The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 9, 1908

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURF Alr-THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1908. 3 V RAILR0AD NEWS. The Sherman Anti-Trust Law i Condemned by Roads. Officials Want Amendments to Make It Practicable. MR. .DELANO'S OPINION Wabash President Attributes Effective Hess '"-to Enforcement. Other Items of Interest in Railway Circles. Chicago, Jan. 9. The railroads ani hipping- Interests are apparently unit ing In an effort to obtain a repeal of the' Sherman antitrust act, in so far. at least, as It applies to traffic associa tions. This fact Is made apparent in a rympofium published In the Railway Age and participated In ,by railroad preridents, governors, railroad conrunis eloners and representatives of large shipping concerns. The shippers and railway men seem to agree that the Hepburn act has brought some great benefits, the chief of ''which Is the abolition of rshatts, but that It is too soon to make a cor rect deduction of the effect of the act taken as a whole. All deplore the conflict of state and national legislation, and also agree that the railroad Interests and the shippers are, rapidly getting closer together and are realizing that their interests are closely Interwoven. Overcentralization in railroad opera tion is denounced by F. A. Delano, president of the Wabash. It is his opin ion, that, if many of the .minor execu tive duties were left to the men on the ground, who.ne duty it is to put th or ders Into effect, better results would be obtained. Centralization, he declares, also over loads the men, who otherwise would have time to devote to the few Import ant duties and to meet the leaders of public opinion in the various communi ties. What is needed in railway operation, he raid, is an effective local self-government, with i good deal of authority by local officers, combined with which there should be an intelligent central mpervision. W. B. Blddle. vice president of the Frisco and the Rock Island, declares that railroads should be permitted by law to agree on rates. This assertion Is in line with the views held by other traffic officials, as well as by members of the Interstate commerce commls elon. Mr. Delano denounces the Sherman antitrust law as insincere legislation, and he says it should be amended to meet actual business requirements. He also shows how the interstate com merce act has been made effective by enforcement. In part, Mr. Delano says: "The Interstate commerce law, as amended by the Hepburn act, has op erated about as I expected. It should be ndted.Tiowever. that th"e,aetermlna--tioh on the part of the federal govern ment to enforce the law, rather than the actual law itself, is what has wrought the principal improvement In the entire maintenance of rates and the dUcortlnuance of improper, as well as illegal, practices. "As many railroad officials pointed out before the Hepburn law was passed the old law went pretty far, and the reason the public got the idea that it was Inadequate was that It was never enforced. Every single Indictment against railway companies and other corporations has been under the old in terstate commerce act and the Elklns amendment. "Of course, the most Important effect In the enforcement of the law has been the entire discontinuance of rebates, ete- "A very important effect which has come from the new law has been due to the operation of the thirty-day clause. The operation of this law, ar.d the great cost of preparation of tariffs have made much less frequent any changes in tariffs, and it is becoming more and more evident to railway men that tariffs are becoming more and more inflexible. 'While there are some great advan tages, there are also some marked dis advantages in this. In other words, there is a good deal to be said on both Bides of this question. "I should be glad to see the Sherman antitrust law which was an insincere piece of legislation when it was passed and which remained a dead letter on the statute books for twenty years af ter It was passed made so that It would be more consonant with actual business methods. I think this is all the railroads need. We want no more railroad legislation for a while; we are having a hard enough time adjusting ourselves to the laws state and federal which have already been passed. "It would undoubtedly be easier for the railway official to submit to regu lation by only one central body, instead of a multiplicity of legislatures; but, as a private cltiien. I think that there Is great danger of overcentralization. The railroad I am connected with runs through seven states, and in none of these have we been dealt with so harsh ly or so inconsiderately as by the fed eral government in the matter of com pensation for carrying the mails. "It is impossible to answer briefly whether the tendency of recent state regulation of railways is to seriously affect their earning capacity and. to Impair the confidence of investors in their securities. The hostile attitude Dr. Price, the famous food expert,' has produced a product called WHEAT FLAKE CELERY which is considered to represent the highest food production. Its healthful qualities are unsur passed. a For sale by all Grocers The Metropolitan Life Insurance Building as It Will Look When Completed. New York. Jan. 9. When the Singer tower Is completed It will be second in of legislation has had something to do with it, but that has not been all. "The trouble with most legislation has been that it has been drawn up with very imperfect knowledge of the conditions. This has been equally true of federal and state legislation." HE WOULD REV OTE BOXDS. Henry Scliweiter on" Orient Xosins County's Gift. "What Is there iii that report in the Eagle about the Orient road losins the bonds we voted?" asked Henry Schweiter of a reporter for the Eagle yesterday. Mr. Schweiter is one of the largest taxpayers in the city and county. He is a successful farmer and one of tho best stock feeders in the county, and, of course, what he might have to say about the bonds would be interesting. "I noticed," continued Mr. Schweit er, "that it was claimed that the Orient lost the bonds on account of reaching the Red river with the road a few hours behind schedule time. Now, it seems to me, that Wichita ought to employ an attorney and find out if the bonds have really been for feited. I really hope tney nave noi. The Orient is going wo be a great road for Wichita. It is now worth to this city and county a good deal more than it will ever cost us, even if we pay these bonds or exchange them for stock In the road. It will be worth a good deal more when the line Is com pleted through to the Pacific, ocean and their big machine shops ore run ning in Wichita. "I want it understood that I am for issuing those bonds to the Orient if it can be done legally, and if that can not be done, I am for voting them again. Mr. Stllwell has performed al most a miracle in his effort to keep faith with Wichita and Sedgwick county, and I am In favor of standing by Stilwell. We do not want to take advantage of some technicality in the law to beat a man who has done so much, and will do more for Wichita." Wichita Eagle. FOR BETTER SERVICE. Abilene A sent Would Put Coach on Villon Pacific Freight. Salina, Kan., Jan. 9. Agent S. H. Paul of the Union Pacific at Abilene is working a scheme which he thinks the management of the Union Pacific will nut Into operation. This scheme is to have an accommodation coaclH put on the Union Pacific local freight which runs between Junction City and Salina. This would not accommodate Sa lina travelers a great deal, but will prove an accommodation if installed to people from Junction City, Abilene, Chapman and Solomon, who want to come to Salina. The freight train leaves Junction City at 8:30 a.' m.; and since the plugs have been taken off is the only train to Salina in the morn ing. Returning it will leave Salina for Junction City at 2:10 p. m. As far as Salina is concerned the coach would not be much of a benefit. The train leaves for the east only a short time after the plug and does not return until next day. However, it would help, and as it will not hurt In anyway. Salina will hope that the' Abi lene agent's scheme reaches a success ful conclusion. What 'Salina does want, and wants mighty bad, is a train east in the even ing and west in the .morning. SANTA FE IX OONTROIj. Elects Five 'of the Nine Directors fop Northwestern Pacific. San Francisco, Jan. 9 The stockhold ers of the Northwestern Pacific railroad elected a new board of directors, four to represent the Harriman interests and five to represent the Santa Fe, today In the offices of the company In tha flood building. By the terms of their Joint owner ship the two transcontinental compan ies take turns having five or only four members of the board. This year the Santa Fe was to get five. According to the agreement there are three members of the executive rnmmitt vi Prj. I dent and General Manager Calvin of 7J mW ',,,1 jjj height In New York. The new Metro politan Life Insurance building, which is already half way up, will tower above the Singer and will hold the distinction of being the tallest office building In the world. This marvel overlooks Madi son square and stands alone in Its glory. The Singer tower is 674 feet high, measuring from the basement to the. top of the .flagstaff. The Metropoli tan building will be 680 feet from the cellar floor to the top. A better idea of its comparative height is obtained from the fact that the highest lookout In the Singer tower accessible to the public will be from the lantern balcony. The people look ing down from it upon the city will stand i on a platform 589- feet above Broadway. The highest point for ob servation in the Metropolitan tower will be the window over the look-out, 633 feet above the sidewalk. This difference of 44 feet between the two is about the height of the average four-story dwell ing. The 25th floor Is on a level with the great clock face 2a feet in diameter, where some day New Yorkers will note the time marked by hands 25 feet In length and figures as long as a man. The foundation of the new tower was begun in September, 1906. The first of the iron work was put In place last May and by next May it is expected the gtone apex to the lantern will be in place. the Southern Pacific, Assistant Presi dent Payson of the Santa Fe, and Con troller Mellerish of the Northwestern Pacific! and they must be on the ground. Accordingly the slates were made out with Calvin, Mellerish, Herrin and Hood as the Southern Pacific four directors, and Payson, Lissell, E. S. Pillsbury, Edward Chambers and H. P. Gregory ah the Santa Fe five directors on the board. Attorney Payson con tinues to -act as the1 president, of 1 the Northwestern Pacific. No action was taken concerning plans for work on the road. RECEIVERS APPOINTED. President Stlckney and Charles H. P. Smith Are Named. St. Paul, Jan. 9. Judge Walter H. Sanborn of the United States circuit court appointed A. B. Stlckney and Charles H. F. Smith, both residents of St. Paul, receivers for the Chicago Great Western. A. B. Stlckney is now president of the road. The firm of Kel logg Severance of St. Paul was ap pointed attorneys for the receivers. The appointment followed inability of the company to meet obligations falling due in 1908, and failure to secure an extension of the obligations. Loss as a result of the boilermakers' strike of last fall Is given as a partial cause for the financial straits of the roads. It was also pointed out in the proceedings to day that during the last ten years the road has spent $19,000,000 in reconstruc tion. A petition for a receivership was filed on behalf of the stockholder and finance committee by John A. Humberg of Minnesota, George J. Meyer of New York and Ward Cummings and Alex ander Wallace of Great Britain. As soon as the petition for the complain ants had been filed an answer was filed on behalf of the board of directors who met today and voted to become a party to the receivership proceedings. Mr. Kellogg said that under the laws of the states in which the Great West ern operates, creditors might secure an attachment on its property, thus wreck ing the road and preventing it from ful filling its obligations to the public. Pri marily on this possibility that it might be prevented from performing its func tions as a common carrier Judge San born issued the order for the appoint ment of the receivers. He also gave SOME HARD KNOCKS Woman Gets Rid of "Coffee Heart." The injurious action of Coffee on the heart of many persons is well known by physicians to be caused by caffeine. This is the drug found by chemists in coffee and tea. A woman suffered a long time with severe heart trouble and finally her doctor told her she must give up coffee, as that was the principal cause of the trouble. She writes: "My heart was so weak it could not do its work properly. My husband would sometimes have to carry me from the table, and it would seem that I would never breathe again. "The doctor told me that coffee was causing the weakness of my heart. He said I must stop it, but it seemed I could not give It up until I was down in bed with nervous prostration. "For eleven weeks I lay there and suffered. Finally husband brought home some Postum and I quit coffee and started new and right. Slowly I got well. Now I do not have any head aches, nor those spells with weak heart. We know it is Postum that helped me. The Dr. said the other day, 'I never thought you would be. what you are I used to weigh 92 pounds and now I weigh 158. "Postum has done much for me and I would not go back to coffee again- for any money, for I believe it would kill me if I kept at It. Postum must be well boiled like the directions on pkg. say, then it has a rich flavour and with cream is fine." Name given by the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich., Read "The Road to Wellvile," found In pkgs "There's a Reason." as an additional ground the fact that a Judgment of J70.000 had already been secured against the road. MEETIXG ON OKLAHOMA. RATES. Traffic Executives and Railroad Conn sel Confer on "Oourse. St. Louis, Jan. 9. A Joint confer ence of traffic executives and legal ad visers of the Oklahoma lines was held in this city yesterday at the' Ful lerton building. The. object of the call was to discuss the. general policy to-be pursued by the1 railroads at the hearing before the Oklahoma corpora tion commission next '.--Tuesday at Guthrie on the subject of reducing coal rates. Another ihearimj is set for Thursday next yx ;the' proposition to reduce the lumber rates rn Oklahoma. Tie coal rate hearing will i be the first appearance of the railroads before the corporation commission, and it was deemed advisable: to get tog-ether in advance and discuss the general situa tion and the line of" defense to the proposed reduction' In coal rates.- The proposed tariff for Oklahoma Is based on the Arkansas tariffc which the rail roads contend Is. unremunerative and unjust In view of. the increased cost of operation. v; The Gould lines were represented at the conference by i "Vice President Johnson and General Solicitor Coch ran. Vice President Halle repre sented the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. r the Santa Fe Vice President Nicholson, Freight; .Trafflc Manager Gorman and General Attorney Dun lap attended the meeting. The Rock Island-Frisco lines jwere represented by Vice President Bidd'le. Freight Traffic Manasers Gower and Middle ton, General Solicitor-Evans and E. B. Pierce,, commerce counsel for the Rock Island. For the Midland Val ley line General Freight and Passen ger Agent Hart was present, and Percy Talbot, general freight agent, represented the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf line. All interests were agreed that any reduction in the rates at this time would work a hardship on the railroads and seriously affect traffic revenue. WILLI INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS. Bonapart Would Collect Judgment From Santa Fe and Other Roads. Washington, Jan. 9. Attorney Gen real Bonaparte has directed the various United States attorneys to Institute suits against a large number of rail road companies to recover penalties in curred by them for alleged violations of the safety appliance law. The facts upon which these prosecutions are based were reported to the Interstate commerce commission by its inspectors of safely appliances. Among the roads are! Atchison, To peka Santa Fe 11, violations; Butte County railroad 11; Chicago, Burlington Quincy 6; Denver Rio Grande 8; Gulf, Colorado Southern 6; Idaho Northern 2; Great Northern 2; North Pacific 36; Oregon Short Line 9; South ern Pacific 10; Butte, Anaconda Pa cific, M. K. T., Oregon Railroad Navigation company, and Salt Lake Oregon, one each. The suits about to be brought will be in such form that in case of an ad verse decision the rights of the United States in this respect can be exercised and a final determination secured of the question involved. 1 ACRES OF STEEL. Santa Fe Planning Big Improvements for toast IJncS., San Bernardino,, Cal1.,'" Jan. 9 "Acres of steel," safd a Santa Fe offi cial yesterday when asked as to whether any of the' structural steel is coming' In for the new Santa Fe shop buildings. Several large shipments have been received and the wrecking car has been busily engaged most of the time for two or three weeks unloading the steel so that the cars may be put back Into service. A large plot of ground has been cov ered with the steel which is being stored until the contractors get to the point where it is to be used. The work on the buildings is going ahead rapidly. The second section of the round house, to the west of the first eleven stalls is being put into shape for the forms to be erected, the work having thus far been con fined to the foundations. GOES BACK TO GOULD. Control of Mercantile National Is Handed Over by Helnze. New York, Jan. 9. Ownership of the principal interest in the Mercantile Na tional bank has passed from F. Augus tus Helnze to Edwin Gould. Mr. Helnze and his associates controlled the bank until the collapse of the corner in Uni ted Copper stock last October. Mr. Heinze obtained the chief interest in the bank by purchase of the stock of Edwin Gould and William Nelson Crom well, but much of the stock was left In Mr. Gould's hands as security for, a loan negotiated by Mr. Heinze, who be came president of the bank. Mr. Heinze continued in that position until the dis astrous attempt by Otto Hdnze Co. to corner the copper stock, as a result of "which Mr. Helnze withdrew from the bank, as he stated, to rehabilitate his brother's firm. .After the financial stringency which followed these moves Mr. Heinze was unable to take over the stock which he had deposited with Mr. Gould and at a conference today it again passed Into Mr. Gould's ownership. Sorry to see the woolen mills close down for the present. Mr. and Mrs. Hardten visited at the home of William Morgan on East Lo cust street yesterday. Miss Neidig of Los Angeles, CaL, at tended the Fraternal Brotherhood lodge -last evening and gave them a fine lec ture. They initiated 27 new members besides eating a fine supper. There were 311 in attendance. t Frank. Thomas and Albert Stone are enjoying their telegraph instruments. They have the two homes connected and do their visiting by telegraph. Mrs. Shearrer Is reported to be bet ter. Mr. Shipley has gone to a hospital for an operation. Mrs. Petit has been taken to the hos pital to have a foot amputated. j. 1- J- Priest Inherits a Fortune. St. Joe, Jan. fc-Father Charles F. Kearful, for neatly, forty years a Catholic priest in Missouri and Kan- Pfowilltoy to Open D Admission 10 OPEN sas, has been notified by the state de partment at Washington that he is heir to a fortune of $500,000 left by his uncle, Karl Kirkfogel, a promi nent wool merchant who died recent ly in Sidney, Australia. Father Kear ful will start at once for Sidney to claim the estate, going by way of Rome,, where he will visit the pope. As he has a fortune of his own, he Intends to deivote all of his inheritance to charity work In St. Joseph. POISONS AND ANTIDOTES. A List of Some Poisons and Their Remedies. The following list of poisons and their antidotes has been compiled from medical authorities. The num bers opposite the poisons correspond to the numbers ,opposite their respect Arsenic liGelsemium iu Acids: j fi-.vlnrmrf Hvdrocvanic acid 10 Hydrochloric. S Nitric Acetic 3 Oxalic 4 Carbolic 6 Hydrocyanic 16 Alkali .6 Alcohol 22 Ammonia 7 Aconite 10 Atropine .15 Almonds 16 Antimony 18 Belladonna 15 Cobalt i 1 Caustic 6 Chloral 8 Chloroform 9 Calabar bean .10 Cohhrm v. .10 Oottonrrobt .10 Hvdrochlorlc acid 'ignatia 14 Iodine i Jaborandi 10 Lve 6 iLobelia .10 Lunar Caustic. ..11 Lead 12 Morohine Mercurv .19 Mushrooms ....21 Nitric acid i 3 Nitrate Silver- 1 1 Nux Vomica. .14 Nitro Benzol .16 Oxalic acid 4 Ooium Potash m?.. 6 Physostigma ...10 Pilocarpine .10 Caustic Silver Coculus Ind Cvanldls Copper Cantharides IPhosrohorus ....15 I Pennyroyal 19 Rough on Rats. 1 Soda 6 Santonine 10 Colchicum 19 Stramonium 10 Creosote 19 Croton oil 19 Digitalis 10 Decayed meat. ..20 Ether 8 Strophanthus ...10 Silver 11 Sulohuric acid. 3 strvchnlne 14 Savin ...17 Ergot 10 Tobacco 10 Eaerine lorrartar nmeuc. ..it Eleterium ...19 Tansy 19 Formaldehyde ..21 1. (a) Emetic.;- (ib) Ferric hydrate. (Made of T. Iron and NH3. (c) Eggs and oil. 2 (a) Emetic Cb) Strong coffee. (c) Hypodermic atropia 1-50 gr. (d) Keep awake by walking. 