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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
CHILD'S LETTER FAILS
plea to Come Home Didn't save d. w.
Evans from Suicide.

New Orleans, Jan. 4.-''Dear Pop; T
hope you come home before anything
happens was the message on a postal
card in the effects of d. W Evans,
who's body was found last night in a
local hotel here with an empty bottle
nearby. The bottle bore the name of
a St. Louis druggist. Papers indicated
that Evans lived at 5776 Cote Bril-
liante avenue, ST. Louis, Mo. The body
is at the morgue.
Wife Doesn't Believe.
St. Lou Jan. AIRS. D. ". Evans,
whose husband is reported to have
killed himself at New orleans said to-
dav that her husband is in Denver in
stead of New Orleans and that she did
not believe the story of the suicide.
She received a letter from him yester-
day, she said, and there was nothing in
it to account for the act. She said he
was in excellent health, had no trouble
getting work, and as far as she knew
was in good spirits Evans was the
father of a girl eight years old,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
Stops a Cough Quickly
Even WhOOping Cough
a Whole Pint of the Quickest, Surest
Cough Remedy for soc. Money
Refunded If II Fails.

II you have an obstinate, deep-seated
cough, which refuses to be cured, get
b0-cent bottle of Pinex. mix it with home
made sugar syrup and start taking lt.
Inside of "a hours your cough will be
Rone, or very nearly So Even whooplng-
8ough is quickly conquered in this way.
A 50-cent bottle of Pinex, when mixed
With homemade sugar syrup, gives you
pint-a family supply-of the finest
cough remedy that money could buy, at
slear saving of 80. Very easy TO prepare
full directions in package.
Pinex soothes and heals the inhamed
membranes with remarkable rapidly 1t
stimulates the appetite, is slightly laxa-
tive, and has a pleasant tsste-children
take It willingly. Splendid for Group,
asthma, bronchitis, throat tickle, chest
pains, etc, and a thoroughly successful
remedy for incipsnt lung troubles.
BiaeE is 4 special and highly concen-
erated compound of Norway White Pine
extract, rich in guaiacol and other heal
Rg pine elements. It has often been imi-
aAtsd, though never successfully, for
nothing else will produce the same results.
Simply mix with sugar syrup or strained
heney, IN a pint bottle, and it is ready
0w uga.
Anyone who tries Pinex will quickly
un3eRstand why it is used in more homes
IN tina u. s. and Canada than any other
mough remedy The gen ine is guaranteed
A. give absolute satisfaction or money
refunded. Certificate of guarantee is
wrapped in each package Your druggist
Amm Finex or will get it for ron. If not,
send % The Pinex Cos IT, Wayne lad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
New Charters Granted.

The state charter board granted
charters this afternoon as follows:
Wichita Magic Hog Cholera com
pany, capital $4,000. This concern
asks permission to manufacture, sell
and distribute a modern miracle in the
form of a cure for cholera stricken
hogs. It was granted by the charter
board without a dissenting vote
Griggs Shade Roller Co, ConeyV1lle-
Capital $4,000.
Gross Pritchard Furniture Co.
Junction City. Capital 100000
state Bank of Butler. Reno county,
permission to increase capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000
Randolph Lumber Co. of Randolph.
Capital $4,000
Union Commission Co., Pittsburg.
Capital $1,000
Morrow Lyddon Lumber Co. kan
sas City, Capital 1880.
Searey & Florsheim Brokerage Co,
of Kansas City, to establish a branch
at Wichita. Capital 100000
Farmers and Bankers. Life 1nsur-
ance Co. Wichita. to increase capital
from s250.000 to $275,000.
Alfalfa Development Co, Scott City
Capital $4,000.
Natural Gas Co., oswego- Capital
S1 600
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pimples, and he advised me to try Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment which did.
would wash my face first with hot water and
Cuticura Soap, and then put on some CuticurA
Ointment, let it stay on five minutes, and then
wash my face again with the Cuticura Soap.
1t would draw the blackheads out as nice, and
the pirnples, oh say, it was one grand relief
to go among my friends and be jolly again.
After using two cakes Of Cuticura Soap and
two boxes of Cuticura Ointment. my face is
as smooth as if there never had been pimple
on it. L cannot speak too highly Of the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment, and hope others
will profit by them as much as have. know
they will after giving them Just one trial"
(Signed) Arthur Z. CasweIl, May 6, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers throughout the
world. Liberal sample Of each mailed
free, with 32-p. book on skin and scalp
treatment. Address, 'Cuticura." Dept. T.
Boston. Tender-faced men should shave
with Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
sLAsHEs THROAT WITH RAZOR
DesDondent Youth Failed to Win At
tentiOn OF Girl.

