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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Messenger Boy Hides StealIngs
in Brick Wall.
Had Been Entrusted With a Va
lise to Garry to Depot.
TOOK DIAMOND RINGS.
For a Long Time Denied Being
Guilty of Theft.
Clever Trick of Wichita Lad
Who Is Not Amateur.

Wichita, Kan, Dec 25-The Eagle says.
James Rooney was arrested yesterday
by the police for stealing some jewelry
from a valise belonging to Miss Shattuck.
The culprit is not quite 16 yeasr old and
has been working for messenger com
pany He was intrusted with the valise 10
take to the Santa Fe depot Sunday even
ing At the alley on thee first block on
North Main street he dropped the valise
and it was broken open.
The young man delivered the valise TO
the Rock Island instead of to the Santa
Fe depot and when it came time to
check it and it was missing, a search was
instituted. 1t was found and identified.
and being broken open, the owner looked
into it and found some fine rings and a dia-
nond stick pin missing.
James Rooney was questioned and at
first told a very straight story, and it vas
supposed that the valise had beer broken
into at the depot On further investigation
suspicion seemed to point to the young
messenger, and he was again arrested ana
sweated. He 6ivrlged everything and told
where he had hidden the stuff. He took
the valise up the alley and thoroughly
searched it. taking what he wanted.
This boy in loafng around had found
brick loose in the back wall Of the Old
county building, corner of First and Main
streets. He pulled out this brick and
found another loose one The inner brick
was removed and there was Il nice re-
ceptacle for hiding anything. The lad had
also taken a rubber shoe from the valise
and into this he put the pins and rings
and placed all in the hole in the wall. ard
there they were found yesterday After
this confession the young man stated that
this was not his first offense in this line
A state warrant will be sworn out today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Noted Horses Reach Lexington.

Z Lexington, KY, Dec. 25.-The noted
Suburban winner Alcedo, by imp EsheT-
Elopement, by HindOo by L. " Bell,
and the recent importation Hawkswick,
by st. Simon laisanterie. winner of the
Gambridgeshfre and Czarowitch handi-
caps, bought in England by Henry T.
9xnard, president of the sugar trust,
arrived here from New York to go in
the stud at the Willamette farm of John
b. Ewing. With the horses came the
brod mare imp. Spanish Match, by
Royal HamptOn-Allumeuse and the i'm
ported bay 2-year-old flly by Royal
HamDton-Bonnie Dundee II, bought by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25

time the price looks small, but when the
National and American leagues get
through with the chopping Of salaries So
900 will look like fortune to the very
greatest of baseball stars
The announcement in Detroit and C1eve-
land that there would be no Sunday base
ball played in those cities next year by
American league clubs has created very
favorable comment for the teams of those
towns Cleveland could not gain the con-
sent of the authorities for Sunday games
and the team played the visitors in neigh
boring cities, but it did not bring good
financial returns At Detroit the Sabbath
games were not very popular and it is
believed that to cut them out entirely will
be better for both clubs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
GAS PRESSURE roo STRONG.
Causes Two Fires in Night at COT
feYville.

Coffeyville Kan, Dec. 25.-Two fires oc-
CURED here between dark Tuesday night
and daylight of Wednesday. a too strong
pressure of natural gas was the cause i'll
each case. The first fire was in a box
car used as q tool house in the Missouri
Pacific yards, at S o'clock in the evening.
The other was in the city jail, where
there were six prisoners confined, at APO
o'clock this morning. The fire depart
ment in each instance arrived in time to
save the buildings. The officers got their
prisoners out of the Jail before they were
hurt, but they We're badly frightened and
their cries for help could be heard for
several blocks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Duel of Man and Muskrat.

Pottsviile. Pa. Dec William Lew
is of Minersville while adjusting his
skates at the ice park, late this after
noon. was attacked by a large muskrat
The animal which was lean from
hunger, returned to tackle him again
and again. Lewis each time beating it
off with his skates
After being being severely bitten Lew
is managed to kill the rodent It was
the largest species of n1uskrat ever seen
in these parts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
The Gas Exploded.

