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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
ALL FAITHS ALIKE TO HIM.
Remarkable Will of Millionaire Hen
ry NJ. Tabor.

New York, Jan. 5.-One of the most re-
markabIe wills ever fled in the office of
the surrogate is that of Henry Moore
house Tabor. offered for probate today
In spite of the fact that Mr. Tabor was
president and treasurer of the board of
trustees of the First Presbyterian church,
in the opening clauses Of his will he de-
nounces all religion a sham and as hav-
ing its origin in superstition. He
quests that no services be held over his
body, and that it be cremated. Mr.. Tabor
died on Christmas eve at the age of %
years.
Two children, Sidney Richmond Tabor
and Mary Tabor, survive the testator, and
to them the entire estate, valued at over
s1.o3o.o0O is given absolutely. Fhe will is
in the handwriting of the testator and
contains the fouowing.
Believing that all religions, including
Christianity, are superstitions; that the
doctrine of the Christian rellgion-'the fail
of man'-is utterly and absolutely false
and that it's oppOsite-the rise of man
from the lower orders-is scientific fact;
that the belief in (so-called) miracles are
Authorizations of the brain and never had
the slightest existence in fact; that the
chief characteristics of what is termed
the Word of God are injustice. cruelty,
untruthfulness and obscenity: that the eff
feet of orthodox Christian teaching is to
encourage ignorance, SelhShnesS, narrow
nindedness, acrimoniousness, intolerance,
wrong and mental slavery; that Christi
anity so-called, is not the religion of
Christ; that it supplants ethical culture
and true morality with meaningless the
ology and unbelievable dogmas; that it
puts up an unknown (and probably I'M
knowable) imaginary being in the place
of nature; that it gives name and
personality to evil-an equally unknown
and imaginary being; that it So works upon
the credulity of its adherents as to invite
in them a fear of that most horrible of
doctrines, eternal punishment. I say, be-
lieving all these 1, in all kindness and
in all earnestness, request that over my
remains there be no religious service of
any kind. nature or description whatever.
Il also request that my body be Gre
mated at Fresh Pond or other crematory
and that all my ashes be left there
Mr. Tabor was director in the Hope,
Sterling Standard, Great Western, Com
mercial Mutual and Home Insurance
companies; trustee of the Manhattan Saw
ings institution. director of the st. Nicho-
las and Continental banks and the Con-
tinental Trust company; vice president of
the Richmond county Gas Light company,
president of the Northern Dispensary, a
manager and the recording secretary of
the Presbyterian hospital, president and
treasurer of the board of trustees OF the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
PASSING OF TEE BOSSES.

Whether the opponents of Senator
Mark Hanna shall prevent his election
or not, in turning down his candidates
for official positions in the Ohio legisla-
Iature they have administered a body
blow. Enough has already transpired
at Columbus to indicate that the days
of the political boss in the United
States are nearing their end.
The past few years have been disas-
trous to the bosses in politics, Republi-
cans and Democrats alike The people
have hung at their belts one after an
other, the sca1ps of David B. Hill,
Matthew Stanley Quay, Arthur P. Cor
man, Thomas Platt and they now
seem about to add to the collection that
of the arch-boss Marcus A. Hanna.
The political boss has never flour
fshed except in the east and it is clear
that his career there is about at an end.
The boss business has been tried oc-
easionally in the west but with little
success. Kansas has not been exempt
from attempts on the part of indtvid-
uals to control the politics of the state
in the interest of themselves and their
personal adherents. The man who per
haps has been most successful in this
direction in this state is Cyrus Leland.
but he too seems to have finally gone
the way of his predecessors. He is
about ready to join Hill and Platt and
German and Quay and perhaps Hanna
in that oblivion to which the outra ged
lovers of freedom and fairness have
consigned them.
The bosses all seem to fall into the
same error. While they go the peo-
pies way they are not disturbed They
ultimately become pulled up with con
ceit and apparently possessed with the
idea that they own their party and
their state. Then the people admins
ter q rebuke which drives them into OBJ
livion
While Mr. Hanna was bOssing the job
of nominating and electing Mckinley
it was all right because the people were
not averse to Mckinley but when he
undertook to elect himself to the United
States senate there was a revolt in his
own state. The people do not want
Hanna. He can hardly be elected save
by methods which have hitherto been
so prevalent in Ohio senatorial cleo
tions as to cause the state to be re-
garded as the political plague spot of
the country. The whole Hanna move
ment has too much the appearance of
an affair of barter and sale to com
mand the support Of a self-respecting
people. He has developed no more fit
ness for the senatorship than had
Standard Oil Payne or Nickel Plate
Brtce at the tine of their election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
MEDICINE FOR THE POOR.

