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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
A LOUD CALL TO ARMS.
The Burglar Alarm of the State
Treasury Sounds.
Wild Rush of State House PEG.
pie to the Office
Only to Find That it Was an April
Fool Joke-What Major Shreve
and @. C. Clemens Did.

There was a. great noise in the state
house yesterday. and few there under
stood what it was at first.
Come on, there's the treasury burg
lar ALARM exclaimed Mr. Fleharty,
executive clerk to the governor as he
dashed out of the governors office and
started on a run to the office of the
state treasurer. He was followed by a
number of persons who were waiting
for hearing before the governor
Throughout the capitol the ominous
ringing of the alarm, put in to be used in
case OF raids by highWaymen, deSper-
ADDE'S and outlaws, created great ex-
cltement, and as doors were hurriedly
thrown open the excited clerks poured
out into the halls and corridors, max
Ang, as TaSt as possible, their way to
the rescue of the financial department
IN which they are so deeply interested
the last day of each month.
Charley Taylor, the assistant audi
tor, who refused to go to the LeweIIing
war few years ago unless permitted
TO take his croquet set, was the first to
arrive.
In the corridor outside of the office
there was a great commotion.
Major Shreve was going through the
manual of arms, using a three foot
ruler for musket, limbering up as it
We're for the assault upon the strong
mold IN which the robbers had presum-
ably entrenched themselves. Morris
Cain carried a typewriter cover into
which he was prepared to thrust his
head at any manifestation of danger
The adJutant generals office refused to
turn out until proper uniforms could be
donned, the result being that they were
too late to be of any assistance Rev
J. NJ. Harrington, the state house guide,
was there to show the crowd the bet
ter way.
Webb McNaI thought the body of
HiIimOn had been found and was about
to write a letter. superintendent Stry-
1ker was delving into some doubtful
bonds which he deemed of more i'm
portance than the treasury and simply
locked himself in his office to prevent
the robbers from getting in and steal
something else from the state. Charlie
Ross assistant secretary of state, hast
lily mounted his bicycle and rode away,
probably seeking recruits He came
back today. Railroad Commissioner
LeWelling, who has a war record of
his own, did not heed the summons,
but r. W. Turner took one of his best
lectures and sought an opportunity to
work it off on the assembled and expect
ant crowd. Judge David Martin could
not find his hat, consequently he was
sunarmed
@. @. Clemens was told that the
treasury alarm was sounding.
Let her sound!'' he shrieked.
Shouldn't we rush to the rescue %
( Inquired one of his associates.
Young man. said Clemens, with a
Aook ct scorna Il believe that it is bet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
TREE PLANTING LESSON.
How a Resident Street May Appear
Really Homelike.

New York, April 2.-The Tree Plant
ing association of New York city has
Just issued to it's members a handsome
leahet in half-tone phOto-engraving IL
Illustrating two streets in the city. one
with trees, looking homelike and at
tractive the other being the typical
New York street, with costly houses on
either SIDE but looking so angular, bare
and unattractive that the contrast IS
striking.
The tendency of the picture is to
make residents feel that if they want
their streets to look pleasant and in
viting they will lose no time in having
trees set out. The results are so pleas
ing to the eye and so beneficial to the
health and comfort of the people that
the moderate cost of planting one tree
in front of each residence is tr1h1ng IN
comparison with the benefits derived.
These pictures, together with list
of trees suitable for city planting, and
the names of the nurserymen who do
the entire work, with their respective
plying.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Personal and Social

