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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
CURES L SORES.

WestmoreIand, Kans.. May 5. 1902. Ballard
Snow Linimeut Co.: Your Snow Liniment
cured an old sore on the side of my chin that
was supposed TO be q cancer. The sore was
stubborn and would not yield 10 treatment,
until l tried Snow Liniment. which did the
work in short ordes. NV sister, Mrs. Sophia
j. Carson, Allensville, Miffin Co., Pa. has a
sore and mistrusts that 1t IL a cancer: Please
send her q SOC bottle. Sold by G. A. Milford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06

Brefhahn's LOcals.
We nave homemade candy. not 10 burn
but to eat, and It is fine. Try some.
For clean, fresh bread, call on Breihahn. be
can fix you up.
Material for cakes al ways on hand, OF TT
very freshest quality.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
Take Milford's Sarsaprilla for the blood.

Kleptom aniacs will take anything blu
okes.
Wall paper for all purposes, all tastes and
all pocketbooks at Milford's Drug Store.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06
ALMOST SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

One afternoon last week Just as Mrs. w. T.
Penney, Mrs. ]. w. Sign and Miss Mary Per-
rim returned from the cemetery and the car
rage had driven up to Mrs. Signs gate, and
she had gotten out, the horse attached to the
carr.oge, slipped the bride and turning
around quickly. turned the carriage upside
down throwing Miss Mary Perrin out, and
pinning Mrs. Penney underneath dislocating
one shoulder and causing other painful cuts
and bruises. It is fortunate that she escaped
with her life. Miss Mary was badly shaken
up, but escaped serious injury. Mrs. Penney
Is much better at this writing.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-06

Board of Supervisors Of Registration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
COLLEGE REBELLION.
Students and Employees Leave
With the Principal.

Chicago, Feb. 1O.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Racine, Wis, says: With
cheers for the deposed principal of the
Danish Lutheran college and jeers for
the faculty, fifty Of the students have
left the college with the principal. With
them were the cooks, janitors and all
employees, and they will not return until
Scow Nielsen, the principal, again takes
charge of the Danish college.
A dispute between Principal Nielsen
and the Rev. C. H. Jensen, president of
the college directorate, over the expel-
ling of students because of smoking and
the demand that the principal turn over
all books and accounts and leave the
college after the directors had accepted
his resignation to take effect March 5,
became known to students. Learning
that Nielsen had complied with the or
ders they visited his home and persuad-
ed him to go with them to the college,
where his reinstatement was demanded.
Nelson made an address which was
cheered and the students jeered the ad-
dresses of the Rev. DIR. Jensen and the
members of the faculty, and left the
college Two directors have rendered
their designations because of the presi-
dents action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
HORRIBLY BURNED.
Four Year Old Son of w. H.
Spendlove Will Die.

Willie Spendlove, the 4-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Spendlove of 900
Quincy street, was fatally burned this
morning about 10 o'clock, while playing
with matches in bed. His grandmother,
Mrs. M. c. Spendlove, seriously burned
her hands While trying to save the lit
tie boy.
The little boy is still alive but cannot
live. He was literally cooked from head
to feet: the inside of his mouth and
throat was SO badly burned that he
could hardly speak.
Two Kansas avenue doctors who were
called while the little boy lay writing
in agony refused to come. One said that
fore he could get there and the other
one was SO busy building a fire in his
stove that he said. II can't come over
for a while''
DR.. Fighter was finally secured to at
tend the case, about 80 minutes after
the child was burned. He did all he
could to relieve the little fellows agony
but held out no hope for recovery.
Little Alva Spendlove, the 6yearold
sister of the boy who was burned, ran
all the way from Ninth street to the fire
department headquarters at Seventh to
give the alarm.
MY little brothers burned up! My
little brothers burned upT' she
station. She was sobbing and breath
less, but managed to tell the firemen
where to go. The brave little girl then
ran after the fire apparatus as it
dashed up the street ct know my
brother is burned up My poor brother
is burned upp' she kept sobbing.
There was not much fire when the
department arrived. The bedding in
the bed where the little boy had been
lying was still burning. but the child's
grandmother had taken the little fell
low down stairs and placed him on a
sofa. The firemen carried the bedding
out of doors. and extinguished the fire
which was consuming it. Meantime
Chief Wilmarth was directing the care
of the little boy. pending the arrival
of a doctor.
Mr.. and Mrs Spendlove, the father
and mother of the child. were both
away from home when the accident
happened. and did not reach the house
until after the arrival of the doctor.
Mr.. Spendlove is employed at a grocery
store, and Mrs. SDendlove works at a
laundry. Both had to be sent for.
Mrs. M G. Spendlove, the grand
mother of the burned child, tells this
story of the accident:
I'VE have been accustomed to let
Willie sleep in the morning as long as
he wants to, but he has always called
me upstairs as soon as he awoke We
have also taught him not to touch
matches This morning I think he
must have walked up, climbed out or
bed and gotten some matches. I heard
him scream, and ran upstairs. When
opened the door of his room, the room
was full of smoke, and Willie was sit
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
FOR LINCOLN DAY.
Mayor Bergundthal Declares 1t
a Holiday.

