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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-12
ONE OF TOPEKA HEROES
"Reminiscences of Flood and Sequel of
Battle for Life.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
In the little red cottage at No. 11S
Harrison street is being fought a bat
tie that mad its beginning in the flood
mat made eight thousand citizens OF
North Topeka homeless last May At
the mention of the name of Archie
Lord many of our citizens will remem-
Der that in the past his countenance
was familiar upon our streets. and
then they will remember that they have
not seen or heard of him for a long
time, consequently they will be in
terested in this story of his battle for
others. with the consequent battle for
his own life.
During the nights and DAYS when so
many of our citizens were helpless to
help those who, in the raging flood
were calling from treetOps and house
tops for assistance, Archie Lord was
he could to rescue those who were IN
peril of their lives. He seemed tireless,
and was sleeplesS. For the purpose
of enabling him to wade the water he
wore a pair of rubber boots, but got
into the poisoned waters of the flood
over his boot tops. He did not stop
to remove them or to clean his feet
! from the poisoned waters in which
they were immersed. The harshness
of his boots blistered his feet, and the
poisoned waters produced blood pOis
oning, so that the blisters upon his
/ feet became malignant ulcers, finally
common name of dry gangrene. Cour
ageously he fought the losing battle
! for months, until on December s. 1903.
his right leg was amputated near the
thigh. The gangrene in his left foot
was so malignant that the surgeons
who examined him and his attending
physician. DR.. Frank H. Martin. were
of the opinion that the left leg also
ought to be amputated, but on &C
count of his weakened physical con-
dition his physician said that to am
putate his left leg would produce as
certain death as to amputate his head
Eminent surgeons have pronounced
/ mis- case hopeless. but through it all he
! has as coura geously fought for his
own life as. during the heart-rending
scenes of the flood he struggled for
the lives of others.
His sufferings nave been intense,
many of the days and nights have
/ brought him only excruciating agony,
! but never once has a regret that ne
did what he could in the times that
| tried the souls of the men. women and
children of Topeka. escaped his lips.
He is a member of council No 2
Knights and Ladies of Security On
yesterday evening the different councils
Of the city held a union meeting with
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No ,. and when the order Of business
Are any of our members sick or in dis
tress?" was reached, the story of Archie
Lords serious illness for a year was
briefly told, but the story added to the
present struggle that he has made,
reference to the fact that having lost
out of the ranks of breadwinners for
year, with the added heavy expenses OF
his serious and critical illness, he needs
and is entitled to the substantial as
sistance of the citizens of Topeka No
case can appeal more pathetically 10
the hearts of our people than his Those
OF our citizens who have known the OK
pensiveness of serious illness in their
families will comprehend in some meas
ure the fact that the long drain upon
his purse has exhausted his cash on
hand. In fact had it not been for the
helpfulness of those who, recognizing
the fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man, have rendered some as
sistance, there would have been added
to the excruciating pains of his physi-
cal suffering the pain OF munger. Inc
story of his sufferings and condition
last night resulted in the appointment
Of a general committee of three from
each subordinate council of the knights
and Ladies of Security in Topeka, which
committee has determined upon solicit
ing contributions from our citizens Tor
the relief of Archie Lord, with the eX-
pectation that these contributions viii
not be limited as to amount. The con-
4
| the school children and from those VINO
are unable to give more will be accept
| ed with as great gratitude as the larger
sums but those who are pOssessors OF
I bank accounts should not wait to lie
I interviewed by members of the commit
/ tee. If they will draw their checks pay
4 able to the order of Archie LOrd,-he
/ still has sufficient strength to sign his
name. Mail the check to him at his
address, lis Harrison street, and wher
it is returned the drawer will take
| greater pleasure in preserving the sig
/ nature on the back of the check, as g
| memento of one of the most heroic
/ battles that has been fought in oul
I midst than he could obtain from the
five ten or fifty dollars that he has
/ given, if expended in any other way
If one one has not the time to write
4 the history of the consideration fol
I which the check was drawn, let hin
/ clip this statement and upon the re
turn of his check pin it to this state
4 ment as a memento for himself anc
1 family But do not stop with the con
/ trfbutions of money. Send to Arcnl'
Lord expressions of your high REGARD
4 and sympathy, and now that the sprinl
1 has come and the air is burdened VIII
/ the fragrance of flowers, let no day pass
| that the-c shall not be contribution
that will make his sick room fragran
| with the perfume of roses. Give thli
1 hero to understand that he is encour
aged to renew the struggle, and tina
the people of Topeka stand ready L
| assist at every possible point In cas-
of victory you will join with him II
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FIRE AT WORLDS FAIR.
Blaze Starts In Pile of Rubbish in
Transportation Building

