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The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
PANIC IN A CIRCUS.
Lion Kills His .Tamer-Eight
Persons Crushed to Death
in the Panic.

London, Nov ia dispatch from
Berlin describes a terrible fatality in
Poland.
While a recent performance of wild
beasts and their tanner was in progress
at a village near KOVonO, Poland, the
lion tanner was killed by a, lion and
tiger. A fearful panic enSued in the
audience and eight persons were crush
ed to death, many others being ser
ionSlY in iured
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
Exonerated Sewers

leaving the reform school yesterday,
adopted and ordered spread upon the rec
ords of the meeting a resolution declaring
that after a full and complete investiga-
ton of the charges of drunkenness pre-
ferred against Fred Sewers, assistant su-
perintendent. the board is of the unani-
nous opinion that Mr.. Sewers is innocent
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
Woodford Thanks snain

Madrid. Nov. 19-At a meeting of
the cabinet a letter from the United
States minister, Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford, was read, expressing the satisfac-
tiOn and gratitude of the United
States government relatively to the
settlement of the Competitor case and
other current questions. The commu-
uication created a good impression in
pOlitfcal circles.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
WANTS HER $4,000.
Mrs Van Setback Will Visit Her
Father-in-Law in CHICAGO.

New York. Nov 19.-Mrs. Fiore Lillian
Van Schaack started for Chicago today to
try TO collect the S65 600 from her father
1n-law, Peter Van Schaack, the million
aire drug man of Chicago which a Brook
lyn jury awarded her for the anena ton
of her husbands affections.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
RUSSIAN CROPS.
Ministry of Agriculture Gives Out
the Report for 1897.

St. Petersburg, Nov 19.-The ministry
of agriculture today publishes a report
Of the crops of the Russian empire for
1897 as follows:
Rye 946.047 coo pools; winter wheat. 1856
$4,000 pools: spring wheat. 321.314 900
pools; oats. SIS. .522 900 pools. barley. 2SS.-
81 pools; maize and peas Ctogether), 30
992. 600 pools. a pOOd is equivalent to So
pounds in Weight.)
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
600 cara 81 POTATOES for cuba.

Albany, Nov. 19-F'ive hundred cars
of notatoes for Cuba are being shipped
from along the line of the Canadian Pa
ciffc. The tubers will be transferred
to the Ogdensburg and Lake Charn-
plain railroad at Prescott ana the Dela-
ware and Hudson Canal company at
Rouse's Point. The potatoes are in
bond. The first installment of the
large shipment went over the Delaware
and Hudson Yesterday.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
WELLER RETRACTS.
Declares He Never Uttered a Word
Disloyal to Spain.

Madrid, Nov. 19-The captain general
of Galicia has telegraphed to the govern
ment here saying that in the interview
which he had yesterday with General
Weyler the former captain general of
Cuba, the latter completely exculpated
himself of the statements attributed to
him upon the occasion of his leaving Ha-
yana and affirmed his devotion and ad-
hesiOn to the government
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
Earthnnara in Garmanv.

Prague Bohemia, Nov. 19.-There were
several earthquake shocks on Tuesday at
Asche Falkouna and Carlsbad. and on
Wednesday morning there were violent
subterranean disturbances accompanied
by deep rumblings and a rocking move
ment Of the ground in several places of
upper Vogtland, SaxOny.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
WATCH SALE.

They Can be Selected Now and Laid
Aside for Holiday Presents.
c. H. Morrison is making extra low
prices on watches purchased during
this month.
By making a 10 per cent deposit on
purchase price, watches can be selected
now and laid aside for holiday gifts.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-19
The Kaiser Givea a go.

Berlin Nov. 19.-The ceremony of
swearing in the guards recruits took
place here today. They We're warned
by the emperor that they might be
called upon to fight an enemy within
the empire.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
TOLD OF PEOPLE.

