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St. Marys, kan, June 2.-As a result
of cloud burst here Saturday night
there is from eight inches to two and one
half feet Of water on the streets of the
town. It rained hard for an hour and
when it ended the Union Pacific tracks
were found to be washed out and nearly
every store inetown flooded The base
1nent in St Marys college contains four
feet of wafer Much small stock was
drowned and property destroyed.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02
BUYS a Telephons System.

Brown clerk Of the supreme court at To-
pel1a. has bought a controlling interest in
the Emporia Telephone company MI
Brown has a controlling interest in most
of the independent telephone companies III
the soulhern Part Of the state
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JEFFERsoN ooUNTY FLOODED.
Railroad Track, Bridge and Crops Are
Washed Out.

Rock Creek, Kan, June 2.-The heav-
lest rain in years fell here Saturday
evening, doing much damage to wheat.
oats and corn fields
Hundreds of feet of railroad track
and one bridge washed out between
here and Valley Falls. Santa Fe east
bound passenger train stayed all night
here and returned to Topeka Trains
were delayed "A hours.
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Murder at wallace.

Sharon Springs, Kan, June 2--Jim
Anderson, negro section hand at Wal
lace, shot and killed q fellow workman
ty the name of Brassdeld Sunday morn
ing. The trouble arose over Brassfeld's
sister-in-law Anderson called Brass
field out Of the house and shot him three
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tract and receiving suggestions from the
locals. That the dissatisfaction over last
years contract is general was demon
strated by the many suggestions from the
local unions A scale committee reported
and a conference committee was appointed
which win be instructed to submit the
demands of the miners to the operators in
the conference today
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

New York, June arthur F Duffey,
the little Georgetown sprinter, created a
new worlds record in the 100-yards dash
by winning in 93-5 seconds There was
turnultuous cheering from the onlookers
as well as the contesting athletes when
this phenomenal time was announced
Duffey will sail for England two weeks
hence. and will take part in several atil-
letie meetings during his stay abroad,
where he hopes to repeat his performance.
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Jefferson City, June 2.-Fort Scott de-
feated Jefferson City Sunday with ease,
knocking Hill and Davis both out of the
box. The score: r H. z
Fort Scott. e2O1021 1917 IA
Jefferson City. o 2 90 0 0 o. 6
Batteries-Fort Scott, Bouldin and
Hofmann. Jefferson City, Hill. Davis.
Herbert and O'Hallaran- Umpire-Cus-
sanlr
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time ago I got a trial bottle Of Dewitt >
Little Early Risers," says Justlce-of-the
Peace Adam Shook says Justice-of-the-
II took them and they did me SO much
good I have used them ever since" Safe,
reliable and gentle. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers neither grippe nor distress but stiTn-
ulate the liver and promote regular and
easy action Of the bowels.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

view reiterated that he should be q can
didate for governor ia 1904 Much oppo-
sition has beAn shown against Mr. Man
ley, the leading competitor being VIII
liam z. Cobb. Of Rocklands former
member of the executive council and
wealthy lime burner. P. O. .Vickery, one
of the pioneers in the publishing busi-
ness, is also candidate.
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IN MEMORY OF M'KINLEY.
Chime of Bells Dedicated with I'm
pressive Ceremonies.

Lincoln, Neb, June "A chime of ten
bells was dedicated to the memory Of
William Mckinley in this city last
night They are placed in the dome of
the largest church in the city, st. PauIs
Methodist. They were dedicated with
impressive services. after a sacred con-
cert from the bells lasting an hour
kindly Light" and Nearer. Ny Cod.
to Thee were played during the con-
cert.
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general uproar. only some individual dis
Appreciation shown
Brickbats passed up from the street by
hoodlums were SHE'D at Umpire Lathafl
and one whizzed close to his head In
leaving the srandstand any number or
fans let go cushions in Latham $ dlfection,
but little soft things like the horse halr
sollares were taken mostly as tokens Of
affection The police could do nothing IN
such a iarn and Latham did the best
thing he could, which was to pretend not
to notice the effrontery.
Score by innings.
Kansas City -.----.-.--..---Z 2 . y Q 10
Omaha -.---. -.-----.-.----.- o Q . o ~
Batteries-Nichois and Messett; Owen
and CfOnding.
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Kanaaa Miners Adiourn.

