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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
LET THE IDOLS ALONE.
American Missionary offered Temple
on That Condition.

New York, July Ito have to refuse
the unconditional gift of building and
property estimated to be worth "a, 200,
because of a belief that trouble might
be caused among some of the people,
was the unpleasant experience of the
Rv. A. r. Kepler, a missionary under
the Presbyterian Foreign Board of
Soochow, China. The building was an
I'D temple and was offered to the mis-
slonaries by the trustees in order that
a day school might be opened there.
All the plans were made for the trans
fer. The mission was to have entire
charge of the estate, which has an in
come of about $500 a year, and the chill
dren of the vicinity were to have free
tuition, those from other districts pay
ing small fees. The people who own the
temple offered it without solicitation,
because they wanted the property used
for the education of their children; and
it was offered to the missionaries be-
cause it was believed that all the in
come would be used for the purpose,
none finding it's way to private pockets
OPPOSITION came from the official and
the gentry of the district in Which the
temple is They have no control over
if and could not prevent its transfer.
but they wanted idol worship continued
there, and represented to Mr.. Kepler
that riot and disturbance on small
scale might result if the missionaries
took the property; as people OF neigh
boring villages would seriously object
to the change. To avoid any possibility
of trouble the plans for school We're
abandoned. Mr.. Kep1er reports to the
offices of the board here that no end
of lawsuits and prosecutions Imagined
missionaries decided to keep on the safe
side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

by mechanical means antedate the bal
loon by several hundred years. A num-
Der of instances of very early trials of
this kind are on record. In these cases
persons by means of some parachute
like continuance descended obliquely
from towers and other lofty heights.
In the thirteenth century Elmerus. a
Spanish monk. is reputed to have
flown more than furiong from the top
of a tower. In the seventeenth century
Besnier, a French locksmith, began a
series of experiments in flying by leap
ing from second story windows and
afterward increasing the height and
finally soaring over buildings and even
across streams. The first properly au
thenticated account of the mechanism
of a wing was given by Borelh in 1870,
and that furnished the chief basis for
experimentation until 1867.
From that period there have been
frequent attempts to solve the problem.
Among the most notable Americans
who have devoted many years of dill
gent and exhaustive study to the SUBJ
ject is Professor Samuel P. Langley.
physicist and astronomer to the Smith
sonian institution. Nine years ago he
demonstrated by means of model the
correctness of his principle of soaring
flight, and after two years of suisse
lAtdA W All tAlC same 4-Ae-O1AA1AS Az
proved that dirigibility was both pos
sible and practicable. He continued his
search for motive power capable of
| lifting and propeIling a machine car
rying a man to control it. In aid of
this effort he has been given $4,000 by
congress. $4,000 by the army board OF
ordnance and as much more by private
contributors who are interested in the
subject.
| that n Cir
ram Maxim's flying machine and the
apparatus used by Lilientha1 in his ia
nous gliding experiments, has been to
rely exclusively on the aeroplane for
support This is the same principle
that gives buoyancy to a card thrown
edgewise and horizontally Any light
fat object win be kept ahoat by the air
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Adventures of a King.

King Alfonso met with quite a series
of adventures during his long auto
mobile tour between San Sebastian and
Pampeluna recently. His majesty's
first mishap, near Elegondo, was to
knock down a donkey, damaging his
machine to an extent which it took an
hour and a half to repair, though the
king and his companions escaped
without injury and the owner of the
donkey was handsomely paid. The
next incident, crossing the old frontier
from Navarro to Guipuzcoa, was for
the king to be brought up sharp by a
sentry to pay some queer border dues
levied from time immemoriaI. And in
all the towns where the king stayed
he strolled about unrecognized, buying
all sorts of things. In one cafe he met
d supposed anarchist, who had been
detained on suspicion of harboring de-
signs against him.-London Globe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Drs. Horne & COOkinham
HOURS: s saas. rs: g zs: 100 w. EIGHTH ST.
LOCAL MENTION.

