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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-27
Handwriting on tho Waii-''Alene, Meme.
Tekel Uphnr.lm.N

Hour OF mn empires overthrow.
The princes FROM tho Toast were gone,
The idle flame WAS DUfnInE low,
Twas midnight upon Babylon
Just to what extent the departed are
Interested In earthly matters 1t is I'm
possible TO say, but we know that IN
all ages people have invoked the spir-
It's OF their patriotic dead FOR assistance
In times OF peril Two years ago. al
Haslett Park. near Lansing, a slate
writing Seance was given In the open
abr on 4 platform by DR.. ". 4. Mans
field, OF Cleveland, Ohio. \ committee
was appointed TO wash. wipe and tie
together in pairs the states that were
uEei. They were held aloft In the pres
ercc OF the assembled crowd. From one
of the states. now in possession OF a
gentleman OF the city oE Jackson. we
copy the writing, verbatim. as follows:
Ladies' and Gentlemen:-I grasp op-
pOrtun!ty by the forclOck now and
boldly offer You some words OF advice,
: for unless the liberal people OF your
grand nation join hands by ninety-slx
and send to Washington Peoples
party mGn, why your country will see
the bloodieft revolution ever on record.
The Democratic and Republican parties
nr" become depraved and even decom-
posed.
The white slaves must be freed and
the monIcd power brought to justice.
Yours for liberty now and forever.
A. LINCOLN"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-27

At n similar meeting In Grand
Ledge. Eaton county. Michigan, on
Sunday, July &C. 1896. with the same
slate writing medium present, and with
all possible prccautiOn taken 10 detect
fraud. the following message was re-
Celvcd, which we copy from the slate
unon which It was written:
Ladies and Gcn,lemen:-Thcrci IS no
death. We live beyond our graves.
where We meet to part no morc--I
love this nation. My heart aches for It's
people. Therefore come to urge You
10 support the man who stands for the
principles that Will do you the greatest
good in the end. This man IS william
J. Bryan. Yours sincerely.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-27

The above Is taken from the Jackson
Morning Patriot, OF August ., 1896, and
tlte facts arc exactly as stated.
John Hutchsson. OF Jackson. has the
slatcs. l.. W. BARBER.
Editor Patriot.
The document then proceeds to rouch
for the above letters from the Spirit
Land being in Lincoln's handwriting,
and TO compare the style Of the Ian
guagc with his public uttcranccs while
alive, though LincOln'S worst enemy
never accused him Of being guilty OF
using such horrible English as Is used
In the first letter"
On the reverse side OF the circular Is
an appeal to the worst passions of men,
the arrayinE OF class against class and
is inllHmma;ory In tho highest degree.
1t Is signed yours for justice To every
human being, here Rnd hercartcr-Ui,
NJ. Stanley, Jackson. Mich"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-27

L,ncoln', Message From tho other Shore

Following IS the document In part:
"WE ARE COMING, FATHER ABRAHAM. +"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
LOCAL MENTION.

C. J. Gore has been promoted to the
position of general agent at St Louis for
the Connecticut Life Insurance com pany.
For over seven years Mr. Gore has
been the state agent of this company at
Topeka.
Hughes Padgitt is a young man who
has been in police court on various occa-
sions and for different offenses. He was
selling brass bowed spectaclss and repre-
seniing them as gold and he had no
license, He was fined So in police court
this morning.
John Dahlgren, who is known am ong
the "Fourt street gang" as Dolly" was
fined So in police court this morning for
being drunk. He spends most of the
time during the winter at the police sta
ton and in summer he works on the ice
wagon.
L. Irwin boards at 800 Kansas ave-
nue.. He pleaded guilty to disturbiu g
the peace this morning and was fined SIS.
He said that he got mad at his brother
and swore at him and his brother made
no complaint and he saw no reason why
any one else should.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
No Indian Wars in Canada.

