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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29

WANTED-Energet woman to travel on
salary to get agents for superior line of
goods. Corset & Skirt Works, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29

FOR SALE+A fine farm of 100 acres,
eleven miles from Topeka, well improv-
ed. SIS per acre; is worth 5000; must be
sold soon
from Topeka, 81, 200
Forty acres improved land. 3 miles from
rToneka 81 900 A. A. RODGERS,
10 West Sixth.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

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Cheops council No. 2. Every Wednes-
day, p m, 704 Kansas ave. c. w Fow-
Ter, Scribe.
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LEAVE your orders for coal. fiour, feec
and seds with Van Slyck. sos w 10Th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29

STORAGE.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Packed, hauled. shipped or stored
1913 East Sixth. Tel. 1856.
MERCHANTS TRANSFER AND STOR-
AGE co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-29

WANTED-Agents to advertise "Lumino'
soap, tack signs, distribute circulars,
take orders, etc: permanent; S75 per
month and expenses. Schafer-DObsOn
Mfg. Co., Chicago.
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JEWELLERS

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7 AMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Op
= riciaD. Complete stock of watches, dia
tnonds. silVerWare, etc. Eyes examines
and spectacies properly fitted
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FEMALE HELP WANTED.


LADIES wanted to make sample patches
al home: SO week; no canvassing: Send
reply envelope for sample and particulars.
Foster Machine Co. SIS West Twenty
ninth ST.. New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10

an almost unparalleled story Of human
daring. suffering and endurance.
The man to whom the agonies of
starvation and exposure were but mi
nor considerations when weighed in the
balance with the cause of science, the
man who, after nine days without wa
ter, paused on the brink of a stream to
note his pulse before and after drink
ing. surely possesses the perseverance
which must eventually surmount all OBJ
stacles. Through Asia" which has
lust been published by Messrs. Harper
E. Brothers. opens to the reading public
the portals of a new world. 1t is the
account Of what, with the sole excep-
fi0n of Nansen's attainment of Earth
est North was the most extraordinary
journey of the century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
NEW BALL DEAL ON.
Western Association is to Be Revived
at Once, It is Said.

Chicago, Dec. 1O.-Active preparations
are being made for the revival of the
ident Van Brunt Of the st. Joseph West
ern league club is said to head the new
enterprise, and there are several other
base ball n1agnates interested: The aban-
dOnment of St. Joseph by the Western
league is one of the causes assigned for
the revival of the association.
Mr.. Van Brunt will attend the National
league meeting in New York and will ask
the support of the national body.
The acceptance of Buffalo into the fold
of the Western league marks the transit
ton period for western base ball which
alton of a new league. The prospective
Western association will be the legitimate
successor to the Western league and the
larger organization VIII nnaIly take in
some of the cities at present located in the
national organization-and it will come, if
not in name, nevertheless in fact, a CEN
trail association or league.
Louisville will sooner or later be drop
ped from the National league circuit. The
Western league has already been couuet-
ting with Cleveland and Pittsburg has not
been the greatest success as major
haps. all three. with st. Louis thrown in,
will be dropped from the national organ
alton of the league contract. One or two
of the cities named may be dropped by
Louisville ball club is $4,000 in debt and
the expense is getting heavier. Cleveland
was a failure during the past season and
a change has been advocated.
It is now being looked upon as a proba-
biHty rather than a possibility that the
Western league will succeed to the hertz
mentioned and that the western associa-
ton, now in formation, Will be the sue
The proposed arrangement would give to
the new organization in the near future
ization headed by President Johnson ST
Paul and Minneapolis would probably both
go to the ASSOCIATION and on account of its
geographical location, perhaps Kansas
City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10

