davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening times., 1896-02-18
FAST In WEDLOCK'S BONDS
Mr. Van Voorhis and Miss Sher-
man United at Noon.
In Decorations for the Morton Din
nerTonight-Gayw world q ossip

Today at noon Miss Ailis Sherman.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Sherman.
OF Cleveland Park. was married to Mr..
Eugene Van Voorhls, son OF Mr.. John Van
SourhiS .! Rochester. y. Y.
r.. ceremony occurred at ST. Thomas
Church. Rev. James A. Buck OF Rock Greek
Church, officiating.
Mr.. Charles Van voorhis was best ma n ard
M.'sSrs. Norman Van Voorhis. j. NJ. T..
u'Grady of Rochester, George W. Stedman
or Albany. Judge q. 4. .Carnahan. cnjamin
Anies OF ohiu and J. Sherman. Jr., were
ushers.
A wedding breakfast followed at the
home OF the brides parents, after which
MIR. ana Mrs. Van Vooriiis left FOR New
Y ors.
A number OF friends and relatives from
New York came on for ihe occd sion.
Ms. Donald Mclean, regent, assisted by
the delegates and alternate delegates 10 the
Continental Congress, Daughters OF the
American Revolution, accredited from the
New York city chapter, win receive the
officers and Incmbers Of uIc D!siric: OF
Columbia society, Sons OF Tie American
Revolution. The reception will be held
from . &" today in The pariors of the
Arlington Hotel.
The evening times., 1896-02-18
THE CATCH-ALL.

7HEcKs will be seen in many Of the
spring ribbons.
The evening times., 1896-02-18
THE DAYS DISHES.
Masked Chops.

MRSseu SnopS.
o completely Disguise the foundation
or main element of a dish may
not always be the most desir-
able object to attain. However
The evening times., 1896-02-18

Mrs. II. L. Baldwin, jr., No. 64S Acker
street northeast, will not receive again
this season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
A BIG BRASS BAND.


Comedian William H. Crane says that
has ever known was an organization in
Ottumwa. Ia. many years ago. i've
heard Gilmore and SOusa. and all the
rest said Mr. Crane recently but their
bands couldn't be compared with that
prairie aggregation for q moment" Then
he tells of an experience in OttumWa
years ago, when he was young in the bus
orchestra went on strike and the local
band was engaged to furnish music for
the performance and to play three selec-
lions i'm front of the theater before the
to the show The band showed up
time. carried out its part of the contract.
and went into the theater. I was on the
door that night. and by and by L was
struck by the fact that the Ottumwa
brass bandmuSt be one of the most re-
markable musical organizations in the
country Every minute or two somebody
would come up to the door with a brass
horn under his arm, wave it at me and
sail on into the theater without q word
this way 1 began to grow trifle susDic-
lOuS, and stopped an old granger who
was carrying in big tuba Excuse me.
sir remarked. but do you play in the
band2 Nope he answered. What are
you doing with that horn then2 / asked.
Fl IN going to go in on it if l can he re-
piled. candidly- Whose is it? I inquired.
Blamed if I know he said. a Teller outs
get in with it, / left the door and stepped
inside the theater just in time to see an
other of the band boys drop another horn
out OF the window into the hands OF
somebody in the crowd outside in the al
ley As nearly as can calculate the OF
tumWa brass band that night must have
had more members than Gilmore or Sou
sa ever directed at one time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
S. TO SEEINAUGURALBALL
Tickets to Cost That Sum-Illumi-
mated Arches for Pennsylvania
Avenue

Washington. Dec 2s.-Tickets to the
ball to celebrate the inauguration of
President Mckinley Will cost 50 each
This price has been fixed by the execu-
tive committee. The committee also
decided that the Harrison inaugural
ball held eight years ago could not be
improved upon. and the arrangements
made then Will be followed in detail
now. An application Will be made to
Secretary Francis of the interior de
partment for the use of the pension
building on this occasion. This ap-
plicatiOn is simply a matter of form
The executive committee decided to
request the Joint Traffic association
and other railway associations which
will fix rates to Washington for the
Inauguration to make the rates good
from February q to March - 50 peo-
pie desiring to visit Washington Will
have ample time These traffic assoc
Citations have already fixed special
rates from March 1 to 8. The com
mittee on decorations has decided to
erect illuminated arches across Penn
sylvania avenue at the intersection of
each cross street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
go. ACADEMY OF sCIENCE.
VIII Hold a Three Days Session in
Topeka Next W eek

