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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-26
PARKHURsT IS Hitter.
He Denounced PIatt in Unmeasured
Ierms-Talks About Rsforms

New York, Dec. 26.-The Rev. Dr.
Parkhurst made one of the hottest
speeches OF his aggressive career al the
celebration of Forefathers' day in the
New England Congregational church.
Williamsburg.
Angered by the criticism Of his
method of opposing Plat for the sena-
tOrship. he defended the plan of his
campaign and introduced the new issue
Of moral character. He commended the
candidacy of Mr.. Choate. but referIe ed
to Plat only by intimation. The at
tack was not yelled. however. and was
the bitterest that ParShurst ever made
After Introducing the subject of the
pending senatorial campaign, DR. Park
hurst said.
1T seems to be the opinion in some
parts that a mans morality is such
ticzlish ground that it is better to keep
Off of it, The position of the City Vigil
lance league is that the more ticl1lish
the ground the more necessary it is 10
get onto it.
while they are banking on the splen-
did qualifications of Mr.. ChOate, We are
also banking on the same qualities but
We are at the same time banking on the
candidatOrial poverty of-sOmebOdy
else. That is to say. if il is proper to
speak OF banking on poverty.
IF it is said that this mode of pro-
cedure is impolitic all We can reply IS
that we are not studying to be polite
We are studying to know the actual
facts in the ease. If, in entering into
our anu-Iammany campaign in 1892
we had needed advisers who cOunseled
us to be polite, the same vultures that
were gnawing the municipal vitals then
would be Snawing them now. We We're
criticised and cursed for creating a
stencil but it was the stencil that did
it. Even stencil has it's uses when we'll
worked.
"A revolution in New York city or
revolution in the state at large cannot
be effected by the concerted action of
few, but by the profound stirring of the
general mind. 1t is the people who have
got to reVOlute.
IF the legislature at Albany which
is the party that is going to decide this
burning question, is going to send to
Washington man with a character
ard a history fitting him to represent
this state. it viii be because the popular
sense has been so arOusd as to compel
sense is not going to be aroused by
anything short of q thorough handling
of the whole situation. There has got
to be man browning and scalp hunting
both done here and when it is a matter
of scalDs we cannot stand too much OF
etiquette.
1T is hard to understand just what
is denoted by this prevalent sensitive
ness to have a complete exhibit made
of the moral inwardness Of man who
is a candidate for official preferment.
There is a class of persons in every
community Who are not unpleaSantiy
affected toward sin, but VINO spend
what moral delcacy they have in drop
ping into q state of ethical nausea over
attempts that are made to uncover sin
and to give the public the benefit Of the
information even if the information be
of a sort that is vitality essential to the
public to become possessed OF
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HORTON MAN HYPNOTIZED.
Took a Prescription in Denver and
@Came to" in Minneapolis

Denver. Dec. 26.-George Howbert Of
Horton. Kan. who is registered at a Dem
yer hotel. tells a strange story lie came
TO Denver December 9 to meet his wife,
who was returning from California How
bert was suffering from an attack of
grippe and consulted a physician. who
gave him a prescription. After taking the
medicine. his mind became blank. and
he awOke FIVE days later i'm Minneapolis.
wholly unable to account for the differ
ence i'm time and distance He thinks he
was either hypnOtized or doped.
When he was given the prescription he
had $500 i'm cash, $500 of which remained
when he recovered his mental eduili briuU-
The physician ia question stands high in
Denver and HOwbert inclines to the be-
lief that he was hypnOtized, without an
intention on the part of the doctor to do
SO Peculiarly. the physician formerly
resided in Minneapolis. and was perhaps
thinking of that city at the time. which
may account for HoWbert going thera-
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NEW YORK SOCIETY.
It Has Been verv Dull But VIII Now
Be Brighter.

New York, Dec. 26-Mr. and Mrs. Brad
ley Martin reached here last night on the
liner Teutonic from Europe. Society has
awaited the event of Mr.. and Mrs Martin
with extreme interest. One evidence or
this was the number of superb floral Of
ferings sent to their residence by friends
The late Ward McAllister frequently obs
served that Mrs. Bradley Martins press
ence on the scene was felt the moment
she stepped foot off the steamships gang
plank SO far this has been the dullest
winter in society that can be recalled
Mrs Bradley Martin S arrival is expected
to carry it brightly through now to the
end.
AT the present time about the only. cards
out for q private ball are those Of Mrs
Aston who gives hers January q. No
doubt the fact that Mr.. and Mrs Bradley
Martin are here viii give an immediate
life to the gayety-
There is talk now that the Earl and
Countess of Craven may also come over
for awhile. Just at present they are ems
tertaining a party Of friends at Combe
Abbey their hne old place near Coven-
try. in England.
Mrs. Isaac Sherman returned to New
York on the Teutonic with Mr. and Mrs.
Bradley Martin 1T is her first visit to
America in several years Mrs Sherman
has a large fortune, said to be as much
a S10. 600. 600.
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CRAZY OVER THEIR BOOKS.
Two Young Farmers Become Victims
of a Strange Mania

