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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

Washington, March 13.-Justice Day 5
physician this morning announced that
his patient is slightly better, that he
rested fairly well last night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

Mrs. Charles L. Holman gave an af-
ternoon party for her little daughter,
Miss Dorothy Holman today. The
guests asked for a farewell playtime
with their hostess who leaves the list
of April with her parents for a per
manent residence i'm St Louis were
Lenna Marie Norton. Elizabeth Hart,
Aut0inette West. Charlotte West,
Archibald McKeever, Charlotte Cooper
Ruth Wilson, Erma Hitchie Marian
Wear. Ruth Thompson, Willard Bow
man, Douglas Bowman Richard Whit
ton May Kelly, Frances McChntock
Mildred Morton. Berenice McKeever,
Helen Louise Crosby. Jean Lindsay
Beatrice Clark, Elizabeth Moore, Dor
othy Sproat. Dorothy and Gladys Scott
Elizabeth Edison, Julia Crisweu, Edwin
Nellis and Katharine Smalley.
Mr.. and Mrs William Wood, 1241
Fillmore street. entertained at a lunch
con today at which their guests We're
Mrs. A. J. Arnold, Mrs. Curtis. Miss
Anderson of Hiawatha and the Rev.
AI. p. Williams.
The engagement Of Miss Sadie Fried
man. daughter of MI and Mrs. Harris
Friedman of Evansville Indiana, and
Mr. Benjamin Diment has been am
nounced- The wedding viii take place
Tuesday June g.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

Iaees dyed to match any shade at the
Boston. IA West Eighth Both phones
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

Doctor J. Albert Berry, speciality dis
eases of digestion. 725 Kan ave. Tel 765
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

New York, March 13-Beriah VIII
kins, owner of the Washington Post,
who is critically i'll at the Waldorf AS
toria with paralysis, complicated by
kidney trouble. was reported to be a
little better this morning and resting
quietly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13
Notes Ind Personal Mention.

Miss jerome of Denver, Colorado. is
the guest of Mrs. Hiram S. Gable 400
Topeka avenue.
Miss Harriet Stanley of Wichita has
gone to California for visit of sew
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

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BUY SHOES AT A SHOE
STORE. A JACK OF
ALL TRADES IS
MASTER OF
NONE.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09


Hunting musk-oxen in Northern
Greenland and Grinnell Land, thoHHh
enfailing d great deal Of works s not
dif1cult, and seeing the animals e tan
tamount to securing them. Either
from natural stupidity Or as the result
Of their freedom from molestation In
their Arctic Businesses. they are COM
paratively tame. A large herd, on the
approach OF men and dogs. leisurely
forms In a bunch, tails together. heads
radiating, calves, il any, under their
mothers, and the big bull leader stand
ing outside of the bunch. head down
and paving the ground, ready for a
charge in any direction. Single AMI
mails, or two or three together, III only
to the nearest rock, ledge, hilltop or
other natural feature, which may az
ford them some protection in the rear,
when they turn and face the enemy.
falling an easy prey to the rife.
If there is not much skill required IN
killing musk-oxen, it frequently re-
quires a quick eye and trigger to save
a dog from being crushed or tossed.
mangled, into the air.
AS will easily be seen this pecnliar1ty
means their determination In any local
ity within a very few years after man
gains a Notwithstanding Robert
e. Peary, in Leslie's Monthly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

The successful fancier breeds for
beauty and utility combined. If he
desires to create a new strain he must
be an imaginative soul. He must erect
in his minds eye an ideal fowl and
then p~ersevere in his endeavor to pro-
duce one like it. He jots down a de-
scription of his visionary bird from
beak to toenail. If he prefers to. go by
the standard he will find that very ex-
acting; every detail is looked to scru-
pulously: length and color of comb,
arch Of neck. length and style of tail.
depth Of breast, length and color Of
legs, design and color of plumage, etc.
Having decided upon an ideal he mates
his birds and starts his strain, picking
from each brood the most perfect speci-
mems and gradually working toward
this ideal through generation after gen.
Grafton. 1t is a sort of partnership ar
rangement with providence; the fan
cier attends to the matings and sees
that they are properly cared for, while
providence does the rest. Leslie's
Monthly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
GIRL OPENED a JAIL
Love-strioken sherirs Daughter
Liberated Prisoners and Efoped.
Young Woman Always Had Borne anEx-
cellent Repptation-Cass Similar to
Thsto Of the Biddle Brothers.

