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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
A DOUBLE GAME.

Il tell you,'' said the man doggedly,
that I can produce self-steering tor
pedo which answers to every one of
your specifications. Any other fleet lies
at your mercy with it,
And you ask?" questioned the min
lister.
only the means to complete my in
vention, and G2000 900 down when it has
justified my specifications"
''And if we refuse?' queried Lord
Pennyfeather-
The man rose abruptly and took up
his hat.
1.-THE French government would not
be SO foolish he said curtlY.
There was silence for some moments.
Tall, angular, thin to emaciation. Pat
rick OHara was chiefly remarkable for
his piercing black eyes, which glowed
like living Goals in his pale. haggard
faca.
Your answer is-?" he asked. with
a movement of Impotence.
'If there is anything in it, Yes ="
replied Lord Pennyfeather. tits lot
of money, though
The young man sprang into a han
som cab. gave hurried direction, and
flung himself back among the cushions
imoatiently For he had pledged him
self to report to his chief on the au-
| thenticity of a rumor that had reached
! the information bureau of the Admiral
| ty within a week, and of the week only
two hours remained.
The horse was weary, dog tired.
Rain fell in torrents, and gusts of wind
drove it through the open window.
What a climate' he muttered re-
sentfully. 'Phew!'
Five minutes later the horse Stun
bled on the slippery wood pavement
and fell headlong.
Dick st. Aubyn was flung onto the
road, where he lay for moment
| stunned
The accident had occurred in a mar
row street. where the houses showed
| lodgings STAMPED in every detail OF
their sordid structures. A door opened
and flood of light Illuminated the
Il street.
The cab driver was cursing and
grumbling in his efforts to raise his
my Godw cried a girls voice 1.-THE
man is dead. Father, father. how ter
rible.'
In moment the slight, black robed
figure was kneeling beside Dick. scan
ming his pale face.
Dicks eyes opened and looked
straight into her own; then closed
again
1t was half an hour later before he
regained consciousness. He lay in q
poorly furnished room, on hard horse
hair sofa, a delicate looking girl lean
ing over him, and a tall, dark man
standing behind her
''Where am II" he asked, putting his
hand to his head.
with friends Sid the man kindly
enough. Stay quiet till you feel bet
ter
But flood of memory rushed over
i Dicks mind. He struggled to his feet
grasping the sofa for support.
Il can'tr' he muttered. Il have to
keep an appointment"
4 The room swan before his eyes. but
he was obdurate. A cab must be
called at once. his business was urg-
ent, imperative. SO the man, without
further demur. left the room to obey
his wishes The girl stood silently
/ watching him.
Dick turned toward her. 81 must
| thank YOU" he said "for your kind
ness Then he stopped. 1t was the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
GIVE YOUR STOMACH
A NICE VACATION
Don't Do 1t By Starving 1t Either
Let a Substitute Do the Work.

