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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
ADDISON'S DISEASE.
"Bronze Skin" Makes Its Appearance
In St Louis.

St Louis, Sept. 10-The case of Frank
Roberto, the Italian who died in New York
last Saturday from a disease which the
doctors pronounce akin 90 the black
plague and which attracted the attention
of medical men all over the country has
a duplicate in this city. Miss Sarah Col
ms rs years old, was the st. Louis vic
Miss Collins died last Friday in pri-
Tale sanltarlum at 4233 Labadie avenue.
me mortuary records at the city hall
show that the burial certificate was Issued
at the request of DR.. William Standing,
ment as "Addison's disease" more COM
monty known as bronze skin"
Miss Collins had been ailing for several
years, during which time she was almost
constantly under the treatment of ply
most noted specialists in the city. but it
seemed impossible to afford her any relief
ana she wasted away day by day until
the end finally came, attended by consid-
SraOIS AGONY. Before aInlctlon overlook
I nef51 ner parents say, she was a gay and
lively girl, but afterward she seemed to
lose all interest in life.
A short time after she became ill her
skin skin began to change color, slowly at first,
of dark bronze color, almost black.
me disease IS an extremely rare one,
but few cases In St. Louis. The name lame
bronze skin is given it from the fact
OF the invalid to that of the negro. The
disease was first classified by DR.. Thos
Addison over half a century ago, who, at
the time, was a noted physician of Guys
Characteristics of the disease are pro-
gressive asthenia and digestive disorders
chiefly seated in the hypochondria and
lumbar regions and also an abnormal pig
mentation of the skin and mucous mem
brane.
The first, but sure symptom of the dis
eases approach is an attack of high
grade general anemia. This anemia lasts
for two years. The nerves forming the
suprarenial plexus become twice as large
lous substance. A lesion of typical cases,
says Dr.; Standing. is primary, and
ginning in the form of gray granules, re-
sembling those of the tubercle, which en-
large, cOaleSce and undergo Gaseous de-
generation: The hbrous investment alone
resists reduction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
STABBING A PUZZLE.
Mrs Blocker Says Tt Was an Accident
but Police Hold Otherwise.

Chicago, Sept. 10.-Mrs. Emma Block
er, q years old, is at her home, 1923
West Twelfth street, suffering from two
severe knife wounds, which, she says,
were accidentally inflicted yesterday
afternoon by her cousin, William Kins-
Ter. The West Thirteenth street police
have investigated the stabbing and
they find that it was committed by
Kinsler, but they do not report it as
an accident. Kinsler is under arrest
pending the result of the young wO-
mans wounds. He refuses to say any
thing concerning the trouble.
The stabbing occurred at Congress
Park place and Van Buren, street, where
Mrs Blocker was walking toward a
street car with Kinsler. A short dis
lance behind them was Policeman Nc
Kay of the West Thirteenth street sta
ton Mckay did not notice the couple
until he heard Mrs. Blocker scream. He
then saw the young woman lying on
the sidewalk with Kinsler standing over
her He hastened to them and upon
finding that Mrs. Blocker had been
wounded, placed Kinsler under arrest
and summoned an ambulance Mckay
says that a few minutes before the
stabbing he had noticed Mrs. Blocker
and Kinsler quarreling together and
that she gave Kinsler a push. He
thought nothing of this incident. how
ever, until he found that Mrs. Blocker
had been stabbed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10

A Philadelphia paper has this to say
of the Kansas wheat crop:
A lump estimate of 700. OO0, 900 bushels
of American wheat as the crop of the
year 1898 has been going the rounds,
and is quite generally accepted as not
too high. Now that the harvest season
is over the estimate is made by states
and some of the western states point
with more pride to their wheat crop
than to the devious records of their
politicians or the ValOrous deeds of
their soldiers.
First and highest in the list is Kan
sas. The people of that state are boast
ing this year of a 10000, 900 bushel wheat
crop. OF the wheat the Kansans Ger
tainly hs e a right to boast. Think of
1t. Kansas alone has furnished one
tenth Of the phenomenal wheat crop. of
the country, a bushel of wheat for ev-
cry man, woman and child in the Uni
ted States. If Kansas will keep on
raising wheat at this rate and abandon
the business of raising noisy dema-
gcgues it will soon be the richest state
in the Mississippi valley with a credit
as sound as that of the Bank Of Eng
land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
ALL AROUND THIEF CAUGHT
Sheriff o'Connor of Emporia, Captures
q Much Wanted BURGLAR.

EmpOria, Sept. 1O.-Sheriff Tom o. Con-
nor returned from Sherman, Texas,
last night with the man who robbed
the store of Ernst & Lesh at Americas
few weeks ago. c. D. Gibson, who
went with him, returned on the after
noon freight. He brought the stolen
horse and buggy with him.
The captured man gives his name as
Taylor. OF course he claims to have
had nothing to do with the robbery.
The story of his capture is an interest
ing one. He drove through to Collins
Vile, Texas, with the stolen horse and
buggy. While going through OkIaho-
ma, he shipped some of the stolen
knives and hardware to Sherman. Col
Hnsville is only a short distance from
Sherman. The farmer with whom Tay-
Tor left the horse and buggy suspected
that something was wrong and notified
the sheriff. Taylor had left a quanti-
ty of stuff in the buggy. When Taylor
returned from Fort Worth, a constable
arrested him. On his person was found
a receipt for the goods he had shipped
from Oklahoma. Mr.. Gibson has iden-
titled the horse and buggy and the
hardware belonging to him. Some
shoes and clothing that Taylor had in
his possession are thought to have been
taken from a store at Parsons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
WALLIS SLAYER SLAIN.
Tennessee Farmer Reports That He
Has Killed Him.

Paducah, KY, Sept. 9.-In all probability
swift retribution has overtaken Otto Ma
thes, the slayer Of State Senator Wall at
Staunton, Ill, a few weeks ago. A son
Of the dead senator is in Paducah tonight
en- route to Henry county, Tennessee
where the body of Mathes is supposed to
be.
A few weeks ago a German appeared at
the farm house of r. d. Cole in Henry
county, giving the name of Mats and
asking for work, which was given him.
Cole recognized the man, he thought, as
Mathes, having read his description in the
newspapers. The German was reticent
about himself and the more Cole thought
OF the matter the more firmly convinced
was he that he was the man MatheS.
Yesterday morning at 1:30 clock Cole
stepped into Mats room with a double
barreled shotgun and commanded him to
throw up his hands. Mats refused and
Cole fired at his legs, intending simply to
wound him so that his capture would be
easier. Mats fell to the floor, and in a
few hours bled to death. Cole at once
wired Mr.. Wall
Cole says that while Mats was moan
ing with pain he told him that he could
not live and asked him if he was the muir
derer of Senator Wall. He replied what
Cole believed was, Il am not" and then
gasped and died. The son of Wall is go
ing to Henry county to see if the body
is that of his fathers assassin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
NO ROOM FOR TANNER.
Real Estate Board Does Not Want
His Name in Its Records

Chicago, Sept. 1O.-The Chicago real es-
tate board refused yesterday to recognize
John r. Tanner as the soldiers friend -
and promptly shelved a motion to spread
on the records of the organization a tele-
gram containing that expression. The
question came up when motion was Of
Tered to make a part of the records a
message sent by the board to Governor
Tanner several weeks ago, asking him to
lend his aid in having Illinois soldiers
sent to Fort Sheridan. George L. Warner
made the motion.
Il object to that" said George Birkhoff,
Jr. In the first place Mr. Tanner is not
the soldiers friend and in the second
place he has no influence at Washington
that would help Chicago to get soldiers
here. I do not see why we should cater
to the governor in this matter Particu-
larly after he snubbed US by acting the
very opposite of our request
Without debate and by an overwhelming
vote John r. Tanners name did not go
on the record as the soldiers friend.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
ALFRED FENToN DYING.
Is the Oldest Inhabitant and Earliest
Settler of Atchlson County.

