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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-17
A Coal Famine.

Avoid it this winter by buying coal
now. All kinds of the best
THE SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO,
Phones I'll, 1913, IA Sth and Kas. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-17

Nothing is calculated to jar a woman
like the masculine attentions bestowed
upon another woman with an inferior
wardrobe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-17
ChamberIain's Cough Remedv.

Steel ranges at Forbes.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

The Morgantown Post says that
Frederick P. Ruhl, Professor OF Vet
Urinary Science West Virginia Uni.
versity, consulting Veterinarian
State Board of Agriculture and State
Dairy inspector for II counties, in
Guiding MonongaIia, Marion, Pres
ton, Harrison, Lewis, Barbour, Ran
dolph, Gilmer, Upshur, Doddridge,
Taylor, Mineral and five others,
last evening completed his investi.
cations into the sanitary conditions
of the stables and CATTLE of the
diaries which furnish the city Of
Morgantown with milk. The SAM
tary conditions that prevail are pro-
nounced by DR.. Ruhl to be simply
awful in their flthiness and he re-
fused to issue single certificate
and says that only two of the diaries
are conducted on anything like the
lines laid down by the Jaws govern
ing same.
In a few instances DR. Ruhl made
an examination Of the milk sold
from these diaries and found +, in
each case TO be impure. He attri-
butes the revalence OF typhoid fe-
yer in Morgantown and vicinity to
be due in great measure To the i'm
pure milk used.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

mince PIES were none too good for
me for ths next week The daueh.
ter was a schoolmn'am, about 20
years of age, and had won her
heart ere three days had passed
The old man thought / lacked
weight to hold pillow in stony
ground, but guess he would have
sanctioned the match out OF gratis
tude. Ii was not to be. however.
When l had cured the blisters on
my heals with mutton tallow / went
out to split some wood one evening
and forgot TO return to the house.
another case happened TWO
years ago, and this time il was
widow. As / logged along a dusty
highway in Ohio | got cotton in my
throat and called at farm house
for drink. l saw no one about
the old oaken bucket. Some one
cried out 10 me from the bottom of
the well, and behold, / let down
the bucket to draw up woman.
Ii was the widow who owned the
farm, and she had been down there
a couple of hours. She wasn't over
minute and half jumping from
gratitude to admiration, and a cou-
pie of minutes more she realized
that was knight of the Golden
Cross in disguise. That settled it.
She had been expecting one along
ever since her husband fell from
the top of his windmill and was
killed, and her heart was mine be-
fore she had changed her ice-cold
draperies.
"She was a good looking woman
and 1t was bully farm but could
not return her love. AS a dilapi-
dated gentleman, / had to make a
tour of Indiana before winter set in.
Aside from my own feelings in the
matter there was the hired man to
be consulted. He threw out hints
that / was no more of knight than
he was hubbard squash, and he
finally became so plain spoken that
had to leave him asleep under the
currant bushes as | pursued my adj
venturous way.
ooh, yes. We've got electric
street cars, wireless kilograms, self
acting washboards and patent pan
es, and we are looking for auto
mn : nursegirls and double-jointed
refr.gerators, but don't you bet that
al the romance of life has died out
There's heaps of it lying around
loose, and Chevalier Tomnoddy has
only got to appear at just the right.
moment to wake II up"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

ylS IILLKkY AND UNITED STATES BONDED WAREHOUSES
~ ACCIDENT GARRETT COUNTY, MARYLAND
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

President Roosevelt, after a con.
ference with Attorney General Knox.
signed an order removing Judge
Daniel II. Mcmillan from the su.
preme court of New Mexico on
charges Of general immoralitv
Mcmillan was appointed from Buf.
falo. Clement c. Smith of Hastings
Of Michigan has been appointed to
succeed him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
GOOD ROADS.

