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The evening world., 1902-05-06
WIFI
SHOOTS HIMSELF

In a cell in the West Twentieth street
police station, John Mykins, a WIFE
heater, attempted suicide at 100 o'clock
this morning by shooting himself
through the side with a 44-calibre re-
volvcr. He is dying at the New York
Hospital.
His wife, who was nursing a three
weeks-old infant when he last attacked
her, refuses TO go to him.
The Mykins family live at No. 217 West
Nineteenth street, where Mrs. Mykins
is janitress, Her sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter Florence, and Charles, two years
younger, aid In the support of their
mother and fve brothers and sisters.
Their baby sister. Alice, is only six
weeks OLD.
Beat All the Family.
Mykins Is a worthless and brutal fell
low, according to the police. He drank
and lived off the earnings of his wife
and children. Last August he waylaid
his daughter Florence in the street and
tried to take her weeks wages from her.
She escaped him and he followed her
Into the house and thrashed the entire
family. He was sent to the Island for
Six HOutiis put SOt IA aitNi ioh' M
OH his promise 10 reform.
Last night Mykins met his son Charles
on Seventh avenue. The boy would not
speak TO his father. but the latter hailed
him.
I'm be around there tonight and I'll
| finish the whole pack Of you said the
father,
The boy saw his father was in liquor
and fearing he might carry out MS
| threat. notified the police. About -
o'clock Policeman Stanley caught up
| with Mykins In Seventh avenue and
placed him under arrest.
Work of IA Moment.
As the doorman was leaving the
| prison yard he heard the report OF "A
revolver and running back found
Mykins stretched out on his cot aud his
shirt nire.
Anthony opened the cell, put out the
blaze and found a big hole In the man =
side. Underneath MIN was the smok-
ing revolver 4 New York Hospital
ambulance was summoned, AIykins re-
tanned consciousness ana held ON 10
I the tobacco He was offered u drink
Of water, hut refused II, saying he pre-
! feffrd the uuac,O. lie pointed to his
trluser leg whoa asked how he had
4 smuRslrd tho revolver into his cell
A. The hospital the do. tuIs Hald th'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19
DEATHS BY LIGHTNING.
[From American Medicine.

From American Medic1ne.1
The effect of lightning and thunder
upon the mind has been intense from
the days when primitive man invested
his principal gods with the power of
welding the thunderbolts down to time
of the latest "Old Proba bilities'' of an
up-to-date weather bureau. How much
money has been useleSSly wasted upon
lightning rods is impossible to estimate.
1t is pretty certain that the millions
fail to convince the frightened ones that
they as safe in a thunderstorm as
in ordinary going down stairs.
1t is difficult to get accurate figures,
but as near as a caDabfe meteorologist.
Mr.Alfred J. Henry of the United States
weather bureau. can learn. there were
in 1900 in the United States 713 deaths
from lightning. Of this number PIG
were killed in the open. 1853 in the
houses. 81 under trees and Sc in barns.
The circumstances about the rest, Isl,
were unknown. The number more or
less injured were 973. of whom 327 re-
ceived their injuries in houses. 243 in
the open, 81 in barns, and % under
trees. The circumstances under which
the remaining 81 cases occurred are I'M
known There is a common belief that
there is less danger in cities than in
the country, because of metal roofs, tel
egraph and telephone wires, etc which
facilitate silent discharges. There is a
fallacy, however, in this, because the
area of cities as COMPARED with rural
districts is of course so small that rela-
lively few strokes fall within their linn
it's. The more denSely populated the
area the less the death rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19
The grand lodge meeting oil the colo

The grand lodge meeting of the colored
Odd Fellows, which closed it's sessions
here this week, decided to go to Fort Scott
in July, 1903. Officers for the district
grand lodge No. IL, c. U. 0. o. F., were
elected the last evening of the convention
follows:
p. II. Bassett, Chetopa. Kan. D. NJ. NJ
NJ. W. Jackson, Kansas City, Kan, d.
D. G. NJ
P F. Lewis, Emporia, district grand
secretary,
D. D. Hope, Topeka, district grand
treasurer.
]. B. Lewis, Abilene. D. G. D.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19
In the induction of the officers of the

