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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-31

the removal of E. Il. Tice, who has been
the Santa Fe agent there for so many
years, and they refuse to be comforted.
The discharge of Mr. Lowery by the
Santa Fe as station agent at Jetmore was
a great surprise to the citizens there. He
is succeeded by Mr.. Smlth.-Jetm
Herald
F. W. Tanner, division superintendent
of Missouri Pacific bridges and build
ings, has just commenced a thorough
inspection of his division. The work
will take up several weeks
John kuntz was examined the first of
the week for conductor on the Rock
Island, aud passed a creditable examins-
ton He now has charge of the Salina
run. Joe Hall is his breakman.-Hering-
ton Signal.
While Kansas City freight train was
coming toward Atchison from ST. Joe a
day or two ago, one of the cars caught
fire and had to be detached. It was to-
tally destroyed, together with lot of
merchandise.
JACK Wicks, passenger conductor on
the main line of the Santa Fee, has been
transferred to the Superior branch, tax
ing Conductor CrOwder's run, says the
Cottonwood Falls Leader. Wicks' i'm
paired health ia the reason for the
chaUCa
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voted $4,000 in bonds, and the water
works will probably take up about 49,
0OO by the time they are completed.
leaving say $4,000 that might be put TO
good use in building up Chanute, in
creasing its population and wealth pro-
ducing power The Santa Fe company
has stuck loyalty to Chanute through
thick and thin
They have maintained an expen-
sive water train here for months,
and they have never asked the city to
furnish them water free, as they might
have done, and they even now agree to
pay the city for all the water supply
needed by them at this place. We know
tina: this action on the part of the Santa
Fe is highly appreciated by our people
and they stand ready to prove the truth
of this by another wise and graceful act,
and that is to take the extra $4,000 of
the water works fund and erect suita-
bic building for car repair and ma
chine shops, which we understand the
company would at once fill with machin-
cry ond put in not less than one hundred
men"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-31
SNAP SHOTS AT home MEMS

No doubt the farmers are jubilant-it
| raned.
The rain found the leaky spots in the
old roofs.
The Topeka Decoration Day orators
are returning.
The various candidates for sheriff are
busy distributing cards.
Shawnee county has had enough rain
for day or two, anyway.
There will be no more cannon firing
now till the Fourth of July.
If it wasn't for Decoration day the
crops would be ruined oftener.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was swept
away six years ago this afternoon.
The only thing that can make the
United States colors run is & good heavy
rain.
The days receipts of the street
car company were between $1,000 and
$1,000
A Methodist camp meeting is to be
held at Meriden, commencing about the
first of August.
Several fishing parties who did not in
tend to fish went to Wakarusa and Maple
Hill yesterday.
Ralph ingalls, was in Topeka yesterday
aIternoon long enough 10 Witness the
Decoration day parade.
The old soldiers did not care yesterday
They seemed really glad of having an
opportunity to walk in the rain.
The Topeka riders in the Waldo road
race at Kansas City yesterday did not
finish even among the first rs.
The Shawnee county institute COM
mences next week Superintendent Da-
ixyfd Of ba Ill - ho
A reception will be given this evening
new pastor, Rev. A E. Wagner, and his
family.
Rev. 81. B. Creel of Meriden proposes
soon to hold series of revival meetings
| at Pleasant Hill, about seven miles north
of Topeka.
The fruit crop has been little short
ened in this county by the heavy winds
but there is an excellent prospect for a
big crop yet
A new Methodist church is being
erected at Carbondale to take the place
of the church which was destroyed by
fire last March.
Selden J. Woodman, the portrait paint
er, who formerly lived in North Tope-
ka, is in the city. Mr.. Woodman now
resides in Chicago
The 7. W. c. A. reception to Miss
Emma Burgess, the retiring secretary of
the association, will be given at the
rooms of the association this evening.
When the trolley cars jostle up and
down so, it is not always because of the
condition of the track, but because the
motorman is green and isn't on to his
job
We see that another burglar has
"gained entrance" These burglars
never seem able to ''get in" in good old
fashioned English. They have to ''gain
entrance"
In the parade yesterday, Major Andsr-
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FOLLOWED HIM TO TOPEKA
Doris De Winnie in Topeka Looking for the
Man Who Promised to Marry Her,

