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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10
JOKE ON QUAY.
Senator Sent Wrong Paper to
the Clerks Desk.

Washington, Dec. 10.-When the SEN
ate convened today, Mr.. Quay (Pa-) sub
mitted number of resolutions of citi-
zens of Oklahoma faVoring the omnibus
statehood bill and protesting against
joint statehood with the Indian Terri
tory. A wave of laughter swept over
the chamber when the clerk read one
telegram which expressed the opinion
that statehood for Oklahoma would
make it "hopelessly Democratic" Mr..
Quay announced that he had sent it to
the desk by mistake.
Mr.. Quay submitted an individual re-
port favoring the passage of the omni
bus state bill and opposing the one state
bill of the majority committee on terri
tories.
At o'clock the statehood bill was
taken up and read at length.
IN THE HOUSE.
Washington, Dec. 10.-The house to-
day Immediately after cOnvening went
into committee of the whole for the cor
sideration of the bill for the relief of
tea importers reported by the ways and
means committee and intended to meet
the recent decision of the circuit court
of the southern district of New York,
that goods imported and held in bond
ed warehouse We're subject to the Gus
toms duties asseSsable at the time OF
importation.
Mr.. Payne explained the bill, saying
that it would amend the law to make
it conform to the intent of congress and
the practice of the treasury department.
The bill was passed without division.
The bill to refund duties goods
brought into the United States from Porto
Rico between February 6, 1899, the date of
the ratification of the Paris treaty, and
May l, 1901. the date of the Porto Rican
tariff act and from the Philippines be-
tween April II, 1889. and March s, 1902, the
date of the Philippine revenue act, also
was passed.
The house then went back into commit
tee of the whole and entered upon the
consideration of the bill for the distribu-
ton of the presidents message. This
course was pursued to permit Mr.. Grow
Pa.), the venerable ex-speaker, to make
some remarks. For several years it has
been Mr.. Grows custom to take this op-
portunity to make a speech on the state
of the union. Today he discussed prin-
cipally the relations of labor and capital
in the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10
WEATHER IS WARNER.
Mercury Keeps Safely Above the
Freezing Point.

The mercury in the government ther-
molneter took notion to keep UP the
rise commenced Tuesday and the fore
cast sent out Tuesday. for warmer
weather was carried out to the letter.
The wind this morning was so slight
that the fog was not cleared away and
the record showed that uD to noon the
wind had been from the south moving
only two miles an hour. The govern
ment forecast sent out this morning
was: Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day. Colder east portion tonight" The
present weather is commented upon by
..Cider" Smith as follows: This storm
period shows for itself. To pass an i'm
portant storm period in winter without
snow is pleasant In summer it Is die-
ferent and often a serious matter We
will probably have pleasant winter
weather now for few days"
The minimum temperature recorded
for today was 81. The hourly tempera-
lures recorded by the government Their
,,oor,,efer. were as follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10
German and British Fleets Take
CastrO's Ships
And Tow Them Out of the Har-
bor, Crews and All.
FOUR WAR VESSELS.
Manned by Crews Aggregating
$50 Men.
RumOr of Arrests of Europeans
Doubted in Paris.

Caracas, Venezuela. Dec. 1o.-At 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon the COM
bined German and British fleet seized
and towed outside the harbor of La
Guayra all the vessels which were then
there. These were the warships Gen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10
MILLS STORE NEWS.
FOR
CHRISTMAS GIVING
EOR.

We have a great assortment
of Novelties in TeakWOod,
Bamboo, Papier Mache,
the assortment consisting in
part of Tabourettes, Seats,
Stools, Music Racks, Shirt
Waist Boxes, Stands, Hall
Seats, Calendars, Wall
Ornaments, Indian Heads
and Armor, and Bric-a-
brac. A large and beautiful
line of Screens and Screen
Frames is also being shown,
at prices ranging from SI.oo
to So. 90 each.
This display is being made
in our Carpet Section, which
is we'll stocked with goods
that are suitable for Christ
mas giving.
You will be well repaid by
visiting this section, whether
you wish to buy or not.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10

Chicago. Dec. 10.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day, colder in east portion tonight; va
riabIe winds.
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temperatures Of Large cities.

