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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
LIKE MADMEN.
Attendants at "Holiness" Meeting in
Arkansas Are Getting.

Little Rock, Sept "a state of panic
exists al Haber, a summer resort in Gle
burne county, over the excitement
caused by a religious sect calling them
selves THE Order of Holiness. Two
weeks ago two disciples of this strange
doctrine began holding what they called
s.holiness meetings. They preached a
strange doctrine. Marriage was de-
nounced as ungodly, ordinary religion
was declared to be a fraud upon the
credulity of men, and labor of all kinds
was said to be unnecessary The dis
ciples called upon men and women to
renounce their marriage vows, quit
work, come into camp, become sancti-
fed, receive the Holy Spirit and be joy
full.
In two weeks the disciples gathered
about them 200 followers. Men and
women were crazed with the new doc
trine and many were baptised in the
faith. The carousalS of the holiness
camp shocked the community, and Of
ficers were appealed to, but are unable
to restore order. Men and women shout
until they are exhausted and lay I'M
conscious for hours. Medical aid is re-
quired, the disciples declar4 ng their con-
dition due to the action of the Holy
Spirit. Two women have died of ex-
posure While lying on the ground in
until they are exhausted and lie un-
So-called trance.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
POWERFUL PRISON SERMON
Condemned Felon Causes Convicts to
Become HYstericaL

become aySterlcaI.
Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 9.-F-rton county
Jail was Sunday morning ea1e scene of
as odd an occurrence as has ever hap
pened within its walls.
Horace S. Perry the condemned
murderer of Lanier, who is to hang for
his crime at Decatur, led religious serv-
ices in the prison chapel IN such an
impressive and solemn manner that
the large congregation of felons and
outlaws grew violently hysterical under
his power.
Rev. R. S. Stevenson, who has con-
Quoted the Sunday services at the Jail,
yielded to rerry at the prisoners urg-
ent request.
Perry's text was taken from Acts
xvi, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved
He said that as the hours of his life
were fast shortening. he felt it duty
souls.
He pleaded earnestly with the con-
victs surrounding him that they would
mend their ways and lead a religious
life whether they spent them in con-
Hnement or were released During his
powerful exhortation the prisoners
moaned and wept and moaned, but
when he referred to the desperate state
into which he, his widow and children
would be thrown after his death, the
audience. became almost insane with
emotion.
SO potent was his spell over them
that Perry, to break the spell, proposed
a hymn.
Taylor Delk, the notorious outlaw,
himself under death sentence, and
whose son Tom was hanged two months
ago, led the singing, and at the close
the audience filed slowly out, stopping
to shake hands with Perry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
POET PRIEST DEAD.
Rev. Thomas a. Butler Passes Away
at st. Louis.

ST. Louis, Sept. 9.-Rev Thomas Am
brose Butler, the poet priest of the
prairies,' died Monday night at the
parochial residence of st. Cronan's par
ish, Boyle and Swan avenues.
Father Butler was one of the best
known Catholic clergyman in the Uni
ted states.
Previous to his arrival in ST. Louis
in 1867 he had achieved national repu-
tation as an Irish sympathizer and a
poet.
At the time of his death he had been
for 80 years pastor of st. Cronan's par
ish.
His death resulted from apoplexy fol-
lowing a stroke of paralysis last Thurs
day.
Father Butler was born in Dublin,
Ireland, in 1887. He was educated at
Maynooth college and came to America
at the age of %.
Two years later he was ordained a
priest by Bishop Meije of Leavenworth,
Kan He was made pastor of the Ca
thedral of Leavenworth.
The young Irish priest was full of
sympathy for his downtrodden native
land. He dreamed and wrote and
preached of free Ireland, and his bold
utterances incurred the dispIeasure of
his bishop. Though a poet and an i'm
passioned orator he was practical.
He founded the first cooperative COL
ony of any importance in the United
States. He gathered 600 Irish-Ameri-
northwest of LeaVenworth That place
was called Fort Butler, in his honor. 1t
is now thriving town and known as
Butler City
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
BERTILLON DID TT.
James Burton. a Murderer, Identifi ed
by Measurements.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 9.-James
Burton, the murderer of Fireman Frank
Redmond arrived here early this morn
ing handcuffed to the arm OF Detective
Tim Spann.
Nobody knows anything of the muir
derers identity further than that he
served a term in the Ohio penitentiary
under the name of Burton. He gives his
address as Cincinnati, but admits that
his people do not live there.
After committing the murder of Red
mond last winter he escaped to Nash
vile, where he committed a daylight
robbery, and was sent to prison for six
months under the name of Hennessy.
In the robbery of store that preceded
the Redmond murder, Burton had two
accomplices, who were caught, and one
of them said that Burton was the man
who did the killing and that he had
been a convict at Columbus. The police
here obtained his Bertillon measure
ments and sent them out in circular
offering rewards.
The measurements tailed exactly
with those of Hennessy, though he was
so thoroughly disguised otherwise that
he never would have been known.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
WANTS HIS MONEY BACK.
A Complaint Which the Railroad
Board Declines to Handle.