One0nta, Ala.-Some time during the
night Miss Eta Aldbridge, daughter
of the Sheriff Of Blouty County, un-
locked the Jail and liberated two pris-
oners, Louis Gurley, charged with muir
der. and Mayburn Murphree, held on a
sentence involving his promise to
marry a girl.
Miss Eta accompanied the prisoners
In their flight, or at least one Of them.
The cause Of her act is supposed to be
love Of Mayburn Murphree, who is an
exceedingly handsome man Of good ad-
dress. For some months he had been
an inmate Of the Jail, and It had been
noticed that the comedy daughter Of
the Sheriff often fingered at the bars
to talk to him.
A few nights ago the Sheriff was
away in the country on business. His
daughter, Miss Eta, had charge of the
keys. She retired as usual to sleep
with a younger sister. About 4 o'clock
In the morning the little girl awoke and
missing Eta gave the alarm. Investi-
cation showed that two of the four
prisoners in the jail had escaped.
Miss Eta was not to be found and
then the full significance Of the con-
~yersation through the bars with May
burn Murphree became apparent.
Notice to %apprehend the fugitives has
been telegraphed to the various towns
and cities of Alabama.
Louis Gurley, charged with murder,
who was the beneficiary of the Sheriff's
daughters love for Mnrphree, is ac-
cused of n Of the most brutal crimes
in the history Of Onconta. About a
year ago the dead body Of Mrs.
Vaughan, an old woman was found
In her residence one morning weltering
in her W blood. The head had been
scalped and the body bore evidence Of
brutal mutilation.
Charged with her murder Gurley was
arrested and his case is pending trial.
Mayburn Murphree, the attractive pris-
oner, who seems to have bewitched the
fair keeper of the jail, had already
been convicted and fined 500. His
case was appealed to the Supreme
Court, where it is now pending.
Miss Eta Aldridge Is twenty-five
years old and a handsome woman.
She has borne an excellent reputation
and enjoyed the admiration Of a large
circle of acquaintance. It was thought
that Murphree and the girl were max
Ing for some town where they could
get married and then go to Texas.
There were four prisoners in the Jail
at the time Of the escape, but Murphree
and Gurley departed so quietly that
the other two were not aroused. The
fugitives also took the precautiOn to
lock the outside door after escaping,
thus preventing the escape of the other
| prisoners.
The case in many respects resembles
that of Mrs. Soffel. the wife of the
Pennsylvania Sheriff. who liberated
the Biddle brothers last spring.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09


Rear-Admiral Frederick Rodgers was
three months leave Of absence, which
he will spend In Europe.
The Very Rev. William Richard
Wood Stephens, Dean of Winchester,
England, is dead. He raj born in 1889.
Stephen Decatur, Jr.. a grandson of
Commodore Decatur, has just passed
the examination for the Naval Acad-
envy.
w. A. Craig, the custodian OF Wash
ington Monument, reports that 2,200,-
800 people have thus far visited the top
" the monument.
E3lstoi has personally APP
Qeale K the newspapers not to pub.
llEh &fdrther statements regarding bis
health because they annoy him.
Rear-Admfral Bradford, while con.
graduating Mr.. Marconi on his tests.
declares the uncertainty Of the wire.
less system Of telegraphy makes It nm.
safe for commercial purposes.
The latest information about Mrs.
Carrie Nation Is to the effect that she
win take up 4 professional stage career
as 500 as she finishes serving d term
In the Topeka jail for sJoint smash.
Ing" She viii fake 4 star part, and ii
even now taking elocution lessons Iii
Jail
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

DR.. w. w. Keen, of Philadelphia, the
surgeon who wrote recently to Senator
Gallinger a striking open letter in de-
Tense of vivisection, has the hobby of
collecting anecdotes Of physicians.
These anecdotes he preserves in scrap
books and in costly extra-illustrated
volumes, and sometimes he reads Sc
lections from them at medical festivals.
'The most common medical anec-
dotes," said DR.. Keen recently, 'sug-
gest that the physician is a murderer.
All such stories are as old as the hills
in their fundamental idea, though
your modern writer puts them in new
clothes. And they look CHASTITY in
their new clothes; as CHASTITY as though
you should array a corpse in fancy
dress.
"a lawyer and a doctor were convers-
Ing. The doctor said, Your profession
doesn't make men angels, SIR The
lawyer answered, No, it is yours
which does that
"This anecdote, which is 1000 years
DID,, said DR.. Keen, SIS reputed to DC
the parent of all the myriad of medical
anecdotes that now exist."-New York
Tribune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
skNoR sAGAsTA.

