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brave, who remarked. sZzh-zff-ah
ziffum blishzhyi- zhizzff! wish ziffum-ah,
wins you do lax dash,a making violent
signs of working the "squirter." You
Spite me, almost 1t gosh in my noshe-
ali wishkeeet"
When John made his final escape
from the inquisition, he had the appear
ance of one who had firmly resolved to
heed the courts warning to Don't
come back"
Four witnesses appeared in court
Wednesday evening against one Mike
Shomburg, a Germo- Russian. who was
accused Of beating his poor little sick
frau" Mike is a big husky chump,
and the witnesses say his wife weighs
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Nav TOPEKA CHARTER.
W. a. s. Bird is Employed to Draf
One.

W. q. s. Bird IS Employed to Draft
One.
There was a meeting of the ways and
means committee Of the city council last
night, at which the action of the city
council in authorizing the employment
Of W. A s. Bird to frame a new char
ter act for presentation to the legisla-
ture. was ratified. Mr.. Bird will be
paid 500 for his services by the city of
Topeka, and a similar sum by other
cities in the Kansas Municipal league.
The charter act revision is something
greatly needed, and it is believed that
by Incorporating all proposed reforms
in one act, it can be pushed through the
legislature.
Some of the proposed changes are, to
the employment of members OF the var
ious city departments; to enable cities
to condemn water, gas and electric light
plants; to enable cities to levy and col
lect their own taxes. The laws for
municipal corporations are in verv
much disorganized and fragmentary
shape, and it is proposed to have them
collected, revised and embodied in one
act.
The committee also arranged to pay
for the new aerial truck in three pay
ments one when the truck is delivered,
one six months later. and one at the end
of a year.
The question raising the pay Of po-
licemen was discussed, and then post
poned till the next meeting Of the COM
mittee. which will be held some time
next week.
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POLICE JOTTINGS.
Sad and SOrrOwful Story Of
Johnnie Bumblebee.
Officers Found In Him a Re-
cent Smallpox Victim.
USED F0RMALDEHYDE.
Noble Red Man Seemed to Re-
sent Its Application.
Wife Beaten is Given a Fine
Of $50.
USED F0RMALDEHYDE.

My one noble
abOr.eine fro m
Mayetta, who had
been engag ed in
the grand work Of
booze extermina-
ton. faced "Hiz-
zoner" this morn
ing. Mr.. Johnnie
Bumble-Bee came
out of the recep-
ton room clothed
in the natural dig
nifty Of his ances-
tors, and when
charged with hay-
ing been unduly
Influenced by GER
+ q IN a1onh0Hr
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about 80 pounds IN the shade. The wit
nesses, Q. D. Williams, w. D. Allen
and Dave and Chris Shultz, testified
that they lived near Shon berg, whose
vickyup is located at 300 Elm street,
and that last Monday night they were
attracted by screams, uttered in the
tongue Of the Fatherland. The disturb
ance was at the Shomberg home and
thither they repaired in a bunch and
great haste. They discovered Mike
standing in the doorway carefully gar
roting his better but smaller half, and
were on the point of assaulting him and
reseuing the woman when the large
villain broke away, spread his wings
and few down the alley. He was clad
in his neither garmens. and had, to all
appearances, been moved by a mighty
impulse to rise from his downy bed of
ease and reduce his expenses by Teu1OV-
ing a member Of the household. The
assault seemed doubly brutal because
his wife had been sick and was unable
to leave the house. After the damaging
testimony of the witnesses Mike was
called upon for his version Of the story.
can you speak English?" asked the
court No.. answered the prisoner, Il
cannot The court then requested Mr..
Shultz, one of the witnesses, to make
mumbled and made faces and gestures
at the interpreter. HE says, said Mr.
Shultz, that his wife was afraid OF
him, and was going to leave the house,
court thought that was a plenty, even
in case the Shomberg version was cor
rect, as he was certainly brutal. or the
wife of his bosom would not shrek
Ouch" in the German language when
he laid q OBTAINING hand on her. there
fore the interpreter was asked to break
the news to Mr.. Shomberg that he had
been fined $50. Neighbors say that Mrs.
Shomberg IS destitute, and the county
will have to care for her. but that she
and the four small children, the young
est an infant IN arms, are better off
without the protecting care Of the
husband and father.
A controversy between members of
the co1ored population will be arranged,
or disarFanged in police court this
evening. One Sheep" Thomas was ar
rested a the instigation Of 'Slfm" Will
liam Dupree, who made strenuous ale
cations to the effect that said Sheep
Thomas had assaulted him with a Ger
tain deadly weapon tO-wit: a knife.
When he made the charge an officer
asked him where he had been stabbed.
In the left ear" answered the seeker
Of justice and revenge. Did it go
deep?" asked the officer as he made a
vain search for any sign Of the alleged
injury. as, it did, solemnly return
ed the victim, working his jaw dismal
". Pears lax all can fee it way down
here" And he placed finger on the
opposite side Of his neck. Both sides
will have a bunch of witnesses, and the
trial promises to be a warm one.
sheep denies the allegations. and
says he can whip the alligator
S. Klien and W Hayslip were called
in yesterday to answer to the usual
charge of keeping a joint open on Sun
day. Both left plea OF guilty and $50.
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WILL PLAY WAMEGO.

