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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
A PRESENT TO MR.. sHoLEs.
Thomas A. Edison Remembers His
Former COMPANION at the Desk.

Occupying a prominent place on the
desk of Q. G. ShOleS, superintendent OF
telegra phi of the Santa Fe, in the gen
eral offices in this city is the picture of
a man with a smooth shaver face and
a plea SAINT cOuntenance. Below the pic
ture is this inscription written in a
clear hand:
ITO c. G. Sholes from Thomas A. Ed
ison.'
The picture and handwriting is that of
the now famous wizard" who when
first known by the man to whom the
picture is inscribed was a tramp opera
tor working in the Western Union tel
egraph office at Memphis, Tenn.
That was years ago when both Mr..
Sholes and Thomas A. Edison were
young men and beginners in the art of
biography. Edison left the Memphis
office and went to New Orleans and
from there to the east to finally become
the grea test electrician that any age
has ever produced. Mr.. ShOles came
west and has gradually advanced from
telegraph operator TO head of the tele-
graph department of the greatest rail-
road in the world.
Since Edison left the Memphis office
of the Western Union and went to New
Orleans, Mr.. Sholes has never seen
him. They worked side by side at the
same desk for months, became close
companions, and when Edison left
Memphis he left an admirer in the per-
son Of Mr. ShOles. Both expressed q
hope of meeting again, but as yet the
meeting has never occurred.
casion to send to New York for certain
telegraph invention of Edison's, and
when the Edison representative reached
Topeka with the new appliance he
brought with him the picture which now
repOses on Mr.. ShOles' desk. With it
was short note from the famous
wizard" congratulating Mr.. ShoIes on
his appointment as superintendent of
telegraph of the Santa Fe, which had
been announced only a short time be-
fore.
Mr.. Sholes' correspondence in refer
ence to the new invention had reached
Edison and he at once recognized the
name of his former companion a t Mem
phis. The photograph he sent Mr.
Sholes is one of his latest, and is said
to be a splendid likeness of the man
who startles the scientific world from
time to time with his discoveries
Edison was sort of a queer fellow
when 1 knew him in Memphis" said
Mr. ShOles. He paid little attention to
his dress, although always Clearly and
neat, and was continuously experiment
ing I have since thought that he had
some idea of what was in him, as he
didn't seem to care what others
thought. He was a cOmpaniOnable fell
low to work with and I liked him.
Mr.. Sholes prizes his Photographic
roman l01ea r1po
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
REFUSED APASSPORT.
Peculiar State of Affairs Regarding
Mrs. McKinleY's Physician.

New York, June 28.-Dr. J. N. Bishop,
a specialist in nervous diseases of this
city and the private physician to Mrs
Mckinley, wife of the president, sailed
on the steamship Ohio Saturday. The
state department refused to issue
passport to Dr. Bishop on the ground
that he is not a citizen of the United
States.
I was born in Ontario, Canada said
DR.. Bishop, but when the war broke
out I left college and had a military
commission from o. o. Howard. am
not at liberty to say what particular
mission 1 was engaged in, but because
I did not carry a gun and wear a uni
form I am not now regarded as a SOL
der citizen. When Mississippi was
admitted as a state after the war 1
was one of the thousands who took the
usual irOn-clad oath, and most of those
all of them except myself, believe
became citizens through that oath. In
lieu of a passport have letters of Gre
dentia from persons connected with the
government"
Dr. Bishop declined to speak of the
health of Mrs. Mckinley.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
e.THE TRAMP" IN HAMMOND
He Comes in Contact With the Saliva
ton Army and Is Routed.


