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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30
A PREVENTIVE OF pNEumoy,.

Owing to the prevalence Of colds and grin,
there have been many cases of pneumonia dui :
ing the past few months IL has been OBJ
served. however, that the grip never results in
pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
used. Among the tens Of thousands who used
that remedy during the prevalence Of grip in
the past ten years not has been re-
ported that did not recover which shows that
remedy 10 be certain preventive Of pneumonia
and unequaled foI colds and grip
For sale by Henry Evans. wholesale and retail,
and al druggists.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30
A Stunning Lot OF Hats for Stature

Childrens Straw Hats
Plain and Fancy Braids
have been selling rapidly
at 39c; newest coiors:
special for Saturday..
Ladies trimmed Hats,
fects equal to any of the
shown. Some from our
rooms, others from one
of New York's best trim
med Hatmakers; should
sell for Sc, for. ..............
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30
His Heart on His Right side.

DANVILLE, KY, March 29.-Thomas
Nichols dropped dead here yesterday OF
heart disease. His heart was on the right
side Of his body, for which reason he was
In much demand as a Medical subject. He
had been asked to appear before the
medical schools OF New York City. and
had anticipated going there next winter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30

The handsome tucked Chiffon Hats
in the large flat. Turban, and Toque
shapes: eolors of Black, White, Pink.
Blue, and Maise-our entire line in
Guiding Hats worth 81 and sail they
need is a little touch of
them free of CHARGE. ~ UX
Special price today.......... As ~
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30
Cheap Rates to California.

80 10 California. Arizona, and New Mexico
sDy Tucsis3 20 April 80. Special excursion
April 2. Berth ". Personally conducted.
] Pas;on. General Agent, 5lI Pennsylvania Ave
>se NV.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-30

house was fairly well lighted and the
few spectators could see everything dis
tincflN
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22

way under a monopoly concession last
ing fifty years.
with the opening OF this road for
heavy freight there is likely TO be an
extensive change in the ocean to-ocean
traffic. The distance across the Isthmus
Of Tehuantepec is shorter than that
across Nicaragua, while the new route
is 500 miles nearer to the United States
than Nicaragua and 1900 miles nearer
than Panama. The gain over the Pan
ANA route VIII be 265 miles between
New York and San Francisco. or 2Alo
miles between New Orleans and san
Francisco.
The Mexican route also will underDld
ali others in its rates from ships side
to ships side. According to Sir Weet-
man Pearson's contract with the Mexi-
can government, he agrees to carry
freight from one ocean to the other Tor
an average charge of about 81 ton
The railways of the United States
charge about SIS The Panama railway
demands about IS. The route around
the Horn IS the most expensive of all
except for a few kinds Of freight Ihus
the Tehuantepec route will be 81 q ton
cheaper than the best existing route,
while it saves shippers from loo TO
1000 miles in sea freight besides.
Competition of this nature cannot fail
to affect the lines Of interoceanic traffic
somewhat. Coatzacoaleos. the Atlantic
terminus of the Tehuantepec route, IS
nearer to San Francisco than New Or
leans is via the Southern Pacific. Both
at this port and at SaIina Cruz, on the
Pacific, the harbor and transshipping
facilities are of the most modern pat
tern. Until the Nicaragua Canal be
comes a reality, and perhaps afterward'
it is to be expected that the Tehuante-
pee railway will be used freely by SNIP
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
GLOBE SIGHTS
rFrom TIE Atchison Globe.1

