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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

contracted when the family lived in
Pittsburg, Pa. In the hope of recover
ing health she, in company with her
daughters, came to Pasadena last sum-
mer, where her condition improved
The western physicians were of the
opinion, however, that her only chance
of regaining health would be to remain
and it was because of this that Mr..
Day gave up his position as traffic
manager with the American Bridge
company, in Pittsburg, and came west
to accept the trainmastership of the
Southern California division of the
Santa Fe. Although Mrs. Day was in
San Bernardino but a little over six
months. she made a number of friends
who will be much concerned at the
news of her death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
MURDERoUs ELECTRICIAN.
Details of the Killing of Mechanical
superintendent Pulaski Leeds.

The Railway Age gives the following
account of the murder of Pulaski Leeds:
Pulaski Leeds, superintendent of ma
chinery of the Louisville & Nashville
and one of the best known railway me-
chanical men in the country, was shot
twice and fatally wounded on the
morning Of July in his office in the
union station at Louisville, KY, by
G. b. Warner, an electrician formerly
for two years in the employ of the COM
pany. Mr.. Leeds died at 4 O'Clock on
the morning of July s. The facts relat-
ing to the shooting are briefly as fol-
lows: During the past winter Warner
was placed in charge of certain electri-
cal work at Decatur, Ala. but on ac-
count of dissatisfaction with his work
he was recalled to Louisville with
view to giving him other work. This
he refused, and after some delay re-
turned to Mr.. Leeds office on the morn
ing of July and asked for a general
letter of recommendation to help him
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

to get employment elsewhere. Mr.. Leeds
replied that to give such letter would
be contrary to the rules of the company,
but that he would gladly give an in
dividual letter to anyone who should
inquire as to his ability, and that he
would assist him all he could. Warner
then threatened that unless the letter
was given he would blow Mr.. Leeds
head off and without waiting for a re-
ply drew a revolver and fired twice.
One ball passed from the right cheek
entirely through the head. coming out
back of the left ear and dropping on the
floor The other shot took effect in
the left breast, the ball passing along
the ribs for about u inches and emery
ing to strike a key in a. drawer of the
desk at which Mr.. Leeds was sitting.
Seeing his escape cut off by the office
force Warner then turned the revolver
against his own head and fired, with
results that will probably prove fatal
The physicians in attendance upon Mr.
Leeds at first expressed the belief that
his rugged physique and strong VIII
might enable him to recover. Mr.. TheO-
dore H. Curtis, mechanical engineer or
the road, to whom we are indebted Tor
the above particulars, states that War
ner was not a man whom one would
suspect of evil intent; that he was con-
sidered a good man, was intelligent in
appearance and bore a general good rep
utation.
General Manager Evans.o of the Louis
Vile & Nashville, will in the near fu-
ture appoint a successor to Mr.. Leeds.
Three men are prominently spoken Of
for the place They are Theodore H.
Curtis, Henry Swoyer and Robert
Moran. Mr.. Curtis is in charge of the
construction of the new shops of the L.
&, N Henry Swoyer is general master
mechanic. and is the man in line of pro-
motion. Mr.. Moran is master mechanic
of the company at the Nashville ter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

fair trial, and it rejuvenated my whole
system / feel thankful therefore, for
although 70 years old / feel like
young man" Major Frank O'Mahoney.
One bottle will convince anyone.
Once used and Peruna becomes a life
long standby with old and young
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman.
giving full statement of your case ana
he will be pleased to give you his val
va BILE advice gratis.
Address DR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
A New Man at 70.

Major Frank O'Mahoney West side,
Hannibal No, writes:
up to a few years ago I felt no need
to test its medicinal potency, but lately
when my system needed it, your Pc
runa relieved me of many catarrhal
troubles. Some two years ago /
weighed 21O pounds, but fell away down
to 16S pounds, and besides loss of flesh
was subject to stomach troubles, in
diges ton, loss of appetite, insomnia.
night sweats, and a foreboding of get
ting my entire system out of order.
During some months 1 gave Peruna a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
Safeguard the Children.