3. (a) Do not give emetic. (b) Magnesia, soda, lime. (c) Eggs and oil. 4. (a) No emetic (t) Chalk or whiting. (c) Emetic (d) Eggs and oil. 5. (a) Glauber's salts. (b) Emetic. 6. (a) Vinegar. (t,) Warm water. (c) Eg-gs and Oil. TV (a) Vinegar. 8 (a) Lie flat; fresh air. (b) Emetic. (c) Keep awake.' (d) Stimulate and friction. 9. If swallowed use No. 8. 10. (a) Emetic. (b) Coffee. (c) Tannic acid. (d) Lie flat. (e) Keeip awake, (f Stimulants. 11. (a) Common salt. s (h) Emetic. (c) Eggs and mflk. 12. (a) Epsom salts. (b) Emetic. (c) Milk, etc. 13. (a) No oil nor fat. (b) Emetic as Sulphate copper, 3 gr., repeat If necessary. c) Old oil turpentine. (d) Eggs (e) Do not give oil, fat or milk. 14. (a) Tannic acid. fb) Emetic. (c) Repeat Tannic acid after vomiting. (d) Bromides to quiet. 15. (a) Tannic acid. 1 dr. v (b) Emetic v. (c) Repeat the acid. (d) Morphine. (e) Lie flat. f) Keep awake. (g) Heat and friction. (h) Artificial respiration. 16. (a) Act quickly. (b) Emetic in warm water. (c) Ammonia, internally and in haled. (d) Artificial respiration. (e) Hot and cold alternately on chest. 17. (a) Eggs- (b) Emetic. (c) Pot. ferrocyanlde, H dr. (d) Gum arabic, large draughts. 18. (a) Emetic. (b) Tannic acid, gr. rtr. (c) Eggs and mucilage. 19. a) Eggs and flour. (b) Emetic i (c) Repeat eggs, etc (a) Emetic. ("b) Tannic acid. ,i, (c) Stimulants. t Ammonia -in' water few drops). (a) Emetic or stomach tube. (b) Strong coffe or strychnine. c Keep body warm. 20. 21. 22. Uses State t ie And Will Continue AII AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS r Age cannot wither it nor enstom stale Us infinite variety" THE SEVENTH ANNUAL KANSAS Midwinter The Big Pure Food and Industrial Show WITH ITS EXMMBITS Vaudeville and Music Topeka, Jan. 20th to Feb. 1st, 1908 BIG SHOW AT THE SMALL PRICE Each succeeding year this Exposition has presented finer exhibits, superior amusements and better music. It'll be BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE and maintain its reputation for being the BIGGEST SHOW IN THE WORLD For So Small a Price ADMITS TO ALL IRr No Side Shows o Fakes No Grafts ivl R. S. BRIGHAM, Sec'yand General Manager KANSAS MID-WINTER EXPOSITION ASSOCIATION TOPEKA TRAINS A DAY Td Eagle's Silver Statue AT Alili GOOD DEALERS MORE NATURE FAKIXG. "I see," he said) to tha reporter of a dally paper, "that" you have been writing up a shark-story?" "Tea, I tried! my hand iat it." "But you are a nature fakir... sir; Tou have a shark sweep a man oft a raft with his tail and then eat him up. It is the alligator that uses his tall In that fashion." "Are you sure about it?'" s "Of course I am.- What; are you going to do about it?" -j r t SicDW Auditorium Week Ceots Eliposition Lav. Topeka. :S0 A. M. 5:f0 A. M. tree A. M. 2:6S P. M. P. M. 7:28 P. M. 7:86 P. M. Returning Lv. Kan City 8:06 A. M. 10:40 A. M. ll.-to A. M. U M A. M. :10 P. M 1:00 P. M. 10:18 P. M. KANSAS CITY DOUBLE TRACK HO STOPS FAST TIME. Tlok.t Offlee-First and Kanaaa Arenne. ul 881 Hortfe K&nsaa atsdv. "Wliy.'-ni-have to write another story tomorrow and have the shark put the man back on the raft and then make some arrangements with som alligator to get hold of him in tha proper way.." M. Quad. A Higher Health Level. "I have reached a higher health level since I began using Dr. King's New Life Pills," writes Jacob Springer, of West PTanKilR. Alaine. "Thv lcpn m v ntnmnrh- liver anu uuweis worKing usi rigni. ir these pills disappoint you on trial, moneyv

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAI-THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1908. By FRANK P. MAO VESTS AS. Entered July 1, 1875. as secondlass matter at the postoftice at Topeka, lian.. under the act of congress. VOLUME XXXV No- Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dafly-edition. delivered by carrier. 10 cent a wwk to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas towns where the paper has a carrier system. By mail, one year "''iX By mail, three months Balurday edition of dally, one year.... -w TELEPHONES. Business Office BfJ 'S Business Office Si Reporters Room "r1r rk Reporters' Room JS. Prank P. MacLennaa Ind- 1M PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building-. and 102 Kansas avenue, corner of Elgntn. New York Office: Flatlron building, at Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avenue nd Broadway. Paul Block. m,a,nftge0, Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul Block, manager. FULL, LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal is a member ut the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganisation for the exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka, The news is receivea In The State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose. All the prize birds in Kansas are not at the chiokan ahow. Neither are all the prize birds in Kansas chickens, nor have they wings. Mr. Fairbanks is condu-oting a cam paign for the Republican presidential nomination that can be called dig nified to say the least, or the most, Just whichever way one looks at it. There is one thing to be thankful tor. Members of the legislature are Umlted to pay for thirty days at a special session. So the one at hand -win probably not last much longer than that. A dispatch from Emporia states tha the Stubbs boom is "taking- like wildfire" la that locality. Some wild fires get beyond control and even des troy) tbm things cherished by those who started) them. Senator Aldrich's finance committee "bill for an emergency currency is "halted as a sure cure for money ilia. Another effective one would be the in Oarceratlon of the wild cat and crimi nal captains of finance. Rear Admiral Brown son having been branded as the purveyor of "malicious untruthfulness" becomes a prominent figure In the National Ananias club. When this organiza tion holds its next election he will be well qualified to run for the presi dency against Bellamy Storer. Colonel J. Ham Lewis, the beauti fully be whiskered gentleman of Chi cago, has not made much of a bid for popularity among the fair sex by de claring that an oath means nothing to a woman. But" anyone who has had occasion to -be around trial courts tnuch must admit that there Is a lot of truth in what Co I. Jim Ham says. An adequate test of the old soldiers' preferenoe law will undoubtedly be made In the suit brought by. T. M. James for the position of assessor for Shawnee county, which place was given by the county commissioners to B. H. Hayoea. A final judicial inter pretation of this statute Is needed by the various appointing powers in the tate, counties and municipalities." Fools are said to be born at the rate of one a minute. Some of them are greater fools than others. One of the latter class has cropped out in .the man wfoo lias started from London to trundle a baby buggy around the world. He is not to disclose his Identity during the trip and to this end proposes to make it with his face masked. Somebody will take a pot hot at him for a burglar and this iWlH be a fitting end for this ad venture. Ohanoes are that Governor Hoch with his special session will find, him self In th position of the little boy who insisted on having a toy that was too mvroh for him to handle. Just watch good many members of the legislature, who are sure of not being elevated to legislative levels again, taking up nothing; but the work that the- governor would like to see them accomplish. They'll never quit until itwoi or three melons have been cut and divided. Federal authorities seem to be lending all possible aid to the en forcement ef the prohibition laws in the various states. On the urgent re quest of Congressman Miller the post master general has issued an order prohibiting rural free delivery car riers from transporting intoxicating liquors m their mall wagons. It is not known that this practice was general among the rural carriers but enough If It was going- on to warrant vigorous action being taken against it. What Is known as tne employers liability law has been declared uncon stitutional by the United States su preme court by the narrow margin of a vote of five to four and there were different shades of opinion on the part of the five who have invalidated the statute. It is unconstitutional be cause It goes beyond the bounds per Knitted In the regulation of interstate commerce. Interstate commerce cer tainly covers a multitude of affairs and many things are done in Its name. Lawson of Boston has probably thrown a half dozen fits of joy over the arrest of F. Augustus Heinze, the copper .kins, on a charge of illegally certifying to a check. Mr. Heinle's act It characterised by his friends as an unintentional technical violation of the law, if it is a violation at all. Thus It ever is when a captain of finance gets In the toils. But that excuse never has much weight for the poor beggar who passes a bogus check for five dollars to keep himself and his family from starvation. OTJR TRADE WITH GERMANY. Tables of statistics have been pre pared by the statistical bureau of the department of commerce and labor showing our' trade with Germany for the five months ending with Novem ber in the years of 1906 and 1907. They are of considerable significance in view of the recent commercial agreement with Germany, which was negotiated by the present administra tion, and the reports that stand pat interests in congress, and more espe cially the enemies of the administra tion, are about to start a fight aimed at the legality of .the administration's action. It is clearly shown by the figures that the United States has gained more than Germany by the agreement I made. -If the duties have been re duced to some extent on goods enter ing this country there ia more than a 1 mere balance of compensation and gain, in the increase of our exports lo the land of the kaiser. During the five months ending with November, 1907, the imports from Germany amounted in value to $3,260,690 more than in the corresponding period of one year before. Our exports to Ger many during the same period exceeded those for the corresponding period of the preoedlng year by $9,919,408. In other words, the excess of our exports over Imports la double what It was a year ago. Under the inspiration of a better understanding looking to a perma nent trade arrangement between the two countries, the exports from both took" a decided spurt in 1906. The further increase in trade in 1907 con vinced the administration of the wis dom of the policy that has been put Into operation and will go far toward meeting the attacks which the high tariff interests are aiming, not only p.t the alleged illegality of the German agreement, but at the whole reciproci ty idea, which they so greatly fear. It is expected that agitation over the reciprocity question will occupy a good bit of attention of congress dur- ing this session Word comes f rom j Washington that the stand patters are playing their game to prevent action j in the future as much as possible, and the high protective agencies have primed their representatives in con- gress with material for oratory. The defense, however, seems to be exceed ingly well fortified and will likely be able to take care of itself with credit. THE SPECIAL SESSION. Although the State Journal was opposed to a special session of the legislature- and can still see no real emergency in existence that war ranted the calling of one, It is the hope of this newspaper, and likewise of all well intentioned people in the state, that the legislators who have been called to extraordinary conclave by Governor Hoch, will enact such legislation on the few subjects that some folks think are demanding ot immediate' attention as will redound to their credit and be of benefit to the voters, taxpayers and the people in general throughout the entire commonwealth. It Is the governor's idea that an emergency exists for the enactment of a law which will guarantee the de posits In the banks of the state. Such a law will no doubt be an admirable addition to the statutes of Kansas if one can be framed which will do full justice to the varied interests Involv ed in the issue. There is a great dif ference of opinion among bankers and business men as to just what form this law should take and while the legislature should be urged to use all dispatch in the transaction of the business before it, this question is not one for hasty or ill-advised action. It should receive most careful consider ation. Of the many plans along this line which have been suggested, one comes from the conservative bankers that the law should be so constructed as to enable groups of bankers to join together and insure the deposits in each other's institutions. Such a plan would go a great ways to prevent loose methods by wild cat bankers. This is the chief argument against a bank guaranty law that would make it compulsory for all the banks in the state to join in one fund for the pro tection of the deposits in all of them. Primary legislation Is another question which will undoubtedly at tract considerable attention during the extra session. Governor Hoch de clares he has received Information from a majority of the senators that they will support a direct state pri mary measure. This is certainly the only kind of a one that should be placed on the statute books. It's the kind the people want and there is no room for compromise on the ques tion.' If a majority of the senators are now in favor of this sort of prim ary legislation, a good many of them have experienced a wonderful change of heart within the past year. But there are probably enough of them opposed to it to put up a vigorous fight for a hybrid sort of a primary legislation which was the only kind acceptable to Senator Sam Fitzpat rick and his colleagues in the "rail road lodge" during the last session. An amendment to the new tax law fixing a reasonable limit to the levy that may be made by the taxing bodies in the state under-the greatly increased assessed valuation of prop erty which will prevail under the new law will also be in order. This is one piece of legislation that should cause no trouble. Of course the legislators are not limited to the scope of the legislation they may consider at the special ses- slon. but there is no reason on the face of the earth why they should take up a whole lot of matters ai they probably will. They should 11m. it their attentions to the three things named, or possibly to some other lit- tie matters that need repairing. There is considerable talk going the rounds over the advisability of Indulging in some railroad legislation, especially on the. question of freight rates through the enactment of a law es tablishing the rates which have been formulated by the railroad commis sioners and on which hearings are yet to be held. There does not seem to be any par ticular need for railroad legislation at this time on any subject. The re lations between the railroads of Kan sas and the people are fast getting back to a proper friendly basis. The people are enjoying the benefits of a two cent fare and will continue to do so until the courts finally pass upon the question as to whether or not such a mandatory rate is confiscatory. As to the freight rates, the schedule fixed up by the board of railroad commissioners may be said to be ten tative In a way. Neither the railroads nor the shippers have had a chance as yet to express their .views on them in a formal manner to the commis sioners. Until this is done it would not seem advisable for the legislators to jump in and tackle this question of freight rates. They have given what is considered sufficient power to the board of railroad commissioners to handle the freight rate question and they should let the matter rest there until it is seen how it will work out. JOURNAL ENTRIES Flirtation is attention without inten tion. Great, indeed, is the nerve of a man who will disagree with his wife. There's one fine thing about the wa ter wagon. It is large enough to have seats for all. When the small boy In the family has licked every youngster in the block, he Insists that It is time to move. w It doesn't pay to change your mind about things. Tou are just as apt to be as wrong the second time as you were in the first instance. JAYHAWKER JOTS Salina that one of the curistmas shoppers in a book stows asked for a copy of "Mr. Dooley in the Cabbage Patch." r.. Concord! is a plaoe, according to the estimable" papers published there, where people still "pass to their great reward" instead of Just simply dying. A Cherokee county man, who Just got out of the penitentiary, celebrated his release by stealing a-watch. He probably wanted to show the authori ties that he had not forgotten his pro fession, i Lawrence Is planning to have a Chautauqua assembly next year and the people are as Jubilant as though an eastern capitalist with a tall silk hat had arrived to put up a new bank building and start a shoe factory. Hal Bennett, of Columbus, has been sued by his sixteen-year-old wife for divorce on charges of cruelty and non support. A man who -will marry an infant, comments the Emporia Gaz ette, deserves the warmest package the law can hand to him. This would seem to be a good ex cuse for the shortness of the "string" sent to the Oakley Graphic last week by its Elkader correspondent. He wrote that he had been so busy feed ing stock and keeping the fires going that he did not have time to hunt much news. The Plum Creek correspondent of the Beloit Call says that the autoists have so frightened the farmers' wives that they will not drive to town to do their shopping, .previous to mis an nouncement it was thought that most of the farmers' wives in Mitchell coun ty rode to town in automobiles of their own. Frankfort, which long ago lived down the disgrace of being on the Central Branch, is doing about as well as any other town of its size. The Topeka Northwestern line will soon be through that territory and Frank fort is celebrating by installing a waterworks, and electric iignt plant and an ice factory. A merchant at Sylvan Grove put in a number of wax figures to display to better advantage their dress goods. The day afterward a clerk stepped upon one of them, andi bowing low begged her pardon. He backed off, and the delivery boy, who came it on the run. bumped Into one of the fig ures. After he had reached the third stage of a profuse apology he heard laughter, and then realized his mis take. Now both the clerk and the delivery boy are buying cigars from the tobacco department of the store to keep their friends from "joshing them. Some men have a great eye for business. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Advice that is Fool Proof isn't Kid Proof. Tou might as well be good: there Is no fun in being wicked. There never was a circus or a Christ mas as good as expected. How often you hear this said of men: "He can't get along with anybody!" You often hear that Christmas is for children. But women have more to do with It than children. Whenever a doctor hurts you, he says he struck a "nerve center." We have heard of "nerve centers" all over the body. What has become of the old fashion ed young- man who said, when his shoe became untied, that his sweetheart was thinking of him? We- stop the press to record a new complaint: A citizen says he bought a turkey and- found half a gallon of pure water in its craw; Placed There to Make it Weign .Heavier. Everybody is expected to marry once. and there is not much talk when you marry the first time, but people look wise when you marry tne second time and roar when you marry the third time. There is always an excuse for the man who makes a failure: When he never married, and blame can't be laid on an extravagant wife, friends look understanding at each other, ana say, "You remember he had a step-mother." In "New Jersey a spinster adopted a boy of 10 out or an orphan asylum. She frequently spanked him, and brought him up as boys are usually brought up. When the boy became 19 years old, the spinster married him, although she was 47. Why Isn't that a good way to get a husband? KANSAS COMMENT A SPECIAL SESSION. There has been a great deal of dis cussion about the need of a special session of the legislature for several months, and recently many have advo cated in it the hope that the legisla ture would pass, a bank guaranty law in order to assist the state banks of Kansas to hold their own with the state banks of, Oklahoma, claiming that the fact that. Oklahoma has such a law and that Kansas has none would lead the people of Kansas, especially those near the Oklahoma line, to with draw their money from the Kansas in stitutions and deposit it In Oklahoma banks. While a guaranty law of the right kind might be invaluable to Kan sas depositors yet there seems to be little ground for worry because of the menace of the Oklahoma law to Kan sas banks. Interviews from state bank ers at the towns along the border show that they do not fear the result, Kan sas banks without a guaranty are safer than many institutions of the new state with one. Hasty, legislation is not al ways the best legislation and a bank guaranty law, passed by the regular session after the matter has been thor oughly discussed. Is likely to be a bet ter measure than one which is rushed through at a special session. Besides legislators do not always pass the meas ures for which special sessions are call ed. Garden City Telegram. THIS PLAN HAS MERITS. The Japanese people are so smart we are Inclined to believe the follow ing story: There is a prison editor on every newspaper in Japan whose du ties consist in going to jail and stand ing trial for any offense committed by the Journal. This- representative of some of the most Independent papers spends a large portion of his time in prison, either awaiting the hearing of his case, or in serving out the term of his sentence. Even when out of the toils, he has no editorial duties to perform. His salary is larger than most of his colleagues, and his posi tion is in demand. He enjoys the sonorous title of editor-in-chief, and when he is behind the bars, the ac tual editor in classed by the journal in question as merely a contributor. Everybody, including the authorities is fully aware of the subterfuge, but nevertheless, the trial proceeds of the imprisoned editorial dummy, who perhaps is Incapable of writing a news paragraph. Atchison Globe. QUITE so. And, of course, the boarding house keepers of Topeka are urging the governor to call a special session of the legislature. They can see disaster because there is no guarantee of bank deposits, they feel the dire necessity of a direct primary system, and they are doubly certain that tne power of the taxing boards should be restricted. The trouble with these special ses sions is that there are so many axes to grind. Atchison Globe. INSTRUCTION NEEDED. Thomas W. Lawson offers to bet $100,000 that 99 per cent of all the transactions on the New Tork stock exchange are gambling with marked cards. The people knew all the time that it was simply' a gambling- house, but they may need a little instruction on the marked cards. Wichita Eagle. CERTAINLY NOT. Ohio will be dry' in ten years, ac cording to -the prophecy of an east ern man.1 This statement, however, applies to the liquor question and not to presidential candidates. -Salina Journal. FROM OTHER PENS KEEPING SINGERS' VOICES. Sometimes it seems as if the regu lar allotment of three score years and ten were quite enough, .but news comes from Paris which suggests that one hundred and forty or fifty might be worth while. They are putting in cold storage the voices or lamagno, Caruso, Scotti, Plancon, Melba, Calve and other great singers to preserve them for a century, w-h'en they may be heard by posterity and compared with the voices of tne reigning favorites. It would be a great privilege to take in the show, and the pity is that it has not been possible to keep such records during the last half century. We should then know whether such su perior critics as Mr. Richard Grant White were really infallible judges when they tried to dash the enthus iasm of our young. days by declaring that nothing really happened on the operatic stage after Jenny Llnd. Patti seemed pretty good, and so did Cam panini, but according to the elder critics, who were more tyrannical than elder statesmen, there was no singer of the first Class. Of Brignoll, who lingered on when he was a wreck, but who had been a tremendous fa vorite, Mr. White said that nis voice at its- best was like the bleating of a sheep made musical, and the critic had had such vast experience that it was difficult to match him with com parisons. The records will have some disad vantages, however, for they can be used againsA us as well as for us. We who thought Patti the finest ever have made ourselves obnoxious to the ardent young admirers of her succes sors. They feel toward us as we relt toward Mr. White. They think that we are drawing on our imaginations and taking a mean advantage of them because of our age. They irritate us by their skepticism and covert smiles. But perhaps they are right. Per haps the records would be a disap pointment, and only one simple con dition is necessary to make all the song birds superlative eternal youth In the listener. Chicago Record Herald. SECRETS EXPLAINED. An excited writer in Harper's Weekly has discovered two dark and deadly rebel plots. The sout,h's oppressive laws against corporations are deliberate at tacks on the northerners who own them Its prohibition movement is a plot to cripple the federal treasury by reducing the excise receipts, now lit tle we understand these great popular movements, until we are let into the se cret! Minneapolis Journal. SOME DRAWBACKS. An aggregate of natural wealth In the United States far in excess of that in all the European countries combined, would Inevitably cause a glow of pride to suffuse the country from ocean to ocean -In the absence of those reserva tions of enthusiasm which must be in evitably counted on as incidental to the unfair prices of the necessaries of life In America and the hardships which the people suffer from that wholly un necessary cause. Kansas City Star. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Wearing a peekaboo shirt waist In winter is hia-hlv recommended for women who want to catch the grip. Plenty of men catch it without any special rules, thus demonstrating again the superior ingenuity of the sterner sex. Chicago News. WISHING. I wish I were a boy again, A lad of three or four; I wish I could recall the faith I had in days of yote. I'd like to hang my stockings up. As once I used to do: And dream of Santa Claus all night. That's what I'd like. Would you? I wish that I could know once more The Joys I used to feel In watching for old Santa Claus And knowing he was real. I'd like to wake once more to find My stockings filled with toys; I wish that. I could backward go Unto the land of boys. I'd like to be a little tad, A little, doubting tot; To He awake and try to catch Old Santa by the cot. Ah, those were golden, happy days. That very qufckly flew; I'd like to live them o'er again, Dear neighbor, wouldn't you? p Detroit Free Press. Paper Material From Africa. North Africa, and particularly Al geria, is supplying annually Increas ing quantities of alfa grass and aloes, both of which are used In the manu facture of paper. Alfa grass is now quoted at about 6 francs a 100 kilos ($1.16 a 200 pounds) on dock at Oran, while aloes arye quoted at from 76 to 80 francs a 100 kilos ($14.47 to $15.44 for 220 pounds at Marseilles. Alfa grass is used in France for the manu facture of coarse gray wrapping pa per, while aloes, seven or eight times more expensive, are absorbed by manufacturers of high grade papert Alfa grass grows more or less through out the African desert region and is an annual, cut and harvested like hay. It Is said that practically an unlimit ed supply is available and that it is expected to furnish the print paper ot the future in France. A leading Lon don daily, it is said, has for some years been printed on alfa paper. There Is an extensive and increasing exporta tlon of this material from Algeria to England. Oran dealers in alfa are able to ship from 80,000 to 100,000 tons a year alone, and all other Al gerian ports can furnish considerable quantities. The business Is now car ried on most extensively at Oran. English manufacturers have been the first to interest themselves in this article, and have made rapid advances in converting it into paper. The French government Is -also interesting itself in .the subject, because of the present high price of wood pulp, and there is talk of establishing at the sources of supply, in Algeria, and pos sibly Tunis, mills for the manufacture of pulp. Daily Consular Reports. The Fear of Oats. The report from Gladstone, Mich., of a tramp cat discovered sucking the breath of a farmer's Infant child points to the survival of a superstition which has endured as perslsently as the belief that the moon's rays cause lunacy. Not unlikely the cat, seeking refuge on the child's breast. Interfered by its weight with the Infant's breath ing. The superstition is no doubt a form of the temperamental antipathy to cats which exists with hysterical mani festations in many persons. Dr. Weir Mitchell in his investigation of cat fear found whole families subject to it. In its more serious attacks cat fear causes nausea, lockjaw, and ner vous collapse. It is accompanied by a supersensltiveness which makes the presence of a cat known to the suf ferer when unseen and unheard. In contrast with tha affection of, many celebrated persons for c-ais Dr. John son, Victor Hugo, Ruskin, Theophile Oautier Napoleon disliked them, as Lord Roberts is said to do. Henry III of France could not stay in a room with a cat. What the pathological causes of cat antipathy are science confesses its Inability to say. Whatever first gave pussy her reputation for treachery. It has never ben outgrown. Certain few maternal minds are free from a firm belief in the malevolent designs of ca,ts on sleeping babies. New York World. A Dangerous Dramatic Role. "One of the most difficult of dramatic roles to nil properly is that of a blind person, said an old player. "It is a terrible physical strain, I know an ac tor who for many months played the same part in a popular melodrama. Last week he resigned from the com pany and took a small role in another play. He- either had to get out of that play or go blind. He acted the part of a blind man, and the constant strain on the muscles of the eyes came very near destroying his sight In earnest. He might have compromised, I suppose, by wearing glasses or resorting to some other stage device denoting blindness, but the stage manager wouldn't allow that. He insisted upon the actor as suming that tense, sightless stare of the blind. The man stood it for months, but when oculists assured him that there was nothing on earth so likely to produce real blindness as the simula ted affliction, he thought it time to quit." New York Sun. High Prices In Klondike. "High prices continue to prevail In Dawson," said T. F. Ryan, of Portland, Ore., at the Utopia, "which is probably the most expensive town in the world. It is a thriving place with a population over 8,000, with warehouses, churches, banks, electric lights, wholesale and re tail stores, and two up-to-date news papers. The newspapers themselves are worthy of consideration in the light of expense, for they cost 26 cents a copy, At this time of the year three eggs or dered in a restaurant cost $1.50, while a caribou steak costs $1. Beer is worth $1 per bottle, and champagne, $10.50 a quart. It costs 50 cents to get shaved, and $1 for a hair cut. A glass of beer sells for 25 cents, and the glass is small. Oranges sell for 50 cents each, while creamery butter, made in the United States, brings $1 per pound. Boots bring $25 per pair, and shoes sell for $5 each. Good socks cost 80 cents a pair while collars go for 35 cents each." Nashville Tennesseean. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. A finished orator ought to know when to cult. Only the shoemaker doesn't go broke when he loses his awl. People with that tired feeling are sure to make others tired. Love makes the postman go round with a lot of silly letters. Some men lie when they attempt to stand up tor themselves. A good taxidermist should be able to turn out first-class stuff. You might have more particular friends if they were less particular. A. woman's idea of a good husband Is one who will go shopping with his wife. The wise man forgets his wisdom' when he encounters a silly girl with a dimple. Home may be a world of love shut in and a world of strife shut out or vice versa. There Is no excuse for rough actions on the part of any man. Even a stove may be polished. v c It's easy for a man to discover a wo man's weakness. All he has to do is to keep quiet and listen. The wisdom of a wise man looks like the hole in a doughnut when a small boy be gins to ask him questions. i r THE EVENING STORY The Return. By Martha Cobb Sanford. Life seemed to hold little of romance for Ruth Jeffrey, as, with a long-drawn sigh, she closed her desk at the end of the day. What was there In it, after all, she .asked herself. She looked ahead and Imagined one day following another in unvaried monotony. She fancied she could see her hair turning gray and the color fading from her cheeks (though for that it must- have taken a very big stretch of the imagi nation indeed.) And what return was life making her for all the effort that she was put ting into it? A negative reciprocation, at best. She was not compelled to marry. She had proved herself capa ble of Independence. It was five years since she had entered upon her busi ness 'career. Her vim and optimism had made for a success even beyond her most sanguine anticipations. Only a month ago she had accepted, at practically her own terms, a position that hundreds of women might well envy hei- and probably did. Surely it was an unseasonable time for her to feel blue and discouraged.. There must be some definite cause for her unrest. Ruth set herself the task of discover ing It. Finally, with a somewhat shame faced yet wistful Mttle smile, she was forced to admit tiiat the disturbing un dercurrent began to ruffle her thoughts about the moment that she had stood by her office window that morning and from the height of many stories watch ed a young man clad in a fur-lined overcoat step out of his resplendent motor car and enter the building. Who the man was did not matter nor that he was wealthy. It was the wo man in the car who stirred old yearn ings in Ruth's heart. She had with her, for comfort and inspiration throua-h the day, the memory of a man's fare well KISS. This pretty and refreshing bit of sen timent in the midst of a hustling workaday world Ruth had witnessed nearly every morning-, to be sure, since she had been in her new position. But never before had it plunged her Into such an implacable mood of discon tent. The result was evidently cumu lative "Well." she commnntari tn haraelf. as she pfnned on her little tailor-made hat with a gesture of wholesome de termination, "this will never do at alL It's my own fault. I refused him and that's all there is about it. At the time matrimony, seemed such an obvi ous, commonplace transaction in com parison with the allurment of inde pendence and now, well. It's no use thinking about it. I may bump Into romance any day right around the cor ner." The wind on the night in question was blowing a hurricane. When Ruth tried to open the outside of the building she found the resistance too much for her strength, and was obliged to fall back a moment to re cuperate her forces. As she made a second attempt the door yielded with a suddenness that almost upset her equilibrium. She heard some one immediately behind her say, "Allow me," and was aware of a masculine coat sleeve, fur lined, holding back the door for her to pass. Ruth thanked the auxiliary arm mechanically, half conscious of a tingo of resentment in her gratitude that she should be in any way beholden to the man upon whom that woman, whom she envied, also depended. But the next moment, with characteristic im pulsiveness, Ruth found herself chas ing a derby hat down the sidewalk. Just as she was about to rescue it from an imminent mudpuddle at the corner something struck her a fearful blow, and she lost consciousness. In the days of delirium that follow ed Ruth sometimes imagined that a 'heavy door was swinging back upon her that a man stood by and would not rescue her. And again she would shrink in fear from a plunging auto mobile that bore down upon her, while the man and woman within the car laughed and kissed each other. And always the man wore a furlined overcoat. When Ruth had recovered suffi ciently to be interested in her sur roundings, she noticed first the tall fragrant American Beauties by her bedside. "Who sent them?" she asked the nurse- languidly. "A gentleman. Miss Ruth." "What gentleman?" Faint and weak though Ruth's voice was, the nurse detected In it a note of suspicion. "He did not leave his card. Miss Ruth," replied the nurse, blushing at her own subterfuge, but Ruth did not observe her confusion. Why Mr. McDonald did not wish his identity disclosed in connection with the roses the nurse did not know. But he had insisted upon being an anony mous benefactor, and it was not her concern to demand bis reason for it. "What does he look like?" Ruth persisted. "He's young and very distinguished looking," asserted the nurse, both her manner and words bespeaking un shakable conviction. And then came the crucial question. "Does he wear a furlined over coat?" "Not always," admitted the nurse in a pathetic attempt to' save the situa tion. "I thought so," returned Ruth. "I hate him." "That's onlv natural. I mmnnaa rlan v But you must remember that he Isn't really to blame if it was his car that ran into you. After the accident he held you in his arms all the way home so that the motion of thecar would not Jar you. I never saw a man more broken up over anything. He's been nere at least once a day ever since." "H'm," commented Ruth.' "His mo tive is obvious. He's afraid I'll sue him for damages. I despise him. When aid ne sena tnese roses?" "Every day today, I mean. He's had fresh ones sent every morning. It's very romantic. Miss Ruth, to my way rt thlnlrlnir" vattwo. V. n v ..n......iB, .....m.vu iiurw, cast1 ing a sly glance at her patient. Romantic repeated Ruth. "It's lucky you were not the one run ovnr That man would have had you thank ing him for the privilege but he can't bribe me with daily visits and floral contributions! You see there isn't the gnost or a cnance ror anything roman tic in the situation he's married." "Oh!" exclaimed the nurse with un mistakable disappointment. "I didn't know, miss nutn. i beg your pardon. So that was why he presented roses anonymously and why Her patient hated him. Possibly, before he was married it was thus the nurse allowed her Imagination to put two and two to gether. "Don't keep any more of his old rosea please, and don't let him come here any more." Ruth gave her orders wearily and was soon asleep. Norman