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INTER-STATE Journal Kans., and Mis-ouri. By F. L. JELTZ. every dog has his day. You know is a dog and that ends this chap- to the log, let the chips fall they may; justice is sure to that some people oppose or hate so is a hard question to the able man if they will only pause or haste they will find the whole are virtually the same blood. other little town called Caney, down in Chatauqua county the residents are blamed to or having a colored person to stop trains. Is this justice right Kansas? white residents of Blackwell, Bonna will not permit a colored man to light in their stinking litter and for that reason this week made a record by driving a poor woman man and woman from their home. If there is any hull it is here on for the "colored." When you catch a "guy" bump his hands the man who only gets a customers to work on. "May the newly elected may. Meiden is not going to have in his city during his adminisn. "Dad" May is not a farmer at a farm. I have nothing against any reason on the republican ticket but I get a little out of humor when I get completely turned down but its not now we are still republicans call not oppose any member on ticket, its all right; its all over: day 'hard by' we will be foaming over. "The republican party is all else the sea." Ed. Saint Perry, is a candidate selection. He is a capable ed- and deserves his second term Perry is in proper touch with teachers of the county which did maternally to his efforts the time comes. He is also one most brilliant writers in pen-pencil in Kansas, he has quite an ace with business college work new occured in the "Hon." Bates place the other evening one of his lieutenants done up a jar. It is getting to far to say that a drunken visitor must be used with an ice pick because inside him drink, the facts are a kind of doing and happenings will be much farther before some white man may in his haste commer and then he of course might be seek to party or Coxey's ar- SAULTED AN OFFICER. Will Dupree, in company with an arm the other evening disturbed ladies near the corner of Second lower Kansas avenue and Officer Miller was called to the scene of distance; when he arrive Dupree it is was going up the stairs and the caller him down, as soon as he to the bottom'of the steps Du-rundle's a heavy blow on the off-arm in sawing manner and then another tried to escape. It took time for Mr. Walker to bag his arm. When persauding ceased to virtue he pulled that awful pole" and Dupree told him he had good and he took them to station. spree was fined for using bad dies, disturbing the peace and resist an officer. The virtue lies in the struggle in the prize." The human race is divided into classes, those who go ahead do something, and those who still and say why wasn't it done other way." There is no royal road to any- thing. One thing at a time, and tings in success as in. Tha- th endures." Ev. good manners to both black and white coupled with a certain count of intellectual thought, a deal of common sense and a bank account will go a long way in helping to create a friend-seeing between all class of citi- ties. Ex. Use easier to make records and than it is to break them; The State Ledger. DO RIGHT--KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; REAR NOMAN; BUT RENDER; JUSTICE TO ALL. First love feeds on ice cream so da, and likes it, is too delicious to last long. Don't let your mirror do all the reflecting. Money is the root, but lack of it is the seed of all evil. Great success is the evolution of little failures. Getting experience is the most costly form of dissipation. A woman never gets so old that she will not sneer at the false teeth of another if she feels sure her own won't talk out. "I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable." Woman has more faith than man and the Lord knows she needs it. How many old maids, think you would seek a divorce from celibacy? When a woman begins to flatter you, run. Ex. An amateur is a person who has entered the first stage ignorance. If a man finds that marriage is a failure he puts it all in his wife's name. The wings of richer enable them to fly up and roost on the highest branches. Exceptions prove the rule, that's why the golden rule is so firmly established. An Irishman says a woman always takes the cork out of a bottle by pushing it in. Gold-brick purchasers are born often enough to keep the manufactures from going out of business. A man talks knowingly of the inconstancy of woman, and then proceeds to get mad if, one of them, proves he is right. Ex- During a cyclone at Mendon, Mich., the dwelling house of Chas A. Bouman went up in the air. When the house came down no two boards remained together. Bouman was injured and his little daughter was killed. The remarkable incident of the work of the cyclone was, however that the next morning a certificate of deposit which Bouman had on his person at the time the cyclone demolished his home was picked up here, distant from Mendon sixty miles. Ex. A fashionable young lady visited a cooking-school the afternoon where her attention was equally divided between a new dress worn by an acquaintance and the directions for making a cake. Upon returning home she undertook to write down the recipe for making the cake for her mother, and the old lady was peralized when she read the following: "Take two pounds of flur three rows of plaiting down the front, the whites of two eggs cut bias, a pint of milk ruffled around the neck, half pound currants, with seven vards of beads trimming grated lemon peel with Spanish cafichu, stir well and add a semi-fitting paletot with visite sleeves, butter the pan with Brazilian to-paz necklace, and garnish with icing and Pasementerie. Bake in a moderately hot oven until the skirt is tucked from the waist down on either side, and finish with large satin rosettes." Her mother said she wouldn't eat such a cake, and she thought these new tangled ideas in cooking ought to be frowned down. X. PARENTS OF TWENTY-ONE. At their humble home in the village of Mälborough, Ulster county, just above this city, the Budna family is entertaining the twenty-first acquisition to its membership. The new arrival is a boy, and he weighed sixteen pounds at birth. There was a succession of patriotic demonstrations at the home of the Budnas in honor of the event. Mr. Cudna is a Pole by birth. Mrs. Budna is doing well and the little fellow seems strong and healthy. The boy will be named Theodore Roorevelt—Ex. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 26 1902. SOME BUSINESS Of QUENEMOKANS. Antropological Sanitarium of Quenemo Kans. Quenemo has had her ups and downs in the last few years but she can feel herself away in the lead of some of her sister cities. Recently the big fire came near destroying all of its most prominent business houses but a goodly nun ber of them still remain. One of the most attractive features of Quenemo is the newly remodeled Sanitarium owned and controlled in splendor by Dr. O. Robertson, who gained a world tame as being success- Antropological Sanitariu tul in many worthy and useful treatments pertaining to all mankind. Dr. Robertson has since the location of his Sanitarium effected some wonderful cures. His catalogue shows a large percentage of cures effected in Kansas, ED THOMPSON INJURED BY WAGON TONGUE-JULY 17 A very serious accident happened Ed Thompson, a bright colored youth of 17 cummers who resides at 1 4 0 Emmett street, while riding his bicycle on Quincy street, Thursday night of 17th inst he ran into a wagon tongue that protruded out into the street in front of Bidwell's blacksmith shop, of course Mr. Bidwell was innocent but Thompson was very seriously hurt it was thought at first his injury would prove fatal but for the timely assistance and attendance Dr. H. K Hieth Topeka's well known physician, He is better and will recover. There was no lights where this accident happened and Mr. Thompson Sr, will sue the city for large damages as this wagon tongue had no business projecting the public through fare where such people are liable to traverse. SAYINGS OF CHILDREN Little Dorothy is seven years old. She was naughty the other day, and her mother told that she would have to as ask God to forgive her. The penitent little girl got down on her knees by her mother's side, and after she had prayed in a short time, arose. "And did God forgive you?" asked the mother, "No," replied Dorothy "he said he was bizzy and aked me to call again." The pastor called at the Columbus home the other day, where little Freddie, a bright youngster is a great pet. Freddie had previously heard his mother say that the pastor was very successful in saving souls. During a pause in the conversation Freddie, who was sitting on the pastor's knee, asked "Do you save save sauls?" "Yes, Freddie," replied the man of the cloth. "Will you tell me," went on Freddie, sertously, "how many souls you got saved up?" Ethel, who was between six and seven years old, went to the circus with her father not long ago, and for the first time in her life, saw the elephant. As the little girl gazed with open eyes at the animals huge bulk, she said: "I'd hate to have an ellytunt's tomache!" Ex. "Foor man!" sighed the lady reformer as she peered through the bare at the miserable convict. "Foor man! It must be deprived of light and flowers and birds and human companionship." "It it. lady, it is," moaned the prisoner. "I believe," mused the lady, "tha I shall marry you to reform you. Here the convict laughs heartily for some moments." Pardon me madam," he said, as soon as he found his voice. "Pardon this impolite hilarity, but I am here for igamy." Ex. whom we can say lives only in a radius of a few miles who todav gives testimonials of the same. Dr. Robertson makes it a duty and a study to carry pleasure along as well as to cure patients by his antropogenic treatment For the comfort of those who visits Quenemo he has had at his own expenses erected a fine band to accommodate his friends and also the band will soon be decked again in fine and brilliant uniforms no doubt pur- um of Quenem) Kans. chased by the head of this great life resort. People are coming to t a k e treatment for miles around, in f a c c from Colorado, Texas, Mexico and ad states. As Quenemo is a delightful health resort itself besides this new addition there is no question of the future success of Quenemo as long as such stirring citizens are at its head as Dr. Robertson. Send for catalogue PERSONAL Mr, Jones of the gas Co, is up again Rumor says the enemies of Nick Chiles are kicking lestily. Miss Maud Richardson has gone to Denver Colo, for the summer, Thelma Chiles has 'more sense to the square inch in her little cranium than the average ten year old "kid, Hon, L, S, Crum died at his home in Oswego this week from fever. He was at the time of his death United States Marshal for Kansas. Lyman Cristy, a well to do farmer of Jefferson county killed himself last Saturday night. He assigned no cause for the deed. Mr. Will Harris, better known as "McCorker" was here a few days ago and has returned to St. Joe, Mo,'from thence he will go to Ind., where he has the "whole push" on the 'World' of that city. Will is an awful nice old boy. Mr. G. A. Swallow nominee for sheriff on the republican ticket was in the city last week shaking hands, "Guy" will make it if any one does. Mr. Glaspey's fine storage house at Nortonville is unequaled by any in the state, he has on well preserved $15,000 worth of eggs and still they come he ships all over the continent. Mr. W, Y. Hoover of Burlingame brother of ex-sheriff Hoover of Osage county is making a clean fight for sheriff, he comes before the county primaries Aug. 9th and from the way things looks he will be considerable in the race, Mr. J. W. Hayson attorney of Burlingame wants to be representative from the 36th district he has already declared himself for Mr. Curtis it elected and he has a splendid "lead" we hope he will get there in good shape. Miss Elenor Brashers has returned from Colorado Springs where she went to remain during summer but on account of her health she was compelled to return. Her brother Willie is at Manitou and will remain there for a while and will then go on to Denver and Cheyenne. Judge and Mrs Z. T. Hazen are visiting friends and relatives in Cincinnati Ohio and in Indiana their old home state and will not return for some time. Father Monjar of Quenemo has the rhumatism, he is getting quite feeble his good wife however is the main "spoke in the wheel", they give meals and operates a fine confectionery. Mr. William Johnson of Kans city Mo. who has charge of the large vhroomen mercantile at Quene no has had one of the largest bakery owens placed it the rear of his store in the state His purpose is to furnish the en- tire city and county populace with bakery, goods. Mr. J. K. Williams of Chicago and Ballen of K. C. Mo, were here last week seeking a location for the purpose of starting a "social club" for the young men they dined at Mrs Chiles Hotel on 7th street. Andrew Pope has returned to the city again after an absence of nearly 2 years in Kansas City. Prof. Watkins has a fine line of confectioneries cigars and tobacco and mild drinks try him. Officer Hobson has made his mark also in the pugilistic world by licking the "stuffing" out of some big "colored bully" who wanted trouble. The officer told the "bully" to go home and this precipitated a row in which the bully was severely "done up". Mr. Geo. Thomas, of Sedalist Mo. father of Lawyer Thomas of this city died last week at that place. He was a victim of dropy. And Mr. Thomas' of this city attended the funeral, he leaves two sons 11. and A. M. Thomas. He was a well to do farmer of Pettis county Mo. HERE AND THERE John MoLucas ta operating a tine drug store at Rock Creek John is O. K. Prayer meeting 7:30 and class meeting 8:00 Wed. eve. The public is invited to attend these services D. Smith pastor 837 Vanburen St. N. Topeka. The first baby is totally unlike any other baby that ever was born. A man seldom marries his ideal woman, and it is just as well for him that he doesn't. How much worry the troubles that never happened have caused us. SUMMER DRINKS "Beware of the colored summer drinks," is the advice given by a chemist, and the thirsty summer girl of the near future would do well to heed. The scienteist person declares that all colored drinks contain dyes that contains are injurious to the system. out of twenty-nine samples which be examined, nineteen contained noxious dyes. Now the great popularity of summer drinks lies largely in the fact that they are a attractively colored and catch the eye of the unsuspicious young person, who seeks not a thirst-buencher, but an attractive-looking drink as well. Therefore, the chemist's announcement will not be any too welcome though doubtless the note of warning sounded from a chemical watch tower will have a certain effect in governing choice of drinks. It may fairly be assumed, however, that the summer girl will not long be at her wits' end to employ a substitute for the loss of the liquid happiness here. tofore serve in colored potions It is believed that it will have a endenby to increase the popularity of the lighter beers and of the seductively sweet sarsapirilla. The soda water fountains will doubtless offer an array of new and uncolored drinks to offset the feeling of alarm which the general intelligence spread by the chemical analysis has aroused. fix. The ieft fielder has times when he dosen't get left. A woman without children has not yet the most precious of her Jewels. A mother not spoken well of by her children is an enemy of the state; she should not live within the kingdom's wall. Give heed to her to whom children have come, she walk in the sacred ways and lacks not love. The greatest medical craze now is to determine whether you are anabolic or katabolic. Some people are neither one. Ex GOOD WORDS FOR NICK CHILES. There are a certain class of colored people in Ipopeka opposed to Nick Chiles For the benefit of the public we want to say that Nick is simply a business man and a promoter of all interest in city, county and state No one whoever thrown a subscription paper in Nick Chiles face but what his name went down for a neat sum. He helps every one and every one should help him. He is now paying large sums of money to employees in this city. Go to A. E. Thompson for any thing you want in the line of groceries and salt meats, notions etc. 113 Euclid ave. Mr, Nick Chiles was in Kansas City on Thursday. Alfred Jarboe of BurLington is a candidate before the primaries tor clerk of the district court see next paper. Dr. F, McFarland formerly of Osage county is now Located at 613 Branner st. this city. This paper receives over 100 subscribers weekly we never saw people so wild about a paper in our lives as they are about the "State Ledger." Mr. Vincent the veteran blacksmith has the reputation of turning out some of the finest work in the city. The farmers as well are pleased to have such capable workman. Messers Sawin and Douglas the Leading undertakers of Atchison are carring afine fine of funeral supplies and when they attend funeral for one of our deceased they treat them with the same courtesey. Parties desiring the service of this firm will confer a favor on us by giving them work 725 Kansas Ave Closing for the summer in Millu ery. Now is the time to makeyour selection at Mrs. L. A, Jame , 725 Kansas, Avenue. F. W. WHITTIER Upholstering, Recaning, Repairing Refinishing—710 Jackson St. M. R. MITCHELL, M. D 931 North Van Buren St., Topeka Kansas Phone 246 Daler in Harness and Saddlery als turf go! Give: hiona c all Masterville, KY IN A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION For TREATING, BOARDING and NURSING ALL CLASSES OF INVALIDS and for curing every variety of PHYSICAL and MEN- TAL DISEASES and all Chronic, Nervous and Female Complaints Here, in this Health Institution is employed with greatest force and highest skill, all the vast Vitalizing Powers of Nature through Vital Air water, Food, Electricity, Vital Magnesium and Atma, the highest power of ONLY in the great SYSTEM OF ANTHROPOLOGY. For further particulars address O. ROBERTSON JQUENEMO. Kas OLDEST And best they all say. Established 1892. VOL. 10 NO. 5 EAGLE'S SMOKER Single Binder 5c Cigar, all dealers handle them. ANNOUNCEMENT I am a candidate for Sheriff of Shaw nee county on the Independent ticket for the fall election. I have lived in this county for many years and have a wide acquaintance. If I am elected I shall do all in my power to carry out the duties of the office. Lee Myers. —When some men talk they don't believe a word they hear. A small boy defines a headache as a stomach ache in the brain. Crowns, scepters, orbs and other motifs suggestive of royalty are favored in jewelry designing, apropos of the English coronation plans. The woman who never sees a a hat she would rather have bought tha n the new chapeau a he is wearing, is certainly a rarity. If you want a good cool drink stop in at W. H. Batman's, 821 Kansas Avenue. The Capital Hand Laundry G, D. Olden Mgr, 109-111 E 3rd st Chicago, July.. Robert MacMahon, a special policeman at the auditorium anrex, killed one man and captured early this morning when they attempted to hold him up, not knowing he was an officers. Both men leveled their revolvers at MacMahon, who knocked one of the weapons aside and drawing his own revolver fired simultaneously with the other two men. The officer was uahurt but one his assailants fell dead to the ground but the other fled. Mac Mahon overtook and arrested him and he was later identified as Mack Ray, a stevedore. The dead man was Frank Murphy, a barkeeper. Both men were out of work and this was their first piece of hold up business, Ex. Colorado and return via Santa Fe Only $15,00 MANITOU and COLORADO, SPRINGS. For further information, address T. L. KING, Agt., Topeka. LEUNBERGER & BROS GROCERIES MEATS, FISH AND POULTRY 933 Kansas Ave, Telephone 291 Milk depot Home made bread, cakes and pies Give them a call. 2bo Monroe,St. MRS. F. J. BERT Bakery and canned goods. Cigars and Tobacco. 222 E 2nd St. Bicycle supplies, Guns, Ammunition and Sporting Goods, Topeka 728 Kansas Avenue. NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE New Home Machines $35 to $75, New Ideal Machines $20 to 35 Citimax 25 to 45, Wabash 164 22 Oil and Machines Supplies Old Machine repaired and guaranteed 'W, B, Bolinger Mgr., 819 Kansas Avenue (South Hall) A·T·WAGGONER. DRUGS AND MEDICINS Your trad solicited .. 