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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
FOUGHT TWO ROUNDS.
Interference Then Put an End
to the Battle.

Vinita, I T., April 22.-In fight be-
tween cattlemen west of Collinsville. in
the Cherokee Nation, William Phillips
was killed instantly and William May
field, Jess Skidmore and Lige Johnson
were mortally wounded. All are promi-
nent cattlemen who own pastures near
Oolagah, not far from Collinsville. The
fight was the result of an old feud be-
tween Skidmore and Mayheld, which
had it's origin in a court contest over
some grazing land.
All four men were in Collinsville dur
ing the day, heavily arm ed and appar-
entity expecting trouble. Late in the at
ternoon Skidmore and johnson left for
Oolagah and a few miles west met May
field and Phillips awaiting them by the
roadside. Without any preliminary
words Mayfeld leVelled his shotgun and
fired at Skidnore who received the load
in the right breast. AS the wounded
man reeled from his saddle he turned
his gun on Phillips who had also raised
his gun to fire at him, and shot phil
lips through the heart. AS Skidmore fell
from his horse AIayield turned his gun
on Johnson and both men fired stimuli
taneously Mayfield was wounded in
the shoulder and Johnson in the side
Though desperately wounded the men
fired again and again each mans shot
took effect Friends who had feared
trouble and had followed Skidmore and
johnson from Collinsville, arrived at
this point and prevented the wounded
men from finishing their fight Though
fatally wounded they were attem pting
to reload their guns.
The wounded men and the body of
Phillips were taken into Collinsville.
Skidmore's wounds We're pronounced
fatal and little hope is given for the re-
covery Of the others.
The presence in Collinsville of a large
number of armed men. friends of both
sides, has led the authorities to take
precautions to prevent a possible clash
between them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

900 per annum, and thus justify the as
sertiOn that our shipments Of merehan-
disc during the present year to Porto
Rico seem likely to be as much as IN
the entire five years ending with 1898.
over four-fifths of the merchandise now
brought into Porto Rico Is drawn from
the United States, and a little over one
half of the merchandise shipped from
that island is sent to the United States
The total value of goods shipped from
the island in the eight months ending
with February was So. 619, and of
this sum So. ole. 25S. or 81 per cent, was
to the United States The total value
Of the merchandise received into the is
land during the same period was S.
4ls.07s. OF which s6.Ss 7.052. or g per cent,
was from the United States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
WHEN THE BARS ARE DOWN

WIEN THE BARS ARE DOWN
CON merce between the United States
and Porto Rico is increasing with phe-
nomenal repidity. especially since the
removal of all tariff restrictions in July
OF last year. Our purchases from Porto
Rico are nearly three times as great as
the average during the closing five years
Of Spanish rule in the island, while the
shipments from the United States to
Porto Rico are I'VE times as great as
the average during the five years pre-
ceding the termination of Spanish rule
The receipts Of merchandise from Porto
Rico at the ports of the United States
now range between five and six millions
annually. and the shipments to Porto
Rico, which We're about seven million
dollars in last fiscal year seem likely
to be ten millions in the present fiscal
year. ending June 80
This rapid growth in the movements
of commerce between the ports of the
United States and Porto Rico is pre-
scented by a statement just prepared by
the treasury bureau of statistics, which
shows that the shipments Of domestic
merchandise from the United States to
Porto Rico in the eight months ending
with February amounted to ST. esq
indicating that for the full fiscal year
the total shipments of domestic and for
eign goods from the ports of the United
States to Porto Rico win aggregate
about $4,000 600
The exports from the United States
70 Porto Rico during the I'VE years end
ing with 1898 averaged less than $1,000. =
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

health. " It takes
a person who has
b G e n m a d e
wretched by sick
ne IS to under
stand the Joy Of
health.
There are very
many women who
suffer as did Mrs.
Upton, who might
be cured as She
was by the use of
DR.. Pierce's F'a-
vorite Prescrip-
ton. It E B.
fishes regularity,
dries the drains
which we axe Il
women, heals in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

