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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20

The only involuntary muscle com.
posed of red or striped fbers is tia
heart.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20

From and after this date, all hunt
ing OF any kind on my place, Pinedsl,
formerly owned by J. s. Griffin /
positively prohibited under penaltf i
tfespsss. Any one found on this plaa
without permission will be considered
trespassing and prosecuted to the iuD
extent of the law.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
Warming.

The public is warned Against bu,in
fire wood,posts or timber from tens,,,
on Rosedowp, Texas and Hazlevo i,
plantations. JAS p Row.,s 0
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20

From and after this date, allhuuI;n,
OF any kind on my places, Solitude ~
Swamp Tract is positively prohibjtI
under penalty of trespass. ANY ri.
found on these places without psrm;,.
sion will be considered trespassing mi
prosecuted to the full extent Of Il,
law. W r svmr \
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-08-20
PRESENTS
@~FOR THESE
HOLIDAYS.

We have presents for Mother, Faith.
er, Daughter, Son, Sister, Brother,
Sweetheart, Lover, Uncle, Aunt, OF
Cousin. we have presents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
FROM EMPORIA.

Engineer Fac Merideth is taking the
Howard branch run in the absence of
Bert Monroe.
w. n. Brun and Harry Jones, engine
inspectors, have traded places. Brun
works day times and Jones at night.
Jot Lightner is working today as as
sistant general yard master.
The headlight lamp on engine 2274 ex-
ploded last night. The headlight was
considerably damaged, but no other
harm was done.
Will Roberts, Gene Snyder and Nor
man Evans have been transferred to
the night run.
c. o. Jones and w. D. Case have gone
to work as Wipers.
F7iremen Avery, Cooper and Keeps, of
Wellington, have been transferred here
for service.
Oscar Doty, Arthur Stanton, Henry
Rosenberger, all night men have been
assigned to day work. Rosenberger
will be assistant hOstler, Stanton, fire
knocker; DOty, engine herder.
Gordon Griffith has gone to Winslow,
Ariz.
Engineer Sanborn has gone to Okla
homa to attend a lawsuit.
The following are off duty: Conduct
ors Finney, Lambert and Plummer;
Brakemen SeidIe, Gallagher, kirkland,
ConIey; Engineers Kennedy, Moody.
Trunpaugh, Wilcox; Machinist Con-
lon; Firemen Lancaster, Carter, Mauck
and Chas. Hunter
Conductor Crowder is sick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
RAILROAD NEWS.
Rock Island Improving It's
Kansas Branches.
Has Completed 25 Miles Of Bal
last Out of Clyde
WITH so POUND RAILS
Will Relay BellevilIe & Omaha
Division In the Spring.
Are Spending Several Thousand
Dollars at BelIeViIleo

Belleville, Dec. 3.-The Rock Island
has nearly completed 25 miles of new
baIlasting between Clyde and Mankato,
besides renewing 25 miles Of their old
work between those places.
The stone crusher at Montrose which
has been furnishing most Of the Rock
Island ballast, has shut down for the
winter. Next spring it will start up
and furnish the ballast for the track
west of Mankato.
John Fitzgerald of Fairburg, Rock
Island roadmaster on the BelleVille and
Omaha division, has been visiting Rock
Island boys here. He says the compa-
ny will relay most of his division next
spring and summer with 80-pOund
steel rails instead of the 60-pound rails
now in use.
The Rock Island is expending several
thousand dollars on their new improve
ments in BelleVille A brick freight
depot, 24x64 feet is being built, house
and elevator tracks are being moved
and heightened out, a brick passenger
platform will be put down, the Dinner
a park about 500 feet long and 100 feet
wide will be added, which will be pleas
ing to the travelling public. In the
spring grass will be sOWn and flowers
and shrubbery set out.
A prominent Rock Island man says
that he believes if the people of Belle
vile will put in a never-failing water
plant and tender the company the free
use of water it won't be long before
they move their Fairburg division to
RelIeVilIe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03

