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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
SUICIDES Avn FUNERAL.
John Schrade Mourned Loss of His
Wife and Took Poison.

Newark, Dec. S.-The body of John
Schrade, who committed suicide on last
Monday afternoon at the funeral of his
wife, was borne to Woodland cemetery
today in the same hearse that carried
his wife's body and buried. Schrade
lived at No. 361 South Eighteenth street
He was a devoted husband, and when
his wife died refused to be consoled.
At the funeral he stole upstairs. His
youngest son was sent after him, to tell
him that the body was about to start
for the cemetery. The lad neglected
his errand and an older son knocked on
the door of the room where Schrade was.
There was no response. He pushed
open the door and saw his father with
ing on the bed. On a chair was glass
which had contained a mixture Of water
and paris green.
Hastily informing the undertaken that
his father would not go to the cemetery
the young man summoned a doctor
Before the physician arrived Schrade
was dead.
Meanwhile, not knowing that a sec
ond death had occurred, the mourners
proceeded to the grave. When the
mourners returned they were Mortified
to learn of the suicide.
Before the death of his wife Schrade
said to friend:
After my wife dies, I shall be dead,
too. Even If live it will be a living
death"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08

was adhered to by a majority of the
ladies. The young women do not seem
to take to the move with as much favor
as the older ones, and several of them
made themselves conspicuous by crowd
ing into the back pews rather than re-
move their hats. It is expected how
ever, that the reform will be adopted
by all as soon as it is found to be
great convenience to those who attend.
This is the first church here to adopt
this movement.
Rev. Mr.. Forkel was formerly of the
Rock River conference and came from
Chicago. taking charge Of the church
here October 16. The number of per
sons who attend service at this church
each Sunday is about $50.
The new pastor has also instituted the
plan of raising all money for the ex-
penses of the parish and his salary by
subscription and weekly payments, and
has done away with fairs, suppers and
boat rides as a means of raising money.
This plan is workin to the satisfaction
of everyone in the church
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
MINING ON ALARGE SCALE.
Interesting Operations Undertaken in
the Pande Basin.

Washington, Dec. 8.-One of the most
interesting mining operations ever I'M
dertaken is to be pushed in Alaska
next summer. The Pande basin is sit
uated on Baranof island, about ten miles
east of the town of Sitka. The area of
the basin is about 100 acres, being about
one mile long by a quarter of a mile
width. A company under the name of
the Pande Basin Gold Placer company
has been formed in the city of New
York, and is now busiIy engaged in
opening up this basin. A 6-foot wagon
road has just been completed at a cost
of S17 ,000 and forty men are now en-
pIoyed on the development work, such
as sinking shafts and driving a tunnel,
by which it is proposed to lower lake
(Which is part of the basin) about so
feet. The cost of tapping this land
is about SIS, 600. A small prospecting
mill has been erected and a thorough
test will be made during the coming
winter.
Assays of the auriferous sand and
samples of surrounding quartz lodges
have averaged $40 a, ton, while single
specimens have assayed, one as high
as $500 to the ton. It is estimated that
there are4O. 000, 600 tons of sand, 1900 feet
at an average width of feet. Gen.
Henry I. Wiley, of California, is the
mining engineer who is planning and
conducting these operations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
Atchison SCHOOL AfGairs

Atchison, Dec. S.-The public schools
Of Atchison will close for the holiday
vacation on Friday, December %, and
Will not reopen until Monday, January
9. The board of education fixed these
dates at its meeting last night. There
was talk of opening the schools on
Monday, January 2, but it was decided
to run them a week later in the spring
and extend the holiday vacation to two
weeks, and besides, it takes more coal
to heat the buildings in January than
it does during May. The board recon-
mended that the plan of continuous
sessions be tried the schools to run I'M
til 1 p. m, and to then be dismissed for
the day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
BOY TIRES OF LIFE.
San Francisco Lad Tries to Suicide by
Asphyxiation.

