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The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23
Notes and Personal Mention.

Mrs. Warren NJ. Crosby entertained
the NeighbOrhOOd club last Saturday
afternoon complimentary to Miss Nellie
LeScher.
Miss Elizabeth Wheeler is spending
a few days in AtchisOn.
Mrs. Robert Mood has gone to Chi
cagO where she will visit Mrs. Lucy
Ryder Myers, the deacOness in charge
of the Methodist training school, and
before returning she will visit relatives
in Brooklyn, New York, Cincinnati,
Ohio, and Aurora, Indiana.
Mrs. w. A. Johnston will entertain
the Friday Evening card club Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Schroeder of
Springfield, Ill, viii spend IhankSg1V-
ing in Topeka with DR.. and Mrs Dick,
who have issued invitations for a party
to be given in their honor Friday even
ing, December I.
The ThaIia Card club was pleasantly
entertained Tuesday evening by Miss
Perle Latham and Miss Emma Dennis
at the home of Miss Dennis Miss
Mabel Quigley substituted for Miss F'e
Waters, Miss Villa Rodgers for Miss
Ida Bergen and Mr.. Fletcher for Mr.
Huey. The guests were ISIS Ida Stagg,
Miss Jean Frost, Mr.. Fred Gillett and
Mr.. Luther NelliS. The club viii be en-
tertained in two weeks by Miss Eleanor
Work and Miss Berdena CrandelI at the
home of Miss Work.
Miss Adelia Alice Humphrey of juno
ton City is visiting Topeka friends.
Miss Humphrey was formerly on the
staff of the Kansas City Journal.
The first Imperial dance of the sea-
son will be given next Tuesday evening
at HUdsOn's hall.
Mrs. w. NJ. Stewart has returned to
Arkansas City after an extended visit
with relatives and friends in Topeka.
Crosby Bros opening tonight.
Crosby Bros opening tonight.
to-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

Song recital by Max Heinrich and
| Julia Heinrich Tuesday, November IS
| Seats reserved at the High school Fri
| day, November q. from to 6 D. m,
on the following days at RowIey &
!
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23
The Cost ,2f the TransvaaI War.
LFrom Leslie's Weekly.I

IHrom LeSl1e'S Weekly-I
England's parliament will have to In
crease its appropriation far beyond the
$50 900, 900 mark, even though the war IS
likely to be muc5l shorter than anybody
a short time ago thought it would be.
The transportation of between 40,000
and $4,000 soldiers for a distance of over
5000 miles, and their support for sew
eral months in a region where, even uu-
cost of living for soldiers would be high
viii entail an outlay far beyond the
original estimates. The present debt
Of the United Kingdom, deducting the
sinking fund, is in the neighborhood
Of $1,000 600. 900, which is greater than
that Of any other nation except Russia,
which is SO. 500 0C @, 600, and France 81
500Q00, 600. It is altogether probable
that the war wit the South African re-
public and the Orange Free State viii
run up Britain's debt at least 500, 000,
600 beyond its present line.
It isn't always the little scrub news
paper men who make mistakes W =.
Curtis. the Washington cOrrezpO udent of
nous newspaper Correspondents. writes
his paper that among those IN attendance
at the recent pOsftTns sterS convention az
Washington was John Guthridge, Iope-
now contributes to the magazines
Governor Stanley has pardonec- Orba
Stailard from TIE Hutchinson retoruzz
tory Stallard was sentenced for assault
with intent to commit mauslaughfer. Lt
was a fight between two boys. The Judge.
jury, county officers and the prosecuting
witness united in a request for Stallard's
release
'IRONQUILL" 10 cent. Cigars
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

Our line of rubber goods is our pride
We guarantee every ARTICLE, including
hot water bottles. Like wise Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup, R w. SQuires. 1872 Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

LaGrippe, with its after effects. an
nually destroys thousands Of people. 1t
Cough Cure. the only remedy that pro-
duces immediate results in coughs. colds
Group. bronchitis. pneumonia and thrOa {
and lung troubles It will prevent con
sumption. At all drug stores
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23
Rest and Health to Mother and Child

MRS. WINsLOW,s SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over EIF~EY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERsS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETEI III Nc. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOI'HES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS. -ALLAYS
all PAIN, CURES WIND COLTtc and is
the best remedy for DIARRHOEA- Sold
by Druggists in every part Of the world
Be sure to ask for Mrs Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup" and take no other kind Twen-
ty-flYe cents a bottle
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23
Disappointed.

