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The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
RECEIPTS NOT TAXABLE
When Given by Depositor for Money
Withdrawn From Banks

Washington, Oct. 22.-The commissioner
Of internal revenue has materially modi-
fled the previous ruling of his office as to
the taXabilty of receipts given in banks
in lieu of checks for money Withdrawn
from deposit otherwise. In accordance
with the opinion of the attorney general
it Is now held that 4 receipt given to a
bank by a person to whom the bank is
indebted as a depOsitOr otherwise or
from whom it holds funds, is no more
subject to stamp than receipt given for
any other debt on demand.
The commissioner further says: THE
upon checks which are commercial nego-
table instruments. a check, however,
is not required to be in any particular
form. If it is in a form sufficient to con-
stitute an order for the payment of money
and assumes the character of a CONNER
cial negotiable instrument then it is sub
ject to the tax.
There is much banking done, especially
in savings banks, without the use of
checks at all, the depositor having book
in which the banks denote the amounts
deposited on one side and the amounts
drawn out on the other. OF course the
depositor in such cases draws the money
out of the bank, but he does not give
check, so if person does not give
check he does n@I have to pay tax, and
if he goes to the bank and the bank pays
him upon its dues to him and he gives
stamp; but if he issues his receipt so that
it will be good in the hands of another
person to draw upon his account for the
amount of it, then it loses the character
of a receipt and becomes check and SUBJ
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
500 MILES CUT OFF
Of the Distance to the KIondike by
the Sea Route.

Washington, Oct. 22.-The discovery
of $500 miles of additional territory of
the United States on the Alaskan coast
and of a new channel for Yukon bound
vessels, which will minimize distance,
time and danger is officially reported
to Superintendent Pritchett of the coast
and geOdetic survey by John F. Pratt,
the assistant in charge of the expedition
which has been working in those wa
terS. what the expansion of the mile
age of our Alaskan territory is due to is
not known. There is a possibility of ac-
cretfOn and constant outward growth of
the land since the first charts were
made but the better opinion IS that 1t
is due to previous inaccurate charts.
the present being the first regular and
reliable survey Of the region.
The finding of the new channel will
erect saving of about four hundred
or five hundred miles in reaching the
Yukon At present vessels destined for
the Yukon region have to proceed up
the ocean side, the long bar some %
miles off from the coast, to St. Michael,
there trans-ship to small boats which
have to creep along the coast down to
the Appoon channel, 100 miles or so be-
low St. Michael. This channel carries
the water only two feet over the bar
at low tide. The new channel just
found is the KuSlivak which will carry
eight feet over the bar at low water
and according to present expectations
will permit ships of moderate draught
to proceed directly into the Yukon from
the south and then continue up the river
four or five hundred miles to a safe
landing before trans-shipping to the
smaller boats which will go the remain
der of the way up the river. Aside
from shortening the distance this will
put the Yukon region into much closer
access from the south.
The party which has just completed
its labors for the season is now at Sc
attle where the survey maintains
branch Office. 1t consisted of about fifty
men under six officers of the survey,
the largest party ever sent out. All are
reported safe and we'll. The work of
the party was of a dangerous character.
They had to work outside the bar which
was many miles out to sea, in order to
do the sounding in the deep water. This
kept them out of sight of the coast fire.
quently. They carried two steam
launches of about fifty tons capacity
and 75 feet long.
All the information obtained will be
embodied in chart which will be ready
for the use of navigation in time for
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
COURT NOTES.

Justice Guy yesterday bound the fol-
lowing young men over to stand trial in
the district court for highway robbery.
Their names are Chas. StOwell. Earl
McCamerty, Fred and Seth ROsebrook.
On October they robbed a man by the
name of John Odum near Garfield
park.
Richard NIullis was bound over by
Justice Guy yesterday to stand trial
in the district court for robbery. Null
lis stole some jewelry from a fellow
prisoner in the city Jail
NJ. H. Jones was arrested for disturb
ing the peace of Solomon Collins and n
stead Judge Ferry fined him $40 for
beating his wife
The case of George Hill for attempt
to murder has been continued in Jus
tee Guys court till November /.
The second trial of Lena Wallace was
held before jury in Justice Chesney's >
court yesterday and for the second time
the jury failed to agree
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
DIR. BARROWS PLEADS
For the Retention of the Philippines
at the Congress of Religions

Omaha, Oct 22.-In discussing the
problem of authority in religion at the
liberal congress of religion, Rev. John
Gavelle of Appleton, Wis, challenged
the Bible as an infallible authority,
though he treated it reverently as a re-
vealing of God and an epic of man.
Rabbi Isadore Luthenwathal, of Nash
vile, spoke encouragingly of the re-
suit of the meeting of the congress in
his city a year ago, saying sentiment
there had become greatly Iiberalized.
The great theological and social prob
lem was discussed by Rev. J. w. Fris-
sell, of Eau Claire, Wis. Summed up it
amounted to an argument in favor of a
broader humanitarianism based upon a
proper conception of the Deity as a
God of love and the ethical relation of
men as being fraternal.
Imperialism had an inning when DR..
John Henry Barrows of Chicago, made
an address upon the Greater America
and her mission in Asia" He pleaded
for the retention of the Philippines as a
trust for civilization,'' declaring that
Hawaii and the Ladrones and the Phil
ippines are stepping stones for the civ
nization of Asia with American meth
DDS.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
1000 MAUSERS
Are Available Out of the Lot Cap
tured From Spain.

