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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
PILES OF BUFFALO BONES.
Fertilizer Company Makes Enormous
Collections in Montana

Great Falls, Mont, Sept. Sat Half
Breed cou1ee, in the Sweet Grass hills,
away up in the northern line of Montana,
is huge pile of buffalo bones awaiting
shipment to the east, where the bones
will be ground into fertilizers and dis
tributed over the country to renew work.
ed out soil The pile as it stands today is,
by actual measurement, 175 feet long, so
feet wide, and tn bones are piled up like
cordwood, eight feet high. In this pile
are 525 cords of solid bones, and it is es-
timated that it represents 10000 of the
great monarchs of the plains.
On Milk river lies another pile of about
the same size, and on Sun and Marais
rivers are others, each as large as that
at Half Breed coulee. These piles have
been gathered during last summer and
they have drawn much attention since
then from old timers, who have stopped
to see them and recall the times when
there were more than bones to remind
them of the buffalo.
A Chicago fertilizer firm has been at
work in this state for several years gath
ering bones, but at no time has it had
such quantity now. 1t is estimated
that with a continuance of this work
three years the last trace of the buffalo
will have disappeared from Montana.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
NATIONAL W. C. It. UNION.
Call Sent Out forethe Gathering to be
Held in Buffalo Next Month.

Boston, Sept. sS.-Ihe 24th annual CON
vention of the National Womans Chris
tian Temperance Union will be held in
Music hafl. Buffalo, n. Y, October 30 to
November g., 1t will Immediately follow
the fourth biennial convention of the
Worlds w. c. T. U.-October % to 26-
which, in its turn will follow the annual
convention of the w. c. T. u. of the Do
minion of Canada; the last two to be held
in the city of Toronto, Ont.
These will, without doubt, form the
most remarkable trio of women's con-
ventions ever held in this any other
country.
Circulars are now being sent out on
behalf of the National w. c. T. u, sign
ed by Frances E. Willard, president, and
Katherine L. Stevenson, corresponding
secretary.
The annual sermon October 81 will
be preached by Lady Henry Somerset,
and it is confidently expected that. both
in the number in attendance and in the
richness and variety of the program,
this convention will excel any. yet held
by the w. c. T. U. of the United States.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

ner's double dealing in the matter of
this appointment, it can be stated on
positive authority that he gave person.
al assurance to Mrs Kelley as early as
last May that she would be continued
at the head of the factory Inspection
bureau. He did this indirectly by con-
Sulting her as to the appointment of
deputies and discussing the work of the
bureau. He did it directly by assuring
her that she would not have been con-
suited thus if he had not determined to
retain her in that department Friends
of Mrs. Kelley and of the child-labor
law received this assurance both. earlier
and later. President Finley of Knox
college at Galesburg, of whom j. Mack
Tanner, the governors son and private
secretary, had been a favorite. pupil,
wrote to the governor about this mat
ter as late as August Is. The reply he
received was taken as an assurance
that Mrs. Kelley had been the same as
reappointed. Two weeks later the re-
nnoyal of Mrs. Kelley was announced
to newspaper correspondents at Spring
field and she herself was not notified
until two days later.
Friends of the child-labor law, sus-
picious of the manner in which Louis
Arlington was appointed chief factory
inspector, have asked for a word of
comfort. The facts have been present
od
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
GERMANY MAY BE SORRY.
Bismarck Says She May Regret Hav-
ing Harassed England Too Much.

Paris, Sept. 8.-The Gaulois today
prints an interview with Prince Bis
narck, in which he is quoted as having
expressed fear that the efforts made
at Peterhof were so much wasted
time
What was required, the ex-chance1lor
is said to have added, was a serious.
active agreement with a we'll defined
programme. and much clear sightedpess
and tenacity to- achieve result where
by the pretentions of Great Britain
could be STAYED.
The prince is further quoted as say
ing:
1T is absolutely certain that Ger
many will not succeed in attaining this
end and she may regret having harass-
ed England too much"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
A DUKE IN JAIL.
Arraigned With His Duchess in
a London Police Court.

