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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
ROER WOMEN SOLDIERS.

London, April GA letter from a
nurse in a hospital at Cape Town cor
roborates an unpleasant feature of the
war. The writer says the medical Off
GERS for sanitary reasons forced a num-
Der of Boer prisoners to battle in the
river behind the hospital. Two of them
absolutely refused to strip and when
forced to do so it was found they were
women in mems clothes. The writer
adds: quite number of the dead on
battlefields have been found to be wo-
men similarly disguised, and worse than
all, it has often been these women who
have been guilty of atrocities such as
killing the wounded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
SHIP Is CHARTERED.
The Cate" Will Garry Supplies to
India

The editor of the Christian Herald
has wired Chairman T. J. Anderson
that the government has chartered the
transport Cato to forward donations
for the relief of suffering people in
India and asks If the Kansas contri-
buttons will be ready for this vessel,
which is to sail within a few days
Mr.. Anderson thinks the Kansas con-
tributions cannot be landed in New
York in time for embarkation before
May 20. which places it beyond the
date assigned for the Cato.
However, the Kansas contributions
will be made ready as soon as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

]. G. King, a track employee OF the
Santa Fe on the Oklahoma division, was
brought to Topeka last night seriously
injured. He fell under a train during
the afternoon and had one foot so Sc
verely mashed that amputation was
found to be necessary after his arrival
here The foot was amputated above
the ankle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
BISHOP THoBURN NOT ILL.

BISHOP THOBURN NOT ILL
Chillicothe o, Apr. 21-The report that
Bishop ]. NJ. Thoburn, of the Method
list church, in India, was seriously ill is
untrue. Bishop Thoburn is now at his
home, in Kingston. this county and is
enjoying fairly good health He came
to America in order to be at the bedside
of his wife. whose illness has baffied the
physicians. She has India fever, in
Volving stomach, mouth, throat and
tongue. Bishop Thoburn today left to
attend the conference in New York,
where he will read a paper on "Evange-
listic Work in the Mission Field"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
DEAN WATERS IN BUSINESS
he and His Brother-in-Law Buy a
Wholesale Grocery House.

J. Dean Waters. Of this city, has gone
into partnership with his brother-in-
law, Frank Farnsworth of Albuquer-
que. They have bought the business Of
a wholesale grocery in Silver Lake. N
NJ
They viii be ready for business by the
first Of May at which time Mr.. Albert
Hulit will leave here and take a posi-
tion In their house.
Mr.. Hulit has for a number Of years
held position in Greenwald's clothing
store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
MILLIKEN FLOPPED.
Promised to Work With Long-Bakel
Forces and Was Elected.

Frank Milliken of the Seventh con-
gressional district, a Burton supporter.
promised to work with the Long Baker
forces in the national convention He
did this to evade a. defeat for delegate.
Millil1en has promised to stand with
the Baker-Long combination, a fact
which is responsible for his election.
Milliken's brother is United States mar
shall Of North Carolina and is going to
the national convention despite the re-
quest that federal off1ceholders keep
out of that gathering.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
MISS WALSH THIS TIME.
Mumps Prevented the Actress From
Appearing in Cleopatra.

Chicago. April 21-Blanche Walsh
and Melbourne NJ McDowelTs produc-
ton of Cleopatra" could not be given
last night at McVicker's theater on ac-
count of the illness of Miss Walsh, who
is suffering from an attack of mumps
Two years ago today Fanny Davenport
who was playing Cleopatra" at the
Grand Opera House was stricken with
the illness that resulted in her death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
SPINNING Record Lowered.

