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VOL for Columbus statue.

The Knights of Columbus COMMITTEES
in charge OF the Columbus statue bill,
which is now before Congress. is quite
active in calling the attention Of Con-
gressmen TO the bill. and It is hoped
that it will become a law during the
nresent session.
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To Law Chapel Cornerstone.

The Rev. Father Z. II. SOuthgate. pas
tor OF St. AnthOnys elurch. BroOklands
u. c., invites all members OF the Cath
ole societies OF Washington 10 assist 1T
the laying Of the cornerstone Of the new
Catholic Chapel on Winthrop Heights.
Langdon. D. G the old Queens Chapel
lot, al p. M. next Sunday. The Right
Rev. Bishop Curtis. assistant 10 Cardinal
Gibbons, viii Oficiate.
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To Address Baltimore Hibernians.

The Hibernians Of Baltimore have be-
gun a movement for the erection OF a
Hibernian institute in that city. 4
joint meeting of their 2000 members
viii shortly be held. for which many
invitations have been sent 10 Washing
ton. state President Sheehy. National
Director Moran, and Patrick J. Haiti
gan are among the Washington Hiber-
mans who have been invited 10 address
the meeting.
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Georgetown Hibernians' Meeting.

There viii be a meeting Of Division
No. !, OF thu Ancient order of Hiber-
mans, today at 2:SO p. m, AZ Red Mems
Hall. Georgetown. District President
sheehy. with his corps. of District Of
hcers. will be in attendance. and a lively
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-03
MACCABEE KNIGHTS
HOLD LARGE MEETINGS

State Commander ID. W Gall, of the
Maccabees. has returned from another
trip In the State Of Virginia. where he
attended large meetings. and reports a
very decided increased interest over one
year ago. when he was placed Il charge
Of that State. in connection with his
work In this city
MI Gall has commissioned o. W
Hammond, record keeper of Golden Rule
Tent. no. 3. a deputy for the tent, and
c. NJ. King Of Mt Vernon Tent, No 4.
a deputy for that tent OF the six depu-
ties appointed IN this city, four OF them
are the record keepers Of the tents.
These deputies are appointed by the
state commander, for the purpose Of
soliciting new members and building up
the tent The laws Of the supreme tent
give a State commander power TO ap-
point such number OF deputies as he
deems advise bic. but these appointments
must be confirmed by the supreme board
OF trustees. The recent appointments
were made under the advice OF the SUI
prems commander for the purpose Of
adding new interest 10 the work
Deputy Z. NJ King. the newly ap-
pointed deputy for Mt. Vernon Tent. al
its last review filed six applications. and
assured the tent another batch would
come in next week. at which time a
class win be initiated and the degree
work will be put on the floor by the
team OF the tent
George l. Lyles. a member of Mt.
Vernon Tent. died on Saturday OF last
week
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s. sslon of this excellent division Is an
ticipated. Much regr=. is expressed
among the members Of Division No.
that a larger hall cannot be procured
IN Georgetown.
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NEARER THE POLE.