Miss Minnie Peck arrived yesterday
from Chicago to be with her sister, Miss
Isabel Peck, who is ILL She is the
guest of Miss Kate Gunther.
Miss Gussie Fuller will go to Chicago
Sunday.
Mrs. c. N. Nelson returned Tuesday
from visit with Mrs. Cornell in Alma.
Miss Byrd Watkins went to Kansas
City today.
MIR Edwin Fox has returned from a
weeks visit in Chicago.
Mr. D. W. Norton will spend Sun
day in LeaVenWorth.
Mr.. Stewart Henry returned last
night from a trip through western Kan
sas.
Miss Alice Prescott will entertain the
Douze whist club tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. J. S. Collins is spending the day
in Kansas City.
Miss Emma, Isaacs of Scranton is Wis
iting Miss Viola Stuart.
Mr. Eugene Quinton went to Denver
today.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Thompson this morning.
The Stedman club will meet Monday
night. The following is the announced
programme: a Faded Rose" poem;
Mrs. D. c. McLarty; Cecil Gray,
story, Miss Ida Ethel Eckert; Touch
Not" poem, Mrs. Sara Hargreaves;
paper. Mr.. N. P. Garretson; Yar1
Yaris," poem, by DR.. H w ROby-
Miss Aldrich arrived this morning
from Portland. Ore, to visit her niece,
Miss Franc Littlefeld.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Eckert have re-
moved to 924 Fillmore street.
Mrs George Bailey returned Tues
day from Kansas City, where she at
tended the food show.
H A. Auerbach has returned from
Chicago.
ing a. few days in the city.
Mrs. J. NJ. West and daughter Jennie
will spend tomorrow in Leavenworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
NEW CARPETS AT P. Q.
Many Offices to be Recarpeted by
Postmaster Arnold.

Postmaster A. J. Arnold, who is also
custodian of the federal building, has
Just received an installment of carpets
for the postod1ce. The carpets in the
rooms of the postmaster and assistant
are covered with bald spots from a
long period of hard usage, but Postmas-
ter Arnold does not propose to bequeath
the rooms to his successor in worse con-
dition than he received them.
It has been many months since the
employees in the money order and stamp
departments have known that there
were carpets on the floors, but Captain
Arnold saws he thinks that all of them
will sustain the shock of the surprise
when they come to work some morning
and find carpets there. The new carpets
will be put in the following rooms:
Postmaster's room, assistant postmaS-
ter's room, money order department,
stamp and registry room, carriers
rooms and the rooms of the land office
on The second fioOOr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
School of Physical Culture.

A meeting of the advisory board of
the Topeka School of Physical Educa-
ton was held on Wednesday afternoon,
March 81, at the residence of Mrs. A. B.
Quinton, DR.. Longshore presiding.
It was voted that all applications for
membership in the school should be
acted upon by the executive committee
and that tickets of membership should
not be transferred without the concur
renee OF the executive committee.
1t was voted that not more than one
scholarship should be placed in the
same family before the beginning of the
school year. At the beginning of the
classes, if any scholarships remain IN
placed they may be disposed of at the
discretion of the holder.
It was voted that the holders of
scholarships should pay one-half the
tuition October 1 and the remaining
half on the 1st of February.
The question of club rates was
brought up and left to be decided at a
later meeting.
The members of the advisory board
are: DR.. D. K. Longshore, Mrs. Jona-
than Thomas, Mrs. A. a. Robinson,
Mrs. T. E. Bowman, Mrs. A H Horton
Dr.. Ida c. Barnes, Mrs. G. NJ. Atwood,
Mrs. E. B. Kellan, Mrs J. G. McClin-
took, Mrs. J. K. Hudson, Mrs. J. H.
Vincent, Mrs. w. A. Morton, Mrs. J. S.
Collins, Mrs. Mary I. Lea, Mrs. P. c.
Chamberlain, Mrs. A. H. Thompson,
Mrs. c. D. Skinner, Mrs. c. J. Brown,
Mrs A. B. Quinton, Mrs. r. B. Gem
nell, Mrs. c. G. Baker, Mrs. P. H.
Adams. Mrs. NJ. W. Van Valkenburg,
Mrs. B. T Lewis, Mrs. Albert Latham,
Mrs. J. F. FARRELL, Miss Edna Crane,
Miss Bessie Gibson, Miss Mary Bark
ley.
The members of the executive COM
mittee: Dr. D. K. Longshore, DR.. Ida
c. Barnes, Mrs. c. c. Baker, Mrs. A.
B. Quinton, Mrs. w. A. Morton. Mrs.
G. J. Brown, Mrs. P. Q. Chamberlain,
Mrs. Albert Latham.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting the ladies spent a pleasant
social hour over the teacups.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
should have turned from sin to the