Chicago. Dec 1O-7 a. m. tem2era-
lures: New York Is: Boston, 10: Phila-
delphis %: Washington, 26; Chicago
"a; Minneapolis, Is; Cincinnati, 40; st.
Louis. AZ.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10

making up the senate committees in the
coming session. The situation in the
senate is different from what it is in the
house, as there is no doubt about who
will appoint the committees. conse-
quently the state senators can begin to
look after their interests immediately
without fear of making a mistake.
Lieutenant Governor Hanna announces,
however, that he has not yet considered
the matter at all and that he will make
up the committees without reference to
the senatorial contest and solely in the
interest of good legislation
Webb McNa1l has filed formal notice
that he will contest the election of L. NJ.
Linton to the legislature from Smith
county.
Senator Burton in congress yesterday
made a speech in favor of his amend
mept to allow cheap Chinese labor to
come into Hawaii. One of Senator Bur-
toms chief objections to Cuban reci-
procity was that Cuba admits cheap
labor and Cuban reciprocity would in a
measure allow it to compete with Amer
lean labor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10
British Minister Of venezueI

eral Crespo, Totumo Ossuma and Mar
garita. The ships were manned by $50
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CONTINUED on Sixth Pass.s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-10

d. ]. Hanna, lieutenant governor elect,
came down from Hill City last evening
for the first time since the election.
There has been more or less speculation
as to what he will do in the way Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08

my own wife? For heavens sake, let
up on that yelling and come home. out
of this mob. TO think you should, be
making such spectacle as this" he
groaned. ~
But the lady in the blue dress con-
tinued to insist that she never knew
the man who was annoying her, and it
was not until somebody who recognized
him came forward and lent his kind
assistance, that the complication was
diSentanGled.
II don't believe that Jonathan will
ever shave off his moutache again.
contided the lady to a friend.
But didn't you really know him?'
queried the friend.
That's what is worrying Jonathan
yet" replied the wife, with an enig-
matical smile, "and it was ten years
ago!'
A certain lady who has always be-
lieved her husband to be possessed of
sensible, sturdy traits of character that
would invariably lead him to the avoid
ance of anything approaching levity of
conduct, was ineXpressibly Mortified not
long ago, to have him greet her home
toiihfS WIN oHiS Say HlouSltcHe
adorning his Visage. Heretofore he
had Worn a neatly trimmed beard.
They have Il grown up family and
grandchildren and this young-old
grandmamma was scandalized beyond
words. She has hair that kinks into
becoming waves which only discreet
brushing keeps from breaking out into
riot of curls, still brown and soft.
The next evening my lady appeared
arrayed for a dinner, with her abun-
dant hair done in cmls such as she
wore In girlhood, over her plump
shoulders. The husband was dlsmayed
He remembered her, Il beautiful girl
with the shining curlS waving about
her neck. She wore them tonight tied
with the blue ribbons of earlier days
and to him she seemed as the girl he
had won in the spring of their happy
lives. But somehow he did not Just
like to go out To n dinner with Il
matronly wife whose curls lightly
threaded with gray, bobbed irritating
ly in his face. 1t was To be swell
dinner--and Nettie Jane looked pink
and pretty and young but-he caught
sight of their two faces in the mantel
mirrol--his moustache curled up blithe-
ly at the ends--it used To droop modesto
ly; her curls fell about her face I'm
let il grow tomorrow. Nettie Janet"
he remarked slowly. Hadn't YOU bet
ter fix your hair as you've been doing
for the past thirty years."
Saucy hess.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08

