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The age-herald., 1899-01-17
CORONER'S JURY
 SAYS SUICIDE Wilhelm Braun Believed to Have Killed
 Himself. WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS He Had Been Drinking on Saturday Night, When Last Seen.
WAS FOUND IN THE WOODS
LEFT NO LETTER OR EXPLANATION
Was Mechanic Employed at the Pipe Works, and a Man of Splendid Ed ucation for One of His
 Station in Life.

Bessemer, January 16.-(Special)-Wil- helm Braun, mechanic, employed at the big pipe works, was found dead in the woods near Fifth avenue and Sixteenth street, yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The body was discovered by negroes and plomptly reported to the police. At the in- quest held by Coroner Dallas and jury this morning it was decided that deceased com mitted suicide.
 Braun was last seen at 1O30 o'clock Sat urday night in a saloon. He was drinking heavily, being always a hard thinker. He Is thought to have committed suicide about l2 or o'clock Saturday night, as the body showed evidences of having been dead for some hours. When found the man reclined on the ground only his head being elevatetd about six inches About his neck was a small leather string, which was tied to the limb of a young sappiing
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
A Peculiar Character

Braun, who has been in this country but few years, was peculiar character. He was somewhere between 50 and GO years Of age and was known to all who knew him as "Billie." He did not speak English and would not try to learn it, doubtless because of an impediment in his speech from which he suffered. He was said to be highly edu- cated His condition must have been pitt able growing old, away from friends and kindred and among strangers, who could not speak his tongue.
 He was given a respectable burial this afternoon by the American Pipe and Foun-
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
OPEN LETTERS FROM
Jennie E. Green and Mrs. Harry
 Hardy.

JENNIE E GREEN, Denmark, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
 "I had been sick at my monthly periods for seven years, and tried almost everything ever heard of, but without any benefit Was troubled with baclache, headache, pains in the shoulders and dizziness. Through my mother I was induced to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it has done me so much good. I am now sound and we'll"
The age-herald., 1899-01-17
Left No Explanation

dry company. The interment was in Cedar Hill cemetery,
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21

A great many funny things are go
ing on in the world, if you have sens
enough to see them.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
WHY RIDDLE Is KEPT.
Governors Private Secretary Explains
His Retention in Office.

Henry J. Allen the governors private
secretary, [93ay PrIIS ~ "a az III ne
of which are supposed to represent the
views of the administration and may at
The editorial is headed: An Injustice TO
Taylor Riddle" and is as follows:
1T is announced that the POpulist lead
ers are going to investigate Taylor Rid
die. chairman of the Populist state CEN
tral committee and discover if possible.
how he manages to to hold office under
the present Repp aqInlpIStra 1;i c tloIl.
promise with the Republicans last fall by
which he was to allow the Republicans
to win. They point to the weakness of
Riddles campaign as an evidence that he
was only putting up a sham battle with
the understanding that his treachery was
to be rewarded BY his CONTINUANCE as sec
retary of the state board of live stock
I'VE believe the PopuIist leaders are
doing Mr. Riddle a grave injustice. Mr..
Riddle has heart trouble. He resigned
from the Twenty-first Kansas on that
account just soon as the regiment was
ordered to leave Topeka He can not
stand sudden shocks How can man mar.
when his heart has q weak and huttering
action? They say that the valves do not
work. How can man put up red hot
fight for a party when he can hear the
hollow fiippety-fiOp of a blood pump that
1T IS believed that Gov. Stanley in
failing to remove Riddle was moved by
humane considerations. He knows the
has heart trouble. He feared the affect
of suddenly cutting off Mr.. Riddles sal
why the governor let Riddle hold over,
of the Popuiist leaders that Riddle looked
party's are true? Mr.. Riddle has a fami-
ly to support, this is duty that IS immed-
late and direct. His duty to his party is
more remote. He is merely the chairman
of Popuhst party but he is husband and
father to his family. Can it be possible
denim a man for looking after his personal
interests before the interests of his
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
KANSAS NEWS.
Cattleman Lawson of Marquette
Is Unfortunate.
Entertained Last Spring by
Some SaIina FOUNDERS.
WORKED HIM FOR $500.
Causes His Wife to Sue For
Divorce and AlimOny.
He Again Comes to Salina and
Gets In the Tolls.

