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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Is to Rely Upon the Sprays,
Washes, Etc.,

Which form the basis of many
methods now SO prevalent.
Such treatment might avail some
thing if Catarrh was only a local
irritation of the membranes. But
the disease is not on the surface
che discomforting irritation of the
lining of the throat is not the dis
ease itself, but simply a mani
festation of it. Catarrh Is a
deep-seated, constitutional blood
disease, and it is as easy to put
out fire with a sheet of paper as to
hope to cure it with local applica-
tions. Don't mistake temporary
relief for benefit. Those who last
season thought themselves bene-
flied by this treatment will see
their mistake as soon as the first
chilling blast of winter is felt.
"The sprays and washes prescribed by
the doctors relieved me only Temporal
rily, and though 1 used them constant
~ for ten years, the disease had q
frmer hold than ever. l was in 9
lamentable condition when 1 decided
to try S. s.. s. I at once began to i'm
prove, and after taking it for three
months was cured completely, the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
sHUNs THE DARK SIDE.
Conductor Fred j. Glass Never Reads
of Murders, Fire Horrors or
Wrecks.

There is a Pullman conductor run
ming through Topeka over the Santa F'e
in charge of the Kansas City-Wichita
car who has acquired all the knowledge
he possesses of the famous Collins muir
der case by hearing it discussed by pas
sengers on his car. This is not fact
because he has defective eyesight or is
not a well educated man, but simply
because he refuses to read newspaper
articles in connection with murders, sui
cides, fire horrors or wrecks His name
is Fred ]. Glass, and he lives in Kansas
City.
Mr.. Glass says he has entirely over
come the morbid curiosity which is sup
posed to be an adjunct of human ma
ture, and has now no desire TO read
anything in connection with a horror Of
any kind. Such things are not in
structive,' said he philosophically. land
they simply cause one to ponder on the
dark side of life.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

running on the Santa Fe from Chicago
to Denver and back again must remain
duty illustrates what must be put
up with in the way of loss of sleep. He
takes his ear at O'Clock in the evening
out of Chicago, is up on account of
stops until 3 o'clock the next morning.
and must be around his car at o'clock
the train is then nearing Kansas
City. He is up until O'Clock the next
morning, and four hours later must be
ready for breakfast at Pueblo. The
train arrives in Denver shortly after IL
o'clock, and from IL o'clock until 5
o'clock that same evening he is priv
ileged to be away from his car. Dur
ing that time, however, he has a multi
tude of reports to make out, and very
little time can be had for rest.
Eastbound the performance is re-
peated. The conductor is unable to re-
tire before 3 a. m. each morning, and
the first morning must be up by s
o'clock to take breakfast. The second
morning he is up by o'clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
OBJECTS OF STATE BINDING
TWINE.
IFrom the Minneapolis Journal. ]

TFrom the Minneapolis Journal.l
A correspondent of the Journal wants
to know why the state of Minnesota
furnishes binding Irvine direct to the
farmers through a state institution and
thereby depriVes the local dealers of the
profit to which they would be entitled
middlemen in distributing this pro-
duct. He thinks 1T unfair to the deal
ers. The object Of the state binding
Irvine industry is two-fold: To provide
employment to the prisoners, and to
furnish binding Irvine to the farmers of
the state at reasonable rates thus pro-
tecting them from the exorbitant
charges of the cordage trust. To sell
this product entirely to local dealers
without any restrictions as to the terms
upon which they shall retail 1t to con-
sumers might be to deprive the farmers
OF the state of all the advantages of the
existence of this state industry, and it
is to protect the consumers that the
state sees fit to dispose of its Irvine
product to farmers direct so far as they
will buy and to restrict local dealers to
a specified margin upon penalty of be-
ing deprived of the privilege of handling
the product in future if they raise the
price above the specified fair margin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
THE THIRD TICKET.
Spring Election at Great Bend Grows
Interesting.

