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The record-union., 1897-03-24
SPECIAL NOTICES

VehicIes-Baker & HamiIton-Hardware,
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Bain
Farm and Header Wagons. Wholesale
Hardware. Send for catalogue.
The record-union., 1897-03-24
No. 15,999-In Bank-Filed March 2:
1S91.)

Rosalie Davey. appellant; Southern
Pacific Company. respondent. Damages
for personal injuries. Affirmed, Beatty,
c. j., dissenting.
A ruling or decision, itself correct in
law, will not be disturbed on appeal.
merely because given for a wrong rea-
son. II right upon any theory of the
law applicable to the case, it must be
sustained, regardless of the considera-
tlons which may have moved the trial
court to its conclusion. 1t is judicial
action and not judicial reasoning or ar
gument, which is the subject of re-
view
If the court decides correctly in re-
Meeting testimony, it is not important
whether the best objection was made.
or whether any objection was made.
The fact that a party has made an
improper or insufficient objection in the
court below does not preclude or estop
him IN the appellate court from justify
ing or ruling in his favor, upon any
other ground
The record-union., 1897-03-24

KENT BROS, 1917 Third street for car
riages, buggies, rigs of all kinds at short
notice. Telepnones-NeW. 215. old, 5lI
The record-union., 1897-03-24

Save money by buying your tea an
coffee of j. McMorry, 531 NJ.
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

SYLLABI.
Is. F., No. 569-Department Two-Filed
March 20, 1919
In the matter of the estate of Louis
j. Ruffino, respondent; Kate s. Rufino.
appellant. Will contest. Reversed.
All intercourse in form matrimonial
is presumed to be matrimonial until the
contrary is shown.
The assumption of marital rights
need not be immediate, nor even within
a reasonable time after the contract
constituting consent, to establish a
legal marriage.
The mere assumption of the rights,
duties and obligations of the marital
relation, with the intention thereby to
be married, is clear indication of con-
sent.
A will cannot be said to be unnat-
ural when it is in favor of person for
whom a sane testator entertained a
strong affection. That a will is what
would be called undutiful, is material
only When the circumstances are such
as to show that the testator, if unin-
fiuenced, would most likely have made
what is called a dutiful will.
The record-union., 1897-03-24

]. McMorry, importer of fine teas.
Try McMorry's blend coffee. 35c.
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
CRANSTON.
Town Officials Enjoy Themselves at
Suuantum-General Mention.

About three dozen Of the town officials en-
joye3 an outing Mt Squantum yesterday. The
trip down the bay Was delightful, the baked
mollusks and the other eatables were very
palatable the good d-natured talk and the af-
ter-dinner smoke served to lull the warm
hours away and to help digest the hearty din
ners eaten.
Mr.. David Buclxlin Of Arlington. reported in
last nights News as critically i'll, died yester-
day.
It Is reported that bottling establishment
is to be erected on the hill northeast of Grams
ton village and of Dyer avenue. The land
upon which the building will be erected is
owned by Mr.. Charles O. Bennett and has
upon it several large springs, the waters of
which have revealed medicinal propt rites
upon chemical analysis. The names of the
members Of the company will not yet be dis
closed. If all arrangements can be perfected,
the building will be erected the latter part Of
next week. This structure will be G0x40 feet
and will bo made Of wood.
The Pocasset Fire Engine Company held n
special meeting last evening. 1t was decided
that tho company Will parade July with
their new uniforms. The route of the parade
will likely he down Park avenue 20 Cranston,
through the village 20 Cranston street and up
that street TO the town ball, where a light re-
past will be served Much interest is centered
i'm this parade. for the boys will have their
new uniforms ana their badges. special
meeting will bo held next Friday evening 10
receive the uniforms.
The Cranston Whcelmon had practice drill
last evening. The young men arc masters of
their wheels and will undoubtedly attract at
teution in the parade July D.
The Town Council met in the town hall
this morning and canvassed the voting list
prior 10 the special financial town meeting to
be held in the town hall next Wednesday af.
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
BRISTOL.
Needed Improvement Being Made
on Mount Hope Avenue.
Races at the Driving Park Off-Pr0p0Sed
Race by Naval Reserves.

