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HER CELEBRATION PROLONGED.
Miss Dohner Drifts Back to the Alcohol,
Ward After Finding n Fortune.

May Dohner. 80 years old, OF French parent
age. was taken to Bellevue Hospital on July l..
suffering from alcoholism after celebrating her
good fortune in having fallen heir to $4,000
She was discharged on Friday "a cured Yes
ter'lny she walked into tho hospital again the
worse for liquor and announced that she had
returned for more treatment. She was placed
in the alcoholic ward
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Waterman Dead on His Cot.

David Conway, who for a long time has been
ing not now occupied was found dead on his
cot there yesterday. The policeman on post
thor" had seen him on Saturday evening.
When he did not appear Yesterday search was
mad" tor him He was about 30 years old.
The police were told hat he lived in Brooklyn,
hut cOMld llMn out MOthinE further Abnut him.
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Tracy W. Titus. who was severely injured by
falling from a third-story window Of his homo
in North Stephen street, Bcllevillc. y. j.. last
Saturday afternoon. is not dead as was re-
ported. He In at st, BarnRhas's Hospital. New
ark His injuries consist Of painful coutusions
on tho SIDE and back. No bones were broken
aud he will recover.
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SLAVES TO MORPHINE AND LIQUOR.

Druggist Tried tho Drug from CuriOsity-
Nurse slipped with His Patients.
Leonard Shaw. who said that he had been
druggist In London for twelve years. applied at
Bellevue Hospital last night for treatment for
the morphine habit. He said he had first ac-
quired the habit through curiosity. Having
frequently epen the marvellous change the
drug would cause in habtunl users. he tried It
himself to see II it would affect him in the same
way. The physicians say he will recover.
Thomas Andrews Of l25 Bowory walked into
Bellevue last night and asked to be placed in
the alcoholic ward. Andrews said he was n
trained nurse. and that he first drank liquor to
excess by taking some when he served It to pa
tients he was nursing.
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cor ryDEn d, CAR FoR SniLrEn.
Drill Engine Moved 1t and Killed Ono Man
Another Mnn's Leg Out OF.

During the heavy thunderstorm on Saturday
night BoGos KaunfaIiaE, a J"Wcllcr. OF II |
Walnut street. and lousof koouchey and
Mugurdich OskrrGian OF 523 Shipper streer.
West H0hokeu natives of Armenia were re-
turn.ug from tho docks in Wcehawken. where
they had been fishing. OskergIan was accom-
panied by his 7-year-old son. They found
shelter from the storm under an empty freight
car attached To a tram in the West Shore Rail-
road yards. While they wee sitting under tho
car drill engine backed INTO tho train and
moved il, killing karRnlalidn outright and
cutting of kUolachley's right leg. OskcrGian
and his son escaped without injury, koIlach-
ley was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in this city.
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Found Drowned In the North River.

David Tanning Of 53+ West Twenty seventh
street found the body of man about 25 years
old in tho North River. of Twenty-seycnth
street. yesterday In a pocket OF the coat were
two pawn tickets and a latter addressed to
Joseph NJ. Carey at 23S West Thirty-sccond
street. At that address the police were in
formed that no such person was known there
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likely to Call the Rev. !. IL. EaL,n..

The Rev. ]. b. Eakins preached at Grace
Presbyterian Church. on Stuyvesant avenue.
Brooklyn. last night. He preached there six
weeks ago. and his sermon last night was by
request OF the trustees, After the service one
probably be called as pastor to succeed the
Kew. W. II. Hudnut. Mr.. Eakins was horn 80
years ago in killala. county Mayo. Ireland
He was graduated from Magee College. Lon
donderry. Ireland, in 1897, and from the
Princeton Theological Seminary last month.
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Read TuE SUS than any o her paper published. For
this reason you will realize quicker response
throUEh RlNeItiElng in Its columns than through
any other medium, II ypu ,oudrct q desirable
summer resort remember this.-Adv,
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The Weather.

