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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-13

John n. Clark. Ex-Csngrcssmsn.
Was ten years n member OF Congress
from Missouri and Tor six years Clerk
of National House Of Representatives,
writes:
al can recommend your Pernna as a
good, substantial tonic and one Of the
best remedies for catarrhal troubles"
Ex-Congres-man A. H. Coffroth,
Somerset, Pa, writes;
al am assured md satisfied that Pc
runa is n great caiarrh cure, and 1 feel
that can recommend IL TO those who
suffer from that disorder"
Men Of prominence all over fhe
United STATES. are commanding
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
Widow of Archibald Kerr, of Green
wood County, Resolved $4,000.

Eureka, Kas., April 1.-THE Archi-
bald Kerr case was settled out of court
this morning by allowing the widow,
Virginia Kerr. SIS. 900 and all court ex-
penses as her portion of the Kerr estate.
The case had been pending in the dis
trict court nearly two years and in
vOlved the title to one of the best farm
ing ranches in Greenwood county. The
Kerr farm was on the Walnut river adj
joining the Missouri Pacic track wesl
of Neal. It consisted of 1920 acres o..
improved lowlands. including more than
1000 acres of timber land with more
than three miles of running water. Be
sides this property a legacy of 500
in England was involved The entire
estate was valued at about $50 600
Archibald Kerr, of a family of English
nobility. came to Kansas in the early
seventies and settled in Greenwood
county. Shortly after he arrived he
purchased the property. The ranch was
improved until at the time of Kerr
death two years ago.
Mrs. Virginia Kerr the widow waS
kerr's second wife. Fourteen years ago
he was divorced from his first wife He
paid to her $4,000 alimony and several
thousand dollars more for court ex-
penses and the maintenance of the chill
dren- Mrs. Archibald Kerr's $4,000 rep
resents only a part of what she prob
ably would have received as her por~
ton OF the estate had the case been CON
tested in the higher courts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
SKULLS OF THE FAIRS.
They Are to BE Offered in Evil
dence in Will Case.

San Francisco April 1.-THE Call this
morning says that startling develop
ments are promised in the Charles L
Fair will case now before the New York
courts. 1t IS alleged that facts have
come to light here most damaging to
the testimony given few days ago IN
New York by Lucien Mas and Alfred J.
MOrane the Frenchmen. who were
called to recount certain incidents at
tending the death of Charles Fair and
his wife in France. which, If true, would
strongly tend to establish as a fact that
Mrs. Fair survived her husband and
thus left her own relatives the direct
heirs to the fortune inherited under
these circumstances from her husband.
1t has been learned. says the Call,
from one of those who is deeply con-
cerned in the Fair case that the skulls
of the late Mr. and Mrs Fair, whose
bodies were shipped back to San Fran
cisco, after they had been relinquished
by the French authorities have been
preserved and are now in the custody
of responsible persons here. ready to be
produced when the time comes for re-
futing the evidence given in New York
Whether they will be sent to New York
or remain here is q matter that is to
depend wholly upon a move that is to
be made shortly to have the case trans
ferred to the courts of this city.
When the bodies Of the Fairs were re-
ceived in New York from France they
were discovered to be in such decom-
posed condition that it was deemed ad-
visabIe to hasten the funeral in San
Francisco. tt is new stated that the fu-
neral was followed by an autopsy that
included the decapitation OF both bodies
an operation that was made by Doc
tors Galway and Robinson
The testimony of Mas and Morane
that Mrs Fair was living when they ap-
preached the bodies and that blood was
Streaming down one side of her face is
contradicted by concrete evidence-the
woman's skull It can be shown by the
skull that such would have been an inn
possibility. 1t is claimed. The skull Of
Charles Fair now in the safekeeping Of
his friends. was not crushed in the man
ner described by the French witnesses.
In fact il remains intact. although
showing depression caused by a force
full contact. which resulted in concus-
sion of the brain and the death of the
man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
FIGHT ON PLATT.
Insurgent Republicans, Succeed
in Defeating a Nomination.