McDonald continued to call, however, and to send roses quite un conscious that the latter never found their way to Ruth's sick room The reports that the nurse gave him from day to day of the girl's recovery were not gratifying. "She doesn't seem to gain at alL" the I, nurse complained one morning, dls consolately. "She sits up, but she has no animation no courage, hardly. She never mentions her work, and they say she was heart and soul devoted to it before the before her Illness. The wistfulness of her little pale face la enough to break your heart." The young man looked very thought ful. "I suppose she has never asked to see me," he inquired at length, "I have never heard her speak your name, Mr. McDonald," replied tha nurse, evasively. "No, of course. It isn't likely that she would. It's a blessed thing though. that she doesn't realise that it was l that It was my car that Injured her." The nurse was confused. "But I fear she does, Mr. McDon ald. In fact. I'm sure she does." "But I thought you said you. never heard her speak of me?" "Not by name," the nurse repeated. Norman's perplexity was evident, "She speaks of you as the 'gentle man of the fur-lined overcoat," the nurse explained. "And she has re quested me not to let you come here, Mr. McDonald. I hadn't the courage to tell you before." The young man showed no sur prise, but looked deeply troubled. "Well," he said finally, "at, least X can telephone, and I'm sure you'll tell me If there is ever any way I can be of further service to her. When she has fully recovered, I shall hope "Oh, Mr. McDonald," the nurse in terrupted. "I suppose I haven't any right to tell you but sometimes, in her delirium, Miss Jeffrys used to mention some one for whom she seemed) to care a great deal some one, evidently, whom she had refused to marry. I realize tnat I am be traying confidences, but I thought pery haps, you might knoiv mm and that it might do her good to see him. She called him 'Laddie.' The young man started at the name, then broke out into a hearty laugh. The nurse cautioned him to be quiet, but the caution came too late. "Who's there It was Ruth's voice, calling anxiously from the room above. The nurse had no evasive answer ready, but had she had one at her tongue's end there would have been no time to utter it, for at the sound! of Ruth's voice Norman had bounded up the stairs, two, thre at a time, and now stood On the upper landing with the girl crushed rapturously to him. "Oh, Laddie, Laddie!" Ruth cried, Joyously, "I knew your laugh." But at the consciousness of his kiss she drew back from him with a cry that was halt grief, half anger, and threw herself upon the coach sob bing bitterly. "Ruth, Ruth, what is tt, little one? Tell me, dearest," pleaded Norman. "Go back to her." the girl gasped finally through her sobs. "Go back to whom?" asked Nor man, utterly mystified. "Oh, you are cruel. Why did you come? I've watched you kiss her good-by every morning when you left her at the office, and I envied her then though I didn't know it was you. I I only remember what I had lost. Oh, don't stand there and pity me. Go back, go back!" "Ruth, sweetheart listen! There is no one to go back to. That-is my sis ter you have seen me with. Surely you know I would wait for you and you have won. Don't cry any more, little one." And Ruth let herself be comforted and loved and kissed like any tired child, i f "The return, is .very sweet. Laddie.".' sdie whispered. .."You'll keep on "com-"" ing every day now, won t you?". (Copyrighted, 1908, by M. M. Cun-. nlngham.) HUMOR OF THE DAY Neighbor And what did the doctor soy? Old Man 'E said no more medicine, but if ye take a little walk of a marnln' on the Common, and get the air, mebbe you'll live to be a oxygenarian. Punch. McSosh Want to know a good story to stall your wife with when you get home later DeLush No use. I'd never set to tell it. Cleveland Leader. "How we do change!" "Yes, yes," assented the Sioux Falls lady. "Years ago I married men that I wouldn't invite to a musicals now." Southwestern Book. 'JedKe." said the colored nrisoner. "ia I expected ter tell de truthf" Why, ot course, you are!" 'Well. then, des go ahead an' sentence me fust!" Atlanta Constitution. 'You New Yorkers don't seem to know anything about the rest of the country," said the visitor. "The rest of the country?" echoed the New Yorker, "Where's that?" Philadel phia Ledger, Dashawav I want you to meet the eld est Springer girl. She is the most intelli gent of the three of them. Cleverton No, thank. I ve learned more than I ought to know from the other two. Life. Mrs. Bacon I see that nearly one-half of the fishes caught In the Indian Ocean belong to a species not heretofore de scribed in any book. Mrs. Egbert That must be where my husband goes fishing. Truth. One New York paper says that Harlem is full of fleas, and another that Wall street teems with sharks. When Harlem ltes are bitten, a bump is left, but when strangers fall victims to the shark there's not even a bump left. Louisville Courier-. Journal. Mrs. Newrich Don't you think, William, now we are getting into the smart set, that w should have a ooat-of-arms? Mr. Newrich Certainly, my dear. I'll see my tailor about it tomorrow. London Opinion. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. One good turn deserves another, but most of us expect five or six. Many a man looks down on his neigh bors without ever taking a tumble to himself. The one thing when a man Is sure his cake isn't all dough is when it is a cake of soap. The fellow who wastes his time doesn't seem to realize that he will need It all before he dies. No, Maude, dear, when a conductor knocks down a fare we should scarcely call It assault and battery. "The worst thing about an ideal," began Sillicus "Is that there Isn't any .such thing," Interrupted Cynicus. The word "obey" really, makes no dif ference In the marriage ceremony. It Is a woman's privilege to change her mind. Blobbs "What a peculiar odor there is about Subbub's place out at Swamp-. dale." Is there a brewery near him?" Slobbs "No, you probably smelled the hops from the frog pond across the way." "You told me these were fast colors in these goods," said the irate shopper, "and the very first time they were washed they ran," "Maybe you didn't use stationary tuba," suggested the sweet young thing; behind the counter.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUBNAL THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9,1908, 5 HOCH TO FARMERS Urges Them to Work for a Primary Law. Applause Indicates Their Ap proval of Suggestion. MR. COBURN MISSED. Members of State Board Speak Feelingly of Absent Secretary. The Meetings Will Continue Through Tomorrow. In his address of welcome delivered to the delegates to the meeting of the State Board of Agriculture now in session'-a Representative hall Governor Hoch took the opportunity to urge the members to work for a primary elec tion law. In introducing the subject he said: "I think that every man here is interested in whether the politicians nominate the public officials or whether- the voters of the state have a voice in the matter." The applause, which followed this in troductory remark was an unmistaka ble note of approval from the body del egates within the sound of his voice. Continuing he said: "We should go to the root of human government in this as in every other matter of grave im portance and we -will all admit that the convention system disfranchises the American voter of his rights as a citi zen. "Perhaps I have said enough about this Important matter but I hope that when you go to your homes that you wlH get busy at once on this matter and that the action of your senators and- representatives will show the suc cess of your efforts when the legislature meets next week. You know what I mean and I am sure that at least a majority of the delegates in this hall agree with me." While Governor Hoch was delivering that portion of his address on the direct primary he was repeatedly interrupted by applause from the audience. It may be that there are some of the members of the legislature in attendance at the meeting as delegates, at any -rate the talk had its effect on those present and it is more than likely that when the delegates return to their homes that they will "make an effort to Influence their representatives to favor a primary bill. In his introductory remarks of wel come Governor. Hoch said:' "As I look into the faces of this gathering I am impressed with the fact that you are the representatives of the good govern ment of he state in which we live. When a question affecting the good government of the country is under dis cussion it is the duty of every good citizen to have an opinion on the sub ject. "When a question has been discussed and a ballot has been deposited and when the proposition was crystallized into law then and not until then the question has passed out of the realm of- discussion and becomes a law sub ject only to amendment or appeal. From then on H is yie duty of every good citizen to lend "his 4rtT in enforcing thV law Whether it meets with his approval or not. "I am proud to stand on this plat form tonight with the mayor of Topeka who has enforced all of the laws and there has never- been a doubt in my mind as to where the farmers stand on the prohibitory question. Tou are vitally interested in the special session which is called to meet in this city on the 16th of the present month. Tou are deeply interested in the special purposes for which it has been called the tax law in particular. "Tou are also deeply Interested In the banking security proposition for it is one in which the depositors and the bankers of the state are equally in terested and the benefits will be tremen dous and mutual. The enactment of this law will cure many of the evils which exist at this time. It will stop hoarding and the flow of millions of dollars from the state will be curtailed and Kansas and its farmers will re ceive the benefits."- For the first time in the fourteen years during which he has been secre tary of the Board of Agriculture F. D. Coburu was absent, not because he will ed it so but because the doctors who have charge of his case have warned him not to leave his bed. For several weeks Mr. Coburn has been ill with grip and the troubles which usually compli cate such cases, though he has main tained from the first that he would be able to attend the annual meeting of the Board of Agriculture. He is still of the opinion that he is well enough to be present but the doctors have willed otherwise. From all sides words of regret were heard last night that Mr. Coburn's condition will not permit his presence at the meeting and while the affairs of the board are running along smoothly there is a feeling that some thing is lacking. In his address of welcome. Mayor Green according to the long estab lished custom, proffered to the as sembled farmers the keys of the city with the promise that he will if neces sary use his pardoning power should any of the delegates find an open ditch and fall into it. In his reply to the addresses of welcome delivered by Governor Hoch and Mayor Green. President A. L. There is said to be 50,000 cases in New York.' Scott's Emulsion will strengthen and fortify you against the Grippe, and if you have had it, it will build you up quicker than any other known remedy. AU Drags Uta 11 II CSnppe. Sponsler of Hutchinson responded on behalf of the delegates. "I feel with the delegates assembled here, the loss of the presence of the secretary of this association,", said Mr. Bponsier. "He is the pride of Kansas and the nation as well and it Is to him that the credit is due for the' popularity of this board and the world-wide value of its reports. "Mr; Coburn does not want greater honors. He would not be governor of the great state of Kansas and when the position of United States senator was tendered him on a' golden .plat ter he refused to listen to the song of the tempter. He is satisfied with his position as secreetary of this board for it is this, place which has brought him honor and renown." v Peter Shiras. vice president of the Peoples' Bank of Ottawa read a paper on the "Relation of the. Farmer to the Banker" having graduated from the farm into a full fledged banker;' the subject was handled from both stand points. It is evident that Mr. Shlras is not an enthusiastic supporter of the proposed banking law. "It Is going to be the law from all "Indications at the present time," said Mr. Shiras, "but it is rather humiliating to bank ers of experience because it places them on the same plane, with the man who has no experience whatever." At' the opening meeting in the af ternoon the following committees were appointed: Credentials: Cha. E. Sutton, Douglas county; J.' T. Tredway, Allen county; G. w. CJiick, Atchison county; Geo. A. Blair,- Sumner county; Frank A. Mclvor. Sheridan county.- Resolutions: Thos. M. Potter, Marion county; Edwin Srtyder. Wyan dotte county; W. R. Dowllng, Decatur county; Ed.- K. Smith, Linn county; Nicholas Mayrath, Ford county. The following programme has been arranged for' the' meetings which' will be held in representative hall tonight and Friday: This Evening 7:30 o'clock. "Denatured Alcohol, and the Far mer," Rodney H. True, United States department of agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. '"A Homely Maxim by a Wise Man," Mrs. Lilla Day Monroe, Topeka. Morning Session. 9:30 o'clock. "The Gasoline Engine on the Farm," Fred R. Crane, University of Illinois, Urbana. 'Popular Uses of Portland Ce ment," E. Haworth, University of ivansaa, i,awrence. Afternoon Session, it 80 o'clock. Election of officers and members. "The Farmers Horse," Dr. Carl W. Gay, in charge, of horse breeding for the Pennsylvania live-stock sanitary board, Harrisburg. "Experiments With and Knowledge of the Green Bug to Date," S. J. Hun ter, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Query box. Meeting and installation of new board in the secretary's offlte. Evening Session. 7:S0 o'clock. "Consolidation of Rural- Schools' E. T. Fairehild, state superintendent of public instruction, Topeka. "Balanced Rations," Mrs. Eustace H. Brown, president of Kansas Federation- of Women's clubs, Olathe. Adjournment. VALENTINE WRITES HISTOKT. Makes a Complete Record of Supreme Court Judges. I P'-' A- 'yaTehtlhe,' clerk of "the 'Kansas supreme court, had prepared a valuable compilation from historical records showing the names and terms of office of all supreme court judges, clerks and reporters from the earliest days of Kan sas territory down to date. This list has never before been compiled. The territorial courts did business from 1854 to 1861. The chief justices and the date of their service were Sam uel Dexter Lecompte, 1854-59; John Pet tit, 1859 to 1861. The associate justices were Saunders W. Johnson, 1854-55; Jeremiah Murray Burrlll 1855-57; Thomas Cunningham, 1857; Joseph Williams, 1857-61; Rush Elmore. 1S54-55, 1858-1861; Sterling G. Cato, 1855-58. The Judges after the state govern ment took charge may be divided Into two parts; the early Judges when the court consisted of a chief justice and two justices, from 1861 to 1903, and the enlarged court of one chief justice and Eix justices, from 1903 to date. The chief justices of the small court were, in order of their service: Thomas Ew ing, Nelson Cobb, Robert Crozler Sam uel A. Kingman, Albert H. HOrton, David Martin, Frank Doster. The as sociate Justices were Samuel A. King man, Jacob Safford, David J. Brewer, Theodore A. Hurd, William A. John ston, Lawrence D. Bailey, David M. Valentine, Stephen N.' Allen, William R. Smith. At one time during the earlier history of the court the work was so heavy that commissioners had to be appointed to assist the court. They were practical ly additional judges, and their opinions were accepted as the equal of the work of other judges. These commissioners served from 1887 to 1893. They were Benjamin F. Simpson, Jeffry B. Clogs ton, George S. Green, Joel Holt, Jere miah C. Strang. The first chief Justice of the enlarged court was Frank Doster. The second, and present chief justice. Is William Agnew Johnson. Others who have served as justices In the enlarged court are William R. Smith. Edwin W. Cun ningham, Adrian L. Greene, Abram H. Ellis, John C. Pollock, Roeseau A. Burch. Henry F. Mason, William D. Atkinson, Clark A. Smith, Silas Porter, Charles B. Graves, Alfred W. Benson. The clerks of the supreme court have been as follows:'. Andrew Stark, To peka. 1861-68; E. B. Fowler. Topeka, 1868-70; A. Hunnatt. Ottawa, 1870-79; C J. Brown, Blue Rapids,. 1879-1897; John Martin. Topeka, 1897-1899 ;.D. A. Valen tine. Clay Center, 1899 to aate. The reporters of the supreme court have been as follows: Territorial Marcus J- Parrott 1855 57: Thomas B. Sykes, 1857-1860; James McCahon (unofficial) 1858-1863. State Preston B. Plumb. 1862; Louis Carpenter. 1863; Elliott V. Banks, 1863 71: W. C. Webb, 1871-79; A. M. F. Ran dolph. 1879-1897; G. C. Clemens, 1897-99; T. E. Dewey, 1899-06; L. J. Graham, 1906 to date. 100,000 Idle Men In New York. New Tork. Jan. 9. The committee of the Central Federated union, whtcn Is investigating the laying off of men by the national, state and city author ities, reports that there are at pres ent 160,000 men out of employment IS ?"?rnTork c"y. alone.- They say i. '00 un!n men allied with the ?w .trades are out of work; o miscellaneous union men Idle, and 100,000 nonunion men looking for Wreck Victim DtPs. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9. Alexander For rester of Cleveland, O.. who suffered severe injuries in the Hiram, Ga., wreck on the Southern railway, Wed nesday, died at the Atlanta hospital te- AFTER JOHNSON'S SCALP Local Branches of Labor Unions Join the Walker Movement. i Indications are that the labor unions of the state are co-operating with Hen ry M. -Walker to accomplish the de struction of the State Society of Labor and Industry. The object seems to be not so much to destroy the society, as It Is to destroy W. L. A. Johnson, the secretary. A certain faction of the la bor unions have been trying for years to take Johnson's scalp in the society of labor conventions, and have failed in their fight. They are now fighting Johnson through the American Federa tion of Labor movement, which Is fos tered in Kansas by Henry M. Walker. The State Society of Labor and In dustry has been doing business for about ten years, and under Labor Com missioner Johnson's administration has greatly increased in scope and effici ency. It Is now in position to render some really valuable services to the la boring men of Kansas. The legislature appropriates $11,400 a year for the sup port of this department. Its work Is to see that labor laws are enforced, to inspect factories, enforce the child la bor law, and 'collect and compile sta tistics concerning the laboring interest of the state. The office of secretary of the bureau pays $2,000 a year, and indi cations are that somebody wants this Job. Last night two more Topeka labor unions voted to withdraw from the State Society of Labor and Industry. These are the-Topeka. Electrical union and the Clear Makers union. Cigar Makers' union No. 86 last night adopted this reoiution: "Whereas, The State Society of La bor and Industry, through Its secretary. W. L. A. Johnson, has Just Issued the call for election of delegates to the an nual state convention which means in February; and, "Whereas. Cigar Makers' union No. 36 has been affiliated with the state society almost since Its organization, and as we have not. derived any bene flts, and knowing, as we do, that the society is not truly a representative la bor union organization, Inasmuch as the State Society of Labor, through Its state officers, allows permits ana en courages artisans of one craft to repre sent unions of another craft In dele gate state conventions coal miners to represent cigar makers, and boiler makers, to represent unions of which they never- were' members, etc.; there fore.. "Resolved.. That Cigar Makers' union No. 36 has no confidence in the State Society of Labor and Industry and therefore, refuses to elect delegates to. or pay any more per capita tax for, the Support of said State Society of Labor and Industry." Similarlv the Toneka Electrical Work 4rs' union No. 225 adopted a resolution saying that they had no confidence In the state society and its officers, and refused to elect delegates or pay more per capita tax for the support of the State society. HE NEEDS TEN MILLIONS Cortelyou Tells the Banks They Must 'Fork- Over. Washington," Jan. 9.