Salina, Nov. 21.-A man named Law
son from Marquette with more money
than discretiOnd has been in Salina the
past few days playing AN angel"
Lawson will be remembered as the
man who came to Salina early last
spring and plunged into north end soc1-
ETY.. He spent his money freely but not
fast enough for the gang he associated
with. They feeced him of his money
to the extent of nearly $500 and left him
without a hat and OvercOat.
For the part played in this episode
number of we'll known characters were
arrested. All were acquitted at the pre-
liminary but one ''Nosey' Brown was
held to the district court and in that
tribunal was acquitted.
For the escapade played last spring
LaWsOn'S wife is now suing him for di
vOrce and alimony in Ellsworth county.
Larson is said to have considerable
means and is an extensive cattle dealer
While on his present spree he is said to
departed in one way or other with a
large amount of money.
Saturday a well known rounder was
in possession of a SO check bearing the
signature of Lawson and presumably
issued by him, the payment of which
was demanded or blood would be spill
ed. -Four other checks We're heard of.
A friend of LaWSOn'S happened on the
scene in time to protect him and the
bank on which the check was issued
was notified to dishonor it.
A. w. Wing was at once arrested on
the charge OF trying to pass a check on
Bert E1opklnSs at the CauIOrnla reSIau-
rant The check bore the signature Of
a. 2. Lawson. When Lawson was
questioned as to whether he signed the
check he was unable to tell as he was
quite drunk. The police h9Ve two checks
in their possession, both supposed to
have been signed by Lawson, but the
signatures on them are different. One
of the checks was torn up by one of the
FOUNDERS and thrown into a cuspidor at
the city hall.
Wing was locked up in the county
jail as was also Lawson, who was so
drunk he was unable to explain any
thing connected with the affair Law
son viii be held until he sObers up and
can tell his signature.
A. w. Wing was in police court yes
terday,bu as the evidence was not suf-
fcient to hold him, he was fined SO and
costs for being drunk, which he paid.
A. ?. Lawson, the man whose name
appeared on the check, was unable to
state whether he had signed the check
or not. Lawson had been on a big spree
for several days and it was during this
time that he is supposed to have sign
ed the check, which young Wing tried
to pass, but in police court he could
not remember anything connected with
the affair.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
SILVER LEFT OFF
OF the Democratic Campaign
Button Submitted at Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-AIembers of the Dem
ocratic national executive committee held
the final meeting of their session today
to complete the routine work taken up
yesterday and for further discussion of
the informal outline of plans for the com
ing presidential campaign The mem berS
of the committee were somewhat late in
arriving and it was not until about 1880
o clock that Senator Jones, chairman of
the executive committee, called the meet
ing to order. All of the members were
present. Little remained to be done by
the committee and it was the expectation
that an early and final adjournment
would be had. Chairman J. G. Johnson
of the ways and means committee report
ed on the national work as regards the
campaign fund, and showed that $175,000
Previous to the calling of the meeting
was passed around among the members
and the legend inscribed thereon was IA
vOrably commented on. The button which
was sent with the compliments of former
chairman Harrity bOreA the words mo
foreign alliance, no trust, no imperialism,
for United States"
That's good platform" remarked
Committeeman Clayton of Alabama, but
it ought to have '16 to L on it also"
Col. John r. Martin, sergeant at arms
of the Democratic national committee,
who is attending the meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee has been enthusiastic
ca1ly booming the world S fair to be held
in St Louis in 1903, anGng the members
of the committee and has created a good
deal of interest in the exposition
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
IS AGAINST STANLEY.
Prominent Republican Politician Says
the Governor Should Not Be
RenOminated.

Norton, Nov. 21.-Three miles east of
Norton, in the valley of the Prairie
Dog, is situated the McLennan ranch
of 320 acres In their immediate home
surroundings are fruit trees, of cherry
peach, pear and apple, each bearing
this year, while a stone sidewalk leads
from the main Travelled road to their
pleasant home, and on whose steps as
one enters the house is the word Nc
Lehman" cut in marble.
A. N. McLennan came from Ellsworth
county to Norton. having served in the
legislature from that county, and in the
memorable Republican congressional
convention which dOWned Turner and
he was a candidate. Since McLennan
has devoted his time to farming and
stock raising he hasn't forgotten how
to take a hand in politics, and he is still
a Republican.
He is free to express his opinion, no
matter who is near enough to hear him.
He thinks the Republicans will make a
mistake if they renOminate Gov. Stan
ley, who, he says, can be beaten easily
by BFeidenthaL In the senatorial
struggle he favOTs NJ. A. Low, and in
the next congressional battle in the
Sixth district, in his opinion. either
Ellis of Mitchell county, or Haskell, of
Smith county, will be found much
stronger than Reeder.
Mr.. McLennan has 200 head of cattle
on fall feed on his ranch and 400 head
of hogs His corn of about $50 acres
averaged forty bushels per acre, which
he thinks is the best average corn in
Norton county. He is large grower of
alfalfa, and has every convenience
around him for comfort and happiness.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT.

