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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

canal l never understood. Possibly can
ma make Atchison people understand what I
a Iilit not understand about the great work
Imagine Atchison is Colon on the
Atlantic ocean, and that Kansas City is
The actual distance from colon to Pana-
ma is about the distance between Atchi-
and es seioM Ct b @5Ie
imagine the town of Gatun pronounced
Gatoonl Here is located the great Ga
located located here. At the imaginary Gatun
SOM, remember that the terrible Chagres
river Is encountered. and compare it with
the Missouri river The valley of this
| a distance of twenty-six miles. without
any digging: This .Chagres river is sub
ject to terrific floods, but these are to be
controlled by the great dam at Gatun. in
connection with the spillway. to permit
the surplus water to empty itself into the
in mind. remember that eight miles
above Kansas City, at Pomeroy, there is
six miles south of Atchison, at Daily, hold
the waters of the lake in the mountain
channel The. entire valley between Dali
by (six miles below AtchisoD and Pome,
roy eight miles above Kansas City, will
be covered by the new lake, to depth
of more than thirty feet. On the surface
of this new lake, ships will float en- route
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, across
the Isthmus of Panama In order to get
ships up to the surface of the lake, the
locks at Daily (Gatun) are being built
In order to get ships down to the Pacific
and Kansas City (Culebra and Panama)
are being built. You are also to under
stand that all the river valley between
Daily (Gatan) and Pomeroy (Culebra)
will be flooded, to a depth Of many feet
from turning the waters of the Missouri
derstand, also, that all the railroad tracks
and towns IN. the river valley between
Daily (Gatuno and Pomeroy eCulebral
will no f10ndnd "a rabllilt
removed before the canal can be used
You are also to understand that this is
a part of the canal work But, most i'm
damned, and its surplus water disposed
of. during low water and during high
order to make this illustration clearer,
imagine that the Missouri river enters
the proposed lake at a point near weston:
The Illustration is not exact, but
possibly it will give you, the idea The
Chagres river is not as big as the Mis-
souri, river, but it often becomes a terror;
because of the torrential rains: the annual
rainfall at Panama is more than five
times greater than the annual rainfall in
eSstern kansa The nd plan fb Of creaang
twenty-sfx miles of the canal, was a
stroke of genius; if it proves successful.
derstand, In considering my illustration,)
is away above the waters of the Atlantic
at Colon. and away above the waters OF
the Pacific at Panama. and ships will be
raised up to the surface of the lake and
lowered from. the surface of the lake TO
the surface of the two oceans. by means
point between Culebra and Panama And:
in considering this local Illustration OF
stand that the new lake passes through
the monster cut at Culebra- Culebra Is
really the mountain dividing the Atlan-
mus; the water shed, from one side of it,
water runs into the Pacific, and into the
Atlantic from the other side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
Stomachs Repaired
Relieves Distress in Five Minutes

Let Mrs. Griffith tell you about Milo
ma, the greatest prescription for stom-
ach troubles written:
For years 1 have doctored for acute
gastritis. but only received slight bene-
fit, and had to be careful what 1 ate
But. thanks to Mi-o-na stomach tab
lets. can now eat anything. Last
Christmas. after partaking of a hearty
turkey dinner, I was seized with an at
tack of acute indigestion, and the doc
tor worked over me for hours before
got relief. He paid me eight visits be-
fore 1 could say 1 was well enough C
sit up. But since then l have taken
Mi-o-na tablets, and l have not beer
troubled since Before using Mi-o-na
had attacks about every month."-Mrs
Ida Griffith. 1918 c ST., Washington, D
c.. July 5, 1909.
Mi-o-na stomach tablets are sold by
druggists everywhere for so cents a
large box. They are guaranteed to cure
indigestion, sour stomach, belching gas
dizziness, biliousness, heavings, or any
stomach ailment.
Mail orders filed, all charges prepaid
by Booths Mi-o-na, Buffalo, N. Y.
Try Booths Pills for constipation
joyful surprise-25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

