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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
A BRUTAL CRIME.
American Wife of Chinaman Tried to
Kill Entire Family

Chicago, Dec. A-The American wife
OF George Ah-Wong, a Chinese restau-
ran proprietor of Plano, used desperate
and partly successful means of ending
the lives of herself and four children
early today. She gave her four chill
dren wood alcohol and one of them.
Ida, years old, she stabbed. Ida, died
today, and the mother said by the coro-
ner to have been temporarily insane
after drinking some of the poison
threw herself under Burlington rail-
road train. Her mangled body was
found shortly afterward. Further
search led to the discovery of the dead
child and her suffering but not fatally
drugged brothers and sisters This
note was found: Thank God it is over
1t was horrible. I can't go on with the
rest, but no one will lead my girl the
life of misery L nave led. 1 shall not
depend on the poison. The way must
be sure"
Il can't go on" is supposed to have
referred to her inability to undergo the
horror of executing all her children as
she had little Ida.
Mrs. All Wong is said to have been
the daughter of reputable Chicago par
entS,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
LOCAL MENTION.

Dr. S Temple, Osteopath. 7s5 Kansas
ave. Ind. 1912 Res. STA. Bell 1885.
A suggestion for Xmas-Have an
Independent telephone installed for
the wife and children.
Exacting smokers never fail to
appreciate the superior qualities of
Eagles Rose Tint five cent cigars.
This cigar has won it's way into
popularity through pure merit.
Don't tell us you are going to keep on
paying two prices for picture framing
because you are satisfied. We can sat
isfy you for a good deal less money at
Coe Bros. Cut Rate Art Co., S2S Kan
Sas avenue.
DrechseFs are selling high-grade slip
pers at 25 per cent discount.
Final dress rehearsal for the Bethle-
hem Cantata at the First Presbyterian
church tonight at 1880 sharp. Pipe
organ and piano accompaniment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
title to all that lies beneath the sur

title to all that lies beneath the sur
face.
when the government parts with
title to the land, as the law now
stands. the private parties may con-
duct their operations in such manner
as they see fit, even to exhausting the
deposit. They may operate their mines
in such manner as to take out only the
heart of the vein, while large quanti
titles OF coal possessing utility are
either permitted to remain in the
ground or to waste upon the dump at
the mine opening.
ut is a fact of common knowledge
that under present conditions this
great natural resources is simply a
subject of speculation. dependent upon
the present exigency of opportunity for
financial gain and with no concern for
the future"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
YOU wanted to take away the names of

YOU wanted to take away the names OF
the old settlers
This resident expressed the sentiment
of the majority of the residents In
fact they do not know OF the real pu no
pose of the council in changing the
street names AS Councilman Tandy
said this morning:
Every argument proposed by the
kickers at the last meeting of the coun :
Gil was thin. They had very scant
idea of the good the council was do
ing
It is an admi*ted fact that if some of
the people whoSapprove of the plans by
the street naming committee would
come to council meeting instead or all
the kickers the sentiment would be
changed quickly. AS an addition-it
might change the ideas of the gallery
speakers.
Whatever happens the whole matter
will receive a final blow tonight. After
this evening the council Will nave
nothing to do with the matter. IL Is d
case of future good OF future trouble
for the city at large.
The council will take up the PROPOSE
ton of paving Tenth street between
Kansas avenue and Jackson rms
block was left out of the original reso-
luton and is a bad mistake because II
leaves this block a detriment to the
good paving in this district. 1t IS un-
doubtedIy the worst piece OF teri d
firma in the city. The old car parh
cobbIe stones have caused many an
auto to groan with agony and as Iat
as the looks are commemorative least
said the better
Since the long scarey article IN the
state Journal concerning the prom
shIe nenalty affixed to the ordinance
reoI1iring physicians to report births
TO the CITY physician, the births nave
been coming into the sanitary SER
geant thick and fast. 1t looks as
though a prosperous period and an
advance in poster1ty mas Sudoehly dP-
peared above the horizon There Were
nine births at the office this morning
when the reporter made his rounds.
The lucky parents are Mr.. and Mrs. e.
7 Renton 24O1 Buchanan, boy;
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Law, 615 Morse,
a how. Mr.. and Mrs w. H Connell,
1433 Chandler, a daughter; Mr.. and
Mrs James P McKeirnan, sos East
Sixth. a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin O.
ODenovan 1909 West Twelfth, girl;
Mrs and Mrs. A. ]. Wagner, zzo Ine
Drive, a boy; Mr.. and Mrs A k1tz'
502 East Fifth, girl; MI ana MIS-.
H. G. Kosher, 1900 East Sixth, Doy;
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hartzell, Nine
teenth and Redder, boy.
The assistant city engineer was over
on the ST. John street macadam TINS
morning measuring up the thickness
and amount of Rochester gravel
dumped on this driveway not long
ago. The city is under the impress
sion that the contractors came with
underloaded wagons and the sub
scribers deny it. If all is satisfactory
the council will allow the necessary
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
Hit by a street Car.

