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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
HEFALLS 1885 FEET
Kansas Boy PIunges to Bottom
of Huge SmOkestack.
Body Taken Home by Youth
Who Fell Here.

Cofreyvil1e, Kan. Nov. 23.-Ernest
Atwood, the Coffeyville young man
who was killed in Memphis. Tenn,
met death by a fall of 1S5 feet, ac-
cording to Ernest Kline, a fellow
workman, who accompanied the body
to this city.
The cause Of the fail is not known.
Ernest was on top of the smokestack,
which was in course Of erection, and
fell down the inside, carrying the
forms with him. His body was
crushed by the fall and he sustained
three or four wounds on the head,
any of which would have proven fatal.
Nothing fell on top of him excepting
a piece of timber.
He Had Bad Fall Here.
Seven men were working on the
stack at the time. but the others es-
capped injury. Mr.. Kline, who accom-
panied the body, lives east of Cof-
feyville. He is the young man who
escaped with bruises only in 65 foot
fall at Topeka after the crew left
here last summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
BUT GIRL PLAYED ON.
Mouse Did Not Brighten Miss Paxton
at Piano Recital.

With a mouse on the platform near tie
piano. girl calmly continued playing at
a students recital at WaShburn chapel
Friday afternoon The girl was Miss Joy
Paxton. talented musician and popular
girl Horace Whitehouse. dean of the
music department, was playing the or
chestral parts on another piano at the
same time. The mouse did not disturb
him either, but as he is man that was
not unexpected
But girl and a mouse-neverthe1ess
while the mouse played pussy wants cor
ner among the chairs on the platform
MISS Paxton didn't even finch and led
the piano conversation as she PLAYED a.
extract from Beethoven's wonderful con-
certo No. 4, Gmajor. Truly the unlocked
for IS what Is seen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Burglars ROB Churches.

lola, Kan, Nov. 23.-The gang of
burglars infesting this section Of Kan
sas added variety to their engagement
by robbing churches. The robbers
forced open the door OF the sacristy in
St John's' Catholic church and after
ransacking the place stole the Pyx, an
instrument of gold, and used by the
priest in making sick calls The taber-
nacle of the church was also broken
open, and search made for the golden
chalice, which, however, the thieves did
not find. Beneath the glare of an cleo
trio light on a downtown corner, the
robbers broke open the study of DR.. B.
NJ. Powell, pastor of the First Metho-
dist church, ri1ed his desk and tables,
broke open locked record boxes and
stole a small sum of money. At st.
Johns church a supply of wine was
stolen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

try Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and did. Today am well and
strong and do all my own homework.
owe my health to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and advise my
friends who are afflicted with any female
complaint to try it. - Mrs. ORvnLE
Rock, r. r. No. S, Paw Paw, Michigan.
If yen are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
For thirty years it has been the STAN
dard remedy for women's ills, and has
restored the health of thousands of suf-
fering women. Why don't you try it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
BREAKS A COLD.
OPENS NOSTRILS
and Grippe In Few Hours
Contains No Quinine.

The most severe cold will be broken,
and all grippe misery ended after
taking a dose of Pape's Cold Com
pound every two hours until three
consecutive doses are taken.
You Will distinctly feel all the dis
agreeable symptoms leaving after the
very first, dose.
The most miserable headache, dull
ness, head and nose stuffed UP, fever
ishness, sneezing, running of the nose,
sore throat, mucous catarrhal dis
charges, soreness, stiffness, rheuma-
tism pains and other distress vanishes.
Take this wonderful Compound as
directed, with the knowledge that
there is nothing else in the world
which Will cure your cold or end
grippe misery as promptly and with
out any other assistance or bad after
effects as 25-cent package of Pape'a
Cold Compound, which any druggist
can supply-contains no quinine-be-
longs In every home-aecept no SUBJ
stituts. Tastes n1ce-aGtg gently
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
NANCY THOMPSON SUICIDES.
Kansas Girl Kills Self When Lover
DiSOWnS Her.