San Francisco, Gala, Dec. Scarf
Smith, a 16-year-old boy, attempted sui
eide yesterday in a lodging house in this
city. He had narrow escape, being
discovered just in time.
I'll tell you how it was" he said to
a reporter. It hadn't any work and
couldn't get any. My money was al
most gone, and in a day or two I'd have
been on the streets. I couldn't beg and
the teachings of my mother wouldn't let
me steal No; couldn't descend to be-
come either a bum or a thief. thought
it all over, and came to the conclusion
that a person who didn't work and sup
port himself had no right to live. Last
week I made up my mind I'd have to
die and I bought a 22-caliber pistol, but
somehow couldn't use it. Perhaps you
think because I'm only 16 that I don't
know anything about what they call
the problem of life; but do. I've stu
died it all out by myself Life is the
worst sort of a farce. I was afraid the
gas would escape so I stuffed paper in
the HeyhOle. Then on went the gas and
I went to bed, as I thought, for my last
sleep. But here I am alive yet and now
there'u be more struggling and discour-
ueutS.'
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An Ardent Lady Admirer of
Congressman Simpson
Teaching School In the Town
Of Golden, Grant Co.
WAGERED 1000 KISSES
Against Thirty Head Of Steers
Worth $1,000.
That Simpson Would Win =
To Collect In InstalIments.

Dodge City, Dec. s.-Out in Grant
county, which is one of the thirty-six
counties that go to make up the big
seventh congress district, over which
jerry Simpson and Chester L Long
nave SO bitterly contested for the past
few years, there is situated at the juno
tlon OF the north fork of the Cimmaron
RIVER ana Prairie Dog Creek the little
town OF Golden. Golden is not what
could be r1ghtfully called PROSPEROUS
village, nor was it expected it would
pc when first settled; it consists of one
general merchandise store, postoftice
and a few dwellings. The inhabitants
OF the surrounding country are mostly
[a4GhIneh ana cowboys who center at
GoIden Tor the purchase of supplies
1t was Miss Lucy Withers, a resident
OF Golden, who brought this isolated
prairie town to the attention Of the pub
lie. Miss Withers is a comely woman
OF some twenty summers, a schoolteach-
er, and lives with her widowed mother
she has always been a. great admirer of
jerry Simpson from Medicine Lodge
ana never loses an opportunity to cham
pion his cause
a few evenings before election there
was social gathering in the nejghbor-
Eood' ana 1t was during this time that
Miss Wfthers and a, young and well-to-
90 ranchman, by the name of Harold
owens, took opposing views on the po-
ntlcai situation. The young teacher
questioned Mr.. Owens as to the depth
or MS faith in his candidates election
and whether or not he was willing to
wager some of his possessions to show
his confidence This was somewhat of
a setback for the young ranchman but
he informed her that he had thirty of
the finest steers that ever grazed in
Grant county, all of which he valued
at $1,000, and which he would bet that
MT Long would be elected to congress-
What have you, Miss Withers. to
snow your faith in the return of SirnD-
son to congress?" asked the ranchman.
Now, the teacher owned no steers
neither had she anything equivalent to
thirty head of cattle, but she determ-
ined not to be Outdone. She hesitated
a moment and said:
7 will wager you 1000 kisses at 81
each against your steers that Jerry
Simpson wins"
The young ranchman had civilized
buchng broncOs, mastered the Iarfat
and many other difficult feats in a
ranchman's life, but this offer was the
most perplexing proposition that had
ever been handed him. There was some
thing fascinating about the collateral
offered, and he replied:
4 will accept with the understand
ing that in case I win you allow me
to collect my winnings the Install
ment PLAN
You may suit your pleasure about
Then it is an agreement and our
listeners are the Witnesses
Harold Owens says he will collect
twenty kisses a week until the oE5lfga-
ton is cancelled.
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AGAINST SPARROW BOUNTY
Nashville, Ill, Authorities Make It
Unlawful to Kill the Birds

Nashville, Ill, Dec. SIN the opinion Of
Mayor Zeigler and the board of aldermen
of this city, the state law providing that
a bounty be paid for every English spar
row killed during the months of Deem
Der, January and February, is an exceed
ingly unwise statute, and by the enforce
ment of the city ordinance, which was de-
cided upon at the December meeting of
the council, an attempt will be made to
check the slaughter of the birds.
The ordinance provides that it shall be
unlawful for any person to discharge a
firearn, cat rifle or f'nigger shooter upon,
into or across any street, alley or public
or private premises; When the law pro
passed it was generally thought that the
birds were a menace to the farmers crops
and destructive to property, but this belief
has changed. 1t is now known that they
are great enemies of destructive insects.
The state of Illinois has paid out thOus-
ands of dollars in bounty since 1890 and
yet there is no perceptible decrease in the
of the birds.
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CHURCH DEBT PAID OFF.
Claim of $4,000 Removed by the Ac-
tivity of Salina Pastor.