The NJ w. A. presents the four-act
comedy drama, "A Forged Certificate
Wednesday, Lukens' opera house Csc.
Tickets on sale at Stansfeld's and
Arnold Drug Co.
There will be no more decisions from
the supreme court until October L.
There will be one member of the court
constantly in Topeka during the sum
n1er, to issue papers in habeas corpus
cases, etc.
The Oakland Blues were defeated yes
terday by the Maroons. The score was
to 0, and the batteries for the Maroons
was HoraceA and Horacek.
Elder Anderson filed suit in the dis
trict court today asking for divorce
from Clara Anderson on the charge of
abandonment.
Mr.. w. H. Ray has returned from
Wichita were he attended the funeral
of his father. His mother accompanied
him.
Elizabeth Ann French filed suit in the
district court today against Grant H.
French for divorce. They were married
April 2, 1905, at Albuquerque. She
charges gross neglect and says that
since their marriage her husband has
bought her only a pair of shoes and a
hat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
he TALKED WITH OSCAR
DR.. CAM Reports Conversation With
King of Sweden.

Berlin, July 17.=Dr. Hugo CAM,
correspondent of the Frankfort Zei-
tung, has had an interview with King
Oscar of Sweden at Stockholm, during
which his majesty said he admired
the way in which the Norwegians won
to their side all the European DuE-
ncists without, however, benetiting
their cause.
1.-THE wrong remains wrong" said
the king, adding that the Norwegians
had surprised him by the suddenness
of their acts. King Oscar denied that
he had precipitated the crisis by de-
clining to accept the resignation of the
Norwegian cabinet, for the Norwegians
themselves had declared that who
ever accepted a portfolio would cease
to be a Norwegian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
GIRL SENT TO TOMBS.
She Shot a Man Who Had Mistreated
Her.

New York, July 17.-Berthe Claiche,
on trial by a coroner's jury for killing
Emil Gerdron ON July 8, was today
held responsible for his death and was
committed to the Tombs prison with
out bail. She was later indicted by
the grand jury. After enticing Berthe
Claiche to America from France, I'M
der false promises of marriage. Ger
dron forced the girl to go on the
street and earn a living for him at the
sacrifice of her own good name.
His excessive cruelty caused the girl
to have Gerdron arrested on July 8,
and then, frightened by his threaten
ing attitude, she shot him while the
police were in the act of making the
arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
What Corn Accomplishes.

Corn-fed pork furnishes our tables
with millions of hams and sausages,
besides bacon and lard. Corn pro-
duces the best of poultry and eggs, of
which alone we, as a nation, consume
more (when measured by dollars) than
we do of wheat. OF cornstarch we
use about $7000,0OO per year, to say
nothing of the enormous consumption
of glue, combs and other products
made from the horns. hoofs and hair
of those corn-fed animals To all
oil maximum SIS, 600 daily), largely
used in paints; and the by-products of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
Casualty List for First Quarter of 1905
Totals 1915.

Washington, July 17.-Accident bulle-
tin No. Is, just issued by the interstate
commerce commission, giving an ac-
count of railroad accidents during the
months of January, February and
March, 1905, shows that there were %
passengers and 204 employees killed, and
1861 passengers and 2,062 employees in
jured in train accidents, making in all
252 persons killed and BIB injured in
train accidents. Other accidents to pas
sengers and employees, not the result of
collisions or derailments bring the total
number of casualties to 900 killed and
IA. S97 injured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

corn-oil, starch, glucose, whisky, and
alcohol, dried and sold in cakes for
animal food, amounting to millions of
dollars per year. Nor is that all that
corn accomplishes. Besides giving
food and clothing in the form of an
inal and vegetable products, as indi-
Gated, it gives life and strength to mill
lions of horses, mules and oxen that
till our fields and haul our multitude
of farm products to the thousands
upon thousands of country markets,
from Maine to California, and from
the Dakotas to Florida and Texas
F. w. Hewes. in Harper's Weekly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
FINLEY STARTS DOVER BANK.
A. Newman Takes Out Grip Full of
Money.

