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The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

widow during the winter. OF such is
the kingdom of heaven.
Now that the boys are on American
soil they are telling funny stories on
one another. An lola boy says that
during one of the hottest fights, when
everybody was hiding behind anything
that offered, Fred Nelson, of lola, in
command of an ammunition train was
shouted to by an officer standing be-
hind a tree to bring up ammunition"
Fred took a look in the direction of the
voice from behind his cover and seeing
the space thoroughly permeated with
flying lead called back: BY whose
authority do you issue that order?"
Sheriff Lambertz, of Mitchell county,
visited his brother at Hannibal, Mo,
the other day, and a conspiracy was
organized against him. While he was
walking peacefully along the street the
patrol wagon came daShlng up to h1Tn,
two policemen seized him by the coat
collar and hustled him into it, and be-
fore he knew what was going on, he
was in the police station and he was
being booked for carrying concealed
weapons. When he had stormed around
for awhile, his brother appeared and
the joke was explained to him, but it
took him a long time to see it. Now he
says if his brother or any of those
policemen ever come to Beloit while he
is sheriff he'll show 'em.
Dramatic criticism by Tom Cordry:
The reports from those who attended
the production of East Lynne in allitS
gorgeous miScOnceptiOn last Saturday
night, unite IN prOnOunclnS IL a little
the worst show that has ever cracked
fourteen square yards of plaStering Off
of the ceiling of the opera house in this
city. Lady Isabel was about as be-
Witching as a sun kissed maiden of
Senegambia, and man who would fall
in love with her would fall into a coal
pit through a two inch guard rail.
When she returned from the mountains
of Germany as Miss Vine, to play the
nursery maid to her son, she looked as
though she had played hockey from a
smallpox graveyard. The special seen
cry where she met Sir Francis LeVison
and made a postmortem contract to
run away with him looked like cross
between the malaria smeared hills of
Arkansas and a diseased vermiform
appendix. Mr. Carlyle had a voice
which had to be raised with a derrick
in order for the people in the back part
of the audience to hear it, and then
when it was at its highest pitch the
tackle would break or some one would
knock the blocking from under it and it
would fall like the price of steers dur
ing a Democratic administration. Bar
bara Hare looked as though she had
been left over from a bargain sale and
didn't care much whether her insurance
ran out or not. Aunt Cornelia had a
an army mule with a ring worm and
cross-cut saw and was built a good
deal like an Oklahoma cyclone on stills
The only good thing about the entire
show was that a good deal of it was
left out, and it could have been i'm
proved upon by taking a meat ak and
cutting out the rest of it and turning
the actors into the corn fields and
kitchens where they belong.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
MIR. WHITEHEAD'S WORK.
It Will Be Done Temporarily by D. ].
Sheenan.

Treasurer Edward Wilder of the
Santa Fe today received word that the
executive committee of the Santa Fe
board of directors had elected Mr.. D. j.
Sheehan, deputy comptroller to tempo
rarily handle the work done by the late
John P. Whitehead. Also that NTr. W.
agent to succeed Mr.. James Walker,
jr, and Mr. c. T. McCusick, assistant
transfer agent. Mr.. Sheehan has been
chief clerk in the comptroller's office
for several years.
The election of Mr. Sheehan to han
die the business temporarily is evidence
that the executive board means to elect
a successor to Mr.. Whitehead. 1t was
rumored that the business formerly
done by Mr.. Whitehead would be di-
vided among other officials
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
TO SINK A SHAFT.
Coal Deposit Near Independence ce
Kan, Will Be Investigated.

independence, Oct. Pa stock COM
pany is being organized here to sink
a shaft for coal on the Hayes farm,
three miles northwest of this city. W hile
drilling for gas there last week a vein
Of coal more than ten feet thick was
struck at a depth of 900 feet. The coal
is of extra good quality and if found in
large quantities Montgomery county
will have the richest coal fields in the
state. Several small coal mines have
been worked in this section, but coal
has never been found in paying guam
titles in this county.
Last year while drilling a gas well on
the Hayes farm about 800 yards from
the one where the coal was found last
week, a stratum of coal IS feet thick
was passed though at a depth of $50
feet. No attention was paid to this vein
of coal at that time and no further in
vestigations were made. It is now gen
orally believed that the vein of coal
struck here last week is a continuation
of the immense coal beds found in the
counties in the southeastern part of the
state.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of George Roberts was
held this afternoon from his late resi-
dence, 315 West Tenth street. at two
o'clock.
Mr. Roberts was well known and very
popular in Topeka. He was a mem
Der of the Topeka lodge of EIks and
that lodge attended the funeral in a
body. Mr.. Roberts had been sick for
several weeks with typhoid fever and
died Monday night. He was a son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Roberts and was 80
years old
Jacob Greenfield, of Pennsylvania,
died this morning at the home of his
son, J. c. Greenfield near Shorey. The
funeral will be held Thursday after
noon at o'clock
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
LINCOLN MUSICIANS.
They Will Entertain Ladies' Music
Club With Concert

Complimentary to the Ladies' Music
club of Topeka the Lincoln Music club
of Lincoln, Nebraska, will give a con-
cert at Library hall tonight.
Six members of the Lincoln club are
here The concert is to be given for
the members and associate members OF
the Topeka club Last year the Lin
coin club invited the Topeka club to
go to Lincoln and give a concert and
this year the Topeka club invited the
Lincoln club to come here. A very fine
concert is promised. A concert grand
piano from Kansas City has been set
up in the hall specially for this con-
cert. This is the first of a series of
concerts for the associate members. !.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
SEND A CRIPPLED TEAM.
q. of P. Football Eleven In Bad Shape
to Play at Chicago

Philadelphia, Oct. 25.-The University
of Pennsylvania football squad left
here on the Pennsylvania Limited Ex-
press at 1920 p. m. today for Chicago
where they will do battle with the Chi
cago university team on Saturday. The
squad was given a heart. send off by
the under graduates. Twenty-Five play
ers We're in the party and several
coachers and the usual force of train.
ers and rubbers accompanied the team.
The players are in badly crippled con-
dition and have little hope of winning.
They are bending their energies now
to getting in shape for the Harvard
game of next Saturday week and un-
less absolutely necessary the best men
will not play against Chicago.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
RUNS AWAY AGAIN.
Philip Young Escapes From the Sol
diers' Orphans Home

Atchison, Oct. 25.-Three boys, Philip
Young Barney Shanl1lin and Clarence
Wagner ran away from the home i'm
mediately after breakfast, Monday, and
a party of employees is now looking for
them. Philip Young is the boy who ran
away to see his mother in Kansas
City hospital few weeks ago, and is
said to be an unusually unruly child.
He is continually melting the other
boys to rebellion, and superintendent
Hills believes that the reform school is
the place for him. Shanl1lin is a negro.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

A Rock Island Engine Scatters Fire
From BelIeville to Smith Center.

Montrose, Oct. 25.-Engine No. 922 on
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway. literally strewed fire through
the country from Belleville to Smith
Center, Monday. The day was very
windy and the loss is enormous. At
this place over 200 tons of hay were
destroyed on the J. D. Hill ranch, the
Chester Bros. lost their entire crop of
alfalfa. At one time the entire force
of men at the railroad quarry were out
fighting the flames, but the high wind
made their efforts practically useless.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Dewey, apparently, has been given up
by the president makers as a bad job and
they are turning their attention to Schley
with the purpose of making him can
didate for vice president. The same
trouble is again encountered at the be-
ginning-that of an inability to discover
the adniral's politics. Both parties are
claiming him and he permits them to
keen right on.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
ARRIVE THURSDAY.
Twentieth Kansas Will Leave
Frisco Next Sunday.

The Santa Fe passenger department
in this city received notice this after
noon from General Passenger Byrne of
the Southern California road that all
arrangements had been made for tax
ing the Twentieth Kansas regiment out
of San Francisco next Sunday after
noon, and that the start would positive
ly be made at that time. The regiment
will arrive here Thursday morning of
next week
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
SUSAN B. RETIRES.
Miss Anthony to Be No Longer Pres
ident-

Rochester, N Y, Oct. 25.-The an
nouncement is made that Susan B. An
thony is to retire from the post of pres
ident of the National American Wo-
mans Suffrage association. Miss An
thOny says:
THE fact is, some one has let the
cat out of the bag, and I don't know
who it is. Everyone was pledged to abb
solute secrecy for I didn't want a word
said about it until I made the an
nouncement at the convention atWash-
ington next February"
The shed at the city jail where the
prisoners break rocks leaks. Therefore,
when it rains there is no rock broken.
The prisoners sing Every day'u be
rainy day by and by"
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
PAID AFTER SO YEARS.
Fort Scott Man Receives $5 From
OHIO Due Him Since 1859.

Fort Scott. Oct 25.-Charley Kauff-
man. the Market square grocer, today
received a letter from Fremont, Ohio,
enclosing a postohice money order for
IS which was collected for his father ~
years ago in that state. 1t has since
been in the hands of the man who col
lected it and Mr. Kaufman OFFERS q
big red apple and a stick of candy to
the first school child who presents at
his store a correct computation Of the
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

It is not so long since General Otis
declared that he had all the men he
needed in the Philippines. Since that
time his force has been considerably
increased. yet he says he has not suf-
ficient number of men to permit of his
garrisoning the Filipino towns after
they are captured.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Canada is now willing to surrender
everything else if only she may be
given an outlet to the sea at Pyramid
has no more right to Pyramid Harbor
than she has to Dyea and Skaguay,
which is none at all, her generosity in
the matter will not appeal very strongly
to ANYBODY.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Queen Lii is a living Illustration Of
how a woman always gets the worst of
it. She was deprived of her dominion
and doesn't get a cent. The Sultan of
Sulu keeps his territory and is paid $3.50
a month besides by the same govern
ment which refuses to recognize the
claim of the former Hawaiian monarch.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
LOCAL MENTION.

Jennie Cline presented a check at po-
for October She paid $25 as keeper of
a disorderly house and $40 apiece for
four inmates
A reception will be held in San Fran
cisco tonight for the Twentieth Kan
sas.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
MILES GOES HUNTING.
With Buffalo Bill In the Rocky
Mountains.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 25.-Genera1 Nelson
A. Miles and party arrived in this city
yesterday. They were met at the depot
by General Merriam and the officers of
the headquarters staff. Colonel William
Cody and a number of prominent citizens.
During the day the general visited old FIT
Omaha, which has been abandoned since
the building of Fort Crook. The general
has always favored keeping the old fort
in condition for occupancy, and in view
of the necessity of providing healthy and
convenient posts for regiments returning
from the tropics is now more than ever
in favor of putting the buildings in re-
pair and using them in connection with
the new fort. During the day he visited
the exposition and in the afternoon start
ed west over the Burlington for the noun
tains where he will go on a hunting trip
with Colonel Cody.
Colonel Cody has had a telephone line
sixty miles long constructed to the hunt
ing camp, so that the general can keep
in touch with the outer world.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Russia and France are reported to
have at last found a cause for possible
interference in South Africa. They Will
draw the line at annexation of the
Dutch republic by England. This Will
afford as good an excuse as anything
else for settling old scores and some
which are not so old.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
LAST
Sampson Has Been Given a
Sword by New Jersey.

Trenton, N. J., Oct 25.-Admiral
Sampson, accompanied by Mrs. Samp-
son, arrived today. The admiral was
presented with a sword by Governor
Voorhees, on behalf of the state of New
Jersey as a mark of appreciation of his
services during the Spanish war.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

to put you at your ease. that they make
you uncomfortable.
When a woman is left a widow. if
she is too old to get another husband
she becomes a reformer.
Plenty Of people will not accept the
truth of a story, if they can get hold
of a lot of scandal concerning it.
When a man proudly says, ''I am a
is a positive sign that he is also a
candidate.
Nothing is more annoying than for
a sensible man to associate with fool,
unless it is for fool to associate with
a sensible man.
A man must be patient with every
bore who comes in. for the reason that
the man may some day have ~ TO
spend with him.
We have more respect for the BRAY
cry of the man who will deliberately
go to a dentists. and have tooth
pulled. than we have for the bravery OF
Fred Funston.
It is embarrassing to meet a girl
with a short skirt on. A man is puz-
zled between a desire to see how her
feet look, and the knowledge that 1t
isn't right to look
1t is very strange that a woman who
corrects her husband every few min
utes in his conversation, because he
said 2 o'clock instead of 3, or brown
instead of black. is so widely careless
herself.
A girl who actually lives in New
York city, will visit in Atchison next
week. Several girls have visited in
Atchison who lived in New York state,
and claimed to live in the city, but we
afterwards found them out.
A circus man makes money because
he realizes that the people have no
sense. He deals with strangers every
day, and has no hesitancey in fOOling
them People who live in the same
community all their lives, are COM
PEELED to show respect for people they
do not respect.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
GLOBE SIGHTS

TFrom the Atchison GIobe.J
Some people get up a fight just to
see how it Will come out.
Many man goes off to have a good
time, and doesn't have it.
There are some things that we all
know: one is. every one knows what
fear is
Some people treat you so cordially.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

When people think the world is too
small it is generally because they think
themselves too big.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

TFrom the New York Press.l
Every woman has an idea that she
can make her eyes flash" when she
wants to.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25
Rain at Wichita.

Wichita, Oct. 25.-After a month of
severe drouth, a fine rain started in
driven miles for water and the relief
is greatly appreciated.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

When a man proudly says, 'I am a
Democrat or Il am a Republican, it
is a positive sign that he is also a
candidate.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Even in the face of a great loss no
life can be wholly bitter that mas It's
beautiful memories.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Nothing is more annoying than for
a sensible man to associate with a fool,
unless it is for a fool to associate with
a sensible man.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Plenty Of people will not accept the
truth of a story. if they can get hold
of a lot of scandal concerning it.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

A man must be patient with every
bore who comes in, for the reason that
the man may some day have $2 to
spend with him.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

We have more respect for the BRAY
cry of the man who will deliberately
go to a dentists. and have tooth
pulled. than we have for the bravery of
Fred Funston
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

It is embarrassing to meet a girl
with a short skirt on. A man is puz-
zled between a desire to see how heI
feet look. and the knowledge that ii
isn't right to look.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

1t costs a lot more to get a divorce
than it does to get married, but it's
generally worth the difference.
A woman's idea of a real romance is
a girl who waved her hand at man
she didn't know. and in three Gays
they were married.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

Some people treat you so cordially.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

to put you at your ease. that they make
you uncomfortable.
When a woman is left a widow, if
she is too old to get another husband,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-25

It is very strange that a woman who
corrects her husband every few min
utes in his conversation, because he
said o'clock instead of 8, or brown
instead of black, is so widely careless
herself
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16
Amiable, but Fatigued.

The Roman ConquerOr was home again.
lie had viewed the triumphal archn5
and heard the plaudits of plebS and pa
tricians. The calcium lights had played
on him for miles along the line of mdEch.
The chairman of the committee on ar
rangemcnts approached him and said,
dcferentially:
General. have we left anything un-
done which might convey our apprecia-
ton Of the fact that you are the hero of
the hour?'
Nothing" was the answer.
HAS the procession been as long as
you think it ought to in passing given
point?'
1T has surpassed my expectations"
Have you heard all the speeches you
want?'
"Yes, thank you "
"Have YOU had all the music you care
for from the glee club?'
Yes, thank YOU
Have you had all the breakfasts and
dinners and suppers you want?'
"Yes, thank you
"And all the fireworks?'
Eyes, thank you"
"And all the speeC hes?'
eyes, thank you"
Now is there anything else you would
| enjoy? If there Is, please mention Ii, loI
YOU must remember, general, we think
| the world of you and there isn't anything
we wouldn't do for you
Are you sure that If | spoke candidly
there would be no offense?"
absolutely"
"Well, To tell you the honest truth, I'd
| like about twenty minutes sleep. Phil
ander johnson. in Washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16

were equal to the task OF governing
them or that they should be governed
by us.
If President Schurman had remained
IN this country he would probably have
continued in his original opinion. 9th
er men have who did. He has not He
has been in Manila. lie has traversed
the islands. lie has seen things as
they are. He is a candid, reasonabla
man of sincere convictions. and his
opinions have been altered by his ac-
quaintance with the subject. Such
change of opinion must have convinc-
ing weight with that large body of
men who are anxious to do right and
deal Justly by great national rcspon-
sibility. There is not one of them who,
if he had President Schurman's oppor-
tunities, would not reach President
Schurman's conclusions. He went to
Manila believing we ought to cut loose
and let the Philippines govern them
selves as a whole. He found no one
there equal to the task. AS he frank
ly admits, he discovered he had a very
inadequate idea of the Philippines. The
group is larger than all the West In
dies from Cuba to Trinidad. It's thirty
odd tribes have sixty odd languages
There is no common authority. There
is no responsible rule. In the nature
of things there can be none
Many Of the tribes evan govern them
selves. No one of them can be trusted
IN poynrn the rest. though the TagalS
would like to. and are fighting the Unit
ed States for the privilege. Autonomy
was offered them by President Schur-
mans commission and fatty refused.
Self-rule in the Philippines for indi-
vdual tribes is possible A Philippine
nation is not possible because there is
no Philippine people, any more than
the North American Indians made up
an Indian nation.
President Schurman feels, therefore,
! that there is nothing for the United
| States to do but to see the job through.
"The fact that the responsibility is
heavier than most people supposed Is
would be is no reason or excuse for
| failure to discharge it," Many men
| have this conviction. We believe it l.
! the opinion Of an overwhelming ma
| iurity of the American people. But the
remarkable thing about President
! Schurman's conviction is that it comes
! from man who was originally oppos-
ed to this policy and attitude alto
! gether. He has been converted by the
| logic of events.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16
NUBs OF KNOWLEDGE.

Since the population Of Michigan has
doubled the divorce rate mas trebed.
buckingham Palace has "a scent foun-
tain which on stae occasions Is fed with
eau de cologne.
The largest mass of pure rock salt in
the world lies under the Province of Call
cia, Hungary. 1T Is known to he $50
miles long, 20 broad, and 25O feet i'm thick
ness,
The proprietors Of Chicago hotels say
that business is now better than at any
time since the Columbian Exposition, and
some of the hcstclries are even turning
people away. A large number Of the
guests are commercial travellers,
\ heavy thunderstorm recently dam
aged several buildings now in course Of
erection for the Paris Exposition, among
them the American pavilion. The scat
folding about the latter collapsed, and
work on the structure will be delayed for
several weeks.
A German statistician has collated fig
ures showing the consumption Of beer
per capita in lS97-'9S in some of the thirst
lest of European cities In Munich each
person consUmcd jj6 litres; In Frankfort,
i2S; in Nuremburg. i2l: in Berlin, POO; in
Vienna, lij. The litre is equal to 2llj
pints.
Artesian wells sunk near the Long
Beach station of the Long Island railroad
have struck at "A depth of 400 feet pure
soft water, which flows at the rate of
1 twenty-five gallons "A minute. At depth
| of 800 feet another vein of water im-
prcgnated with sulphate Of iron and sui
phite Of magnesia, was struck,
The Cincinnati Street Railway com
pany has presented s., 900 To the Employees
Mutual Protective association-a bench
cial organization connected with the rail
way corporation. This will enable the
| association 10 pay all sick and death
| benefits without the collection of dues
from members or the leyying of assa 'o,
| ments,
| For the past six months three Ameii