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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-17

AL this secrecy nongering is re-
lected to some extent, though on a
mailer scale, IN District affairs. We
ave in mind one conspicuous instance
evolving the Commissioners. Incl
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they discovered my presence. But
never reached them. They had stretched
a wire between two trees at about the
heighth of nv ankles and when 1 struck
it [ did a f1iD-f1ap that would have
been credit to a professional acrobat
| remember that | was in the air for a
few moments and then landed on my
nec,-.
When I awoke I found myself again
in the library. My wife, as she after
wards told me. had heard me fall and
on running out had found me. With the
assistance of one of the neighbors she
had carried me into the house where
I was revived by liberal application of
camphor to my nostril-.
Instead of rutt;@g - out of business
the fall / lad received seemed to make
me all the stronger, more anxious to get
my hands upon the young villains who
had perpetrated the trick. They had starr
ed the ball to rolling and 1 intended to
show them that their Uncle Dudley, in
spite of his advanced age, was still In
the ring. Full of this resolution, I pro-
cured a club. went out on the back
porch where I could see without being
seen, then waited for the boys to re-
turn I didn't have long to wait.
1t must have been about ten minutes
after had taken I'D my station on the
back porch when. figure, which 1 i'm
mediately recognized as that of my son,
appeared from behind tree. To say
that l was surprised would be putting
it mildly.
I waited until he got within range and
then I started for him. swinging my
club as l went. He was as surprised
to see me as 1 had been when l discov
cred his identity. and Immediately
struck out for healthier neighborhood
with me at his heels. My son is quite
a runner, but as compared with his old
man his work was very coarse. In fact
we had made but three or four jumps
when in order to keep from running
over him altogether. I was compelled
to assist him in his progress by few
well directed kicks. I then caught him
behind the ear with my club.
This last lick was the one that did
the work. My son fell upon his knees
and pleaded for mercy in manner that
would have brought tears to a pair of
glass eyes If / had been in an ordinary
frame of mind his cries might have had
some effect upon me. but as it was l
raised my weapon for another blow.
Just then one of his companions hit me
in the back of the head with a rock and
I went down and out.
For the second time that night it was
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Frank Grimes went down to Kansas
City last night.
The advance guard of K. U. rooters
arrived last evening.
+. W. Hoch, editor of the Marion
Record. was in Topeka last night.
"A Texas Steer"-that is, the play
by that name-will be at the Crawford
this afternoon and tonight.
J. w F. Hughes is sending out liter
allure pertaining to the state poultry
show to be held at the Auditorium in
December.
Nail your gates shut, put your wag-
ons in the barn and lock the door sit
up all night with a shotgun. This is
Halloween.
Johnny Comes Marching Home on
Sunday night is the way a. S. Kane
tells of the Sunday night attraction at
the Crawford.
f. B. Guilds window in which the
man automaton plays the Apollo
Ipiano player, has attracted a great
deal of attention for a week.
The Chase County Stone company of
Cottonwood Falls has been awarded the
contract for furnishing the cut stone
for the government work at Leaven-
worth.
Judge Hook has been applied to by
the United States marshal for an order
to remove the federal prison mutineers
from Leavenworth to Topeka for trial
next month.
F. L. Vandesrift. correspondent for
the Kansas City Star, has recovered
from an attack of pneumonia which
kept him at home in Kansas City last
week, and is once more back in To-
peka.
A flock of a dozen prairie chickens
few over Topeka Friday morning, and
We're seen by several people. AS rule
these birds avoid passing over a town,
and it has been many years since sucn
an occurrence.
Cider" Smiths prediction for de-
cided change in the weather was in
side the first ring if it was not a bulls
eye score The duck hunters who re-
lied on the forecast found their faith
in Smith well grounded.
The children of Sumner school will
be in charge of a candy sale at Mills
store today. The proceeds from the
sale of candy will go into a fund for
the purchase of a piano for the as
sembly room at Sumner school.
The Topeka Typographical union will
meet at / o'clock Sunday afternoon in
stead of 2:30, for the purpose of attend
ing in a body the funeral of the late
Nv. A. Jones, who was a printer en-
ployed at the Kansas Farmer office.
The ladies of Topeka Relief Corps No
"a will give Halloween social tonight
at the hall of Topeka post No II at 119
West Sixth street. which will be free
TO members of Topeka post No. II and
corps and their families. good pro-
gramme has been arranged.
Miss Gertrude Brandenburg arrived
from Colorado last night and is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Otto Rain. on Buchan-
an street. Miss Brandenburg was a
passenger on the Santa Fe train which
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CUT 1T OUT
Quit White Bread and Coffee and Got
Well.

