The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 14, 1907

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOXJENALi-SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1907. IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD. What the Church Folks Are Religious News Standing TJp and Speaking Oat. Terse Comments on the Uniform Topic for December 15: "Confident .Testimony for Christ." Luke 12:11. 12. Acts 4:13-33. BY WIIJJAM T. ELLIS. "Stand.-up straight, and speak 'out loud," 'Was the advice we used to get from Our teachers of reading. The same is rood advice for Christian. Bear-in witness to the deepest con victions oi one s Heart snouia ae a cardinal -principle of an honest per sons life. .-A feeble, faltering, doubt ful testimony 1b about the equal of no testimony at ..all. connaeat, modest, u&f earing witness .to the truth is the only sort of Christian life that brings peace to ui possessor or ueip 10 vno trorld. r The friend that can not be counted upon at ail times, never was a friend at any time. t The mate of a Y&natte river steam ship once summed up for me this whole matter. It was far up in the interior of China and the burly, stern voiced mate was walking the deck, keeping1 an eye on the Chinese sailors. Now a man is not made mate of a Chinese ship because of his ability to make pious remarks. Between sten torian exhortations to the sailors the mate and I talked about the passen gers he carries,' who may be broadly classified as missionaries and mission ary Critics. ."Well, It always seemed to me this way," remarked the mate; "If a man has the best thing in the world, which the Christian thinks he lias, and Is not willing to share it. then I think he is not very much of a man." "Therein the wisdom of this sailorman aw clearly a fundamental truth. Christianity has failed to do its pri mary work with a person If it has not made him eager to share his Chris tianity. Whoever will not bear open witness to his faith, has no faith worth witnessing to. lover is forever bragging about his beloved. Sometimes he makes himself a nuisance to his friends. Tet his enthusiasm is pardonable and un derstandable. His love fills his life to overflowing. It is his consuming pas sion his meditation by day. his dream ty night. Therefore he can not resist revealing his joy. No more can the person whose life is crowded with Christ hide the fact from the world. In every proper way he is bound to show that his deepest sentiments, of Joy, peace, hope and faith, are com prehended in this dear Lover of his soul. An Interesting study of this book of Acts follows through its pages as a golden cord of guidance, the idea of boldness. Some eleven times the very word, in its root or derivatives. Is em ployed,, and, significantly, always in connection with bearing witness. The first recorded prayer of the infant church was a prayer for boldness. The first record of the great Apostle's preaching was a report of bold testi mony, or, "free utterance;" the last record of him we have is that he con tinued preaching the word with bold ness. This great book is a story of conquests because it is a story of cour age. The church grew because it was brave in declaring its message. It bears to all time the proof that a com pany of Chrlsfs friends, who testify fearlessly to the faith that is in them, are simply irresistible. It is a matter of common observation that what the church needs is not more men, but more man. Numbers count for less than character. A handful of disciples of Jesus, faithful to the ut termost, can accomplish more than a legion of nominal church members; a bit of heart-searching here would be good for all of us. "What kind of church would my church be. If all Its members were just like me?" Trials are not decided by the elo quence of counsel, but by the testi mony of witnesses. The church will win her ease before the world, not be cause of the wisdom of her advocates, but because of the sincerity of her wit nesses. There is a kind of testimony for Christ which is a mere professionalism a form of cant. Stereotyped phrases are dead as dead. Mere conventional Ism Is as lifeless in religion as else 'wher. The wisdom of divine illumi nation is needed to make plain how .and when to speak for Christ. Mere gllbness is not the best witness. 'Sometimes a significant silence is more effective than a sermon. A look, an at titude, a stern word, a. gentle word leach in its own place may be the right (testimony. No one form will serve for all occasions. 'Mr. Moody used to say that "Some people have just enough religion to makei them miserable." The cure for -.this is in an out and out religious life of free, frank testimony. Open avowal of faith, deciding for Him, is the sure pathway to peace and power in dis clpleshlp. The Joy of the Lord is known only to those who know the joy of free, frank and fearless witness bearing to Him. SEVEN SENTENCE. SERMONS. The call to religion is hot to be bet ter than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Beecher. Our deeds still travel with us from afar, And What we have been, makes us what We are., Anon. When God comes to man, man looks around for his neighbor. George Mac donald. Be has not learned the lesson of life Who does not every day surmount a fear. Emerson. Only those are crowned and sainted. Who With griefs have been acquainted. Longfellow.

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Never depend upon your genius If you have none, industry will supply the deficiency. Ruskin. RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.' Gems Gleaned From Hie. Teachings of All Denominations. Things are of no value whatsoever except as they are used, to develop character and enrich human life. Rev. J. W. Lee. Methodist, Atlanta. GROWING OLD. Anybody can grow old, if he lives long endugh-, but to gfow old sweetly, that i is another matter. Rev. Dr. Frank JCraoe; Congregationalist, Wor cester, Alass. OUR CHIEF JOY. Next to seeing Christ's face ourselves our chief Joy should be found in bring ing the Christ love into the hearts of a sinful world. Rev. tr. Frank De Witt Talm&ge, Presbyterian, Los Angeles, CaL f FORGIVENESS, It ts far more noble to pardon than to be avenged. It is part of the animal man .to retaliate an injury. It to only God and the Son of God that have the magnanimity to -forgive. Cardinal Gibbons, Roman Catholic, Baltimore. JUDGMENT. Justice is one of the highest' expres sions of the divine love, and we shall all be brought into Judgment for every word and thought and deed. Eternal judgment as well as love is ruling in this world. Rev. John Roach Straton Baptist. Chicago. BRIGHT SPOTS IN CIVILIZATION. The home whose morality is well planned, in which the atmosphere is surcharged with a keen sense of per sonal responsibility and where life is real, is the bright and shiny spot in our civilisation. Rev. Roderick J. Mooney, Episcopalian, Duluth, Minn. LOVE AND HATE. Love Is more wholesome than hate, for love fills the heart's hunger and lightens life's burden. "Love, though love may be given In vain, is yet love ly," for it "suffereth long and is kind" and thrills the world with its glad, sweet song. Rev. Dr. William M.Jones, Congregationalist, St. Louis. HOPE AS AN INSPIRATION. Hope is the inspiration of all enter prise. By It the farmer plants corn for autumn harvests, and the business man invests capital for larger returns. Pessimism with doubt and despair never in this world did anything but criticise, growl and raise a disagree able dust. All noble deeds that glorify mankind and make this world better were achieved by the divine inspira tion of hope Rev. Rush R. Shippen, Unitarian, Atlanta. THE CHURCH'S PLACE. The place of the church is determin ed by the fact that Christianity is ad justed to man not only as a unit, but as a socfal being. It is useless for man to rebel against the fact that he is social by structure in all his being physical, intellectual and spiritual. Be cause ha is social he is incomplete in himself. His arrival at fullness of pos sibility, depends upon the presence and co-operation of others. The Robinson Crusoe life Is a deformity in any realm and chiefest of all In the religious. Rev. R. M. West. Baptist. St. Paul. CHRISTIAN CLIMAX OF ALL ARTS. There Is no love worth the name that is hot buttressed by righteous ness and that does not root back into eternal reality. Love is what it is because God Is what he is, for God is love, and some time, somewhere, we shall know enough to learn with hearts that fairly leap to meet the Father heart that love is God. So love can bear all things and hope all things and endure all things, for it sees as with a prophet's vision the ultimate end and doom of all unreal ity and the glorious and eternal su premacy of love. Love as related to men has also a place in this life de finition, for love like this thlnketh no evil, lmputeth not wrong motives, ac- j tually forgives its enemies and forgets A Modern American g v A 'Buiinnn .H'mn iwi g ivlA 4 4 v t t "v, i r v v-' i: -r jk I v v t ,i V f.v; i v.

how to hate. 7ftht art of living to- gether Is easily the greatest among the fine arts. The- art of mnslo has its admirers and can scarcely be overes-: tlmated, painting has absorbed the energies of the choicest souls of all time, sculpture, with its crystalllza-, tlon of high ideals in changeless mar bles, is always crowned by discrim inating men with many crowns, but all these arts of men are easy as com- pared with this Christian climax of all the arts the art of getting on with people. Rev. Dr. BY L. Thompson, Methodist, St. Louis. LITERARY TONIC. The Old Testament is the happiest, sunniest book in the world.. It is nei ther an undertaker's manual- nor a funeral ritual. It is a literary tonic, thrilling the blood with indomitable courage. It is among the multitudi nous voices of libraries the trumpet tone vibrating, triumphant, dominat ing every other wail or war cry of lit erature with irresistible supremacy. It is an indistructible book, because it is an immortal newspaper whose praise and blame, whose parallels and analo gies, whose flood of cloudless light to cheer and guide, no generation will ever outgrow or escape. Rabbi Leon Harrison, St. Louis. FITS AND MISFITS' The word habit is a figure of speech borrowed from the wardrobe. Good habits are fits; bad fits are misfits. Good habits bring out hidden graces. Bad habits reveal secret sins. Man was made to be clothed with good habits, more attractive than purple robes of royalty, more costly than coro nets of kings. Every act and thought leaves behind an inclination to repeat Itself. Constant repetition of an evil habit twines about the character a thousand tentacles, which toughen in to bands of steel, Pure companion ships and good books will do much to displace the craving for strong drink. Prayer only can cure profanity. Pure thinking is the remedy for a vile imagination. Rev. Louis S. Cupp, Christian Church, Kansas City. Blble Study Lesson XII. Text Mt. 12:2$a3:5S. Mk. 3:19- 4:34. Lu. 8:4-21. 1.' How was Jesus received at Capernaum? 2. Why did His friends misunder stand Him? 8. What did His enemies say of Him 4. What was Jesus' argument concerning Satan? 5. Whence came His power? 6. What was the sin of the Scribes and the Pharisees? 7. What did Jesus say about them? 8. Who came seeking Jesus? 9. Who are the real members of the Christ's family? 10. .Had Jesus any brothers and sisters 11. What does Jesus mean by The Kingdom of God?' 12. What is this sermon about? 13. From where was it preached? When 14. What form of teaching does Jesus use? 16. What Is a parable? How do they usually begin? 16. What is the central point in the sermon? 17. How many parables are there in Matthew 13? 18. Which one is the key to them all? 19. Which ones were spoken to the multitude? 20. Which ones to the disciples? Where? 21. .which ones did Jesus inter pret? Why did he do it? 22. Which concerned the recep tion of the truth? 23.. Which related to evil in the Kingdom? 24. Which refer to growth in tne Kingdom? la. What is the special character istic of these parables of growth? 2. Which two refer to the su preme value of the Kingdom? Concerning tne paraoie or xne Sower" note where it is recorded, its context, occasion. time, place per sons, interpretation, centarl truth. Is it symbolical or typical?' What was it to teach? After this lesson, Tuesday, there will be no Bible class until after the New Year. MRS. C. F. MENNINGER. Practical and Beautiful. Xmas for the. home at Howard' Electric and Gas Supply house, Kansas avenue. Table lamps, domes and fixtures. art; Christmas Madonna 1 The Topeka Foundry and Machine Co. Light Structural Iron Work, High Grade Machinery Castings and Pattern Work. 3 18-20-22 Jackson Street, Topeka, Kansas. Primrose Butter The Best Made CONTINENTAL CREAMERY COMPANY TOPEKA, KANSAS LOUIS VAN DORP Manufacturer Copper and Gal- vanized Iron Cornice, Roofing, and All Kinds of Tin Work. S09 Jackson St. WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE. My stfcok is full xad complete at oil times- Your business solicited. SAMrz.X E. LUX, 210 Kansas Avenue. 3J5 Long Distance Telephone S!i. CHCKCH NOTICES. The East Side M. E. church, J. Wes ley Johnston, pastor. Preaching by the pastor at 11 a. m and 7:30 p. m. Sun day school at 9:45. a. m. St. John's "German Lutheran church, P. D. Mueller, pastor. German services 10 a. m., English services 7:30 p. m. The W. C. T. TJ. will meet at the First M E. church at 3 p. m., Monday. At the Leland Street United Breth ren church. Sunday school at 10 a. m.; sermon at 11; praise service at 6:30 p. m.; special meeting by R. R. T.-M. C. A., conducted by Secretary Prout at 7:30; evening service will be evangelis tic.:, First United' Brethren church. Bible school iat 9T49" a: ""m.- Bishop William Weekly, of Kansas City, will preach at both 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The bishop is pushing; he men's. rnoyeraent of the church-,,-..- The Holy Eucharist will be celebra ted at St. Simon s church at 11 a. m. Subject of sermon( "The True Estimate of the Christian Ministry." Choral ev ensong at 4:30 p. m. Subject of ser mon, Forerunners of the Second Ad vent.' The First Congregational church. Francis I. Hayes, D. D., pastor. Ser vices at 11 and 7:30. Morning subject, The Nation's Cornerstone." Evening subject, "John G. Whittler Patriot, Poet and Prophet." The First Presbyterian church. Rev. Sterjhen S. Estey. D. D.. pastor. 9-45 a. m., Sabbath school; 11 a. m., morning service, preaching; by the pastor; 8 p m.. Redden chapel Sabbath- school; 7:30. evenlner services, preaching by the pastor. First Church of Christ, Scientist. Services at 11 a. m., subject, "Is the Universe. Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force." Children's Sunday school at 0:30 a. m. First Rantist church. Thomas S. Young, pastor. Sunday school at- 9:30 a. m; preaching at 11 a. m. and T:3U p. m. Pastor's morning topic, "Heal ing;" evening topic, "Supreme End of Life." Oakland Brethren Dunkard church. Evangelistic services Sunday and dur ing thsi week in the evening. "Marriage and Divorce" will be the subject of F. E. Mallory's sermon at the Third Christian church. Sunday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Morning ser mon and worship at 10:45.- Bible school at 9:30. I First M. E. churJto. Sunday evening preaching by W. F. Bartholomew. Sub ject, Drifting and Choosing. The Euclid Avenue M. E. church,' J. K Miller, pastor. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Preaching by pastor 11 a. m. Subject, "The Noble Life.". Preaching by pastor 7:30 p. m. Subject, Present Reform Agitation.," QuintonHeights Mission.IX W Bean blossom, pastor, .Sunday school 2 p. m. Preaching 7:45 p. m. Text of sermon: "He that eovereth hla transgressions shall not prosper.?? First Unitarian ichurch. Rev. J. H. Jones, pastor. Services at II a. m. Sub ject. "Much Goodsffor the Soul I Sun day school 10 a. m. Bible, study class 7:30 p. m... 1 Second Church of Christ, SclenUst. Sixth and Harrison. Services 11 a. m. Subject. 'Is the Universe. Including Man. Evolved by Atomic Force? Tes timonial meeting Wednesday 8 p. m. Sunday school 10 a. m. in reading room at 108 West Ninth street. Reading room opened every afternoon to 5 except Sunday. Free literature. Public invited. ni'nnrlprland. South Dakota, with its rich silver mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations, is a veritable wonder land. At Mound City, in the home of Mrs. E D Clapp. a wonderful case of healing has lately occurred.- Her son seemed near death with lung and throat trouble. 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The Macmillan company has in press a two-volume work on. Modern Egypt, by the Earl of Cromer, which is ex pected to appear early in the new year. It is the outcome of Lord Cromer's long official connection with Egypt, where, as consul general, he has. exert ed a larger influence than any other man in the country, and placed his name among those of the greatest mod ern political administrators, Lord Cromer's remarkable personality, and the authority with which he will speak on all matters Egyptian, make this a work of scarcely less interest in Ameri ca than in England." -v George .W. Cable's eat novel "The Grandlssimes, illustrated by Albert Herter and Just published in a new and beautiful edition, tells of the life of the French Creole families' in New Orleans, in the early part of the nineteenth cen tury. Mr. Cable was born in New Or leans and lived in the south until after the civil war, and there are few writers who can reproduce more perfectly than he does the manners, speech and wliole social atmosphere of -a. remote time and a peculiar people. This.story Is delight ful and there is the same quaintness and delicious flavor of humor that dis tinguished roid Creole Days." Mr." B. L. Putnam Weale, probably the best informed English writer .on problems, of the Far East, has just sent to press a new book, "The Impend ing Struggle in Eastern Asia," which The -Macmillan company will publisn early next year-; In this- work Mr. Weale will round out the discussion of eastern problems begun and maintain ed in his "Manchu and Muscovite," "The Reshaping of the Far East," and "The Truce in the East and-its After math." The new Meredith Nicholson book is just, out fresh from the press of the Bobbs Merrill company. It is called Rosalind at Red Gate and is a sequel to the House of a Thousand Candles. The famous coup d'etat by which Napoleon III gained control of Franco is vividly described in the "Memoirs- of Monsieur Claude," just published by Houghton, Mifflin Co. Among the many anecdotes of the eventful evening of December 1, 1851, M. Claude gives the following: Comte de Morny, the chief spirit of the noc turnal drama about to be performed was at the Opera Comique In order to allay suspicions. A lady said to him: "Monsieur de Morny. is it true that they are going to sweep out the Chamber?" "Madame, I don't know anything about It," he replied; "but if there is any sweeping to be done I hall try to be on the side of the broom-handle." v Richard Hickman Menefee is the title of a new book by John Wilson Townsend Just published by the Neale Publishing Co. of Washington. "On Saturday. March 3d, 18JJ," says Mr. Townsend, "twelve young gen tlemen, all natives of Kentucky, were graduated from the Transylvania Law School with the L. B. degree." The one of the twelve who became most distinguished was Richard Hickman Menefee, lawyer, orator, legislator and statesman, whom we follow from his college days, through his userui ana honorable service in the state legisla ture, until, at the age of twenty-nine, he takes his seat in the Twenty-nrtn congress of the United States. After two years of hard work brilliant, successful, constant work famous and honored, "Menefee came back to Kentucky to meet Henry Clay, the dream of his boyhood, the ambition of of his manhood, and then to die." Then to die"-to die at thirty-two. when most men are Just entering upon their life work! Thomas Francis Mar shall, In his eulogy on Meneree, saia: "He was a man designed ny nature ana mmsen lor lnevname greatness; a man of the' rarest talents and of the most commanding character a man to whose advancing eminence there was no limit but the constitution of his country had not the energies of his mind proved too mighty for the material elements which enclosed them." Henry Clay, years after Men, fee's death, referred .to him as "the greatest genius Kentucky ever pro duced." The book contains all of Menefee's speeches that are extant, which Mr. Townsend has collected from old newspapers. The Congres sional Globe, notes privately taken, and elsewhere. These are now pub BOOK REVIEW aEo IvlaEiifactaireFs Get our prices on tnmber. Mill Work. Sewer Pipe and Paint. Oar prices are right and grades guar. rai teed. v GILLETTE MCflOLSOi 10O Kan. Ave.' TeL S0O. Topeka Steam Joseph Bromicli, Proprietor 113 -129 Jefferson St. Topeka, Kansas. Bell Phone 463 I Ind, Phone 463 Manufacturers of Steam Boilers, Smoke Stacks and Breeching. Water, Lard and Oil Tanks. Repairing; promptly attended to in any part of the state. Jobbers in steam and water supplies. please: write: for prices Try the Journal for Quick lished for the first time in book form. The speeches are models of eloquence, and should be studied by all publlo speakers. One of the great values In Mr. Townsend's biography Is the pre servation of these orations, for upon them Menefee's fame must rest. One of the best stories that was ever written for the holiday season la Robert Grant's "The Bachelor's Christmas." It appeared some years ago in Scribner's Magazine,, and has now been republished in attractive pocket form with a frontispiece. A cheerier, more satisfactory Christmas story it would .be hard indeed to find. President Theodore Roosevelt has written a foreword for the late Jere miah Curtln's "The Mongols," an im portant historical work which Little, Brown Co. are publishing, in which he says: "The -death of Jeremiah Curtin robbed -America of one of 'her two or three foremost scholars. The extraordinary facility with which he learned any language, his gift of style In his own language, his industry, his restless activity and desire to see strange nations and out of the way peoples, and his great gift of imagina tion which enabled him to appreciate the epic sweep of vital historical! events, all combined to render his work of peculiar value. His extra ordinary translations of the Polish novels of Sienkiewlcz would have been enough to establish a first class repu tation for any man. But nothing that he did was more Important than his studies of the rise of the mighty Mon gol empire and its decadence. In this particular field no other American or English scholar has ever approached him." Mr. J. M. Barrie tells how. on ar riving in New Tork some years ago. he was accosted by a breezy younjr woman on the dock. Who launched into a panegyric of his work and de- clared that her favorite of all his books was "The Stickit Mlnister." Before Mr. Barrie could disavow the authorship and shift the credit and responsibility upon Mr. Crockett's shoulders, the young person pursued the subject by charging him with autobiographic Intent. "Now, Mr. Barrie, I m sure you were that Stickit minister yourself don't deny it!" And off she bounced to report the facts in an alleged interview with the Scottish novelist in next day's paper. A few days ago a somewhat similar blunder led to the confusion of two contemporary popular novels. The editor of a literary review wrote the other day to Mrs. Burnett, the author of "The Shuttle," extolling her new book and applauding it as the best novel she had read in many moons. She enclosed a marked copy of the re view, and added that If she had not been so preoccupied and pressed with work ehe, herself, would have writ ten the comment Instead of relegating so enviable a labor of love to another. The review, however, wae all that an author oould desire: but the book re viewed was "The Weavers." the au thor Sir Gilbert Parker! The first fiction story sold for pub lication by William Wallace White lock, author of "When Kings Go Forth to Battle," the popular novel recently published by the J. B. Llp pincott company, bore the unfor tunate title, "After Many Tears." The Story was purchased by a fashion magazine, but whether owing to over crowding of its columns or a too con scientious regard for the mandate of the title, the editor did not publish the story until "after six years," and then the check was for $2. S3! John Reed Scott, whose novel "Bea trix of Clare" still holds its own among the season's best sellers, has written for" Llppincott's Magazine a thrilling short story called "The Testing of the Earls." In this the author Introduces some of the same characters which ap peared in his successful novel.' The edition of Sidney Lanier's poems, "Hymns of the Marshes," which has Just been brought out by the Scribners, is one of the most beautiful of this year's books. It is illustrated from photographs taken especially for this book on the Marshes of Glynn by Mr. Henry Troth, and reproduced by a novel and most successful process. One of the reviewers, speaking of the book, said: "One can but reflect how pleased and astonished the gentle, unassuming Sidney Lanier would have been to con template such a setting of his poems." And another said: "The views bring vividly- before us the Inspiration of the poems. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING-, DECEMBER 14, 1907. 3 Our Big Sto A-Reducing. TfiTi'' Sal of Pianos And many shrewd buyers are now owners of a Fine Piano We're confident that Never Before Have Such Tremendous Reductions In the prices of High-Grade Pianos existed as during this Clearance Sale, which closes December 31, '07. This Is Your Opportunity To Save a Snug Little Sum on a Piano Why not put your savings in a Musical Instrument and let the children begin their musical education at once, while you are paying a comparatively small amount each month? PIANOS CAN BE HAD DURING THIS SALE AT FROM $100 UPWARD W. F. V! 630 Kansas Avenue KANSAS CLUB NEWS Matters of Interest to Women About the Doings of the Kansas Clubs. A scholarship for women in foreign universities to be awarded somewhat after the plan of the Cecil Rhodes scholarships is a plan on which the educational committee of the" general federation is working. A number of the state federations have pledged one hundred dollars each to the establish ment of such scholarships to open the doors of the European seats of learn ing to American women and all the state federations will be asked to fol low suit. The Kansas federation will certainly not want to be behind the others especially as the contribution will give the club women of this state the right to enter a candidate for the scholarship to compete with candi dates from other federations. The general federation convention in Boston in June 1908, will be enter tained the night of June 22 by the Massachusetts federation at a concert by the Boston symphony orchestra in Symphony hall. All clubs desiring to join the general federation must make arrangements to do so at least sixty days before the Boston meeting in or der to be represented there. Since Indian and Oklahoma terri tories have become the state of Okla homa a plan for consolidating the two federations of n-nmer.'. inh. i been suggested and the committees from the two organizations will meet to discuss consolidation before the next meeting of the executive board of the general federation which will be held In January or February. Hutchinson News: The women's clubs of Hutchinson are talking of a city federation. There are a large number of women's clubs in this city, and they have various purposes for existence. Of these four belong to the district federation. Many others of the smaller clubs do not belong to the larger association. Four local clubs are in the Seventh district fed eration. Of. these it is expected all will Join in a local federation. It is not likely that the other clubs will be asked to join the local union until they also become federated clubs. The proposition emanated from the women's club, which is the largest THE FOOD VALUE OF Baker's Cocoa It attested by i O 7 Years of Constantly Increasing Sales 50 Highest Awards in Europe and America Registered V. 8,T?at. Office We have always maintained the highest standard in the quality of our cocoa and choc olate preparations and we sell them at the lowest price for which unadulterated articles can be put upon the market. Walter Baker Co., Ltd. Established 1780 DORCHESTER, MASS. i

Started with a rush ROEHR MUSIC CO. Toneka. Kansas. and strongest club organization of the city. They have conceived the idea that if the local clubs were bound to gether there are some matters of civ ic improvement that can be taken up and pushed through, which are too large for any one club to handle. All working together will dare undertake larger and more important things. Besides this a local federation would give opportunity for the women to be come better acquainted and to have more social intercourse. It is sug gested that all the clubs would meet together once in three months. The Women's cluo originated the idea and sent an Invitation to the other clubs to Join them in the work. This proposition is being voted upon by the various clubs this week, as they meet, with the prospect that the vote will be unanimous in favor of the plan. If this is so a meeting of all ;he ladies will be called later and a city federation will be formed. The clubs interested in the movement at present are the Women's club, the Philomath, Domestic Science and the New Century. The Woman's Kansas Day club programme will probably be an nounced next week. Some of the speakers have not yet accepted .the executive boards invitation to ad dress the club. The meeting will be held in the manual training high school January 29 and the social fea iuro win oe a reception at me same place. Mrs. F. W. Watson, president of the city federation, has appointed Mrs. Charles F. Spencer corresponding secretary of the federation and Mrs. L. D. Monroe parliamentarian. Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Monroe are both members of Mrs. Watson's club. Western Sorosls. An important event of the week in club circles was the luncheon given by Mrs. Watscn Tuesday for the new and retiring officers of the federation. The Golden Kule club gave their annual charity tea Friday at the home of Mrs. J. E. Johnston. The Saturday Afternoon club met Thursday with Miss Anna Hogan, 828 Fillmore. The Chandos club met Thursday af ternoon wltn Mrs. Guy Gardner, 91s North Harrison. The Minerva club met Monday with Mrs. A. S. Greer, 1128 North Jackson street. The programme follows: Roll call Quotations from Oliver Wendell Holmes. Discussion, Mrs. George H. Mays, Mrs. J. G. Heym. "Pioneer Women of the West," Mrs. Robert Stone. "Music of Germany," Mrs. C. H. Samson. Discussed by Mrs. J. M. McCown of Emporia. A Dream of Love Liszt Mazurka Chopin Miss Maud Mary Kline. Herzens Fruhling Wickede Bitte Carl Bohm Miss Walters. Alice Ascher Mrs. J. G. Heym. The guests were Mrs. J. M. McCown of Emporia, Mrs. W. S. Bergundthal, Mrs. D. J. Hathaway and Mrs. Charles Vare. The West Side Reading club's even ing meeting planned for Tuesday has been indefinitely postponed. The Lotus club will meet with Mrs. F. H. Vaughn, 1615 Buchanan street, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Tallman Bailey will have charge of the pro gramme. Wanted Christmas shoppers to trade with advertisers in the "Club Member." Fifty Cents Worth $500. New York, Dec. 14. A Bilver half dol lar has proved to be worth $500 to Her man Swicker. One day last summer Swicker and his wife started for Coney Island and Swicker gave the ticket seller on the elevated road a half dollar. He received his tickets and his change, but soon after entering the car he was arrested for passing a counterfeit coin. He was discharged in court next day. the coin p-ovlng to be a genuine half dollar, although it was not of the kind usually current in New York, being a Mexican coin. Swicker sued the rail road company for false arrest and re covered a verdict for $500. i Monday Morning A r The most practical garment in the winter wardrobe is the fur lined coat. available for a wide variety of uses. This model is one of the best of the year. The material Is a gray cloth and the fur lining and wide rolling collar gray squirrel with brown markings The small hat with brown velvet crown and gray chiffon brim has an attached chiffon veil which hangs free at the back or protectingly swaths the throat. Here's Good Advice. O. S. Woolever, one of the best known merchants of Le Raysville, N. Y., says: It you are ever troubled with niles aD- ply Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It cured me of them for good 20 years ago." Guaran teed for sores, wounds, burns or abras ions. 25 cents. At all druggists. A Convenient Train. For Topeka people who desire a full business day in Kansas City is tho Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves To peka every day at 7:05 a. m. arriving in Kansas City at 8:50 a. m. you can get breakfast in the diner on this train and dinner on No. 101 which leaves Kan sas City at 6 p. m. reaching Topeka at 7:35 p. m. Change of Location. We will, after January 1,- 1908. oeeunv the commodious offices at 823 Kansas avenue, which are Delng remodeled es pecially for us. UflKBlliK ti. REED WILLIS A. COSTON. NOW IS THE TIME Chinaware should be close 'to the heart of every house wife, and if so, now is the time during our Christmas showing to fill the China Cabinet. Ou store offers extraordinary varietie and most exceptional values, that must be seen personally to be appre ciated. CHAS. McOLINTOCK, -Tea, Coffee, Crockery. 815 Kansas Ave. Phone 749 .mmm.iwmH0mrmmmmm0mmmimmm$swma9l i II- i p 'T -it 14 An important event, of the holiday season will De a reception and dance at the Topeka club Friday, December 27. The annual Christmas service for the students of the College of the Sisters of Bethany will be held at Grace Ca thedral tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock. The Very Reverend Dean Kaya will preach a sermon on. Christian Ed ucation and the music will be by the Bethany choir assisted by Miss Ferry and Dr. Elmer Hill of the cathedral choir, under the direction of Miss Mc Intosh, teacher of voice at Bethany. In adition to the organ, with Mrs. J. A. Campbell, church organist.Miss Hallan ger of the Bethany music school facul ty, pianist, and Mr. Harry Steinberg, violinist, will support the choir. The musical programme follows: -Voluntary March Religiouse (for organ, piano and violin).... Wagner Mrs. Campbell, Miss Hallanger, Mr. Steinberg. Processional Hark, the Voice Eternal. Te Deum Laudamus., .Turner Jubilate Schnecker Solo O, Divine Redeemer (with or gan, piano and violin accom paniment) 4.-;.. ....Gounod Miss Mcintosh. Anthem List, the Cherubic Host, (with baritone solo, I Heard the VnlM of Haroers) Gaul Chorus Assisted by Miss Terry and Dr. Hill. Recessional Thou Art Coming, O My Savior. A Kansas woman who has traveled extensively has a garnet bracelet "pick ed up" in a curio shop in Europe which cost S1.50. One like It in a xopeKa snop costs $20. An approaching wedding of interest to Topeka people especially of the Ymmeest Set is that of Mr. Rey A. Birchfleld of 1509 Harrison street and Miss Mattie Jessee of Centralia. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. P. Jessee. The wedding will take place Saturday morn ing, December 21, at 10 o'clock, at the Jessee home. The prospective bride has (attended the Tivoli dances here and made many friends. Mr. Bircnneia is a hooklteener at the Merchants' jNauon al bank, and a decided favorite in his set. Mrs. George Port Ashton gave a tea vesterrtav for her aunt. Mrs. Fred Pnrkard. of New York City, and Dr, Ashton's aunt, Mrs. George Port and Miss Wilcheus of Beloit, and will give another Tuesday, the last of a series in honor of the visitors. Mrs. A. F. Bauerlein and Mrs. H. H. McClellan, both formerly of St. Marys, entertained the Battenburg cluD OI &t Marvs today at a luncheon at the Throop and a matinee line party at I the Grand. Their guests were Mrs 1 Georee Helm. Mrs. Clinton Welsh, Mrs D J. Lane Mrs. Hercule Pessemier, Mrs. Georse Miller. Mrs. B. C. Mttchner, Mrs. Mame Ward. Mrs. Jennie tfeu Helm all of St. Marys. Mrs. C. T. Mc Clellan, Mrs. Fred Bjaitef ajidMrs. Paul Huycke a? Topeka.- c The 'Varsity'dance last night at Me- Rae's was attended by Mr. ana Mrs. H. C. Bowman. Mr. and Mrs. David Gossett, Miss Clara Fleishman, Miss Marguerite Mills, Miss Snepp, Miss Benlamin. Miss Laura Neil, Miss Madeline Whitney, Miss Louise Mc Neal, Miss Agnes Fisk, Miss Helen Haughey. Miss Eva Cox, Miss Mary Evans, Miss Ethel Hadley, Miss Nellie Kaster. Miss Belle Senior, Miss Lucy Senior, Miss Clara Daniels, Miss Hazel Larkin, Miss Ra Hotchkiss, Miss Ethel Frizzell, Miss Laura Neil, Miss LaVere Lansdon. Miss Lu Grace wnitmer, Miss Margaret Going, Miss Mitchell Miss Jones, Miss Rose Mitchell, Miss Julia Larimer, Mr. Omer Smith, Mr. Howard Carruth, Mr. Irving Piatt, Mr. A. J. Carruth. Mr. John Robb, Mr. E. T. Pattee, Mr. W. A. Street. Mr. J. C. Denny, Mr. George White, Mr Warren Dunaway, Mr. Osborn Lari. mer, Mr. Alec Spencer, Mr. J. P. Cole man, Mr. Durant, Mr. Glenn Haughey, Mr. Leo Mooney, Dr. Elmer Hill, Mr Harold Tice, Mr. Fred Nicholson, Mr. Quinton Adams, Mr. Hugh McFar land, Mr. Clarence Jordan, Mr. Roy Ufford, Mr. Wistar Williams, Mr. Glenn Millice. Mr. Walter Weidling, Mr. Ralph Forbes, Mr. R. B. Steele, Mr. Herbert L. Clark, Mr. Ralph Tut tle, Mr. Alfred Quinton, Mr. Harold Tice, Mr. Leo Haughey, Mr. Clarence Aten, Mr. Wilson Hobart, Mr. Roy Street, Mr. Karl Bowman, Mr. Wil liam Snyder. The bodice illustrated is a charm Ing design for a waist to accompany a street or carriage coat and skirt cos tume. The model was designed for wear with a suit of blue cloth, and was of blue chiffon cloth with fitted crossed bodice sections of dark' blue allover lace embroidered in chenille and gold. The chiffon cloth was used for the up per sleeve sections, and the little shir red plastron and side sections of the bodice. The yoke and long sleeves were of sheer white Mechlin lace. w Trr. X C. McClintock gave a dinner last night for his grandson, J ohn Moh ler, who celebrated his third birthday anniversary yesterday. MV. nivrt .Mrs. Harvey Parsons will entertain informally Monday night, in honor of Miss Marie Mann of Los Angeles, CaL W w w Mr .TnVin Kellv was hostess of the Best Bower club Wednesday after-' ANNIE OAKLEY THE WORLD'S GREATEST LADY RIFLE SHOT USES AND RECOMMENDS Newbro's Eierpicide Traveling as I do continuously I have been troubled a great deal with dandruff and falling hair, and until I tried Herpicide I never found a remedy that was satisfactory. "Herpicide is a delightful prepara tion that fulfills the claims made for it, and no lady's toilet is complete without it. I highly recommend it to my friends. (Signed) ANNIE OAKLEY." Newbro's Herpicide is the most remark able hair preparation in existence. It has produced more actual, visible results than all other hair remedies combined. It con tains no grease or dye. Stops itching of the scalp almost Instantly. TWO SIZES 60c and SI 00 AT DRUG STORES Send 10c In stamps to tha Herpicide Co., Dept N. Detroit, Mich,, for sample. Guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act June 30, 1S0S, Serial No. 915 INSIST UPON HERPICIDE For Sale at All Drug Stores Application at Prominent Barber Shops noon. Following were the guests: Mrs. T. A. Llewellyn, Mrs. Mary Cook, Mrs. W. A. S. Bird, Mrs. Katherine Crawford, Mrs. T. J. Myers, Mrs. John Chambers, Mrs. Frank Squires, Mrs. Frank Klingaman, Mrs. X. J. Coughlin, Miss Annie Marie Walsh, Miss Maude Finley, Miss Mildred Rodgers, Miss Hazel Klingaman, Miss Helen Crawford. A Topeka girl has two suitors: now note the difference. Not long ago sha was ill and one of them thought he would call to inquire for her health. He was told that she was able to be up and was asked to come in and see her. Her mother ushered him into the living room where she was sitting in a big lounging chair in front of the fireplace. While they were chatting cosily by the light of the fire the door bell rang and a few minutes later her father came into the room, turned on the electric lights and proceeded to open an enormous box of American Beauties which the other suitor had just sent by messenger. The "caller" tells the story himself and adds this moral: A dozen American Beauties are worth a thousand calls to express sympathy. An evening meeting of the Minerva club was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .E. G. Foster last- night. The hostesses were Mrs. Foster, Mrs. C. H. Samson. Mrs. H. Ward Page, Mrs. A. S. Greer. Mrs. TJ. P. Hemphill and Mrs. W. A. Powers. A musical pro gramme and a literary guessing con test were the features of the evening. a The Good Government club will meet next Saturday with Mrs. Ward Burlingame. A pretty little calendar just pub lished, contains five poems by Mrs. Jesse Shaw of Topeka. The calendar was published by Mrs. Shaw's daugh ters as a souvenir and without the knowledge of their mother. The verses are of a higtL order. By another month your winter hat will look so shabby that the dogs will bark at it and still it will be too early to buy a spring hat. Why not, then, ta.ke advantage of the special sale of street and dress hats at the Misses Pickens? These hats are not unsalable left-overs from the early fall but are stunning new creations, up-to-the-min ute in mode, reducea in price oecause the season is late. A Pickens hat at the Drices offered is a good investment. It will enable the buyer to finish the season with something fresh and at tractive and not oblige her to buy a spring hat before she knows what she wants. x Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. Homer Hoch and Miss "Anna Hoch are in Baldwin where they went yesterday for a Tri Delt sorority party last night. Mr. ana JVirs. w. j. snne, wno nave been at the Blower house for a few weeks while Mr. Kline has been en gaged as engineer in charge of some construction work tor me liaison comnany. left yesterday for their home in Buffalo, New York. Mr. George D. Hood has gone to Chicago and St. Paul. Mr. F. W. Joers lert toaay wun a party of Topeka capitalists ior Wyoming to go over the proposed route of the Denver, Laramie Northwestern railway. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Berry, 1257 Western avenue, will leave tomorrow for Chicago and go on from there af ter a few days to New York to spend month. Miss Constance Crowther left today for Chicago to visit Miss Roberta Wasson for a few days before going to New York to spend the winter with her sister, Mrs. James Feeley. Miss Mary Crowther who has a position in the library of the department of agri culture at Washington, will spend Christmas with them in New York. Mr. Maurice Crowther accompanied his sister as far as Kansas City. Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Miller of Kan sas City will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. "George E. Cole." Miss Hattie Price who is a student at Bethany will b a Christmas guest of her aunt, -Mrs. J. Motrnnxoclt Mr. and MM. James B. Hayden have returned from a visit in Kan- on uments Granite and -Marble Monu-, ments direct -from the ouar. V, ries. Write us for designs, samples and prices. Better Work, Better Mate rial and One-third Saved. LAMERTHA& FLAHERTY Te'raka Offle. 424 E. Fifth St. CoSaytUle Office, 1016 W. 8th. sas City. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bruce Walker will be their guests for Christ' mas. Mr. C. W. Merriam is expected home tomorrow from New Mexico, Mrs. W. R. Johnson and Miss Alta Smith of Wamego are guests of Miss Lucile Johnson at Washburn college. Mr. L. J. Culver of Dallas, Tex. will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Woolverton. Miss Beisley of Wamego is visiting In Topeka. Mr. A. L. Van Antwerp and Mrs. Frank W. Johnstone of the City of Mexico, arrived today to visit Mr. and Mrs. H. X. Devendorf. 1125 Tyler street. Mr. Johnstone will follow in a week and they will all stay over Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Woodward, 836 Buchanan street, have given the name of Thomas Bullene to their Infant son born last week. Miss Helen Quinton and Miss Fay Quinton are in Kansas City today. Mr. J. E. Crockett was in Kansas City yesterday. Mrs. Douglas Welpton, of Omaha, and her little son Richard, who have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Clement Smith, left for their home yesterday. Mexican Herald: S. 8. Beggs and f am ity, of Topeka, Kan., are spending some time in Mexico on a pleasure trip, and will be in this city for several weeks. Mr. Beggs is at Porter's hotel. Mr. Fred S. Bullene is in Kansas City to spend Sunday. Mr. Justice S. R. Porter is In Kan sas City today. Dr. and Mrs. Maclay Lyon, of Kan sas City, have moved to a new house of their own at 3741 Campbell street. Kansas City Star: Miss Zoe D. Nor ris, 3006 Olive street, is spending the holidays with her aunt, Mrs. T. J. Ford. In Indianapolis. Mrs. T. S. Barnes and her daughters Mildred and Mateel have gone to Atchison to visit Mrs. Barnes' parents, Sheriff and Mrs. Smith and will go from there to San Antonio, Texas, to spend the holidays. Miss Mabel Hayes has gone to Chi cago to remain until after the holi days with her sister, Mrs. F. E. Vin cent. Mrs. Will Tasker, her daughters Frances and Dorothy and her son Buster of Springfield, Mo., are guests of her mother, Mrs. Frank Brooks, 1299 Polk street. Mr. Tasker will Join them for Christmas. Mr. Ray Connell of Chicago will spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Connell. Miss Daisy Vance of Oklahoma City is expected to spend the holidays with Miss Helen Cartlidge. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ehrsam of En terprise will spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Mulvane. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Morse and Mr. Thurlow Morse will spend the holi days in Los Angeles, Cat. Miss Florence Welch will return from a visit in Coffeyville Sunday. Mrs. C. S.. Beggs of Osage City will spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. a. McK.ee. Miss Margaret McCarthey of Den ver who has been visiting in Kansas City and Mrs. Walter Lawrence left for their homes in Denver today. Mrs. F. M. Chilson of South Mc Allster will spend Christmas with her sister, Mrs. K. U. Whitted. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Eagle, Mr. Margaret Johnson and Mrs. Margaret Wiggins will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Willits in Tulsa, I. T. Miss Mary Sweet will be home from Chicago to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Sweet. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson Lauck of Olds burg, Kan., are expected to spend Christmas with Mrs.. I. S. Lauck. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ranney of Ark- i ansas City will spend a part of the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Meade. Mr. Paul Sweet will be home the first of the week from Lake Charles, La., where he is visiting Mr. El Ray Henry. Mr. and Mrs. David W. Mulvane will return from Washington,. D. C, Sunday. Miss Jean Kassuba of Milwaukee, Wis., will arrive the last of next week to be the guest of Miss Frances Con nell, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith ot Goodland, Kan., will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Frederick lies. Miss Eva Mayberry of Newton will arrive Monday to spend several months with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mayberry. Mr. Albert Bennett of Wellington will spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bennett. Mrs. Charles Barnes has returned to Osage City after a visit to her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bear. Mr. Burns Williams of Chicago will be home for the holidays. Lawrence World Miss Ruth Sterett came down from- Topeka this morning to visit Miss Pearl Emley and Miss Margaret Osmond. j Mr. L. M. Crawford and his daugh ter Mrs. Oscar Danes, have gone to Lincoln, Neb., for a short stay.. Miss Fay McConnell. who attends the State Agricultural college at Manhat- ,Jf 1 p Dr. Jas. Albert Berry, Nose, Tarsal ssa ttenraefc peoaaBat Has moved his offle from Tit to 714 Kansas va Ov restaurant. Dr. Geo. Port Ashton DKSTTJffl Both Fboneaw Befl 118. bo. an X. W. Cor. Stb Ave, CM. Hensley, Al. D. PHYSICXAX AND STJRGECCT Both Pboneav Office 878. TRe. ST- IT. W. Cor. Stta Kaaaaa Ave. J. XL MATHEWS Candidate tor County Comlsaioner Third dfetrict. 6th and th wards and N. E. part of 2d. I favor better roads at the same coat we axe now paying. Thanking you In advancs for your support on Eleotion day. Subject to Republican primaries In March. J308. Revival Services EVANQELIST CHAS. YEAROUT Every evening at 7:30 at Oakland Brethren (Dunkard) Church, (near Postoffice.) tan. was the guest yesterday of Miss Louise Henderson. Mr. Thomas King will go to Chicago Sunday to spend a week. Mrs. Harry G. Larimer went to Bid den. Mo., today to visit a sister. Mr. George Harrison, of Garden City. is the guest of his parents, CoL and Mrs. T. W. Harrison. Mrs. Roy Gaff or d and her daughtar. Dorothy, have returned to Minneapo lis after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gafford. Mrs. Wayne Martin and her son Wayne of Hastings, Neb., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Martin. They will leave next Friday for La Crosse to spend a few days before going to 8a-1 lina to be Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Swarts, Judge A. C. T. Geiger, of Oberlin. is in town for a short time on business and Is the guest of his sister, Mrs. J. C. Emahlzer. Mrs. Francis L Hayes received word yesterday of the dangerous illness of her father at his home In Washington. D. C. Mrs. G. F. Worley is spending a few- days In Le Roy, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Ware have returned to Kansas City after a visit to Judge and Mrs. W. A. Johnston. Miss Gertrude McClintock, student at Smith college, arrived home yesterday for the Christmas vacation. Mrs. H. E. Streeter, of Kansas City. will spend a part of the holidays with Mrs. A. J. Wolcott and Miss Susa Wol cott. Miss Berenice Fuller Is spending to day in Kansas City. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Drechsel will go to Leavenworth to be Christmas guests of Mrs. Dacotah Ryan. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Fisher leave Tuesday to attend the marriage of their son, Clarence Floyd Fisher,- to Miss Anna Mas Manson of Lancaster. Kan. Mr. Fisher is agent and opera tor at Willis, Kan., and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Fisher, 606 East Eighth street. G. G. Gage corps No. 66, met in their hall, Saturday last, to elect the officers for the coming year. The installation will take place some time in January. Those to be installed are Mrs. Garland, president; Mrs. Sarah Suane, senior vice; Mrs. Brentnall, Junior vice; Mrs. -Weber, secretary; Mrs. DeBow, treas urer; Mrs. Hull, chaplain; Mrs. Bowers, conductor; Mrs. Maggie Mllllgan, guard. The retiring president is Mrs. Kate Crawford. A delightful tea .was given Thursday afternoon by Mra.W. Ferryman, assist ed by her daughter, Mrs. Annie Dodge, at their home, 1640 Central Park ave- -nue. Those receiving invitations were Dr. M. Kleint, Mrs. F. Snyder. Mrs. J. F. Kaho, Mrs. M. Fentersmacher, Mrs. C. W. Cooper, Mrs. I. Horner, Mrs. W. Curtis, Mrs. D. Collins. Mrs. A. H. Shoaf. Mrs C. H. Hart, and Mrs. I. N. Grandon. AH kinds of art leather, fourteen col ors, O. Krauss Son, 224 Kan. ave.

