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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
FROM DIZZY HEIGHT.
Chicago Man Drops Into Gutter and
Remains There 1o Hours

Chicago Nov. 1s.-Temporary insanity
brought on by the fear OF falling from a
dizzy height is believed to have caused
A. 7. Mckenzie of 934S Cloud avenue to
fail from the railing on top of the Ma
sonic temple Had the insanity lasted 1t
would have urged him to hurl himself TO
the walk more than 800 feet below. But
it did not. The fear which first caused
Mckenzie to start his mad flight was
overcome by the fear of the death that
awaited him. This brought back his true
state Of mind, and, throwing his feet in
front of him, he caught on a gutter 325
feet above the street. There he remain
ed until rescued yesterday morning.
DR.. S Il. Rtchman, who is attending
Mckenzie, is Of the opinion that the In
sanity theory is the correct one. He says
that Mckenzie was not under the infiu-
ence of liquor or Of any drug as far as
he could learn and that as great heights
often affected persons with spells of dir
ziness, he could assign no other reason
for his patients action. McKenzie also
says he can not stand very high and
look down
For more than 10 hours Mckenzie lay
In a roof gutter with but four inches OF
coping separating him from death. His
continuance in this life is due to the
fact that he yet had strength enough to
pick up small lath, attach piece Of
paper to 1t, and wave it until the ten
ants Of an opposite store building saw
the signal of distress. They notified De-
tective Henry CHASER of the Temple,
VINO, with oLneT OII1ClaIS, went TO the
roof and rescued Mckenzie. To do so
it was necessary for CHASER to climb
down the roof, tie a rope around the
mans body, and pull him up to a place
Of safety.
Had a few hours more passed NcKen-
zie would have frozen to death. AS IL is
now his feet are rendered useless and
numb by the exposure, and DR.. S. T.
Richman of 5709 Wentworth avenue
says that amputation may be necessary.
Otherwise he is resting easily at the
nome of his brother G. f. Mckenzie,
at $751; Wentworth avenue.
Just how it all happened Mckenzie
can not say, for the fall so filled his
mind with vagaries that a clear under
standing is difficult to recall. However,
he remembers this much-that he went
up on the roof about O'Clock to get a
good view of the city; and being Of a
curious turn OF mind climbed over the
fence that is there for the express pur-
pose of protection. He then became diz-
", then fell. Before his eyes passed
visions of this life he was fast leaving,
mingled with a half unconscious reclS-
oning Of what he was plunging into.
Then all was dark a oblivion
And SO it remained until yesterday
morning. And all the time NICK enzie
was between two deaths, by freezing, or
a crushing out of life on the pavement
1926 feet below. A little longer wait
would have brought the one; a slight
move the other.
Today Mckenzie is dazed He seems
70 be in semi conscious state and was
unable to give any account Of his exper-
fence.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
DEAD IN BED.
Frank Higgins Corpse Found in
His Lonely House.

Frank Higgins, who lives a mile and a
half southwest of Baughman's ice house,
was found dead in his bed this morn
ing.
Higgins was about As years of age and
lived alone He he'd not been seen for
a week and his friends became suspi-
cious this morning and Charles Redd
and a brother Of Higgins went to the
house. The doors were locked. The
door was broken open. Higgins was not
found on the first floor The searcheTs
raised a trap door leading to the sec
ond story of the house and found Hig-
gins dead on his pallet on the floor. A
few days before Higgins was missed he
complained Of heart trouble and 1t is
supposed that was the cause of his
death. The coroner will make an in
vestigation.
Higgins was a bachelor and lived the
life of a hermit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
TIES BRIDE no BEDPOsT.
Girls Grandfather Drives Her Hus-
band Away With q Shotgun.

