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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
OIL OVER A VILLAGE.
Well at Rudolph, o., Proves to
Be a Great Gusher.

Bowling Green, O., July 2s.-The
citizens of Rudolph, a small village
near here, were treated to a shower
bath Of crude petroleum yesterday af-
ternoon. and their town is completely
covered with it.
An oil well was shot on the eastern
side of the town, and it proved to be q
''gusher.'' The oil spurted many feet
above the derrick, and. as q strong wind
was blowing from the east, the oil was
scattered over the entire village The
well was shot with 500 quarts Of nitro
glycerin, and the explosion blew about
100 feet of the casing out. The ceme-
terry is near the well. and at the time
the well was shot a burial service was
taking place. The people in attendance
were soaked with the fluid and the
tombstones discolored.
The damage done by the oil is consid-
cradle, as the fine appearance Of many
buildings is ruined, to say nothing of
clothing spoiled, as many people were
on the street at the time.
Fortunately no fire occurred, for had
there been so much as a little blaze
nothing could have saved the town
from total destruction Rudolphians
are looking over their town since the
deluge of oil, and they find it hard to
recognize old landmarks. However
they have set to work to repaint the
buildings and scour the tombsto aes, and
soon the little town will be no1e the
worse for its peculiar experience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
FOR FOSBURG MURDER.
Man Arrested When Leaving
the Washington Jail.

washington, July ga man claim
ing to be James Gray, formerly of
Union Pier, Mich, and Chicago, was
arrested here today on suspicion OF be-
ing implicated in the Fosburg murder
at Pittsfeld, Mass Gray has just step
ped out of jail after serving fifteen
days for stealing a hat from hotel
when detectives arrested him. Afh-
davits secured by Chief of Detectives
Titus of New York from women there
charge a man named Gray with COM
hitting a burglary and shooting a wo-
man about the same time and in the
same vicinity at the Fosburg tragedy
occurred Detective Captain Boardman
learned three days ago that Gray was
taking an unusual interest in reports
Of the FOsburg trial and spent much
time in its discussion Gray told de-
tectives he was from Indianapolis but
authorities there have no trace of him.
Today he said his father lived there and
he himself had lived at Union Pier, then
then went to Chicago and later was
employed on a railroad at Cumberland,
MI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

count in the only rain Lyons has had
this summer.
Sausage has been "eschewed'' at Sa-
lima since Mr. Luetgert stopped in the
town over night
Grenola has an ice famine and ice
cream, ice tea and beefsteak has been
scratched from the bill of fare
Eleven cattle broke into a Butler
county kaffir corn field last week and
while there only a brief time all died
son in Gray county lightning killed
three mich cows Of a poor but deserv-
ing citizen.
IN order to bring rain F'ormosa citi-
zens announced a church social on the
lawn with Chinese lanterns but It
didn't work
Moline may forget the singer but
they'll not forget the song Of a min
strel faklr who carried or their good
money with no returns
The mercury IN the good old town Of
HiaWatha which early in June sang
ninety and nine" has now changed its
tune to "Old Hundred"
Vliets citizens once aided a sick man
to get west for his health He recov-
cred and is now going to give the town
q free balloon ascension to even things
up.
Two little Downs girls given nickel
each for sunday school stoppea 81
route at an ice cream Darlor and beat
the slot machine and incidentally the
contribution box.
A number Of Topeka girls went on a
bathing excursion up the Kaw river re-
Gently and O. general complaint arose
from the citizens the following morning
over the number of hairpins that
lodged in through the MIGRANTS.
That Kansas woman who claims that
she moulds dough around the apples
on her trees and picks steamirg apple
dumplings for dinner every day, says
the Denver Post should, without await
ing other returns. be awarded the
medal IN the hot weather liar tourna-
ment of that state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
LOCAL MENTION.

