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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
THE CARTER CASE FEE.
Ex-senator Edmunds Was Not Paid
Out of Federal Moneys.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 23.-It was a
matter of common report among the Of
fcialS at the war department today that
the s. 600 fee of ex-senator EidmundS for
his review of Captain Carriers case had
been paid by Captain Carriers friends.
Ex-senator EdmundS was asked to re-
view the case by the president, after the
court martial had convicted Captain Car
ter, and the sentence imposed was before
the president for his approval or disap-
prevail.
Several weeks ago Secretary Alger adj
dressed a letter to Comptroller of the
Treasury Tracewel, asking if it would be
permissible for him to pay Mr.. Edmunds'
fee out of the national defense appropria-
ton.
Comptroller TracewelI informed him that
1t would not be permissible, and further
stated that there were no funds available
from which the fee could be legally paid.
Secretary Alger was reported as having
said when he received Comptroller Trace
wells decision that he would pay the fee
out of his own pocket. Now the report
Is out that Carriers friends have paid it.
A war department official who has been
in close touch with the Carter case was
asked If 1t was true that the fee of ex-
Senator Edmunds had been paid by Car
ters friends. He said The fee L I'M
derstand, has been paid. 1t was not paid
out of moneys of the United States
The findings of the Carter court martial
are now before the attorney general for
review The attorney general is reported
as having said recently that he propose
making the review of the case his sum
ner work If this be true no decision in
the case by the president is to be expected
until fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

wholesale firm which sold government
supplies. At various times they got
checks for $4,000, $4,000, $175,000. That
was doing business right along.
An Italian had a. little hole-in-t the
wall where he sold pies and sandwiches.
He moved out to the camp and opened
up on a larger scale, dealing in lunches,
hot coffee, etc.
Now he owns the SWEETEST restaurant
in Jacksonville, with beveled mirrors
and marble-to topped tables, and employs
six cashiers.
Yes, sir; make no mistake. The SOL
dierS were worth millions of dollars to
Jacksonville, and the money they spent
will help the city for years to come,
because hundreds of thousands of it
were put in permanent improvements
and many lines of legitimate business. %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
WHY BEER STOPPED.
Secretary Long Gives His Reason For
Prohibiting Sale on Ships.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 23.-Secretary Long.
interviewed on why he stopped the sale OF
beer the ships of the navy, said that he
issued the order principally for the pro-
lection of the apprentice boys in the serv-
ice.
He said that no society caused the issu-
ing of the order, and that it was done at
the solicitation of naval officers them
selves, who were actuated by sense OF
duty to the service. The sale of beer on
shipboard was regarded by many of them
as an evil, and they sought to abate It
1.-The matter was first suggested to the
department by Captain F'olger of the
cruiser New Orleans, who in letter wrote
that it was not a good example to the
apprentice boys said the secretary.
1--WE desire to bring these boys up to be
good seamen and good citizens, and we
feel that the constant presence of beer
before them is detrimental
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
DECLINE TO GO.
Members of Congress May Spoil Al
gers inspection Junket.

Washington. Feb. 2S.-Secretary AL
gers junket to Cuba and Porto Rico
may be a fizz1e and he may have to
abandon it or go by himself. Though
the secretary of war may see no impro-
priety in taking a shipload of gentlemen
and ladies on a pleasure trip on a gov
eminent transport at government ex-
pense, the sense of propriety of sena-
tors and representatives is not so dull
and many of those invited have already
declined the invitation.
Senators Bate, CockreH and Pasco and
Representatives Sulzer, Hay, Cox and
Jett, it is said, have declined and will
not go even if Secretary Algers should
pay all the mess bills out of his own
pocket, as they consider the use of a
government vessel for such purposes
wrong. It is doubted whether there is
any fund out of which the expense of
the trip could be paid, except the unex-
pended balance of the national defense
fund
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
POWDER
MAKES AIR.
When a Match Is Applied to a
White Substance
A Miniature WhirlWind is the
Immediate Result.
THE SECRET is HELD
By the Inventor and Builder of
Submarine Boats.
Queer Things He Sees Under
the Water.
THE SECRET is HELD

