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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
GULF WIDENS
Between the United Mine Workers
and Coal Operators.

Indianapolis, Jan. 24.-The second day
of the Joint conference between the
United Mine Workers and the coal OPP
orators of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Pennsylvania does not promise much.
The gulf between the miners and OPP
orators from Illinois seems to widen.
A fight will be made to keep the Iowa
operators out of the interstate COM
pact. John P. Reese, executive board
member of the United Miners, is from
that state, and he will try to bring the
operators into the Interstate fold.
Michigan is also asking to come in.
This state will have better show than
Iowa
ITO drag in Iowa's grievances would
be folly said a Columbus. O., opera
tor, "and 1 for one will oppose the adj
mission of the state. Let the operators
settle their own troubles"
The position of the Illinois miners is
one that has brought them under Sc
we're criticism. Operators claim that
the miners are becoming arrogant be-
cause they have a big strike fund on
hand
The result of the second ballot on the
election of vice president and board
member to succeed John -. Reese, of
Iowa, taken yesterday was announced
today. OF a total of 936 votes cast for
vice president, T. L. Lewis, of Ohio, re-
ceived 1852; John P. Reese, 266 and w
d. Van Horn of Indiana 178. Lewis
lacked five votes of election. Van Horn
withdrew.
For board member John Pendleton of
Arkansas was elected.
Another ballot on the vice presidency
will be taken today The joint confer
that the miners might proceed with
their business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
THE LONDON SEASON.

LFrom the Saturday Review-1
These social changes which are trace
noticeable and most easily traced in
the higher. They. are specially notice
able in the aspect of what is called the
London season. The old London sea-
son, which meant a residence IN Lon
don practically unbroken for three
months. or even four, is now thing
of the past. The London season of to-
day IS not SO much a residence in Lon
don as a rapid series of visits to it
visits which are broken by w h1tsuntide,
by the Ascot week, by weeks spent at
Newmarket, and by constant parties In
the country from Saturday to Monday:
while numbers of people who once took
houses for the season now come for five
or six weeks to hotels. The principal
reason of this change is that whereas
while travelling was slow and expensive
meeting place for the members of what
is called society, they can now with
equal ease meet each other elsewhere;
and any country house in the neighbor-
hood of any racecourse can be trans
formed at a moments notice into a
fragment of Mayfair.
In other words, it is becoming In
creaSlngIy possible to enjoy London So
ciety without remaining in London.
Such being the case, it is hardly neceS-
sary to say that society in the country
has undergone a corresponding change.
Just as society in London had formerly
a disunctively London character, so in
the country formerly it had a distinc-
lively county character, of which the
old open hospitality at Wentworth
Woodhouse may be regarded as the
latest survival. This cCsnty character
it has now almost completely lost. Let
us take any party in any country house
today from the north of Scotland down
to the west of Cornwall, and we shall
find that the persons composing it come
from all parts of the kingdom. It is
gathering of friends and intimates, but
it is not a gathering of neighbors. The
duration of such gatherings has chang
ed likewise. In the north of Scotland no
doubt the duration of visit is longer
than it is as a rule in one of the home
counties. In the latter it may last for
three or, perhaps, four days; in the
former for a fortnight. But where Wis
itors stay for a fortnight now, in old
times they would have stayed for at
least a. month
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
DAWSON'S BIG FIRE.
Loss Is Estimated at 100000 =
Opera House Burned.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 24.-Advices from
the north received today substantiate the
report of a big fire at Dawson. 1t oc-
CURED January II and destroyed
buildings and merchandise to the value of
comes by telegraph from Dawson to Skag-
way. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated from a defective hue.
The flames burned about 400 feet along
the principal street, laying in ashes many
of the costliest and most substantial
structures in the Klondike metropolis
The fire extended along First street. from
Sam Bonfield's saloon and gambling house
to Thomas ChishOlm's saloon, Wiping out
these two well known land marks and all
intern ediate buildings. These included
many saloons, restaurants, opera house,
grocery and general stores and branch
There was no loss of life. but very little
of the contents of the buildings were
saved. All of the burned buildings faced
the Klondike river. On the opposite side
of the street and nearer the water front
are located the big warehouses of the
Transportation companies They escaped
Judge Davis, a Montana man, sustained
the loss of the best log block in Dawson.
It's original cost was $50, 900. There were.
however, frame structures erected at an
even greater cost. Nothing approaching
a relia bic estimate to individual losses
can be obtained. Three of the most hand
looms in the city burned. The opera house
property is said to have been worth So
600 as Klondike prices go. 1t was a COM
paratively new building, erected upon the
ruins of the old opera house, which was
burned about eighteen months ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
LEGENDS ABOUT BIRDS.
[From the chicago News.l


