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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12
ChildhOOd's Amusements.

1t IS quite probable that the man who
drove an oil wagon, one of those long
barrel-bodied affairs with q f.,,cet
from the back through which tho 81, :,
ora"n' was locked in his pay on Sat-
urday night for the oil that he had
sprlnkled along West Thirty-ninth
street in the afternoon, although the
loss was through no fault of his. saws
the New York Sun. One of the big oil
companies, which delivers it's oil in s,cb
wagons guards against such mishape
as befell this driver by having a faucet
that locks. This wagon was not
equipped In that fashion. The driver
evidently felt the heat, and nc seemed
TO be doing as his horses walked from
Eighth avenue into West Thirtv-ninth
street. This block between Seventh
and Eighth avenues is filed with chill
dren in the daytime. Two small bovs
on the lookout for amusement. caught
sight Of the oil wagon and it's drowsv
driver, and from the quickness with
which they got to work it was appar-
ent thai their trick was not new to
them. One Of the boys sneaked along
pehlnd the wagon for a few steps while
the other walked at the side to give the
alarm If the driver showed signs of sus-
pecting them. The drivers half
closed eyes were on his horses, and the
boy behind turned the faucet about
half on. A thin stream of oil poured
out and marked the wagons trail down
the block. The two boys ran TO the
sidewalk and awaited Developments. AS
the driver reached Seventh avenue q
man yelled to him.:
Hey, there, your wagon is leakingp,
whats that?" asked the driver az
he stopped his horses.
Get off your perch and look at II"
said the man, pointing to the rear of
his wagon.
The driver descended in a ~leisurely
fashion, but as soon as he saw the. OH
running from the faucet he iumped for
it I'M turned it off. A large puddle Of
oil stood on the pavement in front of
him, and as his eyes followed the thin
stream thai led way down the block
he swore violently. The sidewalks were
filled with children and the driver. see
ing the hopelessness of attempting to
detect the culprits. mounted his seat
and drove on. AS soon as the two
small boys saw that the driver was not
going to chase them, they ran out into
the street n touched lighted matches
to the thin stream of oil. A weak lit
tie flame started up and then travelled
down the street, to the amusement of
all the children, until it reached the
puddle made where the wagon stood
it'll and then it blazed beautifully. That
ended the show and the two smaD
boys who had devised it scampered Off
to look tor more amusement.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12

the water she made a very deep impress
sion by the masterful manner in which
she handled the Indian question, Six Of
her paintings will be exhibited at the
Omaha exposition.
she was educated at a girls school in
the east, through the benevolence of a
lady who saw her at the agency school
in Indian territory. Some ten years
after graduation she gained an interna-
tlonal reputation as a lecturer, speak,
ing in England, Scotland and the United
states on the subject of the rights of
the Indian, and being largely respon-
sible for the passing of the Dawes bill,
which secured to the ndian the right to
the individual holding of property.
She was much feted in the cities
where she lectured, she being with
STANDING Bear and other Indians of
note, and Longfellow, on meeting her
at a reception given in her honor at
Boston, kissed her on the brow and
said: This is my M%innehaha."
IN Edlnburg, London, New York and
Boston she made the acquaintance and
won the friendship of many disti,-
gu1shed persons. Helen Hunt Jackson
acquired her first knowledge of the In
dams from Bright Eyes, and as the
immediate outcome of the association
wrote "A Century Of Dishonor" and
Ramona"
The husband of Bright Eyes" is
closely identified with the movement ;.
oetter the condition Of the Indians, as
well as being closely allied with the
populists. He is a newspape man hv
profession n he is quite well known in
western journalism. Mrs. Tibbles has
reported congressional matters and
written many very clever dramatic
sketches Of congressman for tho Non
con1ormlst' a populist paper, published
IN Indianapolis. Certain contributions
OF hers years g to st. Nicholas caused
a m of publishers to invite her IN
write indian stories for them, but not
oelng ambitious nor inclined to write or
lecture unless she had something in
particular to say Mrs. Tibbles devoted
herself to the ordinary domestic occu-
p%ations.
her sister is a physician of the
omaha tribe, travelling over the great
tract among her tribe in all kinds Of
weather. intoxicating cleanliness and ed
ucatlng the women in self-respecting
domesticity She is a strong, fine, wom-
an who can rid any horse on the res
erVatlon, a good surgeon, and, in effect.
a missionary of the most
and practical kind.
MRS. T1bbles has a face of singular be-
neVolence and sweetness; she speaks
seloom and to the point; is gentle and
gracious. on the platform she is mag
netlc n surprisingly dramatic, in
1uenclng her audience by the sincere
quality of her ~eloquence, as Indians do
When they speak well.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12

