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The daily sentinel., 1905-09-13
"oLD FORTUNES


That phantom of lost fortunes held
in the foreign countries. whose claim
ants reside in this country. has at
last reached the west and the dupes
that are being made by conscience
less attorneys are many.
There are any number of people in
the eastern states who have dream
ed their lives away. seeking fortunes
supposed to have been left by some of
their forbears in foreign countries
Most of these fortunes are claimed to
have been left in Holland and Ger
many.
Several years ago so persistent did
some of the claimants of these sup
posed fortunes become that. the CON
/ suls at many of the seats of for
eign governments We're compelled to
issue a statement that no such for
tunes existed and that the American
claimants and supposed heirs We're
being made dupes of by the slick at
/ torneys. Many a foreign trip was
taken by these attorneys from money
collected by the associations form
ed to secure these fortunes.
Very lately we have noticed that
many articles are appearing in west
ern papers stating that such and such
a person will soon receive a legacy
from one of the old countries, ag-
gregating millions. but such never
materializes.
We can say without fear of con
tradiction that nine out of ten of
these supposed fortunes that are al
legged to be lying in the vaults of
foreign countries are pure myths.
1t is to save some of these western
people from being dupes, that we
write OF these matters. having been
so familiar with the claims made by
such supposed colossal estates as
the Moeser. Engle. Rittenhouse and
other noted fcticious estates in New
York and Pennsylvania. where these
claimants have mostly resided.
0O0
How disagreeable a man becomes
to his fellows, who eternally and ever
lastingly snarls and figurativeIy bites
at his business competitor Such
acton only lays him open to the CON
tempt of good men and the comfort
he obtains by continually baekbiting,
is very little. The only charge that
can be registered against this paper
by any contemporary is that, it leaves
its competitors alone. having too
much business of its own to back
cap every piece of work turned out
by its contemporary. Because a com
petitor running second or third in the
race he should tend to his own bust
ness and make a genuine effort 10 be
of some worth to a community. We
havnt time to watch other people s
business, all our time being engaged
in giving our big list of subscribers
the worth of their money in an ideal
home paper.
II has been discovered by John
d. Rockefeller that the good fellow
in life is not good fellow He is to
be avoided, as he leads others to des-
truction He is the fellow that don't
save and is the one who drags others
from business and from the right
path This pronouncement was made
! at the Euclid Avenue Baptist church
at Cleveland. last Sunday.
The daily sentinel., 1905-09-13
Chamberlain's Caugh Remedy Aid'


Medicines that aid nature are az, a..
ways most effectual. Chamberlain +, :
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. ~
allays the cough, relieves the Iuu59'
aids exploration, opens the secre'lO., 'l'.'
and aids nature in restoring lhe ~ 'g
TEN TO healthy condition. SOFA "
all druggists.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-17
TIGER HUNTING IN AFRICA.
Predatory Beast Killed by Blow OF
Rifle Butt.

"An exciting adventure with a tiger
occurred at Sabi recently" says
South African paper, THE beast
was seen going from L. Dangers
place, dragging calf toward a dense
bush, which lay close by. Mr.. Ban
ger could not leave the store until
nearly shutdown and by that time the
tiger had eaten nearly half the calf
On coming up to him Mr.. Bangor fired
and managed to break the animals
left shoulder, but It was too dark TO
follow. Next morning he set out with
a couple OF dogs and a few boys. AS
soon as the dogs bayed him the tiger
commenced growing, but he could
not be seen for the dense bush. All
OF sudden he dashed out, passed MT.
Bangor and caught one OF the boys,
whose flesh was very badly torn and
had to be sewed up by a doctor Mr.,
Bangor, being afraid OF shooting the
boy, ran up TO the tiger and broke MS
neck with the gun. The animal meas
ured from nose to tail seven feet SIX
inches"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-08-17
TAILS WERE ALL THERE.
Willy Greek Butcher Compiled with
the Regulations.

A funny story is told about an army
meat purveyor in the Ionian islands:
A favorite device in certain stations
abroad was to palm OF goat flesh for
mutton. A jealous quartermaster In
the Ionian islands, suspecting this
practice on a certain occasion, thought
he would assuredly defeat 1t by order
ing that all the legs of mutton sent in
by the butchers should have the tails
attached The Greek contractor smiled
knowingly, but promised compliance,
and for the next few days every Joint
was delivered in the manner required.
The quality Of the meat, however, did
not improve; on the contrary, 1t had
more "goaty" flavor than ever, and
loud and bitter were the complaints
OF its consumers. At last the mystery
was solved. One day, when the In
spectlng officer picked up a leg OF
mutton to weigh II, the Joint fell to the
ground, leaving the tail In his hand.
Subsequent investigation showed that
1t had merely been sewn on with a
thread.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

was en- route from Mineville to Port
Henry, N. Y. At the head of per
cent grade the engineman lost control
of the locomotive and the train ran
for about miles down this grade at
a rapidly increasing rate until reach
ing the switchback, from which it
jumped. According to measurement,
the locomotive travelled about 800 feet
through the air with the cars at
tached before striking ground. The
cars, which were built by the Pressed
Steel Car company, appeared to be
completely demolished, but upon in
spection the builders offered to repair
them, although it was obviously i'm
possible to set any figure for the cost.
That wooden cars could have Sus-
tanned this accident and still have any
value except as scrap is not conceiv-
able, but it is expected that nearly all
the material in the steel cars. which
have been shipped, trucks and all, to
the builders shop, will be used Some
axles were broken and some of the
plates were torn, but plates which
were only bent can be reheated and
used. The cars were Pressed Steel
Car company's standard design of ore
hoppers, weighing about 10000
pounds, and each was loaded with
about 10, 900 pounds of ore.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
TO Spend 100000.
The Union Pacific ContempIates I'M
prOVements at Salina.

The Salina Journal says: In his
talk before the council last night, N
H LOOMS, general attorney for the
Union Pacific, made it clear that his
road realized the importance of Sa-
lima as a commercial center. 1t is
probable that the railroad realizes this
proposition more clearly than the peo-
pie of Salina do. That road handles
much of the business in and out Of
here and is in a position to know.
Mr. LOOMS stated that the improve
ments contem plated by the road for
Salina, work on which will be COM
menced at once, will cost no less than
100000, and the yards and tracks
are planned so that they can easily be
added to as the business demands
That the road is planning to spend
such a large sum of money here
means that the improvements will be
permanent, and with an eye also to
the future Salina is the most i'm
portant station on the line between
Topeka and Denver, and it is the nat
ural distributing point for central,
western and northwestern Kansas. The
Union Pacific has three important
lines here, two especially important,
and Salina is the distributing point for
the entire territory west of the main
line and on the Lincoln branch.
The new yards to be built this
spring Will be almost one mile in
length, and will be a network of
track. In addition to this a new round
house will be built. and the facilities
viii be increased in every way. New
depots are to be erected, both freight
and passenger. in the near future.
There is every reason for Salina to
feel ''swelled up" over the outlook as
pertains to the Union Pacific improve
ments.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

Gen. Nogi is too busy with his bat
ties to pay any attention to what a lit
tie boy in Chicago may write she
said.
Il am going to send it to him,
though said the boy. And he did.
This was several months ago. Gen
Nogi was in the critical stage of the
siege. Through fire and smoke his
columns were going to death and vic
tory day after day against the fortified
heights back of Port Arthur and his
guns were pouring a rain of shells
into the doomed town. At last the
citadel fell and Nogi was hailed as
hero by the world and Japan was at
his feet. 1t was his first breathing
spell for nine long months.
In the midst of the universal adula-
ton and just as he began hurrying his
army northward toward Mukden the
Japanese general thought of the debt
of gratitude he owed his little friend
in Chicago. So at Liaoyang he wrote
a reply in his own handwriting in
Japanese characters. 1t has just ar
rived, and Robert Calm is the happiest
little boy in Chicago. Gen. Nogi's let
ter translated reads:
Dear Sir: thank you for your
kindness. NJ. NOGHI.
Feb. Is, Liaoyang-
Alvin r. Calm, Chicago, U. S. A
The letter is signed in English script
and shows that the general spells his
name NOghi.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

Fresh from the conquest of Port
Arthur, with his victorious Iegions
pressing toward Mukden to share in
the great battle which has over
thrown Russian power in Manchuria,
Gen. Nogi took time to write a reply
to a letter from little unknown boy
in Chicago.
Alvin Robert Calm, 4125 Drexel
boulevard, is a little fellow in knicker-
bockers, but he has followed the OPP
erations of the war in the east with a
boys enthusiastic interest, says the
Chicago Journal His SympathieS
have warmed to the Japanese, and his
particular hero has been Gen. Nogi-
When after Gen. Nogi's two sons had
fallen in the terrible fighting before
Port Arthur he read that the grim
old warrior had said he was ready to
give his other sons and himself for
the glory of Nippon, the little boys
sorrow for his hero's loss was a per-
sonaI sorrow and his admiration for
the great generals Roman forutude
knew no bounds. He sat down and
wrote a letter to Gen. Nogi in which
he expressed his sympathy with him
in his bereavement and his hope that
no harm would befau him or his other
sons, and that the cause Of Japan
would triumph. He showed the child
ish scraWl to his mother and she
laughed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
RAILROAD NEWS.
Railway Age Reports on Mileage
Built.
The Lightest Year Since
1898.
4,251.69 MILES IN 1904.
Missouri Heads the List of States
in Mileage.
The State of Kansas Is Credited
With % Miles.
,251.69 MILES IN 1904.

Below we give our detailed statement
OF track laid in the United States, Can
ada and Mexico, during the calendar
year 1904. The preliminary statement
published on December 80 showed
total of 4.16S.17 miles of track laid on
299 lines in the United States. Final
and revised returns have neeessitated
slight reductions in a. few states and
increases in a number of others. bring
ing the total new mileage up to 4, PSI. So
miles of track, laid on 326 lines in AZ
states and territories. This is a net
increase of $3.50 miles, and is made up
Of various short extensions, reports in
regard to which were not received until
after the close of the year. These ex-
each, and are located in Is different
states The accompanying table, indi-
eating the distribution of new track by
states, shows that over 200 miles of road
were built in each of the following nine
states: Missouri, 364 miles; Texas, 3OS
miles; Minnesota, 271 miles; West Vir-
ginia, 246 miles; Pennsylvania, 23s
miles; Mississippi, 229 miles; Illinois, 211
miles; Nevada, 205 miles; California
204 miles.
The new mileage for 1904 is 1, 5s5 miles
less than the track laid in 1908. and is
the smallest mileage completed in any
year since 1898, when 3,083 miles were
built The following table shows the
track laid by years since 1896
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
No EXCESS Fare on Nickel Plate R. r.

Trains on the Nickel Plate railroad
are composed of the best equipment.
consisting of through vestibuled sleep
ing cars, in both directions, between
Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York,
Boston and intermediate points, with
unexce1led dining car service, meals be-
ing served in Nickel Plate dining cars
on the American club meal plan, rang
ing in price from 35c to $1.00; midday
luncheon. soc.
Train No. 2, leaving Chicago at 1925
a. m, daily has through vestibuIed
sleepers for Boston, via Nickel Plate
West Shore and Boston & Maine roads,
and through vestibuled sleepers to New
York and intermediate points. via Nick
ell Plate and both the I4ackawanna. and
West Shore roads,
Train No. 4. leaving Chicago at 2:s0
D. m, daily, has through vestibuled
sleeping cars for Buffalo, New Y ork and
intermediate points.
Train No. 6, leaving Chicago at 9:15
o. M, daily, has through vestibu1ed
sleeping cars for Ft. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York and intermedi-
ate points, arriving at New York city
early the second morning.
Rates always the lowest. Write,
phone or call on nearest ticket agent,
or John Y. Callahan, general agent,
Nickel Plate road, No. 113 Adams street,
room 2gS, Chicago. Chicago depot, La
Sale and Van Buren, streets.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

J. w. Butts of Topeka has been ap-
pointed agent at Usage City in place
of J. A. Green, who is made travelling
auditor.
The chamber of commerce of Ell
Paso, Texas, which was asked to take
some action on the matter OF anti
scalping legislation refused to take a
stand either way, and has remained
neutral despite the protestation of the
representatives of several of the rail-
roads who were present.
Charles B. Bell, a Denver man. has
recently take out patents upon a snow
pIow built upon entirely new lines.
It is said to be a success. The cost is
$1,000.
The state of Colorado has just re-
Gently passed an antf-scalping law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
We Offer $1,000
o. a Disease Germ That Liquozone Cant XIII

On every bottle of Liquozone we Of
Ter $1,000 for disease germ that it
cannot kill. We do this to assure you
That Liquozone does kill germs.
And 1t is the only way known to Kill
germs in the body without killing the
tissues. too. Any drug that kills germs
Is q poison. and it cannot be taken in
ternally- Medicine is almost helpless
IN any germ disease. It Is this fact
which gives Liquozone its worth to hu-
n1anity; worth so great that. after
testing the product for two years.
through physicians and hospitals. we
paid 100000 for the American rights.
And we have spent over one million
collars, IN one year. to buy the first
bottle and give it free to each sicl- ,1,7s
who would try it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

Belmore, Whitesboro, Melbourne
and Wiota are about equally entitled
to the honor of standing at the head
of the list this month; but all four to-
gether caused fewer deaths than were
caused by a single accident in Deem
Der; and December in this respect wss
like every other month in the last half
of 1904; July, August, September, Oc-
tOber and November each had an ac-
cident killing more than six. Holland
and Gypsum City, which occurred on
the 18th of February, illustrate the
difficulties of tagging in snow storms
or when the snow on the ground is
deep. The accounts of these collisions
do not locate the fault precisely: but if
it was in depending on the time in
terval and tagging when the time in
tervaI was clearly of no value and
when the theory of Tagging was at it's
greatest disadvantage, these were not
collisions.
The worst railroad accident in Feb
ruary, that at Airport, N. Y, on the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

above all, a woman who has had
more experience in treating female ills
than any living person
Over one hundred thousand cases Of
female diseases come before Mrs Pink
ham every year, some personally,
others by mail and this has been go
ing on for twenty years, day after day.
Surely women are wise in seeking
advice from a woman of such expert
ence, especially when it is absolutely
free
Mrs. Pinkham never violates the con-
hdence of women. and every testimo-
NAL letter published is done SO with
the written consent or request of the
writer, in order that other sick women
may be benefited as they have been
Mrs. Fred Seydel. of 412 North 54th
Street, West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
a. Over a year ago wrote you 2 letter asking
advice, as 1 had female ills and could not
carry a child to maturity. received your
kind letter OF instructions and followed your
advice. am not only a well woman in con
sequence, but have beautiful baby girl
wish every suffering woman in the land would
write you for advice, as you have done SO
much for me-
just as surely as Mrs. Seydel was
cured, will Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cure every
woman suffering from any form of
female ills.
No other medicine in all the world
has such a record of cures of female
troubles as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Therefore no
prudent woman viii accept any substi-
tute which a druggist may offer.
If you are sick. write Mrs. Pinlxham,
Lynn. Mass, for special advice. It is
free and always helpful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

on the board of regents of the State
Normal, woman on the board of peni-
Tertiary directors, and the chief clerk
of the penitentiary. 1t is more liable
to get warden of the penitentiary than
to lose out soon as the change is made
It also has a member on the state board
of pharmacy. The district was treated
nicely during the session of the legisla-
alarms of both branches coming from
the Sixth district while many minor
positions such as clerks. doorkeepers,
cloak room guard, and other general
and all-round utility Fellows caught the
office itch and drew their So per day.
It must be that the Sixth district is
looked on abroad as a big part of Kan
SaS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
ARBoR DAY PROCLAMATION.
Governor HOch Designates April Z as
Tree Planting Time.

Governor Hoch has officially desig-
mated April as Arbor day. In his
proclamation he says:
In all the realm of inanfmate ma
ture man has no greater friend than
the trees Trees are Gods best bene-
dlction to man in an inanimate form.
They furnish him most of the ma
terial for his dwelling house. and for
Its internal comfort and adOrnment.
In summer they shield and caress him
and keep him constant company. and
IN winter they stand like mute senti-
nels, keeping faithful vigil over sleep
ing comrades
Shakespeare says that trees have
tongues, and who does not understand
their language and enjoy their con-
verse; Love of trees. says an IN
known writeer. is safe-you do not
run risks in your Affection They
are often, says Henry Van Dyke,
rooted IN our richest feelings and
our sweetest memories like birds
build nests in their branches If he
who makes a spear of grass to grow
where none grew before is a public
beneTacUor surely he who adOrns the
with the life deserves well OF his fell
lows.
For many years my predecessors
have by public proclamation set apart
a day to be known as Arbor day, and
urged the people of the state to OBJ
serve it, individually and collectively,
in the planting of trees and shrubs
The schools especially have been
urged to observe it that the school en-
virOnment might be made beautiful
and the pupils taught the value of
trees With this good custom I am in
hearty accord. and in harmony with
precedent. I. E. W. Hoch. governor of
the state Of Kansas. hereby designate
Friday, April z. as Arbor day, and
trust that il Will be generally observed
BY all the people of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
GRAND OPERA AT KANSAS CITY.
Santa Fe Makes Special Rate for
Musical People.

On account of grand opera at Kan
sas City, March 81 and April 1, the
Santa Fe will sell tickets at rate of
s2.7O for the round trip, on sale
March 80, 81, and April 1, final limit
returning April 8. We will run a
special train, returning after the opera
Saturday night. April 1. leaving Kan
sas City at 11:45 p. M, arriving To-
peka 1:15 a. m, giving ample time to
reach Union depot in time for special
train. Arrangements have been made
with the street railway company at
Kansas City for cars direct from 18th
and Broadway to Union depot.
T. L. KING,
C. p and T
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

Liquozone goes into the stomach, in
TO the bowels and into the blood, 10
go wherever the blood goes No germ
The results are inevitable, for q germ
disease must end when the germs are
killed Then Liquozone, acting as a
wonderful tonic. quickly restores a con-
olcion OF perfect health. Diseases which
nave resisted medicine for years yield
at once to Liquoxone and it cures dis
eases which medicine never cures
Half the people you meet-wherever
you are-can tell you OF cures that
were made by it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
Acts Like Oxygen.

Llquozone IS not made by compound
1lg drugs, nor is there any alcohol in
~ It's virtues are derived solely from
Se.s-iafgeIy oxygen gas-by process
-.equlElng immense apparatus, and Ia
Gays time This process has, for more
s y years. been the constant sub
80 OF scientific and chemical research
ne result is a liquid that does what
gen does. It is a nerve food and
Dlood food-the most helpful thing in
me world to YOU It's effects are ex-
illlisra tllg, vitalizing. purifying Yet It
Is an absolutely certain germicfde. The
reason IS that germs are vegetables.
allo 1-iquozone-iike an excess of orv-
Ssn-ls deadly to vegeta1 matter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

If you need Liquozone. and have
never tried it, please send US this cou-
pom We will then mail you an order
on a local druggist for a full-size bottle
and we will pay the druggist ourselves
Tor It. This is our free gift. made to
convince you; to show you what Iioll-
ozone Is and what it can do In ius-
ice to yourself, please accept it today.
for it places you under no obligatio5
whatever.
Liquozone costs soc and 81.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
RECORD OF FEBRUARY WRECKS
Railway Gazette Shows Summary of
A8 Wrecks

The condensed record of the prln-
cipa1 train accidents which occurred
in the United States in the month of
February, contains accounts of 80 COL
lisions. / derailmentS, and one boiler
explosion. Those which were most
serious, or which are of special in
terest by reason of their causes or at
tending circumstances, occurred as
follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

1st, was not train accident: it was
the wrecking of a sleigh and the kill
ing of ten women at a highway cross
ing.
reported in February was six; killed /,
injured 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27

very complete returns from Canada
show that S28.64 miles of new road were
completed in the Dominion during 1904 on
. lines OF this, 1897 miles were buift by
the Canadian Northern on 10 lines and 101
miles by the Canadian Pacific on two
lines. Reports received from Mexico show
Zs3-6 miles OF track laid last year on six
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-03-27
Peculiar Leap of Runaway Train.

A7HtIL' u AltllHfl ~ \ tlIAIs
A runaway train on the Lake
Champlain & Moriah railroad recent
~ made a remarka BILE leap from the
end of switchback. This train con-
sisted of locomotive and seven steel
gondolas, each of 100000 pounds ca
pacity, fully loaded with iron ore, and