The great fact stands boldly forth
that Canada has never fought the In
dians and she will not begin to do so
now. Never has Canada had an In
dian war; an Indian massacre is I'M
known in the annals of her history.
She is too poor to seek glory by slaugh-
tering the natives born of her soil and
too proud to defame her character or
stain her escutsceon.
Contrast with this the policy of the
United States, that is nearly always
fighting it's red men. Indian wars are
very expensive matters to deal with.
The small episode Of last year, begin
ming with the messiah craze and ending
with the tragedy of Pine Ridge agency,
covering but a few weeks, cost the
United States government $2,C0o,000,
besides the lives lost, and in addition
unsettled the natives throughout the
country. 1t is to the credit of the Ca
madam Indians that, although sorely
tempted, the messiah craze had no
charms for them.
There was in Canada, it is true, RiePs
first rebellion that cost Canada $1,000
900 and the lives of some of her noblest
citizens But that was not an Indian
uprising. Nevertheless. it taught both
the white men and the red men lesson.
1t taught Canada that it would be
cheaper to ration all the Indian tribes
than to- have another rebellion and it
taught the Indian the prowess of the
authorities, and this was emphasized
by the trips given the Indian chiefs to
Ontario, where they beheld tokens of
the power, wealth and glory of the
white men.-Westminste Review.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
THE BURSTING OF A GLACIER
A FrightfuI Disaster Near the Gemmi

A FrightfuI Disaster Near the Gemmi
Pass
A correspondent, writing to the Lon
don Globe, from Zurich, on Nov. 10,
says: cat daybreak on Wednesday a
frightful disaster took place at dis
lance of four miles from Kanderstag,
on the Gemmi pass. A huge mass of
ice, measuring 1850, 900 cubic meters,
detached from the Altels glacier and
was precipitated into the valley. Such
was the impetus of the might avalanche
that it was not checked in the valley,
but dashed up the opposite side, which
has a slope of As degrees, to a height
of $4,000 feet, carrying everything be-
fore it until it met a wall of rock which
sent the main mass surging back.
''At the foot of this rock lies, or rather
lay, the Spitalmatte, an exceedingly
beautiful and rich mountain pasture,
with chalets for the cowherds, for stor-
ing cheeses, etc. At the time of the dis
aster there were collected there $50
head of valuable cattle, under the care
of four coWherds. There we're also two
officials from Leuk, who had come up to
arrange about bringing down the cat
tie, which event has always taken place
on Nov Is. All have been over
whelmed. OF the animals, only three
have escaped. The loss in the live
stock, the ownership of which was par
titioned among about thirty families,
mostly quite poor, belonging to the viii
lage OF Leuk, is estimated at 100, 900
francs. The pasture itself, which for
years will now be useless, strewn as it
is with debris, is valued at 100000
francs The bodies of the two officials
and of two of the cowherds have been
recovered, but in a horribly mutilated
condition. 1t seems that the disaster
overlook them while sleeping in their
huts. The other two men, whose bod
les have not yet been found, are sup
posed to have been up early for the pur-
pose of milking the COWS. The blocks
of fallen ice and rocks cover a space
of two square miles to a depth of many
yards, the whole scene being one of in
describable desolation. Besides the
trees which were in the track of the
avalanche, great numbers have been
uprooted by the wind which it pro-
duced. Many of the cattle, too, lie
about in such positions that they must
have been hurled great distances
through the air by the same force. Men
are hard at work trying to make some
sort of footpath over the debris, the
ordinary road being, of course, COM
pletely obliterated From old records
in Leuk it appears that a similar catas-
trophe occurred at the same spot in
1882, also only two days before the date
fixed for the return of the cattle to the
valleys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
The Definite Location of the
Battle Ground Kept Secret.
Now Looks as if it Would Be
the Free Zone"
A SHIFTING ISLAND.
John L. Declares He Will Go to
the Fight.
Is Sober for Once, and Will Go
South Tuesday.