Cottonwood Falls, Kan, Jan. f.
Robert O'Byrne. &c years of age and
an employee of a Strong City restau-
rant, tried to commit suicide at his
home in Strong City by slashing his
throat with a razor or knife. Young
O'Byrne had returned home from a
New Years party about midnight and
it is supposed he was Respondent be-
cause of his failure to win the atten-
ton of some of the girls during the
dancing. When he arrived home he
went to his room and a few minutes
later his mother, hearing unusual
sounds, opened the door and found
him lying on the floor bleeding from a
deep cut across his throat which had
Just missed the jugular vein- BY
prompt medical aid his life was saved
and he regained consciousness.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
AIoRRIs Is AFrER AZ.
PaIzer Sought as Opponent in Twenty
Round Go.

E6OuuQ Co.
New York Jan IA report has
been circulated for several days that
Carl Morris is afraid to fight Al Pal
for fight with the Iowa farmer. AS
an evidence of good faith, F. B. Ufer,
the hacker of Morris, has left $1O,0 900
in gold with Billy Newman, manager
of Morris, for a bout of either ten or
twenty rounds. the latter distance pre-
ferred. Morris is willing to box Palzer
anywhere but asks Tom O'Rourke,
manager of Palzer, for side bet of
either $4,000 or $4,000.
t'O'Rourke can match Palzer with
Morris any time he Desires said
Newman today, referring to the $l0,-
600 posted bv Tfer Far from being
afraid of Palzer, Car wants the battle
to go twenty rounds It is impossible
to stage a bout over that long distance
in this state but there are no such
restrictions in California. James Cof-
roth is anxious to stage it and willing
to offer a purse
Morris, to prove he is anxious to
face Palzer in the ring, will consent to
a ten round bout in this city, provided
the twenty round affair can not be
arranged. O'Rourke can not say that
the conditions are severe, for he can
have his choice of the number of
rounds.
morris will box Al Benedict at
Olympic club Of Toronto on January
49, After he returns he will be ready
to meet Bombardier Wells, the cham
pion heavyweight of England, and
then take on Palzer. George McDon-
aid on behalf of Wells, and I for Nor
ris, have agreed to stage the bout at
part of January or the first of Feb
rl1arvs
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TO GET NEW BALL PARK.
Brooklyn Team to Be at New Home,
june II.

Brooklyn, n. Y, Jan. 4.-The
Brooklyn National league baseball
club will move to new grounds with
modern grandstand accomm odationS
in the Flatbush residential section of
the borough next June according to
announcement which Charles Ebbetts
surprised the Brooklyn fans. He said
the new grounds would be located
near Bedford avenue and Cedar Place,
on a plot 500 by 500 feet, purchased
for $3.50, 900. Work will begin imme--
diateIy on a magnificent new grand
stand double decked affair of con-
crete and steel much like the structure
on Forbes field in Pittsburg. 1t will
seat 10000 spectators and will be fin
ished for the first game in the new
park on June II.
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-FOUR FREEZE TO DEATH.
Cattleman Succumbs While Driving
Stock to shelter.

Great Bend, Kan, Jan. 4.-Four
persons were frozen to death during
the recent blizzard in western Kansas,
according to Joseph Leighty, a teie-
phone lineman, who has just arrived
here from Ness City Three of the
deaths occurred near Ness City, he
said, and the fourth victim was a cat
tIeman who was frozen while driving
cattle over the range south of Ness
City. Leighty was unable to give the
names of the victims
Wichita, Kan, Jan. A telephone
message from o. I. Wells at Ness City,
Kan, states that E. S. Taylor, farm
er living two and a half miles from
Utica, was found frozen to death in a
drift between Utica and his home
Taylor left Utica Tuesday afternoon in
the midst of a storm and is supposed
to have lost his way. His team was
found near where his body was dis
covered in a drift.
Taylor leaves a wife and five young
children No other deaths have been
heard of in Ness City
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facing a serious problem and may sus-
tain heavy losses on the range.
THE stock can not stand more than
a week more of this" declared Sam S.
Graybfll. a Hutchinson live stock ship
per There is not much rough feed
OF course there are not as many cat
tie on the range as there used to be-
John Wayne, a real estate man OF
Greensburg, reported that there is 80
inches of snow on the level through
that section. Drifts 10 and II feet
deep are reported through Rush coun-
ty by Robert Leyerett of Lacrosse.
z. S. Traylor, a Ness county farmer,
lost his way in the snow and froze to
death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
STICK" and WIN
J. H. Drain Tells Of Farming in
Western Kansas.
Plenty of Moisture for Crops if
1t Is Controlled.
HE BUILDS BIG DAM.
Win Irrigate 400 Acres Of Big
Ranch.
Small Farmer Is Helped by the
Ranch Owners Now.
HE BUILDS BIG DAM.