Shelbyville, Ind, Nov. 19--Recently
Benjamin Dake. residing in the north
ern part of this county. forbid his grand
daughter, Miss Carrie Dake, from keep
ing company with Addison Fields, a
young man of the community, since
which time they have been meeting Sc
cretly at the homes of neighbors. Out
of respect for her grandparents the girl
refused to elope, but last night agreed
that if her lover would procure the IL
cense and a magistrate on the morrow
ing when he and the magistrate appear
ed. Field retired with a happy heart
last night land this morning procured
the license and the services Of Squire
Maze of Falkland and started for the
Dalze home
Miss Dake saw them coming, and, 1eav-
ing the house ostensibly to empty a
dispan, met the pair at the front gate
of her home and was made the wife of
Addison Fields, who Informed her that
he would return for her shortly, or after
taking the squire home. He soon re-
turned, but, instead of being met by his
bride, he was confronted by Benjamin
Dake, who at the muzzle of shotgun
made the young man crawl back in his
buggy and leave, while in the house, tied
to bedpost, was the bride Of but few
hours.
Fields came to this city, consulted a.
lawyer, and will resort to habeaS corpus
proceedings to secure his wife, over
whom the grandfather stands guard and
threatens to kill the first person who at
tempts to take her from his home. The
young woman is the belle of the neigh
borhood, and inherited a nice fortune
through the death of her father, she be-
ing of legal age.
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SEIZURE OF DIAMONDS.
Uncut Stones Found in Peoria Won
ans Trunks by Customs officers.


New York, Nov. 19-Noticeable among
the passengers aboard the American
liner New York from Southampton and
Cherbourg, was a woman apparently
rainy day skirt and a sealskin sacQue.
She had the air of one who knew how
to take care Of herself, and nonchal-
ance that even the inspectors who seized
two of her trunks at the pier were I'M
able to ruffle. She occupied stateroom
365, and, according to the passenger list,
she is Miss M Dorrance." It is said
that she was escorted by a dentist, who
appears on the passenger list as DR..
Franklin D. Kelly. Each was said to be
from Peoria The three trunks of Miss
Dorrance were passed by the customs
inspectors of Deputy Surveyor Dowling's
staff and chalked. Then there was a stir
among the inspectors. A young man,
who refused to give his name, but who
said he represented Collected Bidwell,
went to Mr.. Bowling and asked that
REORGANIZATION of the trunks should be
made. The young man, assisted by three
special men, who were strangers to Mr..
bowling and his staff, went through
Miss Dorrance's trunks carefully and
found a lot of unset diamonds and
One of the latter was a stud attached
to a fragment Of a dress shirt bosom,
which had apparently been cut out with
a penknife.
diamonds out on the top of one of the
trunks and ordered that the young Wo-
man should be carefully searched by
woman inspector. She was taken into
the pier superintendent's room. The
dentist, it is said. was subjected to
similar search. 1t was said that the col
lectors office had been apprised of the
coming of the young woman and inform
ed that she would have a quantity of
small gems concealed in her teeth. The
private examination showed that all the
diamonds had been put in the trunks
of Miss Dorrance. Her GOODNESS never
left her while the inspectors were over
hauling her dresses and things, and she
did not lose self possession when they
came upon the gems She made one re-
mark which somewhat puzzled the in
spectors. It was just after they found
the diamonds, and was: I'm some
thing of a Republican myself"
The estimate of the young man who
superintended the job of discovery is
A bill of sale, indicating that most Of
them had been bought in Paris, was
found in one of the trunks. Nothing be-
longing to Dentist Kelly was seized ex-
cept a big gold tooth, which. it is said,
he intends to use for advertising pur-
poses.
Miss Dorrance's two trunks were sent
to the public stores and she was per-
mitted to leave the pier with DR.. Kelly
She told a reporter who asked for her
name that she was Miss Brown" and
that she was going to the Fifth Avenue
hotel. She was not registered there
either as Miss Brown or Miss DOrrance.
1t is not unlikely that the inspectors
who passed the trunks will be asked to
explain why they did not find the dia-
InondS. Apparently no attempt had been
made to conceal them in the trunks
Most of them were done up in small
casketS in a little bag.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
TOO MANY FLEcrToNs
From the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune

IFrom the Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune1
This country suffers from a corroding
evil in the demoralizing frequency of
elections We have city, state and ma
tional elections, not to speak at all of
primaries and conventions. each sue
ceeding the other with such rapidity as
10 keep the citizen who follows politics
with any interest in a constant tension.
No sooner, in fact, has one campaign
terminated than another begins, and
the voter has little. If any. release from
the anxiety involved in making choice
Of candidates for office
This deleteriOus frequency of cleo
fiOnS mas two deplorable results. It be
gets. on the one hand, the professional
politician, and, on the other, keeps the
better elements of citizenship too often
out of politics The professional poll
1fcian Is to be found, unfortunately, IN
every town, city and county OF the Uni
ted States He lives well, his purse is
ever plethoric, but frequently he does
nothing useful of which any one is
aware for livelihood, unless, per-
chance, the proprietorship of saloon
or gambling resort may be so termed
He Is in evidence at primaries. still more
so IN conventions. and plays the part of
a car in getting out the vote to the
polls.
The professional politician Il a good
man to stand i'm with. His fellow citi-
zens having favOrs to ask from boards
of aldermen and other such bodies Gull
tivate his good will. Part of his duty is
TO fix these boards. He does it for a
consideration in votes, or money, or
both Few care TO quarrel with him.
He can get even with opponents by de-
nying their properties just share of
benefits from public improvements and
in various other ways. His influence
goes sometimes as far as courts of JUS
tice. He is. in fact a power for evil and
a canker on the body polite
There is but one way under present
conditions TO get rid of the professional
politician or boss. and that is by the in
PREVENTION of every sound element OF
citizenship in all elections. The boss
does his best, by the nastiness he injects
into our politics. to keep these healthful
elements out Of the arena. He knows
that if they take interest in political
contests his influence vanishes. his use
fulness disappears. Let a truly re-
spectacle candidate for Office be men,
toned and he opens at once a campaign
of mud singing which viii keep other
good citizens effectively out Of the tur-
MOL Of politics. He surrounds himself
with representatives of fraud. SANDER.
1awlessness and vice, and, by means OF
these. often retains a hold for years of
a ward, a town, city or county.
To rid the country Of this intolerable
evil and to secure the participation Of
al good citizens in elections. there
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4
Everyone in love hasa right to change
his or her mind.
An Atchison woman who bosses her
church is called Mother Eddy by the
members.
It is said that down at the bottom of
his heart. every citizen of a small city
longs to be mayor
Do you treat your friends worse than
you treat your enemies2 1t is alleged
that great many do.
Most colored people never feel hard up
unless there is a minstrel show in town,
and they are shy the price OF a ticket
Don't get the notion in helping the
cheerful word" than you can with a
dollar.
When a man is having a particularly
hard time, his kin like to hunt him up,
and tell him to try and be patient a
little longer"
An Atchison man has broken another
record: he says he can lie oftener, and
get caught at it. than any other man
in the world.
A man who can digest farm sausage
and buekwheat cakes, needn't envy John
D. Rockefeller who is nothing but an
old, dyspeptic millionaire
1t has just leaked out that when Day
sey Mayme Appleton was away on a Wis
it recently, she told her new friends that
her father was the wealthiest man in
Atchison.
If anything for dinner is burned, there
is always the same excuse. company
came, and caused the woman to forget
what she had in the oven. In town the
size of Atchison, where so many women
do Sheir own work. the women who 60
visiting at meal times should be arrest
cd
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TOWN is SUED BY ACTORS.
Wisconsin Theatrical Company Re
sents a Quarantine Measure.

Portage. Wis, Nov. I'm. @. Dillen-
ranging home talent plays under the au-
spices of home benevolent or religious
societies, with casts composed of home
talent, has retained counsel and viii
bring suit against the village board of
Pardeeville for its refusal to permit him
to appear in the public hall at that place
with a cast composed of Portage talent
The Pardeeville board claimed to have
understood that there were more than
fifty cases of diphtheria in Portage, and
on that account refused to allow the
people from Portage to appear in the
village. Manager Dillenback claims to
have assured the authorities that there
was no truth in the report
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ouAKER REFLECrronra

