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The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
Voting Places = Judges and
Clerks.

o,orro Topeka, Kansas, Oct. "a. 1893.
day appointed the following nared legal
voters of the city of Topeka, to serve as
held on Tuesday, November 7th, 1888. at
the following m naI9ed s ,E2 pieces to-wit:
First precinct-Polling place, s12 North
Judges-F. S. Stevens. Fred Marks,
CLERKS David Ward. H. e, Bowen
Second precinct-SO5 North Van Buren
street.
Judges-Geo. Allen. J. Arterbridge, W.
CIerKs-Jno. Durkin, David Lewis.
Third precinct-Fopeka avenue and
.Judgess-o. c. Neiswender. NJ. W. King.
clerks-c. sE;cB54ldq F; Bridge H " Cheney.
Judges-H. W. Parker. P J. Donahue.
second precinct92ss yiefferson sS llHre Street
Judgess-W. H. Oliver, John Lansan.
ClerksNAl Benson, VIM. sneed.
Third precinct--ll112 East Fourth street.
{GElesIrkEs{JJ: Glerks-J: Abbott, Scott Warner.
rJudges@,,R I. Darby, Pat McAndreWs,
Glerks-H,. G. Mills, J. G. .Yohey.
Fifth precinct-Vea1e block.
,Jugd5ges-W. w Alkire, L. NJ. Penwen. J.
clerks-Geqf ri P. pRRoggssrsi 8 J. semple.
First precinct-110 East Tenth avenue.
Judges, M. Hart, John T. Widner. D.
Clerks-Geo. NJ, Eagle, John GriIey
second Freclnct-y3S Kansas avenue.
Judges-W. H. Aldaffer, T. J. Crouch.
Clerks-DeForest Jetmore, ]. N. Keys.
Third precinct-Corner King and Clay.
Gierks~spence Hall. s. N. Roberts.
Fourth precinct-Corner Huntoon and
=, ,Judgegs-IH7I. R. Achenbach. J. t. Ward.
Clerks-J. =. Carroll, #, W. Craig.
First precinct-Rai1's Barn, West 6th.
las Rain.
ggIerks;-c. W. Dnyis. Carl Nellis.
kett, L T. Loekhard.
Clerks-Fred Jewell, A. N Brown.
Third precinet-7l1 West Fourth street.
JudgesIJ. P. johnson. Geo. W. Clark
Clerks-R. Whitmer, H. c. Root.
Fourth precinct-1021 West Sixth avenue
Judges-W. H. Cummings, J. NJ. West,
Clerks-John Rogers. w. A. Roberts.
FIFTH WARD.
First precinct-Corner Topeka avenue
Judges-Sam Jones, NJ. G. Pryor, G. W.
Cierks-Geo. T. Mattingley. ]. s. Leach.
house.
Judges.c,W; E. Atehison. J. F. c. Ruek-
Clerks-Dr. e. P. Rogers, E. c. Russum
SIXTH WARD.
Judges-D. H Morgan, c. I. Sears, Hen
CIerks-T. F. Orner. E. c. Fowler.
must appear at the offfce Of Commission lra n
er of Elections ON or before Monday night
such judges and clerks. The polls will
be open at o'clock a. m, and close at
clock p. m.
Commissioner of Elections.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
SALINAS MARSHAL
Now Accused of Withholding 81, ,241
City Funds Collected.

Salina, Oct. 2s.-If the charges
against Marshal G Ibert are true, he has
collected and failed to turn into the
city treasury S1,241 belonging to the
city. Councilman Miller says in his
allegations that Gilbert collected from
M. J. Benedict $25 per month as a fine
during the months of February, March,
April, June and August of the year 1897.
This means that $125 was secured.
Since August, 1897, the charges allege
that Gilbert collected as a fine S54 per
month up to the present time, with the
exceptions of the months OF September
and November, 1897, May, September
and November, 1898, and January and
June of 1899 the fines for which months
were turned into the city treasury. De-
Quoting the seven months fines ac-
counted for from August, 1897, to the
present time and there remains a per
iOd of eighteen months during which
the sum of S54 per month is alleged to
have been secured. Eighteen months
at $54 a month means 1912.
The amount of $144 which is alleged
to nave been collected from nine north
end women and not turned into the city
treasury, completes the handsome sum
of $1,241 said to be illegally gotten by
Mr.. Gilbert.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

missionary by the River Brethren de-
nomination. Mail communica tions be-
ing cut off, no word, even Indirectly,
has been had from the lady. Another
party of missionaries, seven in all, are
in Rhodesia, north of the TransvaaI.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Engle, father and
mother of ]. H. Engle, the state Sunday
school superintendent, are in the party,
as is also Miss Frances Davidson, A.
NJ, who taught for a time in McPher-
son college, and later in the Abilene
high school Mr.. and Mrs. Cress and
Isaac Lehman of Talmage, this coun-
ty, and Miss Heise of New York COM
plete the list. If the Beers succeed in
enlisting the Metabeles against the
English speaking people, the mission
aries will be in danger of their lives,
in which case they will seek British pro-
lection in Fort Usher, which is only
ten miles from their mission. The fort
is twenty miles southeast of Bulawayo,
a native city of about 10000 people.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
JAYHAWKER JoTs.

