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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
MORGAN STUBS HIS TOE
The FInancier Scatters Church CoIIec-
ton on the Floor.

New York, Nov. POI. Pierpont
Morgan tripped in church Sunday and
falling to the floor, spilled the contents
of the collection plate, which was
piled high with money. The banker
was uninjured.
Mr. Morgan, who is senior warden
of St Georges Protestant Episc opal
church. was about to pass the plate to
Bishop Greer for the offertory bene-
diction when he stubbed his toe over
a misplaced pew cushion on the floor
Just behind the chancel rail and fell
on his hands and knees. Several
coins, bills and envelopes containing
checks, were scattered over a wide
area and the silver plate, which he
juggled with desperately for a mo-
ment, went rolling away.
r. Fulton Cutting, the junior war
den; former Mayor Seth Low, a yes
tryman, and several clergymen were
quickly at Mr.. Morgan's side, and the
banker was soon on his feet again IN
hurt. he said and apparently not at all
perturbed-in fact, quite the caImest
man at the ehancel
The incident, witnessed by a large
congregation, occurred in an interval
of the special service commemorative
Of the one hundredth anniversary of
the foundation of st. Georges parish.
Mr.. Morgan probably was the victim
of his own gallantry for the pew cush-
ions. a dozen or more, were placed on
the chancel steps at his suggestion to
permit many women, who had been
standing in the back of the church to
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
NEVER ANY STOMACH MISERY.
Indigestion Goes and Your Stomach
Feels Fine in Five Minutes.

You can eat anything your stomach
Dyspepsia, or that your food will fer
ment or sour on your stomach If you
will take a little Diapepsin occasion
ally.
Your meals will taste good, and any,
think you eat Will be digested; nothing
can ferment or turn into acid or pols-
on or stomach gas which causes
Belching, Dizziness q feeling of full
ness after eating Nausea, Indigestion
(like lump of lead in stomach). Bill
iousness. Heartburn, Water brash,
Pain in stomach and intestineS or
other sym ptoms.
Headaches from the stomach are alb
moluteIy unknown where this effective
remedy is used Diapepsin really does
all the work of healthy stomach. It
digests your meals when your stomach
can't A single dose will digest all
the food you eat and leave nothing to
ferment or sour and upset the stom-
ach.
Get a large 5o-cent case of Pape's
start t. king now, and in q little while
you wall actually brag about your
healthy. strong stomach. for you
then can eat anything and every
thing you want without the slightest
discomfort or misery, and every par
ticle Of impurity and Gas that is in
your stomach and intestines is going
10 be carried away without the use Of
laxatives or any other assistance.
Should you at this moment be suf-
fering from Indigestion or any stom-
ach disorders you can set RELIEF within
eve minutes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
FAIRCHILD IS LEADER
Kansan to Direct Committee on Bet
tering Rural Schools.

Chicago, Nov. 2O.-Plans for rails
ing the standard of rural schools to a
level with those of cities and towns
will probab bly, be taken up today by the
committee appointed at the San Fran
cisco convention of the National Edu-
cational association, which is now
meeting in Chicago
The work of organization was taken
up by the committee at its first meet
ing on Saturday.
The members of the committee are:
E T F'airchild, superintendent of
schools of Kansas, chairman; DR.. L.
H Bailey Ithaca, n. T.; DR.. E. c.
Elliot. Madison, Wis; Prof. T. H. Har-
ris. Baton Rouge, La; Miss Adelaide
s. Baflor, Indianapolis, Ind; H G.
Morrison. state superintendent of
schools Utah; Edward Hyott. state
superintendent of schools. California;
L. L Wright, state superintendent.
Michigan; J. V. Joyner. state superin-
tendent, North Carolina. and Prof.
Charles H Keyes, New York City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
CANADA SORRY NOW?
Editor Says Annexation Caused Reel
procity's Defeat.

