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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
New Monte Carlo in servia.

Despite official Servian denials il
Is true that a concession has been
granted to a Franco-Belgian syndi-
cate for a gambling establishment in
the Toptchidere Park, a quarter OF
an hour from Belgrade. The conces-
sion has only to be confirmed by the
Skupstchina. The king is in favor
Of it, and so are the members of the
government, with one exception. The
state will receive 100000 year and
10 per cent of the profits for eighty
years. The Toptchidere Park is very
prettily situated, with forests and
mountains surrounding it. This is
the spot where Prince Michel Obreno-
witch was assassinated in 1868. The
park at one time was used by the
Turks as an artillery practice
ground. Toptchidere means the ar
tillery headquarters
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
SALISBURY RESIGNS HIGH OFFICE:
BALFOUR NOW PRIME MINISTER

Lord Salisbury has resigned the
premiership of Great Britain and his
nephew, Arthur ]. Balfour, is now
prime minister.
Like Gladstone, Lord Salisbury
has been prime minister four times,
but the duration of his four admin
istrations was nearly fifteen years,
whereas his great rival held the
premiership only a little over twelve.
Lord Salisbury first became premier
in June, 1885, Gladstone having re-
signed Office in consequence of his
defeat in the house of commons on
the proportional duties on beer and
spirits The conservative minister
remained in Office until the follow
ing February, when Gladstone entered
upon his third administration. After
an existence of only ITS days the lib
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

| plexy." Jane Toppan nursed her 70
| three hours before death.
| Mrs. Florence NJ Calkins, house
keeper for o. NJ Bridgman of Lowell
| died Jan. Is, 1900, aged As. III thre,
| days. Heart failure" Jane Topaz
was in the house when she died.
William H. Ingraham of Watertowr
died Jan. 81, 1900, aged 20. Hear
failure" Jane Toppan nursed him.
Miss Sarah E. Connors, matron o
ST. Johns Theological school refec
tory. died in Cambridge Feb. II, 1900
aged 4S. Complication of diseases.
Under care of Jane Toppan.
Mrs. Alden P. Davis of Cataumet
died in Cambridge July 4, 1901, aget
81. Chronic diabetes" Jane Top
pan nursed her
Mrs Annie E. Gordon of Chicago
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alden F
Davis, died at Cataumet, July 81, 1901
Short illness. No death certificate
Jane Toppan nursed her.
Alden P. Davis, died in Calumet
Aug 8, 1901, aged 65. Few days ill
ness. No death certificate Jane Top
pan nursed him.
Mrs. Mary E. Gibbs, daughter O
Mr. and Mrs. Alden p Davis, died il
Cataumet Aug. IS, 1901, aged 40. TIVE
days illness. No death certificate
Jane Toppan nursed her.
Mrs Edna Bannister oe Tunbridge
VT, sister of o. NJ. Bridgman, died il
Lowell Aug. 81, 1901, aged II. Two
days illness. Heart failure" Jane
Toppan was in the house when she
died.
OF the whole number there was no.
one case that had aroused any sus
picion on the part of the physician
who, depending upon the nurse, was
using his best skill to restore the pa
tient to health. Miss Toppan sale
she had heard of no question by any
doctor that she had not carried GU
his instructions to the best of her abil
ity or that she had not shown profes
siona1 enthusiasm ana faithfulness
The same doctors, she said, had en-
gagged her in subsequent cases.
Her counsel was satisfied with
homicidal details long before she fin
ished. But she declared that sht
wished to tell the whole story.
We'll, how did you kill them?" she
was asked.
Il gave them doses of morphine anG
atrophine tablets in mineral waite
and sometimes in a dilution of whis
ky" she said. Then 1 also used in
jections just as 1 did at Cataumet.
do not remember how l killed then
all, but those that l recall were poi
soned by atrophine and morphine
My memory is not good; 1 forge,
some things.
mo, 1 have absolutely no remorse
1 have never felt sorry for what
have done. Even wnen 1 poisoned my
dearest friends, as the Davises were
l did not feel any regret afterward.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