San Francisco. April 21-Sydney Cavil
has lowered the American swimming
record of 1907 2-5 for one hundred yards,
made by D. B. r. Renear IN Chicago, by
covering the same distance in 1:O2%
Percy Cavil, brother Of Sydney, made
a quarter of a mile in 5:57 Is, which is
over a half minute better than the Am
erican record. Both trials were care
fully timed and measured at tina
Ol1zrrarnio club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
FR2AINl-(
The FooDDRNIS

Coffee Injuries growing
children, even when it is
weakened. Grain-O gives
them brighter eyes, firner
flesh, quicker intelligence
and happier dispositions.
They can drink all they
want of Grain-O-the
more the better-and it
tastes like coffee.
All erocers 15c. and CSC.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
ACCOMPLISHED DOG.
Miss Mabel Cavert Owns Rare

Miss Mabel Cavert Owns a hare
Specimen.
Miss Mabel G. Cavert who lives at 500
Harrison street is the proud possessor
of an accomplished dog. 1t is a NAL
tese spaniel and is as small as a medi-
um sized cat; it has long, silky. curly
white hair and swapping black eyes.
Her name is Baby Ruth and she
waltzes, jigs, says her prayers and does
various other canine tricks At the sup
per given by the ladies of Grace Cathe-
dral Wednesday evening, after feeding
daintily on ice cream and cake she per-
formed for the guests. and raised a dol
lar which was contributed to the sum
being raised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
May Return Japanese to Japan,

Seattle, Wash, April z1.-Thirty Of SIS
Japanese brought by the steamship Rio
Jun Maru have been refused adsnittance
to the United States by the commission
era and If their opinion is concurred in
by board OF inquiry. they will be re-
turned to Japan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
RAILROAD GRIEVANCES.
Application Made For Reduction of
Valuation.

The state board of railroad assessors
is confronted by the annual demand on
the part of the railroads operating in
Kansas for a reduction of the valua-
ton of the property in order to decrease
the amount of taxes paid to the state.
The board held its first official session
for hearings Thursday afternoon.
The Memphis asks for reduction Of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
MRS. LAKIN'S HOUSES.
Will Build Row of Tenements Near
Rock Island.

Mrs. D. I. Lakin is having plans made
for the first two of a row of tenement
houses to be built at the foot of Polk
and Taylor streets near the Rock Island
Y. The houses will be cottages of five
rooms and are designed for homes for
railroad employees who viii work in the
new yards and round house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

First Grocer-eWhy do you have
your goods displayed before a mirror
in your show Window Second Grocer
That's food for reflection
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
Citizens, Call

All who are opposed to city poll tax
meet at Weber's hall. 431 Kansas ave-
nue., Monday. April g. at o'clock 2. m.
BY order of committee,
D. R. COE, Chairman.
J. r. McKEEVER, Secretary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
MATUPIT VOLCANO ACTIVE.

VANCOUVER. 3. c, April N.-Ihe
steamer Miowera from Sydney today
brings advices that a series of earth
quakes have shaken down buildings in
New Britain and that considerable IN
easiness was felt on account of the ac-
tivity of the volcano at Matupit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

De Tanque-"Guzzler has signed the
keep it?'' De Tanque-'No; he was
afraid to trust himself so he gave it
to his wife and asked her to keep it
for him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL
PASSED

Washington, April 21.-The house today
passed the naval appropriation bill with
out division. All the amendments made
in committee Of the whole. were agreed
to.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

Haverhill, Mass, April 21.-The Rev
Charles Beecher, a brother of the late
Henry Ward Beecher, died today at
the home of his daughter Mrs. G. w.
Noyes, in Georgetown. He was S4 years
old and was the youngest of the
Beecher family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.

Wichita and Return, $462
Tickets on sale April % and "a. Final
return limit April Is.
When you see an advertisement for
a plain cook it's a safe bet that some
mans wife inserted it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

WILMOT, WIS. BURNED OUT.
Wilmot, Wis, April 21.-A disastrous
fire today wiped out every industrial
plant in town. The only fire protection
was bucket brigade The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 with practically no in
surance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

Winnipeg, MAN, April Zl.-The S-hOur
law has been repealed by the territorial
assembly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21

All grOCeEs /; 15c- and $50.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-04-19
GOOD CLIMATE.
Life Giving Air With Which Nor
tfern Minnesota is Won
derfulIy Blest.

