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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
LOCAL MENTION.

About a dozen mem bers of the city Y.
M. c. A. win go to Fort Scott this week
to attend the state convention of the
association which opens there on Thurs
day Secretary George Lerrigo will ap-
pear on the programme Friday after
noon.
Unity club meets Thursday evening
at 1880 at Unity church. The club will
read and study together Goethes
Faust using Taylor's translation as
a standard. All in the city interested in
the subject are invited to be present
and to join the club.
Postmaster John Guthrie has received
instructions for the interchange of mail
between the main office and Oakland on
Sundays The first tine mail will be
forwarded to and received from this Of
flee on Sunday will be on Sunday, Oc-
tober 81.
There are now four persons held at
the county jail, pending investigation in
the probate court for insanity. John
F'ritch. Robt. Reed, Mrs. Hefener, and
William Edwards. the man who took a
dose of 1audanum while on a spree last
week in North Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
HUGE RAIL WAY GRANT.
Mexico Gives $22, 100000 Concession
to Detroiter to Build Line.

Detroit, Mich, Oct. 22-One of the
most important railroad deals of recent
date was completed in the City of Next
co yesterday. when Sidney A. Wither
bee of Detroit secured concessions on
1,5OO miles of railroad from the Mexican
government The concessions were &c.,
600 a mile cash for the construction of
the road and a grant of 100000 acres
of land, the total aggregating $22. 900, 900.
The line will run from the Kansas City
and Orient railroad at Preside Del
Norte to Metamora, and thence to the
east coast of Mexico. Following the
east coast the road will run to Cam
epchi, on the gulf
At Metamora the Mexican road will
connect with the Brownsville, Corpus
Christi and Gulf railroad, line 100 miles
long, that will have its southern ter
minus at Brownsville, Tex, opposite
Metamora. Engineers are now verify
ing the survey on this line preparatory
to starting work of construction at
once. When the two lines are completed
an almost air line to st. Paul from the
City of Mexico will be the result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
RELEASED.
Stockholders of the Old L0m-
bard Investment Company
Relieved From Liability For
Debts of the Concern
INU. S. DISTRICT COURT
Judge Hook Decides Case of Six
Years Standing.
Amount in Controversy Was
Two Million Dollars.
IN q. S. DISTRICT COURT

Kansas City, Oct. 22.-Judge Hook of
the United States district court in Kan
sas City today decided that the stock
holders of the Lombard Investment
company which failed in 1893, with liza
bilities above thirty millions of dollars,
are not liable to the creditors of the
company.
The decision sets at rest liability of
nearly two millions of dollars against
many eastern banks, trust companies
and Individual stockholders of the de-
funct concern. The stockholders in
terested number 600, scattered over the
Atlantic states and Great Britain The
suit on which today's decision was rem
dered was brought in 1896 by the Anglo
American Land, Mortgage & Agency
company of London, England, which
held claims aggregating about one mil
lion dollars against the company.
The Lombard company was organized
in 1886. Its president at the time of
failure was Milton B. Whitney of West
field, Mass. Since then unsecured cred
itors with claims amounting to up
wards of thirty millions of dollars have
received but one and two-fifths per cent
on toeir claims.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
How Boer Prisoners Escape.

lFrom Pearson's Magazine.1
Du Plooy, so far as it is known, is the
only Boer prisoner in Bermuda who has
succeeded in obtaining his liberty, al
though several stories are told of pris-
oners evading the vigilance of the
guards in the prison camps and escap-
ing to the main island.
In making these attempts the Beers
prove themselves to be exceedingly en-
terprising. One man under cover of
darkness made a number of breathing
holes in a big packing case which, with
it's cover knocked off. was lying on the
beach The following morning, during
the bathing hour. he succeeded in
launching this, and managed unobserv-
ed to get his head inside it He had ta
ken the precaution to knot a piece of
cord through two of the breathing holes
in what had been the bottom, but as it
fioated was the top of the box Holding
to this with one hand. he swan along
with the receding tide so idly that to
the guards it appeared that the packing
case was being carried at random on
the waves. It so happened, however,
that the envious eyes of sailor on one
of the British gunboats fell upon this
box as it drifted past, and wood being
scarce, he obtained permission from an
officer to drag it aboard One can con-
ceive his amazement when he found be-
meath it living Boeri
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
IFrom the CHICAGO News.l