Harry Finley, of the bank commits
sioners office, went to Dover today to
institute the new state bank which has
been organized there by Topeka and
Dover capital H. NJ. Philips is cashier,
and A. Newman county clerk, is inter-
ested. Mr.. Newman, with a grip full of
money, went to Dover today with Mr..
Finley The money which Mr.. Newman
took with him is the fund which the
bank will have to start with at the op-
ening of business.
Bank Commissioner John @. Royce
returned today from Colorado where he
went with his wife, who is an invalid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17


one of the professors in that institu
ton, seems - have established the pos
sibility of aerial loconaotion without
the aid of a balloon. Other expert
mentors in the same direction have
claimed equally satisfactory results,
but 1t is the opinion of those best in
formed on the subject that this latest
essay to initiate the fight of the bird
comes nearer to solving the problem
than anything previously devised.
Professor Montgomery has devoted
all his leisure time for the past twenty
years to the study of aerial navigation,
and he has long been convinced that
the ingenuity of man would in time
surmount the apparently unconquera-
bic obstacles which since the crea-
ton have made man an awkward
and peculiarly helpless creature when
ever he happens to be elevated a few
feet in the atmospheric ether. He look
ed to nature for enlightenment and
studied the movements of birds and in
sects in active locomotion and made
critical examinations of the marvellous
apparatus provided by nature.
With the birds for his models, he con-
strueted a machine and attempted to
rise with it into the air from a preci-
piee in San Diego county. but the con-
lsrivance was faulty, and the daring
hnnovator escaped death but narrowly
He was satisfied that he was on the
right track, however, and this contre-
temps did not quench his enthusiasm.
He continued his research for a num-
Der of years, receiving from his asso-
ciates all the sympathy and aid they
could offer The aeroplane which re-
Gently performed so creditab1y at Santa
Clara was the outcome.
The device was launched from ball
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Mrs. Eclxworth Asks Freedom.

Jennie May Eckworth, who went to
Jail for six months and has fine of
SO and costs amounting to S61 to
pay for stealing Mrs. S. S. Otis seal
skin coat has petitioned the board of
county commissioners to release her as
she has served five months and "a
days on her term of Imprisonment
and can not pay the costs nor fine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Lots Taken OF Tax Rolls.

The board of county commissioners
today passed a resolution that the three
cornered tract on Taylor and Huntoon
streets, sold for taxes in 1901. which
was bought by John f. Ely and Eli
G. Foster, be removed from tee tax rolls
because Mrs. c. K. Holiday had deed
ed the tract to the city for park The
taxes amount to S21918 and this money
will be paid out of the several funds
to which it was originally distributed
to Ely and Foster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Main Thoroughfare.

To Lewis and Clark Exposition. Port
land, Oregon, June to October Is. 1901.
via Union Pacific. This historical route
traversing the heart of the great North
west with its boundless resources gives
YOU 200 miles along the matchless CO.
.iumbia river and trip to Portland and
the Northwest without change and a
chance to visit Yellowstone Park. June
l to September 10, by side trip from
Pocatello to Ogden through Monida.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Hotter Than Before.

New York. July 1.-THE hot wave
which caused many deaths in New York
last week and which only ended yester-
day, returned again today, with higher
temperatures than ever and a renewal
of suffering. By noon the weather bu-
reau reported that all of last week s
records had been passed and that the
mercury registered 80. In the streets,
about the buildings and pavements, the
mercury rose much higher than this fig
ure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
Passed sigsbee En- Route.

Plymouth, July 1.-THE North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Will
helm II, from New York, arrived to-
day and reported passing in latitude
44:27 north, and alongside 37:12 west
the American squadron commanded
by Admiral Sigsbee which is convey
ing the body of Paul Jones from
France to the United States. Admiral
Sigsbee reported all well on board.
He added 'eWi1 be off Chesapeake
cape July 22.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
shnnts to Sail Thursday.

washington, July 17.-Chairman
Shonts, Chief Engineer Stevens and
Col. o. H. Ernst, of the canal COM
mission, will sail for Panama next
Thursday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

aeronaut was poised on the framework
at a level lower than that of the big
wings. and even if the ability to steer
had been wanting the machine would
have acted as capable parachute.
These California experimenters have
practically demonstrated that whenev-
er the necessary naatiye power can be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

