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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
BURGLAR is ROUGH
Throws Mrs. w. A. Maxwell
Down Stairs.
She Interrupted Him in Ran
sacking House.
MAKES HIS ESCAPE.
Was Held a Short Time by a
Bulldog.
The Police Fail to Make an
Arrest.

MRS. w. A. Maxwell is confined to
her home, 1901 Quincy street, her
body covered with bruises and her
face and head blackened and discol-
ored as result of an encounter
which she had with a burglar early
Thursday evening" The matter was
reported to the police at once and for
some reason it seems to have been
covered up by the department as
nothing was heard of the affair ex-
ceptfng in the community In which it
happened until this morning.
LAS far as we know nothing has
been done by the policy" said Mrs.
Maxwell, although they had an ac-
curate description of the intruder
within fifteen minutes after he left
the house. One of the officers came
down here and looked around the
premises, but that seems to be all that
has been done"
Mrs. Maxwell is the wife of w. A.
Maxwell, the well known railroad con-
tractor who is in Texas, looking after
contracts in which he is interested at
this time. Mrs. Maxwell was sewing
on a machine about Z O'Clock in the
evening and her attention was at
tracted by electric light burning
in one of the upstairs rooms and
knowing that none Of the family was
upstairs she went to the door of the
room and turned the light off with
out entering and returned to her
work.
A stairway leads from the hallway
In front of the house to the second
story of the building. After turning
out the electric light upstairs Mrs.
Maxwell prepared the evening meal
and while seated at the table with the
family, heard a noise upstairs and not
being sure that her husband or her
son had returned home started
upstairs to learn the cause. She
stopped at the foot of the stairs and
called the name Of her husband and
son and getting no response started
up and as her eyes came on the level
with the floor, discovered that a light
was burning in the room which il
directly at the head of the stairs.
She stopped and called again and
as no one answered climbed to the
top Of the stirs and just as she
reached this point the light was turned
off and negro stepped into view. She
asked what he was doing and he made
a lunge at her striking her and
knocking her down the flight of
stairs backward. AS she fell she
grabbed g. lace curtain which was
| torn loose and she tumbled to the foot
of the stairs. Just as the negro started
towards her she called to her SON.
| in-law, Mr.. Blair. who arrived at the
foot Of the stairs just as she struck
the floor of the first floor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
Mrs. w. A. Maxwell, Who Was Near
ly Killed by a Burglar.

He picked her up and placed her
in chair where she remained in an
unconscious condition until after the
doctor arrived. The burglar in the
meantime climbed out of a window
which he had opened, onto the porch
on the south side of the house and
was seen to jump to the ground by
Mrs. Maxwelrs daughter and Miss
Irene Bently young lady from
Junction City. who is rooming at the
Maxwell home.
The negro ran and Mrs Blair
called a bull dog from the barn and
the animal overlook the fleeing burg
lar at the opposite corner of the
street and grabbed him by the leg
The negro stopped long enough to
kick the dog off and continued his
fight east and ran south down the
alley between Quincy and Monroe
streets.
A search of the premises shows
plainly where the burglar climbed q
tree in front of the house and gained
a footing on the front porch. He
then forced a window leading into the
room occupied by Miss Bently and it
Is evident that he was in this room
when Mrs. Maxwell turned off the
light He had searched the room,
emptying the bureau drawers of their
contents and taken new tailor made
coat valued at $25. He then pro-
ceeded to the room at the head of
the stairs occupied by Mr.. Blair,
where he was apprehended by Mrs.
Maxwell, and had repeated his search
in this room. Dresser drawers had
been emptied and he mad laid out a
silk vest and a sweater which he evil
IDENTIFY intended to take with him tt
he had not been interrupted in his
work by the appearance Of Mrs. Max
well.
1T suppose that I did foolish thing
in going up stairs to locate the noise
without saying anything to the rest of
the folks but the thought of a burglar
in the house never entered my mind"
said Mrs. Maxwell today. Then If ]
had sent my son-in-law he might have
been killed, for he Is no coward. and /
know it. I saw the negro distinctly.
He was a yellow negro in the prime of
life, should say perhaps rs or 80 years
of age and wore q cap. He was about
medium height and would probably
weigh ITO pounds
az don't think that he attempted to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
PUT ON FIRE ESCAPES.
Board in Sutherin School District Take
Precautionary Measures.

