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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Gloomy nays for cop,crhcods.

Gloomy Pays for CoDpcrhcads.
The feelings of the copperheads as
they read of the preparations in this
country to stamp out the rebellion
promptly must be about as gloomy as
those of their friend Aguinaldo. The
ten regiments already filled are rapidly
getting into shape To aid the veterans
of Otis army when the word for the
general advance ut the close of
the rainy season. The ranks of the ten
regiments authorized Il few days ago
will probably be filed by the latter
part of September. Otis will have
three times rs many effective men with
him by February ley at the latest as
he had ut the opening of last February
when the war began. These prepara-
tions 10 stamp out .Aguinaldo are cal
culated to have q depressing influence
on Atkinson. Bryan. Garrison and the
rest of the .A%guinaldists. "Anti-imperi-
alism" will begin to look sick when Mac.
Arthur, WLeaton and Lawton start out
to round up the Tagals IL few months
renee st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
Mrs. Psrkan., Latter.

81 had female trouble of all kinds.
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
I began taking Lydia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash. md car
not praise your ren:es.es enough
Mrs. EGFI:' -.,, PEARL, La.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22
llrrrrn 70 MRS. rrvrnAx NO. o,,ss,1

F- ""5' " No. y3'-571
"DEAR MHs. PIsKnAM--for some
time have thought of writing to you
to let you know of the great benefit l
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

so Far a. appearances Go.
BILLY, do you think woman ought to
smoker"
well. she wouldn't look much uglier
than she does chewing gum."-Detroit
Free Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

having something else to do that ia
more congenial o. more profitable than
harvest field work. If Brother Bryan
would make Il tour of the Northwest ut
this time he could still eXpound 1G to 1
10 jobs looking for every idle man,
and his explanation of the phenomenon
would be interesting in view of the
doctrines he preached in the last cam
paign year.-Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-09-22

whales Yield of Oil.
The average whale Yields 1000 gal
ions of oil.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
Temperance Union of Winfield
and County Attorney
In Row Over the Settlement
Of Liquor Cases.
BAD FAITH CHARGED.
County Attorney Vigorously
Protests Against Settlement
By Jointists Paying Money to
Have Cases Dismissed.

Winfield, Dec. 12.-This city is in the
thrOes of a joint war and temperance
and anti prohibition forces are lining
up and discussing the matter spiritedly
About two months ago the Temper
ance union waited upon H. c. Hargls,
the county attorney of Cowley county,
and requested the prosecution Of joint
lists in Winfield.
AT the same time they stated that
they had employed H. L. Woods Of
Wellington, to assist in such prOsecu-
tons, and requested Hargis to permit
W GODS to be associated with him in
the preparation of the prosecutions
and the contamination thereof.
Hargis consented TO it.
The Temperance union presented the
county attorney with a list of wit
nesses who had illegally purchased
liquor.
H. L. Kunce, chairman of the Tenn
perance union, made affidavit in sup
port of the witnesses, and warrants
We're issued for the following jOintlsts;
Frank Nanny ct al, Chas. Schmidt ct
al, and Henry Schmidt ct al.
The jointists We're arrested an their
trials set for the last of November.
The cases We're afterward continued
until the first of December
A few days prior to the first OF
December the county attorney was
informed that the Temperance union
desired that the charges against the
jointists be dismissed, under an ar
to plead guilty under the club house
act.
Whereupon. on the first of December.
the joint cases We're settled under the
club house act and the charges against
them dismissed.
County Attorney Hargis now files
motion in the district court to set aside
the com promise with a view of push
ing the original suits, alleging, among
other things, the following:
That the Temperance union held up
the jointists for $3.50 to pay attorneys
fees and expenses in connection with
the prosecutions, in addition to the reg
ular fine of 500 each.
The county attorney exhibits a re-
ceipt from H. L. Kunce, chairman OF
the Temperance union, in support OF
the above charge.
The county attorney further charges
that such eXtOrtiOn was without his
knowledge or consent; that at the time
the cases We're settled by Kunce and
Woods. he was sick and unable to be
present in court, and that he did not
learn of such action until he had re-
covered and made inquiry as to what
disposition had been made of the
That at the time of the commence
ment of the suit. the county attorney
believed the Temperance union to be
acting in good faith, and had no idea
or knowledge that the union desired by
reason of the commencement of the
money for private gain.
That such extOrtion was a INSIDE
meanOr and cOnVinceS the county attor-
ney that the Temperance union has
been acting in bad faith.
The Temperance union explain the
affair by saying it was trap set by
the jOintists attorneys, and that Mr.
Hargis is seeking for an excuse to here
on evidence furnished by the Temper
ance union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
OUT OF WRONG BOTTLE.
Two Prominent St Marys Politicians
Mistake Corrosive Sublimate
For Whisky

