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ton of the city jail yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Nellis and the other guests had a

very. gorgeous time. The other guests
greatly enjoyed the efforts made by Mr..
Nellis to kill a key without assistance.
1t is reported that Mr.. Richard Furze,
the highly esteemed spotter employed by
Chief McCollun, will leave the city. 1t
is rumOred that Mr.. Furze is unable to
secure a drink anywhere within the cor
porate limits, hence his desire to depart.
The police will greatly miss Mr.. Furze.
In the past he has been delightfully."- en-
tertained by them on the occasion of sun
dry and divers highway robberies, petit
larcenies and plain drunl1s. 1t is hoped
that Mr.. Furze will enjoy the trip to
''Muscogee Red" transient, was fined
five in police court last evening. Red
had 81 with him, but he does not believe
in encouraging the dissipated ways of a
city of this class, so he will not deposit
A. w. Hopkins, the well known city de-
tective and merchant policeman, was
chewed by a dog recently. He went into
the haymow of Lawless barn to get
some bedding for Orr Kerns' bear, Itch
abod.'' ''Ichy'' is housed under the Keith
drug store, and Hopkins decided that he
needed some hay, SO he went to the Law
less barn. The employees at the barn did
not tell him about the vicious dog in thu
NOW. and when he approa ched, the brute
sprang at him and bit his left hand. The
Keith dressed the injury and says that
there is little danger of blood poison
ing.
Ike Kicker, c. ]. Bowen and Clyde Shea
for, the three young men who We're
caught in their rooms at 61S Kansas ave-
nue. with two girls, will escape punish
ment. 1t is the opinion of all decent peo-
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WOrkingn1en

court at the instigation of Crane & Co.
to keep the American Book company
from closing its contracts with the state
text book commission to furnish readers
and various other school books to the
schools of the state, on the ground that
the American Book company had never
paid its fees for admission into the
state and therefore could not do BUSH
ness in Kansas. The supreme court held
that this is correct, whereupon the
company promptly paid it's fee and was
admitted. 1t desired to knock out the
law and get its money back,
however, and it therefore APP
pealed the case to the United
States supreme court The suit in
wolves the feature of the Bush corpor-
alton law concerning the admission of
foI eign corporations into the state. AS
this provision, under the decision of the
state supreme court, brings in the state
treasury good many thousand dollars
annually, it was important that the
state fight for the unfolding of the law
in the United States supreme court.
Clemens and Quinton were employed in
the case originally and argued it in the
state supreme court.
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ONE OF -FOUR men
That Is Latest Political Guess
on Judgeship.
No One Seems to Know Which
Is in Lead.

1t is possible that any one of four
men may be named as supreme court
are not counted in the race at all by
the politicians. These four are:
W. D. Atkinson, of Parsons.
]. S. West. of Topeka.
S. L. Ryan, of Hiawatha-
Clark A. Smith, of Cawker City.
Atkinson's friends were confident
week ago that they had the appoint
ment within their grasp. In fact, they
gave out a specified time when the APP
pointment would be made. They
brought every pressure possible to bear
on the governor in the way of delega-
lions and endorsements. and they seem
to be still confident that Mr. Atkinson
will be appointed. Their chief claim to
the appointment is that it belongs to
the Third district, because the office
was given to that district by the state
convention. Atkinson has some strong
political influence behind him.
Ryan comes from the First district,
and from county in which there is
a bitter fight between the Curtis and
some of the politicians that Governor
Bailey will give the appointment to
Ryan in order to make Brown county
sure against Curtis, but the Curtis ele-
ment has endorsed Ryan in order to
keep Ryan's appointment from being
| used against them in case he should
land the place. The fact that Cyrus
Leland has endorsed Ryan, because
Is from MS JuQlc1dl district. Is
| also urged as a reason why Ryan will
land.
While Judge West has no strong po-
litfca1 influence behind his candidacy,
the fact that Governor Bailey person.
ally knows of his ability and integrity,
and the further fact that he has been
generally endorsed over the state, makes
him a. strong candidate for the place.
Judge West has received more endorse
ments for the appointment than all
other candidates combined. His friends
have urged the governor that while no
one congressional district may be de-
handing his appointment, that fact in
itself would make his appointment a
popular political move. The bar and
most of the influential Republicans of
Shawnee county have lined up strong
1y for West.
Some of the politicians do not think
that Clark A Smith of Cawker is IN
! the race, but it is undoubtedly a fact
that his candidacy has made an inn
preston upon Governor Bailey. Some
of those who are fighting Bailey in the
Sixth district are intimating that the
appointment of Smith will go a long
ways towards appeasing them, but it
! is doubtful If Governor Bailey is look
ing for a political deal to strengthen
himself This sort of an appeal might
work against Judge Smiths candidacy
were it not for the fact that Judge
Smith himself has made a good i'm
preston upon the governor, and the
further fact that the Sixth district has
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TO FIND OUT WHY.
Delay in Paving Contracts the Subject
of Inquiry.