Notwithstanding all that is done by
boards of health and charitably inclined
persons, the death rate among small chill
dren is very high during the hot weather
of the summer months in the large cities
There is not probably one case of bowel
complaint in a hundred however, chat
could not be cured by the timely use of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. For sale by all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

prostration. The body was taken to Stew
arts undertaking rooms.
Several friends visited Mr., Stewart about
7 O. clock last evening at his rooms. He
Of the heat but was apparent
~ in good health. An hour later J. II.
Kearns entered the room and found him
dead in a chair.A letter which he had been
reading was clutched tightly in his hand.
Mr. Stewart was a billing clerk in the
employ Of the Burlington railroad. He
was 50 years of age and unmarried. He
had resided here two years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
ANOTHER t. ]. ANDERSON.
Alike Only in Respect to the Condi-
ton of Their Scalps.

Railroad men have noticed the APP
pointment of T. ]. Anderson to be gen.
eral passenger agent of the Atlantic
system of the Southern Pacific. Need
less to say, this is not the T. J. Ander-
son of Topeka who has received this
promotion. but the similarity in names,
and the fact that 7. J. Anderson of To-
peka was for so long connected with
the passenger department of the Rock
Island, is a matter which naturally ex-
cites some comment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
z ". Bond Is Dead.

Fort Smith. Ark. July 14.-Frederick
w Bond chief engineer of the Fort
Smith and washington railroad is
dead here. aged 80. Mr.. Bond was one
of the most widely known railroad men
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
THE RAILROAD PICNIC.
What the Santa Fe Boys Will Do at
Arkansas City.

Newton, Kan, July 1.-THE commit
tee Oh arrangements for the railroad
picnic to be held at Arkansas City
Sa turday, July IS, have returned from
Arkansas City and are greatly pleased
with the treatment they received at the
hands of the merchants and citizens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14
Railroad Man Killed by Heat.

Kansas City. Mo. July 14-George 1.
Stewart, a brother of J. A. Stewart. pas
senger agent of the Rock Island railroad.
was found dead at $50 o'clock last night
in his rooms at 1901 Union avenue. After
examining the body DR.. ]. A. Boardman
said that death was caused from heat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

in the west. In the seventies he was
in the employ of the federal government
and was connected with the Hayden
geographical survey through Colorado
and Arizona.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

The picture of T. ]. Anderson of the
Southern Pacific in this column shows
that in looks the two T ]. Andersons
have only one thing in common-thes
are both bald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

Mrs. Ierusha NJ. Crane, Deerhed, Mich, writes
Il must claim you a friend for you have cured me
of suffering. speak too highly of and
your Peruna. believe it my life. 1 suf
with ad throat stomach. intestines
bladder systemic catarrh). feeling web,
thanks Peruna anything want and it does
hurt l sleep, and get feeling well and
good. / thankful that I found your Peruna. am
seventy-one old"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-14

Love is unequally
yok ed with sickness.
Labor is lightened by
love, but love cannot
tighten pain or relieve
it. Many a man looks
on at his wife's suffering
willing to do anything
to aid her and able to do
nothing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
Geo. G. Schawe

'Has the exclusive sale fol, Lex
ington OF Lisk's anti-rusting
tinware. Guaranteed not to
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
TRUSTEES SALE.

