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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-03
TIMBER SUNK RIVERS.
Fortune Awaits the Inventor of 1
Method to Recover It.

eff some scheme could be devised,
said George w. Noble of Saltwater at
the Plankinton, -'by which the sunken
logs which fill the beds of rivers and
creeks in the logging sections of this
country could only be recovered i'm
menSe fortunes would be made. Along
the St. CrOiX waters it is estimated
that logs enough are imbedded in the
sand of river bottoms to keep mills
running for years. Under present con-
ditions the loss is total, for no success
full method has ever been devised to eff
feet this saving.
Occasionally logs cut years ago are
forced by the waShinss of floods from
their sand beds and driven upon the
shores, where the action of sun and
wind dries them out sufficiently so that
they will float down stream. but the
percentage of logs recovered is small,
and millions of dollars worth of prop
erty is lost beyond recovery until some
enterprising genius invents a machine
or process to recover the timber.
AT Saltwater logs occasionally come
to the sorting booms bearing marks in
use half century ago, and when they
appear the old lumbermen grow remin-
iscent of men VINO have been long for
gotten, but who were important opera
tors in the pioneer logging days of
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
No possible estimate can be made of
the amount of timber thus lost, but lum-
bermen estimate that the rivers of Wis
consin. in the value of the logs buried
in their sands, have fortunes of millions
of dollars if the logs could be recovered.
| Wisconsin has been one of the big pine
states, and your Chippewa, Wisconsin, st.
Criox and Menominee rivers and their
tributaries contain fortunes in sunken
! timber.
Strange as it may appear, the value of
the timber is not lessened even after it
has been submerged for half or quarter
| of century Efforts have been occa-
sionally made to recover sunken logs. AT
one time company was organized at
| Saltwater to dredge streams and thus
recover some of the timber, but the plan
| did not work with any great degree of
success, this method being too expensive.
| Some one will come along some day with
/ a plan, and this immensely valuable
product, now lost. will be recovered. -
| Milwaukee Sentinel
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REMARKABLE RELIC.
Head of John the Baptist Restored to
Original Holders.

The English Catholic colony here is
considered to have been specially ia
vored by the pope. They received his
holiness seasonable compliments UNI
der the form of the restitution to thtN~
Church OF San Silvestro of a relic
which is claimed TO be unique. It is,
in fact, quite independently of its re-
Igious value "a most interesting and
important object, because of it's his
tory and the traditions which cluster
around it.
Highly honored and truly fortunate
may that church claim to be which
shelters the authentic head of St. John
the Baptist. That is the gift which the
pope has just bestowed upon the
Church of San Silvestro. According to
a tradition ten centuries old, the head
which was demanded by the daughter
of HerOdias as a reward for her dane
ing was carried from Palestine to Rome.
1t reached the eternal city q thousand
years ago, being brought by certain
Greek monks, who deposited it in the
Church of San Silvestro in Capite,
which at that time was a monastery.
Innumerable miracles were wrought
by the agency of the head of the saint,
and in such estimation was the relic
held that regular pitched battles were
fought or its possession. In AL, while
the head was being carried in process
sion, certain unruly FlOrentines attack
ed the cortege, but they were success
fully repulsed by the Romans. who
were were led by the Prince Colonna
of the time. After this, fearing that
the precious object might be lost, the
popes ordered that it was never &c
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THEY DON'T KNOW.
Leavenworth Delegates Not Sure of
Their Seats