731 Kam Ave THE STATE LEDGER By F. L. JELTZ TOPEKA. KANSAS. TOPEKA. KANSAS. A woman does not begin to command until she has promised to obey. Almost any man can distinguisher himself this summer by not wearing a Panama hat. What appears to be wanted in the west just now is a barb-wire fence that will turn cyclones. Sagasta is the man of the hour in Spain. Young King Alfonso is not more than thirty seconds. The "sea-serpent" caught in an Orange Mountain lake was not the real thing. He never gets caught. Russia evidently has considerable showing to do before Finland will be as tractable as might be desired. J. Pierpoint Morgan is not feeling well, and Russell Sage is indisposed. Can it be that money is unhealthy? People are making as much fuss about Laureate Austin's forthcoming ode as if it were compulsory to read it. Gates says Pierp has wonderful plans in his head. This means busy days for the New Jersey incorporation works. Dr. Combes, the new French premier is only a little over 5 feet tall. Must have, been raised in the short-grass country. Texas steers are being shipped to South Africa. The Boers will soon forget their experiences with the Mis souli muri. The Turkish soldiers have not been contributing anything to the sultan's salary of late, and the sultan has shut off all promotions. The New York man who stopped a game of ping-pong with a rifle may be expected to turn a Gatling gun on the nearest bowling alley. Before Santos-Dumont completes his plans for flying in this country he would do well to be assured that the cyclone season is past. The remains of a prehistoric sea serpent were recently uncovered in Oklahoma, but enough water has since fallen to re-cover it. "It is noted at Fort de France that the volcanic outbursts coincide with the changes of the moon." This probably comes from the native scientists. In San Francisco the latest June wedding fad is the ante-nuptial vaccination ceremony. The bridal party presents arms and then marches to the altar. The announcement that the first sea serpent of the season is only eight feet long shows that the summer resort romancer is not yet in first-class condition. Shareholders in Sir Thomas Lipton's company appear to believe that a man who is fond of yacht racing will have a natural inclination to water stock. A German professor has been selected to fill the chair of Chinese lit erature at Columbia university. This seems to be going a long way around to get at it. Count Tolstol has written a vigorous letter to the Czar demanding a constitution for Russia. Count Tolstol evidently does not take his recent death seriously. Senator Hanna has given his new son-in-law $50,000. This should help to make life during the stay in the bride's cottage on Lake Superior one grand sweet song. When a lawyer is appointed to a political office he always gives up a practice that was worth at least $25,000 a year. Yet some people think there are no miracles. The news that the automobile fact will be responsible for thirty per cent rise in the price of furs is particularly depressing when one needs earmuffs and seakins gloves in June. Mark Twain is unconcerned about the report that the German translations of his work are barred out of Russia. Perhaps he has noticed the translations of German jokes in American newspapers. It is strange that the Bulgarian government has not yet apportioned the Ellen M. Stone ransom fund. The contributors are at least entitled to know the exact basis upon which their money is to be distributed. The shooting of a Miehigan man by his wife is one more proof of how dangerous it is to trust women with deadly weapons. No woman should be permitted to carry anything more perious than a skein of yarn or a dimple. Salvador is talking of declaring war on the United States. When Uncle Sam finds his glass he may discover this fuming republic some place or the map of South America. It is dis tinguished by a dot a trifle larger than that which marks a capital city. That attorney in New York who or dered enough liquor to make him more than comfortable and then re fused to pay for it because it was con trary to law to sell it may understant legal niceties, but he is a trifle sigh on what constitutes an honest mar and a gentleman. It has been found that a man who applied to the department at Washing ton to have his pension reduced is in sane. People who claim that there are no miracles may now take us their theory with renewed confidence BOT 18,000 MEN ARMY IN PHILIPPINES TO BE GREATLY REDUCED. THE CENSUS TO BE TAKEN AT ONCE Work to Be Doe by Filipinos as Far As Possible — Philippine Government Act to Be Put in Operation as Rapidly as Possible — Friar Lands Negotiations Satisfactory. WASHINGTON.—(Special.) Chairman Cooper of the House committee on insular affairs, says steps will be taken at once to put the Philippine government act in operation. "The first step," said Mr. Cooper Thursday, "will be the complete transfer of authority from the military to the civil officials, except in the Moro country, where there is some lingering disorder. The transfer will be accompanied by a proclamation from the president, which it is understood will be issued on the Fourth of July. Besides turning over the authority to the civil officials, the change will permit a considerable reduction in the military force in the islands, although orders already given contemplate a reduction down to 18,000 men. In 1900 we had 70,000 men in the Philippines, so that we soon will have reduced the force by 52,000 officers and men, and the transfer of authority and the act doubtless will lead to a further reduction before long. "The next step will be to take the census as provided by the act. Governor Taft told me this work would begin as soon as he reached Manila. His plan is to have the work done as far as possible by Filipinos, and the commission will get up their own census system, instead of having it done by the census office at Washington, although they are empowered to get census experts from here by making application to the President. The purpose, however, is to make the work thoroughly a local one, so that it will serve the Filipinos as an object lesson. The census will take about a year. "As to the general effect of the act we have just enacted," added Mr. Cooper. "I share the view of Governor Taft, who said that if this bill became a law, we would hear no more of the Philippines than we do of Porto Rico, and that the Philippines problem would gradually disappear." Mr. Cooper has received the following telegram from President L. G. Schurman, of Cornell, who was head of the first Philippine commission: "Cordial congratulations in your splendid victory in securing a legislative assembly for the Filipinos. Our commission recommended it. Your bill shows constructive statesmanship of the highest order. Filipinos will bless you." The news from Rome received at the war department in the shape of daily cablegrams from Governor Taft is generally encouraging. It is said that, while no details can be given out for publication in this incomplete state of the negotiations, it is evident that they are proceeding with the greatest activity, principally in the shape of verbal exchanges, though, for the sake of the record, these are generously supplemented by written notes, showing in condensed form the substance of what has been said. It is stated that the notes fail to show that any insuperable obstacle has been encountered. Secretary Root has taken the first action of the executive branch under the Philippine act by designating Captain Clarence R. Edwards, Tenth infantry, to be chief of the insular bureau of the war department with the rank, pay and allowances of colonel. Colonel Edwards has held the same position by special detall under the existing law for the past two years and in that time has practically erected the bureau into the important instrument of administration that it has become. SERIOUS VERMONT WRECK. Express Train Detailed and Twenty five. Reasons. Injured BENNINGTON, VT.