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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-20
All He Ever AAIade.

He You say man never made any
thing by growing?
She Nothing but fool Of himself.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-20
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Indian School.

". Il. johnson, superintendent Of
ene new government Indian school at
1a,,.. has just brought down from
~ Whlte Earth agency Is Indian children.
ne states that it is very difficult to in
uuce parents to allow their children to
w. uv .aken away to school. He was at
w ute Earth 10 days and could only get
~ altnough there are many times that
uumo per OF children of school age who
should go to school. Mr.. johnson says
~ IS very expensive work hunting up
Inc children, and it will cost the gov.
ernment $40 for each of the 10 children
20 get them to the school. Those he
mas brought are bright appearing
youngsters, ranging from to IA years,
and Aeveral are half breeds. ss.sss7e.sr.2s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-20
Saving One for Her

my task in life" said the pastor,
complacently, Consists in saving young
men,
"Ah!" replied the maiden with soul
full longing, save 'nice-looking one
for me."-Dublin World.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-20

Dusty Dan-Keep close behind me-
Willie, SO der bull can't see yer nose, OF
we're lost!-N. Y. Tribune.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-05-20

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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
SANTA FE LOCAL NOTES.

r. B. Newton of the car repairer's
force has returned from Oklahoma.
J. W. Baird of the coach department
IS at work again after two weeks sick
Foreman Frank James has racovared
1rom his attack of pneumonia and is
again at work
Mrs. George l. Stone, wife of Brake
man stone, was taken from the Stor-
mont hospital to her home on Friday.
e. M. Higginson's private car No. 21e
VIII be turned out Of the paint shop to-
morrow and will be refitted entirely
throughout.
David Thomas of the mechanical de-
partment has been presented with a
handsome pastmaster's emblem by Tr~
win lodge, A o. U. w
Engine No SO, in charge of John p
Kelly and Fireman StOwen pulled the
extra to St. Joe Friday night It was
a mixed train with one passenger
coach.
John Norton. foreman of the paint
shop at Arkansas City. was a visitor at
the paint shop today. Mr. Norton serv-
ed his apprenticeship in the Topeka
shops.
Frank Stevens of the paint shop will
leave the employ of the company to
take the Office of register of deeds. The
shop men have requested Mr.. Stevens
to make them a farewell address before
he leaves. The address will be made
during the noon hour
8 A Mccoy. who is in the engineer
ing department of the Santa Fe, sta
toned at Pueblo. is at home spending
the holidays. Things are in excellent
shape in our part of the country" said
Mr.. Mccoy. 1.-The Santa Fe is doing
better than for years, as far as my OBJ
servatiOn goes"
The heavy traffic over the Santa Fe
lines has qept up remarkably well. On
Saturday five extras We're run out Of
Topeka, yesterday there We're four and
this morning three. The work is pret-
ty well divided between east and west
bound trains. The complaint from
many places is the lack of cars.
Yesterday morning w. Z. AIcClafn in
Vited some of the new neigh hbOrS in to
see his Christmas tree. He lit the can
The fire gained some headwav before
the department arrived. but was eX-
tingUished without damaging the house
The furniture was badly DANA ged.
Frank A. Allen died yesterday of
pneumonia after an illness of about
three weeks. The arrangements for the
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon at 2:3O from the residence, 1109
Central avenue. The interment will be
in Topeka cemetery. Allen was a mem
Der Of the A Q. Z. W. lodge No. 331.
Joseph Horribly of the store house
gave a Christmas night party to
number of his friends Mr. Hornby
never misses his annual Christmas
night gatherings, and q good time is
always enjoyed by those present. After
the tempting supper had been eaten,
general good time. 1t was a late hour
when MI Hornby sang mi DesDer-
andum," and the merry party broke
up.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
RAILROAD NEWS.
Glare of ley Ground Saves a
Bad Wreck.
Cars Skated Along and Re-
mained Upright
IN THE MI. p. WRECK.
Coal Famine in Sight on New
Mexican Roads.
Santa Fe Cattle Shippers in
New Mexico Protest.
IN THE Nj. p. WRECK.