Mayor w. S. BergundthaI today is
sued the following proclamation:
ITO the Citizens of Topeka:
Throughout the land on February
II the people will assemble in their
respective places in commemoration of
the martyred president, Abraham Liza
coin. It is at once a reverence and an
inspiration to perpetuate by proper
ceremonies a remembrance of the man
under whose leadership the way was
cleared for the unity of the American
people. The anniversary OF his birth
day will be appropriately observed in
Topeka. and 1 urge all citizens insofar
as is possible to suspend business from
u o'clock noon on Friday, the 18th
inst, until the close of the exercises of
the day and evening. 1 request also
that the citizens periodically decorate
their places of business in a suitable
manner, displaying prominently when
expedient a portrait of him whose
memory we revere.
And as on that day there will come
within our gates to assist in the ex-
ercises that distinguished soldier and
splendid citizen Of the republic Lieut.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, most earnestly
request all of our people to unite in
giving him hearty welcome and in
expressing our appreciation of the
honor he confers upon US by his visit
''W. S. BERGUNDTHALA
Mayor"
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TALK ABOUT TAX.
County and City Assessors VIII
Meet March z.
Question of Basis of Valuation
Will Be Determined.
THE FLOOD REDUCTION
They Will Decide What 1t
Will Be.
Some Comparisons in the As
sessments of Past Years.

The county and city assessors will
meet with the chief assessor, H. NJ.
Philips, at the court house March to
decide upon a basis of valuation of
property in Shawnee county for the
year 1904.
The assessors will decide upon the
basis of valuation for personal property.
After the assessment is completed the
county commissioners, the city council
and the township boards will decide on
the tax Ievies for the county, city and
townships.
The question Of the assessment of real
property in the Shawnee county dis
tricts which suffered by the flood will
have to be determined before the asses
sors who list the real estate begin their
work.
The general opinion is that the own
ers of property damaged by the flood
should receive some relief in the way
of lower taxes. There is no law which
provides for any allowance being made
to flood sufferers and the only way to
give some relief will be in the assess
ment. 1t will hardly be expected that
the property damaged by the flood
should have as high a valuation placed
against 1t as was made before the flood.
Whether a uniform reduction shall be
allowed in the assessment of such prop
eerty or whether the assessors shall
determine the amount of decrease that
should be made in the assessed vaIua-
ton has not been determined but it is
probable that the real estate assessors
will determine what assessed valuation
should be made.
The assessed valuations of property,
both real and personal, in Topeka CITY
and in Shawnee county since 1892 have
been as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
TURNS 1T DOWN.
State Charter Board Says No to
a Coal Company.

