The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 14, 1908

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1 EVERYBODY 10 PAGES EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. LAST .EDITION. TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JANUARY 14, 1908. TUESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. One Hundred and Fifty Persons Lose Their Lires In Theater Fire and Tanic at Boyertown, Pa. EXPLOSION OF A TANK Used in Producing Moving Pic tures Started the Disaster. Coal Oil Lamps Upset and Cre ated a Fur race. HOOKS WERE BLOCKED Women and Children Were Trampled Into Pulp. Many Sustained Serious Injuries From Jumping. Boj-ertown, Pa., Jan. 14. One hun dred and fifty persons of this borough vere killed in a theater fire and pan ic last night and seventy-five injured, many of them fatally. A majority of the killed were members of the lead ing families of the town. While "The Scottish Reformation" was being produced in Rhodes.'s Opera house by Mrs. Monroe of "Washington, a tank used in a moving picture scene exploded. Immediately there was a wild rush for the exists of the building. Men of mature years en deavored to still the panic, but their voices could not be heard above the Fhrieks and screams of the terrified women and children who composed the greater part of the audience. It seemed as though nearly the en tire audience made a mad rush for the exits the moment the explosion occurred. In their attempt to quiet the great crowd those persons who were on the stage accidentally upset the coal oil lamps used at the foot lights. The burning oil scattered in ell directions and the lamp.'' which were used to light the opera house ex ploded, throwing the blazing oil over the terror stricken people who were fighting frantically to gain the exits. In the mad rush a section of the floor pave way, precip'Mting scores of per sons to the basement. It was scarcely five minutes from the time of the explosion of the tanks until the entire heart of the structure eeemed a roaring furnace. There was a. mad scramble for the stairway leading from the balcony and scores of women and children were knocked down and trampled upon, many of them doubtless being crushed to death. At least 50 persons, realizing that exit by the stairway meant al most icertain death, risked their lives by Jumping from the windows. Limbs were broken, and skulls were crushed by this daring method of escape. -Doors Were Blocked. In the meantime a relief corps was et work at the entrance to the thea ter, endeavoring to release those who were wedged in the doorway, and un able to extricate therrfselves. Many persons who otherwise might have made good their escape from the fur nace were held in check by the awful jam at the door?. As the flames cut their way to ward the front of the building women could be seen to clasp their hands and fall back into the flames. Once the doorways were cleared the rescuers dragged many women and children from the stairway leading to the bal cony. Some were so badly injured that they died before reaching a tem porary hospital. Skulls were crushed and the faces of some of the victims were so horribly mutilated that they were barely recognizable. In one in stance the skull of a child, apparently about ten years of age, was crushed almost to a Jelly. Had the women and children heeded the warning of the cooler heads in the audience the horrible loss of life might have been avoided, but there Was the usual panic and stampede Which Invariably follow at such a caiastrohpe. The flames spread rap Idly and communicated to the other parts of the theater. fJIen. women and children rushed for the many exits, and the weaker sex and the children were trampled and maimed in the mad rush to gain the street. As sistance was at once asked of both Reading and Pottstown and special trains carrying nurses and doctors were rushed to the scene of the dis aster. Kvery home within a radius of half a dozen blocks of the opera house was made a temporary hospital, where the wounded were rusned by car riages and other means of convey ances. Ijost Her Whole Family. Boyertown is a borough with a population of about 2.500 and is lo cated about midway between Potts town and Reading. The night was one of wailing and anguish The shrieks of mothers who had rushed to the scene as soon as they learned of the fire was pitiful. As the night wore on the crowds sur rounding the builuing grew to such proportions that it was almost impos sible for the police force which had been augmented by a score of men from Pottstown and Reading, to keep the people back. One woman who said she had lost her entire family in the theater was with difficulty re strained from -throwing herself into the roaring- flames. At 1 o'clock a special train from Reading bearing physicians and nurses reached here, but there was little for them to do, as the injured who had dashed themselves to the pavement had been cared for by the local physicians, assisted by the Potts town relief cordis. A few minutes after midnight the rear wall of the theater collapsed. The flames broke out anew, and those who had vainly hoped to be able to find the remains of some of their loved ones turned In despair from the scene of the awful catastrophe. It Is estimated that at least 75 per sons were Injured by being trampled upon either on the stairways or bv Jumping from the windows of the Burning structure. Of this number at CRUSHED least a score were fatally injured, and at least a half dozen succumbed to their injuries after being hurried to one of the temporary hospitals. Three children ranging in ages from 8 to 12 years and one woman, who were dragged from the building by persons who had rushed to the rescue, had been trampled almost to a pulp. The skull of one of the children had been crushed as though an egg shell. The fire was under control shortly before 1 o'clock. It is extremely doubtful of the remains of the victims can be distinguished from the debris, as many persons in the audience wero covered with burning oil as the lamps exploded. Kxactly how many were killed may never be known for among the victims were a number of visitors, who may have no relatives to trace their un timely fate. The list of known dead follows: The Dead. MRS. JOHN BECKER AND TWO CHILDREN. DR. CHAS. MATER AND DAUGHTER-ROBERT LAPISH. CHILD OF REV. A. M. WEBER. LULU FEGLEY. MISS ELM A ENGLE. MRS. IRA SHOBER. MRS. RICHARD TURNER. MRS. DANIEL KRAUSE. MRS. GEORGE FOMINE. MR. AND MRS. HERBERT GOTTS CHALL. HERBERT GOTT SCHALL. HENRY BRINDER. BLANCHE AND MABEL KOCHEL. ELLEN GOTTSCHALL MABEL GRAFF. MRS. J. J. BECKER AND THREE CHILDREN. LOTTIE GRAVES AND SISTER. JOHN GRAVES. CHARLES MOYER AND DAUGH TER. DANIEL KRAUSE. MORRIS ANDERSON AND TWO CHILDREN. JAMES ANDERSON, WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN. CHARLES MAURER. STELLA KULP. CARRIE WEAND. FLORENCE WEAND. EDNA BOYER. KEELEY BOYER. MAMIE TOLS. MRS. MAGGIE LEFEVERE. MRS. MARY LEINBACH. LAURA GRIM. MRS. ADAM MOYER. DAVID GABLE. FRANKLIN LEIDY. ANNA LEIDY. ESTHER CI'LLEN. LOTTIE BOWMAN. ELLA JOHNSON. ANNA ZEIGLER. JOHN FRITZ. CORA FRITZ. MRS. JOHN GLAZE. MRS. RUEBEN HOFFMAN AND DAUGHTER. MRS. JOHNSON. Somebody Yelled, "Fire!" It is estimated that there wero 400 persons in the play house -when the explosion of the gas tank oc curred!. The tank was being- used in connection with pictures. An amateur performance of "Scottish Reforma tion" for the benefit of St. John's Lutheran Sunday school was being produced. Instantly-- after the ex plosion occurred some on yelled "fire" and in almost less time than it takes to tell it the center of the opera house was a blazing furnace. The rapidity with which the flames spread was caused by the upsetting or tne coal oil lamps used as the footlig-hts by some of the persons on the stage who endeavored to allay the fright of the children and quiet the audience. But even the men seemed to lose all control of themselves and fought with the women and children, who composed the greater part of the audience to gain the street. In this manner many women and children who might other wise have escaped the flames, were forced back and trampled upon. Par ticularly was this case of those who were caught on the stairways. The weaker ones were brushed aside and in many instances trampled to death. Scores of persons on the secondifloor seeing the awful jam on the stairways risked their lives by jumping from the windows. In this way several were so badly injured that they died before reaching any of the numerous tem porary hospitals. There is scarcely a house in the little town that has not been afflicted by last night's visitation of Are. Rue ben W. Stover, one of those who es caped the flames In speaking of the fire today, said: Otie Who Kscaped Talks. "When the explosion occurred there was at least 30 boys and girls on the stage while many more were behind the scenes. Without warning there was a terrific explosion which seemed to shake the entire building. Im mediately there was a wild rush for the exits. The people on the stage jumped over the footlights into the audience. Everybody seemed to have lost control of himself. The flames ftrpt consumed the scenery and then came to the crowd like a great wave and the suffocating smoke dropped men, women and children in its path. The flames did the rest. It was a piti ful sight and I will carry the recollec tion as long as I live. Once the crowd began to fight its way to the doors, no power on earth could have saved all the lives, but had the men not lost control of themselves, the loss of life would have been very small." The fire was not brought under con trol until early this morning after as sistance had arrived from Reading and Pottstown. Physicians and nurses were also sent to Boyertown from Reading and aided materially in alleviating the sufferings of- the in jured who had leaped from the win lows to escape the flames. Early today about 50 members of the state constabulary which is sta tioned in this district came over from Reading on a special train. The work of removing the bodies from the debris will be unusually teaious and hazardous. when the rush was at its height the floor gave way precipitating many persons to the basement and the bodies of these will be buried beneath the charred timbers and tons of brick from the ruined walls,. In addition to the opera house and Farmers' National bank. Erhans hardware house and the dwellings of George Rahn, Harry Pennypa.ter and Alfred Zashard were burned. The monetary loss will amount to $75,000. How It' All Happened. For several months the' Sunday- school pupils of St. Johns Lutheran church had been rehearsing the "Scottish Reformation," which was being staged by Mrs. H. E. Monroe of Wasnington, the author, and when the curtain rose at 8 o'clock the opera house was thronged with representa tive citizens of the borough. The drama was well played and the piece worked smoothly for amateur pro duction. The second half of the play, in which the students from Glasgow university and the puritan marchea to "Leath to Meet Queen Mary" had just been reached. The people tak ing part had finished their songs, and incidental to the drama a number of pictures were shown by a moving pic ture machine. This was operated by H. W. Fisher of Carlisle, Pa., who used calcium lights. While he was operating the machine, there was a flash and a loud report and the peo ple sitting In the rear of the opera house near the machine arose In fright and rushed toward the stage. Their action caused a panic In the audience and many others thinking the building was on fire, rushed to ward the stage. The young people who were taking part in the perfor mance motioned to them to keep back and resume their seats, but the frightened spectators attempted to climb on the stage. One of the young people on the stage, more excited than the others, made a motion as if to repel them and In his excitement, he overturned one of the oil lamps that were used as footlights. It fell with a crash into the auditorium and ex ploded. In an instant the stage floor was ablaze and the frightened peo ple surged toward the rear again. The youthful actors fled from the stage and managed to escape, clad In their stage garments. The crowd in the front of the auditorium fled to the rear and they were met by a crowd from the rear, frantic to es cape from the peril of the burning picture machine in the rear. The mob became panic stricken and strong men beat down women and children in their effort to get out of the build ing. Fought For Way Out. t Frank Callen, a blacksmith, seized his 4 year old son and made his way to a window. When he attempted to return to get his wife, she was in a struggling mass of humanity and it was impossible for him to reach her. The flames spread rapidly and many of the audience were caught and ov ercome before they could reach the fire escapes. The frenzied people fought with each other to reach the front entrance. The front entrance was the princi pal means of exit from the building, and a struggling mass of humanity was quickly piled around the doors that led to the street. Smoke over took them and they were burned to death in sight of escape from the seething furnace that surrounded them. A number of people who were attracted by the cries of fire rushed from the street to the entrance to the opera house and up the stairs to the second floor. They succeeded in res cuing some, but were forced to abandon the others to their fate as the quickly advancing flames drove them from the children. Charles B. Spatz, editor of the dally paper and a former member of the legislature escaped, but only to be in jured a few moments later. He was fighting the flames ami was standing upon a ladder, when he slipped and foil. Three ribs were "broken and he was hurt about -the head. Tells His Experience. One man who sat with his wife and young son in the seventh row and who told of his experience today with his body swathed in bandages, said: "Near the end of the third act pic tures were being shown, when sud denly a loud hissing noise was heard. This caused the people in the rear of the house to surge towards the stage as if they wanted to And out the cause. The foot lights were upset and they exploded throwing the blaz ing oil in every direction and the hall was ablaze within a moment. This caused a terrible stampede for the doors and during the next few min utes men became crozed, knocking others down and trampling each other under foot. It was a battle In which the strong only had a chance to es cape. I grabbed my small son, George, and struggled to the window, intending to throw htm out and I suc ceeded in doing so. Fortunately he landed on the Are escape and man aged to climb down to safety. I imagined he would be badly hurt in the fall, but I preferred this to having him burned. I then tried to find my wife, but this was impossible and I searched until the flames grew so hot that I was forced to leave the building and I knew that Esther had been killed as I hunted all around for her and could not find her." The man was almost distracted as he told his story and he was com pelled to cease at times and give way to outbursts of grief. He is the father of five children, four or whom were left at home last night. The special trains from Reading brought members of the state consta bulary, surgeons, trained nurses and a large supply of hospital stores and first aid to the injured appliances. The state constabulary Immediately took charg9 and roped off the scene of horror. Early this morning a gasoline tank exploded and blew down the standing walls and but for the precaution of the guards many others would have been killed. W?.s on Second Floor. The building, which was destroyed, was a large brick structure, three stories high and with a frontage of 125 feet on Philadelphia avenue. The first floor was occupied by the Farmers' National bank and a hardware store. The second and third floors were oc cupied by the opera house, and a lodse room. The building also extended on Wash ington street for a distance of 250 feet. In the rear' of the bank were four large dwelling houses, which were part of the building. These were burned. Survivors and spectators united in sav ing that the attending scenes were the most horrible that can be imagined. People threw themselves from the bal cony into the body of the theater, hop ing to find some means of escape. Oth ers Jumped from the windows of the building and were either maimed or killed. Meanwhile the flames which had broken out on the stage were spreading rapidly throughout the building, seeming eager for their prey. Those who had fallen in the rush and who were so badly maimed that they were beyond all power to strug gle, were wailing in anguish, their cries adding to the horrors of the situ ation. They could do nothing, but wait helplessly for their fate, to be roasted to death in the roaring, raging furn ace. There were many heroes in the awful catastrophe. Some are not alive FINE BUSINESS. The New York Athletic Club Cleared $107,000 in '07. Spent Some $37,000 on Athlet ics During Past Tear. RECORD NOT EQUALED The Club Made Money on the Liquors and Cigars Sold. Its Two Restaurants Ban at a Loss of Almost SI 5,000. New York, Jan. 14. The New York Athletio club spent more than $37,000 on athletics during the past 12 months, and still Increased Its as sets during the year by over $107,000. These Interesting facts were brought to light last evening when the thirty ninth annual report of the club treas urer was read. According to the state ment there axe E028 members enroll ed In the organisation. They are dl dlded into seven honorary, 452 life, 8479 resident, 784 non-resident, 68 army and navy, 67 Junior and 188 athletic members. These members own collectively $1,754,175.12 worth of property In Manhattan. Their out standing obligations amount to $907, 228.40, which leaves a surplus of $846,946.72. The New York Athletic club In creased its assets by $107,374.84 dur ing the past year. This surplus has never before been equaled in the his tory of the organization, and It is ex ceedingly doubtful If any other club in the world can show an increase of more than $100,000 during a fiscal year. In connection with the surplus, it Is well to note that the customary 10 per cent depreciation, amounting to a little more than $13,000, charged oft on house "furnishings, is taken en tirely from the surplus without the usual charges to furnishings accounts. It cost the club $278,961.61 to run the organization during the past year. The club's revenues amounted to $386,836.61. This leaves the profit of a little more than $100,000. Almost $15,000 was lost on the two restaur ants last year, but, on the other hand, the wines, liquors and cigars gave the club a tidy revenue of a little more than $30,000. Athletics costs the club during, the year more than $37,000. The athletic department earned a little over $6, 000. This showed a loss of $31,453.24. WOULD START PANICS. President Forgan's View of the Al dricb Currency Plan. Chicago, Jan. 14. James B. For gan, chairman o the' Chicago Clear ing House association in a letter to Senator Albert J. Hopkins, declares that in his opinion the effect of the proposed Aldrich currency measure, if enacted, would be to enhance the vlue of municipal and railway bonds. He also said that no bank could af ford to avail Itself of the privilege of Increasing its circulation at a cost of at least seven per cent and that the taking out of such currency would defeat the object for which it was provided by giving notice that an emergency exists and starting a panic. He said that it could only be used by the united action of clearing house banks and that it was doubtful if it would be available out of New York city. Other Chicago bankers shared in the view held by Mr. Forgan. bacTto normal All Evidence of Panic Has Dis appeared in Kansas City. Kansas City, Jan. 14. Local bank conditions have become absolutely normal. The Clearing House associa tion has removed all restrictions on the banks and checks will no longer have to bear the stamp of the Clear ing House association and be approved by that body in advance as hereto fore. AH the local banks are doing a large business. The committee of stockholders which examined and approved the assets of the suspended National Bank of Commerce and recommended the bank be reorganized, will meet with Mr. Ridgley, comptroller of the currency in St. Louis today, when the report of the committee will be sub mitted to the comptroller and that official will consider the plan to re organize the bank. SHE ISIYING AT 93. Worth $3,000,000 and Wealthiest Woman In Central Illinois. Chicago, Jan. 14. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Peoria, 111., says: Mrs. Lydia Bradley, founder of the Bradley Polytechnic institute and the wealthiest woman in central Illinois, who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks, is not expected to survive. For more than a week Mrs. Bradley has been sinking and her life has been sustained by the use of stimulants. She is 93 years of age. Her fortune is estimated at 3,uuu,uuu. to tell of their deeds. They gave up their lives for. others. Fathers and mothers, who might have saved them selves, lingered to save their children and perished in the flames. Brothers who might have got out in safety hesi tated to make sure that their sisters were safe and they too were number ed among the dead. Sweethearts, with little thought for themselves, bent all their energies in an effort to rescue their companions and their lives were also added to the great harvest of death. Many who had reached the out side in safety dashed back into the burning building In a mad and fruit less desire to save the lives of their loved ones. POUTICAUJOSSIP Ex-GoTernor Bailey Issues a Formal Statement. Fayors Enactment of State Wide Primary Law. REPLY TO Mil. STUBBS. No Railroad or Corporate Infln ence Backs His Candidacy. Where He Stands Now and Has in the Past. From his home in Atchison. Willis J. Bailey last night sent out a state ment concerning his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor. Mr. Bailey replies to the insinuations which have been made by W. R. Stubbs and his friends concerning the "railroad backing" which la charged against Bailey. The statement fol lows: "It seems to me to be a good deal of presumption on the part of Mr. Stubbs to arrogate to himself and his immediate followers all the progres sive ideas of Republicans as advocated by President Roosevelt and to brand all other Republicans who do not recognize in him a political Moses as belonging to a political machine with headquarters In New York and ten tacles reaching into every county In Kansas. Speaking for myself and without consulting any of my friends, I have this to say: "I doubt' very much at this time the necessity and advisability and wisdom of convening the legislature. But this is a matter of judgment upon which men may honestly differ. But the leg islature has been called together and if I were a member, under the cir cumstances, as they exist in the state at this time, I would vote for a state wide primary law to nominate all offi cers from United States senator down; that all political parties would be com pelled to make their nominations on the same day, and so safeguarded that only Republicans could vote for Re publican nominees and only Demo crats could vote for Democratic nomi nees, and the same to apply to every party that desired to place a ticket In the field for the general election. I would safeguard by law these primary elections as securely as the general elections are safeguarded. And I would make it apply at once so that this law would take the place of all conventions or primaries that have been called or may be called to place in nomination candidates to be voted on at the coming November election. I shall be very glad to submit my chances for the nomination of gover nor on the above conditions and to abide by the decision of the Republi can voters of the state. "By inference and in his speeches Mr. Stubbs charges that I am brought Into the race for governor by the railroads and other corporate Influences. This charge is untrue and unfair. I was persuaded to say I would accept the nomination for governor upon represen tations of Republicans from every part of the state, representing every past faction of the party; that these differ ences of the past could be united upon my candidacy more easily than upon any other gentleman mentioned and that there was a sentiment in the state that I was fairly entitled to the nomi nation in view of the action of the party four years ago when I was denied a second term. If there are any rail road or corporate influences clamoring for my nomination now, it is unknown to me and will be the first time in my political history that I have had such support if I have It now. In my race for the congressional nomination in the First district it is well known that rail road influences brought about my de feat. In my preliminary canvass for the nomination for governor previous to the Wichita convention I was op posed by the railroad influences of the state and it is a fact well known by all familiar with the situation that the Boss Buster movement of 1904 was financed by the railroads and that a large sum of this money was sent into Reno and other counties to bring aoout the success of this movement that was started by men who pose as purists, who declared publicly that donations to political campaigns by corporations was wrong and that all donations for campaign purposes should be publish ed and a public accounting made of all such expenditures. Yet these things leadina: Boss Busters did accept and receipted for money donated by the railroads and used the money, presum ably, for campaign purposes and have never made a public accounting of the "I believe In progress, political, com mercial and in all ways. I believe what Kansas needs now to supplement her splendid Prosperity is more and better railroad service, we nave in tne na tion the interstate commerce commis sion and in our state the board of rail road commissioners, who have full power to adjust fares and equitable freight rates. We now have a 2 cent passenger rate and a stringent anti nass law, which meets my approval. and I believe it does the approval of the great majority ot our people. Upon the ereat national questions. Kansas and Kansas Republicans are in accord with the policies of President Roosevelt and will send a united delegation to Chicago to nominate Secretary Taft for the purpose of carrying forward these policies. "And again I repeat: It is a pre sumDtion for any man or set of men to claim monopoly upon the advocat- ine of these policies in Kansas. Two years ago when the ticket in Kansas was in danger, I gave two months of my time to advocate the principles of Republicanism as set forth by Presi dent Roosevelt. On every stump I de clared for tariff revision, a graduated income tax. so drawn as to meet con stitutional requirements and the gov ernment control of all service cor porations while Stubbs was too busy Attrins- that campaign to raise his hand or his voice for the success of Republican principles or Republican virtorv. 'By their fruits ye shall vnow them.' If I am elected gover nor, it will be by no ante-election plegde to any man or set of men other than I will try to administer the (Duties of governor in a way to meet the approval of the people of Kansas and reflect credit upon my self and my friends." At the Grand opera house this even ing, W. R. Stubbs will address the first local political meeting of the campaign; Mr. Stubbs will speak in behalf of his candidacy for the Re publican nomination for governor, and it is anticipated that he will have a big audience. Mr. Stubbs spoke last nisrht at Con cordia, and had hie crowd. Judire F W. Sturges presided over the meet ing. At the meetlne- at the Grand ouera house this evening, T. A. McNeal, state printer, will preside. There will oe music by two bands, and short ad dresses by all of the "square deal" candidates for the legislature In Shaw nee county. These include Clad Ham ilton, for state senator: Robert Stone, W. S. Bergundthal and A. M. Harvey candidates for membership in the house of representatives. A fight on Senator Long has broken out In his home district. Shep C. Norria, editor of the Garden City Her ald, one of tne radical anu-Long pa pers or tne seventh district, wiu probably be a candidate of the anti- machine Republicans In Finney coun ty for the Republican nomination for the legislature. The present representative from Finney county is W. M. Kin nl son. RABIES EPIDEMIC. Last Mouth Twenty-nine Ohm Wore Reported in New York. New York. Jan. 14. Rabies, according to a statement made by Health Com missioner Darlington, is reaching the proportions of an epidemic In this city. There were 29 oases reported last month. Last year the number of deaths from the disease was twenty seven. As a measure of restriction the health department has made, and will enforce, a regulation requiring owners of dogs captured In the streets to pay a fee of $3 If they wish their dogs to be released- Dr. Darlington complains of the large measure of liberty allowed dog owners, tending, he claims, to pro mote the spread of rabies, uogs may be allowed by their possessors to go about without leashes and unattended, and there Is practically no way of pun ishing the owners. Even the licenses for the animals cannot be revoked without expensive legal process. THAW DEFENSE BEGINS. Witnesses Colled to Prove Insanity in the Family. Tor Vrttr Tan 1 1 The defense began the presentation of Its case at the trial of Harry K. Thaw. Phy- nlftna ir'h.n Vinri &ttfndeA tllO lnSSJie members of the defendant's family, were oalled upon, but by invoicing xne rule of confidential relations between doctor and patient, District Attorney Jerome succeeded In blocking some tv. int.nHpii fpRtlmonv One wit ness was a former teacher of Thaw at Wooster university, wno deciarea the boy's conduct as long ago as 1886 was Irrational. KILLED ON HIS KNEES. Denver Deputy Sheriff Found Dead by His Sons. Denver. Colo., Jan. 14. William Otto Shirey, deputy sheriff and chief clerk to Sheriff Alexander Nlsbet, was found dead by his young sons this morning at his residence, 2800 Curtis street. He had been shot in the breast, when kneeling before a book case. Miss nnn4A nrii .