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The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
BowsER WAS LATE
But He Renders a satisfactory Ex-
PLANTATION

Mr- Boxser has a programme Ior
coming home from the Office when SCI
dom varies He leaves the Office al .
certain minute he rushes for c1L
he catches It or psrishes in tn@ a.
tempt. he secures a seat OF does 80
wise There are times hen Ne g
capes 4 row with conductor OF peSs-l-
ger, but they occur only al LolS lA-Sl-
Vsls Five blocks before he reaches
his street he begins TO crowd ouS-ol ne
platform Sometimes he - eloo@ed u
return and asked i there are OEls-.es u
his back and sometimes people s-ll -
swear at him under their breath n
demands that the car be brought %
fun stop When he has descended n
remem oers that he has left Ms evening
paper on the seat and pushes MS Va
back 70 get t. He IS finally 1ree- pug
as q rule has somathiug to say 20 Ihe
ceud uctor and Is answered back III
IsuzuaSe appropriate 10 the occasion
The other night when the usual 191E
arrived ard there was 10 BoEser Ms
Bowser began 10 wonder Ten EL--1-
utes later she vas ANXIOUS " hen =
minutes lad passed she thought OF
uangIed remains lying IN rhs ulda Z
Of the street. Just half an hour nad
bean tfcks6 OF BY rhe clock when ne
unlocked the front door 10 hear 1eF
exClziU-
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

and she had gone when you finally
got CUT Of the hau2''
That's all Shall I send over for a
chicken and make you some broth2''
Chicken What in thunder do I
want Of chicken broth2-'
Oh II you don't want It to steady
your nerves for the shock TO come. al
rfght''
woman. don't let your jealousy
make you talk Ike an idiot I saved
that Iady's life There's TO doubt of it
I got hurt a little in doing it. but what
man would not have run the rfsE7 I
shaU not be in the least asha1sd OF
my black eye I think. however. III go
over 10 the drug store and Ge- some
thing stronger than witCu hazel What
are you grinning about3''
Nothing I happened 10 have a
funny thought"
-HumphI You'd better have a few
thoughts in favor OF your own sex
cook can clear OF the table I'll be
back in ten minutes. but shan't want
any dinner"
He was back in far less He had Just
taken his overcOat OF the hook when
re uttered shout that fetched Ms
BOwser and the cat on a run
What is ftZ What IS the natter"
Ny watch IS goner'
It can't berF
And my pinE'
You don't sayH
And my waIlatr'
Good heavenSE
Yes even my keys shouted Mr.
BOwser, as he continued TO search his
pockets
Mrs Bowser caught him as he went
limp and led him back to the lounge
and laid him down and famed him
How-did 7 lose them2" he finally
asked in the voice Of a man that had
been sick for three months
Oh that's easy 70 explain They
were taken by the perfect lady and her
divorced husband You were the easy
mark they were laying for, you know
Poor. innocent bahet 1 always said you
were too good for this WorldF'-6COpy-
rghted. 1853, by 7. C. McClure)
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

50 You are here at last- 7 was never
so worried in ny Its-
Yes am q little late he an
swered- as he hung up his overcoa--
- little lsts- Good gracious W That :
happened2
A Mr. BOwsar turned 20 her she saw
that he had d cut lip q bloody ear and
& swelling eve and that what few
hairs he had on his head we're lying
around in most bewIL6eri1g fashion
It was evident that the Garuu dam on
the Panama canal had given way At
last.
7 don't care about any dinner he
said as he made for the sitting room
You may get the Camph0r and witch
hazel and some rags and fix me up
Maybe III have an appetite later on
But what has happened 70 you-'
she Insfste1
Just a little incident hardly worth
mentioning No use 10 tax 50 loud
and get the cook all excited"
She brought out the medicine chest
and got out what was wanted and as
she began binding up the hurts she
Now tel ne al about it We're you
dragged bT q street carr
"OL course not I was coming home
al right when I remembered that !
had no cigars in the house I got OF
to get soCe-"
And the car suddenly startet9'
Z told you the car had nothing 70
do with IL It may have suddenly
started or il may have hung around
there for half an hour Am 7 going
TO have black eye?
Yes. and a bad one You'll have
20 wear a green patch over It for al
least Two weeks You didn't get kick
ed By horse did yOU2"
How silly you talk Mrs BOwsert
What would I be doing with my eve
against horses heeI2'-
Then 60 On and tel me about It
This ear looks as If bulldog had
hung On 70 It"
Well" he said, after getting I'D TO
look al the ear IN the mirror and sit
gars and started 10 walk the rest OF
the way home. when I saw a woman
standing in a doorway I could tel
BY ner attitude that she vas scared -
But you came right along about
your business
NO ma'am- 7 didn't stopped
right then and there about nv bust
ness Her attitude appealed 70 me.
] saw that she was N trouble
walked up 10 her and asked her what
the matter vas.
And OF course she burst into tears
{ at oucet~ sneersd Mrs Bowser.
There was 10 bursting about II
she was already crying She told ne
thar she had been followed and in
suited BY a scouudreIt-'
eOh- I sect
IF You see then you stop right
there Won't have II She was \
perfect lady and I'd have been a loaf
er not to have listened TO her lust
such an event is liable to happen -
you any evening"
But she could have appealed 70
the police
There were no police around Thev
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