whereas, IN o. o.. Stroi hart and Richard :.
%Strobhart her husband, by their certain
decd uf trust. executed on the lnfh day %
February 1902, and recorded In book No. $50,
puge o. iu the office Of the recorder of deeds
for Lar yctte county. Missouri, did convey TO
~ vester judd as trustee the foil wing
described real estate "a lafayette county,.
Missouri, % secure paymCu ~ a certain
rOmissOrg note therein described. tu-Wit:
Beginning az the northeast corner OF the
southeast quarter Of the southwest quarter
~ section fourteen llll. township fort, mine
use range twenty eight d. running thence
south twenty ZEN feet, thence west six hun
dred aud twenty-seven 1871 feet. theme
south ten llOl feet. thence west Ono hundred
and ~htty-slX and thrre-fOurth Ll564l feet.
thence south iftee ll5l poles aud one liI
foot, thence east one hundred aud ffty-slN
and three fourth 1864 feet, the CO north
htteeu ll3l poles Hnu one Lll foot TO the
place Of beginning, as mated & contain one
acre more or less. Also 70 truct or Dar cl Il
land, iu Lafayette county. Missouri. dpscrib-
ed as follows. to-wit: Starting at me uot th-
east corner of the southeast quarter OF the
southwest quarter OF section fourteen Llil
township fOrty-niuc 1881, range tWentV eight
l2Sl, running thence west seven huudr q aut
tlghly-three and. three-fourth l7S3Al fee g.
thence south thirty 1907 feet 10 pl1ce OF
heelnnlng, thence west one hui dred ana
fifty six and three o. fourth ll5GAl feet.
thence south fifteen ll5l poles aud one
III loot, thence east one hundred and
tfty-siX and three o. fourth li56al feet.
lhcnCe north nIteen ll3l poles ana one
foot to beginning point. estimated TO cOntai
one acre more or less; and whereas defau
mas been made in the payment of the interCs
ana principal Que on said note. and whereas
said trustee refuses to act, therefore. by
virtue OF the authority and terms of said
deed o. trust, the same providing for the sale
OF said real estate IN case Of default In the
payment Of the interest and principal due
on said note, /, the undersigned. sheriff OF
Lafayette county, Missouri, will offer for
sale and sell, at public veDdue to he highest
bidder for cash, at the north front door OF
the court house, in the City Of Lexington
Missouri, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1908,
between the hours OF nine o'clock In tn,
forenoon and five o clock In the afternoon o
said day, the above described real estate To-
the purpose Of pay ing the said debt secured
and all costs Of executing this trust.
1l-2St4 OSCAR THOMAS. Sheriff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
MISSED THEIR E
Of Five Men Applying for Insurance
Two Rejected Lived Longest.

Of Five Men Applying for Insurance
Two Rejected Lived Longest.
A few years after the civil war
B. H. Ingram was agent at Sedalia
for a Milwaukee life insurance
company, says the Kansas City
Journal. At about that time the
company raised the limit of it's
b%enefciaries to $4,000 and asked
Mr.. Ingram to write a few poll
cies for that sum, The president
of the company offered to make
liberal terms to five men whom
Mr.. Ingram might select. He
chose Col. A. ID. Jaynes, Capt.
John NJ. Sneed, John Il. Barrett,
John T. Heard and Maj. Richard
FL. Melton. All of these agreed to
be insured, and Mr.. Ingram for
warded their papers. A few days
later he received word from the
head Office that Jaynes, Sneed
and Barrett had been accepted, but
that Heard and Melton had been
rejected. He tried hard to get
Heard and Melton accepted, but
the company positively refused,
saying they had physical disabili-
ties that made them bad risks.
The result shows what keen fore
sight insurance companies some
times display and also illustrates
the uncertainty of human life.
The president of the company,
the examining surgeon, the man
who wrote the policies and the
three men who were accepted are
now all dead, but Mr.. Heard and
Maj. Melton, the two chad risks"
are still living and enjoying good
health at a green old age. Mr..
Heard is at Sedalia and has
served his district in congress-.
Maj. Melton resides at Clinton.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
woMAN's WAYS IN WRITING.
Peculiar Fad Invalidated viii in
Case of One LADY.

~
Woman's inexplicable aversion
to beginning on the first page of a
sheet of letter paper and follow
ing the pages in their natural or
der is we'll known. Men find it
distracting and even women cor
respondents confess that-in 9th.
ers-it is an eccentric practice not
calculated to meditation and
prayer. Beyond this no one
dreamed of going until this femi-
nine popularity served actually
to invalidate a wOman's will, says
the New York Tribune. The late
Isabella Andrews, of Brooklyn, it
seems, was one of the women who
delight to treat the third page of
a sheet of writing paper as if it
were the second, and fourth as if
it were the third, and the second
as if it were the fourth. She made
her will that way, too. Starting
on the first page, she jumped the
PROVISIONS Of the will over to the
third page, which she marked two,
and wound up by subscribing and
attesting the document on the
second page, which she marked
three. She used a printed formu-
la, which was intended to be at
tested on the reverse side Of the
first page-what in ordinary cor
respondence paper one would call
the fourth page. The will was re-
jected and the supreme court, to
which recourse was had, upheld
the rejection, on the ground that
a will to be legal must be signed at
the end, not in the middle, as the
Andrews will was.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
RAPIDLY GROWING FUEL
Eucalyptus Wood Nay Take Place of
Coal II Latter Fails.

