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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

III received your letter some time ago, with
advice about your wonderful medicine" writes
Miss Stella Johnson, of 28 Brady Street, Dayton,
Ohio al was troubled with severe pains every
month when wrote to you for advice After
receiving your letter and following its direc-
ticns, am now happy to say that after five
years of untold suffering I have not had any
pains since first using your Favorite Prescrip-
ton was induced through friend to write to
you and follow your kind advice. thank God
and DR.. R V Pierce for the health now enjoy.
I shall urge other women who suffer as did to
use your medicine"
vFavorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Ac-
cept no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak women.
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DIR. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential Address DR..
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
FREE. DR.. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send II one-cent stamps for the book in
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DR.. r. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
TO REBUILD BRIDGE.
Rock Island to Replace Structure
With Heavier Spans.

Local officials of the Rock Island
state that the company's bridge across
the Kansas river at this point is to be
rebuilt The bridge department of the
road has been making Investigations
lately and has found that the bridge is
too light for the heavy trains that are
operated on this division. The bridge
is used in the operation of both the
main line traffic and that of the st
Joe line and it is thought if repairs are
not made Immediately the bridge will
not hold up under the strain put upon
it.
The manner in which the bridge is to
be repaired will permit of it's continual
use during the period of it's reconstruc-
ton. False work will be erected under
each of the spans and the work on one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
SHE STARTED A PANIC.
Virginia Harmed Refuses to
Play at 80 Cents.

Pittsburg. March IA small panic
at the Alvin theater resulted from the
announcement that Virginia Harmed
refused to appear in her advertised
part. Fully 1000 people, mostly wo-
men, had been seated for the perform
ance at the usual bargain matinee"
CbO) for any seat in the house, and
when the announcement was made shat
Miss Harmed refused to appear before
such cheap house a grand rush was
made for the box office to get money
back The theater officials were pow
erless to check the rush and many wo-
men were hurt but none seriously.
The Alvin people claim Miss Hayned
had agreed to abide by the custom of
the house and she was advertised &C
cordingly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
A CHILD SAVED.
Roy Nolan Given Back
To His Parents.
A Very Happy Mother and a
Very Happy Home.
A Foil Description of How 1t All
Came About.
"A dreary place would be this earth
Were there no little people in it:
The song of life would lose its Tnirti
Were they no children to begin If -


Our children are in truth the light of
eur lives The word home has it's full
est meaning only when there are chill
dren.
Mothers. therefore, can comprehend
the joy which thrills each word of the
following communication from Mrs.
John P. Nolan. 81 Solely St, Charles
town, Mass. She says of her son Roy:
Ny little boy Roy was afflicted with
nervousness and violent commissions
since he was six months old. 1 tried
many physicians without avail and
numerous remedies with no success.
At the age of three years he was taken
sick with diphtheria, and after sixteen
weeks severe Illness at the hospital. he
was returned home in an extremely
weak and exhausted condition. The
slightest excitement would result in
violent commissions
Discouraged with the failure of
physicians and medicines to cure him,
I was induced by friends, who recon-
mended the remedy, to try DIR. Greene's
Nervura- 1 purchased a bottle and
the result has indeed been wonderful
Roy commenced to improve Immediate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
CANADIAN PACIFIC PROJECT.
Will Irrigate a Country as Large as
State of Ohio.

contracts for the building of an irriga-
ton canal in Alberta 20 miles in length
and has further plans for the creation
of wheat lands in that territory which
will involve the building of 800 addi-
tional miles of canal.
The land is fiat and produces in its
natural state a buffalo grass that makes
it the best grazing land in Canada. The
natural formation of the country is
such that by creating shallow canals
the land can be irrigated from the river
without any great expense, and this
company has undertaken the redemp-
ton of a country about as big as Ohio
at an estimated cost of less than %
cents an acre on the average.
A considerable proportion of the land
is owned by the Canadian Pacific un-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

span win be entirely completed before
the work on the next one is corn
menced, thus allowing trains to pass
across while the work of repairing the
bridge is going on.
1t is stated that the cost of rebuild
ing the bridge will amount up to about
$50. 600. There are five spans in the
bridge and it is expected that each of
the new ones will cost about $4,000.
Each of the new spans will weigh
about 100 tons while those now in Use
only weigh ITO tons. The work of re-
pairing those now in use only weigh
pairing the bridge will be commenced
Immediately.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
Are Opposed to Hearst.

