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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

existences. Done is his material ex-
istence, in this world, and the other is
ne life beyond, for we cannot get rid
Of the thought that there is an after
life.
In the present we should prepare for
the future. We have before US today
an army of Workmen. God bless them,
they are doing a noble work. They are
burying the dead. They are caring for
the living. They look after the father
less the widows, and those who need
their help and assistance.
I believe that every young married
man ought to have insurance on his
body that he may leave material wealth
to those whom he leaves behind and
who are dependent. We ought to also
have insurance on our souls, that we
may face God Almighty without blush
on our face.
Dear mourners, we can only console
you, and in the hope that God will look
down upon you in your trouble and be-
reaVement and comfort YOU.
Following the sermon, the choir sang
Jesus Knows Thy Sorrow" after which
the friends were given an opportunity
of viewing the casket and flowers. Be
cause OF the horrible manner in which
the bodies were mutilated by the ex-
plosion the caskets were not opened.
Many beautiful flowers were sent
Bunches of roses were strewn over the
tops of the casketS and a beautiful
floral design stood on each casket from
the A. o. u. W., representative of the
emblem of the order. an anchor and
shield made of carnations and hya-
cinths, and surrounded by Easter lilies
After viewing the flowers and caskets
the people filed slowly out of the church.
The funeral procession was formed.
The procession was over a mile in
length.
At the graves the simple and impress
sive burial service of the A. o. U. w.
was given, conducted by Mr.. Jos. Sic
ben, Mr.. Ed McKiernan and Mr. J. w
Gibbons, followed by a farewell prayer
by Rev. Mr. F'onken.
Nels Linden was born January 5, 1857,
and leaves a wife and three children.
John Heustis was born November 9,
1875 and leaves a wife, having been
married but a little over a year.
Both men carried 3d. 900 life insurance
in the A. o. u W., which sum will be
paid to the widows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

the families of the dead, and many had
gained admittance and were standing
IN the aisles and at the back of the
church. About as many more remained
on the outside, on the sidewalks on
either side of the street, unable to get
inside the church
All classes of people were represented,
but noticeable We're $50 members of the
A. 0. U. w. and many Santa F'e men, from
all departments of the shops The fun
eral was one of the largest which To-
peka has seen and the little church
was too small to hold the large crowd
A few minutes before the appointed
time, the two hearses containing the
bodies drove to the door of the church,
where they were met by a delegation
from Irwin lodge A. o. u W, which
escorted the remains to their places at
the front of the church, near the altar,
followed by the relatives of the de-
ceased. As the bodies and mourners
entered the church, the church choir
sang, Nearer My God to Thee" and
Am L a Soldier of the Cross"
Rev Fonken took for the text of his
sermon, Proverbs q, 1, Boast not thy
self of tomorrow for thou knowest not
what a day will bring forth" He spoke
of the many good qualities of the men
Sand their sudden taking away, and
said that although they were absent,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
PROOF in TOPEKA.
Should Be Decidedly More Con
vincing to Topeka People Than
Proof From Utter Strangers.

The statement which follows, like all
that have preceded it on this subject.
is IRON Topeka 1t is not from some
distant corner Of the Union. Topeka
people cannot finch from testimony like
this:
Mr.. Henry Page, No. 3O2 East Fourth
street, a resident of Topeka for tweny
years. says; "A five weeks attack of
6r'ppe left me as it does many Others
with a weakness of the kidneys. The
tain across the lOins and the trouble
with the kidney secretions particularly
noticeable at night, We're to say the
least, annoying, and I thought if Doan's
Kidney Pills performed half what thew
promised the treatment might help me
I procured a box at Rowley & Shows
drug store, corner of Sixth street and
Kansas avenue. and took it. The treat
ment was very satisfactory. To say I
endorse Doan's Kidney Pills is a mild
way of expressing my opinion of that
remedy"
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
Rowley & Snow, 600 Kansas avenue
and by all dealers. price, so cents per
box, or mailed on receipt of price by
Foster ilburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
TWO NOTED LAWYERS.
Say the United States Have No
Right to Keep the Philippines.