liberal cabinet was reconstructed and
remained in power three months
longer, when it was killed by the
famous Cordite division and Salisbury
became premier a third time, with a
solid majority of 152 in the house
of commons. There was a general
election in September, 1900, and union
lists were again voted to power, with
majority of 134 in the commons.
Salisbury for the fourth time took
up the premiership, but he left the
foreign secretaryship to Lord Lans
downe and became lord privy SEAL
At the time of the death of Queen
Victoria he wished to resign and ONLY
remained in office at the urgent re
quest of King Edward. But he has
gradually lost touch with the affairs
Of the nation, and the official an
nouncement that the king has at last
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

Miss Toppan's junior counsel, to
whom she made her confession.)
do not feel any remorse now. l have
thought it all over, and 4 cannot de-
Iect the slightest bit of sorrow over
what 1 have DONE
Upon successive visits of her coun-
sci Miss Toppan added details to the
narrative of crime that had been the
history of her career as a nurse dur
ing the last ten years.
This confession was made to Judge
Bixby and he instantly advised with
the state authorities that a committee
of experts be selected that would be
satisfactory. To the physicians she
was uncommunicative for some days,
refusing to answer questions and
otherwise. acting ugly Finally she
agreed to tell them of her life. For
five hours the doctors listened to her
story, the strangest and bloodiest they
had ever heard. She told them that
she had killed her first victim when
a young girl and while attending an
undergraduate school for nurses; that
a desire to see one die as a result of
her own methods was so strong as to
overpower her. The victim was a
young man well on the road to recov-
cry when she gave him poison. To
her the death rattle in his throat was
Seet as music and when she saw
- Geld in death she kissed him.
soon the mania became an uncon-
trollable passion" she said. No voice
has as much melody in it as the ono
crying for life; no eyes as bright -
those about to become fixed ana
glass;; no face so beautiful az the
one Iulseless and cold"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
For BaId-Headed People.

Ba1d-headed people who have not yet
decided where to go for their summer
holiday should go to Casciana, in north
Italy, to test the virtue of its waters,
which are reputed to be natural hair
restorers, equally capabl of restoring
hair to the bald and Dlumage to naked
birds There is a tradition that in the
eleventh century the pet blackbird of
the Countess Matilda had lost all its
feathers, but recovered it's p1umage
after bathing in the marshes of Cas-
ciana. The birds example was fol-
lowed by the ladies of the court, whose
hair was greatly increased in guam
THY and beauty, and whose bodies
became stronger and more youthful.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

eral party was badly beaten on the
second reading of the Irish home rule
bill, in the largest division on record.
656 members out of $40 passing
through the division Hobbies.
Then came Lord Salisbury's sec
ond term of Office, which lasted from
August, 1886, until August, 1892, when
the house of commons gave Glad
stone a majority on the home rule
question. Lord Salisbury resigned
and Gladstone became premier for
the fourth and last time. The second
home rule bill was thrown out by the
house of lords in September, 1894,
and in March of the following year
Gladstone resigned the seals of Of
fee in favor of Earl Rose5ery. The
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Saved Life by EATING Tail.

First and Neil avenues have been wor-
ried over a noise they have heard in
the plastered wall of the structure
They became nervous and tore tb,
wall out to ascertain the cause.
Here they found cat, still alive,
but worn to a skeleton and the strange
part of the affair was that the cat had
eaten her tail off bit by bit to sustain
life during the three weeks she had
been a prisoner.
The feline had evidently strayed into
the space between the plastering the
night before the flooring was nailed
on, and had been there until discov
cred by tearing out the wall
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
In the French chamber.

NJ Bourgeois, the new president OF
the French chamber of deputies, has a
rather weak voice, which is drowned
in the noise of any parliamentary hub
bub. He must resort even more fire.
Quently to the bell than his predeces-
sor, NJ. Deschanel, was wont to do.
The latter. when president of the
chamber, cracked three brass bells
with hard ringing. A bell is used in
stead of a gavel to maintain order.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
POISON HER PASSION
JANE TOPPAN coNFEsSES TO
KILLING THlRTY-ONE PERSONS,
Long List of Persons Done to Death
by Trained Nurse-Aiienists Puz-
zIed Over Most Remarkable Case in
History.

