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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-02-17

The members Of Fire Co. No. ),
gave . very enjoyable dance at
their hall on Thursday evening
last.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-02-17

The above named being ordered sum
'moned 70 appear in open Court, on the
n day Of March, A. ID. 1900, at $3.50 a, M.
We. then placed the slips containing
the above names in an envelope. sealed
the same and endorsed thereon the
words list or GRAND JURoRs," We
then mixed the slips contained Ia the
General venire Box. aud JOS. A. Pro-
vost, one Of the Jury Commissioners
In the presence 81 the other members
and the witnesses above named. drew
therefrom the following persons to
serve Is Petit Jurors for the week be-
ginning on the rath day of March,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
EFFECT OF THE SIDE SHOW.

Why is it that in many affairs of the
character of the street fair there are
Objectionable features which can scarce
ly fail to offend many people who wit
ness them? These Objectionable features
are not lacking in the fair now in pro-
gress; there are many exhibitions about
which there is nothing elevating, and
much that is harmful to the boys and
girls who see them. They are advertised
and managed so sEilfuIy that many
people, both old and young, are apt to
find themselves witnessing perform
ances of which they disapprove.
These side shows cater to the tastes
of the rougher element and attract a
class OF idlers and hangers on which
IS harmful to the city, but worst of
all they are apt to prove Irresistible
to our boys and girls and may be the
first step in a downward career.
And. too. there is apt to be an influx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
CIVIL SERVICE ON RAILROADS.

Changes on the Santa Fe road since
the first of the present year bear out the
announcement made by President Rip
ley last December that all future pro-
motions, as far as possible, should be
made in accordance with civil service
rules. But one Importation Of irnLor-
tance has occurred-that OF Mr.. r. P. c.
Sanderson from the Norfolk &, West
ern, to be assistant superintendent Of
machinery. Two mechanical experts
have been recently imported from other
roads, but the fact that their work is
of an expert nature renders the impor-
tation reasonable.
When President Ripley first assumed
control of the road one of the first
things declared for was civil service in
promotions. However, whether it may
be charged to Mr.. Ripley or not. this
rule was not strictly adhered to. Some
vacancies were filled with outside men
instead Of by the promotion Of Santa
F'e employees, in the face of the fact that
suitable material seemed to be at hand
But the slight deviations from an
nounced procedure are matters of an
cient history now. especially as late
changes have impressed employees with
the idea that faithful service will brine
reward under the present management
When Mr.. Frey resigned Mr.. Nudge wa:
justly advanced to the position Of gen
eral manager; Mr. Resseguie, who il
an old officer Of the Santa Fe proper
came to Topeka from the Gulf line a,
Mr. Mudge's successor. and Mr.. w. c
Nixon, superintendent of the Chicago
division, took Mr.. Resseguie's place
On the resignation of Mr.. Dyer as su
perinteadent of the western division
Mr.. Parker was advanced to the NOR
important place, and the resulting va
cancies filled by the successive promo
tiOn of Santa Fe men The recen
changes in the accounting department
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
PENALTIEs o. oFFICE.

A most persistent and methodica1
public nuisance is to be found in the
canvassers, solicitors, peddlers. fakirs,
and donation seekers who infest the
state house at all times of the year.
Not day passes over the heads of the
state officers that they are not called
upon for sums ranging from % cents
to SO for various purposes.
These invaders swoop down upon the
men in the state house like a pestilence.
The average solicitor has no regard for
the sanctity of a private Office. Men
engaged in the closest sort of con-
f1dentia1 conference are at the mercy
of these people. They "break-in' with
out as much as saying: Excuse me"
and present their demand for funds.
If there is anything on earth which
the state officers and their employees
have not been asked to contribute to
it is something they have not heard of.
Bootblacks walk in and interrupt the
governor in his private Office to inquire
if the chief executive needs a shine. The
solemn consultations OF the judges of
the supreme court must give way to
the book agent. The solicitor who is
raising a church debt takes the right
of way over every other class of people,
irrespective of denomination.
The state house people have no means
of escape. The average state officer
leaves the doors to his Office open for
the free and uninterrupted passage of
visitors, among which the beggar con-
ceals his identity until he descends
upon the luckless official
Privately the state officers complain
against the expressions to which they
are thus subjected but the executive
council lacks the courage to put a sign
on the building prohibiting such trans
actions in the state house No other
capitol in the United States holds such
easy access for people. Colorado, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, all
our neighbors keep the state officers
free from such Interruptions. The Kan
sas capitol office doors are always
swinging open and the privilege of easy
entrance thus afforded, places the Off
Gals at the mercy of this preying class
of people Half a dozen men wearing
the old fake bandages on MANNED
arms have been working at the state
house this week trying Ito get to my
folks" One of the SUBJECTS of such an
appeal who spent a very profitable day
in the building last week landed in the
city prison IOT DRUNKENNESS pGIOTG 1t
got out of town. The bandage was moi
on his arm when he was arrested, how
! ever.
The executive council would be justi-
fed in prohibiting soliciting or can
wasting of any character whatsoever il
the state house. The state officers owl
this to their employees whose salaries
as a rule are not large enough to with
I stand the constant demand for con
tributions. OF course, if the state Off
GERS themselves, having the power t
prohibit this practice desire to con
tinue to avail themselves of the grea
| privilege of donating their salaries tt
outside enterprises that's their bust
ness, but the army of plain people Wit
have subordinates' positions are crying
for relief. The clerks and subordinate
generally believe they pay enough cam
paign assessments to be entitled to re
lief from other demands.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
SHE DECEIVED HIM
An Old Mans Romance Ends
Very Suddenly.
Bride of Wealthy Oct0genarian
Sues For Divorce.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
COurtship Began on Ocean and
Closed in Chicago.
Mr.. Wilder Asserts He Was
Lured by Chambermaid.
Plaintiff Owns Rich Properties
in Wichita. KS.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Plaintiff Owns Rich Properties
in Wichita, KS.

