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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
Z. S. CONSUL WOUNDED.
Assaulted in His Home in Cartagena
by ColombianS.

New Orleans. Aug Craftsmanship
passengers arriving from Colombia re-
port the attempted assassination and
serious wounding by two Colombiaus
of William B. McMasters of New York,
United States vice consul at Cartagaaa
The attack was the outgrowth of anti
American feeling there.
McMasters WAS at his home in Carta
gena On the evening of July "a when
Lara Cendoba. editor of an anti
American newspaper in Cartagena. &C
companied by a friend, broke in on
him. The two were armed with
knives and revoivers. McMasters put
up a brave defense, but was badly
wounded in a dozen places and left for
dead A bullet grazed his forehead.
and he was stabbed IN the head ara
abdomen.
1t is hoped despite the severity of his
wounds that McMasters will recover.
His assaiIants were not arrested until
the next day. They are both in prison.
An official account of the outrage has
been sent to the state department at
Washington. and it is understood Int
the United States legation at Bogota
has demanded satisfaction.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
HAD A BIG TIME AT SAIL LAKE
Capt. Coney Says Kansas Cut Quite q
Figure at G. A. II. Encampment.

Capt. P. H. Coney returned last
night from the national G.. A. r. en-
campment at Salt Lake. after an abb
| sence OF seventeen days. He left Salt
Lake with the department com
| mander, J. H. Rickel and his staff on
August 18th, and was delayed by q
| washout at Grand Junction and an
! other at Eagle Pass, and a mountain
slide in the Royal Gorge, east OF
Salida, Colo, that detained them for
| and Pueblo. Captain Coney said
| today;
1T was a miraculous fortune that
none of the trains were caught in
the landslideS or WashoutS that took
| out nearly 5 miles of railroad track.
washing it completely across the
| gorge, and the landslide covering
nearly a mile of the track. The / =
pair of the track was one of the most
expeditions pliShmentS of rail-
road reconstruction, 500 men being
used, and in four days a new track
was laid, and the trains were enabled
to pass over on Friday night and
Saturday, last.
kansas made a magnificent dis
play in parade at Salt Lake. Com
rade J. H. Rickel and his staff,
mounted on 26 horses, led the parade,
with the magnificent Ellis, Kan, band
Hanna of Hiawatna as special chief
of staff, followed by ESQ Kansas
veterans and the Modoc club at their
best, there being over 400 in line.
1t made an attractive display that
was cheered all along the line. Kan
sas attracted commendab1e atten-
ton
Lincoln Post Drum corps was
swfped from the department of Kan
sas by the national officers and placed
at the head of the Ohio department,
which was unfortunate, as it deprived
Kansas of the benefit of their drum
tiona1 encampment committee had no
right TO take our drum corps from the
ranks of the department of Kansas.
But they did it. The drum corps was
very attractive and commanded the
attention of the national officers to
the degree that they committed the
offense of deliberately stealing them
from Kansas for the parade.
The Kansas delegation at the en-
campment won everything that they
Rev. B. F. Boyle Of Atchison was
chosen a member of the national
council of administration. was
selected as a member of the COM
mfttee on resolutions, and Dr. G. E
Lemon of Lawrence, was nominated
for sturgeon general, and after very
heated contest was elected by a vote
of 2se to 1877, over Comrade Conn Of
Connecticut
Several citizens, formerly of To-
peka, are very prosperous at Salt
Lake City. among them. James D.
Hanley, formerly of North Topeka,
and a partner of Mr.. John Ritchie,
the contractor of this city. who is
very successful, he having contracts
for sewer and paving work to the
amount of a million and a half, and
has $50 men employed He Is on the
highway to a fortune. if he utilities
his present advantages. There are
several others whose names and bust
ness do not now recall, and they are
all in a high degree of property My
observations were that salt Lake will
become one of the greatest. IL not the
greatest city between the Missouri
river and the Pacific ocean"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
EAST SlDERs ACTIVE.
viii Circulate Petitions For Drain
age District at Once.

