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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

You say you were defeated by unfair
means" he said How did it happens''
wy, the bloke worked IN an extra pair
Of bellows an q taikin machine On me, -
explained the great pugilist,, ''an, Of
course, he could keep right along issuing
challenges long after 1 was so winded I
couldn' { say a word Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

They are so small that the most sen
sitive persons take them. they are 50
effective that the most obstinate cases
of constipation, headache and torpid
liver yield to them That is why De
Wits Little Early Risers are known
as the famous little pills. G. W. Stans-
field. 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
4. & s. GETS $4,000.
Made Connections With the Rock Is
land and Got the Bonus offered

Guthrie L T, March 3.-The Hutchin-
son & Southern railway reached Med
ford and the connection with the Rock
Island was made late Monday, after
working an army of men all day Sun
day and last night to make the connec-
tions and get the 1000 bonus.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

Many cases OF Grippe have lately
been cured by Ona Minute Cough Cure
This preparation seems especially
adapted to the cure of this disease. 1t
acts quickly, thus preventing serious
complications and bad effects in which
this disease often leaves the patient. c..
W. StansfieId, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
improvements at Wabaunsee.

Wabaunsee. March 3.-The Santa Fe
is fixing things up in good shape here:
they are putting in a new bridge at
Deep Greek and raising it four feet
higher than the old one; the graders are
at work raising the track for almost a
half mile. They are also putting in new
stock wards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
The Deadly Quick Lunch.

Mrs. Farmer-Tou say you are suffer
er from quick consumption?
Weary Willie-Yes, lady Desc five min
ute handouts is suthin fierce.-Truth-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

Vinnie-Ninnie viii never marry IN
til she meets her ideal
Vietta-Wh hat is her ideal?
Vinnie-A man who Will propose
Glasgow Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
DROVE HER FROM SCHOOL.
Pupils Tease a Teacher and Sidewalks
Home Is Miles Through Mud.

Atchison, March Sword comes from
bingham Of the persecution of a young
lady teacher
Miss Cusic is a young lady who does
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
LARCENY AMONG STUDENTS.
a Manhattan College Man Arrested
and Jailed for Pilfe-ing Hats.

Manhattan, March 3.-Fred Humph-
reys, a student at the Agricultural col
lege. was taken before Justice Smith
Tuesday afternoon. on a charge of petit
larceny and fined 81 and costs $3.50 in
all, and given a ten days sentence in
the city Jail
1t seems the past term students have
been missing hats, coats, umbrellas,
gloves and tools, but this is the first
case that could be located
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

Torturing, itching, sca1y skin erup-
TONS burns and ScaIds are soothed at
once and promptly healed by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the best known
cure for piles. G. ". SJansfield, 632
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

DOWNS-The city council will short
" provide a means to water the plants,
grass and trees in the cemetery this
season Petitions have been presented
them to that effect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

California Limited leaves Topeka
Thursdays and Sundays, 1888 a. m.
via Santa F7e Route "a hours to Cali
fornia Vestibuled Pullman sleepers.
buffet smoker and dining car through
California Express, with Pullman pal
ace and tourist sleepers leaves daily at
-35 D m
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
FROM KANSAS TOWNS
General and Personal News From All
Over the State

HAYS CITY-CharIes Black of Wi
mona, Kan, who holds the responsible
position of general agent for the Union
western Kansas, will move his family
to Hays City early next month and
make this point his headquarters
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

The Wife-John, the parrot talks all the
time.
The Husband-Yes, know, but it never
asks for mOney--Town Topics
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

HUTCHINSON-The 1IutchinsonMil-
itary band has reOrganized and is de-
ternined to eclipse all former successes
this year. The new membership will
number "a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

ELLSWORTH-The city council have
let the contract for a hook and ladder
truck at a cost of $21O. The work will
be done by Messrs. Fricke & MIKE and
the money retained at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
LOCAL DRAMATIC NEWS.

