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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
u. G. T. BANQUET.
Concordia Council No. SO Celebrates
With q Gathering and Toasts.

Concordia Feb. 2S.-ConcOrdia coun-
ell No. SO of the United Commercial
Travellers association, gave their an
nual banquet to members and visitors,
and in no wise was the interest lessen
ed from what its predecessors have
been.
Kansas and Oklahoma jurisdiction,
there being 16 councils in the jurisdic-
ton, Wichita taking the lead, and Con-
cordia following a close second. This
council was organized in 1892, and to-
day has a membership of 159. The pres
ent officers of COncOrdia council are:
Senior counselor, Ed Birch; past coun-
Selor, J. B. Starr; junior counselor, w.
l.. McCarty; conductor, w w Carter
page, A. B. Miller; sentinel, J. A.
Wheatley; secretary and treasurer, G.
G. Daniels. Supreme Junior Counselor
w. L. Day Of Kansas City was pres
ent.
The banquet was gotten up by the
Baron's hotel, and plates for the &C
commodation of more than a hundred
travelling men and their wives were
spread. The supper was a most elab-
crate one.
After supper the programme carried
out was as follows: ]. A. Wheatley,
POSTMASTER, announced the subjects.
The first was, "A Few Incidents" and
response by c. c. Daniels.
Something about the ''U. c. t." re-
Spouse by Supreme Junior Counselor
w. L. Day.
1.-THE Ladies'" response by Past Sen
ior Counselor J. E. Brodmarkle.
"Side Issues" by Counselor z. E.
Howard.
Shooting Stars response by Ed
Brandner.
One of the happy events at the ban
Quet was the presentation of an elegant
U. C. T. pin with diamond settings to
Chas. c. Daniels, for the last three years
secretary and treasurer of Concordia
council.
The afternoon entertainment at the
council hall consisted of short talks on
the good of the order by several of the
travelling men, interspersed with songs,
music, recitationS and declamationS by
the wives and sons and daughters Of
the travelling men.
There are about 40 travelling men liv
ing in Concordia, most of them with
families, and together with the many
who Sunday here fill up more than a
carload when they leave for their la
bors every Monday morning.
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Pensions For Kanaans.

Washington, Feb. 2S-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-SamueI c. Reed, dead,Leav-
enworth, $780, John H. KautZ, Topeka,
Sc; Dennis McMahoon, National Mill
tary home, Leavenworth, IS.
Additional-Benjamin Compton, Ma
tional Military home, Leavenworth, So
to SO; Benjamin F. Funkhorses, Esk-
ridge, 81 to IS.
Restoration, increase and reissue-Ed-
ward M. Adams, Mound City, SIT.
Renewal-Jacob Ross, Kansas City,
So
Increase-Thomas H. Summers, Mar
matron, Sc to So; Eugene P.VanVranken,
Pratt, So to $12; Josiah Culp, Galena, S.
to IS; Richard Flanagan, Fort Dodge,
SO to 81; George w. Eagles, Kansas
City, IS to $14; Robert Miller, ST. John,
$24 to $50; Robert H. Graham, Harper,
Sc to So; David w. Louderback, Girard,
$50 to $72; Celestine Girardy, Quenemo.
IS to $12.
Reissue and increase-Henry w.
Greene, Lawrence. $50 to $72.
Original widows, etc-Julia Bertholf.
Valley Center, So; Sarah j. Shaw. Ce-
dar Point, So; Mary E. White, McCune,
$12; Josephine Reed, Leavenworth, So.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
WAVES OVER GUAM.
The Stars and Stripes Went Up
February 1st.

San Francisco, Feb. 28.-The steamer
Gaelic, from Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama, via Honolulu, arrived today. The
Associated Press representative at Hon
olulu sends the following news dated
February 81:
Commander Taussig, of the Benning-
ton, is the first American governor OF
Guam The American flag went up over
the new possession at 1890 a. M, Feb.
l. 1t was raised over Fort Santa Cruz
in the harbor of San Luis d'Apra, the
main harbor of Guam, and saluted by
the guns of the Bennington. Simultan-
eously it was raised over the govern
ment buildings at Agana, five miles dis
tant, and was saluted by battalion
from the Bennington and a company
of native militia with a field battery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
AGAINST POLYGAMY.
Constitutional Amendment Favorably
Reported by Committee.