Concordia, Kan, March 1.-THE DEM
ocratic convention of Cloud county met
here and elected delegates to the state
conventions at Wichita and Topeka
The congressional, senatorial and judi
cial delegates were also elected. No
instructions were given but it is gen
orally conceded that the delegates to
the state convention are opposed to W.
r. Hearst for president.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

der the land grants. It is one of the
districts in which little railway land
has been sold, most of the sales to date
having been of lands in Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Assiniboia. In I'M
dertaking the redemption of the land
the road is providing itself with arabic
land to meet the demands of future
years. West of Moose Jaw the COM
pany's lands are practically untouched.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
Jake Beckley Has Signed.

Cincinnati March 17-First Baseman
Jake Beckley, formerly of the Cincin-
natl National league club. had a con-
ference with President Hermann here
and later left to join the st. Louis Ma
tionals at Houston, Texas. Beckley had
borrowed 81, $50 from President Her.
mann on his 1904 contract and on being
advised that he could pay it back in a
years time Immediately agreed to sign
a ST. Louis contract.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
Addick Elects Delegates.

Dover, Del, March 1.-THE Union
Republican state convention was held
yesterday and delegates to the Chicago
convention elected. On behalf of the
resolutions committee Mr.. Addicks
read a resolution commencing Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his administration
and instructing the delegates to vote
for his denomination and use all honor
able means to bring about that result.
The resolution was adopted. j. Edward
Addicks, Senator Alice and Governor
HUM were among those elected dele
SatSs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
Abilene May Have Occupation Tax

Abilene, Kan, March 1.-THE closing
of the Joints has made it necessary
for the city to raise 81, 700 extra revenue
formerly collected in fines and it prob
able that an occupation tax will be
levied. Abilene has received about $22,-
600 in police court fines in the last ten
years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
STILL THEY FIGHT.
Another Effort Being Made to Stop
Grain Rata War

The Western trunk lines freight COM
mittee is holding meeting in Chicago to
consider steps for putting an end to the
rate war. At present there is no evidence
of any concession on the part of the Chi
cago Great Western. Yesterday the Bur
lington announced a reduction in the rate
on wheat from St. Louis and East St.
Louis to st. Paul and Minneapolis, from
16 cents to 9 cents per 100 pounds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
Ireland NAV Speak in Kansas.

Harrington, Kan, March 1.-THE ar
engagements for the unwilling of mon
ument to Juan de Padilla, a member of
the Quivera party, include a proba bility
of the presence of Archbishop Ireland
who has been invited. Padilla was the
first Christian martyr of the new world
The monument will be larger than the
one at the Quivera site. Monuments
will also be erected at Manhattan and
Alma by the Ouivera society
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

e nt1re ely pre-
vented or cured
by the use of
DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescrip-
ton. It estab-
fishes regular
} ity. 1t tones up
the gene al
h e alt b, a nd
cures headache,
backache, nerv-
Gus Il c S S and
Their cOnSe-
q u e n c c s of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
Texas & Pacific Report.

New York. March 1.-THE annual
meeting of the Texas & Pacific rail-
road company was held Wednesday.
The annual report showed that the
gross earnings were $120A. 744. against
ings s3.00S, 639, against $3,4S4,3l for
1902. In his report President George
Gould saws that the cotton crop will
be large this year and that the road
will profit by the st. Louis exposition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
GOULD WILL CONSOLIDATE.
Merger Decision Does Not Affect His
Eastern Plans.

The decision of the United States SUI
preme court in the Northern Securities
case. it is said, will not affect the meas
ures for the financial consolidation of the
Gould properties east of the Mississippi
They are not competing lines and any
arrangement for purchasing or leasing
would not conflict with state or federal
laws. The report of a plan for the Mis-
souri, Pacific to become the holdings COM
pany for all the Gould lines is without
foundation. Such a plan was never con-
templated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

"; his appetite returned and the con-
VulsionS have now entirely ceased. Dr.
Greene'S Nervura is indeed a, wonderful
medicine, and 1 trust the cure of my
little boy will be given wide publicity
in order that all children similarly
afflicted may be cured. My full per-
mission is given to publish this testi-
monial for others good"
If your infants or children are sick.
give them that greatest of all children S
remedies, DR.. Greene'S Nervura blood
and nerve remedy. This wonderful
remedy Is, above ALL a family medicine
and its name is a household word in
thousands of homes all over the land
1t is made from pure and harmless veg
etable remedies, is calming, soothing
and healing to the nerves, and at the
the entire system, restoring a healthful
color to the cheek, refreshing sleep,
strong nerves stout limbs, and that
bounding health and vitality which all
children should have. 1t is perfectly
safe to give to children of any age, and
its curative and restorative effects are
wonderful.
1t is not a patent medicine, but the
prescription of the most successful liv-
ing specialist in curing nervous and
chronic diseases, Dr. Greene, of 101
Fifth Ave, New York City. He has
the largest practice in the world, and
this grand medical discovery is the re-
suit of his vast experience. The great
reputation of DR.. Greene is Il guarantee
that his medicine will cure and the fact
that he can be consulted by anyone at
any time, free of charge, personally or
by letter, gives absolute assurance of
the beneficial action of this wonder
full medicine. commended and for
a HTsrTcr erf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

