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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
HOUSE DOES A DAVIS WORK
Disposes of 80 Pages of the Sundry
Civil Appropriation Bill

Washington, Feb. 25-The house
disposed of 80 additional pages of the
sundry civil appropriation bill yester-
day.
The fact that the government is pre-
pairing for contingencies was recognized
in the house when Chairman Cannon,
who has been Iaboring to keep down ap-
preparations, accepted without q word
of protest an amendment to increase
the appropriation to care for the I'M
used machinery at the Springfield ar
senaI
Mr.. Gillette explained that the neces-
sity for using this machinery might oc-
cur at any time. Resolutions which
were objected to a few weeks ago for
the appointment of two extra naval ca
diets to positions in the engineers corps
of the navy, were also adopted. One of
them win fill a vacancy caused by the
death of Lieutenant Merritt of the
Maine.
The item in the bill placing at the
disposal of the quarantine service the
governments unexpended epidemic
funds, amounting now to $4,000, Gre
ated considerable debate.
Several southern members desired the
appropriation of an additional $500, 00O
arguing that in the event of a recur-
renee of the yellow fever epidemic, the
funds on hand might not be sufficient.
The southern members, however, were
not unit in demanding the increased
appropriation.
Mr.. Bailey Oem. Texas, for instance,
tine, declaring that quarantine regula-
tions should be left to the states.
Mr.. Underwood (Dem. Ala.) also OPP
posed exclusive control by the federal
government, the establishment of such
regular ones having been advocated by
Mr.. Carmack Oem. TENN.
An amendment by Mr.. Sayres dem.
Texas to increase the fund at the dis
posal of the quarantine service $500, 900,
was lost.
The following provision was ruled out
on a point of order, raised by Chairman
Lacey, of the public lands committee,
that it was new legislation:
THAT hereafter no public moneys
shall be expended for the survey of any
portion of the public domain embraced
within any forest reserves of the Uni
ted States, except for such surveys as
may be necessary to designate the ex-
terror boundaries of such reserves and
of such lands within said reserves as
legal claims initiated prior to the date
of the proclamation of the reserva-
ton"
Mr.. Smith Oem. Ariz) offered an
amendment apprOpriating $4,000 for the
geological survey of Yuma county, Art-
iona. but it was ruled out on a point of
order.
On motion Mr.. De Vries Oem. CaL)
an amendment was adopted appropri-
park, California.
After completing 80 pages of the bill,
the committee rose.
The senate bill to prohibit the pass
age of local or special acts by territorial
legislatures and to limit territorial in
debtedness was passed.
At SIS p. m. the house adjourned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
GOTHAM PLANS A FETE.
Day Committee Will Ce1e-
brate With a Parade and Fire
works on MAY 3, 4 and s.

New York, Feb. 25.-At a meeting of
the Charter day committee the pro-
gramme for the three days celebration,
as at present outlined, was submitted by
x-Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy, chairman of
the plan and scope committee.
It has been decided that the celebra-
ton shall continue three days, May 3,
4 and s.
On the first day it is proposed to have
a naval parade, followed in the even
ing by literary and historical exercises
in a number of halls throughout the
boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn
There are to be fireworks of a symbolic
character in the pubic square.
On the second day, which, it is ex-
pected, will be a legal holiday through
out the state there will be a military
parade, a grand reception and ball in
the evening, with fireworks in the pub
lie square.
On the third day there is to be a
parade of the commercial and indus
trial men, with a banquet in the eve
ming
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
OLD SWORD RECOVERED.
It Is Now Awaiting It's Owner, Form
erlY of Wisconsin.