Pittsburg. Kan. June 2-Ihe annual con-
setting the Mine Workers of Kansas, adz
jOurned Saturday night The principal
work IN The afternoon was the preparation
Of the demands to be made upon the mine
owners of the district in con1erence- a
scale committee has been At WoEk since
Wednesday working on the amended con
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Florence. Kan. June 2-Joseph Tharp,
an old resident of this county. living on
Catlin creek, was killed Saturday by fail
ing. from a tree He was IN the tree tryinS
to hive a swarm Of bees when ne tells
striking on his head. crushing the skull
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

A most surprising reversal Of form was
exhibited by the Milwaukee Brewers IN
their last game Of the series with the
Blues at Exposition park Sunday after
noon. They played a listless game IN the
bat and did not appear to realize that they
were in a ball game at all until the ninth
inning had been reached
Score by innings. ,
Kansas City .---.-..-..----1 y $ 8 =
Milwaukee 49, ........-..-.O % @ 0 q ID
Batteries-A1trock and Speers Wolfe ana
BeVille.
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RYAN Goes Abroad.

New York, June 2-.Tommy'' Ryan and
Spike" Sullivan sailed Saturday on the
steamship Umbria for London to fight be-
fore the National Sporting club during
coronation week
RYAN IS matched to fight Johnny Cor
man and Sullivan viii box fifteen rounds
with Jabez White
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An COLORADO SPRINGS.

Milwaukee won a loosely played eleven
inning game from the MilliOnaires Sunday,
after a close finish. The feature was
Coclxran's one-handed catch in the eleventh
inning of a hot liner. and a double play,
thus preventing the locals from tielng the
score Attendance, 1900
Score by innings:
Colorado Springs .-.... @ o o = y j. y
Milwaukee s..,.-.. A 0 ! 0 o 0 10
Batteries AcNeely and BaerWald;
Syvormstead and Hanaford.
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steve Gradv Recaptured.

Arkansas City, kan, June 2.-Sherif
Daniels and Under Sheriff MeIntire
brought Steve Grady up from Kay county
where he has been IN hiding since Thurs
day, when he escaped from the officers
Grady was under arrest charged with
grand larceny and turned states evidence.
He was taken from jail to testify against
some Of his pals, when he made his es-
cape.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

Both teams hit hard. but Columbus Won
easily by superior fielding. and better team
work Toledo has signed. Pitcher Coggs-
well, released by Columbus. Attendance
$500
f7oITmb,1ss - .2l5O0OOO OO1-9
Toledo ...............G 0 1 III 0 l %
Batteries-Wagn and Fox; hughes ana
Grahius.
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WESTERN LEAGUE sTANDING.
AMERIcAN AssoCIATIoN.


Louisville outplayed Indianapolis at ev
cry point and won hands down before D.
O00 people. The pitching of Flaherty and
the second base playing of Tilford were
the features.
Score by innings:
Louisville 49, .-..-.....-...0 % Q -
Indianapolis 49,. .-.-....-. i o ~
Batteries-Flaherty and Sehriver; Sud
hoff and Heydon.
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snrinofield s: Iola d.

Springfield, No, June lola was cas-
lily beaten Sunday. the Midgets coming
off victorious by a score Of to 0. The
score. r. H. E
Springfield .....212oO8Oo SIP 2
lola 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 4 S
Batteries Springfield, Craig and
Schmidt lola, Morgan and Kuran. A
double header viii be played today
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Farmer killed in a Runaway.

