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The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
COOUETRY OF A GIRL
Causes a Remarkable Series of
Tragedies.

Iraged1eS.
Indianapolis. Ind, Feb. ia remark
able train of circumstances has led to the
suicide of Mrs Elizabeth w Huffman,
her death occurring at o'clock this morn
She was the wife of Mr.. Daniel C. Huff
man, a substantial citizen of BrightHood,
family originally consisted of three adult
sons and one daughter Miss Edith Edna
Huffman, the daughter, was the idol of
the family circle and a general 1aVOr1Ie
in RrightwOOd society She was always
called Nettfe bv her mother Miss HUFF
sIifor was Harry Phillips a young man
whose parents reside on Lawrence street,
frothed- and both families looked forward
to a happy union, in which there WouIo
During April. 1897. a youth from Chicago
appeared at BrightWOOd and paid marked
attention to Miss Huffman. so much so
that it aroused young Phlllps Jealousy.
To make matters worse. his associates
twitted him about having to take back
man to consent to an immediate marriage
She refused, and some petulent feeling
was aroused on bOth sides but not suf-
ficient to break the engagement One day,
however, young Phillips returned from his
work at noon. and. passing directly TO ms
self firing a shot through his lungs Be
fore he could repeat the shot his mother
Tushed shed into into, the bi room ana "reste0 the
The rash youth fingered for several days
before he died, but in the interval there
was a reconciliation between the lovers,
and Miss Huffman spent many hours at
his bedside, ministering to his wants and
protesting the greatest sorrow because
of the misunderstanding that had drifted
them temporarily apart Her face was
the last object upon which his eyes rest
ed as he drifted to the great beyond, Miss
Huffman sOrely grieved over his deatn,
and for several months she was inconsol-
able
For a time there was a hope that
brother of her betrothe&C might fill the
void in her heart caused by young Harry
suicide. but as time passed it could be
seen that she was irrecOncllable- one
day in the fall Mr. Huffman. as he return
ed from work. noticed his daughter with
a distressed look on her face, and he
sprang toward her only to detect strong
OdOr of carbOlic acid as the girl sank INTO
his arms. A physician was summoned,
but could do nothing in relief, and death
soon followed, and her remains were laid
beside her betrothed at Crown Hill Mrs
Huffman was prOstrated by the rate OF
her daughter, to whose loss she could not
reconcile herself. and although she was
carefully watched, early in December she
swallowed carbOlic acid, which wellnlgh
proved fatal. Ever since that time her
despondency has been marked, and re
peatedly she deplored the death OF her
daughter and said over and over agaln
that she could not live without her es-
terday she secured cocaine. and late last
night after having brOOded for some
hours. she suddenly remarked, 1t IS just
IA weeks tonight and retired to her room
Within few minutes Mr. Thurman no
ticed her strange appearance and sum
rnoned assistance, but she failed TO rally,
and died this morning.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
WORKING FOR OMAHA.
Big Delegation at ST. Louis in the In
terest of the Exposition.

st. Louis, Feb. 15.-Sixty-thre members
of a special travelling delegation, working
in the interests of the I'ransTnississippi
exposition at Omaha, arrived here on a
special train over the Wabash and are
stopping at the Southern. The deiega-
ton is composed of representative bust
ness men of Nebraska and Iowa, who are
visiting all the larger cities for the pur-
pose of arousing interest in the EXPOSITION
which opens next June
At noon the delegates were escorted to
the Merchants, Exchange; where they
were welcomed in an address by eN-
Mayor Walbridge-
f. ]. Cornish of Omaha. responded. He
explained to 1000 members of the eX-
change the plan and scope of the eXpos1-
tion and made an urgent appeal to them
to see that St. Louis was properly rep
resented.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
FLOUR FOR EUROPE.
Arkansas City Makes a Big Shipment
Via the Southern Rouee.