—(Special.) As a result of the derailing of the Troy-Montreal express on the Rutland road, at a switch at Hoosick, N. Y., near this city, Thursday, about twenty-five people were injured, five seriously and one probably fatally. Seriously injured: Allen Huckensius, Philadelphia, 14 years of age, injuries to back; will probably die. John Brovenche, baggagemaster; Rutland: back and side injured. Kourant, Daniel O'Brien, North Adams, Mass. Dorian, Donna, New York. William Doyle, New York. J. R. Hutchinson, Sheldon, Vt. R. B. Parsons, conductor, of Rutland. Chief of Police on Trial. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—(Special). The trial of Colonel Fred W. Ames, chief of police, for alleged bribery, began in earnest Thursday, Assistant County Attorney Al J. Smith, making the opening address for the state. Frank M. Nye, a brother of "Bill Nye", is one of the counsel for the defense. Bad Fire at Watonga, O. T. WATONGA, O. T. (Special.) Fire destroyed most of the business portion of this town early Thursday morning. It started in the mistletoe saloon, which was completely destroyed and spread to several brick blocks, destroying the Koch hardware stock and building, valued at $20,000; the Tyler & Cronkhite department store and building, valued at $20,000, together with a number of office and smaller frame buildings. The total loss is estimated beyond $50,000. May Protect Themselves. PAWTUCKET, R. I.—(Special.) By a decision in the district court Thursday, street railway men during a strike have a right not only to protect themselves, but also the passengers and property of their employers by the use of firearms against the violence of mobs. Five motormen and conductors of the Pawtucket Street Railway Company, arrested on the charge of carrying concealed weapons, were ordered discharged. A whistling girl sometimes develops into a crowing hen. FUNERAL WAS DELAYED. Mourners Stopped to Tar and Feather Husband and Sister of Dead ... STERLING ILL.—(Special.) The funeral of Mrs. John Seibert, of Mount Morris, near here, was delayed Thursday until the mourners adjourn to a cornfield and administer a coat of tar and feathers to the husband and sister of the dead woman. Then the funeral proceeded, but the two who were to have been chief mourners were absent. The house was filled with sorrowing neighbors, when some of them discovered Seibert in another room, hugging and kissing Mrs. Theodore Wolfe. The crowd quickly dragged the couple to the cornfield. A plentiful supply of tar was poured over the victims and the feathers from a pillow were emptied on each. Then the two were driven from the village and ordered never to return. Mrs. Seibert died of consumption, and during the two years of her sickness it is alleged that her husband was continually making love to his wife's sister. "HUMAN BOMB" FATALLY HURT. Fell 100 Feet at a Performance, Breaking His Neck. LOUISVILLE, KY.—(Special.) In the presence of 5,000 spectators witnessing an open air performance of the "Last Days of Pompeii" on the common opposite Churchill Downs Thursday night, James Dull, known as the "human bomb," received injuries which will probably result in his death. It is Dull's part of the performance to be hurled in the air in a bomb which explodes, releasing a parachute by which the performer returns to earth. On this occasion the bomb was shot into the air as usual, but when it reached its greatest height it failed to explode and started to the earth with the victim unable to release himself. As the missile was within 100 feet of the ground it suddenly exploded and, to the horror of the spectators, Dull was dashed to the earth and the performance brought to a close. When the victim was picked up, it was found that his back was broken. He was taken to the city hospital. OLD COUNTERFEITERS' DEN It Was Discovered in Remodeling a Chicago Building. CHICAGO.—(Special.) In a long abandoned counterfeiter's den at West Van Buren and Halsted streets, $15,000 in bogus coin and currency, and a complete counterfeiter's outfit, including plates for making $1,000 bills, have been found in a secret vault. The discovery was made by workmen engaged in tearing out the interior of a building, and caused a sensation in the neighborhood. A detail of police was called to prevent a mob of hundreds of people from looting the chamber of its spurious wealth. According to Captain Porter, of the United States secret service, the money was cleverly coined and printed, and would defy detection by most experts. CONGRESS QUITS. Both Houses Adjourned at 5:30 Tuesday Afternoon. WASHINGTON.—(Special.) Amid a scene of enthusiasm that has not been paralleled since the exciting and stirring days of the Spanish war, Speaker Henderson, at 5:30 Tuesday afternoon declared the house of representatives adjourned without day. In doing so he said that no house of representatives since the adoption of the constitution had done as much work as this one. The audience to which he made his brief address was a brilliant one. The galleries were banked to the doors and almost two-thirds of the members were in their seats on the floor. The speaker's appreciative words to the members in thanking them for their co-operation during the session had touched a responsive chord and they gave him a remarkable demonstration of their friendship and good will. Was Thoroughly Looted. PROVIDENCE, R. I.—(Special.) The special commission appointed by Governor Kimball to investigate affairs of the Merchant's bank of Newport, following the suicide of Cashier Sherman, has made a report which shows that the bank is completely a wreck, the deficit being $326,003. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS: The Berlin consulate report shows that the exports to the United States for the past quarter were $1,952,559, an increase of $224,424. For the fiscal year the exports were $8,234,607, an increase of $1,614,015. The Paris Figaro Wednesday morning intimates that coming changes in the French diplomatic service may possibly include the transfer of Jules Cambon, the French ambassador at Washington, to Berlin. A cut of Dr. Henry Hopkins, formerly of Kansas City, appears in the New York Mall and Express labeled "Dr. John Haskell, former acting president of Williams' college." At a meeting held at the Mansion house in London Wednesday under the presidency of the lord mayor it was decided to erect in London a national memorial to the late Cecil Rhodes. Cook county's real estate, including all the realty in Chicago, is valued at $252,784,830 for taxation purposes. This is the assessed valuation, or one-fifth of the full value. The steam yacht Yasona, purchased recently from the King of Portugal by Henry Clay Pierce, of St. Louis, has arrived at Boston to await its new owner, who will cruise along the coast and later in the summer visit Labrador. The annual coinage statement issued by the director of the mints shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902, the total coinage executed at the mints of the United States was $84,526,678, as follows: Gold, $61,980,572; silver, $30,116,369; minor coins, $2,429,736. FIGHTING MAD BAILEY MAKES AN ASSAULT ON BEVERIDGE. TEXAN SIEZED HIN BY THE THROAT Bystanders End Encounter Before It Becomes Serious—Beveridge Did Not Fight—Texan Demanded Retraction of Offending Language—Indianan Refused to Retract. WASHINGTON.