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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
HESING,S PLATFORM.
Candidate for Mayor of Chicago Says
He Will Enforce the Laws.

Chicago, March 4.-Washington Hes
ing, postmaster and candidate for the
mayoralty, addressed the Christian Cit
izenship league in Willard hall yester-
day.
In opening his short speech Mr.. Hes
ing said he was the only man in the
race who dared present himself before
the people whose votes he desired.
He assured his hearers that he would
enforce every law that would benefit
the greatest number of the 2,Q90,000 peo-
pie of the city
At this point Rev. A. B. Smart
Methodist clergyman, arose and want
ed Mr. Hesing to tell him who was to
decide what laws should be and should
not be enforced
The postmaster quickly replied that
common sense should determine what
laws should be and should not be en-
forced, and the common sense should
be that of the man whom the people
placed in the office of mayor
Another minister asked Mr.. Hesing
for whom he should vote, and the reply
came promptly:
Washington Hesing," A third cler-
gyman was anxious to have his mind
made clear in regard to the starting of
the recent bicycle race. Mr.. Hesing as
sured him that the race was not started
ON Sunday, but at five minutes after
midnight This seemed to satisfy his
questioner. Then the meeting adjourn
ed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
GOODRICH WILL SUE.
The Preacher Upon Whom DR.. Pitcher
Operated Will Seek Damages.

Eskridge, March 4--Rev. H. B. Good
rich. the gentleman upon whom an OPP
Grafton was performed by DIR. Pitcher
at the Santa Fe hospital, and in con-
sequence of which, it is said. DR.. Hoge-
boom was discharged, arrived in Esk-
ridge yesterday morning. He learned
here for the first time that the opera
ton was generally known and had been
published by the newspapers. He says
the opera ton was advised by eminent
physicians and made necessary by an
injury received when a boy
The operation was to have been per
formed privately and Mr.. Goodrich did
not know it was witnessed by others
than the necessary attendants. He is
very indignant regarding the matter
and will institute damage proceedings
against the hospital, the physicians, the
papers giving the matter publicity and
all concerned. He was here only a few
moments before starting for his home
ten miles south OF town.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
MISS BOWES DOESN'T SMOKE
The Manager Makes an Exception in
Her Favor in Carmen.

fact that Miss Lottie Bowes who is
playing with the Nethersole company
does not smoke cigarettes even upon
the stage. 1t is in Carmen that the fe-
male members of the company are ex-
pected to puff cigarettes. Every mem
Der of the company was expected to
Go so and Miss Bowes was greatly wor-
ried before the first presentation in
which she was to appear.
She went to the manager and told
him that she had never smoked cigar
cites and asked that an exception be
made in her favor and that she be al
lowed to appear without the cigarette.
Il shall make an exception in your
case said the manager. You need
not smoke cigarettes while you play
with this company. I do not want to
think that 1 ever started any one in
most pernicious habit. Most of the fe-
male members of the company are per-
fect1y willing to smoke on the STAGE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
A USE FOR COWBOYS.

[F'rom the Phoenix (Ariz.) Republican,
The runaway season in Phoenix, al
ways famed for runaways, has evil
IDENTIFY set in. Another element has been
introduced which will mitigate the hor-
rors of runaways and reduce the
chances of mortality, the cowboy A horse
drawing a grocery delivery wagon of
Stambaugh & Griehel ran away on
Washington street yesterday afternoon.
George Burtis, a cowboy, made a neat
capture in a run of two blocks. The
horse he was riding was slightly in
jured. The excitement had hardly died
away before a riderless saddle horse
came dashing down Washington street.
Just at that moment a California cow
boy, under the special direction of prov
idence. was making his entry into
Phoenix, his blankets strapped on the
saddle behind him, his horse weary with
long travel He turned into the street
just as the saddle horse tore along. He
made a squirt and neatly roped the run
away. The city should either enforce
the hitching ordinance or put all these
cowboys under pay and keep them
mounted and stationed along the street
between the hours of a. m. and 9
D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
RIcHARp IN MOE SO BAD.

