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The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

them barely past their majority, were
clever enough to hit upon the weakest
point in the manner of conducting
financial operations usual with the Lon
don banks. They were clever enough
to use their knowledge so skillfully that
until one of them grew careless and
made q slip no suspicion of their
crooked work was aroused. Young as
they were, they had enough knowledge
of the world to present themselves as
men of wealth and influence in a way
that deceived all of the shrewd business
men with whom they came in contact.
Then, with all of their ill-gotten gains
turned into negotiable securities, they
would beyond question have escaped
beyond the reach of arrest, SO cleverly
were their plans laid, had it not been
for the merest chain of accidents. Rec
ognized before their operations by w
A. Pinkerton and identified at once,
when the truth became known, through
the photographs of them he had sent
across the water, they were followed
and easily captured
All of the swindlers had striking
careers before they Joined forces for the
campaign against the Little Old Lady
of Threadneedle Street" Macdonald
was one of the cleverest forgers of the
country and came of wealthy Mont
real family. The Bidwells had worked
through the United States with gang
of forgers, of which Dutch George
Engles was member, and before that
they had operated what was called
business Swindling' under the guise of
z DOSuS commission house in Chicago.
In still earlier days the Bidwells had
kept a candy store in Chicago, and
memories still exist of their place of
business on Madison street near Dear
born. Hills was a minor character.
acting as clerk and receiving only 5
per cent of the profits of the English
operations. With them to Europe in
the fall of 1872 these men carried some
$4,000 or 100000. BY a clever ruse they
got their stylish tailor to introduce
them to the western branch of the
Bank of England. and with an estab-
lished account they were in a position
to lay their plans for the big game
But first they took a flying trip to Rio
de Janefro which netted them some $780,
900 and gave them more capital to work
on. Returned to Europe, they first at
tempted to swindle the Dutch mer-
chants of Amsterdam, but found the
latter too cautious for them. 1t was
while here that they made the great
discovery" as they called it, which de-
cided them as to their method of oper-
ating. The discovery was simply that
when bills of exchange were sent to
England they were paid offhand, with
out requiring the 20. K.' of the makers
and indorsers in advance.
This was early in 1873. Hills, who had
not before been of the party, was now
brought over from America. 1t was ar
ranged that he should answer an ad-
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
ALL SAY THE SAME.
Life in the Philippines Makes the
Kansas Soldiers Home esick.

The following is from letter written
by Rufo A Hazen of H company Twenti-
The writer was student at the Kansas
university and would have graduated this
Manila, P L. Jan %
;, Our government @ rations are good R enough, l.
day. That may seem big, but I've l would
bs 'hlr The q FPn6 is good
food not SO rich 3f, as the 4r9dHet at he@
Cocoanuts are abundant and sell for two
aiig great s1 many ayH at first but soon tired of
them. Cocoanut oil is used as an oint-
bricantS as well as petroleum in the street
The sweet potato grows rapidly and is a
very important product. 1 don't believe
you know what a sweet potato is unless
9aTe 6a% tsn snv good co1ny butter to-
eat with them, but 1 never ate anything
The climate has been all that could be
asked, not too cold and not too warm
be ne the e'th1i dry season. Sc It % rains m mostly at
nighttime and about one good soak
The sick do not fare very well as the
hospitals are not very well equipped. and
is most. to be feared, as nearly every case
pital. . ''''e''' any ''-' ~
our; work is heavy. Privates go on
the on-commssioned officers about twice
a month. See what little trimming on
duty is exacting, and at present danger
Gus, especially along the outposts. There
are about two soldiers knitted every week.
Very few wounds prove fatal However,
no one cares to have a Filipino try to
carve him. The soldiers without an ex-
ception want to go home. Ma mmas" are
better cooks than Uncle Sam can ever
hope to be. If we ever get back to
Gods country we will appreciate home
as we never appreciated it before.
This is the last place in the world for
a poor man. Labor is valued at 10 Is
cents a day. An American laborer can
not earn enough to buy one meal day.
An American dinner can be had for 80
cents. In a Chinese restaurant % cents
will buy a lot of stuff that makes you
sick to look at. The natives butcher cat
tle horses. water buffalo, pigs. dogs and
cats. The Cinnamon add rats mice and
lizards to the list.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
BURIED
IN CHICAGO.
The Body Of Austin BidWelI j.,
One of
The Four Men Who Robbed the
Bank of England
OF 5 MILLION DOLLARS
To Be Brought to Chicago For
Burial.
History of the Greatest Forgery
of Modern Times.

