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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

DR.. Marion A. Cheek. who has just
died in Siam, was one of the best be-
loved missionaries Who ever went to
that country. He was a fine physician,
and was known as the white Magi-
cian,"' on account of his medical skill.
He was the medical attendant of the
royal family. and was offered several
high official positions, which he uni
formly declined.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Thomas L. Watts and his brother
Archibald have been farming for some
years a tract of land on the edge Of
New York city worth $4,000, 900. 1t was
expensive agriculture. but they were
rich enough to afford it. The other day
they sold a stingy little slice of the
land for $500, 900, and thus what is
probably the most valuable piece of
farming property in the world has
been finally divided.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Doctor-'I really don't understand
There y no reason why you should 70 IN
course Of Rntifet treatment. Ny Eula-
liz shall ses with hss own eyss how /
pine away fer love OF hsr.-0artsn,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28
.Alexnndrla Po,tonice pon,,.,,

Alexandria. $. D., Sept. 25.-The safe
IN the Alexandria D%ostoffice was blown
open by burglars last night and about
1900 taken. Stamps We're not=bothered.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

A mar wearing a cowboy costume and
calling himself q Mexican rode into a
hotel bar at Atlanta the other day and
ordered some beer. The horse put his
o feet on the bar rail while the rider,
IN dime novel fashion, emptled his glass,
though the animal refused to Join him.
o can ride q horse into a saloon, but
you can't make him drink,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Sioux Falls, S. D.. Sept. 23.-Michael
Celt. aged 81, an Italian musician from
Minneapolis, died suddenly of heart dis.
east yesterday afternoon as the result OF
an all night spree.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

The tongue of William Haygood OF
Athens, Ga, became p%aralyzed while he
was indulging In a fit of blasphemy de-
claring that there vas nc God, no heav-
en- and no hell. The moral of this Incl.
dent is that persons who have a proper
regard for their health will rot permit
themselves to become excited over a
matter that nobody knows anything
about.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

At many of the terminal points on the
routes of carrier pigeons men are sta.
toned whose business it is to shoe,
down those birds with messages which
circle around In the air and waste tim
in alighting. This teaches the other
birds not to get gay.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

The use of terra Gotta for outsid,
walls will hereafter be forbidden in the
District of Columbia. 1t will continue
in use for inside work. but on no &C.
count will 1t be permitted to form a
part of the exterior wall of any struci
ture in the city of Washington.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Convicts in the Michigan state prison
are allowed to keep birds, and as a re
suit Of this there are fully 600 featherec
songsters in the prison, all owned and
cared for by the prisoners. Their carol
ings in the morning are one of the odd
features of life at this institution.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

'.Thir,y days hath September"
The clam sang on the bar;
It also hath an R."
-Lifs.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28
THE HOT WEATHER.
Schools Dismissed I'm st. Louis nj Noon
Many FRUSTRATED.

Many FRUSTRATED.
st. Louis, Sept. 2o.-The hot weather
continues in this city with undated fu.
ry. At 9 o'clock this morning the mer-
curry registered 81 degrees and at ]
o'clock this afternoon it touched the 9s
mark. The public school pupils were
dismissed at moor and work on many
buildings in course of construction was
abandoned on account of Intense heat.
Six cases of heat prostration were re.
ported up to noon. The indications are
the temperature will go above 100 de.
grees before night.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28
NOT AS PoPUl.lsT,
Judge Maxwell Makes Public li,s Letter
OF Acceptance.

