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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
FOR PIMPLES, TOO
new discovery Cures Eczema and
Efadfcates Minor Skin Troubles
Over NfQht


Over Night.
A few months ago the dispensers of
poslam. the new discovery for the
cure OF eczema. decided to allow the
druggists of the country to handle it.
Previous to that time it could only
be obtained direct from the labora-
tories.
Since this change In the method of
distribution. poslam has met with the
most phenomenal success of anything
introduced to the drug trade in the
last 80 years. All leading druggists
including Fred A. Snow In Topeka
are now carrying the special 50-cent
size recently adopted, also the 50 Jar
This great success Is not surpris-
ing when 1t Is remembered that, in
eczema cases. poslam stops the itching
with first application. proceeds to heal
Immediately. and cures chronic cases
in few weeks. In minor skin
troubles. such as pimples. blackheads,
acne. herpes, blotches.S rash, ETC., re-
suits show after an overnight applica-
ton. Experimental samples of pos
lam are sent to anyone by mail free
OF charge. by the Emergency Labora-
tories. 80 West Twenty fifth Street,
New York City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
AT The MAJESTIC.
Tulsa, the Girl With the Big Black
Eyes,

Beautiful Miss Tulsa, who is putting
on trio Of character songs in fetching
costumes at the Majestic this week, has
a number of interesting tales to tell of
herself and her travels throughout the
country. She is known only on the
stage as Tulsa, the girl with the big
black eyes," and that is as much of a
name as she will tell you off the stage.
She coyly confesses to a statement that
she is a descendant from noble family
of Spain, whose name she guards most
zealously. Maybe she is. But that is
neither here nor there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
Tried to Blow Up the Bridge.

Perth Amboy, N. J., March Us
An attempt to wreck the new Pennsyl-
vania railroad bridge over the Raritan
river between this city and South Am
boy was made early today when a
charge of dynamite was exploded at
the base of one of the bridge abutt-
ments. The structure was damaged
to the extent of about $4,000. The po-
lice suspect that the attempt at de-
struction is the outcome of some i'll
feeling over the employment of men
to build the bridge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
Insurance Companies Admitted.

Six new insurance companies were
admitted to do business in Kansas to-
day. The companies are not new in
the insurance world, but have never
done any business in Kansas before
The names of the new companies
are as follows: Old Colony Fire, Bos-
ton: Fraternal Bankers of America,
Decatur, ILL.,; Supreme Conclave I'M
proved Order of Heptasophs. Balti-
more; st. Louis National Life, La
fayette Life Insurance company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
New York Money Market

New York. March 25.-MONEY-Money
on call easy. 1%@2 per cent; ruling ;
closing bid Ia, and offered at 2 Time
loans weak. Sixty days, 363N per cent
80 days, SA@319 per cent; months, 35h641
per cent re
CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper. 51s66
per cent; sterling exchange steady. with
actual business in bankers bills at 81 ssGy
$500 for demand and at 81. S34564 S31b for
60 day bills; commercial bills 81 S3Kc.
SILVER-Bar silver. 55Ac; Mexican dol
lars, 47c. -' w
BONDS-Government bonds firm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25

F1fteen thousand electric lights were
used in connection with the decorations
of the Rochester. N. Y, show which
closed Saturday night
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
Baron Iwasaki Dead

TOXIC, March 25.-Baron Yanosllk,
1wasaki died here this morning.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25
HAPPY OLD AGE

Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-03-25

Waist of Embroidered
Swiss-fine, sheer mater
ial with dots and figures.
Panels of lace with swiss
embroidery insertion
down front-PofntS of the
trimming set in between
the panels. Narrow tucks
at sides and back to yoke
depth. Lace cuffs and
collar-SS. 90.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

lOnna- How many millions It cost
Levi p. Morton to have a duke for
son-in-law and then get rid OF him
IS probably best known TO himself.
hut il is admitted that II far exceeds
what the duke originally owed,
It IS not surprising that the mar
riage Of the Earl OF Yarmouth and
Miss Thaw did not turn out happily.
as he was about the most determined
fortune hunter who ever trod Amer
lean soil He was in debt. incOmpe-
tent, eTeminate, and even IN his own
class he was not looked upon as a
promising person. He tried turns at
female impersonater, minstrel, and
wine agent, and showed his incOmpe-
tencv to make good even at the least
dignihed occupations. There remained
no way apparently OF saving himself
from hard work. except by marriage
and his trip 10 America prior TO his
marriage was whispered around in
European society as a hunt for gold.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

