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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
EKCAM GOES TO JAIL.
The Holton Man Charged With EN-
bezzlement Has a Hearing.

Holton, Feb. PHI. B. Ekcam, alias
b II. Macke, was given his preliminary
hearing before Justice George H. Bar
ker III this city. He was arraigned on
three counts-two for forging Indian
notes and one for embezzling money be-
longing to the firm of Nadeau, Son &
Co., OF which he was a member. Two
of the counts were thrown out and
Ekcam was held only on the charge of
forging a Pottawatomie Indians name to
a note for $50. He was bound over to
appear in the district court in the sum
of $500. He refused to give bond and
was committed to jail to await further
developments.
Ekcam is clever swindler. 1t will
be remembered he absconded with $40,-
900 OF the firms money over a year ago.
Although it was an outright steal, Elk
cam accomplished it in such a manner
as to escape criminal liability. The law
will not convict him for taking his own
firms money. 1t is therefore only in
the minor offenses of forging small In
dian notes that there is hope of bring
ing him to justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
A PORTION OF NEW YORK.
Claimed by Tennessee Man Who Sells
His Right to a Banker.

Chattanooga, Feb. 21-Martin NJ
Molenoar, who came here several years
ago from New York, claims the title to
city. This, it is said, was left to heirs
of William Molenoar, one of the pio-
neers of New York state. The estima-
ted value of the property Mr.. Molenoar
places at $25. 0O0,0 900 or more. This pro-
perty, he says, is in the vicinity Of
Kingsbridge.
1t appears that when William Mole
noar died he left a will in which he de-
vised his estate to his children. Among
these was David William Molenoar, who
was at the time a minor. He was to
have a. life interest in certain parts of
the property. His guardian is said to
have sold the property, and it is said
that young Molenoar obtained little
benefit from the sale.
Later is was discovered that there
was life interest clause in the will, and
it was then decided that the guardian
had no right of law to sell or dispose
of the property. BY the time an effort
was made to recover the land it had
been covered by buildings owned by
many different persons.
Martin Molenoar is a son of David
William Molenoar, and for several years
has been working to recover the lost
fortune. He was without money, and
on this account could not push his
claim.
Now Mo1enoar has just sold his claim
to John H. Spring, banker and broker
of Utica N. Y, who with others will
prosecute the case,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
CHESTNUT PARTIES
IN ENGLAND.
IFrom the Chicago Record.l

IFrom the Chicago Record.1
Chestnut parties are in great vogue
in England just now, and are rapidly
winning popularity for themselves in
this country. The idea is so simple. yet
entertaining, that one of these parties
is sure to register a success.
An open fire and a circle of friendly
folk to roast the glossy nuts constitute
the necessary elements. Each guest is
in duty bound for the entertainment of
the assembled company to tell the stall
est story or recite the most hackneyed
verses in so fresh and charming a man
ner as to gain votes of approval.
The successive places of the MARIA
tors around the fire are determined in
the following novel manner:
Upon a table in front of the company
stands a large tray with unroasted
chestnuts upon it; from the edge of the
tray hang different colored ribbons one
for each guest one end hanging down,
the other hidden under the pile of
bered in succession and each guest
draws a ribbon from under the nuts, the
number thereon determining his or her
turn to recite their particular Chestnut
story
The pauses, If any, are filed by music
of the softer kind. Just now the man
dolin seems to be a great favorite in
English society.
Later and just before supper there is
usually a very lively debate to
whose story or poem was the most am
tique, the fortunate one receiving some
pretty trif1e as a souvenir and prize of
the occasion, with the date, name of
host and hostess and guests upon it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
RUSSIA INTERPRETERS
With the Hitherto Exclusive Rights
of the Finnish Parliament

st. Petersburg, Feb. 21.-An imperial
manifesto has been issued depriving the
Finnish parliament and senate of the
exclusive right, hitherto enjoyed, of dis
cussing measures designed to bring
Finland into closer conformity with the
rest of the empire.
SCANDINAVIA AROUSED.
Stockholm, Feb. 21.-The czar's mani
festo relating to the Finnish parliament
has excited intense indignation through
out Scandinavia All the newspapers
protest against the Russian coercion
and declare that Finnish rights to home
rule have been practically destroyed. All
Finnish affairs, it is asserted, will be
settled at ST. Petersburg.
The Aftonbladet says:
1T is high. time that Sweden and
Norway should cease to quarrel and
should prepare to defend their liberties
against the Russian giant"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
SHE FOUGHT WOLVES.
Pennsylvania School Teacher Has q
Thrilling Experience in Storm.

