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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10

er interna tional interests and affecting
the general Balkan question. 1t was
stated today by a diplomat in a position
to know the cars policy, hat the erl-
peror had no intention of precipitating
war and that before dealing with the In
ternational situation in Turkey Russia
will communicate with Austria and ac-
quaint the other signatories of the Ber-
lin treaty with, at least, part OF her
plans.
FURTHER FIGHTING.
Salonica, Aug. 10.-Further lighting
occurred near Sorovitch, the Turkish
troops coming into collision at the VII
lage of Kailar with a large lnsurgent
band.
Twenty four battalions have been or
dered to proceed to the revolutionary dis
tricts in Macedonia from Anatolia,
Rushi- -Pasha passed through Salonica
today with two battalions on his way to
Monastir.
BLEW UP CUSTOM HOUSE.
Vienna. Aug. 1O.-According to a dis
patch from Salonica, the insurgents last
evening blew up with dynamite the GUS
tom house at Zibevche, on the Servian
frontier. There were no fatalities.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
CRAZY, DARES DEATH.
Maddened Man Leaps From Nov
ing Train to Another.

Omaha Aug. 1O.-Crazed by the in
huences of morphine and cocaine Dr. F.
Reynolds of st. Joseph, Mo. made
flying leap from a chair car window on
the Burlington limited train from the
west, caught a freight train which al
ready was under way from the siding
at Bradshaw, Neb., ran up a car ladder
with agility, tore along the tops of 20
freight cars, finally jumping upon the
coal heap in the engine and rolling like
ball into the cab of the freight.
The man. pallid and emaciated, got
on the train at Broken Bow early in th=
morning. He appeared to be an invalid.
He had money and several pieces of
hand baggage. He was scarcely noticed
until he suddenly rose in his seat and
shouted that his circulation had stop
ped, begging somebody to give him
whisky
A passenger took him into the dining
car, where Stimulants were given after
which Reynolds quieted down. He re-
fused food, but Conductor WiIks saw
him swallow four or five small white
tablets.
Between Broken Bow and Ravenna
the man was busy writing kilograms,
none saying more than the date St.
Joseph Mo.
At Bradshaw the limited passed a
through freight on a long siding. Just
at this moment DIR. Reynolds made the
wild leap through the window of the
chair car He landed on his feet turn
ed, and ran back along the track until
the last sleeper passed him. Then he
caught the ladder of car which was
moving at least ten miles an hour. Not
till the man had rolled over the coal
into the cab did the engineer of the
freight know of the passenger he was
carrying
| Reynolds was OVerpOwered. and the
news was telegraphed to York. and the
sheriff was at the station to take charge
| of the man
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
DEVICE FOR WOOING SLEEP
To Quiet the Brain Begin With Move
ments of the Feet.

Most of the mental devices for wooing
sleep have failed because they have
nearly always tried to resort to local
treatment" in other words, they have
made a homeopathic attempt to stop
thinking by thinking about something
elsa process which might also be
called ''elimina tion by substitution. But
all thinking, spontaneous or forced,
draws more or less blood to the brain,
prevents deep inhalations and bars the
gate to the kingdom of dreams. Any
device, on the other hand. which will
make one take deep, long breaths spon-
taneously (the invaria BILE fOrerunner of
sleep) may be counted upon as a genu-
inc remedy for insomnia. Even deep
breathing which is forced is better than
any purely mental attempt to win sleep.
But if the deep breathing can be pro-
duced involuntarily one is sure of a
passport to Nodland. After several
nights of experiment to this end the
present writer decided to apply the
principle adopted by the masseurs, who
begin their manipulations ''at the point
farthest from the seat of difficulty,
which in the case of insomnia. would
be the feet Lying on the right side
with the knees together, and consider
ably fiexed, the victim of insomnia
should begin to pedal both his feet
slowly UP and down. with the move
ment entirely in the ankles. The pedal
ing should keep time with the natural
rhythm of respiration and be continued
until it is followed by deep and spon-
taneous breathing Several people who
have tried this remedy report that IN
voluntary deep breathing invariably be-
gins before they have pedaled up and
down dozen times. In obstinate cases
of insomnia the patient may need tc
keep up the pedaling two or three min
utes or even more, with intermissions, II
necessary. The treatment may also bt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
SALINE COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Salaries of the Teachers Will Be
Larger This Year.

