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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
Queer Action of a Reform Pas
tor at Abilene.
Attends Another Church and
Receives SanctificatIon.
1T SEEMS TO TELL HIM
That He Must Give Up His
Piano Playing,
Also to Quit Preaching From
Manuscript--A Social Lion.

Abilene, Dec. 24-Today society and
church circles here are mourning the loss
of one of their social lions in the person
of Rev. J. c. Bolger. pastor of the Re
prise.
The climax of a peculiar series of events
occurred yesterday when Mr.. Bolger re-
signed his position and took the train for
his parents home in Martinsburg Pa,
there to remain.
Mr.. Bolger came here about eighteen
months ago, having recently graduated
from college, and his work gave promise
of a successful ministerial career. He is
a hard student and one of the finest
pianists ever heard in the city. He was
popular in church circles and in demand
socially for his gift Of music and pleas
ing address.
Last Saturday evening he attended the
Evangelical church revival meetings, and
after Rev. Mr.. Carradine's sermon sur
prised all by going to the altar. He re-
mained there until after midnight being
almost physically exhausted much of the
time, and then prOfessed having receiv-
ed entire sanctification and holiness. He
announced that he was led to give up his
music and to cease preaching from manu-
script An attempt at the latter on Sun
day in his own church was not a success
and his acceptance of doctrines foreign
to those of his church made it impossible
for him to remain.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24

CFrom the Chicago NewsO
An idle baker does not make a loaf OF
bread.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
OF COURSE IT WAS A FAKE.

The gullability of eastern daily pa
pers is something to be wondered at,
but not understood. Some fool CORES
pondent sent word that Mankato had
prohibited the song Hot Time in the
Old Town." and now every daily is Civ
ing US from a half to three columns.
The Chicago Record attacks the con-
stitutionality of our action, while the
St Louis Dispatch sees the funny
side of it and gives us a three column
write up. Now, let it be understood
that Mankato never had an ordinance
relating to singing, and has only made
an arrest of one man a year for ten
years.-Mankato (Kan) Monitor.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
TO STOP FLIRTING.
Virginia School Girls to be Hedged
About With Fierce Laws.

Richmond Va, Dec. 24.-If Senator Nc
Cune can by legislation prevent it, there
will be no more flirting with school girls
in Virginia.
That legislator today offered a bill in
the senate to make it a misdemeanOr, pun
ishable by a fine of not less than $40 nor
more than $50. or Imprisonment, for any
man or youth. to Ioiter about any female
school or seminary.
The measure goes even further, and for
bids that any of the sterner sex shall en-
ter the premises of such institutions with
out the permission of the principal or
teachers of the same. The bill is care
fully prepared, and aims to cover every
possible point to prevent any evasion of
the efforts of it's author to stop the young
fellows from even looking lovingly at the
fair schoolgirls.
Several of the cities of Virginia. includ-
ing Richmond, have recently attempted
bv ordinances to accomplish what Mr.
McCune wishes done by statute law. All
of these efforts have, however, proved
quite unavailing. On several occasions
the young bloods of the town have been
charged with breaking this ordinance and
been fined. The same experience has been
had in one or two other cities
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
S. H. H. CLARK STRICKEN
Is Confined to His Private Car
at San Antonio.

Kansas City. Mo. Dec. PA special
to the Times from San Antonio, Texas,
says:
S. H. H. Clark, one of the receivers of
the Union Pacific railway and also vice
president of the International & Great
Northern and the Texas Pacific roads,
arrived here yesterday morning. Before
he could leave his private car and go to
the hotel, where apartments had been
engaged for him, he was taken i'll and
has not been able since to leave the
car.
Mr.. Clark has been in poor health for
sometime and came here in the hopes
of spending a few days and then going
to a ranch south of here, where he was
to spend the winter. If his condition
does not improve within the next few
days he Will be taken back to his home
in Omaha.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
NEW YORK asUND mELrs.