Albany. n. z, April 17.-Not since tho
memorable day of the Conkling- Plat
insurrection has the state senate been
the scene of more bitter personalities
or Of a more sensational political battle
than when Governor Odells nomina ton
Of Railroad Commissioner Frank Baker
to succeed himself was rejected by d
coalition Of Senators Bracket, E Is.
Brown and E.lsbeTg=the three sO-called
'.insurgent Republicans, +" with the DEM
Ocrats An intensely personal conflict
was precipitated betweeA Senator
Bracket and Senator Raines. the Re
publican president pro tenn. 1t is not
unlikely that the battle win be renewed
TO-DAY. when it IS expected the judiciary
committee will report the nomination Of
George Wilson Morgan to take the place
of John McCullagh as superintendent
of elections. sent in by Governor Odeil.
In explaining his vote against Mr.
Bakers confirmation Senator Bracket
said. Mr. Baker is simply a pawn on
the c-essboard. I vote against this
nomination in protest of the sewage and
fifth that is being poured upon the head
Of our worthy governor through the
agents of the man who inspired this
nomination And I vote against this
nomination to emphasize my disap
-roral of the actions of the man who
causes the seal of party approval to be
-iaced on any measure when certain
attorneys are engaged in favor of billa.
And L vote against this man with the
same reason as J refuse to vote for his
reelection as the senior senator who
organized this senate before it had met
announced hisselections and forced them
upon US
Senators Raines and Maliy replied
attacking the insurgents bitterly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
OLD MAIDS CONVENTION.
The President criticises Roosevelt's
Recent Utterances.

New York. April 1.-THE Western
New York Old Maids convention opened
yesterday in the village of Pittsford.
says a Rochester. n. Y, dispatch to the
Herald. Miss Amelia Higginson. the
president. in her opening address. said
President Roosevelt believes in the
rearing Of large families. He has 4
rlght to his opinion, but when he places
ch1ldlessness in the same category with
criminal acts he goes too FAR The
president is the father of what we
Americans would call large family
De IS not the mother of a large family
we have heard nothing about race sui
eide from the mothers Of America, end
we never shall.
Let the president grapple with the
trusts. the tariff and the coming cleo
ton They are more in his line. He can
safely leave the question of babies in
the hands OF the women of this greax
republic"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
WARE'S BOOKS AT AUCTION
Customs Department Will Sell 1000
Volumes Of @Ironquilln Poems.

New York April 17.-About 1000 vol
umes of Eugene F. Wares "'Ironquin'
verses will be sold at auction at the
public stores on Washington street
Monday. They are the English edition
culied to English taste with voluminous
explanatory notes of the Americanisnls
he uses. The books were consigned to
Mr. Ware and are held for unpaid duty.
Mr. Ware would prefer to see this par
ticular lot OF his works burned up. At
least, that is what he said when he was
notified more than a year ago that the
books were in the custom house, and
the duty and other charges amounted
TO $3.50. Mr.. Ware told the customs
men that the books had come without
his order and lie did not desire to con
meet himself with them in any way.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Cholera in Nindanao.

reported to the war department today
seven deaths from cholera in the Phil
ippines: Frank M. Squires, Richard
A. Morris. William r. McGregor, Dan
iel A. Cotter, Company A, Tenth in-
fantry; Kinney Miller, Company N,
Twenty seventh infantry; H. 0. Hiatt,
Company Il, Twenty infantry
and Henry NJ. Diedel. Company K,
Tenth infantry. The commands to
which these men belonged with one
possible exception are stationed in
Mindanao where it was reported in
press dispatches that cholera had
broken out among the troops operating
under the command of Captain Perish
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
ATLAS STATUE STOLEN.
Stood on the Fourth Floor and
Weighed More Than Ton.

