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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24
The Extreme of Impertinence.

81 never was so exasperated in ali
my life, " said Miss Elderleigh, "as I
was yesterday when that impairment
Mrs. Morton came here and wanted
me to take part in some amateur the
atricals she is getting up for charity"
Don't you believe in that sort Of
thing?" asked her fair young cousin.
mot at all. There's no sense in it,
and no charity about it. Look at the
money they waste for costumes and
things. When they get through they
generally find that most of the money
has been used before charity is
reached
Eyes, that's true. Still. a great
many people give money in that way
who would never give at all if there
wasn't some 7inducement. and I sup
pose if it could be figured up you
would find that In spite of the ex-
it in the end than could have been
raised for the mere asking. Don't
you approve of amateur theatricals2' %
mot at all 1 think they're very
demOralizing.
81 can't see how you get that idea"
Married women are made love to
by men who are not their husbands
and there are dozens of other ways in
which things are done that oughtn't
to be. If people want to act let them
go on the stage and be professionals.
There's no sense in this amateur fool
ishness."
''But some people think amateur
theatricaIs have considerable value
from an educational STANDPOINT. Peo-
pie study and learn plays that are
worth knowing. such. Tor instance, as
The Rivals, which is always a pop
uIar thing for amateur performances,
and then the ones who take part ac-
quire an ease of manner that they
couldn't get in any other way"
Pooh. that's all ina ginary. People
who can't read plays or acquire grace
full manners unless they have to get
them in that way aren't worth saw
ing"
''I'm surprised to hear you talk as
you do, for Mrs. Morton told me the
cther day that when she had first
thought of the matter she had spoken
to you about it and you were very en-
thusiasticS'
''Oh she did. did she? We'll. the
impertient thing wanted to know
when she came to see me about it
yesterday if I wouldn't take the part
of an old maid.'-Chicago Record
Herald
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JUDGE HURON A CANDIDATE.
He Enters the Lists to Contest for Of
fee OF Probate Judge.

One of the we'll known attorneys of
the city, Judge G. "a. Huron, has come
out with an announcement of his can
didacy for the Office Of probate Judge.
Judge Huron has been a. resident of
Kansas for the past 81 years and
twenty-three years of that time has
been spent in Shawnee county. He is
prominently identified with the c. A.
R. of Kansas and is. one of its best
known members. He. is the post com
mander Of Lincoln post G. A. r. He
served throughout the civil war, enlist
ing in August of 1851. His regiment
Of the 18th Indiana infantry which
formed q part Of the celebrated Iron
Brigade of the Army of the Potomac
and engaged in twenty-three of the
great battles of that brigade. After
his muster out in September. 1854, he
was honored with an appointment by
Governor Morton of Indiana to look
after the welfare of the sick and
wounded Indiana soldiers in the Army
Of the Potomac. Judge Huron is capa-
bic and competent to discharge the
duties of probate judge in an efficient
manner.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

Brussels, Dec. 23-@rhe police have
had singular experience at Schaer-
beck. An old woman who lived IN a
little room in a house on the Clas,11s-
see de Louvain became very in. aTe
when a. doctor visited her with a ,zferV
TO her removal TO the hospital it zvaa
discovered that she had % cats as corr
panions. She would not go to the 9os.s
pital, on the ground that she d4d net
want to be separated from her cats
The police had to be called in. ana f5se.
old woman was forced to comply Wiz
the Doctors orders. She went svFavy
happy at last, however, for her - j.
were distributed among the nei~hhorE
their mistress came out OF the l9ospitsi
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HOSPITAL FOR FILIPINos.
Congressman VIM. B. Mckinley Gives
$4,000 for One at Hoile.