Are they who fail to get Beggs' German
Salve for Eczema. letter, Scald Head and
Old Sores Cures Piles R. w. Squires. 732
kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

You never know what form of blood poi
son viii follow constipation. Keep the
liver clean by using DeWitt's Little Ear
are famous little pills for constipation
and liver and bowel troubles. At all drug
stores.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23
Complimentary to Miss Decker.

Mrs. Minnie HOllister entertained a
merry party of young people Tuesday
evening at her home near Washburn
college, in honor of Miss Lulu Decker
Of Argentine who is visiting her. The
evening was pleasantly spent in music
and playing games. The chaperOnes
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

.IRoNQUILL" 10 cent cigars
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

were rs. Robert GridIey of Emporia
and Mrs. John Mcneil.
Those present were, Miss Irene Nc
Neil, Miss Halle Means, Miss Marie
ConrOy, Miss Margarey Rot, Miss Liz
zie Mcneil, Miss Belle Gridley, Miss
Lulu Decker, Mr.. Ralph Mcneil, Mr..
Nathaniel Cafferty, Mr.. Clarence Shay,
Mr. J. Mcclure, Mr.. Henry Devlin, AIr.
Frank Means and Mr.. VIII ColsOn.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-23

'IRoNQUILL" 10 cent Cigars
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27

How pitifully degenerate human be-
ings can become was evidenced almost
to the limit by case the police au-
thorities had to deal with yesterday.
Mrs. Burka Royaka, Of the South
Side, was brought to the central sta
ton house charged with attempting to
murder her siX-weeks-old babe. Her
husband, George Royaka, made the
complaint. He alleges that during a
fit of drunken frenzy she picked the
child up from a bed, raised it high
over her head and dashed 1t to the
floor with all the force she could mus
ter.
DR.. J. J. Williams and DR.. p. II.
Kearney were called to examine into
the woman's mental condition. They
decided that she was slightly deranged
and recommended that she be re-
strained. A commitment was made
out and she was sent to the Hillside
home last evening
The police are not altogether salts
fled that the husbands story is corr
| rect in every particular. That the wo-
man is a heavy drinker was clearly
| established, but that she attempted to
murder her babe is doubted.
The fact that the child is alive and
uninjured is strong proof that the story
of its being dashed to the floor is, to
say the least, not exactly as the hus-
| band described It. The further fact
| that the woman cried herself into hys-
| terics when the child was taken away
from her, to be cared for at the Found
! ling home, also tended to throw doubt
on the husbands story.
The woman herself is a pitiable sight.
Her head is covered with old and new
scars, her arms are black and blue
! from the blows, evidently of some
heavy instrument, her face is scratched
and bruised and in her lower lip is
an ugly cash that appears to have
| been made by blow that caused her
| teeth to cut through from the inside.
! She was barefooted and scantily clad
and repulsively dirty.
Her husband, she said, inflicted the
wounds she displayed. The cash in her
lip and the discoloration on the arm
were the result of beating he gave
her last Sunday, she said.
The woman may be deranged, as the
doctors say, but she was perfectly
rational yesterday afternoon when
talking to a Tribune reporter. All the
police who talked with her are in
clined to the belief that she is not a
proper subject for a mad house, but
rather for some corrective institution
where she might be weaned from her
drinking habits.
DR.. Strang, the resident physician a
the home, made cursory examination
of the woman when he came after hel
last evening, and expressed the opin
| ion that she was not insane.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27

