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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
NOVEL WEDDING TRIP.
Couple Start to Go Around the World
Without Funds.

Louisville, KY, Oct. 4-Dr P. G. P.
Atlas, who with his bride IS stopping at
the Fifth Avenue hotel in this city, is on
a wager with the London Sporting club, of
which he is a member. DR.. Atlas is now
on his fourth tour of the world, which
he hopes to encompass in twelve months,
to earn 5000, and thereby win his bet
MY present trip says DR.. Atlas. 'is
being made on a. wager with the London
Sporting club, for SIS, 600 The wager was
made shortly after married Mrs. Atlas
last June. She did not object, but SO far
has found the trip a. delightful novelty,
despite the fact that, according to the
terms of the wager, we started without
money.
s'On August II I landed at Montreal and
on the day following my wager began.
According to it's terms we started with
just an English sixpence- We were al
but the sporting club had it inspected, and
all articles of jewelry and other things of
value which we might feel tempted to
sell in case we got hard up were barred
the year and earn the $4,000 en- route, 1
am dependent on my wits. To pay my
way am carrying out the following
scheme:
to Make a Fortune This will be
published at the large towns along my
Journey. The subscription price for the
entire trip is so. Then I make Htho-
graphed postal cards at each place of in
terest where I stop and mail them to
those who have subscribed for them.
Also, lecture before scientific and sport
ing clubs along the route. have already
cleared considerable money on my paper
and expect to make a great deal more
The postal cards also net me a handsome
sum. as the number of those who have
fallen in with the fa& is amazing"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
RAGGED CHURCH OPENED
Crullers and Coffee Served Before
Preaching Began.

New York, Oct. 4.-Four hundred and
fifty men, some of them homeless, gath
cred in the big room at No. SO Bowery
last evening and attended the opening
service of the Ragged church, a relig-
ious service to be held each Sunday IN
der the auspices of the Beniel Mission.
According to Alfred D. bennett, who
manages the mission, the Ragged church
is modelled after the church of that
name in London. Mr.. bennett is assist
ed in the work by w. Austin who some
years ago was connected with the Lon
don Ragged church.
The services was begun at z o'clock by
the singing of hymns. At 7.30 coffee
and crullers were served to the men,
a. pint cup Of coffee. F'ifty-six gallons
of the coffee and a big barrel of crullers
were distributed.
As the meal was being passed about
by volunteers from the audience Mr..
Austin opened the service He said that
on each Sunday hereafter there would
be three services-one at a. m, one at
p. m. and another at 7:30 p. m. At
each of these services coffee and crullers
or rolls would be distributed, he said.
He also told of the hope that the church
would soon occupy new quarters, 8 big
basement underneath the room now
used, 1913 feet in length 20 feet in width
and with a 10 foot ceiling.
After the meal was eaten the men re-
NAMED in their chairs and were talked
to for an hour or more by the Rev. Mr..
Monroe, chaplain of the Tombs.
Mr.. bennett said that about 81 600 was
efforts were being made to raise this
sum at an early date. He also said that
the church wanted singers from up town
to form a. choir for the church.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
DIFFERENT IN PORTO RICO.
Same Rules Do Not Apply to 0. s.
Court Officials.

Washington, Oct. Mr.. Tracewe the
comptroller of the treasury has render
ed a decision as to the payment of court
expenses and compensation Of United
States deputy marshals connected with
the United States district court of Porto
Rico; the disposal of the funds earned
by them; to what authority the marshal
should report and account for the dis
burSement of funds coming to his hands
and the use and supply of books and
blanks needed for his office. These ques-
part of the Porto Rico act relating to
the courts Of the island. The comptrol
Ter holds that the Porto Rican act DIFF
ferentiates this court from either United
States district courts, either in the states
or territories and that the salaries of its
officers shall be paid out of the Porto
Rican treasury and also that all fees
and reported to the United States. But
one class of deputy United States mar
shals, the comptroller decides, is privi-
legged to be appointed by the Porto Ri
can court, namely, a class to be paid
out of the treasury of Porto Rico.
The comptroller of the treasury furth-
er decides that all operating expenses of
the court should be paid by the United
States; that the fines, costs and fees
charged and collected by the marshal
should be paid into the treasury of the
United States; that the marshal should
report to the attorney general of the
United States and account to the &C
counting officers of the United States:
that the deputy marshals shall be paid
can treasury and that the department
of justice is required to furnish the Uni
ted States marshal with all necessary
blanks for his Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04

