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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-18
M'kINLEY'S FAYORITE.
How the Carnation Came TO Be Sc
lected by the Late President

"Carnation day has but recently been
observed all over the country as a sort
of tribute to the late President McKin-
ley, who during the later years of his
life was seldom seen without one of
these blossoms in his buttonhole. It is
related that Mr.. Mckinley never show
ed any particular fondness for the car
nation until some girls attending the
Lake Erie college at gainesville. O.
elected him an honorary member of
their class and pinned their class flower
in his buttonhole- The incident occurr-
ed on November 10. 1898 while the pres
ident, then governor, was in gainesville,
a guest Of the Garfield club He devo-
ted no little time to the college girls
who had honored him. and his attitude
thereafter showed that he appreciated
their admiration. He often rememb Der
ed and was remembered by them there
after. Mrs. Mckinley also took great
interest in the class and its insignia
and was accustomed to provide bunch
of carnations for her husbands room
each morning. The first reunion of the
class took place when Mr.. Mckinley
was nominated for the presidency. ana
the class sent him q congratuiatory .tele-
gram He visited the college several
times and was q member of its board of
trustees--ChicagO Chronicle.
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THINK IT OVER.
Something You Can See in Any Res
taurant or Cafe.

A physician puts the query: Have you
never noticed in any large res taurant at
lunch or dinner time the large number
of hearty vigorous old men at the Ia
bles. men whose ages run from so to 50
years; many of them bald and all per
haps gray, but none of them feeble or
senile2
Perhaps the spectacle is 50 common as
TO have escaped your observation or
comment. but nevertheless il is an OBJ
ject lesson. which means something
If you viii notice what these hearty
old fellows are eating you viii observe
that they are not munching bran crack
ers nor gingerly picking their way
through d menu card of new tangled
health foods; on the contrary they seem
to prefer a juicy roast of beef. a pro-
perly turned lOin of mutton. and even
the deadly broiled lobster is not alto
gether ignored
The point Of all this is that vigorous
old age depends upon good digestion
and plenty of wholesome food and not
upon dieting and an endeavor to live
upon bran crackers
There Is a certain class of food cranks
who seem to believe that meat. coffee,
and many other good things are rank
pOisOns. but these cadaNsr0uss sickly
looking individuals are a walking con-
demnation of their own theories.
The matter in a nutshell is that If the
stomach Secretes the natural digestive
juices in sufficient quantity any whole
the stomach does not do so, and certain
foods cause distress one or two Of Stu
arts Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal
viii remove all difficulty because they
supply just what every weak stomach
lacks, pepsin, hydro-chloric acid. dias-
tase and nux.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not act
upon the bowels and in fact are not
strictly medicine. as they act almost
entirely upon the food eaten. digesting
1t thoroughly and thus gives a much
needed rest and giving an appetite for
the next meal
OF people who travel nine out Of ten
use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets knowing
them to be perfectly safe to use at any
time and also having found out by ex-
\ perience that they are a safeguard
against indigestion in any form, and
eating as they have TO- at all hours and
i al kinds of food. the travelling public
for years have pinned their faith Il
( Stuart's Tablets
/ All druggists sell them at so cents fol
I fun sized packages and any druggis
( from Maine to California. if his opinion
were asked. viii say that Stuart's Dys
I pepsia Tablets is the most popular and
successful remedy for any stomach
trouble.
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FOR NEW MEMBERS.
Chicagoans Elected to Congress Learn
About Their Perquisitss.