There will be sort of drum head
court martial before the streets and
walks committee Wednesday after
noon Paving Contractor James Ram
sey will be the defendant: Jasper Ern-
est, the brick maker, and James F. Nc
Cabe. city engineer. will be witnesses.
The object is to find out why James
Ramsey did not finish up more of his
paving contracts this year.
Ramsey has asked the council to ex-
tend the time limit on his contracts
until next July. The limit was Decem-
Der Is. Ramsey claims that the flood
prevented the Ernest brick kilns from
delivering brick in sufficient quaint
ties. and that for this reason he was
unable to complete his work.
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Norton Heirs Bring Suit.

San Diego. Cal, Dec. 15.-Suit has
been filed here for the purpose of hav
ing declared invalid the deed made by
W. F. Norton, Jr., the Louisville mil
Iionaire, who recently died at Coronado,
by which property in Coronado was
transferred to Douglas W.Robinson and
Carrie Robinson Frazier. The plaintiffs
are Elijah H. Norton, Sarah H. Ryan
and Mary McCutcheon, paternal uncle
and aunt and maternal aunt of the
deceased, who claim that they are near
est of kin, and that the deed referred
to was executed while Mr.. Norton was
not mentally capacitated and was due
RI Influence
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CLEMENS AND QUINTON.
They Will Represent State in Book
Case.

G. C. Clemens and A. B. Quinton
have been employed to represent the
state in the argument of the American
Book company case in the United
States supreme court. which will come
up shortly. They viii receive fee of
$3.50. paid out of the governors con-
tingent fund.
Attorney General Coleman is tied up
in the Doodle investigation in Wyan-
dotte county, which promises to occupy
him for some time. Assistant Attorney
General Pestana has been laboring
with the Dewey murder case and J. F.
Close and John Dawson. the other as
sistants, have all the work they can do
in the attorney generals office. Con-
sequently it is rather difficult matter
for the attorney generals department
to look after the argument in the
United States supreme court at this
time, and the arrangements were made
to employ Clemens and Quinton.
This is a case of considerable import
ance to the state, as it involves the
collection of fees from corporations for
doing business in the state. It was be-
gun originally in the state supreme
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BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
Wichita and Topeka Will Contest for
tt

The Topeka Bowling team which de-
feated Salina and claims the champion
ship of the state will meet the Wichita
team on the Elite alleys in Topeka on
January to bowl for the state cham
pionship.
These two teams are probably the
most skillfuI bowlers in the state and
the contest will be an interesting one.
The game will be ten pins.
The Topeka team will probably be
composed of A. B. Kirkpatrick, Harry
Wolf, T. A. Clopton, Earl Ewart and
Ike Barnum.
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Omen Bids Friday.

CITY Clerk Squires has secured the
consent of ei-ht members of the city
council to adjourn the Thursday night
meeting of the council till Friday
night The bond buyers who are here
in Topeka wanted to go to Omaha to
bid on 100000 worth of bonds there
which will be sold Thursday night, and
the buyers said they would not submit
any bids on ToDeka's bonds unless the
awards could be held over till Friday
night Most of the members of the
council seemed to be willing to make
this concession.
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Indian Agents Exonerated.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Indian Agense
Randelett, in charge of the Kfowa,
Comanche and Apache agency In Ok
lahoma, and Indian Inspector Neslor,
are completely exonerated by Francis E.
Leupp, in his report on the investiga-
ton Of charge against those officials,
made by dissatisfied Indians who al
legged among other things that aIlot-
ments were made to dead Indians and
white men.
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Robbery at Chan ute.