should have turned from sin to the
path of Cod
young?" inquired the reporter.
I was 20 years old when made my
debut she answered, awakening from
her short reverie, ana [ went on the
stage. not out of choice. but because l
was forced to-" Here her voice lower
ed and took on a tone of sadness. I
lived in New York and was n society
girl in that city. My father met with
ed to earn Il likelihood for myself AS
you know a. society girl IN this age IS
but little acquainted with work. and
chose the dramatic profession because
I thought 1 was better fitted for that
by reason of my studies than for any
thing else. 1 was proud and would
not go on the stage among my friends
in New York so 1 went to the Pacific
coast. There 1 secured an engagement
with the California stock company, and
for seven years appeared in cities along
the Pacific coast, never going farther
east than Virginia City, Nevada"
And it was your sickness that chang
ed the course of your life"
Yes, that and a, Moody meeting L
attended when 1 was Just recovering.
While 1 was sick I had plenty of time
to think; 1 had nothing else to do. My
father was a good Christian man, and
he continually prayed for me, and 1
think his prayers influenced my
thoughts while I lay ill., When I was
able to walk about after my illness I
was that I found the true light. I
never went back on the stage"
of course you had some especial
character in the Shakespearean plays
that you preferred to appear in above
all others?" suggested the reporter.
well, yes. I glOried in Lady Mac
beth, and preferred that character
probably to any other I ever appeared
in. But I never liked my stage work,
and therefore I never took a very great
interest in the parts I played. 1t was
work, and labOriOus work at that to
me, and believe the greater number of
actors and actresses on the stage today
feel it to be the same. Take Clara
Morris for instance. Now I know that
Clara Morris hates her stage work, and
yet she has made great success at it.
Taking it all and all, life on the stage
is anything but pleasant"
In her preachingS Mrs. Peake never
alludes to her life on the stage. If it
were not that the notices state that she
spent several years on the stage, it
would never be discovered from her re-
marks on the rOStrum.
Mrs. Peake will continue to hold re-
viVal meetings at the United Presby-
terrain church all of next week. Her
husband accompanies her, and she is
now travelling over the presbytery of
the United Presbyterian church inKan-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
JUDGE HURON'S FEE
Of 5000 as Guardian in Dispute in the
District Court.

A law point of considerable import
ance will be decided by Judge Hazen
Monday. It is in reference to the
Metzger heirs, for whom Judge Huron
of this city was appointed guardian,
and the exact question involved is
whether the probate court has jurisdic-
ton to make a settlement with the
guardian after all of the wards have
come of age.
D. z. Metzger, now editor of the Mer-
iden Tribune, was the youngest of the
Metzger wards, and some time after
he came of age Probate Judge Wood
made a final settlement with Judge
Huron, as guardian, paying him
$500. Young Metzger considered
this amo&at excessive and ap-
pealed from the action of Judge
Wood to the district court. The ques-
ton of the jurisdiction of the probate
court to make the settlement was argued
before Judge Hazen yesterday after
noon, the attorneys for Metzger holding
that the moment he came of age the
jurisdiction of the probate court ceased
and the attorneys for the guardian con-
tending that the court has always juris-
diction to make final settlement with a
guardian.
Judge Hazen took the matter under
adVisement until Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
ALTGELD'SLATEST SCHEME
Breaches an Idea for Placing Econom-
ic Literature in Ohio Precincts.

Canton, April "A circular letter
over the signature of John P. Altgeld
was received by a prominent Democrat
in this citv today, in which is ad-
vanced the proposition to establish a
small circulating library in each pre-
cinct over the state, to be known as
the Economic Circulating library and to
be made up of twenty of the best
known books upon the financial ques-
ton.
The statement is made that arrange
ments have been made by which
small library of this kind can be Sc
cured for 50 in each precinct
The money for the proposed Economic
Circulating library is to be raised by
1O-cent subscriptions and forwarded 10
T w. orr. banker, Champaign, Ill, ac-
companied with the names of the con-
tributors The proposition is styled
the work of education, and the scheme
contemplates a thorough organization
for the dissemination of 16 to l litera-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Lotus Club.

