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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
The KELLEY CURE.
An Order Made on the Doctor to Tell AL
About Its Ingredients.

An Order Made on the Doctor to Tell All
About It's Ingredients.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, May "A very
important order was made yesterday
by Judge Myers, of the district court,
affecting the suit of w. F. johnson, of
Topeka, against DR.. Leslie Kelley, to
the effect that the latter will have to
appear before a duly authorized per-
son in Illinois to take dispositions and
tell the world all about the ingredients
of his bichloride of gold compound.
The decision of the court here
is to the effect that in this
case it is competent testimony
for the plaintiff to prove the compost
ton of the cure, and that DR.. Kelley is
the only one who knows of what it is
composed. The court holds, in sub
stance, it is no property right nor trade
secret; that it is unprotected by a
,atent, has been in use more than two
years and there is nothing to prevent
him testifying, and that he must tell
what it i9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
NEWS NOTES.

The farm house of a man named Hol-
man, near st. Joseph, Mo-, was entered
by burglars and about $500 in money,
silverware and jewelry taken.
The government school building on
the Santee reservation burned Tuesday
night, causing loss of $40, 200. This
is the second time the school has been
burned in two years.
The order recently issued debarring
the United States Publishers Collec-
ton agency, of Chicago, from the use
of the mails was revoked Wednesday,
The agency has agreed not to send any
more circulars containing so-called
newspaper laws, but to send instead
the postal laws and regulations bear
ing on the su bject-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

LAWRENCE, Kan, May 2.-The fol-
lowing dates for the season of 1895
were made for the Western Inter-Col-
legiate league: Kansas VS.. Iowa, at
Lawrence Novem Der 2; Nebraska VS..
Missouri, at Omaha Novem Der .; Kan
sas VS.. Nebraska, at Lincoln November
16; Iowa VS.. Missouri, at Iowa City
November 16; Iowa VS.. Nebraska, at
Omaha Thanksgiving day; Kansas VS..
Missouri, at Kansas City Thanksgiving
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
DYcHE SAILS NORTH.
The Kansas Naturalist En- Route Towards
the Pole ON q { oIlecting Expedition.

The Kansas Naturalist En- Route towards
the Pole OIIecting Expedition.
LAWRENCE, Kan, May 2.-PrOf L.
L. Dyche, of the Kansas university,
left yesterday afternoon for Massa-
chusetts, where he will sail for the
Arctic regions on a fishing schooner.
to collect specimens in that country.
Prof. Dyche was on the Cook vessel,
the Miranda, that was wrecked last
year, when he lost all of his collection.
He expects to join the Peary expedi-
ton after he reaches the north, and
will not return until October.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
WHAT UNCLE SAM OWES.

Monthly Debt Statement of the United
States Treasury Department.
WASHINGTON, May 2.-The monthly
public debt statement issued by the
treasury department yesterday shows
the debt of the United States, less cash
in the treasury, to be S917, $50, 9o3, an
increase for the month of SO, 1O9, s57.
The cash balance in the treasury is
$3.50, s17, 916, a decrease during the last
month of 81, o99, 345.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
Secretarv Gresham Again III.

WASHINGTON, May 2. Secretary
Gresham is confined to his rooms at his
hotel suffering from an attack ofacute
neuralgia of the stomach, with liver
complaints, very similar to that he ex-
perienced two months ago. His illness,
which manifested itself yesterday, was
aggravated for time by the pain due
to the passage of gall stone, though
the effects of this have now completely
disappeared.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
AMERICAN MEAT ATTACKED.

Seventeen French Soldiers Said to Have
Died-Many Others Reported Ill
PARIS, May 2.-The Autorite says
that seventeen soldiers died in the
military hospital at Vitrie from eating
American timed meat. It is added
that thirty-four others are i'll, suffer
ing from the effects of having par
taken of the meat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
New York Assembly Resolves.