Iopeka Huslness JOueg5 I5au 20 OOu-
test on Home Grounds
The Topeka Business College baseball
team has arranged a game with Wa
mego on Saturday afternoon at Wash
burn field. The game will be called at
3 o'clock. McCampbell. the star pitcher
of this years X. u. team. is now work.
ing in Topeka and viii pitch for the
business college. Leonard IS the Wa
megO pitcher.
The game which the business college
had scheduled with Washburn for We'd
nesday viii be played next Tuesday at
o'clock Marshall, a professional, will
pitch for the business college. and Cook
viii be in the box for Washburn.
The new suits for the business col
lege team have arrived, and viii be worn
by the team in Saturdays game.
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NOtes and Personal Mention.

Twenty per cent discount this week
on our beautiful cut glass. John c.
Humes Company, 624 Kansas Ave.
Mrs G. A. Biddle will entertain a
limited number of guests informally
Friday.
Mrs H P Dillon and her son, Jack
Dillon, who is a student at Yale. viii
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Miss Virginia Payne's entertainment
today for Mrs Wilbur S. CLANCY, who
leaves Topeka some time this month for
a permanent residence in Pocatello,
Idaho. and Miss Mcfarland, one Of the
June brides, was a morning at cards at
her home, III Lincoln street. The score
cards used in the game of progressive
high five were girl athlete" posters in
black and white tied with white rib
bons. and the prize a large Thomas
Mitchell Pierce golf girl poster border
ed with tiny red hearts. Serving was
on the quartette tables after the gam e.
Miss Payne's invitations included Mrs.
CLANCY, Miss Mcfarland, Mrs Carl
Nellis, Mrs. Eugene 3. StOttss Mrs Lee
Clinton Forbes, Mrs. Walter Gust, Mrs.
Earl Case. Mrs. Fred Cole, Mrs. w. N.
West Mrs. Charles P. Adams Mrs. F.
E. Dietrich of Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs.
John B. Payne of Louisville. Kentucky,
Miss Waters. Miss Fe Waters, Miss
Mary HambletOn, Miss Dennis, Miss
Frost, Miss Lillian Valentine, Miss
Katharyn Mills and Miss Anna Payne.
Mrs. CLANCY and Miss Mcfarland
We're the guests of honor again this af-
ternOon at a $50 o'clock tea at which
Miss Lillian Valentine, 625 Polk street.
was the hostess The table decorations
We're in blue and white, ragged robins
forming the centerpieee and ballet
girl'' name cards tied with blue and
white ribbons. marking places for Mrs.
Clancy. Miss Mcfarland, Mrs. Walter
Gust Mrs. Carl Nellis, Mrs. Eugene B.
Stotts, Mrs Lee Clinton Forbes, Mrs. J.
K Bair. Miss Waters, Miss F'e Waters,
Miss Virginia Payne, Miss Grace Cur
It's Miss Ruth Campbell, Miss Mary
Walker, Miss Dennis, Miss Mary Ham
bleton Miss Lillian Kirkpatrick. The
hostess was assisted by her sister, Miss
Valentine and Miss Elsie Valentine and
Miss Guenn Goddard
The Evening Whist club held its an
nual meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Quinton Wednesday night.
The annual election Of officers was held
and Mrs. H. P. Dillon was chosen presl-
dent. Mrs. W ]. Black vice president
and Mrs Ashby secretary.
Miss Waters and Miss Fe Waters
gave a heart party for Miss Pearl Nc
Farland Wednesday afternoon. others
invited being Mrs. Wilbur S. Clancy.
Mrs. Lee Clinton Forbes, Mrs. Walter
Gust Mrs. W. E: McVey, Mrs Carl
NeHis. Mrs F. E. DIETRICH Of Fort
Worth, Texas; Mrs. A. S. Embree, Mrs.
J. B. Payne Of Louisville, Kentucky.
Mrs. Frank G. Beck, Mrs. Eugene T.
Stotts. Miss Virginia Payne, Miss Helen
Goddard, Miss May Short, Miss Ethel
Hadley Miss Fannie Sibley. Miss Eliza
beth Channel of Philadelphia Miss Ida
Bergen, Miss Elsie Valentine, Miss
Lillian Valentine and Miss Mary Ham
bleton.
The Good Government club held a
meeting Wednesday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. John West, 1915 Harrison
street There was a good attendance.
sumo Of the work done by her for the
cause of Woman's suffrage in Kansas IN
the two past months, reporting "a new
clubs organized There will be another
meeting on June IS at the home Of Dr..
Deborah LOngshOre. III Topeka ave-
nue..
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Ambaasador Tower Goea Raok.