Talleyrand Pergord, later the Due de
Dino. When the marquis ceased 20 re
ceive the enormous allowance, he ne
elected her for other women In 1857,
he came to the United States At New
mort he met Mrs. Richard Stevens, Of
New York. He returned to France at
the end Of the summer and notified
his wife that he intended to divorce
her. In the meantime. Mrs. Stevens
informed her husband that she would
divorce him.
The Marquise de TaIleyrand Perig7rt
refused to consent 20 the loss OF her
title and the elder TaHeyrand gave
his son the title OF Due de Dino. Mrs.
Stevens and the due were Immediately
married, and after living together uu-
happily for fifteen years the duchess
secured a divorce. She found the due
and his eccenuricfties impossible.
Florence Audenried. OF Washington.
beautiful girl married Count Dr.
v0nne. This ceremony was performed
in great sDiendor. Secretary Blaine
gave the bride In marriage 70 the i'm
pecunious foreigner. and the French
minister acted as hest man. But tbs
countess soon learned that her noble
man was not a model husband He
turned out to be only. a beribboEed
French diplomat, vet he was q magni-
ficent sBeudeT of American gold. He
was host at splendid dinners, and gave
wonderful presents to young women
whom he CHANGED TO meet.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
Family Refused sid.

The countess made several trips to
washington TO secure money for her
husband but finally her family re-
fused 90 add TO the 9. 900 per year they
had formerly settled on him. This
was not enough for the count IN his
high social standing. and he treated
his wife more WTetchedly, and she
finally became an invalid. They live
unhappIIy now somewhere on the BOis
de Boulogne. but the countess comes
no more TO see her American relatives.
Baroness BTOnsart Won SChellendOTf
IS another beautiful divorcee. She was
Miss Isabel Bruce. an Ohio girl. The
baron came tC this country on Dor
rowed money, end society received him
with omen arms Mammas with mar
Tiageable daughters smiled on him
while the manageable daughters, stiu
very largely under the influence OF
mammas. thought him a very wonder
full person. IL held. through his fam
lily, some sort of government position,
This Job kept him away from the
more expensive life In Europe
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
Harry Thaw Became Disguised.

Harry Thew. who had been instru-
mental in bringing about the engage
ment OF his sister TO the nobIeman,
became disguised with the wrangle
for money. and at the last moment
withdrew his promise to give his sister
I'm marriage
But far more treacheroUs than his
hunt for gold has been the action Of
tho earl end HIS family toward the
Countess of Yarmouth since the kill
ing Of stanford White by Harry Thaw.
The final rupture IS said to have come.
and the Thaw family IS said TO be
waiting with open arms 10 welcome it.
The Warehouses OF Hartford. the
mother Of the Earl OF Yarmouth. has
been bitter against the countess
brother since his Incarceration. and It
Is said that she has been instrumental
to the hatred of her son
He is NV brother. and shall stand
by him." has been the CRY OF the de-
voted siste-. while her husband has
soothed her only by the answer. so
much the worse for you: the wretch"
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
LIST Is a Long One.

Running over the list OF rich Ameri-
cans who have secured titles for their
daughters, II IS noticeable that there
is scarcely one American family which
has net contributed a share of its for
tune TO gliding some cOronet Astor,
Bryant, Bronson, Berwind, Beckwith.
BOnaparte, Burden. Butterfsld. Car
roll. Caldwell Curtis. Cutting. Car
Isle. Cary. Corbin Colgate, Cuyler.
Clayton, Clafiin, Davis. Endicott.
Field Flagler, Grant, Goelet, Gould.
Garner, Grace, Garrison, Gallatln,
Goddard, Huntington, Hecker. Hag-
gin. Hoffman, Hamilton. Hale, Hyde,
jerome, Jay, King. Lathrop. Letter %,
Lawrence, Lee, Livermore, Living
stone. Moulton. Motley, Morton, Mar
tin. Magee, Phipps. Phelps, Parsons.
Roosevelt, Roberts, Riggs. .Rives. Sur
gis, slocum. EtOkes, sibley, schley,
Singer, Sharon. Spencer. Stephens,
Sumner. Schenek, Thaw. Turnure. Van
Cortland, Van Buren,. Vanderbilt,
Winans, Work, Vithers, Whitney,
Wilson, Wadsworth, Whitehouse,
Yznaga. Zimnerman-the names are
synonymous with vast fortunes.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
Costly Lesson for Her.