Chicago, March 1.-THE body of Aus
tin Bidwell one of the four men who
robbed the Bank of England of a bigger
sum than any other bank ever had
stolen from it, will be brought to Chi
cago for burial. George Bidwell. an
other Of the gang of record making
swindlars, is accompanying his brothers s
body from Butte, Mont. The funeral
services will be held at the home of his
brother as soon as arrangements can
be made after the body arrives. The
burial will be at Rosehill.
In this city Austin Bidwel made his
home for the greater part of the time
since his release two years ago from an
English prison. With his brother, Ben
son, member of the family who. how
ever. had no part in any of the GRIM
inal operations of the gang either in this
country or in Europe, Austin Bidwell
had made his home at 1886 North Mo
Zart avenue. in Lake View. OF fine
physique, of a big-hearted and happy
disposition, he was a great faVorite at
his brothers home. The news of his
death was great shock and his rela-
tfves were grief-Stricken. Changed by
his brilliant but ultimately profitless
criminal experiences and by his long
years of penal service, he had settled
down into law-abiding life. He was
an electrician, but much of his time he
spent in canvassing for the books pub
lished by George BidwelPs printing
firm at Hartford, Conn. Rarely can a
man be found who would be able to re
count such a tale of criminal success
as could Austin Bidwell. Rarely, in
deed, can a man be found from whom
fate has snatched by seemingly the most
trif1ing accident the enjoyment of such
fortune as Bidwell had accumulated.
George Bidwen, Austin BidweI,
George Macdonald, and a tool of theirs,
Edwin Noyes Hills, were the four men
who inside of few months of scheming
managed to defraud the Bank of Eng
land of over $1,000, 600. They claimed in
later years that their operations had
netted them 21,000, 900, or So, 900, 900, but
this was undoubtedly a gross exagger-
alton. William A Pinkerton, who is
in a position to know all about their
operations, for his firm it was which
brought about the capture of the swim
dlers, he having personally arrested
Austin Bidwen, says that the smaller
figure is the accurate one. These four
men, all of them young, and some of
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

No one will need to be told that
Paine's celery compound does it's best
work now as spring comes on. These
early spring days encourage getting
well. Nervous diseases are less stubborn
and debility yields more quickly now
than at any other time.
1t will astonish everyone who knows
Paine's celery compound only by hear
say, to try it now and see the change
from a yellow, sallow complexion to a
fresh, healthy color; headaches will
wholly cease; sleep will refresh and the
mind grow clear. BY means of this
great modern remedy the liver that has
been sluggish all winter becomes ac-
tive, and bilious attacks and the poison
Gus headaches and the diseases akin to
rheumatism which are its result, are cut
short.
If it were possible to make a house
toulouse canvass of families where
Paine's celery compound is being used
during these early spring days, an
overwhelming amount of evidence
would appear showing the implicit con-
fidence that is placed in this greatest
of all spring remedies: and the enor-
nous number of people who are being
cured of some form of nervous troubles,
sleeplessness, indigestion, headaches
neuralgia, heart troubles or a general
run down" condition.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
SLOAN MEETS DE RESZKE
Well-Known Jockey Calls Upon the
Famous Tenor Singer.

New York March 11.-Jockey Tod Sloane
with big bundle under his arm, stepped
up to the clerk of the Gilsey House to-
day and asked that his card be sent up to
"Mr. James d. Riskey." Max Hirsch.
treasurer of the Metropolitan Opera House,
who is a great friend of Sloane's, was dis
cussing things operatic with him the
other day. when he happened to tell him
of the splendid stable De Reszke. the
tenor, keeps in Poland.
He was surprised that Sloane who
knows the Prince of Wales and so many
other celebrities. both at home and abroad
had never met the singer, and the jockey 5
visit to the Gilsey House was the result
of the conversations De Reszke received
the diminutive jockey pleasantly and ac-
cepted a lot of photographs of himself the
latter gave him. When he came down
stairs he met some of his racing friends
i've just been calling on Jim Riskey, 3"
he said, with a slight display of vanity
risiOn
No, Jim Riskey, the opera singer he
replied Hes dead game sport, too.''
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

