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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
IN SOCIETY CIRCLES.
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
GENERAL NOTES OF SOCIETY.
Personal Items or Interest About
Topeka People and Visitors in Tow n.

Personal items or Interest About
Topeka People and Visitors in Town.
Persons sending social items to this depart
ment will please give their name and address in
order TO secure puDlication.l
mo news advertisements of music teachers,
physical culturiSts, night schools. business col
leges. private schools. church entertainments or
other affairs run for the purpose OF making
money. directly or indirectly, will appear in this
column without being paid for. Please do not
ask the society reporter to accept them as news
DR.. and Mrs. s E Sheldon will enter
tain the officers and directors of the
Kansas Mutual and their wives at a
Thanksgiving dinner at the Copeland
hotel
Bishop Ninde arrived from Denver
Friday and has been the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Bartholomew at 315 West
Sixth street. Bishop Ninde preached at
the First NJ. E church yesterday.
Mira. E. n. Morrill, is at the Copeland to
visit with her husband for a few days.
Miss Franc LittlefeId will entertain
for Miss Peck soon.
Mr. Ben Akers is in Chicago, and is
expected home tomorrow.
Miss Florence Greer has arrived home
from Detroit where she is attending
school, to remain till after Thanksgiv-
ing.
The Atlanteans met the Chaldeans this
afternoon by invitation of Miss Hattie
Mills at her home
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Hahn, who have
been visiting Mrs. Halm's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Heron. left yesterday for Den
yer where they will visit on their way to
their home in Salt Lake City.
Dir. Will johnson, who has been quite
i'll, is able to be out,
Mrs. ". B. Gibson, wife of DR.. Gibson
of the Santa Fe medical department. re-
fnroad ;,;& -.
Paola.
Mr.. Frank Sim has returned from
Illinois.
Mr.. Charles Wilmarth is in Topeka for
few days on his way to Chicago from
California
Miss Ruth Nash aud Mr. Lewis Roby
will be married Thursday, November %,
at the home of the brides's mother on
Polk street. Miss Nash has been a
teacher in the public schools and Mr..
Roby is the son of DR.. Il. W. Roby.
Mrs. F. T. Woodland, wife of Wood In
spector Woodland of the Santa Fe fuel
department. accompanied by her mother,
Is visiting in Lawrence.
Mrs, Effie Wilson, of Lawrence. and
Mrs. Mollis Albaugh, of Circleville, Ohio,
visited Mrs. c. J. Bell and other Topeka
friends last week
The N. N. High Five club will meet
with Mr. and Mrs. c. C. Baker this even
lag
Miss Anna Bartholomew will entertain
at thimbles Wednesday afternoon COM
plimentary to Miss Minnie Peck of Chi
cago.
The Monday Night Whist club will
meet tomorrow night instead of tonight
with Miss Rosamond Horton at Ninth
and Harrison.
Miss Minnie Barnum will attend the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
BIG CUBAN MEETING.
Ingerson, Warner Miller, Carnegie, Murat
HaIstead and Flower to Attend.


New YORK, Nov. 25.-An important
meeting in the cause of Cuba will be
held in Cooper Union Tuesday night,
under the auspices of the Jose Marti
Club. 1t is expected that some strong
resolutions will be adopted in sym
pathy with the Cuban cause, and the
prominence of those persent will make
the occasion significant Among the
officers of the meeting will be: Ex-
Governor R. P. Flower, ex-Ministers
John Bigelow and Patrick M Egau;
Colonel Robert Ingersoll, Warner
Miller, Elihu Root, ex-Mayors Edison
and Hall, Austin Corbin, Andrew Car
negie, Rev. w. ]. Rainsford, General
Horace Porter, General Daniel Butter
field, Orlando G. Harper, Murat Hal
stead, Edmund Clarence Stedman, ex-
Comptroller Meyers. Amos ]. Cum
represe NATIVE business men and city
officials.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

New YORK, Nov. 25.-H. B. Mnason,
of Woodcliffe, N. j., claims to be pos
sessed of healing powers" equal to
the famous Schlatter, who has created
such sensation in Colorado. Mnason
is the leader of strange religious
sect in the vicinity of his home known
as the Angel Dancers" or the
'Churchmen OF the Living God" He
is preparing to more strongly assert
himself as healer, without losing his
place as the head and center of his
little band of devout followers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 25.-About
500 Irishmen and number of prom
inent men of other nationalities, met
last night and celebrated the twenty
eighth anniversary in commemoration
? of the Manchester martyrs. Musical
selections and resolutions on the sub
ject of the meeting interspersed the
program, which was concluded with
the adoption of set of resolutions de-
ciaring in favor of Irish and Cuban
freedom
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
SPECIAL TRAIN TO KANSAS CITY

