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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-12
Leave Your Business

Just for one day and take your family
with you to TT. Riley on the Knights
& Ladies Of Security excursion Thurs
day, Aug H. at 1880 a. m. Leaves TT.
Riley s 2. m. Round trip, $3.50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-12
SAVES BREATH.
County officials Plan to Avoid An
swering Questions

Deputy County Clerk Swayze, who is in
charge of the county clerks office at
present, has become tired of answering
the 101, more or less, foolish questions
which people come into the office and ask.
He has procured a blackboard, which
stands in a conspicuous place in the Of
fee and on it is bulletined the following:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-12
Yes!II It is Plenty Hot Enough
Treasurer's Onice? Read the signs.
No, Marriage Licenses are Not Given
Herei

When anyone makes a remark about
the weather now he is promptly referred
to the bulletin board.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-12
Miss Berenice Fuller's Party.

Will Wick. Mr. Walter Hayes, Mr.. Sam
Lalkin, Mr.. David Lal1in.
Miss Berenice FuIler's Party.
Miss Berenice Fuller entertained in
formally Tuesday afternoon comph-
mentary to Miss Jessie GOSS of New
ton and Miss Helen Gardenhire of New
York city. Most of the time was spent
on the porch and lawn, which were fit
ted up with rugs, cushions and chairs.
One diversion of the afternoon was
called the TALE of the Tree" The
tale of the Tree" was an interesting
little story with frequent blanks, which
were to be filled with the names OF
trees. Miss Mary Daniels, Miss Ala
belle Troutman and Miss Kate Flesh
man filled the greatest number Of
blanks correctly and cut for the prize
Miss Daniels was the fortunate one and
was given a pretty book.
The invited guests were: Miss Helen
Gardenhire, Miss Jessie Goss, Miss Ad-
die Skinner, Miss Mamie Weale, Miss
Effie E4azen, Miss Mary Daniels, Miss
Ruth Trap, Miss Kate F1eishman, Miss
Alice Lakin. Miss Louise Kellam, Miss
Maud Bates. Miss Kittie Harrison, Miss
Agnes Gunther, Miss Rebecca Rodgers,
Miss Lucy Lord, Miss Allabelle Trout
man, Miss Nettie Ware, Miss Callie
Cuttel and Miss Grace Atwood.
A Pleasant Party.
Misses Ida and Emma Beronius en-
tertained Friday evening at their home
on Polk street for Mrs. c. H. Beronius
of Kansas City. After the refresh
ments were served the guests were en-
tertained by vocal, piano and mandolin
music in the house and on the lawn.
Mrs. Beronius will return to Kansas
City Sunday accompanied by Miss Ida
BerOnius.
The guests present were: Misses Anna
Eden, Ethel Fox, Musette Renwick,
Vida r. Bush, Vida f. Bush, Alice
True, Mamie WOrral, Eleanor Eden,
Maggie Mitchell. Anna Christianson,
Ella Bailey. May Bailey, Florence
Bailey, Edna Franz, Helga BerOnius,
Selma BerOnius, Mrs. G. H. Beronius.
Mrs. A. B. BerOnius, Messrs. Albert
SidweI, Ed Stuart, Clarence Bush, Joe
Johnson, Beamer Nelson, Fred Stauf-
fenburg, AlOnzo De Leon. Tom Mackey,
Fred Brown, Elmer Mitchell. Karl Ber-
onius, A w. Beronius and Harvey Wor-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-12
A Pleasant Summer Club.

Some of the ladies on West street
between Fifth street and Sixth avenue,
have organized a delightful little club
for the summer. They meet Informally
about twice a week at the homes of the
mem bers; they take their fancy work
ana teach each other all the new wrink-
les
Light refreshments are usually serv-
ed It is very informal and is scarcely
any work to the hostess but is a de-
hghtful way for the stay at homes to
spend an occasional afternoon during
the long summer months
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05

Chairman Weaver is rejoicing in hav-
ing secured the services of Congress-
man Charles b. Lands, of Indiana, for
some meetings in Iowa. He is pro-
nounced by Col. Henderson to be as
good as any, and than is Il sufficient
certificate. He has been booked for his
first speech on the opening day Of the
campaign in Dies Moines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05
ROCK ISLAND HAuls THEM.
Gets Contract to Bring Soldiers From
Frisco.

