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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24

Hannah Penn was really the acting
governor of Pennsylvania for several
years, while her husband was ILL., Ru-
dolph Blankenburg of Pennsylvania mas
testified to his approval of the cause by
promising to the booth handsome
hanging of Oriental embroidery.
Organizations and individuals are
working for the bazaar. The Woman
Tribune has presented to the District of
Columbia committee ten subscriptions:
The Spencerian Business college OF
Washington has made the committee
gift of a scholarship worth 500. The
Woman's Journal a suffrage paper, has
made a special offer of subscriptions to
the bazaar.
In Ohio many local clubs are contribut-
ing money Certain Iowa women will also
give money, and probably their method OF
have donated carload of pigs They Will
not risk the transportation of the animals,
suffragists in New Mexico are planning to
box up a young burro and express 1t all
zaar. The committee is looking forward
to it's arrival with mixed feelings The
chairman of the Louisiana booth presents
temptations to the lover of sweets in hve
gallon kegs of very choice table molasSes-
Nothing is too small to be welcomed by
the bazaar committee, neither is anything
too large, as its delight over $1OO loco
don Barber, testified beyond doubt The
doll collection is likely to prove one or
the most interesting features Of the b tsaa
states have been asked to contribute
doll each. Mrs. Roosevelt was the first to
respond with a charming doll of undoubt-
ed French extraction Already Mrs.
Murphy of Arizona, Mrs. Stone of Penn
sylvania Mrs. Shaw of Iowa. Mrs. w. B.
McSweeney of South Carolina and Mrs.
Otero of New Mexico have sent their dolls
Not all the states can respond thus, since
some of the governors are widowers or
bachelors.
One of the most significant things on the
five days programme will be the reception
given on the opening night to the four
pioneer Suffra gists, Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs
Mary A. Livermore and Mrs. Julia Howe.
They are all over so and are all women
who have left their impress on the world
outside as well on the suffrage move
ment.
Among the patrons and patronesses of
Mrs. Mary J. Schieffelin, Mrs. Henry Lam
ders, Mrs. Fanny Humphrey Gaffney,
Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson. Mrs. William
HalIeck, Prof. William Halleck, Isaac
Franklin Russell. the Rev. Phoebe Hama
ford. the Rev. w. s. Rainsford. Boudinot
Keith, Miss Adele NJ. Field John Martin;
from Massachusetts. Lieutenant Governor
Bates and Mrs. Bates: William F. Bow
ditch, Senator George F. Hoar and
Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
One of the tables is to be a tribute to
Susan B. Anthony. Among other things
it will have a quilt made by her. Views
and is, have been gathered into a book
for the bazaar and will be sold at her
table At another table autograph lovers
Will have opportunity of buying auto
graph copies of books by Secretary of
State Hay and William Dean Howelis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
TRINITY COLLEGE.
Catholic Institution For Girls at
Washington Dedicated.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Trinity college,
the newly founded Catholic Institution
for the higher education of women, was
dedicated today with imposing cere-
monies. Cardinal Gibbons, Mgr Marti-
nelli, the papal delegate, and other high
dignitaries of the church conducted the
service in the presence Of a large assem-
blage, including prominent officials,
many members of the diplomatic corps
and representative educators from vari-
Gus parts Of the country.
The institution is one of the most am
bilious projects of higher education that
has yet received the attention of the
Catholic authorities Its inception and
actual execution are due to the Sisters
of Notre Dame. The plan is most com
prehensive, covering the first hall dedi-
Gated today. a science building for
physics, psychology, geology and chem
istry an art school, library building,
musical hall, gymnasium and residence
building. The art school is promised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
ANALYTICAL.

CFrom the Memphis Seimitar1
At the Seventh ward registration
booth Tuesday night an old negro APP
piled for his certificate
The clerks propounded the usual cate
CORY of questions to him regarding his
age the period of his abode in the state
and city, his place of residence and like
matters Finally he was asked to name
his occupation
L belongs to de city scrimatory
force" was his reply.
What sort of organization is that?"
asked the bewildered clerk.
Why, just scrimatory, OATS all. We
scrimateS things
well, you have sprung a new occupa-
ton on u.s. What kind OF things do you
Sc-ima te %
Cats and dogs and horses and mules
everything OATS dead 'cep'n folks. = an
swered the negro.
Then it dawned on the clerks that he
belonged to the crematory department
Of the city scavengers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
CRUEL METHODS
Of Treating Piles and Rectal Dis
eases.

