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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
A SAMOAN TEST OF FEALTY

(From tho San Francisco Chronicle.)
The following gruesome fh feZ535r f erne
ily approval and tribal influence exert up
on the Samoan character. The story is
vouched for in every detail:
A certain young Samoan, the son OF
chief, who had reached that age when "a
young mans fancy lightly turns TO
thoughts of love-" became deeply enam-
ored of the taupo or belle belonging to
nefghboring village, between whose talk
ing man father of the taupO. ana the
suitor's family. there existed bitter feud.
The attachment was reciprocated, but as
is customary in such important matters
was duly submitted to the aiga (a-e-na)
or family council, which promptly return
ed verdict of Impossible. lnstead' now
ever, of accepting the decree of his fam
lily and renouncfng his inanorata' me
young man rebelled and declared n! ne W9u li1
wed his dusky sweetheart IN spite OF an
the code of Faa Samoa and the trammeIis5
be imposed. The young girl also asserted
her independence and scorn for the oDsta-
cles which were put in their way, and with
the help of a few girl friends began pre-
pairing her trousseau Of nne mats ana
gaudy tapa, which brides IN Samoa al
The wedding day approached; The feel
and before the arrival Of the e, date date, h EsI
for the ceremony eniminated in open nos nos
Brought toIie to bear upon the poor lover. who
traitor, and all the curses Of endless gen
erations of ancestors heaped upon his de-
voted head: family influence e t 30 20
ment. But stin he stood resoiute he
was driven from mouse anu NlldSS al
outcast on the world and his property
Tbe 5sv came and the bride sat alone,
deserted by her family. waiting for her
faithful bridegroom. the hours passed;
he did not come. Suddenly a step was
heard outside the hut, where she anxious
~ waited. A curtain was thrust aside;
something was thrown into the room and
rolled to the feet of the Mortified girl. She
stopped and picked 1t up. and then scream
ing and laughing she fell upon the ground
It was the severed head of her father,
and before her stood her affanced hus-
band, stern, relentless and cold as if turn
ed to stone, in his hand the terrible mife-
otf (head knife) freshly dripping. Family
persuasion had triumphed at last and the
ordeal which had been given him of prov
ing his fidelity to tribe and family in order
to be forgiven was the task he had just
performed-taking the head of the brides
own father and throwing it at her feet.
The shock was too great for the poor
girl whose reason, mercifully, gave way
She may yet be seen about Apia- home
less and wandering. a sadly pathetic fig
ure, decked Ophelia-lilxe in bridal Wrea tbs,
with a chaplet of vines twined around her
head. singing her family song of victory
or grooming a love dftty. The young war
rior upon whose fealty so terrible a test
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
DEWEY MEETS A PRINCESS
lie Remembers the Former American
After FortY-one Years.

Trieste, Aug. limited States Con-
sui Hossfe1d sent an autograph album
to Admiral Dewey today, and with it
the card of the owner, the Princess
Mary de Ligouri, who was an Ameri-
can, Miss Williams, before her mar
rage. The admiral noticed many Tur-
Lish signatures in the album dated
forty years ago.
rs it possible he asked, that this is
the daughter of the American minister
to Turkey, whom I met when I was an
ensign on the old frigate Wabash2
was at COnstantinople on her in 1858
1t turned out that she was. She did
not remember having met the admiral,
though he must have been among other
officers of the Wabash whom she met
But she was a great beauty in those
days, and the admiral remembered her
after forty-one years He sent his
launch for the Princess and they ex-
changed "reminiscences She had mar
ried an Italian prince, who is now an
inspector of the Austrian LlOyds.
The last few days have been very
quiet for the admiral. He drove yester-
day to the Emperor Francis Joseph's
training stable in the country He has
received a. heap of mail, and has given
it careful attention.
Nearly all the Olympia's officers and
men have recovered from the fever The
conduct of the men on shore leave here,
as elsewhere, caused unusual admira-
ton.
The Olympia departed on Tuesday for
Naples, where she is due Friday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
ODD FELLOWS EXCITED.
Publication of B1ackbaIling of Oliver
II. P. Belmont Causes Trouble.


