The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 9, 1907

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EVERYBODY f EVERYBODY 1 IS Tk nA ncc I 10 PAGES J KcADS II. I MEEDS IT. i AST, EDITION. TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL 9, 1907. TUESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. DELIAS IS DONE. Thaw's Attorney Kenews His Argument Btgun lesterday. Holds Rapt Attention of Jury and Spectators. IN SCATHING TERMS. lie Denounces the Victim of the Defendant's Pistol. Pictures Lo?e of Thaw for Evelyn in Glowing Language. Distriet Attorney Jerome Not Present During Argument. New Tork. April 9. Delmas con cluded his argument in the Thaw case at 3:17 o'clock. He spoke altogether five and one-quarter hours. As soon as he had finished court adjourned until 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning when District Attorney Jerome will bsgin his final argument for the state. New York. April 9. Not since the day when Evelyn Thaw gave to the world the story of her life has the court room, where the final scenes of the Thaw trial are now being enacted, been so crowded as 1t was today. The attraction was Delphin M. Delmas. the San Francisco lawyer, who today continued his summing up for the de fense. Mr. Delmas began his final plea yesterday afternoon and after speak ing two and a half hours his voice be came so husky as to necessitate an ad journment. He was in good voice again when the proceedings were re sumed and at the outset promised to be even more effective than he was yesterday. Despite ths inclement weather a snow storm without the court room was besieged an hour before the time for the opening, a large percentage of the spectators being women. With much difficulty the police suc ceeded in keeping the crowd down to the actual seating capacity, so that al though every available bit of space was occupied, good order prevailed w hile Mr. Delmas was making his ap peal to the Jury. Members of the Thaw family as usual were among the early arrivals. Kvelyn Thaw was a trifle late but arrived in time to hear the opening sentences. A new figure appeared in the Thaw group today. It was that of Mrs. Edward Thaw, who accompanied her husband and her sister-in-law, theeountess of Yar mouth. Mr. and Mrs. James Carnegie also iwere present. District Attorney Jerome was again absent' todny during Mr. Delmas' speech. s Ipltnns Resumes. When Mr. Delmas arose to resume his argument he told the Jury he would endeavor to be as brief as pos sible in order not to tax their patience and to relieve them of their onerous duty as speedily as consistent with the responsibilities resting upon him. "When I am done," said Mr. Del mas, "I shall give the fate of my client into your hands with every con fidence." Mr. Delmas said it would be neces sary to cast a rapid glance over his re marks of yesterday in order to con nect the threads of his argument. The state. Mr. Delmas said, had at tempted to set the scene for the last act in the deplorable tragedy upon the flimsy basis of an affidavit dictated by "a felon a man convicted of per jury," Mr. Delmas quoted briefly from the speech of District Attorney Jerome when Abraham II. Hummel was up for sentence. At that time Mr. Je- rome urged the maximum penalty of the law on the ground that Hummel had been a menace to the commun- lty for twenty years." Of the story of Evelyn Nesbit told upon the witness stand, Mr. Delmas said: You know, gentlemen of the Jury, I of this young man when he saw the that no human imagination ever in- giTi he loved go back to the man from vented such a story. You know that j whose clutches he had rescued her. In no actor could have stood as she did. thi condition of mind Harry Thaw ,nrn,nS'T- 8,1 th? tes known to ieft New York and went to his moth ski. led lawyers to elicit the truth, un-! er s home in Pittsburg. Up to this less she was telling the absolute j time Harry Thaw had been a man of T t cheerful temperament, but the moth- I shall now proceed." went on Mr. er's eyes saw how the change had De.mas. "in an effort to depict to you come." the effect of this story on the mind of Mr. Delmas then read from Mrs. Harry K. Thaw. I shall prove this to j William Thaw's testimony regarding you without using any language of my i the actions of her son at that time, own. I shall tell you the story in how he was moody and quiet, how he j-.n.wis woras, ine woras you heard j her use on the stand." Reads Evelyn's Story. Mr. Delmas then read dramsticallv the young woman's story of Thaw's actions, when, in Paris, in 1903. she tij i .r, 1 i 1 iwo. SIIV told him her story, how he walked t the floor, biting his nails and sobbing. ne men reaa tnat portion of her testimony in which she said she had refused Thaw's offer of marriage be cause sne loved n m so mnih that cha would not drav him rtnwn tuDiime renunciation.' savs the neering district attorney in an effort to make you believe that this story is not true: that It is Impossible," went on Mr. Delmas. "But I shall prove to you that It is true; I shall prove to you beyond the slightest doubt that she did refuse him and refused him for that reason alone. Man. it may be has not that great power of renuncia tion, but in the gentler breast of wo man do we find that great gift of God, and in the breast of this little girl ex isted this greatest strength that en abled her to put aside her one love when she knew it was for the good of the one she loved." Arguing along this line to further demonstrate Evelyn's "sublime (re nunciation" Mr. Delmas referred to and read abstracts from the letter which Thaw wrote to Attorney Long fellow In September. 1903. In his letter Thaw wrote that he had pro posed marriage to Evelyn, but she had refused point blank because "she said It would shut me out from my rela tives." The Letter to Longfellow. "The genuineness of this letter." Mr. Delmas argued, "can not be denied. V?hat, then, did It mean when Thaw wrote to Mr. Longfellow that Evelyn would not marry him? "Is it not true that she had refused him? Thaw wrote that she thought first and then rejected his offer. Yes, she thought. She looked upon the man she loved; she looked upon her own past, and she did not want to bring reproach upon the man who would have married her. "Down in her noble heart she said "Harry, I love you; and because I love you I do not want to tie my unfortu nate existence to yours, so that people would point the finger of scorn at you I want to leave you free, and the moment you think it is best for you I will go my way. I will go back and earn my own living and you shall be free and honored, (lo back to your noble mother and dear sisters, and I shall go down, where so many others have gone before' me, and disappear from the world.' "Yes, she thought. The sneer of the district attorney is unjustified. The lit tle girl did sacrifice herself; did rise to the heights of sublime renunciation." Mr. Delmas here read from Mrs. William Thaw's testimony, 'and went on: "Did that venerable, gray-haired mother come here to perjure herself? Did she invent this story which she says her son told her? Or did he tell an untruth when he confided to his loved mother and told her that he loved this girl and wanted to devote his Ufa to her; and that all this time that lit tle girl was going along using the tal ents God had given her to make a liv ing for herself, refusing to marry the wealthy man who loved her and whom she loved, because she thought it was for the best for him? Oh, sublime self- abnegation!" Kcads From Evelyn's Testimony. Mr. Delmas read at length from Eve lyn's testimony, recalling the portions of her story in which Bhe told of the effect of her story on Thaw's mind, and how, during the months in which she was with him in Europe, his mental suffering seemed to increase. "Such was the condition of Harry Thaw's mind when, in the fall of 1903, he parted from Evelyn Nesbit in Europe and sent her back to New York ahead of him. There, gentlemen, you have the first dawn of the mental condition which manifested itself three years afterwards. "The foundations of his- reason were undermined. The storm had not burst, but the clouds were gathering from the four points of the compass, and from them the lightning and thunder were to burst in three years and astound the world." Mr. Delmas turned again to young Mrs. Thaw's testimony and repeated that part of it in which she told of hav ing refused to see him after he had followed her home from Europe, be cause, "of the dreadful things" friends of Stanford White had told her about him. "Evelyn told him what had been related to her regarding the putting of a girl In a bath tub and turning hot water on her, of using morphine and tieing girls to bed posts and beating them. "Thaw." Mr. Delmas added, "shook his head sadly and said 'Poor Evelyn.' Mr. Delmas read also of the girl tell ing Thaw Stanford White had taken her to see Hummel. "What the condition of his mind was at that time is shown to you gentlemen by iocuinent of indubitable genuine ness. The letters Thaw wrote to Attor npv Lonrfellow picture the sad epoch In his life they voice the wail from a suffering soul such as has never been voiced by a dramatist from the days of the Greeks down to the. present time." Heads Thaw's Letters. Mr. Delmas real many of the letters to which he had referred, commenting upon them as he read. In one of these letters Thaw speaking of himself in the third person, said: "He would have done anything for you, but now. you must get stronger without him. Poor little Evelyn you have fallen back into the lands of the man who poisoned your life and who is new poisoning your mind. But I have no reproaches to heap upon you but oh, the sadness of It all you have driven ms from your side and now you must fight the battle of lite alone without me." Oh, Stanford White exclaimed Mr. Delmas, "had that man kept out of the way with his smooth tongue, professional tricks, devices, poor little Evelyn would not have turned from her the man who loved her at the be hest of those professional deceivers. "If you don e Delieve in me as a pritleman w fnohing to U.,v,fi fl rote iarry i niw, mere do. Being honest ana faithful has finished me.' The pages neither of poetry nor oratory contain a simpler, sadder or more melancholy story of desolation than that which came as a desert waste on ine mina did not sleep, how he often went to the piano. Tho Mother's Story. "He struck the chords of the instru ment," went on Mr. Delmas, "until they resounded like a wail, until they 11 J I Y iCJUUUCU shuddered like a srroan of a soul in agony, until the storm passed from him and tne music grew sorter ana finally died away. The loving mother heard his sobs, she saw him awake until the gray of dawn. He told that mother that the story was one he could not repeat to her, hut soon, by a mother's art she won her way into her son's soul and little by little he told the story. "Then, gentlemen, you remember that awful scene in the church. You remember the organ was rolling and the voices were appealing to the Lord God of Hosts, the God of armies and of navies, "Be with us yet, lest we for get, lest we forget." "Forget, the voices rang; forget, the poet had written; but in Harry Thaw's heart rang a voice, "You can never for get, you can never forget that that In nocent little one is gone from you forever, forever and has returned to the clutches of those who ruined her.' "This, then, was Harry Thaw's men tal condition. Must tie give her up? He could not, he would not. Brave, courageous, indomitable man that he was, he conceived that he had a mis sion to perform. The thought of lit tle Evelyn in those hands was more than the tortures of hell to him. He came back to New York to try once more to save her." Mr. Delmas then read from Evelyn's testimony regarding her meetings with Thaw at this time, of how she refused for a time to see him but finally how they met and she discovered the stor ies she had heard were not true. (Continued on Pare Six.) STUBBSON STAND Tells What He Knows About Railroad Building. Could Duplicate Kansas Lines for 25,000 Per Mile. PROVED GOOD WITNESS More Than a Match for Brilliant Bail road Attorneys. Told a Funny Story and Nearly Broke Up Inrestigation. W. R. Stubbs, "Square Deal" leader of Kansas, was easily the star witness of the first day's session of the inter state commerce commission In Topeka, Mr. Stubbs sparred with M. A. Low and A. A. Hurd. railroad Httnrnevs snd came off with a decisive victory; he told a funny storv on the wit ness Rtanrl. and got it into the stenographer's offi cial eviaence, and he gave out esti mates to show tl at he, or any other ex perienced contractor could duplicate the existing railway systems of Kansas on a basis of $25,000 a mile for main track ana io,ooo a mile for branch lines, ex elusive of terminals, shops and general offices. When Stubbs was tellinar the com mission, in response to questions, about his experience in railroad building, he said: "For the past two or three years I haven't bc-en doing any railroad con tracting, i have been ready and will ing to do it, but I haven't been able to get the work," and Mr. Stubbs grinned broadly in the direction of the railroad crowd. It Is well known why Mr. Stubbs don't get railroad work to ao. it would be as much as any gen eral manager's Job is worth to give fetuoos a mile of track to build. Mr. Stubbs was summoned as a wit ness In the case by A. E. Helm, at torney for the Kansas grain shippers, for the purpose of tstablishing the value of the Kanfcts railroads. His testimony was of the utmost importance, for it is about thti first time on record when an experienced contractor not "owned" by the railroads, has under oath given an estimate of this kind. The following is the stimate presented to the commis sion by Mr. Stubbs, and it includes, ac cording to Mr. Stubbs, "a nice profit for the contractor who would take the Job at these figures." Cost of reproducing Kansas mam lines, single track basis, all switches and sidetracks included: Rails, 140 tons to the mile, at 530.. $4,200 Splices, spikes, belts per mile 400 Ties, per mile 2.500 Grading, per mile 5.000 Tracklaying, per mile 600 Bridges, depots, roundhouses, right of way and. engineers, per mile i 6,000 Ballast, per mile.. 4.000 Incidentals, freight, etc 2,300 Total $25,000 Cost of reproducing Kansas branch lines: Rails, 120 tons per mile at $30.$ 3,600 Splices, etc 400 Ties 2.000 Grading 3,500 Tracklaying 500 Bridges, etc 4,000 Incidentals 1,000 Total $15,000 Cheap to Build In Kansas. "I think it Is cheaper to build rail roads in Kansas than in any of the surrdunding states," said Mr. Stubbs. "This is because of the nature of the soil, and the comparatively small amount of 'classified material' which means rock in various forms. Bridg ing Is not an expensive proposition. It is less than in any other state I know of. It is not nearly as expensive as in Oklahoma or Missouri. "Ir my estimate I have figured about $2,000,000 for Incidentals. That is a good liberal estimate. In my estimate on ties I have figured 2,600 to the mile. Now I can get ties for 40, 50 or '60 cents apiece, but In my estimate on the main lines, I have figured on a real hangup road, with the best of every thing, treated ties, all complete, prob ably better than a good deal of the main lines now In. I figure excavation throughout the state at about 14 cents a yard." Would Like to Take the Job. "We took some testimony recently," said Commissioner Prouty, "in which the cost of excavation was estimated at 22 cents a yard." "That might be a fair price for cer tain work," replied Mr. Stubbs. "But I would like to reproduce all the rail road grading in Kansas at a flat price of 14 cents, and I would put up a mil lion dollar bond that I could do it. Fourteen cents, taking the whole state, is a fair averag? price. I'd stake ev erything I've got on that, and I have been in the business for 30 years. "My estimate doesn't include termi nals, because I never built anything of that sort, and I don't know what they cost. I am not qualified to give testi mony on that proposition. And in the matter of roundhouses, I have estimat ed merely for those along the line suf ficient to handle the business of the line and not like the big roundhouses in To peka and Kansas ICty for the accom modation of engines in transcontinental traffic "Depots cost about $2,500 apiece out side of the few big towns in the state. I have allowed $100,000 for the brick and stone depots In the bigger towns. None of the depots cost more than $25,000." On cross examination A. A. Hurd of the Santa Fe merely brought out clear ly that Mr. Stubbs' estimate did not include the value of the Kansas City terminals, shops, and general offices, buildings, or of double trackage on the main lines. Low Failed to Gain an Advantage. From the way M. A. Low went after the witness it was evident that the Rock Island attorney would have been glad to "show up" Mr. Stubbs, but he came off second beet. Mr. Stubbs was thoroughly posted on every point, and his testimony "under fire" was very convincing. Mr. Low put a lot of hy pothetical questions concerning the cost of reducing grades on Rock Island lines. Stubbs admitted that it would be very expensive to cut some of the Rock Island lines to the same grade as the Lake Shore line. "And it Is expensive to operate on a 1 per cent grade. Isn't it?" "Yes, certainly." "And that should, be taken into con sideration in making rates?" "It certainly should," raid Mr. Stubbs "I want to be fair In: this matter. No one understands bette than I the value of the railroads of tfcis state. And want them to be valued on a liberal basis, and then be allowed to make a liberal profit on that valuation. But, like' that other man on the witness stand, I must tell the whole truth about It. That man was asked on the wit ness stand who was the best mathe matician In the world. He replied that he believed he was htmself. After wards a friend said to him: 'Say, you made a fool of yourself when you said you were the best mathematician in the world.' 'My God, replied the man. 'I was under oath, wasn't I?. I had to tell the truth about it This story pretty nearly broke up the proceedings. Everybody roared with laughter, including the two commission ers. Attornev General Cromwell of Okla noma then asked Mr. Stubbs a number of questions for the purpose of getting him to admit that the railroads of Oklahoma are not as valuable as the railroads of Kansas. Mr. Stubbs stuck to his declara tion that It costs more to build roads in Oklahoma than in Kansas. 