A cannon being too big to b. mislaid,
it is generally known what becomes of
old guns. The smoothbores Of the civil
war are known to have been Used un
in soldiers monuments n Grand
Army of the Republic emblems. Con-
demned cannon of an earlier period now
keep the peace in many coastwise
towns, buried at street corners to the
trunnions and presenting upward their
cascabel or the muzzle blocked with an
old cannon ball sui in. The old forts
and the military museums account of
a few more. But these uses cannot
account for all the big guns of the
past, and the melting pot is
to have received the rest of this metal
of war.
Much of the antique ordnance las
been melted down into the pots and
pans of peace, but there are very many
thousands of ancient cannon scattered
all over h Pacific and the East
Indies. It causes the experienced ISL
land cruiser no more surprise to find
ancient founders names on the guns
y AAS IL IAS s. ooo VI savage lOWnS imam
the trader in Africa feels at discovering
still in use muskets that served their
turn in the wars of Marlborough. Some
OF these guns were mounted and en-
placed by exploring expeditions of old.
when new-found territory was calmly
taken by the first conner. Such are the
guns at Nukahiva n Hiva-oa, which
tell the tale of the time when Ameri-
cans annexed Marquesas and built IN
a navy in the Pacific to defend them,
Such, too, are the guns at San Juan of
the Ladrones, which the Manila exDe-
dltlon has just seized. While none of
the batteries at San Juan is modern or
efficient, one is conspicuously inefficient.
This is a bastion so placed as to pro-
tect the old careening beach on which
the galleons were hove down to make
ready for the long voyage to Acapulco.
These guns, richly decorated and
piously dedicated date back to the time
when the whole Pacific was a Spanish
lake closed to all adventures but the
stately march Of the plate gallaons
between Manila and Mexico. Some of
the guns in this bastion are old enough
to have seen service when Drake pried
open the rich Pacific.
Others Of these guns are pirates loot
from armed merchantmen. OF such ac-
QUESTION are the many guns in the
beach towns of Mindoro and Mindanoa
and other southern Philippines,
where piracy was r%elinquished only
when it's profits vanished as the gun
boats patrolled the straits. But the
biggest trade in old cannon used to be
carried on in the South Seas. Every
whaler carried a supply Of ballast
bound out, and each gun was a thing
OF value at the islands. For a cannon
and n key Of powder any savage chief
was glad to equip the whaler with all
the kanakas needed for boats crews.
Each chief was anxious to make a show
of ordnance, and could not have too
many cannon The guns were seldom
mounted; if fired at all they were
loaded just as they lay haphazard on
the ground, and the one object was
to make a noise. The guns are still
there on the islands, but the civilized
races have put a taboo on powder, and
it is long since the South Sea islanders
have heard the sound of their neglected
artillery.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-12

NS SNNAA SAS
were very hard to convince that these
were the work of a beginner who had
received comparatively no training.
Two of her pictures of Indian types
are faily well reproduced in colors in
the little volume.
Some years ago the Indian maiden
was married to T. H. Tibbles, a most
eloquent and fiery populist orator. 1t
was Mr.. Tibbles who gave William Jen-
nings Bryan his first lessons in free
silver. The orator is very widely known
and very popular in the west. Mr.. and
Mrs. Tibbles live at Lincoln.
Prior to her recent debut as an artist
all of Mrs. Tibbles' work has been Of a
literary and oratorical character. She
is widely known through her writings,
which have appeared in magazines and
newspapers, and through her efforts on
he lecture platform, where she has
been extremely successful. Over fifteen
years ago she wrote a very strong and
impressive introduction to "Ploughed
Under; the Story of an Indian Chief
which was supposed to be the life story
of her father, who was an Omaha chief
Although Mrs. Tibbles is a very promi-
west in which she lives, on account OF
her brilliant work upon the platform as
we'll as in literature, there is little doubt
that she is really better known in Eng.
land thar in the United States. Across
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
GILLETT SEEMS SAFE.
Is in Mexico but the Mexican Officials
Will Not Extradite Him.

