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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02

the state, with the Sixth district an un-
known quantity.
This sort of situation is what makes
the politicians believe the fight will even
teal1y be Curtis against the field, and the
strongest man in the opposition will prob
ahay get most of the votes OF all those
cnposed to Curtis in the end
The friends OF Long in the Seventh dis
trict are also warm friends of Governor
Stanley. Long, Bowersock and Calder
head also stood as a unit in support of
Cyrus Leland in the contest over the PEN
sion agency, and it is generally recognized
that Mr. Ieland'S influence will be a
strong factor in the senatorial contest.
Governor Stanley's chances seem to rest
upon the strength which he can marshal
from over the state. He has the state
patronage to work on but he has not been
Isine il to his best advantage If he can
get enough support it is by no means i'm
probable that he will secure all the op
pOSitiOn to Curtis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
NOW OLIVE JONES
Only Captive Musk Ok is Christ
ened in Topeka.
Bottle of Real Champagne is
Used in the Ceremony.
BUFFALO JONES HERE.
Makes Speech and Tells All
About the Animal.
Says There is No Odor of Musk
About Them.

In a closely Slated crate on the after
noon Chicago train on the Santa Fe
Wednesday was the only real genuine
musk OK ever brought to the United
States. 1t is claimed it Is the only one
ever taken from the borders of its ma
tive country in the great Northwest
territory.
The OK is owned by c. E. Periolat, q
furrier of Chicago. and it was brought
through Topeka by Julius F'riesur, who
owns the OK Jointly with Mr.. Perioiat.
to allow Buffalo" Jones to see it and
pronounce whether it is genuine
musk OK or not. Buffalo Jones is the
only man in the United States who has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
CAMPED ON HILLS.
100 Families Driven Out by
High Water at Chattanooga.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. "A hun
dred families living in the flats and low
lands around Chattanooga camped on
the knolls last night as a result of high
water. Suburban street car traffic is
crippled and many houses are sub
merged. A trap containing President
Robert Pritchard of the Chattanooga
Hunt club, Col. w. F. Henderson, H. Il.
Matlock, of Athens, Tenn, and Gordon
Lee, of Georgia, while returning last
night from the New Years meet Of the
Hunt club, went into waShout near
East Lake and was overturned. Col
Henderson had two ribs broken and the
others were slightly injured Twenty
on the Western & Atlantic road. Chat
tanooga is almost surrounded by water.
By noon today the river had fallen two
inches. Most of the damage has been
due to backwater
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02

the victims were blown completely off.
and were found 100 feet from the
bodies
The explosion vrsacszed the round
house in which the engine was standing
One of the negroes killed was painting
the top of the round-house at the time
of the explosion. He was thrown a
distance of 100 yards, his body being
reduced to an unrecogniZable mass.
Henry Fox, a. machinist, was fatally in
jured. Alderman L. Willis, who was
passing at the time, was severely in
jured The shock broke every window
in a building at the corner CT Poplar
and Fifth streets, five blocks from where
the explosion occurred.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
DRIVEN TO STREET.
Inhabitants of Weston, Iowa,
Turned Out by Fire.

Weston, Ia, Jan. 2.-Fire which start
ed in Petrus Peterson's general store at
midnight destroyed a greater part of
the business portion of the town and
several residences. Half of the resi-
dences of the town were emptied Of
their contents and the streets were
filled with household effects and stocks
of merchandise which had been moved
to places of safety. The loss was nearly
$4,000. A strong wind carried the
flames rapidly and it was feared at one
time that the whole town would be de-
stroyed. The fire was gotten under con-
troll at o'clock The principal losers
are Hopping & Williams, general store
and implement house and two buildings,
$50, 600; Petrus Peterson, general store,
S, 1000; H A Quinn, lumber, $4,000; r.
T. Williams, residence, 81, 000 The re-
mainder of the losses were small ones,
and all are insured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
TWO CONGRESsMEN COMING
Lower House Will Be Well Repre-
seuted at Kansas Day Banquet.