-in vhn wmo discharged yesterday as housekeeper for the Shirey family, was arrested at Lafayette, Col., today on suspicion. She left the city on a morning train. EARLE HOME ROBBED. The Artist Sustains a Loss of About $25,000. 7.. -Vlr Ton 1 4 A C MM. taker visited the residence of Fred erick Earie. tne arnsx at monroo, Orange county, yesterday, he dlscov- awa f-Viat Kn ra-n rti no.M fh-A nlAce a visit, stealing or ruining pictures. more than $25,000. Mr. Earl a left about three months ago for Italy, fol lowing domestic complications which gained wide publicity at the time. ATCHISON LIQUOR CASES. Fourteen of the 23 Prosecutions Will Be Dropped If Jolntlsts Quit. Atchison. Kan., Jan. 14. Attorney General Jackson did not come to Atchison Monday as reported, but in stead sent Assistant Shukers to look after the liquor cases which came up in district court. There are in all twenty-three cases against liquor vio lators pending in the district court. Fourteen cases were passed Monday, and it is understood that the defend ants and the attorney general have reached an agreement and the prose cution will be dropped. The men un der arrest from the first raid of the attorney general with the exception of Steve Hayes, have agreed to quit tne liauor business In Atchison county. Haves was in the first bunch, but by re-engaging in the business another warrant was issuea ior nis arrest ana he skipped the country. More Pleasant 'Weather. "This is the finest winter weather that the records of this office, which have been kept for the past 21 years shown at any time during that per iod, "is the way Assistant Weather Observer Flora describes the condi tions today, which are the same as those of the past month. The sun has shown every minute during the day and the temperature is such that an overcoat is in the way. There has been a stiff breeze blowing from the south at the rate of 20 miles an hour most of the day and. this has kept the duet in motion and furnished'- the only disagreeable feature of the day. The temperatures since early morn ing are shown by the following table: 7 o'clock 22111 O'clock 31 8 o'clock 22jl2 o'clock 44 9 o'clock 24 1 o'clock 48 10 o'clock 30 2 o'clock 4$ Michigan Decides to Quit. Ann Arbor, Mich.. Jan. 14. The board of control of athletics last night decided to withdraw the University of Michigan at once from the western conference. STUBBSMUST SAY Question of Which .Office He Wants Is Dp. Conference to Settle It Is Being Held Today. H. B. JHILLEK IS HERE. May Unite on Him or Tom McNeal. Definite Announcement Expect ed to Be Made Tonight. H. B. Miller, senator from Osage county, W. R. stubbs, the square deal candidate for governor, and T. A. Mo Neal, state printer, are all to be In Topeka this afternoon, together with a number of other prominent political leaders of the "square deal" peel, and It to expected that at this confer ence It will be finally settled whether or not W. R. Stubbs la to continue la the race tor the Republican nomina tion for governor. The result of this oonfereno will likely be a definite statement from Mr. Stubbs positively withdrawing from the race for the nomination for the Unified States senate, and a declara tion of his intention to fight out the governorship battle on the line which am ama atarxea. II Mr. Stubbs decides on this course, he will probably make the formal announcement In. his speech at the Grand opera house this evening. On the other hand, It may be ar ranged, thet Mr. Stubbs is to withdraw from the race for the governorship, and In that case, he would try to hand the square deal support over to either T. A. MoNeal or H. B. Miller. It Is believed that the announce ment of the Public Opinion at Osage City of H. B. Miller's candidacy for governor was a "premature explo sion" and was without Senator Mil ler's sanction. The chances are that Senator Miller will not be In the race, but that he will give his support to Stubbs. It Is very likely, however, that if Mr. Stubbs decides to withdraw from the race for governor, he will endeavor to turn the support of the square dealers to T. A. McNeal. Mr. McNeal Is about the only man who would be generally satisfactory to the square dealers as a substitute for Stubbs. and It Is doubtful whether he could hold together the present Stubbs organisation. It Is likely, however, that H. B. Miller and Clyde Miller would be willing to throw their sup port to Mr. McNeal. Mr. McNeal is a receptive candidate for the Job, and if Mr. Stubbs decides to quit the fight for the office cr governor, Mr. McNeal Is almost certain to get In as a square deal candidate. The men In charge of he Stubbs headquarters are said to be unwilling that Mr. Stubbs should quit the fight. One of them is said to have threatened to quit the whole thing and go home If Stubbs does not stand by his guns. By withdrawing from the race for gov ernor. It is likely that the square deal ers would not only lose their chance for nominating a governor, but that Stubbs might sacrifice his chance of going to the senate. People don't like to have a candidate switch around so much. Members of the house and senate be gan to arrive In town today In consid erable numbers. One of the first to come was W. S. Fltapatrick, the lead er of the machine In the state senate. Senator Fitz pa trick was cheery and good natured as usual, but would not express an opinion on what the sen ate lodge was going to do. "Will you introduce your primary bint" was asked. "I don't know that I will." he re plied. "What will the -senate do? Pass the primary bill 7" X "I don't know. I wouldn't object to putting on the brakes but somehow the brakes don't seem to work." W. T. Morgan, of Hutchinson, also arrived this morning, but he went on to Kansas City, and will be back Wednesday. Mr. Morgan's paper, the Hutchinson News, was jockeyed out of- the county printing In Reno county the other day. It went to Hutchinson Times, of Wnlclv A. I SDonsler is editor. LEAVITT DENIES IT. Bryan' Son-tu-Lw Says There Is No Trouble In Hm Family. Paris, Jan. 14. W. H. Leavitt, son-in-law of William J. Bryan, today characterized as absurd the reports that divorce proceedings by his wife were In contemplation. Mr. Leavitt received a letter from his wife. Mrs. Leavitt and the children accompanied by Mrs. Bryan, are going to Cairo to spenl the winter for the benefit of the children's health. They will return to Paris and Join Mr. Leavitt In April. RETIRE SCHOOL WARRANTS. City Treasurer to Pay Off Forty Thou sand Dollars Worth. Forty thousand dollars worth of school warrants from 1905, which have for the past two years been drawing 6 per cent interest, will be retired this month by the board of education. Notices are being sent out today by M. M. Hale, treasurer of the board, to hold ers of the warrants announcing that after January 20th no interest will be allowed on the warrants and that the warrants should be presented for payment. About $100,000 of money belonging to the boaTd of education will be received by the treasurer this month from taxes. The board has not enough money to meet all the obligations that fall due and the school teachers are usually paid in warrants which are cashed at the banks. The warrants are a good investment be cause they draw 6 per cent and are ths equivalent of bondsas far as surety is con cerned. It's expensive for the board, but it's a custom that has been followed for a number of years, to create a floating in debtedness. Weather Indications. Chicago, Jan. 14. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally fair tonight and Wed nesday; warmer-tonight.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1908. A GREAT Clearance Sale Men's, Women's, Children's SHOES All Sizes and Widths Ladies' $5.00 Shoes In patent colt, vici kid and gun metal, light or heavy, hani sewed Jo QC soles. Choice pO.OJ Ladies' $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes, all styles in patent and vici turn or welt soles o QC Choice ip.OO Ladies' $3.00 and $3.50 Samples and broken lots, piled on tables for quick selling. Do not miss these bargains. j 1 QQ Choice ipl.VO Ladies, $2.60 and $2.00 Shoes In vici kid and box calf, light or heavy soles, laco or fc 1 AO Blucher. Choice P .tO An elegant assortment of child ren's ehoes in plain and fancy patterns, worth up to oe $1.50. Choice OJJC Open Wednesday Until 1C-.30 P. M. SHOE 515 KANSAS 25 Lbs. Best Gran- g Q ulated Sugar a CWith 5 order of other goods, sugar included.) Choice Apples, per prck 50c Fancy Seeded Raisins, pkg 10c Kew Dates, 3 lb for 23c Red Kidney Beans, 3 lb. for 25c Armour's Bulk Mince Meat, 2 lb. 25c Shelled Rice Pop Corn, lb 5c Fancy Canned Corn, can.. c per doz. 85c; per case, 2 doz. .$1.C5 3 lb. Can Tomatoes ....10c Pork Sausage, (our own make) lb 15c New Navy Beans, 6 lb 25c Large can Pineaple Chunks 15c Good Salmon, can..... 10c Flaked Hominy, 7 lb 25c Cracked Hominy, 7 lb 25c Pure Hog Lard, lb 11c Compound Lard, lb 10c Best Kansas Coal Oil, gal 10c Choice Cranberries", qt 10c Best Yet Flour (high patent) 50-Tb. sack $1.35 Fancy Shoulder Steak or Roast, two lbs 15c Fanry Oysters, solid meats, qt....5Gc Pearl Rice, per lb ..5c Fancy Sour Pickles, per gal 25c Hamburg Steak, Tb 10c Good Saur Kraut, per gallon 15c Swift's "Special Lincoln" Butterme. 2- Tb brick 25c Best Granulated Sugar, 20 lbs for. $1 High Grade Butterine (Armour's Buttercup) 2 lb. brick 35c Horseshoe and Star Tobaco, lb. .40c '"Fancy Iowa Potatoes. 60 lb. for 75c Good Boiling Beef, lb 4Mo Fancy Rib Roast 10c Fresh Roasted Coffee, lb 11c FRASER BROS.' C O. D. STORE Southeast cor. 6th and Jackson Sis. Both Phones 660. The Store That Crts tli rice. HEAT Io the Right Place At the Right Time That't it where yo warn it-when you want il and it you only knew how eaiy it to carry from room to room and how much cheery comfort yon can have with a PERFECTION Oil Heater iWITW MOKCblM MVtCb No tmoha bo srooll. lagMine taper il gnrm a brilliant, tttady light. Equipped with latMi cantral 4uU burner. Wm Mr mum tcucy lor detenpttvt Circular it roi don't find it at your dealer. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Surge's Dining Hall, 109 East 6th Ave. Oood meals served at reason- able prices. j The best ventilated and most comfortable place In the city. Tnr i Short orders in connection. Stmcmber the place. j 1C9 E,ast 6th St. I L. M. PENWELL Undertaker and Lmbalmer 511 Quiocy Straat otb Pboaos 19 Journal ads. reach the most buyers. i i I ii n M 2 Men's $5.00 Patent Colt and vel our calf ehoes, hand-sewed, sin gle or double soles. fc QC Choice pJ.OiJ Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes, pat ents, vici and box calf, the best shoes ever sold in 4iO QC Topeka for Di.OiJ Men's $3.00 and $2.50 Dress and Work Shoes, vici kid, box calf and Kang. calf, light or heavy soles. $1.98 Choice. Men's $2 and $2.50 "Work Shoes light and heavy leath- d AO ers, great bargains at..Pa"0 Boys' and Misses' $2.00 double' sole shoes in vici kid dJI QC and calf, choice pl.OJ EVEKY PAIR GUARANTEED CO. AVENUE CLEANLINESS" is the watchword for ripnlrh anA vi fort and beatify. Mankind is learning not only the necessity but the luxury of c'eanli- i ness. SAPCLI0, which has wrought such changes in the home, announces her sister triumph HAND S APO LIO FOR TOILET AND BATH A special soap which energizes the whole body. starts the circulation and leaves an exhflaratina 1 i .ii i j giow. nu grocers ana aruggisis. t !DUB1R!GUS MONLY J Is that v.hich is so invested as t n to be earning interest. J If you wish to have some- thing to show for your economy and a secure place for your money ycu should put your 2 savings in The Capitol Building Loan Ass'n. N. E. Cor. 6th and Kan. Ave. Whre it -.ri!I be safe from loss :or thoughtless expenditure and earn COMPOUND INTEREST BOMIHMMBKni OUR THEORY i'hat one pleased customer brings another is doing its mission nobly. The Five Cents a Day Telephone Is proving more popular daily. Missouri Kansas Tel. Co. Phono 999. GRAIN MEN ARE HERE. State Association Meets, But Presi dent Is Absent. The opening session of the Kansas Grain Growers' association was held in the Darlora of the Throop hotel this morning, being the tenth annual event of the kind to be held In this state. Owing to the absence of the president, A. AJtkins of St. John, who is de tained at his home by Illness, as well as the authors of both papers on the programme for the morning session, but little business was transacted. The meeting was called to order by R. E. Cox of Elsmore, the vice presi dent of the association who made a brief talk in which he spoke of the trials which have beset the association during the year. "We have had much to contend with as an association," he said, "but while the year Just closed has been a trying one in many ways I feel that the association has come out of It stronger for the fact. We are in better shape at this time than at any other in the past to be of benefit to each other as an association." The address on "Demurrage" which was to have been delivered by C. A. Burkes of Deoatur was read by the secretary as the author had notified the secretary of the association that it would be impossible for him to reach the city in time for its delivery. F. W. Dickenson of Humbolt was on the programme for a paper on "Grain Men's Burdens" but he was also ab sent when called for and his brother, A. G. Dickenson read a paper on the subject. A dinner will be given to night at the Throop and the session continued tomorrow. New York Money Market. New York, Jan. 14. MONEY Money on call steady, 3H3 per cent, ruling rate 44, closing bid 3 and offered at4. Time loans 60 and 90 days, and 6 months. 5 Ier cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile naper 67 per cent:sterling exchange steady, with actual business !n bankers' bills at ti.95'&4.2S55 for demand and at $4.813Ca4.81S5 for 60 day bills: commercial bills, $4.Slig4.81H SILVER Bar silver. 56c; Mexican dol lars. 44c. BONDS Government bonds steady. Cotton Market. New York, Jan. 14. COTTON Sales to day 218 bales. Spot cotton closed 10 points higher. Middling uplands, $11.66: middling gulf, J11.90. ScA fer. If your doctor approves, then use Ayer'e Hair Vigor. He know the best treat ment for your hair. Trust him. If sick hair only ached as sick teeth do, there would be very few bald people in the world. Why be kind to your teeth and mean to your hair? Ayer's Hair Vigor keeps well hair well. Cures sick hair. Feeds weak hair. A hair-food, a hair-medicine, a hair-tonic. c-A0"0- NELSONJN FORM. Secures a Clean Knockout Over Jack Clifford at Ogden. A Scheduled 20-Ronnd Battle Ends in the Fifth. Ogden, Utah, Jan. 14. Battling Nel son of Chicago, scored a clean knock out over Jack Clifford of Grass Valley, Cal., at the Grand theater here last night, putting Clifford to the floor for many seconds over the count In the fifth round of a scheduled 20 round contest. Clifford broke a bone in his left wrist in the first round. Outfought as he always is. Nelson, head down and fists busy, kept coming every sec ond of the five busy rounds, and final ly in the midst of a hot rally near the ropes, put over a short right uppercut that caught Clifford flush on the point of his Jaw. The California boy went down fiat on his back, his head hitting the floor with great force, and it was two or three minutes before he regain ed consciousness. The fourth round was Clifford's, al though Nelson appeared the stronger. In the fifth Clifford swung his right squarely on Nelson's chin. It did not stop the Dane a second, and in the next rally he hooked his right on the Jaw, Clifford sinking to the floor completely out. Clifford weighed 133, Nelson about 135. DEATH OF G. W. WARDEN. ioneer Citizen of Garden City After a Short Illness Passes Away. Garden City. Jan. 14.-G. W. Warden, one of the old settlers in this part of the state died yesterday from a com plication of troubles from which he has been ailing for a number of weeks. Mr. Warden came to this section of Kansas about 20 years ago and settled on a r laim east of Garden City. A few years later he moved to this place and en gaged in the saddle and harness busi ness which he has conducted in con nection with a notion store since that time. He completed a stone block on Main street several months ago into which he moed his store and it is supposed that the additional work incident to the occupancy of the building brought on the trouble which resulted in his death. He is survived by his wife, one son and one daughter. The death of Mr. War den marks the passing of the fourth early settler of Finney county within the past 30 days, all of whom were prominentlv identified with the up building of western Kansas and were men of influence and prominence at the time of their death. WORLD IS AFFECTED. By Roosevelt's Threats Against the Trusts, Says Reichstag Member. Berlin. Jan. 14. In the course of an interpellation in the reichstas to day in reference to the high rate of discount charged by the Imperial bank, Count von Kanitze, conserva tive, sugegsted that President Roose velt's "threats against the trusts" was responsible for the critical financial situation existing today throughout the entire world. Frank Clough Goes Free. Frank Clough, a Bourbon county convict, was released from the peni tentiary today by Governor Hoch. Clough was sent up for robbery in January, 1903, to serve 12 years. He is now in the prison hospital with locomotor ataxia, and the doctors say that his death is close at hand. He will be taken oare of by his father. The pardon was recommended by the judge, county attorney and jury that participated in his trial. H. U. Mudge, formerly general man ager of the Santa Fer now vice presi dent of the Rock Island, is In Topeka today on a short business trip. Shopmen! with each suit or overcoat order we are giving free a $5 fancy silk mixed vest. Our price for suit or overcoat made to your order and guar anteed is only $15, Including extra a $5 silk mixed fancy vest. Scotch Woolen Mills, 532 Kansas avenue. Engineer T. O. Jones has returned to work on runs Nos. 113 and 114 between Topeka and Florence after having been off on account of an engine failure. En gineer W. Sherman was in his place. New York Produce Market. New York, Jan. 14. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery, common to specials. 15 CHEESE-Steady. State full creamery, rniall colored and white fine, 15-ic; ditto large colored fine. 15Jc; white, 15c; ditto good to prime. 1hi9lBCi ditto late made best. Il'a::2c; ditto common to fair, 9H& llM,c. EGGS -Easy. Western and southerns, first. 26V4c; seconds, 2526c. POULTRY Dressed were quiet. West ern choice chickens, 1320c; turkr ItTt 16,tc; fow'3, 1013c. Children's Ceughs and colds cause the little ores needless suffering:. With Piso's Core in the house serious colds can be prevent ed and speedy relief afforded. Pleasant to the taste and free from opiates and harmful in gredients. Piso's Cure is the one remedy by which all dan ger from coughs, colds. Bron chitis and chest affections Can be Averted i TAYLOR ISCKOSEN Again Elected President of the Topeka-Southwestern. W. H. Davis and C. W. Merriani as Direetor-i. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Topeka Southwestern Railway company held In this city this morn ing the following directors were elect ed: Frederick J. Curnlck, New York city; C. W. Merriam. Topeka; Chas. K. Holliday, Topeka; W. L. Taylor, Topeka; T. J. Anderson, Topeka; E. B. Merriam, Topeka; Edwin A. Austin, Topeka; W. H. Davis, Topeka; Peter Heil, Topeka; Henry W. McAfee, To peka: John R. Tomson, Dover; T. P. Babst, Dover; W. K. Beach, Keene; A. F. Wade, Keene; J. M. Miller, Coun cil Grove; John Y. Waugh, Eskridge; W. H. Melrose, Eskridge; A. J. Skeen, Eskridge; R. C. Young, Chalk; W. F. Shamleffer, Council Grove; H. E. Richter, Council Grove. The only change from the old list of board of directors was the addition of ex-Mayor W. H. Davis and C. W. Mer riam. At the meeting of the board of directors, W. L. Taylor was elected president; C. K. Holliday, vice presi dent; W. F. Shamleffer, second vice president; E. B. Merriam, treasurer; A. G. Goodwin, secretary. The direc tors also appointed H. F. Guthrie aud itor. By electing E. B. Merriam treas urer, it will bring the banking of the Topeka-Southwestern to Topeka, here tofore Mr. T. P. Babt of Dover, has been treasurer. Mr. Babst was also president of the Dover State bank, but sometime ago he sold his Interest In the Dover bank, and on account of be ing so far from Topeka could not han dle the treasurership. W. L. Taylor, president, submitted a report to the stockholders showing what the company had accomplished during the past year. He explained to the stockholders the contract they en tered into' with Lamprecht Bros, on the 23rd day of last May; at that time there had been nothing done with the exception of voting bonds in the city of Topeka and the various townships through which the line passes. In the contract entered into with the Con struction company and Lamprecht Bros. Co., It was necessary that the Topeka Southwestern Railway com pany furnish the right of way and lo cate the line. When the railroad com pany has furnished the right of way, the bankers and the Construction com pany were to build a railroad on It. Mr. Taylor's report shows that during the past year the company has acquired something like twenty-five miles of right of way, and made the permanent location of the line for the entire dis tance. NEW CANDIDATE FOR PRINTER W. C. Austin Enters the Lists Against Albert T. Reid. William C. Austin, editor of the Chase County Leader, at Cottonwood Falls, today announced himself as acandidale for the Republican nomination for state printer. The only other candidate thuo far announced for this office is Albert T. Reid of Topeka and Leavenworth. W. O. Austin, New Candidate lor State Printer. Mr. Austin had been editor of the Leader for five years, and was born and reared in Chase county. He held the office of register of deeds in that county, and is now vice president of the Kansas State Editorial association. At the last meeting of the Fourth dis trict editorial association he was rec ommended for president of the State Editorial association. Mr. Austin expects to make his fight under the direct primary law. "I an ticipated," he said, "that the special ses sion will enact the primary law and make it effective at once." Plies Cured In 0 to 14 Days. FAZO OINTMENT la guaranteed to cuie any case of itching, blind or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded.60c DEAD MAY PASS 160. Latest Estimate From Bojertowu Origin of the Disaster. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 14. Esti mates place the number killed In last night's theater horror at from 125 to 160. The town officials think at least 160 lives were lost. Only a few were Injured. It is possible the list of dead will exceed 160. AH is confusion and it will be late this afternoon before any thing like an orderly count can be made. What may be a true statement of the cause of the disaster was given by an eye witness. Toward the end of the performance, the man In charge of the moving picture machine was testing his apparatus and it gave forth a hissing sound. This caused a stir-in the audience and somebody on the stage lifted the curtain for the evi 4nt purpose of seeing what the com motion was about. On the front of the stage was a tintank eight feet long and a few inches higher than this was placed twelve kerosene lamps, which served as footlights. The curtain tilted this tank over and started the fire. There were 310 paid admissions to the performance and It is believed that about .440 persons were in the hall In cluding the performers. Most of them were adults, as the show was not of a sort to appeal to children and conse quently there was comparatively few victims of a tender age- Dr. Frank R. Brunner, of Washing ton township, is believed to have perish ed. Dr. Brunner was one of the most prominent men in Berks county. He stood high in the medical councils of the state, was a frequent writer for the press and for 40 years was a power In Democratic politics. Dr. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Powder Cleanses, preserves and beautifies the teeth, and Purifies the breath A superior dentifrice for people of refinement Established in 1866 by Uiems Xov ths North Topeka column mty e jeft at the Petro ft Woodford dmg tftore, 839 North itaojaa avenue, or call the North Side reverter c.t her home, lno. fUone Szi.J Mr. Stewart Henry is out and around again after three weeks ser-. ious Illness. Mr. Louis Studer of Independence, Kan., is here visiting- ms rolks and will leave today for Kansas City. Mr. C. C. Berry of 1418 Quincy street, who has been very sick for the past two weeks, remains about the same. Mr. O. Fulmer of Rochester spent the day in town today. The class for training teachers will meet at the Christian church tonight. Everybody is Invited to attend the class. Mr. Chas. Steinberger of Wakene, Kan., was a North Topeka visitor to day. Mrs. Stewart returned to her home in Shawnee, Okla., today after a visit with relatives and friends here for the past three weeks. Mr. J. L. Hays left yesterday for Canon City, Colo., for a few weeks business trip. Mr. Martin Manstein of Hill City, Kan., has returned home after spend ing the holidays andi the past week with relatives here. Mrs. Chas. Menrtin andi Miss Marie Pancee spent the day today in Kan sas City visiting relatives end friends while on their way to St. Louis. Mr. Jake Kelley of Atchison spent the past week visiting his sister, Mrs. Alexander here. Mr. Luthye of Silver Lake was a North Side visitor today. Mr. Harry Deyman of "Wellington, Kan., passed through here tod'ay and visited with friends for a short time while on his way to Chicago where he will remain permanently. Miss Eunice Mullen of EnidX Okla., will arrive here in a few days to visit with her parents and go on to Kan sas City where she will take up the study of music. Mr. Frank Dusteen of Hoyt, Kan., was vlsting with friends here today. Misses Carrie, Hazel and Beulah Mil ler will go to Manhattan, Kan., Thurs day and spend the week's end with their cousin, Miss Bertha Brossman. Mr. Melvern Braekman of St. Joe will spend the day Friday with friends and relatives here. Mr. Jack Wilson of Newton, Kan., will be the guest of Mr. Paul Martin next week. Miss Josephine Briswell of Alma, Kan., will spend next week with her aunt, Mrs. Call and attend the Mid winter. Miss Florence Peterson of Onego, Kan., will be the guest of her sis ter. Miss Martha Peterson, during the Midwinter. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and family of Meriden left today for Emporia, Kan., where they will make their fu ture home. Miss Maggie Ancel went to Kansas City today to spend a few days with her brother and family. A pleasant surprise party was given last night on Miss Catherine Johnson at her home on Quincy street, the affair being in celebration of her eighteenth birthday. The evening was spent in playing games, musio and conversation. Ice cream and cake were refreshments served. About forty guests were present. A pretty quiet home wedding took place last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Neuman, when their daughter, Mabel was married to Mr. Louis C. Brownsman of Osage City. Only relatives were present. Mr. and Mrs. Brownsman left today for Los Angeles where they will spend their honeymoon and return to Osage City to make their future home. Roller skating tonight. Ladies free. Tacky skating party tomorrow night at Music hall. ONE MORE YEAR IN CUBA Then the Island Will Be Turned Over to the Natives. Washington, Jan. 14. In transmit ting to the senate today the report of provisional Governor Magoon on con ditions In Cuba, the president said: "I am glad to be able to say that we can now definitely announce that by or before February 1, 1909, we shall have turned over the island to the president and congress to be elected next December by the people of Cuba. Our word to turn the island over to its own people, will be scrup ulously regarded." IF Gnppe 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. AUDrassKta MILLS' STORE NEWS Tuesday, January 14, igo8. Sale of Black Broadcloths Short Lengths and Part-Pieces We have culled these lengths from stock and made the price-inducements strong enough to sell them all tomorrow morning. We state the number of yards in the short lengths, so that you will know just what you can use them for before you come to the sale. As 'there are so few pieces all may be sold out before you decide, should you hesitate. 2y2 yards of 60 inch $4.00 cloth at. .$2.50 yd. 4 yards of 56 inch $3.50 cloth at $2.50 yd. ey2 yards of 56 inch $3.00 cloth at .$2.25 yd. lli yards of 54 inch $3.00 cloth at $2.25 yd. liy2 yards of 54 inch $2.50 cloth at $1.75 yd. y2 piece of 50 inch $1.75 cloth at $1.25 yd. y2 piece of 50 inch $1.00 cloth at $1.37 yd. Bearskin Cloth for Half We wish to sell the remainder of these cloths before Inventory Half Price should accomplish the purpose for colorings are all good: Red, grey, navy, white-and-black, also white. 12.25 Bearskin $i.lS yard $2G Bearskin $1.25 yard $2.75 Bearskin tJ&TYi yard Remnants of Silks for Half Well chosen Silks plain or fancy lengths up to waist patterns. Special assortment for tomorrow's selling at Half Price. Why Make Your Vndermuslins? Our January Sale of new muslin underwear offers the most remark able values In fine garments which this store has ever presented. Examination will prove to you conclusively that these undermusllns are In many cases finer at the prices than those you would made for yourself. This line is entirely new. and being purchased under most favorable conditions, the garments can be sold for less than any we have ever shown. The materials of all have been chosen from the very best. Not a coarse elbth or piece of lace or embroidery has been used in making any garment in this line. The entire North Room on the Second Floor Is devoted to the display of Undermaslins this week. Visit the sale tomorrow. TRAINS A DAY TO VICTOREX BAKING POWDER SHOULD BE USED IN EVERY HOME. Because it is absolutely pure. Because it is scientifically prepared. Because it complies with all Pure Food Laws. Because it is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Because it is a Kansas product. FOR SALE BY Eagle's Silver Statue 10c (Eigar AT AIX GOOD DEALERS TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. T ,ort scotch Collie pup, brown, with a white collar. Reward. Harry Steinberg, 927 Monroe st. Ind. shone 108O. The healing household remedy. Satin skin cream should always be handy. 25c. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. George P. Bates died at the home of htr son. W. I Bates, 1832 Park avenue a few minutes after noon today, at the age of 81 years, from a complication of troubles incident to her advanced age. Mrs. Bates was numbered among the old residents of the city having lived in Topeka since 1869. Her husband died about four years ago. Robert Da Armond, father of Mrs. K. C. Thrall, died at his home, 1614 College avenue last night of paralysis and a complication of troubles inci dent to his age, 76. The funeral ser vice will be held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock after which the body will be shipped to Hedrick, la., for burial. The- funeral of J. J- Morton who died Sunday will be held from the family home, 200 Harrison street, Wednesday morning at 10:30. What Causes Headache. From Oct. to May colds are the most fre quent cause of headache. LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE removes cause. E. W. Groves on box. 25c. 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 60 cent bottles. It breaks up a case of chills or bilious at tack in almost no time; and it puts yellow jaundice clean out of commission." This great tonic medicine and .blood purifier gives quick relief In ill stomach, liver and kidney complaints and the misery of lame back. Sold under guarantee at all drug stcres. Pure candles at Price's drug store. The Mills Co.. Topeka Lav Returning Topeka. Lv. Kan City 4:30 A. M. A. M. 5:50 A. M. 10:40 A. M :O0 A. M. UKw A. M. !:K P. M. 11:20 A. M. P. M. 6:10 P. M 7:25 P. M. 10:00 P. M. I X P. M. 10:16 P M. KANSAS CITY DOUBLE TRICK- NO STOPS-FAST TIKE. 1 icket Offices -First and Kansas Avenns. and 831 Korth Kansas Avonna. ALL GROCERS. 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 as the country and its inhabitants Are You n Thinking A TRIP Abroad See me if you are The journey may be made at the cost of railroad ticket and ordinary traveling expenses only; or more expensively in special private train, ticket for which includes charges for sleeper, meals, guides, inter preter, fees, etc DONT DELAY 'Phone 682 P. 0. Address: Topeka. T. L King, City Pastnngor Agent. YOUR GROCER SELLS Ideal Washing Flake