-J. Pierpont Mors-an and Secretary Cortelyou had another conference here. Coincident with this, announcement it Decame known that the treasury has called again upon the banks, this' time for Ifr mlllion or tne government ueponna. Mr. Morgan's visit Is believed to have had something to do with this treas ury demand for money and also with the rumor that Secretary Cortelyou has been-offered the presidency of a financial institution in New Tork. Mr. Cortelyou would say nothing about either matter and Mr. Morgan left for New York. The treasury situation Is occasion Ing some concern... Of. the 8 million recently obtained from the banks, 3 million was expended on account of the canal, 2 million for pensions and 1 million for postofflce department expenditures. Now the postofflce de partment has made a requisition for 2 million dollars, which can not be put on and in addition disbursing offi cers are calling for 3 million dol lars to carry on government work. The Tecelpts continue to fall far be low the expenditures. The deficit for today amounted to $895,000. The working balance is again down to 8 million dollars, cqnslderable less than the actual demands already made upon It. There has been no public announcement of the call-for money, but Secretary Cortelyon has notified some of the banks that they must furnish it. WAS A FAMILY QUARREL. Farmer Mlntier Shot in the Head and Probably Fatally Injured. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 9. A French farmer named Mlntier was shot in the fact and probably fatally wounded by his brother-in-law, Nad. Jacquot, Wednesday afternoon after a quarrel over family matters. Mlntier was standing in a wagon when shot. He received the contents of both bar rels of a shotgun In his face. The team ran home carrying the wounded man. The sheriff has gone to the scene of the shooting, which is eight miles from the city. FOR LOSS OF A FINGER NAIL. A Wichita Man Asks $5,000 Damages From, the Missouri Pacific. Wichita, Kan.. Jan. 9. Charles Blake values the hall of the middle finger of his right hand at five thous and dollars and is suing for- this amount for the loss ef it. A petition filed in district court yesterday sets forth that he pur chased a ticket at'Toronto for Wichita from the passenger agent of the Mis souri Pacific railway. When the train in which he was a passenger reached Neal a collision happened In which he sustained injuries. This was on November 10 of last year. Mr. Blake' alleges that the shock The Bitters will promptly relieve an at- N CELEBRATED VJ relie C STOMACH Utack of BITTERSHeartb. V Indigestion. Costlveness, biliousness, Chills Colds Try n bottle. Also ask your Iruggist for a free copy of our lt08 Al manac. when the trains collided threw him out of his seat against another seat with such force that K. broke the in dex finger of his right-hand and tore the nail from bis-middle, finger. The pain and suffering, coupled with the loss of the finger nail and. perma nent stiffening of the ...Index finger, has damaged Mr. Blake in the sum of five thousand dollars, so he alleges. STARVING UTTLE ONES. Humane Officer Kinxls Case of Shame ful Neglect... Humane Officer K. W. King was call ed upon Wednesday afternoon' by City Court Marshal Wlntrede; to take charge of -two smalt "children, aged about 1 and 2 years They were the children of J. W. Lowry; a laborer, who has been living at 634' Lawrence -street. King has placed the-'children tempor arily in the orphans' home, and will try to have the father arrested for failure to take care of them.: Lowry works for John Maxwell, con tractor, and receives pef week, but takes no care of his wjfe or children, according to the report of Mr.- King. The case was called to his attention by the city court officer, who' went to the house to eject the-family. W. S. Ber gundthal, agent for' the- property, has not received any rent from the Lowrys for a long time, and -finally secured ejectment papers. When the officer went to the house he found' it in such a con dition that -he refused", to remove the few household effects until the children could be cared for, and called on Mr. King. The babies, "who were only part ly clothed In the worst 'of rags seemed too 111' and' weak- to make' any outcry, although they were nearly frosen. There was neither fire -nor food' in the place. Humane Officer King, -and his sister, Miss King, have been caring for abused children until their home in North To peka frequently resembles a-foundling asylum. Only a few days ago they took charge of two babiesy cousins- of the lit tle ones taken yesterday," who were left In a similar condition y their parents. In the present instanee, Mr. King is determined to cause ther punishment of Lowry, the father. .The mother, is said to be irresponsible,--owing to illness and mistreatment.-. BEN JOHNSON STARTS OUT. Formally Announces His Candidacy tor Sheriff. Ben Johnson, who is a candidate for, the Republican 'nomination of sheriff, is the youngest, of three can didates) but still mature enough In years to be fully able to discharge the duties of the office' competently. He is thirty-two' years old and has prac- tlcally lived all' of his'' life In Topeka and Shawnee county! Mr.' Johnson is a hustler and will make a strenuous race. "I don't represent any faction and never have -been allied with any. I am simply making Mb race by my eelf. I figure though-that I will get a heavy vote from the young men and old soldiers;' My ratner, captain J. B: Johnsen was -an oid soldier,. and though I never served myBelf I have been taking pretty good -care of an old -soldier's -widow.'; said he. .."If elected I- promise that I will do my duty,- -enforce the laws as I find .them on the statute books .and furthermore live up to them personally myself." Mr. Johnson has never held a polit ical office ..and has',Jiever -mixed up Into' it until the Dresent time. How ever," be nasi al ways, held an- r active Interest-innpolitios.-. ,r PASS THE SMILE ALONG.' Invitations Issued to Join the" Optl mtstic Club pt America." New Tork. Jan. 9. Humor Is being Invoked in what purports, nevertheless to be a serious effort to gather the true optimists of the county into one big or ganisation through the efforts of the Optimistic Club of America, with of fices at 52 Broadway.! Governor Cutler of Utah Is chairman of the club's ex ecutive committee, which has sent out thousands of copies of a circular con taining the platform, headed by the fol lowing: j 'Twixt optimist' and pessimist, The difference is droll; The optimist sees the doughnut; The pessimist the hole." The club invites every man who can smile In the face of trouble to Join and pass the smile along. EA5T5M5 Items for the East Topeka column may d telephoned to Ind. phone 621. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stockwell of Grantville, spent the day yesterday with his brother, Mr. R.- W. Stock well and family of 805 Lake street. Mrs. J. R. Stitt of 232 Chandler street, entertained the Mistletoe club at her home this afternoon. Outside guests were invited.- About 20 were present. Mr. L. B. Pechner Will return home from Partridge. Kan., tomorrow after spending a few days with his wife who is there visiting hir sister, Mrs. Phillip Weis. Mrs. G. Tracy and son .Everett of Independence, Kan.,,-are here visit ing Mrs.. Libby Tracy of North Lake street.. Little Mabel BJorklund of 323 Branner street is suffering with a broken arm which happened While at play by falling. Mrs. H R. Altman of 314 Branner street is Improving after several months illness. Miss Callie Anderson of Kansas City Is here visiting relatives for a few days. V Mrs. Amos Beeler of, 823 Madison street will go to Olathe the latter part of the week where she will visit relatives before she leaves for Denver where she will spend two -weeks the guest of relatives. i: Mr. -and Mrs. Wm'.; Sulzer and son Francis of Lecompton, spent the day yesterday visiting relatives here. Mrs. Larson of Lake street has re turned, from Meriden, Kan., where she spent the holidays with her daughter. The prayer meeting committee of the Endeavor "society of the Christian church will meet- tomorrow night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R, W. Stockwell, 305 Lake street. Mrs. Mary Hevlin of 205 Chandler street is suffering $1th an attack of the grip., uae liih leiepnone. .vux wttnu win be delivered promptly- Price, the drug- HAY PLAY IN WICHITA. Washburn Likely to Meet Falrmount at Home. Wichita, Jan. 8. W. W. Stahl, manager of the Washburn college football team,, of .Topeka, was in the city yesterday making arrangements for the much talked about football game with Fairmount next fall. Mr. Stahl spent the afternoon in confer ence with the Fairmount manager, Professor Whittaker, and Coach Bates. At the close "of -the it was announced by 'the managers mm may naa practically come to terms which -were satisfactory to both parties, and the game is now practical ly assured for this city. Two propositions were; made by the Washburn manager to Prof.. Whit taker, both of which, are pretty stiff for this city to undertake, as the To peka college demands that they be as sured the sum of $500 to make the trip. The men also figured on a per centage scheme, which was more satisfactory to the Fairmount manage ment, and if it is satisfactory to the athletic board at Washburn the game will be played here. The football enthusiasts of this city are very anxious that the game may be played here and all are unani mous in their opinion that the game would be. a money maker for the lo cal team. The exact date on which the game Is to be played, whether in this city or -in Topeka, was not de cided, but it will be in the first part of November. Supporters of the "Wheafshock ers" look optimistically forward to the, next season, and there is' already talk of a championship, team. AH of last year's veterans will be in" the line-up with the exception of Lyman Darling, left guard, who graduates in the spring. Coach Bates has been re tained for the season, making his third consecutive year as the moulder of Fairmount's football destinies. With practically the same line-up again next-fall the Fairmounters are con fident that he will be able to furnish Wichita with 8ome"of the best foot ball that fhe City has ever experienced and the rooters are 'anxious to see them win the" championship at home. In addition to playing the Topeka. college fh this city, plans are being perfected to meet the University of Arkansas. Drury and one or two pther teams on the local gridiron. Speaking of the. game. Manager Stahl said last night: "The two teams will meet again next fall in'the' early "part of Novem ber, whether in this city or at Topeka has not been definitely decided. How ever, I am sure that the Washburn board will -accept the liberal offer of the Fairmount"-management, and if they do the game will be played here. Washburn -will draw, better down here than Falrmou-at TviH-at Topeka, and I do- not think that the 'Wheatshockers' management need:, be ajarmed over the guarantee that.-we.are forced to demand." 'Asked if Washburn was countine on the championship again next fall, Mr. Stahl was not so sure -that they were. "The team will be considerably changed," he said, "as five of the star men will be graduated. ,f However, Washburn will make any team' in the state know that it has been to a foot ball game," he added. While In the city Mr. Stahl made arrangements for two games. of. basket ball on. the' local court. One of the games wiil-'be with the -Friends and the other with Fairmount. These games will be played early in March. The Fairmount baseball team will play in Topeka on May 6 and a return game will be played here If the Washburn team makes a trip to Oklahoma. New Plan by Real Estate Men. An association of the real estate dealers of a large- number of states has been formed, with headquarters at Topeka, Kansas. Ira W. Baker is president and general, manager, W. C. T, Eberhardt secretary and treasurer. When asked..Mi Baker said: "We cover several' of the states of the mid dle west and southwest. We have representatives In almost every local ity who pay a2.fee to support the as sociation. All these members are re liable real" estate dealers and they are held responsible by the association for their treatment to Investors. Hun dreds of letters are received at Topeka addressed to the Central Real Estate Dealers' association, inquiring about land and investments in different lo calities; we then send them a circular price list free of charge and place them into communication with the representative at the point desired." Mr. Baker says the association is a success-and -believes it will continue for a period of years. Many -Boats Lost. Paris, Jan,' 9". The storm on the English channel, along the west coast of Europe and on the north Af rican coast is still, raging and many fishing boats already have been lost. A dispatch received here "from Tan gier says that two native passenger boats foundered off El-Araish, Moroc co. Forty persons were drowned in cluding some Europeans. Lake Shore Round House Burns,. Elkhart, Ind.. Jan. 9. The round house of the Lake Shore railroad, to gether with the machine shops and oil house were destroyed by fire to day. William Shamburger, in charge of the tool room, was burned to death. Loss $125,000. A Cure for Misery. "I have found a cure for the misery ma laria poison produces," says R. M. James of Louellen. S. C. "It's called Electric Bitters, and comes in 50 cent bottles. It breaks up a case of chills or- bilious at tack in almost jio time; and it puts yellow Jaundice clean out of. commission." This great tonic medlolne and blood purifier gives quick relief in all stomach, 'liver and kidney complaints and the misery of lame back. Sold under guarantee at all drug stores. teaV COFFEE jff DISHES jClias. iCliiOT Kansas Bargain Every Item DOYS' $3.50 Long Over coats, ages-7 to 15 Friday at qc Special ...I.. l.O0 VOUTrTS $7.50 and $8.50 Suite -ages 14 Friday.. $4.50 BOY'S and Children'. CA a- A. YOUTH'S $10 and $12 Long Overcoats,black and fancy ff C flfl Friday special ipv.UU oaas ana ends $1.00 Friday... gOYS' $3 Knickerbock er Suits ages "7 to 15 Friday O 1 CC Special. 51.00 DOYS' $1.00 Corduroy Knickerbocker PanU Friday Special YOUTH'S $1.50 and $2 Long Trousers Friday ff nn Special..'.'.;, .w i UU $3, $2, Copyright 1907 by SVier y Marx Blood poison, scrofula, eczema, eruptions, bone pains, sore throat and "mouth, etc.,"4'uickty cured "at small .cost. Medicine furnished. 'Ad vice free. Call or write In confidence. D. A. COOKINHAM, M. D. Litems tor tha North Xopeka column mty be left at the Petro Woodford diug tore, 839 North Kansas avenue, or call the North Side reyt-rter ct her iwme, Ind. phone 21.1 Mrs. Mag-Kie Witter. Mrs. A. L. Ents- mineer. Mrs. C. J. McCoyd and Mrs. Effle Johnson of Silver Lake were In town trading and attending the poultry show. Mr. C. N. Turner of 1123 North To peka avenue, is unable to be out on account of illness. The Golden. Rule lodge No. 9 A. F. of M., will confer -the third degree to night. Mr. S. J. Henry is able to be out again after several weeks' severe Ill ness. Mrs. Ada Mosler went to Meriden yesterday to visit her mother, Mrs. Mosler. Mr. M. Hutchison of district 37 was a North side visitor today. Mr. Chas. Williams, of Silver Lake was a North side, visitor today. Mr. S. A. Detler, of Grantville, has returned from Butler county where he spent the past week on business. Miss Annabelle Quiggens left today for Kansas City for a few. weeks' visit with relatives and friends. Miss Maggie Jackson has returned from Emporia, after spending a week with her parents. Mr. Harlie Carrell is here visiting rel atives and friends from Huston, Tex. He will be here about a week. There was a meeting of the stock holders of the Citizens' State bank held at the bank last night. Miss Josephing Miller went to Merl-, den for a few days' visit with her cousins. Mr. and Mrs.'Jack Murphey will leave tomorrow for their home in Tacoma, Wash., after a month's visit with Mr. Murphey's parents. Mr. Frank Jones has returned from Manhattan after spending a few days' on a business trip. Mr. Howard Mitchell went to Ton gonoxie today to spend the week's end with his mother. Mr. Robt. Slebel of Wellington, Kan., will arrive here tomorrow to visit his sister, Mrs. Bessie Shaen for about two weeks. Mr. Roy Calden went to Stafford, Kan., today to remain permanently. The papering of the Citizens' State bank has been completed "which Is a great improvement to the bank. Ar rangements for painting it will be made right away. North Topeka camp of Modern Wood men will hold' an installation at the hall tonight- Refreshments, for mem bers Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Palmer, of Sil ver Lake,' announce the marriage of their- daughter; -Mina Sylvia, to Mr. Alonzo Weirtworth of Galveston, Tex. The marriage took -place at Galveston in Trinitq church rectory, December 30, 1907. The Rev. Charles Ares performed the ceremony. The young people have gone to housekeeping at 1827 Avenue E, east, where they are at home to their friends. Miss Rose M. Coughlin and Mr. Clemora E. Hammon were united In holy bonds of matrimony this morning at 8 -o'clock by Rev, F..M. Hayden. Attendants were Miss Cellette Coughlin, sister of the bride, and Mr. .Dan W. Studdard. The bride wore a gown of champagne silk and carried bridal roses, -and Miss Coughlin's costume was Friday "For Sure a Tremendous Money Saver DOYS' 50c Knickerbock. er Pants Friday a?,.;..29c DOYS $1.50 and $2 fin Worsted Sweaters Friday Qt OR Special .ipl.CiO BOYS' 50c Sweaters 75c jmaay at 25c YOUTH'S $15, $18. $20 college suits o'coata small lots, fl tf Friday spec Ipl i.UU Friday Clearance Men's and Young Men's $20, $22.50 and $25 Suits and Overcoats Pick your favorite for but A Wonderful Selection! $3.50' Men's Panta, Friday $1.95 82.50 Men's Duck Coats, Friday $1.50 $12.50, S15 fine Black Overcoats, at.$9.50 frit nVwwRAM Clean Medical Methods, HONEST, EFFICIENT and scientific treatment at small cost.- No misleading or deceptive promises made. NERVOUS debility, weakness, loss of memory, am bition and power, weak back, dizziness. Indigestion, constipation and sleeplessness, kidney and urinary troubles. v 106 Wast Eighth S treat Hours: 9 to 12, 2 to 5, 7 to 8; Sunday :S0 to 10:80 Mon.. lues., Thurs. and FrL Evenings. ATourofMexico A delightful trip every person contemplates making at some time or other. A journey to a foreign land by rail is a decided novelty almost as strange a the country and its inhabitants Are You Thinking ft A TRIP Abroad See me if you are The journey may be made at the cost of railroad tieketand ordinary traveling expenses only; or more expensively in special private train, ticket for which includes charge for sleeper, meals, guides, inter praters, fees, etc. DONT DELAY 'Phone 682 T I F. P. 0. Address: fUngf, Topeka. City Pistasger Agent LEWISSINGtlTBfNDEn jiMRwyciaui You pay 10t forJCigars not so good of lavender silk and carried white car nations. After the ceremony the party returned to the bride's home where an elegant wedding breakfast was watting them. Both parties have a host of friends and received many beautiful presents. Mr. Hammon is in the em ploy of Mills Dry Goods-company as carpet salesman.- "Hub," said the grafter's wife. "Well?" "Step into the cellar and see If you can shake down that furnace." Pittsburg Post. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, sls they cannot reach the diseased portion ef the ear. There is only one way to oure- deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflammed condition of tn mucous lining or tne lsustachtan tuoe. When thin tube is inflamed you ha' rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is tha results end unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases .out of ten are caus ed by catarrh, which is nothing but an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion.