Washington, Oct. 22.-The board Of
officers of the ordnance department
which were directed by General FlagIer
to inquire into the conditions of the
Spanish small arms captured at San
tiagO has made it's report.
The board finds that the Spanish
arms consist of two patterns, the Span
ish Mauser of seven millimeter caIiber
and the Turkish Mauser of 7.65 nlilli-
meter caliber. The cartridges for these
arms are of course not interchange bic.
There is only a small percentage of the
latter arm, however, not enough to take
into consideration the subject of restor-
ing them for use in the army.
OF the Spanish MauserS, it was found
that about three-fourths of them could
be utilized by taking parts of the re-
mainder and supplying deficiencies in
the best arms.
This would make at a rough estimate
1000 Mausers available for use in the
army if needed.
No decision has been reached as to the
feasibility of introducing them into the
American army and it is possible that
for the present they will be held to
await an emergency.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22

Neither of these doctors told me that
coffee was the cause of the trouble.
I was compelled to give up my occu-
patton, and had been for a long time
constantly taking medicine of some sort.
The trouble was Indigestion and con-
stipation, causing loss of sleep. and run
ming me down seriously in weight.
I was discouraged with the drugging
and remained i'll until I noticed one of
your advs. about how coffee affected
some people, then thought would stop
drinking it and see If that might not be
the cause of my trouble. I took to
drinking Postum Cereal Food Coffee,
and grew to like it very much indeed.
As soon as I stopped drinking common
coffee. 7 began to get well and have in
creased in weight from 140 to 15S. Since
beginning Postum, have never taken
q pill or any kind of medicine, and I
never felt better in my life.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
QUARANTINE RAISED.
But There is Still Danger of Yellow
Fever in Mississippi

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 22.-The state
board of health in view of the fact that
climatic conditions are no longer favor
able to the spread Of yellow fever, has
issued an order removing all quarantine
restrictions on passenger and freight
and traffic in the state of Mississippi.
In raising the quarantine, the board
desires to warn the public that there is
still danger of contracting the disease
and all persons returning to infected
points must assume this risk, which,
with proper precautions, the board be-
Heves to be comparatively small. The
official report of the board for the en-
tire state shows IA new cases and three
deaths.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
OFFENDED THE QUEEN.
A Reporter Offers His Arm to
Wilhelmina and is Arrested.

Amsterdam, Oct. 22-Wh Queen
WilhelInina and her mother were about
to take a train on their return to APPEL
dOOrn a reporter, dressed in a bicycle
costume advanced and offered his arm
to the young queen. He was immed-
lately arrestd.
It was at first reported that the queen
had been assaulted and great excite
ment prevailed. It appeared later that
the reporter was subject to derange-
ment. He explained that he merely de-
sired out of politeness to escort the
queen to the train.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
A POISONED WELL
Causes the Death of Four Persons at
Aurora, Mo.

Joplin. No. Oct. 22.-Four persons have
died from the effects of drinking water
from poisoned well near Aurora. Sew
eral weeks ago a daughter of John Black,
a prominent Barry county farmer, was
taken i'll and her case was pronounced
typhoid fever. Other members of the
family became i'll and after lingering a
few days died. Mrs. Black, a son ana
two daughters succumbed to the myster-
ious ailment and John Black and another
daughter are now seriously i'll. Physi-
clans are convinced that the trouble is not
typhoid fever, but that the well from
which the family obtained their water is
poisoned. but how and by whom it has
been poisoned is a mystery.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
FITZ HAS DAUGHTER.
Champion Announces the Glad News
in q PHILADELPHIA Theater.

New York, Oct 22-"Bob" F'itzsim-
mons is the father of II pound girl
and he feel certain neither Corbett nor
any other living man could stand be-
fore him more than a minute today.
The champion was in Philadelphia
last night when he received a dispatch
from the Bartholdi hotel in this city
that he was a father and that it was a
girl. Fitzsimmons rushed out on the
stage and read the glad news to the
audience. Twelve poundsI' he cried.
The theater shook with cheers. Fitz-
simmons then took the first train for
this city Mrs. Fitzsimmons is doing
well,
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
Gibson House to Be Sold.