After he had gone the length of his
rope financially, and almost so social
Is. he had the good fortune to meet
Miss Thaw, daughter OF a Pittsburg
millionaire, and he married her 1t
was nothing more than a beginning
Of a bitter lesson to this pretty young
woman, one of the many tragedies
which have arisen from mistaken so
cial training.
Instead Of going to work to re-estab-
Hsh himself after the announcement OF
his engagement tc Miss Thaw. he set
out on his wild and extravagant ca
reer, seemingly caring not to regain
his position.
His witness aroused so much no
toriety that there was talk that Miss
Thaw had Cancelled her engagement.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
Took Pick of Offerings.

He took the pick Of the offerings at
his shrine. concluded business arrange
ments. married and took his bride to
the German colony in East Africa. but
after a short time there the baron
became on too familiar terms with
the patiVe women. and the American
girl cropped her prize and secured a
divorce. but not before he had got
busy enough with the business end Of
her checlzbOok 20 live c1Df0rtabIy for
a few years. Hes relatives wept. and
she called the baron harsh names. but
soon forgot it.
Perhaps Lord Rosslyn. who married
Anna Robinson, is an exception TO
the general rule of purse-huntng for
eigners- He was a poor titled person
but he married the aCtress-a girl with
little or no money. CuriOusly, the earl
he has been a soldier, a gambler an
actor, clerk. and everything else
under the shining sun-has always re-
manned a gentleman.
He married Miss Robinson for a
whim, and when they decided 70 dis
agree. they parted amicably enough. Il
being unshadowed by bitter tragedy.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
Count BOni Was Expensive.

What Count Boni ds Castellane has
cost the Gould family, during his
spending maneuvers which began
soon after MS marriage and lasted
until their final separation, is only
known TO Anna Gould's brother
George. II has been stated that the
DOwager Duchess of Marlborough
spent s.. 900 in restoring Blenheim
castle; and II is known that many Of
the Huntington and Mackay millions
have been spent in paying the debts
OF Prince Hatzfeldt and Prince Co
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

rage was for Self-betterment and
not for an increase in the family
purse. Not one cent was settled on
the Austrian nObleman, nor would
he consent 10 having in his mar
rage contract one word relating to
the diSpenSation of their fortunes
except that which assured joint use
by himself and his wife.
"The wedding presents are
ours" he declared when approach
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

Baroness Won Stenburg-nee
Langham.
Counties of Yarmouth-nee
ThaW.
3-Mme. Gould, formerly
Countess de CaStellane-nee
Gould.
4-Duchess of Marlborough
nee Vanderbilt.
5-DucheSS of MancheSter-nee
Zimmerman.
6-Duchess of Roxburghe-nee
GOelet.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

The wedding was an astounding
chapter Of sordid accidents. On the
morning OF the @edding the earl
found two detectives waiting for him
az his hotel with u writ for an Eng
fish debt Of 1856. When one Of the
detectives asked Benjamin Thaw II he
wished 20 pay the debt and relieve his
prospective brother-in-law Of the en-
barrassment, he answered:
NO; you can take him 10 the dog
pound II you wish. You are an Of
ficer Of the law Do your duty"
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