Thanksgiving DaV-The "Rock Island"
Comes to the Front With Flyer.
The Crock Island" will run a special
train to Kansas City on Thursday, leaving
Topeka at 10 o'clock a. N. and arriving
at Kansas City at 1:55 a. III. Returning,
special train will leave Kansas City at
11:20 p. IN. and run through to Topeka
WITHOUT STOP. Rate for the round
trip only 81. Excursion tickets at this
rate will be good on trains leaving To-
peka at 6:l5 a. N. and 1920 p. m.
as well as the special, and to
leave Kansas City at 1850 a.
N. and $40 p. N. and the special at II. 20
p. m. Those who wish to witness the
foot ball game or transact business and
do not care to remain for the special can
leave at $40 p. N. and reach home at
1910. The attractions are the champion
ship foot ball game Kansas VS.. Missouri
university teams; William H. Crane, at
the Coates; Down in Dixie" at the
Grand; Camille D'Arville" at the Audi
torium.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS-
Is in Session at Omaha Today With 800
Delegates Present.


OMAHA, Nov. 25.-The eighth annual
convention of the Trans Mississippi COM
mercial congress was convened at II
o'clock this morning at Creighton hall.
President George Q. Cannon of
Salt Lake opened the session.
Three hundred delegates faced the
presiding officer. The morning was de-
voted to welcoming the guests.
l. w. Carpenter of Omaha welcomed
the convention in behalf of the business
men of the city. Mayor Bemis preferred
the welcome of the city and Gov. Silas
A. Hclcomb performed similar duty in
behalf of the state.
The band played "America" and then
ex-Gov. Prince of New Mexico respond
ed to the welcoming addresses.
The programme for the sessions as
far as it is now prepared includes the
following discussions: Forestry in the
Rocky mountain region, Hon. John r.
Park, Salt Lake City.
The Hawaiian question, Hon. Hugh
Craig, san Francisco.
Tho Nicaragua canal, Capt W. L.
Merry, San Francisco.
Statehood for territories, Sidney
Clarke, Oklahoma; ex- Gov Prince of
Mexico.
Trans Mississippi freight tariffs, James
'. Mahoney, Sioux City, Ia; Capt. Lon
Bryson, Davenport, Ia.
Cultivation and uses of ramie, Prof
Sylvester Warehouse of Washington
university, St. Louis.
D eep water ways, Hon. II. P. McGuirck,
D avenport, Ia.
Irrigation, ex-Gov Prince and others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
Thu Great Rock Island

Win have special coaches on all regu-
lar trains to Kansas City Thanksgiving
Day, November 28th, for the accommo-
dation of Topeka people. Great Foot
Bail Game, Kansas vs.. Missouri Fare
for the round trip 50.
A n. FULLER,
City Passenger Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
NOTICE..

All members of Topeka Lodge No. 40.
I. o. o. F., are requested to meet at their
hall at 2:3O p. N. on November 26, to at
tend the funeral of Bro. ]. P. Syler. Be
prompt. A full attendance is requested.
F. A. Snow, Noble Grand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

Special Train to Ransas City. Thanks
giving Day, For Football and Thea
Ger-Santa Fe Route.
Special train leaves Santa Fee depot at
9:45 a. m, returning leaves Kansas City
at Ills D. N. Fare $500 for the round
trip
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
FOOT BALL.

Special Train for the Thanksgiving Day
Game at kansas City by the Union
Pacific.
Special train leaves Union Pacific
depot at 9:45 a. Ii. Returning leaves
Kansas City at 1870 D. N. You can see
all the game and still reach home at g
convenient hour. Fare $500 for the
round trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
THE MILLS-ADAMS co.
II ND now it's Under
wear. A window full
4 a of them. Shelves and
counters full besides.

This sort of weather
sets you thinking of war
mer clothing. Puts a new
meaning on all our I'm
derwear advertising and
starts you towards the
depot of supplies in a
hurry.
Well, you won't be dis
appointed. There's a great
big stock of likely kinds
here. All the famous
makes Of Underclothing,
the foreign and the home
made ones. You've only
to determine the price and
we show you every de-
gree Of fashion and quail
ity the price will buy.
There's a growing Xix
ing for Underclothing all
in one garment (Union
Suits), we've anticipated
this by providing a stock
that includes absolutely
every sort of Union Suit
that's to be had.
There's an advantage
in choosing from such a
line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

Ennis Lodge D. of H. will give social
dance at their hall, 420 Kansas avenue,
Tuesday evening, November 26. Admis-
sion 70 cents per couple.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

White! White! White! are the goods
sent out by the Peerless Steam laun dry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

Subscribe for the Daily STATEJoURNA1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
Mineral Watcr.

