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of For WASHINGTON.

St. Louis. Nov. 2s.-The president
and party left at 1901 Monday morn
ing for Washington. Chief executive
thanked Worlds fair officials for cour-
tesies extended. His car was guarded
by nearly 100 policemen. Sunday
morning tho president and party at
tended servi es at the Second Presby-
terrain church.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
BOASTS HER BABY.
Terrible Crime That Ida Englehardt
Has Owned Up To.

Paterson, N. j.. Nov. 29.-According
to the police. Ida Englehardt. a young
German woman under arrest here. has
confessed that she roasted her infan.
before a furnace fire until IT had been
fatally burned. The young woman was
employed by Moses T. La Forge in Pat
erson. who found the infant in an ash
barrel. The child was alive but parts
OF its body wore badly burned and the
little one died in a hospital.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
Pleased With Visit.

Richmond. Ind. Nov. 2s-while Pres
ident Roosevelts train was here on its
return from st. Louis the chief execu-
tive and all the members OF the party
expressed their appreciation at the ele-
giant manner in which they had been
entertained at that city.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
Fired Upon Station.

st. Louis, Nov. ga special from
Carbondale. Ill. says the pumping sta
ton nearly two miles from the Zeigler
shaft and from which the water of the
town was secured was fired upon from
ambush Saturday and Sund1Y nights
and several shots exchanged.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
Zone Extended.

st. Petersburg. Nov. 2s.-The an
nouncement has been made that the
zone in which Jews can buy real estate
will be extended. Right Political osiles
at Archangel already have beer
brought back by Interior Minister
Sviatopolk- Mirsky About $50 still re-
main there.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
GEN ERAL ASSAULT.
Russians Made Stubborn Resistance.
and Japanese Not Successful.

Toxic. Nov. 29.-Imperial headquar-
tiers has just issued the following an
nouncemen': THE works for our at
tack having been nearly completed
against Sungshu mountain port Ar
thur aid the forts lying eastward
therefrom. general assault was made
on the afternoon OF Nov &c. but owing
to the enemy's stubborn resistance our
object has not yet been accomplished.
TIE fighting still continues"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
HANDED IN.
United States Requested to Appoint "a
High Ranking Naval Officer"

Washington, Nov. 2e.-count Cassini.
Russian ambassador and Sir Mortimer
DuranG, British ambassador. called at
the state department Monday to pre-
sent on behalf OF their respective gov
ernments an invitation for the United
States to appoint "a high ranking naval
officer" as a member OF tine court OF
inquiry which will investigate the facts
in ths Dogger Bank incident.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
Columbia at Colon.

Colon. Nov. 2s.-The United States
cruiser Columbia. with Secretary Of
War Taft. Rear Admiral Walker. Min
lister Obaldia and William Nelson
Cromwell. attorney for the Panama Ca
nal company on board. has arrived
here
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
Buried BY Cavein.

ST. Louis. Nov. 29.--several laborers
digging a trench for laying water
mains I'm southwest part OF st. Louis
were buried by cavein. Tons OF cIag
fell on them. Bursting water pipe caus-
ed the accident.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
Las. Weeks Attendance.

st. Louis. Nov. 29.-The department
Of admissions Of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition issued statement Of
attendance for the week ending Nov.
rs. showing total Of 699.552. The
grand total since the fair opened is
Is.sI7.t5T.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
AT URUGUA.
Dalai Llama Arrives There and Re-
ceives a Hearty Welcome.

St Petersburg. Nov. pa telegram
from Troittskossavsk. Asiatic Turkey.
reports the arrival OF Dalai Llama az
Urugua. Mongolia, Nov. %. where he
was welcomed by a big gathering OF
Monaghan priests and inhabitants. Da-
lai Llama has taken up his residence
at the Buddhist monastery OF Chan
dem.
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First to Comply.

Mukden, Nov. 2s.-The viceroy OF
the Chinese province Of Honan is the
first TO carry out instructions OF the
dowager empress Of China in clothing
his soldiers in European dress and
cutting of their queues.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
With Enormous Losses.

ST. Petersburg. Nov. 2s.-The war Of
fee has received information from Che
foo that the Japanese assault on Port
Arthur Saturday was repulsed with
enormous losses.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
REMARKABLE STORY.
Three Hundred and Fifty Carloads of
Stores and Clothing Disappear.

