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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Commander in Chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic
Passes Away at Washington
After a Protr acted Illness.
END OFALONG CAREER
OF Public Service, Both Military
and Civil.
Was a Member of the War In
Vestigation Commission.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Col. James A.
Sexton, commander-in-chief OF the
Grand Army of the Republic. died at
3:15 yesterday morning at Garfield hos
pltal In this city.
Col James A. Sexton was born in
Chicago, January 5, 1874 He enlisted
as a private in the Nineteenth Illinois.
April 10. 1861, and after three months
service re-enlisted in the Sixty Seventh
Illinois volunteers, being commissioned
as first lieutenant of Company F. He
was subsequently transferred to the
Seventy-second Illinois and was made
captain of Company d. He served in
Ransome's brigade, McArthur's division
of the Seventeenth army corps, Army of
the Tennessee, and participated in near
ly all of it's campaigns, sieges and bat
ties He was commander of the regi-
ment in the battles of Columbia, Duck
River, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nash
Vile and throughout the Nashville cam
paign. In 1865 he was assigned to duty
on the staff of Maj. Gen. A. j. Smith,
commander Of the Sixteenth army
corps, and remained with Smith until
the close of the war, being honorably
discharged in August, 1865.
AT the capture of the Spanish fort
at Mobile, Ala, April 8, 1865, Col. Sex
ton had his left leg broken below the
knee by a piece of she'll He was also
slightly wounded at the battle of
Franklin and painfully wounded at the
battle of Nashville. He remained two
years in Alabama after the war, work.
ing a plantation which he had pur-
chased near Montgomery. In 1867 he
returned to Chicago, and entered bust
ness, founding the firm of ]. A. & T. S.
Sexton. He was appointed postmaster
of Chicago by President Harrison in
1889, and was retained by President
Cleveland until he resigned, January 1,
1885.
Col. Sexton was an active worker in
the Grand Army of the Republic, the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion and
other soldier and army societies. He
was past commander of the Department
of Illinois, G. A. R., and has been a
presidential elector, park commissioner
and colonel in the Illinois national
guard. At the last meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic he was elected
commander-in-chiefa and held this posi-
ton, as well as that of a member of
the commissioners appointed by the
president to investigate the conduct of
the Spanish war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
MRS. BOTKIN'S SENTENCE.
The California Borgia Must Go to
Prison for Life.

San Francisco. Feb. 6--Mrs. Cordelia
term of her natural life in the San Quen-
I'M In PePltenanX Tor the 5nurdee OF hnrS;
she killed by means of box. of poisoned
candy, sent through the mails gift
from friend and unsuspectingIy eaten
by Mrs. Dumping and some of her friends.
Her sister, Mrs Joshua p. Deane also
died from the effects of the arsenic with
which the candies were loaded.
Judge Cook, who pronounced the SEN
tence, refused to grant the appeal for a
new trial made by Mrs. BotAin's attor-
neyS, who held that this state had no jur-
isdiction in the matter. In a compre-
hensive review of the case Judge Cook
ton in the mater Mrs. RotkiH. When
asked if she wished to say anything in her
own defense, stated that she was innocent
of the horrible crime. Her attorneys gave
notice that they would apply for writ
of probable cause.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
cATARRH OF STOMACH
A Pleasant, Simple, but Safe and Eff
fectual Cure for It