Arkansas City, Feb.15-The Arkansas
City Milling company, short time ago,
sent big shipment of flour to Europe
1t was handled on commission This
shipment proved so satisfactory to the
European agents that they have placed
an order-buyfng outright-with the
milling company for 2SO,OOO pounds of
flour to be shipped as soon as possible
The milling company is now getting
the shipment ready. The Santa Fe will
take it south and the flour will be
loaded on steamers at Port Arthur.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
PIXIES PEAK MURDERER.
Man Who Killed Kay Seems to Have
Been Found at Last

Colorado Springs, Col, Feb. 15.-The
jury in the case of Shirley D. Chamber
lain, charged with the murder of Herbert
H. Kay of Wismar, Neb., on Pixies Peak
in August last brought in a verdict of
murder in the first degree.
Kay had started to ascend the peak by
night and his dead body was found forced
into a small culvert under the cog raif>
road, at point II. 900 feet above sea level.
The evidence against Chamberlain was
circum mStantial, but conclusive, and the
jury was out only about an hour.
Mrs. NJ E. Stoker and Mr.. Ben Blythe
won the valentine prize awarded by the
Daughters of Pocahontas for the best
walters at a dancing party given at 704
Kansas avenue last night
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
PEARY IN FRISCO.
Arctic Explorer on a Lecture Tour to
the Pacific Coast.

San Francisco, Feb. 15.-Lieutenant
r. E. Peary, U. S. N, the arctic ex-
plorer, accompanied by his wife, has
arrived here from New York He is at
present on a lecturing tour, prior to
his forthcoming expedition in search OF
the north pole.
For the purpose of exploration, the
navy department has granted Lieuten-
ant Peary a leave of absence for five
years from his duties at the naval sta
tion, where he has been serving in New
York. The trip to this coast is merely
an incidental journey to fill in the in
term before the start for the Arctic
regions can be commenced.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
r. r. IN HOG BUSINESS.
The Milwaukee Sends an Agent Into
a Stricken District.

Dubuque, Ia, Feb. 15.-F. ]. Clemans,
division freight agent of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad has just
returned from Faribault, Mimi, where
ACCOMPANIED by Dr. NJ. H. Ray, state
veterinary surgeon for Minnesota, he
inspected a herd of hogs owned by
George Mesign. The hogs were affect
ed with cholera and when the railway
company expert, Frank Baumgartner
commenced treatment II were sick. Two
of these were killed for postmortem ex-
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15

animation. Under the company's meth
cd of treatment the remaining Is re-
covered. On the farm of L. w. Ry-
berger near Warsaw 43 out of a herd,
46 sick hogs were saved.
The Milwaukee company has arrang-
ed with o. c. Gregg of the Minnesota
Farmers institute, and DR.. Reynolds of
the state board of health for an official
test of hog cholera treatment at once.
These demonstrations will be watched
with interest by farmers and railway
men throughout the country
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
REDMOND AT WINFIELD
Kansas City Desperate Visited
a Sister There Two Days.

Winfield, Feb 15.-RedmOnd, the
Kansas City desperadO, spent two days
and nights last week in Winfield. visit
ing with a sister He went to Guthrie
last Thursday night and directed his
mail forwarded to him under the name
of Soper This much has been definite
ly learned.
It was not known even by the officers
here that Redmond had a sister in this
city and the secret leaked out only by
accident
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
BATTLESHIP STICKS FAST.

London, Feb. 15.-Advices from Port
Said report that the British battleship
Victorious, which sailed from Malta Feb
ruary II, for China, went ashore outside
the bar while entering the port.
Port Said, Feb. 15.-The first class bat
tleship Victorious, which sailed from
Malta on February II, for China, went
ashore outside the bar while entering this
port and viii have to discharge her coal
and probably her guns before she can be
doated.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
BOYS BURIED.
A Wall Falls in the Fire Ruins
at Pittsburg.

Pittsburg, Feb. 15.-The south wall of
the Union Storage company building,
which was destroyed in the fire last
Wednesday, fell shortly after IL o'clock
today.
A number of boys were at play about
the ruins and it is believed that at least
five were caught by the falling wall and
are buried under the debris.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
mAmonc the Ozarks.o

THE LAND OF BIG RED APPLES,
is an attractive and interesting book
with views of South Missouri scenery.
It pertains to fruit-raising in that great
fruit belt of America. the southern slope
of the Ozarks, and is of interest to fruit
growers and to every farmer and home
Seeker looking for a farm and a home.
Mailed free. Address,
J. E LOCKWOOD.
Kansas City Missouri.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
MANY PeonIe Cannot Drink

coffee at night. It spoils their sleep.
You can drink GEain-O when YOU please
and sleep like toy, For Grain-O does
not stimulate; it nourishes, cheers and
feeds. Yet it looks and tastes like the
best coffee. For nervous persons, young
people and children Grain-O is the per-
feet drink. Made from pure grains Get
a. package from your grocer today. Try
it in place of coffee. Is and 25c.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
FOUR HOURS TO HAWAII.
The Senate is Still Talking Abou
Annexation.