Chicago, June 2S.-One of the Debs
propogandists-a middIe-aged man with
a struggling, reddish beard. who called
himself 1.-The Tramp"-turned up in Ham
mond, Ind, late yesterday afternoon. He
drove a "dinky'' two-wheeled cart.
drawn by an animal which appeared to
be a cross between a goat and a broncho,
and had with him a pile of printed mat
ter, which he said was copies of THE
Dictator" a new publication in the inter-
est of struggling humanity.
THE Tramp" read two or three para
graphs from a recent interview with
Secretary of the Treasury Gage and gave
a demonstration of the alleged influence
of legislation upon the value of money
and the relation of money metals, and of
the relations of labor and capital. illus
trating his remarks with a pair of gro
GERS balances, in which the pivot is NOV
able. The balances may be expected to
become famous in currency discussions.
In the midst of the harangue the local
Salvation Army corps marched straight
through the crowd of 300 people gathered
by 1.-The Tramp at Holman and State
streets. cOuntermarched with drum beat
ing and colors flying all around the wa
gOn, and then fell upon their knees and
began their evening worship.
The Tramp" yielded the field and went
three blocks down Holman street, fol-
lowed by the crowd.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
EARTHOUAKEMAY sOLYEIT
Splitting of the Tehuantepec Isthmus
Nav Provide a Waterway.

Mexico City, Mex, June 2S.-The re-
cent earthquakes on the Isthmus or
Tehuantepec are causing much scfentinc
discussion here Many think another
severe seismic disturbance may solve
isthmian communication and transport
alton, and it is stated in all seriousness
that another and more disastrous
earthquake might cut q channel across
the comparatively narrow neck OF land
known as the Isthmus of Tehuantepec-
It is not more than 240 kilometers
across.
The land from Coatzacoa1cos for
many miles inland is marshy, and the
CoatzacOalcos river itself is navigable
for heavy craft about thirty miles in
from the gulf coast. The two large la
goOns near Salina Cruz extend to the
waterway about twenty miles in from
the Pacific, which leaves but a short
distance unaffected by water. OF
course, in the center of the isthmus is
a mountain range, which is not over
1,500 feet high in its maximum. Some
think that a. good sized earthquake
might split the range open.
There are small river around Juch-
itan at the head of the lakes, that add
to the water conditions. The Pacific
ocean at Salina Cruz is feet higher
than the gulf at Coatzacoalcos. Taking
all these matter in consideration, the
splitting of the istmus of Tehuantepec
into a waterway would not be at all
surprising. The effect of such a phe-
nOmenal occurrence would be remark
able. Commerce would find a crossing
place far preferable to Nicaragua or
Panama, and thousands of miles and
many weeks of time would be saved
to the worlds shipping from Atlantic
to Pacific points and vice versa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
PARADISE LOST
Is Written in the Form of the Au-
thor's Picture by an italian.

New York, June 2S.-There is a pic
ture of Milton in an Italian bankers
window in Mulberry street which is at
tracing a great deal of attention. Such
a place for such a picture would be
enough of a curiosity to draw a crowd
but something more than that keeps the
window crowded all day long. One has
often heard of the fine Italian hand and
this is the finest specimen of it or rec
ord. The picture is enclosed in a border
an inch and a half wide and IS inches
deep by 20 wide. The whole thing. Dor
der and all, looks like coarse engrav-
ing; but il is all pen and ink work, and,
more wonderful than that, its fine lines
under the microscope appear as words
wherein every letter is perfectly form
ed.
The whole of Paradise Lost is writ
ten in that picture, and, as it gave out
before the border was complete, the
skiIlfuI cOpyist eked it out with a part
of Stems Sentimental Journey" There
are 100, 900 words in the work, and the
writing occupied Giro Gazzoti, of Mode
ma three years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
Buffalo. New York, Boston

And New England points are reached
in the most comforta bic manner via the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry.
The summer train service via this line
affords morning, afternoon and even
ing trains from Chicago at convenient
hours, a complete schedule Of which
will be furnished on application. Tour
list tickets to the many cool and delight
full resorts of the east, including Cha u
tauoua Lake, are now on sale. A hand
some illustrated Tourist Book showing
routes and rates to these points will be
sent free on request If you contem-
plate an eastern trip this summer the
printed matter referred to will be of in
terest. Address B. P. Humphrey, T.
P. A, Kansas City, No, or c. K. Will
Der. A. G. 2. A, Chicago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
LAST OF SWING BRIDGES.
Federal Authorities Oppose Center
Piers in Chicago River.