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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOimNAISATUBDAYVENING, DECEMBEB 14; 1907. TOPERA STlfi JOURNAL. By FRANK P. MAO LENNAN. Entered July 1. 187S, as econd-elaaa matter at the poitoftlcs at Topeka, Kan, unoer tne act or congrass .j VOLUME XXXIV. No. 299 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka, TI5RKU OF SUBSCRIPTION. uauy eaition. aenvurmi di c cents a week to any part of Tooeaa. or tihn.k. a. .Mha Mm nriM m UV MO wn wher Br malL one year "S11 ttfie mo 1th"n ivi.uuu v. "-"J. TWT.KrPTinVM- gusicess office i2J Business office ................I"'; WJ Reporters room ......Bell RrrT-ter' nnM .......lad. """.Ind! 5

Frank P. McLennan..... wnua HVNni nnHR. .v. m frj lfn.. .Vi r Kirhth. HiaiH janmiu dd iainK Kw Vrvv nmn.- mattmn hiilMing. at renty-thlrd stmet. corner Fifth avenue and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chlcun frin Hartford hniidiiu. Paw Block manager. FULL TifPA siutt wntr RvmR-f OP THE ASSOCIATED PBJOBS. JUM I .n4:m t Ml da i ni state Journal la a iMmm or tub MiearaDli recnt or that area news or nnintion ror tne ror the axeraalve arteroooa I tub news la reoelv-d In Tne State Jnwr- rwiraiiamg over wires for this sole pur- Jeff Davis, senator from Arkansas, mi make Ben Tillman hustle If. the latter is to retain his title of chief "lira eater in the U. S. senate.- Information that the national house tcrf representatives was In session for fall of eight minutes on Thursday Is noouraglng to the taxpayers. rTew Tork city Is short seven hun dred school teachers. She need not I sole gansa sward. None of our real (lower of the sun can be spared. All U-e needed at home and a few more. Joined with the slogan to do Christ ro&a ahopplntr now should be the admonition to Topekans to do their Sunday shopping today. By all means don't forget a supply of soap for the I weekly bath. Iuring his ohat with the president Mayor Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, re ceived Mr. Roosevelt's views on muni cipal government. It's dollars to doughnuts that the Ohio man had no chance to express his views on na tional government. With Roosevelt emphatically out of the running a lot of possibilities for Republican presidential honors, in addition to those already in the field, will loom -up. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, naively intimates that he will get in the race. That's the proper spirit to show. The more, the merrier. This controversy between Stuy vesant Fish and the Harriman crowd over the control of the Illinois Cen tral Is getting to be tiresome to say the least. Each' side has used more words to define its positions than the average Roosevelt message contains and nothing in the way ot definite re salts seems to be within the ken of anyone.

News that will not be conducive to the hilarious Joy of several com munities In Kansas comes In telegrams from -Oklahoma. These are to the ef fect that the new state intends to take j drastic steps' to prevent the piping of natural gas outside its borders. Luckily. Topeka does not have to de pend on Oklahoma for its gas supply. light though it may be in times of need. That peace protocol which has been arranged between the federal depart ment of justice and E. H. Harriman will not set well with many people. If Harriman has been guilty of any crime in his railroad machinations he should be prosecuted. If he has not offended the laws he should be let alone. And again If he has violated the laws there Is no room for a com promise. will the prohibition of the sale of candy on Sunday extend to the little automatic boxes on the backs of the theater seats? Will a person who drops a dime In one of -them for a box of sweets be considered a particeps crimlnls and arrested for heln- lng a dummy negotiate a sale of candy? A legal opinion on this proposition from one Drenning would Toe interesting. Senatorial dignity, that really ter rible bogie which so often thwarts the accomplishment of many of the de sirable projects of the government, has been ruffled again. Aldrlch and some of the other dignitaries are Insulted to think that some of the executive departments should really draft bills expressing their ideas and end them to congress to be acted .on. These insults will probably be ap peased by the senate killing all such measures rerardless of their merits. A sign that the millennium Is hur rying on its way to Montgomery coun ty is found in the fact that some Joints were raided in Cofteyville a couple of days ago. Tou may rest assured that the city officials were not responsible for the raid. No. indeed.- It mt th. county officials who got busy. Now there is talk of ousting the city officials from their positions for thi- connivance in the violation of the pro- niDitory law. such Justice Is certainly I due them and the officials of other cities too numerous to mention. l it. oic iiui iuiuhii uut me news I Of tne meeting or tne Democratic na tlonal committee at Washington had! been furnished by reliable reporters, it I would have taken lots of imagination I to believe that any fuss had been made (or by members of the committee over the 1 propriety of accepting any money from Denver In excess of the real expenses I of the national convention. As a mat- I ter of fact It ls Impossible to imagine I that the national Democratic commit- If tee, or any other campaign committee for that matter, would seriously con- aider the turning down any sort, of a contribution to Its funds. It is not hard to recognise a play to the gallleries, A SATURDAY SERMON. THE BOX PROBLEM. The Lord called Samuel: and he answer ed. Here I am. I Samuel 8:4. The Juvenile court has become part i i uuieui ot. every prugrnsivs CltV. Tll ftina m ant a 1 WkSAn. this Is that everybody perceives the I An ancient story, which goes deeper Tnonv boy problem, is the Old Testament's narrative of the boy Samuel. Not only because it suggests the in I flunce" which shape a boy's destiny anj thua. in turn, mould a nation I i i I oul -io Because it is one or en a most i j u-ugnxiui luyiis in tne collection or I areat tales. thl ntnra nf Rsmiii I worth studvina- Thera la Htti ,n. I woriu stuaying. xnere essen- I uai a mere race between a dot of three I thousand veara am mrtri h nf I Qay- tne "Oii-time religion." of I wmcn tne evangelists sing, what was ffOOd for Samuel In Rhflnh la rnrul fnr i v. a. .L u western worm wnicn was 1 uuaiounea ox in nia aay. Back of the story of Samuel lies I w naumu, nia- pious motner I who was in bitterness of soul because I aha hflH Yin fthlMMn TTA the annual pilgrimages to Shiloh Hannah vowed that if Jehovah would give her a son she would dedicate the child to his service. Every mother dreams dreams for her boy sometimes dreams so lofty that she dare not articulate them to herself, much less to anybody else. But underlying every other ambition of a noble mother is the desire that her son may be a good man. With the deep Instinct of a maternal heart, she perceives that all other successes are vain, apart from a true character. It used to be the common prayer of the women of Christendom that their boys might enter the gospel ministry; per haps that this has gone out of fash ion is one reason why there is such a death of candidates for the sacred calling. Hannah is hot being emulated as she brought her Infant son up to the tabernacle to offer him in service to Jehovah. Every year thereafter the mother carried to the boy a little robe. Into which was wrought such love and solicitude as only mothers can know.. This Is a story of a boy who lived his life in and about a church. Per haps that may militate against the present day attractiveness of it; yet Samuel was by no means a "goody- goody" boy, a milksop or a mollycod dle. That type Is rightly sneered at to day. This sentiment, however, may be- come too sweeping. Samuel's greatness can be traced di rectly back to his boyhood environ ment. The imagination loves to dwell upon the picture of this little Hebrew lad, busy about the small tasks Of the great central place of worship. He was a. prop and comfort to old EH, the High' Priest, whose own sons had failed him. What were Samuel's broodings upon the glory and mystery of that Presence which had been Israel's guide and pro tector throughout its romantic history? "A boy's will is the wind's will. And the thoughts of youth are long, long, thoughts." The purposes which most profoundly af- lect character and destiny are -those formed in early youth. One night Samuel heard a voice call ing him. He thought it was Eli's voice. It is natural to put the lower inter pretation upon the higher influences of life. A nersnn sftldnm iliprnR thn rpal meaning of the greatest event3 in his j heart history. What happens to a boy often works out into mighty events in the world's history. One day when Moody and Sankey were In England, Sankey put his hand upon the head of a little Gypsy boy and expressed the wish that one day he might preach the gosnel. That boy became "Gypsy Smith," England's greatest evangelist. His preaching turned to evangelism Dr. W. J. Dawson, a well known lit erary man among the clergy. Dr. Daw son's sermon on prayer converted Prof. E. E.- Hale, Jr.; whose addresses among educated young men have been-a fea ture o" contemporaneous American life as have also the sermons of Dr. Daw- son and Gypsy Smith. No man can tell where the streams will run that have their springs lit the heart of a boy. In modern slang, Samuel would be called a boy "on the job." He was a little "minute man." No sluggard or lie-a-bed was he; at the first summons he was ready with a "Here am I," as he hurried to Ell's side. Then was imparted to Samuel, by the Lord's voice, the news of the impending doom of Eli's hoyse. It was a bitter, message for the lad to have to hear arid carry. His manner of receiving It was great. After pondering Its meaning through the night he went about the humdrum duty of opening the doors and fulfilling hts routine tasks. Happy is he who knows how to hold fast to common place, routine duty, even amid the tragedies of life. When bidden to do so. Samuel told brave old Ell every whit that the Lord had spoken to him. Out of such boyhood experiences emerged Israel's A prophet,' Judge and king-maker. Somewhere today are the lads who will be tomorrow's great men. They are "only boys" now; wise are the,r elders who loolc uPn them in the liKht ot what they wlu hecome. Every boy ls an opportunity. Many a noble man 8 Kreatest worlt "as been his touch u"" uuj. w oman s Bfeatness ls chiefly won through her supreme power over her boys. For the boy proDiem is Bimpiy tne man problem in its stage oi greatest possibility. STOESSEL. THE MARTYR. Can anything be more revolting to the generous humanity of modern times to the Justice that men deal out to one another than the spectacle being enacted in Russia today in the trial for life of Lieutenant General Stoessel for his "needless" surrender of Port Af thur. The time has long since passed, It ever existed, when officers of an arroy should ever be compelled to stand trial for life because; of being defeated honestly In' battle. That was the sort of a defeat Stoessel suffered. But disregarding sueh an argument, Stoessel, of all the Russian generals who participated in the Russo-Jap war, Is the last who should be accused of cowardice.. His six months' defense of Port Arthur was gallant. Although it ended In failure this effort of hia was one of the brilliant achievements on the part of the Russians during the en tire war. His surrender o the over whelming army of Nogl was Inevitable. And what a tragic- farce this trial of Stoessel is. It Is not a trial such as is known among righteous men. Think of It. Stoessel Is arraigned before an un friendly court to answer to a ridiculous charge, a court consisting of ten Rus sian officers who lost twice ten battles through blunders and cowardice on the field and graft at .home. No -wonder Stoessel's men regard him as doomed, a foredoomed martyr. For a martyr he will be. HMfc trial means nothing else than that his detractors and persecutors are using him to cover up their criminal practices in the hand. ling of Russia's army. Stoessel has been picked out as a sacrificial victim to atone for the sins of the Russian war office. This sacrifice will be a heavy one for Russian bureaucracy to make. Stoessel is the one general of the whole Russian army who is beloved by the down trod den people. Already their voices or protest are beginning to rumble with a noise that Is portentous. Stoessel s murder by his inferior superiors will surely be avenged. His foreordained doom is fanning again the flames of a revolution which was quenched with blood. Once more will the streets of Russia run red, this time in such tor rents, perhaps, as will engulf for all time it despotic government. If Stoes sel's murder shall be the spark to kin dle a fire which will make the people of -Russia free, neither his life nor death will have been In vain. JOVRNAL ENTRIES This talk of restocking the sea sounds a bit fishy. It isn't modesty with many women who shy at low neck dresses. It s moles. Lots of boys, who insist on getting married, do not profit by their fathers' examples. www Extravagance is generally the fore runner of poverty. A good deal of the wealth of finan ciers is imaginary. High-flying hardly pays for ..you don't know where you are apt to light. JAYHAWXER JOTS Iola. has a man who promises to find a husband for .$5 eachvt That sure ly is cheap enough. Emporia has been entertained' late ly by a crowd of college boys who In dulged in a night shirt parade. r There was not much doing in Mc pherson county last week and the Populists started the Hessian fly scare again. It was in McFherson county that the green bug got notoriety. Girls over in Abilene are evidently not fond of promiscuous hugs. They have complained to the town marshal of the undesirable activity of two jack-the-huggers. A rabbit hunt between opposing teams was held at Selden -last week, with thirty men on each side. The hunt lasted from sunup to sundown and tne total was 3.042 rabbits killed. I There' is one thing that has been th ,Htaij ftf tvio Lawrptii-o i H,ztetihf o I .ti time I r nnnpp that the poultry shows are the best that ever happened, but no eggs come to town. Folks around Opolis are consider ably worked up over the ravages of a "wild dog" which is cutting up ram pages In barnyards by biting hogs and chewing up chickens. Probably it is a ravenous wolf. c pcioener. a German farmer liv ing' two and a half miles southwest of Huron, has wnai is Deiievea oy trie farmers of that locality to be this year3 record patch of corn. From seven and a-half acres of sod ground ho husked 863 bushels of corn, an average of 115 bushels to the acre. 1 The newspaper men cf Osborne county were "guests of the editor, of the Alton Empire at a Sunday dinner, recently, and they all praise it as ont of the most sumptuous feasts they ever enjoyed. The Concordia Kansan, commenting on the incident, says: "We'd hate to risk feeding with some of the Cloud county editors we know we'd get strychnine in our soup.' "Billy" Morgan, makes a bright re mark occasionally and this is one of the good things he says: "J. R. Burton says that the White House liquor bills were never so large as during the Ronsevelt regime, ana tnat tne presi dent himself drinks to excess. Which recalls Lincoln's remark when he was told that General Grant was a whisky soak, to the effect that he would like to get some of the same kind of whis ky for the rest of the generals In the army." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News.l Swift' men are seldom fast friends. The secret of success is to aim high and stick to it. Nature seldom stores a lot of brains behind a pretty face. Be sure you are wrong before you go away back and sit down. We always feel sorry for the married man who talks in his sleep. It's easier to drive some men to drink than it ls to hold them. back. Men seldom fly for their.slives when they meet a woman who is dressed to kill. l. V Talk ls said to be cheap, but many a man has had to pay dear for things he 8arHd you ever notice how much easier it is for the average man to be poor than honest? Our idea of an odd man Is one who doesn't try to get even with some one sooner or later. Many a mart knows from experience that It is far easier to find a wife than it is to lose her. i Honest poverty ranks as high with some people as dishonest wealth does with some others. Some men start out to look for trou ble and then pick out a place where there lsn t one chance in a hundred of finding It. 1 KAmxkiCOMMENT MR. COB.TEX.TOU. Seoretary Cortelyou has begun to loom up as a presidential possibility ia jus own mind. Mr. Cortelyou. is a Clever man whn nti credit for rinnn thinking by never expressing an opin- He Degan his political career as Grover Cleveland's stenographer, and has passed from one public man to another, until Rnnsavelt made him a cabinet officer, and then chairman of the Republican national committee. Mr. Cortelyou's case is unique. Most of our statesmen have come to the front by reason of their advocacy of some principles; Mr. Cortelyou never advocated any principles, nor uttered any views. He has kept still and looked wise. In an age where every boy else was eager to talk he learned to be a rood listener: and see what it has done for him. Wichita Beacon. so say'we ALL. Whatever mav have been Warden Haskell's "understanding", as to the disposition of tha funds belonging to the state of Kansas, the people will very likely accept Auditor Nation's view of the controversy and insist that tne money be kept In- the state treas ury and checked out through the auditor's office. Kansas has had quite enough of experimenting in the matter of its state funds, and if the people commend Mr. Nation for de manding that the regular custom of handling the state money be observed Warden Haskell need not accept it as a serious reflection upon his integrity or as an indication of a lack of public confidence. It merely means that Kansas will feel more comfortable with its money lodged snugly in the state treasury vaults. Kansas City Star. DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK. Prohibition is sweeping over the country, but temperance is not. There was a significant editorial In the Washington Post the other day, which showed that in spite of the prohibition wave now sweeping over the country, more government liquor licenses than ever before are Issued, and that sta tistics show that more liquor than ever Is being consumed. In rejoicing be cause prohibition is sweeping over the country, we are neglecting real tem perance work. As a consistent tem perance man, we regret this, yet the writer of, this, who happened to be out late at night recently, saw more drunken men on the streets than he has seen before In years. Atchison Globe. WHAT'S THE TROUBLE? It is a physical impossibility for the railroads to care for the traffic now and the condition- has to become worse. In the meantime there should be more efforts made to have more equipment for the railroads. Men ara being laid off and yet the railroads claim they can not get their orders for equipment, filled. If this Is true there is some conspiracy some place. Lawrence Journal.1 A GOOD SUGGESTION. There Is one drlnkshop In France for every eighty people, according to a dispatch. This suggestion is offered to the officers who are trying to locate Frank Plamondon, the Topeka joint 1st. Salina Journal. t o LACK OF PATRIOTISM. Financiers": and speculators 'have no sense of patriotism. A scheme Is already Oil foot tc .make'the govern-. men -pay -extravagantly for coaling the Pacific fleetvrPftrsoris. Sun. FKGM OTHER PENS AOKI'S RECALL. The recall of an ambassador does not' necessarily imply that his government is about to enter upon an unfriendly course towards the country from which he has been withdrawn, but it does usually signify that his policy has not been satisfactory to his superiors Tlw relations between the United States and Italy had entered upon a very troublous stage when the Italian gov eminent, following the Mafia episode at New Orleans, recalled Baron Fava. War did not follow, and the traaitionai Li irnuMiiu wi inc i. v wuhmjw ..t. maintained, vur rtiiuiuiia wiui uei many were improved by the change from Von Holleben to his successor. Baron Von Sternberg, yet the former left Washington oh peremptory orders to report at once in person to Berlin, whence he never returned. The pre cedents, therefore, "are not wholly favor able to the most ominous interpreta tion to be placed on the sudden sum mons to Viscount Aoki to return at once to Tokio; but the Incident, It must be confessed, considering all the cir cumstances, is disquieting with regard to the ultimate attitude of Japan. The ambassador has labored most zealous ly to bring the two governments into harmony, to impress upon his own that it is impractical to hold out for abso lutely unrestricted immigration and has been more than personally accept able to the state department, which may well be surprised at this latest move from Tokio. The full plgnlficanci of the recall, events must determine. Boston Transcript. A PLEASANT EVENING. At the Southern last evening things were busy. Mrs. Mack tipped it off to the Inmates that a bride and groom had registered from Silverton and then everybody got busy. The cans, boilers, sawdust, rice and everything that was loose was brought into play. The bridal sanctum was invaded and Howard Cox and his bride had to crawl out and do the right thing. Then the champagne water flowed and in the bunch of celebrants we noticed our old- political patriot McLaughlin from fueDio. Me was telling the groom how to do the right thing, and the suggestion wonted Mr. and Mrs. Cox were married at the Benson block yesterday morning and came down from Silverton last even lng. May they never waste an effort is the Democrat's wish. Durango toioj Democrat. BILLS ANd'pETITTONS. -Bills and petitions are now. in order, mn tti timniwt are that the. record will be broken. Not only are theremany new members In both nouses or con gress, all full of suggestions about sav ing the country and anxious to redeem promises made on the stump, but issues are numerous, and all of them tempt a new hand at the bellows. But no harm will be done. The more bills the merrier. Few are expected to become laws. The pigeonholes of congress are capacious. Many ambitious proposi tions find their way to those caverns. Otherwise six years instead of six months would be necessary to enable congress to dispose of the business of a single long session. Washington Star. MIGHT BE DOUBT THEN Many incredulous persons will not believe It until President Roosevelt writes a special message to congress, expressly stating that he will not ac cept another term under any condi tions, and signs Tais name thereto. Chicago Tribune. HOLIDAY ECONOMICS. Of panics I once stood in terror. vNo longer I tremble and quake. Since folks started shopping For Christmas, I'm stopping .To see it was aU a mistake. That wealth can bring joy ia an error; :f-Amile of contempt 'twill provoke. For (next to digestion) 1 The holiday question -Is how to be happy though broke. Of course. It ls well to be thrifty. But it's likely to be overdone. Your coin do not hoard it. You nunnnt o ffrrw t. ttJ11 pl.an posts you comfort and fun. o J. I. ""Mva ana snirty. 80 let "take all as a joke Stni thouh we're kept guessln' While learning this lesson Of how to be happy though broke.' Washington Star. Chinese Porcelains. -in viewing such an exhibit as the Morgan collection of Chinese- Porce lains at tha Metro Ait, me pleasure of visitors is found to be much enhanced hv a litrl in. sight into the mysterious of meaning iikLue strange eymDoIs, characters. personages, birds, beasts, etc.. which adorn these as they adorn all species vj. iunese art objects. wow many casual visitors know. me museum Dunetin, tnat a rec tangular Chinese vase is feminine, representing the yin, inert, dark. ana eartniy traits In nature, wime an ovai case is mas culine, representing the yang, or ac uve, ngni, ana neavenly elements; a combination of the two representing the creative or ultimate principle? A group of seemingly miscellaneous art objects depicted perhaps upon a brush tray are probably the po-ku, or "hundred antiques," emblematic of culture, and implying a delicate com pliment to the recipient of the tray. Birds and animals occur with fre quency on Chinese porcelains, and if one win ooserve closely it ls a some what select menagerie, m which cer tain types are emphasized by repeti tion. For instance, the dragon Is so raminar as to be no longer remarked, and yet his significance is perhaps not fully understood by all. There are, in fact, three kind of dragons the lung of the- sky, the 11 of the sea, and the kiau of the marshes. The lung is the favorite kind, however, and may be known when met by his having "the head of a camel, the horns of a deer, the eyes of a rabbit, ears of a cow, neck of a snake, belly or a frog, scales of a carp, claws of a hawk, and palm of a tiger." His special office is to guard and support the mansions of the gods, and he is naturally the pe culiar .symbol of the emperor. The four seasons have each its special flower -the tree-peony for spring, the lotus for summer, the chrysanthemum for autumn, and the prunus, or plum-; tree for winter.- Harper s Weekly. The Crown of Years. I should like to be a poet long enough to write "A Ballade of All Old Ladles." or a lyric in their honor turned with the grace of Colonel Lovelace and blithe with the spirit of Friar Herrick. I should like to inform It with their beautiful tender sympathy that is quick with tears but rea-Jier with strength to help and save; and it should reflect, too, the noble patience, undismayed by time and distance, that makes a virtue of waiting waiting in the long twilight with folded hands for the ships that never come! Men old and battle-scarred are celebrated in song and story; but who are they to be preferred over this serene sisterhood?. Let the .worn mothers of the world be throned by the fireside" or placed at comfortable ease In the shadow of hollyhocks and old fashioned roses in familiar gardens; it matters little, for they are supreme Jn any company. Whoever would be grac ious must serve them; whoever would be wise must sit at their feet and take counsel. Nor believe too readily that th increasing tide of years has quench ed the fire in their souls; rather, it burns on with the steady flame of sanctuary lights. Lucky were he who could imprison In song those qualities that crown a woman's years voicing what is in the hearts of all of us as we watch those gracious angels going their oulet ways, tending ther secret altars of memory wth flowers and blessing them with tears Meredith Nicholson in The Reader., GTass in Hand Twenty-five Years. Mrs. Mary Hamilton, of this city, broke a tumbler in Jier hand twenty five years nro. and some of the glass was imbedded in the tip of the mid dle finger. The fragments were sup posedly all removed, and the finger healed nicely. In the last twenty years, however, she has often experienced a severe na!n In her risht hand nnd arm. Next a small tumor and a lump in the palm j of the hand appeared snd today, when an operation was performed, the remaining parts of glans were found in the lump, and the tumor was re moved. Philadelphia Record. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison' Globe.l Was there ever a guest who was not "talked about by her hostess? We often regret that the Christmas spirit is not distributed through the year. When they have absolutely noth ing else to do, farmers fuss about sec- tion corners. Don't be like the hen: When it lavs an egg it does nothing else all day but call attention to it. Manv People have a habit of finding fault not witn a view 01 Detienng con ditions, but to satisfy a petty desire to gossip. Although a man undoubtedly has a right to blow his nose, there 18 a good deal of frowning when he exercises his privilege. Tou often laugh at the man who Is an fast with his sympathy, ana so slow with his purse. How are you yourself in those particulars? 1 If a family has always been poor, the story is usually told in the great number of enlarged family pictures hanging on the walls. When a married woman talks a great deal about the sins of men. it is a sign that her husband does not be have himself very wen. If you don't like a man, eat oat meal and bide your time; there will soon be something the matter with his kidneys, and his funeral procession will go by. It doesn't take long to get rid of the best of us. It was a cheap philosopher who said knowledge is power. There is reallv nothing so helpless as the man who "knows all about things that hap pened long ago, and who contracted a hacking cough while acquiring his knowledge. The other day an Atchison man wanted to make a list of the pretty girls In town. He thought, and thought, and could think of only three. He mentioned these to his wife, and she said, snippishly." "Do you think they are pretty?" "When I have a particularly worth less day (and I have a good many, here lately) I have observed this: I not only do nothing myself, but i bother those who are able and willing to work. A loafer is always In the way of busy people." Drake Watson. 7 HE EVENIKG STORY j Tne Outer Darkness. IBy Sidney H. Cole.l Ackroyd moved his chair from the tnat ne might have an unob airuuiea view or Drusilla's face. She "ff aeaiea near the piano lamp, osten sibly examining the score of a recent musical farce he had brought her. Her chin rested in nn u.ti j and her eyes were fixed pensively on "luoiu in ner lap. Ackroyd watched her silently for some moments. He was loath to disturb that pose. "I saw Ted Briggs today." he said 1 icngtn, ana ne said it with the evi dent expectation of a flutter of excite ment on urusiiia's part. In this, how ever, ne was disappointed. She turned a page of the score without raising her "Did you?" she said calmly. I did," he affirmed. "Had a sort of an aii-gone air about him." Drusilla was silent. "Looked as if he needed some one to sympathize with him or kick him,' Ackroyd pursued. Another page of the score was turn ed, Dut Drusilla. said nothing. "Haven't seen him round here, late ly, said Ackroyd, and his tone sug gested much. "It's something over a week since he canea last," said Drusilla innocently, Ackroyd smiled grimly, but Drusil la's eyes being on the score, its mean ing was lost on ner. "Same old story, I presume," said ne. "What's the same old story?" she said witn some emphasis. "Got his conge, eh?" "What are you talking about?" "Ted Briggs." "Well, what about him?" "He teems to have been cast into the outer darkness with his Innumerable predecessors," Ackroyd observed. Drusilla shrugged her shoulders. "I don't see why I should fret myself over that." she said. For casting him there, of course. saia- Ackroyd severely. Admitting I did." said Drusilla with challenge in her voice. "Ted Briggs is a particular friend of mine," Ackroya began. Must I marry all your particular friends?" said Drusilla with sardonic deference. Ackroyd's eyes flashed angrily. "You knew all the time he was tak ings things seriously," he remon strated. "5fou might have a little mercy on such chaps." Oh, don t let s squabble every night you come here, said Drusilla wearily '"Here's the Palm song. Shall I sing it to you. Max? She seated herself at the piano, ana eang with all her inimitable little drolleries. When she had finished she swung about to face Ackroyd. Did that soothe your savage breast. Maxie? she asked, sweetly. Ackroyd scowled. "When will you ever be serious? he said.- 'I was never so serious in my life. she asserted. "Indeed, I am com pletely weighed down with responsi bility and remorse. xou oon t lm. agine he'll take prussic, acid, do you, Max?" she enaea in tragic tones. Ackroyd looked at her with cold disapproval. Between old mends ne be gan. But Drusilla at once cut mm short. "Now, Max, I'm awfully sorry, but If you begin to scatter any of that fatherly advice about here you'll have to go home, and I counted on a de. lightful evening with you here," rhe said tentatively, "Nevertheless," said Ackroyd, I shall say what I set out to. be the penalty what It may." Drusilla rested her elbows on the keys and looked at him archly. I was about to remark." Ackroyd went on, "that In the social sea you are a sort of uncharted reef on which the affections of many serious minded young men are shipwrecked." "What a metaphor!" she taunted. Their shipwrecks don't seem to be alarming calamities, however. They survive them." And there are others who are in danger of sailing straight onto the reef, knowing all Its dangers." he said. Dear me! said Drusilla. "They should take a course in navigation." The fear of ridicule may keep them away for a time, but lit the end they're bound to tempt fate," he said. Drusilla regarded him amusedly. "I think it would be interesting to meet some of that class," said she. "I can Introduce you to one," said he. When?" Drusilla inquired eagerly. Now," said he, rising and bowing gravely. "You!" she gasped. "Even I." he said unsmiling. There was a somewhat embarrassed pause. Ackroyd broke It. "I shall never be happy until I offer myself to you. I don't expect to be happy afterward. I shall merely Join the others in the outer darkness and the suspense will be over. Drusilla rested her chin on her palm again. A bit of added color flushed her cheeks; her eyes were pensive. "I've been very much a coward," said Ackroyd. "I was afraid you'd laugh. That is why I've been silent so long." 1 He leaned forward in his chair: his manner was pleadingly earnest. Dru silla moved uneasily. "Why don't you offer yourself, then, and. have it over?" she asked. Ackroyd squared his shoulders. "I do offer myself, Drusilla." said he. "My silence has been such a long one, the laugh should be doubly merry," he added bitterly. Drusilla turned to the piano. She ran her lingers over the keys In soft little minor harmonies. Ackroyd wait ed impatiently, then he strode to the piano and bent over ner. something ellstened on her lashes, and there was a shining streak down either cheek. "Good heavens!" cried Ackroyd in sudden comprehension. He laughed hanDilr. "It it isn't funny. I I a don't feel a bit like 1 laughing, con fessed Drusilla. And Ackroyd was thereupon reliev ed from any fears or "the outer dark ness." (Copyrigntea. ii7.) QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. The Jollier doesn't always have the moat fun. The tailor, at least, snouia he judg ed by his clothes. Manv a fellow has more money than brains who Isn't rich. The chiropodist and the tug boat always have their business well in tow. At evening the day ls done, even though it may have started as a raw day. some men have no use for their friends unless they can make use of them. anv man is apt to he all run down after his neighbors get through dis cussing him. hi, Maude, dear, there is no similar ity between a gum shoe factory and a rubber plant. "Might Isn't right. ooservea the Wise Guy. "On the other hand," added the Simple Mug, "it Is seldom left." t FIRE. Fire! Fire! The woods are afire! The flame of the maple leaps higher and higher; The banks and the meadows are bunting in gold. The enginemen down in the dew should be told! Oh, ring the belled lilies and summon the rills. The autumn ls smoking upon the brown hills. The sumac ls gleaming, the sass'fras 1b sheen Of saffron and scarlet nods proudly be -tween The lanes are a glory; tha fire is a-leap O'er bramble and bracken and valley a steep Aye, call up the fireman from the dew 0 the morn. With clatter of engine and echo of horn The frost ls the rascal whoso fingers, th scamp. Have fooled with the matches and upse the lamp! Baltimore Sun. Misder Brvan vlll sound der kev-noti yedt vonce again in Chanlvary. Owlnf to a change In bolidical circumstances, Misder Bryan haf Deen compelled t Sound a new key-note efery vonce in vile fer many yearss. He haf chased dis key-note from A flat Major to Q sharp Minor, und uf he dondt maki foot dis time he iss liaDle to run out der key board, yet. A chendleman In Mexico vas stoned to deaf py hiss hired men pecaus h didn't haf anyting to pay. dem mit. Es a madder uf speculation led us guesi vy he didn't Issue clearing house cer tificoots. Anyvay, vot dit dose Mexl- can dubs vant uf money anyvay, ven aey naa aer rocks? From musterlous hints vich ve. haf heard, ve may gadder dot Misder Dren-.. ning, vlch got der grand chury, iss lia pie to realise der position uf der mai vot catched a red hot bull-cow mit d 4h tall. Hence, py der middle uf Chanl vary, ve may be aple to unchoy de; spegtacle uf Misder Drenning headet fer der voods. I vonce heard dot Harry Lehr use to feed hiss monkey on 12 chocolates, und ad der time I considered id raddei egstrafigandt eating fer a animal bul ve haf in our midst a case uf vors egstrafagance. A laty vlch Iss now pe fore der U. S. court vants $15,000 for a light lunch vich a Hon too It puf, hex Denver bids $100,000 fer der Demo crats national contention, und gets id. Denfer had no opposition es far es To peka iss concerned. Beside belnk no fit blace fer a Democrats confentlon. Topeka alndt got $100,000. Uf id had id vould rals id s vages unstead uf Im porting Democrats. Now dot Cheft Dafis Iss In der U. 8. senate, ve may look fer all trusts to chump Into der Adlantlc ocean und pull der cofers ofer dem, maybe. Uf ve could shoot a scatter gun oop der afenoo und kill aboudt dwenty-flfe uf our "prominendt skltlzens," sayss Gus Gobblestelnhauser, "dere vould be some slight chance fer der foocher uf dis town." Es ve understand id. der kvesdion iss nod, Did Cheneral Stossei glf oop Port Artur? but. Iss dere anybody else con- venlenter es a fall guy, und der ech seems to anser, "Nod any." A "recendt dispadgs from Noo York sayss Misder Stewvussandt Feesh 1st geddlng into jnon u.'s class mit bot foots, in oaer vorass, ne iss practic ing feet racing mit a process serfer ea a pace maker. Gufferner Hoch haf kindly unformed us dot he vlll nod call a egstry ses sion. Dis vlll be goot noos to a lod uf noosbapers, vlch vas vorking ofertlme in a effordt to frame oop a suitaple supply uf ajectlfs to hang on him. Dere also yet, Iss der sad chance dot der sefen tousand. sefen hondred und lefen assisdanst chanltorss vould nod like clearing house certificate. Colonel Biffalobull Cody denies Id. In oder vordss, he sayss he nefer squeez ed Mister Gould's lemon. Beink superstitch-ousness. I failed to accept der Y. uM. C Ya'e kind offer to choin on Friday der thirteenth. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press Probably we shan't enjoy sleeping late In heaven because they'll all be holi days. The sure way to win an argument la to keep perfectly still and let the other fellow lose It. When a woman can truthfully say she never had a cross word with her hu. band, she must have a lot of money. The more people learn about things the more they find it ought to have been something else to help in earning their living. What a girl likes about meeting a man for the first time is she can stav awake that night wondering if he fail' in love with her. IWr-THSY Took M

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOITBKAIr SATTTBDAY EVENING, DEOEMBEE 14, 1907. 5 EES? IT me SPECIAL BARGAINS IN Second Hand Cars "VY7E have on hand a num ber of Second-Hand Cars, each one in first cla98 condition. This is an op portunity to secure a good machine at a reasonable price. One Model "N" Ford, fully equipped Two Smith Touring Cars Two Rambler Touring Cars Two Smith 4-Passenger Cars One Oldsmobile One Ford Canopy Top, seats 4 (Property of the late Mr. Learitt.) Cowdrey-Whipple Auto. Supply Co. We Carry Auto Supplies and do Repairing Garage,514-516 Jacksoo Idle Money la that you carry In your pocketbook, or keep at home. It earns nothing and a thou sand whims and petty extrava gances He in wait. It should be Invested and earning good Interest. We have the plan. The Capitol Building Loan Assn 534 Kansas Ave. SUNDAY EVENING Y WU1 Be the Last SPIRITUAL MEETING of the GREAT BISCHOFFS Those Who Have Not Attended Should Take Advantage of This Opportunity May Be the Last Week in Topeka. Sunday evening at Security hall. Seventh and Kansas avenue, the great BischofTs will positively hold their last public spiritual service In Topeka, as Professor Blscholt contemplated an extended vacation, necessitated by the severe strain he has been under dur ing the past few months. His phy sician has advised a complete rest and change of climate and while It grieves the Bischoffs to leave Topeka Just as they have overcome prejudice, and have thoroughly established them selves. Next week will positively be the last week in which they will give life readings by mail. All those who con template a mail reading should send their name and date and year of birth together with a self addressed stamp ed envelope and one dollar, as letters received at the end of that time will be returned. Personal readings will be continued at their Darlors. 215 East Seventh street at the low charge People who have not as let visited these great mediums ihould take advantage of the oppor tunity this coming week. Everything absolutely confidential whether mall readings or personal calls. Maid In attendance. Office hours 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays 10 B m. to 4 p. m. Best Yet W E saved some of our best goods for Christmas. Re member you get these goods at import cost. Topeka Spice Mills 623 Jackson Street Litem. Zoc the North Topeka column may be left at the Pctro Woodford drug .tore, S39 North Kansas avenue, or call the North Side reporter at her home, Ind. phone 621.1 Mrs. E. Elliott and Mrs. Everett Martin and children of Mayetta. Kan., and Mrs. Ellenwood' Morris- and chil dren of Hoyt were the guests Sunday of Mrs. M. Galloway, 1313 North Kansas avenue. Mr. John Wllkerson and Miss Edith Buteroft of Tecumseh, were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M. Galloway. Mr. H. A. Fowler of Silver Lake was In town today. Mr. John M. Wilkerson. sheriff, was a North Side guest today. ir. joe stockwell of Grantville was in town today. Miss Dovie Bowler is very sick at the home of Tier uncle, Mr. Herman Eads, 1231 North Kansas avenue. Mrs. John Wilkerson and son, Frederick are visiting relatives in Missouri. Mr. W. H. Davis of Grantville was In town today. All patrons of the Shorey postofflce will receive their mall at the North Topeka postofflce after December 14, as the postofflce at Shorey will dis continue. Mr. David Lyon will preach both morning and evening at the Chris tian church tomorrow. Mrs. S. F. George of Rossville was trading in town today. Mr. Ike Sheets will return this even ing, from Dodge City where he has been spending the past few days on a hunting trip. Victor Council No. 4, K. L. of S. will give a literary programme and entertainment at Barrett hall Mon day evening. All members and friends invited. Mr. John Hughes, engineer from Texas, formerly of North Topeka, visited with friends here today and will go to Argentine to visit his par ents. Mrs. Charlotte Feats of 1327 North Topeka avenue, aged 83 years, died about 7 o'clock this morning. The funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. Mr. George Kinnett of Elmont was In town on business today. Mr. Wm. Meade and family have sold their farm in Menoken and will move to Texas In a few days. Mrs. Mary Fowler of Silver Lake spent the day in town today. Mrs. C. R. Maupin of Silver Lake was in town today. Mr. W. S. George of Kilmer spent today in town. Miss Bertha Galloway of 1313 North Kansas avenue, had her hand seriously injured which at work at Trapp's Printing company. Mrs. M. Galloway is -very ill at her home. 1313 North Kansas avenue. North Topeka Baptist church, cor ner of Harrison and Laurent. Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Junior league 4 p. m.; Intermediate and Senior leagues 6:30 p. m.; public worship 11 a; m. and 7:30 p. m. Subject of sermons, "The Right Choice" and "The Heaven ly Guest." Special music. The pastor-elect will preach. The public is cordially Invited. Harmony Rebekah Circle was en tertained very pleasantly by Mrs. Wm. Boast. Misses Blanche Goodno and Mirroin Withers played some piano selections and the other form of en tertainment was making composite poster pictures. Each picture was in three parts wrapped in different col ored papers and these papers hid and the guests hunted them and pasted them on card board. For making the best picture Mrs. Laura Palmer re ceived a china vase and Mrs. M. S. Marple received a sherbet glass as a second prize. Those present were: Mrs. M. Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Toung, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Wlger, Mr. and Mrs; O. M. Capon and little Nellie Whaley, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Day, Mr. J. K. Withers, Mrs. Charles Boast, Mrs. C. W. Armstrong and son, Charlie; Mrs. Elizabeth Finch, Mrs. M. Waldman. Mrs. Minnie Connely, Mrs. Laura Palmer, Mrs. Ruth B. Steele. Mrs. Nellie Ward, Mrs. M. S. Marple, Mrs. J. M. Goodno, Misses Carrie, Haynes, Miriam Withers, Blanche Goodno, Florence Anderson, Edith Haynes, Elizabeth Jones, Fran cis Short. "Eleanor HolHday, Maude Judkins. Mr. Wm. Bartlett, Mr. Dave Harold, Mr. Frank Greene, Mr. E. J. Messinger. Silver knives, forks and spoons at hard time prices at Foucht's hard ware. The lid is on. Mayor Green is sit ting on, so the Model Bakery will be closed on Sunday. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the many kind friends and neighbors for the sym pathy and klndnesw shown us during the illness and death of our little son. Stanley Carrol, and for the many beautiful floral offerings. MR. AND MRS. S. E. RIDLON. To Seattle Next Week." A through freight car leaves Topeka for Seattle, Wash., in which a party can secure through rates at less than local by calling up phones 186.' SIX DAY CYCLE RACES. The Final Spurt Makes Slight Change In the Scores. New Tork, Dec. 14. The final day of the six day bicycle race opened with but slight changes in the relative scores and no changes in the positions of the contestants. Fogler-Moran and Rutt-Stol are still on top, but during a sprint early today Logan-Bargett and Krebs-Vanderstuyf t who were only a lap behind the leaders, lost another lap. Later Vanoni. of the bottom team. stole a lap for himself and his team mate, Breton. The score at 10 o'clock, the one hun dred and twenty-ninth hour, was: Fogler-Moran and Rutt-Stol, 2,085 miles and 6 laps; Gorget-Dupre, Galvln Wiley and Downing-Downey, 2,085 miles and 5 laps; Logan-Bargett and Krebs-Vanderstuyft. 2,085 miles and 4 laps, and Vanoni-Breton, 2,085 miles and 1 lap. T. E. DEWEY BOOK. IS OCT. Beautiful Volume, a Valuable Addi tion to Literature of Kansas. The T. E. Dewey book which has been awaited with interest for several weeks is out. It is a beautiful pro duction from a typographical stand point as well as a valuable addition to the literature of Kansas. The book contains the literary lectures by Mr. Dewey on the following subjects: Poetry in Song, Lanier,-Shelly, Keats, Burns. Shakespeare, Literary Truth, The Vision; also his three lectures on masonry Masonry and the State, Brotherly Love, and Washington. The book also includes a few gems of Mr, IMVE: H1?Pet! is all of a high order and it is to be regretted that more is not to be found in the volume. There is a brief intro duction, a tribute to Mr. Dewey and his work by Charles Moreau Harger of Abilene. The Zercher Book com pany has an attractive window display devoted to the new book which may be had for $1.50 at the store or It will be sent postpaid-by Mrs. Dewey, the publisher, fo.r. $1.60. Los Angeles,- California. Every day at 11:50 noon a Pullman tourist sleeping car leaves Topeka for Los Angeles, Cal., without change via the Union Pacific R. R. This car stays in Salt Lake City through the day light hours of one day, giving the tour ist an opportunity to visit the many points of interest in the city by the great inland sea. If Yon Mast Be 8 Parasite Cboose v to SERVES 'EM RIGHT. W ESTATE iVl- A MM Interstate rates .on the Santa Fe between Kansas and Oklahoma points went Into effect today. As a result transportation to Oklahoma points la much lower than before.,;. A -force of wiremen was sent to Emporia and Strong City yesterday where the rewiring-o the depot will be made. W. H. Hamilton, master mechanic of the Santa Fe, went to Emporia yesterday oi business. Fireman Caudle of Argentine has been transferred to service out of Topeka. H. W. Tucker with a force of wire men returned yesterday from Emporia where they had been making some re pairs on the wirings t W. E. Potter, a carpenter in the lo cal shops, has gone to Chicago for a few weeks on company .business. C. I. Kerr, trainmaster of the Rock Island at Herington. was la Topeka on business yesterday. John McDade. a switchman in thw local yards, who has been laying off J on account of injuries, has returned to work. Mr. McDade was caught be tween a switch engine and a car but fortunately was not Dadly injured. Ed. Halterman, a fireman on the local extra board, is laying off for a few days. Engineer C. V. Slanker is running temporarily on runs Nos. 121 and 122 between Topeka and St. Joseph. Engine No. 1978, oe of the new oil burners, was taken out pn trial trip this morning, after having been set up in the local shops. Engineer E. M. Bristow of Argen tine is running in extra, freight ser vice out of Topeka. Engineer C. C. Haymen of Newton is running on runs Nos. 17 and 18 be tween Topeka and Newton in the place of Engineer C. S. Druce, who i laying off. W. W. Mills of the Mills Dry Goods company will speak at the Saturday night meeting of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. tonight.. The Acrne male quar tette will sing. The entertainment at the Railroaif Y. M. C. A. last night-was attended by a large crowd. Mrs. O. E. Winkler of Paxlco, assisted by Miss Ethel Corle of Alma, rendered several fine mu slcal numbers. It was one of the best entertainments of the season. Brakeman Allison Is working tem porarily on runs Nos. 63 and 64 be tween Topeka and Umporia. Brakeman Harper has. returned to work on the extra board after having been working for some time as an extra switchman Engineer Charles Barry of Argen tine has returned to, his home after having visited his family in Topeka' for several days. I Trainmaster McMuum or me KocK'i" xee ourgc, nan- Island at Pratt, who has been In To peka for several days. on business, has returned to his home. John Starr and Ernest Irish of the switching force in the, local yards have returned from Indiana, where they had been for several, days on ac count of the sickness of a- relative. D. E. Barton, general foreman of the local shops, is laying off for few days as a result of blood poisoning In one of his hands. Fireman Richmond has returned to work in firing service after having been working temporarily as a switch engineer in the, local yards. Olaf .Nelson, a local switchman, and family have, returned, trprrX. Qklahoma where, they have-, been visiting ana hunting for- several' days. Work. has. been .started on the new machine "shops of' the Santa Fe -at Argentine. The shops will occupy the site of the old shops whichwere burned this spring and .will be built of the same dimensions. It is expect- ed that they will be completed next spring. Fireman Ray Cantrell of Argentine Is laying off for a few days taking the examination for promotion to the position of engineer. Engineer Louis Yengst has returned from a two weeks' visit to New York and has been assigned to runs Nos. 115 and 116 between Kansas City and Newton. Engineer Joe Gossard, who runs on the Calif orina -limited, is laying off for a few days and is putting in his time on a hunting trip. A two hundred foot extension is being added to the car repair sheds at Argentine. Engineer Tom Herrick has reported for work at his home in Argentine after a two weeks' hunting trip. Dr. E. W. White delivered a very the Right Kind of a Plant on Which Crow. 1 HALL'SIS THTHING Xmas Purchases Count in the Contest. Volume of Votes Growing Rapidly. TOTAL NOW IS 137,400 Contest Is to Close De cember 33. And Voting Will Be Swift From Now On. The eight days that remain between now and Christmas will record fast buying at the Hall Stationery Co.'s mure, ah noimay purchasers count in the big stenographers' contest through which the successful candidate will re ceive the beautiful Globe-Wernicke elastic book case offered as a gift by the company. The contest will close December 23 and it is likely the voting will be more rapid until that date. The total num ber of votes cast up to the present is 137,400. Following is the standing of candi dates up to close of business Friday evening: 1 Louie M. Bagley, Ferry Doran 33,163 2 Martha Holyoke, Merchants' National bank 25.201 3 Nita Fulton, O. S. Morrow 14,275 4 Katherine McKernan, White-. ker Bros 9,675 5 Bertha Hempstead, Continental Creamery Co." 6,525 6 Anna Warentz, Byron Will- cu.tts. 3 'Minnie &ener man freeze., o.mo Miss Allison, Santa e ortices. 4.B.J5 9 Margaret Lodge, C. G. Blakely 4,210 way Co. 3,165 11 Ellen Hulse.Merriam Mortgage Co 2,951 12 Lula Waldren, Chas. S. Lock nane 2,775 13 Blanche Jones, Knights La dies 2,605 14 Vera Bridge, Thompson Hard ware Co 2,428 15 Minta Pugh, Smith Truss Co.. 2,058 16 Pansy Truman, Shawnee Fire Insurance Co 1,285 17 Inez Abbott, Topeka Daily Capital 1,228 18 Janet McMurtrle, A. B. Whit ing 1.215 19 Lillian Coyne, E. B. Guild Mu sic Co. .....i 1,125 20 Grace Rouuseau,- Beneficial -Brotherhood 1,011 21 Mabel Beeler, Santa Fe offices. 1,010 22 Alice Fuller, Mutual Life of N. Y 858 23 Margaret Monteith, Commer- cial club 705 24 Bertha Wetherton, McEntire Bros. 675 25 Lillian Higgins, City Water works 528 26 Mabel Ftantz, A. B. Whiting.. 525 interesting talk on the heart and lungs before his gymnasium classes last night. The talks were illustrated by dissections of an animal heart and lungs. G. Hudson will lead the Bible class for teachers ,at the Railroad Y. M.- C. A. tomorrow' afternoon at 2:30. The Railroad Y. M. C. A. emer gency crew who conducted a meeting in Oakland last Sunday night will hold a second meeting tomorrow night at the United Brethren mission at Fifth and Leland streets. The subject will be "What Think Ye of Christ." Messrs. Beach, Bechtel, Abell and Hall will sing and Messrs. Blake, M,ayer, Shaw and Prout will deliver short talks upon the subject. AST SIDE NOTES litem, for ;he East Tomka column ma 2 be telephoned to Ind. paona t&L Mr. Alex Voigt has returned from Emporia where he has been on a short business trip. Miss Beulah Thomas of 128 North Lake street has resigned her position at the Grand Union Tea company. Mrs. Paul Pyetzki and daughters, Bernice and Nadine, will return to their home in McFarland after a visit with her mother, Mrs. P. H. Wood, 132 North Lake street. Mrs. Kieth Wilson returned to her home in Hutchinson, Kansas, today af ter a short visit with relatives here. The young people of the Christian church gave a social at the home of Mrs. R. Wilson last evening. Miss Margaret Mossow returned to her home in Carbondale yesterday after a few days' visit with her sister. Mr. Chas. Stitt will go to Alma and spend the day tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have returned to their home in Horton, Kansas, after a visit with friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jeffries of 139 Logan avenue are both unable to be out on account of illness. Mrs. H. R. Altman of 314 Branner street is improving after a severe illness.-

