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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
Pixies PEAK ILLUMINATED
Fifteen Hundred Pounds Of Red Fire
Bespoke Enthusiasm.

Colorado Springs. Col, July 5.-The
explosion on the summit of Pixies Peak
from 10 to u O'Clock last night or LOU
pounds of red fire was in keeping with
the spirit of enthusiasm with when
this region is celebrating the Foufth
To guard against rain and accidents the
fire was distributed over the summit
in paper bags holding only pound or
two each. A force of men with torches
rapidly fired the packa ges, SO that many
Of them were burning at the same time
The illumination was thus continued
throughout the two hours me pid1S
was distinctly visible from Colorado
Springs, where the signal station, only
IS feet high, is visible.
All Colorado Springs, including thou
sands of excurSiOniStS from Denver anu
elsewhere in Colorado and other states
who are here, was awake and witnessed
the rare event in lawn and roof parties.
The rejection was doubtless visible
over one half of Colorado and in New
Mexico and Nebraska
The Mount Pisgah illumination at
Cripple Creek, at 1880 feet altitude,
was also a success 1t was visible IN
Denver and Pueblo.
For an hour previous to the illumina-
ton a violent snow storm ragged, fully
two inches of the beautiful covering
the ground. A strong wind swept the
storm clouds away, and far out on the
plains to the north blazed the lights Of
ColOrado's capital Denver. To the east
glowed Colorado Springs, ManitOu and
twinkled in the south. Rockets and
signals previously agreed on told the
watchers on the Peak that the people
in the cities below were waiting, and
then the powder. which had been laid
in trains along the north, eastern and
southern bows OF the Peak was set
afire.
The effect was magnificent. The ma
tionaI colors were reflected from the
clouds which had gathered in the west
as from a heliograph, and while the
fires We're kept burning neighboring
mountain tops, white with snow, seem
ed tipped with flames. while valleys
and canyons seemed dyed in gore. Far
out over the eastern plains the Grim
son glow was flung, while the pine
topped crests of the Great Divide were
incarnadined.
About so persons were on the Peak,
including the officials of the cog road,
who were active in promoting the cele-
bratiOn. The display was witnessed on
the spot by only one woman, Miss
Katherine Garnett Summerin. of Phila-
delphia. The temperature at midnight
was p above.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05

mating in her tastes when she wishes
20 choose a handful of rodents for an
evening siesta in the front parlor.
When company comes she may bring
out her japanese Waiting mice for en-
tertainment Or if the company is
learned and given to instructive re-
search, rather than mere idle diversion,
she may usher forth her Egyptian race
of cheese nibblers, the only ones of their
kind brought to this country from the
land of the Pharaohs. Again, to cur
iosity delivers she may introduce her
troupe of Spiny ratlets, which, until
Mrs. POyer got hold of them, had never
been outside of an English geological
garden.
In addition to the Egyptian mouse,
the English mouse, the Japanese mouse,
the American mouse, and various mice
of other respecta bic nationalities, there
is the Dutch mouse, renowned for his
resem blance to the Dutch rabbit in
point of forehead and cheek markings.
The japanese mice takes after their
human countrymen in their propensity
for athletics They perform some amaz-
ing feats, chiefly in the dancing line. A
pair of these little animals will stand
on their hind legs and waltz by the
hour, whirling first one way and then
reversing to WhirI the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
LONG BICYCLE TRIP.
Harry Culver Makes the Run From
Lincoln, Neb., to New York.

New York, July 5.-There arrived in
New York last evening a young man
who says he has. made a remarkable
city. He carried vouchers to show that
he had made the journey by a route sell
dom If ever before ridden over by a
bicyclist. The distance Travelled, as in.
dictated by a cycIometer on his wheel
was APO miles, and the time occupied
was SO days.
Harry Culver is the name of this ad-
NentureSOme youth, Lincoln is his home
and his age is 19 years Riding by way
started on a schedule that allowed him
so days for the trip. His actual time
not only beats his schedule by q days.
but is likewise claimed as a record be
tween Lincoln and New York.
The trip out Of Lincoln was begun on
May 10. the route being via Kansas
City and Dallas to Galveston, Texas.
To the latter point Culver was accom-
panied by f. J. Sauvan Of Lincoln For
the first u days rain fell almost con-
unuOusly, and for several days the pair
rode their wheels over railroad ties.
In Texas a decided Improvement was
found in the roads. the course being
Galveston Culver rode alone to New
Orleans.
From New Orleans Culver rode to
Mobile, Ala; Pensacola, Fla; Mont
gOmery, Ala: Atlanta, Ca: Charlotte
n c; Lynchburg. Va, and Washing
ton, D C. Throughout the south the
roads were found to be generally sandy,
though not unreliable. The stretch of
road between Montgomery and Atlanta
was the best up to that part of the
journey. and Culver pedaled the 100
miles in is hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
Rest and Health to Mother and Child
LAWYERS GET BIG FEES.
Over 100000 In Cash and securi-
ties Worth Half a Million Paid
For Golden Cross Suits.

