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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest from the North side
the river.

Items OF Interest from the North side Of
the River
Mrs. e. s Davis sprained her ankle BY
falling down stairs recently.
Mrs. Calvin Holman returned today
from a two weeks visit at Newton
Miss Annie Payne entertained a party
Of friends at high five last evening.
Mrs. Charles Sparks has gone to Atch-
ison county 70 attend family reunion.
The Woman's Republican club will
meet at DR.. WaIlace's Office tonight at
1880.
The guests of the Union Pacific hotel
will give dancing party to their friends
Friday evening.
Mrs. J. G. Fulton will give a Halloween
party to a social club Of which she is
member, at the Union Pacific.
bfr. and Mrs. Harry Irons have re-
turned from their bridal trip and have
gone to housekeeping at 11<5 Tyler
Come every body and bring your friends
to the Weight social. musical entertain
ment and delicious supper, given by T.
A. A. Wednesday evening, October "a
Novel attractions at the +. 4. A. en-
tertainment Wednesday evening, October
"a, at A o. L. W. hall, in Barrett's block.
Mra Q. A. Pride, Mrs. p. L Blanchard,
Mrs. L S. Oniett and daughter Carrie,
have gone to Burlingame to attend the
marriage of Miss May Oliver.
y. W 9udLE6EA IA AtCAA1OA was tAG
guest Of A. J. Kane last night and went
up to Meriden this morning to see his
son who il in the banking business a.
that place.
VIII II. Smith, who resided here until
about three months ago when he moved
to Kansas City where he was employed as
switchman. met death in a sudden and
violent manner Monday evening. He
fell from u box car of a moving train and
three cars passed over his head, killing
him instantly. The remains were
brought here for burial. arriving at II
o'clock today. The funeral was held az
the Kansas avenue III. f. church and the
burial was at Rochester The deceased
leaves q wife and three children. He
had many relatives aud friends here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
LIVED TOO HIGH.

Judge Morris, Who Absconded From
Springfield. O.. Writes Letter
SPRISGFIELD. O., Oct 24-The last
word Of Judge Morris, who fed after
beating the Building and Loan company
and various friends out Of nearly $20,0O0,
Is made public today IN the following
letter dated Gallon. o.. and addressed to
John Moran. law student in his office:
"John. I have left Springfield never TO
return. Give Allie (his wife) the en-
closed note and let no one else see it. We
lived too high the first four years we
we're in Springfield l got in debt and
could not get out Good bye.
CHARLES Z MORRIS
God bless you God bless you and all
nv friends in Springfield I expect to
commit suicide any moment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
NOT CARS But COFFINS.

Hiavvafha Cooperative Company VIII
Work Cofius and Furniture.
HTAwATHA Kan, Oct 24-The diff
culties OF the Pullman Cooperative com
pany have been adjusted and a charter
has been applied for. -Four persons sur
rendered their stock and it was taken BY
others The capital stock Is $75,0 900. The
w0rkmen take $4,000 Of the stock, and
pay for it In work. Eighteen families
and thirty-two men viii be here at once
from the Pull "a an works.
The superintendent Of the Hiawatha
factory viii be d. Fl. Van Nasshe, said
TO be one Of the finest workr n employed
by the Pullman company The new
works will not now manufacture cars.
but will make furniture and collins, and
ANYTHING there IS = demand for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
MAD WOMEN WITH BABIES.


ft0narE FOOL once at Pitts burg.
PrrrsBURe, Oc- 24-Over hundred
women, many with babies il their arms.
Hr0rmed the Office Of George M. Irwin &
Co.'S discretionary pool room this morn
ing. They one and all demanded the re-
turn OF the money they had invested
Manager Irwin made 4 little speech in
which he told them they could have
their money by giving five days notice
after the date Of the next dividend, but
did not state when that date arrived
This did not satisfy the women and the
Office was cleared by the police. Mana
ger Devlin, Of the Pittaburg branch Of
the American Syndicate, returned from
the headquarters At Chicago this morn
Ing. Depo5itors have 20 send their no
tice Of withdrawal through the Chicago
Office.
Mr. DevIin painted cosy picture OF
the affairs OF the concern and promised
that large dividend weuld be declared
ia q few days.
At the other Discretionary pool Offices,
matters are comparatively quiet today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
..BEERED. NOT WINED9
How Voters Are FED in the Oklahoma
Campaign

PERRY. o. T., Oct 24-The Demo
Gratis of Oklahoma have inaugurated q
novel way Of campaigning. In each
county local candidates have purchased
large tents and seats, with restaurant out
fits attached, and they 60 over their dis
trict by townships
The tents are pitched ten miles apart
from night to night, and during the day
runners bring voters, who are dined and
vined in the tent, after which speeches
are inflicted upon them On many &C.
casions meetings have lasted nearly all
night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
GOULD BTYs GOOD DOES.
he Pays $4,000 for Lady Gay spanker
aud Miss RennOr.