Lon V Stephens is the first native
horn governor of Missouri; neighboring
Kentucky has furnished the rest.
AS chief executive of the state of Mis-
souri, his policy is busineSS-iike, eco
nOmical and progressive.
Gov. stephens frankly and freely rec
ommends Paine's celery compound. He
has been greatly benefited by it, and
whenever there is sickness in his fam
lily Paine's celery compound is the rem
edy that is used.
AS a witness to the wonderful efficacy
of this remedy, especially in spring, the
experience of the chief executive of the
state, told in the following letter, can
not be slightingly passed over:
Executive Department,
State of Missouri,
Jefferson City, Feb 8, 1899.
Gentlemen:
I have used Paine's celery compound,
keep it in my house for family use. and
find it a splendid remedy. Very respect
fully yours, LON V. STEPHENS.
Why is Paine's celery compound to-
day the most successful spring remedy
in the world?
1t is so. wonderfully successful simply
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
PUZZLE SCIENTISTS.
Michael Kelley, the "Curtain Faced
Man. is Dead.

New York, March 11.-4Michael KEEL
ley, who for twenty five years was the
puzzle of scientists, the fright of chill
dren. and, in fact, the strangest case
Bellevue hospital ever had, died yes
terday in that institution He was
known as ''The Curtain Faced Man"
Upon his head, neck and face long,
stringy bits of flesh grew, forming a
fringe of living tissues.
The nature or composition of the
growth was never determined, the
physicians and surgeons being content
with the generic name of tumor to des-
ignate Kelley's malady.
The pathologists hoped in death to re-
veal the significance of the grewsome
spectacle, but in this they were thwart-
ed. for wealthy relatives claimed the
body, preventing under the peculiar
provisions of the state autopsy law the
performance of post mortem examina-
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

who suffers from weakness and disease of
the distinctly feminine organs, whether she
realizes it or not, is being slowly but surely
tortured to death. She suffers almost con-
Gnually with sick headache. She has pains
in the back, what she calls stitches" " in the
side and shooting pains everywhere. She
experiences burning and dragging down
sensations. She becomes weak, nervous
and respondent. She neglects her home,
and is petulant with her husband. If she
consults the average physician, there is not
one chance in ten that he will hit upon the
real cause of her trouble. He will attribute
her bad feelings to stomach liver, heart or
nervous trouble. A woman in this condi-
ton should consult some eminent and skill
full specialist who has had wide expert
ence. DR.. R V. Pierce, for thirty years
chief consulting physician to the Inva1ids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
N. Y, has, with the assistance of a staff of
able physicians, prescribed for many thou
sands of women. He has invented a won
derful medicine for ailing women, known
as DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription It
has stood the test for thirty years. It acts
directly on the delicate and important or
gans concerned in wifehood and mother
hood, making them strong and well. It
a11ays Inflammation, heals liberation,
soothes pain and tones and builds up the
nerves. 1t transforms weak, nervous von-
en- into healthy, happy wives and mothers.
Twas an invalid for over year with change
of life" writes Mrs. c. Smith, of Orr, Cascade
stomach and such extreme weakness could
hardly walk. took one bottle of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and hve of his 'Ea-
vorite Prescription and am entirely well"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
SMALLPOX AT SANTA FE.
May Cause Schools and Churches to
Be Closed.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, March 1.-THE city
and county authorities have finally join
ed hands in a campaign against small
FOX, and heroic measures will be re-
sorted to in stamping out the disease
which has become so threatening. En-
forced vaccination is being resorted to.
and $3.50 has been subscribed to main
tain pest house and carry on the fight.
The schools and churches will probably
be closed for ten days and no public
gathering allowed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

England the purchase of a plantation
far up on the Tombigbee river, in AL
ALBANIA, where he hoped to be safe for
and was later married to one of the
officials Of the bank her husband had
robbed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

A good sized audience is witness
'.Shore Acres at the Crawford theater
this afternoon. A second performance of
given tonight.
Flint the hypnotist, will fill his annual
engagement at the Crawford theater next
week, opening Monday night. The hyp-
notiSt'S entertainments will be at poplila r
prices. and the rule in regard to the ad-
mittance of ladies free will be observed
Monday night
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
TO BE SURE

Of having your work AS you
want It, and WHEN you want IT,
call up
l53, Topeka Steam Laundry.
We do ''VeIvet Edge" Collars and Cuffs.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
Rheumatism Cured.

We guarantee Regans rheumatism
Remedy to cure any case of Rheuma-
tism in 80 days or money refunded. Sold
for 81 per bottle by Swift & Holiday
Drug Co.. w. H. Wilson, and Arnold
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
Free Chair Cars

To Fort Worth on Santa Fe trains
leaving Topeka at 1905 d. m and AK
p. m. Round trip tickets for 14.5O on
March IL and II.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
Ft. Worth and Return s146o.