St Marys, Dec. 12.-Colonel James
Graham and William P. Cunneen, two
of the best known citizens and Demo-
cratic politicians in st Marys, are ly-
ing at the point of death. Saturday
night Colonel Graham entered a drug
store and purchased a quart of disin-
fectant to guard against smallpox,
which is quite prevalent here He also
purchased a bottle of whisky.
Later in the evening Colonel Graham
met his friend. Colonel Cunneen. on the
street and invited him to take a drink.
They stepped into a dark stairway for
the purpose. Both bottles were done
up in wrapping paper alike, and by
mistake both drank out of the bottle of
disinfectant instead of the liquor bot
tie Soon after both men became viO-
lently i'll, and it required the extreme
diligence of the doctor to keep them
alive over night 1t IS stated that the
disinfectant was corrosive subHmate.
Mr. Graham was lieutenant colonel of
the Twenty-second Kansas regiment in
the Spanish war, and is we'll known in
the state. He was master of ceremon-
les at the big Bryan meeting at the
Kansas log rolling last summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
GRINsTEAD3s LUCK.
Editor Found Guilty of Criminal Libel
Three Times In a Week.

Troy, Dec. 12.-PooI Grinstead, the
editor of the Wathena Star. was con
victed of criminal libel Saturday on the
complaint of State Senator John A
Fulton, of Brown county. The article
complained of charged Senator Fulton
with having attempted to lead astray
a young woman of this county who was
in Topeka seeking a clerkship in the
legislature
This is the third conviction of Grin
stead for libel this week, he having
been convicted on another complaint
of Senator Fulton's on account of an
other article in the Star charging
bribery in the location of the new in
sane asylum at Parsons. The other
complaint was by Albert Perry and the
libelous article charged Perry, who was
chairman of the Democratic county
central committee, with having used his
position to assist his brother-in-law,
Cyrus Leland, and the Republicans.
Grinstead has been in Jail since Mon
day, except when in court, he having
forfeited his bond by not appearing at
the time set for trial
The other charges against Grinstead
and one against Frank Elliott. editor
of the Troy Times, remain to be tried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
AFTER HORTON CONTESTS.
Gospel Temperance Union Succeeds
In Buying Up Evidence.

Horton, Dec. 12.-For some time the
Gospel Temperance Union in this city
has had standing reward of $50. Of
fered for convicting evidence against
any or all of the Horton jointists. To-
day the chairman of the union. Hartley
KeIlar. announces that sufficient evil
dence had been secured against all of
the law ViOlatOrs in Horton and that
no one would ever know who testified
against the jointist or rather who Sc
cured the $50 offered as a premium. The
plan as it is being worked in Horton is
as follows: A mutual friend goes to
the officers of the Gospel Temperance
Union and says that he has a list of
names, among them being at least one
man who win testify for the organiza-
ton if he is given $50 The case is
brought up and if the law violatOr is
convicted on the testimony of the wit
ness, then the $50 is paid to the mutual
friend who is not in the court room at
the time of the trial. He will give it
to the witness to whom it belongs: thus
shielding the witness. Proceedings will
not be begun against one man, but
against all in town Already three men
have volunteered to offer testimony.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
FIND INDIAN RELICS.
Wichita Men Discover Skull and Ar
rowheads In q Mound