The state board of railroad commits
sfoners is compelled to refuse to as
sumo Jurisdiction in case which was
filed before them by the state board of
railroad commissioners OF MISSOURI Iof
w. H Beckett of Polo, MO-
The controversy involves dispute
over rates and shows a violation of con-
tract which the commissioners belleVe
is a matter to be settled in the courts,
over which they have no possible Jurls-
diction.
In August, Mr.. Beckett sets forth In
his complaint, he was contemplating
the shipment of some cattle from Kins-
lev to Kansas City. He claims that
the Santa Fe made him a rate of $23
per car, and acting upon that quotation
he at once purchased two cars OF cattle
and sent them to Kansas City. When
he came to pay the freight bill instead
of being $23 per car it was SAG per car,
which he was compelled to pay. He
settled the company's demand and Sc
cured possession of the cattle, which he
sent to Polo. He now seeks redress.
Mr.. Beckett does not exhibit the con-
tract which he had with the Santa Fe,
but there is evidently great misunder-
standing somewhere. AS the cents per
100 pounds rate was in effect at that
time the amount of freight which Mr..
Beckett would have been compelled to
pay according to the weights he sets
out in his communication, would have
been S46S so
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
COLONY FOR CALIFORNIA.
Twenty-Six German Catholic Farm
ers to Settle in Monterey County.

San Francisco, Sept. 9-Arrangements
were completed Saturday in this city
for shipments to Salinas, Monterey coun-
ty, from Chicago on September 20, of
26 German-speaking families of Ameri-
can birth and former residents of diff
ferent states, who, with about 20 fami-
lies of this coast, will form the nucleus
of the German Catholic Colonization as
Sociation of California.
The society has secured 500 acres
of land, situated between two and six
miles from the sugar beet factory which
SpreckelS contemplateS erecting in
Monterey county. The coloniSts are to
cultivate the land, grow sugar beets and
engage in diversified farming. Each
family is required to have at least ST.
200
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
STATE OWNERSHIP.
construction of a Line in Arkansas
Now Appears to Be Assured.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept 9.-That there
IS 10 De state railroad constructed un-
oef the provisions of theBush bill is al
most an assured fact. The citizens,
through the board of trade, have taken
hold OF the project with an energy that
VIII brook no defeat and are co-operat-
ing with Gov. Jones in his efforts to To-
callze the enterprise. The following
call was issued TODAY:
To the Citizens of Little Rock-In
order that it may be better advertised,
the mass meeting of the citizens called
Tor Thursday night at the board of
trade, is postponed until Tuesday night,
September IA, at O'Clock, at the same
place.
The object of the meeting will be to
take action relative to the proposed
railroad northward to the state line.
Governor Jones and the other members
of the state board, Attorney General
Trustworthy and Auditor Sloan
will be prepared to report what
has been done and what plans have
been adopted. Let every citizen inter-
ested In the future of our city be pres
ent. even at a personal sacrifice
John G. Fletcher, P. K. Roots, ]. E.
England, A. N. johnson, FF. c. ANS
barry, S. j. Beauchamp, j. A. Zones,
Morris NJ. Cohn, c. S. Collins, T. L.
Cox. H. c. Bateman, Citizens Commit
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
M'KINLEY SAW THE GAME.
President Went to the Ball Game at
Somerset, Pa.