Owls never have been popular birds, and
Pliny tells us that on two occasions a
large owl having made its appearance in
the streets of Rome, a solemn ceremony
was performed by the whole city in order
to avert the catastrophe which was be-
leVed to be foresha dowed by visits from
such uncanny birds. Savages have ever
associated disaster with the appearance
of an owl a raven or crow, while even
the humble sparrow has excited distaste
at times.
In folklore with BIRDS as with many
other animals, not a few of the myths as
to death or i'll fortune are associated, and
even in these advanced days there are
many places where all hope of a sick per-
sons recovery would be abandoned if it
were known that crow, a rock or a
jackdaw had flown over the house where
in the person lay i'll. a similar belief at
taching to the appearance of a white
pigeon, and in the Orkneys to the ring
Ousel.
According to one legend the stormy Pc
trel which takes its name from st. Peter,
from his having walked the sea, is
supposed to be the restless ghost of some
dead and gone sea captain. condemned for
his misdeedS to wander thus forever over
the waste of waters. And there is a myth
in Denmark which tells that lapwings rep
resent the spirits of departed maids, and
green SandpiperS those of deceased bache-
lorS. These birds haunt the same marshv
places. and it is said that the lapWingS
sailing slowly through the air, mournful-
ly wall:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
TROTTERS FOR RUSSIA.
James Butler Sells Valuable Horses
to a St. Petersburg Firm.

New York. Jan 24.-The steamer Lain
of the North German Lloyd line which
left this port for Bremen, carried away
eleven trotting horses which James
Butler of this city has just sold to Con-
stantin & Franz Blenl1le of St. Peters
burg, Russia, for the reported price of
1873, 600 The Russian horsernen arrived
here last Saturday, in search of promis-
ing young trotters for racing and
breeding purposes. They were here on
ly three days. most of which time was
spent at Mr.. Busters East View farm in
Westchester county, where they found
what they wanted. In point of breeding
1t would be hard to find a lot of higher
class tretters than the ones the Rus
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
ooh. why wouldn't you?
oh, why wouldn't u?r
To which the sandpipers reply:
Because we dared not,
Because we dared not

which is stated to be followed by chorus
of mocking laughter. In some of the min
ing districts the cry of the golden p1over
is dreaded as a portent of coming disas-
when they hear the bird. On the other
hand, humming- birds were supposed to
contain the souls of those who had died
conducted to the kingdom of the sun,
where they were robed as became their
renOWn.
Even to this day it is believed in some
parts that the swallows in the winter nil
grafton hide themselves at the bottoms of
rivers and lakes, while Gilbert White OF
England believed that swallows do not
depart from this island, but lay them
selves up in holes and caverns: and do
insectlike and batlike, come forth at mild
times and then retire again to their late
brae." The subject Of bird myths in CON
nection with folk and weather lore offers
very wide field for thoughtful study
and one which grows more and more in
teresting as it IS delved into.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
NO HELP FOR CARTER.
The Captain Seems Destined to Serve
Out His Sentence.

