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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-10-31

Letoisburg District-Henry Holly
Wiliidnisbtirg--J. II. Eggleston and
w. f. Johnson Blue Sulphur-John
III. Forren; Meddo,o BluT-S. G. Mar
tin an; o. ID. Ruckman Falling Sprino
j. f. McMillion and j. Nj. Hefner:
Fort Spring.. L. Barker Irish Cor
ner- White Sulphur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-19
THREATENING LETTERS.
The County Attorn ey Gets Them Free
quently, Almost Daily

The County Attorney Gets Them Free
quentIy, Almost Daily.
Few persons, who do not actually
know, have any idea of the amount
of threatening mail which comes to the
county attorney. To receive two or three
threatening letters is daily occurrence
When Harry Stafford first took the Of
flee he began saving all these anonymous
letters. 1t was a new experience to him
to receive them, and he took pleasure in
reading them over. This lasted but
short time They came in so fast, and
all were so nearly on the same order, that
the ones he had treasured away were de-
stroyed.
81 never read these things any more"
said MIR. Stafford, as he handed a name
less letter to the reporter. "W hen open
my mail l glance down to the bottom of
each letter to see if there is a name
signed to it. If there is not, toss it into
the waste basket, usually, though some
times I read them"
The letter handed to the reporter was
signed "a Friend" 1t ran Dear Sir: a
meeting was held last night to decide
what will be done with you in case you
institute criminal proceedings against
So and So. Another will be held to-
night at which plans and arrangem ents
will be completed. A friend advises
you of this to save you trouble. Signed,
A Friend"
''This is only one type of letter 1 re-
ceive," said MI SafforI "Here is an
other" 1t said: This is to warn you not
to go IN the vicinity of--street if you value
your life. You will not be safe there
| until you discontinue your prosecution
of So and So"
"What do you do about these" was
asked
Nothing, usually. Sometimes out of
! pure curiosity l have gone to the very
places and at the very time l was warned
to stay away from them. 1 never found
! anything, of course. These things neve r
worry me, because if a mans going to do
anything to you he doesn't write a letter
to you beforehand telling you about it.
There ID another class of mail, the OPP
| posite of that warning me away from
| place, and that is asking and urging me
! to come to certain appointed places.
| getting me there to do me injury, l sup
pose, while perhaps some of the others
want to give me information.
"While we were trying the Novels
murder case last spring. l received thrse
! different letters just before and during
the progress of the trial, asking me. beg
ging me to go to certain house at a stat
ed time. They said 1 could find out
something valuable about the case"
"Do you think they wanted to kill
your"
No, made up my mind from all the
| circumstances that the letters came from
spiritualistic medium. She probably
had seen the whole thing in a trance and
thought she could tell me all abont how
to try the case. But 1 didn't 60"
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snakes in my bed, but I slept on like a
baby They put centipedes in my hat,
but the critters dash t bite The light
min tore up the earth all around me,
but I WASH t hitl I cum down the left
bank of the ella on thunderbolt, but
was feelc good natured and wouldn't
hev hurt fly. A boy could hev led me
by the nose till found this tar on my
ear. Who dun it? Let the critter stand
forth and meet his doonP'
Hes certainly getting ready to
shoot" I said to the sheriff, land we'1
be his first targets.
"Oh, L guess not, :" calmly replied the
official. Ibid you say you saw the ac-
count of my adventure in the Cincinnati
papers?"
Before I could answer him the bad
man drew two guns, jumped up and
down and yelled, "Waughr' and then
added:
'Hev got to kill and bury this hull
town to find the critter who tarred my
ear? Won't he step forth? Won't he be
SO kind and condescendin and everlast-
ingly good as to face me fur the mil
lionth part of q second? I'm sufferin.
I'm in pain. If can't find the human
hyena who reached under the. wagon
with tar on stick
The sheriff got up and walked over to
him. He took the gun out of his right
hand and flung it down, and he took
the gun out of his left hand and tossed
it after the other. Then he grabbed the
bad man by the shoulder, wheeled him
around, gave him ''lift' with his
knee and said.
"Now, yo' go of and sleep some
sense into 20 head, or I'll use 20 for
a club to hit hogs
The bad man went. He didn't even
look back. The official picked up the
pieces Of clothing and the guns, tucked
them under his arm and came over to
US, and as he sat down he said:
"Now, then, if some other fool crit
ter don't come along III get through
with my story. and we'1l go and have a
drink
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IN RAILROAD CIRCLES.
Juror in Railroad Case Goes Sud
denly Insane.
NOTES ABOUT KANSAS RAILROADS.