- FAD the list Of American heir
- esses who have cast their lots
with foreigners or noble birth
and among them can be found
those who have carried from within
the confines Of the United States up-
ward OF s90O,OO0,O 900, and the figure is
conservative. And, how many of
these International marriages hav,
given volume to anything more than
the divorce courts and scandal circles
OF society?
Miss Anna Gould carried S17,OO0.O09
with her when she accepted the hand
Of Count BOni De Castellane. Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt added SO, 20, 0Oe To
the fortune of the Duke Of 1rIbo-
rough; Miss May Goelet married the
Duke Of Roxburghe and had a fortune
Of $4,000 900; Miss Pauline Aston who
married Capt Sp> n5er Clay had
so. 0O0. 600; Miss Helen Zimmerman set
tied 100000 on the Duke Of Man
chester. and Miss Alice Thaw gave
One-1fth of her millions TO the Earl
of Yarmouth and ,lso settled slO0.OoC
on him before the wedding.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

z 7 Mike most European
nOblemen who have
married American heir
- esses, Count LaszlO
Szechenyi, who was welded to
Mss GLADYS Vanderbilt at 'The
Breakers last Monday, declares
that ne and his wife shall share
and share alike the fortunes of their
combined estates; that he IS not 4
fortune seeker, and that MS mar
PAGE Four
The Washington times., 1908-02-02

ed by his attorney, and he adjei
that he wanted nothing in the con
tract that would tend to counter
act harmony in his home, which,
by the way, will be one Of the most
elaborate on the Continent. Their
marriage contract IS drawn accord
ing to Austrian laws, and is identi-
cal with that used by the poorest
peasants of the country. Miss Van
derbilt remains in full control of
her estate of s8,OO0,O0O, while the
count will of his. The income from
the fortunes will be used according
to their respective wishes.
The Washington times., 1908-02-02
Lac TalIeyrand Troubles.

Miss Bessie Beers Custis. Of Boston.
married the eccentric Marquis de
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21

A good lawyer, and a good man,
once said to me, "As long as this
thing is allowed, we may as we'll go
in too" This damage suit business
has debased almost the bar of the state.
Nearly every day we hear of solicit
ing" and it does not seem to be looked
on with the contempt it used to be.
The law agent of the Southern railway
was on the witness stand in our court
house undergoing cross examination.
The plaintiffs attorney said to him.
When man is hurt on the railroad,
YOU are the first man to run to him,
iain't you?" and he answered, Il try
to get to him first. but lawyers usually
beat me there"
Circuit judges and supreme court
justices are elected by the legislature
and they seem to be chosen just to
get favorable decisions for plaintiffs in
damage suits. Most of the members
of the legislature are farmers or law
yers. When a lawyer is announced as
a candidate for judge or justice, the
farmers in the Legislature ask, rs he
a good lawyer" and sometimes, '"What
is his politics but the lawyers in the
legislature ask How does he stand on
damages?" At the last session, one Of
announced himself a candidate for as
sociate justice of the supreme court,
but opposition was so strong he with
drew. The lawyers in the Legislature
and the State Bar association, which
met at the same time, fought him fu-
riOusly, not because he would not make
a good justice. He won't be free with
damages" was the charge openly made
against him.
The people who sue for damages will
go almost as low as their attorneys.
Miscarriages and unspeakable injuries
to women, both attributed usually to
shock. or anxiety, are favorite cases
of action for damages. White women
go on the stand and face the cold
bluoded bar and the jury, and the
curious spectators, and tell the most
horrible tales about themselves, going
into the most disgusting details. And
it is all to get somebody's money with
out working for it. And the state fur
nishes the machinery free Of charge.
How much further Is this thing go
ing? There are plenty Of us at the
bar who are tired of this pace that has
been set for the bar, but the only rem
edv 1 have heard Of is the one I pro-
posed at the meeting of our bar. If
any man wants to know what public
nuisance the damage suit business Is,
let him watch the terms Of court. Let
him take a look at the term just
ended here.
D. Lewis Dorroh.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
No CONFEDERATE SUPREME COURT

No CONFEDERATE SUPREME COURT.
1t is a curious fact" said New
Orleans man. that the Confederate
congress never created a supreme
court The matter was before the
Richmond congress. but no statute was
ever passed authorizing such tri-
bunal.
1T was in a debate over this very
topic in the Confederate senate that
the personal encounter between Ben
Hill of Georgia and William L. Yancey
Of Alabama occurred. The senate was
in executive session. The Georgia
senator was speaking in favor of the
creation of a court of last resort whose
powers should in a way be limited.
Yancey looked on this idea with dis
favor. and during the course of HilIs
remarks he interrupted with the insult
ing statement that Hill had given ut
terance to a lie. No sooner had he
used the offensive word than Hill, pick
ing up an inkstand, hurled it with
great force at his defamer. The glass
struck Yancey over the eye. intlicting
= severe wound. but doing him no per-
manent injury. although stories were
long current that the blow finally caus-
ed his death. th."-Washington Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
Her Idea of Renaration.