Doris De Winnie in Topeka Looking for the
Man Who Promised to Marry Her,
Mrs. Doris De Winnie, a woman from
Galesburg, Neosho county, has been in
Topeka a number of days looking for
Charles Ruff, whom she says has been
"mean" to her.
1t is believed that the woman is not in
her right senses. She proposes if she
can fiud Ruff to sue him for breach of
promise, although he is a carpenter by
trade and penniless. The woman is past
80 years of age and was accompanied
by a child about four years old She
was first seen early Wednesday morning
at the Transfer station. where she &C
costed Policeman Washburn and in
quired if he knew Charley Ruff. The
policeman said he didn's and he took her
to the police headquarters that she
might heve the advice of Captain Gardi
ner.
us he your husband?' asked Gardi-
ner
"No."
Then what do you follow him for?''
81 want to sue him for breach of prom
ise"
did he promise to marry your"
@Yea"
Have you got any proof that he did?'
81 can prove that l did his washing
for him for six months"
81 think" advised the captain, shat
you had better let Ruff go. I don't see
what good it does to follow him"
81 wouldn't, if he hadn't been so mean
to me-" the unfortunate woman replied
Mrs. De Winnie had about six dollars,
barely enough to get home on. She was
taken to the ST. Nicholas hotel where
she was given plenty to eat and bed
Here she told the housekeeper much the
same story she did the police. declining
to say what Ruff had done except that
he was "mean" to her.
Mrs. De Winnie is not progressing in
appearance and the hotel people advised
her yesterday to return home. She left
the hotel with her baby and as she hasn't
been seen since, it is believed that she
has followed their advice.
"We didn't like her looks" explained
the proprietor of the hotel in explaining
to JOURNAL reporter why she had left.
It was learned through the postoffice
that a carpenter named Charles Ruff had
been in Topeka several days ago, but
has gone into the country to work on
farm and his exact address is MT known.
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UNWILLING THE STATUE.
Scenes at the Cemetery When the Gage
Monument Was Unveiled.

Scenes at the Cemeterv When the Gage
Monument Was Unveiled.
One Of the warmest places on earth
Yesterday was the Topeka cemetery dur
| ing the afternoon exercises incident to
the unwilling of the Gage monument
The crowd mum bered thousands and was
| restless. The heavy rain of the morning
had left the roadways muddy and the
! grass damp, but it didn't make any diff
ference to the 5000 or 5000 little chill
dren and big children and grown up
children that tramped on the grass and
the graves in the vicinity of the monu-
ment or that sweltered in the hot sun
trying to listen to Decoration day ora
tory that was being sowh broadcast at
| the stand way down in the woods to the
northwest
The programme was faithfully carried
out at the cemetery. MarshalPs band
played, the Modocs and the Wyatt sisters
sang, DR.. McCabe pronounced the invo-
cation, and Gen. Caldwell and Howell
Jones delivered the addresses
All the afternoon near the monument
on the hill where it was the muddiest,
the bulk of the multitude stepped around
in the soaked clay and looked at each
other and waited for the unwilling.
When the sun would be out it was
dreadfully hot, and the bits of cloudy
sky were godsends. The breeze was a
very light one and not satisfactory.
1t was 4:30 before the exercises at the
stand were over, and the bugle an
nounced that it WAS time to unve1 the
shaft
There was a rush and a scamper, and
! thousands of people tried to see which
could get nearest to the monument
The guard Of honor of twenty-four old
soldiers and twelve sons of veterans sur
rounded the monument. and G. G. Gage
| stood on a slight elevation while his
brother, Norris L, read the letter of pre-
! sentation.
Little Katie Ost was dressed in white
and looked, as a woman said, "Just too
sweet for anything" By reason of her
being the granddaughter of a soldier
who fell in the battle of the Blue she
was to unveil the monument
There was an almost breathless silence
when she pulled the string that let the
cloth away from the monument in grace
| full folds and finally fell behind it.
There was no cheer, no applause of
any kind. It was a simple, quiet. re-
spectful recognition, as the day demand
| ed, of a handsome present given in a
handsome spirit.
The salute of the twenty-one guns
then began, which ia the regular mill
tary salute, and the people began scam
perinG home. hacking the dozen OF
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A POTATO DONATION.