Atchison, Sept. 10.-Alfred Fenton.
the Oldest settler in this section of the
country, is dying at his home at Rush
vile. aged rs years. Rushville was a
prosperous town before Kansas terri
tory was admitted in 1854. and the Fen
tons went there about 1S48. There were
three brothers; the other two died some
years ago. Alfred Fenton was a plains
fighter in the early days, and made a
great deal of money. Until a few years
ago he was the proprietor of four
thousand acres of land in the vicinity of
RushviIle, which he divided up with
his six children, retaining only 1000
acres for himself. It is said that he
formerly made as high as S25, 900 profit
on a single trip to Salt Lake, and that
he once made a cattle trade in few
hours that netted him $780, 600. He did
not marry until he was nearly so years
old, and his wife survives him. The
Fenton boys, who are well known in
Atchison, are his sons Mrs. M E
Saunders of Atchison, is a cousin of AL
fred F'entOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
DIED AS THEY WRANGLED.
John 7. Kingston, Rejected For Honor
by Wisconsin Democrats, Falls
in Porto Rico

Milwaukee, Sept. 10.-A dispatch re-
ceived tonight from New York states
that former State Senator John T.
Kingston of Ashland died in Porto Rico
the day before the Second regiment, of
which he was member, left. He was a
private in Company L.
Mr.. kingStOn'S name was proposed
for lieutenant governor last week, and
he was defeated for the nomination be-
cause he did not follow the silver stan
dard in 1896. At the very time that the
delegates were wrangling over his
Democracy he was cold in death, as he
died on the same day the convention
met.
Mr.. Kingston was one of the brightest
of the younger Democracy in the north
ern part of the state and an attorney of
large practice. Such was his intense
patriotism that when the war broke out
he left everything, family, business and
all, to enlist as a private in the Ash
land company He might easily have
obtained a commission by waiting, but
he turned a deaf ear to all suggestions
of the kind.
Mr.. Kingston was born in Necedah
in 1860. His father, John T. Kingston,
was one of the pioneers of that section
and a leading Republican. Young
Kingston was graduated from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and later from
the university law school in 1886. He
went to Ashland and formed a law
became a Democrat under the leader
ship of President Cleveland and was
elected to the state senate from the
Ashland district in 1890. In 1898 he was
appointed postmaster at Ashland by
President Cleveland, and after serving
out his term returned to the practice OF
law, which he dropped at the call of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10

with govt and had to lie in ham
mock with an orderly rubbing his head
with cracked ice while his men were
fighting several miles away.
Cuba was undoubtedly too hot for
General Shafter. 1t was so hot that
il wilted his resolution and made him
anxious to retreat from the positions
won by the blood of his troops while he
was at the rear. But it was not the
heat that sent sick and wounded sold
iers from Santiago to Montauk in I'M
cleaned cattle ships. without medicines,
surgical instruments, ice, fresh water,
proper food or sufficient attendants,
and dumped them down on the bare
ground at MOntauk a dozen miles from
a can of milk.
1t was General Shafter that did that.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
BOILED HIS CLOTHES.
Citizens Evacuating Pawnee on Ac-
count of Smallpox Scare.

Fort Scott, Sept. 1O.-Sheriff Allan
Wheeler made another visit to the
smallpox district at Pawnee. yesterday
and reports the patient getting along
nicely. There is no marked improve
ment in his condition but he is thought
to be beyond the danger point. He is
rational and talks, although he refuses
to discuss his case and the officers do
not know where he was exposed to the
cOntagiOn but they suppose he caught
it in Texas. An attempt to learn the
residence of his friends so that they
can be notified proved fruitIess and they
regard his reticence as queer.
The man Mailer, who slept with him
in the car, although he is not taken
down with the disease, is confined in
the same house. His clothes have been
boiled and, being in a filthy condition,
he was given a general cleaning up by
his attendants, Dick Parmenter and T.
O. Gould. He claims to have friends in
Joplin but that is not his home.
Sheriff Wheeler reports that some of
the inhabitants became alarmed fear
ing the disease would spread to their
homes and have left the town. Six
women left yesterday. The schools
have been closed and DR.. Corvell is vac
cinating the residents as rapidly as pos
Sible,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
DEMOCRATS DEMORALIZED
Michigan Committee Has Neither
Money Nor Campaign Literature.

