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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-08

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IL. 6:22; No. IL. 6:24: No Is, 6:25; No. 16.
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is. 1926.
NARROW ESCAPE.
z. r. Thomas car. driven by Hawley
had a narrow escape from disaster while
making a quick turn on the rock hill road
at Queens on the first lap. 1t swerved
on the roadway. ran up on the grass plot
along the road and missed. crashing into
big tree by less than a foot Hawley
quickly guided the machine back into the
road and IL sped away on its Journey.
The narrow escape caused momentary
excitement among the spectators and
cry went up as II seemed as II the big
car must surely dash into the tree.
No. blew out fuse while passing
Queens. Driver Webb stopped and put
In new fuse and started off again after
a delay of about two minutes.
DELAYED Is MINUTES.
Car IS, Wormser's car, burst a tire while
rounding the turn at Jericho, but after
delay OF 30 seconds II went on with
fiat tire. A few minutes later Frank
Crockers car met with a similar accident
at the same place. Crockdr fitted a new
tire and this, together with some slight
trouble with his engine. cost him is
minutes
VERY NEAR COLLISION.
AT Mineola, Gabriel's car flashed
across the Long Island railroad track di-
rectly In front OF slowly moving train.
m Ing the pilot OF the engine by less
than 30 feet. The train had been stopped
by the signalman stationed at the cross
Ing, but the engineer claims that the
flag against him had been raised before
ne started. His train was moving and
had gained fair headway just below the
crossing when the Gabriel car tore down
the road
IL is claimed there was no signal set
against him and that he had no reason
to believe that the track was not clear
For moment Il seemed that the train
and the rushing car would dispute the
crossing and that accident was inevitable,
but the speed OF the machine was so
great that II dashed across the rails in
safety while the locomotive was hardly
more than 30 feet away. Gabriel, who led
at the end OF the frst lap maintained
his advantage In the second. covering the
course the second time at an average
speed OF 81 miles an hour. The end OF
the third lap also saw the French driver
leading the procession. but in the next
round, Heath's car. No. 7. shot 10 the
front, leading Gabriel by a little more
than four minutes.
OUT OF THE RACE
The machines entered by f. r. Thomas
and w. q. Brokaw were out OF the race
before the end OF the fourth lap. the first
from broken springs and the second be-
cause of q shattered axle.
Continued on page Two.
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EIGHTEEN MINERS LOSE
LIVES ISAi-)D:) iil;f.

Dessau. Germany, oct. S-All the rs
miners imprisoned ny sudden thrush
OF mud In the Leopold Brown coal mine
near Koethe on Thursday. are dead The
bodies of the men cannot be reached.
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HEATH IS WINNER Of
THE AUTOMOBILE RACE.

New York, Oct 8-Prompy o'clock this morning the first
shot from Webury L. L. in the 3oole automobile
for the Vanderbilt cup
The racers started as follows:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-08

THE pubIlc. accepts the mer-
1 chants own estimate Of the
importance Of his store. Appro-
prlate aiyertising creates .
fsv vorablo impression
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The machines entered by f. r. Thomas
and w c. Brokaw were out OF the race
before the end OF the fourth lap, the first
from broken springs and the second be-
cause Of q shattered axle.
Continued on page Two.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24
A ROYAL ELoPEMENr.
[BY NJ. QUAD.1