Senator Taylor Presents = Carload for
Seed to Osborne County Farmers.
State Senator Edwin Taylor of Wyan-
dotte county, who is known in the COM
mercial world as sweet Potato Taylor"
donated car load of potatoes for seed
to the farmers in the vicinity of Alton.
Osborne county, this spring.
The Methodist preacher at that place,
Rev. J. G. Il. Armstrong, says $50
bushels of the potatoes were given to
the Quakers of Mount Agar meeting and
the balance were distributed in one and
two bushel lots for planting.
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At the Topeka district Epworth
League convention at Burlingame it was
decided to have next years convention
in Topeka 1t is proposed to make next
years convention big affair and have
all the Epworth Leagues in the Kansas
conference send delegates 1t is posi-
BILE the limits will be extended to include
the South Kansas conference also.
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BURIED IN a DIrOH.
A Man at Reading Almost Crushed
Railroad CuIverf.

Man at Reading Almost Crushed in .
Railroad CuIvert.
few days ago a gang of men were
working in a culvert under the Santa Fe
track near Reading when the walls of the
culvert gave way almost completely
burying one OF the men. The unfortu
nate man, whose name is Cummings, was
dug out by his fellow workmen, and after
being examined by a physician found
the only injury he had sustained was q
broken rib. from which he will recover
In few weeks
The gang Of men were much fright
ened and greatly feared, at the time of
the accident that Mr.. Cummings was
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INTERESTED.
The Great Road as Usual Looking
After the Welfare
OF PEOPLE ALONG ITS LINE.

Now Taking an Active Part ia Help
ing Along the Irrigation Boom in Its
Territory Through Commissioners
John f. Frost.
John E. Frost, the Santa Fe land COM
missioner and ex-vice president of the
national irrigation committee. attended
the joint meeting of the territorial and
local irrigation committees at Alburquer-
que, n. NJ, and says the people down
there are very much interested in irriga-
ton and were making big arrangements
for the national irrigation convention
that will be held there next September
18th to Goth inclusive Col Max Frost
is chairman of the territorial committee.
Kansas has two Frosts prominent in irri-
cation circles.
Special rates have been secured for
the convention on the Santa Fe at least,
and several side trips have been ar
ranged for the delectation of the visitors.
The company will go to Santa Fe. to Las
Cruces and FL Psso, in the Rio Grande
valley, aud to Eddy and Roswell. in the
PecOs valley, and also to Phoenix. Ariz-
ona.
The programme has not been ar
ranged, but it is quite probable some
Kansas men will be there to talk.
Irrigation is gaining a wonderful
hold everywhere" said Mr.. Frost. won
derful because it is so rapid The peo-
pie in western Kansas are beginning to
understand What irrigation is to do for
them and are taking hold in earnest I
have not been in quite all of the western
counties, but have heard reliably from
all of them, probably, aud the situation
Is most encouraging. In the last year
70 new irrigation plants have been put in
use in Ness county and in Finnev county
at least fifty new ones have been put n
his is but sample of what the west
ern counties are doing.
"Ons of the finest irrigation ulants 7
have seen is being put into operation at
the head of the Blue Water canon in
New Mexico by the Blue Water Land
and Irrigation company. The COMPANY
has secured the reservoir site
!ocateo by Major Powell of
survey. and put in dam of solid rock
~ feet high, 200 feet in length and 180
feet thick. The reservoir TINS obtainad
covers at least 400 acres, and will be ca
paoIe OF lrrigating 500 acres of land
"The drainage supply to the raservoir
covers an area of 200 square miIes"
william E Smythe of CHICAGO chair.
man OF the National COMMITTEES of Trri
CATION, will be in Topeka for few
moments tomorrow afternoon on his wav
home from Denver Wy
TO GIVE 100000 TO THE SANTA FE
A Chanuts Paper Proposes Tha. s,,.u
Be Built.
4hs Chsnuts Tribune SAYS; I'VE have
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ALONG THE KANSAS LINES.