Lowell. Mass Dec 26.-Edgar and Ar
thur Sanborn of East Billerica- brothers
aged "A and p respectively. had been
working on the farm sunday and after
wards as was their custom. sat down to
the study of Latin and Greek
They had been studying and working
for ten years to get the qualifications and
money to enter college, and acted queerIy
With revolvers in their hands and
marching shoulder to shoulder they went
into the room occupied by their parents.
and compelling them to remain as they
we're for eight hours Later they engaged
III many wild and insane acts, moving
simultaneously
THE authorities were summoned today.
and after violent struggle the men We're
locked up in padded cells and later sent
to am asylum No word has either spok-
en- since Sunday.
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oAMPAIeN AMENITIES.
An Amusing Story in the Harper's
for January.

The following is from the ''Editors
Drawer" in Harper's Magazine for
January.
The late presidential campaign lent
additional piquancy to a political anec-
dote Of the Montana congressional cleo
ton two years ago.
Mr.. Corbett was the Democratic can
didatc and Mr. Smith the Populist OPP
ponent. IT appears that one day, in
their campaign, they Travelled a short
distance in company They had a very
interesting conversation. and in conse-
quence Mr.. Smith was compelled to
leave the car hurriedly when his station
was reached He caught up one of
the two travelling bags in the seat in
front and rushed out few miles
further on MI. Corbett left the train,
taking tine other bag He reached his
hotel without noticing anything unus-
uaL The following telegram, however.
was awaiting him.
Il have the wrong bag. Contains plug
of tobacco, bottle OF whisky, six-shooter
and Democratic platform. Is it yours2
s''SMITH-"
Mr.. Smith was about to open his
meeting when the following rush"
telegram was handed him:
II, too, have wrong bag. Contains
Treatise on Dynamite picture of Mary
Ellen Lease and a bundle of hay mark
ed collateral security is it yours2
COR BETT p
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PUT RING IN HIS POCKET.
Best Man Unwittingly Causes the Ar
rest Of a Wedding Party.

Pittsburg. Dec 26.-Leroy Halfast and
Annie Connors We're married without a
wedding ring in Mcdonald yesterday.
They came IS Pittsburg tospend Christ
mas and buy the rims With them We're
the best man and bridesmaid. The
party went into a Smithdeld street
store and selected ring. hich the
best man placed in his pocket
Is clerk noticing the act. sent in "a
police cam. mot know ing that the groom
had paid far i'll Tine party left the
store just as three officers arrived The
clerk told the policemen of the occur
renee. and they then placed the we'd
ding panty under arrest
AT police headquarters explanations
were made and they We're released.
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on HIS OWN TRAP GUN.
Missouri Grocer Falls Into a Snare
Set for Burglars

Sedalia- Mo. Dec. 26--J. ". Clark a
I.amine grocer. was fatally wounded
today under peculiar circumstances.
Clark had recently been annoyed by
burglars. and q few days ago rugged up
q trap gun. using smooth-bore win
chester loaded with a handful of squir-
rel shot.
The weapon was arranged by means
Of q cord extending from the trigger to
the opposite side of the store. SO that a
person coming in range would discharge
the gun by the slightest pressure ON
the cord.
When Clark opened the store at 2
o'clock this morning he earelessly rub
bed against tie cord. and the load of
shot at q distance of six feet passed
into his right hip and side. inficting a
terrible wound
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THE POLAR BALLOON.
Details of the French Plan to Reach
the Pole.