Salina, Kas., Aug. 10.-The journal
says: County Superintendent Corbett is
in receipt of the names of all the teach
ers selected for the district schools this
year, except one. Altogether there are
81 schools and 9S teachers in the county,
outside the city of Salina.
1t cost the county 100000 to maintain
the schools last year and Salina paid out
$50, 900 for the same purpose. The cost
this year viii be more, as there is an
increase in the average amount of wages
paid to the new teachers. The teachers,
it seems. demanded more than they had
been receiving and in a great many
cases the demand was complied with
and the pedagogues this year will get
better compensa ton for their labors.
The wages in Saline county are still
not as good as received by teachers Of
many of the surrounding counties, but
the terms are longer and in the end
they fare about as well. There are but
five $50 schools in the county now and
about three $50 positions. The average
wage is about $40. Each district main
tains its own school and the salary is
fixed by the directors The levy for
school purposes in the different districts
varies from to 20 mills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
FOUND A WAY OUT
North Topeka People Tired of
Dilatory Action.
While Council Quibbles They Go
to Work.
DRAIN OFF THE LAKE.
Water Is Now Running Into
Soldier Greek.
Forty Men Help in Digging a
Ditch.
DRAIN OFF THE LAKE.

Forty men armed with shovels gath
cred on North Taylor street Sunday
morning and cut a channel through
from the lake. that has stood west of
North Topeka ever since the flood. and
let the water out into the channel that
was formed through North Topeka to
Soldier creek. The ditch was finished
at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon, covered
with a culvert so vehicles might pass.
and has been steadily pouring out the
water from the lake ever since. So far
the city authorities, who objected to
the drainage of the lake by that means
before when H E. Gaines opened a
ditch in the same place. have made no
interference.
Gaines led the party which opened 1t
yesterday. He says the men who did
the work will resist if the city attempts
to close the ditch again, because they
have become tired of the delay about
emptying the lake and do not propose
to wait longer. Gaines said today:
About two hundred and fifty acres
of land in the city and out are covered
with water and have been ever since
the flood. The lake has shown no signs
of drying UP, and is growing with every
rain. There are about six blocks of
city property under water and men
have been sitting on my back fence
catching fish. Notices were sent out
to about forty men who wanted the
lake drained to come and help dig the
ditch. and all but one of them turned
out to help. We won't stand it to have
that water on our land any longer. and
there's no reason why it can not be
drained out in the way we have begun.
The water goes straight through to Sol
dier creek and does no damage to the
property at any place along it's course"
1t is time the lake in controversy
was emptied of its water, which. be-
sides entirely running the ground which
it overlies, is a. menace to North To-
peka. 1t is formed in an old bed of the
river and is so situated that a consid-
cradle rise in the river would overflow
I it and send the body of water down
through North Topeka where so much
damage to property was done last June.
/ The people in North Topeka have be-
! come considerably disturbed by the re-
cent rises in the river and sympathize
with the men who have undertaken to
| clear away the lake. It is hardly prob
able that the narrow channel that has
been made as an outlet for the body of
water can let out enough water to do
any damage before it reaches Soldier
! creek. That is by far the SIMPLEST
method of draining the lake, and so far
the city authorities have shown no dis
position to interfere with the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
Mr.. FENSKY IS DEAD.
Well Known Citizen of North
Topeka Dies in California.