Chicago, June 2S.-Federa1 engineers
have come to the conclusion that the
center-pier bridges are an obstruction
to navigation in the Chicago river.
An inspection of the main stream and
branches from Fullerton avenue on the
north to Bridgeport on the south will
be made by General Wilson, chief en-
gineer of the United States army, with
the purpose of deciding upon some
means of relief to marine interests.
Two methods of overcoming the diff
Guilty are under discussion. One pro-
videS for the entire removal of all cen
ter piers and similar Instructions; the
other calls for a partial strai gntening
of the river bank lines, SO as to cut off
abrupt bends and curves
Both works are of great Importance
to the people of Chicago, as they call for
radical changes in existing conditions
and involve an outlay of immense sums
of money. Beside these features a new
prin ciple of bridge engineering is es-
sential if the removal of center piers is
ordered, as Uncle Sans experts hold
to the opinion that none of the designs
now in use in this part Of the country
will meet present requirements or in
sure adequate provision for future de-
man6S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
DEBS' SCHEME TAKES.
249 Applications for Charters AL
ready Received.

Chicago. Ill, June 2S-Applications
have been received at the headquarters
of Debs' commonwealth for charters
for 249 branches of the Social Democ-
racy. The greatest number comes from
Ohio; Indiana comes next, and then
comes Wisconsin. The first issue of
the Social Democrat will appear July
l. 1t will be printed at Terre Haute,
but subsequent issues will be published
in Chicago.
F. W. D. Mays. vice president of the
National Reform association, called at
the headquarters of the Social DenOc-
racy today and urged that the first col
ony be established at Pomeroy, Wash,
where he is publishing a reform news
paper. Directors Burns. Kelliher and
Goodwin made arrangements today for
the mass meetings, the first of which
will probably be held tomorrow night.
The work of organization will begin
in Chicago. Mr.. Debs will return in ten
days and lead the work of gaining re-
cruits. He has received thousands
of letters from his admirers, many of
whom regard him as inspired by
higher power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
ANOTHER PICTURE PLAY.
Author of "nTiss jerry Will Produce
sThe American Girl"


New York, June 2s-Alexander Black
wants to find the prettiest girl in Brook
Ign. Black intends to find her if he has
to canvass all Brooklyn with a town crier
going before him calling for all the young
women to fall into the line of beauty.
Beauty is the only passport she requires
beauty leavened with refinement, grace,
intelligence, so blended as to make the
three inseparable.
Mr.. Black began his search for the girl,
who has all three qualities in just the
right quantities to entitIe her to the
proud distinction of being called Brook
lyn's girl. When he finds her he will
weave his new picture play around her.
It is to be called 1.-The American Girl, -
and will have every type of Uncle Sam $
daughters in its picture cast-the western,
the southern, the New England girl and
all.
Those who remember Mr.. Blacks clever
ming accompaniment of pictures as
thrown upon a canvas background set
behind the proscenium arch, by means
of the stereopticon slides, need no intro
duction to the mysterious stage craft
that will make THE American Grip one
of the best ali-round star cast produc-
lions of the year.
Mr.. Black has had many distinguished
people in the casts of his different pic
ture plays. President Mckinley and ex-
President Cleveland posed for him, and
Chauncey NJ. Depew sat for a newspaper
interview scene in Miss jerry with
his own office as a background.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIA-
TON MEETING.

For the meeting of the National Ed
ucational association at Buffalo in 1895
the excellent service given by the
Union Pacific was commented on by all
who had the pleasure of using that
line. This year our educational friends
meet in Milwaukee, Wis, July to g.
and members of the association and
others from points west of the Missouri
river should by all means take the
Union Pacific.
The service of the Union Pacific
via Omaha or Kansas City is the very
best The equipment consists of hand
some day coaches, chair cars Pullman
BUFFET and drawing room sleepers. din
ing cars and buffet smoking and Ii
brary cars. Fewer changes than via
any other line. One fare, plus s. so. for
the round trip will be the rate from all
points west of the Missouri river for
this meeting.
For illustrated matter. folders. etc.
call on or write
3. L. LOMAx,
y G. P. & T. A., Omaha.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
PARADISE FOR WAITS.
Mrs. Helen G. Kurtz of Canton, VIII
Entertain Little Guests the
Whole Summer

Canton, O., June 2S.-Mrs. Helen G.
Kurtz of this place, wife of s S. Kurtz,
the wealthy tanner, has notified the
Pittsburg Association for the Improve
ment of the Poor that she will entertain
continuously during the summer at
her cottages at Congress lake eight
children, to be selected by the Fresh
Air committee of Pittsburg, for stays
of ten days or two weeks as the Pitts
burg board elects. The first eight are
requested for today A favorable re-
ply has been received from Pittsburg
and the eight fresh air waits will be
welcomed at the appointed time
Mrs. Kurtz had a roller coaster erect
ed for the frolic of the younsters, also
a boat 10 be at their command, and
swings and games of all kinds The
cottages are in the midst of the fash
iOnabIe colony, but tItF children will be
unrestricted In all their enjoyments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT
Of the Santa Fe in Topeka, Now
Thoroughly Equipped.

The locomotive department of the
Santa Fe shops in this city is now
probably the most thoroughly equipped
railroad shop in the world. The depart
ment also presents an appearance ri
valing the appearance of the railroad
shops of any other company.
Within the past month extensive i'm
provementS have been made in this de-
partment. All of the machinery has
been repaired, painted and vanished
and old machinery replaced by new ma
chinery where necessary.
The interior of the shop has been rem
ovated and the number of cupboards
for the convenience of the employees in
keeping their street clothing and eff
fects while at work in the shops have
been increased. But few of the en-
ployes now wear their shop clothing on
the street in going to and from the
shop.
The appearance Of the department
has been greatly increased and the en-
ployes are proud of their workshop
The improvements cost the company
several thousand dollars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

Mr. Isaac Horner. proprietor Of the
Burton House, Burton, w. Va, one of
the most widely known men in the
state. was cured of rheumat ism after
three years of suffering. He says: Il
have not sufficient command Of Ian
guage to convey any idea of what I
suffered. My physicians told me that
friends were fully convinced that moth
ing but death would relieve me of my
suffering In June, 1894, Mr. Evans,
then salesman for the Wheeling Drug
Co. recommended Chamberlain's Pair
Balm At this time my foot and limb
were swollen to more than double their
normal size and it seemed to me my
leg would burst, but soon after I began
using the Pain Balm the swelling be-
gan to decrease, the pain to leave, and
now I consider that am entirely cured
For sale by druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
A SHADOW ON THE JUBILEE
Natives of India Commence a Series
of Secret Assassinations

of Secret Assassination.
Bombay. June 2s.-The successive shoot
iags OF the British plague commissioners
and other civil and military officers by
natives is regarded by the authorities
here with the gravest apprehension as
an unmistakable sign of revolt. In addi-
ton TO the killing of Lieutenant Aycost
atGainestkind and the simultaneous shoot
ing of Commissioner Rand, who is in a
critical condition. other attempts upon
the lives Of officers are reported. Civil
OFFICER Ross. who was shot at Peshawar
as he was returning from the jubilee
fetes, cannot recover from his wounds;
and an attempt was made upon the life
of Lieutenant Williams as he was enter
ing the messroOm at POonah. Fortunate
~ the shot of the assassin did not enter
his body, but struck his hand the bones
of which We're shattered.
The authorities have offered a reward
of 10000 rupees for the arrest of the ma
tives who were concerned in the shoot
ings. The assassins track their victims
and shoot them after nightfalI from be-
hind any object that hides them from OBJ
servation- The Europeans are very IN
easy More shooting is expected and no
one feels safe.
The outrages are due to the discomfort
of the Brahmans. who have circulated
thousands of leaflets denouncing the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

jubilee. The circulars declare that only
demons would celebrate their eOnduests
in a time of famine, plague and earth
quake. An ancient and noble race the
leafIet adds, lis being killed by a Christ
ian government. VIII no one lift finger
to check the excesses of the English tyr
ants who have been riding roughshod
over US for more than a century,"
The scene of these disturbances is in
two districts of the western part of In
dia, where, in Bombay presidency, the
plague has been most virulent, and in
Punjab province where the effects of the
recent famine were severely felt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
THREE-CENT FARE CASE.
Indianapolis Attorneys Laugh at
Showing Made by the Street
Car Companies,