Mrs. Chas. Steadman of 312 Branner street gave' a little party on her son Ralph,' it being his-thirteenth birthday. Thirteen friends were invited and it was on the thirteenth of the month, Friday evening. Those present were Misses Vera Ferman, Carrie Woodruf, Elma Harper, Sadie Sawyer, May Steadman, Ralph Bassit, Lester Saw yer, Paul Hayes, Donald Alexander. Otis Rser, Everett Smith and Cortls Majors. The Capltola Rebecca ro. Z19 nave postponed their oyster supper, which was to be given Monday night. Mrs. Marie Thomas and Mrs. Harry Shaffer gave a teaTtowei shower on Miss Mabel Irish Friday afternoon. Light refreshments were served. Those present were Mrs. Willis Webb. Mrs. J. H. Pettitt, Mrs. S. S. Chase. Mrs. D. E. Shaffer, -Mrs. C. Chase, Mrs. Amos Beeler, Mrs. Marion Snyder, Mrs. Lon w e Get If That pure white, soft finish on your collars, cuffs and shirts. There's a marked saving in the wear and tear on your clothes the way we do them up. If you want to see the difference telephone 519 and our wagon will call. MUTUAL Topeka's Soft Water Ph519 LAUNDRY Good Books Crane Daily Notes of a Trip Around the World. Howe, 2 vols. $2.00 Blue Waters and Green, F. Dumont Smith J .50 Cuddy's Baby, Margaret Hill McCarter .50 The Doniphan Expedition, Connelley 2.50 The Lyon Campaign, Ware 1.00 The Border of the Buffalo, Cook 2.00 -Lariat Letters, in leather, Stevenson .50 Every Housekeeper oi the inexpensive 110 East Eighth Avenue PRACTICAL XMAS For the Boys and Girls at Howard's Athletic Goods Store, 710 Kan. Ave. 1 The Machinists' Electric Co. Will give you gooji service on your ELECTRIC WIRING AND REPAIRING Phone, or Call and See Us 108 W. 8th- J. A. MERCER, Manager Irish, Mrs. Long. Mrs. Rosseau, Mre. Frank Stevens, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Patter son, Mrs.-'Clyde Shatter, Mrs. I. E. Cross,- Mrs.. O. D. Johnson, Mrs. M. H. Miller, Mrs. C. Irish, Mrs. Crosdale, Mrs. Smith, "Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Barnes, Mrs. Chas. Shaffer. Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Will Wood, Mrs. Will Irish. Mrs. Miller, Mrs.-Ward Rhodes,. Mrs. H. P. French, Mrs. Robt. Rhodes. A birthday surprise party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kott mann Friday evening In honor of their son Carl's twenty-first birthday. Those present were as follows: Miss Helen Polcyn, Miss Mary Polcyn.MIss Martha Woafer, Miss Martha Gracla, Miss Kva Gracla, Miss Alma Matthews, Miss Lizzie Mulvlhlll, Miss Magrsie Mulvlhlll. Miss Fay Mulvlhlll, Miss Bertha Schmidt, Miss Cecelia Newbott, Miss Kdna Cox, Mrs. Anna Cowick, Miss Mary Kottmann, Miss Lizzie Kott mann, Miss Minnie Kottmann, Mr. Johnnie Frltze. Mr. Charles Fritze, Mr. Roy Blusher, Mr.. Elmer Dolstrum, Mr. Barrett Sheffield, Mr. uy Sheffield, Just Published BY Company should should have one fireproof McilinK Safes. Foot Balls for the small boy. Noiseless, safe Punch ing Bag Platform, hang anywhere, $3.50 The Great "Racine" Exerciser also. -Phone 634 REMEMBER "OR TELEPHONES... lUU When yon n4 thiurrlot. of Transfer Company. MERCHANTS TRANSFER AK3 STORAGE COMPANY. Mr. Jesse Cox. Mr. Harry Cox. Mr.' Oscar Barber, Mr. Roy Seelmger, Mr. Clyde Sayler, Mr. James Mulvlhlll. Mr. Freddie Cowick, Mr. Carl Kottmann and Mr. Fred Kottmann.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1907. BOWSER EXPOSED. At the last meeting of the Gay Old Boys' club, founded by Noah Webster at the time he got out his first diction ary, and numbering: among- Its mem bers such convivial persons as Thom as Jefferson, James Monroe and James Madison, the following- pre amble and resolutions were unani mously adopted: "Whereas, An Individual calling himself and known to the public as Samuel Bowser, made application for membership in this club, and was elected and initiated and then came out in the public press and made state ments (derogatory to its high and mighty dignity; now, therefore, be it, "Resolved. That the secretary of the club be requested and empowered to write and publish a statement contain ing the true facts in the case over the great seal of the club." The statement is as rouows ana sworn to before a notary public: "Sometime since Mr. Samuel Bow ser made It known to one of the members of this club that he had long been looking for Just such an or ganization and would feel honored to become a member. In due time the fol'cwing list of printed questions was sent to him to fill out and return: "Are you a bald-headed man? "Does Mrs. Bowser stand In awe of you "Can you find your way home after drinking the third bottle? "Have you the moral courage to en ter your house at 2 o'clock in the morning, knowing that your wife is sitting up for you? "How long have you been a game old sport? would go through with It to spite Mrs. Bowser. "He was then draped at Napoleon and was given a glass of sour buttermilk to drink. He drank It off with the ob servation that there were no flies on him. "He was then seated on the keg, with each bare foot in a pail of ice water and told to look like Washington cross ing the Delaware. In the course of five minutes Mr. Bowser assumed 27 differ ent expressions of countenance, but he finally struck the right one at least and held it like a conqueror. There was no cheering, however. The Gay Old Boys never cheer. They show their appreciation by their dignity and sl lesce. "As the next step Mr. Bowser was asked to name three different school ma'ams he had fallen in love with be fore he was 20 years old. He promptly named seven, but followed It by an Impassioned appeal that we should not say anything to Mrs. Bowser. Upon being asked if he was afraid of her he denied that he was, but explained that she had a little way of making him un comfortable at times. "As the last step in Mr. Bowser's Ini tiation he was required to lie at full length on his back on the floor while 40 members marched over him. This was to show a proper humiliation of spirit. Each of the 40 halted for a few seconds and stood on the candidate's stomach. Mr. Bowser was about to pro test, but when told that James K. Polk had submitted to the same thing he re mained silent. "The -initiation thus concluded, Mr. Bowser was taken by the arms and run four times around the room and then hailed as- a brother and a bottle of WMWTS iM JIlSCELLlAEOLSiaS. WANTtn -srrjDATjojvs. Wanted Situation by young man as cot lector in clty.Al references. E. F., Journal. WANTED MALE HELP. FREE Employment Bureau, room 4 base ment stt huuse. Nn chanre for securing wurjt or neip on farms or other places. LOCAL, REPRESENTATIVE WANTED A large Income assured to anyone who win net as our representative alter learn ing our business thorouKh.lv by mail: ex perience unnecessary; all we require is uunesiy, ainait'cn and willingness to learn a lucrative business; no soliciting or traveling; an exceptional opportunity for those who desin to better their conditions ana make nior money. For full particu lars addresss Dept. 726 B., any office. Na tional Co-Operative Realty Co., 52 Dear born street, Chicago; 507 E street, Wash ington, u. Whelps Building, Scran ton. CIVIL, service examinations will soon be held in every state. Full information and questions recently used by the com mission free. Columbian Correspendence couege, Washington, D. C. ANT intelligent person may earn good income corresponding for newspapers; "tirribnce unnececsary no canvassing. Send for full particulars. Press Syndi cate, Lockport, N. Y. STONE'S Employment agency. 111 E. 6th St.. will furnish you with any kind of help that you want. Ind. phone 1948. WANTED A practical laundryman to take a one-hut or one-third Interest in a laundry. See J. A. Rosen, receiver, 423 Kansas av. WANTED Man and woman to travel, dis tribute and collect, salary and commis sion. Add. Emery Co., Plymouth, Place, Chicago. MEN wanted to learn the barber trade and the latest method used, tools fur nished, positions secured, commission Daid while learning. Call or write Topeka Bar- tier college.. 322 Kansas ave. WANTED-Everywhere, hustlers to tack signs, aistrlbute circulars, samples, eta co canvassing, good pay. Sun Adv. Bu reau, Cnicago. WANTED AGENTS. FOR RENT MOUSES. $8.000 I yearly positively made Introducing i FOR RENT 5 room house 418 Harrison and appointiner sub agents for our just patented fire extinguishers. S. Wills. Cin- uuuwu, u., made $S9U in I wees, experi ence unnecessary. We give agents ex clusive territory, co-operate with them in every way. extend creaii ana oner a grand opportunity to secure a fortune, Eagle Tool Co., B 442, Cincinnati, O. WANTED AGENTS Legitimate substi tute for slot machines: patented; sells on sight for $1.00. Particulars, Gisha Co Anderson. Ind. WANTED SALESMEN. SALESMAN wanted, sell retail trade. your locality. $65 per month and expen ses to start or rnmmlaaion. Experience unnecessary. Hermingsen Cigar Co., To ledo, o. uept. c. WANTED Experienced salesmen for 1908, goods sold on long time. Proposition es pecially attractive now on that account. Write for particulars. McAllister-Coman Co., 356 Dearborn St.. Chicago. SALESMEN Big money and pleasant business selling new department to re tailers. Verv profitable and desirable. Nothing like It ever before offered. Only those who can give best references need apply. Add. Berner. 508-40 Dearborn St.. Chicago. CIGAR salesman wanted, experience un necessary, J 100 per month and expenses. Peerless Cigar Co., Toledo, O. JIVAXTEI) MISCTJJANEOUS WE PAY HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR your cast-off clothing, shoes, hats and overcoats. Drop us a card or eall Ind. phone 1490. Gordon Bros., 435 Kansas ave. St.. 110. N. B. Campbell, 605 Kan. ave. FOR RENT 7 rooms, all modern, -at 1020 Monroe st. The Strauss Agency. r vj. nisN rtty Jan. 1 modern 9 room House, 613 W. 8th St. FOR RENT .1413 Harrison," 6 rooms, modern. 918 W. 5th. 4 rooms, gas, city water. 806 Clay, 5 rooms, gas. hydrant. 411 Western ave., 4 rooms, gas, bath. 1315 E. 4th. new ground floor flats, each 3 rooms and bath, gas, city water.. -J. E. TORRINGTON. 109 W. Sixth St, FOR RENT 437 Chester ave., 5 rooms, $9.00. 815 Green St., cottage 6 rooms, $9.00. 249 Wlnfield, cottage 6 rooms. $9.00. 358 Arter ave., 6 rooms, gas, $7.00. P. C. MOORE. Corner Wabash Indiana ave.. Oakland. FOR RENT 1718 Fillmore, good 6 room house, barn, gas, $11. Wilson, 415 Kan sas ave. Ind. phone 1394. FOR RENT 1300 Van Buren St., 7 room modern house, $25. w. M. tmDea Co., 107 W. 7th st. WANTED To borrow $2,000 or $2,500 at 5 per cent on gilt edge farm security. Ad dress F. M.. care Journal. WANTED Horses and colts to winter; good shelter. W. D. Dawson, E. Sew ard ave. WANTED A roommate by young man, close in, nicely furnished, modern con veniences. Price reasonable. R.M., Journal. WANTED Names and addresses of per sons having furnished rooms, with or without board, for teachers attending the state teachers' association Dec. 25-27. Answer, stating rate and the number that can be accommodated. H. W. Jones, 1251 Lincoln st., chairman Entertainment com. WE HAVE parties for a 40 acre farm, must be level land. Will pay cash. Ad dress Bailey Bros, o., 106 E. 7th St., To peka, Kan. Ind. phone 990. MEN to distribute circulars, samples, tack sifrns. crood nav. nn canvassing. Oliver. Lake View bldg., Chicago. "ThEV DID "TMU.IR BROTHERLY DUTV e-f HIM.' "How long have you had a desire to Join some club that was engaged In saving the country? "If given the choice of separation from your wife or the club, which wduld it be? "Should you reach home in a dizzy condition from any cause, can we trust you to keep the name of this club un sullied? "Do you babble In your dreams? "Are there any back windows to your house that you can climb into In case you find the front door bolted against you? "Do you agree to abide Dy an me rules and regulations in force In this club at the time of your initiation "Mr. Bowser's ansrwers to the ques tion as above were considered satis factory, and he was notified that on a certain night he should appear for Initiation. What passed between him and Mrs. Bowser when he told her of the coming honor we can only guess at. but it was probably all that could be hoped for. As the firs step in his Initiation he was required to sing a love song. He selected 'A Brown Eyed Angel' and sang with great feeling. At its finish a fine of $21 was Imposed on him to pay for the broken glass and the damage to the celling, and he cheerfully paid it. WANTED TOPEKA EMPLOYMENT furnishes the best class of help. R. J, Kearney, 509 Kansas ave. champagne placed before him. In a few minutes, and without any prompting from a member, he arose and sang "Old CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Established In Topeka the Past 17 Years Wants men to ship south Monday. Farm hands. Dairy hands. Man and wife cooks, $60. Man and wife farm. Hotel help. Arm waiters. Chinese laundry man. 811 KANSAS AVE. PHONE 662. Black Joe.' It was a different 'Old "Mr. Bowser was then seated in a chair and a poultice consisting of bran and catnip was applied to his head. He passed the ordeal nobly. "He was then asked to stand on his head to give his brains a new sensa tion. He hesitated for a moment, but when informed that the Hon. Charles Sumner and all others had willingly complied with the regulation he up ended himself. "There was a solemn and dignified silence while he stood on his head. This club has never yet forgotten Its dig nity. "When Mr. Bowser's brains had thor oughly enjoyed the novel situation he was given a bowl of rice and two chop sticks and requested to eat. He did fairly welL Indeed, the few members that yet doubted that he was a game old sport were by this time fully con vinced that he was a good loser. "The next step was to request a speech from him on the bulwarks of American Liberty. This was to show nil laniuaruy win, ure imviiJica government. Hhe wobbled somewhat. That is, he mixed Columbus, Napoleon, the Pyramids, Washington and the Bat tle of Bunker Hill together, and once or twice he started to say something about Mrs. Bowser, but all things con sidered, he got through very welL There were no roars of laughter.All about him was silence and dignity. The Gay Old Boys have never yet forgotten what Is due to themselves. "Mr. Bowser was then posed on a beer keg standing on end and was draped as Julius Caesar, while four members of the club, provided with po tatoes, retired to the other side of the hall and threw at him. He objected At first, but finally announced that he Black Joe' from any that we had ever heard, and it was somewhat mixed witn 'Annie Laurie' and 'John Brown,' but ro criticisms were made. The Gay Old Boys never criticise. "A few minutes later Mr. Bowser asked permission to deliver an oration in Latin. He was not encouraged and not refused, and he went ahead. In delivering his oration the name of Mrs. Bowser was frequently used, but we could not exactly make out what he was driving at. The Gay Old Boys never interfere in family matters. I WANTED Men everywhere to work my new, money-making plans. Experience unnecessary. victor KainDelt, box 2M, lerre Haute, Ind. WANTED A bright young man to take working interest in a good real estate business. Address W. X., care Journal. WANTED An experienced colored boy about 18 years of age to work about the place. 427 Topeka ave. $210 motor cycle or horse and buggy fur nished our salesmen for traveling and $S5 per month and expenses, to take or- T I 1 w -.1,. o L "T jli. no ""cu cv j world. rou will receive postpaid a oeautl- Mr. Bowser had got hold of a second fUi 16x20 reproduction of oil painting in quart oi cnampagne, out no remaras answer to this ad. w rite tor particulars. were made. The Gay Old Boys never remark. "We were about to sing Auld Lang Syne and disperse when Mr. Bowser rose up and said that he would like to put the gloves on with some one for a couple of, rounds. "The remark was laid on the table. "Then the new-born member an nounced that he was the champion runner of the United States, and that he would run any member of the club a distance of thirty miles for any wager named. "The remark was laid under the table. "Mr. Bowser then asked the privi lege of making a few remarks on the death of Cicero, but the meeting ad journed without listening to him. though not before appointing two members to see him home and unlock the front door. That they did their brotherly duty by him there is no cause for doubt. He was received at the door by Mrs. Bowser, and as far as the members could satisfy them selves he was not dragged upstairs feet first. "So far as this club Is concerned not a word would have been said to the outside world had not Mr. Bowser, by his explanations to Mrs. Bowser, forced us into the attitude taken. "G. QUILL, "Secretary Gay Old Boys' Club." (Copyrighted, 1907, by T. C. McClure.) R. D. Martel, dept. 19L Chicago. MAN make postcards at home, no scheme or canvassing, experience unnecessary, $12 salary. Enclose stamp. National Post card Co., Chicago. WANTED For tj. S. army, able bodied unmarried men betwsen ages of 21 and 35; citizens of U. S., of good character and temperate habits, who speak, read and write English, i'or information apply to recruiting orTicer, 522 Kansas ave., Topeka, Kan., or 72? Main st.. Kansas City, Mo. WANTED Detectives; shrewd, reliable man fcr profitable secret service, to act under orders: no experience necessary. Write H. C. Webster, Indianapolis, Ind. HUMOR OP THE DAY. 'Huh!" pessimistically ejaculated the Hon. Thomas Rott. "I don't take no stock In these 'ere colleges. What good is a college education to a statesman, any how? Just so's a member of the legisla ture knows enough Latin to translate the words: 'per diem,' what more does he need or have any shadder of use for?" Puck. "There is a man who has lived on wa ter three months at a time." "Impossible. "Not at all. He is captain of a sailing vessel." Town Topics. Myer (reading) It costs $21 a week to feed a circus tiger. Oyer Well, at that rate what would the monthly board of a catamount to? Chi cago News. Husband I can't think what you want to go to the sea for. You aren't ill. Wife No. not now: but think what t shall be by the time I have looked after everything, packed up and said good-bye to everybody. Meggendorfer Blatter. "Uncle Amos, how did. your boss ac quire his title of colonel?" "Dat goes wlf de plantation, sah. All his ancestors wuz cunnels befo' him, sah Chicago Tribune. Miss Jones (sister of the doctor) Have you heard of Dr. Jones about here? Mr. BInks Rather, mum! Ter see that 'earse and kerridge over there. That's one of 'is funerals. Tatler. The Widow Thirty-five is the most charming age in woman. The Bachelor That's right rt9 hard to get away from a woman of that age. Chicago News. "Was it scientifically possible for Methuselah to have lived 900 years?" "Not in those early times. when there was neither whisky nor to bacco." St. Louis Post Dispatch. v Teacher Don't you know what you come to school for? Johnny Sure! Me father said If I came everyday he'd buy me a billygoat. Chicago News. DISTRIBUTORS wanted everywhere, $25 to $30 made weekly distributing circulars, samples, overseeing adv'g. No canvass ing. Steady. Add. Reliable Adv. Bureau, Chicago. I MADE $50,000 In 5 years in the mail or der business; began with $5. Any one can do the work. Send for free booklet. Tells how to get started. Manager, box 570, Lockport, N. Y. CIVIL service employees are paid well for easy work: examinations at all kinds soon, expert advice, sample questions, and booklet. K 215, describing positions and tellirg easiest anil quickest way to se cure them free. Write now. Washing ton Civil Service school. Washington, D.C. For the use of $600 for 1 year will give $100 bonus and option on property that may have a value of $1,000 by that time, prin cipal safe. E. L., care Journal. FOR RENT 5 room house close in on Polk st., barn is rented for $3 $18. 7 rm. house 3 blocks from Kansas ave., $21. 1 7-room cottage, modern, west side, 1 4 room cottagre. modern, very close in, west side, 6 room modern house, good lo cation, $15. U. U. ULAKELx (JU., Central National Bank bid.. Tel. 738. FOR RENT 6 room cottage 415 Jefferson street.. FOR RENT 7 nice modern rooms near Rock Island depot. Joseph Groll, 102 W. 5th st. FOR RENT 7 room house 333 Polk St., gas for cooking and heating, cistern, city water In house, inquire at J23 poik st. Handy for R. I. people. RENTAL LIST- WANTED To buy from owner for cash a 6 or 7 room new modern home, west side. Address Mrs. C. A. Sparks, 107 W. 11th St., city. WANTED To buy for investment good 5 to 8 room property. Address Invest ment, care Journal. WANTED Veal calves and fat cows. H. M. Bush. Ind. phone 3214. 1010 E. 8th st. WAITED Horses to winter, good care. Box stalls. Ind. phone 2397 Blue. FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT 2 nice rooms upstairs, the drug man 732 Kansas ave. Ask FOR RENT 10 rooms at 116 E. 6th st. suitable for rooming house. Geo. D. Butts, 921 E. 6th st. FOR RENT Newly furnished, and unfur nished rooms, modern. 215 E. 7th st. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, modern house 109 E. 10th sti Ind., phone 818. FOR RENT 925 Qulncy. for light housekeeping. modern rooms FOR RENT Furnished rooms 900 Madi son, gas, bath. Ind phone 3401. FOR RENT Modern hooms. 6356. Ind. phone FOR RENT Board and room at 627 Ty ler st. Modern house. FOR RENT 1 nice front room furnished, light housekeeping, modern. 1200 Jackson. FOR RENT Good furnished rooms cheap 434 Madison st. One fine' modern store room 125 by 140, between 8th and 9th, on Kansas ave. Two modern 7 room houses, East Side. Three 7-room houses, gas, barn. West Side. Two 9-room modern houses. West Side. Three 6-room modern houses, gas. West Side: Three 5-room modern cottages, West Side. Three modern living rooms $20. One modern 10-room brick house. West Side, close in. One modern 11-room house, barn. West Side.- Desk room In modern. office between 6th and 7th for rent, heat, light and janitor service furnished. Two modern 8-room houses. West Side. 1 suite of modern flats, 4 rooms, close In, third floor. $25. One 4-room cottage. East Side. 3 rooms en suite In modern flat, close in, $8.00 and $8.50. Two 3-room houses, gas; East Side. One store room between 4th and 5th, on Kansas ave., $25. Money to loan on Real Estate: Collect Rents, Fire and Tornado and Automobile Insurance written at lowest rates. Call or Inquire of W, C STEPHENSON CO. 609 KANSAS AVENUE.. (OVER RIGBY'S.) Ind. Phone 654. Bell Phone 1450. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Cheap, 2 ponies and 9 shoates Inquire at 1428 Central ave. FOR SALK For Christmas, our non-leak-able fountain pens; are best. Stevla Printing Co... Security bldg. Ind. phone 1743. FOR SALE CHEAP $40. One good piano, $75. Almost new slide trombone. Good as new mandola, $20. PARTNERSHIP REAL ESTATE CO. 107 WEST FIFTH STREET. IND. PHONE 972. FOR SALE Absolute closing out sale of the largest stock of new and second hand automobiles In the U. S. Write for clearance sale list No. 40. Now Is the time to buy. Rochester Automobile Co., Jos. J. Mandery, proprietor, Rochester, N. Y. XMAS trees and decorations at D. O. Coe's Feed and Seed temporary location, 109-111 E. 5th st. Phone 339. FOR SALE At Vx value, Holsteln bulls, Jersey bulls, Duroc boars and Homer pigeons. G. G. Burton, East Seward ave. Ind. phone 7023. FOR SALE 140 egg incubator, price $5. 1. Alorratt. 812 Jefferson st. FOR SALE Drawing tools, table, pattern dook, tinner s tools, at 3U Huntoon sr. FOR SALE Good custom made overcoat at 300 Huntoon st. FOR SALE Good work horse 411 E. 4th St., $60. FOR SALE Five room two story new house, two lots, good barn, 1041 Brooks ave., $2,000. MERRIAM MOKTUAUE CO., COLUMBIAN BLDG. MISCELLANEOUS. I LAY cement cellar floors near brlca prices. J. M. Brain. 201 Stephens St. SOCIALIST MEETING Sunday at 4 p. m. at Socialist headquarters, 410 Kansas are. SUITS to order, cleaning, repairing. press ing, neatly done. 318 E. 4th. Anderson. DYE AND CLEANING WORKS DYE AND CLEANING WORKS DYE AMD CLEANING WOkiU This to the only dry cleaning house In this city. Ladles' and gentlemen's clothing cleaned Ilka new. Give us a call. PHONES 9S7. 820 Kansas Ave, ROEDIGER SON. KOEDIGER 4k SON. FOR SALE 2 pool and one billiard tables. Geo. D. Butts, 821 E. 6th St. FOR SALE Kaffir com in bundles full of seed. F. A. Birch, Bell phone 39712 rings. JPORJEXXHANQR FOR EXCHANGE 120 acres of land near Le Roy, Kansas, for west side Topeka property or western Kansas land. Ad dress S. B. Rohrer, room S, Shawnee Fire bldg. -FOR EXCHANGE 160 acres, well improved, Linn county, Kansas. Price $40 per acre. Want Topeka property. Equity In good 7 room residence on west side for merchandise or any good clear property' for half. $4,500 stock of general merchandise and building, $3,000, for good farm. We have several fine farms to trade for general merchandise and hardware stocks. What have you? GLOBE REALTY CO., 824 KANSAS AVENUE. IND. PHONE 1595. FOR RENT 2 furnished rooms for house keeping, modern, gas heat. 1106 V Buren. FOR RENT Furnished at 418 W. 7th St. rooms, modern. FOR RENT Light housekeeping rooms at Howard's, 210 E. 6th st. OR RENT 3 furnished or unfurnished modern housekeeping rooms 313 W, 7th. FOR RENT ?26 Madison St., modern fur nished room for gentleman. Ind. phone 1170. FOR RENT Furnished room, front, mod ern conveniences. 818 Madison st. FOR RENT 3 large office rooms at 706 Knnsa ave. JJr. Koby. GOOD PAY Men wanted eerywhere to tack signs, distribute circulars, samples, etc. No canvassing. Address National Distributing Bureau, '.00 Oakland Bank Building, Chicago, Illinois. WANTED Man with horse at 624 Kansas ave., Tcpekii, Kan. Inquire Saturday or Monday. TURKEYS an.l cb.ckens given away for best shot. Shi-oting gallery 503 Kan. ave. CITY FREE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Commercial CTub room. 627 Kansas ave. No charge for securing wora or help. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Girl for domestic work. In quire Superintendent Topeka hospital.. I MADE $50,000 in 5 years in the mail or der business; began with $5. Any one can do the work. Send for free booklet. Tells how to get started. Manager, box 570. Lockport. N. Y. WANTED Cook waitresses, lunch coun ter girls, $25 per month; head waitress, $30 a month, board, room and pass; cham bermaids, laundresses, man and wife for farm. TOPEKA EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. 609 KANSAS AVE. PHONES: IND. 1132. BELL 1630. CAPITAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Established In Topeka the Past 17 Years. Wants women cooks, $30 mo. Experienced dining room And lunch counter girls, $20 to $40 per month, with Board, room and pass. Pantry girls $15 to $20 mo. Experienced house girls. Hotel maids. Housekeeper. Man and wife cooks For the South. $0 mo. Kitchen help. Office girl. 811 KANSAS AVE. PHONE 662. WANTED Stenographer, care Journal. Address V. C, ANY Intelligent person may earn good Income corresponding for newspapers; experience unnecissary No canvassing. Send lor full parti-ulrs. Press Syndi cate. Lockport. N. Y. WANTEDr AGENTS. WANTED Ageta7orfTnenpropsitionr male or female. Call at once. Amain Land Improvement Co., 123 W. 7th at. FOR RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT 7 rooms, modern, 305 W. Sth st. N. B. Campbell, tsuo M-ansas ave. SPECIAL for a few days, 2 modern flats, heat, water and Janitor service free, $26 per month. Ind. phone 654. FOR RENT 3 room cottage, gas heat and light, water, close in. Inquire 617 W. 6th. FOR RENT 1048 Morris, 7 room modern house, $16. Ind phone 2523 black. FOR RENT I room house. E. 6th St. Inquire 1412 FOR RENT 4 room cottage, water and gas. 323 Harrison st. Inquire 1st door north. EXCHANGES 4 room house, 1 lots. Want horses, cattle or hogs. 7 room west side house, 2 lots. Want modern west side residence and pay difference. 9 room west side modern house for smaller rental. 5 room east side cottage, rents for $10. Want west side residence and pay difference. 8 room, modern, west side, will take vacant lots or small rental for part. 2 small rental cottages for 80 to 160 Shawnee county and pay difference. Farm in Oklahoma for Shawnee Co. farm or Topeka residence. 80 acres 20 miles south. Want" To peka dwelling. 40 acres mile from car line. Want small tract west of Washburn. 80 acres S. E. Kansas. Want To peka rental,. 160 acres S. E, Kansas. Want Tope ka rental. W. J. EICKENBACHER, 534 KANSAS AVENUE. PHONE 163. FOR RENT 5 room house, electric light, gas heat, sewer, city and cistern water, newly papered. 230 Qulncy. FOR RENT New 4 room cottage $10 mo. ISO Twiss ave. Inquire 614 Polk st. FOR RENT 5 room house, no children, 617 Monroe. Inquire 827 Madison st. FOR RENT Houses on east side. Peter son, 514 Monroe St. Phone 5704. FOR RENT 409 E. 17th St., 3 rooms. 23d and Pennsylvania ave.. Highland Park', 6 rooms. 518 E. 17th, 5 rooms. SHAWNEE AGENCY. 534 KANSAS AVENUE. IND. PHONE 505. FOR RENT New modern cottage of 6 rooms, bath. Inquire 1333 Garfield st. FOR RENT 1907 Fillmore St., 7 rooms, $12. 938 Morris ave., 4 rooms, 2 up, 2 down, $10.00. 604 W. 8th, 7 rooms, bath. $20. 1705 Huntoon, 6 room cottage, $17. 1324 Lincoln. 6 rooms and bath, $20. 7th and Madison, 9 rooms, $35. 630 Morris, 4 rooms, gas, city water. $12. 909 Van Buren, 6 rooms, $12.50. Corner 14th and Fillmore, 8 rooms, mod wen, city and cistern water, $30. 117 W. 10th st, 8 rooms, bath, modern $25.00. 819 Huntoon.- 7 room modern flat, $18.. 1109 Grand ave.. 6 room cottage, $12.60. .THE CAPITOL REAL ESTATE CO. WILSON NEISW ANGER. 116 WEST SIXTH STREET. -PlioNE 948. FOR RENT 508 W. 1st St., 4 roorns $12. Bennett Charles, both phones 277. FOR RENT Strictly modern 9 room house 306 Tyler St., $25. Both phones 617. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Prairie hay, bound kaft'ir coin with seed on, cut before frost; cane hay. Ind. phone 6S97. Chas. Hothan. GAS BURNERS, mantles and light sup plies, wholesale and retail. Largest stock in city. Get our prices. H. M. Cross Cy cle Co., 810 Kansas ave. Ind. phone 1486. FOR SALE 1400 pound work horse, sound, single or double. Cheap. Ferguson, Ind. phone 9114. FOR SALE Household furniture, fruit, vegetables, sold together. 506 N. Harrison. FOR SALE Good driving horse, cheap. 531 Topeka ave. FOR SALE Piano player, up-to-date and as good as new, used less than one year, fits any piano. 25 pieces of music, cost $250. I will take $125. Dr. Heatherly, S25 Clay st.' Both phones. FOR SALE Thoroughbred Esquimax dog 3 months old. Call Ind. 2921 Red. FOR SALE Cider and apples. 614 Monroe St. Phone 6704. Peterson, FOR SALE Loose or baled hay, fine bound cane, kaffir. J. N. Edgar. Ind. 6294. FOR SALE Organ for $10. 921 E. 6th St. FOR SALE 36 size overcoat in perfect condition. 1348 Mulvane st. Phone 2762. FOR SALE--Thoroughbred Poland China boar, 2 years old; $25. Call 720 Kansas ave. Ind. phone 811 or 8006. FOR SALE Billiard and pool tables, easy payments, lowest prices. You can not afford to waste time with commission agents. Buy from the factory. Catalogue free. The Brunswlck-Balke-Collender Co., 537 Delaware st., Kansas City, Mo. FOR SALK 600 business cards for $1.25; 500 envelopes $1.25; 500 letter heads, $1.50. See them; first class printing at propor tionate rates. Trapp, 714 Kansas ave. FOR SALE A fine collection of plants at 1021 Van Buren st. HOWARD'S EXCHANGE AND EASY payments i or tne best rooming houses in mis city, iuu or custom, with the het of excuse for selling: also 6 3-roomed cot tages, rent $37 per month, price $3,500, will pay difference or assume mort. 20 acres chicken ranch, only $1,200, want Inside property, also 5 room house and store room, $1,500. want outside acres. 11.500 to $2,000; close in suburban home, want To peka rentals, 5 room house 4 blocks east state nouse, only i,6W. part cash, 4 room house, one lot, only $550; acre tracts from 1 to 12 acres, part cash. 6 room house and store house, rents at $15 per month. Price $1,250; cash. 3 business houses, small town, rents at $60 per month. Price $5,000; want nice home west side. Will pay $2,000 to $4,000 difference. For exchange, from $1,000 to $12,000 worth of city property Co. seat of Johnson county, best county In Kansas; want stock of hardware or fur niture or printing plant in town of 2,000 or over. JOHN HOWARD, 210 East Fifth St. BUSINESS CHANCES. WANTED All who have money In bank and can't check it out to give me your checks. I will invest them In a great mountain full of rich gold ore that, pays you 10 per cent or more every month for a life time. Come, try a I'ttle, anyway for a year. If you are dissatisfied will then nay back money with 10 oer cent in terest. Business men. bankers, everybody says I have the genuine stuff. Several people in Topeka have nut in -over 11. mo eachi and lots more are thinking about it. mere s over iw lor smaller amounts. In vestigate soon. M. A. POND, 609 KANSAS AVE. FOR SALE Chile, short order and con fectionery business. A snap and money maker for you if taken soon. Other bus iness demands my attention. Address X. O., care Journal. PARTY worth $5,000. $1,000 cash and bal ance later, can make $6,000 a year, busi ness solid and legitimate. Local business room branches at other points. E. J., care Journal. WANTED To trade 10 room house, olose In, for store In small town near Topeka. Call or address 511 East Tenth St., To peka, Kan. DO you need capital to extend or start business? If so write me before arranging business. Write me today. Exceptional facilities for placing stocks or bonds) quickly. Everett Dufour, corporation at torney, De Droit bldg., Washington,D.C. Washington, D. C. BETTER THAN FARM MORTGAGES. We are just organising a company for the manufacture of our new line of potato machinery. Our territory, the whole U. S No competitors in the west. Will not require large capital. Dividends 6 times larger than real estate mortgages. Let us show you our machines at 306 Kansas ave. Phone Ind. 953 or 6932. B H. PUGH MFG. CO. JFTORIWTS J. C. RODMAN, blooming nlants.eut flow ers. Plants, designs, decorations. 106 W Sth. Tel. 87. Greenhouse 12th and Monroe. CUT FLOWERS, floral designs, special attention given out of town orders, at Hayes. 107 W. 8th st. Both phone J77. FOR TRADE Half dozen talking machines, cost $15 to $25 each. Want to trade for guns, re volvers and bicycles. PAINE BROS. 325 KANSAS AVE. WANTED To trade good farm In Blaine county, Oklahoma, for Topeka property near Christ hospital. Address E. L. H., care Journal. LEGAL. Published In The Topeka State Journal Dec. 14, 1907.1 NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. In re The Lewis-Tut tie Mfg. Co.. Bank rupt. IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 1084. The creditors of the above named bank rupt, of Topeka, State and District afore said, are hereby notified on the 3rd day of December, 1907, it was duly adjaudged bankrupt; and that the first meeting of said creditors will be held at the office of the referee, 701 Jackson st.. In the olty of Topeka, Kansas, on the 28th day of De cember, 1907, at 10 o'clock a. m., at which time said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt, and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting. J. G. SLONECKER, jnereree in isanaruptcy. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 13, 1907. Scheduled liabilities $6,221. Scheduled assets, $2,000. -AUCTION. PUBLIC SALE OF HAY AND CORN I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder at the What Cheer Farm, seven miles south of Topeka, one mile south of Pauline, three miles north of Wakarusa. on Tuesday, Dec. 17th, 1907, the following described property, to-wlt: 28 stacks of prairie hay, 11 stacks of timothy and clo ver hay, 15 tons alfalfa In barn, 25 tons mixed hay In barn, 26 acres of corn In field. This hay is all in good shape, be ing put up without any rain. Parties wish ing to investigate this feed prior to date of sale can do so by applying to Mr. Moody on premises. This is a bona fide sale and sells without reserve. If you want feed in large or small quantities don't fall to attend this sale. Sale com mences at 1 o'clock. Terms of Sale: A credit of 8 months will be given without Interest if paid when due; If not paid when due to draw 8 per cent from date of sale, purchaser giving note with approved security. Three per cen discount for cash on time sales. All property to be settled for before removal. A. H. BATES, President. CHARLES M. CREWS Auctioneer. BOMGARDNER A BELL. Successor to G. B. Palmer. Funeral di rectors and licensed embalmera. 621 Jack son st. Phones 146. Free ambulance. L. M. PEN WELL, funeral director and embalmer. First class service, reason able prices. B11 Qulncy st. Both phones iml FOUNLl The place where you can aet an Imported oil painting with each purchase of a box of cigars is at H. Heine's store, 219 Kansas ave. LOST Near the N. W. corner of Santa Fe depot a small handbag. Please re turn to owner at office of Warren M. Crosby Co., and receive reward. BICYCLES AND REPAIRING. U S. CYCLE CO.. 118 E. Eighth. National HOTELS. NEW OXFORD hotel. $1 per day. Little. lonn. proprietor. 323 Kansas are. TRANSFER AND STORAGR MERCHANTS' TRANSFER 4b STOKAGK Co.. packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. 186. Clarence Skinner, (11 Qulncy st. WE carry a complete line of Rodgers Bros.' 1447 knives and forks, teaspoons, ladles and cold meat forks, at S. Freid berg's. 507 Kansas ave. FOR Rodgers' 1847 knives and forks call at S Freidberg's. 607 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Cane hay- delivered $5 per ten. Ind. phone 6896. PAWN SHOPS. WE PAY HIGHEST CASH PRICE FOK 2d hand domes, snoes. nats ana over coats. Drop a ca-d or call Ind. phone 153S. MACHINE SHOPS. For up-to-date gunsmiths and electricians see H. B. Howard, It Kan. ave. Tel. 501. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Modern 8 room house and I lots on Governor's Square, $5,300. Ad dress X. R.-, care Journal. FOR SALE At panic price, II acres one mile east of city limits. G. G. Burton owner, Seward ave. Ind. phone 7023. FOR SALE 640 acres of smooth well located Logan Co. farm land, at $12.60 per acre. Terms to suit. Will divide up In quarters, halves. Ind. phone 13312. Or trade for Shawnee or adjoining land. MOFFITT. S HILLING L AW A CO? REAL ESTATE, LOANS, RENTAL, -AGENTS. 206 WEST SIXTH ST. BOTH PHONES 1065. TOPEKA. KAN. FOR SALE By the owner, fine new room cottage, bath, cellar and attic. 2 lots, near Washt rn. Price $1,900. Ind phone 403. FOR SALE Cheap, well improved subur ban home, 7 acres. Just outside city limits, near Santa Fe shops. G. G. Bur ton owner, E. Seward ave. ORANGE Grove Sub-division, Galveston County, Texas., K acre tracts $600 to -$700. Big returns from small outlay.Come and see us about it. Smith R, E. Agency. Topeka. J FOR SALE 6 room cottage. S lota lara barn. Bargal $2, 100.00 New hou 7 rooms, modern, near paved st. and Wash burn car line. $4,0no. c. O. BLAKFI v a. CO.. Central National v u.HL 73S. J. t