The Andrews Opera company was
greeted by another large and apprecia-
tive audience at the Grand last night.
The s-Mikado'' was the opera sung and
the mem bers of the company appeared
to the same excellent advantage as in
Martha on the previous evening.
This afternoon ''Pinafore" is being sung
at a matinee, and tonight Fra Diav-
oIo" will be given. The advance sale
assures a splendid house tonight
The Crawford Opera HOUSE will open
Friday night for the engagement of the
William Monroe Theater company
Popular prices will prevail and on the
opening night ladies will be admitted
free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
Min eral Waser .

The finest in the west Come and try it
J. W. PHILLIPS, 612 w. Eighth Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

PAOLA-The jewelry store of E Free
man. located on the principal business
street in PaOla. was robbed between u
and 1910 o'clock yesterday of about
$500 worth Of jewelry. consisting of 26
gold watches, four gold plated chains
and 1856 gold rings. The proprietor had
locked up and gone to dinner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

One Minute is all the time necessary
e decide from personal experience that
One Minute Cough Cure does what its
name implies G. W. Stansfeld, 632
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

Washington. March 3.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance, $212,-
O55, 1856; gold reserve, S149, O29. 51O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03
KINGsLEY-F Dumont Smith. the

kINCTSIF4 IT DumOnt smith. the
editor Of the Mercury will shortly I'M
dertake a new venture in the field of
journalism. In company with s. H. Nc
Bride. at present publisher of the
Beaumont, Texas. Review. he will es-
tabhsh a newspaper at Port Arthur,
Texas The paper will probably be
known as the Port Arthur Herald. In
undertaking the new venture Mr. Smith
will not reIinquish the Mercury nor re-
move from Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

DELPHOS-J. NJ. Waterman, the vet
eran editor of the DelphOs Republican,
soldier and splendid citizen, has leased
his interest in that paper and viii re-
move to Iowa His excuse for leaving
the state is due to political grounds He
was a free silver Republican. but did
not leave his party on that ground.
However, he went so far in the direction
of the 16 to I issue as to cripple his po-
Htical influence locally. and he does not
feel like taking up his work again in
Delphos.
ATCHISON-Charley Styles. who has
just finished a tour of the Rock Island,
says while at GOOdland he Witnessed
the sale of a bank building there built
of brick with all modern appointments
in good condition and located on a cor
brought only $50, and the accumulated
taxes, amounting in all to $106 and that
the city that once had ,. 500 inhabitants,
now has less than 1000
LEAvENwORTH-J B. McKibben
and Sam Willard, two eonvicts in the
United States penitentiary at Fort
LeavanwOrth. were outside the prison
wall when stopped by the guard last
night They We're working under the
chapel when they sawed a hole through
the floor and gained the chaplain's
room and let themselves to the ground
by a blanket rope They were missed
a roll call at O'Clock and the guards
started out and caught them McKib-
was caught counterfeiting a short time
ago.
CHANUTE-The Regulator shoe ana
clothing house was robbed Monday
night of 5000 worth of gents furnishing
goods The robbery was evidently by
home talent, and the thieves must have
numbered three or four. BlOodhOunds
were put on the trail this morning and
each brought up at a residence near
the round house, the home of the Elton
boys. A search warrant was issued.
but nothing was found The men folks
OF the family were not on the place, but
rumor says they went toward COfey-
Vile
HUTCHINSON-Th IutchinsonMil-
itary band has reOrganized and is de-
termined to eclipse all former successes
this year The new membership will
number "A.
PAOLA-The jewelry store Of E Free
man. located on the principal business
and 1910 O'Clock yesterday of about
$500 worth of jewelry. consisting of 26
gold watches, four gold plated chains
and 1856 gold rings. The proprietor had
locked up and gone to dinner
ELLSWORTH city council have
let the contract for a hook and ladder
truck at a cost of $210. The work will
be done by Messrs- Fricke & MIKE and
the money retained at home.
KINGSLEY-F. Dumont Smith. the
editor Of the Mercury will shortly I'M
dertake new venture in the field of
journalism In company with s H Nc
Beaumont, Texas. Review, he will es-
tabish a newspaper at Port Arthur,
Texas The paper will probably be
known as the Port Arthur Herald In
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07
Was Dahowd
hd the EN Three Frnenm tn Ruins