Senoia, Ga, Feb. 25-Dr w r. Nc
Crary bought one day last week a sword
which doubtless has an interesting his
tory, and the relatives or friends of the
dead captain would be greatly pleased
to know something of it. The sword was
bought from Edmond Wright, cOlOred,
in whose possession it has been since it
was captured in 1868, near Memphis,
Tenn.
It was captured by Colonel Cunning
ham, of a Texas regiment, and was
taken from an officer of the Fifteenth
Wisconsin regiment of infantry volun-
teers. The name, Captain Henry Hauff,
together with his command as above
stated is engraved on the sword, and
appears as plainly as when it was put
there thirty years ago. The sword is
in excellent state of preservation; is as
bright as a new silver dollar. The old
negro has taken good care of it. Col.
Cunningham after he captured the
sword, was called suddenly to Rich
mond, and he left the sword with other
things, in the care of his faithful negro
and instructed the negro to keep them
until he returned from Richmond. Cap
tain Cunningham never returned, and
the negro has kept the sword until now,
and being in need of money reluctantly
yielded it to DR.. McCrary- DR.. McCrary
has written to Madison, Wis, to see if
he can locate any of the relatives of
the dead captain to whom the sword
belonged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
DIDN'T PHASE SPARROW.
The Bird is Drawn Into Flywhee
and Whirled About for Four Hours.

Anderson, Ind, Feb. 25.-Recent arti-
cles published for the purpose of show
ing the greater prOpOrtiOnate strength
of flies and insects, than that of men,
has an interesting sequel in an incident
which happened at the knife and bar
works in this city. 1t showed the most
remarkable endurance of birds. While
the machinery was in motion a spar
row flew into the grinding room Be
coming frightened, it began to fit nerv
ously up and down through the long
fiywheel, which was running at the
rate of about so revolutions a second,
and was sucked into the vortex which
centered in the center of the fastly re-
volving wheel. The spokes were so ar
ranged that they left a space four
inches wide on the inside. The work
men noticed the position of the bird,
and taking it for granted that it had
met with instant death, continued to
run until nOon-fOur hours. By the
time the noon hour arrived they had
forgotten the bird and were surprised
to hear a 'pee-Wee." They glanced
toward the wheel and found the spar
row perched on one side of the inside
braces He seemed a little dazed, but
a moment afterward he jumped off his
perch and flew away, finally managing
to find an open door. He flew across
feeding and soon was lost in the cOVey.
Since then the workmen have been
making estimates. They find that the
wheel made about 864 900 revolutions
with the bird in it, and that, perched
on the hub of the wheel, he would have
gone, round and round, a distance of IS
and eight-tenths miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25

The nerves of the human body act as
messengers to convey to the brain inn
pressions of outward effects, and to con-
vey from the brain to the muscles and
organs nerve-force or vital power.
Without this vital power the heart,
stomach, lungs, bowels. and all organs
of the body would be unable to perform
their functions and life would cease.
When these messengers become de-
ranged or the supply of nerve-force is
depleted, the best remedy to restore
them to their normal condition is DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine. It creates
a good appetite, gives refreshing sleep,
and cures that tired feeling. It acts on
the nervous system, which controls all
the processes of the body, toning it up
into sound and vigorous action. 1t
overcomes the excessive wasting and
puts back the lost flesh.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
EMBARGO ON TOBACCO.
Weyler's Edict Said to Have Been
Revised by Blanco.

New York, Feb. 25.-According to the
Commercial Advertiser, there has been
a revival of the Introduction upon the
expectation of tobacco from Cuba, and
as a result there is in this country a
scarcity of both filler and leaf tobac-
co.
1t was said by officials of the tobacco
board of trade that certain grades have
already risen cents a pound. One of
the officers of the tobacco board of
trade saids
Il suppose that Blanco is following
in the footsteps of Weyler because of
the income the insurgents derive from
the tobacco. Even if the growers in
Cuba do not contribute to the insurgent
cause, as it is reported they do the Gu
bans get an income from the cigarettes
here.
Most of the cigarmaI1ers are Cubans
and all of them earn good wages. There
are at least hundred thousand who
contribute a dollar week to the in
surgent cause. 1t is this fund that is
helping to send so many cargoeS of
ammunition to the insurgents, BIancO
doubtless thinks that by stopping the
tobacco he can stop these contribu-
tiOnS"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
GETS HOYTS THEATER.
Hoyt and Mckee Transfer to Froh-
man at Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 25.-Hoyt & Mckee have
Charles FrOhman. They will be Joint
lessees with Mr.. Frohman, just as they
are at the Garrick, but the theatre will
be under Mr.. Frohman's absolute con-
troll and direction.
1t will be as much his as the Empire
and the Garrick. There will be no i'm
mediate change in the administration
of affairs; the bookings for the balance
of the season will be fulfilled, but when
the season ends the house will be put
in the hands of decorators and uphol-
sterers for doing over, and on Septem-
Der 1 Mr.. F'rOhman's new company will
gather on the stage for five years oc-
cupaney of the theater.
1T will be renamed 1.-THE Madison
Square, it's old time title, and the new
organization, Madison Square Theater
Stock company" will have it as its per-
manent home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25

