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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
4 skairbrc ,dth EscaDe.

"What is the matter, Missis Golden?
You look like you had seer a ghost?"
"Ah. Mrs. Covenhaven, I was
nearly killed just now"
How did it happen. Mrs. Golden?'
'Missis Fleury, who lived in num-
Der twinty- siven has been run over
by an electric car. l live in number
t~wenty-six, suppose it had been mel"
pharmaceutical Era.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
They Always Get the last Word.

He (angrily) - Look at this bill!
Eighteen dollars for perfumery-for
mere odors that fade away forever.
She (calmly) Gone to meet the
smoke from TIE $40 worth of cigars
you have consumed since the 1st OF
January. -littsburg Bulletin.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

I'd invest it where it would double
ITSELF"
Accepting as true the figures given in
I'll. Y. HaVemeyer's testimony as to the
proHt per pound on sugar manufac=
tured II sold by the trust for the ten
years from 1887 to 1896 inclusive a SIM
pie calculation shows thai the trust has
made IN that time $236, SAC, 900.
representative Ridgely (Populist) of
Kansas has introduced in the house a
Dlll TO enable the unemployed to earn
d living, to utilize industry, and pro-
uuce general prosperity" 1t authorizes
any state, territory, county, city, town,
township, or school district to raise
money for giving employment on public
WORKS by issuing non-interest bearing
OF twenty-five years, payable on
~ TO the United States, not to exceed
nall the assessed value of the property
OF the state or municipality. In re-
u for the bonds, the United States
treasury is to issue treasury notes.
Not only has Mexico free coinage of
SILVER, but also a night federal tele-
graph service of ten words for ten
cents. Evidently it would not harm
this country to "Mexicanize' it in sew
eral respects.
StalWart Populist State Land Com
missioner Ridges of Washington be-
lleVes state lands should be leased, but
never sold, and that when persons at
tempt to buy them they don't live up to
thelr contracts. BY living up to this
principle, he expects to get $4,000 rent
to the state in Spokane alone, where
nothing has been received previously.
he has detected land frauds by millions
OF dollars perpetrated against the state.
Thomas G. Shearran, the New York
statlst1cian, predicts an overwhelming
silver victory in 1900. He says: There
IS small credit to be gained now for
foresight in predicting a terrific defeat
Tor the Republican party in 1898 and
l9oo. Most of my personal friends are
Republican in politics; and l have vet
to meet one of them who does not an
tlclpate this defeat. I regret to say that
an present appearances indicate that in
l9oO the country will be swept over the
silver precipice.
Give us real self government, through
the Initiative and referendum.
Grant Allen says: Don't believe that
ola nonsense about fortunes being
made by industry and ability. In life,
as at cards, two things go to produce
success-the first is chance; the second
is cheating" and the great trusts, syn
dlcates and combines are rapidly elm
mating the element of chance from the
combination.
Yes, the consolidation of all of the
railroads of the country is a certainty,
and the public will be the owner.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

accepting as true the figures given in
I'll. y. HaVemeyer's testimony as to the
profit per pound on sugar manufac=.
tured and sold by the trust for the ten
years from 1887 to 1896 inclusive a SIM
pie calculation shows that the trust has
made IN that time 1926, GAG, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
NOTES BY THE WAY,

what would you do if you hand all
Tue money you wanted?" Monopol1st
IA invest it where it would double
ITSELF"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
William A. Eddy Tells About His Ex-
perimen

New York, Aug. 4.-Wiliam A. Eddy
says that experiments in atmospheric
electricity for the purpose of telegra PHI
ing without wires was begun by him in
July last at Bayonne, N. J., with two
lines of kites supporting lines of copper
wire separated by a distance of several
hundred feet. Marconi of Italy has an
nounced that the power to telegraph
without wire depends upon the perpen-
dicular projection of the wires at each
station, and that with separated wires
projecting to a height of 100 feet he sue
ceeded in telegraphing without wire con-
nection to distance of twelve miles. Mr.
Eddy believes that with kite-supported
wires, messages can be sent from New
York to Chicago by means of three or
four intermediate kite stations, each kite
station having its wire projected to .
height of 1900 or 1900 feet. He says he
has been defeated by light winds but the
experiment of telegraphing without wires
will be carried out as soon as possible.
He made repeated attempts on Saturday
last to carry upward a duplicate line of
wire with two lines of kites, but the wind
declined to a calm before the second line
could be established in the air. Marconi
heretofore has not used kites but has sup
ported his perpendicular wire by other
means. Mr.. Eddy's object is to vastly
increase the distance telegraphed by ex-
tending Marconi's perpendicular wire to
a great height and substituting atmos-
pheric electricity of tremendous tension
for the artificial electricity of a coil or
Oscillator.
Boston, Mass, Aug A sextuple te1e-
graph wire was successfully operated
here last night in the presence of repre-
sentatives of New York and Boston
newspapers. The circuit was to New
Haven and return, a distance of 300 miles.
Three messages were sent over the wire
simultaneously, and were easily and ac
curately received on the receiving sides
The inventor is Thomas 3. Dixon of
Kentucky, son of the late Archibald Dix
on, once senator of that state. He is q
practical telegrapher, and has been at
tempting to solve the problem Of the sex
tuplex since 1891.
Edison. Field and Tesla and many 9TH
ers of the leading electricians have eX-
perimented with the sextuplex wires, but
without practical results
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

