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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06
Hutchinson POstOfiice Business
Shows Great Growth.
More Money Paid in December
Than In Its History.
RECEIPTS ARE So, 40.
Claim That the Office Is Most
Economically Run.
But Two Towns in Kansas With
Lower Per Cent Expense.

Hutchinson, Kas., Jan. 6.-The re-
ceipts of the local postoff1ce were great
er last month than in any month in the
history of the office, and December is
usually not the banner month either.
During December $2.740 was received at
the postoffice from the sale of stamped
envelopes, postal cards, stamps and
money order receipts. OF this sum, ST.
329.86 was turned over to the govern
ment. In other words. after paying the
postmaster's salary all the clerk hire,
carriers wages. the salary of three rail-
way mail clerks paid from this office,
rent, light and heat-in fact, all the ex-
penses of the ofT1ce-the government re-
ceiVed considerably more than half the
total receipts.
The largest month ever before known
was that Of March last year. when
s.. 1885 was taken in. The receipts
were also in excess of So, 400 in October
and NOvem Der. During the last fiscal
of the local postofice were S25, 1915, al
most double what they were five years
before. Since 1897 the amount sent to
the government has been more than
doubled and the expense of the Office
has been cut down from 81 to 80 per
cent of the total receipts. There are but
two towns in the state-Parsons and
WellingtOn-where Office rent is paid,
where the per cent of expense is lower
There are not q half dozen in the state
located in buildings owned by the gov
eminent where the expense is lower in
proportion to the receipts. If the local
Office did not have to pay Office rent it
would be the lowest city in point of pro-
portionate expense on the list and this
with three mail clerk to pay, whose
salaries in no wise belong properly to
the expense of the local Office
It IS expected that the receipts for the
present fiscal year. which is now half
gone, viii pass the $2S, 600 mark. If the
per cent of gain the last six months
keeps up the next six months there will
be no doubt of this. When the local
Office is moved into the new govern
ment building it win rank as one of the
most economically administered Offices
in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06
BIG DEER FOLLOWED MAN.
Went to Church and Then Returned
to His Farm.

Winsted. Conn, Jan. "a full grown
buck deer with large antlers followed
Nelson D. Ford, Hall Meadow farmer.
and his family to church in Winchester
Center, a distance of five miles. During
its several hours stay in Winchester the
animal visited several houses and ate
apples from the hands of children, some
of whom put their arms around its
neck.
The deer returned to the Ford farm
this morning and Immediately sought
its place among a herd Of cattle. When
ever Ford drives his yoke of oxen into
the woods to get load of timber the
deer always follows
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06
Will Cure You of
Rheumatism
Else No Money Is Wanted.

ANY honest person who suffers from
rheumatism IS welcome to this offer.
am specialist in rheumatism and
have treated more cases than any other
physician. i think. For 16 years I made
900 experiments with different drugs tes--
ing all known remedies while Searching rhe
world Tor something better. Nine years
ago l found costly chemical in Germany
which. with my previous discoveries gives
me q certain cure
don't mean that It can turn hCny joints
into flesh again; but it csn cure the DIS
ease at any stage. completely and forever.
/ have done it fully 10000 times.
know this SO well that ! VIII furnish
my remedy on trial. Simply write me "a
postal for my book on rheumatism and
Z viii mail YOU an order on Your druggist
for six bottles DR.. Shops Iheuma tic
Cure. Take it for a month at my risk
If il succeeds, the cost is only $3.50 II it
fails I VIII pay the druggist nyself-and
your mere word shall decide it,
mean that exactly. lf you say the re-
suits are not what 1 claim, I don't expect
q penny from you.
nave no samples, Any mere sample
that can AFFECT chronic rheumatism must
be dragged to the verge of danger / use
40 such drugs. and it is folly to take them.
You must get the disease out of The blood.
My remedy does that even i'm the most
difficult. obstinate cases. 1t has cured The
oldest cases that I ever met. And in all
never found another remedy that would
cure one chronic case in ten.
Write me and i will send YOU the order.
Try my remedy for a month. as it cant
harm you anyway If il fails. Il is free
Address DR. Sheep, Box I29 Racine Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic. are 0frcn cured
1y one OF tive bottles. At al druggists
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Blount, of Fort Wayne, Ind, for feed.
ing her lighted cigarette. When her
keeper, Whitley Alt, left the employ or
Thompson & Dundy. the proprietors Of
the park, last Friday. fTopsy" broke
loose. and for some time made things
lively in the thorOughfares OF COney
island. AS nobody else could handle
"Topsy," and as the animals vicious
temper did rot improve, it was thought
best to kill her.
Two electrodes on boards we're secure
" fastened to one of 'fTopsy's' fore feet
and to a hind foot Then she was given
260 grains of cyanide of potassium in
three carrots, and in moment after she
had swallowed them the electrician,
turned on the current and $500 volts
shot through her. There was q flash Of
fire. an odor of burning flesh and. partly
enveloped in smoke, 'TOpsy's" massive
frame seemed to expand, shook violently
and then fell.
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RoRAL 'pHoNE LINES.
Local Winfield Company Fast Cover
ing Cowley County.

