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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-16
CURES
ECZEMA
FREE
ItChiingSkiin
SPRING HUMORS.

Does your Skin Itch and Burn2 Dis
tressing Eruptions- on the Skin 50 you
feel ashamed to be seen in company
DO Scabs and Scales form on the Skin,
Hair or Scalp Have you Eczema
Skin Sore and Cracked2 Rash form on
the Skin? Prickling Pain in the skim
Boils? Pimplese Tired out with Bone
Pains and shifting aches in back
Swollen Joints2 Failing Hair? All Run
Down. Skin Pale? Old SOres2 Eating
soresg Ulcers All these are symp-
toms Of Eczema and Impurities and
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-16
WE MUST REPEAT.
When Everybody IN Topeka Tells
the Same Story.

It Is hard to say new things about
Doans Kidney Pills They c1Ira ths
lame and aching back, the sufferer from
kidney disorders and the troubles Of
those whose urinary organism IS
wrong IN its action That thew do this
IS SO easy TO prove that not a vestfge ST
doubt remains Public endorsement Of
local citizens is easily proven. Read
this case.
Mrs. A W. Wells. Of s1s Chandler
street, says: For three or four wears
was troubled with kidney trouble The
neaVy4 bearing down aching throurh
my loins and across the small of NV
back, was frequently so bad that 7
could only stand for a short time when
1 caught cold suffered severely and
the pain extended up into my head and
almost set me wild I doctored and
TOOK a great many remedies but obtain
ed nothing but transitory relief. I get
a ooN OF Doan's Kidney Pills from
RoWley & SHOWS drug store and tho
penent received from the Treatment
rendered my back and kidne7s bette
than they had been for a long time.
take pleasure in recommending q rarrs-
~ from which derived such cati4fac-
tory results
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by Row
icy q snow, 600 Kansas avenue. and an
S-ner dealers. Price so cents. Mailed
pl roster Ibur1 Co. Buffalo. y. Y
sole agents for tie T. S
remember that name-Doanss-a
take no substitute.
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CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
More Members of RedmondvilIe Gang
Rehind the Bars

Three more Of the notorious Red
nondviue gang are in jail and the
police have made another great stride
toward breaking up the crowd.
Berry Parker. Nelson Pafe and Frank
Jordan have been arrested by the pO-
lice on the charge OF highway robbery
On Friday morning about o'clock it
IS claimed they held up John Oldham,
Of WamegO. and robbed him Of $50
Oldham had been in JOrdan's place for
some beer. He left and started for his
hotel He had gone but a short dis
lance when he was confronted by three
men who demanded his money. He
Shouted for help. He SAYS he was
grabbed by the throat and chOked while
his pockets were rified. Today the
marks are plainly visible on his throat
He Immediately notified the police, and
the three men arrested were at once
Euspicioned. They were arrested and
Oldham identified them as the robbers.
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KING OF ALL ENGINES.
Monster American Locomotive to Be
Exhibited at Paris


Visitors TO the American section of
the Paris exposition will be privileged
to view the most powerful railway loco
motive in the world. The engine, which
now is in the course of construction at
the Pittsburg locomotive works, viii be
sent TO the French capital in sections,
and selected PirtSburg mechanics will
place it in a wOrking-Order condition
before the eyes Of exposition visitors
1t is said that the boiler of the mon
ster UractIve machine will be one of the
greatest mechanical wonders of the age,
and to the foreigners who will visit the
big fair II is expected to lend much ad-
ditiOnal prestige to American mechani-
cal ingenuity In size, weight, tractiVe
force, heating surface and boiler ca
pacity the engine viii have no peer. The
smallest ring Of the boiler measures Sc
inches in diameter. and the entire con-
rr1vance is rolled from one-inch steel
plates, making two inches at the laps,
which are dOuble-riveted and designed
Tor a steam pressure OF 225 pounds to
the square inch. Engineers believe that
a larger boiler would be impractieable
for railway service.
One of the most radical departures in
locomotive construction embodied in
the big engine is in the frame, which is
a continuous structure of Carnegie ar
NOR plate, solid from end TO end, and so
designed that it viii Withstand the ire
mendOus strain of the 225 pounds of
steam IN the largest cylinders ever
placed on q locomotive, with valve gear
connecting rods and other environ
ments IN proportion The engine will be
owned by the Plttsburg Bessemer &
Lake Erie road and every pound of ma
terlal, excepting the composite metal in
the bearings. the glass and wood work.
company.
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WITH MILITARY HONORS.
Remains of Field Marshal Stewart
Are Laid to Rest