Great Bend, March 25.-A citizens
convention was held last night, and
nominated a city ticket, which is the
third one to enter the contest. Resolu-
lions were adopted favoring public i'm
proVements, equalization of taxation,
and although silent on that point, the
ticket is considered wet, or favorable to
licensing, or filming the joints.
The nominees are: Mayor, G. H.
Hume; clerk, F. E. Brown; police judge,
w. NJ. Gunnell; marshal, r. T. Ewalt;
street commissioner, J. L. Roberts; city
attorney, f. V. Russell; city treasurer,
Louis ZutaVern; treasurer school board,
G. L. Chapman; justices of the peace,
J. H. Jennison and B. F. Ogle; cOnsta-
bles, John Schaeffer and VIM. ZutaV-
ern; councilmen, c. G. Morrison, John
Dickson, Thomas Clayton, and d. Hugh
Halliday; members of the school board,
John F. Lewis, r. A. Charles, A. H.
Schaeffer and 1. n. Woodward The
convention was large and enthusiast
tic one. Mr.. Hume, the candidate for
mayor, is an old citizen, being engaged
in the mercantile business, also owner
Of the Great Bend mills.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
TO NAME A CADET.
Spirited Contest in the Sixth District
For a West Point Place

Logan. March ga cadet to West
Point Is to be appointed from the Sixth
district on or before July next, which
has opened up a spirited contest for the
place.
Those who will take the examination
so far as known are c. E. Rarick, of
Phillips county, George D. Williams
and Frank NJ. Kirchner, Rawlins coun-
ty, Joseph Hagen erster, Rocks county,
Albert F. Cassell, Lincoln county, Har-
ry E. German, Osborne county, Bivian
Reece, Lincoln county, Roy Jones, Mitch
ell county, Mathew Cross, Ellis county,
and Albert Wheeler, Norton county.
The examination will doubtless be
held in Colby, at a date soon to be de-
termined by Congressman Reeder. The
appointment will be made a year in ad-
vance. An alternate will be appointed
the same time the cadet is named.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
REEDER AT HOME.
Sixth District Congressman Remodel
ing His Residence.

Logan. March 25.-Congressman w. A.
Reeder is a his home here, Superintend-
ing the remodeling of his residence,
meeting visiting statesmen who come
for office, and answering business CORE
spondence. This takes up all his time.
Before leaving Washington, in con-
nection with Congressman Calderhead
and Miller, they employed H. R, Blanch-
ard to attend to all pension claims COM
ing under their supervision. Mr.. Reeder
speaks very highly of Mr.. Blanchard
in connection with the pension work,
having had many years experience in
this line of duty. The old and deserving
comrades who write to either of these
congressman on matters pertaining to
pensions will find Mr.. Blanchard at his
post of duty entrusted with the full
business correspondence of any of the
above mentioned congressman.
Mr.. Reeder is in the best of health.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Last Chapter In the Kincaid
Crash is Written.
Close of a Deal That Paralyzed
Linn County.
1T CAUSED 3 DEATHS
Half Dozen Failures of Stores
and Banks Followed.
Receiver Morse Finally Pays s
Per Cent Dividend.

Pleasanton, March 25.-The affairs of
the defunct Hood & Kincaid's bank of
this place, the breaking of which in 1893
| was FOLLOWED by a series of business
failures from which this part of the
state has not yet recovered, will be
practically closed today. With the pay
ment of the last 8 $40 per cent dividend
by Receiver o. E. Morse the creditors
will receive all they will ever realize
out of one of the most complete crashes
in the history of Kansas banking.
The Kincaid brothers, Zalmon, Rob-
ert and Joseph, who were the owners Of
the bank Ghe name Hood was kept in
the firm after the death and withdrawal
of John Hood, who had been senior
partner and had given the bank it's
standing), were interested in other
banks and stores in nearly all the neigh
boring towns. All of these suffered,
half dozen of them falling as a direct
result OF the collapse here. Not only
did business suffer, but at least three
deaths, one of them a suicide, were at
tributed primarily to the shocks sus-
tanned by the men who had lost every
thing.
Robert Kincaid himself, who was
charged with most of the crooked deal
ing which plunged the firm into bank
ruptcy, and who narrowly escaped state
punishment for receiving deposits when
the bank was known to be insolvent,
was reported driven from home by his
wife, who had lost her own property
in his deals. Kincaid escaped to another
state and for long time feared to re-
turn. The other brothers who had been
trusted to a degree which allowed them
to transact business in a manner ridic-
ulously loose, finally undertook to help
untangle the web they had woven, but
were able to do but little. There was
hardly a horse or COW on the stock
farms the bank was supposed to own
but there was question as to it's own
erShip The muddle was as much more
complicated than that of Gillett as the
combined operations of banking, store
keeping and mixed farming are than
that of cattle raising.
AT the time the receiver took possess
sion the assets of the bank We're appar-
emily sufficient to pay 35 per cent of the
claims against it. 1t was found how
ever, that besides almost endless COM
plicatiOnS in securities, the real estate
supposed to be among the principal re-
sources of the bank was all involved
OF all the farming and city property
scattered over Kansas and Missouri not
one fOot-not even the ground on which
the bank building StoOd-waS clear in
title. Even then Receiver Moore believed
that rs per cent might have been realized
if everything could have been turned to
the best advantage, but nearly six years
of litigation, during which several cases
went to the supreme court and some of
the heaviest creditors were frustrated
in their attempt to gObble all the assets
exhausted the property until the diVi-
dend of So per cent was all there was
left.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