King Humbert of Italy is the mos
heavily insured man in Europe. The
amount of life insurance he carries i,
over s7,5o0,o0o. The late Car Alex.
andcr III. was insured for S., ,00o,0
Miss Moya Hennessy. who was mar
ried the other day in Paris to Wis.
count Leon de Jauze, Is a descendant on
her mothers side OF Timothy Mather
an elder brother of Increase Mather
She is a beautiful woman and favor.
ite in English society.
Senator Jokn Sherman once said OF
tie newspaper reporter: "He is the
greatest enigma Of the nineteenth cen.
tury. j am interested in him always,
respect him generally, and fear him
sometimes. But | never cease to wonder
at his resourcefulncss in searching for
news"
Minnie Hauk, says the Atchison (Kan }
Globe, lived rs a girl at the now desert
ed town of sumner. three miles below
Nchison and waited on the table"
ut her mothers boarding house. She
came to Atchison to give a concert aft
er she became famous, but die not at
tract much attention. except among o
few of her mothers old boarders.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITEMS.

Over 400 diamonds are known to have
been recovered from the ruins of Baby
Ion. Many are uncut. but most are pol
ished on one C. two sides.
Prof. Homolle thinks that the cop
per statue recently exhumed by French
scholars at De'Dhi representes Hero,
tyrant OF Syr~cuse, and was prooabl Y
made by Onatas. the teacher of Phidias;
in which case the value of the statue
would be equal to that of the Hermes of
Praxiteles.
An important find of skeletons of pre-
historic people. supposed 10 be cliff
dwellers, was made recently on Beaver
creek, Yavapai county. Ariz. The skele-
tons were laid out in orderly arrange
ment on natural shelves In the chalk
like cliffs bordering the creek. There
were about 40 skeletons in all, and each
was laid on a piece OF mating. They
were evidently of full-grown people,
but were very small in size and were
IN remarkably good state of preserya-
ton.
An uncial Greek codex Of the Gospels,
recently bought by the emperor Of Rus
sia from the village OF Sarumsahly,
northeast Of Caesarea, written on fine
violet parchment in silver letters near
ly an inch high and dating from the
fourth century after Christ, is believed
TO DE the manuscript known to New
Testament scholars as N. of which 80
leaves age kept at Patmos, six in the
Vatican, four in the British museum
and two at Vienna. The czar's copy is
said to lack sc leaves.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
CONGRESS OF MOTHERS.
Large Attendance at the Washington Gath
ering Responsibilities of Mothers.

ering Responsibilities of Mothers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. 49, The First
Baptist church was crowded long be-
fore the opening of the Mothers con-
gress, and an overflow meeting was
held in the large sunday school room.
Mrs. Ballington Booth conducted the
devotional exercises, and spoke of her
work among the poor and criminal
classes in New York city. She appealed
to mothers TO guard every avenue by
which their children could be led
astray, and declared that a mothers
love was most potent influence in the
formation of the character of child
Mrs. Helen III. Gardner, of Boston,
read a paper on THE Moral RESPONSE
bility of Women in Heredity," in the
course of which she said
fear that shall strike less pleasant note
than those who have dealt with the ideal moth
crhood My theme is scientific. II deals with
demonStratable facts and IL goes back even to
the Kindergarten. Self-abnegation, subserv-
iency to man-whether he be q father, lover
or husbands the most dangerous theory that
can be taught to or forced upon woman
She has no right to transmit nature
that is subservient and slavish character,
either hlindly obedient or blndly rebelious
unu therefore set, as Is time lOck to prey or
to be preyed upon by society OF the future. II
woman Is not brave enough personally 70 de-
mand. to obtain, absolute personal liberty OF
action, equality Of status. entire control OF
her great race endowing function.
maternity, she has no right to
dare to stamp upon child and
to curse race with the descendants OF such
servile, dwarfed, q time mc-and-master-serving
character. We wonder how she dares to face
her child and know that she did not fit herself
by self-development and by direct, sincere
firm ana thorough qualifications for ma
ternity before she dared to assume its
responsibilities. We wonder that man
has been so slow In learning to
read the message that nature has
telegraphed TO him in letters OF fire and photo
graphed with terrible persistcncy upon the
distorted, diseased bodies and minds OF his
children and upon the moral imbeciles she has
set before him Us on answer to his message OF
sex domination. Do you know that there Is an
army OF TO0OO0 detectives In this country
seven hundred thousand imbecile, insane, deaf
dumb. blind and criminal victims OF maternal
ana pnternal Ignorance. Our standing army is
only 2S,OoO men-these for our protection; our
defective army 700 Ooo--these for our destruc-
ton
At the evening session many inter
esting papers were read and addresses
made. Mr. Anthony Comstock offered
resolution, which was referred, call
ing upon congress to enact specific
laws against the dissemination of bad
literature
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25

| General Wiles was colonel of his regiment,
and while with Sherman, was gazetted
brgadier general.
| The General lives the greater part Of his
| time in Halstead, Kansas, though he is
much in Windsor, New York. in both of
which places he has business interests that
require his presence.
Some few wears ago General Wiles was
attacked by illness, which came very near
proving fatal. Typhoid fever, followed by
inflnmmatory rheumatism and then par
alysis, made a temporary wreck of the hcr-
cnlcan frame, and in view of his advanced
age, his anxious friends believed that he
was not long for this world The following
is his own account o his illness:
"1n the latter part Of 1890, was taken
down with severe attack OF typhoid fever,
which confined me to my bed for two
months. Two months Is n long time to be
in bed, but | was not to get m yet, for in
lammatory rheumatism seized me, and IL
was worse than tho typhoid. for 1t was
moro painful. To add 10 my trouble and
make IL more interesting, the infiammatory
rheumatism was followed by stroke OF
paralysis, and | almost totally lost the use
OF my legs and arms, for ! could not walk
step and could not feed myself. Ono would
almost think that | had reached the summit,
or perhaps | had better say the depths OF
misery, but such was not the case, for my
kidneys gave out, and this seemed to be the
last straw OH the load that was To crush me.
MY friends oil thought would never re-
cover, and though the doctors came to see
me and prescribe, it was easy TO see that
they were but trying to make my pathway
TO the grave little moro easv. without the
remotest hope OF recovery and looked for
ward to death with happiness.
"While in this frame of mind, was ad-
vised by friend to try DR.. Wilicms' Pink
Pills, and began the use of them taking one
pill after each meal, and this / continued
for ne week, @ i'd began TO fancy lperceived
improvement IN my condition. then in.
c eased the dose to two after each meal,
end at the end OF the second week there
was no doubt but what Pink Pills were
making lne Letter, so | kept on using them
according to dil .ctions, and in three months
was a well man"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
clements necessary to give new life and
richness to the bl cd and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold in boxes never in
LOOSE form, by the dozen or hundred) at SC
cents n box, or six boxes for g.. 80, and NAV
be had of all druggists or directly by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25

| you are free from all blame, anyhow
| in this affair: it is all your friend Went.
worth's fault; but still, if it hadn't
been Wentworth, it would have been
| you"
Kenyon looked up at her incrcdulous-
ly.
"Oh yes, it would" she said, nod
ding confidently at him. "You must
not fiatter yourself because Mr.. Went
worth told me everything about il,
that you wouldn't have done Just the
same, if l had to find it out from you.
All men are pretty much alike where
women are concerned"
"Can l say nothing TO you, Miss
Brewster, which will keep you from
sending the message to American"
mo, you cannot. thought we had
settled that at the beginning. | see
there is no use talking to you. I will
return to my book, which is very inter
esthg. Good morning, Mr.. Kenyon"
Kenyon felt the hopelessness of his
project quite as much as Wentworth
had done, and, thrusting his hands
deep into his pockets, he wandered dis
consolately up and down the deck.
AS he went TO the other side of the
deck he met Miss Longworth walking
alone. She smiled cordial welcome
TO him, so he turned and changed his
step to suit her.
May 1 walk with you a few min
utes?" he said.
Certainly" was the reply. what
is the matter? You are looking very
unhappy"
MY comrade and myself are in great
trouble, and / thought / would like to
talk with you about it,"
II am sure if there is anything |
can do to help you | shall be most glal
TO do it,
Perhaps you may suggest some
thing. You see two men dealing with
one woman are perfectly helpless"
"Ah, who is the one womnn--not |,
is it?"
NO, not you, Miss Longworth.
wish it were, then we would have no
trouble"
'ol, thank you"
were in Quebec think 1 told yon
about that-the New York Argus sent
man 10 find out what we had report-
ed. OF were going 10 report, to the Lon
don syndicate"
"ies, you told me that"
"Riyers was his name. Well. this
same paper, finding that Rivers had
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25