London, April 16.-The funeral Of
Field Marshal Sir Donald Martin Stew
art who died at Algiers, March 26 last,
in his nth year, took place in the his
toric chapel of Chelsea hospital this
afternoon It was conducted with the
fullest military honoTs and the pres
ence of a representative Of Queen Vic
toria. who placed on the coffin a wreath
bearing an autograph inscription ex-
pressive of her majesty's high regard
for the distinguished veteran The
Prince OF Wales was also represented.
while the commander in chief of the
army. Lord WoIseley and the whole OF
the general staff. besides a host of high
naval and military officials were pres
emit The march TO Brompton GENE
terry furnished a grand military spec
tacfe and was witnessed by thousands
Of persons.
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4 REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
Bitter Fight Promised at the State
Convention of Tennessee.

Chattanooga. Tenn, April Icon
gresham W. P. Brownlow and Pen
sion Commissioner H. Clay Evans were
in Chattanooga today en route TO Nash
vile. where the state Republican con-
vention meets Thursday. The state
committee will meet tomorrow to take
up all the contests for seats in the con-
vention. The decision of the committee
will be final. Congressman BrowEiow
and his friends control the state COM
mittee, the former being its head Com
missioner Evans stated that two SITS
Of delegates would apply for admission
to the state convention, and that in
case the BrownloW committee refused 10
seat his delegates two conventions
would be held and contested delega-
tons sent to Philadelphia Congress
man BrownIow maintains that nothing
but fair treatment will be accorded the
Evans faction Of the party and that all
proceedings of the committee and con-
vention Will be regular.
Fully one-third of the total vote of
the convention is contested and upon
all these contests the committee viii
have to pass Two candidates for gov
ernor will also, in all probability. be
put forward by the Republicans, and
a bitter fight ensue.
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NERVOUS
DEBILITY.

You don't need to suffer any more
with Nervousness. Nervous Debility.
Lost Vitality. etc There is not the
least need Of it The Old Doctor Hal
lock Wonderful Electric Pills give you
nerves OF steel They stop that pain in
the back; they restore the weakened
memory. The Old DR.. HaIlock Wonder
full Electric Pills cure Nervous Head
ache. Dizziness. Stiffness Of the Limbs.
Specks before the Eyes. Eighty Minds,
Skin Trouble. Have you Sciatica, St
Vitus Dance, LocomotOr Ataxia2 Then
the Old DR.. HaIIock Wonderful Elec-
trio Pills will cure you. For Brain and
Nerve Exhaustion the Old Dr. Hallocx
Electric Pills are a godsend and q
blessing. They impart rest to Brain
Weary" and to the Nervous Ex-
hausted'' they restore the nerves to per-
feet health. They are for old or young.
men or women, for everybody who has
nervous troubles. The Old Dr. HaIiock
Wonderful Electric Pills are thoroughly
tested for so years.
Sold at stores, 81 per box. s boxes, suf-
ficient to cure most obstinate cases. So
Rowley & Snow. 900 Kansas avenue,
Topeka, Kas-, or sent direct from labO-
ratory. prepaid. on receipt Of price,
Advice on all diseases, from specialists.
Free Address HALLOCK DRUG CO.
10 Court street. Boston. Mass Estab-
lished 1s4s Trade supplied by John W.
Park Sons & Co. Cincinnati, Ohio
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Row OYER GOMEZ.
Cuban Leader Causes Serious Trouble
Between Rival Reception Parties

