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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
BUREAU OF INFORMATION.
Copies of Newspapers Will Answer
Many of the Queries.

Eugene Wolfe, assistant postmaster.
thinks that a bureau OF information
should be established in every large
pOstoffice in the country.
DO you know said Mr.. Wolfe to a
Journal reporter, that we get letters
every day from people who want infor-
nation a bout Topeka and different lines
of business in the city. In many in
stances we do not have a hand the in
formation asked for and consequently
it is not given.
Now here is a letter on my desk ask
ing how many dye houses there are in
Topeka. Here is another man who
wants to know whether there is any
material in the vicinity of Topeka that
will make cement. They have stamp
inclOsed but L haven't time to look up
what these people want to know.
During the fruit and vegSta bic sea-
son we get great number of letters
from people who want the address of
fruit men and commission houses. 1
suppose for the whole year the number
of inquiries we receive would average
five or six a day.
1T is natural for people to write to
the postmaster. A stranger will do that
because he is sure that his letter will
be received by the one to whom it is
intended. OF course if the postmaste
or assistant had time to look up these
things il would be all right but they
haven't
Mr. Wolfe receives occasional requests
to hunt up correspondents for love-Sick
youths and girls but he does not be-
Heve that these should receive attention
in any event.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
A D1seRAcEFUL RECORD.

The lynching of five men in one night
at Versailles, Indiana, has brought out
some interesting statistics in regard to
this form of administering popular ven
geance.
The figures show that there have been
during the year 1897, in the United
States los deaths at the hands of mobs.
OF this number 81 are accredited to the
southern states and IL to the remainder
of the country.
OF the Iynchings which have taken
place in the south. Texas shows the
largest number, 10, while Alabama
comes next with Is. Then follow Geor-
gia and Mississippi with ten each
Louisiana is credited with eight; Ten
nessee, seven; Kentucky and South
Carolina, five each; Arkansas and Flor
ida six each; Missouri and Virginia
three each; Maryland and Arizona one
each
In the northern states, Indiana leads
with five, followed by one in each of the
states of California, Illinois and Ne
vada and one in Alaska.
Dividing the victims by races the
figures stand: Negroes "a, whites p,
Indians two.
The figures given above, 1OS are for
little more than nine months. This
number must be considerably increased
between now and January 1 to make it
equal the lowest record in the past II
years which is 122 in 1887. The highest
number of lynchings taking place in
any one year since 1884 is 235 in 1892
There were 1874 in 1885, 1873 in 1886, 122 in
1887, 142 in 1883. 176 in 1889, 127 in 1890,
1872 in 1891. Last year the number
reached 131.
The total for u years previous to
1897 in zoos. For the first half of this
period the number was $50 as against
1,119 for the latter half, showing an in
crease of 2S0 for the six years ending
with 1896
These figures are significant as an in
dication that this method of dealing
with crime has had no perceptible eff
feet in putting a stop to that class of
offences which is considered by certain
elements of the population as calling
for the administration of lynch law. In
fact the figures given point to this
method of dealing with crime, as a fail
ure as far as it relates to anything in
the way of prevention.
Even the improved ?)method of burn
ing which has been adopted in the
south has had no visible effect as a
deterrent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
YUMA CANAL TO BE BUILT.
Complications Which Have Barred
Active Work Are Said to
Be Removed.

. Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 1S.-As the result
of a conference between Governor Nc
Cord and Senator Eugene S. Ives. presi-
dent of the State of Arizona Improve
ment company, it is announced that the
long standing complications that have
barred active work on the gigantic Yuma
canal scheme have been dissolved. and
that preparations are being made to be-
gin construction work within the coming
fortnight.
This will be the greatest irrigation canal
system in the southwest The plan is to
take water from the Colorado river al
point about twenty-five miles north of
Yuma and to distribute it for distance
of fifty miles over desert country. I'M
mense areas both north and south of Yu-
ma will be reclaimed, and about 10000
acres of the Algodones grant in the Mex
lean state of Sonora will also be wat
cred.
The canal will be double the size of any
other irrigation enterprise in the south
west
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
ARMOUR BRANCHING OUT.
Butter and Egg Department Added
to the Firms Business.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Armour & Co. have
gone into the butter and egg business.
This new feature of the provision trade
was decided on when the law forbidding
the sale of butterine in semblance of but
ter went into effect July. 1.
1--WE have first rate facilities for hand
ling these products said. Mr.. Brine of
Armour & Co., land we have gone into
the branch because we feel that we can
compete with any house in the country.
We went into the business from a strictly
business standpoint, as we have always
done in every step we have taken. We
are competing with all in general, and no
one in particular"
Answering a question as to whether the
move by Armour & Co. would not have
the effect of preventing the rumored COM
bine, he stated Let some one else draw
the conclusion. am simply giving the
facts, which are that Armour & Co. are
Independent of any trust and prepared to
meet any competitors"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
PONIATOWSKI'S ROAD.
It is AZ Miles Long and Will be Fin
ished in October.

San Francisco. Sept. 1s.-PSancs 20
niatowski and T. S. Bullock, - New
York broker and railroad contractor
who are spending about 100000, in the
construction of the Sierra Pacific rail-
road from Oakdale on the Southern Pa
cific to Jamestown. TuoIumne county
expect to have the road completed by
October Z, next. The road will be AZ
miles long.
1t is the intention to next year build
two branch lines. One will run north
from jamestown to Angeles and the
other south to Coulterville. The friends
of Prince Poniatowski say that his rail-
road enterprise is in no way connected
with the California Exploration com
pany, of which he is president and in
which a number of London and San
Francisco capitalists are interested.
This company, however, will be one of
the heaviest shippers by the new road.
The company is now working twelve
mines. One is in Tuolumne, three in
Mariposa and eight in Calaveras coun-
ties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
PROF. LIBBEY WAS WRONG.
Prof Hodge Agrees With Lummis
That the Enchanted Mesa Was
Once Inhabited.

San Francisco, Sept. 18.-Charles F.
Lummis, the explorer, has scored a big
victory over Prof William Iibbey of
Princeton university. The report of
Prof. F. w. Hodge of the Smithsonian
institutions Bureau of EthnolOgy
bears out Lummis' statements in every
particular regarding the famous en-
chanted mesa of western New Mexico.
For ten years Lummis has been writ
ing about this mesa-encantada, and ex-
pressing his belief that it was at one
time inhabited His principal reason
for this belief was that there existed an
old but well-established tradition
among New Mexican Indians to that
effect. Lummis announced that his
confidence in the story was great sinp-
ly because he knew that these Indian
they all had some foundation in fact,
and were as much to be depended upon
as the tales of reliable travellers.
Prof. Libbey set out one day last July
for New Mexico to settle the question
forever by scaling the cliff After he
cording to his own account, stayed there
long enough to see a thunder storm
coming up over the horizon. His prompt
descent followed, and leaving his ropes,
ladders. and other scaling tackle be-
hind him, Prof. Iibbey went back home.
He announced that the old story about
the rock having been inhabited was a
silly myth, a tale good enough for old
ladies and Indians, but hardly the
thing to take in men of sense.
Lummis declares that the tfexp1ora-
tom conducted by Prof. Libbey was
farce. He called attention to the fact
that Libbey had not taken trouble to
make a single excavation, and wanted
to know if the professor expected to
find ancient jewelry and prayer sticks
growing out of the tops of the rocks.
Prof. Hodge has now been there, and
his report is backed by absolute and
I'M tble evidence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
GAVE UP HIS PENSION.
Indiana Veteran, Cured of His Ali
ment Declines Further Gov
ernment Help

Martinsville, Ind, Sept. 1S-T c.
Graves of Monrovia is the man referred
to in the recent Washington dispatches
as Clark Graves, who returned his pen
sion because he was cured of his all
ment.
Mr.. Graves prides himself on being
strictly honest, and so honest has he
centricity- Some time ago he had
house built which cost 81. 900. While
the carpenters were at work he would
not enter it, nor would he move in IN
til the money was paid, claiming that
he was not the owner until all bills
were settled. He is in good circumstan-
ces financially.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
ARMOUR'S MISTAKE.
Tried to Tip the Richest Baron in
Germany.