London, Sept s.-The duke and duchess
of Rio Grande were arraigned in the
Marylebone police court this morning
charged with defrauding hotels and
boarding houses. The duke is said to be
is asserted, is niece of ex-United States
Senator o. D. Conger of Michigan. The
prisoners were brought up in the midst
of a motely assemblage of ragged crini-
nails. They had slept in cells at Hallo-
way and showed the effect of the uncom-
Portable night they had passed.
A hotel keeper and the landladies of
two boarding houses confronted the cou-
pie in court today. Mrs. Elizabeth STAN
ley, one of the landladies, described her
experience. She said lady dhe female
prisoner) with an infant and nurse went
to her house on June 90 at night and
engaged a room, the lady saying her hus-
band was dining at the club. The hus-
band (the male prisoner) arrived late, ex-
planned that he had been yachting and
that his baggage was delayed. They
stayed until August 1 at Mrs. Stanleys,
making many excuses when asked for
money, or for explanation to why bag
gage was not forthcoming. Finally Mrs.
Stanley was compelled to have the duke
and duchess expelled from her house.
After testimony from other Iandladies,
who had failed to be paid, defense claim
ed that the prisoners offered security in
bills but the magistrate said twas a clear
case of defrauding the hotel and boarding
houses and he remanded the prisoners for
a week, Offering to release the female
prisoner on fifty pounds bail, half the
amount charged against the pris-
oners. The latter were eventually re-
turned to the Holloway Jail in the Black
Maria. An American who refused to give
his name, was present in court today. He
said:
'I will find bail for the woman, but the
husband may rot in jail. She is wen
known in Chicago and is a woman of the
highest talents and character. She be-
came fascinated with the worthless man,
her husband, married him and had per-
feet faith in him. 1 presume he is duke.
1 have lived in Brazil and know that any
one can get titles there" .
The female prisoner appealed to the
United States embassy for protection on
the ground that she was an American. but
the embassy officials replied that she had
forfeited her citizenship by marrying a.
foreigner. The embassy, however, will be
represented at the trial The woman is
well known in New York Mrs. Clara
Conger. She married De Neil there in
1896.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
ANDREWS WILL QUIT.
Insists ON the Acceptance of His
Resignation by Brown
Directors.

Providence, r. l., Sept. SIT is un-
officially announced that DR.. Andrews
will insist upon the acceptance of his
resignation from the presidency of
Brown university. This decision was
arrived at after a conference between
Mr.. Andrews and the advisory and the
executive committees of the corporation
His connection with the Cosmopolitan
it is thought will take UP too much
time to permit of his devoting his at
tention to both universities. His decis-
ion is in spite of a letter received by
him from the faculty asking him to re-
main.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
Lieht Company pefaults.

Seattle, Wn., Sept s.-Judge G. G.
Hanford of the federal court was asked
today to appoint a receiver for the Ia
coma Gas and Electric company of
Tacoma The application was filed by
John H Schakleford of Tacoma, repre-
senting the New York Security and
Trust company The bill states that
the gas company is indebted to the
trust company as trustee, under
mortgage for $5O0, 900. in the sum of
$12 900 interest on the principal note.
.Judge Hanford will appoint the receiv-
err tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
HELP FOR HANNA.
Gold Democrats Will Put Up Ticket
in Ohio.

Columbus, o., Sept. s.-The state gold
Democratic convention will assemble to-
morrow when district meetings will be
held. The convention proper is to be held
on Thursday. Mr.. Bynum of Indiana will
be the principal speaker. The purpose is
to nominate full state ticket. The Col
umbus contingent has decided to put up
candidates for senator, representatives in
the legislature and suggests to other coun-
ties to follow suit The party will have
to petition to get on the ballot.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

my boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding, and suffering great PAIN
saws Mr.. f. j. Schan, with Meyer Bros
Drug Co., St. Louis. Mo. Il dressed
the wound and applied Chamberlain $
Pain Balm freely. All pain ceased and
in a remarkably short time it healed
without leaving a scar. For wounds
sprafns sWellings and rheumatis
know of no medicine or prescription
equal to it. ] consider it household
necessity The 25 and so cent sizes
for sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
Have You Been There YetP

There are many delightful resorts in
New Mexico, but none eXcelling Las
Vegas Hot Springs. The Montezuma
hotel is really just a little the incest of
its class in the southwest. If you are
well, run up there for a few days out
ing If sick, no better place to get well
all kinds of baths, expert medical at
tendance, etc. Railroad and hotel rates
reasonable w. c. Garvey, Agent, A,
Z & s F. Railway.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
JARRED THE TOWN
One Hundred and Twenty
Quarts of Nitro-Glycerine
Explodes at Cygnet, O. Gas Well
Killing Many.
NOT A PANE is LEFT
In Any Window in the Town
The Oil Works a Wreck.
The Country Trembled For
Miles Around.