Ell PAso, Feb 3.-'Near Ell Paso,
Texas, Feb. IA, 1885," is the description
of the locality given in the official an
nouncemeRts of the fistic carnival now
being arranged. Near" admits of many
different constructions. 1t may mean Jau-
req, Mexico, just across the river, if one is
thinking of walking; or it may mean spot
100 miles by rail from Ell PAsoif Stuart is
intending to use that means of Transport
tation for his patrons. II the former was
the real meaning intended to be convey
ed by the ambiguous notification it Will
probably be changed to the latter, as re-
cent reports have it that the Mexican
government intends to have a body of
troops NEAR Ell Paso'' on the 18th in
slant, whose presence at that time will
mean more, it is believed, than a simple
coincidence in dates.
1t looks at the present moment as if
this particular spot will be found some
whore in the Free Zone. The Free Zone
is a sort of No Mans Land, a mar
row strip of territory between
the boundaries of the two Republic
caused by the shifting of the erratic
current of the Rio Grande river, and is
safe refuge from the laws and officers of
either country There is an island in the
river short distance from Ell Paso of
sufficiently large area to permit an ampi-
theater being erected, and it may be that
this is one of the places that is ''near Ell
Paso" where the ring will be pitched and
the carnival brought to a successful ter
mination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
CITIZENS BLACKMAILED.
John Michael Cutting "Wide Svath" in
This Role.

John Michael Cutting a "Wide SvEattl'' in
This Role.
WICHITA, Feb 3.-John Michael has
been arrested for trifling with the United
States mails and blackmail.
Some three weeks ago a prominent
citizen received letter signed by c. p
Epperson, demanding from him the sum
of $25, and also containing the threat
that if the money was not forthcoming
certain statements would be presented to
the mans family which might be all
right but awk ward for him TO explain to
their satisfaction.
The gentleman who received the letter
called upon the chief of police and asked
him his advice in the matter. The Of
fetal advised him to write check for
the amount drawn upon some bank after
notifying them not to honor the check.
This was done and Michael proved to
be the man who cashed the check.
Thursday three more prominent citi-
zens received letters signed by c. 2.
bingham demanding $50 each, and
threatening that if the money and not
checks were not forthcoming within
twenty tours hours that hades would be
located in the midst of their family Cir
cles.
Answers were dropped in the post
office yesterday morning, and in an hour
John Michael appeared at the general
delivery window and asked for c. P.
Efiing hams mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
GOING TO THE FIGHT.
John L. Sullivan Will Follow His Com
binaIion to Texas.

L.
bination to Texas.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. 3 John Law
renee Sullivan passed d very nice day
and has suffered far loss pain than at any
time since being hurt. He has no fever,
ate two good meals and enjoyed a nice
sleep. something which has been denied
him for three days. The wound on the
head is healing nicely, but is being kept
open in order to prohibit accu-
mutation of pus and inhamma-
ton. His eyes and forehead are comm
around nicely, while his body is about
well. His wife has been treating him to
witch hazel messages, which have re-
lieved HIM greatly. Sullivan said to-
night.
IL am all right, my lad, and barring nc
bad luck will be in good form by Mon
day and on Tuesday will leave for the
Sunny South. lily mead don't pain me
like IL did, aud l can hardly stay in the
house now. l received twenty five teie-
grams again today, Offering assistance,
from my friends. God bless 'em, bur
John don't need funds now, he needs d
good head. l leave tuesday, sure"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03

Fond Father-If that boy of mine has
any particular bent, 1 can't find it.
Philosopher-Whate experiments have
you made to find out?
Every thorough ones. 1 gave him a
toy printing press, a steam engine, a
box of paints, a chest of tools and lot
of other things carefully selected to find
out whether his tastes were literary,
mechanical, artistic, commercial or
what, and know no more than I did
before
What did he do with them?"
Smashed them all up"
''Ah, see. He is to be a furniture
New York Week..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
4 THIRD ARREST.