Greensburg, Kan, June flames Shaw.
a farmer Of this county, was found dead
near the road about five miles from
Greensburg Saturday. He had been killed
in a runaway.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

Emporia Kan. June 2.-The Americas
State bank has been organized with Oft
GERS and directors chosen W H Patton
Of Allen has been elected president The
bank will open August 1 with capital
Of $4,000 and a surplus of 5000
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

Wamego. kan. June 2.-Rain amounts
ing to a cloud burst fell north and east
of here Saturday evening. Some fields
are two feet under water. The drainage
ditch east Of town carried fifteen feet o1
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02
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Rsgt and Health 70 1Iother and ohna

MRS WINsLogV's SOOTHING sYRGP
has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEEEHING, with
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BE sure to ask for Mrs. Winslow's 8 sooth.
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AMERICAN AssOCIATIoN sTANDINe
Ionlin 8. coffavviIle

Coffeyville. Kan, June 2-ln very
close game here Sunday Joplin defeated
Coffeyville by a score Of to 4 The
score: X n L..
Coffeyville ......3 0 0 % II
joplin .........O 0 0 O1 0 2 2-5
Batteries-Joplin. Ragan and Brophy.
CoTevvilIe Gordon and Moore.
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Is Wanted in Larned.

travelling picture agent is under arrest
on information from Larned. where he is
wanted on the charge Of embezzl ement.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02

The locals took the last game of the
Minneapolis series by heavy batting At
tendance. 4ll7.
Score by innings:
SI. Eaul " 1 D Z ' y z
MINNEAPOLIS ...... -.--.-.-.5 - y U y Y y .
Batteries-Cogan and Pierce; Figgemeir
and Zalusly.
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The Peoria team distinguished itself by
not getting a man past first in the shift
less weak game that Wearied the specta-
tors Sunday afternoon. Eyler was invin-
chile in the box, one lonesome hit being all
the Distillers got.
Score by innings. q
Denver ...... ...-..........-U 3 . y -
Batteries-Eyler and Mcconnell; Cox ana
HAYES.
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tin es without giving him a chance to
defend himself. Anderson is in the
county Jail here.
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02
FAST TINE.

Topeka to New York via Great Rock
Island Route.
Leave Topeka 3:85 p M arriving New
1erk City second morning 70 a. "a.
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CURED BY
White Ribbon Remedy
Can be given IN Class Of wafer. Tea or
Cofee without Patients Knowledge.

Cofee without Patients knowledge
White Ribbon Remedy will cure OF de-
strov the diseased appetite for alcoholic
stimulants, whether the patient is con-
drmed inebriate, a tippler, social drinker
OF drunkard. impossible for anyone 70
have an appetite foi alcoholic liquors af-
ter using White Ribbon Remedy En-
dorsed BY members of W c. T. T.
Mrs. Moore, press superintendent of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
Venture. California, writes. have
tested White Ribbon Remedy on
very obstinate drunkards and the
cures have been many In many cases
the remedy was given secretly. I cheer
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Christian Temperance union states Il
know of so many people redeemed from
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or calling on Mrs. A N. Townsend Tor
years secretary of the Woman's Christian
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The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02
MANLEY OUT FOR GOVERNOR
He Again Announces His Candidacy,
but viii HaveOpposition.

Augusta, Me, June 2.-Joseph H. Man
ley, a member Of the Republican ma
tional executive committee, in an inter
The Topeka state journal., 1902-06-02
NATIONAL LEAeUE.