Newport. R. l., Aug. 2.-There is a
of the City of Newport, and indeed of
the whole state of Rhode Island, over
the fact that the information that Oil
yer H. P. Belmont had been blackbaIled
last Tuesday evening in Excelsior lodge
of this city got out of the lodgeroom
Investigations are now going on, and
where the matter will end nobody can
tell.
1t appears that some brother Odd Eel
low lost no time in making public what
according to lodge law should have been
kept a secret. and this has caused more
of a sensation throughout the order
Mr.. Belmont, which will be a great dis
appointment, as his friends intended to
push him for high honors in the craft
1t Is understood that the grand lodge
of the state has ordered an Investigation
of what they claim to have been a Sc
rious breaking the rules of Odd Fellow
ship.
Excelsior Lodge, in which the black
balling took place, held a meeting Sat
urday night and talked the matter over
No inkling as to who the offender was
could be gained, and a committee was
appointed to conduct a. general investi-
cation.
1t is said if Excelsior lodge does not
grand lodge will suspend it The inves-
tigating committee will call before it
every man who was in the lodgeroom
when Mr.. Belmont was blackba1ed. 1t
is stated that the blackbalIing of Mr.
Belmont was not so much a matter of
opposition to him as it was to those who
were urging his election.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
Destitute and Homeless Chill
dren Are Numerous
In Every Town and Village In
Cuba.
THE WORK OF RESCUE
Miss Clara Barton Says Govern
ment Was Too Slow.
Women Have Assumed the Care
Of Helpless Ones.

New York, Aug. Am article by
Miss Clara Barton on the subject of
the Cuban reconcentrados will be con-
tanned in the next number of the INDIE
pendent.
Miss Barton says that there are now
in Cuba $4,000 destitute orphan children
of reconcentrados who have in the last
few years died of starvation and want.
These children are scattered through
out nearly every city and town of suf-
fieient size and Importance to receive
the driven out country people. They
are not children of low or doubtful or
igtn, many are Of the best Cuban fami-
lies. The reconcentradOs were largely
the country people Of property-farmers
ana small planters. MISS Barton says:
THE Cubans are not responsible for
the restitution of these children. When
the starving recOncentrados were drlv-
food and clothing with them, and then
divided again and again, but there was
a point at which they had to stop CIV
ing. Only for the Cuban ratiOns dis
tributed by our army it would be a
sorry lookout for those helpless little
ones. They range in number from 80 to
70 and even 100 in the various towns.
utterly homeless and no one has the
least personal interest in them or re-
sponsibility for them The townspeo-
pie still do what they can, but their
main dependence is begging from the
passengers of every passenger train.
ITO one who knows only ordinary
conditions of poverty and restitution,
the aspect of these children is found Of
ten terrifying. 1t was subject for
both human and medical study, and to-
gether the Red Cross surgeons and
trained nurses thought out a system
which, simply followed out as it is now
being pursued, will we believe in six
months transform these thousands of
hapless renegades into clean, whole
some, we'll ordered children, learning to
work, to read and to forget the dread
full lives of pain, want and woe they
went through
'"The system is this: Finding it i'm
possible to take time to attempt to
follow the customary methods of max
ing up large asylums in the great cities
as the conditions of these children
meant life and death to themselves and
to others, it was decided to gather them
up just where they are, making smaller
asylums Of the plainest and simplest
kind, interesting the authorities and the
people Of the city at all times in the
movement, securing their full co-opera-
ton, providing for all wants and max
ing it possible for the people of the
towns to look after them as their own,
with our continued care and oversight
1.-THE women regard the asylums as
something quite their own In nearly
every large town a young ladies' club
is formed from which two go each day
to assist and to teach the children.
This practice commenced with the
young ladies' club of Catalina, which
body of 20 had held itself intact through
all the terrible years of the war. These
young ladies volunteered at once to
help care for the children, proffering
their daily service in the asylum
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
Use OF HYOROPHOBIA.
Two Children Afflicted Although Not
Bitten by Mad Dog.