Frederick Thompson at the New York
Hippodrome with his wife. Mabel
Taliaferro, as Polly. He had a real
circus and after the show the thing
loaded up and drove away. The imi-
tation of that last night was the best
thing done. There was fair one ring
circus on the Grand stage-a real ring
horse and bareback rider. a troup of
acrobats, four shetlands, a mule, two
clowns, and swinging ring performer.
The circus performers were undoubted-
ly bona fide goods but as is usual with
that class of entertainments they were
out of place in trying to be actors in
the earlier parts of the play.
For instance, Lee Johnson. as Toby
for the Washburn troupe. when giving
little Pol over to the minister's care as
the show pulled away, brought tears 70
eyes of his hearers even though they
nearly all knew him. Last night some
one laughed at poor Toby's attempt.
The minister, who has a part which
takes care of itself, did all he could
with a soft boiled voice like a hero IN
THE Tenderfoot's Revenge" The ring
performer and the bareback rider as
deaconesses couldn't work for North
Brothers, and the acrobatic boys as
actors were simply the limit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
RHEUMATISM
CURED AT HOME
How to Keep the System Free
from Rheumatic Poison So
There VIII Be No
RELAPSE.

Every sufferer from rheumatism wants
to be cured and to stay cured
The prospect of the return OF the
same old rheumatism every year Is not
attractive to anybody who has gone
through. one siege Most treatments
aim simply to keep down" the rheu-
matte poisons in the blood. The tonic
treatment with Dr. Williams Pink Pills
has proved by hundreds of cures that it
builds up the blood to a point that
enables it to cast out these pOisonS
through the regular channels of excre-
ton, the bowels, kidneys and the skin.
When this is done the rheumatism is per-
manentIy cured and as long as the blood
is kept pure and rich the patient will be
immune from attacks of rheumatism.
Miss Cora Yelm, of Genoa, Neb., owes
her permanent cure of muscular rheu-
matism to DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
She says:
~ became afflicted with muscular
rheumatism after taking cold. The
disease settled in the cords of the neck
and through the shoulders. The cords
of my neck began to swell, were very
sore and panied me continually. AS the
disease grew worse my neck became so
stiff that l could not turn my head.
The pains were dull and affected the
muscles across the shoulders. There was
also a constant dull, aching pain across
the small of the back. 1 had restless
nights and at times suffered from severe
headaches.
Although I tried different medicines
nothing helped me until 1 used DIR.
Williams Pink Pills. could see they
were helping me from the start and I
used them until entirely well. 1 have
never been troubled with rheumatism
since
Thin blood, besides inviting rheuma-
tisn, means starved nerves, weakened
digestion, functional disorders, head
aches, possibly neuralgia, sciatica and
even partial paralysis. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills build up the blood, repair
waste and prevent and check disease.
They are for men and women, young
and old. They are sold by all druggists.
or will be sent, postpaid. on receipt of
price, so cents per box; six boxes 81. 90,
by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
Allie f1 SS

Polly of the Circus which was pro-
duced here last year by the Washburn
Dramatic club returned last night 20
the Grand in professional clothes. Some
one connected with the Topeka theaters
dropped the tip Sunday that the COM
pany was playing all the little towns
and would go from here to Burlin-
game. Whether they did or not. they
ought to. The company with the ex-
ception perhaps of Fay Wallace as
Polly, was one of the worst ever seen
in Topeka.
The play as advertised is one for
wives, daughters. sweethearts and Sis
tiers, and they were all there last night.
The house was filled, not with the reg
ular theater goers, but with typical
circus crowd. In view of that fact, the
show may have been partially satisfac-
tory. The story of the play begins with
an accident to Polly while showing in a
little town. She is carried into the par
sonage close by and lies there uncon-
scious while her show moves on. Her
parents were killed in the same bust
ness before her, and the care she has
had has been from Mother. Jim. a
tent foreman, and Uncle" Toby, a
clown. They are forced to leave her
with the minister who is a young I'M
married man. She grows to love him
and studies diligently to make herself
like one of his kind of people. She
succeeds Out the HdTTOW Inlnu6O OSd-
cons and their wives gossip about the
girl living at the preachers house and
demand her dismissal. He offers to
send her to school but she will not go
without him and he says she must stay.
A deacon then goes to her and advises
her to leave. Her show comes again TO
the town and she. in anguish. to save
the minister his position, tells him she
is going back to her people, the
show people, which are in truth no
longer her kind She refuses to ride IN
this town, however, and the ring boss
is furious She is rescued by the min
lister who holds her captive while the
circus pulls away that night.
1t is this circus popularity which
made the production one of utmost
realism in scenic possibilities It was
produced with tremendous success by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