Moscow. Nov. 2s.-People arriving
from the far east tell remarkable sto-
~ of the mysterious disappearance
from trunk line OF $50 carloads of
stores and warm clothing belonging TO
private consignees and officers.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29

II you want sewing machine that
will give you satisfaction and will last
you lifetime, get one of the latest
Singers at the Singer edcLe,
Main street, next to Patrick's 8 zig
store, Palestine.
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Russia Accepts.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 29.-Russia has
accepted the invitation Of the United
States to conclude an arbitration trea-
ty on the lines Of the American French
treaty.
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canvassina the Votes.

Austin. Nov. Ex-Governor Lapnam.
Attorney General Bell and Secretary OF
State Curl hogan Monday morning TO
canvass the votes cast for presidential
electors.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29

It's dream to the taste, that "Ala-
mo" blend,
1t builds up your tissues and blood;
If headache you take, cup is your
friend,
If drowsy or sad, Just sip and twill
end
Simply drink "Alamo" and be good.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29
DEATH OF RIDLEY.
Former Secretary of British Home De
partment Is No More.

London. Nov. 29.-Matthew White
Ridley. viscount of Ridley. formerly
secretary Of the home department. died
suddenly at Blagdon. his seat in North
cumberland. He was born in 1912.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-11-29

Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Mrs. John G.. Black.
Capt. Richard P. Hobson.
Camille Manclair.
Edmund Russell.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
THAT OLD TOPEKA CEMETERY
o. III. Drinkwater. a Pioneer. Tells
About Its Uses.
Cedar Point, kan, Oct. u, 1904