TF'rOm the Atch1SOn G1ODe.l
The man who believes that dishon-
esty' prospers is a thief at heart
If YOU abuse the sheriff on the tes-
tinony of a thief who has been arrest
ed, you are not honest
Two Atchison sisters, who are shin
ing lights in the same church, do not
speak to each other
To tell the plain truth, when wo--
man goes away on a trip her husband
isn't as lonesome as the cat.
what a lot of duds and new furni-
t11re are bought for the first baby, and
how much like a tramp the fifth one
looks!
You can ind almost any kind Of a
boy except the one whose syn patn1es
in a fight between a cat and dog are
with the cat
We have tried it. and ind that if you
tell a man who doesn't DO a bit OF
work, that he is overworked, he gives
you credit for being most sincere
oh. well. if you didn't get to take a
vacation, remember that the poets
having no interest in railroad stocks
all sing that there is no place like
home.
when you 60 around abusing a
man without cause, don't you sup
pose people know that you are envious
untruthful and unfair, and that they
50 label your
An Atchison sick man complains
that so many women call to see him
whom his wife admits into the bed
room. that ne has had to lie under
covers every hour since he was taker
sick three weeks ago
Few things are SO unreliable as TIT
average family clock. Ir an Atchisol
family the clock strikes two hour
ahead ar the right time, ST is half al
hour fast, and the minute hand i
4 shorter than the hour hand
1t is enough to make grandn Others
scream to see how much money i
spent these days on the raby's clothes
4 An Atchison infant Of Two years ha.
had more money spent on its clOthe
/ than were. spent on its mothers IN tn
] ffrst fiifteen years of her LIE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
COT HIS REVOLVER
Holiday Home is Ransacked by
Burglars.
Weapon Taken From C. X. HoI-
liday's Pillow As He Sleeps.

The Holiday homestead at the corner
of Sixth avenue and Monroe street was
ransacked Wednesday night by a burglar,
but nothing of value was secured except
a revolver
Charles K. Holidays family is in Cali
forniaL and he sleeps at the house alone.
Wednesday night he noticed a suspicious
character lurking around the house and
he sat up until after midnight watching
him, when the man left Mr.. Holiday
then went to bed, but prepared to give the
intruder a warm reception in the event
that he got into the house He hsanted
up his revolver, which had not been used
for years, tested it, ard then slipped II
under his pillow and went to sleep lie
heard no more until the sun was stream
ing into his window.
Mr.. Holiday then became aware OF the
fact that something had happened Wh1ie
he slept. The entire house was in disor-
der, drawers had been pulled out and the
contents scattered over the floor So far
as he had been able to ascertain the burg
lar had taken nothing, but at last Mr.
Holiday turned over his pillow to ind
his revolver. and it was not there. Ine
burglar had slipped it out from under his
head without disturbing him.
Mr.. Holiday says that ne IS glad tnat
the revolver is gone, but to prevent the
thief from coming back and carry ing on
the house While the owner Is asleep, Mr..
Holiday has secured the services Of a
strong able bodied man who IS easily
Weakened, to sleep in the house until the
family returns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
LOCAL MENTION.

John K. Wright of Junction city Is
here today.
I. 2. Lambert went to his home at
Enporia today.
C. E. Snyder has returned from an
outing at Ludington, Michigan
Harry Bone is in Leavenworth today.
Daniel Harmer is visiting in Atchison
today.
WIN H. CLARK, brother Of Secretary Of
State George A. Clark, is patient at
Christ hospital
c. s. Downing, vice president Of the
Central National bank, left this after
noon for New York on business.
Rev. George S. Bright, pastor of the
Lutheran church OF Shelby, Ohio, lis here
with his family visiting his father and
mother.
Mr.. and Mrs Alexander G. Arid who
live at S31 Topeka avenue are the
parents of a 10-pound boy, born We'd
nesday morning.
Saturday being the feast of St. Bar
tholonn ew. there viii be a celebration OF
the Holy Communion at Grace Cattle
dral at 1880 a. m.
The Topeka Athletic Association ball
team and the valley Falls team VIII
play ball Saturday afternoon on the
| Washburn grounds
w L. Coy who is conducting meet
ings at Fifth and Lawrence streets ln
/ Parkdale is not connected In any way
with the teachings of Rev. Chas. j:
ParhaIn. He is president OF the local
Rescue Missionary Workers
Judge AIcCabe, of the city court, was
to have handed down q decision today
in the Bernard perjury case. He has
been so busy with court work that he
has postponed the decision until next
Tuesday in order to look up more auth
critics.
Governor Stanley issued a requisiion
on the Missouri authorities today for
John Ryan wanted ia Kansas City,
Kan. for forgery. Ryan passed boz
gus check for $50 on a coal dealer and
/ is now in custody in Kansas city, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs A vogel. who live at
/ 30 Van Buren, street, have a large
! night blooming cereus plant which
/ viii have u blossoms on it this even
ing. beginning soon after dark The
/ Vogel family invite anyone Interested
/ in flowers of this kind to call.
| Alvin wall the maniac who was shot
| Wednesday by Hugh Moreland, Is at
] edwell's private asylum east Of town.
! Mr.. Bedwel said this morning that
| Wall was much quieter ana fnore RAJ
! tfonal He allowed his attendants TO
! dress his wounds and arrange his bed.
/ He has about 80 shot in his body and 10
! is doubtful if he can recover. He was
/ at one time an inmate Of BedWell 3
| asylum when the institution was in
/ North Topeka and he recognized Bed
well and the members of the family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22