In the induction of the officers of the
woman's auxiliary into their positions,
Mrs Andrew Jack acted as grand chief;
Mrs. Edward Warren, grand guide; and
Mrs. John Nelson, past grand chief.
After the ceremonies proper Mrs. Dollie
Tilford presented Mrs. Wooley, the past
retiring chief with a beautiful badge
reminding her of the position which she
now holds.
For Irwin lodge those who took the
leading part in the exercises were: J.
W. Gibbons, grand master; Edward Nc
Herman, past grand master; William
Fargo, grand guide, and E. E. Lair,
master of ceremonies. Besides the work
of installing the new officers a program
as follows was rendered:
Piano duet-Miss Vida Bush and Prof.
Harvey Worra1L
Vocal solo-Miss Libbie Hill.
+ Song and dance-Master Robbie
Nichols.
Piano solo-Miss Irene McNeill
Song and cakewalk-HazeI Hughes.
Song-A. A Rulings.
Later in the evening the degree teams
of both the women's and mems lodges
gave exhibition drills and at that of the
Irwin team Captain Edward McKiernan
was presented by ]. w. Gibbons with
a costly emblem gold ring. Members of
both degree teams were presented with
handsome bouquets by Mrs. ]. w. Glib
bons The remainder of the time was
spent socially, ice cream and cake be-
ing served.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19
Valuable Time Saved.

Slight injuries often disable a man and
cause several days loss of time and when
blood poison develops, sometimes result in
the loss of a hand or limb. Chamberlain s
Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment When
applied to cuts. bruises and burns it causes
them to heal quickly and without matura-
ton. and prevents any danger of blood
poison. For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19
Need More Help.

Often the over-taxed organs of digestion
cry out for help by dyspepsia's pains, nau-
sea, dizziness, headaches, liver COM
plants bowel disorders. Such troubles
call for prompt use of DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They are gentle, thorough and
guaranteed to cure. Csc at Arnold Drug
Co.. S21 N. Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

lodge No. 260. A o. u w. held a joint
installation of officers at their hail. 704-
706 Kansas avenue recently which
proved to be an interesting event in
the annals of Topeka Workmanship, be-
ing excellently arranged, we'll executed
and attended by three hundred or more
members of the two organization and
of families directly connected with
Them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19
camp will appear in line with its mem

camp will appear in line with its mem
bership mounted. Dover and Silver
Lake have not yet reported, but will
as soon as their part of the programme
is CON pleted- The three Royal Neighbor
teams of this city will be in the parade
with floats and the members in decorat-
ed carriages.
Among the features of the day will
be a battalion drill by the three uni
formed drill teams of the local camps,
assisted by Marshalls band. This will
be a novelty outside of the meetings
of the head camp, and the members OF
the teams are spreading themselves to
make it an event that will be attractive
and strictly up to date. The prize
drill of the teams will not be partiCi-
pated in by the Topeka teams, but all
who come will witness drills by these
crack organizations.
To those who want to hear something
about the order, speakers have been
provided in the persons of A. r. Tai
bot, director of the head camp of Lin
coin. Neb., E. E. Murphy of Leaven-
worth, also director, and Mrs. Lizzie
Groninger of ST. Joseph, Mo-, supervis-
ing special organizer of the Royal
NeighborS.
Every detail of the arrangements to
take care of and entertain the immense
crowds that are expected is in good
hands, and without drawing on the
merchants or the Commercial club the
order will attempt to carry their pro-
gramme to finish and give their
guests a good time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

The suit against the National Surety
company for the collection of the D. W.
Kent bond by the grand lodge of the
Odd Fellows has been transferred from
the Shawnee county district court to the
United States district court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

The grand lodge of the Odd Fellows
will meet at Pittsburg October Is and
16. The encampment meets on the 18th
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

