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The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Gard From Mr.. stoker.

In an article printed in the Journal of
last Friday evening concerning the rat
ings of the members of the Topeka bar
in certain legal directory, 1 am quo
ted saying in effect that Mr.. Over
myer had nothing to kick about, as he
received a secOnd-class rating as to le-
gal ability and a first-class rating in
other respects. I wish to deny emphat-
ically that l made any statement der
OgatOry to the ability of Mr.. Overmyer
as an attorney. To the reporter who
talked with me on the subject 1 intend
ed to convey it as my opinion that Mr..
Overmyer was entitled to the highest
rating, both as to ability and integrity.
At the time of this conversation 1 was
not aware that I was being Inter
viewed for publication, and perhaps
some passive remark was uttered on
my part from which the reporter in
ferred what he put in print, but l am
satisfied he must have misunderstood
the thoughts I had in mind.
1 would like to say in this connection
that neither the firm of Dobbs & Stoker
nor myself had nythlng to do with the
ratings of the Topeka attorneys as they
appear in the directory. 1 think some
attorneys, in spite of the statements In
the Journal to the contrary, have done
me and my firm gross injustice in
circulating, information that we were
responsible for these ratings without
first coming to us to inquire whether
we had anything to do with them. II
is reported that one attorney telephoned
to our office and inquired Of the person
who answered the phone whether we
made out the ratings for Martindale
and that this person said we did. This
person was our office boy, who knows
no more about Martlndale's American
Law Directory than he knows about
conducting a complicated law suit. He
does know that our firm are attorneys
at this place for the Martindale Mer-
camille agency, and that as such we
daily make out numerous financial re-
ports or statements on local business
men for the subscribers of the agency,
to be used as a basis for regulating
credit. When he was asked over the
phone whether we made the ratings for
Martindale, he assumed that the party
inquiring had reference to these finan-
cial reports, and he answered accord
ingly. The members of the Topeka bar
have nothing beyond this to hold US
responsible for something we did not
do, and if the particular attorneys who
have circulated this information wish
to do what is fair towards US. and what
they are under every obligat ation to do,
they will spare no effort to eradicate
the unjust impression they have crea-
ted. GEO. E. STOKER
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
OLD SETTLER ON WIND.

Il suppose you think that was a pret-
ty hard blow yesterday" remarked the
Old Settler as he sauntered in today in
to what We used to have. Why 1 have
seen fences go down and houses pushed
from their foundations by steady
straight wind like that-no twister you
know.
Years ago, days in which the wind
didn't blow as hard as it did yesterday
were of rare occurrence during about
nine months of the year. 1t reminded
me of one day in the '70s. / was living
at Abilene then and many home-seek-
ers were coming in from the east.
sylVan1a who came out to buy a farm.
They arrived on a Friday night and
Saturday being less windy than usual
the real estate agent who had marked
them as his prey managed his end of
the business so skilfully that by night
he had them located on a piece of rail-
road land, the price was agreed upon
and nothing was lacking but the trans
fer of papers and money which was
postponed until Monday, owing to the
lateness of the hour when they arrived
back in town.
THE next day, Sunday, was like yes
terday, only worse, and Monday morn
ink when the real estate man called at
the hotel he found his customers gone.
They had taken the first eaStbound
train that came along, back to Penn
sylvania.
But we had no cyclones or torna-
does in those days"
Comfortable and Economical
The tourist sleepers that leave Topeka
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
WILL WIKIDAL INSANE.
The Young Mans Mind Gives Way
After an Attack of Nervous
Prostration.

