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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
REBUILDING NEW YORK.
Construction of Skyscrapers Still in
Full Blast to Meet the Growing
Demands of Tenants.

New York, Feb 14.-The builder is
working wonders in the metropolis 1t
is not alone in the construction of sky
scrapers that rapid advance has been
tenement house districts may be mark
ed.
Following close on the heels of the
asphalt PAYERS came the pullers-down,
tenements, with exposed plumbing,
hardwood finish and other improve
ments now stand on the site of many
old rOOkerieS. The extent of these i'm
provements on both the East side and
West side, in the most densely pOpula-
ted districts, is hardly appreciated by
the public at large, but the real estate
men and the builders know what is go
ing on, and so do the boys who do the
work.
On the lower East side the complex
ion of things is changing rapidly, and,
with easy money and low rates of inter
est, the improvements now under way
there are bound to be pushed further
than they would have been under the
conditions that ruled a year or so ago.
While the number of dwelling houses
on the market is enormous, the pro-
jected improvements uptown, especially
on beautiful Riverside drive, convince
observers that the spectators in soil,
brick and mortar feel sure of an exist
ant demand somewhere. Another fea-
ture of this species of betterment is the
gay heart of the town. 1t is said that
the building recently completed on the
southwest corner of TWenty-Sec
street and Fifth avenue is being we'll
rented, and this successfully cOrralling
of tenants has undoubtedly had it's in
huence upon prospective buyers in the
locality. Higher up the huStling agent
reports progress, but he is playing hav-
pretentiOus structure alongside the
steel-ribbed giant he represents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
HIGH KICKING IN COURT.
It Cost a Giddy New York Blonde
Five Dollars.

New York, Feb. 14.-Before Magistrate
Olmstead, in the YorkvilIe court, this
morning. could utter a warning and before
the court officials could stop her May
Stanley, blonde-haired young woman,
who had been arrested, gave an impromp-
tn exhibition of high kicking by lifting her
foot over the head of Agent Dimond of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children.
The woman, with Sarah Smith. both
young, had been arrested for refusing to
pay their fares in Third avenue cable
car. The Stanley woman is a high
kicker
The women had been drinking when
ty-first street after midnight this morn
ing. They thought to have fun with the
conductor by refusing to pay their fares
When he wanted to put them off the car
they laughed at him. and began to give
exhibitions of high kicking. Tho con-
ductor had the women arrested;
When arraigned the ViVacity of the Stan
ley woman attracted several persons
about the inner part Of the court room.
TN give you an exhibition. judge she
said and before she could be stopped she
had kicked over the head of Agent Di-
blushed and moved back into the crowd.
while Magistrate OImstead, a former pop
uIar newspaper man, said:
Young woman, you must not do that
here That is not permitted in this
place"
The Stanley woman was fined IS and her
companion was discharged. The latter
hurried out and came back in a few min
utes with the money. Both left the court
laughing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
MORMONS NOT WELCOME.
Excitement Created by Their Inroad
Into Florida and Churchmen Are
Up in Arms,

Tampa, Fla, Feb. 14.-This section of
the state is alive over the advent of a
number of Mormon elders, and the people
in the different towns have openly ex-
pressed their intention of driving the
Utah proselyters from their midst
Already from some small country settle
ments trouble has arisen over the work
of the Mormons and in two cases the
preachers were driven out of the place
under threats of whipping if they remain
ed There are number here in Tampa.
The people are somewhat excited over
their doings and are watching them close
~ L ne pastors OF the churches have
issued an address of warning against the
Mormon elders now in this locality, from
which the following is extracted:
The secular press informs us that , 600
Mormon missionaries are making their
headquarters at Chattanooga, Tenn. and
from that place as center they are 60
ing throughout our southern land to
spread their perniciOus and immoral doc
tr1nes- They are making an earnest eff
fort to establish Mormonism in Florida
and their representatives have reached
tampa and are busy among our people.
They desire the use of our churches and
1hey nave no claims upon US and deserve
no recognition at the hands of the Chris
tan public. They are enemies offour po-
ut1caI institutions, of our homes. of all
social order as well as of our common
Christianity. Their presence in a com
munity is Impeachment of its intelli-
gence and an insult to its morality. As
ministers in this city, we owe it to the
people of the community to give them
some warning
The city officials have warned many of
the elders that they are liable to arrest
on a charge of vagrancy. as they ask for
food and aid, and that they had better
move on. There is an undercurrent of
opinion among a certain element that
more stringent measures should be used
If any converts are announced it is prob
able that the elders may get into trou-
bile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14

