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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-13
TAKEN To MILRrRN HOME.

When the news of the crime was tel
ephoned to the home of President Mil
burn, where Mrs. Mckinley was rest
ing, immediate steps We're taken to
spare her the shock of premature
statement OF the occurrence before the
true condition of the president should
be ascertained. Guards we're station
ed and no one was permitted to II p
prOach the house.
When it was decided to remove the
president from the exposition hospital
to the Milburn residence, the news was
broken to Mrs. Mckinley as gently as
might be. She bore the shock remark
ably well and displayed the utmost
fortitude.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-13
and guards. the throng without strnr.

and guards, the throng without strug-
gled madly to obtain admission.
The presidents assailant in the
meantime had been hustled by expo
sition guards to the rear of the build
ing, where he was held while the build
ing was cleared, and later he was
turned over to Superintendent Bull,
of the Buffalo police department, who
took the prisoner to No. 13 police sta
ton, and afterwards to police head
quarters. AS soon as the crowd in
the Temple of Music had been dis
persed sufficiently the president was
removed in the automobile ambulance
and taken to the exposition hospital,
where an examination was made. The
best medical skill was summoned,
and within a brief period several of
Butfalo's best known practitioners
were at the patients side
NEVER LOST CONSCIOUSNESS.
The president retained the full exer-
else of his faculties until placed on
the operating table and subjected to
an anaesthetic. Upon the first exam
ination it was ascertained that one
bullet had taken effect in the right
breast just below the nipple, causing a
comparatively harmless wound.
The other took effect inlthe abdomen
about four inches below the left nip
pie. four inches to the left of the naval
and about on level with it.
Upon arrival at the exposition hos
pital the second bullet wound was
probed for. The walls of the abdomen
were opened, but the ball was not To-
Gated. The incision was hastily closed
and after hasty consultation it was
decided to remove the patient to the
home of President Milburn. This was
done, the automobiles being
used for the purpose. Arrived at the
Milburn residence, all persons save
the medical attendants, nurses and
the officials Immediately concerned
were excluded and the task of probing
for the bullet which had lodged in the
abdomen was begun by DR.. Roswell
Parke.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-13

the dais until he was within two feet OF
the President.
President Mckinley smiled, bowed
and extended his hand in that spirit
of genialty the American people so
well know, when, suddenly, the sharp
crack of revolver rang out loud and
clear above the hum of voices. the
shutting of myriad feet and vibrating
waves of applause that ever and anon
swept here and there over the assem-
blage.
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ing sense OF the aWtulneSS OF the scene
of which they had been unwilling wit
nesses. A murmur arose, spread and
swelled to hum of confusion, then
grew to a babel of sounds and later
to pandemonium of noises.
The crowds that moment before
had stood mute and motionless, as in
bewildered ignorance of the enormity
of the thing, now, with a single inn
pulse, surged forward toward the
stage of the horrid drama, while IL
hoarse cry welled up from thousand
men who charged forward to lay hands
upon the perpetrator of the dastardly
crime.
For moment the confusion was
terrible. The crowd surged forward
regardless of the consequences. Men
shouted and fought, women screamed
and children cried. Some of those
nearest the door fed from the edifice
in fear of a stampede, while hundreds
of others from the outside struggled
blindly forward in the effort to pene-
trate the crowded building and solve
the mystery of excitement and panic
which every moment grew and swelled
within the congested interior of the
edifce.
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CONTINUED on page Five. J
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