on your own sex Why. if hadn't
offered my escort I should have been
put down as a coward and a cur.fF
Very we'll You butted Ia. and
what happened p
4 walked along beside her 70 her
home She was 50 weak and trembIy
that I had 70 sustain her all the way
I didn't know but I'd have 10 call an
ambulance
We'll, you got her home -
Yes. And then I went in to light
the gas for her and TO see II the feI-
low was lurking around He might
be waiting there 70 cut her throat
you know She didn't come in. but
sat On the step all the while
"Go on
We'll the fellow was there The hall
was dark and I had only got in when
he jumped on me and inflicted these
hurts before I was aware OF his pres
euCe- I rallied after a minute. and I
think ne Is in q hospital by this time.
And the perfect lady out On the
steps-she didn't mix inZ'f asked Mrs.
Bowsar
I think she screamed" ="
Put you are not sure
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
DOES THIS SUIT YOT :?

NJ Weightman. jr-. the enterprtzing
druggist OF Ninth and Kansas avenue,
having such a large run on s-Hindipo," !"
he new Kidney Cure and Nerve
Tonic. and heaE It SO highly praised
that he now offers to guarantee It in
every case to cure all forms of kid
uey Troubles ard Nervous Disorders
He pays for It if IT does not give
you entire satisfaction
II you use it. It is his risk not
yours A 50-cent box Blue Liable
Extra Strength 500. sent by mail
under positive guarantee
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

had all gone of to funerals or some
thing else"
We'll go on
she lived three blocks away, and
she asked ne 70 escort her home. She
was trembling all over. and I never
uItied a woman more She said the
man was a divorced husband. and he
had actually threatened her life What
could I do but escort her home -
You could have come along about
your business and let some one else
play the gay Lorhario-"
There you are. That's you TO a
dott Mrs Bowser. I hope that the
next time you go 10 church IN the
evening a big Ioafer will try to carry
YOU or in his arms You are 50
harthearted that you have no mercy
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Out OF chaos has emerged an orderly,
commercially profitable well managed
business enterprise OF great promise. The
capabiIity Of the management Is proved By
results Fifteen Thousand living. breath
ing Witnesses bear evidence Of the char
aceer of its Officers and Directors. and rhe
fact is incontrovertibIe that thew have
proved themselves '-Stickers~ and posses
sors Of q moral backbone with meat i'm fl
Wireless must go forward and IT seems
logical that the United Company. which
has become 50 great. under such adverse
circumstances, shall maintain its present
supremacy
The past IS gone what have you today?
There is in America forty-seven com
merciaI land stations, which keen vessels
along its coast in constant Communication
with the balance Of the world There are
also as mzuy~E. S--GOVerurneut coast sta
tio1s, located principally at its navy yards
forts lighthouses, ughtshfps. etc. and in
Alaska There ara thfrty-t~O lines or
companies that have ships equipped with
the wireless telegraph and the majority
Of the ships OF the L s. Navy have wire
less apparatus Installed. and besides hav-
ing numerous coast stations and shius
equipped has expended over s19aOGe. dur
ing this year. On its Alaskan system.
which covers many Inland places as well
as coast points The following IS a list Of
its stations and boats equipped with
united wireless
r-S-rr-41 81 R-- .--v---.-,--
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Nome. Alaska
St MichaeIS Alaska
Fair banks, Alaska
Circle City Alaska
Fort GIbbou,
Alaska
Eagle City, Alaska
EEbert Alaska
.CorIova- Alaska
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

one OF the greatest industries Of the
word and that il viii not be long before
the great hnancterS of this country viii
more fully appreciate and acEnowledge
rs utility and value. The United WIrelsSS
Telegraph Company own or control the
Inventions. of -Shoeuzksrr DeFOreS-- Mar
shall Babcock. Marriott Athearu. Butch
er and Others
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