The OF low pressure which carried with It the
heavy rain OF Saturday night WAS moving slowly
northeAstwArd Yesterday over tho New England
States and Canada Heavy rain fell in those districts
Tho high pressure following the storm forced
cooler weather into the middle Atlantic States with
brisk westerly winds, There was some cloudness
with showers in the south Atlantic States and in the
Northwest In about all other districts the weather
was fair
Tho temperature was rising rapidly west OF tho
Mississippi River. where the pressure was low.
There was no warm wave. however, and moderate
temperature with fair weather is to be expected to-
day and Tuesday in this section.
In this city yesterday 1t was generally fair, Al
though threatening at times with sprinkle OF rain
in the afternoon. wind westerly, average velocity
eighteen miles an hour; average humidity 81 per
cent barometer corrected to read to sea level at
A. N. 2pS4. 3 p. NJ 21,Sl
The temperature recorded by the oflcial thor.
mometer and also bv THE SUNS Thermometer At the
street level is shown in the annexed table,
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Hugh Bonner. formerly Fire Chief. ia Roino
into a hydrant manufacturing company WITH
Col. Gear the patentee OF a hydrant and. il IN
said. will be President OF the company
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-10

Bexin now. and learn what other leading summer
resort advertisers have discovered through adverts
ing In Tux Sun. The result desirable well-pAying
eAsntAge,-AdG
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WANHINWIVN FVNhVAbI FVN hUNDAl'
For Nrp Hdn,pShrr. Vermont. Mdssd -huS,ttS, Rhode
Island Connecticut and EASTERN y,ro York fair today
aud Tuesday; brisk to high northwest urnds, dmin.
ishinp.
For the District Of Columbia. eastern Pennsyl.
vAnia Now Jersey. Delaware. Maryland and Virgins
fair to-day and Tuesday.
For western New York and western PennsylyaniA.
fair and warmer 10 day fair Tuesday light south.
west winds,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
RATTLESNAKES AS FOOD.
Family of Georgia Negroes Prefers
Such Reptiles to 'POssum and
Potatoes

Americas, Ga, March 23.-Moses Hen
dersOn is a prosperous and very intelli-
gent colored farmer living two miles
from Americas, and his epicurean tastes
would put to shame that of his blacklist
ancestor in darkest Africa, both in point
of style and variety. For Farmer Hen
dersOn and his family are snake eaters
of the most pronounced variety. They
regard a large, fat rattlesnake as the
greatest delicacy prOcurable, and thou
sands of diamOnd-backed rattlers have
gone to grace the festal board of the
Hendersons and many others will meet
the same fate as soon as the snake sea-
son opens and the big fellows crawl out
from their winter quarters.
Rattlesnakes are very numerous in
this section and grow to great size, fire.
quently attaining the length of seven
feet. Such a snake, when dressed, will
weigh 80 to 40 pounds; the meat is
white, and, according to the opinion of
Moses Henderson, is sweet and juicy.
He catches them alive and if the snakes
are not fat and in prime condition he
weight and plumpness have been at
tanned. He has a pen especially con-
structed for keeping the snakes until
they are ready to be eaten.
Henderson says he has been eating
rattlesnakes all his life, and that his
parents and grandparents ate
them before him. He will not touch any
other species Of snake, but prefers a
fried RATHER to a savory dish of pos
sum and potatoes.
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KANSAS NEWS.
COffeyVilIe Man Has Too Many
Wives.
Joseph Likes Is Arrested,
Charged With Bigamy.
ROBBED ONE SPOUSE
After ChlorOfOrming Her and
Disappeared.
Faith of Mrs. Likes No. /. Re-
mains mistaken.

Coffeyville, March 23.-Joseph Likes,
a man of probably 40 years of age, was
taken to Erie Tuesday by Sheriff
Prange of Neosho county to answer to
the charge of bigamy. Likes, 1t is said.
has been living double life, and if this
be true, he will probably have to go to
the penitentiary as a result OF his
crime
Likes came into CoffeyvilIe on Octo-
Der 4, 1897. He stayed around Coffeyv1lle
for some time and met one Mrs. Church
town, who owned a farm near Tyro.
They fell in love with each other and
were quickly married. Then, as the
story runs, they went to live on the
farm near Tyro and Mrs. Churchtown,
then Mrs. Likes, rented out her little
house in East Sixth street, this city.
On March %, 1898, Likes came to COT
feyville to collect the rent on the house
and diSappeared-no one, 1T seemed,
knew what became of him.
Likes went to NeOsho county, near
Erie, and remarked, marrying woman
named Mrs. Trent. There his b1gamY
was discovered and he disappeared. Be
fore leaving, he chloroformed his wife
and took all the money in the house
and then broke for the Indian Territory.
A reward was offered for his arrest
Sunday evening Likes was seen In
the Santa F'e yards in Coffeyv1lle and
was Immediately apprehended and ar
rested by w. o. Mcintosh. Sheriff
Prange of Erie was sent for and arrived
Monday evening. He returned to Erie
Tuesday with his prisoner and the
charge of bigamy has been lodged
against Likes.
Mrs Churchtown now lives in her
house in East Sixth street and came
down to the Katy train Tuesday morn
ing to bid Likes goodbye. She was
dressed in deep mourning and cried pit
fully when the train pulled out. Her
faith in Likes seems to be unShaken
and every one who witnessed her grief
sympathized with her in her sorrow.
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ALL SETTLED.
Santa Fe Raises Operators
Salaries Where Work Has
Increased.