mules and he believed the prices paid to
nave been reasonable, the average price
On one occasion the department had re-
Jected bids in St Louis and had gone into
rate than the bids Specified.
He said that contracts for railroad
transpOrta ton were made in Chicago, St.
Paul and other centers before the begin
ming OF the movement of troops. The prices
secured were lower than ordinarily given
to individuals, but it had been found i'm
possible to get competitive rates from the
officers in the field had not secured as low
rates as he had considered possible. and
in such instances he had interfered, gem
orally with the result of getting better fig
had been secured where possible, and in
all cases a seat for each soldier was OBJ
tanned. In some cases regular sleepers
were substituted for the tourist cars. AS
a rule the railroad companies had been
prompt in responding to the terms of a
contract, but in some instances in the
south there had been some delay in the
matter of equipment
Wilson Colonel Bird explained the diff
Guilty in in getting troops from Tampa g2i. to
the fact that the Plant system, which
controlled the only line from Tampa to
Port Tampa, wanted to cut out the Flor
ida Central road from carrying any of the
goYer1 IN tr09{ps or s4pR9hes; and IN
high rate on shipments between the two
The congestion at Tampa was due to
the fact that more supplies were sent to
tnat point than c0uld pc nandIeu- Wnen
was issued for the marking of the cars
and a quartermaster agent was sent
with each car. In most cases it was i'm
possible TO send bills. of fading.
Colonel Bird said that he and the .secre-
tary of war had co-operated together in
chartering vessels for water tranSpOrta-
ton. In some instances it had been nee
essary to be quite arbitrary in securing
vessels. Mr.. Clyde of the Merchants
and Nillers line had held out very siren
uousIy on the plea that the vessels were
needed i'll his own business. The rentals
paid for the chartered vessels were con-
sidered very low, the rate being, 10 cents
per gross ton per day vessels of 5000
tons and over, but during the latter part
of the war it had been necessary to in
crease the rate.
Colonel Bird also said that the trans
ports occupied between Tampa and San
tiagO had been fitted up only to carry the
men and supplies to Havana, and this was
the reason they proved inadequate for a
trip of much longer duration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
FROM DODGE CITY.

Several Brooks engines have arrived
for this division.
The chain gang men are still making
every day over the road.
Pete SEYMOUR has been running the
switch engine during the rush.
= Chas. F. Helm, L. T. Sears and T. H.
Traynor are the latest additions to the
list of extra conductors.
Conductor Conrad has been laying
off a few days and extra Conductor
foreman took his car out.
Mrs. G. H. Wrighten, wife of Engin-
eer Wrighten, is spending a few days
among friends in Newton.
Conductor Harbst laid off for one
trip this week, and extra Conductor
foreman took his car out.
Conductor McElwain was off for one
trip Sundey and left his car in charge of
extra Conductor Weber.
Engineers John Shaw and J. H.
Baldridge have been sent from Pueblo
to Dodge and placed in the pool out of
here.
Conductor F. NJ. Pope and wife have
been in town a few days arranging to
rent their house. They are well salts
fed with Denver.
Supplement A to time table No. 8
went into effect Sunday but did not
make any change at Dodge City except
in No. 4, which will arrive at 11:20 a.
M, western time. instead of 1910 a. m.
Commencing Monday last the local
has been put in chain gang. The crew
going out of here on No 81 will stay at
Coolidge all night, and take No. So into
La. Junta, and take their turn out there
in chain gang.
F. c. HasbrOuck, foreman of the San
ia Fe shops here, is about to be trans
ferred to a similar position at Ration,
N. NJ and Mr.. Hood of Trinidad, will
take the place of foreman in these
shops Mr.. Hasbrouck has many
friends who regret his leaving.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
WANT PENSION MONEY.
Inmates of the Soldiers and Sailors
Home at Erie, Pa. Complain.


Philadelphia, Dec. 3.-State Senator
Perry A. Gibson of the Erie county dis
trict today met Governor Hastings by
appointment and laid before him
lengthy petition which the senator had
received from the inmates of the sold
iers' and sailors home at Erie, Pa.
The petition prayed the senator to
take steps to recover for them pension
money which they had received from
the national government and which
they aIlege has been illegally taken
from them by the trustees of the insti-
tuition at Erie.
The petition is signed by 100 inmates
of the home, who allege that an aggre-
gate of $402 per month is taken from
them, and that the amount taken from
the inmates of the home since 1885, in
which year it was organized, aggregates
nearly 800 900, and is being added to at
the rate of $4,000 per year.
The method of taking this money from
the old soldiers, the petition alleges, is a
rule adopted by the trustees of the insti-
tuition which compels the inmates to
turn over to the home all pension money
received in excess of 81 per month, on
penalty of discharge.
The petitioners say they are informed
of Louis Wagner of Philadelphia, treas
urer of the board of trustees of the
home, and that it is used in extending
relief to dependent relatives of pension
ers in the home. The petitioners say
they have no dependent relatives and
that their money is taken without any
apparent design of using it for any such
purpose, either for the benefit of the
home, relatives or inmates themselves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
The Severity of this Dis
ease Increases Each
Winter.