The old adage 'Al work and no
play makes Jack dull boy" applies
just as well to the stomach. one of the
most important organs of the human
system, as it does to the man, him
self.
If your stomach is worn out and .e-
bells against being further taxed be-
yond its limit, the only sensible thing
You can do is to give it a rest. En-
ploy a substitute for q short time and
see if it will not more than repay YOU
in results.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are a will
ing and most efficient substitute They
themselves digest every bit of food in
the stomach in just the same way that
the stomach itself would, were it we'll
They contain all the essential elements
that the gastric juice and other di-
gestive fluids of the stomach contain
and actually act just the same and do
just the same work as the natural
fluids would do, were the stomach well
and sound. They, therefore, relieve the
stomach, just as one workman relieves
another, and permit it to rest and re-
cuperate and regain its normal health
and strength
This vacation idea was suggested
by the letter of a prominent LAWYER in
Chicago. Read what he says: Il was
engaged IN the most momentous UNDER
taking of my life in bringing about
the coalition of certain great interests
clients. 1t was not the work of DAYS.
. but OF months, 1 was working night
and day almost, when at a very crit
zeal time my stomach went clear back
ION me. The undue mental strain
brought it about and hurried I'D what
would have happened later on
What 1 ate 1 had to literally force
down and that was a source of misery
as L had sour stomach much of the
time; Ny head ached, 1 was sluggish
and began 10 lose my ambition to carry
out my undertaking. It looked pretty
gloomy for me and l confided my plight
TO one OF my clients. He had been cured
by Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets. and at
once went down to a drug store and
brought a box up to the Office.
I had not taken q quarter of that
box before [ found that they would dc
Gil the work my stomach ever did: and
as rest or vaca ton was out of the
question for me. I determined to give
my stomach a vacation. I kept right
on taking the tablets and braced UT
and went ahead with my work with
renewed vigor, ate just as much as
ever did and carried out that undertake
ing to a successful issue feel that
have Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets tc
thank for saving me the handsomest
fee ever received as well as my. repu-
tation and last but not least my stonn-
ach."
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are fol
sale by all druggists at 80 cents a box
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
CHICAGO LOSES.
Gas Suit Decided In Favor of
the Company.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Judge Grosscup IN
the United States district court today,
decided against the city of Chicago in
the rs cent gas cases. He declared that
the state did not delegate to the city
the power to regulate the price of gas.
The decision was the outcome of SUES
brought by D. O. Mills, as stockholder
in the Peoples Gas, Light and Coke
company and Frank G. Jones, as stock
holder in the Northwestern Coal and
Coke company asking for injunctions
restraining the city from reducing the
price of gas to rs cents. Both injunc-
lions We're granted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.

Quincy Adams Sawyer" a play of
New England life. was at the Crawford
Saturday afternoon and night. The
play is dramatized from the novel by
the same name written by Charles F..
Pidgin. There is some difference of
opinion regarding the book. Some say
it is a poor story. because it is crudely
told in some places. Others think it an
interesting story for the reason that it
tells of a simple life in a simple way.
and the telling is unmarried by any
rules of writing or any of the metes
and bounds usually prescribed by auth
ors. The play is not so good as the
book. and the audience which saw it in
Topeka was disappointed. The play is
not in the same class with York State
Folks" Way Down East or 1.-The
Old Homestead"
"Piekings from Puck" with Willard
Sims as the leading man. was at the
Crawford last night.
Everybody reads the State Journal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
Woolev to Be Reappointed.

washington, Jan. 25.-It is stated that
Smith Wooley, who was appointed to
the assayership of the mint at Boise
City, Idaho, but who failed of confirma-
ton during the extra session of con-
gress, will be renoninated for that
place. An investigation of charges
filed against Mr.. Wooley was recently
concluded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
FIRE IN THE GARRlCK.
No One Was in thegTheater at
the Time.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-A small fire in the
Garrick theater, which is on the first
floor of the Schiller building, a sky
scraper, caused considerable excitement
among the tenants today. No one was
in the theater and the nervousness of
the people in the building, who were
easily suspectible to panic, owing to
the Iroquois disaster and the panic in
the Masonic temple Saturday, was
quickly allayed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-25
Car Barns Burn.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 25.-The car
barns of the Indianapolis Traction and
Terminal company. at Mclean Place,
burned today Loss, 100000.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
Left Her Husband For a Millionaire

