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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
HE WAS PERFECTLY SOBER
The Thankful Man. However, at Last Drovs
Kim From the Car.

The Thankful Man. However, at Last Drovs
Kim From the Car.
When this man came into the Madison
street car, he was SO unreliable in his legs
6nd SO dreamy about the eyes that every
one there knew his condition at glance.
He dropped into the seat with all the
abandon of sack of meal falling of
dray, and fastening fixed gaze on the peo-
pie opposite observed that they were
sinking and tittering.
Funny, aim t?'' he asked suddenly
They strai ghtened their faces at once.
t'Never sss man zhag 'foref''
No one replied.
He regarded the stove with waverina
melancholy, and in a few moments began
to chuckle iloarsely.
me.'
He arose and started toward the door,
way, lost his balance, and vas about te
crush a pale girl when young man jump
ed up, caught him by the arm and said
STEADY, old man. Better sit down again.
The young man helped him to a place il
the corner and resumed his own seat.
you're gem n-m-n,'' said the man il
the corner, shaking his finger at the one
who had assisted him.
The young man smiled weakly, as any
one is apt to do when complimented nc
matter what is the source OF inspiration OF
the compliment.
Hes all right" said the man in the
corner, with rising infection. He can
sh 'mpthize. There's boy been load hims1
thous' n times. Amt tha' sop
The young man turned very red, because
the other passengers were laughing. He
raised a gloved hand in mild protest and
shook his head at the man in the corner
Jaw, that's all right said the thank.
full man. You know how tbs self You
had load peaches man time. Huhl"
1t may not have been the young mans
corner, but he got up and left the car.
"He's lush too, said the man in the
corner "Won' Omit it now, but lusL
jus same. ''-Chicago Record.
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A RICH MANS DISGRACE
Samuel P. Langden, 8 Wealthy Phnadel-
phIan, Arrested for Murder.

Samuel p. Langden, Wealthy Phnadel-
phian, Arrested for Murder.
PHILADELPHIA, March 24.-Samue1
P. Langden, wealthy coal operator.
was arrested to-day on suspicion of
having been implicated in the death of
Annie McGrath, who was found dead
in bed in Girard avenue house last
night Langden is 54 years old and
the girl Is.
Langden was in the girls room
nearly all day yesterday and the body
was found by the servant about three
hours after he had left. There were
no marks of violence, but the physi-
clans say she had been dead twenty
four hours. One hand was cIasping a
handkerchief to the breast and wet
towel lay over the forehead and eyes.
The girl was the daughter of well
known business man and Langden is
reputed to be one of the wealthiest
coal operators in the State. He is also
financ ially interested in a number of
Southern railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25
CUBAN CoNFRRREEs.

The House May Decide to Recede From
Its Amendments.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-The con-
ferrees of the two houses on the Gu
ban resolutions held a session yester-
day, but without reaching a conclu
sion. Two alternatives were present.
ed, which were those of the house ac-
cepting the Senate resolutions without
change, and the modifying of the
House resolutions by leaving out the
third of the series providing for inter
vention. If the Senate resolutions
are accepted by the House it will not
be necessary to bring the question in
to the Senate again, and some of the
Senators think that the conference
will finally result in their accept
ance.
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GENEkAL sPoRTING NOTES.