Arm; go days. per cent; 80 days. sQsA
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 4a4k
per cent; sterling exchange steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at 81. 5000
1865 for demand and at "a. $4,000. S495 for
60 day bills; posted rates, 81. 651564.S6 and
81. S715d4.SS; commercial bills, A.S4.
SILVER-Bar silver, 5S7sc; Mexican dol
B0NDS-Governme bonds steady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
rHE MoNreoMERY AERopLANE m FLIeHr

gan his imitation of bird locomotion,
and very clever and surprising imita-
ton it proved to be. Maloney seemed
to ascend and descend at will. He per-
formed startling feats of diving bird
fashion in the air, reversing motion.
ETC.. and the great hluay wings of the
invention served him admirably. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

supplied without overwhelming the ap-
paratus the flying machine problem will
be greatly simplified. The device con-
structed by Professor Montgomery
weighs only forty-two pounds and is
designed to support in aerial fight a
man of moderate weight
Attempts to initiate the flight of birds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
vice Commander win Issue orders.

Boston. July flowing to the death of
General Blackmar commander-in-chief Of
the Grand Army, yesterday, the leadership
of the organization now devolves upon
John R. King of Baltimore, senior vice
commander, who will issue a general order
in connection with the death of General
RIa cknar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
FINED $500 FOR USING A RAKE.
But Damon DonneIIy Used 1t On An
others Head.

Damon DonnelIy entered a plea of
guilty, in the district court this morn
ing, to assaulting Sherman Hocket and
was fined 500 by Judge Dana. Dom
nelly struck Hocket with a rake, cut
ting his head severely, while they were
working on the B. H. Pugh farm d
year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
KELLY is AWAY.
Supposed He Is Trying to Fix Up His
Bond.

T. T. Kelly, state IL easurer, is out of
town today. The clerks in his Office
say they do not know where he is.
1t is supposed that he has gone east to
see about giving the bond required by
Governor Hoch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

RECENT experiment
in aeronautics made
at Santa Clara, Cal.
from the grounds of
the Santa Clara Jes-
uit mission and I'M
der the direction of
John ]. Montgomery,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
New York Morev.

New York, July 7.-MONEY-Money on
call steady, 2G2A per cent, closing 2 bid
and offered at "a per cent: time loans
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

The funeral of Jesse w. Stephenson,
the Shawnee county pioneer who died
at his home in Tecumseh Friday. was
held from the house Sunday at p. m.
Rev. A S. Embree assisted by Rev. O..
H. Call conducted the service. The pail
bearers were C. o. Knowles, ]. S. War
ner, Geo. NJ. KelIan, James P. Rowley,
A K Rodgers and Scott Kelsey.
Mrs. Bertha Rain, age So years, wife
of Carl Rain of lis North Lake street,
died of stomach trouble at Christ hos
pitaI at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening.
The time for the funeral win not be
announced until Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17

loon after it had risen to a height at
which the winged machine and the op-
orator to whom it was attached ap-
peared about the size of an eagle. Then
the connection with the conveying ball
loon was severed. and the daring ma
nipulator, an enthusiastic convert to
the theoxx named Daniel A1alonex. be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-17
WHO FIRST KICKED?

"Come away from dat rock and
dem Pilgrims, and accompany me to
Boston, which town has been called
de Cradle of Liberty. 1t was so called
The bee., 1905-08-17
Sister Mary's Wisdom.