A tale that sounds like magic yet is
but a simple evidence of what proper
food can do in the place of improper
food:
A lady of Quincy. ILL.,, says: cit seems
impossible that could have gone
through what L did and be alive and
well today. I was most of my life trou-
bled with a weak stomach and severe
headaches and as 1 grew older slowly
got worse. One physician treated me five
years for dyspepsia without any help
and I went to another physician who
said 1 had a tumor and I believed him.
L was unable to bear even the loosest
clothing and could scarcely lift my head,
finally becoming entirely bed-ridden.
Then I changed to another doctor
who said I had chronic catarrh of the
stomach and advised a change of eli
mate telling me 1 would get well if 1
would winter in California. He might
as well have advised trip to the moon
in my case. Then 1 tried a change of
diet. 1t seemed L could not live on
crackers and tea nor could find any
thing else to agree with me and it be-
gan to look as though I was doomed to
die So made up my mind to eat ev-
erything that I craved and determined
to die happy at least in the thought of
not starving to death.
Now that I look back at in I don't
see how it is possible for a human being
to live through such misery as 1 did
OF course my stomach trouble grew
worse and my head grew worse. 1 had
all my hair cut off but it did not help
me and when one of my headaches was
on 1 was really and truly crazy and did
not even recognize my husband. The
doctor would give me morphine tablets
to stop my crying.
Then a friend who knew what she
was talking about advised me to give up
white bread and tea and coffee and try
the predigested food Grape-NutS and
Postum Coffee in place. I did so and
have had grand results. The improve
ment began Immediately. I had fallen
from 125 pounds to 80 pounds in my
sickness and with my hair cut off and
gray too I was a fright.
In a few days after | started Grape
Nuts I could eat a little beef and
crackers without the least discomfort.
my face began to fill out and the awful
distress in my stomach soon ceased.
Then my headaches began to grow less
frequent and the sick dizzy spells have
gone from me altogether and / have
reached and passed my former weight
and am now comparatively Wen ana
strong. I am certainly happy and 1
never touch coffee now for am certain
that coffee and the white bread and bis
cults caused all my trouble As soon as
my body got the proper food it did not
take it long to put me right both in
body and mind. All the credit is due to
Grape Nuts and Postum in place of
white bread and coffee Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each package for a copy of
the famous little book. THE Road to
Wellville."
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are exasperating in the extreme. What
could I do? That was the question and
not an easy one to answer. Suddenly
a happy thought struck me and turn
ed to my son who was patiently await
ing my answer.
Johnny"
yes, pa
IF I make you a tick tack will you
promise to keep that gang of yours
away from this house tonight?''
YEP
I made the tick tack and after Johnny
had been assured that it would make
boys might have. he Joined the crowd
of young ruffians who were waiting for
him outside and as they tramped down
the front walk and away I heaved a
great sigh of relief. i would be able to
read and smoke after all.
AS soon as Johnny and his friends
had departed I again picked up my
newspaper and sought comfortable
chair in the library where I could smoke
and read without fear of being inter
rupted. For had not Johnny promised
me faithfully that he and that gang of
his would steer clear OF our house dur
ing the evening, and so far as I knew
Johnny had never broken his PROMISE
Presently my wife finished her evening
task and came into the library and as
she repaired a pair of trousers which
our son had worn out during the day,
we fell to discussing the unlimited
amount of cussedness that is embodied
in the average youth. e"
But boys will be boys, you know
said nv vito.
Yes was my answer. land a good
majority of them win be in the peni-
tertiary before long If they don't stop
their
1 never finished the sentence. For
just at this point [ was interrupted by
a deafening noise, evidently produced
by tick tack whirring on the window
my teeth. Who could it be? Surely it
was not Johnny, for he had promised
me that he and the gang of pirates. of
which he was the CAPTAIN, would give
our house wide berth in their attempt
to get into the hands of the police. No,
it was not Johnny. But who was it?
I decided to satisfy my curiosity, so got
UP and went to the door.
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Dear Brother Bill
I am fully aware of the fact that it
will be a great bother for you to wade
through the contents of this letter. 1t
contains nothing pleasant. But as it is
a well established fact that misery loves
company, I hope that you will not think
i'll of me for taking this opportunity to
tell you my troubles. You have a boy
yourself and therefore will know how
to sympathize with me. It all came
about in this way:
Yesterday was a very busy day at
the store and as a consequence I was
about all in when it came time for me
to put on my coat and start for home
l consoled myself, however, with the
thought that a good supper awaited me
and that afterwards I could burn a
couple of Perfectos and read the even
ing paper before turning in. In fact I
had my mouth all fixed up for a quiet
evening and, naturally. was in no mood
to fully appreciate thet events which
followed in rapid succession.
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At supper I noticed that my son,
Johnny ate but little and did contin-
ually drop his knife and fork and be-
smear himself with his food. Several
times a long drawn out whistle came
from without whereat the youngster
did prick up his ears as any animal
does when it hears the call of its mate.
This in itself was sufficient to have
aroused my suspicious but let 1t pass
unnoticed and attributed his nervous
ness to the simple fact that he was a
boy and was therefore incapable OF
keeping quiet for more than two MIN
utes in succession. finished my meal
in silence and had started for the IL
brary with the evening paper when my
son brought me to full stop with the
remark:
Say. pa"
well, what is it?"
Make me a tick tack.
What do you want with tick
tack?"
on Halloween"
wen, what if they do?''
But this is Halloween, pa, an all the
fellers is goin' out an wants me to go
along. Please make me one, pa"
MY blood froze in my veins. The
thoughts of my cigar and newspaper
left me on the instant and I saw them
as only in a dream. Instead of spend
ing the evening in peace and quiet /
would be compelled to use all of my
energy in the defense of my property
and he who has ever undertaken that
lob on Halloween. knows full well tnar
it has difficulties accompanying it that
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WON CARNEGIE MEDAL.
W. NJ. Gibson Obtains the Prize in
Telegraphers' Contest.