New York, Jan.24-The United States
circuit court of appeals today affirmed
with costs the decision of Judge La
combe dismissing the habeas corpus
proceedings in the case of former Cap
tain Oberlin NJ. Carter of the United
States engineers, convicted by court
martial of frauds in connection with
the Savannah river and Cumberland
Sound improvements. The decision was
signed by Judges Wallace and Ship
man. Carter is a prisoner at Fort Will
liam, but has been sentenced to six
years at Fort Leavenworth, Kan He
was also ordered to pay a. fine which
he has done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
FOR GRAVE ROBBING.
Medical Student and Friend Are
CHARGED with Serious OAense.

Rock Island H., Jan. 24.-Charles Jas
person of Hillsdale, is under arrest here.
charged with grave robbing at Rapids
City, and Sheriff Cralle left today for
Keokuk to arrest and bring back to this
city a student in the Keokuk Medical COL
lege, who is accused of the same crime.
The body of Mrs. Casper Marrow, who
died last week in Rapids City, and was
inferred in the village cemetery, is miss
ing and the circumstances point to its
having been taken from it's grave and
shipped out of the state. A box was dis
covered in the Chicago Burlington &
Quincy freight depot at Hillsdale last Sat
urday which is thought to have contained
a corpse.
Jasperson denies all knowledge of the
affair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
Is been horribly dull-this beastly

It's been horribly dull-this beastly
desert"
Miss Hill protested. Its not beast
ly desert
she ignored and went on:
It's very beautiful and grand if you
only understand it. I dare say you
were not brought up on it?''
II wasn't, thank Heaven!"
well, l was. I was born on it. I
made my first mud pies with ella wa
ter, rode my first burro around Thorn
as, and had my first spill into this alkali
dust. I suppose one had to be used to
it from the very beginning to love it. "
Harrington began to feel that it was
anything but creditable not to love it.
He defended himself. New England
gave me birth. And I still prefer the
lilac to the mesquite bush. It's all a
matter of education, of course"
"Of course she agreed. Tell me
about the Presidio.''
He told her about it with the zest
for word painting which California fos-
tiers, and left her with the belief that
she was about to enter paradise on
earth.
You play golf, of course?'
It is the question which must come
sooner or later. She answered that she
did not; and Harrington was glad, be-
cause now he could teach her, and life
would be all one beautiful driving lit
tie white balls across green slopes and
fields of fieurs- de-lis, with q blue sky
overhead and a sapphire sea beyond. 1t
was eternal spring in Harrington's
heart just now, SO he overlooked the de-
tail that heurs-de-lis don't bloom in
August.
Outside of Section was a stuffy
sleeper. where sat a scandalized man
and woman, whispering and casting
looks; and beyond that was cleaning
desert, where the thermometer would
have registered incredible things. But
in Section 2 all was charming. The
crunch of feet on the cinders, the tinkle
of the hammer on the hot box, the muir
muir of mems voices, came family to
it.
Hoy long shall we stop here?" Miss
Hill asked.
Neither did he care; but he kept that
to himself. He liked southern Arizona.
Then Miss Hill wante dto know Where
are We?"
her. She looked puzzled. do you I'M
derstand Spanish?v She remembered
some from the days of Mexican nurses
and citizen packers. There had been a
speech well. then. the name of this
garden spot is Adonde-at least, within
half mile Of it"
THAT meals where. she said.
Isn't it jolly well named? To look out
upon this world here is to ask where, ;,
and WHITTIER and why, and what for?'
The plans are such forcible reminders of
the eternal n-get-at-able-ness of things
in general
they are not all measured off by human
foot rules like New England. But they
are lovely. I am quite sure shall not
like the preside links half so we'll
This was dangerous Harrington launch
ductor called ''An aboardt' and feet hur-
ried along the cinder bed. But the train
was going thirty miles hour before
they really realized it had started; and
they were at Yuma and had twenty-five
they were aware that they had passed
Adonde. Adonde indeed It was already
It was palmer still ny the time they
crossed on the ferry, Major Hill saw it.
and so did Mrs. Hill, and some others
were very considerable about it, and went
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
OLD.TIME DINE NOVELS.