The newly elected member Of congress
has much to learn about the ways of do
ing things in Washington, and perhaps the
two mentioned below are grateful for the
invitation they recently received. Accord
ing TO a correspondent Martin Emerich.
elected from Chicago, came TO Washing
ton 2 few days ago 10 learn the ropes
Representative AIeAndrews. also a Cnica-
90 member, showed him around and hazed
him bit.
They sat together in the house Emerich
was much interested. Suddenly Mean
drews started for the door
Where are you g0ing2'' Emerieh asked
oh. N going cut TO the lobby"
why, there's an oil painting there I
want 70 have taken down and shipped
home"
ION painting.' said Emerich 'How's
that2 How do you get an oil painting
why, sad McAndrews. its one OF
the little perquisites we have.
Hold on shouted Emerich, exCitedly-
Let me 60. too. want one.
Another visitor from Chicago was ".
w Wilson, VINO will also be new men-
Der in the fifty-eighth congress. Repre-
sentative Mann had him in tow As they
were sitting in the house q. page came in
and laid a number Of blue slips of paper
on the desk IN front of Wilson Sign en-
said the page
wilson turned to Mann What's this?7
he asked.
eOh." said Mann. sign them
wilson .,, signed them q Then The! he asked
Why said Mann those were the re-
ceiprs for your pay from March 10 De-
Good Cod yelled wilson, IT haven't
got the money and he started on a run
1t took the combined Illinois delegation
to convince Mr. Wilson that Uncle sam
would not cheat him and that the reason
make Il possible for the discussing officer
to send him his money each month during
the congressional recess-Chicago Chron-
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MARCONI WITH THE KING.
Inventor Congratulated on Progress
Made in Wireless Telegraphy.

London. Feb. 1s.-Signor AIarconi. re-
ferring to his reception yesterday at
Buckingham palace. said.
The king sent for me and accorded to
me private audience I had not seen
him since the time Of the first expert
ments at Cowes. The king was kind
enough TO congratulate me on the prog
ress made in wireless telegra ply since
those days and expressed the greatest
sympathy with our efforts.
He knew all about the difficulties put
in my way by the British postal author
tiles and quite understood why his mes
sage to President Roosevelt went by
cable. His majesty personally reiterated
the pleasure which President Rooseyelt's
message afforded to him."
The inventor added that the erection
eff wireless telegraph stations was pro-
crossing we'll He laid much stress on
the action of the Italian government
toward the wireless South American
stations. as that action, Signor Marcons
explained, was taken on the recon-
mendatIOn of the Italian officers present
at the recent Transatlantic experiments.
Marconi viii return TO Canada in Aprf..
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HERE THINGS CHANGE NOT.
Record of a Boarding House, It's
Boarders and It's Servants.


a boarding house on the downtown
West side disproves the theory that all
things in New York change much and
ofss-
The landlady has been in the business
since 1858, occupying the same house,
rented continuously from the same
landlord. until eighteen months ago,
VIXEN the lot was wanted for an apart
ment house This threw her cut of a
home But she moved only a s,w blocks
away. and her boarders moved with her
The oldest boarder. a bachelor, is now
in the twenty seventh year of his ten
ancy. During his long stay he has not
been away. save for brief intervals spent
in vacation or on business trims
The second oldest boarder has rec
ord Of twenty-one years. Several
single women have lived in the house
hold for periods of from seven to thIr-
teen years continuously
The cook of the establishment. an
Irish woman. was engaged Just seven
teen years ago She is a faithful worker
and has never taken a holiday other
than those originally agreed upon.
The head waitress, likewise from the
Green Isle, has been at her post twelve
years and is proud of her connection
with such a stable household.
The iandlady was a young woman
when with a sister a girl in her teens
courred, married. became a mother. ana
/ her daughter grew UP, married and be
came d mother since the oldest boarder
took up quarters under the roof
Changes in the city have caused the
! tradesmen with whom the landlady first
( did business to move out of her district
( But she puts herself out to deal with
them as Of old. and even in stormy
weather she viii get supplies from nc
other source.
( The same furniture oId-fashioned but
good and even the same style Of cur
tains and carpets, distinguish the house
now that were purchased in the original
Quitting. But nothing has become
musty or dirt smirched-
The daughter OF the original first
+ laundress does the household washing.
md this is one of the few boarding
houses existing in any city where home
made bread is made after the old rec
ipes tWice each week. as a supplement
4 to the bakers wares Each fall new
/ confortab ies are made in the landladys
old original quilting frames. on the
I theory that the domestic made are
longer, wider and better than those fur
nished by the stores.-New York Sun.
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New York Feb. 1s-Henry Clark
Rouse Of this city. president of the
Missouri Kansas < Texas railroad.
who was with General Miles party IN
its tour of the world has returned
While abroad he investiga the con
struction and equipment OF the Trans
siberian railroad. making the trip from
Pekin to Moscow in the record time of
seventeen days and eighteen hours over
the East Chinese and Transsiberian
railway Mr.. Rouse believes that the
road viii be of great commercial value
He finds it well constructed and we'll
conducted, and believes it viii soon be
possible to make the trip by rail from
Berlin TO the Pacific coast in less than
a fortnight
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first evidence at hand to determine this,
but the presumption IS that the children
and the mother survived longer. for the
father defending them would naturally
fight until cut down. If it be shown
that the children survived the parents
then a part of the award win go TO their
grandparents. the parents of Mrs.
Ernest Atwater. IF not. then Mrs Sadie
G. Atwater gets half the total award.
The Rev. c. E Pond OF Oberlin. O..
is administrator of the estate OF Rev
Ernest .Atwater and It VIII therefore be
in the Ohio courts. The question Of the
order in which the victims died must be
determined In any event Mrs. Sadie
Atwater Is entitled to one-third of the
total amount.
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At the Height of the Social Season
Pe.rn-na IS a Blessing to Women.