Great Bend, Kan, Nov. 23.-Nancy
Thompson killed herself at the home
of her brother, Sprague Brown, by
drinking carbolic acid. The deed was
committed during a spell of despond-
ency following her desertion by her
common law husband, Harvey Coun-
sellor. The pair met in Emporia
seven years ago and lived together
on the Newkirk ranch in this county
till about six weeks ago when Coun-
se1lor disappeared. She learned he in
tended to go back to Emporia and had
him arrested on his arrival there on
charge of wife desertion. He disowned
her as his wife and the charge was
drOpped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
SANTA FE BUILDS NEW DEPOT.
Strong City Structure WIN Cost $751;
900, Contractors say.

Strong City, Kan, Nov. 23.-The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
has started the erection of it's new
depot here. The passenger traffic in
the Superior branch is very heavy, and
the railroad has been in need of new
building for several months to meet
the demand. The building will be one
of the best on the Santa Fe system
1t will be erected at cost OF from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The building will be built of pressed
brick and trimmed with cut stone and
decorating brick, with a tile roof II
will be % feet wide and 195 feet long
and heated by steam and lighted by
electricity. Work on the building will
be pushed as rapidly as weather con-
ditions will permit and it is the inten-
ton of the company to have 1t COM
pleted by spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
WOMEN, AVOID
OPERATIONS
Many Unsuccessful - And
Worse Suffering Often Fol-
lows. Mrs. Rocks Case
A Warning.

The following letter from Mrs. Orville
Rock will show how unwise it is for wo-
men to submit to the dangersof surgical
operation when often it may be avoided
by taking Lydia E. Pinkham' S Vegetable
Compound. She was four weeks in
the hospital and came home Suf-
fering worse than before.
Here is her own statement
Paw Paw, Mich" 1.-TWO years ago
suffered very severely with a displace-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Students ..Follow the Leader

Emporia, Kan, Nov. ga psyche
logical experiment carried out by a
class in the Kansas State Normal in
the Normal library precipitated a
small riot. The class had been study
ing the propensities of people to fol-
low the suggestions of leader in
much the same manner as a flock of
sheep in the wake of a bell wether
and decided to try it out in a prac-
teal way. About thirty of the class
members who were distributed over
the reading room, suddenly arose at
given signal and rushed from the
building The innocent spectators fell
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Southwestern Gets $4,000 More.

Winfield, Kan, Nov 23.-South-
western college is practically assured
of an addition of $4,000 to her en-
dowment fund as a result of the sale
of Soule college at Dodge City, Kan,
to the Catholic church. Eight thou
sand dollars is now the property of
the Southwest Kansas conference. 1t
is being held in the bank at Dodge
City, awaiting the final settlement as
to how the money shall be apportion-
ed. It is expected that the fund will
be equally divided between the First
Methodist church of Dodge City and
Southwestern college of this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Where Is the Constable?

lola, Kan, Nov. 23.-T'he office of
constable of Geneva, Kan, is await
ing w. Shuster if the gentleman can
be found. Shuster was elected at the
recent election without opposition, but
when the county clerk mailed the GER
tificate of election to him at Geneva
the letter was returned uncal1ed for.
The county clerk is unable to locate
Shuster although the record shows
that he was regularly nominated at
the August primary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
LABoRER FALLS so FEET.
Gus Tidquist Lands in Blue River and
SWims Ashore.

Manhattan, Kan, Nov. 23.-While
Standing on a plank on the new Gle
burne bridge. Gus Tidquist, work
man, was suddenly whirled in the air
at height of fifty feet and fell in the
Slue river, landing unhurt. The plank
nailed at one end, while the other pro-
jected over the water. A beam sup
% orted it about midway. A gang OF
workmen were trying to place one of
the large conical cylinders, when they
lost control of it. letting it fall. AS it
did so the end struck the plank and
sent Cidquist flying to height of 20
feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
RErRAYER TO PLEAD GUILTY.
Charles Mitchell Left Wife and Child
for Pretty Maid.

Dodge City, Kan, Nov. 23.-Charne
Mitchell who is charged with the alb
duction of Gretchen Scott, a pretty
15-year-old, from this city, has an
nounced his desire to plead guilty at
the first opportunity and begin peni-
Tertiary sentence. Mitchell has wife
and child at lola, Kan. He lived
with the Scott girl at Pratt Kan,
for some time, deluding her with prom
Uses of marriage. She was recently
sentenced to the state reformatory for
girls but paroled pending good be-
havior as a ward of the Ford county
probate court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Burned Depot for Revenge.

lola, Kan, Nov. pa man said by
R. c. Lee, chief special agent of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway to
be John King, and arrested at Bartles-
vile, Okla, will be brought to lola,
where railway detectives win ask that
a warrant changing King with arson,
be issued. The Katy depot at Hum
boldt burned to the ground, and it is
charged that King, enraged at dis
charge from the company's employ, fired
it in revenge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
WOMEN APPEAR AS GHOSTS.
Half of CopeIand's Population Goes
Into Hiding.