IFrom New Orleans Times-Democrat. ]
In looking over some old stock the
other day" said a local neNsdealer, 81
ran across one of Beadle'S dime novels.
printed in 1871. 1t was entitled 1.-THE
Danite's Daughter, or the Mystery of
Echo Canyon" and was a bloOd-curd-
ling tale of Mormon deviltTity. The
story was set in ordinary 'miniOn' type
and filed 14S pages, AZ by 67z inches,
inclusive of margins, so, you see, it
was rather short, fact that constituted
its chief merit. There was nothing vi
cious about the little book, however-it
was merely very crude and stupid-and
as I looked it over I was surprised to
such literature was regarded by our
parents and teachers when 1 was a.
youngster. Compared with some of the
latter-day flash stories for boys, in
which tOughs and crooks figure as he
roes, it was decidedly moral and rather
elevating in tone. But it is a crafty
ing fact that all such trash seems to
have seen its day. The fashioned
dime novel, with it's cheap yellow back
was followed by a flood of SO-called
nickel libraries, which homogeneous as
it may seem, were probably suggested
by the success of the very high-class
Franklin Square Library. The nickel
prints were enormously popular for
years, and great fortunes were made
out of them by several different pub
fishers. But the demand gradually
waned, and their sale is a mere drop in
the bucket against that Of other days.
I venture to say that not one boy out
of one hundred ever reads a line of
them to-day. They were mostly pre-
posterous stories of adventure, evid-
IDENTIFY ground out by the cheapest and
clumsiest class of hack writer's, and the
modern schOolboy is entirely too intel
Hgent to be attracted by that kind of
drivel. Ten years ago the newsdealers
used to order such books in lots of 500
to 1000. Now they order them by the
dozen"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24

Boulder, Col, Jan. PA fire broke
out this morning in the town of Lafay-
cite about u miles from this city and
spread rapidly before a, high wind. The
wires are down and no particulars have
been received but it is believed that
practically the entire town will be de-
vastated, destroying several hundred
thousand dollars worth of property and
rendering hundreds of families home
less. Lafayette is the principal coal
mining camp in northern Colorado.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
FOR NATIONAL GUARD.
An Appropriation of 100000 For
Support Is Asked.

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. PA member
of the committee appointed this after
noon by the interstate National Guard
association to prepare a bill to be pre-
scented to congress asking for an addi-
tiOnal appropriation for the mainten-
ance of the National Guard of the coun-
try said the committee had agreed upon
government now devotes to that pur-
pose. The committee will report at the
meeting tomorrow and as there is a SEN
timent in favor of not asking too much
it is likely it's action will be concurred
in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
SYMPATHY FOR ALL.
Philadelphia Netherlands Society
Passes Resolutions,

Philadelphia, Jan. 24-The Neither
lands society of this city has adopted
resolutions sympathizing with the
Beers and with all peoples struggling
to maintain their homes against IN
just assault and ravage."
The resolutions also add:
THAT we likewise sympathize with
the millions of people in Inoia now
starving to death in enjoyment of that
civilization rendered to the Transvaal.'
Among those who made addresses
was Cornelius w. Van der Hoogt,
Dutch consul at Baltimore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
:RAILWAYS CONSOLIDATE.
Nashville Street System to Be Placed
Under One MANAGEMENT.

Nashville Tenn, Jan. 24-Articles of
consolidation of the Nashville Street Rail
panv the the NsshY1Ie aa9 sbnrba1 COM som
pany and the Nashville railway were filed
in the secretary of states office today.
The companies united under the name Of
the Nashville railway with Sc 500 900 cap
ital stock and authority is given to issue
bonds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
Fire In Mininp Camn.

Boulder, Col. Jan. PA large part Of
the town of Ward, a mining camp in
the mountains, Is miles from this city
was dstroyed by a fire which started
in the McClancey hotel at l o'clock this
and the fire spread rapidly among the
frame. buildings but did not reach the
mills and mines which are just outside
the town The loss will probably
amount to s5O,OO0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
ANOTHER BALL TEAM.
American Association to Play in Bal
timore This Season.