1. W. Blaine on the Stand. The only other witness at the afternoon session was D. W. Blaine of Pratt, who testified to the increased cost of raising wheat in western Kansas, and the in creased cost of land. He said that wheat raisers are in a worse condition now than they have ever been in the history of the state, owing to the heavy expense of rais ing wheat and the heavy freight charges. Mr. Blaine was questioned at length, and testified to a great many interesting things about the troubles of the grain shippers. Mr. Blaine Is the nresident of the shippers' association which brought the case pending betore the board. Mr. Blaine said that the increased cost of raising wheat in his section of the state is so great mat tne only way farmers can continue to raise wheat is to have reduced the cost of shipping it to the gull. "How would it do." asked Mr. Prouty. "to raise the Kansas City rate instead of lowering the Wichita rate?" "After our experience with the Inter state Commerce commission, we don t be neve tney win ao mat. "The railroads say," continued Mr. Prouty. "that their expenses have in creased at as rapid a rate as the expense or xne rarmer. "I know they say that." replied Mr. Blaine, "but I don't think their expenses have increased so much as ours. The wheat grower in Kansas was never in such bad condition as he is right now. The post of producing- wheat has in creased and the price is low." LOSS TO KANSAS. Much of the Battleship's Fur niture Destroyed by Fire. Ceremony of Placing Her in Commission Hill Be Delayed. Philadelphia, Pa., April 9. One of the large; buildings in the League Island navy, yard, containing the saw mill. Joiner shop and pattern shop, was almost entirely- destroyed by fire today. The loss is ..-estimated., at be tween $70,000 and, $100,000. The .navy yard fire company, and all the marines and sailors stationed at the yard were called out to fight the flames and as sistance was asked of the Philadelphia fire department. The flames spread with such rapidty, however, that the structure was soon enveloped and the interior of the building completely de stroyed. Many patterns for the equipment of vessels of the navy were burned and- it will be difficult to re place them. Much of the furniture intended for the battleship Kansas was stored in the building and was destroyed.- The Kansas was to have been placed in commission within a few days and it is thought that the loss of the fur niture will delay the ceremony. LIGHT FROST LAST NIGHT. Tender Plants Nipped' But Fruit Is Not Injured. The temperature dropped to 37 last night and as a result a light frost fol lowed which nipped the more tender of the exposed plant life though it Is not likely that the fruit crop was affected In the least. The conditions will be about the same tonight and there is a chance that a light frost will occur though no danger to the fruit crop is entertained by the government depart ment in tnis city. There has been a gradual rise in tern perature since morning until 1 o'clock when the mercury dropped back one degree towards the place it is to hold until morning. There is a light wind blowing from the west at the rate of nine miles an hour and the sky is clear. The hourly temperatures for the day were 7 o'clock 37 I 11 o'clock. 62 8 o'clock 44 I 12 o'clock 54 9 o'clock 47 I 1 o'clock.... 48 10 o'clock 50 I 2 o'clock 57 PAPER BURNHD GUT. Columbus Dispatch Sustains a Loss of $150,000 by Fire. Columbus, O., April 9. The six story Brookel-Mithoff building, occu pied by the Evening Dispatch newspa per plant and the Hoster three story building adjacent were practically de stroyed by fire today, entailing a loss of about $300,000. The damages sustained by the Dis patch Printing company are estimated at $150,000. A dozen other persons and concerns each suffered losses amounting from $5,000 to $40,000. FOUND A BOx' BABY. Oswego Boys Make an Odd Discovery in a Basket at Midnight. Oswego, Kan., April 9. A baby boy about a week old was found by two boys on the school grounds in the west part of town shortly before midnight. The infant was clad only in a thin calico dress, and was lying in a basket in which a bed had been made of Independence, Kan., newspapers. The midnight air chilled and caused it to cry out, and this attracted the attention of two boys who were pass ing. "iNo clue has yet been found as to its parents or the persons who left it on the school zrounds. Weather Indications. Chicago, April 9. Forecast for Kan sas: Fair tonight and Wednesday; ris ing temperature Wednesday. SELL GOES FREE. End of Famous and Much Agitated Murder Case. Neosho County Boy Convicted of Killing Family. SIXTEEN YEARS OLD. Has Spent Twenty-one Years in Prison. Governors Hare Bepeatedly Re fused a Pardon. Governor E. W. Hoch this afternoon issued a full pardon from the state penitentiary to Willie" Sell, who for 21 years has been under sentence of death at the state penitentiary for the murder of his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. f I MINI MM W mm .Willie Sell, From a Photograph Taken In Prison. J."W. Sell, his 1 8 -y ear-old i brother Wata, and his 13-year-old sister Ina, all of the members of the family. The pardon is to take effect at once. It was signed shortly after noon today, and is issued to "William B. Sell. Sell's name in all the proceedings ap pears as "Willie" Sell, but his real name is William B. Sell. Sell will be released from the peniten tiary this afternoon, in time to take supper as a free man. S. C. Crummer left on the 3 o'clock Union Pacific train this afternoon for Lansing, to deliver the pardon personally into Sell's hands Mr. Crummer is Governor Hoch's pri vate secretary. Will Work for Senator Griffin. It is expected that Willie Sell will go at once to 'Nortonville and take a position which has been offered him in the drug store owned and operated by U. S. Griffin, state senator from Jet ferson county. Sell has the offer of a position in Kansas City, but it is the advice of both Governor Hoch and Warden Haskell that he accept the Nortonville offer. Warden Haskell came to Topeka this morning to talk the matter over with Governor Hoch, and he will return to Lansing this aiternoon. He said to day: "I am glad the governor has granted the pardon. The boy deserved it. He is a good prisoner, and has a thorough training as a pharmacist, which he had obtained by study in the penitentiary. He has for years attend ed to all the dispensing of drugs for the prisoners, and is an expert in this work." Governor Talks of the Pardon. Governor Hoch said this afternoon, after signlrg the pardon: "I have grant ed this pardon only after long and very careful study of the voluminous rec ords in the case. I believe that no one could read the records in this case, as I have read them, and not admit that there is at least a very strong doubt of the boy's guilt. It is a very mysteri ous case. The question of who killed those people, may never be -answered. But here was this boy, a stripling of 16 years, who up to the time of this crime bore an excellent reputation. He was good to his little sister Ina used to take her to school on horseback. He was obedient to his patents. He was looked upon as o. thoroughly reliable boy. Since his conviction he has been a model pr'soner. He had lived 20 years in piison vdthout any offense and dur ing that time has gained the confidence of ell tho prison officials who have been in charge of him. Every one of those officials, who have come In con tact with Mm, so far as I can learn, are convinced that the boy is innocent. So we must admit that through his whole life, with the possible exception of a single hour, he has been a good boy and man, and in that one hour he was a devil incarnate. I con't reconcile that one hour with the rest of his ex emplary life. It doesn't seem to me that a boy of that kind could be guilty of such a revulsion in character. There was absolutely no motive for the crime. He had had no trouble with his family. He is accused of being cold and indif ferent to the murders, but if he had acted otherwise, he would have been accused of "putting on. "And then there is the work of Judge James Humphrey in his behalf which should be considered. John Humphrey investigated that case with all the care and skill which his legal and Judicial mind possessed, and be came so convinced of the boy's inno cence that he wrote and published at his own expense a pamphlet giving the result of his investigations. The judg ment of a man like Judge Humphrey Is worth something." Governor's Letter to Sell. The following Is the letter which Governor Hoch sent to Willie Sell by Mr. Crammer to accompany the par don: "Topeka, April 9, 1907. "Mr. William Sell, Lansing, Kansas. "My Dear Sir: I have today issued a full pardon in your case which will be delivered to you this evening by my personal representative, Mr. S. C. Crummer, my private secretary. I have taken this action after a long and a most careful consideration of your case.- I need not say to you that this action is of very great Importance to you and to the state. From boy hood you have been deprived of your iiDerty ana it is not my purpose In this communication to enter into a discus sion of the merits of the matter, but I want to follow you into the outer world with some frank expressions of my wishes concerning your future. You have been a good prisoner. Every ortleer of the institution, so far as I have been able to learn, who has come into contact with you since your im prisonment, has been your friend. A great army of friends on the outside have pleaded for your release; one board of pardons has recommended it and now I take the responsibility of granting you one of the greatest boons one can covet, in this world liberty But when you go out though now a man, you will go out into a boy world without practical experience in con tact with men in the practical affairs of the world. You will- be subjected to all kinds of temptations which your experience of twenty years past has not particularly fitted you to combat. .1 am intensely anxious for your suc cess, not only for your sake and for my sake but for the sake of society of which you will now become a respon sible member. It is my desire that you find honorable employment at once (and I have taken the precaution to secure several available positions for you) and that you devote your time and energies to some useful work. It is my desire that you refrain from making any exhibition of yourself upon the lecture platform or upon the stage or in any spectacular way. You will have tempting offers along all these lines but I hope wou will refuse them all. It is my desire that you keep away from all places of question able resort and out of evil company. Accept no employment that will com pel you to work on the Sabbath. Make a practice of attending church and of keeping good company. Of course it is my desire that you shall absolutely 'touch not, taste not and handle not' intoxicating liquors. You should avoid all forms of gambling all games of chance. In making these requests, I am, as your benefactor and friend, simply doing that which is essential for your best good. Along these lines and these alone lies your safety and hope of future success. It will give me great pleasure always to hear of your success in life and to contribute in any way in my power to this end. "Yours truly, "E. W. HOCH, Governor." Story of the Murder. This killing was done in the Sell home near Erie, Neosho county Kan., on March 8, 1888, in a most cold blooded and dastardly manner. It was undoubtedly one of the most bloody examples of human butchery in the history of the state. The murders were committed at night, when the victims were in bed. The killing was done with a hatchet and butcher knife. and the victims' heads were crushed in or split open and their throats cut. The only one in the family to escape was Willie Sell, at that time an undersized. 16-year-old boy. Willie Sell claims that he was awak ened about 1 a. m., March 8, and saw a man standing in the doorway be tween the room where he and his brother slept, and the room where his father, mother and sister slept. He saw the man go out doors. He follow ed him for a quarter of a mile, where the man was joined by another man with two horses, and the two men rode away. Willie then went to the home of Farmer Mendell's and gave the alarm. The boy who was put Into -.he peniten tiary 21 years ago. He is now 37 years old, and has been a model prisoner for 21 years. Every warden of the pen itentiary has favored his pardon, and during the administration of Governor Leedy, the pardon board recommended an unconditional pardon. Leedy re fused to comply with the recommenda tion. Willie Sell Was Covered With Blood. On the night of the murders, Willie Sell had slept in his underclothes. The front of his shirt was spattered with blood as if, according to witnesses, it had been sprayed with a small hose. There was also blood upon the draw ers and on one knee, as if he had knelt In a pool of blood. His feet were bloody where he had stepped in a pool of his father's blood. The creases about the knuckles of his hands show ed blood stains, as did his finger nails. A basin of water red with blood In dicated that someone had washed his bloody hands there. 1 In spite of the hideousness of the tragedy, Willie failed to Show the slightest emotion over his loss. He did not weep, but showed the calmness (Continued on Page Six.) TUCKER ARRESTED Secretary of Uncle Sam Company Indicted. Oil Charge Is Using Mails Further Fraud. to HEAD OF BIG CONCERN Capital Stock Is Ten Million Dollars. Company Has Three Refineries in Operation. Value Estimated at Nearly Million and Half. H. H. Tucker, secretary of the Unci a Sam Oil company, with headquarters at Kansas City, Kan., in the Wyan dotte building, was indicted by the fed eral grand Jury Monday afternoon for using the United States mails to de fraud. His arrest at Kansas City fol lowed, a writ of capias having been Issued. The penalty may be a severe one on conviction the maximum penalty fee ing eitner a line of $5,000 or imprison ment for 5 years. Complaints have been, coming In to the office of th United States district attorney, H. J. Bone, for some time. The investiga tion was undertaken only after ma ture deliberation upon the part of Mr. Bone, who finally laid the matter be fore the department of Justice. Post- office inspectors and secret servic men were detailed to probe and the suspicions of the United States dis trict attorney were so strengthened that he prepared to lay the matter before the grand jury. Tucker Still in Custody. H. H. Tucker, jr., secretary of the Uncle Sam Oil company, was brought to Topeka at noon today in charge of W. H. Mackey, United States marshal. His bail has been fixed at, $15,000 and on his arraignment he pleaded not guilty. Tucker is having a hard lime to meet the amount of the bail, but is confident that the stockholders will put ,up the money necessary and that he will be able to secure It within tne next twenty-four hours. It's just a pack of doggone lies," said Tucker. "The fight comes from without the company. It looks like the Standard Oil. They have been hounding our boys all over the state. It is going to be hard to raise such a big bail but 1 will get it. I intend wiring all of the stockholders and ak them to put up $25,000 to fight this thing through. We are not done by any means. They will find that there is going to e a hard tight. I wHl ask the stockholders to go over the books of the company and check everything. Then if they want to they can appoint a committee to run this company. I. am afraid of a friendly- receiver there is no such thing as a friendly receivership. If I have to be looked up because I can't furnish bail, why I am not too proud .to go better men. have gone to jail. There will be a capsheaf to all of this. That $200,000 deficit is all a mistake. I found the stubs of checks of $79,000. $97,000 and $40,000 that will account for that. There is nothing wrong with the com pany every dollar can be accounted for. I have not benefited by so much as a dividend." Tucker Is i nthe care of a guard and there is no likelihood of his being com mitted until he furnishes bail. He is accompanied by his attorney, John Jones, of Chanute. There is a great amount of money for which Tucker has unaccounted," said H. J. Bone, United States district attorney. "He paid out $10,000 in dividends at one time, but we can not find that he has paid any other divi dends though he issued checks pay able 151 days from date. He is evi dently selling those bonds now In or der to pay dividends, i-ie nas soia $60,000 worth of the $5,000,000 issue of bonds. Enemy of the Standard. It is expected that Tucker will lay the blame of this investigation on the Standard Oil company and claim per secution at least this is the defense which the government authorities con template may be followed by Tucker. Tucker has fought the Standard from, the start. Tucker issued checks for the pay ment of dividends, the checks being payable 151 days from date. It I" stated that these checks will only be honored under a proposition wmcn contemplates using the check for further purchase of stock. The presentation of the case to the grand jury charged that the who scheme intended to advertise by th postoffice establbmment and through, the mails an enterprise which was represented in a false, fraudulent and misleading manner. It is the govern ment's further contention that Tucker stock to his own personal use. stick to his" own personal use. Tucker's Meteoric Career. A meteoric career has been that of H. H. Tucker, who in two years' time sloughed off the humdrum surround ings and life of a bookkeeper in a lum ber yard at Cherryvale, Kansas, at a modest salary and emerged into the commercial world as a powerful an tagonist of the Standard Oil company. A little over two years ago Tucker, who is yet in the thirties, got hold ot an oil lease. He sold It and made ij profit of about $600. He purchased another lease and sold that, making more money. He then conceived tha idea of promoting the Uncle Sam Oil company. He took nearly every avail able dollar he had and put It into newspaper advertising. It very nearly broke him but remittances came steadily drifting In by mail. He put more money in advertising. More money came in. It grew, mail came in by wagon loads and he had more typewriters an swering the correspondence than any other firm or two put together in the oil town of Cherryvale. Today some 9,000 stockholders have invested close to $1,230,000 in his en terprise and the 9,000 girdle the globe. He has disposed of $12,330,000 In stock, say the United States authori ties. Nine million of the original in corporation "and $3,300,000 of an in crease which it is claimed was not au thorized. The ten million dollar cor- (Contlnued on Page Six.)