The Kansas Day banquet vii ldraw
all the way from Washington. Con-
gresham Curtis will be here to shake
hands with 1.-The boys" and look after
his senatorial BOOM Mr.. Curtis is a
first class mixer" and will see that he
gets acquainted with a lot of new
friends.
Congressman-at-La c. F. Scott
will also be here. He has no fences that
need looking after, because he will
probably have no opposition for re-
nomination, but he seldom fails to at
tend the annual Republican banquet
and he will be on hand this year as
usual.
Senator Burton will also be here if
he can possibly get away from
Washington There will be many things
to be looked after on the day of the
banquet-all sorts of booms will be
sprung and complications may arise
which may require the senator's per-
sonal attention.
1t is possible that some of the other
members of the Kansas contingent in
Washington may come home to the
banquet, but no announcements have
yet been made that they will do SO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
ON KANSAS DAY.
Republicans Will Then Fix Date
and Place For Convention.

The Republican state central commit
tee will probably be called together on
Kansas Day, January 29, the date of
the political roundup" to fix the date.
place and representation for the state
nominating convent The members
of the committee will probably all be
here anyway, as few prominent Repub-
licans in the state will miss the Kan
sas Day banquet this year.
Hutchinson, Fort Scott and Wichita.
besides Topeka, are candidates for the
convention, but it will doubtless be held
in Topeka. The convention hall and
hotel facilities here are far superior to
those of any other city in the state,
and Topeka is more easily reached from
all directions than any other place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02

circle, last March by Captain H H Bod
fish of the whaler Beluga.
The dogs belonging to the whaling party
had attacked a family of the oxen and
killed the old ones and the calf that was
captured ran to the men in the exploring
party parry TOT Rrotectloin1i; ION Sle & y ~ nontns oiu
Smithsonian institute as was at first an
larger cities of the United States. It will
be brought back to Topeka.
An expedition will probably be fitted
out this year to go north to secure a
large herd of the oxen.
plans talked of. but admitted that when
such an expedition went. a large company
of men with ammunition would be neceS-
sary to successfully carry out the objects
of the expedition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
ROBBER KILLED.
Attempted to Hold Up a Chicago
Newspaper Man.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-George F. Donovan
attempted highway robbery last night
at Twenty-first street and Calumet av-
enues, and was shot and killed by his
intended victim, Eugene Hector, finan-
cial editor of a Chicago newspaper. He
is thought to be the son of respectable
parents living in Springfield, Mass. In
his pocket was found letter address,
ed Dear Mother and signed WHIP
dated Manila, Jan. 80, 1901, and referred
to domestic affairs at Springfield. 1t
indicated the writer to be q stenogra-
pher in the employ of the United States
Philippine commission. Another letter
dated Boston, Mass, 1899, recommended
George F. Donovan as a. faithful man
who had been employed in Trinity
court, Dartmouth street, Boston.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
A NEW BILL FILED
In the Case of the Government
Against Oberlin Nj. Carter.

Savannah, Ga, Jan. I'm the u. S.
court Marion Erwin, special assistant
to the attorney general of the United
States, filed a new bill in the case of
the government VS.. OberIin NJ. Carter.
The bill seeks to prevent the Savannah
Brewing company, the Savannah Light
erage and Transfer company and the
Propeller Tow Boat company in which
Carter held large blocks of stock, from
paying the interest accruing to either
the agent or the receiver of Captain
Carriers property. 1t orders Thomas
Martin, who owes Carter $4,000 on a
note to pay the money to the receiver
bought Carter,s stock in the Port of
Savannah company" which bought up
Hunting Island to turn that money
over to the gOYernment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Funeral of Admiral Roe.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Impressive fu-
neral services were held at ST Johns
Episcopal church over the late Rear Ad-
miraIs Francis A Roe, u. S. N, retired
Among the officiating clergymen was
Rev. VIM. Taylor Snyder, a nephew of
the deceased. The remains were escort
ed to Arlington cemetery by a detach-
ment of marines commanded by Lieut.
Col. B. r. Russell headed by the full
Marine band. The body bearers were
eight sailors, the honorary pail bearers
being Rear Admirals Greer, Scley, Weay-
er, Ludlow, Watson, Captains Sigsbee
and Bartlett, and Mr.. Frank Hackett,
former assistant secretary of the navy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
HEADS BLOWN OFF
Boiler Explodes in the Central
Georgia Railroad Shops.
Five Men Killed and Twelve
Badly Injured.