Gossip Among the Railroad Men Of
Kunsas-LocaI and General Items.
One of the jurors in the Davis murder
trial, which is now in progress in the
Nebraska district court at Lakin, Neb-,
mention Of which was made in the jour
NAL several days ago, became insane
Saturday night and jumped from the
hotel window to a roof several feet be-
low. A telegraph pole stood by the side
of the house and this he started to climb,
and was near the top when discovered by
his friends. After much trouble he was
persuaded to come down. and was then
secured and locked IN a room.
The case against Davis was for the
wrecking of a Rock Island train in
which eleven persons were burned to
death, and a number severely injured,
aud as the juror was very attentive to
the particulars of the case, it is sup posed
that this was the cause of his insa nifty.
The impaneling of a new jury was
completed last night, and the case will be
continued today.
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SKETCHES BYM. QUAD
He Was a Bad Man.

Three or four of us were sitting on the
steps of the Jail building, which faced
the principal street of the frontier town,
and the sheriff was telling us about
chase he had after murderer, when a
raw boned man mounted on Jaw boned
mule rode up and dismounted directly in
front Of US. After giving the mule
slap and sending him off the man flung
his hat on the ground, uttered three or
four warwhoops and then shouted at
the top Of his voice:
''I am the bad man from the ella
river! When I'm let alone, I am as ten
der hearted and peaceful as little baby,
and anybody kin borrow my guns or
take off my butes. But when I'm riled
oh! great gunsl When I'm riled
thar's no more holdin me back than
tryin to stop a stampede of 10000
steers WhoOp! Waughr'
SO Is there going to be row here?"
asked one of the crowd Of the sheriff.
"Oh, no!'' Ire replied, with a glance
at the bad man, and went on with his
story. A minute later the man in the
street peeled off his coat and jumped on
it and yelled:
1.-THE ella is full Of alligators and
lizards, but I swim in it every morning
The water is pizen fur wolves and
panthers, but I drink it by the gallon
My father was poor man, but he Left
me this yere knife, which has bled o
dozen buffers. Ny mother couldn't read
nor write, but she brung me up to fear
nuthin on the face of the earth. Whoop!
Whar's the critter-the cowardly, thiev
in, lyin sarpent-who put tar ON my
left ear while slept?"
''That mans dangerous. I said to
the sheriff as looked around for place
of shelter.
"Oh, no, he isn'tp" he replied, not
even looking toward him, and again he
continued his interrupted narrative. He
had talked about half minute, when
the bad man pulled off his vest and tho
handkerchief around his neck and flung
them on the pile and shouted:
"Waughl Whoopl They put rattle
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Jake will turn loose some day and hurt
somebody in this town dreadfully bad. "
s'What's the matter with Jakei" ask
ed the sergeant.
"Waal, Jake comes to town three or
four times a week. When he gifts along
to about Twentieth street, Teller is
waitin to call him names and abuse him.
Jake gifts down off'n the wagon to lick
him, but his grit peters out, and the
Teller runs him around fur half an hour
and makes him eat dirt. :"
''How long has this been going on?"
'tPurty nigh year, guess"
"And Jake can't get up the courage
to fight?''
HE hasn't SO fur, and that's what
called to see you about. You know the
worm will turn.
eyes.
sJake is the worm. Ee's bin licked
about 200 times, but the day is comm
when he'll turn. Yes, sir, he'll turn,
and when he does"-
'tLook out!
'tThat's it. When he turns, he'll light
into that feller and make him wiah
that he'd never bin born. Shou ldn t
wonder if he killed him outright. -
Yes, and what do you want US to
Go?' asked the sergeant
'Nuthin, except to put the Teller on
his guard and save his life. Better go
up and tell him that his time is short,
and that the worm is gittin ready to
turn, and that if he is hammered to
death, the jury will bring in verdict
Of Stayed by worm, and gaul darn
his pictur' we are glad on'ti''
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NEW CHARTERS FILED.
Nsw Corporations Organized to do Bust
ness in Kansas.