treatment promptly, Tor Its sever
ity increases each year; but be
sure to begin right. If you treat
only ths surface, relying upon
sprays, washes and inhalations,
you may be sure that a mild case
will be Q bad one next year and
a worse one the year later. Begin
promptly to take S. S. s. and be
cured.
Books mailed free by Swift
Specific Company. Atlanta, Ga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

the fifth man to apply for a pension
through Pension Agent A. A. Glenn un-
der the head of Spanish-American war
claims. Judge Glenn sent the papers
away yesterday. Francis enlisted May
6, 1898, in Company A of the Twentieth
regiment, Kansas infantry, commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel E. G. Little. He
was discharged in Camp Merrano, Cal,
in June, having contracted gastritis
from which he alleges that he was rem
dered incapable of performing manual
labOr.-Wichita Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
TERMINAL EMPLOYEES.
Santa Fe Has 1902 Men Around Its
Argentine Property.

Argentine. March 25.-The total num-
Der of employees in the transportation
department OF the Argentine terminals
is 1902.
Some. of them are:
Freight Office, SIG. E. Horne, chief
clerk; Robert Brown, chief night clerk;
E. ]. Engle, ticket agent.
Switchmen, 57-J. p. Egan, yard
master; Ira Lucas, assistant yardmas-
ter; w. G.. Cunningham, night yardmas-
ter; Frank Leary, assistant night yard
master.
Track department, 115-William Nor
rissey, roadmaster; John Streckinfnger,
foreman.
Conductors, 65.
Brakemen, 81.
Telegraph operators, 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
SUPERVISOR OF CENSUS.
Several Politicians of the Sixth Dis
trict Seek the Place.

Mankato, March 25.-Failing to Sc
cure any recognition from the state ad-
ministration, John ]. Dalton of Jewell
county, who was an applicant for sec
rotary of the state board of railroad
commissioners, has made application
for supervisor of census of the Sixth
district Other applicants SO far as
known in this district are j. w. Green,
of Jewell county, G. NJ. Heaton, of Lin
coin county, c. c. Perdieu, of Sherman
county, and Lair Dean, of Smith coun-
ty.
The names of those who want to be
enumeratorS under the supervisors
would take up columns of space.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Pensions For Kansans.

Washington. March Extensions have
been granted as follows:
Original-William Stewart, Turon, So;
John w. Coles, Topeka, Sc; John r.
Pruitt, Newton, Sc; James Kerby, Gar
land, Sc; Sylvanus A. Nordyke, Kansas
City. Sc.
son, SIC to ST.
Original widows, etc.-Orrissa A. Van
Glider, Malvern, So; Sarah A. Titus,
Garden City. $12; Mary A. Matthews,
Kiowa, S12.
Spanish war widowsLeona w.
Miller, Baxter Springs, So.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
WICHITA's REGISTRATION.
The Records Show That $500 People
Are Prepared to Vote.