G. Schmidt and wife are spending the
summer months visiting Buffalo and
other eastern cities.
Governor Stanley has joined the
ranks of summer bachelors who take
their lunches at an up town restaurant.
H. A. Burtiss, special agent of the
land Office department who lives at
Garden City and whose headquarters
are maintained here and at Dodge City
is here today.
Rev. J. r. Ransom for five years
pastor of the African M. E. church,
corner of Seventh street and Topeka
avenue was Frustrated by the heat at
Atcaison Wednesday and is in a pre-
carious condition.
The committee on electric lights of
the city council will make tour Of
the city tomorrow. inspecting various
places in town for the purpose of To-
eating some new electric street lights
A number of requests for new lights
and for the relocation of old ones have
been made.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
ouAKER RRFLEcrToNs

lFrom the Philadelphia RecOrd.1
A regular sponger-the Turkish bath
attendant.
The pawnbroker never complains of
being lonely
Speaking Of music. drinking songs
are not the only kind written in bars.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul isn't SO
bad. if you only remember to pay Paul.
The huekster may stick to one occu-
patton and still be man Of many call
ings.
Some people are positively so ugly
that even the mosquitoes won't bite
them
No. Maude. dear; the employer who
has a family tree doesn't always raise
wages
The fellow who wears his trousers
turned up at the bottom evidently be-
lieves that one good turn deserves an
other.
Sillicus-''The hand that rocks the
cradle is the hand that rules the
world Cynicus-tBut the hand that
wins the jackpot is the hand that rules
the rocks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

The fact that the gilt-edged bonds Of
Massachusetts, bearing 8 per cent, have
not sold SO promptly as two years ago
is explained on the ground that. dur
ing the past two or three years. large
Volumes of securities have been put
upon the market. The United States
issued S200. 600 600 in 1898. Large Euro
pean public loans. paying S1z per cent,
have been offered and sold in the United
States. 1t has been a period Of munich
pal bonds But the sale of manufac-
turing and railroad bonds has been be-
yond all precedent. During the first
six months OF this year new issues OF
bonds were listed on the New York
Stock Exchange to the amount Of $751;
67S. 500. Bonds aggregating 1925. SIS, 400
were issued during the same period of
corporations. bonds in many cases be-
ing substituted for stocks. The list
ing OF stocks. including new issues and
to take up old issues. aggregated 81
273. 5S7, 575-a volume never before even
partially approached during the same
period. The unprecedented issue has
given a wider field, so that gilt-edged
state securities cannot be sold as low
as two or three years ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
ADEER STORY.

Mr.. w. H. B0ardman, the author of
Lovers of the Woods published by
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.. Is a hunter
who has learned that there is more
pleasure to be had in letting wild ami
mails live than in killing them. His
residence of many summers in the
Adirondacks has shown him a higher
enjoyment to be had amongst his wary
but unoffending neighbors, be they
deer, bear or trout than he ever
dreamed of in his bloodthirstyi game
killing days.
The following quotation from the
book echoes the authors sympathy:
John and I concluded to fish the
river below again. said Hardy. and
to walk some distance down the bank
before we struck in, SO as to get to
the pools below. The fish were not
biting we'll but it was very beautiful,
and we got a few before lunch time.
got-I hope nave got-some good pic
lures. While we were within half a
mile of Cross pond, though it had no
fish in 1t, of course wanted to see It,
We went there, and made the worst
break that I have ever made since
went away from my rod on the edge OF
the burnt ground. I left my camera
at the river, instead of taking it with
me- We walked part way around the
pond and sat down, and pretty soon
doe came in opposite perhaps forty
rods. She came without q sound, slow
~, not like a cat, not like anything
else but q deer; just shipped IN quiet,
smooth glide, and drank and nibbled.
OF course she looked around. and
studied the whole pond but she seemed
most anxious about the direction she
had come from. She kept looking
back.
% Course I knew she had a fawn
back in the woods, soon as see her
actin that way said John. and then I
thought about Mr.. Hardy's camera, for
she'd come to stay, and would work
round nearer US. And I'd left the
dinged thing at the river, though
might have known we stood to see
deer any time of day at Cross pond.
Eff I he'd to do it again, I wouldn't a
done it
Yes, John said that she was prob
ably worrying about a fawn back in
the woods, and directly the fawn came
scampering in. 1t stood stif-legged
and stared at its mother with its head
turned comically, so that one of the
big ears was partly over the other one.
Then it twined down the beach, kicked
up its dainty hind legs. took a few high
leaps, and stopped stiff-legged again.
It bucked like a broncho going straight
up into the air and lighting sQuarely
with all four feet close together It was
a continuous performance, q little, but
not much like a lambs gambols, for it
was graceful The mother waded
breast deep in the water for grass
roots and Iilypads, but watching the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
GLOBE SIGHTS