AT ILINII-NLN
Wicker was hit all over the lot Sunday
afternoon This, combined with errors
lost the game for St. Louis. Thielman
pitched good ball but his support was
ragged. Thielman looks as though he viii
make good Attendance, 4,000
Score bv innines.
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hea1th and
happlnes IS 5.
How incom-
ceivably great
is the parents
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world worldly. and then-he thought OF
taking her home to his mother.
One day there came to his room great
bunch of roses They were as red as the
lips Of Helen Traverse and he knew that
1t was from her they had come She was
a woman of sense in some ways, and on
the card which came with these roses OF
battlefield red she had written: "a tribute
to your acting last night
At the moment of the arrival of the red
roses there had come the white rose Led
yard lifted it gently from it's ribbon-tied
box and placed it side by side with the
cluster of gorgeous red blossoms. He look
ed upon the red and then upon the white
and he thought of Helen Traverse and in
stantly there flashed into his mind the ex-
Quisite lines of John Boyle OsReilly:
s.The red rose whispers of passion.
The whiteerose breathes of love,
The red rose is falcon.
The white rose is a dove
What would he not give to learn some
thing of the unknown donor of this vslll4e
rose! That dainty gift had steadied his
heart and his head in times of trial.
One night just as the curtain had been
rung down for the last time John Iedyard
received telegram calling him home. He
left the city at which he was playing with
in an hour, and at noon the next day he
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ROCK ISLAND NOT IN.
Still Fighting for Part of the Immi-
grant Business.

Chicago, Sept. 25.-An effort will be
made within the next ten days by the
western roads to adjust the immigrant
rate troubles. which are causing much
annoyance and numberless complica-
TONS 1t is feared, however. that I'M
less the Rock Island and other roads
which have withdrawn from the bureau
during the last year can be induced to
go back, all attempts to distribute
equitably the immigrant business might
just as we'll be abandoned. The defec-
ton of the Rock Island is the most seri
Gus problem to be solved. For nearly a
year the Rock Island has been endeav-
oring to obtain percentage of the Ell
Paso line, but it has failed, as no road
is willing to give a portion of its allot-
ment under the existing pooling agree
ment- A commission of from SIS to $40
is now being paid by the pool on each
immigrant from New York to Cali
fornia- The normal commission is 10
per cent of the cost of the ticket, but
the excessive commission is being paid
to prevent Peter Mcdonnell. the immi-
grant agent, from getting the bulk of
the business and turning it over to the
lines outside of the immigrant pool
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A SORT OF A WIDOW.

As 1 stopped at a cabin on the mountain
trail to ask for drink of water failed
to see any one but the mstronly woman.
and, being little curious. 1 asked her if
she was widow.
Yes; I'm sort of a widow she re-
pied-'that is, I'm a woman with i've
strapping sons to take keer of her.
But they all happen to be at work just
i now?''
critter who traded nevis with him last
week and didn't say nutt.p' bout his mewI
thar won't be any fussin'. Ny son Joe,
/ he's gone down to the bend to look fur
II that we're cat jest lays down and dies.
it'll be all right.
''Waal. there's py son Jim. he's down
to the cove 1ookin' fur one of the johnson
boys who wants to run him footracs fu.'
kaiiker dress; if young Johnson beats. I
reckon they'll hev to dig lead outer him.
Ny son Dick got up ai1ly and went up the
a shootin' match. and mebbe the other fell
Ter. won't let go: Dick took his shotgun
river arter fish If he has luck. hen be
mighty good natured. but if he don't he'll
pr Rsa dou1 w far tine S of fe o
Then its a sort OF holiday with the
Eyes. sorter. but nuthin' to brae on.
They are gwine to take real holiday next
"Picnic or camp meeting?''
"SorteF that way, sah- The five of EN-
Robertsons befo talin' holt Of the fail
shootin' match all relied into one. with
meet sns of @y folks up the road
yo'd betted dodge inter the bushes and lay
cius fur this is about the hour when her,
the bark of'n sumbody-
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MUD DAUBERS.
Iron country Life1

IFTOm Country Life
An interesting tenant of the farm is
the mud dauber, the best known of the
solitary wasps, whose nests are found
stuck to the rafters in the attic and
outbuildings, or to a nail in the wall
or in an old coatsleeve behind the door.
She places several cells about an inch
long side by side or on tiers above an
other without any regard to regular
ity. As she tolls she sings suueaky
little solos in high key which sounds
like tiny circular saws as it issues from
a piece of hard wood. The moment the
Industrious little mason has completed
the cell she sets about to fill 1t with
spiders, all of the same species, of which
1T takes eighteen on an average. On
one of these an egg is deposited which
soon patches into grub and inmedi-
ately begins to devour the feast of par
allied spiders. When it has eaten all.
1T spins a dark brown covering for it.
self which is about transparent At
the proper time it breaks through the
walls of its mud house and proudly
jerks its pretty steel blue wings with
tee same graceful hirt as did mother
While she was busily engaged with her
nest building
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-25