Winfield is to have a new hospital
A whole lot of Kansas printers are
busy this week printing the official
ballots.
that the Beers are a little too familiar
with LadySnith.
Up at Horton the other day four far
ners were each trying to hire one man,
and quarreled about which should have
him.
An Arkansas city man finds his
greatest happiness in the fact that his
slippers are too small for his wife to
wear.
On hearing the report that Grant Gill
lett has the smallpox down in Mexico,
Billy Morgan wonders how much the
smallpox will lose in the deal
The Central Branch can not get
hands enough to attend to its work,
simply because the farmers are over
bidding it in the matter of wages.
When the Twentieth Kansas comes
through ESmpOria next week a lot of
Normal students will gather at the de-
pot and give them the Normal salute.
Every year it is announced that the
railroads won't give passes to people
who want to go home to vote, but it is
noticeable that many people get the
passes just the same
Examinations will be pulled off at the
State Normal next week, and a reQui-
sition has been made for 40, 600 sheets
of paper to be used at that time. Just
think what a lot Of woe that paper will
causei
Since Abilene's fire department was
down at WamegO, and Wamego's girl
cadets were up at the Abilene corn car
nival, the two towns have been say
ing all manner OF nice things about one
another.
An lola man said all the bad words
in or out of the dictionary the other
day, and although he explained to the
police judge that he had good reason
for IT, the judge didn't consider the
reason good enough.
AN Evening With the Kansas
Poets" is the latest form OF entertain
ment that is going the rounds of Kan
sas towns. There are a whole lot of
things to be learned at an entertain
ment Of that character.
Down in Barber county a farmer had
$3.50 in gold on hand when his house
burned down, and now he is sitting the
ashes in the quest for the metal. He
, is succeeding better than most gold
hunters, for he has found half of it.
Independence claims that General
/ Prosperity has taken up his residence
down there. The brick plant and crack
er factory are running night and day,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

William Scott and wife to Henry Scott
5000, south half of lot 101 and lots 103
105 and l0z Taylor street.
Clarence r. EOrner to Julia Kelly, s.. 900
south half of lot 26S. lots 270 and 272 and
north half of lot 274, Tyler street.
Malcom Q. Monat and wife to A. W.,
and Francis N; bradshaw, $500, part
C. 3. Merriam and wife to Willard n.
Hail $1,150, west so feet lots 433, 435 49,
439, Al. 4S3 Van Buren, street, Huntoon's ;
addition
Hall s1,6e0, tract on Quincy St, North
Topeka
bank S75 lots KS 20 Al ' l IoPe6a peg ~ s9yl9gs
burn avenue, Miller's College Park addi-
]. H. Evans ct al to D. L. Campbell,
800, lots %, 81 and 80, Michigan avenue,
sub division.
c: o. Knowles and wife to Mary J.
Richard son, 81 lot 629 and N. = 631 Har-
risOn street, Walnut Grove subdivision.
Peter Haley and wife to j. H. Evans
50, lots 81 and "a Illinois avenue, Hugh's
PAX subdivision.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
MR.. HILL SUED.
Founder of Hill City Held to an
Accounting.


United States District Attorney Lam
bert has filed a suit in the United States
circuit court to set aside the patent OBJ
tanned by w. R. Hill and James t.
Lawliss, to a quarter section of land in
Graham county. The story, as alleged
in the petition unfolds an interesting
scheme.
Mamie Montgomery was a colOred
girl, the daughter of James Montgom-
cry, a soldier in company K, Seventy
ninth regiment, Kansas volunteer Uni
ted States cOlored infantry, and she
lived in Kansas City. In August, 1892,
she died, and a month later, it is al
legged, Hill went before the probate
judge of Graham county, and had him
self appointed as her guardian, without
telling, of course, that she was dead.
Then Hill filed on the southeast quar-
ter Of section II, range Z, township %
west, in her name under the soldiers
orphans act. The necessary improve
ments We're made from time to time,
and in due time Hill proved up on the
land, secured a patent, and gave
deed to Lawliss-
The government now comes in and is
bringing suit to set the patent aside on
theg round of fraud.
Criminal action was brought against
Hill in the United States district court
on the same score about three years
ago, but the case was finally dismissed.
1t is upon this property that the town
of Hill City is built, and for that rea-
son the quarter section is very valu-
able.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
REWARD OF $500 OFFERED.
Doniphan Bandits Are Still at Large
and Description Is Sent Out.