Fred Fensky. formerly a resident of
North Topeka and a property owner in
that part of town as well as east of city,
died yesterday in AItadena, Cal, of paraly-
sis. Mrs. Fenslxy was with him at the time
of his death. Mr.. Feuslzy has been in Cal
ifornia for about a year. making his home
at Pasadena He was one of the pioneer
settlers Of Topeka and was about 60 years
of age at the time of his death During
his residence here he lived in the brick
house which stands at the west side of
the approach of the Kansas avenue bridge
in North Topeka.
He was interested extensively in Topeka
real estate being the opener of Fensly $
addition He had been in in health for a
year or more previous to his death, hav-
ing experienced stroke of paralysis sew
eral months ago. he. left 40 immediate
relatives except lis wife. A niece lives
in North TOueka-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
ANOTHER BIG RAIN.
Over a Half Inch Was Recorded
Sunday.

The rain which fell Sunday measured
SO hundredths of an inch. The rain was
rather general over the state, and
Baker recorded 40, Dodge City .02,
Dresden .04, Macksville .12, Manhattan
LIP, Usage City .06. Sedan AZ, Toronto
20.
Today's corn and wheat region bull
letin says: Light rains have fallen in
the western counties and light to heavy
rains in the eastern, but no rain in the
central counties. Light showers have
occurred in western Missouri with
heavy rain at Brunswick. Partly
cloudy weather generally prevails
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures recorded for the "a hours end
ing this morning at o'clock were as
follows: Baker, 81, 60; Concordia, SO. So /;
Dodge City, S4 81; Dresden, Sc, Sc; Fort
Scott, so, so; Macksville, S. 60; McPher-
son, Sc, "a; Manhattan, 92, 81; Usage
City, Sc, 60; Sedan, 81. so; Topeka, 81, 81;
Toronto, 50, So; Wichita, 7S so.
The forecast for Kansas sent out to-
day is Unsettled tonight and Tuesday
with probably local showers; slightly
warmer Tuesday" The wind at noon
was north. blowing eight miles an hour.
The hourly temperatures recorded fol-
the day by the government thermom-
ptpr yVera G follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
WILL BEGIN TUESDAY.
Work of Patching the Asphalt Pave
ment to Commence.

Patching up the big holes in the
North Topeka asphalt will begin Tues
day. The Barber Asphalt company have
notified City Engineer McCabe that
they are ready to start the work Mr.
McCabe has decided that North Topeka
shall be the first to receive needed re-
pairs.
There are several large patches there
where the water simply rolled the
asphalt up like a blanket In general,
however. the condition of the asphalt
streets in North Topeka is not bad.
After North Topeka is finished, the
repairers will go to work on Eighth and
Tenth streets, which are badly IN need
of attention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
WILL GIVE 1T UP.
Sixth Avenue Road Contract Must Be
Relet.

The county commissioners will proba-
bly, have to relet Npart of the contract
for the macadamizing part of the West
Sixth avenue road.
Ramsay q Ramsay got the contract
nearly a year ago but the bad weather.
heavy rains, increased price of labor and
their inability to get material has delay
ed the work. About a mile and a haif
is nearly completed. The contra ctors
made proposition to the commissioners
to complete the sections they are work
ing on. Then the commissioners will
call for bids for the completion of the
road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
TWO of Martin Gang Dead.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 10.-The two
members Of the Martin gang of out
laws. who engaged in fight on Sat
urslay with a posse of deputy sheriffs
in the Usage Indian nation, died today
and their bodies are being brought to
this city Deputy Marshal Haines. who
was shot is improving. The other
members of the gang escaped, but are
still being pursued. The Martin gang
has committed many depredations in
the past few months.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
DOME want the Money.

The county commissioners of Dickin-
son county have returned to Governor
Bailey $S25 which was awarded to their
county for distribution among the flood
sufferers by the committee aDDointed
for the distribution of the general Kan
sasFrelief fund The Dickinson county
people say that they have been able
to care for their own sufferers, and they
return this money so that it can go to
flood sufferers elsewhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
ROCK ISLAND WRECK.
Another Freight Train Is Smashed
Near Holton.