L0NDog, Ont, Oct TT. q DaTev,
the well known dog fancier Of this city,
has Just returned from Detroit, where he
sold his famous pointer female dogs,
LADY Cav Spanker and Miss Rennor TO
George Gould for 1900 Davey will
accom- pany the Gould party on q big
hunting "trip IN Indian Territory and
Texas in q few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

BERLIN, Oct. 24-It has been decided
that the reichstag will open on Novem-
Der 10. and this event viii be com bined
with the formal laying Of the corner
stone cf the new reichstaG building,
which is now nearly mpIeted The
emperor will make . speech upon this
occasion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
AMYSTERIOUS PLAGUE.


the Occur a. Acme Country
SPOKANE, Wash, Oct ga myster-
ious plague has suddenly broken out at
and about Wardner, in the Occur O.
Alene mining country, and within the
last few days several hundred people
have been stricken, most Of whom are
minerz The local physicians are
baff1ed as to the origin or nature Of the
epidemic, aud local physicians have been
called to 60 to Wardner for consulta-
ton
The people are greatly alarmed, and
surrounding towns are afraid that the
plague will spread No death has as
vet been reported DR.. Gibson Of Ward
ner says that he il Of the opinion that
the disease is not dangerous
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

NEosHo. No. Oct. 24-E W. Knott
living IN this city. while cleaning out q
sulphur spring this morning, accident
ally found q patrlfied man with everv
part OF the body perfect except the
stomach. The body was over six feet
and il supposed 70 have been buried
during the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

Berlin. Oct 24-United States Am
bassador Runyon il to give q dinner to-
night to the newly appointed United
States ann nasaad0r TO Russia, the Hon.
Clifton r. Breckenridge After the din
ner Dir. reckInridEe viii start for his
Post at st. Petersbur9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
PULLMAN WANTS JUSTICE
Company Thinks Judge Gibbons Would BE
Tnfair Because lie Erote = Book.

Unfair Because lie Wrote Book
CHICAGO. Oct 14-The Pullman COM
pany has applied for change Of venue
from Judge Gibbons in the quo Warranto
case brought by Attorney General Ma
Ioney. The ground alleged for change
was nrejudice on the part Of the court
The defendants state thar Judge Gibbons
had written 4 book on the ownership OF
land BY corporations, and that his views
as set forth therein would make an inn
partial hearing impossible The appli-
cation for n change Of venue was resisted
by Attorney General LaIoney. and long
arguments from both sides followed.
Have yon xeEistered9 Books close
Friday night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

MEMPHIS Tenn. Oct 2A.-ArrauHe-
ments have been completed for au inter-
state drill 90 be held In Memphis mess
Monday. Military companies from alI
parts Of the United States will take part
in the contest Citizens have raised s.
purse Of $4,000 - be distributed s.
prizes to the best drilled companies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
TRACKs GO UP AT JOLIET.
Railway Companies Ask That the suits Be
Discontinued

JOLIET. III. Oct 24-The local attor-
neys for the Chicago. Rock Island s Pa
chic Railroad company have notified the
chairman OF railroads of the city council
that the company has engineers at work
on plans for the elevation of the tracks.
The Michigan Central also has engi-
neers at work, and the roads ask that the
suits against them be discontinued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

bERLINs Oct 1.-THE trial Of Robert
+. Kneebe. the American 4rorfinr horse
owner who il charged with fraud in rae
Ing horses under assumed names VIII be-
gin tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

Prescott s. CO have removed to 10.
11a T(eat Eighth sfEeet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24
England WIN Enacf os-ooo.ooo-