The stage reproduction Of the Samoan
hurricane as seen in Lincoln J. Carriers
Under the Dome" is a creditable
scenic performance. It is the chief fea-
tUre of the piece and by far the best.
The wind" and thunder and light
ming are of a superior variety, and the
scenery and appliances showing the
United States ship Trenton batting
with the waves is probably as realistic
ally handled as possible on the stage.
The hurricane received q, dozen or more
curtain calls"
Under the Dome is the most pre-
tentfons of the Carter play from a
scenic standpoint In point of ability
of the people presenting it, it is like
all of the Carter plays. Mr.. Carter de-
pends on his scenery instead of his
people in sending his productions over
the country, and this is responsible for
the fact that he is a rich man instead
of a bankrupt. Miss Madeline Hunt, a
young lady who was seen with the pro-
ductiOn last season, is the only mem
Der of the company who shows any
cleverness. Miss Hunt is "natty'' in
appearance and has a phenomenal way
of failing to tire in step dancing.
If the members of the company pre-
senting Under the Dome possessed
ability in an equal proportion to the af-
fability of the manager, Mr.. Frederick
Kimbai1, a star performance would re-
suit
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21

the government to buy or sell bonds
whenever it suits the convenience Of
Mr. Morgan and the interests he repre-
sents-it must also buy dear and sell
cheap.
Suppose, instead of this clumsy bond
arrangement, we had a postal savings
bank with $1,000, 900 900 of deposits.
Then, if the government had more
money on hand than it needed, and
wanted to get some of it into circula-
ton, all it would have to do would be
to reduce the rate of interest. AS the
interest went down the deposits would
flow out. When the process had gone
on long enough it could be checked by
simply fixing the rate of interest at the
point at which deposits equalled with
drawals.
Or suppose we had the intercOnverti-
ble bond system proposed in the Jour
nails Internal Policy. There would be
no premiums then and no losses to the
Government on purchases and sales Of
bonds. When money became so scarce
thatit was worth more than the 2 percent
paid by the government, the holders
of bonds would simply take them to
the treasury and receive notes at par.
When they had no further use for the
notes they would take them to the
treasury and get bonds. Thus the
money market would always be easy,
and the government would never be
forced to chatter for its own securities.
The $1.O46.O4S $50 of bonds we had out
standing when Secretary Gage made his
offer cost us S4O.347. SO year in inter-
est Under the other arrangement the
annual interest charge would be less
than S21, ,OO0. 900 at the outside, and might
run down to nothing, if the demand for
currency were sufficient
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
A FINANCIAL OBJECT LESSON.

TFrom the New York Journa11
For the first time in ten years the
government is about to reduce its bond
ed debt. That is gratifying, of course,
but +he circumstances under which the
operation is to be performed do not
speak very forcibIy for the intelligence
Of our financial policy. however elo-
quently they may tell of the astute-
ness of the individuals who profit by it.
The secretary Of the treasury has Of
fered to buy bonds to the amount Of
s25,OOO,Oo0 to ease the money market
He proposes to pay 1925 for per cent of
1907 or III for . per cents of 1904. That
would release from S27, ,750. 600 to S2S.-
1S75OO if the bondhoIders should avail
themselves of the offer to its fullest ex-
tent.
Looking at the matter merely with
reference to the present point of time
the secretary's proposition is advantag-
eOus to the government The money is
lying idle in the treasury, and by using.
it in this way We shall save about a
million dollars a year interest.
But how does that money happen to
be in the treasury? It is there because
this administration and its predecessors
issued bonds for it. The 4 per cents
for which Secretary Gage is now offer
ing 1925 We're originally issued at par
That is to say. the government pro-
poses to pay back 81. .12S. $50 for every
million dollars it received. after hav-
ing already paid S8So,OO in Interest.
On some of the other loans the show.
ing is even worse -Four years age
President Cleveland sold $50, ,S15. 400 OF
per cents of 1925 to the Morgan Bel
mont syndicate at a fraction over 1O4
If the government should try to buy
back any of these bonds today it would
have to pay 1311z. 1t is not enough 70
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