Now Corporations Organized to do BUSH
in Kansas
The following charters have been fled
with the secretary of state:
The Chapman Valley Creamery COM
pany of Clay Center and Oak Hill. Cap
itai stock $4,000. Directors, George
Morgan, Fife A. Morgan, Fred W. Par
rotte, Columbus Walton and E. J. Wal
ton.
The Firemens' Relief association of
Sterling. Trus tees, w. c. Vey, II. L.
Guild, George Fox, Thomas Belts and
W. A. West.
The Baxter Social club of Baxter
Springs. Capital stock $50. Directors,
Bert Dune can, Matte c. Crowell, Mathew
Powell, ]. B. Porter and q. Nichols.
The Oak Hill Creamery company of
Oak Hill. Clay county. Capital stock
$3.50. Directors. George Outer, J. w,
Lockridge, Herman Montcalm, A. F.
Schseler and W. L. Blake.
The st. Clair Stave company Of Kansas
City, Kansas. Capital stock $4,000. Di-.
rectors: R. V. W. Welch, A. E. WEIGH
l. NJ. Welch, n. c. Northman and J. B.
Campbell.
The Pierce Brown manufacturing COM
pany of Wichita. Capital stock 5000.
Directors: B. NJ. Pearce. r. H. Brown. C..
B. Thacher, &. c. Purdue and H. L. Cor
don.
The Fireman's Relief association of
junction City. Directors: H. H. Zeig-
Ter, c. F. Frott. r. NJ. Bradford, G. E.
Sawtelle and G. Bshrend.
The Kirwin State Bank. Capitol stock
$4,000. Directors: H. j. Cameron, Chas,
w Hull, A. Steckman, C. Z. Merrill,
William Streble, H. R. Hall, and N. Il.
johnson.
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T MAY BE BUILT.
Some Agitation Looking Toward
the Completion
OF GRACE CATHEDRAL IN TOPEKA.

The Estimated Cost of the structure
Reduced to S6O,OOO-The Original
Plans ProDosed SI2A, 900 Building.
1t will take 100000 to build the pro-
posed cathedral for Grace Episcopal
church according to the plans prepared
a few years ago by Henry n. Congdon,
a New York architect.
1t is now proposed to alter the original
plans to such an extent that the expense
of erecting the new cathedral will not
exceed $4,000.
The original plans placed the cost of
the cathedral 100000 and the guild
house at $4,000. The guild house has
been erected and the cathedral will be
as soon as the officers of the cathedral
can see the money to pay for the pro-
posed structure.
Some of the leading members of the
church ara now seriously talking of
building and that soon if they can in
some way secure about 100000, which
is needed to fill out some already partial
paid subscriptions.
Some years ago when there was talk
of building both Grace cathedral and
the guild house a number of the leading
members of the church made subscrip-
ton for the entire project, paying one
third of the amount when the guild
house was built.
These subscriptions amounted to about
$4,000, and it was the one-third of that
amount which built the present guild
house. The remaining $4,000 in sub.
scriptions are due at any time enough
can be raised from other sources to com
plete the cathedral. 1t is by cutting out
some of the portions of the original plans
AMI reducing the cost of the cathedral
to about 100000 that the members OF the
church are now talking of building.
One of the leading members of the
church says one difficulty in the way of
this is that two of the largest subscribers
who paid their one-thiri when the guild
house was built have since died and as
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far as known they left no provision for
the payment of the othsr two-thirds of
their subscriptions.
There has lately been some talk of
erecting the proposed cathedral as a
memorial church to the late Bishops Vail
and Thomas but as neither of the bishops
left anything from their Estates for tho
cathedral, some of the members of the
church think the memorial idea will not
be adopted. 1t is said that Mrs. Bishop
Vail left $4,000 to the colored Episco-
pal church at Seventh and Western
avenue, although she left nothing for
the Cathedral.
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Over the Santa Fe route to Chicago
seventeen hours. No. 4, first flyer, vesti-
buled, limited, leaves Topeka 8 p. m, ar
rives Chicago $3.50 am. No, 6, second
flyer, vestibuled, limited, leaves Topeka
4:30 o. m, arrives in Chicago 9:48
a IN. No. 2, third flyer. vesti-
buled, limited, daylight express, leaves
Topeka o H., arrives in Chicago
1890 p, N. Three daily trains Topeka to
Chicago, all equally speedy, everyone a
flyer. not slow coach anywhere. Solid
vestibuled trains. composed of Pullman
sleepers, free chair cara, and dining cars,
smoothly running over straight dust
less track. Overhead crossings insure
safety and quick time. Meals in dining
cars served a la carte.
The daylight express is a new depart
ure. You leave Topeka 500 a. m; you
are in Chicago by bedtime. No other
line equals this!-seventeen hours.
Look at at our new and already famous
"California limited only 5O11 hours To-
peka to Los Angeles; solid train of Pull
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a Complete identification.