! Dixie, through the kindness of Messrs.
| Dixie and Sisson.
The managers of the Home acknowl-
| edge with gratitude the great Sener-
osty of many friends. among whom
are the following: Mrs. +. S. PAUL.,
| barrel flour; Mrs. +. NJ. Spencer, fruit,
cake; Scranton Bicycle club, maga-
zines; Mrs. Barney, two coats; Mrs. F.
S. Godfrey, pumpkin pies; a Friend,
bag Of apples: Mrs. c. ID. Sanderson,
quantity potatoes crackers and canned
corn; Mrs. Josephine Garrison. two
quilts; Green Ridge Women's Christian
Temperance union, canned fruit, jelly
flowers, reading matter: Mrs. James
Howell, copy st. Johns Gospel for each
old lady, one wool jacket; Mrs. Charles
Fuller Conn, clothing; Mrs. William
Blogg, nursery clothing: Traders Coal
company, barrel apples; w. i. Miller.
Moscow, barrel apples; Miss Susan
Dickinson, bushel apples; Mrs. W. p.
Kennedy, cookies; Mrs. II. II. Crane,
fruit, cereal, reading matter; Miss Bes-
sic Sherer grapes, crab-apples; Emil
Bonn, barrel flour: Rev. T.. S. Ballen-
tine, reading matter; w. w. Scranton,
pears; &. S. WoolWorth, barrel pota-
toes; Mrs. PAUL., bushel grapes: Mrs.
Thomas T.. Jones, fruit and cakes; Mrs.
Mary j. Tyler, two baskets grapes.
Other Donation day gifts: Mrs. l.. II.
Harrington, II blind lady, knitted one
dozen pairs of mittens for the children;
Mrs. II. II. Crane, cereals, canned
fruit; Mrs. William j. Brown, Dalton,
barrel apples; Mrs. Frederic Price,
quantity silk and satin pieces for quilt;
Mrs. ii. II. Paine, bag of flour; Mrs. II.
L. Foster, reading matter; 4, Fellows
Mason. box of soap; Center & Zeidler,
box of soap; Mrs. Russell j, Peck, rice
and vegetables.
Additional cash donations We're: Mrs.
II, NJ. Boies, $40; Mrs /. NJ. Murvine,
$40; Miss Anna Hunt Welles, So: Mrs.
Frank T.. Platt, 81; Thomas L. Jones,
500
Desserts We're furnished by Mrs. ID.
T.. Taylor and Mrs. W. ". Smith; the
Consumers lee company furnished ice;
DR.. Newton, Dr. Blythe Whyte and Dr.
lieilner contributed services. Mrs. Rich
ard Osland has donated two century
plants; Miss Morel gave decorations:
G. Il, Clark contributed services on the
shrubbery
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08

The girls of the Young Womens
Christian association, in the South
side branch have been working very
hard 10 rcnovute their rooms. The
Improvements We're extremely neces-
sary. The new secretary, Miss Mere
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
Keller &
Van Dyke
Piano Factory,
IO43-IoSI
.CpOuse Avenue.
WRITE FoR CATALOGUE.

the recent strike, has consented TO de-
liver a lecture in the Lyceum theater
on Sunday night, November l6, under
the auspices oi the Catholic Historical
society His topic win be Success
The proceeds of the lecture viii so
to the House of the Good Shepherd,
and the seats will be sold by7subscrip-
tlon. The Catholic Choral club will
sing Two selections, one before and one
after the lecture, Bishop Spaulding
has wide reputation in the West as
Il lecturer and is in great demand on
The platform, but his episcopal duties
prevent of his giving but very little
time to this field
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
THE SCRANTON TR1Bl BlNE-sATURDAY NOVEMBER s. 1902.

Dixie will be Mr.. Tomkins' impersona-
tions. That pathetic entree Italian
sketch of his is one of the best things
imaginable. Then there will be those
blessed elephants.
Mrs II. w. Kingsbury gave u lunch
con at the Country club on Thursday.
The removal of the steel plant to
Buffalo has occasioned many changes
among people who 1t was supposed
would always remain in this COM
munity. or these none will be more
regretted than Mr.. and Mrs. j. 5. Mott.
They have removed to Lebanon. Pa.
which to be sure Is not so far away,
but Is rather out of the line of Scran-
tons visitations. Mr.. Mott Is perman-
emily connected. with large Industrial
interests there.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
FOR THE FLORENCE MISSION
Donations Are Acknowledged by the
Management.