Winfield. Kan, Jan 6.-For the past
week a gang of workmen employed by
the Winfield Telephone company have
been working on the first rural tele-
phone line to be established in CoWley
county. This line extends to the farm
and residence of John L. Parsons in
Vernon township. viii include all of the
prominent farmers en- route and viii
be completed some time next week.
This is the second rural line to be
established by the Winfield Telephone
company, however, as they completed
a line west of Oxford in Sumner coun-
ty about two weeks ago which is now
connected upon the Oxford exchange.
It is somewhat remarkable and
astonishing to reflect upon the tele-
phone development Of Winfield and
Cowley county during the past fifteen
months. Starting with 200 subscribers,
with toll line connection only with Ar
kansas City and Oklahoma territory
this company has increased the Win
field exchange to over $50 subscribers;
have built almost one hundred miles
of first class metallic toll line in Cow
ley county, built one exchange in OK
ford and are now in direct connection
with practically every town and city
in southern Kansas and Oklahoma.
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PRIMER SOLD FOR So, 800.
Teacher Bought It at Country Auc
ton for ~ Cents.

Philadelphia, Jan. 6.-An original copy
of the New England Primer which is
said to be even more rare than those
possessed by George w. Vanderbilt and
J. Pierpont Morgan, was sold by Morris
D. High of Johnstown to Dodd, Mead
& Co.
Mr.. High, who is a teacher in the
high school at Johnstown, is a native
of Obey, Berks county, and purchased
the primer for u cents at a public auc~
ton in a farm house near his home in
book.
Mr. High received an offer from the
wife of J. Pierpont Morgan for the
primer, but the price paid by Dodd,
Mead & Co. was higher. The copies of
the primer in the possession of George
w. Vanderbilt were purchased several
years ago.
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NEW YORK IS JEALOUS.
Chicago Terribly Shocked at DR.. Lo-
renz's Criticism of It.

Chicago, Jan Chicago is aston
ished over the Lorenz interview given
on the eve of sailing. Calling the town
..provincia17 and 'uninspiring' is a
shook to civic pride.
DR.. John B. Murphy said New York
is jealous, and continued:
Chicago is the largest medical cen
ter on this continent. It is the second
in the world, Vienna occupying the first
place. DR.. Lorenz knows this and has
freely admitted it. From what our dis
tinguished visitor said while he was
here I gathered that he was much inn
pressed with Chicago. her greatness
and her opportunities.
DR.. John B. Ridlon spoke in like
strain. He said From what I heard
from my friends in the east. DR. Lorenz
formed anything but a favorable i'm
preston of New York. Medical jeal-
ousy, something you don't hear of here,
is rampant there
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06
IS 1o1 YEARS OLD.
Oldest Man in Southern Kansas CeIe-
brates His Birthday.

Coffeyville, Kas.. Ian. 6.-Dr. John P.
Wood, of this city. celebrated his 101st
birthday Sunday. He is the Oldest man
in southern Kansas and has been a res
ident of Montgomery county over sc
years. He has been in feeble health for
several weeks and may not live much
longer. tas
Wood wassborn in s.Boclzmaw Darsou-
age. ireland, January 4. 1902. He came
to the United States with his parents
in 1910. settling in New Orleans. He has
always been q Democrat, having cast
his first presidential vote for Andrew
Jackson in 1924. He never used tobacco
nor HCuOr. nor has he ever Joined a
secret societys He fought in the Mex
lean war and was severely wounded. He
came to Kansas in 1853 and was APP
pointed by President Pierce as chair
man of the celebrated sand-bank COM
mission, which met on sand bank of
the Kansas river. Later. he was chosen
as the first commissioner Of the First
district of Kansas. He was the first
probate judge of Douglas county.
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INFANTRY ar FORT RILEY.
Possible That Branch ofArmy Service
May Be Established There.