At recent meeting Of the Min.
nesota Surveyors and Engineers
society in Minneapolis, ex-Presi.
dent N. Y. Taylor gave glowing
tribute to the salubrity of North.
ern Minnesota's climate. Mr.Tay.
lor presented the climate feature
as one reason why the national
government should set aside a
large tract of land in the Cass
Lake region for a park. He said,
in speaking of that region, that
he was raised in southern Hin OILS,
and his family had always been
predisposed to lung trouble.
"When | was very young man
I also was threatened with con-
sumption. It had a good hold on
me when | came to this northern
country, but / spent about five
years surveying in the immediate
neighborhood Of Cass, Leach and
other lakes and am living yet. |
think that the climate in that par
ticular section cured me. .
There has been innumerable
testimonials to the same effect and
this section of. this country sur
rounding and including Beltrami
county,is the Mecca of an increas-
ng number of people every year
who are in search of health. The
life giving balsam of the pine for
ests, and the pure, dry air, than
which none more salubrious blows
from any quarter of the union,
make it what might be called q
vast salitarium of health anG
rest.
The influence of the large anC
small lakes upon the air have ;
tendency to make the weather
/ warmer in winter and cooler il
summer, while affording every OPP
portunity for fishing and boating
In the woods game of all kind
/
abound and there are few places
elsewhere that com bine so yer.
many of the pleasing qualitie
necessary to the recuperation o
lnvalids and the IMMIGRATION o
the delicate. Park or no parl
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-04-19
A Great Advertising Medium.
a STRONG COMBINATION.

A strong combination in the way OF
frst-class newspaper features is made
mn of The Minneapolis Journals in
comparable northwest news service,
ifs superior Washington service, and
uRart,s'' daily cartoons. These three
features alone make The Journal in
valuable to the northwestern reader.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-04-19
Bemidji will long continue to at
tract it's share Of health-seekers
from less favored portions Of the
Union.
Republican State Convention.
A RepubIlcan State COnVentI0

[ "A hepuDlCan SUdt6 sSOHfSutlOu
for the State of Minnesota will
be held on Wednesday, May 10Th, A..
d. 1900, at IL o clock NJ, at the Expo
sition Building in the City Of Mime
apols, for the purpose of electing
four delegates at large and four alter
mates at large to the Republican Ma
tional Convention to be held at the
City of Philadelphia, in the State of
Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, June 10th,
A. d. 1900; and also to nominate nine
presidential electors.
The Republican electors of the state
and all other electors, without regard
to past political affiliations, who be-
lieve in the principles of the Repub-
lican party, and endorse its policies,
are cordially invited to participate in
the selection of delegates to this COR
vention.
Representation at this state conven-
tion will be in accordance with the fol-
lowing resolution unanimously adopted
at meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee, held at the City of
ST. Paul on Tuesday, February 18th,
A. d. 1900:
Resolved, That each county shall be
entitled to one delegate for each 25O
votes or major fraction thereof cast
for the Republican candidate for
President in 1896, and thateach county
be allowed in addition thereto five
delegates at large.
1t was further resolved, That as
Polk County has been divided since
the election of 1896 to form Red Lake
County, that two delegates be deducted
according to this apportionment from
Plok County to represent said Red
Lake County, and that Red Lake
County also be given Ave delegates at
large.
In accordance with the above reso-
luton, Beltrami county is entitled to
six representatives in the convention.
All county conventions in the state
for the election of delegates to attend
this state convention shall be held on
| Wednesday, May 9th, A. d. 1900.
BY order Of the Republican State
| Central Committee of Minnesota.
JOHN III. STEELE,
! Chairman.
| G. A. RASMUSSEN,
Secretary.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
The white House Mail Box.