Catarrh of the stomach has long been
considered the next thing to incurable
The usual symptoms are a full or bloat-
sng sensation after eating, accompanied
sometimes with sour or watery Tisings,
a formation OF gases causing pressure
breathing; headaches, tickle appetite,
nervousness and general played out,
languid feeling.
There is often a foul taste In the
mouth. coated tongue, and if the inter-
aor of the stomach could be seen 1t
would show a Shiny, inf1amed condition.
The cure of this common and obstin-
ate trouble Is found in a treatment
which causes the food to be readily
thoroughly digested before 1T has time
to ferment and irritate the delicate mu-
cous surfaces of the stomach. To Sc
cure a prompt and healthy digestion is
the one necessary thing to do and when
normal digestion is secured the catarrh-
al condition will have disappeared.
According to DR.. HarlanSon the safest
and best treatment Is to use after each
meal a tablet, composed of Diatase,
Aseptic Pepsin, little Nux, Golden
Seal and fruit acids. These tablets can
the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
and not being patent medicine can be
used with perfect safety and assurance
that healthy appetite and thorough di-
gestion will follow their regular use
after meals
Mr.. N. ]. Booher of 271O Dearborn St.
ENGAGE Ill. WrlISS- is
local condition resulting from neglected
cold In the head, whereby the lining
membrane Of the nose becomes infamed
and the poisonous discharge therefrom
passing backward into the throat
reaches the stomach, thus producing
catarrh Of the stomach. Medical author
titles prescribed for me for three years
for catarrh of stomach without cure,
but today am the happiest man after
using only one box Of Stuart's Dyspep-
STA Tablets. can not find appropriate
words to express my good feeling. I
have found flesh, appetite and sound
rest from their use"
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the
safest preparation as well as the sim
plest and most convenient remedy for
any form of indigestion, catarrh of
stomach, biliousness, sour stomach,
heartburn and b1oating after meals
Send for little book, mailed free. on
stomach troubles. by addressing Stuart
Co., Marshall, Mich. The tablets can
be found at all drug stores
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
IT COST $4,000
For St Louis Brewery Workmen to
Win Contest With Employers.

st. Louis, Feb. 4-The contest between
English syndicate brewery managers and
their employees, in effect since 1898. over
the method of hiring help, has been set
tied at a conference of representatives Of
both parties. As a result the boycott
made by the brewery workmen's unions
against the breweries will be raised, the
employers having given in.
Managers of the English syndicate brew
cries objected to hiring men as presented
by an employment bureau in the interest
of the brewery workmen, without regard
to their qualifications A strike and boy
colt resulted, and since the trouble be-
gan the brewery workers are said to have
spent $4,000 in carrying on the fight, aside
from the loss of wages. The employers
also lost heavily by reason Of the boycott.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
N. z. Models for Boston wax Figures.

The best wax figures in the world are
made in New York. One firm here has
two to show in it's store. Each of these
figures cost $500. They are made en-
tire1y Of wax, and are the exact coun-
terparts of two famous New York mod
els. The first figure was sculptured af-
ter a French girl. Almost the only diff
ference between the little French model
and the polite, dainty figure in wax Is
that the girl of flesh and blood has dark
hair and the hair of the wax figure is
yellow. The second figure is that of an
American woman. Her figure and the
soft pink flush Of the skin seem almost
perfect. The woman who stood for the
model of this one was said to have the
best American figure in New York
Boston Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
BOON FOR POOR GIRLS.
Chicago Hotel to Give Board and
Lodging at a Low Rate.

established at 6231 and 6233 Lexington
avenue the Hotel Edwards for girl en-
ployes who have no homes and whose
wages are small. The cost for board
and room will range from 81 to $3.50 a
week.
The rate of board mentioned includes
lodgings and breakfast and dinner, with
bath and kindred privileges. If the
tel these will be provided at 3 cents a
day. Plans are under way for endow-
ments, so that respectable girls may be
cared for without charge until they find
employment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
NOT IN ITS LINE.
St Louis Lexow Committee Is Not
Closing Saloons on Sunday.

St Louis, Feb. 6.-Mrs. ingalls,, leader
IN local w. C. T. U. circles, called on the
senate's "Lexow'' committee and pro-
tested strenuously against the non-en-
forcement of the Sunday law. She in
formed the members of the committee
that it was notorious fact that all the
saloons in the city are kept open on Sun
day, contrary to law. Mrs ingalls, said
the police would do nothing to close them.
Acting Chairman Matthews announced
that the committees mission was to rec
ommend needed laws to the legislature,
not to enforce existing ones.
An expert accountant has been appoint
ed to examine the books of Excise Com
missioner Higgins, the investigation of
whose office was resumed today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
A Fair Anarchist.