At the cabin Of a Tennessee settler
where | stopped over night, says a
traveller. they told me of a widow liV-
ing three miles away who, who finding
that the body of her husband had been
petrified after lying in the ground for
five or six years. had sold it TO show
man for $50 in cash. The people were
not at all sentimental, but they didn't
look upon the transaction as just right.
Next day as | journeyed along l
stopped at the house of the widow
named for glass of water When she
learned where I had stayed over night
she asked:
Did they tell you about my dead
husband turning to stone?'
Yes"
And about my selling him to a
SHOVE"
Yes"
And they don't think it was right"
"Oh. they didn't say much"
But | know what they have said to
others and how they feel about it.
Mebbe il wasn't jest the right thing
To do, but I'll tell YOU what's in my
mind. If kin get an offer from rich
man I'll marry again. and the first
thing after that I'll buy Jim's body
back and use it for gatepOst and
have him near me all the rest Of my
life."-Kansas City Independent
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-21
TRAMPS IN NORWAY.
New Laws Regarding the Treatment
of Men Who Won't Work.


The Norwegians have passed a spe-
cial act which enables the authorities
to deal in wholesome way with able
bodied loafers, beggars, tramps, aliens
and drunkards who shirk their finan-
cial duty To their dependents, says the
Poor Law Officers Journal. An able
bodied man who will not work can now
be warned by the police against his
manner Of life and told where he is to
apply for employment. Thus direct
official action is taken against idling
and idlerS. He is to be prevented COM
ing on the community for support, or
so acting that his family becomes a
charge on the poor law-the interpre-
tation clause to include even mans
divorced wife and his illegitimate chill
dren. This. Of course, involves the
providing of work. a task beset with
difficulties. but probably easier in that
country than in England, as they have
immense tracts of available land which
could be brought into cultivation, and
prosperity Of the country.
That the country means business can
be further inferred from a suggested
method of preventing escape through
and intermittent. a person may be
ordered by the police To go to the labor
bureau, but not do so; and, on the 9TH
er hand. there may not be any work.
Both these contingencies are realized.
so the idea is to give an unsuccessful
applicant a card which will be evil
dence of obedience and also state when
the next visit must be paid. This is Il
detail that may be varied. but it in
dicateS the size of the meSheS of this
official net. Suppose person refuses
to do the work assigned, or leaves il
without reason or is dismissed through
he or his dependents come on the poor
law for relief in consequence of the re-
turn To lazy habits, then the authOri-
ties can send him to the workhouSe for
il is second Offense. The work.
house is an institution between Il pris-
on and an English wOrkhOuse. and the
chief points are that liberty is for
feited. begging is impossible. and they
must face either work. hunger or pun
ishment.
The provision with regard To tampS
is most stringent. \ person found
safety of others is liable to detention
i'm the same establishment for three
and up to six years. The course is
clear and effective. The individuals
are first watched by the police and
then warned that they must get a fixed
residence within Il given time. and If
they do not they are taken in charge
Some option is reserved to the police
aS To whether they will send lazy
person To the wurkhouSe or to his legal
home. should they find out whtre il is
but the decision rests with the police
In this connection it is important t.
know that the police have certain ju-
diCial functions unknown to such off
GERS i'm this country. 1t is quite pos
Sible and even probable. that some
will be found who are unable to settle
because too poor. and in these circum-
stances they are To have Il house found
for them. the funds for this purpose
being provided from money set apart
for the purpose. The place in the first
instance is considered by the police;
but there is reserved the right of APP
peal to q higher court.