Los Angeles, Cal. July 5.-Of the
cash fees paid out in settlement Of the
Golden Cross mining litigation that a
few days ago was brought to a success
full close in the United States circuit
court in this city Is Los Angeles at
torneys divided between them S188, 900.
The remaining S156.0OO went to nine
lawyers Of San Francisco. whose fees
averaged a little over 81. 1913 per man,
while San Diego firm, Gibson & Titus,
obtained fees aggregating over $50 600.
Besides these cash rewards Jefferson
Chandler, formerly of St. Louis, and D.
NJ Delmas and Samuel Shortridge Of
San Francisco, have obtained securities
worth 100000 to be legally divided be-
tween them, and as his part of the
award Colonel Isaac Trumbo will re-
alize a LIES ambition and probably
become a millionaire mine owner
The Golden Cross properties. the rich
est gold producers in this end of the
state, except the Utica and Argonaut
are located in the Colorado desert, II
miles from Yuma, nine miles from the
nearest point on the Colorado river.
About - years ago three mines that
have proved the great producers of the
Golden Cross group We're located under
the names of Little Mary. Little Mabel
and the Black Butte. The three mines
are now known as the Golden Cross. the
Golden Queen and the Golden Crown
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
Photographic the Growth of an Oak
Tree.

Washington, July 5.-The agricultural
picture machine into the service of
science. The division of vegetable
physiology has now a device of this
sort in operation in one of its green
houses. photographing the growth or
a small oak tree. The machine works
automatically, taking a picture each
hour. At night an electric light is thrown
into the circuit as the exposure is made
The machine has been running about
two weeks and will be kept going about
two weeks longer on its present subject
When the series of pictures is com
pleted, it viii be possible to reproduce
with the stereopticon the growth of the
plant from the time the first shoot ap-
peared above ground till the tree is in
full leaf and a foot or more high.
While the oak tree pictures are pure
~ experimental to develop the capacity
of the machine, it is intended to use the
serial photographs in watching the pro-
gress of plant diseases, blights, insect
parasites and the like. The department
hopes in the near future to be able to
loan to the agricultural colleges and
experiment stations rolls of lantern
slide films to illustrate certain of the
departments bulletins on these sub
jects.
In addition to the straight photo
graphic work expected of the new ma
chine, its designer intends to adapt il
to use with the X-ray, so as to take pic
lures of certain objects that otherwise
would be invisible. 1t is thought by the
department that a series of pictures OF
this sort taken during the period OF
CESSATION would be of value to stock
use of the medical profession in certain
lines of feSea h
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
Low &c ID the Fast

Your attention is directed to the ex-
ceptionally low rates in effect this com
ing season to nearly every prominant
point in the east.
Never before has such an excellent
opportunity been afforded for a summer
vacation tour, or for visiting friends in
the east We mention below a fa1- =
the places to which greatly reduced
rates have been made. The Union pa
c:fic is the line that will give Won tba
best service to any of these points
Detroit, Mich, July $40 Rate-Ona
flare. plus $500. for the round trim.
Richmond, Va, July 1916 Rate-One
fare. plus $500, for the round trim.
Indianapolis. Ind. July 2O-23. Rate
One fare, plus 800, for the round trim
For full information as to dates 0f
sale and limits on tickets, time of trains
etc, call on F. A Lewis. city ticket
agent. or J c. Fulton. depot agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
GAGE AND ALGER AT OUTS
Growing Unfriendliness Between the
Secretaries.