St. Louis. May 1.-THE officials Of the
Worlds fair made tour Of inspection
of the exhibit palaces. The party in
cluded President Francis, the vice pres
idents and the members of the execu-
tive committee, the national commits
sion and the board of lady managers.
the foreign commissioners general the
officers of the United States govern
ment board and the executive cor nit
tee of states and territories. The tour
was not completed until late in the day
when a luncheon was served at which
speeches We're made and the advanced
state of completion of tn exhibition
was remarked. A pile of / Dish took
fire in the transportation building to-
day and caused considerable excite
with small damage. It is believed the
fire started from a cigar stub, although
no smoking is permitted on the exposi-
tfon grounds.
Nine cases of exhibits arrived today
to be installed in the building of the
Womens auxiliary committee of the
New Mexican commission. Mrs. NJ A
Otero. wife of the governor of New
Mexico is chairman of the committee
of ladies', who collected an interesting
display of relics and handiwOrk-
A force of laborers is at work upon
the stadium. Barring Indictment wealth
er. everything will be in perfect condt-
ton for the opening of the Olympic
games next Saturday afternoon Invi-
tations have been extended TO all OF
the officers OF the exposition, foreign
representatives and other prominent
officials
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-12
UNEQUAL MARRIAGES.

fhe matter of environment is one
that largely affects married happiness
Take the young girl who has been ac-
customed to all the comforts that a lib
eral purse permits. She marries a man
whose entire salary is less than her pin
money had been. She enters a home
where comfort is necessarily restricted.
She is obliged to perform unaccustomed
tasks and live a life of constant self
denial. At first, when the glamour of
the honeymoon still gilds the way. she
does not complain. But after a time
these duties pail upon her, and, despite
the love she bears for her husband. she
may grow fretful and cold. From the
standpoint of rigid discipline she should
arise above the trials imposed by her
arduous duties. If her love has been of
the proper sort she should only grow
more tender with the passing years.
But the close observer viii have noted
that human nature remains ever the
same, whether in the married state or
single. Perfection under trials is pos
sible, but it is not general.
From a common sense point of view
marriage contract is not unlike any
other partnership. The members of a
business firm are equally affected by
the same conditions. Whatever inter
ieres with the success of one necessa-
rlly affects the success of the other.
So long as they remain together it is
impossible to divide their interests.
Whatever threatens the existence of
he partnership must be met and dis
ussed with equanimity if it is to be
continued. Together they must face
ne trials if they are to enjoy success.
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III which Russia has been victorious.
Another lady working with all her
heart for Russian soldiers is Princess
Balitzen. It is even said that Grand
Duchess Olga, the cars youngest sis
ter, expects to go to the front to direct
hospital and Red Cross work.
The relief mission of one organization
of Russian women would appear very
odd to a Jap if he could know of it.
These excellent ladies have formed
themselves into a society to mitigate
the sufferings of those japanese who
are to be taken prisoners of war by the
Russians. One thing they expect to
do is to attend to the safe forwarding
of letters and keepsakes from Jap pris-
oners to friends at home. The ladies
viii also take charge of keepsakes and
small articles found on the dead bodies
of japanese upon battlefields or on
those dying in hospitals and forward
the same to relatives at home. It is
not on record that the members of this
association have had anything to do as
yet; still. the idea of the thing is a
credit to their Kindness of heart.
1t is hoped by the progressive ele-
ment in Russia that this active patriot
ic interest taken by the ladies there in
war work Will induce the government
to confer more rights and privileges on
their sex in the cars dominions.
Meantime the Russian Red Cross has
many friends in America. At Mrs. Pot
ter Paimers home in Chicago recently
a reusing benefit was given for the or
ganization. DR.. and Mrs. Richard
Strauss contributed to the musical pro-
gramme. ELIZABETH LEE.
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RUSSIAN WOMEN
AND THE WAR