Salina, Dec. s.-There has been a debt
of $1,000 on the Congregational church
for the past four or five years The
new pastor soon concluded that the
first essential to the success of the
church was the extinQuishment of this
heavy debt. On Sunday morning, Oc-
tober 2, he first preached the subject to
the congregation, and so hearty and
generous was the response that before
the day had closed more than 81, 100 had
been subscribed. Since then the matter
has been pushed and during the latter
part of last week the 81, 400 was reach
ed. OF this amount fully S2,250 has
been paid in cash, and on Friday last
Mr.. Burhans drew a check for $1,000
and paid off the mortgage.
On next Sunday the church will hold
a grand jubilee. to celebrate the lfquI-
dalton of the debt, to which it invites
all its friends. A very appropriate and
interesting programme has been pre-
pared. Rev. L. P. Broad of Topeka
viii be present and viii deliver the
morning address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
coAL rs Inv BIG pEMANp.
Mines of Kansas and Missouri Work
ed to Full CAPACITY.

Pittsburg, Dec. 8-The coal mines in
this city are buster this winter than
they have ever been before, and the
prices the operators are getting is
yielding them a handsome profit Every
mine in the coal district is working a
large force of men, many of them keep
ing both day and night shifts at work
Nothing like the present demand for
coal was anticipated, and as a result
the coal operators were not able to fill
all the orders they have received. It is
now known that the coal miners strikes
in the east have created a large field
of business for the Kansas miners. On
account of the large orders to fill for
dealers in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Mis-
souri, and Iowa, the operators have not
been able to let Pittsburg dealers and
the dealers in nearby towns have a suf-
ficient amount of coal Coal sold for
and 10 cents per busheI here in Pitts
burg since the cold weather began This
is 4 cents higher than it usually sells
for in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
KILLED TWO BUSHELS OF FISH
Emporia Rogues Using Dynamite on
the Cottonwood River.

Emporia, Dec. 81. E. Hinshaw was
in this city this week with blood in his
eye. Some one has been killing his fish.
He found two bushels of dead fishes of
all sizes on the rifles of the Cottonwood
river on his farm. They had been kill
ed by dynamite. They had been killed
in the day time, and the party who
killed them had intended to return at
night and get them. The fish were
killed in deep hole in the river be-
tween two rifles and they had hoated
down onto the lower rifle"
Mr.. Hinshaw said that certain par
ties had been killing his fish for some
time, and that several buggy loads of
said fish had been brought to town
here by persons living here. He re-
ported the affair to Fish Warden New
ton, and the latter is investigating the
matter today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
ROOSEVELT TO CHICAGO.
Invited to Attend the University of
Chicago Convoeation.

Chicago. Dec S.-Governor-elect Theo-
dore Roosevelt Of New York will proba-
bly, be the speaker at the coming convo-
January 2. He has been invited to make
the address. but has not yet given an an n
permitted to choose his own subject for
the occasion, but will be expected to speak
upon some phase of the Spanish conflict.
has spoken to a University of Chicago au-
dience- Once while at the head of the
New York police he gave a talk before a.
student mass meeting on Success in
Politics" 1t was at this gathering, which
is a memorable one at the university, that
a bright man of the institution sprung the
slogan which is given at the mention OF
the name of Roosevelt at the university
It is a revision of the. cry about Washing
ton given in answer to the trite question,
in peace and first to reform the New York
T0Ifce''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
CHICAGO NEWS PRovERRs.