Lieutenant William Fred Williams of the Ma
val Reserve Torpedo Company has been APP
pointed one of the members of the examining
board of the state militia by the governor.
The fact that the farm known as the Mount
Hope farm is &C. be opened as shore place
during the season is now settled, as the PARTY
who is to manage it has made application to
the Council for a license TO sell liquor.
The old dwelling house on Hope street
known as the waldron House is being taken
down by Contractor Wall. The estate is now
owned by Charles W. Young, cashier of tho
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, who is
to have built a cottage with all modern inn
provoments.
Vice Commodore Il. Lincoln Lippitt of the
Rhode Island Yacht Club arrived here yester-
day in his steam yacht Velthra
Native strawberries have come in so plenti-
fully the past week that they have almost be-
come a drug in the market.
The work being done upon Mount Hope ave-
nue. by the town in blasting the rocks in. the
streets is very commendabe on the part of
the Council. and il is work that should have
been done long time ago.
Captain Charles Nottleton, who took the
yacht Thorn on TO New York for its owner,
Mr.. Fielding l.. Williams. returned home
yesterday.
The races which were 20 have taken place
today at the Warren Driving Park Assocn-
tion track have been declared off owing 10 the
parties not paying the entrance fees. Mnny
of these parties assert that placards were
posted in various places with their names and
horses attached, and they were not even con-
suited as regards entering.
The cutter sylph Of Wareham Mass, owned
by George Dolano with party of excursion.
lists on board, arrived yesterday. The party
came ashore and looked tho town over and
sailed again IN tho afternoon.
The new United States torpdo boat Dupont
had dock trial Of her machinery at the
pier Of the Herreshoh works yesterday. Her
trial Of speed will take place later on.
The Naval Reserve Torpedo Company held
n meeting last evening, Commander William
Mccarthy Little being recent. The matter
OF having n cutter race Of two picked crews Of
tho company was very generally discussed
and very favorably considered. II this Is
brought about the race will take place In the
harbor on the afternoon Of the 5th Of July.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
WOOL ACTIVE.

Bo5ton. June 26.-The Boston Com.
mercial Bulletin says Of the wool mar.
ket: The market continues active.
Foreign wool Is gtill being bought largely
for speculation, but the sales include "A
larger proportion OF domestic wools.
The rates OF last year are fully main
tained. New fine medium territory is
selling on a basis of 2G 90 81 cents clean.
In the West IL is being held at 40 TO 4i
cents clean, delivered in Boston. Re-
ceipts of foreign wool continue heavy.
and storage for II is being sought as far
ns Lowell
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26

ter was the extent of the arrests In this
section yesterday.
Officer Mccarthy returned to duty last
night after bad spell with sore hand.
Officer McElroy has returned from his
furlough and Officer Koch Is studying the
beauties of northern New England seem
erv.
square last night In which Henry Carney
and an unknown figured. Neither was
hurt. though both had u close call.
A Pawtuckat trolley party broke the
harmony OF things on Randall street and
vicinity with very poor horns last night.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
BURRILLVILLE.

The graduating exercises of the class Of 1897
wore he'd In Music hall, Pascoag, last even.
ing. The hall was crowded 10 suffoca,ion.
The class numbers - pupils, mostly girls.
large party of friends Of Miss Lucy Flun'
nigan surprised her with a June box at her
home in Bridgeton last evening.
The Town Council met this afternoon Mt the
town clerks office.
II Is understood that Pascoag parties are
negotiating for lease Of the new mill at
Mohepnn.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
Mrs. Ollphant Dead.

London, June 2s Mrs Margaret oliphant
the author, died last evening Of cancer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
EMPLOYER MISSING.

