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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
ASPHYxIATED At PRAYER.
Gas From a Church Furnace Over
comes Congregation.

Alnsston N Y-,Dec. 6.-There are many
persons residing in Palenville, z small
settlement in the Catskiu mountains. who
are i'll as a result of having inhaled coal
gas Several of them are still in criti-
cal condition. and one. Mrs. Anna Z. Hill,
an aged lady, will probably die.
The entire congregation of the Gloria
Del church was nearly asphyxiated by
coal gas at the Sunday afternoon service.
Even the minister was badly affected. and
finally called to his congregation to leave
the church. There was a defective hue
in the furnace and from it escaped into
the tightly closed church a considerable
volume of coal gas
The smell of gas was strong. but as in
all country churches the smell of coal gas
is not unusual, none of the congregation
thought the fumes any stronger than they
had been on former occasions. The rec>
tor of the church, the Rev. Mr.. Hance,
was panied to see numerous members of
his congregation with closed eyes, their
heads nodding to and fro as if they were
just about to fan asleep.
To awaken them the rector raised his
voice. but with no effect Finally to his
amazement he discovered he himself was
feeling drowsy. 1t was with difficulty
that he was able to follow his notes. AS
quickly as possible he finished his ser
mon, and then with heads bowed low the
congregation kneIt for the last. long
prayer. Long before the prayer had
ceased pretty Miss Lucy Kemp tumbIed
over the floor. Miss Alice Lamoreau,
a young woman sitting in the choir next
fell to the floor. Several members of the
congregation went to the assistance of the
young women, but they walked down
the aisle all of them reeled like drunken
persons.
The rector, too, reeled dizzily as he
paused in his prayer. surprised al the ac-
tions of his congregation. Gradually he
realized the drowsiness of himself and
church members must be caused by in
haling the fumes of the deadly gas. Get
Ouside.'' he called. you will die if you
stay here" and those who were able to
tottered out of the church door to the
open air, when some of them revived
There were many persons so nearly over
come by the gas that they had to be car
ried out of the church.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
RAMS HORN BLASTS.

The congregation that does not gain,
IS on the wane.
A lie, like a note. must be met at
last.
It is only the cross we carry that
turns to gold.
No man suffers so much from rascal
ity as the rascal.
Let not the preacher exalt rites
above righteousness
IF you wish to know a mans charac-
ter, learn his thoughts.
From the windows of homes we may
behold the heavenly city.
If we saw the gilded side of the cross
first, it would be no cross
His face was as the face of an an
gel" accordingly they stoned him.
In judging anOther's honor we often
place valuation upon our own.
Reading should teach US how to seek
for truth; meditation how to find it.
whoever will do good. viii find life
too short for the work he will find to
do
n
The faults we rail at in others. are
usually the oaes we possess ourselves
%
Never disparage the commonplace
What is more commonplace than a
mothers love?
If consistency were the first and
great commandment, no man would be
converted.
The development of the best within
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
The Burlington's New Observation
Vestibuled Trains.

A very handsome set OF wide obser-
walton vestibuled trains are just out of
+ he Rurlington's shops. They are avail
able for all classes OF travel, and are
the only trains of their kind to St.
,ouis from the Missouri River. These
are the Denver, Missouri River and st.
Louis limited trains. Every car has a
tide observation vestibule. The trains
are liehted throughout with Pintsch
gas and equipped also with standard
and compartment sleepers.
These trains are a duplicate of the
new Eli to Chicago.
This achievement reflects the high
oct credit upon the Burlington man
agement in Missouri, which is the first
to Introduce into the service, from the
T,-ee+ to ST. Louis, these solid, complete,
Wide-vestibuled trains for all classes of
travel
descriptive folder
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager,
st. Joseph, Mo.
L w. WAKELEY,
- General Passenger Agent.
St. Louis, Mo
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
OVER SIX MILES.
The Roar of Piney Fork Gasser Can
Be Heard