Bourbon, Ind, Aug ANDREW
Perkey's two children are now in the
throes of hydrophobia, although they
were not bitten by a mad dog belonging
to the family. A short time ago the dog
went mad and took refuge in the sum-
mer kitchen, where he bit the walls,
scratched the floor and otherwise show
ed symptoms until he was killed. Short
" after one Of Mr.. Perkey's daughters
was in there when her tooth began to
hurt. She pulled a splinter from the
wall, the kitchen being split logs, picked
her tooth and in ten days was attacked
with hydrophObia symptoms She
scratched her other sister and brother
and they are now seriously i'll. 1t is
supposed she got hold of a splinter
the dog had bitten and thus became af-
'fected.
The children have been snarling and
barking while closely guarded and are
IN a serious condition Physicians are
constantly in attendance and hope to
carry them through the attack safely.
The oldest child is 16. An attempt
has been made to keep them Under the
effects Of chloroform, but it is only
partially successful
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
SUIT BY EX-CONVICT.
Wants Pay For Working on Sundays
While Serving His Time.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. Hiram Raphael,
an ex-convict, has sued the Chattahoo-
chez Brick company, his former 1essees,
for $500. 80, which he charges is due him
for work which that corporation COM
pell him to execute on the Sabbath day
during his Imprisonment.
Raphaers sentence extended from
September, 1895, to June, 1899, and in
Sundays, which, computed at $3.50
day and added to which is S. due for
suit of clothes to which every dis
charged convict is entitled, makes up
the amount sued for. 1t is set forth in
his petition that Iessees cannot lawfully
force cOnvicts to work on the Lords
day and the plaintiff bases his cause on
this assertion. The case is being watch
ed with much interest.
Collars and cuffs Numbered to look
like new by Peerless Steam Laundry,
112 and LA West Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
SECRETARY ROOTS FAMILY
Glare of Public Attention Turned on
the Members

Washington, Aug. 1.-The family of
the new secretary of war have now
the glare of public attention turned
upon them Mrs. Root, who win take
her place among the cabinet women
next fall. has all the qualifications to
make her prominent among them and
in official society generally. The new
secretary and his wife have not cared
very much for social life outside the
circle Of their intimate friends.
Their home on West Sixty-ninth
street, near Central Park, New Y FORK,
Is spacious and elegantly and artisticaI-
" appointed. Their hospitality has
been constant, but not Of the sort to at
tract attention. The young people of
the househOld-Edith, the eldest, just
out of her teens; Elihu, jr., II years old,
and Edward w, flare constant COM
panions of their parents, who have
superintendent every detail of their ed
ucatiOn- At present Secretary Root
will reside at the Arlington. and will
put off the selection of a residence un-
til Mrs Root is here to decide between
the many desirable houses offered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02
Chicagoan Buys In Mexico.

City of Mexico, Aug. 2.-George d.
Cook Of Chicago, with several associ-
ates, has just purchased the CafetaI
Garcia plantation in Oaxaca The
property consists of 5000 acres. with
300 900 coffee trees, bearing an average
of two pounds yearly. The plantation
machinery cost $500 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

ing them with his exhibition Of personal
bravery. After that decisive battle
the coIoneFs illness increased. The all
ment developed rapidly in the I'M
healthy climate. After we embarked he
sank steadily and his death at sea was
not unexpected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

st say, Jimmie, come down-going to
have an awful lot of fun"
''W'at?''
We've fed the goat with the big
bath sponge, and now we're go5n' to
let i'm drink. "-Tit-Bits
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

Eczema, scaled head. hives, ftchiness
Of the skin of any sort instantly reliev-
ed, permanently cured. Doan's ONT
ment- At any drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

Your collars and cuffs will be finished
with smooth edge if sent to Peerless
Steam Laundry, 112 and ia w. sth St.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

Suddenly a bicycle lamp was turned
on a dark corner OF the piazza and a
bIushing girl was discovered.
why do you blush?" they asked her
II think" she replied, faIteringly
tone Of those kissing bugs is somewhere
about here"
up and walked away with every indica-
ton of Chicago Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

had been imposed sought and found IN
war that oblivion which his poor affict-
ed bride-elect yet hopelessly awaits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-02

Heinz's Ice Cream delivered at your
door. Phone 397. PIP East Eighth street.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
THE LOWER COURT.