Edith NJ. Barnes. 607 Second street. n.
E. Washington. D c, writes. I am
pleased to state that Peruna did me
more good than a vacation Too many
parties. theaters and late suppers had
SO undermined my health that the doc
tor advised a complete change and rest
for a year, but I did not find this at all
necessary after using Peruna for five
weeks It acted ike magic. increased
my appetite, aided my digestion and in
duced restful sleep. all that I needed to
restore me to perfect health. I think it
a most excellent remedy and a fine tonic
for all worn out wemen. Edith NJ
Barnes.
Miss Nellie Crow. TIA Edith Place.
Memphis Tenn. writes.
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RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Will Issue s., 800, 600
Gold Bonds.
Mortgage Eastern Oklahoma
Road for $4,000 per Mile.
SLOW FREIGHT ROW.
ChicagO-Kansas City Agreement
May Go to Pieces.
Claimed That Some Roads Have
Violated 1t.

New York. Feb. 1S--It was reported
a Wall street that the board of direc-
tors Of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe had authorized the issue of $500
600 OF Eastern Oklahoma division first
mortgage { per cent IS year gold bonds
The issue is at the rate of 100000 per
mile of the Eastern Oklahoma Rail
road company lines now nearly COM
pleted and is secured by first mort
gage on these lines. The part of the
road in question is the newly completed
Paurs Valley cut of
TRAINS TOO SLOW.
1t is reported that the recently per
fected slow freight agreement entered
into between the Chicago Kansas City
lines has been violated, and that the
competing roads Will be forced within
q short time to restore the old fast
schedule
A number Of Santa Fe officials were
questioned concerning this report. but
they say that they know nothing about
It. They say that nothing has been
said so far about changing the Santa
Ee time schedule and that 50 Tar as
known. there IS no plan to resume the
old fast time
There is severe competition between
the Kansas City-Chicago lines for the
heavy traffic between those points and
the recent agreement to lengthen the
schedule by six hours was made in the
interests of economical operation. The
change made & good deal OF complaint
among shippers. and the probability is
that these shippers have offered induce
meuts i'm the way of business to the
lines which are accused of running
their trains faster than the agreement
permits
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SAVED COUNTESS.
Laborer Out of work Rescued Woman
and She Proposed Marriage.

Vienna Feb 1g-A pretty romance is
reported from Tamesvar. Hungary,
where a couple is now spending the
honeymoon after strangely brought
about wedding. While Thomas Weber
a poor Hungarian iaborer, was tramp
ing along the shores of Lake Geneva,
in Switzerland, bitterly bemoaning his
fate OF poverty and lack of work he
saw a carriage drawn by a pair of splen-
did horses. The horses took fright and
ran away Going too near the shore the
carriage was overturned into the lake
The cCachnan escaped the bath but a
finely dressed woman was thrown into
the water
She hardly had time to scream before
Weber was at the shore line, with his
coat stripped off. He plunged IN.
safely to land. Then the coachman,
who had stood by in terror. helped the
rescuer to right the carriage. The horses
had been caught and the woman rode off
to her home, after making Weber prom
Use to call on her.
When Weber kept his promise he
found that he had rescued the Countess
Anna Liebeck. a widow in affiuent cir
cumstances. who had . villa near the
lake She thanked Weber for his
bravery and said she could not repay
him even with her great fortune. Weber
told her his circumstances. but would
not accept any money for his deed. The
result of the meeting vas that the
countess fell in love with the poor Ia
bOrer. and IN a few weeks she proposed
marriage. and he accepted What was
the poor man to do2
Weber Is a good looking and fairly
Intelligent man Of ,. while the countess
is fair, plump and forty. The couple are
spending the honeymoon in the same
village where the bridegroOm's father
was p peddler and his mother a wash
erwoman. The parents have given up
their hard life and every one is happy.
the bride the hanpieSt of all
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WANTS THE ROCK ISLAND.
Las Vegas Wants a Line Built West
from TucumearL