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVHN1NG, JANUARY 14, 1903. A $1 a Week IS ALL YOU NEED Not a cold snap, nor is it a snap for US, but a Big Snap for You. After taking inventory, we find that we have more goods on hand than we should have at this time of the year. We cut the prices to such an extent that the prices must move them. Our price is the same, Cash or Credit. If you haven't all the money, have it charged. 509 Kansas Ave. 0. C Mortrude, Manager. ESTATE IN HIS MIND. Man Willed Away $1,000,000 WMch He Did Xot Have. New York, Jan. 14. Confident that his inventions and investments would net millions to his estate, Walter T. Griffin, ex-United States consul to Limoges, France, who died in Brook lyn yesterday, left a will dated three days before his death in which he made bequests of over $1,000,000 to relatives and friends and large gifts to charitable and philanthropic enter prises. Mr. Griffin's chief interests were in a concern known as the Peat Chemical company, which friends of his explain had been organized with a view to exploiting an invention for utilizing peat instead of coal as steam producing fuel, a large plant having, they state, been built at Ogdensburg, X. Y., for this purpose with another plant in Mexico under construction. According to Dr. James A. Blake of Brooklyn, to whom the will entrusts the philanthropic bequests, Mr. Grif fin's fortune consists solely of his stock in this enterprise, which is in corporated under New York laws with a capital of $20,000,000. "Until something more tangible than this is disclosed, I shall not both er myself about carrying out the terms of the bequest," he said. Attorneys for the estate say its value is prob lematical. Contingent upon its devel opment or retrogression it may. they say. be worth all the way from $20,000 to $2,000,000. A JOKE ON DICK COOLiEY. Davy Jones Tells How He ITooled To pe U a Magnate in Chicago Game. Dave Jones tells this one: "We were playing In Chicago years ago and the game was close and interesting. All the players were bending to their work with a will. In the seventh Dick Cooley hit the ball on a line ror my riela. It was a smashing drive and I started to run as the ball left the bat. I had a long run for It and barely reached the ball to gather It In with one hand. As th ball landed in my hand Cooley turned first base. He glanced in my direction and. seeing me till running, he dug out for second. think ing the ball had passed me, as I had been unable to slow down all at once. "When I saw the joke I ke:t on run ning, too. Cooley. turning second, saw me still running and he sprinted for home. He glanced back and watched me throw the ball to an lnfielder to relay it in. Coo-ley passed third at his best speed and flew down the line, making a grandstand slide over the plate, where the catcher, who had tumbled to the situation, was stand ing with arms outstretched as though to take the throw. "How that crowd did yell as Cooley landed on the plate In a cloud of dust. Fans stood up and laughed till they cried. Cooley arose and brushed his clothes be fore starting to the bench. The crowd Kept on cheering and he doffed his hat and smiled broadly. It wasn't until he had reached the bench that he learned that the ball had been caught. "Sore? Say, he would hardly speak to me during the rest of the series." Pitts burg Press. RETRENCHMENT TEMPORARY So Says Vice President Clarke of the Missouri Pacific. Little Rock. Ark.. Jan. 14. "Re trenchment on the part of the Mis souri Pacific on its different lines is indirectly due to a decrease in busi ness on account of the financial situa- sthe old Dinner Set "frayed" on the edges and short on Dinner Plates, Vegetable Dishes and, perhaps, Cups and Saucers Take advice, and start the upbuilding- of an entire new service with sufficient dishes for the din ner. We have many hand3ome open-stock patterns from which you can make j-our selection and buy only such articles you need, and add to them at your pie aure. Look them over, and we wiii tell you the prices. CHAS. McCLINTOCK TEA. COFFEE AND CROCKEY, 815 Kansas Avenue SNAP tlon," said C. S. Clarke, vice presi dent of the Missouri Pacific lines, who was in Little Rock today on a tour of Inspection. "Movement of freight is on the decrease at present," he con tinued, "and to meet this decrease it is necessary for us to cut down ex penses by reducing- forces and cutting the working hours of the men. This condition of affairs will remedy Itself In a short time I firmly believe. There is a limit, of course, to the retrench ment we may make. The organiza tion of the working forces can not be jeopardized, and the road must be in readiness for the resumption of heavy traffic." The financial situation has reached its limit of depression, according to the opinion of Mr. Clarke. "The pres ent industrial depression," he says, "is the logical outcome of the financial de pression, and must in its turn give way to industrial prosperity. There is no real reason for the situation of the past few months. Crops have been good, work has been easy to secure, and labor has been well paid. The panic was nothing more or less than a stop on the part of the country to take inventory and count up profit and loss. For the past few years we have had an unprecedented period of pros perity, and now that we have paused to consider and reflect, it is likely to continue." ATTACKS PULLMAN RATES. La Follette Says a Car Pays For It self in Two Years. Washington, Jan. 14. George S. Loftus of St. Paul accompanied by Senator La Follette has filed -with the Interstate commerce commission a petition asking for a reduction of 25 rjer cent in the lower berth rates of the Pullman company and the fixing i of the rates for upper berths at one half that of the lower berth rate. The reduction Is asked on all interstate business throughout the United States. Mr. Loftus represents the Minnesota Shippers association, which started the private car Investigation two years ago and he has had the ad vice and the support of Senator La Follette. Some months ago a complaint was made against the Pullman company in regard to rates from northwestern points. A hearing was had at St. Paul, at which representatives of the company refused to produce Its books or to answer questions. This resulted in a postponement of the hearing. In the meantime the ship pers association broadened its Inquiry with the result that this petition was filed. The petition avers that the Pullman company has Invested $28, 000,000 while it is capitalized for $125,000,000 and its net earnings are approximately twenty per cent per annum on capitalization In addition to a surplus and that each car, ac cepting the company's estimate of its cost, pays for itself every two years. Because of the unreasonable rates charged and the abnormal revenue resulting," the petition declares, "the Pullman company Is so powerful that it now controls the sleeping car busi ness of the United States and is so arrogant that it denies the right and power of the government to inquire into its earnings or to regulate Its business." Cracked the Safe. Wymore, Neb., Jan. 14. Robbers cracked the safe of the State bank here last night, secured $200 and escaped. Interest Stopped on 1905 School War rants. All holders of school warrants stamped "not paid for want of funds" during the year 1905, are hereby no tified that interest on said warrants will stop January 20, 1907, and war rants will be paid. M. M. HALE. Treasurer Board of Education, To peka, Kansas. Tlie Moulton Lectures. The second lecture in the university extension course will be given on Wed nesday, January 15. Subject, "Romec and Juliet: A Study of Pathos." An extra lecture will be given on the afternoon of January 22 on "The Book of Job." This will be open to all holders of course tickets and to others on the recular admission fee for single lectures. Course tickets $1; single lectures 25 cents. I tank Foolishness. "When attacked by a coush or a cold or when your throat Is sore it is rank foolishness to take any other medicine than Dr. King's New Discovery." says C. O. Kldridge of Empire, Ga. "I have used New Discovery seven years and I know It is the best remedy on earth for coughs and eo'.ds. croup, and all throat and lung troub.es. My children are subject to croup but New Discovery quickly cures every at tacK Known the world over as the King of throat --r.d lung; remedies. Sold under guarantee by all druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free Be Well Dressed And You WUlBe Respected 509 Kansas Ave. 0. C Mortrude, Manager. CRISIS IN JAPAN. Tlie Entire Cabinet Came Near Re signing Their Portfolio. Toklo, Jan. 14. The resignation ol the entire cabinet was narrowly avert ed today. The premier. Marquis Saionji, ten dered his resignation to the emperor this afternoon at 4 o'clock, but his majesty declined to receive It, while the alternative resignations of Toshlro Sakatani, minister of finance, and of Isaburo Yamagata, minister of com munications, were accepted. Mazashisa Matsuda, minister of Jus tice, will combine the portfolio of finance, and Keihara, minister of the interior, will combine that of the min ister of communication. This leaves the cabinet without any new element and removes the disputants who have been the disturbing factors for some time past. The information about tha resignation of Isaburo Yamagata as minister of communication announced on January 11 was evidently correct, and the official denial made on the fol lowing day was probably intended to tide over the period, during which there was a possibility of an adjust ment. The cabinet council this morning gave rise to some heated debates. Yamagata insisted upon the resigna tion of Sakatani, who is responsible for the budget which will be intro duced in the diet this month, and who is blamed by the cabinet ministers and the public becouse in 1907 he prom ised that there would be no increase made in the taxation nor would there be any resort to foreign loan in 1908. An investigation of the financial situation, however, convinced the cab inet officers and the elder statesmen that an increase in the taxation or in lieu thereof a foreign loan would be unavoidable. Sakatani endeavored to reduce the appropriation of the army and navy to which these factions ob jected and finally succeeded in carry ing tneir point. sakatani thereupon attempted to reduce the appropria tions for railways and to this Yama gata raised an objection. Sakatani then increased the general taxation, but this found strenuous objections among the leading merchants and bankers. Sakatani finally decided to resign and also insisted that his resignation should be accepted. Mar quis Saionji, who was responsible as the head of the cabinet, then decided to tender his resignation and the other members of the cabinet, who agreed finally and decided on the following programme. The Marquis Saionji b resignation would first be offered. If the emperor declined to accept it, then the resignation of Sakatani and Yama gata would be offered, Matsuda and folios. In pursuance of this agree ment, ;Premier Saionji and Prince Ito waited on the emperor this afternoon. The emperor refused to accept the resignation of Saionji, but accepted the resignations of Sakatani and Yamagata. The whole matter is now believed to be settled. There probably will be some changes of items In the budget and possibly the government may de cide not to increase taxation, but in stead reduce the appropriations for the army and navy. It is also possible that it may be decided to lse a loan to cover the deficiency. CHURCH FREE FROM DEBT. Central Congregational in a Prosper, ous Condition. The annual meeting of the Central Congregational church will be held this evening at the church. The hour for the meeting Is 7:30. Reports will be presented which will show that the church has finish ed the year 1907 free from all debt Its budget for the year was heavier than for any previous year, but col lections have been kept up and ithere is no deficit. At the meeting this evening there will be reports by church officers, followed by election of new officers, music, a reception ana ngm rerresh ments. it3 Good Goods 1 jiW J-owPncaa I CHcLsJyiSQirrfock. J WORK IS SHODDY Repairs of Faving Excavations Are Botched. Plumbers Hare Cheap Way of Fixing: Pavements. 0. K. OF INSPECTOR. Apparently City Official Failed to Inspect. Engineer Calls Attention of Mayor to Conditions. Complaints were made to Mayor Green, this morning, by John Rogers, city engineer, that repairs of pave ments which had been reported back as being properly fixed by John Shea han, plumbing Inspector, were any thing but so. Eight different locations were cited where an investigation showed that brick had been put back in some instances without anv cushion of sand and Just on -the dirt or with a very ugnt layer or sand. The city engineer stated that the repair work might have been made while the plumbing inspector was not present and for that reason Sheahan probably reported the repairs as ef ficiently made. "This matter of paving repairs where excavations have been made is a hard problem," said the mayor. "Something will have to certainly be done." Some time ago the council took steps to guard against improper repairs of the pavements after they had been dug up by plumbers or the gas company by instructing the plumbing inspector to carefully see that all repairs should be made in a careful manner and that in case this was not done that exca vation permits should be withheld. It appears that the efforts of the coun cil are not bearing fruit as they should. In a statement filed with the mayor this morning, Mr. Rogers says: "I beg leave to ask for advice in the matter of securing efficient work in the repairs after excavation on paved streets. In the work which the street commission er was compelled to take up on Eighth avenue east I found that the brick had been placed back in the trench on a mud foundation with no sand under the pavement or between layers of brick. This led me to investigate some recent repair work with the following results:' Eight different places were then cited In which faulty repair work had been done, the work having been done by the gas company, George W. Sutherin, Mood Plumbing company and W. F. Sheahan. "These are all the places I have had time to examine but have no doubt but that further investigation will reveal the same state of affairs In other places. If the work is allowed to continue it will only be a matter of a short time until our pavements will be in a de plorable state. I am at some loss how to proceed In the matter for if the work has been done under the direction of the Inspector it is probable that the contractors who have sent their men out to do the work under the inspector are of the opinion that the work has been done in an entirely satisfactory manner but if they have done the work In the absence of such Inspector I would feel Justified in ordering them to re place it at once in a proper manner and withhold further permits until such work was done. Section 6, ordinance 2665, specifies how such work shall be done but until I can ascertain how such work was inspected I do not know how to proceed and beg leave to ask advice in regard to same. PREDICTS LARGE INFLUX. Mr. Connell Sees Great Future for Oklahoma. 1 1 Tan 11 T AT LfAlAiiuma vii, Connell, general passenger agent for the Santa Fe, with headquarters in Topeka, Kan., was a visitor in Okla homa City last evening on his semi annual visit over the line. "Passenger traffic has consiaeraDiy imnpmrA tinfA thft middle of Decem- Kc Mi- fnnnell. "and indica tions are that witn me opening oi spring, conditions will continue to im prove. Undoubtedly the financial sit uation caused a curtailment of travel, but homeseekers, it is believed, will begin flocking to Oklahoma and the southwest during the next few months. "I do not think that the two-cent rate caused any increase, but the fact that it arrived about the time that the panic was at its height makes it difficult to estimate Just what ef fect It might have directly upon pas senger traffic. "The separate coach and waiting room requirements of the 'Jim crow' law are not questions to be solved in my department, but the Santa Fe will comply with every case. I rather expect that instead of separate coaches however, the company will use partition cars, of which it has a large equipment." Among the traveling passenger agents in Oklahoma City yesterday were R. J. Kennedy, of the Santa Fe, at Topeka; E. E. Bleckley, of the Mis souri Pacific, Kansas City; A. C. Bur rows, of the Lake Shore, Kansas City. MASONS TO EXTERTAIX LADIES. Will Tender Reception on Wednes day Evening, January 22. The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite bodies of Masons will tender a reception to the members and their ladies at the Masonic temple on Jackson street. Wed nesday evening. January 22. The event is an annual affair and is greatly enjoyed by the Indies of th members of the order. for it is on this occasion that they are permitted to look upon a suggestion or some of the mysteries of Masonry. All of the scenic effects used in the in itiation of candidates and the subsequent conferring of degrees will be shown and the effect Is said to rival that of the best stereopticon and moving picture enter tainments. Many of the 100 different scenes will be used during the evening with the varied effects produced by the electric settings. During the change of scenes a musical and literary programme will be given. IMPLEMENT DEALERS MEET. Sixteen Hundred Delegates Attend Convention at Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 14.- The an nual convention of the Western Im plement and Vehicle Dealers' associa tion opened a three days' session here today. Sixteen hundred delegates from the west and southwest were present. Many subjects important to dealers and manufacturers alike will be discussed. TODAY'S MARKET KEPOIilS oniy a moderate trade in wheat today and the market was inclined to be weak.- Liv enuui wa i i i i i larger receipts in the northwest, was the iHuuciitc may upenea 74g7S lower to a shade higher, at $1.041.04. and held within that range. The market rallied along with corn. May selling up to $1.05. Later it reacted on uw..xiS uiuuiii uul uy a iiDerai increase in the world's visible. The close was steady, with May c higher, at $1.044. CORN The corn market opened weak on lower cables, but rallied on buying brought out by forecasts of warmer wpathpr Mav nrtAnoH liKj. a in.A cox &69c and sold up to 600e. "c "nuivci. cuuunueo strong on good demand by cash houses. The high point fr May was 60c, the close was strong, with May up e, at 60c. OATS Oats were very dull,but the raar SSS was llTm; May opened unchanged, at 53c, and sold up to 54c. PROVISIONS Provisions were fairly active and strong on a 510c advance in the ,m,allet for live hogs. May pork open ed 12l,c higher, at $13.45&13.50, and ?2,,at 4H 57- Lard was 50 higher, at s2ri&, 5lbs were 7c higher, at $7.2o. RYE Cash: 84(S8Sc. BARLEY Cash: 85c (51.04. TIMOTHY March, M.75 CLOVER March. 817.25.' Chicago Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 486. Chicago, Jan. 14. Low Close Yes Open High w nr. ax May 1 0444 1 05- 1 04A 1 04 104 98 95 July Sept CORN May July Sept OATS May July Sept 98 99 98 99 95- 96?i- 95-95 95 59- 60 59 58- 59- 58 58- 59, 58 63- 54- 53 46 47 46 60 69 59 60 58 48 54- 53 47 46- 39 39 PORK Jan May ...13 45 13 10 13 62 13 62 13 45 13 32 LARD Jan May RIBS Jan May 7 82 802 787 8 15 782 8 02 787 8 12-15 7 95 6 95 7 27-30 7 17-20 7 27-30 7 12 7 20 Kansas City Grain Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office. 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J" Kansas City.'Jan. 14. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May ...99 100 99 100 99 91 92- 91- 92- 91- CORN May 54 54- 54 54- 64 July 54 54- 54 54- 54 Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas Cltv. Mo. .Tun 11 OATTI.TS- Receipts today 16,000 head, including 400 neaa soumerns. Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers, $4.105.70; southern Steers. $4.00(34.65: southern rnwH S2.B0O 3.60: native cows and heifers. S2.40fi6.00: siocKers ana teeaers, lixii-4.ro; Dulls, (54.10: calves. 33.75S7.00: western steers. $3.S05.O0; western cows, $2.75(54.25. HOGS Receipts today 25,000 head Mar ket strong to 5c hie-her. Bulk of sales. $4.204.30; heavy, $4.254.40; packers, $4.20 4.35; pigs and lights, $3.804.3O. SHEEP Receipts today 8,000 head. Mar ket steady. Muttons, $4.26S.50; lambs, $6.25 7.00; range wethers, $4.5066.25; fed ewes, $4.00feS.OO. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, Jan. 14. CATTLE Receipts to day 5,500 head. Market steady. Beeves. $3.606.30; cows and heifers, S1.304.60; Texans, 3.isi4.w; westerns, J3.75fr4.; stockers and feeders, $2.254.20. HOGS Receipts today about 30,000 head. Market &10c higher. Light, $4.104.40; mixed. $4.15(34.45; heavy, $4.154.45; rough, $4.15S4.ao; pigs, $3.50-34.25; bulk of saies, $4.25S4.40. SHEEP Receipts today were about 12.- 000 head. Market steady. Natives, $3.50 5.7; westerns, 3.ao5.70; yearlings, Jb.wtf 6.00; lambs, $5.507.40; westerns, $5.507.45. Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today. The following sales were made today at the stocks yards, Kansas City, Mo., and telephoned to The Topeka State Journal by Clay, Robinson Co., live stock com mission merchants, with offices at all markets.! Kansas City, Jan. 14. CATTLE Receipts today 16,000 head. Market strong to 10c lower. HOGS Receipts today 25.000 head. Mar ket strong to 5c higher. Bulk of sale, $4.26 4.35; top, $4.40. SHEEP Receipts today 8,000 head. Mar ket strong. KILLING STEERS. No. 62.. IS.. IS.. Wt. Price. No. Wt. .1435 963 .1137 Price. $5.45 4.15 4.60 2.20 3.65 3.80 .1125 .1060 .1230 $5.00 4.40 13. 26. 4.90 20.. COWS AND HEIFERS 1. 2. 8. 18.. 50. 34. 28. i. 10. 8. 1. 1270 3.50 6 788 600 3.10 18 864 1020 3.40 6 940 1020 3.95 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 833 3.80 1 910 756 4.40 39 728 655 4.00 I CALVES. 364 6.75 I 7 188 254 5.25 f BULLS. 1272 3.30 I 1 1703 1450 3.10 4.40 6.60 6.75 3.25 HOGS. No. 72.. 78.. Wt. 263 205 134 Price. $4.35 4.30 4.25 No. 18.. 38.. Wt. 164 148 Price. $4.20 4.15 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Jan. 14. Close WHEAT Receipts 39 cars. uncnangM to lc lower. May. $1.00: July. 92c. Cash: No. 2 hard. $1.00S1.03; No. 8 hard, 9799c; No. 2 red, $1.02(1.03: No. 3 red. $1.00LOOH4. CORN Unchanged to c lower. May and July, 64c. Cash: No. 2 mixed. 53 5314c; No. 3 mixed. 53c; No. 2 wnite, 63c; No. 3 white. 63AS63i4c OATS Unchanged. No. 2 white, GOHc; No. 2 mixed. 4!K8'&0c. RYE 75S80c. HAY Weak. Choice timothy, $12,000 12.60; choice prairie. $8.6009.00. BUTTER Unchanged to higher. Cream ery. 81c; packing, 16c. EGGS Steady. Extras, 22c; firsts, 20c- Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, 111., Jan. 14. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery. 202c; dairy, 1825c. EGGS Steady. At mark, cases included. Z3B-'iC. CHEESE Market firm. Daisies, 13 ISMjc: Twins, 11i&'12c; Young Americas, 12Vi(ffil3c. POULTRY Alive poultry firmer. Tur keys, 10c; chicKens. c; springs, 9c. Market Gossip, Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, GftUc 110 West Sixth St. Fhoae 486.J Liveroool opening cables: Wheat V4d lower; corn Hd lower. Liverpool second cables: Wheat lower; corn 9td lower. Car lots at K. C: Wheat, 185; corn, 11; oats, 15. Estimated car lots at K. C. Wednesday: Wheat, 59; com, 30; oats, 7. Car lots .t Chicago: Wheat, 26; corn, 777; oats, 173. Estimated car lots at Chicago Wednes day: Wheat, 28; corn, 364; oats, 142. Receipts of wheat in the northwest to day were 415 cars. Last year 211 cars. ew Tork Sugar and Coffee. New York. Jan. 14. SUGAR Raw sugar steady Pair refining. $3.40; centrifugal. 96 tet. $3.90; molasses sugrar. $3.15. Refined sugar steady. Crushed, $5.60; powdered, $5.XI: granulated, $4-90. COFFEE Quiet. No. 7 Rio, 6c; No. 4 Santos, 8c. ?fevr Tork Stock Market. Wall St.. New York. Jan. 14. STOCKS Prices of stocks started generally higher than last night and the dealings were ac tive Canadian Pacific declined. Prices made some further headway, but large selling orders were placed in the A Solid Case Thirty-six dozen men's extra quality, fleece lined underwear, complete line of sizes fresh from the mills await your inspection. The color, weight and quality is precisely ..the same as the garment, in competitors win dows advertised as 75c value for45c OR a special; and here they will cost you 'UUU We make a small profit. Do the Bargain stores lose money at 45c per garment, if and if not, how much profit on the garments, when they sold for 75c Incidentally It will please you to see the men's suits New 1908 models which we are selling in all sizes at $6. Same as you see in the Bargain clothing store windows reduced from $18 down to $13.90 or $15 special. See our windows. New Spring Hats New 1908 Soft Shirts Watch IT Grow. Wattb r WEDNESDAY Extra Fancy Skinned No. 1 HAMS lOc Pound We have 3,000 pounds of guaranteed fine sweet hams for this sale which were especially selected, branded and mildly cured for us. THE DIBBLE TWO BIG STORES-TWO STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Co., Uv8 Stock Commission Merchants, Stock Yards, Kansas City, WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN 0FFICE8 AT CHICAGO. 80. ST. JOSEPH, SO. OMAHA. DENVER. SIOUX CUT. $0. ST. PAUL. E. BUFFALO! principal stocks and the market fell off sharply with a few stocks showing special j weajeneas. xne decline cosi reuusj"""". and Northern Pacific 1 point and New York Central 2 points. A demand arose for Amalgamated Copper after it had re ceded to 52 and the rally in It steadied the general list. Trading later became dlStocks fluctuated fitfully. A brisk ad vance encountered renewed sales to real ize and pricea fell back. Ranee of Price on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J

Wm "VrtTr Taw 11 Stocks Am. Sugar People's Gas AmaL Copper B. R. T Am. C. F. V. S. Steel, com. U. S. Steel, pfd.. Atchison, com Anaconda C. G. W St. Paul R. I., com Op'n High Low Cl'se Yes 112 113 111 Ml 1124 1124 SSVi 89 88 88 53 KTU. R'.U. R-tU. R2M. 43 43 42 43 43 32 33 32 32 31 29 30 sr w 29 94i 94 96 94 So 73 T4 72 744 73 32 33V 32 33 32 5 5 5 115 116 115 15 15 15 29 29 28 123 124 123 t ox 116 115 15 15 29 29 124 123 R. I., pro Great Northern Mo. Pacific Am. Smelting No. Pacific N. Y. Central Texae Pacific So. Pacific Reading Brie So. Railway Union Pacific C. O B. O L. N Katy Pennsylvania Can. Pac Nat. Lead C. F. I 46 45 77 78 7 7S II 123 124 122 124 122 99 103 99 103 99 u otvu. 90E KM TTt 76 76 75 76 76 107 108 106 10S 107 16 16 15 16 16 11 11 10 11 10 125 126 124 126 125 32 32 31 32 32 89 90 89 90 S9 99 101 99 101 99 69 114 110 114 116 114 152 152 161 151 153 40 42 40 42 40 21 21 21 21 21 CotUiu Market. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 14. COTTON Market steady, llc per pound. Topeka Market. Furnished by Charles Wolff Packing Co. Yards close at noon Saturday. Toneka, Jan. 14. HOGS. MTXETJ AND BUTCHERS 3.904.00 HEAVY 4.0u4.05 LIGHT 3.75(83.95 Can not use hogs under 150 pounds. Do not market hogs unless same are well finished, as we can not use half fat stuff. Wolff Packins Co. CATTLE. We give below prices of cattle effective at once, until further notice: COWS (good) .J2.753.00 COWS (common) 2.0O2.50 HEIFERS (good) 3.0043.25 HEIFERS (common) 2.252.75 BULLS (good) 2.603.00 Oar WiMtnn Methods Wtah II a BULLS (common) lOtXSt.EQ CALVES, 100-200 lbs 4-004.76 CALVES, over 200 lbs S.00S.6O EGGS AND POULTRY. Furnished by the Topeka Packing Co.. 114-116 West Laurent St. This is wholesale market. POULTRY Springs, all sizes, 7o; bens, 7c; stags, 4c; old cocka. Sc; good turkeys, 12c; ducks, 8c; geese, 7c. EGGS Fresh country, 20c Furnished by The Continental Creamer Co., Topeka, Kan. BUTTER 1422c. BUTTER Elgin. 30c; New York Creaa' ery, 3181c; Chicago, 23c. EGGS Chicago, 24o; N. Y., 27c FRUIT AND PRODUCE? Furnished by J. E. Lux, 210 Kan. Are. DATES Hallowi a. per lb... 6c J PACKAGE DATES 2. 25. FIGS Per box, 85c. QUINCES Per box. S1.60. CRANBERRIES Jersey, per bbL, 18.76. PINEAPPLES-Per box, 81L25. HONEY Per 24 rack case, t3.B0$M. GRAPES Almira. per bbL. ti.1US4.7t, LEMONS California, per box, 12.75(84.18. ORANGES Fancy NaveL per box, 12.66 PEARS Per bu. box, t2. 7533. 50. GRAPE FRUIT Per box. 86.75. BANANAS Medium i alsed bunches, 82.00 large bunches, $2.50; Jumbo, 82.76423.00 ada. per bbL, .ooi&'O.oO. COCOANUTS Per do., 70c; per sack. TOMATOES Cuban, 6 basket crate. 4 GO: Texas, per 4 basket crate, 8L75 CANADA RUTABAGAS Per bt, 90c CAULIFLOWER California, per crate, LETTUCE Hot house, dozen bunches, 45c CELERY Jumbo, per bunch, 80c. HORSERADISH Per lb., c. CABBAGE 81.26 per cwt. TURNIPS Per bu., 4O60c. PARSNIPS Per bu., 75c. CARROTS Per bu., 75c. BEETS Per bu., 75c. SWEET POTATOES Per bu, 11.00. ONIONS Per bu., SL00; Spanish, per crate, 81.50. POTATOES Red River Early Ohio seed, per bu., 90c; Colorado, per bu., 7&80c CHEESE Wisconsin Y A., 15c; Block Swiss, 17c; Llmburger, 17c; Daisy,, 15c; Dairy Twin, 2 to box, 15c; Wisconsin yel low or white, 15c. CANNED OYSTERS N. Y. Extra, Se lects, 45c; N. Y. Counts, 50c; Standard, 36c BULK OYSTERS N. Y. Counts, gallon, $2 40; Extra Selects, $2.20; Chesapeake Standards. $1.80; Blue Points In shell, per 100. $1.00. Grain Market.' Furnished by J. B. Billard, corner Kan sas Ave. and Curtis St. Topeka. Jan. 14. WHEAT No. 2, 8386c; No. 8. 80jSJ; No. 4, TS'STSc. OLD CORN 46c. NEW CORN Mo. OATS 44c