contribute to the support of the state or
ganizatlon, and the president. Mr. J. S.
Collins. told the writer a short time ago
that if this cooperative organization ex-
pected to succeed they must do business
on business principles. AS this organiza-
ton has been held up as an example to
other organizations of like character, We
consider this remark of especial signifi-
canoe.
Doubtless many of you desire to know
organlzaIlonJ When the suits. to which ]
have already referred. were inaugurated.
few OF our members sent IN their resigna-
tons offering me their sympathy and adj
vising that if 7 got out Of the trouble all
right they would reinstate. 1 am happy
to state, however, that comparatively few
of our members took this view of the sit
nation,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
Bosses Go to work.

New York, April 22-Because the jour
nevmen who have been locked out at
Newark, N J., refused to go back to
work on the terms proposed by their
employers, about fifty boss plumbers
took off their coats and turned in as
iourneymen and helpers in a new apart
ment house The contractor who was
doing the plumbing in the house had
agreed to have It done by May 1, and
hts fellow master plumbers took hold of
the work in order that he might not be
compelled to default on 1he job. Sew
eral policemen were on hand, as trouble
was feared. but the strikers made no
demonstration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
hammatIon and liberation, and cures
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong. sick WOMEN wall

hammation and liberation, and cures
female weakness. 1t makes weak women
strong, sick women well.
vt IS with pleasure I recommend Or. Herce's
medicine writes MIS- Nora Upton of Chopper
(CroPpeT Statton), Shelby Co.. Kentucky. you
remember my case was one of female weakness
and weak lungs had no appetite and would
often spit blood was confined to my bed almost
half Of the time anc could hardly stand on my
teet at tunes Ior the pains through my whole
body and system My husband had to pay large
doctor bills fof me, but since have taken four
bottles Of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, four Of Favorite Prescription and three
walls Of Pleasant Pellets we haven't paid any
more doctor bills. It had been seven months
since stopped using Dr.. Pierce's medicines and
I have been enjoying good health all the time
I can never praise these medicines too highly,
for have received so much benefit I pray that
many who suffer I did will take DR. Pierccss
medicines. am sure they will never fail to
cure when given fair trial. Everybody tells
me look better than they ever saw me. 7 an
sure I teel better than ever did before1
WFavorite Prescription has the testi-
mOny of thousands of women to its COM
plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
accept an unknown and improved sub
stitute IN its place
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are a
ladies' laxative No other medicine
equals them for gentleness and thorough
ness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

Minneapolis Journal: The present
session of congress ought not to ad-
journ without adopting the bill for the
post check currency. We can think OF
no way i'm which congress can do more
for the convenience OF the great masses
of the people Such government
check would be of the greatest utility
to farmers and others remote from q
money order postoffce and would save
much time and annoyance to persons
who dislike to go to a money order
Office and stand in line on a busy day
or bother a bank for a draft for so
small an amount
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

Commissioner Brucker writes from
Berlin to the Worlds fair managers
that he has hopes of inducing the owner
of q rare collection of watches to eX-
hibit them at the St Louis Worlds
fair 1.-THE collection" he says, shows
the Development of the watch from the
beginning to the present time. and some
pieces are a great deal smaller than
penny" The collection contains
piece owned by Charles v of Spain,
manufactured by an artisan in Nurem-
berg. probably the first matchmaker
of all times, and the only one in his
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
CROP CONDITIONS.
Weekly Summary Issued by National
Weather Bureau.

Washington. April 22-The weather
bureaus weekly summary of crop con
ditions is as follows:
The week ending April q was warmer
than the average on the Pacific coast
and Rocky mountain regions, in the
Missouri valley and the northern dis
tricts to the eastward: it was too cool
in the middle Atlantic and southern
states and decidedly dry over the great
er part of the central valleys and mid
die Atlantic states. Rain is badly need
ed throughout the Rocky mountain dis
tricts and central valleys and would
prove beneficial in the middle Atlantic
states while excessive moisture has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
eWALKED OFF PLATFORM.
Boston Woman Breaks Her Leg in
Paris.

