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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30
FILED SUIT FOR A HEAVY SUM.
Conductor Who Was Injured Wants
Damages.

Williams & Harper, of this city, have
just filed suit in the United States
court for heavy personal damages
against the Seaboard Airline. Railway
in behalf of Conductor Howard, of
Americus, an employe of the company,
who was injured in a freight wreck oc-
curing in Wilcox county some time
last year. Conductor Howard was in
charge of freight train, and while in
the discharge of his duties. as he
alleges, sustained serious and perman-
emit disabilities. Has asked damages
in the sum of SIS, 900.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30
Attention, Camp Sumter.

Assemble at courthouse $50 o'clock
this morning, to attend funeral of on }
deceased comrade, Thomas A. Gtaham
from his late residence on Taylor ST.
The following detail will act as pail -.
bearers: Lt. d. @. N. Burkhalter, Lit.
T. J Morgan, P. H. Williams, James
A. Wilson, F. Bolton, W. A. Scales.
H. T DAVENPORT, Comd'r.
W. b BEYs, Adj.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30
Takes Desperate Chances.

Is is true that many contract colds and
recover from them without taking any
pre- caution or treatment, and a knowl-
edge of this fact leads others to take
their chances instead of giving their
colds the needed attention. I5 should
be borne in mind that every cold weak
ems the lungs, lowers the vitality, makes
the system less able to Withstand each
succeeding cold and paves the way for
more serious diseases, Can you afford
to take such desperate chances when
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, famous
for it's cures of colds, can be had for a
tri1e? For sale by all druggists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30

$loo-Dr, {. Detchon's Anti-Diuretic.
may be worth to you more than S10C if
you have child who soils bedding
from incontinence of water during
sleep. Cures old and young alike. It
arrests the trouble at once. 81. Sold
by the EIdridge Drug Stores, Amer
Gus, Ct
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30
Makes a Clean SWeep.

There's nothing like doing thing
thoroughly. Of all the SaIves you ever
heard of, Bucklen's Arnica Salve is the
best. 1t sweeps away and cures Burns,
Sores, Bruises, Cuts, Boiis, Ulcers. Skin
Eanptious and Piles. It's only 25c and
guaranteed to give satisfaction by the
Ell fridge drugstores.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30

Everybody knows when they've got
rheumatism. but those who have never
tried it can't imagine how quick Iy rheu-
matte pains are relieved by applications
OF Ramon's Nerve and Bone Oil. 25r.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the ordi-
nance prohibiting the keeping of hogs
or pigs in the city, without fret OBJ
tanning the consent of the Mayor and
City Council of Americas, will be en-
forced Take notice accordingly. This
April %, 1904.
w. II. FEAGIN, Chief of Police.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30
Bidding For Your Business.

This store makes It's bid tor your business in
PLAIN, common sense straightforward manner. 1t
doesn't offer you good reliable rchandse at the be.
ginning of new at half what 1t coststo pro-
duce that merchandise. Such offers are absurd and
are rarely believed by an intelligent buying public.
No concern do business that basis and i've.
What we Do offer Is the best the market affords at
the very lowest prices possible There's nothing
In business Ike good old-fashion' honesty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30

Now is the time to cleanse the blood
from the impurities accumulated dur
ing the winter months, all kinds.
REMBERT's DRUG STORE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-04-30

A diet of dry bread is apt to make
one feel crusty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
BURNS TO THE GROUND
Topeka Desiccating Plant Is Destroyed
by Fire.

The Topeka Desiccating company's
plant on Seward avenue, near the river
was completely destroyed by fire last
evening at about o'clock. The fire
department made the run with chemi-
cal engine from station No. 1 and truck
from statioIP No. but the fire had
practically burned itself out and the
sending out of the department wagons
was more in the nature of protecting
the surrounding property rather than
to fight the fire which Chief Wilmarth
thought might endanger the surround
ing houses.
The plant was constructed rather
flimsily of one course of brick with a
wood sheathing and it was but ques-
ton of few minutes for the fire to eat
its way through the two wings of the
plant The furnaces which were prac-
tically the whole thing of value in the
plant were badly ruined though it is
thought one of the furnaces can be
patched up into service and take care or
the garbage until the new plant is con-
structed. The stack is still intact. A
number of barrels to the value of S40O
or $500 and the furnaces which 1t is
claimed cost in the neighbOrhood of $4,-
900 represent the principal items OF the
loss which is not covered by insurance
The origin of the fire is attributed, by
Mr. Osborn, owner of the plant, to the
furnaces, as none of the workmen were
around at the time that the fire started.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