The grand officers of the society will
meet in Topeka in September a few
weeks previous to the grand lodge meet
ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

Naomi Stall of the Rebekah lodge of
Odd Fellows is planning an entertain
ment for the members of the lodge to
occur soon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

The Topeka Knights of Columbus will
assist the St Joseph team in instituting
a lodge at Severance Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

The degree team of Irwin lodge No. 260.
A. o. u w, which has won SO many
prizes recently, will go to Parsons on
August to try to gather in some of the
money that is offered in prizes there for
the best degree teams and bands. The
occasion is to celebrate the 18th annivers-
airy of the Parsons lodge No. l. One thou
sand dollars in money is hung up in
prizes in5llcement to make the
celebration one of the biggest In the his
tory of the order in Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-19

City Ticket Office.
Union Pacific r. R.. 635 Kansas Ave.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
unniInr for The Coionri.

An army surgeon recently returned
from service in the Philippines tells
new story. which is one of the best
that has come from our new posses.
'sions. He says n soldier was serving
in a regiment whose colonel was very
much averse to leaving the comforts
Of n city and who had pull enough to
get himself assigned TO special duty in
Manila. which had caused his absence
from his regiment for several months.
In the meantime portion OF that par
ticular command got into n mix-up
with some stray insurgents. and incl
dentally the soldier referred to had an
eye shot out He put in some time in
the hospital, and when convalescent
was turned loose for walk. As he
strolled down the street he met n
friend. who. seeing the bandage which
hid the cavity. asked him. What hap
pened to your eyer" The soldiers
other eye twinkled. and with true
"dougtboy" wit he replied: II wore
that eye out up-country looking for
that blooming colonel OF mine on the
firing line"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06

avoided those who would have sought
his company. and spent the evening
strollinE along Oxford street and High
Holborn. watching the crowds. smok-
ing innumerable cigars and wrestling
with his thoughts.
AZ the hour grew later he found
himself quite distance from his hotel.
beyond st. Paul's. and even on the
border OF the whitechapei district OF
unenviable fame as one OF the most
notorious slum districts OF the mod
ern Babylon.
II was a weary distance to his ho-
tel. and the marquis naturally looked
around for a cab.
Luck seemed to favor him. for the
voice Of an eager Jehu hailed from
behind.
Tho four-wheeler was one OF the
night-hawk variety. much the worse
for wear. but TO shipwrecked sailor
any port In a storm is good enough:
SO the marquis. with a laugh. bundled
himself inside and sang out his orders.
lie might not have been SO easy In
his mind had he known that a couple
OF fellows swung themselves. one up
with the driver on his seat. and the
other behind the srowler.
Ito be eontipued)
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
rs,se.,y S.ys, Cadet.

The visit of Prince Henry OF Prussia
to the United States naval academy
recalls the personality OF another
prince who entered tho academy as 4
cadct-Prinec Peter OF Orleans. who
was n member OF the class of 1850
and was quite an interesting person
age. He was son of Louis Philippe.
The commandant at the academy made
the mistake OF telling the cadets that
tncy were about to receive a Bourbon
and that they should regard II ns an
honor. The cadets regarded him AZ
one of themselves. however. and for
fear that he might think differently
hazed him as no cadet had ever been
hazcd before. lie took II in n manly
way. and when. as an officer OF high
rank in the navy of France he met
any of his tormcn,ors in any part OF
the world he was always ready to re-
turn good for evil by rendering every
attention to them. Since then. how
ever. different rule prevails at the
acadamy. and cadets from foreign
countries are never hazed. The class
of 1850. to which Prince Peter belong
ed. contained Clark of the Oregon.
Cook of the Brooklyn, Wilde of the
Baltimore lat Manila). Jcary, Mullan.
Crowninshlcld and Glass.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
a mATuIINAl COMEDY.
Intosieated Yeung Men the Aetors aad
q Street Car the stage