Kansas City, Jan Aust two
years nearer a CROP is the optimistic
way ]. H. Drain, one of the big far
mers of Scott county, Kan, puts it. He
means that there have been no crops
in his locality for two years; neither
has a drop of rain fallen.
But If a man is going to sit in the
farming game in western Kansas he
has to stay in to win- Every one Oh US
who has stuck, has Won This was
the rule I followed rs years ago Wnen
I went to Logan county, and it holds
just as good today" he added.
But for the coming season Mr.
Drain doesn't intend to depend alto
gether on rainfall for the moisture TO
insure a crop. He has just completed
building a dam across Beaver creek,
rs feet high and ESQ feet long Inc
reservoir thus created covers 90 acres
and the depth of the water averages
six feet The elevation given the wat
er makes it possible to irrigate the To-
600 acres which Mr. Drain farms
There is plenty of water in western
Kansas" said Mr.. Drain. 1T is Just
a case of controlling it. We will irri-
gate the coming season 400 acres OF
all kinds of farm products with the
water from our pond. A year ago last
fall we put in 500 acres OF wheat, out
never harvested kernel We nave
put in the big dam, with seven miles
of bitches, at an expense of $1,000, not
much in comparison with the peneIlts
we feel sure We will reap from IL
Mr. Drain produced photograph OF
the reservoir.
s.Doesn't look much like a drouth
country, does it?'' he asked. 1.-The wa
ter comes from springs The vicinity
in which we live abounds in springs
New Town on Ranch.
The Billy ranch is on the new Scott
CITY & Northern railroad, which has
been running trains from Scott City to
Winona; has been plated on the big
ranch to occupy 40 acres.
ssHowever. the trains are not rum
ming at present on the branch con-
finDed the rancher- 1.-The branch train
has been stuck in a snowdrift for the
mast ten days. 1 drove 20 miles to
Scott CITY, over from II to Is inches OF
snow That snow, by the way, means
q crop for US next year
'"The old time prejudice between
rancher and small farmer no longer
exists in western Kansas" related MI.
Bilby. "We invite the small farmer to
our country. We even have built them
houses and furnished them with teams
and seed, and bought their crops
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

MAY STOP WRESTLING NOW.
Frameups Make Chicago Fans
ssSOre.''

Chicago. Jan. 4--Disappointmen
among wrestling enthusiasts over the
result Of the match between Coord
Drelli. the Turkish mailman, and Jess
Peterson, Scandinavian champion,
threaten an end to the sport In chi
cago. similar to that which stopped
boxing
Complaints have been made to
Mayor Carter H. Harrison and Chief
Of Police McWeeny. A conference be-
tween these two officials was arranged
for today and if it develops that
patrons Of the exhibition paid their
money to see a fasco. drastic action
is promised.
Notwithstanding this outlook for the
future Of the sport in Chicago, Yussiff
Mahmout and Petersen were matched
here. The bout will take place about
March / if allowed.
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OUT OF WORK HE DIES.
Husband Unable to Provide for Sick
Wife Drinks Poison.

wichita. Kan, Jan. 4.-Despond-
ency caused by inability to secure en-
ployment and to support his wife OF
six weeks is believed to have caused
Trueman Reischman, aged 81 years,
to commit suicide by taking poison.
Mr.. Reischman lived long enough
to tell Mrs. Marie Stice, who rushed to
the dying mans assistance when he
cried for help, that he had taken
strychnine intending to end his trou-
bles.
For the past four years Reischman
has been in the employ of the Santa
Fe railroad company at Newton,
where he was foreman of a grading
gang.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
MAY BUILD FINE SCHOOL.
Emporia Highs to Get New. Quarters
Costing 500, 900.