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATfi JOURNAIr SATURDAY EVIONG.-: DECEMBER 14, 1907. I.; FOR SALE REAIi ESTATE. FOB SALE REAIi ESTATE. FOR SALE REAti ESTATE. IF YOU HAVE SAVED SOME MONET Ana don't know Jurt what to do with It for safety put It Into one of those modern 'Westlawn" home. Take your choice of two of rooms, two of 8 rooms and two of rooms, complete In every detail, as all Westlawrt homes are. Also choice of three room homes between 10th and 11th, on Western ave., nearly completed. Keep your eye on these very elegant homes,. W will prove to YOU that we can give you more value for your money In any of these properties than you can possibly find elsewhere In Topeka If you will only allow us to show you. t It don't require so very much ready cash to own one. Let us explain our proposition. STRAUBB AGENCY. 107 E. 7TH. BAILEY BB08., 106 E. 7TH. G. L LYTLE, Mgr., 824 LANE. IND. PHONE 1639. RODOER8, DAVIS pO., 110 W. 6TH. LUCAS LAGEESTROM, 108 W. BTH. BEST THINGS IN THE MARKET BEST THINGS IN THE MARKET double floors, maple, BEST WESTLAWN- A mod 8 rooms. quarter sawed oak finish, east front, shade. BEST IhJuse and $1,200 grounds 61 by for $3,600. 8 rooms, all modern, east front, paved St., close to car, $1,000 down. BEST WEST modern. 5 blocks of capitol, $2,900. 6 blocks ou? 8 roomsnodern. large porch, good barn fine old shade. 42 ft., best lo cation, $3,100. 6 blocks, 8 room modern, shade. $2,550. BEST ,EkVfsn"rooms, modern, complete. $3,500. Would exchange for imlom west side. New 8 rooms, all modern. 1 corner lots, paved St., J3ST5. rooms Madison, paved, $1,900. 8 rooms Jefferson St.. 1 lots, paved, $2,'200i BEST TRADERS Finney coounty for Topeka or farm property; 30 1 pt suburban for city: 40 acre farm close in for livery; 160 acres, improv ed 9 miles noh: take in a good SO. Kansas Telephone Exchanges, $16,000; Sice part in central or western Kansas land. Western livery for a farm; house and store room, east side, for residence. BEST QTA1cirrom Best cheap houses. Best farms. Best easy payment plan, etc., etc. For best everything, see 6 ACRES S L'RBURBAN HOME. W. M. FORBES CO. BOTH PHONES. 107 WEST SEVENTH ST. FARM BARGAINS 160 acres S miles N E of Topeka, 125 acres in cultivation, balance In pasture.. Pract'cally all tillable and very fine soil, 5 room house, good barn and many oth er outbuildings, 2 good wells, etc.. $62.50 per acre. 360 acres '5 miles west of Topeka, near good town. This is a very fine stock and Brain farm 125 acres in cultivation, balance in pasture, meadow, orchard, etc., 5 om hou?e. barn, etc., 30 acres growing wheat to go with place and only $30 per acre Get in on this bargain. 160 acres very fine land S. E. of Topeka, good, new Improvements of every de scription 100 acres in cultivation, 20 acres in fine old orchard. In fact, this farm Js good enough for anybody and you should see it Price $10,000 a0 acres 13 miles west of Topeka and near good little town. All tillable except about 3 acres. Good new improvements that are worth almost as much as we ask 'Ve'ownOOobacres of very fine land in eastern Colorado and we defy anybody to show its equal considering quality and price. Over 5.000 acres of fine bottom land. If you are looking for an Investment, see us at once. L. S. LOVITT SON. S12 KANSAS AVENUE. -i f PHONES: IND. 1507. BELL 1017. 160 ACRE FARM $30 DOWN You can buy now the finest productive land In Mexico for $3.50 an acre. You know there is a great tide of Immigration to Mexico. Do you know why? Because It is the only good cheao land left. It is cheap because the railroads have not come in. The Southern Pacific, however, is building now and will pass through this territory we are offering you at this low figure. In all human proba bility before you have finished paying for your 160 acres at $3.50 per acre, it will ell at a better price than the best Oklahoma and Texas lands. ORANGES YIELD $520 AN ACRE. BANANAS YIELD $300 AN ACRE. COFFEE YIELDS $300 AN ACRE. This same land also grows any and all of our northern crops. Immense profits await you if you simply wish to hold it for an Investment. Land, as vou all know, is the safest and surest bank in the world. WITH EVERY PURCHASE WE WILL GIVE FREE A LOT in Castellot, a town we are building up and to which we will donate churches and schools. Every man wants to own land. When these Mexican lands are all sold out the opportunity for acquiring good cheap land will have passed forever. Don't delay. Remember this land is in the corn country in THE RAIN BELT. Here s your PtFiItlUoutrcoupon and mall today and we will send FREE our beautiful book on MEXICO, giving you full description and how you can own an estate of 160 acres with a few dollars down and a few dollars saved every year. FREE INFORMATION COUPON THE STRAUSS AGENCY. 107 E. SEVENTH ST., TOPEKA. KAN. Gentlemen: Please send me free information respecting Mexico and details of vour land offer, NAME h ADDRESS 6 ACRES 3 BLOCKS FROM CAR LINE. GOOD 4 ROOM COT TAGE, BARN, WELL. SMALL. ORCHARD, A FINE LOCATION FOR SUBURBAN HOME, $2,500 $600 CASH. NINE YEARS' TIME ON BALANCE AT 7 PER CENT INTEREST. W. D. THOMPSON, I 106V4 WEST FIFTH ST. IND.. PHOHNE 1738. FOR SALE 5 rooms, 2 lots, Shawnee ave., $1,609. 4 rooms. South Topeka, car line, $900,- 7 room house, 3 lots, near 7th and Morris ave.. cheap at $2,600. 8 room house, 6 lots, on Highland Park car line. A bargain at $2,500. 160 acres 2 miles to station, 16 to Topeka, meadow land, S4.SG0. 360 acres 4 miles from Elk river, Green wood Co., meadow, $15 per acre. 820 acres Hamilton Co., $2,000. 160 acres Gray Co.. $1,200. 160 acres Logan Co., $1,100. FOR EXCHANGE 8 rooms, suburban tract, barn, fruit, shade, 13,000. Want inside place. 3 room cottage 1st and Madison, oO. Dav difference on SI. 500 home. 14 room boarding house, close in, $6,500. Want merchandise stock and building. 4 tenement houses, a lots, shop district, tt.OOO. Want clear farm land. 355 acres Phelps Co.. Mo.. $7,000; mort- eaee I2.o00. vvant farm for eouity. 240 acres Bourbon Co., $10,000; want To peka rentals 2 or ,3 dwellinffs. 400 acres Bourbon Co.. $16,)00. Want a farm within 100 miles Kansas City. MARION SHELDEN- -.-Ind. Phone 3S64. 60S Kansas Avenue. FOR SALE REAI -ESTATE. SPECIAL BARGAINS' $6,O0O-BUYS FINE NEW 8 ROOM MOD -ERN RESIDENCE, 2 E. FRONT V, LOTS FACING HOLLTDAY PARK QUICK. t 1,000 BUYS GOOD 6 ROOM MODERN RESIDENCE, EAST FRONT, 12TH AND TYLER. 2.200 BUYS GOOD ROOMS, MODERN HOME, FINE LOCATION. WEST BIDE, CLOSE IN. 8.000 FINE MODERN 6 ROOM COT- ;TAGE. THE BEST" PAVED RESI DENCE STREET ON THE-WEST SIDE. 1,800 BUYS NICE 6 ROOM NEARLY MODERN HOME. CLOSE IN, ON POLK STREET, 1.100 TO $1,5006 SPECIAL-BARGAINS, 4 TO 6 ROOMS, GOOD LOCATION ON WEST SIDE. LET US SHOW V you. PARTNERSHIP REAL-ESTATE CO. Ind. Phone 972. 107 W. 6th, Bell 1351. FO'RC- SAl-JE-rfUSAt i flESTATlfc FOR SALE: REAL ESTATE. V 1 i HOMES AND INVESTMENTS 5 lots on Seward nye., oar Una, walking distance to all shops, with room cot tage, rent $12 per month, a choice borne location,, With fruit and fehade,' or room for 4 more houses. Price, $1,700. h'. A delightful 8 room cottage, brand new, lvt lots, good water. brick walk Price $1,160, 13 acre tract adjoining the city, no ImprovemenU. $tl00. This lsv suitable for fruit and is e bargain. i 801 Harrison St., east front lota, I houses, combined, rent $40. Pries $4,250. choice lota on CoUegf ave., gas. water,5 sidewalks, sewer, electric car, ahade. Price $2S0, each. lota near Bethany college, eaeh-$700. At room modern cottage, 1V lots, on paved at., gas and electric, light, city, and cistern water, bed room, laundry lit' paved basement. Price $2,600. '1 room modern residence, besides reception hall and bath, plenty of closets. combination gas and electric '.light fixtures, good furnace, oak finish, maple floors, on Lincoln, pear 10th. Price $3,850. 'V TUB CAPITOL REAL ESTATE CO. WILSON NEISWANGER; r .11$ WEST SIXTH STREET. PHONES 948. SNAPS IN 'CITY PROPERTIES FINANCIAL FLURRY BARGAINS Harrison street, east front, 114 lots, 4 large rooms, well, chicken house and sew er connections, gas, young. shade, house newly papered. Cheap as bull beef at a penny a pound, at $860. Good millinery stock, located In a town of 1,000 population, the only stock of its kind in the town will' invoice $700. Price $500. Good reason for selling. Restaurant for sale, doing a fine busi ness. For quick sale 8S00. Good 5 room cottage, near 6th and Bu chanan,, well and cistern,- cellar, small barn, rents for $15 per month and must be sold before the holidays Price $1,500. We have everything listed from a buzz- saw to a merry-go-round and a 25 foot lot to a 10,000 acre tract. J' DAWSON PIERSON, .106 EAST SIXTH STREET. PHONES: IND. 1038. BELL 1443. TWO EXCELLENT FARM OPPORTUNITIES. 200 acres 7tt miles west of Topeka. good S room house, t wells, 30 acres timber, balance pasture and plow land.good black soil. Only $30 per acre. Terms. 40 acres 18 miles N. E. of Topeka. 2 miles from shipping point, 6 room frame house, good condition, plenty of water, 2 acre apple orchard, assorted fruit. 6 acres timber, 5 acres fenced with hog tight fence, balance pasture, plow and meadow land, $45 per acre. Give as an offer. SHAWNEE AGENCY. IND. PHONE 60S. 634 KANSAS AVENUE. FOR SALE New rental property in shop district. Eafe and profitable investment, for about 'fE. TORRINGTON, 109 W. Sixth St. FOR SALE HOMES IN OAKLAND T rooms, cellar, well, barn, 4 east front lots, shade and fruit, only $1,100. 6 rooms, 8 lots, cheap at $1,000. Cottage 4 rooms, large bam, lota, $1,600. S rooms, barn. 4H lots, $1,150. 4 acres in Oakland, improved, $5,000. 5 acres joining Oakland, improved. $S,800. 21 acres joining Oakland, quick sale. $900. Have 110 acre Improved farm Franklin C?S ln to exchanv for land in Mo.- 160 Decatur Co.. Kan.. Improved, for Oakland rental. 6 acres mineral land in Finney Co., Mo., to exchange for vacant lota or equity In house. P. C MOORE, Office corner Wabash and Indiana, Ave., Oakland, Kan. w. -CHRISTMAS COMING JLm r?tter Prsent can you give your ramuy than a nice modern house 8 rooms, open grate and BIO CHIMNEY, for Santa Harrl" down. Mrs. Theodore Saxon. 1267 FOR BALE 1.440 acres In Greenwood Co.. "n-- timber and two creeks, twelve IZJ.P,00!- wlt buildings, one mile from depot. $40 per aore. R. H. MOORE. REAL ESTATE AGENT. Yatea Center. Kansas. FOR SALE 8 room 2 story, mantel and grate in parlor, gas, 2 lots, close In. $1. Jj J. D. Miller, 616 Kansas ave. Ind. FOR SALE A good business corner east of shops. WiU sell cheap. Brings 10 per lent In rent. Ind. phone 878. J. E. SHAFFER CO. 112 EAST 6TH STREET. TOPEKA, KAN. 2 lots Qulnton Heights, close to street cars, school and church, good new 3 room cottage, cellar, well, barn, chicken house, $750. 1 lota Harrison St., nice shade, close to street cars, school and church, good cottage of 4 large rooms, gas, sewer con nection, chicken house, all In good condi tion. $900. 27 feet front on E. 8th St., close in, fine location, good 6 room cottage, gas, cellar, well, rents for $14. Price $1,500. 2 lots near corner of 7th and Jefferson sts good 6 room house, gas, cellar, cis tern, well. A splendid property very cheap, $2,400. V& lots Quincy St., fine location, good new modern 8 room cottage. Price $2,400. Wt lots Monroe st., very close in, fine location, good modern 9 room house, good large barn, rents for $38. Price $3,650. Wt lots Monroe St., fine location; good modern 6 room house, large barn. Price $3,500. We also have a fine large list of farms, ranches and garden tracts for sale. SPEND CHRISTMAS IN -YOUR OWN HOME. Near Christ hospital is an 8 room frame house in excellent repair, 3 lots, all kinds of small fruit, gas, cistern, city water. that can be bought for $2,400. Will take small property as payment. Don't fail to look at this. On E. 2d St., 4 rooms frame .dwellings. bath room, 31 feet front, gas, city water. only $1,500. $100 cash. 4 large rooms, 2 lot.s, excellent welt'out buildings, rents for $8. Can be bought for $750. Terms if desired. 12th and Quincy, 7 room modern stone house, in excellent repair, bathv well, cis tern, city water, 3 lots. Owner has equity of $1,200 to trade for small property. Only $3,000. SHAWNEE AGENCY, 534 KANSAS AVENUE. IND. PHONE 505. CLAY STREET CLAY STREET CLAY STREET r, near 6th, 8 room house. 40 foot east front lot. cis-' Tern, city water, shade. gas. always occupied. at j17.so per month. $1,800 for a FEW DAYS. ELMER R. BARNES CO ELMER R. BARNES CO ELMER R. BARNES CO. 121 WEST FIFTH ST: FINE TRUCK FARM S'CHEAP AT THE PRICE DESIRABLE 6 ROOM HOUSE AND S ACRES OF GROUND. ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR GARDENING PUR POSES. THIS PROPERTY 'ADJOINS auburndaLk SPECIAL PRICE FOR ONE WEEK $1,250. rodgers. Davis co. 110 WEST SIXTH STREET. IND. PHONE 418. FOR SALE Very attractive new 8 room modern house, fine neighborhood, southwest state house, near the park, $5,600. Taylor, near 3d, 1 lot. nice cottage, 4 rooms, gas, well, cistern, stable, $1,300. Clay, near 3d, 1H lots. 7 rooma, bath, gas and fine ahade, $2,600. J. Ev TORJUNGl-ON, 109 W, 6TH ST. FOR SALE 508 W. 1st St.. $50 down, $15 per month. B, and L. plan. 4 nice rooms, gas, city water, VA lots. Come quick. Bennett Charles, 632 Kansas ave. Both phones 277. FOR SALE BY OWNER Completely modern e room cottage, hot air furnace, with gas heat, electrio lights large bath room. 2 lots, large new barn, on paved street, 1 block 'rom governor's mansion. Price $$,600, or will trade for modern 2 story residence in good location on west aide. Address A. M., care Journal. FOR SALE An immediate offer will buy my residence 723 W. 6th. ave. Topeka, very cheap. C. C, Baker. Latbrop. Mo. $200 CASH $200 CASH J 200 CASH BALANCE $15 PER MONTH, FOR NEW 6 ROOM COTTAGE HOME 2 LOTS, FINE LOCATION, WEST TH STREET, GAS, HEAT AND LIGHT. ELMER R. BARNES CO ELMER R. BARNES CO ELMER It. BARNES CO. J21 WEST FIFTH ST. FOR SALE 8 rooms, chicken house and yards, stable, all new, fruit and shade, a lots, on Vinewood line. Cut rrom $2 500 to $2,800 for 10 days. J. D. Miller. 615 Kansas ave. Ind. phone 1548. FOR SALE Harrison, near Rock Island, 6 rooms. 1 lot, $1,100. Small payment down, balance monthly. SHAWNEE AGENCY, ind. Phone 605. B34 Kansas Ave. 114 North Lake St., 8 lots, 4 room cot tage, cellar, gas. stable, fruit. Only $1,500. GLTHRIE FLETCHER. Ind. Phone 5961. lis E. Fifth St, 2 SALE My residence at a sacrifice, fine location, every, modern convenience "nd finest shade trees In town. George B. Palmer, 1021 Van Buren St. FOR SALE 3 room house and S lots, $400. A bargain. 876 Straight St.. Oakland. OWNER LEAVING OWNER LEAVING OWNER LEAVING OWNER LEAVING "AND MUST SELL HIS NEW UP-TO-DATE HOME OF 7 1 LARGE ROOMS. BEAUTIFUL -RECEPTION HALL WITH OAK MAN TEL'AND A GARWOOD GAS-' GRATE, -FULL, BRICKED BASE' MENT IS' EQUIPPED. FOR A LAUNDRY. POIiSfiLED-MAPLE" FLOORS, HOUSES' MODERN IN r EVBRYHESPECT, 40 FOOT EAST LOT, FINE LOCATION, WEST!' SIDE. THE PRICE WILL PLEASE YOU IF THE HOUSE DOES. LET ME SHOW YOU. T ELMER R. BARNES CO. EIjMER R. BARNES CO. Elmer r. barnes co. 121 WEST FIFTH ST. $1,7001 lot, 6 room residence, cellar) cistern, city Water) sewer; gUs, paving, near 13th and Polk. v...,. a.208 av lots, 7 room cottage, cellar, cistern; orty- -waterr banw ,sewer.-tectrle- light and gas. fine location, west side. Come and see us quick about this. 2,800 X. room residence, cellar, well, cistern, ottjr water?, bat!4 ..'barnj.' sewer,, gi West Side. i :'--1- 2,2002 lots. 6 room cottage, cistern, city water, barn.' sewer,! gas, on Taylor St., near 7th. i 2,0005 room residence, cistern, city water, bam, sewer, i gas, Fillmore St., near 6th. 1,6001 lots, 6 room cottage, cellar, well, cistern, barn, sewer, gas. On Clay St.. near 12th. WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER pF OtHER, DESIRALILE PROP ERTIES AND WILL BE GLAD TO SHOW- HEM TO YOU AT ANY, time. V THERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE FINE MODERN HOMES STILL LEFT IN WESTLAWN. COME AND SEE US ABOUT THEM.- r LUCAS St LAGERSTROM, 102 WEST FIFTH STREET. IND. PHONE 1490. SNAP IN FARM. LI7) GAL. First published in The Topeka State Dvurnii Jec. lO, JW7.I Resolved. That the Mayor and Council of the city of Topeka. Kansas, deem It necessary for the health, welfare and best Interests of said city to construct a sewer in the district of territory described aa follows, to-wlt: Beginning at the point of Intersection of the center line of College ave. with the center line of 15th street; thence north along the center lino of College ave. to a point two hundred and fifty 250) feet nor" of the north line of f ith street in' addition "B to College HIIl he same be ing the north line, extended of lot num bered hundred and twentyrseven (127) Col lege ave. In addition "B to College Hill; thence west along the nortH line of said iJnm,bered ona hundred twenty-seven (137) College ave. and the north line of lot numbered one hundred twenty-eight (12S) Boswell street, in said addiUon "B" to College Hill to the center line of Boswell street; thence south along the center rine of Boswell street to the center line of 16th "iTf'J thetM! est along the center line of 15th street to the point of beginning, in the city of Topeka, Shawnee county.- Kan-as- E. F. STANLEY. GILLETT GILLETT. 104 WEST FIFTH STREET. PHONES: IND. 976. BELL 1545. .COTTAGE -NEW AND MODERNr- NEW 6 ROOM MODERN HOUSE, 1 LOTS. BLOCK FROM CAPITOL, $2,400 A SNAP. V '"GOOD 6 ROOM HOUSE, 1 LOTS) S. 10TH AND CLAY STREET. $2,100 IF SOLD SOON. 140 ACRE FARM. 2 MILES FROM .TOPEKA, FOR RENT? j LOTS IN LANDRUS' PLACE ADDITION, CLOSE TO A., T. S.' F SHOPS, $10 DOWN. BALANCE MONTHLY PAYMENTS. 1 11 J WE HAVE MONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ESTATE. ALSO HAVE SEVERAL HOUSES FOR RENT. it. -.i i OWNER LEAVING CITY 1V4' LOTS, NEW 6 i ROOM COT TAGE, STAIRS TO ATTIC, ATTIC FLOORED, LARGE BATH ROOM, PANTRIES AND CLOSETS, A LARGE. CELLAR,' CISTERN, CLOSE IN ON WEST SIDE. PRICE $2,125. W. D. THOMPSON, 106V4 WEST FIFTH ST. IND. PHONE 1738. i- V A, D. JONES CO. REAL ESTATE AND LOANS. 600 KANSAS AVENUE. TOPEKA. "KAN. FOR SALE AND EXCHANGE 160 acres bottom land, new improve ments, 3 miles from R. R. station, $60 per acre. i 153 acres smooth and.- well Improved, 3 miles from R. R. station, $8,000. 160 acres smooth and Well Improved, 7 miles of Topeka, $55 per acre. 820 acTes. well Improved, 7 miles from Topeka, mile to R. R.- station, $61 per acre. 80 acres, well Improved, 2 miles to R. R, station, good land, smooth, $4,600. SO acres. Improved, good land, to ex change for city property. City property and small tracts, Write or call and see us. This farm Is located northwest of the City about eight miles. There are 143 acres, 70 acres cultivated. 45 acres meadow and 20 acres pasture. There la a good 6 room cottage and a barn for 10 head of stock, 5 acres in orchard. It is watered by well. It is within 3 miles of a railroad station. This farm must be sold within the next week. Come and see us quick about this. LUCAS A LAGERSTROM, 102 WEST FIFTH STREET. IND. PHONE 1490. SAFEST INVESTMENT ON EARTH i i $10.000 Mercantile bldg., 6 year lease, nets 9 per cent above taxes. 1,2602 lots, 6 room house, nets 9 per cent above taxes. 8,600 2 lots, 10 room house, rents $396 per year. 3,600624 ft., .12 room house, rents $360 pet year. 2,6006 room house, west side, 1 lots.. 2,0008 room house, 2 lots, Lowman Hill. r, 4,260 12 room modern house, 2H lots. College Hill. 8,2008 room modern house, 2 lots. College HHL FINE LINE OF SHAWNEE COUNTY FARMS. HOUSES AND LOTS IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. v H.C BOWMAN, 42 COLUMBIA! BLDG. IND. PHONE 681. CHANCE TO GET A START A contractor's outfit for sale, consisting of horses, wagons, harness, scrapers, plows. Owner leaving city and wants to trade this for good remai properxy. DAWSON PIERSON. 108, EAST SIXTH STREET.- -y PHONES: IND. 1038. BELL 1443, CAPITOL SQUARE CAPITOL SQUARE 'CAPITOL SQUARE CAPITOL SQUARE FINE 8 ROOM FULLY MODERU RESIDENCE. 4 ROOMS, RECEP TION HALL, LARGE PANTRY FIRST FLOOR, 4 FINE SLEEP ING ROOMS AND" ELEGANT BATH ON SECOND FLOOR. ROOMY STAIRS TO FLOORED ATTIC THIS IS A FINE CLOSE! IN RESIDENCE AT SUBURBAN PRICE LET ME SHOW YOU. r, ELMER R. BARNES CO. ELMER R: BARNES CO. ELMER R BARNES CO. -121 WEST FIFTH ST. GARLTNGHOUSE REALTY CO. 608 KANSAS AVENUE. PHONES: IND. 1606. BELL 159a 84,600 lots, 6 rooms, modern, hew and fine. In Gdvernof'e' Square, 4,000 S lots, B rooms, modern, oak finish, east front, new and fine. 8.30O7 rooms; new and modern, close in. 2,7506 rooms modern," 6 blocks from Capitol, 2,000 New 6 rooms, modern, close in. 1,9002 lots, 6 rooms, $200 oash, and $20 per month. 1,660 New' 5 room, cottage, cellar, bathroom, city water and gas; $300 cash, $16 per month.' 000 4 room cottage, $100 cash, and $6 month, r HIGH GRADE WATCHES AND DIAMONDS Veritas 28 jeweled Elgin railroad movements, $35; B. "W. Raymond, 19 Jeweled, $24; 17 jeweled, $21; one diamond ring, M, and 1-82 karat, for $30; one karat for $55; two over Vi karat rings at $80, each, at t PAINE BROS. 826 KANSAS AVE, THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED JEWELERS IN TOPEKA, NOW IS THE TIME And- here is tha place to get your real estate bargains, Just ask us about the fol lowing list! -I 3 brand new strictly modern up-to-date t room homes at the corner of 11th and Western avenue,. To appreciate them you must See them. Let us show you These houses are built by Mr. Lytle. You know what that means. Handsome 8 room strictly modern home, with ft lots, la fine location on Fill-' more. Make us 'ah offer. New 6 rooms and reception hall, In good location west side. Price $2,900. Nice 5 room cottage, modern throughout, just a few blocks but. Want offer, 6 rooms, nearly new and partly modern, in good location on Tyler street, Price $2,600. THE STRAUSS AGENCY, 107 E. 7TH ST, FRED 8, BROWN, Mgr. Office Phone 824, First publishes in The Topeka State Journal lec. 14. 1907,1 NOTICE OF CHANGE IN THE CITY boundary liijee of the Third Precinct of the Second Ward of the City of Topeka by annexation of new territory. 1 n .1 OMlnnnA. ...I. w,v ra nii, passea ny me a TQC7OUrtl P5,?' l1907' nd approved Dec. '"wing aescriDea tracts of Hpl.V??u la1d wull of the south I the A'' T- S. F. Railway Co. right-of-way and the north line of Second ?if e btween ne barrelling the east nne of Branner street extended nortW rrom the north line of Second street to the south line of the A., T. 8. F. Rail-lTfJ-V.u f. r'sht-of-way to a paralleling ii"e.w'th the east line of Locust street, ex ohrt rL01"" fv0nl the north line of Sec ond street to the south line of said rail way company right-of-way. i E?i ?nneed tefrltbry havlag been MvA'Z7&?e as,, tracta Vv, 1 '"CTi mtien iana Bounds. L. Di'i2fZiy. .f th following named owners, Ueslgnatedonder' the ordinance geo. 28 and 4 Millie K. Nlchela?' Sec. S; Joaie Webb. TSf- lcr5E?Jek5ll1,w'r:c' na l!? Laid anT Improvement Co, 7 and S. The City e-f Topeka, Seo. John Vetter? Z.'S" Jore"gr properties aving been l.f made a art of the Second cotfnei? cltjrf topeka, -by the city -T- 0Tu"a of ?UDerv1or of. Electlonc Hr fw''Sj; "Ing held on the 12th day 2 Tf3 1i07" br resolution assigned said inifM, PC,P"i to the Third Pre-fh- K'lhe Y": extended. e J,,in3"'y lines of said precinct esst- warn fmm a KnA mi iiuna irom me v.J.r Jl f BZ?2aJ'trt to tB sooth oi a. r: naiiway tight- iVk k wnner "treat, to a line parallel f' TTUiS'iaSfx.pt Locust ""a, sIt to tne outh line of the A.. T. F. Railway right-of-way. C. W. HORN. ra Chairman pro Tem. rBoal. C. FT. TITUS. Secretary. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN My p plication for a permit to aell lntoxlcat ave., in the 3d ward of the city of Topeka, im ju un onice 01 ne probate Judge of Shawnee county, Kansas. The npHrlnir frt tha aaama I m -rr. m Dec". 27. 1907, at 9 o'eiock I'm. mtiiMj i. WALKER. MONEY n loan on .rb SOnal RffllrifV brttteltth-itr1 ril. .Tt. i ers. W. E. Segulne. 413 JC A. Both phones. MONEY to loan on city- property, also nerfmnnl nwin.p( -vn w by the week or month. Topeka Invest- mem ec ioan uo., us Kth st. 4 PRIVATE money to loan in any amount from $200 up at low rates. W. J. Rick enbacher. 634 Kansas Ave. MONEY to loa on personal property. nH V7H.nl SI 9ft Mil rlll I a .r In 28 weeks. G. H. Flintham. notary pub lic. 906 E. 4th st. Either phone 977. MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos, or gana, typewriters, household goods and personal secuty. L. Blsooe. 628 Kan. ave. FREE niSPIWSART. QUINCY STREET FREE DISPENSARY. 621 Quincy st. Conducted by regular practicing physicians and surgeons. Med ical service free. Medicine free la some cases. Olfice hours 2 to 6 p. m. Calls answered night or day. Ind. phone 17(17. PICTUnrc FRAMTWO. Ing done by J. D. Sullivan, 123 W.' Kightlt street. Packln hlprlnr. eta. VETERINARY STTRGEOWS. BARBER SHOPS. MODEL Barber shop 816 Kansas' aval nur cut 10 cence. enave w cents. iEWELERA 1ATDK1 AMES B. HA YDKN,-Jeweler and OdU- clan. Complete stook of watchea. dia monds. silverware, etd. Eyse exainlaed and spectaelee properly fitted. PATTWn. CAPITAL CITY; VITRIFIED BRICK M PAVING CO., 214 E. th st. Mfgra. ol building, paving and sidewalk brick. sATOTARnrsrs. CHRISTS HOSPITAL COTTAGES FOR the care and treatment of nervous Inva lids, aloohol and drug habits and mild cases of mental derangement. W. Lindsay. M. D.. 829 K A.. Topeka, Kaat PHYKIClANP AXT StTRGEOJfS. IDA C. b-iRNEg. M. D. Office T2f Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: a. m. to ll a. m. and I p. m. to 6 p. m. Both phones is residence and Ind. 1318 office. R. O. RHOADES. M. D. Piles Specialist. 732 Kansas avenue. Ind. phone 45. Hours: 10 to 12; 3 to 6; 7:30 to 8:30. DR. H. H. KEITH, surgeon and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office SSI Krtnnnn v. PTFTVT! FTTH NTT UTtE HEPAIRED. ickler does expert furniture pairing. Carpenter and job work alse neatly done. 214 W. 11th et. Belt 1692. FOUN DERS M ACHl NIBSNDPaT tern makers. Topeka Foundry, 818-3JB-322 Jackson st. Both phones 49a J, C. WILSON, contractor and buUder. has moved his. chop to 728 Jackson si. Ind. phone-1244. J. L. "!iay. carpenter and builder, repair and lob work. 110 F. th Tnd. phone 67. TTNNER8. JOHN SKY BOLD, tin reoflna. guttering spoutinj. Estimate on furnace Jobs eheer fuUy given. 114 E. 8th. Ind. 681.