Junction City. Kas., Jan. 6.-There has
been considerable talk at Fort Riley
about a contemplated enlargement Of
the cavalry and artillery posts there,
and about the addition of infantry bar
racks since Clyde c. Smith. general SUI
perintendent of construction of the
United States army, accompanied by a
specification clerk, visited the post
about two weeks ago During his stay
at the post. Superintendent Smith in
spected carefully number of desirable
sites for barracks and stables at both
the cavalry and artillery posts, and
since his visit it has been learned that
he also inspected a number of advisable
locations for infantry barracks.
Since Fort Riley was founded in 1858,
it has been cavalry and artillery. post
It is not known if the department at
Washington has ever recommended tho
addition of the infantry arm OF the ser
vice to the two branches of the service
now stationed there, but many al Fort
Riley thinll this Will be done, probably
this year or next. Their opinion in this
respect has been greatly strengthened
since superintendent Smiths visit, and
his inspection of locations for barracks
apart from either the cavalry or artil-
lery posts.
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Blood
On The Brain-Lost
Self Control.
Lived IN Misery For
Ten Years.
DIR. Niles Nervine and
Heart Cure Cured.

The reason DR.. Miles Remedies cure such
a large percentage of cases is because they
are formulated to and actually do, go at once
to the root of the disease. Doctors often
make the mistake of treating the symptoms,
a method which must always fail DR.. Miles
Nervine restores health, strength and vitality
to the nerves. Dr.. Miles Heart Cure en-
riches the blood and improves the circulation
so that the patient speedily regains health.
4 feel it is a pleasure as well as duty to in
form my friends the means I used to regain
my health. / have been troubled a great
deal with nervousness and headache; I be-
gan to observe enlargement of the neck until
It became SO bad felt it severely; especially
blood on the brain. The least excitement
gave me dreadful pain and ] would lose all
control of myself I lived IN this misery for
about ten years; consulted many doctors,
but secured no relief whatever. I com
menced the use of Dr. Miles Nervine and a
few days later began the use of Dr.. Miles
Heart Cure and within a week I fet very
much better. The second week my friends
told me l was looking very much better.
This encouraged me and | continued the use
OF the two remedies until now l am well
enough TO do my own bousework without
any trouble whatever. ] consider my health
good, the cure permanent and l can do any
kind of work."-MRs. CHARLOTTE ELG,
Idaho Falls, Idaho.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind.
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New York. Jan ct is reported OH
good authority that A J. Reach. the
sporting goods manufacturer of Phila-
delphia is backing the American league
club which is to enter this city next
season. and that he and his associate
first year. It is conceded now that New
York is to have an American team next
summer, and those in a position to know
say that the grounds viii not be far
from Sulzer's Harlem river park on the
Harlem river. The cost of the grounds
erecting the stand. making other neces-
sary Improvements and the players sal
aries viii easily consume the half mill
lion dollars Mr. Reach and his assocl-
ates are prepared to spend.
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pURNELL 3 - IL.
Winning Owners at New Orleans
Cannon Still Premier Rider

Cannon Still Premier Rider.
New Orleans. La. Jan s.-Durnen &
Herr are increasing their lead in the list
of winning owners. They have passed
the $4,000 mark, which means that the
stable has won 81 600 a week. Emile
Herr says the expenses are $1,000
week. so that the stable has paid its
way, outside of the big bets the firm
cashed Twenty owners have won over
81 900 and seventy-nine owners over
$500. Those who have won over $1,000
are: Durnell & Herr. $10.189; A. Simons,
Sc, 10: James Arthur, s6,064 M a.
Tichenor & Co.. $3.50; Mrs NJ. Gold
blatt, $3.T27; S. c. Hildreth, So, 5S8; John
w. SchOrr, SO, 267; Hart Dernhan, 81 S15;
Mrs. c. z. Durnen. S2,1s5; z. Trotter &
Co., s., $50; Hatfield & Ownby, S1,9S2; v
Hughes & Co., 81, S64; FIzer & Co, 81. $780,
c. A. Johnson & Co., 1857; H. G.
Schulz. S1625; H. T. Oxnard, $.570; r.
w VALDEZ & Sons. $1.494; B. Schneider,
81 .429; r. NJ. Westerfeld $1421; F. NJ.
Dick, 81, $50; H. Robertson, Sips; H. J.
SaxtOn, 1924.
Cannon still leads the list of winning
jockeys, with 80 firsts, u seconds and Il
thirds. Helgeron is second with 20
firsts, is seconds and II thirds; Blu
chanan has 10 frsts. 16 seconds and ;
thirds; Fuller has scored II wins; Red
fern. y; HOar, IL; w. Hicks, 10; Rob
bins, Z; Scully 3; Munroe, s.; Otis, 4;
w O'COnnOr. 4, Rice 4; Pollock, 4; H.
Booker, 3: Treanor 3. DOnnegan. 3.
Cannon now has a worthy rival in Red
fern, and ne viii do well if he winds up
the meetings ahead.
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ZOE ZEE HUsBANp,s pEArH.
An lola Woman Asks $1,000 Dam
ages of Smelter Company.