Though the disagreeable effects Of Ca
tarrh are felt all the year round, cold
and unpleasant weather aggrRyates
the disease and it is during the winter
season that its severest form is felt.
Each succeeding year seems to in
tensify the disease, so that it gradually
fastens its hold upon the sufferer with
q grasp that becomes hrmer each sea-
son.
Catarrh often appears as only cold
at first, and is hardly noticed But
gradually the cold returns, and it is
more difficult to cure, and stays longer
than formerly. These symptoms can
not be mistaken; they mark the first
appearance of = disease that will de-
velop in severity and stubbornness, and
which it is impossible to cure with the
local treatment of sprays, washes, and
similar applications. Being a disease
of the blood, only a blood remedy can
have the slightest effect upon it. S.S.S.
(Swift's Specific) is the only cure for
Catarrh, because it is the only blood
remedy which goes to the seat of all OBJ
Etinate eases, and forces out the disease.
Mr.. T. A. Williams, q leading mer-
chant of Spartanburg, s. c., writesI
''For four years I had nasal catarrh,
and though the case was a mild one at
first, it was not long until noticed that
it was gradually growing worse. OF
course l was under treatment of first
class physicians, but their remedies
were applied locally, and the Catarrh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
DIVORCED AND WED
In Is Minutes-This Included Court
ship, Proposal of Marriage
and Acceptance.

St Louis, Dec. BIN Judge With
rows division of the circuit court today
Mrs Minnie Schilling, % years old and
pretty, obtained a divorce from Conrad
SchilIing. Before she stepped out of the
court room Harry J. Holiness of Ball
ston N. Y, who heard the proceedings,
rushed up to the young woman, renewed
an acquaintance of long standing and
proposed matrimOny on the spot. He
was accepted with just as much rapid
ity, and the couple went to the mar
rage license office.
After producing a dollar and getting
the coveted document, they marched to
Judge HaughtOn's office, where Mrs.
Schilling promptly became Mrs. Holl-
ness. The whole thing was done in less
than Is minutes after the divorce de-
cree was read. Even the marriage Ii
cense clerks, used to hasty weddings,
were astoniShed at the celebrity dis
played by this couple.
Gladys Rose, the 3-year-o1d daughter
of the bride was with her. and as soon
as the knot was tied the alert bride
groom picked up his stepchild and
walked off with his little family in
conscious pride.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
A BRADSTREET REPORTER
Got into Trouble and then Got Out
Again with no Harm Done.

Perhaps your company would be in
terested in knowing something of my
experience with coffee drinking For
a long time there was no pleasure in
my breakfast, for Immediately after
eating it I was in pain, suffering from
indigestion, and generally became so
sick to my stomach that I was COM
PEELED to throw part of the breakfast
up.
I did not know what the cause Of the
trouble was until one of my friends who
had been affected in the same way told
me that he had got entirely over his
difficulty by quitting the use of coffee,
and using in it's place the Postum Food
Coffee, from which he obtained remark
able results. 1 made the change with
out any trouble, for the Postum was
CATER one or two failures, and we found
out how to boil it properly better than
the coffee had been accustomed to.
In about three weeks was so we'll
that I found I could drink regular
coffee without having the old trouble,
but I could not get back to like berry
coffee again, the Postum tastes so
keep getting stronger and sturdier in
every way cOnvinceS me that am lv-
ing d more natural life.
l find it is best to boil Postum stead
lily and not let it boil too hard so as to
boil over, but it should be allowed to
continue boiling a long time or it does
not taste right. When it is allowed full
length of time for boiling. it is certainly
delicious. L enclose a list of ten names
of friends who have all been cured of
their indigestion by leaving of coffee
and using Postum.
jerome Lacey Benzing, 81 No. 50th
street. Philadelphia, Pa Reporter for
Bradstreet Company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
BURGLARS IN BARRELS.
Four Small Rivals of the Forty Thieves
Caught by New Haven Police.