-PeaTy' got nearer the pole, didn't
he. than anyone slseg'
Yes. one book nearer. Life.
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On January % Independence Hive, No.
1, installed the following officers. Lady
commander, Georgia J. Myers heuten-
ant commander. Charlotte S. Cox; rec
ord keeper, Anna J. Shepherd chaplain.
Florence Nichols; sergeant. Maud
Wade; mistress at arms, Phoebe Frey
sentinel, Julia Wittgenstein; picket, Ella
Chambers.
Two candidates were Initiated A
handsome umbrella was presented by
the hive 10 Mrs. Myers. a silk scarf
10 Mrs. Shepherd. and a beautiful fan
TO Mrs. Caswell. State commander, who
acted as installing officer Independence
Hive. although the baby hive Of the
District. is now fourth in point OF mem
bershlp.
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Union Tent. No. 81. held an interest
ing meeting Wednesday evening the oe-
easion being the thirLy-sixth anniversary
or the admission or James II. Lovelass
into the order After the initiation cere-
monies had been concluded the ami
versary exercises were conducted with
Matthew Malloy acting as a chairman.
Remarks lauding Mr.. LoYeless for his
long and valued services were made by
]. Walter Mitchell and T. w. Newman,
of Advance Tent; J. c. Eller. ]. ]. Muir
ray, and Charles Taylor, Of Jehu Tent,
No. %; Charles Cook. OF Harmony Tent,
No. 1000; J. w. McAtahon, H. j. Ready,
Ed Harmon. G. II. Loveless, j. f. Vieh-
meyer. J.. +. Harvey, ]. Stewart, VII
liam Collins. and Mr.. Malloy.
John B. Henderson Tent held an en-
1oyable meeting Thursday evening with
William H. Gray. acting as chief ruler.
Philip Lederer presented the tent with
a handsome wall clock. and he was
given a rising vote of thanks for The
same. The debate. Resolved, That
friends are more valuable than money"
was discussed in the affirmative by
Messrs. Lederer, Cordel, Woodland.
anu Aoii4idAt Ailu III the negative by
Messrs. Van Matre. Crosby, Bunch, and
Hessler. The judges. Mr.. Vowles, john
F. and John B. Mackabee. OF Harmony
Tent. No 1020. decided in favor OF the
affirmative.
One candidate was admitted 20 mem
bership. and remarks were made I'M
der good of the order by William c.
Van Matre, Mr.. Relnmuth, S. D. fen
nyson. Philip Lederer. AID Jenkins s.
Wright The tent appointed a commit
tee OF nine TO prepare for the second
anniversary Of the tent as follows: VIII
liam H. Gray, William c. Van Matre.
JohD !. Bunch Edwin V. Bennett. S. S.
Hessler. 5r.. Karst Hoffman. Arthur S.
Woodland. Wayne W. Cordell. and Jen-
kins S Wright. The anniversary win
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-26

He had a bell fixed on his gate. and
whenever any of his relatives came to
see MIN they rang the bell and he
went out to the gate to talk with them.
he was glad to see them. He often
gave them money. He invited them to
come again No matter how kind and
considerable he was, however, none Of
them could get into his house It was
the same with strangers If he had
business with them it had to be done
at the gate Two of the lawyers he
employed objected to this and were
sent packing. BY and by his house
caRe to be known as The House OF
Mystery" and was talked about for
twenty miles around
As Old Peter was known TO be rich
it came to be believed that he had
money and bonds hidden away in the
walls and under the floors of his
house. and a natural consequence
robbers and burglars had their eyes on
the place The house stood alone on
the outskirts of the village, and 1t
looked as if robbery would be an easy
thing. but several bad characters came
TO grief over it. Thare we're bear traps
and spring guns and trap doors and
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Old Peter was the means of sending
several men to states prison When
he had reached the age of 20 and his
health had begun to fail all his rela-
tives and friends besought him to
change his way of living There was
fear that he would die alone and IN
attended. The old man refused to
make any change whatever What
year After the old man had not
been seen for two days the house was
broken into and he was found dead.
Old Peter had made his will six
months before. He had given TO
charity. and he had been generous
with all his relatives. but the bulk
of his fortune had been left to a
certain nephew and niece. John
Rhineheart was "a years old and a
son of the old mans brother. Mary
Davis was 20, and a daughter of his
sister He had not seen either one
OF them a dozen times in his life
Though relatives. they cordially dis
liked each other They met but sell
dom, and always quarreIed when they
did meet Neither were liked by the
other relatives. At the time of the old
married to others.
Had Old Peter studied for years he
could not have wrought out a worse
plan than he put in practice The
ton that they marry. If they did nor
marry It was to be divided up among
the others; if they did. the one who
survived the other took ALL If the
uncle knew the feeling between them
which had become almost positive ha-I
tired before he died, then he could not
have taken a surer way to bring about
a tragedy At first, both nephew and
niece declared that they would not
accept the legacy under the terms
They douJed the idea and they talked
of going to law. After a bit thew took
a different view OF the case. The
spirit Of avarfce predominated IN
both. and in their selffshness they
concluded to obey the provision It
was stipulated that they must live to-
gether for at least five years unless
death interviewed, and the legacy was
to be paid in five annual installments.
Their engagements TO others were
broken and they were married They
said to each other that it was only to
secure the property. They declared
that they hated each other They
even went SO far as to say before wit
nesses that they would put each other
out of the way before the end OF the
five years If opportunity occurred
They became man and wife, but lived
together as two strangers The feel
ing for each other was one of bitter
est hatred
One day. three months after mar
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The carriage was given in his charge
and he walked away He had gone just
a block when he met that Harper boy
The latter had seen thousand baby
carriages in his time. but his curiosity
was aroused over this one He wanted
TO heft it. He wanted to flop it on its
side and turn the wheels He wanted
to know whether the man who owned
II had red whiskers or black He could
not be satisfied until he had got be-
hind II and started down the walk on
run to see how easy it pushed There
was a man coming up the walk with a
box on his shoulder. OF course, the
Harper boy ran the carriage against
his legs. and. OF course. ne dropped the
box with q great crash and had some
thing TO say He said that il he could
have his way about things he'd break
every boy in town in two He'd cuff
them up to a peak He'd drive them
head-first into a swamp. He'd had the
skin raked on his legs by the wheels
Of the carriage and he wanted to know
who was going to be financially re-
sponsfble If blood poison set In and he
died and left q widow and three small
children He wanted TO know several
other things as he stood there notion
ing il all out. but the Harper boy didn't
wait to answer. He took to his heels
and left Humpy to bear the burden
The man delivered another ten minute
lecture and then Shouldered MS oox
and went his way Humpy had travel
ed two blocks when he met the Wat
kins boy. OF course, the latter wanted
TO know all about It. and the Two nad
to sit down on the curbstone until ex-
plantations had been made They were
about concluded when a man walking
with a cane came along and fell over
the carriage He knocked it on the
sidewalk into the street, but without
doing IL any damage The collision
threw him down, and when he got up
he felt that he had been iIlused- He
said that he was near-sighted. and he
thought that anybody who'd move
house and have II on the sidewalk for
persons TO stumble over were deserving !
Of the electric chair
Humpy tried to explain that it was 4
only a baby carriage, and that he was 1
sorry it had brought about the acct
dent but the man would not listen. He i
said he guessed he knew q house /
when he ran against IL. and added that
every boy in America ought to be Z
kept chained in his fathers back yard i
until he was eighteen years old He
had often wondered why there wasn't
such law. and now he would go at
Il and try to have one passed He was
Btfu dourfshinE his cane around and
talking when Humpy stole softly away
Efth the carriage to meet a policeman
IN the next block He didn't want to
meet the officer. and was crossing the !
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" axrED-FEMALE HE1r.