comrades were killed and he fed. In
his absence he was condemned to
death. For the next ten years he lived
in Paris, London and Ostend, and 1t
was in this ~seclusion that Sagasta
planned his future career as a states
man and soldier.
Sagasta engineered the revolution Of
1856. which ended in driving Isabella
II. from the throne. When Topete arf
the feet had been won oyer and most
of the army had been induced to de-
sert to the insurrectionists the signal
was given. Sagasta and Gorilla. who
was as pure a patriot as ever lived, but
too honest and consistent to be a sue
cessful Spanish politician, sailed under
assumed names in the steamship Delta
from London to Gibraltar early In Sep
TENDER of that year. They were ac-
companied by another compatrIot.
Prfm, dressed in the livery Of a sery-
ant. Their subsequent coqquestA are
now history.
General Weyler and Sagasta became
bitter enemies early in life. The two
men FLASHED for years, and Sagasta
dismissed Weyler and put Blanco in
his place as Captain-G General of Cuba.
OF all the Prime Ministers Spain has
had it is undoubtedly true .Sagasta was
the most merciless. He was quite as
unpopular with Americans as is Wey.
Ter. "the butcher"
Sagasta, after Spain had been de-
feated in Cuba in the war with the
United States In 1893, tried his utmost
to obtain a delay in the final negotia.
ti0ns for peace in the hope that the Eu-
rOpean powers would intervene In be-
half of Spain at the eleventh hour. Sa-
gasta always had an unfailing belief in
ssmanana,' tomorrow. He believed
that time gained was always half way
to victory.
More like a parent was Sagasta to
the boy King-Alfonso XIII.-than his
chief adviser. They were inseparable.
Nothing could have been more charm
ing than the fondness which existed be-
tween them, and 1t was only a few
years ago thu. the youthful King used
to climb ON the old statesman's knee to
play with his eyeglasses. Several
times when Sagasta had differences
with the Queen he deliberately re-
signed, and babe her trust the direction
Of affairs to Canovas. whom he hated.
Sagasta was a Grand Master Of Free
masonry in Spain.
His true character might have been
clearly read in this way: An engineer
by training, a soldier by preference, a
journalist by profession, a politician by
circumstances and q Premier by mis-
fortune.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
Sporting Brevitles.


r. w. Wadsley, the fast English run
ner, has arrived u the United States.
Hayward Hunter won the long dis
lance race at the New Orleans (La.)
track.
w. J.. Stewart claims to have ascend.
ed Eagle Rock Hill. N. j., in a locomo-
bile, in I'm. 5Ss.
Frank Robson has secured Brown,
Omaha's premier tWirler, for the st.
Louis Cardinals.
Pitcher Siever has refused to sign
with Detroit at the salary offered. and
may cast bis lot with the New York
Nationals.
Hicks, q jockey riding at New Or
leans, La, has been suspended by the
stewards for suspicious work.
John Flanagan, the famous Irish
champion wsiglt-fhrower Of the world,
has been appointed d member Of the
New York police force.
President Fred Postal, az the WASH
ineton Clabs Anys he MiIf bet $1,000
Asainst $5o0 that Detroit win be Ii the
American League next season.
The financial report of last years
rarik.Yienna automobile race has Just
heen Made, md shows that the en-
trance TEES paid The eptire expenses,
n TINT tlle s~uarantors we're mo- called
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

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Medical Examiner U. 8. Treasury.
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Examiner
Of U. S. Treasury Department, graduate of
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
YOUNG HUNTER 4cavlrTeD.
Ministers Son who XIII cd An America,
in Guatemala G4es Free.

Minister'S Son Who kin ed an American
in Guatemala G4es Free.
New Orleans, LA letter received
here from w. Godfrey Hunter. son of
the former Minister to Guatemala and
Honduras, whose shooting at Guate-
mala City Of William Fitzgerald. an
American and Chief of the Secret Ser
vice Of Guatemala, caused information
al complications to arisdl announces his
trial and acquittal.
Young Hunter says that a conspiracy
was laid against his lif& in which sew
eral persons were INVOLVED. It was de-
feated by his killing Of Fitzgerald, He
makes charges againstl United States
Consul General James, G. McNally,
who, he says, stated publicly that Hun
ter should not leave Guatemala alive.
He asserts that thirt*-six witnesses
testified under oath I'd having heard
Consul General McNatly- make the
statement.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
Whole Family KfIed.