Denver, Dec. IA special to the
News from Ell Paso, Tex, says:
"A private dispatch from Chihuahua
confirms the report that Grant G. Gill
lett, the cattle plunger, is in that city.
He has not been arrested, according to
dispatches, and is not likely to be.
kerton detective arrived in Chihuahua
yesterday in quest of Gillett. They
have q. warrant for his arrest for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
but persons familiar with the extradi-
ton treaties say that the Mexican gov
eminent will not surrender Gillett, sim
liar cases have frequently arisen in the
past. 1t is believed that Shaeffer will
endeavor to coerce or pursuade Gillett
to settle with him"
The fact that government officials at
Chihuahua. are personal friends of GIL
lett explains why he went to that point,
and the everlasting bubble over extra
diting criminals who have money is an
other feature. It is very plain that if
Gillett has money he can buy up all the
Mexican officials and he will not have
to give up a cent to anyone he has de-
frauded in this country.
Mexico again serves as a nest for
criminals and anyone who gets there
with cash, can have nice time. In
speaking of cash, it happens also that
the story of Gillett having had $500, 900
cash when he crossed the line is correct.
The last time he was in Kansas City he
caused money to be sent to him at Fort
Worth.
Before he was 100 miles from Kansas
City he had wired in every direction for
money to be wired to bankers in towns
along his route to Mexico It is known
that much of this money was sent He
got consignments of cash at Dallas, Fort
Worth and Ell Paso. This came from
bankers that had, on his request, wired
mony to these points. He simply
scOOped it up as he went along, and
was prepared to donate to churches and
charity and high officials when he
reached Mexico. He seems to under
stand the Latin race very well
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
RAILROAD NEWS.
All of the Santa F'e Officials In
Kansas and the West
In Chicago Today Attending the
Annual Meeting Of
OFFICIALS.
Employees of Santa Fe Want
DR.. EgelstOn
Made Surgeon in Charge at the
Santa Fe Hospital.

Every official connected with the
freight traffic department of the vari-
Gus roads of the Santa Fe system is in
Chicago today attending the annual
round up" or ''pOw-Wow'' of the big
railroad company. The meeting opened
at the Santa Fe offices there this after
noon, and will probably Continue the rest
of the week.
Since the present management has
had charge Of the Santa Fe affairs, a
general meeting of this kind has been
held sometime during the month of De-
cember each year. Every traffic Off
ciaI of the Santa Fe proper, the Santa
F'e Pacific, the Southern California and
the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Is called
in by Vice President Paul Morton, be-
sides all commercial and travelling pas
senger and freight agents stationed at
different points throughout the United
States. A general discussion is then in
dulged in with reference to rates, con-
nectiOns, etc, and the policy of the road
in freight and passenger matters is out
lined for the ensuing year.
The call for the meeting today was is
sued by Vice President Morton ten days
ago, and all the traffic officials in this
city left for Chicago yesterday after
noon. The majority of the officials
stationed west of here passed through
Topeka yesterday afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
WANT DE. EeELsToN.
Santa Fe Employees are Asking That
He Be Given Position Vacated
by Dr.. Green.

Since the resignation of DR.. r. L.
Green as surgeon in charge of the Santa
Fe hospital at Topeka. the suggestion
has been made by the Santa Fe employ
es in Topeka that DR.. ]. c. Egelston,
now dispensary physician at the hos
pital be advanced to the position of sur
geOn in charge.
DR.. Egelston is very popular with the
Santa Fe employees all along the line
DR.. Egleston has held his present posi-
ton for four or five years and it was eX-
pected at the time DR.. Fay resigned as
surgeon in charge that DR.. EgelstOn
would be promoted to the vacant posi-
ton but DR.. Green was given the place.
The Santa F'e employees are signing a
petition that DR.. Ege1ston receive the
place.
The petition is being signed by all the
employees at Topeka and as the hospital
is supported by employees of the road
their wishes SHOULD and probably win
have some weight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
GEN. GOROON'S LECTURE.
Listened to by a Large Audience at
the High School.