A special meeting of the members Of
the school board OF district 50 was held
last night for the purpose OF arranging
for the Sutherin school building. This
building is located near Gage park and Is
a two story brick structure, but it is evl-
dent that the school board intends to take
steps to prevent such a disaster as cost
the lives of nearly 200children in Cleveland
this week Fire escapes will be purchased
at once and the building equipped with
them as soon as the work can be done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
owerooms by Gas In a Tunnel.

Baltimore, March 7.-Twenty-six rail-
way laborers were overcome by gas in
the Philadelphia, Baltimore & Potomac
railway tunnel here today. -Four died
and ten were SO badly affected that
they were taken to the hospital The
others revived. The dead are negroes.
The other is a white man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. w. T. Krigbaum died at her
home, four miles southeast of the city,
Friday night at the age of SO years Of
paralysis. The remains will be taken
to the home of her daughter, Mrs. T.
McGinnis, 1925 Van Buren, street. Sat-
urday and the funeral will be held
Monday morning at 0 o'clock at the
Church of the Assumption. Interment
in Calvary cemetery.
Richard J. Hermann died at his
home in Highland Park at 4:30 this
morning of consumption. Mr.. Herr
mann was born in Leipsic, Germany,
in 1866 The funeral will be held
from the Highland Park school house
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock
The funeral of Leah Sell, who died
at her home, 413 Cedar street. Friday
morning will be held at 3 o'clock Sun
day afternoon at the Third Christian
church. Interment in the Topeka
cemetery
The funeral services for Mr.. c. f.
Roediger will be held in the Masonic
temple Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock and will be conducted by To-
peka commandery No. 8, knights
Templar. Ali friends OF the family
are Invited to these services. Orient
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

did you hear about Miss Passay's
luck? She found a beautiful solitaire in a
fish that she had ordered for lunch in the
tea room of one OF the big dry goods es-
tablisments."
Wonderful! But whatever induced her
to admit that It came from q fish ?''-Ion-
don Punch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
Denver Pest House Burns.

Denver, Colo, March THE city
pest house at Santa Creek. just north
of the city limits in Adams county,
was burned today. There was panic
among the fifteen patients. one man
and fourteen women and children,
when the fire was discovered at 10
O'Clock in the womans dormitory,
but the strong helped the weaker
ones and all escaped safely. The pa
tients are without shelter, but amply
supplied with bed clothing, are now
camped on the prairie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

Notice how swelled I'D that man from
the southwest ts?"
Eyes; he will hardly speak to common
people"
what is his claim to superiority
He says the congressman from his dis
trict can lick any man in the house of rep
resentatfves Nashville American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07
Weekly Bank Statement.

of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $30,135, 975
more than the requirements of the 25
per cent reserve rule. This is an increase
of 1878, 300 in the proportionate cash re-
serve as compared with last week. The
statement follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

Decrease.
The percentage of actual reserve of
the clearing banks at the close of bust
ness yesterday was 2756.
The statement of banks and trust
companies of Greater New York, not
members of the clearing house, shows
that these institutions have aggregate
deposits of s739, 396,500, total cash on
hand s53,532, 400 and loans amounting to
SIP 600. 800.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

Editor (wearily)-And how much do you
want for this sonnet?
Poet (fir1nly)-Fifty dollars.
Editor {startled)-Excuye me. str-How
long ago did you die2-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

The Prudential Trust company offer
for sale high class, carefully selected
and inspected Kansas municipal bond
nontaxable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

lodge No. 81. A +. & A. NJ, will con-
duct the funeral services at the GEM
etery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-07

Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff,
presided at the meeting. Every con-
Eressional district in the state was
represented Former Governor Odell
was present, but took no part except
to ask if the representation at the
state convention would be governed by
the vote cast in 1906 or 1904. Chair
man Woodruff informed Mr.. OdelI that
the vote OF 1904 would govern.
A resolution relative to calling con-
gressional district conventions in
which there is no separate congress
sional convention, introduced by Will
liam L. Ward of West Chester, was
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
The Arabs Pride of Blood

or the Arabs pride a traveller writes:
He is proud of his own blood and of
his mares blood for it's own sake. He
will show you a broken down little
crock and inform you, with perfect
truth, that she is of the best blood in
the JaZirah; he will also show fine
stallion of his own and tell you he is a
'gdish,' or underlined animal and there
is no doubt it is the bad Thoroughbred
he admires and prefers to the finest
made cross breed AS regards his
shaykh and tribal leader. he discrimi-
mates in an equal degree between the
clever warrior astute diplomatist and
good business man of low extraction
and the shaykh of high lineage. who
may be a miserable epileptical crea-
ture, and always to the disadvantage
of the low born man."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
CURES COUGHS AND COLDS
HyOmei Gives Relic f in 10 Min
utes-CureS Over Night.

Everybody knows, or ought to know,
that Hyomei is recognized among
scientists as the specific for Catarrh,
Asthma, Bronchitis and Hay Fever,
but there are great many people who
do not know that Hyomei will cure a
cough or cold in less than "a hours.
But everyone should know that the
soothing, balmy antiseptic air of Hyo-
mel when breathed over the raw and
infamed membrane of the nose and
throat will instantly allay the infiam-
nation, and will effect a prompt cure
Complete Hyomei outfit, including
inhaler, costs only S1.0O at Fred D.
Pierce's; extra bottles. if afterwards
needed. will cost but so cents.
Joseph M. Harbaugh, Heldredge,
Neb., writes Il have used your Hyo-
mel in my family for two years or
more. and find it one of the best rene
dies we ever used for cold or sore
throat. We find that it gives quick
relief in cases of catarrh.''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Secondhand English.

Swede Ito Englishman at Colorado
Springs, noting that the Engishman's
accent was unlike that of the other in
hab1tants) - How long you bane in
desc country? Englishman - Nine
months. Swede-You bane spake de
language putty goot already. Ven you
bane in desc country two years you
VII spake as veil as de people here. Eng
Hshman (annihilatingly)-Man alive,
am from the country where this Ian
guage is manufactured. What you are
learning to speak is secondhand Eng
lish.-Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Estate of William P. May
Of BARTON.

STATE OF VERMONT, In Probate Court
District of Orleans, ss held at Newport
in said district on the 18th day of. April
A. D, 1905 90
81 Cook. ad ministrator, de bois non. with
will annexed, of the estate of William L. May,
late of Barton. in said District deceased
makes application for license to sell re al es-
tate of said deceased, described as follows TO
wit: Being 2S615 acres of land, two far I'D
barns, two tenement houses and one tene-
barn thereon, all being in lots tive ano SIX In
the eighth and NTH ranges of lots IN salo
town of Barton be the same more or le SIS :
representing that sale hereof be oenehc'ai
to all legatees and other persons Interested
in said estate. Wherelpon it is ordered oy
said court that said application be referred
to a session thereof, to be held at the froDate
office in Newport on the eth day OF M ~ D''
1913, for hearing and decision thereod:
And, it is further ordered tt at notice h,!eof
be given to all persons interested, by publlca-
ton of the same three W eks success1vely IN
the ORLEANS COUsTY MoNITOR,a Dewspap.
published at said Barton, previous to SAID
time appointed for hearing, that they may
appear at said time and place, and SHOW cause
if any they may have, why said Ii ence
should not be allowed.
BY the Court, Attest.
1911 r. y. ALFRED. Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Estate p. IS 7aVor ]
OF Craftsbury i -

STATE OF VERMONT In Proba,e Court
in said District, On the 2O,h day of April
4. D. 1908
Jay W. Seaver. Execu' or of the estate of
John P. Seaver late of Craftsbury
in said District decea ed, presents his sd.
ministration account for examination and al
Iowance, and makes application for decree
of distribution and partition of the estate OF
said deceased. Wbereupon it is "rde e by
said Court that said account and said applica-
ton be referred to a session thereof, 20 be
held at the Prob tie office in said
Newport in said district on the 18th day
|of May A. D. 1908 at nine O'Clock
lin the forenoon for hearing and decision
Thereon. nd it is furt er or cred that no
|tice hereof be given to all persons interested,
by publication OF the same three weeks sue
Gessiyely in the Orleans Juuty NJ )pitor, a
newspaper published at said: Barton,
previous to said time appel nted for he ring,
and show cause If any they may have, W ~
said accouu ut should not be allowed, and such
decree made.
1919
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Would Keen Ii Down.