Another meeting of the East Side
Improvement Association was held
last night and it was more than ever
evident that the East Siders mean
business when it comes to making an
effort to protect themselves from the
ravages of floods The committee
composed of Frank Curry, w. J. Rick
enbacker, Lee Herring and Charles
Darby which has done much prelim-
mary work, was authorized to draw
up petitions to be circulated among
the taxpayers which will ask that a
drainage district be created When
two-fifths of the taxpayers have sign
ed the petitions they will be handed
to the county commissioners who will
consider them and after five days if
they are satisfactory will grant an or
der for the formation of the proposed
district
Engineer Parkhurst, who was
present, and who in conjunction with
President Curry and Secretary Long
strom had gone over the entire ground
outlined what he thought
would be the logical boundaries of
the proposed district as follows:
Starting from the north line of
Twelfth street, which is at present
the north line of the Shunganunga
drainage district running to Washing
ton street, to the south line of Four
teenth street, east to Gordon avenue,
south to the south line of Thirteenth,
east to the west line of the cemetery,
north to Tenth, and east on the north
line of the cemetery to Division street.
Back to the alley of Sixth, east to
Market street, and north on the east
side of Market to Fifth street East
from that point to Van Buren, and
north to Fourth street on the Fourth
street road to a point directly south
of the railway tracks and 500 feet
east of the Santa Fe bridge. Then east
to the center line of the section to
the east line of the Santa Fe. Thence
east to the center line of the section
to the east line of the Seward avenue
bridge. Then a jog is made to Kaw
street to where it is intersected by
German at First street. From First
to Branner to Second. east to Lake,
south to Fourth, west to Hancock
street, through the old Santa Fe yards
to Seventh Finally west on the north
line of Seventh to Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25

almost any day and would deposit that
when it came.
A few days later he would appear and
draw out a portion OF the account or
would check on it. but in each case
he left a balance of several dollars.
Monday morning he appeared at the
bank with certified check for about
$500 and wanted to deposit it with his
balance The check was drawn up in
due form and signed by G.. W. Gal
breath of the Third National bank of
st. Louis and certified to by him The
man asked to draw out $500 or $500
OF the check, leaving the balance to
his credit. Right here the bankers
bit.
This transaction was repeated at all
OF the nine banks. the Swindlers max
ing the rounds within a few hours and
they were probably out of the city be-
fore the fraud was discovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc
many smokers prefer them to 10e cisRrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
WORK Nine BANKS.
Swindlers Obtain Several Thousands of
Dollars In st. Joe.

St Joseph. Mo. Aug. 25-Nine St.
Joseph banks have been swindled out
OF between $4,000 and SIS. 900 by series
OF the smoothest deals ever pulled off
in this city. Each Of the banks -Tas
worked for from $500 to $500 Two men
did the work and made their escape,
Notwithstanding the fact that the po-
lice were on their trail within a half
hour after they had turned the last
card. All deDOts were watched and
surrounding towns were given a de-
scription of the swindlers-
From the description given the po-
Ice the officers are confident that two
men did the entire work
The game the swindlers carried out,
while not new one. was very smooth
" ACCOMPLISHED. They had evidently
their plan. The men made no effort
TO work the larger banks. but confined
their operations to the branch banks
ard the smaller institutions The money
was secured on forged certified checks
drawn on the Third National bank of
st. Louis
The two men were very systematic
ir their operations and feeced their
victims between the hours of II and
O'Clock. 'r@
The swindlers evidently had their
plans formulated in very thorough
manner and succeeded in getting away
with the booty without leaving a trace
by which they might be followed.
The men were both well dressed
and looked to be substantial business
men. They did not work together,
however. While one of them was cash
ing the checks in one section of the
city the confederate was in another
section and in this manner the banks
were worked in a comparatively short
time.
The venture was merely the climax
OF several days work. About two weeks
ago the men evidently selected the
banks that each of them should work
and they never crossed each others
path. Going to the banks one of the
men would introduce himself a 5 having
just come TO the city. explaining he
was about to engage in business. He
would say that he wanted to open an
account and would deposit from S75 to
$500 in the bank He would mention
the fact that he expected the arrival of
the draft in payment for the business
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
. - - THE CURE Fob
49, SCROFULA

