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The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
WANTS s124, 900 DAMAGES.
G. f. Hammer Sues Louisiana Parties
for Defamation of Character.

G. f. Hammer Sues Louisiana Parties
for Defamation of Character.
Fort Scott, Kan. Feb. 5.-Suit has
been filed in the federal court here by
w. S. Hyatt, a Parsons attorney, for
George F. Hammer of Parsons. asking
for $124, 900 from John s. Connolly of
Carthage, Mo-. and J. B. Atkins of
Shreveport, La. He seeks recovery Of
this tremendous sum for false impris-
onment and defamation Of character.
The suit will come UP for hearing at
the next term of federal court.
In his petition Hammer alleges that
he was formerly in the employ Of the
Louisiana Gas company at Shreveport,
La. and that while in such employ he
was arrested at the instigation of the
defendants, who charged him with
embezzlement in that he stole ten gold
bonds to the value Of $1,000 each. For
this alleged offense he AYERS that he
was imprisoned and restrained from
his liberty. He believes himself en-
titled to the amount sued for because
Of his treatment.
Hammer Is we'll known about Par
sons and the suit has been talked of
considerable Of late. 1t will be one Of
the hardest fought affairs docketed for
the May term Of federal court.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
A sALINA COUPLE MISSING.
One Married Man and an Elopemeni
Is Suspected.

Is Suspected.
Salina, Feb. 5.-The journal says:
After spending several weeks in
Salina during which time they were
under the surveillance of the police,
George E. Thouvenell of Lucas, Kan,
and Mrs. Bessie Gilman of Great
Bend. Kan, have mysteriously left
Salina and it is believed that they
eloped together, as it is known that
they spent considerabl time while
here in each others company
Letters Of inquiry have been re-
ceived from Mrs. ThouveneH, in
which she inquiries about Mrs Gill
man, who also went under the
assumed names of Mrs. Bessie May
and Mrs. Bessie Randall, and about
her husband, who has disappeared.
Mr.. Thouvenell was in the transfer
business at Lucas and from informa-
ton known here is said to have been
fairly well to do. At his home in
Lucas he left a wife and three chill
and is reported to have two children,
both of whom are in the care OF
her mother at Great Bend, Kan.
Mrs. Gilman came to this city in
December and secured employment
at local hotel. After her entry
coming to Salina frequently and on
request from his wife the police be-
gan to shadow the two people.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
were closely watched the two sud
denly disappeared from the city
about two weeks ago and it is believed
now that they eloped together, as
Mrs. Thouvenell saying that her hus-
band has not been there for several
weeks and that she believes he may
be found where Mrs. Gilman is.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

the Pacific Fruit express, was origina-
ted to look after the distribution, use,
ICING. etc., of these cars 1t has its
own representatives, but all agents and
departments of the Southern Pacific
give these cars the same consideration
as II they were directly operated The
cars were built specially for fruit trans
portation, with such dimensions as to
make 1t possible to load the product
low, giving full efficiency in refrigera-
t1on Icing is done carefully, and the
Ice shortage of last season is being met
py the construction by the Pacific Fruit
express Of two great Ice making plants,
one at Cotton, one at Roseville, to sup
plement the private companies sup
phes, and other plants will be built If
needed. Other cars also will be con-
structed as business demands.
Officials of the Southern Pacific COM
pany point out as one of the advan-
tages of the existing consolidation of
arrangements Of the Union and South
ern Pacific companies the fact that
that which the Southern Pacific alone
could not afford as business project
to undertake, because of the number OF
cars required in relation to its individ-
ual haul, the lines associated under the
presidency of Mr.. Hartman could and
did undertake-al1 having an interest to
be served by such an enterprise.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
IMPROVEMENTS ON CUTOFF
Round House to Be Built at Clovis
Costing $4,000.

