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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
MOB A PEEPING TOM.
Men Punch Him and Women Belabor
Him With Parasols at Coney
Island.

New York. July pa woman who was
preparing to go into the surf at a bathing
pavilion Tompkins walk Coney Island
about $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
heard a noise under the bathhouse and
screamed.
Charles Davis and other attendants
found Daniel Morris, a boarder at Lam
greve's hotel, in Surf avenue, half buried
in the sand under the bathhouse and try
ing to hide from them. They dragged
him out. A big crowd of men and women
made a promiscuous attack on him.
The men kicked and punched him, and
as the blows rained on him from every
side Morris was powerless to protect him
self. The women used their parasols. He
ran toward the ocean. kicked and pounded
as he went. At the shore he was forced
into the water.
He ran out until it was up to his knees.
Then he stopped. He thought that his
pursuers would not follow him into the
water, but William Curley. one of the life
guards, jumped into boat and put after
him. The crowd, which by this time num-
bered 500 people, stood on the beach and
yelled. Curley put his hands around Nor
ris' neck.
go out" he shouted to Morris.
Swim out. Wade out. Go on, or I'll
choke you. Get on out into the ocean.
Duck your head. Wash your eyes. Go on,
or I'll throttle your
The crowd on the beach enthusiastically
seconded Curley's orders, and Morris
waded slowly out. He paused when the
water was at his hips, but the life guard
made him go on. When he was up to his
neck he hesitated again. Another guard
beat him on the head with an oar. He
ducked to escape the blows.
Milton Smith, a third guard, took adj
vantage of this to row his boat over Nor
ris' head. The other guards did the same.
and for five minutes his head was under
water great part of the time. At last
he became so exhausted that the guards
let him struggle into shore, confident
that the crowd would care for him.
When he reached the beach the crowd
rushed at him again. He was kicked,
punched, poked. slapped. hammered and
pounded by every one who could reach
him. He was knocked down, and while he
was lying on the sand line was made,
and the people began to march past him,
each administering a kick and some ad-
vice as he passed.
About fifty people had paid their re-
spects to Morris when Detective Clougher
and Roundsman Brady appeared. They
took him to the police station, where he
was locked up. He was covered with cuts
and bruises.
The last pepper arraigned before Justice
Nostrand was sentenced to twenty-nine
days in jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
LONGEST PASSAGE KNOWN.
italian Bark Salvatore, Given Up as
Lost, Arrives at Bucksport, Me.

Bucksport, Me-, July 23.-The Italian
bark Salvatore, Capt. Fariello, arrived
here today, 11S days from Augusta,
Sicily, the longest passage ever known
between the two ports.
The vessel sailed from Augusta March
%, and passed Gibraltar in good time,
but after that she experienced a sue
was we'll up to the Maine coast when
the last great gale struck her, but was
then driven from shore. Sunday she
managed to get into Rockland, from
which place she was lowed to this port
by a tug.
The vessel, which has a cargo of salt
is not damaged. The consignees and
agents had given her up for lost, and
were to have claimed the insurance on
her cargo today, when the news of her
arrival came
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
TRIP TO BEA NOVEL ONE.
Physician and Family Will Travel
Many r vers in a Rowboat.

Joliet, I'LL, July 23.-Dr. and Mrs. Ar
thur G. Todd and two children of Chi
cago started from Joliet this morning
on novel summer outing which will
cover period of several weeks. The
party started on the canal in a row boat
Is feet long which was shipped to this
point by the owner.
They intend to go by easy stages
down the canal to the Illinois river and
thence to the Mississippi, down which
they will go to Tennessee river.
After vending their way up the Ten
nessee and SOjOurning among the noun
tains of the eastern part of the state of
Tennessee they will go up the Wautauga
river and cross a ten mile porta ge to
the river, which will carry them to the
great Kanawha in Virginia. They will
then go down the Kanawha to Point
Pleasant, where the river empties into
the Ohio, down which they will row to
the Mississippi again. If they do not
meet with too many hardships and their
energy and enthusiasm are not exhaust
ed, they intend to go up the Mississippi
to Rock river and into Wisconsin and
late in the fall return to Chicago.
Beggs' Little Giant Pills cures Con-
stipation, Sick Headache, and the many
other complaints caused by indigestion.
Druggists sell them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
TRAMPS MUST PAY TAXES.
Russia is the only Country Where
Hoboes Are Protected

