The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
August 24, 1905

Page 1

4 EVERYBODY 10 PAGES LAST EDITION. THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, AUGUST 24, 1905. THURSDAY. EVENING. TWO CENTS. EVERYBODY I I 10 PAGES READS IT. i NEEDS IT j BURTONUP AGAIN Promised Chickasaw Indian Scandal Has Developed. Charged With Taking $U,000 From Indians. HOW IT WAS PAID. Part of Money Went to Senator's Brother. Fifty-five Hundred Paid to Him Direct. Washington, D. C, Aug. 24. New indictments against Senator J. R. Bur ton will undoubtedly follow the sensa tional exposure by department offi cials that Burton has since 1901 re ceived $14,000 in fees for acting as the attorney for the Chickasaw In dians and pressing the claims of these Indians before the departments, the same offense for which Burton was tried in the Rialto case. Indications are that the new scandal is of greater proportions than the one in which Burton was involved with the Rialto Grain and Securities company. It is asserted that the warrants is sued aggregate $14,000, and were given in payment of services as attor ney in pushing claims through the in terior department during Burton's term as senator. Of this amount, it is claimed that five were issued to J. R. Burton, for $5,500, and the re mainder to Z. T. Burton. Z. T. Burton is a brother of J. R. Burton. Depart ment officials say they will show that Z. T. Burton never practiced in the Indian Territory or before the interior department. Corroborative of this statement, a list of the warrants is sued to the Burtons as above set forth is furnished, together with dates and amounts, as follows: No. 10 Issued Octobrr 22, 1901, to J. R. Burton, 51.000. Ko. 11 Issued October 22. 1901, to J. R. Burton, $1,000. Ko. 12 Issued October 22, 1901, to J. R. Burton. $1,000. No. 13 Issued October 22, 1901, to J. R. Burton. $1,000. No. 14 Issued October 22, 1901, to J. R, Burton, $1,000. No. 15 Issued October 22, 1901, to J. R. Burton, $500. No. 873 Issued December 5, 1901, to Z. T. Burton, $1,250. No. 93 Issued April 29, 1902, to Z. T. Burton, $1,250. No. 1014 Issued August 31, 1902, to Z. T. Burton, $b:i9.93. No. 1022 Issued August 2, 1602. to Z. T. Eurlon. $1,100. No. 1923 Issued August 2, 1902, to Z. T. Burton, $150. No. 22 J sawed December 31, 1902, to Z..T. Burton. $416. -No. 847 Issued December 3, 1902, to Z. T. Burton, JUift. No. 818 Issued December 3, 1902, to Z. T. Burton, J31S.67. No. S91 Issued November 8, 1902, to Z. T. Burton, $750. No. 911 Issued December 11, 1902, to Z. T Burton, $100. No. 912 Issued February 28, 1903, to Z T. Burton, $416. No. 933 Issued March 31, 1903, to Z T Burton, $270. No. 934 Issued March 31, 1903, to Z T Burton, J146.S6. No. 960 Issued April 30, 1903, to Z. T Burton. $116.66. After these follow six more warrants, each for $416.68, and made payable to Z. T. Burton, the last one having been issued October 10, 1903, just two years after the first one was issued. It will be seen from this evidence that it is expected on the part of the govern ment to prove that Senator Burton got at least $14,000 for the two years spent in pressing Indian claims before the de partment of the interior. It is said that a witness in the person of Superintendent Benedict, of the In dian schools at Muskogee, will testify at the next trial that he came to Wash ington to look after a certain matter concerning the Indian Territory, and that he met Senator Burton, who told him that he. Burton, alone was au thorized to represent the Indians at the interior department. An assistant attorney and special agent for the department of justice Colonel John S. Mosby, was sent to the Indian Territory several weeks ago to make an investigation into the- alleged Chickasaw warrant scandal. He has completed his work and returned to V ashington. The above sensational report from fU ashington probably explains why David W. Mulvane went there in such a hurry a fw days ago. It has been rumored that Mulvane was there trving to land the Job of ambassador to Mex ico, but the facts in the case seem to be that he is there trying to fix things up for Burton. It will be impossible to use this new evidence in the cases now pending against Burton. New indictments will have to be drawn to cover them. It wouldy seem from the Washington report that Burton himself received the first six warrants from the Chickasaw nation, the aggregate being $5,500, and that after that he became more timid and did not draw the warrants in his own name, but in the name of his "alter ego.-' Z. T. Burton, an Indian Territory lawyer. Z. T. Burton is J. R. Burton's brother, and seems to have been work ing in cahoots with him on the Indian cases. Section 17S1 of the revised statutes under which Senator Burton was in dicted and tried in St. Louis, makes it a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment or both for a member of congress to practice before the depart ments or before any court in a case in which the government of the United States is interested. The trial court in St. Louis found Senator Burton guilty on five counts in an indictment which charged him with accepting a fee of $2,500 to represent the Rialto Grain and Securities cmopany which was investigated bv the postoffice department. Burton's offense consisted in appearing before the postoffice de partment for pay in behalf of this cli ent. He was found guilty, sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 and serve six months in the Ironton. Mo., jail. The case was brought to the supeme court and re versed on the ground that the venue was in Washington and not in St. Louis. Burton was again indicted by a St Louis grand jury, but the second indict ment was for having entered into an agreement to practice before the de partments. The second trial will be held la St Louis possibly in September. fr- ,K.'' Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas, Who A HINT OF DYNAMITE. Fort Scott Saloon Men Are Warned to Close Quickly. Fort Scott, Kan., Aug. 2 4. It de veloped today that last Tuesday and yesterday nearly every saloon man in the city of any prominence received anonymous communications from some person, giving them thirty days notice in which to close their places and keep them closed. Some of the saloon men are ignoring the demand made on them in the letters, while others are somewhat worked up, believing that it is the starting of a systematic effort to satrt a crusade against the joints. All of the letters were dated at Fort Scott August 20. They are written in a vertical hand and appear to be the work of boys, or at least that ts the version of Chief of Police Ball takes of the matter. The contents simply state that. .the writer will give them twenty days to close their places. They are signed "By order of the C This probably means committee. Chief of Bonce Ball was seen today and he stated thftt he did not believe the letters were written by any Mel vinite, but his theory is that a lot of boys have gotten together and writ ten the letters for the purpose of creat ing a sensation and making things lively. He says the saloon men are ignoring the demands and do not in tend to heed the advice of their anonymous friends by closing their places, or at least that is what is as certained by him. He stated that he had given the matter but little thought. Some of them spoke to him about re ceiving the letters. They all read alike, stating that if the places are not closed they will have to take the con sequences. What the nature of this threat is can only be conjectured. Whether the committee intends to dynamite the buildings is a matter of mere suirosition. This is the second threat that has been made. About a month ago Mayor Goodlander received a letter from the committee of the Law and Order league,- or some other such organiza tion, which appealed to the mayor to do his duty, and stated that if he did not have the moral courage or convic tions to do his duty he should have some consideration for life and proper ty, indicating that the saloons would be blown up as was done in Iola. The mayor paid no attention to this letter, which went on to say that the league was being organized all over the state. The letter was written and mailed in Pittsburg, but these letters were mail ed in Fort Scott. REACHES MICHIGAN. A Case of Yellow Fever 10 Miles From Orand Rapids. Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 24. A case of yellow fever has been discovered in Crockery township, Ottawa county, ten mites from here. The patient is Godfrey Litburg, a telephone lineman, who left New Orleans a week aco last Tuesday. He was taken sick Saturday, but a physi cian was not called at once. Situation in the South. New Orleans, La., Aug:. 24. Dr. Ralph C. Marcour, formerly of the navy, started today for Leeville and will send tional nurses and doctors. It is desired to prevent an exodus of Leeville people to New Orleans. Pass Christian, Miss., has opened her doors to all points on the Mis sissippi coast except Mississippi City, but still refuses to have communication with New Orleans. Wilson. La., has quarantined all freight trains that run over the Baton Rouge road. Responding to the protests the Illi nois Central has given orders to run its train at full speed through Kenner and Hanson City, both of which are infected. The appearance of a number of new cas'S ot lake Province has caused a quar antine against that city. There have been no new cases at Alexandra and Bkie seems to have completely stamped out its foci, but the fever continues to spread at Riverside and Patterson, in St. Marys par ish, and in the parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles. St. Bernard and St. John, which are in close proximity to New Orleans. Mrs. Charles L. Wells, wife of rean Wflls of Christ church cathedral, is con valescent. Dr. R. B. Leach of Minnesota said today that he was making prepara tions to return home and will leave here on Saturday, having abandoned his efforts to secure an actual test of the c-senic cure. New cases at New Orleans at noon since 6 p. m. Wednesday 12; total to date 1,568. Deaths 3; total to date 222. The campaign in the yellow fever situation is showing itself in many phases and can be readily noticed in the decrease of cases under treatment. Opera Singers Arrive. New York, Aug. 24. Fourteen opera singers on their way to San Francisco arrived today on the steam er Sicilia from Genoa and Naples. Is Involved in a Fresh Scandal. BUYS THE PEOPLE'S. Kansas Natural Gas Co. Purchases Hie Coffejville Concern. Pittsburg. Pa., Aug. 24. The Kan sas Natural Gas company, one of the I. N. Barsdall interests, has pur chased the People's Gas company of CoffeyviUe, Kas. The consideration is said to be one million dollars. All de tails of the deal are withheld. There is said to be 60,000 acres controlled by the People's company in Mont gomery county, Kansas, which go to the Barsdall company and about 128 producing wells in the territory with a daily flow of 600 million feet of gas. When asked if the Kansas company would pipe gas to St. Rouis, the com pany's manager said such undoubtedly would be the case as soon as the mains could be laid. The Kansas Natural Gas company is a Delaware corporation with a capital stock of 12 million dollars and was admitted into Kansas to do business only after a fight in the courts. TAFT PARTY BREAKS UP. Miss Roosevelt Will Visit the Dowager Empress of China. Tacloban, Aug. -24. The transport Lo gan arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning with Secretary Taft and party on board. The distinguished visitors, after enjoving a ride through San Juan on coast guard cutters, witnessed a great parade of citizens of 'lacloban who showed every sign of business pros perity. They were subsequently enter tained at luncheon, after which they witnessed a dance of native school chil dren. Governor Curry of Samar island, introduced a delegation of 500 natives from that place whose appearance con stituted one of the most picturesque features of the festivities. The transport Logan will sail for Legaspi cn the island of Luzon, tomor row.. August 25. The party will separate at Hong Kong. The lonowing memDers will re turn on the Pacific Mail steamer sail ing on September 6: Secretary Taft, Senators Patterson, Foster, Dubois, Scott and Long, Representatives Payne, Grosvenor, Curtis, Smith, De Armond, Hepburn, Jones, Loud, Driscoll, Hill, Cooper, Scott, Gilbert, Otjen, Howard, Wiley, Mclnley, Shirley and Foss Ed wards. Maior Edie, Captains Thompson and Kelly and Secretaries Carpenter and Pedieo. The following members of the party will proceed to Pekin to be entertained bv the dowager empress or cnina, ac companying Miss Roosevelt, the espec ially invited guest or the empress: sen ators Newlands and Warren, Represen tatives Longworth, Gillette and Coch ran. The party will be in charge of Ma jor General and Mrs. Corbin, and Mrs. Slocum. The Pacific Mail steamer Korea will pail from Yokohama September 17. Miss Roosevelt and party will sail from Yo knhama on her Teturn on the Pacific Mail steamer Sibecia, leaving October 7. HE WAS COL. ELLETT. And He Cleaned Out a New York Res taurant Single Handed. New York, Aug. 24. Incensed by a lack of attention in a well known up town restaurant last night, a man of athletic mold, who said he was Col. Tazwell Ellett, of Richmond, Va gave battle to several waiters and caused a stampede of diners to the street. Four policemen who inter fered were badly mauled by the colonel and reserve police were called before the prisoner was overpowered. THR0WN30 YARDS. Auto and Passengers Hurled Through the Air by a Train. New York, Aug. 24. Three 'men, guests of Commodore Frederick G. Bourne of the New York Yacht club, had a miraculous escape from death when their automobile, traveling about fifty miles an hour, was struck by a train on the Long Island road at Oak dale and demolished. The men were thrown thirty yards with the wrecked car, but only a few bruises were the result. Fictitious names were given the train crew by the lucky autoists, who are said to have been men well known in business and club circles in New York. SUES FOP, S20,000 Mrs. ltigdon Brings Action Against Santa Fe. Wants Damages for Brutal Treatment by Detectives. STORY OF H Ell ARREST. Wanted a Pass to Go to Denrer on Visit. Refused to Leave Ofiice and Was Arrested. Suit was filed in the district court this morning by Monroe Schoch and R. B. Welch for Jessie Rigdon against the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Rail road company, asking for $20,000 dam ages. On the first day of August Mrs. Jes sie Rigdon who is the plaintiff in the case went to the Santa Fe office build ing for the purpose of securing trans portation so that she might visit her mother who lives in Denver, and was forcibly ejected from the building and afterwards taken to the police station and turned over to the police. Mrs. Rig- uon is a little woman, considerably un der medium size and totally deaf, and is yet suffering from the efi'ects of an accident which occurred on the 21st of of last September when she was struck by a street car while crossing the track at the corner of Tenth avenue and Tyler street. At the time that she was struck by the street car her skull was frac tured and she was unconscious when taken to the hospital, and for several days her life was despaired of. Mrs. Rigdon is the wife of Charles M. Rigdon and lives at 921 Topeka ave nue. Her husband has been in the em ploy of the Santa Fe company for about ten years in various capacities, but most of the time he has been em ployed in the office of the auditor or passenger departments. At present he is employed in the company's offices at Los Angeles, California, as a clerk. It is one of the rules of the Santa Fe that transportation is furnished to their em ployes under certain restrictions. In speaking of the occurrence Mrs. Rigdon said: "I wanted to take a trip to Denver to visit my mother whom I had not seen for some time and my husband had told me that I could go to the Santa Fe offices and that they would furnish me with transportation. I went up to the general manager's office and asked for a pass to Denver and re turn and told the chtef clerk who my husband was, and that he had told me to come to him for transportation and that it would be given to me. He told me that he could not give me transpor tation and I then to)-,i him that I want ed to see Mr. Hurley, the general man- eager, that I knew that he would grant my request. 'After going into the gen eral manager's office he came out and told me that Mr. Hurley would not see me, and I made up my mind to sit down and wait until he came out to go to dinner. I sat down in a chair and moved over into one corner so that I would be out of the way and had been waiting but a few minutes when a man in the uniform of a policeman came in and motioned for me to follow him. He started out and I followed him as fast as I could, but on account of being crippled in a street car accident I could not keep up with him and when I got down stairs to the big stone steps which lead into the building I found this po liceman there and with him were two large men who immediately stepped up to me and grabbed me by the wrists and jerked, me down the steps and then started towards Kansas avenue with me. They were very rough and nearly tore my waist and skirt off while they were jerking me down the steps and across the street. These men, I after wards learned, were two detectives by the name of Law and Gregg, who were in the employ of the company. They took me across the street towards the Copeland hotel where they met a man whom I am told is H. H. Germain, the chief of the detective force. They did not seem to know what to do with me, and so I started west towards the state house, intending to go home, as that was my nearest route home, when they came up behind me and grabbed me in a forcible manner. The people ewho are employed in the Santa Fe office build ing were beginning to come out of the building for the noon hour. Law took a tight hold of one of my wrists and Gregg took the other one and led me through this crowd over to Jackson street and from there to the city jail. They held my wrists so tightly that the pain was intense and I tried to get them to let loose, but they must have been afraid of me, for they only tightened their grip and by the time that I reach ed the police station I thought that I should faint from the pain. When we reached the station they turned me over to the sergeant on duty, Mr. Gardiner, and I do not know what they told him. He took me into a little room and after talking to me for a few moments told me that I could go home, which I did. After I reached the station my wrists arid arms were so bruised that they showed plainly the marks of the grip that these two men had made on me, and one of the police officers asked me if they had put chains on me to bring me down. My hair has not grown out since it was cut off at the hospital when I was hurt by the street car, and as the detectives would not release my hands it had blown down over my face and eyes and it is no wonder that they thought that I might be crazy. I was so nervous from fright and the shock that I was not able to leave my bed for several days and I am yet so nervous that I can hardly control myself." At the time that Mrs. Rigdon was so brutally handled by the Santa Fe de tectives, trouble was brewing in the shop districts and several men were as saulted by the detectives of the road and three of them were arrested, but when their cases were called in the city court the complaining witness, H. H. Germain, failed to appear and the cases were dismissed. Weather Indication. Chicago, Aug. 24. Forecast for Kansas: Cooler tonight with fair in west and showers followed by fair in east portions; Friday fair; northerly winds. Drowned Man Heavily Insured. Des Moines, Aug. 24. Ben. F. Elbert, a prominent Iowa capitalist, was drown ed in a small river south of Des Moines today while driving. Elbert carried life insurance aggregating more than $300,-000. IT IS COOLER TODAY. At Least That Is What the Government Thermometer Indicates. Today is cool, that is by comparison with its predecessors, and in fact the mercury today has not been able to make a much more interesting score than the White Sox have of late, and Topeka had almost the tail ender yes terday for the entire state even if the mercury did reach the high point of the season. Out of the thirteen sta tions that reported for yesterday, 11 of them had temperatures of 100 'or above, while at McPherson the mer cury made the fine showing of 106 and four of the other stations reported 104. Yesterday's maximum in Topeka was only 99. Today's minimum was -76, while it ran up to 86 by 9 o'clock and then in the next hour took a tumble of two degrees. The wind is blowing from the southwest at the rate of 11 miles per hour. We are promised fair and cooler weather in the west for to night with showers and fair in the east for tonight and tomorrow. High temperature continued over Kansas yetserday and extended into western Missouri. A temperature of 105 degrees covered the central coun ties from Harvey to Cloud and from Russell to Riley. Cloudy weather pre vailed this morning in northeastern Kansas and northwestern Misouri, with clear weather over the rest of the dis trict. Showers have Occurred in northeastern Kansas and northwestern Missouri, also in southern Missouri. The maximum and minimum tem peratures for the 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock this morning were: Baker, 94-72; Concordia. 104-74; Dodge City, 100-70; Fort Scott, 100-72: Macksville. 98-68; McPherson, 106-74; Manhattan, 104-70; Osage City, 102-72; Russell, 104-70; Sedan, 104-74: Topeka, 99-75: Toronto, 102-70; Wichita, 100-72. The hourly temperatures as recorded at the weather bureau station in this city for today are: 7 o clock 7811 o'clock 89 8 o'clock 79:12 o'clock .92 9 o'clock 86 1 o'clock 90 10 o'clock... 85 2 o'clock 89 Wind north 10 miles an hour at 2 p ,m GREATEST EVER. Military Shooting Tournament Opens at Sea Girt.' 657 Competitors LineUp for the First Event. Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 24. The great est military shooting tournament ever held in the United States was opened here today. Without a moment's de lay the National Individual match was begun. The conditions required that thereshould be at least 36 entries for the event. To the astonishment of everybody 657 competitors reported at the firing line. The number of men competing; in the. JjadiYiduaL match is an indication of the magnitude of the tournament Each competitor fires ten shots at 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards slow fire, and a similar number at 200 and 600, rapid fire, and partici pates in two skirmish runs. A large number of spectators were in attendance. i Colonel Federico de Mondernde, military attache of the Spanish em bassy, is a guest on the range. He is deeply interested in the work of the riflemen. NEW LEASE OF LIFE. Johann Hoch Makes Third Narrow Escape From Gallows. Chicago, Aug. 24. Johann Hoch, the man of many wives, convicted" of the murder of one of them and under sen tence of death, has escaped the gallows a third time. He was to hang here to morrow but a supersedeas was issued today on an order of Justice Magruder of the state suDreme court. The justice said he had carefully ex amined the record presented by Hoch's attorneys and his study of it satisfied him that there was enough doubt to justify a review of the entire case by the supreme court. The case will come up at the October term of the court at Springfield, 111. Hoch has been confi dent that the sentence of hanging will not be inflicted. He had very little to say when informed of the action of the justice. Jailer Whitman said it was the first time in his experience that a prisoner had exhibited no concern about his fate the day previous to the execu tion. POLICE RAID JOINTS. Three Dispensers of Liquor Are Gath ered In. Three more joint raids were made by the police last night. The Chop House, a resort at Jla Kansas avenue. which has been under the ban for some time, was surrounded by two of ficers, and all liquid refreshments con nscated. Art Snapp, a new bartender at the place, was arrested as keeper. The joint at 420 East Fourth street was also raided, and G. W. Lawrence arrested. A keg of beer was found, to gether with several glasses. The Fourth street place was closed for over a month after the last raid, but opened up recently under new management. George Simmonds, keeper of the joint at 310 Kansas avenue, was also arrested during; the evening. A keg of beer and a small amount of other vintages were captured. RURAL CARRIERS HERE. They Will Talk About Good Roads and Things. The rural mail carriers of the state are holding their annual meeting at the court house this afternoon. J. C. Collin of Argonia ia the president of the as sociation and O. Chacey is the secretary. It is expected that there wrll be about 100 of the rural carriers from various portions present at this meeting. They will discuss good roads and other measures to improve the conditions of rural carriers. Arthur Bell of Wichita is chairman of the good roads commit tee and he is enthusiastic. He wants the roads Improved and thinks that then the life of the rural carriers would be one to be envied. TRY A NEW TACK, All Mr. Devlin's Companies Be ing Thrown Into Bankruptcy. Found That the Voluntary Pro ceeding Was Irregular. KEEPING IT SECRET. Attorneys and Court .Officials Are Silent. This Has Caused Delay of Credi tors' Meeting. 'Involuntary proceedings in bank ruptcy are being filed against all of the j minor companies of the Devlin corpora tion and for that reason the creditors' meeting has not yet been held. Six of these in petitions have been CTed in the United States district court at Topeka during the month of August. Probably four or five more will still be instituted. .We are doing this to get everything into shape. I think that I am safe in say ing that involuntary proceedings will be brought against all of the different companies of the Devlin corporation." In this statement, Clifford Histed, Mr. Devlin's personal attorney, today gave out the first intimation yet divulged why the creditors' meeting was not held thirty days after the voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed. It also brought to light the fact that the voluntary petition was not just ex actly according to law. The statutes do not permit a voluntary surrender to the court of a corporation in which there are a number of separate distinct com panies all under one head. No one pro tested at the time, so naturally it pass ed and was allowed to remain. Now before the creditors' meeting is to be held, to have everything in strictly customary order, all of the minor Dev lin concerns are being subjected to in voluntary proceedings. Mort Albaugh, clerk of the United States district court was at once asked this morning for the six involuntary rpetitions filed here during the past four weeks. I cannot give them out," he replied. "Why?" was asked. "Because it is not the custom to do so," was his rejoinder. "We never give them out in instances of this kind." Mr. Histed was then informed of Mr. Albaugh's refusal and was asked to name the companies which had been proceeded against. "I will first have to see Mr. Albaugh," was his answer. "I do not want to do it until I talk to him." "Is the Southwestern Fuel company of Topeka one of them?" was asked of him. r "Will all of the minor companies be nrocpederl ae-ainst?' "I think that you will be safe in savine so. he answered. ""When will the creditors' meeting be held?" "In due season." he replied. "What, about the talked of holding company among the creditors to torm a trust concern and take the matter out of the court?" "We are not considering that any more." was his answer. With this Mr. Histed concluded the interview. He would not detail any reasons for his statements. In this manner the public becomes acquainted with what has been going on lately concerning the handling of the Devlin estate. All of the minor companies, according to Mr. Histed, will be subjected to involuntary bank ruptcy so as to get the thing in proper shape before the court. Mr. Histed would say nothing con cerning the illegality of the voluntary proceedings, but a w ell posted attorney in this city who has watched the case very closely was asked about it and said: "The voluntary proceeding v$as not exactly legal. The bankruptcy act says that a corporation cannot take such a step. There is really no good reason for it that I know of. These involuntary actions are being taken so as to get the whole matter into shape to present to the court, so that when the depositors' meeting is finally held, no one can step in and say that some of the action may be illegal." Summing up the whole matter noth ing can yet be definitely said concern ing the time at which the creditors' meeting will be held. The first verbal announcement was for August 7, but that went by with a hint at September 7. But there is need of building on that date. Mr. Histed says that it will be held in "due season." FRENCH ULTIMATUM. Sultan of Morocco Is Told What He Must Do. Paris, Aug. 24. The ministers, un der the presidency of Premier Rouvier, held a lengthy special session today. It was principally devoted to a con sideration of the disciplinary measures to be taken against Morocco, should the sultan not yield to the demands for redress for the recent arrest of a Franco-Algerian citizen. An official comr.runication says unanimous approval was given to the instructions to be sent to the French minister at Fez, St. Rene Taillandiere, and to the subsequent action to be taken to compel the sultan to give complete satisfaction. The nature of this action is not disclosed but it is known that it contemplates the mili tary occupation of a Moroccan town near the Algeria frontier, probably Oudjda, owing to its proximity to a large French garrison in Algeria, and to its strategic importance, as it com mands the route to the interior of Morocco and the capital, Fez. The latest advices from Fez show that the sultan continues to hold the Algerian a prisoner. The communication does not refer to the peace negotiations, although it is understood the ministers informally discussed the general prospects of war. Following the meeting Premier Rou vier sent instructions to the minister to demand the- immediate release of the prisoner, informing him that a military demonstration would be made in case of a negative response. Later it was announced that the ministers had decided that in case Morocco refused the demands, the en tire personnel of the French legation would leave Morocco simultaneously with the military demonstration. NOTUOPEK. Russia Flatly Eefuses to Pay an Indemnity Even Though It Be Presented Lnder Another Name. CONFERENCE CLOSES For the Day With Peace No Nearer Than Before. Will Meet Again Saturday for a A M mien weply. St. Petersburg. Aug. 24. The cor respondent of Reuter's Telegram com pany was today authorized by Count Lamsdorff, the foreign minister, to state officially and In the most formal manner that Russia will pay Japan no contriDution, direct or Indirect, nor will it make any cession of territory what ever. s Portsmouth, N. II., Aug. 24. The Japanese plenipotentiaries at the con clusion of the Wednesday afternoon session of the peace conference threw the card upon the table. It was the dramatic moment the moment to which all the previous proceedings of the conference had led. The protocols involving agreement upon eight of the twelve conditions originally presented by Japan, had been signed. One side or the other must make a move or the plenipotentiaries had reached the part ing of the ways. The adversaries faced each other across the table. Of course. It was well understood what would happen, but that in a way, only made it more dramatic. Figuratively, President Roosevelt suddenly entered the con ference room. M. Witte sat silent and the move in the great diplomatic game passed to Japan. Baron Komura in a few words ex plained that Japan in its great desire for peace was ready to make certain "modifications" of the original articles in the hope that Russia could find it possible to accept them. He then pre sented in writing to M. Witte the com promise proposition which President Roosevelt had suggested. It was con crete and specific and it followed the lines outlined in these dispatches. It offered to withdraw article 9, provid ing for the payment by Russia of Jap an's bill for the cost of war, on condi tions that Russia would accept article 5, which provides for the cession of the island of Sakhalin, so modified as to include an arrangement for the re purchase by Russia of the northern half of the island for 1,200,000,000 yen. In addition, it offered to withdraw en tirely articles 11 and 12 (surrender of the interned warships and limitation upon Russian's sea power In the Far East). It was President Roosevelt's com promise and M. Witte knew its con tents as well as Baron Komura. The question of whether he has been "bluf fing" was put to the test Without a moment's hesitation M. Witte explained that the modification proposition was merely a sham, a change of phraseology, a diplomatio attempt to "dorer la pilule" and ask Russia to pay war tribute under an other name. He could not accept it. He told Baron Komura Russia wanted peace. It had given the proofs in ac cepting every article involving the Is sues upon which the war was fought. but it could fight and money for tribute it would not pay, not a kopek. He asked Baron Komura to withdraw all demands for tribute. And so the plenipotentiaries separated, to meet again Saturday, ostensibly to permit M. Witte to place in writing, as the rules of the conference require, his reply to the Japanese compromise proposition. Roosevelt Ia Waiting. Oyster Bay, Aug. 24. President' Roosevelt is awaiting developments in the pending negotiations for peace. Beyond his direct appeal to Emperor Nicholas of Russia, he does not feel that he can go further at this time. There are reasons for the statement that the president has made some rep resentations to the Tokio government. but whether they were made direct to the Japanese emperor is not known. No confirmation of the report, how ever, is obtainable here. Secretary Barnes said today that Ambassador Meyer's report of his audience with the czar cabled yesterday from St. Peters burg has not been received. Assistant secretary peirce at Ports mouth is keeping the president ad vised constantly of the development of the conference. Kaiser Expresses Interest. Berlin, Aug. 24. Emperor William, the correspondent Is informed, has ex pressed to the members of his entour age his cordial recognition of Presi dent Roosevelt s enorts lor peace ana hi shopes that they will prove success ful. Precisely what the president is doing seems to be unknown to the German government, but the postponement of the sittings or the conterence is re garded as indicating that both bellig-. erents desire to prolong the negotia-' tions and that each is seeking fresh grounds for agreement All Russian shares were higher on the bourse today, bonds advancing 3-10 of a point, Russian bank stock 1 and Warsaw Vienna railroad stocks 4. INDEMNITY BARS PEACE. It Is the Only Stumbling Block In the Way of a. Treaty. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. The Associ ated Press has the best of reasons and authority for declaring again, with in creased emphasis, that Russia will never consent to the payment of an In demnity to Japan. Such payment would so gravely menace the vital in terests of the state as to make this ar ticle in the Japan peace terms utterly impossible of acceptance. Furthermore, the Associated Press has the same rea sons and authority for the declaration that If Japan -withdraws her indemnity demand peace would practically be as sured, as the Russian attitude on ths other three points, Including the cession of Sakhalin, does not preclude the possi bility of reaching a settlement on these points. Indemnity is the crux of the whole matter. If this question can be arranged it is believed here that all other questions on which there has been (Continued on Page Six.) r t