Miss Josephine Baird, the Dodge City
young lady who won first prize for the
best contralto solo at the Hutchinson
musical jubilee last year, and is now
with the Dorothy Morton Opera COM
pany, is an anarchist. To use her own
expression, she admits it unblushing-
ly." She states her views tersely but
convincingly: ct believe that it is bet
ter that might should be right than that
money should be right. AS it is now,
right simply means money. 1 would
like to see might overthrow money"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Furthest North for Wheat.

Wheat has this year been grown fur
Their north than ever before. AT Fort
Providence, on the Mackenzie river,
Just above the sixty second parallel of
latitude, there is a Roman Catholic mis-
sion, and at this institution a very fine
crop of wheat has been grown this year.
The crop was grown and harvested in
ninety days. The latitude of Fort Prov
idence is 200 miles further north than
Sitka, Alaska, and is about the same as
that of "Greenland's icy mountains. -
Land Agents Record
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
MOTHERS FRIEND

will overcome all ills peculiar to the
period preceding childbirth, and will pre-
pare the delicate organism directly in
vo1ved for the final ordeal. Mothers
Friend Is not an internal cure-all, but
scientific 1inimeut approved by medical
authority and established by years of
successful use
Sold by druggists for 81. Valuable
book, Before Baby Is Born" sent free
on application.
me saAnFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
IN A MEXICAN JAIL
An American Locomotive Fireman Is
Incarcerated.

Nogales, ARR, Feb. 4.-John McFadden,
a fireman on the Sonora railway, il the
latest American to be incarcsrated in a
Mexican Jail.
On the train leaving Nogales southwark
last Saturday morning a Mexican boy
named Lopez fell and received slight
scalp wound On Tuesday a complaint
was lodged against McFadden, alleging
that he had caused the injured lad to
jump off from the forward end of the mail
car by, turning upon him stream of
water from the locomotive injector. Nc
Fadden was arrested and locked up, bail
being refused. United States Consul Oar
nall is investigating the case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
THE sBLACK DIAMOND"
To Be the Greatest Railroad in the
World.

Cleveland. O., Feb. 6.-Albert E. Boone,
the railroad promoter, stated in an inter-
view here concerning the proposed BLACK
Diamond road from Columbus O., to
Port Royal. s. c., that the CONTRACTS for
building the different divisions of the line
were all signed and it would surely be
constructed. An English syndicate IS be-
hing the enterprise
I'VE will have one of the greatest rail-
Dads in the world said Colonel Boone.
1T will cost $50 0OO, 900 to construct. it. It
will be double-tracked the entire length LEI II.
richest mineral districts in the world Our
grades will be very slight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
PostofRce inspectors for Cuba.

Washington, Feb. 6.-The postmaster
general has ordered Postoff1ce Inspec-
tors Erwin of California, Sullivan of St
Louis and Leatherman of Ohio to pro-
coed to Cuba to assist Director of
Posts Rathbun. Three other inspectors
1T is understood, also will be dispatched
to the island with the view of assigning
one to each of the six provinces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Net Earnings Increase $542,2 55.

New York, Feb. 6.-The Chronicle
makes Chicago & Northwestern railway
net earnings for the year $13, OBS, 433 and
surplus S., OFT POS after all charges,
against 81 279 900 in 1897 and $SO7, SIS in
1896 The Northwestern statement for
the calendar year shows an increase in
net earnings of $542, 255 over last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the committee
of fifteen, Fail Festival association, for
the election of a board of directors will
be held at the Commercial club rooms
627 Kansas avenue, Topeka, on Thurs
day evening, February 16, 1892 at 8
O'Clock. 7. J. ANDERSON,
Q. A. MAGAW, President
Secretary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Still Deal in Slaves.

DR.. Krause, a German traveller in Afri-
ca, has caused sensation in Berlin by his
memorial addressed to the reichstag charg-
ing the imperial officers managing the
German colony of Togo, southwest Africa,
with conniving at slave-dealing on the
coast. In three days. he says, he saw
more than 1900 slaves sold in the town
of Kete alone. These sensational charges
lie mainly against Governor Jesko Won
Puttmaker, who has been involved in other
colonial ScandalS.-Chicago Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Weekly Bank Statement.