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 24-It has been
practically decided that Baltimore will
have a team in the new American Base
ball association and that John J. Nc
Graw will be its manager.
A meeting of the new American assoeia-
Monday or Tuesday of next week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
Miners Must Be Educated.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 24.-The British
Colum bia government has decided to
so amend the coal miners act to pro-
hibit the employment of any one under
ground who cannot read and write
English.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24

to listen to the music in the social hall
Harrington leaned on the rail beside her
and showed her the gulls, and said this
was San Francisco. as though he We're
personally responsible for (which is the
way we get in California 1t was only
too evident, even to the watching strang-
erS where and WHITTIER. Where they
were was In the seventh heaven of con-
tentment. And whittier they tended was
reached Just two months later.
Upon this occasion. which was none
other than his wedding day, they called
upon Harrington for toast He stood
up and looked at Mrs. Harrington. The
boucles folleS were still there though half
hidden by the white veil, and she was
buShing as pinlCly now as upon that first
day in the stretch and silence of the prai-
RE that ever memorable and delightful
day at the place of the unansWera bic
question. Adonde. Harrington thought OF
that day and raising his glass. made the
opinion of all assembled the hattest fall
ure of a toast But his wife understood
and the others did not matter. He had
looked into her eyes and said.. Howl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24

MRS. wINsLOWs SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE .TEETHINQ, with
PERFECT. SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the
CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS ALLAYS
all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC and is
the best remedy for DIARRH OEA- Sold
by Druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure to ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup" and take no other kind. TWEEN.
ty-five cents a bottle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24

Can't be perfect health without pure
blood. Burdock Blood Bitters makes
pure blood. Tones and invigorates the
whole system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-24
Attention Ariona

Attention Arions
Masked ball, Friday evening, Janu-
airy 26, 1900. All members cordially in
vited TRUSTEES.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-06

The worries Of weak and sick mother are
only hogun with tie birth Of her child. BY
day her works. constantly interrupted and al
night her rest is broken ~ the waiting Of th
pesvish, puny infant. DT Pieree's Fayerite
Prescription makes weak women strong aud
sick women we'll. Itiightens al the burdens
OF nsAtsruity, giving to mothers strength and
yigof, which they impart 70 their children
IN over thirty years OF practice Or. Pierce and
his associate staa Of nearly q scoro Of physi-
clans have treated and cured more than half a
million suffering women. Sick women are In
vited to eonsuit Or. Pierce by letter free Of
charge. AL correspondence is strictly private.
address Or. X. y, Pierce. Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical institute, Buffalo.
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-06

Despite the terrible famine in India,
Mrs cu5zon, wife of tho gieeroy, con
tributed o. collected a fund ofsss 600 10
reward Baden Powell ana the heroes
of MafsFpg, This example Of misdi-
Teoted benihceace. however, provides
no wealthy and humane American with
m excuse FOR failure to oid the .tarylng
Hindoos
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-06
4 BARBER LAW.

Yon9ers, N. y. has put its barber
shops under The control Of the board Of
health and The health officer has posted
IN each shop a SET Of rules 20 be OBJ
served. One commands that all razors,
com6s, brushes and clippers shall De-
disinfected BY formaldehyde gas a.tsr
usiag, and that eh article must r.
main in the ga for IbIly shEes minutes
beiore using again. Another is that
every customer Is to haye acleau towel.
spoeges are forbidden Aiun used 10
stop bleeding % p applied " pow
der on cloth instead " rubbed % in
tne lump. Evers parber q g WISH his
hands and dislnfece them before shay,
ing customer. There mast be hot as
vel IS cold water In every shop The
soap must be Of a standard quall.s The
shops Will be inspected regularly, and
every violatlon q the rules is puuishs
able BY fpe q ten dollars, Il .
feared that the Yonkers BARRIERS win
soon be unable 70 tax any more for
having 10 @nk abou; 50 many things.
At present. however, they are diacusss
Ing the new regulations IL the old way
The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-06

Over in Macon movement has been
iuauEursttd BY the ante bellum negroes
to form an association ITO cultivate
friendly relations with the white people
and teach the ctming neyation Of ne
gr0es coed manners