A romantic story of a wife who left
her husband to go to Japan with her
husbands friend, reputed to be mil
lionaire, was told in the Divorce Court
in London on Saturday, when Mr..
Percy Morris, barrister, petitioned for
divorce. The correspondent is a Mr..
Godfrey Oakley, whom Mr.. Morris has
known for about six years, and who was
a frequent visitor at his house in Cam
bridge-terrace, Hyde Park. For seven
wears Mr.. Morris had lived on affec-
tionate terms with his wife, and he had
no suspicion how matters stood until
one evening in October last he returned
to dinner and found his wife missing.
An hour later a messenger boy called
with the following letter from Mrs.
Morris:
"Dear Percy-By the time you receive
this shall have left you forever You
must know that have absolutely ceased
to care for you, and that l could never
be happy with you under any circum-
stances. ] am leaving England, and
shall probably never return. l trust for
your own sake you will divorce me as
soon as possible. A. f. Nj.
Mr.. Morris was completely taken by
surprise, and even then had no suspicion
AS to whom his wife had elooed with. He
at once went to the house of his wife's
married sister, and found that she had
also receiveda letter In this Mrs. Nor
ris wrote:
"Goodfrey and will have left England
when you receive this.
Mr.. Morris then realized that it was
his friend who had betrayed him, and
this was confirmed by the receipt of the
following letter:
Dear Percy-Nana has thrown in her
lot with me. She has left all the old
life and has gone away with me to start
afresh. l love her absolutely and COM
pletely, and as soon as possible / will
make her my wife. l am going right
away and shall stop away. / ask you to
free her so that / may give her the legal
and social protection of my name. l
remain GODFREY OAKEY.
1t was afterwards found that the pair,
after visiting Paris, had gone for a trip
to Japan. When the petition was filed
very large claim for damages was
placed on the record, as Mr. Morris
wished that some provision should be
made for his wife, but that claim was
withdrawn, as Mr.. Oakley had al
ready settled large sum on her, end
had agreed to pay all the costs of the
proceedings. A decree nisi was granted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
EOREIGN NEWS.

Fire Sunday night wiped out the viii
lage of Richmond Corner, N. B., near
the Maine border. Fourteen houses, in
Guiding the general stores and dwellings,
we're burned.
Twenty-four Jews have been arrested
Oh a charge of being leaders of an illegal
meeting at Durlescht, Russia. They
we're sentenced to terms of one or two
months imprisonment.
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger reports
that as a result OF Kaiser Williams dis
pleasure, over the blunders in German
Southwest Africa, Governor General
Leutwein has offered his resignation.
Professor F. York Powell, Regius
professor of modern history at Oxford
University, died today. In addition to
his teaching Professor Powell was a
well-known author of historical works.
Many persons were killed and injured
by the falling of 6 fve-story house al
St. Eteinne, France, today. Twelve
bodies have already been recovered.
The collapse was due to extensions UNI
dermining the foundation of the building
The Birmingham, England, Post to-
day says that official notices have ar
rived in London from Washington mott
flying the British government that the
United States has resolved to create an
Asiatic department to deal with business
in the far East.
During a demonstration at Toxic yes
terday an accident occurred in which q
persons were killed and forty injured.
The victims were mostly boys and
were caught against closed gate in az
angle formed by the. walls of the OLD
palace and were either crused by th'
crowd or were pushed into an old moa
a nd drownad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
TOday's Telegraphic News
WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

London, May 9.-The Seoul, Korea,
correspondent of the Reuter- Telegram
Company, wires that Russian force OF
unknown strength had crossed the Yalu
river and entered Korea. The Japane'e
consul at Gensan reports that the Rus
slams, who were accompanied by bandits,
crossed the Yalu river far above WIN:
They advanced southwest and occupied
Chang-Ju on May 9Th.
Chefoo, May 9.-Passengers who have
Just arrived here from NiuchwaDg con-
fiji IN the reports that the Russians have
begun the evacuation Of that place.
Many troops and guns have already left,
they say. The Russians at Niuchwang
we're aware that the railway had been out
by the japanese but no details OF the
fighting between the japanese and the
Russians had been received.
Shanghai, May 9.-The Japanese
have captured the city Of Dalny.
London, May Russia it is said will
not press her charge against japan for
what she termed a breachIof international
law, by the japanese first attack on
Chemulpo, Korea, on February Sth. The
Gar and his councillors havea very good
reason for this decision.
st. Petersburg, May "a report is
current today that the Russian cruiser
Rurik, of the Vladiyostok squadron,
has been destroyed, whether by accident
or by Japanese attack, the report does
not state. The Rurik is a protected
cruiser of the third class.
st. Petersburg, May 9.--In army and
navy circles here the belief is prevalent
that Port Arthur will be able to resist
land attack for six months if necessary
The military authorities have decided to
adopt yellow tingcd cloth, similar t.
khaki, for the summer clothing of the
troops. Heretofore the summer uniform
has been white.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
News OF the Day.