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4 TIIE TOPEHA DAILY STATE J OTJIUTAlTUCSPAY CVClOTOrJAmrARYli' 1903. topfm mm joimal By FRANK P. MAC VESKAS. fEntered July 1, 1S75. as second-class natter at the postoftice at Topeka, ban. wiuer tne act 01 congresa.j Volume xxxv 12 OOVrial State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 eents a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kn uus towns where the paper has a cainer system. By mall, one year J3-"? By mail, three months Saturday edition of dally, one year.... I.OB TELEPHONES. Business Office ?a" Jj3 Business Office J"; 2 Reporters' Room Sell Reporters Room JS Frank P. MacLennan IrKLTOO PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building, an 03 Kanaas avenue, corner of Eigntb. New York Office: FlaUron building, as Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avenue and Broadway. Paul P.lock. manager. t-mcago Office: iaru:ora uu-ujw. Block, manager. FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Th State Journal la a. member of the Associated Press and receives the fall day telegraph report of that great sews or ganization, for the exclusive afternoon publication In To neks. The news in recelveo In The State Jour nal building- over wires for this sole pur pose. Hunters In the east end of Saline county are not making; much noise these days about their prowess. Eight hundred of them Indulged in a wolf hunt one day last week and they suc ceeded In killing Just two wolves. That's not the worst of It. "Wolves are un usually plentiful this year In that lo cality. Politicians at 'Washington are busy with their pencils and have it figured out that Mr. Taft will get 484 votes for the presidential nomination on the first ballot that Is taken at the national convention. This is three more than Is necessary for a choice. Antl-Taftltes will proceed to get blue in the face dis counting these figures. Onoe more do the war clouds hover over Morocco. The landscape of that country wouldn't look natural If a few of these dark spots were not flying about. It would be a good thing for the peace of the world if these present war elouds developed into something that would end In the extermination of all the natives of the land. It's something of a task to fool Presi dent Roosevelt on any proposition. But it seems that Governor Sparks of Ne vada was able to turn the trick. The president is now satisfied that the fed eral troops have been used as a cats- paw by the Gold field mine owners. They are to be withdrawn immediately and Mr. Sparks comes in for a deserved re buke from Mr. Roosevelt. It was thought that "White Hand" societies were organized for the pur pose of combatting murderous trade of the "Black Hand" societies. This idea seems to be wrong. A "White Hand" society at Columbus, Kan., threatened a woman's life if she did not produce $500 In cash. Things are looking up a bit, though, for an arrest has been made In this case. Everyone will now have to admit that Mrs. Howard Gould got decidedly the worst of the marital bargain even though she did get a millionaire. No one can blame her for insisting that she Is entitled to the judgment of Bpearation. One of her attorneys says that Howard Gould is a "sybaritic satyr." Let's see. That would be a voluptuary with the combined tenden cies of a man and a goat. Few people will be surprised at the news from Washington that the original estimate on the cost of the Panama canal was far too low. The original estimate was about $140,000,. 000. Conservative estimates now put the cost at $200,000,000. When the final bills have been paid well what's the use of prophesying? There is one consolation, however. Whatever ths canal costs It will be worth the money. Encouraging news comes from New York in the announcement that the bank: reserve deficit there has been finally wiped out. The banks now have on hand more cash than the legal re serve demands for the first time since the financial stringency was started. Other big money centers are reporting equally good- conditions and It will not be long now before the "lid" is taken off on withdrawals all over the country. Of decided Interest at the Midwinter exposition will be the state board of health's pure food exhibit which Is be ing prepared by Dr. Crumblne, the sec retary of the board. And not the least Interesting feature of this exhibit will be the number of things that are made from Kansas corn in Kansas. The num ber of food and medicinal products made from Kansas corn and in Kansas Is not generally known and It Is to show these that the products have been col lected and are to be exhibited. France can always be depended upon to produce a gentleman who will get wildly sensational over every possible occasion. Lucien Millevoye, a mem ber of the chamber of deputies, is the star In this line just now. He sees a grave crisis in the affairs existing be tween Japan and the United States. He would not be surprised to hear of the Japanese fleet bobbing up almost any moment and engaging In a fight with Bob Evans' warships. He thinks the situation is such that France and Great Britain ought to ster in now and adjust the differences between the mikado and Uncle Sam. Millevoye ought to get the medal for being the champion ass of the world. Emphatic denial is given of the pos ihilitv of Mr. Stubbs retiring from fh. gubernatorial contest in the event of the special session enacting a direct and state wide primary law which will become effective at once and do away with the necessity of holding a state convention. The story has it that If this .situation develops Mr, Stubbs would get out of the race for governor and devote his energies to securing a United States senatorial nomination by direct vote.: "The denials of this story should be taken at their face value. But at the same time it would seem to be the logical course for Mr. Stubbs to pursue. The en actment of an immediately effective primary law would practically leave Mr. Stubbs without a live issue to run for governor on and would give him a chance to contest In the open for an honor he so dearly cherishes. DEEP WATERWAY PLANS. Indications are prevalent In the news dispatches from Washington that the prospects for any important action being taken at this session of congress on dteep waterway legisla tion are not as bright as they might be. This is not particularly en couraging but a great amount of pre liminary work is needed in connection with this subject before any definite steps can be taken. There seems to be a general disposition on the part of the members of the house com mittee on rivers and harbors, where this legislation will originate, to do something toward river improvement on an adequate scale at this session. But they -are troubled to know' Just where to begin. What they appear to want is some big project with which to head a gen eral waterway improvement bill, but apart from a few urgent appeals for preliminary surveys, none of the large projects seem to be pressing hard enough to get things started1. Most of the western members had hoped that the plans for the Lakes-to-the-Gulf project would be in shape for congres sional action. Unfortunately, It Is not. The report of the engineers en gaged in the survey of the stretch of river from St. Louis to Cairo will not be ready be fore next June and nothing definite can be done by congress until this re port is ready. Because of the unreadiness of this biggest project it makes it hard for the lesser ones to get a hearing. And while the-improvement of the Missouri is a big project, and one In which the people of this section of the country are more particularly interested, it does not appear to have acquired prestige enough as yet to carry through a rivers and harbors bill on a big scale. Although deepened waterways are sorely needed for the handling of traf fic and its regulation it is well that too great haste be not indulged In to the end of their accomplishment. Some of the tasks involved in the deep waterway projects are rather monumental and need to be thorough ly worked out in all of their details before large appropriations are made for them. It would seem possible that some comprehensive plan for the creating of an adequate deep, water ways system could be developed dur ing the present session of congress and appropriations made for proper preliminary surveys for the work. This would be a good step of progress to take and will probably be as far as this congress will be able to go in the matter. In view of the unpreparedness of various of the deep waterway projects the caHing of the Missouri River Navigation congress to meet at Sioux City on January 22 and 23 is most opportune. This organization should be able to start an agitation and develop plans that will hasten the im provement of the Missouri river. Mak ing this stream navigab:e for freight carrying boats will be of untold bene fit to all sections of the states which border on it. THE DEAD OF 1907. "There is not a department of the world's activities which has not suffer ed a loss of many of its most active the famous wlrkers during the year 1907," says the Chicago Tribune; "The political world has lost M. Casimlr Perler, ex -president of France; Count Lamedorff, the Russian ex-minister of foreign affairs and one of the most ac complished of that empire's state offi cials; Karl Blind, the German agitator and reformer; Russell A. Alger, secre tary of war during the Spanish-American campaign; Galusha A. Grow, ex speaker of the house and author of the homestead bill and other useful legis lation; and the veteran Senator Morgan of Alabama. "Several great scientists have passed away, among them Prof. Ernest von Bergmann of Germany; Sir Henry RaVer thn Enarllsh engineer who In vented the pneumatic shield; Prof. Alexander J. Herschel, third in me line of famous astronomers of that name; d r nin HilDrin. and Sir William Thompson (Lord Kelvin), whose dis tinguished service to the woria nas earned him enduring fame and burial among the great in Westminster abbey. "The religious world has lost tne tev. ri- Henrv M. Field, who gained a wide spread reputation as clergyman, author, and editor; Henry S. Olcott, wno oegan life as a Journalist and ended It as president of the Theosophical society; Dr. John Alexander Dowle, whose re markable career as a business pro moter and head of the Zion colony is still fresh In memory; the Rev. Dr. John Watson, even better known by his literary nom de plume, 'Ian Maclaren," than by his own name; and Archbishop John J. Williams of Boston, who died lamented by the members of all de nominations. "Three sovereigns have passed away Mustapha Ed-Din-Mlrza, shah of Persia; Oscar II. of Sweden, mourned by all his subjects; and Queen Dow ager Carola of Saxony. "The dramatic stage has lost two prominent representatives James H. Stoddart, the dean of his profession and one of Its most capable actors, and Richard Mansfield, who died in the flower of his age and height of his many successes. "Music- has lost many of Its great ones, among them Sophie Cruvelli and Marie S3xe, great operatic singers of the last half century; Emily Wlnant, a concert singer, well known In festival work; Sir Augustus Manns, the famous English conductor; and Frits Scheele, conductor of the Philadelphia orches tra; Edward Harderup Grieg, the emi nent Norwegian composer; Frederick Bergner. the violoncellist and one of the founders of chamber music In this country; Joseph Joachim, the most celebrated violinist of his time; and our own Carl Wolfsolm, whose influence upon the growth of the higher music in the west has never been fully ap preciated. "The art world has lost Rudolfe Julien, the head of the Paris school. whose graduates are scattered all over the world; Edward Kemyss, the sculp tor; Theobold Chartram, the eminent Parisian portrait painter; Benjamin Chatnpney, the dean of American land scape artists; and Augustus St. Gau dens, 'who reached the front rank of modern sculptors and claced the noblest American portrait statue, that of Lin-; coin, in our own city. "This country has lost but two prom inent men of letters Thomas Bailey Aldrlch and Archibald C. Gunter. Two other American writers, Theodore Til ton and' Moncure D. Conway, have passed away, but they have lived so long in Europe as almost to have be come denationalized. England has lost Gerald Massey, the poet, and F. G. Stephens, the essayist and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite brother hood;, Italy, Gioso CarduccI, its greatest modern poet; Canada, Dr. W. H. Drum mond, whose delightful poems in the French-Canadian patois are favorites everywhere; and France, its distin guished poet and critic, Rene Sully Prudhomme." JOURNAL ENTRIES A. flaunting of vice goes a long ways to make men vicious. Even the fairest of flowers has its shadow beneath it as it swings in the sunlight. There is only one way of doing a thing- right but there are countless ways of doing it wrong. Quite as much is in the world to admire as there is to pardon and to. Pity. As Hyperides said, one half of the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. J A YHA WKER JOTS Marysville has the only "interest ing" bride in Kansas. Brides are usually charming, or beautiful and accomplished. It is a hard matter to get a jury to sit in a case where a man is charged with killing a horse trader. Welling ton is finding this out at -a cost of a round sum daily. Down in CofTeyville the court grant ed an injunction restraining a man from selling liquor in his house or his cellar, and the enterprising liquor seller dus a new cellar under the side walk and continued business. When the nre broke out in Sedg wick last week a lot of people called up the central telephone station and after hollering "hello" in the receiver several times they cancelled the final "o." The central office was located in the buildings burned. CofTeyville Is in trouble with its street car company. The citizens threaten to tear up the track and the owner gets back with talk of a dam age suit. Between threats and dam age suits the troubles of Coffeyville'a mayor may pass into oblivion until Jackson gets busy again. Three girls out at Bennington de cided that they wanted to see more of the world and running away from school walked four miles west. After i witnessing the habits and industries of the people, and regaling themselves with the sumptuous fare provided by one of the natives, the girls returned home, Impressed with the greatness of the world. Wlchitans are preparing to hold their noses continuously in the near future. A big glue factory i3 to be put in operation there. When it gets run ning enough mucilage will be turned out each day to stick up the whole town. Come to think of it the output will not need to be unusually large to do this for the town is just natural ly pretty well stuck up. Ed Baird of Mineral had been out hunting, and when he returned, be gan bragging to a stranger of the game he had killed, multiplying every thing by three or four. His emotions may abetter be imagined than de scribed when he discovered that the attentive stianger was a deputy game warden. Mr. Baird was later arrested and required to give bond for his ap pearance in court. The Cimarron Jacksonian says that the German name for kangaroo is lattengltterwetterkotterbeuleratte. This sounded to the Syracuse Repub lican like another jackrabbit story, and on consultation with that linguis tic autohrlty, Pete Warkentin, it found that the name for this animal Is a short word meaning "The-rat-that-has-a-tall-like a-fifteen-cent cut-of Armour-bologna." QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. A labor of love Cupid's work. Don't go to a crook for a straight tip. Hand in glove with each other pugilists. The truth is too often something we don't want to believe. Many a man Is puffed up who can't afford a press agent. The man who doesn't pay his debts thereby borrows trouble. Many a man pins his faith to a star only to discover that it Is a fire-fly. The dentist may never have studded art, but he can at least draw teeth. Many a fellow who thinks he Is a warm proposition gets a cool reception. To the man who likes it that way a well-done steak may be a rare treat. "There Is plenty of room at the top," as the wig-maker said to the bald-headed man. Love is a lottery in which a fel low may win a girl's hand without winning her heart. N Wlgg "That bleached blonde says her hair weighs on her mind." Wagg "That shouldn't bother her. It's light enough." BlobbE "Saphedde boasts that he always takes advantage of his oppor tunities." Slobbs "Yes; especially his opportunities to do the wrong thifig." KANSAS COMMENT A SENSIBLE PROGRAMME. The call of the legislature in spec ial session settles that question. There is no further use In arguing as to whether or not the call was advis able. It is done. The question is what the session will do. Unless it shows results the party and the sen ate will be hurt. The special session should pass a direct primary bill providing for the nomination of candidates of all par ties on the same day for every office from United States senator to road overseer. This law should be so framed that members of one party can vote on candidates of an other. It should safeguard the pri maries against illegal voting. It should restrict the expenditure of money by candidates to legitimate expenses. The guaranty deposit bill, which is not a guaranty at all, merely a com pulsory mutual Insurance by the banks of the state of their deposits, is a business question. This law should be carefully drawn so that the bad results, which there will be, will not exceed the good results. We believe such a measure can be pre pared and passed. Any defects in the new tax law should be corrected. The constitutional provision should be obeyed for a constitutional appor tionment of legislative districts so as to give the counties entitled to repre sentatives their rights. Railroad regulation should fol io the Jines on which the state com mission is working and the recom mendation of that commission and its attorney should be enacted into law. There may be other matters of importance proposed nut most of them can wait. The extra session ought to make as much haste as is consistent with wise and careful leg islation and adjourn at the earliest possible date. The session will cost $20,000 a week. A primary law will cost the counties at least $50,000. The people are wanting economy this year and they will probably receive with more gladness the motion to ad journ than any other action of the legislature. Hutchinson News. THE DIFFERENCE. Again this miahty truth Is forced upon us: When you lose out in a politi cal fight, the "machine" has won; when you win, it is a great victory for right and Justice and the great common peo ple. Osborne Farmer. BUT THET COME. All reforms come slowly bu they come. The people are determined to have a hand In the business of nomi nating their candidates and a law, plain faced, straight and square, minus subterfuge will come. Norton Courier. AN INDEPENDENT LOT. The Republican party of Kansas needs a broad, liberal, progressive lead ership if it can hope to win continuous victories. The people of Kansas are an independent lot and they are not going to be jobbed into anything if they know it. Miami Republican. FROM OTHER PENS THE PACIFIC FLEET. It is natural that the politicians of Europe should regard the departure of the American fleet for the Pacific with an interest not entirely devoid of uneasiness. The incident reveals to them clearly that the strength of the great republic, which they have long since acknowledged, Is not merely po tential, but actual; that, in other words, she can send to any corner of the oceans a fleet completely provid ed with all requisites for battle. That Is a perfectly new revelation of the formidable strength which the repub lic can exert in any corner of the world, and justifies the claim of the union to be one of the great and ac tive powers of the earth. The presi dent may well look upon it with pride. London Spectator. JOHNSON'S "AVAILABILITY. "The republic is opportunity." said Garfield. Could the Democratic par ty nominate any man for president who more completely embodies this vital principle of American Institu tions than Gov. Johnson of Minneso ta? Is there another man whose can didacy would prove such an Inspira tion to the foreign-born voter who has reached up to freedom and citi zenship? Not since Andrew Jackson has the United States had a president whose parents were born under an other flag. Not the least part of Jackson's marvelous political strength lay in the appeal he made to those humble, citizens of the republic who realized that what he had done the son of some other Immigrant might do. New York World. o DECLINE IN LYNCHING. The encouraging shrinkage In lynchings during 1907 maintains the downward tendency noted In a few preceding years. The country has now come down to its 18 93 record, in the sense that not since that year have the lynchings been so few. Fifty one in all becomes a comparatively comfortable exhibit, yet it Is nothing Americans can go abroad to boast of. What is the cause of the welcome de llne? The "best people" who used to condone the lynchings are now be ginning to realize that they breed an archy, and their influence is more and more felt in the communities where such things are most apt to occur. Springfield Republican. IGNORANCE OF SOUTH AMERICA One of our contemporaries referred yesterday to "little Paraguay." That republic Is four-fifths as large as Ger many. Many persons have erroneous notions as to geographical sizes and lengths In South America. They have not the slightest idea that Bra zil is nearly as large as the whole of Europe, that the distance between the north and south ends of Chile Is as great as that between the North Cape of Europe and Gibraltar, and that steamers ply almost straight north and south on the Paraira and its Paraguay affluent for a distance about equal to that between New York and Omaha. New York Sun. DOUBTS THE FEAT. The legend in Mexico is, or was not many years ago, that no human being had ever scaled the ultimate pinnacle of Popocatapetl. It Is not impossible that this achievement may have been consummated at some time In the past. But when we are asked to believe a buoyant press report to the effect that two young women, presumably daugh ters of this astounding nation, have Just attained the actual summit of Popocatapetl, leaving their guides be hind and airily conquering every old fashioned difficulty, we respectfully but firmly balk. The' story is pretty. It reads trippingly enough. But It has been told too often and too fluently to be true. New York Sut HOME REMEDIES. One summer, many years ago Ah, well do I recall the day Pa said: "Bill, take a fork and go Along with Jake to help make hay. I said: "Oh, pa, I can't; ;I'm sick; Gee! I can scarcely drag about. I. need some medicine right quick." I'd said: "Weil try the apple sprout. "That's sure to help, and costs much less Than quinine, calomel or squills." Pa never did run to excess In luxuries like doctor bills. In winter, when I felt depressed. Had hacking cough or aching head. He'd say: "Put coal oil on your chest. And soak your feet and go to bed." But when the'bright warm days of spring Brought all the leaves and blossoms out. He never gave me anything But hick ry oil and apple sprout. I knew his recipe by heart Prescription always read this way: "Oil hick'ry, mixed with equal part Of apple sprout, three times a day." "Rub well" I did the rubbing act "Repeat at bedtime as required." Which same I blush to own the fact Was oftener than I desired. Now. grown to manhood, I still swear By pies that mother used to make: And Just as freely I declare x-a s medicine was bad to take. Indianapolis News. The Senate Cloak Room. The other dav n new Washineton corre spondent stated that the Democrats would be greatly Injured by the panic, because they were preparing such foolish banking and currency legislation In the senate cloak room. Thn cloak rooms are the places where senators indulge their fan cies, in days when men told stories, v est of Missouri was the kins: of the cloak room, and Don Cameron was his lay fig ure. They rig Jokes on new men m tne cloak rooms, and the last thing they do is to construct serious laws there. The sen ators who spend most of their time scent ing their own cloaks and those of their fellows with tobacco smoke are not oiten consulted on especially serious matters; they constitute the "army" of the flag, and follow their leaders. Bryan did a good deal in the cloak room to fasten the Phil ippine islands to this country, and the Washington letter-writers say that he has been alarming his anxious friends by talk ing over financial measures there that he thinks ought to be adopted. One of his most ardent supporters has been so mov ed by the words of the Nebraskan that he took him over from the Democratic cloak room to the Republican cloak room just to have him talk it over with Aldrlch and some of the others whose ideas needed righting. It is said that when Bryan got through Aldrlch, or some one else, was very polite to him. and said that he hoped that Bryan would be the Democratic can didate. But this aside, when a real bill is to be prepared it will not be thrashed out amid the chaff of the cloak room, but in some committee room. Aldrich will do It in his little back office in the apartments of the finance committee. Allison may help, if the Iowans do not think him too old. If Culbertson has any amendment to offer he will prepare them at home. When George F. Edmunds and Thurman wanted to draft a bill or an amendment, Edmunds used to rise in his place and blow his nose. Then he'd walk out of the chamber Soon afterward Thurman would walk out at another door. They'd meet down in the judiciary committee room, and there the business would be done. The senators or visitors who talk about legislation in the cloak room talk so much about it that they never find time to put down any thoughts, if they really have any, on pa per. Harper's Weekly. How Mr. Roosevelt Got His Bear. Then we crouched down. I with my rifle at the ready. Not did we have long to wait. Peering through the thick-growing stalks I suddenly made out the dim out line of the bear coming straight toward us; and noiselessly I cocked and half raised my rifle, waiting for a clearer chance. In a few seconds it came; the bear turned almost broadside to me, and walked forward very stiff-legged, almost as If on tiptoe, now and then looking back at the nearest dogs. These were two in number Rowdy, a very deep-voiced hound, in the lead, and Queen, a shrill tongued brindled bitch, a little behind. Once or twice the bear paused as she looked around at them, evidently hoping that they would come so near that by a sudden race she could catch one of them. But they were too wary. All of this took but a few minutes, and as I saw the bear quite distinctly some 33 yards oft, I fired for behind the shoulder. Although I could see her outline, yet the cane was so thick that my sight was on it and not on the bear itself. But I knew my bullet would go true.and.sure enough, at the crack of the rifle the bear stum bled and fell forward, the bullet having passed through both lungs and out at the opposite side. Immediately the dogs came running fcrward at full speed, and we raced forward likewise lest the pack should receive damage. The bear had but a minute or two to live, yet even in that time more than one valuable hound mi.arht lose its life; so when within half a dozen steps of the black, angered beasts I fired again, breaking the spine at the root of the neck; and down went the bear stark dead, slain in the canebrake in true hun ter fashion. One by one the hounds strug- giea up ana ren on their dead quarry, the noise of the worry filling the air. Then we dragged the bear out of the edge of the cane, and my companion wound his horn to summon the other hunters. From "In the Louisiana Canebrake," by Theo dore Roosevelt, in the January Scribner. The Lnnd of Paradox. China is the land of paradox. If It is an absolute, despotic monarchy, it is also a very democratic country, with Its self made men, its powerful public opinion, and a "states' rights" question of its own. It is one of the most corrupt of nations; on the other hand, the standard of per sonal commercial honesty is probably higher in China than in any other country in the world. Woman, In China, is made to serve; her status is so low that It would be a discourtesy even to ask a man if he has a daughter; yet the ablest ruler China has hr.d in many centuries is a wo man. It is a land where the women wear socks and trousers, and the men wear stockings and robes; where a man shakes his own hand, not yours; where white, not black, is a sign of mourning; where the compass points