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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
LOST TWO YEARS
A Former Evangelist Who Dis
appeared Mysteriously
Is Discovered Selling News
papers in st. Louis.

st. Louis. July 23.-The Rev. DR.. p. c.
Carlin, a well-knOwn evangelist in the
southern Illinois Methodist conference
who disappeared from Lebanon. Ill.
two years ago has been located in st.
Louis. Several days ago q man who
has been selling newspapers on q
corner in The west end admitted to
Rev. Birkhead Of local Methodist
church, that he was the missing revival
leader After Rev. Birkhead positively
had identified Carlin he notified Doctor
Eweres. of Madison. and Doctor Rod
gers. Of Centralia, who came to st.
Louis. Carlin. after a conference. ask
ed to be left alone and gave Doctor
Eweres q written withdrawal from tx
ministry. AZ
Last January DIR. Birkhead was on
his way to attend services at his church
and when he alighted from a street car
heard a man calling:
please buy an evening paper DIR.
Birlkhead sad he recognized the voice
end knew he had heard 1t many times
before. Turning he recognized DR.. Car
lin He went to him and took his hand,
su prs ed, but insisted that his name
was not Carlin. but Williams.
Il have known DIR. Carlin fer manv
years." said DR.. Birkhead. land
knew I was not wrong. kept q close
watch and notified Doctors Everes and
Rodgers.
About six weeks ago he gave up
the corner to another man. From
that man I found out where he was
living. I went to his rooming house
and when a woman answered my
knock on the door he was standing in
the hall. AS stepped in he ran into
the basement. followed him and
tried to coax him to acknowledge he
was DR.. Carlin. He insisted that was
wrong. and acked to be let alone.
II visited the home again last Fri
day and he broke down and acknowl-
edged he was the missing preacher"
DR.. Carlin. who is more than fifty
years old, has been q preacher in
southern Illinois for twenty years. and
his father. T. p. Carlin. still is an ac-
tive member of the Southern Illinois
Methodist conference.
Carlin was surprised to flnd the
newspapers had learned Of his iden-
tity and ordered to reporters from
his home with the statement:
IT am through with religion, and
religion and law will have to take
their own course"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
BOUGHT CATFISH.
Negro Spent Proceeds From Topeka
Robbery for . Meal.

James Oliver jackson, black. genial
and admittedly bad. signed his name to
an affidavit at police headquarters in
which he described before Detective
Charles Lytle the exact manner in
which he looted the till Of the Booster
store at COS North Kansas avenue at
O'Clock this morning and carried away
IS cents in pennies and q cheap re-
volver. At . o'clock Mr.. jackson was
gathered In at tho Union Pacific sta
ton by Patrolman Harmon and H. E.
Gaines. special agent Of the Union Pa
cific company. being wanted by them
for another offense.
The officers were on the watch for
him on information furnished by the
town marshal at Emmett, Kansas,
where a store had been robbed. Jack
son says he didn't do that. but he sur
prised the police by admitting that he
had robbed the Booster store. and a
few minutes after he made his con-
fession the Booster store manager con-
firmed the report. jackson delivered
the revolver, but he had converted the
Is cents into hot fried catfish. His
case has been turned over to the state.
The prisoner denies knowledge Of the
robbery Of the Eshbaugh store at EN-
NETT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
PICNIC WAS A SUCCESS
salvation Army Entertained $50 at
Gage Park Wednesday.

The Salvation Army picnic Wednes-
day, to the mothers and children OF
Topeka, was great success at least
about $50 guests Of the organization
say it was The picnic was held at
Gage park and three big car loads OF
people were taken there by the street
car company. The cars arrived about
O. o'clock in the morning and 1t was q
day of play and rest until 6:3e O'Clock
in the evening.
. A dinner was served at 1880, and
refreshments were served late In the
afternoon. Commissioner w. L Por-
ter made himself the handy man
around the place all day. along with
Kilmaurs King and Rev. T. s. Clark.
conference evangelist of the II. z.
church
'.I wish to thank everyone who
contributed to this outing" Ensign
W. G. Houser. In charge of local
work. said this morning. 1T made II
EROGatb1e for many women and childrep
Eto have. =. ROOD tine ansing ths entire
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