New York. Feb. 19.-James c. Carter,
the constitutional lawyer, says in an
interview:
Il think congress has vested in it the
authority to legislate for the island pos
sessions of the United States.
IF we are going to hold these islands
there will have to be special legislation
for them, for they are not portions of
the United States.
Il am Internationally a free trader,
and as such could express approval of
no other policy for these newly acquired
colonies. OF course, the natives of
the colonies are not citizens of the
United States, and laws that are enact
ed for them must, in the very nature of
things, differ from these enacted for the
states.
You may say for me most emphati-
cally that believe we have no right to
keep the Philippine islands at all, and
that we never did have such a right.
The fact that we helped the Filipi1os
to gain their independence from Span
ish rule did not entitle us to assume
that rule ourselves"
E. Ellery Anderson says:
"Of course the coloniStS are not citi-
zens. The colonies are dependent upon
the United States for their laws, unless
they are given absolute independence
and permitted to govern themselves,
which is improbable for the present at
least.
Il can not see, though. why it is equit-
able or lawful to grant free trade to
Porto Rico and refuse it to the Philip
pines. If the Philippines are annexed to
the United States and become a part of
our territory it is as unjust to legislate
for tariff on trade between the is
lands and the United States as it would
be to legislate for a tariff on goods sold
in New York to the people of any other
state.
AT present 1 am inclined to the opin-
ion that the Philippines can not yet be
regarded as part of the United States,
but if they are, there certainly should
be no tariff on trade between the United
States and the islands. I am in favor
of the omen door policy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
SINGERS SAD FATE.
An Aching Tooth's Extraction Causes
Jaw Paralysis.

Chicago. Feb. ia special to the
Chronicle from San Francisco says:
William Macdonald. young Cali
fornia basso, who has been singing
with the Bostonians for two seasons, is
seriously i'll in this city, suffering from
what physicians say is paralysis of the
jaw.
Macdonald contracted cold and it
settled in a back tooth He consulted
a dentist here who advised extraction.
The dentist used some drug to deaden
the pain which paralyzed the nerves of
the throat and soon after the tooth
was drawn MacDonalds mouth closed
and he had not been able to open it
since, even enough to admit a spoon.
The doctors fear gangrene.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
UNDER SPANISH RULE.
Porto Ricans Were Better Treated
Than Under Americans.

New York, Feb. 19.-Santiago Iglesias
and Edwardo Condo, delegates from the
Porto Rican labor organizations were
at the meeting of the Central Federated
Union today They declared that the
workingmen were given less liberty to
Governor General Davis than under
Spanish rule. General Davis, they said,
recently suppressed a series of strikes
for higher wages by threatening punish
ment.
Joseph Barondess Of the Brotherhood
of Tailors, denounced President McKin-
ley, saying: What viii you do
about it? Pass resolutions asking
Mckinley to do right? As well ask the
devil
Resolutions were adopted requesting
the officers of the national labor or
CARNATIONS to ask President Mckinley
to grant all rights of American citizen
ship 20 the Porto Ricans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19

their memory would be ever present
with those to whom they were dear.
The sermon was one of kind words and
practical suggestions, and especially
BETTING to the occasion. Parts of the
sermon are as follows:
1.-THE dead have died at their posts
They have given up their lives at the
place where they have earned their
daily bread. They have died while do
ing their duty. They have died hon
orably.
THE dead have gone unto their re-
ward. They have gone unto God. He is
merciful, He is love, He is just.
There is no doubt that man has two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
FORTY HORSES BURNED.
Armour and Co.'s Stables Burn a
Cleveland.

Cleveland. o., Feb. ia five story
brick building at as Harrison street
used as a stable by Gibbons and Pinket.
agents for Armour & Co., was destroy
ed by fire early today. Forty horses
persisted in the flames
Adjoining the stable is a tenament
house where over a hundred persons
were asleep when the fire broke out. A
wild panic ensued among the occupants
and notwithstanding the bitterly cold
weather, men, women and children
rushed out of the building clad only in
their night clothes. The f7remen. how
ever, succeeded in saving the tenement
The loss on the stable and contents is
$4,000, covered by insurance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Shawnee County Seems to Be
Oyerrun With Coyotes.
Eighty eight Scalps Have Been
Cashed In.
LOOKS LIKE FRAUD.
Believed That They Have Been
Shipped In.
Strangers Appear and Make
Necessary Affidavits.