Dodge City, Kan, Nov. ga report
has been received here from Copeland,
one of the new towns on the Santa
FEES Colnor cutoff. stating that the
little city was considerably stirred over
a recent escapade of two. prominent
women there. During a weighing con-
test in the Stebbins Mercantile COM
pany store the women appeared dress
ed as ghosts. The contest broke up
at once anod fully half the towns pop
ulation were in hiding before the in
tended joke was discovered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Snow in North Dakota.

Fargo, n. D., Nov. ga heavy
snowstorm prevailed over North Da-
kota last night at many points, more
than six inches falling IN four hours.
Less than one-fourth of the wheat in
the western part of the state has been
threshed and but very little of the
fax and tonight's storm will further
retard that work
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

ment. l could not
be on my feet for s
long time. My ply
stefan treated me for
several months with
out much relief and
at last sent me to
Ann Arbor for an op-
Grafton. / was there
four weeks and came
home suferingworse
than before. Ny
mother advised me to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Pratt odd FOLLOWS T1ntertain.

Pratt, Kan, Nov. 23.-The Odd Eel
lows lodge of Pratt dedicated it's new
$4,000 hall here with elaborate ceFe-
monies in charge of Grand Master
c. T. Muse of Hutchinson. About five
hundred visiting brethren were pres
emit and special work was put on by
the lodges from Larned, st. John and
Isabel. State Secretary Russell and
a number of notables of the order as
sisted in the exercises which closed
with a banquet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
To Make Medicine in News.

Wichita. Kan, Nov. 23.-IJenry ].
Allen, editor of the Beacon, announces
that he is going to Washington to at
tend the next session of congress; like
wise, the extra session. Nj Allen will
cover for special newspaper syndica:es
the work of the first Democratic con-
gress. He says he desires to make some
Bull Moose medicine for coming cam
paigns.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Iight PIant .BofIer ExnIodes.

lola, Kan, Nov. 23.-The boiler in
the city power plant at Neosho river
blew up Friday night partly wrecking
the boiler room Night Engineer w
H. Stevens was blown from the build
ing and seriously bruised and scalded.
An emergency plant was placed in op-
GRAFTON about midnight overcoming
the serious situation, the city being
without light or power.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Cost of Living Coming Down.

All thrifty people should read the
display advertisement on page No. Is.
headed PERFECTION" and giving
picture of the sack of flour. Grocery
m srchapts who have not yet arranged
to take up the Csc coupons on a 4s-lb-
sack may lose good trade. Kaw Mill
ing compAny.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

for the gag and the library was emp
tied of its 800 occupants in less than
two minutes. The panic stricken stu
dents tramped each other in the rush
down the stairs. Even a class which
was in session in one of the rooms
downstairs made a hasty exit It was
a stung crowd which marched back
up the stairs after the joke had been
explained.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Ba1oU1S 90
Du1CEA..H

Every woman's heart responds to
the charm and sweetness of a baby'e
voice, because nature intended her for
motherhood. But even the loving
nature of a mother shrinks from the
ordeal because such a time is usually
period Of suffering and danger.
Women who use Mothers Friend are
saved much discomfort and suffering,
and their systems, being thoroughly
prepared by this great remedy, s-e
IN q healthy condition to meet the
time with the least possible suffering
and danger. Mothers Friend Is
recommended only for the relief and
comfort OF expectant mothers; It is in
no sense a remedy for various Ills,
but its many years Of success, and
The thousands OF endorsements re-
ceived from women who have used It
are q guarantee of the benefit to be
derived from its use. This remedy
does not accomplish wonders but sim
ply assists nature to perfect its work.
Mothers Friend allays nausea, pre-
vents caking OF AMA
the breasts. and mIfEnREeS
In every way
contributes to - EERSn HANA q
strong, healthy = 80
motherhood. Mothers Friend is sold
@t drug stores. Write fol our free
book Tor expectant mothers.
1RADFELD REGULATOR CO.. Aasusa. ca.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
STEALS TwENTY-oNE TURKEYS
A. H. T. A. Is on Trail of Thief Who
stole Flock.