Folsom streets was turned in at two
minutes before u NJ. by Officer Thomas S.
Burke.
The alarm of fire and the smoke coming
through the wooden building of the South
ern police station caused terror among
the prisoners. AS the fire had communi-
Gated to the carriage painting shop of
Griswold & Berry, between the station
and the big brick building, five prisoners
confined in the branch station were hand
cuffed and transferred by patrol wagon to
the Central prison. The records of the
Southern station were taken to an office
in a stable on the north side of Folsom
street. The officers at the station were
Captain SpiIlane, Lieutenant Hanna,
Sergeants Davis and Conboy and Prison
keeper 7. L. Tobin.
When the top of the east wall of the
main brick building fell on the carriage
painting shop, crashing through the roof
and floors to the ground, the police of.
ticers were startled by the awful crash.
and supposed that their own house was
going down in the general wreck. The
scene was one OF intense confusion and
excitement. The intensity of the heat
and the density of the smoke forced the
tiremen back. but they rallied quickly
and went in regardless of danger In face
of all the confronting obstacles the de-
partment had the fire under control by
1890.
The fire ropes were stretched across the
streets and alleys at considerable dis
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07

rear to get the door, when suddenly he
heard a terrific crash. Twenty feet of the
upper portion of the brick wall had top
pied over upon the paint shop. completely
crushing it in and burying beneath the
debris the three brave firemen-Moholy,
the wounded, and Keller and Hallinan,
who had remained by their comrades
side until death overw helmed them ALL
In the face of certain destruction, when
the towering wall bad commenced to
sway, the two brave men had not moved
from Moholy's side, for the bodies, when
finally recovered, were found together.
Terror followed the crashing OF the
walls. The police officers in the Southern
police station, a few doors away, thought
that the station-house was falling. Smoke
had commenced to pour into the cells,
where five prisoners were confined. and
Prison Keeper I. L.. Tobln had hastily
prepared 10 have them removed to the
Central station. The five prisoners were
put into the Central station wagon, and
the valuables in the station-house were
removed to place of safety across the
street. The station is no longer fit for oc-
cupaucy, for the crash of portion of t g
brick wall against the building has sprung
the floors and cracked the ceiling so as to
make the building positively dangerous.
For two and a half hours the bodies of
the three firemen remained beneath the
ruins. Their comrades dared not go near
under the tottering remnant of the wall
which threatened every moment to coll
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07

lapse. The frame building adjoining had
to be first torn down and the debris re.
moved before they dared to approach the
spot here their companions had been
overwhelmed. When this had been done,
and long after the fire was under control,
several scores of willing nands worked to
recover the bodies of the dead. 1t was
not with the hopes of res cuing them alive
that the fremen toiled, for they knew onlv
too well that beneath the ponderous mass
of debris life had been crushed out almost
instantaneously.
After the work of removing the debris
had been in progress for perhaps an hour,
a bloody hand was seen sticking out from
under the fallen wall. With redoubled
energy the firemen continued the work of
clearing away the ruins, and soon the
body of Frank Keller was taken out. The
heavy tim bers which pinned him down
had first to be hewn and sawed away.
The bodies of the other two firemen
were visible, but it took some time to re-
move the debris from above them. Engi-
neer Moholy's body was taken out five
minutes later A long, bloody wound of
the scalp, which had been torn open, ex-
DO ing the skull, gave the corpse a CHASTITY
appearance. A quarter of an hour later
the body of Driver Hallinan was released
from the bricks and timbers which had
buried it.
As the bodies we're recovered they were
carried to the Southern police station and
laid side by side upon the floor of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07
HOW THEY MET DEATH.
Loyalty and Heroically the Three
FIremen Died Together.