The Kansas Academy of Science will
hold a meeting in this city for three DAYS
beainnira- AL SThilrsdav Becenber a 5-ie
meetings win be held at XVashburn col
Iege. The following papers viii be read.
s.r77a orfair ~ f7oal- Alva T smith,
"a Prelinirar1- FenoTt on the Ceoiorv
Of Teffna-han1 Ridge T. W Wilson. THE
Mentor Reds Sa5ina Alfred " Tones.
Note on some So-caIled Glacial Roulders
in Mcpherson county J. w Beede. The
rrir1berad Mounds of the Ka1v T2asarva-
ton. q, M Gould. Buried Moraine Of
the Shune-an1lnnl7 r. b. Smvth. "a
N-77-+ Ie1,, T-,-+ere5o,, ~ tba G,anaa,.l9e.
1I5iovyal in Central Kansas T. W Refde.
The Csvpsurn Deposffs OF Kansas . q p
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
PRINTED FOR WEAK MINDED


great number of the people of the
United States live off the ignorance
and tOOlishness of others. This is Illus
trated JIM "a periodical entitled Good
Literature" which the writer of this
picked up recently. Good Litera tUre''
contains continued and short stories by
such writer's as The Duchess" Eta
Pierce. and others, who write about
dukes, and lords. and impossible love
affairs 1t is said that Good Litera-
tufe' has an enormous circulation, and
its advertising is of the same class as
its stories. Nine-tenths of the adVer-
tisements contain something about love
Many of them offer rings together with
secrets of causing love. One adver-
tisemenJ offers solid gold ring: half
a dozen sheets Of music; a book on how
to win husband. rules governing
handkerchief Irritation, and dozen
cards containing love poetry; all for
the small sum Of II cents. A good
many clairvoyants advertise in the per
iodical. and, upon the receipt of lock
the sender what kind of man she will
marry and how she can best win him.
Gold watches with secrets of a happy
marriage are offered at unheard of low
prices. and if girl wants to get
husband within very short time. all
she has to do is to send 10 cents for
solid gold ring with a love charm set.
Matrimonial papers are also among the
advertisers. The editor of Good Lit
erature' is evidently bothered a good
deal by persons who imagine they can
write stories about dukes and lords, for
1T contains prominent notice that it
is useless to send anything for publica-
ton. as no manuscript will be accepted,
nor even considered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

The Atchison Globe says: The fact
that the silver statue of Ada Rehan is
the cause Of litigation at Topeka, re-
wives the story of the unfortunate wo-
man who posed for the figure. The
face is Ada Rehans, but the figure il
modelled after that of Mrs. Caroline
Beach. wife "a store keeper in an n
linois town. The attention her beauty
attracted made her tire of a small town
and she went TO Chicago. where she
posed as a model for the Montana stat
ne. She afterwards played q part in
living picture shows. Her husband and
friends abandoned her, her life grew
reckless. and She is now bloated and
dishgured wreck. q patient in the inc
briate ward Of an insane asylum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
NO MIDpLE NAMES.

From the Columbus State Journal
The Boston Transcript thinks the
election of Mckinley a confirma ton OF
the old tradition that the American
people like their presidents to have
only one Christian name The first five
presidents had no middle name and
when Mckinley is inaugurated he will
be the seventeenth president without
one The list includes George Washing
ton John Adams. Thomas Jefferson.
James Madison. James Monroe. Andrew
Jackson. Martin Van Buren,. John Ty-
Ter Zachary Taylor. Willard Fillmore.
Franklin Pierce. James Buchanan Ab-
raham Lincoln. Andrew Johnson Grow
err Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.
Cleveland. however, was baprised
Stephen Grover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
WAIVE CAN HAVE BLOOD.
The Ex-Colorado Governor win Lead
Cuban Volunteers From Denver.