General Manager Frey and General
superintendent Nudge of the Santa Fe
returned to this city this afternoon from
Chicago where they have been in con-
ference with the grievance committee
of the o. r. T. for the past week. The
controversy between the operators and
the company has been satisfactorily set
tied and there will be no trouble.
The officials agreed to increases in the
salaries of operators at stations where
it was shown work had increased since
the present schedule went into effect
in 1892 The grievance committee, on
the other hand, consented to the cutting
of the salaries of operators at points
where business has materially decreased.
The additional expenses to the company
by reason of the increase in salaries
will not be great.
The grievance committee finally con-
scented to withdraw entirely the demand
for an increase in the minimum salary
from $45 to $55 per month, and the min
imum salary of Santa F'e operators will
remain at $45.
The members of the grievance COM
mittee also returned this afternoon, and
again tomorrow. The list of stations
on the eastern, middle and southern
Kansas divisions are still to be gone
over and the salaries revised a revis-
ion of the salaries of all operators on
the other divisions of the road has al
ready been made.
Santa Fe operators will hereafter
work under the regulations of the
schedule of 1899.
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POLITICIANS AT WORK
Organizing the Republican Party In
Porto Rico.

San Juan de Porto Rico, March "a
The leaders of the radical party have
decided to organize a Republican party
in Porto Rico with a thoroughly Amer
lean platform. They will endeavor to
unite all factions. The platform will be
submitted at a meeting to be held to-
morrow and it will endorse the policy
of President Mckinley, will pledge fidel-
ity to the American flag, hail the pros
poets of annexation to the United
States, express the belief that the Porto
Rico courts can be trusted with the civ
ii government of the island, but will de-
clare a Willingness to await the action
of congress.
The platform will also favor free suf-
frage, public schools, reform in taxa
ton, free trade with the United States,
the establishment of a gold basis for
the currency. the American system for
the Judiciary and will pledge the party
to lend every effort towards civilization
and to teach the inhabitants to become
loyal to the United States.
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CRUDE FISHING METHODS.
[From the Washington Start

FROM the w
The methods employed by the Porto
Rican fishermen in catching fish are
very primitive. Most all of the fishes
are caught in rather crude traps, which
are anchored on the banks of the wa
tiers frequented by the fish to be trap
ped. Ordinarily they are not baited.
Some little line fishing is done, but it
is unimportant. Very few of the fish
of this lack of modern fishing boat
equipment. the fishes that are caught
have to be marketed the same day, and,
as ice is luxury there, the fish have
to be eaten the same day.
Very little, if anything, IS done in
Porto Rico in the way of curing fish, or
preparing them to be saved for future
sale or consumption. A few fishermen
come over from the British islands of
Tortola and Culibra to fish in Porto
Rican waters, and they sometimes corn
their catch in very crude way, and the
fish which is thus temporarily preserved
is marketed at Santa Cruz.
One popularity observed in Porto
Rico is the scarcity of the shoal fish
species. Porto Rico is entirely sur
rounded by very deep water and the
great depths are often quite close to the
shore. This absence of shoal water has
ats influence in determining the charac-
ter of fish fauna by making it impossl-
BILE for many of the ordinary littoraI
species to maintain themselves The
same is true regarding the crustaceans,
the mollusks and such species as are
found about the island. The most
abundant species are those made for
holding on" as otherwise the heavy
surf which is constantly rolling would
wash them entirely away"
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PLENTY OF MONEY
Behind the New Rival of the Bell
Telephone Company.

Chicago, March 23.-It is announced
today by w. T. Blaine, president of the
Victor Telephone Manufacturing COM
pany, who is the chief promoter of the
new telephone combination which is to
become the opponent of the Bell COM
pany that the new company controls
twenty independent telephone manufac
turing companies and that the union of
the various interests was practically
complete. Mr.. Blaine said that two of
the best known financial institutions in
the country were back of the movement
and that the principals were able to
carry out the extensive plans of the or
ganization.
The new company was organized for
the purpose of supplying telephone APP
paratus, doing construction work and
entering the various branches of the
service.
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sA1vAr1oN1sr IN POLITICS.
Women Are Supporting James w
Tapp for Mayor of Wichita

Wichita, March 23.-James w. Tapp,
the Salvation Army leader who is a
candidate for mayor of Wichita, and
who promises many reforms If elected,
is making a hard campaign against his
Republican opponent.
Tapp has secured the services of the
Salvation Army, which is making
house-to-house canvass in the interest
of their leader. One of the band has
composed a song praising Tapp ana SO
Letting votes. This will be sung as the
army marches down the street nightly.
The women are expected to elect
Tapp. Three thousand have registered
and nearly every one promises to sup
port him.
This is one of the hottest campaigns
Wichita has ever experienced. Many
women are on the streets buttonholtng
men and women, soliciting votes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
LAND A WHALE.
Finback.. Monster of the Deep Found
Off Long Island.

Mantauk L. l., March 23-Capt. w.
p. Parsons of the Hither Plains life
saving station and his crew captured u
finback whale yesterday afternoon. The
whale lies close to their station, on the
dreariest portion of the coast, and the
men hope to realize a nice little addition
to their pay. The capture was effected
easily, for the whale was dead. 1t is
fifty-eight feet long, and from tip to tip
the tail measures fifteen feet. This is be
lieved to be the largest finback whale
ever landed on the Long Island coast.
Occasionally a whale is sighted off
East Hampton or Amagansett and the
old whalers have occasionally captured
one. F1nbacks always stay in deep
water. The whale caught yesterday
had not been dead long and his flesh is
solid and firm. So far as can be seen
there is no wound on his body. although
the life savers think he was in collision
with an ocean liner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
PROSPERITY IS GENERAL
IFrom the Tacoma Ledger.l

lFTom the Tacoma Ledger.
The general advance in wages is an
evidence that prosperity has become
general instead OF being confined to GER
tain classes. It may be that the work.
ingmen of the country are in no better
condition than they were in former
years. so far as wages are concerned,
for the advance in the cost of living
may have been equal to the advance in
wages. Still, they are in much better
condition in other ways. Where two
years ago hundreds OF thousands Of
workingmen were idle. they are now
employed. and their wages have kept
pace with the increased cost of living
This IS evidence OF general prosperity,
for the advance in nearly all commodi-
ties has benefited the producers, es-
peeiaIly the great mass of American
producers, the farmers.
If this increased cost. of living had
not been followed by an advance in
wages. prosperity would have been one
sided and oppressive to the working
man. As 1t is, all are now prospecting
together and in like degree.
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THREE TICKETS OUT.
"Wet," "Dry" and "Republican" Will
Make Spirited Great Bend
CAMPAIGN.

Great Bend, March pa mass city
convention was held in the court house
by the element in city politics known as
the head of Loyal" The following can
didates were nominated: Mayor, C. A.
SWartz; clerk, w. Woodward; police
Judge, o. A. Smith; marshal, F. Jordan;
street commissioner, J. L. Roberts; city
attorney, VIM. Osmond; city treasurer,
Louis Zutavern; treasurer of the school
board, G.. L. Chapman; justices, J. H.
Jennison and Jno. Moffatt; constables,
w. P. Cone and Ben Dale; councilmen,
w. Jones, H. J. Smith, Geo. Kincaid and
one ward left blank; school board. Mrs.
+. Seeber, DR.. D. G.. Gibbons, o. w.
Dawson and E. P. Smith. Caucuses will
be held this evening for the selection of
delegates to citizens convention,
which will be held tomorrow night, after
which one of the hottest three-cornered
very much In the air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
M'CARTHYS ARE OUT.
Cissie Lotus and Her Husband, It Is
Reported, Will Not Live To-
gether Again.

New York, March 23.-An intimate
friend of Justus Huntley Mccarthy and
his wife, Cisse Lotus, made the state
ment that the two had separated and
were not likely to live together again.
If divorce proceedings are begun they
will be carried through in accordance
with a mutual understanding.
1t is learned that arrangements have
been completed whereby Cissie LOTUS
Sam Bernard and May Robson would
be placed at the head of a company
next year under the management of
William Rich, of Rich & Harris.
What the play will be has not yet
been definitely decided. Several come
dies are under consideration.
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Pensions For Kansans.

Washington, March Extensions have
been granted follows:
Original-Herman F. Mons, National
Military Home, Leavenworth, IS; Will
liam A. Carson, Pittsburg, Sc.
Restoration and supplemental-Otto
Weber, dead, Ruble, 81.
Increase-Geo. w. Blackwell, Liberty,
$14 to $17; Patrick King, Reading, IS to
SO; Loren G. Hyllested, Kinsley, Sc to
So; ThOs. Walker, Vera, Sc to So; Lind
say T. Henderson, Cloverdale, Sc to So.
Reissue and increaSe-Robert H.BlSh-
op, Mankato, Sc to IS.
Original widows, etc.-Sarah A Blunt,
Osawatomie. IS; Augusta Weber, Ruble,
So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
ENTOMBED 13 DAYS.
Bon Air Miners Are Finally Rescued
at Cost Of 49, 900.

Leadville, Col, March 23.-At II
O'Clock last night the line pumpmen
Charles ReusS and Burt Frey, whe were
imprisoned in the Bon Air mine thirteen
days ago, were reached by the rescuers
and restored to their friends. They show
little effects of their experience. They
were on the 430-foot level when a cave
near the top of the shaft cut them off
from the outer world. Fortunately the
big water pipe was not broken by the
cave and by blowing a hole in it with
municate with their friends, who kept
them supplied with food while a new
shaft over 200 feet was sunk. The cost
of rescuing the men has been over
So 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23

The Sisters of Saint Francis, Clinton,
Iowa. write under the date of January
81 1898: About six months ago a very
reverend clergyman Recommended
Regan's Rheumatism Remedy to US as
one of our sisters was a severe sufferer
from rheumatism of over three years
durat ton. After she had used one bot
lie of the remedy we are pleased to say
she was entirely cured. We therefore
cheerfully recommend this wonderful
remedy to all similarly afflicted and
heartily wish it the unlimited success
it so richly deserves. 81 per bottle. Sold
by Swift & Holiday Drug Co., w. H.
Wilson Arnold Drug Co.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
BLACK DIAMOND ROUTE.
Franchise to Be Sold to English
Capitalists.

Cincinnati, March pa meeting of
the American stockholders of the pro-
posed Black Diamond route, a railroad
to run from Ohio to Port Royal, S. c.
was held here today for the purpose of
completing the sale to English capital
lists Mr.. w. p. Dickinson of Washing
ton was authorized to transfer the fran
chises and rights to the British finan-
ciers. Mr.. Dickinson will leave for Eng
land in a few days. 1t is expected that
the construction will begin in a few
months. The first portion to be built is
that running from Clay, KY, to Port
ROYAL $50 miles.
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ways safe to take the case out of his
hands.
When a preacher delivers his trial
sermon, he never scolds, but after he
has been engaged to take charge, he
begins to scold like a married woman.
- -
1t is said of an Atchison woman that
she will never be IN good health because
she never stays still long enough. When
she gets sick, she runs to the doctors
office as often as she runs to dry goods
stores when she is well.
There was a good deal of Indignation
at the theater last night because a man
murdered his daughter without the
slightest provoeation. 1t should be re-
membered, however. that it was neces-
sary to have this done in order to put
on the three acts which followed.
Before the Household Economic as
ISOLATION in New York recently, Miss
Marguerite Lindley lectured against
kissing, declaring that it was unhealth-
full and unclean. Heavens! The women
are becoming so soulful that they will
talk against putting such nasty things
as potatoes, meat and beans in the
mouth next. And what has kissing to
do with Household Economics? Mar
ried men economize in kissing, without
being advised by a lecturer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-23
Eight Baby Coyotes.

Leon Gels, James Hunter, Fred Shipe
and Adolph Gehr, who were out hunt
ing for ducks, found something that was
tween here and Kingdom Come They
were at the ponds in the Hamilton cat
tie pasture where they found several
ducks But they had hardly got ready
went and off. Leon saw something
moving about beyond the pond: sup
posing that it was more ducks blazed
away at the objects; but no ducks
arose. Going to the place they found
a dead kid coyote with symptoms of
more live ones. They dug and unearth-
ed SeVen.-Salina Journal