ice more than q year. and have been
cleaned but once.
Dirt, rain and weather conditions
have caused the effectiveness OF the
lamps to be greatly reduced and the
business men are complaining.
Mayor Cofran will be asked to nave
these lamps cleaned, and II he does
not comply with the request. the
North Topeka people will resort TO the
use OF a petition.
Social and Personal.
Misses Minnie and Myrtle Mc0rew
have one to Holton to be the guests
of Rev. J. w. Waldron and family
during the remainder of the week.
Ed Mcconnell. of Menoken. was In
North Topeka today on business.
Try one of the latest and best cigars
on the market. Spetter's Hand Made.
ADV.
Mrs. Clarence dresser and sons.
Joseph and Don, of Rossville, are the
guests Of relatives here. Mrs. Gresser
is the dauc hter Of Rev. and Mrs J. 4.
Miller, Of this city.
H. G. Barrett, of Granville. was In
North Topeka today on business.
Mrs. Hilton, Of Granville. has gone
to Volland to visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. B. Willitts and family.
Spetter's Hand Made cigars. They
are the newest sensation and will dis
ADV.
John Winters. of Hoyt. who has
been here several days on business.
has returned to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Marsh, off Kilmer.
and Miss Iva Peck. Of Meriden. were
in North Topeka today on business. 5
E. r. Hayes, of the Hayes commits
sion company, has returned from Des
Moines; Iowa, where he has been on a
business trip.
Try Spetter's hand made cigars
There's something about them you'll
like. New quality of tobacco.-Adv.
w. A. Luthye. Of Silver Lake. was
in North Topeka today on business.
B. E. Poll. who lives on a farm
four miles north and one mile east
of North Topeka. today exhibited some
OF the tallest mi1let that has been seen
here this season. The millet was six
and one-half feet long. and haG good
large heads. The average height OF
millet is from two to two and one-halt
feet.
Da<~ Tot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
IN MANY FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Santa Fe Issues Exposition Booklets to
Swedes and Spaninrds.

Santa Fe Issues Exposition Booklets to
Swedes and Spaniards.
The Santa Fe has issued literature on
the California expeditions in many
foreign languages. The booklets on the
expositions 1t San Diego and San
Francisco will be read in German,
French, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian.
italian and Spanish. 1t is quite prob
able, that in the villages of Spain and
Norway, romantic natives. desiring to
let's from a Tar away land.
There will be a quarter of q million
copies distributed in q few weeks. Sew
er6l suggestions were received by the
passenger department to have them
also printed in several South Africa
languages. in Chinese, in the language
OF the natives of Turkestan, Tibet. Ne
pal and Indo China, but the suggestions
were turned down. 1t il expected that
q large number Of foreigners will visit
this country next year to see the ex-
positions and the railroads are bidding
for their patronage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
PROSPERITY IN PLENTY.
President Schaff of NJ, X. & T. Sees
Good Times Coming.

tEGSlOGml S@,naII OA L., n CS IL
Good Times Coming.
New York, July &C. E. Schaff.
president Of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas railroad, declared that the out
look for the southwestern roads, in gen.
eral. is favorable. ~ AZ
kansas is feeling exuberant over the
big wheat CROP said Mr.. Schaff,
"Oklahoma had its first crop in Ave
years and the general tone there is
very cheerful. The Texas cotton crop
will probably not be SO large as the
crop of two years ago, but promises to
be good.
II look for much better earnings
both in gross and net on Missouri.
Kansas and Texas, and the expansion
in gross over last year may be as high
as ten per cent. I would not be sur
prised II the company's surplus the
c-rrent fiscal year should equal that -
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1872
In that year the road earned sufficient
to pay the preferred diyidends and
leave a surplus equal to about three
per cent on the common stock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