Chicago, April 1.-THE big bronze statue
of Atlas which has stood on the fourth
floor OF the old Times building for more
than third of a century and Which was
placed in the structure by Wilbur F. Story,
has been stolen and the police were noti-
fed last night to make careful search for
it. The statue weighed more than ton,
and how it was carried from -hc building
without attra citing the attention of Occu-
pants or the police is mystery
The statue came into the possession of
Carter IT. Harrison father of the mayor,
with the purchase of the Times building
and newspaper about y years ago With
the death of Mr.. Harrison it went to the
estate
Editor Storey bought the statue in Eu-
rope, it is said, paying $3.50 for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Shirt Buyers $50 Attention, Tomorrow

it up at once and quietly, I win say
nothing more about il and we viii go
on with our lesson" she added finally
Immediately the culprit arose and
scrambled around picking up the scat
tered pieces which he deposited in the
waste paper basket and resumed his
seat. William" said the teacher plain
tively-his name is not William. but no
matter-"why did you do that?" "Ac-
cording to the contract" replied Will
liam serenely. Nothing more was to
be said about it, You are quite right
assented the teacher. And the lesson
proceeded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Lolita Armour Can walk.

Chicago, April 17.--Dr. Adolph Lorenz.
the Austrian specialist has arrived in
Chicago for the purpose of removing
the cast from the leg of Lolita Armour,
the young daughter of J. Ogden Arm
our upon whom an operation for con
genital dislocation of the hip was per
formed last October. Upon removing
the cast the limb was found to be ia
perfect condition and the patient was
able to walk around the house without
any difficulty. THE operation was a
complete success said Dr.Lorenz. but
1 shall have to be in constant attend
ance for three or four weeks before ]
can be certain Of a positive cure"
rrer,l,rll,r reads tha state Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Paeiae MaiI FIeet changag.

San Francisco Cal. April 1.-Two
vessels of the Pacific mail fleet are to
be laid up and their places will be Ia
ken by other steamers. When the
steamer China arrives here from the
Orient next week she viii be taken off
the run to undergo extensive repairs.
Her place viii be taken by the steamer
City of Pekin. The steamer City of
Sidney, which has been on the Pana-
ma run for a number of years will I'M
dergo an overhauling and the Costa
Rica viii go out on her run.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Played Too Near the Bonfire.

Great Bend Kan, April 17-Joycie
Reigle. the 4-year-old daughter of Os-
car Reigle. q farmer living seven miles
south of here, received burns from
which she died Thursday. Mr.. Reigle
had been burning rubbish and while
he was on another part of the farm
Joyce and baby brother played too
near one of the fires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
win Hitch Onto Roosevelt's Train

Denver, April 17.-Governor II. Pea
body and family left yesterday after
noon for Philadelphia. where his eldest
daughter. Miss Cora. viii on April %
christen the new armored cruiser Colo
RADIO. The party will return to St
Louis in time for the dedication Of the
exposition buildings Governor Peabody
win be met there by AdJutant General
Sherman Bell and the members Of the
governors staff and the whole party
will return to Denver as the guests Of
President Roosevelt. Their special car
being attached to the presidential train.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
salina Joints Close.

salina. Kan. April 17.-Several joints
here quit business and their goods were
removed from their accustomed places
under cover Of darkness. The entire
stock of one of the local " holesale- Ii
auor houses was removed and a part
of the goods shipped away.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Victory for Christian Scientists.

Denver. Colo. April 17.-Governor
Peabody has vetoed Speaker Sanford's
bill regulating the practice of medicine
over which there was a bitter fight in
the legislature The governors prin-
eipal objection to the bill was that it
contained a provision that in the treat
ment Of cOEtag ious and infectious dis
eases the practice Of religious tenets
should not be INDUCED in This. he
claimed was contrary to the bill of
rights of the constitution.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
vanderhilta &c III Montreal.

Boston. April 17-Mr and Mrs.
Reginald Vanderbilt left for Montreal
on the express over the Bos ton and
Maine road last night and viii continue
their bridal tour in Canada
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
MRS. FITzSIMMONS DEAD.
Wife of the Noted Pugilist Suddenly
Expires in Brooklyn.