Michigan Committee Has Neither
Money Nor Campaign Literature.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Sept 10.-Chair-
man Dan J. Campau of the Democratic
state central committee is finding that
the job he has on his hands is of stu
pendOus proportions. He finds that he
has scarcely a trace of an organization
upon which to lay the foundations for
his campaign, that there is a total lack
of discipline, that party enthusiasm is
at a low ebb and that funds for the
campaign are eXtrelNly short. The for
tunes of the Democracy in recent years
have not been such as to expect cOndi-
lions very favorable for a vigorous
fight, but Campau freely admits that
he had idea that things were so
totally bad as they prove to be.
Four years ago the Republicans car
ried the state by a plurality of 107 900,
and two years ago Pingree's plurality
was SO, 900. The disastrous defeat of 1894
was due largely to Democratic indiffer-
ence and failure to turn out at the polls,
while two years ago it was attributable
chiefly to the sound money bolt.
These two defeats by such over
Whelming pluralities left the party
thoroughly demOralized and in many
sections the organizations were prac-
tically abandoned. Fred A. Baker, who
was chairman of the committee two
years ago, and manager of the cam
paign lacked the qualities of a success
full campaign manager. and things went
just about as they pleased. He was
severely handicapped, also, by INSULT
cient funds and the cooperation of the
PODuliSt and Free Silver allies tended
rather to confuse than to aid his cam
paign. The new management of the
party finds that the list of county
chairmen is very imperfect and it has
! been found that in some quarters the
party organization is in the hands of
avowed Republicans working in the in
terests of the Republican party. Cam
pau, as chairman, and Charles S. Hamp-
ton as secretary of the campaign are
exerting themselves to the utmost to get
some kind of order out of the confusion
and to put the machine into working
order. It is an uphill and discOuraging
job but fair degree of success is re-
Warding them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT
State Associations and I. A. W. Make
War on Marrow Tires.

Columbia, Mo-, Sept. 1O.-The good
roads associations of the country have
received a powerful ally in the Ameri-
can League of Wheelnen, whose head
quarters is in New York city. No for
NAL combination of the two forces has
been made, but they win in future work
together in the war on narrow tires,
which has for several years been Wig
Orously conducted by the Good Roads
associations in many states of the IN
ion. In some states the associations
have endeavored to suppress the use Of
narrow tires by law, but with little sue
cess. The objection is that narrow tires
destroy the roads, and that they should
be replaced by broad tires, not only for
this reason but because broad tires are
much more satisfactory in every way
DR.. H. J. Waters of the Missouri exper-
mental station, today received a mes
sage from the American League Of
Wheelmen, asking permission to pub
lish bulletin 80, recently issued by the
Good Roads association 1t contains
valuable article on good roads and the
wheelmen's league wishes to publish a
fine edition of it in New York city A
prompt consent was given, and the pub
LEGATION will be at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
MAY PERMIT APARADE.
President Mckinley Replies to Re
quest From New York.

New York, Sept. 1O.-Mayor Van
Wyck received today from President
Mckinley an answer to the telegram re-
questing permission for the troops of
the regular and volunteer army to par
ade in this city at the celebration of a
peace jubilee. The answer is as fol-
lows:
Your message of the 9Th is received.
It would be very gratifying to me if
the health of the soldiers will allow, to
permit a review, which will enable the
people of the city of New York to show
their appreciation of the brave men who
in the last three months have perform
ed such heroic services to the country.
1 will direct that the commanding gen
erals as well as the medical officers of
the army, now in New York, and ar
irving there, shall report upon the prob
able effect upon the health of the troops
of the parade you propose If they re-
port that it will not be injurious to the
health of the soldiers in their present
condition during this heated term and
it is agreeable to the officers and sol
diers themselves, it will afford me spe-
cial pleasure to comply with your pa
triotic suggestion"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
VACCINE POINTS SCARCE.
City Has Only Enough on Hand For
Use in Emergencies.

Chicago, Sept. 1O.-Lack of vaccine
points caused a suspension of the OPP
eratiOns of the health department yes
terday among the public school children.
The city is suffering from a famine of
vaccine virus, and it may be several
weeks before the work of vaccinating
school children can be resumed.
The health department has but a
small quantity of the virus on hand at
present and this is being carefully
guarded for use in case of an emer-
gency.
DR.. Reilly, acting commissioner of
health. conferred with the board of
education on the matter, with the result
that no children will be refused admis-
sion to the public schools for non-repre-
sentation of a vaccination certificate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
FIGHT BLAZING OIL.
EdeIweiss Cafe. In Chicago Exper-
fences Disastrous Fire.