Mr.. Ed Kendall undertook to light the
gas in a cook stove a day or two ago.
He turned on the gas and then struck a
match. The match went out so he
walked across the room for another,
leaving the gas turned on. When he
applied the second match there was an
explosion which looked TO him like the
eruption of Mount Pelee. The top of
the stove was lifted UP, the stove pipe
knocked into smithereens, and the house
was filled with SCOT and sulDhurouS
fumes. Mr.. Kendall made a break for
the door but found it locked. so he
dived into a corner and waited with fear
and trembling for the next eruption. AS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Bernstein a Bankrupt.

New York. Dec. 25.--"Joe'' Bernstein
actor and prize fighter who gives his
address as the Occidental hotel. at
Brcome street and the BOwery. has filed
a petition in bankruptcy in the United
states district court. He places his
total Indebtedness at $1.572. He has no
asSets,-.he says. aside from two suits of
e'othes If the value of $50, one overcoas
20 six s'lits of underwear $15 one hat
IS. four sweaters Sl2, gents furnish
ings" so, ,,oxing costume and gloves
so and three pairs of shoes s., amount
ing in all to 1923 which are claimed to
be exemated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Mayor Gave Fifty Turkeys.

Parsons, Kan, Dec. 25--The poor of
Parsons will be bountifully cared for by
the Ladies' Missionary, society Mayor
Busby personally contributed fifty tur-
keys to the society and another generous
citizen sent forty packages, each con-
tanning a chicken, a good roast of beef
and a peck of potatoes. Grocers, bakers
and others have contributed other things
so that every poor person in the city will
be well fed. Money. fuel and clothing
have been contributed in unusually gem
erous quantities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
q Naw Enisconal Church.

Fort Scott. Dec. 25-The promoters of
the new Episcopal church building state
that work on the edifice will probably
commence some time next weeiz The
contract has not yet been let but It will
be in short time All of the money
necessary for the construction has about
been subscribed. 1t is the intention Of
the vestry to sell the present building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Abilene Wants Mounted Carrier.

Abilene Kan. Dec. 5.-Inspector
Shufner of the United States mail ser
vice is here to look over the town with
a prospect of adding a mounted carrier to
the free delivery service. The present
carrier force is too small to cover the
city's full territory and the carrier on
horseback will. if secured. serve the re-
mote additions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
freedman Still in the Game.

New York, Dec. 25.--Andrew Freedman
has declared himself into baseball again.
Under the instructions of the real owner
OF the New York club, John T. Brush
issued the statement declaring that Dele
hanty must play in New York If the
American league insists on Delehanty re-
turning to Washington there will be no
peace, as Freedman would shut up the
polo grounds before yielding. All the in
dications point to pretty fight when the
peace committees meet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
sd. Vrain Inc1dant Cloaad.

Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 25.-AII baseball
litigation over the noted st. Vrain- Evans
Babb squabble in the Southern league has
been declared off. Attorney Caruthers is
in receipt of a telegram from President
kavanaugh advising the suit pending
against the Memphis association and
Charley Frank be quashed. This con-
Guides the agreement effected at Birming-
ham last week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
o'Laughlin Sticks to American.

Rochester, N Y, Dec. 25.-Umpire
Silk" O'Laughlin has signed an Ameri-
can league contract for three years. The
action was the result Of a visit bv Ban
Johnson to this city last week silk
was hating between two offers when
Johnson.in his usual way. visited Roches-
ter quietly. and persuaded the local man
to agree to make a long contract at a
handsome figure
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Sentence of Rvno.

Mcpherson, Kas., Dec c5.-Judge NJ.
p Simpson will not sentence A. E.
slaughter in the fourth degree, until
after New Years. The court has ad
journed until after Christmas and prob
ably until after New Years. The SEN
tence of Ryno will be from three to five
years in the Denitentiary or not less
than six months in the county jail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Rest Room for lola.

lola, Dec. 25-Some of the lola ladies
have, for the last few months, been ag
itating the question of a rest room and
coffee house. The agitation has finally
eliminated in the rental of the Acres
building on West Madison avenue for
that purpose and the ladies are now
quietly soliciting funds for the main
tenance OF the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Miller to Coach Earlham Eleven.