New York April 17-Mrs. Robert Fitz-
simmons. wife Of the former heavyweight
pug1l1st, died at her home IN Brooklyn TO-
day. She began sinking last night and
Fttzsimmons summoned a number OF 1,iN-
sieians, but they were unable to save her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
Irene Horner. soprano.

Teacher of Voice, Studio S32 Tyler.
Hours 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. and to p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17

City Ticket Office. Union Pacgne
railroad. SIS Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17

Everybody reads The State Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17
sNAp JOE HONE NEWS

We wonder now where Annie Diggs3
What ranch win Mary Lease2
And IF the voted policy"
VIII keep the Nations peace?
And shall we have "a relic shop
u
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-17

beautiful display of mems string ties. midl
and shield bows, dots stripes and solid colors,
made from SOC and Toe silks, at
Manufacturers sample line of plate cuff
and scarf pins in novelty patterns, beautiful seec
ton, worth to $780, at.
Mems silk Isle web suspenders. with leather
ends, new sliding buckles, fast colors, entirely
new designs, at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
French hosiery. plain or fancy, silk embroide
ors well as plain shades, some in lace effects,
worth SOC, at
Is styles Light and Medium weight Underwear
in plain coors and fancy stripes such fine gr
genuine French Balbriggan and Sea Island Cotto
fine all sizes-before you pay 75c and 81
elsewhere, see what we offer Observation-Disclosures.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
HOW to Rurn su1nhnr.

Sulphur is an excellent disinfectant when burned In the poultry house, but as sulphur melts and smothers the flame it is difficult to burn it satisfac- torily, says Garden and Farm. One way to do so is to dissolve one-half pint of pine tar and one-half pint of turpentine in one-half gallon of kero- sene in an open vessel. Soak in this so- lution large corncobs until they are well saturated. Then take them from the solution and dust on them all of the powdered sulphur that will stick to them. Use nails or pieces of wire and insert the pointed end into the large ends of the cob and then stick them on the floor. Remove all the combustible matter from the poultry house, permit ting the fumes to enter every crack and crevice all over the surface, and the. lice will be destroyed. This should be done zQnes a1 month saI ' MaEm
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
Were No Use.

The minister was expecting few visitors that evening, and remembering the greenness of his servant personally looked after the arrangements for the few light refreshments he was to serve h1s guests. Among other things he cracked big bowl of nuts and placed them on the buffet. When the prop CT time came for passing around his little feast he missed the nuts. Being wise man, he said nothing at the time. When the company had gone, however, he interviewed the green servant.
 'Nora, what did you do with those nuts cracked?" he asked.
 'sShure an I doan know wot yer mean," said Nora.
 ''Yes, you do, too," he said, sternly. "Those nuts I put on the buffet.''
 "Oh is that wot yer mean? We'll, sor, they was no good. They was all cracked up, and threw lem in tn fire. 7 Chicago Chronicle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
For This Week Only.
All Silk Grenadines

satin finished foulard, scattered with a round moon effect of dots in. self col or, which are more or less visible as tho light happens to strike them. The whole fabric is then showered with tiny pin points and further embellished with undulated stripes of white in diff ferent widths. The effect is entirely unusual and remarkably goods The price is S1.75 yard.
 Vogue, the source of the foregoing item, illustrates some taking spring and summer gowns. The first figure shows dark blue striped summer silk. The three pieced skirt has hounce laid in inverted box plaits and straps and tabs of white taffeta. The natty little shirt waist is smartened with a white taffeta box plait, stock and col lar. The belt is of black patent leather, the hat black and white straw, with a ebandeau of black moire ribbon.
 The spotted black and white pique of the second figure has circular skirt trimmed with two groups of wide tucks and mitered straps of white linen, a plaited fiounce and inverted back. The shirt waist shows four plaits front and back, box plait, yoke straps and belt of white linen and bishop sleeves with linen cuffs. A stock of red satin and burnt straw outing hat trimmed with red satin give lively touch of color to the whole.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
Obe Recruit and
 HiS Wo7drous Boofs