Philadelphia. Oct. 31.-Wiliiam M.Gib-
son of New York. formerly of the As
ISOLATED Press and now with a broker
firm, won the Carnegie medal and the
worlds championship as the best all
round telegraph operator" at the tourn-
ament of the American Telegraphers
association held in the National Export
exposition building. E. E. Bruckner Of
the Postal Telegraph company, Chicago,
won the second prize.
Gibson's victory was a brilliant one,
as he had for opponents some of the
best photographers in the country includ-
ing F. NJ. McClintic, of the Associa ted
Press, Dallas, Texas, who won the cham
pionship last year. The other contest
ants were G. w. Conkling, formerly of
the Associated Press, New York, Har-
vey Williams, Postal Telegraph COM
pany, Philadelphia, D. R. Newcomb, As
ISOLATED Press. Boston, and w. c. Muir
ray. Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga. The
contestants had to send % messages and
500 words of press matter and receive %
messages and 500 words of press matter
on Typewriter
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was wrecked at Fowler, Colo, but es-
capped with only a slight cut upon the
left hand
Police Judge Hamilton has ceased.
for the present, to run opposition 10
Mr.. Good in the fee buying business.
The money appropriated for that pur-
pose by the council has run out. In
police court last evening he explained
the case to the few witnesses. Mr.. Good
was not present to take advantage Of
the shortage of city funds.
Four transients. John Campbell. Geo
Rfchlien. Robt. Flaming, Fred Richlien
and Andrew Rudolph were arrested last
night on the charge of trespassing on
railroad property. These We're the only
arrests made, and they were by the two
how to stay inside during wet weather.
The streets and walks committee of
the city council is not ready yet to call
off the war on the Santa Fe railway. 1t
was voted at the meeting last night to
pigeon hole the Santa Fe request for
permission to build a second track next
to the present Atchison-St. Joe track at
the depot until the company puts its
Fourth street crossing in better shape.
Supt. Luling, of the state insurance
department, has prepared new blanks
for the reports of the fraternal bene-
ficiary organizations which are oDerat-
ing in Kansas. and hereafter the de-
partment will compel the use of these
blanks. which will be furnished by the
state. In this way the fraternaI so
cieties will be obliged to give Informal
ton which some of them have not been
telling heretofore.
Thomas Magill. who was to have n
hearing last evening on a disturbing
the peace" charge in police court. did
not appear for trial. and his absence
brought. on a lecture by the court. The
court stated that on account of the
way some persons have of violating the
confidence of officers who allow them
to go on their own recosnizance, the
police should be less lenient A war
rant was issued for Magill.
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It is row well known that dropsy is not in
itself disease but is commonly a symptom OF
Bright's Disease or Diabetes. Hence up to the
discovery OF the Fulton Compounds, dropsy was
hncurable. It is now, however. durable in nearly
nine tenths OF all cases. Here is an Interesting
recovery, to which we refer by permission.
Mrs. Peter Goyheneix OF s2s Fillmore street
San Francisco, became alarmingly dropsical.
Her physician had finally to tap her every few
days. She was tapped nearly forty times and
grew worse from day to day. The physician
finally told her husband that she had Bright,s
Disease Of the Kidneys, that it was in an ad-
vanced chronic state and beyond medical aid.
Her heart also gave her the usual trouble and
Hhe was in such serious condition the relatives
were sent for. They put her Fulton Com
pound. IL stayed on her stomach, the first
thing that had done SO for q week. The second
week the dropSy declined . little and the i'm
proVement was then gradual until ner recovery
was complete. This case was examined into
Dy representatives of the San Francisco Star
ana the Overland Monthly, and the genuineness
An their columns.
Mrs. Thomas Christol of 426 Twenty-seventh
street, San Francisco, also swollen with
oropSy as a result of chronic Bright's Disease
70 more than seventy-fve pounds beyond her
normal weight, and had to be moved in sheets
ana was close to deaths door although she had
Jour physicians She was put the Fulton
compounds Three weeks showed Improvement
ana IN six months she was well, and permits
this reference.
There is only one thing known that will cure
tne chronic kidney disease that is behind dropsy
ana that IS Fulton's Compound. The Renal
compound for Bright's and Kidney diseases 81:
Ior Diabetes, $50. John ]. Fulton Co. 400
washington street, San Francisco, sole com
Founders Send for pamphlet, I'VE are the soIe
SCENTS for this city.
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Three Banks to Unite.