News Items Interesting to Rai1rOaders
and the Public.
Santa Fe engineers were in Enterprise,
Kan, this week looking over the location
for the new spur.
a big special fruit train from Califor
MIA passed through Topeka yesterday en-
route to Chicago. The owners of the
fruit pay $1,000 for Its transportation.
Eskridge people are heart broken oyer
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son carried the sword that was presented
to him by the Kansas veterans and the
state militia. A colored man in the par
ade wore Major Anderson's old army
sash that he wore all through the war.
The Decoration day programme ar
ranged for Rochester cemetery, was car
ried out by Blue post at their hall in
North Topeka Several hundred people
from the country north of the city, who
went to the cemetery, were disappoint-
ed
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IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
Gossip Among Railroad Mon on the SAINTS
Fs Out West.

Gossip Among Railroad Mon on the Santa
Fs Out West.
The surveying camp on the extension
of the Santa Fe, Prescott s Phoenix. is
now located at Mesa, fourteen miles
south of Phoenix. Ariz.
Several firemen on the Atlatic & Pa
cifc gave out between Williams and
Peach Springs last week on account of
the heat and their engineers were COM
PEELED to fire for them.
Information has been received at di-
vision headquarters at Las Vegas, that
switch keys are being made by private
parties at Trinidad, Col, and sold to
Santa Fe employee
D. B Robinson, first vice president of
the Atchison system, on his recent trip to
Winslow. Ariz., made arrangements for
the rebuilding of the repair shops and
roundhouss recently destroyed by fire.
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FOR ChiIdrena nax.

". ". Mills, DR.. R. s Magee, Misses
Mary Morrison, Caro- Deming and Kate
J. Whiting of the First Presbyterian
church have been appointed committee
to make arrangements for the celebra-
ton Of Children's day on June g. The
East Side Mission and the Redden Mis-
sion Sunday schools will unite with the
school of the First church.
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Steamer sunk ina Fec.

ALPENA, Mich. May S1-During a
heavy fog last night the Canadian steam
er Jack, bound down with lumber col
nded with the steel steamer Norman of
Menominee, opposite Middle island.
The Norman sank immediately. The
cook, wheelsman and fireman were
drowned
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Will Re Hard to Avoid war.

NEW YoRK, May S1.-A special to the
World from San Jose, Costa RIGA, says it
is the general opinion that it will be diff
ficult to avoid war with Nicaragua. Pub
lie opinion seems to favor such a war.
Military preparations continue.
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more street cars that were waiting for
them in very few minutes, besides the
thousands that had carriages or walked
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CoNcoRDIA, Kan, May 61.-The drouth
was broken last evening with half-inch
rainfall. This will help the corn, but
wheat and oats will not be worth haE.
yestipRs,
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TO GIVE $4,000 TO THE SANTA
a Chanuts Paper Proposes That = sboo
Be Built.
Ths Chsnuts Tribune SAYS: I'VE have
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S2:3c

Harris Wire Buckle
Suspenders-sold by 9th
ers at 25c,
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Finest Carriers Percale
Laundered n e glig g g
Shirts-Monarch brand
were $3.50
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-29
ASDOVER.

Geo. Z. Thomas shot fine moose last
week near the lakes. lie was noble
looking fellow measuring l-2 feet be-
tween the antlers. standing feet 1
inches high and weighing 200 pounds.
Mr.. Stevens of Auburn took the animal
there as he was the one Of the party for
whom Thomas WAS guide.
The schools have all closed save No.
9, aud the Free high School, which con-
tinues one more week.
o. Il. Poor. r. :. Smith and X. 4.
Grover were apprsising the property OF
{. 4. MarstOn. last Thursday.
The Cougregationalist Circle will be
entertained by Mrs. Martha Dresser. to-
night.
Frank Sargent caught young wolf in
one Of his traps last week. The only
specimen ever caught in town. Ii weighs
over 10 pounds.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-29
HARTFORD.