Page 2

2 THE TOPEKA STATE JOURST AIx THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1905. THEY BURIED TOM Eighteen Hits Made Off the Big Pitcher.! Oklahoma Won by Score of 14 to 2. x TOPEKA OUTCLASSED. Granger Woods Was Tery Effectiye. The Contest Was a Roaring Farce. Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 24. The Topeka White Sox were, just shoved a little deeper- into, the cellar championship on "Wednesday by Okla homa City. Springfield" proceeded to trounce Leavenworth to a shut-out tune, and that of course helped mat ters along materially. Tom Hughes, he of the National league aspirations, got the beating of his life here yesterday.- Just eighteen safe ones, six of theni two-baggers, were made off his slants. The way those Mets fractured the ozone and knocked the dust out of the horizon was little short of frightful. Fourteen of them rode across the plate on ihis terrific bombardment. At no time of the farce was Topeka In the running. Henry and Murray managed to scrape up a brace of hits apiece on Woods, and Cole, Abbott and Brown got singles. But out of this but two runs were garnered. One good thing can be said about the game, only one error was made on each side. "Granger" Woods was very effec tive. He had the White Legs in leash all -the way. The score: OKLAHOMA CITY.. Player AB. H. PO. A. E. McLear, ss 5 2 3 3 0 Genings, 3b 4 2 110 Wilson, rf. 3 2 10 0 Hurlburt, cf. 5 3 2 0 1 Ogee, 2b 5 3 3 3 0 Scoggins, If. 5 2 3 0 0 Milsap, lb 5 3 9 0 0 Seigle, c 3 2 4 0 0 Woods, p. 4 0 2 4 0 Totals ..39 18 27 11 1 TOPEKA. Player AB... H. PO. A. E. Cole, If 4 1 1 0 0 ulgley, 2b. 4 .0 0 ,1 1 Abbott, lb 4 1 7 0 0 Lazotte, rf. 4 0 2 0 0 Henry, c 4 2 7 0 0 Murray, cf. 4 2 4 0 0 Reagan, ss 4 0 2 3 0 Brown, 3b 2 110 0 Hughes, p. 4 0 0 3 0 Totals 34 7 24 7 "l Score by Innings: Oklahoma City ...1 0003055 14 Topeka 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 The summary: Two-base hits Mc Lear, Genings, Ogee, Scoggins, Milsap, Seigle, Henry. Stolen bases Hurlburt, Abbott. Sacrifice hits Seigle, Woods. Double play- McLear to Ogee to Mil sap. Bases on balls Off Woods 2, off Hughes 4. Struck out By Woods 4, by Hughes 6. Passed ball Seigle. Time 1:35. Umpire Ghio. Springfield 4, Leavenworth 0. Springfield, Mo.,-Aug. 24. Snrinefield with a crippled team beat Leavenworth by a score of 4 to-0. Horton's clever pitching, aided by sensational fielding, and a brilliant patch by Olmstead were the features. SPRINGFIELD. Player AB. H. PO. A. E. Hunt, If 4 2 6 0 0 Byrne. 2b 4 12 6 0 Seabaugh, c 4 14 0 0 Porter, 3b 4 10 10 Olmstead, ss ....4 1 2 0 0 Bagley, cf 4 14 0 0 Ellis, lb. 4 0 8 0 0 Groom, rf 3 0 1 0 0 Horton, p 3 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 8 27 7 0 LEAVENWORTH. Player AB. H. PO. A. E. Wooley, If 4 1 3 0 0 Rapps, rf 4 0 0 0 0 Harrington, cf 4 14 0 0 Schumeyer, Sb 4 1 0 2 1 Armstrong, lb 4 0 9 1 0 Kahl, 2b j.... 4 12 8 0 Corbin, ss I 4 12 2 3 Vlrich, c 4 0 3 1 0 Ashley, p 8 2 0 1 0 Totals 35 7 23 10 3 Porter out hit by batted ball. Score by innings: Springfield 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 Leavenworth 0 0000000 00 The summary: Two-base hits Sea baugh, Olmstead. Three-base hit Byrne. Struck out Springfield 6, Leav enworth 8. Passed ball Ulrtch. Hit by pitcher Rapps. Stolen base Hunt. Double play Byrne to Ellis. Time 1:30. Umpire Cameron. Attendance 600. Guthrie 7, Wichita O. Guthrie, Ok., Aug. 24. The Senators von the last game of the series from he Jobbers by a score of 7 to 0. Com panion allowed only four scattered hits and was very effective at all times. GUTHRIE. Player AB. H. PO. A. E. Graves, cf 5 0 3 0 1 Hickey, 3b 5 1 O 2 0 Downs, ZD 4 2 3 5 1 Barry, lb 4 1 6 0 1 Dalrymple, If 4 2 2 1 0 Pettygrew, rf 4 11 0 0 Jones, ss 3 1 3 2 0 Queisser, c 4 3 9 0 0 Companion, p 4 1 0 3 0 Totals 37 12 27 13 8 WICHITA. Player AB. H. PO. A. E. Green, rf 4 110 0 Fillman, ss 3 0 3 3 0 Miller, cf 4 12 0 0 Holland, lb.-c. 3 0 6 1 0 O Leary, c 2 0 10 0 tiehring, lb 2 0 8 0 Bankhead, 2b 4 2 .3 1 2 Bevis, If 3 0 0 0 0 ope, hd. 2 0 0 5 1 Willetts, p 3 0 0 2 0 Milton 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 24 12 'Batted for Holland in ninth. For restoring the appetite and as sisting digestion II OSTEITE R'S STOMACH BITTERS is especially good. Try a bottle and: see for yourself. Score by innings: Guthrie 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 7 Wichita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 ,-The summary: Earned runs Guthrie 4. Two-base hits Quiesser, Downs. Double plays Downs to Jones to Barry, Companion to Downs to Barry. Stolen bases Dalrymple, Jones, Miller. Sacri fice hit Jones. Struck out By Compan ion 6, by Willetts 4. Bases on balls Off Companion 2. Umpire Torrence. At tendance 225. Time 1:50. Sedalia 4, Joplin S. Joplin, Mo., Aug. 24. Sedalia took the first game of the series from Joplin by a score of 4 to 3. The feature was the batting of Bayless. Out of four times up he made four hits. SEDALIA. Player AB. H. PO. A. E. Bauer, rf. 6 0 10 0 Lee, 2b 8 0 5 2 0 White, ss 3 1 5 7 1 ltohn, lb; 3 1 10 1 0 Davis. If. 3 2 2 1 0 Person, cf. 4 0 0 0 0 McDill, 3b 4 2 1 3 1 Cheek, c 4 1 3 4 0 Shaner, p 4 1 0 2 0 Totals ......33 1 27 20 2 JOPLIN. Playen AB. H. PO. A. E. Bayless, c. 4 4 3 1 0 Welday, If 3 1 4 1 1 Nagel, cf. 4 1 1 0 0 Gray, rf 3 0 1- 0 0 Pendry.. 3b 3 0-2 3 0 Olsen, ss 3 1 3 1 0 Shlmonek, lb 4 0 9 0 0 Wisser, 2b. 3 0 4 2 0 Morris, p 2 1 0 1 0 Totals 30 "i 27 9 1 Score by Innings: Joplin 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 03 Sedalia 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 04 The summary: Earned runs Joplin 2. Sedalia 2. Three-base hit Olson. Two-base hits Welday, Shaner. Bases on balls Off Morris 2, off Shaner 4. Struck out By Morris 3, by, Shaner 3. Double play White to McDill. Hit by pitcher Pendry. Time 1:40, Umpire Regan. Attendance 1,000. WESTERN ASSOCIATION STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Wichita 64 46 .5S0 Oklahoma City 61 51 .545 Leavenworth 60 58 .631 Sedalia 58 53 .513 Guthrie 58 53 .523 Joplin 81 58 .468 Springfield 45 62 .420 Topeka 44 65 .404 Where They Play Friday. j Topeka at Guthrie. Wichita at Oklahoma. Leavenworth at Springfield. NATIONAL LEAGUE. New York 7, Pittsburg 2. New York, Aug. 24. New York gained a winning lead over Pittsburg in the fifth inning when Leever weakened. The local men scored four in that in ning and Case was put in. by Pittsburg in the sixth. Score by Innings: R.H.E. Pittsburg 0 1010000 0-2 9 3 New York 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 7 11 1 Batteries Leever, Case, Gibson and Bowerman; McGinnity and Bresnahan. Cincinnati 9, Philadelphia 6. Philadelphia, Aug. 24. In a game marked by splendid fielding and poor pitching, Cincinnati won out through Corridon's weakening in the ninth in ning. In the same inning Overall was taken out in time to save the game. Score by innings: R.H.E. Philadelphia 0 1000103 16 11 1 Cincinnati 0 0002120 49 14 1 Batteries Corridon and Dooin; Over all, Ewing and Schlei. St. Lonis 6, Boston 2. Boston, Aug. 24.-r-St Louis made it one-sided by scoring four in the first inning on three bases on balls, two hits ana a double steal. Score by InnlneS: v" R.H.E St. Louis 4 0101000 O-S 9 1 Boston 0 1010000 02 5 1 Batteries Thlelman and Levv:Frazer and Moran. Brooklyn 10, Chicago Brooklyn, Aug. 24. Hanlon's team Just managed to take the last game of tne series irom Chicago. Both sides resorted to a change of pitchers and the local men by well timed batting in the sixth inning got a lead which they held to the end. Score by innings: R.H.E. Brooklyn 0 0001531 10 14 3 Chicago 1 00000323911 4 Batteries Mclntyre. Jones. Stricklett and Bergen ;Briggs, Ludgren and Kling. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost TV. New York 78 33 .703 Pittsburg 70 43 621 Chicago 63 49 570 jf miaaeipnia 62 49 .569 Cincinnati 60 53 .531 St. Louis 44 71 .8R3 Boston 38 77 330 Brooklyn 35 77 ,312 AMERICAN LEAGUE. Boston 7-1, Cleveland 4-2.- Pinfirmof i in. 94 Dnitln u uabiuig 3 were about even in the first game, but Boston's hits were bunched, while Cleve- tanas were scattered, except In the eio-hth Irniinfir Tn f Vl a s: a n .1 neither team scored until the eighth in ning. Score hv Innin r- T? tt Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 04 10 2 Boston 1 0024000 07 11 2 Batteries Hess. Rhoades anil -Rnelnw Young and Criger. Second game Score by innings: RH.E. Cleveland 0 0000001 12 5 3 Boston 0 0000000 11 8 1 Batteries Joss and Buelow; Gibson, Winters, Armbruster and Criger. Washington 5, Detroit 4. Detroit. All?. 24. Washinirtrm non a see-saw game in the eleventh inning on errors. Score by innings: R.H.E. .Detroit 0 000201 010 04 9 2 Washington 0 000200110 15 10 1 Batteries Disch, Donovan and Drill; Hughes, Falkenberg and Kittridge. Chicago 3-2, Philadelphia 1-4. Cb1CA?n. Alio- 91 WailnaE.,,'. J ble header resulted In an even break. Score by innings: R.H.E Clilcego 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 11 1 Philadelphia 0 0000100 01 4 2 Batteries White and Sullivan; Plank and Powers. Second game Score by Innings: R.H.E. Chicago 0 0200000 02 10 1 Philadelphia 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 04 10 1 Batteries Smith, Walsh and McFar land; Coakley, Waddell and Schreck. St, Louis 5-0. New York 0-1. St. louis, Aug. 24. St. Louis and jNew torK spilt even on a double head er, St. Louis taking the first 5 to 0 and New York the second in twelve innings j. 10 u. jjaae pucnea tne opening game and had the best of it all the way, Powell going out in the first innine and Hogg taking his place. The secoi.d was a pitchers" battle between Newton and noweii. Score by innings: R.H.E. St. L.OU1S 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 New York 0 0000000 00 5 Batteries Glade and Spencer ;Powell, xiogg ana jviciiuire. Second game Score by innings: R.H.E. St. Louis 0 0000000000 00 7 i New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 Batteries Howell and Sugden; New ton, ortn, MCGuire and Elainow. AMERICAN EAGtTB STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Philadelphia 63 43 .594 Chicago ui 44 564 Cleveland 59 46 .562 "New York 53" 47 .530 Boston 61 48 .615 Detroit :v.50 57 .467 Washington 43 61 .408 St. Louis ......v...... 38 67 .362 American Association.' Kansas City 4-Oj Toledo 2-S.- Minneapolis S-5; Louisville -2. Columbus 7-9, Milwaukee -3. Indianapolis 5-5, St. Paul 1-4. Missouri Volley League. Fort' Scott 5, Tulsa 3. Pittsburg South McAlester 5. Webb City 10, Muskogee 9. Parsons 9, Vinlta 6. Western League, Sioux City 6, St. Joseph L Des Moines 6, Pueblo 3. Omaha 7, Denver, L OX KANSAS DIAMONDS. AT CONCORDIA, t The Concordia and Couttland ball team's played at the latter place for a purse of J200, Concordia winning by the score of 10 to 8. i AT MULBERRY." V 5 The Cleveland Bloomers met defeat here by the Mulberry -team, the locals winning by the score. of, 7 toi 2. Bat teries Mulberry, Girth and Sellers; Bloomers, Becker and Galrey. Time 1:30. Umpire Tompson. AT OSAGE CITY. Osage City defeated Madison in the second game of the series by the score of to 3. Errors lost the game for Madison in the last half of the ninth. Batteries' Osage City, rTokenson and Snyder; Madison, Reich" and Wright. Feature of the game was Madison's southpaw battery. Umpire Rickey. Attendance 1,000. 7 1 AT HUTCHINSON. Hutchinson lost a poorly played game to Hoisington by the score of 4 to 2. Mehl broke a thumb by a foul tip in the seventh. Score by Innings: R.H.E. Hutchinson 0 0100001 02 5 0 Hoisington 0 0022000 04 3 0 Batteries Griggs, Mehl and Haas; Wayne and Royer. AT BELOIT. The Beloit baseball team played the first of a series of three games with the Fort Riley soldiers at the Driving park, losing the game by a score of 5 to 4. The Rev. G. F. Armington, pastor of the Baptist church of this city, umpired the game. The same teams play on the home grounds this afternoon and Fri day. AT BURLING AM E. The home team defeated the Topeka Clippers here by the one sided score of 17 to L Burlingame made 14 hits and 1 error; the Clippers 5 hits and 1 errors. Batteries Burlingame, Stanley and Al- lingham; Topeka, BourDly and White. Umpire, Gus Alberts. WARD AND WRIGHT WIN. Fast Tennis Matches Being; Played at Newport. Newport. R. I., Aug. 24.: Without exception Holcombe Ward of New York and Beals C. Wright of Boston successfully defended the national championship in doubles on the Casino courts by defeating F. B. Alexander and H. H. Hackett, both of New York, in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. The doubles championship match was the event of the day, but In addi tion, tne entire second round in the singles championship event was com pleted, making, with the double matches, seventy-five tennis contests decided in two days. That Ward and Wright should score such a decisive win over a pair that only yesterday showed themselves cool, steady and resourceful came as a surprise to the experts, while the erratic work of Alexander was a great disappointment. The feature of the contest was the dashing play of Wright. He was all over the court, and at times encroach ed upon his partner's territory. Alexander and Hackett won the ser vice and took the first game. The games alternated until they were two all, when, after a deuce game. Ward and Wright took the fifth. They then ran out the set with ease. The second set was dull. The challengers won only the sixth game. In the third set Alexander and Hackett rallied, and through Ward's error and a let up by Wright In his service were able to make the game three all. After that the challengers scored' but seven points, as Ward and Wright ran the set and won for the second time the championship of the United States. All the picked men, with the excep tion of Alexander, came throueh the second round without a reversal of form. Late In the afternoon Alexan der began his match with C. Watson Jr., but after each had taken a set Alexander was taken sick and, to the great disappointment of nearly all the players, withdrew from the tourna ment. Racing at Saratoga. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 2 4. Tanele. under a punishing ride by O'Neill, landed the Adirondack stake. Juggler, Harry Payne Whitey's entry, the sec ond choice, set the pace. O'Neill lifted tne miy as they came throusrh the stretcn on tne outside and never let up until sne naa Deaten Juggler by half a length. Kenilworth. played down to 6 to 1 in the fifth race, ran awav lust as she neared the post. Dugan failed to get ner under control until five fur longs had been run. Van Ness won, with some thing to spare. Tyron, the favorite in the sixth race, never got away from the post. Just as the bar rier went up he swerved and Bullman fell off. Racing at Readvfile Closes. Readville, Mass., Auav 24. Three well fought harness races for three famous stakes- the $10,000 Massa chusetts, the $5,000 Neponset and the 4,uuu xyro closed the Grand circuit meeting at the Readville track late Wednesday. Sadie Mac took the first in record time for the event, Allerson won the second event, while JCatherine L. captured the third. Miss Wilkes of Gait, Ont., is the owner of Sadie Mac and Katherine L., while Allerson is the FALSE THEORIES I end to Worthless or Harmful Reme dies. Stimulating the scaln mav allay the itching of the dandruff, but that does not cure the scalp. The disease won't yield to quinine or capsicum nor alcohol, because it is caused by a gera or parasite. TO cure dandruff the eerm must be destroyed. Until recently there was no hair prepara tion, dr dandruf cure, or hair rstorer on the market that would kill that insidious germ that dries up the scalp in little scales called dandruff, and absorbes tie vitality of the hair, causing falling hair and finally baldness. Newbro's Herbicide is tha only really scientific preparation to cure dandruff, prevent falling hair and baldness. Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in stamps for sample to The Herplcide Co., Detroit," Mich. J. P. Rowley, 600 Kansas ave.. special agent; successor to Rowley enow. property of W; H. McDoel of Chicago. Sadie Mac's -victory was expected and the mare nvould have won In straight heats had she not tripped her toe at the distance flag in the second heat when she had a safe lead. The Tyro saw the largest field of young sters that has faced a starting judge in several years. Again was Miss Wilkes the fortunate owner of the first horse, as her filly, Katherine L., held the field at her mercy. All previous records of the season by the 8-year-olds were broken by more than a second. A WONDERFUL PLAYER. Young Clay Is a Second Stone, and Many Want Him. Louisville, Aug. 24. Frederick Clay, the Colonels' hard hitting fielder, a Trl-State league recruit, probably is the most promising one of the lot. From an obscure position in the out laws to tne top of the batting list of the American association in half a season Is the. surprising record of young Clay, called "Henry" by the fans. Clay is hitting close to the 400 mark, and those who have watched his work say he is another Stone. He bats left-handed and has Stone's crouching position. Several of the big league clubs are after the lad. Manager Roblson of the Cardinals early put in a bid for him. Griffith and McGraw have both offered $2,500 for Clay's release. His fielding is fast, his base running superb and his hitting sensational, according to critics, who declare he is the greatest natural hitter who has been uncovered since Wagner, Lajoie and Keeler held the boards, Tebeau,. who has developed Bome great players In his day, says that Clay is the most remarkable young ster he ever saw. The fact that the Cardinals are dickering for Clay makes the item interesting, as the Messrs. Robison and Tebeau "have dealt In player for years. Clay is 29 years old. He be gan his baseball career in Baltimore. By trade he is an iron molder. He is a German by birth and the mother tongue still clings to his accent. At present he weighs 175 pounds. He Is very quick of eye and fast of foot. He played professional ball in the Virginia State league as a catcher, playing against Mathewson. In 1902 Clay had a tryout with Philadelphia, and despite the fact that he got four hits in two games, was sent back1 to the minors on account of his "green ness." He then Joined the outlaws and was there when Tebeau called him west. Tn a double header with St. Paul last Sunday, Clay made his one hun dred and fourth hit. He nas played in sixty-four games In the American as sociation and heads all of the big bat ters in the league. McGINXITY'S TALK. Says McGraw Is Kicking on Post- Season Series. New York, Abg. 24. Despite the statement of Secretary Fred Knowles that the New York Nationals would positively play the winner of the American league pennant for the world's baseball championship, that great series of ball games will prob ably not occur. It positively .will not occur if jonn J. McGraw, manager of the Giants, has his way, and'he usually does. "Iron Man MCGinnity, one Of the Giants' star pitchers, is authority fbr the statement that McGraw is now trying all means m his power to thwart the post-season games by stirring up discontent "among .Ills playersr3 over thetr" financial returns from the series. w' s -.