ALBANY, n. Y, May O. Resolutions
condemning the administration at
Washington for its inaction in regard
to the seizure of Corinto, Nicaragua,
were adopted by the assembly yester-
day, under suspension of the rules, the
vote standing 81 yeas and Is NAYS, one
democrat voting with the repu blican
majority,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

SOUTH MCALEsTER, I. T., May q
The Dawes commission will convene
here next week for the purpose of re-
organizing and outlining their future
policy. Hoke Smith, secretary of the
interior, will accompany the commits
sion. The citizens and the chamber of
commerce are preparing a reception
for the distinguished guests which will
be followed by banquet at the Gill
hotel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
Prlnceton pefeats vale.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 2.-Prince-
ton defeated Yale last evening in their
first joint debate. Judge Rowland in
troduced the speakers The question
debated was: Resolved, That under
the circumstances the income tax of
1894 was justifable.' Yale took the
NEGATIVE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

The ladies of Omaha, Neb., edited
and published the Daily Bee May 1.
receiving the entire proceeds from the
days publication. They secured TWEEN
ty-eight pages of advertising matter
and sold so, 900 extra copies of the paper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
NIAGARAS OF IMMORAL1TY
Is the Term Applied to Epworth League
Meetings by Father PheIan.

MeetInEB Dy Father FheIan.
ST. LOUIS, Nay 2.-Three weeks ago
the Western Watchman editoriaIIy char
acterized the annual Epworth League
aud Christian Endeavor conventions as
saturnalian revels, equaling in immoral
ity the practices of pagan festivities.
Ian admitted that he had no direct evil
dence on which to base his charges, but
claimed that the circumstances under
which the gatherings were held offered
opportunities for immoral practices.
Satolli has been asked to unfrock the
offending priest Today Father Phelan
reiterated his general charges He char
acterized the Endeavor gatherings as
colossal firtatious and Niagaras of i'm
morality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

dispatch from ST. Petersburg says
that DIR. Witte, Russian minister of
finance. has disapproved the proposals
CT the Standard Oil Co. for uniting the
Russian and American petroleum in
tereStS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
Chenn Wall Paper,

Two cents per roll,
at VAN HoUTEN's,
720 Kansas Avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
Gents Sizes.

Full jewel adjusted Elgin, in 45 dwt
lax solid gold case, finely engraved, $50
No so Elgin, 16 size. adjusted, espec-
tally adapted to railroad use, in heavy
14k solid gold case, $50.
Full ruby jeweled adjusted Rockford,
in Hunting filed case, $1S75.
10 Ruby jeweled watch, made to
special order, open face, filed case,
$3.50.
IL Jewel Elgin, 16 size, in 10 year filed
case, $1475.
Y jewel Hampden, in 10 year case,
$1475.
is Jewel Elgin, in solid gold box joint
case, $1825.
Full jeweled non-magnetic Waltham,
10 year case, $1675.
II Jewel EIgin. in OF. gold inlaid
silver case, $10.25.
10 Jewel Waltham, in 4 OF. silver
case, $11.00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

Wall Paper &5c Per Roll.
VAN HoUTEN's,
720 Kansas Avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
trough any other paper This is fact
Sold svsrywhsEe. Ne Plus Ultra Polish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

still have few more full jewel ad.
justed H. Fl. Taylor grade Elgins, in 90
year filed cases, at $3.50 This is the
best watch on the market for the money,
aud as the Elgin Company have discon-
tinued this grade they can be had only
a month or two longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02
A boys new stem wind watch for g.. 2

1 have the following second hand
watches. most of them as good as new;
the movements have been put in perfect
order, and the cases have been to the
factory and repolished and made fit as
tight as when new-cannot be told from
new watches. Note the following pricesI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-02

liz aud ia West sta. Peerless Steam
Laundry.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
A Society Girls Suicide.
Miss Elise Coleman, a Wealthy
Girl, Kills Herself.