The old method of treating piles by the
knife, by ligature or dilation besides
causing intense pain and frequently col
lapse and death are now known to be
worse than useless as far as actually
curing the trouble is concerned.
Derangement of the liver, and other
Intervals organs as well as constipation
often cause piles, and it is a mistake
to treat 1t as a purely local disease;
this IS the reason why salVes and ONT
nnents have so little effect and the wide
spread success of the Pyramid Pile Cure
has demonstrated it.
The Pyramid Pile Cure is not a salve
nor ointment, but is in suppository form
the sensitive rectal membrane and acts
both as local and constitutional treat
ment and in cases Of many years stand
ing has made thousands Of permanent
cures.
Many pile sufferers who have under
gone surgical operations without relief
or cure have been surprised by results
from a. few weeks treatment with the
Pyramid suppository
The relief from pain is so immediate
that patients sometimes imag CINE that
the Pyramid contains opiates or cocaine,
but such is not the case; 1T is guaranteed
absolutely free from any injurious drug.
The cure is the result of the healing
oils and astringent properties of the
remedy which cause the little tuuors
and contested blood vessels to contract
and a natural circulation is established
All druggists sell the Pyramid Pile
Cure at so cents for full sized package.
A little book on cause and cure CT piles
mailed free by addressing Pyramid Drug
Co. Marshall. Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24

titioR till he got the exact position. Of
his snorir & neighbcrs head. Then he fred
one 45-callbre bullet through the pfalns
but the bad man was permitted TO rae
Whatever he may. have known of the
practice was manifest when he set out
Z ~ Paso wearing fe ur l11-snooleLs ana
the rial of the NfilIer-Frazier cattle cons
as he was he went to the onlee OF me
FL Paso Times" and in a badly written,
paqly spelled card announces ln a ne
had come to Ell Paso ITO practise law on
a high plain" He meant plane" OF
course, but his spelling was as bad as his
paper Office he called at the White E e.
phant saloon, and at the point OF a gun
this ready money he engaged in an open
crap game in the Gem saloon. IN Texas
avenue. lost all his capital and then, with
pistol in each hand compelled the pay
what he had lost. He collected about $500
and went back to the saloonkeeper whom
he had first robbed, Offering to buy a
forcing his proposal with his ever ready
weapons He got the half interest and
before daylight all Ell Paso knew that
Yves Hardin, guns and all. had come. to
town to 'prac / G law on a high plane
For more than six mon hs ne terrorized
FL PaSO. There was only one man the
who dared cross his path at all times and
under all conditions. That man was John
ent mould from Wes Hardin. After =
bloody career as a soldier, cowb y 2Ta
he called ..twenty-three justifiab k IL
ings." Sellman had settled down into the
aim st pI cid ccupat on of pa 70 hns
streets of Ell Paso. 1t was pl cd n ugh
till Hard n came but month later e cry
man there knew that one CT the other h d
death.
The crisis came on August 49, 1888. Old
John Sellman's son, who was a p lice
man. had arrested Hardin's friend, and
Hardin at once announced that he would
exterminate the whole Sellman family,
beginning with the father. To this end
tire offended desperate armed himself
with pistols and a quantity of whisky and
latter. who stated at his trial afterward
that he knew it only question of
time when he must kill Hardin, traced
him to the Echo saloon. With that Pc
culiar and almost anomalous sense of
fairness which characterized many of his
class, Sellman then sent word to Hardin
that If he would come out of the saloon.
he, Sellman, would give him a fair
chance to exterminate be extermin-
ated." Those were the very words of
SeIiman as reported at the trial After
waiting an hour for a reply Sellrnan en-
tered the bar room. Hardin saw his re-
Election in the glass and had his pistol
cut in a second But Sellman was sober.
hatband to hatband and even when his
Wet m fell Sellman continued to fire Il
he had placed five shots in vital parts OF
his enemy.
Good gun fighters like Yves Hardin
sometimes shoot after they're hit ex~
planned Sellman in telling why he fired
many fatal shots.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BAZAAR.
[From the New york Sum