II is often remarked there IS a tine
and place for all things" The time is
now orportUne and there can be no better
place for rehearsal of facts and a state
ment Of actual conditions OF present-day
~trsless operation. than the printing Of
such facts IN a publication which circu-
| Iates where wireless is in use and among
many who are fully Informed and know
the truth Under such conditions this
article viii appear II IS hoped that 1t
may correct some erroneous Impressions
and aid to bring the Wireless Telegraph
honestly before the puhIfc-s
The early Development and growth Of
every really great discovery seems to
have been afflicted with as many troubles
as the human child experiences up TO the
time, when with the strength and ability
10 defend himself. he places a chip On his
shoulder and dares his pIaymates to re-
move II
The wireless telegraph. a child OF the
human brain. can claim no exception TO
the general rule While some OF the trou-
b1es may be distinguished By modern
names. they are the same old ailments.
It has been fo=tsred and encouraged by
some scientists inventors, engineers.
mechanics. governments. investors
posed By others ignorant Jealous
skepticaI. dishonest vicious self
ish and graspIng- Born to benefit man
kind. II must struggle for its very life
Eder difficulties it has thrfved- To-day
it is established and recognized as con-
nercial success and necessity The wire
less telegraph is here, real virfIe. ex-
pandiug- Now able TO fight its own bat
ties. It will grow day by day stronger and
richer Day by day It viii reach out its
teutzcles and grasp ships on the vast
oceans. 8 city or village here and there
an island in a distant sea until every ship.
afIoat+ every Inhabited Island OF the world
and every village On the Continents viii
be embraced in a vast system Of wireless
1nter-coumuuicatiOu And behold We
have system greater. broader. stronger
richer than any yet conceived. Such may
be the future OF the wireless telegraph
operations
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Bsauford- " c
Charleston. 5 c
Charleston light
snip No 81
St Augustine, Flo
Jupiter Inlet Fla
y eW Orleans. La
Cape Eliza beth, Ne
Portsmouth, y. H
Newport, r l.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

The first patent relating TO teIe-
graphing without wires, 50 far as
can be ascertained from the
American records, was taken out
by MahIou Loomfz. cE Washing
ton D c. On July 80. 1SzZ, being
No. 129.S1 and witnessed by c. c
Wilson. which seems an odd coin
cidence when one considers thaz
the man who aided in taking out
the first wireless" patent. bears
the same initials and name as does
the President of the United Wire
less Telegraph Company. who Is
chiefly responsible for making the
United Company the first com
marciaIIy successful operating wire
less telegraph company established
in the entire world
In October. 1855, Professor A. z.
DoEbear. of Tufts College took cat
his patent. it being No. 55Q,zsa This
was followed by others issued to
Adee in 1855 Edison IN 1ssz. KftSee
in ISs5: Marconi n 1897. Lodge in
1888. Walter in 1885; Collins in 800
johnson and Fortice, Ducretet,
Shoemaker. Bury, Davis and Tesla
during 1901: Ehret- Tourmasfnz
Fessende1. Pickar1, Stone and De
Forest and Smytns IN 1892 Most
OF these patents were on details Of
apparatus and are now practically
obsolete Since 1902 a greater NUM-
Der OF patents, Of a Ike nature,
have been issued and the most es-
seutiaI OF them. as vel as those o.
the operating companies
The first company to be formed IN
America. with the avowed purpose
Of mzkng use Of wireless as a
means of communication in com-
me-ciaI service, was the American
Wireless Telegraph and TeIephsns
Company, which was organized
during 1850. in Philadelphia. being
based On the patents Of Collins
About that time the American
Marconi and the Canadian Marcoui
companies were formed. being sub
sidiary TO the English AIarcoui, and
in 1892 the first DeForest Company
came into existence
The American Wireless Telegraph
and Telephone Company organized
subsidiary companies as follows
New England Wireless Telegraph
and Telephone Company. Federal
wireless Telegraph and TeIephoRe
ca Atlantic Wireless Telegraph
and Telephone Company; and
Northwestern Wireless Telegraph
and Telephone Company These
companies were all merged into the
r-azf. nh
and TeIephoua Company, which in
turn was succeeded by the Inter
national Wireless Telegraph and
Telephone Co
The first DeForest Company VIZ
wireless Telegraph Company OF Al
which was quickly succeeded by I
Forest Wireless Telegraph Company
trz a capital Of $3.500000; the next
eeJruuar1v with the same name. but v
increased capital amounting TO 50.
The international Company had q {
OF s19. 9.500. .O6o, and the two were \
into one company called the Americz
Forest wireless Telegraph Con
which had authorized an issue Of 5
Geo OF stock and 10000 OF bonds tn
Of the incorporation Of this cOmpal
ing November. 1902
The foregoing Is the story OF the
less Telegraph. from its inception
about q year ago. which IS the date
beginning Of the real, substantial CO
ciaI Development and expansion
wireless telegraph in America Z
strue. II not a pretty story
OF United Wireless. during tn
twelve months. every move has BET
Of accomplishment and sold exp
This is one of the Sd
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Waldorf Astoria Hotel located Fifth Avenue and Thirty
Street City This hotel equipped with the
United Wireless Telegraph Company System and has been In
ships lying in San Juan habo Porto
1.75 miles distant.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