We were lying in the harbor of
Cherbourg. France. in the American
schooner-yacht Meteor when the
Count Dubarry came aboard and char
tered her for the strangest voyage you
ever heard Of His countess had elop-
ed with an Englishman named Mess
more, on his yacht the Flying Cloud, -
and we were to overtake the craft. if
possible, and bring back the lady. The
Englishman was bound to Austria, and
had four days the start of us.
1t was a foolish idea in the count to
chase his wife under any circumstan-
ces, but in this case he was an old
man. in poor health, lame, and had
never even made a voyage across the
English camel. We were a small craft
with big crew, and all hands were
crowded for want Of room, but the old
fellow was willing to suffer any incon-
venfence and run any risks for the
sake of overhauling thu clippers. He
had two friends and a. doctor with him,
and it was his lavish use of money
which prepared US for sea so quickly
The runaway had a fast craft, plenty
of money, and they would not be over
hauled If they could help it. The count
had a craft equally as fast, and had
vowed to hunt them down if it took five
years That was the way things stood
as we sailed out of the harbor in a
craft as we'll found and manned as
ever put to sea-
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knew that the Englishman would seek
to dodge us during the night, and no
one slept. Three different times she al
tered her course, but we detected the
game each time and hung to her tail;
When morning came We had gained
half mile, but before seven O'Clock
she had picked up her lost distance and
run up her flag in defiance.
That was the beginning of a race Wh!cn
had its end days later and at a point
hundreds of miles away. When salIlng
u.s. but we could beat her on any other
wind. We had one heavy gale ana sew
eraI dark nights, and we lost SlghI OF heI
half dozen times, but she neId true
course for the Cape, and we followed al
ter and finally overhauled her when she
was but two days away She was lying
to when we sighted her at daybreak, and
as we approached and got the gun ready;
a boat was lowered from her side ana ana
her captain was pulled aboard OF u.s. ne
asked for the count and said:
THE countess is aboard of the yacht.
but declares that she hates the sight or
you and will never return You have fol
lowed US for days and days, but there IS
no need for the chase to go on longer.
We are bound for the cape, ana there
Mr. Messmore will go ashore with you
and give you satisfaction"
The count and his friends Jumped az
the chance. The man even raised his hat
and bowed to his clipping wife as she ap-
peared to view on the other craft. Two
gether and next day the duel cana off,
OF the two the Englishman was by far
the coolest 1ningS Ldu 10 De dIIdilsSu -
deceive the authorities, and no one out
side of the principals and seconds vas
permitted on the ground Everything
was carried out with the greatest pune
tility, and as the two took their places
to fire Messmore's face wore a smile of
contempt and amusement He seemed to
feel sure that he would kill the count,
but at the first fire he fell and never even
spoke. The count got away before Il @
authorities took charge, and mis- vie
after a short stay at the Cape, returned
to Paris and was forgiven by the hus-
band. though she never again went into
society.
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He FIGHTS BACK.
Ferry l.. Platt OF kirWfn Tells
of His Experiences.
One or the Leaders I'm the Bitter
whisky War.
BROKE HIS WINDOWS
Also Cut Down a Preachers
Shade Tree.
An Interesting Chapter in Kan
sas PrOhibitory Contest.
BROKE HIS WINDOWS

Ferry L Plat. editor of the Kirwin
kansan. which had the front windows
OF its Office smashed out with rocks by
unknown parties a few weeks ago as
result OF a fierce saloon war, was in
Topeka today. and will be here over
Sunday visiting friends.
Mr.. Plat is well known in Topeka, as
he was a graduate Of Washburn college
an the class of 1886. and won honors
while in school by taking first prize in
the state oratorical contest.
Not only did the friends of the saloon
faction smash out the windows of the
Kirwin Kansan office. but they egged
the Congregational church and parson-
age also the little city hall with Gala
bose attached. Wherethe city council
meets. and as a masterpiece, entered
the grove Of small trees adjoining the
home OF J. E. kirkpatrick. pastor of
the Congregational church, and cut
down 20 OF the trees. Trees are a scarce
article in Phillips county. and il was
about the meanest thing the n1iscreants
could have done to the minister.
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That was the Beginning of a Race
which Had Its End Days Later.