AuA II Latter rams.
1t is said that of all the tropical
trees which have been planted in
the United States those of the
genus Eucalyptus have attained
the greatest popularity. Only a
few of the $50 varieties that be-
long to that group have been tried,
but more are likely to be intro
duced in time. Some are we'll
adapted to alpine climates, some
grow in arid regions, while some
need moisture and warmth such
as are found in tropical swamps,
says the New York Tribune
For wind breaks, for shade and
for a number Of other purposes
these trees have developed
marked popularity. One of the
strongest recommendations they
have is that some species grow
with singular rapidity, although
their wood is hard. No doubt, the
timber will find many uses in
building. Already it is employed
for the piers of Santa Barbara,
Cal. At present large quantities
are grown and cut for fuel in that
state. A writer in "The Scientific
American" says:
AS to the rapidity of growth and
consequent value of eucalyptus as
a wood supply, it is interesting to
know that when they are five to
seven years old groves of blue gum
or mamma gum may be cut to the
ground for fuel and they may be
cut every six or eight years there
after. The yield from each cut
ting is commonly from 80 to IS
cords of four-foOt wood an acre.
One 17-acre grove between Los
Angeles and Compton, set in 1880
and cut for the third time in June,
1900, produced 1860 cords, an ay.
erage of 80 cords of four.foot
wood an acre.
In much of the southwest there
is no known species that can take
the place Of other rapidly disap
pearing woods, and at the same
time supply the increasingdeman
for hardwood fuel. In California
the leaves as well as the wood are
utilized for fuel purposes. A Los
Angeles company is making fol
market bricks composed of blue
gum leaves and twigs mixed will
crude oil, and the product is re
ported to be an excellent fuel fol-
domestic use. The entire tree is
thus utilized. This new use Of
eucalypt leaves suggests the pos
sibility of many industries grow
ing out of the extensive planting
of the trees.
The phenomenally rapid growth
of these trees has been demon
strated in the groves of Ellwoot
Cooper, near Santa Barbara, Cal.
where blue gums planted % year:
ago are as large as oaks whose
rings show them to be 300 years
old.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
SHERlFF'S SALE.

Tie State Of Missouri mt the Rela-
ton and to the use Of j.. J Fulker-
son, Collector OF the Revenue Of
Lafayette County in the state of
Missouri, Plaintiff,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
A CABBY,s rRANeF FARE.
Gave His Driver the Horrors BY
Making Odd Request.

Making Odd Request.
"One of the strangest expe-
riences l ever had, and one that
simply frightened mt out Of my
boots" said the old hackman to
a reporter for the New Orleans
Times Democrat, "was with a man
whose face | have not seen from
that good time until this, and on"
whose face, | may add, l never
care to see again. He had called
at the hack stand and had EN-
ployed me to drive him uptown
some distance. There was moth
ing particularly striking about
the mans looks. He simply
looked like any other customer to
me. We never pay much atteD-
ton to the men who ask us to haul
them about town. The stranger
told me where he wanted to go
and we started. 1t was an OBJ
scure, fOrsaken part of the city
and one that / had never visited
before. l haven't been there since,
either. he got out. Directly he
rushed back to the carriage and
crawled in. Pull all the shades
down and close the DOORS he said,
as he crawled into the hack. But
it is very warm l suggested to
him. Never mind about hat he
yelled viciOusly, and so / pulled
the shades down and closed the
doors on him. 1t dawned on me in
a jify that man was going to com
nit suicide in my hack. | could
tell it by the way he looked at me
when he ordered me to close him
in from the world. He had that
desperate look of the man who is
fixing to make the leap into the
beyond. Back to the city was :
long way The hack rolled along
l had time to reflect and felt like
a man who has been condemned
to die. / kept listening for a PTS
toll shot in the hack. ! knew il
was going to happen. / knew
would be arrested for murder
tried, and maybe convicted. If
should try to put the fellow on
he would shoot and kill himself il
the struggle, and in any event
was in for a bad spell. There was
no way in the wide world for mi
to escape trouble of a very serious
nature. | kept my ear bent bacl
over the seat, for | knew ever,
minute would be the last with thu
strange man. In the meantime
we had rolled we'll into the cit,
and only a few blocks stood be
tween me and radiance of thu
thing that weighed on me so heav
lily. Well, the pistol shot neve.
rang out, and l finally got rid o
my strange customer. / never fel
quite as we'll in my life as | dix
when that fellow quit my hack
Honestly, l could not keep from
laughing outright, so completed,
was l possessed by the feeling o
JOY. / have never seen him since
nor do / want to see him again.
think the very sight of that fellow
would make the cold chills run VI
nv hack0
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
Notice 10 Bridge Contractors.