IT IOIu l1G SLlCdSO NSWS.J
When a man has gone to seed it is
time to plant him.
1t sometimes happens that love is the
only wisdom of q fool
If a man has a sense of humor he
knows when not to get funny.
The oldest inhabitant never boasts of
how lazy he was when a boy.
Some charity begins at home, but the
best brand is directed toward the home
less.
An old bachelor says love is a capsule
rimony.
This is sad world for the poor girl
whose only new clothes are some of
her mothers old ones.
A girl is naturally in love with her
self after she and the man of her choice
are made into one
Everything comes to those who wait.
The rich man has ice in summer, but
the poor man has just as much in win
ter.
One half the world should read the
patent medicine testimonials if it is
really anxious to know how the other
half lives
ly exceeds the demand. What this
country needs is something in the solid
mockery line
There is plenty of room at the top,
but as soon as a man gets there he
tries his best to occupy it all.
There's always room at the top"
remarked the customer, as the grocer
measured out peck of potatoes.
When a politician is weighed in the
balance he is usually found wanting
an Office with a big salary and little
work.
When you see one small boy dividing
his cake with another it's a safe bet
that a stronger bond than the universal
brotherhood of man unites them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
IN AN EXPRESS PACKAGE.
A Deadly Centipede and Tarantula
Sent Philadelphia Man

New York, Oct. PA Philadelphia
dispatch to the World says:
Daniel Frey, prominent politician
and school director, received at his
wholesale oyster house this morning a
round package that had come by ex-
press and was well sealed
Upon one side was written in a bold,
legible hand:
daniel Frey, No. 703 North Third
street, Philadelphia, Penn
Thinking that the package contained
something in reference to the schools,
Mr.. Frey took it upstairs to his office
and broke the seal. The seal had no
ing object sprang from the depths of
the package straight at the school d.
rector'S face.
In his youth Mr.. Frey spent long years
roughing it on the frontier, and as he
jumped aside he saw at a glance that
the object was one of the deadly cent?
pedes that fnfest the territory through
which the Devils River in southwest
ern Texas flows. Right after the cent?
pede a large and vicious looking taran-
tula sprang from the opened package
and both attacked Mr. Frey
Down stairs Harry Still, Mr.. Freys man.
ager, heard the shouts of Mr. Frey, and
Selling stout club rushed to the rescue
After a desperate rustic of half an hour
in which both, narrowly escaped being bit
killing the centipede and the tarantula-
The centipede measured eight inches and
had claws an inch long. Its heal was like
that of a .rattlesnake, while rs stfnger
Who sent the deadly insect Mr. Frey is
at q loss to know. and he has begun a
being traced to learn where it started
from. The police believe that an attempt
has been made the school directors
life as an outcome of hot political cam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe

When an engagement is announced.
people say, Il thought he intended to
marry that other girl"
When there are no men in the family,
the womencEo around as carelessly
dressed as they do the Midway.
The Bible made a mistake in not tell
ing If Methuselah lived everything
down during the nine hundred years of
his life.
The won en-. who have no bald spots.
have ribbons, feathers, flowers and fan
cy combs to wear on their heads. We
claim this is unfair.
An Atchison man died lately leaving
a small potato patch, and his children
are now classed among the towns
heirs and heiresses.
Notice is served on the brides that If
they look wistful within six months at
ter marriage, a story is started that
they have discovered Their Mistake.
When a woman gets on a train for
long journey, she wishes every one on
the train knew that she isn't one of the
ordinary passengers who get off at the
next station.
When a minister announces that he
desires a full attendance at a certain
meeting.as he has SON ething of particu-
lar Importance to say, the members
know what to expect
The average mans idea of being
wicked is to put up his money to see a
show in which a girl with a loose robe
and a gold paper band on her forehead
i9advertised as an Oriental Queen"
An Atchison man and wife lately at
tended the theater. and bought seats
in the balcony, owing to the hard
times. Imagine their surprise when
they looked down into the parquette,
and saw their servant girl occupying
dollar and half seat
An Atchison man is said to be broken
hearted over his daughters choice of
husband, but how often do you hear
any sympathy expressed for fathers in
such a case? The people pay SO much
attention to what is called love that
fathers objections are regarded by the
romantic as stubborness and selfish
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
PLAIN TALK
To Catarrh Sufferers.