New York, Feb. 4.-The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve, decreased 81, 779, $50;
loans, increased SIS, 154, 400; specie, in
creased $3,722, 800; legal tenders, de-
creased 1904, 900; deposits, increased $1S,-
3S5, 600; circulation, decreased 1913, 400.
The banks now hold $3S, 452, 675 in excess
of the requirements of the 25 per cent
Tll1a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
washburn Day Celebrated.

Yesterday was observed at Wash
burn college as 'Washburn Day" the
opening of the second term. Addresses
were made by A. B. Whiting, DR.. Pc
ter McVicar, Robert Stone, Judge L. S.
Dolman and J. w. Lawson. Paul Tor
rington, Miss Leland and the glee club
sang. A. V. Coville, Re ugh Rider and
a graduate of Washburn made an adj
dress and Mr.. Whiting read q brief his
tory of the college
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
BUSINESS Picks On in Havana.

Havana, Feb. 6.-Values on the local
bourse and general business confidence
were revived by the news of Gen Maxi
mo Gomez's acceptance of the PROPOSE
ton of Mr.. Robert P. Porter, President
McKinley'S special commissioner, for
the payment of the Cuban army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
SUNDAYS Count.

Washington, Feb. 6.-The comptroller
of the treasury has held that Sundays
and holidays occurring during the time
in which leave has been granted to gov
eminent employees must be counted as
part of the leave. In some of the de-
partments it has been the custom to
deduct Sundays and holidays in making
nm the time on leaving
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
TWO LIVES.

Upon the
strength and
condition of an
expectant moth
er depend not
only her own
life but the life
and perfection
of her child.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Not a Candidate.

Mr.. Do1ph Whitmer, who has been
spoken of for the position of city treas
urer, wishes it announced that he is
not a candidate for the place and will
not be a candidate. A number of Mr..
Whitmers friends have urged him to
be a candidate, but he says he doesn't
want it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
WHEN SLEEPER WAKES.

The announcement of new novel by the
far-famed author of 1.-The War of the
Worlds will be of interest to a large por-
ton of the reading world that took pleas
ure in that eccentric. fantastic and de-
lightfully impossible flight of fancy. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
EMISSARIES LEARN A LITTLE.

EMISSARIES LEARN A LITTLE.
Then to Kipling came the baggage
master, an important person who sends
your trunks to Harlem and the Battery
and all PAGES within the city walls-an-
neXed district extra. He would know
where the trunks go. To the Grenoble.
Here also appeared Robert Mcclure of
McClure's Magazine, with an appeal
from the emissaries. Would the Honor
able Sahib speak but a few words?
Nope, not a word. and a great sadness
fell upon the half-saVage peoples.
But said the Sahib Mcclure, che
will tarry within the gates ten days or
two weeks. Then he will go to Brattle-
boro, VT, where his bungalow Isl
Also elsewhere did the enissaries
learn that Kipling would journey down
into the southwest, and after that Mex
leo.
Then upon the pier saw Kipling a cou-
ple-namely, Mr.. and Mrs. Lockwood De
Forest, East Tenth street, for whom
kipling had a great love. And said
words of much good greeting with him,
the Mem Sahib Kipling and the three
little Kiplings.
Whereupon Kfpling arose up, and, af-
ter fighting madly with the customs Of
hcerS, went away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06
Death of Alice Atherton.