New York, Dec. 23.-There has just
been made public here a letter sent by.
DR.. J. Andrew Hall of the esbyterian
hospital at Uoilo, Philippines, to Luke
E. Wright, governor general of the
Philippine Islands, acknowledging re-
ceipt Of 81, 500, the gift of Vim. 3. Nc
Kinley, member Of congress from
Champaign, Illinois. It seems that Con-
gresham Mckinley visited the islands
with the Taft party and, wishing to do
something to aid the natives, intrusted
the amount named to Governor Wright
for such disposition as the latter felt
was desirable. The money was appro-
priated to the Presbyterian hospital.
DR.. Halls letter to the governor general
follows in part:
Il beg to acknowledge receipt of your
letter enclosing cheque for two thousand
five hundred dollars and to express my
gratitude to you for having considered
favorably the Presbyterian Mission hos
pital Of Iloilo in assigning to it the gen
erous donation made by the Hon. Vim.
B. Mckinley, member of congress from
Champaign, Illinois. This will enable
US to complete the building now under
construction without deficit and toamake
certain desirable additions for which
we had no appropriation until this gift
of Mr.. McKinley$s was awarded to US
by you.
Complying with your request to
furnish a full statement of the work
done in the past and being done in the
present, I beg leave to say that the
dispensary was opened in April, 1900,
in a vacant room in the home of the
missionary, where the poor who came
were treated without any charge of
any kind. The work thus continued
until August, 1901, when by the kind
assistance of the foreign residents of
Iloilo, including British, American,
Chinese. German and Spanish, a, small
hospital with accommodations for
eight sick people was built. Because
we believe that the best charity is that
which demands something from the
receiver as we'll as from the giver, we
tabIished charge of five cents for
each treatment. In eases where this
cannot be paid, the people are treated
just the same and without any charge.
1.-THE following is a summary of the
treatments from the beginning in 1900:
In that year about 500. Ia 1901, 5, 096-
In 1902 (partia1 year, 1893. In 1903,
1864 patients. In 1904, $3.50. In
1905, 4,571 treatments
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ONE MORE ROMANCE.
Has Developed in Connection With the
Philippines Junlzet.

New York. Dec. 23.-Not alone in fix
ing the destines of Alice Roosevelt and
Congressman Nicholas Longworth did
little Dan Cupid prove himself a really
more important parsonage than Uncle
Sam himself on the political junketing
trip of Secretary Taft to the Philippines
last summer The little God of Love
also settled the fate of two other hearts
in the Taft party. It was announced
today that pretty Miss Mignon Critten,
Miss Roosevelts particular girl ehUm
has been betrothed to Congressman
Joseph Swagar Sherley of Kentucky,
the warm second of Congressman Long
worth, and his roommate on the vOy-
age which saw them each made happy
by winning the girl of his choice.
At the beautiful Staten Island. home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Defrees
Critten Of Grimes Hill, Miss Critten was
penning the glad news of her engage
ment informally to her girl friends to-
day and she confirmed the report.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24
SHOT DOWN BY BANDITS.
Surrounded by Friends and His safe
Robbed of $500.

Minneapolis, Mimi Dec. 2s.-Mur-
dered in cold blood while jesting with
a eroup of friends-tlais is the death
story Of Charles 0. Bader, who was
shot down by masked bandits in his
hotel barroom at 416 Second street
south at o'clock tonight. The muir
der occurred in the busiest hour Of the
day in the heart Of the milling disc
trict. Two masked men suddenly sn-
teredla and covered the little group with
revoIvers.
Bader turned. whats that my
friend he asked.
The crack of a pistol shot answered
and Bader fell, dying later In a nos
pital. The others fed ana the robbers
getting $500 from cash drawer ess
caped and no trace of them has been
found at midnight. or
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

Senator Foraker was contradicting q
certain statement.
Though this is a firm contradiction, =
he said, 81 want it to be a pleasant ana.
polite one. 1t is not necessary, when
men tell falsehoods, to call them liars
and club them over the head. Their error
can be pointed cut in heater and more
graceful ways.
For instance;
in a small town in Indiana a. group
of drunmers were assembled. They sat
in the reading room Of the country hotel.
On the fimsy hotel paper they had I'm
ished writing to their firms with the
lumpy ink and the rusted pens which
the hotel management provided, and
now, with newspaper reading and a
desultory talk, they whiled away the
tedious evening
"A young drummer in a red tie took
the cigarette from his mouth and said !:
:" Wen, my days sales here reached
$1,000 Not bad for a small town, ef p
IAN elderly drummer looked up from
his newspaper and said Quietly:
" Not bad at all. It is wonderful u hat
one can sometimes do in these little
places. On my last trip mere my come
missions came to just what you say 5out
sales did
THE young man. reddaned.
. This ism It. lying coInpatit ion.4.. sse
said gruffly. s.5s ~. -ss
s'tOh, excuse me- said the other. 4
thought It was. Los Angeles Times,
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Wltte and GaInbatta-