Hazelton, Pa, Feb. 21.-Miss Maggie
Hart, a young school teacher at Hob
bic, eight miles west of here, had a most
remarkable experience during the re-
cent storm. On Tuesday the few chill
dren who had braved the elements were
either taken home by their parents or
friends, leaving Miss Hart alone in the
building. The storm increased in in
tensity, and by night it had reached
such proportions that the teacher con-
Sidered it safer to remain for the night.
During the night Miss Hart was star
tied by the growing of wolves at the
school house door. They saw comfort
within and seemed to be goaded by the
blasts of wind which swept through the
forest surrounding the school. In their
efforts to secure shelter they gained the
window sill and broke a pane of glass.
1t was then that the plucky school
marm's nerve asserted itself. Securing
her rife, which she carried, a dead wolf
fell across the sill A pack of hungry
animals quickly tore the carcass to
pieces, then made another attack on the
school house. Again and again the ri
f1e rang out and the maddened animals
were forced to retreat. The next morn
ing the bones of two animals were
found near the window, and it is certain
that many of the others were wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

CFrom the Chicago News.
Mercy to the guilty is often cruelty to
the innocent.
+
Woman may be the weaker vessel,
but man is often broke.
=
There can be no corse Of true love if
true love never dies.
You can't prevent the sun from set
ting by stopping your clock.
Man is the only animal with a chronic
longing for the unattainabl
It's well to begin at the top of the
ladder and go down-in case of fire.
Every husband hears a good deal
about the saintlike actions of other hus-
bands.
+
Insane people haven't a monopoly on
cracked heads; the peacemaker acquires
one occasionally.
Half the people in the world are un-
happy because they can't afford the
things that make the other half mis-
cradle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
HOOK GETS HIS COMMISSION.
The New Judge Will Begin His First
Term of Court in Wichita March Is.

Leavenworth, Feb. 21.-Judge w. c.
Hook has received his commission as
judge of the United States court for
the district of Kansas from President
Mckinley. Judge Hook has, of course,
severed his connection with the law firm
of Baker, Hook & Atwood. On Wed
nesday, March 1, Judge Hook will
sumo his new duties, closing up con-
siderable amount of business of the No
vember term of court. He will open
court in Wichita March 49, He will go
to Topeka Thursday to attend Judge
Fosters last day on the bench, when
court will be adjourned to March 1.
Judge Hook announces that he will re-
side in Leavenworth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
HARD ON QUACKS.
Medical Examination Drove 700 of
Them From Ohio.

nua1 report of the state board of medi-
cal examination and registration was
filed with Governor Bushnell this morn
ing. During the year 1898 there were
$50 certificates granted to graduates in
medicine, IA to legal practitioners and
to an applicant who took the examina-
ton. Total, SOC.
Reviewing the work of the board to
date, it is stated that 1863 applications
have been rejected and at least 200
quacks have been driven out of the
state. Six colleges that were found to
be doing poor work have been closed
The board recommends an amend
ment to the law so to require all ap-
plicants, whether they are graduates in
medicine or not, to be examined by the
board as to literary qualifications and
technical knowledge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21

Chicago Journal: Washington at
present seems overrun with friends
of legislation. We have In the dis
patches friends of the Hanna ship
bounty bill, friends of the anti-scalping
bill, friends of the army bill, friends
Of currency reform, friends of the Mic
aragua canal bill, friends of the Pacific
railroads, friends of other general leg
islation,'' the united order of friends of
the F'flipinos and friends in plenty of
an extra session. What seems to be
needed, and what would, because of it's
raritv. be valuable. is a few friends
Of the American public.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
GIRLS OF PORTO RICO.