open the oven doors she discovered her
money boxes on fire. She drew them
out hastily, but the damage had already
been done. Every one of the bills had
been badly. charred. On most of them
the denomination was entirely burned
away.
In her distress Mrs Canrad appealed
to her neighbors. They advised her to
go to the sub-treasury in st. Louis and
present the charred bills to the treasur-
er for redemption. The treasurer at st.
Louis told her he could do nothing for
her, and advised her to send the bills
on to Washington. Where they had ex-
perts for determining the value of dam
aged and partially destroyed currency.
Appraiser Walkenhorst took her to
Congressman JOY, who promptly agreed
to do everything he could in Washing
ton for her relief
Experts We're put to work on the
charred bills here, and, after couple of
days work; the denomination of every
charred piece of currency was ascer-
tanned. 1t was found that Mrs. Con-
rad had underestimated her wealth. In
the package where she thought there
had been $3.50 only $265 was found, but
in the package which she thought con
tanned only $3.50 it was found there had
been $3.50. Thus, while she claimed
only S430, she viii receive $455. She will
get the money in the form Of checks on
the treasury.
The treasury experts say they have
many cases such as that of Mrs. Con-
rad to deal with. They require an af-
ndaV1t detailing the manner in which
the money was destroyed to be filed
with the claim for redemption, and the
person making the claim must also have
certificates of good character If the
treasurer is satisfied that the case is a
genuine one, the person sustaining the
loss is remunerated. When he is not
satisfied with the representations made
he turns the case over to the secret SER
vice.
1T is really surprising" said Mrs.
Brown, the expert who examined Mrs.
Conrad's bills, ''how many people there
are in this country who have money to
burn. Every fall we have a number of
cases such as that of Mrs. Conrad. It
is only a few days since a man in this
city seasoned his coffee with 81, 800 in
United States notes."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
A Forerunner of the Most
Fatal Disease.

Though it's offensive features
are sometimes almost unbearable,
few people are aware of the danger
of which Catarrh is the forerun-
ner. Catarrh invariably leads to
Consumption. Growing worse and
worse each winter, those who rely
upon the usual treatment of
sprays, washes and inhaling mix
lures find that it is impossible to
check the disease with these local
applications which only reach the
surface. The offensive discharge
increases all the while, causing a
feeling of personal defilement, and
gets deeper and deeper until it is
only a question of a short time
until the lungs are affected.
The importance of the proper
treatment can therefore be readily
appreciated. But no good what
ever can be expected from local
applicat ions, as such treatment
never did cure Catarrh, and never
will.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
A THRILLING ACCOUNT.

DR.. Sven Hedin's account of his ex-
traordinary journey across the conti-
nent of Asia is one Of the most thrill
ing narratives of endeavor, in the face
of wellnigh overwhelming Odds which
has ever been written.
Dr.Hedin left his native city Of Stock
holm in 1898, and from that time until,
in 1897, his task was accomplished by
entering Pekin, he was engaged con-
stantIy in a desperate struggle with the
tremendous difficulties which beset his
way. His successful passage through
Pamir, where progress became a cease
less battle against snow and ice and
cold, and where often the only method
of advancing was upon hands and
knees; the thrilling ascent of the
Father of all Ice Mountains" Mus
tagh-ata; his terrible fight against
thirst and exhaustion in the desert of
TAXA makan-an these go to make up
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
HE SWIMS LAKE COMO.
Pianist Performs the Diff
cult Feat to Keep an Engagement
With Rubinstein.

Chicago Dec. 1O.-Moriz Rosentha1,
the Roumanian pianist, who will appear
at the auditorium with the Chicago Or
chestra in concerts on Saturday even
ing, is especially fond of athletic sports,
and among other accomplishments in
this line has to his credit a swim across
Lake Como, in Switzerland. Rubin
stein, the Russian pianist, who was ltv
ing on the other side of the lake, had
invited Rosenthal to visit him. The
latter decided to swim across.
The distance is over two miles, and
the trip was a severe task for even an
expert swimmer. Placing his clothes in
a fsherman's skiff, with directions to
have them await him on the other side,
he unhesitatingly struck out, and, with
out assistance and without a stop, cas-
lily swan to the other side. After land
ing and DOMINIC his clothing he sent
his card to Rubinstein, who received
him smilingly, with the remark: You
are a second Leander.'
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KANSAS news.
Gay Rhea, Plag ing in AtchisOn,
Fell I'm Faint
From a Hemorrhage and Was
Carried From the Stage.
THE ACTRESS MAY DIE.
As She Now Lies at Hotel De-
liriOus and in Agony.
The Box Office Receipts, SIS,
Attached by an Actor.