The late Bishop Dudley of Ken
lucky could administer a delicate re-
buke, but usually took pains that the
point should be obvious A wealthy
but unusually stingy member of his
church told him he was going abroad.
81 have never been on the ocean," said
the old skinfint to the bishop, "and
should like to know something that
will keep me from getting seasick."
"You might swallow a Nickel" re-
sponded the bishop.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of William. C.. Brown

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, exam q.
inc and adjust all claims and demands of all
persons against the estate of William
g. Brown late Of Barton. in said Dis'ric,
deceased, and all claims exhibited in Offset
me purposes aforesaid, at the Office OF
of b. T. Seaver on the 18th dav of May
and 9Th day of October next, from
ore O'Clock pm. until four O'Clock M, each
If said davs.and that six months fir 3m ,e 10t l.
day of April, A D., 1908, is the time limited
bysaid Court for said creditors 10 present their
claims to us for examin alton and allowance
Dated at Barton, VT, this 18th day of April
4. D., 1908.
,s-,e o H I T R s5MX EFk com'rs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Ambitious Man.

Man becomes almost amphibious in
certain regions. Temperature permit
ting, he swims as well, dives better,
than many animals = better, for in
stance, than any dogs. The Greek
sponge fishers and the Arabic divers
must have sight almost as keen below
water as that of the sea otter They
have even learned by practice to con-
troll the consumption of the air supply
in their lungs. The usual time for a
hippOpotamus to remain below water
is five minutes. The pearl fisher can
remain below two and a half minutes.
In tank diver has remained under
water for four minutes. But tempera-
ture marks the limits of mans amphib-
ious habits.-London Spectator.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of Henry W Priest

The undersigned, having been appointt d
by the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Orleans, Commissioners, to receive
of all persons against the estate of Henry
". Prizes It late of Irasburg in said district. te-
ceased, and all claims exhibited in otfse,
thereto, hereby give notice that we Will mee'
for the purposes aforesaid. at the town clerks
Office in Irasburg on the 9Th day of Nay and
2sd day of September next from one O'Clock p:
N. until O'Clock pm, each OF SAID days. and
that six months from the 25th day of March
A.D.ls is the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims to us
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Irasburg this II d,y of April,
A. D. 1908.
1918 j J. f. I: L pos1:x Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
THE WORD "QUAcK."
IT'S Origin Traced Back to the SixteentIa
Century.

IT'S Origin Traced Back to the Sixteenta
Century.
The original ard acquired meanings
of many ali old word have been clear
ed up il the law courts. When "quack"
had its turn. Sir Edward Clarke. who
was probably quoting Il dictionary. de-
fined the word as "A boastful pretend
ef to medical skill" ''Quack'' is I'M
doubtedly derived b. suggestion from
the quacEing of Il duck. The quack
doctor has always substituted volu
Dility for knowledge "Quacker" and
"quaCking cheat" We're sixteenth CEN
fury words. "Quack" in its present
sense is certainly as old as 1896. when
it was included in the earliest of our
slang Dictionaries The original word
was "quacksalver,' Il travelling empir:c
who quacked about his saIves ard
according to Henley ana Farmer. the
dramatist Wycherly first shortened this
word to "quack"
The full term. quack doctor is found
at least as early as ITO. when these
words were used as title to the Earl
of ROchesters mountebank speech on
Tower hill. This witty and prof: gate
nobleman Che is always called witty
and prOfligate) took it into his head to
disappear from his friends and appear
to the mob on Tower hill as a uuack
doctor. The speech he made on that
occasion has been preserved. and it
shows that quack oratory has gained
nothing since.
1t is not all printable in these polite
pages. but the following passage will
show it's character:
''The cures | have done are as in.
credible as innumerable. Toured Prester
Johns gOdmOther of StupendOus dOlor
| in her OS Sacrum which had like to
cost the good lady the perdition of her
buckle bone. l cur'd the Empress of
BOOlmapo of a cramp she got in her
tongue by eating pork and butter'd
! parsnips. | cur'd an alderman of
Grand Cairo of scarlet burning rag
ing fever. of which he dy'd | card
the Emperor of Morocco who lay sew
en- years sick OF the plague. | curd
him in fOrty-two minutes so that be
danc'd the serabrand. fipfap and Som
erset to the admiral ton of his whole
court. For my pains he presented me
with COCO Hungarian ducats and a
Turkish cymeter. Verbum sat sapicnti.
No cure, no money"
l doubt very much whether Sir Ed
ward Clarke was right in saying that
the word 'Quack'' was revived by
Carlyle after it had died out So use
full word is not likely to have been
dropped, though in Carlyle's voca bu-
larry of denunciatiOn it certainly took
on new Importance. 1t was from a
court of law, by the way. that Carlyle
obtained the word gig" which. with
ferocious glee, he never ceased to use
as a symbol of SNUG Responsibility.
The trial of Thurtell at Hartford as
sizes for the murder of Mr. Weare pro-
duced the following dialogue:
! Weare:'
He was always most respectable
person.
what Go you mean by respectabe?"
"He kept gig"
Carlyle's sardonic humor seized on
this, and ever after when he was
storming at responsibilities and unreal
tiles gigs were not far from his
mind. He even applied the word gig
manity" to those classes of society
which held the gig ideal-John
OLondon in London Taller
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Where He Would Have Shone,