Pittsburg, Dec. 6.-The South Penn
Oil company's great gasser on the
Thomas Cunningham farm on Piney
Fork. a branch of Fishing Greek, in
Wetzel county, West Virginia, is the
last sensation in the lower southwest
oil field.
The pressure is so great that the
roaring sound occasioned by escaping
gas is almost deafening within quar-
ter of a mile of the we'll It's volume
can be better judged when it is stated
that the rumbling agitation of the air
can be plainly heard at Smithfeld, six
miles south.
No effort has been made to test or
bring the monster under control It's
a question whether it could be confined
until the pressure has SubSided. The
well is spraying some oil, but no eff
fort has been made to save the pro-
duction.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
BOYCOTT THEPOSTMASTER
Colored Official of Hogausville, Ca
Still Under the Ban.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 6.-Loftin. the ne
gro postmaster at HOgansville, whom
unknown parties recently attempted to
assassinate. has not been able to quiet
the rebellion against his administration,
and the boycott which was Immediately
instituted after he assumed the office has
been kept vigorously in vogue, and
nothing has been able to break it.
The patrons of the Office have been
taking the letters to the train and mail
ing them with the postal clerk. Loftin
asked the postmaster general to help
him out of his trouble, and the admin
istratiOn has just come to his rescue.
The postal clerks in that route have
been instructed to lock the mail cars
while passing through that town and to
receive no mail from any one.
By this determination on the part of
the administration to break the boy
colt, the white patrons are even more
determined not to patronize the office.
A messenger is employed to take the
letters from the town to the nearby
country pOstOffice. Most of the business
firms are having their mail sent to 9th
er offices. Hogansville is a fourth class
office, and LOftin is getting practically
nothing for his services.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
THIS CURL WAS SMART.
Showed a Crowd How to Start a
Balky Street Car Horse.

New York. Dec. Ga street car
horse on the Ninth avenue line baked
at Forty-sixth street last night. A
crowd collected and the passengers got
out of the car. The driver brought the
without effect
A stout man, who had Just stepped
off the car, said: Don't do that; III
get him started He rubbed the
horses nose, patted him on the neck
and talked persuasively, all without re-
suit. BY this time the cars We're
stalled. Somebody suggested oats,
another kerosene. a third patrol wagon.
Another held a burning paper under the
horse. Still it don't move. At last a
girl of about 13 pushed her way
through the crowd and said: Say mis-
ter # youn ring the bell twice the
horse will think somebody has just got
off. and he'll go ahead The conduc-
tor pulled the bell and the passengers
had to run to catch the car
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
SNUBS SOCIETY WOMEN.
Mrs. Letter Curtly Refuses an invita-
ton to Join a Select Cotilion.

ton TO y DIN q Sel6Cb OOI1AlOHs
Washington, Dec. 6-Mrs L. Z. Letter,
one of the leading social lights of Wash
ington has stirred the wrath of a num-
ber of other society leaders by a curt re-
fusal to become a subscriber to the eX-
elusive cotillons which are to take place
this winter at Rauscher's.
Twenty of the leading patrons had
Joined hands to make the enterprise
success, and as the subscription price is
SEQ for the two dances. they are evidently
to be expensive as well as brilliant af-
fairs. At one of the recent meetings it
was suggested that Mrs. Letter, who had
just returned from Europe, be invited to
subscribe, as she had a young daughter
to introduce this winter
The proposition was not received with
marked favor. but it was, nevertheless
adopted, and the invitation was sent The
response was calculated to raise the ire
OF every woman who was interested. Mrs.
Letter promptly declined, on the ground
that as her house had fine bali room
attached, she was in a position to return
all social courtesies without being COM
pelled to resort to a public hall for that
purpose.
As each of the subscribing ladies also
owns a handsome house. ball room and
bank account their Indignation may be
imagined.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
THE MESSAGE.