Harold Heivley, elevator boy at the
Columbian building who was struck
bv n street car at the corner OF Sixth
avenue and Lincoln street Sunday
morning. has been removed from the.
hospital to the home of relatives at
the corner of Elmwood and Willow
streets. Immediately following the
accident the injured boy was taken to
Christ's hospital where 1t was found
that his injuries consisted of a number
of slight bruises. He was riding
bicycle at the time of the accident
and did not see the approaching car
in time to avoid it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
real. ESTATE TRANSFERS

r Urav and wife to II. E. Fletcher.
lots ioo2-4-6-S-1O and Il Fifth St..
Lindale add........--....--.--. 1870
M +, Muth to II. Muth. lots IT'S
and MacVicar ave. College Flaee
f. Patterson and wife to J. Patterson
lot al Darling St: Willard ~ :.
G. D. Lyle and wife to j. boiI 4 lPhlIis
ST, Horne's add. -; -,
w. A. Nciswanger and wife 70 =;
Linn. lots 15-17-19-21-3 and Scotland
ave Gordon add. -...... ]
d simmons and wife to j.: H
Galvean. lot 374 and pt. 76 Kellam
ave. j. w Morris add. ..-...---.....
TT r. Henderson and husband to j. +.
McCyauley. e. Y S. e. Il S-13-15- .-..-..- 5
E. 70. Clark and wife to r. w. Ander-
son. lots 1856 and Brooks ave-,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
SOLD BAD EGGS.
Farmer Pleads Guilty and Receives
Fine.

The first case in which the pure food in
spectors have gone after a farmer for
placing bad eggs on the market has been
Harry Bell caused the arrest of a well
known farmer of that county on the
charge of bringing old eggs to town and
selling them to retail dealers. The farmer
appeared in court and pleaded guilty to
the. charge and was assessed a fine and
costs. Heretofore 1t has always been the
custom to go after the dealer as being
responsible fors the placing of bad eggs
on the market but in this case the farmer
who sold the eggs in the first place was
deemed the more culpable person.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Mary Jane Mitchell, 81 years
of age, died at the home of her SON
in-1aw, w. J. Allen, eight miles south
west of the city. Sunday night. She is
survived by four daughters, Mrs.
Stapleton, Mrs. Harkins, Mrs. Allen
and Mrs. Scott, and two sons Benja-
being residents of Shawnee county at
this time. The funeral will be held
from the Allen home Wednesday after
noon followed by interment in the
Foster cemetery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
NeNy Vork Mnnrr NIarl.e,

New York. Dec. 21.-MONEY-Money on
call firm. 3G32l per cent: ruling rate s1S
closing bid 81, offered at 31z. Time loans
eastes; 50 and 80 days, S1s per cent; six
months. 31zd3Z per cent.
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 4@41z
per cent.
Sterling exchange steady at an advance
with actual business in bankers bills at
81 IS 05I4 IS 10 for 60 day bills and at 81 81 20
for demand; commercial bills, 81. 50 ssQ4S52z.
lars. 45c.
BONDS-Government bonds, steady:
railroad bonds. irregular.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
Inthers local 20. -.