Wichita, Dec 12-Gerald Volk and c..
E DyaH think they have made an i'm
portant discovery. Mr.. Nolk has at his
Office skull. several Indian arrow
heads flint skin scraper and a stone
hammer He says that Mr.. Dyau and
himself dug them up out of a mound on
Gypsum creek, a few miles southwest
of this city.
The skull, it is thought. is one of a
white man, and it is supposed it must
be that of an early trapper or Indian
trader, who ventured across the plains
in the early fifties. Upon the front part
of the skull may be seen d peculiar
abrasion which, it is thought, must
have been caused by a knife While one
of the red fends was scalping the man.
The arrow heads are fine ones. They
are neatly Clipped from flint, and show
that the workmen must have spent CON
siderable time upon them. The skin
scraper is also of flint. and well formed.
These flint articles are well known to
archaeOlogists.
The stone hammer is quite large and
weighs several pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
ARKANSAS CITY BANK SUED.
Mr.. Leech of Ohio Charges Fraud and
Conspiracy AGAINST Bank officers.

Wichita. Dec. 12.-W. A. Leech, a resi-
dent of the state of Ohio, has filed a
suit in the federal court against the de-
funct First National Bank of Arkan-
sas City, the Bank of Arkansas City,
and two of the officers of the bank.
George H. Hartley and Frank c. Deer
ing The action is brought for the
purpose of collecting a large claim
against the First National Bank of Ar
kansas City, in which bank Mr. Leech
held two certificates of deposit before
the bank failed, which drew interest at
the rate of per cent, and amounting
in all to $3.50, besides the costs of Sc
curing a judgment once before.
Mr. Leech alleges in his petition sew
eraI instances of fraud and conspiracy
on the part of the officers of the bank,
Messrs. Hartley and Deering, claiming
that they cOnuived together to organ
lie the Bank of Arkansas City, not for
the purpose of doing a legitimate bank
ing business, but merely for the pur
pose of securing the property and re
sources of the First National Bank of
Arkansas City which they knew at the
time to be insOlvent, at a price far be
low its actual value and to get this pro-
perty out of the old banks hands SO
that certain creditors, of which Mr.
I4eech was one. could not find any prop
erty on which to levy an execution. Mr.
Leach claims that the property 50
transferred from the old bank to the
new and disposed of amounts to be-
tween S150,O00 and 5000 900.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12

Saline county is the home of a cat
that chews tobacco. The cat is owned
by Peter Nelson of Bridgeport broth
er of S. 1. Nelson of Salina How the
feline contracted the tobacco habit is
not known to Mr.. Nelson. He is simply
aware of the fact that the animal is
slave to the use of the weed. Every
morning when Mr.. Nelson comes out OF
the house he finds the cat watching for
him. Meow, meow. meow" which
means, give me a chew" greets his
ears. If he fails to comply, the cat con-
tinues to NEW. and will not give him
any rest until he takes out his plug of
tobacco and cuts off a good sized chew.
If the chew happens to be too large for
tommy, he places it on the ground and
trims it around the edges until it is the
right size to fit his unnatural jaw
Sometimes tommy just chews the to-
baccO like the average man, but at 9th
er times he chews it awhile and then
eats it. Ordinarily a couple of cheWs
a day will satisfy tommy but occasion
ally he wants more.-Salina Union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
THE LITERATURE OF The WEST

IF'rom the Washington Post.I
In commenting on the number of
writer's from the west who have lately
been attracting the attention of the
reading public. we do not mean to con-
vey the idea that the literary center of
America is shifting from Boston to
Chicago. We make this explanation in
order that the Windy City may not lay
claim to the hub of the universe along
with her sky-scrapeTs and packing
houses Chicago is laying in a large
supply of publishing houses but pub
fishing houses do not necessarily pro
cuce literature Sometimes they make
q specially of bringing out aliases and
libraries of universal information
Nevertheless. the east must beware
Of the literary Lochinvars of the west
The leading magazines have for the
past few years received some of their
strongest work from the Occident This
phase is nascent as yet but there is
power about its manifestation It takes
time for any country or any section to
produce literature. Life has to adjust
itself to conditions. and the conditions
must be settled. The establishment of
a material civilization has the first call
on the energies of the people The re-
hnements come later.
The west has passed through this
transition period The battle against
Nature has been fought and won The
wilderness. the prairie, and the desert
have been conquered. The struggle
has not been without its effect on the
victors, for it has brought forth race
ef giants, strong, alert and exultant.
The energies thus developed will be di-
rected into the field of literature. The
west has been written about in the
past. but the writer's have come from
the east and elsewhere. Hereafter it
can take care of itself.
We predict that the writer's from this
section will be characterized by a virile
power and originality such as has not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
HER MONEY HIDDEN.
Woman Who Died In Want Was
Wealthy.