Every person suffering from catarrh
in its many forms, knows that the
common lotions, salves and douches, do
not cure. 1t is needless to argue this
point or to cite cases of failures be-
cause every victim of catarrhal trouble
knows it for himself if he has tried
them.
A local application, If it does anything
at all, simply gives temporary relief;
a wash, lotion, salve or powder cannot
reach the seat of the disease which is
the blood
The mucous membrane seeks to re-
neve the blood of catarrhal poison by
secreting large quantities of mucous,
the discharge sometimes closing up the
nostrils descending to the throat and
larynx, causing an irritating cough,
continual clearing of the throat, deaf
ness. indigestion and many other dis
agreeable and persistent symptoms.
A remedy to really cure catarrh must
be an internal treatment: a remedy
which will gradually cleanse the sys-
tenn from catarrhal poison end remove
the fever and congestion always pres
ent in the mucous membrane.
The best remedies for this purpose
are Eucalyptol. Sanguinaria and Hy-
drastin, but the difficulty has always
been to get these valua BILE curatives
combined in one palatable, convenient
and efficient form.
Recently this has been accomplished,
and the preparation put on the market
under the name of Stuart's Catarrh
tablets; they are large, pleasant tasting
lozenges, so that they may be slowly
dissolved in the mouth, thus reaching
every part of the mucous membrane
and finally the stomach and fntenstines
An advantage to be considered also
is that Stuart's Catarrh Tablets con-
tain no cocaine. morphine or poisonous
narcotics, so often found in catarrh
powders, and the use of which often en-
tails habit more dangerous than the
disease.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are sold by
druggists at so cents for full sized
package and are probably the safest
and most effectual catarrh cure on the
market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
FIGHT OVER A CHILD.
Queer Action of VIM Murphy in Pro-
bate Court

A colored woman named Ophie Failor
was arrested today at noon at the In
stigation of VIM. Murphy, who charged
the woman with kidnapping his child.
The charge would not hold, as she had
not stolen the little girl, but had been
in possession since the death of its
mother, three years ago. Murphy Sc
cured the services of Attorney Joe
Ward and a writ of habeas corpus was
issued to bring the woman before Judge
Pagan of the probate court, SO that
he might act the part of Solomon and
deliver the child to the rightful owner.
The entire proceedings were so swift
that neither side had time to get their
witnesses. so the hearing was postponed
until tomorrow.
The Failor woman, who is the chfld's
aunt, says that Murphy has no claim
on the child, as he swore that he was
not it's father when criminal proceed
ings were brought against him by it's
mother. He was a married man and
the chi1d's mother was a 16-year-old
girl, who died shortly after the birth of
the child.
The woman lives in Kansas City, and
came here on a visit, bringing the little
girl, and Murphy's intentions were to
keep her from taking her away again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
QUAKER. REFLECTIONS.

TFrom the Philadelphia Record1
Some people who don't get all they
deserve are lucky.
Experience costs a lot, but it is usu-
ally a good investment
1t is impossible to make friends by
giving away cheap cigars.
The things we know the least about
always look the easiest
A woman always has time for refiec-
ton when she sees a mirror.
1t is better to talk yourself up than
to have other people run you down.
The fellow who frequents saloons
often finds himself in tight place.
When a woman fishes for compli-
ments she should bait her hook with
f1attery.
'Nel1-"Has she ever been married ;"
Belle-"No; she's looking out for num-
Der one"
If death rides a white horse. as the
old legend has it. how is it that all
the red-headed girls don't dye?
When an actress speaks of her en-
gagements you never know whether
she is talking shop or matrimony
Harduppe-"We should profit by our
mistakes" Borrowell-'I should much
rather profit by the mistakes of other
people,
Has Camden much of a floating
population?" asked the Philadelphia
man. well. the ferry-boats are kept
pretty busy" replied the Camdenite.
Before a man marries a girl" says
the Manayunk Philosopher, 'he talks
about her great strength of character
After they are married he calls it stub
bornness."
Oh, he who fights and runs away,
On either land or sea,
May live to fight another day
In court of inquiry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
TO ROOSEVELT DINNER.
A Richmond Colored Lawyer Was
Also Invited.

