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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
GREAT ARTIFICIAL LAKE.
To Supply Columbus, Ohio, With
Water.

Delaware, Ohio, Nov. 1S.-For some
weeks back the work of securing an
option on the lands on each side of the
Scioto river, between the Girls Indus
trial Home and Dublin, has been going
on, Messrs. w. Dusen berry and J..
Dunn, the promoters of the enterprise,
have quietly secured the option on the
required territory. A company is to
be formed, and a mammoth dam built
in the Scioto river about half way be-
tween Dublin and the Industrial Home.
It is expected to build dam of suffi-
cient size to back the water beyond the
Home. making a magnificent body of
water, surrounded as it is by the most
picturesque stretch of country in this
section of the state From this body
of water the supply of water will prob
ably be furnished to the city of Col
umbus. This is one of the principal OBJ
jects of the enterprise, as it is said
that the present water supply for that
city is not sufficient in time of drought.
The erection of a fine hotel for the ac-
commodation of summer guests is also
contemplated. An electric line from
Columbus, through Dublin, and a small
steamer to ply on the lake complete the
prospectus.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
MONEY OF THE WORLD DESCRIBED IN PICTURE.
JUST LIKE OTHER FOLKS.
Warren Beckwith Talks of His Mar
riage and of Their Future

Mount Pleasant, Ia, Nov. 18.-ATr.
and Mrs. Beckwith have made their
home here.
Part of their baggage was taken to
the BeckWith home and part to the
Harlan mansion, where the couple
went to call upon the brides grand
parents.
Mr.. Beckwfth said that as soon as
his father got home he would make ar
rangements to go in with him in the
management of his large affairs. Aside
from several large stock farms, Capt.
BeckWith owns a. large interest in the
Western Wheeler Scraper company at
ed in the railroad ballast business.
Young Beckwith declares that he will
go in and master the details of his
fathers affairs.
Il have nothing in particular to say
about our elopement," remarked Mr..
ment was necessary and we feel cha
grined at the publicity given to the
affair We are now just Mr.. and Mrs.
Beckwith. We are going to act, live
and work just as other young married
folks do. There will be no reception in
honor of the bride. We object to it.
We are perfectly happy and contented,
and want Mt. Pleasant people to treat
us cordially and kindly and make our
little home just as pleasant as that
Of other HAPPY young married coup
les.'
This is the first that he has said
about his marriage or his future plans.
Ex-senator Harlan says:
'"They were of age and had right to
marry. 1t was a genuine love affair
of long standing, although / was not
aware of it. The young people will be
happy and contented, and it would be
wrong for anyone to come between
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
NOVEL SWINDLE.
Green Goods Trick That Differs From
the Old Ones

Parkersburg, w. Va, Nov. 1S.-Wm.
Haskins of Cherry Camp was arraign-
ed before United States Commissioner
Spates on Tuesday on % specific charg-
es of using the mails for fraudulent
purposes
Early in July he appeared among his
friends with a large sum in new green
backs, which he is alleged to have Civ
en- out that he bought a a ratio of 81
for 81 from an eastern green goods
concern.
The nberalfty with which he spent
money, together with his glowing stor-
les, completely dazzled those whom he
approached, and he was soon made the
custodian of large sums for invest
ment, none of which, however, brought
any return, as he would, after making
a short trip east, invariably return
and report that the dealers were sick
or that he had been robbed of the
amount entrusted to him.
Finally an anonymous complaint VISA
made to the department at Washing
ton. officers found that the green
goods charge could not stand, as Has
kins used only good money, so he was
prosecuted upon the letters he mailed
to his victims, of which % are in evi-
deQCe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
IT'S ALL POLITICS.
The General Public Cares Nothing
About Weyler's Reception.

Corunna, Nov. 1S.-There is violent
campaign here for and against a popu-
lar demonstration in honor of General
Weyler, the former captain general of
Cuba, when he arrives here from Ha-
vana. The moderate republicans and
Carlists are for a demonstration, and
are doing everything possible to organ
ize a reception for the general On the
other hand the Republicans, Liberals
and Socialists are organizing a counter
demonstration. The general public is
Indifferent.
General Weyler's son was serenaded
on his arrival from Cuba.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
A POLITICAL GRAVEYARD.
Unique Celebration of Victors Causes
Trouble in West Union, w. Va.

Parkersburg, w. Va, Nov. 1S.-The
waterworks fight at West Union, Dodd-
ridge county. took on a new phase on
yesterday, when those opposed to the
movement secured an Injunction against
the newly elected mayor and town
council restraining them from issuing
bonds to pay for the construction of
the system Fritz Mael was arrested
and placed under $1,000, charged with
buying votes.
The bitterness of this local fight was
increased after the election by those
who favored the waterworks In cele
bration of their success on the face of
the returns, they laid out a graveyard
on the common building a number of
mounds in rows and placing at the head
of each board bearing the name of
each of the most prominent oppo-
nents of the project. Legal complica-
tions may follow the joke.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
VICTIM FOOTBALL.
Seven Year Old Pennsylvania Boy
Dies From Injuries.

Greensburg. Pa, Nov. 18.-Seven year
old Francis Blair. son of Lem Blair,
a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad
living at Penn station, died last night:
Saturday a week ago young Blair and
some companions found a foot ball and
started to play a make believe game.
They had seen foot ball played by their
elders and were trying to go through
the different plays of the game.
Blair seized the ball, and while run
ming with it was tackled and brought
down.
Then five or six boys jumped on
him. He was seriously bruised and in
ternally hurt, and on Friday last was
given up by the doctors attending
him.
This is said to be the third death
from foot ball in western Pennsylvania
this season.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
OHIO GROWING RICHER.
Over $25o,Ooo Better OF Than Last
Year

Columbus. O.. Nov. 1S.-Ohio is fnan-
cialIy over $25O,OO better off than this
time last year. Today, November IS. is
the end of the state fiscal year. The
balance struck at O'Clock between the
books of State Auditor Gunbert and
state Treasurer Campbell shows the
general revenue fund to contain S451 500.
At last years settlement this fund.
which is the proper basis of comparison
Tor receipts and expenditures, contain
ed 1896, ,547.77, so that the general reve-
nue. fund is now the richer by $255, ,O52 %
The total balance sheet shows: General
revenue fund, $45l, 500; sinking fund
S149, 751. Is; common school fund $T5 200.-
02; total cash on hand, S764, ,496. .s6.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
Free Pills.

Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co.. Chicago, and get a free sample
box of DR. Kings New Life Pills. "A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Headache. For
Malaria and Liver-troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are guar
anteed to be perfectly free from every
deIeterious substance and to be purely
vegetable. They do not weaken by
their action but by giving tone to stom-
ach and bowels greatly invigorate the
system. Regular size 25c per box. Sold
by Swift & Holiday, druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

G0graphers and type-writers. II every
young woman would take the right care OF
her distinctly naidenly self this complaint
would never be heard. The woman who
suffers from weakness and disease of the
delicate feminine organs IS united for her
duties, either in the house or in the office,
Young unmarried women, especially, do
not like to conflde their troubles of this
nature to their home doctor. They shudder
local applications to which they may have
to submit These are entirely unnecessary,
and all letters addressed to DR.. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, are held in the most sacred
confidence. DR.. Pierce has been for thirty
years chief consulting physician to the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at
Buffalo, N. Y, one of the greatest medical
institutions in the world. His neighb0rs
made him Congressman and he was per
sona1 friend of the martyr-president DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures all
weakness and disease of the delicate and
important organs of fen1ininity, upon which
depend young woman s health. Honest
druggists don't substitute.
Il have recommended your Favorite Prescrip-
tion to great many OF my friends, and there
has not been a single lady who used it, but
cured by it. 1t is the best medicine for females
have ever taken I tried four doctors and they
did me no good They said was bound to die; "
thus writes Mrs. c. c. Clark of New Rome, Floyd
County. Georgia.
A bad business head and bad working
body are the results of bi1iousness and con-
stipation. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
a sure cure for these ailments. They regu-
late and invigorate the stomach, liver and
tic. They never gripe. At medicine stores.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
REED DENIES IT.
Says There is No Truth in His Ru-
mored Resi- ignation.

the Herald from Portland, Me, says:
Speaker Reed was asked if there was
any truth in the reports printed in New
York to the effect that he contemplated
going to that city to live and practice
law
I don't know anything about these
reports myself he said, but there is
no truth in them. Reports like these
have been started several times of late.
You can set them down as ridiculous -
Mr. Reed will leave for Washington
in ten days
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
WAR ON HIGH HATS.
Savannah, Ga, People Want the The
ater Ordinance Applied to Churches.

Savannah. Ga. Nov 1S.-A fight is on
here for the abolition of the high hat
from the churches.
The local papers, backed by leading
church members and society people,
are agitating the matter and expect to
have the theater hat prohibition act
applied to high church hats. Members
claim that they cannot see the preach
er when they are esconced behind
huge millinery creation, and the oppo-
sition says this feeling is small and
un-Christian
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
HIS YISAGE DYED.
Charles Richmond's Face Painted
With Aniline While He Sleeps.

Neenah, Wis, Nov. 1S.-Charles Rich
mond of Green Bay went to sleep in a
paper mill in this city last evening and
someone daubed his face with red and
blue aniline.
No quantity of antidoteS will efface
the gIaring cOlOrS and his predicament
is worse than though a coat of tar ana
feathers had been applied.
The perpetrators OF the deed have not
been apprehended.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

course. the resistance would be too great
for the passage of the current. As the
moisture increases. water being perfect
conductor, the resistance decreases. In
truck farming and garden work, where
cultivation is intense, it is believed that
the use of the electrodes, which require
but two or three ordinary cells for their
operation. can be used with great profit
by those who are at all scientific in their
methods.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
CORNELL LIVED FAST.
Spent $4,000 a Year and is Now a
Bankrupt

London. Nov 1s-H. Cornell. who it
is said was formerly a partner in the
well known firm of iron manufacturers
of that name of New York, was declar-
ed a bankrupt today with liabilities es-
timated at 10000 pounds and no assets.
1t is said that Mr. Cornell in addition
to an income of $50. 600 a year, received
s125OO under the viii of his father, in
1887. Since August 1894, it is added,
Mr.. Cornell has lived at the rate of
S55 900 a year.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
FOOTBALL.
Missouri VS.. Kansas

The Universities Of Missouri and
Kansas will play in Kansas City on
Thanksgiving Day. The Santa Fe will
take you there and back for $500, Tick
cts will be sold November "a and 25.
and be good to return until November
26.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
To Cure a Cold in One Dav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Ali druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure Csc The genuine has L.
Il O on each tablet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
ENORMOUS PATIENT.
Mary Hathaway, Admitted to the st.
Louis Hospital Weighs 500 Pounds

st. Louis, Nov 1S.-Mary Hathaway
is the biggest patient in the city hospi-
tai and probably the heaviest that ever
was there. Mary is coal black, As years
old and weighs 500 pounds That is not
her normal weight for she says when
she is 'tin health she does not weigh
much over 800 pounds.
But Mary has been ailing for some
time and the cause of her enlarged
avoirdupois is drOpsy. She has had it
has tried to be relieved.
She keeps a rooming house at 1927
Chestnut street and yesterday sent for
an ambulance, which took her to the
city dispensary. She wanted DR.. Kear-
ney to perform an operation there, but
he would not do 50 and sent her to the
hospital.
She occupied the ambulance all by
herself and had to sit fiat on the floor
between the seats.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
They Play Con An Winter

In California. Bunkers of roses and
hazards of orange blossoms. Only 54
hours away via the Santa Fe Route
California Limited.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L.
3. Q. on each tablet.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
Relief in sig hours

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American kidney Cure"
This new remedy is great surprise on
account of its exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
back ana every part of the urinary pas
sages in male or female. 1t relieves re-
tentfon of water and pain in passing it
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by Geo. w. Stansfeld. 622 Kansas
Ave, and Sim Drug Co.. 607 Kansas
Ave. druggists. Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

Disagreement for life by burns or
scalds may be avoided by using De-
Wits Witch Hazel SaIve. the great
remedy for piles and for all kinds Of
sores and skin troubles. G. w. Stans-
field, 623 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

You can't de-
pend on women,
they get i'll too
often - That was
the explanation OF
a business man,
who, contrary to the
prevailing custom,
er1n1nvad male ste
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

Mineral w later
The finest in the west. Come and try
it J. W. PHILLIPS
612 W. Eighth St.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18
santa Fe Route-CaIifornia Limited

Leaves Topeka Sunday and Thursday
at II: 80 a. m. and arrives at Los An
eeles in fifty-foUr hours. It's equip
ment consists of luxurious Pullman
palace sleepers, buffet smoking library
car. and dining car through. A limited
train in every sense of the word. Par
ticulars and literature may be obtain
ed from agent A, T. & s. F. Ry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

The three-y -year-old boy of J. A John
son. of Lynn Center, Ill, is subject to
attacks of Group. Mr.. Johnson says he
is satisfied that the timely use of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, during
a severe attack, saved his little boys
life He is in the drug business, a
member of the firm of Johnson Bros
Of that place and they handle a great
many patent medicines for throat and
lung diseases. He had all these to
choose from and skilled physicians
readyto respond to his call, out selected
tl7is remedy for use in his own family
at time when his child's life was in
danger, because he knew 1t to be su-
nerior to any other and famous the
country over for it's cures of Group.
Mr. Johnson says this is the best sell
ling cough medicine they handle. and
that it gives splendid satisfaction in
all cases. Sold by druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

Olof Ekberg merchant tailor. Il:
Kansas avenue, frst-class suit o.
clothes for S25.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

Singers and public speakers use Ayers
Cherry Pectoral with excellent results.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

There is no finer, fresher, richer OF
more varied line of suitings than that
kept by Olof Ekberg, 713 Kansas ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

others and a number
of remedies, spending
a large amount OF
money. but finally be-
came so bad that it was
unsafe for me to leave
home. / commenced
using DR.. Miles Heart
Cnra Two vears aRo.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-18

Restore the original color to gray
and faded hair by the use of Ayers
Hair Vigor.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
SInm Work In Inndnn.