Chicago, Nov. 20.-According to J..
A Macdonald, editor of the Toronto
Globe and prominent member of the
Liberal party, Canada is sorry she re-
jected reciprocity. Mr.. Macdonald so
declared in his address before the Sun
day Evening club last night.
THE people have returned to sober
thinking and regret their action he
said. THE voters were swayed by
the unintelligent emotion of the
crowds. The annexation bugaboo was
to blame for it all. 1t was just an
evil rumor that got started and you
could no more stop it than you could
halt a tornado. People were swept
away by it and acted rashly They
are now in a repentant mood"
Mr.. MacDonald's subject was THE
Man and the Crowd"
Liberals Majority %. S57.
Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 2O.-The final
official returns from the Canadian
general election as given out by the
superintendent of elections, show a
grand total vote of 636.654 for the
conservatives and 61O.797 for the lib
erals, a popular majority for the Bor-
den governmen of only 25,S57. The
liberals carried five and the eonserva-
tives four provinces.
Notwithstanding the close vote at
large. the conservatives have a major
ity of fifty in the house.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
WATER IS CUT OFF
Residents Of Seattle Visit the
Reservoir With Pals.
Big Pipe Lines Broken by Force
of a Flood.

. seattle, Wash, Nov. 2O.-With Seat
tie facing a water famine and many
OF the smaller towns west Of the Cas-
caos mountains under water or cut
Oh from communication by the loss of
prluses and the washing out OF roads,
the people of western Washington are
anlouSly watching for signs of sub
sioence of the flood that has ragged
Tor more than two days.
The railroads that cross the Cas-
cades with their transcontinental lines
are virtually tied up. the only outlet
Delng over the coast lines to Port
Iand and then east along the Colun bia
river. Inc Northern Pacific and Great
northern began routing their overland
trains this way last night and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound sent
It's crack train, the first TO leave in
Two days, over the long detOur today.
1.-The lines of the Great Northern and
Morthern Pacific between Seattle and
n. ancouver, B. c., have been idle since
saturday, but the Great Northern ex-
poets to resume service to the north
before night Although Seattle. built
upon hills, is in no danger from flood,
II IS confronted by more serious
problem-that of a water famine
The flood on Cedar river, from
which the city obtains its water sup
ply, washed away a bridge, carrying
the two big pipe lines. The breaking
OF the pipes was Immediately felt in
the most. populOus residential section
the main pipe lines. Many persons
from this district went to the reser-
Voir with pals today to get supply
for domestic use. A large force OF
men was sent to the break last night,
but repairs could not be begun until
the flood subsidized It is hoped the
supply viii not be cut off more than
a week.
The city also is without the use of
the municipal light plant. The same
rush of water that destroyed the pipe
line bridge carried away the intake at
the power plant Commercial com
panies are endeavoring to relieve the
situation with some success
At Renton, a prosp coal town,
twelve miles up the Cedar river from
Seattle, the business section is under
water and twice yesterday the resi-
dents, hearing Fumors that the big
Cedar river dam had gone out, rushed
to the surrounding hills The town
of Mcmillan, fourteen miles from Ia
coma, is threatened by the Puyallup
river, which is cutting away adjacent
farm lands at the rates of ten feet an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20

But now I do not have any of these
troubles. I have a fine strong baby
daughter now, which 1 did not have
before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. "-MRs. 4. A.
GILES, Route ~ Dewittyille, n. 7.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass. which prove beyond doubt that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women, and that every such
suffering woman owes it to herself to
1T least give Lydia z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is frGes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
THREE PUT TO DEATH
Triple EIectrocution of Murderers at
Sing Sing Prison.

Ossinine- n. Y, Nov. 2O.-Tkree
rnurderers were put to death by cleo
tricity in Sing Sing prison at dawn.
They were Pietro Faletto of Port
Chester: Frank Schermerhorn of Mill
brook, near Poughkeepsie, and Bert
L. Brown of Rye. They went to the
chair in that order.
The executions began at 5:2S o'clock
and lasted only tWenty-three minutes.
It was the first triple electrocution at
Sing Sing since the electric current
superseded. the gallOWs in New York
state. Twenty years ago four murder
ers paid the death penalty at one time
by hanging.
of the crimes expiated today
Schermerhorn's attracted the most
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20