Wichita, March 25-This city has I'M
doubtedly broken its registration rec
ord The books closed last night after
the $500 mark had been reached. This
means that AZ per cent of the entire
population of the city is prepared to
vote at the city election on April 4.
The closing scenes were exciting, but
good nature prevailed. over 1000 won-
en- are registered The Union Veterans
association will declare for James W.
Tapp, the fusion candidate. The politi-
cal feature Of the campaign is demor-
alizsd- It Is thought that TapD has the
Best OF the registration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

St Paul Dispatch: United States At
torney General Griggs says, in an opin-
ION recently rendered, that the depart
1nent over which he presides cannot in
terfere with a trust in its operations.
unless 1t comes within the purview of
the interstate commerce law. Now we
know just what to do, and the next
congress will proceed to place every
trust, great or small, within the pur-
view of the interstate commerce law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Citizen Ticket at Larned.

Larned, Kan, March 25.-The follow
ing ticket was nominated by the citi-
zens' convention: Tim Mccarthy,
mayor; G. Polk Cline, city attorney; E.
E. Frizell, police judge; Jack Shultz,
marshal; A. H. Moffett, treasurer; C.
J. Norton, clerk. The Republican con-
vention will probably nominate the
same ticket.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

The five brakemen. who left here for
service at Arkansas City the first of
the week, have returned. The rush with
the southern division is not on enough
yet to require their services. In a week
or ten days, they expect to return to
that place. Frank Forde expects to re-
main here and his place will be filed
by some other Emporia man.-Emporia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
HIS LIFE NO s1NECURE.
A Pullman Conductors Work Not the
Snap It Seems.

The life of a Pullman conductor is not
exactly the snap" that the majority of
the travelling public believe it to be-
They are generally looked upon as men
who lounge about on cushions and view
the country, with little or no RESPONSE
bility to disturb their peace of mind.
The loss of sleep that they have to put
up with is not taken into account, and
the fact that it is from three to five
days before any of the lost rest can be
made up is not generally known.
The hours that a Pullman conductor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

Aguinaldo is preparing to smash Otis
and Otis Is preparing to smash Asuinal-
do. If they ever come together there
will be a warm time for somebody. At
present, the situation reminds one in
forcible manner, of the period fmmedi-
ately preceding a well remembered
event at Carson City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Have the Smallpox.

Fort Scott, Kan, March ga tele-
gram received here today from Maple
ton, Kan, by the county authorities an
nounces that smallpox has broken out
there and calls for the assistance of the
authorities in preventing the spread of
the disease. Twenty-Five exposures are
reported and the town is in great ex-
element. Sheriff Wheeler and the
health officer left Immediately upon the
receipt of the telegram to place proper
quarantine restrictions upon those who
have been exposed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Campaien at Marion.

Marion. Kan, March 25.-Two tickets
are in the field for city election. The
Republicans have nominated for mayor,
D. W. Wheeler; attorney, Samuel Burk-
holder; clerk, A. d. Sidwell; marshal,
w. A. Scott; street commissioner, c. w.
Whipple; police judge, E. L. Snider; as
SCISSOR, Jesse Shuts; treasurer, w. A.
Stanford; treasurer board of education,
T. w. Brown. The citizens ticket, made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

up of Democrats, Populists and indie
pendent Republicans, is: Mayor. Geore e
7. Donaldson; attorney, C. E. Malcomb;
marshal, B. Johnson; street cOmlg~-
sioner, c. H. Thompson; treasurer, 4.
w. Brown; assessor, w. G. Bates; po-
lice judge. r. H. Baker. The citizens
Endorsed SidWelI for clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

Iowa IS now wrestling with the con-
Wet labor problem. There is no strong
objection on the part of anybody, to the
convict's earning his living rather than
being a burden to the taxpayer, but
every man wants him kept out of that
particular line of industry which the
aforesaid man has chosen to follow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

From long tedious trip. full OF danger
and almost insurmountable difficulties,
the journey to the KlondiI1e has become
a matter of eight days from Seattle
and can be made at a cost of $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

Ii Hung Chang is about to have both
his peacock feather and his yellow
jacket restored to him. LIS position
seems to vary as the British Russian
teeter board goes up and down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
Death of Mrs. J. M. Lawrence.