An, entire family were asphyxiated
in their beds at Chicago. Albert Fink
e~lstein, fifty years old; Eta Finkel-
stein, fifty years old. his wife; Jesse
Flnkeistein, seven years old, a grand
son, and Annie Finkelstein, eighteen
years old, a daughter, are the victims.
me tip OF q gas jet wigs found lying
On the noor and the gas was turned On.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

Indigestion, ~congested liver, impure
blood, constipation, these are what afilict
thousands of people who do not know
what is the matter with them. They drag
along a miserable existence; they apply to
the local doctors occasionally, and some
times obtain a little temporary relief, but
feeling always comes back again worse
than fver, until in time they become tired
of living, wonder why they were ever born,
and why they are alive unless to endure
constant suffering. To such sufferers there
is a haven of refuge in DIR. August Koe-
nig's Hamburg Drops, which was discov-
cred more than go years ago, and which is
vince the most sceptical that any or all of
these difficulties may be removed, and a
perfect cure effected by taking DR.. August
Koenig's Hamburg Drops. Get a bottle at
once before it is too late.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
skeletons Eight r..t High.

a prehistoric graveyard has been un-
at La Grange, Ind. A la4ge number Of
skeletons have been found, all eight feet
and over in height. The discovery was
made in a mound thirty feet high. When
twelve feet of the mound had been re-
moved the skeletons were Exposed. The
jaws and teeth are well preAerved. Trink-
cts, ivory beads and a shield made of bone
were in the graves. Hedridk proposes to
dig up the entire mound.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
University Hires a Drummer.

which has been created by President
James, of Northwestern University. The
work is to swell the ranks pf students en-
tsring the Evanston QI.) institution. y;
Office. He was selected by president James
to act as agent for the university among
the various preparatory schools and minor
colleges in the country from (which most OF
the university students comic. Mr.. Frou-
las duties will be to point dut the advan-
tages of Northwestern IL an effort to in
M sasass ssas ss : to cast thsi1 lot with the
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
Most Relirious rovn &c Amerlc..

Reports from a church census read in
the pulpits at Rockford, ILL.,, show that
out Of 1868 families ninety per cent. ex-
pressed a belief in Christianity and q
church preference. The HZion Swedish
Lutheran Congregation is the largest OF
that denomination in And rica, S47 faml-
The returns indicate a popu1 [ation of 81, O67
9 gain Of 1900 since the federal census OF
1900.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
Plans to Make soldier Aihletes.

In pursuance Of the POLICY Of the Wal
Department at Washington to encourage
athletic exercises in the army, Major-Gen,
erai Bates, commanding the Department OF
the Lakes, has directed that{one day each
voted to athletic games BY enlisted men at
each post. The program will include all
kinds of athletic sports, construction OF
hasty Entertainments, EMERGENCY bridges,
boxing and wrestling. Whichever practice
bic the sports viii be accompanied with
music
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
PLAGUE NOT IN CALIFORNIA.
SUPERINTENDENT Wynan Returns with
Reassurfng Reports.

Washington. D. C.-Surgeon-Gen eral
Wyman, Of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, has returned from California,
where he went to investigate the al
legged existence of bubonic plague In
San Francisco. The trip of General
Wyman was undertaken because Of
the attitude of several States, which
insisted upon a conference OF. the State
Boards Of Health being called to de-
eide whether there should be a general
quarantine against California, that
State taking the ground that there is
no bubonic plague in San Francisco.
General Wyman, after investigating,
the matter for himself, is of the 0pin-
ion that there is no need for such
q conference.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
AGED COUPLE TORTURED.
Husband Ninety-five Years Old and Wife
EiEhty-five Made to Give Up e235.

Husband Ninety-five Years Old and Wife
EiEhty-five Made to Give Up e235.
Connellsyille, Pa.-Seven masked men
broke into the house Of Levi Eicher
and tortured him and his wife to make
them confess where they kept their
money. The Eichers live in an isolated
spot on Laurel Mountain. Levi is nine
ty-fve years old and his wife is eighty
Eve.
The men knocked the aged man
senseless with an iron bar, bound his
wife and held her feet over a burning
lamp. Mr.. Eicher became conscious
and was bound. He told his wife to
tell where the money was. The thieves
got 1926 in gold, stole a horse and
wagon from the barn and drove toward
Connellsville. The team was found IN
the morning on the road
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
CARNEGIE PRESENTS st5oo.ooo.
Philadslphia Gets It For Thirty Libraries
some Opposition Expected in Councils.