Cardinal MeZZOfanti. who died in
1S49, at the age of seventy-five years.
knew and could speak more than fifty
languages. And he knew them thor
Oughly. He could entertain his English
friends with specimens of Yorkshire
dialect and his French or German Wis
itors with the patois of their respec-
tive countries. What Il fine job he
could have had as universal interpret
er should he have lived in the times
of the tower of Babel!' was one of
Lord Byron's caustic remarks.-Argo-
naut
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of Daniel Coburn

The undersigned, having been appointed
Inv the Honorable Prob tie Court for the Dis
Itrict of Or cans Commissioners to receive,
Iexamine and adjust all CLAIMS and dem ands
|of all persons ag sinst the estate of Di iel
iCoburn late of Irasburg in said Dis
trict dece ased, and all claims exhibited in
set thereto, hereby give not &c that we will
Inject for the purpo ses aforesaid, at D. Co.
burns house Irasou.g on'the 18th day Of May
land nth day of October next from one
ko'clock o. m. until four O'c ock, p. m each of
said days. and that six months from the 9Th day
of April, AID 1908, is the time Ii mited by I'd
k,ourt for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Irasburg this 2lst y Of April, A
w. L. LOCKE,
II. F.. LEE,
1918 Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Estate of Hattie A. MarDock
of ALBANY.

E-ATE OF VERMONT J In PROBATE Court, feid
10 strict of Orleans at Newport, in said dis
So trio ,on the 81 day of
April, A. D: 1903.
Charles W. Williams, ad nj nistrator CT the
Estate of Hattie A. Marnock, late of Clover in
laid Dis riot, deceased, preser Is his admins
fration account for examin alton and allow
knce, and makes Application for decree Of
ta,d deceased. Wbareup.n it is ordered by
aid Court, that said account and said applica-
;on he referred to a session thereof, to be
cid at F. W. Baldwin's office in .rton, in
I'D district. On the 18th day of Nav, A. D.,
oas at 9 O'CLOCK in the forenoon for hearing
"a decision thereon. And it is further or.
,ered that notice hereof re given to all per-
Tons interested, by publication OF the same
bree weeks successfully in the Orleans
ronnty Monitor, newspaper published at
I'D BARTON, previous to said time appointed
or nearing. that they may appear at said time
nd MACE, and show cause, if any tbeV NAV
have why said account should not be allowed,
mo tS SeI court. Attest F. F. ALFRED, Judge
II 10
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-04
Sugar Maker
BARTON. Vt. March %. 1903.

Barton, VT, March q, 1913.
Farmers selling US maple sugar this
|eason will receive highest market
lrices. also we will feed man and team
|ree of charge at Crystal Lake house
md stables. We would ask farmers
|attening calves to sell to US to keep
hem until they are fat, to weigh from
|5O to 225 each. No small calves want
81. Farmers coming with sugar or
|rool any other day except Monday
lease call on S. A. Hunt at his house
over either phone.
WINSLOW & HANSON, Barton