st. Petersburg, June 23.-Russia is
probably the only civilized country in
the world where tramps are officially
recognized and protected by the gov
eminent.
This is especially the case with the
tramps of the important province of
Pensa, where they are organized in
guilds, and start out every spring to
beg systematically through the other
parts of the empire.
They do so well that on their return
in the autumn they are able to pass
the winter in ease and idleness with
their wives and children, and are ia
vored by the authorities because they
happen to be about the only inha bitants
of the province who are able to pay
their taxes in full.
1t is calculated that during their
tours they are able to lay aside about
$50 a month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

sentative, but are beginning to adopt
foreign notions, and when they learn
to like white bread they will consume
an immense quantity
Last year the enterprise was an ex-
pertinent. This year it is a success,
and people are getting ready for large
increase in the future. During the last
winter and spring there have been four
monster -four mills erected at Seattle,
North Yakima and Spokane Falls to
grind wheat for the Japanese and Chi
nese trade. They are the biggest mills
on the coast and are fitted up with the
most improved machinery. Everything
about them was contracted for three
months ago and they are all under con-
struction, to be completed in time to
grind this years crop. That will cause
the wheat of Washington, Oregon, Ida
no and North Dakota to go westward
instead of eastward. The four new
mills can consume all that can be
raised in those states.
Everything has been going east until
now and the railways have had to haul
empty cars westward. Now both the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
will have full cars in both directions.
In addition to all this Argentine and
Brazil are buying wheat from the Pa
cific coast states. These unusual de-
mands seem certain to ultimately raise
the price to a point where it will be
more profitable to the Kansas, Nebraska
and Dakota farmers to ship their wheat
crops west than east.
There need be no fear that high
priced wheat will work a hardship to the
American mechanic and laborer. High
priced wheat means prosperity for the
farmer and when he prospers he, spends
more money and gives more work to
the workers in the factories.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
KILLING BANDS OF SHEEP.
Outrages Committed by Five Masked
Men in Utah

Salt Lake, July pa special to the
Tribune from Price, Utah, says:
Yesterday afternoon five masked men
heavily armed, rode upon William and
George Eickerson, who were herding a
bunch of 700 sheep about ten miles from
Vernal, bound both the Eickersons hand
and foot and tied them to a tree; then,
turning their attention to the sheep,
killed almost the entire band, running
off what they did not kill. The Flicker
sons were unable to free themselves for
"a hours, when finally this afternoon
William managed to get one of his
hands loose, got his knife from his
pocket and cut himself and brother
free.
The sheep are the property of a num-
Der of parties in Vernal. Deputy Sher-
iff Packer is hunting for some clue as to
the persons who committed the deed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
FUTURE OF WHEAT.

There is something decidedly crafty
ing in the outlook for the wheat grow
ers of the Mississippi valley for some
time to come. Not only is there
shortage in the crops of some countries
which have hitherto been competitors
in the worlds markets, the result of
which is already being felt in the Unit
ed States, but another year will prob
ably find the farmers of the great
wheat growing region east of the Rocky
mountains with two markets instead of
one
Up to this time the price of American
wheat has been fixed in Liverpool and
has governed the home market re-
CARELESS of whether America exported
much or little. Now a rival market is
sprinsing up in the Orient.
The -four trade of the northwest is
being revolutionized and within a few
years all the wheat in the northern tier
OF states west of the Mississippi and
Lake Superior may go west instead of
eastward. The 50O 600, 900 people in
China, Korea and Japan are said to be
acquiring the white-b bread habit, and
are going to eat our -four in large
quantities instead of the rice and beans
which is their diet now. We shall
probably see the day when they will
consume the greater part of our sur
plus cereals. There are now nine YES
sells carrying -four from the Puget
sound ports to China and Japan. Next
year there will be twenty-seven new
ones employed on that line, making a
total of thirty-six steamers in the trade
Every steamer can take forty car loads
about fifteen tons to the car-which
makes a cargo of 5000 tons, and each
will make about six round trips a year.
i
tea. Seattle will be the great tea port
of the world and the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern railways will han
die the freight. President Hill has
men all over China and Japan intro
ducing flour into the dietary of the peo-
PIE. The japanese are said to take to
Gk readily. The Chinese are more con-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
WHEN M'KINLEY SIGNS
The Tariff Law Will b. Put in Opera.
ton I'm 10 edjately.