Atchison, Oct. 2S.-The Doniphan
bandits are still at large and the re-
ward for their capture has been in
creased to 81, 800. This reward is Of
fered by the state, Doniphan and Atch-
ison counties, Anton Braun, whose son
was killed, and Charles Kuchs, owner
of the DOniphan store. The following
is the description of the bandits:
One man about feet 10 inches tall,
about 80 years old, rather slender, san
dy complexion. weight about $50
pounds. One man about 5 feet 8 inches
tall, rather stout built, sandy complex
ion, weight about 170 pounds, aged
about 80 years. One of these men is
badly wounded in head and face from
shotgun wound. When last seen
tall man wore dark suit, small one
greyish brown suit.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
SEA TOO COLD.
Sharkey Was Unable Friday to Take
His Ocean Plunge.

New York, Oct. 2s.-For the first time
in more than a week Sharkey was un-
able to take a sea bath Friday. The
mist was so heavy that the suns rays
were lost and Tom feared the cold wa
ter would do him more harm than good.
Others around the camp have found
bit too much chilliness prevailing in the
bay for at least three weeks. but the
brawny Irishman thinks ploughing in
the icy waves the greatest sort of sport.
Another change was made in his out
door work. Instead of running five
miles as Manager O'Rourke ordered,
he strolled leisurely over to the New
dorp station from Southfield, a mile
and half, and then ran back on the
run. Sharkey came up to expectations.
Trainer Tim McGrath drove alongside
and coached him.
The big fellow cantered along in his
own gawky way and in the last quarter
of a mile let himself out. At the finish
Tom was breathing a little more than
usual, but was far from being worked
out.
The regular gymnasium work was
done in the afternoon, but not so much
of it as on Thursday. Sharkey was only
in the building an hour and a half all
told.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

The New York journal, the leading
Democratic paper Of the United States,
makes the following ante-election pre-
diction:
The Democrats are going to be un-
mercifully thrashed in Ohio. And they
are going to suffer their punishment
because they have abandoned the
sound Democratic policy of expansion,
and have stupidity allowed themselves
to be put in a position which no Ameri-
can party has ever occupied without
rJIin-the position of encoura cement to
armed resistance to the national gov
ernment. Mr.. Mckinley has earned
defeat by his own mismanagement, but
his opponents are forcing victory upon
him. In two weeks We shall see what
they have accomplished.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
MK1BBEN BACK TO PRISON
Notorious Counterfeiter Again With,
IN the Walls

Leavenworth, Oct. 2S.-J. c. McKib-
ben, the notorious cOunterfeiter, has
been received at the federal prison from
Texas and is again at work for Uncle
Sam.
McKibben is the man who, while
serving a sentence in the federal prison,
produced Photographic counterfeits of
bank notes and started to circulate
them through TRUSTEES. He was resent
enced in the United States for this
crime At the expiration of his sent
ence he toured the country in a wagon
as a photographer. All the while he
was making and circulating bogus bills
Then he got down into Old Mexico and
operated with cowboys on the border
Finally he was caught across the line
and arrested through the able work of
William J. Burns, of the United States
secret service.
He has a five year sentence to serve
for this latter episode Of crime.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
SCHOOL BOOK CASE.
Crane 6 Co. Seek to Compel Payment
for Books Ordered but Not Sold.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 2S.-Crane & Co.,
publishers, of Topeka, brought suit in
the district court here Friday afternoon
against the Goldsmith Book company, a
local concern, which has been acting as
distributing agents of school textbooks.
This is provided for by state law, and
Crane seeks to compel payment for
books, furnished on requisition Of the
county superintendent, not sold.
1t is understood that a test case will
be made of the suit and that dealers
in all parts of Kansas viii assist the
Wichita concern in the fight Crane &
Co., as publishers of certain textbooks,
provided by statute for the public
schools of Kansas, have a contract
with the state textbook commission to
furnish such books to distributing
agents which shall receive 10 per cent
of the selling price for handling. The
Topeka publishers say that the contract
was voted for one year only and that
dealers can be made to pay outright for
all books they accept now, whether or
dered directly or issued upon requisitiOn
of the county superintendent without
regard to whether such books are dis
posed of. The Wichita house refused
payment for books shipped upon order
of the county and city superintendent
and not sold.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
GLOBE SIGHTS