TFrom the Chicago News.1
When a woman won't she will if she
says she won't
A professional workman makes his
living by working workmen-
Ambition without pluck and energy is
a useless possession.
You touch the button and the rattle
snake will do the rest
If marriage is a failure Solomon's
wisdom didn't count for very much.
Some inventors spend all their lives
in trying to make both ends meet.
Unless a man has seIf-respect he can
not command the respect of others.
If you are at a loss to know how to
take a man let him remain where he is.
The Sabbath was made for man
probably for the publishers of Sunday
newspapers.
Cod liver oil hasn't half so bad a taste
as the man who wears a silk hat with a
sack coat.
No man ever solves the problem of
how to becOm rich. He wants a few
dollars more taan he ever gets
Don't measure things from one point
of view. The woman who can drive a
horse may be unable to drive nail.
Some men are capable of greater
things than they perform and some of
them attempt greater things than they
are. capable o L.
According to law the widow is enti-
Of her second raen are apt to be a little
shy of her.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
SHE WANTS DAMAGES.
Miss Parthena Killedrew Objects to
Publicity.


McCune, Nov. 21-Miss Parthena
KiIledrew has instituted suit against
Emma Sparks for $4,000 damages al
leging that her reputation had been
damaged and her mind troubled to the
extent Of that amount of money. In her
petition the plaintiff alleges that she is
a maiden lady, never having been mar
Tied, and that for years had been a resi-
dent of Crawford and Labette counties,
residing at, and in the neighborhOOd
of McCune; that the Pilot is a paper
published in Chicago, of general cir
culatiOn, and having for its purpose the
women with the object of matrimOny;
that the defendant, forging the name
of said plaintiff, addressed a. letter to
the publishers of the said Pilot in
words and figures as follows:
McCune, Kan, 8, II, '99.
The Pilot, Chicago, III.
Will you please insert an ad for me
in two or three numbers of your valu-
able paper? I am a maiden lady of 40,
ches in height, weight $50 pounds, fair
looking, have a good education, have
studied medicine. No objection to
WidOwers-
MISS PARTHENA KILLEDREW,
McCune. Kan.
That. in pursuance of said forged let
ter, the advertisement was inserted in
said paper, the description being print
ed as number S3440; and the paper was
circulated in and around McCune and
other places, much to the discomfort
time she has been receiving letters from
all sorts of men who want to marry,
until she is forced to ask the court for
relief
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21

Year after year the agitation against
impure food is kept up with little show
ing in results. A congressional com
mittee which has been investigating
the subject finds that almost every ar
ticIe of food and drink is adulterated
to some extent. In some instances there
IS little left to warrant the label which
the article bears. Who is to blame for
this and what is to be done about 1T.
Probably the outcome will be the pas
sage of laws by congress or the states,
prohibiting adulteratiOn of food pro-
ducts or requiring that a manufac-
turer's formula of ingredients be print
ed on the wrapper After all are not
the people themselves largely to blame
for the existing state of things The
demand for cheapness is the primary
factor in food adulteration. The con-
sumer insists on a cheap article, and
gets it. The manufacturer can not
continue to reduce prices without a
corresponding reduction in quality. If
the consumers would manifest a will
ingness to pay for pure food, somebody
would come forward quickly to supply
the demand.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
Another q ohickenpox" Case.

A prisoner in the city jail by the
name of Pie Jordan is supposed to
have Cuban chickenpox." He is
broken out with some kind of rash.
The case was reported to City Physi-
clan Peers on Monday. Up to 3 o'clock
this afternoon the city physician had
not visited the prisoner Jordan is still
mingling with the other prisoners and
people who are constantly going and
coming from the jail. The officers do
not know what his trouble is but it ap-
pears to be the same disease that has
been prevalent for some time. A good
quarantine would be more effectual in
stamping out the disease than the con-
troversy between the physicians as to
whether it is chickenpox or smallpox.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
START ON PIECE WORK.
System Inaugurated in Santa
Fe Blacksmith Shop.