The usual Of sofula ENLARGED the nso
health inherited
the Thousands
childhood
g..
lave
their systems and assisted each beautiful manhood
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, CA,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
TranscontfnentaI Autoists Have Fifty
Hours to Spare.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Lieutenant 3.
B. RosenthaI. Private Malcolm E.
Parrot and Frank x. Zirbes. in the
automobile in which they are travel
ing from New York to San Francisco
with army dispatches, have arrived in
Chicago.
The travellers are so hours ahead of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25

their schedule and have had gooG
going all the way from the start
They were supposed to have made
side trips along the route. but found
the roads 50 good that they came
straight through.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
Smokers.

Save your bands on Burgharf'm
Favorfte, Club House. and Aurora
cigars they are valuable. be sure your
dealer gives them to you and bring
them to Burghart's, sol Kansas ave-
nue. and have them redeemed. Come
and see the window display of val
liable premiums and get a catalogue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
The Birth Record.

The following births have been re-
1917 East Fourth street. on August %,
a girl: to Mr.. and Mrs W. A Read,
229 Chandler street. on August %, a
girl; TO Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A Palmer,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
LID ON AGAIN Ar WICHITA.
Jointists VIII Not Be Prosecuted In
less They Reopen.

Wichita, Kan. Aug 25--An JOINTS
here are closed or running so quietly
that no one except those acquainted
with signs and passwords can get into
them
1t has been decided that none of the
iointistS who were operating openly
last week will be prosecuted unless
they again attempt to open their
places. in which case they VIII be ar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
To discuss Tonlbstones.

Chicago. Aug 25.-Prices, styles. and
quality OF monuments and tombstones
will be discussed at the annual conven-
ton of the National Retail Monument
Dealers association which begins
two days session here today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-25
ov. stubbs to Address Old settlers

Enterprise. Kan. Aug. Ex-Governor
Stubs and G. W. Hurd of Abilene
will be the speakers at the old settlers
reunion here September 2 An auto
mobile ride for all old settlers present
A. to be one of the attractions.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01
The Ingenuity Of Inventors.

The ingenuity of inventors and
manufacturers is ever at work in the
endeavor to reduce the pen of
production, and at the same time to
Improve the quality of articles having
a large sale. This has been SO in the
case OF farm machinery, clothing.
shoes, bicycles, etc., and now 1t is ap-
parent In the safety razor field. Thou
sands Of this style of razor have been
sold at from $3.50 to So each and giy-
en- satisfaction. Recently manufac-
turers have applied more scientific
principles and improved methods in
their manufacture, and the result is
seen In the "Shrp Shavr" razor, which
Is sent postpaid for twenty-five cents
in stamps by the Book Publishing
House, 1874 Leonard street. New
York. 1t is superior to any razor
sold, being bought largely by those
already owning the highest priced
razors. Not every one knows that
the best results are obtained by hay
Ing two or three razors and a~lternat-
Ing them in use. This practice of al
ternating possibly accounts for the
very large sale Of this low priced inn
plement is having in every section and
among all classes of people.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01
TEMD.AND.THE.NF NEW

The lNc0 Year came, to the Old Years. door.
When. the. sands .Tocrc WASTING, thin:
AND the frost lay Ohite on the Old Years
And bis hand grc0 chill as be- slibbcd the
'uio lei the Nel Year my
And the Nc1 1car pcrchcd In thc.Old
Ard Jarmgd by the Old rear's fire;
And the Old Har 0atched him nth 05t.
As b Strcfehcd his hands TO the fading
And.cindcrio Of dead desire
AND the Old Gar, pratcd, as Old Years oill,
Aod N fb su9 p s., wani IohS 3Rrinpes;
That the tNa5onS' round Jodld bring;
and ae Ng9 a. ii5scned, and Warmed bis
IN Ihc bloom fheOla icar3 bass;
Suf he aeS2 .tendQ skle tilorns fhat lay
~ Inc. bod or hlsg} or cGsDiea day
And, nodeint, be dreafaea 81 T9SE.
The nc#. Yea csrgef 10 The Cd Years door
Ara & Ok fIi lsc Aso Isar
And Ije}f it aelYealrs N2sSsy SPpea;'
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01