Washington, July 23.-The treasury Off
Gals have made preparations to put the
tariff act into operation Immediately upon
it's receiving the signature of the presi-
dent. Copies of the bill have been sent
to customs officers throughout the coun-
try in anticipation of it's passage, and it
is said that all will have reached their
destination by the time the bill becomes
law.
Collectors have also been instructed to
make the change from the old law to the
new upon receipt of trustworthy Informal
ton, official otherwise, that the bill
has received the presidents approval.
Officials who gave the pending bill care
full scrutiny state that it is exceptionally
free from antiquities and Inconsistencies,
and little trouble is anticipated in formu-
lating regulations governing its admins
tration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

permits his wife to earn the living
Arkansas City Traveller.
A near-sighted tramp applied to
the city Jail here yesterday for a hand
out.-HutchinSOn News.
Men may find pockets full of gold
dust in the KlOndyke district but if
they are out of bread what will it profit
them.-Wichita Beacon.
The United States will send another
battleship to Hawaii. Not necessarily
for publication, but as a guarantee of
good faith.-Hutchinson News.
An exchange publishes an editorial
entitled I'VE Are Suckers" The writer
has probably been up against a soda
water counter, with straw.-Parsons
Sun.
When a man is sick of some trifiing
ai1ment for a day or two his wife finds
out just what the preacher meant
when he said for better or worse
Ottawa Republican.
Dyche, Peary and Nansen, not one of
them found the north pole, but they got
back alive, and that's better than An
dree will do. It is doubtful if he gets
back dead.-LaWrence Journal
With long gasp the editor plunges
through a pile of exchanges craw1s over
a ton of sample wheat straw, struggles
over a bank of prize cornstalks, is
thrown down by a heap of monster
oats, tripped up by eighteen branches
of sample plums, apricots, peaches and
apples and emerging torn and dishev-
eled from his Sanctum signs: What
would the farmers do without me?"-
Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
The Rock Island Route

Has through sleeping and chair cars
on both day and night trains to Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver; leave Topeka
1920 p. M, arriving at Colorado Springs
1885 next morning; leaving Topeka at
10:4O p. m, arriving at Colorado Springs
$40 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Cecil Rhodes has bought Sauerdale
near Buluwayo, South Africa. 1t con-
sists of ten farms, which he intends tc
cultivate. He will build the largest
dam in South Africa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
Catholic Ladies

Chicago, July 23.-At yesterdays ses-
sion of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent
association the principal subject dis
cussed was the proposition to increase
the age limit of admission to the socie-
ty. The amendment was defeated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
Weather Indications.