the last letter I wrote to him came
back This letter was signed M.
g. the initials of Gilman's mother.
1t is evident that the parents refused
to give the police any information for
fear they wanted the son for some
crime, and that the story about his
strange disappearance was a fake.
Gilman was married about eight
years ago, but has not lived with his
wife more than a few weeks at any one
time since. She claimed that he mis-
treated her, and would come home to
her parents, the Reedys, who lived at
1888 North Taylor street. About two
years ago Gilman came to the house
late at night, evidently believing that
his wife was there alone. He demand
ed admission. and Mrs Gilman called
her brother, James Reedy, who hap
pened to be at home. Young Reedy
ordered Gilman to leave the place. and
for answer Gilman kicked in panel
of the door. Reedy as promptly grab
bed a shotgun and took a shot at his
broth er-in-law through the door. The
charge of shot did not strike Gilman
squarely. or he would have been killed
on account of the close range, but
few shot lodged in his shoulder, and
he carries them yet.
After that he kept away from the
Reedy home, where his wife stayed
In telling the story and exhibiting
the letter written by Gilman's mother
to jeanette Gilman, James Reedy said:
1.-The story given out by the police that
Mrs. Gilman denied any knowledge OF
her sons whereabouts. after we had
shown the officers the letter from her,
would indicate that they thought we
had something to do with his disap-
pearance. All there is to it is that his
folks were scared because they thought
the police were after him for some
crime. 1 thought so myself when they
first came around asking me questions
about him. I believe. as his mother
says, he is somewhere in the west. and
will be back here some day to worry
his wife again. She can't get along
with him, and although they have
tried it half a dozen times or more,
she always comes back home. He is
a bad man, and she is afraid of him.
That time 1 took a shot at him 1 came
right over and told Tim Donovan. who
was chief at that time. He said it was
all right, and that I had a right to
protect my home
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Kansas City; H. E. Shaw, of Kansas
City, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Comp
ton, of Rock Creek.
A Christmas cantata entitled "a
Good Time with Santa Claus" which
promises to be unusually good, will be
given this evening by the members of
the East Indianola Sunday school
The young people have been carefully
trained by Mrs. Thomas Joseph and
Miss Cappie Schultz. This Sunday
school is a union school and has I
large membership. Miss Minnette
Loop is the superintendent
The marriage of Miss Emma Nav
Wallace, eldest daughter of Mr. T. D.
Wallace, and Mr. Nelson Apple, was
solemr1zed Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock by Rev. ]. S. Glendenning at
the home of the brides father, 1145
Kansas avenue. The bride wore a
pretty gown of peach blossom CASH
mere trimmed with battenberg butter
flies and carried a bouquet of white
carnations. At the conclusion of the
ceremony light refreshments were
served. Mr.. and Mrs. Apple went i'm
mediately to housekeeping at 412
East Fourth street. The young people
received many pretty presents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
HE CAN BE FOUND.
Charles Gilman Has Been Heard From
Since Disappearance.

Several days ago the police gave out
the information that they had given up
the hunt for Charles Gilman. the
farmer, who disappeared July 4, after
a fight in a North Topeka joint In
their statement the police said that
they had received a letter from Gil
mans parents in Michigan, who said
that they had heard nothing from
their son for a year.
Mrs. Jeanette Gilman. the wife or
the missing man. claimed to have a
letter from her mother-in-law stating
that Gilman had been heard from in
the far west, and was on his way to
California. The police did not seem
to credit this statement, as against the
letter received from his parents. Mrs
Gilman's parents have letter which
is undoubtedly authentic, as it bears
the clear postmark of Marshall, Mich.
The letter is addressed to Mrs. jean
cite Gilman, zoe Drive, Topeka, Kan,
care Mr.. E. H. Gelett, and the post
mark bears the date of December. II,
1904.
A paragraph in the letter, which is
in the same handwriting as the ad-
DRESS says: 81 had a letter from
Charlie in August saying he was way
west, and was going to California, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
Boy Your Christmas
CANDIES and Other
Food Stuffs Of Us.