The piece work system Of working
was inaugurated at the Santa Fe shops
in tAis city last night.
The first work to be done under this
new system was the making of axles
on the large steam hammer in the
blacksmith shop. This morning this
system was put into operation in the
car sheds in the building of trucks.
The four men who worked on the big
steam hammer last night worked hard.
They made Il axles. and their scale Of
wages are as follows:
Hammersmith, per axle, % cents.
Heater, per axle. 20 cents.
First helper, per axle, 16 cents
Second helper, per axle, 1215 cents.
According to this scale of wages, the
men received the following amounts for
their eleven hours work last night:
Hemmersmith, SO.
Heater, $2.40.
First helper, S192.
Second helper, 81. so.
The regular daily wages of these men
which have been paid to them up to the
time of putting in the piece work sys-
tenn was as follows, per 10 hours work:
Hammersmith, $2.75.
Heater, $2.40.
First helper. S1.75.
Second helper, $3.50.
In their eleven hours work last night
the men turned out u aXles. In an or
dinary days work of 10 hours under the
old standard of paying they turned out
on an average of ten axles.
In the car sheds the truck building
department has been placed under the
piece work system and the men receive
so cents for building a truck. This
scale of wages went into effect this
morning.
Two men generally work on each
truck and up to noon one gang had
built two trucks. At this rate these
men would build four trucks a day, and
would receive Sig a piece.
The regular wages of truck builders
under the ola system was from Sl.Z5
to $1.75 per day. 1t is said that four
trucks a day are about all the two men
can build and not hurt themselves by
working too hard. Although for short
time they might build more, yet they
can not keep up the strain of the extra
work and in the end will lose.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21

There is at least one reason why wO-
men should be happy: women are not
bothered by life insurance agents.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
10000 JONES MEN.
That Number of Buckeyes Voted For
No Other Candidate

Columbus, o., Nov. 21.-The canvass
of the official vote in Ohio has been
completed. 1t shows that Judge Nash's
plurality is 49 ops the total vote cast
was 9O8, ,159. divided as follows among
the six candidates for governor:
George K. Nash, CRep). ALL
John r. Mclean, Dem). 1858 1855.
Seth H. Ellis, UniOn RefOrm) 1879.
George NJ. Hammel PrOhibition), g.
S25.
Robert BandIow, Socialist Labor. p
439.
Samuel NJ. Jones. CNon- partisan, ,1O6,-
721.
Rep), for lieutenant governor over A.
W. Patrick Oem.), who was supported
by the anti-salOOn league, is 12,720. An
analysis of the figures shows that about
40 900 electors who voted for Jones for
governor, failed to vote for any other
candidate for state offices. The non
partisans drew their strength about
equally from the Republican and Dem
Ocratic parties.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21
WHERE is LAWTON?
Whereabouts of American Fore
es Wrapped in Mystery.

Manila, Nov. 21.-The whereabouts of
Generals Lawton and Young is becOm-
ing mysterious as Aguinaldo's. The be-
lief is beginning to grow at Manila that
Gen. LaWtOn has struck the trail Of the
insurgent government and is pursu-
ing the ministers into Binqua noun
tains. It has been his ambition to cap
ture the Filipino leaders and he and
Gen. Young believe that a cavalry brig
ade, living on the country could run
them down to any part of the island.
One vague report brought by Spanish
prisoners is that AguinaldO and others
soon after the insurgent chief left Tar
lac but he escaped through the lines
in peasants clothes.
Officers and soldiers arriving at Ca
banatuan from General Lawton's force
described the campaign as one of great
hardships Many of the men dropping
out sick were left at various towns
without adequate supplies, some of
them making their way back across the
terrible roads.
A number of horses were dying and
many of the soldiers and even some of
the officers were marching on, half
naked, their clothing having been torn
to pieces in getting through the jun
giles Some of them were reduced al
most to breech clOuts and hundreds
We're barefOoted, their shoes being worn
out and all were living on any sort of
provisions. Bread was rare and carl
boo meat and bananas We're the staples
Gen. LaWtOn fOresaw that the cam
paign would involve such hardShipS, but
he considered it the quickest and cheap
est way of ending the war. The last
number of the ndependencia, publish
ed at Tarlac, the day before the Ameri-
cans entered the place contains a.
deSpOndent ValedictOry entitled "Adieu'
The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-21

Time flies so fast that before one
generation tires of Uncle Tom 5
Cabin" another generation comes on
that has never seen the play, but has
heard Of it.