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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
AGE NO BAR.
Everybody IN Topeka is Eligible.

Old people stopped with suffering.
Middle age, courageously fighting.
Youth protesting impatiently.
Children unable to explain.
Baby crying, can't tell why.
All in misery from their kidneys.
Only little backache first.
Comes when you catch a cold.
Or when you strain the back
Backache is the first step Of kidney
trouble
Many complications follow.
Urinary disorders, diabetes, Rright's
disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure backache.
Cure every form of kidney ills.
Plenty of Topeka proof that this is so.
Mr.. Q. Halterman of No. 233 Madison
St says; i am getting pretty well along
IN years. When employed at the
Thompson Hardware Co. I was COM
PEELED to give up my position on ac-
count OF my health falling. dull
companied with q weakness Of the blad-
der, so bad that the secretions from
the kidneys were not under control and
my rest was greatly disturbed nights.
1 saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
and procured them at Rowley & Shows
drug store, corner Sixth st. and Kansas
ave. The treatment relieved me OF
my trouble In a remarka bly, short time
and there has been recurrence since"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers, price soc. Mailed on receipt
OF price by FOster-A Gilburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and take
no substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
RINGS ALWAYS THE SAME.

CFrorn the Chicago Chronicle.1
Although many jewelers. advertise
something new in rings" the fact re-
mains that they are but slight variations
of the styles in vogue at the time Moses
piloted the children of Israel out of the
bondage of Egypt. Rings are alluded to
in the Bible, in the books of Genesis and
Exodus. They have been found among
the relics of prehistoric races, the stone
age the bronze age and the age of the
mound builders. Herodotus mentions that
the Baby1onians wore them, and from
Asia they probably were introduced into
Greece.
The rings worn in early times were not
purely ornamental, but had their Signifi-
canoe as signet rings. A kings messen-
ger delivering message and exhibiting
the kings signet as authority was obeyed
implicitly. The Romans had a marriage
ring of iron with a jewel of adamant. sig
nifying eternity. and constancy- History
mentions magic ring possessed by King
Solomon of which the Jews and MOham-
medans have abundant traditions. 1t was
by means of this ring as a talisman of
wisdom and power that Solomon was en-
abled to perform these wonderful acts and
accomplish those vast enterprises that
have made his name, so celebrated as
the wisest monarch of the earth.
The later Romans wore pro-
fusion of rings, and the more effemin-
ate had rings for summer and winter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
WALLS OF FIRE.
Annual COnfiagratiOn In Colo
RADIO Forests
Breaks Out In Plain Sight of
Denver.
CANON OF THE PLATTE
Miles of Valuable Timber Al
ready Destroyed.
Laramie Peak Country Is Also
AblaZe.
]ANON OF THE PLATTE

Denver. Col, Aug. 2s.-Forest fires
which it is thought were started from
campfires, are raging on the foothills
near the entrance to Platte canon, about
twenty miles south of here. The fires
started five miles up the canon and
burned over the mountains on both
sides of the canon and are now devas-
tating the timber section along the
foothills. There are a number of
ranches in this vicinity and several of
them have been slightly damaged by
the fires. At one time they were threat
ened with destruction. The town of
Deer Greek was also in danger, but the
wind changed it's course and drove the
flames back into the hills. The fires are
burning fiercely and the wind being
slight are gradually creeping down
toward Deer Creek again. The fires
illuminate the sky and are plainly Wis
ible from the outskirts of Denver. Mil
lions of feet of timber nave been con-
sumed and the loss from this source
will be considerable There are reports
of loss of life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
M'KINLEY NOT TO BLAME.
Senator Spooner on the Situation In
the Philippines.