New York. June 5.-Charlemagne Tow
er, United States ambassador to Russia,
who has been in this country for some
time on leave Of absence. will sail for
his post today on the steamer Columbia.
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Mrs. John Bradley entertained at an
Il o'clock breakfast this morning, COW
ers being laid for twenty women. Mas
turtiums and sweet peas decorated the
breakfast table and the dining room.
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Miss Sue Sharitt entertained ten
young women informally this after
noon for her guests, Mrs. Walter Smith
of Rossville and Miss Dickinson ofKan-
sas City and Mrs. G. D. Snyder of Kan
sas City.
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Kansas CITY and Return s1.o5.


Excursion Sunday. June 8, 'O2. Special
train leaves Santa Fe deport a. m.
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Mothers lose their dread for that ter
rible second summer" when they have
DR.. Fowler's Extract Of Wild Straw
berry in the house Natures specific
for bowel complaints Of every sort
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-05

Only one remedy in the world that
viii at once stop itchiness of the skin
In any part of the body; Doans ONT
ment At any drug store. so cents.
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New York. June 5.-Mrs. Bailey Bart
lett, an original daughter of the revolu-
ton. Is dead from pneumonia at Orange.
n. J. She was 90 years old and was the
widow of Bailey Bartlett. Jr., of Massa-
chusetts, son Of Bailey Bartlett of that
state, who was a member of the first
Continental congress and a close friend
of Washington, John Adams and Jollr,
Hancock Her father, Moses Long, serv-
ed in the revolution. He was at the sur
render Of Burgoyne, passed through the
winter at Valley Forge, fought at Mon
mouth and after that battle was made
one of Washington's guards.
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MRS. IDA l. ROSE
Grand-Nfece Of Ex-President
James K. Polk, Writes to
Hrs. Pinkham Saying:

g DEAR Mrs. PISKHASE IL have been
married for nearly two years, and 50
far have not been blessed with child
I have, however, suffered with COM
plication of female troubles and pain
ful menstruation, until very recently.
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Hutchinson and Return S4.e5 via
Santa Fe
Account Musical Jubilee. Tickets on
sale June to 8 inclusive. final limit
June Z
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Union Pacihc R. R.. 5s5 Kansas Ave.
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Chicago and Return SIC via the

Tickets on sale June is. H. q, o..
Good returning as late as Sept. l. See
agent Santa F'e for particulars.
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Kansas CIty nd Return al.25.

Excursion Sunday. June 8, '02. Special
train leaves Santa F'e deport a. m.
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Miss jeanette Lord, Miss Helen Smith
and Miss Hazel F'assler sent out invi-
tations today for a platform dance to
be given Friday, June Is, at the Lord
residence, 81 Fillmore street. Miss
Margaret Morehouse of Danville, Illi
nois, who is expected next week to visit
Miss Fassler and Miss Martha Criley OF
Kansas City, who viii be with Miss
Lord, viii be the guests Of honor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
LARGEST SHIP AFLOAT.

Belfast, Aug. 21.-The White Star
line steamer Cedric of 81 thousand
tons, the largest liner afoat was sue
cessfully launched at Harland &
VOLTS yards here today. She is 700
feet long, has rs feet beam anddraws
40 1-3 feet of water. Her carrying
capacity is 18,4OO tons, and she has
accommodations for 5000 passengers.
It is expected that the Cedric will
be ready for service in the autumn
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
FOR SHERIFF..