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUENAI-TCJESDAYIEVJINIHG 'APRIL 9, 1907. THOUSANDS HAVE i TROUBLE AND m Mi Weak BndT unhealthy' kidneys are responsible for more sickness and offering than any other disease, therefore, w hen through neglect or other "causes, kidney trouble Is permitted to continue, fatal results are sure to follow. Tour other organs may need attention bat your kidneys most, bo- ;B.ase they, do most and should hare attention first. If you are sick or "feel badly, begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy, because as soon as your kidney tagta to get better they will help all the other organs to health. 'A trial will oontince anyone. The -mild' ana Immediate effect of Ewamp-Root, th great kidney and bladder remedy, is soon realised. It stand the highest because It remark able curative power has been proven in thousands o the most, distressing cases. If you need a medicine, you Should have the best. Wilson, Conn., Feb. 18th, 1900. Blrs: teltlon than I was with kidney and blad Ber troubles. I doctored with several good doctors and one physician told me I had Bright' Disease and that Z would ni t live over six months. Another told m It was gall stones. I had severe pains In iny kidneys all the while, could not stoop over, would be dlssy, could not. He down without someone helped me up: ;nr back was weak and pained me; urine was as thiok as cream and It would oc&l-l me something dreadful. I had to get up many times in the night to urinate. I took Swamp-Root and today I am s well man and never felt better. All of nur troubles have sons and show no signs pf returning. I take my oath that Swamp It oot put me where I am today and I can j) rove it by acquaintances.". Very truly yours, E. H. RAND. SPECIATj NOTE. -In order to prove the wonderful merits of Swamp Root you may have a sample bottle and a book of valuable information, both sent absolutely free by mail. The book contains many of the thousands upon thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women who found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy they needed. The value and suc cess of Swamp-Root are so well known that readers are advised to send for a sample bottle. In sending your address to Dr. Kilmer Co., Blnghamton, Jf. T., be sure to say you read this generous offer in Topeka Dally Stat journal. The genuineness of this offer is guaranteed. WESTERX ASSOCIATION GOSSIP. There seems to be a disposition among Some brtTteMnS"6T Tflpeka-tO lay down on' Jhe Vfcit Sax.af .a result of the teant having been -ronsigned. to the Soma We," even-69? e far. as to. say that-they -would 3idt go out to see the games this summer just because Topeka will not be in the Western League. This attitude is an entirely unsports manlike view, to take of the situation. If Topeka does not patronise baseball this summer the agitation in favor of getting the town in the O'Neill circuit another season will.not.be renewed and Topeka will never rank any higher than a class C. ball town. Nor will the local management if they do not receive good patronage this season want to take the risk of going higher anoth er Beason. With the possible exception of Wichita, Topeka has right now a better team than any other town in the association and it is doubtful if .Wichita will be able to go the pace that Topeka can. Crow and Runkle are somewhat discouraged over the failure to advance into a higher circuit but they are not going to lay down. They are going to do their very best to win the Western Association bunting another Beason and the fans should lend them aU the encouragement possible in the shape of financial support and being present at the games. Anyhow a town never gained anything in the baseball busi ness by laying down on the manage ment. T Springfield will have a new park this summer. The old park has been leased to an amusement company and the Midgets will play this season on the old Springfield fairgrounds. "Connie" Kane, who used to be a terror to the batters in the old Mis-eouri-Valley league and who was somewhat of a swatter himself, will play with' Billy Clymer on the Colum bus team of the' American association, the team that won the pennant in that circuit last year. Oklahoma City bids fair to have a strong pitching staff this season. The latest addition to the Mets' twirling staff is Ralph Gibson, the, former star pitcher of the Kansas City Blues. Gib son is a strong box artist and he should prove a valuable man for Mc Farland. In addition to Gibson the Staff consists of Bemis, McFarland, Woods and Nash. Nash worked with Wichita a while last season and quit the game, however, before the season was over. He has been out in Colo rado all winter and wanted to stay there, but he was thought to be the man who was needed to round out the staff.- There are three youngsters who are trying out and some of them may make good. The trio of youngsters is Composed of Lancaster, Matthews and Taylor. Happy Westcott is the latest addi tion to the JopHn squad. Happy is using his cross fire in great shape this spring and it ought to help him some. He also has the same old smile from ear-to ear. Asa Slater, who has been working '.nt -mtih th Whlta Sox. will not nlflv In Topeka tnis year. tie was pur chased from the Galveston team of the Texas league with the provision that he was to return to Galveston in case Topeka did not make the Western league. There is nothing on earth that Slater hates worse than Galveston and so he said he would not go back there to play. Instead, yesterday afternoon he took his leave of Topeka and went to Goodland, Kan., where he sad several other players":, from. the DON'T KNOW IT Swamp-Root is not recommended for everything but it promptly overcomes kidney, liver and bladder troubles, the symptoms of which areobliged to pass your water frequently night and day, smarting or irritation in passing, brickdust or sediment in the urine, headache, backaohe, lams back, dizzi ness, poor digestion, sleeplessness, nerv ousness, heart disturbance due to bad kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood, neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloating, irritability, wornout feeling, lack of ambition, may be loss of flesh, sallow complexion, or Bright' disease. If your water, when allowed to re main undisturbed In ft glass or bottle for twenty-four hours, forms a sedi ment or settling or has a cloudy ap pearance. It is also evidence that your kidneys and bladder need Immediate attention. Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is for sale at drug stores the world over In bottles of two sixes and two prices fifty cents and one dollar. Remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, Blng hamton, N. T., on every bottle. semiprofessional, class, in Topeka will play this summer. -Slater gets a good salary there and says he wilj, be bapr 'pier than, at Galveston. Roland Wolfe,, with Topeka last year, was recently sold by Des Moines to Milwaukee but .he has been sent back to Des Moines.- Bevllle, the big catcher who was holding off for more money, returned to the Brewers and Wolfe was not needed. Des Moines is glad to get him back. George (Spec) Hurlburt, the duke of Maple Hill,- took a short layoff yes terday and went up to the duchy where he is arranging for the planting of a small garden and a watermelon patch. He took a whole suit case full of bean seeds, pea seeds and melon plants which he will put out on his place. Red Davis and Henry did not play yesterday on account of not feeling In the best condition. Ragan went to Kansas City to take his examination for promotion In the University Medi cal college at that place; In the work out yesterday afternoon. Boles was shifted to third base, Runkle played short and Olson second. This arrange ment worked well and showed that all the inflelders can be, played at any position. Dick Rohn is coaching the Warrens burg normal school team over in Mis souri and will not report to the Miners before the fifteenth of the month. When he does finally show up he will be almost sure of his old place at first base. Pennell will not be with Topeka this year. He was mailed transportation last Thursday but it failed to reach him. He has been wired his release and Cooley will try to land him a Job in the American association. There is a chance that Jack Henry will. riot form the receiving end of the Topeka batteries this seanon. Jack wants a chance to show what he-ca do in a higher league and Cooley is go ing to try and get him a job. He may get to play with Louisville. The next games on the local grounds will be the series between the locals and the Kansas City Blues under Jim my Burke. This will be the regular Kansas City team instead of a bunch of Tannigans as was sent here by St. Paul- While here Saturday and Sunday Herman Crow of the local team and Roy Runcie of the St. Paul team fixed matters so that Pitcher Disch will not report here. There are now too many good pitchers on the staff of known ability. It certainly pays to advertise in the State Journal. Last Saturday this pa per made an error in advertising the admission -charge to the grandstand for Sunday, quoting 35 cents, instead of 25 cents. Herman Crow said at least twenty-fiye people stopped him and wanted an explanation of the ad vance. Mr. Crow' says that the prices of admission will remain the same as last season, "namely, general admission 25 cents, with 15 cents extra for the grandstand on week days and 25 cents on Sundays. He also says that until the regular season opens ladles will be admitted free to all games. The Kan sas City Blues will be here Thursday and Friday for exhibition games.-- Thursday. April llth, the big leagues begin their regular schedules. As was its custom last season, the State Jour nal will each evening bulletin all games played in the American and Na tional leagues. THE OPENING DAY Major Baseball Leagues JBegin Operations on April 11. Prospects Bright for a Contin u atlon of Crowded Turnstiles. CLOSELY CONTESTED. Chicago Cabs Will Not Hay. a Walkover ThlsIear.x Ererj Club' iri the American, Save Two, lias a Chance. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Pittsburg at Cincinnati. St. Louis at Chicago. Philadelphia at Boston. New York at Brooklyn. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Chicago at St. Louis. Cleveland at Detroit. Boston at Philadelphia; New York at Washington. CLUB MANAGERS. National Cincinnati, Ned Hanlon; Chicajro. Frank -Chance; St. Louis, John McClockey::-: Pittsburg,. Fred Clarke; Boston, .Fred.- Tenney; New York, John McGra'w;; Brooklyn, Pat Donovan; .fnilaaeipnia,- Bitty jviurray. American Chicago- Fielder Jones St. Louis. Jim McAlaeri. Cleveland. Larry Lajoie; Detroit, Hugh Jennings; isew lorK, tjiarKtirrmtn; -rmaaei phia, Connie Mack; Washington, Joe .Cantillon; Boston, John I, Taylor. Cincinnati, April 9.--On Thursday ne-t both major leagues will open their championship seasons, the Na tional starting on its thirty-second consecutive year, and the American on its eighth. It is no exaggeration to say that the coming year promises to be the best in the history or the game which has witnessed a steady growth in popularity for many years, with no prospect of diminution. The race in the National league gives every promise of being more closely contested than it was last sea son, when the Chicago Cubs had a walkover. The Cubs look to have the best chance again this year, as the great team is intact and should play firstclass ball from the tap of the bell The team will be managed by Frank Chance, who made a success of his work last year. The pitching staff is good, 'although, not sensational, and the team plays a very -fast game in every department. Barring accidents, the Cubs are an odds-on chance for the flag. The New York Giants, under Mc Graw, will make a desperate battle for first honors, but lack the youth and speed of the Cubs. The club will be made up the same as last year, except that Tom Corcoran, for the past 10 years with the Reds, Is playing second base In "place of Billy Gilbert. The team has not been strengthened and can hardly hope for anything better than the place. The Pittsburg Pirates, continuing under the management of Fred Clarke, have made few changes in the lineup. At second base Ed Abbaficchto,' the big Italfani-formerlSr witn tne Kostons; nas.ttaken the place of lr Claude Rltchey, and should strengthen the team in hitting. Pittsburg always plays good ball, and this year will be no exception. The Philadelphia club is the' only one in the league which will be under a new manaarement. Billy. Murray, of the Jer sey City team, having taken the place of Hugh Duffy as leader of the team. Murray is a winner, and it is certain that the Quakers will play with more spirit than was the case last season.. The Cincinnati club continues under the management of Ned Hanlon. but a new deal has been made with regard to players. AH the former stars have been eliminated with the exception of Catcher Schlei, Pitcher Ewing and In fielder Huggins, and their places taken by young players gathered from all over the country. The "team is Inex perienced, but promising, and. though rather weak in the box, should do bet ter than last year. The Broklyn club has about the same personnel as last season, with the addi tion of Pitchers Bell, Rueber and Hen ley, all eood men. r Manaarer Donovan is well liked by players and public, and is sure to get the best results out of the material at his command. The Boston club has strens-thened a great deal by changing hands, the pe nurious and backward methods of Soden and Canant giving way to the progres sive policy of the new owner. George B. jlettnii 1 is tlie new -way of saying perfect paints, enamels, stains, varnishes per fect "when you, buy, and perfect in use and wear. It docs ..not matter what you 'N0f .,'fnt. to paint. you can always get the rieht material under the name "ACKE QUALITY" Let tie send von a coov of the new text book, ''The Selection and Dae of Paint. mad Finishes." Free on request. If your nearest dealer cannot supply you with the "Acme Quality T' kind, we will. A. B. Whiting Paint Glass Co. 628 Kansas Ave., Topeka. iia7KinuTr.ua l IIIIU.I.IJ. liilj n 1 1. ,ip l t:...,V. M'J' f mm a vtuvanM mam Fa M r i A good -second baseman has peen secured in Claude Ritchey,, and the club- wilt toave: a greater incentive i worn mis year than last. Fred Ten ney will manage the team. At St. Louis Manager McCloskey has made a clean sweep, ridding the Cardi tis ui me-Disgusting cliques and fac lions wnicn have made the club a Joke for several years,. .The result Is a team of fast and willing youngsters, who may be MpJ into f shape in time to give a fair account of themselves. In the AmeWeaix League three clubs will start out jindex new managers. Hughey Jennings, who has been most auccessiui t Baltimore, replaces Bill Armour at Detroit, and Joe Cantillon, of Milwaukee, takes hold of the Wash ington club. The situation at Boston is still in theiaif, owing to the suicide of Chick Stahl, and Boston will proba bly start' tha season next Thursday wunout a manager... ieiaer Jones continues as the able manager of the wocW's champion White Sox; Lajoie, at Cleveland; McAleer, at St. Louis; Griffith, at New York, and Connie Mack, at Philadelphia. Every club in the league except Washington ana isoston.. has. claims to be consider ed a pennant, possibility, and the race as is usual in. this league, promises to be close and entertaining right up to the finish. The umpires for this season are as ronows: National O'Dav. Johnstone Klem. varpeniar, nansile and Rlgler. American O'Laughlin, Sheridan, .cvans, uonnoily iand Hurst. Washington 7.,Oolumbut 6, Cclumbus. O-.-AtwIl 9 Joe Cantillon brought in his Washington club yes terday and the tenr had a lively after noon session with -the locals, winning ay a score or .7 to ft Errors flerured enn- siaeraDiy m scoring dene by each team The score:.,;- 1 R.H.E Columbus i. ;.a ft 0 2 2 6 0 0 26 8 2 wasnington .-.i.-.0 0- 3 0 1 3 0 ---7 12 6 Jsatterles BowAille. Vdl nnrt Ttlue: Hughes, Patten, Blankenship and Hey- aen. umpire Su livan. K. tT14, Springfield 7. fenringflold., Mc. Aoril 9. The Univer sity of Kansas baseball team defeated the Drury volleea team in a listless and one-sided game htre Monday afternoon by a score of U to 7. The same teams will play again today. The scoret R.H.E K.. U. 2 OA 1 0 0 2 3 1 14 13 5 Drury .0 0 1 0 0 1 (V 2 3 7 14 6 Batteries Kaufman and Brcokens: Evans and Beck. White Sox 10, Springfield 2. Si-Ingfielt. O .'April 3-i-The first era me of the series with the Chicago Ameri can team and Springfield was won by the visitors 10 to 2.;- The scre: 'R.H.E Sprlngfieid ..t. .'v.O-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 Chicago ?-s .1 1-4 0 2 2 10 16 2 Batteries Hallmqn and Snoderass: Altrtck and Sullivan. Ottawa 5i Emporia 3. Ottawa. TCarv. 4nHi O-r-im Vittaura university base.buU team defeated the College of Emporia here Monday after- iiuun uy a. BUor gi 10 Z. KUDICK and Ivolf com nr,Rrfi"! t V t .w-ti t.A Dingee end Loekwrod the Emporia battery. Umpire Manley. Haskell, Baker 6.. kellT Indians defeated Baker- university Monday 9 to 6. a, -.i. j t. -iv.xa.xy Rfllrr '-Vt -.KSIft rft A A' tL .1 -1 a i.-i a Haskell-. --,i0n0.b 4 2 0 ft 8 A I BatterieBUhi j wJ iSJoyd?: Hiil' and' Lawrence:.. ,j j. j,, uosu-uj,., .v r.-fi";'- if i i. j.".si( no v.'-i"' Bartlesvllle 3, Webb City l. -Ttirtlesville T T' 'X i nrll T o JLm,o Webb City by a score o 3 to 1; Eight Clubs inOklahoma jjeagiie: Oklahoma City,,0. T.. April 9 Defi nite action in asriombring.the different towns in. the Oklahoma State league was postponed until next; Monday, at a meeting of the club managers of the league Here. Then the schedule "wilj be adopted. Fort Smith, .Ark.,' has asked for a berth in the leajrue. D. A.' Duncan, of this city, was elected' treas urer yesterday. It IS likely the league will, be extended to include eight clubs insicaa oi six. St. Paul S.'K. S. A. C 1. Manhattan, Kan., April 9. St: Paul won an exhihltfon s-attia hprp rVrm th. Kansas State Agricultural college by a score -of 3 to 1. The score: R.H.E St. Paul ...0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0-3 5 0 College ....0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 01 4 1 Battori js Craig; Coy and Moran: McCanless and Miller. Joplin 4, Denver 2. Joplin, Mo.,' April 9. The Joplin team of the Western association de feated the Denver team of the West ern league Monday by the score of 4 to 2. Owing to the cold weather only seven innings were played. Duffy for Stahl's Place. Boston, April Hugh Duffy is now said to be slated for the job as man ager of the Boston Americans. Now that peorge. Huff has d'eclinea to manage Boston Americans, it is likely Pres. 7 .it Taylor .will hurry to the Hub ana- procure, a local man to take charge of the club, as he original ly intended.; It is said Hugh MCBreen. treasurer of. the club, has had a conference with Hugh Duffy, now manager and part owner of the Proviaence team, ana that the latter.-will accept the berth as manager if given a contract for two or three years." The-.Boston fans have got confidence In the ability, of Duffy. Lasker Is Still; Champion. -New York. April 9. The chess match for the championship of the world between Dr. Emmanuel Lasker and Frank J. Marshall, which was be gun on January 2 6, was concluded in this city today, when tne champion won the eighth game of the contest af-ter-'thirty-seven moves. The final score was 'Lasker 8, Marshall 0; drawn 7. k A New Aujoj Boat Record. Monaco," April The resumption of the annual autobbat regatta today produced a further world s record, made by tile 1 7-foot cruiser Mais-Je-Vois-Piquer, which covered 50 kilo meters in one hour thirty-eight min utes and thirty-four seconds in spite of heavy seas. Struck Out 22 Men. Clinton. Miss.; April 9. Eugene Lauder milk. pitcher for Mississippi college, in a game with Southwestern; .Baptist uni versity of Jackson, Tenn.. won by the former, 7 to 1. allowed only one hit and struck out twenty-two men. George Rain water, who opposed him, allowed nine hits. He's a Benedict Now. Wichita, Kan., April 9.-J. AT Daily of Burns, Kan., and Miss Clars Bell of Kansas City were married here- yes terday. The groom is .a business man at Burns. He formerly was a sporting writer in Kansas City. Hall Chase to New York. San Jose, Cal., April 9. Hail Chase Dovey. has left for New York to join the New York team of the American league. He will not be with his clubmates during their first series with Washington. Ac cording to Chase, Griffith came to his terms. The youngster believed that by stubbornly holding out for $5,500 for the season the New York management would eventually pay him his price. Chase has been playing ball with the San Jose club of the state league and will practically be ready to go right in to the game when he arrives in the metropolis. AN ALL WESTERN 1TVE. College Experts Select Basketball Star Teams. Madison, Wis., April 9. Prof. An- gtrn nas picKea tne following au west-i I... ,..,k I i, uoeikciuait lmili. Deering, Minnesota, forward. Scribner, Wisconsin, forward. Schomer, Chicago; center. Houghton, Chicago, guard. Frank, Wisconsin, guard. -The Badger coach also has corre sponded with other basketball experts in regard to the team. The all west erns which they picked are: COACH COOK OF MINNESOTA. Deering, Minnesota, forward. Rogers, Wisconsin, forward. Schomer, Chicago, center. Houghton, Chicago, guard. Uzzell, Minnesota, guard. COACH JAMISON OF PURDUE. Scribner, Wisconsin, forward. Deering, Minnesota, forward. Schomer, Chicago, center. Houghton, Chicago, guard.. Curtin, Wisconsin, center. Rogers, Scribner. Curtin and. Frank, four Wisconsin men, have been placed on the all western teams as picked by the different critics. Basketball statistics compiled by Dr. Angell show that Schomer leads the league in scoring, making-91 points In league games. Rogers made 60, Scribner, 65; DeeTing, 61; Uzzell, 34; Frank, 26; Houghton, 24; Curtin, 18. RIGHT AFTER SULLIVAN. Abe Attell Tries to Punch Tommy After the Robson Bout. New York. April 9. Abe Attell, the featherweight, chamjpion, and Tommy Sullivan, the boxing instructor oi tne Missouri Athletio club of St. Louis, who is the only.. fighter that has ever knocked Attell out, nearly came to blows in Attell's dressing room at the National Athletic club of Philadelphia, Monday night. Sullivan went in to challenge Attell, and as soon as the latter saw him he mntin a rush for him. and it took Al Lippe and some bystanders to stop At tell from punching Sullivan. Spike Robson and ABe Aiteu eacn received $1,600 for their six round bout in the Quaker city. Attell wager ed $1,000 of his:money against ,i,iu that Mayor Dunne would be re-elected in Chicago. As Dunne was Qereatea, Attell lost his money.! and consequently only got $500 out of, his ngnx. CARTER HANDICAP. APRIL 15. Will Brlns Good Field to the Post for the SlO.OOO-l'urse. t-w A n.tl Q Tn -liict wasningron, v.., j Monday,. April 15 will be run and won j. p 1 0A "7 A t AniiMinrt. 1,.. 1 A,.noii a frtimtw tne noma coure m vu.. rYii v.1 JOG Key ciud, on uaic, 1,1 contested the seventh Carter handicap for A m i- r.niTjin fiirlnnP-a rnis year s renewal i wuim w.v anteed, Thich, by the way, makes the rirst oi xne sea&uu noiw HIT II tlOIi' OX.