But that was bOacOnstrictor all right.
1t held its head about six inches above
the ground. Patch and BuzZell, con-
ductorS on the QuintOn Heights line,
have both seen it,
]. F. BuZzell, who is a conductor on
the Quinton Heights line, said today:
Yesterday morning on my second
trip out, 1 saw a long snake cross the
road south of the end of the line. 1t
was quite a distance away and L could
not make out what kind of a snake it
was, but it was a big one. l think it
was spotted. I heard some people from
Quinton Heights talking about it. They
said it had been around that neighbor-
hood for several days, and 1 understand
that it has killed several chickens and
a few young pigs
Albert H. Patch, a conductor, who
has the night run on Quinton Heights,
says he saw the snake. Today he
said:
Last evening Stitt and Hopkins left
my car and walked south. Shortly af
terWard 1 saw dark object dart across
the roadway and disappear on the west
side. 1t was the biggest snake I ever
saw. I couldn't tell what color it was
but 1 should judge that it was at least
Is or 20 feet long"
Rumors about the huge snake are
prevalent in the neighborhood of Quin-
ton Heights.
So far the snake has not been seen
moving about in daylight Some claim
that it has a hiding place in the I'M
derbrush on the Curtis place, where
Stitt and Hopkins say they saw it.
So far it seems to have tried to escape
when people come about.
The boa constructor or python. is on
ly active periodically, when it is hum
cry. After gorging its stomach it will
remain in a, tOrpor for several weeks
at a time; but when it wakens it is as
hungry as a section hand after a hard
days work When in a torpOr it coils
itself around the bough of a large tree.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

city of Topeka and interest thereon -
| which was read the first time, when, on
| motion of Mr.. Burgess, rule Is was sus-
| pended by the unanimous vote of the
council.
| The ordinance was read and consid-
| cred by sections, and on separate mo-
| tons sections one, two, three and four
were adopted.
The ordinance was then put upon it's
final passage and passed by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Councilmen Burgess, Elliott,
Morgan, Nettels, Pattison, Stephenson,
| Skinner and Warmers.
The title was read and approved.
Mr.. Burgess introduced ordinance No.
1 1928, being AN ordinance levying spec
ial assessments to redeem and pay GER
| tain internal improvement bonds of the
city of Topeka and interest thereon"
| which was read the first time, when, on
motion Of Mr. Burgess, rule Is was sus-
pended by the unanimous vote of the
council.
The ordinance was read and consider
ed by sections, and on separate motions
sections one, two, three, four and five
were adopted.
The ordinance was then put upon it's
final passage and passed by the follow
ing vote:
, Ayes-Councilmen Burgess, Elliott,
Morgan, Nettels, Pattison, Stephenson,
Skinner and Warmers
The title was read and approved.
Mr.. Burgess introduced ordinance No.
/ 924, being AN ordinance 1evying spec
ial assessments to redeem and pay GER
tain internal improvement bonds and
interest on same of the city of Topeka,
Kansas" which was read the first time
when on motion of Mr.. Burgess, rule
IS was suspended by the unanimous
vote of the council.
The ordinance was read and consid-
cred by sections, and sections one, two,
three and four were, on separate mo-
lions, adopted.
The ordinance was then put upon it's
final passage and passed by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Councilmen Burgess, Elliott,
Morgan, Nettels, Pattison, Stephenson,
Skinner and Warmers.
The title was read and agreed to.
Mr.. Burgess introduced IAN ordi-
of Topeka for the year 1885,, which was
read the first time, and on motion of
Mr. Burgess rule Is was suspended by
the unanimous vote of the council and
sections one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven and eight were adopted.
On motion the ordinance was laid
over until next meeting of the coun-
Gil.
Mr. Warner offered the following,
which, on motion, was adopted:
Resolved. That the park in the Fifth
ward in what is known as Martin &
Dennis addition, be, and the same is
hereby designated and shall hereafter
he known as 'Chesney park -
Mr. Burgess offered the following,
which, on motion, was adopted:
.ResoIved, That the superintendent
of the electric light plant be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed. to pur-
ing and lowering electric lights for the
use of the electric light plant"
On motion of Mr.. Burgess the coun-
ell adjourned to meet Monday evening,
August 9, 1897, at o'clock
City Clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
TOPEKA FIRE ALARM KEY