Cedar Point. Kan, Oct. II, 1904.
To the Editor of the State Journal.
AS information respecting the human
remains discovered by workmen in ex-
cavating for a foundation on Kansas
avenue between Tenth and Eleventh
streets is desired, perhaps it will not be
amiSS for me to state what i know
about it.
The location was selected as a
graveyard when the first death &C.
CURED at Topeka in the spring of 1850.
The first body inferred there was that
of a woman, i think. She was the wife
of one of the settlers, but l do not re-
member the name. Two or three 9TH
ers were buried there during the sum-
ner and fall of 1855. One man by
the name of Abbott, who died of pneu-
monia in a tent on a lot east across
the avenue and a little north of the
Throop hotel. L think this man had no
relatives at Topeka and his body was
probably never removed. Most of the
remains were removed to the cemetery
after DR.. Crane had secured the site
east of the city and opened it to the
public.
In order to give your readers an idea
of the condition of things at and
around Topeka and how funerals were
unavoidably some times conducted at
bones those workmen unearthed OIL
Kansas avenue was buried, l will re-
! late my own experience of the burial
| of a sister, a beautiful little girl Is
years old, at that place.
| Ny father, NJ. c. Drinkwater, arrived
at Topeka, from our home In Pennsyl-
vania on the 25th day of December
1854 He was a carpenter and assisted
| in building the little sawmill built by
| the Emigrant Aid society on the bank
of river near where one of the railroad
bridges is now located. Il stin have
| the broad. ak with which the timbers
were hewed).
| on the 18th day of April. 1855. his two
eldest sons. myself aged 10, and Delos
aged. IT, arrived at Topeka Father
took a claim where Oakland now stands
He then went out on the Pottawatonie
reservation and rented a log cabin and
forty acres of cultivated land of Abram
Burnet, the ''big Indians of the tribe.
This land my father and brother cult
waited and raised an excellent crop. while
| I ssfreighted'' with an OK team, hauling
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1 had served his apprenticeship in
butcher shop, as the actors face was
pretty we'll scratched up when the
shave was finished.
Several months later the company
happened to be playing in the same
town, and Mr.. Jefferson found himself
membered his encounter with the towns
barber and decided only to have his
hair cut and to shave himself.
Seating himself in the chair, he look,
ed around and saw that the shop had
been newly decorated. He told the bar
Der that his place was greatly improved
and the wielder of the shears said:
Yes, and it cost me a lot OF money.
Were you ever here before? don't
seem to remember your face"
"Oh, it's all healed up now" said the
actor.
One summer when Chauncey Olcott
was at Nara gansett Pier he was in
vited to a dance where the guests We're
requested to appear as characters from
the Bible
The coming party was. being discussed
at the Casino when a young man, who
was an object of general ridicule be
cause of his habit of padding his less
when in golf costume, said to Mr.. OIL
colt:
what would you advise me to go
as?"
the fatted calf would be about right
for you
Frederick Warde one day was
standing on a railway station platform
! in Texas waiting for a train.
| A negro boy came out as soon as the
train signaled and began ringing a
bell to attract customers to the eating
house. A lank dog that had followed
howled lugubriously at the ringing OF
the bell. The boy gave the dog look
/ of ineffable contempt once or twice,
but the sad-voiced animal continued
his howl. Finally the boy said:
'rWhut's de mattah wild you, dog
You doan halter eat heah.'
Once Madame Fanny Janauschek
began her season in Syracuse. She
was then in the prime of her fame and
| her coming was big event The ad-
vance agent, in the patois of his clan
worked it for all it was worth" He
so impressed the local papers that they
gave columns and columns to the COM
ing of the great tragedfan and were
eloquent over the high honor she had
paid the town.
The great evening came and one OF
/ the papers thought to have a scoop
on its competitors by interviewing
| Madame Janauschek. It's reporter
had his little speech by heart
| .sIt is a great honor you do Syracuse
madame, in selecting it for the begin
ming of a season which we trust will
be the most brilliant in your brilliant
career" he said. Syracuse appre-
ciates it madame, and would like to
know why you have given us this
signal distinction over the greatest
cities of the land"
Madame Janauschek was blunt
Moreover, she hadn't been primed by
s.My Cod" she said. ct had to open
somewhere"
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Scene IA street. Scene ia prize
Scene I. was as follows:
A street. Enter Hogan and Tanoy,
r. and L. meet in center.
Hogan-Say, dub, keep away from
Tandy-Your girl. I don't think.
H Hogan1Is she? Take that CHits
TandyIThat for you Gzicks Hogan
Hogan (gasping)-Say, Nobby. we
can't fight here. I'll meet you tomor-
row at McCafferty's and fight you to
finish for that girl.
Tandy-Pn be there.
exit both, singing "Pn Await My
Scene III.-Prize ring at McCanerty's
gymnasium
Enter together Hogan's second ana
Tandy's second.
Hogan's Second-We knows what s
agreed to. It's going to be 1a1r
fight; stand up and use the lists.
Tandy's Second--Sure. No hitting
no kicking, no gouging, no using any
thing except the fists.
Enter Hogan smoking butt OF cigar.
Removes cigar, elects pint OF water