Lowell. Mass. June 26.-Willlam T.
Edwards. proprietor of the Union iron
foundry OF this city. is missing and the
wages Of his employees are five weeks
I'm arrears. Before leaving town Ed
wards collected several hundred dollars
on bills owed him and the employees have
attached all the unpaid bills due him.
In a letter to his wife this week he stated
Ms intention Of geins to sssGA America.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
IInM's This,

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any cnse ~ Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
=. !. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known II. Y.
Cheney for tie last n years, ana believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trnnsac-
tions and financially able 90 carry out any OBJ
ligations rnade by their firm.
We.t * Trunx. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
q. Walding, Kinnan q Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, %.
Halls Catarrh euro IL taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials free.
Price 1jc. per bottle. sold By all Druggists
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26
The Trench al Turks Head.

The tearing mp Of the pavement at Turks
Head Is for the purpose OF replacing the pres
ent lO-inch water pipes with l6-inch mains
that will be connected with that section OF
the system supplied from Fruit hill Tho
present work on Weybosset street Is TO be ex
tended the whole length OF that thoroughfare
to Broad street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-26


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Peace Street Grammar School.

Lifting Better Up TO Best" Is the motto Of
tho graduating class of the Peace street gram
mar school. Tho exercises will take place in
the school hall next Tuesday and 73 pupils
will receive diplomas, a. girls and 81 boys
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-03
BABY BORN IN THE PARK.
s'1T othing the Matter" Said the Po-
Hceman to the Crowd, But it
was a Girl

New York, May 3.-Within half a.
dozen steps of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Arts, in Central park, early
last night, a crowd of people gathered
about a bench. Two policemen tried to
keep people on the move and drove
small boys away.
Women were told that there was re
ally nothing the matter and that they
had better go home. One young young
woman, who dropped from a bicycle,
got past the policemen and through the
crowd. She didn't stay, but with one
short ooh, my!" jumped on her wheel
and rode off.
After awhile a park ambulance came
dashing up and room was made for Sur
geon Goldsmith. He remained for
twenty minutes and then put a woman
and a. tiny child in the ambulance and
went away. The policemen looked as
though nothing had happened. One of
them said to an old gentleman: It's
a girl, sir, a girl And the old gentle
man said: MY! My! What a strange
place for child to be born in!''
The young mother is Mrs. Mary Her
man of No. 865 Third avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-03
Personal and Social

Executive Clerk H. B. FIeharty and
Mrs. Fleharty went to Atchison yester-
day to visit friends
The Vignette club will meet during
the month of May with Mrs. Frank
Willard, 118 Greenwood avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Melvin left yes
terday for their home in Washington
Court House, O.,after a short visit with
Mrs. Saxton.
Mr.. Chas w. Upton of Chicago ar
rived yesterday on visit to his sister,
Jessie NJ. Upton, SIG Harrison street.
Miss Edith Davis of the state uni
versity, spent yesterday in the city.
Mrs. Maggie Stone of Kansas City,
Mo, who has been visiting her sister
Mrs. r. I. Palmer. on West Eighth
street, for the past two weeks, returned
home Thursday.
Miss Belle Williamson is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
Mrs. J. L. hellabarger visited her
daughter Josephine in Lawrence last
The Junior Atlantians are meeting this
afternoon with Miss Katherine Searle.
Miss Emma Dodds of Usage City ar
rived today to visit her cousin, Miss
Major and Mrs. Calvin Hood and
daughter, Mrs. Harry Hood, left today
for visit with Mr. and Mrs E. A
Beecher. in Colorado Springs-Emporia
Gazette.
The Modern Literature club will meet
Tuesday with Miss Ollie O'Brien.
Mrs. Mary Snyder of LaWrenceburg
KY, arrived in the city yesterday and
is visiting her father, Rev. J. NJ. Her
ington.
The Ladies' society of the M. e.
church will not meet Wednesday with
Mrs. POindexter as previously arranged
and there will be no meeting until the
third Wednesday in May.
DR.. Robert WATSON of Ottawa is Wis
itng his brother. DR.. L. Q. WATSON
Dr. Johnson and DR.. Patterson of
Kansas City are visiting DR.. A H
DR.. Fred Kinsley of Kansas City is
visiting his parents and attending the
Dental association.
Miss Bessie Stuart expects to go to
New York in June to remain during the
Mrs. n. H. Adams will go to St. Joe
TINS week to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Mr. Bert Lemon of Kansas City spent
Sunday with Topeka friends
MT James Dargitz and Miss Carrie
wilcox spent yesterday in CarbOndale
1t. ana Mrs Joseph Root, DR.. Bra
deau OF Kansas City, DR.. and Mrs Chas
EsJeriy Of Lawrence are visiting DR..
and Mrs. G. 3. Reed.
Mr.. Ed Martin and Mr. AL Patten
nave charge of subscription party to
pc given Friday evening at Hudson s
NAH A two-step lately composed by
Mr.. Martin viii be played
Mr.. and Mrs John Player have taken
avenue.
Mrs. A K Rodgers entertained a
Family party at luncheon Friday noon
complimentary to Mrs. Fred Bone
brake.
Mr.. EIbridge Tompl1ins Of Kansas
City spent Sunday with Topeka friends.
MI and Mrs. NJ r. Roblee will leave
this week for the east
Miss Ollie O'Brien viii entertain the
Tuesday Evening whist club tomorrow
MRS Henry Speer returned to her
home in Chicago after a months visit
with her parents
Colonel and Mrs. ]. W. F. Hughes
have gone to Nashville and Columbia,
Tenn, for a visit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-03
HOT TAR FOR TWO WOMEN.
West Virginia Unfortunates Fall Vic
TINS to a Mob of Masked Men.