Those who attended the Lotus club
party last evening at HudsOn's hall
We're Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Murphy, Mr..
and Mrs. Will H. Johnston, DR.. and
Mrs. G. c. Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Crockett, Mrs. Charles Blood Smith,
Miss Pearl POwleson, Miss Ranney, Miss
Lolita Ranney, Miss Mary Thompson,
Miss Margaret Bear, Miss Edna Speer,
Miss Emily Tewksbury, Miss Martha
Whaley, Miss Franc Littlefield, Miss
Frances Moon, Miss Mary Moon, Miss
Steinmetz, Miss Ona McFadden, Miss
Glenna Cross. Miss Margaret NGulvane,
Miss Alice Prescott, Miss Madge john
son, Miss Jessie Garwood, Miss Umme-
thun, Miss Virgiline Mulvane, Miss Su-
sic Wilder, Miss Nellie PETER, Mr.. J.
E. Morgan, Mr.. H. S. Morgan, Mr.. E.
P. Kepley, Mr.. J. E. Waters, Mr.. Ed
ward Mcbride, Mr.. Fred NIcGiffin Mr..
Oscar Woolverton, Mr.. c. E. Curry. Mr..
w. A. Alexander, Mr.. W. S. McClin-
took, Mr.. Walter Gust, Mr.. Edward
Dennis, Mr.. Walter Burgess, Mr.. Chas.
Barnes, Mr.. Archie Williams, Mr. Jul
JUS Wedding, Mr.. S. StOddard, Mr.. l.
G. Bronson, Mr. E. J. White, Mr.. Frank
Bennett, Mr.. Dean Low, Mr.. Frank
Davis, Mr. Mart Wikidal, Mr.. Willard
Scott, Mr.. Claude Young, Mr.. Frank
Cain, Mr.. Charles Gregory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
IN THE SOCIETY WORLD.
General Notes of Society and
Personal Items
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka Peo-
pie and Visitors in Town.

Miss Franc LittIefeId entertained
yesterday afternoon, informally, COM
plimentary to Miss Eleanor Wilson.
The guests included the members of
the Douze whist cub and Miss Will
sons bridal party. They were Mrs.
W. N. West, Miss Alice Prescott, Miss
Mary Thompson, Miss Ollie O'Brien,
Miss Arley EWart. Miss Frances Moon,
Miss Margaret Mulvane, Miss Anna
Bartholomew, Miss Helen Wilson, Miss
Mabel Wilson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

ter for people to say There Clemens
stayed rather than Here Clemens
laid I propose to stay right here.
Lock the doors. The best can do is
to get at the treasury once month
and the legislature came very near
wanting me to pay money into the state
for my services instead of drawing it
OUT
But it was only an April fool joke.
The joke was perpetrated by a party
of newspaper men who had been bit
ing" like fish all day on the jobs put up
on them by the state house people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Divorce Asked.

G. c. Clemens left his supreme court
work long enough yesterday afternoon
to file a divorce case in the district
court. The suit is brought by Alice V.
O'Brien for separation from her hus-
band, James O'Brien, to whom she was
married on November 10, 1890, in Flor
ence, Neb. In her petition Mrs.
O'Brien states that two years ago in
Parker, 0. T, her husband abandoned
her, and that from the time of their
marriage up to that time he had been
a habitual drunkard- This is the only
charge made.
For Morbid Conditions take BEECH
AM S PILLS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
PERU WEAKENS.
Ramsay's Sentence is Reduced toFour
Months.

Lima, Peru, April 2.-The superior
court sat in secret session yesterday
from 1:3O p. m. until p m. with ref
American sailor who was arrested at
CaIIao. in the early part of the year on
a charge of disorderly conduct and SEN
fenced to a years imprisonment with
out the formality of a trial
The court has altered the sentence
to Imprisonment for four months from
January Il last.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
sumner Rates on Anthracite.

Philadelphia, April 2.-It was an
nounced today that a reduction of 10
chestnut sizes of anthracite coal had
been made. While this cut was ac-
knowledged by one of the coal com
panies the others professed no knowl-
edre of anv change notwithstanding
the dealers all state the cutting is uni
versal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Mrs. A. Tween. residing at 40 Henry

St. Alton, Ill, suffered with sciatic
rheumatism for over eight months.
She doctored for it nearly the whole of
this time, using various remedies rec
commended by friends, and was treated
by the physicians, but received no re-
lief. She then used one and a half bot
ties of Cham berlain's Pain Balm, which
erected a complete cure. This is pub
lished at her request, and she wants
others similarly afflicted to know what
cured her. The 25 and so cent sizes for
sale by Druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Informal Party.

Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ Eagle enter
tanned informally at cards last evening.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. N r.
Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Eagle,
DR.. and Mrs. c. B. Reed, Miss Julia
Wilxidal, DR.. E. S EsterIy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Whist PARTY.