10000. Neft to Palermo, it is the
cnleI commercial town of Sicily and
us harDor, fhich is formed by a
peninsula, IS he busiest in Italy from
the standpo14l of steamboat traffic.
The princinA object of interest to
tourists, apartfrom the scenic attrac-
tions OF the lace, is the cathedral,
Wnloh was begin in 1898, at the tire
OF Norman occupation of the island,
ana parts OF Hn1ch are still standing
as originally INSTRUCTED with the *
ceptlon OF thA evidences of damage
wrought by tRfrequent earthquakes.
Inc town lsSne of great antiquity,
u derived IS first known name,
Zanole "a sickh, from the shape of
n harbor. Itwas founded by Gu
maen pirates AID Chalcidians in 1872
b. Y, n wasgoverned by the laws
of Charondas.
In 396 BIZ. the town was de-
stroyed by the Carthaginians, but vas
rebuilt a few k.ears later by D~ionysius
OF Syracuse, knly to fall again into
the hands of tle Carthaginians under
Hannibal in269. The first Punic
war, however left the place in the
hands of the Romans, and the place
was of importance second only to that
OF Syracuse nd Lilybaeum in Sicily
during a pefDd of Roman occupation
lasting for several centuries.
In S31 a. d. the town was taken
by the Saraens, but in 1861 it was
taken from them by the Normans.
The city propered greatly during the
Crusades, beng a favorite rendezvous
for soldiers from the continent en-
route to theHoly Land. In the Mid
die Ages ais it became a 1%ourishing
commercial ity.
Its COMMERCIAL Importance disap-
peared aftera bitter struggle between
the aristocftic faction, or Merli, and
the democ1aic faction, or Mavizzi, in
1874. The democratic faction ap-
pealed to tn French and the other to
the Spaniafls. The former faction
were at first victorious, but eventual
ly were deserted by the French, the
city was taEen by the Spaniards, and
when the Sfuggle was over the popu-
lation was reduced from 100000 to
about a tenth of that number.
The toWl never fully recovered
from this qSaster. Whatever recov-
cry was made was neutralized in the
eighteenth century by a series of dis
asters. In l140 about 10000 persons
died OF theplagne, and in 1888 the
town was alnost entirely overthrow
by the great earthquake of that year.
Great damage was caused by bonn
bardment y September, 184S. The
cholera carried off no fewer than 49,
600 victims in 1854 and earthquakes
in 1894 AND 1906 also caused loss of
life and prplerty. In 1880 the town
was occupA by Garibaldi. 1t be-
came a part of united Italy the fol-
lowing year
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01
Newspaper writing.

The Monessen (Pa.) News Ia
"There is a general complaint amt
older heads in the work that pies
newspaper writing lacks style, ;
this, in fact, cannot be deniedl
what is the cause? Simply that
colleges, universities and high schd
are turning out thousands Of g1
who are crammed with KIND
edge without being able to express
W,rthily." 1
The News might have added til
are thousands who will never be ;
to ". rite well and some of them br
into Journalism. Gift of express:
and d ractice are necessary to e
writing Having the first, the ne
paper O flee, as the News impliei
it's edit ,rial, is the best trail
school. !. No young man who foil
the blue, D encil from day to day as
stuff is cor, rected or cut down to !
the requfsrs ments of space can
to Improve his style. But first
most importa ut is the gift of exp
sion. Witfs@ t this a young
should not entA r journalism with
expectation OF achieving distinct
College training cannot impart
Gift
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01
She Was Nc Has-Been.