-3 Livqjy Races at Sedalia. Sedalia, Mo., Aug. 24. There was an attendance of more than 15,000 persons at the Btate fair. There was an exciting incident in connection with the 2:25 pace. Just before tne word W was given by starter o. P. upde graff of Kansas City, one of the reins held by the driver, Carl, who was handling Monbelle. broke and the horse started on a dead run around the course. Carl stepped upon the shafts and reaching forward he seized the broken reins, bringing tne run away steed to a standstill after a half mile run. First race, 2:35 trot, three best in five, purse $1,000 Sweetheart (Ear- hart), won; McAshland (Taylor), sec ond; Gratitude (Nichol), third. Nettle Vangrundy and Dr. Janies Gray also ran. Time 2:21, 2:204, 2:25. Second race, 3-year-old trot, purse $500 Confidential (Taylor), won: Blckman (Stokes), second.. Time 2:364. 2:33H. Third race, running, seven-eighths mile, purse $100 Opalanta, won; Sir Faust, second; Gayosa, third. Time 1:80. Llllie Coffee and Gene Ferris also ran. Fourth race, running, flve-eightha mile, purse $100 Mattie D., won; Hopewell, second: T. Jo. third. Time 1:02. Kahoka also ran. Fifth race, 2:25 pace, three best In five, purse $500' Birthmark (Cald well), won; Egleer (Taylor), second; Monbelle, third. Fair Queen also ran. Time i?:16V4, 2:21, 2:21. "No Danger," Says Oldfleld. Cleveland, Aug. 24. "I will never participate in a race again where the drivers start side by side," said Bar ney Oldfleld today. "There is no de mand for the abolishment of track racing. The demand is for the elimi nation of the elements of danger. This can be done by the adoption of a rule by the A. A. A. requiring drivers In match events to start from oppo site sides of the track. As every se rious accident has been due to the clouds of dust on the track, such a rule would remove all danger of a repetition of the smash-upi that have invited so much attention to this phase of the sport." Racing at La ton! a. Cincinnati, Aug. 24.- Jim Bozeman, a loner shot, with Patton in the saddle. easily landed the steeplechase over the long course at Latonia. Jim Boze man ran to such improved form over his last race that Jockey Russell, who had the mount the last time out, was ruled off the turf by Judge Murphy. Sullivan's ride on Martin Brady in the same -race was not satisfactory to Judge Murphy and .he was told not to accept any more mounts here. Only two ravorltes were successiui. George Dixon Gets a Date. New York,. Aug. 24. George Dixon the little colored featherweight, who returned to this country penniless after having engaged In forty-six fights in England, did not have to wait long for a match in this vicinity. He was matched last night to meet Tommy Murphy, the Harlem fighter, for six rounds before' the National Athletic club, of Philadelphia, Septenv ber 20. Cincinnati Gets Pitcher Beebe. Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 24. The di rectors of the Oshkosh Baseball asso ciation confirmed the sale of Pitcher Fred Beebe to the Cincinnati National league team for next season. It is understood the consideration is $750, "Kid" Elberfeld Suspended. New York. Ausr. 24. "Kid" Elber feld. the shortstoo of the. New York HighLander. has been indefinitely suspended by President Johnson of the American league for his assault upon Umpire McCarthy in Sunday's game at the South side grounds, j "TOi'a was wrotft.at his suspension and said he would jump the league, but hia own teammates only laughed at that outburst. He will probably be back in his old place as soon as his suspension expires. r, FIRST ARREST WADE In Connection With the Cotton Leak Scandal, at Saratoga. Saratoga, Aug. 24. F. A.- Peckham, In dicted for complicity in the department of agriculture cotton reports scandal, has been arrested here and arralened befor United States Commissioner Charles M. Davison, who ordered an adjournment to the examination. In default of $12,000 bail Peckham was lodged in the Saratoga county jail at Ballston.- He la a New York Broker. Washington. Ausr. 24. F1. A. Pecltham: the New York broker, who Is under arrest in Saratoga, has been one of the most con spicuous figures in the investlsation of the cotton report leakage in the depart ment of agriculture. His indictment is the first that has become known in con nection with the sensational developments growing out of the charges against the in tegrity of the government cotton statis tics. It is understood that this arrest was made on a bench warrant Issued by Chief Justice Clabaugh of the supreme court of the District of Columbia for alleged con spiracy to defraud the government in con nection with the cotton crop report of the department of agriculture. The fact of the issuance of the Indictment had been carefully kept secret in this city. Mr, fecKnam s name has been associated very closely with Moses Haas of New York and both of them declined to. testily before the grand Jury here. Secretary Wil son reported that L. C. Van Rijier of New York, said that Haas acted as a go-between in conveying Information from Holmes, the dismissed associate statisti cian, to other New York brokers. Corre spondence between Holmes' and the Bro kers, found by the secret service agents, contained the Initial "P.," which is said to be the way in which Holmes referred to Peckham. According to the report o Secrtary Wilson on the Investigation he made, Holmes admitted that he and Peck ham had close relations, were at one time associated in a business venture in which Holmes "was to have an interest eaual to the sum of $6,000, which he was to re ceive as a gift from the other members of the firm." Secretary Wilson said that Mr. Holmes admitted that when he had occasion to visit New York he frequently found that bis hotel bills were paid Dy i'ecKham or Van Riper. Secretary Wilson's report charged Holmes with communicating, ad vance information to Van Riper and Mosca Haas or JNew iort LIST OB" KANSAS FAIRS. Following is a list of fairs to be- held In Kansas in 1906, their dates, locations and secretaries, as reported to the state board of agriculture and compiled by Secretary F. D. Coburn: Allen County Agricultural Society J. T. Treadwuy, secretary. Iola. September 12-15. Barton County Fair Association W. P. Feder, secretary, Great Bend. August 19 to September 1. The Hiawatha Fair Association (Brown county) Elliott Irvin, secretary, Hia watha. September 5-S. Butler County Fair Association H. M. Balch. secretary. El Dorado. October 2-S. Hewini? Park and Fair Association (Chau tauqua county) W. M Jones, secretary. Cedar Vale. October 17-19. Clay County Fair Association Walter Puckey, secretary. Clay Center. Octo ber 10-12. Cloud County Fair Association W. O. Reid, secretary, Concordia. October 3-4. Coffey County Agricultural Fair Associa- tlon Henry Jackson, secretary, Burling- i ton. September U-22. Eaaturn Cowley .Co-mty Fair Association i (Cowley county)-!. M. Henderson, e- retaryi Buroerir September 27-29. Cbwle County Agricultural and Livs Stock Assoclatloii W. J. Wilson, secre tary, WinMeld. October 3-4. Crawford County Agricultural Fair Asso ciation Frank McKay, secretary, Pitts burr. September 18-2S. Elk County Agricultural Fair Association E. B. Place, secretary, Grenola. Sep tember 19-21. The Finnev County Agricultural society hold their fair September 27, 28 and 29, 1906 A. H. Warner, secretary. Ford County Agricultural Society NIe Mayrato. secretary. Dodge City. Second week In August. Franklin County Agricultural Society Carey M. Forter, secretary, Ottawa. September 6-. Greenwood County Fair Association C H. Weiser, secretary, Eureka, August 15-18. Anthony Fair Association (Harper county) W. W. Bird, secretary, Anthony. Au- Harvey County Agricultural Society J. T. Axtell. secretary. Newton. September 2- 6, Bolton Street Fair and Carnival. Aug. 30, SI, Sept. 1 and 2. W. T. Beck, secretary, Holton, Kan. Jefferson County Agricultural and Me chanical Association George A. Patter son, scretary, Cskaloosa, September 6-8. Jewell County Agricultural Fair Associa tion Henry R. Honey, secretary, Mas kato. Seutember 6-. Linn County Fair Association O. E. Ha ley, secretary. Mound City. September Marshall. County Fair Association B. L, Miller, secretary, Marysvilie. Septem ber 12-15. McPherson County Agricultural Fair As sociation H. A Rowland, secretary, Mc Pherson. September 11-16. Miami County Agricultural and Mechani cal Fair Association W. H. Bradbury, secretary, Paola. September 26-28. Mitchell County Agricultural Association p G Chubbic. secretary, Beloit. CofTeyvllle Fair and Park Association (Montgomery county) B, Y. Kennedy, secretary. Ooffieyville. Morris County Exposition Company M. F Amnne, secretary. Council Grove, September 2S-28. Nemaha County Fair Association W. H. Fitiwater, secretary, Seneca. August 30 to September 1. Neosho County Fair Association H. Lodge, secretary, Erie. September 26-29. Chanute Fair and Improvement Associa tion (Neosho county) A. E. Tlmpane, secretar'. Chanute. August 28 to Sep- NesT'county Agricultural Association J. 8. Wagner, secretary, Nesw City. Ses- em be r 6-8. Norton County Agricultural Society M. F. Garrtty, secretary, Norton. August 29 to September L Osaee County Fair Association E. T. Price.' secretary, Burlingame. Septem' ber Central Kansas Fair Association (Reno county) A. L. Bponsler, secretary, ffutchlnson. September 1S-23. Rice County Agricultural Fair and Live Stock Association E. E. Porter, secre tory Sterling;. September 4-. Riley County Agricultural Society John W Cone, secretary, Riley. August S-H. Saline County Agricultural, Horticultural and Mechanical Association H. B. Wal lace secrecary, Sallna. September 18-22. Kansas State Exposition Company (Shaw nee couhtv) C. H. Samson, secretary, Topeka. September 11-16. Smith County Fair Association Jiilo Dl mond, secretary. Smith Center. August 22- 25. Rooks County Fair Association E. S. Wil liams, secretary. Stockton. Stafford County Fair Association George E Moore, secretary, St. John; August 23- 25. Fredonla Agricultural Association (Wilson county)-J. T. Cooper, secretary. Fredo nla. August 2S-2& Iake -.Snrertor and Georgian Bay. There is no more beautiful summer' resort region In the world, Magnificent trout streams;-. unexcelled deepwater fishing good hotels and boarding houses, magnificent climate, virgin woods of spruce and pine and freedom from Hay Fever. Best reached via the Chicago Northwestern R'y and. steamer lines via Duluth, Superior, Hancock. T Houghton, Marquette Munislng and Sault Ste. Marie. Send 2c stamp for special sum mer folder. W. B. Kniskern, P. T. M., 215 jarlcson Boulevard. Cbax Head hunting Igorrottes at Vine wood this week. The prices in the advertise ments in tonight9 s State Jour' il nal are good, hut you can buy for Jess at the TopeKa Cash m4 "SLIP YOUR Sail the "Bine" In oa tarn sTccu ymrfrym the "4to adding imotfl ana aan orer Dreezy war vpena jour outing amia nortnern jKLicmeaa amotw or oowwofc ioc mora dirtaat points by boat or rail. Firt Class) On! Pstiaenrftr Service Exotua-IvetV Modern oomforta. eloctric who traral right, Tkrea wis ptvswffj uatrwwr .veiroiB, uintio, jvaiasa U tl J3 Ak abotit onr We It -end Tri pa for Buai seal Men. ff For Term. Booklets and Reservation, address J". DCHUuntiM, u. r. Money to Loan on liea! Estate f Long Time and Easy Terms SJiawnee Building Loan Assoc'n 115 West Sixth Street A disgusted Topeka fan has written the following for the State Journal: The Topeka baseball team" could adopt as its motto, "onon possumus," and then it should be placed in the Governor B hands in escrow. It is an edition, de luxe of calamity. Long before Creation had emerged from Chaos it was predestined to be lost. It must enjoy life like a man does who- has two cancers on his nose and the crater of a third forming Its aureole. It never has been near .the ball. It has furnished ample reason whv a Roman audience sometimes worked its thumbs to end the career of the deteated gladiator. It cannot hit a pike; nor catch eczema; nor run foul of a rumor: nor strike an atti tude. It Is an apoplectic team three strokes and out. It has never been guilty of the unexpected. It is now where, if you read the paper standing on your head, you will discover it at the head of the list. It is as deep in the abyss as Dives was when he saw Lazarus carried in Abranam s oosom. Shall it be resurrected? Nary. It took the only chance it had of be coming; famous by setting a new world's record for misfortune, errors, negligence, incompetency and general wortblessness. Let it stay under the daisies and let the proud Missourian and Oklahoman tramp the herbage of its grave the balance of time. Something to show where Lazotte, Topeka's .380 batter, stands: New York, Aug. 24. George Stone, of the Browns, has displaced Willie Keeler, of the Highlanders, as the leading batsman of the American league. Stone leads with an average of .322, followed by Lajoie, of Cleve land, with .314. Only four men are batting in .300. and one of these,. Armbruster, of Boston, has only played ten games. Now Springfield is transferring games to Joplin. Sedalia has already transferred a bunch to Wichita. That shows whether the Highlanders and Shoplifters are making money or not. Shiveley is trying out some of his new umpires further south now. He sprung one on Guthrie yesterday and this is the way the Leader introduces him to the circuit: A big reuben who calls himself Torrence officiated as um pire or tried to do so, but he certainly failed to make a hit with the .fans, calling some very rank decisions, and at one time was staring out in the field when Alderman threw a pretty strike and after waking his ump's up he hol lered "ball one" as though It had missed the plate a yard. No one seems to know where Mr. Torrence came from, but he undoubtedly will get trimmed unless he- picks up in his work. The Dally Oklahoman on Tuesday's game: A balloon ascension that was not advertised was pulled on at Sports man's park yesterday afternoon in which Mr. McKelvey was the star actor. It was in the first Inning of what was to have been a ball game between Oklahoma City and the ag gregation of kickers who hail from To peka or some place up there in Kan sas. While Mr. McKelvey was soaring in the'clouds he forgot to cut loose for the" parachute leap and when he finally descended, discovered to his chagrin, the fact that five of the Mets had trotted around the circuit. After this the visitors lost heart, threw down their dobbers, and played like a lot of amateurs. From the Daily Oklahoman: Rea gan, shortstop- for Topeka, will make one of the finest ball players in this leagu,e. After dropping three straight, accord- lag to the Joplin Times-Herald, "Army"'1 Dry Goods Co. ailOHOn" of CAE1E1 safe delight mm m mm TO II 3TEAA15ntP iirl 111 I W craml' not mith it away from citrnoiM, hMt, lace wita comrort, rest ana pieararv mi hw, lighting; an elegant boa eonipped for peopla Nalilnva Weekly between Cfalca, Cfaarle- oirnsjri nuu oi Ural mmw isuia ciuiiutTvaiUB ova ana an Aaatera ana JanaaiB rHH wanuou aieamimp wo univauv 1 Our 5c a Day Telephones onlmeSctrarl very satisfactory. Connect with over. 4, 000 telephones in, Topeka. Have toll connection with all principal points in Kansas and Missouri. The Independent Telephone Co. Central Off ica 510 Kansas Avenue. of Leavenworth thinks that the Miners may still do some going.. When asked what he thought about the Leaven worth aeriea lust ended. Cantaln Arm strong, of the Old Soldiers, had this to Bay. "1 fully expected to take three out of the four games here this time but Joplin has just simply been playing too good for us.. You can't expect a team to win when they are naturally outplayed all around. Joplin always has given us our hardest games and there will "be something doing if they keep up at the pace they are going." An explanation from the Joplin Globe why "Dollie" Gray Is again with the Miners: "Dollie" Gray don't belong to the regulars he's just a volunteer. He's helping out the Miners now while Baer wald and Vanderhill- are on the bench with Injuries, and that's how he hap- back subbing for cripples. Vanderhlll but Baerwald's turned ankle may not get well so readily, and Gray may be needed by Joplin the rest of the season. G. A. R. TO DENVER, Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Return $10.75 via Santa Fe. National encampment G. A. R. at Denver Sectember 4 to 7. For this occasion the Santa Fe has made the extremely low rate of $10.75 for the ruuuu ii ijj. i tuncis mriiiea lor return to September 12, but they can be ex tended to admit of passengers leaving either of the above points as late as October 7. Stop-overs permitted at any point in Colorado on going trip. On return trip stop-overs allowed be tween' Denver and Pueblo. Dates of sale: August SO to September 4 In clusive. -x The Santa Fe is the line that passes through Pueblo and Colorado Springs en route to Denver. You have an ex cellent 100 mile panoramic view of the Rocky mountains, a feature offered by no other line. The Santa Fe is the original block signal line of the west. The track is rock -ballasted, insuring you a cool, comfortable ride, free from dust and dirt. If yod have ever traveled over the Santa Fe nothing need be said about the Fred Harvey meals. They are the best in the United States. No other line can compare with the Santa Fe In this respect. A special train for members of the G. A. R. and their friends will leav Topeka at 11:55 a. m., September 3, and arrive in Denver 9 a. m. next morninsr. This tram will be com posed of Standard and Tourist Sleep ers and Free Chair cars. Pullman berths hold two (2). Double up and save cost. In addition to the above train thera is the celebrated Colorado Flyer daily at 10 p. m.. arriving Colorado early next morning. This is a very fast train and is composed of the same equipment as used on the famous Cali fornia Limited on the Santa Fe. Other Colorado trains at 11:55 a. m. and 1:25 d m. There tare many places of interest In Colorado and we Jiave literature telling yoa all about it. Send, for same; free.. For full information, sleepinar car reservations, literature, etc., address T. L. .kuni. f. St t. A., Topeka, Kansas. Summer Tourist Rates via Chicago GreatWesterti railway to poiti i.3 tit tiuauiB, wr isuuiiBiii ana Mich igan, one way fare plus $2 for the round trip. Tickets on sale daliv t September 30. Final' return limit October: 31. for runner informatin apply to any Great Western agent or J. P. Elinor, P St. "Paul,