Indianapolis, June 28.-Judge Sho-
walters rulings in the first days hear
ing of the street car case, wherein the
city has applied for a dissolution of the
recent injunction granted by the Chica-
go judge, has left a general impression
that he will dissolve his former injunc-
ton.
This will give the city an interval of
several days of three-cent fare again
until the street car company can bring
up some other point for the federal
courts further consideration.
That the street car people are thor
oughly frightened at the prospect of
another experience with the three-cent
fare law was betrayed when Judge Sho-
walter took the bench. General Harri-
son and his cOnferes made an effort to
bring another feature into the case be-
fore any of the attorneys for the city
had uttered a word. The latter was
prepared to cite that the state supreme
court had held the three-cent fare
law constitutional, and therefore Jud ge
ShOWalter should dissolve his injunc-
ton, but the railroad people offered a
cross bill with a table of current ex-
penses of the road intending to show
a three-cent fare would amount to
confiscatiOn Of the property.
AS this point had not been raised in
the former hearing it was laughed down
by the city attorneys and the court
ruled it out of the present hearing, but
gave the company the right to file the
cross bill and have it considered later.
This move of the company throws it
into the trap which has been adroitIy
baited and set for some time All the
city people desire is to get chance at
the company's books and show up it's
claims about the value and cost of the
road. The table of expenses filed is
sworn to, but already several state
ments have been found where. it is al
legged, figures have been juggled to de-
ceive the court.
The sworn statement of the company
before the state tax commissioners gave
the top value of the street railroad at
81 900, 900. The statement filed by the
company in court shows that it's gross
receipts last year were 1912, 464. The
company figures that it's expenses last
year were 1922, 900 and that a three-cent
fare law would have made it's income
$34 900 less than the road expenses. In
it's bill of expenses there is figured $780,
600 depreciation ON account of wear and
tear and about 800. 900 for repairs, the
items overlapping. The company is also
attempting to float $4,000 900 in stocks
and bonds on less than $1,000, 900 sworn
value of the road, and on this 500 per
cent of watered stock it is asking for
interest when the court considers the
question of cOnf1scatiOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
A SUICIDAL WAVE.
Young Japanese Women Kill Them
selves From Fear.

San Francisco, June 2S.-Advices re-
cefved by the Gaelic state that an inni-
tator of Jack the Ripper has slain sew
eral young women in Toxic. The muir
ders, which were four in number, all
occurred the first part of May, and so
great was the excitement in Toxic that
what might be called a wave of suicidal
hysteria set in and several young wo-
men killed themselves out of sheer fear
of the murderer. The women slain by
the Japanese were in every case of
good character and all of them be-
longed to the better class. The muir
derer has not been caught.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

Billiards. HorehOund Syrup is not a
mixture of stomach destroying drugs,
but is a scientifically prepared remedy
that cures coughs and colds, and all
quick, prompt and positive. Csc and soc
Geo. W. StansfeId, 632 Kan. Ave, and
Niller's Pharmacy, Cor. 9Th and Topeka
avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

TabIer's Buckeye Pile Ointment re-
heves the intense itching 1t soothes. it
heals, it cures chronic cases when sur
geons fail. It is a scientific certainty
Its sales increase through its cures, it
is no experiment. Every bottle guar
anteed. Soc Tubes, Use. Geo. w STAINS
field, $50 Kan. Ave, and Miller's Phar-
macy, Cor. 9Th and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

Is your liver tired? does it fail to do
its duty? If so, don't neglect it's call
for help. A few doses of Herbine may
save you & spell of sickness. Herbine
is the only perfect liver medicine. It
cures Chills and Fever. 75c. Geo. w.
StansfeId 632 Kan. Ave. and MiIIer's
Pharmacy, Cor. 6th and Topeka Ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

For three years we have never been
without Chamberlain's Collie Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house
says A H. Patter. with E. G. Atkins &
Co. indianapolis, Ind, land my wife
would as soon think of being without
-four as a bottle of this remedy in the
summer season. We have used it with
all three of our children and it has
never failed to cure-not simply stop
pain, but cure absolutely. 1t is all
right, and anyone who tries it viii find
it so.'' For sale by druggists.
Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam LaundrH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
500. so to California

For Christian Endeavorers and for
Everyone else. If you are going, now
is the time to prepare. The shortest
and best way is via Santa Fe. Inquire
A, T. & S. F. agent for particulars.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

Buckinghams Dye for the Whiskers
does its work thoroughly, co1oring a IN
form brown or black, which, when dry,
will neither rub, wash off, nor soil linen.