Washington, Aug Ex-senator Spoon
er left this morning for home. Before
leaving, in conversing on the expansion
policy, he said:
$50 far as the situation in the Philip
pines and the annexation of these is
lands is concerned, the president is not
responsible for it, as is claimed. When
Dewey asked for trOopsto reduce Manila
the whole country wanted them sent at
once, and even severely criticised the
president because they could not be
shipped Immediately. Not a voice was
then heard against sending these
troops; no one seemed to fOresee that
such occupation as that then contem-
plated must necessarily mean more
than the simple reduction of Manila.
Our troops could not sail away after
the city had been taken, and nobody
asked that they should, because it
transpired that the foreigners and even
the citizens there needed our protec-
ton. There has been no time since
when we could have Withdrawn from
the islands, and all that remains now
is to fight the Filipinos to submission
as quickly as possible, and then it will
be the duty of congress to provide for
their government You know 1 am not
an expansionist, but believe the ques-
ton, though serious, Will be solved
satisfactorily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28

articles of dress which an unfavored
two yearer' may look and long for
but no more. It is the exclusive privi-
lege of three yearers'' to walk in the
road, or to carry folded umbrellas. Only
Harrovians who have seen their third
summer at the school may open their
blue cricket coat, Familiarity known as
the "blue-er," when they wear it on
half-hOliday afternoons. It is consider
ed side" for a on-three-yearer" to
enter another boys house, except on
special business in the masters study.
A ''sidy chap" is universally deteSted,
and every chance is seized to take
him down a peg" A "sidy chap" is one
who sides but has no right to do so,
being neither a three yearer," nor a
cap or ''fez." But when q boy bios
SONS out into '4chokers" and tie pins
by virtue Of having been at Harrow
for three years or athletic excellence,
it is no longer considered side" but as
his due. Lastly, if a boy change his
school house before he becomes a'three
yearer,'' he has to begin his three years
all over gain, starting from the time he
enters the new house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
CONVICT HIDES DIAMONDS
Then, In a Fit of Remorse, He Turns
Over the Gems.

Richmond, Va, Aug. ga thief in
the Virginia penitentiary has outwitted
the whole force and for a year man
aged to secrete about his person stolen
diamonds. The prisoner is Joseph H.
H. Hartmann, who is serving a term
of eighteen months in that institution
for stealing four valuable gems from
the jewelry firm of Buchanan & Son, OF
this city.
What astounds the officials of the
state prison as well as the police here
is how Hartmann managed to conceal
the diamonds through the rigid search
all prisoners have to undergo upon en-
tering the penitentiary. Not only are
they required to be stripped and their
whole body examined for Identification
marks, but every garment is taken
from them. Hartmann was also search
ed upon his arrest by the police. Hart
mann declines to tell how he secreted
the diamonds. The discovery of Blu
chanan's diamonds is due entirely to
fit of remOrse which seems to have
come over Hartmann. He sent for one
of the officials and informed him if the
owner of the diamonds would visit the
prison he would deliver his property.
This was done and the convict turned
over the gems.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
GREAT LOSS OF COTTON.
Gloomy State of Affairs in the Fields
of Texas.

Houston, Tex, Aug. 2S-The crop re-
ports show a very bad state of affairs
in the cotton fields of Texas. caused by
the heavy rains in the spring and early
summer. followed by the long drouth of
July and August. Insects have also
done much toward cutting down the
yield.
The reports from the flood districts
are to the effect that the bottom crops
replanted are a total failure, and that
the prairie crop has been damaged as
badly as elsewhere, in consequence of
which the crop will be very short in
those countries, which are among the
heavy producers. The loss by flood has
+ been placed at 277, 900 bales by the gov
eminent agent who recently made a
tour of that section, with the especial
object of ascertaining the loss. Other
reports placed the loss at 225, 900 bales.
The Texas crop for 1S98-99 was about
$40, 900 bales, leaving the Indian Territory
out of the account. The loss by flood
will reduce this by 100000 or 70 per
cent. Shedding, prematurity and in
sects (and the reduction in acreage
noted in former reports), will further
reduce it probably 10 per cent. This is
based on the condition as it now ex-
lists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
QUEER RULES AT HARROW.

IF'ron the London News.1
ga Harrow Boy communicates to
the July number of 1.-THE Captain some
curious rules laid down by Harrow
boys, and more punctiliously enforced
and kept, it is said, than many institu-
ted by the headmaster himself. There
are two distinct classes of Harrovians,
i. e., those who have been in the school
three years, and those who have not.
Wearers of cricket caps, or football
"fezzes," for their house elevens are
exempt from rules altogether. A three
yearer'' may generally be recognized
by his standup collar and his tie pin,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
AT A COUNTY FAIR
A Youth of Perhaps 21 Years Marries
a Widow of 81.