Cygnet, o., Sept. s.-A terrible ex-
plosion of nitro-g -glycerine occurred here
resulting in the death of six persons,
whose names are known, and others at
present unknown.
The killed are:
Sam Barber.
Alleln Falls
John Thompson.
Charles Bartel
Henry Lansda1e.
-. Havens, boy.
The explosion occurred at Grant we'll
at the rear of the National Supply ccm-
pany'S Office building in the village linn
its. This well had just been shot by
Samuel Barber, the shooter for the
Ohio and Indiana Torpedo company.
The we'll was a gasseH and when the
12O quarts of glyc6rine let down in the
well exploded, the gas ignited with a
terrific roar, the. flames shot high
above the derrick. AS soon as the drill
ers saw the flames several climbed into
the derrick to shut off the gas, but they
had hardly gotten there when there
was a terrific explosion, the burning
gas had started the remaining glycerine
in the empty cans standing in the wag-
on near the derrick. In another wag-
on near by were some cans containing
another 120 quarts of the stuff, and this
was started by the force of the. first
explosion.
The second was blended with the first
in a mighty roar. and the town and
surrounding country for miles trembled
from the shock The National Supply
company's building was completely de-
molished and nothing remains where
the wagon stood but a big hole. There
is not a whole pane of glass in any win
dow in the town and every house and
store was shaken to it's foundation.
The damage to the Ohio Coal COM
pany will amount to So 900. Their out
buildings are a total wreck and many
others are damaged. The town has a
population of about 1.200. Many by
ISLANDERS were wounded.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
rhev Think it was Schmidt.

Colorado Springs. Sept. s--The coro-
ner's inquest upon the. body of a man
found in a hut in this city developed
the fact that he was murdered. Inc
bodv was so badly decomposed as 10
prevent identification. Suspicion points
te an old man. named Schmidt who has
been occupying the hut and who is now
missing. Schmidt is believed to be de-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
A Cure for Bilious collie.

Resource, Screven Co., Cal have
been subject to attacks of bilious collie
for several years. Chamberlains Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the
only sure relief. 1t acts like a charm.
One dose of it gives relief when all
other remedies fail.-G. D. Sharp. For
sale bY all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

To do so is In
furious to + b e
Nervous System.
The only scientific
cure for the Tobacco
habit.
Has cured thousands
where other remedies
failed. (Write for proofs.)
Does not depend on the
will power of the user. 1t
is fhe Cure. Vegetable
and harmless.
Is the Original Writ
tega Guarantees ] en-
edy that refunds your
money if it fa.ls TO cure.
per box; 3 boxes (guar-
4 your druggist does not
it. EUR z H A CHEM. .
D, La Crosse, wis.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

The trea atmenI for worms must be
prompt and safe, Whites Cream Vermi-
fuge can be. trhsted to restore your
child to heahR It is a tonic as well
as a worm destroyer. Every bottle
guaranteed to bring worms 25c Geo
w Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue, and
Mfller's Pharmacy, corner Sixth and
Topeka avenues.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

The requirements of a medicine is to
tighten the burden of pain and cure.
This bringsAus to the question of rem
edy, and TAbleE's Buckeye Pile Oint-
ment is theAogly remedy for blind,
bleeding or pr6truding Piles that is en-
dorsed by physicians. Cures the most
obstinate cases. soc. Geo. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue, and Millers
Pharmacy, corner Sixth and Popeka
avenues.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
SW|F rs
SPECIFIC

is far ahead of any blood remedy on the
market, for it does so much more. Be-
the rundown system, it cures any blood
disease. it matters not how deep-seated or
Obstinate, which other so-called blood
remedies fail to reach. 1t is real blood
remedy for real blood diseases.
S<r. Asa Smith, of Greencastle, Ind,
writes: ssI had such a bad case of Sciatid
Rheumatism that 1 became absolutely
helpless-unable to take my food or handle
myself in any way. took many patent
medicines, but they did not reach my
trouble One dozen bottles of S. 8. 8.
cured me sound and well, andI now weigh
no."
Books on blood and skin diseases mailed free
By Swift Specific Company, Atlanta "a.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
EDMUNDS GIVES UP.
Surrenders to Colorado officers With
out Requisition.