OF Acceptance.
Fremont, Neb, Sept. 24.-Judge Max
we'll, who was nominated by the popu-
list convention for the supreme court,
has made public his letter Of acceptance.
He insists upon accepting the nomina-
ton not as a populist renouncing his
former re~pubiicanism, but on a non-
partisan basis. He alludes to the SUI
preme court on the late Impeachment
trial and apparently will make his own
position In that matter the key note of
his campaign
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Lieutenant Lewis Cass Heilner
United States navy, who has been OF
special duty in the chronometei ant
time service at the naval observatory
Washington, for some years. has beer
selected as navigating officer for the new
battleship Texas. Lieutenant Heilne,
entered the naval academy III 1866, ant
has served in a number of important
places of the naval service of the
country up to his present duty at thu
naval observatory.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

1t is reported that gigantic remains
of elephants nave been found in a new
railroad cutting in the department of
the Charente, France Besides two
tusks, one of the extraordinary length
Of nine and a half feet, there are Gle
plants molars and bones, remains Of
mammoths, teeth of rhinoceroses anc
hippopotamuses, and a large number OF
flint implements. The discovery of hu,
man relics with remains Of such an,
tiQuity is sery unusual.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Preparations are in progress at the
war department to secure the incorpora-
ton OF another star on the United States
flags to represent Utah. The flags bear
ing the additional star are not author
lied to be used until July 4. 1896. the
date OF the admission of Utah as a state.
and an official order will be issued re-
curing the change to take effect on that
late
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Lumbermen say tina the best times OF
the year for Telling timber are midwinter
A. midsummer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet, has taken to riding a bicycle. His
favorite spin is along the North Penn.
sylvania street asphalt in Indianapolis.
and his chosen time is the early hour
of dewy MORN. He is a fairly graceful,
but not a fast rider.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28
IIolllver as nathyen.

Ruthven, Ia. Sept. 2o.-Hon. J. p. Dol
liver opened the republican campaign at
the Lake district fair here yesterday.
Mr.. Dolliver was very emphatic for pro-
lection. The mention of Allison's name
was greeted with great applause.
The Gold Reserve.
Washington. Sept. 20.-The treasury
stated gold reserve today is Ss5. 7s7, sos.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

Mrs. Gresham, widow of the late sec.
rotary or state, has been making a
quiet visit with Mrs. Potter Palmer a,
Bar Harbor, seeing only her intimate
friends. She drove out frequently and
the change has done her good.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28
These ITO, DAYS,

Boston Transcript.
Summer looks over her shoulder with
the pride which goeth before a fall.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-09-28

A group of young fellows sat at a
table In a st. Paul cafe when, by q
short pause in the conversation, one
said to another: II was right, Tony,
about that subject we were arguing the
last time we met" Indeed you were
not" was the response. ~ looked the
thing up and found you were wrong
as usual" What we were arguing" re-
piled h first speaker, willingly, was
the proper translation of was wollen
sic habenY" That's simple, replied
the third. gratified at the opportunity
to show his linguistic accomplishments,
. It's what will you hava?," Beer!
beer! beer!" came the rafting chorus
from all the company, ind the wise
man footed the bill.-Ackley World.
We hear Of a young mar in Center
township who carries politics into
courtship. The other evening his sweet.
heart babe him good by with a kiss.
Immediately the young man seized her
in his arms and proceeded to cover her
with kisses. What are you doing?''
exclaimed the girl when she could ex-
~tricate herself sufficient to talk. II be-
lieve in coming those things at . ratio
OF 1S to !" replied the young politi-
clan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
win You DIarrv Mee