Denver. Col, Dec. 23-Davis H.
Waite viii lead the Rocky Mountain
Volunteers to freedom or death in
Cuba and there earn the reputation Of
at least ''wading up to the brides"
across the Gulf of Mexico. The trip
is to be accomplished by marching the
entire distance overland, according to
the plans of Colonel McAndrews, who
organized the crusade.
A meeting was held last evening that
was attended by at least 500 men, all
of whom expressed a desire to die for
the cause of MaceO.
Ex- Governor Waite elected sa1vOs of
applause when he declared his inten-
ton Of Joining the regiment and giving
the leaders the benefit of his counsel
and experience derived as war governor
of Colorado
The volunteers will leave Denver on
Monday, January 4 without a cent of
money or provisions, CoXey army
fashion. and Will rely upon the pa
triotism of the people en- route to feed
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

Perhaps it is agitation of the Cuban
question that is causing the banks to
break. Some excuse other than the
real cause is usually sought to explain
such calamities. In the case of the
National Bank of Illinois it appears
that the officials had loaned more, than
s.. 900. 600 on comparatively worthless
street railway securities and had also
loaned a large sum on real estate
which is a clear infraction of the law
In the case of the Denver bank whose
officers have just been convicted in the
courts, a customer was permitted TO
become indebted to the bank in the
sum Of Sl25.000 without depositing any
collateral In both cases the deposi-
tors have been swindled by insttu-
tions which are aided. fostered and
protected by the government What
protection do the depositors. who are
themselves a part Of the government,
get2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

Bent Murdoch is quite stirred up over
the Cuban situation. 1t is plain to
see that the spirit that stirred the
Eldorado editor in the sixties is re-
vived by the prospect Of another call
to arms The Eldorado Republican
says.
THE Goddess Of Liberty bushes with
Indignation, the American eagle
screams in horror while the sympa-
thetic American heart is bursting with
rage over the unpatriotic and cOWardly
course of this government in connec-
tiOn with the brutal Spanish butcheries
im Cuba. Have we become rich and
powerful and great at THE expense OF
our patriotism and Nalor2 The blood
of Cuban patriots cries out from the
ground for help, and yet we heed not
the call. Did we possess half the pa
triotism with which we are credited
the stars and stripes would float over
the Spanish citadel of cuba before
Christmas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
PLAToN1C LOVE.

(From the New York Times)
A recent occurrence in Brooklyn shows
how human nature will get the best of
even such wise Old moralizer as Plato
There is a very charming young woman.
talented. accomplished and member Of
a family delightful in every respect One
of the doctrines the young woman has
imbibed in some way was that of Plato
in regard to affection. Would she marry
Never She believed only in a union Of
minds Consequently her friends were
somewhat surprised when her engage
ment was announced to young man
some five or six years her junior. He
was a very nice young man. but in addi-
lion to his youth he was delicate and he
was not in business. and neither was he
rich. Occurrences of this kind being not
so infrequent i'm the history of the world,
there was only momentarily surprise
until later The young woman was in
Washington later The young man was
there also. They wrote home TO say that
they had been married But not in Wash
ington- Oh. no Several months before
in q Long Island town Plato is dam
gerous subject for sedate and dlgnified
Young women to take up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
DEPEVn oN r.EcTuRRs-

GFrom a speech at The Lotoc Club
The lecture field was invaded by
quacks and frauds, by patent medicine
men and authors whose books nobody
wanted TO buy. They bUrdened the
American stomach until it would stand
II no longer One of that kind of men
came into the office. i had known him
many years before. and he was a chap
who failed generally in every thing he
tried Things have gone pretty hard
chance, I have taken to lecturing. and
have come to ask you for pass over
your road" Il am glad to hear that
you are ON the right track at last.
Where are you to lecturer" 7 asked.
II am to deliver a lecture at Pawling,
and / am to get SIS for it, but i haven
a dollar in my pocket for my fare.'
told him L would give him the pass if
he would tell me the subject of his lee
ture. He said. Give me the pass
first" So I gave him the pass and he
said. We'll, Chauncey. the subject of
my lecture is How to Make Money ,"
Now, we have passed all that period.
The lyceum is gone, and the lecture
committee, composed of the young men
who were trying to make q career in
life. is gone. I remember how happy we
young chaps---students at law, and
medicine and teachers-Were when the
course came out even. At the close of
one winter we were SIS in debt Gentle
men, 4 have struggled with severe
money crises in my life; / have made
and lost several fortunes, / have hand
led hundreds OF thousands OF notes; I
have taken part in negotiations and
placing upon the market of the world
hundreds of millions of securities. and
i have assumed obligations in the
course Of business infinitely beyond my
resources. but / never since have had
the sleepless nights and untold anxiety
that 1 did wondering how to finance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
EDIToR HEARST DEFENDS Us.