An east bound freight train on the
Rock Island three miles east of Holton
was wrecked Sunday morning. The ac-
cident was on a piece of temporary track
which had been built around the wreck
which occurred last week The tempo
rary track was rickety, and gave way,
derai1ine three cars. None were injured,
and traffic was delayed an hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
Receiver for Dempster g. Co.

Chicago. Aug. 10.-A receiver was ap-
pointed today for the firm of Charles
w. Dempster & Co., manufa cturers of
hats and caps. Liabilities, $50 900; as
sets, $4,000. The firm is successor to
the old and we'll known house of Demp-
crer G 20
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Meteor Fell at chickasha.

Chickasha. l. T.. Aug. 1O.-During a
heavy thunderstorm last night n me-
teor fell in the north part of the city.
with blaze of light and a shower of
sparks which lit up the country for
miles around. The aerolite struck the
earth in the back yard of Mrs. Sarah
Sibley Mrs Sibley was severely
stunned A terrific explosion occurred
as the meteor struck and incandescent
fragments flew in all directions. The
telephone system was wrecked.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10

entertained the council shall by resoIu-
tion, fix upon a day for trial of the ac-
cused officer
piled as govern in police court, and the
attendance of witness is secured by the
service of subpoenas. The city attorney
is the official prosecutor. The council
by vote determines the guilt. of the ac-
cuSed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
FOUND HER BUSTLE.
Kansas Woman Forgot 1t and
Money at Her Home.

Shawnee, Kas., Aug. 10.-The missing
hustle in which 1900 had been sewed by
Mrs Lucy Van Cerke, and which she
supposed she had dropped from train
while enroute to st. Paul, has been
found. Mrs. Van Cerke in the hurry of
leaving her old home had forgotten the
valuable article and returned home
here lust in time to save it from being
burned as rubbish by new tenants of
her. house
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
Gasoline TANK Exploded.

Portland, Me, Aug. 10-Four youni
men lost their lives last night by thu
sinking of a gasoline launch off Ashs
Point The launch was sunk by an ex
plosion of the gasoline tank
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
Mr.. Pestana Returns.

Assistant Attorney General H. L.
Pestana has returned from a trip to the
northwestern part of the state to col
lect seed money from counties which
were aided by the state to purchase
seed for needy farmers during the
eighties He secured over $1,000, Chey-
enne. Sherman and Logan counties pay
ing in full the states claim against
them, and Wallace county paying ST.
O4c O6.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
MILES ACCEPTS.
Becomes President of Jefferson Me-
mortal Association.

washington, Aug. 10-General Miles
has accepted the office of president OF
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial asso-
citation, and the association announces
that his election is for the remainder
of its existence.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-General Miles, al
the guest of the Maryland delegates
passed through Chicago on his way tc
the national encampment at San Fran.
Ioi-oO-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10

varied by moving the feet alternately,
instead of simultaneously. though the
latter method has proved the more
speedily eficacious in the cases known
to the writer. The explanation of the
result obtained is probably simple. The
blood is pumped from the head, and
with the removal of brain tension,
general relaxation follows, with a Sc
quent deep respiration and its resulting
SleeD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
To Succeed Adjutant Patterson.

Leavenworth, Kas.. Aug. 1O.-Charles
f. Heisler has been appointed adjutanr
at the Soldiers Home. to succeed s. M.
Patterson.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
Temperatures of Large Cities.

Chicago, Aug. 10 a. m tempera-
lures: New York. Sc: Boston, sc; Phil
adelphia, 20; Washington, p; Chicago,
81; Minnes polls. so; Cincinnati, 81; ST
Louis. "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
Weather Indications

Chicago. Aug. 10.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday
with probable local showers; slightly
warmer Tuesday: variable winds:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22