A funny incident occurred on re-
cent Sunday in church at North
London A young man who carried 4
collection plate after the service be-
fore starting put his hand in his pocket
and placed, as he supposed, shilling
into the plate, and then passed it
round among the congregation, which
included many young and pretty
girls. The girls, as they looked on
the plate, all seemed astonished and
amused, and the young man, taking
a glance at the plate, found that he
had put, instead of a shilling, con-
versational lozenge on the plate, with
the words ''Will You marry me9" in
red letters, staring everybody in the
face, while one of the congregation
had capped it by second lozenge, on
which was printed Name the happy
l.
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the newspaper or the community
that objects to the use of the pulpit or the
sermon for preaching practical Christi
anitv that applies to the entire life of q
man on earth. It is the preachers busl-
ness to denounce the practical vices and
rottenness of municipal fraud and peliti-
cal chicanery and bribery. At the pres
ent time in the life of the world, silence
on the gigantic wrongs to woman and
sewing girls and. humanity as it groans
undera vast variety of injustice, silence
on the enormous selfishness of monied
greed and political ambition, silence IN
the presence of undisputed horrors due
to whisky and gambling and lottery
combines, silence in the face of 4
general civic decentralization that is too
dead to bury decently i say
silence on the part of the Christendom of
Christ at sdch time and crisis of the
world, is silence that is like the guilt
of bloodshed. For if ever the world
needed living, flaming outcry against
all forms of corruption, it is now. The
best name that could be given John
Baptist was 81 YOlce" That was enough.
He was q 0Otce One of the greatest
names ever given to our blessed Lord
was ''Ihe Word" That was mighty
name, 'tIhe Word" that which speaks, an
audible outcry to teach, warn, re buke, save.
Our right to object to anything anti
Christian in this age of the world is sim
ply our right to cry out against it as the
prophets and martyrs and witnesses in
every age have cried out. God grant
that the church of Christ here and every
where may raise her voice as one voice
against the insolent, contemptuous,
defying, paganism of the close of the
Nineteenth century.
A good epitaph to write on the grave
of a good man would be simply: "He
was voice crying in the wilderness" p"
Truth needs no champion bat she needs
herald to go before and say: Behold!
There cometh one mightier than l, pre-
pare ye the way of the Lord! Make his
paths straightv
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CHARGED BY POLICE.
A Large Body of Brooklyn Strikers Put to
-2 Flight.


Flight.
BROOKLYN, Feb. About a quarter to
2 o'clock this afternoon a crowd of
strikers, numbering about 1000, head
ed by Master Workman Connolly,
Bast, Collins and Gilalin, executive
board of District Assembly No. rs, K. of
l., marched from their headquarters
on Bridge street up Fulton street to the
City hail. When they reached the City
hall they were greeted with cheers from
1900 people who had congregated on
the sidewalks in the neighborhood.
The committee which was to
present to the board of alder
men the petition which had been
drawn consists of Master Workman
Connolly, BAst, Collins and Giblin. They
ascended the steps of the city hall aud
the body of strikers which had accom-
panied them to the city hall, marched
around the corner to Jerolemon street.
While Police Inspector Mcclellan was
attempting to disperse the mob squad of
mounted police numbering 90 who had
been secreted in an alIeyway behind the
city hall charged on the crowd and drove
them off the square. No particular
trouble is apprehended and no arrests
have as yet been made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
PERRY'S THUMB SCREWS
Put on the Unfortunate Saline County
Farmers Today.

Put on the Unfortunate Saline County
Farmers Today.
This is appearance day in the United
States circuit court for a part of the set
tiers in the Union Pacific land cases.
There are about 900 people who have
been served with subpRnas, but a part
of the number will not be required to
file their appearances until the first Mon
day in March, as they were served with
the subpRnas less than twenty days ago.
which is the time given them by law in
which to file their appearance.
Only one or two settlers came in per-
son today; the rest filed a written ap-
pearance through attorneys. After the
appearance is filed the parties concerned
have nothing to do but wait the slow
course of the law. A master will proba-
bly, be appointed soon after the appear
ances have been made and then the tax
ing of testimony will commence and be
continued several years, while the costs
to the settlers concerned will multiply
accordingly.
s. P. Donmyer of New Cambria, Kan
sas, is one of the men concerned. He
owns 500 acres of land bought from the
railroad company. upon which entries
were fled before the grant was made to
the railroad company.
81 do not know of a single farmer
concerned in these SUITS said
he to JOURNAL reporter, "who
desired that they should be brought.
have not yet employed an
attorney. but I suppose l will have to do
50. The suits can not but make the
farmers great deal of trouble.
II bought my land from the railroad
company and paid $50 an acre for some
of it, and, of course, do not want to lose
it, neither do l want to pay fol
it again. suppose this thing
will run along for years. l supposed my
title was good. l had received an alb
stract from the railroad company and
did not know there was a question about
the title until a short time before the sui
WAS brought"
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CURSED IN CHURCH.
Paul Shirk DIsturbs the Pray er at Walnut
Grove Church.