Washington, Feb. ga favorable re-
port on the proposed constitutional amend
ment prohibiting polygamists being elect
ed to congress has been made in the house
by Representative Capron OR. II in behalf
of the committee election of president
and vice president. 1t refers to the case
of Representative-elect Brigham H. Rob
erts of Utah as one of the causes for re-
newing attention to the subject
After reviewing this case the report
states it's determination rests with the next
congress. On the general subject, however,
it urges an amendment to the cOnstitu-
tion and says:
Enough has been presented to show
that the people of the United States,
through congress, have place on the stat
ute books their unequivocal and uncom-
promising hostility to the crime of polyg-
amy. Therefore, shall the possibility be
allowed to continue to exist of a state
electing to congress a person who is
polygamist to participate in the framing
of laws by a people who have unmistak-
ably, in no uncertain way. but deliberately
and positively declared that polygamy is
a crime and disease which should not
be tolerated in a civilized community, but
eXtirpated in the interest of the homes of
America which constitute one of the ma
TONS strongest bulwarkS against moral
decay. We believe that, given the oppor-
tunity, the people will answer emphat-
ically in the negative"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
TALE OLA TERRITORY HEN

(From the Coffeyville Journal)
The Importance and utility of the Kan
sas hen have formed a theme for poets
and prose writers from ocean to ocean
and yet justice has hardly been done TO
her splendid qualities and charming char
acteristics There comes noy, however, a
story from the Indian Territory which,
sworn to and subscribed. goes to prove
that the Kansas hen at last has rlvaI,
and at the same time sets forth the Iact
that the Kansas hens sister, the territory
hen, is SLOUGH, and is to be reckoned
with hereafter.
1t all came about this way: Last Octo-
Der Mrs. Isaac Brown, wife of Kew. Isaac
Brown. who lives twenty miles south Oh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
fresh Meats of All Kinds.
MAIL ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY.
j. F. CLICK, Prop.

Coffeyville., had. among her flock of chick
ems, a hen which persisted in trying 10
set" This helpful hen chose for her
nest a box in the corner of the farm corn
crib and sat there day in and day out
Along about this time John Brown, Mrs;
proceeded to store it in the aforesaid corn
crib. Mrs. Brown told her son TO pc sur Z
that the hen was not in the box when the
corn was piled all around it, and Jonn
looked into the nest, but failed TO see Ih5
barnyard fowl; hence the corn was plIed
all over and around the box to the deptn
Of probably fifteen feet. He did not know
that he had imprisoned the helpIul pus
headstrong hen, and left her to suffer ana
perhaps die from thirst, but later tacts
Along in January the crib was Opener
and Mr.. Brown began to feed out the cVtH
10 his stock Day by day the GRID pc
came emptier and the depth OF corr over
ner diminished. One day this week ,while
in the crib getting corn Mr. BroWn hearo
a neruliar noise coming from the hens
nest He listened and heard II AGAIN
over and around the box. Then ne learn
ed what caused the noise There IN the
hoy was the hen, enaciated and weak.
buf vet able to walk and cackle- She
was taken out in the presence OF wit
nesses and given water and soft food.
pound. but is alive today and rapidly gain
ing weight -.
This is a true story. There is no fiction
in ii. That hen was in that box, shut
corn to eat for almost five months-143
days 3,432 hours, EOS 800 minutes, figured
down to actual time-and Hvedi How she
did it no one knows; but half a dozen per
sons know that she did live.
rrha rr1,a ,,o,elistic earvfca al tba T,irsf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

makes an important secret of her "true
feelings
Don't be too enthusiastic over the
people you admire, or you will make
everyone else hate them.
An Atchison woman has been in bus
mess so long that she can step on a
moving street car as easily as a man.
Before a girl is married, her voice
sounds like the soft cooling of a dove
but after she has been married six
months, she can be heard four blocks
when she talks over the fence to the
milk man in the morning.
=
When a girl graduates, she has an
ambition to show the world what a No
bic Woman, with a High Purpose in
Life, can do, but she meets a man and
marries him, and soon begins to get
that funny look in her eyes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
win Maintain a Mission School