Shepherdsville, Ky, Aug. 2S.-There
was an attraction today at the county
fair, which is now in progress here,
which was not upon the programme. It
was the marriage from the judges
stand of Mrs G. w. Clarke, a wealthy
widow of this county and P. T. Smith,
a mere youth, of this place.
The affair caused a sensation
throughout the community, and it was
feared that trouble would result from
it, as both the son of the bride and the
parents of the bridegroom objected to
the match.
Young Clarke went so far as to
threaten the life of his prospective
stepfather, who is only 81 years of age.
and three years the junior of Clarke.
The bride is 81 years old, and told her
youthful lover not to be bulldOzed, and,
despite the determined opposition, the
couple was united in the bonds of mat
rimony before a great crowd of people,
the ceremony being performed by the
pastor of the Baptist church of Shep-
herdsvilIe.
Mrs. Clarke and Mr.. Smith arranged
that their wedding should take place
in this public way because they said
that they wanted all the world to know
of their great devotion to each other.
While the minister was saying the
solemn words which made them hus-
solutely oblivious to all the gossiping
and giggling that was going on around
them. Young Clarke was in a rage and
would have interrupted the wedding,
but his mother had warned him be-
forehand and he did not interfere.
Mrs. Clarke and her husband never
saw each other before last Monday,
when they met at the fair. 1t was OBJ
served that they were together nearly
all of the time after that and many
persons supposed the young man was
the son of the old lady. Those who
knew both were astOunded when on
Thursday it was said about Shepherds
vile that Mrs Clarke and Smith were
going to be married at once. Many per-
sons who know the lady and the young
man refused to believe it, until they
saw them in the judges stand at the
fair grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith claim that their
cOurtship was short because the case
was one of love at first sight and that
neither was willing to wait. The bride
groom is a member of a prominent Bull
lit county family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
BILLY BRADY RETURNS.
Says Boxing Game Is Dead In Eng
land Jeffries Doing Well

New York, Aug 28.-W. H. Brady,
manager of Jim JeffrieS, who went to
England a few months ago for the pur-
pose OF having his big champion box
Charley Mitchell and also sign all the
best boxers over there to fight at the
COney Island Sporting club, was a pas
senger on the the steamship Britannia
When asked if he had brought any
fighters over with him, Brady said:
mo, but I have secured every good
fighter in England to box at the Coney
Island club this winter. I have Dick
Burge, Will Curley, Ben Jordan, Frank
Craig, the Coffee Cooler Harry Ware
and a heavy weight named Arthur
Morris, who made a very clever show
ing with Jeffries in a fOur-rOund bout"
rs 1t true that you have organized
a. boxing club in England for the pur-
pose of pulling off shows over there?"
Yes; I am connected with a syndi-
cate which has a backing of $1,000, 600,
and which is made up OF some of the
most influential men in England. We
have secured a site for a building
which will hold 10000 persons, and when
left England they had started build
ing the club house,
How is the boxing game in England
at the present time? a
THE sport is dead over there and
the English boxers are going to come
to America"
What about the Mitchell
fght?'
THAT has fallen through, as we could
not secure q DulId1ng TO hold the hight
Brady said Jeffries has made a great
hit in England, and that he has taken
on 10 pounds, and is making plenty of
money boxing at the music halls.
When will Jeffries return to this
country2'
He leaves the other side on septem-
Der IA, accompanied by Curley. and pos
sibly Dick Burge and Charley Mitchell,
and the day after he arrives here he
will go to Asbury Park, where he will
begin training for his fight with Shar-
key, which takes place October 23.''
Brady said that Craig sails from
England today, and Ben Jordan starts
on December J.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
GOOD LUCK TO JOHN L.
A Pathetic Incident In Connection
With His Saloon Opening.