from, if parties viii take out rope and
seat boards.
Fishing from the river bank.
Charming rambles through the woods
and ever-changing delightful views from
the various points on the hill.
Take your lunch baskets along and
have jolly picnic suppers before return
of the last train.
Refreshments and sweet cider for sale
on the grounds.
sHThe HIP is private property and no
Objectionable characters will be allowed
on the trains or the grounds.
Trains will leave the Rock Island de-
pot at lao, 2:15 $40 p. m; returning wiz
leave 1.-THE Hip at 4:30, 5:15 and 500
p. m.
Complimentary tickets. obtainable in
advance, must be shown before entering
the trains.
Train signals: Five whistles Is min
utes, and one long whistle minutes,
before the starting Of each return train,
will give all parties ample warning.
Tickets can be obtained of principals
OF each of the public schools; of the
pastors of each of the churches, or as
they may arrange; at the Y. NJ. G. A.
and Y. w. c. A. rooms; or at the rooms
of the Commercial club, 627 Kansas av-
enue. Rock Island and Santa Fe en-
ployes can obtain tickets at their depot
ticket offices. Shop employees of Santa
Fe at shop Office.
1t is desirable that tickets should be
obtained early, so that 1t may be known
in advance how many to provide cars
for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
WOE IN THE TRANSVAAL.
Conditions Shown After the Wave OF
War Passed.

washington, Oct Am interesting
picture Of the Transvaal and Free State
in August, after the wave of war had
passed over the country. is presented in
a report to the state department from
United States Consul General Stowe at
Cape Town, dated August II last.
He had just returned to the Cape
from a trip through the two republics.
He says that for hundreds of miles all
the wire fencing is down and can not be
used again The posts have been burned
for fuel and must be replaced with iron
posts, owing to the scarcity of timber
The blowing in progress is limited, com
pared with former years, and there VIII
be a large market for American cereals
By March, 1901, agricultural machinery
will be wanted.
Meat and live stock viii continue to
be imported. johannesburg had only
three days supply of meats when Mr.
Stowe left the town. While the Beers
who have returned are anxious to get
to work several months must elapse
before things settle down TO normal
basis. The government Is building new
line of railway from Harrismith to con-
meet with the Orange Colony system,
so that the Netherlands railway with
its 200 per cent dividends win no longer
have a monopoly in the Transvaal
There viii be a big demand for bridge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
WRAPPED IN KERNELS.
Blessings Bound Up in the Little Par
tlcIes of Grape-Nuts.

An employe in the pension Office at
Washington. J. r. Weathers, says, re-
garding food: For thirty years I have
been a brain worker. Originally I in
herited a good physical organism and
this reserve Of life force carried me
through upwards of twenty years of am
bilious work as a professional teacher.
s'Ten years ago I turned from that vo-
cation 70 the present occupation: here
again, was mental work and sedentary
habits which coupled with poorly select
ed food, finally set up Indigestion, con-
stipation, liver trouble, brain fag, and
loss OF mental power. Nervousness mark
ed me for torture and for years the
Affections increased. I spent hundreds of
dollars in vain efforts to find a cure.
Finally I quit all drugs and took up
Grape-N51ts, which I had heard of as a
food for the brain and nerve centres.
After giving the food a fair trial, I
found 1t was not necessary to give up
my occupation, but have been able to
keep right along and do more work,
while the result has been marvellous
My anxiety is gone. work is a pleasure
and / am new man throughout. The
wonderful blessings wrapped up in the
toothsome little kernels OF Grape-Nuts
can be extracted by any one who wishes
TO repair the waste and wear of brain
and nerve"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
ABDUCTS HER CHILD.
st. Louis Woman Kldnaps Her Daugh-
ter in Police Officers Presence.