afternoon. The new Northwestern de-
pot will be tied up today. as the work.
men were notified when they quit work
last night not to return until the
trouble Is adjusted. The leaders of the
Building Trades council plan to strike
every building where the Otis Eleva-
tor company has the contract for ele-
vator work and where Madden's ma
chinists are acting as strik ebreakefs,
taking the places of elevator construc-
tors. Yesterday the faction of painters
which is connected with the Trades
Council, refused to work with -mem-
bers Of the rival faction and a num-
Der of strikes were called as a result
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
PROVEN ECZEMA CURE

f, For several years we have announced
found positive cure for eczema; q
simple skin wash, oil of wintergreeu
compound with other healing in
gradients.
Yet we know there are people right in
this town who have eczema, and still
have never tried this remedy.
We have. therefore, arranged with
the D. D. D. Laboratories of Chicago
for a special offer of a trial bottle at Is
cents instead of the $1.00 bottle as reg
ularly sold. Be sure of the correct
name: D. D. D. Prescription.
We offer this trial bottle with our
recommendation and assurance that
just as soon as the patient washes his
itching skin. this mild liquid will take
the itch away instantly.
Geo. W. Stansfeld, druggist, 632 Kan
SaS avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
FREE
PILE
CURE
Sent to Demonstrate the Merits o
Pyramid Pile Cure.

What 1t Has Done For Others, 1t Can
Do For You.
We have testimonials by the hun
dreds showing all stages, kinds and
degrees of piles which have been
cured by Pyramid Pile Cure.
If you could read these unsolicited
letters you would no doubt go to the
nearest drug store and buy box of
Pyramid Pile Cure at once, price fifty
cents.
We do not ask you to do this. Send
us your name and address and we will
send you a sample by mail free.
We know what the trial package
will do. In many cases it has cured
piles without further treatment. If it
proves it's value to you order more
from your druggist at soc a box. This
is fair, is it not? Simply fill out free
coupon below and mail today No
knife and its torture. No doctor and
his bills
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
CHICAGO LABOR WAR.
Work Has Been Stopped on a Number
of Skyscrapers

Chicago. Feb. 22-War between
Martin B. Skinny Madden and his
Associated Trades and the American
Federation of Labor again broke out
yesterday with the result that build
ing operations were stopped on num-
Der of skyscrapers. The workmen
were called off the Vendome building
and the building of the Peoples Gas
Light and Coke company during the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
SWOPE CASE HALTS.
Holiday Causes Cessation in Activities
of the Lawyers.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 22.-There
was a complete cessation of activities
in the Swope case today because of
Washington's birthday anniversary
The grand jury will resume it's session
tomorrow, when members of the
Swope family will continue to testify
regarding the mystery. -f 5t ---'t-s
Attorneys for DR.. B. c. Hyde will
continue to take dispositions in the
phYsician's damage suit TOMORROW.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
NOTED TRAMP KILLED.
Had Income to Live On. but Pre-
ferred Life of Hobo.