Des Moines, Oct. 3.-The arrange
ments are practically completed for the
departure of the Iowa party which will
receive the Fifty-frst Iowa ut San
Francisco. Saturday the contract was
closed for bringing the regiment from
San Francisco by way of the Southern
Pacific, the Denver & Rio Grande. and
the Rock Island roads. The contract is
made directly by the adiutant general
with the Rock Island company.
Adiutant General Byers will be ac-
companied by Secretary Dobson. Audi
tor Merriam. Custodian McGar9augh.
j. j. Ryan. Mrs. Finley, mother OF DR..
ment: Mrs. Cady. wife oil Quarsermas-
ter Cady; Rev. L. c. Aioulton. OF Red
Oak; Mi. Hyatt, of Red Oak: Mrs w.
l.. rubbs and Mrs. Capt Sleepy. of
Glenwood. and number from Corn
ing. Creston. Council Bluffs and other
places. Many letters Of inquiry have
been received as to rates and terms,
General Byers says the roads will make
round trip rate for the occasion of
$50.
The party will leave Des AIoines Oct.
II and reach San Francisco at $40 on
the evening of Oct. II. The regiment
is expected there the 10Th, bur may be
two or three days ahead Of lime.
The terms for transporting the
i troops back from the coast are S375O
per man. 1t is expected about 500 will
he brought. The rate could have been
made considerably lower but for the
Southern Pacitic's action. That road
would make no reduced rates. holding
up its regular schedule. AS the troops
! cannot be hauled out of San Francisco
without contracting with that route, it
was impossible to do better. Governor
Shaw will ask the banks of the state
to accept and carry the warrants is
sued in payment of this service till the
Legislature passes a bill to refund
them. A number of letters have al
ready been received from banks offer
/ ing to take their proportion, and there
is no doubt the plan will carry.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05
Fatal AccId ent 10 a noy.

Fort Dodge, Sept. 5o.-4A sad trag-
edy occurred at Britt, where Rudolph
Nilsson. aged IL years. who was visit
ing at the home Of Isler Nissen, hung
himself in the granaiy. He was all
alone At the time and no one knows
just how the tragedy was brought
about. but it is supposed he was trying
10 initiate wild West" horse thief
He had tied u rope around his neck
and had another rope suspended from
joist 10 which was attached u hook
He raised himself by the hands and
hooked the hook into the rope around
his neck, and at about this time slip
ped and fell toward the floor. He
was pnable,to touch the floor with his
feet. and when found life was entirely
extinct. His neck was not broken,
and he undoubtedly suffered the agony
OF, slowly choking TO death.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05

Larrabee of Judge Kline, did you find
the institutions visited by you and Mr.
Gass better in any particulars than the
institutions of this state?'
: SIN but one Or two particulars" said
Judge Kline. IN some Institutions
the furnishings We're better than
they are in the Iowa Institutions. The
interior furnishings surpass Iowa's as
a rule. Many Of the buildings, also,
are better than those in Iowa. Aside
from this the Iowa Institutions are SUI
perior."
institutions. like cities" said SUI
perintendent Gass. "are built us rule
to satisfy temporary needs. Ii was 3.
great relief to visit such institutions
as those at Erie, Pa. Glen Falls. \. ",
and the Craig colony of epileptics.
There plans have bsen made for the
accommodation of inmates for years to
come. The grounds are laid out. the
ground secured and the buildings plan
ned for many years in advance. The
Improvements are all of the enduring
character. There will be no replace
ment in these institutions of pipes to
convey water, for instance, for the
pipes laid when they We're built are of
naaIs of the ;ns+itn4;ons ;,1aat;,;,slv
In Iowa many of tbs .insti,nt;ons have
grown. As things have been needed
they have been added. In the Begin
ming there was no plan for the flu
found in stba eastern institutions which
;s moi fonnd 10 snnh an extan, in tha
western ', : - - - = ~
.Indgs K;nne c,,,ed ot+a,t;o, - ~.
fact tbat ,he Inrv,visinn IN no e, oa.te.n
;nst;t,,t;ons ns, ~ land :. ;naaaama+a
=, th;s ,ar.ia,,la,, az so,,n.a NJ ua ~, y.
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05
That ThrobbIng IIeadacn