The Canadian Jockey club will control
racing in Canada this year.
There is some talk of matching Joe VOL
colt and Young Critic for six round ''go'
In the near future.
Uncle George Fuller, the veteran trainer,
has engaged 90 stalls at the Louisville
track and win train a public stable this
season.
C. C. jerome of Chicago will race a
fast youngster this year by Westbrook,
1928, son of Patchen Wilkes, that is said
to be counterpart of Joe PatcheD.
The Merton Cricket club of Philadelphia
has now 1,10e members. The German
town G. G. has over /, 800. Cricket is GER
tainly prospecting in the Quaker City. p
Hamilton, Ont, will have horse show
April IL. Sixteen classes have been ar
ranged, to include roadsters, thorough
breds, saddle horses, hunters, hacks, etc.
Samuel D. Page, one of the Oldest and
most prominent horsemen in Toronto, died
recently at his residence in that city, after
a short Illness, in the sixtieth year of his
age.
An open air horse show will probably be
given this summer at Cleveland by the
Gentlemen's Driving club of that city in
connection with one of their matinee meet
ings.
The largest crowd that ever paid for adj
mission to a cricket match in England
was 63, 1863 This was at the Oval in Lon
don, in 1892, at the game between Surrey
and Motifs.
The pair of brown cobs. Harry II and
Little Ridge, sold by Stratus & Hexter of
the American Horse Exchange, recently,
for So, 500, were intended for competition
at the Boston horse show next month.
Texas Tom Walsh, the ST. Louis pool
room keeper charged with violating the
antipooI law, was recently found guilty by
jury and sentenced to a fine of 81, 900
and six months Imprisonment at hard
labor.
Harry Won der Horst of Baltimore said
bitter things about the league schedule
after it was adopted One particular point
that the magnate objected to was nerve
destroying jump from st. Louis to Boston,
over 1900 miles.
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BAYARD TALKS AGAIN.

God Help the Country, He Says, Where
Liberty of Speech LIS Denied
LONDON, March rs. - Sir Walter
Henry Wilkin, the Lord Mayor OF
London, presided at the banquet OF
the CITY of London Pension Society
last night The United States Ann
bassador. Mr.. Bayard, in responding
to the toast, "Kith and Kin Beyond
the Seas, made a significant speech, in
which he said: Your kindred beyond
the seas are as like as two peas to those
of Great Britain. The two peas are
patriotism and pluck. Since l came
to England have never found occa-
sion to change my tone. There is
nothing l would say at home that
would not say here, and there is moth
ing I would say here that I would not
say at home. When the time shall
come that man shall not dare to
speak the thoughts that swell within
him for the public good, God help the
country"
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SATAN STILL GUIDING.
Preacher Prather Chased Out of Southern
Towns for Indecency.


Towns for Indecency.
ABILENE, March 25.-Rev. Edwin L.
Prather; VINO became so notorious in this
part of the country, continues to play the
role in the new fields he has fed to.
When last heard from he was nursing
q pistol shot wound received while at
tempting the 'peeping Tom" act in a
Texas town.
But now comes story from Arkansas
of his very latest escapade. While in
town of that state Prather had been con :
Quoting revival services with great sue
cess, boarding with young married
couple. When religious fervour was at
its highest in the town, however, Satan
got in his work and Prather made indie
cent proposals to the young wife, whose
husband dropped in on them just in time
to prevent an outrageous assault. FRA
Their was chased out of town in short or
der, but is doubtless snugly located else
where by this time.
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LONDON, March 25. - A dispatch
from Athens to the Times reports the
renewal of the murders of Christians
in the island of Crete, and the exist
ence of panic there, owing to the be-
lief prevailing among the Cretan dep
uties that the Turkish troops are wait
ing for the Christians to retaliate for
outrages, when they will seize the oc-
casion to begin a general massacre of
the Christians under the leadership of
the military governor. On this &C
count the deputies have invoked the
protection of Greece.
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AN ALLISON VICTORY.
Texas Republican Colored Men Capture
the State Convention.

Texas Republican CoIored Men Capture
the State Convention.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 25.-After
waiting all day for the executive COM
mittee to pass on credentials looking
to the seating of contesting delega-
tions for temporary organization, the
State Republican convention was
called to order at OIL last night ard a
row was Immediately precipitated
over the matter of electing a tempo
rary chairman. The Allison-Reed men
having captured the executive com
mittee's report, recommended Cuney,
the Allison leader. A. J. Rosentha1,
the Mckinley factions delegate, was
also placed before the convention.
The roll call was slowly rolled off and
resulted in the election of Quincy, the
Allison leader, by a vote of 4o7 to 2o5
for Rose thai, his Mckinley oppo-
nent. The fight was made strictly on
the color line, Quincy pleading with
his race for support. This action will
give the ReeG-Allison men control of
the convention.
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point the referee, scorer and pigeons were
stationed. The entire property was d.
vided by flags. To each shooter certain
amount of territory was allotted and in
order to count it vas necessary that he
kill his bird SO that it would drop in his
territory. If it dropped in his neighbours
territory, said neighbor counted it for his
own.
After every 20 birds were liberated, each
shooter moved one flag, thereby giving
him a chance at every shooting box staked
out. The man who gathered the most
birds was declared the winner of the tour
na1nent.
The figures on the accompanying plan
represent flags; the inside figures mark the
extreme limit to which shooters were al
lowed to go toward the center; the outside
figures denote the boundary, and the space
lines represent the shooters territory.
The circle was planned for fifteen, but
only ten shooters contested. They were en-
thusiastic, however, in their praise of the
plan and claimed to have derived from the
contest twice as much sport as q pigeon
shoot usually affords.
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SUFFERING AT HARPOOT.