-'fcie W1S5 fr"-' ,r'&-tTZ r scene ot xurt aquvjij, n. ":vv. mencing 10 canvass luc iich ui starters, with the idea of picking out a winner, in aut uum thing in a racing way nere m mo will De lAe varier nauuiuaii. THOMAS IS A BUSY FIGHTER, After. Bout Wednesday He Will Meet Winner of Mellody-Sullivan Ck. New York; April 9. Joe Thomas.; the California tighter, wno wiu raeei vviiiik Iwis tj.i city V i.c'iifEaav night in an eight-round bout at the ilford Athletic r.ranfl OpntrnJ ralace. will leave for T.f. AntrolRH. Cal.. Tieht after the battle." Tlicmas nas recfivea an iu mrci luc a'innpr of tht Billv Melodv-Mike Sullivan flKiit. which takes place April 23, and lie .1 'T-V. -i .......in t 1 o-rtt V, n better of Melody in a six-round fight in Philadelphia, and tninKs ne can stop mm or Sullivan In a longer distance. The Unprotected Harrhnan. Roland Harriman, the 10-year-old son of E. H. Harriman returned to day to school at; liakewood, N. J., leaving his father alone and unpro tected in "Washington. So long as Roland was with him, Mr. Harriman was safe in Washing tori.'' He was able "to go where he would, and blame It air on Roland. He could go to the capitol to' see the pictures of Pocahontas and the statue of Fulton with a model steamboat in his handv He could go to the White House' to" look at the animals' heads on the walls. He could go to the of fices" of the- Interstate Commerce com mission in order to have the rare ex perience of riding' in the curious ele vator. Roland went to all these places, and to many -others', leading his favorite father all the while by the hand. But now Roland has gone. His father must either confine himself to his apart ments in the Willard or gather about him a pompous company of liveried attendants, and go to the Congres sional library and tle Washington monument by- day and to the theater by night and be dignified. Washing ton Dispatch to the New York Times. 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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUEKAIi TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1907. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. By FRANK P. MAC I.EX AN. r Entered July 1, 1875, as second-class matter at the postoffice at Toptka, Kan.. VOLUME XXXIV No. 88 Oflipiul Vnnpp f'itv of TOocka. Official Paper Kansas State Federation women's ciups. f TFRMS OB SUBSCRIPTION, Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a. weeK to any pari ui suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan sas towns where the paper has a carrier rrstem. Rv mail. n vpnr 'I By mall, three months Saturday edition of dally, one year .90 1.00 TFT.KPHONES. Business office e" 2 Business office W. Reporters' Room Bf" ail Reporters" Room ttS. Frank P. MacLennan Ind- 700 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka. State Journal building, SW and 8U2 Kansas avenue, corner of Eigntn. Hl.Htnn hllildlnflT. at Twenty-third street, comer Fifth viue Chicago office: 1540 Unity building. Paul Block, manager. FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OP 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 ganisation for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. o.. T The news is received In Th State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose. Why doesn't Chancellor Day rush to the defense of Mr. Harrlman? Meanwhile the debate as to -whether Foraker or Taft owns Ohio goes merrily on. Every ont in a while one Alton B. Parker bobs up to explain how It hap pened. t "Silent" Smith, who died .recently, left a fortune of 75. 000,000. The Smith family will now sit up and take notice. This Harrlman episode makes the peo ple more determined than ever that Roosevelt shall stay on the job awhile longer. The discovery of that $5,000,000 plot gives the president a chance for a lit tle exercise while congress Is not In session, anyway. Perhaps the reformed way of spell ing It Is. "lire." but it means the same when the president says it as If It were spelled in. the good old way. One thing is noticeable The Hearst papers appear to be taking the Harrl man side of the controversy against Roosevelt, What's the answer? Now that the Chicago election is over some of the two-and-a-half mil lion dollar libel suits there can prob ably be purchased cheap for cash. Since Pittsburg took the census the other day and found only is gouu men in that town. New York and Chi cago are both afraid to make a count. The constitution of Oklahoma con tains 100,000 words. That is enough to ask six and two-thirds hypothetical questions of the kind that Mr. Delmas frames. Chicago is to have a new postmaster now, but he does not advertise any bargain prices on postage stamps nor offer to give a discount for cash nor on big orders. In modern language, Mr. Harrlman appears to be suffering from an aggra vated case of exaggerated ego, while the president's enemies Intimate that he has a brain storm. "One would think," says the Chicago News, "that Harriman ought to be bright enough to do a good Job of ly ing low Just now." We move to amend by ttrtklng cut the word "low." Mr. Harrlman tells how he came to get into politics. Before the Incident is entirely closed and the lid nailed down, he may be like many who have gone before him and wish that he had never got In. "This $5,000,000 plot which President Roosevelt exposes sounds plausible enough, yet when the old-time Popu lists used to charge conspiracies on the part of the Money Power we used to laugh at the idea. Simmered down, Mr. Harriman's charge Is 'hat he bought President Rootevelt (t supposed he did with a $50,000 campaign contribution, but that the president refused to stay bought. How much of the charge do you be lieve? While the country Is taking a great deal of satisfaction in the fact that President Roosevelt refused to appoint Chauncey Depew as ambassador to France, let It also shake hands with It self because Jimmie Hazen Hyde was not appointed either. M Harriman is said to be Interested In the National Arbitration and Peace congress, 'which meets in New Tork next week. Perhaps he would like to have It arbitrate between him and President Roosevelt and induce the pretldent to be peaceful. Dr. Madison Peters says the suc cessful man is the aggressive one who lays his hands on everything he wants. After reading this the average man will be in doubt whether, according to this description, the successful man is a highway robber or a trust magnate. Kansas is lucky that it hasn't any such political fight on the programme Cls Ohio has. If the Taft-Foraker con test had to be fought out in this state It mlrht Interfere with the corn plowing and a lot or gooa aaiaiia migni spou in the fields. There Is such a thing as too much politics. It was reported that Texas had pro hibited gambling, but the law Is a ynare and a delusion after all. It sim ply make it a felony to lay wagers on Same of chance. Nothing Is said about the sure-thing games, such as most gamblers run, in which the ele ment of chance does not enter. In them it's always a cinch that the other fellow loses. FREE SILVER? Is Wall street about to demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver? Are the speculative interests of the east about to denounce the demone tization of the white metal? What else can be the meaning of the assertion of New York financial au thorities that the world's supply of gold Is not sufficient for Its business? What else is the conclusion to be drawn from the statement that busi ness must decrease because of "the monetary stringency arising from a scarcity of money metal V People who .were howling for free silver a decade ago are fairly well sat isfied with monetary conditions today because of the great Increase In the supply of gold. They were In debt ten or twelve years ago and with gold be coming scarce they found the price of their products constantly becoming lower and their power to pay their debts becoming less. They Imagined that a greater supply of money would help matters, and so they demanded "the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver at the ratio of 16 to 1." They did not get it, but about that time Cripple Creek, the Klondike, the African Rand, and other regions began to pour forth the gold, and the world's supply of money became greatly increased. Everybody knows the "per caplter" is greater now than even the old-line Populist demanded It should be in 1896. As a result prices went up, the west paid Its debts and laid up money. It has found the volume of money quite sufficient, notwithstanding the fact that it didn't get free silver. But, as was shown in these columns a few days ago, the west and south are now the creditor regions, and the east Is trying to borrow money. The east has been speculating and indulging in wild-cat enterprises not all the east, of course, but that portion of It that is most prominent in financial circles. This element has been plunging into "business" more than the increase in money, or the gold supply, will war rant. Consequently It Is having "panics," and It now discovers that the gold supply "Is not sufficient to carry on the world's business." J. S. Bache, a New York banker who issues a weekly financial review from the Wall street standpoint, ROints out this week that the "gold supply of the world is under a strain," owing to the growth of Industrial activity. "A survey of the general situation aside from stock market considera tions," says Mr. Bache, "reveals a con dition of great trade activity, not only Jn the United States but all over the .world. Accompanying; this, as in the .United States, is a universal scarcity .of money and abnormally high rates. .In other words, the available supply of gold throughout the world Is under a. strain. In the United States this strain has been somewhat relieved. 41rst. by the enormous liquidation in .the security market, and second, by the opening of the treasury lid. Mean time, the Banks of England, France and Germany show not only no better- .ment in their conditions as revealed by their last weekly statements, but on .the contrary, a condition of continued and unprecedented strain, which, com pared with the corresponding periods of April settlements In former years, has hardly ever been equalled. "The growth of industrial activity throughout the world," Mr. Bache continues, "with the accompanying in crease In the value of material and la bor, as well as the increase in trade demand for credit and accommoda tions, have reduced the situation to a point where the supply of money metal is not sufficient. In addition to this, during the last decade at least a half dozen nations have newly adopted the gold standard, making necessary an accumulation of gold which Is tightly held and constantly increased. The question now Is, Is the monetary stringency arising from a scarcity of money metal temporary, or must we look for a continuation of stringent conditions throughout the world until some definite and universal remedy is applied?" Which undoubtedly means that business operations must be reduced .or else the east must demand an in crease in the supply of money. And if It demands more money, will It be sil ver or paper money? Of course an abridgement of "busi ness operations" will, in a measure, Injure legitimate investments as well as illegitimate speculations. Specula tions and those enterprises with in flated values will suffer most, however. A CHANGE OF FRONT. The action of a few railroad mag nates In appealing to President Roose velt to do something to stop legisla tures from passing laws to regulate railroads and their rates, on the ground that the federal government alone should regulate railroads, brings forth some able remarks from Dr. Albert Shaw In the April Review of Reviews, "When congress was in session dur ing the winter," says Dr, Shaw, "the railroad interests were arguing strong ly against the tendency toward central ization. They talked much and eager ly about the sovereignty of the states and the disposition of President Roose velt to invade the sphere of the several commonwealths. But now that con gress Is adjourned, these same railroad interests have been declaiming with equal earnestness against the tendency on the part of the state legislatures to regulate the highways of commerce, and declare that the only proper thing Is national regulation. They have not only been asking the states to defer action in order that the national policy may be carried out, but they were even appealing to President Roosevelt to meddle In the affairs of the states by trying to persuade governors and legis latures to drop pending measures. This, of course. Is something that It was manifestly impossible for the president to do. It Is obvious enough, meanwhile, that the larger aspects of railway control must belong definitely to the central government. On the other hand, there will remain a great deal that will- lie within the proper sphere of the particular states. There need be no conflict, either In principle or In practice. The general standards of railroad administration must be fixed by congress and the Interstate commerce commission; but there are many smaller lines of railroad lying wholly within states and subject only, to state Jurisdiction. The states may very properly Increase the power con ferred upon their railroad commissions and may deal with rate questions and taxation questions as they deem best. The railroads have recourse to the courts in case of arbitrary or unduly severe action; but meanwhile, their best recourse is, in the spirit of candor and frankness, to the people and to the public authorities., They should help rather than hinder honest politics." JOURNAL ENTRIES The chief end of man reallv, depends on whether he has more brains than feet. People who fall In love at first sight sometimes neglect to take a second look until after it is too late. These whirlwind campaigns are the ones that usually throw the dust In the eyes of the people.

A Berlin scientist has discovered a way to photograph breath in order to Identify disease. But would a breath that has had its wrinkles eliminated with a few cloves look the same as one without anything to disguise how many dirnks the owner had taken? An Altoona cobbler Is creating con siderable excitement Just now because he claims to be able to burn ashes. The peach cobbler will have its inning later. w After the names were handed out In the beginning, how did the Smiths and the Joneses get such a etart over the rest of the crowd? JAYHA WKER JOTS Fort Scott schoolma'ams are talking of striking, and naturally the bad boys are scared. But it's for higher wages this time. "We note with Joy," remarks C. A. Kimball, "that at the meeting of tail ors in Chicago to determine coming styles they decided that suspenders must go in order that they may control the embonpoint. That Just suits us. Our embonpoint has caused us to lie awake nights fearing that it would get beyond control." "I have come to the conclusion," says Deacon Walker, "that I can't save the country unless I get somtt help. I know that it is Just a waste of time and money to run around talk ing my head off and 'placing' business to accomplish it. Hereafter I shall re fuse to worry when some anxious Indi vidual whipers in my ear that the country is on the toboggan. The coun try will have to look after itself. I find that it takes all my spare time and then some to pay my deg tax. I have sat up until late hours and burned midnight -oil In my frantic endeavors to save the country from..ryjn I have buttonholed my neighbor and pointed out to him the impending dangers; I have missed my meals in order to bi a patriot. But I shall do so no more. Tf the country is troing to be saved someone else will have to do It. In other words. I shall leave the saving of the country to the fellows and states men who have hod the most to do with wrecking It. The country man aged to wiggle along before I cam onto this scene of action, and it will have to do it nenin. I think It will mcko It all right." GLOBE SIGHTS. (From the Atchison Globe.) There Is one good thing about a dog: he always acts like a dog. He is not a hypocrite. He does not make a lot of pretenses that he Is better than he really Is. After a woman reaches a certain age, the pencil marks on the calendar indicating when the hens are "coming off" are mere important than the red numbers which mark the holidays. Somehow, at this Eeason of the' year, when there is a circus coming, those who have kin in the circus company are not as ashamed of it as they were in the revival system in the fall. The Coolldge Enterprisa says: "We know a married woman who is deter mined to introduce Paris notions into Kansas. But she can't do. it. although she apparently has the assistance of her fool husband." i When the children of a widow mis behave, the neighbors say they need "a father's strong hand," but this is about all a "father's strong hand" amounts to: When the children are bad, he grumbles to their mother, "Why don't you make those children behave?". What has become of the old-fashioned bad children which treated their par ents so badly that the neighbors ijossip ed about it? We once knew a child that worried its parents to death, solely for the lack of a little training in con nection with a number of good whip pings. You don't hear of such children lately. Some mothers won't let their children eat candy, saying it gives them indiges tion after they become of age. But not every case of indigestion Is due to eat ing candy in youth; we have a touch of it, and we don't believe we ever heard of candy until we were nearly grown. The only confection we had in our youth was home made sorghum. Lysander John Appleton has been married twice. When his first wife died he was all broken up. but he resolved to be brave and strong and conceal his grief. The result was that hla neigh bors aid he didn't care. He has made up his mind when the second Mrs. Lysander John goes that he will scream and kick, grovel in the dirt and tear his hair, and make no effort to be self controlled. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. You can forgive a man nearly every thing except being right in an argu ment with you. A man feels sort of mad with his wife if she is frivolous and scared of her If she Isn't. Fasting doesn't seem to be so re ligious when you have to do it because there is nothing to eat In the house. One of the privileges of being rich Is not being afraid to carry an old cot ton umbrella that bulges in the middle like a sack of flour. Somehow there Is more fun in an old pipe and a pair of slippers your wife won't let you wear except when she la away and don't know It than in dreaming you are floating around in heaven. KANS AS COMMENT THE WAR ON ROOSEVELT. The attack of EL H. Harrlman Is significant merely because it is be lieved by astute politicians to be the opening of a well-planned war upon President Roosevelt and the crowd lie leads. This war has not been hastily un dertaken, it has been contemplated ever since the corporations began to suspect that they could not handle Roosevelt, and it has been decided upon and secretly planned ever since their suspicions were confirmed. Roosevelt is a dangerous man to the vested interests, the powers that prey. He stands for the people, and the pub lic confidence in him is unshaken. To shake that confidence is the purpose of men like Harriman who have set about the task of his undoing. The railroad newspapers are all against Roosevelt, not openly but se cretly. Study their policy, as It gleam up from under their printed state ments now and then. Every last one of them has Instructions, more or less plainly stated to them, to "throw it into" the president upon all occasions. They are the chosen organs by which the confidence of the people In Roose velt Is to be destroyed, and men like Harriman, by moves like that which he made this week, are to furnish them with the means of doing it. The method chosen is personal vllli flcatlon. People are to be convinced that Roosevelt is not a pure man per sonally, that he is untruthful, high tempered, head-strong, and altogether unfitted for a place of high trust In short, he Is to be represented persis tently by Innuendo as Burton baldly represents him as the champion hypo crite of this age.! Will the campaign of villlflcation win? Well, hardly. The result will be to make the people study their leader even more closely, trans forming blind worship Into intelligent admiration and confidence. Roose velt will not be branded a hypocrite for he Is not one, and the people can't be fooled. Lawrence World. o GUESS WHAT IT 'iS. "A deliberate and wilful untruth by rights It should be characterized by an even shorter and more ugly word," says President Roosevelt of the statement by Harriman that the presi dent had asked the railroad man to help raise a campaign fund for him. What word could the president possi bly, mean? Hutchinson. News. o GOOD FOR CONCORDIA. If the raking and scraping this town received during the past week should be kept up for about two weeks longer this town would be the cleanest one in northern Kansas. Concordia Kansan. o A SUGGESTION. If Wall street needs money to avert a panic let them furnish the Kansas farmers with cars to market their wheat and other products and they will turn around and lend it to the New Yorkers. Kingman Leader. WHAT BURTON OVERLOOKED. One of the things Senator Burton ov erlooked was that the president wasn't after Bailey of Texas, and Bailey had quite a '.time, Wichita Eagle. i COMFORT. Taximeter cabs.