Paul Shirk Disturbs the Prayer at Walnut
Grove Church.
A warrant has been sworn out for Paul
Shirk, who interrupted the religious
services at Walnut Grove church yester-
day morning. The brothers in the church
have preferred the charges and say Shirk
was drunk and did a great deal of yell
ing He will be arrested today proba-
bly, and tried tomorrow.
This is not young Shirk's first offense.
He had a similar escapade about year
ago. and Strengthened it up by public
apology before the audience.
On this occasion he was much more
abusive, swearing and cursing all who in.
terfered with him.
Byron Wingett attempted to take Shirk
to the jail yesterday, but he got away.
Shirk is only sixteen years of ago
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CARLISLE'S DANGER.
He is Nearly Run Over by "a Sleighing
Party at Washington.

He is Nearly Run Over by "a sleighing
Party at Washington.
New YORK, Feb. A special dispatch
from Washington to a morning paper
says: Secretary Carlisle narrowly es-
capped being knocked down by a rock.
less sleighing party this afternoon while
he was on his way to the White house to
consult the president about the financial
question.
The secretary was walking along
Pennsylvania avenue and was just about
to cross Executive avenue, which sepa-
rates the treas ury from the White house
grounds
He looked solemn and obliv-
ious of what was passing before
him. Suddenly a high stepping horse,
drawing a cutter containing two young
people, dashed across the street in front
of the secretary He was badly fright
ened for he barely escaped being run
over.
He fell backward toward the curhing
with a start that shook his hat
from his head and it was several
seconds before he recovered sufficiently
to remark he had very close call A
treasury policeman glared Indignantly at
the rapidly disappearing sleigh, and then
escorted the secretary across the street
in safety
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
CALLED THEN DOWN.

Judge Reed of wichita Will Investigate
the Illegal Collection of Fees.
KANSAS CITY, Feb "A special to the
Star from Wichita, Kansas, says: Judge
Reed today appointed commission to
investigate certain charges of the Sedg-
wick county bar which allege that at
torneys have collected costs from clients
and have failed to bring them into court.
These complaints have almost become
a matter of public scandal, and Judge
Reed made an order relative to the mat
ter on Saturday. This morning some of
the attorneys complained that the order
was slur on the entire bar, and moved
that a commission be appointed to inves-
tigate and place the blame where it be-
1onped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
MONEY A-PLENTY.
Secretary Carlisle Answers the
Senate's Inquiries.
He Says There Will be a Healthy
Surplus.
A ROSY OUTLOOK.
Senators Appear to Doubt the
Statement.
Crowd Around to See if the Let
ter is Genuine.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Secretary Car
Isle submitted a letter of information to
the senate today which dissipates the
gloomy forebodings as to lack of rev.
enue to carry on the government 1t is
in response to a resolution of inquiry
adopted last week. The text of the let
ter is as follows:
SIN replying to senate resolution of
January 28. 1895, that the secretary of
the treasury be directed to inform the
senate what is the estimated deficiency
IN the revenues of the government to pay
current expenses between the 31st day
day of December, 1895, and if
the $153, ,S37, ,579.99 cash balance in the
treasury on the 31st day of December.
1894, will be sufficient to meet such
deficiency, / have the honor to
state that from estimates made upon
the bosis of laws now in force, it
is believed for the twelve months ending
December 81, 1895, the revenues of the
government from all sources will exceed
ordinary expenditures by $22. .563,023.
Respectfully,
J. G.. CARLISLE, Secretary.
The reading of the letter was closely
followed by the senate.
Mr. Mcpherson, Dem, N. j. went to
the clerks desk to personally inspect it.
Then Mr.. Aldrich, (Rep., R II sent for
it and a group of Republican senators
gathered about him and read it over his
Shoulders.
Mr. German smiled Significantly at
the secretary's direct and positive esti-
mates of the ampleness of the revenues.
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HE is NOT THE MAN.