The fnestn the west. Come and try ie
J. W. PHILLIPS, 612 W. Eighth ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
IngIesIde- Heck Concert Librar,

See our new wing point collar turner
Peerless Steam Laundry, 112 and ia w.
Eighth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
INGALLS, FIANCEE ILL.
Ellsworth Ingalls, Bride to be is Serious
Iy Ill.

Ellsw0rth Ingalls, Bride to be is Serious
Iy Ill.
ATcHIsoN. Kan, Nov. 25.-Miss Hari-
ct Marshall of Nashville, Tenn, whose
engagement to Ellsworth ingalls,, eldest
son of ex-senator Ingalls,, was announc-
ed recently, is reported to be seriously
ill, with little hope of recovery. at her
home.
MIR. ingalls, has been at her bedside in
Nashville for some days.
InSlesIGe- Heck Concert Library Hall
Tonight.
The music is worth hearing; it helps
the poor to living; it's nearly Thanks
giving. SO you had better all come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25
Warm
Hosiery.

Ladies' File coed Hose, 25c, 35c, SOC.
Ladies' Cashmere Hose, Soc. SOC. 75c,
soc. Ladies' Wool Hose, 25c, 35e,
SOC. Ladies' Outsize Hose, 29c, soc,
5Sc. Children's Fleeced, Cashmere
and Wool Hose. all sizes, 25c, 35c.
soc. Infants Cashmere Hose, 19c,
25c, Doc
A new line of Wool and Ice Wool
Fascinators will be placed on sale to-
morrow from 25c each upward. Also
our superb line of single and double
Wool Mittens and Silk Mittens,
Ladies, Children and Infant.
THE MILLS-ADAMS co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

Smoke "Little Gem" best &c cigar made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-25

only 10 price large
duplicate under 10 Topeka At
special ladies black all
number in ladies' black feeced cotton that
vceable Mten cents pair: Chidrens and
Hose IS all Midnight Black
of
brand absolutely fast black.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16
80. u !. !..oe Ksrooders.

.
BTooGers should have a housa set a1Rart
for this operation, even if they ara ai9
the outdoor pattern, early in the Sc aSssn
especially. Later the outdoor broodnrss
may be used in the open air. The brood.
er house preferred by Country Gans-
tleman correspondent has board fCsss,
windows that admit the sunlight On tsin
Houtherly side of the house and roeam
about the brooder to secure exercise ff,Jr
the chickens, which, if very early in
the season, cannot be advantageously alF-
lowed to run out of doors. The house.
need not be expensive. Even building,
inolosed ON three sides, open to the
Eouth-a mere shed-will answer, if
one uses outdoor brooders, though an
inclosad house is better. This corre-
spondent has used brooders in a cellar
and had really good success with them,
but prefers house set apart to their
use. Tt is not necessary, however, to ex--
ercise so much care in the location Of a.
brooder as in that of an incubator, for al
hatohed chick has much greater vitality,
than the unmatched germ. Still the
more favorable the situation Of the
brooder, other things equal, the more
satisfactory will be the growth and de-
velopnent of the chickens
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16