-, registering distance traveled and legal fare are once more promised to the long suffering New York public. When we get rid of the "all the traffic can stand" cabman and tho theater ticket speculator we may begin to think that the long deferred era of sane city comforts Is at last ap proaching. New York Tribune. MORE WORK FOR THE EAGLE. It begins to look as if the American eagle woulo have to disguise itself once more as a dove of peace and trim Its wir.gs for flight to Central America. Providence Journal. o THE OVERCOAT. Spring appears to be here but you know what the (American spring is. Don't go far without your overcoat. Philadelphia Inquiter. DREAMS. Tho women speak of their Easter bonnets as "perfect dreams." A good many of them are, too. Baltimore Sun. o STANDING ROOM ONLY. The Pitchfork makes hay while the footlights thine. Charleston News and Courier. CRUELTY TO RAILWAYS. Somebody may soon organize "The Socictv for the Prevention of Cruelty to Railroads." Baltimore Sun. SAN FRANCISCO. Really, San Francisco's moral condi tions are worse than its physical and they ara bad enough. Los Angeles Her ald. AN INVITATION. No "lamb" shorn in Wall street late ly need starve. There are Jobs for all of them in the spinning rooms of South Carolina cotton jnills- Charleston News and Courier.. DON'T TAKE THEM OFF. Don't take them ofT. Don't shed them row. Cling to them for a while longer. We believe that we know Just how you feel, and that we can enter into your feelings. But don't take them off at present, whatever you do. Chicago Inter-Ocean. G. ANOTHER BORROWED POLICY. A numbtr of Democrats regard Mr. Roosevelt's repated declaration against another term as one of the best ideas he has borrowed from their party. Washington Star. HUSTLING FOR THE HURRAHS. Foraker says he doesn't want any political honors from the people of Ohio without their hearty approval. He will not sit down, however, and wait for others to work up the approval. Chicago Record-Herald. SO NUMEROUS. Bailey says his enemies can "go to the devil." Does the senator want to crowd hell? Colorado Springs Gazette. THE PISTOL. A pistol In a hip pocket Is an en couragement to a quick temper. It Is a questionable adjunct for a wise man, while a fool and a pistol make a com bination that represents the height of irresponsibility. A very large propor tion of the men who carry "guns" have little or no excuse for it- Wilkesbarre Leader. AN OBSERVATION. It Is the self-seekers who misuse po litical parties who do most to weaken and destroy them. Galveston News. WALL STREET., As far as the rest of the country Is concerned. Wall street Is nothing more than an ordinary bucket shop. Los Angles Times. i FR0M OTHER PENS i- -jj GET BUST! If you have a task, my son. Pitch right in and get it done. "Well begun's half done," you know, Says the maxim, and it's so; Jump Into your work with zest: When you've finished stop and rest Get busy! Boy, be at your toil today; All tomorrow you may play; -You'll enjoy recess the more If your work you do before. Only one way to get through: Keep hard at tt till you do Get busjc! Boy, It's such a little span From the far rear to the van. Dash ahead and win the stake: You can do it; make the break. Rest and holiday are where Work is done. Strike out for there Get busy! Indianapolis News. A Shot at the Biggest Moose. "There, in a shallow bay, standing knee-deep in the water, and rooting up the lily-stems with his long, pendulous nose, was the biggest and blackest bull moose In the world. As he pulled the roots from the mud and tossed up his dripping head I could .see his horns four and a half feet across, if they were an inch, and the palms shining like huge tea-trays in the moonlight. I tell you, old Silverhorns was the most beau tiful monster I ever saw. "But he was too far away to shoot by that dim light, so I left my birch-tree and crawled along toward the edge of the bay. A breath of wind must have blown across me to him, for he lifted his head, sniffed, grunted, came out of the water, and began to trot slowly along the trail which led past me. I knelt on one knee and tried to take aim. A black cloud came over the moon. I couldn't see either of the sights on the gun. But when the bull came opposite to me, about fifty yards off, I blazed away at a venture. "He reared straight up on his hind legs it looked as if he rose fifty feet in the air wheeled, and went walloping along the trail, around the south end of the pond. In a minute he was lost In the woods. Good-by, Silverhorns!" "Ye tell it weel," said McLeod, reach ing out for a fresh cigar, "fegs! Ah doot Sir Walter himsel' couldna lmpruvo upon It. An' sae thot's the way ye dina murder puir Seelverhorrns? It's a tale I'm joyfu' to be hearin'," "Wait a bit," Hemenway answered. "That's not the end, by a long shot. There's worse to follow. The next mornings we returned to the pond at daybreak, for McDonald thought I might have wounded the moose. We searched the brushes and the woods when he went out very carefully, look ing for drops of Llood on his trail." ,-Bluid!" groaned the engineer. "Heeh, mon, wouldna that come nigh to mak' ye greet, to find the beast's hed bluid splashed over the leaves, and think o" him staggerin 'on thro' the forest, drip pin' the heart oot o' him wl' every step?" "But we didn't find any blood, you old sentimentalist. That shot In the dark was a clear miss." Dr. Henry van Dyke, in Scribner. Plain Speaking. William Faversham made a speech at Ford's theater, Baltimore, last Mon day night at the close of the- second act of "The Squaw Man," in which he referred to certain persons in the audi ence as "talking drunks" and other wise gave evidence of much feeling. William F. Lucas, a society leader, said Mr. Favershaw showed bad taste. Charles E. Ford, manager of the thea ter, said the incident was not Justi fied, but cheers and applause- greeted the speech from all parts of the house. This was Mr. Faversham's rebuke: "I am not going to make a speech," he said, "because that is about the worst thing I do, but I do want to say a word to the boys in the gallery. There is a bunch of talking crunks on th first floor, and it is very annoying, especially to the women in the cast. In the acts to come there are a number of pathetic scenes, and I want to ask you boys up there to see that we have good order for the rest of the even ing. If some one of you Is a Sherlock Holmes and will help us discover the offender I will give him a reward.".;-. In explaining his action. Mr. Faver sham said: "During the whole of the first act the couple on the stage were tho object of ridicule on the part of the men and women who had seats in two boxes. Some of them were so ner vous I had difficulty in persuading them to continue playing. I was nat urally incensed, and when I went out to answer the call to a speech after the first act I expressed myself very plainly. "I addressed myself particularly to the boys in the gallery, for they are the ones who pay their 50 cents and want to see the play in peace. I spoke of the offenders as 'talking drunks," for I find that the only way to deal with such people Is to give them some of their own medicine. I sympathized with the women of the party. After mv speech the offenders were dead quiet. "Today I have received twenty let ters from men and women in Balti more, and others have come to my hotel to tell me I was right. I regret that such a course should be necessary, but the play loving public must be protected in some way when such peo ple disturb the performance." What Makes tho Sky Blue. It Is atmosphere that makes the sky look blue and the moon yellow. If we could ascend to an elevation of fifty miles above the earth's surface, we should see that the moon is a brilliant white, while the sky would be black, with the stars shining as brightly In the daytime as at night. Furthermore, as a most picturesque feature of the spectacle, we should take notice that some of the stars are red, others blue, yet others violet, and still others green In color. Of course, all of the stars (If we bar the planets of our own system) are burning suns, and the hues they wear depend upon their temperature. The hottest stars are blue. Thus Vega, In the constellation Lyra, Is a blue sun, hundreds of times as large as our own solar orb. We are Journeying in Its direction at the rate of millions of miles a day, and at some future time it may gobble us all up. For, after all, humiliating though the confession be, our sun is only a very small star of the sixth magni tude, or thereabout and of an Im portance in the universe so slight as to be scarcely within the pale of re spectability. The Reader. Her Idea of Happiness. A certain young woman author, who was married not so long ago. Is given to saying the most startling things In a naive manner. It is a dis puted question among her friends whether it comes naturally or whether she does It on purpose. Shortly be fore her marriage she was the cause of a box party and a dinner, where one of the men guests laid on his com pliments in a lavish fashion.' "Such a fortunate girl!" he wound up. "You have youth, beauty, wit and fame, and you are going to marry a splendid fellow who has loads of money. What else could you desire?" The beautiful and witty one turned Impulsively, smiled brilliantly, and par alyzed the whole company by exclaim ing: "Twins'." s j THE EVENING STOR Y At the Spelling School. (By Caroline Spencert) Burt Seymour, son of Farmer Sey mour, had given a "sugaring off" party in the eapbush, and his invited guests numbered a dozen of the young men and girls of the neighborhood. Such par ties are always given with the last run of maple sap, and are simple affairs. The guests all gather at the sugar bush, where the sweet sap has already been boiled down to thick syrup, and seat themselves on-a log while the syrup Is boiled a little more and then served around on clean maple chips. There is snow yet left In the woods, and a "dab" of syrup dropped on the snow produces maple wax. There Is a general sticki ness, a general state of hilarity, and the girls go home with wet feet and the young men with wax on their chins. In one sense this party referred to was a great success. In another it was a calamity. A sewing machine agent had been stopping at Farmer Hallday's for the last two weeks while he beat up the country. He happened to be a young man and a taking fellow, but there was no earthly reason for Burt Seymour to be Jealous of him. Eunice Haliday and Burt had been engaged for three or four months, and while she was naturally flattered at the com pliments paid to her by the agent, whose name was French, they didn't turn her head by any means. She saw from the first that Burt was inclined to be jeal ous, and she was therefore more cir cumspect, but Burt's Jealousy still rankled. He took good care that the stranger shouldn't be Invited to the sugar party, to which Eunice was duly escorted by the host, but cheek is a part of the stock in trade of agents oi all sorts, and no one was greatly sur prised when Mr. French showed up as cool as a snowball and took the biggest chiD in the collection. As old Aunt Martha used to say, all girls that amount to anything have a spice of deviltry In their nature. Be they ever so sweet and nice, there are times when they like to hector. When Eunice saw. with all the others, that the coming of the agent annoyed her lover, and that Mr. French was inclin ed to put himself out in another and more agreeable way to make things a success, she came as near flirting with him as she could and miss it. The hard er Burt scowled and the more he show ed his vexation, the more reckless she became. She didn't intend to go too far, but Just far enough to punish him. He would be sullen and sulky going home, but she would "make up" with him before they reached the gate, inai is, she thought it would be that way, but she was mistaken. Burt referred to the agent as a "snide," a "squirt," and several other things, and although she only defended mildly it was suffi cient to keep his temper hot. He an nounced that he had been disappointed in her; that there was no such thing as lovaltv known to her sex; that a lew compliments from a "masher" were valued by her more than his enduring love, and when the gate was reached she announced that she wouldn't sub mit to be brow-beaten, and he flourish ed his arm in reply and excia:mea: "Farewell, false girl! I have loved you as no man ever loved before; but you have let a fool part us. I may be sunstruck this summer or die of a broken heart or commit suicide, but twill not matter to you. You will have rlmply broken one more human heart shattered the faith of another man in woman's integrity." Of course Eunice -went-lnto the house prepared to brave It out; and of course it wasn't fifteen minutes be fore her mother suspected that some thing had transpired and whisked her into the family bedroom to say: "Now, then, has that Hattle Jones been saying mean things about you again "No, ma!" replied the daughter as she burst into sobs. By and by all the details were In the mother's possession. The girl did not deny that she had flirted a bit, but she had not really meant anything serious. She was deeply in love with Burt Seymour, and as she thought of his dying of sunstroke and going to his grave believing she cared for any other man, no matter how many sewing ma chines he could sell In a week, it al most broke her heart. "Well, now, stop crying while I talk to you," said the mother. "You should not have flirted, and Burt should not have made a fool of him self. He's gone away to chew the rag, as vour Cousin Ben puts It. He thinks he'll get a letter from you In a day or two asking his forgiveness. Then he'll take a week before coming around and condescending to make up. First and foremost you are not to write him a line. Second and hindmost, he's got to come to you if there is any coming about it. Your father was Just an other such Idiot when he was running after me, and I made him crawl. That's why I have always had the whip hand of him." "But you know how set Burt Is In his ways," pleaded Eunice. "But you can be Just as set In yours." "But suppose he's found dead, with my photo on his broken heart?" "Suppose our old dog should bark his tall off! You are going to do Just as I say, and that ends It. I'm your mother, and I know something about men; and If I don't help you to bring that smart young man back within two weeks I'll never darn another pair of socks for your father." One event Invariably follows the oth er in the country. After the sugar party about two weeks after comes the last day of the district school, or the close of the term. Word goes out for ten miles around, and the two hundred young and old who attend manage somehow to get Into the echoolhouse. Then two persons choose sides and the whole crowd lines up and the school master pronounces the words. The spelling school for the Seymour district was announced for a date two weeks subsequent to the sugar party and tho lovers' quarrel. No Burt called at the Haliday farmhouse to make up. The days passed and poor Eunice went about with tears In her eyes. Even her father noticed that the daughter was looking red-eyed and pale-faced and asked the wife If a doctor had not bet ter be consulted. "Don't you worry, Joseph," was all the reply he got, and about all he ex pected, but to the daughter the mother aid: "Eunice, when the spelling school comes off, I am going to bring that young man to the mark. He la one of the best spellers around here, isn't he?" "Yes, ma." "Well, so are you. Some folks say you are better than he Is. If you are on one side and he on the other, you are going to beat him." "But suppose I can't?" "I'm Just going to pray that you will." "Then he'll be madder yet. Maybe he'll go right home and commit sui cide." "And maybe he'll go right home and get some sense in his head. I'm run ning this show, and I want you to do Just as I tell you." There was the usual big turnout when the evening came. The sewing machine agent had departed for other fields, and Eunice arrived at the schoolhouse In thf company of her father and mother. Al most Immediately she heard that Burl Seymour had come alone with his hors and buggy. She also heard that thei misunderstanding was being gossiped about. The schoolmaster was well know words from Mrs. Haliday perfected het plans. It was announced that Mr. Burf Beymour ana Aliss bunice ianaay wouia choose sides, and they found themselvet at once the center of interest. Each sought to decline, but each was pushed forward. Each line when filled numbered eighty, and then the spelling began. The first five minutes did the business for twenty. In a quarter of an hour there were only ten spellers on their feet. Five minutes later Eunice and Burt alone were left. They stood facing each other, though not looking Into each other's eyes. Burt look ed obstinate, and the girl had her chin In the air. It was called the greatest contest of the decade. For twenty minutes the teacher hunted out the hard words, but could trap neither. Then Burt was caught and went down, and the victory was awarded the girl amid cheers. Five min utes later the crowd broke up, and Eunice was hunting for her wraps, when a hand was laid on her arm and a voice whis pered "Euny, how do you spell "Idiot, "for give' and 'love'?" "The simplest way," she replied as she turned to Burt. "Then ride home with me. I brought my buggy on purpose." "Of course it worked,"said Mrs. Haliday that night to herself after making a cackling noise in her throat. "If it had been left to Eunice, now but it wasn't. When a smart young man thinks he's smarter than an old married woman, it's time he was spelled down a. few and take a back seat," (Copyrighted, 1907, by Mary McKeon.) 1 HUMOR OF THE DAY "Do you think you could Identify the burglar?" asked the chief of de tectives. "I never saw him," replied Citiman, "but he was a very small man." "How do you know?" "Haven't I told you he got into our flat with out any trouble." Philadelphia Press. At the Ball Miss Withers "You are blushing, Coya! What was that clumsy partner of yours saying?" Miss Knisely "Oh, nothing; only that be fore he met me life seemed like a desert to him." Miss Withers "That Is no reason why he should waltz like a dromedary. Is It?" Town and Coun try. Cholly "Weally, doncher know, I have half a mind Miss Knox (interrupting) "Cut that out, Cholly. You shouldn't exaggerate." Chicago Daily News. "Da man dat keeps buttin' In," said Uncle Eben, "is Jes' like my goat. Sometimes he goes right through do obstruction, an' sometimes he Jes" gits a headache." Washington Star. Hinky "My money Is Invested in valuable land, but I can't get it out I'm land poor." Dink "Well, you're better off than I am: my money Is all Invested In poor land" Detroit Free Press. Mrs. Ascum "I see you're going In for society. Has your daughter made her debut yet?" Mrs. Nuritch "What! Well, I guess not! She got all them thine-s made to order in Paris." Philadelphia Press. The Friend If your married life Is so unhappy why don't you get a di vorce from your husband? Unhappy Wife Because he would then marry eomo other woman and make her unhappy. Chicago Newsv "'It takes a great deal of Intelligence to amass a colossal fortune." "Yes," answered Mr. Dustln Stax, "and a lot mora to know Just what to do with It when you've got It,"- Washington Star. Wife "Why, John, how dare you swear before me?" Husband "I beg your pardon, my dear; I didn't know you wanted to swear." Chicago Daily wnen l was coming home last niiiL, Bum jyxisa oneery, x saw a man skulking along in the shadow. Oh now i ran' "An' couldn t vou eatch him?" Inquired her little brother, in nocently. Cleveland Leader. "How is it that big railroad official did not attend your reception, as he said he would?" "Really a matter of inadvertence on his part. He got the dates for the reception and one of the indictments mixed." Baltimore Amer ican. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Never borrow trouble, but always be ready to lend It. Trying to avoid work Is often the hardest kind. Honor thy father and thy mother If they give you half a chance. About the first step toward reform ing a man Is to catch him in the act Babies have nothing in common with the silent watches of the night. A cold hand-out appeals to the hun gry man more than a warm hand shake. A pleasing conversationalist is a'per son who talks to you about yourself. Some people climb to the top for the purpose of looking down on their neighbors. Many a mart's idea of hospitality Is to bring other men home and have his wife cook for them. It isn't always policy to believe the man who tells you what he would do if he were In your place. And some people are so Industrious that when they haven't anything to do they proceed to do somebody. Every time you register a protest It saves a lot of trouble for the easy going chaps who have occasion to fol low in your footsteps. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. The thing most talked over is the telephone. A beer advertisement shouldn't be dry reading. Many a girl has been won In a walk, on a moonlight night. It Is true that time will tell, but It Is equally true that we can tell time. The dealer in oatmeal and cornmeal might advertise "Meals at all hours." No, Maude, dear; a fellow Is not a tutor Just because he blows his own horn. The ball player who always strikes cut isn't considered an out-and-out player. The man who boasts of his wicked ness Isn't any more to be believed than he who prates of his piety. fl Blobbs-r-"That fellow looks like a cut-throat." Slobbs "Well, you're not far wrong. He's a barber's ap-r-ntice." Wigg "Your bachelor friend seems to be rather a fast young man." Wagg "Oh, no fellow is so fast that some woman can't catch him." Hoax "What would etiquette re quire If you should have a chance to be presented to King Edward?" Joax "Gee! I guess I'd back out."

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8; THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOURNALTUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1907. An informal dinner was given at the Country club last, night to celebrate the birthday anniversaries, which fall within the same week, of Miss Florence Rossington, Mr. Dan Hammatt and Mr. Henry Scandrett. The others asked were Mis. Jack Firth and Mrs. Dorr Norton of Kansas City, Mrs. J. S. Burt, Miss Scandrett. Miss Louise Kellam, Miss Hazel Fassler, Miss Helen Thomp son, Miss Helen Smith, Miss Eva Smith, Miss Isabel Smith, Miss Katharine Sneve of St. Paul. Mr. Armin Fassler, Mr. Ben Scandrett. Mr. Guilford Dud ley, Mr. Paul Walker and Mr. Henry Donaldson.

The Easter Helianthus dance will be given at Steinberg s tonigni. A new diversion has been discovered in the form of the indoor or wormless picnic. The wormless picnic has many advantages over the common or garden variety. To begin with it is always seasonable and is as popular with its devotees in the. winter as in the sum mer and in the summer as in the win ter. In the second place it Is less trou ble than the outdoor picnic and not attended by so many uncertainties. Then the weather makes no difference. If after a woman has cooked and baked and worn herself to a frazzle getting ready for it, the picnic day arrives ac companied by a deluge, the picnic pro ceeds Just as advertised and she isn t left with a lot of hard boiled eggs, po tato salad and fried chicken on her bands. Mrs. W. A. Morton gave an infor mal musicale this afternoon In honor of Mrs. Herbert Hodge of Abilene. These wl.o contributed to the pro gramme were Mrs. George W. Park hurst. Mrs. William W. Wikldal. Mrs. Frank's. Thomas, M-ts. Hodge and Miss Lillian Foster, vocalists, and Mrs. Don Mulvane and Mrs. Hal Hazlett. pian ists. Mrs. C. G. Fos-ter has asked guests for tomorrow afternoon in compliment to Mrs. Herbert Hodge of Abilene and Mrs. Charles L. Mitchell will give a bridge in her honor Friday afternoon. A Topeka man of intellectual tastes claims that he would be a great poet if he could manage to complete the verses he begins. He has brilliant ideas but they are usually fragmentary he can't write more than two lines on any one subject. It has been suggested, how ever, that his lines would make fine quotations" and he is about to pub lish a volume of "quotations" from his own pen. trusting to luck that nobody will demand permission to read the whole of any of the "poems" from which he print3 excerpts. Mr. and Mrs. Georpe W. Martin will give a dinner tonight for these guests: Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Burge. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Burge. Mr. and Mrs. E C Burge Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mar tin of Kansas City, Miss Beatrice Burge. Miss Ruth Burge, Miss Fanny Burgs. Miss Zu Adams, Miss Lucie Greene, Mr. William Bacon. Mr. and Mrs.- George Root, Mrs. J. P. Griswold. Miss Gertrude Coburn, Mrs. J. M. Sullivan. Miss Willa Rodgers, Mr. Lortng Cox of Junction Clty.-Mr.-a.nd Mrs. W. H. Mackey of Junction City, Miss Clara Francis, Mr. A. Greene and Mrs. E. A. Orr. The Lambda Alpha Lambda girls gve a card party at the Country club this afternoon in honor of Miss Meryl Parks who-leaves soon for a per manent residence in Kansas City. Only the corority members were asked.