Cimarron, March 25.-Mrs. Lawrence,
wife DR.. J. NJ. Lawrence, and mother of
H. V. Lawrence, county treasurer Fin
ney county, died at her home in this
city on Wednesday evening, 22nd inst.
She was taken to Garden City on
Thursday evening for burial there. Ser
vices We're conducted by Rev. Kingery
of Lakin and Rev. Moore of Garden
City, Presbyterian ministers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

A Texas jury, investigating the cause
of death in the case of three negroes
found suspended from trees, returned
verdict that the deceased froze to death.
A little later perhaps it will be deemed
necessary to change the form to sun
stroke
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
A Poor Way to
Treat Catarrh

dreadful disease was eradicated from
nv system, and have had no return
oft MISS JOSIE OWEN,
Montpelier, o."
Swift's Specific Is. S. s. is the
only cure for Catarrh, for it goes
direct to the cause of the trouble
the blood-forcing the disease
from the system. Those who have
had Catarrh for any length of time
know that each winter finds them
more firmly in the grasp of the
disease than before. Their expe-
rience teaches them that local
treatment can do them no good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

There is a proposition before the IL
linois legislature to stop wife beating
by beating the husband. The Chicago
Journal wisely suggests that the time to
prevent wife beating IS before mar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25
" Welcome, Eva, IF
Thou CONTEST Alone. "

One evI that cannot come
alone is impure blood. IF
this Is allowed It IS at
tended by kindred ailments
galore. Tits condition means
that every Uefr and artery of
the body, instead of carry
ing to the organs a health
ofvfno f7o4v of life, is laden
zufth a sLo4v and impure
fluid that Is farming instead
of healing.
It is unfortunate when there il I" bad
blood" between people. It is worse
when it is inside of you. Hoods Sar-
saParilla will not make enemies friends,
but it will make bad blood" good
blood, and blood should be of the best
quality. Hoods never disappoints.
Blood Poisoning When enlisted in
Montana for the Cuban war began taking
Hoods Sarssparilla and got several COM
rades to do It seemed to make US
proof against heat and fatigue at Key West
ana 4AInpAt Wn1lS OLneES gave out, 1lbo HI
Cuba. 1 was wounded at San Juan with a
brass jacket bullet, but got no treatment
until I arrived at Fort Mcpherson, Ga.
The surgeon said II it had not been for my
good rich blood that the brass shell would
have poisoned me sure and I would have
lost my arm" GroRGE P. COOPER, Co. G,
18th U. s. Inf, Washington Barracks, d. C.
ScrofuIa-" For months went to hos
pital for treatment of scrofulous alce.
without results. They said it was the
worst they ever treated. I tried Hood
Sarsaparilla. Twelve bottles entirely curec
me-" CYRUS @. UPHAM, Needham, Mass.
Leg sores -"S Sores on my wifs's lint
were SO bad she could not walk. PLY
sicians' aid of value and she useC
crutches. After taking Hoods Sarsap6
rilla, she laid them aside and walked freely
FRED A. HoYLK, Reynolds Bridge, Conn.
Salt Eheun1-" My mother was seri
eUsly afflicted with salt rheum and painful
running sores. No medicine helped hei
until Hoods Sarsaparilla was used, which
made her entirely we'll" EssE E. MAPLE
STONE, 1858 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Ill.
A~g'f cE. M
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

The historical plains of Abraham"
are to be plated and sold off in town
lots and yet the British talk of the
preponderance of the commercial spirit
In the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

Since only $4,000 enumerators will be
required to take the census, 1T Is inn
probable that there will be any chance
for anybody outside of Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

Sampson gets the complimentary let
ter from the president but Schley gets
the swords, the cheers and the kisses.
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the blues! -
How hopeless future appears month after month
tne same siege with menstrual pain! :
Comparatively few women understand that excessva main
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

The question as to which Democratic
board Mr.. w. D. Bynum will place his
feet under on Jefferson Day Is stin I'M
answered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

indicates ill-health, or some
serious arrangement of the
feminine organs.
A million women have been
helped by Mrs Pinkham. Read
what two of them cav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

The new spring styles In revolutions
are just making their appearance In
South America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

When Col. Bryan declined the invita-
ton to dine with Croker, he probably
had in mind those good old stories of
his childhood days, about poor Tray
and the spider and the fly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-25

A trial of S. S. S.
will convinc g
them that it Is the
proper T e m I'd y
If you are just
feeling the first
touch of tn is
offensive disease,
,Ycu should begin