Macon, Ga, Jan. 2.-The boiler OF an
engine of the Central of Georgia rail-
way exploded at the shops in this city
today, killing five men outright and
badly injuring IL others. three of whom
will probably die.
Among the dead are Tosh Hodges, an
engineer, and J. NJ. Mcdonald, a ma
chinist. OF the other dead men two
are negroes and the other body is so
badly mutilated that 1t is impossible
to tell his COLOR. The heads of two of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
HIS THIRD TERN.
Governor Crane Again Takes the
Oath of Office.

Boston, Jan. 2.-W. Murray Crane
took the oath of office today as governor
of Massachusetts, for his third term The
attendance on the ceremony was the
largest assembled for a similar occasion
in many years. The inaugural address
treated of state matters exclusively.
One of the principal recommendation
of the governor was the appropriation
of $5, 000, 900 for carrying on the work of
abolishing grade crossings, the money
to be expended at the rate of $5o0.000
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Roosevelt Comes Second.

London, Jan. I'm accordance with
his annual custom, the Rev. Joseph
Parker, minister of the City Temple, at
today's midday service in the temple,
the first held in 1902, read out a num-
Der of messages which he proposed to
send to various important persons, in
behalf of the congregation. The first
message was intended for King Edward
and the second for President Roosevelt,
each sentence of which was heartily
cheered q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
S5OO.OoO For a Picture.

Paris jan 2.-Upon the authority of his
own statement the Paris edition of the
New York Herald says that well known
picture dealer has just sold Raphaels
celebrated painting called the Madonna
of St Anthony of Padua" to ]. Pierpont
Morgan for 2.5o0.o0o francs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
NO HELP FOR SAMPSON
Admiral is Steadily and Surely
Nearing the End.

Washington. Jan. 2.-Admiral Salnp
sons malady progresses slowly but very
steadily toward the end. Medical sci
ence cannot check it. Symptoms OF
arteriaI degeneration have appeared,
such as are incident to his malady, in
jecting great uncertainty into his case.
Moreover, the patient is becoming less
tractable and responsive to treatment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Secretary Hav Indisnosed.

Washington. Jan. 2-Secretary Hay
is indisposed as the result of a severe
cold and did not go to the state depart
meat today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Needs More Battleships.

Glasgow, Jan. 2-The British ad-
miralty has invited the Clyde ship
yards to tender bids for the construc-
ton of two battleships, each of 16,500
tons; five armored, first class cruisers
and two protected cruisers. The Off
Gals ask for promptitude. Work on
twenty warships now in course of con-
struction may be expedited The new
battlships will have greater gun power
than any vessels now in the navy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Congressman Bowersock Home.

Washington, Jan. 2.-Congressman
Bowersock, of Kansas, spent New
Years at his home at Lawrence. He
was detained in Washington until after
Christmas by official business, and viii
return the latter part of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Temperatures OF LARGE Cities.

Chicago. Jan. 27 a. m. tenpera-
lures: New York 20; Boston 16; Phil
adelphia %: Washington "a; Chicago
3S; Minneapolis IA; Cincinnati AZ; st.
Louis 46.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02
Weather Indications.

Chicago. Jan Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Friday; colder
in southeast portion; northerly winds
becoming variable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02

New York, Jan. 2-Wm. T. Jerome
took the oath of office as district at
torney of New York county today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02

Continued on Sixth PaKe-s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-02

."Oafve Jones' was captured east of the
Mackenzie river. far within the Arctic
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

The first minister to the United
States from the republic of Cuba, Con.
zalo De Quesada, is of an old revolu-
tionary family of the island, whose
name has been prominent in every eff.
fort made for the liberation Of Cuba
from Spain, by rebellion or fllibuster
expeditions alike. Mr.. Quesada came
to the United States as agent of the
Cuban republic in 1897, but was, of
course, unrecognized. as his accredit-
ing government had no existence. He
is still in the 30s and earned many
friends In his previous sojourn in
Washington.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
f& aaa NM II " II II n II " N n +ss u u sss
THE OLDEST STOVE
Richmond, Va, Claims One Which Seemingly
Should Rank With the Best