C. H. Kurfz Arrested for Publishing
Rogers" Matter.
NEWTON, Feb SC 8. Bowman has
caused the arrest of G. II. Kurtz of the
Weekly Kansan.
Mr.. Kurtz published an article which
sta ed that the people desired detailed
statement of the expense to the county
of the cost of the restoration of the
county records and of the trial and con-
viction of Rogers, that they might
know show much the legal costs were.
how much the county had been 'bled'
by detectives, robbers, thugs and others,
and how much was absolutely stolen for
"5undries," bootblacks and other things.
Bowman claims this was slanderous and
lbelous of himself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03

things" without assistance. "Mayor Wag-
goner of Atchison. Kansas, is in the au-
dience." she said; shut he will not be
mayor long; he will be United States SEN
ator." Mr.. Waggener attended another
night. "Mayor Waggenor. of Atchison,
Kansas, is in the audience, the woman
said: she is thinking Of going to Cripple
Creek. but he should not 60 unless he
buys nice warm suit of underwear, for
he may die of pneumonia" Waggener
had made all arrangements to go to
Cripple Creek, but gave it up on the ad-
vice of the FaV woman
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
TIGER BILL.
He Boldly Replies to the Disbar-
ment Charges.
Says Dawes Authorized Him to
Make the Move.
SCORES JUDGE WALL.
The Court Has Approved His
Every Move.
Other News of Interest From
Over Kansas.
SCORES JUDGE WALL.

WICHITA, Feb 3-Judge W. P.
Campbell has made public his side of
the disbarment charges preferred by
James Derr.
Derr charges that in the month of
as assistant attorney general, entered
into an agreement with Eugene Hibbits
and James Taylor, who were on trial for
violating the liquor law. to dismiss pro-
ceedings against them for the sum of
$50. The charge further states that
Hibbits and Taylor each paid the sum
of SO and their cases were dismissed
Similar acts of bribery were cited in
the cases of Pat Heron and Gus Seaman
about the same period.
In reply Judge Campbell shows a let
ter from Attorney General Dawes author
izing him to do everything he has done
in substance instructs Mr.. Camp
bell to settle and dismiss cases
where the parties would agree to quit
busieess, pay the costs and an attorney
fee. "Of course" says Dawes, '.you
don't want to collect $50 on every count
under such circumstances In all cases
that you dismiss state the case therefor
in the journal entry, the amount of the
fees collected and such other informa-
clear and plain"
"Now, them" said Judge Campbell,
1--WE will take the Taylor & Hibbits
case. The boys said one day that
they wanted to quit business
forever if 1 would give them
chance and believing what they said l
wrote to the attorney general aud he
directed me to dismiss their case. provid-
ing they would promise to quit business
and agree to the Injunction. did SO;
they defaulted in the Injunction and il
was made permanent | collected a
moderate fee. When I dismissed the
case they paid the costs and l wrote the
journal entry giving my reason for dis
missing the case, the amount of the at
torney tee 1 collected and this was ap-
proved by the judge.
Now then, let us take up the case of
Pat Heron and we will find it interest
ing.
"Herron came to see me and begged
me to dismiss the case against him and
promised that if did he would box up
all his stuff and take it to Cripple Creek.
Colorado. The very moment he APP
preached me l knew that there was some
kind of game on and l thought l could
play my hand we'll as he could. By
doing just exactly what he wanted me to
do could put in a better lick for the Gu
fOrcement of the prohibitory law than
under any other means. The fact is
Heron was selected to make test case
with me. He was to get his case settled
by paying me an attorney fee and if he
should be successful it would be the cue
for every other jointist to do likewise.
He had no bank account; he simply
put enough money in the bank to draw a
check against it with which to pay me
and thus have evidence against me. 1
know that the very moment he offered
me the check"
Judge Campbell delivered a terrible
roast on w. E. Stanley and Judge Wall
He hurled some choice epithets at them
and said: 81 have called 'em that often
before and l win call 'em that again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
BACK TO THEIR MA.

Two Stage Struck Council Grove Girls
Taken Zone.
NEWTON, Feb. 3.-Misses Bessie c.
Jones and Florence Webster of Council
Grove were arrested here by the sheriff
a telegram from their parents.
They were stage struck girls of 16
years and were bound for some barn
storming outfit that is devastating west
era Kansas
The girls are thoroughly Disguised
with their brief experience and will now
be content to go back to school and be-
have themselves
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
OLD LANDMARK GONE.
The Lindsey Hotel, Built in 1869 Destroy
ed by Fire.