[From the Philadelphia RecordJ
1t isn't always safe to bank on what
a bank teller tells you.
Lots of farmers can raise about every
thing except money
The fellow who can't borrow anything
else can usually borrow trouble.
It's queer how moths can transform a.
smoking jacket into an eaten jacket.
The mosquito. the football player and
the surgeon are all out for blood.
The salesman for a broom manufac-
turer should be armed with sweeping
arguments
Hoax-'I understand liquor is exclud-
ed from your club" Joax-'sNot exact
ly excluded, but it's barred
The policeman who is compelled to pa
troll cemetery must expect to have ref
erences to dead beats hurled at him.
Harduppe-'T always do nv hardest
work before breakfast Borrowed
What's that?" Harduppe- Getting T."
Blobbs-'Bjones used to be very pro-
fame, but he doesn't seem to swear any
more" Slobbs-'.No; he's given up golf
and Joined church
Wigwag-'s What excuse do Won rsua1-
ly give your wife when you stay out
later Botrox-"Oh, a diamond ring Or
a sealslIin coat, or something like that. ?
When a girl wishes to leave the
world behind her. says the Manayunk
Philosopher, she becomes a nun. All
man has to do is to learn to play
chess"
Laugh and the world laughs with YOU.
Weep. and in vain you grieve:
For it's ten to one that Just for fun
The world LAUGHS in its sIeaxe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

The cost Of the Boer war to date is
summed up by the Pittsburg Dispatch
as follows:
The British treasury estimate is
that another $4,000 900 pounds ster-
ling must be voted to finish the Boer
war. Not less than 10000. 900 pounds
has already been voted. which will
make the total about 1000 pounds for
each Boer in the field during the con
1iict. This is the most expensive war
making in history and the Beers may
we'll feel they have made good every
promise they made before beginning
the fight. The $4,000 per man en-
gagged, on their side, is not the heav-
lest cost to Great Britain. for the
British casualties have exceeded one
man for each of the 10000 in the Boer
armies"
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HOW MUCH TO ASK FOR.
The Question to Be Determined by
the Good Roads Convention.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Charles Truax. of
the National Business Mems league, was
chosen temporary chairman Of the Good
Roads convention. About $50 delegates
were present when the convention was
called to order. Permanent organiza-
ton was effected and the various stand
ing committees of the association APP
pointed. 1t is stated by the leaders OF
the good roads movement that it is now
practically assured that congress viii
make a large appropriation for the i'm
lfovement of the highways of the coun-
try, and one Of the main objects of the
convention will be to decide on the sum
to be asked from congress and the des-
ignation of the main points Of expendt-
flITse.
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Raidlne Anaches.

Ell Paso Texas. Nov. 19.-Dispatches
received by the officials in Juarez, Mex
leo, from Casas Grandes, state that a
band of raiding Apaches from San Car
los reservation. Arizona, assaulted the
town of Pecheco, Mexico, sixty miles
from Casas Grandes, yesterday. In a
We're killed and six Mormons wounded.
Pecheco is a Mormon settlement, and
having no telegra phic communication
with the outside world, the details of
the fight are lacking. Troops have been
forwarded from Casas GrandeS and
Juarez to pursue the Apachea
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
LAFE PENCE RETURNS.
Comes Down From Cape Nome on
the Oregon.

Seattle, Wash. Nov. 19.-The steamer
Oregon has arrived from Nome with 145
passengers and $500. 900 in treasure. The
Oregon was compelled on account Of a
severe storm just prior to her departure
to put to sea, leaving rs Of her booked
passengers on the beach. Arrangements
We're made to bring them down on the
Centennial which was to leave Nome a
day or two later. The loss of the
schooner Rube L. Richardson on No
vember on a reef below Sinrock City.
is reported by the Oregon's officers. The
crew We're saved
Among the Oregon's passengers were
Charles D. Lane. the California million
aire. eX-COngressman Pence Of Colo
RADIO. and several well known Seattle
men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
SUED BY KIPLING.
Author Charges That His Copyright
Has Been Infringed.