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EVERYBODY 16 PAGES NEEDS IT. BATTJRDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS. DECEMBER 14, 1907. SATURDAY EVENING. FIVE CENTS. LAST EDITION. EVERYBODY 16 PAGES READS IT. '4 f IT IS ALL OVER. Bank Commissioner Announces End of Financial Flurry. Kansas Banks Ready to "Take Off the Lid." GIVES OUT STATEMENT Contains Some Pointed AdTice to Depositors. Advises Those Who Want to Hoard Cash to Get Bonds. "The banks of Kansas are ready to take off the lid." This is the announcement made to day by Bank Commissioner John Q. Royce. Mr. Royce accompanies his announcement of the end of the bankers" flurry" by some good ad vice to the depositors of the state. 'If a depositor feels that he abso lutely must set his money out of the bank, let him go to his banker and ask for the amount of the deposit In bonds, or other gilt edged security. He can hoard the securities all he pleases without interfering with busi ness, and at the same time be getting interest on his money instead of let ting it lay idle. Many depositors de mand cash because they don't know that they can get something even bet ter for the purpose of hoarding." This is the substance of a written statement given out by Mr. Royce to day. The following is Mr. Royce's statement: "The financial trouble so- far as the banks are concerned is about over, but there is danger that the com mercial interests of the country may suffer unless the depositors in banks refrain from withdrawing their de posits except as the needs of their business demands. Not from choice nor in obedience to law but as an emergency measure the banks of the countrv have been forced, as a result of the 'action of the New Tork banks, to restrain the payment of currency. This action on the part of the banks has resulted in conserving- the money of the country, has kept the actual money from finding its way into safety deposit boxes and has been directly in the interest of the depositors as it has saved the banks from closing their doors and the assets being eaten up by expensive receivership litigation to the detriment of the creditors of banks who are in fact the depositors. "The restrictions which have pre vented the depositor from drawing his money as fast as he has thought he wanted it, has served to alarm deposi tors to a greater extent than may be Imagined by those who are not fami liar with the facts. Many depositors h.iv alrpaiiv drawn their deposits and the forthcoming report will show that deposits have been reduced by several millions of dollars and there are douhtless many who are only awaiting the raising of the lid to further reduce the deposits. "The depositor should think twice before withdrawing actual cash from the bank for hoarding purposes. He should first remember that money has no intrinsic value but is only the measure of value, the yardstick by which commodities are measured. The volume of money we now have is sufficiently large to transact the busi ness of the country and it Is good the world over. The commercial interests of the country require that all of the money be kept In circulation and ev ery man who hides away any amount of actual money reduces the circulat ing medium to that extent and his act may seriously interfere with business. No man should question the right of any depositor to withdraw his deposit from a bank, whether the bank Is sol vent or Insolvent, but If It is with drawn from the bank for the purpose of hiding away In a safety deposit box. It should be in the form of some val uable mortgage or other good Interest bearing security and the actual money rhould remain in the banks to serve the purpose for which It has been created. "Banks are permitted by law to loan 73 per cent of all moneys depos ited with them, but must keep a re serve of 25 per cent in cash. Every body understands this who deposits monev in a bank and the banker rare Iv ever fails to keep all of his surplus funds well employed. Now suppose a bank has its money loaned down close to its reserve and a depositor who has ten thousand dollars de mands hls money. It simply means that the banker must demand pay ment of at least the same amount from the borrowing patrons of his bank, and all demands of depositor must be met by the banker demand ing payment from those who have borrowed at his bank, so that If you are required to pav your note at the bank, regardless of whether you are prepared or not, do not be too severe on the banker who makes the demand for It may not be his fault as he has probably asked you to pay your note in order that he may pay the money to the depositor who has become frightened. The law compels the bank to keep Its 25 per cent reserve In ac tual cash and outstanding notes must be collected if the depositor insists upon having his deposits In cash. It the depositor would demand his de posit in some good first mortgage Bonds or other valuable Interest bear ing securities he could hoard that, re ceive a good interest and not In the least interfere with the business of the country. Need Money In Business. "The large merchants, the manufac turers, the railroads, the mine owners and the men of the business t world must have money to transact their business or they will be required to suspend, but if all of the depositors are Insisting upon the payment of their de posits In cash there will probably be no money left in the banks-to be loan ed and such a condition may cause great Inconvenience to operators and may also result in many: artisans and laborers being thrown out; of employ ment. "The matter is of such great Import ance that the depositor should study the situation very carefully, and while no man has a right to -advise another what he shall do with his money, yet the gravity of the situation Is so great a to demand that the circulating money of the country remain undis turbed. If it is to be drawn only for the purpose of hoarding. "The banker and the depositor should get into a closer relationship than may have been their practice In the past. If the bank wishes to retain the money of its depositor in his bank he should be wllllne to satisfy him that his bank Is In a perfectly solvent condition and that his funds are safe while deposited there. On the other hand, -if the de Dosltor becomes alarmed and questions the safety of his deposit while nobody can question his right to withdraw it, yet if he wishes to prevent a contrac tion of the circulating money of the country with its resulting hard times he will not contribute to such condition by hiding away the currency and gold money of the country, on tne contrary if he has anv money so hidden away, he should not delay a single hour; what in my Judgment is his duty, but should take it to some bank and deposit it, or in some other way put it back Into cir culation where it will help to relieve the stringency instead of allowing It to remain in hiding and add to tne strin gency. "The depositor who demands his funds in cash may be forcing his best friend to Dav his note at a time when he can ill-afford to and may perhaps be required to place some of his proper ty upon a destroyed market and at forced sale to raise the money. The banker should not be blamed If he is required to force collections as the law requires him to keep intact one-fourth of all of his deposits in cash or his hunk must close Its doors and as his cash reserve is withdrawn by frighten ed depositors he can replenish it only by demanding immediate payment or his outstanding loans. "In short the business interests or the country depend for continued suc cess greatly upon the action of the de positors in banks. They have it in their power to greatly relieve the situation or by a desire to punish the banker for withholding their funds they will work nniH iniiirv to the business of tne country. The situation demands a very careful handling Dy aeposuora. WALL STREET UPSET. Prospect of I-ower Dividends Has a Demoralizing Influence. -v- t.--1 11 A -variety of factors contributed to the depression in this week's stock market. Of these the money situation was pre-eminent, but much weight was also attached to i i kin... n tvirl.n rarinctinns on prominent stocks and unsettled trade conditions, pariiuumnj m -j metal Industry. Drastic liquidation resulted at times from the calling ot loans by the banks in an effort to for tify their position In anticipation of and an expected call on the state banks tor a statement ui men iuuu' tions. The resultant contraction in loan ible funds sent the call money rates 9k nap on- Hut rliii-incr the latter half of the week this figure was about in tvL-n fn-r renewals. The pre mium on currency was maintained at varying rates, unere was umo roici afforded the market by the gold lm- n.nih u'Prn received. Heavy speculative liquidation went on during the week in American ousai, j.iv York Central and Amalgamated Cop- tV,. n-aa1rn.s In thPRR RtOCkS be ing' variously attributed to unsatis factory trade conditions, bear opera tions and uncertainty as to dividend returns. BURNS THE BREWERIES. Incendiary Thought to Be at Work to Help Sunday Closing. Chicago, Dec. 14. A $250,000 fire in the Cook brewery last night is the third brewery fire since the Sunday closing crusade began in this city. Coming so closely after the others, Fire Attorney Hogan believes that some fanatic, actuated by the belief that brewery destruction helps along the cause, is at work. Mr. Hogan said "While I am not prepared to state positively that the fires have been set, the circumstances are at least peculiar enough to justify me in making the most searching investigation, and I shall not be surprised If we uncover a pyromaniac as the instigator of these fires." The other two breweries which have been atacked by flames were those of the Mullen Brewing company and the Tosetti Brewing company. AUTO ON COWCATCHER. It Is Carried Fifty Yards With Two Men in It. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 14. Sit ting In their automobile and carried for fifty yards on the cowcatcher of a passenger engine, every Instant ex pecting to be ground beneath the wheels of the train, was the harrow ing experience of S. J. Hewson, presi dent of the Menominee Hydraulic Pressed Brick company, and Frank Peck, superitendent of the Menominee branch of the company in Minne apolis, last night. They escaped, how ever, without a bruise. The two men were returning from St. Paul. When they approached the Oak street crossing of the Great Northern, Mr. Hewson, who was driv ing, saw no signals indicating the ap proach of a train. After slowing up a moment he started across the track at full speed. Wrhen the track was reached he saw the passenger train al most upon him. Instead of trying to pass directly in front of the engine, he with remarkable presence of mind cir cled the machine. The automobile was caught upon the fender and car ried some distance with the two men in it. As the train was running at the rate of 10 or 15 miles an hour, it was brought to a stop quickly. The an to mobile was partially wrecked. Belmont Names Ills Committee. New Tork, Dec. 14. Perry 'Bel mont, president of the Publicity Law association has appointed the follow ing non-partisan committee to appear before the committee of congress to which the bills favored by the or ganization have been referred: For mer Senators William E. Chandler and John M. Thurston, Alexander Troup, John E. Lamb, Crammond Kennedy, J. G. Schurman, James H. Wilson and Frank K. Foster. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 14. Forecast for Kansas: Probably snow and slightly colder tonight; Sunday generally fair. TURNEDTURTLE. Schooner Thomas W. Lawson Wrecked Off Scilly Islands. Found Floating Bottom Upward in the Sound. SOLITARY SURVIVOR. Is Picked Up in an Unconscious Condition. Three Dead Bodies Brought in by Life Boats. Huehtown. Scillv TsTnnrts Dec. 14. The American seven masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson was wrecked in Broad sound, Scilly islands, during a fierce gale last night and so far as known, of her crew, only one man sur vived. The schooner turned turtle and is now floating bottom up. Three dead bodies have been found off Annet is land, an uninhabited islet of the Scilly group. The sole survivor who has been landed at St. Agnes by the St. Agnes lifeboat. Is only partly conscious at-this writing. Slenals of distress were heard at the Bishop Rock lighthouse at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Two lifeboats at once put out and found the Thomas W. Lawson anchored in a dangerous t.; nnPfh nf nnnnorll Rnok. Great seas were running and the life boats, aitnougn iney stooa oy mi sev eral hours, were unable to render as sistance. At the request of the captain of the Lawson, the St. Mary's lifeboats, the masts of which had been broken off in tn Cfuc thp PfPW of the schooner put back with the purpose or teiegrapning lur a iub the assistance of the Lawson. The St. A Hfahnaf xxraa 1 f t stnndinZ -bV. A little later, however, this lifeboat had to leave, as one or its crew was ayms of exposure, while the others were al most completely exhausted. At about 10 minutes before 3 this morning the lookouts at the St. Agnes ,1 nichAna VftnU 1 1 cTi t hfin s and the alii' uianvji r coast guards missed the lights of the Lawson at tne same ume aim v.iin c lifeboat returned to the scene oil float- V, i-o-c tnritratfri the disaster. A few minutes later the lifeboat crew found the Lawson bottom up. Searching in tne vicinity tne 01. survivor, a man named Allen and found three dead bodies off Annet island. The survivor and the dead were brought back to St. Agnes. The -ale is still blowing furiously and the sea is running high. A doctor from St. Mary's has gone out in a lifeboat to render assistance to other possible survivors. Among the drowned is w. J. tuciw, c 1 1 nilnt Ti-Vi r manafired to scram ble on board the Lawson during one of the attempts of St. Agnes' lifeboats to help the illfated ship. Eighteen Drowned. n-!.- rt, ,,r t r ninn failed tO dis- 1UC I' cover any further survivors and It now seems to be established that Allen Is the only member of the crew who did not lose his life. The number of drown ed Is said to be 18. Allen was seriously Injured and the doctor in attendance is doubtful if he will live out the day. From scraps of information that have been obtained from the semi-conscious man it seems that the Lawson-encountered prolonged bad weather and lost all her boats on the trip out from Phil adelphia. She sighted the Scilly is lands yesterday afternoon and finding herself in a dangerous position dropped both anchors, the captain hoping that the weather would moderate. The captain thought it wise to send back one of the lifeboats that came out to secure the assistance of-a steam tug. The St Agnes lifeboat continued to stand by the schooner until the ex hausted condition of its crew made it absolutely necessary to seek the shelter of a harbor. The vessel was battered by the waves, finally turning over. Allen says that when he last saw them the captain and mate of the Lawson and the pilot were lashed to the, rig gings. j GIXBOAT GOES-DOWN- Eight Out of Thirteen Persons on Board Were Drowned. London, Dec. 14. The fierce gales which have raged on the coasts of the United Kingdom, for the past few days show little signs of abating and the heavy rains have flooded almost all the Interior lowlands. Communication gen erally Is much hampered. The harbors and bays are crowded with vessels that have run In for shel ter There have been many small wrecks, but outside the loss of the American schooner. Thomas W. Law son the fatalities thus far reported are not'numerous. The most serious wreck happened near Sheerness this morning. The cutter gunboat Speedwell was struck by a heavy sea and went down. There were thirteen liberty men on board at the time and only five of them were rescued. The entire Thames valley is a huge lake The river is over its banks and rising rapidly. The ground floors of scores of riverside residences are un inhabitable. BRYAN IN TOPEKA. Will Deliver Address for Y. M. C. A. on Feb. 23. w. J. Bryan has accepted an invita tion to deliver his address 'The Prine of Peace" at the auditorium on Feb. 23 for the Topeka Y. M. C. A. It will be a men's meeting. Nordica and Hanunerstein to Settle. New York. Dec. 14. Oscar Ram mersteln, manager of the Manhattan opera house, and attorneys represent ing Mme. Nordica, the prima donna, will hold a conference today, after which it Is expected an announce ment of Mme. Nordica's future plans will be made. The singer is under contract to Mr. Hammersteln. but ha3 been out of the bill at the Manhattan for several weeks. It Is expected that the contract will be cancelled at to day's meeting. STARTSJL AGAIN. The Special Session Talk Re vived Once More. Believed Now That Govvernor Will Call One. UP TO THE COMMITTEE Turning Down of Primary Awaited With Interest. Supposed It Will Be Followed hy the Call. There is a decided renewal today of the "special session talk" and rumors are prevalent, that Governor Hoch has about made up his mind to call the law making body together soon after the first of the new year. Some think that the governor, in his conference with Chairman J. T. Moore of the Republican State Cen tral committee on Friday afternoon gave Mr. Moore clearly to understand that it is his intention to have a spec ial session unless the -state central committee adopts a primary plan for the nomination of the state Republi can ticket in 1908.. Governor Hoch, it is said, will be satisfied if the commit tee adoDts a primary and will hold in abeyance the other matters, such as the freight rate matter, the guaranty deposit law and the limiting of levies under the new taxation Din. There is no doubt that the state central committee has been thorough ly lined up, and can be voted against the Drimarv plan if the leaders so dic tate. For that reason, the politicians have been assuming that the commit tee would call no primary. If, how ever, the leaders of the dominant fac tion in the committee -conclude that a primary is the only way to avert a special session, tney may auuw enough of their votes to switch to put through the primary plan. Several prominent state house poli ticians, who are opposed to the pri mary plan, and who have not up to this time admitted that there was any likihood of a primary, frankly stated today that in their judgment a spec ial session is very likely to be caJIed, and that the call will not be long de layed. It is the expression of such people which has given the Impetus to the rumors of a session, for it seems that somebody has been given a "tip" and that political maneuvers are being framed up accordingly. One man said today in speaking of the situation: "If Hpch calls a pri mary, it 'wjll be generally- assumed that he is going to be a candidate for the- United States. seijateyiNow- un der such- cenduions," 'what! will Ches ter I. Long and W. R. Stubbs do? Of course Long and all his friends w-il'J ngnt incsiate-niae primary lur unit ed States senator. Stubbs, if he real ized that the, passage of a primary law would mean the entrance of Hoch into the race, might also oppose the passage of the bill. It is doubtful whether Long could be beaten in a primary with both. Hoch and Stubbs in the race, for Hoch and Stubbs would divide the vote ..which ordi narily would go to Stubbs. 'This Tvould b especially true if .the senatorial primary was arranged according to legislative districts, each district in structing its own representatives. And that is probably the-way it would have to be arranged." C. H. Luling, ex-insurance commis sioner, who is in town today. Insists that the people are greatly agitated by the new tax law, and that serious trou ble Is likely to result from the failure of the legislature to limit the tax levies. 'The old farmers," said Mr. Luling, "are just getting it through their heads what this law means, and they believe that the new law is going to result in a bis raise in taxes." C. B. Kirtland, of Saline county, who was one of the orlignal backers of the tax bill, and was prominently mention ed as a candidate for a place on the tax commission, also came to Topeka today on business, and in speaking of the tax law said: "No extra session, is necessary to tinker with the taxilaw. The men who make the levies are also tax payers, and they are working for the welfare of the taxpayers. They can easily figure how large a levy to make under the new assessrnent to raise the same amount of money that has been raised in the past, and the ordinary board of county commissioners isn t going to raise any more money than it can help. We can trust the people of this state for one year, and by that time the legislature wil have a basis to work upon In limiting the levies. It will be all right In the country; in the cities, and especially in the "boom" cities, it may be harder to control the city councils. But the tax law is a good one. and we ought to try it a year before making any changes." BISHOP COLEMAN DEAD. Expired at Night While Alone In His Room.. Wilmington, Del., Dec 14. Leithon Coleman, Episcopal bishop of Dela ware, was found dead in bed this morning at his home In this city. He had been ill for a week with a hard cold which developed. into kidney trouble. WICHITA'S NEW POSTMASTER. Reported That Col. Murdock Will Re- sign 'In Favor of O. Z. Smith. Wichita, Dec. 14.- The Beacon saya: The most sensational rumor in political circles is to the effect that Oscar Z." Smith is to soon be appoint ed postmaster at Wichita, Col Murdock has been in ill health for some months and the rumor Is that he may give up the office. Mr. Smith was Congressman Mur dock's manager at the convention at Great Bend when Mr. Murdock was first nominated. He was a candidate for the office when Col. Murdock re ceived his last appointment and many people expected that Mr. Smith would be appointed at that" time. ST0RMT0SSED. Big Battleships Buffeted hy Huge Ocean Waves. Wind Beaches a Telocity of .8 Miles an Hour. A DAY OF FAREWELL. Final- Greetings Will Be Ex changed on Sunday. Start Will Be Made at 10 O'Clock on Monday. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 14. With coaling and the loading of stores of every de scription complete and with everything in readiness for next Monday morning on their voyage to the Pacific coast, the severe southeast storm which struck the coast lasting throughout the night and continued with great inten sity during today had little effect upon the great battleships of the Pacific bound Atlantic fleet, as they rode safe ly at anchor through the gale in Hamp ton Roads except that the choppy seas in a wind of 22 miles an hour made it difficult and at times most uncomfor table for the small launches passing between the fleet and shore and from ship to ship. The wind reached a maximum velocity at Cape Henry of 48 miles an hour at 4 o'clock this morn ing and the seas rolling almost moun tain high, made It dangerous for craft of all kinds caught in the teeth of the gale. The storm was followed by hard wind along the coast and a dense fog at the Virginia Capes making it well nigh im possible to distinguish passing vessels. -The notable farewell ball given at the Hotel Chamberlain, Old Point Comfort, last night. In honor of Admiral Evans and the other flag and line officers of the fleet and social functions aboard the ships yesterday were followed by activity aboard ship in getting every thing in the best possible trim looking to absolute perfection for Monday's start and for the inspection at long range of the ships of the armada by President Roosevelt from the deck of his yacht the Mayflower. The heavy seas in today's storm made the massive ships of steel roll considerably, but those aboard are used to this and the storm was not of unusual consequence except in its interference with the small launches passing to and fro. Sunday will be a day of farewell greetings at Old Point Comfort. The families of many of the officers who go out in the fleet are there and the last visit ashore by. the officers will be Sun day flight. The signal to get unaerwa will- be flown from the towering yards of the flagship Connecticut shortly be fore 10 o'clock Monday morning and under the eye of the president the ships wUl pass outside the Virginia capes, turn their nrows to the south and take their, course through the eastern end of the West Indies to Trinidad, the first scheduled stopping place on their way to show the people of the Pacific coast the finest double squadron of war vessels ever In the western sea. NO HOPE AFTER THIRTY. Criminals Should Be Treated as Habitual After That Age. Chicago, Dec. 14. A symposium on the treatment of the criminal and other social parasites was held at the joint meeting of the Physicians' club of Chi cago and the Law club last night. These two theories were advanced: Elimination of criminal children by sterilization. Treatment of criminals over 30 years old as habitual and either sending them to penal institutions for life or putting triem away in some other manner, pos sibly by the cemetery route. Dr. William T. Belfield was the ad vocate of the sterilization idea. He took up the biological aspect of the criminal, and after tracing the development of the individual to the point where he be came a danger to society, made a plea for race suicide. "Morality Is the arrest of the in stincts by intellect," he said. "A child is a savage. If he continues to Improve Blowly he has a chance to outgrow his tendencies before he is 30. Before that he should be given all the care possi ble. But when a man commits a crime after 30 he may be set down as a rule to be morally bad with no hope of im provement. For the mature criminal I would advocate permanent segrega tion, either by the penal colony or the cemetery. The indeterminate sentence with the parole Is a radical error for the man over 30. "The one hope of the material reduc tion of the social parasite is in preven tion. We must prevent the criminals from breeding criminals. The great bulk of criminals Inherit arrested de velopment. The state has let them breed and impoverished itself 'to take care of their children." Dr. J. N Hurty, secretary of the In diana state board of health, told of the "Indiana movement," which Is the ed ucation of the prisoners in the Indiana reformatory to allow themselves to be sterilized. More than 300 of them have submitted to this operation so far. SIGNED BY LAND1S. The' Standard's Appeal in Rebate Cases Is Filed. Chicago Dec. 14. The bill of ex ceptions in the appeal of the Standard Oil company of Indiana from the fine of 19240,000 was today signed by Judge Landis and was later filed in the court of appeals. It is expected that the entire record in the case will be. filed within a few-weeks and a hearing had upon the appeal within a short time. Ambassador Bryce to Stay. London. Dec." 14. The Associated Press is officially informed that the rumor to the effect that James Bryce, the British ambassador to the United States, is to leave the Washington em bassy is absolutely untrue. CHRISTMAS REMINDER. The Weather Is Unsettled and Wintry Today. "This is Just a reminder of the Christ mas season," said Assistant Weather Observer Flora today, "another instance of least we forget, though there will probably be a light snowfall late this evening or during the night and a no ticeable drop in the temperature. The indications are that we are on the west edge of a storm of some kind and at this season of the year this is taken to mean a snow." A pair of dark flags floating in the breeze from the flag pole which sur mounts the weather bureau building indicates the weather story of the day and the fact that the small pennant Is the lowest foretells a drop in the mer cury. The air has been filled with snow all day. though at no time has the fall been sufficient to cover the ground and the pavements are as dry as though a snow storm was not in the vicinity. The following table tells the story of the temperatures of the day: 7 o'clock 32 I 11 o'clock 32 8 o'clock 32 I 12 o'clock 33 9 o'clock 32 1 o'clock 34 10 o'clock 32 2 o'clock 34 BOOKS ARE MISSING. Three Used in Evidence in Standard Oil Case, Gone. Chicago, Dec. 14. At a conference between Judge Landis and the attor neys concerned iri the case against the Standard Oil company in which that corporation was fined 129,040,000 At torney John S. Miller made the an nouncement that three commodity tariff books of the Chicago and Alton road which figured in the trial were mysteriously missing. The tariff books were offered in evidence by the Standard Oil company attorneys to show that there were in existence many other tariffs in Illinois similar to that for the acceptance of which the Standard Oil company was prose cuted. Attorney Miller declared that he had called upon the railroad of ficials to produce the books since the trial and that they Informed him that they could not be found. The books were excluded by Judge Landis at the trial and it is said the defendant will use this fact In arguing for a re versal In the United States court of appeals. At the conference the text of exceptions was agreed upon which will be presented for signature to Judge Landis. The signing of the bill will complete the history of the case in the lower court. STRUCK A MINE. Workmen Find Explosives Burled In Wall Street in 1803. New York, Dec. 14. Rumors of a modern Guy Fawkes plot spread, rap idly through Wall street, when the fact was known that a barrel of gun powder and more than a hundred bombs or hand grenades had been found in the very middle of the finan cial district. Workmen engaged in tearing out the interior of the old custom house discovered the mine. An apparently unused iron door was forced open and inside in a closet, were found the ex plosives. The customs, authorities were notified, but it was not until the oldest employe of the office was ques tioned that the real history of the ex plosives were discovered. According to this story they were placed in the building in 1863, at the time of the Draft riots when the gov ernment decided to be ready to pro tect the building in case it was at tacked by the rioters. Years ago the miniature armory was forgotten. ARE 27,000 OF THEM. Women Who Support Their Husbands in New York. New York. Dec. 14. That 27,000 r-.Tn in "NTiaw Vork 8UDDort their husbands is the statement made by Mrs. FreaeriCK Hainan, a leaner ii the movement for women's suffrage in New York. That a woman can be a ,aa o-i ot- ti at the same time care for her home is entirely pos sible, Mrs. Nathan says, and there are many cases in which it is imminently -nfu-faitrtpv t rv hav n man fl.nri his wife both wage earners. Mrs. Nathan gives these two as the principal rea sons why married women are wage earners, sne saiu: "vion wnrck o much monev in smoking, gambling and drinking that they have none lert ior iamny ex penses. 1 M -j -i nmm.n nnv minds Himprinr to their husbands, and can earn more. In that case, it is the women's plain duty and should be her pleasure to earn whatever her talents will bring." WORSE THAN HE THOUGHT. General Fnnston Mates Another Re port on Goldfield Situation. Goldfield. Nev., Dec. 14. After having met and conferred with many citizens of Goldfield, General Funston stated to the Associated Press that he Is finding conditions here worse than he had anticipated. "The possibilities of serious trouble growing out of the difficulties be tween the mine owners and the min ers," he added, "are greater than my information previous to coming to Goldfield had led me to believe. I have Just telegraphed a second re port to Washington -wnicn is Dasea on the information I have gathered. I do not believe the governor will de clare martial law at once as no ser ious disturbance has occurred. "I am satisfied with this and shall not advise such action until it is abso lutely necessary. As to the. matter of patrolling the vicinity of the mines and the streets of the city, with the regulars, that is a procedure that may become necessary at anyhour." K. U. Defeats Ottawa. Lawrence, Kan.,- Dec. 14.- The Jay- hawkers opened their basket ball sea son in the new gymnasium last night by defeating the Ottawa university five, the score being 66 to 22. The team work of the Kansas squad was ffood. TO GETJIS MAIL. Santa Clans No Longer Barred From rostoffice. Postmaster General Issues a Sweeping Order. HIS KEGULAK AGENTS Will Be GlTen Letters if Duly Accredited. Kris Kringle Is Put Entirely Out of Business. Washington, Dec 14. In past year many communications have been re ceived by the postofflce department requesting delivery of so-called Santa Claus letters to philanthropic societies and others in various parts of the country, but the requests have alway been denied. The department taking the stand that letters of importance would be classed with "Santa Claus letters" through error; that it would De exposing to private parties confi dential correspondence that the letters might contain valuable enclosure and that such a practice would not be In keeping with the principles of th sanctity of the mails. Now, however. Postmaster General Myers has adopted a more liberal at titude towards the children as indi cated by his action of today In .Issuing an order to postmasters all over the country, to whom letters full of trust and pleading are coming in such num bers from the little ones, to let thfl people of their -cities know through the newspapers tlxjt- mall addressed to Santa Claus will be delivered to any responsible parties -who will un dertake to act as Santa Claus' agenti in the matter. The order follows: "Ordered that hereafter and until the close of the first day of January, 1908. postmasters are directed to de liver, all letters arriving at their re spective postofTioes addressed plalnlv and unmistakably to 'Santa Claus" without any other terms or expres sions identifying the person for -whom such letters are Intended to any reg ularly organized charitable society In the city or town of address, to be used exclusively for charitable purposes. In the event that claim should be mad by more than one such society for letters so addressed, such letters will be equally divided according to num ber, between the societies making such claim." As It was found that the name ol Kris Kringle appears in various city directories it was decided to avoid confusion and loss of letters Intend ed for persons of that name that the new regulation should apply to Santa Claus, who appears to have no. name sake.' GUILTY OF ALL Bigelow Owns Up to Everytyhlnij Charged Against Him. Denver, Dec. 14. Kemp V. Bige iow, the young clerk who mailed dynamite bombs to several leading citizens of Denver, about two month ago in the hope of securing reward! by giving warning before any harm was done, pleaded guilty in the crim inal court to the charges of assault with intent to kill Governor Henry A. Buchtel, Lawrence E. Phipps and Charles B. Kountz. and of working a confidence game. The court will hear evidence in the case Monday before pronouncing sentence. Bigelow had already been tried on a charge of assault with intent to kill David H. Moffatt and sentenced to th reformatory, but District Attorney Stidger elected to try him on other charges with a view of Inflicting mora severe punishment. CUT DOWN OF FORCES Is Threatened by a Number of Rail roads in the Southwest. Chicago,' Dec. 14. A dispatch to the Inter-Ocean from Galveston, Tex., says: s It was announced yesterday that be tween the first and fifteenth of Janu ary one of the railroads In the south west will lay off 11,000 men for an indefinite period. As if by concerted action comes the reports from the fol lowing roads that owing to decrease in traffic it will be necessary to cur tail expenses: Frisco, Rock Island, Southern Pa cific lines, Texas Pacific. Cotton Belt, Santa Fe. Houston Texas Cen tral, International Great Northern, the Katy, Fort Worth Denver. These reductions will affect every branch of railroading from watchmen to operating forces. While the offi cials say they believe the dull eeason will last but a few months, the cut In forces will mean a saving mors than $500,000 In the pay rolls. Cah Fares Come Down. New York, Dec. 14. The amazing popularity of the newly Introduced taximeter motor cabs in New York la causing distress to the owners of the old fashioned cabs. It has been prac tically decided to cut In half the charges for horse cabs and i is said that most of the owners will attach taximeters to their vehicles. Many of the independent cab owners, men who own their own cabs, are reported to be In negotiation with manufacturers for motor cabs to take the place of the old hansoms. Hotels to Furnish Chaperons. New York, Dec. 14. Hotel chaper ons is the latest Idea here. At least one big hotel has decided to furnish chaperons to women, who come to New York alone or who come here with their husbands, who are too busy to take care of them. The women so employed will also be competent guides. Killed While Stealing Wire. New York, Dec. 14. Pullio Bru nette met a horrible fleath while at tempting to steal wire at Hempstead, L. I. He had climbed a pole and cut a telephone wire, but while attempt ing to pull it down it came in contact with a high power electrical servic wire and 6.600 volts or electricity passed through his body. He was In stantly killed, his body being terribly burned.

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INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK AS DEPICTED BY THE STATE JOURNAL CARTOONIST. inn) at. XOSSAT. WEDNESDAY THTTBSDAT. IBISAT SATURDAY. Re iswhei?& the foo HENY-HENY-MINY- M Q BEAST GOT fltS US LUNCH PARSONS mrRsfory Ire ae You Ja&5K 1 ISSUE a Y-r VKAS. fDRy VvV CAU-.MY P1 ipiK dj; Ancient order of assorted Has-beens hold a post mortem. Mayor Green frames up famous "blue law" edict. another I State auditor starts something with I penitentiary warden. Lady lion tamer appears before the United States district court. Ed. Howe goes "round the world" for a Topeka audience; Call is issued for mobilization ofj Washburn team elects captain for Republican central committee. I 1908 squad. HAM AND EGGS. 0 Better Meals Will Be Furnished Federal Prison Convicts. The Propagation of Chickens and Hogs a New Feature. until after Sunday, when they will leave for Texas, groins; as far as Mar- aiia.u ana fort worth. STANDARD'S HEAVY TAXES. BEGOT ON SMALL SCALE Warden McClaughry Has 100 Acres of Land for the Work. Thinks the Arrangement Will Be a Saring of Thousands. tetwnwoi th. Kan.. Deo. 14. The fed eral prison Is to engage In the propaga tion of chickens and hogs at the be ginning of the new year. The Industry will be started on a moderate scale. The plan Is to begin with a small Invest ment and develop the stock to a ca pacity where it will supply the prison with pork and poultry products. Major R. W. McClaughry, warden of the prison, spent yesterday In the coun try looking over hog farms for the pur pose of deciding what breed of animals will be best adapted to the purposes of the prison. He has on previous occa sions Investigated the hog industry at the state prison at Lansing where War den Haskell has met with such a happy success. "We will begin with about a dozen brood sows," said Warden McClaughry yesterday, "and see what we can do. We tried raising hogs here once but the cholera wiped them out. There are about 100 acres of woodland on the prison farm that would make good hog pasture. If the project is successful I believe that we can in a year or two supply the prison with pork and ac complish a saving of from $4,500 to $5,- 600 each year. "The same plan will be used With the chickens. We will buy about Ave dozen. lne hospital could' readily consume many fresh eggs. I haven't decided what breed of fowls we will raise." The prison farm Is now devoted al most entirely to the production of vege table crops. Warden McClaughry has been successful in the production and harvesting of excellent acreages of po- totoes, corn ana turnips. The buildings required for the poultry and hoes are to be constructed from waste lumber and material of small value about the prison and will represent a small in vestment. Pays Into the 3Iontgomery County Treasury a Draft of $64,239. Independence, Kan., Dec. 14. The Prairie Oil Gas company have paid the taxes assessed against the com pany for 1907. Payment was made in the form of a New Tork draft and the amount was $64,339. This is the largest amount of taxes ever paid by any corporation in Mont gomery county. It is $10,000 more than all the rail roads combined paid this year. It is 14 per cent of all the current taxes of the county. It Is on an assessed valuation of $1,630,000. Of this valuation at least $1,000,000 is upon oil produced in Oklahoma, and pumped into this county and stored and assessed here. RESULT OF A GAMBLING ROW. Two Men Badly Injured at Medicine Hodge hy Gun Shot Wounds. Medicine Lodge, Kan., Dec. 14. While ushering in the early hours of Friday, the 13th, with a crap game party, Sam Kennerly became enraged at his guests and filled the body of Jesse Bunch with a charge of bird shot and then shot George Horton, a barber, in the arm. Horton is so seriously wounded he will lose his arm and probablv his life. Bunch may lose his arm only. Kennedy Is In 1ail. The cement mills are doing a heavy business. Much of their product is ta ken by the Santa Fe company. The town Is using It liberally for walks as it makes a fine solid apparently blue limestone. A score of neat residences are being built this month. OPENS JUESDAY. Norton's Handsome New Opera House Is Beady. Will Be Dedicated by Bed Feath er Opera Co. UP TO DATE BUILDING Has a Seating Capacity of Thousand People. Business Men Who Made Enter prise Possible. Norton, Kan., Dec. 14. The first shovel of dirt thrown on Norton's new opera house was about the middle of May, last. It is so nearly completed that the "Red Feather" comic opera company, of 75 members, will open It on the 17th of December, coming here from Topeka. When finally completed it will cost not less than $35,000. It is place with one or two exceptions beats them all for convenience and fine fin ish. Norton's new opera house will have a seating capacity for 1,000 people. It will have two baleon'es, six boxes, and ample exits n a se of fire. The stage is 32 feet deep and 63 feet wide, and the gridiron is 45 feet above the stage floor, while the proscenium is 24 feet high and 32 feet wide. The design of the build ing was furnished by Carl Koiier of Kansas City, Mo and the Vulcan Con struction company of St. Louis, who are exclusive theater builders, was, awarded the contract. A. Green, who is a member of the firm, was sent here to personally superintend the work, and he has carefully watched every nail driven and -every brick laid in the structure. His careful supervision of the work and his genial kindness to all our people will never be forgotten so long as the present population of Nor ton remain here., Tha scenery contract was given to the Twin-City Scenic company, of Minne apolis, and Jean Sodar of St. Louis, a genuine Belgian, who decorated the Belgian building at the World's fair, a thorough artist, furnished the decora tions, which are especially fine and tasty. The scenery which has been in stalled by the Minneapolis Scenic com pany is an elaborate drop curtain, the scene being a painting of the ancient city of Athens, together with 27 other pieces complete, FUTUREJORIGHT Much Improvement in Trade After the Holidays. Orders for Boiling Stock Placed by the Baiiroads. TOPEKA ONE OF TWO. With Minneapolis Shows an In crease in Bank Clearings. Total for the Country Below the Previous Week. New Tork, Dec. 14. R. G. Dun and Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: commercial reports Indicate little al teration for the past week, but greater confidence In marked improvement af ter January 1. Holiday trade monop olizes attention. In some sections ex ceeding that of last year although ag- The outside dimension of the Norton Igregate sales do not compare favorably HAS A CYCLONE CAVE. A LONG MOTORCYCLE TRIP, Two Young Men Ride From Colorado Springs to Hutchinson. Hutchinson, Kan., Dec. 14. Day Rose and Kenneth Norton arrived in Hutchinson from Colorado Springs, after a rather rapid ride. The boys eaoh rode an Indian motorcycle, built for road work. They left Colorado Springs last Saturday noon and spent three days and a half coming 462 miles by the cyclometer. They say that in all that distance they walked less than a quarter of a mile, the gasoline machines taking them through moat of the sand. The roads were In good condition and the weather-favorable for the trip. The boys will stay in Hutchinson Verdict for Dr. Pierce AQATirST THK Ladies Home Journal. Sending troth after a lie. It is an old maxim that He will travel seven leagues while truth Is getting its boots on, and no doubt hundreds of thousands of good people read the unwarranted and malicious attack upon Dr. R. V. Pierce and hfs "Favorite Prescription -published la the May (1904) number of the Ladies' Come Journal, with Its great black dis play headings, who never saw the hum We, groveling retraction, with Its incon spicuous heading, published two months later. It was boldly charged in the sland erous and libelous article that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for the cure of woman's weaknesses and ailments, con tained alcohol and other harmful ingredi ents. Dr. Pierce promptly brought suit against the publishers of the Ladies Eome Journal, for 9200,000,00 damages. Dr. Pierce alleged that Mr. Bok, the editor, maliciously published the article containing such false and defamatory natter wit the Intent of Injuring his businefTurthermore, that no alcohol, or ether Vlurlou. or habit-forming, drugs were, contained In his "Fa Flptlon"; that said medicine 5m native medicinal roots and o harmful Ingredients what- 1 that Mr. Bok's malicious state- were wholly and absolutely false'. e retraction nrlnf ri hy sa id Journal are. or yver vorite Fesrf is madfr. contain v n verai nrft lXLh from e whom certinea tnat. yj ofiol nr any ol the alleged harmful drugTT Thene facts were also proven in the trial or the action In tbe Supreme Court, But the Business of Dr. Pierce was greatly Injured by the publication of the libelous article with Ks great display headings, while hundreds of thousands who read the wickedly defamatory article never saw the humble grovelins re traction, set in small type and made as incon spicuous as possible. The matter was, how rer brought before a Jury In the Supreme Court of New York State which- promptly rradered a verdict in the Doctor's faror. r nu his traduce rs came to grief and tfaelr fceee slanders were refuted. An Atchison -Connty Woman Is Pre- pared, for Wind Storms. Atchison, Kan., Dec. 14. Mrs, Andy McKeever of the Parnell neigh borhood has just built a concrete cy clone cave that is the best of its kind in the county. Iits dimensions are twenty by nine feet. The side walls are eighteen inches thick, and the thinnest part of the arch overhead is thirteen inches. Board concrete steps lead into it. It is practically a big, hollow rock, so strong that it would be impossible for the most energetic cyclone on earth to dump enough weight on it to break it down. When the "fraid season" comes next spring, Mrs. McKeever will put a bed, cook ing utensils and enough provisions in this cave to last her several days. FINANCES A ROAD. S. M. Porter Secures Promises of Help From Europe. Independence, Kan., Dec. 14. J. H. Brewster has received a letter from Colonel S. M. Porter, who had Just landed at New York from a trip to Europe, announcing that the South west road has been financed provided there are no more financial flurries right away. The colonel has been working in Paris, London and Hol land and has met with success. The road he is promoting starts at Cherryvale and runs to El Paso, Tex., and Arkansas Pass, making a total length -of 990 miles. It will be a flno thing for three Montgomery towns. MRS. STEWART; TO LEAVE I OLA. Widow of the Murdered Man Sells the Restaurant Deeded Her. Iola. Kan., Dec. 14. Mrs. W. H. Stewart has sold the restaurant in East Iola which was owned jointly by her husband, who was found murder ed last Sunday morning, and H. W. Creviston, who has confessed to the murder. As the widow of Stewart she fell heir to his share of the property, and Creviston for love ot her deeded all his prcperty to her. Mrs. Stewart will leave Iola. mak ing her home in Yates Center with relatives. Norton's New Opera House W inch WiU Be Opened on Tuesday. WRECKED POSTOFFIOE SAFE Burglars Tsed Dynamite at Powhat- ttan and Escape. Horton, Kan., Dec. 14. At some early hour Friday the postofflce at jownattan, a small town north of here, was- broken into and the safe dynamited, supposedly with the object of robbery to secure government money or stamps, but as the postmas ter, S. A. Battey, keeps the largest part of his stamp and cash in the Powhattan bank and carries the bal ance home with him at night, the safe blowers secured nothing. They over looked a small amount of cash in the office money drawer. No one in the town heard the explosion of the dynamite and the wrecked safe was not discovered until after day light. Fifteenth Infantry Returns. San Francisco, Dec 14. The armv transport Sherman, Captain Brueuler which arrived late Thursday night. docked at the transport wharf yes terday. The transport Drought home the Fifteenth infantry which left here on the Sherman in November. 1905. and during its two years dutv In the Philippines was stationed in Min danao. The regiment will go from here to Fort Douglas, Utah. Murphy Challenges McFarland. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 14. The manager of "Packey" McFarland has received "an offer from the Armorv Athletic club of Boston for a twelve round match with Tommv Mnrnhir fnr a $3,000 purse early In January. Mc- uariana nas not decided whether he will accept. He is plavinar -at n. local theate. a modern opera house, designed and built to meet the requirements of any traveling production; It was known from the start that Norton was going to have a first-class up to date opera house. George Moulton and M. F. Garrlty started out for subscriptions, and in 48 hours they succeeded in rais ing about $25,000. The rest of the sub scriptions came in slow but sure. 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Stuart Co., ZOO Stuart Bldg., Marshall, Mich. i opera house is 65x110 feet, and three stories high. It is built of pressed brick with Bedford stone trimmings. The third floor will have a hall separate from the opera house proper, 50x31 feet. There will also be the Commercial club room and a lodge room for the order of United Commercial Travelers.. There are several dressing rooms, each sup plied with a closet and hot and cold water. The entire building is supplied with 570 electrical equipments for light ing purposes. Mr. Green, the superin tendent of construction, says Kansas has more ground floor opera houses than any state he knows of, the one he is just finishing in Norton being one of them. The first floor is seated with durable, easy sitting leather upholster ed chairs. To M. F. Garrity, president of the Norton Auditorium association: J-., in. Thompson, secretary.and George Moul ton, treasurer, the commencement arid completion of this magnificent opera house is due. They have worked in sunshine and darkness for Its success. To the generous and progressive spirit of the people who put up the financial end of the problem, everybody in Nor ton and all her visitors will say all hall. The energetic and pushing city of the beautiful and romantic valley of the Prairie Dog, where alfalfa grows in profusion and two great lines of rail road reach to the Rocky Mountains on the west, and the great markets of the east, will continue to round out many more years of commercial supremacy and to the pushing business men's Commercial club,, which has a member ship of over 100 of as active members as there are in any club of a similar kind, they, too, will Justly get their share of praise, for they were the orig inators of the Norton Auditorium proposition. SHE DIED ON THE WAY. Woman Was Hurrying to Hospital to See Her Daughter. Chicago, Dec. 14. Mrs. Harry Benoit of Lincoln, Neb., was taken suddenly 111 last night, shortly after her arrival in Chicago to see her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Miller, who is 111 in St. Anthony's hospital. The mother died as a police ambulance was rushing her to that Institution. Mrs. Benoit boarded an elevated train In order to reach the hospital. She became ill at Hdyne avenue and was carried into the station oy the train guards, who called the ambulance. The body Is now at the hospital and the daughter, who has not been in formed of her mother's death, prob ably will be operated upon today. with 1906 to date. Jobbing and whole sale lines are seasonably qujet, while manufacturing operations are curtailed pending the resumption of normal con ditions. The supply of labor has not increased in ratio to the closed plants. Some sections report a better senti ment in the iron and steel Industry, al though new business is limited and lit tle recovery is expected until next year. Several orders for rolling stock were placed this week and more business of this nature is under negotiations while the official report of exports of pro ducts of iron and steel show a total value of $165,000,000 In ten months of 1907, or over ten per cent of the value of all merchandise sent abroad. A better Inquiry in the leather mar ket promises a revival of business af ter January 1. Prices are steady for standard sole, although some odd lots have been disposed of at further con cessions. Belting leather Is dull and weak. Signs of improvement multiply in the hide market business in all kinds of domestic packer and country hides this week being larger than at any time for two months. Prices are stead ier, some cases advances of a full cent being recorded. Foreign hides share the better feeling, quotations at the Antwerp auction sale exceeding ex pectations. Bradstreet's. Bradstreet's says: Cross currents in trade, finance and Industry prevent generalization but financial conditions generally have shown further easing, while the ap proach of the holiday period and more seasonable weather has helped curtail distribution which in some sections also feels the stimulus of price conces sions. On the other hand wholesale and Jobbing trade has rather quieted and manufacturing Industry has slack ened slightly. In no branch of trade distribution of industry are operations so brisk as at this date in recent years. Collections generally are very slow, and failures tend to increase in num ber. In financial affairs the country Is making gradual approaches to the nor mal. Western banks are showing an Increasing disposition to pay out cur rency, some inquiry for mercantile pa per is noted on the part of the interior banks at leading western centers and some money has begun to return to Chicago. Saving banks withdrawals are small where the embargo on draw ing has been lifted. The premium on currency still Derslsts at many cities, however, and this is variously assigned to window dressing by state banks awaiting calls as to condition and to the need, always felt at nonaay seasons for small bills. There is less talk of cancellations, though there are evidences of these In many lines. To offset the possibility of large stock accumulating, buyers are keeping their activity restricted and this tendency Is also reinforced by a fair volume of sales by Jobbers who find surplus supplies at hand. Among the industries a feature is the continuance of better feelins in iron and steel, accompanied by some inquiry for near future wants. Pro duction is. however, being restricted, and examples being furnished by the reports that pig iron proauunun m mo Pitthio- aian-ipt la but 40 to 50 per cent of normal while finishing mills are running to 60 to 70 per cent of their capacity. Building has shown a heavy falling off and all materials are dull. Lumber is quiet and weak and there are reports of a quite general shutdown of mills in the south. A similar condition is reported in tne northwest and logging operations this winter bid fair to be greatly restrict ed. Curtailment of output Is quite general among the textile industries and many New England mills in other linoa ara rontrictinff OUtDUt. This Is true in metal working, shoe manufac turing and other lines. Business failures for the week end ing December 12, number 284, against 272 last week, 220 In the like week of 1906; 226 in 1905; 239, in 1904, and 239 in 1903. 1 Canadian failures of the week num ber 50 as against 26 last week and 31 this week a year ago. Wheat, including flour, exporta from the United States and Canada for the week ending December 12 aggregate 6,184,573 bushels against. 6 192,241 last week; 4,383,975 this int voar and 3.579.809 in 1901. In the 2 4 weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 102,860,033 bushels, against 87,969,670 in 1906-07 and 135.565,928 in 1891-92. Corn exportj for the week are 475,824 bushels, against 1,187,276 last week and 1.381, 774 in 1906. For the fiscal year to date the exports are 22,140,173 bush els, against 20,84,517 in 1906-07. Bank Clearings. Bradstreet's bank clearings report for the week ending Dec. 12 shows an aggre gate of $2,071,282,000 as against $2,471,8i3,000 last week and $3,323,255,000 in the corres ponding week last year. .ti Canadian clearings for the week total $89,374,000 as against $39,707,000 last week and $91,272,000 in the same week last year. K, YnrV tl.319. 733.000 Chicaeo 131,885,000 O'BRIENJN FORM. The Philadelphian Sends Herer on Ont In Jig Time. Big Englishman Couldn't Box a Wee Little Bit. NEVEH LANDED ABLOW Was Knocked Down as Fast as He Could Get Up. O'Brien Seemed to Want to Re deem a Shady Past. Philadelphia, Dec. 14. Jack O'BrieB of this city, made his first appearancs in the ring last night since his fiasco with Tommy Burns in California and knocked out Bill Heveron, the Englisb heavyweight in the opening round be fore the Industrial Athletic club. O'Brien's first blow was a right to the Jaw, which put Heveron down fot the count. He staggered to his feet and was floored again. As Heveron arose to his feet O'Brien steadied himself and sent another vicious right to the Jaw. Heveron dropped like a log and had to be carried to his corner. Heveron did not land a single blow. AMERICAN LEAGUE DOES LITTLE Bn.ta 125.250,000 Philadelphia 110,331,000 St. Louis W CELEBRSTED'CtV Prompt re lief from an CLLtBKAItU attack or STOMACH O'mdlgestion, Q I f "S" ET D C Dyspepsia, C9 II II rVWBilionsness, Indigestion, Chills, Colds and Malaria Is assured if the Bitters Is taken at once. Always keep a bottle handy. We guarantee it pure. Pittsburg San Francisco Baltimore Kansas City Cincinnati New Orleans... Minneapolis Cleveland Detroit Louisville Los Angeles Omaha Milwaukee Seattle Denver Fort Worth Washington Salt Lake City. Portland, Ore. Columbus St. Joseph Wichita Little Rock Topeka 58.S32.000 47,585.000 29.240.000 26,310,000 29,150,000 20,662,000 21,593.000 26.255.000 14.905,000 13.889,000 8,865,000 9,946.000 10,717,000 10,243,000 8,136,000 7,639,000 8.655.000 6,329.000 3,073,000 4.854,000 4,617,000 3,897,000 1,200,000 1.562.000 1.06S.00O 2.9 10.S 38.9 11.1 26.0 27.7 11.3 12.0 36.6 14.7 5.7 19.6 22.1 ii'.i 5.8 33.9 22.2 2.9 2.6 20.7 8.8 0.8 19.0 63.2 36.3 18.3 27.2 2.4 30.9 Pulls Oft Two Little Trades and Keeps World's Scries to Seven Games. Chicago, Dec. 14. Without fuss or feathers the American league's an nual business meeting came to a close and the moguls scattered for their homes. Out of all the talk of trades only two little deals were pulled off. The. Detroit,, club figured In both of those, selling a young first sacker, Ar thur Brown, secured from Newark a year ago, to the St. Louis club. The other deal brings Catcher Ira Thomas from the New York hlgh Ianders to Detroit. Thomas is a fair backstop, secured by New York two years aero from the Providence team of the F.astern league. Payne or Ar cher of the Tigers will be released, as Jennings plans to let Schmidt and Thomas do the receiving, with one of the other men carried for emerg encies. Besides transacting a large amount of detailed business, the moguls re voked one of their acts of the first day's session. Upon thinking the matter over they decided that to lengthen the world's series from seven to nine games would be a bad idea, so they switched back to the seven. BOSTON GETS JOE KELLEY. HOW SHE WON HIM. Talked Half an Hour Without Men tioning His Father's Poem. chlcaaro. Dec. 14. Because she taiuori with him for 30'mlnutes and rtirt not mention his father's poem "If I Should Die Tonight," Miss Lind nnim. dauehter of Mrs. R. S. Lind- holm, of Kenwood, won the heart of Benjamin King, jr., son or nttu King, "the poet of the Missouri," They will b married December 4. "It's a simple thing," said the eon of the humorist when asked about his romance. "Every time I had been in troduced to anybody until I met Miss Lindholm, the conversation would be about the poem. "Now I couldn't help falling In love with Miss Lindholm. I have recited that poem more than 1.000,000 times. We have a compact never to refer to it in our family circle." A Football Captain Bonded. Chicago, Dec. 14. Walter Steffen, recently elected captain of the Uni versity of Chicago football team for next season, affixed his signature to a bond by which he binds himself to remain In college until he is graduated. This Is the first evidence of some new eligibility rules which were drafted by the Midway profes sors. Steffen was tne nrst captain elect to come under the ruling, and If he had not signed the bond could not have taken the captaincy.. For That Boy's Xmas. Visit Howard's Athletic house, '710 Kansas avenue,. Practical presents. The Cincinnati Ball Manager to Lead the Doves Next Season. New York. Dec 14. Joe Kelley Is to manage the Boston National league baseball team next season. Baseball fans may look for three, new faces with the Giants next spring. They are Fred Tenney of Boston, George Schlei and Hans Lobert of Cincinnati. It Is true that by some slip other clubs may claim them, but John T. Brush, Garry Herrmann, Al fred Knowles and Manager McGraw were in session until 3 o'clock this morning trying to agree on such an arrangement. Joplln Signs Pitcher Stlnson. Joplin, Dec. 14. A pitcher with a record of four no-hit games In one season was the "find" secured by Manager Flllman, of the Miners when he closed negotiations with Ben Stln son of Girard yesterday, Stlnson 1 a brother of the well known Cy Stln son who pitched for Pittsburg and To peka several years ago. In the youth of the Western association. The younger Stlnson also had a rec ord of striking out nineteen men in one game and seventeen in another last summer, and players who have seen him work say that hs possesses tremendous speed. A Yanger-Goodman Bout. Boston, Dec. 14. Benny Yanger has been matched with "Kid". Good man in a fifteenround go here on December' 23, the two agreeing to do 180 pounds ringside.- Yanger and Goodman will make a high class match, so the fight fans believe. Ran a 1,000 Yard Race. Philadelphia,, Dec 14. Ous Has kln of the University of Pennsylvania defeated Melvln Shepard of the Irish American athletic last night in New York In a 1,000 yard race. Piles Cared In to 14 Ttava PAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case of itching, blind or protruding piles In C to 14 days or money refunded. 50c! Fast Flights by Pigeons. Boston. Dec. 14. At the tw.nt,. seventh annual meeting of the Inter- national Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers, the best rec ord for the year was awarded to Tor nado, belonging to Fred May of Min neapolis, with a flight of COO miles In fifteen hours. Another recent fllaht was by a bird owned bv rw Tw SCIlllliiiB "O-jrne, ind.. which covered 1.000 miles In forty -seven What Causes Tifi From Oct. to May colds are the most f-r. quent cause of headache. LAXiTn BROMO QUININE removes csum k w3 Groves on box. 26c. use. K. W.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1907. 11 RAILROAlbJJEWS. New Line Will Touch South western Kansas. v. ft I3 I 3 HE IS FULL OF HOPE. Prohibition Chairman Seess Possible Victory Next Year. Chicago, Dec. 14. Charles R. Jones, hairman of the Prohibition national eommittee has issued a statement to the people of America relative to the L908 campaign for president. He de ilares that the Prohibition party is about to come into its own and he pre 3icts that prohibition has a greater show of prevailing at the next presi dential election than had Republican principles at the time Lincoln received his first elevation. In view of the fact that a prohibition wave seems to be sweeping over America his statement attained great prominence and import ance. Already one-third of the states of the Union are living under prohibi tion. This means that the Prohibition party will expect to find welcome, in one-third of the commonwealth of the Union. The statement made by Chas. R. Jones of this city, who is chairman of the Prohibition national committee to the North American Press Syndicate is as follows: "The National Prohibition convention at Columbus, Ohio, next year will be one of the most significant events of 190S politics, and set the pace for the prohibition issues that will command the attention of press, politician and people alike. "Presidential timber for the Prohibi tionists exists today In abundance in almost every state. Men like Governor Hanly, Governor Folk, Governor Glenn E. W. Carmack are among a list of those prominently mentioned by many Prohibition leaders. But in addition to that the Prohibition party has a score of men within its own ranks whose qualifications are the equal of any of these mentioned. "The Prohibitionists have as good a chance to elect their candidate for president in 1908 as the Republicans appeared to have a year before the election of Lincoln in 1860. The prohibi tion party is already planning to force every political party in the nation to make a definite declaration on the li quor issue in the coming presidential campaign. That achieved the people .will do the rest." ARMY "AND NAVY BALL Given as Farewell to Admiral Evans and Ills Men. Old Point Comfort, Va., Dec. 14. A brilliant naval and military ball was riven at the Hotel Chamberlain last light In honor of Admiral Evans and the other officers of the 16 battleships which sail Monday on their notable cruise to the Pacific ocean. The re ceptlon and dance In the sallv decora ted ball room closed a day given over to loclal functions. Ships reported "Ready," and there was little or no work to do yesterday. Enlisted men same ashore In large numbers, while on board the gunners and ward room officers kept open house. Afternoon tea was served on every vessel, and Im promptu musicians were a feature of tne days entertaining. Bobbing launches filled with gay parties from shore made frequent trips during the visiting hours. Last night's event, the most formal of the week, called out the special ev ening dress uniforms of the naval offi cers, who were all aglitter with gold No matter what the death cer tificate says, the fundamental cause of one-half the deaths re corded is constipation. Cure yourself of the habit by eating daily WHEAT FLAKE CELERY which is made from the whole grain of the wheat berry. For sale by all Grocers The strongest sometimes eat the least, but they eat wisely. Not what you eat, but what you digest, gives you strength. Uneeda Biscuit is the most nourishing and di gestible food made from flour. Eat wisely eat for strength Uneeda Biscuit In moisture and dust proof packages. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY lace and trappings. Army officers from Fortress Monroe added a bright touch of artillery red to the color scheme. Flags of eleven nations draped the ball room. The social sets of Norfolk, Rich mond. Baltimore, Washington and oth er eastern cities were largely repre sented in the spectacular gathering. Several naval attaches from the for eign embassies and legations at Wash ington have arrived here to witness the maneuvers attendant on the de parture of the fleet. With regard to the report that all Japanese servants on board have been transferred to other ships or were to be left behind, it was stated on board the flagship that ony those Japanese stewards and mess attendants whose enlistments expired prior to July 1 next have been replaced by American sail ors recently trained for the work. The Japanese falling within this re striction have .been placed on receiving ships at various navy yards, as it was not desired to discharge them at a dis tant port and be under the obligation of paying their tares bacK to tne east ern portion of the United States. Quite a number of Japanese servants whose enlistments have a year or more to run are being taken along as usual. FIRST DOCTOR NAMED. He Will Examine Persons for Admis sion to Private Asylums. The state board of control today an nounced the appointment of Dr. C. J. Lidlkay of Kansas City, Kan., as med ical examiner of applicants for admis sion to private insane asylums, as provided for in chapter 392 of the ses sion laws of 1907. This medical examiner, to a certain extent performs the functions of a probate court. Those having a friend or relative who has become- afflicted with insanity, desiring to place such a person in a private asylum without the publicity and annoyance of having the patient adjudged insane in the probate court, can call upon the ex amining physician, and having se cured the necessary order from such physician, can compel the patient, even against his or her will, to go to a private asylum. The law allows the examining physician $3 as a fee for making the examination and issuing the necessary papers. This is the first examining physician that has been appointed in the state under this law, but the law alolws the appointment of as many such physicians as the board of con trol deems necessary. MAYORMGREEH "is" BUSY. Compelled to Answer Many Questions About Sunday Closing. Mayor Green was as busy as the pro verbial bee today, and, as they say in Missouri, "then some." "You can not sell flowers on Sunday, according to my con struction of the law. Flowers are a lux ury and not a necessity, and" "Dlnga-ling-dlng!" chimed the tele phone. The mayor picked it up and here Is what those in the mayor's office heard: "Yes. this is the mayor's office. Why, cer tainly, you may sell milk to your regular customers. Milk is a necessity, and Yes, you may keep your place of business open with the understanding that you sell only milk. What's that? No, you don't. If you do you will quite likely be arrested." The Dhone was hunn up and the mayor had just started to tell a Greek restaur ant keeper that he could serve meals as he had always done, ana mat it a cus tomer came in and ordered a meal and an orange, lemonade or milkshake on the side he had the riKht to serve hUn. but if a customer came in and wanted a bag of oranges or a lone milkshake or a lemon ade, why. he might run amuck the police if he accommodated him when this sen tence isn't made as long as a yardstick because the reporter's education has been entirely neglected, but for the purpose of showing that the late ex-Senator Stewart has a peer wnen it comes to wind rigni here In Kansas. Another restaurant keep er rushed In and inquired if there was a Philadelphia lawyer this side of "Filly". "No." he said as he marched out in a dazed sort of a way. "I only wanted to find out if I have the legal rlgnt to nana mv wife a drink of water on Sunday, and 1 know of no other person whose advise I am willing to take. DEATHS ANDFUNERALS. The funeral of Joseoh T. McLaua-hlin. who died Thursday night, will be held from the family home, 624 Van Buren street. Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o clock. The funeral will be under the direction of the G. A. R. and the services will be short owing to Illness in the family. Interment in Rochester cemetery.. I JORDAN SPEAKS UP. Gives Some Pertinent Facts Concern ing Use of Auditorium. "That was a wonderful lemon hand ed the city council by the Topeka Commercial club at its meeting Friday nignt, said cnarles E. Jordan, conn cilman from the First ward, chairman of the committee on streets and walks and a prominent member of the com mittee on public buildings. "The club censures the city, according to one newspaper, for charging $25 for the use of the city auditorium for one night. The same critic also severely criticises the city because those who rent the hall have to pay $15 addi tional ior tne use or the pipe organ "If the Commercial club members had looked Into the Question as care. fully as they might they would know that the city has nothing to do with the pipe organ charges. That instru ment is the property of the Topeka Pipe Organ association and of course that association controls its rental. So far as the rent of the auditorium is concerned I will say, on behalf of the city, that its charges are entirely too low. The income of the auditorium is far below the cost .of maintainance, to say nothing of the cost of repairs. I will be glad If the Commercial club or any other organization or person will cite a single case in any other city in the United States where a hall seating 4.000 persons, comfortably heated and lighted, can be had an evening for twice twenty-flve dollars. "There are people, however, who would want the auditorium for $1, if the rental charges were $1.75 an even ing. Some people believe, too, 'that the government should pay all their bulls, while there is another class that is always willing to give away ev erything, providing they do not own it. The city council passed the pres ent ordinance, governing the use of the auditorium and providing for its use in 1904. It passed it after the building committee had fully investi gated the question as It' concerned other cities. It passed it to try to pro tect the city and not to hamper or harm the citizens thereof. "Prior to the passage (and going into effect) of this ordinance the life of the mayor was made miserable by all sorts of persons and societies who were constantly taking up his time and trying to 'bargain with him for the use of the auditorium. The coun cil decided to relieve the mayor o that role of having the chief execu tive officer of the great city of Topeka appear in the character of a bargain counter clerk, dickering about wheth er the city should house organizations who wished to replenish their treasury free of charge, for ten dollars or for twenty-five dollars. "The fixtures of the auditorium cost about $1,000 and the income of the hall from the time it was ready foi use till the present time has not amounted to nearly the cost of its fur nishing. As to the Janitor service, 1 will sav, that it may not be as good as it should be, but janitor service costs and I should not think that It is graceful for one to berate this ser vice who contends that he should use the auditorium for nothing. Fttzpatrick Denies a Story. W. H. Fitzpatriek, state senator from Chautauqua county and one of the at torneys of the Standard Oil company in this state, was in Topeka today and took occasion to call on Attorney Gen eral Jackson and deny the story to the effect that the company which he represents was In any way Interested in the story given out In which he at tacked the attorney general. Senator Fitzpatrick is attorney for the Prairie Oil Gas company, the Kansas branch of the Standard Oil company. Consumptive Coughs are the forerunners of dread consumption, yet they can be broken up and entirely cured if properly treated. It is only by removing- tbe cause of tbe disorder that an abso lute cure can be effected. Piso's Cure toes to tbe root of the trouble and restores the lunes to a normal condi tion. It is a safe and effec tive remedy. All Druggists 23 Cents Wsj-vl PI tr, Will Be Known as Kansas Texas Railroad. ROAD SEEKING AID. Ask Konds of Two Thousand Per Mile at Hngoton Meeting. Other Items of. Interest in Railway Circles. The people of Stevens county are taking an active interest, in the new railroad proposed to be run from Gar den City to Guymon, Ok. One of the officials of the road was In Hugoton recently and the citizens gave him good encouragement. The Hugoton Hermes says of the meeting held at that time: The taxpayers and other citizens of Stevens county met en masse at the court house Tuesday afternoon to con sider the proposition of the Kansas Texas Railway company to build their line through Stevens county. T. w. Hubbard was elected chairman and R. L. Smith, secretary. J. L. Gilson, pres ident, and G. W. Gilson, vice president. were present and outlined the road s proposition which was as follows: First, that the people vote- bonds to the amount of $2,000 per mile and exchange the same for a like amount of stock in the company. Second, that Stevens county donate the right of way across the county. Third, that the people do nate $250 towards making the survey across the county; this amount to be paid when the road is completed and in operation through the county. The bonds not to be exchanged lor the stock in the company until the road is completed and in actual operation. All these propositions were unanimous ly agreed to by the meeting. It will be seen that the only dona tion made is the $250 and the right of way across the country. The bonds being merely a subscription for the pur pose of aiding in the construction of the road and in. return for the same the county gets stock in the road to the amount of the bonds. The lack of railroad facilities has kept Stevens county down long enough and it is now up to the people to get busy and do something. This is the best proposition that could come to us as it puts us next to the eastern mar kets by way of Garden City, and the Gulf ports by the way of Amarillo, with several outlets to the coal fields. The surveyors will be in the field next week and the road will De com pleted through Stevens county In 12 months. SANTA FE GETS NEW USE Are Sow Running Trains Into Nevada Oold District. The Santa Fe railroad has just ac quired the lease of several small lines in Nevada over which are given a di rect .route to the Tonopah and Gold field -territories. The new line leaves the Santa-F.t at Ludlow, Cal., and runs jlclfjeld Ion 'is' Ji nection id made to Tonopah over, the Tonoah,& Goldfleid. These new lines gives the Santa re the; most -direct service into the new Nevada gold fields. Through trains with sleeper for the .Tonopah and Goldfleid regions run from Los An geles to Tonopah. All the overland through if trains or tne santa i'e to California make close connections at Ludlow,- with trains to Beatty, Rhyolite, Bullfrog, Goldfleid and Tonopah. SWITCHMEN GAIN POINT. Lackawanna Road Is Refnsed In. junction by IT. S. Court, j Buffalo, N. T., De'ej 14. Judge Ha zel in the United Sattes court this af ternoon denied the -motion of the Delaware, Lackawanna Western Railroad company to- continue the in junction obtained by that company re straining the Switchmen's union from Inciting a strike among the men in Its employ. OAK. GRANGE INSTITUTE. Twenty-second Annual Event to Be Held Next Week. The twenty-second annual session of the Oak Grange Farmers" institute will be held at Oak- Grange hall in Mission township on next Tuesday and Wed nesday. Following is the programme: TUESDAY EVENING, 8:00. MUSIC. Opening address Wm. McCracken, master of Oak Grange. Care and Feeding Calves Emery Brobst. Relation of the People to Township Officers Frank Eckert. Reminiscences of Early Days In Kansas John A. Courter. How to Promote Good Feeling Be tween the Farmer and His Help Roy Hanna. The Effects of Cheerfulness Eleanor Sims. Recitation Wallace Corbett. How the Young Man or Woman May Be Useful to the Neighborhood Rich ard Nystrom. How I Would Manage a Corn Crop from Preparation of the Ground to Marketing Vernon Buckman. Why Should the Young Man Pay Any Attention to Political or Governmental Subjects J. B. Sims. Jr. WEDNESDAY MORNING 9:00. MUSIC. Hired Help Problem J. E. Mathews. Farmers' Vegetable Garden F. P. Rude. What Shall We Teach Our Children Mrs. J. P. .White. Sheep Raising in Kansas Joshua Browning. 12 o'clock Dinner. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 1:30. MUSIC. Building Up a Dairy Herd H. B. Cowles. Industrial Education Mrs. O. E. Walker. Financial Situation J. R. Mulvane. Progress and Improvement of the Rural Phone B. F. Pankey. WEDNESDAY EVENING 8:00. MUSIC. Feeding Value of Alfalfa Hay W. M. Lyttle. Reading Lillian Stone. Consolidation of Rural Schools E. T. Fairchild, state superintendent of pub lic instruction. 1 rtR.-, What Constitutes Good Musics-Miss Agnes Fisk. Everyone cordially Invited to attend and take part in the discussions. Bring dinner and supper with you- Music' in. charge of Mr. and Mrs.-C. Nearly a Million Dollars Spent for Your Comfort to give you a train to California whose convenience and comforts, the courtesy of whose attendants, the excellence of whose meal service should surpass. Ten relays of trains complete, from powerful loco motive to luxurious observation car, are required to maintain this service. Had you experienced the difference these refinements mean, you would have fasen one of the many who have already called on us to secure your berth, even not going till after Christmas.' You, too, would want to be sure ol going on the We have spent for your comfort, too, in inauguarting a second train via our El Paso low altitude route The California Fast Mail and in maln ing daily service through Colorado to California; also tourist cars via both -routes. We will spend for your comfort our time and most careful attention In giv ing you such further Information as you may desire at our ticket office. A. M. FULLER, C. P. A. Rock Island. Topeka, Kan. W. Spreng, assisted by the Dover quar tette. A. J. WHITE, President. L. L. VROOMAN, Vice President. ALICE C. BUCKMAN, Secretary. m COMPLICATIONS. Mrs. Longworth Is Progressing To ward Recovery Satisfactorily.' Washington, Dec 14. The condition of Mrs. Longworth who was operated on two days ago for appendicitis at the White House continues to be en tirely favorable. Dr. Rixey who visited the patient this morning announces after his call that Mrs. Longworth had spent a good night. Her temperature was good and there was no indication whatever of any unsatisfactory condi tions. A TOPEKA FIRM WINS. Charles Wolff Packing Co., Will Sup ply Meat for Topeka Institutions. The Charles Wolff Packing com pany of -Topeka was given the con tract yesterday for supplying the Topeka hospital and the Boys' Industrial school with meat for the next six months. This is a fat slice of the big meat contracts handed out by the board, The other contracts were di vided 'among Armours, Swifts, Cud aliy, Fowler and the S. S. company. Prices for beef were slightly higher than six months ago, while the prices on pork showed a slight slump, this about equalizing the cost to the state. Tne Cudahy Packing company, a new bidder on butterine. appeared be fore the state board of control Thurs day, and secured a third of the busi ness of supplying the state institu tions during the coming six months. Heretofore the butterine contract has been divided between Swift and Ar mour. The appearance of the Cud ahy's in the competition didn't affect the "truet" prices that always prevail. Armour was given the contracts for the Topeka hospital and the Girls In dustrial school at $15.25 per 100 pounds. Swift got the Osawatomie hospital and Parsons hospital at $15.50. and Cubady got all the rest at $15.50. The board let the contracts for $16, 000 worth of spiral fire escaped to the Dow Wire Iron company of Louis ville. Ky. This afternoon the board will let the contract for building a stone jetty to protect the new asylum water works. On January 7 the contract will be let for building a $10,000 ice plant at the Topeka hospital. THIRTY YEARS A Slave to Coffee. Many persons who dot realize that coffee drinking may become a power ful, enslaving habit. They are not all aware that coffee contains a drug caffeine which ought never to be taken into the sys tem except for certain diseases and then only when prescribed by the doc tor. The coffee habit grows on most users and is more harmful to some than others; But a drug that acts upon the heart and nerves In the way caffeine does, is not without greater or less harm to all who drink coffee. "For thirty years, writes a Wash. housewife, "I have been a steady coffee drinker. I wanted it at every meal. "But I would have sick headache most of the day, and throw up my food. I really suffered awfully from coffee yet I thought I never could stop it. "Then I heard how good Postum was for such cases, and began to use it. At first I did not care for Postum, I felt sleepy and had headache. I soon found that this was because of tbe hold coffee had on me, for in about three days after 1 quit corree and be gan to use Postum the headache left me. had no more nervousness and palpitation. In about a week I felt like a new woman. "I have used Postum three years and when it is made according to di rections (boiled IB minutes) it is as pleasant as coffee and don't hurt any one. I ought to know for I was as bad off as anyone Is likely to get from coffee drinking. Now I am well." "There's a Reason." Name given by "the Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little booklet. "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. POLICE HAVE WHITE ELEPHANT. He Is John Blevins, a Helpless Para lytic Jointist. The police have a "white elephant" on their hands, in the person of John Blevins, a jointist. Blevins was ar rested for selling liquor down in the "bottoms' district, but was not Jailed because he is helpless, being para lyzed from his waistband to the so lea of his feet. A month ago he was car ried into police court in a chair, and found guilty. A fine of $100 and 30 days in jail was assessed, but the po lice decided they would rather forego the pleasure of punishing him, and he was hauled back to the "bottoms." Last night Chief Eaton ordered him brought in on committment because it was reported that he was again selling liquor. Again the paralytic was "toted" into the police station on a chair, and lodged in the hospital room. It takes a detail of two men to wait on the cripple, who can not get out of his chair by an effort of his own. It is not necessary to lock him up for safe keeping. END OF TICKET SCALPING. The Business Receives Its Death Blow in the Courts. Chicago, Dec. 14. Judge Kohlsaat in the United States circuit court today entered the final decree in the suit of 16 railroads against 52 ticket scalpers in accordance with the recent decision of the Uaited States supreme court holding that the business of railroad ticket scalping is illegal. The litiga tion was begun in Chicago three years ago and the case was taken on appeal to tne supreme court by the ticket scalpers. The entering of the decree is declared by the railroad attorneys to be a death blow to the ticket scalping business. Girl Arrested for Forgery. Newark, N. J.r Dec. 14. Antoinette Barris, a 16-year-old girl, is under ar rest here on a charge of forgery, and it is believed she is the author of "Black Hand" letters which have been threatening residents of this city for some time. The letter which was traced to Antoinette, it is said, was written to a young girl who has col lapsed because of the fright she suf fered. Antoinette was arrested for forging the name of a woman who was teaching her dressmaking to a check for $40 and confessed the forgery. Pitcher Teel to the Athletics. South Bend, Ind., Dec. 13. Pitcher Harvey Teel, who was with Fort Wayne in the Central league a few years ago, will be with the Philadelphia American league team next season. He has been drafted from Tecumsen of the Southern Michigan league. The sale of Outfielder William Donahue and Catcher Dunn, by Evansville to New Orleans has been officially announced. LOCAL MENTION. Let us have your prescriptions. Price's drug store. W. G. Brooks will deliver a lecture tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the B Street Baptist church. Subject, "Evil Effects of Intoxicating Drinks." The Royal Neighbors of Topeka camp 148 held a social Wednesday evening at the residence of Amos Beeler, 823 Madi son street. U. S. Need, United States deputy marshal, is in the city for a few days. We have a fine line of postcards, al bum and photo books; also calendars and folders. Wolcott Photo Supply Co. All members and friends of K. L. of S. are expected to meet at Security hall Tuesday evening at 7:30 to join a line party for the benefit of the band and staff at -the Majestic. F. L. Campbell. O. P. M. McClintock and 15 other property owners today filed a petition with the city clerk asking the city council to pave Buchanan street from the south line of Thirteenth street to Fifteenth street. A communication was filed today from the property owners In the Rodgers Davis addition to the city, asking the city council to open certain alleys in that locality to traffic. Henry ionroe has petitioned the council for a rebate on the park taxes he paid on the north half of lot 422 Buchanan street. He claims that half the lot was taxed for as much as was the full lot adjoining. Mitchell brothers were granted a per mit today to erect a one and one-half story frame dwelling at 630 Garfield av enue. The estimated cost of the build ing is $2,400. (Goldsix State Lsiintstccii FUNNY FRANK II. TXNNEY. Comedian, Who "Inherited $0,000,M Going Back for Money and Wife. Frank H. Tinney, the black face comedian at the Majestic theater this week who received a telegram the first of the week notifying him that he had fallen heir to a fortune of $60,000, re ceived a second telegram today, he says, asking him to come to Philadelphia im mediately. He is under contract with an eastern booking house to finish thl! season which does not end for several weeks yet, but this is a matter of small importance to him and he will leave bag and baggage Sunday evening for the east to claim his newly acquired wealth. This means that a lot of people will be deprived of the pleasure of see ing him perform. The money, so he says, was left to him by the mother of his sweetheart who left a much lrager sum to her daughter and the fortunate voung man will leave at once to claim his fortune and bride. "It's true, is it not, that you are going back, to marry the girl," was asked. "Well I should say so," he re plied. "I have been daubing up every night for a number of years and mak ing a fool of myself with no other Idea in view than returning to my old home and claiming Rose when I had mada money enough." "Rose how much?" queried the im pudent reporter, "what Is her other name. "Well, it doesn't matter wheth er she has another one or not for I am going back and give her mine as soon as I can cover the distance. As soon as we are married we are going abroad for a while and when I return to this country I think that we will travel about the country attending the vaudeville theaters as an applause com mittee. I am going to take Dave Con ture, of the acrobatic team now at the Majestic, with me on my trip home and he will accompany us abroad as my traveling companion." MR. HOBART IS UNDECIDED. Hasn't Made Up His Mind About Clos ing Store Sunday. Frank Hobart, the only drug store proprietor in Topeka who has not sign ed an agreement to close his store on Sunday, "from 12 o'elock Saturday night to 7 o'clock Monday morning," declined to say whether he would close his store Sunday. When asked directly if his store would be open for the sale of drug store wares tomorrow, by a re porter for the State Journal this after noon, Mr. Hobart declined to answer one way or the other. Wins Verdict for $8,000. Des Moines la., Dec. 14. A Jury to day awarded judgment of $8,000 to Miss) May MacKenzie who sued J. B. Gray, a wealthy farmer for alleged breach of promise. Gray filed notice of appeal. The up-to-date drug store in the big block is Price's. Of experience enables OS to know the western shoe trade. Our reputation has been made on honorbuilt shoe that have won merit and given satisfaction. Kirkendall's Eletftric Welt Shoes are at the head of the western shoe trade on their merits. Their popularity is due to completely satisfied purchasers Combining Style, ease, elasticity, com fort and durability, they are unequalled by any manufactured. Special tannea sole leather is used. Made In latest styles,' n all leathers, uppers silk tired, and containing- the best obtainable ma terials. Kirkendall's Electric Welt Shoes stand pre-eminently for quality ana satis faction. Insist on seeing them. If your dealer cannot supply you, write us. We'll learn wny ana aavue where you can get them. F. t. MKDIDaU. CO. Weston MaaW WWi Trade. Si 3