An object lesson macadam road is
now being built near Morgantown,
West Virginia, by the County Court
and several interested citizens. The
work is being done under the direc-
ton of a Road Expert of the United
States Office of Public Road In
quiries.
A State Good Roads Convention
is to be held a. Morgantown during
the progress of this work, and all
persons in West Virginia interested
in the movement for better roads
are invited, and urgently requested
to attend and participate in the
same. The objects of the conven-
ton are to enable the delegates to
examine and study the work now in
progress, and to discuss ways and
means for raising funds for similar
work in all parts of the State. The
deliberations will include addresses,
discussions, and illustrated lectures
by prominent statesman, road off,
Gals and experts, on the most pro-
gressive laws prevailing in the diff
ferent States, and the most modern
and practical methods of construct
ing good roads.
The Convention will be held Fri
day and Saturday, July roth and
nth. Among the prominent men
expected to be present are the fol.
lowing: Hon. James Wilson, Sec
rotary U. S. Department of Agri-
culture; Hon. A. b. White, Gov
ernor of West Virginia; Hon. N. B.
Scott, Hon. A. G.. Dayton, Hon. b.
b. Governor, Hon. J. II. Gaines,
Hon, ]. A. Hughes, Members of
Congress, West Va; Congressman
w. p. Brownlow, author of Good
Roads Bill now pending in Con-
gress; George A. Pearre, Member
of Congress from Maryland; Hon.
J. b. Killebrew, ExSecretary of
Agriculture, Tennessee; The Direc-
tor of Public Road Inquiries, Mar
tin Dodge; his assistant, NJ. o. Ed.
ridge, and Road Expert C. T. Har-
rison in charge of the work, and R.
w. Richardson, Secretary National
Good Roads Association.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

There are indications that the
army is being gradually purged Of
the unfit officers who, through polit-
ical influence, obtained commissions
during the war with Spain. Several
second lieutenants have already
gone out because they failed in
their examinations for promotion
and three have been dismissed be-
cause they had incurred debts which
they could not meet. tempered with
company funds and been guilty of
intoxIclton on duty. There was
great pressure exerted during the
Spanish war for commissions and
the man with sufficient political in.
huence had no difficulty ~ being
made second lieutenant As is
Invariably the case where officers
are app binted because OF their
''Pull" there wsre rnlny who were
totally unfit for positions OF respon.
sibility and it is encouraging to note
that they are being weeded out.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02
XVHISK

Public often Deceived by the Interruptions
OF Dealers who claim
"a @ any cheap and adueraed mixture for pure goods
- n" 30 Win US We and
@ no y located Accident county Md known as
$3.50 INIlller l)istillery. There is make our
LSN1'ous Neil<y Miller Pure from,
rye and clear chysl spring water hence you not onv
soOus u,ect from the dis you get pure unadued
e. d ow p'ee such other houses could you at even
ORR. we Ti ship EXPRESS PREPAID FOUR FULL QUARTS or
~ ith9 MILLER PURE SEVEN.YEAR-OID MARYIANb
ft loh,l Tor $3.50 Try if you don't find All
as GOOD as you get elsewhere double The money then
fair, isn't ' '''@0 VIII DC refunded mats
R3ye other gades Of this whiskey the following prices
r. III, ,,e, wIIISIxIGYS
e' Fue .'.''...... sa5o per gallon. Accord.
o.. - ,..'.'.......... s. 90 90 A." ing TO
" " az ~ .......... $500 d" age.
90 ,s'e STOCK $500 per gallon
* and Cincinnati Rye Soo gallon are strictly p1e and de-
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-07-02

PFFpt
GOOD Old the old aoe, Resr
w manure an me leading brands at the following prices
One Keg c. gallons ). 80
Ohe Large Case (24 quarts) ...... .......... a.
>"e oman case (24 plnts) ............
case lots We sell the above beers per dozen That
al goods will be securely packed plain if so desired 50 a. NO,
PUBIC know what getting without any extra charge
lux iERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH.-Send money nv p n
Ay Odet Express Money Order Register Letter Personal cb.t.
'on responsible parties accepted 800
our goods are not represented they returned at our
y money VIII be cheerfuly refunded you will not
ms is fair a
oIoc have prompt and attention and are sbinnd
oIueI rs receyed hence delay charge for boxing
and & nose whose patronage has greater
that all orders will bso filed warrant the continuance
Yours for Trade and Mutual Profit,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
EXPERT CRACkSMEN
WORKING The STATE.
Postal Authorities Are After the
Gang That Robbed Hum
boIdt Postoffice.
WAS WORK OF EXPERTS
Robbers Have an Accomplice, Who
Makes Towns Ahead Of Them
Have Found No Clue to
Their Identity.