FROM the New York Sun
From Dec. to Dec 8 the National
American Woman Suffrage association
will hold a bazaar in the concert hall
in the union is to be represented. Re
cruits have been Joining the suffrag e
ranks so rapidly that more money is
needed to carry on the work. A bazaar
which combined pleasure and profit
seemed the pleaSantest method of pro-
viding the money, and some time ago
the national committee. which has its
headquarters in the American Tract
Society building, issued its call. The
state societies have responded most
Loyalty
So far as possible the booths will be
characteristic of the states they repre-
sent Maryland will display its name
in a booth decorated with terrapin can
vasback ducks and oysters. Among
other things 1t will have for sale abeau-
tiful pair of homespun silk curtains.
Six Maryland women are coming to
take charge of it. CALIFORNIA; decora.-
lions will be the beautiful yellow Cali
fornia peoples. William Keith, a Cali
forn1a artist, has given for the cause a
painting of CALIFORNIA; scenery worth
$500 Kansas expects to stand well up
in the list of unique decorations with
booth made of ears of corn so huge
that they will justify to sceptical east
erners all the stories Of the wonderful
properties of Kansas soil. If possible
the booth used in the Paris exposition
viii be brought over to the bazaar
otherwise a reproduction will be made.
The Pennsylvania booth is to be hom-
nred by having two distinguished dolls.
William and Hannah Penn, whose pres
ence at a woman suffrage bazaar is ex-
planned by the fact that the original
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
NEW STANDARD
For Assessment of Corporate Stock
Fixed in Illinois.

Springfield, Ill, Nov. 23.-Radical re-
vision of the rules under which cOrpor-
ate stock is taxed was made by the
state board of equalization today. The
new rule does away with the standard
under which the Cook county board OF
assessors made returns showing $685.
600 900 worth of taxable capital stock,
and establishes a new standard, under
which the valuation can be fixed at AL
most any figure
The gist of the change is as follows:
Under the old rule the method of OBJ
tanning a just valuation of taxable cor
poration stock" was to subtract from
the market value of the stocks and
bonds of each company the assessed
valuation of each company's property
The remainder thus obi aed was held
to be "a fair taxable VI datiOn of the
eOmpany'S tangible assets
The new rule brings into play new
considerat atoms, such as duration OF
franchises. compensation paid to NUM-
cipa tiles and the probability of futul e
compel ition. BY taking advantage of
these changes, it is asserted, corpora
tions may show the actual taxable value
of their intangible assets to be merely
nominal.
The rule is admitted to be for legaliz-
ing the practices by which the assess
ments of corporations have been re-
duced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24

lance at a great expense. and the king
of kings is looking for another capital
OF course, the chief interest of Meme
lexis capital is Menelek himself, and
was fortunate in securing an audience Of
forty minutes the day before he was to
start upon q, royal progress through the
kingdom of Shoa.
His palace is like a struggling village,
and 1 had to ride through courtyard
after courtyard of mud huts before I
reached the square which contains his
banqueting hall, court of justice and hall
of audience.
is a large clock, which never goes-a- fit
ting symbol of Abyssinian administra-
ton. The banqueting hall is used on the
occasion of great festivals to entertain
some 5000 braves at time with huge
joints of raw meat All squat upon the
ground and cut off portions close to their
noses with their long, curved swords.
Menelek is very much as pictures and
books have led you to expect-a stout
amiable man with a very black face
and short, stubby beard. He is quite
bald, so he wears a cloth tightly tied
around his head, and over that a big felt
wideawake. His clothes are of silk,
loose striped garments for the most part,
and his feet are clad in unlaced tennis
shoes. In his left ear is a turquoise stud,
the badge of an elephant killer, and on
his left hand is a gold ring with dia-
mond set gypsy fashion. Only royalty
may wear gold in Abyssinia-
I found him seated crosS-legged on an
ordinary cane chair upon his veranda.
He was very amiable and had plenty of
small talk, eked out with smiles He did
not strike me as particularly intelligent
until his interest was awakened by a ref
erence to Leontieff, the Russian adven-
turer whom he intrusted with the man
agement of a remote province. Then he
was shrewd and alert in a moment and
/ could see how well he would hold his
In ir1In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
KING MENELEK's CAPITAL.
Iron Pearson's Magazine.I