intosieated YeunE Men the Actor aad
. street Car the stage
There seems TO bs no end of funny
incidents on surface cars One hap
pened the other day on Third avenue
electric car that approximates pretty
close to taking the palm.
II was near the dawn OF n new day.
when early birds are generally sup
posed TO be In quest for yagrant and
ineonsiderats worms. II was raining
great guns Two young men In nn ad-
yaneed condition OF inebristy got on
n car. the rules OF tn. railroad com
pany In such easea providing to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
They got on nt different streets. so of
course their drunkenness was not
the result of protraeted mutual con-
VITALITY. Again. one was in full eve
ming dress and wore n hat of modern
make and style. The other was
dressed like a tramp-a seeming
Weary Willie" Just come into town
from his rural travels. ana wearIn. a
siouch hat In the las, stage of dilapi-
datlon.
Pretty soon both men wcrc sound
nhir'p. Win u"luh prut tofNaiu auu
resting on their knees Shortly tho
dudes hat fell of his head and then
the tramp'a followed suit. A synpa-
thctie passenger picked them up AMI
put the silk hat on the tramp's head
and vice versa. lie then gave the
tramp shake and told ,.,m he had
reached his street. Tho bell was runs
and he was helped to the rear platform
and on the car aud there left to enjoy
the hy.icnie benefits OF n cold shower
bath.
Two or three blocks further on the
dude with tho trsmps hat on his head
was submitted TO the Anrn- Piuvian
process OF SOLDERING up. Tho sequel ls
left TO tho readers Imagination. rays
the New York Times OF course. the
conductor was an important factor In
this rare mstutinai comedy.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
IN, u,,.,,, nv In x,n,uel,.

II. d. Hersey, Director Kentucky
Weather Bureau: Since the recent ad-
vance in the price of wheat, this crop
has become a favorite with Kentucky
farmers and the acreage sown has
steadily increased. with this increas-
ing acreage, there has been a grow
ing abundance of the Hessian fy. Las;
years sowing suffered especially. ow-
ing to prolonged period OF mild
weather at the time of planting.
Probably very little of what was sown
in some localities escaped injury.
This injury suffered by late-sown
wheat has led some farmers to become
skeptical as to the advantage resulting
from late planting. The skepticism is
unwarranted by the facts. when all
are known and considered. 1t is well
enough understood here that when
cold weather comes, and especially
after a few very heavy frosts. the
adult mosquitoes that frequent dwell
ings disappear. The Hessian fly In a
very similar insect. 1t is somewhat
smaller, but has the same general
form, long and slender legs. etc. As
an adult. it does not endure cold any
better than a mosquito, and the fact
explains why delaying planting as
long as practicable results in less in
jury to wheat. The adult Hessian flies
have simply placed their eggs on other
late planted wheat came up.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
tn. Campbell, Method Approved.

Several years ago. when Mr.. Camp
bell was publishing through tho coun-
try the wonderful things that his sys-
tom OF soil culture would do. ho re-
ccivcd small attention. We thought
then. and think now. that his hystcm
is OF no particular use In Illinois.
Wisconsin and adjoining states or In
other states where tho supply OF soil
moisture is ample In most years. The
system seems to be particularly adap-
ted to the lands In the moro arid re-
s!ons. especially where those lands
have the soil water long distances
from the surface. For some years now
tho system has been tried In Western
Kansas. and favorable reports arc re-
ecivcd from II. Professor II. n. Cot
trcil. OF tho Kansas Experiment Sta
ton. Ia particularly enthusiastic In
support of Il for Kansas. He relates
many circumstances where Il has CIV
en- good sized crops where all others
have failed. and says that every farm
or In Western Kansas should give IL
trial. Mr.. Campbell has purchased o
farm Mt Hill City. Graham County,
Kansas. on which he Is showing what
his method can do. Tho farm was one
of the most unproductive ones in the
county. the crops generally failing on
account OF drouth. Mr.. Campbell has
changed all that. Tho crops grown
on his lands last year wore good ones
while crops grown by other methods
failed. II may be that the Campbell
soil culture will yet push the line OF
profitable farming further west.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
s,,,,,,r ,,,,, Tree. 1. n,o,m.