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their match-
less merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood and
strong nerves and build up your
health. Easy to take. Try them. On
ly rs cents. Money back if not cured.
Sold by Clark & Mollison. druggists.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05

Messrs. Thurston and Stickpev We're
given Il quantity of provisions on the
ship by the captain and told to share
them with the other passengers. AS
soon as they landed there the steward
OH shore in charge of the supplies took
lorcible possession OF the provisions,
and when told that they had been Civ
en- them by the captain simply cursed
the latter.
Prof. Stockley. OF Fredericton. N. b.
says that the manner in which the pas
sengers' baggage was rified was dis
graceful. and that when he returned
10 the wreck The day after the disaster
he found that quantities of goods of
various descriptions had been carried
off the vessel and hidden.
William Brown. Il young man from
liverpool, says that when Captain
scnkIer called for men to lower
one OF the beats. many of those stand
ing by refused to Obey him and Went
crime instead, Two women who We're
placed in a tent for shelter front the
wi.ld ard ,;iin were driven from it by
The first boat filled with women was
swanped, and the captain called for
assistance Tor the women. who were
struggling in the wafer, ,nanv of the
crew, instead of lending a helping hand
went on with their work OF plumber.
War Ship Sent TO the scene
There is also some fear of the vessel
5ainr attacked as she lies by wrscke.s.
in which case the small force of men
who are Standing by her could otfsr
bnt little resistance. In order TO pro-
vide for any such contingency Brit
/ Isl, warship has started from New
foundland for the scene of the disas-
ter.
The first auihentic news OF the
wreclling of the Scotsman was obtain
ed yesterday morning when the pas
seugerS had been picked up by the Ell
der-DempSyer, steamship aloutfart ar
rived ut Rimouski, on their way 10
Liverpool Sept. "a. bound for Montreal.
Went on the rocks in dense fog on
the southeast coast OF Chang. Islands,
eight miles southeast of Belle Isle
lighthouse al 2:4O Oh the morning OF
Friday. Sept. %. The passengers were
all .ielow in their bunkS III the lime,
and We're awakened suddenly from
,he;, sIee, nv the siouol foube,.n foI-
lowed a few minutes ,a,er by Il ferri-
bic crash as the slip Went on the
rocks. The passengers rushed OIL deck,
men. women and children. with hardly
Il stitch of clothing on then. to find
the ship rocking 70 and fro on the
rocks. The night WAS pitch dark. there
was Il high wind. which amounted to
almcs1 Il gale. and the sea was rum
ming terrifcally high.
| Lowered Tic .iteLoa,.,
r,n+,in sonl1a, v.,,o ,a,,,;,aa az
! tho Scotsm.n MD fs,r;nx I'M +hs
vessel ,ynnld ,nr,,,s o,,., - al. ,,.;t,,
all or bo,r,l ~ 49, m,r, arlars. -
have the boafs lowsre,, sna issnad nor
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05
A saloon fsurslar,ze.,.

The saloon of Frank Ssarzinger, in
Des Moines. was entered by burglars,
who secured 500 in money aud some
valuable papers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05
Becoming a
Mother

cy robs confinement of all pain
safety to mother and child. Tn
sodsend to all women at the ii
ordRI, Not only does MorHl
through the perils of child.birt
system for the coming event,
other discomforts of this period
bottle; Send for free booklet K
Atlanta, Georgia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05
.BRU TISH SAILORS.
Steamer sootsman's Passengers
Witness Inhuman Scenes.
ROBBED BY THE DRUNKEN CREW
Eleven Live. Were Lost-A British
War Ship Has Been Sent to the
Scene OF the Wrcck-Crew
: to He Arrested.
ROBBED BY THE DRUNKEN CREW