the coast that T. r. Riggs. jr., men,
Der Of the commission. believes reports
OF surveys will be ready when congress
cOnvenes in December.
The safety-first movement is now be-
ing pushed to the limit among all the
leading railways Of America. The
Grand Trunk railroad is now in the
midst of big campaign for safety.
Agents for the Denver & Rio Grande
railway furnish daily to the headQuar-
tiers of that company report of the
fishing conditions in Colorado and Utah
In this way fishermen can tell which
resort is the most favorable at any time
of the year.
General Manager C. w. Kouns, his
assistant. H. b. Iautz, and R. T. Rut-
ledge. chief engineer of the Santa Fe.
are on an inspection trip over the COM
pany's lines in southern Kansas and
Oklahoma.
There is certainly a marked differ
ence in the speed in travelling today
can go from New York to San Francis
CO. across the American continent, in
five Gays. The fastest boats go from
New York to Liverpool in the same
length OF time. The Vaterland can
make the passage much quicker than
the Mayhower. and at the same time
the transcontinental trains make better
time by far than the old stage coaches
of the '49ers. n.sa~
Odd requests are coming into the of
fees Of the big ral1waysewhich are re-
sPonsible for many new towns on the
map OF western Canada, says q dis
patch from Chicago. Since the rail-
ways went into farming and home
building. they are besieged by other
needs. Help Wanted" calls from these
young communities for men Of expert
ence in every trade and profession, from
into the offices Of the Grand Trunk Pa
cific.- There are, in particular, many
openings for doctors. druggists, den
lists. cobblers. general storekecpers and
butchers Openings ore not lacking for
lawyers. music teachers. milliners and
photographers. Indeed the bulletin is
sued recently by the railway company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
DEATHS and FUNERALS.

Thomas Rouse. 70 years old, died at
his home, 1926 North Madison street.
Wednesday noon. The funeral will be
held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the 'B'' Street Baptist church.
The funeral of Edward Holmes, the
infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs e. E.
Holmes, was held at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon from the home, ten
miles west Of Topeka. Interment in
Valencia cemetery.
o. Holman. of White City, Kan, died
last night at one of the local hospitals
The body will be sent to White City
for funeral and interment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
ASK MEXICO 10 PAY.
Kaneas City, Mexico z Orient Officials
INSPECT Road.

Wichita, Kan. July re. Dickinson,
president Of the Kansas City, Mexico
ent of the Kansas-Oklahoma division
of the road. and Juan Trevino. general
manager Of the lines in Mexico, started
from here for an inspection trip Of tho
entire system They are travelling in
a motor car equipped with railway
wheels. They said that they would file
claims against Mexico after ascertain
ing the damage DONE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23
The Day in Congress.

Washington, July za.-Administration
trust bills awaited formal consideration
in the senate. House judiciary commit
tee favorably reported bills TO create adj
ditional federal judgeship in southern dis
trict of Georgia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

w. g. Tandy regards the hot weather
croaker with disgust- The street commits
sioner camps at Tecumseh. He says, ssIt's
cool outdoors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

Fortified with limeade, lime pie, and
lime ice, '-O1d Sor' has no terrors.
Lime juice cools the blood.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

Mayor Cofran In planning to leave next
week for the northern lakes ne VIM -
accompanied by his family.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

An inquest over the body OF Leonard
CLARK. the negro who died from . knife
wound I'm his heart inflicted by hi wife,
Sally Clark, after . quarrel 1t their home
At SIT East First street Wednesday after
noon. win be held in the court Of Topeka
Friday morning. Arrangements are be-
prisoner by ". T. Atchison, county st
Suit for divorce was begun In the shW-
n Reed against james W. Reed to whom
she was married in 1917. The WIFE, who
Hives at 40 buchanan street. says her
husband ID absent from home and that,
although last hard f1om II Tulsa Okla,
49, DOES Woe 1u0W ~ locates. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

Last day.