Richmond Ind, Dec. 25.-Miller, Pur-
dues great football player. has signed a
contract to coach the Earlham college
eleven next season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25

John f. Madden for 81, 900. Eastern par
ties secured a ten days option on j. B.
T0dd's sensational yearling chestnut
colt, by Boanerges- Crenan, by kos
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25

all the stray gas had been ignited in
the first blast. however, there was no
further demonstration. Mr.. Kendall
knows heap more about gas than ne
did.-Elk City Enterprise.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
Too Many Effects.

The citizens of Panther Hill had
turned out to a man to hang Bill Hem
derson for the mu1Rer of Joe Davis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bronco uinine Tablets This
signature <eHK a on every box.25c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-25
The Golden State limited

Leaves Topeka every evening at 500,
arriving Chicago 1890 a. m. New York
1s30 second afternoon
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
WYOMING

CHEYENNE, wyo.. Nov h-(special
TelegrsmjCReturns received from forty
five precincts indicate the republicans have
scored a complete victory on congressional
state and legislative tickets. Frank w.
Mondel1. republican candidate for, congress,
heads the ticket and will probably be given
the largest plurality ever accorded a can
didate in Wyoming. His vote is double
that OF Clemmons. the democratic candi-
date. Chairman Van Orsdeil of the re-
publican state committee. claims the cleo
tion of Mondell by 1000 plurality, the
state ticket by pluralities ranging from
$500 to 1000 and the election OF every
member OF the legislature.
Chairman Hammond of the democratic
committee is hopeful OF e~lecting Beck gov
ernor. Hunter treasurer and at least
twenty-five members OF the legislature.
A conservative estimate. based upon a
comparison with the vote of 1898, gives the
republicans on joint ballot in the legisls
ture 50 and the democrats s. The socialists
are in the field, but their ticket is secur-
ing only a few votes.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
SOUTH DAKOTA

DEADWO0D, S. d., Nov. Especial Tel
egram. )-Returns from all the precincts
in Lawrence county, with the exception OF
three or four small ones in the mountains,
give Martin lrep.) for congress / 300 major
ity; Burke (rep.) for congress, LOO; Her
reid (rep) for governor. 1,1OO. The re-
publican county ticket has been elected
by from 300 to 1.100 majority, not a demo-
crat' getting in. Chairman Ayres OF the
state central committee has advices from
Butte county which give the congressman
and other candidates on the republican
state and county ticket from 240 to 100
majority, with the exception OF sherif. II
is believed that Moses (dem) has been
elected. Pennington county gives the re-
publican congressional. county and state
ticket a majority ranging from GOO to 400.
Custer county has given a republican ma
iority ranging from 200 to 15O.
PIERRE, S. D.. Nov. 4.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Returns from Pierre City, Blunt.
Harold and Buckeye give: Burke. 1912;
Martin, 81; Herreid, al; Wilson, 80; Rob
inson, 50; Martin. 81. The republican legls-
lative ticket is elected without opposition
c. c. Bennett, senate; A w. Gerhard.
Thomas NJ. Goddard. house. Republican
county ticket. all elected; j.. W. Laugh
lin, sheriff; c. A. Bartlett. treasurer; L.
s. Westfall. auditor; ", c.. Notemeyer, reg,
ister; J. W Morse. clerk Of courts; Maude
R.. Carter, superintendent OF schools; I. W,
Goodner. attorney.
MITCHELL, s. D., Nov. ~4-(speeial Tele-
g~ram.)-The entire republican ticket was
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
SHE IS A WHISKY DRUMMER.
Believed TO Re the only Woman In
the ess.