Via the Rock Island Route, hours
quicker time than by any other line.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

form, and for
n o offe n c c
whatever, save
q little ignor-
a n c e, or pos
sibly, q little
neglect.
The -n-nn
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

nERFECT won1anhood depends perfect health.
Natures gifts of physical beauty vanish before
- pain,
Sweet dispositions turn morbid and fretfu1.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

Excessive perspiration is annoying and
unhealthy. 1t is of the nature of dis
ease and may become chronic. ]. Fl.
Woodbury., 127 w. 42d st, N. Y, cures it.
Send I0c for Beauty Book and sample of
Woodbury's Facial Soap or Facial Cream.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

The possessions that win good hus-
bands and keep their love should be guard
eddy women every moment of their lives.
The greatest menace to weman's per-
manent happiness in life is the suffering
that comes from arrangement of the
feminine organs.
Manv thousands of women have realized
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

help After giving all hopes of
advised to Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
pound for special information began to improve
and fully restored to health.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound with the best results
and can say from my heart that
your medicines are wonderful.
My physician called my trouble
chronic Inflammation of the left
ovary. For years suffered very
much, but thanks to Mrs.
VYo114o1D1o
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11

am today a well Wo.
man. / would say to all
suffering women. take
Lydia E. Pinkham's
medicine and your suf.
erings will vanish"
MRS. MAGGIE PHIL
LIPPE, of Ladoga, Ind.
writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINK
HAM-For four years I
suffered from u1cera-
ton of the womb.
l became so weak I
could not walk across
The Topeka state journal., 1899-03-11
PERFECT
WOMAN
HOOD

beauty, barely their
lives Many other thousands avaed of the generous in
vitaon of Mrs Pinkham suffering free
of charge
MRS H T. GARRErsoN Bound Brook N l. writes: DEAR
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-23
The Pride of our Flag.

The Am can four masted steel bark
Erskine M. Phelps, Captain Graham, arriv-
ed in San Francisco last week from Balti-
more, on her maiden voyage. The Phelps
is the first sailing vessel ever built in the
United States of American steel. As des-
cribed by the press; 1.-The Phelps is Amer
lean from keel to truck, jib boom to
spanker boom, and more handsome
craft never sailed into the Bay of San
Francisco. She made perfect picture as
she sailed up the Bay with her snow white
canvas and black hull showing up in bold
relief against Marin's green hills. Cap
tain Graham is the proudest man afoat,
because his vessel is American from keel
to truck, and from jibboom to spanker
boom. There are other American steel
ships, but then the steel they were built
with came from England, while the steel
in the Phelps was made in the United
States and by American workmen."
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-23
Mrs. Sarah Woods N cManus.