We got down to- Madeira without
getting word of the craft, and after
a race to the Canaries were again dis
appointed. 1t was two days after leav-
ing the latter group, and while holding
for the Cape De Verdes, that we got
our first news. It came from an Eng
lish man-o'-war, which had come upon
the schooner to the south of the cape
while she was repairing damages re-
ceiVed alOft during a Squau. MeSSnore
could not even suspect that the count
was after him, and so he would take
his time and not carry too much sail.
Thus we reasoned, but there was not
much consolation in it. We might run
a parallel course with him for a week
and neither one sight the other. We
might pass him by in the night, or he
might shorten sail while We cracked on.
Luck was with US, however.
One morning, when well down the
African coast, we encountered an Eng
lish brig which had passed the schooner
the day before, and SO closely as to
catch her name. She reported the
CLOUD as driving along at an easy
pace, and then we felt that we must
overhaul her within two or three days.
Just before shutdown we caught sight of
a, sail ahead of US, and everybody
aboard believed it to be the craft we
were pursuing. The count and his
friends passed the night drinking and
jabbering and walking about, and they
plainly said that they meant to sink
the Englfshnan sooner than let him get
away from US. 1t was our plan to close
up on her that night, but not too much
so, as it was dark and rainy and we
feared to overrun her. Men were on
watch below and aloft all night, and
when morning came the CLOUD was
dead anead and only two miles away
1t was planned that we should speak
the pursued and give out that our
chronometer was out of order. If she
lay-to in response to QUE signals, the
captain would board her with three or
four men and detain her until the
count and his friends could follow. We
flew a signal as soon as she was dis
covered, but she gave US not the slight
est attention. AS we came nearer she
took alarm and made more sail, and
then began the real adventure. With
man like the count to back him, our
captain did not hesitate to open fire
on the other craft, and she was struck
twice before she got out of range. The
and we plainly saw Messmore and the
countess aboard the other. If the latter
craft had been armed there would nave
been a pretty fight, but she did not
even have muskets for. the men, Her
game was flight instead of fight, and
by and by she gained a position about
two miles ahead of us and kept it. No
two crafts could be more evenly match
ed. Both were racers, and both carried
about the same amount of sail.
From daylight until night closed down
each craft held its own after the first
short gain, neither seeming to gain or
lose by as much as a hundred feet. We
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-24
IN SAM LAPPIN's DAY.
Charles Gerteisen Gives Some Interest
ing "Reminiscences

North Topeka, Kan, Sept. "a, 1904.
To the Editor Of the State Journal.
1t was with great interest 1 perused
per headed Then and Now" I was
dispatcher nights at the Santa Fe de-
pot and 1 was coming up Fourth street
in the morning after the jail delivery
and Judge John T. Morton, who was
presiding over the district court at that
time stood at the rear of the court
house. He was looking down at the
JAN window where the iron bars had
been removed He could not realize
how a man of Sam Lappin's size could
crawl through such a small opening as
it was.
I was agent at Emporia, having re-
lieved an agent who was heavy de-
faulter when the Republican state con-
vention met in the old court house
there. I was in my Office at the old
house, when Judge A. H Horton came
in about IL .. m, the convention hav-
ing just adjourned Judge Horton sent
various messages to his friends in the
different parts of the state, which read
about as follows: Samuel Lappin, of
Seneca. has been nominated for state
treasurer"
The following winter when Governor
Osborn was about ready to submit his
message to the legislature which was
to convene the next day, J. G. Pang-
born, correspondent for the Kansas
City Times. got hold OF the message
this he got G. o. Manchester, assistant
general manager. out of bed and the
two gentlemen came to the
depot telegraph Office and Mr.. Man
chester put the question to me as to
how we were fixed for motive power.
and I informed HIM that engine 10 was
the only one in the house and she was
being washed out. 1t was then 1880
D. m. Mr.. Manchester informed me that
/ must have a special ready to leave
for Arkansas City in less than one
hour. Ed Hastings, the engineer, was
called, also conductor, Uncle Cyrus
Horton and a guard was got in readi-
ness. Uncle Cyrus, the conductor, lived
near the depot and was an old timer
and came from the White Water VAL
ley division of the Big Four in Ind1-
ana In the meantime I had fastened
to the roundhouse and gave Mr.. Bates,
the foreman, a five dollar bill that Mr..
Manchester had handed me with in
structions not to spare the waste, oil,
etc, in getting up steam. At 1925 she
was at the depot platform just pop
ping and at 1890 a. m. Mr. Pang.
born sailed for Kansas City. He got
off the train in the suburbs of Kansas
City and found his way to the Times
office through dark allies, fearing ar
rest. At 2:1O a. m. union depot operator
at Kansas City reported the special as
arrived at ass a. m, operator called for
orders and at a m the neWSboyS
were selling the Times on the streets or
Topeka crying Kansas City Times, all
about Governor Osborn's message to
the legislature. They say Governor
Thomas A Osborn never forgave J. q
Pangborn for the trick he had played
him. CHAS. GERTEISEN.
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it could deny that the authority was
granted, deny that the order was legal
and refuse TO pass the appropriation;
secondly, it could repeal the law and
abrogate the order; thirdly, it could
recognize the order as legal and valid
and vote an appropriation to carry it
out.
Congress, after hearing what every
body had to say, took the third course,
and voted the I II million dollars to
carry il out
Congress having approved the order
and voted the money, the pensions
began to issue under the order and
to be paid.
How did the co-sl-lissioneF get the
money to pay those peAsions- How did
he get it out of the treasury? Did Mr.
Roosevelt go to Mr.. Shaw and treat
him as Caesar did Metellus and take
the money away from hirnz No. Did
the commissioner abstract the money?
No. Well, how was it? Let US ask Mr..
Shaw. He will say that not a dollar
has gone cut of the treasury without
an appropriation bill passed by each
branch OF congress and signed by the
presiding officer of each body.
When order No. IS was issued Demo
cratic newspapers offered four remedies:
The impeachment Of the commissioner;
the dismissal of the commissioner; a
mandamuS to compel the Commissioners
to do his duty as they understood it;
and, fourth, an injunction to restrain
action on order No. IS.
The passage or the appropriation Dill
recognizing the legality of the order
and voting the money to carry it out
ended the consideration OF the rem
edies proposed.
This brings us around to the PROPOSE
ton stated by the Parker Institution
club in Report No. 1" 1t reads: I'VE
find that President Roosevelt deliberate
ly disregarded Article 1, Section 9, of
the constitution. providing: No money
shall be drawn from the treasury but in
consequence of appropriations made by
law
I submit the proposition to any black
smith in the United States with perfect
confidence that he will see where that
eminent body of lawyers mistook the
meaning of that comprehensive docu-
ment. E F. WARE.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, Sep
TENDER 10.
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OUT ON A TOUR.
shawnee County Candidates Attend
Meetings at Dover and Willard.