Awful State of Affairs in That Ar
menian Town.
NEW YORK, March 25.-Brown Bros.
Sc Co.. treasurers of the Armenian re-
lief fund, has received the following
ca blegram from Constantinople in
acknowledgement of a remittance of
5000.
''Phill1ppolis, March "a.
tYour two remittances most timely:
thanks Distribution by Harpoot com
mittee reaches "a, 900 souls. Over 1000
have died of exposure and starvation
there alone. We are supporting fifteen
other centers. Need appalling A
nation is threatened with extermina-
ton.
tsINTERN TON Al REIIEF COMMITTEE. -
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SAVANNAH BANK ROBBERS
Little Doubt That the San Francisco
Suspects Were Implicated.

Suspects Were Implicated.
: ST. JOSEPH, Mo, March rs. &C F.
Booher. of Savannah, Mo, left yester-
day for jefferson City to get a requi-
ton from Governor Stone for the bank
robbers arrested in San Francisco yes
terday. He has no doubt Loughbridge
and Lee are implicated in the crime,
and officers will leave at once for San
Francisco to secure them.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25.-The po-
lice are now certain that William
Loughbridge. the alleged Savannah,
Mo-, bank robbor, is the man anted
for the crime, and he was formally
charged to-day with being a fugitive
from Justice from the State of Mis-
souri,. In searching his effects the po-
lice have found a box of rare coins
which were stolen from the Savannah
bank. The application of Lough-
bridge for release on writ of habeas
corpus will be heard next Thursday.
In the meantime his bail has been
fixed at So 500,
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DR.. Nansen and the Pole.

ST.. PETERSBURG, March 25.-At a
meeting of the Geographical Society
here Baron Toll read letter from
Professor Brogger. of Christiana, pro-
Tossing the belief that DR.. hansen had
discovered the pole and was returning
by way of the New Siberian islands.
He thought he would likely reach
Norway in the autumn. Baron Toll
concurred in this view, and said if he
had not returned by the autumn,
there would be still time to send an
expedition in search of him.
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A STRAW FOB M'KINbEY.

A Chicago Restaurant Polls IfS Cus-
TONERS and Mckinley Gets AGO Ma
1Orfty.
CHICAGO, March %. The proprietor
of a popular restaurant in the heart of
the city had neat ballots printed this
week bearing the names of all prominent
candid ates. for the presidential nomina-
ton of the -Repu blican aud Democratic
parties. The patrons of the place were
requested to vote their preference, the
ballot box being open for five days.
Proper precautions were taken that no
man voted but one ticket. The result
announced is as follows:
Mckinley ....767 Cleveland :. 145
Reed ..... 203 Whitney. Sc
Allison. ..... Sc Morrison ...... 81
Cullom - IS Olney .. 35
This gave Mckinley 767 against 500
for all the candidates of both parties
combined. His majority over his Re-
publican competitors was 400. The Re-
publicans cast 1,074 votes and the Demo
Gratis 2s3.
A significant feature of the vote was
the fact that it was cast largely by young
business men.
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The New Samson.