ed almost four hours in executive session
yesterday to the consideration of the Fa-
waiian treaty The principal speech was
made by Senator Pettigrew, this being the
third installment of his remarks upon
the subject.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
TO KIDNAP PRINCE.
Attempt is Made to Garry Off Clar-
ence the MOSQUITO Chief

Kingston Jamaica via Bermuda Feb
15.-An attempt has been made to kidnap
Prince Clarence. formerly chief of the
Mosquito territory. who is now living here
as pensiOner of the British government
The attempt is believed to have been the
result of Nicara guam instiga ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
Merchants, Federation Meeting.

The Merchants Federation of Topeka
will hold a meeting tonight at Weber's
hail. at which it is announced import
ant business will receive consideration.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
BLOW OPEN THE SAFE
Burglars Rob the Bank at Sheridan
Missouri.

Sheridan, Mo, Feb. 15.-Burglars have
blown open the safe in the Farmers bank
here They secured considerable cash
and one thousand negotiable paper.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15
no cure q cold in one DaY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure Csc. The genuine has L
3. @. on each tablet.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-02-15

Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work. Peerless
Steam Laundry. 112 and Ia West Sth.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05
SHORT LIFE OF MODERN PAPER
Few Books of This Time WIN Inst
for Centuries,

A study OF paper making with view
OF ascertaining the relative durability of
different kinds of paper, has been made
by the English Society of Arts. The So
ciety finds that while papers have come
down to us from the Middle Ages in a
perfect condition of preservation, on the
other hand, there are many instances of
the total destruction of books produced
within quite recent years. The trouble
with modern books seems to be that
they become discolored and disintegrate.
and both these faults are caused by the
way the wood pulp is treated. There is
a chemical change of the fiber. Although
large proportion of the books now be.
ing printed will have become useless be-
fore the middle of the next century, there
is no reason why durable volumes should
not be produced where sufficient care is
taken. The Society of Arts tells how this
can be accomplished. ~ Book paper
should be sized with minimum guam.
tity of resin; ~ the presence of starch
is Objectionable; (3) care must be taken
that paper should contain a minimum OF
chlorides; az ten per cent of total min
eral constituents is the outside of what
can be allowed in papers for publications
OF permanent value, and, (5) close ant
well-compacted sheet is especially neces
sary for printing papers. For book pa
pers for publications of permanent value
not less than 70 DER cent of cotton fia>
or hemp should be used; not more thar
2 per cent of resin, and not more than II
Der cent total mineral matter
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05

ter supply has run low. Today force
of six men left Kendrick for Pierce 70
commence work on the Crescent mine,
which has been shut down for some time
owing to break in the pump, which has
been repaired.
strike ON the Rock Island.
Parties at Wallace from DeBorgia,
Mont, report that the men working on
the Rock Island have struck four feet OF
shipping ore at depth of 200 feet. some
of the ore brought over here is enough to
make a stir in any mining camp. The
ledge where it was cut is 10 feet between
walls, and there is some ore all through
it, although it is of little value except in
the four foot streak.
First seven Devils Copper.
Down in the Seven Devils district OF
Idaho the inhabitants are celebrating the
first output of metallic copper from a
home smelter. A. j. Crook Of the smelter
came down from Seven Devils to Weiser
last week and to the Weiser Signal said;
"The smelter has run three days alto
gether and has turned out about 50 tOhs
of metallic copper. About so tons of ore
can be run through per day, which makes
the yield Of copper about 80 per cent. all
through, something no other camp in the
world can show Good iron ore has been
found on Crooked river and everything
except coke, necessary to work the ores,
can be found in the district"
The smelter 10 now idle on account Of
the coke supply having given out!- :.
Mining Briefs.
The Enterprise mine in the SLOGAN Is
preparing to ship 1000 tons Of ore to Oma-
ha and wharf il being built at Ten
Mile to accommodate the ore barges.
Isaac creek, about 10 miles down the
Arrowhead branch Of the G. F. r.. from
Revelstoke, is, the scene Of mining ex-
element Some rich strikes Of ore run
ming over 800 are reported.
The Dibble group, in East Kootenay,
is reported to have several hundred sacks
|, of rich ore on the dump ready for ship
ping, which win average over $500 per
ton.
4 The London Chamber OF Mines has on
foot scheme for holding q great i'm
, perial mining exhibition in the British
metropolis in 1899, and British Columbus
mines are expected to occupy promi-
nent place in the exhibit. /.
The Rossland Miner says that gentle
man in close touch with the b. A. 9. in
speaking about that corporation having
obtained control OF the lie Roi said '.the
! minority is going up against q buzz-saw.
Samuel u. Williams, a London capital
ist, il expected in Rossland soon to close
. the deal for the purchase Of the Buckeye
claim. 9. Louis Hayward Of Rossiand
has been conducting the negotiations.
G.. b. McAulay of the Cariboo mine i
: in eastern Canadian cities. There is Q
: we'll defined rumor Chat q sale Of ths
: Gariboo mine Camp Mckinney il on
" and that an eastern Canadian syndicate
: is the prospective purchaser.
r.. G. Blackstock of the War Eagle II
: an interview in the Toronto World ias'
: week denied that the syndicate il about
to purchase the Center Star mine an.
y said that the War Eagle holdings II
Rossland are not to be increased at thi
time.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05