One OF the Investigations being un-
dertakcn this season by the depart
mcnt of horticulture In the College
OF Agriculture at the University Of
Illinois has reference to the matter OF
spraying fruit trees in bloom. Pre-
liminary experiments made last year
indicate that the blossoms which are
hit by the spray before being fertil-
lied fail to set fruit. owing to the
fact that the pistils arc injured by :ae
spraying material. The experiments
this season have in view the dete.:nin-
n,ion OF the nature and extent of the
injury to both pistils and pollen. and
the effect upon the quality and guam
tity of the crop.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
s.a.nn. In ror,e Rlce.


The question when to plant?" Is q
puzzlcr to the Porto Rico agricultur.
ist. It seems to make no great differ
rncc when crop is plantcd-thc re-
suit Is always the samoa good har.
vest. Some years ago. one Of the Is.
lands most enthusiastic agriculturists,
in endcavoring to force Nature to di.
vulgc her season secret, planted n patch
of corn each month consecutivcly for
n year with the result that sixteen
months from the time OF the first
planting he was rewarded with his
twelfth good crop. There was a slight
difference in the height of the Dccem.
ber crop from the other eleven and II,
was n few days longer in riponing. but
aside from these two differences. there
was nothing to show that Nature ia.
vored one crop more than another.
Another prominent grower. in expert
menting with pineapples. produced an
abundance Of this fruit in March. fully
three months before its season"
These two citations OF the many like
experiments that have been made on
the island. make It easy to understand
how 1t is possible for the people in the
United States to have fresh fruit and
vegetables 365 days in the year.
Porto Rico Agricultural Journal.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06
Old Time I,outlon.

The population of the city of Lon
uon in the year 1880 has been estimat-
ed at $4,000 souls. In that year John
Lyly was the most fashionable author.
and Sir Philip Sidney was the darling
OF the court. Edmund Spencer had
just leaped to his immediate and last
ing popularity. and Shakespeare was
courting Anne Hathaway in the green
lanes of Warwickshire, not limo of
his dramas so much as thought of. 1t
was not until twenty-five years later.
when King James had come to the
throne. that the city came to number
100000. London was then. as now,
the center of the Englisn-speaking
world. but that world was smaller in
population than our single states of
Pennsylvania or New York. and inter
ests, political. social and literary were
concentrated in the metropolis to de-
gree far beyond the present. even In
England.-Professor Felix E. Schelling
in Lippincott's Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06

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has cured and is curing thousands OF
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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-06-06


And then-he always stopped al
this point. as though what further
vengeance the gods OF retaliation
would innict depended on eireum'
stances. only that 1t was his full de
sign she should feel the bitterness OF
death and desertion that had wruns
his heart and turned II to stone.
Fedora was under some species OF
spell.
She even knew not herself what II
meant.
This remarkable man interested her
he seemed to arouse some half sium'
bering memory that came as might
vague dream-a memory that must
have been pleasant. for 1t had an In
toxicatins effect
The strangeness of the sensation
aroused her curiosity; she could not
tell why she was drawn so irresistipiy
toward this biaek.bearded American
nabob, who had set the sossips oil
London agog. whose name was on
every lip. and of whom she hnd even
heard the captain proudly menuoh
more than once at the table as my
friend the Marquis" Nor did she
make any strong effort Ut resistance
Just as one is caught by swift cur
rent and drawn on so rapidly that the
senses grow confused.
What NOR. natural than that she
should ask him TO call. either during
her usual hour for receiving. or later
when the captain might be at home
to enjoy n cigar with him M they com
pared notes on adventurous travels
in the junIles and forests OF Africa
and America.
The Marquis promised to take ad'
vantage OF the nrst opportunity; then
others came up and their teie'a''ete
WINS broken