New York, April 22.-As the result Of
an accident at the Alma station of the
Metropolitan railway in this city, Mrs
John Corse of Boston who has just ar
rived in Paris from an Italian tour. is
lying at the Hotel Balzac with a COM
pound fracture of the leg, cables the
Paris correspondent of the Herald.
On her arrival she went to the Alma
station to go to the lower part Of the
city. She is nearsighted and, SEEING an
up train arrive, mistoOk it for the one
she wanted and started to walk toward
it, stepping directly off the station plat
form and falling heavily - the tracks
below the station
The guards ran to her assistance and
a physician was hurriedly summoned. It
was found she had sustained a serious
compound fracture Just above the ankle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
e. Davis ID Withdraw.

Manila, April 22.-Datto (chie) Ca
nasi has sent a. delegation to the Amer
lean commander, rendering him the alb
solute submission Of men under his con-
troll.
Brigadier General Davis, in command
at Zamboanga. island of Mindanao, has
acknowledged the receipt from Wash
ington of Instructions to withdraw his
troops from Mindanao, but he urges
that, owing to the present state of af-
fairs. the withdrawal will result in the
absolute loss of American prestige
among the Moros in Mindansn His
orders, however, are explicit.
Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin and his
forces are beyond the reach of the tel
egraphic instructions from Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
TO CLEAN HOUSE.
Resolution in Senate Providing
For Adjournment Of 4 Days.

Washington, April 22--During the
consideration of routine business today
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) presented a resolution
providing for an adjournment of the
senate from Thursday, May /, to Mon
dav. May 5 the object being to afford
time for a spring cleaning of the senate
chamber The resolution went over I'M
der the rules
IN THE HOUSE
Washington, April 22-After some rou-
tine business the house today went into
committee of the whole and took up the
consideration of the senate amendments
to the omnibus claims bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
Bie Coal Deal closed.

wheeling. W. Va. April &c. Fron
& Sons, of St. Clairsville. Belmont
county. Ohio, have closed the biggest
coal deal ever made in eastern Ohio.
when they sold five working n ines and
800 acres of the best coal land in Bel
mont county. to Captain Alfred Hindes
of Pittsburg and Thomas <. Afaher of
Philadelphia, for S7S5,o0 The land IS
traversed by four railroads. TWO branch
es of the Baltimore & Ohio. the c. L. x
" and the w & L. E
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
LACAL MENTION.

Edward and william Bell two Leaven-
worth negroes. have been Indicted by the
grand jury here for stealing from one of
the Leavenworth plumbers.
The trial OF the case against william
I.innbocker. the Manhattan pension attor-
ney. who is charged with altering anida-
Wits in a pension case. is still occupying
the attention of the Judge of the United
states district court. ". c. Hook The
trial of this case began Saturday and will
nrohahlE go 70 the ilnN this evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
piles Cured Without the knife.

itching. Blind Bleeding or Protrudfns
plies. No Cure No Pay. All druggists
authorized 70 refund money where Paza
Ointment fails 10 cure any case of piles
no matter OF how long standing Cures
ordinary cases in six days. the wors.
cases III fourteen days. One application
Elves ease and rest Relieves itching i'm
stantly This is a new discovery and is
the only pile remedy sold on a positive
guarantee no cure no pay. Price Soc ii
your druggist don't keep it in stock sent.
us soc in stamps for it. Paris Med. Co.
St Louis also m'f' t'rs. celebrated cold
cure. Laxative Bromo- luine Tablets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
LFrom the New York Press.l

LFrom the New York Press.l
No amount Of love is sufficient to
broil a beefsteak.
In the latter part Of April all roads
lead to the storage warehouse
lzAnyway, ministers fees to get mar
@ried don't cost as much as lawyers fees
to get unmarried.
Flirting is so necessary to some girls
that if there is nobody else to do it with
they win pick out a picture from
photograph album and f1irt with that.
The most active mathematics Of a
girls life is just before her marriage,
when she tries to figure out the percent
age of presents her wedding invitations
will bring
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