Atchison, Dec. 1o.-Gay .Rhea, while
carrying a heavy part in ''An American
Widow" suffered a severe hemorrhage
as the curtain went down on the next
to the last act, and was carried from
the stage in a fainting condition
When the curtain arose on the last
act she p1ucki1y came forward in her
part, but had to be supported. Just as
the curtain went down on the final act
she again tainted and had to be carried
to the dressing room. Medical aid was
secured. She was taken to the Miller
hotel, where she lies delirious and suf-
fering intense agony. She is in a pre-
carious condition.
To add to her troubles her receipts
at this point were attached by Maurice
Wilkinson, one Of the actors. He has
been with the company three weeks at
a salary of $12 a week. He has received
five payments on his salary, one being
40 cents; another 20 cents; another 81,
and still another 40 cents. The matter
has not yet been settled. The receipts
at the door We're only $1S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
1T WAS LIFETIME.
To the Little Man Who Rode on the
M A & B. Out of Topeka.

He was a small, nervous, white hair
ed little man and he wore pair or SoId
trimmed spectacles. He boarded the
NJ. A. & B. mixed train at Topeka and
handed his ticket to the conductor.
After the train had made about ten
miles he said: Conductor. can't you go
a little faster?''
mo. We're on time"
81 wish you would set your watch
ahead, convince the engineer that he
is late and get him to. put on at least
16 ounces more steam
Whats your hurry?' asked the con-
ductor
well you see, L Just got a telegram
that there is a ten pound boy arrived
at our house and am in a hurry to
see him.
The conductor went on through the
train as far as the first freight car and
then he went on top. The little man
paced up and down the car and when
the conductor returned he said: do
you suppose the boy will look like me?"
How do I known" said the conduc-
tor.
eve are going awful SLOW" remarked
the man when the conductor returned,
that boys walking already. Won't
you hurry the train little SO I can
hear him say goo goo?'
"Now just be easy begged the con-
ductor but when he returned the man
said, sottO vOce as the brass buttons
passed, Hes got past the goo goo
stage and says mama just like a vet
eran. If you will put on more steam
maybe can see MIN peIOre ne QOnS
trousers"
A few cars were loaded with stock
and few more were unIoaded and the
nervous man still paced around.
Yes, he's wearing short pants now,'
he remarked as the conductor passed
him carrying an old lady's bullying va
lise.
HE is now a big boy and I am proud
of him. He is full back on the football
team but won't you hurry a bit SO I
can see him get marred?'
The conductor hurried off but the
little man was content only a few min
utes and hunted him up.
keep away" shouted the conductor,
I'm getting desperate and I'll not be
able to stand any more"
"Tm desperate myself I want to see
that boy married" said the nervous lit
tie man, land I would so like to get
there in time to see the ceremony per-
formed
The next time the conductor passed
the man he was contented and smiling.
Got over your hurry have your he
asked.
Eyes. The boys president Of the road
now and his oldest son is general man
ager and the first thing I'll have him do
when we get to the end will be to have
you and the whole crew discharged for
fast running"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
PHILADELPHIA MONEY
Is Behind the st. Louis Street Rail
way Deal.

st. Louis, Dec. 10-The Republic today
says:
From a. source which renders the in
formation almost official the Republic
learns that the persons behind the
scheme to bring about a general con-
solidation of the street railroad lines
of St. Louis are T. w EIlxins and T. A
B. Widener of Philadelphia, Suffers Nc
Kee of Pittsburg and the hnancierS who
control the Metropolitan Traction com
pany of New York, and the PhIadeL-
phia Traction Company.
Brown Brothers, the firm or Wall
street financiers which is managing the
deal, is known to be acting on the IN
structions of the Elkins-Widener syn
dicate as the hackers of these tremen-
dous street railway enterprises are IA
rniIiarIy known. Money to pay for ev-
cry step the firm has taken in the mat
ter is said to have been guaranteed by
the Philadelphia Traction people, thus
leaving Brown Brothers with no respOn-
sibility for success or failure beyond
their obligation to successfully execute
orders.
faction of persons most directly inter
ested and it is thought within the next
ten days every share of stock in the
Iindell and Missouri properties will be
turned over to the New York represen-
tatfVes of Elxins and Widener. Notices
sent to stockholders in both systems to
call at the St. Louis Trust company and
turn over their stock are bringing re-
sponses right along and the whole of
that part of the formalities will be COM
pleted within a few days at the latest.
1t is said that the franchise Of the
Central Traction company of this city
has been turned over to Brown Broth
ers by Suffers Mckee of Pittsburg, its
present owner at a valuation approx
mating 81, 600, 900.
Whether the Hamilton syndicate lines
and the Southern Electric will be
brought into the consolidation can be
only conjectured at this early date. The
formal transfer Of the Hamilton roads
to Messrs. Spencer and Orthwein of this
city was made on Wednesday, and suf-
fcient time has not elapsed for formal
action in that direction to be taken,
even had the Eastern syndicate made
an offer to the purchasers for the prop
erty.
President ID. G. Hamilton and Vice
President Lefens of the National Rail-
way company were in the city on We'd
nesday and the negotiations were con-
Guided then. They returned immedi-
ateIy after the deal was closed and the
matter was kept secret until last night.
They were at the Southern hotel but
did not register.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
ST. JAMES MISSION.
PIatt and Roosevelt in a
Tangle Over It.