The state charter board, on the ad-
vice of Attorney General Coleman. to-
day turned down the application of the
Kansas City-Leavenworth Coal Mining
company. The company wanted to con-
duct too many kinds of business under
a coal mining charter. a
The first man named in the list of
stockholders of the company is w. H.
Craddock of Kansas City, Kas. The
other stockholders are A. C. Stowell of
Kansas City. Mo-, c. D. Darnall of
Argentine. F. G. Markart, John E.
Carr. E. jameson, c. P. Rutherford and
Stewart Mckee of LeavenWorth.
The capital stock of the company is
given at $780, 900, divided into $500
shares Each of the stockholders
named has one share. but what it is
proposed to do with the other 1892
shares is not stated.
Besides the business of coal mining.
the charter asked for by the company
gave it the power to buy, sell and lease
land, to deal in mortgages, stocks and
bonds, to own personal property with
out limit. and to own mills and ele-
vatOrs.
Attorney General Coleman thought
this SOFT of charter was too broad
for coal mining company He said
it would be all right for it to buy, sell
and lease such real estate as it need
ed to conduct its coal mining business.
but that unlimited dealing in stocks
and bonds personal property and mills
and elevators mad little to do with coal
mining. and therefore the charter was
refused.
The Orient railroad people are evil
IDENTIFY preparing to build a depot on
the Kansas side of the state line in
Kansas City, or something of the sort.
A corporation known as the New De-
pot Land company, of Kansas City,
Mo-. was today admitted to do business
in Kansas, and it is made up of Orient
officials. The company is capitalized at
$4,000, but it owns real estate valued
at 1000 and has cash to the extent of
$500 more. The stockholders of the
company are James L. Lawrence, pres
ident; Z. Dickinson, vice president; M.
V. Watson, secretary; w. A. Rule,
treasurer; II. c. Arnold, W. S. Woods,
and A. E. Stilwell.
The f. K. Taylor Manufacturing
company, which is chartered in Wyom-
ing, but which does it's business at Gas,
Allen county, Kansas, was today adj
mitted into Kansas 1t proposes to
Clothing.
Charters granted by the state char
ter board today were as follows:
The Ball-Keith Oil and Gas company
of Coffeyville; capital $4,000. ]. H.
Keith, who represented Montgomery
county in the last legislature, is one
of the chief stockholders.
The State Bank Of Edmond; capital,
$40, O0O.
The Globe Oil company of McPher-
son: capital, 10000.
The Sedan Milling company of Sc
dan; capital, $4,000. J. T. Bradley,
national bank examiner, is the princi-
pal stockholder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
NEEDS NO HELP.
Baltimore Will Take Charge Of
Herself at Present.

Baltimore, Md, Feb. 10-The COVER
nor, the mayor and various municipal
officials held a conference at which it
was decided that Baltimore for the
present needs no outside help. At this
conference also was developed the ma
chinery for an advisory legislative COM
mittee to act in conjunction with the
legislature.
The stock exchange chambers met
and decided to rebuild as soon as posi-
BILE. The same story can be told of
practically every commercial body
while on every hand is evidence of pri-
vate effort toward rehabilitation. Old
buildings, long unused private resi-
dences near the business section, in
fact every available structure bear the
announcement that within is the tenn
porary office of a firm. Labor is in de-
mand and the newspapers already con-
tain display advertisements for men
to begin the work of clearing the ruins.
A great cloud was lifted when 1t was
discovered all of the vaults and strong
rooms and safes of the financial cor
porations whose buildings were Destroy
ed are unhurt.
A tremendous loss in securities had
been anticipated there but vault after
vault yielded up its treasure unframed
From one trust companys safe alone
papers to the amount of more than
5000, 600 900 were recovered.
Another surprise was the discovery
that two financial concerns whose
homes were directly in the pain OF the
flames, were practically unframed.
These were the Mercantile Trust COM
Dany and Brown Bros bank The
escape of these buildings is their lack
Of height. They do not exceed four
stories, and as they were surrounded
by lofty structures the flames swept
over them.
Today gave opportunity for careful
investigation to the origin of the
fire in the Hurst building. 1t was first
reported the blaze started from the ex-
piosion of a gasoline engine in the cell
lar. but this is given an emphatic de-
nial.
Henry S. Hurst. of the firm of John
E. Hurst & Co.. says there was no
gasoline in the building, and that the
fire did not have it's origin in an ex-
plosion of this liquid in the Hurst
building This statement was subse-
auently corroborated by a signed state
nent issued by S. W. ThoDper e Sons,
insurance agents and brokers, who said
that after careful inspection by deDu-
ties of their firm and of the fire I'M
derwriters' association they were satis-
fed there was no gasoline in the
building. Mr. Hurst said that he and
Charles George, a trusted emDloye.
were the last persons to leave the
building at $50 p. m. Saturday and
that all the electric lights were turned
off by a switch. It is not denied that
the fire originated in the Hurst build
ing. but how it started is yet to be
learned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
TRAIN LOAD OF PAINT.
1t Passes Through Topeka on Santa
Fe Today.