New York. April PA caveat has
been filed. according to a World special
from Freehold. n J.. against the pro-
bate os the viii Of the estate &C Henry
Bennett. the millionaire OF Pittsburg.
Pa. and FarmiHgdale. \. g., who died 4
few days ago at Farmingdale, leaving
the bulk Of his property 10 an actress.
The attorneys filed the document in the
Monmouth county surrogate's Office for
a niece and two nepEews living in Bos-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

After all expenses were paid for the
great Columbian exposition in Chicago
in 1898, the sum of s45o,OOO remained in
the treasury This money is now to be
divided among the stockholders, who
will get a dividend of 40 cents on each
$40 share. The city of Chicago will
come in for 900 of the entire
arnonnf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
Gov. murphy win Resign.

Phoenix. Ariz. April 22-Gov. Murphy
announced this morning that ne will re-
sign Alexander r. Brodie. lieutenant col
onel Of RoOsevelt's Rough Riders will sue
coed him. having already been named BY
President Roosevelt to take the place upon
the eXpiration of MurphN.s term.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
SON SHOOTS FATHER.
Domestic Tragedy Ends Fatally
in Kansas City, KS.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 22.-In kan
sas City, Kan. today John Calhoun, was
shot by his son, Rowland, five times and
fatally wounded The father had at
tackled the boys married sister, Mrs
Lottie Langford and when young Cal
houn interfered. the elder Calhoun at
tackled him with a knife Then young
Calhoun used a revolver in seIf-defense
everyone of the five shots fired by him
taking effect. John Calhoun is So years
old and his son 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

hfndered farm work in portions of the
central gulf states. The latter part of
the week was marked by abnormally
high femperatures in Kansas and Ne
braska. intensifying the drouth condi-
lions in those states. The general
weather conditions, although not con-
ducive to rapid advance of vegetation,
were very favorable for farming opera
lions in nearly all parts of the country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

Old settlers are able to view the
weather conditions of the past two days
with some degree of equanimity, for
they remember when such weather pre-
vailed through a large portion of each
year. Sometimes the wind was hot and
sometimes it was cold, but it nearly al
ways blew gale. The day without
q high wind was an execution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
FAYORS THE SIZE.
Danish Minister Makes Speech For
Transfer.

Copenhagen. April 2E-The Lands
thing today considered. IN open session,
the treaty providing for the sale Of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States. The foreign minister, DR.
Deuntzer. made a strong pro-sale speech
covering the various arguments Of
the opposition against the sale Of The
islands He caused sensation by
reading statements from the United
States official publications, showing
that EstruD the leader of the oppOsi-
ton, offered to sell the islands to the
United States in 1892, when Estrup was
prime minister and minister of finance
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

have folding bed IN the house than a
woman, because it has such a frank.
open way Of shutting up occasionally.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

What the country would really be in
tarested in would be a contest on the
diamond between picked mines Of the
senate and the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

OF course it has been noticed that the
price Of butter advanced simultane-
ously with the passage of the anti
oieornargariue bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

There are about 100000 consumers
of sugar i'm this country and about 80
persons engaged in refining it and the
SO. 100000 are taxed for the benefit OF
tho 90
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

There was great CONSERVATION in the
house when it was discovered that IN
passing the Cuban bill something had
been done for the American consumer
of sugar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

Topeka now has on foot a movement
for union passenger station, a manual
training school and a chamber of com
meree. Among these we should GER
tainly be able to score somewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

indianapolis News: There is aoso-
lutely no reason for a protective tarin
on refined sugar-except TO favor the
fr,11sr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22

The time appears to have arrived
when a little judicious log-rolling on
the part of Republican congressman,
who are opposed to certain features of
the tariff schedule. might accomplish
s,,r7ob
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
EEAE EgloYNEEYgT.