Mary had little lamb, its fleece
was white as snow; it strayed away
one Summer day where lambs should
never go. Then Mary sat her down
and tears streamed slowly from her
eyes, she never found the lamb be-
cause she did not advertise. And
Mary had brother John who kept
a village store; he sat d win
and smoked his pipe and watched
the open door. And as the people
passed along and did not stop to buy,
JOAN still sat dows and smoked his
pipe and blinked his sleepy eye.
And SO the brokers seized his
stock, but still he fingered near, and
Mary came to drop with him SYM
pathetic tear.
"How is 1t, sister, can you tell why
other shopmen here sell all their
goods so quickly and thrive from
year to year?"
Remembering aow her own bad
luck, the little maid replies: "These
other teAows fatten, John, because
they advertise"
The bee., 1905-08-17
Warned by Sign. in the Sky.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. IA. The
people of Marion, Grant county, are
greatly excited over a prediction by
Mrs. Viola Powell that the city is
soon to be destroyed, and many are
leaving, while others are consulting
with Mrs. Pownell and believe I'M
plicitly that some disaster is pend
ing. Some months ago she predicted
that there would be a great change
In Marion, Ind, in respect to crime,
and since then forty saloons have
been closed, all gamblers have been
run out of the place and the pool
rooms shut. The fact that her pre-
dictIon has thus been fulfilled has
caused many to believe in her and
they are leaving the place. She says
she does not know in what form the
disaster will come, but she has been
warned by signs In the sky that it is
pending and may come at any mo-
ment.
The bee., 1905-08-17
THE ACCOUNTING
itching and Burning of the Skin

AS in eczema; the frightful scaling, as
in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crust
ing of scalp, as in SCALED head; the
facial Disagreement, as in pirnples
and ringworm; the awful suffering of
infants, and anxiety of wornout par
ents, as in milk crust, letter and salt
rheum - all demand remedy of al
most superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills are such
stands proven beyond all doubt. The
purity and sweetness, the power to
afford immediate relief, sthe certainty
of speedy and permanent cure, the
absolute safety and great economy
have made them the standard skin
cures of the civilized world. Abso-
lutely pure.
Sold throughout the world Cuticura Resolvent, SOC.
Tin form Of Chocolate Coated Pills, Csc. vial OF 6,
Ointment, Soc, Soap, Csc Depots London "a Charter
house So Paris Rue de Ia Paix; Boston, 1877 Columbus
Ave. Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Proprieiors.
The bee., 1905-08-17
A WORD WITH ADVERTISERS
Keeping INCREASINGLY at 1t.

A good story was told at a re-
cent bankers convention in
Pittsburg to illustrate the re-
suits which can be achieved by
persistent advertising. | n a
Pittsburg rolling mill a bar of
steel weighing half a ton was
suspended by chain, and near
it was hung bottle cork by a
silk thread. The cork was al
lowed to swing against the great
mass of metal, striking at each
time the same spot. No result
was perceptible for ten minutes,
when the bar began to culver.
In thirty. five minutes it was
swinging like. the pendulum of a
clock. Advertisers who expect
immediate and big results from
single advertisement, or adver-
tisements systematically placed
before the public, would do well
to ponder this story. 1t is the
patient, persistent hammering,
kept up, month after month and
year after year, that is certain
to star the pendulum of success
swinging in your direction.
The bee., 1905-08-17
THURSDAY. AUGUST II. 1905.
THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN

HE DkIINhIlNJ FOCIN hin
And THE DRINKING COW.
All our fine humanitarian ideas
about a public drinking fountain
for man and beast, with an eye
especially to that faithful friend
of man, the horse, have been
shattered by thought which es
capped us the while we wrote the
brief editorial recently advo-
eating a public drinking fountain
at some centrally located place
in darlington, where even the
hostile automobile would be al
lowed to tank up while a strang
er within our gates. The COW
did not butt in on our musings
then, but she did soon after. The
question was raised, "what
would we do with the cow" We
wouldn't do without her and we
couldn't if we would. But what
she in her numerical force and
thirsty habit would do for pub.
lie drinking fountain would be a
plenty for all who inhabited the
immediate vicinity Of that insti-
tuition, which should be a thing
of beauty and restful relief to
the thirsty. The cow seems to
predominant. And the Earring
ton COW is quite generally a SUI
perior representative of the Jer-
sey strain, and she is here in
large numbers. Her yield is not
only valuable and indispensable
but she herself is a thing of
beauty and pleasure to the eye.
The COW wins. We will continue
to eat our bread with plenty of
butter on and to drink at our
own fountain. The travelling
horse and the automobile can 80
to the Lake.