DuSK1RK. N. Y, May 31.-Miss
Elise Coleman, daughter of the late
William Coleman. a wealthy banker Of
this city, committed suicide last night
by shooting herself. Miss Coleman
was a prominent society woman and
spent the early part of the evening
calling upon friends. She was to all
appearances 10 cheerful mood and her
friends detected nothing about her ac-
,ions ,ha. would indicate anything
wrong Returning to her home about
abou: i l o clock. the went directly to
her room. 4 few minutes later mem
bers of the family heard pistol shot,
and hurrying to the girls room, found
that she aad blown her brains out with
a 42-calibre revolver
Miss Coleman was about 20 years of
age and surrounded with all the luxu-
ries that wealth could provide Her
friends are at loss to determine why
she should have taken her own life. but
the circumstances indicate premedita-
tiou.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05

washington, June 3.--The South
Carolina dispeusary Law will again come
before the Supreme Court of the
United States next October. for exami-
nation of the relations it bears to the
interstate commerce clause Of the Con-
stitutiop. 1t will come up on babeas
corpus proceedings in behalf Of E. c.
Beach, constable under appointment
by Governor Evans. who is in custody
of the Uuited States marshal for con-
tempt Of court in the violation Of the
order of Judge Gee of The Federal
court forbidding the officers Of the
State to seize packages of liquors i'm
ported into the State for the personal
nse of the owner. Attorney General
Barber made application a fortnight
ago for leave to file petition for a
writ of habeas corpus, which would
bring up the whole question, and the
leave asked for was granted to-day.
Chief Justice Fuller answered that the
case would be heard on the first day OF
the coor. in October
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
Edgefeld Follows Aiken.

EDGEf1ELD, June AT meeting
of the county executive committee held
here to-day the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That We ask the Demo
cratic clubs Of Edge6eld County to call
together their respective organizations
on Saturday, June 80, inst, for the
purpose of electiug one delegate for
each twenty-five members, or majority
fractioo thereof, of said clubs, which
delegates shall compose mass meeting
to assemble at Edge6eld Court House
on Monday, the lst day of July, to
select three men from the Reform fac
sioa Of the Democratic party and three
men from the Conservative faction.
whom We shall urge the people to nomi.
pate at the primary on the 30th of July
as Edge6eld County's delegates to the
coming Constitutional Convention.
The spirit to divide the delegates
seems general.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05

ed some OF the liquor. but, finding
the packages did not contain FIVE
gallons, returned them to the State
authorities, according to al agree
ment with the State officials
4 convention Of the advocates OF
free silver is called t. meet on June
lS in Topeka. Kas
Dr.. David McGowan, Of Laurens
County, who was assaulted by a
negro desperate, at Cross Hill, in
that county, about month ago, dled
Sunday of his injuries The negro
escaped.
A ive-year old daughter of section
master F. H. Holiday, of Lanes, was
horribly burned yesterday by the ex-
plosion of kerosene oil can. She
was pouring oil on some apparently
dead Goals when the oilignited, burn
ing her, probably fatally.
Aldermen Howell and Colvin, of
Atlanta, had 6sticuff in the Council
Chamber yesterday. Howell got the
es of the fight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
The Rings KneesShake.
Half a Loaf Better Than no
Bread at all.

EDeEF1EID. June 3.-The executive
committee of the Democratic party Of
Edge6eld county, except few. God
save the mark, met to-day. Ben Till
mau and Jasp Talbert were not 10 the
meeting. but on hand to make sugges.
tons to the faithful.
1t was agreed, after discussion, to
divide the delegates to the CoDstl'u-
tional convention equally between the
two factions. The Conservatives served
notice that nothing would be binding
on the Conservatives if there was any
bucking by the Tillmanites.
R. B. Watson. State Senator, said
there we're four thousand white voters
10 the county and seven thousand ne
gro votes, but one hundred determined
white men could carry the election for
any ticket they desired, and that be,
R. B. Watson, would shoot down the
first white man that would try to
lead the negro to the polls, and take
the consequences A bystander said:
I'm horn" This is the same Chris
tian gentleman, Bob Watson, who four
years ago wanted to head mob to tar
and feather Aleck Haskell. It is be-
lieved by some that when the shooting
begins tia: Watson will be like
some of the Hamburg heroes, hard to
fud.-Colunabia State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
Terrible Fail on the Track.