Register tomorrow. Last day.
The birth Of boy to Mr.. and Mrs. 10y
w. Griggs, $40 Clay street, on July q.
was reported today at the office OF the
city clerk.
W. H. Kemper. commissioner Of cleo
lions. IL expecting record breaking regis
tration today. Friday the books close At
midnight. TIL register 800 today" was
Kemper's optimistic forecast.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

For a blood cooler. drink limeade.-
adv. ~
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-23

M. Petro. druggist.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27
VISIBLE AFTER MANY YEARS
Blaze Marks Made Nearly a Century
and Half Ago Offered In
Evidence In Court.

Interesting testimony was brought
out during the case in Amsterdam
N. Y, of Maggie Cook against Mary
Wray, daughter of Colonel Mann, to
recover lands in possession OF three
cottagers OH Lake George valued au
$4,000. The jury brought in verdict
in favor of the defendant, finding no
cause for action.
The title which the defendant pref
sented ran back to 1857 and carried
two parcels of land. One was a grant
by King George III. to a loyal ser4
geant Of his army, William Frindt OF
Lake Champlain. and was for zoo
acres. The other parcel consisted Of
100 acres granted the same year to-
two loyal private soldiers" Scott
and Jackson.
There are cottages on these grants
at the present time. Blocks Of wood
showing blazes which were on treea
were shown at the trial. These blazea
were made 146 years ago and time
did not deface them, although the
marking wv. F." had been washed
from the surface of rocks by the wal
tiers from Lake George.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27

ster. q stout dragon with an elephants
trunk, eight human arms, and hide
ously enlarged abdomen, that sQuatted
upon a low, broad, eight-wheeled car
rage
"Inside that bloated FORM" said the
Swami, leering again, 'they once
slowed human sacrifices that the gov
eminent has since put down. Are you
afraid to enter?"
hesitated. We were right beneath
the monster now, and all at once the
light from a lamp flashed full upon
the scintillating, coruscating eyes.
They were indeed two rubies, but
larger than pigeons eggs; and round
the breast, and between the ears, and
between the eyes, hung countless
other gems.
Come on" cried Nikolai, stirred by
the sight of the prospective plumber
He turned to the Swami. What is to
prevent us from taking the gems
now. making our substitutions, and
departing before we are discovered"
he asked.
Every person who enters the tem-
pIe is searched on leaving" the priest
answered. Even / am not exempt.
It is a tradition dating from prehis-
toric times. Only, tomorrow night,
when the miracle which you are to
bring OF regarding the eating of the
sacrifice has stirred the people to
frenzy, the rule may not be OBJ
served"
NV doubt grew stronger. Surely no
lamer reason was ever offered. Why.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27

how simple 1t would be to substitute
the jewels now and. secreting the
rubies somehow upon our persons, to
slip away disbelieved. One glance
at the priests leering face confirmed
all my doubts, which, hitherto name
less. began to take horrible shape
within my mind. clutched Nikolai
by the arm.
| Then, when / looked into his face.
knew that his determination was
unsuitable. The sight of the gems
had fascinated him. The priest and
he were both against me. And then
my eye fell upon the little bulge in
his pocket where his pistol lay, and /
| yielded. We stepped behind the mon
ster The Swami drew a slender key
from his gridle and unlocked the
door. We stepped into a gloomy
vault The door clicked behind us
and we were cooped up In our self
chosen prison. We heard the hoarse
voice Of the priest outside.
Feel for the hinge of the trap
door,, he whispered. "Ah! That is
| right"
Nikolai had found the spring and
let down small aperture in the mon
ster's throat, through which little
light came in. Now we could see that
we stood in a little room about seven
feet high and four by i've in width.
Above our heads we saw the vaulted
roof Of the temple. coruscating with
colored lamps. Footstools were upon
the floor. The walls were apparently
Of solid brass.
Stretch forth your arm and feel
the eyes," murmured the voice with
out.
saw Nikolai's arm disappear
through the trap.
Good! You can reach them," said
the Swami. Farewell At dawn I
shall come for my three jewels"
| To make the exchange was a more
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27