silk. Wasn't that odd2 But what's the
use Oh thinking about it, 1t can't be
mended, and I have given it to Felicie.
She says she Will make a shirt waist of
it for herself.
Daisy tried to console me by saying
that she had seen another skirt very
much like it at "a swell lingerie shop.
So right after lunch we went down
there. 1 guess the thing had been sold,
or else Daisy hbbed. because we didn't
ina anything of the sort There was
an awfully chic negligee Jacket, how
ever, and bought that. 1T is all made
Of finely plated cream chiffon, and
there is an odd heart shaped bolero of
white bengaline. On each of the little
fronts a single cluster of pink flowers
IS painted. White silk decorated with
pink blossoms seems to be all the rage
There was in the same shop an evening
petticoat all painted in pompadour eff
feet with Vvreaths of tiny rosebuds.
After we had left Daisy begged me to
run over with her to the milliner's to
see the new creation she was having
made 1t locks a great deal like Mrs.
oliver Belmonts black spangled hat
with the gold buckle across the front
In fact, it's such an evident copy that
I shouldn't care to wear 1t myself. Mrs
w X. Vanderbilt, Jr-, has a hat just
like it, and SO have half a dozen people
about town whom I might name. I
must say like originality in my head
gear
Right across the street from the mil
liners was one of those funny little
basement shops. 1t seemed to be
new place; SO Daisy and / went over.
They had quite a pretty show in the
window lot of neckwear and fluffy
things, and there was the sweetest wash
blouse of pale pink batiste, all laid in
fine handmade tucl<s and decorated
with insertion and embroidered bow
knots. Daisy gave a look at the sign
over the door. It was some high
sounding French name. "Oh. how de-
ightfully Parisian." she cried. Lets
60 in" / shrugged my shoulders as I
followed My faith in French names IL
utterly destroyed since ] found out that
my pet ssmaker-Argentin de
Montnirefl-was really a Gilligan- She
spoke broken English, too and had the
most fetching little French accent! She
used to tell the girls while she was tit
ting them delightful tales about the
beautiful home she had when she was
a child and how she was really a count
ess If she cared TO bear the title. Ugh.
the deceittul old thingl But suppose
a French name pays, for Daisy gave $40
for that little cotton waist, and she
bought several other things before the
shop people would let us out.
By that time was desperately hun
CRY / think there is nothing like hard
work to give you an appetite So 1 sug-
gested that we go to the Waldorf and
have a pot of their special mixture tea
and some toasted crumpets. Daisy
thought it was a good idea. So half
past found US cozily settled at little
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09
New York.

Every year the BARRIERS of Europe col
lect a harvest of 100000 pounds of hui
man hair.
The finest supply Of hair comes from
Switzerland. Germany and the French
provinces. There is a human hair mar
ket in MerIans, in the department Of
the lower Pyrenees. held every Friday.
Hundreds of hair traders walk up and
down the one street of the village, their
shears dangling from their belts. and
inspect the braids which the peasant
girls, standing on the steps of houses.
let down for inspection.
If a bargain is struck, the hair is cut
and the money paid on the spot the
price varying from SO cents to SIS in our
money. Some of the very finest human
hair of true golden color has been
sold at a price that amounts to a frac-
ton over 2 cents for each hair.
The best of this hair is made up into
wigs and fringes. A large quantity Is
used for scientific Instruments and for
supplying the best and most expensive
dolls with wigs. The longer hairs are
often used for embroidery, and many
of the elaborate altar cloths in Euro
pean churches are decorated with de-
signs worked in human hair The short
est and least valuable hair is used for
stuffipg cushions, it being infinitely ST.
perior to anything else for this purpose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

corner table near the Thirty-third
street entrance. There is only one trou-
Bile with the tearoom of the Waldorf
You have to rub elbows with lot of
people who are on the fringe-and the
ragged fringe at that-of society; peo-
pie who talk loud and laugh shrilly and
wear clothes which can be heard too
It's a great resort also for fashion writ
ers- They come dressed in their best as If
for a reception at a private house. and
they take little notes on the sly and
stare their very eyes out of their heads
SO that nothing viii escape them. Oh,
well. I don't mind fashion writer's. I
have even been. known to turn around
so that one of them could get a better
view of my gown
However, to return to the subject of
loud voices. There were certainly two
Of them at the table behind US, and aft
er 1 heard Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cru
gers name mentioned twice I priclzed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