establish this fact. We found ourselves
in Portland, as l have said while the
panic was raging in New York. When it
had subsided, he said to me one evening,
In about three years from now there
will be hard times in this country. The
commercial interests of the United
States were never in better shape to re-
sist a shock than they were when the
panic struck Wall street. Apparently it
has done no harm. But it was pre-
monitory symptom Of disease. If the
country had been weakened or enervated
as it was in '73, it could not have with
stood it. We have had many years uf
pros sperity. Great fortunes have been
made. The masses of the people have
saved money. There is still plenty of
credit, and plenty of confidence. Hard
times, like good times, cannot come to
us in night. 1t was Argentine Repub-
lie and the Barings yesterday. IL may be
Australia or South Africa tomorrow.
Something else next day. The Barring
failure and the exposure which followed
it shows that one OF the greatest bank
ing houses. supposed to be one of the
most conservative, in the world, ha,
been doing what? Specializing? That is
always bad sign. Bankers only specu
late when legitimate business enterprise
offer no inducements for investment
That brings us to our own country. TLt
Barings would not have gone to Araen.
tina if American securities were what
they ought TO be. European money
lenders are passing by cur railroad Sc
curities and taking up anything. South
America Australia. South Africa or even
Asia has to offer. Why? Because they
see the inevita BILE result of our present
system of railway management. If this
were not the most fertile, prolific and
prosperous country on the globe its rail-
Grads would be all bankrupt today. The
comapnies, as it is, are doing business
merely for the pleasure cf doing business.
One of these days some of the strongest
of them will pass dividends then there
will be great reductions in operating ex-
penses; then there will be strikes, per-
haps riots; then there will be receiver.
ships: then our securities will be re-
turned from Europe and sold at loss.
and we will be compelled to send back
gold by the ton to pay for them, and
then-we will have an attack of business
paralysis. For the present things will
go on as usual, but with this difference
"a great many men who have invest
ments will endeavor to arrange matters
so that when the crash comes they will
not be crushed. Millions will be locked
up. Careful men will not part with
their cash. The question with most OF
them will be how to draw que quietly
A fter they are out they will stay out
Uncle Jesses" did not then and does
not now set himself up as prophet.
People will say: "He saw ahtatl. y
Thav's it. His natural intuitive tnotlls.
ties compelled him to see ahead. 1879
reasoned from cause to effect and ii;sGols
again from effect to cause. He i9seufIIv
one of thousands of successful business
men whose mental equipment prs vents
them from reasoning IN any other way
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16
HARD TIMES PREDICTED.

/ remem hered the five line telegram
concerning the Argentine government
and its financial difficulties, and I re-
mem bered Mr.. Spalding's remark con-
cerning it. He had foreseen nearly, if
not all, the consequences of the failure
of the South American Republic to meet
the interest on it's bonds. | did not know
anything OF his private affairs then, and
| know nothing of them now, but do
know that if he had any fences to mend
that little telegram suggested to him
how to proceed about the mending of
them, and. like the brainy man that he
was, and that he is, he lost no time, in
making the necessary repairs. He knew
by intuition what was coming as well
as other men knew by experience what
had happened. There is further proof to
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16
FIFTY CENTS.

The DAILY PRESS is sent to any
MONTH. 1t is delivered by carriers
in Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16

Countess philosophy? In the current num-
Der of the Pail Mall Magazine. Mr.. Astor's
interna tional outlet for the literary aristoc-
:acy, the charming hostess OF his brilliant
occasion gives her views on the sweating
dens of London and of tie gospel of ''Poach
Oh StaTve." In the article Francis Evelyn
Warwick announces her belief in paternal
legislation why. you have made whole
classes rich by act of Parl ament: stock
brokers by limited liability acts, railway
millionaires in the same way, inventors by
your patent laws, bankers by every kind O.
restrictive legislation! Now. seeing that
acts of Parliament have done all t his, how
have you the face to assure me that people
the people-can not be made rich by acts
of Parliament YOU would be the first to
admit that bad laws can keep tine people
poor; then why may not good, generous
legislation make them prosper Gus and ha p
py?'' then the Countess proceeds TO in
dorse Mr.. Chamberlain's socialistic plan
for providing the wol kingnen of England
houses Which the state is to pay for. State
insurance is another departure pronounced
economically sound by this fashionable poll
tlcal economist. be purchase Of railways
by the stare would also. in her opinion, be
advantageous 70 the working class, though
do not know whether the Countess goes
as fal as my friend Cooper, of Norwich, and
desires to make travel free.
All this is very pretty. The money to be
thus saved or, rather, taken from the rail-
way and insurance companies, is to be,
used in furnishing the working classes of
the kingdom with homes in which they can
live ever afterward in comfort. Curiously
enough. our charming dabbler in the dismal
science, whose neck was described at the
ball as tie most beautiful in the kingdom
has nothing 10 say about what might be
done with proper distribution of the sur
plus income which now unjustly, and by
the and OF laws more ingeniously wicked
than those relating 10 railways and patents,
goes 10 those spl endid naupers, only 10 be
wantonly scattered in such scenes of ex-
travagant revelry az took place al Warwick K
last week. while "hunger and want to use
the Countess words. are abr oad inthe land.
am afraid all this Marcella socialism. SO
far as the dear Countess of Warwick is
concerned. simply means that the moor
should be washed and dressed and housed
and insured o improve her ladyship's land
scape-at somebody else's expense. AZ
least. not long ago, when Warwick Castle
want ed restoring. the former owner made n
public appeal TO the lovers of English his
tory, and the subscriptions thus obtained
enabled the owner to repair the ancient ed.
lice at somebody else's expense.
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
pany and Captain James MerriIl's Garri-
son at Old Falmouth.