OmciaI price list on and March l.,
1903:
or four feet lath. 3 cents per yarG
32-inch lath .........4 &c per yaru
All metal lathing, church, opera
houses, public buildings, all patching,
back-lathing and all old lath, 40 cents
per hour. 1870,
For country work. " cent per yard
or 25 cents per M. extra VIII De
o--'- JOSEPH FLORENCE. Secy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
MORE COTTON BALES GINNED.
Annual Report Shows Two Million In
crease During Year.

Washington. Dec. PA total of Il. 1872. lis
running bales of cotton ginned from the
growth of 1908 to December 49, against
9.2S4.070 at the same date of last year and
q 269 active gfnneries against q, 156 in 1907
were announced by the census bureau in
its report today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21

money tonight-but if not there will
be another squabble on hand. Nothing
dull in the life of city official
Four building permits today. To
Frank NJ. Welton for frame car
penter shop at 1884; Harrison to cost
5000. To G. E. Jewell for new glass
front on business building at SIS
Kansas avenue. the same to cost
$1,000. To William Brown for a
frame dwelling at col Topeka avenue
to cost $4,000.
Automobile licenses are. coming in as
fast as the numbers can be made. This
morning Jonathan Thomas took out No.
210 for an electric His daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Charles Brooks Thomas, took out
taking the city by storm: They are get
ting ready for the new city electric light
and conducted at cost.
This fine weather is a boon to the street
force. Street Commissioner Snyder has
every man on his force working overtime,
giving the city a final house cleaning be-
fore the winter sets in The pavement
contractors are working their men to the
limit finishing up their contracts before
they take up others and the general city
more DAYS like this and the North To-
peka bikes will look like a mountain ridge
in the northern sky.
City Engineer John P. Rodgers finished
up the cross sectioning of the Soldier
creek bridge on Central avenue Saturday
evening. The new bridge to be placed at
this crossing will be of the latest and
most modern construction and will be
without the inverted trusSes which have
been serving a dam ever since the con-
struction of the old bridge The old style
The Central avenue paving will extend
right over the bridge. The bridge paving
onn rs as the r r9y
of planks costs a small fortune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
ON HIS WAY TO NEW YORK.
Francis j. Heney Stops in Chicago
Feeling Much Better.

Chicago. Dec. 21.-Francis ]. Heney
arrived here today and after a three
hour visit resumed his trip TO New
York. He said he was feeling no eff
fects from the bullet wound which he
received recently in court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21

money tonight-but if not, there will
be another squabble on hand. Nothing
dull in the life of a city official.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-21
The Grand Piano Is the
Musicians Cherished Ideal Possession

Here presented the opportunity give lasting delight
this Christmas at small out lay.
What music loving wife or daughter is there who
does not secretly openly cherish the fond hope that
she will day possess grand piano It is tact ac-
knowIedgement that to have such instrument in the
home is the Ultima Thule of musical delight.
Impossible of/fruition this desire might have
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
THE DOCTORS GIFT.


We usually expect the doctor to put
us ON some kind Of penance and give
us bitter medicines.
A Penn. doctor brought a patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly interesting.
Two years ago." writes this pa
tient, Il was a frequent victim Of
acute indigestion and biliousness. be-
ing allowed to eat very few things.
One day our family doctor brought me
a small package, saying he had found
something for me to eat, at last.
"EIe said it was a food called Grape
Nuts, and even as its golden color
might suggest, it was worth its weight
in gold. was sick and tired, trying
one thing after another to no avail,
but at last consented to try this new
food.
We'll! it surpassed my doctors 6
fondest anticipation and every day
since then l have blessed the good
doctor and the inventor of Grape
Nuts.
81 noticed improvement at once and
in months time my former spells oi
indigestion had disappeared. In two
months l felt like new man. My
brain was much clearer and keener
my body took on the vitality Of youth
and this condition has continued"
There's Reason" Name given BY
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, ReaS
"The Road to Wellyille," in pkgs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12