Somerset, Pa, Sept. 9.-President Nc
Kinley and his brother Abner, spent
yesterday in making social calls. The
weather is oppressively warm, the mer-
curry registering 80 in the shade, the
highest point reached since the presi-
Dental party left Washington six weeks
ago. The president attended game of
base ball between the lockwood and
Somerset teams. Last night the streets
of this town were thronged with peo-
pie, one thousand of whom We're Visi-
tors from different parts of the county,
to participate in the public reception
by President Mckinley held at the
and Mrs. Mckinley are staying. The
reception began at 7:30 O'Clock and for
two hours a line of visitors passed
through the house, each grasping the
presidents hand.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
CREEPY CATERPILLARS
Creating Havoc in Middletown-Fruit
and Shads Trees Attacked

Middletown, O., Sept. 9-This city is
suffering just now from an invasion of
caterpillars. Shade and fruit trees all
over town have been attacked by the
fuzzy pests, those in South Miami street
the swell residence portion, suffering
most.
Many of the trees on that street are
so covered with the caterpillars that
firebrandS have been necessary to rid
the limbs of them, while people walk
ing along the street are continually an
limbs above. Thousands of the worms
are to be found on fences and houses,
and ivy vines trained over several resi-
dences have been destroyed. The cater
pillars are very small and unusually
voracious, attacking and cutting off
good sized vine sprouts at the base.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
HAND ON HER THROAT
AWakens Miss SalIie Chapman
From Slumber.

Macon, Ca, Sept. 9.-Miss SaIlie
Chapman, living at 152 First street with
her half brother J. c. McInvale, was
assaulted and brutally outraged in her
bedroom by an unknown man. Miss
Chapman is a handsome young woman
about 20 years of age. She was sleep
ing in the same room with a 9-year-old
girl
She was awakened from a sound sleep
by feeling a hand on her throat and
saw a dim form bending over her. She
tried to scream, but her assailant closed
his hand on her throat and choked her
He then succeeded in accomplishing his
purpose and escaped through a window
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
COULDN'T ENDURE THEM.
The Sight of His Wife Arrayed in
Bloomers Drives a Man to Suicide.

Rochester. N. Y, Sept 9Awalter
HubbeIl, 35 years old, a machinist, made
an unsuccessful attempt to commit sui
eide by hanging yesterday.
He was driven to desperation by his
wife's refusal to give up wearing
boomers.
HubbelPs wife bought a bicycle a
few days ago, and on Saturday her hus-
band found her arrayed in bloomerS.
He rebuked her. She retorted that 9TH
er women wore the garments, and she
was going to do SO, too. Mrs. Hubbell
cut the rope just in time to save her
husbands life She has abandoned
boomers and he his intention of dy-
ing.
Gunther's Pharmacy.eth and Jackson.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

One of the four living descendants of
General Joseph Warren. the hero OF
ton, now living in Springfield, Me.
People often wonder where Mr.. Pinero
picks up the queer names and titles
which adorn his plays. The mystery
has now been solved; the dramatist
himself has confessed he looks for them
among the tombStones. 1t was in some
old churchyard that the Second Mrs.
TanQueray' was dug up, and she seems
none the worse for it.
When the late Prince Napoleon, ia
miliarly known as P1on Plon, visited an
important Irish city, the mayor, who
fancied himself a linguist, addressed his
distinguished guest in French. The
Prince replied in idiomatic English that
he accepted with gratitude all the kind
things which he assumed to have been
said to him, but that among the many
defects of his education was a want Of
acquaintance with vernacular Irish.
When Mark Twain was in Dresden
he expressed a wish to meet DR.. Paul
Lindau. The result was dinner given
by an American resident there which
brought the two distinguished authors
together When converse ton became
general DR. Lindau gave his views on
America. He had been there for a few
weeks and knew it all. In particular
he condemned the climate of Florida.
MI Clemens thereupon spoke up: Il
was there some years ago and spent
some time in Key West. While at Key
West a schooner put in one day with
several of the crew dead from yellow
fever. Well, there was great excite
ment in the town and elaborate prepar-
ations were made for the funeral. A
minister was secured to offfciate and
when all was ready he opened his prayer
book and read the marriage service.
There was no funeral service in the
Key West prayer books. They never
have occasion to use it,
Verestchagin, the Russian battle
painter. will be the first recipient of
the noble prize given for the propaga-
ton of pacific IDEAS it is said as his
pictures have brought out the true hor-
rors of the war. Kaiser Wilhelm calls
them the best assurance against war;
Labouchere of London Truth admits
that he is by no means particular on the
subject of good English. ''The only
rule which guides me in the choice of
language" he says, 'is that which
guides me in the choice of a house or
a cigar or a suit of clothes. am guided
not by precedent authority or abstract
canons of taste. but by what best suits
the purpose have in view
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
SHE Is BLACK.
First Woman Lawyer Admitted to
Practice in the South.