—(Special.) Senator Bailley, of Texas, assaulted Senator Beveridge, of Indiana; Tuesday, just after the senate had adjourned from executive session. The Texas senator was dragged away and separated from his opponent by some of those about the senate. He was very angry and threatened severe harm to the Indiana senator. The episode was the result of a heated controversy which the two senators had during the afternoon, when Senator Beveridge had said that Senator Balley had made "an unwarranted attack" on Solicitor Penfield, of the state department. In executive session, Senator Beveridge, like other senators who smoke, lighted a cigar and took a seat on the Republican side. He was still sitting there when the senate adjourned. Senator Balley crossed the aisle and walked through the seats until he was facing Beveridge. "Beveridge," he said. "I don't want to have any trouble with you, but I want you to withdraw those words which charge me with making an unwarranted attack on Penfield." "I did not intend to insult you," replied Senator Beveridge, "and there is nothing in my language that you could consider offensive." "I don't allow any one to say that I libel a man, and that is what you do in making the charge. Now, if you won't withdraw the words when I ask you, I'm going to make you withdraw them." Senator Bailey had been getting more and more angry and excited as he talked. He had been sitting down part of the time, leaning against the desk immediately in front of Senator Beveridge. The latter, in reply to Senator Bailey's last remark, still remaining in his chair said: "I repeat that I did not intend to insult you and that I have nothing to retract." As the words were uttered, Senator Bailey threw himself upon Senator Beveridge, who is a man hardy up to the average in physique, and seized him by the throat with both hands. The rush was so sudden and fierce that the chair in which Mr. Beveridge was sitting was pushed back against a desk and the desk toppled over. Before the assault could go any further, senators who had been sitting near had moved up between the desks. Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota, seized Senator Bailey by one arm and Senator Spooner seized the other. The Texas senator is a powerful man and it was with great difficulty that the two senators were able to drag him away from Senator Beveridge, and when they succeeded, a part of the Indiana senator's neckwear was ripped away, in the vigorous grasp of Senator Bailey. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, and Barney Layton, assistant doorkeeper, came quickly forward and assisted in pulling the Texas senator further away. Senator Bailey, meanwhile, struggling to get free and lunging toward Senator Beveridge. SHE MARRIED A WOMAN. Weds Only to Find That Her "Hus hand!" Is Not a Man. BALTIMORE, MD.—(Special) Mrs. Ernestine L. Rauck, who was married last week to Lydia Lotta Sawyer, who had masqueraded as a man for several years, applied to the courts Saturday to have the marriage annulled. Judge Wright signed an order for a hearing in the case. The bill filed by Mrs. Rauck states that the petitioner, a widow, and the mother of children, was married to the defendant by Rev. Anthony Blikovsky, at the minister's home, on June 16, last, and that two days subsequent to the ceremony, she discovered that her "husband" was a woman. The bill further declares that the defendant has confessed the deception. Chicago Clubman a Suicide CHICAGO.—(Special.) Siegmund A. Guthmann, vice president of the wholesale firm of Guthmann, Carpenter & Telling, and a well known club man, shot and killed himself at his home Thursday. The other members of the firm could not explain the cause. Fatally Shot by a Burglar. NEW YORK.—(Special.) Albert C. Latimer, a wealthy stationer of this city, who lives in Brooklyn, was fatally shot early Thursday at his home in a struggle with a burglar. The burglar escaped, leaving his shoes and cap behind. North Dakota Village Burned. LAMAR, N. D.—(Special). The business portion of Conway, a village of about 600 population, thisty-eight miles north of here, was completely wiped out by fire Tuesday afternoon, causing a loss of about $70,000. The fire started in Rushika & Vandra-check's hardware store and spreading to the adjoining places, destroyed three general stores, one durg store, two hardware stores, one meat market, two hotels, one taller shop, one dwelling and a millinery store. The insurance is about $30,000. Found Dead on a Train PEORIA, ILL.—(Special.) Peter Schnur, of Owens county, Mo., was found dead in his seat in a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy chair car at Galesburg Tuesday morning. He was en route to this city to visit relatives and the corpse was brought to this city and delivered to his brother's residence. He had been dead about three hours, when discovered by the conductor. It takes a man who has just come out of the woods to see the beauty in every woman he meets. NEW FEAT IN RAILROADING. Army of Men Changes 125 Miles of Track in a Day. MEDIAPOLIS, IA.—(Special.) Four hundred and forty men working nine hours in a driving rain moved both rails of the Burlington and Western road on 125 miles of track Monday and thus broke all records in converting a narrow into a broad gauge track. The event was witnessed by thousands of Iowaans, who stood at every depot holding, umbrellas to protect themselves from the drenching downpour. Twenty-eight crews of sixteen men each, working an average of four miles each, accomplished the feat without the abandonment of any regular trains and without any serious delay. The work involved the drawing and driving of 200,000 spikes. Each rail was moved two and a quarter inches to a row of spikes previously driven in the ties. All save four spikes in the inside had been previously driven, all those on the outside being undisturbed, and over these the rails were lifted to their broader gauge. TWO OFFICERS SLAIN. Sheriff Bullard and Deputy Coburn Killed by Horse Thieves billed by Horse Thieves. GUTHRIE, OKLA.—(Special.) Sheriff A. J. Bullard and Undersheriff Coburn, of Roger Mills county, Okla. were killed Monday in a battle with horsethiefs while the officers were attempting to arrest members of the band of outlaws. The fight occurred in the northeast portion of the county, and continued for about thirty minutes, the outlaws finally surrounding the two officers and riddling them with bullets. The entire gang made their escape, supposedly uninjured, although the sheriffs put up a plucky fight. Bullard has served two years as sheriff of that county and was recently nominated by the Democrats for re-election. While it is not positively known who composed the gang of outlaws, yet suspicion points to the Bert Casey band, as they have been operating in that portion of the territory. PLUNGED THROUGH BRIDGE. Interurban Trolley Car Wrecked at St. Charles, Ill ELGIN, ILL.