country. The cZarina and Grand Ouch
ess Marie Pavloyna, wife of the Grand
Duke Vladimir, are together fitting out
the hospital train. It is equipped with
women nurses, surgeons, beds, linen
and medicines for the sick and wound
ed. The czarina is SO interested in the
relief work that she visits in person
the depots for hospital supplies
Stretchers, splints. bandages. invalid
food-an come under her eye.
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna is a
born organizer and one of the most in
fluential women at the Russian court.
The rooms of state at the Vladimir pal
ace have ever since the beginning of
the war been filled with the ladies OF
the highest Russian society, who meet
to sew for the soldiers. Long wooden
tables are placed in the splendid ball
room and in the reception rooms, and
there from 1 o'clock till II at night
Russian ladies make garments and
scrape lint. Grand Duchess Marie Paw
Iowa is working for both the general
military hospital service and for the
Red Cross society. To her palace come
the hundreds of letters from the edu-
Gated young women who wish to go out
to the front as army nurses.
Marie Pavlovna and all her family
are extremely popular in Russia Her
husband. Grand Duke Vladimir is the
cars uncle ana magnificent man
physically, not yet cid enough to be
failing in any respect, though he and
Marie Pavlevna have two grown sons
Cyril and Boris, who will do their share
of fighting in the far east. Grand
Duchess Marie Pavlovna is a sporting
duchess, too, and probably the best
shot of all the women in Russian socie-
ty. Not long ago when out hunting she
killed a bear that was rushing upon
her with uplifted paws. She coolly put
a bullet between his eyes and finished
him. One can well understand how a
woman like that is the leader and head
organizer of army relief work.
There. too. is Grand Duchess Eliza
beth, wife of the Grand Duke Constan-
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DILLON FILES HIS PAPERS.
One Nominee Who win Not Face a
Contest.