A gentleman from New Jersey re-
Gently applied at a New York station
house for assistance in recovering some
money which had been stolen from him.
''You say you think that the man
who robbed you is in New York;" ask
ed the police justice.
81 do. -
care you acquainted with the man p"
eyes, knew him and his family
when ne lived in New Jersey"
''What does he look like?''
''He has blue eyes, brown hair, medi-
am height. )"
ANY popularity about him?"
eyes, he resembles his father. Tex
as Siftings.
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NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest From the North Side of
the River.

the River.
Miss Lillith Hamilton has returned
from an extended visit to relatives in
Canada.
Pure Pennsylvania buckwheat -four
and Canadian maple syrup at j. II. Hell
ler's, 1902 Kan. ave.
Miss May Cromwell of Menoken is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Belle Hubbard
of 929 jackson street.
1t is rumored that the North Topeka
society young men will give a dance
soon at the Union Pacific hotel.
Miss Bertha Stewart, who has been
sick for several days, is able to resume
her duties at the postol1ce.
Miss Pellett of Indianapolis, Ind, who
has been the guest OF Mrs. Collisi for
several weeks, has returned to her home.
Prof. E. Perkins of Shenandoah, Kan,
is in Topeka preparing to engage in the
fine arts business with Prof. r Ii. Was
son.
BIr. aud Mrs Chas Conkle OF Canon
City, Colo. are visiting Mrs. Conkle's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E P. Baker, on
Jackson street.
will sell Oak heating stoves and cook
stoves and hard coal base burners at
great reduction for cash for 10 days only.
]. II. FoUCHT.
J. H. Heller, 1902 n. Kansas avenue
grocery and meat marke. Good treat
ment and fine meats and groceries; you
can do be tier here than elsewhere.
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, A. J. Prudft, $50 N Kansas
We. Wholesale fruits aud confectionery.
Geo. J. Graves & Sons, lis and 1T
West Laurent street, Nerth Topeka. for
buggy tops. cushions. wagons and bug
gies. built to order. Bell Phone $50.
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The Mutual Plane.

'I'd like to speak word with you, "
said man who stopped me on Broad
way the other night when the street was
almost deserted and gave me pull to-
ward a doorway.
'I've no money for vagrantsr' re-
piled as I sized him up as belonging to
the craft.
ST know you haven -of course you
haven - he continued. "No, sir-if
were you, l wouldn't give any of those
fellows a oent-not a red. I just met ono
a few minutes ago, and when he asked
mo for a nickel, you ought to have
heard me score him He learned some
truths which he won't forget very soon.
I admire your policy, sir, and I am
pleased to discover that it IS il accord
with my own line of conduct"
''But what is it you want?"
t'Sir, let Us begin at the beginning
Let US have fair understanding at the
outset. Do you recognize the fact that I
am a gentleman? I don t mean a gen
tleman of affiuence, but a gentleman
who has somewhat deteriorated owing
to financial 1nisfortunes. Can't you see
that beneath this untoward surface the
gentleman still exists?''
cts pretty hard to see it, I said,
as I looked closer at his old duds and
generally unkempt appearance.
81 presume SO, but you will give me
the benefit Of the doubt. One gentleman
always gives another the benefit of the
doubt. Now, then, having established
the fact that we are both gentlemen, let
US proceed to the business in hand. The
fact has been established, hasn't it?''
eco ahead. I don't want to stand
here all night
Excuse me. 1t was my place as a
gentleman to make this interview as
brief as possible, as you may have i'm
portant engagements. AS gentleman,
sir, wish to say to you that 1 am tenn
porarily financially embarrassed. I am
not asking you to give me money-far
from it-but if you can see your way
clear
But I can t. -
''See your way clear to accommodate
ing me with small loan for week or
two, with ny note Of hand as security,
I shall esteem it 4 great favor. 3"
IT can't do it. -
''rThe aforesaid small loan ought to
be 10 cents, but if you can only spare a
nickel shall have to make it do. -
i've nothing for you and think it a
cheeky business for you to stop me in
this manner.
''Then a gentleman Of afauence will
not accommodate a deteriorated gentle
man with a small loan?"
emo, sir. -
''And it's no use to talk further to
you?''
mot the slightest.
"Then, gentlemen Of afluence, the
deteriorated gentleman bids you good
night and happy and prosperous fu-
ture. Adieu, sir-adieu.
walked away, but after going so
steps turned back to give him a dime.
He stood looking after me, and as put
/ the coin in his hand he doffed his hat,
i bowed low and said:
K'rect The deteriorated gentleman
who has suddenly risen to affiuence ex-
tends his heartfelt thanks to the gentle
man of a11luence W no momentarily for
got that he was any sort of a gentle
man. IN. Quad in Detroit Free Press
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A DauSnser,s Usefulness.