ARE station managers who admitted either
frankly or tacitly the existence OF the com,
mission system In their places, and they an
expressed inability TO stop It. 10 tneir
customers all the stations deny that they
pay any commissions.
Here h the story Of man who mas a ne"
station on the East Side OF the city:
Il have not decided whether 10 yleiu
to the demand for commissions or ho,.
Men come to me every day ana say tnat
they will bring their cars here u l whl pay
as much as other places do This they say
Is 10 per cent, though l know that some
places pay only per cent. and some pay
nothing. Then they ask me IL ! keep q
strict tally on the going and coming OF al
cars and declare fatty that they VIII not
store In q place where that In done. come
TO sound them and get the reason why, u
il because they want to take the cars OUT
and rent them like public hacks or mack
IT, a. they call It. This IL something that
should be stopped. II nothing else Is KNOW
q man who keeps IN electric coach, emery
for the use OF his wife. One day when ne
went out with her they had not gone iar
before II wa. found that the battery was
exhausted. He expostuiated with the stor.
age man. saying that the carriage had not
been used enough since the last charging
TO need recharging. The storage man
produced his books, and, to make long
story short, they discovered that the coach
had been out frequently when neither the
man nor his wife was using IL, and that the
chauffeur had been going to the theatres
and standing in line seeking fares after
tho play. Yes, the chauffeur problem IS
a complicated one that needs serious atten-
tion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
6O-62 West 23d Street.

back to the bottom o. the pond, he come
poppin' up to tho top lookin' skeet. He
tried to dive, but only jest stood on ms
Then he tumblsd over and noetsd on the
pond - light - feather, and knowed
my idee had worked TO q dinktum.
Them Sorks he had swallered, D s ~ 70
him Jest like q life preserver. and all he
could do was to Jay on top O. the water
and Goat and wigsle. He laid for minute ute
lookin' at me the mournfullest kind, and
then turned over on his back and hoated
to shore for me to git him. And did
But 1t was too bad, Dan1. too bad! II
he'd only had one-quarter as much sump-
ton as them trout. he'd q been up there
In the pond Wit. It's too bad! says Jim
And when he got through telhn' Of II,
consumed II didn't feel sorry for the New
York feller 'cause II sort O seemed a. u
IL mowt be somethin' like 'sinniwatin' that
we had our doubts az to them trout he
said he run ag'in.'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
NEW AMONG HAND ORGANS.
Ono wound Up. Not Continuously Ground
-Pteswesque Tanibesrine Juggling.

One wound Id, Not Continuously Ground
-PSeswesque Tanbesrine Juggling.
New among hand organs is big one
Of the regular piano-organ type which,
instead of being played by continuous
grinding, is wound up like q giant music
box and 30 made to play through two or
three tunes; when 1t u nearly run down
1t Is wound up again
This big automatic hand organ, which
IN drawn on wheels about the streets like
any ordinary organ. is operated by two
Young Italian women who wear gay scarfs
about their shoulders and on their heads,
and the organ not requiring constant at
tention, are both thus left free to look out
for the pennies and to perform a notable
little feat Of juggling with tambourine,
which never falls TO attract many spec
tators.
With the big organ pounding away grind
ing out music by itself. the two young
women take places In the street twenty
feet apart and send a tambourine flying
through the cir from one to the other and
hack again. They are both left-handed,
or using the left hand is part OF the trick.
One Of them, raising the tambourine high
In the air with her left hand, sets 1t spinning
there rapidly on her finger tips and then
launches it. TO 60 sailing, still spinning
rapidly. high up in the arc Of great circle
through the air, to be caught twenty feet
away on the finger tips Of the left hand Of
the other. The one who has thus received
it keeps it still rapidly spinning on her
finger tins and then presently sends IL
6vino back and 30 they keep IL going
They vary this performance with occa,
sionai returns to the big organ to wind
IL up and, OF course, with collections. They
are In no hurry to move on, but are generous
with their music and with their display
OF tambourine juggling. and the people
are generous TO them. When they have
nnished at one point they seize the shafts
Of the organ and move on to another.
One Of the tunes this organ plays and
the tambourine goes spinning through
the air to 10 that set to Cardinal Newman's
hymn, Lead, Kindly Light,