Kansas City, Mo, Sept. s.-John B.
EdmundS. the youth charged with the
murder of the young Nebraskan, NJ S.
Kay, on Fixes peak, gave in to the Col
orado authorities and Sheriff w S.
Boynton of Colorado Springs has start
ed west with his prisoner. Young Ed
munds agreed to return to Colorado
without awaiting the result of the
requisition proceedings at Jefferson
City. providing the charge of larceny
against him Cor taking things from the
office of. DIR. Fraker, whom he served
as office boy, be dismissed.
Sheriff Boynton conferred with the
prosecuting authorities at Colorado
Springs with the result that EdmundS
proposition was agreed to. The Colo
rado authorities also agreed to pay Ed
mundS expenses and the expenses of
all his witnesses from the Colorado line
to Colorado Springs and return.
Free exhibit paintings and sketches,
American and European, by the late
Arthur Peck. S35 Monroe street. every
afternoon except Mondays.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
$500 RATE TO ST. LOUIS
And Reduced Rates for All Other
Eastern Points Via Santa Fe
Route.

On Sept. 9, IA, 16. %. %. 80, Oct 3.
Z, H. IA, 10 and 21, the Santa Fe Route
will sell tickets to ST. Louis for $500 and
to all eastern points at reduced rates,
which may be obtained by telephoning
agents.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

There Is no pain or discomfort when
ia bler's buckeye Pile Ointment is used.
1t relieveS that itching increased by
scratching %It is prepared with scien-
tific accuracy and professional knowI-
edge, and is the kind that cures blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding Piles
with no pain or loss of time. Geo. W.
Stansheld 632 Kan. Ave, and Miller's
Pharmacy, Cor. 9Th and Topeka Ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
ri Dorado 4.7-Newton OIL.

Fldorado, Sept s-Eldorado won the
first game of ball from Newton by
score of to 0. Newton won the second
by a score of IL to Z.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
5000 TO ST. LOUIS. 5000.
The ROCK Island Route


Will sell tickets September 7th, and on
Thursdays and Tuesdays thereafter up
to and including Oct. 21st. 1897.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

Casearets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medicaA Adiscoyerv of the age, pleas
ant and refresh ing TO the taste, act gently
and positively on}Elneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habituaI constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
of q. c. G.. to-day; 10, -. 50.cents. Sold and
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

The magic healer OF all Coughs. Colds
and Consumption is Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

netic, full of life,neFve and xigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-woflzer that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample Free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

2. !. Peal. .pentlst. over Croeby's STORE.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-08

Fifty cents and 81
anteed cure) s.. so. 1
keep it, ne will send
4CAL q N EG. CO
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
Victoria Victrix.

And now the GROWING anachronism-
the royalties. A few carriages full of la
dies in gay attire ladies in Paris gowns
and hats and gloves, without a coronet
among them to convince US of their pre-
rogative! Princesses in bonnets- who
can be prosaic enough to endure that?
The princesses / have known from child
hood have worn purple and er1nine and
cloth-of-gold and each one has had not
less than a star at her forehead. And
now the four-horse chariots have rolled
by, and eight cream-white steeds ap-
proach-this is the carriage of the Queen.
Now we shall see anointed royalty it
self, the symbol which men have fought
and died for an thousand battlefelds
from the beginning Of history; a symbol
personified this time by a woman, and
therefore all the more magical. She, at
least, will be robed and crowned; she
will aid our imaginations with all the
trappings of majesty. The carriage draws
near-is this all this white parasol with
the amplitude Of black skirts beneath it?
Is this Victoria, Queen of Great Brit
ain, Empress of India, defender Of the
faith? Out upon royalty, then! Give
me fairy-book queens--they have a finer
sense of ftness.-Harriet Monroe in Les
lies Weekly
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
Washing a Fine Art.