New York, Sept. 1S.-A Chicago spec
ial to the Herald says that P. d. Ar
mour recently returned from his regu-
lar summer vacation at Carlsbad, Ger
many. Baron Kissengen, one of the
richest nOblemen in Germany and a
great lover of horses was at the springs
at the time of the Chicago millionaire's
visit. Near Carlsbad the baron kept
half a hundred magnificent horses. Mr..
Armour, with an American friend, went
out to visit the stable. A custodian to
whom they applied granted permission.
"Can you give US someone to show
the horses?" asked Mr.. Armour. The
custodian looked about. Near one of
the stalls stood a plain-looking man
and the custodian said:"I think he will
show you the horses
The plain-looking man did show them
and did it well. Mr.. Armour was so
pleased that he attempted to tip the
man, who proved to be the baron in
person
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
RISE KNIT GOODS.
Important Action Taken by Manufac
turers at New York.


New York, Sept. 1S.-Three hundred
members of the wool knit goods trade
from all parts of the country answered
the letter sent out by Secretary Bible of
the National Association of Knit Goods
Manufacturers and were present at the
meeting of the trade held in this city
today.
A. B. Valentine. president of the asso-
citation, was in the chair. In opening the
meeting Mr.. Valentine stated that the OBJ
ject of the meeting was to bring the
trade together and adopt some measure
by which the manufacturers might bene-
fit by the material increase in the wool
product.
Resolutions were adopted that the sell
ing price be based on the cost of and fig
ured on the price of raw material or yarn
at the time of sale; that according to the
relative amount of wool and cotton used
an immediate advance is necessary from
Is to 40 per cent to cover the increased
cost of knit goods, and that, if necessary
to carry out the above resolutions, I'VE
will curtail product even to the stoppage
of mills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
IN BALLS AND CHAINS.
Tramps Forced to Work in a New
Jersey Town.

New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. ia
chain gang of tramps began work on the
streets here today. There were only
three men available, a fourth being ex-
cused because all his clothes were being
washed and he was unpresentable. Each
man was shackled with an ankle chain
Weighing two pounds to the running foot
The chain was seven feet long, ending in
a ball Weighing 80 pounds. A former po-
hceman was engaged at $3.50 a day to
watch the tramps and he earned week 5
pay before the day was over.
Tramp Smith mutinied at the start. He
threatened to sue the city for $4,000 dam
ages for making him work. He saw Jus
tice Housen, the committing magistrate
in the crowd of onlookers, and denounced
him for the outrage of forcing tramp
to work, especially at a job of clean
ing.
When the schools were dismissed the
pupils added to the confusion, and it
needed the services of four policemen to
keep the crowd in order. 1t is expected
that dozen more tranps will be added
to the chain gang today, and the keeper
thinks of striking for an advance of sal
airy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
ROMANCE Able RICHES.
Priest Leniently Dealt With, But Miss
Cote Larguishes in Convent

Ottawa, Ont, Sept 1S.-The romance of
the Able Riches and his young ward, Jo-
sephine Cote, with its pathetic ending
last week, is again exciting the county of
Ottawa.
After the submission of the able to the
will of the church it was generally under
stood that he would be sentenced to three
years penance for his sin by retirement
in a monastery of the Silent Monks of
Okla. 1t now transpires that he has been
leniently dealt with by the church, be-
ing merely transferred to a new parish.
Miss Cote, however, as a ward of the
church, and under~age, is confined in the
convent of Val des Bots, a few miles
south of Notre Dame de La Sale, where
the abbe's estates lie. Steps are now be-
ing taken to rescue the young lady from
prison by her relatives. petition has
already been signed and forwarded to the
attorney general of the province of Que
bee to obtain the girls release. Miss
Cottes foster parent is also in Quebec
city urging immediate action on the part
of the Quebec department of justice in
the matter, as since her Incarceration it
is said that the young girl has remained
Frustrated with fear and grief, and grave
fears are entertained to her mental
and physical health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
NEW ENGLAND PROCESS.
Southern Cotton Man Coming North
to Study the System.

