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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
BOOTH PLANS NEW ORDER.
Head of Volunteers Makes Two Ad-
dresses in Springfield.

Springfield, Ill, Aug. 17.-This has been
a red letter day in the history of the local
organization of the Volunteers of Amer
lea. Commander BalHngton Booth, &C
was here, having come from Old Salem,
where he spoke at the ChautauQua. He
infused new life into the organization here
by delivering two earnest addresses, one
al the barracks of the Volunteers, the
other at the Second Presbyterian church.
the order and some Of its achievements.
1t was organized about two and one
half years ago, and a year and a half
ago was incorporated a military-relig-
iOus institution. 1t now has organizations
in $50 cities and towns, has 60 commits
stoned officers and several thousand local
commissioned workers. 1t attracts 80, OOO
people to Volunteer halls every night, has
reclaimed a great many drunkards and
brought large numbers of sinners to
Christ. A branch of the order for prison
work has been founded. 1t has a foothOld
in ten penal Institutions. AS one of the
results of this work the fact was inStanced
that nearly one-half the convicts in the
penitentiary at Joliet were enrolled as
memb of the Volunteer Prison league.
1t is not only a great social and religious
order, but is patriotic one well, de-
clared the commander, it having sent 81
commissioned officers to the seat of war.
Army and the Volunteers was pointed out;
one was autOcratic, the other democratic
in it's government.
Commander Booth also had something
to say of a new organization that he is
working up, known the Federation of
bishops and philanthropists are to take
a prominent part. Its prime object is to
develop latent talent in the church and
bring out Christian workers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
CLOUD LORE IN N. W. KAN.
Why the Rainstorms Come Up
against the Wind"

The question is frequently asked why
it is that many times when we have
rain storms that the wind blows in
the opposite direction from which the
moisture comes, says the GOodland
(Kan.) Weekly Republic To describe,
extensively, the laws that govern the
movements of the atmosphere would
require much space and involve some
what intricate problems. Physical
geography may be consulted for the
general laws of aerial movements; but
to determine the local conditions close
observations must be resorted to.
Northwest Kansas and contiguous
territory is subject to variable winds,
the predOminating one blowing from
the southeast to the northwest This
great expanse of elevated land presents
for the most part a surface covered
with buffalo grass, which reflects the
heat of the sun, the hot air rising, re-
suits in an influx of air from all direc-
tions; and in this section of country
the contest for the supremacy among
the winds is won by the currents from
the southeast; and it is probable that
this country derives its moisture indi-
rectly from the Gulf of Mexico.
The equilibrium of the atmosphere
is ever adjusting itself to the cond1-
lions of heat and density. The warm
wind laden with aqueous vapor from
the southeast meets a. cooler current -
the northwest and rises to a stratum
above, thereby cooling, and is again
directed toward the area whence it
came. While in this upper stratum the
humidity of the air is increased and re-
turned to US in the element of rain; so
that when this condition exists the
upper stratum of dense atmosphere
upon reaching the dew point changes
places with the warm current below,
producing rain.
Thus warm winds blowing toward
cooler regions bring rain; while cold
winds advancing to warm climates,
bring fair weather and drought. When
the two are intermingled. the tempera-
ture of the former is reduced, and
cIoudiness or rain is the result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
DEATH DUE TO A BLOW.
Mrs. Annie Horst Struck With a Beer
"GrowIer' Causing Erysipelas.

Chicago, Aug. 17.-Brysipelas presuma-
bly, resulting from wound in the head in
f1icted with a tin bucket, caused the death
of Mrs. Annie Horst Patrick Quinn 60
years old, who is alleged to have struck
Mrs. Horst with the bucket, is being
searched for by the police.
Four weeks ago Mrs. Horst was stand
ing a the front gate of her home when
Quinn passed the place with a bucket of
beer in his hand. He stopped and quar-
relied with Mrs Horst, and finally struck
her over the head with the bucket, infict-
ing only a flesh wound. Quinn was ar
rested and was fined by Justice Eberhardt
for assault and battery and disorderly
conduct Two weeks after the affair the
wound in Mrs. Horst's head became in
famed and she summoned DR.. Fred H.
HenkeI, who found that Inflammation had
set in and that it was brought on by neg
1ect- The inflamma ton resulted in cry
sipe1as.
During her last hours Mrs. Horst was
attended by DR.. George H. Van Dyke, who
issued a certificate giving the cause of
death as erysipelas. Coroner's Physician
Noel held a post mortem examination Of
the remains and found that blood poison
ing was brought on by the wound in the
head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
WIFE A HARD LANDLORD.
Anderson, Ind, Grocer Asks Divorce
on Peculiar Grounds