from mouth on stage throws pun
away Both seconds throw themselves
on stage and struggle for soldier
Hogan's second secures it and smokes.
| Hogan's Second-Gents, introduce
Hogan Cbows)-Gents, yours truly,
Hogan (ows)-Gents. yours truly.
Aloycius Hogan
| (Enter Tandy).
| Taniv's Second-Gents / introduce
Tandy, the North Side Nobby One.
Tandy { bows)-Gents, yours truly
/ Ignatz IsidoTe Tandy.
Hogan and seconds look at each otn-
er surprised.
against?
Hogan and Tandy fight. Tandy
throws himself on Hogan, digs thumb
| in Hogan's eyes, bites him on hand
They stop fighting.
| Hogan's Second (excited)-l thougnl
there was to be no biting or gouging
Did you see that?
Tandy's Second Gin composed man
ner)-Well, there shouldn't be mucn.
Hogan and Tandy fight again. Tandy
hurls himself against Hogan. tears MS
ear with his teeth, seizes ring stake
and beats Hogan on head. TandS
arises and stamps on Hogan, treads or
him from head to foot Tanoy kic ,l.s
Hogan pitilessly. Tandy and Tanoy
second look menacingly towards wings
Tandy and Tandy's Second-Wel
who wins?
Mr.. Gates. who played the part OF
the wretched Hogan said when ne nae
recovered consciousness: IF eVel
take part in one of AIDES plays agar
III 90 on the stage with a knife"
Further on in the programme MT
/ AIDE and Mr. McCutcheon appeared ir
a "Sidewalk Conversation" written bJ
Mr.. AIDE Both young men appeared II
evening clothes and passed jokes bach
and forth They wound up with
song 1t was Mr.. AIDES first lyric. ou
only the first verse and chorus have
been preserved. They were:
Romeo and his soubrette
| Often in the cafe met,
ordered solid food and wet,
\ Down upon the chairs they set,
| And Romeo and Julia-et.
CHORUS
He's Romeo, she's Juliet:
He's Romeo, she's Juliet
Down upon the chairs they set,
And Romeo and Julia-et.
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ter Easter commence season at Drury
Lane theater. In the autumn of OS l start
my last professional tour in America.
opening in San Francisco under the mtSl-
agement of Charles Frohman. and re
main there until the end of March. 1905:
On my return home / make my farewell
appearance in some more provincial cities
and afterward in London, where my last
performance will be given So you can
imagine / shall be pretty busy until then.
I intend combining myself to Beckett.
The Merchant of Venice The Lyons
present Before I retire l may possibly
revive OLIVIA Charles and Don Quix-
ote' and repeat Louis XII again, but
shall undertake no new parts
Mrs. Denman Thompson, the wife OF
Denman Thompson the star of THE Old
Homestead" and the mother of Frank,
Vente and Annie Thompson, died at her
home in West Swanzey, N. H, on Sunday,
october 2, after a brief illness. She was
Sc years old. Mr.. Thompson did not learn
of the seriousness of his wife's condition
until after the performance Saturday
night. He took the midnight train to
Springfield, Mass. and, there chartered a
special which brought him to his home
just before his wife passed away. Mr..
Thompson expected to celebrate his 6f-
tieth wedding anniversary in December.
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goods and families from Kansas City to
Topeka, Lawrence, and other points in
the territory, when not engaged in the
war" Among other things l hauled
e. c. K. Gravey from Kansas City the
first printing press brought to Topeka.
In October, 1855, my mother came
with the rest of the family (six chill
dren), and the nine of us established
ourselves for the winter in the little In
dian log cabin at the farm at "Burnets
Mound" (then called Webster Peak }.
Here father was taken violently III ana
lay for months in a critical condition.
During his illness Sister Adelaide sick
ened and on the sth day of December
she died. 1 went to town for assistance
and found nearly all the male popula-
ton had been called to Lawrence to
repeI an expected border lruf1an IN
vasion 1 finally found a Mr.. Cowles
who made a plain but very neat Wa!nut
| Dan Horne went out and prepared the
| body for burial. I also found man
whom 1 employed to dig the grave,
Mr.. Lykins "a brother OF Dr. Lyklns,
the missionary, who lived near the old
BAPTIST mission, and had morse team
ster come with his team to assist US IN
/ the burial There were four OF us 70
conduct the funeral Mr.. Lykins, BOY
| 1S years old named Zenas Grove. my
brother John, Is years old, ana myseiI-
We placed the coffin In the ola nnch-
pin farm wagon and drove across the
six miles of frozen prairie, racing
| fierce wind and binding snow storm
| to the open grave in as desolate place
| as eve could behold, and there we buried
| her, my brother and myself assisting
\ the other two.
| afterwards had the body removed
| to the cemetery where it now lies by
| the side of our mother near the Dig
circle in the old part of the grounds.
| IT does not seem possible that nearly
half a century has elapsed since those
DAYS of hardships and sorrow. but
when 1 remember thu since the dreary
dav of that funeral, have followed TO
the grave, father, mother. four broth
ers, a sister, wife and five children:
and look upon the beautiful city OF
Topeka now covering the whole of that
six miles of desolate frozen prairie
over which we carried and in whose
bosom We placed the lifeless body OF
our dear little sister. / am brought to
realize that time has been busy and
the occurrence I have related were in
the long ago.
o. H. DRINKWATER.
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THE STORY TELLERs.
Jokes and "reminiscences of and About
the Players.