translated into their language. Conse-
quently every one Of MacGahan's let
ters had to be turned into French by
his wife and then cabled to New York,
where they were rendered back into
English before publication. After Mrs
MacGahan translated her husbands
war dispatches she was accustomed to
prepare a summary in Russian ana tel
egraph it to the st. Petersburg Golos-
Thus she became a war correspondent
by proxy.
Wars and more war-the Russo
Turkish struggle began in 1877, and to
the front went MacGahan, his brilliant
young Russian wife with him. camping
out, associating with the war CORE
spondents of all nations. learning. en-
joying, suffering, but never whining
What an education it was for the grill
No wonder the woman does not think
too highly of book learning.
But saw none Of the glory and ex-
element of war" said she. II was In
the rear. where I saw all the suffering.
the wounded, the sick. the dying"
Among these, helping all she could.
Mrs MacGahan worked. At last came
the thunderbolt that shattered even
such domestic life as she had enjoyed
Her famous young husband was striciS-
en- with black typhus before Constauti-
nople and died
Mrs MacGahan was already q full
feGged newspaper writer, and a sue
cessful one. The st. Petersburg Colos
sent for her at once and made her its
foreign exchange editor She filed this
post till 1880 Then the paper sent her
to the United States to report the Gar
field campaign, and here she has been
most of the time since. Her son. now
fine young man, is an electrical enEi-
neer and an American citizen.
The name Golos means words" and
the words of the Colos became pres
emily too hot for the Russian govern
ment, which accordingly suppressed
them and it. Another journal then Sc
cured Mrs. MacGahan's services. She
reports for her paper economic. social
and political movements in the United
States. These matters interest her
more than any others. Linguist writer.
traveller and observer, she understands
herself and others. Keen eyed. critical
and logical she watches our public
events, and her brilliant Russian in
tel1ect sometimes catches the undertow
in American politics and society before
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

heart was broken. AS if a society girl
had any business with such an organ
cheered her up and told her that there
were just as good men as ever in the
matrimonial market, even if AIargery
Briscome was such conscienceless
hirt- I also gave her a hint to keep
away from potted mushrooms in the
future, and finally made her laugh by
breaking into the new dance character
istique. It's simply great A few Of
US girls coaxed Mime. Videnari of the
opera to teach it to US on the sly.
Just as I was winding up in a trium-
plant finale what do you suppose hap
pened2 / kicked straight through the
embroidered ruffie of my peach colored
silk petticoat. 1 could have cried with
rage. 1t was the dearest skirt Iuriel
bought it for me last fail in Paris. The
big hounce. starting from the knee
down, was all held in graduated bands
Of stirring 1t just allowed the full
ness to spring out at the bottom Be
tween each band of shirring there was
an iris embroidered in black and white
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

that as for her being SO good, it was
easy enough for her to be that when
she had a throne. a husband and every
thing that she could wish for
Then what she said about the
Beers" put in the other.
About the few thousand starving
farmers in the Transvaal who win be
immortahzed by history and about De
Vets being the greatest general of the
age and Roberts not in ft9' Yes. that
was pretty strong, I admit, but then
she. was always great woman for
holding odd opinions.
'Humph! She had better marry a
Boer if she's such an ardent synpa-
thizert'
The other woman gave a little laugh.
Why, there was a bit of gossip in
London, you know she began, and
then, to my intense disgust, she and
her companion rose from their table
and passed out of the room I nearly
twisted my neck off trying to see who
they were. but in spite of all my eff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09
WoMAN's ODD LITTLE WAYS,