Page 3

THE TOPEKA. STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EYENING, AUGUST 24, 1905. 3 J STANDARD GROWS i ?v Humboldt Editor Sajs Business V There Is .Booming. Oil Company to Build at Once 150 New Tanks. HAS BOUGHT 200 ACRES Carload After Carload of Ma-i- terial Daily Arriring. Will Be the Largest Storage Farm in the World. Iola, Kan., Aug. 24. The Register Bays: J. Ralph Pickell was in Iola today. Mr. Pickell is editor of the Humboldt Herald, one of the most enterprising county, seat papers in Kansas. Mr. Pickell says that business in Humboldt la looking up in every line, and the people are busy and happy. "It is no secret," said Mr. Pickell, "that the Standard has purchased the Gadarl 200 acres across the road from the tank farm, and that they intend to make the Humboldt tank farm one of the largest in the world. The present site of the tank farm contains 12 acres, and has 22 tanks on it. It is stated on I 'reliable authority that when the Stand ard is through building, it will have 150 tanks at Humboldt. Carload after car load of material is arriving every day, and a large force of mechanics is busy at the Standard farm." "Is the Standard running much oil from the Humboldt field?" Mr. Pickell was asked. "Yes. Considerable oil is being run. But the prices are so low, and there is so little in it at present prices, that the producers are simply running enough to keep the wells in" good shape. You know a well is easily ruined if it is not pumped. That is about all the produc ers are doing working them to keep them in shape. Of course the oil pro ducers are not feeling the effect of the Standard activity, but the merchants of Humboldt are feeling it, and business in all lines is looking up. "The story that there was yellow fe ver near Humboldt in the railroad camp some time ago was the work of a prac tical joker. There was no yellow fever, of course. It is true that an Austrian had the fever, and there is no doubt that he is yellow, but that was hardly ground for the statement that he had yellow fever. It was only ordinary ma larial fever, and no physicians were called from Chanute." THE EARTH UPHEAVING. Curious Phenomenon Occurring on a Southern Kansas Ranch. P. H. Albright of Winfield, has sent a ,.party properly equipped to investi gate a curious phenomenon occurring on the Ohio Live Stock company's ranch, about two miles south of Maple City. The occurrence is on the com paratively level upland pastures south of Shellrock creek. At one place in a radius of about 150 feet, there are-five or six singular depressions, like small craters, each about nine or ten feet across, and three or four feet deep. It ts one of these that has caused the wonder. Recently the bottom of it has risen about eighteen inches, a solid plug of earth nine or ten feet across and perfectly round, being forced up ward by some great force below. Mr. Albright thinks that at one time there was a natural well in the rock at that place, and that water either stood in it or it was the underground outlet of the water that fell on the surface. As the stratum underlying the surface about four or live feet is a thick ledge of the cavernous limestone prevalent in this country, this view is not unreasonable. In course of time the water in the subterranean channel found another outlet, and this opening gradually filled up with sediment washed into it from the prairies. Some other obstruction has probably choked the outlet and the cavities have filled with water from a head giving enough pressure to force out the plug of earth filling the old rock well, much as gas pushes the cork out of a bottle. The men sent to investigate have well dig gers tools, with which to clean out the orifice. Mr. Albright hopes that they will develop a well of running water. Arkansas City Traveler. CAUGHT 211 CATFISH. Work or Two Fishermen on the Cot tonwood in Five Days. John Weeverness and Jim Ludv. who fished five days and nights near tne "jarrowneck, west of town nine miles on the Cottonwood river, brought their last catch to town yesterday. The men caught 211 channel catfish that weighed from one to eight pounds each. Placing the average weight at mree pounas, tne hshermen sold 633 pounds at 7 cents a pound, or 142.31 for their five days" work. They say they caught all the fish on trot lines. They had out about 500 hooks every night, using minnows and crawfish for bait. The fish were causrht on a rin- ple. as that is better than deep water fishing, the fishermen say. Emporia Some Water Used at Beloit. amount of water it takes to supply a town the size of Beloit, on a day when the atmosphere is hot and the ground is dry. Yesterday the Beloit Light "tu vumpn.liy pumpea 645,000 gallons of watpp fnv tm people of Beloit. This is the largest ll,uul" inaL ine company has ever been called upon to supply in one day. The Solomon river may not be the purest source from which to obtain Appetite poor this morning? Flaked Wheat Food VCookt in two minutes J 1 Porridge with cream and toast will tone you up. Delicious-light and all right In two pound pa-luges. Sealed to protect Iti purity and flavor. All food grocers. Pacific Cereal Association San Francises, California water, but all the same it was mighty good in providence to direct its course past the city of Beloit. Beloit Call. LEAVES AGED WIFE. Leavenworth Husband Finds Younger Companion. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 24. Mrs. Mary Coffman of Kansas City, Kansas, nearly 60 years old, and in quest of a husband, aged 38, told the police the unusual story of her husband's deser tion, his supposed marriage to the wife of a Lansing prison convict and how flight from her after he had been re stored by the police of this city last June. The errant husband, according to his wife, will face charges of bigamy and embezzlement on his recapture. Mrs. Coffman first presented herself to the police shortly before the dinner hour and told a portion of her story, saying that she believed her husband to be in St. Joseph, and she was try ing here to find trace of him and sat isfy herself of the belief that he had secretly married Mrs. Minnie Howe, wife of a convict recently released from the Kansas state prison. When He First Left Her. Eighteen months ago, so this un usual story goes, James Coffman, a laborer, disappeared from his home in Kansas City, Kansas, one night and all attempts to locate him proved. without fruit until, on the Wednesday following last Decoration day, the deserted wife came here in quest of her recreant spouse. Officer Bammer took the case in charge and soon located Coffman at the Thudium packing house where he was working. Coffman, when brought face to face with his wife, claimed that he had been unable to make a living in Kansas iCty and had' come here intend ing to bring his wife as soon as pos sible. A reconciliation took place in the police station and Coffman returned" to Kansas City with his motherly wife. Five days later, she says, he left home very early saying that he was going to look for work and from that day to this he has been missing without trace. Various theories exist to the effect that he is either in Atchison or St. Joseph, but none is founded on fact. Mrs. Coffman, however, does not intend to give up being determined, as she told a Times man yesterday, that she would have her revenge. Wife Hints at Trouble. V "The police are trying to find out for me whether he married this convict's wife and if he has I will get him and her toth. He has me and she has her husband, and I will send them both to the limit," said Mrs. Coffman, vin dictively shaking her clenched left fist on which the wedding ring shone. "We have been married eight years and there was never any trouble until he left me. He was stopping at the Commercial house, Mr. Beery's place, with that woman and I can determine it and be sure as soon as I can find Mr. Beery. "They also want my husband in Kansas City for embezzlement. The morning after he deserted me men came to my house looking for him, saying he had collected $50 or $60 belonging to W. O. McNaughton. I told them that he had left me and that I did not know where he was, so he is wanted for that too. I will find out whether he married that woman see if I don't." Mrs. Coffman flourished her parasol energetically .and was gone. HE TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE. How an Emporia Boy Came Near to His Death. "Oh save me; save me. I'm burning up," was the frantic cry of Roy Good ing, a 12-year-old boy who lives at 619 Merchant, street, as he lay on top of the cable box, back of the Independ ent Telephone office last evening about 6 o clock, unable to move. He had hold of a live electric wire. Young Gooding attempted to amuse himself by walking out along the cable box. that extends from the rear part of the telephone office about forty feet, across tne alley to a telephone pole. The box is suspended fifteen feet above the ground, and is about a foot sauare. The electric light wires cross above the cable box on the east side of the alley and when Gooding reached them, he grabbed the nearest one, intending to raise it and walk under it. Al though the wire is insulated, the elec tricity passing through the insulation gave him the full strength of a 104 volt current. Gooding fell backward as soon as he touched both hands to the wire, fortunately falling on the cable box. He tried to tear himself loose from the burning wire, but couldn't. His cries for help attracted the at tention of the telephone people, and a couple of linemen, who happened to be in the telephone office at the time, went to the boy's rescue. They walked out on the cable box and tried to re lease Gooding, but failing in this, they cut the wire with wire cutters. The linemen sustained no shock from handling the boy or the wire, as thev wore heavy leather gloves. Emporia Ua zette. ENGINE HITS CARRIAGE. Vnion Pacific Kills One Person and .Injures Two Others. Salina. Kas., Aug. 24. The Union Pacific Denver express struck a buggy containing two women and two small children at the Santa Fe avenue cross ing here last evening. A 5-year-old child of Mrs. Jacob Wallerius was killed, a 3-year-old child mortally injured, ana Mrs. Jjevnn received in juries from which she probably will die. Her left leg is almost entirely severed. The two women were caught on the pilot of the engine and carried for a distance of two blocks before the train was stopped. Mrs. Wallerius was not badly hurt. The party was driving into town from the country. As the buggy reacnea tne crossing a freight train on a siding obscured the view of the main line. The horse was driven upon the track just as the passenger train came along at the rate of forty miles an hour. The Wallerius family is one or the wealthiest in the county. Wallerius is a farmer. Mrs. Devlin lives m town. Cornstalks for Firewood. Lawrence." Kas.. Aug. 24. Col. J. D. Miles has on exhibition specimens oi Kansas corn tnat will be hard to equal. Each of the three stalks brought in as samples is at least six teen feet tall. The tallest is sixteen feet two inches and is twelve feet from the ground to the .first ear. It would be impossible to gather corn liKe this without a ladder. Chase County Peaches Ripe. Mrs. George Plumb, Mrs."" Jim Plumb, Mrs. Leibfried and Miss Kittie Plumb are in Chase county this week putting up peaches. There are more peaches this year in Chase county than there are in Lyon county.- Em poria Gazette. Story of Weakley Denied. Kansas City, Aug. 24. Charles Gordon, of Independence, step-father of Frank Weakley, denies the state ment in a Clay Center dispatch that P'rank helped his brother Charles escape from jail in that town. Mr. Gordon declares this was a physical impossibility, as Frank was in Inde pendence at the time of the escape from jail. "The truth about Frank," says Mr. Gordon, "is bad enough with out trying to make It worse than it really is." WANTS BACK IN PRISON. Remarkable Request of a Woman Out on Parole. Leavenworth, Kan.,Aug. 24. In the mail to Warden Jewett on Wednesday came an odd request. A woman asked to be lock ed in the. penitentiary to serve a sentence. The woman who makes this recuest is Miss Rosa Northcott of Crawford county. Bhe was convicted of manslaughter in the fourth degree about eight months ago and sent to the state penitentiary for a term of one year. There were extenuating circumstances connected with her case and at the state penitentiary she was looked upon as a vic tim of circumstances, which she was not able to overcome. She was also a good, obedient prisoner, and when she applied for a pardon her case was acted upon promptly. The pardon board did not wish to grant the young lady a full pardon so soon, but unanimously agreed to give her freedom conditionally. She was granted a parole and on May 26 last she left the prison happy and smiling. She went to the home of friends in Craw ford county who agreed to look after her interests and give her a good home. After spending three months with friends she has decided that she likes the prison home better, and she will be allowed to come back. In her letter to the warden she says she is dissatisfied with her home in Crawford county and frankly confesses that the people with whom she is living are dissatisfied with her. WAS SHE HYPNOTIZED? Wichita Woman Alleges This in Her Divorce Petition. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 24. An attorney and a policeman drove to the home of Dr. W. M. Hunter of this city and therefrom, in his presence, took his wife and baby away with them. From the house the party drove to the office of the attorney where Mrs. Hunter sign ed a divorce petition, already drawn up, and was then taken to a place her hus band has since been unable to locate. In the divorce petition Mrs. Hunter alleges that her husband exercised a mysterious and simple power over her which she believes was hypnotism. Mrs. Simpson, mother of Mrs. Hunter, stated that her daughter married. Dr. Hunter presumably under a hypnotic spelt That she did not love him, but his in fluence over her was so great that she was unable to escape. Hunter has secured attorneys and will contest the case. He says that his wife has no reason to leave him and that the trouble was caused altogether by the influence of her mother. Mrs. Hunter's attorneys got out in junction proceedings- late yesterday af ternoon restraining Hunter from inter fering with his wife and child pending the divorce suit. MISS GOULD'S GENEROSITY. Reported to Have Given $15,000 to Leavenworth Y. SI. O. A. Leavenworth. Kan.. Aug: 24. It is re ported at Fort Leavenworth that Miss Helen Gould nas given 4D,uuv ior me erection of a Y. M. C. A. building on the army reservation. The plans for the building have been submitted through the International Y. M. C. A. commit tee. The building is to be on Pope av enue, close to the Officers' club. Private information conveyed to the officers is that the building will be a large, fine, brick edifice, in keeping with the other new buildings of the post. A BRIDEGROOM'S SUICIDE. Preferred Death to Living With His Young Bride. Tote. Kan.. Aug. 24. Just after being married against his will to Mattie Den nis, 17 years old, jonn tt. Mcuaniei. &o years old, a railroad employe, commit ted suicide by drinking laudanum. The girl's father had insisted upon tne mar riage. McDaniel came here only a fw days ago from Fort Scott, worked in a roundhouse. where he Melon Feast for Convicts. T V. -War, Alio- 94 wagon loads of water melons, 700 in all. nag Deen taKen to me jvtii& iulcu- tiary ior tne prisoners euiiuay uiuuei. i, n will Vio civpn Half nf a large melon and if this is insufficient another quarter or a meion win uc given him. The melons were shipped from the south and cost nine cents each. Saloonkeeper Wasn't Playing Fair. T t XT-n Alio. 94 TVlT-O-l special agents of the internal revenue department 01 xne government aiuvtu here a few days ago and started an in vestigation of the manner in which liquor dealers conduct business here. They cnargea tieorge r. nuescu ui dai rying on a wholesale business on a re tailer's license. Roesch was compelled to pay a wholesaler's back license for four years and a penalty, the whole amounting to J400. A Suicide at Paola. Paola, Kan., Aug. 24. Perry Rogers, 52 years old, committed suicide here last evening by drinking half an ounce of carbolic acid, which he purchased from a drug store half an hour before. He had been drinking for several days. He was a laboring man and leaves a widow and ten children. Postoffice Is Robbed. Paola, Kan., Aug. 24. The home of E. E. Pendleton, the postmaster at Pen dleton, a small station five miles south east of here, was robbed. A gold watch and $10 belonging to Mr. Pendleton and $35 in stamps were stolen. Swift Loses Heavily. Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 24. The ware house and city sales offices of Swift S, Co. have been totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000. DOING THEIR DUTY. Scores of Topeka Readers Are Learn- tog the Duty of tbe Kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys' duty. When they fail to do this the kidneys are sick. Backache and many kidney ills fol low; Urinary trouble, diabetes. Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all. Topeka people endorse our claim. G. H. Morns, of 1005 Quincy street. lopeKa, iin., says: acme six years ago I gave a testimonial concerning the merits of Doan's Kidney Pills. I can only add to it that I have still the same tattn in this remedy and re-endorse it today as strongly as when I first used it. It brought me great and decided re lief from pain in ray back that has bean a source of much annoyance to me for a long time. You are at liberty to re new my statement about Doan's Kid ney Pills as it may help some unfor tunate person with an aching back and who ardently wishes for a remedy." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doans and take no other. RAILROApEWS. J. JH. Greene Will Be Education al Director. Will Hare Full Charge of R. R, Y. M. C. A. Work. NEW EQUIPMENT GIVEN Westinghouse Company May Donate Some Apparatus. Gossip and Matters ot Interest in Railroad Circles. J. M. Greene, who is chief clerk to the fuel contractor for the Santa Fe, has beer, elected educational director of the R. R. Y. M. C. A., to have full charge of all educational work done by the members of the association. He was formally elected at a meeting of the ed ucational committee of the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening. About six weeks ago the officers elected Chas. Wolf of Min nesota, as educational director but be fore the contract could be signed by both parties he accepted a position in a northern university. Mr. Greene will take the position at once and will com mence to lay plans for an unusually good course this fall. Mr. Greene is a native of New York, having been borne in Oswego county of that state. He is a graduate from Hills dale college, Mich., and has been associ ated with school work for many years. He came to Topeka from Enosburg, "Vermont, where he wasr superintendent of the public schools. Altogether he has been engaged in school work for ten years. He has been in charge of some of the educational classes at the Rail road Y. M. C. A. for three years and has been chairman of the educational committee for two years. In this way he is well informed as to the work to be done at the association this fall. In speaking of the educational work Mr. Greene said: "We intend to make a specialty of technical work this vear and will provide equipment according ly. The Westinghouse people are going to install a new equipment for the dem onstration of the principles of their new est and latest improved air brake. This is a big thing for the Y. M. C. A. and will enable us to offer courses of study that have never been offered before. We haven't as yet received the equip ment from the Westinghouse company but we expect to get it shortly. The equipment that has been promised was brought about through the efforts of Vice President Kendricks and Superin tendent Purcell. Mr. Kendricks is inter ested in the Y. M. C. A. and was in fluential in getting us the equipment which I suppose will cost in the neigh borhood of a thousand dollars. "We intend to make a specialty of the electrical course and will probably get some new equipment in that de partment. We also intend to pay con siderable attention to the work of fire men and engineers. Next spring all the firemen and engineers on the system will have to take an examination and so this course will be appropriately suited to their needs,, 'We are yearly raising the 'standard of our educational work and in respect to our standing we rank third among the associations in the United States. The only man in the country who re ceived a diploma for locomotive and car design work was one of our men, -We will have fully 300 men in the classes and the instructors are all technical men. They are experts in their line and are taken from the heads of the depart ments of the shops. "The tuition for the coming year will be from two to five dollars, depending upon equipment needed. The examina tion which we give at the end of the course is given under the auspices of the educational committee of the In ternational Y. M. C. A., and the diploma given is accepted at any school over the country. The officials of the rail road are showing a disposition to aid us and their interest and that of the men indicate that we will have a very pros perous year." ROCK ISLAND CHANGES LINE. Canadian River Causes Much Trouble to the Road. Oklahoma City, Aug. 24. It is said. though the officers of the road here claim to have no official notice of it, that the Rock Island is contemplating changing the course of their line a lit tle in the eastern part of Canadian county. For the past several years the road has had much trouble with the big bridge over the South Canadian river near Minco, south of El Reno, and since the bridge went down there a year ago the company has hesitated about putting up another expensive structure. The river bottom at that place is such that no foundation can be made secure, consequently the erec tion of an expensive structure would not pay for the trouble.: The proposition now is to build a line of road from Yukon, about twen ty miles east of El Paso, to the cross ing of the Frisco over the river, at which point excellent river bottom has been obtained for foundation purposes. The Rock Island will then build addi tional bents to the bridge constructed by the Frisco and both roads use the bridge to cross the river. The Rock Island will then build a line to a con nection with the main line. It is said that the country south of El Reno and to Minco is not fitted for bridge build ing, and there are a number of small canyons and ravines to cross, while the other way there is none of this to con tend with. BATJjASTIXG CONTINUES. Santa Fe Now Working Between Albuquerque and Isleta. Albuquerque, Aug. 24. The work of ballasting the Santa Fe between this city and Isleta has been commenced by a large force of men, and the work will be continued until completed. Gravel from the beds in the vicinity of Alameda is used. The track will be raised considerably between here and Isleta7 particularly at Barr station. New ties and steel will be put in where necessary and the track will be put in the best possible condition. F. S. Beckett, civil engineer of San Marcial, and his assistant, J. D. New ton, are looking after the work. Superintendent L. U. Morris, of the Bio Grande division of San Mar cial, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Morris has charge of the yards and the track between here and El Paso and is kept very busy these days look ing after the improvements which are being made on the line. New locomotives for the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe has received fifteen of its new locomotives which were order ed some time ago. The new engines are made by the Baldwin Locomotive company and are considered to be the best manufactured. Their distribution along the line has not been determined f iwi "1 I i Hi I I '11 I- f i v i MISS MARMARA HENET, 6036 Fdrrestrille Ave., CHICAGO. Miss Henry says: BefqIbesansinjr Danderine my hair was falling" out tngrreat handatul, and 1 am pleased to say that Danderine not only stopped it at once, but has made my hair grow more than twice as lone as it ever was." Mrs. Eloise Atherton, Little Bock. Ark., says: "It Is surely remarkable the way Danderine improves the hair. It has made my hair grow ten inches long er in five months and it is retting thicker and longer all the time. I believe in riving' praise where It is due, and you can use my name aa reference if you o aeaire. DANDERINE is to the hair what roots, invigorates and strengthens them. Its exhilarating, fertilizing and life-producing properties cause the hair to grow abundantly long,strongand beautiful. IT 13 THE NATURAL FOOD OF THE HAIR, SCIENTIFICALLY CHARGED WITH NEW AND GENUINE LIFE-PRODUCING ESSENCES UNHEARD OF BY OTHER MAKERS OF HAIR TONIC. WO Wat all druggists in three sizes, 25 cents, BO cents and SUOO per bottle. CD CC To show how quickly Omnderinm aots, we will send a large sample free by return mail to anyone who sends this adTertltement I n C Ci to the Knowlton Danderine Co., Chicago, with their name and address and ten cents in silver or stamps to pay postage. upon, but a large number of them will be used on this division. The new en gines are of the 900 class. A number of switch engines of late design and great power have also been received. The 31., K. T. Work to Fulfill Law. The M.. K. T. is making a vigor ous attempt to fulfill the requirements of the twenty-eight hour cattle law and has issued to conductors, dispatchers and engineers the following order: When from any cause, there is a chance of a train not making the next feeding station in time to unload with in the twenty-eight hour limit, con ductors must be given instructions to reduce by setting out, if necessary, everything except the stock. Train must be given an absolute right over all except trains 5 and 6." After the train has arrived at the stations the work of unloading is given precedence over all other work even to the handling of some of the passen ger trains. Increase Western Pacific Stock. San Francisco, Aug. 24. The stock holders of the Western Pacific have met here and formally voted to in crease the capital stock of the com pany from 5 0 millions to 7 5 millions. Contracts for grading the roadbed are to be let within a few days. 11ALLKOAD NOTES. Rev. L. W. Williamson addressed a meeting of shopmen at the coach shop this noon. General Manager J. E. Hurley of the Santa Fe returned yesterday from a trip in the east. The Rock Island planing mills at Shawnee are turning out a large num ber of cabs every week. W. K. Etter. trainmaster of the Santa Fe at Topeka, left yesterday for a short trip over the division. After several weeks' cessation the grading on the Rio Grande division of the Santa Fe is again in progress. The Santa Fe company has closed its stone quarries at Ortiz and the force of laborers employed there were transferred to Watrous. The new system of handling freight on the Rock Island, known as the Red Ball system, will be installed, by the fifteenth of next month. Repairs are piling up in the Rock Island shops at Shawnee and the yard tracks are said to be crowded with cars of every description. The clerks in the passenger depart ment of the Santa Fe are arranging the schedule for the special trains to be used for the G. A. R. reunion at Denver. They state that they are glad that such occasions only come once a year. Boycott Reaches Yokohama. Yokohama. Aug. 24. (Via San Francisco) The anti-American "boy cott as telegraphicti'iy reported, has reached Yokohama. On July 26, local Chinese refused to give any freight to the steamer Manchuria, due to leave for Hongkong on the 28th. On August 6, at a meeting of representative Chinese it was resolved not to deal in American goods; not to ship any goods on American steamers and not to do any business 'with any American DanK ing or insurance company. New International Bank. New York, Aug. 24. An interna tional bank with a capital of $1,000,000 is being formed for the purpose of carrying on banking operations be tween the United States and Hungary and to open accounts of emigrants to this country from the Balkan peninsula- The new bank is being organized by interests identified with the Hun garian general credit bank of Buda pesth. New York Banks Victimized. New York, Aug. 24. Through forg eries said to have been committed by a trusted clerk in the office of the estate of D. P. Morgan, New York banks have been victimized to the amount of about $44,000. Cherry Pectoral. The one great cough medicine for the whole family. Doctors recommend it for colds in the chest.hard coughs, the grip, and night coughs of children Ask your doctor. J. C Arm Co., Lowell. Man. Axiers emuni GIXEV .TI1IS C2AID AMD WE OAS lu. riOKENCE RUSSELL, Age 6 years, it IS Mohawk Street, CHICAGO. Since it has become generally known that Danderine causes hair to erow Just aa abundantly on the heads of children aa it does on those of matured persons, many truly marvelous caBes are coming to our notice. XAttle Miss Russell, whose photo graph appears above, is certainly one of the remarkable ones. Her beautiful hair is over thirty inches long and her mother says that "DANDERINE GREW EVEB.Y BIT Olf IT. fresh showers of rain and sunshine are KilNEITSCODE. He Would Tell the Court But Not His Wife If Charges Made by Taggart Had Been True. KEPT F0RTESCUE AWAY Wouldn't Let Him Call While Captain Was in Prison. Captain Rither Explains a Late Visit at Taggart Home. Wooster, O., Aug. 24. General Miner was on the "stand nearly all day in the Taggart divorce trial. He testi fied that at the time he ordered Cap tain Taggart placed under arrest he also issued an order forbidding Lieut. Fortescue visiting Mrs. Taggart while the captain was kept a prisoner. The muster roll was brought out for the month of July, 1903, and was iden tified by Miner. It showed that Tag gart was sick in the hospital July 2 to July 8, for disease contracted in line of duty. It also adds, "in arrest July 2 to July 8, 1903. Released July 8, 1903, and placed in command of company." In response to a ques tion from Sterling, General Taggart denied ever having told Mrs. Taggart to call him up at the office, but not at the -house. He was not using a telephone at all, he said, because he could not hear through one. "General, if you were guilty of all the improper conduct with Mrs. Tag gart that you are charged with here, would you admit it on the witness stand?" "Yes, on the witness stand I would." "Well, would you tell your wife about it?" "No, sir; of course not." Miner reiterated that he did not confine Taggart for acute alcoholism, but for the purpose of observing his mental condition. Miner asserted that he confidently expected to see a recon ciliation the last time he saw Mrs. Taggart. "As a peacemaker did you think it would effect a reconciliation to send Mrs. Taggart away, and have her take the children away, too?" "I thought that if she went away she would be better able to quietly think the matter over and feel more like a reconciliation." "In other words, you thought that distance lends enchantment to the view." Didn't Think In Poetry. "Yes, I thought so. but not in poe try." "General Miner, when you released Taggart and sent him to the rifle range did you think he was mentally sound?" asked Sterling. "Doubt as to his being sound still lin gered in my mind." "Do you think that his signing a pledge to abstain from intoxicating li quors was a cure for his mental disor ders?" "I don't know; I thought Taggart dis played mental disorder when he brought this suit for divorce." "Why?" "Because he waited to see that all the witnesses were out of the country. I sus pected mental disorders when he filed an amended petition charging improper conduct on the part of Mrs. Taggart with all of us officers." "What result would follow the mak ing out of a false report against a sub ordinate officer?" "It would subject the officer making such report to a court martial." "What would be the result of your making out a false report against Tag gart and leaving out mention of his meritorious conduct and putting demer its that had no business there?" "It would subject me to a court mar tial unless there were mitigating cir cumstances." The nlaintiff introduced a letter sign ed by Adjutant Beacon at the order of Colonel Miner and aaaressea to xag gart. The letter contained what pur ported to be a copy of Mrs. Taggart's letter to Miner asking for a severance of communication between herself and her husband. The letter also requested Major Taggart to return the adjutant's letter witn nis promise to aosxain rrom any communication, which he did. The General Was Shocked. On redirect examination Miner said he did not make out the muster roll f MISS SELMA H ASS ELL, 7SS North. 2d Court, CHICAGO. Hiaa Hassel says "My hair would no reach below my waist when I began nminr your Danderine. It was also faded and split ting at the ends. Mow it la over 2H feet longer than it ever was and It has regained Its original-rich blond color. I naed the tonic about four months all together." to vegetation. It goes right to the ATHLETES TO KEEP IN GOOD TRIM MUST LOOK WELL TO THE CONDITION OF THE SKIN. TO THIS END THE BATH SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH H AN D SAPOLIO All Grocers and Druggists The best Equipment Is employed to make the Flva Cents a Day Telephone a, quick and reliable means of communication. Missouri Kansas Tel. Co. 'Phone 999. TO SAVE Is the important thing, and make your savings multiply at the rate ot 6 per cent, compound interest. We Have the Plan. Tbe Capitol Building and Loan As&ociat'a Send for Booklet. 534 Kansas Ave, N. W. MULL Carpenter and Builder Job Work Done Quickly and Seatly, Shop, 124 West Eighth Street. Ind. Phone 1004. for Taggart's company and was not responsible for the record it con tained. The roll was signed by Tag gart which would make it appear that it was written in the hospital. Miner said the captain's conduct in the quar rel with his wife shocked and sur prised him. He identified the pledge and said after he received it all thoughts of court-martial were aban doned. He said there was no truth in the charges on file at Washington charging him with improper conduct with Mrs. Taggart and said he was not actuated by malice when he omitted Taggart's meritorious service in his re port. Miner admitted in cross examination that while the muster roll was made out by Taggart it must have been in conformity with the hospital records. He also stated that the making out of the report about Taggart's conduct was the last opportunity he would ever get. He said he did not investigate both sides, but did what he did for the good of the service and the happiness of the Taggart family. Several specific questions were asked as to whether he had done all these things for the good of the service. Captain Rither, who was named aa one of the corespondents at the begin ning of the suit, but against whom all evidence has been ruled out, went on, the stand following General Miner. In regard to his midnight visit to Mrs. Taggart, described by Howard Tag gart on the stand, he said that Mrs. Taggart sent him after some medicine) for one of her children and on his re turn with it. he met Howard in th hallway. Says Miner Called But Once. The deposition of Miss Elizabeth! Berry, daughter of Judge Berry o Newport, Ky., was read by the defense. Miss Berry is the young woman who was a guest at the Taggart home at Fort Leavenworth at the time Colonel Miner is alleged to have been fre quently entertained by Mrs. Taggart. Miss Berry deposed to the effect that Colonel Miner never called at the Tag garts' home when Captain Taggart waa not there except on one occasion. Charles Heffelfinger, the Wooster bartender, who Is alleged to have sold beer to Mrs. Taggart since she has been in Wooster, and especially on one occasion when she is alleged to have given beer to her young boys, was a witness. He testified that he had never sold Mrs. Taggart beer and denied the charge that she had bought beer in his saloon for her boys. An attempt is being made to have an Investigating committee appointed to ascertain the ailment of Mrs. Taggart while she was a patient at Christ's hospital. A request was made of the) mayor of Cincinnati, but he refused to grant it. The refusal of the mayor will result in an attempt to have Judge Eason appoint a commission to look into the matter. Keep a tight hold on your dog when you visit the Igorrottes at Vinewood this week.