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATU JOURNAL- SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1907. 12 WANT TO KNOW. Commercial Club to Investigate Gas Situation. Also Start Something Abaul En tertainments at Auditorium. The members of the Commercial club want to know whether the gas company Is pumping air into the mains for the purpose of sending the little wheels in the meters around faster than they should go under the present low pressure, and incidentally exacting from the user an overcharge for the gas furnished. This anxiety was the cause of the appointment of a committee at the meeting last night which should be ablf to throw some light on the subject. The committee consists of well known Topeka busi ness men and their report should set tle the matter. The following is the committee named by President Holli day: W. H. Davis, W. A. L,. Thomp son. J. T. Huntington, John Purcell and Arthur Mills. In announcing the committee President Holliday said: "I have spent considerable thought in select ing a committee to investigate the tories of air being pumped into the gas mains for the purpose of keeping ud the pressure while repairs are be ing made on the line, and I think that I have named a committee of repre sentative business men of the city. Their report should settle the matter for all time. I think that the word of any man on this committee is as good as his bond and I hope that they will give the matter a thorough in vestigation even if it is necessary to go to some expense to do so." The free use of the Auditorium for entertainments was brought up by a statement made by Lu M. Penwell. "The way that the Auditorium is man aged is a disgrace to the city, was Mr Penwell's introduction of the sub ject, "an outrage to common decency and a robbery .perpetrated on every taxpayer In Topeka. The manage ment of the building the night of the Howe lecture calls for some action from this club. The janitor service was rotten, ana I use that word advisedly, and a dis grace. For half an hour the commit tee in charge of tho affair argued with the negro Janitor in charge before he could be prevailed upon to lower the lights so that the lantern slides could be used. "During this time the speaker and audience were compelled to await the pleasure of this lone Janitor who seems to have full charge of the building. The place is poorly lighted for entertainments where light is needed and for months com-plainta nave been made after every entertain ment to the city council and they have been pigeon holed, or at any rate nothing has ever come of them. "It's time that something was done to change this condition. It was the money of the taxpayers that was used In erecting the building but to get any benefit from it a fee of $25 is exacted for the use of the auditorium and if a few notes are to be released from the pipe organ this calls for a further ex penditure of 15. It's an outrage and jf the council will not do anything I think that this Commercial club should take a hand in the matter and see if something can not be done, to change the present conditions. "A few days ago' a dofn'' growing contest in which the boys of Shawnee county partlclpat. was held in To peka and becaue"the -fee of $25 was not forthcoming !n -advance the com mittee was compelled to hold the con test in the city court room which was not large enough to accommodate half the crowd." President Holliday immediately called upon Councilman Kutz. the only member of the city council ex cepting himself who was present to defend the city fathers but the defense of the councilman was practi cally a confession of the righteousness of the charges and In turn President Holliday made the same confession. Oouncilmen Holliday and Kutz stated that they took the same view of the matter as that held by Mr. Penwell and the matter was dropped after a brief discussion by other members of the club who took n" kick at the mem bers of the city co-ncll who. have charge of the auditorium. W. I. Taylor, president of the rail road committee, reported that the per manent survey for the Topeka and Southwestern railroad has been com pleted and that the last center stake has been driven. Work is dragging just at the present time on account of the fact that Contractor Denton has not reached the city with his outfit. This Is laid at the door, or heels, of the mules of the grading outfit, as it was found necessary to drive them 60 miles across the country on account of the inability of the railroad to furnish cars for their transportation. "I consider that the engineering corp3 has done excellent work." said Mr. Taylor, "for we have a stake set in the middle of the right of way from Topeka to Council Grove every one hundred feet. This work has cost us $6,000 and this sum has nearly all been collected and paid. Mr. Denton has wired me that he will be In Topeka the first of the week and I expect that the outfit will be at work not later than Tues day." President Holliday announced the following nominating committee which will seleot a board of directors for next year. They will report at the meeting which is to be held on the inth of Jan uary: A. M. Patten. A. C. Kllngaman. A. B. Poole. F. W. Freman. J. C. Chambers J. A. Cole. 'William Schick, M. C. Ho'.man and T. F. Doran. Nine directors will be selected by this com mittee. W. F. Jensen of the Continental Creamery company presented the fol lowing resolution which wps doTt1: "Resolved. By the Commercial club of Topeka. Kan., that we believe there is a decided weakness in the present Interstate commerce law. whereby railroads can advance rates without first gaining the consent rf the inter state commerce commission. Recent ly we have had before us two attempis Cold Days Create an appetite for coffee. Good coffee is the most nourishing bev erage one can drink after being ex posed to the weather. Coffee from our store is not only the best roff obtainable, but rv?t ment and a palatableness that can not be purpassed.- We carry all kinds and grades from 20c to 40c per lb. Chas. McCih toe J Tea Coffee Crocket y 815 Kan as Arpnnc Phone 749 i 1 1 1 m to raise interstate rates, both of which affect Kansas industries very materially; namely, the attempts of railroads to increase transportation charges on cream from 40 to 120 per cent over the old schedule., and also an attempt to' increase the freight rates on lumber from the Pacilic coast about 25 per cent. "Both the creamery interests and the lumber interests have in the past been- encouraged by the railroads, but the Increase proposed would affect these interests very much and almost destroy them.' In', self defense the creamery interests and the lumber in terests, at a great expense to them selves, had to bring action in the fed eral court, and secured a restraining order, preventing the. railroads from Increasing the cream rates and tht. lumber rates until a hearing can be had before the interstate commerce commission. "The acts establishing an interstate commerce commission should be so amended as to provide a hearing by interested parties before the interstate commerce commission before an in crease in rates can be put into effect and higher charges colected. "We respectfully petition our sena tors and representatives in congress to work for the amendment of the acts establishing the interstate commerce commission which will provide a hearing by interested parties before an increase in interstate rates, both freight and express, can be put into effect." ROEB IS CAPTAIN. Washburn Foot ban Team Chooses Leader for 1908. John Robb, the right end of the Washburn football team, was this morning elected captain of the team for 1908. The election took place at 10 o'clock this mornins in McVicar chapel at Washburn and was unanimous. Two other candidates Hope and Johnston were nominated, the nomina tions being made by ballot. On the first ballot however, the other candi dates withdrew and on motion Robb was unanimously elected. Photo by Colville. John Robb, Xew Captain Washburn ixxitbun 'ream. The election of Robb will be a popular one as he is well liked, by all the members of the team. The spirit of the other members of the team after his election was, of the same order that has been shown by the team ail year arid which has been such a potent factor in the success of the team. That the same good spirit will be' displayed next season goes without saying. The fifteen players -wno were eligible to vote all attended the meet ing this morning and cast their votes. The season which has Just closed has been the third season for Robb. In 1905 he played as a substitute in several of the big games. Last sea son he was tried out at right end and has held this position ever since. He has been in poor condition this sea son due to bad health and has not been able to put up his best game. But his showing was sufficient for his team mates to give him the honor of being next year's captain. Robb is a member of the Delta Phi fraternity of Washburn. He is a student in the liberal arts department and is now in his Junior year. In addition to being a good football player he is an all around athlete. Two years ago he caught for the base ball team and Is a good baseball player at any position. He is a fair basket ball player althoug-h he does not play this game much. He is also recognized as one of the best track athletes in the state and never fails to roll up a high individual score. The new captain lives in Sparta, 111., and was induced to come to Washburn through the efforts of his cousin. David Munford, the", big right guard of the team who is a student in the medical department of the college. Robb assumes his new duties officially January 1, but there Is noth ing for him to do until the football season commences next September. At the meeting this morning the players arranged to have their group picture of the season taken this af ternoon at Colville's gallery. This is the official picture which will ap pear in Spalding's football guide. MUST FIX VP HIS SOTS. Mr. Prrnnlne Marie Mistake In Com mencing Two Actions in One. Judee Z. T. Haen. attorney for James Mrfihp in tb sijitc -asralnft the e-o!ty enirlneor by the cltv. started in this morninfir to mnkp shoestrings out of the rnse .Tfilrsi hi? client. Tn a motion to sepornte the cases of Mc Onbe. bis bon-sman. a nrty com nnnv anfl "Kins-, the nsftnrt Hty en- i nnTr. jii' ic- i rpzn snnwpn max j nrcnpfn? -a1 rnne an error in suing both McCnbe nnd Kiper on one In formation. Drppninsr was ordered bv the onur to hunt un come xouse why he should not r-rtll down tb present nrofeortlr2T r.n do It risrht. Pott firre this nftemoon n motion to oirttt the oTTlrMnt of the cltv ?r-fl!n!5t Ttoy Crawford- will be srpuod. "r1s a tbf? tept cji5p tn T.nirV the oity tryinjr out the validity of the Pnn-d-tv theater ordinance. CnrH of Thanks, i -While our hearts-are-sore'v" grievcfl I over the d"nth o onr belovod husband And father, the eo'den glow of friend j shiTi that was evinced by the kindly I pyrrpathy o evervhodv. expressed in i-tokens of esteem, arid affection, lightens our burden of sorrow. It Is with grat :'il hearts that-we return our thanks to all who assisted In our time of tro:; i Me. and especially to thi orders th.'. Masonio. He'ena Charter Eastern Star, M.'- W." A'., a-nd A. O: II. W.. and to "the i ministers, Hfv.; r.' t Fcrorson.- Kev. John. 51, whitehead, and Rev Joshun Barrett, who conducted the religious servicPs. and -to .those who contributed the beautiful floral offerings, and music MRS. GEO. W. PETRO AND FAMJL.Y- to raise interstate rates, ootn oi m 7 whirh nffoot Kansas industries very T ,i iitfi" "pi"Siiw'""1Mimwm mMr" n "-r Phones Bell 555, A COMPLETE SUCCESS. I Y. M. C. A. Membership Canvass Is Finished. Priday, the 13th, the day of the great membership canvass of the Young Men's Christian association, was a complete success. The association ac complished all that it set out to ac complish. The Junior department has not quite completed Its task but it is expected that the boys will have se cured the renewal of their friends by this evening when the long Journey of the Sunset LJmlted and Blue Diamond Express ends. The total results of yesterday's cam paign was 433 new members and renew als; 195 of these were new members. The canvassing committees of the association began to gather at the rooms yesterday morning at 7 o'clock. At 7:30 a service of conference and prayer was held. At 8 o'clock about 30 men sat down to breakfast and by 8:30 ten of the members of the committee. who had breakfasted before coming down. Joined this group and the active campaign of the day was set up. A Mt tle over an hour was consumed in ad justing the preliminaries, distributing names and instructing committees, so that the committees commenced their actual work between 9 :-30 and 10 o clock.1 The first blast of the Continental creamery whistle was blown a little af ter 10 o'clock and then from then on all during the day up till late last night the signals were sounded. The committee reassembled at noon for lunch and about 35 men were pres ent at the noon lunch. Reports pf the committees that had been canvassing during the morning were received and interesting incidents in the campaign were related. Mr. Scott Hopkins was the guest of the directors at this time and made a little address of encourage ment to the men who were on the canvassing committees. The total re port at noon showed about 160 new members and renewals. The commit tees resumed their work with a will and during the afternoqn made splendid records. A number of the committee met again for supper in the evening and the re port at this time was about 350. "Vig orous work between supper and 10:30 brought this total up to 433. The com mittees were unable to see a large num ber of members whose memberships are now either due or will be due for re newal by January 1. The "young men's" prize was awarded to Messrs. C. B. Howe and William Paul, who secured 32 new members and renewals. Twenty of this number being new members. Splendid work was also done by Messrs. J. J. Henderson. Earl Voorhls, George Godfrey Moore, Ed O'Donovan, F B. Parker, H. O. Maddox, Chas. P. Adams, C. G. Blakely, H. T. Chase, R. Fullerton, J K. Bair, L. Thorpe, D. W. W. Crawford, Ellis Hughes and E. J. Snyder. One of the best records of the day was made by Messrs. J. P. Davis and Chas. Eldridge. These gentlemen, how ever, were closely rivaled by President J. B. Larimer and Mr. David Bowie. First place in the day's work will have to go to the president of the mem bership club, Mr. Elon S. Clark, who reported 30 new members and renewals. The association is deeply indebted to the young men of the Washburn as sociation who gave so freely of their time during both the morning and af ternoon. Mr. John Nipps. who is vice president of the membership club for the Washburn district, assisted by a number of his fellows, made an es pecially good record. The whole day was a day of enthus iastic work on the part of the workers, undismayed by difficulties and undefat pd by obstacles. In yesterday's campaign the follow ing names were added to those who hold the business man's membership: Dr. H. L. Alkire, A. Fassler, H. B. Kel iey Cyrus Leland. A. A. Hayes, Dr. L. H Munn. J W Robison. G O. Smith, Dr. J. H. Soleckl, A Friend, Dr. V. S: Lindsay. COULDN'T SAVE BOSWOBTH. Congressman Scott "Forced to Name a Xew Postmaster for Paola. Washington. Dec 14.-The post- Liver Pills Ask year doctor if he frioicj a letter pill for a tlugghh liver than Aytr't Pill-. Then follow hi, advice. It is impossible, simply impossible, for anyoneto enjoy the best of health ifha bowels are constipetedyUndigested material, waste, products: poisonous substances, must be daily removed from the body or there wilLbe trouble, and often serioustrouble, too. Ayer's Pills aid nature .that is 1L The JacKsoh-WalKcr arid Material Co. Christmas and Winter is here when you need warmth around the home. We are suppliers of warmth in every sense of the word. The Topelca Coaling Station Ind. 550. 807 master general has appointed Alpheus Lane as postmaster of Paola, Kansas, to succeed W. P, Bosworth, removed. Early last spring a postofflce Inspector filed an adverse report on Bosworth which resulted in the department asking Congressman Charles F. Scott to name a new postmaster there. Scott made a fight to retain Bos worth and succeeded in staving off an appointment for ten months. The de partment, however, refused to yield and insisted upon a new man, where upon Scott recommended Lane. WRECKED THE TRAIN But Robbers Were Driven Away by Train Guards. Tiflis, Transcaucasia, Dec. 14. A band of 60 robbers attacked and de railed the mail train running between Tifiis and Baku last night near the station of Salakhtu. The train was carrying a large sum of money. The train guard repulsed the bandits after a fight in which many passengers and soldiers were wounded. The bandits finally retreated leaving four dead, be hind them". .The attack was daringly conceived and carried put. .Thirty yards .of track on a downgrade Jad;been tprn up and the train, funning, at full' speed, plunged1 'it way---ivet 4he ties. Both locomotives and :most "of the cars were ditched; The robbers. whoT were in hiding nearby Immediately came out and advanced on- the train guard and passengers. They threw eight bombs and opened a heavy fire on the con fused travelers. ;The train guard -rallied quickly and- returned this fire from behind the mass of wreckage. They held their ground tenaciously until the robbers were driven off car rying their wounded. A hospital train has brought a number of the wounded passengers and guard to Tifiis. Troop are in pursuit: of the robbers. STUCK TO THE RATES. But Not by Agreement, Declares In surance. Companies. St. Louis, Dec. 14. When the investi gation Into the alleged trust of insur ance companies doing business in Mis souri was resumed today. Assistant At torney General Ferris continued his ef forts .to show that 67 insurance com panies are in an agreement to fix and control rates. While admitting that as a general proposition they have ad hered to the Waterworth rate, wit nesses for the insurance companies as sert that they have cut the rate fre quently when competition necessitated such action. The "Waterworth rate," which ap pears to figure as the keynote of the state's case, Is a book of estimates compiled by James A. Waterworth of St. Louis in reference to the value of property, the risk, involved and the in surance rate that should apply. The insurance agents say that they have nothing to do with its ownership or publication and It was compiled for the guidance of only those who wish to use it. MI!. OTT GETS A PERMIT. Kansas Avenue Druggist Again Auth orized to Sell Liquor. In probate court this morning a permit to sell liquor. according to law was issued to A. H. Ott,. the druggist Rt 226 Kansas avenue. Ott's permit was revoked several months ago, while Ott was being prosecuted on a charge of selling illegally. About a month ago the police raided Ott, who was then without a permit, and ar rested him on a similar charge. Ott was discharged In police court because the evidence was insufficient to con vict,,being based on the fact that some alcohol and sherry wine was found n the premises. Ott explained that these liquors were used only in compound ing prescriptions. Chief of Police Eaton opposed the Is suing of the permit today, but did not make a case against the druggist. Mrs. Disnev Adjudged Insane. Mrs. Jennie Disney of Oakland was adjudged-insane In probate court Frl dav afternoon, and will be sent to the state hospital. Mrs. Disney was tried for sanity several months ago, out me r-ommission decided that she was sane. The. woman has been in poor circum stances for a long time, bee deserted by her husband and: left with .three children. Her health .a s bad, rmd she was dependent on the labor of the two older children, who were employed at the woolen min. Portland, Oregon. I Every night at-T:35 a Pullman tourist sleeping car leaves Topeka via the Union Pacific R- R. which goes through to Portland. Oregon, without cten j There is no better way to reach all of l the great-Pacific northwest-. KanSOS AvCnUC Chas. J. Smith, DRIVEN ASHORE. Bark Edmund Phlnney and Crew In Dangerous Position. New York. Dec. 14. The bark Ed mund Phlnney was driven ashore on the east side of Sandy Hook In a heavy snow storm at 10 a. m. today. The Sandy Hook life saving crew went to the assistance of her crew. The Phln ney was bound from Jacksonville for Perth Amboy. The task of saving the lives of the crew of the Phinney was extremely hazardous owing to the blinding snow storm and terrific seas which were breaking on the beach. It was impossi- U1C X 1 LUC 1ILC OaVd3 L J ,CM1. w through such a sea and they prepared at UI1CC LU BJ1UUI UL ItlO UllC bark and bring the crew ashore In a breeches buoy. As the bark lay only about 100 feet from the beach there was a good chance of saving the sail ors in that way. The life savers made, several unsuc cessful attempts .to shoot the life line to the bark but owing to the gale the gun would not throw the line so far as the wrecked vessel. Two tugs tried to reaclt.Uie iark, but failed and the life an vera then tried to reach the- vessel I In their power lire ooat. V Tfn or twelve men were In the rig ging of the Phinney, watching the ef forts of the life savers. A i a nrraAlrtnir tllfiT tOWi O Z A life boat was compelled by the heavy seas to turn back Derore reaenmg me 'c of the wreck. The two crafts returned to the shelter of the Hook. The wind was then blowing 60 miles an hour and the snow had turned to rain. mv.- the Phlnnavwas car ina iv.i iniu.i. ried away. A number of men could be seen in a gVoup near the stern of the vessel. The lire savers hb"'" chu ored.to get a line to the bark. It Is reported that another vessel has gone ashore on- the coast near au.imj The captain and crew, -10. men In all, were brought- ashore. HENEY TO GO EAST. He Will Return In Time to Prosecute Calhoun. San Francisco, Dec. 14. -Francis Heneyy who' as assistant district, at torney -for this city and county has had charge of the investigation and prosecution of the municipal bribery graft cases, will leave tonight for Portland, where he will look into the present status of the Oregon land fraud, cases still pending and then go to Washing-ton to confer with the de partment of Justice. -He expects to return td San Fran cisco in time to take charge of the trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the-United Railways against whom 14 indictments were returned for offering to bribe supervisors, which Is set for February 1.' The failure of United States attorney Bristol to properly prosecute the land fraud cases has been assigned as the reason for the withdrawal of the latter's reappoint ment. sevenInches of snow Chicago Is Visited by a Severe Storm, Turnlne to Rain. Chicago,. Dec. 14 severe snow storm whlcn rageu m. ----tinued today, caused considerable -de lay today to serviCT V,; elevated car lines an roads. The weather bureau reported that-nve incnes ui n ji,-.,int anil between six tne aowniowu Uii." and seven inches in the southern sec tion of the city. The storm Is i of wide or tne country f manv tains to tne Aiianui; localities east of Chicago the snow to day tumea w rain- KNEW HIM IN THREE STATES. Rev. Mr. XVhitehead's Tribute to the Late George W. Petro. A remarkable incident was that re lated by Rev. F. M. Whitehead of West Tenth street, at the funeral ser vices of George W. Petro. deceased, Jn saying that he knew Mr. Petro wh his mother carried him in her arms to the primitive church of which he was the preacher;: and that he had been the preacher of the Baptist churches in three different states of each of which the deceased was a member. At the time that Mr. White head made these remarks the corpse of Mr. Petro was in the coffin in front of him. he having died two days be- Coal fore, aged 65 years and 8 months. The aged minister Is hale and hearty, though the above would Indicate that he must be chasing the century mark pretty hard. RESUMING BUSINESS. Two Manufacturing Plants to Start Up at Racine. Racine, Wis., Dec. 14. An evidence that the financial situation here is im proving, the Case Plow company has announced that it will resume work at its plant Monday morning, employing 400 men and running ten hours a day. The plant has been closed for four weeks. The Mitchell-Lewis Wagon company will start Its plant a week later, em ploying 1,200 men. CRAWFORD CASE UP. Motion in Theater Suit Argued Before Judge Dana- One feature of Sunday closing case was argued before Judge Dana this afternoon and taken under advisement. It. was a motion to quash the informa tion under which Roy Crawford was ar rested for keeping his theater open on Sunday. The merits of the case were not con sidered, the claim that the papers were faulty being merely a technical objec tion. MR. NYE'S GRIEVANCE. How He Tried to Remove It by Law and FRiled. Chicago, Dec. 14. The author of the Nye sleeping car berth law which the supreme court of Wisconsin has decided unconstitutional. Is AssemDiy man Ray J. Nye, an insurance broker of Superior. Nye, who is large and heavy, took a sleeper at Superior one hot summer night to return to Madison ana re sume his legislative duties. He took a lower berth and tried to get the porter to leave the upper one closed. The porter however, said he could not. as it was aealnst the rules. Finally Nye climbed Into his heavy curtained berth, but could not sleep on account of lack of air. and when he reached Madison next morning his temperature was far above normal. A few davs later he lntroaucea nis sieep ing car berth bill. Finally it passed and Governor uaviason signed n. Its chief provision is as follows: "Whenever any person pays for the use of a douhle berth in a sleeping car .he shall have the right to direct .whether tne up per berth shall be open or closed, unless the upper berth actually is occupied by some other person; and the proprietor of the car and the per son in charge of it shall comply with such direction. The penalty for violating the Ia,w was fixed at Imprisonment In the county Jail for six months or a fine of J100. Th Pullman Car company, which owns-most of the sleeping cars used in Wisconsin, instructed its porters to disobey the law, it is alleged, and flnallv passengers began to complain, W. O. Stone filed a formal complaint with the state's attorney at Green Bay against the porter on a car run ning into the northern part of the state, and the porter was arrested and convicted. The Pullman company then appealed to the supreme court. W. H. Crevlston Will Plead Insanity. iola. Dec. 14. W. H. Crevlston did not plead guilty In district court to he charge of murdering Wells Ste wart. E. W. Myler, who was ap pointed by the court to defend Crevis ton announced that a plea of not guilty would be entered and request made for a trial. Mr. Myler stated that the defense had not been fully outlined, but that he believed that an insanity plea will be made. PHONE 153 and we will send you Washing List. Prices Desirable Work Guaranteed i Topeka Laundry Go. SECOND AND QUINCY City Manager. A Bank Book for Christmas Open a Savings Account in per son or by mail, with this Bank, and present it to your children, re latives or friends' as A Christmas Gift This plan will encourage the habit of Saving, Thrift and Kcon omy. We especially solicit small accounts, on which we pay three per cent interest. Tou can degin with One Dollar. If desired, we will place the pass book In a spec ial Holiday Envelope and mail it with your card, so that it will be received Christmas morning. Please call for particulars. THE PRUDENTIAL STATE SAVINGS BANK L 0 ill! K sent you bv mail I r-i on request. Use the twelve nur -Dositoriea. If voj are benefitted send us a dollar if no. write to us to that effect and you wi 1 owe us nothing-. The Eureka Drug Uo Dept. "D", Topeka. Kansas Own Your Own Home You can do so by the monthly payment plan. If you have a little to start with, The Shawnee Build ing-and Loan Association, 115 West Sixth street, will help you. Ask the secre tary to explain it to you. Open Saturday evenings, 6 to 8 o'clock. TOO LATE TO CLAMMiriV- FOR RENT $30, 9 room modern dwelling 704 W. 8th St. Inquire 18 W. 8th St. Itchlruf, irritable, chafing, chapped skin healed healthy by Satin skin cream. 25c. TO SAVE HER OIL. Oklahoma Will File Suit Against tbo Standard. Guthrie, Dec. 14. Attorney General West will file suit in Washington coun ty for an injunction to prevent the Standard Oil company from piping natural gas out of the state into Kan sas. He will also ask for a receiver for the Owen-Donnelly Oil company con trolled by the Standard. The company is chartered under the Kansas laws. The Standard has been constructing its pipe line to make connection with the Owen-Donnelly line. The attorney general originally flled his suit in the Oklahoma supreme court but withdrew it because that body refused to act as the court of original-Jurisdiction. our New Finished Family