Mr. and Mrs. T. s. Slower entertain
ed at duplicate whist last evening com
plimentary to Mrs. HambIin of Ottawa.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs Edwin
Knowles, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cope,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Copeland, Mrs. H.
w. Neiswanger, Mrs. Hamblin, Mrs
NJ. L. Morehouse Miss Mabel Knowles,
Miss Edna Morehouse, Mr.. Walter
Smith, Mr.. Charles Lagerstrom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Jndge Rashore Ruvs the .Gantern.n

Fort Scott, April 2.-The Fort Scott
Lantern, the leading Populist paper of
southeast Kansas, was today sold by
Tiffany & Kleeberger to Judge w. o.
Bashore, formerly judge of the district
court at Pratt, Kan, and lately editor
of the Pratt Union. He took charge of
the Lantern today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Firebues Sentenced.

New York, April Hugh Miller, the
frebug who was convicted of arson "a
hours after his arrest, was sentenced
today in the Brooklyn county court to
20 years Imprisonment. AdOlph Stein
berg, another firebug, was sentenced to
ten years imprisonment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
No Excuse for Going Hungry.

Regular, satisfying and seasonable
meals at eating houses for passengers
Iicketed via Santa F'e Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

Shirts, collars and cuffs Numbered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. 112 and ia West 9th. st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
Minaral Water

The finest in the west. Come and try 1t.
J. w. PHILLIPS. 612 W. Eighth Ave,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02
It's a Comfortable Line.

Journeys-Iong or short-comfortab
made, provided your tickets read over
Santa F'e Route
The Redwood gazette., 1897-01-07
SHORT ITEMS CAZETTED.

j. III. Bowers was in st. Paul on legal
business last Friday.
F. Engdahl and wife returned last
Thursday evening from visit with
relatives in Minneapolis.
Evangelist Erwin and wife have been
visiting with the latter's parents, S. P.
Fullen and wife, during the past
week.
John Woffensmith has returned from
Baraboo, Wisconsin, where he has been
visiting with his mother during the
past six or seven weeks.
Sanborn Sentinel: While driving
home from town last Thursday even
ing Joseph Sekora's team took fright
and ran away throwing Mr.. Sekora
and his hired man from the sleigh. On
being picked up it was found that Sc
kora had sustained very severe cut on
the head and he was taken back to
town in an unconscious state. DR..
Platt was called and sewed the cash
up. AT last reports he was fast recov-
ering.
The Redwood gazette., 1897-01-07
THE CITY
THE 6OpHERS' CHRISTMAS.

On Christmas eve their neighbors all
Came trooping to the Gophers' hall.
Wisconsin sent the Badger crew;
Montana sent Bear or two;
From South Dakota, Coyotes lean
Came there to greet the Wolverine;
Jack Rabbits came from North Dakote
To share the Gophers' d'hote.
John Rabbit brought along his flute;
The cousin of the Bear, from Butte,
Had in bag his violin.
He tucked it deftly meath his chin;
But, ere he dared begin to play,
He said to Rabbit, "Please sound A."
Then, having quickly tuned the strings,
He started in on jigs and things.
The Rabbit, with his might and main,
Helloed with his flute the glad refrain.
But though they played with right
good will
There yet remained gap to fill;
The orchestra seemed in sad case
Without the deep voiced double bass.
In all that throng not one could play;
The prospect seemed quite far from gay.
But, all at once, before the door
Came jingling bells. A lusty roar
"Ho! thereW-was heard above the din,
And Santa Claus came tumbling in.
The sad-faced Gophers met his eyes
"Wat's wrong?" he asked, in quick
surprise,
''No one the double bass to play?
Why, I will, soon's hitch my sleigh"
And Santa Claus made good his word.
No merrier tunes were ever heard
Than those old Santa's magic brought.
The Bear the fiddling fever caught,
And sawed like mad, while Rabbit
blew
The dancers caught the spirit, too.
The Hawk called off, while in wild
glee
All romped around the Christmas tree.
The Redwood gazette., 1897-01-07
Perfect Sight

is not always assurance Of
a perfect eye.
A serious optical defect
is often present with the
best vision.
Not how well can you
see, but how easily can the
eyes do their work is the
question that decides the
need Of glasses.
Positive, practical value
is guaranteed with every
pair of glasses furnished
by H. M. HITCHCOCk,
the Optician, the purchss-
er being the judge.