| rage, they went riding together in a
/ boat on a mill pond The husband
hoped that some accident would hap
pen and the wife be drowned. While
an oar and be swept over the dam she
produced a pistol and threatened to
shoot him if anything went wrong A
month later he got word that she had
asked for poison at the drug store,
and he charged her with an intention
of killing him. and. thereafter was
suspicious of his food It was shown
after his death thar-f1e bought live
rattieSua AXE and Iet.-iE loose in the or
charJi-s 1t was shown that she remov-
ed ladder to give 1hiEH fall from
the roof of the house@fT She went row.
ing alone to- find that the oars had
been tempered with and but for a
bow she would have been swept over
the dam and drowned He found thar
a gun he was cleaning and careiessly
handling was loaded instead OF empty
There was no doubt in the mind OF
auy yfIIager that the couple hated each
other so bitterly that each had murder
in his heart. and that murder would
have been done but for the fear of the
law A year passed away The first
portion of the legacy had. come when
the marriage took place The second
was paid when the first year had ex-
PRED A few days after this money had
been received the husband suggested to
the wife that they visit Niagara Falls
They had not left the village since
their marriage.
He wants to throw me into the rap
ids and send me over the falls" said
the wife to herself as the suggestion
was made; but In a moment she replied
that she would be glad TO go.
She will bring about my death there
if she can do it, said the husband to
himself as he looked at her
That both were right after events
proved. We all saw them leave the viii
lage., and it was afterwards said that
thew seemed to demean themselves
more like husband and wife than ever
before At the falls they were taken
for a newly married couple on their
wedding tour They strolled about with
her arm in his laughing and chatting,
and vet all the time they mistrusted
each other and each had a plan This
assembling last three days. They
on Goat Island by day and in the ev-
eufug. but at length they took their
last walk 1t was down to the very
brink of the falls. They sat there and
her Thirty different people noticed
them Ry and by, as the hour grew
late. all went away-au but these two.
They continued to sit there as people
Looked hack Wien they had not reach
"a their hotel at midnight a still alarm
Vas sent out When another day came
and thew had not shown up there was
a search made and the landlord opened
two letters found IN their room and
directed to him The one read:
IF ANYTHING happens to me here have
nv wife arrested She seeks my death -
The above was signed by the hus-
hand The other was signed by the
wife and read:
NV husband has brought me here
TO take my life If he succeeds I want
him hung
both had gone over the falls togeth-
or Their bodies were found far down
n week Iater.-(Copyrighted, 1907, by C.
II SutcIiffe.)
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His WAY Home