Memphis. Tenn, Sept 9.-Lutie A.
bright round face and an intelligent
eye, entered the criminal court this
morning and presented her duly au-
thenticated claims to the privilege of
practising law in the courts of Ten
nessee. She was admitted to the bar
without question. She is the first
representative of her sex of any color
She is the only colored woman in the
south licensed to practice law and it is
said is the only colored woman in the
United States that is a member of the
har-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
ease relieved in six hours by the New
Great South American Kidney Cure
This new remedy is a great surprise on
account of it's exceeding prompthess in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys
back and every part of the urinary pas
sages in male or female. II relieves re-
tention of water and pain in passing it
almost Immediately. If you want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by Geo. w. Stansfield, 622 Kansas
Ave, and Sim Drug Co, COZ Kansas
Ave. druggists. Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
MOST'S FAREWELL PARTY.
Picnic in Honor of the Departing An
arehist a Fizzle.

New York. Sept. "a farewell picnic
was given by the anarchists of greater
New York at Fort WadSworth, Staten
Island, in honor of John Most, who was
about to leave here for Buffalo, where
he will conduct a German daily neWspa-
per.
There was no speaking and no cheer
ing. The greatest number of people
on the ground was 120, including men,
women and children. Calculations had
been made and beer provided for /, 500.
AS it was, only twenty kegs of beer
was consumed. There was no disor-
der.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
Two Profitable Enterprises

the Western Un1On Telegraph company
have declared a regular quarterly div
idend of IA per cent payable October
Is. The directors of the American Su-
gar Refining company have declared a
regular quarterly dividend of per cent
on the common and IA per cent on the
nrafarred
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
He Drank Stealing Whisky.

Gov Leedy has pardoned Samuel Col
Inns of Sedgwick county, who was SEN
fenced to nine months in the county
Jail for petty larceny. The papers in
the case show that while drunk Col
Inns seized a small amount of property
and placed it in the hands of another
person, receiving therefor no pecuniary
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Don't nauSeate your stomach with
teas and bitter herbs, but regulate your
liver and sick headache by using those
famous little pills known as De Wits
Little Early RiSers. C. w. Stansfeld,
632 Kansas avenue,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
Tt Saves the Croupv Children

Seaview, Wave have a splendid
sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
and our customers coming from far and
near speak of it in the highest terms.
Many have. said that their children
would have died of Group if Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy had not been
given.-Kelam & Ourren- The 25 and
so cent sizes for sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Halls Hair Renewer cures dandruff
and scalp affections; also all cases of
badness where the glands which feed
the roots of the hair are not closed up.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Beggs' Little Giant Pills cures Con-
stipation, Sick Headache, and the many
other complaints caused by indigestion.
Ask your druggist for sample. All
druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Beggs' Blood Purifier and Blood
Maker will assist the Digestion causing
new and rich blood to flow through your
veins, making life pleasure instead of
a drudge. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Beggs' Diarrhea Balsam, is a purely
vegetable compound, and cures where
all others fail. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Another Atchison woman who enjoys
being unhappy, is looking for other
women's hairs on her husbands coat.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-For Kansas: Local
rains and cooler tonight and Friday;
variable winds.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

"I crave but One Minute" said the
public speaker in a husky voice; and
then he took a dose of One Minute
Cough Cure, and proceeded with his
oratory. One Minute Cough Cure is
uneQualed for throat and lung troubles.
G. w. Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
How to Get Cheap Novels,