New York, Sept. ia Washington
special to the Tribune says that r. A.
Mitchell of Gaddsen, Ala, who has been
in Washington for several days. is su-
perintendent of the Dwight cotton mills,
which were built through his efforts at
cost of $500, 600, and are the largest in the
south.
Il am on my way now to New Eng
land" said Mr.. Mitchell, "to study the
methods in vogue in the large factories
of that section for the manufacture of
finer quality of cotton goods. The New
Englanders have many new processes
that are far ahead of those in the south
for the manufacture of fine cloth"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
WOMAN'S PARADISE.
Members of the Common Council OF
Lincoln, N. ]. Will Attend
Convention.

Plainfield, n. J., Sept. 1S.-The common
council of Lincoln, which has attracted
so much attention because it is evenly
divided as to sex, has received an invita-
ton to attend the convention of mayors
and councilmen from all over the United
States, to be held at Columbus September
g.
The three CONDITIONER, Mrs. Alvira
Hazard, Miss Emma Egel and Miss Mat
tie Moore together with Mayor Silas D.
Drake, will attend the convention. On
their arrival at Columbus they will be re-
ceived by the Women's club of Columbus.
The Lincoln women will be the only rep
resentatives of the fair sex in the con-
vention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
STRONG ODOR OF ONIONS.
One Peculiar Feature of the Hail
Storm Near La Porte.

Fort Collins, Sept. ia peculiar fea-
ture of yesterdays storm in this valley
was the strong odor of onions that swept
down from the west. In the vicinity of
La Porte where hail fell for two hours,
there are large tracts of growing onions
and these were mown to the ground by
the driving storm of hail and filed the
air with an almost overpowering aroma
Everybody in this vicinity for time
imagined that his nearest neighbor was
preparing to cook onions for supper.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
BIG TOBACCO HARVEST.
Wisconsin Crop in Almost Perfect
Condition aud Expected to
Bring So, 100000.

Milton, Wis, Sept. 1s."Ninety-n nine
has now been harvested. The intense
heat of the last teHWdays has caused
much of the tobacco to dry out too
fast, rather than cure out properly, but
all danger of pole burn and stem rot
has been dissipated by the high tenn
peratEre.
Good judges predict that the crop will
amount to Us, 900 cases, and a few fig
ure it at $50, 900. At a fair value this
would amount to So. 600. 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
w. r. C. Officers.

Mrs. Sarah J. Martin of Brookfeld,
Mo, national president of the w r. c.
has announced the appointment of the
following subordinate officers: National
secre tary-Mary H. Shepherd, Brook
field, Mo; National inspector-Caro1ine
H. Bell, Milwa ukee, Wis; National
counselor-Emma Stark Hampton, De
troif- Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
Appointed Superintendent

W. L. Wilson who has been connected
with the State Soldiers Home at Dodge
City in an official capacity has been ap-
pointed to the position of superintendent
of the Mother Bickerdyke home and
hospital at Ellsworth. Mrs. Wilson has
been elected matron of the institution
which viii be dedicated October 6.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
GLOBE SIGHTS.


,rom the Atchison Globe.)
God bless every stingy married wo-
man.
A woman is young so long as she en-
joys a good love story.
The people should quit the sour grape
habit: it is likely to cause Appendix
citis.
1t is surprising how many people are
trying to sell what they declare is a
good thing.
Nearly every person wants some
thing he can't get, and wants it so bad
that it makes him sick.
When some people compliment you,
they don't do it because they like you,
but to give slap at some one they
like less.
Almost every girl who doesn't earn
her own living, is dead broke, and
owes members of the family as much
as dollar.
woman never puts so much energy
when she has been thoroughly riled by
her husband.
When not bemoaning what a wretch
ed world this is, the average man is
trying health foods that will prolong
life indefinitely.
Every man has troubles of his own,
but owing to the demands for sympa-
thy made by other people, not every
man has a chance to get around to
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