The Santa Fe railway is building a
nineteen stall cement round house al
Clovis, New Mexico. on the Belen cut
off. The estimated cost of the building
is $4,000 other Improvements re-
Gently completed at Clovis are
commodious cement depot, mission
style, and Harvey eating house.
With the exception Of few miles of
ballasting the Belen cutoff. the Santa
Fe's low grade, transcontinental line,
from Texico, to Belen, New Mexico,
24O miles. is complete.
This line was commenced ABOUT two
years ago. It marks radical reduc-
ton in the grade across the noun
tains of New Mexico, the average
grade being one-tenth of one per cent
for each mile.
There are forty stations, each
about six miles apart between Texico
and Belen. Each station is equipped
with a long passing siding, facilitating
the rapid handling of trains The sta
ton buildings, and bridges are ali
constructed of cement and 1t Is known
as the cement road"
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
FREE LOVE SECT.
Prof. J. Nelson Has Created EX-
citement at COffeyvflle.
Has Been Preaching on Streets
a Very Loose Doctrine.
MADE HITWITHWOMEN
IADE HITWITHWOMEN
He Proposes to Marry One of
His Flock Without License.
Uses a Bath Tub to BaptiZe
Several of His Converts.

Coffeyville, Kan, Feb. 5.-The Jour
nal says:
Alleging that he is guilty of perform
ing a marriage ceremony without the
proper license, and that he offered to
marry a woman when he was himself
married and at thensame time had a
divorce suit pending against him. the
police are looking for a minister, CIV
ing the name of Prof. J. Nelson, who
has been preaching on the streets and
other places in this city during the
past week.
About a month ago, this man, call
ing himself Professor ]. Nelson, came
here from Kansas City. He gained the
confidence of certain women in the
city by giving a well known merchant
here as reference. Immediately after
his arrival, he commenced preaching
on the street corners, and at other
times has held services in the court
room at the city hall. During his stay,
he has won ten or a dozen women to
his belief.
While in this city, he met a woman
about As years Of age, residing in the
south -art of the city, and won her to
his faith. Saturday, he proposed mar
riage to her, and his proposition was
taken up. The woman, who is well
known, told him that he would have
to go up to Independence and get a
license before they could be married.
Mr.. Nelson thereupon responded that
as he was a minister of the gospel q
marriage license was not necessary,
and that he could perform a valid mar
riage ceremony without it. To put at
rest all her misgivings, he promised to
procure a license at a later date. The
woman agreed to these terms, and they
were pronounced man and wife by his
own words.
Sunday, the woman had some mis-
sivings and called Prof. ]. Nelson to
her home, and told him that the cere-
mony would have to be repeated. This
time she was married in the presence
OF three or four witnesses, but still
he had no license. The actions of the
man made her more suspicious, as he
still put off getting the marriage IL
cense. AS a result, the matter was put
into the hands of the police for in
vestigation.
Certain parties residing in the city
and well known in business circles al
lege that this man Nelson has been
married twice in Kansas City and that
his last wife is still alive. He married
his first wife some 80 years ago and
lived with her until she died. About
five years ago. he Is alleged to have
been married again. By his first wife,
1t is said, that he had seven children.
Five were daughters, all of whom are
now married. and the other two are
boys still under age.
Persons who know him in Kansas
City assert that his second wife is still
living and at the present time Is suing
him for a divorce. The case is said to
be now pending in the circuit court of
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
ONE MINISTER OBJECTS.
lola Pastors Fuss Over Inviting Evan
geiist Sunday to Town.


lola, Kan, Feb. 5.-In spite of the
fact that Rev. J. NJ. Mason, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church still
refuses to give his consent to inviting
Rev. Billie Sunday to lola. to hold re-
vival services, the ministers who met i'll
the Y. M. c. A. building today to talk
over the matter. concluded to extend
the invitation. The letter addressed to
the famous evangelist has been mailed,
and it is hoped that a reply will be re-
ceived some time in the near future.
Rev. Billie A. Sunday, the famous
baseball player and evangelist, is said
to be one of the greatest religious
workers in the United States. Hun
dreds of conversions follow him
wherever he goes.
1t is said that an effort will be made
to get Rev. Mason to attend the Minis
terial association meeting which will
be held next Monday and secure his
cooperation. The reason for desiring
Rev. Mason's consent to bringing the
famous evangelist here Is because it is
understood that he will not come to a
city unless all the ministers are In
favor Of his coming
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
SANTA FE MAN AN INVENTOR
@. w. Cook, Assistant General Freight
Agent, Patents Tariff Filing Rack.