Milwaukee, Wis, Feb 23.-Today the
Raddatz submarine boat, the ipterest1ng
invention of Mr.. Raddatz, a Wisconsin
man, lies submerged in twenty feet of the
nurky waters of the Kinnickinnic river,
Milwaukee, while the inventor spend his
evenings in his home, in Hanover street.
making deductions from his trips in the
boat, and his days in supervising the con-
Struction of a larger commercial Subma-
rine boat. This larger boat is to be seven
feet in diameter and ninety feet in length,
boat. Mr.. Raddatz has built, and he and
his hackers consider that she long ago
Mr.. Raddatzs observations under water
with the boat that now lies sunk in win
ter quarters in the k1pnlcklnm &C.. nave We
the merits eff the Raddatz boat MIR. Rad
of the mysteries Of his boat is the man
ner in which he supplies it with air. He
uses a white substance that looks much
AfR-PRODUCING POWER.
lit a match, let the. flame subside and
pressed the spark at the END of the match
a miniature whirlwind in circumference
of about two inches The harder Mr.
white substance the more violent the wind.
Contact between the two caused almost
and how it supplies fresh air is a secret
The air Mr.. Raddatz supplies to his boat
has, among other properties, one that
boats occupants.
Speaking of his experiences under water
in the boat, Mr.. Raddatz says:
In Lake Michigan, where the ,J beat was
strange and strikngly beautiful vegeta-
BILE growths and other sights. One day L
made descent in Lake Michigan, adj
joining the government pier that is now
being built. wanted to see the condi-
ton of one of the cribs of the pier, that
had overturned when dropped to the bot
tom of the lake. 1 found the pier, and
around it animated scene. The bot
tom of the lake was covered with long
moss, or what appeared to be moss, with
its upright ends tipped with minute glob-
ules of gas. had twined about the crib and
scattered stone.
s'The weeds, some of them apparently
fine and delicate as lace, waved gracefully,
though only slightly, and the water bugs
began to skirnlish about when all was
still. In crevice of the fallen crib could
see, darling in and out, much like an ex--
cited spider, little crawhsh. The wood
was covered with some submarine life
that looked like white threads stuck on
end, each about an inch in length. The
minnows and fish fed on these. Once 1
saw a kind of fiat worm, also white, and
through the water. It came suddenly to
the end of the crib, where there seemed to
be a slight current. The current seemed
to tie the worm up into several knots and
water again, and the end that seemed TO
have the head turned down to assist the
tail out of the tangle. It succeeded in
this, and the last I saw of the worm it
had poked it's head into a little hole in
one of the planks of the crib, and to
should say it had found a delectable Nor
sci to feed upon
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
kUNKEL JURY SECURED.
Lawrence Poisoning Case to Be Heard
Today.