AN amusing thing that we frequent
ly see at the White House," said one
of the attaches there. ''is the mailing
of letters in the White House letter
box by visitors to the city. All visitors
to Washington go to the executive
mansion, and many Of them notice the
letter box in the vestibule just before
entering the east room. Some Of them
decide to mail letters there, believing
that these letters will contain the
stamp of the White House. OF course
it would be great thing for a distant
relative to receive letter postmarked
at the White House.
"The other day an intelligent looking
woman, accompanied by several grown
daughters, asked me to lend her pen
Gil. heard her say, Won't it be love-
ly to mail them letter from here and
let them see that we've been to the
presidents home? She proceeded to
write for some time, secured an envel-
ope, addressed it and then proudly
dropped the epistle In our letter box.
She went off with radiant face. She
was sure that all her neighbors and
friends for miles around would hear of
that letter mailed from the White
House, and she would be besieged with
inquiries on her return. She'll learn
her mistake. The letter box here does
not differ in any way from those on
the streets. Washington Star.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
Only Two Loads.

"At the close of the war;" said a
southern representative today, ga great
many negroes in the south refused to
leave their old homes. My father gath
cred his former slaves about him and
told them they were free and must
leave him. Some went and others re-
manned. Among the latter was an old
darby named Eph. who swore he would
not leave, but would stay and take his
chances. All right, Eph,' said my fa-
Their. Just take four or five acres and
go in on the three and four PLAN
"'An what am dat, massa. TO- de
Lawd's sake?'
"Why, if you raise three loads OF
corn you must give me one and you
keep two.' So Uncle Eph went to work
and raised crop. At harvest time my
father rode over the farm and noticed
that Eph had cut his corn. Seeing the
old fellow, he rode up and asked him
why he didn't do as he had agreed
about dividing the corn.
"'Well, massa. yoh said If raised
free loads of corn wuz to glib yoh one
an take two loads myself, an done
only raised two loads Washington
Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
Made 1t a Burlesaue.

Franklin Fyles recalls some amusing
first night experiences in his article on
'The Theater and Its People, in The
Ladies' Home Journal One he relates
Is Of Laura Don, now dead: "She had
the role of an Egyptian princess in
Fresh, the American 1t was intend
ed that she should be seriously and
sentimentally impressive, while the
late John T. Raymond, the star of the
company, should be contrastingly COM
ical as the lover. But the audience
would not have it so. Nor was it any
thing in Miss Don's appearance, for
she was beautiful, nor in her acting,
for it was clever, that made the people
laugh. 1t came of miscalculation by
the author. The quick witted woman,
seeing that she could not control the
audience, resolved to humor it. By an
exaggeration of speech and manner
she turned the part into burlesque,
and it was always after acted in that
way"
Mr.. Fyles also tells that "in 'Cleopa-
tra,' as produced by the late Fanny
Davenport. general should have CIV
en- to his queen an impetuous account
of battle which he had won. But he
stood wordless, silent, stuck fast. You
have come to tell me- Miss Davenport
said and then went on with the nara
tive which he should have spoken"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
.Jerrold,s WIZ.

The English have been accused for
so long of dullness in their humor that
several stories related of the eminent
wit Douglas Jerrold may not be out
of place as showing that the charge is
sometimes untrue. 1t appears that at
a dinner one gentleman who had been
eating dish Of sleeps head with
great gusto exclaimed as he laid down
his knife and fork, Sleeps head for
ever, say I!'' There's egotism," said
Jerrold.
Sometimes, through joke, Jerrold
conveyed good advice or word of
warning. He was enjoying drive one
day with jovial spendthrift behind .
pair of grays. well. what do you
think of my grays?" asked his impecu-
NOUS friend ITO tell you the TRUTH
replied Jerrold, 81 was thinking more
OF your duns."
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
The Iceland Dinner.

In Iceland the natives dinner usual
ly consists of dried fish and butter.
The fish is ling or cod, which, when
caught, is split open and then hung on
the lines by the seashore to dry in the
cold winds and hot sun. When thus
preserved. they will keep for years,
being as hard as the neither milestone.
When wanted for dinner. the fish is
well hammered by stone mallet and
then cut up into strips In this state
it is eaten, but it is said that it
needs an Icelander's teeth to get
through the neal. The butter is not
spread on the fish, but the two are
taken alternately. first a mouthful of
fish, then a mouthful of butter. 1t
may easily be supposed that the Ice
lander is thankful to have his jaws
well creased after every mouthful Of
the tough morsel
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
Severe Punishment.