United States this year, which was pre-
sented to President Mckinley by the cit
liens of New Orleans, was soId at the New
York Cotton Exchange last Wednesday
for $500 and the proceeds donated to the
United States hospital fund.
Star Pointer paced a mile at Detroit,
Mich, in 2:0l IL.
The army of invasion to Puerto Rico
will number $4,000 when completed.
1t is reported ex-senator Briee has de-
cidcd to again enter Ohio politics.
The bodies OF six infants were found
last Friday on a vacant lot in Boston.
The Pennsylvania alien tax law has
been declared unconstitutional and void.
The town of Skaguay, Alaska, is still
under martial law and all saloons are
closed
Owing to the great number OF sick, the
garrison at Santiago is breaking down
with overwork.
Artillery is being concentrated in the
Northern Sierra i'll Spain, where Carl.
/ ist rising is feared.
The Mississippi state board of health
has released the town of McHenry from
yellow fever quarantine.
Twenty school yards in Boston were
opened as Fairgrounds for children dur
| ing the summer months.
A wealthy American named Reegel lost
his life last Saturday on Mont Blame By
falling into the crater.
Smallpox in jackson county, KY, ha;
led to strict quarantine regulations, ex
tending over the entire county.
Secretary Alger says there is no foun
dation for the report that the Cuban
have been cut off from rations.
One of our first class battleships, prob
ably the Oregon, will be sent to reinforc
Admiral Dewey at Manila.
Captain Eulate, of the Spanish cruise
Vizcaya, who is a prisoner at annapolis
is betnying evidences of insanity.
Druggists of Iowa have begun boy
colt on proprietary medicine dealer
who raised prices because of the war tax
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii vii
seek to recover from the United State
crown lands and large sum of none.
A Madrid dispatch received in Londo
says that the young king of Spain is sui
fering from an attack of measles.
At Tampa, Fla, disabled officers return
ing from Cuba speak in the highest term
OF the work of the colored troops III tn
fighting at Santiago.
Margaret Waldstein of Boston has gon
to New York hospital, asserting tina
she was hypnotized, and the doctors al
unable to relieve her.
= The convention of United Confederat
Veterans at Atlanta, Ga, decided ito hol
the next annual encampment at Charlie
!, ton, S. c.
. Examination of the hulls OF Cervera
: ships showed that and s inch guns ha
= proved more effective in destroying thel
n than those of larger size.
The crew OF the cruiser Brooklyn pr
, scented to Commodore Schley the compa.
!, taken from the Infanta Maria Teresa.
:. The customs duties to be collected ,
+ Santiago are to apply whether goods a
=, shipped from the United States or 9th
countries
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05
WASHINGTON.