The city council should move slowly
An the question of cutting off the supply
of drugs at the disposal of the city
physician. 1t may be that the furnish
ing of medicine to the poor people of
the city who have no money to buy is
not warranted by the ordinance pre-
scribing the duties of the board of
health, but it is justified by principles
of humanity and justice. The city of
Topeka cannot afford to have suffering
people in its borders who may be reliev-
ed. It may be necessary to use caution
in dispensing medicine, but the situa-
ton does not justify the cutting off of
the supply entirely. All the accounts
should be thoroughly investigated. how
ever.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
SHOULD SHOW APPROPRIATION.

When Mr.. Samuel T. Howe made the
statement that he regarded the whole
proceeding of dragging Mrs. c. S. SUIT
ton into court on a Festival bill as dis
graceful and rejecting no credit on the
town, he voiced the sentiment of by far
the majority of the people of Topeka
Mrs Sutton could not help but feel the
extreme unpleasantness of her position
as she sat for several hours in the jus
tiee court surrounded by the habitues
of such places, and did feel it deeply.
She could not help but feel that it was
a poor repayment for her tireiess work
through the summer arranging the
elaborate display.
Topeka owes Mrs. Sutton a debt
which it will seek to repay in some suit
able and appropriate manner at the
earliest opportunity, and steps should
be taken at once by some organization
Of Topeka citizens in this direction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
JUG CONTAINED TWO MICE.
Woes of a Woman Teacher in the
Short Grass Dry District.

The Lincoln Beacon says: In one of
the west side school districts between
Lincoln and the west county 1ine) the
school house stands on a ridge where
water has never been reached, and the
nearest well is so far away as to be
practically inaccessible with pail.
The custom has gradually become eS-
tablished in that district of each family
bringing it's own supply of water in a
jug. The school is small and by an odd
coincidence not jug of water was
brought to school one morning lately.
When the dinner hour approached
boy was sent for water with an empty
jug which had stood unused for some
time on a shelf. When he returned the
noon hour was not far off and the jug
was stood aside until adjournment for
dinner. There is a particularly we'll
bred and unselfish lot of youngsters in
that school and at noon the teacher
against her protests was given first
drink" She drank two cupsful of
sparkling, clear water as was ever tap
ped in that township. The neck of the
jug had been broken off taking with it
a small piece of the side, and as the
teacher tipped it to pour a drink for
the first pupil applying, a mischievous
streak of sunshine ShOne directly into
the jug Therein fiOated two dead mice,
which had been at first weakened and
shriVeled by starvation but were now
fat and round from an hour or more of
soak. Ina ginatiOh can do the rest for
our readers as it did for the teacher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
The Salvation Army Wins Its
Case at Hutchinson.
They Can Now March With
Horn and Beating Drum
WITHOUT PAYING TAX
Oldest Drug Firm in Lawrence
Changes Hands.
Excitement at NOrtOnvilIe Over
an Old Coffin.

Hutchinson,Ja 5.-The Salvation Army
is celebrating a legal victory here today.
For about three months the army has
been shut off Main street by city ordi-
nance placing license on all parades
Judge Simpson of the Reno county dis
trict court decided late yesterday after
noon that the city has no authority to
tax a religious parade. The decision was
given in a case brought against Captain
Hale of the Salvation Army for violating
the ordinance. Under the advice of Major
Stillwen of Kansas City the case was
appealed from police court to the dis
trict court, and it vas agreed by the army
that no parades would be made until the
ordinance was tested in the courts. The
members of the, army are jubilant over
their victory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
HOW to Prevent Pnuemonia.