President MeKinley's first annual
message to congress differs from the
form ordinarily taken by these dOcu-
1nents in the fact that he has given lit
tie attention to the reports of the
members of his cabinet beyond giving
them his endorsement and recon-
mending them to congress for cOnsid-
Grafton
The main features of the message
are his treatment of the questions of
the currency and of Cuba. The presi-
dents demand for currency legislation
IS urgent. He points out in strong
terms that the maintenance of a par
ity between the different forms of mon
ev IS too expensive under the existing
system He calls attention to the fact
that nobody is required to pay gold
except the government, and that no
body is required to pay the government
in gold.
As a means of preventing future de-
pletions of the gold reserve, he recon-
mends that the currency laws be 50
amended that greenbacEs once re-
deemed shall not be paid out again ex-
cept in exchange for gold, which would
virtually amount to their retirement
from the circulation.
He urges that national banks be re-
CURED TO redeem InGlF nOIeS III SOI4
which would necessarily hasten the re-
tirenent of the government notes
which the banks would be compelled to
exchange at the treasury for gold with
which to meet the requirements of the
changed conditions. Hope is expressed
that the bfrnetallic commission will yet
be able to accomplish something along
the line of an international bimetallic
agreement.
The message is clear and uuequivocal
on the Cuban question. Congress is
asked to allow the situation to remain
as it is. and is assured that when the
time comes for further action. the
president viii do what is needfuI and
proper without suggestion or assist
ance.
The ratification of the Hawaiian an
nexation treaty is strongly urged.
The breaking up of the tribal rela-
tions of the five civilized Indian tribes
and the including of their lands in the
Territory is advised.
The intention Of the government to
bid at the sale of the Kansas Pacific
is declared, though congress is asked to
take some additional action in the mat
ter and to make an appropriation for
cOnsummating the purchase if the gov
ernment shall become the buyer.
The message closes with an urgent
request for economy in appropriations
and the necessity for the country's lv-
ing within its means is pointed out.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
BIG PRICES
Paid for Aprons Contributed by Noted
Ladies'

Muncie, Ind, Dec. 6.-The ladies of the
First Christian church of this city are
holding a rather unique social affair this
week it being an apron sale, in connec-
ton with an advertising bazaar
Among the contributions to the former
were aprons made from many prominent
women. among them Mrs. Asa Bushnell,
Mrs James A. Garfield, Mrs. Tom Tag
CART of Indianapolis. Mrs. Governor Drake
of Iowa Mrs. James A. Mount of Indian
apolis and Mrs. Major DOxey. A spirited
contest resulted in the sale of the aprons,
Mrs Bushneu's taking highest money at
SO. Mrs. Doxey's was next with IS, and
the others followed down to So
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
NATIONAL CORN CARNIVAL.
Carnival to be Elaborated
and Exhibit Sent to Paris.

lAtchison, Dec. ct has been sug-
gested that Atchison's annual corn
carnival be elaborated upon. and that
a corn exposition be held in 1899, the
exhibit to be sent to the Paris Exposi-
ton the following year to advertise
corn and to increase the demand from
broad 1t is believed that such an ex-
position would receive government and
state aid, and Z. ". Howe, father of
the Atchison Corn Carnival, is already
taking steps toward securing the corn
exposition for AtchiSOn.
OIof Ekberg, merchant tailor. us
Kansas avenue, frst-class suit Of
clothes for $25.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
TO SPEND MILLIONS.
The Chicago Council Will Elevate
Car Tracks at a Great Cost

The Chicago Counc4l VIII N-Ae"@'0
Car Tracks at a Great Cost.
Chicago, Dec. 6.-The city council sat
urdav night passed two extensive track
elevation ordinances.
The ordinances provide for the eleva-
ton of y miles of track at an estimated
cost of So, POO 600 to the two railroad cor
porations involved-the Chicago & North
western and the Chicago, milwaukee &
St Paul. The entire work must be com
menced on or before May I. 1898, and COM
pleted within two years of that date,
Representatives Of the Northwestern
and Afnwaulzee roads present at the meet
iner tonight gave assurances of the early
acceptance of the ordinances as passed
and the early commencement of the work
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
The Union Pacific

Passes through the best cities and
towns of Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming
and TJtah and is the best route to Den
Yer. Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, San
francisco, Portland and all Puget
Sound points.
The advantages gained by travelling
via the Union Pacific are Quick Time,
UneQualed Service.
Magnificent Equipment.
Double Ora wing Room.
Pullman Palace Sleepers.
Pullman Dining Cars.
Free Reclining Chairs.
Pullman Tourist Sleepers.
For time tables, pamphlets descrip-
tive of the country traversed, rates of
fare sleeping car accommodations, or
any other information, apply to
F. A LEWIS,
City Ticket Agent
J. c. FULTON,
Depot Agent.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
Poisoned by Ivy
Was in a Dreadful Condition