q Morse and Jackson Streets.
s5 Kansas Avenue and Railroad Street
&c Gordon and Taylor Streets.
%7 Laurent and Harrison Street.
g Grant Street and Topeka Avenue.
80 "a Street and Topeka Avenue
l3 Kansas avenue and Second Street.
ala No l Fire Station.
ais Monroe and KiOus Streets.
Sl6 Kansas Avenue and Garfield Street.
II Kansas and Tenth Avenues.
IS Kansas Avenue and Thirteenth St.
10 Kansas and Euclid Avenues.
2l Crane and Adams Streets.
% No Fire Citation.
% Lake Street and East Sixth Avenue
"a Fourth and Branner Streets.
25 Seventh and Holiday Streets
26 Eighth and Madison Streets.
27 Tenth Ave. and Sac and Fox Road
2S Seventeenth and Jefferson Streets.
81 Sixth and Topeka Avenues.
go Sixth Avenue and Clay Street.
SO No. Fire Station
"a Western Avenue and Ninth Street
IS Tenth and Topeka Avenues.
SO Fourth and Taylor Streets.
81 Nc. 4 Fire Station.
SO Twelfth and Taylor Streets
80 Van Buren, and Eleventh Streets.
Il Van Buren, and Twelfth Streets.
AZ Euclid Avenue and Buchanan Street,
AZ Thirteenth and Lane Streets.
As Eleventh Street and Morris Avenue
46 Seventh and Lane Streets.
Al Topeka Avenue and Third Street
81 Quincy Street, north of Crane Street.
So Eleventh and Monroe Streets.
So Tenth Avenue and Lawrence Street.
81 Fourth and Lafayette Streets.
121 Klein and Seward Avenues.
1928 40S East Sixth Avenue. Bus Barn.
l24 Euclid and College Avenues.
$BoxeS North of River.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

will be concluded tomorrow. The sum-
maries of yesterdays races follow:
one mile novice, two entries-W. T.
Kidd of Kansas City, first; o. T. Hester
OF Lawrence, second. Time 3.OS rs.
One mile, amateur, open, nine entries
E. P. Maule, Kirkwood, Mo-, first; J.
w. Felix, Salina, second; w. w. Lee
Baume, St. Louis, third. Time 2:34
One half mile, professional, ten en-
tries-F. H. Mccall, Omaha, first, B. B.
Bird, ST. Paul, second; T. H. Cum
mings. Marengo, Iowa, third. Time
LOS As.
One half mile state championship, six
entries-J. W. Felix, Salina, first; Har-
ry Mann, Atchison, second. Time ITO.
Two mile, professional handicap, nine
teen entries-Wm. DeCardy, Chicago,
(scratch) first; Lloyd FowIe, Waterloo,
Iowa, Q25 yards) second; T. H. Cum
mings, Marengo, Iowa, CAS- yards) third.
Time 4:46
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.
Insects Destroying Ali the Crops in
the Philippine Islands.

San Francisco, Aug. 4.-Fo1lowing is
an extract from a private letter dated
Manila, June 8:
Things are in a frightfu1 mess.
Spanish dollars have been introduced
al L per cent less value than Mexican.
Everybody wants TO sell out. Native
brokers all over the place trying to sell
houses, grounds, horses, CARRIAGES, fur
niture, estates, etc, and no buyers.
In the sugar provinces the cane
plants are being burned up for lack of
rain. Crops are being attacked by in
sects and in the northern rice pro-
vinces locusts are eating everything
up. a few days ago about 40 miles
from Manila a train was stopped ow-
ing to the immense mass of locusts on
the track.
Fighting is still going on in several
provinces and the papers here say
nothing about it, which looks bad. The
papers have not even mentioned a sin
gle .glOrirosa victoria -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
SEE A MIGHTY SNAKE.
QuintOn Heights Has Good
Summer Snake Story.
People Who Have Seen the
Serpent Say
That It is Twenty Feet Long and is
Depopulatiug Chicken Coops-
Stories of Eye Witnesses.