At this time CT the year a cold is
its course without the aid of some reli-
able cough medicine is liable to result
in that dread disease, pneumonia. We
know of no better remedy to cure
cough or cold than Cham berlain'S
Cough Remedy. We nave used it quite
extensively and it has always given en-
tire Northumberland Ind. Ter
Chief
This is the only remedy that is known
to lie a certain preventive of pneumonia.
Among the mary thousands who have
used it for colds and la grippe we have
never yet learned Of single case hay
ing resulted in pneumonia Persons
who have weak lungs or have reason to
fear a.. attack of pneumonia should
Keep the remedy al hand. The % and
90 cent sizes for sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

First Presbyterian church, president of the
New York Cremation society. member of
the Cotton Exchange, Chamber of Com
merce, the advisory committee of the
United States Lloyds. the Union league,
Nineteenth Century and Manhatta Lib
eral clubs. the Society for Ethical Culture
and the Mercantile Library association
He was a life member of the Museum of
Natural History, the New England So
ciety, the New York Historical and the
American Geographical societies, the
Academy of Design and the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Topeka BOY IN TROUBLE.
Earl Hand Arrested at Fort Scott For
Trifing With CoIored Girls.

Fort Scott, Jan. 5.-Earl Hand, we'll
known young shoe clerk in the employ
of ]. B. Smith & Co., of this place, was
arrested late last night on a state war
rant, charging him with disturbing the
peace and assault and battery on Josie
Graham, the 13-year-old daughter OF
Policeman John Graham, colored.
The girl claims that while in the
store the young man made improper
proposals to her, which she resented.
County Attorney Sheppart at first
was Ioath to issue a warrant until he
learned that daughter of James Simp-
son, also cOlOred, made similar charges
against the young man. The accused
is about "a years old and but recently
removed to this city with his parents
from Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
MACHINES TO GO.
NickIe in the Slot Devices to be
Driven From Chics g.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-Chief Ripley has de-
cided to adopt severe methods to abolish
slot machines. He proposes to have the
license of every saloOnkeeper revoked who
keeps slot machine in his place of BUSH
ness.
Acting under the mayors instructions
Chief Ripley last evening issued the fol-
lowing order:
Jan. 4, 1S9S.-To Commanding Officers:
You will make a special detail of officers
in each of your respective precincts and
notify all saloonkeepers to remove slot
machines at once. You will recommend
to this office without delay the revoca-
ton of every saloonkeeper's license who
neglects to obey this order.
JOSEPH KIPLEY, Chief of Police
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
CHANGE of Venue Allowed.

Manhattan, Jan. 5.-The case of the
state VS. Isaac Warren, the man who
shot Sheriff Lard in October and who
is charged, therefore, with murder in
the first degree, came up yesterday in
the district court, now in session here.
Warren entered a plea of not guilty and
made application for a change of venue
on the ground that the prejudice
against him was so strong in Riley
county that he could not have a fair
trial here. The application was grant
ed by JUDGE SpiIman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Who are the unschooled gentlemen
that are hired to write the advance no
tees sent to the newspapers about the
atrical companies? Some of them are
SAID to be ex-newspaper men, but the
composition of the notices is such that
one IS led to believe that the notice
writer's are ''ex' because the newspa-
pers wouldn't have 4 ham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Pensions for Kansans.

washington, Jan. 5.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
DISQUALIFICATION Thomas, Bunker Hill.
$6;r VIM. Rohrbach, Kansas City, Sc;
Ellis Webster, Newton, Sc; VIM. Tur-
ner, 'LeaVenWorth, Sc.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS L. Davis, AnthO-
ny, IS
( Increase-Geo. F. Lewis, Wichita, IS
tot SI2; Ludwig w. Schrader, Leaven-
worth, Sc to $12; Winfield S. Bedford,
Usage City, IS to $40
Reissue-Thomas Russell, Woodruff,
81.
Original Widows, Etc-Mary J.
Young, Daley Falls, So; Mary NJ.
Clark, Wichita, IS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
KILLED 1905 RABBITS.
Garden City Hunters Spend a Day
With Good Results.