The political campaign and cam
paigners in Shawnee county received
an impetus today by the holding of two
meetings, one at Willard this afternoon
and the other at Dover tonight
A w. Dana, Republican nominee for
Judge of the district court, and Con-
gresham Charles Curtis were booked
as the speakers at both meetings
CAPTAIN Silette was chosen as the
chairman of the meeting at Willard
Early this morning the Republican
managers were hurrying around town
in carriages preparing for the assaults
On Dover and willard Among those
who went to the meetings to make
politfcaI medicine were County Attorz
ney Hungate, Sheriff Lucas, DR.. H. II.
Keith, County Clerk Newman and H.
NJ Phillips.
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DYKES ARE FORGOTTEN.
Little Is Heard About the North To-
peka Protection Plan.

The proposition of dykes for the
protection of North Topeka seems to
have taken a relapse.
A petition asking for dykes was filed
with the county commissioners. Since
then the petitioners have been waiting
for the commissioners to proceed with
the letting of contracts and the COM
missioners are waiting for the petition
ers to put up the money necessary to
the letting of the contracts.
The law specifies that neither the
county nor the county commissioners
shall be liable for the cost of dykes
and that the money for payment must
be in the hands of the county treasur-
er before any contracts are made.
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Then's When You Need
Vin-Seng Tonic.

vin-Seng Tonic. if taken in time,
will absolutely prevent fever. 1t sets
right to work on the stomach. liver
and bowels. and gets them all to
working we'll 1t gives you an appe-
tfte like a hired man and makes you
feel like running a footrace. You
don't have fever, you don't get down
sick with any disease, when the stom-
ach. liver and bowels are working
right Vin-Seng Tonic will straighten
you out, nine times out of ten, no mat
ter what the doctor says is the mat
ter with YOU.
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FearfuI odds AGAINST Him.

Redridden. alone and destitute. Such,
in brief, was the condition of an old sol
der by the name of J. ]. Ravens, Yer
saiIIes O. For years he was troubled with
kidney disease and neither doctors nor
medicines gave him relief. At length he
tried Electric Bitters. It put him on his
feet in short order and now he testides
Il am on the road to complete recovery.
Best on earth for liver and kidney trou-
bIes and all forms of stomach and bowel
Complaints Only soc. Guaranteed by
Arnold Drug Co., s21 North Kansas ave.
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New York, Sept. 24.-Nailed down to a.
table by a gang of thieves in a Bowery
saloon, robbed and left to his fate, is
the story of a man who applied for ad-
mission to Bellevue hospital tonight He
gave his name to the physicians as Pat
rick Monaghan, but to his companions is
known as Patrick J. Victor. After wan
dering about all day in a dazed condition
he appeared at the hospital and the nail
was removed He declares that he was
rohhed of a watch and so.
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a Bows Wild Ride for Life.