Columbus, Kan, Nov. 23.-Twenty-
one turkeys being fattened for Thanks
Swing dinners were stolen from John
Boltz, a farmer living near West Min
eraI. Members of the A. H. T. A. were
notified and strict guard is being
kept over Cherokee county poultry
yards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
HE PLEADS "UNWRrrTEN LAW
Miner Shoots Fellow Workman and
Hopes He'll Die.

Pittsburg, Kan, Nov 23.-Frank
G. Adds a miner, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by Frank Cruz
here Friday night. Cruz surrendered
and it is alleged his defense will be
the "unwritten law"
After shooting the miner, Cruz said
he hoped he would die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

and g. Poor hotel accommodations
and the unavailability of the Harvey
House will require Dodge Cityans to
entertain the 200 expected guests in
their homes. Entertainment arrange
ments are being made rapidly and
those in charge predict a successful
convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23

To Entertain Teachers in Homes.
Dodge City, Kan. Nov. ga severe
test will be given Dodge City's ability
as host when the Southwest Teachers
association meets here November %
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Conductor Loses Part of Hand

cific train No. pulled into the station
here, Conductor Caseala fell from the
steps of the train and his hand caught
under the wheels. He lost part of his
hand and three fingers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-23
Only a Fire Hero

OnEy a F1Fe Hero
but the crowd cheered, as, with burned
hands, he held up a small round box,
Fellows! he shouted, this Bucklerl's
Arnica Salve hold, has everything beat
for burns" Right! also for boils ulcers
sores, pimples, eczema, cuts, sprains
bruises. Surest pile cure. 1t subdues in
flammation, kills pain. Only % cents at
Campbell Drug Co.-Adv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
FILIBUSTERING

l1AlDOO
memory back that led the Span
@G4R ish-Amecan War Johnny famil
NM2MNd lar YOU synonymous audaciy,
gGHZN courage, resourceunes With Johnny
KMA@1 daring merely doing was
Wgz9W bravado him;
~ tated to throw his life the balance. He took
wy appeared to be the desperate chances
$40 clares his life unnecessary
risk. The he through perlous
adventures proves this
In following his profession of fibustering raised
it the dignity profession pg himself the the
United
Also he had the against which
occasionally annoying
may world over likely you
whom adventure than Johnny
And doubtful living had thrilling
adventures than he Therefore, the publication his story
begins given
the quality the who born New York city
century ago. away when he thirteen
Johnny when eighteen He distinction the
Civil He'll pilot when He'll deserved
He nearly he began his buseng and
international fame for himself The laws OF nations make fibueng
crme Captain John regarded
fueng human liberty Incidentally question whether
would for
you vibrating with excitement the plain,
nshed narrative of adventures will be impressed
Accordingly interesting
any for fine writing theatrical effects He only
they dramatic than picturesque elaboration
possibly could be- The history of what led the Spanish American
would incomplete without contribution.
grateful the privilege of meeting him
knowing the daring and
with intelligence that enabled
him swiftly as he could think.
TRADITIONS highly entertaining article by the
who not with winning for
vaudvl playwright and as
stage recognition
and his ideas of their
being interesting they profound and he always
grain understanding You will have genuine
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-01-04
A TOWER OF SKULLS.

A strange monument Of modern bar.
oarism still survives at Nish, in south
east Servia. During the war of inde.
pendence in 1909 the Servian garrison
here exploded u powder magazine and
perished therein rather than fall into
the hands of the Turks.
A battle had previously taken place.
and the Turks commemorated their
victory by erecting rude tower. ora
mented with the heads Of their ene-
mics. Old people will tell you that
there were once 1900 heads. but as
the tower was never more than twen-
ty-five feet high this is probably an
exaggeration.
Lamartine and other travellers relate
that they saw hair still clinging to the
skulls, which must have formed a
grewsome spectacle During many
years visitors were in the habit Of
carrying off skulls as souvenirs. but
when Nish became Servian the remain
der were taken away for decent bur-
ial, all save a few that were too deep.
ly imbedded.
In recent years the remains Of the
tower have been covered over with a
roof to protect them against the ele-
ments. and they are regarded as a
pious object Of patriotic pilgrimage
Wide World Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-01-04
HISTORIC FIRES.