A nervous man on his lonely home
ward way heard the echoing of foot
steps behind him. and dim visions of
hold-up men and garroters coursed
through his BRAIN The faster he walked
the more the man behind increased his
speed. and although the nervous one
took the most roundabout and devious
course he could devise, still his tracker
followed At last he turned into a
churchyard-
IF he follows me here" he decided
there can be no doubt about his in
tentions-"
The man behind did follow. and.
quivering with fear and rage. the ner-
vous one turned and confronted him.
What do you want2" he demanded.
why are you following me -
DO you always go home like thfsz"
asked the stranger, "or are Won giving
yourself a treat tonight2 1 am going
up to Mr. Browns, and the porter AT
the station told me to follow Won. as
you lived next door Excuse nv ask
ing. but are you going home at All tsl-
night 2''-London Opinion.
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THAT SKINNER BOY.
He Has Adventures With a Baby
Carriage.

That Skinner boy was on his way to
the grocery the other morning to buy
two dozen ClOthes-pins for his mother.
when man stopped him and said
See here. boy. If you are to be trust
ed I've got an srrand for you I've had
a baby carriage repaired q the shop
down here. and I want it taken TO my
house On Cherry street Do you think
you can get il there without any fooIing
around2''
Il never fool. sir replied Humpy.
with dignity.
Then you are different from most
boys If you can walk sOherly along
the street. pushing that carriage in
front OF YOU. and leave it at my house
with the wheels On il I'll give you ten
cents. II you damage it at all III have
the police after you
I'll take it safely to your house,
sir
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NEPHEW AND NIECE.

Old Peter Rhineheart, bachelor. was
a very rich man and very queer man
He had two brothers and a sister and
three or four nephews and nieces. but
for the last thirty years of his life not
one of them was permitted to step foot
across his thresh hold Not that Old
Peter was mad at them. or had any
reason to be, but simply because he
took a. notion to have things that way.
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PARTIALLY MODERN HOUSE

FOR SALEse acres of land 21a miles
south of Highland Park. good s room
house, barn and other improvements z
trees all hearing Some alfalfa and pas
ture. WIN sell this for 50 per acre
Land right side of this is bringing over
500 + A SNYDER Brokerage Co. room 8
Central National Bank bldg Ind phone
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WANTED-MAIzE HELP.

WANTED Salesman for do
nestle and wash goods depts- The
Warren NJ Crosby Co.
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WANTED1Twe non-uuion printing press
men; better class of commercial work.
out of town None but competent men
need apply Good salary. Address T.
Henry, Planters. Hotel, St Louis, No
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TRANSFER AND STORAGE


MszRChA$ES Han III ksh n SAOkxA1<E
Co.. packs. SHIPS and stores house hSld
goods Tel 1ss- Clarenee Skinner. 81
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WANTED-Two paper rulers and tw
blank book forwarderS; uOp-union; on
Of town position; good salary. None bu
first class workueu need apply. address
T. Henry, Planters" Hotel St Louis, Mo
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WANTED-aa good 1aborers to ship to
Colorado wages $50 per day.
Capital Employment Agcy-. S11 kan ave
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FOR SALE-11a lots. nearly new room
pantry, closets, bath ROOM rronL anu
back porch cellar. well. eistern. sewer.
gas lights and heat. Owner leaving o1A
cheap 512 E Sth St
FOR RENT OR SALE-H0mes in Oak
land P c Moore. corner CT Wabash
and indiana ave, Oakland
A FREE TRIP TO THE PANHANDLE
We will run an excursion to Canadian.
Texas, October LIST and will show you the
finest land in Texas. board you and show
you over the country as long as you want
TO stay. free of charge and will also re-
fund railway fare to all parties buying
any land This is great chance for the
investor or homeseezer. Come IN and
see us
J. A. SNYDER BROKERAGE CO.
Room 35 Central National Bank Bldg
Ind Phone ITO.
FOR SALES room modern house, 80 tt
front. , blocks from state house. gooo
repair Owner 1194 Kansas ave
MOFFITT. SHILLINGLAW & CO
REAL ESTATE LOANS, RENTAL
AGENTS
-2O6 WEST SIXTH ST
BOTH PHONES 1850 TOPEKA hAN-
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ELECTRIC wiremeu. nen-unien. wit
tools. high wages to good men. Address
pts. Kansas ave, Kansas City. Mo.
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-EOSEE1graVed gold braeeIef- Il6srSi
reward for return to 500 Topeka ave.
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----~----~-s---@~~------.
J. A ROSEN. patent attorney. 4zs Kan
sas ave- Topeka
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WANTED-Printfng pressmen, cylinder
better class of commercial work Ad
dress Dorsey Printing CO., Dallas, Texas
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LEGAL.
STOCEHOIDERs. aIEErIrr

~-S-~-~-~---<-~-----%->1szS>o> S y =
II lrsE published in The Topeka STATE
Journal Sept q. 1901
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WANTED-Energetfc real estate and in
slfrance man to take charge Of office
and handle city and farm business; large
list; good office; good location and good
opportunity to right party. J. T., care
Journal
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FOUNDERS AND MACHINE SHOPS.
>--------c-%~--S---------
FOCS DERS. machinIsts and pattern
makers Topeka Foundry. 318. 3a0 azd
go Jackson st Both phones 90
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DR. ]. o YOUNG. veterinary surgeon, 4
Quincy St Both phones
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FLORISTS.


J c. RODMAN, blooming plants. cut low.
erS, plants. designs. decorations los W.
Eighth Tel 81. Greenhouse Eth and M0n
CUT FLOWERS. floral designs. special
attention given out of town orders at
Hayes, 107 W. Sth St Both phones 81.
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MACHINE SHOPS


NOW ERS ground factory process. rs
Tel see. HarrS 3 Howard no Kan sv
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WANTED-Paper hangers. Parr Bros
VancfI & Hearick.
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WANTED-Good sized boy with wheel
deliver packages Palace Clothing Co.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Womsn's Hour Of Distress.

"0ne of the most distressing expert ences for us women," announced Bettl- na, with toss of her pretty head. ''is to be brought face to face with the same kind of gowns or hats as those we happen to be wearing. Really, l can't think of anything more exasper- ating. All logged out in my new finery boarded a Broadway car the other day. Can you believe it: When I sat down saw opposite me a woman whose dress was of the same material and made up fin much the same way as mine. and her hat was modelled on mine or mine on hers-not that it made much difference. The horror in her eyes reflected in my own. I suppose, and the smiles of everybody eIse-well, I just knew how people looked. As soon as recovered from my first feel ing of weakness started to leave the car. but. to make matters worse. my vis-a-vis. having the same intentions, got up at the same moment. Then smiles became laughter. and we both fed-"-New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Cured by a Typewriter,

Constant companionship with type writing machine has a soothing and elevating influence on a man. No hard drinker, for instance, can use a type writer. His nerves must be in good order or he will strike the wrong let ters and mangle up his copy. There is case of thls kind which led to the reformation of man. He was a type writer and stenographer for a law firm. He was good all around man, but he would go on the spree occasionally. This the head of the firm did not like, so he thought he would teach him q lesson. The stenographer was a me- thodical man, and he went on the skate" at stated times in the year
 When he returned on one occasion his employer had the machine all fixed for him. He had had the letters changed so that when you struck "h." for in- stance, it would print "x," and so on. The stenographer came back feeling rather shaky, anyhow, and when he wrote of his first letter the result was appalling. He began to tremble. The boss kindly sent him to the Adiron- dacks to brace up. The cure was com plete. He never touched liquor again as long as he lived.-Brooklyn Citizen.