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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
SAVED BY HIS COLLAR.
Wichita Burglar Fails to Kill His In
tended Victim.

Wichita, June ga bold robbery in
this city came near resulting in a MUIR
der, and H. A. Bisseu lies at his home
with a number of ugly knife wounds
In his breast and shoulders. The man
who did this terrible deed is Clinton
Church.
H. A. Bissell is nearly so years of age
and runs butcher shop. He and his
family reside in rooms in the rear of the
butcher shop, and about 3 O'Clock this
morning Mr.. BiSSell awoke and asked
his wife if she did not hear something.
Mr.. Bissell had lain down with his I'M
derclotheS and shirt and collar on, and
he slipped out of bed and out the back
door and went around to the front of
the butcher shop.
When he reached the front he discov-
cred that a glass was broken out and
a man on the inside had just struck a
match. Mr.. Bissell went to the bro
him with piece of bacon and slipped
out. Bissell was stunned, but he grap-
pied with the burglar and a terrible
scuffie ensued. The burglar had a
knife in his hand, fighting for freedom,
and Bissen was fighting for his life
Mr.. Bissell felt the knife several times
penetrate his shoulder and breast, and
one terrible blow would have severed
his jugular vein if it had not been for
the protection afforded by his thickly
starched rundown collar and band.
The sharp blade went through them all
and made a slight wound in the neck.
Bissell held on until he threw the burg
lar to the ground, and he then held his
hands until Mrs. Bissell ran out and
succeeded in getting the knife from the
burglars firm grasp. By this time Of
hcer Haslett, who heard the disturb
arrested Church and lodged him in the
city prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
KANSAS SINGERS GOING.
Chorus Being Organized for the Oma-
ha Exposition Contest

Emporia. June 23.-It is now certain
that Kansas will be represented at the
mus cal contest which will take place
a the Omaha exposition in September.
Prof. D. o. Jones, of this city, is or
ganizing a chorus which will take part
in this contest. He has already secured
the names of forty persons in this city
who have pledged themselves to join
be Kansas chorus So Topeka, OF
tawG4 and Newton as well as Emporia
win be represented in it. Prof. Jones
already has twelve names pledged from
Topeka. Among these are Mr.. Shirer
who is the best tenor in the state. A
like number will be procured from OF
tawa and Newton. The prize for which
the chorus will compete will be $1,000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

and now the club is in receipt of a let
ter thanking them for the courtesy. 1t
is written on consulate paper bearing
the 'Habana, Cuba" letter head; and is
as follows:
1904 Park Ave-, Richmond, Va, June
IT, 1888.
Mr.. Jerry Lyon, President of the Adel-
phia Club, Leavenworth, Kan.
Dear Sir:-I write to thank you for
your kind letter. Please convey to
your club my appreciation of the COM
plinent paid me by the selection of my
name for one of the waltzes on the club
program at their recent party.
Il value highly the expressions of
patriotism and personal regard con-
tanned in your letter. The country can
depend upon the Americanism of it's
young men. Very truly yours,
ssEITZHUGH LEE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
SUDDEN CHRISTENING.
Eft Scott Baby Named to Accommo-
date City Assessor.

Fort Scott, June 23.-A south side
man and wife named an hour-old baby
the other day just to accommodate
Deputy City Assessor A. Graft.
Nc Graft called at the front door to
take the census and whispered tones
from within babe him go to the back
door. A boy baby had been born there
about an hour ago 1t was necessary
for the assessor to have his name, but
he hadn't yet been named. Mr..
Graft suggested that they call him
der to get his name on the census re-
turns. The man went in to confer with
his wife and in a moment returned and
announced that they had, for the ac-
cOmn.odation of the assessor, christened
the child Harrison Dewey" and his
name so appears on the record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The senate committee on the Nicara-
guam canal has agreed on bill for the
construction of that work. 1t is pro-
posed that the canal be built, not by
the Maritime Canal company, which
has the concession from the Nicaragua
government, but by the United States
itself. All the stock of the company is
to be held by the American government
and by those of Nicaragua and Costa
Rica- Provision is made for the pay
ment of five million dollars to the pres
ent stockholders for the work already
done
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
PRAY FOR RAIN TO STOP.
Wellington Man Tells of the Newest
of All Kansas Incidents.

Wellington, June 23.-The Conway
Springs people are certainly progressive
in religious affairs if nothing else. A
certain Wellingtonian was up there
and he reports that the good people Of
that city had had handbills printed
and distributed over the town and sur
rounding country, announcing that a
meeting would be held in the First
Presbyterian church there to pray for
it to cease raining until after harvest.
The good people of Conway might have
had it not set in before their prayers
were uttered. We presume-perhaps
too much, however, that, if this dry
essary to advertise another meeting to
pray for rain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
MISS BRADLEY HONORED.
Extolled For Christening a Ship with
Water.