NEw IOHk, Oct I'D WiIfred MeI-
son of this city. formerly Of Panama, bias
returned from a trip through che West
Indies, on the Atlantic steamer Alec.
which has arrived from Kingston. Ja-
maica- Dr. Nelson said it was under
stood in Kingston that ENGLAND would
exact from Nicaragua &9,8g0,000 indem-
nifty as the outcome Of the conduct 81 thB
latter country ia the Mosquito territory.
Have you movedf Change your reg
istration
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PrRr TOWNSEND, Wn.. Oct. 14.-Ihe
tuOs Pioneer has returned from q cruise
alcng the west coast OF Vancouver Is
land IN search Of the ship 1vanhoe- The
shore line was diligently searched but
no fresh wreckage was observed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-24

Have you movedS
iatxatiop.
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Have you movedg Change your reg
ia1rafion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
AarclY AFFLICTED.

NoRTHF1ELD MINI, Dec 81 The ut
tie town ot v sey, Is miles west of here.
Is snrely afflicted. s nee November 90
"a deaths from diphtheris have occurred
The disease is not confined to the village.
hut has spread all over The surrounding
country. There have been 90 deaths at a
settlement three miles west OF here
Aside from this, there are 60 critical cases
and, worst of all, there is no doctor in tn.
place, nor is there board Of health The
graveyard is too small A surveyor from
mere has been employed to lay out q new
one for pressing needs. Two men are
engaged to dig graves. and an average of
two deaths occur daily. while twice AZ
many new cases appear, The village
has I. population of 300. of whom NOT
m ne than dozeD speak Esgiish. All
are B B,hrmisns. There is C,tho ic
church here, but no funerals are all WED
IN it. Srrv ces are he'd in a field scme
distance away. The priest is incapsclts
ed tor duty much of the time, aud few
ourIals are attended BY services. Two
or three bodies are thrown In a pie, like
dead sheep. Instead of doctor, III,
priest is called In, and PRAYER is offered
in place of medical aid. There is no drug
store here, and disiDfectants are unknown
Dozens of sick children Law for days with
out attendance of any kind until they
die. Ia some instances five or six mem
hers OF a family have died. No pre-
cau;iau is taken TO check the rsvsges of
the disease
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
A bloody Christmas.

PENpLEToN. Or, Dec 26- Christmas
day Frank Fletcher. of the Milton neigh
borhood. shot James Ash worth, of Dry
creek Ashworth is q prominsnt delegate
sud was candidate for the u1mInatIon
for sheriff st the convention last spring
Frank Fletcher was, pardoDed by Gov
ernor Pennoyer laat June. He was in the
p=nitenitiary for lie tor killing Charles
Petrie on Linkton mountain Septemb Der.
1899. Reports by telephone ssy Ash-
worth was shot IN the leg and was rot
seriously hurt. Fletcher Is not yet In
custody. Sheriff Houser has deputies
securing the county for Fletcher, who Is
supposed TO he hiding in the B ue noun
tsins. The shooting occurred On Basket
mountain, few miles from Weston.
Fletcher was drunk.
At Echo big crowd gathered for
Cbrisl mas dance, and several men dfark
too much whisky during the evening. A
row ensued between Dick Williams. of
thIs place, and Sam Atkinson. of Echo.
Williams drew a dirk and made q savage
rush az A'kinson. Mat Smith and Rob-
ers Mccullough attempted to prevent
a colli.ion, and Williams cut each one
severely. He then succeeded 10 getting
at Atkinson, slashing blm In the groin and
i1h;ctiug two wounds six inches loDy in
his legs. Williams is now in Peudleton
and has not been arrested. Atklnson is
in precarIous condition.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
Received by the rope.

ROME, Dec. 26- The pope received the
officers OF the cruiser Dstroit at the vsti-
cau this morning. The officers present
were: Commander Newell. one lieutenant
aud six juuior grade lieutenau,s. Newell,
10 brief ADDRESS, tbsnked his holiness
for granting an audience to himself and
his fellow officers. No American visiting
Europe. be said, though. his Visit com
. etc unless he had seen his Holiness lhe
oope The pope replied, saying be was
always particular TO receive the citizens
of the great republic. The pope SO
profered thanks to the American govern
ment and the presIdent of the repub ic
and expressed his affection for and ad.
miratiOn OF the people of the Uoned
States, for whom he wished happiness
and prosperity. He then pronounced
beuediction upoD the officers and their
families. After an audience with the
pope the officers were entertained at
luncheon. Among those present We're
Ambassador McVeagh, foreign consuIs
sud tbs leading AmerIcau re.idents OF
Rome. The officers of the Detroit ex
press themselves delighted with the
reception by the pope.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29