—(Special.) One of the large interurban trolley cars running between Elgin and Aurora plunged through the bridge crossing' the Fox river at St. Charles Wednesday, carrying its load of thirty passengers into the river. The bridge collapsed from the weight of the car. No one was killed, but all were more or less hurt or suffered from shock. Seriously injured: Mrs. William Hench, Dundee, head bruised and injured internally. Mrs. Charles J. Smith, Chicago, injured internally. Mrs. Hopkins, Muscatine, Ia., bruised and stunned. Mrs. Jacobson, St. Charles, back hurt. Mrs. Granger, Geneva, bruised and severely shocked. The bridge has been considered unsafe for a month, and the authorities were contemplating soon replacing it. 3 DECIDED NOT TO KILL HIMSELF. Paying Teller of Salt Lake Bank Returns to Face Charge SALT LAKE, UTAH.—(Special.) Alexander A. Robertson, paying teller of the Wells-Fargo's bank and a member of the city council, who disappeared Sunday morning, returned home Tuesday, after abandoning his determination to commit suicide. He is now in charge of Chief of Police Paul and is being kept closely hidden. The bank's shortage is estimated at $80,000. Cashier Dooey said Tuesday: "I am not able yet to state the exact amount of the shortage, but I do not know that it will not approach the amount reported." Robertson's friends announce that Robertson will make a statement of his version of the case. It is said Robertson has neither confessed nor implicated anyone. Carlisle Graduate Slain. GUTHRIE, O. T.—(Special) Wednesday at the home of Judge W. S. Petitt, in Pawhuska, George Dickie, an Osage Indian graduate of Carlisle, was shot four times and killed by Judge Petitt, whom Dickie had attempted to kill by shooting. There was a dance at the Petitt home and Dickie was drinking. Becoming quarrelsome, he was called down by Petitt, and immediately pulled a gun and shot Petitt through the groin. "Two sons of Petitt caught Dickie, held and disarmed him. Judge Petitt became conscious and shot Dickie four times, killing him instantly. Petitt is a high Indian official and is considered the finest attorney in the tribe. --- MANILA.—(Special.) According to official reports, there have been in Manila up to date, 1,740 cases of cholera and, 1,385 deaths from the disease. The same reports for the provinces show 9,444 cases and, 7,038 deaths. Lieutenant Colonel Louis M. Maus, the insular health commissioner, says that there probably be 2,000 deaths from cholera in the provinces of which it has been impossible to get records. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. Cholera has appeared at Tokyo, Japan. 1 A detachment of United States marines and a force of the native constabulary have had an engagement with a large body of Ladrones in Monog province, Luzon. One marine and seven Ladrones were killed. The transport Winfriedian sailed from South Africa on June 27 for Halifax with over 700 Canadian troops on board. She is due at Halifax on July 22. Clark Moyer, a mail clerk on the Burlington, between Council Bluffs and Burlington, Ia., was found on the streets early. Monday morning suffering with a fractured skull. He died a few hours later without regaining consciousness. No cause is known for the assault as no money was taken from his person. Brigadier General George W. Davis, in command of the American forces at Zamboanga, Mindanao, has been ordered to Manila to take command of the department of the North. Brigadier General Sapuel S. Sumner will succeed General Davis at Zamboanga. AFTER 14 YEARS ESCAPED ARKANSAS CONVICT RETURNED TO PRISON. HE WAS FOUND IN INDIAN TERRITORY He Had Been Living. Under Assumed Name at Atoka—His Identity Discovered Through His Arrest for a Recent Burglary—Old Arkansas Reward for His Arrest Still Standing. SOUTH M'ALESTER, IND. TER.—(Special). Robert Hamlet, who escaped from the Arkansas State penitentiary fourteen years ago after having served two months on a four years' term for larceny was sent back Tuesday to complete his term. His arrest was something unusual in the history of Indian Territory crime. Hamlet had been at Atoka, living under the name of Robert Anderson. He and Ches Hamlet were recently arrested for burglary of some outbuilding around Atoka. The government was somewhat fearful of its ability to make a strong case against them and was surprised at an offer by Ches Hamlet to plead guilty. An investigation revealed the true name of Anderson and brought out the fact that the two prisoners were brothers. Further inquiry threw light on Hamlet's history and the reason for the sacrifice the brother was making became clear. Without revealing what he had discovered District Attorney Wilkins accepted Ches Hamlet's plea of guilty and he was given two years and a half. A faithful description of his brother was sent to the warden of the Arkansas penitentiary and the latter wired that the man was wanted, a $50 reward still standing for his recapture. Hamlet at first denied his identity, but finally gave in and with curses of his "usual lock" accompanied the officer back to Arkansas to begin on the term he had cut short fourteen years ago. CHINAMAN IS ACCUSED. Arrested at Buffalo for Outraging and Murdering a Little Girl. BUFFALO, N. Y. (Special.) Charley Wee, a Chinese laundryman was arrested Wednesday and held on an open charge in connection with the murder of Mary Murphy, a 6-year-old girl who mysteriously disappeared on June 17, and whose body, bound with ropes and wrapped in newspapers and coarse cotton cloth, was found floating in a small pond in Forest Lawn cemetery. The autopsy showed that the child had been outraged and strangled. Public feeling runs high and all the Chinest laundries in the city have been closed and policemen stationed in front of them. Wee's place was thoroughly searched and the police say they found ample evidence on which to hold the Chinaman. Pieces of rope similar to that on the body were found in the shop. The coarse cotton goods used in the laundry for the purpose of covering ironing boards corresponds exactly in texture with the piece of cloth in which the body was wrapped. In a room used by Wee as a bedchamber the polite found bloodstained bed clothing. The wall behind the bed was bespattered with blood. A second Chinaman who was visiting Wee at the time the arrest was made was also taken into custody. Government Clerk Who Died Last April. Warranted $18,000. Short WASHINGTON—(Special). United States District Attorney Gould Wednesday announced in the probate court that William S. Yateman, formerly disbursing clerk of the war department, was, at the time of his death, April 20, 1901, a defaulter. So far as known, the alleged defaulction amounts to about $18,000. The government will take steps to recover the full amount. The defaulction, Mr. Gould announced was only recently discovered, and was effected through the manipulation of vouchers. Mr. Gould's announcement was made when the attorneys for the administrator of the Yeatman estate presented their accounts and asked distribution of the estate. The court suspended action on the account. The alleged defaulctions cover a long period and in amount exceed the assets of the Yeatman estate. Under the law the government claim has priority. Long Flight Before Them. PUEBLO, COL.