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTOWT- THTOSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1908. These Coats and Others That Sold Up to $25.00 and even $35.00 'Dark Red Military Fitted Coat: Loose Coats in brown, leather, wine, dark mixed and English twills. J. '7 I NOW Fur-lined Broadcloth Coats in black blended squirrel collar. Semi-fitted (or Paddock Ccats. Crarenetted Avtcmcbile Ccats. or brown, with $15 Good line of 50 -in. Loose or Semi-Fitted Coats, black or colors, values up to $15 Stylish Semi-fitting Coats of black and broadcloth. Black doth with velvet and braid, body lined or full satin: lined. A Few 22-inch Caracul Jackets. Plain colored Kerseys in brown, dark red, castor or navy. Mixed stripes and checks in brown, green, tan, gun metal grey and dark reds. Sale of Underwear Main Floor NOW 15 Women's Underwear Women's Mercerized Vests and Tights, white, pink, black and blue, odd sizes $1.00 quality for 75C Extra Fine White Merino Vests medium weight were $1-25, now 95c. Pure White L'nJon Suits fleeced, were $1.25 now 95c Union Suits, Heavy Fleeced grey, fine ribbed $1.00 quality, button down front or across chest now 75c. Women's -Black and Natural Wool Tights $2.00, $2.25 and $2.60 qualities for $1.50. Black Cotton Tights open or closed, 75c quality for 55c Pure White Fleeced Corset Covers were 50c now 39c. Kxtra Large Sizes were 59c each now 50c. Medium Weight Cotton Corset Covers long sleeve were 35c each, now 25c. Children's Underwear Medium Weight Cotton Vests and Pants, broken lines, 50c quality for 38c Children's Black Pants and Tights cotton Half Wool and all wool Off. Boys' and Girls' Part Wool Vests, Pants, and Drawers, natural color, odd lots y& Off. Children's Fleeced Cotton Vests and Pants 'fine ribbed medium sizes 35c quality for 25c. Men's Underwear Ypsllantl Vnion Suits Balbriggan, merino," or silk and Wool, A few sizes left Price. One Number in Munsing Vnion Suits wotl, mostly medium and large sizes were $2.50, now $2.00 suit. Cotton Fleeced Shirts and Drawers flat or rib bed, broken lines S9c each. Tableful of Bargains in Winter Underwear In the underwear aisle, main floor, you will find a long table piled with all sorts of odd garments which we will close out at prices that save you half and close to half price. Come for these bargains Thursday and Friday. MOSTLY TWO-PIECE GARMENTS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. WOMEN'S GARMENTS, valued from 50c to 75c, for 25c EACH. CHILDREN'S from 40c to 50c, for 25c EACH. ALSO CHILDREN'S UNION SUITS FOR 17c MILLS DRY GOODS CO. SNELL LOVE LETTERS. Which the Millionaire Wrote to His Niece, Figure in- WiU Case, Chicago, Jan. 9. A dispatch to the Tribune from Clinton, I1L, says: A worn bunch of love letters from Col. Thomas Snell. the eccentric millionaire who died here several months ago, to his grand niece, Mabell Shell McNa mara, are to decide the ultimate dis position of the $2,000,000 Snell estate. All the letters now are in the hands of Judge W. G. Cochrane, and will be read when the taking of evidence in the famous will case is begun. The letters are said to contain the de tails, of a bizarre love story the love of a wealthy man who long had passed his allotted three score years and ten for his niece, who then was but 24 years old. That his affection was reciprocated Is proved by the tenor of the replies of tne latter, now Mrs. Mcriamara. The evidence to be offered is said to Include a long list of checks and sums of money which Colonel Snell gave to nls niece- from time to time. The cash. It will be declared in court, amounted approximately to $50,000, while real es tate valued at $35,000 was transferred to her. The question which the Jury will be called upon to decide is whether these acts are an indication of affection of the old man for his niece, or whether they prove that Mrs. McNamara "ex erted an evil, wrongful, and immoral Influence over him. Attorney Edward J. Sweeney, senior counsel for Richard Snell, the only liv ing son or the dead millionaire, and who is endeavoring to break the will, expects to prove that such undue In fluence was exerted. He also expects to prove that the old man was a monomaniac, due chiefly to the hyp notic influence of the young woman. The ladies of the Potwin Presby terian church will hold a home cooked food sale at Ed Gordon's grocery store, on West Sixth street, Saturday afternoon, January 11. The Insurance agent is overlooking a magnificent territory by avoiding the to bacco district of Kentucky. Cleveland Leader. THE Jewelry Shop "Where everything from a Diamond Brooch or Hall Clock to a Watch Key, is carried in stock, and no matter which you desire Diamond or Key you will always find the best the market affords, and at the right prices. Have You Visited Our Optical Department? jameshayden JEWELER 727 Kansas Avenue The accompanying design is an excellent model either: for lightweight cloth, voile or linen, the model costume being in pale gray voile over white taffeta. The little Eton coat was trimmed with overlapped sections of the cloth, and small buttons to match. The Eton was cut to show the high gir dle across the back and sides, but curved down to form two deep points in front, these points being finished with silk tassles. The little vest was of cream-white cloth and was trimmed with bands of the same, embroidered In Oriental colors. The small rolling rever collar was of satin, a few shades darker than the cloth. The sleeves were In three-quarter length and were trimmed with cut sections of cloth to match the coat, and little inner bands of the Oriental embroidery. Tne skirt was plaited and trimmed around the lower part by stiched folds of the cloth. Woodmen of World Installation. State camp No. 75, Woodmen of the World, will hold a public installation bf officers this evening at the K. P. hall. Sixth and Quincy streets. The members are making preparations for a big time, and a number of Wood men from outside the city have writ ten Secretary Wolff that they will be present. The following is the programme for the evening: Music by Mt, T. W. Handy and' family. Remarks by the chairman, L. M. Penwell. Address by E. W. Walsh of Omaha. Installation or officers. Music by Prof, and Mrs. Worrall. Recitation by Miss Hooker. v Song by Miss Snyder. Recitation by Miss Zeora Lanham. Supper, followed by a dance. The D. D. Whist club meets with Mrs. Frank Edsoa Monday. ft One hears so much about the trou ble a wife has to? take to retain her husband's affection, that it is a won der any girl marries when it is so much easier to learn to stenog and be a nice, comfortable, old maid. After a woman has been married a number of years and hasf massaged to keep her complexion and taken physical culture to keep her figure, and read stupid newspaper and magazine aiti cles that bored her to death in order to keep up with her husband's inter ests and done all the other things the magazines advise In hints on How to Hold a Husband, it must, be a posi tive relief to lay him away with a white rose In the hands folded on his breast and know he is "safe from Other Women forever.

Mr. Will Moore of New York, guest of Mr. Monte Kistler, will be the guest of honor at a dinner-dance at the Country club Friday night. The blouse here depicted was de-: signed for wear with a three-piece cos tume of broadcloth and velvet, the model costume being of cream of ma-, rine blue. The blouse was' made of cream dotted tulle shirred on a cord about yoke depth and, trimmed with tulle lace en tre deux. There were rather, close fit ting undersleeves "of the lace. Marine blue velvet, embroidered with cord, silk and gold, formed the lower part of the bodice, velvet ribbon being laced across the front under art buttons as pictured.

A mercenary bachelor who has looked the situation over, profited by other people's experience and figured it all out, says that the man who mar ries the average "heiress," for revenue only, makes a serious mistake unless she has the money in her own -name already. In this. country, he says. where a dot doesn't necessarily go with a bride, and there Is a sentimental- prejudice against marriage settlements, as destructive of the beauty of Love's TJung Dream, a rich girl doesn't get much more when she marries than a poor one. Of course she has an expensive trousseau and there ar6 lots of beautiful wedding presents from rich kin and her fath er probably gives her a furnished house. But that is: the end of It ex cept for occasional handsome pres ents and the uncertain prospect of the money she will some day Inherit when they are both old and he Is a mental and physical wreck from the work and worry of a long struggle to keep up the Big House and satisfy the ex. pensive tastes which her wealthy father gave her. Meanwhile, either the father or the mother is likely to die and the remaining parent to marry again and there is a new family and fresh complications and the inherit ance smaller and more uncertain than ever. Of course they are never with out resources and he doesn't have to carry life Insurance, for he knows that if he is worked to death sup porting her "in the style to which she is accustomed," his widow can go back to the luxury of her girlhood and fight It out with a step parent. This pretty little dress was made of dark blue silk flannel. The skirt was plaited in groups with panel In front and sides. The waist was also plaited in cluster effect to match the skirt, each cluster was finished with lace Ml 1 I it- Porslin I I Chas. McClintock I 9 I I motifs. The neck was finished with a bias band of blue silk. The girdle was made of the same material. The sleeves are full and gathered into bands of the silk. The guimpe worn with this little dress can 'be mades of silk or any soft wash material, h The -Good Government club will meet at 7:30 "Saturday, the 11th. at the hoirfe of Mrs. JU D. Monroe for a social evening to-Ttfhlch the husbands I are cordially invited. Owing to the I meeting .of the legislature next week the club will be unable to carry out "their Kansas Day., programme."

The postofHce authorities- say Mrs. Glyn's "Three "Squeaks" is immoral ind have barred it from the mails. But everybody who could wade through it has read it already and the malls have been thoroughly con- I taminated anyway- so it looks as If the P. O. authorities were thirty min utes late, as usual. The rumor that if Ben Johnson gets the Re-ublican nomination for sheriff he will marry, has "made a lot of girls KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 3 KANSAS CITY,' MISSOURI Order by Mail From Our Annual Sale of Silks Or Attend the Sale Saturday V Always the mere announcement of "Our Annual Silk Sale" Is sufficient to crowd our aisles with eager buyers residents of Kansas City who recognize it as the change 'of the whole year. As the patterns and styles have always bene so varied, we have never before advertised this Sale to our mall order customers, thinking that as it would practically be impossible to send samples we could not satis factorily serve mall order patrons. But this year our silk buyers visited the markets during the "finan cial flurry." and as a result obtained such a great quantity of desirable', Silks at such unusual prices that our mall order" department always anxious to give out-of-town people their share of good things decided to send out an Advance announcement and give you the First Pick. We have selected only the best from this vast collection; they are fully described. In ordering,' state as near as possible what is wanted, color, etc, and a person of good taste will make your selections. The City Sale WiU Commence January 11th. Get Your Orders In Right Away and Have the First Pick Before These Goods are Seen by the City Customers or Come to Kansas City Saturday to- Blake Selection Yourself.' These goods will be placed on sale over the counter on Saturday, January the 11th, and after that date we cannot guarantee to fill orders, for certain lines may be entirely sold out the first day. Patterns are many, and as the time is limited, we suggest that you leave the 'selection to our ex-., perienced shoppers, who will make a careful selection for you. Any Silks not satisfactory upon receipt, may be returned At Our Expense for refund money. GET YOUR ORDER IN EARLTOR COME TO THE SALE SATURDAY. $1.25 Silk Foulards, 59c This is to be a Foulard season, and if you don't get some of this lot, you will be sorry later in the season, when you will pay double for such Silks. These Silks are slightly imperfect from the manu facturer's view of perfect Silks, al though you could not tell it if we explain what the imperfection Is; they are called misprints that is, slightly off in prints, and we would not offer them as perfect, although Imperceptible to the inexperienced eye and not affecting the wear in the least; if you buy them and are not perfectly satisfied with them, we want you to return them at our expense; they are so near perfect it would take an expert to detect the fault. They come in the dot, ring and" disc designs, on blue, brown, tan and black grounds, de signs being in white, full 24 inches wide, worth $1.25 a yard; EQ in this sale $1.75 35-in. Guaranteed Black Silks, $1.29 So many Black Taffetas are ad vertised and the price exaggerated that It almost makes one skeptical as to values seen almost dally. But these Silks have the Emery, Bird Thayer guarantee as to value. They are full 36 inches wide, the most beautiful Black Glossy Silk you ever saw, with the new soft chiffon finish so much desired now. They make up Into handsome dresses, waists, shirt waist suits, long coats, skirts, etc. in fact, suitable and elegant enough for any purpose; a regular $1.75 Silk, while it lasts in this sale, per yard, wea.rt.?.d...t.. -29 $1.25 and $1.50 Dress and Waist Silks, 79c The most complete line of 20 inch Fancy Dress Silks ever shown, combinations of fancy stripes, checks, beautiful Persian plaids in all the street shades, evening Silks In Pekln stripes of self-colored Silks. In this lot you have plaids as high as $1.25 and $1.50 per yard; browns, greens, navy blues and wine colors, in this 7Qf sale for, per yard. $1.10 36-in. Black Taffeta, 85c This quality is a grade you have been paying $1.10 a yard for, and thought it was cheap; you will be surprised- at the quality of this Silk, pretty and soft, with a good body, perfect black, suitable for waists, skirts, dresses, linings, pet ticoats, etc., $1.10 grade of Black Taffeta for, per yard 85c $1 26-in. Black Guaranteed Taffeta Silk, 79c Another fortunate pick-up brought us this unusual value; not a great amount of this, only 10 pieces, but you have first chance, so be sure you get all you want when you order; a most beautiful black, high luster, soft chiffon fin ish, guaranteed to wear and give satisfaction; some stores ask $1.00 for Silk not as good, this great bargain in this sale, per 7Q yard.......... SC $1 Fancy Shirt Waist and Dress Silks, 68c Fancy self-colored checks, small broken plaids, hair line stripes, in light and dark colors, Alice blue, rose, navy, greens, wines, browns in fact, almost any combinations you fancy; Silks you would consid er cheap at $1.00 a yard, 20 Inches wide, in this sale, per yard. 68c Fancy Silk, Worth to $1 a Yard, 59c Splendid qualities and styles of Dress and Shirt Waist Suitings, 19 inches wide, plain, broken and fan cy checks and plaids, some with small dots, also fancy stripes, most street shades, some medium colors, also light tones,- browns, greens, blues, reds, tans, etc.. Silks as high as $1.00 a yard, in this Cn sale, per yard. j C $1.19 Black Dress Taffetas, 85c These Silks are only "20 inches wide, but what they lack in width shows in the quality, an exact re production of an imported black chiffon, all it lacks is the stamp "Imported." We bought these at a big reduction and will sell them to you the same way; some people prefer quality to width; you can not make a mistake in these goods; regular $1.19 grade oe. for, yard.. OiJC $2 Fancy Silks, 98c Beautiful White Ground Chiffon Taffeta Silks, 22 Inches wide, with narrow stripes of pink, blue, green, rose, and gray, overshot with small clover-leaf designs, also white grounds with colored satin stripes and beautiful Pompadour designs. Without doubt the most charming Silks ever shown for the price, suitable for handsome afternoon, evening and reception dresses and waists; values up to $2 per yard, in this Sale, per aq yard IOC 85c Colored Peau De Cygnes, 59c This material is the most popu lar fabric on the market today, and we were fortunate to secure a line of these to sell at this low price, and we could not sell them as cheap if we had to buy them today; beautiful soft Dress and Waist Materials, 19 inches wide, in street and evening shades, reseda green, gray, tan, brown,; cardinal, white, black, pink and light blue, a regular 85c Peau De Cygne, in this sale, per q yard OSIC $1.10 Imported Black Taf feta, 79c You see, we have to have such a variety of qualities and prices to suit all tastes; this 1b a genuine Imported Black Chiffon Taffeta: -you know what they are, the best that Is made in Black Silk, 20 inches wide worth $1.10 a yard, in this sale. $1.25 Habutai de Suisse, 69c This Is -an elegant Imported 'soft Chiffon-finished Dress Taffeta, full .24 inches Twld, ,in street' and' evening shades, of" pink, lavender, maize, light gray," tan, reseda,' Alice blue, olive, hunter's green," violet, plum, wine and changeables of green and blue, blue and brown,' red and' green, sold everywhere for $1.25 per yard, in this sale, IQ -per yard. OIC' 79c KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI In town who don't ordinarily care much about politics, sit up and take notice. It is unusual to see Young Things with waist measures of less than 25 Inches working in a campaign but all the girls in his set are talking Ben Johnson and it ought to help some. If a man sticks around long enough and chases a girl hard enough he will finally get her and It serves him right.