Anderson, Ind, Aug. IA most unus-
ual divorce suit was filed in this county
late last evening by ]. H. Penticost, a
grocer of this city, who is husband No. 3
of his wife Mary.
The woman was divorced by her previ-
Gus husbands
Among the interesting clauses of the di-
vorce application is one that sets forth
that they lived on her property; that he
was compelled to pay the regular monthly
rental, s though it was the property of
someone else; that he always had to pay
the highest price, and that at last she got
a higher offer from another party and
rented the houses, refusing to pay back
the advance rent which her husband had
paid.
Penticost says his wife asked for
cloak and he bought it. She returned it
to the store and got the money and re-
fused to give it to him. He makes sew
eral other notatiOns to show that she is a
grasping, pecuniary individual Both are
quite we'll known.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
U. P. BRANCH LINES.
Will All Be Bought in by the Reor-
ganized Company.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. Nv. D. Cornish
first vice president of the reorganized
Union Pacific, will represent the company
at the foreclosure sale of the branch lines
this week and will offer the bid of the
Union Pacific for the properties. It is
not believed there will be any other bids
offered.
The first sale will occur at Kearney
Neb., on Wednesday. It will be the fore
closure sale of the Kearney and Black
Hills branch. On the following day the
sale of the Omaha and Republican VAL
ley lines under two mortgages, will oc-
cur at Lincoln, Neb.
On Saturday the foreclosure sale of the
Union Pacific, Lincoln and Colorado line
will take place at Lincoln, Kan. All Of
the sales except that under the CONSOLE
dated mortgage of the Omaha and Repub-
lican Valley line will be conducted by
Colonel Alexander, acting as master for
the United States court: In company
with Vice President Cornish of the Union
Pacific. Lawrence Greer of New York
also of the Union Pacific; Attorney Sar-
gent of Boston, representing certain
Union Pacific bondholders, and Master in
Chancery Howard S. Abbott of st. Paul
Colonel Alexander left for Kearney on
tuesday afternoon in a private car of the
Union Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
THE MUSTER OUT
100000 Men of the Volunteer
Army
Will Be Discharged Within 80
Days.
WAITING ON MERRITT.
The Work Cannot Be Taken in
Hand
Until the Philippine Situation
is Known.
WAITING ON MERRITT

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE mastering
out of the volunteer army has practi-
cally begun at the war department and
will be continued until the army has
been placed on q. basis consistent with
our present relations to the nations of
the earth. Orders are prepared for the
mastering out of about $4,000 volunteers
including nearly % regiments of an
fantry and about eight troops of caval-
~ and five or six batteries of artillery.
The details of the order bearing on
this subject have not yet been fully
perfected, and the officials confine them
selves to general statements in regard
thereto.
In response to a direct inquiry on the
subject, Gen. Corbin said that the troops
would be ordered to their state capitals
as rapidly as was consistent with the
interests of the government and there
mustered out of the service as quickly
as possible. About 100000 volunteers
will be mustered out within the next 30
days.
Formal announcement of the plans of
the department on this subject are be-
ing deferred pending the receipt of GER
tain desired information from General
Merritt. There is large number Of
volunteers in the Philippines and it is
possible that it may be deemed adVis-
able to bring them home and if neces-
Sary to replace them with regulars. The
proposed reduction of the army to the
extent of 100, 900 men will still leave a
military force of about ZIG, 600 men, reg
ulars and volunteers, available for all
military purposes. 1t is believed to be
the purpose of the administration to
maintain an army of at least 100000 I'M
til all the pending complications with
ar 6iGnnGn6 n
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
'WOuld Have Paid $4,000
Per Box" Says lie.