Editorial in the New York SUM-
Many things queer and more things
good stay in or come out of Kansas
Among the good Kansas things may be
numbered the quarterly report of the
Hon F. D. Coburn, secretary of the
board of agriculture. The expression
Beef Steer, his Sister and the Corn. &"
Is a poem with a kiplingesuue sound
a poem grasping facts somewhat as
MT k1pling grasps them, is Mr.. Co
burn's eXordium in celebration of his
state:
We are told all flesh is grass. and
the goodness thereof is as the flower
of the field
Nature and men, cooperating. have
made Kansas marvellous blending of
pasture and cornfield-the domain OF
grasses.
In fuxuriance, profusion, nutritious
Qualities, and economy of production.
hers are nowhere surpassed: this
whether applied to the corn, blue stem
timothy, elovers and blue grass of her
eastern half, or sorghums, millet, alfaI-
IA, and unpretentious grammas of the
fertile plains and higher attitudes be-
yond.
The premier prince of all these is
indian corn.
From these her meats and milk and
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24

Colonel Metcalf Says the Company's
Work is Unsatisfactory

Emporia, Dec. 24.-Inspection of Co.
K, First regiment, k n G., and the
First Regiment band, was held in the
armory in this city Wednesday even
ing.
The inspection officer was Col w. S.
Metcalf, accompanied by Major David
S. Laws, aide-de-camp, of this city.
Adjutant General Allen was also pres
ent The inspection of the company
was anything but satisfactory, and
Col MetcaIf did not hesitate to say so.
He stated that the guns were in poor
condition.; that if the company was
called on their guns would do their
shoulders more harm than those they
would aim at. Referring to the drill,
he said:
You don't know as much as you
ought to, and it is your own fault, not
that of the drillmaster. NOn-attend-
ance is the principal cause"
He recommended court of discipline
and Capt. Upton says he will adopt
the suggestion, and in future those who
fail in their duty win be punished.
Inspection of the First Regiment
band, however, was satisfactory. and
not only Col. Metcalf, but Adjutant
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24

Every season has it's mean man. The
mean man of this season is one who
expects his underwear to be mended so
long as there is a doll left in the house
undreSSed.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
NEW WOMAN TAKES POISON
Miss Elam, Candidate for Georgia
State Librarian. Attempts Suicide


Atlanta, Ga, Dec 24-The attempted
suicide of Miss Adah Elan is the result
of the race for state librarian, one Incl
dent of which was the marriage of Miss
Helen Dortch, the former librarian, to
General T<ongstreet. Since the office has
been opened to women a spirited contest
has grown up for it, and over 100 names
were presented to the governor. Up to
a couple of days ago Miss Elan, pretty
and accomplished young lady, was decid-
edly in the lead Political exigencies
gave prominence to the name of Mrs. Mil
ledge, the wife OF the former librarian,
who had for her support the Confederate
veterans of the state. Her appointment
was given out as one to follow. when Miss
ELAN said: well. that ends hope of life
for me-
Miss Elan held the office of postmis-
tress OF the house of representatives.
The door was locked long after it should
have been opened. The necessity for en-
trance became urgent, when the janitor
looked through the transom window and
inside beheld the lady. PROSTATE from the
effects of the self-administered poison.
One of the first men at her side was Gov
ernor Atkinson, who directed her removal
to Grady hospital. Miss Elan is a mem
Der of one of the best families of the
state and was a lady of marked literary
talent and great popularity.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24