Chicago, July 23.-For Kansas: Part
ly cloudy tonight and Saturday; cooler
tonight; winds mostly southerly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
Senator Foraker of oh

Senator Foraker of Ohio has been ap-
pointed by Governor Bushnell a trustee
of the Ohio normal university at Ada.
Ex-senator Calvin S. Brice is also a
trustee of that institution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
SO so to CHICAGO.

points east. Tickets sold July 16 to p
inclusive; July %, rs, 80; August 2, 6.
and 10, via Santa Fe Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Miss Helen Gladstone will understake
the opening ceremony in connectio
with the Hotel for Women Students
which has been erected at Bangor, near
Belfast, Ireland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

AS proof that men are not models
OF affection and faithfulness, a bach
elor's dog never is as sleek and fat as
an old maids cat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia West 9Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

A visiting girl is not a success in her
hostess eyes unless her time is taken
up weeks ahead like a dentists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Rosa Bonheur, the famous artist, is
seldom seen in a great city, but loves
to live in the country, especially where
there are woods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Some men proclaim the restraining
influence and wisdom of their wives BIZ
making fools of themselves as soon a:
made widowers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

A crazy man always has enough sense
to be able to shoot straight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
GLOBE SIGHTS

From the Atchison GIobe)
IT is a rare man who is not thrown off
his feet by applause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment gives
instant relief. It allays Inflammation
and heals. 1t is prompt in its action
and positive in it's effect 1t is the
the kind that cures without pains or
discomfort. 1t is for piles only. soc.
Tubes, 75c. Geo. w. Stansfield, 632 Kan
sas avenue, and NIiller's Pharmacy, cor
ner Sixth and Topeka avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

President c. P. Huntington of the
Southern Pacific railway has presented
the University of California with a val
liable collection of old Spanish manu-
scripts dealing with the earliest history
of California.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
Eek" RAYS.

The community dislikes a man who
permits his wife to earn the living
Arkansas City Traveller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
To Cure ConstipatIon Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic Toe or 25c
II G. CHC. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Men do not accept compliments will
thanks, like women, but they believ,
in them as sincerely
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
PEOPLE YOU HEAR OF.

Rider Haggard has finished a novel
dealing with Boer life entitled THE
Swallow.
-
Colonel Ingersoll and DR.. Talmage are
said to receive higher salaries than any
lecturers in the world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23
AT ELWOOD, IND.
A Mining Company is Forming to
Prospect in the Klondyke.

Elwood, Ind, July 23-The Elwood
Mining association has been organized
with a large membership, and will send
eight men from this city to the Klon-
dyke gold regions in Alaska to pros
pect. Shares are selling at 81, and 500
people have already taken stock.
The list will be increased to 1000 and
the eight prOspectorS will leave for
Alaska on August 1, taking a years
provisions with them. The stockhold-
ers will share alike in the success OF
the prospectors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

The United States will send anothe
battleship to Hawaii. Not necessary
for publication, but as a guarantee o
good faith.-HutchinSon News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Men may find pockets full of gol
dust in the Klondyke district, but
they are out of bread what will it prof
them.-Wichita Beacon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

An Atchison man who has tried every
means for obtaining happiness says
that ne found none that resulted as
well as resolution to keep his mouth
shut.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

Lord Rosebery is one of the two or
three Scotchmen of prominence who
do not play golf He fears it would
engross too much of his time. when
a man in middle life he says, ''makes
a deliberate choice of golf as an amuse-
ment, he is making a choice second only
in gravity to the choice of wife,
=
Secretary of the Navy Long says he
cannot make Washington seem like
home and it always appears as if he
were there only temporarily. The sec
rotary is credited with desire to Amer
icanize the United States navy before
his term of office expires. His idea re-
ferS simply to the crews which are
now largely compOsed of aliens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

A certain love affair in town has
reached that stage where the game will
be off unless the girl can get the en-
gagement announced within a few
weeks. The man is beginning to shy
at shadows and look tim1d, and will
make a wild dash for liberty unless
roped by public announcement of his
engagement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-23

A near-sighted tramp applied to
the city Jail here yesterday for hand
out.-HutchinSon News.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
81. K..v the co.ba..tss..

The next time Sergt. Willard and
Detective Wells attempt TO Josh" any
little girls they will wait unntil no one
else is around The other afternoon
Chief Rogers. Detectives Phillips.
Wells and Philbrick. Jailer Peer and
Clerk Reed were on the front porch of
headquarters, when a little girl, not
more than six years Of age, stood on
the sidewalk below listening to the
conversation. Hello, little one. what
are you 'rubber-necking' there for?"
said Willard. "Yes," added Wells.
take the rubber out of your neck and
go along" With q look of scorn, min
gled with one OF amusement, the little
one said, pointing first to Wells and
then to Willard: 'If had the rubber
out of your neck and the wheels out of
that fellows head could make a bicy-
Gle and ride away" With this quick
retort the young miss walked away
with n self-satisfied grin on her pretty
face. amid peals of laughter from the
chief and other listeners.-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
DIED.

BAKER On Tuesday. January 10Th.
Charlotte Bell Baker, oldest child o!
Thomas and Sarah Baker.
Charlotte was eleven years old on the
ID inst. She was bright and winsome
little girl and was great comfort In life
to her parents. Her brothers nnd
sisters will miss one upon whom they
leaned-but our Father knows best.
The funeral was from st. James
church on Wednesday afternoon, fol-
lowed by long procession of school
mates and friends of the family to
Highland cemetery, where the burial
took place.
Charlotte was taken Ill just before
Christmas. apparently with an liberated
tooth: the trouble seemed then to go to
the eye and finally to the brain, and
then-death.
To the bereaved parents, the sympathy
of the entire community is given in
this, the hour of their afiliction.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
MErAoosor MODERN AUTHORS
Novels Compressed or Padded to Suit the
Publishsr's Needs.

Novels Compressed or Padded to Suit the
Publisher's Needs.
There Is now an author before the
public whose writings have a wide audi
ence, but who has recently been told
by the critics that his work is deteri-
Grating. This is true, says L. w. Bask
in the Forum, and it is not strange that
IL should be SO. He is n man who as
q writer shows the highest art in his
work, and his earlier books demon
strate this fact beyond doubt. But
he has come under the influence of the
dollar, and now writes what is caned
ito order" Not long ago a magazine
editor approached this author for his
next work and found him just starting
upon it.
81 would like it," said the editor.
"What will you pay for it?" was the
authors frs. question.
"How long will it probably be?" in
quired the editor.
"Oh, I can make it just as long or as
short as you want it." said the obliging
author. Then he added: at depends
upon the price. can make 10000
word story of it II you like, and then
it will cost you $4,000. Or l can spin
1t out to G0,COO words-and that is real
ly what ought to have to let the story
tell itself, but then will want $500
for it. OF course. if You can't pay more
han $4,000. 1 can trim it accordingly"
The real question of the story itself
did not enter into the question. 1t was
simply n matter Of price. You paid so
much and got SO much. If you paid a
little more you received a little more.
1t was Anthony Trolloi.e over again.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

Next month we will show a finer line
OF spring goods than ever before. To
make room, lots of old goods must go at
very low prices; take advantage of the
chance. J. w. HUGUs X Co.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23
The Conscientious Waiter.

Waiter Ito cook)-Steak for one.
Gent don't want it raw, ner he don't
want it burned black.
Cook (angrily)-Ist that what he said ?
Waiter-No, not exactly. asked him
how he wanted it, an he said medium"
N. y. Weekly.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

In the early part of this week cold
snap struck this section, and on Sunday
night the mercury dropped to 10 below.
1t was l6 below Monday night, and dur
ing the balance of the week the zero
point was reached nearly every night
But as usual the days were fine.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

Representative Sheridan mas Intlo-
duced two bills in the lower honse Of
the legislature. One calls for a bridge
across White river, near Hay gulch, and
appropriates $500 for construction of
Same. The other is for . bridge over
Little Snake river near the north end of
Cross mountain, and 5000 is asked for
its construction. We hope both bills
will pass as bridges are badly needed at
the points designated.
The Meeker herald., 1897-01-23

On January 9th, Willis Rouff, Grif
Edwards foreman, wrote from Ladore.
to the stockgrowers Of Routt county, as
follows: II write to inform you that
Grit Edwards sheep are on the move
out Of the state Of Colorado to stay"