The management of the Florence Mis-
sion gratefully acknowledge the follow
ing donations for October with thanks:
MarVel's and Pierce's market, vege-
tables and fruit weekly: Xeidler's and
Llndner's bakery, bread ana rolls week.
ly; Mrs. Diehl, carpet material, meat,
fat Mrs IL. r. Simpson, clothing, hats
and gloves; w. ii. Gearhart. meat, Elm
Park church, bread, butter, sugar,
potatoes, cabbage; Mrs. w, ii, Taylor
ham, one basket tomatoes, clothing,
carpet rags and articles for rummage
sale; Grace Reformed Episcopal church,
a very generous donation of fruit and
vegetables; Mrs. Hamilton, carpet ma
terial: zimmerman Mission Sunday
school, fifteen tickets for DR.. Pierce S
lecture, "Rambles Abroad" Mrs. Craw-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
MORE DONATIONS RECEIVED.
Acknowledged by the Managers of
the Home for the Friendless.

The cash donations on Donation day
at the Home for the Friendless amount
ed to $7i745, n larger sum than was ever
before realized on u similar occasion.
The contributions of provisions, fruit
and vegetables We're also in excess of
previous years. The end of the bene-
fits has not yet been reached, for next
Tuesday afternoon the Home family, to
the number of fifty-all that are able
TO go-will see the elephants at the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08

ford, one ton and ten hundred Of coal;
Miss Sanderson, meat: Mrs. II, M,
Boies, meat; Mrs. Or, Dean, clothing,
suuashes, beets; Mr.. Jones, sewing ma
chine fixtures; Miss Mulley, clothing;
Mrs. Kays, meat, Miss Owens, cloth
ing; Mrs. =. w, Matthews, one barrel
apples; Dr., Clark professional services;
Tribune, Republican and Truth, daily;
Consumers lee company, ice daily;
Lacknwanna dairy. milk daily. ice
cream once: Mrs. A. ID. Stelle. meat;
Mrs. William fianley, fifty sandwiches,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
\ VIEWS OF
Y A WOMAN
MEN are such frivolous beings
" GSnecinllN g r..muIlS hGnrlS nn1

| N n EN are Sucn frivolous beings.
| especially as regards boards and
4 moustaches. These particular
| attacks of frivOlity are apt to over
take them anywhere between the ages
of twenty-one and seventy-five; some
times even later in life. and few seem
| TO De immune. Grave professional
men, business men, who are supposed
to have too much to do for primping.
men of the sedatest turn of mind. sud-
| denly develop as fierce q desire for
change in their personal appearance as
| II they We're starting forth in life
| as theatrical managers. Why, they
are every bit as frivolous as women
who are dissatisfied with their allot-
| ment of hair and dimples and set out to
| bleach the one and acquire the other.
| Some men who have worn mou-
| staches for years and suddenly appear
with smooth shaven countenances, look
positively immodest. Later, after you
grow used to their changed appear
ance, you don't mind it so much, but
YOU never quite get over that first
! shock, when you thought bold
naughty actor was attempting to speak
to YOU in friendly fashion on the
| street.
| 1t is odd that men don't seem to
mind if their friends cut them when
they meet, because of their unrecogniz-
ability They go along chuckling to
| themselves as if it pleased them when
any other time they would be as mad
as hops if they We're passed by an ac-
Quaintance without speaking. Men
who really haven't an ambition to at
tract attention under ordinary circum-
stances too: funny isn't it?
1t is seldom that you will find a
wife who is pleased when her husband
shaves off his moustache. Sometimes
! think he does it as sort of bluff
to prove to the world that his Wife is
''boss" in name only. Almost invari
ably she makes a row about it. The
size of the row depends upon the
woman
If you notice II, nobody ever an
nounces to his wife that he is going
to shave off his moustache. He simply
goes and does it. He knows If once
she suspected his intentions, she would
manage to circumvent him in some
way, even if it had to be With an in
junction on the BARRIERS. So in Il
moment of bravado he goes off and
does the deed. Usually it is when his
of town somehow ba never NouId
oat tha oourny. to start down the
s,raot ,ilxe nice innocent bov with
,ha hast or intentions and come home
sho,,o,, ,nd .horn II che were ripht on
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nr,,. ,,;,,as a,,o,, seem a ,ittle ainma5
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o',r,, -, l,'',a ,,non hin, a.. IA. n,r,,nas
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,", ,''',a 10 ho Gnds ht,,sa,f ton,,ina ZOO
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amrns $3.50
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,c,o, N','M m,onth,s Insane with - hn,rt
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
Case OF this Prominent Chicago Woman Should
Confidence in LYDIA E. Pinkham's Vegetable {

DEAR Mrs PNKAAM:-It 1t affords me great pleasure in
testimonial the great number who praisng
hams Vegetable Compound. Three years ago l broke
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-08
LECTURE ON SUCCESS"
Bishop spaulding Will Speak at the
Lyceum. Sunday Night, Nov. 10.