Wichita, Dec. 12.-Mrs. Lucy Hunni-
cult died on her claim in the Cherokee
strip three miles south of Hunnewell,
Kan, in September, and Attorney John
Davis of Wichita, who is settling the
affairs, has received word that nearly
$11, 900 in bills has been hidden under
the carpet of Mrs. Hunnicutt's house.
Until the discovery of this money it
was supposed that Mrs. Hunnicutt died
in need.
Mrs. Hunnicutt was formerly Miss
Grow, daughter of W. D. Crow, a farm
er of Putnam county, Indiana. When
she was 20 years old she married
against her fathers wishes
When the Cherokee strip was opened
she bargained, for fast horse and
urged her husband, who had followed
her. to make the run for a claim. He
refused an hour before the signal for
starting was fired, and Mrs Hunnicutt
made the race herself. She secured a
claim, got a divorce from her husband
and had lived alone on her farm for the
last six years, often receiving help from
neigh bOrS
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ARE HELD FOR MURDER.
Suspects In the Leopold EdIinger Case
Had Their Preliminary Trials
Yesterday.

Fort Scott Kan az De Pee b 7The Pref m
the Leopold Edlinger. murder case were
held here Monday An immense crowd
away, Neither of the Smith" BROTHERS,
who have been identified as Ed and George
SiIbee of Kansas City, had a witness or
an attorney and after hearing much dam
ging testimony given by numerous wit
nesses for the state. they were held with
out bail to answer the charge of murder.
Phillips, the third prisoner, and the old
man of many confessions, at the last mo-
ment, employed lawyers and took the
county attorney by surprise. A complaint
was issued. however, his hearing was held
last evening and he was also remanded
murder.
Edlinger's wagon. team. bedding and
even the ak with which his head was
crushed are here. The ak was found in
the possession of Meeks and Silbee. They
had disposed of the team. Mrs Tyler of
Bates county, Mo. identified the bloody
necktie found Ed Meeks as one she
had given Edlinger, the murdered man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
CITY OWNERSHIP.
Horton Citizens to Vote on Owning It's
Waterworks Plant.

Horton Dec. 1.-THE citizens of this
city are to vote on the municipal own
ership of waterworks at a cost of
$40 600 to the city. The city is at pres
ent paying $1,000 per year hydrant rent
al, and according to the franchise con-
tract at the end of 20 years, the city
must renew the contract or buy the
plant. The cost to the taxpayers of
floating the $4,000 bonds for the pur-
chase price. viii be 81, 500 per year. so
". The present hydrant rental for pri-
waite use is so high, that but few are
able to consume the product of the
plant. while under city ownership, the
of all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHs-

From the Chicago News.l
Moving pictures are taken from life.
Matching for the drinks is one kind
of a ball match.
The camel is a lucky animal. It never
has to hump itself.
The most popular game at late picnics
seems to be freeze-out.
The village minister acquires a sur
plice-but seldom a surplus.
Persons of the most accomplishments
sometimes accomplish the least.
An old bachelor says a airt is a fool
who delights in fooling a fool
Too many individuals spend the best
part of their time blowing in the at
mOsphere.
The fellow who claims to be itching
for a fight seldom comes to the scratch.
When busy man has leisure he al
ways does some other kind of work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
TO FORFEIT FRANCHISE
Cofeyville Council Not Satisfied With
the Gas Furnished.