We are making very low
prices. We also have
some very choice pieces of.
Haviland China, which we
offer at absolute cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
FIRST TRIP A SUCCESS.
New Santa Fe Train Meets Every Ex-
pcctatiOn.

The Santa Fe's new Chicago to call
fornia train will be a great success II
its initial trip may be taken as an IN
dication of it's popularity.
The new train, No. 9, went through
Topeka last night at 1915 o'clock 1t
left Chicago yesterday morning at
$40 O'Clock and will reach Los
Angeles at $50 O'Clock Wednesday
morning The train was heavily load
ed from Chicago to Kansas City, and
the Santa Fe officials announce today
that practically every berth, upperS as
well as lowers in both the standard
and tourist Pullman coaches were oc-
cupied when the train left Kansas
CITY and Topeka last eveing. me
chair and smoking car were also well
patronfzed, although the train is new
one having been announced haroIy
more than week ago.
The new train will make the fastest
time of any of the Santa F'e trains
from Chicago to Kansas CITY ana
California.
The new time card will go into eff
feet on Sunday when Santa Fe train
No. ? eastbound will leave Topeka at
2:15 O'Clock in the afternoon.
No. 6 will leave eastbound at
o'clock D. m.
No. 1oe will leave Topeka at 5
O'Clock and arrive at 1855 p m at st.
No. 1o7 will leave st. Joseph at z
o'clock D. m. instead of s:15 and will
reach Topeka at 10 in time to make
connection with No. westbound-
No. 143 will leave Holiday at 6:22
after No. reaches that station ana
will arrive at Leavenworth at 4;2o
There will be no other changes af-
fecting the time of Santa E'e trains at
Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
RELY ON HER TEETH.
Only Hope of Colorado Officers for
Identifying Murdered Girl.

Colorado Springs, Col, Dec. "a
The police of this city and the Cripple
Creek district are today searching for
Miss Minnie Swift, a young woman
who left her home in Cripple Creek on
December to spend several weeks In
Colorado Springs. This is an entirely
different person from the Mrs. Mamie
Swift who was reported missing and
found again yesterday Miss Minnie
Swift is said to answer the description
of the Cutler mountain victim and to
have been unheard of by her family
since she left her home. At resi-
dence here where she roOmed former
ly and where she said she would again
make her headquarters she has not
been seen.
The city chemist has today analysed
the contents of the bottle found near
the scene of the murder and pro-
nounces it pure carboIic acid.
The bottle is full, however, and is
believed by the officers to be in no way
connected with the crime. While
every clue is being run down to the
greatest possible extent the police are
abandoning the idea that the muir
dered girl lived in this vicinity and are
depending upon the circulation of a
detailed description of her teeth to
ultimately reveal her identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
BRIEF BITS OF CITY NEWS.
a Collection of Important Para
graphs for Your Consideration.