Pittsburg, Oct. 3I-Three of the old
est and most conservative national
banks in Pittsburg have decided to
merge their interests into one financial
institution. They are the Bank of Pitts
burg National association, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers bank and
consolidated under the charter of the
Bank of Pittsburg, which has been in
operation for SO years and viii form an
institution with capital of 81, 900
and a surplus of about $2,400, 600, and
will have at the start deposits approx
mately of $4,000 600.
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necessary for my wife to come to my

necessary lOI my vile " COiiiS " lily
assistance.
When 1 had resained my strength, I
got upon my feet, went out into the
yard to a cherry tree and cut three of
the biggest and healthiest gads could
find Then, having cut the gads. went
into the house and stationed myself be-
hind the door, and when Jones. Jr.,
came in about IL o'clock. thinking that
the storm had blown over. l had him.
[ congratulate myself that as the re-
suit of considerable practice / am
quite proficient in the art of welding a
rod In this particular case | did my
work so we'll that my son will nroh-
ably remember it for some time. The
doctor whom we called in shortly
after. has been working with him all
night, but he is still wandering OF
course, now that it's all over. regret
that 1 was so severe with him, but he
would monkey with the buzz-saw. and
after all he got no more than was COM
ing to him. Yours truly. JOHN.
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Coach woodruf's Final Practice.