Atchison. Dec. 27.-The wreck of the
Missouri Pacific passenger train near
Willis, Kan. Saturday night, was caused
by broken rail
The escape of the trainmen and pas
sengers We're most fortunate. The
train was running at the rate of 40
miles an hour when the derailment took
place. and the frost and snow on the
ground are believed to be responsible
for the fact that of the so passengers on
the train nobody was killed, and not
one was seriously injured. The engine
did not leave the track, and when the
tender, baggage car and combination
mail car and coach overturned, they
slid along on the snow and ice until
they were well out of the way of the
chair cars and sleeper, which did not
turn over.
Had the ground been soft, it is almost
certain that the wreck would have been
accompanied by loss of life. AS it was,
an occasional bruise or scratch are the
only injuries reported.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
MRS. SUTTON IS SUED.
DR.. McCurdy Having Been Paid
$655.4O for Carriages Wants
$50 so More

DR.. Z. B. McCurdy, who supplied the
carriages for the Festival Queen and
the members of her court Festival
week, has notified Mrs. c. S. Sutton
that unless the balance remaining aft
er the payment of 73 cents on the dol
lar is paid by tomorrow night, he will
at once institute legal proceedings for
its collection. The balance amounts to
$696O.
on Saturday of Festival week DR..
McCurdy was paid $275, which accord
ing to his figures left a balance of 1925,
making the total bill for the court car
riages. horses and attendants for the
week $500, When the Committee of
in the treasury to the floral committee
with the understanding that all out
standing bills should be paid on the
basis of 13 cents on the dollar, DR.. Nc
Curdy was sent a check for $155.40
This was accompanied by the personal
assurance of Mrs. Sutton that if the
material remaining from the Festival
could be disposed of the deficit would
be made up. Unlike other creditors of
the committee DR.. McCuTdy refused to
receipt in full for his bill, and has nOti-
fed Mrs. Sutton that unless she pays
the balance personally he will bring
suit for its collection.
Mrs. Sutton holds that she arranged
for the carriages to carry out her part
of the Festival work as president of
the floral committee, and that she is
not personally responsible for the bill
eNAtAAe' -e7AA sALt CciAeA o~N OfCA CAAO4 "
sec that all bills We're settled. Mrs.
Sutton says she will allow DR.. Nc
Curdy to take any legal steps he may
see fit. Considering that Mrs. Sutton
provided a spectacle the like of which
was never Witnessed in the United
States and which together with other
Fall Festival features was given whole
pages of description in the New York
papers. it is a shame that she should
be harrassed by bills of this sort es-
pecially when they are not large ones.
1t is not only mean but ungentlemanly
to permit Mrs. Sutton to be subject to
this annoyance. The chances are that
Topeka will never find another lady
who will do as much or undergo as
much as Mrs. Sutton for the glOrifica-
ton of Topeka. All the people who
never turned over a hand to help the
Festival are the lOudest in their critic
iSnS
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
RUINED AND
A SUICIDE.
Son of Senator Bowen, of Col
OradO, Found Dead.
His LifelesS Body Tossed OFF
the Track
BY AN EXPRESS TRAIN
BY AN EXPRESS TRAIN
Near 1t Bottle Labeled
"POisOn" is Picked Up.
He Had Been Inebrfated Since
Last June.

Helena, Mont, Dec. FL. P. Bowen,
a son of ex-United States Senator
Thomas Bowen. of Denver, Colo, COM
mitted suicide at Sappington, on the
Butte-LOgan branch of the Northern
Pacific, yesterday. His body was found
near the track, where an express train
had thrown it, and near it was an
empty bottle labeled poison"
Bowen was on his way from Sheridan
to Miles City, where he expected to
take a position on the Yellowstone
Journal.
He was suffering from alcoholism
and remarked Saturday night that he
had not been sober since June last.
Bowen was for years mining editor of
the Helena Journal, Russell B. Harri-
sons paper, in Helena. He was once
editor and proprietor of the Deer Lodge
New Northwest, but left Deer Lodge
and went to Sheridan in Madison coun-
ty, where he started The Sheridan. He
was not married. Mrs. Bowen, his
mother, lives in Deer Lodge, Mont.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
STRATTON'S CHRISTMAS.
He Gives Out 400 Tons of Coal to the
NeedY of Victor, Col

Victor, Colo, Dec 27-W. S STRAIT
ton, owner of the great Independence.
gave the poor of Victor a substantial
Christmas gift and his name and praise
of his philanthropy are on every lip.
Last Friday Mr. Stratton instructed
the local coal dealers to deliver one ton
of coal to every person in Victor known
to be in need, or who might apply for
assistance, and to send the bill to
him.
He enjoined upon them the strictest
secrecy.
The coal merchants were not back
ward about taking advantage of the
mining princes carte blanche. and
those whose houses were insuficiently
heated were quickly notified to send in
their addresses OF course they re-
sponded with alacrity. Many were the
guesses as to the identity of the gener-
Gus donor, and finally his name was re-
Vealed.
-Four hundred tons were ordered and
delivered
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
MCCOY CHALLENGES FITZ.
Wants to Fight the Champion for
$4,000.