New York, Dec. 10-Storm clouds are
gathering on the Republican horizon.
The anbassadorship to Great Britain is
vacant as a result of Coloney Hays
return to the United States as secretary
of state In the Mckinley cabinet, and
the president is disposed to appoint
Whitelaw Reid, Joseph Choate or some
other anti-Platt Republican to fill the
vacancy. AS between Reid and Choate,
the latter is preferred by Senator Platt.
and the Republican organization has
Endorsed Choate in the hope Of killing
off Reid
EIihu Root, the close friend and legal
counsel of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
is the dark horse in the race. A New
Yorker will be appointed and 1t Is an
open question as yet between the three
named. The senatorship is indirectly
involved and a high old time IS threat
ened ON all sides should Mr.. Plat be
unduly offended in the distribution Of
At the same time Colonel Roosevelt
IS beginning to drift away from the
Plat machine. AS governor he will
have the appointment OF a judge or the
supreme court bench to succeed Judge
Morgan J. O'Brien, who resigned re-
Gently to return to the practice of law.
Colonel Roosevelt has indicated a
purpose to appoint Judge Daily, the in
dependent candidate in the recent jul
dicial contest, to fill the vacancy caused
by Judge O'Brien's retirement, and also
to appoint an independent as district
attorney of Kings county to replace
Mr.. Marean, Democrat, who was
elected to a supreme court judgeship in
November.
Today the Republican leaders met
at the Fifth Avenue hotel and issued
a formal protest against both PROPOSE
TONS BY many this meeting is re-
garded as the first move against Roose-
Welt in a fight that promises to become
widespread, and which is sure to have
important political results kn the flu
ture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
SHE HAD MONEY TO BURN.
Mrs. Conrad's Claim for Charred
Green backs More Than Granted

Washington, Dec. 10.-Congressman
joys private secretary, Mr.. Sweet, re-
ceived information from the United
States Urea urer's office today which
will give much happiness to Mrs. Ma
ria Conrad, of 2919 Gano avenue, St.
Louis. When Mr.. Sweet came on to
Washington he brought with him two
packages containing a. number of very
badly charred United States legal ten
der notes. The bills belonging to Mrs.
Conrad.
During the summer months Mrs. Con-
rad, in celebrating upon the best place
to hide several hundred dollars which
she possessed, hit upon the idea of put
ting her money in the oven of the kitch-
en- stove, an inspiration which, however
novel it may appear to some, was by no
means original with her. She divided
her wealth into two parts, placing each
of the parts in a separate box. Her
best recollection was that in one box
she had placed $3.50 and in the other
box $50. Her belief was that no one
would ever think of looking in the oven
of the kitchen stove for money. She
was quite correct. No one did look.
She even forgot about it herself.
When the cold weather came on Mrs.
Conrad lighted a fire in the kitchen
stove, all unconscious of the Importance
of her banking. Her first realization
of the mistake she made came when she
smelt something burning. Throwing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10