In addition to Capt. WenfwoItb's other
company roll, already pub isaed, the follow
ing men served under him in Fort Hancock
in lsII. This fort was at Spring Point
WHARF Fort Preble now is. andwas proba bly,
built in 1876. 1t was named for Gov Han
cock, he of he immortal signature This
fort is where Capt. Bryant Morfon's Co,
was stationed in 1776.
April p. l,77. a sea coast company of 10
men was authorized to be r. ised at Cane
Eliza beth for service there. and April 26,
John Wentworth was appointed captain
The company was mustered May goth Iii
The garrison in this fort varied from Il
seIgeani's guard in winter to full COM
pany of forty men in summer, so that this
roll does not contain all the mems n mes
that served under him here. His sons, Ben
ing and Foster Wentworth served in this
company.
The Wentworth Family History says, that
Capt. wentworth's last service commenced
Dec. 22. l17s, of which we now have 10
knowledge. His service in Col Willard 8
Regt was from August to December 1776, {
men tbs. when thay marched TO reinfor ce
Fort Tlconderoga and were discharged at
Fort Edw ard, near Lake George. II probably
l777
Roll of Capt. John Wentworth's Company
Ut Cape Elizabeth. in Fort Hancock. l7.7.
Capt.-.iohn Wentworth.
Lient.-Ebeur. Newell.
Gunner-Robert Dyer
Drnnlner--Andrew Jordan.
fifsr-Bening Wentworth.
Irivates-Jereniah Banks. Zachariah
Leach. joshua Gamman. Mark Dyer, Will
liam Eickford. Patrick Irish. William Pea
bles, Moses Banscon. John Parrot, John
Mcclellan, Thomas simonton. Job Mitchell,
Foster Wentworth.
CAPT. JANE MERRILLiS COMPANY.
Capt. James Merrill's Company was in
the service in November l775 fortifying Old
Falmouth the next month afler Mowat had
burned il.
This roll illustrates the spirit of our fore
fathers, as they were determined to still
hold what they had left of the old town.
Capt. James Merrill lived, probably, in that
part of the town now callad Falmouth, or
in that vicinity. and was seleetman of the
town four years. He married, January "a,
1854, Abigail 3raeketl and had son James
seven of this company were named Merrill
Capt. James was a lieutenant in Capt
Isaac Ilsleys Trainin Company il 1857
Muster Roll of Capt. James Merlill's Com
pany of militia in tho County of Cumher-
land in the state of massachusetts, Bay Tor
the month of November IT'S for the work
Of fortifying Falmouth:
Cpp:., James Merrill.
Adams Merrill,
NutARnlel Noyes.
Edmund Merrill
I3i BJhmin Moody.
Ellpb; LEFT III OrSe
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16
Given a Bad Name.

Animals, like men, suffer from exag-
gerated stories of their misdeeds. There
is no creature Oh earth about which more
orueful tales have been told than a GER
tain South American bat. It's name,
"Vampiren is the recognized synonym
for ali that is most vicious and sanguin-
ary, and popular opinion invests it with
the most terrible attributes In reality it
is a harmless animal. as will be found
by perusal of the chapter on "Wing-
handed Animals" in Part of The AMI
mails of the World, (BRehm's Life OF
nimals.)
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16
m WOMAN'S Ills"

MRS. w. R. BATES, of
Dilpoyth, Dnm6aA Co. ,
OHIO, writes
A few years ago 1
took Doctor Picrce's
Fayorite Prescription.
which has been a great
benefit to ME. I am in
excellent health now.
I hope that every wo-
man, who is troubled
wi t h 'women's ills
will try the Prescrip-
hon and be benefited
is I have been"
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-16

pain, headache, backache, and nervous dis
turbances or the general health not good,
tie judicious use of medicine should be
employed. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip.
ton is the best restorative tonic and neTv-
inc at this time. The best bodily condition
results from its use. It's a remedy spe-
cially indicated for those delicate weak
nesses and arrangements that afflict wo-
menkind at one period or another. You'll
find that the woman who has faithfully
used the Prescription :" is the picture Of
health, she looks a0eU and she feels seeH
In catarrhal Inflammation, in chronic dis
placements common to women, where there
are symptoms of backache, dizziness or
fainting, bearing down sensations, disor-,
dered stomach, moodiness, fatigue, etc,
the trouble is surely dispelled and the
sufferer brought back to health and good
spirits.