OHenry Cabot Lodge in Scribner.)
If Richard be tried by the only proper
standard, that of his own time, he will
be found to be not more but less, cruel
and bloody than either his predecessors
or those who came after him. The act
which has especially blackened his
memory is the mysterious removal or
murder of the princess. Yet Clifford,
backed by Margaret of Anjou, had kill
ed in cold blood Richards brother, the
Earl of Rutland, a boy of 16, while Hen
ry VII. imprisoned and executed the
feeble minded Earl of Warwick, the son
of Clarence.
p In mere numbers of executions, ex-
Guiding, of course, on both sides those
who were taken in open rebellion, Rich
ard has much less to answer for than
Queen Margaret or Henry VII, and far
less than Henry VIII, who put to death
anybody that happened to be distaste-
full to him on political, personal or relig
iOuS grounds.
There was no public opinion in that
day against putting to death anyone
who had played and lost in the great
struggle of politics. Executions were
recognized part of the business. When
the game went against statesman in
those days, as Mr. Speaker Reed once
said, he did not cross the aisle and take
his place as the leader of his majeSty'S
opposition; he was sent to the tower
and had his head cut off. Autres temps,
autreS, moeurS. At every turn of the
wheel in the long struggle between the
Lancastrians and the Yorkists, the vic
torious party always executed every
leader of the other side upon whom they
could lay hands.
Such were the rules of the society and
such the policies in which Richard was
brought up, and he played according to
those rules and without excess, paying
the final forfeit himself with undaunted
courage.
Nothing is farther from the truth than
the notion that Richard was unpopular
with the masses of the people. He had
never injured them, and they did not
n death
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
GETTING NEW IDEAS.
Mountain and Plain Directors Seeing
the Mardi Gras.

Denver, March A number of the
members of the board of directors of
the Festival of Mountain and Plain are
now in attendance at tic Mardi Gras
festival at New Orleans They will
watch carefully for any new ideas
which may present themselves as at
fractions for the Colorado festival in
October next.
The call issued a few weeks ago to
with a favorable response and when
the committee on plans meets, as it
soon will, to outline a programme,
much new material will be laid before
it from which to choose. Any other
suggestions or new ideas presenting
themselves to any one who takes an in
terest in the success of the festival
should be sent to the committee as soon
as posi- BILE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
BENEFIT OF HARD TIMES.
[From Rev. Myron Reeds Sermon, last
Sunday

LF'rOm Rev. Myron Reeds Sermon, last
Sunday
1 believe that these hard times in
which we have been swimming some
four years, with the assistance of any
kind of a plank have had some good
results in the character of our people.
We have found that the things we want
and need are not matters of course.
Water at Niagara and water in Sahara
have different values. For years 1
have known a boy who has had all he
needed, nearly all he wished. He was
not spoiled. But the other day heard
of him hitting drill for So a day. That
will not spoil him. He is in touch with
earth now, and with men, real men.
I do not suppose he thinks that for the
dangerous work he is doing So a day
is any too much. There is nothing like
getting down among the folks, living
with them, hearing them talk.
These people who are giving great
banquets and blocking the highway
seem to have no sense of the situation.
They are planting rose gardens on the
banks of Vesuvius. l do not care how
much these people spend-I like to hear
of miIlion-dollar banQuets. 1t diff
fuses the dollars among worthy people,
and also prompts the question: How
did these curled darlings get their
money? AS Dick Turpin said, THE
question is irisidious and irrelevant"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
MAC VEAGH IS PRESIDENT.
Is Now at the Head of the Bureau of
Associated Charities.

Chicago, March 4-Franklin Mac
Veagh is now president of the Bureau
of Associated Charities, having been
elected to that position at a meeting of
the board of directors Saturday. Ever
since the bureau was divorced from the
Civic Federation in November, 1896, it
has been without a permanent chief ex-
ecutive, DR.. Philip Ayres acting in the
capacity of superintendent only.
Mr.. MacVeagh's acceptance of the
office of president was the result of
pressing solicitation on the part of his
fellow members on the board of direct
orS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
CITY SETTLES AN OLD SUIT
Isabelle Greenway Compromises Her
Claim for Damages for $3.50.