Winfield, Feb. 2s.-The young people
of the Presbyterian church of this city
have undertaken the support of mis-
sion school in China. They contemplate
renting a room, fitting it up in the lat
est style, and provide a teacher for the
same The school is to be under the
supervision of Miss Mary E. Cogdal, of
this place, who is located in China now
as a missionary. 1t will provide accom-
modations for about 40 pupils. The
work is to be permanent and continue
through the year. The cost will be
small.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Row Accidentally Shot.

Cherryvale, Feb. 2s.-The s year old
son of James Ice, at Mound valley,
Kan, about ten miles east OF mere, wa
accidentally shot through the boWels
hV a small target gun. The gun was
hanging on the wall under some CLONES.
When he took the clothes off the gun
eel to the floor and wis discharged
The hall has not vet been found. He is
in a critical condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
23RD. SAILS FOR HOME.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-The war depart
ment today received information or the
sailing of the transport Minnewaska with
the Twenty-third regiment Kansas volur-
teer infantry, aboard, from Santiago
Cuba, for Newport News. These troops
will be transported thence to Fort LeaV-
enWorth, Kan. for muster out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Every time somebody sounds an
alarm about a possible deficiency in
the government revenues, something
happens. Congressman Cannon did this
the other day and now the Central Pa
cific railroad has arranged to pay into
the treasury SIS, 900. 900 on an old debt,
in paper which can be readily cashed.
Furthermore it is being shown that the
imports are growing, thus increasing
the customs receipts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Crusade Against the Joints.

Winfield, Feb. 28.-The crusade against
Joints was commenced here last week.
County Attorney Hargis, who took his
office January l, caused warrants to De
issued from the district court against
Henry, Chris and Charles Schmlot LOT
selling Intoxicating liquors contrary to
law. They were released under bonds
of $3.50 each. This will probably leao
to the arrest of all the joint keepers In
the county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Ara Annusad of Perjury.

Wichita, Feb. 2s.-Deputy United
States Marshal Trigg arrived in the city
Schmidt of Winfield, under arrest
charged with perjury in a claim case
recently tried in the Cherokee strip.
Both young men are prominently CON
nected and have wealthy parents; 1ney
viii have a hearing before the United
states commissioner today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Diad of Heart Failure.

Newman, Feb. 2s.-Mr. August sho-
ner, the earliest settler in Jefferson
county, died at his home IN TINS CITY
at 1890 o'clock Monday morning OF
heart failure. Mr. Shoner was 81 years
Old and came to this country from Ger
many many years ago. He leaves TOUR
Uapsas C,itv The funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Veteran story Teller Moves.

watervilIe Feb. 2s.-J. l. McChisney,
A citizen of Marshall county for over 40
wears. has purchased a farm near Wal
do Russell county, and will make his
home there. The stories of the early ex-
periences of this pioneer have
been written in the history of the state
His miraculous escape in 1869 when his
six comrades were all killed by the In
dams will never be forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
DEATH MRS. RANKIN.
She Passes Away Suddenly at the
Blower House This Morning.

Mrs A S. Rankin, wife of A. s. Pan
kin of the Santa Fe offices, died sudden
ly this morning about O'Clock at her
room in the Blower House.
Mrs. Rankin had been ill only SINCE Fri
day. This morning, while feeling better
than she had for some time she sat up.
She was taken suddenly worse and DIED
of internal hemorrhage. No arrange
ments have been made for the funeral.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
LOCAL MENTION.