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 14, 1907. 13 l-W 4 Santa Glaus Headquarters THE FAIR Toy Store of Topeka 618 KANSAS AVENUE Three of the most strenuous weeks of our lives are over, -and 'the hardest work ever done in The Fair Store is over. "We have gone into this Christmas campaign to make it the most" successful Holiday season we have ever had. Toyland never looked prettier, or ever had quite m many toys in it and we never owned them quite so cheap. Our car-load buying power has saved us at least 10 to 20 per .cent on freight and purchase price. FINE CHINA AND CUT GLASS These departments are too well known to need any r description at this time except that we want to announce that we have just received some fine pieces within the last few days and will have them out on sale tomorrow for the first time at genuine Fair Dept. Store prices. LARGE TOYS Iron Wheel Barrows 50c Iron Wagons 75c Iron Wheel Doll Bu?gies or Go-Carts, 75c Wire Doll Buggies ..59c Shoo Flies Regular size .69c Blackboard, on stand 39c Blackboard, on stand, small size 10c Children's Red Chairs 22c Iron Velocopedes $1.59 Wooden Wagons 15c to $1.00 Hand Cars, iron frame, large size, easv running, cog wheel. You can't break 'em Regular 90c Wagons, special. $5.00 ...50c IRON TOYS Hill Climbers These are friction toys will run up hill as well as down; any child can operate them; nothing to break or wear out. One of the most practical toys made. Come in engines, automobiles, 3 styles, day coach, street cars, hose wagons, etc. The prices are .$1.00 and 50c Trains Engine and three cars, good and strong, small but nice size for the little ones f. 25c Fire Engines Medium size, two horses, well made, extra strong wheels 50c IRON TOYS Iron Dray Wagons, Carriages, Toy Ranges, Banks, etc 50c to $1.25 Stationary Engines? Run by alcohol stoves i 25c Electrical Engines-One of the neat est things you ever saw. A little twist of the wrist sets it to going, and it will run with the same motion ;as a large, practi cal engine. Price ..$3.50 Trains on track. -Engine, tender and coach put up complete with track in box 50c Magic Lanterns Small size .35c Large size Magic Lanterns .$2.50 DOLLS The first thing you see when you enter Toyland and the last thing -w hen you go out, and we are proud of It too. We wish you could see It all through the store. We never had so many and we never had such exceptional values. We are selling large Kid body, Bisque head dolls for $1.00 that really ought to bring $1.50, but we bought them right and we have set the pace at making the price. Undressed Dolls, lo to $1.98. Dressed Dolls, lc to $9.75. Vndressed Dolls Just received by express, the most complete line of these much sought dolls. As the factory was overworked and behind in filling orders, our shipment was two weeks late and we have lost two weeks' sale on them so 'have marked them low to make them sell fast. They last a lifetime and you can get a beauty for 50c r. MECHANICAL TOYS If there is anything in Mechanical Toys that we, haven't got, we would like to know about it. We have never count ed the different kinds, but we must have at least 50 kinds, and -of all the tricks they do, you never saw the like. It is amusing to the old as well as to the children. Prices .10c to 50c GAHES We have just got in about a thousand kinds of them. Everything made, from the penny ones up to the most expen sive ones at $1.50. All the different' kinds of box games, card games, book games, checkers, dominoes, dice, ring toss, etc. Even if you don't figure on getting a game, come in and see the va riety. PICTURES Oh, here is where we touch the heart, and the pocketbook not very much. Most Beautiful Pictures, 16x20, gilt or dark frames; just in, 100 of them, but they won't last long; be early and get one; each 08c Some 16x20 Beautiful Pictures, but not as good a frame; each. v .75c Genuine: Pastel Work, beautiful gilt frames, assorted sizes and assorted sceneries. Priced 75c to $10.00 Unframed Matted Pictures. A coun ter full of them, selling fast, choice 5c An Interesting .lecture on "The Wonders of Science," but devoted chiefly to electricity, the Important and revolutionising electrical inven tions and their Inventors, was deliver ed last night at the Auditorium by Prof. W. J. Clarke, one of the well known electrical engineers of New York city. This lecture was the sixth entertainment on the pipe organ lyceum course and was well attended. in the audience was the usual number of young boys, who, for the second time during the week, did all in their power with all sorts of noises to make the evening anything but pleasant for the lecturer and his auditors. in is rowdlness on the part of the boys who attend lectures and entertainments at the Auditorium should not be toler ated any longer. If boys, unattended by their parents, are to be permitted to go to these affairs they should be made to behave. 11 no one cares to see that they behave they should not be permitted inside the building. Theater managers have little or no trouble In making the boys in the gal leries behave. There should not be any more trouble in making those be have who attend the Auditorium. If their continued misbehavior is allowed the boys will soon have all the enter tainments there to themselves for people will not be disposed to go there and waste an evening. That is what many of them are compelled to do now. For it is Impossible for them to enjoy anything that may be transpir ing because of the antics of the boys. Prof. Clarke's lecture was Illustrat ed by stereoptlcon views of the famous electrical inventions and their equally famous inventors. He characterized Edison's florascope as one of the most remarkable of electrical inventions. In the way of experiments. Prof. Clarke boiled some coffee and an egg with electrical heat and then he called for a volunteer to come on the stage and sample the cooking. Some folks in the audience yelled for Dr. Crum bine, secretary of the state board of health, and others for Frank Foster, charge de affairs of the pipe organ course, to play the goat. Mr. Foster it was. He mounted the stage and ate the lunch with apparent relish. Prof. Clarke then asked for a vol unteer who would like to feel himself talk. He wanted some one who could yell hello good and loud. A unani mous shout went up from the audi ence for City Attorney Drennlng. The ponderous city attorney, who was never noted for much bashfulness, stepped on the stage. He took hold of a couple of innocent looking han dles. He yelled out a "hello" that will surely win him a place In lieu of Ga briel's horn, and Prof. Clarke did his little bit. The result was that Dren- 1 Elixir Senna acts geatlyjet prompt-' ly onthe bowels, cleanses fKe system eectually, assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permanently, lo get its oenef icial effects buy the genuine. Manufactured by the California F0 -SlTRtJP Co. SOLD fcW LEAD) NO DRUCd STS 60t jwBOTTU. ning not only felt himself talk but also experienced a few feelings even strange to him. He was given a shock of electricity that doubled him up and actually made his hair stand on end. The crowd roared with delight as the abashed Mr. Drennlng looked for a knot hole In which to drop out of sight. He seemed to feel quite bad that he had bitten so easily. Some experiments in wireless teleg raphy were, shown by Prof. Clarke and he concluded his lecture with a fine moving picture of Niagara Falls. If past performances and reputa tions count for anything the acts which have been booked by Mr. Roy Crawford, the manager of the Ma jestic, for next week's bill, with the opening performance tomorrow after noon, ought to provide a vaudeville show which will equal,, and probably exceed, the best of the shows thai have been at this house this year. Particular effort was made by Mr. Crawford to secure an excellent show for next week because, it will be the benefit week for' the Knights ana Ladies of Security and the profits of the house for the week will be turned over to that organization. Probably the feature act on the bill will prove to be tne sKetcn wnicn win be put on by Francesca Redding and her company entitled "Her Friend From Texas." This is one of the high priced vaudeville acts touring in this part of the country and is pronounced to provide a lot or clever entertain ment. Other acts on the bill aro West and Mack, who are styled the kings of black face comedians: Pankled. a clever mud sculptor; the Demuths, whirlwind dancers, and Coy De Trickey, a singing and dancing soubrette. For the moving pictures there will be a series of amusing events called "A Crazy Quilt." A novel and varied bill has been provided for the show at the Olympic for next week by Mr. Bryant, tha manager of this popular little play house. The shows which are now be ing put on at the Olympic seem to improve each week and a vaudeville bill which is worth double the money charged is the order of the day there no w. Olive and Mac are the headliners on the bill for next week. They present an up to date musical act that is sure to make a hit. Zouboulak, a cartoon ist in clay, is also another feature act on the bill. Some of his work in clay modelling is exceptional. Then there Is McCabe and Mack, a team of funny men. who put on a good singing, dancing and talking turn. The other act is provided by "The Great Lau rence," a lightning change artist, who wears the military uniforms of vari ous armies in rapid succession and alo gives the bugle calls used by the armies of many countries. Mr. C. O. Galbraith wil sing "My Virginia lor an illustrated song and a new series of moving pictures will be shown. NO MORE BASEMENTS. Chicago Adopts a New Style of School Building. Chicago, Dec. 14. A new type of school building has been adopted of ficially by the buildings and grounds committee of the school board as the standard for elementary schools to be erected within the next two years. In place of a standard building of 26 rooms, accommodating an average of 1.S00 pupils, the new structures will have, when completed, 40 rooms, each building including a kindergar ten room and an assembly hall, with a capacity of from 850 to 1.000. The structures win be Duiit in tnree sections a central section of 20 rooms, containing the assembly hall and all the other rooms necessary for a complete school equipment, ana two wings of ten rooms each. The average cost per room of the new buildings will be $8,000, as against $11,000 for the old type. The most radical feature of the new buildings will be the complete elim ination of the-basement. Toilet con veniences will be placed in "tower rooms" on each floor, v Suicide Attempt We Successful. Fort Wayne, Ind.. Dec. 14. Otto Seidel. a weathy member of the city council, who shot himself Thursday with suicidal intent, died today. The shooting was the result of a threat of impeachment proceedings for his re moval. Seidel leaves an estate of 1150.000. CZA11IXA IS ILL. Doctors Have Held Several Consulta tions on Her Case. St. Petersburg, Dec. 14. The health of the wife of the czar of Russia is very poor and her condition is re garded as somewhat critical. Several consultations of doctors of the court hints of a suicide pact between them, but this theory has been disproved. The small gas stove in the room of the women was found to be turned on. COULD HAVE HAD MEDICINE. V-t I I if! j S AS. IS lis e, .12- 5 js' 'Ail Kk l j, r 1 n i 1 Empress Alexandria of Russia. I Wellington Man's Religion Not Re sponsible for His Wife's Death. Wellington, Kan.,' Dec. 14. Roy Talkington, charged with the murder of his wife through neglect to provide her with medical treatment on ac count of his religious belief was dis charged at the preliminary hearing in Justice Gilmore's court. The state failed to,.prove that Talk ington' refused to give his wife medi cal treatment, and tftfe defense showed by testimony tHfit ifcr'soTAlkirigion re-, fused to .take medicine' when. -offered to her... Ta) king ton. was charged- With willful neglect, but this -could not. tie proved. While It was apparent that Talkington was opposed to medical treatment yet there was no evidence introduced to show that he prevented his wife from taking; medicine, if she wanted it. The evidence showed that the defendant was not responsible for physicians- being, driven from the home on certain occasions. His father, Wm. Talkington, who. had already been adjudged insane and placed in charge of a jruardian, had kept the doctors tway. The mother of Mrs Talkington tes tified that on one occasipn she offered her daughter medicine, and young Talkington asked her'to take it at the same time, but the patient refused. TAXIMETERS FOR CHICAGO. DINNER OF CACTUS. Dr. Landone Entertains Six Members of His Profession. have been held and the czarina has been forcud to withdraw from pres ence at the great military fete which was to have been given by chevaliers of St. George. A second consultation of specialists is to be held at once. It is very difficult to treat the empress as she is unable to take food of any kind or even medicine.. Company Chartered to Operate the New Style of Cab. Chicago, Dec. 14. Incorporation papers have been filed at Springfield for the Orlando F. Weber Taximeter Cab company. This means that Chicago knights of the whip must compete with the latest European convenience in the way of cabs, even though tne city council naa refused to aid by ordinance the com ing reform. Ordinances have been in troduced in the council several times to compel the installation of meters in cabs by which one could tell how far he had gone and what he would have -to pay. The apparent general de mand for this reform resulted in the organization of the Weber company by several Chicago capitalists. f rank E. cam, attorney ror tne company, said that the first cars would be in operation within six weeks. PENDRY AND HENRY GO. Oklahoma City Ball Team Loses Two of It Good Men. Gas Was Found Turned On. Portsmouth, O., Dec. 14. Mrs. Edmona Creasey and Miss Mamie Livesay, colored servants, were asphyxiated at the home of John Grimes, a prominent business man last nisht. The women were close friends and at first there were strong About Lamps We have a large assortment or all kinds of coal oil lamps at all prices. Our line includes Hanging Lamps, Decorated Parlor Lamps, Reading Lamps, Bracket Lamps and Hand Lamps. We also carry extra globes, chimneys, burners and wicks and can replace or match up broken parts. CHAS. McCLINTOCK Tea Coffee Crokery 815 Kas. Ave. Phone 749 Oklahoma City, Dec. 14. Jack Pendry has been drafted by Sioux City of the Western league, and Re ceiver Jack Henry also has been signed by San Francisco of the Pa cific league, t This does not embarrass the 1908 plans of the Oklahoma City team, for the reason that these two probably would have been farmed or exchanged anyway. Henry, it Is un derstood. Is about $225 to the bad with the Wilkesbarre, Pa., club because of a failure to appear at a stipulated time after expense money had been given him. He will be able, it is thought, to come over with the amount and will be allowed to play. Pav Good Prices for Good Pictures. The North American Press Syndi cate, Herald Building. Grand Rapids, Mich., invites the photographers of the country, professional and ama teur, to submit pictures for use in nnwsnnner illustration. The Syndicate pays liberally for good pictures of prominent news events of prominent men and women and all things, places and people which are unusual and unique. Send your pictures to The Syndicate. Herald Building, Grand Rapids,. Mich. If no available they will be returned promptly. If found available liberal remittance will be made at once. .iinirbi The Double Track. Of the Union Pacific R. R. between To peka and Kansas City is a model in Its way and operated over It are eight trains daily that are models of convenience. Los Angeles, Dec. 14. Dr. Leon Elbert Landone gave a dinner last night to six physicians of this city to celebrate the completion of his four teen days' food test. During this period Dr. Landone ate, almost exclusively, spineless- cactus and cactus was one. of the chief fea tures at the dinner.' The menu con sisted of celery and cactus soup, omelette with chopped cactus, and green peppers, fried cactus, salad made of the cactus fruit, lettuce, celery,, sherbet flavored with, the. fruit of the cactus and '"the juice of the cactus fruit as a drink. The guests expressed themselves as delighted with the menu and found it .very p'easant to the taste. My experimental diet was in a way productive of surprises," said Dr. Lendone. "I, had expected to lose fully .'ten pounds In weight, though I confidently expected to keep up my strength. Not only did my strength continue unimpaired, but, on weighing myself this morning, I found that I had gained half a pound." The test was not intended to show what cactus alone wiH do as an article of food- but rather as a test of all those vegatables rich in organic salts. Though cactus, was the chief article of diet, Dr. Landone also ate celery, asparagus, lettuce and spinach and a small amount of animal fat in the but ter in which the vegetables were cooked. GAVE HIS BLOOD IN VAIN. Sacrifice of Dr. Clark Did Not Save Mrs. Labson. New York, Dec. 14. Mrs. Julia Labson is dead, and the heroic sac rifice of Rev. Dr. John Lewis Clark was in vain. Dr. Clark at the risk of contracting blood poisoning, submit ted to an operation for the transfusion of blood to Mrs. Labson, when the doctors said that only this could save her life. It was found necessary to amputate her leg and the doctors feared that she would bleed to deatn. The relative who was to have given her his blood that she might with stand the operation, failed to arrive and Dr. Clark, her pastor, who had been much with her during her stay in the hospital, volunteered for the service. It was expected that .Mrs. Labson would recover from the oper ation and it was not until last night Just before he went before the prayer meeting of his church, that the news of her sudden death reached him. Mrs. Labson was well known as an oratorio singer and Dr. Clark Is the clergyman who became prominent by marrying William Ellis Corey, presi dent of the United States Steel cor poration, and Mabelle Gilman, the actress, after several other ministers had refused to perform the ceremony, because of Mr. Corey's previous divorce. Practical and Beautiful. Xma3 for the home at Howard's Electric and Gas Supply house, 710 Kansas avenue. Table lamps, art domes and fixtures. FREE TO YOU MY SISTER fr You mn4 Kmry Stotar So farina Irani Waman's AMmswf. I know woman's suffering!. I haa found the euro. I will mail, frea of any ebarff. Jny noma treat, ment with full instructiona to anr anffarar (ram woman'a ailmants. I want to tall all woman about thia cur you, my reader, for yourself, your daos-hter. your mother, or your aiatar. I want to tall yaa now to euro youraclvaa at noma without the help of a doctor. Men cannot understand women's sufrarlnr. What wa women know from experlaace, we know better than any doctor. I know that my noma treat, ment to a safe and aura aura for Leuoorrhooa oe wnuisn aiscnarge, ni v. Palling of the Womb, Profuse, Scanty or Painful Periods, Uterine or Ovarian Tumor, or Orowrnsi alio pains In tba head, back and beweU, bearing down feellnrs. nervousness, creeping feeling- tin the spine, melancholy, desire to cry, hot flashes, weariness, klJney and bladder troubles where caused by weaknesses peculiar to our eez. I want to aend tou a complete tea day's treat ment entirely fraa to prove to you that yon can cure yourself at home, easily, quickly and surely. B assMaiaw -member, that It win cost you poidiw ia im -nmnlate trial and If you should wish to continue, it win cost you onW .uu. Li.n twontsady. It will not interfere with your work or occupation. Jtaend tolT rne how yW suitor if yon wish, and I wiH aend you the treatment pe yourninna Mormi, SilrVwrnnnoVby return mail. I will alsa aend you tree of coat, my WMAN'S OWN MDlCA,DVllE?with explanatory Ulu.tr.tion. showin, hj rrerd how tr n eaiuy cure themselves at borne. Every woman should have it, ani her rawhen the doctor say. You must have an operation," you cm dlSaeVJySuUtf fiSZJafS woVnen have cured themselves with my be remedy. M itwi f. decide lor yourseii. riLurhter. I will exnlain a simp a home treatment which speedily alfd rfecTaS-y ZZScIZgSZs UafS aS Paiaful or Irrul Mmm-m WeroTliv 7 1t .I?.t Home Treatment really cures aU women's diseases, and makes women well. 2ZJ JETnd VobustT Justsend me your address, and the free ten daya treatment la yours, Stt 'writer. you may oosee thu, oto .r-in. Addr MRS. M. SUMMERS, BoxH South Bend, Ind. U. K Harrison Brandage Dead. Concordia, Kan., Dec. 14. Harrison Brundage, 73 years old, died at his home in Concordia Friday of paralysis. He settled in Mitchell county In 1872 and amassed a large fortune. He is survived by a widow and three children. Monday Is Book Day at Hall's This is the day when your Christ mas Money will go farther than on any other day. Book Department Ota. Hall Stationery Co. 623 Kansas Avenue Iood Light is Essential to Good Cheer The well-lighted home is the cheerful home. Good light and good fix tures will add greatly to the interior appearance of any house. Good light adds a tone of hospitality to your home. Equip your house with GAS and you will lessen the daily household duties. If you expend a small sum now in a few days you will have a well- lighted and cheerful home. HEAT YOUR HOUSE WITH GAS. Economical, quick service, im mediate results. Gas will heat a whole room while a coal stove U heating itself. The saving on fuel will pay for the entire expense in a short time. To Keep Healthy 2 The Consumers Light. Heat and Power Co. live simply. 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14 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAIrSATUBDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1907. Tour railroad fare refunded in part or whole If yon trade here. TBE WARREN M. CROSBY CO. THE STORE OF DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE. ISBtabUahed 1881. aoororated 1907. Norfolk SatinNo5a This lining satin is recommended to our customers for all kinds of lining especially for Coats. Jackets and Wraps of every kind. Dressmakers speas very highly of it the dressmaking schools are using it. When you consider its width 36 inches and only $1.00 a yard, it certainly is excellent value. It can be had in White, Black, and Co ors. It is guaranteed to wear two seasons. On sale at Silk Department. To Christmas Shoppers iSffi presents early Early in the day and early in December. That will be your biggest gift of the holidays to the workers behind the counters and on delivery wagons. AT THE CAPITAL. Parcels Post Legislation En grossing. Much Attention. Senator Long Inclined to Op pose Measure. PEOPLE DON'T WANT IT His Talk Investigation Convinces Him of That Fact. of Lease on the First Territorial Capitol. Washington, Dec 1 The question of possible parcels-post legislation, based on the urgent recommendation of the postmaster general, and a reference by the president in his annual message, is stirring Kansans in congress as well as Others. Several bills proposing the parcels-post have been introduced, and various schemes for putting the legis lation into operation are contemplated. Kansans have opposed as well as favored this legislation. Representative Anthony favors it, and so does Repre sentative Murdock, who is a member of the house committee on postoffices and postroads. Other Kansas members look with favor on this proposed legis lation. Senator Long, wherever he went dur ing his trips over the state last sum Brier and fall, in informal meetings, and open sessions of commercial bodies held frequently and attended and act dressed by him, referred to the demand for, and the opposition to, parcels-post legislation. He stated very frankly that his inclination had been to oppose this legislation, on the ground that it was detrimental to the local merchants in email communities. However, he said he had had earnest pleas for the legis lation presented to him; and he sought to gain expressions that would help to guide him in making up his mind what course he should take. With very few exceptions, the expressions he secured were in opposition to the parcels-post. The argument in favor of parcels-post which Representative Anthony took to the postmaster general recently, being that express companies in Chicago were secretly making low rates on mer chandise to citizens of small Kansas communities, meeting the postal rates thereby, is now being considered by that official, and Mr. Anthony is also thinking of laying it before the inter state commerce commission. .The Hutchinson Commercial club is opposed to the parcels-post, and has pent a communication with accompany ing resolution to Senator Long, which he has presented to the senate and had referred to the committee on postoffices and postroads. The club states, through Its secretary, L. A. Beebe, that the postmaster general, in his campaign for his proposed measure, had written a letter to the organization, which had been read at -the regular meeting and thoroughly argued. The secretary then etates in his communication to Senator Long:. "The prevailing sentiment was that while the proposed parcels-post apply ing at a low rate to head postoffices of rural routes would be a good thing. If not later made to apply generally, it was feared that if enacted it would prove ultimately the entering wedge which would place the retail merchants In the west at the mercy of the mail order houses in the large cities." Then follows the resolution, which reads: "Resolved, That it is the sense of this club that we are opposed to any kind of a parcels-post law." and no injustice is done them." The appointment of Judge J. Q. Thompson, of Kansas, to be assistant attorney general was not without a hard fight. It took the concentrated efforts of the Kansas delegation, head ed by Senators Long and Curtis, to .se cure the appointment. West Virginia ana Montana were, both after the ap pointment, and resisted the efforts of Kansas at every turn. Following the appointment, Judge Thompson was ta ken very sick, and was confined to his house for several days. Senator Long and Representative Madison have introduced bills making appropriation of $50,000 for a public building lor Great Bend. The Seventh district has but one public building Hutchison at the present time. W. R. Childs, postmaster at Kansas City, Kan., who was here several days with the Kansas City crowd trying to secure the Republican national commit tee, has a winning way about him. He was the only man from Kansas City, Kan., to be chosen to accompany the Kansas City convention committee. Also he secured his confirmation to be postmaster of his town while here, and came near taking home his commission with him. He also visited the treasury department with Senator Long and Representative Curtis and aided in the forcible presentation of reasons why Kansas City, Kan., should have a large appropriation for additional room in its federal building. He visited the post- office department with Mr. Scott and got a few more clerks, carriers, etc. Incidentally he has eight months to his credit as postmaster, having served that long before confirmation, and his com mission dating for four years from con firmation. Mr. Childs is "next friend to Representative Scott in Wyandotte county. 'the necessity for dyking the river, putting in a crib upstream, and rip- rapping Jt. The Kansas river is now but 70 feet awav from the old capitol building, and there is a sheer bank of 60 feet in height which is rapidly be j ing washed away." Therefore the res- tile, were it not or some protection from the stream. The war depart ment estimates that the sum of $3,500 will be necessary for walls, dyking, rlprapping, putting in cribs, etc. Ma terial for this is close at hand and economical. This makes, in all, $6,538.28 neces sary properly and completely to re store the capitol building and its sur roundings. Th is quite a sum, but the friends of the proposed restora tion believe private subscription, ef forts of the- Kansas State Historical society, and the next session of the legislature can properly and ade quately take care of the matter Meanwhile, subscriptions are being taken by S. F. Woolard of Wichita. who has aroused considerable interest in this project, and who has called it to the attention of Senator Long ana others.' There is one point the advocates of restoration take for granted, and that is that such restoration shall not in any sense be modern, considering it would be inappropriate and out of keeping with the character of the ser vice they seek to perform, which i to preserve an historical structure and maintain it as it was 50 years ago. KATTERFELD A VICTOR. Wins First Honors In Washburn Ora tory Contest. In a communication Kansas members of congress have received from a Kan sas correspondent comes one note of satisfaction out of all the opposition to the conclusion to leave the words, "In God we trust" off of treasury coins in future mintage. This man requests that the president be upheld in his ttand on this momentous question. Ho Bays: "The omission of the inscription In no sense proclaims the nonbelief of Christians In the existence of a God, TEAS Of all kinds and grades are carried by us. No matter what particular kind or blend of tea you want we can supply you. Our teas are ab solutely guaranteed and If they do not satisfy you we will cheerfully refund the purchase price. Satisfy yourself of the quality of our teas by a trial order. CHAS MC CUNTOCK 815 Kansas Ave. Phone 749 James H. Robison of Topeka, a bright young man who -was formerly an at tache of Secretary Coburn, and who was with him during the Louisiana Pur chase exposition, has been purchasing material for the fuel-testing plant of the United States geological survey at the Jamestown exposition, is now in Washington in a responsible position with the survey. D. W. Mulvane was the guest of the president at luncheon Just before leav ing Washington for New York and To peka, and had an extended conference with the president on this occasion. With bills extending pension laws to them introduced by both senators, and nearly all the representatives, surviv ing officers and members of all Kansas regiments heretofore not recognized by the government as having been regular ly in the service during the war of the rebellion should feel a ray of hope. This includes militia organizations, those participating in the "Price raid," the Indian campaigns, the Forsythe scouts. and other organizations. The Kansas delegations seemed determined this con gress to make an earnest effort in be half of these organizations, though heretofore there has been little or no hope for them. At the annual fall oratorical contest at Washburn college last night Ludwlg Katterfeld won first place. This en titles him to the honor of representing Washburn, in the state oratorical con test "next spring. His oration was en titled "The Present Struggle for. Lib erty. Senator Long has given consider able attention at the war department of late securing a. lease from the de partment for that portion of the Fort Riley military reservation as now contains the old territorial capitol building at what was then Pawnee, with the view to assisting in its re storation and preservation. The war department has promised Senator Long that it will make a revocable lease to occupy this ground. It states that it believes this can be done without detriment to the mili tary service. Negotiations are now under way for the procurement of this lease, and Senator Long has the matter up with that end in view, and will know definitely in a few days con cerning it. The war department tjelieves,- in security to itself, that the ground should be carefully staked out and a map made of the same in duplicate. to be attached to the lease, when granted. The utmost care has been taken by the department in looking up the matter and obtaining, a report from the post quartermaster at. Fort Riley. It was the belief of some of the friends of the restored capitol build ing that their object might be ac complished for the sum of $1,000. When he took up the matter with the department. Senator Long especially requested that a full and complete in vestigation be made, and that an esti mate be given of the probable cost of restoration. Therefore the con structing quartermaster at Fort Riley made some figures. from which he estimates it will take $2,081.28' merely to restore the building. This includes labor and material for plain gabled roof, shingled, two floors with rough hewn girders supporting sawed Joist and board floor, a stairway, common windows and doors, no plastering, but perhaps the use of cement here and there to prevent wear from weather, the reinforcement of foundation stones, and replacement of stone sills ana lintels. Other sums are necessary for other expenditures, however. The war de partment believes that a stone wall surrounding the leased incloeure I would be wise. Stone is abundant near Fort Riley, and Junction City, and the estimated cost of such in- closure is $950. But one of the most important points In the proposed restoration is Ludwig Katterfeld, Washburn Prize Orator. There were four contestants at th contest held in the college chapel last night. Henry F. Watts with the ora tion "Leadership the Hope of Democ racy" was given second place. O. v. Preston whose oration was entitled "The Brotherhood .f Man" was award ed third place and M. Lyle Campbell was given rourth place, His oration was "Capitalism-" By winning second place Mr. Watts Is given the honor oi alternate and "will represent Washburn should Mr. Katterfeld be unable to do so. The Judges on delivery were Harold T. Chase. E-' D. Osborn and Rev. O. T. Deever. These men passed upon the delivery of the oration last night. Tha Judges on thought and composition graded the orations before the contest They were Prof. F. W. Blackmar of Kansas university, Rev. W. W. Bolt of Lawrence and A. D. Axtell. The fact that Katterfeld will repre sent Washburn- In the state contest is considered a' very hopeful omen at Washburn. Katterfeld won first place in the local contest three years ago and represented Washburn in the state con test. Here he won second place and was only prevented from winning first place by an exceptionally and unusual ly strong speaker. The story of Katterfeld is an in tersting one. He- was born in Germany twenty-four years ago. At the age of eleven years he came to America alone. He made his own way to west ern Nebraska where he stayed with an uncle for three or four years until ho acquired a good knowledge of the Eng lish language... After his stay in Ne braska he came to Topeka and entered Washburn, ever since then making his home in Topeka. Katterfeld has be come a pronounced socialist in his views and three years ago he attempted to work up a socialist lecture course in Topeka. He brought several of the leading socialists in the country to To peka. among others Eugene v. Debs However he lost a great deal of money on the venture. For two years after wards he spent his time in the soutn west where he sold stereopticon views and managed to secure enough money to pay off his debts and insure the com pletion of his course in Washburn. He has always maintained a deep in terest in Washburn affairs. At several times he has won honors In oratory and debate. He has also held different positions on the Washburn Review and was business manager of the college paper for one year. He Is now In the senior class at Washburn and will grad uate in the spring. At the completion of his college course he is planning to take a trip around the world where he will study the social conditions of dif ferent nations. He then plans to settle down in some eastern city where he will launch a socialist paper which he will edit himself. The contest last night was one of the best ever held at Washburn. All the orations were above the average and the orators interpreted their composi tions better than ever seen In any previous Washburn contest. Preston's delivery took exceedingly- well with the audience. He is an ex-elocntionist and his oration was replete with -climaxes and other rhetorical figures. The following were the grades of the different orators: On thought and composition -Bolt. Axtell.. Blackmar. OPENS JANUARY 5 r New NoTelty Theater Is Near ing Completion. Decorators Are at Work on the Walls. WILL BE A MODEL One of Prettiest Play Houses in the West. May Offer an Entrance for Independents. Campbell Watts Preston Katterfeld On delivery

Campbell Watts Preston Katterfeld ...82 ...90 ...S7 ...91 75 100 85 95 80 88 85 90 'Deever. Chase. Osborn. .92 ..:.94 88 ....97 87 88 "95 95 75 85 90 90 Col. M. M. Murdock 111. Wichita,' Tfec. 14.-Col.- M. M.' Mur dock, editor of the Wichita Eagle, is ill at his home; 500 Cast Murdock avenue. Mr. Murdock-has been very ill several days. At a late hour this afternoon it was said at the home that he was feeling much better. Sunday, January 5. This Is the day and date set by S. R. Wells, its man ager, for the opening of the new Nov elty theater which has been in the course of construction during the fall months at the northwest corner of East Eighth avenue and Quincy street. It will .be the. home,, primarily, of the highest class of vaudeville that is pre sented In this country. And when its doors are thrown open to the public To- pekans will have an opportunity of see ing one of the finest theaters in this part of the country. Not a cent has been spared to make it as handsome a house of amusement, as well as a com fortable one, as any of its size in the whole land. It is of no small size either for it will have a seating capacity of about one thousand. But the opening of this theater means more to the theater going public of To peka than is contained in the statement that it is to be the home of high class vaudeville. Mr. Wells is satisfied, as well. as are others who are In touch with the theatrical situation In the country, that before another theatrical season rolls around the theatrical man agers and -actors who are classed -as independents," and who are headed by David Belasco and Harrison Grey Flske, will have established a road cir cuit stretching from New York city clear to the. Pacific coast. Steps are already under Way. by -the independ ents to secure independently controlled theaters in all of the important cities across the country m which they will be able to produce the many excellent plays and present the many talented actors they have under their control. who have been-compelled, perforce, to shine only in the big cities of the east When such a circuit is established it is Mr. Wells intention to book all of these 'independent- attractions which come Tonekaward that it will be pos ible for him to- .obtain. ie win sus pend his vaudeville shows for one or two nights each week in order to have these sterling shows presented here. This means that Topekans will have a chance to see some of the stars on the stage which are not under the control of the theatrical "trust." And so when such a condition of affairs is .accom plished the people of this city win be provided with as nlgn a Class or me- atricals as the people of any other city in the country, for all of the good shows and fine actors who tour the west under the direction of the "trust" are also booked for Topeka. As stated the new Novelty will be one of the finest "theaters of its size in the country.; Itill be.vtnost modern in all of its details and its interior decorations will surpass in beauty any thing that has ever been seen here along that line. These decorations, which are being put in now, are from designs from the facile brush of Mr. Albert T. Reid and are wonderfully artistic. There (are many novel ar rangements in the new theater, such as are found in the most modern of the houses in the east. Not. a post or pillar of any sort looms up on the par quet floor to bar. in any way the view of anyone, the gallery being supported by steel trusses. The seating capacity down stairs will be 570, exclusive of tha boxes. There will be two commodious lower boxes on each side of the house. Two of these boxes will seat ten each and the other two seven each. Over these sets of boxes and adjoining the gallery will be two sets of boxes of the Shakespearean type. The gallery will have a seating capacity of something over 400. A scale of prices for the vaudeville shows has been fixed by Mr. Wells which ought to meet with favor. The seats on the lower, or parquet floor will be 25 cents each and those in the gal lery 15 cents each, while the prices for seats in the lower boxes will be 30 cents. The price for all of the mati nees, with the exception of the Sunday matinees, will be ten cents for any seat in the house and a children's mat inee at five cents a ticket for the young sters will be given on every Saturday afternoon. Mr. Wells has planned to give three shows each day. The matinee will be at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and the first evening performance will be given at 7:30 o'clock and run for a solid hour and one-half. The second night per frmnni will begin shortly after 9 o'clock and will be concluded about 10:30 o'clock. The vaudeville shows for the house will be booked through the medium of the Sullivan Considine circuit, which supplies a string of the mgnest class vaudeville houses in the country from coast to coast. Many of the acts con trolled by this booking concern are the novelties, European and American, on the vaudeville stage. The bills for each week at the Novelty consist of from five to seven acts in addition to an il lustrated song and a series of moving pictures. MONEY SCARE IX ALASKA. The Bank at Fairbanks Has Closed for Repairs.'. Seattle, Wash.. Dec 14. The Fair banks Banking company of Fairbanks, Alaska, closed Its doors yesterday iiiuimus, ou uccuunc oi a lacs: or cur rency. ine omcials state .that the nuapension is temporary and the bank will surely reopen in the spring at the latest. The assets of the institution are statea oy me officials to be $300, 000 in excess of the liabilities. Small Fortune Awaits Her. New Tork. Dec. 14. The surrogate of Nassau county has $5,377 for Flo retta Whaley, but he does not know where the girl is. She has been miss since last spring when Rev. Jere xv. v-ook, rector of St. George's Epis copal church of Hempstead. L. I., also disappeared. The little fortune is the gin s snare of her father's estate. Weekly Bank Statement. New Tork, Dec. 14. The statement of clearing house banks for tht week shows that the banks hold $40,101,173 less than the requirements of the 25 per cent re serve rule. This Is an increase of $6,109,175 in tne proportionate casn reserve m cum, pared with last week. The statement fol lows: Loans Deposits Circulation Legal tenders 8pec' Res ve Reserve reauired Deficit Ei-U. S. deposits.. $1,175,027,900 1,066,866.900 68,997,900 49,450,000 177,163,300 226,615.300 266,716.475 40.101,173 20,924,950 Decrease, $11,367,700 7,857,500 3,339.800 836,200 3,276,600 4,112,800 1.996,375 6,109,175 6,487,880 Increase. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Chicasro. Dec 14 wwfat Th. uhegl market opened firm because of higher Liverpool cables, but later eased oft on reports of liberal receipts in the north west. May wneat opened 8c to c higher, at $1.00g1.00. and sold at $1.00. Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 639 cars. The market became firm in the last half Of the session. The close was firm with May ac to iffic hlarher. at $1.01 i.iu. CORN The corn market was steady and transactions held within a ranae of c. Trading was very light.. May corn opened !ffc higher, at SSiVabc, and lor a time held within that range. Trading was light throughout the day. The close was firm with May o high er, at 5767c. OATS The oats maraket was firm in sympathy with corn. May oats opened unchanged to (gc higher, at 534f53c to 54c. and sold at &3&o3Tic. FRO VISIONS The provisions market was easy because of a further decline in the price of live hoes. May pork opened 712c lower, at $12.8012.86. Lard was down 6c, at $7.To. Ribs were 5c lower, at $6.90. RYE Cash: 7678c. BARLEY Cash: 84(396e. TIMOTHY Cash $4.65. CLOVER Cash: $11.0015.00. Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. 14. CATTLE Receipts 500. Market steady. Native steers. $4.006.25; southern steers, $3.254.35:south- ern cows, yi.vxg6.Zo: native cows and Belt ers, $2.5035.10; stockers and feeders, $3.00 .60: bulls. $2.2594.00: calves-. $3.25(06.50: western steers, $3.255.00; western cows. a.axUH.ou. HOOS-Receipts today 15.000 head. Mar ket 26c lower. Bulk of sales. $4.00(4.80: heavy, $4.164.50; packers, $4.004.35; pigs and light, $4.004.35. BHliisr-MarKet nominally steady.MUt ons, $4.255.10; Iambs, $5.25(ff6.10: range iwethers, $3.755.oo; fed ewes, $3.00B.Z5. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago. Dec. 14. CATTLE Receipts to day about 500. Market steady. Beeves, $3. 16; cows and heifers. $1.104.50; Texans. $3.0063.75: calves. $4.75(36.75: west erns, $3.10ig4.75; stockers and feeders, $2.20 4.15. HOGS Receipts today about 30.000 head. Market 626c lower. Light, $4.164.65; mixed and butchers. $4.254.65; heavy, $4.20 4.85: roueh. $4.2004.30: nijcs. $3.604.40: bulk. $4.4Xg4.65. SHEEP Receipts today were about 2,000 head. Market steady.- Native, $2.00g4.85; western, $2.004.80; yearlings, $4.605.30; lambs. $3.76(g.25; western, $3. 75 6. 15. Chicago Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, urajns, r-rovimuiis, uiion tuia diucju. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 486. Chicago, Dec. 14 Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT Deo 93 95 93 951 93H May 1 00 1 0194 1 W 1 01 1 0OV4 July 95 96 95 9614 954 CORN Dec 55 65 55 56- 65 May 66-57 57- 56 57- 56 July 66- 66 66-66 56- 55 OATS Dec May July t-ORK- Jan ....12 60 May i..l2 85 LARD Jan L. May' RIBS Jan May, ..63- 63 47 7 75 775 67 90 48 12 75 13 20 7 85 7 96 60 60 63- 53- 53- 47 48 12 60 12 80 7 75 7 75 12 75 13 IS T 85 795 47 12 47 12 92 7 72 7 80 STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Co., Live Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kansas City, WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN OFFICES AT CHICAGO. SO. ST. JOSEPH, SO. OMAHA. DENVER. SIOUX CUV, SO ST. PAUL. E. BUFFALO. Wheat, 100; corn, 78; oats, 11. Car lots Rt Chlcasro: Wheat 26: corn. 277: oats, 262. Receipts of" wheat in the northwest to day were 614 cars. A year ago 619 cars. Mew York Stock Market. Wall St.. New Tork, Dec. 14. STOCKS The downward tendency of prices was re sumed this morning with liberal offerings of the principal Industrials. Western Un ion gave way 1 points, sugar 1 points, Union Pacific 1 point and Pennsylvania, Reading, New York Central. Northern Pacific and Louisville and Nashville con siderable fractions. The decline was arrested when the shorts began to purchase stocks and most of the initial losses were made up. Read ing and Union Pacific were in increase demand. The market closed steady, nrices hard ened slowly and business increased after the list had returned to the neighboimood of yesterday's closing. In the last few minutes purchases were on quite a liberal scale and most of the important stocks were quoted slightly above yesterday's closing. Range of Price on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, urains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 4S6. New York, Dec. 14. Stocks Open Hieh Low Cl'se Y?B Sugar 93 94 92 94 94 Amal. Copper 5. r U. S. Steel, com.. U. S. Steel, pfd... Atchison, com Anaconda C. G. W St. Paul R. I., com Great Northern Wabash, pfd. Mo. Pacific Am. Smelting No. Pacific N. Y. Cestral Texas Pacific 46 45 45 45 45 Si, 3-1 37 37 37 25 25 24 25 25 86 86 86 86 86 69 70 69 70 70 27 28 27 28 27 v 7 7 7 7 100 100 100 100 100 14 114 114 114 114 114 18 60 60 49 49 60 69 69 68 69 69 113 114 113 113 113 93 93 92 92 93 19 19 19 19 So. Pacific 71 71 70 71 71 Reading 90 90 89 90 90 Erie 15 15 15 15 15 Bo. Railway 12 12 1274 12 13 Union Pacific 113 114 11334 114 1WA C. 0 28 28 28 28 2S B. 0 80 80 80 80 80 L. N. v 89 90 89 90 90 Katy 67 67 67 67 Pennsylvania 111 111 111 Can. Pac 149 149 149 149 14l C. F. I. 18 18 18 18 18 I New York Money Market. New York. Dec. 14. MONEY Monev on call nominal. Time loans quiet. Sixty doys. 12 per cent: 90 days. 10 12 per cent: 6 mosths, 7ig8 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 7(B8 per per cent; sterling exchonge firm with ac tual business in banners bills at $4.8560(3 4.8570 for demand and at $4.794.80 for 60 day bills; commercial bills, $4.794.79. Sll-VISK tiar saver. 63'Ac: Mexican dol lars, 430. BONDS Givernment bonds steady. New York Sugar and Coffee. New York. Dec. 14. SUGAR Raw niirar firm. Fair refining, $3.30(33.35; centrifugal. 96 test. $3.85; molasses sugar. $3.00S3.05. Refined sugar steady. Crushed. $5.50: powdered, $4.90; granulated. $4.80. t'Uf f wuiet. no. i xuo, oyc: ino. 4 Santos, 8c, INVESTMENTS Buy good Dividend paying Stocks now while cheap. TH0S. J. MYERS Columbian Bklg. Topeka, Kan. Private wires to all market centers. Private interviews Invited. Cotton Market. New York. Dec. 14. COTTON Sales to day 722 bales. Spot cotton closed steady. Middling uplands, iiz.io; middling gun. $12.36. Galveston. Tex., uec. l. ;umhjin Market steady, 12c per pound. 6 80 6 67 7 05-07 6 87 6 80 6 72 706-076 95 Kansas City Grain Market. Furnished by J. E. Gali, Commissions, Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 1M.W. Sixth St, Phone 486J Kansas City. Dec 14. High Low Close Yes 92 90 96- 95 88 87 92 90 95- 88 87- 49-49 49-49 48- 61 6L-51 61- 50 61- 61 61- 51-61 49 Oh Say! Do you want to see what John D. never saw, and have a point on him? If mo come down to the IDEAL BAKERY this next week and see. as in holiday trim. We have so many new things now too many to men tion. You'll just have to come and see for yourself. IDEAL BAKERY HEIL KIENTZ W Open WHEAT Dec 90 May 96 July- 87 CORN Dee 49 May 61 July 61 Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, 111., Dec. 14. CHEESE Market easy. Daisies, ll12c; Twins, llllc; Young Americas. ll12c. fUUKltlt Alive poultry in.ea.uy. i ur- kevs. 8S12c: chickens, 9c: springs, 7g8c. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 20 tnvsOLf dairv. 17S26c. BQG8 Steady. At mark, cases Included, fresh stock, 24&25c; otners as tow as isc. Chicago professional talent is almost all bearish, but still corn won't stay down. There must be some merit in it at present price, or a few big men would not be buying millions of It on every break. There may be a day of reckoning soon for the reckless bears. The price is up now over 3c from the bottom and holding very firm. The visible supply only 2 millions, and less than a million in Chicago, and but 6 millions in all America. Weekly exports up to the million mark again. Iowa's estimate today 250,000,000, or 126 millions below last year. Very bullish. THE" CHRISTIE CRAIN CO. The drain Market. View of the grain market by Thomas 3. Myers, broker, ground floor Columbian building, Topeka Kan. r Just at this time It is a toss up as to which way tha wheat market will finally go. As I sad in my letter yes terday, the battle ground seems to bo around the $1 mark. This is the di viding line in the tug of war now go ing on between strong bull and bear factions. The immediate outcome of this struggle can not be. predicted with any degree of certainty and cau tion should be exercised for the time being. There is about as much to be said on the bear side of the market as on the bull, but the majority of big operators who have made a great deal of money are all talking bullish and very much higher prices in wheat and I would like to go with the win ners. Mr. B. F. Howard of the Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin is out with an other set of figures on wheat. He makes the supplies in all positions m this country on July 1 about 125.OD0, 000 bushels; crop of 1907. 627, 000, 000; total supply, 761,000,000. He estimates the domestic consumption and seed requirements for the crop year at 545,000,000 bushels; exports from July 1 to 'December 1 about 73,000,000 bushels, leaving a surplus on December 1 of 148,008.000. On the assumption that Howard's figure are correct, and that exports from De cember 1. 1907, to July 1. 1908. should equal those of a year ago (71,000, 000). the reserve on hand at the next harvest would be 67,000,000 bushels, or a trifle les than half as much as on July 1, 1907. The corn market acts well, which shows independent strength in wheat. The best people in the trade and the ebst money makers are bullish on cron. Receipts are only moderate and advices from the country say that another movement of any size is not to be expected until prices for cash corn are much higher. It seems to be the farmer who dictates the situa tion this year. He will sell it when the price suits him. New York Produce Market. New York, Dec. 14. BUTTER Market firm. Creameries, extras, z(iwac; pro cess, common to special, 1523c CHEESE Market was quiet. State full cream, small colored and white fine, 15c; ditto, eood to prime, 1415c; ditto, late made. best. ll12c; ditto, common to tatr, 9llc; ditto, large colored, 15c; ditto, white, izc; sKims, iwiic. EGGS Firm. Western firsts, Jl35c; seconds, 28S30c. POULTRY Alive poultry dull. Western chickens, 12c; fowls, 14c; turkeys, 13c. Dressed poultry dull. Western chickens, 1214c; turkeys, 15'18c; fowls, 10Q13c. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City. Dec. 14. Close WHEAT Receipts 100 cars. Unchanged. May, 96c; July, 88c Cash: No. 2 hard, 9295c; No. 3 hord,-9094c; No. 2 red, 9394c;.No. 3 red, 89g92c.. CORN c higher. May. 51c; July, 61c. Cash: No. 2 mixed. 5062c; No. 3 mixed, 49g50c; No. 2 white, 6o52c; No. 3 white, 5O4j50c. OATS Unchonged. No. 2 white, 5052c; No. 2 mixed, 4849c: RYE 78c. HAY Steady. Choice timothy, $11.50 12 00: choice prairie, $9.O09.5O. BUTTER Steady.. Creamery, 27c; pack ing, 15c. EQGS-Steady. Extras. 25c; firsts. 24c Marker -Gossip.' Furnished by J. E.- Gall. Commissions, -Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stock Office U0 W. Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J Liverpool cables: Wheat HSd higher; corn unchanged. Estimated car lota at K. C. Monday: Weekly Market Letter. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions. Grains, provisions, motion ana oiucns. Office 110 West Sixth street, Phone 4S6.1 Kansas City. Kan.. Dec. 14. Wheat The wheat market has subsided into week range. With considerable bear news, and hammering by pro fessionals, it is down only 11 c There mav be a determined effort to close the new May below the dollar mark tomorrow. Very well, the more short selling thereabouts, the more short covering some day later, it win also enable the bulls and new buyers to buy wheat cheaper. New May bought at $1 or below, for several months, has subsequently snown a fat profit. The reason is simple. Its easily worth the money around that price. This may be tne last oppor tunity to get it so cheap. There are some signs now of a good big rise in the near future. The chief bear fac tor the past week was Argentina, which may produce 190,000,000 bush els, a record-breaking crop, leaving nearly 140,000,000 for export. Its been offered ahead to- England for a week at low prices. Hence Liverpool has not responded to our advances recently. The crop is not all har vested yet and subject to adverse weather conditions. Our winter wheat shows a Decem ber condition of 91.1, three points be low last year, and 2 below a 10 year average. Larger crop now indicated than harvested this year, but condi tions nearly always depreciates during the winter. Acreage 31,069.000, or 600,000 less than last year. If things go well, Missouri and Nebraska will produce 40,000,000 each; Oklahoma, 20.000,000 and Kansas, 100,000.000. Final government report on acreage, production and farm prices. Friday Dec. 20th. Northwest spring wheat situation may soon be an acute one. Duluth stock of wheat being rapidly depleted. Deliveries by farmers so far only 70,000,000 against 95,000.000 a year ago, and the supply on their hands rather light. The northwest flour mills may be scrambling lively for wheat after the holidays. Cana dian northwest wheat crop now cut to 60.000.000. Taking a broad world view of the situation it still looks very bullish. Total world's stocks of wheat, 180,- 000,000. nearly 40 millions less than a year ago. Decrease last month, 200, 000 bushels against an eleven million increase in November, 1906. Stocks of breadstuffs, afloat for Europe and in store in Europe, Australia and In dia 76,000.000," or 15 millions less than a 'year ago. Austral-Hungary's wheat crop only half of last year's Auptralia and India drouth broken slightly. Chicago total wheat stocks down near iz.000,000 ana only nan of it contract grade. Total receipts at western points for crop year to date. 100,000.000 vs. 135,000,000 a year ago.- Total clearances to Europe 1 a millions over last year ana it win soon reach the 100 million mark. The I BULK OYSTERS N. Y. Counts. i.i week bring, us closer to a great crisis faW' Blue p'n" hStifYS ill iiir Ill 'ii. .-il....--.-, ,.v i a high and excited market for several months. Corn The com market has been gradually creeping upwards, although only a fraction higher than a week ago. tne undercurrent now is very strong. Corn has been talked against, tinned against, and sold short re cently almost -without mercy. The Topeka Market. Furnished by Charles Wolff Pacxing Co. Yards close at noon Saturday. Topeka, Dec. 14. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS ......$4 .154 40 HEAVY 4.3654.46 LIGHT 4.06I&4.3O Can not use hogs under 150 pounds. Do not market hogs unless same ar well fin ished, as we cu.:i not use half fat stuff Wolff Packing Co.J CATTLE. We give below prices of cattle effective at once, until further notice: COWS (good) t2.76iB3.00 COWS (common) l.OuSii 50 HEIFERS (good) 3.0o5la HEIFERS (common) 2 26il75 BULLS (good) Ibdiii'.M BULLS (common) ooS 04 CALVES, 100-200 lbs 4.00$4:75 CALVES, over 200 lbs 3.0C&1 SO EGGS AND POULTRY. wt,av, Furnished by the Topeka Packing Col 114-116 West Laurent St. This is wholesale market POULTRY Springs, all slses. 6c: hen. 6c; stags, 4c; old cocks. 3c; good turkeys! 10c: aucKs, sc; bt? no. EGGS Fresh country. 22e. Furnished by The Continental Creamerv BUTTER Elgin, 28c per nounrt- ir. York Creamery, 2929c per pound; Chl- EGGS Chicago, 25o per dozen; N Y 31&33C per dozen. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Furnished by J. E. Lux, 210 Kan. Ave 1 DATES-Hallowe s, per lb., c; Salrs. Dei lb., 5o. "r PACKAGE DATES Anchor brand rv. box, $2.25; Royal, per box, $2.40. r FIGS Per box. 9oc. QUINCES Per S bu.bbl., $6.00. CRANBERRIES Bell Bugle, per bhl $7.60: Late Howe, per bbl., $s 60. MUKKi-rer z case. $3.5033 66 GRAPES Almira. per bbl., $3 5o4i4 oo Catawba, per basket. 22c. W0H00' LEMONS Per box, Leffingwell, $3 50 ORANGES Fancy Navel, per box I2 PEARS Per bu. box, $2.25; N. Y 3 bu. bbl., $5.00. per GRAPE FRUIT Per box. $6.00 BANANAS Medium sixed bunches $1 on large bunches, 2.60; Jumbo. $2.7630o" V APPLES New York, per bbl., $5 oo& oft. Canada, per bbl.. $5 506 60. 00, COCOANUTS Per aox.. 75c; pr LETTUCE Hot house, per dps. bunches CELERY-Jumbo, per bunch, 80c; Elu. Ribbon, per bunch. 55c. tlu HORSERADISH ROOT Per lb Ua CABBAGE $1 15 per ewt. TURNIPS Per bu.. 40gSc. PARSNIPS Per bu. 75c. CARROTS Per bu., 75c. BEETS Per bu., 7bc. SWEET POTATOES Per bu.. 1100 ONIONS-Per bu., 90c; Spanish," crat. S1.60. POTATOES 6SiJ?70c Red River Fart Ohio seed, per bu.. 86c. Early CHEESE Wisconsin Y. A 15e V tr State, white. 16c; Block Swlts, 17C- fiJl burger. 17c; Daisy. 14c: Dairy Twin box. 14c: Wisconsin yellow or white 'tiin CANNED OYSTERS N. Y. o' lects. 46c; N. Y. Counts, 60c; Standard SZT Ora In Market. Furnished by J. B. Blllard, corner K. Ave. and Curtis EL 1 opeKo, Dec. 14. 833S5c: .No. 3. 809S3o( wheat-no. t No. 4. 75(378c. OLD CORN 4?c. NEW CORN 42c. OATS No. 2. 40c: No. 3. Sse. -V.TYI 1