Madam" said the brakeman as
the train stopped at a village station
and a little old woman started to en-
ter the smoking car, "the car back
is the one you want"
"How do you know" she tartly
asked.
Because this is the smoking car
She pushed past him and climbed
up the steps, and after taking a seat
she pulled out and filled a pipe,
struck a match on the sole of her
shoe, and after drawing a few puffs,
she said to a man smoking a cigar
across the aisle:
THAT young Teller out there don't
know half as much as he thinks he
does"
How so?" was asked.
HE took me for an old woman
that had never rode on the cars be-
fore, and told me this was the smok-
ing car"
"And you wanted this carr"
why, I never ride in any other
, not unless my pipe is broke, my to-
bacco all out and none O. you men
folks will lend me a cigar"
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01

WHY u fkaEthH } .0sf IHl tN INV
Only a nlgnJ, and SO nl.s4 4TogsAti
The Old Years heart all weary grew,
But said, THE New Year rest has
brought.I
The Old Years heart its hopes laid down
As in a grave, but, trusting, said,
"The blossomi of the New Years crown
Bloom from the ashes of the dead"
The Old EearB heart was full of greed;
With s~elfishhess it longed and ached,
And cried: y have not half | need,
Ny thirst ID bitter and unslaked.
But to the New Years generous hand
All gifts I'M plenty shall return;
True loving itshall understand;
By all my futures it shall learn.
/ have been Ifckless; it shall be
Quiet and calm and pure of life.
/ was a slavey it shall go free,
And find sweet peace where | leave
strife"
Only a night from old to new!
Never a night such changes brought.
The Old Year had its work to do;
No New Year miracles are wrought.
Always a night from old to new!
Night and the healing balm of sleep!
Each morn is New Years morn come tt de,
Morn of a festival to keep.
All nights are sacred nights to make
Confession and resolve and prayer;
All days are sacred days to wake
New gladness in the sunny air.
Only a night from old to new;
Only a sleep from night to morn.
The new is but the old come true;
Each sunrise sees a new year born.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-01

and the highest of the oficials three
times, according to the Russian fash
ion.
In the streets the people kiss each
other, whether acquainted or not. The
favored one who have been kissed
by the Gar are permitted to kiss the
hand of the Empress as well. The
ceremony of hand-kissing was sup
pressed for a time, but was re-estab-
lished 4 few years ago unders the
reign Of Alexander II. On New Years
Day at breakfast, dinner and supper,
the guests, standing about the table,
touch glasses, drink the health of the
Emperor, and offer good wishes to
each other.
In England and America the hap
piest revels for children are over be-
fore January 1, but in Scotland they
are just getting under full. Roadway.
This custom doubtless arose from the
fact that the old Calvinists held in
detestation the "Popish" celebration
of Christmas, and it became sup
planted by "Hogmanay," usually held
on New Years Eve. This euphonious
name Is doubtless derived from the
old GREETING, eau gui menez" ("To
the mftletoe go!") The festival is
distinctively a juvenile function, and
they prepare for it weeks beforehand
by menorizing songs and making
''guise1s" costumes.
Housewives lay In a stock of oaten
cakesIand bake a store of "bridles,"
which they hand out to the children
whenSthey come to the house door to
claim their "hogmanay," crying:
"Get up, good wife, and shake your
fathers,
And Dina think that we are beggars,
For we are BARNS come out to play
Get uu and gie's our hogmanay.'
Thit custom of the hogmanay is al
ludedlo in that most delightful book,
Sentimental Tommy" Sometimes
several guisers go around in a mild
sort 81 theatrical entertainment be-
fore tn %appreciative audience gath
cred beneath the smoked rafters of
the great farmhouse kitchen. Among
the Old customs we of to-day still
cling most fondly to is the one Of
ringing the church bells at midnight,
herafing the birth Of the new year.
Although the poetic figure of the
old gay-haired sexton pulling his bell
with might and main in the belfry
towe' has been s%upplanted by the fin
de-secle individual who, snug and
warn, sits at a keyboard and reels
off he music with as much ease as
though playing "Moneymusk" in the
parlor, the sentiment fingers and, lis
te1ing to the mellow chimes cleaving
The frosty air, n hears the singing
IL unison of:
'2ing out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace"