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

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1 EVERYBODY 10 PAGES t EVERYBODY 10 PAGES htPRnt it. READS IT. LAST? EDITION. FALLS IN BATTLE, Deputy Fire Chief Kruger of New York City Drowns in Cellar While Leadin ig Fight Against Flames. HE WAS 57 YEARS OLD And Had Been in the Service Thirty-Six Years. Bis Men Had long Expected Such an End. New Tork. Feb. 14. Deputy Fire Chief Charles Kruger, known for many years as the "grand old man of the fire department," lost his life to 4ay while leading his men in a des perate fight against flames in Canal treet. While working his way autiouely through a cellar filled with smoke and gases Kruger plunged throusrh a traD door into a sub-base ment filled with water. He was dead when taken out, but in the few min utes which elapsed between the time He fell and when his body was drawn out more than a score of men had risked their own lives in an effort to tave that of their leader. "I knew it would happen this way," aid one of Kruger's men, when the chief's body was being carried away. "I have been to many fires with him. He was always in the lead. He never aid 'boys, go into that place or this place,' he always led us himself. He aid 'boys, follow me' and that's Just what he said this time when he led us into that basement, 'boys follow me.' It was just as many of us men expected. We have often said that the old man would be killed at a fire leading his men." Kruger was 57 years old and had been a member of the department for 36 years. Several years ago Kruger was acting chief of the department for a time while Chief Croker was tem porarily under suspension. The fire in which the deputy chief lost his life started at 217 Canal street and before it could be subdued it swept that building from basement to roof, spread to two buildings adjoining, routed the tenants from several tenant houses in Baxter street and threatened the Church of the Most Precious Blood. It was after the flames in the upper part of the building had been brought under control that Kruger took his men to the basement. A great pile of excelsior in bales was blazing furiously and an at tempt to reach it with streams from the street had been unsuccessful. Kruger .asked permission of Chief Croker to take his men through the basement and cut a hole in the wall to 217 where the fire was thickest. Croker consented and a moment later with a dozen men behind him Kruger plunged into the cellar. The place was filled with smoke and the deadly fumes of Illuminating gas which- flowed from broken or melted pipes, but the men pressed cautiously forward in the dark ness. Just in the middle of the cellar Kruger stepped on a trap and plunged into six feet of water in the subbase ment. Then began a desperate fight in the gas filled cellar to save the chief. He could do little to help himself how ever, and when Battalion Chief Galvin plunged into the dark hole and raised Kruger's body above the surface he was unconscious. It required the com bined efforts of 20 firemen, weakened as they were by breathing smoke and gas, to draw Galvin who still clung to Kruger's body from the pit. The property loss as a result of the fire is placed at $50,000. LOOK FOR BIG TRADE. Not for 20 Tears Has New Seen So Many Buyers. York New Tork, Feb. 14. In speaking of the unusually large number of western buyers now in New Tork, S. C. Mead of the Merchants associa tion said last night: "The registration shows that towns have representatives buying in New Tork this season who have not visited this place ire two or three seasons," Mr. Mead said. "This is particularly true of Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. "Texas and Oklahoma constitute what is known to the trade as the southwest territory. The merchants from there are specially optimistic. They say the indications for big crops are favorable and that they have ev ery reason to hope for good trade conditions this spring and summer." The representatives of one of the largest wholesale merchants in New Tork said last night that ther were buyers in town representing firms which had not sent buyers to New Tork in many years. Not in 20 years, he said, have there been in New Tork representatives of so many first class western houses. THE VANCIL JURY OCT. The Instructions Say Either First De gree Murder or Acquittal. Lawrence, Kan.. Feb. 14, The Vancil case went to the Jury late Thursday At 10 o'clock last night the Jury was lock ed up till morning. Judge Smart Instructed the Jury to return a verdict either finding the de fendant guilty of first degree murder or acquitting him. He said the circum stances were such that the defendant either wilfully poisoned the woman with malice aforethought, which con stitutes murder In the first degree, or he did not kill her at all. The Judge emphasized the doctrine of reasonable doubt, and reminded the Jury that the burden of proof was alto gether upon the state. While the In structions contained no surprises and were such as are always given in' such cases, the general tone seemed to those In the court room favorable to a verdict cf acquittal. Courier Printing Plant Burns Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 14. Fire this morning in the plant of the Buffalo Courier company, the general print hop not the newspaper, caused a loss f 1250,000. FRIDAY EVENING. TO FIGHT FOR UNCLE SAM. Russian Veterans of the Japanese War Are Enlisting. New Tork, Feb. 14. That the United States is gaining soldiers trained dur ing the recent war between Russia and Japan is a statement made by a re cruiting officer in New Tork. He stated that of late a large number of men born in Russia, many of whom had ex perience during the recent war, have applied for enlistment in the United States. Many of these men, it is said, are being enlisted as they have taken out their first citizenship papers and oh taking the enlistment oath become citizens to all Intents recognized by the law. Such men because of their prev ious training are well thought of as recruits. ONLY TWO WAYS. More Power to Commerce Commission or Government Ownership. Detroit, Feb. 14. Secretary of War William H. Taft was the guest yester day afternoon of the Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers' association and talked