Serglus JuleWitch Witte. peacemaker
OF universal renown, count by imperial
decree, honorary freeman of st. Peters
purg ana, all IN all, the biggest man in
Russia, seems to have .displaved very
early in his career those qualities which
now have made him famous. So al least
one may judge from this little yarn of
him published in a recent Paris Daner.
It was in the year 1879 that VVitte
made his first visit to Paris On the
day Of his arrival, stroIline about the
Wharves, he came upon the Palais
Bourbon. The desire to attend one az
the sessions suddenly awolze in him. He
walked into the building but he had not
gone very Tar before he was met nv
one OF those stern faced porters, who
demanded his card Of admission.
~ have none" answered -VVftte.
Well, then, monsieur, you cannot get
IN here" answered the porter.
BUT IL is very important that I be
present at this session.
Perhaps you know some Of the dep
II do not"
do you know the premier. then?'
"Oh, yes. Of course. know him. %
answered Witte boldly. although he had
never even had a glimpse Of the great
Erenchnan.
well give me your visiting card
enc III see to it that the premier gets
a few minutes latter Gambetta re.
ceived the card and read. Sergius Wftte
he tried IN vain to remember where he
had met the Gentleman. but believing
that his inability to place Sergius VVftte
must be due to a defective memory. he
ordered that Mr. Witte be allowed t.
enter the gallery reserved for the for
eign press men.
At the end of the session Gambetts
requested to see Mr.. Witte. and tax
great premier of France and the future
premier Of Russia met for the first time
Their discussion Of Russian affairs 1;
said to have lasted over two hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

1.-THE late Judge Andrew Wylie, y
said New York lawyer, had a hap
py gift of illustration. The Judge
NNylie I refer to was he who cast in
1850 the. only vote for Lincoln that was
given in Alexandria, Va.
"In an address on Lincoln I once
heard Judge Wylie illustrate in an odd
way the power of perseverance
q Lincoln perseyered,' he said, and
it is only they who perseyere, they who
concentrate their energies, who sue
coed. Don't give three years to jour
nalisn. and then discouraged, try the
law a while. Don't learn the grocery
business and in a little while take up
placer mining or plumbing Consider
rather# the postage stamp, whose use
fuIness depends on its ability TO stick to
one thing until it gets there. 's'-cIeve-
land Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24
Manted-A Lawyer.

Munich. Bavaria. Dec 23--The fol-
lowing advertisement is inserted in the
Neueste Nacarichten, of Bamberg. Ba-
varia: Wanted. a capable LAWYER
He must not imagine he can fool me
though I am q. woman; neither must
he allow my case to drag, nor look on
and do nothing while his opponent is
working hard for the other party; nor
think he can pluck me like a pigeon;
a man of honor and Of strict integrity.
Apply to Veronica Hillingmayer. at
Ballstadt" Despite the demands ez-
acted by the advertiser nearly a hum
bred lawyers called on Frau Killing
mayer to offer her their services.
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LIFE Or DEATH.
1contlnuea 1r2ra - -

Continued from Presiding Page) !.
omer some hope of the ultimate sue
cess of the government This report
said that the present strike a1#d been
begun prematutelys at the tusttgatlon
Of secret government agents and was
certain to fail for the reason that II
had been impeTfectly organized.
The government wishing to nulllfy
the plans of the revolutionists for in7
augurating strike which might prove
effective on January 22s the anniVer-
earv of "red Sunday" took this means
OF hurrying the reVOIutioniSts into the
present strike, believing that it could
be defeated and that the strike lead
ers would accordingly be discredited
with the WOrkmen
If the strike was fomented at the in
stigatiOn of the government the au-
thorities were taking an awful chance
for the least untoWaTd event is 4lkely
to arouse all the Workingmen to a.
frenzy to make the move elective
The lesson of the recent strike was
one to make it easier to thus infiame
the workers.
So far the government has been
able to maintain the upper hand IN
this city. There are indications, how
ever, that it may soon be necessary 20
employ force. Minor riots have al
ready occurred and there have been
numerous conflicts between small
bodies of citizens and street patrols
of soldiers The city is appreh enBive
and the people are in the greatest
alarm. The efforts made by the rovo-
lutfonists to cripple the government
financially have begun to have erect
and the bourse has reflected this IN us
uaniclry feeling. The food supply too
threatens to run out and il it comes to
q question of famine, q crisis is certain
to arise which will bring about con-
hict between the people and me
troops.
Ia the present situation the citizens
can only do what they have been do
ing for weeks. wait and hope But ~
the light OF recent events throughO9s
the country the hope is not bright.
Casualties at 8EgseoJF
Berlin. Dec. Dispatches from Nos
COW state that during the fighting WEaSh
has occurred between revolution1st5 ana
the loyal troops. 4.400 Insurgents have
been killed. Five officers and Is soldiers
hsveg been killed and wounded.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