Poem Sent to One of tho Topeka Of.
dcials of the Santa "a

AASA3Ao "a buo 0Hut8 = q
One of the Santa Fe officials, whose
following poem yesterday from one of his
subordinates in an adjoining town, which
some newspaper:
The man who's responsible if anything :
wrong,
The man who's burdened with multiplied
The man who is charged with all of the
The auditor kicks if reports are delayed,
The superiintendent thinks they are all
Says: Charge him the loss on this
O-S-&D-"
The g. p A. when travel declines
Dictates letter containing these lines.
Explain the discrepancy; I must say /
You're not as energetic as you were last
year
cents pound:
Weather so dry that wheat don't sprout in
And then with candor, most beautiful to
hear,
Says: mot as many travelling as there
This kick disposed of. about the next dav
Comes long winded letter from the
Which says: IT notice for the seventh
time
Dusenbury is shipping by the other lines.
If you can't get this business. please see
why
I'm Of the impression that you don't half
try.
You must be energetic. you must get
But be very careful that you don't cut the
rate
The agents up early and works until late.
freight;
He lies ON his couch and dreams he's
And, as a recognition. his saiary's been
raised.
He wakes and finds the adage true,
I'm fact it never varies)
That dreams, except very few,
Go always by contraries.
When death o'ertakes and beyond he
wakes
And knocks upon the door.
And old Peter looks upon his books
To figure up the score,
He trembling asks. If among the tasks,
In this beautiful land of gold:
Is there no escape from hustling freight
Must do this as of old?
Have you superintendents and general
freight agents,
Claims agents and auditors here?
If this is so, will go below,
must keep my conscience clear"
Old Peter the while. looks down with
smile,
And takes him by the hand,
Saying: Never fear, there's none of them
here:
Come in and join the band.'
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Cure for Asthma and Hay Fever

The statements published below con-
arm the claim Of DR.. Schiffmann that
his remedy Is an absolute cure for Asthma
and Hay Fever.
Mrs. Mary Zachery, Pleasant Hill. La
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permanent cure for Asthma, for which I
used It 2 years ago. have never had the
elightest return of the trouble since.
have also found your remedy excellent IN
Bronchial affections"
A Hay Fever sufferer writes: ST have
had hay Fever for II years. bought Z
package Of your remedy (Schiffmann's
its use this Is tho first summer that I have
not been troubled. Mrs. Frank Guilforle.
621 Ridge avenue. Roxboro, Philadelp6ias
Sold by druggists at SOC and $780,
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pie package -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-25

Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept. 25.-The
Choctaw has decided to build the Guth-
RE line to Sparks. The new line runs
twelve miles southwest of Chandler.
where it meets or crosses the Fort
Smith and Western railway At one
time it was believed that the Choctaw
crock Island) and the Santa F'e would
Jointly use the track between Chandler
and Shawnee, but that has been denied
by both lines. The belief is growing
stronger daily that the Fort Smith and
Western has fallen into the hands of
the Rock Island, and that the western
end of the line will he b,1ilt &c tha
Choctaw and the eastern ends as the
Fort Smith and Western.
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were decorated with corn of all kinds
and other grains
About % pickpockets and thieves
struck town in a BODY. The police
rounded them up at once and started
them south on the first train
The big feature of today aside from
the Banda Rosa music will be the flow
er parade. There will be IS different
flower bedecked vehicles in line, besides
the Wild West outfit. bands and other
things. One float will represent king
Corn" Another THE Old Women Who
Lived In the Shoe" The children in this
float will be orphans from the State
Orphans home