A large audience greeted Gen. John
3. Gordon in his lecture at the high
school auditorium last evening. There
was not a vacant seat in the house and
the attention accorded the speaker was
perfect.
He was introduced by Gen. J. K. Hud-
son. His subject was THE First Days
of the Confederacy," of which he spoke
with the knowledge of an active par
ticipant.
He dwelt upon the causes of the civil
war and viewed them from the stand
point of the north and of the south with
a fairness which gave to his lecture
its greatest charm. He told of the en-
thusiasm that swept over the south at
the beginning of the Spanish war and
of his efforts to get to the front with
his company of Georgia mountaineers.
He spoke of the American women's in
f1uence in war, north and south, and
with true southern chivalry paid them
several glowing tributes.
Gen. Gordon spoke, not as an ex-
confederate, but as an American who
knows no sectional feeling and whose
sole purpose is to Obliterate those lines
drawn by the civil war and unite his
country in one common republic. His
lecture gave to his hearers a clear in
sight into the causes of the civil war
which threatened our nation a third Of
a century ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
A RABBIT ExTERM1NAroR-
The Rear Brakeman Explains His
Theory to the Conductor.

'"There's a heap er trouble out in Cal
ifornia from rabbits said the rear
brakeman as he lighted his pipe and
clambered up the dog house of the way
car for a smoke and a chat with the
conductor who was sitting on top of
the brake and dangling his feet in mid
air.
Now have a scheme for the road
to take up the rabbit business just like
they did the rain business and the cars
they sent out to make the rain come
out of a clear sky. Now it would not
be so expensive and it would be
mighty good thing. Fact is I would like
the place of chief rabbit exterminatOr
myself. I would fit up the car with a
barrel of red pepper and some large
rocks"
what would you do with them?''
asked the conductor.
Ct would put the stone near the rab-
bits den and put the red pepper round
on the ground"
What's all that fOr?"
''Well, the rabbit would sniff the red
pepper, sneeze and knock his brains out
on the stone" said the rear brakeman
as he knocked the ashes out of his clay
pipe and came down from his seat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
MILLIONS INVESTED
By a New York Syndicate in StLouis
Street Railways.

st. Louis, Dec. Negotiations which
have been proceeding for over three
months have resulted in the sale to a
New York syndicate, represented by
Brown Bros, of the Lindell and Mis-
souri, street railway systems of st.
Louis for So, 500 900. The papers con-
suunmating the deal have been signed
by Edwards Whitaker, president of
both the LindeH and Missouri COM
panies and the actual transfer will be
made within a. few days Of the receipt
of the agreement by Brown Bros, in
New York.
The purchase price paid is on the
basis of S174 a share for LindeH stock
and 1892 for the Missouri. Nearly every
part of the west and southwest portions
OF St. Louis are reached by the Lindeu
system. The Missouri Railroad COM
pany comprises the Olive street cable
line and the Laclede and the Market
street electric lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
FROM EMPoRIA.


The surfacing gang, which has been
at work west of here, is off for the win
ter.
Henry Rosen berger expects to leave
tomorrow for Templeton, Iowa, where
he will spend ten days visiting relatives.
Jacob Ault came in yesterday from
HolyrOOd, where he has been watching
an engine. He will work here on the
pit.
Tom Porter, train operator, has gone
to Topeka for service there, and J.
Angle has taken his place here.
VIM. Gibson, line Tepairer, went to
work this morning. Lineman COdding-
ton will go to Topeka.
Engineer Porter is building an add
ton to his house.
The local organization of the Order of
Railway Conductors held a meeting at
the hall yesterday. On account of the
heavy business, no meeting has been
held for some time.
Fireman Cooper left yesterday for his
home in Wellington. He will visit there
for a few days.
Repairers Harker and Kendall were
out yesterday to put a pair of wheels
under a car of California fruit.
Switchman Len Stanley has a new
23-jewel Hampden watch.
Frank Forde is on the extra board of
brakemen.
Conductor Carpenter has Conductor
The pit men are putting in a new
platform.
Engineer William Hamilton. in the
capacity of road engine foreman, made
his first trip here Saturday. He has
charge of the road engines on the east
ern and middle divisions and will prob
ably make a good many changes.
The boys expect to have a meeting
here soon to take action regarding the
establishing of a reading room.
Machinist E. J. Mcmillan spent yes
terday with his mother in Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
MEMPHIS ROUTE
Holiday
Excursions.