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 22-The jury
which will determine the fate of John
Kunkel, accused of numbering his wife,
was impaneled late yesterday afternoon,
but not until after the regular panel. the
special venire of twenty-four and a drag
net venire of six men had been exhausted
in the effort to find twelve men who had
not formed an opinion as to the guilt or
innocence of the accused. All examined
had read newspaper accounts of the al
legged murder and all were, without an ex-
ception, in favor of capital punishment as
the penalty for murder in the first de-
gree. The jury consists of farmers and
townsmen, equally divided, and is COM
posed of the Following:
F. d > P aPRsEt5 2 Bell Ei W. 4 Smith a5to E.
Hudleston, c. c. Walters, William Brom-
Phillips. ''--'--- 80 49, 1''--'
After being sworn the jury was excused
then Judge Riggs announced li1e that, mas
much as it was essential that an under
the evidence to be introdnced, he proposed o
to PROFOUND two questions for the state to
ments of counsel as to the merits of any
contention the state might make.
These questions, gentlemen" said the
'First-What do you claim as to your
e by the m sh o what Ra o pn
poses to you claim such proofs may be
"a, q At what stage of pending trial con
d1t1on OF the proof of pending charge do
offenses? p -
We will attempt to Offer said Pros
ecutor Brownell, ''proof that this defend
ant has committed other offenses, in order
to show the intent of the crime of which
he is charged. We will attempt to offer
evidence to show that Birdie Comingore,
who died on July 80, 1885 died with symp
toms of arSenica1 poisoning. and that these
symptoms were identical with those shown
by Mrs: kunkel prior to her death. We
claim that it is competent to show that
she died from the same kind of poison,
and, further, because of this death, we
will show to this jury that clear and
well defined motive was apparent for the
death of Mrs Kunkel. We will also offer
to show that arsenic was administered to
Mrs. Kunkel; that it was in the house al
the time of her illness, and that Mrs. Kun
it the act of suicide
That Judge Riggs proposes to do his full
part toward bringing the case to a salts
factory conclusion was evidenced by his
close questioning of the prosecutor after
that official had stated his position.
This is a most important matter, gen
t1emen," he said, and wish all the light
possible on the points involved. I want to
know what you propose to offer to con-
meet the death of Birdie Comingore with
that of Mrs. Kunkel.'
THE case of Birdie Corningore is not be-
ing tried, your honor" said the prosecu-
II am well aware of that said Judge
Riggs, dryIy. But what connection does
the state intend to make?''
After establishing the death of Mrs.
Kunkel." responded the prosecutor, land
that her death was due to arsenical pots
oning, We propose to show that the symp
toms of Birdie Comingore were the same,
and in that manner show the motive for
the death of Mrs. Kunkel.'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

ct have Just recovered from the sec
ond attack of la grippe this year." says
Mr. Jas. A. Jones, publisher of the
Leader, Mexia, Texas. In the latter
case 1 used Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edv. and I think with considerable sue
cess. only being in bed little over two
DAYS against ten days for the former
attack. The second attack I am salts
fed would have been equally as bad as
the first but for the use of this remedy
as had to go to bed in about six hours
after being struck with it, while in the
first case I was able to attend to bush
ness about two days before getting
down." For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
WAR DOOMED A TOWN.
[From the Atlanta Journal.I


ibid the soldiers help Jacksonville? ?"
well, I should say sos'' remarked a
citizen of that place at the Kimball
this morning.
First and last" he said, 1--WE had
about $4,000 soldiers camped in and
near Jacksonville 1t is estimated that
they spent in the city not less than
$500. 600 a month for several months.
That is a reasonable estimate, I think,
because these soldiers spent more than
an average of $11 a. month during their
stay. They spent as a rule all they had
while there, or over $15 apiece monthly.
This money was put in actual cir
culation and everybody got some of 1t,
from the peddler on the street to the
merchant prince. The retail trade was
something great, and the saloon trade
was simply enormous. On pay days it
was almost impossible for a citizen to
get a drink, so large were the crowds
of soldiers patronizing the saloons 1
know a sa1oonist who had small
rented place. He made enough money
to buy his saloon building and spent
10000 in putting up roof garden. A
shoe man who had a little store now
owns three fine shoe stores, and is going
to build a. handsome opera house. 1
know of a small hotel which cleared
Sic, 600 in that city of hotels.
Everybody" said he, made money,
and many people got rich. 1 know of a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
THAWING OUT PIPES.
Professor Wood Gives Further Details
of the Process.