Weston, W. Va, May 3.-This city
was the scene last night of the most
fendish outrage that ever disgraced the
history of West Virginia and which VIII
probably result in murder.
Some weeks ago two young women
came here from Clarksburg and took up
their abode in the outskirts. Their
names are Ida Duncan and Bertha Mer-
riman. In a few days it became noised
about that they were not of good char
acter. The FumOrs took on more OBJ
jectionable features and late last night
a party of men got together, procured
bucket of tar, and proceeded to the
wCnlen's home to drive them out of the
city.
They broke open the doors, heated the
tar, stripped the women and applied it
with brushes to the bare bodies.
The women screamed for mercy, as
the scalding tar was applied, but the 20
masked brutes did not desist until their
victims We're covered almost from head
to foot. The tar blistered the skin al
most every place it touched, and when
charitable persons, attracted by the
wOmen's sorry plight, attempted to re
move it, great patches of the skin came
with it.
Physicians are doing all in their pow
er for the women, but there is little
hope of saving Bertha Merriman's life,
her condition being terrible. Miss Dun
can may survive, but she is suffering
awful agony from the burns and the
shock she sustained. There is no defin-
lite clue to the perpetrators of the out
rage, and no arrests have been made.
Officers are at work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-03
IN THE SOCIETY WORLD.
General Notes of Society and
Personal Items.
Recent Social Events in Topeka
and Vicinity.
Items of Interest About Topeka Peo-
pie and Visitors in Town.