Cincinnati, Oct. 22.-Since the Gibson
House of this city has been in the hands
of an assignee there has been protrac cted
litigation to get control of the property
An effort to Gust the assignee was over
ruled by the insolvency court which now
has issued an order to the assignee to Of
fer the hotel for sale Bids will be open
ed for prospective purchasers November
1 by Assignee Cabel, who will report the
result to the insolvency court.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
Hutchinson, Wichita, Newton and Eel
Dorado the Towns

Hutchinson, Oct. ga meeting will
be held at Wichita in few days for the
purpose of organ zing football league
in VIII ch Hutchinson will be represented.
The scheme is to have four towns in the
league, Hutchinson, Wichita, Newton
and Ell Dorado
Twelve games will be arranged, three
at each place. Officers for the league
VIII be elected at the next meeting and
all arrangements completed.
The opening game in Hutchinson will
be played on Thanksgiving with the
Newton team, and every indication is
that this will be a red hot game
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22

the first parties going up next spring
so as to afford greater safety to navi-
cation for all that region.
The work on the chart under strict
orders that have just been given will
be pushed through with great vigor.
The same party will return to their
work next spring to complete the SUI
VeyS and the channel will be bUoyed as
soon as possible
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
Denied bv southern Pacific.

San Francisco, Oct. pa. J. Knutt-
schnitt. manager of the Southern Paci-
fee company, positively denies the re-
port that the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa
Fe has completed an arrangement with
the Southern Pacific for the use of the
latter's tracks between Bakersfield and
Mojave.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
The John Martin Sighted.

Cleveland, Oct. 22.-Word has been re-
ceived by NJ. A. Bradley of this city
from the captain of the steamer Neo-
sho, who reports at Duluth that he
sighted the schooner John Martin, which
it was feared had ben lost off Eagle
Harbor, Lake Superior. He said she
appeared to be all right and was stand
ing up well under her own canvas.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
They win Arbitrate.

New York, Oct. PA Herald dispatch
from Valparaiso. Chile, says: The Ar
gentine government has presented a
proposition to the Gillian government
to form an arbitration tribunal COM
countries to settle the Puntade Ata-
CANA question The cabinet council has
approved the idea
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
When Doctors Disaoree.

Washington. Oct. 22.-Reports having
reached the marine hospital service Of the
presence of yellow fever at Monterey, Mex
leo, the bureau today wired the American
consul general at that point for informa-
tion. The following reply was received: ::
4'Dr. Cross, a reputable physician, expert
enced in yellow fever. says yes. Other
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
MONEY ORDERS FOR KOREA
Postal Arrangements Between Unite d
States and Japan.

Washington, Oct. 22-The postofffce de-
partment has arranged with the postal de-
partment of Japan for the indirect ex-
change of money orders between this coun-
try and Korea and on and after January
1, 1899, money orders may be drawn in the
United States for payment at the Jap
anese postofhces at Chemulpo, Fusan,
Seoul. Yuensan and Mukho. in Korea and
in like manner at these Offices for pay
ment in the United States
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
Porto Rieo Con Emission orderedHome

st. Thomas. D. w. L, Oct. 22-The
United States cruiser Newark arrived
here at dawn today from Guantanamo
and left at noon for San Juan, Porto
Rico, there to embark the members of
the United States evacuation commits
sion who have concluded their work
and been directed by the navy depart
ment to return to the United States
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
Mckinley Made Execntor.

Columbus, O.. Oct. PA special from
Urbana, o., says: The will of the late
Mrs. J. P. Smith, wife of the late secre-
tary of the Bureau of American Repub-
lies. names President Mckinley Solicitor
General J. X Richards and Edward T..
Huto his as executors of the estate. The
president was warm friend of Mr. and
Mrs. Smith during their lives.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
HULL SPEAKS OUT.
He Says We Must Keep the Philip
pines.

Des Moines, Oct. 22.-Congressman
Hull, chairman of the national house
committee on military affairs said in a
speech here last night:
I'VE must keep the Philippines for the
advantage of commerce. Our stand
ing army must be increased to 100, 900
men, 40 900 for Cuba 25OOO for the
remainder for coast. defense"
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
Lillian Russell Free.

New York, Oct. 22.-The Herald prints
the following: Lillian Russell is again
free from matrimonial ties. Signor Pc
rugini, whose wife she had been since
January 21 1894. yesterday GHriday)
received a decree of divorce in the chan
cery court in Jersey City.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
implement Men Elect oficers.