From the AtchiSon Globe1
Friends have a way Of abusing each
other.
It is a sign of weakness to venomous-
Iy hate people
A good cure for malaria is the great
need Of the hour.
A mans favorite joke is that he is
related to the church by marriage.
Some men have so many diamonds
that they are made miserable in guard
ing them.
An Atchison woman makes a spec
ialty of attending funerals, to see how
the mourners carry on"
When book agent. calls at an Office,
and over looks a man, all the others
want him to buy lottery tickets for
them.
Most things taste as if the cook had
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

put them on the fire. and had then
gone over to borrow a dress pattern of
a neighbOr.
way of showing her anger at kin than
by falling to call and see the kin's new
baby before it is a month old
When a dressmaker sends a garment
home on the day promised, the woman
it is for is so astonished that she has
nervous prostration, and can't wear it.
Every woman who isn't kept busy
enough after marriage to keep out of
mischief has a good deal to say about
having been mere child" when she
married.
When a man is drinking, he thinks
there is lots Of fun is dissipation that
he is missing, but the next day, when
the bust-head develops, he resolves to
dissipate no more
An Atchison servant girl makes par
ticularly good bread, and four differ
ent women for whom she has worked,
but who can not make good bread
themselves, claim to have taught her.
Every time a new caller appeared at
an AtchiSOn sick WOman'S house, she
recommended a plaster, and the sick
woman is now wearing eleven, and half
the neighbors haven't called yet.
Nearly every woman has a friend Of
whom she says that she is one of those
quiet, refined, Womanly women put on
earth once in awhile to show what a
woman should be. Then after awhile
they quarrel, and talk about each
other.
When travellers return from abroad.
they should refrain from showing
their friends Chinese shoes, pictures of
saints, MadOnnas, etc. The people are
becoming tired of relics of foreign
travel, having seen so many of them.
When a traveller returns from abroad,
his friends like to call on him, but they
very much dislike the usual talk about
Chinese shoes. churches in Rome, and
that sort of thing.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
CHARGE OF DRUNKENNEss
Filed Against Pratt Co. Commissions,
"A Political Mixture.

Z
Pratt, Oct. 2S.-Considerable excite
ment was caused yesterday afternoon
by the filing in the district court of a
suit to remove one of the county COM
missioners on the charge of drunken
ness. The county attorney, J. c. Ellis,
is the complaining witness. He charges
that on the goth inst. Commissioner
Frank Barker was drunk on the streets
of Wichita, and was still drunk when
he alighted from the train at Cairo.
Mr.. Barker and Attorney Ellis have
not been on good terms for some time.
Mr. Ellis recently put in a bill of $400
for collecting $4,000 taxes from the rail-
road, which Mr.. Barker fought, and
which was not allowed. Mr.. Ellis also
sued the county for this money at the
same time he made charges against the
commissioner.
Mr.. Barker is a farmer and ranch
man, and prominent in Populist poll
tics, and is being pushed by political
friends for the nomination for repre-
sentative on the Populist ticket next
year. Mr.. Ellis was the Republican
candidate for district judge when Judge
Bashore was elected.
Populists threaten revenge on Repub-
lican officials by the same route should
the action to GUST Mr.. Barker prove
successful
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
PATRIOTIC PARSONS.
Will Present 4oth o. s. Volunteers
RegimentaI OoIors.

Parsons, Oct. 28.-This city has added
more laurels to her already proud rec
ord of patriotism and stands today on
the records of the war department the
first city of its size in the United States
in response to the last call for volun-
teers for the war in the Philippines.
Last night telegram was forwarded
for standard FegimentaI colors, which
will be presented the Fortieth United
States volunteers, of which the Parsons
boys form Company F.
Just when the cOlors will be present
ed the regiment will depend upon the
rapidity with which the order is filed,
but it is hoped the colors will reach
the regiment before it leaves Fort
Riley. The colors will cost $135, and
the amount has been raised by popular
substitution.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

1t is said that a delegation Of Nor
mon church dignitaries has followed
Congressman Brigham H. Roberts of
Utah, to Brooklyn, in an effort to in
duce him to resign the seat to which he
has been elected and thus save farther
trouble to the saints. 1t doesn't ap-
pear that these same priests and elders
are willing to go into the trouble saw
ing business themselves to the extent
of discarding some of the wives Of
which they are seVeraIly Possessed.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
Relief In sig Hours

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease
relieved in six hours by New Great
South American Kidney Cure It is a
great surprise on account Of its exceeding
promptness in relieving pain in bladder
kidneys and back, in male or female. Re-
leves retention of water almost frnmed-
lately If you want quick relief ard
cure this is the remedy. Sold by Sim
Drug Co., s94 Kansas avenue. and Geo.
W. Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue, drug
eiStS Topeka. Kansas
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
CANCER KILLED HIM.
Captain C. n. Lester Failed to Survive
an Operation.