New York, Dec. 27.-''Kid' Mccoy, the
conqueror of Creedon, issued a challenge
to Fitzsimmons today for a finish fight
for the middleweight championship Of the
world.
The young middleweight announces that
he has backing for $4,000 and will post a
forfeit as soon as called upon to do So
He desires to meet the present champion
for a purse and side stake of at least
s., coo.
Mccoy at once communicated with Dan
Stuart, the promoter Of the Carson fight
last spring, and offered to take Corbett's $
place in case the Californian fails to sign
articles with Fitz. Even if Corbett is
willing to fight" declared Mccoy, in his
letter to Stuart, Ct believe I am entitled
to the first chance. Corbett is a beaten
man, while I have not yet been defeated.
Fftz should take me on first and deal
with Corbett afterwards
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
DIR. WEBB'S BIG FESTIVAL.
81 Christmas Trees-Go1d Watches
and Fur Coats for Presen is.


Burlington, VT, Dec. 27.=Dr and
Mrs Seward Webb gave a wonderful
Christmas party Saturday night in the
big barn building on the Shelburn
farm to the children of Trinity parish
and Shelburn. All the people in the
parish, the employees of the farm and
their families, and a number of invited
guests were also present, making about
$50 in all. DR.. and Mrs Webb person
ally welcomed their guests and made
them feel at home.
The distribution of gifts from the tree
or rather trees, came first. There was
one big tree in the middle and thirty
others ranged along the walls of the
spangles and ablaze with candles. DR..
Webb's son, Master Vanderbilt, aged 5,
dressed as Kriss KrinSle, distributed
the gifts to the delighted youngsters
After the trees had been stripped, came
supper. Bouillon in cups, oysters.
chicken croquetS, chicken salad, fro
zen salmon, cold ham, tongue, ice
cream, cakes, fruits, nut, candy, coffee
and lemonade were served.
Dancing and games occupied the re-
mainder of the evening. A fine orches-
ira from Burlington was in attendance
and the big barn rang with laughter
and music. Besides books, toys and
games for the children, there were use
full presents for the employees on the
farm, according to length of service
and position held. These included
thirty-two gold watches and seven fur
coats
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
AWAITING A CALL.
Massachusetts Board of Arbitration
Looks to Be Asked to Settle
Cotton Mill Trouble.

Boston, Dec 27.-It is expected by
those interested in the cotton manufac-
turing situation, that the state board
of arbitration and cOnciliatiOn will be
called upon to take action upon the
matter of the cut in wages which goes
into effect the first of the year in many
places, but up to today no intimation
that the services of the officials are
desired, has been received from either
manufacturers or operatives in Massa-
chusetts.
The board however, has had the
matter under discussion several times
and is fully prepared to act in the mat
ter in case it is asked to do so.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
CHIEF STEELE's HOUNDS.
They Are English Fox Hounds And
Not Bloo6hounds

The two fierce bloodhounds'' which
the police We're reported to have pur-
chased for the purpose of tracking
criminals are two young English fox
hounds which Henry NJ. Steele pur-
chased from an Illinois man. For the
present Topeka's political police force
will attend to all the tracking or side
tracking of criminals to be done Chief
Steele wishes to become a fox hunter.
He with several North Topeka sports
and some from Perry will organize a
hunting expedition to scour the woods
and prairies north of Topeka with q
large pack of foXhOunds. Several foxes
have been turned loose between here
and Perry.
The two dogs which Chief Steele re-
ceived Saturday are five months old.
They are said to be thoroughbred Eng
lish foxhounds They are just eleven
inches in height. Chief Steele now owns
five hunting dogs.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
Mr.. DRANsFIELD's BUTTER
It Still Continues Its oIeaginous
Course in Police Circles.