w. T. Dillon, of Belleville, today
filed his nomination papers as the Re
publican candidate for judge of the
Twelfth judicial district, consisting of
Cloud Republic and Washington
counties. Judge Dillon came down
from BellevilIe Wednesday.
Here is one nomination in which
the state election board. does not ex-
pect a contest. s. Ordinarily the con-
test board does not have much to do,
but this year it is oVerworked. There
was a spirited contest for theSnomina-
ton for judge of the Twelfth district
before the convention, but Dillon won
the nomination without any question,
and consequently the contest board
will have nothing to do in his case.
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THERE is no news of Red Cross
and military hospital work
among the peasant women Of
Russia These seem too igno-
rant, too much like dull beasts
OF burden, to understand even the
meaning of patriotism. It has indeed
been cabled from St. Petersburg among
other dispatches that a young peasant
girl fropa the village of Ikliushevo, near
Tchistopol, had been suddenly seized
with the religious frenzy of the oriental
and thereupon ran about among the
Russian rustics stirring them up to q
pitch of excitement and bidding them
follow her, that she might lead them
against the Japanese. The Russian com
mon people are really more like orien-
tails than like western nations and
therefore can be melted to follow pro-
fessed prophets who rise suddenly
among them and claim to be divinely
inspired.
The Russian peasantry to whom the
girl preac hed believe the japanese are
the same as Germans and that these
might invade their country any day
So they seized their church banners
and icons and marched in procession
behind the would be Joan Of Arc from
village to village. In the mind of the
Russian peasant the icon. or sacred
Greek church image, is the thing to
conjure military victory with. But the
Russian authorities evidently are of
opinion that the day of Joans of Arc is
over, so they arrested the young wo-
man who wanted to lead the peasants
against the Jap Germans, and this end
ed the rustic Russians squirt of pa
triotism in that district.
Educate the Russian woman. howev-
er, and she loves her country in a way
to put to shame the patriotism of many
an American lady. Enlightened Rus
sian women take national views of af-
fairs: they see the posi- bilities of true
greatness and splendor for the vast
northern land. And yet. again, there
is a reserve thought, Many of them
see that the only hope for their land
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lies I'm the enlightenment of the mill
lions of almost brutishly ignorant
peasantry- They despair of this en-
lightenment ever being accomplished
under the present despotic rule; they
even are convinced that the only thing
to achieve it viii be a defeat for the
cars army in war. a defeat so crush
ing that the whole system of govern
ment viii be overthrown and revolution
will result in new order for their be-
loved land. 1t is certain that with this
belief firmly fixed in their minds the
Russian women who probably love
their country the most and the best
have little heart in the hurrah and
brass band part of patriotism. Some
Of them willingly volunteer for Red
Cross and army hospital work. but it is
with the sole thought OF alleviating hu-
man pain and suffering.
Among the ladies of the nobility
however. there is patriotism of the old
has no hospital ship in the far east.
while Japan has four perfectly equip
ned ones. but the empress of Russia.
herself thought of the plan of sending
10 the seat of war hospital train The
rzarina set herself to prepare the train.
II not with enthusiasm. at least with
an ardent desire to do good. We may
hope that in this work the sweet faced
sad hearted lady has found some relief
from the mental depression which
clouds her life. We may hope. too, that
the Russians will appreciate her better
when they see her spending her own
erivate fortune like water for their
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that can not be initiated by other
people successfully Most of the
names and acts advertised by the
Wallace Show are to be seen only with
that show.
Those people in this community who
have not visited a circus during re-
cent years because they supposed they
were all alike, viii do well to visit the
Great Wallace Shows, and they will
be most agreeably and pleasantly dis
appointed. and they viii be forced to
admit that the Great Wallace Show is
similar to others in but very few
minor points. and that, as a whole, in
quality. quantity and chara cter it is far
different from other tented concerns.
The Great Wallace Shows will ex-
hibit for one day only in Topeka, Mon
day, May 16.
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NOT LIKE THE OTHERS.
Wallace Claims, That His Show Is
Different -a


Different -a
The Great Wallace Show, which is
advertised to appear in Topeka on
Monday, May 16, claims to be different
from other shows, and judging from
the great variety of features and at
fractions advertised, it will have no
trouble to convince its patrons that it
is very different from other tent
shows. After due reelection the oft
repeated sentiment, when you have
seen one circus you have seen them
ALL appears very absurd One might
as we'll say. when you have read one
magazine you have read them all,
or, when you have heard one lee
turer you have heard them all" or,
'.XNhen you have seen one play you
have seen them all" or, When you
have heard one band YOU have heard
them ALL as to say, when you have
seen one circus you have seen them
ALL" A visit to the Wallace Show
will convince the most skeptical that
such sentim rental talk is foolish, with
out foundation. and upon investiga-
ton it resolves itself into an eXagge-
rated absurdity. The Great Wallace
Show has horses and so have other
shows, but the Wallace Show has 'the
finest horses on earth" Other shows
have bands, acrObatic performers.
riders, etc, but they are all very diff
ferent from those with the Wallace
Show. The Great Wallace Show is in
4 higher class; it pays higher salaries,
and not only secures superior per-
formers mentioned above, but it has
many novel, new and mysterious acts
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PARDON WANTED FOR GIBSON.
Governor Bailey Asked to Release
Half Witted Old Soldier.