For what-why Morrow's Kid-ne-oids.
They are only so cents a box and may
be had at every first class drug store.
There is no doubt but what they are
worth it-but can the public afford to
pay it? William Nobleman is a well
known groceryman of Topeka, 116 Kan
sas avenue, says this: Il have suffered
with a great deal of pain in my back
in the region of the kidneys; pain while
urinating; nervousness; and a general
"alI broke up" mentally and physi-
ca1ly condition. lost much time from
business, and at one time was confined
to the bed for two weeks on account of
my disease. My trouble commenced
about two years ago and kept getting
worse and worse all the time. I read
of the remarkable cures Morrow's Kid
ne-oids were performing so I got box
at the Swift & Holiday Drug Co. Four
doses gave me relief and one box has
completely cured me. If the price of
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids were $4,000 per
box, knowing what now know would
have paid it,
Say more if you can.
Kid-ne- oids always cure. Druggists
50 cents. Manufactured by John
Morrow & Co.. Chemists, Springfield,
Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
SEARCH FOR A LEPER.
st. Louis is Much Exercised
Over a Chinese Subject.

St. Louis, August 17.-United States
officers, aided by the police department,
are searching in St. Louis for QuOng
Wah, a former Chinese merchant. He
is a leper and is said to be in hiding.
He has been reported in several local
tiles, but his Chinese friends keep him
secreted so effectively that no trace has
been found of him since he disappeared
from his laundry in Olive street.
The health department officers are as
sisung in the search QuOng Wah is
said to have a severe case of leprosy
and the authorities are much exercised
over his disappearance, because the
disease is contagious and they fear it is
breaking out in the Chinese settlement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
ELDERS FLEE FROM A MOB.
Two Mormons at Flintstone, Md, At
tackled by Angry Citizens.

Cumberland, Nd, Aug. 1.-Two Nor
mon elders were attacked at F'lintstOne
this county, by a mob yesterday after
noon.
The Mormons saved their lives by
fleeing to the mountains.
The elders had started to preach in
the village. They had a large taberna-
Gle near there, where they hold confer
ences. A short time ago a young wO-
man became SO infatuated with their
doctrine that she went insane because
her parents would not allow her to at
tend the meetings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
LOUISE MICHEL PRAISES.
The Famous Woman Anarchist Of
France on the Spanish-Ameri-
can War.

Paris, Aug. 17.-After a partial eclipse
Louise Michel has again come before the
world-not only by the recent publication
of her History of the Commune but
even more by her ardent defense of our
country in its present conflict. While all
France, with few exceptions has accused
US of fighting for material profit, she has
in various public meetings maintained that
We were actuat ted by unSelhSh motives;
and in the dedication of her new book she
speaks Of US as the noble. people of the
United States, who to aid in the deliver
ance of the heroic islands (Cuba) are now
Waging a war for liberty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17

CALLED OUT TO BE SHOT.
DR.. Kirkpatrick Has a Night Adven-
ture and DR.. Henry Is Under Arrest.

DR.. Kirkpatrick Has a Night Adven-
ture and DR.. Henry Is Under Arrest
Manteno, Ill, August 17.-Dr. Kirk
patrick a prominent Peotone physi-
clan, was called at O'Clock this morn
ing, and as he came to the door to an
sWer the summons his caller fired a
revolver at him through the door. The
ball missed the intended victim and i'm
bedded itself in the wall.
It had rained slightly and the foot
prints in the road were followed to the
residence of DR.. Henry. The place was
watched until morning, when DR.. Hen
ry was arrested and placed under
bonds to await preliminary hearing.
Excitement is high over the affair
Both are prominent physicians and it
is not known that there is more to it
than jealousy, as DR.. Kirkpatrick re-
Gently came to Peotone and is enjoying
a good practice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Receiver for Alaska CompanY.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. Thames Carroll
was today appointed receiver of the Bos-
ton and Alaska company In the app1-
cation for receiver it is stated that the
Indebtedness of the company amounts to
Sg4 600. 1t is also stated that there is due
the company from the Canadian govern
ment S114, 600 freight charges. Other ac-
assets of the company are ocean steamers
Brixham, Laurada and South Portland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Gut His Comrades Throat.