The coyote killing industry is appar-
emily on the increase in Shawnee coun-
ty. There has been an immense slaugh-
ter of the animals during the past eight
months, but according to the affidavits
which are made in the county clerks
office and the amount paid out in boun-
ties by the county treasurer. the pests
seem to be increasing in numbers rath-
er than diminishing.
The month of February is only little
more than half gone, but already SO coy
ote sealps have been ''cashed' by the
county treasurer, and affidaVitS have
been made that they were all killed in
Shawnee county. This makes a total
of over 300 on which the bounty has
been paid during the past ten months,
or since the bounty law went into eff
feet, and it is believed there could not
have been that many coyotes in so thick
~ populated a county as Shawnee.
The county officials are beginning to
suspect that the scalps are being ship
ped into Topeka from outside the state
This suspicion is REINFORCED by the fact
that some of the persons who have
'cashed in" the greater numbers of
scalpS are persons of whom the force in
the county clerks office knows nothing
Through the assessment rolls and other
sources, County Clerk Wright and his
assistants have at least heard of nearly
every resident of the different town
HulpS OF the county, out a NUMBER OF
the parties who claim big records as
coyote killers are totally unknown to
the county officials. AS long as they
produce the sca1ps, however, and make
affidavit that the animals were killed
in Shawnee county, the officers are COM
PEELED to pay the bounty unless they
can prove otherwise.
Recently man came into the county
clerks office with a large bunch Of
scalps.
Where did you kill these?" asked
Deputy Clerk Swayze
In Rosevale township" was the re-
ply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
WAR AFFECTS LABOR.
Diamond Cutters Out of Work at Am
sterdam and Antwerp.

Antwerp, Feb. 19.-Distress among the
diamond cutters of Antwerp and Amster-
dam, owing to the stoppage of work in
the workmen's families are now selling
their last articles of furniture. The en-
ploying lapidaries are powerless to give
relief The committees appointed to deal
with the emergency are able to afford
only a meager support.
In Amsterdam there are %, 600 sufferers,
in Antwerp 3, 900. The diamond merchants
and brokers also are feeling the effects of
the shutdown, and some of them fear
they will be unable to keep their heads
above water until the end of the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
TO REPEAL HORTON LAW.
Majority of New York Senate Favor
Abolishing Prize Fighting Law.

New York, Feb. 19.-The World pub
fishes a, poll of the state senate show
ing that 80 senators favor repeal of the
Horton prize fighting law, and 20 OPP
pose it.
The opposition to the law throughout
the stateis astonishingly general, and it
is growing. Petitions for its repeal, with
its thousands of signers, are still COM
ing in from all parts of the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Grand total for ten months

Grand total for ten months 312
me state law passed by the last leg
jslature provides that every county in
The state shall pay bounty of one dol
lar each for coyote scalps and five dol
'ars each for lobo or gray wolf scalps.
Before this law went into effect the
foard OF county commissioners of each
county was at liberty to offer any
bounty it saw fit, or none at all. The
result was that when one county
offered a bounty the coyotes from all
the surrounding counties were herded
into that one county and killed. Under
the present law every county is on an
equality, and there is no necessity for
taking them from one county to an
other, so if they are brought into Shaw
nee county at all, the officers think they
come from outside the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Burial Of a kansas soldier.

Kinsley, Kan, Feb. 19.-The remains
of William Carroll, Company H,Twen-
tieth Kansas, who was killed in action.
arrived from Manila Sunday morning
and will be buried Monday with Grand
Army and Sons of Veteran ceremonies
There were remains of forty-one other
soldiers in same car for other places.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
First ofrwentieth killed in action.