Urbana, ILL.,. Oct. 31-Coach Woodruff
gave the Illini final practice for the
Northwestern game last evening. Sig
nal practice both or the field and in
the gymnasium showed that the state
men know their t1ctics well. At the
close of the practice neither Coach
woodruff nor Director Huff cared to
make any prediction. Prophets about
the game with the purple are scarce.
most persons looking for close game
with even chances. Considerable gloom
was lifted when Fairweather and Kas-
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Outside all was quiet and Serene. and
after listening for a few moments I
decided that the culprits whoever they
were, had made their escape. Having
come to this conclusion 1 started to
close the door when there came to my
cars the sound of a muffied laugh from
around the house. Here was my chance.
Cautiously I stepped out onto the
down the steps. Then having reached
the lawn where I could not be heard
made a dash for the corner of the
house. hoping to reach the boys before
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MILITIAMEN LOSE JOBS.
Seven or Eight Discharged at Atch-
ison for Going to Fort Riley.

Atchison, Kas., Oct. 31.-Seven or
eight members of the local company of
Kansas national guards have lost their
jobs as a result of being away from
work ten days to attend the Fort Riley
maneuvers.
This fact together with the arrest OF
an employer at Enporia, Kas.. for dis
charging a militiaman who attended
the maneuvers under the call of his
superior officers, is attracting consider.
able attention here.
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When you look ahead and think of the
colo nghts-think againi 1t will surely
be satisfaction to you to know that
you have at least a small amount of
coal on hand ready for use.
THE SOUTHW ESTERN FUEL co.
viii fill your orders NOW.
Phones III, 1873. 144.
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BONDS TO BE ISSUED.
TOpeka's Floating Debt of
$1,000 to Be Refunded.

At the present time the city of To-
peka owes, for it's floating debt of cur
rent expenses, the sum of 81, 900. OF
this sum, $51, S4S.30 is held by the banks
of Topeka in the shape of city war
rants which are mot paid for want of
funds" The entire floating debt is
divided as follows:
Warrants held by Bank of To-
warrants held by First Ma '-s'O''''
tional ........... ............. II, 1885
Warrants held by State Saw
ings ........... ................ 7,701.71
National ........... -. e,s75.s5
State bank ................... 5,o45.o4
Warrants held by Central Ma
tional -. .............. 1881 81
Warrants held by individuals. 5,O45O4
Due Barber Asphalt Paving
Co. .......... .......... 7,54I.0s
Due on old judgments. 49,. 100000
Court costs, approximate. 500. 90
This whole 81 900 will be taken up
and paid off by an issue of bonds au
thorized by the special session of the
legislature. The object of this law was
to enable cities which suffered from the
flood to use their general funds for the
heavy expense of cleaning and repair
ing.
All bills contracted by the city prior
to November 1 can be taken up by this
bond issue. Saturday is therefore the
last day of grace for the bills, though
the city attorney holds that these bills
can be allowed at the Monday night
council meeting.
Mayor Bergundthal will make an
effort to sell the bonds, when issued,
to the state school fund. The Kansas
City, Kas.. people have $550000 worth of
bonds which they are trying to work
off on the school fund. and there is no
reason why Topeka should not be given
an equal chance with Kansas City in
this matter.
When the $1,000 worth of bonds are
issued and sold. the city will take the
money and pay off all the outstanding
debts. With the $4,000 which is now
on nand IL the city treasury it is
thought that the city may be able to
get along until the end of the year
without drawing on the 1904 taxes to
pay this years bills. 1t is rather
doubtful. however. whether this can be
done. for the city has purchased 81 200
worth of new fire hose and authorized
the purchase of $1,000 worth of street
cleaning apparatus during the past
month
The people of Topeka should adopt
it as an unwritten law that the ad-
ministratio which allows the expenses
OF the city to run ahead of the re-
celots will be buried ten miles deep at
tRe next succeeding election. The law
Which IS on the statute books should
be richly enforced. and no money an
propriated when there is no money in
the citv treasury
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DROPSY

DO Your Ankles or Limbs Swell?
Are Your Eyes Puffy? We are
the Sole Agents for the Only
Thing Known That Cures the
Kidney Diseases that Cause
Dropsy, viz: FuIton's Compound.
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A Love Letter.

Would not interest you if you're looking
for guaranteed salve for sores, burns or
piles. Otto Dodd of Ponder, Mo. writes:
Il suffered with an ugly sore for year.
but a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured
me. It's the best salve on earth. z5c AT
Arnold Drug Co.. 81 North Kansas ave.