Oakland Cal, Aug. 17.-Privates James
". Meadores and Jonas Try of company
&, Eighth California regiment volunteers,
today engaged in a fight at Camp Barrett.
which eliminated in a tragedy. Try lies
at the verge of death in the Red Cross
hospital with his throat slashed from ear
to ear. The affair was the result of a
long standing feud which developed over
a monetary matter. Meadores on two
previous occasions had tried to stab his
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Mrs. Creede Gets $4,000.

Los Angeles. Cal. Aug. 17.-Judge Clark
in the superior court here today upheld
the contract between Mrs. N. Q. Creole
relinquish her claim to the estate of the
old miner for the sum of $4,000. This
throws the contest brought by Mrs. Creole
out of court There are other contests
to be decided before the estate can be di-
vided according to the provisions of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
DIES FROM FRIGHT.
Twelve-Year-old Boy Perishes During
an Illinois Storm.

Macomb, Ill, Aug. 17-During the
heavy electrical storm this afternoon,
Horace Adcock, a 12-year-Old boy of
this city, died from fright. The wind
did considerable damage to the crops,
the corn being down in all parts of the
country and the small grain in shocks
badly damaged. During the storm last
night lightning struck the electric light
house at Colchester, burning it to the
ground and entailing a loss of about
So 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
A ROYAL Commission.

st. Johns, n. F.. Aug. 1.-THE colonial
government today received d spatch from
Joseph Chamb erlain, British secretary of
state for the colonies stating that her
majesty has decided to. appoint royal
commission to inquire into the state of
affairs of Newfoundland and French
treaty shore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
NnInradn Summer Rates

s24.O0 for round trip with stop overs
on sale from June 1st, good until Oc-
tober 81, via Santa Fe route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Hospital still Crowocd.

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 17.-Elmer ]. Gour-
dan, company K, Second New York vol
unteers, and John D. Brawand, Third
United States infantry, died today at Fort
Mcpherson of typhoid fever. The hospi-
tai is still crowded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17

and it is on this point that the state
printer is technically justified in present
The Iowa law says that on printing
blanks the state printer shall receive 81; 50
for the first 100 impressions OF each. AS
these figures. he claims the $3.50 by appar-
ent right. Secretary of State DobSOn and
Treasurer of State Herriott did not see it
this way, however. They refused to in
terpret the law so as to pay the bill when
they say such work is ordinarily done for
$50 and the big bill has been withdrawn.
There have been several sensations in
regard to the state printing office and al
though it has not been decided yet what
the payment for this bill will be the ac-
ton SO far taken will prevent a scandal
Ladies Shirt Waists Hundred so that
the colors will not fade. by Fearless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Tnrnnch Cars 20 Cincinnati.

Pullman palace and tourist sleepers
and free chair cars to Cincinnati with
out change. via Santa Fe Route. on
September 5, 1898. Round trip ticket
costs only $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17

The electric fans now operated In
Santa Fe Route dining cars are desir-
able and seasonable accessories to an
already unsurpassed service.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
Indianapolis and Return $16o5 Via
Santa Fe Route.

Knights of Pythias encampment Au-
gust 22-29 and August 3O-September 10,
1898. Round trip tickets on sale Au-
gust 10, 20 and 81, limited to September
10, 1898 For further information apply
to ticket agent at depot. Phone 6S2; or
North. Topeka, phone 1854
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-17
REJECT PRINTERS BILL.
Iowa Officials Think Mr. Conaway Has
Placed Figures Too High.

Placed Figures Too High
Des Moines, Ia, Aug IA bill of 81. 900
has. been presented by State Printer Coma
way for two blank check registers of 200
pages each, with 70 words and a group of
figures printed on each page The group
of figures is not alike on any two pages,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-06

usurper's cattle and give him to under
stand that II the Government won't
protect you, you can and will protect
yourselves"
a copy of the paper containing this
editorial fell into Ryan's hands. He
read 1t and boiled over with wrath and
Indignation. He was forced to admit
that there was much truth in the ar
ticle, but it was none the more pal
atable to him for that. He swore ven
geance against the Eagle and its ed
itor. and vowed that not another issue
of the paper should be published.
At dinner time he read the article to
his employees as they sat at the table.
They were six in number. recently en-
igrated from ranch down in Texas,
and had reputation for being the
hardest and most reckless dare-devils
that ever rode the range. When Ryan
had finished reading he said:
what do you think of that?"
81 think it's blamed big growing from
mighty little rooster" one of the cow
boys replied.
IF the settlers want to take that ed
itor's advice and try 1t on about cut
ting the wlres," another said, Just let
them. They'll find before they get
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-06
A CHANGE OF
PURPOSE.