difficult matter than we had antici-
pated. In the first place, it took us
some time to become acquainted with
the form of the creature, since we
were within and had to guide our
selves entirely by the sense of touch.
After half hours work we had dis
lodged the eyes from their settings
and drawn them within the interior
To replace them with the artificial
stones was still more difficult. We
were both exhausted with the ten
sion when this had been done. How
ever, the smaller jewels were merely
strung upon wires between the ears
and round the breast, and to replace
these was easy. 1t must have been
about midnight when we at last were
in possession Of our spoil.
"Nikolai," said /. 81 do not trust
that devil. How do we know he has
not some malignant design against
us? Let us see whether we cannot
escape from the temple now-not to
rob him of his share, but in self-de-
Tense"
Il fancy" said Nikolai, with cynic-
al laugh, you will find that he has
locked the door,
So events proved. Not only could
we not open the aperture in the rear
of the monster, but we could not even
find it-so cunningly had it been
wrought that no joint was perceptibIe
to the touch.
Eve must wait till day comes said
Nikolai at length. q own shall not
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27

get to eat the foodofferings that are
placed in the trap door; and if any
FOOLISH women cast in their rings,
trust you win make an equitable divi-
sion with me. Above all else. do not
let your heads appear above the
opening of the trap. At night will
come back to the temple and release
you. Now, II you are ready, gentle
men"
Again that indescribable leer. but
this time it was SO menacing, and
sinister and covert that for the first
time chill struck through me. For
the first time l half repented our I'M
dertaking. glanced at Nikolai, who
correctly interpreted my look. As the
Swamis attention was momentarily
distracted he patted his pocket, and
! understood that he, at least, was
armed.
The change, when we went outside,
was startling. The sun had set and,
the moment that it disappeared be-
meath the horizon with the suddenness
common to tropical countries, the
light of day had gone In an instant
darkness had spread over Calcutta;
the large stars were shining in the
sky; and below. around the temple,
with its fantastic architecture, wild,
naked figures were leaping round a
hundred fires, brandishing weapons
and shrieking in accents that seemed
hardly to emanate from human
threats. But, as the Swami ap-
preached, these groups ono after an
other darted away from him as though
In mortal fear. and he led us into the
portals of the temple
Once within, / fairly caught my
breath at the magnifcence of the spec
tacle. Soft lights were burning from
hundred scenes; the air was fra
grant with strange doors; and in front
Of us, half filling the wide space be-
fore the altar, was an enormous mon
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27
Crime and Novelties.

It is the custom, particularly among
magistrates, to attribute half the
crimes of the metropolis to cheap now
elettes. If some grimy urchin runs
away with an apple the magistrate
shrewdly points out that the child's
knowledge that apples appease hun1
ger is traceable to some curious liter
airy researches. The boys themselves
when penitent, frequently accuse the
NOVELTIES with great bitterness. which
is only to be expected from
young people possessed Of mo-
little native humor. If l had forged a
will, and could obtain sympathy by
tracing the incident to the influence OF
George Moore's novels. should find
the greatest entertainment IN the oil
version-C. K. Chesterton.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-27

any / had heard. Nikolai tiptoed to-
ward the aperture and, raising him
self, looked down. He beckoned to me
and / followed him. The horror of
what saw wholly unnerved me. We
were not In Calcutta but in a vast
clearing in the midst of jungle, and
around us, stretching away on either
side to the limits of the bush, were
thousands Of naked men, shrieking
aloud with furious joy.
Even as / looked, man rushed for
ward with an armful of wood and cast
it in a heap at the IDOLS feet. A hide
GUS roar went up in the pitiless sky.
The sun, burning ball in a vast
sphere of blue, turned the brazen
TANKS Of the monster to molten
flames. Then from the middle Of the
seething crowd, troops of men ran for
ward, each carrying brushwood which
they flung down until the pile rose
almost to the aperture.
We knew now into what hideous
trap we had fallen. We were the sac
rifice, and all of them had known,
known from the first moment that we
set foot inside the temple doors. How
could we have been SO blind!
screamed in an agony of fear, and
my voice went believing out of the
monsters throat like the roar Of q
bull. And instantly from every quar-
ter mocking roar arose in answer.
Then rudy flame shot upward and /
fell backward with Nikolai upon the
brazen floor.