The house OF Mr.. Doten took fire the
I'D and got well under way before II
vas discovered, but gang OF men who
were at work near the place managed to
put il out.
Apple buyers are around offering sl.5C
for winter fruit.
Mr.. Edward Bicknell from Boston is
visiting at the Hartford Cold Spring
Farm.
Men and boys who need winter cloth
ing will save money by visiting the store
Of Ralph Morrill,. Bucktield.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-10-29
GIlEAO.

The Misses Wight Of Boston are the
guests Of their cousin, Mr.. Eli Peabody.
Mr.. Arthur Larry Of New York Is at
Mrs. d. c. Lary's, called here by the
serious illness Of his father, Mr.. Jonas
Lazy.
Mr.. Will Adams is still Ill from the
effects of severe cold at Mr.. Geo. Rob-
ertson's, but hopes soon to be back to
his duties in the store.
Rev. Messrs. l.. b. Withee aud Henry
Farrar, MIR. and Mrs. b. +. Hicks, and
Miss Imogeu Burnham attended the con-
ference at Norway this week.
The class in vocal music. under the In
struction OF Mr.. Geo. I. Burnhim will
close with public concert at the church
Friday evening, Nov. l. There will be q
pleasing program consisting Of instru.
mental and vocal music. Solos, duets,
quartettes and choruses by the class, AS
sisted by the charming soprano s0i0ist,
Mrs. Ava Finney OF Bethel. Come and
hear what musical talent our own young
people possess.
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EAST BETHEL

Dea. VI. =. kimhall Of Avon, Mass.
recently visited friends al this place.
Percy Bartlett l. attending school at
Gould Academy.
Rev. Mr. Hunt, State Missionary. and
his wife, have been holding some very
interesting meetings at this place the
past week.
i. W. Bartlett is having furnace put
into his house.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Kimball visited
relatives al Berlin Falls, y. H., las,
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins of New GlOgces-
ter recently visited at this place.
NJ. h. Hamlin Of West Durham spent
the past week At this place. Tie has had
a nice tablet erected in memory OF his
mother, Mrs. Sophia swan.
Mrs. &. e. kimball has new sewing
machine. the White.
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aRQMNEiElD.

The schools in the village are pro-
pressing finely under the management
Of Mr.. Morton and Miss Mabel Stone.
Ii is quite siekly in town. .
viii Boynton has gone to Boston 10
work. =.
Everett Linscott and wife and his sis
ter Blanche have gone TO Boston 1or
few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones OF henneounK Wis,
IL friends in town, after an absence OF
nineteen wears FROM their old home 10
this town. ~ N
Mrs. Almira Perkins Of Eaton, n: H.,
IA stopping with friends In the village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seavey have returned
from quite protracted visit to their
daughter, Mrs. Morrison, nee Ellen
Seavey, who resides in Connecticut.
Mr.. Albert Fox Of kezar Falls Is II
town, also Mr.. Hayward OF Hiram.
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THE OXFORD BEARS.
The oOINGS OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
eQNE atlaG


The Swedenborgi, IN Circle was enter
tanned last week BY Mrs. b. n. Stone
who devoted two evenings to il, one for
the children and one for their elders.
Miss Mary Barrows went TO Boston on
saturday Of last week.
Miss Eva Goodwin left on Monday.
Mr.. John Hutchins and family have
removed 10 Cornish, and the house they
vacated will be occupied by George
Abbott, Jr.
Miss A. .. Hastings has gone 10 Bos-
ton for stay of few weeks.
Mrs. NJ. B. Barker aud daughter have
returned from their visit 10 Boston.
Mr.. Edward Weston and family have
moved into the Ward house near the
academy and Mr.. c. Bickford who re-
Gently left II Il in his new house near the
station.
The Oxford il closed for the season.
Mr., and Mrs. Grceulaw have gone to
Boston for the winter.
Several persons will 90 on the Maine
Central excursion 10 Boston next Mon
day.
Congregstionalis circle at the yestry
Friday evening.
Mr.. William Kelley gave his yearly
autumnal ride 70 his lady patrons on
Wednesday, with his 6ne four-seated
blackboard and four horses. Potter
Farm and Davis Hill was the limit of the
excursion.
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