-
With His Saloon Opening.
New York, Aug. 2s.-John L. Sullivan
opened his liquor emporium the other
day. and there was a big crowd called
and made the opening a success.
Sulnvan's saloon is gorgeously decor
ated with oil paintings, mirrors and
frescoes and brilliantly Illuminated
with incandescent lights. The oval
mirror back of the mahogany bar is %
feet long and five feet high, says Sam
Austin
In the hear of the cafe is a small gar
den with portable canopy.
It was in the small garden just re-
ferred to that John L. held his recep-
ton. He appeared in all the glory Of
smiles and he looked the picture of hap
piness. The crowd was even larger
than during the day, and in addition to
the friends who came in person he re
ceiVed many letters and kilograms OF
cOngratulatiOn-
Just one incident in connection with
the opening. On the day following,
Jimmy Wakely, one of his former
hackers, called with a party of friends.
John and Jimmy" have not been on
the best terms of friendly intimacy for
a long time, but Jimmy thought 1t
was the real thing" TO do, and called
tC pay his respects. John was not IN
at the moment. which ELECTED from
Wakely a sincere expression of regret.
He stepped to the cigar counter.
Give us the four best cigars in the
case" he demanded.
The attendant set out a box of foil
enwrapped Havana perfectOs.
Twenty live cents apiece" he muir
INJURED.
''Take a cigar, boys" politely said
Wakely.
His three friends did so. Then Wake
ly chose one for himself.
AS he did so he laid crisp, new 500
bill on the case.
Ring that up on the register" he
commanded, "and tell John when he
comes back that Jimmy Wakely called
to wish him all sorts of good luck"
Did John L. accept the olive branch?
Tears came into his eyes when he ex-
amined that cash register and received
Makely,s MESSAGE from the clerk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
@. A. R. Excursion Rates

On September l. and the Santa Fe
Route will sell round-trip tickets to
Philadelphia and return for S30.55. Linz
tied to leave Philadelphia September
II, with provision for extension of limit
to September 30. For small extra charge
tickets will be good for stopover and
for return to Chicago via different
route.
Low rates for side rides from Phila-
delphia will be made, affording IN
equaled chance to visit New York, the
Virginia battlefelds, Richmond, etc, at
slight cost. The Santa Fe will run q
special train from Kansas points to
Philadelphia without change. For par
ticulars apply to T. L King, agent. To-
peka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
SOCIETY WOMAN'S OFFENSE
Miss Vining Exposed Liquor For Sale
Without License.

Boston, Mass, Aug 2S-Niss F1oretta
Vining, the well known society and
club woman and a member of the New
York Sorosis, was today found guilty
of keeping liquor and exposing it for
sale without license at .'Vining Villa, +"
the fashionable Hull boarding house.
The conviction has created a tremend-
Gus sensation in society here. Miss
Vining was fined s65. She appealed and
was held in $500 bail for her appear
ance in September. She promptly fur
nished bonds.
In pronouncing sentence. the court
said that there could be no escape for
the defendant. She admitted in her
own testimony that she purchased beer
for one of her bOarderS without the
purchase money being advanced to her,
and that the beer was charged to her
by the firm from whom she purchased
it.
MANY a poor expressman has been
convicted on less testimony than this"
said the court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
TEXANS FIGHT A DUEL.
Populist Politician and Democratic
Editor Both Wounded.

Waco. Tex, Aug. 2s.-A duel was
fought at Bruceville, twenty miles
south of here, Saturday night by DR..
G. B. Harris. chairman Of the McLen-
nan county Populist executive commit
tee and Prof J. B. O'Bryan, editor of
the Bruceyille Democrat The com
batants used pistols and both were
wounded. Harris is the more seriously
injured, but his wounds are not con
sidered fatal O'Bryan's wounds were
very slight, the skin being clipped in
two places. The shooting caused intense
excitement, owing to the prominence
of the parties. Politics had nothing to
do with the difficulty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Much Timber In the Laramie Peak
Country Is Being Destroyed.

Cheyenne, Wyo, Aug. 2S.-Immense
forest fires are raging about Laramie
peak, in the northern part of Laramie
county. The fires have been burning
for the past ten days and have destroy
The fires have been reported to Spe-
cial Agent Abbott, who will at once
make an effort to have them extinguish-
ed although it is feared that they have
obtained such Roadway that this will
be impossible unless the region is visit
ed by rain.
The Laramie peak district suffered
greatly last year from forest fires, much
valuable timber being destroyed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
DEAL IN PINE LAND.
Large Tract of $4,000 Acres Is Sold
to Lumber Companies.