When Sllas Ryan, the proprietor and
and manager of Ryan's ranch, set his
employees at work, fencing In large
body of the best Government land In
Southern Kansas, he stirred up good
sized hornets nest, and brought the
insects buzzing angrily about his head.
He had no shadow of right to the land,
and naturally the settlers and home
seekers resented his cool appropria-
ton of 1t to his own use. There were
men who wanted 1t for homes, and
who were entitled to 1t under the laws,
and these men looked upon Ryan's
conduct as base infringement on
their rights and were not sparing In
their denuncIation of him and his or
der.
Near Ryans ranch there was little
town known as Prairie City. 1t was
an insignificant place, with less than
200 population, but 1t gave promise or
great things In the future. Its inhaD-
itants, and the settlers on the prairie
about It, believed that in time Prairie
City would become one of the leading
towns of Kansas. Unfortunately, how
ever, the hopes of those people were
never to be realized. A railroad was
soon after built through that part Of
the country and 1t missed Prairie City
by Just two miles. The result was a
new town ON the railroad and the
death of the old one. Prairie City
went the way of hundreds of other
Kansas towns. Its population took up
their possessions, including their hous-
es, and moved across the prairie to the
railroad.
In Prairie Citys halcyon days, how
ever, it boosted of newspaper, the
Prairie City Eagle. 1t was not much
of a paper, being small and poorly
printed, but 1t was quite as good as its
patronage justified Its subscription
list was extremely limited, and its ad-
yertising business was dwarfed to one
column of display matter and a few
lines of pay locals.
The Eagle, as matter of course,
stood by the town people and the set
tiers, and when Ryan set his men to
fencing in the public lands for grazing
purposes, 1t came out with strong ed
itorial denouncing him in the severest
terms. 1t pronounced his action dis
honest, as he was stealing the peoples
rights. 1t went further and said that
1t was the lowest and most contempt
ible species of dishonesty, since by it
he was stealing the homes from poor,
struggling men and their wives and
children, thereby robbing them of n
chance to earn an honest living.
1T is the duty of the homeseekers,"
1t went on, Ito protect themselves
against the encroachments of this
greedy cormorant who, for the sake Of
adding to his ill-gotten wealth, would
starve even the innocent, unconscious,
helpless babe in its mothers arms. 1t
is the duty Of the settlers to band
themselves together, to take the law in
their own hands, and cut the wire that
shuts them out of their own. Tear
down the fence, drive off or kill the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-04-06
Pill After Pie,

A curious comment upon our sanitary
condition as a nation is furnished by a
legend prominently displayed on one Of
the tall house walls in the aesthetic city
of Boston. 1t is this-Pill After Pie. 1t
is general statement, as if it were an
accepted and undisputed rule of life in
Boston. No mention is made in sight
of any particular brand of pill or pie
1t may not be city ordinance. 1t may
be only an advertisement, but if it is
it is u very shrewd one and shrewd i'll
two particulars. 1t seizes upon an es-
tablished habit, upon which it can
reckon as basis of pecuniary profit.
There is and must be pie i'll the daily
life of the city. Taking this for granted,
it then suggests pills as the necessary
sequence. 1t does not make the blunder
of offering pie as an inducement to take
the pill advertised. 1t understands hu-
man nature too well for that Compare
lively few people could be induced to
eat pie for the sake of getting pill. Still
fewer could be tempted to swallow pill
ON the bride of pie afterward. No, But
lots of people will do wrong with the
expectation of repenting after they have
enjoyed themselves and lots of people
will eat pie knowing that pill must
follow it who would ON no account take
their punishment before their pleasure.
Charles Dudley Warner in Harper's
Magazine.