c. w. Cook of Chicago, assistant
general freight agent of the Santa Fe,
has invented and patented a tariff
rack, the use of which enables an
agent to file6his tariffs in such shape
that any person of ordinary intelli-
gence can readily find any tariff in
question.
1t consists of a series of racks so
arranged that each tariff is exposed to
plain view and can be removed and
returned to its place without disturb
ing any other. But little space is
occupied and it can be placed so as
to be in convenient reach of a man at
a desk.
Up to this time, since the new rate
law went into effect, railroads have
lacked, as rule, a convenient or
satisfactory system for keeping tariffs
in such shape that rate could be
quickly supplied. 1t has not been un-
common for an agent to wire for a
tariff and later to find that it was on
file in his office. Looking UP a rate
sheet has often been like looking for
a needle in a haystack. 1t threatens to
become worse with the multiplicity of
new demands made by the Interstate
Commerce commission.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
BONUS FOR PULLMAN EMPLOYEES
Company Shows Liberal Appreciation
for Loyalty of Men,

Chicago, Feb. 5.-The Pullman Pal
ace Car company today distributed
s174,850 among 3,770 employees of its
car service department. The bonus
amounts to one months salary for
every conductor and porter who con-
tinued on the pay roll of the COM
pany throughout 1907 and escaped
demerits. The maximum number of
porters employed during the year was
400, and conductors 1859. Not all
of these were eligible because they had
not been in the employ of the COM
pany for a full year. Others were un-
able to show a record free from ad-
verse reports. 1t is the intention of
the company to grant the bonus of one
months pay each year hereafter to
such conductors and porters as make
a clean record throughout the year.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
FORCE CUT DOWN.
Missouri Pacific Retrenching on Kan
SeS Lines.

Atchison, Kan, Feb. 5.-Circulars
announcing the adjustment on to-
morrow Of c. w. Benedicts office as
trainmaster at Concordia are out. j.
F. Gannaway, formerly a trick dis
patcher in Atchison. will be chief dis
patcher at Concordia, and will handle
the company routine matters formerly
supervised by Mr. Benedict.
Several railroad men think that
Charley Benedict. the Concordia
trainnaster who will retire from that
position tomorrow. the office OF Cen
trail branch trainmaster having been
abolished, will retire from the rail-
road business. He is worth between
$4,000 and $4,000 In cash, and owns
several good pieces Of property IN
Atchison.
Another trainmaster of the Missouri
Pacific will lose out on FEBRUARY L.
He is R. Mitchell. whose office as
trainnnaster of the Colorado division
will also be abolished tomorrow. He
Will become a chief dispatcher.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or
Bladder Trouble
To Prove what SwampRoo the Great Kidney, Liver and
Bladder Remedy, will do for YOU all Readers Nay Have
Sample Bottle Sent Free by Nail

Pain or dull ache In the back L. evil
dence Of kidney trouble. 1t is natures
timely warning to show you that the
track Of health is not clear.
Danger Signals.
II these danger signals are unheed-
ed more serious results follow; I;
Bright's disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble, may steal
upon you.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy Is soon realized.
It stands the highest for its remark
able cures in the most distressing
cases. If you need a medicine, you
should have the best.
Lame Back.
Lame back is only one of many
symptoms Of kidney trouble. Other
symptoms showing that you need
Swamp-Root are, being obliged to
pass water often during the day and to
get up many times during the night
Catarrh Of the Bladder.
Inability to hold urine, smarting in
passing, uric acid, headache. dizziness
indigestion. sleep1essness. nervousness
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
CLOSED FOR ONE WEEK.
Every Shop on New York Central
Shut Down.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-All the. repair
shops of the entire New York Central
lines, in which more than 15,Ooo men
arc ennployed have been ordered
closed for one week. The payroll OF
the shops. fifteen in number, aggre-
gate fully 100000 weekly AS ex-
blamed by Vice President Brown, the
New York Central lines now have oO,-
600 idle freight cars and fully 4S0
locomotives are stored In the shops
Tas,+ wear at this time the New York
Central lines were fully 10000 cars
short of their requirements
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
DIsMIssES THE BROOKINs CASE
Judge Smith Weary of Delay in the
Fort Scott Suit.