Lester S. Corbitt, Danbury. Conn.,.
says: "Three years ago was COM
pletely run down, and was suffering
constantly from extreme nervousness
and sleeplessness. I was never without
that tired feeling; my stomach was in
a weak condition, and I was unable to
eat the lightest food without having
distressing pains. Dyspepsia, and gas
forming continually on my stomach
made me most miserable. 1 had been
treated by good doctors and had taken
a number of advertised medicines, but
to no avail. A druggist recommended
DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine and
tried it. Improvement began at once.
continued taking the remedy in connec-
ton with DR.. Miles Nerve and Liver
Pills, and I soon felt like my old self
again. I can recommend the DR.. Miles
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
FUMES OF WOOD POISON.
Government Investigating a Most
Remarkable Case.

Atlanta, Feb. 25.-The strangest case
of poisoning ever known in Atlanta is
being investigated by a prominent gov
eminent official. Mr.. V. K. Chestnut, of
the division of botany of the United
States agricultural department, is en-
gagged in investigating the poisoning
case. Postmaster Smith is assisting the
Washington official.
A stick of thunderwood burned in an
open CRATE sent it's poisonous fumes
through the family room of Mr.. L. S.
McMullen, a well known electrician,
and for two weeks his family have been
at the point of death, although they are
very nearly well now. The poisoning
was so strange and unusual as to be
looked upon with disbelief, but close
medical examination has proven that
the deadly thunderwood did the work.
By some means the attention of the
government was directed to the case
and it's remarkable features led the Off
Thunderwood has always been regarded
as the most poisonous species OF forest
wood. 1t is especially dangerous be-
cause of the fact that it so similar to
other varieties of trees that it can with
difficulty be detected. A stick of the
wood was by mistake mixed with Mr.
NGcMullen's supply of wood and the
accidental poisoning resulted.
At the beginning of winter he boughta
supply of wood to last him through the
cold season. This wood was stored
away. and by some accldenC the Inuu-
derwood was mixed in. Two weeks ago
the servant placed the wood on the fire,
not noticing that it was poisonous. The
members of the family who were IN the
room at the time were Mrs. McMUllen,
Miss Ola McMullen and the two young
bows of the family Park and Anderson
McMullen, aged ten and twelve years,
respectively. After the stick Of thun-
derwOod began to burn those in the
room noticed a peculiar Odor in the
room. There was no explanation, and
as it was hardly noticeable, the family
thought little of it. In half an hour the
odor of the burning thunderwood was
so strong as to be detected in all parts
of the house. The four occupants OF the
room were soon deathly sick and doc
tor was summoned. The stick OF WOOD
was taken from the fire.
The doctor who attended the suffer
ing family announced that the family
was sick from inha1ing the fumes of the
burning wood. He had never heard OF
such an occurrence before and was much
eVcited over the discovery that a dry
stick of thunderwOOd could contain
such deadly qualities.
AS thunderWOOd has always been re-
earded perfectly safe when dry the
case is certainly remarkable. The only
instances of thunderwood poisoning on
record are those where persons nave
handled the green wood, and then, ex-
cent in rare cases, no poisoning results
unless the tree is bruised so as to get
some of the sap on the hands OF the
Derson handling it. In a few cases peo-
1Ia have been poisoned by walking near
tb1nderwood trees. Persons VINO are
susceptible to poisoning if perspirlng
when passing near the trees are HdO4e
to be poisoned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25

necessary that competition should be cur
tailed in the interest of the public well
limit must end always in the extinction
OF weaker rivals by stronger ones; hence
point was not in derOgation of the public
interest. Everyone knew how destructive
70 fe pfopeTty We're fallWay wars resulting
from competition. Not only were the
wars injurious to stockholders, but in
hnitely more SO to the public at large.
through the Determinations which are
often sufficient to raise one man to
wealth while reducing another to power
~. me most powerful shipper always
has the advantage. Take the Standard
Oil company, for instance; it was able to
command railroad rates under the COM
petitive system and thus continue to add
to its already large wealth. The remedy
for these evils was found in the restraint
of competition which could be aecOmp-
ished by an agreement like that of the
Joint Traffic association The same end
was sought to be accomplished by the
interSt tate commerce law, the object of
congress in enactine this law being mani
testify to check competition. Pooling
would never have been resOrted to but
for absolute necessity. Pools were pro-
hibited by the interstate commerce law.
Nothing was left but to enter into agree
ments Ike that of the traffic association.
Less binding articles than this had prov
ed ineffective Under this understanding
the temptation to restrain competition
equality of rates were preserved. The
contract was in accordance with the law
and wholesome and in the interest Of the
public.
The great and browning object of the
agreement was to bring about uniformity
of rates, and if uniformity in this respect
was desirable, the agreement was to be
commended and not condemned and re-
strained. He cOntended in this cOnnec-
ton that competition in railroad rates
could not be defended, whatever might be
its beneficial effects in other lines of
business. The government was under s
much obligation to protect shippers from
discrimination such as grew out of un-
checked competition as if the government
itself owned the roads.
In conclusion, Mr.. Carter said that if
such an agreement as that of the traffic
association could not be enforced, one of
three things must happen. Either all rail-
road transportation be abandoned, all the
roads must consolidate, or all competing
roads must be found daily violating the
criminal law. The first two alternatives
were not likely to occur, and inevitably
the third must.
In other Words said Justice Brewer.
interrupting. the railroads are to be ex-
pected to disobey the law unless they are
allowed to give bond to one another to
obey it"
In reply to this observation, Mr.. Carter
said: 1T is possible to put such obliga-
lions on men that it is not possible for
human nature to observe them He add
ed the opinion that the railroad men We're
generally as honorable as any other class
of men in the country
Mr.. Carter spoke for two and a half
hours, holding the courts attention until
the hour of adjournment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
A STRAY COUNTESS
Is Tired of Wandering and VIII Re
turn to Her Husband.

st. Louis, Feb. 25-The Post Dispatch
says that Countess Marie de Plasse,
wife of DIR. Comte Louis de Plasse, the
Belgian nObleman of East Twenty
seventh street, New York City, who has
been mysteriously missing from her
fashionable eastern home for a year has
been located in St. Louis, by one of
Chief DesmOnd's men. She is at St.
Johns hospital.
The first trace of her was secured at
the residence of Mr.. Wickham, p Van
deventer Place, where she was en-
plOyed as a dressmaker. From there
she was sent to the female hospital
and leaving there a week ago she went
to St. Johns, where she is waiting I'M
til she can secure a situation.
She was known at the city institution
and at Mrs. Wickham's as Alice Muir
riS.
The countess told the mother superior
that if her husband would send for her
she might return and this information
has been forwarded to New YOEk. The
countess.
The countess says that she left home
because of a quarrel with her husband
due to her appetite for morphine. Her
husband, she said, was to blame for
this habit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
THE VITAL ORGANS.
THE KIDNEYS ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT ExCREToRY Or
CANS OF THE BODY.
Morrow's Kidneoids are Known to Be
the Most Wonderful Remedy Ever
Discovered for the Cure of All
Known Diseases of the
Kidneys.

"A remedy that will cause apparently
dead and worthless organs to bristle
with life, health and energy and to per-
form their functions properly, is truly
remarkable medicine. Owing to the
extraordinary work demanded of the
kidneys and their natural delicacy, no
remedy can be more boon to mankind
than the one that will make the kid
neys do their work thoroughly and
without injury to themselves. That
remedy is MorrOw's Kidneoids, prepar-
ed in yellow tablet form.
Morrow's Kidneoids have demon
strated that they are the best and
most effcacious remedy in the whole
world for curing those dreadful dis
eases, produced by overwOrking and
straining those delicate organisms,
OF all organs Of the body the kidneys
have the most important functions to
perform and therefore. require the
greatest care. Like all machinery they
are able to do a little more work than is
their normal portion, but they cannot
stand this necessarily and must not be
imposed upon. They are so refined and
delicate in their structure that the least
human body is apt to produce in them
serious troubles, which, if not attend
ed to at once will lead to serious COM
pHcatfOns, resulting soon in death.
Eating too much, drinking too much,
irregular habits, lifting heavy weights.
exposing ones self to drafts and bad
weather anu a thousand ana one OJner
excuses and indiscretions affect the
kidneys, making them sick and puny
and thereby spreading throughout the
system poisons, that would in health be
thrown off
MOrrOW's KidneOids are a revelation to
the medical profession and pharmacists
both in the process of making them and
their efficacy in all kidney troubles
which they are guaranteed to cure, no
matter of how long standing. They
are as much talked about today as
were X-rays a few months ago, but the
sphere of usefulness and Importance of
Kidneoids is more reaching and effect
i've.
You can get Morrow's rKidneoids at
all dealers at so cents per box or 81. so
for six boxes Sent postpaid by the
Herb Medicine Co, Springfield, O., up
On receipt OF price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
INDIANS INVESTIGATE.
Cherokee and Other Chiefs Enroute to
Mexico to See President Diaz.

San Antonio, Tex, Feb. 25.-Indian
dian Territory passed through here to-
day on their way to the City of Mexico.
The object of their visit is to learn from
President Diaz whether he will permit
the colonization of members of their re-
spective tribes in Mexico and to invest
igate the title of the tract of 500, 900
acres of land which they contemplate
purchasing.
This land is in the states of Chihua-
hua and Coahuila, and borders on the
Rio Grande. The colonization laws of
Mexico prohibit the establishment of
any colonization composed of single ma
tional parties, and special permission
from the government must be obtained
before the Indians can be colOnized in
that country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
MUST TELL 1T ALL.
Government Employees in Trinidad
Provoked by an Order in Council

Government Employees in Trinidad
Provoked by an Order in Council
Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 25.-An order
IN council recently issued in Trinidad
has given great offence to the govern
ment employees of that colony.
1t requires them to forward to the
various heads of departments a full
and complete list of all their debts past
and present.
1t is believed that the order is prelim-
mary to radical wedding out of the
whole service of the island. An epidem-
ic of running into debt seems to have
existed in the lower walks of the civil
service of the colony and an attempt is
being made to check it,
Naturally an order of so inquisitorfal
a character has created an intense feel
ing of Indignation among the govern
ment servants, who are determined to
resist as far as possible this attempt
to pry into their private affairs. AS
Sir Herbert birmingham is equally de-
termined that the order shall be carried
out and no evasions made in the re-
turns, there is likely to be a lively
squabble in Trinidad officialdom.
The indignant employees, who appear
to have some fears as to the result of
the ordeal, are loudly calling out that
the order should be extended as well to
the chiefs of departments as to their
clerks, and contend that if this were
done, the results would be still more
sensational than they are likely to be
at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
ARRESTED THE EDITOR.
Thomas Dryer, an American, Locked
Up for Criticizing Gov. Ahuamada-

Chihuahua, Mexico. Feb. 25.-Advices
were received here today of the arrest
and imprisonment at Jiminez, this state,
of Thomas Dwyer, one of the most
prominent American business men in
northern Mexico.
It is alleged that Dwyer is a part
owner of Ell DespachadOr, a newspa-
per at Jiminez, which in it's last issue
made a slight criticism of Gov. Ahua-
mada of this state. Owing to this af-
front Gov Ahuamada is alleged to have
caused the arrest and imprisonment of
DWyer and everyone connected with the
paper who might be responsible for the
article.
Dwyer has many influential friends
among the Bexicans and Americans of
Mexico. and his case will be brought to
the attention of the proper authorities
Immediately, with the view of securing
his release.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
MAKINGMONEY AT SKAGUAY
A. T. Coslett is Keeping a Restaurant
at $3.50 a Meal

Lander, Wyo, Feb. 25.-A. T. Coslett.
formerly of this place and now of Skag-
uay, Alaska, writes friend that he is
prospecting in his new location
He is keeping a restaurant and says:
MY receipts run up to $175 a day so
you may know how many people feed
at so cents a meal. Often a Klondilxer
comes in who has not seen an egg for
two years and orders a full dozen and
will eat them all and a full order of
meat, and then wind up with a half of
a pie and then kick because a man can
not get enough to eat when he has the
money to pay for it. One man alone ate
enough to amount to $3.50"