Relatives Swear That Henry Hamilton
Was at Home When Craig Was Buncoed.
Two daughters and the wife of Henry
Hamilton, the man charged with beating
Robert w. Craig of Hutchinson out of
$50 on Santa Fe train in November
swore positively today at the hearing
that Hamilton was at his home in Kan
sas City when the crime was committed
Hamilton is man past middle age,
and he does not look like crook, but
the officers think he is an all around
confidence man.
He is having his hearing this afternoon
before Justice Chesney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
OHIO BANK ROBBED.
Five Men Blow Open the Safe and Ge
$4,000.

Five Men Blow Open the Safe and Get
$4,000.
TOLEDO, o., Feb. About 4 o'clock
this morning terrific explosion awak
ened the people of the village of Milan,
east of here. A hurried examination
showed that the Lockwood Bank build
ing had been blown up. the
safe cracked and its contents, about
$4,000 taken by five masked men, who
in blowing open the safe had demolished
the building an started an alarm all
over the village.
A posse of men was hurriedly organ
ICED and soon followed in pursuit
The exact amount of money secured
cannot yet be ascertained but it is believ
ed to be about $4,000
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Bought a Temple.

DIR. Austin Waddell, the great Bud
dhist scholar, who has been working
in Nepaul and Thibet in order to
carry on his studies, purchased 4
Lamaist temple. with all its fittings.
He then persuaded the priests who
went with the temple to explain each
detail of the ritual and its meaning.
and SO possessed himself of invaluab BILE
oriental lore. The priests were oblig-
ing enough to convince themselves
that he was a Buddhist reincarnati tions
so they hindered him in nothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
NEW RAILROAD BOARD.
It VIII Probably Select Frank FIennikei
for Secretary.

It Will Probably Select Frank FlenniI<en
for Secretary.
It is now understood that the new state
board of railroad commissioners will
meet and organize within few days by
the selection of ]. nj. Simpson as chair
man. Although there are probably
dozen candidates for the posi-
ton of secretary, which pays
$500 year, it is now understood
that the place will be given to Frank
Flenniken, who did service throughout
the campaign as chief clerk OF the state
central committee r. NJ. Fulton, To
peka young man who was also clerk
for the central committee during the
campaign, is to be given the clerkship to
the railroad commissioners which pays
81 POO a year.
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FIRED OUT.

The Franchise of the Brooklyn Railroad
Rescinded.
BROOKLYN, Feb 4.-The Brooklyn
board of aldermen at meeting this
afternoon adopted the resolution present
ed by the representative of the striking
motormen and conductors resembling
the franchises and privileges granted to
the Brooklyn trolley lines which are con-
nected with the present strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
~FRITZ'' EMMETT TONIGHT
He Will Play "Fritz in a Mad House" at
the Grand This Evening.

He Will Play Fritz in Mad House. at
the Grand This Evening.
J. Z. Emmett, Jr., who will be at the
Grand this evening, in "Fritz in a Mad
House," arrived in the city, yesterday,
and is stopping at the Throop His wife,
Miss Lytton, is with him.
Mr.. Emmett, Jr, looks much like his
famous father, and is said to sustain we'll
the elders reputation as very pleasant
gentleman and a good actor. This
is young Emmet's first visit to
Topeka, but he comes we'll recon-
mended by the eastern press and
has with him dramatic organization of
considerable merit.
The piece is described as very hu-
morous one with many points of pathos
and will probably be we'll acted tonight.
There is good advance sale.
Ed E. Campbell, aged 80, died at Ma
pie Hill Saturday of pneumonia and was
buried in the Topeka cemetery here last
evening at o'clock. The body was in
the Rock Island wreck yesterday and
was delayed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-04
HATCH AND HALL.

Two Missouri Congressmen Engage in a
Row on the Floor.
WASHINGTON. Feb 4.-During a hot
coloquy over the adoption of an order to
consider the currency bill, Mr. Hall
lDem. Mc) denounced a statement of
AEt.~ Hatch (Dem. MOI as absolutely
false.
Mr.. Hatch defantly declared that Mr..
Hall would not use such language to
him off the floor. Great confusion fol-
lowed and the speaker was obliged to
call the sergeant-at arms to enforce or
der.