terial, and he who enjoys a romance with
the best understanding of its truth and
its art best knows how to live and to
enjoy the story part of living.
The author then bestowed coura geOuS
criticism upon readers. He said it mat
tered more what was read than what was
written, and how reading was done more
than anything. Reading that is not as
simulated is as bad as oVereating. Reading
that does not send US back to nature
wiser, truer happier artists of living is a
mistake, he said and it means a lack of
appreciation for romance. A lack of ro-
nance in readers, he found, was a lack
of true religion. Without the romantic
idea, reading could not be rightly under
stood in science, literature, art, romance
or life
Healthful emotion, the right feelings, as
a key to unlock the chambers of the house
of life, Mr.. Gable almost deified.
Mr.. Gable expressed his disgust at daily
newspaper literature, and said if he were
the emperor of the universe he would
printed in volapuk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
WHEAT MARKET ACTIVE
Southern Kansas Farmers
Pushing Their Grain to
Market.

Wellington, Feb. 1.-THE wheat mar
lxet of southern Kansas which has been
unusually dull for several months past,
is picking up lively now and grain is
moving rapidly. The market has been
growing steadily stronger for the past
two weeks. The increase in the amount
of wheat brought in since the rains
has been very marked. This is due to
the confident feeling among the farmers
over the crop outlook for 1898.
Many farmers are disposing of all Of
their 1897 crop on the strength of the
outlook for the future. There are hun
dreds of thousands of bushels of Sum-
ner county wheat still in the bin, but
the greater portion of it will no doubt
go to the market within the next few
months. The prices being paid by the
local buyers are the highest. Good
hard wheat brings 80 cents a bushel.
There is large amount of this quality
of wheat brought in here daily.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
FOR QUEER ADVERTISING.
Deacon White Called Down by the
New York Exchange.

New York. Feb. AS. V. White, who a
little more than a month ago was rein
stated to the privileges of the New York
Stock Exchange, having failed to meet his
obligations in 1898, has succeeded in in
voking the censure of the governors
through his peculiar methods of adVer-
Using. Mr.. White has been known for
many years as t'plunger' and, while at
ness record includes three failures, with
Liabilities considerably in excess of mil
lion dollars on each of the last two Occa-
siOns- His creditors in the 1892 failure
were paid in full, as the result of lucky
speculation with funds left in his hands
by them, but those of 1898 were less for
1unate- 1t is said, however, that he has
paid more than 100000 in cash, and that
he arranged for the remainder of his OBJ
legations in a manner satisfactory to the
Stock Exchange.
1t took Mr.. White just about month
after his reinSta tement, to get fairly warm
in his seat; then he began to look around
of the leading operators the
board What he wanted was money, and
on the principle of letting his wants be
known he advertised in the newspapers
for ''thOrOughbredS'' who would put up
funds to remain in his hand for two years,
and at the end of that time he promises
10 make an accounting. He was careful
he wrote of chances of two to one that
those trusting him would be amply re-
warded. Furthermore, he was not look
ing for investors, but for men who would
take losses without ''squealing and profits
without undue exultation,' he advertised.
like the deacon's methods, and told him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
CABLE TALKS OF ROMANCE.
The Author is the Guest of the Tween
tieth Century Club.