( Nantucket ShoaI.
{ HSht-shfp No Sc.
Nantucket ShoaI,
Hsht-Ship No. Is.
+ ire Island. y. Y
Navy Yard y. 7.
Cape HenIOpen. Del
" 4shiugLon- D. c
! Navy Yard, Puge
4 Sound. " ash
TatooSh Island.
W ash
+ Cape Cod Mass
Cape BIaneo. Ore
Table Bluff. Cal
IaraItOu Island
Cal
Point ArgreIIo. Cal.
Island OF Oahu
Hawaii
Island of Guam
Sitka, Alaska
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

Annapolis, Nd
Cape Henry. Va.
Boston. Mass
Pensacola, Fla
San Juan. Porte
Rico
Guantanamo, Cuba
North Head. " ash
Yerba BusuA Island
Cal
Norfolk Va
Key W est Fla
Culebra, West In
dies
Colon Canal Zone.
Mare Island, Cal
Point Iona. Cal
CaviC6, P L
Diamond Sh0zI-
IfzhtShip No. Il
Diamond Sh0aI.
HghtShfp No. - .
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
MIRELESS Ind STATIONS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
DISoBEYED ORDER TO LEAVE
Man and Woman Stripped, Tarred and
Feathered and Thrown Into
a Stream.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Taken forcibly from
a house in West Pike township,
near here, by 15 men, Mollie Ridge
was stripped of clothing, covered with
tar and feathers, and thrown into
Pike run, while H. o. Wright, found
in the home of the woman, was also
stripped, beaten and thrown into the
same stream.
Later Wright and the woman ap-
peared before Justice of the Peace
Mexican at California, Pa, and made
information against j. F., Charles and
Clifford Wright, brothers of the male
victim, and Playford Wright, cousin.
The charge is aggravated assault and
battery and malicious mischief. War.
rants were issued.
1t is said the woman has been
warned to leave the neighborhood a
number of times, and when she re-
fused the drastic action complained
of resulted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
STREAM POLLUTION PERILS
Unfit for Use, Declares Report
of Committee.

Washington, d. C.-The commit
tee on the pollution of streams, ap-
pointed last year, of which Alec H.
Seymour, secretary of the New York
state department Of health, is chair
man, has presented its report to the
meeting of the state and provincial
boards of health of North America
The other members of the committee
are DR.. Charles o. Probst, secretary
of the Ohio state board of health, and
DIR. H. d. Holton, secretary of the Yer
mont state board of health.
Studies of conditions all over the
United States and reports of state
health departments show that there
have been many epidemics of typhoid
fever directly due to this practice;
that in many cases public nuisances
have been caused, and that many OF
the waters of the various states are
rendered unfit for domestic and manu-
featuring purposes. Fish life has been
destroyed and the waters ruined fol
boating, bathing and fishing and rem
dered Objectionable and obnoxious il
other ways.
The report shows that during the
past few years many laws have beer
passed dealing with this subject.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
100000 BURNED UP
QUARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF
PREsQuE ISLE, ME-, GONE.
One Hundred Houses, Ten Store
houses, Railway Station, Church
and Hall Consumed.

PresQue Isle, Me.-Fire has swept
one-quarter of this village, burn
ing 100 dwelling houses, 10 potato
storehouses, the Canadian Pacific rail
way station, the Congregational
church and Masonic hall. The aggre-
gate loss is estimated at 100000. The
residences burned included some of
the best in the village, although the
greater number we're of the poorer
sort. Upwards of 1000 persons are
homeless.
A high wind which prevailed all day
is responsible largely for the extent
of the disaster. 1t carried blazing
embers distance of a quarter of a
mile In many cases, and new fires
started after the first was we'll under
way. Several persons were injured in
various ways during the fire, but there
were no fatalities.
The burned section covers an area
of half square mile, including North
Main street, Allen street, Third street,
Blake street and South street to Main
street.
Presque Isle has population Of
nearly 5000. 1t is the center of the
potato-raising district of Aroostook
county and is located on the Bangor
& Aroostook railway.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
Confessed to Crime; DISCHARGED.