poi.-t In his armor. The third time he
paused in front of Miss Brewster, she
looked up and motioned him to the
chair beside her, saying:
81 don't know you very well, Mr.
Kenyon, but | know who you are
Won't you sit down beside me for q
few moments?' The bewildcred man
sat down on the chair she indicated.
Now, Mr.. Kenyon. know just what
is troubling you. You have passed
three or four times wishing to sit down
beside me and yet afraid to venture
Is that not true?"
"Quite true"
81 knew it was. Now / know also
what you have come for. Mr.. Went.
worth has told you what the trouble
is. He has told you that he has given
me all the particulars about the mines
hasn't hep"
"He has"
"And he has gone off to his state room
to think over the matter, and has left
the affair in your hands, and you imag-
inc you can come here to me, and, per-
hops, talk me out of sending that dis
patch to the Argus. Isn't that your
motive?"
THAT is about what hope TO be able
to do said Kenyon, mopping his brow.
well, l thought | might just as well
put you out of your misery at once
You take things very seriously, Mr..
Kenyon, | can see that. Now. don't
you?"
"Im afraid do
why, of course you do. The publca-
tion of this, as l told Mr.. Wentworth.
will really not matter at all. 1t will
not be any reflection on either of you,
because your friends will be sure that
ii you had known to whom you were
talking, you would never have said
anything about the mines"
Kenyon smiled grimly at this piece of
comfort.
Now, / have been thinking about
something since Mr.. Wentworth went
away. | am really very sorry for him.
] am more sorry than / can tell"
"Then," said John, won't you"
40. | won't, so we needn't recur to
that phase of the subject. That is
what | am here for. and, no matter what
You say, the dispatch is going to be
sent. Now, it is better to understand
that at first. and then it will create
no trouble afterwards. Don't you think
that is the best?"
Probably" answered the wretched
man.
We'll, then, let us start there. | will
say in the cablegram that the informa-
tion comes from neither Mr. Kenyon
nor Mr.. Wentworth"
"Ges, but that wouldn't be true
"Why, of course it wouldn't be true.
but that doesn't matter, does it?"
well, on our side of the water
said Kenyon, 1--WE think that the truth
does matter"
Miss Brewster laughed heartily.
Dear me-" she said, what little tact
you have. How does it concern you
whether it is true or not? If there is any
falsehood it is not you who tells it, so
you are free from all blame. Indeed
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
CHAPTER VII,

Miss Jennie Brewster was very much
annoyed at being interrupted, and she
took no pains to conceal her feelings.
She was writing an article entitled
"IIow People Kill Time on Shipboard, -
and she did not wish to be disturbed; I;
besides, as she often said of herself,
she was not a "woman's woman" and
neither liked nor was liked by her own
sex.
81 desire n few moments conversa-
ton with you, if l have your permis-
sion,' said Edith Longworth, as she
closed the door behind her.
Certainly" answered Jennie Brews.
ter. "Will you sit down."
Thank you," replied the other, as
she took a seat on the sofa. 81 do not
know just how to begin what / wish to
say. Perhaps it will be better to com
mence by telling you that know why
you are on board this steamer"
"Yes; and why am | ON board the
steamer, may ask?"
you are here, / understand, TO get
certain information from Mr. Went
worth. You have obtained it, and it is
in reference to this that | have come to
see you"
Indeed! And are you so friendly
with Mr.. Wentworth that you"
81 scarcely know Mr.. Wentworth at
ALL"
Then why do you come on mission
from him?"
1t is not on mission from him. IL is
not mission from anyone. | was
speaking to Mr. Kenyon, or rather, Mr.
Kenyon was speaking to me about n
subject which troubled him greatly. II
is subject in which my father is in.
terested. My father is a member OF
the London syndicate, and he naturally
would not desire to have your in.
tended cable message sent to New
York"
Really; are you quite sure that you
are not speaking less for your father
than for your friend Kenyon?''
Anger burned in Miss Longworth's
face, and flashed from her eyes as she
answered:
You must not speak to me in that
way"
Excuse me, | shall speak TO you ir
just the way / please. / did not ask
for this conference; you did, and as
you have taken it upon yourself to
come into this room unlimited, you will
have to put up with what you hear.
Those who interfere with other peo-
pies business, as a general thing, do
not have nice time
Il quite appreciated all the possible
of coming here when
came"
II am glad of that, because If you
hear anything you do not like, you will
not he disappointed, and will have only
yourself to thank for it,"
Il would like 10 talk about this mat
ter in spirit of friendliness, if can.
think no good can be attained by
speaking in any other way"
VERY well, then. What excuse have
you TO give me for coming to my state
room to talk about business which does
not concern you?"
lTo BE Continued
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25