Rt, Rev. Bishop John Lancaster
spauldins, of Peoria, Ill.,, member of
the arbitration commission at present
inquiring into the causes leading up 10
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-08
Our Soldier Friends


turned to his regiment by virtue OF
proper order, and during the battle of
Fredericksburg had, as senior officer
present, commanded in the fight and
was at that time in hospital from
wound received while leading in
charge OF course the matter was
righted at once by restoring the cap
tain to his position, but it was not
done in the proper way. as will be seen
later on Only an act of Congress
could restore him. Secretary Stanton
did not wait for that. The captains
health failed him rapidly after the bat
tie and he was sent home, as everyone
supposed, to die, and was soon after
retired Within a year or two he SO
far recovered as to warrant his tax
ing on some active employment Be
ing a well-e6ucated man, and having
had some experience as a teacher, he
was given a position as principal of
the High School at Dayton, o.. and for
Twenty-Five years was elected, unani-
mously, to the same position, retiring
from that service only recently. About
fifteen years ago the authorities at
Washington discovered that Capt.
Stivers had not been properly restored
to the army after he was wrorgfully
uTOppeu, ana 1t was Inen UnaC the most
cruel blow fell upon him. He was
again dropped from the army, and it
took four long years of hard work be-
fore Congress restored him, forgetting
to make provision for his salary during
the four years he was wrongfully out.
He is still a resident of Dayton, Ohio,
and there are none more popular, and
his son, the captain and commissary
of the department of Visayas, Philip
pine Islands, is one of the most COM
petent and thorough soldiers of the
army. Four generations of Stivers be-
fore him have been soldiers in the
United States, one of the family having
served under Misunderstanding J. A
Watrous, us. A, in Los Angeles
Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-02-08
Sketch of General Paul.

Those who knew Capt. Gabried R
Paul when he was commanding a brig
ade can well understand that he was
a bold patriot in the darkest hour of
the American republic. The Confeder-
ates of Texas demanded the surrender
Of the post at which he was stationed
but paroled all of the officers and men
who made their way north as best they
could. Capt. Paul was at once made a
colonel and raised regiment after regi-
ment and organized brigade after bri-
gade until along in 1862, when he was
given a brigade in Gen. James Wads-
worth's division of the First Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac His first
great battle as commander of brigade
was Charlottesville, and the next.
Gettysburg, where his work was of
such a character as to attract the at
tention of his division, corps and army
commander. 1t was in this battle that
he received wound in the head which
caused total blindness. In due time he
was retired as a brigadier general and
resided in Washington for many years.
where he died twelve or fifteen years
ago. Gen. Paul's son-in-law, Can't.
Stivers, was promoted captain early in
the war, and at the battle of Frede--
- Il
ed the Seventh infantry, winning
praise from his superiors for the skill
and bravery he displayed. Here comes
his strange experience. Not long after
Capt. Stivers reached his home after
the Texas surrender, he was assigned
to a station in Missouri or Kansas and
later on an order was issued sending
him to some out-of-the-way station on
the frontier. This order was quickly
followed by another sending him to
his regiment in the Army of the Poto-
mac. In the course of a few weeks a
report came from the out-of-the-way
station on the frontier saying that
Capt. Stivers had not reported in COM
pliance with a certain order and was
entered as absent without leave When
this report reached the adjutant-gen-
erals Office, Washington, the authori-
ties did not stop to investigate The
order sending him to the Army of the
Potomac was overlooked; only that
which directed him to the frontier was
found. A few days after the battle of
Fredericksburg there was sent to the
headquarters of the Seventh Regiment
a notification that Capt Stivers had
been dr1rped from the rolls of the
army because of absence without leave
a message was Immediately returned
saying that Capt Stivers had not been
absent without leave; that he had re-