EDITOR HEARST DEFENDS US.
The New York Journal. owned and
edited by a man from the great grow
ing. intelligent West. is the only New
York paper that stands up for the west
and western interests against the flood
of prejudice and ignorance now turned
loose on it by other New York and
eastern papers. The Journal says:
The plea of Senator Allen for the
cessation of the Incorporate and un-
patriotic attacks upon Kansas and Ne
braska because of the political faith of
their people is timely and justihable
His rebuke of Senator Hoar, to whom
old age seems bringing many Of the
attributes of the common scOlds was
merited and singing
Even had these western common
Wealths taken UP with as foolish pO-
litical creed as that Of the Anti-Ma-
mont and Pennsylvania and almost
dominated New York, such unmeas-
ured denunciation, such shallow vitu-
peratiOn and such wanton attacks up
on the good faith and integrity of the
people Of sister states as have lately
been INDUCED in by eastern public men
and newspapers at the expense OF Kan
sas and Nebraska would still be wrong
In its internal affairs each state ac-
cOrding 70 our constitution, is left to
work out its own salvation If be-
cause Kansas approves a political party
not highly esteemed i'm Massachusetts,,
Kansas is to become the target for
every sort Of invectiVe. the theory of
our government is negatiVed- If the
recent fnsolent assertion of a Chicago
banker. closely associated to trusts and
stock jobbing concerns. that because
Kansas elected Populist officials all
credit must be refused the state and
its municipalities be given effect it
means that oligarchy rather than de-
mocracy is the word for the United
States government.
In the name of patriotism. and to
the end that sectional animOsities may
be alleviated rather than aggravated
The Journal demands that the seeming
Nv concerted attacks i'm the press and
forum upon Kansas and Nebraska be
abandoned forthwith"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
IN CROOKED WAYS.
People That are Not Criminals SOM
times Work to Save Criminals.


times Work to Save Criminals.
Is Dora Hickman Z. periurer is the point
in the motion for a new trial made before
Judge Hazen in the case of Walter Thorn
as who was convicted of burglarizing the
store of Mrs. Virginia Douglass a VII
lard.
David Hickman a brother of the girl
was arrested with Thomas and charged
with the crime Thomas was convicted
and the case against Hickman was dis
missed. A Fl. Case. who is the attorney
for Thomas, is now irving TO prove that
Dora Hickman. who gave the most dam
againg evidence against Thomas, did SO
was to receive the benefit Of her periSirv
There is an affidavit which she has sign
ed since the trial in which she says that
such was the case and She saws her evi-
dence was not true
The girl is about IS years old. She ap-
peared IA court today to say that she told
the truth on the witness stand and that
what she said in her affidavit is false.
Inc witness said she was taken in her
peace at Maple Hill.
Il was given a paper to sign which said
that Mrs. Douglass had hired me to tes-
tlfy and was to pay me So said she 4
told MI Bursaw that what was in the
paper was not true and then he wrote
ney.
YES I signed it,
Did YOU know what it contained2''
II know what Mr.. Bursaw read to me.
ny did you make such an affidavit -
MY uncle came to and he wanted
me TO help Walter out 1 was sorry for
MIN and i told him 1 would help him
Justice of the Peace BursaW was next
called TO the stand. He said that the girl
had come to his place with man and
lhat he had 4 conversation with the man
privately about some afldavits. The ar
hdavit made by the Hickman girl was
shown the justice and he said that he had
written il.
Let me see the afhdavit?' said Judge
1t was handed to him
The document was drawn up in legal
style and was exceedingly well written.
Il IS seldom that anything like it comes
from country justice of the peace
BursaW said that he had read the aft
daNit to Miss Hickman before she signed
1t and she had told him what to write.
80 GU wrote that affidavit, Squire?" said
Judge Hazen.
" es- L wrote it,
You remember the substance of it do
you not2''
Yes. I think remember it.
81 wish you would sit down and write
an afndaVit as nearly like this ) possible
from memOry2''
Justice Rursaw blushed but he said all
right and when writing material was
given him he sat down and commenced
on his affidavit He worked INDUSTRIOUS
" for half hour when the paper with
blots and erasures was handed to Judge
Iazen-
He VIII consider this document with the
other evidence in the motion for new
trial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
0Kxo RAYS.