The suit of Isabel Greenway against
the city of Topeka has been settled.
About three years ago Mrs. Greenway
fell into Gums canal in North To-
peka She brought suit against the
city for damages and at the trial Sc
cured verdict for $500. A new trial
was secured and the case was awaiting
a second hearing.
By the terms of the settlement the
city will pay Mrs. Greenway $3.50 and
she is to pay the costs. The costs will
eat up almost the entire sum received
from the city There will be but $50
left to pay attorneys fees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
A HUMAN OSTRICH.
Autopsy on an Australian Brings to
Light Wonderful Array of
Digested Articles.

New York, March 4-James War
burton, an Australian, 60 years old, who
was admitted to the state hospital for
the insane at Morris Plains about one
year ago suffering from melancEolia,
ease.
Thomas P. Prout, hospital pathology
list, performed an autopsy on Friday,
silver teaspoons and the handles of six
others in Warburton's stomach. Part
of the silver only came from the hcspi-
fa1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
coLoRED MEN REBEL.
Negro Citizens of Leavenworth Will
Nominate q CITY Ticket

Leavenworth, March 4.-The colored
citizens of Leavenworth will put a
ticket in the field this spring for mayor
and the various councilmen and school
officials. The turning down of DR.. c.
NJ. Moates, the colored city physician, as
a member of the board of pension ex-
aminers was the point which caused
the split from the Republican party.
T. w. Bell, who was a Republican
candidate for city attorney two years
ago, will be the colored candidate for
city attorney and DR.. Moates for
mayor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
IMMIGRATION.
police Justice Cornell of New York
CitV

City)
From my own observation in our
courts, believe that the class of imni-
grants who flock to our shores and set
tie in our towns are a serious menace
to our institutions as well as a danger
to our city.
The statistics of the commissioner of
immigration show that an inferior class
arrived at this port during the past ifs
cal year, and that the proportion of il
hterate immigrants was greater than
usual
We want no more illiterates from any
nation, and it is high time that the ex-
clusion law should be vigorously en-
forced for our protection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
PEARL BRYAN MURDERERs.
Change Their Quarters-A New Wit
ness is Found.

Cincinnati, O., March jackson and
Walling have been transferred from the
Covington jail, where they have been
held so long, to the Jail at Alexandria,
which is twelve miles southeast of New
port. The route to Alexandria took
the prisoners within plain view of the
spot where Pearl Bryan's body was
found.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

that they will fulfill their promises in
this regard. It is no time for bicker-
ing or fault finding, besides they will
do no good for four years to come.
Let US all pull together for prosper
ifv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
STOLE GOVERNMENT MONEY
John Corwin Embezzles $4,000 and
is Caught.

Chicago. March 4-John Corwine the
United States navy paymaster, who, a
few days ago suddenly left Newport, R.
L, accused of being embeZzler of gov
eminent funds, was arrested in this city
last night.
=. W a ~ " nc PO
$4,000 during the two years that he held
the position of paymaSter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
ALWAYS AHEAD.

The State Journal was the only paper
that published Mr.. Bryan's speech in
full delivered before the legislature
Clay Center Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

Torturing, itching, scaly skin erup-
tions burns and scalds are soothed at
once and promptly healed by DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the best known
cure for piles. C. w. Stansfleld. 632
Kansas avenue.
Drowsiness is dispe1led by BEECHAMS
PILLS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
rheumatism Quickly Cured.

After having been confined to the
house for eleven days and paying out
SIS in doctor bills without benefit, Mr..
Frank Dolson of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
was cured by one bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm costing 25 cents and
has not since been troubled with that
complaint. For sale by druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

One Minute is all the time necessary
70 decide from personal experience that
One Minute Cough Cure does what it's
name implies. G. w. Stansfield, 632
Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

Homeseekers' excursions via Santa
Fe Route, March 2 and 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
TALKING ABOUT TOPEKA.