New York, oct. 28.-Captain Charles
H. Lester, U. S. A, retired, died last
night as the result of an operation for
cancer of the mouth. The operation
was performed Tuesday and the patient
failed to rally from the shock. He was
Sc years of age and leaves a widow. He
was a cousin of Lieutenant Governor
Timothy Woodruff, a classnate of Col
onel Guy V. Henry, who died of pneu-
monia- He fought in the Civil war and
had spent much of his time since then
with the army in Dakota and Texas. At
the time of his retirement he was in
the Eighth artillery.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
X. OF L. WIN VICTORY.
Secure Recognition Over o. NJ. w. In
Alabama Mines Troubles.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 2S.-In the
fight of the Knights of Labor and the
United Mine Workers to secure recog-
milton in the Alabama mining district,
the former scored a signal victory today
by practically obtaining control of the
Walker county coal mines.
Demands for recognition were made
by both organizations on the Galloway
Coal company, which, by reason Of it's
capacity, fixes the scale and President
Galloway today issued a notice that he
would recognize no order but the
KnightS of Labor"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
EXTENDING PHONE LINES.
PIainviIle to Be Connected With
Stockton In Near Future.

PIainville, Oct. 2s.-E. G. Culp, of sa-
lima, representing the National Auto
matte Telephone company, has been
here in the interest of putting in a.
plant, and also to put in a toll line to
connect Plainville with Stockton. He
met with some encouragement, and will
return later.
He expectes to go to work at once
on the Stockton system. Mr.. Culp is
of the opinion that the time is near
when every town in the Sixth district
of Importance will not only have the
telephone but that all of them will be
linked together by toll lines.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
HILL CITY's BOOM
More Building Now Going On Than
In Any Ten Years Previous.

In Any Ten Years Previous.
Hill City, Oct. 2S.-with the amount
Of improvements going on in Hill City
people are led to believe that the Mis-
souri, Pacific have their eye on the place,
and will at an early day push their line
out of Stockton to western connection.
On all sides building improvements are
noticeable going on. The permanent
building erected this summer and now
going on by the Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, J. A. Mellotte, J. F. Rowe,
]. P. Pomeroy, the Presbyterian par
sonage, the residence of DR.. Parker,
the Boston store, the county of Graham
in the court house square, and many
others will foot up the thousands of
dollars. More building has been done
this year in Hill City than in any ten
years preceding 1899.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

When congress meets in December it
is not unlikely that there will be pre-
sented for legislative action, bill
making divorce laws uniform through
out the country. Let a compulsory
feature be attached and then Congress-
man Roberts can be dealt with in an
effectual manner
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

"I wish to express my thanks to the
manufacturers of Chamberlains CoIfc,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for hav-
ing put on the market such a wonderful
medicine" says W. w. Massingiu of Beau
mont, Texas. There are many thousands
of mothers whose children have been
saved from attacks of dysentery and chol-
era infantunl who must also feel thankful
1t is for sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28

Rochester Democrat: There is one
regiment fighting Great Britain's bat
ties in Natal that may, with some rea-
son, be called American. The Royal
Rifle corps, which did such good work
in the Glencoe fight, was originally re-
cruited in New York City. 1t may be
we'll to explain that this took place in
1755. The. regiment was then numbered
the Sixty second and named the Royal
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
FOUR JoINTIsTs TAKEN.
Law and Order League of Lincoln
Working at Sylvan Grove.

Lincoln, Oct 2s.-The law and order
league Of Lincoln county has secured
the arrests Of all the Sylvan Grove
1ofntists, four of them, and they have
given bond in the sum of 5000 each for
their appearance before the district
court, which meets here November 18th.
Sheriff Joe Jackson didn't let any OF
them get away from him, although they
were informed beforehand tnat the pa
pers for their arrest were in his hands
About $500 has been raised by the
law and order league, who are deter
forced
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-28
COLUMBIA WINS.

Defeats Yale Eleven in New York
to o.
New York, Oct. 2s.-The football
elevens of Yale and Columbia met to-
day on Manhattan field before about
5000 spectators.
First half-Yale. 0; Columbia, o.
Second half-Yale. 0: Columbia. G.