Berlin, Dec ga curious society
has just been founded at Erfnrt. It Is
called the society Of the Hat on the
Head. ACCORDING to the rules, 8 mar
must at least be thirty years of see
before h can become a member or
the society. He must also, use the
military salute from October LIST until
May 1st- Ahere are no subscriptions
members are expected to pay into the
fund OF the society the equivalent OF
the money tney consider they have
saved in doctors and chemists Bills
and also in hats. Already there are
several hundred members Of the 50
ciety, including all the bald-headad
gentlemen in the town
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H QAD
my family

healthy atmosphere of the state and her
people. He says he came out here to
get a moral central United States view
point Of things. Did he get it? It is to
be hoped he did. Although he may not
have confined his interviews altogether
to the scholarly and high-minded gentle
men named in the list.
Kansas likes 3IcCiure.s and the Nc
Clure people seem to like Kansas, for
the members of the staff of that paper
make the rounds in this state not in
frequently. Miss Tarbefl comes, sees us
and eenquers us. Steffens comes and
goes and as yet has said only good
words. Mcclure has been in the state
at least four times since the Fourth of
July. This morning he goes to EN-
poria to see William Allen White.
A New York man like S. S. Mcclure
is good to come to us in this Christmas
season. Has he something for the Kan
sas stoeking-fuIl as it is.
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MUST STAND TRIAL.
Choctaw Indian. Who Jumped His
Bond Taken to Durant. -

Kansas city, NO, Dec. 23.-Robert L.
Folsom a. full blood Choctaw Indian,
was taken to Durant, I. T., today where
he viii be tried for the murder Of Alfred
Strickland, another Ghoctaw Indian. Fol
som is the first Choctaw ever known to
violate the tradition of his race and flee
from justice. On the theory that arChOc-
taW never jumps his bond, Folsom was
released after being charged with muir
der in the first degree He disappeared
shortly afterward, allowing the time for
his trial to pass without putting in an
appearance. Search was instigated and
he was arrested in Utah.
The capture of Folsom recalls the case
Of Walla Tonka, a Choctaw, who toured
she country several years ago with an
Indian pail team while under sentence of
death. Wai1a Touka afterward returned
to ais tribe and paid the -penaftY.
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KILLED BY SHERIFF.
Held Up Man Attempted to Escape
From Custody.

Houston; Tex, Dec. 29-John A. Dunn,
charged with perpetrating one of the
most daring hold ups ia Texas, at Con
zaIes, Monday nights was shot to death
at Bellville this afternoon by Sheriff
johnson of Gonzales county, while maxi
ing a break for liberty Dunn was
charged with other crimes and had
served a term in the penitentiary for
holding up Banker Hirsch in his office
at Corpus Christi, several years ago He
was captured this morning and wheS
about to enter the court house at Beyille
with the officers attempted to escape.
After calling for him to halt Sheriff
johnson fired, the bullet piercing. his
heart. A deputy sheriff also fired,
breakinE .Dunn.s. leg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24
TAGCART BOYS GONE.
Their Father viii Try to Have Them
Returned to Wooster.

Wooster. o., Dec. 28.-Attorneys for
Captain W. z. Taggart decided tonight
that an effort to bring the Taggart boys
back to Wayne county is to be made at
once. They are now in Chicago. Judge
S. B. Eason said tonight that the case is
ended.
1.-THE matter of contempt may 90 to the
circuit court on error he continued.
1.-THE custody of the children remains IN
changed Ny degree has not been nnodi-
fed. and the only technicaIity which
would prevent exercise of the authority
of this court over the children is the ap-
peal of that part of the case governing
the children To the c5rcnit court. ..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

Last summer wen known man from
San Francisco was visiting Tsos 49,.
One day, wishing to cali M q. friae,[7. -
Pasadena, he went to the ioaz 35sts.es
phone. lie talked a few minutes 49,
then asked central how mach lae rsssssse
pay Cor the caH.
Fifty cents, please was f,a esq.,.
Fifty cents, he gasped. -sIz5lssr -
you take me fora man with coin -
burnE Why. up IN San Francisco I 80 -
call up hades for 50 centsss
Perhaps so, was the sn-r,.-s .s.
for the past three years 1t mas 49, $ II
in the city limits, you :. -
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PAYS FIVE PER CENT.
Dividend on Claims Against Bankrupt
F. G. BigelOw.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec 23.-Forty- three
checks, Rggregating s107, 26S. 49, were mail
ed BY fae Wisconsin Trust company
trustee OF Frank G. Bigelow, bankrupt,
Ia payment OF a five per cent dividend On
claims against Bigelow, which was order
cd by Referee in Bankruptcy John s.
Maxwell last week.
The largest check was received by the
First National bank The banks claim
against Bigelow is 81, 5S5sBS451, aand a.
check for S79 269.z3 was received.
The smallest check was for 30 cents,
representing a dividend on a claim for 50
filed for repairs to BigelOws harness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

The Chinaman who can outWit the
traditional Jew has probably not yet
seen the light It may be that the
Chinanan mentioned below was a Chi
nese Jew:
A German Jew who keeps a pawn
brokers' shop in Sidney is blessed with
one daughter, who now and then keeps
shop while her father attends sales on
the lookout for bargains. During the
temporary. absence Of old Moses recent
". a meek looking Chinaman walked
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

"A lady complained to her rnfIkman
OF the quality of milk he sold her.
t-Well, mum, said the milkman. the
cows don't get enough grass feed this
time Of the year. Why. them COWS are
just as sorry about it as I am. I often
seen 'ern crytng-Tegular crying, mum
because they feel as how their milk
don't do 'em credit. Don't you believe
e. mum2"
"Oh. yes, I believe it, responded his
customer but I wish ia future you'd
see that they don't drop their tears in
our can. ''-Exchange.
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people fled quietly out. When all had
departeds except the mayor he sud.
Come over to Jin's.'
Gas to why?'' I asked.
''As5 to buy the drinks for the cFSWa
and receive your tumuituous ap-
Vent with him and it cost me 81.
and the tuTnuItuOus applause didn't
shake down the stOvepipe. think y
was sold again instead OF the town. :
copyright, 1905, by Mcclure, Phillips
& Co
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SHE DIED STANDING.
Woman Found Dead With Her Hand
on Her Door Knob.

Evansville. Ind, Dec. 2s.-Mrs;
Lizzie Clarke, SO years old, was found
dead this afternoon standing IN front
of her door, in Upper Water streets
with her hand holding the dOoF. knob
She had evidently been dead some
time. Bundles at her feet told the
story of Christmas shopping. Death
was due to a sudden. attack Of heart
disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

All the guests at the Throop hotel,
20 the number Of about 80, attended a
Christmas tree celebration Saturday
night given in the parlOrs of the hotel
FOR s-year-oId Rollin Chambers, the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs J. r. Chambers.
Mr.. Chambers is the day clerk at the
Copeland. The party was arranged
b. a6rs. @. B. Hamilton, wife OF the
nno.alet1r q the hotel.
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MCCLURE IN TOWN.
The Head of the Great Magazine in
Topeka Today.

Of McClure's Magazine, is in Topeka.
guest at the Topeka club. He came
yesterday to see Eugene Ware, c. S.
Gleed and Governor Hoch and apparent
~ enjoyed a pleasant visit with all
three. He likes Topeka. How could
he helpit- He enjoys Kansas-the breezy,
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RniIdines cracled bv EarthqaaIze.

bakersfield. Cal. Dec. ga heavy
shock of earthquake was felt at 2:03
O'Clock this afternoon. lasting six sec
onds It was from the east to west.
Several buildings were cracked.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-07-10
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con
dition OF the mucous lining of the Eust-
achian Tube. When this tube is inflam-
ed you have a rumbling sound of i'm
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless
the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh
wich is nothing but an inaamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars 70
any case of Deafness caused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO..
Sold by all druggists, &c. Toledo, 0.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.