Leavenworth, Kas., March 3.-The
delegation from this county to the Re-
publican state convention in Wichita
will leave here Monday evening, March
Il. The "a delegates probably will go
over the Rock Island. So far the mem
bers of the delegation have not been
able to learn if their right to seats is to
be contested.
Delegates elected by the same county
convention were contested at the con-
gressional convention at Holton, and
the old congressional committee decid-
ed to throw out part of the regular del
egates. Col. D. r. Anthony and 9TH
ers at the head of the delegation are
not in a political humor to submit to
any movement to throw them out just
because they were for Governor Bailey,
and they promise an interesting time,
both in committee and on the floor of
the state convention, if it is attempted.
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fully he might say that the delegates
holding these Missouri Pacific passes
might be expected to vote for A. D.
Walker, the railroads candidate for
member of the board of railroad COM
nissiOners. Mr.. Walker is in the same
predicament as Mr.. Richards as Walk
er failed to secure the endorsement in
his home county and the jackson coun-
ty delegation to the state convention
will not be for Mr.. Walker for railroad
commissioner, unless his contesting
delegation is seated.
The second manifesto issued by Mr..
Richards is as follows:
The Missouri Pacific Railway Com
pany. Legal Department. ]. H.
Richards. General Attorney.
Fort Scott, Kan, Feb. 81, 1904.
My Dear Sir:-I am in receipt of let
tiers from all over the state, and gen.
orally ignoring factional lines, asking
me to stand as candidate for delegate
at large to the national convention.
There letters are so fervid in their as
surances and in their friendship and so
inSistent upon me doing this that I
feel as though 1 should accept the great
compliment thus rendered me, and On
a material sense to my company, not
only for the services we have rendered
the party in the past but may hope to
render it in the future. Ii there were
any other candidate from my district,
or from what is called eastern or
southern Kansas, or If inconsistent
with your support of other candidates
for one or more of the six delegates at
large to be chosen, l would not have
thought of this, for I would not enter
into any contest whatever. If it comes
to me it comes as a high compliment
and courtesy which l assure you will
duly appreciate.
Won't you kindly write me IMMEDI-
ATELY candidly how you feel about it
I assure you that your personal sup
port and any effort you may make with
the other members Of your delegation
will also be appreciated.
may state in conclusion that one OF
my purposes in writing you is to ad-
wise those who can avail themselves OF
it that transportation over our line
will be furnished to Wichita
Very sincerely your friend,
(Signed) ]. H. RICHARDS.
Just how Mr.. Richards expects to be
elected delegate at large by a state
| convention to a national convention
when he could not receive the endorse
ment CT his home county by securing
a seat on the Bourbon county delega
| ton is a question. Perhaps Mr.. Rich
ards thinks the friendship of those
who are clamoring for him and th'
passes that the Missouri Pacific j:
| making ready to spread broadcast viii
result in his going to Chicago.
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he ASKS HELP.
j. H. Richards, of Fort Scott,
Appeals to Delegates.
Not Disheartened by Defeat in
His Own County.
SAYS HE'S BESIEGED.
People ClamOring to Make Him
National Delegate.
Has Almost Persuaded Himself
to Accept.
Also Trying TO Secure Votes for
A. ID. Walker.

The rather sensational and startling
announcement comes from J. H. Rich
ards, of Fort Scott. that the Repub-
licans in all sections of the state are
clamoring for him to be a delegate at
large from Kansas to the national Re
publican convention.
This is startling from the fact that
the people of Mr.. Richards own coun-
ty declined to send him to the state
convention as delegate from Bourbon
county. 1t seems, from Mr.. Richards
statements in the letter he is sending
out to all the delegates to the state
convention at Wichita. that the Repub-
licans of Bourbon county did not un-
derstand the sincere affection for Mr..
Richards held by voters outside OF
Bourbon county.
Mr.. Richards has been besieged, so
Mr.. Richards says, to be candidate
for delegate at large. Mr.. Richards
daily mail, so Mr.. Richards would have
the delegates to the Republican state
convention believe, has been doubled,
trebIed and multiplied fourfold daily
by urgent letters from the Republicans
who want Richards, and only Richards.
a delegate at large to the Chicago con-
vention- The great demand for Rleh-
ards to be a candidate was explained
in the following letter sent out by Mr..
Richards under date of February % on
the official stationery of the Missouri
Pacific railway to the Republican del
egates to Wichita:
The Missouri Pacific Railway Co.
Legal Department.
J. H. Richards, General Attorney.
Fort Scott. Kas.. Feb. %, 1904.
Dear Sir and Friend:
1 am in receipt of SO many letters,
as we'll as verbal assurances, from my
personal friends and the friends of my
company everywhere over the state,
and in a number of instances hereto
fore favorable to Mr. Bailey, volunta-
rily rendering me the compliment OF
the hearty support of their delegations
as delegate at large to the national
convention that 1 have, unexpectedly
to myself, been almost persuaded to ac-
cept it If that tender is made good at
the convention. Among my very first
friends were delegates from Marion
county. 1 need not say that this COM
pliment is not only appreciated by me,
but by our general solicitor, Mr..
Cochran, and our management gen.
orally.
would like as soon as possible your
candid views as to this, and hope you
will speak with entire frankness.
Very sincerely,
(Signed) J. H. RICHARDS.
The Mr.. Cochran, to whom Mr.. Rich
ards refers, is a Democrat. Mr.. Rich
ards seems to think that Mr. Cochrans
views will have weight with Republi-
cans.
Mr. Richards and Mr. Cochran, it
would seem, have joined forces.
Five days later Mr.. Richards issued
another manifesto and in the second
kindly stated that his railway was
preparing to be lavish with the distri-
| button of free transportation to dele
gates to the state convention at Wich-
tia who would vote for Mr.. Richards
and if Mr.. Richards explained more
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Death in Typhoid Fever.