The following ministers who have
been attending the Swedish conference
left for their homes today: Rev. Mr.
DIN, Salina; Rev Mr.. johnson. Sven
borg; Rev. Mr.. B1om, Morganville; Rev.
Mr. Peterson, Randolph, and Rev. Mr..
ArnsQuvist Axtell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

The lumbermen's quartette, which
appears in the second act of that Swed-
comes to the Crawford theater Satur-
day afternoon and night, is composed of
Arthur Earl, Geo. Lynne, o. NJ. Scott
and Sherman Rowles. The latter two
are we'll known Topekans and no doubt
will receive a hearty welcome from their
many friends in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Canned roast beef when mixed with
vegetables, water and other concOmi-
tants of first-class soup is said to have
been fairly palatable. 1t is a reminder
of the ''stone soup we used to hear of
in our childhood days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
HE SHOT HIMSELF.
Lieut.. Col. Little Accidentally Wound
ed at Manila

Abilene, Feb 2S.-Lieutenant Colonel
E. c. Little received a wound January
10. A letter to his parents, received to-
day, dated January IS, says:
Last night about 1 o'clock while at
the outpost, a disturbance arose. 1 got
up and picked UP my cartridge belt The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

A baby with II fingers is reported at
New Brunswick, N. ]. Great care
should be taken that he does not grow
up with tendency to lift other peoples
property. Although there is little doubt
that he would be boycotted by the pro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Whoever else may suffer by any COM
bination, Rockefeller rarely fails to
score something to his own advantage.
Even the burning of Manila puts mon
ey into his purse through the medium
of the coal oil used for the purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

The question regarding Dewey's poll
tics has been settled by the admiral
himself. He says he has no political
connections. The people are likely to
want him for president more than ever
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Gen. Eagan says it was the intention
to use the canned roast beef as an
incident" In that respect it has
proven a pronounced success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

revolver dropped out on the floor and
was discharged. The ball struck my
right leg in the f1eshy part above the
knee and passed out higher up. No
bone or artery was struck, and I am
resting well. The surgeon says a weeks
rest will fix me-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
NORMAL SCHOOL REGENTS

Governor Stanley made the following
appoint ments today, the normal board
of regents: S. H. Dodge, Beloit; F. >
Iarabee, Stafford; E. A Ross, Burr OAK,
for the full term ending March l, 1893
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.

IF'rom the Atchison Globe.1
Some old girls are SO nice that they
look young.
Every man who drinks whisky at all.
drinks to excess.
A good many men believe they are
politicians who are not.
Il
Natural resources in a town seem to
be as vague as unRppreciated talent in
men.
An amusing kind Of girl is enc who
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Kaens It in the Family.

Minneanolis. Mimi, Feb. 2S.-Fred
Bowersock, for the past three years an
attorney of this city, has accepted the
position of private secretary to Con-
gresham ]. D. Bowersock or Kansas.
The Kansas congressman is his father.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Cervera says he wept when he reach.
ed Santiago. What must have been his
feelings when he left there?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

The advice of the elder Weller still
finds its followers. Young Jesse James
will endeavor to establish an alibi.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Senator Ouay's anxiety that his trial
should proceed, is explained on the
theory that he had the jury fixed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

The fact that many Topeka women
walked long distances through the rain
and mud, last Saturday, to vote ought
to silence the croakers who declare that
woman does not want the ballot.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Labor Commissioner w. L. A. John
ston will address the Retail Clerks as
ISOLATION at Trades Assembly hall, APO
Kansas avenue at 8 o'clock tomorrow
CWed.) evening. Every clerk or sales
man in Topeka is urged to be present,
members or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

money order offices on April 1: Kansas:
Stuttgart, Philips county. Oklahoma:
Hardesty, Beaver county.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Kansas Editor Is married.

Abilene, Feb 2S-Daniel Campbell,
Jr., editor of the Solomon Tribune, was
married yesterday at Manhattan to
Miss Lucille Morris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Writers of fiction about the noble red
man can now turn their attention to
the iguoble yellow man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Death of James DeVine.