Quebec. Canada. Sept. 3O.A more
rascally story Of mans inllumanity to
man was never, perhaps, related than
that told of members of the ships
company by many Of the survivors
of the Scotsman disaster. Owing to
the strike of he seameu and stckers i'll
crew of the steamer consisted largely
OF the scum of the docks.
From almost TIE very moment that
the ship struck mary OF these men
gave themselves up to earn
looted the cabins OF the pas
sengers and the steerage apart
lnenrs like SO, many demons. They rev.
eled in the best OF eating and drinking
on the barren rocks OF the desert isl
and. while the passengers We're put
upon starvation raiions. Some of them
crowded in under the tarpaulin that
was raised one night over. the cabin
passengers, and did not hesitate to
throw themselves down TO sleep
among the women OF the party.
Orgy I'm the Face Of Death.
I. Stephens. of London, member of
pany, which is engaged to perform in
Montreal next week, tells that after
his cabin had been looted he found
ships cocks. He says that very few
OF the passengers saved more than the
clothes they stood in. The second
night after the wreck. he said. the seat
men had 4 perfect orgy on the rocks.
They drank till they We're drunk;
they sang comic and even hlasphemous
songs and made ribald jests.
L. NJ. Touzeau of London corrohorat-
ed al! that was said by Mn. Stephens.
He added that he was given four
ounces of bread for twenty-four hours,
and when he asked for more was told
that he had as much as the others.
though he declared that the sailors had
everything that they wanted.
Women Robbed and Insulted.
A woman member of the Sign of the
the ;brutally selfish and callous conduct
all she had. She escaped with only
enc OVERSIGHT, and on returning to her
I! cabin it was found to have been com
/ pletely sacked.
Is w. f. Davis. of London, a steerage
passenger, on his way to Gravenhurst,
/ Ontario. while on deck short time
! after the vessel struck, had his valise
stolen from his bunk with EGO in gold
and his watch that it contained. j. r.
! rhurston of Toronto. Ontario, had his
portamanteau cut open and all his
clothing and valuables stolen tlcrefrom
excepting his camera. Mir. Stickney
of Boston, rehearsed how he had been
similarly robbed and what drunken
carousal had been kept up on shore
since the wreck by many of the ships
company.
All those whose names have been
mentioned and many Others inter
viewed are indignant at the conduc,
Of the petty officers who were in charge
of the provisions on the island. They
treated the passengers with the ut.
most tyranny, and dealt out liquor and
provisions with Il free hand, 10 the
/, ships company. while almost starving
the passengers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-05

Superintendent r.. NJ. Powell, of the
institution for the feeble minded at
Glenwood, aptly crystalized the state
ment developed by an all afternoon de-
bate at the conference between the
state board of control and the superin-
tendents of the state institutions Tues
day when he said that the purpose OF
the management OF the Institutions
and the purpose of Investigation and
discussion of theories of management
is to devise methods which will make
the institutions less of an apparently
public nature and more Of domestic
character. These features OF the man
agement OF the eastern institutions Wis
tied by Judge Kline and SuperintenA
dent Gass. which approached the idea
of domesticity, are the ones which they
endorsed in their reports to the board
OF that four OF investigation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

nature of which Korschelt spoke when he
declared that the man who succeeded in
transforming the ether rays direct into
motive power, warmth. light and cleo
tricity would be the greatest inventor OF
all time Rychnowsld claims to be able
to demonstrate that the sun is no light
and heat distributing agent, but merely
sends forth in it's rays some universal en-
ergy which is transformed into these
physical forces on meeting with resist
ance from our planet. Visible electricity,
some one has dubbed it.
Practically, all bodies absorb these
giving rays of the sun and radiate
them again from the surface, from the
tiniest cell to our own planet. Resistance
and other conditions are responsible for
their transformation into light and heat
waves. electric phenomena and even grav-
itation Hence 1t is possible to find light
in all bodies, as / have already proved
by experiment, and on the basis of these
experiments | am directing my attention
to photographing the interior of the hui
man body as we'll as of the earth
"RychnowsN at this point demonstra-
ted to me how he could photograph inviS-
ible objects without aid of lens or light.
He placed a piece of iron made into u
pattern inside a box. Almost touching
it was a Photographic plate. The box
was then closed and the air impregnated
with eectroide. After short time the
plate was removed, and on being develop
ed was found to contain photograph of
the iron. The positive showed the iron
radiating light from its entire surface.
In a somewhat similar way Rychnowski
had been able to photograph his cleo
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