Loyalty and HeroicalIy the Three
Firemen Died Together.
Chemical Engine was one Of the first
to arrive at the fire. A piece of burning
wood had fallen from the burning build
ing into the alley between it and the
frame structure adjoining, used as paint
shop, and a small blaze had been started.
Engineer John Moholy of the chemical
engine and Frank Keller, who is a regular
fireman of Engine 6. but WHO was reliev-
ing Fireman Black on the chemical en-
gipe yesterday, started through the alley
with their hose. With them were Driver
Tim HalIinan of Truck l, and Chris Lee
OF the patrol. As they were working to
extinguish the blaze portion of the fire.
wall fell, breaking Moholy's leg and
blocking the passageway from Howard to
Folsom street, through which they had
come.
Moholy's comrades started 10 carry him
out, but he stopped them. "Go and get a
board or door 10 carry me out on. boys"
he said. Lee fastened out toward the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07

station-house. A kind and thoughtful
act of res pect to the dead men was shown
by the police. Instead of having the
bodies taken to the Mor2ue three police
patrol wagons were summoned to re-
move the bodies to the undertaker's. Chief
of Police Lees personally directed the re-
moval of the bodies. A funeral cortege
was formed, headed by the Central sta
ton wagon bearing the body of Keller.
The California-street wagon followed with
the remains of Hallinan. The wagon of
the Southern station, carrying the body
of Engineer Moholy, brought up the rear
of the sad procession. The bodies were
taken to the undertaking parlors of Craig,
Cochran d Co., % Mint avenue.
John Moholy, to save whom Keller ana
Hallinan risked and lost their lives, was
one of the most reliable and best liked
men in the whole department. His stead
iness and attention to duty made him one
of the most trusted of Chief SuIlivan's
subordinates, and his genial disposition
made him a favorite among his comrades,
For good many years he was foreman
of engine IL, at South San Francisco,
where Moholy lived at the time of his
death with his wife and children. He
was transferred to chemical engine when
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07

anv of these. It is the commonest trouble
that human beings suffer from. It IS SO
common that nine-tenths of all the sickness
in the world is tTaceable to it. 1t IS merely
that simple, common constipation.
There is no telling what it may lead to, put
it is sure to lead to something bad. It's IN
mediate effects are unpleasant in the ex-
trefne It makes people llstless, gives
them headaches, makes the digestion poor,
causes dizziness, loss of appetite, loss OF
sleep, foul breath and distress after eating.
All this merely because Nature has been
imposed upon, and has Deen IeIuSeo the
little help She needed.
This little help is furnished by Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One pill IS
gentle laxative and two mild cathartic.
There are two remarkable things about the
"Pellets." One is that they never gr1pe;
the other that they cure permanently.
There is no other medicine that does cure
permanently. You can take any other
medicine you like, as long as you like, and
if YOU stop, your trouble will come back
quickly, and the chances are the trouble
will be worse than It was before. This
isn't true of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
You take them until you get yourself into
perfect working order, and then you stop.
You don't have to take any more Pellets -
unless after a while you do something that
deranges your digestive system again. We
are not guessing about these facts, and we
don't ask you to take our unsupported word
for it. Thousands of people have found
that they are true, and have testified to
them Let the druggist who says that some
thing else is Just as good sell that some
thing else to somebody else. Don't let him
triie with your health for the sake of a
little more profit to himself
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. a.>
~
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07

Assistant Engineer Fernandez men wer
detailed to remove the debris and reach
the men beneath, whose position it YVES
known could be located at the end of the
chemical hose. The work was pursued
until the crushed and, @eess bodies of
the brave men were found and brought
out.
Meanwhile the fire confined within the
four swinging walls of the three-story
brick structure was raging furiously
Engines had rallied from all parts of
the City and surrouning the building,
poured in countless streams of water.
Obviously Chief Sullivan had recog-
nized the peril of the situation and the
menace of vast confagration at the first
glance of the scene. To the east and
south of the fire large area of the City.
compactly built with modern buildings,
was in imminent danger. The celeritv
of the department in responding to the
alarms, and the vigor and skill with which
the flames were attacked prevented
spread of the fire. A brisk wind from the
west carried the sparks high and far away
to the east and southeast A blazing
fragment swept along by a current of
wind fell on a building over on Fourth
street south of Folsom, and started fresh
blaze. Instantly a chemical engine was
rushed to the scene of new danger but
before it arrived there prompt and skilled
hands had auenched the blaze.
The origin of the fire is unknown. 1t is
surmised that the fire had been smoder-
ing for hours in the rear center of the
building, and, catching vent of air, burst
forth with fury.
All the eye-witnesses agree that the
flames broke out almost simultaneously
from the third-story windows in the rear
OF the building. Before the department
could throw stream of water the flames
were spring ging out of the windows on the
Folsom street front of the building. The
first alarm from box 1877, at Fourth and
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07
FACTORY
I hree Firemen Instantly
Crushed toDeath Un-
der a alling Wall
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF
THEIR COMRADES
General Alarm and Desperate Fight
to Quench the Spreading
Flames.
ORIGIN OF THE SUDDEN FIRE EN-
VELOPED IN MYSTERY.
BuiIdfno Valued at $4,000 and Stock and
ORIGIN OF THE SUDDEN FIRE EN-
VELOPED IN MYSTERY.
Building Valued at $4,000 and Stock and
. Machinery Of Standard Biscuit Company
Valued at $4,000 Destroyed In
surance on ALI $4,000.