Passed to a Higher Life Thursday
March 18th, at Thorndike, Sarah Woods, wife
of Daniel A. McManus The burden of eighty
years rested lightly upon her, and in her last
illness all that loving hearts and tender
hands could do for her relief was done. The
funeral services were held at her late home
Thursday, March 9th, Rev G. G. Winsow
of Belfast officiating, and the remains were
taken to Belfast for interment The deceased
was the daughter of Moses and Elizabeth
McGray Woods of Unity. Besides hus band
she leaves four children by former mar
riage, Frank W. Emerson of Salem, Oregon
Henry O. Emerson of TIBET, Montana Will
son G. Emerson and Mrs. Minnie Emerson
Pull of Cherokee, Iowa Two brothers,
William NJ. Woods of Belfast, and Henry j
Woods of Orono, survive her. She was for
many years member of the Congregational
Church in Belfast Following is list of
the beautiful flowers and the names of their
Crescent of palms and roses, Mr.. and
Mrs. William NJ. Woods, Belfast eighty
carnations, Mr.. and Mr.. Henry j. Woods,
Ogono; wreath of Easter lilies, cut flowers
Roman hyacinths aud snilax, Professor
and Mrs. Charles d. Woods, Orono; bouquet,
Miss Alice Shales, Belfast; geraninm pillow
Mrs. Anne Joyce, Freedom large basket
of flowers from the conservatory at Belfast
from Mrs. Martha Ward, Miss Hattie Corn
forth, Mrs. Iiettie Bradford, Mrs. Lydia
Coffin, Mrs. Ann Gowen, Mrs. Addie Ward
Mrs. Jennie Vuse, Mrs. Abbie Written,
Mrs. tsadore Tilton, Mrs. Mary johnson,
Mrs. Eta Harmon, Mrs. Webster Mrs
Keene, Mrs. Julia Whitney, Mrs. Josie
Cox, Mrs. Sparrow, Mrs. Fannie H. Downs.
Mrs. Nellie Monroe of Thorndike. Mrs
McManus was AN atfectionate wife, an obiig-
ing and cheerful neighbor, and will be great
ly missed ,espaci ally by her husband, who is
left alone, and who has the heartfelt sympa.
thy OF all his sorrow. We submit in resigna-
ton and bow in submission to Him "Who
doeth all things we'll" She had for years
been identified with whatever society had
been organized, being faithful and earnest
worker in the temperance cause, and held at
the time of her death the Office OF Chaplain
in Harvest Moon Grange, P. OF H, of which
she was an esteemed member Wherever she
Went she carried cheerfulness, and being a
great lover of flowers she cared for and dis
pensed them with liberal hand
She is done forever wi tn pain and care,
She has gone where blessed angels are
And far removed from Earth's dark WAYS
She singeth Heavens Song of Praise.
Triumphant over death and pain
Her faith shone bright aud clear;
fl led her down the heavenly road,
Without a doubt or fear.
o blessed hope that's born of Heaven,
No pain nor death can mar;
Bright CLEANS the star of faith and love,
Bright CLEANS "the Gates ajar,"
Where there's no trace of sadness,
Where all tears are wiped away;
She has joined in the song Of gladness,
To sing through an endless day.
For this world is but shadow,
Here many paths of PAIN
But beyond lifes stormy river
We shall meet our loved again.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-23
| the world PNeAoo oAu IAutu III al

the world, " A"'" =" OIL
~ Must DC spiritual movement. Above
~ lung else Jesus was spiritual. Man
-, - us higher life is spiritual being. Let
uS no1 Goh1ound true spiritual life with
po S?.acal cant, no religious hypuotism.
Nelslon IS not emotional insanity. 1t is
spiiI.oai living which grows from spirit
ual thinking. We have made orr religion
700 material We have measured Jesus
lnuch as tailor would measure his Gus
,omer Tor suit. We cut the religions
cloths to fit our own fancies. We have
weighed his "blood' in our theological
scales, and made it balance the wrath
Vi uoo. All of which is an inhuman and
material way to treat the greatest PROPHET
who ever lived. f'-'9'
ine new movement must grasp the
spiritual idea of Jesus; and look for the
heahhg OF humanity, not in the cere-
MONIES OF the church; not in 'moun-
tam or Jerusalem worship, but in
spirit and In truth, for such was his
teaching
VIII such movement come? 1t must
come. God is back of it. Humanity is
IN H. Ii it does not start in the churches.
it must start outside of them # is
simply the Christ movement inspired with
the best thought of the day. Which
church did Christ organize? To which
Goes he belong? SIS Christ divided?'
Can a ''house divided against itself
stand"' He started in to reform the
church OF his day, and was ''Cast out of
Inc Synagogue" He started great
spiritual movement. That movement has
ilVed In spite OF ecclesiasticism. 1t is ad-
vanclng with mighty progress. 1t will
yet bring the social and spiritual unity of
humanity.
Ihls movement for united brother
hood has already begun where every great
movement begins-in talk. Humanity
talks itself into action. There has been
more talk of universal brotherhood'' in
the name of Christ during the present de-
cade than in all the century before.
Again, the tendency of the age is toward
cooperation of all humanity; a tendency
which the narrow ecclesiastic can no more
check thar piece of drift wood can
check the inrolling tide. Unity is in the
| air. A treaty has already been made
between certain denominations not to
start new organizations in the same com
munity. superintendent are 'caution-
ed' from headquarters not to organize
new churches in overcrowded places. In
many places churches are temporarily
| closed' while the members are melting
| away" into other sects. Never before
was the spirit of unity SO strongly the
central theme as at the majority of the
great religious conventions. And though
it is as yet only on the ragged edge of
humanity, it is working like the ''leaven
in the meal" The time seems not far
distant when this new movement, the uni
versal brotherhood, must come. When
Johns vision of the ''Dew heaven and the
new EARTH shall be fulfilled, ''No more
sea- to sebarate humanity. ''No more
night to bugbear the children of God.
''No more tears" caused by "man's in
humanity to man." When righteousness
shall cover the earth ''as the waters COW
er the sea-