WASHINGTON, May 81 Dick
Corbley, ~ years old, ,ckey for
Frank Weir, the turfman, had his
neck broken during the last race at
the St. Asaph, Va, track this after
noon. Corbley was riding Kirkover,
who, at the time, waa running six in
FIVE furlong dash. AS the horses made
the turn at the home stretch, Kirk
over fell, and the two other horses,
Charley r. and Mary Irwin fell over
him, and consequently upon the un-
fortunate rider Corbley, whose neck
was broken and he died instantly.
George Mclaughlin, who rode
Charley r., had his collar bone frac-
tured Punch, the horse running
close behind Kirkover, became jos
tied by the accident, and Ii, ):
further down the stretch, he too fell
and broke his leg. He was after
wards killed. seksss
Corbley, who was from Jersey City,
was conveyed to the house of Frank
Weir, who lives near the track.
Mclaughlin was removed to Wash
ington hospital.
The accident is supposed to have
been due to the poor condition of the
track, which is dotted with small
dangerous holes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
After Them Now.
Several Affdavits Forwarded That
Mean Trouble for ConstaDles.

The Columbia State Saturday morn-
ing made brief notice Of proceedings
that had been inaugurased before the
United States Commissioners Bauskett
against the liquor constables who have
during the past week made so many
indiscriminate seizures Of liquor 10
Columbia. 1t was inadvertently stated
that Mr.. Riedlinger has sworn out a
warrant agaiOst the coustables who
seized his liquor. Of course no war
rant could be issued. The party suffer
ing merely makes an affidavit as to the
seizure to be forwarded to the judge,
calling his attention to the fact that his
order Of injunction has been disobeyed.
1t is simply the preliminary step to the
contempt proceedings that will Of course
follow. Yesterday FIVE such afidavits
we're made by different parties before
Commissioner Bauskett, and were for
warded. The fun seems to be about
to begin now aud the constables will
no doubt see that 1t is no small! matter
for them to seize packages about the
use of which there can be no doubt
Yesterday morning Constable Beach
made seizure. In the afternoon Con-
stable Lafar seized half gallon Jug
and a i've gallon keg, addressed to diff
ferent parties. Later on be and Con-
stable Davis cane across two boxes
of liquor at the express Office, one con-
tanning Eve gallon keg and the othe.
about zen quart bottles, and seized both
packages.
Yesterday two of the parties whose
liquor wac seized the previous day gos
their liquor from the commissioner
Attorney General Barker yesterday
said that he know nothing at all abou;
the seizures that are being made. He
says he has written his argument IN the
d;speusary appeal case.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
LIES MIsERABLEs."
a Eocturne in sc Sharp -

We overheard conversation Thursday
morning between two citizens OF on. town
which went like this:
"Hello, John, how are you feeling ,h's
morning?"
"Hot, man, hot ! and how are you standing
it? Did you sleep any last night?''
"Mightv little; never was so bothered 10
my life as was last night by lot of blank
e!y-blank noises, aud coming on top Of the
plutoniao heat, knocked sleep higher than 8
kite
Chow was it, old man; tell us all about
it,
"Well, it was this way. Firsr, of kick
ed all the covering dowo, and tried TO think
of the eternal SHOWS Of the Arctic regions,
ice-houses, refrigerators, freezing in the Alps,
lying on one of those awful ice-chests (or
whatever they are) that they put dead peo-
pie on when they want to keep en, and
listening TO the drip, drip, of the melting ice,
and other such such cheerful and b!ood-chill-
ing things"
"How jolly gbastly you must have felt, :"
interrupted the other fellow.
"Hold on !" said John, &c was just about
to sink. into the arms of Murphy or Morphine
or whoever be is, when an ear-splitting, hair
raising, blaspbemy- producing, sleep-destroy-
ing whistle, blown somewhere about the
depot started up esd made me nearly jump
out of my skin, and set every dog in the
county to barking, and all the mockipg birds
to singing, and some fellow started out to
hammer on iron, or throw bars C: railroad
iron 90 fat cars, and the electric light works
Started up agaio after an hour or so OF silence,
and trains began to shift around, and the
cats got TO courtiDg on the back fence, and
somebody in the street went to whistlipg
"Oft in the Silly Night" and that started
the dogs off again, and about that time the
4.20 train came rushing by, blowing its
whistle, and then the baby walked up,
and the rooster began to crow, as
if they were paid for it, and the
baby fell to Growing. too, and pull
ing my hair and mustsche, and then came the
cook and began to cut wood for her breakfast,
and the milkman drove up and engaged the
cook iu an animated conversation, and alto
gether l did not get much sleep, as you may
imagine"
cha ha ~ said the other fellow
you surely had tough time. Hope you'll
do better tonight
And so they parted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
A Little Boy Falling From
Tree is Instantly Killed.

