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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
WATER WAS TOO COLD.
salina Girl Attempts Suicide by
Jumping In the River.

Selma, Dec. 14-Last night Miss EIba
Fleming made a second attempt to end
her life by drowning. She jumped into
the icy Smoky where the water is said
to be about 20 feet deep. Like her first
attempt, the young woman changed her
mind after becoming immersed in the
water, and swan ashore.
The F'lemfngs live on the east side
near the banks of the Smoky. On No
venber Is the young woman arose after
she had retired for the night and jump
ed into the river. When rescuers came
they found her scrambHng up the bank
satisfied to return to her parental DOM
icile. The family relations at home are
said to be responsible for the girls &C
tons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Allied With Leather Trust.

San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 14-It devel-
Oped today that the big cattle cOnsOlida-
ton which had been engineered by George
B. Loving, Of Fort Worth and which has
a backing of SO, 900 900 is closely Identified
with the so-ca1led leather trust Mr.. Low
ing, the promoter of the consolidation was
in the city yesterday and met L. z.
Ladue of the leather Interests.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
BOUGHT THE EVIDENCE
Smith County TEN. perance Workers
Pay Reward For Joint Convict ons.

ay LNoWaG4 7 OF J OH OU4 N4C1 OLEs
Smith Center, Dec. 1.-THE present term
of the district court has been hard one
for the jointists. The term began with
seven liquor cases on the docket. Three
entered a plea of guilty, another was
convicted as a nuisance count and three
were not located by the sheriff:
The one case in which a conviction was
secured was the hardest fought case of
this character in the history of the coun-
ty. The two complaining witnesses were
subjected to an effort to impeach their
testimony which was in measure sue
ceSSful as the jury diSregarded their
testimony in so far as actual sales of
liquor We're CONCERNED and found the &C
cused guilty of maintaining a nuisance.
1t was shown that these witnesses were
operating under the reward for evidence
scheme which is being SO generally adopt
ed by prohibition workers and it was also
shown by long line of witnesses of repu-
table characters that these witnesses did
not have the best standing in the COM
n1unitY for truth and vera CITY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Automobile Mail COLLECTOR

Cleveland, O., Dec. 1.-THE postoffice
department has authorized a trial of an
automobile mail collection service in GER
tain sections Of the city. It is claimed
that mail can be collected more quickly
and at less expense than under the pres
system
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Memphis Route Holiday Excursions

On December q. p and p the Kansas
City, Fort Scott q Memphis Railroad
company will sell rOund-trip tickets To
points in Florida, Georgia, Alabama.
Mississippi, the Carolinas and the
southeast generally at rate one fare
tickets good thirty days for return
January 1, rOund-trip tickets will be
sold between all local stations Except
where rate is so cents or less) at rate
Of one fare, limited, for return to Jan
uary 2.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
ODD FELLOWS MEETING.
Winfield Preparing For Their District
Session In April

Winfield. Dec 1.-THE Odd Fellows are
already at work preparing for their big
district meeting here next April and
enough has been done to assure a most
pleasant and successful meeting. A meet
ing Of the executive committee was held
this week.
Arrangements were made with Past
liver an address and Camans Military
band was engaged for the occasion 1t
was also decided an inducement for
the various lodges to bring their local
bands to offer entertainment free to all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Coal For Cherrvvale.

Cherryvale, Dec. 1.-THE second gas
well which was drilled in Sycamore
township ten miles west of city, for the
purpose of reaching the coal vein re-
ported to have been found in the gas
well further north, is finished, and the
drill passed through over four feet of
good coal at q danth of 600 feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Forger Booth Pleads Guilty.

Atchison, Dec. 14.-W. H. Booth, who
secured $3.50 from the Exchange National
bank Of AtchisOn on a worthless draft,
and who was arrested in Milwaukee has
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary- Booth is 80
years old, we'll educated and is a south
erner. Booth is believed to be an as
sumed name, he went under the name
of HeminWay at Milwaukee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Roosevelt may or may not have been
responsible for Dewey, but there seems
little room for doubt that he is in a
large measure responsible for Leonard
Wood and Eihu Root. The governor
has developed a wonderful faculty for
selecting the right men and securing
recognition of his selection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Church Dedication at Alma.

Alma, Dec. 14.-Alma's fine new Cath
Ole church is to be dedicated on Tues
day, December 18th, and the service will
attract one Of the largest crowds in
Alma for some time. Right Rev. Bishop
Fink will be here to conduct the ser
vice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
4. U. Glee @ ub TrIn.

Lawrence, Dec. 1.-THE dates for the
holiday trip of the Kansas university glee
club have all been filed and the tour will
include concerts at the following towns:
Burlingame, Marion, Peabody, Newton,
Ell Dorado, Wichita, Winfield, Washing
ton, Cedarva1e, Coffeyville, independence,
Fort Scott, Parsons, Pittsburg. Joplin and
lola The club win start on December q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Academy of Science.