Fmporia has a gasoline famine and
the Standard Oil company is unable TO
relieve it.
There il corn enough in Douglas
county to start the canning factory az
Lawrence.
The Mankato Advocate knows Of
man who ate IA acres of roasting ears
for dinner.
Kansas farmers have moved thelr
herces4 bulldogs from the melon to the
potato patch
According to the dispatches Mrs. Ma
ton received q. very cold water recep-
ton at Atlantic City.
a Fort Scott man is the proud pos
cessor Of. a. Latin coin S56 years old ana
another of the date Of 1888
It's a positive pleasure, suggests the
Lincoln Sentinel, to wipe the mud from
the shoes rather than dust from the face
The town cows are being MIXED at
HAYS by some vandal who rises early
and beats the milkmaids to the pas
ture-
The Emporia band will play for the
festival of Mountain and Plain at Den
yer if the railroads will dc the right
thing.
smith county farmers have discover
cd that the Jack rabbit is a great I'M
pediment towards the growth OF young
alfalfa
Lightning killed six head OF cattle hor
a St Francis ranchman the past week.
And the corn in Cheyenne county VIII
20 40 bushels to the acre
A six pound bass has been caught IN
the Walnut and it is suspected that
Bent Murdoch will declare all business
off and start his vacation
The feed crop of Gray county which
was pronounced dead beyond resurr &c
I ton something over month ago Is
showing signs of a revival.
A story comes from Wellington Of a
barefooted fisherman wading around on
the sand bars and having a big blue
/ catfish strip all the flesh from his toes
Leavenworth, which is something OF
a saloon town, proposes to dispense
/ with the regulation number Of months
school this year on account of a short
i age of finances
/ There is a man in Franklin county
says the Herald, who has been too
drunk all spring to get in his crops He
i planted late and as a consequence Will
/ have more corn than his neighbors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
KILLED in FALL.
George Wills Passed Safely Through
War to Die at Picnic.

s. B. Wills. the well known letter
carrier of Topeka has received news
of the death OF his nephew. George
Wills. near his home in Fresno, Cal
Young Wills was a soldier in a Cali
fornia regiment and later in the
Forty-third regulars, and was in 120
engagements during the Spanish and
Philippine wars without receiving a
scratch, and then met his death While
on a picnic almost in sight of his home.
The party of young people of which
he was a member were climbing the
side of a canyon, and came to small
stream. wins tried to cross this, which
was not deep, but the stones IN the
bottom were very slippery wills
slipped and fell backward into the
canyon about Is feet, landing in the
water below the falls, and breaking
several ribs and a leg. He died IN a
FEW minutes before his friends could
reach home with him.
The Fresno papers stated that ms
funeral, which was attended by MS ola
company. was the most elaborate affair
ever seen at that place.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
auAKFR RFF1EoTioNs.