To the Democrats of Wayne county:
The undersigned hereby announces
himself a candidate for the Office of
Sheriff of Wayne county, subject to
the action of the Democratic nomi-
mating convention.
I wish to thank my friends for the
very generous and loyal support they
gave me SO heartily two years ago. I
have not been unmindful of it nor
ceased to appreciate it in the mean
time, and have endeavored at all
times to hold their continued conf
|dence and support.
Should the party in convention
nominate me, as I hope they will, I
shall endeavor to sustain the duties
of the office to the best of myability.
Respectfully,
e. A. STEVENS.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
THE RATCHET BURIED
No Mistake About it This Time, as
This Letter Shows.

This Letter Shows.
Greensboro Record.
j. w. Scott, commander of the
Confederate Camp in Guilford, this
morning received this letter from a
colored man, which fully explains
itself and is a valuable contribution
to history as it is being made these
days. The author is unknown to
the Record, but Mr.. Scott knows
him well. The letter says:
"Observing in Saturdays papers
that you and your committee are
apprehensive as to the sufficiency of
the preparations made for the recep-
ton and entertainment of the Con-
federate Veterans in a cred
liable to our city, permit me, a ne
gro, who has been SO generously
treated all my life, by SO many Con-
federate Veterans, some of whom are
Or will be in your midst, to tender
the enclosed small contribution to
assist in making their stay in our
city alike pleasant to them and sat-
isfactory to us.
"While rejoicing that the Union is
preserved and that slavery no longer
hinders the progress of the South, or
of my people, I admire the devotion
of the Confederate Veterans to the
cause they had been taught to rev
ere and I respect every effort made
to render their declining years happy
in the section they so faithfully
served.
"For these reasons and because,
further, of my desire that everything
that Greensboro undertakes to do
shall be well done I ask you to ac-
cept for the purposes indicated the
enclosed contribution of
GA NEGRO CITIZEN.n
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
WRECK AT SWANNANOA.
No Person Was Killed, Though Two
Cars Rolled Down..the
Embankment.

Asheville, Aug. 22.-The west
bound train, due in Asheville at 1:3O
p. M, was wrecked this afternoon
about a mile this side of Swannanoa.
From that place the citizens got the
following story:
The scene of the wreck is on a
deep fill. The track there is straight
and the only possible reason for the
accident is the spreading of rails.
The train was not running above
speed, it is stated, and nothing was
noticed on the rails by the engineer.
The engine went down, the mail
car, baggage car, second and first
class coaches following, the Pullman
remaining GU the rails.
The cars were we'll filled with pas
sengers, but no was killed. The
baggage and mail cars rolled down
the bank and the first and second
class coaches left the track.
The engineer is somewhat injured,
and the mail agent, J. T. Pace, of
Hendersonville, is hurt, as was the
fireman. The conductor, Captain
Lee, received hurts, but was able to
get to Swannanoa to telegraph tothe
chief dispatcher.
Physicians were summoned from
this city, and hastily gathering nee
essary remedies for first aid to in
jured, left for the station to board
the wrecking train.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
FOR SHERIFF..

I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Sheriff of
Wayne County, subject to the action
of the coming Democratic nominal
ing convention.
During the several terms I have
held this Office 1 have endeavored to
fulfill it's duties faithfully, fearlessly,
and with the least possible expense
to the tax payers of the county; and
I believe my official record will sus-
tain the statement that I have not
been derelict in any duty.
Should the Wayne county Democ-
racy see fit to honor me again with
the nomination, I will deeply appre-
ciate it and serve the county to the
best of my ability.
Very truly,
daw tt, July Is.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28

Walter Bailey, colored, was hang
ed at Selma, Ala, for the murder of
Robert Hunter in October, 1899, at
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
GOSSIP OF THE WORLD.
items OF INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
News of the Stage, Social, POliti-
cal and Otherwise, CuIled
From Our Exchanges.