Buffalo. Feb. 22.-Alexander Black
man, so years old, known as the Mil
lionaire Tramp" was killed by train
near here last night. Blackman re-
ceived monthly remittances from New
York which would have enabled him
to live well, but he preferred the life
of a tramp.
Blackman claimed to be the son of a
New York man, who, up to the time
of his death ten years ago. had a COM
mission business in Broad street
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22
MOTHERS FRIEND



are among the greatest blessings mother besw upon the little life about
OF the health and nature Of the child Mothers Friend
affords It is nent composed of penetrating oils and medicines which
glands gradual skin tissues and aid in the relief
!
The 8lRA0FzEzD CO.. ATLANTA Ga
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

Gwendolen greatly shocked) - Oh,
mother! Baby's speaking to all sorts of
people he doesn't know!-Punch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

In Panama, an American dollar bill is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

About the first thing a traveller notes
on the Panama railway is that the
telegraph poles are old iron rails, for
merly used by the French.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

You often hear of thesexcellent sanitary
condition of the Canal zone. 1t will cost
twenty million dollars by the time the
canal is completed IS 80 ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

The lottery is an established insti-
tuition in the canal zone. and in Colon
and Panama we were everywhere Of
fered lottery tickets, usually by China
men. The drawings are held on the
ground floor of the bishops palace, and
the prizes range from fifty cents to
$500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

Third class fare over the Panama
for many years after its com
pletion was s25 from Colon to Pana-
ma Cor so cents per mile.) Now it is
S240.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

There are 1900 American women, wives
of employees, living along the canal an6
about the same number of children; this
does not include wives and children OF
railroad employees. 9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

In the yards at Colon, I noticed q
negro engineer on a switching engine
but all the engineers on the line are
white.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

One of the amusing things connected
with the canal is the reports made by
expert commissioners, and to which
no attention whatever is paid For in
stance, President Roosevelt appointed
a board of consulting engineers con-
sisting of thirteen members, to forever
settle whether we should build a sea
level or lock canal. The commission
ers decided Or sea level canal. We
are building a lock canal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

The Isthmus of Panama was visited
by Olonso de Ojeda in 1899. and coast
ed by Columbus in 1912. In 1909. it
became part of the Spanish kingdom
of New Granada. 1t remained Span
ish territory until 1919. when it achiev-
ed independence. It then passed
through many vieissitudes and changes
at one time peing a member of the
Granadian Confederation, and then one
of the United States OF Colombia. In
1903, it asserted its independence from
the Colombian government. The ex-
ecutive authority of the Panama re-
public is vested in president, elected
by popular vote for a term of four
years He is assisted by a cabinet of
four members Panama is divided
into seven provinces. each administer
ed by a governor. There is a supreme
court, circuit courts, and other inferior
tribunals established by law. Less
than one-third of the country is oc-
cupied, and but small portion of the
occupied portion Systematically de-
veloped. Bananas form the most i'm
portant product Coffee. cacao. tobac-
co, rubber and indigo are grown.
There are no highways in the country,
and no railroad except that owned by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

The Panama railroad is owned by
the United States government, but
there is fiction of private ownership,
to avoid the law. Think of the United
States government being a law break
err
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-22

nected with the canal work, one en-
ploying 1000 men, and the other 500.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
THE GEO. w. KIES co.

the guest of his brother, James ".
Murphy. for the past three weeks ltlt
Monday morning for Boston. 0r. mur-
INV has been travelling saie-Tn3n for a
New York firm for number OF years
but is TO be salesman for Boston
firm
Ex-Governor Phineas I,ounSDury or
New York was the guest OF +. Z. Day
over Sunday.
Attorney David s. Day returned q
Bridgeport Monday after n rev oays
visit with his parents on Norwich ave-
nue..
The rain and fog OF the past three
days has made the snow and rec ols-
appear rapidly. The roads are very
muddy and in number OF places the
ground has settled 30 that the ROADS
are badly cut up.
One of the signs OF spring 81 seen
on the streets daily-1hat or the scnool
boys pla aging marbles.
TurnsrvilIe silk Mill Burned.
A number went TO Turuervillo Tucs-
day morning 20 view the ruins OF the
silk mill at that place which was
burned early Tussday. This IL the
second fire within few years. Tho
first one destroyed what was known
as the upper mill. ana ~ has not Dceh
rebuilt. The plant was idle for mum 2
Der of months, when the new concern
took IL. and they had been running but
a short time.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
SILK MILL BURNED
AT TURNERVILLE
Cause of Fire Not Kuown-MilI Oper-
ated by Eisenstein & Co.