Love of pretty belongings is natural to
every won IN. From the classic robes of
Aspasia to the rich dresses of Elizabeth,
thence to the wedding gown of Puritan
Priscilla. we see the attractiveness of
dress. While any woman of taste can
supply herself with becoming gowns, it
is not every one who understands keep
ing them in good order; this is especially
L - of summer gowns, so easy to soil,
and so expensive to laundry; therefore
every woman should learn the art of
washing her own muslins. To do the
work fill a tub two-thirds full of warm
water, dissolve a cake of Ivory soap
(which will not fade the most delicate
colors), add it to the water, wash the
garments through it; rinse first in clear
water, then in blue water, wiring, dip in
thin starch, shake and hang in the shade
When dry, sprinkle, and iron on the
wrong side. A gown laundried in this
way will remain fresh and pretty all
summer. ELIZA r. PARKER.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
City Piping Systems,

The initial expense Of a general sub
way system through the business part
Of a city seems so great that SO far no
American city has attempted any COM
prehensive system. The general feeling
has been that subway systems would be
built some time, but that there was no
hurry about it. Meanwhile the piping
under the streets is being constantly in
creased and residence property is being
developed for business purposes needing
vault space under the sidewalks, both of
which are conditions that will increase
the expense of a subway system when
eventually constructed.
The constant opening of costly pave
ments for repairs TO the piping under
meath has now become such a nuisance
and expense that it calls for some sub
stantial change in our present methods.
As the many details of a general subway
system are too complicated for disposal
without q very thorough consideration
from different points of view the follow
ing suggestions are made with a view to
drawing out general discussion by our
readers. Let the water, sewer and gas
pipes intended for house service on new
streets or streets about to be repaved be
laid under the sidewalks. only trunk sew
ers and supply mains being laid under
the street surface as at present. Then
as the growth of the town demands these
residence streets for business buildings
requiring vaults under the sidewalks, let
a standard vault design be adopted by
the city in which space for piping is pro-
vided and require property owners to
build according to this designer, in 9TH
er words. have a combined vault and sub
way built just as a pavement is laid now
as the growth of the city demands
These vaults and subways should be con-
trolled by the city, and a sufficient rental
charged property owners for vault space
to pay for the interest on the first cost,
maintenance and depreciation. A point
that would have to be considered in de-
signing such q subway would be the dan
ger from large fires. A point in it's IA
vor, besides those already mentioned, is
that if property owners knew that all
street piping had to be laid through their
vaults they would not be so careless in
granting franchises to parties wishing to
lay piping as they are under the present
system. We invite the discussion Of our
readers on this subject
Record.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
An Old Point Comfort Trick.

Every time the mechanical conventions
have met at Old Point Comfort an anus
inc little fraud has been enacted upon
the lady visitors, and we suppose the
anne thing will be done at the conven-
lions which meet there this month. The
way the thing is done is that someone
whispers into the ears of the visitors that
moonstones can be found Oh the beach
of the bay. Then the visitors in petit
coats swarm along the edge Of the wa
ter, looking very wistfully at every little
pebble to be seen. Then they pick up the
best-looking pieces of quartz and imagine
them to be mOOnstones or even more val
liable gems.
A lapidary has shop near the hotel,
and the information is given that the
stones can be cut while the visitors wait.
The lapidary takes the stones and sub
stitutes for them other cheap jewels
found in the Black forest and cut in
Germany. Then the ladies go away hap
DIV, with the consciousness that they
have found jewels that are good enough
to make presents for their friends at
Engineering.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
The Mexican Civil Service.

Mexico makes no pretense of having a
reformed civil service. but in reality
there is very little politics in it, and good
men are promoted every day, and no one
has any complaint to make In her for
eign service the country is inclined to
permanence of tenure. No politics is OBJ
servable in the federal telegraph admin
istration, and the postoffice department
has been placed on businesslike basis
President Diaz is a civil-service reform
er without any pretense, and, more than
that, there are many men under him
who did not come up in his party, but he
recognizes merit and has brought about
an era of good feeling here. The voice
of faction has been stilled, to the i'm
mense benefit of this country.-Mexican
Herald.