New York, Sept. 9.-An enterprising
newsdealer in the financial district has
a sign on his stand by which he informs
the public that they may now read GER
tain novels made famous by Anthony
Comstock, at a cost of 49 cents each.
The man charges 81 for the volumes
and promises to refund 81 cents to pur-
chasers who shall return them in good
condition. He does a large business in
this way, as he has established a sort
of circulating library which nets him
a handsome weekly profit.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

When a man starts for the devil his
wife often helps him along by apply
ing for a divorce
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

When two men get mad and foolish
at the same time, there is apt to be a
fight.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Half of the people who hold jobs have
somebody roofing for them.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

If a woman has a husband. she had
better try to make him satisfactory
rather than get a divorce, and risk a
new one.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

somebody roofing for them.
When two men get mad and foolish
at the same time, there is apt to be a
fight.
When a man starts for the devil, his
wife often helps him along by apply
ing for a divorce.
Another Atchison woman who enjoys
being unhappy, is looking for other
women's hairs on her husbands coat.
If woman has a husband, she had
better try to make him satisfactory
rather than get a divorce, and risk a
new one.
By the time the people have become
tired of seeing a mans name in the
papers, the newspapers have just be-
gun to spell it right.
1t is always a shock to learn that a
minister, who is supposed to be content
TO be fed like the raven, is anxious to
make change because of a better
salary.
Lazy people can always find a doctor
70 encourage them. 1t is now said that
constant desire to yawn and stretch
means that the typhoid fever is getting
fOothOld.
Another Atchison man who left town
because it was too Slow and because
his talent did not have proper room
here, telegraphed to friends this morn
ing begging them to help him for his
wife's sake.
=
A very unusual insurrection is re-
ported IN town. An Atchison man has
secured possession of the keys to the
jelly and preserve cupboard and re-
Gently greatly mortified his wife by re-
fusing to give them up when the min
lister was there to supper. He is aided
and abetted by the children, who rebel
because the preserves are saved for
company.
An Atchison man is good to his wife:
since their marriage six months ago,
she has changed the spelling of her first
name four times, an evidence that mar
riage hasn't frostbitten all her youthful
enthusiasm.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
GLOBE SIGHTS

(From the Atchison Globe.)
Every girl says she never was kissed.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

By the time the people have become
tired of seeing a mans name in the
papers, the newspapers have Just be-
gun to spell it right.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

One of the four living descendants of
General Joseph Warren, the hero OF
Bunker Hill, is Benjamin Paris Hamil-
ton, now living in Springfield, Me.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-09

Verestchagin, the Russian battle
painter, will be the first recipient of
the noble prize given for 1.-The propaga-
ton of pacific ideas" it is said, as his
pictures have brought out the true hor-
rors of the war. Kaiser Wilhelm calls
them '.the best aSSurance against war ,,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11

BuAiness Property Valued at e200. 900
Dgstroyed.
TIE hrst Ore that has occurred In Casey,
III, In ten years started at 2:15 o'clock
Monday usssning In the two-story brick
building occupied by the following firms;
EuQua 4 Sons Bank, H a b. Lee Com
pany, x. l.. Shinkle, ID. @. Sturdevant,
r. A. Lee, M. O. Cochenour, nj. Sanford
e. Sons, Hancock h Clark and others.
Property valued at SOC, 900 was destroy
ed. A strong wind was blowing at the
time. Tho flames soon spread to two nd
joining blocks and the entire business por-
ton of the town was In danger. At 3
o'clock the Mayor made an effort to. COM
municate with Terre Haute. Ind. to ask
for assistance. but the telegraph CON-
panies could not raise their Terre Haute
offices. The town was at the mercy or
the flames, being. without n fire engine.
The Casey Bank building Is wrecked. The
vault, however, il intact. The postofiice
Is badly damaged. but no mail was de-
stroyed. The block In which the fire
started was almost completely destroyed.
1t was the handsomest in the town. After
the fire had ragged for an hour fire en-
CINE owned by the Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville Railway was placed at the
Mayors disposal. and such efficient work
was done that the flames were got under
control at o'clock. Casey. ILL.,, Is in
Clark County. near the Indiana line. The
place has population of about LOU.