New York. Dec. 26-The Herald re-
prints the following from its European
Where Herr Andree failed two
French aerOnauts hope to succeed, and,
as the Figaro says, their very names
are "a programme of victory They
are MN Louis GODDARD and Surcouf,
both men of eminence in aerOnauucs
Their plan for reaching the north
pole by balloon dates from 1888 The
following year Mr. Wellman conceived
a similar idea. and as luck would have
it, applied to NM GODDARD and SurcOuf
for their advice as to the best means
Of putting the scheme into execution.
However. when the Andree expedition
was announced Mr.. Wellman decided to
wait until the Swedish explorer had
made his attempt to reach the pole.
1t is the plan which NM GODDARD and
Surc0uf prepared for Mr. Wellman
which they have now decided to put
into execution themselves. They have
devoted much time and study to the
elaboration of their scheme. and are
hopeful that their experience as prac-
teal balOOnists, which Herr Andree
lacked. Will stand them in good stead
La France Will be the name OF the
balloon they intend to construct. It
Will measure 10,S47 cubic meters, with a
circumference of IS meters 1t Will be
filed with pure hydrogen.and will have
an ascending power of 1900 Kill
OgrammeS representing the weight of
the aerostate, and the Z $50 kilOgTammes
allowed for the aVOirduDOlS of the traV-
The aeronauts estimate that they viii
be able to construct q balloon which
VIII retain the gas sufficietly long to
enable it to remain in the air so days.
To provide against loss of gas they pro
pose to take with them dozen gasO-
meter balloons, from which the stored
balloon itself can be reDlenished. On
the modest basis of $50 kilOmeters per
diem,the balloon would in 60 days tray
FL q 600 kil0meters. While the distance
from Spitzbergen to Bering Straits is
only about z, 300 lIilometers.
The crew of La France will consist
of seven parsOns-the two aerOnauts al
ready mentioned, two assistants a me-
teorologist. who is also a chemist. an
explorer who has experience in arctic
navigation and an officer of the French
navy.who has likewise sailed the north
ern seas
Two hundred and twenty-five thous-
and francs. the Figaro says. will cover
all the expenses of construction. and
the paper suggests that such a sum
Will be readily forthcoming for this
grand and patriotic" enterprise. La
France viii start i'm 1898
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CHRISTMAS AT LANSING.
Warden Lynch Holds a Reunion and
is GIVEN q Gold watch.

Leavenworth. Dec. 2G.-Warden Bruce
Lynch of the Kansas state peuitentiary.
yesterday held a family reunion of the
Lynch family
There We're present Mr. r. G. Willis,
his daughter Maud. ]. W Lynch.
brother Of Chanute. Kan. with his daugh-
tiers. Edna and Lucille. and son. Frank.
A. l.. Wilson. brother-in-law. from
Cherryvalle. Kan-.accompanied by his wife
and daughters Blanche and Esther and
son. Mark. Charles Lynch. brother of
the Indian Territory. and Mr. j. b. Lynch.
the father OF WyandOtte county. Kan
Warden L.ynch's own family consists OF
Wife. daughters Maud, Alden, Utah ana
sons, Bert and Clyde
a gold watch yesterday
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
TheCIeveland Children Have aEChrist-
mas Tree in the Library.

Washington. ID. c.. Dec 26-The
children. not only of the president. but
so The entire cabinet circle. held carni-
zal in the White House library yester-
day
A large fir tree stood i'm the entrance
of the big semi-circular room and until
late I'm the night many willing hands
had worked under Mrs Clevelands di-
recfion in beauufying this The chill
drru We're early awake and We're soon
enjoying their presents
Marion and Ruth, who have gotten
along nicely in the study If German.
gave some pretty recitatiOns and
Christmas carols We're sung AIR. and
Mrs Cleveland exchanged presents as
has been their practice ever since their
marriage and AN of the employees of the
White House received some appropriate
and useful token.
Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry
We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Harper Bazaar
In 1907.

Tie Bazaar, q thoroughly up-to-date
periodical for women, viii enter upon
its Thirtieth Volume in 1-e7
AS a Fashion journal it is unsurpass-
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for every Well-dressed woman. Kath-
airline De Forest writes a weekly letter
on current fashions from Paris In
NEW YORK FASHIONS, and in the
fortnightly pattern sheet supplement.
ladies find full details, directions, and
diagrams for gowns. wraps, and chill
dren's clothing Sandoz Baude. and
Chapuis draw and engrave the newest
and finest Partisan designs every week.
The serials Tor 1877 viii be: til p
RED BRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD. by
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Short stories viii be constantly pre-
scented by brilliant writer's. among
whom are Mary r. Wilkins, Harriet
Prescott SpOfford, Marion Harlaud.
Ruth NcEnery Stuart, Viola Roseboro,
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WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING in
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O1hE--N AM MEN COlOhel H. "
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PASTEUR DIDN'T SAVE HIM.
A Second Boy Dies From Hydro
phobia in the Baltimore Pasteur
Institute.


Baltimore Dec. 26.-Conrad F. Peers
one OF the eight boys who was bitten by
a mad dog q month ago. and afterWard
treated at the Pasteur institute. New
York. died this morning at his home in
second one to succumb to the dread dis
ease and Robert Perry, is manifestine
symptoms which lead TO the belief that
he viii also die.
All these boys We're bitten about the
head and face Those who were bitten in
other parts of the body appear to be do
ing Wen.
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BABY in A BEARS DEN.
Seeks Shelter From the Snow With
Bruin and is Found Unharmed.