Vim, vigor and vfctory-these are the
characteristics of De Wits Little Early
Rfsers the famous little pills for con-
stipation, biliousness and all stomach
and liver troubles. G. w. StanSdeId,
63z Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

Free exhibit paintings and sketches,
American and European, by the late
Arthur Peck, s35 Monroe street, every
afternoon except Mondays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

Steinbeg's orchestra will play the Lo-
tus club Two Step this evening at
Roehr's music store to celebrate the adj
vent of the sale of the first 10 900 copies
of that most popular Two Step.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
w eather Indicat1ona.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-For Kansas. 90
orally fair tonight and Sunday; varia-
bile winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

The magic healer OF all Coughs, Colds
and Consumption is Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

nam was taken to Montreal and pres
emily freed by exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

Ex- Minister Bayard, who at present
is in England on private business, will
return to America the latter part OF
Septem Der.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
Band CONCERT

At Garfield Park tomorrow afternoon, {
O'Clock, by Marshalrs Band.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

We do mending and sew on buttons
tree of charge. Peerless Steam Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

Fishing is favorite hobby of An
drew Lang, but anything he catches is
thrown back into the water again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

is in England private business will
return to America the latter part of
September.
Hard by Dom PauFs presidential
mansion at Pretoria, South Africa, is
the church where Mr. Kreuger is wont
TO pray on Sundays. No member of
the congregation is more regular than
he, and at times he leads the service
himself, and will even preach when in
the mood. He himself draws large au-
dfences, but when not actively engaged
in the conduct of the service he usually
sits beneath the pulpit being, it is said
somewhat deaf at times.
William Bache, who died the other
day in Bristol, Pa, was the great-grand-
son of Benjamin Franklin. He was Sc
years old and was the pioneer neWspa-
per publisher in Bucks county having
founded the Bristol Gazette in 1S49 In
1854 he began the publication of a
know-nothing paper, called the Bucks
of a number of historical works. He
served in the war of the rebellion and
was a member of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
The stump of the tree to which Israel
Putnam was once tied in the French
and Indian war is still standing in the
little village of Crown Point town in
the upper part of New York II was in
the course of a skirmish near Wood
creek, at the time of the French inva-
sion in August, 175S, that he was cap
tured by the Indians and tied to this
tree. While the flames were soaring
his flesh he was saved by Captain Mo-
lang, a French officer, who rushed
through the crowd. scattered the fire
brands, cuffed and unbraided the In
dams and released their victim. Put
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

DR.. Samuel Smiles is preparing a new
volume similar in character to his ceIe-
brated "Self-Help' series.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

yrom the Atchison Globe)
God bless every stingy married wo-
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

a woman never puts so much energy
into killing and shooting out flies as
when she has been thoroughly riled by
her husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-18

A woman is young so long as she en-
lows a good love story
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-28
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD, THURSDAY. JANUARY 20.

The Crescent company is keeping a
small force of men at work in the
mine retimbering and breaking ore OF.
the lower levels. The MANAGEMENT ex-
pect to- keep the mine IN good condition.
The upper levels, which contain large
quantities of ore, have been placed un-
der lease to number of parties. The
Crescent ore carries a very high peJ
cent in lead, and the reopening of the
mine will depend on the price of lead
increasing.
Robert Bone, who has six claims ad-
joining the Valeo on the northwest,
was over recently looking after the
work of driving tunnel on the ledge,
which appears to be same as the Valeo.
The tunnel is in 80 feet and will cut the
ledge at a vertical depth of 500 feet
Mr.. Bone is enthusiastic over the pros
pect of the Valeo Undertaking. into d
paying mine
Receipts at the Park City sampler
yesterday were: Silver King, 159, 400
pounds; DAILY West, $3.50 pounds
The Silver King teams are still
drawing wagons, but the Daily West is
using sledges, which is the only ad-
vantageous way of hauling ore from
that mine at present, even though the
Sleighing is not excellent.