Wild corn has been discovered in Ar
iona, This is good. Will it crowd out
weeds Wichita Eagle
Lord knows. if Kansas hadn't had a
good constitution she'd a been dead
four years ago.-Ottawa Herald
Since the war on joints began Topeka
has become 50 dry that the newspapers
have made some bad cracks.-OttaWa
Republican.
Junction City is having poster show.
That is one thing that proves central
Kansas the equal Of the pIutOcratic
east.-A bilene Reflector
If there is anything that should be
more sacred than another just at this
season of the year it is the bureau
drawer.-Ottawa Republican
The weather prophet who foretold a
severe winter ought to be removed for
incompetency, irrelevancy and immater-
iality.-Arkansas City Traveller
1t is claimed that Mrs. Castle, the
rich kleptOmaniac, viii submit to a
surgical operation to cure the malady-
The surgeon Will probably cut off her
hands.-Atchison Globe
John Breidenthal viii in all PROBABLE
ity no sooner get over the trOcha until
LeWel1ng Will rush out of ambush and
hit him over the head with a gunny-
sackful of hot mud.-KVichita Eagle.
Kansas City are talking of an "ex-
hedra' at the junction We are opposed
to it, unless the frosting is removed
from the windows and the screens ta-
ken away from the Oors.-Hutchinson
News.
An ice barbacan is to be built in front
of Hamilton hail, Topeka. as an attrac-
ton to visitors to the Pure Food show
convention A barbacan would be call
ed a turreted wall in any other town
than Topeka--Atchison Globe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

Kansas should send somebody to the
senate with a few brains. Nebraska.
Colorado Iowa and Missouri all cut a
prominent figure there. while Kansas,
with its bew hiskered apparitiOn is for
gotten.-Wichita Eagle
What is the matter with Senator Ba-
Ier? Haven't you forgotten something,
toO2
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

Senator PETER has been credited with
several very sensible suggestions Of
late And his popularity in Kansas
seems to be steadily diminishing
Washington Star.
Not necessarily; the votes of the
members of the legislature have not yet
been counted. The Republican members
could play smash with several political
plans if they chose TO have some fun
out of this election of senator.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

The failure of the National Bank of
Illinois with liabilities of s11,O00,oOO is a
sad commentary on the "best banking
system on earth" 1t suggests that
there is yet room for Improvement. The
Chicago papers viii probably charge
the failure to Kansas or the silver agi-
tatfOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
KANSAS GIRL SUICIDES.
Sad Death of a Runaway Wellsville,
Kan, Girl in Kansas City.

Kansas City. Dec. 22.-Cora NJ. Bliv-
ems. a II year old girl who ran away
from Wellsville. Kansas, and came to
this city a month ago, committed sui
eide by turning on both gas jets. Miss
Blivens had followed lover by the
name of Whitaker to Kansas City and
a lovers quarrel was what led the girl
to take her life.
The dead body was discovered by the
landlady where she lived, and shipped
home for burial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23
Amnesty for Armenians.

Constantinople, Dec 23.-An trade has
been issued granting amnesty to all
Armenian prisoners except those sem
fenced to death for murder. The terms
Of the amnesty include about 100 Ar
menians under sentence OF death for
other offences than murder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

Young Mr.. Eckels says he told the
Illinois National bank people that they
We're not conducting their business
properly But they were permitted to
continue along the same lines for some
months before any action was taken by
the government; then it was too late.
OF course the depositors viii all be
paid in fun. They always are-on pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

If Chicago wants a reform ordinance
got through the council it should have
it 60 into effect Immediately on pass
age. Tt doesn't do to give the alder
men time Ito be seen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

We would like to call the attention Of
the Chicago Tribune to the fact that
Reputation Kansas" has never yet
run bank like a pack of thieves The
Nationl Bank of Illinois managed to
steal 81. 600 600 from its depositors- We
may vote oddly in Kansas but we hang
a little closer to the eighth command
ment than they do in Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

Five men in an Ohio town are re-
ported to have died from drinking whis-
ky with arsenic in it. Tt viii be diff
cult for a Kansas man to understand
how SO mild a poison as arsenic in
whisky could cause death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-23

The Kansas state editorial associa-
ton will meet at Topeka, January 20
The BOYS will miss the watchful care
and generous spirit manifested by the
citizens of Leavenworth last SPRING
Chanute Tribune.
All that has been provided for and
win be kent on ice.