Fred W. Porter, II years of age, was
before the central district court yester-
day charged with vagrancy. He was
arrested while trying to steal ride to
Boston. Porter concealed himself be-
tween two seats. The cramped position
was tiresome and Porter in stretching
out to rest himself was discovered by
the train hands and Sergt. Hill placed
him under arrest.
He claimed Portland as his home and
said that he was anxious to get back
among the old folks once again. Judge
Utley pltied the lad and placed his case
on file and allowed him to go.
Mary Brick, charged with Illegal
liquor keeping, pleaded not guilty. She
was fined $50 and appealed the case to
the higher court furnishing 5000 bond.
Patrick O'Reilly John Powers and
Frank Nally, charged with violating a
u..s u4u.IIanle ny throwing snowballs
at strangers, We're each fined 81.
Joseph Tebo, who was before the
court Tuesday and fined SO for drunk
enness, was arTaigned again yesterday,
charged with the same offense. He
claimed he was native of Canada and
came here to look for work at his trade,
and asked to be allowed to go. His case
was continued until today.
John Sullivan, charged with drunken
ness. was fined SO. Charles Carlson had
has case placed on file.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
CENTRAL CIVIL LIST,

Following, are the cases that will be
tried at the civil session of the cen
trail district court which will be held
Saturday:
Fowks Mfg. Co., VS.. Mcmahon. Tay-
Tor; Kent & Dewey.
Callie vs.. Bemis. Thayer & Cobb;
Wood & Wood.
Stetson VS.. Richardson. Gle; Sui
livan.
Hercules VS.. WeiXler and trustee.
Taylor; Greene.
Marble VS.. Reinold Wood & Wood;
Thayer & Rugg.
Ratigan VS.. lie Monier, pro Sc; Wood
& Wood
Belisle eli al. VS.. I,alime. Relisle jan
dron
Brunell VS.. Fohln. johnson; Sulli-
van.
Wirth VS.. Tanner Hale: Milton.
O'Reilly VS.. Reheuser and trustee.
Ryan; Sullivan & OConnell.
Power ct al. VS.. Cronin. Potter; Sui
livan & O'Connell.
Dolan VS.. Magner. Bancroft; Sullivan
& O'Connell
Prinstein VS. Prinstein and trustee.
Thayer & Cobb; O'Connen.
Kornfield VS.. Couture. Johnson;
Dodge.
Lavallie VS.. Miles ct al. Stevens;
Taft & Scott
Buck VS.. Blake and trustee. Thayer
& Cobb; Sullivan & OConneu.
Johnson ct al. VS.. RaWson. Thomp-
son; Meagher.
Doland vs.. Gle. Taylor. pro Sc.
OLeary vs.. McAleer Gates, Nc
MahOr
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
Muller-Powers Case At
tracts Many Partisans.

The cataloguing of the Worcester
law library to which the lawyers have
been looking forward, is to go by the
board as was officially announced yes
terday The librarian. DR.. George L.
Wire said yesterday that the matter
had been postponed for a long time ow-
ing to the lack of appropriations. The
fund which the library association at
its last meeting appropriated for work
of this kind has been entirely eaten up,
and as the permanent quarters of the
library are not yet fixed, it has been
decided to let the question of cata-
loguing go foT probably a year, or at
the earliest, until next fall.
DR. Wire himself has made some pro-
gress in the task but without the as
sistance of experts the completion will
be deferred. DR.. Wire, in explaining the
case, said that the contingent fund
from which it was expected to pay for
the services of the experts. mas been
exhausted, in the purchase of addition
al law journals and papers for the lib
Tary and law books for which there eX-
listed an imperative demand. 1t has been
estimated that $500 has been disbursed
in this wise, so that other Improvements
will have to wait
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

Parker for the plaintiff; Frank
P. Goulding, Eben F. Thompson for the
defendant.
The trial list remains unchanged.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
TREASuRER'S REPORT.