south, not north; where names and titles are put in reverse order, as In our directories Theodore Roosevelt would be Roosevelt Theodore in China. Uncle Sam would be Sam Uncle; where fractions are written upside down; where a bride wails bitterly at her wed ding, and a man laughs when he tells you of his mother's death. Exchange. Advantage of a AVooden Leg. An old gentleman limped into a subway express train at Brooklyn Bridge In the rush hour the other night and gTatefully accepted a seat offered by another man. At Fourteenth street two fashionably dressed young women, evidently returning from a' shopping tour, boarded the car. After vainly looking about for seats they planted themselves in front of the lame man end tried to oust him. Broad hints were ignored, so one of the women "accidentally" stepped on the man's foot. When this failed to stir him she Jabbed him In the calf of the leg with the ferrule of her umbrella. "Pardon, me. but I trust I did not hurt you," she said, sarcastically. "You did not, madam," wearily replied the old gentleman, tapping his leg with his cane; "you can't hurt it; it's wooden." New York World. Paying the "LljihteniiiK." A party of American tourists who were comfortably established in a hotel In Germany discovered a new contribu tion to "English as she is spoke,' only this time they found it in the written word. The building had been recently wired for electricity, and under the bulbs In each room directions were posted In French, German and Eng lish. The French was irreproachable, the German nearly so, and the English rend as follows: TO open and f-hut the lightening elec trical one Is requested to turn to the right hand. Oji going to bed it must be closed. Otherwise the lightening must be paid. Boston Herald. TNE EVENING STORY Bray's Dessert, (By W. F. Bryan.) Dolly dimpled with smiles as a sud den turn in the wooded roadway brought them in sight of the tidal river. The November sun glinted coldly on the ripples formed by the current as it raced toward the sea. The tide was Just at the turn and the water rippled oyer the shallows in a million gleaming points of light. The pines that sur rounded the estuary were still and but for the brilliant tints of the scrub oaks Dolly could almost imagine that it was still summer. "Isn't It glorious!" she cried as Bea ton Bray followed her through the trees. "It was positively an P""?", to open the cottage for a week in tne fall "It is very pleasant," agree d Bray. "It was still more good of to me down. I regretted my inability to C0tTurrypra Dolly. "It's homd1 whence de goes out. Even In the channel the water 4s so low that thThe 'lirToiserved lnw'ith -faction tU obeyed her Injunction cray had aTdXtifat Se 'resetted ihe lost oppor tunity of the summer, because he had meant to propose to her then. She was not minded tS give him that opportuni ty now. For more than a year Bray and Tommy Gordon had struggled for her hand and not yet had she been able to decide her preference. She had skilfully evaded a direct pro posal from either, but "he was begin ning to feel hopelessly that she would die a spinster, since choice still seemed impossible. She admired Gordon vl- c"y VhNoter? dwan1s for a husband a man who Is always jester, and, on the other hand. Bray sometimes frightened her by his gravl ty and earnestness. Nothing ever seemed to upset him. His clothes were always as trimly neat as though he had just left nls dressing room, and Gordon had S allied lh on his rival when he had declared that Bray selected his clothes to Mttk W temrer Both were lacking in violent contrasts ?Wer Perfection" ther all come to call him. and as for Dol y Tatum. she was afraid that she couia not measure up to his standard self with the light skiff, noting the m. movements rather precis."" j -A wlth which he prepared for the 1 trip The busl repa-re from the SyrS -arcely a boaUng costume, and he looked out of place, lndehd' as he got the boat ready for the launching. As he helped Dolly o her place In the stern, and JTVIZk to shove oft. the girl leaned hack against the seat and gave a sigh of C"r.Tove the river." she said as Bray took up the oars. "I could not go back without one more trip, i was on the wa?er every day last summer. It's a shame to drag you out l" said "I was only too giaa w i i'Tn view of the fact tTaTthislshe first-time in months I have not had to snaic with others, I consider myself for tunate Indeed." Dolly's fingers closed over the side of the boat. She had trusted to her skill to avoid personalities, and yet the first speech had led to an opening. There was a dogged look In Brays face which told that he would not be PU"Ihave been trying to get at this for some time," he went on Quietly, Dir, In the strong, even strokes that were carrying them rap iii,- tnu-9nl the channel. I have been seeking an opportunity for put- utrt-ii o-c.-.n tr,, ting my fate tq me Z. t I know that 1 love you, not very successful in masking my kHnn where vou are concerned. Do you think that you could learn to care for me, dear; care for me enough to marry me? I know that I am not as lively as Gordon, but I love you very dearly Perhaps that should be ar gued as a point in my favor, though how could I help loving you I or any other man?" Dolly' face grew grave and the tender little mouth took on a droop that made Bray long to kiss it. She did not speak for a few minutes, but looked past the oarsman with eyes that did not see the glorious autumn al panorama. The banks turned a blur of green and yellow and red through the tears that had come un bidden. Presently she stretched out her hand with a little appealing gesture. "Please don't ask an answer now, she said gently. "Don't spoil the morning my last row. Perhaps to- 1X1 Bray bowed gravely and bent to the oars, finding In the work a vent for the tension within. He fancied that he had already received an answer, and as he bent his back to the oars, so also he bent his head to defeat. Al most before they realized It the boat had reached the head of the Inlet and had grated gently on the sand. "Let's drift back," proposed Dolly. "It will give you a chance to rest." Obediently Bray pulled back Into the channel and unshipped the oars. Then he moved forward one seat and as they floated with the tide he tried to set Dolly at her ease with small talk. So engrossed did they become In their conversation that they never noticed that they were drifting into trouble until with a bump the boat settled against the railroad bridge that spanned the water. A sharp wind was blowing and It had forced them out of their course. Bray sprang for an oar to pole back Into the channel. In his excitement he was less careful than usual. When he gave a lunge for the oar he felt his footing shift as the flat-bottomed boat tipped to one side. The next Instant he felt the shock of cold water. Dolly gave a shriek as he went overboard, but the next Instant her terror was turned to mirth at the sight of Bray sitting in two feet of water with an expression of startled wonder on his face. It was only for a second that the tableau was posed, then Bray scram bled to his feet and climbed back into the boat. His trousers clung wetly to his legs and the bedraggled edges of his coat dripped against the seat, while with. chattering teeth he got out the oars and began to row for the shore. Try as she would Dolly could not restrain her mirth at the sorry spectacle he presented, and Bray good-naturedly joined in her merri ment. But it was less of a Joke when the house was reached.' The men of the family had all removed their clothing to town when the cottage had been closed for the summer. Bray, down for the day, had brought no bags, and there was nothing left but to seek tho shelter of the blankets while his clothes underwent the slow process of drying before the kitchen fire. Between the blankets. Bray groaned miserably as he recalled the incidents of the morning. Whatever chance he might have had to win Dolly's hand had been lost when his plight excited I her ridicule. The single misstep had cost him Dolly's "Yes," if, indeed h had ever had a chance to win it. Ii his mind's eye, he could see himself again sprawling in the Icy water, then climbing aboard in the mud- stained, dripping garments, with Dolly in the stern seat in an ecstacy of glee. It was a bitter hour for Bray, and he wel comed the arrival of the cook with a, tray. "Miss Dolly, she say eat this and you kin have a nice dessert." advised Aunt Mandy. "She say you doan' get the dessert till you eated all the din ner." There was a dish of pudding on the tray and lost in wonder as to what the other dessert might be Bray rapidly cleaned his plate. Then Mandy en tered again bearing a covered dish. Only an envelope lay under the cover and Bray's heart beat fast as he read the few lines. "You dear boy," Dolly wrote. "My answer is 'Yes.' I think I have always hked you best, but I was Afraid of your very perfection. I thought that I could never attain your high stand ard, but looked so dellclously human In the water that I knew at that in stant that I loved you. As soon as your clothes are dry (and they are drying fast) you may come down and receive a verification in person." (Copyrighted, 1908, by M. M. Cunningham.) HUMOR OF THE DAY Mistress No, Bridget, I am willing to extend you almost any other privilege, but I really must draw the lino at allowing you the use of my automobile on your daj; out.. Bridget But why, mum? Mistress It's too great a risk I Brook lyn Life. Leap Year had Just struck on the clock. "Dear," she said, placing his arms around her neck, "wouldn't you like to button my waists for me?" St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "The true statesman," said the earnest citizen, "will always value honor above all things." "Yes," replied the keen observer, "I guess that's why many of our senators are wlHing to pay so much for the hon or." Philadelphia Press. "Why do you live so far out of town?" "Weil, I have three pretty daughters "Yes?" "And the cars stop running at Jl p. m." Cleveland Leader. Professor I want you children to go to my lecture tonight. Robert Couldn't you whip us instead, just this once, papa? Life. "A man's occupation has a very great Influence on his character." "Think so?" "I know It." "Oh! I don't know; one of the worst scalawags I ever knew was a dealer In upright pianos." Houston Post. "Yes," said the fair young girl, "every body says I'm just the picture of mam ma." "Well,"replied the gallant youth, "you're certainly a very flattering picture." Philadelphia Press. Canvasser I am taking subscriptions for a new book, entitled "Poems of the Ages: A Complete Library of Poetry." Man at the Desk I have substantially the same thing Bryant's "Library of Poetry and Song." Canvasser Not the same thing at all. I've seen that book. It's crude and Incom plete. The work I am taking subscrip tions for is to be the combined output of all the Indiana poets. Chicago Tribune, bune. Elsie Bobby, when you grow ud. what kind of a wife are you going to marry? uotttiie (promptly.) one that doean t button up the back. Life. "I met a culled gentleman friend of mine Chris'mua, an he gimme a whole dollar. Me s oeen away ler ten year an dat wus de fust time I'd aeen him since he come back." 'What business was he lnT" "Well, suh," said Brother WHHam, "fo' he gone away he wus In de burglary busi ness "Atlanta Constitution. Redd I see you've got a new chaufeur. Greene Yes; he's all right, too. Redd Come well recommended? Greene Oh, yes; he doesn't know a sin gle chorus girl. Yonkera Statesman. GLOBE SIGHTS. fFrom the Atchison Globe. A good partner Is as hard) to find as good help. A boys' band is usually the limit so far as music Is concerned. Nothing will make a red headed) woman more angry than to be asked if she is readty. To make a pimple remain a pim ple, forget it; but If you nurse It and exaggerate it, It becomes a boll. This is true of other troubles than pimples. A man Is never contented. When he can't eat, he Imagines that he Is going to die, and when he has a good appetite, he fears he has a tape-worm. Subject for discussion by the Lan caster Literary society: When a wo man is requested to give oooklng re cipes to her friends, has she a right to refuse? When it is said of a man that he rises with the lark, and goes to bed with the chickens. It Is usually the case that nothing more can be said to his credit. One reason why the dishes, win dows, floors and clothes have so hard a time finding someone to wash them. Is that this class of work never comes under the head of "Art." It shows as much conceit to think that people are talking bad things about you as to Imagine they are say ing good things. They are probably not thinking of you at all. This Is the time of the year when we begin hearing about how the rab bits are destroying the orchards, but, somehow, the rabbits are mighty scarce when the town hunters go af ter them. An Atchison little boy, soon after he went up stairs to bed, was called to by his mother, who wanted him to come down stairs, and do an errand. "I can't," he replied: "I've done got my pants started off." Notice to fathers of marriageable girls looking for a change of location: We have had that kind of weather all winter in Kansas when girls saunter down to the front gate after supper and waylay the Eligible Man going by. A woman will let a funeral of a friend, a church wedding, or a run away Interrupt the common current cf events, but all of these, with a fire added, will not prevent her from keep ing an engagement with her dress maker. The amateur singer Is dreary enough at best, but when he makes extra preparation for a song. It Is worse than ever. This Is one of the queer things about amateurs: the more they practice a song, the worse they sing it. An Atchison man gave a little boy some candy the other -mornlhg, and, as the little boy took it, of course his mother said: "Whaf 4o-you say to the gentleman?" And then she almost died of mortification, as the little hnv snlrl. sweetly: "Give ma some mors.' V

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTONAIr-TUBSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1908. V J4HH There's Only One Condition Fresh Fresh from flour to table. Takoma Biscuit are Made from new specially selected soft winter wheat flour by our own exclusive method of baking in modern ovens thus retaining all the nutriment of the wheat. Takoma Biscuit are Fresh when they leave our bakery packed fresh in wax-pressed cartons, closed with the Triple Protec tion Seal. Takoma Biscuit are Always fresh no matter when you buythem crisp, flaky and finely flavored. Takoma Biscuit are The satisfactory kind your grocer likes to sell Ask him today. Two sizes 5 and 10 cents. lOO S E-Vl LBS u? AC,TY What YouVe Been Waiting For Mid-winter Clearance Sale of HAN AN'S Heavy Soled Shoes for Men and Women. $7.00 Grades $5.60 $6.50 Grades... $5.20 $6.00 Grades $4.80 $5.50 Grades $4.40 AnyFlorsheim Heavy Sole $3.90 We Have All Sizes No Broken Lots Mail Orders Promptly Filled rechselShoe Co 705 iA AS I A V ILfcl RECLAMATION PLANT. Government May Establish Another Xcar Grant County line. Washington, Jan. 14. Kansas stands a fair chance of securing an other reclamation project similar to that already established near Garden City. Representative Madison, who dis tinguished himself early In his con gressional career by taking up and pressing successfully before the Inter state Commerce commission lower coal rates for southwestern Kansas, In conjunction with the businessmen's organizations of that section, is re sponsible for the chance that portion of the state has of getting more wat er, through the government. Judge Madison has been assured by Dr. F. H. Newell, chief of the United States reclamation service, that, In the near future, probably early in the spring, a full Investigation will be made as to the feasibility of estab lishing a project in Grant and Has kell counties. Being a western Kansas man, and having seen the wisdom and value of the practical establishment of the Garden City project. Judge Madison thought some day there should be an other on. In. that section. He knew the value of such a project to the surrounding country, and even to cen tral Kansas as a whole. His attention was called to a natural sink, or basin, lying south of Hartland, Kearney county, almost on tho Grant county line. Also It was brought to his at tention that there was a natural fait away from the Arkansas river to the south. Taking these two facts in con Junction, and fortifying himself with topographic maps to prove his con tention. Judge Madison digested all the conditions and visited Dr. Newell. Bringing the matter to the considera tion of that official, and urging action upon him, it was not long before the promise was made that an agent should make a full and personal In vestigation of the situation with the view to determining the feasibility of the scheme. The water may be easily impounded In this natural sink, or basin, and dis tributed evenly and without great dif ficulty through northern Haskell and Grant counties. Taking the watei from the Arkansas river, probably near Syracuse, Hamilton county, it will be run into the basin, impounded, and let out to flow thence toward Ulysses, Grant county, and at that point deflect to tho east and irrigate lands in Haskell and northern Grant counties, if Judge Madison's plans carry. The Kansas reclamation fund has earned a good deal of money since Its establishment, is now largely deplet ed, owing to the final work on the Garden City project, but expenditures on the latter will shortly cease, and then It is that the fund will begin to grow, so that, If Judge Madison's plans work out, by the time the in vestigation shall be completed and the preliminary plans ended, there will be money to commence the work. In case for any reason Dr. Newell should not be satisfied with the pro posed plan of Judge Madison for Grant and Haskell counties, upon full investigation, the Seventh district rep resentative will not give up, but states he will find something else In the southwest that will produce results. The up-to-date drug store In the big block is Price's. COUNCIL DROPS IT Won't Investigate State Journal After All. Done on Spur of Moment Says Mr. Hollidaj. 3 FINALLY WITHDRAWN Action on the Motion Was With out Dissenting Tote. iilili Absolutely Pure The otfiy baking powdes tnado with Royai Grapo Cream of Tartan Uo Alum, Ho Limo Phosphafo Sunday Theater Ordinance Sent Back to Committee. The committee of three councilmen which Mayor William Green was In structed at the council meeting a week ago to appoint for the purpose of In vestlgating the claim that the State Journal was misrepresenting the coun cil proceedings was not appointed. The proposed investigation has been dropped. The subject concerned the criticism of this paper on the viaduct construc tion which has been remedied. Councilman C. K. Hollldav. who in troduced the resolutions calling for such an investigation asked Mayor Wil liam ween lor the privilege of with drawing the resolutions and the mayor with the consent of the council did so, "The council asked me to appoint a committee of three this evening," said the mayor. "However the mover of the resolution has asked that the mat ter be dropped from the view of the publicity already given to the matter and I think that sufficient publicity has been given. But if the council desires me to appoint the committee l will ao so. "I move that the resolutions be with drawn," said Councilman C. K. Holli day. "As I said In the beginning there was nothing personal about this. Mr. Schultz, the reporter, and myself have always been friends. The resolution was offered on the spur of the moment. The paper is always working for the good of the city, for its upbuilding and is one of the boosters. We all say little things and do little things that we shouldn't always do. The matter has been given publicity enough." The council was unanimously in fa vor of withdrawing the resolutions. Once more harmony Is restored in the council. The new ordinance which was drawn by the city attorney for the closing of the Sunday theaters and which was amended by the police committee was sent back to that committee jointly with the city attorney last evening. "I move that It be sent back to the police committee, together with the city attorney," said Councilman Stanley, of that committee. "The ordinance as amended it seems to me should belong to the judiciary committee," said Councilman Kutz, at the same time amending the motion of Stanley. "I hope this amendment will not pre vail," said Stanley. "We would like to consult with the city attorney concern ing the phraseology, then we will re turn it to the council and -you can do with It .as you please." "It belongs to the Judiciary commit tee. They should have- it. It rightful ly belongs there. It should have gone there in the first place," insisted Coun cilman Kutz. When it came to a vote, six of the councilmen voted against the amend ment of Councilman Kutz and four for it. The vote stood: Ayes Councilmen Holliday, Horn, Lannan and Kutz; noes Councilmen Stanley, Howard, Montgomery, Tandy, Van Ness and Jordan. The council then unanimous ly passed the motion of Councilman Stanley which sent the ordinance back to his committee. The committee has come around to the viewpoint of the city attorney that when they amended the ordinance they went too far and destroyed some of its usefulness. The salary increases in the electric light department and that of the city j plumbing Inspector which were made a week ago will be reconsidered. The ordinances which were drawn up pro viding for the increases were sent back to the ways and means committee. The plumbing inspector was raised from $1,000 to $1,200. The firemen at the city electric light plant were raised from $600 to $660, the linemen, $720 to $900 and the trimmers from $690 to $780. H. K. Goodrich, superintendent of the elec tric light plant, insisted that the pro posed salary Increases in his depart ment were not rightly proportioned. "These men that the council decided to raise have had their wages increas ed two or three times while the engi neer at the plant has never had his salary raised," said Mr. Goodrich to a reporter last evening. "The engineer has been naturally indignant for those who have had their wages raised are not working any harder now than they did before." It Is probable, however, that an en tire readjustment will be made by the ways and means committee, something that will not cause so much objection. A tight was also made on the increase which had been recommended for the plumbing Inspector. An ordinance fixing the boundaries of the special benefit district which will be created to pay for the Martin Dennis addition sewer was presented and referred to the committee on sewers. The district proposed follows: Com mencing at th intersection of the center line of College avenue with the center line of Fifteenth street, thence north along the center line of College avenue to a point 250 feet north of the north line of Fourteenth street in ad dition B to College Hill, thence west along the north line of lot 127 Col lege avenue, and the north line of lot No. 128 Bos well street in addition B to College H1U addition to center line of Boswell street to the center line of Fifteenth street, east along the center line of Fifteenth street to point of be ginning. The action, of the council taken dur ing the month of December, when It refused to grant the Gas company the light to add any more consumers in the city until the gas pressure had been increased, was rescinded last evening. The claim that the pumping station Is In complete working order and the bettered conditions locally caused the action of last night. Members of the city council and city officials were entertained at the home of Councilman and Mrs. H. B. How ard at 1100 West Tenth avenue last evening following the session of" the council. This Is the third of a series of parties which members of the coun cil have given in honor of their brother city officials. The usual good time which is enjoyed at affairs of that nature prevailed. A number of ordinances changing ITCHING ON HUMOR LITTLE BOY His Hands were a Sofld Mass, and Disease Spread Alf Over His Body In Four Days the Child was Entirely Cured Mother Strongly RECOMMENDS CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT "One day we noticed that our little boy was all broken out with itching sores. We first noticed it on his littJe hands. His hands were not as bad then, and we didn't think anything serious would result. But the next day we heard of the Cuticura Remedies being so good for itching sores, etc., that! thought I would get them. By this time the disease had spread all over his body, and his hands were nothing but a solid mass of this itching disease. I went to the drug store and purchased a box of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, and that night I stripped my little boy and took the Cuttoura Soap and lukewarm water and washed him well.- Then I dried him with a soft bath towel, and took the Cuticura Ointment and rubbed him thoroughly with it. I did this every evening before I put him to bed and in three or four nights he was entirely cured. You have my permission to publish this because anybody who suf fered as my baby did ought to know of the Cuticura Remedies. I will surely and gladly recommend the Cuticura Remedies, for they are a godsend to all suffering with skin diseases. Mrs. Frank Donahue, 208 Fremont St.. Kokomo. Xnd.. Sept. 16, 1907." GREENWOOD A CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE JUDGE Would Give Careful Attention to Estates. PIMPLES And Blackheads Prevented and Cured by Cuticura. Gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment, the great Skin Cure, but do not rub. Wash off the Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water and continue to bathe the faoe freely for some minutes. Repeat morn ing and evening. At other times use hot water and Cuticura Soap for bath ing the face as of ten as agreeable. Complete External and Internal Treatment tor Erery Humor of Infanta. Children, and Adulta eoulata ol Cuticura Soap (25c.) to Cleanse the Skin, CuUrura Ointment 50e.) to Heal the Skin, ana Cuticura Reapl vent (SOc.i, (or In the form ot Chocolate Coated Pllla 26c. per rial ot SO) to Purify the Blood. Bold throughout the world. Potter Drue A Ctaem. Corn.. Sole Prop. Boston. Maai. 9-laalled Free. Cuticura Book on Skin Disease. certain funds from one account to another were passed last evening. The first ordinance called for the payment of II. 085. 34 out of the general lm provement and Judgment funds, of which 185.34 was to meet additional bills due, while the $1,000 was towards making a. payment on a Judgment of $1,500 which was rendered against the city In. a personal injury suit known as the Cook case.' Another ordinance transferred $1,000 from the general fund to the Judgment, .fund which was exhausted. Two other or dinances provided for the transfer of $3,237.27 from .sewer district JNo. zo bond fund, representing the engineer ing charges .to the general revenue fund, ana the transier or. izz.i from the. DavUiK.bond, fund, of 0.906, engineering- charges, to'the general revenue luruL A paving petition to pave Fillmore street from first to ntn street was referred to the street and walks com mittee. A second petition to pave Williams street from Clay street to Buchanan went to the same commit tee. Other matters referred to the streets and walks committee: Request for a four foot sidewalk at Sumner and Penn1 streets; request of E. J. Co veil to remove his name from a paving pe tition to pave Monroe street from Tenth avenue to Twelfth street. W. H. Gilflllan, city food inspector, reported collections for the past month of $177.59. The council adjourned to meet next Monday. SAFE BLOWERS ARE SLOW Postofflco and Colaw Grain "Company's Store Are Burglarized. Erie, Kan., Jan. 14. The poartofflce and general store at the little town of Shaw, near here, were burglarized sometime between closing time Satur dtay night and Monday. The safes at both places were dynamited. The burglars dynamited two safes and escaped with $70 in cash ana $40 In stamps. The entire booty was secured from the postomce and the general store of E. E. Kckley, and the burglary was not discovered un til the proprietor opened his store Monday. Tools tor ttsmuing into the safe were secured from the Santa Fe tool house a block away and were later found in another store building. A sledge hammer, monkey wrench and cold chisel were the instruments used. The Dostoffice safe had been drilled into near the .center of the door and an accurately Kauged charge of nitro inserted, merely sufficient to Jar the door off its hinges ane not wrench the safe or arouse the sleeping town. From the safe $60 in cash and $40 in postage stamps were obtained. At the Colaw Grain company en trance was secured through the front door by Bkeleton ,keys. The door of the safe was blown off in a manner similar to that followed In the post office. The nickeled handle of the Thinks Liquor Fees Should Not Go to the Probate Judge. Persons will never know what a delicious breakfast food is until they have eaten WHEAT FLAKE CELERY the ideal food for all classes, the result of years of investigation. For sale by all Grocers e L. H. Greenwood, the subject of this sketch, is a candidate for the nomina tion of probate judge at 'the coming Republican primary. After graduat ing from Washburn college and the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, he began the practice of law in Topeka. He haa been a practicing attorney in Topeka for sixteen years and by devoting him self exclusively to his profession has become one of the leading attorneys in the city. Mr. Greenwood has the con- LMJ LEWIS II. GREEXAVOOD. Candidute for Probate Judge. fldence of his brother lawyers and among his enthusiastic supporters are found many of the leading lawyers of Topeka. He is 'widely and favorably known as a lawyer and has an excel lent reputation as a citizen. Mr. Greehwoojd 1 "has never been a candidate for an office before, but he has been elected by the graduates of Washburn college a member of the board of trustees of that institution for twelve successive years. When asked how he would conduct the office of probate Judge, if elected, Mr. Greenwood said: "I believe a man's past reputation and record should be the largest fac tor in determining his fitness for a position rather than his ante-election promises. W hat he has been, in the past and what he has stood for ought to determine largely what he will do in the future. But to those who do not know me I am glad to express my self. "It is not everyone, who realizes the importance .'of the office of probate Judge in a county like ours containing a city of the size of Topeka. At least four-fifths of the business of the office concerns the administration of estates of deceased persons, minors and the insane. It is of the greatest impor tance that the property of widows, orphans and the unfortunate insane should be administered with justice, promptness, honesty and strict econ omy. "The duties of the Judge of the Juvenile court are imposed upon the probate judge, and in my Judgment the proper management of truants and juvenile offenders demands the best and most careful efforts of the court. It is the purpose and policy of the law that the rules of equity rather than those of the police court should gov ern' in the handling of Juvenile offen ders. 