To accomplish any substantial result
in slum work in London, a wcman must
not only give time and strength but
life itself Miss Meredith Brown, the
English philanthropist, who has been
the champion Of the factory girls for
some years, says that women who know
only the slums of New York and Chica-
go have no conception of the horrors and
misery Of the slums close to the aristo-
cratic parts of London. The girls which
Miss Browns special mission reaches
are so rough and lawless that the Sal
vation Army would not take them in,
and the directors of a mission which
had invited the girls TO tea refused to
allow them into the building again.
The girls came to the feast with pillow
slips under their aprons and snatched
everything 10 eat off the table before
their bostesses could stop them.
Finally the courageous women inter
ested in the welfare of these young
semisavages decided that 10 reach the
girls they would have to live among
them. Ten dauntless women took up
their residence in a rickety old house in
the very heart of all the misery and
squalor which makes the wild girls
what they are, and their efforts at last
were met with more than an encour-
aging response. "But it is very hard on
the health" says Miss Brown. Two
years will break down any one, so We
have lost some of our best workers. -
New York Commercial
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
James s. Beacon.

James :. Beacon, of Greensburg, the
nominee for state treasurer, was born in
Westmoreland county December 9. 1858.
lie is a son of Rev. DIR. III. c. Beacon. a
Methodist Episcopal minister. Mr.. Bea-
com was graduated from Washington and
Jefferson college in lSS0. After leaving
college he was principal of the Blairsville
Academy, and while there was the editor
and proprietor of the Blairsville Enter
prise, a Republican journal. lie eontin-
ued i'm this position until 1881. While
acting rs a student aud editor he pursued
a course study in law. and was admitted
to the bar of Westmoreland county in
January, 1854. Since his admission to
the bar he has given his whole time and
attention To his profession, and is now
one of the leading and most active mem
bers of a bar which ranks among the
very best in the state.
lie was elected as n member of the
house of representatives in November,
lsssi. lie was candidate for Congress
man-at- Large at the state convention of
1896, but iu the interest of party harmony
retired and allowed the nomination OF
Samuel \. Davenport, of Erie, 10 be
made unanimous. He was delegate-at-
large to the national republican convcn-
tion which met at ST. Louis in Jane, lS.j
ii is a good lawyer AMI has large and
lucrative practice.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08
THE BEST KNOWN FACE.
One Hundred LikeDesses of Queen yicto-
ria For Every Living Person.

One Hundred Likenesses of Queen yicto-
ria For Every Living Person.
No man or woman who ever lived has
had his or her features reproduced Of
teBer than her majesty the queen, says
the Boston Herald. The number of ac-
tual photographs of her majesty in ex-
istence cannot be recorded, and there are
besides millions Of reproductions. Take
the number Of stamps sold in the United
Kingdom during the queens reign. The
number Of articles passing through Eng
lish, Scotch. Welsh and Irish postoffices
in recent year was nearly 8, 200, 600,
and, though, of course, that figure need
not be taken as an average, il is not go
ing beyond the mark to say that since
the accession of the queen over 60, 000,-
000, 600 postal di patches have passed
through the postoffices of Great Britain.
Every one of these would bear at least
one stamp and many of them two or
three, and every stamp bears the image
of the queen. Eighty thousand million
images Of her majesty must have gone
through the pest during her record reign.
Then the record of the mint is by no
means a small one since the coronation.
1t is estimated that about 6, ZOO. 600, 600
coins in gold, silver and bronze have
passed through the hands of her males-
tvs subjects, each coin bearing the fea-
lures of the sovereign Her image has
been reproduced often enough to present
100 hkenesses TO every man, woman and
child on the globe. Without doubt the
green's is the best known face in the
world
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-08

Ex-Representative George d. Wise
of Richmond" said Colonel Sinnott,
one Of the capitol detectives. lis one Of
the best campaigners in the south. He
can hold almost any kind Of an audi
ence with his oratory, but saw him
badly stumped few years ago. Mr..
Wise had been addressing for about ten
minutes a monster crowd in front Of
Hanover courthouse on the issues Of the
day when he noticed a craning of
Decks on the part of his rCstic audience
and finally the departure of a dozen or
more men in the direction of a fskir
who was making a speech in front of a
dirty looking circus tent As the fakir
told about the marvellous freaks 10 be
seen inside-the rubber neck man, the
bearded woman. the living skeleton,
etc.-his voice swelled and swelled un
til Mr.. Wise could hardly be heard.
Seeing that be was about TO lose his
audience, Mr.. Wise fairly yelled: Look
over yondef, boys. There's q circus.
Come with me. It's my treat. He led
the way. and every one in the crowd
followed him. After the performance
Mr.. Wise resumed his speech under the
tent t"-Washington Post.