New Haven, Dec. 3.-The forty thieves
of fiction have been Outclassed here by
four small boys of shifty ways. They
are Matthew and Henry COnrOy, Tim
whom have been arrested before, but
discharged because of their youth.
A policeman saw Matthew COnrOy
coming out of an alley at No. 633 Grand
avenue on Saturday and promptly nab
bed him. Upon opening Smoloff's gro
Gerry store the policeman saw that Con-
roy had been there before. The boy
confessed, named his accOmpHceS and
when they were arrested unbOsOmed
himself of his crimes.
In the SmolOff robbery he hid himself
in the back yard until SmolOn went
away. Then he threw a brick through
the window to make certain the store
was vacant. When the breaking glass
attracted no attention he climbed to the
window SILL pried open the window and
crept inside. There he helped himself
at his ease.
After telling this the boy related how
he and his companions had robbed most
of the offices, saloons and factories in
the neighbOrhood. At most of these
places they had entered by cutting the
glass from the sashes at night. In
nearly every case they obtained any
where from SO to $50 in money and
plumber worth double the amount.
In the shop of Joseph Keller, in Syl-
van avenue, the boys had the adventure
of their lives. After entering the eel
lar window they were creeping up
stairs, when Keller heard them. He
cried out and they started down on
tour of investigation. Without try
ing to escape, the bays lifted the covers
from four sugar barrels and crept in
side. This done, they pulled the covers
on over their heads and hid there while
the proprietor hunted about to find the
cause of the noise.
Keller discovered the broken window
and concluded that the thieves had es-
capped. So, after mailing up the break
with a board, he closed the shop and
went home. When he had gone the
boys came out and sacked the shop at
their Iaisnra-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
TO COMBINE BREWERIES.
Brice and Monon Officials Working in
Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky, Dec. 3-The Brice-
Thomas syndicate of capitalists, of
New York and Chicago, and several di-
rectOrs and officers of the Chicago, In
dianapOlis & Louisville railroad, known
as the Monon, are behind Attorney
Charles H. StoII, of New York City, who
has been in Kentucky for the last three
weeks getting options on Kentucky dis
tilleries. Part of the time Mr.. G. B.
Shaw of Chicago, director of the Monon
and vice president of one of the largest
trust companies of Chicago, has been
working in company with Mr.. Stoll, and
it appears as if the plan has a, fighting
chance of proving a success.
It is understood that besides seeking
a safe investment for their money,
these railroad officials are after this big
industry for the enormous freight bust
ness which would be diverted to their
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
EARNS $1,000 IN 3 HOURS.
Literary Work Pays Colonel Roose-
welt $685. Per Minute.

New York, Dec 3.-Colonel Roosevelt
planned to hold a conference with Sena-
tor Platt yesterday and took the 1 p.
m. limited express for Boston, where he
was billed to deliver a lecture at the
Lowell institute. But he did not get
any further away from his country
home on Sycamore Hill than the Oyster
Bay railroad depot. He missed the
train.
But the colonel did not waste the day.
He put in the afternoon debating one of
a series of magazine articles he has
contracted to contribute to a leading
periodical.
The colonel talked to his stenograph-
er for three hours and finished the arti-
Gle. For each contribution to the mag
azfne he receives 1000, and he actually
earned that sum by his afternoons
work. At the pace the colonel Iabored
he made 1888. SO per hour, or $3.50 and a
fraction per minute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
MARRIES AN EGYPTIAN.
Chicago Girl Becomes Wife of sayed
Mehrem of the Nile Country.

y
Chicago, Dec 3.-Sayed Mehrem, an
Egyptian, but about to become a, nat
uralized citizen of the United States,
has forgotten the dark-eyed beauties
OF his old home and yesterday after
noon took a wife from the fair daugh-
tiers of America
The Rev. G. K. Flack, pastor Of the
Wabash Avenue NJ. E. church, Joined
in holy matrimOny the swarthy Sayed
and Miss Fannie jackson, the ceremony
taking place at 1925 Michigan avenue,
where both the bride and groom have
been boarding for a considerable time.
There is to be no wedding JOURNEYS and
today will find the newly made husband
busy at his card-Writing in one of the
big State street department stores The
marriage license lists give the age of
the groom as 20 and the bride % years
The bride is milliner.
Sayed Mehrem is a handsome young
man, with bright eyes, flashing white
teeth and hair and slight mustache of
the deepest black. He sWears his aIleg-
lance to America and insists that he
would fight for his abOut-tO- be-adopted
country as long as there is breath in
his strong body. He clings, however
to his picturesque native garb, with a
spotlesS turban wrapped about his head
and all the accessories of bright si1ken
scarfs, striped brocade robe and long
open garment of soft cloth reaching to
his heels. He has the orientaPs skill
in the use of color and his costumes
are remarkable for the loneliness with
which the warm hues blend.
The young man in his native country
held position in government circles a s
a translator of his native tongue into
French and came to this country during
the Worlds fair to study the English
language. The spell woven over him
during his work in the Egyptian village
on the Midway was so strong that he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
FROM WELLINGTON.