New York Nov. 1s.-Rudyard I1ipllng.
the author. through Augustus r. Gurlitz,
brought suit IN the United States circuit
court today against r. II. Fanno a. Co.
for infringement Of copyright In publish
ing editions OF kiplinRs works. The cdi-
tfons mentioned in the complaint were
said to have been put on the market on
October l. and were known a. Library
edition works Of Rudyard kipling' and
''the pocket edition works Of Rudyard
Kiping.'' The suit f. brought for an ac-
counting and an Injunction a asked Tor 70
restrain the sale Of the publications mem
toned in the complaint
You can't AFFORD to rick your life by al
lowing q cough or cold 70 develop into
pneumonia or consumption. One Minute
Cough Cure will cure throat and lung
troubles quicker than any other prepare
ton known Many doctors use II ais a
specific for grippe II IS an infallible REM
edv FOR Group. Children like a and moth
ers endorse Il. At all drug stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

should be fewer of the latter A presi-
Dental election once in six or seven
years, restricting the successful candi-
date to one term only, were appeal
frequently enough to popular suffrage
for that high Office. Congressional cleo
tions should be held not oftener than
four. and city, county and borough or
town elections not more frequently than
every three years. Clean politics GER
tainiv demands some change in this di-
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SEAT SELLS AT $4,000.

New York, Nov. 19.-In sympathy
with the tremendous boom which has
animated the stock market since the
success Of the Republican national ticket
at the polls, the price of New York stock
exchange memberships has risen to a
figure never before attained. A seat has
been sold for SAG, 500, and so great was
the feeling of confidence in future good
business on the exchange that a bid of
SAT 500, a figure unprecedented was
made later for another seat. It has not
vet been taken
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
LET OFF EASILY.

Colored Man Who Killed His Tor
mentor Goes to Reformatory.
George Stout colored, plead guilty In
the district court this afternoon TO man
slaughter, and was sentenced to the
state reforrnatory at Hutchinson.
Stout killed Wilsey Hollenbeck. a
white man. at Rossville on April "a. the
day of the county primaries. Holien-
beck was drunk and had been threaten
ing and abusing Stout. They met late
in the day I'm a joint. Hollenbeck made
a threatening move toward Stout stout
tried to escape but HOllenbeck prevent
ed him. Stout shot his tormentOr and
escaped. The sympathy Of the nelghbor-
hood seeemd to be with Stout.
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Unconscious on Railroad Track.

Clarence Coleman, night agent at the
Santa. Fe depot in North Topeka, was
found unconscious lying across the rail-
road tracks in the Santa Fe shop yard,
between and o'clock Sunday morn
ing The young man had left his post
of duty an hour before to go home H
was revived at the Topeka depot and
sent to the Santa Fe hospital It is
thought he suffered an attack Of heart
disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19
Heavv Gales Continue.

London, Nov. 19.-Heavy gales contin-
ne to sweep over the channel. The con-
tinental mail boats report having en-
countered terrific seas and there have
been a number of mishaps. The small
Bremen steamer Duisburg which was
disabled off F'oIlSestone yesterday has
been towed into the Thames.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

St. Louis Star: During 1893 the Eng
1ish public deposited with the British
postofice savings bank 80. 000, 900 pounds
and drew out $4,000 600 pounds. thus
Having A. OO 600 pounds $50. O00, O00) to its
credit 1t would seem that a postal
savings bank system would be good
thing in the interest OF the people OF
the United States
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GOLD DEPOSITS in ITALY.
Treasure Found in Caves at Sofia,
Formerly River Bed.

Rome, Nov 1e.-Gold has been dis
covered incrusted in caves at the small
town OF Sofia in the Bergamo district
This territory was anciently covered by
the waters of the AIDA river, which it
Is now supposed deposited auriferous
sands along its banks and in its bed.
All the population is busily excavat-
ing. Large quantities of mica are found
mixed with the gold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegrap
perpetrates the following CHASTITY pun:
IF the emperor Of Russia dies from ty
phoid fever. he will have to be put into
q czarcophagus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

The people Of the United States have
not only rejected the POpulist party. but
the Populist principles as well, although
offered in the guise of Democracy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

In one township in North Dakota in
fabited by Mennonites the vote on presi-
dent stood: Mckinley, p; Bryan, 5;
Debs, 16.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

It will take a long time for England
to get out Of the South African mines
what she is spending to obtain posses
sion of them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

There is some complaint about high
prices. but not nearly SO much as there
always is during an era of low prices.
High prices and good times always go
hand in hand. Low prices and hard
times seem to be inseparable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-19

A congress composed of delegates from
the various political parties, which
would decide upon what was settled by
the recent election might be a good
4hiup
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Clark of Montana has an extra sen
atorship at his disposal. He now has an
opportunity to get back some of his
money