On Tuesday the rabbit hunt, which
has been on tap for a couple of weeks,
came off; ], 2O5 rabbits, several eagles,
badgers and other game were brought
in by the nimrods. OF the opening
teams the best scores were made by the
Holmes boys of the Company K team,
who brought in 14S rabbits, and Sam
Craig and r. P. Banks on the citizens
side. who took the ribbon to the extent
of 1855 rabbits.
The average for every man who car
ried a gun was about 80 rabbits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
FOR BETTER SIDEWALKS.
Women of Stockton to Make an APP
peal to the City Council.

Stockton, Jan. 5.-The sidewalks of
this city are in a deplorable condition.
A number of people during the year
have been seriously injured by falls.
At the last meeting of the Twentieth
Century club composed of some of the
best women of Stockton, it was decided
to call on the city council in a body at
its next meeting and appeal for better
sidewalks.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Sale of Leig, DRUG Store.

Lawrence, Jan. 5.-The Oldest and
largest drug store in Lawrence will
change hands today when George Leis
& Co, will turn over their business to
DR. j. H Dick & Sons. George Leis
has been in the drug business here for
IS years. having begun at his present
place in 1863 Will and Harry Dick, the
Junior members of the firm, will have
charge of the business. The latter is
county clerk here at present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Contest Gases at Mcpherson.

Mcpherson, Jan. 5.-The hearing of
the contest cases arising from supposed
irregularities in the November election
began yesterday before Probate Judge
J. w. Walker and A. c. Spillman and
c. NJ Bruce, members of the bar of this
county The cOntestors are J. W. YO-
well. fusion candidate for Sheriff, de-
feated by the Republican candidate, J.
L. Seitz. by a majority OF 81 votes, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Abilene Refunds Is Bonds.

Abilene, Jan. 5.-City Treasurer G. G.
Sterl today took to Topeka $4,000 re-
funding bonds of the city which have
been purchased by the state school
fund The bonds are refunded at 5 per
cent to take the place of per cent
bonds issued to build a city hall and
make other improvements. They are
slightly in excess of the 10 per cent
valuation limit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
kansas State Poultry Show.

Manhattan, Jan. 5.-The State Poul-
try association is giving it's annual
show here. It will continue until Sat
urday night. Many visitors from Tope-
ka, Emporia, Wichita and different
sections of the state are here. There
are in the neighbOrhOOd of 80 breeds
and about 500 birds on exhibition, val
ued at from IS to $25 each. The pre-
niums will be awarded Thursday
morning
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
GR1FF1N's NEWSPAPER DEAL

Junction City Sentinel Says he Was
There Only to Sell Books.
The Junction City Sentinel says in
commenting on the alleged purchase of
a Junction City newspaper by Albert
Griffin:
The fact of the matter is that Mr..
Griffin came to Junction City to sell
books and not to buy newspapers, and
so far as we can learn made no prop
osition nor attempt to purchase a pa
Der while here"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Coffin Find Creates Excitement.

Nortonville Jan. 5.-While moving an
old paint shop here, the workmen were
frightened nearly to death by finding
a coffin between the jOists. A crowd
soon gathered, and all sorts of senSa-
tional talk was INDUCED in. Older cit
liens, however, remembered having
seen the same kind of a coffin used here
in the early days for an undertaken
sign 1t was also remembered that the
building had once been used as an IN
da1.ta king RSta hliShnent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

The funeral expenses of George NJ.
Pullman were but $255.09 If he had
been a congressman and the govern
ment had been footing the bill, they
would probably have been ten times as
much,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Larned's Blind Jointist.