Clay Center. Feb. 19.-The body of
the late Charles E. Pratt, first soldier
of the Twentieth Kansas killed in &C
ton in the Philippines, is expected to
arrive here Monday evening, February
10, for burial in Greenwood cemetery
Extensive preparations are being made
for the funeral services which are to
take place on Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
You mean in Rossville tow

You mean in Rossville township,
don't you?" said Mr.. Swayze.
We'll, out at Silver Lake in Rose
vale or ROssville township-some such a
name"
This made the officers more suspic-
ious than ever, for they do not believe
there is a single resident of Rossville
township who does not know the right
name of the township and also that Sill
yer Lake is in another township entire
~.
There is one man who has "cashed
in" a, large number of scalps whom the
county officers know to be all right. He
is James Gordon, who lives north of
Rossville. He is an expert at coyote
hunting and he has made a business
of clearing out the coyotes in the north
western part of the county. The officers
also know all of those who have brought
in small numbers of scalps, but the ma
jority of those with large numbers are
unknown.
Here is the list of those who have
''cashed in" scalps since the new law
went into effect:
NAV 1900
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-02-19
Lincoln, Neb., and Return, $3.50, via
Santa Fe

Tickets on sale February Is, Island 90,
final limit February %. Account Ma
tional Creamery and Butter Makers
association. Leave Topeka 4: 55 a. M
and arrive in Lincoln at noon.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
The Best Food For Intellectual 1b,,,

No man can vote lntelligeIty unless he thinks ptan.
time OF wars and of wars the greatest and IN
and the best food for intelligent thought is that ne
greatest and BEST Important political are da,v
portant An intelligent understanding of the policy 81
great political party something to be desired and Il
citizen to thoroughly inform himself upon the eadngs o
The Sem> Weekly Republic Is the greatest and best of %
Its eegraphc and cable excels that of any other
the new news fully, not mag NATIVE occurrences but do
distance, fully authenticated facts The politics OF tha
parties are being formed and the candidates dcus
time to subscribe for the best medium of keeping in tou
world, The Semi Weekly Republic No less worthy of ,t
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special articles written by the best of literary talent Its
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Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
We acknoWl.

you gave us. We acknowl-
edged it all right to you,
and at nome, but we did not
want any hurrah made about
it. Our people were in no
mood to ring the bells or fire
the guns when we went
home. A man going into
his old home IN the night;
climbing the back fence and
going through the garden,
making peace with the dog,
knocking at the kitchen door,
is not an inspiring spectacle.
That's the way most of us
went home.
Very often there were no
bells to ring. You Yankees
shot them out of the church
steeples, or our people had to
melt them for ammunition,
We were mighty short to-
ward the last. There were
few house guns in the south
during the war.
occasionally a Confeder'
ate returned to find his town
so battered that he did not
know it. He met strange
faces in the streets. Famil-
lar landmarks had disap-
peared. Sometimes he found
the foundation of his old
home, and it was overgrown
with grass. Whole towns
disappeared, and con1munl-
ties removed in some sections
of the south during the war.
81 know many executed
crates today who were never
mustered out. They punched
US and told US to 90. | know
a man in my state who is
holding a Federal Office who
never surrendered and whu
was never discharged from
the Confederate service. No
war ever had as may
strange situations, as MANY
curious results as that war"
N. Y. Sun,
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
ACCIDENTAL KILLING.

A sad accident occurred
three miles south of De Witt
which resulted in the death
of Lawrence Rowland, a
young man about Is years
old. Young Rowland had
been out snipe hunting and
had just returned home and
took hold of the muzzle of his
gun to take it out of the
wagon, when it was accident
ally discharged, the whole
charge striking him in the
abdomen, from the effects of
which he died in a short
while.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
Character

The best thing in the
world is a good man. The
greatest thing IN the world
is a great good man. The
first thing that a human
being should recognize about
himself is that his character
is his distinguishing feature.
1t is not the amount of mon.
ey, the amount of power, the
amount of brains that a man
has that is his distinguishing
feature, but his character.
Whatever a fellowman may
temporarily do to the con.
trary, this is fact, that
whatever separates him from
Others and gives him his in,
dividuallty is his goodness
or lack of goodness according
to its degree. Money, pow.
err and brains have their
place, and they do exert an
influence in temporarily de-
Gliding a mans position and
recognition.
But the standard of the
ages, by which anyone and
everyone is tried, is charac.
ter; and everything else,
however, important, is mere.
ly subsidiary. Beauty Of
person, brilliancy Of achieve
ment, acuteness Of intellect,
sway of authority, are sec,
ondary, while goodness is
primary. -Nationa Advo.
cate.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13