Jackson, Miss, March Hunted
States Marshal Wilson has arrested Iva
Henderson and the three Leggetts of
Kemper county, who are charged with
having held Shep Griffin, a negro, in
involuntary servitude and whose sensa-
tional attempts at terrorizing this sec
ton were made public several days ago.
The four men have been indicted by tbs
federal grand jury and gave bond in
the sum of $17 900 each for their APP
pearance fer trial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
THE FIRST LESSON

That the young girl has of wonanhood
is not seldom a painful one. She learns
to know what headache means, and back
ache, and sometimes is sadly borne down
by this new experience of life.
All the pain and misery which young
girls commonly experience at such a
time, may in almost every instance be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17
WABASH TO ST. LOUIS.

W orld's Fair Route"-"FolIow the
Flag"
Only line to Worlds fair main en-
trance. Five daily trains from Kansas
City. Shortest line. Ask your agent
for tickets over the Wabash.
L. S. MCCLELLAN
Western Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo.
H c. SHIELDS,
Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

All first class grocers sell Simon Pure
Baking Powder. 1t is pure and the best.
Try it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-17

WARMERS SAFE gently
Safe Rochester, N Y.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06

impartial trisl by iury Of his peers.
Blackstone says this is the glory OF
the English law.
Lynching should have no place in
this enlightened country. 1t tends to.
wards anarchy, which, if let have its
course, would ruin the liberty of our
citizens and destroy the very found.
alton Of our government. 1t is a
thurst at justice, decency and order.
Let the vilest wretch be led to the bar
of justice, let the evidence be Sc
cured. let a true verdict be rendered,
and let tile court pronounce the SEN
tence as was done in this instance.
Justice meeted ont in This way has
more effect on the criminal class than
deliberate and inhuman lyncbing.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06

president has left nothing undone to
bring the intruders into court Of
justice. The postoffice scandal was
searched to the utmost and the guilty
officials convicted. Those who declare
him unsafe must at least give him
credit for doing his duty in this par.
ticular.
In appointing q person to Office he
seeks to find the upright man; be he
itch or poor. Money is not his stand
raid CT measurement. Merit is his
constant watchword. Believing that
only loyal and true republicans should
occupy places of trust in this govern.
meut, the dishonest and unworthy
politicians need not apply. In such
evil chars the president sees no
hope of the upbuilding of mankind.
and he will not even tolerate them in
his pesenoe
No, President Roosevelt is not safe
for men who are dishonest, men who
are SELFISH men who are corrupt. He
is not safe for the boodler. the briber,
the lobbyist. He is not safe for demo.
cratic doctrines free silver and free
tade. He is not safe for the men who
are enimies Of purity. He is not safe
for the anarchist. In these instances
he is far from being safe. But what
soever things are pure aud good.
whatsoever things are for the advance
mept Of this glorious county; for these
things President Roosevelt stands alb
solutely safe.
The people desire man for presi-
dent who worships truth and justice,
who has honor and love of country
for his goal, who is not ashamed to
kneel at the shrine Of humble de-
votion. who believes that the poor man
has honor in this broad land of the
free, whose chief ambition is the
u lifting OF the human race and the
purity of the American home. These
sterling qualities are found in the
life of that matches hero, courage
Gus leader and noble fatesmen-Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06
Wordsof Wisdom .

No men living are more worthy to
be trusted than those who toll up from
poverty none less inclined to take or
touch ought which they have not hon
estly earned Lincoln.
1.-The American system of locating
manufactures next to the plow and
the pasture has produced a result
noticeable:by the met ligent portion OF
all commercial nations. Grant.
"A currency worth less than it pur-
ports to be worth will in the end de-
fraud not only creditors hut all those
who are engaged in legitimate bust
ness. and none more surely that those
who are dependent upon their daily
labor for their daily bread. Hayes.
II believe that the protective system
has been q mighty instrument for the
development Of our national wealth
and most powerful agency in pro.
tecting the homes Of our working
men. Harrison.
"To increase production here, d.
vereify our productive enterprises.
enlarge the field and increase the de-
mand for American workman; what
American can oppose these worthy
and patriotic objects" --McKinley.
1.-The present phenomenal prosperity
has been won under tariff made in
accordance with certain fixed princi-
pies. the most important OF which is
an avowed determination to protect
the interests of the American producer,
business man, wage-worker and farmer
alike. Roosevelt.
"We face the future with our past
and our present as gusrantors of our
pomises; and we are content to stand
or to fall by the record which we have
made and are making. Roosevelt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06