—(Special.) Twelve of the fastest homing pigeons in the country left Pueblo Wednesday morning to make the longest official race against time ever attempted. The race will be from Pueblo to Cleveland, O. a distance, as the crow flies, of 1.563 miles. The longest, official distance heretofore made was by birds belonging to Fred Bowers, of Fall River, Mass, which covered 1.363 miles in thirteen days and five one-half hours. The birds released here belong to Al Fox, secretary of the Cleveland Homing Pigeon Association, and they were started by I. T. Wilson, sporting editor of the State Journal. Murder and Suicide STERLING, ILL.—(Special.) Henry Canfield, of Morlison, killed his wife, of whom he was jealous Sunday night, and then took his own life. The bodies were not found until Monday. The discovery was made by a daughter of the dead couple, who entered their bedroom and found her parents lying dead on the floor, side by side. The shock produced nervous prostration, and her condition is now critical. The murderer and suicide was 75 years of age and his wife 70. They had been married fifty years. Sues for $1,500,000. NEW YORK—(Special.) W. Wickham Smith, the special attorney general appointed to investigate the alleged silk importation frauds at this port. Thursday issued a summons against A. S. Rosenthal and Samuel Fried, of Rosenthal & Fried, to answer to an action commenced against them by the government, tq recover the sum of $1,500,000. This sum the government claims is due because 'or alleged undervaluation of imports, together with forfeitures allowed by law. E. S. Brigham's lease on the Opera house in Topeka has been transferred to L. M. Crawford, but Aurora Kane will be retained as its manager. The efficacy of the Ellinwood department has been vindicated. Depot burned last week, but her heroic effort two barrels of water were saved. Mrs. Nation has joined John A. under Dowie's "Zion" colony in Chicago. She writes to a friend Medicine Lodge that she has come out to be a first-class healer. It is estimated that 100 Smith county farmers will go to be Big Horn in Wyoming next fall to settle on a permanent land. Their neighbors diet they will come out of the end of it. "Several of the Indian boys from Haskell school at Lawrence are in section, said to be looking for war says the Lindsburg Record. Since the War department set as a portion of the Fort Riley reservoir as proving grounds it is not safe wander over hill and dale at raid "Some of Uncle Sam's guns." Junction City paper, "shoot for me and throw a shell as big as a cow." A Cherryvale man walked from moving train between stations, in sleep. The strange part of the war is that when he regained consciousness he ran after the train and took it. "Kansas and Her Resources" pamphlet compiled from Secretary burn's reports and well-illustrated has been issued in attractive form the Santa Fe passenger department it shows that Kansas is a "good road to live in," and the Santa Fe is "good road to reach it by." Such large catfish are being caught in the Cottonwood river, this suggests that the papers have quit giving it weight, and specify off their "w measurement. A couple of drunken cow puns who caused a panic in the town Meade are referred to in the la paper as "bandits." "The late John A. Anderson's deion of Kansas is being quoted said: "Kansas is 400 miles long, miles wide, 8,000 miles deep, it reaches to the stars." Two men in Morrill essayed to their wives with the week's wash a few days ago. One of them fell the porch and broke his leg, and other crushed one finger in a wringer. A month ago it was estimated fifteen rains were needed to effect "save" the corn crop. The estim was slightly excessive. There been thirteen rains since then, the corn crop is already saved. Judged by the fanciful requirement which the young woman who was King Alfonso must meet in the man of mental and physical equipment, royal family ought to negotiate for corn fed Kansas girl. "If King Edward survives, as me seems probable," says Justice Smith the supreme court, "the possessor a veriform appendix will no longer recognized as a proper person to for a part of that fashionable society which takes its one from royal When the king dispenses with his vip form appendix those who are admit to court cannot do less." "Talk about 'getting even' with people," says E. W. Hoch, "why you always mean by that phrase someone who has done you a real or fachs wrong? Haven't a whole lot of ple done you favors? Why not devise your spare time to 'getting even' with them? This is a good deal better but ness than that." This is an item where the speech between the words makes a great deal of difference. "Oswego now has a population of 2,347,107 more than Chetopa." A man who once borrowed $50 get out to Smith county now has 22 acres of land, a bunch of cattle, hardware store and is running for the legislature. Wavenly offers an exceptional tempting field for evangelical effect. That is where the populace saw an verted rainbow—one that curved inward instead of down. Lawyers in Pittsburgh got together and raised the minimum price of divorces from $10 to $25. In concluding an account of a "quiet" wedding, the Independent Reporter says; "J. J. Anderson, father of the bride, who never before shed a tear, found several of this rolling down his sunburned checke he came forward to kiss the bride marking that she was his last tattoo. Immediately several of the ladies had to shed tears, everybody was somewhat excited and in the slight confusion, the writer hereof found himself embracing a lady who stood conveniently near and who provided be not his wife. He immediately apologized to the lady and was given. He apologized again later his wife with no very definite return up to this date." Horrible thought from the Howe County Courts: A female grater represents herself as a solicitor for an Eastern orphan's home has been born in Kansas towns. At some places she has been told to move on. By the way a good looking, iron-gray-haired woman lit a dollar out of us one day a week or so ago for the cause of the orphan Wonder if we were worked? Parsons has a row between the dog tax and anti-dog tax elements that makes an ordinary Texas "race war" look like a golf tournament. Among the "new books" just added to the 'lola public library are: "The Eternal City" "Dri and I." "Kim" "The Helmet of Navarre," in the Palace of the King," and "Lazare." Bird McGuire, whom the Oklahoma Republicans nominated for congress, this man is an ex-Kansas. He practiced law in Chanquaunt county before his flight to Oklahoma. A bootlegger sold colored water for whisky in Stockton this week, and many citizens are indignant. But many citizens would have been indignant if he had sold real whisky, so what was he to do?