Jersey Shore Junction Pa. Dec. 20
Little Elsie Yarrow wandered away from
her home near Germania. in the BlacE
forest. yesterday morning, and all trace
off her was lost "A heavy snow had fall
len. and q searching party organized by
her father set out this morning to search
the forest.
The tracks of the child's feet We're found
and followed into a bears den There
Elsie was found lying unconscious A
bear came out of the hole and was killed.
been injured bv tbe bear Elsie Win re-
cover IT. is believed that the child found
her way into the cave to obtain shelter.
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New York. Dec 26-CorneIius Van
derbnt appeared in his office at the
Grand Central station today for the
first time since he was stricken with
paralysis last summer Mr. Vanderbilt
attended meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the New York Central rail
road. and later received the congratu-
the road
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New York. Dec. ga canvass Of the
members of the legislature indicates
that Mr.. Plat win be the choice of the
Republican caucus for the United States
senatorship by an overwhelming ma
jority.
Joseph H. Choate who is conducting
an eleventh hour campaign for the
place is sure of but six votes. 1t IS
therefore, practically certain that Plat
will succeed Hill in the senate.
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HAVEN'T WARNED US.
Report That European NationsW ould
Help Spain is Denied.

Washington. Dec 26.-It can be de-
MED officially and authoritatively that
any European government, either di-
rectly or Indirectly. has made any rep
resentati0R whatever to the United
States to restrain or to prevent it's free
action in connection with the Cuban I'M
surrection. "A similar report was denied
by authority several weeks ago and
the latest denial results from 2 publica-
ton of a Paris dispatch in the London
Times
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ICE FORMS AT THE CRIBS.
Extra Men Sent Out to Keep Port.
holes Clear at CHICAGO

Chicago. Dec. 26.-Ice formed last night
in the portfolios az the winter cribs in
the lake for the first time this winter. The
extra men worked all night in keeping
the opening free from anchor ice. This
morning the crews at Lake View and the
twO-mile cribs We're Increased as a pre-
cautiOnary measure. Five men We're sent
to Lake View and three men to the two
mile cribs
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QUEEN LII DID NOT STOP.
No Visit Made to Anyone in Wash
ington-Of for Boston.

Washington. Dec. 26--Fx-Queen I4iliuO-
kalani of Hawaii. who arrived in WASH
ington early yesterday morning. departed
after d short rest.I was her intention not
to have stopped here at all but she ar
rived very late and was weary and in
need Of sleep, so she requested the rail-
road officials to detach her Pullman car
and let it remain on a siding until morn
ing. This was done and she and her at
tendants enjoyed a short. but sound sleep
She did not emerge from her car. and at
T.2J o'clock the latter was attached 10 the
regular Colonial express and left for Bos-
ton
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london Dec 2E--C0I- r. Gray and
Col H. #. White. both Of whom We're
sentenced with DR.. jameson to impris-
onment for violation of the foreign en-
hStment act in invading the territory
OF the Transvaal republic. were re-
leased today from Holloway Jail their
sentences Of five months having ex-
pired
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SUSPRNDER co. SUSPENDS.
Said to Have Resulted From the Fail
ure of Department Store at Mil
rua11lrea-
waukee

T7on du Lac Wis. Dec. 2e.-The Phoenix
Suspender company has been closed by
the sheriff The concern is the largest III
the northwest and had q capital stock or
$4,000 Mr.. jerks states his factory was
closed as a result of the failure of the
Boston department store of Milwaukee
Mr.. Meyer was an ind0rser on jerks
notes to the amount of $50 300
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DR.. Hands Collie Cure Exactly as Rep


Eureka. kan, Oct 4. 'e5.-I have
given Dr. Hands Collie Cure a trial
and find it to be exactly what you rep
resent it to be. I have tried most eve
~ thing for my baby and without much
effect until [ received a sample of Dr.
Hands Collie Cure, which gives the
very best satisfaction. Mrs. u. NJ. Hill
DR. Hands Remedies for Children sold
by druggists for Is cents.
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Gaylord & Barcley. taiIors, have re-
moved to second floor, same number
62S Kansas avenue.
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That distressing disease, the piles is
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a Look Through south Missouri -

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Rev WILDER Church Of Christi viii
preach at So East Fourth street at 10
a. m. Subject: Jesus Christ and His
Church"
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First African Baptist church. First
street. Rev G. u. Olden pastor At
II a. m. ana p. III. preaching by the
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The finest In the west. Come and try &c
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we do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
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Broken edge collars made smooth bv
EeerIess sleam Landry.