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Theatrical Gossip COMING ATTRACTIONS, At the Grand. Tonight-p-Tim Murphy in "Two Men and a Oiri." Sunday "The Red Feather with Cheridah Simpson. Monday Jane Corcoran in Ibsen s "A Doll's House." Friday Amelia Bingham in A Modern Lady Godiva." Saturday Stetson's "t'ncle Tom a Cabin." Matinee and night. Sunday. Dec. 22 West's Minstrels. At the 3lajestic. Vaudeville. At the Olympic. Vaudeville. At Kansas City. "Fascinating Flora." a New Tork Casino success. with Adele RlCZ and the original cast will be at the Willis Wood next week. "My Dixie Girl" is next weeks at traction at the Auditorium. "Painting the Town" will be at the Grand during next week. Advanced vaudeville continues at the Shubert and high class vaudeville does the same at the Orpheum. Tim Murphy Tonight. Tim Murphy, who was seen at the Grand this afternoon and will be there again tonight In "Two Men ana a Girl." is one of the most popular en tertainers of his generation. Mr. Murphy holds an exalted and sub stantial position in the esteem of the public. It is not a place to which he attained by chance or in a short time. Reiteration of excellence is the key note to this actor's fame. Season af ter season this comedian has been a visitor to this city and each recurring visit he has delighted his audiences with new plays, new productions, a high average of acting, and a general excellence which has been eloquent of the painstaking, generous artist. This policv has builded up for Tim Murphy a reputation which is unique In some particulars. He has come often, he is an intimate and the people resard him with confidence. Moreover this confidence is an as set with Murphy as it is with Goodwin and as it was with Jefferson and Sol PmUh Russell in whose rare class this gentle comedian stands. These ac tors so establish themselves in the confidence of the public that they were and are always sure of crowded houses. No one asked about the play The comedian's name is his trade mark and it's a bond with the public for a superior entertainment. Tim Murphv belongs to the thinly populated line" of fine first class actors. In the death of Sol Smith Russell one of this class passed and the earlier John T. Ravmond was another. This season Mr. Murphy has a charming and successful comedy in Frederick Paulding's "Two Men and a Girl." which gives him a chance to display his remarkable versatility. "The Red Feather." "Red Feather," the new comic opera by Reginald DeKoven, Charles Klein and Charles Emerson Cook, with an .n.ntimiaiiv ntrnn? rnmmnT and all c.cywvi,ui.j the fine scenery, costumes ana median- LYiUlPIC TH EATER 109-111 East Eighth St Fritz Bryant, Manager. Cosiest Theatre in tbe West Biggest Acts for tbe Money Advanced Yanderille 10c AH Seats lQc Matinee and Two Night Per formances Daily. 3, 8 and 0 p. m. Mntlnee and Three Night Performances Sunday 3, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15. Ladies' Souvenir Matinee Tuesday and Friday. Children's 5c Matinee Satur days. Entire Change of Pro grant Each Sunday. WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15 Feature No. 1 Prof. Clarence Woods. Overture "The Tourist." Feature No. 2 OLIVE and MAC A Musical Act Up-to-Date Feature No. 3 AlcCABE and MACK Talking;, Dancing and Sing ing Comedians. Feature No. 4 MY VIRGINIA" Illustrated Son, by O. C. Galbraith. Feature No. 5 ZOUBOULAK The Clay Cartoonist Feature No. 6 The Great Lawrence World's Greatest Bugler and Military Change Artist, Feature No. 7 Kinodrome Moving Pictures A New Series. ical and electrical effects that con tributed to the great success of the piece during its long New York run, will be the attraction at the Grand on Sunday. The prima donna of the com.? pany in Charidah Simpson, who has for the past three years held a similar position with the Savage forces. The story of "Red Feather" is one of unusual interest. It is that of a con spiracy, which reaches a sudden, and successful climax in the last act, to overthrow a usurper of the throne of the kingdom of Romancia and restore the rightful sovereign. Chief among tne plotters is a mysterious free-rider. Red Feather, whose identity is un known until it is tunefully revealed in strict confidence to the audience. It is the Countess Hilda von Draga, who masquerades in the guise of a caval ier on the roads, while appearing at the court as a high born lady. The son of the usurper, the crown prince, is in love with the countess, and so also is his captain of th guard, and in their rivalry and the pursuit of Red Feather. the action of the plot passes. The cli max is reached vhan (he countess to save the captain, whom she loves, makes known her identity with the con spirator and the army of restoratijn bursts the gates. On this Mr. Charles Klel.i has strung incident and dialogue ant' nction which make an entertaining b-.tok, Th;re is comedy in plenty; taa fun runs clear through the two acts and tbera is Just enough sentiment to give relief. The lines are bright and the jokes nra .-aid to be youthful. The lyri;s ot Mr. Cook are witty, brilliant an i lit th'j n.usio. Mr. DeKoven's music would however, carry any libretto. It is reported to be in his best style, snarply original and characteristic. Jane Corcoran. One hears considerable of the jeal ously existing among people of the stage. To a certain extent this 's true. There are always some actors and actresses disgruntled and peevish in the language of the street they are "knockers." members fined themselves as great a sum as they could afford, and applied the money to 'promote the happiness of some fellow creature not so well situ ated as herself. Miss Corcoran had suffered from "knockers" that season and perhaps had said a few unkind words herself. &he thought well of the idea and made an effort to introduce it to stage folk. The plan was adopted quickly and now almost every traveling company has at least one member of the "Take Heed Society." The organi zation's motto is "Take heed that ye speak no evil of one another." The members of the society have no constitution, no bylaws and no officers, Their only rule is the one to speak kindly and to help those, Jess fortunate lv situated. Each member of Miss Corcoran's company is a member of the society and often surprise helpless persons .by pressing a coin or bill into their hands without explanation, in this way pay ing for a violation of the rule. Amelia Bingham. Amelia Bingham in "A Modern Lady Godiva," a society drama, of the period in which she has scored the greatest hit of her entire career, will be the attraction at the Grand on Fri day night. "A Modern Lady Godiva" is in four acts and never in Miss Bing ham's -prior -productions, sumptuous and magnificent as they have been, has she exhibited more beautiful stage pictures. The fourth act is uni versally pronounced to be one of the most gorgeous and expensive scenes shown In any theater this season.. Miss Bingham's present company, as has always been the case in her productions of the past. Is of the very highest standard. Her leading man, William L. Abingdon, is a worthy suc cessor to her other leading men of the past, Frank Worthing, Robert Edeson and Wilton Lackaye. Miss Bingham Is seen in a stronger rola than she has ever before attempted and every one who has seen the play pronounces her work the greatest -of her life. Miss Thurston's New Role. s" Charming Adelaide t Thurston ap pears dressed as a boy In the first, act of her play, "The Girl Front Out Yon der," which will be the Christmas day attraction at the Grand. She wears the oil skins of a fisher boy, not so much because she think3 they look pretty, as because she is better able AJESTIC: Prices IQc, 25c, 35c. Sunday Mat, 10c, 25c 10 c Week Day Matinees 10c K. L. ot S. Benefit Week Starting Tomorrow Special Added Attraction. Miss Francesca Redding And company, presenting the One act comedy pluyet, en tities, Her Friend From Texas By Will M. Cressy, As originally produced at Keith's Union Square Theater, New York, Sept. 4. 1899. Cast: Capt.- Tom Carrington, U. S. A. (perhaps) Chas. Lee Calder. Willie Wilklns, Society bud, Aian Damon. James, a butler, Ralph Morse. And Mrs. Knickbocker, wealthy western widow. Miss Redding. Place New York City. Time 8:30 p. m. West Mack Black Face- Comedians Douglas Douglas Comedy Acrobats Pankleb Hudman -Rapid Sculptor, Ar tistic and Tory; Laughable. Posi tively unlike anything else In the world. -r- tirect from Majestic Theater- Chicago. TheDeMuths Grotesque and whirling Dancing Coy DeTricky Singing and Dancing Soubrette Majestiscope The Crazy Quilt V.' 'A Amelia Bingham, the Star In "A Modern Trfdy Godiva.' Nearly every company has a "knosk er," sometimes more than one if 1 he company is a large on. The "fcneor er" makes more trouble in out day Than the manager can straighten out in a week. Have you ever heard of the "Take Heed" society? Probably not. But the atrical people have heard the name. It is an organization made up almost en tirely of stage people. Traveling in New Hampshire some years ago, Miss Jane Corcoran who plays Nora in Ibsen's "A Doll House,'' which will be presented at the Grand on Monday night, met an old New England lady who told her of an or ganization which pledged its members to sneak kindly of every one and when evil and unkind words were uttered, the to handle her boat than she would be in the conventional garb of a girl. Badly Mixed Up. Abraham Brown of Wlnterton. N. Y., had a' very remarkable experience,. He says: "Doctors got badly mixed up over nir. One said heart disease, two called it kiduey trouble, the fourth, blood poison, and the fifth stomach- and liver trouble; but none of them helped me. So my wife advised trying Electric Bitters, which are restoring me to perfect health. One bot tle did mo more good than all the five doctors prescribed." Guaranteed for blood poison, weakness and all stomach, liver and kidney complaints by all druggists. 50 cents. For That. Boy's Xmas. -Visit Howard's Athletic house, 710 Kansas avenue,. Practical presents. Y ''"ri?'"--;: o v t?t fit ;"-3 r-CD r V It 1 fc'ii3ifcjM&iAV.Vjfeii w i Cheridah Simpson. William II. Conlo y, Sarah Etfwards and Ivyman wheeler in a Corned y Scene in "lied Feather." v POOR OLD STOESSEU The .Veteran General" Is' Greatly Wor? ried by llia'TrlaL f i --St.- 'Peterabur?. r-Biecii lA.-rrGeneral Stoessel is again facing the humilia tion of court martial. The punish ment, if convicted,! under Russian code," is 'death: General Stoessel is ao--cused of having surrendered the forU ress of Port Arthur before he had ex hausted all the resources of defense. He is further accused of lacking the initiative and with having exceeded his powers. General Fock and Gen eral Reiss are co-defendants with him. Thft fir3t is accused of having con spired to surrender the; fortress and thef second with having exceeded the order 6f surrender. The court is composed of nine generals under the presidency of Vice Admiral Doubasa off and Includes Generals Kuropatkln, Bildering and MylofT; General Stoessel Is in a pitiable state of excitement over his case and the doctors are apprehensrve of the ef fect on the veteran officer, who has suffered two paralytic strokes since the fall of the fortress. IT SURPRISED THEM. State Asks to Have Bankers' Raised to $200,000. Bonds San Francisco, Dec. 14. Assistant District Attorney W. 'Hoof Cook this morning asked that the ball of J. Dal zell Brown, general manager of the insolvent California Safe .Deposit Trust company, and W. J. Bartnett, director in the same institution, be raised from $76,000 to J200.000 each, when the two financiers came up be fore Judge Dunne for formal arraign ment on charges of embezzlement in connection with the disappearance of securities valued at $205,000 belong ing to the Colton estate. This action came as a surprise to the two defend ants and their attorneys, and follow ed the statement yesterday to Assist ant District Attorney Francis J. Heney by David F. Walker, president of the insolvent Institution, of all that he kn.w of the affairs of the bank and Colton securities. Judge Dunne was incuneu w smui tbe district attorney's request, but at the request of counsel for Bartnett deferred action unui inis auemuun. A'ter the proceedings'' Assistant Dis trict Attorney Cook intimated that ovirtonra bad come Into his possession pointing to the absolute guilt -of the wn rfefAndants. -V -4 I f'iiii- is" m I t M 1 ,M-ifas 9k. i r GRAND TICKETS AT ROWLEY'S 3 DAYS IN ADVANCE. 8: 1 5-TONIGHT-8: 1 5 Prkcs:-25, 75c, Si, SK50 TIM MU RPHY IiJ:'td:iiw'i;:'--trff.:j::Jr:-:j:'S;jfii. M7: mm IN Mini DC Sunday Night. 15th PRICES: 25, 50, 75c, $1.00, $1.50 JOS. M. GAITES presents The Aristocrat of Comic Opera Flu (llril 0) Ini MUSIC BY BOOK BT REGINALD DeKOVEN CHARLES KLEIN COMPOSER AUTHOR The Lion and the Mouie ROBIN HOOP Music Master LYRICS BY CHARLES EMERSON COOK COMPANY OF SEVENTY-FIVE HEADED BY CHERIDAH SIMPSON AUGMENTED ORCHESTRA Friday, December 20 2c tl JSSBo, $2 THE SOCIAL THEATRICAL FEATURE OF THE SEASON AMELIA BINGHAM Supported by W. I ABINGDON and a Company of Exceptional Players in the Most Brilliant Success of Her Career. "A Modern Lady Godiva" By Frederick F. Schrader and Lloyd M. Bingham. A social drama of the period so unique in theme, adroit in con struction, rich in wit and powerful in climax as to earn the generally applied appellation of the press "THE PLAY OF THE YEAR." SALE WEDNESDAY. CARRIAGES 10:50. 11 I MlllltHIHIIII I I M 'I I I ti Ileutenant General StoesseL It Menus $1,000 for Jeffries. San Francisco, Dec 14. Jim Jef fries will pick up another easy $1,000 on New Year's afternoon by referee-Ing- the feather-weight championship battle betweii Abe Attell and Owen Moran the Engrlish. feather weight, at Colma, Ca.1. Jimmy Cotrrotn, match maker of the Colma A. C, tried to eret JpfTries to work for $800, but the bigr fellow replied "One thousand dollars or nothing, Jimmy," and, of course, Coffroth had to give in to him. Bach fighter will have to give up $250 and the club $500. The last Train. X.eavingTopeka for Kansas City In the morning is the Unon Pacflc No. 106 at 8:15 a. m. arriving in Kansas City at 10:15 a. m. The afternoon train return ing is the earliest train into Topeka at 6:15 p. m. WWZn OF SIX GREAT PLAYEMS W 1 ill r JrVfvV'- MONEY I SAVED X by having Z your teeth Z attended Dy us. Always up-to-date, pain leas, reliable and the I largest dental concern in Kansas. V Popular Prices. I DBS. LYON HEATHERLY f f Office EetablUhed IB years. Ind. Phone 1116. X ill Kanaas Av Tope km, Kan. Over TV. A. Ij. Thompson Ildw. Co. 2 Z 44 1 1 II 'l I i 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 I 1 I ll I 1H 'I mil IIHMII1HW Beat set of teth...... .8 M Good aet ot teeth......................... i.0 Gold crown, 2ZK Porcelain crowns 4.M Bridge work, per tooth -M Gold fillings $1.00 and uv Silver nllinira Mo to P-0 Oment fi!linir ...Ma Kxtractinc teeth. free!ng ftum proeeaa.toe Extractlntr teeth -without medicine.... ..o TRAINS A DAY Leave. Topeka. 4:30 A. M. 5:50 A. M. 8:00 A. M. 2:55 P. M. S:25 P. M. 7:S P. M. 7:56 P. M. Returning Lv. Kan City 8:05 A. M. 10:40 A. ll:w A. 11:20 A 6:10 P. 10:00 P. M 10:15 P M M. M. M.. M TO KANSAS CITY '00UBLE TRACK HO STOPS-MIT TIME, lie Ice t Offloes-Ffrot and Kaniaa Arann, and sai North Xancat ATeaae, Eagle's Silver Statue ice tsigar AT ALL GOOD DEALERS Everybody Reads the State Journal

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16 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALSATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1907. LADIES ONLY-$25 GIVEN AWAY Each Tuesday and Saturday, commencing Saturday, December 7th and continuing un til Deoember 21st, you will find in this spaoe certain letters printed, which, when placed to gether correctly, will make a complete sentence, corresponding to one under' sea! in my store at 813 Kansas avenue. To the first lady compiling the letters into the correct sen tence, bringintr same to this store, I will allow $10 in work and material on any WALL PAPER or DECORATIONS you wish done prior to March 1, 1908. To the second lady bringing the correct sentence I will allow $7.50. To the third $5, and to the fourth $2.50. Everything in the WALL PAPER line at greatly reduced prices during" the present month. Several One-Room lots at actual cost. v G. M. HILL, 813 Kansas Avenue i t It Easy to Remember "Double Eighteen" 1818 That's our telephone number eith er phone, and we make It a spec ialty of attending- to your office needs promptly. Try us once, 31r. Business Man, and the next time you want anything In the office supply line, you'll remember "DOUBLE EIGHTEEN." 1818 THE WILSON OFFICE SUPPLY CO. 107 West Sixth Street. BBTCE TO IJOAVE IS. His Probable Successor lias an Ameri can Wife. The Medium and Better Grades PRINTING Careful Workmanship To Suit You When You Want It. M. H. MINER Lasssa of the T. W. Bain Printing Plant. Ind. Phone 1009116 E. 7th St OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO First Mortgage Bonds For Sale 8 per cent interest payable semi-annually. Something first class. $1,700 dollars worth sold the past 10 days. For particu lars call upon or address A. E. Strauss Room 1. 532 Kansas Ave. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo London, Dec. 14. It is authoritative ly stated- in London that Ambassador James Bryce, British ambassador at Washington, has been requested to come to London to consult with govern ment authorities principally in refer ence to the relations between the Unit ed States and Japan. There is little likelihood of his return to the Wash ington post, and it is generally under stood Sir Henry Howard.present minis ter to the Netherlands, stationed at The Hague, will succeed him. LION TAIVLR SUIT ENDS Mrs.' James 'Withdraws It font Before It Reaches the Jury. Burge'9 Dining Hall, 109 East Cth Ave. Good meals served at reason able prices. The best ventilated and most comfortable place in the city. Try it. Short orders in connection. Remember the place. 109 Cast 6th St. Sir Henry Howard. Tt would bA 1 m nntiuihlp t r find J more capable representative to the united States than Sir Henry Howard. He has devoted his life to diplomatic service in many countries, including the United States, Netherlands, Guate mala, Greece, Denmark, China, Russia and France. His career is marked by Gavitt's Cream Sold by Leading Topeka Druggists. Guaranteed. Price 25c per jar. 20 yds. Evergreen "Wreathing, with Baby Christmas Bells JJQ JO yd. Bolts Evergreen Wreathing, extra heavy $1.20 J 4-inch. Bells for electric light, for 9 i.oo 18-inch Bells 60c 16-inch Bells 50c U-inch Bells 25c 8-inch Bells 10c 5-inch Bells 6 for 25c HUBBARD'S SEED HOUSE 520 Kansas Avenue Ladies Free Tonight AT MU-IC HALL No. 526 Quincy St. SKating Every afternoon and evening, also Saturday mornings. (Not Open Sundays) MaraKalTa Band Tonight Kide wilu U3 in the Kiblinger Automobile At Matthews Garage. Price. 275 up. O. X WOOD, Agent. Ambassador James Bryce. advancement after advancement from one post to another because of his abil ity. Sir Henry Howard win be 65 years old next August. In 1867 he married Miss Cecela Riggs, daughter of a bank er in Washington, D. C. -His diplomatic service has been varied. In 1894 he was made minister plenipotentiary, in 1896 envoy extraordinary and ministerpleni potentiary. In 1897 he received the .-ubilee modal and in 1S92 the coronation medal. While the United States re grets the withdrawal of the able and popular James Bryce it is exceedingly fortunate In having sent to this im portant position a man so capable and friendly as Sir Henry Howard. POSTMASTER RODGER'S DOSTS. Good Advice to People Who Send Away Christmas Packages. Here are a few Christmas "don'ts" handed out by Postmaster A. IC Rodgers to people who Intend send ing away presents through the mails. Don't leave your packages on top of a mail box. Don't write the address on th package in pencil, use pen and ink. Don't tie the package insecurely. Don't wait until the day before Christmas to mail rour package. The Christmas rush has not yet commenced locally though the weight that the mall carriers carry is gradu ally belns added to from day to day with bulky and attractive looking packages which have a suggestive holiday appearance. Mrs. Ethel James, who aspired to bo a lion tamer, after twelve years as a telegraph operator, withdrew her suit for $15,000 brought against C. W. Par ker, the Parker Amusement company, Harley Tyler, Roy Dreamer, Jerry Barnes, Dollie Barnes and Al G. Barnes. because she was chewed up. by lions while performing with the animals in a show attached to the Parker Amuse ment company. Defeat was staring her in the face when the case was withdrawn and it was Only tho hasty interposition of the attorneys for Mrs. James that kept Judge John Pollock from instructing the jury to bring in a verdict against the plaintiff. After both sides had rested Judge Pollock made a summary of the evi dence which had been brought out in the testimony and indicated clearly that he thought whatever blame at tache'd to the accident was upon the shoulders of Mrs. James herself. After making brief remarks along this line he turned to give his instructions to the jury. A hasty consultation ensued among the attorneys for the plaintiff and then James W. Orr. one or tne at torneys, arose and asked permission of the court to withdraw the suit, xnis was arrant Ad over the objections of the opposing counsel after suitable bond had heen offered. The suit will now probably be brought In the state court where if the plaintiff resides outside of the state the max imum amount of the recovery that can be secured in a. suit of this nature is 1 son. Mrs. James has resided in To- I peka three months and it is possible I for that matter after a suitable elapse nf tim for her to declare herself a resident of this state, in tms eveni she would be able to ask for any amount she might please in bringing suit. As in a great many law suits both sides were confident of victory and so expressed themselves without reserva tion shortly before the case came to a conclusion. A case such as is met with tout once in a lifetime was the opinion that Judge Pollock expressed of the unusual features which attached to the suit. "This is of course in many respects a most singular case. Probably such a case as would not be met with but once in a lifetime," said he. "Here Is the complainant who was very serious lv inlured: that is not disputed. She was seriously injured in a hazardous profession. The cause that Induces the holding of such performances us these is the desire of the people to see norsnn nnrtinularlv a woman, placed in such a position. It is by reason of the spectacle of a woman in a cage of lions, that the animals are considered dangerous, that attract men, women and children. If it had been sheep or some equally tame and domestic animal there would have been no attraction In the performance. "It is true that when one enters on a service that is hazardous they take all the responsibility of such hazards. My Judgment is, on the matter of the con tract between C. W. Parker and Creamer and Tyler, when taking in connection all of the facts, was a lease. C W Parker was the manufacturer of the equipment of shows, we aoes not pretend to operate a show but he makes contracts to furnish equipment to those who operate shows. Parker is too far removed from this case. This woman did not accept employment from him. She did not accept employment with the animal show with the under standing that Parker was to com pensate her. Her employment was with Jerry Barnes and Al G. Barnes., Com ing down to Tyler and Creamer they are in charge of the equipment. I do not think that the relation of these par ties as the plaintiff contends. Creamer and Tyler made a contract with Jerry Barnes to bring this lot into the aggre .4tA. cka rnuirl not havA held them for compensation. Now as far as the I Parker Amusement company is con cerned there is of course no such per son. It was just a convenient name used to advertise these aggregation of shows." Judze Pollock then stated that Mrs. James had apparently stood four or five feet from the cage door ana Deyona calling out that she wanted to get out of the caeetha t she made no move to escape. li tnere was any evidence to show that she attempted to escape, I wouldn't question her complaint a minute. But she relied on herself; she simply took the risk on herself." Ladles free to the skating at Music hall tonight. Marshall's band. Oak Grange will hold a two days' meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, for which an Interesting programme has been provided.. .Topeka was visited by a' light snow fall early this morning. The pros pects look food for more snow later in the day and tomorrow. The big siren of the Continental Creamery kept up a continual screech Friday. It was telling the story of the Y.-M. C' A. canvass for members. "The window displays of the Kan sas avenae merchants would warrant an admission charge," suggested a Kansas City- man who is visiting To peka relatives. A second reduction has been made In the working hours of the employes In the car shops of the Santa Fe re ducing their hours from nine to eight as a working day. At the oratorical contest held at Washburn college last night, Ludwig Katterfeld won first place and will represent Washburn In the state ora torical contest in the spring. Frank Tinney, the clever black face comedian at the Majestic won't quit the stage now that he has In herited $60,000 Oh. no he will Just keep on doing funny stunts. The sudden termination of the dam age suit of Mrs. Ethel James In the federal court suggests the idea that lions may chew up their tamers at pleasure and that there is no re course. S. W. Sunday was granted a per mit for the erection of a S3.00U rest dence at 323 East Tenth avenue and work will commence immediately pro vlding the Sunday ordinance does not conflict. There is just one druggist who has refused to close his store from Sat urday night until Monday morning. His competitors say that he is obstin ate and he says that he is not and that s the end of it. Professor Halfdan Jebe, Instructor of violin at Washbuurn college, tiled a declaration of intention in the office of violin at Washburn college, filed a is always the first step in becoming a naturalized American citizen. Today is the last chance for To peka's smokers to lay In their supply of Sunday cigars and smoking tobacco.- If It Isn't done today there will be several who will have to re frain from smokins tomorrow. "The frequency with which that cou pies names appear in the society pa pers of the city suggests that they are paying for the notices at line rates, grumbled an old grouch, who does not receive the mention he feels is due him, According to W. H. Hodglns, for mer captain of the New Tork police department, the city should enact a few traffic regulations for the bene fit of Kansas avenue. Some of the customs In Topeka he says are punish able by fines In towns no larger than Topeka. The machinery and equipment of the Lewls-Tuttle Manufacturing company for which a receiver was recently ap pointed, has been purchased by the Jensen Manufacturing company which will continue the building of seed clean ers at the factory on Eighth and Hol liday street, Judging from the fact that the membership committee of the Y. M. C. A. secured 433 new members and renewals in a one day campaign-, the money stringency about which so much has been heard of late is not a stringency at all as far as this com munity is concerned. At the annual meeting of the Arch aeological society held at the home of Dr. J. C. McCllntock last night the fol lowing officers were elected for the year 1908: A. H. Thompson, president; Mrs. J. C. McCllntock, vice president; Pro fessor F. H. Clark, secretary; Professor W. J. Greer, treasurer. "There are several things to recom mend the trip around the north pole which a New -York man proposes to make in an automobile," suggested a Topeka owner -of a big machine. There would be no mud to Impede speed, no chickens to be killed or far mer's dogs to be dodged or teams to be frightened and last but by no means least, no city ordinances to be brok en." NEW COINS AT PREMIUM Double Eagles Are Soiling: for $28 in New York. New York, Dec. 14. The fact that the new $20 gold pieces are very scarce and that collectors are already paying a large premium for theni, has started a rumor among the young men of Wall street, who some day hope to be brok ers, that a mistake was made at the mint and that there is more than $20 worth of gold in the coins. For that reason there is a scramble along the curb In the street to obtain the new coins. Only a small number were sent to the subtreasury in New York, and they were quickly bought up by col lectors. Now the demand' has grown so strong that as high as SZ8 is being offered for the coins. It has been announced that when the next issue is made there will be several changes in the coins and this, of course, Is what has made the demand from col lectors and dealers. However, the Wall street young men are not convinced and in spite of the positive denial of the mint authorities' they still believe that there Is more gold In the new coins than there should be. TO DOUBLE BEER TAX. Railroad Far Rafradcd. im Part or U Wljola. to Ont-of-Tow Buyara. Hie Crosby Bros. Co. Plan of a Congressman to Raise Fond For Waterways. Washington, Dec. 14. Representa tive Acheson of Pennsylvania is the latest to propose new burdens for the brewer and beer drinker. He has In troduced in the house of representa tives a-voluminous document suggest ing that the tax on beer be raised from $1 to $2 per barrel and that the revenue therefrom be placed to the credit of the rivers and harbors of the country. Representative Acheson fig ures that navigation of the beer stream has now become sufficiently successful to warrant reciprocal co operation In making equally successful navigation of, the rivers and harbors of the land. He contends that there were 52,6 30,000 barrels of beer sold In this country last year. Were his. Lr4 j li1 irnTnumnn iuiljiij Congressman E. F. Acheson. idea to become law, therefore,, he would acquire an additional income of $52,000,000 to be used for waterway Improvements. "Two dollars was the tax during the Spanish-American war," theorizes Mr. Acheson, "and it was considered in no way exorbitant and the price of beer was not raised. I believe such a tax to be a good thing and even if it should stop a part or the beer drinking the country would not be a decided looser because beer, unlike wine, has a tendency to dull the wits instead of sharpening them." Mr. Acheson is himself a prominent member of the committee on rivers and harbors of -the house and there fore feels entitled to father a rivers and harbors Improvement Income law. PUMPINQ VP GAS. BRYAN GOING SOUTH. He Will Address Oklahoma Legisla ture December 31. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 14. William J. Bryan will deliver an address to the members of the Oklahoma legislature December 21. Mr. Bryan will leave Lincoln next week and will stop at Guthrie on his way to Texas. In the latter state he will spend three or four days with friends. Then he will con tinue his trip in the south and will return to Lincoln, January 10. .mVISrei N GLETBI NDER trCi Jarq not so good McGraw's Big Ball Deal. New York, Dec. 14. After hours of discussion and despite the opposition of Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburg. Johnny McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, managed to put through a big deal with the Boston elub in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel last night. The trade consisted of the surrender of Frank Bowerman, Ed Browne, Cecil Ferguson. Dan McGann and either "Wild Bill" Dahlen or Han'nifan in exchange for Fred Tenney. Bridewell and Needham of the Boston team. Mike Kelly to Manasre Toronto. Toronto, Ont., Dec. 14. Mike Kellv an American Association player ha been engaged to manage the Toronto baseball club. He will play first base. IN winter no amount of warm clothing will make you safe if your vi tality is low. Warmth inside is what you must have. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil supplies carbon to the blood and tissues and makes you warm and comfortable all over. It is a safeguard against colds and all the ills that follow them. Small, easily taken doses will do it AD Drnsciatai 60c and $1.00. WAS FIRST KANSAS EDITOR. W. H. Adams, a Pioneer Newspaper Man. Dies at Springfield. Springfield, Mo.,. Dec. 14. W. H. Adams, the publisher of the first weekly newsnaper and later the first daily ever published in -Kansas, died here at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. P. Patterson. He was 86 years old. The first newspaper printed in Kan sas was published under an elm tree near the Missouri river on what became Front street in Leavenworth. The plant for the paper was purchased by Mr. Adams in St." Louis and shipped to Leavenworth. There was no building to be secured and the cases were open ed and set up under the elm tree. The first number of the paper, the Kansas Herald, was published September 14, 1854. A few days later lumber for a house arrived and- as soon as the build ing was partly up the plant was moved into it. A Hutchinson Man Thinks He Has a Natural Bonanza. Hutchinson, Dec. 14. Natural gas Is burning in a pump In the barn of Former Councilman Clarence Howard at 701 Avenue F east. All you have to do is to work the pump and light a match and you have an illumination It's as pretty a blue flame as you can get from any of the pipes or the burners of the natural gas company. Hundreds of people have gone there today to see the wonderful blaze and all are speculating as to what it really means. It Is natural gas, all right. and the natural gas people say It is not caused by a leak in the mains, either. May Stop Football at Emporia. Emporia, Kan., Dec. 14. The board of regents of the state normal met here Friday. A resolution pro hlbiting normal students from parti cipating in intercollegiate football games was introduced, but was laid over until the next meeting that the regents might have more time to con sider it. Choked on a Cocklohurr. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 14. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Clark, living south of Ottawa, choked to death on a cockleburr which became lodged in its throat while a sister was playing with the child. Reserve Agents for Kansas Banks. Washington, Dec 14. The Central National bank of St. Louis is approved as reserve agent for the Caney Valley National bank of Caney, Kan.; the National Bank of the Republic of Kansas City for the Howard National bank of Howard, Kan.: the Continen tal National bank of Chicago for th Humboldt National bank of Humboldt. Kan., and the First National bank of Madison, Kan.; the New England National bank of Kansas City for the First National bank of Hutchinson, Kan., and the-"h-st National bank pf Newton. Kanvrtae Interstate National bank of Kansas City, Kan., 'for the First National bank of Overbrook, Kan.: the Union National bank of Kansas City for the First Nationa' bank of Clinton, Okla., and the Peo ple's National bank of Kingfisher, Okla. SeTenty-seTen for Grip and Guaranteed by the Manufacturer under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906. Hanjphrey's Seventy-seven appeals to the slender pocket book, caused by the hard tunes, It is the most econo mical remedy In existence, one twenty five cent vial often caring a whole family. "77" Is for Grip, Colds, Influenza, Catarrh, Hoarseness, Sore Throat and the prevention of Pneumonia. At Drugxista, 23 cents or mailed. Humphreys Homeo, Medicine Co., cor. William and John streets. New York. 1 Saturday plECI ALS On Sale After Seven Here is a list of bargains which will be on sale to night. Goods taken from our regular stock and greatly reduced in price for special selling after sev en. Many' of them are suitable for Christmas gifts. Wire Hair Pins assorted sizes in a fancy cabinet. They sell regularly at 5c; to- Q night after seven vu Women's Hose medium weight black cot ton hose; all sizes. 10c is the usual lt price tonight after seven I 2, V Holly Ribbon You H want a lot of it for ty ing up Christmas packages. Better get it to- night. Note the special prices. No. .3 Holly Ribbon, 6c reg.; tonight. .ZY2c .No. 5Holly Ribbon, 7y2c reg.; tonight. .5c No. 12 Holly Ribbon, 12c reg. tonight 8y2c Back Combs An odd lot of back combs with fancy metal tops, some set with 1 Oo rhine stones, 25c and 50c val., tonight. lUv Doilies 12-ineh round and oval Doilies made of fine union linen with finished scallop ed edge with row of double hemstitch- 1 Qn ing inside. 20c values tonight al 0 0 Pennants Washburn and High School Pennants made of felt. Regular 20c 1 R ft and 25c values; tonight after seven. 1 till Men's Silk Handkerchiefs Colored silk Handkerchiefs with white polka dot 1 Rfi and cross bar'd pats. 25c val. tonight. lUv Short Kimonos made of fancy figured Challie Francaise, trimmed with satin down the front and around the sleeves; pinks, Q R p blues, etc. Regularly 59c tonight O J U Boy's Shoes Tonight we will sell any pair of Boys' Shoes at 50c less than the regular- price. By buying tonight after seven Rfln you will save. JUl Pictures Passepprtouts and photo colors in inch and a half and two inch gilt frames; sizes up to 11x24, together with a special lot of gilt framed placques. Pictures which are really worth up to $2 each. Special; tfl 4 tonight after seven P Change of Business Sale JF-, r- vN, -V -r.'S 1 il'lfyf Qosing out the Jewelry Department I will continue the Optical Business at the present location, a so do Watch Re pairing and Engraving-. And sell the HEALTH-RAY SPECTACLE LENSES. Closing; Out Prices on Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver-. ware, Cot Glass f Hand Painted China, Opera Glasses China. Bracelets Necklace;, Fobs, Brooches A Gent's or Ladies Elgin or Waltham Watch Any size in a 20-YEAR GOLD FILLED CASE. Closed or Open Face, Plain or Engaaved for $11.50 Rogers Silverware 'm dos. Table Knives $1.68 Berry Spoons $1.2S V, doz. Tables Forks $1.68 Cold Meat Fork. .$1.00 4 do. Tea Spoons $1.00 Tea Sets $6.0O Vt doz. Dessert Spoons $2 I Butter Knife Sugar $1.00 C H. MORRISONS Jeweler and Optician 603 Kansas Avenue Topeka, Kansas A Moonlight Drive nrith i. i i T w"i te doubly pleasant if you get your rig from us Ws supply eingle and double teams for pleasure driving at reasonable rates well fed and groomed horses, carefully kept vehicles, and "all the appurten ances thereunto appertaining and be longing." as the lawyers say. for less than a good lawyer's fee. Call he" E. S. TRAVIS and board 515 Quincy St. Ind. TL 663. First class Hvery stable. L. M. PEN WELL Undertaker and Lmbalmer 811 Quincy Strast. Both PnoaeJ 191 C C. SMITH Merchant Police Ben Phone lsio. SO05 Harrison St