Mrs. Ira Howe will entertain the Bo hemians Friday night for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lang of Denver. The girls of the sub-Junior class of the high school will give a line party Friday night for the boys of the class at the senior play.

The Wlntellotta club will give a dance at Hudson's tomorrow night. Mrs. A- "H. .Shoaf, 1635 Buchanan street, entertained at dinner last even ing Mrs. Annie Dodge and her daugh ters, May and Helen. The Prlscilla club will meet with Mrs. Charles Hanford, 1012 Garfield avenue, Friday afternoon.

Xotes and Personal Mention. -Mrs. C. B. Alfred of Taooma, Wash., Is expected in. about a week to visit Mr. and; Mrs. John R Mulvane. iMr. L. S. Woolverton Is In Kansas City today. Miss May Reddick of St. Marys and Miss Jessie Short of Belvue left yes- The 7 u:T General Demand of the Well-Informed of the World has always been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for. family .Use because its com ponent, parts are known to them to be wholesome and trdy beneficial in effect, acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. In supplying that demand with its ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Klixir of Senna is g-'ven the preference by the Well-informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine manufactured by 'the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle.' terday for New York to spend the rest of the winter and study voice with Mr. Oscar Soenger. Mr. and Mrs. George O. Hurlburt, who have been living in Kansas City, have returned to Topeka and are at home at 704 West Eighth avenue. Mrs. Thomas E. Pound of Joplin, guest of Mrs. Frank S. Crane, will re turn home the last of the week. Mrs. J. P. M. Alvon and daughter spent Wednesday in Kansas City with friends. Mr. Walter Stahl has returned from Sterling and Wichita. Mrs. Earle C. Williams and Mrs. Luther Burns are in Grantvllle spend ing the day with Mrs. Charles Kieln hans. Mrs. Halfdan Jebe is at home at 1624 College avenue for the rest of the winter. Mr. Jebe is in Los Angeles where Mrs. Jebe will probably join him in the spring. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Kline have re turned from Decatur, In., where they spent the holiday season. Mrs. Howel Jones has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Theodore Snattinger, of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Howel H. Jones has re turned from a visit to Lieutenant Earl McFartand of Fort Rosecrans, Cal., and has gone to the Jones ranch near Cedar Point. Mrs. W. W. Strickland has gone to Kansas City to spend a few days. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hunt and their little daughter of Kansas City are visiting Mr. and Mrs. James L. King and Mr. and Mrs. William Wlkidal. Miss Edna Haworth of Wichita is the guest of Miss Josephine Lynch. Mrs. C. N. Baker of Wamego-on-the-tCaw is the guest of her son, Mr.. Fred Baker and Mrs. Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Baker will go to St. Marys for a party t b given Saturday night for Mr. and Mrs. John Graham. Arkansas City Traveler: Mrs. John EX Tost returned last night from To peka, where -she has been for, the past several weeks. She was accom panied home by her mother, Mrs. Rush, who will visit here for awhile. Mrs. Tost went to Topeka to visit a couple of weeks and shortly after her arrival' there was taken sick with pnumonla and her visit was neces sarily prolonged. The Progressive-Bee club will meet with Mrs. F. A. Anton, -405 Western avenue Friday afternoon. Miss Ida Roudebush entertained Tuesday evening for Miss Myrtle Vawles. He Conspired With Widows. Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 9. Perry A. Teast, a prominent cattle man who has been on trial in the United States court for conspiracy to defraud the government in land entries, was today found guilty and recommended to the clemency of the court by the Jury. Teast had many thousands of acres of the North Platte forest reserve under Illegal fence. However, the count upon which he was found guil ty was of conspiring with old soldiers widows to obtain land fraudulently. EVIDENCE IS STRONG. An Italian Held for Harder o( Four of His Countrymen. Florence, Colo., Jan. 9. That Ercole Buffettl. Dominick Minlchiello, Joseph Mlnichielle and Mrs. Frank Polmetto, why mysteriously disappeared In this city, were foully murdered and then their bodies chopped to pieces, Is the positive opinion of the police. The dis position made of their bodies Is be lieved to have been partly revealed by the finding of human lungs, a thorax and a piece of a tongue in the Arkan- ,1. V-l.T- It is believed that other ghostly re--mains are being scattered- along the bed of the river by the swift current and towns below here have been notified to watch for the appearance of another evidence of murder that may come to the surface. Tony Bovori, who is in jail, charged with murder of the Minl chiello brothers, is said by Chief of Po lice Furniss to have confessed that he killed a man in Italy before coming to America. In his house -was found a bunch of letters addressed to Tony Neroni and this is believed to be his real name. One letter was from his father In Italy, asking him to return to the old country and participate rn a fortune the family had recently inherit ed. The father offered to use every ef fort to clear the son of the murder charge In Italy If he would return. Bovori was engaged In market gar dening here In partnership with the Minlchiello brothers ana ib accused Dy, the police of having murdered them In order to obtain their money and other property. ie naa aou wuch wicdicu. Buffettl was an old man employed ifl the garden. The police believe he was killed because of his knowledge of tha other alleged murders. His name was added to the list oi missing iasi mgni. Mrs. Polmetto was a young divorced mnmnn whn disaDDeared two months ago. She had kept house for Bovori, but repeatedly refused to marry him. All her clothes have been found In Bovorl's cabin. A blood-stained 'axe was also found there and a Mexican woman has informed the police that she washed blood-stained clothes for Bovori. Bilious? Doctor aU agree that an actio Uoet U positively eitenlial to health. As your own doctor about Aytt' Ptilt. How are your bowels? the doctor always ask. He knows bow impor tant is the question of constipation. He knows that inactivity of the liver will often produce most disastrous re sults. We believe Ayer's Pills are the best liver pills yon can possibly take. tnlA Inr over HO vesrs. i-o.

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THE yOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1908. TALK OF WHEAT. i Kansas FarmersExchaneeVIews on thq Subject. Adyocate a More Careful Tillage of the Soil. LEARN BYEXPEHIENCE How Plowing the Land In creases Yield. An Experience in Far Western Kamas. The morning: session of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture was taken up with the reading and discussion of "Wheat Growing In Western Kansas," by O. R. Werner of Colby and a pa per, "Twenty Tears' Experience and Observation of Agriculture in West ern Kansas," by W. A. Smith of Hays City. In handling the subject: "Wheat Growing in Western Kansas," Mr. Werner said: "Western Kansas with its gentle rolling prairies Is a most fascinating region to the wheat growing farmer and to be a resident of that part of the country means that the farmer Is a wheat grower. The temptation is Irresistible for in no country do such Ideal conditions exist for the cultiva tion of wheat. "One man with five head of horses and a gang plow can easily break five acres a day, never encountering a stone or a stump to dull his plow or ruffle his temper. Last year there were sixteen steam plow outfits breaking land in Thomas county at the same time turning over thirty five acres each every working day. "To get the full benefit of new land It Is essential that it be covered with a good coat of grass and the practice of burning off a land before it is plowed should be severely condemn ed as It materially reduces the yield of wheat, sometimes to the extent of one-third of the full yield. The great difference In the yields of adjacent fields of wheat may be attributed di rectly to this fact or because the plowing has been done too late In the season. A field should be plowed in April or May and never under any circumstances as late as the middle of June. "I finished seeding one field of 200 acres the 26th of last September us ing three and one-half pecks of good 61 pound wheat to the acre and pas tured the field until the middle of March though the season was unfa vorable for the growing of wheat. The yield amounted to 4,717 bushels of 61 pound wheat or 23 bushels to the acre. The part of the field where the earliest breaking was done yielded at least seven bushels more of wheat to the acre than the paYt which was fin ished later. "Do you wonder why we emphasize plowing at the proper time when the yield shows a difference in returns of seven bushels of wheat to the acre wBrich' ttieans about $5. Late plowing is a wilful destruction of the natural resources of the state whereby the first chance for a good sod crop is gone but the detrimental effect will show Itself on the land for years to come. "Wages are always high ait harvest time and it costs nearly as much to har vest a poor field of wheat as it does a good one. In our county the farm ers join hands at harvest time and work together and in this way we have no trouble In handling the ordinary yield of our fields. We nave discarded the use of binders, nearly all of the wheat In my part of the state being handled by .headers. "The fault in the western part of the country seems" to be that every far mer sows more wheat than he can possibly care for and this causes a large waste in growing as well as at harvest time. We are In hope3 how ever that a gasoline engine for farm ing purposes wtll be designed that will ld us in, caring for larger fields than are now planted. "We have experimented some with the Campbell system of farming and find that it largely increases the yield per acre but find that It is Impractical when applied to the larger fields of western Kamsas. There is no such a thing as a crop failure where the Campbell system is used and the farm ers of the state owe a debt of grati tude to Mr. Campbell which they can never pay." In discussing "Twenty Years Exper ience and Observation of Agriculture in Western Kansas," W. A. Smith of Hays City said: When I first came into western Kan sas in October, 1887, and for want of better preparation began sowing wheat In weeds as high as the horses' backs, I must confess I was somewhat skepti cal as to results; but later as the crop matured I was so firmly Impressed with the fertility of the soil and its possi bilities under favorable climatic condi tions that I at once decided to do al! in my sower for its future develop ment. Another year came to hand. I con tinued along nearly the same lines, be gan to investigate conditions and put into operation plans to overcome ad verse surroundings but with no great er success. I soon saw that there were certain immutable laws of cause and effect over which I then had no con trol; and, that in the solving of this problem, rested the future success of this country, namely: the breaking up of the sod, the formation of a mighty sponge for the confining and retaining of the moisture, but this could not be accomplished at once. I must avail myself as far as possible of present means. The third year I fitted 300 acres of wheat and 100 acres of corn. As the season advanced and the summer came on I was rejoiced to see the wonderful growth made, but this was of short dur ation. The drouth came on, hot winds with their withering, scorching blast too hot at midday for human endur ance. The work of destruction was soon complete. Wheat that a day or two before gave promise was brown and withered; corn, the top of which could not be reached from the saddle while riding through It, lay burned and life lees. It seemed that the drouth, hot winds, and chinch bugs had conspired to drive us out. Men who had invest ed their little means in land, others with their homestead and timber claim, united with one band of sympathy suffered and endured alike. The meek eyed, cow and the helpful hen were tax td to their utmost. Many a man will tell you that had it not been for these life sustalners and Interest payers, they would have given up in despair and lost their a Did the pioneer farmer shrink or hes itate as he stood beside the remains of his blasted hopes.- Nay, verily, but with that conviction of ultimate success that has characterized thousands of his class he begins to make preparation for the coming year; plowing, fitting, sowing, once, twice, thrice, with the same force ful energy, the same determination of purpose, advancing step by step, striv ing. Investigating, awaiting benefits that were not realized; and at' the end of each year's disaster compelled to rally anew the latent forces of his be ing that had seemingly been exhausted, looking forward by faith to the time when the full fruition of his hopes should be realized. With these dark days came the weeding out process; men less adapted to frontier life not qualified to endure hardships, not pos sessing those inherent traits of charac ter that are found only in the person of the pioneer, such folded their tents at night and quietly stole away. Brighter days began to dawn. With the in creased area of plowed land moisture more generally was retained better re sults followed. Those of us who were stayer3 were little later rewarded be yond our expectations, proving con clusively that a heritage was ours; the real value of which had not been fully revealed. What is the present status of this country and what has it been, for some years past? The land that was rele gated to the short grass, coyote and jack rabbit has suddenly come Into prominence and has become a mighty factor in the producing power of the state. Under the improved conditions I have been able to harvest .some years seven thousand bushels of wheat, five thousand bushels of corn, one thou sand bushels of each oats, barley and rye.. For some years past I have given close attention to the crossing and breeding of corn and have spent much time in trying to advance interest in corn raising. Two years ago I had nine men interested In this on my land, las. vear fourteen men, having had out about five hundred acres. These are mostly young men of foreign descent, many of them whose parents say "too much labor In corn." I go among them in their field, adjust their cultivators, show them how to place the dirt about the corn teach them the necessity, of thorough clean cultivation, aunougn ome of these are nara iu ream m m... because the work seems to them too m- te Beiieving" as I do that a Christian civilization goes hand in hand with a good government, I take- pleasure in passing to note that a large propor tion of the western farmers who be come citizens of our beautiful town bringing their families with them to enjoy the advantages of our splendid State Normal and public schools, are God fearing. Christian men. who with their sons and daughters make valu able additions to our community and as a praof of their energy include from two to six sections in their land holdings. I wish to speak briefly of our for eign population who are a thrifty, progressive Deople who have put into operation one secret of success which the American does not seem to grasp, namely, that of causing the children at as early an age as possible to be come producers as well as consumers. Little bovs and girls whose feet scarcely reach the foot rest riding the ir.w who with the faithful team day after dav add their quota to the year ly overturning of the fertile wheat land We have cases where almost the entire farm work is done by young women who with their father plow, plant and handle four and five hun dred acres of wheat. These men are strictly up to date wneat larmers. good plowmen, harrow their land be fore and after seeding, plant in good season are the best and most suc cessful growers or wneat m uui country. We are practicing better meinous in fitting wheat lana man me yasi. harrowing more, pulverizing, and packing, more care in seea seictuuii. allowing the land to rest over one season, summer fallowing, putting the, same labor on one-nair me amount, of land. The largest yield on my land has been: Wheat. 32; corn, 50; oats, 40: barley, 32 bushels per acre. Last year we produced 22 to 4 5 bushels of wheat. 