Madison, Wis, Feb. 23-Prof r. w.
Wood of the University of Wisconsin
said today: In view of the wide extent
of the water famine due to frozen pipes
and the number of communications that
we have received for more explicit in
formation about the electrical method
of removing ice from the pipes, the fol-
lowing details are of interest:
1.-The second house to which the pro-
cess was applied was that of Senator
w. F. Villas, where there was a stretch
of 800 feet of solidly frozen pipe be-
tween the house and the main. One of
the wires was connected to the pipe
where it enters the cellar, and the other
carried to a faucet on the outside OF
neighboring house across the street.
From this faucet the current traverSed
the service pipe TO the street, flowed
along the main and then followed the
800 feet of frozen pipe to the cellar con-
nection- In twenty minutes from the
time that the current was turned on
there was a full head of water flowing
from the faucet in the cellar. The street
main was not frozen in this case, of
course. The frozen pipe was only heat
ed to about so degrees Fahrenheit,
but this was quite sufficient to rapidly
clear out the ice. The apparatus used
must be carefully adapted to the work
required of it and must be properly OPP
Grated, but the process is perfectly
simple and may be carried on by any
intelligent workman after he has been
properly instructed.
1.-THE method is now being used in
Madison by arrangement with Prof.
Jackson and myself, the process being
in full operation today thawing out the
service connections of two houses at a
time without disturbing the pipes,
ground or street paving.
In conclusion, L must say that the
papers should have given equal credit
to Prof. Jackson who planned the ap-
paratuS which we used and who worked
with me in the experimental demonstra-
ton which proved such a success"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
SWEPT OUT TO SEA.
Hundreds of Small Craft in the Ice Off
Chesapeake Bay.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 23.-The tug Volun-
teer arrived from Cheapside, Chesapeake
bay, reports that upwards of 100 sloops
and schooners employed in the fishing
and oystering industry, have been carried
out to by the ice.
Incoming steamers have reported sight
ing several of the small craft, which they
We're unable to approach because of the
heavy seas running. Ill-proyisioned car.
of Chesapeake bay far swifter than the
Mississippi flows, their crews are in immi-
nent danger of drowning should they eS-
cape starvation. Many small vessels
We're frozen in the ice, which extends fif-
teen miles Seaward. From some the
crews walked ashore on the ice, from
others they attempted to do SO. but fall
ed to reach land and are missing. -Four
bodies clad in oilskins were washed ashore
in one day near Smiths Island life saving
station.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
BENNETT LAKE GOLD FIND.
Canadian Mounted Police Report the
Discovery to Ottawa

Ottawa. Ont, Feb; pa dispatch
just received by the department of
mounted police here from Inspector
Moody, at Lake Bennett, announces
that a rich discovery of gold has been
made in a creek on the east side of the
lake.
This creek is described as situated
about five miles from the island in the
lake, and a. perusal of the most accur-
ate map available indicates the posi-
ton of this island, and also assures the
fact that the find must come within the
Canadian boundary. This is the first
find of the precious metal yet made
around Bennett.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
WILSON
FOUR BOXES DID e.
Remarkable Success of @ New Pile
Cure.

People who have suffered for months
or years from the pain and inconveni-
ence of that common disorder, piles, will
look with skepticism upon the claims Of
the makers of the new discovery for a.
cure of all forms of piles, known under
the name of Pyramid Pile Cure; never
the1ess the extraordinary cures per-
formed by this remedy are such as to
warrant the investigation of any suf-
ferer. AS a case in point the following
letter speaks for itself.
Mr.. Henry Thomas of sub-station No.
5, Hosack Ave, Columbus, Ohio, writes
as follows:
Pyramid Drug Co.:
Gentlemen:-I want you to use my
name if it will be of any use to YOU I
was so bad with piles that I lost work
on that account. Nothing helped me.
read in Cincinnati of the many cures of
piles by the Pyramid Pile Cure and I
went to a drug store and asked for it.
The drug clerk told me that he had
something else that he thought was bet
ter, but 1 told him that I wanted to try
the Pyramid first.
The first box helped me so much that
I tried another, and then to complete
the cure used two more boxes, making
four in ALL l am now completely cured.
Have not a trace of piles and L had
suffered for four years with the worst
kind. of protruding piles.
Isuffered death from piles, but have
found the Pyramid Pile Cure to be Just
as represented. I have recommended it
to several of my friends and am thank
full to be able to write you what good
the remedy has done me-"
Physicians recommend the Pyramid
Pile Cure because it contains no opium,
cocaine or mineral poison of any kind,
and because it is so safe and pleasant
to use being painless and applied at
night. The patient is cured in a sur
prisingly short time and with no incon-
venience whatever.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is sold by
druggists at so cents per package, and
if there is any constipation it is well to
use the Pyramid Pills at the same time
with the Pile Cure as constipation is
very often the cause of piles and the
pills effectually remove the costive con-
dition Price of Pills is rs cents per
package.
Write to Pyramid Drug Co.. Marshall,
Mich, for little book on cause and cure
of piles; sent by mail free.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