notice. On the night of January Is.
1910. Sarah Brymer, a nurse employed
by Barnes Compton at Millbrook. was
found dead in the Compton home IN
der circumstances which indicated
she had been assaulted and strangled.
Schermerhorn the family coachman,
% years old and and married, was ar
rested on suspicion and subsequently
convicted on circumstantial evidence.
Bert L Brown, negro, killed VIM
Brown, his half brother, in the vii
lage of Rye. May 81. 1910
Pietro F'aletto cut Louise Levine's
throat in Levine's store in Port Ches-
ter, August 10, 1903. The victim was
So years old. The trial developed that
Faletto went to Levine's store for the
purpose of robbery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
SEALED IN A CHIMNEY
A Riveter Is Forced to Cut His Way
to Freedom.

Niles. Cal, Nov. 20.-While Neil AL
berg, a plumber, was clinching rivets
inside the chimney of a new factory
here. the man on the outside was
called away Another set of men, who
did not know Alberg was inside, rivet-
ed rain protector over the top of the
stack, sealing him inside.
When the thunder of the hammers
died away. the prisoner pounded fran
tically on the iron until he got the. at
tention of the canning party. A cold
chisel was then passed through a slit
in the protector and Alberg cut his
way out. delivering the While smoking
comments relative to the intelligence
of his Gamers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
DIVIDES The MONEY
Methodist Foreign Missions Committee
AppoFtions Its Fund.

Denver, Nov. 2o.-The general commit
tee of Foreign Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal church devoted its time today
to the distribution Of the various sums
which were decided on last Saturday as
being available for use in the great df-
visions OF the mission fields
Eastern Asia including China and Corea
was given a lump OF $267. 73S. Southern
Asia, including India, Malaysia and the
Philippine islands, 1888 561; Africa, S45, S51;
South America. $g7. S25: Aexica, s5S 672:
Europe, including France, Italy, Ger
many. Sweden. Norway, Denmark and
Swift zerland, s154,7A.
These figures may be subject TO some
variation before the committee adjourns,
which il expects TO do this evening The
figures show a cut of a little more than
per cent over last year which is equally
distributed over all the fields.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
SHE HAD
CONSTANT
PAIN
Until Relieved by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

DewittviIle, Ny. Before I start
ed to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20

ia Die compound L
suffered nearly all
THE time with head
a c b e s backaches,
and bearing down
pains, and had a
Continuous pain in
my left side. 1t
made me sick If I
tried to walk much,
and my back was so
weak that I was
Obliged to we ar
Icorsets all the time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-20
ANTHONY IS COMING
Congressman VIII Be Here on Tuesday
and Wednesday.

Representative D. r. Anthony jr.,
of Leavenwor will be in Topeka, at
the National hotel. Tuesday and We'd
nesday of this week 1t is understood
that Mr.. Anthony Will be glad to meet,
while he is here. all those who may
be interested in legislation of the ap-
preaching session of congress, or mat
tiers before the departments at Wash
fngtOn.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHINa.

when my little girl was about etslI
months old, she was taken with Yef7
irritating breaking out, which came ii
her face. neck and back. When sheI
first came down with 1t, 1t came h
little watery-like testers under hleat
eyes, and on her chin, then after i tn
days it would dry down In gcaly, Will
scabs. In the daytime she was qalIs
worrysome and would dig and seratsl
har face nearly al the time.
II consulted our physician Ill
found she was SUFFERING; from Co..
which he said came frul1 har
I used the ointment he gave IL
without any relief at all. Thin
wrote for a book on Cutfcura and fsHs
chased some Cuticura Soap and Gilt Gilt
ment at the drug store. did AL
found directions in the Guticura Boo
let, and when she was one year Old.
she was entirely cured. Now she 4
three years and four months, and ~
has never been troubled with eczema
since she was cured by the caH,
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
(signed) Mrs. Freeman CraVer slls
Lewis ST., Syracuse, N. =, May "
1911. Although Cuticura Soap aid
Ointment are sold everywhere, . SON.
pie Of each, with 32-page book, WI
be mailed free on application to 4Cuhs
cura," Dept. Q X, Boston.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
SECOND BIBLE A NECEssITi
Experienced Minister Knew Wh., Z,
Was Talking About When Ha
Advised Junior.