An application has been made to
Governor Bailey for a pardon for
John Gibson, an old soldier who is
serving a term in the penitentiary
for alleged assault upon a negro girl
in Topeka. 1t is alleged that Gibson
is not very bright and that he was not
properly defended; that he was
allowed to plead guilty when he had
really committed no offense. He has
already served one year of a two-year
sentence in the penitentiary. and his
pardon, or the Communication of his
sentence is recommended by Judge
FIazen and County Attorney Hungate
Governor Bailey will formally hear
the application in few days.
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tine, said to be one of the most beauti.
ful women in the Russian empire. 81
turned over her whole palace to TIL
Red Cross society. and not only tina !
but she and Grand Duchess Alexandl
drove through the city Of St. Peters
burg begging Red Cross contribution =
There seems to be in Russia a supply 4
grand duchesses equal to- y emei :
gency, and these two gre lies ha /
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tn cir trOiks s
harm g is e d II
and fitted abou !
gathering up oil
linen and 9TH :
supplies. Fol
lowin g tn e r
carriag es welt
furniture vars
to haul II e
goods collecte I
for Ivan Ivano-
witch, which is
r u s S i a n for
Tommy Atkins
the common sol
der.
It was thi
beautiful Gran
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prepared 1900 Easter egg gifts for
the men of the Russian NAVY. The
contents of each egg were as fol-
lows: One portrait of the car,
towel a piece of soap, some note pa
per and a tobacco pouch. These ar
ticles were wrapped in a handkerchief
stamped with pictures of naval battles
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GAME CALLED AT 4P. NJ.
League Ball VIII Be Later Tomorrow
Than Usual.

The baseball game Friday afternoon viii
be called at clock. due to the fact that
Eashburn and Southwestern Kansas col
lege meet on Washburn field at O'Clock
for their regular scheduled game. Special
provisions VIII be made with regard TO
handling the crowd Tickets for both
games will be sold at the gate. but only
those for the college will be taken up FOR
the first time At the beginning Of the
leaguer's contest the ushers will 60
through the bleachers and grandstand
and collect those sold for the professional
contest
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Amateur Baseball.

The Hoboes defeated the Shawnees at
baseball this morning, between showers,
by the score of 10 to 2. The feature OF
the game was the playing of the three
John brothers (This informa ton comes
from the HobOes.)
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expressions Of gIadness. but in case OF
defeat it is due TO the people OF Topeka
TO know that Archie Lord gave his life
for humanity.
GEO. A. HURON.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-02-01

London. Feb. 1.-Further investi-
CATION confirms the announcement
made by the Associated Press yes
terday on the authority of the L. S.
embassy here that Mrs. Florence
Maybrick has not been released. Al
though her exact whereabouts is un-
certain it is certain that she is still
a prisoner A letter received in Lon
don Saturday from Mrs. Maybrick's s
mother, Baroness De Roques, dated
from her home in France January
2Sth said she had Just returned af
ter visiting her daughter at Ayles-
bury prison The Baroness added
that she saw no possibility of her
daughters release until the end of
July, and that all reports to the con
trary are absolutely false.
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ANOTHER LODGE.
Roswell to Have a Lodge of the Fra
ternaI Union of America.

General Organizer p. Dempsey
who is in the city states that the
necessary number of applications
have been secured. and that a lodge
Of this enterDrising order will be es
tablished in Roswell just as soon as
a hall can be secured and a suitable
night arranged for a meeting. The
charter list which will comprise 40
or more of Roswells best people is
now nearly complete. The order Is
one of the leading insurance and so
cial orders of America. and admits
both men and women to membership
Mr.. DemDsy is being ably assisted
in the work by Mr.. Linton B. Math.
thews. who has had a wide exper.
ience along this line.
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RADlUM IN COLORADO.
The Element of Fabulous Value is
Taken From Carnotite Ore.

Taken From Carnotite Ore.
Denver, Colo. Feb. John
Haynes, chemist, and DR.. w. d. En-
gle. professor of chemistry in the
Denver University, have extracted
one two-hundredth grain of Radium
from ten pounds of Carnotite ore
discovered in this state years ago
and named in honor of President
Carnot of France. The process used
in separating radium from the Car
notite was the same as used by Nj.
and Nine. Curie. the discoverers. in
separating radium from pitchblende.
Photographs have been made with
radium from Carnotite. Carnotite is
known to exist in twenty-five square
miles of country in the Paradox Val
ley. Montrose county Colorado where
the ore used by Haynes and Engle
was obtained.