The people of the state are not de-
manding many new laws from the leg,
islature this time says, the Grants Pass
Courier. The statute books are get
ting pretty bulky with unenforced
laws now. If they will cut down ap-
preparations, head off raids on the
treasury, stamp out all new county
formations, reduce the number of lady
clerks who have heretofore beel hired
to do nothing, put the state prisoners
at work and come home, their fame
will go down to posperity as the most
successful set Of legislators Assem- bled
since Oregon was governed by the
good. honest old mossbacks of twenty
years ago. Our state needs good
dose OF "mossbackism" we'll applied and
long continued 70 tide us out of debt
and reduce taxes. Let US hope the
day Of the progressive prcalgate, Who
illed his pockets and made poney for
ais friends under guise of progress, has
,ndsd
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
New Orleans Rott.nness.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 24-The grand
jury that has been in continuous session
for two months made Its final report to-
day. Judge Ferguson thanked the jurors
tor the distinguished services and the
personal sacrifices they had made during
the psst two months, and discharged
them without date. 10 reference to
municipal jobbery, the report OF the jury
says.
the bold sale of offic ais votes for
privileges, witch belong TO the future as
well as the present; the swOfn evidence
of applicants for licenses that couucil
men, before cham Di0nlDg their just ana
proper applications tor ordinances,
warned them that their passage was i'm
possible unless paid for; the unb!ushing
.ffrOntery with which citizens We're way
laid In hotel corridors, to have dishonest
proposals made to them; the mysteTiou-
payments for franchises worth hundreds
OF thousands of dollars. which never
reached toe pubic treasury; the officia
ravoritism which Secures contracts to
one aud excludes sDoiher; the charging
of extra fees by clerks in the mortgage
and conveyance Offices and at the CITY hal
in that part of the CONTROLLER Office
known ss the tax NOR gage "ffices, re-
citsl TO show the degree to which "ficiai
debauchery has gone. and we recommend
an unreienting war upon such msthods."
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
TELEGRAPHIC.
seyeraIIn,eryiexs.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a William a
Mills, of the Southern Pacific Company,
was interviewed today by one of the
young ladies of the Christmas Examiner
staff, He coDfided to her shat the con-
structioa of an electric railroad from Mer
ccd to the Yosemite valley is an assured
fact. Tue capital stock will br $3.50, 900,
said Mr.. Mills. and will be taken tor the
most part by Chicago CAPT alists. The
right of-way from Merced to Yosemite
has been obtained and engagements tor
the rental of electrical power for the use
of mining at points on the road, and tor
machinery at Merced exceed. already,
100000 per annum. Tne power is to
he established at three points on the
Merced river. The road will be broad
gauge, and will serve the region for
freight and passengers like ordinary
railroads. The Pacific improvement.
Company vii take The con ract for the
Of the line
Genersl.Jnhn 8 c arkson, who rarelr
su bmrs to DC interviewed fo' newspapers,
bias fallen victim 10 the wiIes of one of |
Ibe ESaHiner Christmas edition lady re- ]
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
Drowning A.e.d emit.

Boston, Mass, Dsc. 56-A very pecu-
lirr drowning accident occurred at the
East Boston side of the South Ferry last
night, The ferry boat was Just entering
the slip and had struck the right hand
side of the pl ing ABOUT 20 feet from the
drop. When the boat struck the pillnR
the crash frightened horse attached to a
coupe In which Mis- Lillian A Mute and
Austin F Snow were seated. With u
bound the horse started forward, and.
leaping the chain, crossed the end of the
coat, forced It's way through the gate and
leaped over board, carrying the coupe with
him. The ferry boat Was stopped in-
stantly and backed, and the coup e were
seen in the water, having in some way
managed to get out OF the king carriage
Edward T Wilson. the driver of the coupe
who had lett his carriage standing un-
attended on the boat while he went into
the csDin 10 warm bimseIf, seized bust-
hook, aud, assisted by several of the pas
seDgeTs aud deckhands, succeeded In res
cuing the woman, but the man was
drowned.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-12-29
Pennoyer's Pets.