Happened to Read About a Similar
Followed the other Mans
Example and Was Cured.
The following incident is given by
Charles Morris, general jobber, 81 Lexing-
ton Avenue, North Cambridge, Mass:
''SeveraI years ago became poisoned
by ivy. tried many medicines, spending
: large sum of money without obtaining
a particle of good. My children were
also afflicted with the same disease. We
were all constant sufferers with an awful
itching sensation, and it seemed as if 1
should tear myself to pieces. 1 picked
up a paper in which 1 found printed
testimonial from man in Vermont who
had been similarly afflicted and had taken
Hoods SarsaparilIa with benefit. bought
O bottle, which VIC took and it did
Me and My Children
so much good purchased another supply.
We continued taking Hoods Sarsaparilla
until we used five bottles and I can
safely say that neither myself nor children
have any signs of the poison. 1t has en-
tirely left US and we are perfectly cured.
We give the whole credit to Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. Before resorting to this medicine
I was reduced in weight, but now 1
weigh 175 pounds. Hoods Sarsaparilla
has not only done much good but has
been the means of saving me great deal
of money. I would not be without it
in my house and I heartily recommend
it to all who are afflicted I have writ
ten this statement for publication, of my
own viii, as want others to know what
Hoods SaPsapaFiIla
has done for u.s." CHARLES NORRIS.
Hoods Pills are the only pilIs to take
AACCS@ = AAAO with Hoods Sarsaparillas
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
40 UTES NEAR RANGELY.
Indians Declare They viii HurtGame
If They Have to Fight the Wardsns.

Meeker, Col, Dec. 6.-Mah Carrier HUI
sey came in from Rangely, in the west
err part of this county, and reports Utes
gathering about that place. About forty
Utss and 800 horses are on Douglas creek.
They are sulIen and say they came to
hunt and that game wardens viii not stop
them this time.
If the wardens attempt to arrest them
the Indians will make trouble.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
Weathar Indications.

Chicago. Dec. 6-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Tuesday: colder in east
portion Tuesday; southwest to west
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

US. if oftener due to our families than
to our successes.
Never hope to hold a neutral position
towards an evil, that which you do not
Positively dIscourage. YOU eneourage.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
". That's what you want! G. w
Sfansfeld 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

New place-726 Kan. Ave. Cremerie,
Scott & Scott.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

It is an economical measure to have
a boy in the family, for the reason that
no pie, in such an equipped family, IS
ever wasted.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
CandT Cathartic, cure constipation forever
I0c, S5c. If C. C. G. fail, druggists refund money
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

No one can out live trouble. A Mrs.
Bright, aged 10S years, figures in the
list Of destitute and hungry people in
Topeka.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
GLOBE SIGHTS.
CFrom the Atchison Globe.)

Men do more courting in every sue
ceeding generation, and less marrying.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

The name Marguerite never ap-
pears so badly out of place as when it
figures in a divorce petition.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

Scott & Scott. The cremerie. 72s Ave.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

There are some people who viii weep
readily when q rich man scratches his
finger, but who remain dry-eyed when
some serious affiiction comes to one
who is poor.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

If you are industrious, and make
your business a success. it VIII grow
better every day: il you are idle and
shiftless. your business viii grow poor
er every day.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06

Hoods Pills are the only pills to take
AAOC~A = AAAS with HOODS Sarsaparillas
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-19
Granted a Divorce.

The divorce suit of Maud ludlow
against VIM. Hud ow was tried yes
terday afternoon, d. A. Reed, of Lake
Crystal, appearing as the plaintiffs
attorney. There was no appearance
for the defendant. Mrs. ludlow tes-
titled that she and her husband were
married at Austin May 1lth, 1895 and
two months later her husband left
her without cause and has never re-
turned. She said that be wrote few
times and sent her some money, but
that for over year she has not heard
from him and does not know where
he is. She is now residing at Garden
City. Judge Severance granted the
divorce, and allowed the plaintiff to
resume her maiden name of Maud
Scott, and gave her the care and Gus
tody of the one child, Claire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-19
CHIEF BROKEN BRANCH.
He Talks in Regard to the Civilized
Eastern Indian.