Menelek and his empire are often on
mems lips, but how many people we
meet would care to say offhand what is
the name of his capital? Magdala we
know and Adua we know, because Of
recent wars, but Adds Abeba enjoys the
blessing Of having no history. Some
say the words mean the new white
rose" others translate it the new
hower' but prefer the former title.
1t is a unique capital in that it arose
almost in a single night, and is destined
to disappear as speedily. The fact is
that Abyssinians are utterly reckless in
the matter Of forestry, and whenever a
vast number of them live together they
soon use up all the fuel available for
miles around.
Menelek's former capital, Entotto, two
or three hours climb from the New
White Rose, was abandoned not long
ago for that very reason, and nothing
now remains there but two churches and
a few brown ruins of the palace; ruins
not a generation o1d-hOw ST. ange that
soundsl Already the New White Rose
must bring her fuel from a great dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
MUTILATED COIN.

New York Cor Chicago Inter-O Ocean.
Glaring Indignantly at the dapper lit
tie bartender in a Sixth avenue cafe the
portly citizen, who had stro1led in for
bottle of ale, laid down a handful of
small change which had been handed
him.
I'm over r. he remarked, showing
the coins toward the dispenser of bev-
erages.
What's wrong now ?"queried the bar
tender with an assumption of innocence
i didn't come in here to buy gold
bricks" pursued the patron. DO you
think you can work off such stuff on
me2"
And he indicated several of the coins
with an angry gesture. One piece was
badly mutilated dime: another was a
nickel with a name stamped upon it;
a third was quarter of a dollar clum-
silly plugged
oh. that's all right" returned the
bartender, cheerily. Give you other
lucre in a minute. Merely an accident
I assure you
That's the time 1 slipped up on my
self" he explained as the patron, the
mistake" corrected, left the place
Never thought the gent would ston
long enough to look at his change, or I
shouldn't have taken chances. Better
luck next time"
so you really did intend to work off
those mutilated coins?'' I asked.
Sure" returned he frankly. Haven't
you noticed that a lot of mutilated coin
is IN c1rcuIa ton in New York of late
Why, there are barrels of it, and hand
ing it out for good money is a regular
part of many a business. Take barkeep-
ers, for instance. There is hardly a rum
mill in the city or a restaurant where
you are not liable to get it in change A
heap Of conductors. too are engaged in
flooding the town with it. No, this coin
does not come to US exactly in the
course of business Rarkeepers and con-
ductors are generally too wise to accept
1t from customers or passen gers 1t IS
bought just the same as you would go
into the butcher shop and buy a piece of
beef. Get all you want of it, if YOU
know how. Dollars worth for so cents
that is, would be worth a dollar if the
money was good.
Agents for the men who buv rnutila-
ted coin drop in at stated times to see
US fellows, who can dispose of it. and
sometimes barkeepers, conductors and
waters make neat little profit in a
week. Some men working behind cafe
bars manage to use $40 worth of the
stuff in week, and that means a profit
of 81 Heaven alone knows Just how
much a car conductor can get rid of in
a week, while the walters in popular
middle class restaurants must get rich
showing it along
Down in the Bowery you will find
several little shops with signs up, which
inform the public they buy mutilated
coins. Now, can you guess where the
bulk of the stuff comes from? Don't
suppose the prOprietors are in the bust
ness Tor their health, or are aetuated by
pnllanthropic motives. S'long's
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
HIS BIGGEST FISH.


IFrOm the washington star
1.-THE biggest fish I ever caught" began
the story-teller, a scholarly looking party
who evidently knew more about school
books than f1ybooks"
Got away" interrupted a thin-faced lit
tie man with nose like a single
I'm no liar" the story-teller fared up.
This is true story, and J. prepared
when we had the hottest sumner
Il didn't know the summer of 50 was so
very hot said a man in a weather-beaten
straw hat.
IF all you didn't know" said the story
teller, was piled on top of you, you
be fiatter than a founder and deader than
a mackereL- As was saying, in the sum-
mer of SO a party of US went to upper
Canada on a fishing expedition 1t WASH t
hot up there little bit On the contrary
night we got there
"Goshr' exclaimed the little man with a
single nose.
LAS was saying said the story-teller
showing genuine gameness. lit froze the
first night we got to our fishing ground
but we went out the next morning lust
the same and 1 hadn't been fishing more
than fifteen minutes when I got a bite
that thought was going to pull the boat
1lt5 ~ "a my ~ anu - WSut
scooting through the water. but soon
got it again, and the fight over the water
and under it began in earnest 1 hadn't
been fishing for a long time and was ner-
vous as the dickens. but l had some sense
left and I didn't intend to let that FISH
get away If 1 could help it was so eN-
cited that 1 never did know how long /
tussled with it, but in time / landed him
in the boat and he was the biggest one
/ eyer caught in my life; ! was so exL
How much did he weigh2' eagerly IN
quired the man in a straw hat as he drew
up close to the stOry-teller-
Exactly half a pound said the story
teller, as serious as a sermon
lou think you are dern smart. don't
your shifted the little man with the Shin
side. where he could get more breathing
room
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE
Declared by the Federated Trades of
Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Fla, Nov. 23.-The Federated
Trades assembly today decided to de-
clare a general sympathetic strike as the
result of the trouble here between the
International Union OF Cigarmaker-s and
the Resistencias, the opposing organiza-
ton. The assembly decided that the
strike should take place commencing
Monday. Thousands in no way connect
ed with the cigar industry will be affect
ed and the labor bodies are protesting
against being forced out. Appeals are
being made to the unions to which they
belong to prevent the strike being made
effective
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24

LFrom the King-1
Mamma, my birthday comes this year
on Monday, doesn't it?''
Yes, dear
it?'' = = '-'--17S go
Yes. dear"
fore last2
Yes, dear"
Mamma, how many days in the week
was born on2'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-24

agony of Group you can realize how CRATE
full mothers are for One Minute Cough
Cure which gives relief soon as Il T.
administered. 1t quickly cures coughs,
colds and all throat and lung troubles. At
all drug stores
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-03-31
HOPE.

From Our Special Correspondent.
Mrs. George w. Towne is in Hope
preparing to move to Missoula.
G. T. McElvaney is again IN the
Missoula hospital in a very critical
condition.
Among the Spokane visitors from
Hope to hear Col. William Jennings
Bryan were j. c. Glahe, N. G. Slsson,
A. jenkins, 5. n. Chase and Howard
Shipley.
A fatal accident occurred this
morning about O'Clock at the Blue
Bird mine on Blacktail mountain,
which cost the life Of Fred Johnson
The men having just completed theil
nights work, had put in the last
shot and were coming out of the tun
mel. 1t seems that Mr.. Johnson wa
a little slow and the first shot wen
off before he was out of danger.
piece of rock about the size of mani
hand struck him on the head, killing
him instantly. Very little is know
of his relatives.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-03-31
SCHOOL NOTES.

Where some of the Kootenai
county pedagogues will WELD the
birch during the spring months:
James D. Neaville, who taught at
Priest River during the winter, is
now teaching at SeneaQuoteen.
Miss Laura Reiniger, who just
completed successful term at
Spirit Valley, has been employed at
District No. 81, near Post Falls,
and will begin next Monday.
Miss Mae Wright, one Of the pupils
of the Rathdrum high school, began
a spring term IN District No. 4 last
Monday. This is her first school.
Miss Winifred Moss who taught
at Granite last winter, has been
employed at Albany Falls and will
begin work on next Monday.
Mrs. Mary Wright will close her
school at Dudley ia another week
and will reopen at Athol, where she
taught last summer.
Miss Ethel Keck will teach at Len
Landing as soon as she classes al
Santa.
Miss Fannie Wilson will close a.
St. Maries on April 9th. She wi
teach in District Mo. 80 during thu
spring months,
Miss May Kirby, recently from
Detroit, Mich will teach at Catald
beginning next Monday.
Miss Addie Smith has been EN-
ployed at Sucker Lake and vii
enter upon her duties there Apr
9th.
Miss Alice 1. Plowman, receutl
from Minnesota, is teaching at Stat
Line.
James L. Kennedy, who has bee
attending the Idaho State Norma
school at Lewiston during Jne pas
: winter. will teach at Ramsey beglr
8 ming next Monday.
{ Miss Iva Crocker, who taught tn
q primary department at Post FAN
e will teach at Rimrock beginning
y May.
t Miss Lulu Leonardy, who taugf
;. the primary department at Post fai
last winter, is now teaching IN u
Swafford district having begun la
!, Monday.
!. Jos. T. Dugan will teach at Sum-
s Side, beginning about the middle
d April.
e Blanche B. Howell, formerly int
mediate teacher in the Occur