TFron the Philadelphia Record.1
A clever butcher can always make
ends meat.
The electric fan knows the way Of
the whirled.
One way to make a slow horse fast
is to stop his feed
a man must have some sense to
know whether he has any or not
The tombstone never says mean
things of the man that's down.
When a. business runs down it's only
natural that it should be wound up
No, Maude, dear; writing paper Is
not the product OF a stationary en-
CINE.
This would be a much better world
if people would live up to their opat-
uary notices.
1t may appear strange, but q broad
minded man is not the one that has the
big head.
Hoax-"Heilo old chap. home from
your vacation, EN-? Back long7' Joax
No; back short
Wig-'.Do you believe that q bowling
dog forecasts q death" wager
tainly. Somebody kills the dog
The average mans idea of heaven,
SAYS the Manayunk Philosopher, is a
place where everybody Is as good as
he is
Nell-.1 didn't think Cholly would
ever make up his mind to get married
He mad Sucn expensive tastes -
That accounts for it. He says ms WlLe
is the dearest girl in the world
"csosb MANDY. them city keb drivers
81. ,,,ierl7fxr fresh Iot.' remarked
IT1nc1e r1he7 ..Tlew tell?' dueried his
H,ifa Ven When I got often the boat
a hull string Of 'em hollered coop an
hay at me-
ssyo,,,ra a fra,,a - exclaimed the in
aienanf neaesfria1. you said if gave
rs, = . dio7a you'd take a brace, and
find that you went into that saloon ana
bought two beers" well, boss, calm
" returned the mendicant, "tWo's .
brace, amt it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22

following the rules printed IA q No-
mans paper.
Blank books possess no literary merit
but they are bound to sell
The wise man now turns over a new
cabbage leaf and puts 1t in his hat
Good jokes and sparkling diamonds
are the result of much patient grind
ing.
Poetry is merely a trick of words :
and the waste basket often takes the
trick
Nature seems to take special delight
in upsetting the weather man preo1e-
lions.
A man never objects to having Lls
hair cut at cue rates, but ne draws TIE
line at cut-rate shave.
Just why starch factories find it nee
essary to run overtime When the Ice
cream season opens is still a mystery
to some people
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
BURNS MILLIONS.
A Suit For Division Has Been
Instituted at st. Joe.

Kansas City, Mo, Aug. ga special
to the Star from st. Joseph. Mo, says;
A suits for the division Of the Burns
family estate, estimated TO be worth be-
tween ten and twelve million dollars,
has been fled in court by Mary =.
Moore. one of the heirs and wife OF
General Milton Moore, of Kansas CITY,
a former member of the governor s
STAFF Mrs. Moore claims one-seventh
Of about one-third of the estate A re-
ceiver is asked for the estate.
The Burns family have been prom
inent in northwestern Missouri since
the 4,ioneer days Three of the five
brothers have controlled the political
and commercial destinies OF that paf'
of the state for years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
NEW PLACE FOR PAYNE.
Topeka Young nan Promoted
by Santa Fe.

John B. Payne the oldest son Of G. q;
Payne of this city, has been proriorse :.
f,.oy,, the position of commercial agent OF
the Texas G. Pacific Railway company at
Fort Worth to a similar position on that
road at Louisville, Ky, taking the place
Of Commercial Agent Sadler, who mas
been moved from Louisville to Chicago
Mr. Payne's territory Will now pc gresl-
~ extended He will have jurisdiction
from Pittsburg on the east to St Louis on
The west and the Atlantic Seaboard from
the C'arolinas to Mobile
John b. Payne started his railroad WORK
in Topeka as messenger boy at the SAM
ia re shops. He changed from the santa
Pc to the Mexican Central, and from tils
Mexican Central went TO the road Win
which he is now connected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
BIG STEEL COMBINE.
Two Companies Unite, With Capital
of 500, 100000.

Harrisburg, Pa.,Aug. 22.-Papers We're
filed at the state department today re-
1ating to the consolidation and merger
Of the Cambria Steel and Conemagh
Steel company, under the name Of the
Cambria Steel company The capital IS
$50 600. 600, an increase of S5,000.000 over
the joint capital of the two companies
OF the one million shares of capital
stock to $50 each, 100000 shares are to
be issued to the stockholders Of the old
companies. share for share and 100000
shares shall remain unissued. and shall
be issued hereafter for money or pro-
pertvs as may be determined The state
received a bonus of $1s666 on tn add
The parties interested in the new
company are:
Theodore N. Ely. Bryn Mawr, Effing-
ham H Norris Lower Merton town
ship, Montgomery county; Frank J.
Firth, Philadelphia; Leonard W e
Hanna, Cleveland; J. Iowber WEIGH.
Ff1ila de1phia: George f. Baer, Reading;
Edward T. Stottesbury, Powell Stack
house Philadelphia; John W Town
send. Bryn Mawr.
". F. Robinson is the secretary and
frea S41fer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
REDUCED RATES AND
SPECIAL TRAIN