Topeka has a bill for an auditorium
before the legislature and NAV possibly
have hall big enough to accommodate
a state convention. But very few of
US will live to see it.-Burlington News
The goody good people of Topeka at
tempted to have a Sunday hypnotic
performance stopped, but they let the
joints run wide open.-Strong City Der
rick.
Topeka is shaking some Of the long
green moss from her back and will
build an auditorium for holding con-
ventions and large public meetings
The whole state congratulates Topeka
on this erprise.-Minneapolis Mes
Senger.
-
From the careless way in which To-
peka people leave their diamonds lying
around, we imagine that an industrious
man, by keeping his eyes open, could
go down there and pick up at least a
half bushel of sparklers in a day
Meriden Tribune.
Topeka wants an auditorium. It's a
wonder they don't ask for an appropri-
alton from the legislature to build it
for them.-Smith County Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

BELLEVILLE=Earl andPearlWood-
side, aged 10 and II arrived in this city
Sunday morning from San Francisco,
Cal, having Travelled the entire dis
lance alone and will make their home
with their grandfather, William Lu-
genbell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

LEAVENWORTH-A board of Off
GERS is now in session at Fort Leaven-
worth examining candidates for ad-
mission to West Point There are seven
of the candidates at Fort Leavenworth,
of which two are alternates- They are
Charles w. Davidson, Clyde, Kan,
Fifth district; Henry Annett Bell, Bur
Hngton, Kan, Fourth district; John
Dade Terrell, Garden City, Mo-, Sixth
district; oliver Peck Newman, Des
Moines, Ia, Seventh district; Philip S.
Smith, Juniata, Neb-, Fifth district;
Milo c. Bort, Kingfisher, Ok; David
B. Morton, Topeka, Kan, Fourth dis
trict.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04
FROM KANSAS TOWNS
General and Personal News From All
Over the State.

LEAVENWORTH-L night at 6
O'Clock, Connors, a shoemaker living on
Fifth avenue. lost his life by stepping
in front of an electric car. He tried to
get out of the way of fractions horses
and stepped in front of the car He was
knocked a distance of 20 feet and his
skull was crushed. ConnorS was Sc
years old and was a veteran of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

EUDORA-Major Abbott. one of the
best known citizens of eastern Kansas
died at his home in De Soto Tuesday.
He will be buried Friday. He was one
of the pioneers of Kansas, coming here
in 1854
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

LEAVENWORTH-T suit of John
w. Mute and Kansas City parties
against the American Glucose COM
pany and Hamlin of Buffalo, N. Y,
which has been on trial for the past
three days, was settled late yesterday
afternoon. The plaintiff sued for nearly
SO, 900 for breach of contract.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-04

wINFIELD-C. P. Murray has re-
signed his place as bookkeeper for the
Winfield National bank to accept the
position of bookkeeper and private sec
rotary to Mr.. VIM. Edenborn, president
of the Consolidated Steel and Wire
company of Chicago, Ill. Mr.. Murray
has been with the Winfield National
bank nearly nine years.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-21
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
ouANTRELL's CLOSE CALL.
Narrow Escape of the Guerrilla from
Death In a Raid.