The board of police commissioners at
their meeting Saturday night took up
the case of Ben Perkins for investiga-
ton. William Dransfield had reported
to President Billiard that Policeman
Ben Perkins, the colored politician, had
stolen a pound of butter from his store
a few weeks ago. Chief Steele order
ed Perkins to hand in his star until an
investigation could be had
The board took no action on the case,
either for or against the officer. Will
liam Dransfeld did not appear before
the board. Today Perkins said:
"Dransfleld would not appear before
the board. The board practically exon
GRATED me. I did not take that pound
of butter. Old man Lord and I were
in there together. There were perhaps
10 or 10 people came and went while 1
was there. When I found out that
Darnsfield had reported the matter I
went to him and he said The boys
told me you took the butter, Drans-
field denies that he asked me to go be-
fore the governor and ask for Hender-
sons removal 1 say that he did do
So
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
COAL FAMINE IN SIGHT.
Santa Fe's New Mexican Division
Pressed for Fuel

The scarcity of coal in the New Mex
leo division IS caused on account of the
heavy traffic and the demand all along
the line for freight cars The mines at
Blossburg are able to supply the de
mand but the company is not able to
supply enough cars to transport the
different coaIiug points.
At Lamy this fact is practically no
ticeable- The supply OF coal there
has just met the demand each day with
no surplus. There has been a rumOr
current for some time that the supply
or output of coal from the mines was
not able to meet the demand and that
a coal famine was likely. There is no
likelihood of a coal famine in New
Mexico but unless the coal can be
transported in larger quantities there
may be a shortage at the cOaing sta
tiOnS.
The new shaft at BlOssburg is to be
opened soon with the latest equipment
of mining machinery The coal is to
be mined from beneath with improved
electrical mining machinery. The mine
viii be lighted by electricity and will
be enabled tc mine more coal with few
er men than any other mine in that
part OF the country. Large coke ovens
will be operated IN connection with the
new mines.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
POLICE COURT NOTES.

The police arrested H. Croft and Pink
Pursley colored, each for selling intoxi-
eating liquors. Croft forfeited a S1oO de-
post and Pursley will be tried tomorrow
Fourteen Christmas drunks were ar
rested by the police.
Jas. Jones, coIored, who lives in Tennes-
seetown, tried to beat his wife Saturday
night. Patrolmen Younkin and Whita-
ker arrested him on the charge of dis
turbance of the peace.
Patrolman Whitaker this morning ar
rested a man who was riding his bicycle
on the sidewalks. He gave the name of
John OBrien and deposited So, which was
forfeited.
For fighting at the postofffce corner
Friday night John Dahlgren was fined So
and c. H. Martin SO
The Syrians of North Topeka, who have
a store where clothing and furnishing
goods are for sale, caused the arrest of
Martin Lewis on the charge of grand
larceny. They claim that they let him
have a small stock of goods and that he
failed to pay for them The police held
Lewis until this morning, when the Syri-
ans failed to file a state charge against
him and he was released.
JOS. Christian and VIII Miller were ar
rested last night on the charge of vagran-
cy. They were fined s. and SO respect
ively.
This morning in police court Judge Atch-
ison disposed of % cases in p minutes.
Fines were assessed to the amount of $40
One Of these was a S100 fine for selling
liquor.
Sergeant Jake Owen has gone to the
southern part of the state on business for
the police department. He expects to
bring back with him criminal wanted
here.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
STATE TEACHERS MEETING
Annual Session of the Association
Begins Tomorrow.

Tomorrow the members and friends
of the State Teachers association come
to Topeka for the thirty-fifth annual
meeting which will be held in Represen-
tative hall.
The first meeting of the association
will be held tomorrow night, for which
the program follows:
Music-America.
Invccation-Rev. NJ. c. Long.
Address of WelcOme-A. w. Dana, To-
peka.s
RESPONSE. D. Ellis, Burlington.
Music-Modoc Club.
Presidents Address,. E. Peairs, Law
renee.
Music-ATodoc Club.
A social evening follows the program.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
PLUNGED $50 FEET.
Remarkable Accident in a Penn
sylVania Coal Shaft.

vflkesbarre, Pa, Dec. 27.-John Ag-
new and Thomas Kennedy met horrible
death today in the Alden shaft. They had
been sent down the shaft to cut the ice
which prevented the carriage from run
ming. They cut away the ice until the
car had descended 200 feet, when it stuck.
The men could not signal the engineer,
and the rope continued to coil on top of
the bonnet of the car until it's weigh forced
the carriage beyond the ice formation.
The car descended swiftly until the rope
broke, when it fell 450 feet. The men
were dashed to pieces.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
TO OPEN HEADQUARTERS.
Republicans to Decide Tonight When
and Where They Will Do It

The executive committee of the Re
publican state committee will meet this
evening at the Copeland in adjourned
session to dispose of the proposition to
open state headquarters at once.
Frank FIenniken of EmpOria and
Roy Richey of Mcpherson. now a res
ident of Topeka, are talked of as the
men to be put in charge of the head
quarters should the committee take
favorable action. Frank Brown has
been offered the place, but declines to
consider it, because there is no re-
Enumeration attached to it.
L. S Crum of Oswego is the only
member of the committee in town. 9th
erS are expected on the later trains.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
SHIPPERS PROTEST.
New Mexico Cattle Men Object to the
Santa Fe Feeding Transit Rate.