Las Vegas Wants a Line Built West
from Tucumcari-
The Las Vegas Optic is trying 10 stir
tp a movement to bring the Rock Island
from Tucumcari TO Las Vegas. 1t SAYS
SO man can be so blind as not to see
that with a connection with the Rock
Island at Tucumcari, q new line would
be opened to Kansas City and Chicag go
TO st. Louis and southern points and as
well TO the great system OF railroads
traversing Oklahoma and Texas in
every direction
Texas and Oklahoma are gridirOned
by railroads They contain a large
population that will seek cooler and
more enjoyable locations in summer.
With this connection we wiz have an
overflow of health seekers. and tourists
I'm summer.
The citizens OF this entire county can
aHord to enter into a contract with each
other 20 contribute 10 per cent Of their
net worth in property to promote this
enterprise.
Las Vegas ought to move in this
matter II we can get a railroad to
Iucumcari, IL viii extend from here
northwest and become an east and west
trunk line of such vast importance, as
80 justify the utmost effort to bring the
road this far. The link to Tucumcari is
only siXty-eight miles
Can If not be built2 Think for a mo-
ment Of the access 1T would give this
localtty 20 the east and to markets.
fN no viii move in this natter
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eyes met his. You shouldn't have de-
ceived me- she said, steadying her
voice. FOR its very hard to forgive"
But you forgive2'
I cant help il. Laddie. beoause-,,
The conductor walked in TO look at
his register and the last words were
lost With the transfers in their
hands, the two got out of the car at
the foot of the Heights and the con
ductor smiled amiably i clean for
got to ask him for his fare" he said. to
the notorman, for didn't dare g.
turb him It was worth the dime it'll
cost me though" And he went out to
get his trolley around.-Portland ore
CONAN
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EMULATE TIE TEXANS.
Oklahoma Legislature Has an Auto
eratlc Commission Scheme.

Guthrie Ok. Feb 1s-1Ir NcTaggart
has introduced his bin IA the legisl allure
creating an autocratfc railroad commits
sion which bill was withdrawn in the
earlier DAYS Of the session. It's reintro-
duction now corroborates the statement
that the Democratic caucus 70 secure sup
port for the cattle quarantine bill, entered
into an agreement TO support the pet
measures of the other members. The rail
road commissioners. three IN number, are
apDoinrive by the governor to serve three
Years dra wing annually $3.50 They are
given general supervision Of all common
carriers and may at any time examine the
condition of any road They are empow-
cred 10 change any freight or passenger
rate any person may own cars. and the
railroads are compelled to haul them. Any
unlawful violation Of the law by railroads
NAV be punished by a $500 fine
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WHO DIED FIRsT2
The Question Again Arises in Connec-
ton With Chinese Award

New York. Feb. 18.-Claims aggregat-
ing S24 663, growing out Of the massacre
near Pekin OF the Atwater family While
the Boxer rebellion was at its height
have just been settled by the Chinese
government through the state depart
ment, says the Herald
The heirs who are expected to benefit
by the award are Miss Sadie G. Atwater
Of Brooklyn, a sister of the Rev. Ernest
Atwater. murdered missionary, and the
parents of Mrs Ernest AtWater. a p aged
couple living at Oberlin. o. Mrs. Sadie
AJwater. who is the widow of the Rev.
Frederick Atwater brother of Ernest
Atwater, viii probably come in for half
Of the total amount awarded
Notification of the award came
through the third assistant secretary of
state, Mr.. Pierce, to P J. Carbon. a law
yer of Brooklyn The attorney says
that the Rev. Frederick Atwater after
the massacre of his brother and his
family. presented the claims to the state
department, but that while they were
pending he died and the claims fell to
his widow, Mrs. Sadie G. Atwater.
Ernest AtWater with his wife and
four children. said Mr.. Carton. were
engaged in missionary labOrs in the
vicinity of Pekin when the Boxer up
rising occurred. They were among the
first victims of the vengeance of the
Chinese fanatics The Rev. Ernest At
water came originally from Berlin
Although these claims have been
recognized and the awards have been
ordered. delicate question Of law must
be settled before the claims are actually
paid For the Rev Ernest Atwater
$1,000 has been allowed and the same
amount for his wife. for each Of the
four children s.. 500 is allowed 81, $50 for
the property destroyed and S163 in in
terest-
Now in the distribution of these
sums. the question who died first viii
be an important factor. We have no
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from a chronic casa
Of catarrh OF the
head. L an only
too glad to recon-
mend Peruna- /
have had more or
less catarrh ever
since I can remem-
Der and I have
tried un ero Il 8
remedies and doc
tors prescriptions
and while some
things would help
me for the time be-
ing. it IS to Peruna
that I owe a per-
feet cure - Miss
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Pc ru- ma Makes Clean, Healthy
Mucous Membranes Catarrhal
Diseases Disappear Permanently.