Washington, July 5--The president
tact and graciousness are drawn upon
severely to maintain apparently agreea-
bIerelations in hisca binet BetweenSecre-
tary Gage and Secretary Alger there ex-
lists a feeling Of strong and growing
hostility To the friends of either it is
not concealed. The two secretaries have
always been somewhat antagonistic.
They have taken opposite sides on
many questions before the cabinet.
Their dislike for each other has been a
matter of growth But the recent po-
liticaI nave Of Secretary AIger has en-
phasized the unfriendhness.
In defending his alliance with Gov
ernOr Pingree the secretary Of war re-
ferred to Secretary Cages Independent
course toward the president in regard
to proposed currency legislation he did
mis- in a statement for publication He
claimed for himself the same freedom
of independent action in political mat
tiers that the secretary OF the treasury
had taken. Mr.. Gage and his FRIENDS
saw In this statement a covert rehec-
ton upon the secretary and a betrayal
of administration AFFAIRS Iney even
claimed that the assertions OF secretary
A1spr were not strictly accurate.
on the part Of friends of the two
secretaries there has been much indig-
nant comment. Both Gen AIger ana
Mr.. Gage have expressed themselves
vigorously. The former speaks OF the
secretary of the treasury as heading
conspiracy to get him out of the cab
met while the latter does not hesitate
to let his opinion be known that sense
Of what is due the president should
prompt the resignation of the secretary
Of war. A president less gifted in har-
lnonizing could hardly keep such dis
cordant elements in his cabinet a great
while.
There is little doubt that Secretary
AIger will go. The only question seem
ingly is whether the change shall take
place shortly or shall be held UP until
the annual reports OF the war depart
ment are completed and handed in Gen
Ayers friends insist that he ought in
Justice to himself to remain in the cab
met until these reports are made. They
have presented this view TO the presi-
dent The official year will cover the
most of the war period. It is argued
that the head of the department can
not afford to retire until the reports are
finished. The secretary has been under
fire for many things during the twelve
months, and his friends tell him he will
make great mistake If he does not re-
main long enough to receive the re-
ports of the heads Of bureaus and to
render his own account to the presi-
dent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
Addicks Repaid in Kind.
TFrom the Boston Transcript.


The spectacle of Mr.. AddickS' senator
ial throes in Delaware reminds me of an
episode when he was engaged in the gas
business in Boston Mr. AddickS, as
some people will remember, was occu-
pied here in an attempt which involved
a good deal of legislation of one kind or
another During the progress of his at
of the city of Boston one day to go down
the harbor on his boat Now Then, and
the invitation was accepted. When they
started out Mr.. Addicks produced a
lot of yachting caps, which, rs the wind
blew f1ercely on the little deck of the
Now Then, were regarded as proper to
replace the more formal alderman mic
headgear All the caps were blue eX-
cept one, which was white, and this
white one Addicks proceeded to present
with a flourish to Alderman Farmer,
saying as he did so:
Il give this to Alderman Farmer to
wear as an emblem of purity"
All the other aldermen laughed. for
Mr.. Farmer had been prominent in his
opposition to Addicks' schemes IN the
board Mr. Farmer accepted the white
cap and wore it without any protest or,
for that matter any complacency- But
some time later in the day, when the
party were lined up before a soda foun-
tain. Mr.. Farmer said:
Can you tell me. Mr. Addicks. what
is the difference between the man who
runs this soda fountain and you2"
Well, no. I can't" said Addicks;
what is it2"
This man makes his money by put
ting gas into water and you make yours
by putting water into gas"
This Dalpable hit at the Delaware
financier's operations at the time was
regarded by the company as very fair
return for the joke OF the white cap.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
HER BODY EXHUMED.
Husband Arrested In Connection
With the Case.

Canal Dover. O., July 5.-Th9e entire entire
north end of the county IS greatly eXclL--
ed over the arrest Of John Hoover; a well {s1
towns of strasburg and Dundee: t ms
morning in connection with the Sndueh
death Of his wife. Hoover and his wife
lived alone, and according to his story
she became suddenly i'll and died in about
an hour. After her death DR.. W. A: Welsh
of Dundee was called, and gave mis- opin-
ion that she had died of heart failure.
The neighbors. however, We're suspicious
and notified DR.. J. A. Dickson OF this
city, who is county coroner.
Dr.. Dickson this morning drove to the, the
been buried Thursday and had the re-
mains eXhumed. He removed the dead
woman's stomach, and after an eNamin-
alton of its contents had a warrant is
sued for the arrest of her husband Con-
stable John Saam of Strasburg made the
arrest. and pending the examination OF
the stomach by an expert Hoover viii
be detained Hoover says he knows not1-
ing of the cause Of his wife's death i
other than natural, and viii be able to
establish the fact Hoover has been mar
ried four times. Three of his wives are
dead and another was divorced. Mrs Hoo
yer was formerly Miss Mary Edwards of
Scfpfo O.. where she has relatives. But
few here know of the arrest On ac-
count Of the HOovers' prominence the az
fair is creating great sensation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
NEW sWINDLING DODGE.
Epidemic of Impostors Posing as
Secret Service Men.