Santiago de Cuba April 16.-The re-
ception rendered to General Maxine
Gomez today on his way to San Do
mingo, caused great excitement. owing
to the efforts of the white and black
parties to obtain the first recognition
The black party represented by the
CubanO Ldbre, which continues occasion
al publication in defiance of orders OF
the authorities, who had directed its
suppression, sent a tug to meet the
steamer Maria Herrera at quarantine
and succeeded in inducing General
Gomez to accompany them.
Meanwhile another tug, carrying the
civil governor, General Castillo. the
mayor and other officials representing
the dominant white party, was entire
" ignored by Gomez.
The black party, highly elated. took
the guest to the landing, where an i'm
menSe crowd gathered on the frail
private wharf Of a local boat club. This
collapsed and many were thrown into
the water, one man being drowned
The official party declined to recog-
nize General Gomez in consequence of
his recognition of the black party, and
there is considerable excitement.
When the procession passed through
the city. without either civil governor
or mayor, rioting was narrowly pre-
vented by the vigorous action OF the
police under American officers
All the clubs gave receptions to Gen
eT'al Gomez but the white party refused
to attend any of them.
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CRUSOE'S ISLAND.
Place Has 90 People and Is overrun
With Goats and Wild Horses.

Cincinnati, April 16.-Policeman Jo-
seph Forster has received a letter from
his brother John.wh is making cruise
on the United States training ship
Hartford in southern waters. The
young seaman says that after a voyage
of "a days the ship brought up at the is
lands of Juan Fernandez, made famous
in the story of Robinson CrusOe-"
Forester says that Sc persons live on
the island and they all speak Spanish
They acted like crazy people when the
ship put into port, so glad were they to
see some human beings besides them
selves The island is overrun with wild
goats and horses and the people hunt
the horses and goats as Americans
hunt rabbits
The natives knew nothing Of the
Spanish American war until told Of It
by the boys on the ship. They seemed
to be glad the Americans won
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HOUSE CEREMONIAL
In Connection With the Acceptance
of Morton Statue.

Washington, April 16.-The ceremon-
les connected with the acceptance Of
the Richhause statue of Oliver P. Nor
ton. Indiana's war governor which has
recently been placed in Statuary hall
were held Saturday. They consist
ed Of addresses by members Of the In
diana delegation and several others. In
the absence of Speaker Henderson. who
has gone 10 New York. Mr.. DalzelI CPa)
was designated as speaker pro tern and
presided at the session today
some preliminary routine business
preceded the exercises. Bills were pass
ed To provide for the use of timber and
stone for domestic and Industrial pur-
poses in the Indian Territory
MT. Foss Gid acting chairman of the
committee on naval affairs gave notice
that he would call up the naval appro-
priauon bill on Monday. The 50 pension
bills tavorably acted upon in commit
zee Ok the whole yesterday were pass
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ROW WITH STRIKERS.
Sheriff Threatens to Call on the
Militia.

New York. April 16.-Hosti1ities be-
tween the strikers and the sheriff
forces at CrOton dam. at Croton-on-the-
Hudson began early Saturday a
party of men alleged to be strikers
made an attempt to cable at one end Of
the suspension bridges and were charg-
ed upon by the deputy sheriffs- There
was a lively fight and the marauders
were driven away from the vicinity Of
the bridge They were armed with re-
voIvers, heavy sticks. knives stones
and other weapons. The deputy sheriffs
were all armed with revolvers. In the
conflict two deputy sherifs were
wounded
Sheriff William D. Molly went to
White Plains, having announced his in
tention Of calling out the militia.
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New Mileage ID Texas.

Austin, Tex, April 16.-Auditor H. G.
Askew, of the railroad commission, to-
day completed the compilation of a
statement showing that for the eight
years ending June 80, 1909, the net in
crease of railroad track in Texas, ex-
elusive Of yard track and sfdings, was
1,04S miles. an average Of about Isl
miles per year, or about one-half mile
per day. The increase in railroad mile
age in Texas for the present year will
exceed Of that of any other year for
many years. There are now about $50
miles Of railroad under actual cOnstruc-
ton in Texas, and over 1000 miles pro-
iected-
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FOUNDER OF G. A. r.
The Man Who First Thought of It is
Dead.