When it was officially announced
tnat Senator Hanna was suffering from
lyphold fever there were naturally verv
grave approximations that he would not
, , recover HIS symptoms were ominously
threatening from the first and his age
was very unfavorable factor. The
FEVER also was of the worst type. com
| mencing as it did in such a mild way
that ne was able to be I'D and about
for several days before he was com
peIed TO take to his bed. What is call
ed the "ambulatory' form of typhoid
mas always high rate of mortality,
even among young persons, on account
of the frequency of dangerous connli-
cations. The temperature also took a
relatively high grade and the pulse rate
was ominOusly significant of weaken
ing heart power.
The condition of corpulency contrib
uted In no small degree to the general
breakdown. But, worst of all the
poison seemed to have vented its force
upon the nervous centers. thus over
Whelm1ng all the recuperative energies
OF the system. Under such circum-
stances all remedies lose their effect
Stupor, delirium, trembling, conclusive
movements, high temperature and fail
ing and irregular pulsebeat mark the
end The most powerful heart stirnu-
! lants are only of temporary avail. The
patient is simply weighed down by the
force of his disease, death usually oc-
curing before the crisis is reached.
| This evidently was the immediate cause
OF death in Senator Hanna's case. In
! spite of the gallant fight against fate
| by the hopeful patient and the I'M
wearied efforts ofthe best expert talent
of the country the inevitable law of the
disease prevailed.-New York Herald.
| Everybody reads the State Journal
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BABY KILLED BY POISON.
Child Dies After Eating Sugar
Tablets Found on Floor.

WATERFOWL, N. Y, March 3.-Clara, 4
years old, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Sprague, died in their home in
the Streeter block from accidental
strychnine poisoning. Last night Mrs.
J. LaDuke a friend of Mrs. Sprague,
called at the family home and remained
all night She had in her pocket some
one-fourth grain tablets of nitrate of
strychnine that had been given her by
a physician, and as she threw her jacket
over the back of chair the tablets fell
from the pocket and rolled upon the
floor.
They were not noticed at the time, but
this morning when little Clara arose
she played about the house for time,
found the bright .colored pills with
their candy coating and ate them. With
in a few minutes she was very ILL
DR.. H. B. Stowell was unable to do
anything to relieve the child, who was
in commissions, and within twenty min
utes she was. dead Coroner F. R.
Calkins had the body removed to an
undertaking room, where an autopsy
was performed.
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Grip
Weakened My Heart
And Nerves.
Quickly and Com.
p1ete1y Cured by
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
and Nervine.

If, after an attack of LaGripPe, your
strength does not return, you cannot sleep,
or rest or eat; if you have frequent headaches,
if your heart hutters, blood is thin, your cir
culation poor, you are in more danger than
when stricken with fever and IN the deadly
grasp of grip itself The after effects of La
Grippe are terrible. To guard against its
dangers, strengthen the heart with DIR. Miles
Heart Cure which, by enriching the blood
and improving its circulation, will cure any
affection of the heart and strengthen 10
against further attacks. Tone up the system
and revitalize the nerves with Dr. Miles
Nervine. When your nerves are in proper
condition, you need never fear the attacks of
LaGrippe or its terrible after effects
"From my personal experience with DR..
Miles Remedies l always take pleasure IN
recommending them to my customers Six
years ago 1 suffered from a severe attack of
LaGrippe which left me with weakened
heart and nervous system. l was weak, run
down, frightened at my condition and miser-
able. used two bottles each of DR.. Miles
Restorative Nervine and New Heart Cure
and / was quickly and completely cured,
furthermore have never had return OF the
trouble. l am selling vast quantities of your
medicine, especially the Anti-Pain Pills
Every customer is thoroughly satisfied vita
the results.'-EUGENE MARSH, Druggist, Fl
Scott, Kansas.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie Dr. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart, In1.
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A sNOISELEss COURT"
New Yorker Invents Device for Con-
trolling Sound.