Believed TO Re the only Woman In
the Business.
The lineman Of the old joke who, perched
on a sixty-foot pole. boasted that however
women might invade other fields of men,
his job was safe. would probably have
felt less security in his high calling had
he heard OF Mrsf II. Rueger of New York.
Mrs. Ruegeryis a whisky drummer, re-
ports the New York Jul The field she
covers is conservative New England, and
all along her route a ripple Of comment is
caused by this feminine invasion of a hith-
erto distinctly masculine occupation.
The presence of women in barrooms is a
spectacle not often Witnessed In New Eng
land towns. Consequently when the woman
whisky drummer enters, business is tenn
p~orarily suspended.
Her calls are therefore brief and to the
point, for she is the last to wish to dis
courage trade. Quickly she tells her story
of the merits OF her wares and as quickly
writes down orders and leaves.
From her appearance Mrs, .Rueger might
be the matron OF an orphan asylum. She
sells whisky strictly on its merits and not
by her personal charms. She dresses
neatly, talks in a brisk, businesslike man
ner and has the reputation Of being a good
fellow.
She looks upon her work as a legitimate
calling for women and that. she at least, is
a success at 1t is acknowledged. Her
earnings are comfortable.
Men treat me courteously," said Mrs.
Rueger. AZ have never been rudeIy ad-
dressed, though they aren't used to seeing
a woman in nay line of business and at
first the impression is apt to be misleading.
81 walk into a saloon, hotel OF club and
state why l am there and put forward the
merits OF my goods. The whisky dealers
either buy or they don't. That closes the
incident and l hurry on. for l am a busy
woman.
YES, / think l am the only woman in
America who sells whisky. One disagree
able feature Of the business is that I am
obliged to take from fifteen to 100 drinks
in a day, Just as the men statesmen have 10.
Otherwise selling whisky is not much diff
ferent from selling anything else"
To avoid an encounter with Carrie Nation
Mrs. Rueger has been forced to make
changes in her route, where it intersected
that of the Kansas cyclone, She admits
she left New Haven when she heard Of the
hatchet- WieldeT's arrival in that city.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05

over night. nd the worst of 1t is that
these pictures will not be fancy portraits,
I'm which beldames of so arc shown as sim
pering .maidens and men of exiguous di-
mansions are designed according to the
front elevation of Goliath, but they will
have an awful realism about them. so that
the victims own friends must recognize
them and will be unable TO deny, their au-
thenticity.
There are people capable of acclaiming
the "electrograph' as a signal feat in
civilization, an advance instead of a back
sliding They maunder about the useful
ness of this deadly machine because the
features Of an escaping criminal can travel
alongside his train and arrive before him
at his destination, thus enabling the police
to meet him at the station with a portrait
in and for purposes of Identification
Witless, they do not reflect that for the
sake OF a little usefulness great damage
may ensue. Appalling is the thought that
a great ~financier on whom the price of
stocks depends may be kodaked when suf-
fering from a toothache. and the express
sion OF haggardness incidental thereto may
be registered the next day in the morning
press, with the result. that a panic starts.
Our own city crop of -''ugly mugs goes a
long way to- make pessimists over break
fast tables; but the electrograph adds the
pictures of everybody between Pekin and
Lands End, between Cape Cod and Golden
Gate, and darkens thereby our lives. Moth
ing stands in the way Of using wireless
telegraphy when the process becomes thor
oughly understood, and then we can never
know when the picture Of our most de-
tested foe may be hurtling through us to
be registered In the hall Of fame Of some
orocus- colored sheet. ,-.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
now KINGS PAY DOCTORS.
Great Fees Derived from Attendance
on Royal Patients.