Mrs. Sophia Weinziert has been ar
rested in st. Lonis on the charge OF i'm
porting 10 girls from Europe for i'm
moral purposes.
Chairman Cowherd. of the democratic
congressional campaign committee, says
that the committee will make head
quarters in Washington for the present.
Madame Janauschek, the famous
actress, now "a years old, has gone to
the Actors Fund Home, on Staten Is
land, where she will probably spend the
remainder of her life.
John d. Rockefeller, ST., made an adj
dress before his sons Bible class in New
York yesterday describing his early bust
ness life and declaring that he never re-
GREETED not having gone to college.
The body of Miss Cara Marsh, OF
Warsaw, ILL.,, niece of Congressman
Marsh, was found on Saturday floating
in the Mississippi river. She disappeared
from home April rs, following period
of illness.
The committee of fifteen appointed
by the Episcopal Triennial Convention
to consider the question of changing tie
name of the church, reported that a
change was inexpedient at present and
asked to be discharged.
Governor Montague, of Virginia
Governor Warfeld and Mayor McLane,
of Baltimore, on Saturday night adj
dressed the gathering at Chase's under
the auspices of the Young Mems Greater
Baltimore Association. Governor Mon
lague received a hearty welcome and
made fine address.
Death, disorder, drunkenness, free
fights, one stabbing and one case OF con-
cussion of the brain we're some OF the
incidents of the big excursion to Phila-
delphia from the coal regions over the
Central Railroad of New Jersey and the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway,
which arrived at the Reading terminal
at half past yesterday morning.
At Dover, Del, on Saturday evening,
after being out one hour and half, the
Jury in the case of Mrs. Mary Powell,
indicted for the murder of Estelle Albin,
returned verdict of murder in the
second degree. The penalty is life i'm
prisonment. The prisoner wept bitterly
when the verdict was announced and
seemed to fully realize her position.
The Inter-Church Conference on mar
rage and divorce, body representing
officially Al leading denomin atoms, has
issued through its secretary, Rev. Dr.
William II. Roberts, an appeal to the
public, calling attention to several as
poets of the divorce question. The pa
per is the beginning of national cam
paign of education upon the subject, K
be followed by efforts to secure the enact
ment of laws in the State Legislature
and ultimately, it is thought, of an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
Virginia News.

Harriet Smith, colored, aged 109 years
died suddenly ather home in Fredericks-
burg Friday night. She was resident
of that city for 80 years.
The places of the six clerks of the
Southern 5tamp,Works, Richmond, who
struck yesterday rather than be bossed
by a woman who was appointed mana
GER we're filled Saturday and the. work
of the establishment is progressing as
usual.
Mrs. Lucy G. Buck, widow of DR.
Samuel G. Buck, died OIL Saturday at the
home of her brother, T. N. Buck, in
Front Royal. Mrs. Buck was born near
Waterlick, Warren county, in 1926.
She is survived by one sister and one
brother.
Miss Lucy,Chilton diedat Woodburne,
near Warrenton, on Saturday, aged 50
years. She was the aunt of the late
Isham Keith and Judge Jas. Keith, OF
Richmond, president of the Court of APP
peals of Virginia. Her remains were
inferred today in the family cemetery on
the Woodburne farm.
The University College of Medicine,
in Richmond, founded by the late DR..
Hunter Mcclure, and which was owned
by a number of physicians Of Richmond,
will hereafte be a public institution.
The property valued at S142, 900 has
been voluntarily surrendered by the
stockholders and a Board Of Trustees
selected.
Rudolph Scherra, national organizer
of the Bakers Union, was arrested in
Norfolk on Saturday night on warrant
sworn out by L. w. Lambert, "a watch
man employed at Davis's baking powder
plant, who charges him with disorderly
conduct and attempting to break down a
door at the home of Mrs. f. T. Smith,
where a,party Of non-union bakers brought
there to take the places of the strikers are
quartered.
Two desperadoes shot one man to
death, fatally wounded another and held
up a third ia the streets of Port Norfolk
Saturday night They ran away, but
posse pursued them. There is no clue
to their identity, but some bundles found
beside the dead body Of a negro, have
been identified by storekeeper as the
same be had sold an hour before the
shooting to a negro boy by the name Of
Fregere. This negro is missing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
From Washington.
Correspondence Of the Alexandra Da1e''e''
Washington, D. c., May y