porto Rico Cor New York Sum-
Americans who, come down here are
amount of smoking induiged in by I'll the ma
ci af are not 80 Of high t stanenE b
among the country women the habit is
confiue themselves exclusively to cigar
cites. either. Big black cigars ii the
are a common sight in the county dis
tricts. Cigarettes are really more of a
rSed has to n Be b6Ragh tn but tie tn a
tobacco cigars can be raised and rolled
Not long. ago the writer E then but re-
Gently arrived, rode into the country one
the military road. near Caguas,. to ask for
a drink Of water Four smiling women
greeted him at the door One of them
was perhaps 50 years OF age, and had a
baby in her tn arms 1s The ether three were
physical development of American girls
but Wits that shn sr all Sar Black Sd a
which is SO often seen in the mula ito in
Having given him water the Porto Ri
cans invited the stranger into their home.
and then began the customary linguistic
wrestling bout; in which the simplest
violent mental facial and digital effort.
During the converse tfon-so called by
came SO excited that she lit a cigar which
lay on the able, and began putting at it
was also smoking, and although some
what surprised at his hoso IS action, he
other members of the party. The three
young girls accepted the offer with pretty
little waves of the hand and just as though
it was the most natural thing in the world.
They reached for a box of matches. which.
by the way, are the most plentiful things
on the island, there being three match
factories in successful operation-and lit
up with a most nonehalant air.. They
smoked with much gusto, inhaling the
smoke like the ordinary American cigar
cite smoker. And how they did spit! 1t
may not be a thing to boast of, but the
Porto Rfcan woman can spit with all the
power and precision of the most invcter-
ate male tobacco chewer that ever lived.
1t is really amazing. Sad to relate. all
their skill is wasted. The sptttoon is un-
known, and the genius which would en-
able them to hit it around corners and be-
tween the rungS of chairs is exhausted in
the futile drawing of fancy figures on the
floor.
So with the Caguas quartette They
were, of course unconscious that their con-
duct might provoke criticism. They had
been doing this almost since they were
Fables, and there was nothing indecorous
to them about it. When their visitor left
them they gathered in the doorway to see
him off, and the last he saw of them they
were still smoking and splitting and srnil-
ing.
Certainly, tobacco does not seem to hurt
these people. They healthy and IS
buxom lot of girls man would care
to meet. Their spirits are high though
their lot in this country would be cOnsid-
cred far from a happy one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21

Maget left home then and the divorce
petition filed a few days ago is the
consequence of the enlargement. The
cause of the GOODNESS that arose be-
tween husband and wife was little
measly dog. Mrs. Maget owned the
animal and treated it with nearly the
band mlstreated the dog and the action
engineered in her bosom an antipathy
toward him that was alike deaf to pro-
teStatlon and argument. She left home
and all efforts on her husbands part
to bring about a reconciliation were flu
tile.
The defendant is considerably older
than his wife and is a farmer. He is
reported to be worth about $4,000
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
NORTH Topeka.

E. A Weller of Wamego was a north
side visitor today.
The postoffice will be closed tomorrow
from noon until o'clock
Mrs F. NJ Grover of Ozawkie is
spending some time in town.
Mrs. Olinger is slowly recovering
from a severe attack of grip.
Miss Margaret Summers will spend
several days in Kansas City this week.
V. B. Kistler of Oklahoma City is
visiting his family at I'LL Van Buren,
street.
Miss Hattie Greenway and Miss Liz
zie Conkling went to Granville today
to visit Miss Alta Hurd.
Misses Myrtle and Gertie Palmer will
entertain Wednesday evening at their
home north Of town.
Go to c. B. Lyon. D. D. s., for fine
dental work at popular prices. Office
511 Kansas avenue. Tel 656.
Miss Halle Hamrick will go to Kan
some time in st. Joseph before her re-
turn.
The Ladies' Aid. society of the Chris
tan church will meet next Wednesday
afternoon with Mrs. Huff, 1926 Central
The members of the German Baptist
church gave a social last evening at
the home of Mrs. M. A Miller 1922
Central avenue.
The ladies of the west section of the
Kansas Avenue church will meet on
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs.
Holman, 1903 Kansas avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schulz, who have been
spending the winter here with their son,
Rev. Mr.. Schulz and wife of Curtis
street. will leave tomorrow for their
home in Iowa.
Daniel Murphy died suddenly this
morning at his home near the bridge.
He leaves a widow and three children.
Mr.. Murphy was at one time employed
as a carpenter in the Santa Fe shops.
The Ladies' Duplicate whist club met
yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Mark
Putnam. Mrs. E. s. dresser substituted
for Mrs. A. w. Parks. During Lent
Mrs A. A. Rowley will play for Mrs
A J. Campbell and Mrs. A M. Petro
for Miss Martha Kimball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
Rurlington,s Largest Funeral

Burlington, Feb. 21.-Father ]. H.
Schulze of the Catholic church died sud
denly Friday of heart disease. His body
lay in state in the church and was view
ed by hundreds. He was very popular,
not only with his own people, but with
all denominations. The funeral was held
yesterday and the cortege was the larg-
est that ever passed through the streets.
Rev. Father Taton of Paola preached
the sermon. Other priests in attendance
were: Fathers Redeker of Westphalia,
Wiegman of Humboldt, Lump of Gar
nett Redeker of Greeley Fowler OF
PiQua, Scherrer of Usage City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
MULBERRY HAS A BIG BLAZE.
Hotel and Other Buildings Burned,
Resulting in Heavy Loss.

Pittsburg, Feb. 21.-A very destruc-
tive fire occurred in Mulberry, a small
village on the Memphis route 10 miles
northeast of this city, Sunday morning.
The Crofter hotel and residences of
Charles Perry, D. Corning and w. L.
Miller; H. L. Diapers shoe shop and
John Condiff's barber shop, and an en-
tire block of buildings were burned. All
of the contents of the hotel, which was
we'll furnished, were destroyed.
The loss on the hotel and contents
was $1,000, and is insured for 81, 900. The
other buildings were not insured and are
a total loss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
OVER AN OLD VASE.
Rich Men Battle-Harry Payne Whit
new Beaten.

New York, Feb. 21.-At the Clarke sale
of art objects in the American Art gallery
there was some sensational bidding be-
tween wealthy men. The famous Capo
di Monte vase was fought for by Harry
Payne Whitney, a millionaire named Ross
from Montreal and a Mr.. Van Gelder.
who is said to be buying for millionaire
collector. Mr.. Van Gelder carried off the
prize for 81, 900.
There was also warm bidding during the
sale of some Greek terra Gotta statuetteS
and groups of about the year 400 B. c.,
and again Mr.. Van Gelder carried off the
prides.
1.-The Awakening" a vase, was bought
by him for $500, and ''Esculapius and
Hygeia Attending an Invalid for Sc, 600,
Mr.. Whitney following him closely.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
THE STATE AND TIE RAILROAD

One by one points of contention be-
tween the railroads and the states
through which they run are being set
tied by the supreme court of the United
States. If the court does not later re-
verse itself, the time may come when
the rights of both parties may be clear
" defined. The case most recently de-
cided is that in which the constitution
alIty of an Ohio law regulating the
movement of trains was called in ques-
ton
The law requires that any railroad
company in the state shall have at least
three trains a day, if so many are run,
to stop at any station on its line con-
tanning not less than 5000 population.
The action was begun against the
Lake Shore company because of it's re-
fusal to obey the law by having as
many as three of it's trains stop at the
town of West Cleveland The railroad
company contended that the statute
was antagonistic to the federal consti-
tuition in that it interfered with COM
merce between the states. The court
held this contention to be unfounded,
saying that the question involved was
only that of subscribing the public con-
venience and that the state had right
to legislate to that end. thus affirming
a previous decision of the supreme court
of Ohio.
The point esta blished seems to be that
in exercising its power to legislate for
the public convenience the state is JUS
titled in regarding the welfare of its
own citizens as paramount to that of
the general public.
An apparently logical conclusion
drawn from the decision is that if three
trains can be compelled to stop, more
than three might be included in a sim
liar law. Further, if trains may be COM
PEELED to stop at towns of 5000 inhab-
itants. they can be compelled to stop
at towns of 800 inhabitants
The court seems to have established
principle which is capable Of great
diVersidcation in its application.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
CHINESE PROGRESS.
A Number of Smokeless Powder Fac
tories Established.

London, Feb. 21.-Were one to judge sole
ly from the dispatches that reach us from
China through the press, one would i'm
agine that nothing is being done toward
progress or reform in the Celestial en-
pire.
no less than seven factories have been set
up in China within the last year for the
manufacture of smokeleSS powder, the
plant being supplied from here, and by
next June or July these factories Will be
powder each month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21

You all know how worthless a young
man becomes to his employer, when
his first love affairs begin, and the de-
crease in value is just as perceptible in
a rooster. When he is young, he is
worth just twice as much on the mar
ket as when he begins to experience
love affairs, and his comb and spurs be-
gin to grow. A judge of poultry can
tell by tasting a rooster if he was killed
before or after he first began to dream
of the hens. If after, his flesh is tough
and coarse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21

fact: good habits are as powerful as
bad ones.
When a .wonsn moves to a new place.
about half the people in town.
Doctors make their greatest money
out OF venerable women who go to par
| ties. and try to be gay. in a fierce am
bition to never to grow old.
When an old man goes to parties, and
remains up late at night, it is said that
| he is becoming young again." The
facts are, he is wasting the little
| strength he has. An oak never becomes
an acorn.
Alois Philip tells about a stingy man
who lately went to a neighbours to sit
in the evening, to save coal oil, but
when he arrived at his neighbours, he
found him sitting in the dark, naked,
to save wearing out his clothes.
Some lodges are organized for no 9TH
er purposes than to give the members
additional opportunity to get drunk.
There are too many opportunities to
get drunk now. We wonder that sensi-
bic men do not get out of such lodges.
Nothing makes a woman so mad as
to be left out when there is q party,
and men do not like it much better. An
AtchisOn man will give a party this
summer for no other reason than that
ne wants the pleasure or leaving Char-
ley Styles out.
There is probably more trouble over
the spelling of women's first names in
newspaper office, than any other one
thing. Do you know why? Because
every silly woman spells her name in
her own way. If three girls in a crowd
are named May, a newspaper reporter
must spell the name in three different
ways, or give offense.
An Atchison girl who has been mar
ried six months, said today: Il wouldn't
have a husband who didn't boss me. I
wouldn't respect man who came home
with his salary every Saturday night,
and placed it in my lap. My husband
wants to know where go, and what
am doing, and I am glad of it. When a
woman bosses her husband, he is a
weak man, and the neighbors don't re-
Spect him.
Nature is a great repeater. We are
beginning to see the same old, signs of
spring that we saw forty years ago.
Not one is missing, and not one is
changed. The marbles, the skipping
rope, the birds, and a peculiar light in
the sky, and a peculiar breath in the
air, are all on hand ready to do bust
ness as usual, and showing no sign of
change. If nature could ring in a new
sign of spring occasionally, life would
be more interesting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
A NUISANCE.
Councilman Morgan Wants Tallow
Factory Condemned.

Councilman Morgan wants the old
tallow factory east OF the city con-
demned and he introduced a resolution
at the meeting of the city council last
night instructing the city attorney to
commence proceedings to condemn the
institution as a nuisance.
1.-THE people in that section" said he,
"have complained long enough and L
intend to have something done for their
relief or know the reason why. The
sooner this thing is taken up the bet
ter"
The resolution went to the committee
on health and sanitation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-21
DOG CAUSES a DIVORCE.
Leavenworth Woman Cared More for
Poodle Than Her Husband.

Leavenworth, Feb. 21.-In a sensa-
tional divorce case, now occupying the
time of the circuit court at st. Joseph
a. Leavenworth girl is the plaintiff. Her
maiden name was Lena Fouts and in
her petition she makes startling allie
cations against her husband, William
Maget.
Mrs. Maget's father, ]. r. Fouts, is
a switchman and lives at 421 Chero-
kee street, this city.
The couple We're married in Leaven-
worth, March 20, 1898, and lived to-
gether a little less than a. month. Mrs.
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Fort Scott Men Suffer.

Fort Scott, Feb. PA large, dis
George Knight came to Fort Scott
about sixty days ago, and. claiming to
represent a concern known as the Amer
dean Investors company, organized
900 capital Mayor P. C. Hesser was
made president of the local concern and
several councilmen are stockholders.
and the mayor and his friends fear they
are out about $500 for payments made.