With family around expecting him to
get DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumptfon Coughs and Colds, w. II.
Brown of LeesviIle, Ind, endured deaths
a yonies from asthma. but this wonderful
medicine gave instant relief and soon
cIrred him He writes: Il now sIcep
soundly every night" Like marvellous
cures of consumption. pneumonia. bron-
chitiS coughs colds and grip prove it's
nafchIess merit for all throat and lung
troubles Guaranteed bottles SOC and 81.
Trial bottles free. Arnold Drug Co, 81
North Kansas avenue.
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"CIDER" SMITHS FORECAST.
He Says We Are Entering a Storm
Period.

Cider Smith today issued the fol-
lowing forecast:
Il have already forecasted the oath
as a central storm day and October L
and on; day or two we will have a
good deal of good weather for the time
of year. Between this period today
and the 18th of October. about the 9Th
or 10th, look for storms and heavy
frost
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We Claim This:

Vin-Seng Tonic is the best remedy
we know of for preventing fever, for
stomach trouble of any kind, for ner-
patton, catarrh. or the after effects of
la grippe If you try II for any of
these things and it does you no good.
Wen be glad to refund your money.
We don't want your money unless the
tonic does just what we claim for it.
The dollar size bottles are so cents.
Three at one time, $1-25- Get it at
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warned by friends that he was likely
to receive rough treatment from the
whisky sympathizers, and has been
told TO carry gun for self protection.
Rev Kirkpatrick has received anony-
nous letters threatening his life, but
neither Mr. Plat nor Mr.. Kirkpatrick
seem to be greatly worried.
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Death of Archer Brown.

New York, Sept. 24--Archer Brown, a
well known iron merchant, whose firm
has branches in many western cities, is
dead at his home in East Orange, N ].
He began his career a newspaper re
porter in Cincinnati and was an author
of considerable note. especially on trade
subjects.
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KiIled bv railing Elevator.

Cincinnati Sept. 24--At Cohen's print
ing establishment while the men were go
ing to work today, Harry Geeman was
killed. Louis Heintzelman and Charles
Schneider were seriously injured by the
elevator falling from the seventh floor to
the basement
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To the WOrIu's Fair via the Missouri
Pacific.

III you do not live on the line of the
Missouri Pacific, ask for your ticket
via that line from Kansas City. There
are seven daily trains between Kansas
City and ST. Louis. making connection
with all trains on all lines running
into Kansas City Any ticket agent
will sell you a ticket at the reduced
rate reading over the Missouri Pacihc
from Kansas City.
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no Won Want to Save $500?

You'll do it. if you buy a Colonist
ticket to California from me between
September Is and October Is. Tickets
will cost more later on. Fast trains.
Pullman sIeepers daily. Excursions
under personal escort three times a
week. Liberal stopovers. I'd like to
tell you about this T. l. KING,
C. p. & T. A, Topeka. Kas.
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400 Men Made Idle.

Boston. Sept 24-About 400 men are out
of work today in consequence of the
strike of IA engineers and cranemen en-
ployed on contracts in Boston harbor by
the Eastern Dredging company The trou-
BILE may bring the work of widening the
main ship channel to a standstill
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Typhoid Always
Warns You

When you feel tired and stretchy
during the day and wake up with a
bad taste and a thirst in the morning,
look out You're in for a spell of
fever unless you nip it in the bud.
Typhoid and malaria always warn
their victims. You can avoid a fever
every time if you act quickly.
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HOBART'S
The Cut-Rate Drug Store,
500 West Tenth st.

and at DibbIe Grocery Co, III East
Sixth ST., and S04 North Kansas Ave. I;
Granteer's Grocery, Potxin Station /:
Weaver a. Sons Grocery, 1901 Kansas
Ave; Cunningham's Grocery, Eighth