Scranton genius has solved perplex-
ing question for the town of White
Haven. 1t is nothing less than the
surmounting of seemingly insurmount-
able national obstacles to a system OF
adequate fire protection.
The town of White Haven is, topo-
graphically speaking, a succession OF
steep hills, some of them deserving the
name rather of precipitous bluffs. It's
limited financial resources will not, of
course, permit of the maintenance of
very many fire engine companies and
to fight a fire an engine was abso-
lutely necessary in the majority Of in
stances because of the low water pres
sure. The long steep hills made the
transporting of heavy fire apparatus a
slow and difficult work and the conse-
quence was that when a fire occurred
| it was we'll under way and often be-
yond control before a stream could be
secured
The difficulty came to the notice of
| A. j. Dunning, chief engineer of the
| Dunning Construction company, and
a solution was soon laid before the
town authorities. He had no sooner
unfolded his idea than it was adopted
anu ut NdS tllSdSSu W put IL lulO
| practical operation.
Mr.. Dunning's plan contemplates the
erection OF pumping station in the
center of the town which will be con-
nected with the fire hydrants by a
| special line Of pipes. A slow fire can
be built in the boilers of the pumping
station and when an alarm of fire is
| sounded steam will be quickly raised,
| the stationery engine started and by
the time the hose companies are ready
to work there will be a pressure on
the hydrants that will be sufficient to
throw a stream as far or farther than
the largest sized fire engines.
The entire plant can be put in place
ready for operation for $4,000, q trife
more than what one fire engine would
cost. Mr.. Dunning's company will be-
gin work on the plant during the COM
ing week. The contract for furnish
ing the materials has been awarded to
| c. f. Beckwith e. Company, Of this city
This is the first time that this sys-
tenn of fire fighting has ever been at
tempted. There is no question about
the practicability of the scheme, en-,
gineers agree, and 1t would not be sur.
prising If many other municipalities
would avail themselves Of its benefits
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
LAST DAY OF THE FAIR.
Big Attendance Confidently Looked
for Tonight.


for Tonight.
The firemen's fair will come to a close
tonight. 1t is confidently expected that
there will be an attendance that will
tax the capacity of the armory and that
the receipts will be very materially
swelled. Several contests will be de-
cided and large number of valuable
articles CHANGED off.
Last night the Crystals had their in
ming and they made a remarkably good
showing. The central city companies
and the Centurys, of the South Side,
were present in uniform. The feature
of the evening was a concert by Law
rence's band.
Articles were won last night as fol-
lows: Cut glass punch bowl, L. w.
Costello; boys suit, Mrs. p. ]. Hickey:
toy firemen, Master Benjamin Throop:
toilet set, Edward Kneller; toy hook
and ladder truck, Benjamin Shea
cake, Mrs. Charles Tropp; monogram
pillow, Hon. John Il. Roche; China din
ner set, Miss Carrie Miller; pillow, Miss
Name Hickey; banquet lamp, Thomas
Allen.
This afternoon will occur the chill
dren's carnival, for which extensive
preparations have been in progress
pole dance by thirty-two children, con-
Quoted by Prof. ]. Frank Siegel, will
be one Of the pretty features.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27

Labor day parade, the committee says.
Every man will come, they say, ex-
cepting those who have to remain be-
hind to make the collections. So gen.
eral is the desire to come that It is
thought it will be necessary to decide
by lot which of them will have to re-
main behind.
The reports that were carried back
to the metropolis by the delegation OF
New York city carriers which was here
two weeks ago has aroused the car
riers of Greater New York to the high
est pitch of enthusiasm over the
Scranton convention. They all want
to see the coal regions and experience
share of the hospitality of which
the New York committee had a fore
taste,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
BUFFALO STEEL PLANT
Company That Will Erect and
Operate 1t to Be Chartered
Within Ten Days Capital
to Be $eo,ooo,ooo,

The following Is from the Buffalo
Evening News OF yesterday:
John ]. Albright, one of the promoters
of the gigantic steel industry which Is
to be established at Stony Point, re-
turned to Buffalo this morning from the
east, where he has been in consultation
with the outside capitalists who are
back Of the great project. Mr. ALBRIGHT
held a conference with John G. Mil
burn, attorney for the company, this
forenoon and at it's close made an I'M
portant announcement.
The promoters OF the company have
decided to increase the capital stock
from 5000, 900 to $50 000, 900. Another
fact Of importance which was made
known is that the company will not de-
pend on the sale of bonds TO raise
money for building the big plant, the
railroad, the docks and other appurte-
nances necessary, but will issue COM
mon stock Mr.. Albright expects that
the company will be formally incorpor-
ated within a week or ten davs.
Mr.. Albright was seen by a News re-
porter in the Office of Mr.. Milburn early
this afternoon. He was reluctant to
discuss the details of his two weeks
trip to the east, but finally said he
thought there was no harm in giving
out some of the details Of his various
OF the steel industry.
you may say this" said Mr.. AL
| bright. THE capital stock of the COM
| pany is not going to be s15,0t0,OO0, as
| was originally intended. The men back
| Of the scheme have made up their
minds to increase it to $20000,000."
And you may also say this" said
| Attorney Milburn. There will not be
a dollars worth of bonds put on the
market. Every bit Of stock is to be
| common"
"Will any difficulty be encountered In
disposing of the stock?" Mr.. Milburn
| was asked,
| Both he and Mr.. Albright shook their
| heads in the negative. Incidentally II
was remarked that every bit of stock
allotted to Buffalo had been subscribed
| for.
"The work Of getting the company In
shape to go ahead and build the plant
| is progressing rapidly" said Mr.. Mil
burn. 1T may take four or five months
to prepare the plans for the company's
| plant. There is a pile of detail to bC
worked out"
Mr.. Milburn and Mr.. Albright SAID
the name of the company had not beer
| determined on. The company will make
application to the state railroad com
| missioners next week for q public hear
ing on the application for a certificate
Of necessity for the South Buffalo Rail
way company. This road is to run owe,
the company's lands from Stony Poin
| to West Seneca. 1t will cross severa
roads, but no opposition is expected.
Although it has not been officially an
nounced, it is expected that Julian Ken
nedy, the famous Pittsburg engineer
| will be given the contract to prepar
the drawings and build the new stee
works. Mr.. Kennedy built the Carnegi
works at Pittsburg. pa, the Buffal
Furnace works in Buffalo, and man,
other plants,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
Low Fare Excursions via the Lehigh
Valley Railroad.