EF'rom the Atchison G1obe.J
You only have to tell one person that
a thing is free.
4 fat boy is known among other
boys as "Tubby."
The woman who loves you is more
dangerous than the woman who hates
you
we have turned over a new lear. and
have decided that this is enjoyable
weather.
Give fool a pair Of scissors, ana he
will prove he is fool by cutting off
too much.
An Atchison sick man says he gets
50 much good advice that 1t is worse
than his ailment
Don't drink liquor this weather II
you do. reporters may have to blame
your collapse entirely on the weather.
NO better investment in affection is
possible than that made by yellow
dog when it gets the love of a petted
child.
Atchison man said today. but ray
wife has knocked the idea out of my
head
The element of chance which makes
SO many thousands rush into Okla
homa must be what prompts 50 many
men TO get married
When a man marries a woman that
suits him, woman is the greatest in
stitution in the world. Everyone en-
vies man in love with his wife.
Very few men can bring common
sense to the consideration Of q propo-
sition. because OF conceit; every man
thinks he can succeed where another
man win fail.
When the telegraph boy goes to a
wonan's home. she always regrets
that none of the neighbors witnessed
the perfect cOmposure with which she
opened the yellow envelope.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
KILLED BY HEAT.
Mrs. Ella Lamb, of Sig Quincy
Street, a Victim.

Mrs Ella Lamb a widow who has
been employed in the tailoring depart
ment OF Robinson Marshall & co. 5
clothing store here. and who lives at
No. 512 Quincy street. was Frustrated
by the heat Thursday and died at about
4 o'clock.
She was complaining all day We'd
nesday of the heat and Thursday fore
noon did no work at the store. She
sat around all morning tanning herself
and went home at noon and did not
return. The only relative she has here
is a daughter. Mrs. w Hearndon. The
funeral was this afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
crazed bv Poor Poker Hnnd.

New York. July 2e.-Tone Sing. a
Chinese laundry man. SIS years old is in
Bellevue hospital, suffering from in
sanity, caused by a bad hand at poker
and three subsequent weeks Of general
dissipation. Tong Sing had been lucky
and saved $1,000. which would make
him a rich man In China. He wanted
to be very rich. however, and played
more poker. In the latter part Of June
he played the biggest game of his life
He held a king fun. The other China
man held four aces. Tong Sing did not
learn this. however, until his $1,000 was
all in the pot. The game held no fur
Their interest for Tong Sing after that
hand, and he took to dissipation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
Lone wolrs Case.

Kansas City, Mo-, July pa special
to the Star from FL Reno says the
hearing of the application of Lone Wolf
and other disgruntled Indians for an
order enjoining the federal government
from opening the Kiowa, Comanche
and Apache reservations for settlement
was begun here today before c. r. r.
win and B. F. Burwell, associated JUS
tees of the territorial supreme court
T. W. Stockholm, assistant Unit
ed States attorney, representing the
Government, argued that q treaty with
the Indians had no more standing than
a treaty with a foreign nation and that
the latter could be broken at any time
Any law enacted after the abrogation
of the treaty would, he contended, gov
ern the issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
FORTIFY GOLDEN GATE.
Government Decides Vast Improve
ments at San Francisco.