New York. Feb. 6.-Alice Anterior,
the burlesque actress, is dead in this
city, after a weeks illness from pneu-
monia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06

publication of '"The War of the Worlds"
rapidly won Mr.. Wells his fame and
placed him in the front rank of novelists
of his kind. He stands on a plane with
Jules Verne, This new novel is entitled
when the Sleeper Wakes and is to APP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-06

Still, 'ere's to you, Rudyard Kipling,
you escape our anger'S ban,
You're a cold, concentered Briton, but a
firSt-class writin' man,
Although you need to thaW a bit, to you
we must be fair,
You are the master writer, thou you
didn't treat US square.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22

ed concerning the rights of lessees
of land from the board. There
have been numerous differences
between the holders of such leases
and their neigh bors. In many
cases the lease-holders have acted
selfishly and denied to neighbors
the right to cross their property
for any purpose whatever. The
resolution, introduced by Secre-
tary of State Beckwith, reads as
follows:
Resolved, That in all grazing,
agricultural and mineral leases
hereafter granted for state lands,
the following clause shall be in
serted as part of such contract
or lease:
"'And the said party of the first
part also reserves the right at any
time during the life of this lease,
or any extension thereof, to grant
the right of way across or upon
the premises herein described to
other persons, parties, individuals
or corporations, upon such terms
as the said first party shall deter
mine, for any ditch, reservoir,
railway, public highway or tele-
phone line, and for the purpose of
building district school houses;
and that when the present printed
forms of leases are exhausted the
new forms shall contain said
clause as an additional reserva-
ton; that the said reservation
clause shall be written in and up
on the blank forms of all leases
now in stock, at such place or
places therein as is most desirable
or convenient
The board refused to grant a
lease for 960 acres of land to
James B. Dexter. The land is
located in Costilla county and a
large lake is located in its center.
The body of water was to have
been fenced in and used as pri-
vate fishing shore, but the gov
ernor deemed such granting of
land nnwise, as well as well as an
injustice to the average citizen.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22
COMMERCIAL AMERICA.

According to accurate informa-
ton from financial centers the ex-
ports from the United States for
1898 were larger and tho imports
smaller than ever before; the sum
total of the former being estimated
at 81 ,005, ,S37, PAL, and of the latter,
1921, ,260,535, 1t is estimated that
the amount now owed he United
States by foreign countries is in
excess of S15O,0OO,OOO. As self
supporting country, the relations
of this nation with others are rap
idly assuming the nature of cred
itor toward debtors. OF the cap
ital actually in circulation in the
foreign business world at least
$30,000,OO0 is Uncle Sans prop
erty.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR FRUIT

Despite the repeated reports that
the fruit crop had been materially
injured by the late frosts, the state
horticultural society reports a
bright outlook for fruit throughout
the several horticultural districts.
In response to letters sent out
by the secretary of the horticul-
tural society, several well known
fruit raisers have given gratifying
information. A. V. Sharpe, horti-
cultural inspector for Mesa county,
residing at Fruita, writes that the
outlook was never more favorable
for large crop of apples, pears
and peaches. The cold weather
did no harm to speak of, and he
estimated that Mesa county will
have a crop rs per cent. larger than
last year. Some small fruit suf-
fered, but not enough to cause
Encouragement. Mr.. Sharpe says:
AS a whole, the fruit crop will be
75 per cent. larger"
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22

The Florence Crystal Ice com
pany has put on three more new
wagons This company's ice is
perfectly pure, as the water used
is distilled, therefore containing
no disease germs. Visitors are
cordially invited to call at the
plant at any time, as it is a pleasure
to show visitors all the mysteries of
artificial ice making. Look out
for the WHITE WAGONS. 33tf
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22
NO MORE LEASES.

Hereafter applicants for the
purchase of school lands will re-
ceive no favorable consideration
from the state land board.
At a recent meeting of the board
important resolutions were adopt
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22

On June 25th, the d. &. r. G.
will run a special Marshall Pass
excursion from Pueblo, leaving
there at Z a. m. and Florence at
) a. M, returning the same day.
The fare for the round trip from
Florence will be $l.50.
L. j. DAY, s. X. HOOPER,
Ag't Florence. G.P.&T.A., ID. .&R.G.
The Florence daily tribune., 1899-05-22

Arrangements have now been
perfected and the necessary in
structions given authorizing all
freight trains on the d. d. r. GJ
to carry passen Gers between
Canon City and Florence. T. j.
Day, agent d. d R. G. Effective
this date, May 2lst, 1899.