Frankfort, KY, June 23.-The W. c.
T. U. this afternoon presented Miss
Christine Bradley with a handsome sill
yer water service in recognition of her
christening the battleship Kentucky
with water.The presentation took place
at the executive mansion in the pres
ence of a large crowd of distinguished
people, and was impressive
Miss Frances Beauchamp, president
of the Kentucky w. c. T. u, introduced
Col. George Baine, the well known lee
turer who delivered an eloquent ad-
dress on Miss Bradley's stand in be-
half of temperance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
BUNcoED THE COUNTY.
Kansas Men Sell Cat Scalps for Those
of Wolves.

Hiawatha, June 23-For a number of
years John and Joe Burnie, living near
Falls City, Neb., have been making
good money by collecting bounty on
WOLF scalps. One day last week they
brought in enough scalps to pay theTo
SS1. The county clerk doubted that
wolves were so plentiful and making
a close examination, discovered that the
young men had doctored cat scalps in
sucn a way that only the closest ex-
animation proved they were not wolf
scalps. They had made money by their
scheme for years. They were arrested,
but could not be held owing to flaw
in their papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
WORK IN A CEMETERY.
Harvest Hands Waiting for Wheat to.
Rfpen.

South Haven, June 23.-The Ladies
Cemetery association has taken advan-
tage of the early rush of harvest hands
to this section to have the cemetery
fixed I'D. The men have come in a
little too early for harvest and some of
them have signified a Willingness to
work at very reasonable wages until
harvesting begins. The grounds are
being moved and cleaned up and the
old sunken graves filled. 1t would sur
prise this community to know the num-
Der of graves that have been discover
ana also the number of sunzen and
neglected graves that have been filled
up and cared for.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
BETWEEN HOT ROLLERS.
Junction City Laundry Girl Has Her
Arm Crushed.

Junction City, June 23.-Miss Maggie
Pritchard, of the Park System laundry.
while working at a big iron roller,
under the guard and the rollers drew
it in about half the length of the hand.
The roller was hot. and where it touched
the hand every bit of skin came off.
1t was impossible to tell just how badly
the fingers and knucl1les are injured,
and this will probably not be known for
a day or two. At best it will be pain
full accident and the hand will doubt
less be permanently injured to some ex-
tent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
mans linen suit is that it looks cool.

mans linen suit is that it looks cool.
No loyal church woman ever hears a
preacher who is quite so good as her
own.
Two gossips never get together that
they do not long to talk about each
other.
When beer saloon is not taken care
of, it soon smells as bad as dirty gro
Gerry store.
When a man kisses a girl against her
will, he doesn't get anything worth
fighting for.
People are beginning to admit that
many men are looking for work who do
not want it.
While we admire a girl wearing
white dress and blue sash, the dress
and sash should be. clean
Nearly all the men have quit drink
ing. Only a few foolish boys have the
drink habit Of late years
Women always own from one to a
dozen cook books, but they continue to
cook things the same old way.
When a. woman gives a party ana
doesn't invite the neighbors,it indicates
that she can get along without borrow
ing.
After a. man has cut the crash towels
off the bottom of his pantaloons for
two or three years, the pantaloonS be-
come so thin as to be immodest.
When a man has had clerk as long
as ten years, he begins to hear that he
would be poor man if it were not for
the clerks mana cement of his affairs.
Should a poor man inherit a million
today, his wife and daughters by to-
morrow night will have acquired an
air of having been rich all their lives
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
EvADE WAR REVENUES.
Leavenworth Bank Adopts Methods
of the Civil War

Leavenworth, June 23-E A Kelly,
cashier of the Union Savings bank, said
today that on and after July 1 the New
England system would be adopted in
the Union Savings bank, by which de-
positors wishing to draw small sums
could sign a book instead of making
check as is now done. This will save
the expenditure of cents revenue on
each check.
The system was in use in New Eng
land savings banks during the war Of
the rebellion, and so got it's name.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
aF1rz LEE TWO STEP"
Dancing Club Receives
Letter From the Brigadier.

Leavenworth, June 23.-The Adelphia
club is social organization among the
young business men of this city II
has been the custom of the club to give
monthly dances, and at one of them,
given while General Fftzhugh Lee was
the leading hero before the country, the
boys honored one of their dances with
the generals name.
A program was sent to General Lee,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
MRS. HANNA DIVORCED.
Wife of the Senator's Son Secures
Freedom.