Jokes and "Reminiscences of and About
the Players.
Robert B. ManteI has fund OF
stories about his countrymen, ana ne
delights to tell them to a congenial
company now and then. This is one he
brought home with him after the last
trip abroad:
'dOf course we will call the hero
Sandy" said Mr.. Manten, there
couldn't be a Scotch story without a
Sandy. Well, Sandy was asked by some
friends to step up to the bar and have
drink He poured out for himself
liberal dose of the national beverage,
and then, placing his hands around the
glass. drained it to the last drop before
the others had even a chance to pour
out their drinks.
:" why, Sandy said the fellow who
had invited him, you didn't need to be
in such a rush. What was your hurry 2
Zach, mon, said Sandy, still smack
ing his lips, I saw wan Of them things
tipped Ger once
Thomas Jefferson. who is starring in
RIP Van Wrinkle" in telling about his
experiences on the road, said that one
time his company was making a tour
OF one-night stands
| When he hunted up the only barber
that the town possessed and demanded
la shave. the tonsorial artist evidently
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THEATRICAL NOTES.

Richard Mansfield has declared against
scenic ostentation and this season ne PRO PRO
all the carpentry and upholstery that are
now heaped upon the stage to the subor-
pand his repertory While his remarka BILE
chara cterization of Ivan the Terrible will
be the piece de resistanse he TIl also
king Richard III "A Partisan Ro-
nance The Scarlet carl and Letter tie Man nT
JekyiI and Mr.. .,Hyde.. Nero" ..Napo,,
leon Bonaparte," .'Rodion the e. Student elas,
ruary he intends to present new play
and quite irrespective of the success of
he will continue to play. variety of
great roles typical of an artist of yer.
Inn Wp produce second s
play There is reaction against the vul-
garity of excessive production. Accord
yearns for is great acting and versatile
cape Cod Folk" the work of Rev.
by william x. Brady in New York early
n Januar I;fs Tt new 1ls Pray Pays
with types seem to be becoming popular
these days.
Rehearsals are now in progress for
Common Sense BIZ oKet w tne new r1 Vii
star Richard Golden and which will be
seen at the Studebaker. Chicago. ,Novern-
g..
w. Doty. The locale of Common Sense
Bracket is a small town in Maine and
an interesting circumstance connected
with the second act of the play is that
the opera house shown on the stage IS
| facsimile of the town hall. Winthrop. Me-.
where Mr. Golden first made his appear
ance in the early eos. During the course
| of the comedy there are introduced the
| the rural youth swelled with his impor-
lance over a few visits to the city; the
Sunday school teacher: the village hack,
man, who is also leader of the town band
4 and constable; the hired boy, who is stage
struck. and host of other homeiy char-
acters.
Sir Henry Irving has made a definite
/ statement of his plans until he leaves the
stage, and it straightens out some of the
| confused and contra dfctory reports thai
/ Rave been printed about them. IT shall
| piay in the provincial cities IN the NORTH
1 and west of England, he writes. and II
| Scotland until Christmas time. After the
holidays / shall pay farewell visits to my
| friends in other provincial towns. and at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
COMING TO THE THEATERS.
Something in Brief About the ORA
matte Offerings.

AT THE CRAWFORD.
Grinder Southern Skies" Sunday.
"a Runaway Match Wednesday.
Lyman Twins" Thursday
walker Whiteside, Saturday.
The Sunday attraction at the Craw-
ford viii be Lottie Blair Parker's "Un-
der Southern Skies" in which Grace
George starred for a short time two
years ago. The prices will be 25 cents
"a Runaway Match" will be at the
Crawford Wednesday. The prices are
~ % IS and so cents. Mark E. Swan
is the author.
THE Lyman Twins will come again in
"At the Races" They have been here
before. They are in the Grimes Cellar
Door, class.
walker whiteside. who has made a
favorable impression before Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
Consult your doctor
about your cough

At the same time ask him what
he thinks of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. He will know all
about Ii, for we send doctors
the formula. For over so years
doctors have endorsed ii for
coughs, colds, weak lungs,
bronchitis, asthma. I Lo c AZ s ass.
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Grand opera in English.

The Henry W. Savage English Grand
opera company and orchestra will ap-
pear in Topeka April II, 1905. The COM
pany is booked for a tour of 81 cities
beginning October 10 in New York and
closing May 81 in Cleveland.
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audiences in Shakespearian plays and
s.Heart and Sword" and other plays, is
coming Saturday in David Garriclx's
Love" Whiteside is q finished actor
whose performances are always
| xarcr
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

A mans standard of beauty always
depends on the woman who questions
him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Isabel Irving is to appear in London
next April under the management OF
Charles Hawtrey. He will send over
the entire production of '"The Crisis"
with a company of American actors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15
me IiIIian Nordica is at Ossining

Nine. Lillian Nordica is at Osstn1ng,
N. Y, getting ready, vocally and
physically, for a hard winters work.
She will sing Kundry in "Parsifal'' for
the first time THANKSGIVING night, and
is said to look upon the task as one
of the most important in her career.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-15

Prof. H. w. Parker, head of Yale.s
musical department. is writing incl
dental music for 1.-THE Eternal Fem1-
nine" the play in which Margaret
Anglin will star this season. All honor
70 the MANAGERS Messrs. Liebler &
Co. who had the artistic perception
to secure a good composer for this
task.