Money talks. but it never gives itself
away.
Many noted men are lost to sight
after an election.
Only the man with a little head brags
of his small feet.
The man with numerous good points
IS more OctagOn than square.
Throwing mud at a good man only
results in soiling your own hands.
The more glasses a man looks through
the more strange things he can see.
Experience is teacher of mankind,
and some men will learn Of no other.
It was probably the one touch Of ma
ture in Adam that made the whole
world kin.
About the only difference between
marbles and billiards is in the age of
the players.
Some pugilists are heavy-weights,
some are Iight-weights, and the major
ity Of them are long-waits.
Wise is the individual who can con-
dense a peck of trouble so that it VIII
go into a quart measure.
A matrimonial agency offers to sup
ply any man with a. wife for 50. 1t
costs less to get into trouble than 1t
does it get out again.
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ABUSE OF THE KAISER.
Details of the Alleged Crime of Lese
Majesty by an American

London, Dec. S.-"If had the kaiser
here I would tell him he is a schaff-
skopf'
Literally this is sheephead. but col
loQuiaIly it is synonymous with donkey
Such is the offensive remark for which
Paul Knaak, an American citizen, is
confined in MOabit prison, Berlin, on the
charge of lese majesty.
So writes a Berlin correspondent, the
rigorous press censorship rendering it
impossible to send full details by tele-
graph. Knaak was in a restaurant, and
in a loud voice drew a contrast between
the German andAmerican governments,
greatly to the advantage of the latter.
When warned by his neighbors that
sighting remarks of the kaiser were
dangerous he replied as stated above.
He continued:
For the old kaiser I had every re-
spect, but I would box the present
kaiser's ears just as I would anyone
eIse's. The kaiser is a lehman" This
is a term of peculiar opprobrAum in
Berlin meaning vulgar and low. There
upon the police were called, and Knaak
was taken to the station.
Dr. Schwindt, his lawyer, says
Knaak's defense is an absolute denial
Of all the knowledge OF the remarks
sscrtbad to him. as he was intoxicated.
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FREAK MAGAZINE.
It Caters to Tastes of Rheumatics and
Gout Victims.

Paris, Dec. S.-The Revue des Rheuma-
tisants is the latest freak of French jour-
nalistic enterprise. Alexandra Hoppe,
having learned from experience that suf-
ferers from govt and rheumatism delight
in discussing their maladieS, aims at util-
izing this idiosyncrasy for a magazine It's
object is Ito amuse, and, if need be, cure"
those for whose behOOf it is issued
Contributions have been forthcoming for
the first number from among the most
Francois COppee, Aureltan Schou, Armand
SyIvestre, Leon Daudet, Marcel Provost
turists. who have all rushed to disclose
their rheumatic woes.
The correspondence columns, where the
afflicted are invited to describe remedies
and symptoms, promise to be special
feature, as already one has suggested ant
baths and another wasp stfngs as the
only genuine panacea for rheumatic tor
lures.
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SHE DIED FROM GRIEF.
Milwaukee Woman Will Be Buried
With the Husband She Mourned.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. S.-Death from
a broken heart claimed Mrs. Josephine
Dohmen, an aged woman, at her home
in this city last night.
With her dead husbands body in the
house, Mrs. DOhmen endeavOred to Sc
cure a little rest in preparation for the
ordeal of the funeral, which was set
for today. But the burden proved more
than she could bear. and, alone in her
room, the woman was stricken with the
attack that ended her life.
The watchers over the husbands body
were summoned at the midnight hour
to the bedside of the dying wife, and
instead of one funeral the two, who
were so much to each other and whom
even death could not keep apart, will
be laid away at the same time, side by
side
Shortly before midnight the son, W.
T. Dohmen, heard a cry in his mothers
room, and, quickly summOning her
nieces, who We're in the house, he has
tened to the apartment.
Mrs. Dohmen was in distress and
complained of a peculiar ache in her
heart. A doctor was summoned, but he
had scarcely reached the house when
Mrs. Dohmen sank back and quietly
passed away.
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To Stop Sunday Liquor Selling.

Atchison, Dec. 8.-The city has a plan
to completely stop the sale of liquor on
Sunday. 1t is to place q small con-
tingent fund at the disposal of the po-
lice department to be used in the en-
ployment of a special officer to watch
the saloons. The special officer is to
appear in citizens dress, and is not to
be known as an officer. If he reports
a saloon did business on Sunday, the
proprietor is to be arrested and sub
jected to an additional fine for week
day sales. In this way the special officer
will never be known, and a good re-
liable man can be secured.
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president.