A party of friends were sitting at tav-
ern full of fun and mischief when all at
once an acquaintance of theirs, named
Samson, appeared on the scene.
f'Ha!' exclaimed one of them. ''Now
we can dare the police and the bum bailifs
to do their worst. With Samson to help
us we have nothing to fear from such Phil
istines.''
'Quite so,'' Samson replied, ''if only
one of you will lend me his jawbone. -
Sud-Ouest.
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Saadowgraph From the Moons Rays.
ST. Louis, March "a. Wilson Fos-
ter, photographer of this city. is
confident that he is the first person to
obtain a shadowgraph by the aid of
the moons rays. Last night, with
plate in an ordinary light-proof hold
er that was exposed to the direct
moonlight for thirty minutes. very
clear negative of human hand in
outline was obtained The sensitive
plate was covered by one thickness of
heavy card board, over which the hand
lay during the exposure.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

James Mccoy killed his brother and
himself at their home near Mobiles
vile. Ind.
Christ Eckstrom, of Burlington, Ia.
tried to murder his wife, but was shot
to death by neigh bors.
Evansville. Ind. authorities re-
fused to surrender the men wanted at
Nevada, Mo-, for tram robbe cry.
Colonel Web Samuel has given up
hope for his Mississippi river improve
ment scheme and started for home.
Senator Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire wants the Government to remove
all consumptivea to the Rocky Mount
aims.
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Parental Sv,nnafhv.

Mr.. Bil1us (waking suddenly in the dead
of night)-What's all that believing
about?
Mrs. Billus-It's poor little Johnny in
the next room. He's crying with the
stomach ache. He ate too many dried ap-
pies for supper.
Mr.. Billus preparing to resume his
slum bers)-I wish you would tell him not
to make such a bowling swell of himself.
,(Snores. )-Chicago Tribune.
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A Look Through South Missouri fol
Cents.

The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis Railroad Co. has just issued mag
nificent book of sixty or more photo en-
graved views of varied scenery in south
Missouri. From these views an accu-
rate knowledge can be obtained as to
the productions and general topography
of that highly favored section that is now
attracting the attention of home-seekers
and inventors the country over. The
title of the book Is aSnap Shots in South
Missouri" It will be mailed free upon
receipt of postage. four cents. Address,
j. E. LOCKWOOD,
Kansas City, Mo.
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HE LOVES A BUD"
General Grants Grandson and His Affair
of the Heart.

of the Heart.
New YORK, March 24.-Algernon
Sartoris, the grandson of General
Grant and the eldest child of Nellie
Grant-Sartoris, who is student at Ok
ford, fell IN love last summer at Mar
ragansett pier with bud" about his
own age, 20. After returning to col
lege across the water young Sartoris
became jealous of the attentions
shown to the girl by society men and
took passage for America to see how
the matter stood. His funds were
short SO, it is said, he concealed his
identity and came over in the steer
age After a weeks visit he returned
feeling better.
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CHANDLER, Texas, March 25.-The
bodies of three boys. aged Is, Is and
II years, named Boon Smith, Tom
Shiftlet and Charles Mcmillan, were
found on the railroad track two miles
south of Browns boro, supposed to
have been killed by a train during the
night. The first Two named lived at
Brownsboro. The last, McMi1lin,
lived in the Indian territory 1t seems
that the boys had run away from
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South Dakota Is for Mckinley.

HURON, S. D.. March rs -Four hun
dred and forty delegates to the Repub-
licah State convention, which meets
to-day, are for Mckinley, and $50 for
Allison. The principal contest is over
United States Senator Pettigrew's
candidacy for delegate to St. Louis
The proposition is to allow Pettigrew
to be one of the eight delegates to St,
Louis, but that they instruct the dele
cation for McKinlev.
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Didn't Suit.

Mother-Well, did you get that situation
as office boy?
Little Son-Nope.
"What was the matter?''
"Don't know. The gent is a lawyer,
and he asked me If was good whistler,
and told him was the best whistler in
our street, and he said I wouldn't do.
Guess he must want reg lar professional.
New York Weekly.
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rrnln wreoked Near Rooknort.