Richmond, Va, Oct 22.-Giles B.
Jackson, secretary of the Negro Bush
ness league of Virginia, and vice presi-
dent of the national association, of
which Booker T. Washington is presi-
dent, was one of those invited to the
now famous dinner rendered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Washington.
Jackson is a negro lawyer of this
city, a genuine African in appearance,
and possesses little education, but
man of ability, who has accumulated
considera BILE property.
He does not deny having received a
telegram inviting him to the dinner, but
he declines to discuss it or say whether
he was present.
My time is filed up 1ookin' after
de dollar he said. ct amt got no OPP
portunity to fool with social equality"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
IN CLOSER QUARTERS.
St Clair County Judges in Contempt
to Be Confined in Jail

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 22.-Thos. Ne
witt, one of the st. Clair county judges
sent to Jail for refusing to take the nee
essary steps to pay the bonds issued by
the county for railroad that was new
er built, was in Kansas City today. He
IS still a prisoner in the hands of the
United States marshal, and is on his
way from Warrensburg, where he has
been confined, to Maryville, Mo Judge
S. r. Peden, who has been in Jail at
Bethany, Mo, will also be taken to
Maryville.
The change is due to the fact that the
prisoners have been enjoying too many
privileges to suit the wishes of the fed
eral officers, all of which is not calcu-
lated to cause them to reach an earlv
determination to pay the bonds. l.
reached the courts ears that they wera
allowed to walk the streets and had
every opportunity to take to the woods
If they wished. At MaryvilIe they will
be kept within the walls of the jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22

Roosevelt. He says he has done the
proper thing. He has scoffed at ira
dition and jeered at the memory of his
own mother, a southern woman South
ern white people will not debate the
question with Mr.. Roosevelt. Race
equality cannot be made the subject or
academic discussion in the SOUTH
Things must remain just as they are;
will remain as they are, and no human
effort can change the present order As
we'll ask the southern white man TO de-
stroy the sanctity of his own home, 10
permit the despoiler to enter it as to ask
him to tolerate a condition of social
equality that Mr.. Roosevelt by his act
stamps with his approval
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
BIGGEST PIGEON RANCH.
Los Angeles Mans Bonanza Is Home
For 1900 Birds.

Los Angeles, CAL, Oct PA remark
able industry new in America-that of
pigeon raising on a most extensive
scale-has been successfully inaugu-
rated by ]. Y. Johnson, of Los An
geles.
Mr.. johnson has established the only
pigeon ranch in the world. His ranch
is twenty times as large as any pigeon
farm in Europe.
It contains 5000 adult pigeons.
1t sends to market $50 dozen squads
every month.
And it nets its proprietor the COM
Portable income of $4,000 a year.
The cost of feeding these birds
amounts to little over SIS a day.
These pigeons produce, the year
round close to $500 SQUADS a month.
This great family eats half a wagon
load of screenings, eight sacks of wheat
and about twelve gallons of boiled meal
daily. In addition to this they are
given four barrels of stale bread soaked
in water in week
The ranch covers eight acres, with six
gigantic lofts, all crowded, and each
honeycombed inside and out with nests
The main loft is 26 feet wide, SO feet
at the apex. Ten tiers of nests run
around the outside of this building
The interior is filled with tiers of nests
from ground to rafters- All told there
are $4,000 nests upon the ranch
Two men do all the work of the
pigeon farm.
Every morning rounds are made of
the nests and marketable squads are
selected. In the evening these are
dressed.
All waste is utilized. Twelve big
wagon loads of guano are taken from
the ranch each year. Hundreds of bags
of feathers are sent to upholstery fac
tories.
At three weeks the squads are ready
for market and by the time they are
fairly out of the way the mother bird
is ready to lay more eggs.
The price of squads ranges from $1-25
to 81 a dozen generally, and when they
are scarce they sometimes bring as
high as $40 a dozen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
AN INVESTIGATION
The Manager of the Big Eastern
Concern Will Soon Visit
This Town.
WILL CALL ON A. c. KLNGAMAN
For the Purpose of Investigating
the Remarkable sale of Smiths
Green Mountain Renovator.