As a sergeant was bawling out his orders in a barracks in Dublin and watching the line of feet as the new recruits endeavored to obey the word of command he found to his astonish- ment that one pair of feet, more mo- ticeable on account of their extra large size, never turned.
 Without taking his eyes off those feet the sergeant bawled out second order:
 About face!'
 He could see that all the feet except those he watched turned in obedience. Rushing up to the owner, little fel- low, he seized him by the shoulder, shouting:
 "Why don't you turn with the restT'
 ''I did," replied the trembling re- cruit
 "You did, eh? Well, watched your feet, and they never moved"
 ''It's the boots they gave me, sir," said the poor fellow. "They're so large that when I turn my feet turn inside of them" ."-Dublin News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
Plain White All SIX HabutaI
THE NEW MATERIALS.
All Sorts of Wash and Thin sill
 Fabrics-Chic Spring Models.

All Sorts of Wash and Thin SILK
 Fabrics-Chic Spring Models.
 Wash fabrics for midsummer wear arc already being shown, and experi- enced shoppers declare that now is the time when selections should be made, as every line is complete and exclusive novelties are soon exhausted. One of the daintiest of diaphanous fabrics is a light, sheer gauge striped with mer7 cerized lines of more solid weave, also an white. At intervals are ribbon stripes of dresden pattern and the price is 68 cents yard. The colors in which this last effect is obtainable include blue, pink and black and white.
 Mercerized madras Is one of the most serviceable materials for shirt waists,I Nothing looks more fresh and clean than the white grounds with small mercerized stripes of self color set with tiny blocks of the same. Figures, dots or wee little squares of color In broken lines are showered over the entire sur face The price is 2S cents yard, and the material exceptionally fine and nice. One of the best designs is tri- angle of tiny dots in blue, black or red.
 French canvas is a new material es- pecially adapted for shirt waists, and has good. strong body and smart weave. Stripes of color defined with an edge of black are alternately solid and lacy in effect. The price is 55 cents.
 Oxford shtrting is again to the fore and costs but IS cents yard. A good pattern is of tiny squares made of triple half moons centered with dot Mercerized cheviot is still another va riety of these wash fabrics and can be recommended for shopping or walking costumes ip pretty design of broken checks. The effect is not unlike the Shepherds checks used so much last summer, but yet sufficiently different to be new-price, 89 cents yard. This comes in different sizes and in black and white or blue and white. Large solid spots are a favOr1te design for plain materials, rose silk and linen pongee being patterned with these dots in less definite shade of the same colors and costing IS cents. This comes in blue and other light shades as well.
 Never was there a greater variety of pretty materials for simple house
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
Women Use stub Pens.

It was the young mans first day in the department store, and when he sorted out the pens to be distrib- nted among the public writing desks ae selected fine and medium nibs. The old hand, who superintended the job, told him to put them all pack in the box and to pick out stubs instead. Department store letter writers are mostly women,' he said, land nine out of ten wom- en use a stub pen these days. It is almost impossible to get them to write with any other kind. Every once in awhile new man comes along to do the work you are doing this morning, and he, not being up to the tricks of shoppers, scatters an assortment of fne-pointed pens over the writing tables. The women writers raise no end of a row over 8 mistake of that kind and insist upon being supplied with the favorite stubs."-N. Y. Times. -
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-09
Cross-Eyed OriGf n al.

Miss Clara Barton, the president of the American Red Cross, met in St. Pe- Atersburg, where she attended the re- cent international Red Cross conven- tion, the painter, Prince Troubetskoy.
 Prince Troubetskoy told her that in Paris he had once done a portrait of an American who was cross-eyed. The painter thought great deal about the matter, and finally made his picture cross-eyed, too, so that it should be a faithful likeness.
 When it was done the original looked at it and said:
 s'It seems to me-it seems-why, hang it, this picture is cross-eyed. isn't it?'
 'Why, no more than you are, sir,'' said Prince Troubetskoy.
 Well, perhaps you're right" mur- mured the American. Ut seems to have a queer look about the eyes, though" ]" IN. Y. Tribune.