PENDLEToN, Dec. 27-Witnesses of the
shouting affray on Basket mountain 10
which Frank Fletcher shot James Ash.'
worth at a Christmas dance. say it was
cold blcoded. Fletcher came to the dance
drunk. carrying a pistol. He had dis
pu,e with an aunt. and drew the pistol,
and while Furnishing it before her and
threatening her, Ashworth, who was
playing the violin. expostulated. Flet-
cher said, You. of a., I'll shoot anv
man who interferes with me" He
pointed the pistol at Asbworth's vltals.
Ashworth struck down the weapon, and
the ball entered Ashworth's knee &.
Several gentlemen here have prepared
dispatch to Governor PenDoyer, aying
"Pease send q pardon by return mail
to Frank e'cher, whom you pardoned
last June He has shot another man, and
we desire TO save the expense of trial and
conv c'ion. Signed Cluzens of UmatIlla
County"
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Set fire to his Bed.

MEDFoRD, Or, Dec. 25-Yesterdsv
morning mau. apparently drunk. got
off the south bound Overland train aud
failed to get on again II was soon dis
covered that ne was Insane. and he was
allowed the freedom of the city until late
ut night, when he was tax in charge by
City Marshal Churchman and locked up.
About5 o'clock this morning he set fire
to his bed, and 1t was with d Rculty that
the fire depar' ment was able to liberste'
him. When searched. he had IN his pos
session ticket from Rosebnrg to Scrsn-
ton, Ia also a check for baggage, which
had gone ahead OF him. He gave the
name of Charles Robinson. which CORE
sponds with the name On the ticket. He
was taken before Judge Walton, who or.
dered him sent to Jacksonville, to be
examined before Judge Neil He clsi med
to have re atives at CanyoDville. Douglas
county, snd was on his way east to visit
his old home and parents. At times ne
j. quite desperate, and the weather heing
too cold to keep bim IN the citv Jail.
which was flooded In eIusguishing the
fire. he was kept IN irons until this after
coon, when he WAS taken tn Jacksonville
by Deputy Sheriff Paine He IS Young
man, apparently not over 30 years of age,
and cripple. l. Is supposed that the
insanity is only temporary.
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loved his country supremely, and who,
loving it, devised wise measures for it.
Theodore Parker and Wendell Phil
lips, by eloquent sentences, devoted
Webster to perpetual infamy. "He
fell" said Parker, "and. falling, lay,
"Not less than archangel rrined."
Something like half century has
passed and the country we'll nigh has
forgotten Parker's denunciation and
has enshrined Webster among the
American demigods. Phillips and
Parker were abolitionists; Webster
was Unionist. He was not an ad-
mirer of the slave system. Indeed.
he was an 'emancips ZIONIST" a name
once having a very distinct meaning.
There were abolitionists in Parker's
time who would consent to dissolution
of the union if In its dissolution
slavery should perish. There we're a
few abolitionists of that day who felt
and said that the union of states was
"a league with death and q covenant
with hell" 60 long as it held states that
were free and states that had slaves
in political league. The emahcipa-
zionist regarded slavery as an evil
that in the nature of things must come
to an end, and that should be brought |
to an end by gradual and peaceful
methods. Parker and Phillips ranked
Webster, the emancipationist, with
Toombs, the Shareholders champion.
The judgment was unjust.
Pre-emlneDtly, Webster was a
Unionlst. He foresaw and foretold
the impossibility Of peaceful seces-
sion." He worshiped the federal con-
stitution of union of states, one and
indivlsible Had he lived into the
period of the war time he would have
been one of Lincoln's chief counsel
ors. His distaste for slavery and his
devotion to the Union were offensive
to the south, and but for southern OPP
position he would have been president.
Politically, among the most honest of
men, he was denounced by the carly
abolitionists for his preference of q
united republic, with slavery as a
diminishing evil to dismembered re-
public in which slavery should be un-
known, or rather to two republics. by
one of which slavery should be held as
q consecrated constitutionality. At
the same time he was opposed by the
slave holding oligarchs because he
would not consent to convert the great
north western territory into q slave
breeding region.
Time and history have done him
justice. His statue now stands in the
capitol in fit company With the trainers,
expounders and defenders of the con-
of the United States OF
America.