these vital matters lifelong friend
ships may be dissolved, the society
may be rent in twain and its MEM
bers only stop short of hair pulling.
but all this is properly clubwomanly
and not unlocked for. 1t is only ques-
lions pertaining to the progress and
happiness of the race that must be Ia
booed in women's clubs Forget it not
One trait of woman never deserts
her, and that IS her consciousness OF
self. I have seen girl smile for
three miles in a street car to show of
a dinpIe. and another leave her left
hand ungloved to show OF her rings.
When a lady is asked to give her
opinion publicly on. let US say, the
question of why men stand on street
corners. she reads a paper on it in an
amateurish way and then looks
around to see what people are say
ing about her. She does not take her
task seriously.
Feminine self consciousness is as
marked in the child as in the woman.
The little girl no more than or
years old already watches to note the
impression her sayings and doings
and her pretty clothes make on those
around her.
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we feel It ourselves. She makes and
holds friends among the leaders Of all
ranks, from the socialist to the official
of a trust. She reports for the news
paper readers Of the worlds greatest
despotism the experiment Of self gov
eminent in the world 3 greatest republic
You step forward rapidly" she says.
1T is a serious time with You. Every
thing is changing. The trusts viii abb
sorb the government or the govern
ment will have to absorb the trusts.
Trusts are the outcome Of the tenden-
cies of the time There IS just as much
sense in denOuncing the weather as the
trusts. The people are the government.
and the drift is toward socialism. an
American socialism, but what It via be
no one can say.
In watching politics one gets 70 be
a little cynical Your trend is certainly
toward Capitalization. The American
socialist wants government to do
things But then why find fault with
Russian What is Russia but complete
Capitalization, where the government
does everything For instance. there
is not e drinking saloon in all Russia.
The whole traffic IN intoxicating drinks
is IN the hands Of the cars officials.
LIQUOR is only sold in sealed bottles
and must be taken home for use. The
worst thing in connection with liquor
drinking here is the American habit OF
treating.
Your trusts cheaper production, but
they only cheaper the price OF the prod
uct to the consumers abroad-not at
home" CLARA BItANSCOMBE-
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HE season of women's clubs is
on. It is an unusually active
season. a barrel would scarce
ly hold the ink shed in writing
papers to be read at the ladies'
clubs. and certainly no scale has yet
been constructed Strong enough to
bear the heavy weight of these pa
pers. When clubwoman gets a
commission to read "a paper. the first
thing she does is to go to her milliner
and order a new bonnet It is usually
a pansy or a violet. bonnet or a bird
bonnet, but it is always a love. This
most important point being settled,
the clubwoman attends to the second
airy one-the paper She consults
her pastor on the matter; then she
goes to the library and pIows manful-
" through encyclopedias for a week.
Then she writes her paper. 1t viii
not have its due moral and oratorical
effect unless she has a pair of brand
new gloves to hold it and to go with
the new bonnet. White kid gloves
are the proper caper for clubwomen
when reading papers this season.
Stick out your little fingers while You
read
Pleasingness and propriety are the
two effects aimed at in preparing q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09
SCENTED ROOMS.

One may keep ones room swept with
that fragrance of violets all winter by
setting bowls of powdered orris root
about them. The orris root should be
renewed once or twice a month and the
bowls washed whenever it is changed.
Dainty Japanese bowls and quaint dish
es and vases make the best receptacles,
and it is wise to cover them during the
night to preserve the sweetness of the
powder BY hanging sachets of orris
root in the wardrobes ones garments
will be given an evasive and charming
fragrance.
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forts I only obtained a back view as
they disappeared out of the door. One
was a short, stout woman in a pearl
gray tailor made, and the other was
tall, red haired creature dressed in
black. had never met either of them
before. If I had. I would have found
out the end of that story.
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III
quietly that she is not even a
member of a womans club is
a lady who fills the important
post of political correspondent
- in the United States for a lead
ing Russian journal The jour-
nal is the MoskOvslxya Viedomosti the
lady Mrs. Barbara MaoGahan, widow
of the war correspondent, J. A. Mac
Gahan.
At the close Of the Franco Prussian
war MacGahan, who had been with the
French army as reporter for the New
York Herald, went to the Crimea for
breathing spell. The Crimea is the Ri
viera of the Russians. There till Jan. 1
the weather is warm and delightful 1t
was to the Crimea that the Russian
car went during his convalescence last
autumn. There AdacGahan mingled in
society and met many Russians of the
upper class. There. too, he met his fate
in a young lady of noble family who
had come with her relatives from their
home near Moscow for the autumn.
7 never learned so much from
books she remarks of herself. Il
don't think SO much of book education
anyhow It makes girls priggish. They
tried to eivilize me. but couldn't
don't care for civilization It makes
people too uniform. Those who are
afraid to be different from other people
are not interesting Wherever one can
be an individual there is liberty
To be commended to American vo-
men Is her comment on them socially-
q find American women often not
quite sure of themselves in society, and
they are afraid Of doing something un-
conventional. But after they know
they are in the first rank socially they
throw off their stiffness and are as
charming, as lively and as individual
as can be-
Mrs. MacGahan herself is las indi-
1idual as can be- in this pleasant way,
consequently wholly charming. She
finds that American women who have
thrown of their social stiffness are like
Russian ladies.
The Russian bride of the American
correspondent went to the wars with
her husband At the time of the rebel
lion in Spain he was in the mountains
with the army of Don Carlos; she was
at Biarritz. Although she denies being
educated in the common meaning of
the word Mrs. MacGahan knows ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09
SHOOTS.
FOLLY
AS 1T FLIES