Emporia, Kan. Jan. 4-The En-
pOria school board has taken action
for a. new high school building to cost
100000. The money will be raised
by a bond issue, which will be includ-
ed in the annual election. A commit
tee to visit other towns to assem- bic
plans has been appointed Petitions
for calling the election will be circu-
lated at once The building will be
modern in every way and we'll equip
ped with play facilities. The old high
school has been insufficient many
years.
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HOGAN WANTS REAL FIGHT.
zone Round' Fighter Seeks Trouble
of Any Kind.

New York, Jan. 4.@One Round Ho-
gan, accompanied by his manager, Gil
Boag, left here today on a trip to Ho-
gan's home in San Francisco. The
pair probably will stop off in Chicago
and try and arrange for a match be-
tween Hogan and Packey Mcfarland
within the next two months.
When they get to the coast they will
look up WoIgast and find out if the
champion would consider a battle to
take place at Boag's club, the Madison
Athletic club, as soon as the champion
is ready. Again Hogan will be de-
lighted to fight Wolgast for the title in
California.
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STOVE ExPLoDEs: GIRL HURT.
Frozen Water Pipe Causes ''Near''
Fatal Injuries to Guest.

Beloit. Kan, Jan. Miss Gertrude
Boyd of Washington. Kan, who is Wis
iting relatives in Beloit, had a narrow
escape from death when a steel range
exploded. One piece of iron struck the
girls leg, breaking the bone ana cut
ting deep cash. Another piece graz
ed her head and went through the cell
ing. lodging in the room above. One
piece = iron new into the dining
wrecking the dining room table. Fro
zen water pipes in the stove caused the
explosion, the entire front end of the
range being blown out
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sHEPPARD's NECK IS HEALED.
Runner Goes Into Training for the
OLYMPIC Games Race.

New York, Jan. 4.-Melvin w. Shep-
pard, the middle distance champion,
has at last recovered from the opera
ton performed several months ago for
the removal of a growth on his neck,
and will begin training this week pre-
paratory to taking his place again on
the track He hopes to compete in
the Irish-American indoor meet in
Madison Square garden on January 25,
and following that occasion will turn
his attention to getting himself in
shape for the Olympic games.
Martin J. Sheridan, the discus
champion, has also been on the shelf
for three weeks or more. He is now
tired of resting and within a fortnight
will start training for the Olympics.
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woLGAsT.s DANGER OVER.
But Champion VIII Be Kept in Bed
Several Days.

Los Angeles, Jan. AID WoIgast
lightweight champion, who has been
threatened with an attack of pneu-
monia, has been pronounced out of
danger by his physicians.
ssBut that doesn't mean that he's
out of bed" remarked his manager,
Tom Jones, ''for he isn't
Wolgast will be kept in bed for a
few days until every chance for q
relapse has disappeared.
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KININIEL Is WE'LL AGAIN.
Man of Mystery Goes to St. Louis to
Attend Court.

Peru. Ind, Jan. After spending
three weeks in a hospital here from
injuries received in a Chesapeake &
Ohio railroad wreck, George A Kim
mel. the Niles, Mich, man of mys-
tery." has none to Marion, Ind. He
was still suffering from his injuries
and found it necessary to use cane
in walking He said he was going to
St Louis Monday to attend court.
while here Kimmel was identified
bv Mrs. William Marston of Canton,
o.. as the former Niles. Mich, banker,
whom she knew II years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

New York, Jan. miss Anna
Thornton has been found dead from
starvation in her luxurious home IN
Bavside. Long Island Coroner Am
Der gave his verdict as death by star
walton. The woman was IS years old
She was wealthy and lived alone The
police found no food in the house Her
house is valued at $4,000 and she
had an account at a local bank The
police are endeavoring to ind rela-
lives
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her big prize fighter would prove to
her that he could get along without
drinking.
Mr.. F'itzsimmons is on probation
she said. IT hope I can go back to
him, but don't know. He once de-
ceived me when he promised to give
UP liquor and 1 left him again. I am
trying him on another promise now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
AID BREMEN GOES UP.
FogeI Signs Up Speedy Kansas South
Side Finger.