At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon a train
comprising twenty cars, all loaded with
paint from an eastern factory passed
through Topeka over the Santa Fe-
This is the largest quantity Of paint
ever shipped at one time and the train
is an important one in that paint is a
commodity which is seldom shipped in
large quantities.
The train left Cleveland on February
for Chicago over the Lake Shore rail-
road and from Chicago to Kansas City
over the Rock Island. The Santa Fe
took charge of the train at Kansas City
at $50 o'clock this morning and will
handle it through to Fort Worth, Tex.
from which point the paint will be dis
tributed to purchasers at different
points in Texas. At Topeka the paint
train stopped for about thirty minutes,
during which time pamphlets were dis
tributed and a photograph of the train
was taken by John F. Strickrott.
c. r. Gilfllan and c. w. Cook. Jr.,
both travelling freight agents for the
Santa Fe. were on the train In COM
many with Mr. Perrv tha representa-
tive Of the manufacturers of the paint
They will accompany the train through
to Fort Worth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Chief McCOlIum Is Finding
Little to Do.
A Few J0intists Are Called and
Go Free.
SMALL is STILL BUSY.
Policeman Arrested for Brutal
Assault Not Suspended.
Events of a Day With Topeka
Peace Guardians.
is STILL BUSY.

It is generally conceded that the
chief of police is not earning his salary
Of SS3 80 per calendar month. No joint
lists have been convicted and very few
arrested for quite a while, and the
force has little to do except sleep and
attend the daily review of the kow-
Tow brigade. when each copper of the
line sneaks softly into the Great Pres
ence and reports that the joints are
closed on his beat. Occasionally
bunch of joint cases are cornered and
brought tc trial. They are brought on
nerve and hot air, evidence being con-
sidered sEperfiuous by the Great Chief.
Three cases came up last evening.
Mike S-mmonds. Fred Branner and
Carter Mann were accused of retailing
and maintaining a nuisance. Sim
monds came first, and for that reason.
went first. B. Z. Bevelle. a spotter
employed by McCollum, was one of the
witnesses, hut his testimony was coun-
terfeit money. Bevele was comb.na-
ton sIotter and bicycle cop during the
Stahl regime. That is where he learned
his trade. Simmonds was discharged
because his arrest was irregular. as he
was not t5 ken into custody at the time
the warrant was served. In the cases
of Mann and Branner. who were ac-
cused of taking turns running the
same joint, both were dismissed for
want of evidence.
There are tears in the whiskers of
certain ex-chief of po.ieS- who was
noted for his honesty and real effort to
shut off the booze traffic, when he is
now forced to admit that he never saw
th@ town so wide open before.
Sadie Moore disturbed the peace of
Bessie Bradley. We have Bessie's word
for it that Sadie threw cuss words and
brickbats through the windows of her
domicile, and disturbed her good and
plenty. Hence Bessie prays that Sadie
be trun in for quite a while. Both
the disturber and the disturbee are
very colored-
Tt is said also that Mrs Name Kings
ley disturbed the peace of Mrs. Croft
who resides at I'll Branner street. 1t
seems that Mrs. Croft complained to
the police court that the defendant
called her vile names ct cetera. mostly
ct cetera. The facts of the case will
leak out in police court-maybe.
Small. the negro policeman, who is
under bond in the city court for as
sault with intent to kill is being kept
on duty by Chief McCoIlum, which is
strictly against custom and city ordi-
nances. When Frank Asher was under
bond for assault he was suspended
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
STARTED A FIRE.
Home of Mrs. Hinkley Damaged
Through Act of Incendiary.

A fire of mysterious origin almost
cost the lives of Mrs. Mary E. Hinck!cy
and her daughter at 1889 Clay street
about IL o'clock Tuesday night. Mrs.
Hinkley and her daughter were asleep
in an upstairs room. The fire Original
TED under the back porch, and seems to
have been incendiary. When the two
women awoke, the house was full Of
smoke, and the whole rear end of the
house was a mass of fire. They were
obliged to make their escape from the
burning building by means of a win
dow.
The fire department stopped the fire
with a loss OF about $3.50. The rear wall
of the house was destroyed, and the
rear rooms badly burned out. The
smoke did considerable damage to the
rest of the house.
1t was the coolest bit of fire fighting
the department has had to do this Win
ter. The north wind was bitterly cold,
and the water from the hose froze on
The clothing and faces of the firemen
When the fire was over, the clothing
of nearly every fireman was frozen
stiff
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
6 sTEEDs FOR PRESIDENT.
Sultan of Morocco Sends Gift from the
Royal Stables.