Miss Florence Rossinston enter tained her bridge club this afternoon for her guest, Mrs. Jack Firth of Kan sas City.

The Delta Phis of Washburn collere will give their annual dinner at the Throop Friday evening. April 19. There is so much talk about the young man of independent means who composes the Leisure Class in Topeka. among-the people who are tearing their hair in a mad endeavor to make money enoueh to be able to be as idle as he is.' that the Leisure Class has de cided to pose as a worker. With the aid of some of his friends he will have a rumor started that he is an Author busily engaged upon a monu mental work on philosophy. In or- j Starch Indiestio A Very Common Form ol Dyspepsia Vanquished By Eating There's Qra.pe-N der to satisfy the people who will ask for tiresome details about the date of publication, and so forth, it will be ex plained that this is no light piece of fiction to be turned out in a week or a month or a year but that it is a Life Work and that if he finishes it by the time he is sixty he will have achieved a gigantic undertaking. With this myth thoroughly established he ex pects to be left in peace to enjoy his leisure as he sees fit. The annual business meeting and election of the Guild of Grace -cathedral will be held tomorrow afternoon in the Guild rar!ors. The members are requested to meet at one-thirty in order to dispose of the election and other business in time for the monthly missionary meeting to be held imme diately afterwards and at which Bishop Millspaugh will preside in the absence of Dean Kaye. This meeting closes the missionary meetings for the year.

The seniors of the high school held a class party at the home of Mr. Roy Payne Saturday night. The composi tion of class son?a and progressive conversation were the features of the evening. Those present were Miss Grace R. Berry, Miss Grace Anita Boyle, Miss Ann Butterly. Miss Edna B. Campbell, Miss Erma Gordon, Miss Ruth J. Grandon, Miss Louise Hof man. Miss Dora R. Lovirt. Miss Marian Magaw. Miss Helen Morrow, Miss Mary Overholt, Miss Mildred Smith. Miss Margaret Swan, Miss Caro M. Trimmer, Miss Edna Walker. Miss Florence White, Mr. E. Frederick Beine. Mr. Earl G. Brown, Mr. James W. Campbell. Mr. Clyde Chalmers, Mr. Ray F. Cope, Mr. Fred Gil'luly. Mr. Hiram Kingsley, Mr. C. Sherman Metzger.. Mr. Cyrus Monroe, Mr. Merle Morthland, Mr. R. Sherman. Parr. Mr. Rov Payne, Mr. George Dahoney Villee, Mr. Ralph Wetherbee.. Mr. George Wilbur, Mr. Theodore T. Zercher. The Portia club gave an informal af ternoon at the home of Mrs. G. F. Worley in Potwin Place yesterday In compliment, to Mrs. William Davidson of Omaha, a former member of the club who Is visiting her Topeka friends. Those present were: Mrs. W. M. Dav idson of Omaha. Mrs. E. J. Whittaker, Mrs. James C. Allison, Mrs. F. J. Crum bine. Mrs. E. G. Foster, Mrs. E. A. Fredenhagen, Mrs. J. H. Frizzell, Mrs. J. H. McBrlde. Mrs. B. F. McGiffln. Mrs. L. M. Powell, Mrs. B. H. Pugh, Mrs. F. G. Slater. Mrs L H, Strickler, Mrs. D. C. Tillotson, Mrs. C. H. Men ninger, Mrs. Organ, Mrs. Searle and Mrs. Alford. Emporia Gazette: Mrs. M. L. Stewart, of Topeka. who Is here in the interest of the Fl rence Crittenton home, is meeting with success. The club women are being interested as they are in To peka an article in Sunday's Capital, telling of Mrs. Klingenberg and others going from house to house selling home made candy to raise money to buy a sewing machine for the home, showing how deeply interested they are. Mrs. Robert Kirg has kindly consented to receive contributions of money, also do nations of anything and everything useful and needed in a house, to be shipped by April 17. and hopes liberal donations will be given. The meeting In the First Presbyterl ian church Sunday afternoon, in the in terest of social purity, was a success in every way. There was a good attend ance, and deep interest was manifest ed. Mrs. Weatherly presided and in troduced the speaker. Mrs. M. L. Stew art.cf Topeka. who told the women some startling truths.

Notes and Personal Mention Mrs. Ira J. Mix. of Chicago, will ar rive tomorrow to Join Mr. and Mrs. J. D. M. Hamilton and their son. John, on a trip to Califcrnia. They will leave Thursday and expect to be gone a month. Miss Elvla Millspaugh will go to Leav enworth this week to spend a number of weeks with Miss Ann Ryan. Miss Frances Connell will leave Fri day for Chicago to spend a fortnight. Mis-s Conrlance Crowther returned to day from Leavenworth where she vis ited her sifter. Miss Evelyn Crowther, at St. Mary's academy. Mrs. Harry Weaver, of Kansas City, came today to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. McClintcck. Mrs. Robert Pierce will leave the first of the week for New Haven, Conn., to spend two months with her- sisters. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Burrow and their son, Randall, will leave this evening for Hortcn to visit Mrs. Elmer Ames. They will return Sunday night. Mrs. Harold Frederick Nies of Brook lyn and Miss Susie Sweet, who Is visit ing in the east, will spend a day or two with Mrs. John Pullman in Bridgeport, Conn., this week. Mrs. Nies expects to come to Topeka in June, accompanying The starchy fcods so much used nowadays white bread, pastry, potatoes, hot biscuit, etc, often cause "starch indi'g.stion" and a long line of troubles because the digestive or gans are unable to handle the excess of this kind of food material. It remains in the stomach, partially fer ments, causing gas and sour eructations, be sides preventing the body from absorbing the full amount of food necessary. Such persons often feel hungry a thort time aft?r eating. In making Grape-Nut3. a food expert com bined whole wheat and barley in the same way the human organs act on food with heat, moisture and time the diastase in the barley, during the process of manufac ture, changing the starch into a form of soluble sugar, thus making it easy of diges tioi. In this way he divised a means of assist ing weak digestive organs to handle natural food with ease and not only build up brain and nerves, but strengthen the digestive or gans at the same tima. If you have any kind of indiga.-tion or nerv ous dyspepsia, vou'l find a marked change in your condition by a ten days' use of ut a Reason" her sister. Miss Amelia Ware, who is at Vassar college, for a visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. .Ware. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Agnew. BUbb of Willlamsport, Pa., have given their in fant son the name of Henry Agnew Bubb II. Mrs. Jack Firth of Kansas City is the guest of Miss Florence Rossington. Mr and Mrs. John Fay of Manila, Philippine islands, formerly of Topeka. are the parents of a daughter to whom they have given the name of Dorothy Elizabeth. Mrs. J. B. Furry and her daughter Anna have returned from a visit in Kansas City. Miss Katherine Sneve of St Paul ar rived last night to visit Miss Isabel Smith Miss Josephine Gay of Kansas City, who was expected today to be the guest of Miss Eleanor Wheeler, has deirred her visit for a while. Dean Kaye will leave tonight for San Antonio, Texas, for ,a two weeks' rest. Miss Marian Garretson has returned from a visit in southern California. Mrs. William Davidson and her daughter Helen, guests of Mrs. Charles Lowry. left for their home in Omaha this morning. Mrs. A. M. Davidson accom panied them and will spend some time in Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Costello, 317 West Sixth avenue, are the parents of a daughter born this morning, to whom they have given the name of Elizabeth Louise. Mrs. Costello was before her marriage Miss Beatrice Hayes. Mrs. Frank Dreley of Lebanon, Ind.. who has been the guest of Mrs. George Hoyes, left for her home Sunday. She stopped here on her way home from Al buquerque, N. M where she spent the winter. Miss Estelle Conway of Cottonwood Falls Is the guest. Of Mr. arid Mrs. E. W. Ellis. Miss Jeannette Walcott'will go to Kansas City this week to visit Mrs. E. S. Brigham. V Dr. J. P. Lewis and Miss Florence Lewis have returned from" a short visit in Chicago. Mrs. L. B. Kellogg and Miss Mary Kellogg are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kellogg, 500 Lincoln street. Mr. Franklin Hudson, who was the guest of his brother. General J.. K. Hudson, returned to Kansas City yes terday. Captain and Mrs. H. A. Sievert of Fort Leavenworth are- the guests of Major and Mrs. A. M. Fuller, 1301 To peka avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hackney re turned to Milwaukee Sunday after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Skln-ner. Mrs. P. L. Psahler-has returned to Kansas City after a visit to Mrs. C. H. Samson. Mrs. J. August and her son, Mr. Abe J. August, left Sunday for Fort Wayne, Ind., where they will visit relatives for a fortnight. Miss Margaret Sallee of Kansas City, who is a guest at the Charles Blood I Smith home, will return home tomor row. She will be accompanied by her aunt. Miss Helen Smith. Mr. Thad Packard of Kansas City, who was -the guest of his sister, Mrs. George Port Ashton, has gone to Lin coln, Neb. Mr. Wayte Lytle has returned from a short stay in St. Joseph. MVst Ehlera. who is the guest of Mrs. T. J. Myers, will return to her home in Kansas City tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Merrick of the City of Mexico are the parents of a daughter, Dorn yesr.era.ay, 10 vmum they have given the name of Martha. Mrs. Merrick -was before her marriage Miss Elsie Valentine of Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Poindexter re turned today from a short visit In Kansas City. Mrs. Strelght Lauck will return next nvir fmm MinneaDolis. Minn. Miss Agnes Rellly of Chicago is the guest of Mrs. P. C. Kemy on ner re turn from Los Angeles, Cal., where she spent the winter. SANTA FE KOTKS. C Items Clitc fly Ptrraonal Concera- tng Railroad Men. A. E. Sweet, general superintendent of the Rock Island, went to Kansas City on business this morning. Kay Slusher will start to work to morrow morning as an apprentice In the boiler shop. E. R. Bartlett, right of way agent for the Santa Fe, is In Albuquerque on business. -He will return In a few days. W. H. Hutton, chairman of the griev ance committee of the O. R. C, return ed yesterday, after having been in Chi cago for some time attending the meet ing of the trainmen In their conference with the general managers relative to the proposed strike. Fireman Harry Conwell is working on a switch engine in the local yards tem porarl!;'. Engineer Higgins of runs Nos. 109 and 110, between Kansas City and To peka, Is laying oft for a few days on account of Illness and Engineer Link Gallety Is taking his place. At the meeting of the Young Men's Social and Investigation club tonight a musical and literary programme will be rendered. A newspaper .which has been prepared by two of the members of the club will also be read. Foreman Foucht, of the Kansas City plug runs, is laying oft for a few days while he Is in Emporia taking the real time card examination. Harry Whitbeck, fireman on runs Nos. 121 and 122 between Topeka and St. Joseph, Is laying off for a few days on account of sickness. Engineer James Thomas Is laying oft on runs Nos. 105 and 106 and Engineer Ed Ash is taking his place. Fireman Harry Roberts, who has been laying off for several days for the pur pose of getting his eyes treated, has returned to work -on .his runs Nos. 5 and 6 between Topeka and Newton. The raise in salaries which was re cently agreed upon for the car men at a conference In Topeka went Into, ef fect April 1. This raised the wages of ell the men in the car repairing depart ment from th general foreman down to the lowest laborer. The increase ranges from 1 to 2 cents an hour. The pay will hereafter be for the day In stead of the hour. Fireman Lungstrom was called to To peka yesterday to take the time card examination for promotion to engineer. L. C. Messlck, nlarht chief dispatcher at Emporia, was In Topeka oa business yesterday. The educational clarses at the rail road T. M. C. A. have quit for this sea son, and all the examination papers have been sent to New York, where they will be graded. Engineer Harry Pearson has returned to work on runs Nos. 1 and 2 between Topeka and Newton, after having been off on a business trip to Emporia, The baseball rrounds at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. have been completed and practice is expected to commence with in a few days. Engineer Ludwlg has been tempor "rs. DRY COODS THE STORE OF DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE. "Hiker's" Toilet Preparations By Miss Cable, direct from Hiker's" Factory X This store has exclusive sale of "Hiker's" Toilet Products for five years.! There are none better. RiRer's Violet Cerate is a dainty, sweet and wholesome unguent, delicately scented with odor of fresh violets. It i3 not a grease, but dissolves freely in water, which quality distinguishes it from the many greasy creams usually sold for toilet uses. No toilet de icacy is so soothing, softening and healing for sunburn, chars, roughness, pimples, redness and freckles, and no preparation so effectual in freeing the face, neck and throat from wrinkles and disfiguring blemishes, keep ing the flesh firhn and the skin healthy, clear and beautiful. In porcelain jars, 50c. RIKER'S SEPTONE is the most reliable and beneficial hair tonic and dress:ng; feeds and inv gorates the scalp destroys dandruff and makes the hair healthy and beautiful. 25c, and 75c bottles. RIKEP'S SEPTONE SOAP affords the most refreshing and healthful shampoo. Genuine liquid "Green Soap," the purest and most dainty for all toilet uses. 25c, and 75c bottles. RIKER'S DRESDEN FACE POWDER is of that superior quality which distinguishes all of Riker's'products. Impalpably fine, of downy softness, very adherent and perfectly tinted. 25c, and 50c boxes. RIKER'S ANTISEPTIC TOOTH POWDER is a superior mouth wash, sterilizing the gums while cleaning the teeth. Not a perfume but a thorough cleanser and deodorant. 15c a box. R KER'S PERFUMES are invariably the choice of those who have compared their quality with that of the finest imported essences, because they'ars more reasonable in price. Dis tinctive, delicate, fascinating odors of exceptional lasting fragrance. Ask Miss Cable for arily assigned to runs Nos. 9 and 10 between Topeka and Newton. J. H. Hancock, formerly an official In the motive power; department of th Santa Fe, but now of the Rock Island, was in Topeka yesterday calling upon friends in the mechanical department. Train No. 2 was two hours late today; No. 1 tras one hour, and No. 8 was several hours late.'.' Enineer J. E. Polley has returned to work and relieved Engineer E. O. Whit comb, who was running in his place on runs Nos. 61 and 62 between Topeka and Argentine. r G. W. Isenberg,, who has been at the hospital for several days- consulting in regard to his eyes.has returned to his home In Newton.-"- (Items tor this fo'.urrm may bm left at Heajston'8 barber shjp. Mr. jack Read has moved out on the Watson nursery place. Rev. F. A. Whltelsey Is busy mak ing calls on his members. Mrs. S. W. Foss took dinner with B. P. Williams and. family on Monday. .Mr. and Mrs. Beach of Topeka were trie guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mohler last Sunday. V It. V. Leeson returned Monday from an extended business trip to Colorado and Utah. W. V. Magee has just finished put ting in a foundation of a house for Dr. Judd on Buchanan street. Mr. B. P. .Williams is preparing to have a new walk placed in front of his residence leading to the street. Mrs. W. R. Jessup will go to Kansas City with her sister. Mrs. Lanyon, for an extended visit Wednesday." Mr. Gibbs, who resides on Kellam avenue. Is seriously sick. No one Is allowed to see him but his attendants. Mrs .W. H. Cordrey, field manager for the H. C. White Stereograph company, was In Oakland on. business last night. The Pastoral Helpers of the Christian church will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Sam Ray on Forest ave nue. Rev. Lucas of the Presbyterian church left today for Junction City to attend the Presbytery, which convenes at that place. Rev. R. G. Moody preached two very good sermons to large audiences at the Christian church Sunday, supplying tho place of Mr. Folts. Mrs. Miller, who makes her home with Mr. Jos. Graft's family, has gone to Queneino to visit her relative, S. L. Antrim, for a week. Mr. Hamill went to Wamego on Sat urday, where he will visit a daughter, and then go on to Junction City to at tend the Presbytery. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Suit and family TOOTH POWDER is of benefit as a deodorizer, an& septic cleansing agent and pre servative. Ask your dentist. onTniinisT WARREN M.Cr?GSBY C? .DRY GOODS U-U HANS. AVE "Demonstration of had the Free Sample of "Riker's" of North Topeka were visiting at the home of Mrs. Suit's parents, B. P. Will iams, Sunday afternoon. Paul Hummel of Sheridan Lake, Colo., stopped over on his way home from Wisconsin to visit with the Hum mel and R. P. Taylor families here. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Neiswlnter of Winfleld avenue are the happy parents of a 9-pound boy born Sunday. Mr. Neiswinter's friends say he now has all his old clothes for sale. Mr. J. W. Taylor of this place, who lately went to Colorado for his health; Is not improving. He is contemplating trying Arizona for relief. He Is bothered with heart trouble and dropsy. The Washburn Ladies Quartette will give a recital at the Christian-church at 8 o'clock -Wednesday evening.' This is one of the favorite musical organ izations of the west, and should be well patronized. At the morning service of the Pres byterian church last Sunday there were six accessions to the church, namely, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bailey, Mrs. Lee and daughter Dora, and Lillian Jessup and Ruth Sund. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Allison celebrat ed their sixth wedding anniversary Sunday at their home, 495 Ohio avenue. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Griggs, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hutson and family, including Mrs .Allison's brother, Mr. Clarence Hutson of Urban a, Ohio. The guests departed in the afternoon, wishing the Allisons many happy re turns of the event. Our canning factory Is now enclosed and is being pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The people have great faith in this new enterprise and have responded surprisingly in contract ing to supply products. Only fifty acres more or tomatoes can be contracted for, and any person who still desires to plant tomatoes can call upon Mr. J. N. Graft, the manager, over the Independ ent phone, for particulars. The Rev. Homer Foltz of the Chris tian church occupied Rev. Finch's pul pit at the First church on Sunday. Dur ing his absence here his own congrega tion voted to raise his salary $125. Mr. Foltz and his wife are tireless workers for the upbuilding of their church, and their efforts are not only appreciated by their congregation but by the commun ity at large. Mr. and Mrs. Foltz have shown themselves interested in every phase of Oakland's welfare and are de serving of the recognition of merit by the church congregation, and the best wishes of the people and public gener ally. j NORTH TOPEKA Leave items for this oolumn with Kimball Printing Co.. 813 North Kansas avnua. Mrs. David Bergundthal is spending the day in Meriden. P. A. Pollom of Grantville was a North side visitor, today. Rollin Nichols returned yesterday from California where he spent the winter. Mrs. C. P. Antrim of 1169 Kansas avenue went to Hoyt today for a short visit to friends. Mrs. S. T. Coleman, sr., has return ed from- Washington, Ind., where she went to see a grandson. Miss Fernstrom of Cleburne, Kan., is visiting her uncle, F. A. Fernstrom and family of 832 Jackson street. The Chandos club will meet Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Curtis, 9 05 Van Buren street. Shawnee council. No. L F. A. A., will meet Thursday instead of Wednesday, j All members are requested to be pres- j ent. The Taka Hashl club will meet Wednesday afternoon at the home of Miss Carrie Haynes, 911 Harrison i street. i .A. Blckelhaupt of Silver Lake was in town today visiting his father, Philip Blckelhaupt of 824 West Gor don street. Dr. M. E. Bryan left today for Kan sas City and from there will go to St. Louis where he will probably open up dental parlors. Mrs. W. A. Carr has returned to her home In Junction City after a week's I 111 r r CTARREN MXROSSYftC? DRY COODS THE STOKE OF DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE. The New Drapery Yard Goods Are attracting much attention and are selling fast. Anticipate your wants; come this week and share in these Special Values: Fancy Drapery Nets in white, 36 inches wide, assorted designs, special a yard 15c 30 inch Drapery Madras white, a very fine quality in assorted border designs. Special while they last at a yard .19c Dotted and Figured Swisses a complete assortment in the 36 inch width a good wearing and washing quality special a yard 12c Colored Swisses printed rose designs in all the wanted colors on a white ground with and without border, used for bed drapes, bed covers and bedroom curtains a yard 15c Fancy Scrims 40 inches wide, a cream ground with cross stripes in color also in fancy embroidered figures special a yd. 19c Special Values in fancy net Door Panels at each. .25c, 39c, 59c, 75c ,$1.00, $2.00 "See our line of Imported Scotch Mad ras Draperies." This cloth is one of the most used for hall and library draperies. The color combinations and designs are beautiful. A yard. .39c, 50c, 59c, 75c, 98c Two Special Values in Brass Extension Rods complete with brackets and. fancy adjustable ends not the cheap kind, but Goods visit to her sister. Miss Mabel King of 115 East Gordon street. The Ladies' Guild of the Church of the Good Shepherd will meet Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. David Amell, 914 Monroe street. Mr. John Robinson and family moved this week from 1135 Kansas avenue to 1117 Central avenue, prop erty which they recently purchased. "Percival, that smells like a 10-cent cigar." "Yes, ma; I'm smoking a J. R. S." "Well, well; I've always wondered why there was so much smoke in To peka, and if all men smoke them that accounts for it." Mrs. Frank Heyden was the hostess yesterday afternoon for the Monday High Five club. The substitutes were Mrs. Fred Dreisbach, Mrs. i Fred Stauffenberg, Mrs. Fred "Koester and Mrs. Oscar Neil. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. C. E. Jor dan, 1122 Jackson street. Mr. John Schmidt and Miss Annie Suppas were married this morning at 8 o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic church by Rev. Father Henry. At the conclusion of the ceremony they re turned to North Topeka where toe wedding festivities were enjoyed. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt will make their home with, the groom's parents on East Gordon street. Miss'Estelia Haverting was t.leasant Jy entertained by Miss Lottie Scott Sat urday evening at the home of Mrs. Joseph Hanlon. 1308 Quincy street. Those present Were Miss Haverting, Miss Annie Wennegren, Miss Valeska Quednow, Miss Anna Rahn, Miss Alice Thompson, Miss Daisy Mitchell, Miss Letta Altman, Miss Lottie Scott, Miss Maud Thompson, Mr .and Mrs. Joseph Hanlon, Mr. King Ream. Mr. Louis Rahn, Mr, Dan Scott, Mr. Archie Good now, and Edward Hanlon. A delightful surprise party was given C. P. Scott, superintendent of Roches ter cemetery, last evening. The time was spent with games and music, after which refreshments were served. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Scott and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lukens and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. L Smith and family, Mr. and Mrs. Barker and -family of Indian Creek, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Nauman and family. Miss Kate Campdoras, Miss Grace Campdoras, Miss Valeda Camp doras, Miss Reynolds and Miss Noel, teachers in the Rochester school, and Mr. Jones, teacher in the Indian Creek school. The funeral of Mr. Harry Gordon was held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the family home, 1321 Logan street. The services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Stafford of the Kansas Ave nue M. E, church and Rev. J. S. Glen denning, pastor of the Second Presby terian church. A quartette composed of Miss Ida Henry, Mrs. George Har ris, Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Leeper sang "Nearer My God to Thee," "Asleep in Jesus," and "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." The pailbeirers were M1." James Wardell, Mr. Thomas Coffee, Mr'. Jesse Mace, Mr Clarence Riggs, Mr. A .Toler and Mr. Peal. The interment was In Rochester cemetery, and there the services were in charge of the Mod ern woodmen of America. Trying to Make Wichita "Dry." Wichita,. Kan.. April 9. Wichita as a city has no ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor. At the last meeting of the old council last night an ordinance covering this deficiency was Intro duced, but was laid over to the next meeting. This will bring the matter before the new administration, elected on a dry platform. Without Alcohol A Strong Tonic Without Alcohol A Body Builder Without Alcohol A Blood Purifier Without Alcohol A Great Alterative Without Alcohol A Doctor's Medicine Without Alcohol Ayer's Sarsaparilla Without Alcohol W pnblUb. "lie formulas 3. 0. Avar Co.. of ail our pjon(lo!i. Lowell. Kasa. BARREN M.GR0S3YQC1 to. DRY GOODS AND- MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS WAXTFJ) SITUATION. WANTED Position by a competent stenographer, capable cf taking ciiarge of an office. Plain Mary, care Journal. HK.N you warit lii ii.:i ur uf, call ur- Y. M. C A. Ind tel. mi or Bell tel. 907. Wr liav u iljit cf men and onllrientlal rrference concern Mi them. V. M. C. A. Kmiiiuynienr bureau, 9iu uni Oi:!ncr WANTED A man to work: good refor ences; colored preferred. 913 Polk at. WANTED Colored house boy. 4Zi Topeka ave. WANTED Young married man for gro cery store. Topeka Employment office, 503 Kansas ave. WANTED 3 painters; good brush hands only. 210 W. 7ih st. WANTED Delivery boy. Apply to James Kerle, Dibble Grocery Co., South Side store. WANTED Young man with business ability; must be capable to take salaried position in clean substantial manufactur ing business, and invest $5u0. temporarily. n t a...i.a,4 i v. H lilA noi rpnl DrAHt guaranteed. Salary 125 per month. Legiti mate in every way. An mvenuKtuiuii wiu surprise and convince you. Manufacturer, c re Journal. WANTED Man by the month for garden V rk. Ind. phone 4003. WANTED But;ho:- helper. Dibble Gro cery, South Side st' re WANTED Hotel paftry cook and pantry gin. v i 1 1 -1 i'ii biulcij c n.'i v v. Employment office, 503 Kansas ave. Kear- W ANTED Three experienced sick and accident men to manage districts for the Woodmen's Modern Protective Associa tion; good territory and liberal contract. Call on or address Chas. S. Locknane, State Agent, 701 Jackson St., Topeka, Kin. WANTED Boy with wheel to deliver packages and help about store. Warren M. Crosby Co. WAXTKO FKMAIK HELP. WANTED A good girl for general house work. No children. 721 foiK at. WANTED Girls to work In egg depart ment. Seymour backing Co. i.AniKR use "Hni'Ti or tne a-reates uterine remedy. Office at residence. 1119 W lotn. i'rione 116 't Mra. Busie JBaiiey. WANTED Girls to train for eating house work, $20 mo., board, room and pass. Cap. Emp. Agency, 811 Kansas ave. WANTED Experienced bindery Adams Bros. girls. WANTED Experienced white girl for house work; small family; no washing. Mrs. C. H. Samson, 314 Topeka ave. Ind 770 WANTED A woman to care for an In valid. Call '1103 Taylor or In-1. ph'iua 518. WANTED Bright business woman,- part ner in chiropodist parlor. Address Lock Box, 243 Tooeka, Kan. WANTED A girl for general housework; no washing or ironing. 423 Monroe st. WANTED Short order cook. $40 month? board and room; men waiters. Capital Employment Agency. 811 Kansas ave. WANTED-1 chambermaid. 1 dlnlnjrrooni artrl. Fif b Avenue hctej. WANTED AGENTS. MEN or women canvaaseracnMeure .r..jr truiiujfiiiriii hi groa wages selling H. ri. necessities, previous experience un 1 necessary.Inquire 404 Quincy S to 12, 1 to C

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lO (THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1907. TTrio acid Is a deadly poison that ts produced In the human body, and It Is the duty of the kidneys to collect .this poison from the blood, and to pass It safely out of the system, together with all waste water. It is the presence in the body of an xceas of uric acid that causes so much pain and Buttering, and so many of the aches that are commonly attribut ed to rheumatism. The kidneys are bean-shaped or rans, composed of masses of little tubas, all of which pour their secre tions into a main channel that leads to the bladder. In this way the kid neys pass oft more than an ounce of poison every day when in health. But it does' not take much' to set the kidneys back, and when they set behind, they can not right themselves without help. The uric acid begins to dog the kidneys, causing that dull, heavy aching in the back, and sharp twinges when stooping or lifting. It crystallises in the muscles and Joints. and every turn or twist brings keenest torture. It attacks the nerves with neuralgia and sciatica. It brings headache, dizziness, languor, and dis orders of the urine. Try a good kidney medicine, if you BOAN' Sold by an dealers. SUBURBAN RATES TO GO Commutation Tickets Probably Will Be Abolished. Chicago, April 9. Commutation or Suburban passenger rates in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania may be abol ished In the near future. This is the principal subject to be considered at the meeting tomorrow of the Central Passenger association, comprising all the railways in the territory bounded on the east by Buffalo and Pitts burg; on the west by Chicago and St. Louis. The reasons given by the railroads for abolishing the cheap rates now made for monthly and twenty-flve-ride tick ets to points within thirty miles of Cin cinnati, Cleveland. Pittsburg, Buffalo, Indianapolis and other cities is that they are obliged to make 2 cents a mile the minimum as well as the maximum rate In Ohio. Indiana and Pennsylvania in order to avoid a loss they can not afford in passenger revenue. CONDEMN KANSAS SENATE. Resolutions Adopted by the Methodist Conference Appointments Made. Wellington. Kan., April 9. The south west Kansas conference of the Method ist Episcopal church, presided over by Bishop David II. Moore of Portland, Ore., closed. Resolutions were passed last evening condemning the Kansas senate. They follow: "Resolved, That we commend: First, the action of Governor E. W. Hoch in making a special piea for legislation in the interest of morals; second, the work of Senator Simons, Senator Young, Senator Hodges and some others in be half of such legislation; third. C. C. Coleman, F". M. Jackson, C. W. Trickett, John Marshall and others for the faith ful and fearless discharge of their du ties as officers of the law. The work of these men was the potent factor in the vieto-y of civic righteousness won throughout the state in the city elec tions of this spring. "Resolved. That with other patriotic people, we condemn the action of the majority of our itate senate in refusing to Dass the house- bills pertaining to a proper observance of the Sabbath, gambling and the strengthening of the prohibition liquor laws." Bishop Moore announced his ap pointments for the coming year as fol lows: Lamed district James F. Irwin, presiding elder, Larned. Kan.; Bison, L. W. Chambers; Burdett. P. A. Os trander; Cimarron, Clinton D. Danner; Cimarron circuit. J. V. AVhtte; nigh ton, J. M. Alexander: Dodge City, F. W. Imboden; Garden City, James Kirkpatrick; Garden City circuit. W. H. Stanley; Garfield. J. L. Rutan; Healy. Jesse F. Johnson: Jetmore, supply; Kinsley, Edward N. Cunning ham; Lakln. H. A. Schneider; Larned, W, B. Barton; Larned circuit. Alfred N. Hewitt, Leotl, supply; Lewis. E. D. Votaw; Ness City, O. M. Keeve; Ness City circuit. C. T. Hudnall; Richfield, J. N. Munden; Rush Center. C. A. Mullencore; Santa Fe. H. W. Cox; Scott City, Andrew J. Bixler; Spear ville. George Harvey; Syracuse, Thos. A. Brunker; Syracuse circuit, I. H. Smith; Tribune, supply: Ulysses, sup ply; Wendell. C. M. C, Thomson. McPherson district Dudley D. Akin, presiding elder, McPherson: Al bert, W. E. Dunlap; Alden. William, L. Davis; Canton, William T. Danner; Chase, Walter B. Robertson; Florence, L. A. McCaffrey; Frederick. Henry J. Duekers; Geneseo. George W. Dalby; Great Bend. Robert L. Selle; Hillsboro. August H. Ponath; Holslngton, Henry J. Donaldson; Inman, J. M. Oliver; Little River, John A. Holmes; Lost Springs, Frank E. Gordon; Lyons, James C. Hall; Marion, Henry C. Wharton; Marion circuit, W. T. Pyles; McPherson. Clarence H. Woodward Mitchell, R. W. Hodson: Nickerson, Charles E. Wood; Pawnee Rock. Har lan T. Davis; Seward. Lewis W. Kemp; Sterling. Alpha O. Ebright; Wlndom, Ira N. Pierce. Newton District Charles J. Howes, i jJ pure). The critical ordeal through which the expectant mother must pass, however, is so fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful or dangerous. The use of Mother's Friend so prepares the system for the coming event that it is safely passed without any danger. This great and wonderful remedy is alwaya appliedexternally.and has carried thousands ef women through the trying crisis without suffering. Srao for free book containing informatics f priceless vain to ;i expectant mother. Tks Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlaota. fia. uuumj HIDDEN DANGERS DNEY Price so cants. Fostsx-Miujubw Co., Buffalo, N.Y.. Proprietor. presiding elder, Hutchinson; Abbyville, V. C. Thomas; Arlington, Walter B. Whitney; Burns, George H. Parkinson; Burrton, J. L. Anderson; Chelsea, E. G. Ozen; Ebing (supply); ElDorado, F. C. Fay; Halstead, J. L. Patterson; Haven, A. M. Wilkinson; Hesston, George T. Renner; Hutchinson, First church, H. E. Wolf; Hutchinson, Hadley chapel, F. L. Rutledge; Hutchinson circuit, Will iam B. Stevens; Mount Hope, C. E. Mann; Newton, William V. Burns; Partridge, Roy A. Corrie; Peabody, Rufus L. George; Plevna, Frederick H. Poore; Pontiac, Ezra S. Corrie; Pot win. W. J. Shull; Pretty Prairie, M. S. Blair; Sedgwick, R. A. Davidman; Sylvia, I E. Bartholomew; Valley Center, L. F. McNeil: Walton (supply); Whitewater, E. C. Lyman. Pratt District W. J. Martindale, pre siding elder, Wichita; Antrim, Francis McCormick; Ashland, George Watts; Beaver (supply) Bucklln, Charles E. Williams; Coats, John Q. Turner; Cold water, William T. Ward; Cunningham, John R. Millsap; Englewood (supply); Ford, F. H. Gillette; Fowler (supply); Greensburg, Samuel McKibben; Guy mon, James J. Ballinger; Hugoton (sup ply); Iuka, D. M. Scott; Ivanhoe, Minor E. Hickman; Lake City, W. B. Sum mers; Liberal, H. O. Vernon; Macks ville, George E. Tuttle; Meade, Virgil L .Darby; Medicine Lodge, William H. Moore; Minneola, R. E. Gilmore; Plains, M. W. Smith; Pratt, Dugald McCor mick; Preston, Orlando K. Hobson; Protection. R. O. McClure; St. John, Herbert E. Roes; Stafford, Albert E. Kirk; Stafford circuit (supply); Turon, Irwin D. Harris; West Beaver, Clinton Coshow; West Guymon, C. W. 'Cox. Wichita District Edwin A. Hoyt, presiding elder, Wichita; Andover, Clar ence L. Dailey; Augusta, Warren W. "Enyeart; Belle Plaine, John W. Crouch; Cheney, D. L. Nicholson; Clearwater, W. R. Cain: Cleveland, David F. Ir wla; Colwich, David S. Vangundy; Conway Springs, C. M. Gray; Douglas, G. W. Durham; Garden Plain, G. L. Eb erhart; Goddard, H. W. Holter; Green wich, (supply); Kechl. P. D. Lahr; Kingman. Alfred W. Cummings; Leon, W. J. Carter; Mulvane, Harrison Waite; Murdock, A. A. Hankins; Nashville. L. D. Bartley; Norwich, William B. Enos; Peck, (supply); Spivey. Edgard T. Jul ian; Towanda. P. C. Herbert: Wichita, Emporia avenuj. Charles D. Hestwood; Wichita, First church. John D. Cudlipp; Wichita, north, Charles N. Kessler; Wichita, St. Paul. George E. Pickard; Wichita, south, Richard A. Spencer; Wichita. Trinity, Albert B. Hestwood. Wir.fleld District Daniel M. Tetter, presiding elder, Winfleld; Anthony, Eli jah C. Pollard; Argonla, H. A. Doughty: Arkansas City, Louis W. Riley; Ar kansas City, east, W. A. Wells; Arkan sas City, west, J. E. Murphy; Atlanta, Stedman Aldis; Attica, C. W. White hall; Bluff City. William M. Blood; Burden, P. L. Mawdeley; Caldwell, H. T. Cummings; Crystal Springs, G. A. Gibsen; Dalton. E. E. Anderson; Dan ville, J. L. Renner; Dexter, D. J. Jones; Freeport, P. W. Dorr; Geuda Springs, R. D. Webster; Harper, Lincoln T. Ab ernathy; Hazletcn, (supply); Hunne well, B. E. Poe; Kiowa, A. C. Kitch; Latham, E. F. Buck; Maple City. J. R. White; Mayfield. C. W. Severance; Milan, Charles E. King: New Salem, George A. Kraft; Oxford, F. G. Sever ance; Portland, Orval Funer; Rock, Edward M. Smith; South Haven. W. J. Barron; Udall. B. W. Folsom; Welling ton, D. H. SwHzct; Wellington, circuit, H. T. Purcell; Winfleld, First church, E. C. Beach: Winfleld. Grace church, I, E. Sims; Winfleld circuit. Homer L. Gleckler. Squires Reaches Honolulu. Honolulu, April 9. William Squires, the heavyweight pugilist of Australia, arrived here on the steamer Ventura, enroute to San Francisco. In an in terview he said that this was the first time he had been out of Australia and expressed his willingness to meet and has confidence in his ability to defeat Champion Jeffries. Western Rural Carriers Named. Washington, April 9. These rural carriers have been appointed: Kansas Elk City, route 6. Leslie A. Degari mor. regular; Edward Degarimor, sub stitute. Oklahoma Goodwin, route 1, Earle C. Caughey. carrier; James I. Edmondson, substitute. No womw'j happb ness can be complete without children it is her nature to love and want them as much so a it is to love the Vuntitifu1 a A rj f7 IF TucBDdaU have any of the above symptoms. There is nothing else so prompt and effective as Doan's Kidney Pills, and this remedy has no effect on the other organs, except to drive out the urio poison that Interrupts their action. It cures the kidneys and thus ends the cause of disease. Rich, pure blood and lasting health result. Doan's Kidney Pills are recommend ed by your own townspeople. TOPEKA TESTIMONY. C. E. Rundell, janitor at the Lodge Hall, and living at 1006 North Kansas avenue, Topeka. Kan., says: "The use of Doan's Kidney Pills proved them to be a valuable remedy and I do not hesitate to retestify to their, great effectiveness. I was troubled for some two or three months with sharp' pains across the small of my back, especial ly noticeable in the morning when I first got up. It was difficult for me to stoop and the secretions from the kidneys at times were much discolored and excessive. I read about Doan's Kidney Pills being used by a friend of mine, and I asked him about the! statement. What he told me induced me to get a box of the pills. The re sults I obtained were decidedly satis factory. I am glad that I took his I advice. PILLS FIFTY YEARS IN KANSAS. George W. Martin Celebrates His Semicentennial as a Kansan. George W. Martin, secretary of the State Historical society, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his arrival in the state of Kansas by giving a dinner party last night to a number of his personal friends in this city. For fifty years George Martin has been close to the center of things in the middle of the political vortex, he was standing on tho edge making the thing go round. He has put in most of his time while in Kansas running newspapers. He founded the State Historical society, and came naturally into the position or ns Becreiaiy Uu the death of the late F. G. Adams. In entertaining his guests last night, Mr. Martin was assisted by Mrs. Mar tin, and the affair took place In Mr. Martin's home at 82 3 Topeka avenue. The following were the guests: Gov ernor and Mrs. Hoch, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. S. S. Estey, Chief Justice and Mrs. W. A. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Frost, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Connelley, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Waters, n ,i n-- TTa-nlr Plpnrikftn. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Clark. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. CoDurn, nxrs. o. xr. un, and Mrs. Charles Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Martin or itansas ny, Mrs. N. B. Burge, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Rodgers, Mr. and Mr3. Frank P. MacLennan, t-, m.. w A TVTfOArter. On Wednesday night another din- iii i iWvftn tr which the oer paii vwi r, members of his own family are the guests. They include me iamny w a. P. Burge OI lOpeKa. aim ma ouim, Lincoln Martin, ou nauicn and Charles Martin, 908 Ann avenue, W. E. Connelley ia preparing an "o.rnv.rivio-" nn tti lYiarun Lu.iiu.iy a will appear, in pamphlet form later. The following are excerpts from the etchinsr "In some corner of North Ireland there must be a region devoted, exclu sively to the propagation of the Clan Martin. It Is quite evident that the individuals of that name overrun that country and have been for many cnrMire abroad engaged in the conquest of the earth. "Martins are iounu everywhere Martina with black n f 1 1 v, tilua eves eyes auu iuai uhb Martins with brown hair anMaf"n with red hair Martins oi ii sizes and disposition. They have that it is doubtful if they can ever be entirely eradicated." He then goes on to name twenty three members of the family of Martin who have been prominently identified with Kansas history Their honors run from United States senator, through the full list of offices, to cap tain of the Kickapoo Rangers. George W. Martin went to work on the Lecompton Union. He was a printer. He first saw Topeka in 185S. His life was wrapped up in Kansas. No man ever had a wider acquaint ance among its prominent men than he He has met and known person ally every man of consequence in pub lic affairs from tne Degimnns uuvwi. except Geary. Reeder, John Brown and D. R. Atchison. He, has seen every session of the state legislature except that of 1861, and he saw the sessions of the territorial legislature of 1858 and 1859, also the special session of 1857. In 1861 he founded" the Junc tion City Union. Concerning his record in office, Mr. Connelley says: "Martin began holding office in 1865. when he was 24 years old. and is still in the business, and if he holds his present position as long as the people will demand, he will have made the longest public record of anybody in the history of Kansa.s. This can be accounted for only by recognizing the fact that he is as honest a man as ever lived, and tnat ne is ieariess ana con scientious in the discharge of public duties." Martin was one of the founders of the State Historical society. Its in terests are ever near his heart. Upon tho death of its first secretary. Frank lin G. Adams, December 2. 1899. Mr. Martin was elected secretary. He has served in that capacity ever since. The collections grew at a wonderful rate. The society' ha been brought into close touch with the people of the state. It is beginning to be appre- years it is believed measures will be THKen 10 secure me erection ui nisiory Hall for the accommodation of the vast collection alreadv on hand n n rJ still to be secured. In many respects this is the fore most institution of its kind on earth. It is the nioneer in the collection and preservation of current newspapers published in a state. The newspaper collection is the most remarkable in the world. VALLEY FALLS SHOOT. Local Gun Club Will Give a Good Programme April 15. Valley Falls, Kan., April 9. There will be an all-day shoot here April 15 under the auspices of the Valley Falls Gun club. One of the features will be the exhibition of the expert shots, Mr. and Mrs. Topperweln. There will be twelve events, moneys divided three and four. QTS Topeka was visited by a frost last nignt. Four different residences were quar antined in Topeka yesterday. As usual each was for a case or measies. The warm weather today was great ly appreciated after the chilly ana windy variety dispensed by the weath er department yesterday. If you are leaving the city on a business or pleasure trip don't fail to take a box of Burghart's Aurora cigars with you. ranted building permits yesterday for the erection of three cottages on Western avenue m the cost of J800 each. C. J. Lantry, who has the big con tract with th Santa. Fe for the con struction of a' tunnel through Raton mountain, was In Topeka yesterday. The next meeting of the Shawnee County Horticultural society win held at Vinewood park on May 9, one week later than it was to have been held. The present session of the federal court amounts to a reunion of post office inspectors, six of them were in the city Monday waiting to tell the grand Jury their secrets. The Kansas Authors' club will meet at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Morehouse, 216 West Eighth ave nue, tomorrow evening. The annual election of officers will take place. G. D. Luscomb. Ralph Griffin and H. n Whiaipr fir-omen at station No. 5, have purchased lots in the rear of the station on West street and will com mence the erection of homes at once. The schedule meeting to draw up a schedule for the Western association for the coming season will be held in Wichita tomorrow morning. The local management will probably be repre sented. S. S. King, the recently elected mayor of Atchison, took a vacation from the horde of applicants for posi tions which have besieged him since his election, and spent yesterday in Topeka, "Percival, that smells like a ten cent cigar." "Yes, ma, I'm smoking a J. R. S." "Well, well, I've always wondered why there was so much emoke in Topeka and if all men smoke them that accounts for it." E. S. Quinton' smashed the record for the golf links yesterday when he made the nine holes in 36 strokes making one of the holes in one stroke, something which had never before oc curred at the Country club links. The suggestion lof Mayor Green that the Joint end of the police department will be handled -by Chler or fonce Eaton and all other business by ex Chief Donovan indicates that the de partment will be a double barreled af fairs. "The State Temperance union, Gov ernor Hoch and others have evidently taken their cue from the actions of County Attorney John Schenck," re marked a local prohibitionist yester day, "and are shouting that the state is soon to be dry.". Now that it Is known that the fed eral grand Jury which is in session has returned indictments against a num ber of persons for the fraudulent use of the mails there are several Tope- FIFTEEN YEARS OF ECZEMA Affected Hands, Arms and Legs Endured Terrible Itching and was Unable to Sleep Would Tear the Bandages to Scratch the Skin In less than One Week CURED BY THE CUT1CURA REMEDIES "I had eczema, nearly fifteen years. The affected parts were my hands, arms and legs. They were the worst in the winter time and were always itchy, and I could not keep from scratching them. I had to keep both hands bandaged all the time, and at night I would have to scratch through the bandages as the itch ing was so severe, and at times I would have to tear everything off my hands to scratch the skin. I could not rest or sleep. I had several physicians treat me but they could not give me a permanent cure, nor even could they stop the itching, After using the Cuticura Soap, one box Cuti cura Ointment and two bottles Cuticura Resolvent for about six days the itching had ceased, and now the sores have disappeared, and I never felt better in mv life than I do now. Edward Worell. Band 30th, U. S. Infan try, Fort Crook, Nebraska. The most torturing and disfiguring humors, eczemas, rashes, itchings, irri tations, and inflammations of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair of in fants, children, and adults, are instantly relieved and speedily cured by the Cuti cura Remedies, when all else fails. Comp'i-t Fxerval and Irfm Treatment tor Bomor W Infanta, Chlldm, and Adults eontbttof Cud eiira Soap (tfc.) to CinaH tha Skin, Cutlfura Otatmant ISOr.) to Baal tha Skin, and Cuticura Pill. (Chooolau Coated Sra-, per U of 0 to PttrWT tha Bl&od. Sold throuihnnt tha world. FnttarLmirJcChani.Carp, Sola Propa. B"ton. Uut. Depot, i London, ycwbi,,g Cbarterhouaa So. prla, Roberta, i Rue do la Paix. M-Malled free, Haw t CJ oils Xoltuiaa." kans who are on the anxious bench awaiting the revelation of the list. According to a ruling made by Judge Dana of the district court yesterday a minister's evidence in a joint case must be given as much consideration by the Jury as the habitues of the place. In the past they have been termed spot ters and their evidence so considered. Tho White Sox are scheduled for two games of ball with the Kansas City Blues on the grounds of the latter Thursday and Friday and will play at Athletic Park in this city Saturday and Sunday though it has not been definitely settled as to the opposing team. The meeting of the Commercial club which has been arranged for Friday evening will probably develop some interesting details concerning the in terurban roads which have been so freely discussed for some months past; as well as some other tilings of vital Importance. The United Presbvterian Dresbvterv of Kansas City will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in the First United Pres byterian church, corner Eighth and Topeka avenue. Rev. R. A. Evans of Kansas City will preach the opening sermon. Miss Mcintosh of Bethany college win sing a solo. J. M. Camubell and nn. FJalnh "NT Campbell, have purchased the retail department of the Arnold Drug com pany in North Topeka. Mr. Campbell has been associated with the firm since it was founded in 1870 hv A .T. Arnold, and his son in recent years has been the prescription clerk. It Is more thaji likelv that there will be another caJled meeting of the city council this week to confirm the last of the appointments made by Mayor jree, wno claims that he can not get time for anything else until the ap pointments are disposed of on account of the applicants for positions and tneir rnenas. Dr. R. S. McGee, who lives on the north end of West street, wants it ex tended south as far as Twenty-first street to displace Arch and Williams streets and Bolles avenue by which West street Is known at different lo cations, and is circulating a petition to this effect which will be presented to the city council at the next regular meeting. Inasmuch as eoshe rs are nnt men tioned in the title of the bill passed at the last session of the legislature re lating to the payment of bounties the county commissioners have decided that the bill is unconstitutional and there will be no bountv offered on the scalp of Mr. Gopher and his family nut u me commissioners of Shawnee county at any rate. CLOSING ITS OFFICES. Chicago Northwestern Discontinues Twenty in One Week. Council Bluffs, la.. ADril 9. Tn nre- paration for the nine hour law, the Chi cago Northwestern railway is clos ing scores of its smaller offices through out Iowa. Twenty offices on the fia- lena division alone have been discontin ued within one week and many others win De ciosea tms spring. The railroads are unable to secure telegraph operators sufficient to man the offices, now that this class of men can(only work nine hours. The opera- e uctiig umvcu to me larger or flces wher-3 it is ntcereary to-have three men instead of two as formerly. In this way expenses are kept down, the law is aanered to, and the larger of fices handle h3 work formerly dis tributed among the many smaller ones. HEIR TO MILLIONS. Girl 15 Years Old Inherits Wealth of Her Foster Father. Webb City, Mo., April 9. As a result of brooding over, being denied admis sion into joplin society several years ago when her husband, the late State Senator Thomas Connor, became sud denly Tich from mining operations, Mrs. Connor was yesterday adjudged Insane. She had bten in a St. Louis hospital for years Buffering from melancholia Senator Connor died recently leaving an estate valued at over two million dollars, which now will revert to Agnes O'Hearn Connor, their 15-year-old adopted daughter. HON. J. H. STICKER DEAD. Member From Woodson County Taken Ill During the Session. Yates Center, Kan., April 9. J. H. Sticher, Woodson county's representa tive in the last legislature, died at his home here of diabetes. He was taken sick during the session of the legisla ture and had to be excused by the speaker. By his deathbed were his wife, daughter. Miss Dora, and two sons, Charles H., of this place, and H. C, editor of the Alma Signal. Mr. Sticher came to Kansas about forty years ago and has resided in Neosho Falls and Yates Center ever since. He was a prominent Mason, a Republican, served one term as county attorney, and at the time of his death was serving his second term as rep resentative, c BAN 1)1 TS ARE SURROUNDED. Three Supposed Robbers Shoot Offi cer and Escape to Woods. Baxter Springs, Kan., April 9. City Marshal Black, of this city was shot while arresting three men at the Frisco depot yesterday. These men were supposed to have robbed the Quapaw depot and Black attempted to arrest them, when they fired several shots, one slightly wounding the mar shal in the abdomen and taking off a finger. The men -then escaped, going west. They captured-a negro with a buggy and drove oft. Subsequently they over took John Mott, township assessor, and drove on in his buggy. A posse from this city is following them close ly. They are hiding in the woods near Quapaw and can not escape, as 100 men have Joined in the search. New Western Postmasters. Washington, April 9. These post masters have been appointed: Kansas Bridgeport, Saline county, Nellie A. Mooney, vice J. A. Fagerberg, re signed; Kendall, Hamilton county. Maxwell R. Bea, vice John Katon, re signed. Missouri Caplinger Mills, Ce dar county, Michael J. Firestone, vice W. O. Elliston, resigned: Cold Springs, Douglas county, Marion Anderson, vice L. E. Rled, deceased. Oklahoma Jones, Oklahoma county, William F. Albright, vice S. M. Beebe, removed. A Tonganoxle Girl Shot. Lawrence, Kan.. April 9. Jennie Cook of Tonganoxie, Kan., was shot through both legs and dangerously Injured walking along the street here with New ton Batson. Batson said the shooting was an- accident, tbe revolver being Crosby Bros. Skirts Made to Order. Niclde Plated, Tm and Galvanized Ware. It's the test made. loney will not buy better. TLe Nickle plated ware is the best oi copper, with a heavy plate of pure mckle, brightly burnished. Tbe Tinware is of an extra beavy quality of tin. Tbe Galvanized ware is of Smooth galvanized iron. (Run your band over it. It's as smootb. as a mirror.) All marked from M to !3 less than regular for Wednesday Tea Kettles, seamless copper, heavy nickle plate inside and out, Number 8, Wed- Q nesday. a7Jt Coffee Pots, four pint size, nickle plated copper, bright finish outside and satin finish QO Inside, Wednesday 0J1 Tea and Coffee Pots, solid copper, pure silver lining, nickle plated outside; ebony handles; 4 pint size; d1 QC Wednesday..... px.J7J Baking Dish, highly polished, nickle plated copper, with cov er, very artistic design, white porcelain Inside dish JO AQ Wednesday pa&.i Crumb Trays with scraper, heavy nickle plate on solid copper, embossed designs, 3Qr Wednesday Tea Trays, twenty styles to select from; the 13 inch size with beaded edge and satin finish center, heavily nick- CI QC le plated, Wednesday" lay T i ...l..,-, v, iT-rmned it. Miss Cook confirms this statement. The bul let broke the bone in miss tiu leg and lodged in her right leg. She is in a hospital. JOHXNT KI.IXO; WIIX, PLAY. The Star Catcher and the Chicago Management Come to Terms. Chicago, April 9. Johnny Kllng. star catcher of the Chicago National league champions, is back in the fold, and in all nrobabilitv will be behind the bat in the opening game of the season at the West Side grounds on Thursday after noon. Johnny Kling. the Star Catcher That Chicago Couldn't Do Without. ,v.a onnmtnrmfnt made J.I11S vo i (in,i.j u hv "President Mumhy. Ill .Ulll.uj J rr-i.- nnnfuonr-A hctwupii the mawates and player on Sunday, when Kling was in Chicago, it was said was responsi ble v. aHintmpnt of the differ ences which all spring have threaten ed to result in me ius to the Cubs this season. Kling s visit here apparently was productive of little change in the attitude of the player regarding the signing of a contract and he returned to Kansas City on Sunday night, declaring that he had been un able to com9 to terms with the Chicago club. Today, however, Mr. Murphy said: "We have come to terms. That is all there is to say." MAPS JIKLrP A MAN SLEEP. Mental Geography the Best Soporific, According to a Drug Clerk. A haggard-looking man strolled into a downtown drug store the other day and asked the druggist for help, says the Philadelphia Record. He said he had trouble in getting to sleep when he retired. No matter how sleepy he might be during the day or how much sleep he might have lost, the moment hl head touched the pillow he was wide awake and lay thus for several hours. Once asleep, he was hard to waken, but he had to be up at a certain hour, and in consequence of his peculiar affliction he was losing more sleep than he could stand. The drug clerk regarded him quizzi cally a few moments and then replied: "My dear man, you don't want medicine. What you want is something to change the trend of your thoughts. Do as a friend of mine did. 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Prices: Mat. 25. 3Se;nlgh't, 2S.3S.RO.75c folks' plan of imagining sheep passing a barrier and counting them was out of date. So he began trying to name all the states in the union. He soon got them so he could classify them alphabetically. Then when they no longer interested him he started on the counties of this state. "He now has them at his tongue's end classified up to' the fourth letter. Now he ia starting on state capitals and their locations; then he will take up county seats. A moment's glance at an atlas during the day shows him when he is wrong, and the beauty of the plan is that he rarely has to think along these lines longer than ten minutes be fore he is sound asleep. To make it short, the study of geography is a good narcotic." The Fewer the Better. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, whose aighty-flfch birthday H to be the scene of an impressive and Acting celebration next month, said at a dinner in Bos ton "In my ideas about birthdays I am like a certain schoolboy. "'Which do you like best?' I asked this boy, 'day school or Sunday school?' 'Sunday school,' he answered promptly. 'Why 'Because It comes only once a week." Los Angeles Times. CO.. NEW YORK. oaenanaananai 1 B.X. ei-enl Litrnaaen I States i flGPiGrf H