Page 4

I THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THUESD AY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1905. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. BY FRAXK P. MAO LdENNAK. (Entered July 1, 187S, as second class Matter at the postoffice at Topeka. Kan., under the uct of congress.) yOLCME XXXII.. No.202 Official Taper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.' Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 Mnli a week to any part of Toceka. or (suburbs, or at the una price in any Kan sas towns where the paper has a carrier system. By mail, or year jj? By mall, three months..... -jrj: Weekly ealtion. one year J" Saturday edition of dally, one year.... l.w TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 197 Business Office Vnu. WJ importers' Room ..Bell Sit Reporters' Room ...Ind. So PERMANENT HOME. Topeka Stats .Inurnal building. 800 and KS Kansas avenub. corner of Eighth. New York Cffica til Vanderbilt build in k. Paul Block, manager, Chicago Office; IMS Unity building. Paul Block, manager. FULL LEAKED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal is a member of the 'Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganization for exclusive alternoon publi cation in Topeka. The news 'e received In the State Jour nal building over wires for fills sole pur kiose. HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY. Subscribers of the State Journal way during the summer may have the paper mailed regularly each day to any address at the rate of thirty cents a month. Address changed as often as desired. While cat of town the State journal will be to sou like a daily letter from home. Colonel Miner says it isn't Bo. there! Sq In the meantime, how do you suppose Vladivostok feelg about it? Alfonso isn't the first young man who fcas been compelled to look further. The battle between science and the mosquito is fiercer than the conflict in the Far East. Peace hath its victories, of course, but It's hard to tell just who has licked at Portsmouth. Hasn't Japan limited Russia's naval power enough already without writing It in the treaty? Do you suppose this country could worry along without a president as long as Norway is doing? Perhaps one reason why the Taggarts did not get along better together is be cause they were so near alike. Of course Russia doubtless feels that her own war expenses have been heavy enough without paying Japan's as well. New Orleans now wants General IWbod. It thinks" he would apply some of his noted Moro treatment to the mos quitoes. Still we cannot help the feeling that Mr. Witte is a pretty decent sort of an individual, nevertheless and notwith standing. Very likely the peace envoys are duly grateful that New Orleans was not cho sen as the place for holding the peace conference. One might have known there would be an earthquake or some other kind of sin upheaval in St. Louis if the lid were kept on during August. The "cure" Mr. Rockefeller Is taking consists only of sunshine, water and fresh air. And he hasn't a corner on any of them, either. Now that the quarterly dividend has been declared, perhaps you will be will Ing to sell your Standard Oil stock as Mr. Lawson told you to. Look out for an advance in the price of whitewash. The Philadelphia city council proposes to investigate itself to eee if those charges are true! Japan probably wouldn't insist on the Indemnity were it not for the fact that a good fat indemnity would come In real handy In her business just now. With the big crops and good values that Kansas is producing this year. think what a cracking good Christmas card Secretary Coburn will get up next December I The Chicago News points out as an ether proof that Governor Folk is i great man, the fact that Mrs. Nation dislikes him. If this constitutes great ness the woods are full of great men. While General Sherman was probably right in his definition of war, peace at an army post also seems to be a pretty good imitation of the same thing, ac cording to the testimony in the Taggart case. Modern scientists are finding out that o many old theories are not true that one of these days somebody will come along and upset the theory of gravita tion and we will all fall away from the earth Instead of towards it. After people read in their papers the next day about an earthquake, they distinctly recall feeling it. At the time, however, they think the jar is caused by their stepping a little too heavily on the old earth. Atchison Globe: Governor Hoch went In bathing at Atlantic City on a Sunday, and said he enjoyed it. We hope that Sunday school class at Ma rion will never discover that the wo men patrons of this resort go in bath ing with almost nothing on, and don't stay In the water long enough to get wet, preferring to exhibit their garters and other things promenading on the beach. Governor Hoch should have been shocked. He owes that much to tlw state SEXATOB BURTON AGAIN, j It is no great surprise to Kansas people that evidences of additional crime involving boodle have been found against the senior Kansas sen ator. Mr. Burton is too well known to most Kansas people for the dis closures just made in connection with the Chickasaw school fund warrants to startle them. Burton's record for many years be fore he was elected United States sen ator was corrupt. He and Tom Kelly belong to the same school of politics. Corruption of this kind with them Is not the result of a single strong temp tation it is the result of a studied purpose. In the one instance the crime is committed under strong pressure, and after it Is committed the sinner may repent. In the other instance the boodler is sorry only that he is caught. He boodles in every way possible. It is his nature. It is difficult to see how the Chick asaw warrant crimes can enter into the trial of Senator Burton at St. Louis, as is intimated In the dis patches. The St. Louis indictments have to do only with Burton's accept ance of fees for representing the Rialto Securities company before the postoffice department. The crime for which Burton will be tried in St. Louis was committed in St. Louis. The Chicasaw warrants will appar ently have no bearing on the St. Louis ndictments except to make the offi cials more determined to convict. It would appear as though other In dictments and other prosecutions must follow in the Chickasaw case. There is apparently no doubt about the $5,500 Burton received. That the fees receiv ed in the name of Z. T. Burton, who is Senator Burton's brother, actually went to the senator might be difficult of proof, but no proof would be necessary in the case of the $5,500. There will be no disposition on the part of the people of Kansas to wiBh Senator Burton shielded in this matter. The people as a whole demand that the name of the state of Kansas be washed of the stain the election of Burton has put upon it. Burton was not the choice of the people for United States senator he was elected by the politicians. A few still cling to him, the same as a few still cling to Tom Kelly they are much the same crowd but a suspicion of taint necessarily attaches to all who do a THE OUTLOOK FOR PEACE. Although the peace plenipotentiaries failed to agree Wednesday, and not withstanding the rejection by the Rus sians of the compromise proposed by President Roosevelt, there is still a good prospect for peace. It is evident that the Russians are desirous of ending the war, but they are loath to make any greater concessions than are absolutely necessary. St. Petersburg does not pro pose to pay a big indemnity without a struggle. The compromise proposed by President Roosevelt would have necessi tated the payment of six hundred mil lion dollars by Russia to Japan, al though it would have been in the shape of purchase money for half of Sakhalin Island, rather than as an Indemnity, Russia would have been saved the hu miliation of buying peace, but It would have been necessary to raise the money Just the same, and It is suspected that that hurts Russia quite as much as the humiliation. worn an American standpoint it would seem that Japan has been suffl ciently magnanimous in agreeing to President Roosevelt's proposition. The dispatches indicate that M. Witte would also agree to it were he free to do so, but he is held back by St. Petersburg. At the same time Russia is not ready to break off the negotiations without a further attempt to get together. She will very likely try to secure further concessions from Japan, but in case Japan stands pat, to use a purely American expression, it is not impossi ble that the czar will accede to Presi- dent Roosevelt's compromise. SAKHALIN ISLAND. This island that is one of the points of disagreement between the peace en voys is really no small affair. Sakhalin Island is 670 miles long, or longer than from Kansas City to Denver. It origi nally belonged to the Japanese, but was taken by the Russians about 50 years ago, when Russia was stronger than Japan. Now that Japan has the upper hand she sees no reason why she should not take the island back. Sakhalin is really one of the group of islands that forms the Flowery King dom. It is of little value except for its strategical position. It is separated from the Japanese island of Yezzo by La Perouse Strait, 27 miles wide. From there Sakhalin extends due north 670 miles. The Siberian main land comes within five miles of it. It divides the Sea of Japan from the Okhotsk sea. Its possession would therefore give Japan a string of islands entirely around the Sea of Japan, so that it could keep Rus sla from reaching the Pacific or Ok hotsk sea from Vladvostok. Moreover the mouth of the great Talu river is just west of Sakhalin, and batteries placed on the Island would command the entrance to the river. Japan, too, now has a long string of smaller islands stretching from Yezzo to Kamchatka, giving her command of the Sea of Okhotsk also. It can there fore be readily seen why Russia does not desire to give up this island to an enemy. How to Got Rich. "Bid you ever read the small advertise ments being printed in various papers on the subject of 'How to Get Rich.' and then hear of people who replied to them? asked a reading man last evening. "Well, for some time I have been noticing these advertisements and knowing that the gov ernment is strict in not allowinc the mails to be used on 'schemes, concluded that there must be something to the bus! ness. I have seen a number of adver tisements lately, 'Make money by corre sponding for papers." Now, this sounds well, but I can hardly believe that a man who lives in Toadvme, or "Rural Free De livery Route No. 7-11, Tenn.,' can take up the work of corresponding for newspapers and make any great sum. I firmly believe that the newspapers have newspaper men as their correspondents. It is my opinion that the people who answer the advertise ments, "Make money by corresponding for papers, receive instructions wmcn run as follows: "Write terse articles of mat ter which is of more than ordinary inter est and addrer.s them to news editors of newspapers in the territory, with the fol lowing note Inclosed: 'To be used at the reizular rates paid for such matter." Of course, the men or women .who want to olra mlrtAv In WAV hPirfn Oil their work. They send some matter they think interesting to a dozen papers at least, spending from 60 to 80 cents in postage. When there are no returns from this work there is much distrust. Newspapers, I sup pose, are not worked so easily. The best wav to mAke monev ia to earn it. The man who advertises 'How to Make Mon ey' has an easy way of making it ror himself. Plating silverware, distributing circulers, addressing envelopes at nome and many otner scnemes are wen aaver tised under the head of 'How to iiake Money." Birmingham News. JOURNAL ENTRIES Probably Justice Graves will live up to his name when he sits on the su preme bench, notwithstanding his well known good humor. Mr. Rockefeller is walking barefoot ed through the grass for his health. If he will pick out some grass with a few sandburrs mixed with it he will find his movements greatly expedited. John Haughey, former state fish warden, has not been heard from for some time, but he has just busted into prominence at Wellington as one of the prinicpals in a fat men's race. The event had to be called at the end or fifty yards on account of darkness. Haughey won because he got ahead at the start and It was so far around him that the other man couldn't make it. Wonder If Alice Roosevelt said, This is so sudden," when the Sultan of Sulu proposed. It doubtless was. m It is really taking an unfair advant age of John E. Hessin for the news papers to run him for congress in the Fifth district while he is in Europe and cannot hel himself. Some fool scientist now proposes to throw this planet out of its orbit. This is the time to call a halt. We will let scientists do most anything else, but we don't proposed to run the risk of any terrestial wreck by having the earth jump the track. No, sir! Probably Russia thinks she has done her share of furnishing armies and navies for Japan to shoot at. When you read the Western associa tion standing, turn your newspaper up side down. That brings the White Sox to the top, which may be some com fort if you are optimistic enough. At New Albany, Ind., three one- legged men are running for city clerk. Think what a race that must be! JAYHAWKER JOTS With Billy Morgan writing letters from Europe and C. E. Scott writing from the Orient, Kansas is learning a lot of new things this summer. Slam by the Troy Chief: It is thought that Topeka will give a water carnival as soon as it rains and makes lakes out of the holes in Kansas ave nue. A Leavenworth man was so careless of his money as to leave a big wad of it in a pair of trousers he sent to the laundry recently. He got it back and of course the taint was washed off. In 1870 the "main herd" of buf faloes, in moving from nort,h to south, went through smith county, it is esti mated that there were thirty thousand in the one herd, central and north ern Kansas was a great feeding ground for buffaloes m those days. The telephone companies in south ern Kansas are having trouble. The farmers are persuading their linemen to work in the cornfields. The expert ence of the linemen in climbing and handling poles comes in very handy in the cornfields this year. Wichita Eagle: "Humph," said the Arkansas valley farmer yesterday, as he was told that the Standard Oil company had declared a dividend of 30 per cent., "what does that amount to?" A 30 per cent, dividend looks like 80 cents to the Kansas farmer this year. A word that is becoming very fa miliar to Kansas readers since the ad vent of so many typesetting machines is "etaoinolnoin," It is used chiefly fn offices where the typesetting machine is new. The Kansas City Star says there is a demand among subscribers to know what it means. Sometimes it means the same as a series of dashes and exclamation points would. Jewell Republican: D. R. Seymour, who is the only true crop prophet we know, and who predicted the three fat years we have just enjoyed, and who when he was a farmer always had corn to sell when everybody else had to buy, says we have one more crop coming to us In this series of good years, but that it will be spotted not nearly as good as this year. This is the year to begin saving corn. Monday was the forty-second anni versary of the Quantrell raid in Law rence, and they are still counting the dead. The monument erected in mem ory of the victims of Quantrell gives the number as 156, but the Gazette quotes a man who helped to bury the dead as saying that the number was at least 186. Long after the raid dead bodies were found in old wells, and some of the missing never were ac counted for. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. When a man economizes, he buys fewer clothes; Vhen a woman econo mizes, she buys less to eat. Tell a woman that her letters 'sound just like her, and she believes you have said they are Interesting. Of course the chigger has a good appetite, but so would others have if they fed On 16-year-old girls. White men say it takes the Indians a long time to become civilized. Some white men are a little slow about it, too. "We should have been millionaires," an Atchison man said to a friend today; "the only trouble is, we located In the wrong town." When a married woman meets an old sweetheart of hers, and he sighs, it is more liable to be a sigh of thankful ness than regret. There is a certain little dumpy woman in Atchison who is regarded with great respect by other women; four men nave committed suicide on her account. How old must a woman get before her friends stop calling her a girl? An Atchison woman, forty years old, was introduced by a friend today as being the "dearest girl" in the world. This conversation happened last night in a home where there is a new baby: The father went home in great excitement; his rich uncle in Coolidge had failed. "Is that so," said his wife; "I wonder if the baby's eyes will be dark or blue." He told her of a scan dal he had heard on the streets. "It is too bad," said his wife; "the baby hasn't cried today." He wondered if the Jap and Russian envoys would agree. "I don't know," said his wife; "did I tell you that last food we tried on the baby agrees with it perfectly?" The man gave up attempts at conver sation, and his wife decided he was sulky, KANSAS COMMENT THE WAY OF A MAID. Whenever a woman discovers some one looking at her, one hand goes up to her hair and the other to the back of her belt. A man reaches for his necktie. Leavenworth Post. DIDN'T THINK OF IT. Why didn't Devlin conceive the piano contest idea when he got hard up? Salina Journal. WAGSTAFF'S FIGHT ON JOINTS. Thomas E. Waestaff. county attorney in Montgomery county, and a Law rence boy, has found a new way to harass the joitlsts. Heretofore when raids have been made in communities where an enforcement of the law has been attempted, the brewers' agents have come into court and replevined the property confiscated by the officers in the raids made. Mr. Wagstaff has discovered that none of the brewers are authorized to do business in Kan sas, and therefore, have no standing to originate or maintain an action In the Kansas courts. This point means much in parts of the state where the violation of the law is continuous and flagrant and where there is an ener getic officer who desires to do his duty and in doing it descends fre-1 quently upon the resorts operated and takes possession of the liquid refresh ments kept on hand. Mr. Wagstart is making a winning fight for law en forcement In Montgomery county, which shows that it could be done in other counties if officials would do their duty. Lawrence Journal. THE GOLDEN RULE. But in announcing that "Tom Kelly can have fair treatment if he will play fair with me," hasn't Mr. Stubbs mo mentarily lost sight of that shining guide to human conduct known as the Golden Rule? Ottawa Herald. o THE WHEAT CROP. The movement of the Kansas wheat crop seems a little slow. The grain buyers say the trouble is that Kansas farmers do not have to sell until they get ready. It was not very many years ago that the New York financiers used to talk about sending money west to move the crops. Wichita Eagle. GOOD FORRAILROADS. The trainmen are all earnings their money this summer. Trains are run ning from one to three hours late and everything loaded from caboose to cowcatcher. Jewell Republican. DOUBTFUL. The State Journal wants to know what Stubbs means" by saying that if Kelly treated Stubbs fair he would treat Kelly fair. We are frank to ad mit that we don't know what Stubbs did mean and we doubt, at this late date, if Stubbs can tell either. Salina Journal. o NO EVIDENCE. Still, the fact that Tom Kelly was greeted with something of a show of enthusiasm when he went down into W. R. Stubbs' legislative district to make a speech this wek need not nec essarily be interpreted as evidence of disloyalty on the part of the home people to Stubbs. It Is less than a year ago since Stubbs told the state, and his home people Included, that Kelly was all right. .News travels slowly; perhaps the home folks haven't heard the latest from .Stubbs. Ottawa Her ald. FROM OTHER PENS NEEDS NO INDORSEMENT. A New England reformer asks if some statesman cannot "find a check for graft?" They usually prefer cash; It's harder to trace. Atlanta Constitu tion. o TEST CONTINUES POPULAR. According to a1 dispatch from To peka, Kan., the Democracy of Gover nor Folk of Missouri, has been estab lished by the governor taking a drink of whisky from a bottle and refusing a chaser. Therefore, it appears the real test of Democracy is adherence to neither silver nor gold, but devotion to the dog and the hair of the same. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. o JAPAN'S COURAGE STRONG. President Roosevelt's appeal to the two warring nations in behalf of peace has made a most happy impression upon the Japanese people, and the pa pers of all grades are full of com mendatory references. This must not be understood to mean, however, that the nation has in any degree weakened in its purpose to prosecute the war un til what are regarded as Japan's rea sonable demands are fully met. Taxes are high, it is true, but at the same time business is good and money is fund for needed expenses without serious difficulty. Naturally those up on whom the financial responsibility falls, the higher officials of the gov ernment and the large capitalists, un derstand very well that the greatest difficulties are liable to come after the artificial stimulus to Industry and trade due to the war is removed while the heavy Interest charges on the war loans necessitate the continuance of heavy taxation; but the less, intelligent, or at least those less versed in finance do not bear this in mind, or If they do they quiet their anxieties by the hope or a heavy indemnity trom ttussia. Yokohama Mission News. CAN'T PASS LA FOLLETTE. Any United States senator who trav els on railway passes and yet draws mileage from the government is book ed for a season of trouble with Mr. La Follette. Chicago Tribune. THE "TAINT" IS THERE. The more one looks into the matter of customs the more easily he is satis fied that it will not do to press too closely the habits of our ancestors. If we reject all institutions and all benefi cences because they were promoted in a manner and through causes hostile to our present ideas of morality we shall land in a sorrv pngnt oi Dewnaer ment. We shall run up against human slavery, going back not more than a few years, and we shall find colleges and hospitals and schools and other public and private blessings fostered and stimulated by men who not only maintained slaves for their own selfish pleasure, but who made fortunes trafficking in human flesh. We shall also in our own country encounter many deeds of public benevolence con tributed by those who have lived in polygamy; much to our general sor row, no doubt, but wholly conformable to one of those ancient customs which Livy thinks we should be slow to change. Slavery and liquor selling and habits of Intoxication are all to be de plored, but thev seem to be bound up wth the progress of our beloved coun try, and the less we Inquire into them, and into polynramy as well, for the pur pose of establishing their connection with good and charitable deeds the better for our peace of mind. Roswell Field in the Chicago Evening Post, WHEN IT GETS WET IN KANSAS. When it gets wet in Kansas It does the thing up right; The vegetation braces us Till it's just a perfect Bight Then the great wheat fields of Kansas Are a Wonder to the eye, Where the hailstones fall to strike them Ana we cyclones passed them by. When it gets wet in Kansas The chinch bug fails to fly; Then the hopper quits his chirrup And lays him down to die. Where now is Bill A Reeder, And his irrigation schemes, Or Secretary Wilson, With his semi-arid dreams? When It gets wet in Kansas The people very soon Began to tal kand worry about The changes In the moon; For the corn is getting weedy. And the harvest's drawing nigh; The work that stares them in the face is enougn o mane xnem sigh. When it gets wet in Kansas, It don't put the folks to rout; They don't sell everything they have And go a-hustlinsr out. They say they think they'll have enough Of wheat and corn and rye: Then everybody thanks the Lord f or Kansas on the fly. Russell J. Harrison. Athol, Kansas. Fresh Air In Sleeping Rooms. The lack of fresh air in filenin0 room is responsible for many of the morning bad feelings. The close, un pleasant taste in the mouth h. un comfortable feeling about the'head, the '""B""1 me wnoie noay, are often the result of poorly ventilated sleeping rooms. Free ventilation is not always possible in apartments. When one has a large house, with airy chambers, it is easy to ventilate properly; but in small bedrooms it is not always possible to admit fresh air at night without some one taking cold. 1 Yet one must have fresh nir In the sleeping room. One woman who has three children occupying one of the rooms oi ner tiny apartment always airs the rooms arier me children are in bed and the last thing before she retires. ne covers the children un Knutrlv. nwm the windows, and, while they are raised, shakes out the clothes that have been worn during the day and hangs them wnere tney win air thoroughly in read! ness ior tne morning. The air in the room is changed and freshened before sne closes the windows. This is a good plan. but. of course it is only a poor substitute for the pure air mat ougnt to oe coming into the room ail nigni. There is a simnle ar rangement by which this can be nro curea. a Doard about five inches high snouia ne made to fit into the window. Its length must be just the width of the window, and it should be hineed In the miaaie tnat it may be the more easily taken out and in. It must be fitted into the window casing just below the bot tom of the sash. The window is then closed as far as possible with the board in. This leaves a space between the upper and lower sash by which the fresh air is admitted in an indirect way, success Magazine. How a Priest KUIed a Grab Bill. A story which the writer heard some years ago, and which has an obvious point in connection with what the wri ter is trying to say here, was told by one or tne lobbyists who had been en gaged In pushing a "grab" bill through the New York legislature. The bill failed to pass, and the reform organiza tions and newspapers of New York city. which had denounced it and its sponsors in unmeasured terms, regarded its fail ure as one of these rare triumphs of aroused public sentiment to which the corrupt legislators had bent and bowed, The lobbyist had a curiously different version of the matter. He said the bill was killed by -a little parish priest in one of the slum districts of New York who somehow had got interested in the measure, and had come up to Albany and apparently with amazing inno cence had asked the ringleader of strike legislation, who was one of the active promoters of this particular bill, to use his influence against it. The little priest knew nothing about politics, and read the papers but little; but he had known for a lifetime this particular politician and knew intimately a side of him not familiar to newspaper readers. He be lieved in him implicitly, and In abso lutely good faith asked him to use his influence against the bill, and succeed ed. According to the lobbyist, who pre sumably knew what he was talking about, the little priest had been more powerful in his influence against the legislation which he opposed than all the newspapers and reform bodies in New York together. He was more pow erful, because he was better armed. He knew the good side of a bad man, and how to appeal to it. George W. Alger, in the August Atlantic. Dead Easy. The other evening a man of the bur glar type stepped up to an old gentle man and, handing him a piece of pa ner. said: "Sir. would vou be good enough to read me the writing on this piece of oaoer?" The individual addressed consented, and. moving toward the rays of a con venient gas lamp, read the following words: "If you utter a cry or speak a single word I shall shoot you. Give me your watch and chain and your purse at once, and then pass on." Completely taken off his guard, the gentleman handed over the articles ask ed for and walked off. A few steps brought him to a policeman, and, relat ing his story, the pair proceeded In pur suit of the stranger, who was not yet out of sight. Next morning, before the magistrate. the vagrant was called upon for an ex nlanation. "Your honor." he said. "I am not an educated man, and therefore can neither read nor write. Last evening l pickea up a piece of paper, and, it striking me that it might be of some importance, I took It to the first person I met and asked him to decipher it. The gentle man read it quietly to himself, and then, without saying a word, handed me his watch, chain and purse and walked off without giving me time to recover from mv surprise, or to ask him what he meant. It seemed to me that the paper possessed a certain value and that he had given me the valuables as a reward for finding it. But the magistrate give him six months just the same. London Tit-Bits Patrick Henry's Grave. "Inauiry is made now and then," said James Atkinson, of Philadelphia, "as to where Patrick Henry, the Tongue of the Revolution, is buried. The great or ator lies in a quiet grave on the estate in Charlotte county, Virginia, where he formerly lived. Red Hill is the name of the estate, which is on the Staunton river. 38 miles from Lynchburg. When Patrick Henry bought the place it com prised about 1,500 acres. One of the nearest neighbors was the celebrated John Randolph, of Roanoke, 15 miles away. Red Hill is now owned by Hen ry's grandson, William Wirt Henry. He has in his possession some interesting relics of his celebrated grandfather, in cluding the desk he always used, which still contains his letters from Lafayette, Washington, Madison and other great men of early days; the large, round back chair in which Patrick Henry died, and a portrait of him by the elder Sul ly, under which hangs a yellow slip of paper signed by Chief Justice John Mar shall and several other of his friends. Baltimore Sun. THE EVENING STOR Y Getting Started. (The window of the Pullman car is open on the side of the station plat form. Inside are a tall young woman in a mussy china-silk dress and a. youhg person of seven summers, spind ly as to legs and shrill as to voice. Outside are various relatives deeply concerned over the ultimate outcome tne trip or the angel child and her young and school-girlish aunt.) voice -Mjorotby, take off her hat and coat and hane- them un. Han them on the hook, Dorothy. Do you see it?" Dorothy (strua-clinor with milt a lock) "Y-e-es. Minnie, rin ha nniot Wait till we get started and then you luay jiave your aou: Another Voice "fnmn t tVie, win dow, Minnie. Now, darling, remember. you re to be good and mind auntie, won t you?" Angel Child "Uh-htih. 0-e--ei Look at that funny man! Say, can't I have my doll?" First Voice "Dorothy, whv don't you take off her hat and coat?" uorothy "For goodness sake. srlve me time!" Masculine Voice "Remember, vou can't go to the diner till th meal ara canea. Voice "Dorothy, be sure now to write the minute you set there, be cause I'll be so worried. You Ansrel Child hArtnninp tn vrnl "I w-w-want my dol-1-1! I do!" Another voice "For nltv's sake, whv don't you let her have her doll and be done with it, Dorothy? Why do you tease her?" Dprothy (with saintlike restraint, as the lock finally gives way) "Because I didn't have an ax to break open this suitcase: Here, Minnie, is your beloved dolll" Voice "Be sure and shut the suitcase. Things spill so! Are you sure you have sister's address written down where you can get at it Masculine Voice (with elephantine hu mor) "Don't you flirt with the first good looking young man you see. re member that! Reach out your hand I've some nickels and dimes for Minnie and I forgot to give them to her." Voice "Have you closed the suitcase, Dorothy? Well, why don't you close 117" Dorothy "Do you think you people would better wait till the train goes? It it's so hard to see the very last of one, you know." Another Voice (firmly) "Indeed, we will wait. I'd never forgive myself If I didn't see you two safely started on your way. I'm surprised Angel Child (with a shrill howl or wrath) "Say, Aunt Dorothy! My doll's eyes are stuck! Look, she won't open her eyes! Make her open her eyes, Dor-oth-e-e-el" Voice "Have you grot her coat and hat hung on the hook as I told you? Why, it's right there before your eyes! It just makes me shiver to think of what may happen because you are so irresponsible! Why, that hook Angel Child (hanging out or the win dow almost by her heels "O-e-e! Isn't this fun? I'd like to ride on the cars all the time! Oh, ma-ma, why don't you go, too? I don't want to go awa-a-y and leave you, ma-ma! Boo-hoc-hoo-hoo