st. Louis, Oct. At developed today
that Mrs. Ferdinand Provenchere kid
mapped her child from the Visitation con-
vent in Cabanne place last Sunday ev-
ening in the most sensational manner.
Husband and wife are separated, and
the child had been placed in the convent
during the afternoon by the father.
When the mother called in the evening
she was permitted to see her daughter.
Then began a wild scene.
81 want my child; must have her,
screamed the frantic mother.
When Nine. Acquin, the mother super
Tor, tried to reason with her it was to no
avail. She seized the child, and when it
was taken away from her she made an
attack on several persons who were in
the room.
The sisters then telephoned for the po-
lice. The officer who responded was ex-
planning the law to them when Mrs.
Provenchere grabbed the child and ran
away. When the officer was finally in
duced to go after her she was not to be
found, and still has her daughter in her
possession
The Provencheres come of a promi-
nent family. They have been separated
for several years. The father, fearing
that his wife would get the child, placed
her in a convent for safe-keeping.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
YANDERBILT'S NEW PARK.
Willie K, Jr., to Have a Splendid
Hunting Preserve.

New York, Oct 4.-Willie K Wander
bilt, Jr.. has added another great estate
to the landed possessions of the family.
The youthful millionaire has bought
the 5000 acre Mountainside Farm, at
Railway and RamSeys, n. J., the farm
that was the pride and delight of the
late Theodore A. Havemeyer; the farm
on which Mr. Havemeyer's oldest daugh-
ter, Mrs John Mayer, died of a bullet
strangely inflicted last July. and with
which, therefore, her mother must be
the more willing to part.
And young Mr. Vanderbilt has bought
large tracts of land adjoining the Have
meyer farm, in PaSSaic and Bergen
counties. The purchase of these lands
was very quietly made and through in
ternediaries, for had il been known that
Vanderbilt was buying, the price of
the land would have scared upward.
On his new demeSne Mr.. Vanderbilt
will establish a game preserve, and he
will have a possession that will rival
that OF his uncle, George Vanderbilt, at
Biltmore, n. c. Those who know young
willie ks purpose say he win estab-
1ish a country home for himself sur
rounded by vast preserves stocked with
pheasant, deer-an kinds of game birds
and beasts.
The Havemeyer farm in itself stretches
from ridge to ridge of the mountains
through which the RamapO river flows
and Is almost two miles long. The fine
barns and stables which Mr.. Havemeyer
erected to shelter his blue-blOOded cat
tie still stand. and it is probable that Mr..
Vanderbilt will raze many of them 1t
is very hard to shoot a pheasant after
It has flown around the side of barn,
and the stables would afford shelter for
the bear. buffalo, Rocky Mountain goat
and moose with which the preserves
may be stocked
Mr.. Vanderbilt viii find a stone fence
ready made around Mountainside Farm
that will confine the Wanderings of the
four-fo0ted game with which he viii
stock his hunting ground This wall is
five feet wide at the base and three feet
at the top Three feet of it is under
ground and four feet above. It cost Mr..
Havemeyer $4,000 to build it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
TRICK OF sWINDLERS.
Farmer Witnesses Wedding and IN
suspectingly Signs a Note.

St Paul, oct. "A Carver county
farmer living near Shakopee was re-
Gently victimized by a, new method A
young couple was married at his house
and he signed as a witness of the eere-
mony. Four days later note for $3.50
bearing the farmers signature was dis
counted at the Carver County bank.
Neither the minister nor the bride and
groom have been seen since the we'd
ding.
An elderly man in clerical garments
stopped at the house of the farmer a
few days ago and requested permission
to remain all night. He asked the bless
ing at supper, held family prayers in
the evening and won the confidence of
the host and his family. Next morning
there were more prayers and blessings,
and the stranger stayed until late in the
forenoon.
About 10 o'clock in the morning a
young man and woman drove up and
asked to be directed to the house of
some minister, as they desired to get
married. The farmers wife thought of
her guest and invited the couple into
the house. The ceremony was performed
in the presence of the farmer and his
wife, and at its conclusion they gave
their signatures as witnesses. The case
was reported to the state officials today
by former State Senator z. z. Du Toit,
of ShakODee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
THEORIES ABOUT CATARRH.
Peculiar Ideas Regarding a Common
Disease.

Mark Twain's cure for a cold in the
head was simple, but he claims very
effective in his own case; his plan was
to eat nothing whatever for twenty
four hours or presumably until the trou-
BILE had disappeared.
Although not able to speak from per-
sona1 experience as to the effectiveness
of this treatment, it certainly has the
merit of extreme economy, but it occurs
to US that the application of it to case
of nasal catarrh might be attended with
difficulties.
Catarrh. as everyone knows, is q
chronic cold in the head and Mr.. Twain's
treatment, if it should become a fad,
would make Of us a nation of fasters;
an army, emulating the example of the
immortal Tanner who achieved world
wide fame by fasting forty days.
Catarrh is certainly becoming q ma
tiona1 disease and there is little doubt
but that errors in diet, particularly
OVereating is a very common cause.
Most people however are more in
terested in the cure of the trouble than
in the cause, and modern medical science
has produced more effective and less
heroic remedies than Mr.. TWains.
GuaiacOl is new remedy, very effec-
tive in some forms of Catarrh. Eucalyptol
is another which on account of its anti
septic properties is very valuable, while
many severe cases of Chronic Catarrh
have been entirely cured by the Sangui-
maria or extract of Blood root alone.
Within a year an enterprising chemist
has combined all of these remedies in
tablet form, palatable and convenient
and the superiority of this tablet over
other catarrh remedies is so apparent
that all druggists now carry them in
stock to supply the popular demand.
They are called Stuart's Catarrh Tab
lets and it is doubtful if any medicine
has achieved a national popularity in 50
short a time as this
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are used by
thousands of travelling men because they
can be carried in the pocket and used
any time and in any quantity being free
from Cocaine, opiate or any poisonous
drug.
They clear the head and throat from
the disgusting secretions of catarrh, very
often in a few hours time.
For nasal Catarrh they are far su-
perior to any wash, lotion or ointment
the use of which is often as inconvenient
and annoying as the disease itself
For coughs colds, bronchial cataTrh
and catarrh Of the stomach these tablets
give immediate relief and permanent
cure where lotions, douches and inhalers
make no impression whatever.
This preparation is a boon to cataT.rh
sufferers and any druggist will tell you
that Stuart's Catarrh Tablets is a rem
edy that has come to stay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
RATHBONE ACCUSED.
Havana Paper Believes He ConcocteC
the Cuban Postal Frauds.

Havana, Oct. A-The Havana Post,re-
ferTfng today to the postoffice frauds,
made the following statement:
I'VE have been quietly and on our own
account working up the case against
Estes G. Rathbone, and we now believe
that he will be charged with having con-
cocted the whole scheme of embezzIe-
ment. It may even be shown that he
secured for himself something between
$27, 900 and $2S, 00O."
Ernest Lee Conant, special counsel of
the government in the matter, when ask
ed to confirm or deny the assertions of
the Post, replied that he would not deny
them or confirm them. He said, however,
that the Investigations had not been con-
fined to a mere revision of accounts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
REPUBLICAN ESTIMATE.
Joseph n. Manley Presents Figures
on Different States.

New York, Oct.4-The Republican ma
tional committee has gone over the po-
litical situation so thoroughly and cara%
fully that it decided to make public An
estimate in which it shows the states
that it expects to carry, those conceded
to Bryan, and those which it regards as
doubtful. The estimate was given out
by Joseph H. Manley of Maine. Mr..
Manley said:
The committee has been very careful
in estimating. 1t has desired to avoid
misleading the public in any way. It
has had every state carefully canvassed
and polled. 1t knows the condition
thoroughly in every section, and feels
absolutely confident now as to the re-
suit. The committee knows now that it
viii be absolutely impossible to defeat
the reelection of President Mckinley.
The committee is equally positive that
he viii receive a larger number of cleo
tora1 votes than he received four years
ago. The committee, desiring to be care
full and conservative in any statement
it gives to the public, asserts that the
Republicans will carry the following
states beyond question:
I'll -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
ORIGINAL BRYAN STORY.
Concerns His Christening and a Pair
of Trousers.

Pana, Ill, Oct. 4.-William Farrow,
engineer at the Price & Wilkinson mill,
is a Republican, but he is for Bryan
because of a personal attachment. He
tells a good story in this relation. Short
" after the birth of William J. Bryan,
Mr.. F'arrow says his folks had a big din
ner, and he was sent with some dainty
over to the Bryan baby and was al
lowed to hold it for awhile. He asked
Mrs. Bryan if it had been named, and
when she said no, he plucked up cour-
age and suggested that they name it
William Judge Bryan coming in, Mrs.
Bryan told him about the request. and,
according to Mr. FarrOw, he said:
Wants to name it William, does hep
IT'S a good name, but a poor stick that
has it,
7 supposed that mean me-" says Mr..
F'arrow, but I told them If they would
name the boy William, and he got to be
president, I would give him a pair OF
trousers The judge replied that if he
made a judge he would be doing pretty
well. But they named him William, and
If he's elected president, and I believe
he will be, I'll keep my promise about
the trousers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
GEN. PALMER'S WILL.
His Widow the Chief Beneficiary
The Estate is Small

Springfield, Ill, Oct 4.-Gen. John NJ.
Palmer's will has been filed for probate
was drawn March 81, 1896, and names
the widow, Hannah L. Palmer; his eld-
est son, John Mayo Palmer, and his SON
in-law, William 5. Jayne, to act as ex-
ecutors, without bond
To his widow the general bequeatned
the tract of land near Springfield,
known as the Loose tract" and to his
daughter, Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, the
Register building in this city. This
building has, however, been sold. His
library and Office furniture are given to
his sons, John Mayo and Louis H.
Palmer. The residue of the estate, in
Guiding the household effects, is be-
queathed to his widow. The value Of the
total estate is small
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
Gen. Wood,a Renort.

Washington, Oct. General Leonard
Wood, commanding United States army
in Cuba has made his annual report to the
war department 1t contains his prev
iouS recommendations that all troops in
Cuba be mounted, together with an ac-
count Of the withdrawal of the troops
during the past year. The health of
the troops, he says. has been good and
their conduct is commended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04

material and electrical machinery and
supplies
Lord Roberts has appointed an ad-
visory committee to assist him in the
re-opening OF Johannesburg and secure
the return or the mining population.
upon which the prosperity OF the town
depends It is questionable whether an
undesirable element common TO all min
ing towns win be allowed to return TO
Johannesburg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
RAILROADS INDIFFERENT.
Voters Going Home From Washing
ton Must Pay More Fare.

Washington. Oct. 4--Some dissatsfac-
ton exists among Republicans over the
attitude OF the railroads. The Republi-
can congressional committee has been
making arrangements for the transpor-
tation of voters living in washington 10
the states in which they have the right
to vote. In former years the railroads
granted rate Of one fare for the round
trip. The committee endeavored to Sc
cure the same rate this year. but the
railroads declined, and fixed the rate az
one and one-third Of the regular fare
The local political clubs have pro-
tested and the committee VIII forward
their protests to the railways, although
there is little expectation that they VIII
have any effect. The committee Is con-
siderably displeased, desiring to have
as full a vote as possible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
Undertakers In Session.

Denver, Oct. 4.-The National Funeral
Directors association began a two days
convention in this city today. After
welcoming addresses and other prelim-
inaries, the annual address Of the presi-
dent, J. S. Pearce, of Ardmore, Pa, and
reports of other officers were presented.
At the afternoon session, DR. George e.
Tyler, secretary of the Colorado state
board Of health. delivered an address on
The mutual relations of the health au-
thorfties and the funeral directors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-04
PART AND PARCEL.

EMZzZ7 DAINTY box, an exquisite wrapper, deli
NNk1 cate color, and a cinging fragrance-yet ali
VA these will not cleanse the skinI Has It ever
G9 occurred to you that you pay big prices for
these things? Do you care to Buy five articles or do
you require only one-a strictly pure SOAP Remember
you pay for perfume whenever you buy It mixed
with SOAP Don't you think is wiser to make your
selection of perfume and buy 1t separately? It is
certainly the method adopted by most persons Of culti
waited taste those who battle with pure Ivory Soap.
IVORY SOAP SO PER CENT. PURE.