Nov that you are married" said m
experienced minister to the yor,s
curate, you will have to stop ua,.s
the church Bible for home sind,
Oh, yes, l know how it Is. You !,
attached to a certain Bible, and q,
study better with that right upa.s
your nose. and would willingly nass
it back and forth for the inspiratlo,
1t affords. I've been through ii. IrIssJ
to do that very thing myself, but nj,
er half dozen wells and Dairs
gloves and some little lacey things sttlat
I shall not attempt to specify toaaaa
down from the pulpit on Sunday NOM.
ings in view Of the astonished spa
amused congregation, | aecustone
myself to two Bibles. The Woplpn
press. 1t is habit you can't bresk
them OF, and the first thing yoE know
these feminine knick-knacks go saiL
ing away to humilia3e you
That night the curate turned the
pages of his Bible carefully. A vii
and scrap Of lace fell out. He sighed
The next day he began to cultivate ID
affection for second Bible.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
ALASKA RICH IN OIL
Wells Clicked With Debris to Pre-
vent Natural Flow.
CONFLICTING Interests Have Long
Sought to Control the Output OF
Petroleum in the Rich Kat
ALA District.

Seattle, Wash.-A strange story
zones from the Katalla region, IN
Alaska. Oil wells that were bored
half dozen years ago, and prom
ised great returns in high grade Pc
troleum, were never allowed to be-
come producers because of conflicting
interests that were seeking to drive
each other out Recently new own
erships have prevailed, and the four
principal wells near the town Of Kat
ALA were found to be choked with
scrap iron, junk, and all sorts OF
debris. When the load was taken
out the. wells flowed 2,100 barrels OF
oil day.
For two years or more the country
has been discussing the Alaska coal
problem, pro ard con, yet scarcely
word is ever said about the oil
fields which border the great north
ern coal areas. The country at large
hardly realizes that the Alaska oil
fields are the newest to be developed
on the American continent.
The Katalla belt is strip OF land
along the coast of Alaska adjoining
the Copper River delta, and extending
off eastward toward Mt. st. Elias. To
the north is the Boring Lake coal
country, and through this territory oil
seepages are to be found.
The Indians of that district had NO
ticed these seepages, and had spoken
of them to the traders along the
coast, but it remained for Thomas
White, a pioneer of Alaska even at
that time, to make the actual discov-
cry Of petroleum. He was hunting.
and onathe trail Of bear, when he
stumbled across one of these black
pools. To assure himself that he had
found oil he drew out match,
scratched IL, and touched the surface
of the pond. Instantly he was re-
warded with proof White made the
first oil location In Alaska, and soon
there was quiet stampede to the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
BIRDS FIGHT THEIR IMAGES.
But So Do Fish, for That Matter, According to
Darwin.

A correspondent for the Scotsman recently re-
ported what he described as the curious freak OF
blackbird flying against parlor window many
times at the same spot continuously. Such an In
cident Is not uncommon. Birds have been known
to fight for hours at time, day after day, with
their own image reflected In pane of glass, peck.
ing and futtering against the pane and quite
hausting themselves in their fury to demolish the
supposed rival 1t is another instance of how the
arts of our civilization corrupt and confuse the
birds.
1t Is the same with fishes. Darwin tells
story of pike in aquarium separated by plate
glass from fish which were it's proper food. In
trying to get at the fish the pike would often dash
with such violence against the glass to be
pletely stunned 1t did this for than three
months before 1t learned caution. Then when
the glass removed the pike would not attack
those particular fish. but would devour others
freshly introduced
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
A HIT
What She Gained by Trying Again.