William Wikidal, a well known To-
peka young man, is violently insane as
the result of nervous prostration. He
has been placed under restraint and
will be carefully guarded by attendants
and physicians to await the progress of
his malady.
1t is believed that the attack is tenn
porary and that he will fully recover
his mind and health in a short time. 1t
was at first intended to take the un-
fortunate young man into the probate
court but that plan was abandoned and
he will have private attention 1t has
become impossible for his relatives to
care for him at home.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

but the seIf-conident young man has
performed the equally sensational feat
of walking through Spain wearing the
stars and stripes.
On his way to New York across the
continent he was fired on by Indians in
Utah, went two days and half without
food or water in the American desert,
was picked up in a faint by a hospita-
BILE Mexican, was flung by train in
the Sand Patch tunnel on the Baltimore
& Ohio, near Glencoe, against a boulder
and received an ugly cut on the head.
President Mckinley at Washington
wished him Godspeed on January %,
1898. A friend paid his passage on the
Londonian, and Boynton with much
difficulty Travelled through the United
Kingdom.
In Dublin the American was i'm
pressed by the portrait of a young wom-
an, and finding that the original was
Miss Lauder of Glasgow he sought her
out.
1t was a case of love before sight on
each side. He left his bride with the
prospect of an absence from her of
years.
Bets were made in the Hotel Cecil,
London, that he would not be able to
traverse Spain and live.
With a ticket given to him, he left
London for Lisbon, Portugal, on July
80, 1898. At Elvas, Portugal, six miles
from the Spanish frontier, a friend pre-
Sented to him sword stick with
Toledo three bladed steel. He had also
an automatic pistol firing 1872 shots
When he started to crawl across the
frontier he was fired at by a Spanish
sentinel, but ran for it, crossed the line,
and slept under an olive tree. While
dining at Badajos, Spanish officers drew
their blades, one of them observing that
it was several weeks since he had killed
Yankee. Boynton laid his pistol at
the side of his plate and the officers
sheathed their swords. He was often
arrested American spy, but his
papers saved him.
In the Alhambra, Granada, the travel
er met Miss Lillian L. Chaffee of New
York, who made for him a set of Amer
ican colors. These colors the captain
wore for the last 1922 miles of his
Spanish journey.
At Marbella stones were hurled at the
Yankee. Before reaching Carthagena
he walked ninety-six miles without
tasting food. At Carthagena he was
mobbed by a crowd of several hundred
and a sailor, who had been a stoker on
the Cristoba1 Colon, drew a knife on
him just both pedestrian and sailor
were placed under arrest by the police.
1t was in Carthagena that he borrow
ed $40, breaking his wager. At Va
lencia a Spanish soldier put poison in
Boynton's drinking glass, but it proved
to be an overdose.
Soon afterWard he made his way
back to London and Joined Mrs. Boyn-
ton, who will follow her husband here
on the Campania next week.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Brought to Time.

The Maryland Casualty company, the
accident insurance organization which
some months ago entered into a con-
tract with the Santa Fe company to
supply the employees with insurance,
will be authorized in a few days to do
business in Kansas. Since the contract
with the Santa F'e was entered into the
company has been doing business in
Kansas without a license. Assistant
Superintendent of Insurance Ridgeway
discovered it and went after the COM
paay with the result that over $400 in
fees was received today.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Tramps Evade Dodge CITY.

Tramps are giving Dodge City wide
berth. Every tramp who applies to the
city for help is given a meal ticket and
told to apply to the street commissioner
marshal on the ticket the tramp is fur
nished a meal. Many tramps refuse to
take the ticket and refuse to work.
Some of these tickets are at private res
licences, when tramps asking for food
are given a ticket if they choose; but
many of them prefer to move on with
out contributing to the help of the city.
-GlObe- Republican
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Arrested in Lansing.

Leavenworth, May George Cox, an
ex-convict, was arrested at Lansing
Saturday while visiting old prison COM
rades at the Kansas penitenttary. He
is charged with stealing money orders
from the Wells Fargo Express COM
pany at Hasberg. Mo. One of the sto-
len orders for $35 was cashed a few
days ago at Galena, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

ways a loser, but so many people be-
lieve they can make it win.
You can't make it go as an fagent"
unless you are smart. You see adver-
tisements in the papers announcing that
agents" can make from fifty to a hun
dred dollars a week, but some men who
try it do not make fifty cents week.
Following some callings has a ten
dency to make fools of men. The ten
dency in law is to educate and broaden.
We dislike to mention the professions
which, persistently followed, make fools
of men. but you can name some of them
for yourself.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
KILLED BY THE TRAIN.
Body of a Badly Mutilated Man
Found Near Formosa.

Montrose, May 1.-Conductor Wright
of the Rock Island who passed through
here on Rock Island train No. 81 Sun
day stated that the body of a badly
dismembered man was noticed lying be-
side the track three miles east of For
mOSa.
The head of the man was lying out
side of the track while the body and
limbs were scattered along for so rods
A section gang was at once ordered
to gather up the remains.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Big Revenue Collections in Kansas.

Leavenworth, May 1.-The internal
revenue collections for the Kansas dis
trict, comprising Indian and Oklahoma
territories for April amounted to $57,-
926.S9 This is more than double the
amount collected for April of last year.
OF the collections, $19,749 was on the
sale of oleomargarine stamps and $685.
764.19 for documentary stamps. The
balance was in cigar and other stamps
and in smaller amounts.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
BIG ZINC MINING DEAL.
Boston Syndicate Buys Eighty Acres
Near Aurora. Mo.

Joplin, Mo, May 1.-The biggest zinc
mining deal of the year has just been
consummated, and 80 acres of rich min
eral land near Aurora, Mo, have been
sold by S. H Minor and A. H. Rogers
to a Boston syndicate for 100000.
This land embraces the Tuttle mine
and other big zinc producing proper
ties Missouri zinc lands are in great
demand and several deals with eastern
syndicates are now being negotiated
which will involve about So, 000, 900.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Was a Student at Baker.

Baldwin, May Lyle L. Knox, COM
pany 1, Twentieth Kansas volunteers,
who was reported wounded by General
Otis Thursday, is an old student of Ba-
l1er university and was a member of
the state militia. He had lived here
most of the "A years of his life until he
enlisted at OsaWatomie last May.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
DIVISION OF CHINA.
The Partition Will Now Proceed
Without Hindrance.

Berlin. May lit is the belief in politi-
cal circles here that England, having re-
linquished the open door in China and
given her adhesion to the sphere of infiu-
suit.
The Tageblatt today says: The first
ment must be that Germany, too; must
sphere. 1t would be a far-reaching error
were Germany to confine herself to the
province of Shang Tung'
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Horses Were Too Poor.

Emporia, May Fifty head of blood
ed horses, belonging to Judge w. A.
Randolph, We're sold at auction here
Saturday by Sheriff OConnor for the
benefit of the depositors of the defunct
First National bank. The horses were
taken on a chattel mortgage held by
the receiver for some $4,000. The stock
did not average 500 per head, the ami
mails being in a nearly starved condi-
tion, having run on the range all win
ter.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

In granting franchises the city eoun-
Gil should treat all alike One company
which desires to do business in Topeka
should have the same rights as are en-
joyed by similar corporations. A city
should not be careless, however, in
granting franchises.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Mcpherson Paper Sold.

Mcpherson, May IA contract was
made today whereby Will Krehbiel of
Newton has purchased the Mcpherson
Republican of S. G. Mead. The Repub-
lcan is the oldest paper in Mcpherson
county and has a large circulation. 1t
is supposed the paper will continue Re-
publican in politics as heretofore.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Rhodes Enemies Cheer.

London; May LIN the house of com
mons today the Right Hon. Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach Chancellor of the excheauer
announced that the government had fail,
ed to come to an agreement with Cecil
Rhodes respecting the proposed guarantee
to the Cape Colony to Cairo railway. The
announcement was greeted with cheers by
the radical memberS,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Peoria Journal: When the Kansas
boys swan the river at Calumpit they
paid no attention to the storm of bull
lets hurled at them. Having started to
cross the river they would have crossed
it in the face of a Missouri cyclone
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Married at CHAPMAN.