wealth are made; from these annually.
for two decades, she has given to the
shambles along alone animals having
an average home value exceeding S29,-
100000, or an aggregate of 1888 O00. 600;
out of these and by these her future
wealth and all it brings Of good must
largely come. As finished product and
raw material they are symbOliZed in
the beef steer, his sister and the corn.
To their Improvement, best utilization
and proper recognition this work is
dedicated"
The conclusion of Mr.. Coburn's study
of Beef Steer. his Sister, and the Corn.
is that Kansas is to be the second Beef
Steer and his Sister capital of the
world:
THE reports show with practical
ananimity that, with her mild, dry
winter climate, abundant cheap grains
and forage, uneQualled transportation
facilities, and possessing within her
borders the second greatest live stock
market in the world, Kansas must be
and is the appropriate and most suit
able maturing ground for not only her
own, but the vast numbers of range
reared steers from the southwest and
west, and a large proportion of those
native to the plains and valleys of the
northwest as WELL
After some years of calamitOuS Pop
ulist ululation, Kansas has come to ad-
NIT her own exceeding prosperity and
to appreciate her great and admirable
resources. AS in the days when the
of woe from the realm of the sunfiower
failed to get an approving audience
there or to pour his plant into many
credulous ears elsewhere, SO now no
tale, however Arabian in it's splendor,
of the riches of that realm, is too good
to believe. There is this difference,
however, that the heralds of woe were
strolling humbugs, laden with voices,
whereas the tales OF prosperity are
true without discount.
Even Popuhst philosophers exult
where they formerly wept and walled,
and despatch, or threaten to despatch,
jack rabbits, slain for a bounty of 3
cents a scalp, to the INDECENT victims of
the plutOcracy of the east.
VIII Kansas, now decked as to her
-teeming head with crowns of gold
eagles and wreaths of certified checks,
accept the cordial salutations of the
east upon a good fortune so signal, ac-
cepting at the same time the heartfelt
thanks of such serfs, if any, in these
parts as have been made full and hap
py by eleemOsynary jack rabbits ?Great
is the land of the Beef Steer, his Sister,
and the Corn; and from it the once
more prominent product, the Crank, is
being dislOdged day by day.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
AFTER HANNRS SCALP.
Kurtz and His Followers Put
on Their War Paint.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 24.-The marshal
ling in of forces of the Ohio senatorial
contest has begun. Charles Kurtz, of
Columbus, has dropped all pretense of
not seeking to defeat Senator Hanna
and has for sometime been organizing
his forces. Today there were many I'M
I7ortant conferences in Senator Hanna's S
office among his lieutenants in differ
ent parts of the state
Among those who visited the sena-
tor were Judge George K. Nash, chair
man Of the Republican executive COM
mittee of Ohio, Harry Daugherty, chair
man of the state central committee and
President d. d. WoOdmansee and Sec
1etarv q. B. Case. of the Ohio league of
Republican clubs. Although none of
these gentlemen would reveal what
transpired at the conferences, the gen
eral import of the meetings is easily
int faTrad
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
AL Is Nor RIeHT YEE

Along with the many evidences of re-
turning prosperity to which public at
tention is being called frequently, come
entirely too many catastrophes such as
that which occurred in Philadelphia
yesterday to permit of that feeling Of
confidence which is necessary to a COM
plete restoration of good times. Though
many idle industries have again be-
come active prices been advanced in
many lines, idle men been put at work
and wages advanced in some quarters,
these favorable changes are being
largely offset by bank and mercantile
failures, by reductions in wages in
certain large industries and by strikes.
Another serious phase of the business
revival is embodied in the fact that
never before, perhaps, in the same
length of time has the country wit
messed the formation of so many or so
gigantic trusts for the control of the
production, distribution and conse-
quently the price of the necessaries of
life.
1t must be conceded that notwith-
standing the passage of a tariff law
which was especially designed to set
the business of the country on its feet
again and make everybody prosperous,
and the placing of the country on
gold basis, which, if the advocates of
that action are to be believed. is in it
self sufficient to supply all the lacking
elements of prosperity, there is still
something wrong somewhere.
Our foreign trade is all that could
reasonably be hoped for and shows a
large balance in favor of this country.
There is apparently an abundance of
money in the country. The banks are
all full of it. In fact it seems to be a
drug since the national banks have
been retiring their circulation at so
rapid a rate that they have already
reached the limit permitted by the
government in any one month, for De-
cember.
When banks retire their circulation
1t must be that they have more money
than they can use. Such action, how
ever contracts the volume of currency,
and contraction of the currency if
persisted in will in time produce dis
astrous results.
It is notable that the business trou-
bles such as failures and strikes are
largely confined to the east in which
region also is the most marked plethora
of money.
The east has fattened off the west
and south for many years and when it
had had a surplus of cash. has been able
10 AA4N an outlet Dy lOanlng 1t TO needy
farmers, business men and banks in
the less favored sections of the coun-
try. That time has passed. The peo-
pie Of the west and south have money
of their own which they have worked
for and earned. They are no longer
paying interest to eastern capitalists
to any great extent. To this change in
conditions is probably due much of the
trouble which assails the eastern com
mercial circles with alarming frequen-
cy.
The east has been able to control the
policy of the government but it does
not seem to have great cause for re-
1oieing yet. If it can get the green
backs retired perhaps that win make
everything right.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
HE WORKED WICHITA.
a scnemer Secures Over $1,oooFrom
Business Men.