Chicago, Feb 14-George w. Gable told
the Twentieth Century club today how to
see our life as romance sees it. It was
the fifty-fOurth meeting of the club and
was held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fernando Jones, 1884 Prairie avenue. The
house was rich with decorations of lilies
and cut flowers, and the odoz. of these
seemed in rare harmony with the mood of
the author whose talk led through i'm
aginary woodlands and fields, down dingy
lanes and into quaint gardens.
MT. Cables address was a literary con-
fidence in that it showed his hearers the
sort of living there is in romance, in writ
ing stories He got at the motive of
nance and found it to be living, and in
proportion as We learn to live in romance,
to turn from reading tales to living their
truths into our own lives, he said we
appreciate the real merits of authorship.
AS fidelity and courage form the arch up
on which all character rests. he found
that all stories of living rested upon this
twain also and, if stories like OthellO and
Lear proved exceptions, it is because they
are stories of mislivfng and their themes
are the great errors that men crystalline
in cold art but must isolate and shrink
from in living.
The best in stories, Mr.. Cable declared,
helps ones experience and lends real en-
joyment to the real days of life. Everyone
could not live a good story, but every
ones history is full of good story mat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14

On a fine autumn day in 1880, a
handsome young man on horseback
halted at a place in Westchester county
New York, where the road to Manhat-
tan Island divided. The horseman knew
that if he chose the right hand road,
he would save time but run great risk,
for he was a British officer, and the
right road was infested with vigilant
American partisans. So he turned to
the left, hoping for a safer, if longer
journey to the British lines. He fell
into the hands of three Americans,
and every grammar school boy knows
what happened soon afterward. Major
John Andre, young, brave and ambi-
tiOUs, was hanged as a spy. That was
one example of the important results
that flow from trifles. Here is another
told by Mr.. E. P. Shumy, of Lebanon
Springs, N. Y.
After an injury received while about
my business he said, Il had very Sc
we're pains in the region of my kidneys,
attended with great soreness and ten
dernesS. as well as considerable blOat-
ing of the abdomen. At times it seemed
as if there were a twenty-five pound
weight dragging down each of my hips.
One of the most skillful physicians of
Pittsfeld, Mass, pronounced mine a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
WHAT DO YOU DRINK
Many Kidney Troubles Traced to Poi
sonous Beverages-A Remedy
Discovered.

The enormous increase in the con-
sumption of all kinds of beverages re-
CARELESS of their ingredients has re
suited in a material increase in the
number of people with disOrdered kid
neys, this fact being attested by lead
ing physicians who report constant
increase in the number of patients az
dicted with this trouble.
Many of the popular drinks of the
day being composed OF essential OILS
and coIoring matter contain sediment
OF a highly deleteriOus character. This
matter lodges in the kidneys retarding
their action and making it impossible
for them to filter the blood as nature
intended. AS a result the blood is fore
ed to carry its impurities through the
system over and over again until every
function is deranged and disease takes
a hand.
It does not require a physicians
knowledge to recognize the symptoms
of disOrdered kidneys. Dull pains in
the back, SallOW skin, continuous head
ache, loss of flesh and the absence of
ambition are positive indications which
no one should neglect.
Although physicians have long realiz-
ed the growing danger of kidney trOu-
bles they seemed unable to provide an
adequate remedy, until John Morrow,
an eminent chemist. of Springfield, Ohio,
after long research succeeded in pro-
ducing. under the name of Morrow s
KidneOids, a remedy that promises to
upset all previous methods Of treating
the kidneys.
Morrow's Kidneoids are composed of
a peculiar combination of remedial
agents the full strength of which have
been concentrated in small pills. They
act directly on the weakened kidneys
eliminating all poisonous deposits,
siren gthening the tissues, recognizing
the functions. The fact that nearly all
diseases have their origin in the blood
coupled with the knowledge that the Of
fee of the kidneys is to filter the blood
of all effete matters, the retention of
which result in the most serious cOnse-
quences make obvious the Importance
of such a discovery.
The results obtained from the use of
Morrow's Kidneoids even when taken
without a physicians direction have
been so remarkable as to justify the
gratitude of the entire world being laid
at the door of this scientific discovery.
MorrOw's KidneOids are now on sale
generally.
If not to be had of your dealer, they
viii be sent postpaid on receipt of so
cents per box or boxes for 81. so by the
Herb Medicine Co, Springfield, Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14