Chapman, May 1.-Mr. Leonard Tay-
and stock raisers of this community,
was married at 8 o'clock last evening
to Miss Ida Snyder, one of the most
accomplished young ladies of this city,
at the residence OF the brides sister,
Mrs. George Miller.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

North Topeka will be independent
when it gets a sewer, and that time Is
not far distant. There will then be just
as much inducement to live in the First
ward as anywhere in the city.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Des Moines News: 1t is not always
big men who do things. Col. Funston
of Kansas, whose dashing exploit in
crossing the Bagbag river ought to rank
with that historical bridge crossing of
Horatius. Meighs only ninety pounds.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Bethany college should receive the CO.
operation of the people in building the
Tenth street pavement The college Of
fcers are public spirited men and their
attitude should be appreciated.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Mayor Drew has set an example of
ffrmness which will stand him in good
hand in the trying position which he
occupies. A firm man requires only
good judgment to make him success
ful public officer.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
State Text Books.

The state text book commission will
convene at 4;30 this afternoon to take
up the work of selecting the books.
charts and other matter to be used in
the public schools of Kansas during the
next five years. The commission will
probably be in session a week or ten
days.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Kansas has long been considered a
dry state, but it seems to have afforded
sufficient water for Funston to learn tc
swim.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Tt is noted that while Speaker Reed
has declared his intention to resign, his
name is still on the congressional pay
roll
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

The sight of the Kansas boys stam-
peding the Filipinos by throwing clods
at them was one worth seeing.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

AS soon as we finish the JOB of civil
izing the FiliDinos some attention
should be given to Georgia
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

It is a woman's opinion that a mar
ried man has no business on the streets
after 10 o'clock at night, unless he is
going for a doctor.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

When you consider how important
honesty is, it is surprising how many
people are dishonest. Dishonesty is al
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

A girl who visited in town recently
is trained nurse, and the family she
visited took sick in order to thoroughly
appreciate her visit.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
After all, there is nothing a woman
enjoys so much as widoWhood DroVid-
ing her husbands life insurance was not
Scrimpy.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Agufnaldo has capitals to burn, and
he has been burning some of them.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

'Tis Just one year ago today since
Dewey sailed adown the bay.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01
Emporia and Return $1.S4, via the
Santa Fe.

Account Redmen's Jubilee; tickets on
sale May 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6; final limit
Nav
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

Comfortable and Economical
The tourist sleepers that leave Topeka
daily for California via Santa Fe.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

What a congressman learns during his
hrst term he doesn't always tell when
seeking a second.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-05-01

1t doesn't profit a man much if his
servant keeps the commandments in
tact and breaks all his crockery.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Havana's new census gives a total popu-
lation of PIG, 73O.
In the Luzon long-distance race the Fill
pinos are still a little ahead OF the Ameri-
cans.
The healthful condition of the young
women of the present day is indicated by
the discovery that b~lushing is a disease.
The first anniversary of the battle OF Ma
lila Is to be observed by Norwich university,
at Mortified, VT, by the laying OF a founda-
ton Of a memorial hall to Admiral Dewey,
who won the battle, and who in 1851 en-
tered the institution as a cadet.
The serious objection made by Emperor
Francis Joseph OF Austria to the English in
heritance tax is not due to his desire to in
~terfere in English affairs, but to the fact
that such tax will compel him to pay the
death duties on the 81, 900, 900 which the late
empress had in the Bank Of England.
Peter A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia
traction magnate, has an art gallery valued
at 50, 500, 900 and believed to be fully worth
that amount. 1t is now at his residence in
the Quaker city, but is shortly to be removed
to the mansion which he has erected at
Ashbourne. There are single paintings for
which Mr.. Widener has refused 500, 900
each.
The Kennebec Journal says: about the
happiest man Gin Maine is BIZ Sewall OF
Island Falls, the man who was foreman of
Governor Rooseyelt's big cattle ranch in the
Bad Lands of Dakota for three years. He
Is getting things in readiness at his nome
for the reception OF Governor Roosevelt and
his family, who are expected to pay BIZ
a visit Of several weeks when trout fishing
is prime"
Not long ago President Mckinley was al
dressing a great audience, at the close OF
which the people were closely crowded about
the entrance and held back by the police
until after the president should have left.
Some one, mindful Of the presidents con-
venience, suggested that he leave by a rear
door. mo, / will leave by the front door.
| never retrace my steps" was the charac-
~teristic reply OF the president
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
LESSONS ~ INDIAN FIGHTING.