there wasn't any of the family left for
him to see
on the whole. this has been a pleas
ant day because bought lot Of
things. and that's always gratifying /
ran around to Daisy Sutphen's house
this morning. I found her in a very de-
pressed state of mind. though goodness
knows she hadn't any cause to be. The
Sutphens have money to burn" and
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Daisy can have
anything on
e a T t b s b e
wants. I guess
it was some
thing she ate
the night be-
fore. The SUIT
phens gave a
dim er, you
k n 0 W, a n d
IN a m ma sa " S
it's as good as
taking your life
in your hands
TO eat at their
h GU S e sin &c
they've import
ed that new
chef. Anyway.
Daisy cried and
said that her
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

Rice starch is best for stinening lace.
Throw an ounce Of rice into a pint OF
boiling water and let simmer for five
minutes. Strain. and while still warm
dip in the lace. See that It Is thorough
ly saturated Squeeze as dry as posi-
bic and spread on q flannel covered
board to dry.
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didn't it? Wen.
he's just an i'm
pecunious sprig
Of nobility who
is visiting this
side Of the wa
ter strictly in
cOgnitO and who
calls him elf
plain Mr.. As
hurst on his
cards. Besides.
he didn't in
tend to call on
me at all. He
came to see my
elder sister AIu-
riel, and she
had gone to the
S ON body or
n-1---,-z---- 7
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up my ears.
"Ye-es, f" drawl-
ed one of the
women, IS h e
may be a very
clever writer
and all that, but
when it comes
to throwing
mud at good
old Queen Vic I
object
"She didn't"
interrupted her
friend snap
pfshIy. IS h e
only said that
the queen was
a very much
overra tie d old
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09

never can keep track OF MurieIs en-
gagements- Mamma also was out, and
as for dad-he had run over to the Met
ropolitan club. 1 just sent word that I
hoped I might be excused. as I had an
awful headache (That was a hb.) So,
you see. he had to go home because
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-09
KATE
CLYDE

E HANK goodness. can spend
an evening quietly at homel
That's a privilege I haven
had for weeks. You mightn
think il. but one grows awfully
tired OF eating other peoples
dinners and dancing TO the mu-
sic of other peoples orchestras night
after night. / suppose that if + were
romantic 1 would write something like
this: Il have just dismissed Lord As
hurst. am sitting alone in nay boudoir
gazing at the moonlight and rejecting
upon the instability Of human afrairs-
Doesn't that sound lovely2 The only
trouble is that ] could never keep up
such language for any length OF time
Then. too. have the truth to confront
me. Life is so pr0saici In the first
place. I'm not in my boudoir at all. I
don't keep my desk there. and it's hor-
rid TO get an cramped holding a writ
ing pad on your knees Then. as for
the moonlight-that's shining. I admit.
but on what2 On the ugly brownstone
fronts opposite Did you ever see any
thing romantic in a moonlight in Fifth
avenue2 No. indeed. Tt takes Newport
or Bar Harbor for that The phrase
about Lord Ashurst sounded nice.