Mcpherson. Dec. 1.-THE thirty-second
annual meeting of the Academy of Science
viii be held in this city December $3.50.
An elaborate programme has been pre-
pared and entertainment will be provided
for visitors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

a new cure for rheumatism has been
discovered in New South Wales. 1t is
called the whale bath. The treatment
consists in depositing the patient in the
body Of a dead whale. Almost invar-
iably the patient is able to climb right
out unassisted Remarkable cures are
reported Perhaps Jonah had rheuma-
tfsrn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

It is not recorded that Dom Paul
said he would win the fight but he did
say that the price of victory to the
British would stagger humanity. HUI
mainly is being staggered every few
DAYS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
Lost Three Fineera.

Smith Center. Dec 14-Ed Cramer,
well known farmer living four miles west
of this place. lost three fingers from his
right hand Monday as the result of the
discharge of a shotgun which he tried to
pull out of his wagon barrel first. His
hand was terribly lacerated and the am
putation of all but the thumb and fore
finger was found necessarX.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

The Peoria Journals doing a good job
of roofing for the British Altar each
BOer victory it announces that the
English are certain to triumph and
make the Dutch pay dearly for whip
ping them so often.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Do not wash your hands and face with common
laundry soap, or if you do, don't complain when you
find them rough, hard and chapped. Ordinary laundry
soaps good for scbbng floors, but not for the skin.
Ivory Soap makes creamy laher that rnSes easily and
takes the dirt with it. The natural oil of the skin
washed with Ivory Soap not removed and the skin is
left soft and smooth.
1T FLOATS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Congress is showing its customary
incapacity for doing more than one
thing at a time. All other business
waits in both branches while house
members make stereotyped speeches on
the currency
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

After all if the African war should
result in the formation of the United
States Of Africa perhaps nobody would
be very sorry, except England and even
to her it might prove a blessing in the
long run
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Tt looks now as though those British
garrisons at Ladysmith and Kimberley
will get very tired waiting for any help
from the outside.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

It is reported that Aguinaldo has
again found il necessary to change the
form of the government over which he
Dresides.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Senator Allen Of Nebraska will get
back to the senate just in time to meet
the house currency bill at the door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Every family should have its house
hold medicine chest-and the first bot
Pine Syrup. Natures remedy for
coughs and colds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

England might as well pick fuss
with some European power now, If only
to give her navy something to do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

If that other was the bIoodiest bat
tie of the century, how viii General
aIethuen describe the more recent af-
fair?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
ALife Prisoner at IA.

Saratoga, n. Y. Dec. 14-Irying Shaw,
Il years of age Of Providence, Saratoga
county, was today convicted of numbering
his playmate Jesse Blanche at Providence
last October Justice Slower sentenced
Shaw to life imprisonment at DannemOra
prison. He is believed to be the youngest
life prisoner in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

AS long as the minis continue to run
night and day, there is little probability
that the mills will stop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

chase the farm of Jesse r. Carpenter
and viii in every probability make the
deal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Buffers dinner which he was to eat
in Pretoria seems likely to be cold by
the time he gets to it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

No man can be in love with two
women at the same time-if they both
know it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

For new hands the Beers hold their
own pretty well in the game of war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

No woman could have lumbago and
believe in faith cure long at the same
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Railways Ready Relief cures and pre-
vents. Colds. Coughs. Sore Throat. Infiu-
enza. Bronchitis. Pneumonia, Swelling Of
the Joints, Lumbago, Infiammat ton, Rheu-
matism, Neuralgia, Headache, loot hache,
Asthma. Difficult Brea thing
It is a Sure Cure for Every Pain, Sprains,
Bruises, Pains in the Back Chest or
Limbs It instantly stops the most excru-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14
BACHFLoR BUTTONS.

EFrom the New York Press.l
There are some things that can be
aimed only by renOuncing them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

The best way to make a woman re-
forget it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

men have no skirts shaped at the bot
tom the way morning glory is on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

One Of the haughtiest women in
Atchison is known as Sis" by mem
bers of her family
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Some vomen's idea of Importance is
to go to a funeral. and be invited to
ride to the cemetery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

Fate is what a man calls it when he
gets in trouble for doing what he
shouldn't do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

IFrom the Atchison Globe.1
People should be taught early that
the liver is Of more Importance than
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

People speak of the havoc mince pie
can work on the stomach, but it is as
peaceful as Cruel compared with suet
pudding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

The meanest of men are compelled to
buy Christmas presents, in spite of
their screams
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

CFrom the Chicago Newsl
Roast beef that is not well done is
a rare thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-12-14

As soon as man is as deaf as he can
get. he begins to walk along railroad
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
PATCH UP THEIR TROUBLES
MIR. and Mrs. Williamson Have n
Lively Fight, but Vow Are
Good Friends.