Chicago, March 3.-The 'noiseless
court" an electrical invention, was an
nounced at the banquet of the North
western Association of Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. The announce
ment was made by Prof. w. Elweli
Goldsborough, of Purdue university,
head of the electrical exhibit at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
The invention is the production of j.
f. Hutchinson. an electrical engineer,
of New York, who has been in st.
Louis for some time working out the
details The device is of such a nature
that no sound is heard by a person
standing within the court until an ordi-
nary telephone receiver is placed to the
ear Then not only the sounds in the
court become audible, but also CONVEX
sations which may be going on over
nearby telephone wires.
1t is stated that by means of the
"noiseless court" conversations be-
tween points hundreds of miles distant
from each other will be made audible
within the court
The exact nature of the device is not
revealed. The news of its success was
received by Prof. Goldsborough less
than an hour before the banquet.
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I know that my rheumatism Cure
will cure sharp shooting pains in the
Arms, Legs. Side, Back or Breast and
Rheumatic Swelling or Soreness of any
part of the body in a few hours
1t effects a speedy and permanent
cure of all forms of rheumatism. Sci
atica, Lumbago. or pain in the back,
I.ameness, Stiff and Swollen Joints,
and all pains in hips and loins. This
remedy does not put the disease to
sleep. but drives it from the system
It neutralizes the acid and makes good,
rich. red blood.
Get a bottle of this remedy. and II
you are not perfectly satisfied with re-
suits I will refund your money.
If your blood is impure. or II you
have Dyspepsia, or any liver or ston-
ach trouble. don't fail to use Munyon's
Paw-Paw. It cures Dyspepsia, Nerv-
BUSINESS, Catarrh, Sleeplessness, and
makes you strong and we'll
MUNYON.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Tonic at all
druggists. Paw-Paw Laxative Pills,
the best Stomach and Liver Pills on
earth. 25c a bottle.
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NEW SEAANIMAL.
Prof. Loeb Interbreeds Starfish and
Sea- Urchin Successfully.

Chicago, March 3.-The creation of n
new species of sea animal is the latest
accomplishment of Prof. Jacques Loeb
the psychologist formerly at the Uni
versity of Chicago and now at the Uni
versity of California The result was
obtained by interbreeding sea-urchln
and starfish in an alkaline solution
containing salts of sea water and sodi-
um hydTate. Under normal conditions
the species will not amalgamate.
An exposition of the manner and
methods of the experiment and a de-
scription of the resultant offspring
has been published by Prof. Loeb in
Phuger's Archiv, a. scientific journal
printed in German.
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DEATH CLEARS AMYSTERY
Cook in Northern Lumbar Camp Was
st. Louis Merchant

Winnipeg, Man, March 3.-The mys-
FERROUS disappearance of ST. Louis
hardware merchant was cleared up
here today when it was learned that
Henry E. Meyers, who was found dead
in a shanty near Parkdale February %
was Henry E. Jasper, of st. Louis
Jasper came here last fall for some rea-
son unknown and secured a job as
cook, under the name of Meyers, with
the Parkdale Lumber company.
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LOW RATES.
The Santa Fe Will Make Low Rates
to the Southwest March Is.