San Francisco, July 26.-The govern
ment has determined to make vast i'm
provements in the Notifications around
the harbor of San Francisco. To that
end the present commander at the Pro-
sidio, Colonel Rawles, has been given a,
new title. which gives him Jurisdiction
over all fortifications protecting this
city He is now commander of the dis
trict OF San Francisco. Among his
assistants will be Captain E. A Millar
who is to be known as district adjutant
The hills on both sides of the Golden
Gate are to be mounted with more of
the heaviest and most approved or
dnance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

Chairman James X Jones of the
Democratic national committee and U
S. senator from Arkansas is reported
to have repudiated Col Bryan and de-
clared his readiness to support Hill or
any other man who doesn't amount to
much. for the presidency. Perhaps it
was not possible for Col Bryan to be
elected to the presidency under any
circumstances but it is pretty certain
that he would not have lost anything
BY cutting loose from James some
years ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
WILD WOMAN A TERROR.
She Clawed a Man and Chases Little
Children.

Middlesboro, KY, July 26.-rhe Taggett
Creek district is being terrcrized by what
is believed to be a wild woman. The
creature has long, black hair and in other
respects resembles a woman. She first at
tracted attention by dropping 40 feet from
a tree upon John Lane, who was riding
horseback Lane was terrified by the
screams of the wild woman, who Lace
rated his face with her long nails and
tore his hair and clothing He is now in
a terrible nervous condition as the result.
He fought off the wild woman with the
desperation of terror and escaped
Since then the wild woman has been
seen by a number of people, but in the
most instances scampers into the UNDER
brush when observed Recently she chased
three children with a club and only their
nearness to their home saved them.
A systematic search is being made for
the creature, as women are afraid to
leave their homes and parents Will not
permit their children to go outside OF the
house one of the women Of the neigh
borhood missed a calico dress recently
and the wild woman has since been seen
wearing it about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
HOG CORES WOMAN.
Beast overturns Bicycle and Uses
Tusks Viciouslv.

New York, July ga large wild hog
attacked two women yesterday afternoon
on the old South Road near Aqueduct.
Queens county, and then fought two men
who attempted to drive him away.
The animal weighed more than 800
pounds. 1t escaped into the underbrush
on the Horseman farm.
Mrs Henrietta Wilnarth and her
daughter Ethel were riding along the road
on a tandem when the boar rushed from
a cinmp Of h&shes and overturned the BIZ
cycle. It then tEampied upon and tried to
gore them. Their cries as the talslzs lace
rated their flesh attracted two farm
hands who drove them OF with hoes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Walter McCIain, colored, the 16 year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nc
Claim who live at No 1405 Washington
street. died last night of consumption.
The funeral viii be held tomorrow af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock at Browns chapel,
corner of Twelfth and Washington
street. Burial will be II the Topeka
GEM tery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
HOME NEWs WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
aavay during the summer may haze
lie PAPER mailed regularly each day
10 any address at The rate Of thirty
cents q month. address changed as
often as desired. TTzfze ont of f07g"
fHe State journal zgfz be to JOs like a
daily letter from home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
cnred llv So. Anna Relic.

New York, July 26-At the Church Of
st Jean Baptiste In East Seventy-sixth
street. where the relic of Ste. Anne is on
exhibition. several remarkable cures were
reported today by Father NOlin and the
other priests Father Nolin said that q
woman OF p years, strikingly beautiful.
had been coming to the shrine of Ste
Anne for several days. She was suffer-
Ing with hip disease and supported herself
on clutches Toda9f she left her crutches
at the shrine and said she felt entirely
cured She refused to give her name and
address.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

Kansas City. No. July 26.-LuIu. Prince
Kennedy. under sentence for ten years
for the murder of her husband. viii re-
main in Jail for some time to come Judge
Wof1Ord i'm the criminal court TODAY de-
clded that the bond for $4,000 offered ls,
her lawyers Tor her release pending the
appeal Of her case TO the supreme court
was insufficient.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
]. w. NASH ARREsTED.
Hs Is Charged with Violating City
License Law.