On December 20 and p. '9s. 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. Is, 20, 81 and January l 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, 1898-12-07
GasoIine TANK FxDlodes.

g Mcpherson. Dec. Last evening the
Second ward of the city of MCPHERSON was
awakened by a Ia report, which proved
- - oe the explosion of a gasoline tank in
the Schofeld Drug company The tank
was used for the storage of gasoline for
the purpose of lighting the building The
building was partiaIIv vvrecl.e1.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
Governor Stanley to rake Rooms

GoYernor-elect Stanley will not move his
family to Topeka at the beginning of the
will take rooms at the Copeland during
the session of the legislature and Until he
hnds house to suit him in the spring.
Mrs. Stanley. will spend the most of her
time in Topeka with her husband.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
FIRE ATLAWRENCE.
Early Morning Flames Destroy $1o,-
900 Worth of Property, Well
Insured

Lawrence, Kan, Dec. This morning
about 1-o,cloek a IRE broke out in the
1uddingtoh building at rs Massac husetts
street 1t started on the second floor of
the the building; which is occupied by offices.
express office and the third by Frazer
hall; which is used for dancing parties.
All three floors were badly burned and
were soaked with water. The restaurant
of Ed Anderson, occupying the building
adjoining on the SOUTH, was damaged by
water. and the Lawrence Drug Store. next
door north, was also soaked thoroughly.
The damage will amount to about SO 600
which is probably well covered by insur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07

Mcpherson. Dec. THE Lindsborg Rec
ord has suspended operations, the stock
being taken possession of under a chattel
mortgage. It is understood that the paper
will be consolidated with the. Posten., a
Swedish paper, and will continue under
dent Of Bethany college. The paper was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
RAISING THE TRACK.
Burlington Road Will Elevate Its
Roadbed at RushviIle.

Atchison, Dec. About a hundred
men were recently put to work raising
the Burlington track in the vicinity of
Rushville. For several years the rail-
roads have been bothered at Rushville
by heavy rains covering the track with
mud and debris. The track will be
raised about four feet for a mile The
Burlington will probably move its de-
pot near the Rock Island crossing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07

for medical assistance. He called to
Foreman Mum and explained his condi-
ton and asked that Mr.. Mum send for
a doctor Immediately. The foreman
compiled with the sick mans request
and Dr. Race soon arrived and told Mr.
Aershon that he was suffering with
smallpox The sick man was removed
to the pest house and from reports he is
getting along nicely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
Tnsnect Telegraph Line.

Wellington, Dec. IL. A. Sampson,
general superintendent of lines for the
Santa Fe. Division superintendent Dick
ey of the Western Union and General
Foreman McLain of the Western Union
were here this morning enroute toArna-
rillo to inspect the lines between here
and there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
SOME GOOD THINGS
Booked for the Grand Opera House
for December.

Mr.. J. L. King, the present manager of
the Grand Opera House, ANNOUNCES three
ter this month. They are the Kidder-
Warde-James OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Kid
der. Frederick Warde and Louis James
in THE School for. Scandal" on Deem
Der Der 70; Frank Daniels in his new opera.
-, The Idols Eye on December Q, and
Tim Murphy in his new play, THE Car
petbagger,'' on December Is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-07
BUYING up HAVANA.
American Capital is Pouring Into the
Cuban Citv.

Havana, Dec. 1.-The line of ferry boats
plying between Havana and Regla and the
railroad running between Guanabacoa and
Regla have been purchased by an Amerf-
can syndicate through the SeaIdo COM
pany. The sale is also reported of the en-
tire block of buildings fronting on Central
park and it is added that a large Ameri-
can hotel is to be erected there.
The famous San Miguel sulphur baths
and springs at Guamacaro, near Sagua,
have been acquired by an American syndi-
cate which proposes to build a fine hotel
there and make the place a fashionable
health resort