Sioux Falls, S. D., May THE Unit
cd States authorities are now fully
convinced that expert cracksmen have
again selected South Dakota as field
of operations, and that unless the men
who recently robbed the postoffice at
Humboldte this county, are soon cap
tured it is probable that other and
similar robberies will occur during the
next few weeks. Therefore every ef-
fort will be made to run down and cap-
ture the cracksmen and thus break up
the gang. The federal postal officials
have as yet failed to find any trace
whatever of the men who robbed the
Humboldt postofice. That such a
robbery should be committed SO close
to Sioux Falls, which is the headquar-
ters of the United States officials for
South Dakota, certainly shows that the
men implicated do not lack boldness.
Work Of Experts.
The manner in whick- the robbery
was committed proves that it was the
work of expert cracksmen. That more
than one man was implicated in the
robbery is shown by the fact that the
safe had been tipped over.
A hole was then drilled into the door
and an explosive tore the door off it's
hinges, enabling the robbers to secure
the contents of the safe, amounting to
about $61 in cash and a watch belonging
to Postmaster, Lockwood. Several mail
sacks were wrapped around the safe to
deaden sound of the explosion. Tools
were stolen from a local blacksmith I'll
shop. No strangers were seen in Hum
boldt the night before the robbery,
which indicates that the cracksmen re-
manned in the country near Humboldt
until late at night, when they entered
the town and proceeded to rob the post
office, which, no doubt, had been visited
probably several days or a week be-
fore, by confederate for the purpose
of observing how it was arranged in
side 4W
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
CROP BULLETIN.
UnfavorabIe Weather of Past Week
Has Made Itself Felt Over En-
tire Country

#- . u
Washington, May 1.-THE weather bu-
reau's weekly crop bulletin says:
The week ending May was unseason-
ably cool over the greater part of the
country, minimum temperatures on April
80 and May and 2 being the lowest re-
corded in the last decade of April and first
decade Of May for the past thirty years,
at nearly all weather bureau stations
from the central and west gulf coasts to
the upper Missouri valley, also at a num-
Der Of stations in central Mississippi and
Ohio valleys, the lake region and New
England. Generally light rainfall or alb
sence of rain has been favorable for farm
ing operations, but unreasonable low tenn
peratures have checked growth Of all
vegetation, and heavy frosts and freezes
have caused much damage.
Notwithstanding the decidedly cool
weather during the latter part of the week
the temperature in New England and por-
tions Of the middle Atlantic states and the
lake region has averaged apove the nor
NAL. Rain is generally needed on the Pa
cifc coast. Early planted corn was ex-
tensively killed by the freeze during the
latter part of the week in Missouri, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Texas, and crops have
suffered from cold weather throughout
the southern states. Preparations for
planting have progressed favorably in the
Ohio valley and the middle Atlantic states,
Dut l1ttle progress mas Deen mace IN the
upper Missouri valley and the lake region.
Present season to date has been very un-
favorable for corn, planting being greatly
delayed.
Winter wheat appears to have escaped
material injury during the recent freeze
over the western portion Of the winter
wheat belt and the general outlook for
this crop continues very promising, al
though slight deterioration is indicated in
portions of central Mississippi and Ohio
valleys
Very little seeding OF spring wheat could
be done over the northern portion of this
region during the past week. Reports in
dicate no serious damage has been done to
early sown wheat over the southern por-
ton.
Oats sustained more or less injury from
cold in the Missouri valley and the usual
growth is reported in the central Missis-
sippi and Ohio valleys. Decreased acre.
age Is reported from Illinois and Indiana
and uneven stands in Ohio, where seed
ing is progressing slowly.
Nearly all fruits have suffered further
damage from frosts and low: temperature,
apples having apparently escaped with
least injury.
Reports indicate that the grass cror is
very backward.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
VISITS BENEDICTINEs.
German Emperor Honors the Mother
house of Famous Religious Order
-. During Italian Tour.