Chicago, Ill.-A story of i'll treat
ment at the hands of the mem
bers of the police department SO
worked upon the feelings of jury in
Judge Clifford's court that it acquitted
Max Kaplan of a burglary charge,
even after he had confessed to the
crime, and his attorney had offered to
allow his client to plead guilty and
submit to a sentence of year in the
house of correction. Chief among the
injustices heaped upon Kaplan at the
police station where he was confined
was the cold water cure"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
NEGRO STRUNG UP TO TREE
Florida Mob overpowers JaiIer and
Takes coIored Man from His Cell
Murdered Sheriff of County.

Tallahassee, Fla.-Dangling from q
limb in a tree in the county jail
yard, and within sight of the dome
of the Florida state Capitol, the life
less body of Make Morris, negro,
met the gaze of the people of this
city. Condemned to death for the
murder of William Langston, late
sheriff of this county, the negro would
have, within few weeks, legally paid
the penalty of his crime with his life.
A mob of not more than Is men early
in the morning dragged Morris from
his cell in the jail and strung him up
to tree within the jail inclosure. The
masked band then emptied round of
cartridges into the lifeless body and
rode away unmolested.
When the mob arrived at the Jail
they brought the jailer to the door
with the ruse that they had a prisoner,
overpowered him and took his keys.
After securing the negro they locked
the jailer in Morris cell and soon ac-
complished their work. Sheriff Hoys-
ton was in Georgia at the time. Nor
ris had been acting strangely, and it
is believed fear that the negro might
escape the gallows through feigned
insanity prompted the act of the mob.
Langston was killed by the negro
Morris in March last while the sheriff
was attempting to arrest him for a
crime committed in Georgia. There
was considerable excitement following
the killing of the officer, and for three
| xrtifh do
the turpentine woods and swamps in
search for Morris. He was later cap
tured in Georgia and taken to Jack
sonville for safe keeping. Morris
pleaded guilty to the murder charge
received the death sentence, and ar
early day was set for his execution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
TRADE CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Increased Orders, Expanding Produc-
tion, Higher Prices and Wages
Shown in Iron and Steel.

New York City.-R. G.. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Every test by which trade conditions
are determined records improvement.
In the iron and steel trade the prog
ress made is, indeed, extraordinary,
and again does this branch of industry
give signal proof of its power to rise
out of the depths of the depression
with wonderful rapidity. Increased or
ders, expanding production, higher
prices and wages, and in some lines
records approaching even the high
figures before the panic-such are the
reports that now come from the trade
every week.
Thus the recent progress making
toward full business recovery in the
United States is most notable, and
it is facilitated by favoring financial
conditions. The effects of the late
crisis are still to be seen in the large
volume of commercial defaults, al
though this seems passing condition,
as the aggregate of these in May was
the smallest of any month of this
year. Business world moves ahead re-
gardless of tariff and crop uncertain
ties.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-06-11
CLAIMED DOCTOR
WOOED WOMAN
PRosAIc AFFAIR BETWEEN NEW
YORK PHYSICIAN AND AMER
ICAN LADY.
DOCTOR is A MARRIED MAN
When Domestic Status of Physician
Became Known His Attentions
to American Woman Were
Curtailed.

Washington, d. CT has devel-
oped that the international romance
between an American girl and an Ital-
ian nobleman, in which the state de-
partment was requested to lend its
assistance in thwarting, has simmered
down to a prosaic affair between a
New York physician, so years of age
and married, and an American woman
only 20 years his junior. The scena-
rio was laid in London, however and
the state department merely was
asked to use its cabalistic code as a
means of communication, so that there
could be no possibility of leak.
The woman in the plot is said to be
sister of Miss Frances A. Garwood
of New York and Washington. The
aged "nobleman" who is supposed to
have been the gay Lothario is said to
be prominent in New York, and at the
head of a hospital corps. Although an
Austrian by birth, his italian connec'
tions are said to consist of his fire.
quenting the Italian section of New
York. Owing to his family connections
his name was withheld.
When the domestic status of the
physician became known, his pro
longed attentions to the American wo
man were hastily curtailed. 1t is also
said that an effort was made, through
the New York police, to cause his ar
rest, but this later was dropped. Rev
John B. Quinn of this city accompanied
Miss Garwood to the state department
in an effort to get into communication
with Miss Garwood's sister, who hat
left London and then was in Paris, anG
acquaint her with the identity of hel
wooer.