Chicago, June 2-Dreams of a happy
married life on the part of a wealthy
octogenariaIi who three weeks ago was
welded to a woman of 25. were shatter-
ed yesterday by suit for divorce. The
romance began with violent love at
first sight on board an Atlantic liner
last August. The devotion of the aged
swain grew in intensity and eliminated
in marriage in Chicago May 9. The
sequel to the marry in haste and re-
pent at leisure problem is given in the
petition for decree of legal separation
and for an injunction restraining the
husband from disposing Of any of his
owns WICHITA PROPERTY.
James Wilder. alias Featherstone, is
the defendant. He owns property worth
several hundred thousand dollars in
Wichita, Kan. Mr.. Wilder met Miss
Anna Ryan, his bride-to-be, on board
the Campana- The young woman told
him she was going to visit her native
her his trip was for the purpose of Set
Ting up the estate of a bachelor broth
er. The days that followed their meet
ing were filed with happiness.
After landing in Liverpool the couple
Travelled extensively in England and
Ireland, visiting many points of inter
est, including Shakespeare'S birthplace
and Killarney castle. The extent of their
dtNOtfOn 10 SdCH Olu0I IS SHOWN the
voluminous correspondence which they
carried on after their parting in Eng
| land. This correspondence comprehend
ed several hundred letters and cable
messages.
When they parted abroad Miss Ryan
returned to Chicago and five months la
ter Wilder followed. They were mar
ried at the Jesuit church on Twelfth
street. Wilder Immediately bought q
home at POSI- West Adams street and
furnished it for his wife in compliance
with her tastes. The days that follow
| ed, according to the assertions of the
husband, brought anything but the hap
piness he had expected. He saws his
wife was given to staying away from
| home until late at night and did not
/ prove the companionable person he met
! on his ocean voyage.
| The defendant says he has been de-
/ luded and will fight the case persistent
/ ~. He says his wife represented to him
! that she was formerly a bookkeeper in
] a large mercantile establishment in Chi
cage, whereas, he says, he has learned
that she was a chambermaid at the
Auditorium hotel
Mrs Wilder brings the charge Of i'll
/ treatment, and says her husband has
threatened to take her life and has
struck her with his gutta percha ear
trumpet. Mrs. Wilder is a former res
ldent of Cleveland, O., and is said tc
/ have brother, a prominent politician
residing. there.
Mr.. Wilder was married under the
names James Featherstone. His pro-
perty is held in the name of James F
Wilder. In answer to an inquiry re-
garding this discrepancy Mr. Wilder
said: MY name is James Featherstont
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Pride cometh before corns.
He who plays poker with his friends is
ungrateful.
Folly is mans worst foe and discre-
ton his best friend.
Spring lambs are now being slaughtered
on the stock exchange.
The. baseball diamond may be hawless,
but the players seldom are.
The size of the lions share depends
upon the capacity of the lion.
The owl may be a wise bird, but the
AS a cure for love the want of faith is
a better remedy than the faith cure.
Economy is the name of a Pennsylvania
town-but of course it isn't a summer re-
sort.
After reading. the first. chapter of a
novel woman is apt to jump to the con-
cluSion.
There's a good deal of horse play about
an equestrian drama-and it should be
properly mounted
When a hot steak comes up covered
with cinders man is justified in kicking
against the coa1ed meat.
Many man who thinks his sweetheart
worth her weight in gold finds after mar
riage that he has a gold brick on his
hands.
A Kansas paper tells of a boy who
climbed a cOrns talk to escape from an en-
les, they attain an enormous size in Kan
SaS.
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have been along the same line, Gen
eral Auditor Whitehead has been guilty
of no importation in rearranging his
force, and all the promotions have been
reasonable and deserved.
Respect for civil service results in
equallyas much benefit torailroad com
panies as to employees. When men feel
that good service is certain of recogni-
ton, the interests of the company be-
come their interests personally. 1t is
therefore only a matter Of sound bust
ness judgment for railroad managers to
keep within the bounds of their respec-
tive roads in making promotions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
SUCCESS OF THE STREET FAIR

The Topeka Street Fair of 1900 will be-
come a memory tonight. It has been a
pronounced success and again the croak
ers have been disappointed. People said
it was the wrong season of the year for
a street fair and that the farmers were
too busy and would not come; that no
one would be here from out of town but
they did come and the fair is a financial
as we'll as an artistic success.
The fair proper is a credit to Topeka.
The promoter, DR.. Gray, says that he
has never seen one in all his travels in
which so much time and artistic taste
were lavished upon the booths. There
were few if any commonplace booths at
the fair. Merchants were determined to
make their displays stand out with at
tractive splendor and they succeeded.
From one end of the Avenue of Com
merce to another there is a constant
and ever changing scene of beauty The
common place is banished and fairy
places and princess bed chambers take
their places Costly and delicate fabrics
are displayed without reference to pos
sible damage or theft. The merchants
have shown the most commendable en-
terprise and as g. trades display the To-
peka Street Fair is all that could have
been hoped.
The street fair ought to be a lesson
to the croakers. 1t must be apparent
that nothing is impossible where the
push and energy of a great people are
behind it. This has been repeatedly
demonstrated in Topeka and the wonder
is that any one should be left to ques-
| ton the success of any enterprise which
has the backing Of the enterprtsing citi-
zens of Topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
DR.. McCuIly Purchases the British
Medical Institute.

DR. s. z. McCully has this week pur-
chased the British Medical Institute,
613 Topeka avenue, and is now sole
owner and director The doctor gradu-
ated many years ago in British col
leges and his experience has been gained
since in special work both in this coun-
try, in Canada, in London, in Paris and
Berlin. There is probably not a man in
this sta te who has had the opportunities
to see the various school treatments of
Europe as has DR.. McCully, and again
and again the doctor has proved in this
city his ability to treat and cure cases
given up as hopeless1y incurable by
our leading physicians.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

the ride was over. A few days ago the
young lady was putting away her win
ter things where the moths would not
get them. She discovered the mittens
and took them to the store where the
young man works and left them with
another clerk to be given to him. The
clerk she left them with happened to
be the person to whom they belonged.
The young man who borrowed them
from his friends wardrobe without
asking for them is now trying to ex-
plain how it all happened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

The state department has received a
letter from Delegate Flynn of Okla
homa, transmitting a complaint from
an American exhibitor at the Paris ex-
position against the management of the
American section and alleging that
space for exhibits in that section is be-
ing openly disposed of for a pecuniary
consideration through third parties in
London. Are we TO be disgraced in the
eyes Of every people in the world?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
Glorious News.

Comes from DR.. D. B. Carlyle, Of
Washita, I. T. He writes: Electric Bit
ters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula
which had caused her great suffering for
years. Terrible sores would break out
on her head and face, and the best doc
tors could give her no help. but now her
health is excellent" Electric Bitters is
the best blood purifier known. It's the
supreme remedy for eczema, letter, salt
rheum. ulcers. boils and running sores.
1t stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
expels poisons, helps digestion, builds up
the strength Only so cts Sold by Wag-
goner, druggist, 731 Kansas avenue. Guar
anteed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
Life and Death Eight.

Mr.. W. A. Hines of Manchester. Ia.
writing of his almost miraculous escape
from death, says: Exposure after
measles induced serious lung trouble,
which ended in consumption / had frequent
hemorrhages and coughed night and day.
All my doctors said must soon die. Then
I began to use Dr.. Kings New Discov-
cry, which wholly cured me Hundreds
have used it on my advice and all say. it
never fails to cure Throat, Chest and
Lung troubles" Regular size soc and S1-00.
Trial bottles free at Waggoner's drug
store. 81 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02
Atlantic Sea Coast Resorts.

Parties desiring to go to seashore re-
sorts on the Jersey coast should write to
the a-Pennsylvania lines for
folder showing their new train service
both east and west bound. J. M Ches-
brough, assistant G. P. A. st. Louis, Mo
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Wilder" but he would not say why he
had used different names.
Mr.. Wilders son, James Wilder, Jr.,
on hearing of his fathers trouble, came
on from Kansas City and is at present
at the Windsor hotel with his parent
There is nothing I should like more
than to see my father happily married, .
he said, but as it is he has been vic
timized. Yes. he has made a great mis-
take
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

of new slang which may be heard on
the lips of the boys in the streets for
weeks afterward and even in the homes
Of the more refined.
People are apt to close their eyes
and ears to much that goes on about
them at these places, but this should
not be necessary. There should be
nothing unfit to be heard or seen. by
either old or young.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

England does not resent interference
in her Indian possessions by foreigners
as she does even a hint Of interference
in South Africa. She is willing that
anybody shall feed her starving sub
jects. but she is unwilling that any
thing should be done that might stand
in the way of her acquisition of other
subjects to neglect and mistreat at
will
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Boston Transcript: The wounds Of
Kansas must be healing when she is
calling thus far in advance for 10000 ex-
ira farm hands to help gather the ex-
pected harvest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

It looks as though in order to secure
a willing candidate for the vice presi-
dency, it may become necessary to
nominate for first place, a man in deli
cate health
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Mr. Mckinley possesses one unusual
advantage over his opponent this year.
He has a man in his official family who
can write campaign poetry if he wishes
m do On
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Probably Admiral Dewey is convinced
by this time that running for the presi-
dency is something different from fight
ing Spaniards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

When the Christian nations under
take to shoot Christianity and civiliza-
ton into the Chinese they win find it
about the hardest job they ever tackled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Senator John NJ. Thurston hts writ
ter-a magazine article on How Presl-
dents are Nominated" Senator Mark
Hanna is generally conceded to be the
best living authority on this subject.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

AS the war in South Africa appears
to be drawing to a close. it is time to
start one in Asia Wars make BUSH
ness for a certain class Of people, who
place business above every other con-
alteration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
The once vice that all men are addicted
to is advice
The man who is above reproach must
walk on stills.
Some people looked at the eclipse
through beer glasses
A woman is a. secret sufferer when she
can't find anybody to tell the secret to.
No. Maude, dear, the horse show does
not resemble the dog show, for you can't
hear the tan bark.
Adam was the first man to raise Cain.
and his descendants have been doing it
ever since.
If it's love that makes the world go
round, why are not all the girls Daugh-
tiers of the Revolution?
NelI-"Did she marry well?" Belle
mo, believe she had a raging head
ache all during the ceremony"
A downtown nilliner. advertises: my
theater hats are out of sight" That mil
liner ought to be encouraged.
tie Allison. Il don't know what makes
me so tired unless I'm getting tire-phoid
fever
wfgg-' 'Talkalot says he either knows
man or ne doesn't VIZ he mas ASH no SpeSk
all listening acquaintance.
Blobbs-"Who was it wrote: Fools rush
in where angels fear to treat % Slobbs
1T must have been some fellow who had
had experience in putting up the money
to back a show"
Mr.. Wigwag-'Did the new carpet ar
rive all right?" Mrs. Wigwag-.'Y es; it
came intact" Mr. Wigwag-"Hoorayi
Hip! hipi That let's me out Mrs. Wig
wag-'What in the world are you talk
ing about?' Mr.. Wigwag---"Why; didn'
/ you say it came in tacked?'
Nuggins-'Like all intellectual men,
/ Noah Lot is frightfully absent minded"
| Buggins-''Wh he been up to now?''
/ Muggins-'We wanted to call a fellow a
/ lobster the other day, couldn't think of
| the word, and referred to him as a no
/ marus Americans"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Every time a favorable report on the
outlook of the fruit crop reaches the su-
gar trust, it advances the price of its
product a few points.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

The taking Of the census is here. and
st is the duty of every person in To-
peka to see that he is counted at least
once
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

A senatorial election and a wedding in
the family at the same time would bea Sc
we're strain on the fortune Of Clark Of
Montana
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Poor Butler! He has done most of
the fighting and taken the whippings
and now Roberts comes in with the
army which Butler should have had in
the first place, and gets all the glory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Starvation never vet cured dyspepsia.
Persons with Indigestion are already half
starved They need plenty of wholesome
you eat so the body can be nourished
while the worn out organs are being re-
known that will instantly relieve and
completely cure all stomach troubles. 1t
is certain to do you good. All drug stores.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

You have very few friends who will no
hear of your death with a feeling, which
if put into plain words would be, Il an
sorry, but it will be something to tall
about for a few days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

The Chinese situation is assuming a
phase that points to possible places for
other Neelys and Rathbones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

Those Hoosiers always were a thrifty
people and Mr.. Nicely is no exception to
the rflle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

The girls scream cloud when a June bug
gets on them, there Is great fear of the
propordonate noise they would send forth
II they caught sight of a. burglar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

It is wonderful the amount of surprise
exhibited when an engagem ent is an
nOunced, considering that people will
watch a bud for days and not scream with
establishment when they see the flower in
bloom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-02

cit made me feel like thirty cents,'' said
a sixteen-year-old girl last night. The
sensation must have been one of great
wealth, for no siXteen-year-old girl ever
has more than seven or eight cents in her
pOcketbook