woman with a slender, willowy figure
and a broad Scotch accent applied at the
police station Wednesday for assistance by
the "chief constable" in patching up mat
ters between herself and husband. Officer
Dan Baldwin went out to see what he
could do, as the woman said she wanted
her trunk and its contents out of the
wagon, which her husband said he had
sold. The officer succeeded in locating the
husband and apparently adjusted matters
satisfactorily. II seems the understanding
was merely temporary, however, as Will
liam Williamson went out to Fortieth and
Cunning streets in the afternoon and threw
his wife out of the wagon, striking her in
the side with a sledge hammer Mrs. Will
hanson was not seriously injured, how
ever. Anxiety concerning her condition
drove Williamson back to learn how she
was. Officer Reidy was awaiting his com
ing and took him to the station, where his
wife had been sent.
Williamson was so full of whiskey and
in such weak condition that it was
feared he might die before morning. The
city physician was called and he found
him suffering from heart trouble. Mrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
INDIA's SUMMER RESORT.
scenery of Peculiar Beauty I'm the
Hills About Simla

S1mIa.
From the latter part of March and early
April to the middle of October all of fash
ionable India goes to the famous hill sta
tion at Simla, writes John T. McCutcheon in
the Chicago Record. The viceroy and the
machinery OF government moves up; the
capital changes from Calcutta to Simla, and
for seven months Calcutta lies dull and
burning, while the lower Himalayas around
Simla are swarming with society people:
the hotels are thronged and everything is
booming with gayety.
Early in April the heat begins in earnest
on the plains, and in some parts 1t is al
most uncomfortable for white people The
thermometer runs up to 120 degrees in the
shade; the streets are blazing and the
houses are furnaces. On the khaki -colored
plains life stands still, and the travellers in
the railway carriages pack their heads in
ice. Streams of water are kept trickling
down before the open car windows to cool
the deadly waves of heat that surge in, and
heavy wooden hoods are built above the car
roofs to break the rays of the sun. Then
is when folk who can afford 1t or who can
borrow enough money pack up and Night
out" for the cool heights of the hill sta
ton.
Simla Is 1000 feet up in the Himalayas.
where 1t is always cool in sumer. This
year will be the first in which Lord and
Lady Curzon make their official entry into
Simla, and there are prospects that it will
be gay and lively season. The station is
difficult and trying to reach, and costly
after one has reached it. This feature
makes 1t the more exclusive.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
OUT BLOCKS MUST co
Rotten Wood Pavement on North Twenty
Fourth Street to Be Removed.
DIRT ROADWAY IS TO Be CONSTRUCTED
City Attorney Gives IL ms His Opinion
that II is Duty of Council to
Put Thoroushfares in
Passable Condition.

The residents and business men along
North Twenty fourth street who have for
many months been trying to have the rotten
wooden block pavement of that thorough
fare between Lake and Spalding removed
VIII have their request honored. The neces-
sary action has been taken by the council,
and the Board Of Public Works will there
fore be soon at work in tearing out the
blocks.
The street will be dirt roadway for some
time. Cinders will be put in at all street
and alley intersections, so that the street
railroad tracks may be crossed by vehicles.
In time 1t is expected that petition for
repaving will be secured. Councilman Karr
Is already working up sentiment in favor
OF requirement
The street has been admitted to be in a
bad and even dangerous condition for a
year. The pavement is very old and Is al
most worn out. 1t Is full of deep holes and
ruts that makes driving over it very risky.
AS result, 1t is said that the business in
terests of the entire street north OF Cunning
have been materially damaged.
The business men were thoroughly aroused
over the matter year ago and held indignf
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26

tion meetings. The council, however, took
the position that the tearing up OF the pave
ment might invalidate the tax, which has
not yet been entirely paid. The business
men then tried to secure petition for re-
paving, but the Patricks and Herman
Kountze, who own large property interests
along It., refused to sign at the time. 1t
is said that the latter is willing now to at
tach his signature to petition.
Regarding the legal phase OF the matter,
City Attorney Connell said 1T is a plain
proposition in my opinion that pavement
that is in anything like a good condition
cannot be removed, without invaidatng
the tax assessed against 1t, unless there Is
a unanimous petition for repaving. That
is what stands in the way of the scheme to
tear the stone pavement out OF Farnam
street and replace 1t with asphalt 1t Is
a different proposition. however, where the
pavement Is in such condition that 1t can
not be driven over and Is dangerous, as is
the case with North Twentyfourth street.
Under such circumstances, l have no doubt
that the city has a perfect right-in fact, 1t
is its duty--to tear up the pavement. A new
pavement cannot be laid, however, unless
there is a majority petition for it,
According to this opinion from the city
attorney 1t is the duty Of the city to remove
an impossible pavement. This is likely to
result in other requests that wooden pave
ments be removed, as there are a number Of
other streets paved with this material and
which are in bad shape.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
Minor Police Matters

Carl Fisher entered plea of guilty "a
being drunk and disorderly and was fined
$40 by Judge Gordon
G. A.. Kaiser of Lincoln was found asleer
In wine room of saloon. He said he had
been robbed of 81 and a hat.
lsadore Waltz complained to the police
that thieves stole his gum slot machine
from in front OF his store at Twenty third
and Davenport streets
Burglars forced the rear window of Harry
Frosts place, ia South Fourteenth street
Wednesday night and stole SIS worth OF
carpenter tools from A. c. Ratkeys chest.
Detectives Hudson and Heean arrested
Efiie Burk at Twenty yninth and Frederick
streets, and turned her over to Sheriff Nor
gan who took her back to Glenwood, la
where she is wanted on the charge of
adultery.
Mrs. Bertha Somberg, 1914 South Four
teenth street, has lodged complaint against
Jacob Rabinowitz OF the same number,
whom she accuses of assault and battery,
caused by difficulty between the children
OF the two families.
Jack Shannon was discharged by Judge
Gordon on the charge of assault and bat :
terry. patron whom he struck was the
complainant II was the origin OF a diff
Guilty In the saloon with the police. Another
complaint OF a similar character is awaiting
trial
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
MRS. LUCY SMITHS PET DOG
Causes the Bringing of a Damage Suit
Against Poundmaster Ricketts,,
FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS DEMANDED
Plaintiff claims that Two of Ricketts,
Pound Employees beat Her and
Broke Her Leg with
Gas Pipe.

A lively encounter that occurred nearly
two years ago between Mrs. Lucy Smith
colored, and two of Poundmaster Rickett'
dog catchers, is in progress of ventilation
in Judge Scott's court, where Mrs. Smith
is suing Ricketts, and George Tierney and
Max Reichenberg, his bondsmen, for 81 500
damages for injuries that she asserts she
received in the mixup.
Her story is that she went to the
pound to get a dog that had been picked
up by the dog catchers, and that two men
in charge OF the pound at the time, as
saulted her with their fists and section
of gas pipe and beat her until she was
permanently injured. She says that her
left leg was broken by blow from the
pipe and that she was otherwise bruised
and beaten. The other side of the story
is to the effect that Lucy arrived at the
pound carrying a heavy piece of garden
hose and fervent anxiety for trouble,
which was subsequently satisfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26

prompt adoption by all the European gov
ernments. We are usually behind the pro-
cession in such matters, but the war may
have taught us a lesson in that respect,
and 1t wouldn't surprise me II the depart
ment hustled over an experimental ap-
paratus to Otis"
Novel Automobile Proposed
American engineers have been jlbing
about the French Heilman locomotive,
claiming 1t is an unwieldly and impractical
affair, but a Chicago firm OF automobile
manufacturers proposes to apply the same
principle in the construction Of it's heavy
trucks Each truck carries a complete gen.
Grating plant, consisting Of gasoline en-
gine, consuming about one and a half gall
Ions OF fuel per hour, which drives a
dynamo that generates the current, which
is delivered to the motors or storage batter
les, or both, according to the load The
wagon itself without load weighs three and
a half tons, but is capable Of carrying two
Or three-ton loan with ease. Tue object OF
employing this cycle is to combine the
cheapness OF the gasoline engine, operating
on steady load, with the hexibilty of the
electric motor. An overloaded gasoline
tor adapts itself to the load. The storage
batteries are provided to supply a constant
load for the engine, so that II the wagon is
running light the excess Of power my be
stored. Another advantage OF the storage
batteries is that they furnish a reservoir
of power for starting.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
Minor Matters in Court.

Fred w. Mosher has been appointed deputy
reporter In Judge Fawcett's court.
The arrival of the special panel of sixty
seven jurors infused some additional energy
into district court proceedings yesterday.
During the previous afternoon three
judges were idle on account of inability to
secure juries.
Frank Zehrung of Lincoln has been dis
charged and officially declared bankrupt.
He had his hearing some weeks ago and
Thursday afternoon Judge Munger of the
United States court examined the papers,
making the order giving him new start
In life,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-26
Students of Folklore.

CHICAGO, May 25.-Students of folklore
from all parts of the world will gather at the
University of Chicago Saturday to attend the
annual meeting of the International Folklore
association. Three sessions will be held and
a number of papers will be read and dis
cussed. Nominations for officers Of the rs
sociation have been made. They are: DIR.
Paul Carus, president; Prof Frederick Starr,
Louis j. Block and Il. d. Blatchford, vice
presidents; Helen Wheeler Bassett, sec
retary: Fred T. West, treasurer. Vice presi
dents for foreign branches have also been
named.