= Three brave iremen, mangled and dead,
and poor woman lying on bed of pain
:-with a broken thighbone are the tragic
result of MONDAY fire yesterday.
DEAD
=: John MohoIy, engineer No. s, Chemi-
cal, Eighth avenue, South San Fran
cisco.
:: timothy HaIIinan, driver of truck No.
L. 4S3 Folsom street.
Frank Keller, extraman No. g.,
Chemical, $40 Howard street.
INJURED.
Mrs. Ellen McGrath of 127 shipIey
street, right thigh broken.
: Three alarms, the first at sharp noon
yesterday and two others in quick sue
cession. summoned the Fire Department
and vast multitude of SPECTATORS to a
scene of furious fire in the large three
: story brick building of the Standard Bis
quit Company, 839 TO $40 Folsom street,
south side, between Fourth and Fifth
streets.
:. Within thirty minutes after the alarms
were turned in portion Of the lofty east
wall of the brick building toppled out
ward and killed and buried beneath the
debris of an adjoining wooden building
Firemen HaillBan, Kelly and MohoIy.
The escape of twenty or more firemen
working for position to fight the flames
from the roof OF the adjoining wooden
structures was almost miraculous The
sWaying of the wall was observed, and the
motion of the swing told the fremen that
the upright mass of brick and mortar was
about to crash upon them. Retreating
for life across the roof east to the top of
the Southern Police station, they saved
themselves. They bad hardly passed the
danger line on their retreat, when the
middle section of the eastern wall crashed
through the roof and floor of the wooden
structure.
Immediately under direction of Second
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07

tance from the scene of the fighting, but
in spite of all the precautions many citf-
zsns managed to get inside. They crowded
so close to the swaying Folsom sire ct front
of the big brick building that they were
warned repeatedly on the peril of their
lives to keep back. In crowding so closely
they impeded the fremen in rescue work.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-07
NEW TO-DAY.

Centuries ago, peo-
pie used to fear what
they called the pes
thence. " Black
Death - was the
most terrible thing
lin the world to them.
/ They feared it as
Ipeople now fear the
ICholera and Yellow
F ever. An d yet
there is a more terri
bic thing than any
of these. There IS
a thing that causes
more misery and
more deaths than
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-09-17
Steel Country Roads.

The steel country roads, with which
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture is now experimenting, VIII
practically be constructed as follows:
The present design calls for an inverted
trough-slaped steel rail, with a slightly
raised bead on the inside, and 6-inch
tread and TIC inch thick. These rails
would be bedded in gravel laid in we'll
drained trenches, and the rails would
be tied together at the ends and in the
middle. On grades the rails would be
indented slightly to prevent the horse
slipping on ths rails; the joints would
be made stronger than the rail to pre-
vent slow joints" and to prevent the
formation of ruts alongside the rails
each joint would form a ''remount" for
the wheels. The advantage claimed
for these Steel roads is the reduction in
traction from forty pounds per ton on
macadam to eight pounds on the steel
rails. The material for the heavier
class of roads of this design will cost
about $500 per mile in small quanti-
ties. The amount Of material required
is less than 100 tons per mile, and long
lines could probably be built for $1,000
per mile. The lighter type of road on
ly requires fifty tons per mile, and
would cost about $1,000 per nile. These
prices are exclusive of grading and
track laying.-Engineering Neos.