According to a Philadelphia news
paper the Oldest stove in this country
is at present on exhibition in Minneap-
oils, MINI.
From the description this old stove
is something after the fashion of the
one which we have here in our state
capitol. 1t stands upon legs or end
supports, similar to those of sewing
machine, only that they are about half
as high and of much heavier casting.
The total weight of the stove is 500
pounds. 1t is three feet long, thirty
two inches high and one foot wide,
with a hearth extending in front.
There is no CRATE in the bottom, the
lire being built directly on the bottom
OF the stove, the heat passing from
below the oven, back of it and over
the top of the pipe. The outside has
scrolls and designs and crowns in re-
lief, much after the fashion of the
stoves of to-day, and on both sides
cast with the metal are the words,
Hereford Furnace, Thomas Maybury,
Mfr, 1857" We are assured that the
stove is well preserved, in spite of it's
age. The surface has a finish which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

In New South Wales, near Wingen.
singular natural curiosity is observ-
able. This is an object popularity
known as the Stone Woman of Win
gen. The spur of mountain range
known as Salisbury Crag, terminates
in a bold, bluff headland, about 100
feet above the level of the valley
which it commands, the profile as
Stunning the form of a gray stone
woman of enormous dimensions sit
ting with her back against the cliff,
her head separated from the top and
her feet hidden among the trees
which grow up to the bottom of the
cliff. On her knee there is resting an
open book, which she is not reading.
but instead is gazing forever with a
steadfast, unchanging look down the
beautiful valley of the Hunter. From
where the feet of the stone woman
rest among the towering trees that
grow around the base of Salisbury
Crag to the summit of her head must
be about 500 feet, SO that if she were
to stand up straight some day she
would be about 800 feet high. II
the proper point of view be chosen
the pose of the figure is perfect In it's
magnificent simplicity.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07

is technically known as "pebbled."
The famous Virginia stove also
stands upon legs, is about seven feet
high and is handsomely ornamented.
1t is three stories" high and of pyra
midal shape, and was made in 1870 for
the house of burgesses at Williams.
burg, whence it was removed to Rich.
mond when the seat of government
was removed hither. The founder,
one Buzaglo, whose place of business
was in England, wrote of the warm
ing machine" that "the elegance of
workmanship does honor to Great
Britain. 1t exceeds in grandeur any.
thing ever seen of the kind and is a
masterpiece not to be equaled in all
Europe. 1t has met with general ap.
plause and could not be sufficiently
admired"
So, Notwithstanding it's advantages
of few years in age, the Minneapolis
stove must pale it's Intellectual fires
when compared with our big, highly
ornamental and aristocratically con.
nected Historically speaking) old
warming machine. = Richmond Dis.
patch.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Travelling and
Wandering
oe00o0eooo@eaoe0ee

Jones was in peculiarly expansive
humor the other evening. He was
packed up for the summer, and was
starting off in the morning on cheap
racket walking trip. To traverse the
country districts of New England was
his program and an unfailing friend
liness his method of getting about
cheaply and well.
Il have no use for travelling" he be-
gan.
"That, of course, is why you are
starting off on the morrow" l asked.
THAT, dear friend, is not travelling.
1t is wandering, and 1 recommend the
world in general to get back to it, as
the ideal manner of getting about.
Travelling is distinctly modern in
vention. 1t aims at two things
speed and the attainment of a definite
locality. 1t is done for a purpose,
and the means are always sacrificed
to the end. The scenery through
which the victims of the system may
steam, is blurred. Cards and papers
are found necessary to STAY the time,
and when the travellers dismount from
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
MoReANs RARE OLD BIBLE.
Masterpiece Now in Possession of the
Great Financier.

Masterpiece Now in Possession of the
Great Financier.
An initial letter in the eighth cen
fury manuscript of the Bible, bound
in gold, inlaid with jewels, that J..
Pierpont Morgan has just acquired, is
the masterpiece of Ingobertus' cali
graphy.
Traced lines of azure, vermilion and
purple, heightened with gold, the let
ter is at the beginning of the Book of
Job. It's borders are of flowers, vases
and ornaments of religious symbol
ism
The picture of the phalanx of an
gels, the apocalyptic devil and the
saint, is original. Nothing in the
work was borrowed from Byzantine
models. Ingobertus worked in the
Benedictine convent of st. Calistus at
the Bible that was written and illumi-
mated for Charles the Bald
The caligrapher was learned, says
the Rocky Mountain News, admired
as a painter and in favor with the
greatest art lovers of his epoch. He
lived in Rome, and pupils of Alcuin
who were graduated with honors from
the Scriptorium of Saint Sernin, at
Tours, were sent to Rome to gather
traditions of Ingobertus' lessons there.
]. Pierpont Morgans Bible of the
eighth century has at every page
treasure of bool-lore latent
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5 Mixed Assemblage of 5
PeereSSeS at Coronation
S%%ANNNNNNyNN,Ns

There were some 5000 particularly
uncomfortable people in London on
June 26, and the most of them were
folk who are not used to being I'M
comfortable. They were squeezed to-
gether to see as much as they could
OF the most imposing spectacle that
has been witnessed since Queen Vic
toria was crowned, on June 2S, 1885,
and probably even more gorgeous than
that, for King Edward has more taste
for display than his mother had They
will probably look back upon the
event with growing keenness of de-
light. But, there is no doubt about
1t, most of them were miserable NOR
tails while the ceremonies were going
on.
Even the stately forms of a corona
ton service that has been in use for
twelve centuries will not serve to keep
ones mind off from physical distress
superinduced by sitting for some four
hours with $500 other people in a
building intended to accommodate not
more than 1900, and especially If it
is a red-hot day and one is obliged to
wear the heaviest of velvet and err
mine.
Owing to the cruciform structure of
Westminster Abbey not more than a
thousand persons of all the multitude
packed therein were able to see the
crown placed on the Kings head
Perhaps a thousand more got a
glimpse of him as he stepped back
from the altar to be lifted into the
historic coronation chair and as he
waited while Queen Alexandra was
being crowned. The rest of the mul.
titude had to be content with a look
at the brave procession as it came
slowly down to the theatre" from
the west entrance, and again as 1t
marched back with Lord Rosebery
and three other earls carrying
canopy over the Kings head
That invaluable old gossip, Pepys,
gives a definite notion of what it was
in an entertaining paragraph in his
diary, recording what he saw of the
coronation of Charles II. about
four" he says, 81 rose and got to the
Abbey, and with much ado, by the
favor of Mr.. Cooper, did get up into
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Marvellous Memories.

Many of the greatest men have had
phenomenal memories. Caesar knew
the names of thousands of soldiers in
his legions. A modern man of sci
ence often has a prodigious memory
for special Technology. Prof. Asa
Gray asserted that he could at once
recall the names of something like
$4,000 plants; Prof. Theodore Gill can
do the same for fishes. The memory
for mere words is much more extern
sive than is generally admitted. The
average child of two year old has a
vocabulary of some 500 words, and
Its father may have the command of
10000 more. The 10000 verses of the
Rig Veda have for 5000 years been
accurately preserved in the memories
of the Brahmins. Not one Brahmin
alone, but thousands, can to-day recite
it word for word. Thousands of Mo
hammedans likewise know the Koran
by heart, as all learned Chinese know
their classic books. The chiefs of
Polynesia can, and do, repeat hun
dreds of thousands of words In their
MISUNDERSTANDING days, and even
weeks, for the recitation. Hundreds
OF pianists can play all day, and many
days, by memory, and Won Bulow can
conduct Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
without a score. Chess players have
a visualising memory, musicians have
an auditive and a motor memory,
while arithmetical prodigies may
have any one of the three
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-10-07
Who caunht the Fish

Chief of Police Dick" Sylvester of
Washington, noted fisherman, re.
turned from short trip recently with
a five-pound bass, which he sent to
the president. Mr.. Roosevelt CRATE
fully acknowledged the gift and Ma.
jor Sylvester proudly exhibited the
note of thanks A couple Of his
friends visiting the same fishing
ground day or two ago and men
toned to their young guide that the
major caught fine bass there and
had given It to the president. az
don't know nothin' about what he
done with it." said the boy, but ram
pop, he caught the fish,"