A failure at first makes US esteem
anal success.
A family In Minnesota that now en-
Joys Postum would never have known
how good 1t Is IL the mother had been
discouraged by the failure of her
first attempt to prepare 1t. Her son
tells the story:
1--WE had never used Postum till last
spring when father brought home a
package one evening Just to try it. We
had heard from our neighbors, and in
fact every one who used 1t, how well
they liked It,
We'll, the next morning Mother
brewed 1t about five minutes. Just as
she had been in the habit Of doing
with coffee without paying special at
tention to the directions printed on
the packaa It looked weak and
didn't have very promising color. but
neverthelessI father raised his cup
with an air exceptancy. 1t certain
ly did give him a great surprise. but
I'm afraid 1t wasn't a very pleasant
one, for he put down his cup with q
look Of disgust.
Mother wasn't discouraged though,
and next morning gave it another trial.
letting It stand on the stove till boil.
ing began and then letting 1t boil for
fifteen or twenty minutes, and this
time we were all SO pleased with it
that we have used it ever since.
Father was a confirmed dyspeptic
and cup Of coffee was to him like poi
son. So he never drinks It any more.
but drinks Postum regularly. He isn't
troubled with dyspepsia now and is
actually growing fet, and I'm sure
Postum is the cause of it. All the chill
dren are allowed to drink it and they
are perfect pictures of health" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason. u
Ever read the above letter. A nevy
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine trA'e and full OF human
SDteTeRED
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14
Oil Well Near KataIIa.

northern territory. That was Is
years ago.
White went to Alaska in 1889. He
was member Of the Israel G. Rus
sell geological expedition that made
the f1rse ascent of Mt. st. Elias. Again
he climbed the mountain with the
Duke d'Abruzzi, when the italian no
bleman wanted to ascend the highest
mountain On the continent. That was
before the discovery of Mt. McKin-
ley, In the interior of Alaska.
A number Of the early claimants
organized an oil company which in
turn leased to second company
Canadian concern-and this again
leased to third company, which
finally did the well drilling But
the last company was to pay big
sum Of money as soon as oil was dis
covered In commercial quantities.
The four wells drilled produced
oil. How much the outside world did
not know, because the three COM
panies began their long struggle to
freeze" out each other It was not
AoA6 o5o NAdI q loOI ia NOA4 pduy CALLS
in and got possession Of the "old Eng
lish'' property, as it was called, and
opened up the choked wells. Two
tons Of stuff was taken from one bore,
and the Gil in its exuberance at being
released, carried away the top Of the
derrick. Then it settled down to a
steady flow of 720 barrels a day. Oil
stood in two of the other wells, but
1t was found that when the flow was
started with pump, it continued at
the same rate Of its own accord.
Being so light and volatile, wood
| containers are useless In handling the
Katalla oil. Therefore iron and steel
receptacles and conveyors were or
dered, and now are being placed in DO
sition. One tank of 10000 barrels is
| being erected at tidewater on Con-
troller bay, and two others, one Of
| 1000 barrels and the other of 5000
| barrels, will stand at the wells, about
eight miles from the big loading tank.
The distance is covered by an iron
pipe that will deliver 1900 barrels .
| day.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-10-14

a dog on the farm has bearing Or
the case. AS sheep dog Or indeed
for any duty In connection with
"minding the stock there is no dog
to compare with the faithful collie.
And the collie is a mighty fine ALI
around dog, too. Prove bially good
tempered and gentle and possessing
the highest order Of Intelligence, he
justifies by the posses ION OF good
qualities his handsome appearance,
And finally, be it said in his favor
that II farmer desires to establish
a canine colony for profit there is no
class of dogs that will sell more
readily or bring better prices than
the collies.
The old-fashioned Newfoundland
dogs that were once the favorite
playfellows of the tots on the farms
seems to have disappeared for the
most part. IN their place we now
have the Great Danes and the rough
and smooth-coatgd st. Bernards. The
latter, slow and ponderous In move
lnent, will put up with any amount
of pulling and pummeling by child
ish hands and they are usually very
saleable dog If FLOODED. Hounds
of one kind or another are to be
found on many American farms and
so likewise are hunting dogs, such as
pointers, particularly in districts
where the farmers have the time and
the inclination to 60 out after small
game in season. On most farms the