L. E. Damon, travelling Santa Fe au-
ditOr is here.
superintendent F. T. Dolan was here
yesterday and has a Southern Kansas
engineer from Chanute on the carpet.
Engineer elliott resumed his place on
2O3, relieving w. c. Danenberg, who
plunges back into the pool.
Engineer Herring and Conductor Les
ter took a train load of steel for the Pc
COS Valley road to Amarillo.
Master Mechanic G. T Neubert came
over from Arkansas City to confer with
superintendent DOlan-
The report that Fireman Koh1enberg,
formerly Of this place, was killed in Arr
IONA recently by the explosion of his
engine, is untrue. Kohlenberg is in
LeadvilIe, Colo.
Cashier E. D. Igou has been called to
Urbana, OhiG, by a telegram announc 'ng
the critical illness of his father Hiney
Glamann is holding down his job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS

In commenting on 1.-THE Real Widow
/ Brown" the attraction at the Crawford
theater this afternoon and evening, the
Nashville American said:
1.-The farce is in clever hands and al
most every member of the company
comes in for some share of praise in his
or her line of work. Eddie Clark, as
the bogus Widow Brown, acts his part
in good style and is peculiarly gro
teSque in his specialties. Miss Beatrice
Gamble sang several selections sWeetly
and was recalled. Miss Aida WooIcOtt,
as The Real Widow Brown is fair of
face and nimble in the dance to a de-
lightful degree. Hal w. Brown also does
good work. viewed as a whole, The
Real Widow Brown" is worth going to
see-that is, if you take the play for
what it is intended and give yourself
up to laughter at ridiculous things. If
you want to be serious and sit in dig
nifty to see something heavy, don't 60"
"O'Hooligan's Masquerade" and ''The
Man From New York. are the attrac
lions at the Crawford theater on Mon
day and Tuesday evenings respective
~. The company presenting the two
pieces is headed by Jas. T. Kelly, who
when last seen here was the star of "A
Railroad Ticket His support is said
to be capable. The prices will be 10, 20,
80 and so cents, and ladies accompanied
by persons holding either so or so cent
tickets will be admitted free.
The Faust Family Of acrobats, seen
mere TWO years ago AFTER a trip through
Australia, are this year with AL. C.
Fields MINISTRIES. The troupe consists
of six people, whose work is remarkable.
They have been lately performing in the
English and German music halls. The
elder Faust was for years a member
of the Risley troup of acrobats, the
most famous in their line of business,
Faust being at that time the little boy
that the Risleys threw into the air from
the apex of the human ladder, the lad
describing evOlutOns of the most in
tricate character. The Field minstrels
will be at the Grand Opera House next
Tuesday evening, and the organization
is said to be better than ever this sea-
son. The sale. of seats is now on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03
MEMPHIS ROUTE.
Holiday
Excursions.

On December 20 and 21. 'ss. the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott & Memphis R. r.
CO. will sell round-trip tickets from
Kansas City and all coupon ticket Of
fees on its lines to points in Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, and the Southeast
generally. at rate of one fare, with
return limited to thirty days. On De-
cember "a, 25, 26. 81 and January 1 and
2. tickets will be sold at one fare be-
tween all K. C., F. S. & NJ. stations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-03

The Sisters Of Saint Francis Clinton
Iowa, write under the date of January
81. 1898: About six months ago a verv
reverend clergyman recommended
Regan's rheumatism Remedy to us as
one of our sisters was a severe sufferer
from rheumatism of over three years
duration. After she had used one bot
tie of the remedy we are pleased to saw
she was entirely cured. We therefore
remedy to all similarly afflicted and
heartily wish it the unlimited success
it so richly deserves. 81 per bottle. Sold
by Swift & Holiday, Drug Co, w. H.
Wilson. Arnold Drug Co.