]. W. Nash, a ticket broker and
scalper. was arrested today by the po-
the matter of procuring a license.
Nash claims the other ticket scalDers
here are not paying a license and in
tends to fight the case I don't see
any reason why I should be compelled
to nay the license when the others are
not, he said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

The crops in portions of Colorado
which have artificial irrigation are
bountiful and what is more, artificial
irrigation gives bountifuI crops every
year-so bountiful that as much Is
raised on an acre as on two or three
acres under ordinary conditions. A
word TO the wise. etc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
DEATR OF LIS. sTAHL.
Mother of Chief of Police a Heat
Victim

Mrs. Susan Stahl, the aged mother
OF Chief Of Police r. NJ. Stahf. died last
night at the family home south of Au-
burn She was "a years old and her
death was probably caused by the ex-
cesSive heat
The funeral win be held at Auburn on
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

The fact that the courts in St. Louis
have been asked to enjoin the exposi-
ton company from using Forest Park
Tor the Worlds fair. indicates strongly
that some Topeka people have moved
20 that CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

The governor Of Nebraska declined to
appoint a day for fasting and prayer
for the purpose Of securing a rain until
he could see how the Nissourians came
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26

The. people of Missouri did the pray
Ing and the people Of Iowa got the rain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
DOWN TO SO.

At o'clock the weather bureau re-
ported a temperature of 80. a fall OF
10 degrees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-26
IAYHAWKER Lnra

Leavenworth continues to advertise
@erseif as a wild west" town
There were just las drops by actual
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-12
ChiId,s Ra4h

A tepid bath for child should have
Il temperature from So to 80 degrees T.
and a hot bath 90 3-5 degrees f., which,
as l said before, is the normal tenn
perature of the inside of the body.
This will cause relaxation in case of
CONFUSION or sweating in case of fe-
yer. The water should be gradually
heated until the hand of the mother
finds 1t noticeably warm, care being
had always to remember the extreme
delicacy and sensitiveness of child s
skin.
In case of debility and for scrofulous
children and those threatened with
ricketts, q salt water bath every morn
ing, either hot or cold, according to
season, is very valuable. To prepare
this bath use four ounces of sea salt to
four gallons of water. Let the child
play in the water little while, then
rub the body briskly with q Turkish
towel till the skin is in glow.
To make a good mustard bath use
two ounces Of powdered mustard to
four gallons of water. This is excel
lent as footbath and relieves conges-
tion of the head and is often useful in
the first stages Of cold on the chest.
In cases of extreme exhaustion and
threatened collapse a child can be i'm
mersed up to its neck, and the bath
will act as stimulant, but whenever
one is using a hot bath for any reason
the head should always be Sponged
with cold water.-Pilgrim.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-12


one pretense or another and was for
hidden to either haul into the wharf or
sail for another port. Then Jabez Be-
bee went ashore prepared to assert and
maintain that the government repre-
sented by the eagle would stand no tri-
fling with one of its representative citi-
zens, especially one hailing from Mar
blehead and in command Of new brig
which had logged off seven knots an
hour with her yards checked in. He
had his thunder duly prepared and his
lightning handy by, but he struck a
snag almost ct once. Don Castro was
man who would not have hesitated
to bluff the combined powers of the
world if there had been $500 in sight
for him. The willy old rascal also
thoroughly understood statecraft and
the number Of years that would slip
by while an offended government was
making an official investigation into
any of his acts, official or private. He
would be out of it long before the state
department at Washington got move
on, and he wasn't worrying as to what
might happen to his successor.
''Pay me thousand dollars and you
can discharge cargo" was his answer
to Captain Bebee.
Then the captain of the Jane Bebee
turned the American eagle loose and
encouraged the bird to make things
redhot, but when he had finished and
was wiping the perspiration from his
brow the dictator threw ono leg over
the arm of his chair and calmly re-
piled:
eyes, I've heard of some country or
other called the United States, but it's
one horse affair and no go here. I'd
agree for small sum of ready money
to wipe your country off the face of the
map and not be over two weeks doing
it either"
Just opposite the briggs anchorage
was an old dirt fort mounting four
guns and garrisoned by dozen SOL
diers. The guns were old and honey
combed, and had one been charged with
pound Of powder it would have blown