30 to 60 of corn, four to eight tons of alfalfa to the acre. We are raising corn with good success on the upland as well as the bottom no strange thing to see large fields of corn on the high table land. Our farmers are mostly alert in se lecting good seed. I selected corn last season from twenty-five fields In Tre go. Ellis and Graham counties in which 60 per cent was defective and weak. I expect in the near future that our farmers' institutes supported by our Agricultural college shall have nerfpcted the feature of corn produc tion and that it will take its place In rotation of crops with wheat and other products. While there are many instances in which a large yield; of corn is not ob tained but we get a change of culti vation and our wheat land is summer fallowed and restored I have In mind a large field which has been in wheat continuously for nineteen years. All praise to the western Kansas pioneer, the man who carries in his face the impress of battles fought and victories won who knows no defeat; who has wrought out the providential intent by reclamation as it were at land whose fertility is unquestioned and whose resources are beyond computation; who with his piercing penetrating eye has been able to see the end from the beginning and by his unyielding pluck and courage has made the desert to blossom as a rose ana the waste places glad; who with his good wife reigns as a king, and queen of the domain which he has conquered.. He sits upon the porch of his modern and Weil appointed home and with his eye roaming over h,is broad! fields of golden wheat, yellow corn, and rich alfalfa in their season perhaps riding among them in his carriage or auto, as his bosom heaves with pride at his prospective reward' his possible benefits; or perchance his mind goes back to the dark experience that lin gers about him like a dream or night mare of the past. Who should dis pute his right when he says, "To the victor belongs the spoils." We as farmers are bread and meat producers and are supplying our quota for the support of approximately 85 million of bread and meat consumers. At the present ratio of increase the 100 million mark will soon have been reached. We must not only feed this great population in our home land, but we will be called upon each year to con tribute as far as possible to the export demand. It behooves us as logical rea soners to concede without argument that in order to meet these increasing demands, we must be continually ad vancing along legitimate lines. It is said that he is a benefactor who makes two blades of grass grow where only one grew before. Would t not be rea sonable and wise for the farmers of Kansas to resolve to become benefac tors making from two to four grains of "UML- lwo to tnree ears of corn, the same in lesser grains grow where onlv one grew before. If this were true and we delivered the goods the 280 per caita increase would sink Into insig nificance, and our wnrthu iivivlarv would have to add several notches to computing scale. While this is not impossible in my mind its probability rests with us. Shall we give this thought consideration? I am proud of the. fact that I am a Kansan, that I have been instrumental in any degree in her development; proud that I am a citizen of this great commonwealth that raises the best wheat "world renowned" the best corn, alfalfa, hogs, cattle, horses'; that stands without a peer in the great unity of states. SCHMITZJREED. Appellate Court of California Releases Former Mayor.- Decision Probably Will Let Out Abe lluef. San Francisco, Jan. 9. The appellate court of California today gave a decis ion which released( ex-Mayor Eugene E. Schmltz fro rncustody and declares the indictment on the charge of extor tion void. This decision probably also effects the case of Abe Ruef. APPEAL TO SCHENCK. Petition Favoring Hla Candidacy Favorably Received. The feeling in favor of giving John Schenck a second term as county at torney seems to be almost unanimous among Democrats and Republicans as well. Just to test the sentiment of Re publicans, J. W. Gleed spent two hours this morning circulating the following petition. In two hours time he met with but two refusals. The pe tition which will continue to circulate stood as follows at noon: John Schenck, county attorney, Shawnee county. We the undersigned Republican voters- of Shawnee county respectful ly request that you become a candi date to succeed yourself as county at torney. We pledge you our votes and hearty undivided support, regardless of party nominations. You have discharged the duties of your office with fidelity, and signal ability. We believe that you have de served a second term and that your re-election will be to the interest of the public: S. G. Stewart, J. W. Thurston, J. W. Gleed, Jonathan Thomas, W. W. Mills, John Sargent, Frank P. Mac Lennan, W. W. Kitchell, A. Marburg, E. H. Anderson, George H Whit comb, Louis Van Dorp, H. G. Lari mer, Frank -Foster, Guy D. Adams, Charles P. Adams, William MacFer ran; Fred A. Brigham, J. W. Going, S. G. Watkins, Edwin Knowles, Will C. Chaffee, F. M. Bonebrake, John R. Mulvane, J. W. Robinson, J. C. Mar shall, E. M. Robinson, L, Gandy, W. E. Culver, M. M. Bailey, Charles S. Elliott, W. A. Sloo, D. O. Orr, J. S. Clark, J. E. Torrington, D. W. Nellis, S. S. Ott, John C. Waters, J. W. Mack, Charles F. Flgg, William E. Drechsel H. A. Auerbach, F. C. Thompson, H. F. Guthrie, C. E. Gresser, W. H. Ril ey, James B. Hayden, C. W. Snyder, C. M. Hill, C. G. Hill, F. C. Beck, D. B. Johnson, A. F. Gatlln, J. L. "Van Houten, R R. Peterson, W. Tv Crosby, George P Stltt, W. W. Bowman,' Paul Roehr, H. L. Whiting, R. S. Thomp son, L. ti. iforDes, i? iu. emitn, j. iu. Foot, Benjamin Dlment, G. M. Bu chanan, J. W. Mack, J. L. Hunt. CRYSTAL THEATER SOLD. W. H. Lyons of Kansas City Is the Purchaser. The Crystal moving picture which has been running all season under the ownership, of C. T. Trapp, W. H. Bat man and others, with Mrs. Annie M. Trapp as manager, was sold yesterday to W. H. Lyons of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Lyons took possession last night. The price is not known. Sea Is Driven Inland. Kiel, Jan. 9. A violent northeast wind has driven the waters of the Bal tic in shore and the low lying districts of this city, are flooded to the depth of seven feet. Many casualties to fish ing and other small craft are reported. A similar driving in or the sea is occur ring at all the coast towns. Father of Jewish Drama Dead. New York, Jan. 9. Abraham P. Gold faden aged 67, a playwright who some times was referred to as the "father of Jewish drama," died In an east side tenement house today. DAEE MUTE, WEESE 200 MEN LOST THEIB. LIVES. JJore than 22,000 men have lost their lives in mine disasters in the United States in the last seventeen years. 5so frequent liave- these horrors become that members of congress and legislators in many states where coal mines are In operation are planning legislation to protect the men who work In the perilous caverns or provide- for the ramllles of those who lose their lives in the mines. In thc'Darr mine at Jacobs Creek, Pa., recently more than n?lne were kllled by an explosion. The recovery of the dead occupied a period of two weeks and was fraught with great peril to those who undertook the task- Men's $2.00 C Union Suits Friday, 75c. V "i Overcoats for Children, siz V 2X to 8 worth $7, $6 and Bargain Friday Men's Linen 25c Initial Handk'fs Friday, 5c TO CALL A CONVENTION. Geo. W. ,-Hanna Says Populists WUI Keep On. George W. Ha'nna, of rClay Center, chairman" of the Populist state central eommittee, arrived in, Topeka .this morning to attend the meeting of the committee this evening at the Glen Wood hotel. "I dlon't know what the committee will do," said Mr. Hanna "but I see no reason why a convention shouldn't be called. IThe Republicans have called theirs, and even if the legisla ture enacts a primary law, it will merely knock out the conventions. "I believe that 95 per cent of the people in our district are for the di rect primary. This sentiment for a di rect primary is being stirred up in no small degree by ex-Senator Burton. Burton is making speeches up in that country, and it is wonderful the way he is getting crowds. In our town a few nights ago he was advertised to speak, and very floorly advertised, too. But the opera house was packed, to the doors. The people who attended were not town people they were people from the farms, and the rural commu nities. Burton madie a speech which was one of the best speeches ever made in, that county.- The next morn ing the sheriff of the county circulated a subscription paper and raised $20 to pay for the rent of the opera house. It was a free lecture and Bur ton didn't ask a cent from anybody. BARGAIN RIMY Special for the Laboring Man Garland, Girard and Hunter Negligee Slightly soiled S3 Pants on sale Bargain Shirts, $1 values 45c. Friday .1. ..$1.00 Any Tie in the house ..'.it. .J, 19c Boys' fine Dress Shirts, 50c and 39c values, Odds and Ends Boys' $3 Suits ....$1.00 Bargain Friday. 19c Leather and Corduroy Caps .25c Men's Odd Vests ,.50e V. u .u;'JtT-, 3WC Derby Ribbed Underwear.. .....29c $1.50 Kid Gloves ....75c i j o-., tt v., $3.00 Jersey TJoats ....J 75c U and 75 Silk Hanakerchiefs. ..39c Men's White Stiff Bosom Shirts ....".'.25c SUk Fi SaUg 75 Mufflera 9c Boys 25c Stockings: 10c Men's Hoae Friday 12c Ladies' single box glass top Garters, silk' Men's Flat Randoom Underwear, special ones, Bargain Friday 10c or Bargain Friday 15c Black Cat Seconds ........25c Boys' fine Caps, 75o and 50o caps, special Ladies' Linen Handkerchiefs, very fine for Friday'a sale 19c Lace Handkerchiefs, worth 25c, Friday, 7c' Boys' All Leather $1.50 Shoes. ......95c Overcoats for Children, sizes fH 4 Men's Corduroy Suits, sizes ft n III 2.K to 8-7-worth $7, $6 and $0. Nv I 34, 35, 36 and 37, a regular Vv Bargain Friday fcJJJL $10 suit, for this sale only fcJtS i IkSo iyaZ2AAMJiUE. "Vx Burton told them that he was dis qualified from holding any political of fice, and hoped he would always re main so, so that people might believe him to be disinterested in his pres ent fight. Speeches like the one that Burton makes are certain to con tribute to this direct primary-' de mand." r- Jumped in Front of a Train. New York, Jan. 9. William Bourne Nlven, 44 years of age, who until two years ago, was a member of the New York stock exchange, committed sui cide today by leaping in front of a sub way train at Broadway and. Seventy ninth street. His wife, who identified the body, said he suffered heavy finan cial losses during the last five months and that1 he had been in a serious con dition of health. i New York Money Market. New York, Jan. 9. MONEY Money on call steady, 4g'4 per cent; ruling rate, 5 per cent; closing bid, 5 per cent; offered at bVi per cent. Time loans easy. Sixty and 90 days and 6 months, 6 per cent. CIjOSE: Prime mercantile paper 78 per cent; sterling exchange easy, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.S5454.854 for demand and at $4.81 for 60 day bills; commercial bills, $4.80. SILVEK Bar silver, 56c; .Mexican dol Is zs 44c r 1 BONDS Government bonds irregular. DEATHS ANDF UNERALS. Florence, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.yli. B. Crowder, 407 Chanaler street.' died at the home of her parents .this1 morning at 7 o'clock of pneumonia." The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Third' Christian church. A r r4 H J MAY MAKE A SPEECH. Rumor That Ex-Governor Bailey WUI Sound Keynote in Topeka. The following ds from the Atchison Globe: "Here is a prediction: Within a few days a lot of politicians will arrive in Atchison, and hold a 'conference' with W. J. Bailey. They will say that new conditions have arisen, and that he must fight. Here is another predic tion: W. J. Bailey will refuse to do it. He will stand by his original announce ment, as Theodore Roosevelt did. His original announcement was that he would,, if nominated without a fight, make the race for governor, but that he would not enter Into a squabble for the nomination. If the politicians tell him- that he must get in or out, he will get out." It Is said that Governor Bailey has consented to make one "keynote" speech, and has decided that the place to make this speech is the Auditorium in Topeka. Further than that, it is said, Mr. Bailey declines to go. TO BEGIN AT SALT LAKE Suit Against Harriman to Start Within Thirty Days. Washington, Jan. 9. It is now confi dently i expected- at the department of justice' that suit will be begun within the next 30 "days against E. H. Harri man, Involving the relations' between the; Union and Southern Pacific rail ways. At a conference held at the White House last May it was decided that the report of the interstate com merce commission when completed Bhould be referred to the attorney gen eral for examination with a view to possible action against Mr. Harriman. There, was some delay however in the completion of the report and several matters intervened to prevent to bring ing suit as then contemplated. Messrs. Severance and Kellogg who had been engaged as special counsel made an independent investigation of the facts and questions involved in the controversy and were ready to proceed with the suit when Mr. Severance was unexpectedly called to Europe. He is, expected to return shortly when suit will be begun in Sat Lake City. It is understood that the procedure will be a suit in equity in general analogy to the Northern Securities case- SEEN FROM SHORE. Fifteen American Battleships in Sight at Pernaaiboco. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 9.- News came today from Pernambuco that when the American fleet passed there at noon yesterday, bound south, fifteen battleships could be distinguished from the shore. The German cruiser Bremen has arrived here and the American collier Abardena has been here awaiting the fleet since Janu. ary 3. Captain Detchoff of the Russian navy, who commanded the cruiser Gromobol during the Russo-JaDanese war, has come to Rio Janeiro for the express purpose of witnessing the ar rival of the American battleships. 1 r She Fell 110 Feet.' St. Louis, Jan. 9. An investigation IS being made into the death of Mrs. Katherine Kulet, aged 65, who was kill ed yesterday by failing 110 feet down a freight elevator shaft in the Lincoln Trust -building. The investigation re sults from finding that tha dead wom an's face was badly burned by acid. Ten years ago her son, Charles Kluet, aged 10 years, was killed by falling through an elevator shaft. Men's 25c White Foot Hose Friday, 8c Men's $1 and 75c Overgaiters Friday, 25c Its exquisite perfume is only one of the virtues of Satin skin powder. 25c. CITY SUES FOR BAN" It DEPOSITS. Formal Action Against M. Snattinger. Oneof Bondsmen. The city has sued M. Snattinger, u stockholder in the defunct First Na tional bank, to recover $4,819.36. This suit is the result of the bank failure July 3, 1905, when the bank closed its doors on $26,241.80 of the city funds on deposit. At that time, so the peti- above named balance in the bank, and on July 1, two days before the crash. Treasurer M. M. Hale present ed a check for. the city balance, and the check was refused. After a re- ceiver iook cnarge or ine aixairs or the defunct First National, three divi dends were declared, and the city got its share of these. But after the re ceiver reported that he could find nothing further to convert into divi dends and was discharged, the city of Topeka was still short $4,819.30. When the city of Topeka first be gan banking with the iFirst National, in 1897, three of the stockholders of the bank executed a bond to the city. It is on this bond that the city is suing, M. Snattinger having been one of these bondsmen. It is rumored that the city will file other suits against William Henderson, former cashier of the defunct bank, who was also on the city band, and the estate of the late. Major W. B. Simms. then president 1 of the bank. Receiver Bradley, while in charge of the First National affairs, raised and paid to depositors 82 per cent of what they lost in the crash. LOCAL JJlEJJTIOK. The most convenient drug store in town is Price's. As the result of eating sardines C. C. Berry of 1417 North Quincy" street, brother-in-law of Councilman Van Ness, suddenly took sick shortly af ter New Year's with indications of ptomaine poisoning. Mr. Berry was very ill, but he is gradually recover- George Anthony -was granted a building permit for the erection of a dwelling to cost $2,000 at 415 Tyler Ktrfct One lone woman is taking the civil service examination for editorial clerk in the census department, and one man each is taking respectively an examination as assistant preparator in the bureau of entomology and me chanical and electrical draftsman at the federal building today. The family of M. C. Vataw, 1228 Jackson street, is under quarantine for both scarlet fever and chickenpox. A car to Joplin this week. One to San Antonio soon. St. Joe about the 20th. ToT Portland, Oregon March 1. In which one may secure a re duced freight rate, when moving away or friends are coming to To peka. Mention it over phones 188 to Merchants "Transfer and Storage company We can frequently favor shipper. S .B. Marine, of .the Marine Clothing company, is here from Rockf ord, 111., to visit his -Topeka store. Topeka seems to- be rich with people who are lost to judge from the number of letetrs that are received by Mayor Green inquiring after the whereabouts of relatives who are supposed to reside in Topeka but who have been lost for many years. Such a letter of Inquiry was received from Mattie Wales of 2316 N street. Lincoln, Nebraska, who is hunting for her sister, Mrs. J. R. Smith, whose former name was Bessie May Wales, and who disappeared from Fair bury, Illinois. Another letter received from Catherine Poggi desires to know what haa become of Layrence Foggl who away back in 1875 ran a confection ery and fruit stand In Topeka.

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