A list of great cities burned would
be list Of nearly all the great capi
tails Of the world. Persepolis, the
splendid residence of a long series OF
rulers whose tributary provinces ex'
tended from the Indus to the Helles'
pont, was burned. with all it's pal
aces and temples. Babylon and Car
thage were so utterly destroyed that
their very location has become q mat
ter Of doubt Rome was burned eight
times, Jerusalem four times. and.
though they rose from their ashes
The second temple is not like the first.
Athens. Syracuse. Bagdad, Alexan'
drio and Antioch now exhibit only a
shadow of their former grandeur The
Phoenicians. like the Spartans and As
syrians. disappeared with the ruin of
their capitals. but the most fateful
conflagration recorded in the history
Of the world is perhaps that Of Mos
COW.
"They talk as If the fate Of Europe
had been decided at Waterloo" says
De Bourienne in his memoirs Of the
first empire. If Napoleon had beaten
Wellington and Blucher dozen times
it could not have retrieved the reverses
Of the three preceding years. The
truth is that the French Caesar and
his fortune were ruined by the burn
ing of Moscow. That city was the fu-
neral pile of the great nation."-Ex-
change.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-01-04
OUR SUPREME COURT.
its Changes In Numbers Since u Was
First Organized.

its Changes In Numbers Since Il Was
First Organized.
AS originally made up the supreme
court consisted of a chief justice aud
five associate justices. In 1907 sixth
associate was added when new dis
trict had been created to take in the
new western territory comprising the
states of Ohio, Tennessee and Ken
lucky. In 1887 the expansion OF the
nation westward again called for an
increase in the court. and two more
associate justices were added.
In 1863 a ninth associate justice was
needed. but five years later. when ap-
preaching vacancies made it likely that
President Andrew johnson might have
the appointment Of the new members.
congress, then in open antagonism to
the chief executive. reduced the mum.
ber to seven. thus preventing him from
making an appointment.
This number two years later. after
the inauguration Of President Grant.
was increased to eight associate JUS.
tices and chief justice. and as then
constituted the court has remained.
The last alteration in the court was
declared at the time to be due TO pc-
litical reasons as clearly as the reduc-
ton in 1868. as the addition Of new
made it possible for the court
to reverse itself in the legal tender de.
York Post.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-01-04


The man who In Massachusetts Vays
Le-o.minster at once reveals himself
as rank outsider.
But If the Massachusetts man goes
up into New Hampshire and inquiries
for what he calls Goose county or COoza
county the natives Of Coos county
wonder where he went to school.
And, in Maine. Saco is the test word
that betrays the stranger within the
state. For variety of pronunciation by
those who don't know that word Of
only four letters is believed to hold
the record.
They used to tell the story that as
each train bearing summer visitors
started up from Biddeford, just across
the river, the brakeman announced
thus:
THE next station is Sayko-Sacko.
earco -Sawko- Sayso Sasso Sarso Saw
so!''
Maine people will tell you that it ie
pronounced exactly as it is spelled
S-a-c-o, Sawko.
Any Maine man recognizes fellow
Maine man at once by his pronuncia.
ton Of town name.-Boston Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1912-01-04
Tennvson's Rhvmes,

As an example Of faulty rhyming
the great Alfred Tennyson is being
held up by an English critic as in the
very forefront of offenders. He is
shown to have taken license as great
poet that would have damned any
small rhymer. The critic gives as ex'
amples of Tennyson's imperfect rhymes
''river'' and 'ever," "given" and "heav.
en-" which are considered too conven.
tional to be criticised. He then passes
on to the famous "Charge Of the Light
Brigade" where Tennyson, with the
inaccurate ear Of the thorough Briton.
rhymes ''onward'' and hundred"
''said" and "dismayed." hundred" and
''thundered." "hundred' and "blunder-
3D." hundred" and WONDERED" all in
that one short poem. One may look in
vain through the works Of Longfellow,
Bryant, Lowell or any American poet
Of the first rank for such orthoepical
blundering, which passes without ques.
ton among Britons.