lola, Kan, Jan. 6.-On July IS, 1902
while in charge of one of the machine
kilns at smelter No. I, of the Lanyon
Zinc company, in this city, A. L. Cor
bett. a young man aged % years, met
his death. He was sitting on a beam
near the end of the kiln and when the
hot iron rake came around had but
moment in which to jump and escape
being struck by it. He jumped into
some cogs and was caught and torn to
pieces, dying a few moments later.
Now Mrs. Corbett, his widow. has
brought suit in district court for 81, 999
damages against the company for her
husbands death. She is but % years
old. Her petition says he earned S1.50
q day and had worked at the smelter
three months, but had only been in
charge of the kiln machinery a short
time.
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Bride Was Il Years.

Kansas City, Kas.. Jan. 6.-Probate
Judge K. P. Snyder yesterday perform
ed a ceremony for the marriage of Miss
Bessie May Walker, aged IA, to Frank
Miller, IS years old. Judge Snyder said
that Miss Walker is the youngest bride
for whom he has performed a marriage
CEREMONY since he went into Office four
years ago. The brides father and moth
er accompanied the couple and express
ed their willingness that the union
should take place.
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Bourbon County Will Try Number of
Noted Cases.

Fort Scott. Jan. 6.-District court con-
vened here Monday with the most i'm
portant docket for years. In the case
of the state against Parmenter, who
shot and killed Frank Bruner, a change
of venue was applied for and the town
and county are being secured for af1-
davits for and against the application.
Parmenter is kept in the Crawford
county jail for fear he will be mobbed.
The case against Will Stoltzman,
charged with cutting the throat of an
aged merchant at Pawnee. viii be tried
today.
The court overruled a motion to dis
miss the case of the state against c. II.
HARRISON, a wealthy bachelor of this
city. and the case will be tried at this
term. HARRISON is sued for SSSO00 back
taxes. which it is claimed he evaded by
not listing all his property. The case
has been in court two years, and has
been to the supreme court on law
question.
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tory near that point. they believe that
gas and oil will be found near there.
Last week q big mass meeting was
held and it was decided to raise funds
to do some prospecting. It was de-
cided to organize q stock company and
there was no trouble in getting sub
scribers to the stock. Within week
nearly $1,000 has been raised. and this
is only a starter The projectors want
ed this amount to be subscribed before
they BEGAN making Verx many plans.
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Raeing ii New orleana.

New Orleans. Jan. 6.-Thane, Pratt
and Rankin were the winning favorites.
The stewards have finally reached a de-
cisiOn as to the Hicks case and have re-
stored the boy to all privileges. They
have also recommended that Thomas
Hatfield of the former firm of Hatfield
& Ownby be excluded from the grounds.
Jockey J. F. Landry has been refused
permission to accept mounts and denied
all privileges.
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Dialocated Her shon1dar.

Mrs. Johanna Soderholm of Fergus Falls
Mimi, fell and dislocated her shoulder. She
had a surgeon get it back in place as soon
as possible, but it was quite sore and
toned that he had seen Chamberlain
Pain Balm advertised for sprains and sore
ness, and she asked him to buy her a bot
tie of it, which he did. It quickly relieved
her and enabled her to sleep, which she
had not done for several days. The son
was much pleased with the relief it gave
his mother and he has since recommended
it to many others. For sale by all drug
gists.
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LIFE PAID THE PENALTY.
aTopsy," the Man-Killing Elephant
Electrocuted

New York, Jan. 6.-.'Topsy.' the man
killing elephant, was executed by cleo
tficity this afternoon at Luna park
West Brighton. Coney island. after q
long and vain attempt to persuade her
10 cross a frail bridge leading to a scat
folding. from which it was intended that
she should be hanged
.-ToDsy killed a keeper at Waco
Tex, in 1900, and another keeper in tbs.
same year at Paris. Tex. on May IS
in Brooklyn she killed J. Fielding
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SOCIETY ROASTED"
Henry Watterson Breaks Out in His
New Years Compliments.