Tearful Voice "You darling child! You break my heart! Did you ever see such an affectionate nature in all your life? Why don't you comfort her, Dorothy?" Dorothy (dragging her in, speaks sotto voce) "Minnie, if you scramble all over me with your dusty shoes again I'll spank you. Do sit down!" Angel Child (incoherently) "Boo- hoo! Yah! Boo-hoo-o-o-o!" Another Voice "Where Where's my handkerchief? I always hate so to say good-by. Are you sure you have everything? Count the things you have to carry and see, Dorothy." Dorothv (patiently) "Everything Is here. Yes, of course I'll let you know when I get there. No, Minnie isn't crying now. She's cutting tufts from the upholstery with the manicure scissors." Voice "They're getting ready to start. Now do be careful. Now, darl ing Another Voice (hopefully) "Have you found that hook yet?" Masculine Voice (horror-struck) "Great guns! Here are your tickets! I'll ,have to throw them through the window the train's moving! How did I ever forget Voice "Good-by!" Dorothv and the Angel Child "Good-by! Good-by, every one!" Voice (as train moves out) "Did you remember to shut that suitcase, hnrothv?" Dorothy (sinking Into her seat) "Thank goodness, we're reauy start ed!" Chicago News. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Stolen sweets are hard on the digestion. Time may be money, but it Isn't so scarce. A clove on the side doesn't always make a masked ball. An ounce of gold In the bank Is worth a nound of luck. Things are apt to go amiss even after a woman is married. You can't get the best of some men, be cause they haven't any. Some people are so cautious that they even look before they creep. The glutton who loves his stomach may love Dot wisely but too well. It seems strange that the things that don't seem possible happen so often. Oratorv is a gift, but it takes mora than that to make a balky mule go. The faint heart that ne'er won fair lady may live to congratulate Itself: The toper who mixes his beverages be lieves that H is never too late to blend. The writer of advertising JIneles real izes that sweet are the uses of ad-vers-ity. Misfortunes never come singly when a man with a hare lip can't raise a mus tache. "It is hard to choose between two evils savs the Cynical Bachelor, "when it comes to falling from grace or falling in love." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago Daily News. Deaf mutes are always ready to tako a hand in arguments. Rejected suitors are the victims of mis applied devotion. It's a wise man who patches U the quarrel instead of his face. Beware of the financial pointer; it usual ly points the wrong way. As a weather forecaster there Is nothing superior to a healthy corn. Charity Is a garment that serves to cover up much moral scrawniness. There's something radically wrong with the man who enjoys visiting a dentist. Isn't It a pity that the average reformer neglects to begin his work at home? CiBarettes, if properly classified, would come under the head of fouls of the air. Anv small boy can make a home run every time he knocks his ball through a pane of glass. If the automobile Is known by Its horse power, the air ship should be, known as its bird power. It doesn't necessarily follow that a man is rich because he happens to have more money than brains. One man may be able to break a horse but later the horse does a stunt on a race i track and breaks a dozen of men. IN NICOTUffA. Oh! she was a gay little cigarette. And he was a fat cigar, And side by side on a tabouret. They stood in a ginger jar. Though nary a word could I understand, (For they chatted In actobac), Yet wonderful things I am sure they plan ned; Like lovers all do alack! Today she's a sad little cigarette. For gone is her brave cigar, i And all alone on the tabouret She Btands in the ginger jar. Ah! love is a marvelous thing; 'tis true. And many a fault 'twill cloak But often It ends as the dream of these two. In nothing at all but smoke. Ufa. HUMOR OP THE 2AY "Why do you always seek tha deepest pools?" asked the grayling. "In order to be where the sunshine can not strike," answered the trout. "I freckle 60 easily."' Chicago Tribune. "Pa, what is a miser?" "A miser, my son, is a man who won t lend you his money without good securi ty. "Puck, "Still," reflected Uncle Eph'm, steady ing himself by a Strap and looking 6g eers at the nassencer who couldn't find room for his valises on the floor of the car, "a end seat hawg ain't quite as bad ez a whole seat hawg." Chicago Tribune. "Have you corns?" asked tha oorn plas ter man. 'Yes. I'm sunmied." said the busy man. without looking up. Boston Transcript. New Arrival What a lot of loving cou ples there are here. Old Guest Yes, the husbands don't get down except over Sunday. Town Topics. "What are srou aoing to do now. Scrib- lets?" "Why, I am Just about to start a mag azine." "Under what name?" 'The Age of Woman. Do you think it will be a succass?" "Well, it is doubtful." Chicago Daily News. "Only last year you wanted 130 for this mule, and now you've raised to $60." "That's natural it's a eddlcated mul now. Ever since John come from colleee he's been swearin' at that mule in six languages. Atlanta Constitution. Johnny (to his sister's young man) What base ball club did you play with this season? Sister's Young man I never played a game of base ball in my life, why do you aaic? Johnny 'Cause I heard ma tell sister that you were a splendid catch. Ne-w Yorker. He You married me for my money. She Well, what If I did? I didn't get It! Isn't that punishment enough? Detroit Free Press. "Was their marriage a secret affair?" "I should say so! The groom didn't even know of it till she'd lined him up for the ceremony." Detroit Free- Press. Cannibal Chief What did you get from that shipwreck that was washed ashore yesterday? His Chef A shoemaker and a case of sherry wine. Cannibai Then we'll have a sherry cob bler for luncheon. Exchange. Legislative Kettle (to Insurance pot) Howdy, old chum! They've sent me down to help purify you. Puck. "You may refuse me now," said the per sistent young suitor, "but I can wait. 'All things come to him who waits." "Yes," replied the dear girl, "and I guess the first thing will be father: I hear him on the stairs." Philadelphia Ledger. Teddie Well, I suppose I shall see all of j you girls bathing this afternoon! y Kittie Well, hardly! Still, you may see a little more of us. Ally Eloper's Half Holiday. Mr. Snooks To what, sir, do you at tribute your success as a statesman? Mr. Sellum If a customer doesn't see what he wants I make him want what he sees. Cleveland Leader. First Office Boy Why did yer t'row up yer job at Biffum Bans? Second Office Boy Why, I couldn't stand ole Bangs' impldence! He had de crust ter tell me, right ter my face, and before de hull office, ter git out uv de place and never come back! Dat was de last straw! Life. "Jim got in trouble in New York," said tne man irom wayoacit. "How was that?" inuired his friend. "Whv, he shook a red bandana hand kerchief at a man that was flying by in an automobile, and he turned out to be a Wall street bull." Detroit Free Press. Tommy Tucker (still smarting) Grand paw, did you ever spank paw when he was a kid? Grandfather Whenever he needed It, Tommv, and that was pretty often. Tommy (hugging himself) Well, there's some comfort in that. Chicago Tribune. Smith Brown told me some time ago that he had been aching to fight Green for more than a year. Jones Well, they actually fought one dav last week. Smith So! And the result? Jones Brown Is still aching. Chicago News. "I ain't dirty by choice, ma'am, the hobo explained. "I'm bound to honor. I wrote a testimonial for a soapmaker once an' promised ter 'use no other. x k "Well, why dori't you use that?"" de- V.,, manded Mrs. Goodley. "Because, ma'am.dat Arm failed iri 18S7." Philadelphia Ledger. "Excuse me." said the absent minded professor, "but haven't we met before? Your face Is strangely familiar." "Yes," answered the young lady, "our hostess introduced us Just before dinner." "Ah, yes," rejoined the professor. "I was positive I had seen you somewhere; I never forget a race." Chicago News. The former head of a large private school in Cleveland was a gentleman of dignified bearing, refined and correct al ways In manner and speech. By birth and early rearing he was a Vermonter, and doubtless of straight Puritan extrac tion. One day in his boyhood his mother called him from the yard, where he was playing with some ofber boys, to say to him, in a tone suggestive of mingled sad ness and severity: "Noble, my son, I never thought to hear you say a swear word!" "Why, mother," said ths boy, "I didn't use any swear word. I only said the devil. Nobody thinks that's swearing." "I don't care," said the mother quickly; "It's making light of sacred things.'" Cleveland Leader. Instructor (at night school) The lesson speaks of "character building." How should one go to work to build a charac ter? Shaggy Haired Young Man Don't stick too close to your lines. Try to work in a lot of fresh gags every night, and play to the galleries. Chicago Tribune. REFLECTIONS OF A BACIIELOP., From tha New York Press. The best way for a girl to get a com plexion is to fall out of a hammock feetX last. Sometimes a man is so poor he can save money by nobody ever expecting him to spend anything. After a boy has learned to smoke ha feels so smart that he wants to advise his father about his business. Tact is telling a woman what a oretty hat she has on when you are thinking how her gown looks like a flour sack. A woman calls a man cold blooded when he wants to go to the theater instead of hearing all the smart things the children said during the day.

Page 5

THE TOPEKA1 STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1905. 5 BETTER SHOWS. One Weapon Independents Will Use to light Theater Trust. New York. Aug. 24. A stir was caused In theatrical circles last even ing by the initial appearance of a "press sheet," or broadside, put out by the Shuberts, representing the op position to the theatrical syndicate. It is thought by many to be the real opening gun in the theatrical warfare that is to be waged this season. Al though all parties to the opposition have denied firmly from time to time that there was any intention of form ing an anti-syndicate, this "P.rJfsf Sheet" seems to cause doubt on that core. Despite the fact that the Shuberts claim to be the authors of the whole thing, mention is made forcibly of the treatment received not only by them at the hands of Klaw Erlanger, as working agents of the syndicate, but also by David Belasco, Harrison Grey Fiske, Frank Perley, and John C. Fisher all of whom are mentioned as Joined together in a fight against the syndicate as a matter of self-protection.