Never before have such low rates been
made to Oklahoma, Texas and Pecos
Valley as will be made by the Santa
Of excursions ends. rates will be ad-
vanced.
Rates to few points are quoted, to
show wide range of territory covered
ONLY $3.50 to Guthrie, Oklahoma City
Shawnee and other points in the Terri
tory. To Fort Worth. Austin, San An
tonic, Houston. Galveston and other
points in Texas, $500 one way, $500
round trip. Ell Paso, Deming, etc.
s26. 40 round trip. Corresponding reduc-
tions TO Roswell, Carlsbad and other
points in Pecos Valley.
Splendid opportunity for the health
fortune or pleasure seeker to visit the
healthiest and wealthiest section of the
limited States. Descriptive pamphlets
for the asking. I'll be glad to talk OF
correspond with you about your trip.
T. L. KING, c. p. & T. A,
Topeka. Kansas.
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Low Rates to the Southwest via
Frisco System.

On March Is the Frisco sys-
tenn will sell one way tickets to all
points in Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tc1s at rate of $3.50. On same dates
will sell one way tickets at rate of
$500 and round trip tickets at
-,.e of $500, to all points
in Texas east of and including
Amarillo, Quanah, Vernon, Ft. Worth,
Brownwood, Brady. San Angelo, Waco,
San Antonio, Houston, Galveston,
Corpus Christi and Rockfort. Call on
your nearest ticket agent for detailed
information, or write
J. G. LOVRIEN.
Asst. Gen1 Pass'r Agent,
Kansas City, Mo.
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packing houses seem to be making on
the independent concerns is not like
ly to be very popular move with most
people, who think that the packing
house combine exercises an undue con-
troll over the meat market. Most of the
retail dealers are 'sore" on the pack
ing houses because they refuse to de-
liver meat. The small independent con-
Germs bring the slaughtered animal to
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leave the Church of San silvestro, and
it remained there until 1870, when
Rome was besieged by the troops of
Victor Emmanuel. 1t was then carried
by the order of Plus I to the Vatican.
The present pope, however, thinks that
there can be no danger in returning the
relic to its ancient resting place. The
holy head is contained in a valuable
silver reliquary, weighing over 100
pounds.-Rome Cor. London Telegraph.
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LADDER OF BEDCLOTHEs.
Escape of Girl Robber from Indiana
Female Reformatory.

indianapolis. March 3.-Carrie Knapp,
the 16-year-old girl who made a special
ty of robbing the houses of ministers
on Sunday. escaped from the female
reformatory last night, descending
from the third floor by means of a lad
der made from bedclothes torn into
strips and arranged with loops about a
yard apart This is the third time she
has escaped, once jumping from a rap
idly moving train.
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Instructed for Peck.

The Republican convention of Cloud
county, held at Concordia Wednesday
named delegates to the senatorial con-
vention and instructed for Charles c.
Peck. of Concordia. for state senator
Cloud and Republic counties form the
Thirty-second senatorial district, now
represented by R. B. Ward, of Belle
vile, Republic county.
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strike Breaker Stabbed.

Chicago. March 3.-Edward Tenny,
one of the men employed by the West
ern Union Telegraph company in place
of striking messenger boys. was at
tackled today by three young men who
knocked him down and stabbed him.
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Snow at Louisville.

Louisville, KY, March 3.-The tenn
perature here has fallen from SO to 80
in IL hours and a heavy rain has been
followed by snow hurries The max
inum velocity of the wind during the
night was 46 miles. No serious damage
has been reported.
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Best Line to Florida.

There is a through sleeper running
every day from Kansas City over the
Frisco SYSTEM and Southern Railway
TO Jacksonville, Fla. This is the old
established line.
Many new and attractive features in
Florida tours this winter.
Full information will be given on ap-
plicatioE to
VIM. FLANNELLY, T. P. A,
Board of Trade building,
Kansas City. Mo.
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nruegiats, Liouor sales.

A slight falling off in the number of
sales of liquor by Topeka druggists dur
ing the month of February is shown in
tho statements filed in the office of pro-
bate judge. Following are comparative
statements for January and February:
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CALIFORNIA $500
Via Santa Fa.

Tickets on sale during March and
April. This rate also applies to inter-
mediate points Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. LIBERAL stop
over privilege allowed
For full Information and free litera-
ture, address q. l. KING,
C. P e. T A. Topzaa
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CALIFORNIA $500
Via Santa Fe.

Tickets on sale during March and
April. This rate also applies to inter-
mediate points. Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. Liberal STOP
over privilege allowed.
For full information and free litera-
ture, address 7. l. KING,