The mucous membrane is to the in
side Of the body what the skin IS to the
outside of the body. It lines every or
gan, duct and cavity Catarrhal milan
nation attacking one part is liable 10
spread to other parts. A neglected cold
or slight catarrh is often the cause OF
lingering and dangerous catarrn.
Women are naturally more susceptible
to incIemencies OF the weather than
men, With them a cold is often the
starting point of some severe pelvic de-
rangements causing much pain and suf-
fering
Every woman needs a remedy upon
which she can rely 10 keep her system
fortified against the severe and trying
winter weather. If Peruna IS taken at
the first symptom Of cold il viii cure
it before it develops into some annoy
ing catarrhal arrangement.
DecoletIe Gowns and Catarrh.
Miss Blanche Myers, 1920 Penn street.
Kansas City. Mo-. has the following to
say Of Peruna:
During each OF the past. four sea
sons 1 have caught a severe cold. when
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That New rranscontinental Railway.

san Francisco. Feb. 18.-Walter }.
Barnett. one of the fncorporators of the
san Francisco railway and terminal and
the Stockton & Beckwith Pass railroad
companies, has returned from the east
When asked # he had conferred with
George Gould or any other prominent
railroad men with a view of getting
financial backing for a transconunentaI
project Mr.. Barnett said. i am not IN
position to deny or affirm any reports
as to what I did in the east. All I will
say is that the two companies recently
organized viii construct and equip a line
Of road between san Francisco and Oak
land and the BeckWith pass by way OF
Stockton. Saeramento and Oroville"
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Nav Retrieve his Lossea.

Don Eugenio Romero is head over
heels in the tie business these days,
says the Las Vegas Optic. and friends
say he is on the high road to retrieve
the losses sustained by him during the
hard years of the business and return
to the Opulence and wealth ne enjoyed
in the early eighties. Mr.. Romero has
a big force of men scattered through
the mountains along the route Of the
Santa Potential and is delivering ties
along that line at the rate of 500 per
day. Mr. Romero has also just landed
a contract from the Santa Fe which
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ROMANCE OF 4 STREET CAR
A Little Incident Which Made the
Conductor EorgetfuL

He climbed aboard of a Fifth street
car last night about ) O'Clock. There
weren't many passengers, for the car
had not yet passed Oak street He nod
ded to the conductor and stepped in
side As he did so he caught sight of
q young woman. and to her he lifted
his hat as he took a seat beside her
She did not return the greeting. but
drew her skirt closer about her feet and
stared defiantly out Of the opposite
window His eyes fell and then he
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IN THE JURY,s HANDS.
Cummins Case Verdict Nay Be an
AcquittaL

wellington, Kan. Feb. 1s.-The trial OF
John Cummins for the killing Of Anna
Disnman, his hired girl, was given to the
jury last night. Since Judge Swarts de-
livered his charge to the jury the belief is
general that Cummins VIII be acquitted
or that the jury viii be hung The in
structions favored the defendant. Under
the information, unless the jury believes
that the blow from the DroOmstick was
the direct cause Of death. CumEnfns must
be acquitted His conduct in not trying
to save the girls life by furnishing proper
medical treatment after the blow, Judge
Svarts holds, is not covered BY the infor-
nation.