County Treasurer Edward A. Brown
has completed his annual fiscal report
of the treasury department of the
county ana it will be ready for dis
tribution from the press of the print
ers within few days, The county ex-
penses have been larger during the past
year than before, the principal reason
being the additional expense attend
ant upon the construction of the new
court house, now in process of cree
ton. Aside from the large difference
due to the construction fund the main
balance sheet for the past year is as
in previous years.
The county commissioners began the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
BUCKET HIT HIM.

Thomas Matson, a laborer employed
in the sewer department, has brought
suit against the city of Worcester for
personal injuries sustained while at
work, Dec. s, in trench at the corner
OF Pleasant and Russell streets. The
amount of the suit is $4,000. Matson
claims that while he was performing
his duties in the trench, bucket which
was being hoisted fell, through . e
break in the rigging, and struck HIM.
He is represented by Wood & Wood.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
THE PROBATE COURT.

There was a final hearing in the pro-
bate court, before Judge Forbes, yes
terday, in the construction of a codicil
of the will of Emerson K. Rice, the
codicil in question relating to the be-
quest to Arthur o. Rice. L. E. Eldred,
the executor of the estate. holding the
funds in trust. Final arguments were
made and decision reserved. John B.
Scott appeared for the will.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

work of examining the accounts of
Treasurer Brown yesterday and spent
nearly the entire session in looking
over the report of the treasurer. The
commissioners did not complete their
task, but will later, and then it will be
aDprOVpd
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

Mems French Patent Leather
Shoes, hand sewed welt, calf lined,
one of the nobbiest shoes in town,
sold all the season for $500, now
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

DIR. Bulls Cough syrup, that mar
velous medicine for throat and lung
troubles. quickly relieves and cures the
painful breathing and dangerously sound
ing cough, indicative of congesteE lungs
No other remedy is its equal.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
ATTACHMENT.

A. c. Munroe VS.. Hattie A. Hull,
Worcester, $500. Central district court,
Writ served by Early. W. A. Gile for
the plaintiff
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

We, thu undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on 80 cent bottle Of
Greene's Syrup of Tar if 1t fails to cure
your cold or cough. We also warrant a
rs cent bottle to prove satisfactory or no
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

Albert W. Andrews
O. j. Carroll & Co.
Frank CT. Rourke & Co.
f. Fl. Fales, Holden
Albert e. Booth, Leicester.
D. II. Gregory & Co., Princeton.
H. ]. Wizard. East Brookheld
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12

We do not know of any
house who are willing to sell as
low. We must sell some way.
A dealer said to the writer.
+" You sell 25 per cent lower than
we do
1t did seem too bad to make
such severe cuts, but the fact
that manu- cor londc cf E,,rrit,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-04
GbiIo 6urt

Last Tuesday @. Irwin, living
miles northwest Of Chanute came in
to town post haste for doctor stat
ing that his wife and children bad
a runaway and one of the children
was badly hurt Dr. Light was hast
lily driven our to the locality. When
they reached the place they found
the little one, a child about three
years old, resting quietly.
Udou an examination it was found
that the child had no bones broken
but was considerably bruised and had
a severe cut on the side of the head.
DR.. Light dressed the wounds and re-
ports the child not seriously hurt. 1t
was a very lucky escape as the horses
ran over very rough road and smash
ed up the spring-wagon badly and one
of them was severely hurt in some
manner. 1t seems Mrs. Irwin had got
out Of the wagon and left the two
children in. when the horses took
fright and runaway.
One child stayed with the wagon
and was not hurt,