will let to the lowest and best bidder, for
construction, on
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 70. A. D., 1903.
One Wooden A Truss Bridge, 26 feet span, to
he built across creek ON public road between
lands of Peter Mueller and f. Henck, in N +
a section "a. township ~. range %
Letting will be at 10 O'Clock a. m. at bridge
site.
Plan and specifications can be seen at time
and place of letting.
Contractor is to give bono for maintenance
OF bridge as the law directs.
Commissioner reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
B. D. WEEDIN,
1l-2ltd Commissioner
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
England's Oldest Organ.

EngIand's oldest organ is in
Barnsbury Street Congregational
church, Islington. II was built in
1860 for Westminster abbey.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19

missouri, BlalntlU,
rs.
George Porter, Mary G.. Taylor and
X. NJ. Taylor, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of LAFAYETTE County.
Missouri, at Lexington.
BY virtue OF a special execution issued
from t C Office of the circuit clerk Of Lafay-
cite county, Missouri. in the above entitled
cause, wherein the state Of Missouri. no the
relation and to the use Of J }. FulkerSon.
collector If the %revenueOf Lafayette county.
Missouri, is plaintiff and against George
Porter, Mary e.. Taylor and X NJ. Taylor de-
PENDANTS, to me directed and r%eturnahle to
the DeCemberterm, 1908, OF said court at Lex
iDgton, Missouri. / the und rs'gued, sheriff o
Lafayette county, Missouri, will ON
TUESDAY, DECEMBER s, 1909,
between Ga tours Of nine o'clock in the
forenoon and five O'clock in the afternoon OF
said day, and in front OF the court house
door, in the City Of Lexington, Lafayette
county. Missouri. during the session Of said
court nf said county, offer for sale and sell.
publicly. TO the highest bidder fer cash I'M
hand, all the right, little. inter 81, claim ana
estate OF said George Porter. Mary G. TAYLOR
aud k. M. Taylor. defendants In said execu.
ton. in and to the following real estate,
situate, lying and being in the county Ot
Lafayette and state Ot Missouri, to-wit: Lots
one II and two III block one IN, WaterhousC
aud Rtding'S addition To Mayyiew Missouri
ievied upon as the property Of said defend
ants, and sold to satisfy said execu, ion,
together with the costs and expenses OF this
sale,
Given under my hand this Path day Of June
1898
lo-3lti OSCAR THOMAS, Sheriff,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-12-19
An Old Mans Disease.

Only 10 to 100 victims Of
Bright'sd iseasea are under 40 years
Of aye.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-06
Affabie prince Henry.

Prince Henry is as affable in Ger.
many as he was in America. He
likes to travel incognito, and on his.
automobile trips he often has anus
ing adventures. On recent Trip to.
Darmstadt he stopped at yerden to
buy fortyStwo pounds Of benzine.I
The young man who served him was
SO much pleased with his manners
that he offered him cigar, which
the prince accepted with thanks.
At Holzendorf the automobile need
ed water, and the prince took a.
bucket and helped to fill it. The
Berlin Tageblatt prints this fact in.
italics. Then he stopped at a tay-
sern, shared his sandwiches with the
hosts children, talked Dutch with
the hostess and on parting got from
her a bunch of roses with the IN
Junction to place them in water as
soon. as he got home.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-02-06
6 Carried Away.

One of King Edwards ships re-
Gently collided with another while
clearing out of Portsmouth docks
and had its bowsprit carried away.
According to the Taller, the cap
tain promptly reported the disaster
TO the admiralty in a dispatch as
follows: My lords, / regret to have
to inform your lordships that his
majesty's ship , while leaving
the harbor, came into collision with
another vessel, and its bowsprit has
been carried away"
Promptly came an admiralty wire
in reply, Report who carried away
bowsprit and where it has been.
placed"