Fire early Tuesday morning. de-
stroyed No. mill of L Eisenstein &
Co. silk manufacturers. at Turner
VILE, burning to the ground the two
story wooden affair with attic and
basement.
The building was filed with nachin-
cry and twenty-five hands have been
employed there of late. as business was
said to be good. The fire was dis
covered by Mrs. Vergin. a roomer in
the company's boarding house, and
was raging mass of flames when
first seem
None of the owners were present
when the fire occurred, D. Brown of
the company having gone to New
York Monday on an evening train He.
as well as the Eisensteins, were no.
titled of the destruction by fire of the
ribbon mill early Tuesday morning.
Practically the entire population of
the village turned out when the alarm
was sounded but effort to save any
thing was Intellectual
It is not known how heavily the
property was insured although it is
known that $4,000 is carried on the
entire property, of which the ribbon
mill was a part, there being two other
mills and several houses for which the
firm bargained about a year ago with
NJ. Eugene Lincoln of this city, trus-
tee of the bankrupt estate of Gather
The mill with the others was being
operated under an agreement where
by the Eisenstein company was to
purchase the property, having CIV
en- Mr.. Lincoln g, bond for a deed
Mr.. Lincoln with his son, L. B. Lin
coin, were at Turnerville Tuesday and
upon his return he said that no cause
for the origin of the fire could be as
signed. although an investigation was
being made by the owners The stormy
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
TOTAL REDUCTIONS s2,1oo.
Board of Relief Makes Five Abate-
ments-inerease in Thirteen Cases.

Total additions of s37.e65 were made
to the taxable property in the town
of killingly, according to the figures
contained in the report of the board Of
relief filed Tuesday. The total reduc-
tons amount to $2.10G. The net in
crease OF the grand list as the result
of the changes is therefore S35, 665.
There were thirteen increases made
by the board and five attachments.
The members also found two persons
with taxable values not mentioned in
the grand list, and the values fixed on
them was $1,000. The two notable in
creases made by the board were on
the estate of Isaac Ballard, late of
Ballouville, because of his deposits of
money in savings banks of which the
board had no previous knowledge, and
on the building OF the Windham Coun-
ty Savings bank. which was Increased
from less than $1,000 to S16,300.
No action was taken on the applica-
ton of tho Danielson Cotton COM
asking that a reduction be made in
the assessed value of their plants. The
board was divided on the matter and
on a vote the decision was against
the reduction
The present board of relief, consist
ing of James N. Tucker, chairman. w.
Irving Billiard. clerk. A. v. Wood
worth. w. P. Kelley and John Chase.
have during the past three years in
creased the grand list by additions to
the extent of s245,000. This year the
increase is in excess of $4,000 last
year $102,0 900 was added and the year
previous the addition amounted to
$1o6,o0
Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-02
Personals.


DR.. T. r. Parker made a visit to
Wethersfield Tuesday.
Gilbert S. Hewitt of Norwich was
a Willimantic visitor Tuesday.
Clarence A. Bowen was in Turner
vile and Colchester Tuesday.
Miss Alice Eaton has returned from
a visit with friends in Staffordville.
Dr. Stanley Maine of Mystic was
the guest Tuesday of Lyman Maine,
Jr.
Robert H. Fenton leaves today for
some time, taking long-needed rest.
Miss A. L. DeWynter, who has been
the guest of friends in town the past
week, returned to New Haven Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Leonard of Wal
nut street have been visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Burr Stone of
New Britain.
Tuesday the members of the local
Catholic clergy attended a conference
of the priests of the diocese at the ca
thedral at Hartford.
William r. Jordan OF Meriden, for
merly of this city, is spending a few
days with his father, Charles B. Jor-
dan of North street
Mrs. James Macfarlance of Mansfield
Center with Mrs. n. N. Bishop. left
for Boston Tuesday forenoon. Mrs.
Bishop is secretary of the National
Women's Baptist union She was the
chief speaker at the Spring Hill Bap-
tist church Monday evening, when
banquet was held