Globe Democrat. Law,on's FIRST Lesson
to the TagaIs is not calculated to make
them anxious to test his skill In Indian
lighting.
st. Louis Republic: Lawton's 1900 In.
dian fighters will now proceed to give the
Filipincs a course Of instruction In guerrilla
warfare as learned from past masters 10
the gentle art.
Philadelphia Ledger: our regular army
went to a hard school when Il had The In
dams for teachers. but the lessons 1t learned
there qualified it admirably for hghtiug with
any kind Of savage people.
indianapolis journal: General Lawton
has been in the Philippines long enough to
sit UP and take notice, and the Filipinos
had better get on their spiked shoes and
prepare for a foot race to a finish.
Detroit Free Press: Aguinaldo seems TO
persist in the old fogy notion once promul-
gated by Patrick Henry about liberty or
death, and it looks as though he would
have to put up with the latter alternative.
Baltimore sun; There is no sign, how.
ever, Of fnality. The islanders do not
yield. but retire. with the object Of attack
ing us again when we relax our efforts, a
guerrilla war is to be carried on, with
malaria as an ally. Meanwhile our volun-
teers are disguised with their employment
in the Philippines. 1--WE did not enlist
they say, ito fight niggers," and they wish
TO come home. a prominent American gen
eral is credited with the remark that 100
geo American soldiers are required to sub
due the islands. He is doubtless right in
his view that it is better to establish our
supremacy quickly"-if it needs to be estab-
lished there at all-"than to temporize
with a score OF rebellions.'
Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-14
ANorHER ARSrRD EVE.

You always have to 90 away from
home to get the news. For illustration,
read the following special dispatch to
the Omaha Fakery from its Lincoln tic.
ton factory:
1t is rumored about Lincoln that Senator
elect Hayward is finding it hard to resist
persisting and i~nsistent Influence being
exerted from the vicinity of The Omaha Bee
building, looking to the appointment OF
Frank Harrison, a Bee reporter and brother
OF Chief Justice Harrison, as his private
secretary. 1t is said that C. l.. Matthews of
Fremont, who managed Hayward's senatorial
campaign, is another promising a~spirant
for the position. a we'll known republican
politician hailing from southern Nebraska
said today that Edward Rosewater is max
ing a hard fight for Harrison, putting the
matter on personal ground. Rosewater,
said the gentleman, claimed that had it not
been for the active personal assistance of
himself and lieutenants Hayward would
never have been elected, and he thinks it
no more than right that in return for his
services he be allowed a voice in the selec-
tion Of a private secretary.
In the main this startling announce
ment is as true as most things that ema-
nate from that source. All it needs is a
few corrections.
First-Frank \. Harrison, the Lincoln
correspondent of The Bee, is neither a
brother, nephew, cousin nor related by
marriage or otherwise to Chief Justice
Harrison. The only relationship between
the two men is the similarity of their
names.
Second-Frank A. Harrison is not and
has not been a candidate for the posi-
ton of private secretary to Senator Hay
ward and has neither asked nor impor-
tuned the senator or anyone else for the
place.
Third-Senator Hayward has not
found it hard to resist the persisting and
influence eXerted from the
vicinity of The Bee building looking to
the appointment of Frank A. Harrison
or anyone else to any Office within his
gift because neither Edward Rosewater
anyone identified with The Bee has
had any occasion to importune him for
anything.
Fourth-While the editor of this paper
maintains friendly relations with Sen
ator Hayward, he makes no pretense of
special service rendered him in the late
senatorial campaign.
Lastly-If Frank A. Harrison were a
candidate for appointment as private sec
to Senator Hayward, he would be
to favorable consideration on ac-
count of his own personal efforts in Sen
ator Hayward's behalf without any other
in his support.