Dan Hamer, of the United States
marshaIs Office, returned on Thursday
evening from albuquerque, N. NJ, where
he spent the last six weeks with his
sister who has been i'll with typhoid fe-
yer.
The pipe organ entertainment COM
mittee met on Thursday afternoon with
Secretary Foster and instructed him to
go ahead and engage new attractions il
necessary for the course which he has
planned for the winter.
The weather was so warm last night
that three-fOuTthS of the citizens of the
town slept with their windows open.
The change in the temperature was not
appreciably noticed until around
O'Clock this morning.
If you want the boy to grow into per
feet manhood, and be strong and de-
veloped physically, why not pass up the
toy stores and the little things for his
Christmas present, and get him some
thing that will be pleasure to him,
as well as something that will leave its
effects in results in years to come We
mean a punching bag, or a set of box
ing gloves. Every boy appreciates such
presents as these, and they cost no
punching bags from $3.50 to IS, and the
boxing gloves from $1-25 to 81. While
down tonight or tomorrow drop in and
see them. II. B. Howard, the sporting
goods man, sos Kansas avenue.
w n. Hall was called to the city
court as expert witness in the suit OF
the Werner company against Col H.
w. Brent. The company wanted Brent
to pay for a set of encyclopedias
Brent refused to pay on the ground that
the books were not up to the agreement
and the sample pages Mr.. Hall tesu-
fed that the books were poorly printed
and inferior to the sample pages and
the jury decided for Brent and that
book agents who sell books must make
their representation good. The Funk &
wagralls company brought a similar
suit against J. s. Leach. The decision
in the Leach case was the same
Insurance Commissioner Luling's fight
to compel burial associations to come
under the laws governing insurance
companies is now in the supreme court.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Luling, Coun-
" Attorney o. CT. Eckstein, of Sedg-
wick county in the name of the state,
brought suit against the Wichita Mu-
tual Burial association. owned by 1. W.
Gill. an undertaken, for the purpose of
compelling that company to cease bust
ness, or else take ont Il license and do
business under the insurance laws. Gill
beat the state in the lower court, and
the state now appeals to the supreme
court. There are dozen or more
burial associations in Kansas, and the
decision in this case will affect all of
them. Under the plan usually followed,
each member of the association pays an
initiation fee of 10 cents, and is assessed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
WRONG IDEA.

Don't get the wrong idea into your
head that starvation is Good for Dys-
persia.
It's not.
Those who have not studied the sub
ject very deeply. or with trained scien-
tifc minds, night think so.
But facts prove otherwise.
All specialists in stomach and diges-
tive disorders know, tina. it is best for
dyspepsia to be well fed.
why. dyspepsia is really a starvation
disease!
Your food doesn't feed you
I2y starvation, you may give your
bowels and kidneys less to do. but that
does not cure your digestive trouble
simply makes you weaker and slcker;
less likely to be permanently cured than
ever.
No, the only right way to permanent
" cure yourself of any form of dys-
pepsiay or indigestive trouble, is to eat
heartily of all the food that you find
best q grees with you, and help your di-
gestion to work with Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
This is a safe, certain, scientific. re-
liable method of treatment, which will
never fail to cure the most obstinate
cases if persevered in.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have a
gentle, tonic, refreshing effect on the
secretory glands of the entire digestive
tract.
They gently force the flow of fresh
digestive juices.
They contain, themselves, many or the
chemical constituents of these juices,
thus when dissolved they help to dis
solve the food around them in stomach
or bowels.
They therefore quickly relieve all the
symptoms of indigestion, and coax the
glands to take a proper pleasure in do
ing their proper work
They coax you back to health.
No other medical treatment of any
sort nor any fad system of Culture
or Cure will give you the solid, per-
panent curative results, that will
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
Write for a free Book of Symptoms.
! 3. A. Stuart Co. Marshall, Mich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
TO BE CLOSED MONDAY.
Santa Fe Shops and Offices VIII OBJ
serve Holiday.

General Manager H. u. Nudge of the
Santa Fe railroad this morning an
nounced that the Santa, Fe offices in
Topeka will be closed all day Monday,
on account of the fact that Monday is
the legal holiday this year, inasmuch
as Christmas falls on Sunday. few
clerks will work Monday to carry on
the work which is absolutely neces-
Sary.
The Santa Fe shops will likewise be
practically idle on Monday. There is
of course some work which must be
attended to the same as on Sundays
and all employees who so desire may
work on that day. All those who wish
to be idle on Monday will of course
not be asked to work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
FOR A WORTHY OBJECT.
County Asked to Give $500 to Provi-
dent Association.

Application was made to the board
of county commissioners this morn
ing for the board to appropriate $500
for the use of the Provident associa-
ton.
DR.. C. B. vanHorn, Thomas Page
and Rev. ]. c. Morrow appeared he
fore the board to make the request
They asked that the $500 formerly an
propriated annually for the use of
Police Matron Thorpe be made to the
association, which takes the place of
the Associated Charities. The board
decided last year not to make the an
preparation to Police Matron Thorpe
as Poor Commissioner Hale could look
after the poor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
1t Always Does.