Chanute, Kas., Dec. ia hack
driver here received an anonymous call
to drive to the suburbs late Saturday
night. Two former hack drivers asked
leave to go with him, and when the
suburbs had been reached the two re-
lieved the driver of $40. The two were
caught at Cherryvale late Monday.
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the same claim upon the vacancy as
the Third district having been given a
supreme judge by the last state con-
vention but having lost it through the
death of Judge Ellis.
In the meantime Governor Bailey is
giving no intimation of what he in
tends to do, further than saying that he
intends to take his time to making the
appointment.
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POLICE JOTTINCS.
Chief McCOllum Is Taking a
Breathing Spell.
Old Docket Has Been Almost
All Used Up.
TWO SMALL RAIDS.
That Is Sum Total of Last
Nights Harvest.
Councilman NeIlis Guest at
Councilman NeIlIs a Guest at
Smashing Party.

Business is not so good around the
police station now. The chief is paus-
ing little. owing to his failure to dig
up a bond as per request. Another
reason there is not much going on.
The yearly Jail docket is about full,
only one pair of pages being left, and
the police desk sergeants want it to
last until January 1, when they will
begin a new docket with a new year.
Two small calibre raids We're made
last night "Old Blind Tom Game,
the proprietor of the little gin mill at
201 Kansas avenue. was landed upon
by a SQUAD Of bluecoats and the de-
crepit proprietor, who comes in the
same class of ancient and INDECENT
hooze distributors with Aunt Jane"
Davis. was chased into the fold. They
found a few bottles of beer and some
whisky in Blind Toms trunk, in the
back room. Perchance he had it for
his own use. Quin sabe2
After raising Cain, the bold, bad cop
pers raided o. Kempton, boss booze
juggler of the Capital" 406 Kansas
avenue. Here they got next to the
trap door and trailed the chilled keg
into the basement, where it came to
bay and was CAPTURED with lariats.
Owing to the IL o'clock order. main
tanned by Judge Hamilton, Kempton
could not secure bond and spent the
night behind the Stats. Och, Louie!
How sad.
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COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS.

Virginia Drew Prescott, in her new
play, "Satania,' comes tonight. and
has ample opportunity to prove that
she is an artistic
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have known that there was no evidence to
make it stick The men were tried in po-
lice court last evening and discharged
Judge Hamilton said that he regretted
that he could not send the trio to the PEN
ifaufiarv
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I have my own notion of
being a druggist I'd rather
be friends with my kind, but
hang it, they're not my kind;
they kick at my selling drugs
as a merchant sells goods.
It's the way to sell drugs.
FRANK HOBART,
500 West Tenth.
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1t is reported that Sheffield ingalls,, a
son of the late senator. may be a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for representative from the Atchison
country district He lives just outside
of the city of Atchison, which throws
him into the country district
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Col. Torasuke Ordered Home.

Rome, Dec 15.-Lieutenant Colonel
the Japanese military at
tache here, has received orders to leave
Rome at the end of the month and to
return direct to Japan.
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The Atchison Globe announces that
Case Broderick of Holton will be in
Atchison tonight to look over the con-
gressional situation in Atchison county.
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Photos in five positions 25c Beaure-
gard, 406 Kansas ave, upstairs.
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pie that they should suffer for their
crime and a term in the penitentiary
would not be too strong. But nothing
worse than charge of found in a dis
The charge was changed by order OF Chief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-15

Remember the dance at K. P. hall
Thursday evening, Dec. II.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-15

Pictures and frames for Christmas
presents at Delahoy6e's, 720 Kansas
Kansas avenue.
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SOCIETY NOTES.
Mr.. Luther Nel1is of the city council
was pleasantly entertained at a key party
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Haadaohaa from Colds

Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the cause
To get the genuine cailfor the fun name. 2c.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
BEAUTIES PUT ON WAR PAINT.
Hundreds Appeal to POstOmce De-
pnrtment for Revenge.
From the Baltimore Sun.