Washington, July 5.-Persons posing
as secret service men are infesting the
country and swindling shopkeepers ana
others cut of many dollars. Chief Wilxie
says that scarcely a day passes that
he does not receive a. letter of COM
plant from some part of the country. A
hotelkeeper writes that Mr.. Brown of
the secret service" had been staying
at his hotel and had left without paying
his bill, and that he had cashed a. check
for Mr. Smith Of the secret service, -
who was awaiting a remittance from
Washington, and it had been returned
to him with the information that MT.
Smith had no money in the bank Let
ters from hOtelkeeperS are inters perSed
with others from all sorts of persons.
who have allowed the alleged secret
service men to have things of value on
credit, and have not been paid.
These men are all impOsters,' said
Mr.. Wilkie; our men do not go around
the country proclaiming they are secret
service men, and they always have
money. 1t can be set down as absolute
ly certain that if a man shows a tin
secret service badge and wants to Dor
row money or get things on credit, he
is a fraud.
There are more than usual of these
men abroad since the Philadelphia
counterfeit case brought our service
into such prominence, and I am getting
letters from all parts of the country,
from Alabama to western New York .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
LARGE RECEIPT OF HOGS.
June Broke the Record For the Omaha
Market-For Six Months.

Omaha, Neb., July 5.-According to all
reports the supply Of hogs in the coun-
try tributary to this market is larger
than ever before, and the prospects are
that the receipts will continue very
large for the rest of the season
The June receipts at the yards were
larger than ever before. 1t Is estimated
the years receipts will come close to
2 500, 900 head. Sheep receipts for June
show an increase of 10000 head over
June q year ago. but the total for the
six months of the year shows a slight
decrease as compared with 1898. For
the six months ended June 30 the re-
ceipts Of cattle at the stock yards num-
bered 306, 332 head. hogs, 1.144627 head
and sheep 559, 957 head. This is an in
crease of POI, 942 hogs over the receipts
in the first half of 1898
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
HARRINGTON DISMISSED.
Former Chief of the Weather Bureau
Has Been Retired.

Washington, July 5.-Mark ". Har-
rington, former chief of the weather
bureau. has been dismissed from the
service and is now at his home in Mich
igan.
When it was decided to establish the
weather bureau in Porto Rico, Mr.. Har-
ringtOn was given the post. He had
been succeeded as chief by Willis L.
Moore when the present administration
came in
He was the cause Of so many com
plants in Porto Rico that he was re-
called and offered a position in an out
of-the-way foreign country. He declin-
ed to accept unless the government
would insure his life for 800 900. His
dismissal followed. and he then wrote
a letter to President Mckinley which
leads the officials to believe that Har-
rington is mentally unbalanced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05

Santa Eel
Route
Excursion Rates.

This list contains u few Of the more
important points to which unusually
low rates have been made. For infor-
NATION about other points or occasions
as well as particulars regarding train
service. sleeping car reservations, etc.
Call on or address the undersigned.
Los Angeles and return. $500 daily to
and including July 8.
Pueblo. Colorado Springs or Denver ana
return, $500; daily TO and including
July II.
Salt Lake city or ogden. $1,000; daily to
and including July IL
Glenwood Springs and return, SS1OO;
daily to and including July II.
Richmond. Va. and return, $3125; July
10 to u inclusive
Indiapolis. Ind, and II 4urn, $3.50; July
IS to 90 inclusive
Pittsburg. Pa. and return, $3.50, July
81 and August ], inclusive
The Santa Fe offers unusual attrac-
tons to persons who desire to travel
in comfort and luxury and on fast
trains. The tracks are rock balasted
the bridges are Of steel or stone or
both: grade crossings are minimized
the cars are lighted by electricity; while
the dining rooms, dining cars and lunch
counters are under the management OF
Mr.. Fred Harvey, and are not equalled
any where Passengers on the Santa
F'e find there's comfort in every turn of
the wheels. T. L. King, Agent, A L.
& S. F. Ry., Topeka Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
The Origin of the Pharaohs.