The sheet starts off with a stat?; ment from Lee Shubert. as follows: I have tried to let it be definitely under stood that there is no alliance of man agers except ouch an alliance as ex ists between any manager who con trols a theater and any other man who plays his attractions there. "We have not formed an opposition trust or syndicate. We simply are trying to protect ourselves from the existing combination which has barred our productions from its own houses and from the ones it repre sents." Following Mr. Shubert's statement comes an ironical note comparing the quality of the attractions offered by "the independents" and by Klaw Er langer. It reads: "In the matter of attractions for the coming season, the so-called theatrical trust and the independent managers seem to be fairly matched. The an nouncement made by the former shows the same artistic tendency, the same striving for ideals, the same high as piration and desire to appeal to the best intelligence of theatergoers that always kLb been notable in the plans of Klaw Erlanger." The follow lists of attractions of the forces. For the "independents" are mentioned: Sarah Bernhardt, Ada Rehan, Mrs. Fiske, Mrs. Leslie Carter, David Warfield. Blanche Bates, Henry Miller. Margaret Anglin, De Wolf Hop per. Jefferson de Angelis. For Klaw Erlanger are mentioned: "Lifting the Lid," "The Whole Damm Family," "The Ham Tree," "The Pearl and the Pumpkin," and "In Tammany Hall." The latter part of the "press sheet" Is directed especially at towns where "the independents" have been unable to secure a theater, and sympathy is extended to the unfortunate inhabitants of these places, inasmuch as there is such great talent that they will be forced to miss. Then follows a list of formidable attractions, of which the "press sheet" remarks: "We would like to present these to you, but we cannot." BRIDGEMAV IS FAVORITE. Expected to Capture the $50,000 Fu turity at Sheepshead. Saratoga. N. Y., Aug. 24. August a 3 to 1 favorite for the $50,000 Fu turity that is to be run in Sheepshead Bay on Saturday. At that price a number of wagers have been recorded, and it is certain he will be the best backed horse in classic contest. Trainer Hyner brought out Mohawk II from his stall and gave him a mild gallop of a sixteenth of a mile yester day afternoon. The colt could scarcely put his oft leg down after the slight exercise, and immediately Mr. Sanford and his son informed their friends they would positively withdraw the great son or KocKton from the Futurity. That the colt will not start had been expected, still there were hopes of his swollen fetlock part mending in time for the big race. Now all chance is gone. Night Clerk Takes Receipts. Kansas City, Aug. 24. J. R. Elliott, right clerk at the St. George hotel, has disappeared and evidently took with him $95 belonging to Roy Snow, of Lebanon, Kan., and $90 belonging to O. K. Compton, of Everton. Mo. Both are stockmen and had deposited the money with the clerk and taken re ceipts. Under the law the hotel will be compelled to make good the amount deposited. The $30 belonging' to Compton was paid, but Snow has not been Identified, as he registered under the name of John Roberts, of Smith Center, Kan. He told L. J. Chapman, proprietor of the hotel, he nearly al ways registered under another name when he went away from home. The night's receipts, amounting to about what the clerk's wages would have been, were also missing. Chapman said the clerk had told him his right name was J. E. Braun, and that he had worked for eight years at the White hotel at Ellsworth, Kan. Chapman says he believes the man's right name is Elliott, and that he knew him well when he worked in Kansas. He presented good references. Claim Over a Century Old. Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 24. An inter esting French spoliation case, which has been in preparation for a great many years for a hearing, will begin In the probate court today before Judge Henry W. Gregory, when ad ministrators of the estate of next of kin will present their valid claims for indemnity. In 1799 the schooner Washington sailed from this port for a trading cruise in the West Indies and while In high seas she was seized by the French cruiser Le Ronominee and condemned as a prize at Bass-Terre-Guadaloupe. The schooner was built here in 1793, and was owned in equal parts by James Selleck. Eliphalet Loekwood and William Lockwood of this place. It has been decided that her seizure and condemnation was illegal and the heirs nf t,a nn-r... .L vessel and her cargo have been granted redress. Police Left Without a Clew. Chicago, Aug. 24. William Bracey, the negro waiter of the Hotel Hol land, vi ho was seen following Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mize shortly before she was killed by a robber Tuesday night will be released today. Inspector Hunt declared he is satisfied Bracey is innocent. With the release of Bra cey the police have lost the only pris oner against whom circumstantial evidence pointed strongly as being im- T)MfQf P1 In rha mn n Valley Falls T, Topeka Perfectos 1. Valley Falls, Aug. 24. The Taylor's Perfectos of Topeka were defeated here ednesday afternoon by the local nine, the score being 7 to 1. The game was much more interesting than the score would indicate. There was a large crowd in attendance. Batteries Topeka, Priddy and Can IVaUejr Falls. Howie and Pean. SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS. Isn't It a case of dog eat dog, at Vinewood, after all? The Igorrote's dog feast is at 4 p. m. and 10 p. m. this week. Topeka opens a series of three games at Guthrie today. The fire department luckily received no alarms during the past few red hot days. W. S. Hayslip, chief clerk in the of fice of Auditor Wells, has returned from his vacation trip in Colorado. The American Fidelity and Casualty company of Vermont has been granted a permit to do business in Kansas. Mrs. Charles Samson has entered Lady Direction In the state fair races and Mr. Samson has entered Lord Di rection. Congressman Charles Cuftis holds a prominent place in a group of the Taft party, in the Philippines, printed In Colliers. A child in the family of R. A. Moul ton, at 42 2 Chandler street, is sick with diphtheria. State Grain Inspector J. W. Radford has decided to appoint C. E. Crosen of Argonia as the new deputy inspector at Wellington. If you felt hot yesterday, with the mercury up to 99, read of the tempera ture in western Kansas, up to 107, and you will feel cooler. After your experience of surviving yesterday and last night haven't you a slight idea of how a griddle cake feels to be on the griddle? Governor Hoch has accepted an invi tation to accompany the G. A. R. de partment officers to the national en campment In Denver next month. On the very hottest day of the year the city and county authorities doubled teams and got busy and put an even half dozen jointists out of business. The probate Judge granted a marriage license to Carrington S. Gavitt and Rose Augusta Gilbert yesterday. Mr. Gavitt is the son of Dr. W, W, Gavitt of 3uu hAst Firth street. The offices on the west side of the city building are so hot, so red hot, in the afternoons that the occupants of many of them flock to rooms on the east side to catch a breath. Almost simultaneous with the ar rival of Mother Florence, who was so badly injured in a runaway accident yesterday, at the hospital a bouquet of flowers reached her from the Elks. Ed Vail, of Wichita, was in Topeka yesterday, and packed up his drawings tor the battleship Kansas silver service and took them back to 'Wichita. He will exhibit them in the front window of his store. Assistant City Attorney Ralston an nounced, officially, that City Attorney Togo Drenning was on his way home irom jmcago in a new t-norse power automobile with a city asphalt plant towed on behind. United States District Clerk Albaugh says that he does not know when Judge Pollock will return from his vacation in Canada. "He didn't know when I left there at the beginning of the week," said Mr. Albaugh. Business must be picking up at the state treasurer's office. F. G. Willard, formerly cashier of the Merchants' National bank, has been added to the force of expert accountants now em ployed on the treasurer's books. Dr. H. H. Keith and the reporters who went to the wreck near Rossville, Wed nesday morning, in an automobile got their money's worth. The big machine struck a mud hole while going at a lively tilt and broke down, leaving the party with a three mile walk in front of i aeni. Governor Hoch has consented to go to Hays City on October 6, and make a speech on the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the new gymnasium and auditorium at the Hays City nor mal. The invitation to go to Hays was delivered yesterday to Governor Hoch by J. N. Wilkerson, president of the Emporia State normal. The hearing of William Shepard of Willard before United States Commis sioner Williams was continued on Wednesday afternoon until September 16. Shepard is charged with passing a $1 bill raised to $10. Shepard is a farmer and he told a rather straight story to the commissioner. The au thorities are inclined to believe him innocent. The Kelley Lytle Milling company of Leavenworth have filed a complaint with the board of railroad commission ers on coal rates. They say that soft coal is shipped from southern Kansas to Kansas City for 80 cents and to Leavenworth for 90 cents, while on slack, nut, pea and screenings the rate is 55 cents to Kansas City. They want the same differential preserved on steam coal, and ask a rate of 65 cents per ton. W. H. Wilson, chairman of the building committee of the board of education, says that on September 12 when the public schools of Topeka open for the year of 1905 and 1906, they will be in better condition and better equipped to accommodate the school children than they ever have been. A large amount of repair work has been done during the summer. At the first of the year the estimate of the cost of improvements to be made in the schools was $3,600 but about $6, 000 over that amount has been spent. AVill Omit Sham Battles. Denver, Aug. 24. Because some soldier fired a Krag Jorgensen bullet that just missed Gen. Frank Baldwin during the maneuvers at Fort Logan some time ago it was announced today there will be no more firing, even of blank cartridges, until further notice. The bullet whizzed so close to General Baldwin that he could hear it sing. An immediate investigation was start ed, and while the culprit was not identified, it generally is believed by the officers the shot was fired by a pri vate soldier with the intention of kill ing Baldwin. At Stafford County Fair. St. John, Kas., Aug. 24. The first day of the Stafford county fair was held with small attendance. The dis plays in most departments are large, one of the best fields of harness horses are here and some good racing is looked for in the next two days. In the 2:21 pace Peter B was first, Kins ley Boy second and Contractor third. Best time, 2:18. In the 2:40 trot Jum Cobb took first. Bird McGuire second, Swanta B third. Best time, 2:26. Billy Jordan won the eighth- mne dash. People who can't eat, Can eat and Digest Grape-Nuts FACT!! Anyone can. TRUST IS ACCUSED. Two Brooklyn Theaters Are Prevented From Opening. New York, Aug. 24. Policemen, under instructions from Health Commissioner Darlington prevented the opening of two Brooklyn theaters Just when their patrons were awaiting admission. As a result, there was much excitement. The police had difficulty in dispersing the crowds. The playhouses were Fayton s Lee Avenue theater and the Unique on Grand street. Payton was permitted to give a performance in the evening, out the Unique was kept closed under guard. More than 1,000 persons, mainly wo men and children, were at Payton's In the afternoon awaiting the opening of the doors for the first performance or the season, when Capt. Halihan and policemen appeared. The captain In formed Mr. Payton that he could not open until the health department's In spector had certified that all the altera tions demanded had been properly made. The failure to place a skylight In po sition over the stage was the direct cause of this action. Not understanding the reason for the appearance of the police, many women and children became excited. and it looked for a while as though somebody might be hurt. Accused the Trust. Corse Payton became excited, too. He said Commissioner Darlington had given him until today to complete the work. He spoke his mind freely ana not in an undertone. He addressed his patrons with feeling, and invited the captain to arrest him. The actor manager attributed the police action to the fact that he had Joined the Anti-Syndicate forces, and said the theatrical trust was hitting at him through Tammany Hall. Later ne calmed down, but promised the people that he would open his house in the evening. About 3 p. no. the health inspector arrived, went through the theater and decided that it was all right. Last night the street in the vicinity of the playhouse was crowded with spectators who had gathered in antici pation of more trouble. There was none, however. Mr. Payton, serene and smiling, watched the people file into the auditorium and saw the cur tain go up without a hitch. yea, we had some excitement nere tnis afternoon," he said to a World reporter, "but everything is all rieht now. The in spector did not know that we wanted to give a matinee and didn't get around until 3 o'clock. The police got here ahead of mm, tnougn anout so ot tnem, i snouia think." Unique Couldn't Get Ready. Frank B. Carr. manager of the Uniaue, whs not so fortunate. He tried to satisfy the Inspectors by setting men to work and having the alterations made in time to open in the evening, but did not succeed. Besides the placing of a skylight over the stage he was ordered to use wire roues on his asbestos curtain. The ropes were put in. but being new, were stiff and the cur tain did not quite reach the stace. Be cause of this and some alterations under the stage permission to open was denied. There was a big crowd waiting near the doors, but policemen were stationed at the entrance and no one was allowed to enter. Manager Carr is rmshing the work as rati- idly as possible and hopes to be able to gui?n soon. MILLS ARE PUSHED. To Fill Orders for Rails and Building Material. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24. The Iron Trade Review says: Although the volume of new business entered during the past week has not been as large as in some previous weeks, conditions continue sound and mills are taxed to their utmost capacity, espec ially on building materials and rails. The most Interesting development of the pig iron market was the holding of informal conferences by representatives of the Bessemer association with United States steel corporation officials con cerning the purchase of Bessemer iron for September delivery. The corpora tion is now using its surplus iron at the rate of 20.000 tons per day and offi cials agree that it will soon be neces sary to make a purchase. It is under stood that there is a slight difference of opinion on the part of corporation offi cials and makers of Bessemer as to the price which should be paid, but it is not thought that there will be any serious difficulty in reaching an agreement, and it is probable that the purchase dt about 40,000 tons will be announced be fore the first of September. The mar ket for Bessemer and Basic is showing greater strength which sellers believe will be maintained even if the corpora tion does not make the expected pur chase. Basic is especially strong as in dicated by reports from numerous man ufacturing centers. The usual quota tion for Basic, Bessemer and No. 2 foun dry is $14.50 at Ohio furnaces. In addi tion to the orders placed last week for a large car ferry and two large steel freighters, it is expected that within a few days contracts will be let for the construction of five more huge freight ers. The principal sales of steel rails for the week were as follows: Harriman lines, 75,000 tons; Santa Fe, 17.000 tons; Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, 10,000; St. Paul, 3.000; Great Northern, 5,000: In dianapolis and Cincinnati traction, 5,000; miscellaneous, 25,000. Total, 135,000 tons. The Harriman lines only recently had purchased 20,000 tons. ACTS AS HIS OWN SCRGEOSl "Pull 3Iy Leg," He Said, and He Was All Right. Moorestown, N. J., Aug. 24. William Gaven, a mason of this place, fell from a scaffold while repointing a chimney at the Edward Ross house, and besides other in juries dislocated his lejr at the knee. Other workmen rushed to his assistance and wanted to carry him to a physician's office, but Gaven objected to this and grit ting his teeth, said: "Pull my leg." This was done and with a snap the knee joint slid back into its socket. Though suffering great pain Gaven arose and walked to his home. The knee was terribly swollen. Ketcham Will Sell Cresceus. "Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 24. The Leader today says: George H. Ketcham of Toledo, the breeder, owner and trainer of the world's champion trotting stal lion Cresceus, 2:02, has decided to dis pose of that famous horse and has ar ranged to have him sold to the highest bidder at the Fasig-Tipton company's auction sale to be held at Madison Square Garden, New Tork, in Novem ber. Three Start to Swim Channel. Dover, Eng., Aug. 24. The thirtieth anniversary of the success of Captain Matthew Webb in swimming across the English channel, which occurred today, brought out three candidates anxious to emulate the famous swim mer. They are Miss Annette Keller, the woman champion swimmer of Aus tralia; T. W. Burgess, who attempted three times to swim the channel, and Horace Mew. All three made an early cum. iiuui una yiviaiyfa ROBINETT IN TROUBLE. Governor's, Attention' Called to Some l"ly Charges. M wM E. K. Robinett, the man who repre sented Kansas City, Kan., in the last house of representatives, is mixed up in a bad looking perjury case which was brought to the attention of Governor Hoch yesterday in an effort to secure a pardon for W. C. Yard of Kansas City, now serving time for perjury. In asking for a pardon for Yard, the applicants practically place all the blame for the occurrence on E. K. Rob inett, Yard's attorney. They say that Yard was induced to give perjured tes timony by Robinett. The application for the pardon was brought to the attention of Governor Hoch by Commander P. H. Coney of the Kansas G. A. R., who is interested in the case because Yard's father-in-law was an ex-union soldier, and Yard has a wife and little child depending upon him for support. Capt. Coney presented a letter to the governor from County Attorney James S. Gibson which tells the history of the case and Robinett's connection there with. The letter follows: "I am not in the habit of writing let ters on behalf of persons convicted of crime and sentenced therefor, nor of giving my views upon such subjects In advance of a request therefor, but In the matter of the application to you for a pardon or parole, as the ease may be, of one W. C. Yard, sentenced to be con fined In the penitentiary for the crime of perjury, committed in this county, I think it but fair for me to state that, from all the admitted facts and circum stances surrounding the bringing of the original suit by Yard, in which the per jury was committed. Yard was as much sinned against as sinning. I mean by that, had he not been so persistently Importuned and solicited he would never have brought suit, but once having brought it, I can well see how it could be made to appear to him by counsel, that by straining a point here and there, his case could be made stronger, until he was testifying to things that were untrue. "Mr. Yard testifies that he told Mr. Robinett when he, Robinett, came down to see him at his home in Brunswick, Mo., that he was not hurt In that wreck, but that he had sprained his ankle in getting off a street car; that his ankle was better, and that he did not 'want to bring any suit. He says that Robinett was there for two hours before he. Yard, finally gave him permission to bring the suit. "On the witness stand Mr, Robinett admits that Yard told him he was not hurt much, and that he did not want to bring any suit. He also admits that he was there about two hours pleading with Yard to allow him to bring the suit before Yard gave in. "Now, take these things in connec tion with the fact that Yard lived In Brunswick, eighty miles from Kansas City, that he had gone home without thinking of bringing suit, and that the next day after Mr. Robinett had been away down there to see him, and after, as Mr. Robinett admits, Yard had told him he had not been hurt much, he, Mr. Robinett, files a petition alleging great personal injury, including per manent internal injury; it seems to me as though all these things might well challenge thoughtful consideration upon an application for pardon or parole. Of course, it is no defense to say that a party was led Into crime by another, but the fact that the party Is by such other induced to set In mo tion a train of circumstances which ultimately force him into the commis sion of a crime, it occurs to me ought to mitigate, to .some extent, the pun ishment. "Another thing," immediately upon his arrest Mr. Yard admitted that he had been guilty of perjury, and yet, in the face of that admission, when he was brought to the county jail, Mr. Robinett mortgaged his property and secured thereby a bond for Yard's re lease, and took him at once to the law office of Hale Maher." RIP ANNOYS EDISON. Rent in Trousers Keeps Inventor Out of Dining Room. Stroudsburg, Pa., Aug. 24. Notwithstand ing the ingenuity of Thomas A. Edison, the Inventor, he was unable to invent a way out of a serious predicament in which he found himself recently at Laurel inn, a resort in the Pocono mountains. Mr. Edison was a guest at Laurel inn with a party of friends quietly exploring. While out in the hills he met with an ac cident and his trousers were so badly torn that, having no others, he was unable to appear In the dining room for any of his mfals. There are no stores at the resort and the inventor left on the first train for his home in Orange. Married at Emporia. Emporia, Kan., Aug. 24. John J. Haney of Fontana, and Miss Bessie Virginia Scrlver of Cedar Point, were married here at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Scriver. Rev. Allen S. Davis, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Wichita, and a graduate of the College or Emporia, pertormea the impressive ring service. The bride wore an all- over lace gown over silk. Miss Irble Atz or Valley Falls, sang "All for You," by Harloe, and Mrs. Paul Scri ver of Florence, played "Lohengrin." The bride and groom stood in front of a bank of palms and roses. Cat Tramps to Be Given Homes. Albany, Aug. 24. For the purpose of finding homes for vagrant cats, the Lock Haven Cat club, an organization of cat fanciers in all part of the coun try, was incorporated today. Interest will be aroused in the ownership of thoroughbreds and shows will be given. but the common cat of the alley varie ty will not be overlooked. The head quarters of the club is in Rochester, but women from Chicago and other cities are among the directors. John Mulr Seriously 111. San Francisco, Aug. 24. It has been learned here that John Muir. the vener able naturalist and geologist, and dis coverer of the Muir glacier in Alaska, is seriously ill in Arizona, His condi tion is said to be due to the death of his daughter, Helena, whose removal to Arizona just prior to the death of Mrs. Muir was necessitated as the only means of restoring her to health. I. O. O. F. Notice. Members of Topeka Lodge No. 40 I. O. O. F. are requested to meet at their hall on Sixth street Friday after noon, August 25, at 2:30 p. m., to at tend the funeral of Brother Chas Hawes. All Odd Fellows in good standing are cordially invited to at tend. B. W. REHKOPF, N. G. H. A. ACHENBACH, Rec. Sec'y. Peasants Destroy Property. Odessa, Aug. 24. Fresh agrarian disorders have broken out In the Elizabethgrad and Alexandria dis tricts, and the peasants are destroying the property of the landowners. A big estate at ButsKy has Deen entirely de molished. The president of the Elizabethgrad zemstvo asked permis sion from the government to convoke a meeting of the landlords with the view, to settling the grain Question. u 1 W I Aug ust The only line direct to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Tickets may read to all of these points if desired. mm rfi j NUUU Headquarters train will leave Rock Island depot, Topeka, 2:30 p. m., Sun day, Sept. 3rd. All comrades are invited to accompany this train. For G. A. R. folder containing interesting description of Denver and Colorado generally, and further particulars call on any Rock Island agent. FILLS ELEPHANT'S TOOTH. Hippodrome's Trick Mammal Chases Dentist to Perch. New York, Aug. 24. Lena, the trick elephant at the hippodrome, had a tooth filled today. In the process she added to her store of knowledge some emphatic opinions of dentists and their ways. Lena had been suffering ever since the close of the winter season. But the cause of the trouble was not known until a few days ago. Then it was learned that Lena had a cavity in one of the teeth of the upper Jaw. It was a mere trine only about an inch and a half in diameter. I Martin J. Potter, a veterinary sur geon, was called in. With him was a pound of chloroform, as much chloral, and a lot of tools. It appeared as if he had taken a paving contract. When the preparations ror the ope ration were finished. Bob Tyler, Lena's trainer, coaxed her to lie down. While he kept her quiet, men with ropes made her feet fast to rings in the floor. The doctor pried open her Jaws and began to wash out the cavity of the tooth. An unlucky scrape hit the nerve and Lena started to get up. She had been tied with a two inch rope, but that didn't seem to bother her. She got up. Lena "Takes the Stage." Lena charged around the stage while the doctor sought safety. Then Tyler persuaded Lena to lie down again, and this time the doctor, for obvious rea sons, decided to try chloroform. After the chloroform had been replenished several times, Lena became quiet and the doctor finished cleaning the cavity and shaping it to hold the filling. Then he rammed in the gold and began to hammer it home with an instrument that resembled a miniature pile driver. About the second knock Lena woke up and began to "say things." But the doctor stuck to his Job and finished It Just as Lena demolished the last rope and struggled to her feet. "It's all finished except the burnish ing," the doctor said, "but I think I'll come back tomorrow for that." Chorus Girls Rush to Protect Pet. Word had gone around that Lena was to be operated on and would have to take chloroform. Several chorus girls of the company hurried in to protect their pet. Rita Dean, one of the riders, be came anxious about her mammalian friend when the doctor confided to her that elephants seldom recover from the effects of chloroform. Rita wept a little bit herself, but the tears did not in the least resemble in size those shed by Lena. How sincere they may have been is another story. Potter admitted frankly that chloroform was dangerous for larger animals, and that some $5,000 ele phant was likely to lose value as a re sult of the trial. "It's all the fault of them girls any way," growled the keeper. "They keep feeding candy to Lena all the time, and that's what has ruined her teeth. It is a pity they wouldn't eat it themselves chorus girls is easier to get, a whole lot, than a trick ele phant." Lena was much relieved by the ope ration and rubbed her trunk grate fully against her keeper's arm, as if she believed him responsible for the whole thing. The chorus girls seemed relieved, too, and their spirits are not at all affected by the large new placard that stared them in the face as they went out: "Women of the chorus must not feed candy to the elephants." The Igorrottes are at Vlnewfld park tbia sveeK, fr) 1 (MffUCojfO) and IBsic 3 to Septo 4- Keturn Limit October OFF IGIAL For G. A. R. booklet and other information, see R Island agents. Or write to J. A. STEWART, Gen'I. Agt., KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. A. M. FULLER, C. P. A., 1 TOPEKA KANSAS, LOAN MEN IN COURTS. Kansas Justice Doing a Good Business in Garnishees. Kansas City, Aug. 24. D. D. Drake, one of the 10 per cent a month money lenders, driven out of business in this city, Is filing garnishee proceedings In township Justice courts in Wyandotte county, Kan. In one of these little courts, outside the city, quite an exten sive business in attaching wages of em ployes of railroads is being developed. This fact was the indirect cause of a fight last Thursday between J. S. Gib son, county attorney of Wyandotte county and attorney for the Missouri Pacific railroad, and E. M. Stockton, Justice of the peace iOf Quindaro town ship. C. F. Hutchings. general attorney for the Kansas City Western Railway com pany, formerly the Leavenworth line. was served yesterday with a garnishee summons from Justice Stockton's court, stating that D. D. Drake had made an affidavit that J. M. Sessions, an inspec tor for the railroad company, was in debted to him to the extent of J47.65, and attaching money held by the com pany for Sessions to that amount. This is only one of many sucn pro ceedings which have been brought against employes of the Leavenworth line," said Mr. Hutchings. "some one has a claim against an employe and as signs It to Drake. I had a case a short time ago of a man who was being hounded to death by one of these men. This man had a family to support ana had been working for the company only a short time when a garnishee summons was served. There is a rule among rail roads that when an employer has been garnlsheed twice he is discharged. This fact is used by the money lenders as a club over their victims. This man ap pealed to me and said that he had paid the lender much more than was due. I notified the 10 per cent a month man that he would have to let up on me em ploye or get it in the neck." In the last few months J. S. Gibson, as attorney for the Missouri Pacific, has been served with about 30 garnishee summons from Justice Stockton's court, directed against employes of the rail road company. The affidavits were made by "C. P. Rea," to whom the claims were assigned. It is said that many of these suits were settled by the em ployes concerned, who, being unable to personally defend themselves and keep at work, were willing to pay the costs. J. S. Gibson, as county attorney, last week threatened to bring criminal pro ceedings against Justice totockton as a result of an attachment upon house hold goods for a J10 Judgment renaerea against a farmer living west of Kansas City Kan. This case had no connection with the Missouri Pacific garnishee pro ceedings but the feeling between the attorney and the Justice resulted in a fight in which Mr. umson was oruisea about the face. Public Is Aroused. The public is aroused to a knowledge of the curative merits of that great medlcS nal tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick stom ach, liver and kidneys. Mary H. Walters Co., S21 N. Kansas ave. Price 60c. of 646 St. Clair ave.. Columbus. O.. writes: "For several months I was given up to die. I had fever and ague.my nerves were wrecked; I could not sleep and my stom ach was so weak from useless doctors' drugs that I could not eat. Boon after be ginning to take the Electric Bitters I ob tained relief and in a short lime I was en tirely cured." Guaranteed at Arnold Drug Scrofula, salt rheum, erysipelas and other distressing eruptive diseases yield quickly and permanently to the cleansing, purifying power of Burdock Blood Bitters. 7 ROUT NO MINISTER AT FUNERAL. Atheist Buried in Accordance With Desire Expressed in Last Illness. Galesburg, III., Aug. 24. The fu neral procession for W. B. McClellan, a merchant of Necoma, who in his last illness requested that no undertaker embalm his body, that no railroad wheel turn under his casket, that no minister officiate at the last rites held for him and that he be buried in a, metallic coffin in a vault, attracted much attention as it passed through here today on the way to Elmwood. McClellan was an atheist. DENVER AND RETURN $10.75. For G. A. R. Encampment Take the Union Pacific The short line. The Union Pacific is the short line for the Grand Army encampment at Denver, Colo. $10.75 for the round trip from Topeka. On sale August 80 to September 4. Good for return till September 12. Tickets may be extend ed for return till October 7. Same rate round trip to Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Proportionately lower rates from Union Pacific points west of Topeka. For further informa tion apply to the nearest Union Pa cific agent. G. A. R. The Official Route to Denver via Santa Fe. This train, composed of Pullman stan dard and tourist sleepers and free chair cars, will leave Topeka via Santa Fe at 11:55 a. m. Saturday, September 3. Tickets cost only $10.75. On sale August 30 to September 3. Limit September la with privilege extension to October 7. Stopovers at any point in Colorado on going trip and between Denver and Pueblo returning. For literature, reser vations, etc., apply to T. L. King, C. P. A., Topeka. The President Of the Lewis and Clark exposition, Portland, Ore., telegraphs as follows: "I congratulate and thank the Union Pacific in behalf of the directorate for the superb Lewis and Clark folder. It is one of the most elaborate and com plete of any issued in connection with the exposition." Those who intend to visit the Oregon country will find in this publication a rare fund of infor mation. It tells you of the shortest way to reach the exposition city, what is to be seen en route, and of the re turn trip through California. Free on application to E. L. Lomax, G. P. and T. A., Omaha, Neb. Main Thoroughfare. To Lewis and Clark Exposition, Port land, Oregon, June 1 to Oetober It, X805. via Union Pacific. This historic al route, traversing the heart of the great Northwest with Its boundless re sources, gives you 200 miles alone the matchless Columbia river and a trip to Portland and the Northwest with out change and a chance to visit Yel lowstone Park. June 1 to September 19, by side trip from Pooatelle ot 0dt tics-jsii Monlda. Bodily pain loses its terror If you've a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil in the house. Instant relief In cases of burns, cuts, sprains, accidents ot any sort Have xou eeea the Xf orrQttea?

Page 6

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 7

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 8

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 9

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.

Page 10

This page's text is still being fetched. See the page, or reload in a moment.