The coronation baronetcy conferred on Sir
Frederick Treves will not be the great sur
geon's only reward for his successful con-
veyance OF the king "out OF danger" re-
ports the London Chronicle. For his four
weeks attendance at ssndringham and re-
covery Of the king from typhoid fever in
1871 Sir William Gull received $40. 900, as
well as the dignity OF bsronet. Twice the
amount was paid to Sir Morrell Mackenzie
for his treatment Of the late Emperor Fred
erick, and in addition he was presented
with the order Of the Red Eagle.
The doctors who attended Queen Victoria
in her last illness received 1000 g~uineas
each. But the record in medical fees is
held by the ancestor Of the present lord
mayor Of London, DR.. Dimsdale. who re-
ceived for his journey to st. Petersburg
and vaccination Of the Empress Catherine
II 10000 as his fee. R5, 900 for travelling
expenses and also the title Of tho baron
and a life pension Of $500 q year.
Sir Frederick Treves has certainly earned
a generous reward for his skill. At little
more than a months notice he placed his
whole time at the kings service, and for
at least seven days and nights he never
went TO bed, snatching sleep at Buckingham
Palace at odd moments. His daughters
wedding occurred during those critical
days. and It was only when she herself
drove to the palace and put the case before
her father that he took a hurried half hour
to attend the quiet ceremony.
The medical men who are attending the
king are all attached to ais najesty's
household, some in honorary capacities and
others under nominal pay. For instance,
Sir Thomas Barlow. as physician to the
household, is in receipt Of a small salary,
while Sir Frederick Treves and Sir Thomas
Smith. as honorary sergeant surgeons
are not in receipt of pay. Nor can they, by
reason Of court usage. send in a bill for
services rendered. The king may, and
usually does, send the "honoraries' a rec
ompense of some sort which compares more
than favorably with honorariums received
from private persons.
The surgeons and physicians to the house
hold, such as Sir Francis Laking, Sir
Thomas Barlow, DR.. Hewitt, Mr.. Allin CHAM
and Mr.. Fripp, are in receipt of from &200
to $500 per year, for which they are ex-
| pected to attend upon all the members OF
the royal household without further charge.
For instance. IL a royal scullery maid so
far rises above her station as to acquire
"housemaid's knee she has the attention
OF the most skillful medical men in the
country. A call from a private patient,
worth perhaps e20O, is neglected for this
summon from the royal s%cullery. II the
wife of the master of the household OF the
subdean of the chapel royal, or the master
OF music. OF the captain OF the yeomen OF
the guard, wish 1t, they may have the ad-
vice of any Of these gentlemen without pay
In0 for a.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-05
MAKER or THE CARDIFF GIANT.
Author Of the Fnmou Hoax Joins Ia
Majority.

Majority.
Not until George Hull, the maker of the
Cardiff giant, was buried at Binghamton,
n. Y, last Week did the facts about that
famous hoax become known. All the stories
that have been printed about it. reports
the New York Herald, were declared in
accurate by Hull. A remarkable feature
OF the case is that, while Hull made the
alleged giant, he gave all the credit Of
success y fooling the public to his part
ner. David Hannum of Homer, n. Y, who
was the original of David Harum' in
Mr.. Westcott's novel.
Hull was a cigar manufacturer in Bing-
hamton. The idea of the Cardiff giant
came to MIN in 1867, while he was in Wis
%consin, and got into a controversy will a
clergyman over the truthfulness of the
story of Goliath aud David. He secured a
large piece OF gypsum from a quarry at
Fort Dodge, Ia, and had 1t sent to Chi
eago, where it was chiseled into the form
of a man. The application OF acid gave
it the appearance OF age. The giant was
then boxed up and shipped 70 rnion. min
miles west Of Binghamton. From there Il
was drawn by a four-horse team at night
TO Cardiff, near Syracuse, where it vas
buried on the farm of a cousin of Hull,
named Newell. There II was left for a
year, the field being sawn 10 grain the
next spring.
In October, 1869, Newell engaged some
workmen to dig a well at a place which
he selected. When they had gone several
feet they unearthed a remarkable image,
which soon attracted much attention, and
which scientists declared was undoubtedly
the p~etrihed body of a prehistoric giant.
In a short time the wonderful giant was
started on a tour of the country, when it
was viewed by thousands OF people, who paid
so cents apiece. Hull did not appear in
the management. Of the show. That was
managed by David Hannum. This was an
escapade from which Hannum derived
much satisfaction. Both he and Hull al
ways referred with pride to the manner
in which they, fooled the people"
At one time Hanpum was on a Lacks-
wanna train going from Syracuse to Cort-
land. In his Characteristic way he was
occupying nearly all of the car seat, when
a young man came in and ordered the old
man to move along. Mr.. Hannum did not
like the manner in which the younger
man spoke to him and refused to move.
"See here, do you know who / amp"
asked the angry stranger. my name is
Sloan, and my father is president of this
| railroad" q,
Sec here. young Teller, do you know
who / am?" drawled the older man. My
name is Dave Hannum, an I'm the father
of the Cardiff giant"
Hull and Hannum cleared about $4,000
each out of the piece of gypsum before the
hoax was discovered. Hull continued in
the cigar business in Binghamton for sew
erali years after he exploited the giant.
About fifteen years ago he retired.