Grand regatta on Cayuga lake, Itha-
ca, N. y. May 80. 1899. Boat races:
Cornell VS.. Pennsylvania, Cascadilla
VS.. N. Y. Military academy; also a
single scull race for the Charles s..
Francis gold medal; fencing contest,
Cornell VS.. Syracuse.
Tickets will be sold and good going
May 29 only. limited for return to and
including May 81. To enable the hold
ers Of these excursion tickets to sec
the entire race from start TO finish,
SPECIAL OBSERVATION TRAINS
will be run along the bank Of the lake,
keeping even with the boats to the
finish. Tickets will be sold for seats in
these observation trains at $1.OO each; K;
and no greater number of tickets will
be sold than there are seats in the
trains. The fare from Scranton for the
round trip will be $3.7O Inquire of
Lehigh Valley ticket agents for fur
ther particulars. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
PROPOSE TO DECORATE.
Members of Company D Are Also in
Favor of Reorganization.

Eighteen members, representing forty
members, who were formerly in Com
pany d, Thirteenth regiment, met last
night in the Hillside Coal and Iron
company's suite of offices in the Board
of Trade building to further consider
the matter of re-organizing the COM
pany. Those present were for re-
organizing and the general plans for
effecting this purpose We're considered
and another meeting will be held at
the same place Friday evening, June
2. 1t is expected that final arrange
ments will then be made.
Further it was decided to decorate
on Memorial day the graves of the two
members of the company who died
while the regiment was in service
Suitable floral offerings will be secured
and If any friends desire to offer
flowers they can be left at the office OF
w. p. Jennings, room 5O7. Board OF
Trade building.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
LADY oAKFoRD UNION.
Business Transacted at the Meeting
on Thursday.

Business Transacted at the Meeting
on Thursday.
The Lady Oakford union meeting in
Guernsey hall, Thursday, was largely
attended and arrangements for Me-
mortal day We're completed. Mrs Liz
zie Kimble, president, spoke of the OBJ
jects of the Union Veterans union, and
stated that the movement was growing
rapidly, and Memorial day would see
an increased membership at the cere-
monies
A discussion ensued on arrangements
and the officers and ladies present re-
solved to entertain the Union Veterans
and the Sons of Veterans at banquet
to be given at Guernsey banquet hall,
all the ladies present to act as ladies'
committee of the whole.
The union will attend divine service
at the Penn Avenue Baptist church
Sunday evening. The Rev. r. f. Y.
pierce will preach an appropriate SER
mon. The officers attending Thurs
days meeting were: President, Mrs
Lizzie Kimball; vice-president, Mrs. e.
Haas; junior vice-president, Mrs. B.
Bortree: secretary, Miss Anna Gau-
CHAN; treasurer, Mrs. NJ. f. Sturde-
want; chaplain, Mrs. ]. Schall; inner
guard, Mrs. G. Davis; outer guard
Mrs. Faust
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27