Mr.. Grumpps-I'd just ike to know
what good all these cooking school les
sons are doing our daughters.
Mrs. G. -Everything she cooks she
brings home.
Eyes, and none &f the family will
touch 'em, and the rsings are just
thrown away"
Ono, they are not. She r;ives them to
tramps -
"Huhl What good does that do?''
''We are getting rid OF the tramps. "
New York Weekly.
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OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES
PersOnaI.Eotes About Them Interesting in
Railroad Offices.

Personal. Notes About Them Interesting in
Railroad Offices.
Santa Fe train No. was delayed one
hour between Carbondale and Wakarusa
yesterday afternoon by an eccentric strap
bresking on the engine, No S32.
Santa Fe train No. 2, the Atlantic ex
press. which is due to arrive in Topeka
at 1850 q. N, pulled into Topeka as a sec
ond section of No. at 4:30 yesterday
afternoon, almost twelve hours late. The
delay was caused by a freight wreck in
New Mexico.
W. A. Patterson has been appointed
Santa Fe agent at South Haven, Kan,
vice J. II. GuRther resigned.
Z. II. Duxbury, travelling passenger
agent of the Baltimore s. Ohio with
headquarters at Omaha, was in Topeka
yesterday on his return from the south
ern excursion trip of the passenger
agents.
A proposition is being considered by
the different roads running into Fort
Worth for the construction of Union
depot at that point
g. L. Seagraves, travelling passenger
agent of the Santa Fe, and E. 81. Dun
can, travelling passenger agent of the
Rock Island, have returned from the ex-
cursion trip of the passenger agents
through the southern states, visiting the
Atlanta exposition en- route.
Santa Fe Firemen J. c. Saunders and
D. r Jones, of the Nicke rson division,
will come to Topeka this week to take
the required examination for promotion
to the positions of engineers.
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a RtrnLniscensn of 1865

Rev. c. G. Allen, who came to Topeka
in 1865 with Jim Lanes men from Ne
braska, and while here preached in old
Constitutional hall was in Topeka for a
short time Sunday. Mr.. Allen now lives
in Meade county and is on his way back
to Pennsylvania and Ohio on a visit, He
rode to Topeka in the caboose of q cattle
train and said il rather used him I'D.
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RAILROAD MEMS MOVEMENTS.
Thor COmlngs and Goings on Business
or Pleasure.

Thor COmIngs and Goings Business
or Pleasure.
G. A. KimbalI, assistant general freight
agent of the Rock Island, went to Kan
sas City this morning TO attend the meet
ing of the TraEsmissouri Freight sssocia-
ton which is held in that city today
Twenty Topeka Turner's left over
the Rock Island yesterday to attend the
annual state meeting of that society in
Wichita.
w. Fl. Stillwell, assistant general super
intendent of the Rock Island, went to
Kansas City this morning to attend the
meeting of the representatives of the
western roads on the question of official
Hit, and General Manager W. II. Trues-
dale of the Rock Island, will also attend.
w. II. Hughes, railway postal clerk
running between Kansas City and Ar
kansas City, visited in this city ye ster-
day.
Lou Smith of the passenger depart
ment of the Santa Fe has returned from
a few days stay in Chicago.
BIiss Anna L. Knox of the passenger
department of tho Santa Fe has returned
from two weeks vacation spent in Hi
nois.
A. g. Sheer of the assistant general
freight agents Office has returned from a
short stay in Chicago.
w. Littletield of the legal department
of the Santa Fe, left yesterday afternoon
for indianapolis to take dispositions in
the interest of the receivers
Representatives of the western roads
meet in the office of President Nettleton
of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem-
phis railway today to consider the Ques-
ton eff official masses
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Kansas VS.. Missouri, Thanksgiving day
at Kansas City. You can see all of the
game and still reach home at an early
hour in the evening by availing yourself
of the cheap rates and convenient train
service of thu Union Pacific. Fast train
leaves Kansas City 1870 D. m, reaches
Topeka $40 p. N. Fare will be $500 for
round trip.
F. A. LEWIS,
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man sleepers and free chair cars without
change.
]. P. ROwLEY,
c. 7. A., Topeka, KAs.
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4 Crisis Is Coming.

ST called, - said the farmer looking
man at the Ninth avenue police station,
81 called to say that I'm afraid my son