Walter Bailey, colored, was hang
ed at Selma, Ala, for the murder of
Robert Hunter in October, 1899, at
noon yesterday.
Total bank clearings for the week
ending August 81, r $25, los, 1885,
356; increase 22.9 per cent. Outside
New York, $728, $50, 731; increase 81
per cent.
Some reels of thread in a factory at
Braunton, D~evonshire, have been
chosen as a home by a solitary bee,
which is now actively engaged fill
ing them with honey.
Lectures on the editing and pub
fishing Of newspapers will be given
at the High School for Journalists,
which is to be opened in the autumn
at the University of Berne.
Before the Siberian railway was
available, a trip from London to
Shanghai cost from 1926 to $475.
Now it AN be made for from $65,
third class, to $3.50, first class.
AT the meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Southern Railway yes
terday, the dividend on the prefer
red stock which has been at the rate
-of14 per cent. quarterly, was passed.
Rev. DR.. James K. Hazen, who
for twenty-five years had been secre-
tary of publication of the Southern
Presbyterian General Assembly, died
at his home in Bon Air, les Rich
mond, Va, yesterday.
They are raising lemons in Ind
lana and mint in Ohio. Just across
the river to the South Of these States
the usual State crop is being bar
relied, and there is fun and prosper
ity ahead for three States at least.
About 1900 girl cheroot makers at
the Whitlock branch of the Ameri-
a Cigar Company, Richmond, Va,
went out on a strike, the complaint
being that too large a proportion of
the cherOOts are thrown out as bad
and not paid for.
A paper published in Bucharest,
Roumania, alleges it haslearned that
M. Sarafoff, ex-leader Of the Mace
donian revolutionary committee, has
organized a committee, the object of
which is to effect the assassination of
the Sultan of Turkey.
President Roosevelt entered upon
his New England tour yesterday,
leaving Oyster Bay on the yacht
Sylph. New Haven was the first
point visited. The President was
driven about the city for an hour, ac-
companied by a military escort.
Mrs. Bridget French, said to have
been the originator Of more inven-
tons than any other woman, is dead
at Rochester, n. Y, aged Y years.
She was the inventor of t~hirty-siX
devices, holding patents for them.
The most important was the French
burglar proof lock, from which she
got considerable money. Mrs. French
was born in ireland in 1880, and
when 20 years old came to this coun-
try, settling in Rochester, where she
lived until her death.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28
FOR SALE OR RENT.

FOR RENT-M-s. McDonalds' house
on William St. next door to c. G..
Smiths $40 SO per month: s OOH
house in New town IS so per month;
& room house on Slocumb st. $500
per month,
FOR SALE-Mrs. Bassett's desirable
home and vacant lot adjoining on
Slocumb St; one six room house on
Slocumb ST.: II cheap lots for in
vestments; LOO acres Of land in In
dian Springs township which have
decided to cut up in farmers to suit
the purchaser, his land is adapted
to corn. cotton. tobacco and truck,
has been run down and will be sold
cheap, unit September 1st, after
that time, it will be aiken off the
Market; then I Will lease or rem
about 20 horse crop-this land ad-
Joins J. II. Grant and is IN a splen-
did ne~ighborhood, Seven Springs
road running through b centre. I
will repair and build for tenants
nice houses, this is one of the best
chances for farmers for 1909 that I
know of as IL has rested for Une year
and is equal to new land.
II you wish 10 buy or sell. see
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-14
CORONATION COACHES.
Magnificent Ones Which Will Be
Affected by English Nobility.

One of the grandest of the state
coaches that will attend the coronation
of King Edward will be that which
bears the head of the great house OF
CavenGish, the Duke Of Devonshire and
his duchess. says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. 1t is decorated in the colorS of
the Cavendishes and is much adorned
with silver badges. The arms of the
house are emblazoned in large on the
panels of the doors and in small at the
sides. 1t is comfortable in spite of its
heavy appearance.
The Duke of Marlborough's coach is
also Il magnificent one. and it ought tc
be. for it cost 900. The body is in the
deepest red. and the decorations arc
similar in style to those of the other
coach Tue silver badges are very mas
sive and the hammercioth is curiously
adorned
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-05-14
WhOOping Cough.

A woman who has had experience
with this disease tells how to prevent
any dangerous consequences from it.
She says: ''Our three children took
whooping cough last summer, our baby
boy being then only three months old,
and owing to our giving them Cham
berlain' Cough Remecy they lost none
of their plumpness and came out in
much better health than other chill
dren whose parents did not use the
remedy. Our Oldest little girl would
call Justify for cough syrup between
wboops. Pinkey Hall, Spring
Vile, Ala. This remedy is for sale by
Farrar g. Harris.