The city council of Cheney has elected
j. W. Winnick to fill the vacancy caused
by the failure of George w. Eagle, coun-
Gilman elect, to qualify. The ordinance
reducing the retail liquor license from
$500 to $500 per annum was passed.
The following persons have been grant
ed certificates to practice pharmacy in
Washington: +. c. Shutletf and Eugene
Lukinger, Seattle; T.. A. Weichbrod and
Walter Ehrenberg, Tacoma; c. Z. lay
lor, Port Angeles.
Three whales have been disporting for
week in Puget sound, within sight OF
Tacoma.
The crops are fine in Garfield county
and there will be at least four million
bushels to export. There will be excellent
grain Of all kinds and a larger yield than
last year.
Jasper Corkrum of Walla Walla has
finished harvesting his barley. 1t was a
splendid crop, and went 80 bushels to the
acre.
The cabbage crop in Walla Walla coun
ty is almost complete failure.
The annual meeting of the State Veter
mary Medical Association, which wa
held at Seattle, elected the following OF
fieers: President, DR.. $. b. Nelson, Pull
man: vice president, DIR. A. j. Mcintosh
Seattle; secretary and treasurer, DIR. L
II. Cassels, Tacoma. The annual meeting
next year will be held at Tacoma.
/ The application OF the Inland Telephone
Company for a 30-year franchise for it
poles, wires, etc, was laid over by tn
Cheney city council. The company ha
had their line there for years, but hav
never obtained a franchise. They ar
now putting in local telephone exchange
Occasional showers have been interior
ing somewhat with hay-making near Che
welah, consequently only small par
of the meadows have been moved. Tn
abundant crop of raspberries is bein
shipped north. where it finds read
market.
; Robert McIaren OF Edwall reports tina
, the ground squirrel, which has been sue
: grievous pest in that county in pas
, years, is again making his presence fe
: in the neighborhood.
}. Fred Slender, who lives one mile sout
: of Tekoa is harvesting 100 acres OF splel
did fall wheat which promises an immen
/ yield He is cutting the wheat with
: binder. The wheat is dead ripe, and
h the earliset field in this immediate Wei
e ity.
d Mira. Jennie Messenger, stenographer i
r the Whitman County Abstract Compan
$ lost the end OF one of her little finge
by sticking it in a cigar cutter ITO 5
|. if it worked" 1t worked.
3 A large number OF people have pass
5, through Davenport westward bound dl
V ing the past fortnight. Every descripti
h of caravan and outfit has been seen, fro
pack horse to prairie schooner. Many
Z. these drifters have consisted of the c
70 fashioned wagons, containing the hou'
T. hold belongings and the household goo
r of the parties hunting new locations. L
he majority of the travellers, however a
in prospectors, heading for the reservatit
with now and then a squad bent on
ne summer outing
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05
RoBBING THE VOLUNTEERS.
A Kansas Volunteer Accuxed-NOtes
of Sam FranciacO.

San Francisco, July 2s.-Quartermas-
ter Sergeant James A. Young of the
Twentieth Kansas regiment has been or
dered under arrest by Colonel Funston,
charged with embezzlement OF govern
ment property. He is alleged to have
sold stores issued as food for the regi-
ment.
Young admits his guilt and gives the
excuse he was only doing what every
other commissary onicer at Camp Merritt
has been doing all along.
The regimental commanders deny that
such state of things exist in their conf
missary departments but the matter will
be investigated at once.
All the medical officers in the Eighth
army corps have been instructed to in
stitute inquiry with view to eliminat-
ing from the various regiments all en-
listed men who, although unfit for mil
itary duty, have passed the medical exam
nation and been mustered in.
Five new cases of typhoid fever have
developed at Camp Merritt. The victims
are Private Edgar Smith, Charles Christ
Charles Smith and Charles Murphy OF the
Eighteenth infantry and w. H. Bacon o.
the Twenty third infantry. There art
now - cases of fever at the camp. Prl
vate Glen Benedict of the Oregon lie
cruits has been reported by his regiment
al surgeon to be mentally unsound. HI
will he recommended for discharge.
A message from Secretary Alger receiv
ed at Los Angeles states that the Seventh
California volunteers will surely go t.
Manila.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05

Birmingham, Aug. Election Is De-
ing held in Alabama today for the gov
ernor and all the state officers, including
the members of the supreme court, mem
bers of the lower house of the general as
sembly, half OF the senate and officers III
the various counties.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-08-05
Hanged at St. Louis.

St Louis, Aug. George Thompson
eolored, was hanged this morning Death
resulted from strangulation. The CRIME
for which he was hanged was the poison
ing of Joseph Cunningham while sexton
Of st. Peters Episcopal church in Sep
TENDER, 1895.