Jane Toppan, spinster, aged As, a
trained nurse by profession and by
confession a murderer of thirty-one
persons, is now safely confined at the
asylum for the insane at Taunton,
Mass, to which place she was taken
after the alienists appointed by the
court had declared her of unsound
mind and irresponsible for her con-
duct.
Her crimes outrivaled those of Luz
cretia Borgia. She stands singly and
alone as the greatest criminal of mod
ern times. Holmes, who was hanged
at Philadelphia in 1895, was an anna
teur; Garcia Palasco, executed in the
City of Mexico in 1867; Valdirez Mas
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

accepted his resignation does not
cause any surprise.
1t is significant that Balfour in
terviewed Chamberlain before COLI
sulting the other members of tbs
cabinet in regard to the situation.
Many people think that Chamberlain
must eventually reach the premier
ship, and it would give great salts
faction throughout the country if the
king had chosen him to step into
Salisbury's shoes in the ordinary
course of events. His chances of OBJ
tanning premier honors are now con-
siderably minimfzed. as he is many
years Balfour's senior. He will, how
ever, be as loyal to his new chief
as he was to the old one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Liohtnino on the WING.

In a recent communication to the
British Institution of Electrical En-
gineers, Mr.. Leonard Joseph reported
the following unusual occurrence.
During a thunderstorm wild goose
was seen to fall to the ground, APP
parently directly out of the storm
Clouds After the storm was over
an examination revealed the body of
another goose at some distance from
the first. The only wounds found
upon the birds were a narrow cut on
the neck of one and a small puncture
at the point where the neck joins the
body on the other. At these points
the feathers were slightly singed.
Both birds proved perfectly fit for
the table.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Cultivation of Cocoa.

A traveller in South America, where
the cocoa tree is largely cultivated.
speaks of the great care with which
the young plants have to be protected
from the sun, which if very strong
is fatal to them. To secure this pro-
lection the planters shield them by
banana trees and plantain trees, thG
broad leaves of which give them the
needed shade. And even when they
are fully grown they need protection.
which is given by trees known as
'.immortels, or, as the planters cali
them, .the mother of the cocoa" Thus
the whole cocoa plantation has sort
of canopy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Eggs and MIX in Rookbindint

1t seems a somewhat surprising
statement to make that eggs, con-
densed milk, olive oil and vinegar are
all used in the binding of books. Yet
such is the case.
The white of egg is used for 'siz-
ing" to cause the delicate ornamental
goldleaf to adhere to the leather. To
make the Sizing" perform its adhe-
sive work even more delicately. q lit
tie milk is added; and to help further
in the important work of adhesion, q
coating of olive oil or diluted vinegar
is sometimes applied to the leather.
Wise old bookbinders have been
seen to use the light froth of ale as
a coating over binding of silk. The
froth holds the gold-leaf with perfect
success and does not stain the silk.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Settling the Zip" Question.

The awkward question of the tip
was solved by a big New Engiander
from the State OF Maine who was din
sax in a London restaurant the other
evening. Having paid his bill he was
informed by the waiter that what he
had paid did mot include the waiter
Wal" said the stranger. Il ate no
waiter, di1 I?'' And as he looked quite
ready to do so on any further provo
cation the subject was dropped.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Her Nest in a Monsters Mouth.