Cleveland, June 23.-Mrs. Daniel
Rhodes Hanna, daughter-in-law of SEN
ator Hanna, was granted a divorce in
the court of common pleas by Judge
Dissette. The case was not contested.
Mrs. Hanna was accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Cornelius Harrington, by
a neighbor and her attorney The three
women were the only witnesses.
The testimony in effect was that Mrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

New York Press: Twelve girl friends
of the bride at a Kansas wedding sup
piled the music by whistling the we'd
ding march. And nobody, we are
pleased to add, was rude enough to re-
mark about Growing hens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
Fourth of July Rates.

One fare for round trip via Santa Fe
route to points in Kansas and Nebraska
not over 200 miles distant, also to Kan
sas City and St. Joseph, Mo. Tickets
sold July 2, 8 and 4, return limit July 5.
w. c. Garvey, agent Santa Fee route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The house seems DESTROYS of having
the grade of lieutenant general ready
by the time somebody does something
to deserve it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

While awaiting the distribution of the
new bonds J. Pierpont Morgan has
found time to pick up a few railroads in
the outlying districts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

There is an urgent demand that
Fighting Bob" Evans begin his task
of changing the language of that region
which can not be mentioned in this
kind of weather.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Now, an electric road between New
York and Chicago is projected on which
the trip will be made in nine hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

lister is SO exact in the length of time
he breaches that the women buy a
roast of a certain size, put it in the
oven. go to church and find it cooked
just right when they return. His ser
mons are of good roasting length, and
he is regarded as a most satisfactory
minister for this reason
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

If the army for the Philippines does
not get away soon their votes are likely
to be classed as floating"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Skaters army should be provided
with brooms so as to sweep up after
the Vesuvius gets through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Cinnamon are rapidly acquiring
American habits. The Philadelphia
celestials are arranging a picnic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

It now appears that the sailing of
the Cadiz fleet was merely designed to
attract attention in that direction while
q ship load of provisions was being
landed for BIanco in Cuba
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The number of the people who appear
at the banks with savings which they
desire to invest in three per cent bonds
IS another strong argument in favor of
postal savings banks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Hanna had cause to complain of her
husbands conduct. What this conduct
was she did not say, nor did the judge
press the question. But every time she
did so complain Mr.. Hanna flew into a
great rage and beat and struck her. On
one occasion after this brutal sort of
treatment she had to take her bed.
Several times she was knocked down,
she testified. The court granted a di-
vorce at once. Matters of a.limony and
the custody of the three boys have been
arranged out of court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The hardness displayed in supplying
clothes to the army may have been
caused by the expectation that they
would soon go to countries where gar
ments are not needed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The absence Of war news and the
fact that it was Kansas day brought
the Omaha exposition into prominence
yesterday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
$4,000

to Portland, Oregon. and return, via
Santa Fe Route. Tickets on sale June
80 and July l, 1898. Details on appica-
ton w. c. Garvey, agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

It Is safe to say that Blanco is not
making any fuss about exorbitant coal
rates. Coal at any price is about his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
PEOPLE YOU HEAR OF.

Professor William Libbey of Prince
ton university will lead a scientific ex-
petition to Hawaii this year. He hopes
Go visit and explore the burial caves OF
the Hawaiian kings of long ago. So far
as known no white man has ever ex-
plOred them or gained even a good
general idea regarding them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Mr.. Hanna hasn't left a thing for his
opponents in the party to do, in Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

1t seems improbable that Dewey car
prevent that surrender much longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Perhaps Spain's reason for keeping
Hobson is that she thinks we have no
more like him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The price of a bushel of wheat is
approaching perilously near the price
Of an ounce of silver again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Cervera is planning to break the bot
tie and get out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

On a recent occasion affairs of state
followed Mr.. Faure, president of the
French republic, into his bath tub. a
secretary arrived while Mr.. Faure was
enjoying his tub. The president was
exasperated, but a servant said the sec
rotary had come on urgent business.
Then admit him. said Mr.. Faure
tragically; admit Charlotte ~orday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
GLORE SIGHTR

(F>rom the Atchison Globe)
Some people say that no kind of
pleasure is worth the rebound
A doctor who really believes in the
efficacy OF medicine, Is dangerous
Remember that people are not as
anxious for visitors as they pretend.
+
About tho only thing to be said OF a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Arkansas City Traveller: If it wasn't
for the threatening clouds, there are
lots of men who would never look
toward heaven.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

While Representative Grosvenor was
making his speech on annexation he in
variably pronounced Hawaii as If 1t
were Highway"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23
EX-RAYS.