A country editor forced a
dead beat to pay up, and the
dead beat in, revenge en-.
dorsed the check; This
check is to be paid on the
agreement that this mans
paper is to be sent to me no
more in this world" The
editor endorsed the check as
follows; II cheerfully &C.
cept my condition to get
money out of this dead bea =,
| will not send him the paper
any more in this world, and
realize that should | attempt
to send it to him in the next,
it would burn up before it
would reach him. Fix.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
A PECULIAR CASE.

A report received from
Fayetteville is that Wythe
Walker, the well-known law
yer, fell asleep in the court
room two days ago and ply.
sicians have been unable to
arouse him, though he
'breathes regularly.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
FATAL EPIDEMIC.

An epidemic of measles has
prevailed in Black River
/ o W n $ h zip, Independence
county, during the past
month or two, and has re.
suited IN a great many fatal
titles. Nine burials are re-
ported to have taken place
in one cemetery within ten
days. ..',' ",'.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
USED A RAZOR.

Last Thursday morning,
there occurred quite a serious
cutting ARRAY at Graham S
barber shop, and only an az.
cident prevented its being
fatal. 'f"''',
John Turner entered the
shop and became engaged in
a fight with Claud Lomax,
one of the BARRIERS. Before
twas ended Lomax had Sc.
cured a razor and cut Turner
in The cheek, 1t was a Sc +.
circular cash that reaches @
the jaw.bone and causeI,S ,, a
topious flow Of blood. Had
1t been d few inches lowetfit
would undoubtedly have
proven fatal. u,''" "'''
Lomax was bound over for
trial in the sum of $780,. d"
I Turner'S wound was i'm.
mediately dressed, and at
last accounts he was getting
along well and will soon be
able to be out. Pocahontas
Herald, ''"' ,''."'
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
WANTED TO DIE.

Henry J. Thompson, a
prominent citizen of Will.
Transport, Pa, attempted to
commit suicide at Hot
Springs by taking morphine,
because his wife, recently
married to him, refused to
accompany him to the thea
ter last night. The stomach
pump was worked for half
an hour and Thompson's life
was saved.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
NET SUDDEN DEATH.

Powell Reminger, near
Paragould, met sudden and
unexpected death, Mr..
Remlnger was at work in
his field clearing up ground
for his crop. He cut a tree,
which fell in an opposite di.
ERECTION from which he in,
tended. He ran to get out of
the way of the falling tree,
aud it fell on him, killing
him instantly.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
DEMOCRATS WIN.

Milwaukee and Kansas
City went democratic in the
city election last week.
These two cities have form
erly been republican strong
holds. .,'t .;''." $50 .'.:
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
OFFICE ALI

oOtonhgressIhan' First Dshict-P, ID. McCullocl
residence hnrlanna Lee County.
SENATOR, second Dlsl-A' j witt pocNhon,ns
lug, uuge, iOth Judiclal Dht-Jshn y, McCsIeb,
moth spring >'' ''"'"'
J9dgc--J. ". Smith. - ''''i"'
olefk-Il, b. hin.
SHERIFF 7, wilkins Hardy.
MsseSsor-Con NJ sullivan,
lreasUrrr-C, ", Shaver,
TO- EAamlhei-J, A Watki s,
THE cGyRTS,
U,rcnl, Court n DIst-Flrsl Monday IN Jam.
"tDruury ana August, 'o"''"N I'd
n IIVun,} ContI--id Monday In january, Arm
tr r,ooalv Court, Dlst-2n Monday IN Morch
. 'ne' september and december. ~ ""''"'
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1900-04-13
RIGHT AGAIN..

In the city election last
week Sloan Springs went
democratic for the first time
in years. 49, 500. ''..' '-.-'',