OF the many strange places IN
which an English sparrow is salts
fed to shelter her young, the one
which is probably the most amusing,
and which is seldom noticed by those
in it's vicinity, presents itself to the
observing passerby as he walks
through the Fifty seventh street arch.
which serves as one entrance to the
University of Chicago.
The arch decorations consist of
large, ungainly monsters carved from
stone in such a manner as would give
them the appearance of crawling up
the sides of the arch. Above the
keystone of this arch stands the king
of the griffins, while over each pillar
where the arch rests is carved still
another hideous creature with wide
open jaws and bullying eyes In truth
a more unshapely and uninviting ami
NAL could not be conceived. even in
Guiding one of King Georges dragons
One day little sparrow, after tug
ging at a straw, an end of when was
deeply rooted in the ground, flew up
with the dry blade and alighted on
the head of one of these animals.
She chirped to her mate two or three
times, accidentally dropping the straw
IN dOlnS SO, Wn0n she lUlHeOidlely
started to fly after ii. A slight wind
was blowing at this moment and the
straw was forced between the very
jaws of this Hfeless monster. The
courageous little bird followed it, and
alighted in the mouth of the animal,
but, aIasi the straw had caught in
some wedge-shaped assure in the
stone, and the persevering sparrow
pulled and tugged in VAIN
A few days passed, when to the
observers surprise, the single straw
had been hidden by leaves, strings
and feathers; in fact, soft substances
of every description nearly filled the
monsters mouth, and on the top Of
this delicate1y- nest, chirping in
defiance to any bird which dared To
come near those awful jaws, sat the
same little sparrow, while snugly pro-
tected under her were four tiny eggs.
Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
The Value of Advertising.

INC Hdtue OF AoseFttSiu9.
He didn't do much, and his thoughts, 1t
is plain,
Were borrowed from various sources.
He looked upon toll with an eye OF dis
dain
As waste of superior forces,
But somehow he kept getting further
ahead,
Fate meier seemed unkindly to caper;
For all that he did and whatever he said
He carefully put in the paper.
II he made a small speech or was i'll with
a cold,
He sent for journalist quickly.
TIL the people would anxiously wait to
be told
If his status was robust or sickly-
And at last the community looked upon
him
AS power. destiny shaper,
While the worker remained in obscurity
dim.
Cause his name didn't get in the paper
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

He experienced the exa1tation of mind
and on coming to his senses anxicusly
inquired what he had written. "A
strong smell of turpentine pervades
the whole, were the words he had
traced"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
Has CHARGE of Public Ptavoround

Rev. Charles ". La Fontaine, pas
tor of the Ada Street Methodist Epis-
copal church of Chicago, is supervisor
of the first public school Fairgrounds
in the city He originated the idea
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
The First Lucifer Match.

There have been many claimants to
the honor of being the maker of the
first lucifer match. Some old account
books at Stockton-on-Tees afford docu-
mentary evidence which tends to
prove that one John Walker, Dur
ham chemist, was the original inven-
tor and maker of the match. Accord
ing to a dairy, in which Walker care
fully noted all his business transac-
tions, the first box of matches was
sold for Is Cd in April, 1927. 1t ap-
pears that they at once became popu-
lar, and people travelled from the adj
jacent towns to purchase them Wal
ker employed the poor of Stockton to
split the wood, but dipped them in
the PHOSPHORUS mixture himself to
insure their perfection.
Effects of chIoroform.
Prof. William James of Harvard uni
versity in recent address in Edin-
burgh spoke of the curious half-con-
scious states, marked by apparent in
crease of intellectual powers, expert
enced by persons who are being put
under the influence of chIoroform.
ether, nitrous oxide gas and other an
esthetics- He noted, however, that
all the exaltation of mind disappeared
when the subject began to approach
the normal state again Still, he was
inclined, he said, to believe that our
ordinary waking consciousness was
one type only of that mental phase,
and that other potential states lay be
yond it and often parted from it by
the flmiest of screens. THAT may
be-" says Dr. Andrew Wilson, com
menting on the theory of Prof James,
but / scarcely think the stimulating
phase of chloroform or ether admins
tration is likely to yield much that is
certain to the psychologist I remem
Der an experiment made in which a
psychologist. determined to test this
question of brain stimulation ar
ranged to keep writing his thoughts
TN he passed into Inconsistencies
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02

(Woman for whose death Miss Toppan
was tr-ed.)
rael, died in Cambridge Sept 10, 1897,
aged ST. "Old age" Jane Tccpan
nursed her.
Mrs. o. A. Bridgman of Lowell, died
Aug. 20, 1899, aged 60 Two days
Illness Heart failure Jane Top
pan was in the house when she died,
and waited upon her a part of the
time she was i'll.
Mrs. Mary McNear of Cambridge,
wealthy widow, died Dec IS, 1900.
aged TO- Two days illness. APO
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
What Might Have Been.
Automobile for Doctor.

