fossil on" sun
day afternoon while shooting sage hens
near the camp ut p~ointabout v miles
from the northwest corner OF the state
and one hundred miles from Belle
Fourclr. He was Compelled To wagon
til. stone-which weighs $500 pounds
the hundred miles over the all but i'm
passable mountain spurs, gu'lies and
lava fields in that region. Mr.. Pettigrcw
himself preceded the cams much 81 The
way. selecting the road. This stump IL
conceded by oil who have seen it to lie
the finest specimen ever found.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-29
unfortunate Events.

A blaze In the court house at Shelby
vile, H., destroyed the assessors and
collectors books.
woodneldo Danbo, an aged citizen OF
English, Ind, fell down the court
house steps at Salem and broke his
back.
The storehouse Of II. s. Jaffrey &
Co, one of the largest dry goods firms
in New York, was damaged $3o0,o00
by fire.
e. e. Miller, a telephone employe at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, was killed on the
Baltimore & Ohio road. He fell from
q freight train.
III. l.. Brooks, living near New Car
Isle, Ohio, died Of lockjaw, caused by a
splinter run into a finger Ten days be-
fore.
A confiagration wiped out n large
part Of the business center Of Savan-
rah, Mo. The loss will be 100000,
with little insurance.
At Frazier, Tenn, Freight No. 27,
on the Chesapeake & Ohio Southwest
ern, was wrecked by an open switch
and three trainmen killed.
Judge I. J. Terrir, one of the most
prominent citizens of Jonesboro, Ark,
was shot and killed there by Amey
Seymour, n stock raiser.
The J. nj. Dawson cannery and the
Fisher Can company al San lose, Cal,
were burned. The total loss is $50, 600;
insurance. $4,000.
The coroner's jury, after investigat-
ing the death of August Smith of Park
stcn, S. d., rendered a verdict that
the death was accidental and not a
case of suicide rs had been supposed.
Fire broke out OH the Mallory line
steamship Alamo which arrived In New
York yesterday from Galveston and
Key West laden with cotton and TO.
bacco. The vessel had TO be submerged.
A collision between n car Of the Ci-
cero and ProViso street electric railway
and q lumber wagon in Chicago last
night resulted in the instant dealt, Of
enc man and the serious injury of an
other. The dead man was Harry Bros
ton
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-29
Personal Mention.

Francis Maynard, editor In chief OF
the Figaro. died at Paris.
Bloody Brides" Waite will 20 on
n lecturing tour when he loses his job
as governor of Colorado.
Jacob Van Puten. ST., president OF
the Holland (Mich.) State bank and an
early pioneer, is dead.
Col. Breckenridge is to take the lect-
ure platform this winter and O. ID.
Hess. Of opera fame, Is to manage the
Kentuckian.
Thomas ID. Gilbert, a pioneer OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, and n Of its
most prominent business men, died at
the age of seventy-nine.
Charles r parsloc. an old-time actor
who has won n fortune on the stage in
Chinese parts, Is now critically Ill at
New York with paralysis.
Rev. Henry Preserved Smith, of Lane
seminary ut Cincinnati and Presby-
terrain fame, has come into formal pos
session OF n fortune of 100000 left by
his mother.
Hugo Baron von Louden, whose re-
mains were buried in potter's field ut
st. Louis, Mo-, turns out to be the son
OF noble parents who W estates in
Russia. The remains will be disil-
TERED, placed In st. Paul's cemetery,
and Il handsome headstone will be
erected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-29
Otherwise.

IN his annual report Gov. Sheakley of
Alaska says seal p~oaching has not yet
been stopped. 49,.
Ticket brokers petitioned the Illinois
supreme court to annul its decision de-
ciaring their business illegal.
A mimic ball received during the civil
war was successfully removed from
the head of George Sackett at Creston,
Iowa.
Charles Knapp Of Kalamazoo. Mich,
n follower of Carter, the alleged Mes
siah, is now In the insane asylum ut
that place,
italian laborers on 4 West Virginia
railroad have received no pay for three
months, and are creating n reign of ter
ror
The Missouri Pacific has withdrawn
from the Western Passenger associa-
ton, which will probably so to pieces
as q result
Indiana's supreme court decided the
Arnolds of Columbia City must stand
trial on the charge of receiving depos-
its knowing their bank to be insolvent.
Lack of public confidence forced the
Portland (Or) savings bank to close its
doors. Liabilities are given at S1,430,-
600 and are covered by the assets.
Coke Brothers g. Co., the largest indi.
vidual operators in the anthracite coal
regions in Pennsylvania. have made a
reduction of 40 cents a ton at the mines.
Gen. Antonio Ezeta is in San Francis.
co for the purpose, 1t is said, of pay.
ing court to Mrs. Bessie Paxton, whom
he met while he was o prisoner In
San Francisco.
DR.. G. a. Lindsey, secretary Of the
Massachusetts state board Of health,
thinks that the typhoid fever cases at
Wesleyan college, were caused by dis.
eased oysters.
Rev. Thomas Ducey. Of st. Leo's
Catholic church, New York. has been
formally forbidden. 1t Is said, by Arch.
bishop Corrigan to appear at Lcxow
committee meetings.
In tearing down an abandoned house
on his farm near Columbus, Ohio, ].
l.. Dickey found n complete outfit for
counterfeiting United States silver dol.
lars hid under the floor.
The will OF James Hood Wright, OF
the firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co.,
bankers, New York, leaves the bulk of
his estate, which Is estimated ut 500.
100000. to his wife.
Claude Rosche, living nea Vincennes,
Ind, has sued b. r. Polk, %ex-county
treasurer, for $1,000 damages. alleging
Polk prevented him from voting Mt the
recent election.
Mrs John McNally IF JeodvilIo Col
was awakened by a pulling at her hair,
and placing her hand TO her head she
caught a mouse. This frightened her
into Mysteries and physicians In attend.
ance have despaired Of her life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-11-29
Wyoming, Black Hills and the Twin Cities.

wyoming, Black Hills and the Twin Cities.
The people OF South Dakota are very
much interested in the projected railroad
from the coal fields OF Wyoming Ia Rapid
City, in the Black Hills, and from there
to Chamberlain connecting with the
Milwaukee system. A portion OF this
line west OF Rapid City is already com
.pleted, and about rs per cent OF the "a.
tire road from Rapid City TO Mystic,
where it connects with the Burlington &
Missouri Valley, is graded
William L. Coad, one OF the chief pro-
~jectors, feels assured that 1895 will see
this line completed. 1t will cut off over
$50 miles OF the distance to the markets
OF Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis aud
Duluth. The road taps the best mining
districts in the Black Hills. Thousands
O tons OF ore have been dug out along
the line, ready for shipment as soon
a. the road ia completed to the smelling
works. Wyoming coal will be delivered
all over this state from 81 to 81 per ton
cheaper than it can be bought now.
There is an abundance OF the finest tim
Der in the United States along this
route. and cattle can be shipped in great
quantity.