The Columbia State Of June 2, says:
A terrible accident happened out 90
North Pulaski street about 4 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. A bright young
lad, who was as happy as he could be
just few minutes before the accident,
lost his life almost 10 the swinkling
of an eye and in most peculiar man.
ner.
The boy-youug Tazewell Huffman
about 9 years of age. sou of Mr.
Pickens Huffman, who runs farm in
Lexington and was formerly connected
with the quarries over the river, was
having happy time up in large
mulberry tree standing on the pave
meut just in front of his fathers resi-
dence, No. 240 Pulaski Street, when, in
tying some strings from limb to limb,
be went out too far on a rotten limb.
The limb gave way, and be fell head
foremost to the sand pavement below,
a distance of scarcely more than ten
feet, if that Nine times out of ten
he might have escaped uniDjured, but
it happened that he fell directly on the
top of his head and his neck was brok
en-. death resulting almost instantan-
eonsly The spinal column was COM
pletely broken, and the head was hang
ing loosely to the body when parties
who were on the Pavement rushed to
the li;tlc fellow 10 liud that he was a
corpse.
The body was quickly taken into The
residence of the lads parents, immedi-
ately III front Of which the fearful acci-
dent occurred, and his father was sent
for The boys mother was terri
bly, shocked by the fats accident aud
appeared iuconsoiable. The stricker
family have three children left
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
Telegraphic Briefs.
May %.


The French steamer Don Pedro
was wrecked off Cape Corobdo.
Eighty persons were drowned.
Another $l50,0o0 cotton mill will
be built 10 Columbia 1t will be
known as the CRANKY Cotton Mill.
The corporators are G. b. Manson,
W. B. S Whaley, r. w. Shand and
". a. Lyles.
Asa ". Bushnell has been nomi-
mated for Governor of Ohio.
Judge Cromwell Gibbons, of Jack
sonville, Fla. criminal court, defed
Governor Mitchell and ignored a
pardon which the latter granted to
John L. Marvin, president of the
Merchants National Bank.
Cotton fell few points yesterday.
A distinct earthquake shock was
felt at Brattleboro, VT, yesterday.
The Washington correspondents
are in Atlanta, the guests of the Ex-
position managers.
jacob Henson, a young colored
man, recently tried and convicted in
Howard county, Maryland, and sem
fenced to be hanged on June I, was
taken from Ellicott City Jail and
hanged to limb of dogwood tree.
The lynching was the work Of about
twenty men, who thus avenged the
murder of Daniel F. Shea, which was
one of the most brutal crimes ever
committed in Howard county. The
lynchers feared that the Governor of
Maryland might be induced TO inter.
tere and commute Henson's sentence
to life imprisonment.
The Supreme Court of the United
States Monday decided the Geary
Chinese Exclusion Act to be consti-
tutional and incidentally affirmed
the general power of the United
States to exclude aliens of all kinds.
The question came before the Court
in the case of Lem Moon Sing, ap-
pellant, VS.. the United States. The
appellant transacted business In San
Francisco for number Of years, and
in January, 1894, went on tenn
porary visit to China with the inten-
ton of returning and continuing his
residence in the United States. Dur
ing his absence the Geary law of
1894 was passed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-06-05
June 8.

The mercury climbed to 95 de-
grees in the shade yesterday in Chi
cago, aud there were many fatal sun.
strokes.
The Russian government has pro-
mulgated law that all commercial
dealings with that country shall be
concluded upon gold basis.
It is said that Murphy. the
OraDgeburg murderer will be granted
q new trial.
Judge Cromwell Gibbons, of Jack
sonville, Fla, has ordered the release
of all prisoners serving in the county
Jail for carrying concealed weapons.
This he did because Gov. Mitchell
pardoned Banker Marvin.
The Salvation Army brigade at
tended the Dirby races at Epson.