Narrow Escape of the Guerrilla from
Death In a Raid.
Current stories regarding the career
Of Quantrell, the noted guerrilla who
harassed the union soldiers, have result
ed in bringing TO light the fact that
his most thrilling, and probably his
most narrow, escape from death oc-
Cured in Danville. Quantrell made
but one excursion through this part of
Kentucky, but it was bold dash and he
left a trail of blood behind him, more
than one federal soldier or sympathizer
being found with the Quantrell mark
the bullet hole in the forehead just be-
tween the eyebrows.
On the day of Quantrells close call
he had arrived in Danville from Hus-
tonville, in Lincoln county. At Huston
Vile he had halted to lay in fresh
stock of horsefesh, and there some of
his band had murdered a union officer,
A woman who had been at Hustonville
preceded the guerrillas to Dauville, and
when Quantrell reached this city she
recognized him and spoke to him, call
ing him by name. Quantrell simply
smiled and said to her: "Why, madam,
you were never more mistaken in your
life. l am Capt, - of the federal
army"
Quantrell and all his men were at
tired in federal uniforms, and were pos
ing as federal scouts. They halted in
Danville, and as federal soldiers were in
the habit of passing in and out of the
town in small squads, no particular at
tention was paid to the guerrillas until
they had been in the town five or six
hours. The woman who had accosted
Quantrell upon his arrival believed that
he had deceived her, and she told a
young federal lieutenant, then in town,
what she thought about the men who
had arrived that morning Quantrell
and his men were going about town
pretty much as they pleased, lounging
around the hotels and saloons, feeling
perfect security. The lieutenant, from
the description furnished by the wom-
an, and from what he had heard of
Quantrell, was convinced that the fine
looking fellow masquerading in federal
clothing was none other than the guer-
rilla, and determined to kill or capture
him.
The lieutenant procured carbine
and started upon hunt for his man.
He finally caught sight of him walking
down the main street of the town.
Quantrell was alone. He walked the
length of several squares down one side
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-21
HOW 10 KEEP ONIONS.
They Must De Handled Quite as Care-
fully az Apples.

They Must De Handled Quite AS Care-
fully an Apples.
Half the secret of keeping onions
well is in housing them in perfectly
dry, sound condition. If to be sold be-
fore cold weather, keep in any dry place
with plenty of air; loose floor where
air can pass up through them is best.
For winter use, keep at II low temper
allure; if kept from actual freezing
there is no danger of the temperature
being too low. They must be kept dry,
but if they become frozen they should
not be handled, merely covered and
kept in the dark until the frost grad
ually leaves them. 1t is not the freez-
ing which does the mischief, but NOV
ing them when frozen, and repeated
thawing and withdrawing of frost.
Wherever the essential conditions pre-
vail of uniformly low, dry temperature,
absence of light and not too severe
frost, they may be safely stored for
winter. Moisture and heating in bulk
should be guarded against. To avoid
gathering moisture and heating, the
bulbs should not be over two feet deep,
better less. If too warm they grow and
rot.
For winter storage, place them in a
building with tight floors under which
the frost cannot get, On such floor
place scantling, upon which lay narrow
boards one-half inch apart. Upon this
drying floor build up false partition
one foot within the outside walls. Thus
arranged, they have free circulation
of air all around and under them. When
the temperature sinks to 20 degrees it
is well to fill in the space with straw
to stop the circulation of the cold air
They can be put in bins of this struc-
ture, from two to three feet deep
Cover with hay or cornstalks sufficient
ly to protect them. Always handle
them as carefully as apples, as even
slight bruises cause them to mold OF
ROTH. L. Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-21

as he saw his chief covereN With car
bine drew his heavy revolver.
"Stop!" shouted Quantrell. Not so
fast. Put up your pistol, Oul friend
here has heard that am Quantrell. It's
amusing. Show him our papers from
the secretary of war, in order that this
embarrassment may be removed
"All right, captain" was the reply, as
the man began feeling in IN inside
pocket for his papers, still holding his
revolver, however, in his right hand.
He approached the lieutenant as he
started to withdraw his hand from his
coat, but instead of bringing out thepa-
pers he suddenly. with the quickness
and ferocity of wildcat, sprang upon
the young federal, felled him TO the
floor and held him fast with the muz-
zle of the revolver against his head, as
he cried:
'These are the papers you are look
ing for. We always have them on hand
for such as you. Must l give him the
old mark, captain?"
mo; leu Vne gentleman up Tepleu
Quantrell.
The lieutenant arose and was dis
armed, and expressed himself as very
we'll satisfied with the papers. Then
the trio took drink together. AS
Quantrell and the lieutenant continued
the conversation the other guerrilla
quietly slipped out, passed the word,
and in ten minutes more Quantrell's
horse was standing in front of the bar
room, ready for him to mount. He
shook hands with the man who had
given him one of the worst scares of his
life, left the saloon. and rode away.
Before the lieutenant could collect his
thoughts Quantrell and his band were
far on their road toward Louisville
N. Y. Sun.