failed, after having stolen the docu-
ments, has tried a much more subtle
scheme. which promises to be much
more successful. They have put on
board this ship young woman, who
has gained n reputation for learning
secrets not intended for the public
This young woman is Miss Brewster,
who sits next to Wentworth at the
table. Fate seems to have played right
into her hand and placed her beside
him. They became acquainted, and,
unfortunately, my friend has told her
great deal about the mines, which
she seemed to have an interest in. Or,
rather, she pretended to have an in
terest in him, and so he spoke, being,
of course, or his guard There is no
more careful fellow in the world than
George Wentworth, but man does not
expect that private conversation with
lady will ever appear in a newspaper"
Naturally not"
Very well, that is the state of things
In some manner Wentworth came to
know that this young woman was the
special correspondent of the New
York Argus. He spoke to her about
it, and she is perfectly frank in saying
she is here solely for the purpose OF
finding out what the reports will be,
and that the moment she gets to
Queenstown she will cable what she has
discovered to New York.
Dear me, that is very perplexing
What have you done?"
'We have done nothing, so far; or,
rather. | should say, we have done
everything we could think of, and
have accomplished nothing. Went
worth has appealed TO her, and made
clumsy attempt at an appeal also,
but it was of no use. | feel my own
helplessness in this matter, and Went
worth is completely broken down over
it,"
They walked up and down the deck
in silence for two or three turns.
Then Miss Longwood looked up at Ken
yon and said:
"Will you place this matter in my
hands?"
Certainly; il you will be so kind az
to take any interest in it,
II take great deal of interest. or
course, you know my father is deeply
concerned in il, also, SO am acting in
measure for him"
Have you any plan?"
"Ies; my plan is simply this: The
young woman is working for money:
now, If we can offer her more than her
paper gives, she will very quickly &C.
ccpt, or | am much mistaken in the
kind of woman she is
"Ah, yes" said Kenyon, "but we
haven't the money, you see.''
Never mind; the money will be
quickly forthcoming. Don't trouble any
more about it. am sure that can be ar
ranged"
Kenyon thanked her, looking his graf
itude rather than speaking it, for ho
was an unsteady man, and she bade him
good-by until she could think over her
plan.
That evening there was n tap at the
stateroom door of Miss Jennie Brews-
ter.
Come I'M" cried the young woman.
Miss Longworth entered, and the oc.
cupant of the room looked up with a
frown from her writing.
MAY l have few moments conver.
sation with you?" asked Miss Long.
worth.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
BARGAINING IN THE SHOPS.

Black Isle thread stockings, six pairs
for one dollar. prove useful bargain.
For quarter one can buy a veil OF
black dotted net with narrow frill.
edged with black satin ribbon.
Black kid slippers are more used for
evening wear this yeer than those made
Of silk or satir. TO match the dress.
The belt Of leather has had its day;
this summers bel, 1, 20 be of ribbon.
with gold or silver buckle. Some Of
these buckles are studd-d with jewels
and Others are of fue fl C' e.. The most
elaborate ones are the most stvlish-
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
THE INDIAN FAMINE.
Associated Press Has Narrowing Tale OF
Hunger and Death.

AGRA, India, Feb. lo.-The special
reporter OF the Associated press, who
is visiting the famine stricken districts
OF India, has inspected the central na-
tive states and Bundelkund district
People from the former have been
floclking into British territory for the
past month and hundreds of starving
persons are meeting the trains and
begging their only means of subsist-
ance. The villages are turning
the refugees away and many are
dying on the railroad. Walking
from one station to another. the
correspondent found five dead bodies
along the line. Children are deserted
and left to forage for themselves. The
mortality is awful at Banda, the black
est spot of the Bundelkund province,
where, out of population of 700, 900,
200, 900 are receiving relief. The num-
Der is expected to reach 800, 900.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-25
American Flag Wa. Not There.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-The business
of the year just closed was the most re-
munerative ever experienced by the
Suez canal, according to United States
Consul-General Pefield at Cairo, the
traffic aRgregating almost SIG, 600, 900
in value. British ships fell off in num-
Der, but still made up two-thirds of
the traffic, while the German shipping
in the canal increased. Not single
ship bearing the United States flag
passed through the canal last year