doing wrong. Before being arrested
young Steinberg was cautioned by the
patrolman and instead of obeying no
grew mpudent The hand bills were an
nouncements of the firemens fair closing
night.
DID NOT STEAL THE PIGEONS
Oswald Burgess, the boy arrested Thurs
day evening on the charge of stealing
pigeons from Charles Tripp, of Provi-
dence road. was given a hearing yester-
day morning by Mayor Moir and dis
charged. The boy said when arrested
that he secured the pigeons in a trade
with two other boys who were strangers
TO him. At the hearing yesterday he
had another boy on hand to corroborate
him. Chief Robling was satisfied of the
boys innocence and as Mr.. Tripp did not
wish TO prosecute him for having stolen
goods in his possession, the case was
dropped.
EXCITING RUNAWAY. horse at
tached to a light wagon owned by &. II.
Pratt, the Dickson avenue grocer, had
an exciting run yesterday morning. The
animal was tied In front of MegarEae
Bros. store on Washington avenue. The
bride became locsoned and the horse
freed itself from II. The driver In his
efforts to replace II frightened the horse
and 1t made n wild DASH The driver
held to the animals head until Backa-
wanna avenue was reached. Then the
runaway went down South Washington
avenue and was captured near the Har-
vey silk MILL minus the wagon. In its
maddened chase a milk wagon was run
into by the horse, narrowing arerting
another runaway. The damage resulting
from the runaway was not heavy.
MERCHANTS CLUB.-Thls city is TO
have Merchants club" organized for
mutual exchange of opinions along busi-
ness lines and general sociability. The
primo movers and others interested met
last night in the parlors at the Lacka-
wanna Valley House and so advanced
the arrangements as to select commit
tees. Frank Schroeder acted as chair.
man and George F. Yost was secretary.
a committee of five comprising G.. w
Dawson, Fl. c. IIatton. o. S. Bloss Frank
Schroeder and George T. Yost were di-
rected to draw up a constitution and by
laws and to call the next meeting to
adopt the same on June 5, to meet at q
place selected bv them. William Nor
rs. Myer Davdow and l.. w. Gschwndt
were appointed n committee to select
suitable quarters for the club. The meet
ing was then adjourned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
JoNEsY WAS COLD TO HER.
Therefore Minnie Wilson Drank a
Big Dose of Oil of Olives.

Big Dose of Oil of Olives.
Minnie Wilson, of Bloomsbury, known
In the half world as Marie Wells, or
Simpson, made an unsuccessful at
tempt to end her life by drinking al
most two ounces Of oil of olives, in her
room at S21 Center street, last night
about 7.15 O'clock She is now at the
Lackawanna hospital and will prob
ably recover
Her reason for attempting self-de-
struction can be cleaned in part from a
note which she wrote either Just before
or after drinking the poison. The note
read as follows:
ITO Seth Jones. Dear Seth. Had II
not been for your coldness I would not
have done this. Marie"
The Jones referred to is junior men,
bers of Norton e. Jones, hotelkeepers
corner of Spruce street and Penn ave-
nue.. Another girl who resides at 32l
Centre street said last night that
marie was out nearly all day and had
been drinking heavily. She thought
that Jonesy was stuck on some other
girl"
Marie is plump and pretty, and about
% years of age.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
STRUCK BY AN ENGINE.
An Arabian Peddler Run Down at
the Scranton Street Crossing.

Antonio Abraham, aged 10 years, an
Arabian peddler. who has only been in
this country a few days, was struck
by engine No. 40, in charge Of Engineer
George Dixon at the Scranton street
crossing of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad at s o'clock last
evening, and miraculously escaped in
slant death.
a coal train was coming up the main
track and the gates were lowered, and
Abraham had passed under the gates
and was standing on the adjoining
track watching the train when he was
struck.
Several railroad men picked him up
and carried him to a nearby shanty,
and he was afterwards removed to the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-05-27
Some Fine
Ludwig Pianos

nre attracting tho attention of all who
see them at our store. These splendid
pianos contain so many improvements
and in style and finish are so far ahead
OF anything of the same wholesale cost
that one marvcls at the low prices we
ask for them WHY CAN WE SELL
OUR PIANOS SO LOW? Because we
buy at the lowest cash price. Because
we cart no pianos out on trial. Because
we demand a payment down on tho in
strument. BecauSe we have no agents.
Because we make no unnecessary eX-
pense.
IL costs thousands of dollars to have
from so to 75 pianos about the country
on trial, all OF which must be made UP
by those who purchase. All the latest
music at half price.