The Great Rock Island Route will
sell tickets to Cleveland. O.. and return.
for the Grand Army meeting. at great
" reduced rates. Tickets will be on
sale at points west of the Missouri Riv-
er Sept 9TH to 10th, anelusive. except
Oklahoma and indian Territory, where
selling dates will be sept. 18th and stu.
Return limit Sept. 18th, except that ex-
tension of limit to leave Cleveland. up
to and including Oct. s, 1901, may be ar
ranged by depositing tickets with joint
Agent at Cleveland, and payment Of
small fee. Comrades Of the Rank ard
File have selected the Great Rock Is
land Route and Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern R'y for a special through
train to Cleveland. which win leave
Kansas and Oklahoma Sunday, Sept
Sth Passengers on this special train
will be given the privilege Of going and
returning via Toledo and boat or all
rail as they may elect. Passengers
making return journey by boat will
have delightful stop Of three hours
at the celebrated lake resort-Put-in-
Bay. Any Rock Island Agent or the
undersigned will give full details and
arrange for sleeping car reservations.
r. w THOMPSON, A. g. r. A., Topeka.
Hoax-sYou sayhe owes Everything he
has to YOU Joax-'.W Worse he owes
more than he has to me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
LAWRENCE DENIES 1T.
ElDorado Doctor Says He Hasn't De-
serted Fusionists.

serted Eusionists.
DR.. F. b Lawrence. Of Ell Dorado,
denies that he has any intention OF
deserving the fusionistss as the rumor
circulated in Topeka He has sent ms
denial in to headquarters, saying;
Il have just returned from trip 10
Lake Michigan, and on my return was
handed paper containing the state
1aaent that I was to be read out o. tle
,-aTo,-7,1 marty before / got a chance to
return to the Republicn party nate
to scratch at political feas on on years ears
10 tar mart of the above; can you tell
me if there is any truth in the first
part? If so, give me the complexion 1, OF
the fellows hair, and III borrow O l1
his auto-imposed political obsequlies
with nv heart devoted to the inceptloa
and perpetuation Of government -
The people etc. I remain, yours 10 De
commanded
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
TEE rEHUANrEPEc RAILWAY.

TFrom the Chicago Trihune.l
Mrs. Alec Tweedie's interesting ar
ticle in the Fortnightly Review on the
new railway route across the Isthmus
Of Tehuantepec calls attention to the
fact that the transcontinental railways
of the United States soon viii have a
formidable rival in certain kinds of
freight business. This railway from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific ocean
was completed by the Mexican govern
rnent ia 1895. but lack of harbors at
both terminals has prevented any ex-
tensive use of the line for freight trans
portation. A new era VIII begin if
teen months hence. when Sir Weetman
Pearson wiz have completed two fine
harbors, constructed at a cost Of 49,
$4,000. and viii begin operating therail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22

The census bureau has issued a bull
ietin giving the mortality statistics
during the census year in the states
and territories and the principal reg
lstration cities. The total number Of
deaths reported for the year was L.
oss. Oo4. as against s41, AIS for 1890 One
important feature of the results pre-
sented is found in the decrease in the
general death rate in the registration
area of is per 1000 Of population. a
decrease Of nearly 10 per cent The av-
erage age at death in 1890 was 81
years; in 1900 it was 35-2 years, show
ing that we are becoming longer lived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-22
REFLEcrIoNs 81 a BAoHELoR

TF'ron the New York Press.I
The only kind Of chaperons girls can
trust are the kind their mothers can
trust them with
No woman was ever married too long
not to try to get some other woman
in the same rouble.
Unless a man can rip it off his
tongue like music that she Will always
be the most beautiful woman in the
world to him, he'd better keep out or
the engagement business.
When a girl wants to put man to
the test she leaves some Of her queer
Kind ~ clothes around where he can t
helm seeing I'll and then watches to see
If he acts like he had ever seen any
thing Of that kind before.