Out on the water In the moonlight A
more beautiful romantic situation for a
young man to tell the story of his love and
ask the young woman of his choice to share
his life cannot be imagined
The courtship of young couple may be
ever so romantic and their married life be
very unhappy. There are common sense
considerations outside of love that have a
world to do with the making of married
happiness. One of the most important of
these considerations is the good health of
both parties to the sacred tie. The young
man who is in the iucipient stages of CON
sumption commits crime if he marrieS
before he is restored to health. He con-
his children to early death, or lives of sick
Medical Discovery cures % per cent. of all
cases of consumption if taken in its earlier
stages. This is its record established dur
ing the past thirty years 1t is the great
blood-maker, flesh builder, nerve-tonic and
general restorative.
The young woman who suffers from weak
ness and disease of the delicate and i'm
portant organs that make wifehood and
motherhood possible has no right to answer
Yes" to young mans proposal until she
is thoroughly restored to health in wor1-
an1y way. DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Prescrip-
ton prepares a woman for wifeho0d and
motherhood It makes her strong, healthy
and vigorous where a woman most needs
health, strength and vigor. Thousands of
women have testified to its merits.
My daughter writes Mrs. N A Thomas of
Little Rock ARK, had been under a doctors
cara for four years. DR.. Pierces FRvorite Pre-
@ex4Rtdens which cured mae also cured her"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
Chronic Rheumatism Cured.

DR.. H B. Hettinger. INDIANAPOLIS
Ind, says: For several months after
sprafning my ankle I was severely
aff1lcteo WIN E 9Nie,Itia ism. finally
natism, and in days could walk with
out my cane: two bottles cured me
sound and we'll. I take great pleasure
in recommending the Mystic Cure to
all who are afflicted with rheumatism Sc
Sold by Swift & Holiday, druggists
623 Kansas avenue, Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

Everyone who is Kansan should up
hold Kansas by buying Kansas manu-
featured goods. BY so doing you will
help home industries to grow; help
build up factories and cities, and in the
end help yourselves. The further a dol
lar goes away from home the longer
it will take it to come back. Be wise
and call for the 'Silver Leaf brand of
goods. All made at home and every
grocer carries them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

A lady was surprised the other day
to hear from her grocer that those little
sweet pickles were a home product and
said they were as nice as they could
be, and that she would ask for no other
than the 'tSilver Leaf brand hereafter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
Automobiles For citv Fathers.

Boston, Feb. 22.-The city of Boston has
ordered two automobile carriages for the
of city officials, and more viii be pur-
chased if they are success. This ls part
ly result of the great cost to the city
of the team hire for the aldermen last
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

We do mending and sew on buttons
free of charge Peerless Steam Laun-
dry, 112 and ia West Eighth street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23
State oratorical Contest at Ottawa

The Santa Fe has made rate of
one fare $1.59 for the round trip for the
contest Feb. "A, good returning until the
25th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-23

Excessive perspiration is annoying and
unhealthy. 1t is of the nature of q dis
ease and may become chronic. J. H
woodbury., 127 w. 42d ST., N. z, cures it:
Send 10c for Beauty Book and sample of
Woodbury's Facial Soap or Facial Cream.