The largest automobile in the word
is being constructed for a Partisan
doctor In it, accompanied by two
medical students, he intends to make
a trip around the world. 1t will have
two sleeping apartments, large work
room, and four big tanks for storing
oil
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-08-02
RuIIet in eabe,s Brain.

Three-year-old Emil Wagner of Wan
toma. Wis. was discharged from st.
Joseph's Hospital with a bullet in his
brain. which. it is believed, he will
carry for the remainder of his life, but
without inconvenience. The boy was
wounded by a 9-year-oId brother May
with a small rifle while the two were
walking in a field on their fathers
farm near Milwaukee SEN
tinel.
What Might Have Been.
There is tale of a man who spent
his life in wishing he had lived DIFF
ferently, and when he died he was
surrounded by throng of spectral
shapes, each one exactly like the
other, who. in his asking what they
were, replied: I'VE are all the diff
ferent lives you might have led
Edith Wharton, THE Valley of Decis
ion-'
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-03
The Nose For News.

A young man who goes into journal
ism intent on making a reputation and
being something more than a mere
prompting love for his work, quick
perception Of what is to be seized on
in passing events and the ability ac-
curately to narrate or describe on pa
per that which he has seen or which
has been told him.
But these three essentials are not
provided by any college course. Any
editor can tell true stories of men
from the best eastern universities, men
with trained minds and well stocked
vocabularies and vast assortment of
general knowledge, who were of no
they were not able to identify piece
Of news even when it was lying in
front of them and beckoning to them,
or perhaps because a critical self
consciousness prevented them from
writing simple impersonal account
of an everyday happening. 1t cannot
be said that such men are inferior"
to the other men who fill the paper
with valuable and entertaining mat
ter. All we can say is that they are
not adapted to this peculiar grind.
They were not 'cut out" to be news
paper men. The sooner they get out
Of the work the better.
Fortunately getting out is not usual
ly delayed. The ease with which a
young man bursts into journalism is
only equaled by the superb ease with
which he is sent through the street
door if he fails to show a quick and
enthusiastic grasp of the requirements.
Many are called, and few are chosen.
1t is truly survival of the fittest-
not necessarily Of the best or the
brightest.-George Old in Saturday
Evening Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-03
The Lazzaroni of Naples.

A century ago there were 10000 'laz
zaroni'' in Naples. Neither disease
nor want has diminished their number
Their children die at a fearful rate,
but there are many hospitals for the
survivors, and neither board nor lodg
ing costs them much when, at a ma
ture age, they are turned loose into
the world to become lazzaroni in their
turn, like their unknown fathers and
mothers
what is a lazzarone?" it may be
asked. According to Colletta, he is a
being who lives how he can without
working. If he puts his hand to hon
est labor, he is no longer lazzarone.
1t may be doubted whether the laz-
zarone will ever become extinct The
''resanitation" scheme will not GUST
him nor make him change his habits.
He is more than half what his climate
makes Unconditional Review.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-03
Grins. hut M Tins.

'No, SIR" remarked the waitress in
the quick lunch restaurant as she slip
ped a dime into her apron pocket and
gave the donor a smile in return, 1--WE
don't get many tips nor half as many
as the men that work here nights after
we've gone home, though they don't
wait on half as many customers as we
do in the daytime. 1t isn't right, either,
because their wages are higher than
ours, and we can find just as good use
for a dime as they can--better, l say.
But that's just the way it runs. A
man gives you all sorts Of trouble get
ting what he wants and getting it in a
hurry, and then he gives you grin, as
much as to say, You're real nice girl,
when you hand him his check, and he
seems to think you ought to think your
self well repaid. If you were a man,
he'd turn up something much more
valuable. Grins are cheap and don't go
for car fare. New York Sun.