Louisville. Jan. 6-Henry Watterson
pays his compliments to the 400 in another
caustic editorial. as follows:
why look you. gentlemen We shall
have on our hands next summer not only
his Belgian nastiness. but, mayhap, the
crown princess and her Frenchman and
brother Leopold and his inamorata, who
ever she may be Boris was not a cir
cunstance to these. Newport will have
to give Two monkey dinners and have
two monkeys at each dinner
we mourn for Oscar-not the king of
Sweden and Norway. but him of the Wal
dorf-Astoria. BE sure the brunt viii ulti-
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Wichita Police Receipts.

Wichita, Jan. SIN compiling the
receipts and disbursements of the
police department for his annual re-
port, Chief of Police Frank S. Burt
yesterday discovered that there has
accrued to the city Of Wichita in the
four years and six months the city has
been free from the police commission
system S152, 43097.
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YANeER TEE VICTOR.
Defeats Tim Callahan in Six Rounds
at Chicago

c-e (AA|e@E5C7
Chicago. Jan. 6.-Benny Yanger of
Chicago won a decision over Tim Gala
han of Philadelphia in a six round con
test here last night. Although he re-
ceived the verdict Yanger had but a
small margin the better of the fight.
The first round was Galatians 5. He
used d straight left jab that Yanger
was unable to evade, and when the
Chicago man took his corner mis- right
eye was closed. Yanger forced the
fighting in the next round, and landed
several hard swings to Galatians
stomach. but the latter evened matters
by constant use of his left hand The
third and fourth rounds were full of
excitement, both men receiving severe
punishment During the fifth and sixth
round, Yanger succeeded in reaching
Callahan's stomach repeatedly with
blows that were full of force. Toward
the end of the last round Callahan fell
into a clinch at every opportunity to
avoid punishment.
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Racing at Frisco.

San Francisco. Jan. s.-Racing com
menced at Oakland Monday under. most
suspicious circumstances. The weather
was fine, the track good and the crowd
large. The bookmakers had much the
best of the argument. as only two IA
vorites were returned winners. Weather
clear and track good
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LYME RECEIVES BIG CHECK.
First Payment From Keenes for Ser
vices in England This Season.

Lexington. Ky, Jan. 6.-Lucien Tyre
has received a check from his employ
ers AIessrs. J. r. and F. P. Keene, for
Sc 666 &c, first payment of his salary s
jockey for the Keene stable in England.
Lyme. in company with Harry Keene,
brother and manager of James Il.
Keene's horses, will sail January IA on
the steamship Germanic for England
Lyme viii be Joined in England by his
father. s c. Lyme, his mother and sister.
April l.
The check was the largest which ever
passed through bank in this city for
the services Of jockey.
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Emnoria Aftar Gas.

Emporia, Jan e.-The Emporia rail-
road men are the first to form an in
corporated company in this town to dig
for oil and gas. Their company is call
ed the ~Emporia Oil Gas and Pipe Line
company" and is incorporated with a
capital stock of $3.50. 600 The officers
elected are: A. P. Goodhue, division
foreman of the Santa Fe railroad. En-
poria, president; Robert Oglesby. oil ex
pert Chanute, vice president; F. J.
Conway, dispatcher. Santa Fe railroad,
Emporia, secretary.
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killed . Large otser.

independence, Kan. Jan. "a large
otter was killed recently by Geo. Tilton.
on his farm on blackberry creek. 1t
weighed p pounds and measured 45
inches in length. This animal is very
rare in this section and for this reason
it win be mounted and placed in the
high school building at Altamont, as
portion of the permanent exhibit OF
nafura1 hiSf0rN
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Rich Harlem Handieap.

Chlcago Jan secretary NathansoD
the Harlem Jockey club for one of its
stakes to be run the opening day Of the
spring meeting this year. This an
nouncement was made in connection
with list of twelve important events
to be decided at Harlem park during
the spring and summer meetings. the
entries to which will close on Febru-
arv Is