And then, SIR said the man in the
street car who was talking to a fellow
passenger, land then something happened
to attract my attention"
TN bet 1 know what it was" replied
the other.
you can't possibly guess"
But / think I can. A woman entered
the car by the front door and left it WINE
open, as usual. 1T never falls" 49,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Mixed Candy. per 10 .-.5 sc
Mixed Nuts, per quart. .. 10c
p D. Creams, by the pail, 10 Z &c
Beauty Mixed, by the pail, ID 1OLc
Chocolates, by the pail. 10 9Ic
n. E. Mixed, by the pan, 10 .7Hc
Ice Buds. by the pail. 10 .... Sc
Shell Mixed, by the pail, 10. nc
X-Rays, by the pail, ID ..1O14c
Trilbys. by the pail, 10 .1OHc
Caramels. by the pail, 10 1890. &C
Radium Creams. the pail, 10 &c
Choice Linden layer Raisins, 10 zoe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Don't fail to look at our
Haviland China. Remem-
Der they are going at
actual cost.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23

Doubtless many a. woman wishes she
could dispose of her stock in a matrimo-
NAL combine and get her old job back in
the laundry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-23
Gas and Electric Reading I,amns

Our line is now compIete with A.
newest of designs and finishes. Tie
Overton Mfg. & Eng. Co, III ana ia
East 7th street -AS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30
HoElNo COTTON.

Speaking of use, in it's evolutionary
sense, reminds me of a man once
knew in Southeastern Arkansas said
the observant man, land he furnished
one of the strongest arguments I have
ever known on the question of the in
fiuence of habit He once told me after
he had grown up that he was partly
cross-eyed as the result of hoeing cot
ton so much during his boyhood days.
You know, in hoeing cotton, or chop
ping cotton, as they sometimes call it,
you are forced to hold your head
little to one side and look over your
shoulder. That is what my Arkansas
friend did, and it was this habit, ac-
cording to his theory. and I am inclin-
ed to accept it, that caused his eyes to
become crossed. At any rate he was
cross-eyed, and there was no other
way to account for the fact. Curious
a it may seem, that poor fellow was
never able to get anything straight.
The walls of his home, house which
he had built were not plumb. The
chimneys at each end toppled over to
in his field were always crooked. He
could never get a straight row liz the
spring, when he began blowing. His
wagon was one-sided, his buggy crazy
wheeled and wobbly, and during ali
the time that / knew him he never own
ed anything but a lame horse. He own
ed an old dog, whose eyes We're defec-
tive. and he had habit of holding his
head to one side whenever he wanted
to look you squarely in the face. The
ferryboat moored at his landing on
the ST. Francis River was always
higher out of the water on one side
than it was on the other, and his skiff
was VIGOROUSLY 'whopper-jawed,' If
may use an Arkansas expression. Part
of the romance of his marriage was
spoiled by the fact that the dear little
woman he married had one shoulder
pulled down lower than the other. 1t
was known fact in Lee County, where
he lived, that he could never tell a,
straight story. He wore his hat on one
side of his head, and one boot was al
ways run down at the heel just lit
tie more than the other. When he
would go to the country store he would
always come back in a zigzag fashion.
I never saw anything like it. He was
good-natured with it ALL and used to
get a good deal of fun out Of the situa-
ton .Hoed myself cross-eyed,' he used
to say, laughingIy, AN durrled if 1 ever
have been able to get anything straight
since The tragedy of the thing never
struck him, and I guess it was good
thing that he looked upon it all as a
huge joke.''-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-30
OF THE MULTITUDES

who have used it, or are now u.s.
ing it, we have never heard OF
any one who has been disappoint-
ed in it. No claims are made for
it except those which are amply
justified by experience. In COM
mending it to the afflicted we
simply point to it's record. 1t
has done great things, and it is
certain to continue the excellent
work. There is-we may hon
estly afirm-no medicine which
can be used with greater and
more reasonable faith and conf
dence. It nourishes and keeps up
the strength during those periods
when the appetite fails and food
cannot be digested. To guard
against limitations this trade
mark is put on every bottle Of