The major win first offer the visitor
q cup of coffee. He never forget!
that every time a halt was made il
war time coffee, the great recuperator
was in requisition. The coffee he boili
over the blazing logs in true caml
style. If you catch him at meal time
he will offer you a share of the con
tents OF his haversack, another habit
he acquired in the days of the 'e)s
He is not hermit OF the kind that shuns
society. The campfire was what the
old soldier craved- The more visitor'
he has to his Open-air home the better
pleased he is. But the veteran is per
fectly contented when alone. He re
he has moved to the spot. Behind this
he has improvised a wind shield, anc
in the little clearing ia front he makes
his log fire. Lying thus he gazes
steadily into the blaze, dreaming Of
the old stirring days of the war, living
once more in the halcyon time wher
life was like wine that bubbles anC
sparkles in the glass. The musing ole
soldier sees in the blaze the figures o.
men in blue leaping to the charge, he
catches the CLINT of steel as the yelling
lines clash and hears the sound o
cannon as the artillery gets to work.
In the same magic element the ma
jor conjures up the dark days he spen
in Libby prison, the scenes of carnage
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12

soldier He determined to live once
more, as nearly as possible, the life
of his soldier days by camping in the
open, beside a roaring fire, to prepare
mis- own meals, to bid defiance to cold
and wet and, in imagination at least,
to campaign again with Sherman and
Grant.
Had the old soldier been friendless
and alone he might have buried HIM
self permanently in some secluded
spot and reveled in his campfire
dreaming until taps" sounded for the
last time. But the major is blessed
with devoted wife and a host of
friends, and no one would listen to his
suggestion that he retire to the woods
to end his days with the birds and the
squirrels for companions. So he COM
promised by pitching his camp in an
out-of-the-way ravine in Fairmount
park, Philadelphia, says the New York
Tribune, where he is as completely off
the beaten track as he would be in the
wilderness The park authorities hu-
mored the old soldiers whim.
Joyfully the major selected his
campground, in picturesque spot,
where the trees shelter him to some
extent from the wind, and here he can
be found, no matter how severe the
weather.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
'Does your husband ever admit that
he was wrong?"
Eyes, frequently, but I don't suppose
he ever really believes it,"
The Son of Ham.

During a revival in Texas" said
Philip R. Bangs of Toledo. o., his turn
for a story having come, "a negro was
reputed to have had visions about
Heaven and hell. His boss called him
up and interrogated him as to what
he saw in both places, and first as to
what the white men and darkies were
doing in Heaven. Lord, boss, the
white men was all a-tilting back in
their chairs, with their heels on the
banisters, a-smoking cigars, and the
niggers was down on their knees a.
shining up their golden slippers Then
as to what was going on at the other
place. Eff you believe me. boss, every
single white man had niger in his
hands a-holdin' him up between him
and the flames.' Washington Her
aid
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
Mans Supremacy Falling OF.


MANS supremacy is now almost q
thing of the past, and it is high time
1t is so," said Prof. Charles F. Zeub-
lin of the University of Chicago, to an
applauding feminine audience in Min.
neapolis. while woman is regarded
as the weaker physically, she is in
many respects the stronger mentally
and morally" he continued. From the
the time brute strength received sec
ond place and the mind became tho
dominating power of the human being
woman has risen until she is now not
only the equal of man in every respect
but threatens to be superior. Regard
ing physical strength. 1t might be said
that woman, in her way, is stronger
than man."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
ECONOMY CARRIED TOO FAR.
Old Mans Thrift That Led Him Into
Ridiculous Action.

President ]. G.. Schurman of Cornell
was discussing elective college
courses, of which in the freshman and
sophomore years. he disapproves.
"A freshman of 16 or H." said Pres
ident Schurman, ''is too young to
choose for himself the courses best
for him. His mind is not mature
enough. 1t will make mistakes.
IN it's immaturity, its proneness to
error, it is like the mind of an old
man in my native Freetown. He,
though old, was mentally undeveloped,
and saw nothing wrong or ridiculous
in a piece of economy that he put in
practice in the cemetery.
"The old man had lost four wives,
and desired to erect for each a head
stone, with an inscription commemora.
tive of her wifely virtues.
But inscriptions, he found, were
very expensive. He economical in
this way:
HE had the Christian name of each
wife cut on a small stone above her
grave-"Emma," MARY" Hester,
Edith" Under each name a hand
pointed to large stone in the cen
ter of the lot, and under each hand
were the words:
"'For epitaph see large stone.'"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12