'It would be my purpose, if nominated' and elected, to give indi vidual consideration to such cases in order that equity may govern in the correction of punishment of first of fenses, but with firmness and not leni ency alone, with the object in view to reform and uplift the young violators of law and to protect society against their further offenses. "In granting druggists' permits I believe the spirit as well as the letter of the law should govern. The pro bate Judge has the matter largely un der his control and he ought to issue permits only to legitimate druggists and never allow a jointlst the aid of a druggist's permit in carrying on his business,' and any druggist violating the law in any particular should have his permit' promptly revoked. '"Above all things I think the fees paid by druggists to the probate judge upon sales made by them ought to be paid into the county treasury and that the probate judge should not profit by an increased number of sales." safe had been removed and the charge placed in the opening. Nothingwas ob tained in the Colaw safe, the cash drawers being empty. No attempt was made to enter the Smith store, although with skeleton keva access would have been easy and the day's receipts of the mer chant would: have been found exposed on the counter where he had care lessly left it before closing the store. WEARS A $1,000 OVERCOAT. Henry Martin, a HaLstead Real Estate Man, the Possessor. Henry Martin, a wealthy real estats dealer of Halstead, who has been visiting Samuel Freidberg in Topeka, is the owner of a remarkable overcoat. It is made of seal skins which Mr. Martion brought from Russia himself. The seals were caught In Siberia and the fur is remarkably fine. Two skins were used in making the coat which is lined with the finest broadcloth and may be worn either side out. The mat is valued at $1,000. Mr. Martin is enthusiastic over th future of Kansas. "Out in our sec tion of Kansas," he said, "we have not known there was a nnaciai nurry. i sold land right along- and the buyers had money to pay for it. I believe that this year will be the best one in the history of the state and that more land Improved farms I mean will be sold than ever before." A Higher Health Ievel. "I have reached a higher health level since I began using Dr. King's New Life Pills." writes Jacob Springer, of West Franklin, Maine. "They keep my. stomach, liver and bowels working just tight." If these pills disappoint you on trial, money will be refunded. At all drug stores. 26c i Open Wednesday; Night: tumnn January Clearing Sale Savinigs On Men's and Boys' Best Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Furnishings. If you come to The Palace your pay checks will bring wonderful results m good first class mer chandise. SEE These Offers! 20 to 40 For $20, $22.59, and $25 Fine Overcoats Hart, Schaffner Marx, Alfred Benjamin Co.' $25 Finest Velour Overcoats. $25 Heavy Tourist Overcoats. $22.50 Black Vicuna Overcoats $20 Patch Pocket Overcoats. $20 Black Kersey Overcoats. $.50 f rchoica 5 Men's all wo3l Overcoats, were $10. For $20, $22.50 $25 Suits are handsomest black, blue, gray, browns and mixtures all Hart. Schaffner Marx and Alfred Benjamin kind the greatest suit value ever offered at the price come! 15 5 for Men's all-wool Sack Suits for merly $10.00 and $12.50, come soon. $1.50 for Men's Gray S2.0 Pants all sizes. $3.50 for Men's $5 and $6 Trousers all sizes. i OFF All Duck Coats, Corduroy Coats, Fur-lined Duck Coats Big Cuts in Boys' Clothes Youths' long Pants Suits ages 14 to 20 years single or double-breasted in fancy worsted and dark Scotch cheviots from our 97. 50 and CJ4 Cf $8.50 lines l?4.uU Boys' Knxkerbocker Suits 2 pair of Pants ages 7 to 15 years in fancy cassimere and worsted $4.00 grades. Ycuths' long Pants in worsted and cassi mere all sizes Boys' all wool Golf Gloves, in all colors 50c quality.:. Boys' Merino Sweaters in all colors 4 to 12 years 1.00 quality Boys' Leather Gloves, Astrachan backs 75c quality Boy3 Knee Pants double knee and seat 3 to 14 years Boys Knickerbocker Pants 3 to 10 years 50c quality $2.65 $1.00 29c 55c 35c 20c 29c Children's Fast Black Hcse 5 to 9 .-5c Big Savings in Men's Furnishings n( for 50c, 75c OVC Men's Negii gee Shirts. For S1.E0, J2 finest dress shirts $1.15 69c 79c For$l Men's fine negligee bhirts. For $1, $1.25 AU-Wool Underwear. 45c $1.35 For Men's Heavy Fleece Underwear, For 92.00 blue flan nel shirts. $3.50 Men's Shop Shoes Tomorrow $2.50 20 off all Stetson, Boyden and Washburn Shoes Kangaroo, Puritan, Calfskin Double soles to heel, dustproof tongue Special Bargain S3, $3.50 Soft Hats, Black and colors. $2.25 $1 and 75c Best Winter Caps 50c WOMAN IN FLAMES. Broke Away From Rescuers and Was Fatally Burned. Peoria, 111.. Jan. 14. Miss Lucy Anderson, for three yeara an inmate of the Bartonville insane asylum, died last night in the aaylum hospital of burns received four hours earlier. Miss Anderson was passing the wood stove when her clothing- caught fire. A physician threw a blanket around her. In pain and fright eh tore loose from- him and ran into th open air. The burning woman elud4 all the nurses and attendants who at tempted to stop her. Another doo tor. who finally caught the woman, who by this time was enveloped la flames, rolled her into the snow and, with the aid of his overcoat, succeeded in extinguishing the fire. She had been burned frightfully and died la great agony. Miss Anderson comes from S wealthy family in Champaign oountj and) was the owner of a large amount of property. 1 Mc I Every mother fssls great dread of the paU and danger attendant upoa the most critical period of her life. Becoming s mother should be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the HS pain and danger of maternity this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its nse. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent o gloomy nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions art overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour are obviated by the use of Mother' T H xfllS gr9f Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold," L. DB V T r says many who have used it. $1.00 per lIUVUKUwU J bottle at drug stores, cook containing valuable information of interest to all women. be sent to any address free upon application CnAOFIOD REGULATOR OO.. AUSmtm,

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALS-TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1908. GU RTIS TELLS WHY Kansas Senator in Washington Discusses Prohibition. TOPEKA'S ECONOMY STORE Store Will fie Open Wednesday Evening, Until 10 P. M. For the accomodation of the Santa Fe Employes. I Wai Cash Yovr ChecKs. r Mail Orders Filled J Promptly Railroad fare paid in full or in part to out-of-town Patrons. Crawford Bldg., 612-614 Kansas Ave. State Sept Dry by Struggle of 28 Tears. REDUCTIONS LAW FAILED AT FIRST Great underpriced purchasing, merchandise closed out to me by manufacturers who were anxious to sell at any price for cash Enables me to offer goods at less than one-half their actual cost of manufacturing. Every article offered will make a great saving in your expenditures. Prorided for a Fine Without a Jail Sentence. 0 ET7 I m num .aa vT3s m m 5TARTDING Says State Has Benefited Greatly by the Regulation. William B. Curtis In the Chicago Record-Herald: "No, the prohibiten movement In the South has had no effect in Kansas," aid Senator Charles Curtis of that state in answer to my inquiry. "We have had it so long and so many at tempts to repeal the prohibtory clause tn our constitution have failed that it Is universally regarded as a fixture With us, and the enforcement of the law is a matter of local sentiment en tirely. "Twnnty-eight years ago the constitu tion of Kansas was amended so as to prohibit the sale of liquor except for medicinal, mechanical and scientific Ear poses, and laws were enacted by the igislature fixing penalties for its vio lation. At first the penalty was not nor than $500 fine or imprisonment for not more than ninety days, and for several years no violator of the law was punished except by fines. That did not 'have much effect upon the liquor traf fie Saloons were maintained openly In pretty nearly all the large towns and the cities. The proprietors were ar rested periodically and brought into court and oonvloted and paid their fines, which were much smaller than ithe ordinary license fee for liquor sell- trig in other states. The number of ar i rests and convictions and the amount of the fines depended entirely upon the disposition of the prosecuting officers and the courts, and their policy was usually governed by public sentiment. Thus prohibition became a form of local option. If the majority of the people of a city wanted the law en forced they elected officials who would enforce It, and vice versa. The enforce ment of the liquor law was an Issue in all local campaigns and candidates for office were selected because they were tot or against It. "But even where the law was en forced the penalty was not adequate, and about 1885 the temperance people in the state secured an amendment to the law which fixed $100 as the mini mum fine and compelled the courts to send an offender to jail for at least thirty days in addition to the fine: while $500 and ninety days in jail were the maximum. This amendment was effective. Liquor sellers who were not afraid of fines would hesitate a long time before they would render themselves liable to a month in Jail. Only a few would take the risk. "The law was tested in every way. Test suits were brought on all kinds of pretexts, but it was finally sustained by the supreme court, and the efforts of the antiprohibltionists, or the re submlssionists, as we call those who want the constitutional amendment resubmitted to a vote of the people, only strengthened the hold that pro hibition sentiment had upon the peo ple. Numerous legislatures were elected on that Issue, but the only leg. islation that has been or could- be passed was amendments to make pro hibition stronger and easier to enforce. And its enforcement has become more and more general and the prosecutions have grown more and more effective throughout the entire state. "In some places county attorneys have been compelled to secure injunc tions from the courts prohibiting property owners from renting their '"houses and stores to liquor sellers. During some of the lax periods the attorney general of the state has brought ouster proceedings against county attorneys, mayors and other officials who would not enforce pro hibition. Now we have a law furnish ing means by which any official who refuses to prosecute liquor selling may be removed from office. "In this way the enforcement of the law has been growing more and more within the authority of the attorney general of the state, indirectly by giv ing him jurisdiction over local officials who are naturally governed by public sentiment, and he, having been elected toy the entire voting population of the state, represents the sentiment at large rather than that of any particu lar locality. I think it may be said that the law has always been en forced In the country districts and in the small towns. There are grown men In the state of Kansas who have never seen a saloon, although I am sure there is none who has not seen a locomotive. The enforcement has been spasmodic In the cities. "Before I was elected county at torney at Topeka I had been for sev eral years acting as attorney for the whisky men. 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After using the trial you will hurry to your nearest druggist and get 60 cent box of Pyramid Pile Cure, now admitted by thousands to be one ef the most wonderful reliefs and cures for Piles ever known. Instant relief can be gotten by using the mervelcus Pyramid Pile Cure. It imemidately reduces all congestion and swelling, heals all sores, ulcers and irri tated parts. It renders an operation ohanlutelr unnecessary. Send yur name and address today for free trial package to Pyramid Drug Co.. 138 PJTniO is lag., marsnaii, Alien. Boys 75c, Blouses of all wool flan nel, sateen and fancy mixtures. Sizes 3 to 1$ years. 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Suits and Overcoats worth $15, $18, for One lot Men's Pants neat dark patterns, made of heavy serviceable worsted and cassi meres m all sizes values up to $2. For 98c One lot Men's K&zo Pants made of de pendable worsteds and cassimeres, in a large assortment of patterns pants, sizes 30 to 50 that are worth $2.50 and $3 For A swell lot of $3.50 and $4.00 Pants in newest dressy patterns of a fine quality wor stedssizes 32 to 44. This is a special bar gain as long as they last For $1.98 37c One lot of Boys' 50c and 75c Knee Pants, of extra heavy" worsteds, cassimeres and Scotch mixtures fine for school sizes' 4 to 16 years and for....".. j... ..v Boys' Suits and Overcoats suits in knee pants and novelty styles, sizes 4 to 16 years, fancy mixtures and plain colors; Overcoats in black and gray meltons, J 6izes 4 to 12 yeara, emblem on sleeve, velvet col lar and worth $3 and $3.50 for. 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Choice QQf for. ov One lot of Fine Table Linen that sell for 75c everywhere, bleached, sil ver bleach and colors 60 in. wide in a large assortment of pat- Q terns and for fci7V 2,000 yards of fine Madras Shirting that sell for 12c to 15c a yard stripes and checks light and dark colors -and only for 5c yard MILLINERY Choice of 65 women's $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 ready to wear hats, in felt and velvet, all this seasons Cjfl ffl styles and neatly trimmed; this is an excep- jj I.IJll tional offer and will not last long for. w CLOAKS WOMEN'S AND MISSES' CLOAKS This is a clearance of the entire stock of $10, $12 and $15 Coats. The assortment includes coats in handsome kerseys, and broadcloths, blacks and colors. Coats in fancy mixtures, loose, semi and tight fitting models, and full lengths; also handsome Caracule Coats in 27 inch lengths, all sizes, and for All Other Coats Reduced $(g)45 One lot. of Children's Cloth Coats that have been selling for $2 and $2.60, in solid colors, braid trimmed, sizes 4 to 14 QO years, for..; One lot of forty women's and misses' all wool plain Coats, 50 inches long, light and dark plaids, velvet trimmed, and PA worth $5 and $7.50, for. H- 0J 75 Silk Waists, that were $5, irr solid col ors, light and dark, handsome plaids, well tucked fronts.collar and cuffs, three- fl? QC fourths or long sleeve; all sizes; forP"' Qne lot of WomenVDress Skirts of an extra fine quality Panama-or Cecellian, black, navy. and brown, in the new full plaited effects, in all lengths, that are worth $4 and S4.50, for $2.50 75 Women's Dress Skirts, made of chiffon Panama, in black, red, brown and navy, trimmed with three and six rows of taffeta.beau- tf f ti fully draped, and worth $7.50, for...fs f J 50 dozen women's heavy Winter Waists, fleece lined, in neat duck patterns, plaids, checks and stripes, open front or back, plaited and tucked, all sizes, and worth $1.00, a platform which recommended the resubmission of the constitutional amendment to the people. But I was pledged to enforce the law, and after my election I began preparations to do so. There were then eighty- seven saloons In the city of Topeka. It had been customary to prosecute the little offenders for obvious reasons. but I undertook to convict the strong est men and the grand Jury returned j 108 indictments the first term of court after I was sworn in. The first man I I convicted was the richest and most prominent liquor dealer in Topeka. He was found guilty on seven counts by a jury composed of five prohibitionists and seven men who were outspoken j resubmlssionists, but were, like the i rest of our people, in favor of the en- j forcement of all laws. We tried seventeen or eighteen of the more conspicuous saloon-keepers and con victed every one of them. Then the smaller ones all came in and plead guiity. The court was cpmpelled to suspend sentences because the Jail was so full that It would) not hold any more. "We want first, a law to define the rights of the states with reference to violations of their local laws; to authorize them to confiscate liquor Drought over the border into a state by interstate commerce. There should be legislation making' liquor subject to the laws and authorities of a state as soon as it crosses the line. It is a question whether such a law would be constitutional, but the states should, at least, be given an oppor tunity to test Its constitutionality. In the second place, tho government should not issue licenses authorizing the citizens of a state to violate Its statutes; authorizing the mto sell li quor in states where Its sale is pro hibited by the local laws. It would seem to me that both these proposi tions are reasonable and just and I have myself, with other members. In troduced bills embodying them in both the senate and house of repre sentatives. Thus far they have not received much attention, but the sub ject is becoming more and more Im portant because of the enactment of prohibitory laws through the south ern states. Formerly liquor selling was prohibited in Maine and Kansas only; now there Is prohibition in six or seven other states to which such laws as I have proposed will apply, and where experience will show that they are very much needed. If con gress would pass a law giving a state the right to control its liquor traffic prohibition could be enforced." "Is prohibition sentiment growing in Kansas?" "Yes, I should say that it was. And there is no doubt that a large- ma jority of our people are in favor of absolute prohibition. The question is submitted indirectly to the people every few years, and the majority in favor of prohibition continues to grow." "What have been the results of pro hibition in Kansas?" I asked. "Sentiment is divided on that ques tion. In my judgment, they have been beneficial to the community at large. I do not think prohibition has made the slightest difference in the volume of business transacted or in the growth of the population or -in the. value, of our trade or in the prosperity ,of the people. At least prohibition has not diminished our commercial o-r indus trial activity. The resubmlssionists make an effort to prove that prohibi tion has retarded the development of the state, but I do not think so. I do not think that Topeka or any of the other cities in which the law has been enforced are any less prosperous or CERTIFICATE Being a state official and authorized to administer oaths a;d certify documents, I hereby certify that correspondence laid before me this morning from an Eastern city, states as follows: "A Dr. B an old practitioner in this city has had Brighfs Disease for years, is bed ridden, and is simply waiting for his time. He has taken three bottles of Fulton's Renal Compound with more than the usal re sults. Wednesday, of last week, a brother physician called to see him. The latter upon finding he was better, askeU what he was takinsr. Dr. B replied: "It is in the window." The Dr's rejoinder was, "And so you are taking that stuff, too. are you? I had a severe case of Diabetes In a patient who left this city and whom I exoected to die. Yesterday 1 had a letter from him stating that he had taken Fulton's Compound and was well." The following report is made by another prominent physician In the same city, using Fulton's Compound on an acute case of Bright's "case is now on the sec ond bottle with astonishing results." Witness my hand and seal in evidence of the genuineness of this correspondence affixed at Oakland, Cal., this December 28th. 1907. (Seal.) T. C. LANDREGAN, Notary Public. No matter whether, you call it kidney trouble. Nephritis or Bright's Disease, it is a case of inflamed kidneys and as the old time kidney medicines are kidnev ex citants. !t is clear why they are futile. Fulton's Renal Compound is the first suc cessful Renal emollient thus reducing kid ney inflairmation which is now curable for the first time. Even the serious, supposed incurable forms vleld. Literature moiled free. JOHN J. FULTON CO. Oakland. Cal. Rex Pharmacy. corne- Tenth and Kan sas avenue. Topeka. Kan., is our sole local agency here. Ask for bimonthly l Bulletin of late recoveries. progressive than those in which the law has; not been enforced. I believe that Kansas ps a better state under prohibition than it would have been under high license or local option or any other system of regulations. At least it is not worse, and prohibition certainly has had a marked effect in diminishing crime and poverty. "I cannot speak personally of any other city except Topeka, for that is my home, and there I know by person al experience that the criminal dock ets of our courts were always full prior to the enforcement, of the prohibition law, and the county attorney's office was kept continuously busy preparing for criminal prosecutions. The first term of court when I was county at torney there were 100 criminal indict ments besides a large number of in formations. But as the saloons were Closed and the liquor traffic was sup pressed the number of criminal cases gradually decreased until the last term of court while I was in-office there was not a single indictment. And I believe the record in other counties where the prohibition law has been enforced is similar to that in Shawnee county. "The Jails and poorhouses through out the state are usually vacant. If the sheriff has any boarders they are in for horse stealing or for other of fenses Which-cannot be attributed to whisky, and the only people you find In the poorhouse are helpless old men and women or cripples, who have no other means of support and are not brought' there because those who should take care of them are spending their money foif liquor. "Since that time the law has been very generaly enforced in Topeka," continued Senator Curtis, "and there have been no saloons, but it has been evaded more or leas ail the time,' and the detectives have- been kept busy watching suspicious people. There, has been a good deal of drug store business. Men have had 'blind tigers, in rooms of private houses, with closets to which their customers could go and help themselves. Grocers and other store keepers have had speaking tubes and lifts by which liquor could be brought up from the cellar or down from a room above. One man had a secret room in his cellar, the entrance to which-looked like the front of a refrigerator; anoth er had bottles of whisky kept in bread pans In his stove; another had jugs hanging in his cistern from cords which his customers could hoist up and help themselves. The "bootlegger" is a man who peddles whisky- by the bottle. He goes about town visiting places where men are employed and serves them from a bottle concealed on his person. "Drummers go through the state taking orders for Kansas City liquor houses and ship their packages by ex press on what is called the 'Jug train.' A large express business is done with all the neighboring cities and it is diffi cult to prevent that without congres sional legislation. "At first the internal revenue officials would not give the state officers any assistance and would secretly issue licenses to sell liquor, but congress has since passed an act making the work ings of the internal bureau public, so that the prosecuting officers always know who have licenses to sell liquor in the state and are able to watch them. If congress would enact two other laws it would assist materially in the en forcement of prohibition. "There is nb poverty in Kansas; no community in the history of the world was ever better off. Up to the recent financial flurry the deposits in our banks averaged $100 for every man, woman and child in the state, and the' later returns show an .aver age of J89 per capita in the banks. Since then the farmers have sold more of their crops and there is now more money in the state than there ever was before. "Mr. Coburn, commissioner of agri culture for our state, has recently Is sued a statement showing that the value of the crops of Kansas for 1907 was $66,897,749 and that the value of the live stock on our farms is $463, 648,606. This Is an increase from 1906 of $39,313,739. "The anti-prohibitionists point to the slow growth of population as one of the effects of prohibition. The in crease has been only about 2 per eent, but the reason is entirely differ ent from that attributed. During the last ten years hundreds of thousands of people have left Kansas for other parts of the country at least 15,000 have gone from my county alone to Oklahoma, California and other states, and they did not leave because they could not buy whisky to drink," said Senator Curtis. Easy Change Coffee to delicious DOSTUM and "There's a Reason' Read "The Road to Wllflll," In pkgs. Forsok vart 7-9-11 Kaffe V;. -for- 20c Pundet ,Vi aro forsakrade om att ni tycker- vattre om detta kaffe an, nagot annat ni hafva nagon sin begag nat for detta pris. Charles McClintock -Te Kaffe Porslin 815 Kansas Avenue KXVG FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR. Former Assistant City Engineer En ters the Race. Willard E. King for five years as sistant city engineer of Topeka has announced his candidacy for the of fice of county surveyor subject to the Republican primaries. The office of county surveyor more directly con cerns the people residing outside of the limits of the city of Topeka, but it behooves the people generally in both city and country to see that no mistakes are made in selecting a nominee for this office. Mr. King is qualified both by education and prac tical experience to discharge the du ties of the office acceptably. During his period of service for the pity, Mr. King had extensive experience with many public improvements and he is at the present time resident engineer for the Topeka and Southwestern railway. Previously and for several years he had been associated with- the engineering departments of the Atch ison, Topeka and Santa Fe and. of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railways. Mr. King was born In To peka and has lived here all of his life. He Is well known both in the city and county and his friends be lieve that he will make a capable and faithful officer. w Jjittle Work in District Court. In district court this morning, the jury business was very brief. Only two cases were set for the day's Jury business, Armstrong versus Patton and. Mather versus SdteFariind.' The first was continued, and the second submitted on a statement of facts, RELIABLE DENTISTRY Our success is due to high-grade work manship and best materials at reason able prices. Special low prices until Jan. 20. $8.00 Set Teeth for.... S4.00 $12.00 Set Teeth for... $7.00 Gold Crowns $3 to $5 v Silver filling 60c Teeth cleaned..:. 60c Gold filling 50c to $3 Painless extrac- tion 26c Bridge work. v: $4.00 New York1 Dental Co. All "Work Guaranteed 20 Tears. 618 Kansas Ave. Open daily Wednesday and Saturday nights till S. Sundays 9 to 12. I TYPEWRITER TYPEr In PRINTED CIRCULARS is one of oar specialties. Call and see our samples. The imitation is al most exact. M.H.MINER Ind. Phone 1009 ATHEKTON BROS." gBttfi irt put QUAUfT HJIiyuiLJIh SIEM5CIGAR always reliable XBX UCWIV f ACXOBE. aorla.lb new thereby' relieving the Jury. The Jury be sorted out for the fir&t case. V