Chicago. April ia special to the
Tribune from Jacksonville. Ill, says:
The Rev VIM J. Rutledge, of Jack
sonviIIe. III. one of the most widely
known Methodist minister in the west.
died yesterday, aged Sc. He is credited
with being the first to suggest the idea
of the Grand Army OF the Republic
effect by DR.. Ben F. Stevenson
Mr.. Rutledge was born in Virginia
He had been in the ministry for 56
years. and at the time of his death was
the Oldest member of the Methodist
Episcopal conference For the las six
years he had been on the superannu-
ated list, but did not give up active
work
Rev. Mr.. Rutledge was an intimate
Yates, and other leading public men Of
this state, and during the civil war
was famous as chaplain of the Four
tenth Illinois regiment
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NOW THE GULF OPERATORS.
Santa Fe Telegraphers in Texas Ask a
New Schedule

Galveston, Tex, April 16.-A commit
tee representing the Order of Railway
Telegraphers on the Gulf, Colorado &
Santa Fe has been here for several
days seeking the adoption by the rail-
road company of a new schedule 1t
covers wages and rules, but the prin-
cipaI changes from the old schedule
adopted when Mr.. c. 0. Wheeler was
general manager of the road are said
to be in the rules.
A conference was held with General
Superintendent Nixon, who refused to
accept the schedule. The committee is
still here waiting to confer with Gen
eral Manager Polk upon his return from
north Texas. Details of the schedule
are mt obtainable.
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AFRAID TO TACKLE 1T.
No Attempt VIII Be Made to Reduce
War Taxes.

New York, April ia Tribune spe-
cial from Washington says.
Information acquired as the result Of
members Of the majority in congress in
the course of the last week, does not
justify or encourage the belief that-any
serious effort to reduce taxation will be
made at the present session It is bare
" possible that such an effort might be
made as regards few articles Of tax
alton If it could be confined to them
alone, but even that would not be prob
able on the near approach of a presi-
Dental campaign and the general desire
Of the leaders of both the great political
parties to bring the session TO an end
as early as practicable
Statesmen and politicians Of exper-
fence are nearly always inclined to fight
shy Of such legislation in a presidential
year.
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cole Plead GuiItv.

oBston, April 16--Charles H. Cole
former president of the Globe National
bank under indictment for embezzle-
ment and misappIication of the funds
OF the bank. pleaded guilty today in tbs
United States district court. Sentence
will be pronounced later. On motion OF
District Attorney Boyd D Jones. Mr.
Coles bail was increased from so, coo
to $4,000. The specific counts Of the in
dictment to which Mr.. Cole pleaded
guilty are three to which exceptions
had been taken The exceptions were
overruled by the district court and the
United States court Of appeals
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HANNA AT OLD POINT.
Report That He Has the Grip is
Denied.

New York, April 16.-A Tribune spe-
ciaI from Newport News, Va, says:
The reports sent out from Norfolk to
the effect that Senator Mark Hanna
who is staying at Old Point with Mrs
Hanna. Miss Hanna and Miss Wilson,
their guest, had contracted a severe
case Of grippe and was confined to his
room is without foundation. The SEN
atOr was tired on the first day of his
stay at Old Point and refused to see
any one. Sunday he was feeling all
right. and accompanied by the women
OF his party he took a stroll through
Fort Monroe Later he went driving.
visiting the National Soldiers Home
the Hampton Normal and Industrial IN
stitute for negroes and Indians and
other places Of interest
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business. and their rivalry has been
quite spirited
For the past week both roads had
gangs of men at work building switches
to Oronogo, which is one OF the busiest
camps in the district. The other night
the Missouri Pacific night gangs ex-
tended the line to the Frisco track. when
the latter road sought to prevent a
crossing by placing two trains Of mules
on the track where the Missouri Pacific
tainted to cross. But the Missouri Pa
cifc men would not stop for mules They
crawled under the mules and the Mis-
souri, Pacific got into Oronogo.
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NO. e22 IS o. K
Test of One of Santa Fe Old Type Lo-
comotives Satisfactory.

Lion Tanner Amos Beeler made a
trial trip with engine No. 922 Saturday
morning.
No e22 is Of the consolidation type
and has been in service for a number of
years. It was recently put into the
shops in this city where it has been
overhauled and rebuilt
It is a very heavy freight engine and
it was thought to be unsafe TO run it
over the Kaw river bridge and for that
reason the trial trip was made to Spen-
GER
The test proved entirely satisfactory
and No. 922 will again be put into ser
vice within the next few days
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TOulon, April 1.-the new French first
class cruiser Chateaureuault in her
speed trial has made . knots.
the Chateaurenault was laid down at
La Seyne in 1897 She is 40 feet 10 in
ches long, is 80 feet inches. wide and
has depth of "a feet S inches. Her
displacement is S01S metric tons and she
has an Indicated horse power of % .000.
enc cost S5,u000O0 Her armament con
slsts or two ga inch quick firing guns.
SIX 90 inch guns and ten is inch guns.
her complement Of officers and men IS
SIS.
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CofeyvilIe Gets z. n. C. A.

CoffeyvilIe, April 1.-the soliciting
committee appointed at the mass meet
ing last week, April 10. to secure 81, 500
for the Railroad 7. NJ. c. A was sue
cessful and the full amount is now sub
scribed- Mr.. F. B. Shipp. secretary of
the Railroad 7. NJ c. A association at
st. Louis, from whom the Commercial
club received the proposition, has been
notified that COffeyvf1le has raised its
share of the money. The matter is now
up to him, and work will no doubt soon
commence on the building.
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MORE BARN FIRES.
Two Were Partially Destroyed OF
Saturday.

The fire department was called twice
Saturday for burning barns, which
were undoubtedly set on fire.
At 4:40 O'Clock an alarm from station
No. 4 called the department to the
story and a half frame barn at 706
Fillmore street owned by Robt. John
son The upper part OF the barn was
in flames when the companies reached
there It was quickly brought under
control and extinguished- At 7:25 a
telephone alarm called the department
to the story and a half frame barn at
713 Lincoln street in the rear Of the
residence Of c. B. Tyler The fire had
been set in the manger There was no
hay in the barn. and it was extin-
guiShed with a loss of S25.
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Set Fire to Herself

LaPorte, Ind, April I6.-Mina Beadle.
a school teacher at Tyror, this county.
committed suicide by pouring kerosene
over her head and clothing and then
setting fire to herself She was instant
" enveloped IN flames. which burned
her so severely before assistance ar
rived that she died in great agony an
hour after the deed was committed
Miss Beadle had made two previous at
tempts at elf-destructiOn.
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Mr.. THOMPSON RETURNS.
Says Business Conditions in Colorado
and Utah Are Excellent.

senger and ticket agent of the Rock Is
land in this city returned Saturday
from Denver, Col, where he was in at
tendance at the meeting of the trans
missouri committee OF the western pas
senger association
In speaking of the business conditions
Mr.. Thompson said
business conditions in Colorado and
Utah are good. Trade is lively and
there is work for everyone Farmers
are particularly pleased The recent
snow storm which visited these states
VIII be worth millions to the farmers.
Snow fell to the depth of from u TO Is
inches and in melting will moisten the
soil TO a great depth"
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VISITING FRIENDS.
Ex-Santa Fe Shop Foreman Master
Mechanic of Mexican CantraI

Ll4-osHLd 70 SHOP Oreman lLasLeE
Mechanic of Mexican Central.
Thomas Smith. formerly of Topeka,
but now of San Luis Potosi, is in the
city visiting old friends. While Mr.
Smith lived in Topeka he held the po-
sition Of foreman of the shops He has
been absent about six years
Mr. Smith IS master mechanic Of the
shops Of the Mexican Central railroad
at that place.
San Luis Potosi is a beautiful city
which has a population Of about rs, O00
people It is situated in a fertile valley
surrounded by mountains rich in min
eral wealth and is the principal dis
tributing point for q large section of
northern Mexico.
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Union Pacific Wreck

Chapman, Kan, April 16--The Union
Pacific plug. due here at o'clock. was
wrecked Saturday night half a mile
east of the station The engine, mail
and baggage cars and smoker were
thrown of the track The fireman was
slightly injured and the passengers
badly shaken up The cause Of the
wreck is unknown
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COULD BEAT "HARUM."
A Wisconsin Horse Trader Cheats
Neighbors Out of $4,000.

Chicago, April 16.-Nicholas Nowak.
supervisor of Rose, Wis, was arrested
in this city last week on the charge OF
swindling a number Of citizens Of that
town out of $4,000 through fraudulent
methods in horse deals and real estate
transactions. Nowak was identified by
Sheriff H J. Hawkins OF Waushara
county, Wisconsin
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San Francisco, April 16.-The cruiser
Marblehead will go out Of commission
in a few days when the crew viii be as
signed to other vessels Of the navy Six
new plates are to be put On the cruiser
to replace condemned plates. The hos
pitaI ship Solace is being prepared for
a return trip to Manila