Larned, Jan. 5.-'BHnd Dick Osborn
and w H. Bevard, who have been con-
fined in the Pawnee county Jail for the
past six months for violation of the
prohfbitory law, have been released by
the county commissioners, as neither
was able to pay the costs and fine as
sessed against them. Blind Dick" is
totally blind. and has to have an at
tendant when walking on the street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

1t is now stated with much assur-
ance by knowing ones that the candi-
dates for congress in the Seventh dis
trict this year will be Long and Simp-
son. Is it possible that there are only
two men fit for congress in southwest
ern Kansas?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

w c. Rathburn, fusion candidate for
treasurer defeated by c. J. Strom-
quist, Republican candidate, by AZ
votes. 1t is claimed by the contestants
that the voters in Smoky Hill township
violated the law in using pen and ink
in the booth and also that nonresident
students at Lindsborg college were al
lowed to vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

It is being urged in defense of Pres
1dent McKinley's exercise OF the par
doning power that he has not used it as
extensively as did his immediate pre-
decessor. The presidents record for
the ten months he has been in office is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
KNOCKED TWO MEN DOWN.

Water Poured IN a Hot Pan Causes an
Explosion With Serious Effect.
A singular accident occurred in Stan
ton county Monday
Wilson Edwards COW man, was fry
ing meat for breakfast, and, after tax
ing it from the pan, followed the usual
custom of pouring in cold water. the
consequence of which was an explosion
that knocked down two men who were
standing by and seriously scalded Ed
wards about the face. neck and head
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Chicago experienced a "a mile gale
the other day and credited it to Kan
sas. The Sunflower state hasn't lost
anything of that kind recently.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Sam Jonea at Hutehinson.

Hutchinson. Jan.5.-The management
of the Hutchinson Lecture association
has secured the Rev. Sam Jones, the
famous evangelist of Georgia, for one
of his characteristic lectures at the
First NJ E. church Thursday evening,
January 14.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Having solved the Baconian cipher
Ignatius Donnelly now considers him
self competent to undertake a woman 3
mind and moods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Tabler'sN Buckeye Pile Ointment
gives instaT8 relief It allays iniam-
nation and hRaIs- It is prompt in its
action and positive in it's effect. It is
the kind that cures without pain or
discomfort. It is for piles only. soc.
Tubes. 75c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Since Ohio is not very particular
whether her senators are residents of
the state or not, she might elect some
good Kansas man to succeed Hanna.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

The number Of lives saved by the use
of Ayers Cherry Pectoral is past com
putation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-For Kansas: Part
" cloudy tonight and Thursday, with
possibly rain in southeast portion
Thursday; variable winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Judge A. H. Horton argued in the
supreme court yesterday afternoon the
motion for the dismissal of the quo
warranto proceedings against the Mu-
tual Life of New York. The court
did not pass upon the motion, which
was resisted by Attorney General
BOYLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

The Beef Steer and His Sister, the
recent report issued by the state board
of agriculture, prepared by Secretary
F. ID. COburn, has been adopted at the
Leland Stanford university in Califor-
mia as one of the standard references
for reading by the classes in the agri-
cultural department.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

A stimulant is often needed to nour-
ish and strengthen the roots and to
keep the hair a natural color. Halls
Hair Remover is the best tonic for the
hair.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Governor Bushnell of Ohio gave a.
pardon to Ralph Wintersgill, a life
prisoner, on Christmas day, which was
promptly refused. Wintersgill is now
~ years old and has served twenty
years. In declining the pardon he said
the state had untitled him for life and
that ne did not care to go back in his
old age to a world that mad forgotten
MN and preferred that the state
should continue to care for him to the
end. - -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Life seems but dreary ex-pants to
the boy who has to wear his dads made
over trousers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

It seems hardly credible that the
Hanna men are plotting so cruel a re-
venge on the opposition as the election
of Cal Brice of New York and Rhode
Island
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

Marriage Sometimes uncovers the
truthfulness of the proverb: Troubles
never come SINGLE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05
Mineral Water.

The finest in the west. Come and try
II J. W. PHILLIPS,
Gle w. Eighth St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-05

A man who was recently fined S. il
the police court, wanted premium
stamps when he paid his fine.