From the Baltimore Sun.
Washington, Sept 11.-Hundreds of
beautiful women, living in more than
a dozen states, are appealing to the
postoffice for revenge, and if that is
denied, for justice. The women who
have made complaint are those who
were selected to represent their states
in the several beauty galleries" pro-
posed for the St. Louis Exposition.
Under the plans operated by two or
three companies getting up the gal
Ierles Mayors of cities were request
ed to nominate from three to twenty
candidates, whose photographs were to
be displayed in the collection. When
the names were forwarded to the COM
panleS agents were sent to call upon
the nominees and solicit the portraits,
as well as a fee to "defray the ex-
penses' OF framing and otherwise pre-
pairing the pictures for exhibition.
The agents encountered little diff
Guilty in collecting from 81 to IS each
from the nominees. The women who
gave their photographs and their
money have heard nothing from the
companies.
Two or three state commissions have
recently declined to give space for the
galleries" Mayors of about 200 cities
in all parts of the United States have
been held to account, and in self-de-
Tense some of the Mayors have writ
ten to the POstoffice Department to
see what action can be taken against
the companies.
The legal branch of the Postoff1ce
Department has not determined wheth-
er fraud orders can be issued.
Issuance of fraud orders against the
| companies, however, will not satisfy
| the women who have been separated
| from their photographs and money.
| The prize beauties" would like. to
| know what disposition is to be made
of the photographs in the event the
| gallery movement fails. CONSERVATION
was caused in their ranks by the sug-
gestion that the pictures may be used
in patent medicine advertisements.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
Nature Tells You
AS Many a Savannah Read
er Knows Too Well.

When the kidneys are sick
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action.
Any urinary trouble tells of kidneys
ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney
ills.
Savannah people testify to this.
6. D. Horton, employed in the city
street department, residing at SAT r.
Taylor street, says: Il never had
anything to do me so much good as
Doans Kidney Pills. I suffered with
backache and kidney complaint for
number Of years. Dull, heavy pain
existed across the small of my back,
so severe at times as to lay me up and
make me lose time from work. / guess
| must have strained my kidneys from
hard work, for / could not contain the
kidney secretions, especially at night
as / had TO rise half a dozen times
which disturbed my rest. was at
tracted 10 a notice Of Doans Kidney
Pills. and although / had tried many
other remedies without success, / de-
clded 70 try them. and got box at
knights Pharmacy. ! used them as
directed and was perfectly astonished
AZ the result. ] had not used half
loN before the pain left my back, the
kidney secretiOns cleared up, had no
sediment Rnd I could go t0 bed ana
rest an night without having 10 get up
once. Since using the pills ny general
health has improved greatly"
FOR snlo by ali dealers. Price %
cents. Poster Milbufn Co. Buffalo ~.
7 sole agents Tor the United sfates.
Remember fhe name, Doang, and
lake 20 aubstituts
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
ARECA NUT WINE.
Slight Demand for ArracI<, Favorite
Liquor of East Indians.