Mr.. A. c. Klingaman. 12o East Sixth
street, has the sole agency for this Yer
mont remedy in this section, and the
sale has been so remarkable and the
cures attending its use so unusual that
the manager of the big concern in Yer
mont will call on these reputable peo-
pie to congratulate them personally
for the splendid record they have
made and the interest they are taking
in putting this preparation in the
hands of the sick and Suffering in this
community. AS Mr.. Klingaman re-
marked the other day, IT have the ut
most confidence in. this remedy. 1t is
the best thing in my store and it Is
doing untold good to those suffering
from blood and nerve disorders as
well as dyspeptic and rheumatic pa
tents. In fact it is the best all-round
medicine on the market today, and I
feel it almost a positive duty to guar
antee tin fact I will refund money
if it does not do all that is claimed
for it,
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The Southern Favors Good Roads.

The Southern railway has undertaken
to promote the cause of good roads in
the south, by means of special educa-
tional train similar to that sent over
the Illinois Central recently. The train
will consist of ten cars equipped with
road building machinery, and VIII be
under the charge of President W. H.
Moore of the National Good Roads as
ISOLATION. It will make practical dem
onstration at many points on the South
ern system. Director Dodge, of the
public roads office, department of agrf-
culture, and his assistant. with IS ex-
pert workmen, accompany the train
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22
F.JAY GOULD TO WE'D?
Bride, It is Said, Will Be Miss Helen
Kelly.

New York, Oct. 22.-Franlx J. Gould. son
of the late financier, has become engaged
to Miss Helen Kelly, daughter of the late
Edward Kelly, son of the late Eugene
Kelly.
By a friend of the Gould family it was
said that the announcement was probably
correct, and that those who knew of the
attention the young man had been paying
to the young woman had expected 1t for
some time
1t is said that the betrothal. which had
been only recently, was to be kept Sc
cret for some time to come owing to the
recent death of the young womans
father.
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Usage TRADERS CLAIMS.
Rights of Claimants to Be Urged Be-
fore the Department.

Washington, Oct. 22.-Former Senator
Blair of New Hampshire and former
Governor Crawford of Kansas were at
the interior department today to secure
a hearing relative to the Usage traders
claims which are now being canvassed
by the department to determine what
payment shall be made of the claims,
if any. They called upon Mr. Jones,
commissioner of Indian affairs, and
asked him to grant hearing, which he
readily assented to.
There is reason to believe that of the
$500, 900 of claims, the commissioner will
not recommend that more than $500, 900
be paid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22

Seth Low IS carrying around mayor
atty nominations of the following
ganizations: The Citizens Union, the
Republican City Committee, the Great
er New York Democracy, the Brooklyn
Democracy, the German-American I'm
ion the German-American Municipal
League of Manhattan, the Austro- Hun
garian Anti Tammany Association, the
German-American League, the Indepen-
dent Democracy, and the Germ an
American Reform Union
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REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHELoR

IFrOm the New York Press
Content is the sugar in ife's coffee
cup
Ideals last as long as ice cream in a
frying PAN
Horse swapping isn't any more risky
than marrying; but you can swap
horses more than once.
When man marries girl for her
beauty he runs the risk of her losing it;
and when he marries her for her money
he runs the risk of her losing it just
the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-22

The Nicara guam canal scheme had be-
gun to make such progress that 1t has
been found necessary to head it off by
bringing the Panama ditch to the front
Thus is one route played off against
another and the transcontinental rail-
roads continue to do business at the old
stands
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BIGGEST HEART KNOWN.
Steeple Climbers Organ Five Times
the Natural Size.

GAINESVILLE, O.. Oct. PAN autopsy to-
day on the body of George Wing, who
died at Wheeling from injuries received
while hanging a sign developed that his
heart was five times normal size and the
largest known to medical records.
Its great size had crowded the left lung
out of place, nearly filling the left side
and extending four inches to the right
of the middle of the breast bone. Wing
was a. noted steeple,, climber, who had
done daring work all over the country
particularly in the large cities of the
east.