Rome, May emperor William anu
King Victor Emmanuel, escorted by
cu1rassiers and cheered by the people,
drove to the railroad station this morn
ing and went to the Abbey of Monte.
At Monte Casino the nonarchs were
accorded an enthusiastic reception
The scene was extremely picturesque.
Quaint crowds Of peasants, friars and
sisters gathered for miles around the
village to see the extraordinary spec
tacle of two sovereigns and six princes
at Monte Casino. The real reason for
the visit was the part taken by En-
peror William in assisting the Benedic-
tine institutions in Prussia, and the
promises which he had made to visit
the celebrated motherhouse here. The
gorgeous royal equipages, with OUT
riders and postillions in hunting livery,
accompanied by military escort and
the suites Of the sovereigns and princes,
drove up to the abbey from the station,
cheered by the peasants. AT the abbey
a detachment Of troops rendered the
military honors and a battery of guns
fired a salute.
The abbot, Rev. Father Boniface
Krug, from st. Vincent's arch abbey,
ear Beatty, Pennsylvania, received the
emperor and King Emmanuel in a most
cordial manner and expressed his ap-
probation Of the honor conferred on
he abbey by their visit.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
GET a GOOD HAUL.
Merchants State Bank at Freeman
Loses $4,000.


Freeman, s.. D., May 5.--Burglars en-
tered the Merchants State bank Of
Freeman. S. D., Friday night and Sc
cured about $3,000 ~
They broke through the vault with
tools from the section house, making an
opening large enough for one man to
crawl through on the side of, the vault.
They then used nitroglycerin to blow
!: open the safe and were completely sue
tcessful. The vault and safe We're COM
ipletely wrecked. The entire contents Of
5the saie. were taken.
/ No t$E seems to have heard or seen
ianythil.e NJ the burglars. The officers
iare completely at sea, the craftsmen
not having left the slightest clew be-
hind.
The robbery was not discovered until
s o'clock next morning.
a year ago an attempt was made to
rob this bank, but it was foiled by a
man who was sleeping in the bank.
= Scotland, S. D., May 4.-Gottlieb Harr,
cashier Of the Merchants State bank Of
Freeman, was in Scotland at the time
of the robbery and went home at II
o'clock Saturday. The exact loss will
not be known until an investigation Is
made by the cashier and insurance
agents. So far as known no clew to the
robbers has been discovered. Five thou
sand dollars in currency was in transit
2 eor the bank, but had not been received.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
WATERWORKs QUESTION
Sioux Falls Has Three -cornered
Proposition to Settle-Municipal
Ownership Has Friends.

Sioux Falls, S. D., May THE vexed
question of whether or not the city
shall construct it's own waterworks
plant, purchase the plant of private
water company which at present fur
nishes the people Of Sioux Falls with
water, or extend the franchise of the
private water company, which termi-
mates next year, is soon to be settled.
At meeting of the city council a
minority of the special committee ap-
pointed to investigate. the matter has
just made a report recommending that
the proposition Of the company for the
sale Of it's plant to the city, or for the
extension of it's franchise, be rejected,
and that the city go ahead and con-
struct it's own plant, for which the
voters year or more ago authorized
the issuance of bonds in the sum of
$210,000. At another meeting of the
council to be held this evening the ma
jority will submit Its report, which is
expected to recommend that the pres
ent franchise of the private company
be extended for period of ten years
and that the city at the expiration Of
five years have the privilege of pur-
chasing the plant If it wishes to do so.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
DUTCH HEIRS WANT. LAND.
Metropolitan Lawyer Figures Out Plan
TO Take Billion Dollars Worth.

TO Take Billion Dollars Worth.
New York, May Most Of the land
owners in Harlem are not rightful pos
SCISSORS of their holdings, according to
a lawyer of this city. The heirs of the
Dutch freeholders Of $50 years ago.
some thousands in number, on the au-
thority of this lawyer, are the owners
of Harlem, a large part Of Central Park,
and of all the water front property on
East river from Seventy fourth street
to the Harlem river, along the Har-
lem and down the Hudson to One
Hundred and Twenty-ninth street. The
present day value Of the property is
conjectured to be s1,000,000,000.
Prominent among the descendants of
the alleged rightful owners are Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Governor Odell and
Putnam Bradlee Strong.
In 1666-67 the duke Of York, through
Colonial Governor Nichols, gave grants
and charters to twenty three men who
created a corporation known as the
town of New Harlem. and later further
grants and patents were issued to the
twenty-three and to their heirs, sue
cessors and assigns forever" The plan
Of the lawyer in charge Of the matter
is to gather majority of the descend
ants and as he says they are all by in
heritance. members of the corporation,
have them hold meeting, elect off,
GERS, and parcel out the land, among
themselves. 1t is argued that quit
claims, leases or deeds executed by any
of the descendants Of the grantees are
void because no individual had the
right to dispose of the property, but
only the right to vote at the corporation
meetings
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
TEMPORARILY INSANE.
Michael Burns Not in His Right Mind
When He Suicided.