Fort Scott, Feb. 5.-Judge J. r.
Smith has taken off his justice court
docket the charge against DR.. NJ. G.
Brookins, the colored physician who
has been held under bonds now for
many weeks charged with first degree
mansIaughter. The facts pertaining to
this prosecution. which is an offshoot
of the Wheaton case at lola, have
been many times rehearsed. Time
after time the doctors preliminary
has postponed action In the case
The Wheaton habeas corpus case
has been submitted to Judge Froust at
lola without arguing. He will give
his decision Saturday.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
HE ROBBED A BLIND MAN.
A Leavenworth Street Beggarss Money
Taken by q Companion.

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb. 5.-When
j. W. Daniels, blind man who begs
on the streets, awoke his first action
was to feel for his purse, which con-
tanned $35. It was missing. After
fumbling around few minutes in vain
search he called Ed Mosher, his boy
companion who leads him about the
streets. There was no answer. Evil
dently Mosher had disappeared with
the money while he was asleep.
Daniels reported the loss to the po-
lice. They have been unable to locate
Mosher or obtain any clue as to his
probable destination SO far. All evi-
dence tends to point out that he took
the money from the purse. which he
knew held s35. while Daniels lay
asleep.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
ccc CURES
.oeosoe RHEUMATISM

- ana pans OF Rheumatism symptoms which NAV be
saereo or relieved with nmen
son however the or there anv
tne tender places the
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produces the
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and aches the soft and nabe Se ine pans
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. GA
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

brought suit against him for a claim
Of 5000 for money he had received
but which the college management
claimed he had not justly earned. The
hearing was held before Justice Good
holm Monday and resulted in the col
lege getting judgment against him for
$20S.92. The judgment was immedi-
ately satished.-McPherso Republi-
can.-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
los Angeles. California.

Every day at 11:5o noon Pullman
.orr;st sleeping car leaves Topeka for
los Angeles, Cal. without change via
the Union Pacific r. R. This car
stays in Salt Lake CITY through one
tonrist an opportunity to visit the
many points of interest in the city by
the great inland sea-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05
The Wrong Way
Many Physicians Try to Cure Dyspep-
sia by Having Their Patients
Starve Out the Disease.
This Method May Ruin the stomac


study medical literature for a long
time and attend several years at a
medical college, dissect at least one
human body, pass many Quizzes and
examinations, and at last receive his
diploma. which entities him to the M.
D. degree. 80 a.
Yet all this does not necessarily make
a doctor.
We have known many graduates, with
their sheepskins, who could not apply
relieving and curing a patient of dys-
pesia.
They were foored by their first at
tempt to cure such patient.
They were not to blame for this, for
all the knowledge they acquired from
medical works was wholly experimental
They were told to try the following:
Aromatic Ammonia
Bicarbonate of Soda.
Bicarbonate Of Potass.
Blue Mass.
Camphor Water.
Charcoal
Creosote.
Hot Water.
Lime Water.
Magnesia.
Mineral Waters.
Nitric Acid.
Nitro-Muriatic Acid.
Nux Vomica.
Oil of Amber.
Oil of Cajuput.
Rhubarb.
SIENNA.
Spirits of Lavender.
Starvation.
Strychnia.
Sulphur.
Su1phite Of Lime.
Tincture Cardamon.
Taraxacum.
Tincture Ginger.
Tincture of Iron.
Tonics.
Vegetable Bitters.
In the list hot water is the only rem
edy that will not do more harm than
good, and it's use is still an unsolved
problem.
graduate would hand. him package Of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and tell him
that it was a specific for dyspepsia, in
digestion, all stomach ailments, and
should be hts mainstay in such cases,
that one grain of their active principle
would digest 5000 grains of food in the
stomach and that aided by this remedy
the stomach would soon regain its nor
NAL condition, he would do the student
more good than sending him forth with
a lot of uncertain knowledge about the
cure of these diseased conditions.
The young doctor would gain rep
utation by curing his first case of dys-
pepsia.
The patient curoQ WOulQ SOunQ MS
praises far and near, as do thousands
upon thousands who praise Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets.
Instead Of experimenting with the
mess of medicine in the above list, and
doing his patients more harm than
good. he would always be gaining rep
utation by always curing his patient.
When he met any indication of dis
eased organ, he should discover what
hundreds of other doctors have, that
the whole trouble started with imper-
feet digestion and assimilation, then
take out of his pocket medicine case
few of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and
tell the patient how to use them
The result would be considered by the
patient almost miraculous, and success
after success would be achieved by him.
Many blood diseases, skin eruptions
and heart trouble yield readily to
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, because
they cure the incubating cause-dys-
pesia. If the stomach is wrong. you are
wrong all over.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
everywhere at druggists-50 cents per
package.
Send us your name and address to-
day and we will at once send you by
mail a sample package, free. Address
F. A. Stuart Co., $50 Stuart Bldg,
Marshall. Mich.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