Philadelphia, Oct. 22-The convention
of the National Agricultural Imple-
ments and Vehicles Manufacturers as
sociation has ended. Cincinnati was Sc
lected as the place for holding the next
follows: President, J. w. Stoddard,
Dayton, O.; treasurer F. G. Allen, and
a long list of vice presidents.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
TWO WIVES in KANSAS.
David English Confesses to
POlygamy at st. Louis.

st. Louis, Oct. 22.-David English of Jer-
seyville, Ill, has given himself up to the
police, saying that he was a polygamist.
He said he has wives living in Jerseyville,
Ill; Neosho, Mo-; Chetopa, Kan, and
Mayville, Kan. He said his conscience
hurt him and he was forced to surrender
himself
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
Bank Closed at Lisbon. O.

Lisbon, Ohio, Oct. 22.-The first Ma
tional bank of this place was closed to-
day by the directors H. J. Childs, who
has been the cashier for 20 years has
not been seen since yesterday morning.
The bank examiners are in charge Of
the institution.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22

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The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22
LOST HIS JOB.
Began to get Well When He Quit
Coffee.

You could not get me to return to
coffee after my experience. if you were
to give me a gold mine.
Two different physicians who treated
me, helped me some, but as soon as I
left off the medicine. went down again
The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22

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The Topeka state journal., 1898-10-22

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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-14

The press dispatches this morning
show Featberstone to be about 90
votes ahead of Ellerbe for Governor
but the indications are that Ellerbe
Will be elected by from 5000 to 10000
majority. McMahan leads Brown by
about 1000 majority. Floyd leads
Blythe by about 5000 majority. Gar
ris leads Thomas by about l4OUO
majority. Applet leads Davis for
Senator ll3 majority and is elected.
Woods and Jones are elected. Davis
leads Mouzon 26 majority. Wells
leads Richbourg 100 majority. This
does not include the vote Of the Fork
and New Town, which can only effect
the Auditors race.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-14
The Morality os Dancing.

Harmful? De,noraliziHg? Sinful? That
depends entirely upon the individual
and associations. Henry Ward Beecher
once said: II have numerous inquiries
as to what 7 think about church mem
bers attending theaters. To such al
ways ask, What do you think Of it your
self? If you think it is harmful, then it
is harmful. If not, under rational con-
diticns, there is no harm whatever IN
it. :" And so it IS with dancing. Those
who dance purely for the sake of amuse-
ment or for the ease and grace which
the pastime imparts to the individual
can derive no harm from it. Those who
are demoralized by dancing would be
led astray by anything else. Always
taking into consideration selectness and
respectability, dancing of itself ought
not to harm if the individual person so
wills it.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-14

cation, Auditor, Sheriff and Treas
urer, they will acqoaint themselves
with county affairs and put them
selves in a position to intelligently
work for a reduction of taxes, the i'm
provement Of the public schools, etc.
Let our delegation show their appre-
citation of the peoples confidence by
making such record as will win the
'swell done" from those who honored
them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-14

said: ''You may fool all of the people
some Of the time, and some Of the
people all the time; but you can
not fool all of the people all
of The time" P. T. Barnum
orce said that our people love
to be "humbugsed"-but this hum
buggery has come too close to every
home and ireside to be relished with
any great degree of either pleasure
or passive indifference is stained
with the blood Of our own precious
patriots, shed in no holy cause; fox
the cause was not the one for which
they enlisted-oh, no; Mark Hanna
can not beat that indea into the head
of the people whose sons have been
starved to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-09-14
The Prolonged Gath.

Modern Gicdicine says that patient
in the ST. Louis hospital was recently
kept immersed in & bathtub fer six
weeks for tic cure of large sloughing
absccss, a current OF water being con-
stantly passed through the tub. The
writer has, within the last 20 years,
treated many cases Of gangrene, crush
ed limbs, s.Cughing sores, ETC., By this
method and has found better results
than By any other. It's success is due to
the asepsis secured by the constant i'm
mersion. The presence Of large guam
tity of water IS not favorable to the de-
yelopment Of pus forming germs, so that
suppuration IS lcsSened and at the same
time the poisors resulting from the ac-
ton Of the disease germs are washed
away These poisons, when left in con-
tact with the tissues, paralyze the liv-
ing cells and destroy them, thus him
dering the -cDar;tivc efforts, but by the
constant cleansing effected by the con-
tact of water kept pure by frequent re-
newal the tissues are protected from the
toxic influence Of these poisons, and
hcalthful repair is thus promoted.
While in Vienna some y years ago
the writer found patients living in tubs
of water who had been immersed for
periods varying from six months to Il
year or more The cells Of the body are
accustomed to contact with moisture. In
this respect they may even be compared
to aquatic animals. The blood cells are
carried By current OF watery fluid,
and the tissue cells are all constantly
bathed in this fluid, so that the contact
of water with the living tissues is a
condition closely analogous to that
which is naturally maintained within
the body.-New York Ledger.