Horton Commercial: A new Horton
boy has been named William Mckinley
Dewey Sampson Jones. If the little fell
low is able to stand up under that bur-
den he is all right.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Emporia Republican: The archbishop
of Manila says that he has received a
message from heaven promising the
Spaniards a glorious victory. Said
message was probably Fixed" by the
press censor, through whose hands all
messages to Manila pass.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

ton university will lead a scientific ex-
petition to Hawaii this year. He hopes
TO visit and explore the burial caves or
the Hawaiian kings of long ago. So far
as known no white man has ever ex-
plored them or gained even a good
general idea regarding them.
While Representative Grosvenor was
making his speech on annexation he in
variably pronounced Hawaii as if it
were Highway"
On a recent occasion affairs of state
followed Mr.. Faure, president of the
French republic, into his bath tub. a
secretary arrived while Mr.. Faure was
enjoying his tub. The president was
exasperated, but servant said the sec
rotary had come on urgent business.
Then admit him." said Mr.. Faure
tragically; admit Charlotte ~orday."
The president of Oberlin college, when
asked by a student if he could not take
a shorter course. replied: "Oh, yes;
but that depends upon what you want
to make of yourself. When God wants
to make an oak he takes a hundred
years, but when he wants squash ne
takes six months"
Here is a late pen picture Of Edison,
with a boys face, round, rubicund,
beardless, rarely Lnrippled by a smile;
sturdy of figure, with a "a hat pressed
down on broad forehead, with cloth
ance about it, not of age, but of never
having been new; with a scant necktie
and an uncovered expanse Of shirt
front literally besprinkled with tobacco
Juice"
The friends of the late William Ter
riss, the English actor, have decided
not to erect a monument, but to main
tain a lifeboat at Ramsgate or Margate
Terriss' favorite seaside resorts.
-I,n
has again arrived in this country after
an absence in the south seas, spent in
studying the formation of the coral ISL
ands. is said to be now prepared TO
demonstrate, in opposition to the theo-
rfes of Darwin and Dana, that the coral
islands are not built up from the bot
tom, but are formed by a comparative
ly thin crust OF coral upon tops of sub
merged mountains at points where the
ocean is comparatively shallow.
Spencer Pratt, the American consul
at Singapore, who has been brought
into prominence by assuring the Phil
ippine insurgents independence, was
madly in love with Amelie Rives before
her first marriage. He nursed the Vlr-
ginia writer through a long illness, but
Miss Rives still declined to marry him
and he departed His friends say he
has remained faithful for his passion
for Miss Rives in the face of her two
marriages and one divorce.
Herbert B. Seeley of Seeley dinner
notoriety has been sued by Simon
GoetscheI of Paris for 10000 francs. In
his answer Mr.. Seeley alleged that the
supposed Indebtedness arose out of
gambling transaction, a game of BAG
carat for stakes upon credit The case
is pending in the United States court
=
It is reported that Rudyard Kipling
has become a great admirer of Cecil
Rhodes. During his recent stay in Lon
don Mr.. Kiphng was asked by woman
at dinner if Mr. Rhodes was married.
Yes" he replied, Ito tens of thousands
of square miles of British territory.
square miles of British territory. Eng
England cannot afford to let a man Like
that marry in any other way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

The president of Oberlin college, when
asked by a student if he could not take
a shorter course. replied: "Oh, yes;
but that depends upon what you want
to make of yourself. When God wants
to make an oak he takes hundred
years. but when he wants a squash he
takes six months"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

When a woman gives a party ans
doesn't invite the neighbors,it indicates
that she can get along without borrow
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

After a man has cut the crash towel
off the bottom of his pantaloons 70
two or three years, the pantaloons be
come so thin as to be immodest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Golfers and cuffs Hundred to look like
new. by Peerless Steam Laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Wichita Eagle: Spain is just drift
ing, without an aim in life. She ISM
50 different from her own gunners-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

When a man has had clerk as Ions
as ten years, he begins to hear that ht
would be a, poor man if it were not fol
the clerks management of his affairs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

TELEPHONES.
business Office Bell Phone 10l
reporters Room. Bell Phone 5T
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-06-23

Women always own from one to a
dozen cook books, but they continue to
cook things the same old way.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-21

The guessers now say that Mort AL
baugh, Lit Crum and Jim Fike will be the
new railroad commissioners. Fike al
ways poses as a Democrat but supports
the Republican ticket either directly or
indirectly every election.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-21

Raymond B. Dawes, son of F. B.
Dawes, died at Honolulu while on his
way to Manila with the Twentieth Kan
sas He had been an applicant for dis
charge, which was granted the day after
his death.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-21

The Cimarron Jacksonian gives sack
cf -four as a premium with each $3.50
subscription,
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-21

1t is now estimated that the Cross bank
will pay so cents on the dollar to its de-
positors.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-21

Winfield suffered a severe loss from
fire last Wednesday.
The Advocate and news., 1898-12-21

Senator Baker has been unwell for two
weeks but is recovering.