The woman who reads this viii under
stand to the full what Mrs. Upton meant
when she SAYS: u am eniovinp good
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
Grandfatherwas Aide to Washington.

New York, April 22.-Augustus ogden
Halsey of Newark. N. j., a grandson Of
Captain Luther Halsey aide de camp
on the staff of General Washington, is
dead from apoplexy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-22
Ladies and Children.

Second millinery opening Thursday.
Of ladies' and childrens hats. Mrs.
Morrison. Miss B. Wilson. 631 Kan. Az.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
HORSE TRIES TO BOARD CAR.
A PANIC ENsUEs. AND SEVERAL PER
SONS ARE HURT BY FLYING GLASS.

A runaway horse attached TO express
wagon ran into a northbound Broadway Car at
Forty -fourth-st. last night. The result was a
panic in the car, in which several persons were
hurt
The horse was attached to a wagon belonging
TO William Jones, who keeps an express stand
at Fifty-third St and Boardway. and took
fright while in front of the stand. 1t started
down Broadway with the wagon swaying be-
hind and the lines dragging in the street. The
slowing up at a corner, when, ap-
parently il attracted the attention of the fright
ened animal, for he slightly changed his course
and made for the car.
The horse in one bound was on the fender Of
the car, with his front legs paving over the
dashboard. Eric Bwath, the motorman. had
turned off the power, but the continued at
least twenty feet before it came to a standstill
Penned in the narrow confines of the front
platform, Bwath made an effort to evade the
hoofs of the animal He lodged this way and
that but blow fractured his left arm. The
car was well filled, and the passengers walked
one another in their hurry to get out. one
fell the back dashboard into the
street and a woman injured by falling in
her haste TO reach the sidewalk.
The horse managed to work his body forward
on the front rail Of the Then he kicked
out most of the glass in the front of the car
The flying glass scattered over the pas
sengers. and many were cut. F. G. Smedley.
lawyer, of No. 221 West Eighty -third-st., re-
turning from his office, at No. 231 Broadway.
was badly cut about the face and hands.
In the street by this time the excitement was
great. Many persons poured out Of the res
taurants in that neighborhood, and soon
great crowd gathered. Some assisted the fright
ened passengers to alight while others gave
suggestions as 10 how to remove the horse from
the front rail.
Policeman Lynch turned in a call for an am
buance from Roosevelt Hospital, and Dr. Nc
Kelvey, who responded attended TO those who
had been cut. The policeman found that the
two hind legs of the horse, which were dangling
the fender of the car, had been broken
He at shot the animal.
The motorman and Mr.. Smedley were taken to
the hospital.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-17
EEW-ORLEANS RAILWAY AND LIGHT COy.
SOLIDATION

The final plans are just completed for the merg-
Ing under the name of the New Orleans Railways
Company Of all the electric railways gas and cleo
trio light companies OF New Orleans. The com
panies now being absorbed the New-Orlean
Clty railroad. the New-Orleans and Carrollton
Railroad, Light and Power Company the Orleans
Railroad Company; the New-Orleans Gas Light
Company, the New-Oreans Lighting Company and
the New-Orleans Railways Company. The New
Orleans Railways Company is being capitalized
as follows: Fifty year 4l5 per cent sinking fund
gold bonds $O0O0OO0. of which $40 900 are being
issued now 10 acquire existing securities reserving
E,l54OOo for future extensions and improvements
and the remainder reserved to retire existing
bonds as they mature or are exchanged: 4 per cent
cumulative preferred stock, $40 900 600. common
stock. $50 100000 The syndicate is being organized
under the management of the New-York Security
and Trust Company to underwrite the exchange
OF the securities. The participation syndicate sub
seribers receive for each 81 Ooo Subscribed in ad-
1884 81 in preferred stock and T6s % in common
stock. Some OF the most prominent bankers and
financial interests OF this city. New-OrIeans and
Louisville are identified with the enterprise and
the underwriting syndicate, which will be heavily
oyersubscribed from present indications.