Sterling is derived from the name by
which the jewellers in eastern Germany
were known in the twelfth and thir-
teenth centuries. They were called
Easterlings. The purity not only of
their money was very famous, but that
of their silver specially so, and coiners
and silversmiths were fetched from
those parts to improve the quality of
our own manufactures.
So far back as 1897 two counterfeit
ers, who sold spurious silver articles
bearing simulated royal lion and the
goldsmiths' marks, were sentenced to
stand in pillory at Westminster, with
their ears nailed thereto and with pa
pers above their heads setting forth
the nature of the offense for which
they were so disgraced. After this
degradation they were publicly march
ed to Cheapside, put in the pillory
there, and had each one ear cut off,
finally being conducted back to the
Fleet prison and having to pay fine
of 10 marks each.
1t seems that in recent times the rec
ord price for Elizabethan silver was
f70 los. per ounce. For old articles in
this metal the sum usually obtainable
ranges from f5 to Ell per ounce, &C
cording to the artistic workmanship
displayed on them.-London Telegraph.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
The Alfalfa Worm.

A comparatively new alfalfa pest is
the fall army worm which has made
some invas' IN on our fields and thus
created more or less havoc besides the
damage done. to corn, Kaftir, wheat,
oats and cabbage, says Denver Field
and Farm. With the approach Of cold
weather in the fall the worms pass in
to the ground and enter the chrysalis
stage, in which the winter is passed.
The chrysalis is about half an inch
long, Of bright yellow color when
new, becoming darker to brown as 1t
remains in the ground. These chrysa.
lids are fond throughout the fields
that have .een infested one or two
inches below the surface. A favorite
place will be found to be below some
fiat weed that has protected the larvae
from the sun while it was entering the
ground.
Farmers ave advised to pillow as deep.
ly as possible all fields in which the
fall army .-orm has been observed.
There are situations, however, as in
the case of perennial crops, where
blowing cannot be resorted to. This Is
notable in the case of alfalfa fields.
These should be thoroughly disked,
and practically the same result will be
obtained. In blue grass lawns thor
ough raking with long toothed rake
Is recommended. Rolling Is practical
BILE where no other means can be used.
In young wheat fields or alfalfa fields
in which a new crop is just starting,
/, provided the surface is smooth, {
heavy roller can be used to advantage,
1t is also feasible to erect a barrier OF
fence board set on edge and supported
by stakes 81. nting slightly toward the
approach of the worms. If tar is
smeared along the top. no worm will
cross.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-03-23
No Two Thumbs Alike.

IL IS not alone on questions of hand
writing that handwriting experts are
called upon to testify. Thumb impress
sions, around which Mark Twain in
"Puddin'head Wilson" built his ingen-
ious story, have sometimes formed
the basis Of very convincing testimony.
Conan Doyle said that Carvalho's de-
auctions in the case of the robbery Of
$25,0OO from a package Of the Ameri-
can Express company, for nicely of
reasoning and extraordinary coinci-
dence, eclipsed anything any one ever
dared put into fiction.
In 1894 Asa Guy Quincy was tried
on the charge Of stealing large sum
OF money from the express company.
1t was proved that Quincy had opened
the safe where the package had been
placed, taken it out and deposited it in
another safe. 1t was found that a
large sum was missing.
The evidence was purely circumstan-
t1al. The envelope containing the mon
ey bore upon it, however, thumb i'm
preston. Mr.. Carvalho testified that
the impression on the envelope and
several impressions of Gurney's
thumb correspondent exactly and con-
tended that there were no two thumbs
in the world alike. But such evidence
was too subtle for the rural jury which
tried the case, and the prisoner was
acquitted.
1t Is to be recorded as tribute to
the accuracy Of Carvalho's testimony
that Quincy soon after confessed
Chambers Journal.