Chicago. Sept. 1O-Firemen fought burn
ing oil three hours last night in the base
ment of the Edelweiss restaurant on Mad
isOn street, the scene of the disastrous
Tosetti restaurant fire last December.
The flames threatened the destruction of
the building.
At the first cry of fire guests in the din
ing room did not wait to pay their checks
or finish their luncheOns- Men at the
all started for the street on the double
other EMPLOYEES. on the first floor above.
players took their cue from the winter
fire and made a safety play downstairs.
members of the Press club and the Bank
ers' Athletic club took the first elevator
down or sprinted via the stairway.
Engineer Emo turned on the pumps in
the engine room so as to prevent an ex-
plOsiOn of the boilers and ran upstairs,
crying Fire The restaurant quickly
filed with smoke and hundred of people
SWarmed in the streets reckless OF danger
from explosion and blazing oil. Lieuten-
ant Gallasher's force of policemen press
ed back the crowds with their clubs and
drew safety line around the fire
A woman broke through the line into
the restaurant and begged the police or
firemen to save her jewelry in the office
safe. She said she was an employee of
the restaurant. and when Manager Binder
assured her the jewels were safe she left
the building.
The burning oil spread through the rear
flood of water which the firemen poured
in. While breaking the asphalt pave
ment in the alley a sewer pipe coTnected
with IhOmpSOnS restaurant at 141 Dear
born street broke and filed with smoke
and igmted oil Flames burst from an
open catchbaSin and smoke frightened the
cooks in the kitchen of the Dearborn
street restaurant. Walters ran out shout
ing Fire. but chemical engine settled
The total loss is $1,000 in oil, machinery
and liquors in the basement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
WHO OWNS THE MU1Ep
Senator Baker the Arbiter in Dead
Animal Case.

Leavenworth, Sept. 10.-An interest
ing dispute over the ownership of amule
that was killed by the lightning at
Tonganoxie last Saturday morning. has
arisen and the parties concerned have
called on Senator Baker to settle it,
Mrs Ruth Hawkins formerly owned
the animal but at a sale Friday, A. J.
Hill bought the animal and was to nav
for it the next day. Saturday Mr.. Hill
appeared to get the mule and sign a
note for payment of the animal When
at the house he discovered that the
mule was dead. Hill refused to sign
the note and after a wrangIe the dis
pute was referred to Senator Baker.
Mrs. Hawkins had the mule insured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
LAND SIZES away.
Site of Wichita w. C. T. q. Rooms is
Sold for Back Taxes.

Wichita, Sept 10.-The corner so long
held by the w. c. T. U. on the corner of
william and Market streets, has been
sold. Miss Jennie Palmer, who has
devoted all her time for the past six
years in looking after the rooms, sup
porting herself by the sale of table del
icacies, is naturally the most interested,
and the transfer is regarded by her as
a calamity, indeed.
L. H. Todd, who is in some manner
connected with the Unitarian society. is
in effect the purchaser of the property,
having secured the nnortga ge, and pur-
chased a tax title to the property. Quite
a number of valuable books and a fine
piano are still the property of the w. c.
T. U. and are still in the rooms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10
AUGUSTIN DAILY IN COURT.
London Theater Owner Elects Lessee
For Infraction of Rules.

London, Sept. 1O.-When the motion to
appoint a receiver for Augustin Daily 5
London theater pending legal proceedings
in the dispute between Mr.: DAILY and the
lessee and George Edwardes. the owner,
was called up in Justice Phillimore's court
today, counsel stated that arrangements
had been reached whereby a share of the
profits would be paid to the court daily
until the action had been tried.
Mr.. Daily has brought an action for
ejectment against Mr.. Edwardes. who is
in possession of the theater and stationed
a squad of police at the doors for the pur-
pose of keeping out Mr.. Days employees,
this action Mr.. Edwardes claims being
taken lowing to an infraction of the les
see"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-10

A party by the name of Johnson re-
siding in Porto Rico has set up the bus
mess of teaching English to the ma
tives and announces the fact in the 10
cal paper as follows: ANY citizen of
Ponce P. r. } wishing to be taught
how to speak and write the American
language ineligible and with easy; will
receive satisfaction by consulting Prof.
A. N. A.Johnson upon the proper meth
Cd of teaching said language as he is
prepared to simplify the method and
make it easy for the scholar to advance
correctly. Therefore he solicits the
patronage and confidence of the citizens
Of Ponce, P r.