Philadelphia Gets 1t For Thirty Libraries
Some Opposition Exped ted in Councils.
Philadelphia, Pa.-A4drew Carnegie
has offered $1,5OO,OO6 to the free
library Of Philadelphia to establish
thirty branch libraries in this city. The
conditions attached to the gift are that
$4,000 is to be expended for the erec-
ton Of each building, }the sites to be
provided by Philadelphia or by private
individuals. The branches are to be
equipped by the city and a provision
Of an annual appropriation of 5000 is
to be made by the municipality for the
maintenance of each branch. A num-
Der of sites have already been offered.
Councils, by an unwillingness to do its
share, however, may block the scheme.
The thirty libraries would cost the
city $15O,0O0 a year to maintain.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

Mayor vstoes Increase In His Salary.
Mayor Edward F. Fletcher, Of Wor-
cester, Mass, has vetoed the order IN
creasing the salary Of the Mayor from
$4,000 to $4,000. He holds that the per-
Torrance Of public duty is not q mat
ter Of dollars and cents. and that the
salary of the Office of Mayor should
not be large enough to be tempting as
a money prize.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
CIGARETTE CAUSED HIS DEATH
Miner Threw It CareIessly into = Keg OF
PowdAr.

Williamsport, Pa.-Michael Dunn, a
miner, threw a cigarette stump into
a key of powder from his bed on the
second floor of a boarding house at
Winber. The upper part of the house
was destroyed and Dunn was burned
to death.
The house was occupied by four fam.
lilies and twenty boarders, all the men
being miners. There were twenty-six
kegs of powder in the house. Several
men who were working near by rushed
to the house and rescued the inmates.
One Of the men carried fourteen kegs
Of powder out Of the burning building.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
The Raleigh In com,n,ssion Again.

The United States ship Raleigh,
which has been undergoing repairs at
the navy yard at Portsmouth. N. H..
for two years. went into commission,
with COMMANDER Arthur p. Nazro, q.
S. n, In command. The vessel will .ioin
the feet in the West Indies.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
RICH MAN WEEDS SECRETARY.

W. II. Bradley. Worth SA0,000.OOO. Mar.
ries wbilc stricken with Fatal Illness.
Milwaukee, Wis.-While sitting in a
chair with what was believed to be a
fatal illness, William III. Bradley, the
wealthiest man in Wisconsin, was mar
ried to his secretary, Miss Mary Han
nemeyer. The former Mrs. Bradley
died ON November Is last. Mr.. Brad
ley is said to be worth $4O,OO0,0 600 and
is associated with J. J. Hill In many
railroad deals in this part of the coun-
try.
Judge Halsey went to Mr.. Bradley's
house and in the presence Of q few
relatives united the lumberman and his
bride. His friends refused to discuss
his illness, but it was said he could not
recover. He is sixty-six years old.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
PLAGUE PANIC IN MEX CO.
scIentists Dispel All Doubt NJ to CIara
ter OF the Disease.

- y
ter Of the Disease.
Mazatlan, Mexico.-There is no
longer the slightest doubt that the dis
ease nov affecting tbs city is genuine
Asfatic plague. for microscopic investi-
cation proves that bubonic pest baccilli
are In the blood Of those afflicted with
the disease.
The plague has grown virulent and
the people are fleeing from the city at
the rate of 800 per day. More than
fifty per cent. Of the persons attacked
are women. The news of the recru-
descence OF b eplague here has reached
the interior, and is causing a panic.
Sanitary cordons of armed men have
been placed around the towns to pre-
vent the entrance of any one from this
place.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09
GENERAL STAFF e(LL PASSED.
House Votes 10 Create New Corps in
tho ARMY.

tno army
Washington, D. C--1rhe House has
passed the bill for thu creation Of a
General Staff for the Army by a vote
az 153 10 50. BY the terms Of the bill
it becomes the duty OF the General Stan
to prepare plans for the national de-
tense and for the mobilization of the
army in time Of wall to investigate
and report on all Questions Affecting
the efficiency Of the service. and to rem
der professional aid To the Secretary
Of War and to general officers, and
other superior commanders.
The bill also provides that the Chief
Of staff. under the direction of the
President. shall have Supervision OF all
troops of the line, and df the Adjutant-
Generals, Inspector-G Generals. Judge
Advocates. Quartermaister's. Subsist-
ence, Medical, Pay anfi Ordnance de-
partments, the Corps Of Engineers and
the Signal Corps.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

There is great excitement at Nish,
where the Servian Court is staying,
owing to the fact that the notes which
King Alexander made in regard to the
mission of Count Lansdorff, the Rus
sian Minister Of Foreign Affairs, have
been stolen from his writing table.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-09

Mayor Maybury, Of Detroit. Mich,
has approved q resolution of the Coun-
Gil providing for the purchase by the
city Of $4,000 worth Of coal, which
will be sold to citizens at cost.