Chief Broken Branch, the Senica
Indian who has been advertising
KickapOO remedies at J. @. ThTo's
drug store for ten days past, left Fri
day. He is an unusually intelli-
gent Indian, and has been in MankatO
several times before He was with
Sells Bros circus when it exhibited
here, and also with Lemons circus.
twenty years, his first venture being
with PawDee Bill. He has travelled
in almost every state in the Union,
and as he is quite fluent talker for
an Indian he gives an interesting &C
count of him>ef.
Chief Broken Branch stated to
FREE PRESS reporter that the Senaca
Indians live in New York in a COM
munity by themselves and are in
high State of civilization. He says
that they are mostly farmers, and
that some of them own as much as
six or seven hundred acres. They
elect their own officers, under the
laws Of the state. They do not have
very exciting 0contests and keep the
offices passing around from one to
another. They have fine houses and
all the comforts of the whites.
The chief said that the Delaware
Indians are dying out rapidly, and bid
fair to become extinct. The Senecas
and the Mohawks are holding their
own in numbers, and the remnants of
the other eastern tribes. though
smaller in number, are not falliog
away.
The chief has only been back to his
tribe once or twice since leaving home.
He was gone so many years that there
were many changes when he went
nome, aud he decided TO spend the re-
mainder of his life travelling. He is
everywhere an attraction for school
children. He states that the Kicka-
poo medicine company is giving up
the plan Of having travelling COM
panieS OF actors and musicians TO adj
vertiSe the medicine, and is adopting
the window show. There is another
Indian ia the state doing the window
act.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-19
JORDAN RELEASED.
Judge Severance Sustains the
Motion to Quash the
Indictment.
The Trial of the Case OF thinner VS..
Phillips Ended, and that of the M.
& IN. E. VS.. the Lee Estate Begun.

AS stated yesterday, Attorney VIM
E. Hughes made a motion late i'm the
afternoons quash the Indictment of
Jas. E. Jordon, which charged him
with assaulting Oren Laufiin on the
night of July 3rd, 1892 Mr.. Hughes
presented Jordan's affidavit that no
attempt had been made to apprehend
him, although his whereabouts We're
known to the officials of this county.
The motion was argued by Mr.. Hughes
and the county attorney, and the court
took it under advisement until this
morning When court assembled this
morning, Judge Severance announced
that he had decided to sustain the
motion. Jordan obtained his liberty.
In order to fill out the petit jury,
Judge Severance yesterday ordered a
special venire for three more jurors to
serve during the term Owen r.
Owens, J. T. Williams and Stephen
May were summoned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-11-19
FROM KLONDIKE.
A. W. Briggs, of Circle, City,
Arrives in MankatO.
A MankatO Boy Who Has Collected
Some Shining Gold From Alaskan
Golfers.

Among the arrivals in the city last
night was A w. Briggs, of Circle City,
Alaska, a former Mankato boy who
left this city two and half years ago
to seek his fortune in the inhospitable
wilds of Alaska. In company with
{ Phil Lamm, a son of Stephen Lamm,
Mr.. Briggs has been mining gold for
the past two years, and has been max
ing some money, with the prospect of a
good deal more. They own five claims,
aggreeating 1000 feet in length, and
slimitel amount of labor which they
have been able to obtain They have
been able to procure the services of
only fifteen miners, and have to pay
these $12 day each.
Mr.. Briggs brought back with him
the lead dog of his sledge train-a big,
strong, fine appearing animal which is
chained in the workshop in the rear of
G. Lulsdorf & Sons hardware store.
This dog has been visited and admired
by scores of people today. 1t has a
head much resembling big VOLTS, a
heavy coat of fur of tawny color, and
is an animal of much intelligence.
This breed of dogs largely take the
place of horses and railways in Alaska
during the winter season, when goods
can be transported by means of sledges.
Mr.. Briggs will remain in Mankato
until Monday, and will then go to New
York, after which he will return to
Mankato. He will go to A Alaska again
in March, and resume his mining work.
He is well pIeased with his success thus
far, and says that both he and Mr..
Lamm have made some money. He
has been to the Klondike country and
believes that large amounts of gold
will be taken out there during the
next few years, He tells the usual
story of the gold craze in Seattle, and
says that there lis more excitement
than in Alaska
Mr.. Briggs does not look as though
the climate had disagreed with him
for he has gained in weight and general
appearance. He is being interviewed
on all hands by those who are interest
ed in Klondike stories.