The party of young ladies who Went
camping last summer with Judge King
man as chaperone, surprised Mrs King
man Saturday afternoon and helped her
celebrate her 18th birthday. The party
included Miss Pearl Latham, Miss Caro-
Penfeld, Miss Emily Elliott, Miss Ida
Bergen, Miss Pearl Mcfarland, Miss
Santa Waters, Miss Fe Waters, Miss
Mary Whitton, Miss Lee Redden, Miss
Eleanor Work, Miss Lillian Valentine.
The guests gave Mrs. Kingman a palm.
A May Party.
Mrs. J. H. Wetheren gave her juvenile
dancing class a May party Saturday
afternoon at Harmony hall. Miss Lutte
Palmer was crowned queen by Wilson
Hobart, who placed a wreath of carna-
lions on her head. The queens attend
ants were Elizabeth Stricken, Florence
Guild, Alberta Latham, Marion Wear,
and the pages were Willie Wethere4A
and Willard Pierce.
After the browning of the queen and
the obeisance from her followers, the
May pole dance was given. The fol-
lowing little people danced: Clara
Fleish,man, Bessie Jet, Helen Sterne,
Hazel Nelson, Margaret GarVey, Phil
Reed, Grace Clark, Adeline Hunter
Walter Myers, Amer Robinson, Earl
Gully, Robert Pierce, Dean Giles, Char
lie Bailey, Wilson Hobart and Harry
Bates.
Among the others present were Ger
trude McClintock. Helen McClintock,
Isabel Smith. Margaret JetmOre, Elean-
or Keller Ruth Wilson, Dorothy Will
son. Gladys Scott, Dorothy Scott, Mabel
WILDER, Nellie Tasker, Eliza beth Strick-
Ter, Jean Rogers, Esther Rogers. Grace
Sterne, Mary OVerhOlt, Elizabeth Hol-
Hday Virgil McGrath, Mary MacLen-
nan, Margaret Mills, Willie Bates, Dean
Giles, Willard Pierce, Frank and Wal
ter CLANCY. Dewitt Hager, Margaret
Russell and Odes Samuels.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-03

DR.. and Mrs. L. M. Breck left today
for their home in Las Cruces, N. NJ.
Mrs. George r. Nicholson of st. Louis
will visit Mrs. w. D. GOssett this week.
Mr.. Len Korn, Mr. Will Ryus and
Mr.. Robert Merrick spent Saturday and
Sunday in Lake View.
Mr. Charles Kramer and Miss Min
ME Griffith will be married May Is.
They will live at 113 North Branner
street.
Mr.. John Frey accompanied his bro
Their j. J. to Albuquerque, n. M, yes
terday, where the latter will remain a
year with his uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Short left yester-
day for a months trip through Cali
fornia. Misses Ethel and Lenna Short
will remain at Bethany during their
absence.
Mrs. Frank farrell will entertain the
Duplicate whist club Friday afternoon
Mr.. Lee Forbes has returned from
Chicago.
Miss Matte Carlisle of Lawrence is
visiting her mother. She will remain
a month.
Douze whist club Saturday afternoon.
Miss Ona McFadden, Miss Villa
Fred Bonebrake were the substitutes
This was the last meeting of the club
for this season.
DR. and Mrs. A. L. Redden are on a
fishing trip near Ell Dorado.
Miss Josephine DIETRICH of Council
Bluffs, Ia, has been visiting the family
of her brother, MY. F. E. Dietrich, for a
few days and will return to Council
TIUffS tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-03
BROADER GENERAL W. R. SKATER.


would have heard some old soldier re-
mark, ''Well, Pecos Bills a general at
last -
Brigadier General Shafter won this
picturesque sobriquet by hard work and
gallant service. After the war he was
sent as lieutenant colonel in charge of
the Twenty-fourth infantry into the
Pecos district of Texas. The locality
was swarming with horse thieves, des-
peradoes and bad men. He swept them
out of his jurisdiction, restored the
peace and gave civilization chance.
Since then he has been Pecos Bill to
every man in the regular service.
General Shafter began his military
career in 1861, entering the volunteer
service as a first lieutenant in a Michi-
gan regiment, that being his native
state. He was successfully promoted I'M
til the close of the war, and when he
was mustered out he was colonel of a
cOlored regiment, with two brevets for
gallant and meritorious service. He had
returned to his farm in Michigan and
was following the pillow when he re-
ceived a commission as lieutenant colo
mel in the regular army. During his
service in the volunteer forces he took
part in many important battles and was
once captured, but was exchanged aftor
spending two months in a southern
prison.
During his long service in the regular
army General Shafter has been in COM
mand of number of frontier garrisons.
He takes great pride in his command
and manages to turn out some of the
best soldiers in the service. He objects
to married privates and will not tolerate
a large crowd of camp followers He is
nearly 81 years Of age and consequently
will have but about two years mora Of
active service before he is retired