case Of Bright's disease in its early
stages.
Il grew worse under treatment. I
was obliged to give up all work for sew
eral months. I had three kinds of med
icine, to be taken in turns, yet was not
helped by them. Finally needing more
medicine, 1 went again to the doctor,
but he was then away. I went to c. 7.
HemenWay's store and purchased bot
tie of Warmers Safe Cure. On my way
home I dismissed the doctor.
L was much benefited by the very
first bottleful, which gave a new tone to
my stomach as well as to my kidneys.
A dozen bottles gave me such relief that
I could go to bed and sleep, something
which had not been possible for num-
Der of weeks I improved gradually,
yet steadily. During my illness I lost
over forty pounds in weight, but I soon
regained it. I feel sure that I am per-
manently cured, and that there is no
lingering trace of Bright's disease in
my system"
Possibly if Major Andre had followed
the right hand road he might have been
captured and hanged anyway That is
a matter of speculation. The fact is in
the case of our friend in Lebanon
Springs, that the doctors absence led
him to try Warmers Safe Cure. How
lucky that the doctor was not at home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
INTERVIEW WITH SCHENCK
He Tells of One Case in Which His
System Was a Success.

New York, Feb. 14.-In a letter just re-
ceived DR.. Victor Neesen, a young Brook
lyn physician who is pursuing his studies
in Berlin, gives some interesting facts
about Dr. Schenck. DR.. Neesen recently
went to Vienna from Berlin to have a
talk with the man who is reported to have
discovered the secret Of regulating the sex
of human offspring.
When called at DR.. Schencks house, ;"
DR.. Neesen writes, 'I found the street
blocked with carriages of all descriptions,
from cabs to fashionable landaus. A group
of well dressed people stood on the stoop
of the house waiting to be admitted.
Many of the ladies wore diamonds and
full. There was a plentiful sprinkling of
English and Americans among them
the sanctum Of Prof Schenck. He arose,
extended his hand and babe me be seated
way of experiments, and of his joys and
sorrows. 1 then asked him if he knew
how the news of his discovery got out.
. Yes the wife of a Partisan journalist
was sent to me by her French PhyS5leIa aIl.
home. I assured her that 1 could help
her and then with my e 6ptiraLd hon IN
or a girl She was astOnished at my
question. and asked me If l was Joking
with her, when, with all seriousness L
told her that 1 was not Only half be
lieving what I said, she told me that both
she and her husband wanted a Doy- Inc
woman underwent treatment, and in due
course of time she had born to her a
bouncing boy of Il pounds weight. me
husband was so overjoyed that he told
his experience to his friends, and so II
got into the newspapers.
q Is it true2 1 asked, that your system
is mainly based regulation of the
mothers diet?'
The quality and quantity of food di-
gested has largely to do with the pro
ductfon of male or female offspring, but
just what influence this has 1 may not
say at present. When my experiments
have fully matured 1 will lay the whole
matter before the medical society to which
1 belong, and through that before the
world. 1t is not that l desire to keep
my researches secret and thus enrich my
pockets, as 1 might do. decline to say
anything now simply to protect my peace
and quiet until my experiments are per-
fected when I will give them to the world
for what they are worth
- DO you use any drugs or chemicals IN
your treatment?'
specific action on the determination of
the sex I use them simply as a means
of raising or lowering the state of the
general health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
CAPTURE OF A WILD MAN.
Fought Desperately After Having
Been Lassoed and Manacled.

San Antonio. Tex, Feb. 1.-THE mys-
ferrous wild man who lived in the woods
and terrorized the people of Nueces coun-
ty for several months past was today
landed in the insane asylum here
Several attempts were made to capture
him, but he foiled his pursuers by ms
craftiness Finally some cowboys. mount
ed on wiry mustangs hunted him down
in the chaparral and roped him. The
capture was not completed, however, even
when they hurled the nooSes Of their lar
iats over his head and frightened the coils
over his body. The wild man had her-
cuiean strength and fought despera tely:
His captors managed to get par OF
handcuffs on his wrists, but when ne
ierked his hands apart the chains con
meeting the bracelets snapped as II the
links were of paper. They put a second
pair of handcuffs on him and he snapped
Them with equal ease He was conhned
in iail at Corpus Christi until brought
here He has the strength Of a arg, glasntii
although of only medium height. his rect
and hands are small and shapely, and
his high brow and well formed head 1ndl-
cate that he was once of. fine Intelligence.
His beard reaches to his waist
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
SCALE is A MYTH.
Out of 1000 Packages of Fruit In
spected but Two Were Infected.