fCorresnondence of the Alexandra Oazet1e-l
Washington. D. c., May 3.
Notices Of contests to be waged for
delegates seats in the coming republican
national convention are coming in daily
at the headquarters of the republican
national committee here. They will be
taken up by the committee at It's meet
ing in Chicago on June 10. Today
notice of contest from the Fourth Ohio
District was received. There will be
contests in every district and for the
delegates at large in Delaware, reviving
the anti-Addicks fight, also in Louisi'
ana. Notice OF other contests has also
been received from Texas, Alabama
and one from New York.
Minerals containing radium have been
discovered in Quebec, according to a re-
port sent the State Department by Us.
Consul General Holloway at Halifax.
President Roosevelt today announced
his decision in 25 applications for pardon
Twelve were granted, among them three
reservations to civil rights. Denials were
noted in thirteen cases. The pardons
are in unimportant cases.
Ats consultation this morning at the
White House between the President and
Attorney General Knox, and Secretaries
Taft and Hay, it was decided that the
Panama canal commission shall work
under the War Department, receiving Its
instructions from the President through
that department and reporting to the
President in like manner.
George U. Morgan, president OF the
Continental Securities Redemption Coz
of Birmingham, Ala, was on the stand
this morning in the Tyner-Barrett post
office trial Mr.. Morgan testified that
it was not until after Barrett let The de-
partment was he engaged to represent
the company before the Postoffice Depart
ment. For this work the agreement was
that Barrett was to receive $500 cash
and $50 q month for six months.
Representative James Sherman of New
York was among the Presidents callers
TODAY and when he left the White House
DreQlcteu lnaI tue ItpuuiOah NSAOb "ON'iN
have a. majority of 10000 in his State
this fall.
Rufus A. Lane, of Massachus etts,
formerly secretary OF the American
legation at Costa Rica has been appoint
ed assistant secretary to the Panama
Canal Commission. The position Of
secretary may not be filled for several
weeks Gen. Geo. w. Davis is to act
as Governor with power to appoint one
Judge of the court. Should anymore
be necessary they will be appointed by
the commission.
President John Mitchell, OF the United
Mine Workers of America, had long
consultation with the President today re-
garding the strike situation in Colorado.
He declined to disclose the nature OF the
conference further than to say that the
President agreed with him that the situa-
ton had become most serious, in TACT,
critical.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
To Smash Wives Card Games.

Twenty-one husbands who reside in
Bayonne, n. j., have met and organized
the Married Mems Anti-Euchre and
Home Preservation Society. They de-
clare it is high time their wives and other
mems wives were cured of the progressive
euchre habit and propose to use all their
efforts to establish such azure. A gentle
man by the name of Racks, in accepting
the presidency of the new society, said
at is high time we asserted our man
hood and made a determined effort to
down this habit which threatens to wreck
our homes. Many night l have had to
walk the floor with the baby until 2 or 8
o'clock waiting until my wife returned
from euchre party. 1t has got so that
the clubs etevery afternoon and even
ing and are now talking about playing on
Sunday.U
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-05-09
VENTS Body Found.

Big Stone Gap, Va, May "Details
of the finding of the body of E. t.
Wentz, son Of Philadelphia millionaire,
we're obtained today from Kelly View,
Wise county, where it was discovered
yesterday. A boy hunting cows came
upon the body in comparatively open
place in the woods. Hundreds of per-
sons had gone within 90 feet of the spot
in their search for the young man
who had been missing since October
18th last. The body was identified
by the pistol Wentz carried, his
eye glasses, leggings, and clothing.
An examination of the pistol disclosed
three cartridges missing and several
holes were found in the lower part of the
body. The theory is that Wentz was
murdered and left where he had fallen.
The county physician, after a consulta-
ton with the States attorney this morn
ing, announced that an autopsy would
probably be held late this afternoon to
determine the cause of Vents death.
d. B. Wentz, a brother of the dead man,
is en- route here from Philadelphia to
take charge of the remains,