From the Pail Mall Gazette7
Professor Petrie has returned to Eng
land and has begun his lectures at IN
iversity college. He has, of course, a
good deal 10 say about the origin of the
Egyptian people, and finds in some of
the late discoveries a confirmation of
the theories expressed by him some
years back He follows De Morgan and
others in attributing the beginnings of
the Egyptian civilization (as known to
the Greeks) to Mesopotamian influence,
as instances of which he quotes the use
Of seal cylinders, the employment of
Babylonian measures of length. and
the appearance of sun-burned bricks in
the oldest monuments yet discovered.
He thinks that the conquering race
who brought this civilization with them
came from the Red Sea, and that the
three colossal statues Of the god Min
found by him at KoptOs, at the end of
the Red Sea road, are perhaps their
earliest documents.
Nor is he less positive as to the race
which these invaders conquered. The
predynastic Egyptians were, he says,
Libyans of the same type as the gen.
eral Libyan population of North Africa,
although there may have been some in
termiXture of negro blood long way
back. These LibyanS had also a rela-
lively high civilization of their own,
including an elementary system of sign
writing quite different to the hierogly-
phic, traces Of which remained to a
very late date. They had also much
greater mechanical skill than the in
vaGeTs, though a lower sense of art,
and it is to the union of their mechani-
cal knowledge with the artistic powers
of the conquerors that he attributes
the wonderful constructions of the an
cient empire.
However this may be, there can hard
" be any doubt that the race which
produced the first Pharaoh was origi-
nally a maritime people. In the huge
animal pantheon of historic Egypt the
fish held a very small and undistin-
guished place Yet in the royal tombs
lately discovered by NJ. Amelineau and
NJ. de Morgan, the fish is very much to
the fore. The hieroglyphic sign used
for the name Of the king who has been
called-but probably was not-Menes,
is that of a fish. and a quantity of ivory
and slate fish were found in his tomb.
So at Aby1Os, NJ. AmeIineau not only
found many vOtive offerings in the
form Of fishes, but discovered that the
provisions buried with the dead kings
for their use in the next world consist
ed almost entirely Of fish and vegeta-
this case almost certainly a totem-of
Mariner is a fish, and curiousIy enough
a catfish, one of the last animals that
an artistic race would have been sup
posed to defy. All of which points to
the fact that the earliest Pharaohs
were drawn from a fish-eating people,
who must at one time have lived in
country bordered by the sea. And this
sea was probably the Persian Gulf.
Heinz's Ice Cream made from pure
cream. Phone 397.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
Mice Trained by a Woman.

TFrom the San Francisco Examiner
There is one woman in America who
loves mice. She loves them so much
that she chooses them for pets and is
constantly coddling hundreds of them as
most women are wont to cOddle kittens
and puppies. AIRS. Edith Kingman
POyer is her name She resides in
Woodstock, IL, where she maintains a
nurse farm of large dimensions and ex-
traOrdinary interest.
Mrs. Poyer is a connoisseur on mice.
She makes distinctions in her very
cages of pets. There are good mice and
bad mice and ugly mice, costly mice
end cheap mice.
She has all kinds. but she is discrim-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
GAS FROM CORDWOOD.
Tacoma Man Invents a New Method
of Producing Light and Heat.

Tacoma Wash, July 5.-Tinner ALcT4ead
Of this city has inEented a machine for the
combustion of ordinary cord wood prOduc-
ing cheap and nOn-pOisOnous illuminating
and heating gas McLead has in opera
ton a. model with which he has demon
strated that one cord of fireWOOd will
make 1900 TO %. 900 feet of gas and leave
thirty bushels of charcoal, worth 10 cents
a busheL The gas can be sold at 10 cents
per J, 900 feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-05
Forty BUILDINGS Consumed

causing loss of $50 900, with only about
$500 insurance The fire originated in
G r. AtknsOn's grocery store and as the
hre department was inadequate to cope
with il it could not be checked until
buildings in its path were torn down.
Twenty-one business houses were burned
and several cottages.