CoffeyviiIe, Dec. 1.-THE city council
of Coffeyville has passed u resolution
authorizing the mayor to appoint a
committee of three councilman to in
vestigate the Coffeyville Mining & Gas
company. and to consult an attorney
with view to commencing legal pro-
ceedines and to having tn. franchise
OF the company revoked. The resolu-
ton declares that the company for
eight months past has utterly failed
to comply with the terms Of the fran
chise and while it does not state in
what respect the company has so failed
the inference to be drawn is that the
of gas that the citizens need and for
which they are paying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
The lazy and the blind are always
taken care Of
A woman who is a good buffer can
scare a man to death.
An unconfrmed rumor never lives
more than forty-eight hours.
Gratitude, like everything else, is OBJ
noxious when it is overdone-
You can't live on Christmas presents
any more than you can live on love.
No one probably ever felt as badly
cut up as a turkey looks when woman
has carved it.
A new theory is that rocking stead
lily in a rocking chair causes insanity
This would be good to spring at guests
when you want the rocking chair for
yourself
An Atehison woman who is a mem
Der of the Episcopal church, is in a
beautiful rage: she has just heard that
a lady friend who is a member of the
Methodist church. is praying for her.
Did any one ever have such an in
terest in Mr.. Boy that it occurred to
him that the Curfew is a discrimina-
ton against the boy, and that a case of
violating its rules would not stand in
the courts, as the law comes under the
head of class legislatiOn?" Why
should the boy go home when his father
is still on the streets, his mother is off
to some whist party, and his sister was
carried off to some silly kissing party
by a boy2 Why not let the boy stay
out if his father, mother and sister are
permitted to be away from home? He
is doing nothing wrong. He likes to sit
under an electric light to be on hand
in case anything happens A boy is al
wavs looking for something to happen,
which is not as great offense as making
things happen, which his father, mother
and sister are doing, and silly things at
that, usually.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12

kept and counted. allowing three acres
to produce a ton of brush, (and his crop
made more than that) and the net cost
to him of raising a ton of broomcorn
and marketing was $37. So
He sold his crop for $3.50 per ton,
giving him a net profit of $24. "a per ton,
or SO. 81 per acre In other words, ac-
cording to his calculation, an acre pro
duced $20S4 worth of brush, and de-
Quoting the rent, the expense was $7.25
per acre, leaving 1882 per acre for the
use Of his land. Had he received $50
per ton for his crop, his net profit would
have been $42.44 per ton. or s1415 per
acre. On. in other words, his land
would have yielded him $26.67 worth OF
brush deducting expense of raising.
harvesting and marketing, S7.52 he
would have $19.15 per acre for the use
of his land.
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been seen in American literature for a
third of a century. No part of the west
has a monopoly on this new growth
Some of the strongest novels of the
year have come from Indiana, Kansas,
and California, while creditable work
has come from many other states.
As for genius that is another ques-
ton. That divine gift belongs to no
section or country, and it may come
from the east as well as the west. But
we believe that the west is destined to
infuse into American letters the same
power and vfgor that it has brought in
to other features of our national life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
REESE SECURES BAIL.
Immediately Leaves For the Kansas
Coal Fields.

Fort Scott, Dec. 12.-President Mitch
ell, of the United States Mine Workers
of America, Monday furnished a $4,000
bond for John p. Reese, member of the
national executive committee of the
United Mine Workers, who was serving
a 80 day sentence here for contempt of
the federal court by participation in the
Kansas coal strike, and secured his re-
lease from the jail.
Immediately upon his release Reese
left for the Kansas coal field to as
sumo the leadership OF the strike in abb
sOlute defiance of Judge Williams of
the federal court He declared that he
had done nothing worthy of punish
ment and that he would repeat THE acts
which in the opinion of the court con-
Stituted contempt.
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A new theory is that rocking stead
lily in a rocking chair causes insanity
This would be good to spring at guests
when you want the rocking chair fol
yourself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-12
sHIPPERs TO FIGHT RATES.
Meeting of State Live Stock Associa.
ton Called at Emporia to Protest.

Emporia, Dec. 1.-THE following no.
tice has been sent to stoclxmen in Kan
sas signed by J. w. Robinson, presi-
dent, and George Plumb. secretary of
the State Live Stock association:
"A meeting of the Kansas Live Stock
association will be held in the court
house in Emporia December IS, at 2
o'clock, for the purpose of taking action
toward protecting cattle shippers
against the unreasOna BILE and unjust
freight rates recently put into effect by
the Kansas railroads, and also to make
an effort to obtain better service from
the railroads in the transportation of
live stock. All parties interested, Wheth-
er members of the association or other
wise, are invited to attend