Mr.. c. r. Hudson, assistant general
freight agent of the Santa F'e in this
city. has received petition from a
nuuDer of New Mexico cattle shippers
residing in the vicinity of Watrous and
Deming, protesting against the feeding
transit rate lately placed in effect by
the Santa F'e on shipments of cattle
from New Mexico points into Kansas
territory for feeding. The petition
states that the new basis ties up too
much money on cattle shipments, and
that a fiat rate is preferred.
Under the feeding transit basis New
Mexico shippers pay the rate from the
point of shipment into Kansas City
with the option of unloading the cattle
at any point along the main line in
Kansas, feeding there for any length
of time up to one year, and having the
stock carried into Kansas City for the
additional charge of $40 per car. To
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
Leland and the New District.

Cyrus Leland has returned from
Washington and is enthusiastic over
the prospect of the state being divided
into two federal districts. There is not a
single obstacle in the way" he said to-
day In fact everybody seems to IA
vor the proposition and 1 see no reason
to prevent the early passage of the
bill Being asked for an expression
on the United States marshalShip Er.
Leland stated that he had nothing to
say because he knew nothing about it,
except that the appointment would be
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27
A BIG FEDERATION
OF Topeka Business OrganiZa-
tiOns, Each AvOcation Or
ganized Separately.

Tonight will see the formation of
the federation of Topeka business men
which has been talked of for several
months.
The federation at the start will include
the Coal Dealers association, the Re
tail Grocers' association and the Butch
ers' association, but in a short time it is
expected that all classes of business
men in this city will be taken in. The
separate organizations will be preserv-
ed.
The principal object of the federation
will be the stimulation of the CONNER
cial interests of Topeka at home, but
all matters of interest and benefit to
the business men generally will be ta-
ken up and discussed at the meetings
Reduction of taxation and legislation
in regard to weights and measures are
among the matters that will be given
early attention by the federation.
The meeting tonight will be held in
the hall at 1872 Kansas avenue, and Of
hcers will be elected for the ensuing
year. The temporary officers who were
chosen when the federation was first
decided upon, are A. E. Hickerson,
chairman, and d. d. Knox, secretary
At the meeting tonight arrangements
will also be made for the preparation
of bylaws for the government of the
organization.
toned, the federation will, at the start,
have a membership of about 200. 1t is
expected that this membership will at
least be doubled
The members of the Retail Grocers'
association are agreed in the opinion
that the fund remaining as a result Of
the Pure Food exposition in this city
last January should be used a basis
for the Auditorium subscription. The
Topeka grOcers are energetic business
men and realize the need of such
building in a city of this cize.
Mr.. William Dransfield, secretary Of
that organization, said today:
Il want to see the Auditorium matter
taken up right after the first of the
year, and the subscription fund started
with the 5000 left over from the Pure
Food show of last winter. The Pure
Food show clearly proved itself a good
thing. but we will never have another
in this city until we have a suitable
building in which to hold it. The Gro
GERS association is willing that the
FUND go for this purpose, and as the
organization had considerable to do in
getting up the exposition, it is only
right that it should have something to
say about it's use. If we had an audi
torium in Topeka I am satisfied that
the Grocers association would single
handed arrange a Pure Food exposition
every year making such an exposition
a settled annual feature. If we had an
auditorium by next winter we will un-
dOubtedly have another Pure Food ex-
position"
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27

Have you seen us in our new placer
The Cremerfe. SCOTT & SCOTT.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-27

pay the fat rate into the Kansas point,
and after feeding. the fiat rate from
the Kansas points into Kansas City
costs the shippers in the majority of
cases more than the through rate to
Kansas City plus SO but the shippers
object to paying the through rate be-
cause of the money tied up by such a
system The Santa Fe company put
the new basis in to protect its interests
by making the shipments of cattle
through to the Kansas City market
sure.
It is probable that protest of the New
Mexico shippers viii not result in any
change being made.