SnS mt Demand Tor Arrack, faNOr1te
Liquor of East Indians.
From the New York Sun.
IT arrack. the favorite drink of East
Indians, justified one-half of the praise
of poets and travellers it would not be
selling in the New York market as it
is, for 81 a quart, and the demand for
it would long ago have been sufficient
to make arrack drinking a fad. Few
wines or liquors have been so often, so
long or so generously extolled as ar
rack but though described as the drink
of kings and princes, of fairies and ma
gicians of warriors and wanderers, it
somehow does not seem to take hold
in this country, and practically the
only use found for it is as a founda-
ton for punch.
The belief is general. but. though
general, erroneous, that arrack is form
ed from the fermentation of cocoanutS
and it has gained therefore, the name
of cocoanut wine AS a matter OF fact,
arrack is produced from the areca nut,
of the arrack tree. The word is of In
dian origin and the term is applied in
most parts of India and the East In
dies to designate any sort of spirituous
liquor. Arrack is distinguished from
other ardent spirits by its stimulating
and narcotic properties its flavor is
peculiar, and it differs considerably in
consequence of the various articles of
which it is prepared. and the unequal
care taken in it's manufacture.
Batavia or Java arraCk is considered
the best; it is obtained by distilation
from rice and molasses, with only a
small mixture of cocoanut toddy Cey-
Ion arrack is invariably made from the
vegetable juice toddy, which flows by
incision from the cocoanut tree: after
the juice is fermented it is distilled and
recttfied; some are of the opinion that
it is equal to the Batavia.
Arrack is white and transparent
Pineapples stepped in it impart an ex-
quisite flavor to the spirit, and by age
it becomes unrivaied for making punch
Several thousand gallons are sold in
this country for that purpose each year
but as a steady drink it has attained
| no success. The number of East In
| dams in the United States is insignifi-
cant, and when they drink, they drink
rum,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
WHERE OLD HATS GO.
From the Philadelphia Press.

lOiAA lllG IIllciNtlDHId 1IPSS.
Needn't send that old hat home"
said the customer as he placed the
newly purchased derby on his head
It's too shiny around the edges and
it would just take up room in the
closet"
The customer walked out of the store
and the clerk turned to a friend.
That means cigar money for me-"
he said, land l smoke good cigars at
that. In most stores it wouldn't do
me very much good as all the discard
ed hats are given to the drivers of the
delivery wagons. But here the house
allows the clerks to have the hats and
as result We make little extra
money. About oncepa week the bush
Gilman comes around to the store look
ing for old hats and when / give him
all l have collected, he pays on an
average of Is cents apiece for them.
About this time of year I get proba-
bly, a dozen or $50 straw hats, and in
J the spring I average about the same
number of derby hats
After the bushelman has made his
rounds he takes thehats to a shop on
South street, and there they are taken
apart. The silk ribbon and bands and
| sweatbands are removed and the hat
! given a thorough cleaning and new
material and trimmings put on. When
it is all fixed up it is extremely diff
cult to tell it from a new hat, and in
many cases it will sell for as high as
81. A great many of the old hats,
however, are sent to the South and
sold to the hands on the various
plantations. When you can buy a hat
for Is cents, clean itsfor about cents,
mt 25 cents worth of leather and rib
bon on it and sell itsfor over a dollar
or more, you see Where the profit
comes in; don't you2" e
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
WAS CHASED BY DOGS.
Negro Convict freed and Captured.
VnIdOsta News Notes.

NuAGOSta NEWS notes.
Valdosta, Ga, Sept. 16.-News was
brought to town of an exciting
chase of one of the negro convicts and
the county's track dogs. The convicts
were in charge of a green guard. and
one who had been feigning insanity
was allowed to go off in the shade and
rest. He was finally missed. and it
was found that he had been gone two
hours. The dogs were put upon his
track and he was chased for two hours
through a dense swamp along Cherry
creek, covering a distance of about
eight miles. The negro climbed along
fences, crossed his tracks and lodged
about like a wildcat, but was finally
captured The dogs freed him on a
vine and one of them went on the vine
after him. A hard fight enSued be-
tween the negro and the dog, and the
darky's clothes We're torn almost off.
A young white man named Newton
Morris was adjudged insane in the Or
dinary's Court Monday and will be
sent to the state sanitarium. 1t is said
that Morris has been acting strangely
for some time. He has been accused
of doing the "Peeping Tom" act around
houses in the city. and it is said that
he has been shot at once or twice.
In the City Court Monday the case
of N. A. Pratt, state geologist, VS.. j.
F. & j. S. Bailey, was tried. 1t was
suit brought by Geologist Pratt
against these gentlemen for fees for
examining oil lands in Wilkes county.
The fees amounted to something like
$3.50, but the gentlemen considered
them exhorbitant and refused to pay
more than $50, or $40 a day for eight
days service The geologist claimed
to have had chemical analysis to
make, as well as geological experiments,
and this caused the bill to go up high
err The jury returned a verdict in
favor of the plaintiff for $3.50.