sometimes the heart acts badly. rhsu.
matism, bloating. lack Of ambition.
may be loss Of flesh, sallow com.
plexion.
Prevalency OF Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the
alarming increase and remarkable
prevalency of kidney disease. While:
kidney disorders are the most COM
mon diseases that prevail. they are
almost the last recognized by patient.
and physicians. who content them-
selves with doctoring the effects. while
system.
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The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

t;te i1,1nroyes digestion, induces refreshing
iees sleep. giving renewed strength and health.
Thsf's what HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will do Sc. Tea or Tablets f. L.
Walker.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

College Sued the Professor.
Prof. Stanley Levy has resigned
his position at Bethany college and
has left for the east. The college
The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

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The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-05

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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05
Preparations for Labor Day.

Extensive preparations are being
made for the Labor Day celebration
Monday. Long barbecue tables are be-
ing set up in the court house square.
Plans are complete for the big pa
rade, which starts the program at
ten o'clock in the morning. Every
hour of the day will b. taken up with
events of interest and the grand ball
at night will end the happy occasion.
Most of the big stores will be closed
and advice is given to do your Sun
day and Monday buying tonight.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05
THE MAN WHO KNOWS 1T ALL.

A most unpleasant creature
Is the man who knows it all.
he talks to you in private
When hi ought to hire a hall. (
Then he could touch the button z
and talk and talk away, -
And only those need listen =,
Who felt inclined to pay.
His bump of egotism
Is like a cannon ball:
His fund of information
Is always at your call,
And his advice is ready
And guaranteed to fit,
Though not a soul has asked him
To shed a bunch Of it.
He rises in a meeting
Where things are running smooth,
And wants to switch the current
To his own private groove,
And with his explanations,
las tangled as a skein,
gives to all his hearers
A most decided pain
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05

Mrs Sallie Roberts, of Artesia, was
among the out-of-town guests at the
Old Settlers Picnic today. She made
homestead proof on the ground now
occupied by the town of Artesia.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05

R. T. Ross arrived last night from
McHenry, KY, and Joined here his
cousin, e. C.. Jackson, of Lake Ar
thur, who has been in Roswell sew
era1 days. Mr.. Ross will locate at
Lake Arthur. He is accompanied By
DR.. McCarley, Of Kentucky, who is a
h~ealthseeker.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05

A bore whom few meetings
And lodges are exempt,
And one is always tempted
To treat him with contempt;
But if he puts your patience
To too much OF a tax
The better way to treat him
Is with a large, bright axe.
Albuquerque Journal.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05

Send the Children here. We
will give a nice box of candy
with each purchase of School
Books. monday. lngersoli Book
Stationery & Art Co.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-05

Mrs. w. R. Weaver and daughter.
Miss Ethel, who were here visiting
the formers brother, Frank Crosson,
left this morning for their home in
Valeria, Ia. Mr.. Crosson accompanied
them up the road as far as Clovis.