James DeVine died at the home of his
daughter Mrs. o. H. banner, 1927 Lincoln
street The funeral was private and was
held this afternoon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Governor Stanley has appointed T. n.
Hancock on the board of managers of
state soldiers home at Dodge City to
succeed Thos. H. Grisham of Cotton
wood Falls.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

Alger is now being mentioned as the
White House burden.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28
Neu Moneu order Offices.

washington, Feb. 2S-The following
named postofhces will become domestic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

The above
with Gaut hundred
a O near
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

The Evangelistic service at the First
NJ. Z. church continue each evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-28

An amusing kind of girl is enc who
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-08
$3S,OOO,OOO IN GOLD.
Zlazaas lE5l2l:lEzE

The Salmon and Clearwater placer
mines in Idaho. according to the Wells
Fargo Express Company's receipts,
yielded in gold dust and nuggets, from
thirty-eight to forty-tive million dol
lars between 1860 and '64. Notwith-
standing the difficulties of transporta-
ton III those days, remoteness from civ
iliZation and hostile Indians. the fame
of the rich gold placers around Elk
City, Florence. Orc Elmo and Millers-
burg reached the outside world, and a
stampede marked the opening of the
sixties. Bancroft, the historian, long
ago expressed the belief that these pla-
Ger mines were but the outskirts Of
Nashings Of a richer central deposit.
and almost simultaneously with the
recent completion of the Northern Pa
cifc's Lewiston, Idaho, extension from
Spokane comes the announcement that
prospectors have discovered immense
lodges of gold-bearing quartz in the
buffalo Hump range, lying between
the Salmon and South Fork Of the
Clearwater, along which latter stream
the Northern Pacific is now building it's
Clearwater line. For a map giving
fuller information regarding this new
mining region, send two-cent stamp to
Chas. S. Fee, st. Paul, Mimi. or any
General or District Passenger Agent OF
the Northern Pacific railway.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-06-08
might stalk the confines of his cage.

might stalk the confines Of his cage.
Rudolph's eyes followed him with a
contented and cunning CLEAN. One
might have supposed he, too, had some
hidden wrong to avenge, some baffled
purpose to atone, but the suppositiOn
would have been wrong:
He gloated only as the lawyer, who
has won his case; as the merchant,
who has made successful sale; as the
surgeon, who has performed delicate
operation, and saved the patients life.
He, too, had his profession-the profess
sion which makes men foxes-and he
had discovered for the waiting cat the
hapless mouse.
"Ah! once again to meet her, face to
face!" continued Gervase, giving the
.ess-constrained rein to his thoughts,
because of their long repression. "Once
again. to have, and this time, to hold,
her in my power-to make her life the
torture she has made of mine! Look,
Rudolph, the Cardinal has made all
easy for me-" And he drew a. folded
paper from his pocket and f1aunted it
before his companions face. cit is
worth the price paid for it-aye, it
would have been worth two-thirds my
fortune, had they demanded so much;
but, as it is, it was the reward due my
penitence, the act which made good
my atonement. All, she little deems
the power 1 hold! So a prince offers
her his coronet? I must hasten. She
must have no strength with which to
combat me. Here, Rudolph" and,
stopping before an escritoire and hast
lily filling up check he took from one
of it's receptacles, he tossed it to the
man, who clutched it as a dog a bone
"here is the sum I promised you. So
sure am I that you are right that
make my payment in advance. When
l reach st. Petersburg and find that all
is we'll, you shall have another for an
equal amount. Such service demands
its own reward"
"You are too generous, SIR" muir
INJURED the recipient Of the gift. "Your
payment is princely"'
CAS- it should be- since it seems
must cope with princes for my lady's
favor One long, endless year l have
waited-one year of eternal night; but
the dawn is breaking-the day is ap-
preaching! But, silence. Rudolph
caution! The bird must not escape my
net!''
Clear nothing. We alone hold the
secret-you and I. TO make the surer,
do you desire that should accompany
you to st. Petersburg?"
He hesitated moment, then replied:
eyes; but your preparations must be
made at once. We start for Russia's
capital tomorrow night
$50. this is what M. Rudolph's visits
mean!' uttered mans voice without
the closed door-the voice of Jean, M.
Gervase's faithful valet, as that indi.
vidual magnamimously withdrew his
listening ear from the keyhole, and,
feeling assured there was no further
information to be CLEANED, quietly and
noisolessly disappeared into the depths
where he was supposed during all this
time to have been awaiting his mas
ter's summons. "And they hold the
precious secret all to themselves. do
they?" he continued, muttering "Weu,
if my lady doesn't get some inkling OF
it. it Won't be Jean Aliens fault. Bless
her pretty facer'