Wichita. Dec 24.-Morris. the man
who got away with $11O of money Har-
rv Shepard had given him to pay the
freight on some pianos, further worked
Mr. Shepard.
He made Mr.. Shepard a proposition
to put 81 900 of his own money into the
business for a while. He said he would
have some coming in a few days by
draft from New York. After a few
DAYS he came to Mr.. Shepard with an
envelope postmarked New York and
dated out of Wichita on the day he re-
ceived it, The draft was for 1912 and
was made out on the Chemical National
bank of New York City.
He asked Mr.. Shepard to endorse him
at the Bank of Commerce and received
the money from Mt. Jones.
Norris also took five checks from
Shepa rd's check book and filed out a
number which he cashed. One for
S25, Singer & Donnell; one for $40, Nick
Steffen.
Morris cannot be located.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
ARRESTED IN BED.
a Delaware Woman is Taken to Court
in Her Night Clothes.

Dover. n. J., Dec. 24-Mrs. Thomas
O. Bullock was arraigned before Jus
tice c. B. Gage here today charged
with assault and battery.
She was arrested in bed and brought
here from her residence. four miles
away, attired only in her night dress
and without shoes. She was thus ar
raigned in court.
The constable says that when Mrs
Bullock saw him coming she ran to her
room and locked herself in. and when
he finally forced an entrance into the
room she had undressed and lain down
in bed.
After considerable argument, in
which the constable says he offered to
withdraw and give the woman time to
dress, and she refused, she was placed
under arrest and brought here as she
was.
Mrs Bullock was held for the grand
jury.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
CABLEGRAm FROM GERMANY
Cost Lincoln Family Several Dol
lars to Send it Back for Inter
probation.

Lincoln, Dec. 24.-One day during the
past week a cabIegram came from Carl
Lohmann, who is in Germany, to his
folks here.
It was sent in German, and the agent
could not interpret it, so it had to be
sent back to find out what it was about
During the interval between the time
when it first came and when the trans
lation arrived, the family was in great
distress.
They could not understand why a ca
blegram should be sent unless some
thing quite unusual was the matter.
When they finally got it Strengthened
out it was simply an inquiry from the
old gentleman why the folks here did
not write to him. -r
1t cost them several dollars and gave
a lot of trouble, but they will doubtless
write to the absent husband and faith
er more frequently in the future.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
THIS IS -JoURNA1IsM."
Kansas Boy Lawyer Probably Con
victed a sFake' Defendant.

Atchison, Kan. Dec. 24.-It is general
ly believed that the case in which Bry-
on Gilbert, the 7-year-Old lawyer won
his first suit, was not bona fide Htiga-
ton. The case was brought by the
New York World to collect $40, said to
be due from an unknown person on
subscription. The SuppositiOn is that the
World brought the case as the ground
work for a feature story in its Sunday
issue.
Justice Casey, before whom the case
was brought, says the proceedings were
in due form, but the general under
standing here is that it was for the
purpose stated. Mitchell, the defend
ant. is unknown here, and left town
Immediately after the trial
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
PEOPLE you HEAR OF

Mrs. Cleveland is said to be a strict
disciplinarian with her children and a
firm believer in the Froebel system of
education.
Mrs. Emma Eames Storey, the we'll
known American singer, has abandoned
her proposed German tour and will
spend the winter in Paris.
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan pos
sesses one of the finest collections OF
paintings in this country He is
great admirer of American art.
Nansen, the arctic explorer was
asked in Boston what had most inn
pressed him in his tour of the United
States. and replied that he considered
Niagara Falls more marvellous than
any feature of the country.
Sir Julian Pauncefote the British
ambassador, is gradually recovering
from the long and somewhat painful
attack of rheumatism which has kept
him in his room, and part of the time
in bed, for the last five weeks.
The will Of Rev. George H Hough-
ton, rector of THE Little Church
Around the Corner" New York, who
suddenly died recently, bequeathed his
property to his niece, Anna Morse
Houghton, for life, and at her death to
the Church of the TRANSPORTATION.
1t is said that Cecil Rhodes has never
been known to be late for an appoint
ment. AS a boy he always lived by
time''-being in the habit of continually
consulting a watch, which was his
most cherished possession. Mr.. Rhodes
keeps a diary-Or used to keep one
written in an intricate cipher known
only to himself.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
HAS A COMMERCIAL CLUB.
Renewed Business Activity in Win
field Demands a New Organization.