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THE TOPEKA DAILYSTATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1903. 1 1 -J 1 Don't With all your trouble you can't get anything half so good as Van Camp's It isn't your fault, but you lack the facilities. It requires a fierce heat to break down the fibre of beans, and you cannot apply it. That is why home-cooked beans are hard to digest. That is why you regard them as heavy food. i Beans, above all foods, need to be factory cooked. Our ovens are heated to 245 degrees That's why our beans are digestible And we bake in live steam, so all are baked well without browning or breaking. That's why they are mealy, yet nutty. They are baked in the cans the beans, the tomato sauce and the pork all together. Thus their delicious blend. You can't do as we do, because you lack the facilities. Why bother to try it? Let us cook for you. Van Camp's pork and beans baked with tomato sauce We -use Michigan beans, picked over by hand from the choicest part of the crop. Only the whitest, the plumpest, the fullest-grown. Our tomatoes are not picked green and ripened in ship ment, but ripened in full on the vines. That gives to our sauce its superlative zest. We could buy beans for one -seventh, and sauce for one -fifth what we pay We pay $2.10 per bushel for our beans, though beans are sold as low as thirty cents. We could buy tomato sauce, ready made, for exactly one-fifth what we spend to make it. No wonder if some brands sell cheaper than ours. But you will never accept them after you once try Van Camp's. 10, 15 and 20 per can. Van Camp Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind. HIIJJA CIARK'S MOTHER SITES. Mother of Opera Star After Johnson County property. With two of the principals who were interested and had knowledge of the execution of certain deeds to very valuable property dead, Mrs. Lydia A. Clark of New York, formerly of Leavenworth, Kan., where her hus band was. before his death in 1904, a- banker, seeks to regain possession of 620 acres of land in Johnson coun ty. v; "Mrs. Clark who is the motherof Hilda Clark, noted as an operatk: star of more than the ordinary vocal ability, .now the wife of a son of ex Governor Flower, claims that she never signed the deed which con veyed the above lands to other hands. Suits have been filed by her in the TTnlted States circuit court against Benjamin R&ed-er who is now pos sessed of the disputed land. Her hus band, Milton E. Clark, bequeathed his entire estate to her. Four hundred and twenty acres of the 620 acres, she alleges was claimed by Luke E. Gorush as having been conveyed to him through a warranty deed signed oy herself and Milton Clark, her hus band. This she claims she has no know ledge of since she never made, signed, acknowledged or delivered to anyone any deed or conveyance whatever to said larrcL Josiah Gorush also made claim to 80 acres under a claimed warranty deed while Abraham S tans- bury and Charles J. Gibson, claimed respectively 40 and 80 acres upon the same grounds. All of these deeds It is stated, were filed in 1884. Edwin L. Carney the notary in whose presence the deeds were alleged to have been signed and Mil ton Clark, who Is also one of the par ties to the claimed conveyances, are dead. Reeder secured the- land by later conveyance. Mrs. Clark wants possession of the 620 acres. PRATT A CITY. OF, SECOND CLASS. -Diio- i,atiro- tnnie-ht. Ladies free. Tacky skating party Wednesday night at Music hall. The Modocs will sing at the enter tainment to be given at the RaHroad Y. M. C. A. Friday evening. Tnhn w Wwhfrrv who has lived at 1154 High street for many yeara has moved to 1214 Huntoon street. The annual meeting of the Kansas State Grain Dealers' association opened this morning at the Hotel Throop. rnn nr.il man Charles K. Holllday is carrying his right arm in a sling the result of a severe attacn or neunus. Rev. W. M. Cleaveland, pastor ol the Second Presbyterian cnurcn win deliver an address before tne unns tian union of Emporia Wednesday evening. Tk hni wVitcn in helne bored Into Calhoun Bluffs, was yesterday sunk to rionth r.f MO feet and sanasione i was louna m "6 Necessary Papers Are Issued ty Gov ernor Hocb Troday. t" The city of PratC whereat is loca ted the state fish hatchery .and some I quite extensive division, shops of the Rock Island, filed this 'morning with Governor Hoch the necessary petitions and proofs to entitle it to be proclaim ed a city of the second class. Pratt has a population of 2,531." and Gover nor Hoch issued the" neqessary papers today. Pratt has had a rapid growth since the Rock Island shops were located there. It is one of- the most pleasant and promising towns inside of the big bend or the Arkansas. "The Blood is The life." Science has never gone beyond the above simple statement of scripture. BuV it has illuminated that statement and given it a meaning ever broadening with the increasing breadth of knowledge. When the blood is "bad or impure it Is -not alone the bodv which suffers through disease. The brain is also clouded, She mind and judgement are cted, ancThviny an evil deed or impure thoaghtVnjBNtiirectly traced, to the imparity of the SftxriS Foul, impure blood can ne made nnre by t)) "--o fir WELCOME TO BRAZIL Is Extended to the Officers Fleet. of tbe state officer the Iola variety quantities. FTV..M la a IfkflRt One upon whom the anti-pass law did not foil with a heavy hand. Chief Justice Johnston hasn't used railroad passes for 13 years. Governor Hoch has a comrmuu in the last issue of The Earth, pub lished at Chicago, dealing with the prosperity figures of Kansas for the year just closed. A meeting of the Democratic cuuul, central committee is called for Janu ary 16th at the unroop nuin arrangementa -win ue mvm natiTiP' q oountv ticket. a ui v,a nnsHion pays but Allnwusu -v .-o v i Viorp n m seven known taxpayers of Shawnee Rio Janeiro, Jan. 14.The first of the many official functions to be given in honor of the visiting -American naval officers during their stay took place yesterday. The first event was a visit to the Brazillian minister of marine. Admiral Alencar, and this was follow ed by a reception by the. president of the Republic, Dr. Penna and a banquet by the American ambassador, Irving B. Dudley. Dr. Penna cordially wel corned the visitors to Brazil. The am bassador's function was a brilliant af fair. HOGS RUSHED TO MARKET. Biggest "u inner Sent to Wichita Last Week in City's History. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 14. All records win nr willing to assume the duties for hog receipts were smashed at the of county commissioner, t, tho vickine donKey ai m Majestic this week is the best act of the bill at this playhouse. Jasper is "r..i -.-11 trained burro and cei 1.0.1111 is a whole show in himseli. t a c!.n-rf ocnpral western pas sen'ger agent of 'the Rock I- i.v. t.aani9iiprR at K.ansas lines wiui n ..v.--! irti,iTM City, was in Topeka yesterday looking after the Interests of his road. The bill at the Olympic theater this la n crind one. The Desi a,- .i latisM. who gives a LriM of illusions which in their exe cution baffle all understanding. isr criarence Mar- tyne is drawing large audiences at the Olympic this week ana Herr Jansen still continues to mystify tne.m. .,ltn his illusion "The mvisiuie wB"-- tt. Ti,r. has the first type writer "that ever came to Kansas at tii ar-o S13 Kansas avenue. It is a Remington and was bought by Wichita Union stock yards last week when 16,775 porkers found their way to market at this place. Previous to last week the largest week on record was early last May when 15,383 hogs were received Rather interesting and entertaining is "A Romance in Ireland," which was presented at the Grand last night by Allen Doone, a new star, and a gen erally competent company. The play is not an unusual one but it. is a good little comedy, through which runs a pretty love story, and it furnishes the necessary opportunities for Mr. Doone to show oft his talents to the best ad 11 a rt i L V. siiu v the late Judge vaiennne j.cw vantage. Mr. Doone is by no means a Walter Roscoe suidds win great actor but he is aoove tne oral local campaign tonight rt tto JJ theater, at which time he will press beforf the people of this city his plea for the Repucucan nomina""" LAID TO REST IV TOPEKA. Mrs. W. R. Griffith of St. Louis Buried Here Today. l,..., W. R. Griffith, of Emporia, is in To peka today for the burial of his moth er, Mrs. W. R. Griffith, whose" body ar rived from St. Louis this morning. Mrs. Griffith was one of the pioneers of To peka, coming here In 1861 with her hus band who died soon after. She lived here with her daughter, Mrs. Leonard, till 1893. She was 83 years old and was buried this morning beside her husband in Topeka cemetery. nary run and his efforts of last night were most creditable. He has an unusually sweet voice and gets a chance to sing several songs which he does in pleasing fashion. His singing hit is made, with "A Toast to Old Erin." Another clever incidental to the shdw is the tanglefoot dancing i full everely spraining his of KittieO'Brien and, Charles Daly. Be- Sfrtin tre nT fell on top sides being a danefe Daly is a real clever comeaian ana is aDout as gooa o-T-rT Speaking of hard luck. DeP" warii was leading -a Monday when he ankle, and tnen tne norsc E D. McKeever was urged to get into the county attorney fight and could evfdently could have had the Republi can nomination nanus i. t,o.miie such a brilliant rec- ord in theTfflce that? fie did nbtare to stand in his way. an actor as--there is in-the cast.' There is no sign of lessening of public interest in the story of that quaint little country girl of Indiana ".Sia Itopions 'vw:nt aas eeen oeiore. tbe publiq. for eight full seasons and is now retelling ner firory -lor the nmtn Appletons Are Sued for Libel. New York, Jan. 14. Edwin S. Wal lace, former consul of the United States at Jerusalem, has begun suit against D. Appleton Co., publishers of Appleton's Magaxine, for 50,000 damages for an alleged libel. Mr. Wallace alleges that in an article- oj Jerusalem, appearing in the magazine, he was libeled. The company answers that it published the article in good faith, believing It to be true. The Bind You Have Always Ii ought, and -wlilch has been. m use iot ovcsr so years, lias borno tlie signature of and bas been made under bis per 7:. sonal snpervisf on since its Infancy. ti w UTCC1YI3 UU 111 uuoa All Oomtterfeits, Imitations and Jnst-as-good" are but Experiments tbat trifle -with and endanger the health at Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Oasteria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Irps and Soothing1 Syrups, it la Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Sarcoids nbstance. Its age is its gruarantee. It destroys Worms and allays FeTerishness. It cores Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic It relieves Teething' Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea Tbe Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of s7 The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. nr. tv mnsnnxr wiiui. itwYoa m. nnmioi TnPtInr of the directors time. Miss- Rose Melvilta. the origin of the Central c-ongregaiiuiia-i vumvu aior- (i ,uie cnaiauici, ia vym& 10 1 wlinn Vl d will be held this evening officer for the ensuing year 11 be elected. The business meeting w ill be followed by a social and musical pro-(rramme. Gale M. Hamilton, tne omciai vi'-t-r nf the Santa Fe. is in Topeka ?:"-r"L. avir,T Pictures of the dif- inl. .t in the local offices. "r,,. win be reproduced in the Santa Fe Employes' Magazine at a later date. Bruce Kinney, a weu Known tainer of Salt Lake City, will deliver a free lecture this evening at the First Baptist cnurcn. inuiih anu. iiinctrateii with stereoptlcon ccuct i,T.j;sns views. The suoject wui uu nf tns Frontier. The roof on the new Elks' building has been completed and it will make ...i. Kitu fliffermce about the weather conditions from now on and Contractor Evans is better satisfied than ever that the building will be completed by the firRt of April if not before. The Vivians, who do a turn at sharpshootlng at the Novelty this week, are far superior to anything which has been seen in that line this -JrZZ, TVie entire bill at the Novelty is a good one and the crowds seem to already, although this is but the sec- The Doughertyites have extended to the other business schools of the city a special invitation to attend the meet ing "of the Success club tomorrow even- fri, ontti-s mnsloal Dart of the consisting of a variety of vocal and instrumental selections, will be given by the Blssing Conservatory of Music, and will also introduce Prof. Blssing's new instrument, me uwuenr. officers have been in- .toii Ysv Toneka Post W. R- C: Presi dent, Mrs. Fitzgerald; senior vice, Mrs. plilev: iunlor vice. mra. uoane; ut- ,nnT- -Mr 'PpTinv: secretary. Mrs. Mc- c-ifT-ir-ir- nrffiH corrrespondent, Mrs. Mc- rr,T-mioir- conductor. Mrs. Brandlet; assistant conductor, Mrs. Wllcot: guard, Mrs. Wolf- color bearers, Mrs. Creigh ton, Mrs. Ferguson, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Nlckle. r W. Tard. a preacher in Effingham, Kansas, was "stung", for a whole dime by what is supposed to be a fraudulent advertisement. He answered an ad in th Kansas City Journal, and sent a dime to the ""Valley Farmer," address 502 Jackson street. Topeka, Kansas, ex pecting to get in return a bunch of beautiful postal cards and a 6-months" subscription to the "Farmer." The number given, 502 Jackson street, is a blacksmith shop which does not deal in postal cards. The minister wrote the Topeka police about it- Dick Hodglns, for many years steward of the Topeka club, the most exclusive and fashionable gentlemen's club in Kansas, was recently elected a member. Mr. Hodglns is one of th3 wealthiest men in town and powerful In Shawnee county politics. He resigned from the stewardship of the club of which he is now a member, three years ago, but for a number of years before he resigned he waa worth more money than a ma jority of the club members, but he con- tlned in the position out of affection for the club with which he had been connected so long. the; title-role and this season is sur rounded by a stronger company than sTie has ever haa to secona tier erxorts. This attraction plays here for the ninth time? at the iGrand ,on Friday evening. Buster Brown,", the master sue cess of the year in the somewhat over crowded field of musical comedy, comes to the Grand Saturday matine and night; "Buster Brown" needs no introduction, for almost everyone knows his face and all the children have worn clothes, fashioned after him. It needs onlybe said therefore Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It unrjrheg and nnrilips the blood thereby curing, pimples, blotches, eruptions and other cutaneous affections, as eczema. tetter, or salt-rheum, bives and other manifestations of impure blood. in the cure of scrofulous swellings, en larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old sores, the Golden Medical Discovery "has performed the most marvelous cures. In cases of old sores, or open eating ulcers, it is well to apply to the open sores Dr. Pierce's All-Healing Salve, which pos sesses wonderful healing potency when used as an application to the sores in con junction with the use of "Golden Medical Discovery as a blood cleansing consti tutional treatment. If your druggist don't happen to have the "All-Healing halve in stock, you can easily procure it by inclosing fifty-four cents in postage stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y., and it will come to you by return post. Most druggists keep it as well as. the "Golden Medical Discovery." You can't afford to accept any medicine of unknown composition as a substitute for "Golden Medical Discovery," which is a medicine of knowit composition, having a complete list of ingredients In plain English on its bottle-wrapper, the same being attested as correct under oath. Dr; PiercS's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. NOTE A FORGERY. Discrepancies in Tennyson Missive Are Pointed Out. Marysvllie, Kar... J:m .14. The prosecuting attorney, Guy T. Helver ing, says that he has evidence to show that the defendant in the Tennyson murder case,' wrote "the note on whic he relies .to fijer hlm. His conten tion, is hkt'itwB" written by his sis ter earner? deathbed. -The note fol lows:''' r George, I was the cause of pa's death. Don't tell no one unless you have to. j Mr. Helvering said: "I had George Tennyson write the words of the note and compared what he wrote with the original note. One common word which was mispelled in the original was misspelled in the same way in Tennyson's writing. It is a peculiar spelling and would attract attention in any writing. Letters of .Tennyson's sister 'wliich I have are correctly spelled in every particular. She was well educated and would not have made the mistake which I believe Tennyson made. Also she would not ,have written an, ungrammatleal -ifote 'such' as the one the, defendant fays, she wrote." Mr. Helvering said this -was strong evidlence that the defendant wrote the note he says his sister gave him. Tennyson refuses to discuss the note. Lawyers as proficient -as the county affords are to be employed, to- de fend George Tennyson in jail here, charged with the murder Of his father, David Tennyson, near "Frank fqrt, February, 27, 1906." The family held a consultation this afternoon and decided upon that point. w. j. Gregg and Edward Berry have been retained. Berry was prosecuting at torney of Marshall county, when the Tennyson murder happened. George Tennyson's wife, his mother and his brother William.r.arrlved at 4 o ciock from Minneapolis, Kan., and went at once to the county jail with Sheriff Barrett 'JCOwr t "We hStve"tftny"6ne object now," William Tennyson said. "That is to see that George gets justice, full justice, whatever it brings. We shall em ploy good attorneys and help him to prove his innocence, if he is innocent, as we believe he is." Senator Sent to Jail. Columbus, O., Jan. 14. The su preme court today sentenced former Supreme, Court Clerk Lawson E. Emerson, to 10 days in jail and State Senator Austin,: of Toledo, -to 10 days in Jail and $100 ,flne In connection with the charg of securing the lat ter's certificate to practice law in this stattf without proper examina tion. Buster Brown and Ills Dojr Tlge. that this is a third and all new edition of the comedy in every feature. The scenery, costumes,-music and songs are spic and span with newness, while the cast, headed by the little chap who fairly exudes mirth. Master need is away and ahead of any yet seen we are promised. "Buster Brown" should be largely welcomed. Murray and Mack' play a return en gagement at the Grand on Sunday afternoon and evening. Haysjl sinn Never Fails to RESTORE GRAY or FADED HAIR to its NATURAL "No wonder he loves hla wife." "Why?" "She has such a frank, open nance." "Tea. and added to that, she keeps her counte- COLOR and BEAUTY No matter how long it has been gray or faded. Promotes a luxuriant growth of healthy hair. Stops its falling out, and positively removes Dan droll. Keeps hair soft and glossy. Re fuse all substitutes. 2i times as much in $1.00 as 50c size. IS NOT A DYE. Phlto Hy spec. Co.. Newark. N. J. ft mmA 50c bottles, at drugolsts" Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the alseasea portion oi uie eai. aucitt o nnp wav to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflammed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is the results and unless the inflammation can be taken out ana tnis tUDe restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroy ed forever; nine cases out of ten are caus ed by catarrh, wnicn is notning nut an in flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give one hundred dollars for anv case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sena ror circulars iree. F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, O. Sold bv druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Fcflnwd Far. Refund, in Part or la WluU. to Oat-of-Towm Bujrm. rosty JB ros G o V PRE-INVENTORY SALE 2000 yds. of 6Mc Outing and Prints reduced to 4c Two small lots we wish to close out before we commence our inventory. About 1000 yards! of Outing Flannel in light colors and about 1000 yards of Prints, in blues. Excellent for making comforts, etc. Our regular 614c values; to close in this Pre-Inventory Af Sale they are priced, a yard. V 12c Cotton Batting, 10c To go with the -item above we will place on sale, Wednesday only, our best, regular 12y2c Cotton Batting good clean cotton 1 ri at the remarkable price of, a roll. v 12V2c and 10c Outings, 7c Our 12y2e and 10c Outing Flannel, in dark colors only; together with our 12c Flannel ettes. Two tables full. These will be on sale commencing tomorrow morning, 7n a yard. 12Jc Duck and Suiting, 7lAc 28-ineh Dress Ducks in black; with small white dots and 28-ineh, linen color, cotton Suiting. Both are regular 12i2c cloths. To close out a small lot we have priced T 1 it, a yard, 'V 15c Dress Percales, 10c 36-inch Dress Percales in dark and light blue. Thirty-five patterns from which to choose. This is our regular 15c quality priced for the Pre-Inventory Sale, a 1 yard J,Vr 25c Petticoat Patterns, 15c Tomorrow morning we place all of our 25c v Tennis Flannel Petticoat patterns on sale at 15c Good weight in both light and 1 Cp dark colors. Choice, as long as they last 25c 29c Scotck Gingn ams, 18c All of our imported Scotch Ginghams are reduced for this Pre-Inventory Sale. Excel- 4ent assortment of black and white and Scotch plaid patterns: Regular 256 and 29e 1 qualities, a yard. V. 58c 65c Skirting Flannels, 50c r Fine, all wool Shirting Flannels in medium colors plain, checks and stripes. These are our regular 58c and 65c qualities which we place on sale tomorrow morning at EjOe the special price of V- AMVSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. OLYMPIC -109-111 E. Eighth St. "Keep Your Dog Chained "The Dog Catcher" la here with AL. WATSON, the Slang Artist, supported by Adelaine Keith and Aline -Wallace. lOrALL seaTs IQc Amatenr Gntest Friday Night Both Show 8 and 9 P.M. GRAND TICKETS AT ROWLEY'S FRIUAY. JAN. 17 PRICES -Bal. 60c. Floor 7Sc-tl.03 J. R. STIRLING Presents the ArtlS'.lc Coined Unn ROSE MELVILLE In the Characteristic Play SIS HOPKINS" .Last Time. Lt Chance! lo see the Famous "Snakentine Dance" Saturday Matinee and Night Prices-Mat 26c. 60c; Night 25c to SI R. N. OUTCAULT'S DEMURE RESOLVING BUSTER BROWN Wiih MASTER REED acting Bus'er." and his faithful friend, "Tlge," 20-rr3-135-2T2. Sunday Nignt Only PRICE: 25c-60c-75c-$t.OO RETURN ENGAGEMENT Murray and Mack The Sunny Side f IJroadway. 6O-P-OPLE-60 352-131-4-137. MAJESTIC Booked In Conjunction with the Orpheura Circuit. PRICES 10c. 25c. 35c joo-t-DAIIjY MATINEES 10c Clayton, Jenlslns and Jasper Judge-, De Conia and Judge Majestiscopc Racing Airship. Nat I'ranco Pollard Emmett end Rose Morrlsey Frank Marshall Morrlstf and Procter Amatfnir Night Every Friday. CRYSTAL THEATRE 812 Kansas Ave. Hereafter to be THE AURORA" THIS WEEK The Passion Play With a Lecture and Appropriate Sacred Songs. New Novelty The Big Show This Week OVERTURE "Poet and Peasant" Suppe Novelty Orchestra. Harry Furst Co. Comedy Dramatic Sketch, "A Marriage Fee" Harold M. Shaw Co. Dramatic Sketch "Out In The Night" Flood and Hayes Barrel Jumpers The Vivians Sharpshooters The Four Lorettas Acrobats F. N. Irwin Illustrated Song, "In The Land of The Buffalo" Miss Lillian Parfitt Illustrated Song, "When The Moon Plays Peek-a-Boo" 20th Century Moving Pictures Matinees every afternoon at 2:30 2 Night Performances every eve ning, first beginning at 7:30 o'clock Week Day Matinees, 10c Children's Special Saturday Matinee, 5c Sunday and Night Prices: First Floor 25c, Balcony 15c, Boxes 30c Complete change of program erery week, beginning Sunday afternoon. State Journal, 10c a Week.! SKATING AT MUSIC HALL 526 Quincy St. Every afternoon and evening;, a!so Saturday morning's. "SPECIAL Tomorrow oigbt TACKY FAB 17 Prizes for the best Ladies and Gents Costume. xace ciosea. cwuwum. run,

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8 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1908. Cleanses the System Effect ually; Dispels Colas andneaA acKes due to Constipation; Acts naturally, acts Truly as a Laxative. Best orMenmen ana Ckila-ren-ybungand Old. Always buy tke Genuine wklch has ihe full name of the Com- patvy CALIFORNIA Ro Sxrup Co. try whom it is manufactured printed on the front of every package. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS ne size only, regular price 50per bottle. The Topeka club is planning for another "ladlies night" before Lent to repeat the pronounced success of the Christmas reception and dance. Two good looking and prosperous young- men from the Great Northwest Seattle and Alaska are in Topeka and say they are on a wife hunt. All who believe it stand on their left ears. No such luck as eligible, marrying men getting this far with out having their bluff called. The charity tea given this after noon by Mrs. Willard N. Hall at her charming house on Topeka avenue was at once in compliment to and for the benefit of the U and I club, that organization of well known Topeka women which has accomplished so much practical philanthropical work In recent years. Mrs. Hall is not a member of the club but is heartily In sympathy with its aims and her tea today was to show her appreciation of its work. The members of the club assisted the hostess in dispens ing hospitality this afternoon but al! the arrangements for the tea were made by Mrs. Hall who issued about three hundred invitations. The hours were from 2 to 6 o'clock. The girl who is going about be moaning the fact that she "can't learn to love" a man who pays her a good deal of attention isn't fooling any body. Everyone knows that she hasn t been asked to learn to love him and that it is merely a flirtation on both sides. Some girls try to make you believe that every man who calls on them is dying to marry them but we all know better A girl and a man had a "case" for a good many months but when the girl' began to assume proprietary rights over him, the man let go and ran. The girl let herself down easy by telling her friends in confidence that they quarrelled because she refused to marry him. She said she "cared for him aa a friend but couldn't love him." The man heard of her explana tion which, of course, he couldn't deny. It wouldn't have been "chival rous" but he was so thankful for a narrow escape that he dildn't care vh&t other Deonle thouerht ahmit It. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McCIintock will give an informal dinner for twelve guests at the Topeka club tonight. A girl and man who have known each other for five or six years have been seen together in public about five times, always as a result of accident or to suit some other person's conven ience, but it is now said they have a "case." It is this sort of thing that undoes in a minute cupid's most cleverly laid plans too much talk. "The next time I find a girl I think I could learn to love and who doesn't seem to shun me," said a man the other day, "I am going to carry on my courtship clandestinely and by correspondence. Otherwise the first time we should appear together in public there would be a great commo tion in the hennery and the resultant cackling would scare us both to death."

The' subscription dance to be given by the men of the Helianthus club to morrow nisht at Hudson's will be in formal in other words, the girls will please dress for street cars instead of carriages. Mrs. W. T. Crosby, Mrs. Willis Nor ton, Mrs. Albert T. Reid, Mrs. William Macferran, Mrs. Harrison S. Morgan and Mrs. Earle C. Williams of the board of directors of Ingleside are the .committee in charge of arrangements for an informal afternoon entertain ment Wednesday for the Ingleside family and the directors. These in formal afternoons are being given Many persons suffer with weak stomach and more or less illness because they fail to understand the simple and healthful plan of a breakfast somewhat like the following: A littlo fruit. A dish of Grape-Nuts and cream. One or two soft eggs. A Cup of Postuin Food Cof fee and perhaps a piece of bard toast. A man says, "I couldn't go on until noon." One or two day's trial will teach him a big volume of facts and make him feel "fit as a lord." There Is a deep underlying and scientific rea son. T1J bess argument, however, is the actual ex perience with such breakfast. regularly every month this winter and j are proving a pleasant diversion for j the members of the Ingleside house- noia whose pleasures are necessarily rather limited. Mrs. George W. Park hurst, Mrs. John Kleinnans, Mrs. Charles Kleinnans, Miss Grace Reefer, Miss Clara Fleishman and Miss Ona Miller will contribute a programme of songs, piano numbers and readings Wednesday. A Topeka girl named Florence who talk3 all the time and her sister who never says a word are known as th "ebb and Flo of talk."

Miss Hazel Branch of Wichita, who Is a student at the University of Kan sas and often visits Mrs. Eugene B. Siotts in Topeka,-was one of the mem bers of the senior class of the school of arts elected last week to the honorary fraternity Phi Beta Kappa. 9 The story is that parental objection has had the usual effect in the case of a Topeka girl whose people have op posed her suitor, and that she has is sued a deft and announced that she i3 going to marry him and they may as well make up their minds to it. w m Hutchinson News: Five of the well known clubs of the city, numbering about one hundred and fifty members altogether, met this afternoon at the nome of Mrs. W. Y. Morgan on East Sherman street for the purpose of t organizing a city federation. I I A Washtub row is the scandal of a Topeka neighborhood where there is i domestic iconoclast who's opposed to Monday as a washday and has argu- ments to prove that by washing on i Saturday she can get ahead a whole day on the week's work. The other women say, however, that the basis of her contention is that she has no washtub of her-own and that by wash- Ins on Saturday, in defiance of all de- Cenov flnrt rncn'tirid- ah, la i Kin 1 borrow from her neighbors. She bor rowed not long ago from the woman who lives next door but .by the follow ing Saturday had failed to return the tub. As that was the date for the tub owner's biweekly bath, she was nat urally a good bit annoyed and more so wnen sne went after her property, but I found the borrower away from home and the tub locked in the house anl I had to give up her bath, and just wash her feel and let it go at that. It would De more interesting to say that the people" concerned are "prominent in society," but honest, I'm not trying to fool you they're not. Wichita Beacon: The cabinet of the Eighth District Federation of Kansas club women is in session today in the parlor at the Carey hotel. Mrs. John T. Herring of Wellington, president: i Mrs. S. R. Peters of Newton, first vice president; Mrs. I. N. Singer of Wich-! ita, second vice president: Mrs. Warren 1 Baker of El Dorado, treasurer, and the corresponding secretary, Miss Ida B. Hoge.of Wellington are all in at-1 tendance at' the meeting. The cabinet I is in session to appoint the department I committees for the coming year and to arrange for the federation work.! Committees are being appointed for I tne aepartments of literature, home, philanthropy, education, art, music, district history, industrial and labor and credentials. "It seems early to be appointing committees when the annual conven tion doesn't meet until October," re marked Mrs. Herring this morning. "But there is much work attached to the convention and we expect a most successful convention at Wellington this fall." Wichita is represented in the cabinet by Mrs. I. N. Singer as second vice president. She is one of the most experienced club women in the city and has been a faithful work er in Hypatia club for many years. Wichita was well represented at the district convention held in Newton last fall and will undoubtedly be better represented this year since the inter est in federation work has been more largely taken up by the clubs of this city.