Berlin, Feb. 14-The government expert
investigation to ascertain whether the San
Jose scale may exist in sun-dried fruit
continues.
Consul Pitl1in reported to the United
States embassy today that out of 1000
packages of fruit which arrived at Ham
burg recently two small lots, shipped from
Infected California districts, were stopped.
No northern fruit has so far been found
infected. The lots stopped during the
past fortnight from California were So
noma apples. During the coming week
900 packages are expected. Afterwards
there will be few Struggling lots.
The government tests are quite fair.
Samples are only taken for the purpose of
examination, though the examination
takes a long time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
J. c. FULTON,
Depot Agent

Stop that barking by the use Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup. 1t arrests
the cough, allays irritation Of the
throat and relieves congestion of the
lungs in a day. It is safe and pleas
ant to take and never disappoints. 25c
and soc. Geo. w. Stansfield, 632 Kansas
avenue. and AIiller's Pharmacy, corner
Sixth and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
Cooperative Agricultural Colony.

San Antonio. Feb. 14.-About 300
American railroad. men, employed on
roads in Mexico, have organized a CO.
operative agricultural colony. The
colony will be started with a capital of
S10O. 0OO which will be invested in lands.
At a meeting held in San Luis PotOsi,
Mex. the following officers were elected:
President, D. w. Sharpton; vice presi-
dent John H. Thompson; general man.
ager. William BrCckway; secretary and
treasurer, A E. Froelick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
RATHER A DEMOCRAT
Than a Republican Governor Who
Would Sign the N. 2. Cartoon Bill

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 14-At the meeting
of the State Editorial association here
the chief interest centered in a speech
of E. H. Butler, editor of the Buffalo
News. who, in speaking against the Ellis
worth libel and cartoon bill, said: THE
bill is a damnable Outra ge. 1t is the out
growth of soured ambition and petty
spite. No governor of New York state
could sign such bill and hope for a sec
Ond term. I will say frankly that I
would support Democrat rather than
Republican governor who would sign this
bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
PULLMAN COMPANY,
It is Said, Will Unite With the Wag-
ner Concern.

New York, Feb. 14.-It is rumored in fin
ancial circles that the Pullman Palace Car
company is about to consolidate with the
Wagnes company. Robert T. Lincoln,
who is chairman of the executive commit
tee of the Pullman company, was at the
Holland House today.
Mr. Lincoln said that he had no knOWl-
edge that a consolidation of the two COM
panies was about to take place
There was also a rumOr that the Pull
man company was on the eve of distrib-
uting its great surplus to its stockhOld-
ers. The surplus amounts to nearly ST.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
NEW GOLD FIND.
Late Arrival From Alaska Reports
Rich Strikes on Henderson
Crack

Portland, Ore. Feb. III. L. Schroeder
of San Francisco who left Dawson City
December 20, has arrived on the steamer
Oregon. He reports that just before he
left rich strikes had been made on Hen
dersOn creek about seventy miles south
east from Dawson, and that additional
rich finds had been made on bonanza ana
HunlSer creeks.
He also reports that very rich quartz
lodges have been located on Stewart river
and that a party of 20, headed by an ex-
perienced mining engineer. had just left
Dawson for that location He said that
the strikes on Henderson creek were so
rich as to cause quite a stampede to that
1ocalitN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14
DISPENSARY LAW KILLED.
South Carolina Liquor Law Killed by
the Legislature.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. 14.-At the
night session of the house the referen-
dunn bill was taken up and killed by
postpOnement.
Then the house dealt what friends
declared to be a vital blow to the dis
pensary = exempted the counties of
York, Pickens and Oconee from the
operations of the dispensary laws. The
exemptions were made without a fight.
1t is feared many other counties viii
follow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-14

TabIer's Buckeye Pile Ointment re-
Iieves the intense itching 1t soothes. it
heals, it cures chronic cases when sur
geons fail. 1t is a scientific certainty.
Its sales increase through its cures, it
is no experiment. Every bottle guar
anteed. SOC. Tubes, 75c. Geo. w. STAINS
field, 632 Kan. Ave, and Miller's Phar-
macy. Cor. 9Th and Topeka avenue.