Some people in Quinton Heights, the
suburb southwest of the city, and two
miles from the central portion of the
city, are wrought up over the appear
ance of a monster snake which sever
al people claim to have seen in that
vicinity the past week People who
have seen the reptile declare that it is
fully 20 feet in length and that it is
spotted.
1t is thought to be the same snake
the people of Berryton, southeast of
this city, reported seeing last week.
Quite a number of Topeka people
claim to have seen the strange reptile
during the past few days. Last even
ing Transfer Agent Frank Stitt of the
Topeka railway, and Albert Hopkins,
ex-city jailer, went to QuintOn Heights
to look at some property. They walk
ed south from the terminus of the troll
ley line through the old Curtis place.
In crossing over some thick underbrush
near the house, they say that they were
startled by a noise and that an i'm
mense snake darted out from under the
brush and went across the roadway and
disappeared.
Mr.. Stitt said to a reporter:
iii tell you that scared me mighty
badly. Hopkins and 1 were walking
along and not paying much attention
to things, and all of a sudden we heard
a rafting near US, and I'll swear if
j didn't see the biggest snake run away
from there 1 ever saw. 1t must have
been 25 feet hong. 1t had large head
and its body was striped. I think it
was black and yellow. 1t got away fast
and we couldn't tell where it went eX-
cept that it went west from there. 1
asked some people out there if they
had seen that before, and one of them
said he had seen it just at dusk the
evening before. The people out there
are getting scared about it. Hopkins
and 1 looked around then and thought
maybe the mate might be there, too.
Down under the brush we found four
dead chickens. How they got under
there I don't know, but L suppose that
snake took them there. A man living
out south of there told me he heard
some noise in his chicken lot Sunday
night and had gone out there and found
two of his chickens dead and just saw
the tail of a large snake disappearing
from the lot.
Il think that snake was a beacon
strictor 1t was a mighty big snake,
anyway"
Albert Hopkins, who accompanied
Mr.. Stitt to Quinton Heights, said:
1T was the biggest snake I ever saw
loose. I saw that it was spotted. The
spots We're of yellow and black. I
would take the snake to be over 20 feet
long. 1 remember about that snake
wagon breaking down when the circus
was here, but they seemed to close up
the hole so quickly that 1 was sure no
snakes could have gotten away.
hardly think it got away here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
ALL ABOARD FOR PEKIN.
The Siberian r. R. Committee is Pre-
pairing Its Schedule of Time
for 1901.

Siberian railroad are already figuring
upon the timeta BILE from London to Pek-
in, which will go into effect in July,
1901
The journey will occupy less than Is
days as follows:
The train, four hours from Londan,
will leave Ostend for Warsaw, distance
1852 kilometers, and will reach the lat
ter place in 10 hours at the rate of so
kiIometers, over 40 miles an hour. The
distance from Warsaw to Batraki, 2.219
kilometers. will be accomplished in 3415
hours, at the rate of 81 kilometerS an
hour.
Russian trains are much slower than
those on the west European systems
From Batraki to Chelybinsk, where the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
PAY YOUR BARBER.
BARRIERS Organize an Association to
Turn Down Deadbeats.

Topeka people who patronize barber
shops will be compelled to get their
names on the roll of honor which the
BARRIERS are getting up or pay cash for
work which they have done. The bar
bers have organized a protective asso-
citation which will make it difficult for
the man who fails to pay for shaves
and hair cuts to secure them.
The BARRIERS claim they have been
imposed upon to an unusual extent this
summer and they now propose to take
steps towards protecting themselves
from the operations of the professional
deadbeat The organization which they
have perfected will proba bly, be known
as the Employers Protective associa-
ton The membership will comprise
owners of shops and bosses.
The officers elected are as follows:
President-Joseph GriIey.
Vice President-Albert Nelson.
Secretary-Henry Clutch.
Treasurer-George Putnam.
A meeting of the association will be
held next Monday night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
GREAT DOMINO is DEAD.
The Fleetest Racer of His Day and
Winner of 100000.