Rock PORT, Mo-, March 25.-The ac-
commodation passenger and freight
train on the Rock Port, Langdon &
Northern railroad, was wrecked about
two miles south of here yesterday
morning by the track spreading. The
coach and two cars of cattle rolled
down an embankment into the ditch
about fifteen feet below. All the pass
engers were badly shaken up but no
one was seriously injured
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THEY HAD A "RALLI SHOOT"

The Riverton Gun Club Bird Shooters In
troduced a Novelty.
AT their recent pigeon shooting contest
at the club grounds on the banks of the
Delaware river the members of tho River
ton Gun club put into use an odd system,
called t'ralli shoot
All the birds were liberated from the
center of the Riverton grounds and at this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-25

An Old Man Bound and Gagged i'm Chi
cago and a Great Haul Obtained.
CHICAGO, March Is. - Christopher
Schrage, who is rs years of age, and
lives alone at TIL South jefferson
street, was bound and gagged by two
men last evening at $40 o'clock and
robbed of money and papers amount
ing to more than $50, 900. The rob
berry was one of the boldest ever per-
petrated in this city. No arrests were
made and the police are at sea in the
matter
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VIM. mi. Treloar is Repominat.

MEXICO, Mo-, March 25.-William M.
Tre1oar was renominated for Congress
by the Republlc Congressional COM
mittee, which met at Warrenton. His
Democratic opponent will be the same
person he defeated last year, Champ
Clark, whom the Democrats are go
ing to nominate without any opposi-
fiOn
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The Whole Thing.

"TeIl me sll,' he Kissed.
- every weIl,'' she answered, pale, but
resolute; six spools of silk thread, four
yards of toweling, can of concentrated
I've and two yards of trimming to match
this dress. ''
Pressing his hand to his brow, he totter-
ed from the house.-Detroit Tribune.
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w. C. IT. q. Plans Changed.

CHICAGO, March 25.-At a meeting of
the general officers of the W. c. I. u.
here to-day it was decided not to hold
the next national convention of the
organization in San Francisco, al
though that city had been chosen.
Railroads would not make satisfactory
rates. st. Louis will proba bly, get it.
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NEVADA, Mo-, March IS. - Elijah
Bryan, aged 81, died at his home in
this city yesterday. The deceased had
lived in Missouri since 1909 He was
a native Of Kentucky, his father, JON
athan Bryan, being a brother-in-law
to Daniel Boone.
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Differently Constituted.

s'What difference there is in peoplei''
sighed the unhappy tragedian, Signor
Bonnseommer. ELLEN Terry can eat two
dozen raw eggs without dinching, while
can't bear even an external application of
the blamed things. Chicago Tribune.
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In Quantities,

The new arrival from Boston looked
about him with supercilious air.
Really - said he, t'the decorations Of
the place lead me to fear that you have not
the soul of an artist
"Soul of an artistf" echoed satan. GIVE
got ths1n to burn. ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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ST.. Louis, Mo-. March 25.-The time
for holding the Repu bIiean State
convention at st. Joseph, Mo-, for the
selection of delegates at large to the
national convention at St. Louis has
been changed from May "a to Nav IL
by the State central committee.
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LONDON. March Goa dispatch to
the Pail Mall Gazette from Johannes
burg says that the Transvaal burghers
are assuming an alarming attitude, 1t
is added that a strong feeling exists
among the Dutch of South Africa and
that they are nerving themselves for
supreme struggle with Great Britain
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with severe pains across my shoulders,
and great distress. 1 had violent nausea
which would leave me very weak and
faint, difficult to get my breath. These
spells came oftener and more severe. I
did not receive any lasting benefit from
physicians, but found such happy effects
from trial of Hoods SarsapariIIa, that I
took several bottles and mean to always
keep it in the house. I am now able to
do all my own work, which for six years
I have been unable to do. My husband
and son have also been greatly bene-
flied by Hoods SarsapariIla - for pains in
the back, and after the grip. I gladly
recommend this grand blood medicine
MRS. PETER BURBY, Leominster, Mass.
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Does your headschef Try One Min
ute Headache Tablets. J. < JONES.
Druggist
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Peerless Steam Laundry Peerless
Steam Laundry.
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Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, liz
RRd la w. sth-
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CHECKERS AND CHESS.

Checker Problem No. 3e5.-By NJ. a. Bren-
nan.
Black-I. 8 CISircl O. II. d