Choate Lumber company and Gilbert
w. Roe have sold a tract of Georgia
pine land comprising %. 900 acres to
three lumber companies in Georgia for
the sum of 100000 The purchasers
were the ]. P. Lumber company of
Savannah, Ca; Single Brothers Lum-
Der company of Bainbridge, Ca, and
the J. W. Callahan Lumber company
of BlakeIy, Ga. The tract of land sold
is located in the southwestern part of
Georgia close to the Alabama line.
In area it is forty square miles and
contains in the neighborhood of 1OO 0O0,-
900 feet of southern pine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
NOBODY ASKED HIM.
Gov. Roosevelt Replies to Friend on
the Wee Presidency.

Westchester. Pa, Aug. 2S.-A few
days ago William S. 'Windle, the law
partner of Congressman Thomas S.
Butler and the son-in-law of ex-United
States District Judge William Butler,
addressed a letter to his old friend,
Gov. Roosevelt, of New York, in which
he referred to the efforts of several
newspapers in booming the governor
for vice president, and advised him not
to give the proposition of becoming
President McKinley's running mate
consideration at this time, with the
office of president itself in sight-if
not in 1900, a few years later. The fol-
lowing significant reply was received
from Gov. Roosevelt this morning:
Oyster Bay, Aug. %, 1S99-Dear Win
die: Nobody asked me to, sir, she
said Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEXELT.,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
PROFIT IN TOMATOES.
Indiana Farmers Making as Much as
$50 an Acre.

Wabash, Ind, Aug. 2s.-Tomato
growers in this county are making
large profits on their crop, which this
year is large and of good quality. The
yield is running from $50 to SIS per
acre and canning company agents have
made numerous offers of $50 per acre
as it stands.
The growers have refused this sum
believing they can make more. Each
grower has about ten acres in the veg
etable and as tomato culture is paying
better than grain the acreage will be
largely increased next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
RUMORED ENGAGEMENT.
Reported That Cissy LOTUS Is to Wed
Herbert s. Stone.

Chicago, Aug. est is reported that
Cissy Lotus is to marry Herbert s.
Stone, the Chicago publisher and son of
Melville E. Stone In regard to the re-
ported engagement, Manager Murdoch
said:
THE Stones have long been num-
bered among Miss LOTUS best friends.
During her recent engagement here Mr.
Stone was at the entertainments often,
but it was always with a party of
friends, and Miss Lotus was often in
vited to dine with them. She visited
the Stones while she was in town"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
FITZ. AT SPRINGS.
He Is Preparing For a Prospective
Fight With "Kid" Mccoy.

Mount Clemens, Mich, Aug. 2S.-Rob-
ert Fitzsimmons, until a short time ago
the champion fighter of the world, ar
rived here today and will undergo a
course of the baths and treatment. He
looks exceptionally well and says he is
as strong as ever. He denies that he
will not enter the ring again and says
he has no intention Of going into the
saloon business in opposition to Cor
bett and Sullivan in New York.
He does not say when he will fight,
but is willing to listen to any reason
able offer of a match. He hints that
the Mccoy match may be made at an
early date.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
THE FAVORITE WON.
Chacornac Took the Futurity and
$4,000 at Sheepshead Bay.

New Yorw. Aug. 2S-Chacornac, owned by
James R. Keene, won the Futurity race
at Sheepshead Bay in the fast time of
1:IO 2-5. J. J. Hilander's Brigadfer was sec
ond and Bromley & CO.. Windmere third.
It was the twelfth running of the rich
that the Keene colors have been in front.
The Futurity was worth nearly $42,0e0: 1t
gether the most satisfactory Futurity
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-28
A WHOOPING COUGH PARTY

lFrom the Chicago Chronicle.1
There have been kissing bugs and Hob
son parties in Peoria recently but the first
whooping cough party in this vicinity was
given by Miss Luthy, the fourteen5year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c.. Milton
Luthy, at their home No. 914 Sanford
street. For ten days Miss Luthy has suf-
fered with the Whooping cough and all of
her companions were similarly afflicted
Yesterday Miss Luthy invited seventeen
of them to her home, and, though all were
whooping, they had a splendid time The
menu for dinner included daintieS for
cOnval eScentS.