LINDSEY, Feb 3.-The old hotel of
Lindsey has been destro yed by fire.
The house was built in 1869. This
fire takes the last inha bitable house from
old Lindsey, which at three different
times was the county seat of Ottawa
county. Far back in the years of 1870
and 1871 when a ball would be given at
the old hotel, people would flock there
from miles around, coming from Solo
mon, Abilene, Concordia, Beloit and all
neigh boring towns. The old stage that
carried passengers and the U. S. Mail
from SOloman to Cawker made its head
quarters there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
DIR. ASHMORE GET SOME.
An Estate OfS5OO,O0O Divided Among
Seventy II eirs.


The famous Texas Jurisprudence case
in which about thirty heirs were suing
for a part of the Tom Bean estate, valued
at one half million dollars, has just been
decided at Sherman, Texas, in favor of
their heirs.
DR.. Samuel Ashmore, of North To-
peka, is one of the heirs to the Bean
estate, and his attorney, E. A. Wagner,
regards this decision good thing for
his client. The other heirs had com
menced their suit before DR.. Asmore
decided to sue, and consequently the
case as now decided does not give him IA
part of the estate. bnt it now remains for
him to sue the successful heirs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
FRACTURED HIS SKULL.

An EnraEed Parent Strikes a School
Teacher With a Hammer.
WAvERLY, Feb. 3.-Prof. Crisman of
the city schools is lying at his home at
the point of death from fractured SIX ull
at the hands of one 5. F. Chamberlain,
whose child he had corrected
Mr.. Cham berlain's boy had been rather
severely chastised by Crisman. which so
enraged the father that he went to the
school and in a moment of frenzy struck
Crisman on the head, fracturing the
skull.
chamberlain was arrested charged
with assault with intent to kill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
OIL, OIL, OIL

That ia the ShibboIeth of Southeast Kan
sas-A Big Strike.
FREDoNIA, Feb. 3.-KimbalI well No
was shot aad makes a fine showing. It
has been filled up with oil several hun
dred feet. 1t is expected that good wells
like this will come in every few days
from this time forward. This is the
first we'll completed by the new drillers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
STEAL MAIL BAGS,


NOHteHGB
LOtters Opened.
AURORA, Feb. 3.-Someone has been
robbing the Aurora mail pouches which
arrive at 10 p m. Two times mail bags
have been missed, aud the last haul the
thieves took two sacks.
number of letters were found on a
fiat car in the morning. The letters had
been opened and contained numerous
postal orders, checks. etc., quite num-
Der having been sent from GaIena to
parties at Aurora. Later in the day two
mail pouches were found near Miller s.
Thomas scales at the stockvard west OF
the city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
NEW STOCK YARDS,

Siding and RoundhOuss win BE Erected
ut Yates Confer.
YATES CENTER, Feb. 3.-The Missouri
Pacific has force of engineers at this
place surveying the ground for the new
side tracks that are TO be added to the
yards at this place.
Extensive improvements will be made
here as soon As the weather will permit
The new sidings will make 1000 feet
of additional yard room New stock
yards will be built and a roundhouse
erected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
ACTIVITY IN OIL.

The FOrresECOmpany Will Sink Thous-
and Wells This SensOn.
NEoDEsHA, Feb. Sit is expected that
there will be thousand drills at work in
the oil fields of Neodesha this spring.
The evidence accommodates that the
Forrest Oil company and other corpora
tons will do a vast amount of work.
Neodesha is the northern limit of the
oil field and the big reservoirs will be
fonnd further south and west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
DOMINO VERY ILL.


CINCINNATI. Feb. 81. R. Keene's
great colt Domino is a very sick horse.
He IS suffering from congestion of the
lungs and is thought to be threatened
with pneumonia He is at the Adams
Express company's stables under treat
ment by two veterinary surgeons. Col
Ddngertield and DIR. Haggard OF Lexing-
ton, have arrived to look after the colt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
KILLEp THE PoRKERs.

Wolves Near Sabetha Very BoId-A Circle
Hunt Arranged for.
SABETHA, Feb 3-The farmers of this
vicinity will join in circle wolf hunt
with a twelve mile ring on February Is
The coyotes have been numerous of
late destroying many chickens and even
killing young pigs and calves.