There seems to be sentiment
abroad that President Roosevelt is an
unsafe man, and that it would be IN
wise to elect him to succeed himself
as president of this great republic.
Such sentiment is absolutely un-
called for, misleading. calculated tn
do injury to a man who stands for
true manhood, and all that Is pure and
honorble in American politics.
Search the record of the gretest men
whose names adorn the pages of his
tory and you cannot find one who rep.
resents higher ideals than Theodore
Roosevelt. He has never been Known
to appeal to the baser elements Of
mankind his honor has never been
questioned mis- integrity never de-
MED. He who would seek to lower
the estimation of such a brilliant
statesman and noble character by
gross Misrepresentation, solely for
political purposes, is not himself a
high type of American manhood.
The people of this great country
know full we'll where President Roose-
Welt stands. They have watched with
unceasing energy has record and have
miserably failed to find him neglect
ing his duty, but striving to carry
ont unbroken the policies of his much
lamented predecessor. In this respect
he has not failed. So satisfactory has
been bis administration that he YVES
| the one choice Of the republican party,
and he is destined TO lead it to victory.
No higher approval could be placed
upon his successful record no greater
encomium could be pronounced upor
his unbrokeh policy.
His career has been unquestionably
one of exceptional brilliancy. Steadily
he has advanced TO the front, always
remaining true to his trust, until he
has won the confidence Of the party
he represents, and today he is the
standard bearer of loyal republicanism,
Being a young man, vigorous; strong
in character, full of patriotism, his
future career will still be more brill
ant than his past. Such one can be
fully trusted during days of peaceful
tranquility, or during hours Of bloody
warfare,
Standing firmly upon integrity and
honor, he will not tolerate wrong in
public life. Wherever fraud has beer
discovered in departmental affairs, the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06
THE MONKS or TH|DET
MANY IRREGULARITIES OF THE
DIFFERENT sEcTs OF LAMAs.
Hew the Dalai Lama Is Selected--A
Tool Of scheming Scoundrels--
New Faiths Are Slowly Pene-
trating the Country.

During recent years | have had The
good fortune to travel considerably in
the Lama-Land, both on the Sikkim
side tby which the mission under Col.
Younghusband has entered Thibet)
and on the western border. 1t is of the
latter which | shall chiefly speak in
this article.
After many vicissitudes, invasions
by Thibet on the one hand and Kash-
mir on the other, Little Thibet, or La
dakh, is now a province of Kashmir,
and subject to the Maharajo of that
country. That at least is the case so
far as temporal administration goes;
but religiously speaking, Ladakh is
still an Integral part of Thibet, owning
spiritual allegiance to the great Dalai
Lama at Lhasa, and practically domi-
mated by the Lama hierarchy. The POI
sition of the Dalai Lama is itself pc
culiar. Nominally the temporal as we'll
as spiritual head, he has really little
authority, being as a rule of tender
years and much under the control of
his powerful council There is reason
W OSilNfC tildI TIC CARLY QtdAIS W HlAu
overtake so many Dalai Lamas as soon
as they are strong-minded enough to
try and govern for themselves are not
due TO nature or accident, except in so
far as accident may be synonymous
with misadventure. and poisoning is
said to be a favorite art throughout
Thibet When the Dalai Lama dies
his spirit is reborn into another body,
usually that of an infant, which is dis
covered. and supposed to be identified
by many infallible signs by the monks
of the Potala monastery, to which the
Dalai Lama belongs. If there is doubt
as to the identity between several
claimants, the matter is decided by
peculiar system of drawing lots, pro-
ceeded by long prayer and elaborate
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06
DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE PARTY.

Given An Homer Of Miss Francis Haush
at Her Home wednesday Might.
A surprise party which was the oc
casion of much pleasure was given ut
the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Fl.
HauRh. on South High street, Wednes-
day evening from s to II O'Clock The al
fair was in honor of their daughter,
Miss Frances Haugh. There was large
number present. The friends met al
the home of Miss Bertha Bird and
from there went to the home. The
evening was spent in the playing OF
parlor games and at a. late hour de-
lightful refreshments were served. Al
a late hour good nights were said and
all departed forltheir respective homes.
feeling we'll pleased with their even.
ing enjoyment.