People are at a loss to account for the popularity of a Topeka girl who has had a great many suitors in her day and is never without a Steady. By all the laws of the game she ought to be a Bad Risk, matrimonially, be cause she is neither pretty nor at-, tractive, from an unprejudiced stand point, and is absolutely lacking in the gifts of coquetry. She tips her hand immediately, instead of keeping them guessing, which, according to all the authorities, is the right way .to string a man, chases them openly, doesn't understand the value of competition and never plays more than one at a time. In spite of these things she is always Somebody's Darling and could have married a dozen times, perhaps, if it had not been for the opposition of her parents who think nobody is good enough for her. But the Man-Who-Has-the-Dope says these paren tal objections are the secret of her success. The capture of a man, says the Man-Who-Has-the-Dope, demands both ardour and opposition. In this case the girl furnishes the ardour and her people the opposition and that keeps the men going. If her parents were as crazy about her beaux as she Is they would tire of her in a month. There may be something in it for the managing mammas to reflect upon. The Eureka Luncheon club will have an evening meeting Thursday at the home of Mrs. Frank Petro. Mrs. Petro and Mrs. Nelson Petro will be hos tesses. Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. H. A. Auerbach and her daugh ter Ruth Allen, will eave soon for Cal ifornia to spend about six weeks. Mr. Auerbach will join them for a short visit before they return. Kansas City Star: Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Nickerson of Orange, N. J., week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Temp ter, 1416 Lin wood boulevard, have gone to Mexico. Mrs. Hood who returned Friday from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McPhee of Emporia has been confined to her room at the Blower House with an at tack of the grip for a number of days. Mrs- Frank Scott Davis who has been ill with the grip at the Blower House over a week is convalescent. Kansas City Star: Miss Fay Hark less has gone to San- Antonio, Texas, for a stay of several weeks. Mr. Ernest Witt of Skaguay Alaska, and Mr. Dale Witt of Seattle, Wash ington, are guests of their cousin, Mr. Eugene B. Stotts. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Allen of Meriden are in Topeka for a short time. They are at the Blower House. Miss Mattie Payne is ill with pneu monia at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Payne, 427 Clay street. Mrs. Ralph E. "Valentine. Miss Kate Clough and Mrs. Henri Depelle will be In charge of the food sale at Grace Cathedral tomorrow. Lieut. B. M. Bailey of Ft. Leaven worth spent Sun-day and "Monday the guert of his uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. M. D. Bailev. Mrs. Eugene Huntington Ware of Kansas City Is the guest of Mrs. Chester Woodward. Mr. J. C. Emahizer has gone to Chicago to spend ten day?. Mr. and Mrs. C. F, Briggs of Man hattan started on the 5th for an ex tended stay In California via El Paso, AND A WOMAN'S WORK LYDIA E. PINKHAJvl Nature and a woman's work com bined have produced the grandest remedy for woman's ills that the world has ever known. In the good old-fashioned days of our grandmothers they relied upon the roots and herbs of the field to cure disease and mitigate suffering. The Indians on our Western Plains to-day can produce roots and herbs for every ailment, and cure diseases that baffle the most skilled physicians who have spent years in the study of drugs. From the roots and herbs of the field Lydia E. Pinkham more than thirty years ago gave to the women of the world a remedy for their pe culiar ills, more potent and effica cious than any combination of drugs. Lydia E. Pihkham's' Vegetable Compound is now recognized as the standard remedy for woman's ills. Mrs. Bertha Muff, of 515 N.C. St, Louisiana, Mo, writes Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffering' women I am willing to make my troubles public "For twelve years I had been Buffer ing' with the worst forms of female ills. During that time I had eleven different physicians without help. No tongue can tell what I suffered, and at times I could hardly walk.. About two yeara ago I wrote Mrs. Pinkham for advice. I followed it, and; can' truly say that Lydia E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Com pound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice re stored health and strength. It is worth mountains of gold to suffering' women." What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound did for Mrs. Muff, it will do for other suffering women. Texas, where they will spend two or three monthswlth their. son, Mr. H. H. Briggs, who owns a ranch near there., Miss Marie Mann of Los Angeles, Cal., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Mu! holland, at 304 Wert Eighth avenue. Miss Lucile Pollock spent Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City. Mrs. W. E. Shoemaker and twin sons, Everett and Robert of Indepen dence, Kan., are guests of her mother, Mrs. Q. E. Hawley. .v Mrs. Fred Gahagan and son have returned to Denver, Col., after a. visit to her -mother, Mrs.: I. M Noble.' and her sister Mrs. William Knapp. Mr. Will Cartlidge went to Hutchin son yesterday and will return Wed nesday. Mr. Fred Mihleisen will return this week from the-Colorado School ot Mines and will be here for a week be fore leaving for Minnesota- university. Miss Margaret Garvey has return ed from a visit to Miss Genevieve Mil ler of St. Marys. Mrs. B. R. Morton has returned to Chicago after-a visit to-Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Morton. Mrs. C. E. Manley. and-; Miss Kate Bramwell of Ames have-gone to Cam eron, Mo., after a -few days visit with relatives Mr. and Mrs. f; S. peckey and Mr. and Mrs.' J. E. Hazen.' Miss Gertrude Hankla has gone to spend a few weeks with Mrs. Clifford Histed in Kansas City, from where she will return to her home in Cali fornia. Mr. Carl Funnell will return to Washington this week, after a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Funnell of Potwln Place. Miss Anna Marie Nellis is in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Lang, who are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Carl Nellis, will leave' Thursday,., for Denver. Mr. and Mrs. David Wt Mulvane have gone to Chicago.-today to spend a week. .-.-it7 Miss Emma Colgan went to Topeka today to visit at the home of her aunt, Mrs. R. G. Finney. Atchison Globe. The New Church Workers of the First Baptist church will have a thim ble party Wednesday arternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. E. D. Murphy, 819 Lane street." Take the Lowman hill car to Lane and walk a block and a half north. The Richardson Art Embroidery club will meet tomorrow with Mrs. E. W. Hutchlngs. 1921 Van Buren street. Wealthy Solomon Citizen Dead. Solomon. Kan.. Jan. 14. L. C. Baker, who has been in failing health for some weeks, died Monday aged 68 years. He was one of the early settlers of this vicinity and was wealthy. He was connected with the business interests of the city actively for" 35" years and but recently retired, though yet a di rector of the State" bank. -Shoo Factory. Bnrnsr -St. Louis. Jan. 14. The five story factory building, occupied by the Car-ruthers-Jones Shoe company and -other firms at 2640 Locust street, was de stroyed by fire this morning. Loss $100,000. FOR CORRECTING A BAD STOMACH you'll find nothing quite so good as the Bitters; in fact, its wonderful suc cess during the past 54 years has been due to its ability to cure when other remedies had failed. One bottle of the celebrated HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS will convince you beyond all doubt that it can prevent and cure Indiges tion, Dyspepsia, Poor Appetite, Head ache, Heartburn, Void and Malaria, Fever and Ague. Try .it without delay. WKNTS iil !iISCELLiK)ljSii)i THE SHAWNEE -COUNTYrSpUBLI-CAN PRIMARY WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 22, 1908. Itr Probate Judge. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate ior probate Judge of Shawnee county, subject to the Republican pri mary election. LEWIS H. OBKBNWUUU 1 AM A CAN LID AT Jsl FOR PROBATE Judge of ShPwnee oounty, (subject to the Republican primaries.. W F. SCHOCti. TO THE VOTERS OF SHAWNEE CO. I herobv annouuc: my candidacy tor the office of probate ude, subject to the Re publican primary, to be held in the spring QfJS08. JH- W ABD j'AJgg. For State Senator. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE senator from Shawnee county, subject to the Republican primary election to be held Februiry 22. 1908. ARTHUR J. McCABE. CLAD HAMILTON i WILL BE A CAN didate for slate senator from Shawneo county, subject to- the Republican pn-m-r.es. Superintendent Public Instruction. jOHN F. ir.Y hereby announces himself as a candidate for the oifije of county superintendent of public jistructlon ot Shawnee r nty. "subject u- the Republi can primal Irs. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY superintendent of public instruction of Shawnee" county, at the Republican pri mary to be held Feb. 22, 1908 J. A.JISBY. 0 For County Commissioner. I WANT TO SERVE SHAWNEE CO. as commissioner "or ihe Second district. Wards Two, Three at 1 Four, subject to primary election. EDWIN L. O'NEIL. I HE3EBT. ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate for -ih- office of county com missioner Third commissioner district, Shawnee county isuhjejt to Republican primaries of 1S0P SCOTT KEI-SiiY. 1 HEREBY. ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A can.lidate for -soUnty commissioner of Third Cistiict. si'bjiict tc Hepublicar. pri maries spring 19C. GEO K. BUNCE. FELIOW. FARMERS AND VOTERS OF Fifta and Sixth war Is, if you want a business farmor and tax payer for county comm;ssiocr Third district, vote at the Republican primary for George Christ man, resident of Mission township, born in bhir.wnee. county 40 years ago. I HFltEB'? ANNOUNCE' MYSELF AS A candidate for county commissioner from the Third district,subject to the Repub lican pr'marie. E. M. COCKRELL. I IIEHEBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate for bounty commissioner for the. Third commissioner district, subject to coming Republican primaries. .r J. C. SHIMER. I AM A CANDIDATE FOB A SECOND term for county commissioner in the Second. Third and Fourth wards, subject to the Republican primary Feb. 22, 1908. W. E. STERNE.- I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY commissioner' Third d!strict. Fifth and Sixth precinct 0CsSec&nd-ward and ail of the county -south; of 1 the river,' 'subject to Republican primaries -Feb;-" 22, 1908. lW,i'ouuty 'Surveyor.?,, w. kingV candidate' for COUN- ty surveyor, subject. to Republican pri- For Sheriff. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A candidate for the office of sheriff of Shawnee Co.. subject to the voice f the people to be heard Feb. 22, 1908. BEN JOHNSON. I HEREBr ANNOUNCE MYSELFAS A candidate for the office of sheriff of Shawne county, wibj'ct to Republican primal ice of 1908. IRA M. ORNER. r hereby: announce "myself "as a candidate for renon-.ir.ti iion for the of fice. of sheriff ,.:f Shawi.ee county, subject to the RepnMican nrim-ir.'j. For County Attorney. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fice of county attorney, subject to the Republican primaries. For County Coroner. DR. H. H. KEITH ANNOUNCES HIS candidacy for coroner of Shawnee coun ty, subject to the. Republican primary on February 22. H. H. HAZLETT, M. D., IS A CANDI date for county coroner, subject to the Republican primaries'. If elected will not jv a .J- rxinu i r. n .1 For County Clerk. SAMUEL G. ZIMMERMAN, COUNTY clerk of Shawnee county, is a candidate for nomination for.'second term, subject to Republican primary February 22, 190S. W. R. FALKKVER HERFBT AN nnuncss himself as candidate "or the of fice of county clerk of Shawnee county, siibJectoeej)ilicjan For Representative. H. M. PHILIPS Or DOVER. FORMER LY coi'nty treasurer, announces his can didacy for representative from the Thirty-ninth district country o;:th of Kansas river), subject to Republican primary. MORT HUTCHESON CANDIDATE FOR renominattion representative Hh repre sentative district, subject to Republican primary Feb. 22, 1908. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate .for state representative for the oTth district, subject to coming Re-' publican primaries. J. J. KING WA5CTF.h-T-SrTTTATTO?S. WANTED Situation byoung" "manias bookkeeper and stenographer. Al refer ences. Address E. F., care Journal. Collector and solicitor for Topeka, ex Santa Fe railroad- shop man pnferred. Salary,- commission. Room 1, 701 Jackson. WANTED CASH BOYS THE CROSBY BROS. CO. WANTED Colored man and wife cooks for city, good wages. Kearney, 500 Kan sas ave. Topeka Emp. Office. WANTED 2 boys fair education. Capital Commercial college, 706 Kansas ave. WANTED Boy for paper route. Topeka Employment Office, 508 -Kansas ave., HILTY'S shooting gallery has moved to r: e. 8tn st. Read Journal for Bargains.7 FREF. Employ meat Bureau, room 4 base ment Mate house. Wc eoarge for (.ecuring worn or help oa fsrma or other pLacea. CITY FRSJB EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Commercial Club room, 627 Kansas ave. No charge for securing work or lie '.p. MRS. S. B, SEARING, a true medium, 519 1 Jefferson st. WANTED 4 girls fair education. Capital Commercial college, 706 Kansas ave. WANTED-White woman cook for large institution In Kansas, house girls, wait resses $20 to J40 mo., board, room and pass, hotel cooks. Capital Employment Agency, 811 Kansas ave. WANTED Man and wife cooks, S0 mo., lunch counter girls, $22.50. board, room and pass; first 2d women cooks, $50 a mo.; woman for housework chambermaids, laundresses, cook $30 per mo., board room and laundry. TOPEKA EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. 609 KANSAS AVE. WANTED Head waitress, good wages, steady employment.- Fifth Avenue ho tel. WANTED A good girl for general house work. Call at 606 Topeka ave. WANTED 2 dining room girls at Fifth Avenue hotel. WANTED AGENTS. STATE AGENT WANTED. Man to take charge of crew of salesmen and solicitors, exclusive territory, goods sent direct from. factory. Call at Throop hotel, 3 to 6 p. m. Tuesday, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Wednesday. U. S. Manufacturing Co.. Omaha, Neb. WANTED SALESMEN. 6 WEEKS instruction in salesmanship, position as traveling salesman with re sponsible firm guaranteed. Address Brad street System, Rochester, N. Y. WANTyaMISCELl "j WANTED WORKAT THE NEW TIN shop, anything in tin, steel, iron or cop per. Specialties manufactured.. W. 3. Isham Co., 19 E. 4th St., between Quincy and Monroe. Bell 451. WANTED To rent show case 8 or 6 feet long 10 days, to be used at mid-winter exposition. Wilson Office Supply Co., 107 W: 6th St. WANTED 10 foot show case and counter. Call at once at 524 Kansas ave. WANTED To buy second hand roll top desk. Address P. O. box 23. WANTED--VeMl calves and fat cows. K. M. Bush In d. "hone S214. 1010 E. 8th st. WANTED--Horses to winter, good cara. Box t ai l. Ir.d. phone 2397 Blue. JFORJRKNT jROS5)S FOR RENT Front room lower floor. Would like 2 men to room and board. 1023 Monroe at. FOR RENT 4 rooms, furnished or unfurnished.-with or without good barn. W. H. Kients, 1515 Kansas, ave. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, house is modern, rent reasonable. 1104 Kan. ave. FOR RENT 2 nicely furnished rooms, ev erything modern. 612 Quincy st. FOR RENT Good board and room at 627 -Tyler st- Modern house. FOR RENT 2 furnished rooms for light nouseKeeping jcuersuii bc FOR RENT 2 furnished housekeeping rooms, $7; also one at $5. Ind. 765S. FOR RENT In private family 2 nicely furnished rooms., en juite. hot water heat, electric light and bath. 710 W. Sth sU FOR RENT 1 furnished room 301 E. 3d. FOR BENT 2 -furnished housekeeping rooms, $9. Down stairs. 306 Adams st. FOR RENT 26 Madison St., modern fur nished room for gentleman. Ind. phone 1170. FOR BENT House and 5 acres with -fruit, nice place, 3 miles out. 11362 R. FOR RENT South house 4 rooms. $6. 701 Lawrence st. FOR BENT 5 room cottage, completely furnished. Call or phone adjutant gen eral's office state house. FOR RENT 818 Jefferson, 8 rooms," ail modern, gas heat and light, gas in fur nace, rents $25. 822 Jefferson, 7 rooms, gas for heat, 1V4 lots, cistern, well, -city water, newly painted and papered, rents $20. 23d and Pennsylvania ave.. Highland Park, 6 rooms, 6 lots, well, rents $8. East 17th. 4 larce rooms. 2 lots. well, rents $8. Shaw nee Agency, Ind. phone 505. 634 Kansas FOR RENT Newlv repaired S room cottage, gas. 1V4 lots, enclosed, 2 blocks east Santa Fe shops. Cedar St.- 4 rooms, good repair, banta t e can ais rirt. near Canital Iron Works, and other manufacturing concerns. $7.60 per month. B. I). BLA1NB, 525 -KANSAS AVE. IND. PHONE 1418. v FOR RENT 171S Fillmore, good 6 room house, barn, gas, $11; 2401 Fillmore, 2 room house, $6.00. Wilson, 415 Kansas ave. Ind. phone 1394.' FOR RENT 6 room house, close In. N. B. Campbell, 605 Kansas ave. FOR RENT 10 rooms at 116 E. 6th st., suitable for lodging house. Geo. D. Butts, 921 E. Sth St. FOR RENT Modern house ot 9 rooms at 613 W. Sth st. FOR RENT 7 room modern house at 1108 Quincy st. FOR RENT Five room house, new, 1041 RrnnkM v sap. also e:ood barn. Mer- riam Mortgage Co. r FOR RENT 41 room- house, gas and city l .V.l waier, gooa lucatiun. 411141111 e m jw W. 6th. st. FOR RENT 4 room cottage, water and gas, 323 Harrison. Inquire 1st door north. FOR RENT 17 acre tract, 4 room house. shade, batn, iruit an Kinas, nume vuuu, fine place for chickens. Owner 1040 Spruce st. jna. pnone -two FOR RENT A good farm. Wm. J. Vaw- ter, y ine urive, Ana. jjiwiie woo. FOR RENT Blacksmith shop 706 Jackson st., forges in the building; 2 store roms 321 and 125. W. 7th st. J. C. Allison, 83U Kansas ave. MISCELLANEOUS. GENUINE American main springs for American watches. S. Freidberg, 607 K.A. CALL THE HOUSE AND ROOM LO .vo tT- hi toh want a house or room.. Ind. 1863.-1 .-601 -Kansas ave. O. A. BAUERSFIELD. Cement building block. Office and plant 114 E. 4th st, Ind. phone 1865. IF YOUR watch needs repairing bring it to S. -Freidburg, SOT Kansas ave. and have it. done right. ATTORNEYS. "HWAlfDFXGlbT'Attorneyit OFFICE 116 W. 6TH ST. FORAI RKAX, ESTATE. One acre, 5 room new house, Lowman Hill car line, in t blocks, $1,100; $30Q cash, GUTHRIE CHARLES. Ind. Phone 5961. IIS E. Fifth St. Put your money in good real estate. It is the safest and surest investment on earth. It pays a double income, one from the products and another from the in creasing value. The following farms will be-sold on one-fourth down and balance any reasonable time: 65S acres near Topeka. large buildings. good alfalfa land, good water, $50 an acre.. worm 660 acres near Topeka. good buildings, good alfalfa land, good water, $40 an acre. Worth $50. 360 acres 'near Topeka, large orchard, fine buildings, all good alfalfa land, new electric railroad to run near, $100 per acre. Could not be duplicated. Citv Property: -3 lots corner West and Huntoon, $1,260; 3 lots, corner Lane and 14th. $1,250: 3 lots corner Lincoln and 14th. $1,250: 3 lots Lane, end of 14th, $1,250: 3 lots West, end of 14th. $1,250; 6 lots cor ner Lincoln and 15th, $350 each. These are all snaps. T. W. Harrison, 109 W, 6th St., Topeka,' Kan. GEO. M. NOBLE CO. REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INSURANCE. Some Special Farms and City Bargains. 43S KAN AVE. OPP. POSTOFFICE. BIG REDUCTION In price for a strictly modern and up-to-date new home of 8 rooms, fully modern In every way, one of the best locations on the west side. Owner leaving city and MUST sell at a sacrifice by February 1st. His loss is your gain. Let us show you. BARNES REAL ESTATE CO. 121 WEST FIFTH ST. SEE HERE! DO YOU WANT THE BEST BARGAIN IN: REAL ESTATE you can find? Then let us show you this: Six room house, on the west side, gas, well cistern, cellar; stable, sew er paid, new painted roof, shade, east front, in fine condition. Owner says will rent for $15. You can have it at once for S1.300. See W. M. Forbes Co., 107 W. Seventh St. FOR SALE 240 acre stock and dairy farm, 18 miles southeast of Topeka, 4 miles to railway town, 20 acres bottom, 150 acres cultivated. Includes 20 acres tame grass, balance pas ture with stream and some timber, 400 rods woven wire fence, small house,, fair barn 20 by 36, new granary and crib 14 by 50, with cow shed and hog house attach ed 16 by 50, $35 per acre. Small cash payr ment and easy terms. KA ncrp nnlnnd farm 9 miles southwest of Topeka.nearly all tillable, 65 acres cul tivated, includes 12 acres tame grass, bal ance prairie-hay and pasture, orchard and small rrults, o room nouse, cave, wen, cis tern, ble shed. barn, corn crib, school close, telephone and R. F. D., $3,600. J. E. TUKKIKOTUJN, I'M W sixtn Bi. FOR SALE Or rent, new 4 room cottage, 6 lots, fruit, shade, etc. Ind. phone 1333. MOFFITT. SHILLJNGLAW CO. i'REAL ESTATE. LOANS, RENTAL AGENTS. 906 WEST SIXTH 8T. BOTH PHONES 1055. TOPEKA. KAN. WHAT WILL YOU OFFER For a nice home on Harrison street, 1 lots, east front, shade, 8 rooms, attic, basement, combination light and heat. MRS. THEODORE SAXON,- -1267 Harrison Street. FOR SALE 6 rooms, piped for gas, eel-, lar, well, outbuildings, good location. Price-$1,400. Add. J. W.. care Journal. FOR SALE An Immediate offer will buy my residence 723 W. 6th. ave. Topeka, verv chean. C. C. Baker. Lathrop. Mo. FOB SALE SCtfSLLANJEOlJS; GAS BURNEBS. mantles and .light sup plies, wholesale and retail. Largest stock in citv. Get our prices. H. M. Cross Cy cle Co., 810 Kansas ave.. Ind. phone 1486. SPECIAL ON GOOD ROASTED RIO COFFEE, 10 CENTS POUND; WHITTELSEY MERCANTILE CO. SECOND MADISON. FOR' SALE 1 fresh cow, calf at side, 4M gallons daily. 217 Branner st, FOR SALE I have a good, live business, suitable for 2 people, which I will sell at a bargain. It interferes with my other business is mv reason for selling. Ad dress O. P.. care Journal. FOR SALE 2 fresh Jersey cows, $40 and $45. Ind. pnone izai -s.- FOR SALE Fancy driving mare 4 years old. call ou w. am si. FOR SALE Mantle folding bed at 606 W. tu.ll 81. ruunc vi. FOR SALE Cane and millett hay, deliv ered or in the field. Ind. phone 6895. FOR SALE Household goods, desk, car pets, pictures, 3 gas stoves, 2 dressers, bed, refrigerator, almost new, 519 Taylor St., or phone Ind. 2913 Black after 8 p. .in. FOB SALE Cheap, couch, almost new,, at 1 830 JeffersOn st. FOR SALE A dozen fine Plymouth Rock hens, also black Astrchan coat and muff. 422 Greenwood ave. Call mornings. FOR SALE Apples and pure appleclder. Peterson, 514 Monroe at. Phone 6704. FOR SALE A seal coat, cheap. Inquire Will sell best .located furnished boarding- rooming house m city. aqo. xnjb. journal. FOR SALE 5 head fine 2-year-old heifers fresh soon. Also 10 head western unbro ken horses, 700 to SOO. J. N. Edgar, ind. phone 6294. Highland park. -cst-o aAT.1T "Mont mnrkpt fn rmul tlon, good business. M. C. K., Journal. FOR SALE Organ, $10. 921 E. 6th st. FOR SALE 1 mare 7 years old. 1 spring wagon and harness. 1624 Harrison st. BIRDS for sale, canaries, both male and female. Mrs. A. H. Kinne, 1535 Boewell. FOR SALE Loose or baled hay, fine bound cane, kaffir. J. N. Edgar, Ind. 6294. FOR SALE At panic prices, registered TCe.ntuokv saddle and harness hnnu. brood mares, fillies and stallions. G. .Q- BUrton, tu. oewuru ave., lopesa. Ind phone 7023. t FOR SALE Bound kaffir corn with seed on cut before frost.. M:Uet ha v. stt ton. Cane hay. Ind. eS9Y. FOR SALE Alfalfa hay. Ind. 8783 rings Inquire Lawless' livery stable, 619 Quincy! FOR SALE 500 business cards for $1.25; 500 envelopes $1,25; 500 letter heads, $1.50. See them: first class printing at propor tionate rates. Trapp, 714 Kansas ave. FOB EXCHANGE. TO TRADE or exchange for store or some good business, a 10 room bouse. 4 lots, close In. Call -or address 611 E. 10th st. f .OST' AXT FOrxiJ. LOST Brown Pointer pup about 4 months old. Return ,to E. P. Jordan, 1124 W.' 13th st. and be rewarded. LOST Gold locket, monogram S. G. M., gentleman's photo inside. Finder please return to 1253 Polk at Reward. LOST A fancv lap robe between Forbes Bros. elevator and home on N. Tyler St. Reward for return to Forbes Bros. LEGAL. Published in Topeka State Journal Jan uary i. STATE OF: KANS AS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. Topeka, January 13, 1908. Whereas, it appears from a certificate from the mayor and city council of the city of Pratt, in the county of Pratt, and state of Kansas, duly authenticated by the clerk of said city, under ue seal there of, and bearing date of the tenth day ot January. A. D. Nineteen Hundred and Eight, which has this day been filed in this department, that the said city has at tained a population of two thousand inhab itants and not exceeding fifteen thousand, and. Whereas, the mayor and city: council of the city of Pratt have made and trans mitted an accurate description of metes and bonds of all lands within the limita of said city and additions thereto, to-wit: Beginning at the section corner common to sections 27, 28; 33 aid 34 in township 27 south, range 13 west, of the 6th P. M. running thence south 5-16 of a mile to the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter; of sec tion 33, thence west 4 mile to the south west corner of the northwest quarter ot the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of sec tion 33, thence south 3-16 of a mile to the southwest corner of southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 33, thence west mile, thence north y mile to. the northeast corner -of the northwest-quarter of section 3S, thence west mile to the northwest comer of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section S3, thence south mile to the northwest cor ner of the northeast quarter of the south west quarter of section 33, thence east !4 of a miie. thence south of a mile, thence west a, of a mile,- thence south of a mile, thence east of a mile, thence south H, of a mile to the southwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 4, township 28 south, range 13 west, thence east one miie to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of sec tion 3, township 28, iange-13, thence north 1650 feet, thence east of a mile, thence south 1-16 of a mile, thence east to-a point where, the south line of the northeast quarter of section 3 intersects with the north boundry of the right of way of tha Wichita and Western Railway company, thence easterly along said boundry to its intersection with the east line of said c--tion 3, thence north on said section line to the northeast corner of section 3, thence west 1633 1-3 feet, thence north Vi of a mile, thence east 612 feet to a point 282 feet east of the southeast corner of the north west quarter of the southeast quarter of section 34, township 27. range 13, thence north to the south line of the northeast quarter of section 34, thence west to a point 262 feet east of the southwest corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34. thence north to the south boundary of the right of way of the C. R. I. and P. Railway company, thence northeasterly along said boundary to the intersection of said boundary with the south line of section 27, thence west to the north boundary of said right of way, thence southwesterly along the north line of said boundary to the Intersection of said boundary with the east line of th northwest quarter of the northwest quar ter of section 34, thence north to the south line of section 27. thence west of a mile to the place of beginning. Now, therefore. I, E. W. Hoch. governor of the state of Kansas, do hereby decree and proclaim the said city of Pratt, in said county of Pratt, and state of Kan sas, a city of the second class, subject ta the provisions of the laws of Kansas. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my -name and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Kansas, this 13th day of Jan tSeal.l uary, in' the Year of Oj,ir Lord, Nineteen- Hundred and Eight, of the Independence of the Uni ted States, the One .Hundred and Thirty-second, and the For-I- ty-seventh year of the State. E. W. HOCH, Governor. By the Governor. C. E. DENTON, Secretary of State. J. T. BQTKIN, Assistant Secretary of State. MONEY tc loan on live stock, pianos, pei- uutxj accuxiiy, auusenuia goods, lypewru--ers. W. E. Seguing. 413 K. A. Both phone. MONEY to loan on city property; also personal property; You can pay back by the week or month. Topeka Invest ment Loan Co., 113 E. th at. PRIVATE MONEY to loan on real estate in amounts of $200 up. Lowest rates. Elmer R. Barnes Co., 121 W. Fifth at. MONEY to loan on" personal property, payment $1.26 week will pay off loan $2S In 26 weeks. G. H. Flintham, notary pub lic. 906 E. 4th st. Either phone 977. MONEY to loan on live stock, pianos, or gans, typewriters, household goods and personal eeonrity. L. Biacoe. 628 Kan. ave. PLANING MILL. TOPEKA PLANING MILL MANUFAC- turers or sash, mouldings, brackets turning and all kinds of interior finish; al so contracting. See us or send for esti mate. J. M. Read, proprietor. Ind. 497. Residence Ind. phone 6854. 221. Kan, ave. FTORItfTS. CUT FLOWERS, floral designs, special vicu -iv,ii i; i veil out oi iQwn fyraers, as Hayes. 107 W.- 8th st.' Both phones 377. MACHINE SHOPS. For up-to-date gunsmiths and electricians see i. xs. MowaM. im Kan. ave. Tel. 50X VETERINARY SURGEONS. DR. J. O. YOUNG, veterinary surgeon, at Cuincy st. Bote phones. BARBER SHOPS. MODEL Barber shop 816 Kansan- Hair cut 15 cents. Shave 10 cents. PHYSICIANS AND SURGE05H "iDAcTAHNEiCiirDr Office 72C Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: I a, n. to 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. to i p. m. Both phones 16 residence and Ind. 1316 Sice. R. O. RHOADES, M. D. Piles Specialist. 732 Kansas avenue. Ind. phone 45. Hours: 10 to 12; 2 to E; 7:80 to 8:30. DR. H. H. KEITH, surgeon and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office tEST Kansas ave. JI?KjrTRPENSART. QUINCY STREET FREE DISPENSARY. 621 Quincy st. Conducted by regular practicing physicians and surgeons. Med ical service free. Medicine free in nomt cases. Oirice hours to 6 p. m. Calls answered iltrht or day. Ind; phone 1767. TRANSFER AND RTORAOW MRCHAJTSTlASFEtSOAUt; Co., packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. 186. Clarence Skinner, (11 Quincy st. PTT". CAPITAL CITY VITRIFIED BRICK PAVING CO.. 214 E. 6th St. MfgrS. Of building, paving and sidewalk brick. FOR SALE Stock In a Topeka Co. pay ing dividends. Will sell for cash or trade. Address Stock, care Journal. COME to Nevada. Opportunities every r where practically at Reno. Write Neva da. Commercial league, Reno, Nev. A CHANCE FOR A GOOD INVEST ment Wishing to make a special invest ment, will sell 20 shares Topeka Barrel Box Factory stock. Inquire room 23, Rook Island depot.

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