We publish an advertisement of Ko-
dol Dyspepsia Cure in our columns this
issue, and wish to say to our patrons
that we believe this preparation is
worthy of a trial by any person suf-
fering from this agonizing complaint.
We honestly believe this preparation
will do for you all the manufacturers
claim for it.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is prepared by
the well known and reliable firm of E.
c. Dewitt & Co., Chicago, and from our
long experience in a business sense, with
this firm as advertisers, we feel safe in
saying, that they would not place on
the market a preparation for the cure
of Dyspepsia unless they had a remedy
Of the highest merit, and conscientious
ly believed it would cure this we'll
known and almost universal complaint
We further add that if this prepara-
ton is equal to the other well known
remedies which they make, Wide
Wits Little Early Risers, DeWitt's
Witch Hazel SaIve, and One Minute
Cough Cure, it will speedily win its
way into public favor.
We cfeerfully and heartily give our
personal endorsement to this concern,
and the reliability of the goods they
manufacture. which have been largely
the means of their success, and in writ
ing this voluntary endorsement on our
part, we feel that we are simply per-
forming duty which we owe to our
patrons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
FELL GA FEET AND LIVED.
Atchison Man Makes a Record on a
Long Fall and Living.

Atchison Dec. 10.-Wiu Adams, who
fell "a feet from an elevator at Nebras-
ka City about a month ago, and who
returned to his home in Atchison last
week, is able to be out. His fall is one
of the greatest on record, where death
did not follow.
The taIlest telephone poles here
are so feet high; Adams fell from a po-
sition IA feet higher than the tallest
telephone poles. There are only a few
cases on record where a man has fallen
equally far to the ground, and lived.
People imagine a mans entire past
would flash before him while he was
falling such a distance, but Adams
says he does not even remember falling.
He was employed on a swinging scat
fold. He attempted to step from a
window in the building onto the scat
fold, but the scaffo1d must have swung
out from the building as he stepped,
for Adams remembered nothing after
ward. He struck on top of a COW shed,
and went through the roof to the
ground. His worst injury was a bro
ken arm. The COW shed is believed to
have saved his life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
Rhenmatien1 Cured ID 81 Hours.

IT. J. Blackmore. Of Halter & Black
more. Pittsburg, Pa, says: "a short
time since [ procured bottle Of 'Mys-
liz cure It got me out Of the house
in twenty-four hours. I took to my
bed with rheumatism nine months ago
and the Mystic Cure is the only medi-
cine that did me any good. I had five
of the best physicians in the city, but
received very little relief from them
know the Mystic Cure to be what it is
represented and take pleasure in rec
ornmending it to other poor sufferers
Sold by Swift & Holiday. druggists. 523
Kansas avenue, Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
Evil Of Cricket sca1ping.,,

At banquet given in st.Louis, Grand
Chief Conductor Clark of the Order Of
Railway Conductors made an address
in which he showed that the attitude of
railway wage earners is unaIterably
opposed to ticket sca1ping as an evil
that makes unwarrantable inroads up
on the earnings Of the railroads He
urged that it is against public morals
and public policy, and the railroads are
therefore entitled to legislation which
will protect them against it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10

Ii Hung Chang is laying the founda-
ton for much trouble in the future He
has applied to Washington for details
Of the government system of curbing
the waters Of the Mississippi river with
the purpose of applying the same to the
Yellow river in his own country. the
overflow of which the Empress Dow
ager has instructed him to prevent.
Things are done differently in China
from the way they are done here and
If Old Ii applies our methods to the
Yellow river and it over1ows next year
Just as the Mississippi will do, he is
liable to not only lose another jacket
but his head as wen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-10
s'LIFE'S A BLUFF"
Wrote a Man Before Jumping Into
Niagara's Rapids.

Buffalo, N. Y, Dec. 10.-Willis P. Bis
sell, "a teacher in Cations Business col
lege, jumped from the new suspension
bridge at Niagara Falls yesterday af-
ternoon. Mr.. Bissen was a nephew Of
Thomas A. Bissell, manager of the
Wagner Palace Car company's works.
He was "a years old and unmarried. So
far as his friends knew his life was
pleasant.
Charles B. Bisse1I received a letter
from his brother Willis saying: This
life is a great bluff; at least, it has
been for me. I am neither insane, des-
pondent nor in love, but life simply is
not worth the living. The step I am
about to take have contemplated for
some time