New York. Feb. 10.-Six beautiful
Arabian stations. a gift from the sultan
of Morocco to President Roosevelt, ar
rived on the Hohenzollern from Tan
giers. The gift is reciprocal, as Presi-
dent Roosevelt had presented to the
sultan one horse, one mule, five dogs
and two goats.
The Arabian steeds are from the royal
stables at Fee. They were sent down
from Fee to Tangiers on the ancient
railroad, accompanied by four men and
two be- accomplishing the journey in
IT, IT'D +:-slc l. lel day erE tilg+-.
hours.
With the exception of one stallion.
which is years old, an animal that
the sultan has ridden himself, the steeds
are 3 and year olds. They came over
the seas in the care of Sherreeff Rus
tici. one of the sultan's horse trainers;
Mohammed Ben Jel Ali, a Moorish
guide; the baggagemaster of the Hohen-
zollern, and two sailors. Vice Consul
Langermann engaged the two Moors
for six months. Five Of the horses were
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
SURE
The Robust Physique Can Stand More
Coffee Than Weak One.

A young Virginian says: Having a
naturally robust constitution far above
the average and not having a nervous
temperament, my system was able to
resist the inroads upon it by the use of
coffee for some years but finally the
strain began to tell.
For ten years have been employed
as telegraph operator and typewriter
by railroad in this section and until
two years ago I had used coffee contin-
ually from the time I was eight years
old, nearly 20 years.
1.-The work of operating the telegraph
key is great strain upon the nerves
and after the days work was over I
would feel nervous. irritable, run down
and toward the last suffered greatly
from insomnia and neuralgia As 1
never INDUCED in intoxicating liquors,
drugs or tobacco in any form I came
to the conclusion that coffee and tea
were causing the gradual breakdown
of my nervous system and having read
an article in the Medical Magazine on
the composition of coffee and its toxic
effect upon the system, was fully con
WINGED that coffee was the cause of my
trenhl@
Seeing Postum spoken of as not
having ally of the deteriOrating effects
II coffee I decided to give up the slim
.ii-alss Ess1 gis--s T et.-s., = "a. ~
suit was agreeabiy surprising. After
time my nerves became wonderfully
strong, can do all my work at the tele-
graph key and typewriter with far
greater ease than ever before. Ny
weight has increased 80 pounds. my
general health keeping pace with it,
and l am a new man and a better one"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. THE Road to MELVILLE"
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ting in the midst of the burning bed. L
reached right into the fire and COM
menced to tear the bedding away from
the child. He seemed to have been
caught in the bedding someway. He
was not dressed-only his night clothes.
L think there was no other way for the
fire to have caught except from match
es"
Mr.. Spendlove, the father, said this
morning: 81 was afraid something like
this might happen. I didn't want my
wife to take that position in the laun-
dry but she is so anxious to help earn
money that she insisted. don't know
as it W Guild have made any difference
if she had been here, but it was terri
ble for us both to be away"
Mr.. and Mrs. SpendloVe have but one
other child besides the little boy VINO
Was; burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
Shawnee county since 1892 in mills have
been as follows:

The county COMMISSIONERS managed TO
reduce the county tax levy in 1903, de-
spite the rebates allowed for food losses
by special act of the legislature, three
mills by abolishing the county perma-
nent road levy for the year and with
the increased valuation, notwithstand-
ing the reduction in the levy, the money
raised for the general revenue fund was
greater than in 1902.
The amounts raised by taxation each
year since 1892 for the Shawnee county
general revenue fund and by the city
nf r,nraolra ara q c fOlln11rS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-10
MR.. NUDGE CHANGES.
Resigns to Become Chief Clerk to
Eupt. Dolan.

It is announced that B. w Nudge,
chief clerk to superintendent Bristol of
the Colorado division of the Santa Fe,
has resigned that position and will be-
come chief clerk to F. T. Dolan, gen
eral superintendent of the Fort Worth
and Denver City railroad with head
quarters at Fort Worth, Texas. The
change is effective February l.
B W. Nudge is a son of H. U. Nudge,
general manager of the Santa Fe, and
is will known in Topeka.