If poverty and hard times breed Pop
ulists as has been often asserted, Mas
sachusetts must be in a bad way, since
socialism is nothing more than Popu-
1sm in an aggravated form. If the Bay
States poor toilers in cotton mills and
shoe factories will but make their needs
known, Kansas will be pleased to sup
ply them from her abundance of the
good things of earth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08

His first consciousness of his position
was when he found himself in the police
station. His conviction is tolerably
certain, but the plea of drunkenness
will be held as an extenuation. He is
liable to punishment by imprisonment
for two months or 1--WE years. Tt is ex-
pected that he will get six months, and
be baniShed on his release from prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
Not Reported by a Caldwell Physi-
clan Cause His Arrest and Fine.

Caldwell, Dec. S.-Dr. Weeks of Cald-
well, was fined SO and costs, aggregat-
ing $50, in Justice Chaddon's court last
evening for violating the state health
laws in refusing or neglecting to re-
port births and deaths.
The complaint was sworn to by
County Health officer Martin. Sheriff
Heskett made the arrest yesterday and
took the offending physician to Well
lngtOn yesterday Weeks paid the fine
and costs and returned home. He is
a specialist and his home as in Cali
fornia-
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attach his suspenders to his panta1oons
with a nail.
Men never knew whether whisky is
good or bad. f. NJ Baker recently re-
ceived a present Of a five gallon key Of
whisky from a friend in Ohio, and dis
tributed it among his Atchison friends.
They say it is either the best or the
worst whisky they ever tasted, they
are not certain which.
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Hutchinson Poultrv Show.

Hutchinson. Dec. 8.-Neat pamphlets
have been published by the South Gen.
trail Kansas Poultry and Pet Stock as
sociation announcing its third annual
exhibit in Hutchinson. The date of the
exhibition Will be December 20 to "A,
and the entries must be in by the goth
Mr.. Geo. c. Reitz of this city is secre-
tary Of the association, and the judge
will be F. H. Shellabarger, of West
Liberty, Mo.
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Since Senator Hears state has begun
electing Socialists to office, he has be
come something of a kicker himself and
is showing a disposition to object to
anything and everything. Besides op-
posing territorial expansion he objects
to the appointment of United States
senators on commissions named by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08

"a newspaper estimate of RockefeI-
1er's fortune makes him worth 1885,, OO0,-
900. with a probability of a billion be-
fore he dies. These estimates are not
worth a fig. Big fortunes dwindle IN
der the hand of administrators and ex-
ecutors.-Commerci Tribune.
Also under the hand of the assessor
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WILL HELP AToHIsoN.
IndustriaI Oonnissioner Davis of the
Santa Fe, Makes Some Promises

Atchison, Dec s.-Industrial Commits
sfoner Davis, of the Santa Fe has been
in Atchison for a few days and was in
consultation with the committee OF 40.
He refuses to build the switch to the
vftrified brick works, but says his COM
pany will supply rails for the purpose
at S12 a ton, and haul the necessary
material at half regular rates. In adj
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08
WESTERN KANSAS FARMERS
To Push Their Fight Against Colo
RADIO Irrigators Who Tap
the Arkansas.

Wichita. Dec. 1.-THE decision Of the
federal court in wyoming in the How
ell-Johnson case has stirred up this
farmers in the Arkansas valley and
they will push their case against Col
orado irrigators for taking water from
the Arkansas river in Colorado. Kansas
farmers claim a prior right for sub-ir-
ripatiOn
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That General Miles keeps an eye on
the main chance is evidenced by his in
cooperating in his army bill a. provis-
aon for the establishment of the rank
OF general
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HATS OFF AT CHURCH.
Women of a Green Bay Church In
augurate Reform

Green Bay, Wis, Dec. Sat the re-
quest of Rev. w. NJ. Forkel, pastor Of
the First Methodist church, the ladies of
that church have instituted a reform
looking to the removing of their hats
during service, in order that the people
who attend may see the preacher at the
altar and in the pulpit to better advan-
tage. Not being a rule of the church,
it is optional with each lady to join or
Sunday the rule was in vogue and it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-08

Let the east no longer point the fng-
er Of scorn at Kansas. Staid old Hav-
erhill. Mass, the birthplace of John
James ingalls, has elected a Socialist
mayor. Kansas may be Populists but
they are not Socialists: no. they are not
that bad-not vet