Huron, S. D., May 1.-THE inquest
held upon the body OF Michael Burns,
who committed suicide Sunday after
noon by hanging, resulted in verdict
to the effect that deceased was tenn
porarily insane, and the testimony of
witnesses at the trial justified the YER
dict. The funeral was held today.
A large barn on the residence prop
erty Of J. M. Silver was destroyed by
fire yesterday, the result of children
playing with matches. A valuable car
riage horse, together with harness and
other articles, We're consumed. The
loss is about $500; no insurance.
The board of county commissioners
has let the contract for the construc-
ton of an iron bridge across the Jim
river at the foot of Third street. The
Iowa Bridge company Of Des Moines
has the contract, and the structure
will cost about $4,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
NATIVES IN SLAVERY.
Horrible Reports From the Interior Of
the Congo State.

London, May REV. William Morri-
son of Lexington, Va, member of the
American Presbyterian mission, who is
here on his way home after six years
work along the Kassai river, about 1900
miles in the interior OF the Congo state,
fully confirms the stories of abuses in
the Congo administration. He fur
nished an exhaustive report on the sit
uation, to the Congo state authorities.
to the American and British ministers
at Brussels, and to Foreign Secretary
.Lansdowne, detailing the result of his
personal investigation, showing stu
alton daily growing worse as the result
of the rubber monopoly's introduction
of forced labor, virtually amounting to
slavery.
On the way to the coast Rev. Mr..
Morrison covered 800 miles of the kas-
hal river, formerly thickly dotted with
villages. He says there is now less
than dozen villages there, the people
having fled to the forests to escape the
tyranny Of the whites. The missionary
declares it is impossible for the natives
to get redress from the Congo state Of
ficials for the fragrant abuses and cruel
ties to which they are subjected.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
TOPEKA a FAST TOWN.
President CoEgratulates kansans o..
Their Strenuosity,


Their Strenuosity.
Topeka, Kan, May 2.-There was only
small crowd present when President
Roosevelt's train departed at clock this
morning for Sharon Springs.
The president was up and stirring about
the car fifteen minutes before the time
scheduled for departure. He appeared at
the rear platform and after chatting with
Senator Long a few moments was pre-
sented to the people gathered to see him
off.
The president said: IT will not attempt
to make speech to you, but will simply
wish you Good morning and tell you I
have had a good time in Topeka.
II want to say to you that part of this
time has been a very lively one, that last
evening in driving from the governors
residence to the Auditorium I rode about
the liveliest gait of the trip, and I don't
think ever saw such fast running police
men as you have here in Topeka, and
want to now shake hands with one of the
sprinters." He then reached over the rail-
ing and gave hearty shake to the hand
of a big colored policeman.
The officer smiled "all over his face.''
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
CARNEGIE FAvoRs 1T.
Declares Emphatically Nation Should
Own the Railroads.


Own the Railroads.
London, May ANDREW Carnegie,
shortly after his arrival in England,
said: said.
"You can say for me that am thor
oughly in favor Of MIR. Hardy's sugges-
ton that all railways should be nation
allied. 1t would be an excellent thing
for the people If that were done. Look
at the economy that would be effected
If all the railways were under state
control. Fares would be lowered and
the comfort of the passengers would be
better looked after" =
OF Presidents Roosevelts admins
tration and his chances of renomina-
ton, Mr.. Carnegie said:
IT am not in position to speak of his
administration or about his chances Of
denomination. You see, my interest in
politics is not such that would care
to express an opinion. However, the
country seems to be going ahead with
all Of its old prosperity"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-05-08
Medical Association Meeting.

New Orleans, May 5.-With a recoro
breaking attendance both in point Of
delegates and visitors, and with many
distinguished physicians, surgeons and
scientists present, the fifty-fourth an
nual meeting Of the American Medical
association opened here today. The
main business of the association is
transacted by the house of delegates,
the first meeting Of which was held
subsequent to the formal opening of the
convention.
President Billings presided and pre-
sented his annual report. The reports
of other officers and the various stand
ing committees followed. SimuIta-
neous with the opening meeting of the
house Of delegates the several sections
into which the association is divided
opened their sessions in various halls.
hotels and churches.