eight or ten dead Indians, who had been
dragged INTO the town from wher. 1tiad9
had been killed, ree-sssrurne r ~ harhar
GUS. me rYys would take off 4 small
piece OF scalp, and with it's long black
ha1r, tie It into their button-holes. as a
souvenir to take home with them.
What do you think was the nature OF
the trap that was proposed to catch
the Indians? 1t makes my blood run cold
to think of it. and so disgraceful and
dfabolfcal was 1t, that in all have said
and written about this war in the last
age to mention itI yet as awful as 1t
was. so incensed was I at all the deyilish
cruelty that l had witnessed which had
been perpetrated on our people that at
nrst consented to it. and we went so far
as to actually set the trap.
1T was proposed to expose a barrel of
whisky In conspicuous place, and put
enough strychnine in it to destroy the
whole Sioux nation, and then label it
poison in all the languages spoken in
our polyglot country, so that should the
first Corners be whites, they would avoid
1t, but II Indians, we might have the
satisfaction of discriminating them. We
actually went so far as to place the bar
rel where 1t would attract any one who
should be looking about the main street,
which was all that was left of the town,
and labelled it in French, English, Ger
man, Italian, Swedish and Norwegian,
and then put into it eight or ten bottles
of strychnine prepared for destroying
wolves, and were about leaving, when
the thought flashed through my mind,
suppose a relief squad should be sent to
us. and should think the whole matter
joke to cheat them out of drink,
and should sample it and die, as they
certainly would, we never could forgive
ourselves, and would be really their muir
dererS. My knowledge of the fact that
soldier who had made a long march
on hot day would take big chances for
drink, heightened my apprehension on
this view of the subject. and the more
L thought the matter over, the more devil
1Sh 1t appeared to me, even if we caught
only Indians. | actually felt that 1 would
be ashamed TIC meet the spirit OF even
savage enemy whom l had disposed of In
such a cowardly way, should we finally be
consigned to the same happy hunting
grounds, SO l took an axe and Knocked
the head of the barrel in, and let the con-
tents into the street While 1 deeply re-
GREETED the loss of so much good whisky
L have never thought of the occurrence
since, without inwardly rejoicing that my
better nature and judgment prevented me
from committing such an offense against
all the laws of honor humanity and civ
ilization. 1t turned out that the first ar
rival was a squad sent to our relief by
Gen. Sibley. and from what I knew of
some of the men composing it, I am
quito certain that the warning would
have been disregarded. The circumstance
however, proves how deeply the savage
instinct is imbedded in human nature
whatever the color of the skin. "Give us
strength to resist temptation" has been
my prayer ever since.
Charles z. Flandreu
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-11

could to prepare for an attack which we
knew would certainly come, and from the
combined forces otstFe enemy, and which
did come on the following Saturday.
While waiting, numerous squads Of
whites from the SURROUNDING country re-
inforced u.s., and 1t soon became apparent
that some one must be@put in command
OF the whole forcs to prevent disorders
on the part of the men. as whisky was
abundant and free. ssFhe honor of the COM
mand fell to me byseieetion of the officers
of the various companies, and in the
choice of rank for myself my modesty
restrained me to that of colonel. I have
often. thought since that lost the oppor-
tunity of my life, as. might just as easily
have assumed the title of major general
Every day we sent out scouting expe-
ditiens and brought in refugees, men,
women and children, who were in hid
Ing or wounded, and in the most pitiaole
condition. From these We learned Of
many additional atrocities, which kept
our passions and desire for revenge at
fever heat. On Saturday. the 23rd, the
Indians who had been all the week be-
sieging Fort Ridgely, abandoned that
quest and came down upon us in full
force. The attack commenced about $50
o'clock on Saturday morning, and the
fight ragged holly and viciously for about
thirty hours without cessation. I lost in
the first hour and half ten killed and
fifty wounded, out of command not to
exceed two hundred and fifty guns On
the afternoon of the next day the Indians
gradually disappeared toward the north
and gave US breathing spell, and then
a<relief company arrived and the fighting
ceased.
On Monday ammunition and provisions
Were getting short. and fearing a renewal
of the attack. decided to evacuate the
town and go down the Minnesota river
to Mankato, a distance of about thirty
miles, over an open prairie. We had
about 1900 women and children to take
care of, and about eighty wounded men.
The caravan consisted of 153 wagons
drawn by horses and oxen, the troops
bein on foot and so disposed as to make
a good defense If attacked.
Everything being ready for a start.
some one suggested to me to set trap
for the Indians when they should enter
the town after our departure, as we all
supposed they would, there being an i'm
mense amount of loot left behind, stores
full of goods Of all kinds and many other
things of value to the savage.
l had the day before put a stop to
some of the younger men scalping the