Winfield, Dec 24-To meet the de-
nands of renewed business activity
and for the purpose of looking after
the commercial interests of the city a
new commercial club has been orga-
nized in Winfield with a membership
of thirty.
The rooms in the third story of the
Cowley County National bank building
are now being fitted up for the use of
the new club. Handsome new paper is
being put on the walls and the entire
woodwork will be reVarnished. New
Brussels carpets will adorn the floors
and the old furniture will be newly up
hOlStered.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24

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 and every part of the urinary
passages in male or female. 1t relieves
retention of water and pain in passing
it almost Immediately If you want
quick relief and cure, this is your rem
edy Sold by Geo W. Stansheld, 632
Kansas avenue, and Sim DrIzg compa-
ny 6O7 Kansas avenue, druggists, To-
peka Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24

NFTOm the AICnlSOu CTlODe-)
Every child at school tries to be the
teachers pet.
It is a sign you are getting old when
your knees get cold.
When man is drunk, and should
talk least, he talks most.
Some people are great because they
have an accommodating instead of
spending sense.
Don't throw away any article of food
that is found to be indigestible; chop
it up, and put it in the mince pies
The members of a North Atchison
family are being tried by a new hired
girl, and will do their best to give sat
isfaction until spring.
One reason a widow begins to look
younger as soon as her husband dies, is
that she is buying a lot of new
clothes for the first time since she was
a bride.
You hear a great deal about higher
education" Meantime only one man
out of fifty can write a letter, and cor
rectIy spell the words, and punctuate
them.
Every season has it's mean man. The
mean man of this season is one who
expects his underwear to be mended so
long as there is a doll left in the house
undressed.
An Atchison woman recently attend
ed a reception, and half the guests
said to her: I'VE have been eating
your sausage, and we think it is just
perfectly lovely She told the grocer
to say nothing about it.
An Atchison equal suffragist whose
children are all girls, was down buy
ing Christmas presents today. She
shifted at the dolls and invested chief
ly in tool boxes, skates, balls, etc. The
neighbOrs are taking up subscription
to buy each of her children a doll.
Think of the thousands of people who
suffer in silence every Sunday listening
to dull sermons!
Our idea of being just rich enough is
to be in such circumstances that one
can send kilograms instead Of having
to write letters.
The fellows who run for Office on
slight provocation, are also apt to run
for the Klondike without knowing
much of the facts.
A doll has been invented that says
Merry Christmas" when a certain
SS'' to make the toy complete
There is one comfort to a man who
knows that he will die before his Wife
she will not be there when his record
is read This should be enough to COM
pensate him for the fear that she may
marry again.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
ORPHANS ARE HAPPY.
The Home at Atchison to Have a
Brass Band of Their Own.

Atchison, Dec. 24.-The Soldiers Or
phans' home is to have a brass band.
The instruments have arFived from
New York where they were manufac-
tured by Carl Fischer, formerly of
AtchisOn. Mr.. Fischer contributed $50
towards their purchase. There are IA
pieces.
The veterans of the Leavenworth
home contributed the rest of the
amount, s1OO. A teacher will be en-
ployed and the boys who are to com
prise the band will be put under a
course of instruction Immediately.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
His Arm Torn Off

Newton, Dec. .24-D. NJ Schortz. living
four miles north of here had his arm
torn off yesterday afternoon by corn
shelter. He was feeding corn into the
shelter when his hand became entang-
led in the cylinder and his arm was
shoulder 1t was impossible to release
him and for nearly an hour he stood
While the men were working to get him
free. The cylinder was finally broken
with a sledge hammer and he was re
leased.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-24
Colorado Monument 70 LincoIu

Denver. Dec. 24-Formal steps were
taken today by the Incorporation of the
Abraham Lincoln Memorial association
for the esta blishment of a suitable me-
mortal to the martyred president in
Colorado. The site selected is the sum
NIT of Mount Lookout, in the Arkansas
valley The money required will be
raised by subscription. A copy of the
articles of Incorporation will be for
warded to Washington with a petition
to ongress for a grant to the assOcia-
ton of the site selected