Philadelphia, Jan. president Fo
gel, of the Phillies today announced
that he had signed Addie Bremen. the
left handler, who did such splendid
work with the Buffalo team of the In
ternational league and Arthur Ras-
mussen, the big pitcher of the Vancou-
yer team, of the Pacific coast league.
Rasmussen's home is in Tropic, Iowa.
Brennen's home is at LaHart, Kan.
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TO TRAIN IN GEORGIA.
Reds VIII Report at Columbus Feb
ruarg 2G.

Cincinnati, O.. Jan. President
August Herman, of the Cincinnati
baseball club announced that he had
closed a deal for the use of the Col
umbus, Ca baseball grounds as train
ing quarters for his team. The Reds
will go to Colum bus about February
IS. and remain there Is to 20 DAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
CROWN PRINCE QUITS
Position of colonel Not suited to His
Dignity.

Berlin. Jan. Grown Prince Fred
erick William has arrived here from
Danzig. where he has been i'll for some
time from an affection OF the throat
which has caused considerable anxiety
1t was stated that the climate of Dan
zig. where the crown prince had been
serving as colonel of the Deaths Head
Hussars. was unsuited to the heir TO
the throne and it is now announced
that his stay in Berlin is to be an ex-
tended one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
ZBYsCKO AND ORDEMAN.
VIII WrestIe at Minneapolis in a
Couple of Weeks.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. As.
Zbyscko, the Polish wrestler, and
Henry Ordeman of Minneapolis are
scheduled for a finish match here Jan
uarv Is, the best two out of three,
according to an announcement made
here today.
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AIMS were completely COW
cred with them. The pimples
would come out on nay face
and tester all up. They
would scab over, and make
my face sore. besides being
so disfguring that 1 summed
my friends. I tried facial
cream balms and benzoine
with no effect.
lone night I asked a
friend what was good for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
FTTz MUST QUIT DRNKING.

Then Mrs. Fitzsimmons Says She VIII
Go Back to Bob.
Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. Mrs. Bob
Fitzsimmons, appearing in vaudeville
here this week. in a burst Of conf
dence, told a local newspaper woman
that she was LONGING for the day when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04
PIMPLES SO
D|SF|GUR|NG He
STUNNED FRIENDS
Face Completely Covered. Black
heads, Too. Lasted Four Years.
Used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment and Face Is Now Smooth.

R. +. D. 2, Portsmouth, n. H. -"Y was
bothered with pimples and blackheads in the
worst way for over four years. Ny face and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-04

You say that picture has Rembrandt
sfenatl1re?ss s-WeIl.'' replied Mr.. Cumrox,
n don't remember exactly what the pic
tIlre dealer said. Perhaps Rem brandt
dorsed washington Star.
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ers which, contains much valuable
information, and many suggestions
Of helpful nature.
BRADi1ELD REGULATOR co.. Atlanta, Ga.
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CAN WAIT ONE WEEK.

Then stock Must Have Food and
Warm Weather.
Hutchinson, Kan, Jan with two
feet of ice and snow on the level all
over western Kansas. the stockmen are
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ERTCHrFTJT, POLAR WINDS

and play havoc with the skin, causing
red, rough or sore chapped hands and
lips that need Bucklen's Arnica Salve to
heal them. It makes the skin soft and
smooth. Unrivaled for cold-sores, also
burns boils, sores. ulcers, cuts. bruises
and piles. Only q cents at Campbell
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NsgSVxASSx2s
SAgxSyYSNNA@SS

The highest point of woman s hap
piness is reached only through moth
arhood, in the clasping of her child
within her arms. Yet the mother-to-
be is often fearful of natures ordeal
and shrinls from the suffering incl
lent to its consummation. But for
natures ills and disconforts nature
provides remedies, and in Mothers
Friend is to be found "a medicine of
great value to every expectant mother.
It is an oily emulsion for external
application, composed of ingredients
which act with beneficial and sooth-
ing effect on those portions of the
system involved. It is intended to
prepare the system for the crisis, and
thus relieve, in great part, the suffer
ing through which the mother usually
passes. The regular use of Mothers
Friend will repay any mother in the
comfort it affords before, and the help
full restoration to health and strength
it brings about after baby comes.
RfOffer5c E@~saa11
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-11
st. Clements Church.

Church OF St Clement, CampbeI and
Montana Usreets, Rev Henry Easter
rector. Hours for services. Holy com
munion each sunday, 1880 a. m; also on
first Of month at II a. m; Sunday
school. 80 a. m, morning PRAYER with
sermon, il a. m evening prayer win
sermon. S p m; celebrations on saints
and holy days, 10 a. N.