trenched awaiting our movements
But we were destined to take an active
part in that fierce charge. Our bri.
gade was formed after eating a hasty
breakfast of hardtack and coffee,
marched back down the mountains
side and took our former place on the
right of Thomas line. Our line then
charged double-quick across the plain
under musketry fire from the con
federate infantry, and the artillery
that lined the top of the ridge.
seemed like advancing into the jaws
of hell. But that was an army OF
seasoned veterans; no halt or waver.
The confederate line at the foot of the
ridge could not stand it, but clambereC
back and tried to form and make
stand behind some earthworks half.
way up. This was now the moment
and the place where the boys took
matters into their own hands; each
was his own thinking general, anr
with one impulse followed with yell
and kept the rebel line on run to the
top and over on the other side. It
was soul-inspiring sight, on reaching
the top, to view the whole confederate
army in precipitous flight down the
other side, followed by plentiful
shower of loyal musket balls.
Hooker did well, but his part was
confined to the storming of Lookout.
1t was Thomas brave old Army OF the
Cumberland that drove the confeder.
ate army up, over and beyond the
ridge, and which so alarmed Gen.
Grant by their spontaneous charge up
the ridge without orders.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
THREE CURES OF ECZEMA.
Sufferine-Two Babies Also Cured
-Cuticura invaluable.

'My brother had eczema three diff
ferent summers. Each summer it came
out between his shoulders and down
his back, and he said his suffering
was terrible. When it came on the
third summer, he bought a box of
Cuticura Ointment and gave it a faith
full trial. Soon he began to feel better
and he cured himself entirely of &C.
zema with Cuticura. A lady in In.
diana heard of how my daughter,
Mrs. Miller, had cured her little son
of terrible eczema by the Cuticura
Remedies. This lady's little one had
the eczema so badly that they thought
they would lose it. She used Cuti-
cura Remedies and they cured her
child entirely, and the disease never
came back Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk. Cold
water, Mich, Aug. Is and Sept. 2, 1907"
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RELYING HIS WAR DAYS.
Old Soldier Camps Before His Fire In
Fairmount Park.

What is the secret of the magic
power of a cracking fire to conjure
up memories of days that are dead?
The answer to this abstruse question
may be left to psychologists. Few will
deny that. cracking fire has such
power. In the leaping sparks and the
Teddening logs one finds that stimulus
to muse and to mediate in moods that
range from melancholy to merTiment.
This, in brief, is the line of thought
that obsesses Maj. James H. Work
man, civil war veteran, who recently
determined to become a hermit. In
the winter of life his mind harked
back to the days of battle and sudden
death. He longed once more for the
alluring freedom of the simple life of a
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
REDUCED coLoNIsT RATES.

One way tickets atspecialiow rates on
sale daily throughout March and April
from all points on The North Western
Line to San Francisco, Los Angeles
Portland and Puget Sound points.
Daily and Personally conducted
tours in tourist sleeping cars via the
Chicago, Union Pacific & North West
ern Line. Double berth only 500
through from Chicago. For full par.
ticulars write S. A. Hutchison. Man.
ager, Tourist Dept, 2l2 Clark St. Chi.
cago, ILL.,, or address nearest ticket
agent
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12

in the many battles in which his regi
ment, Rush's Lancers, took part. From
the heart of the fire sad faces rise to
greet him once more. Some are
marred and red with wounds. He sees
them as he last saw them, lying dead
or dying on a hundred battle fields
Old comrades Of the camp and the
field, fellow veterans of the Crane
Army who have preceded him into the
beyond, privates, captains, majors
colonies, great army of them, they
rise up before the old man, as he
muses. in front of his campfire, salute
him gravely and pass upward with thu
smoke.
The soldier hermit says he will live
by his campfire all the winter, no mat
ter what the weather Although he
hasn't been heard to say so, those who
know him believe he would be quito
happy in the thought of being found
dead by the fire in the ravine, for in SC
dying his last hours would be softened
by the presence of his comrades of the
days when the lancers fought for the
union. The old mans glazing eyes
would see them to the last, coming ou'
of the heart of the fire to salute him
gravely, this time not to pass upward
with the smoke, but to form his body
guard into the other world.