Lexington, Aug. 4.-The great Domi-
no is dead. He expired at Castleton
farm of congestion of the brain. Three
veterinarians were with him all day,
but he gradually grew worse in spite
of them. Mr.. IKeene has telegraphed
Major Dangerfeld: Bury him on
Major Thomas farm, if he consents,
and place a slab over him with this in
ScriptiOn: Here lies the f1eetest run
ner and as game horse as the Amer
lean turf has ever seem"
Racegoers will hear with regret that
the great Domino is dead. Domino was
the mightiest racer of his day, and won
during short turf career for his own
erS, MeSSrS. James r. & F. P. Keene,
upward of 5000, 900, or more money than
was even placed to the credit of any
other horse in this country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
HAS S4O,OOO,OOO CAPITAL.
Glucose Trust Incorporated at Tran
ton, New Jersey.

Trenton, N. J., Aug. 4.-The Glucose
Refining company, with an authorized
capital of $40, 900, 900 has been fncorpor-
ated. The company is empowered to
make sugar from corn and also to man
ufacture all the products of corn. The
principal place of business in this state
will be in Jersey City. The capital
stock is to be divided into lao, 900 shares
of preferred and $4,000 shares of COM
mon stock.
The incorporators are F. o. Matthies-
berg and A. Q. Garretson of Jersey
City. Matthiessen is the big sugar re-
finer with extensive refineries in Jer-
sey City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
Ran AWAY From His Wife.

Pittsburg, Aug. 4.-Oscar Craig of the
firm of Craig Bros, who have been
conducting meat market here for the
past month, mysteriously disappeared
last night and took with him all the
cash except two cents and a few dol
lars in local scrip. He left a note in
which he said that marriage was a fail
ure and did not suit him, and he would
be loose" awhile. He bought a ticket
to Kansas CitV
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04

1t is always gratifying to receive
testimonials for Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and
when the endorsement is from a pF1vsi-
clan it is especially so. There is no
more satisfactory or effective remedy
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes DR. r. E.
Robey, physician and pharmacist of
Olney, Mo-; and as he has used the rem
edy in his own family and sold it in his
drug store for six years he should GER
tainly know. For sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
RAIN AT LAWRENCE
Prevented the Finishing of the T. A.
w. Racing Schedule.

Rain at Lawrence yesterday after
noon prevented the finishing of the two
mile tandem, two mile amateur handi-
cap and one mile Douglas county
championship races on the card for the
state meet. An unusually heavy rain is
reported from Lawrence. The annual
business meet of the Kansas division L.
A w. will be held today and the races
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
A Challenge to Kansas Cyclers

F. G. Barnett says in the last issue
of the Pacemaker: Il hereby challenge
any rider in the state of Kansas to q
series of match races, distance, ETC.. to
be decided upon by mutual agreement
Best two in three. 1 will give prefer
ence to Frank L. Eberhardt of Salina
the races to be run for the largest purse
offered and a side bet Address care
the Pacemaker. Lincoln Neh''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
SWJMS like PROFESSIONAL
Young Iowa Girl Makes Record for
Herself Near Dubuque.

Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 4.-Jessie Tomp-
kins, a 16-year-old pupil of the Du-
buQue high school, SWAN the MISSISSIPPI
nj at Gamers Landing, above town, the
past week.
After resting a few minutes on the
Wisconsin shore she plunged into the
stream again and swan back over the
course.
The girl is spending her vacation with
a party of teachers camping on the
river.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
Cheap Rates East.

The Union Pacific will sell tickets to
Chicago for $1,000 and to St Louis for
$40 July 18th to 21st inclusive; also on
July 23d Goth and Goth, August I'd, 9Th
9th and 18th PropOrtionately cheap
rates to all eastern points. For further
informa ton call on F. A Lewis, City
Ticket Agent, 525 Kansas avenue, or ].
c. Fulton, Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
Mr.. Reid Goes to Lake champlain.

New York, Aug. 4.-Whitelaw Reid
called upon Secretary Sherman at
Amangansett, Long Island, yesterday.
Mr.. Sherman will remain at Amangan-
sett another week. Mr. Reid will start
on Saturday to visit the president at his
summer home on Lake Champlain and
will make a full report to him of his
special mission
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-04
TOPEKA LOSES THREE.
junction City Has Fun With the To-
peka Aggregation.

Junction City, Aug. 4.-Topeka lost
the third straight game to Junction
City. A fan in the grand stand yelled:
They'll play better when they get their
new uniforms
r II E
Junction City $40 o 8 o-13 II 4
Topeka ........O 0 0 2 0 1 IL 9
Batteries: Junction City, Switzer and
Montgomery; Topeka, Stricklett. Under
wood and Conlin