for half an hour at the luncheon which was tendered him by the association upon "The Moral Awakening Recently From Business Methods Which Permit Illegality and Fraud." The address was the culmination of a busy six hours In Detroit. Throughout his stay in the city the secretary's every appearance on the street was the signal for cheers and en thusiasm. More than 600 men were gathered about the tables in the ban quet room of Harmonie hall to greet Secretary Taft, who arrived with sev eral hundred more men and women. Former United States Senator Thomas W. Palmer presided as toastmaster. Governor Warner while voicing the state's welcome to the secretary brought a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm. More than 600 men were gathered about the tables In the banquet room of Har monie hall to greet Secretary Taft, who arrived with several hundred more men and women. Former United States Senator Thomas W. Palmer presided as toastmaster. Governor Warner while voicing the satte's welcome to the secretary brought a tremendous outburst of enthusiasm when he declared that he was con vinced that 80 or 90 per cent of the peo ple of Michigan are for Mr. Taft's nom ination for the presidency on the Re publican ticket. The governor then sug gested Governor Guild for the nomina tion of vice president on the ticket witu Secretary Taft. Ambassador Jusserana was given a thunderine welcome when he was pre sented by Toastmaster Palmer for a short address. The ambassador after declaring that because of his position he naturally can not meddle In Ameri can politics eulogized the American presidents of the past and present and said that it was his wish and hope that the country when it elected another nrldnt would add another glorious name to the -already glorious list of names. "I do not know who he shall be," said Ambassador Jusserand, "but it seems that you know." Applause interrupted him for several moments. Seeretarv Taft spoke of the revela tions of the insurance investigation and then of the evils of over issue of stocks and bonds which, he said, was obtain ing money under false pretenses. Tak ing up the question of railroad discrim ination and recent legislation to prevent rebating, he said: "The truth is. gentlemen, that we have not quite enough regulation of railways. Other powers ought to be conferred on the interstate commerce commission. It is said the interstate commerce commission is not a safe way in which to control the railroads of the country. It is the only way in which we can control them. We must see that we secure strong men to Bit upon that commission, who can prove by their administration that It is the proper way. "It is that or go to government own ership, with all the state socialism which it involves and I have no doubt that government ownership of the rail ways with the tremendous concentra tion of power It would Involve, would endanger the republic. We have enough concentration of power In Washington now. To increase it so that the execu tive should control the enormous body of civil servants which would neces sarily follow would result In making a president more powerful than any king who lives today. "I- believe it is possible to enforce the present anti-trust law, but we need a new law more specific, to bring all cap ital within its provisions. I think that today the violation of the law is by no means so fashionable as It was for merly." Seeretarv Taft left at 6:30 o'clock for West Point, N. T.. where he will at tend the graduation exercises at the Military academy. MUST KEEP ORDER. General Bonaparte Issues Imperative Instructions in Alaska. Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 14. A special cable to the Post-Intelligencer from Fairbanks says: Marshal Perry yesterday received the following from the department of Justice: "Military force ordered to Fairbanks. Meantime your duty to protect law abiding citizens without tenderness to law-breakers. Department expects you to use all necessary energy to pre serve order and arrest leaders in any attempt at intimidation. Those mo lesting Russians must be arrested, using such force as necessary to ac complish purpose. (Signed) "BONAPARTE." Everything was quiet yesterday. Special deputies were organized into bands of ten under captanis. Saloons are still closed. May be allowed to reopen today during continuance of good order. Men arriving yesterday report no molestation on trail. Cham ber of Commerce and Arctic Brother hood officially express approval of ac tion of president in ordering troopi to Tanana. Found Dead Behind His Store. -Creston, la., Feb. 14. Nathan S. Taylor, a former city official was shot and killed last night while in the rear of his confectionery store here. His body was found by his former wife. The sheriff and coroner can learn of no motive for the crime. Taylor, who was 45 years old, has had domestic troubles, but there is nothing to con nect them with the tragedy. GIVEN TILL APRIL Railroads Hare Time to Arrange New Schedules. Kailroad Board Promulgates Its Revised Freight Rates. MAKES PltOMISE. Will Adjust Any Injustice or Inequalities Later. Commissioner Ryan Did Not Protest as Expected. The state board of railroad commis sioners today issued their order re quiring the railroads of the state to put into effect, not later than April 1, the new schedule of freight rates which has heretofore been made pubrtc. No changes were made in the sched ule as originally printed, and the op position to the schedule which was shown by Commissioner Frank Ryan did not "break out In meeting." The board, however, gave out a short statement with the order for the rates in which they say that If, at any time after the railroads put the rates into effect, it should be found that the rates work any injustice to Leaven worth, Atchison, Fort Scott or any Missouri river Jobbing point in th state of Kansas, the board will at once take up the case, and readjust the rates so as to equalize, so far as pos sible, the Jobbing conditions. This concession, it Is thought, will prove satisfactory to the Missouri river jobbers, as they do not appear to think there is any imminent danger of the rates being put into effect. By fixing April 1 as the time for the rates to go into effect,- the railroad commissioners feel that they have given ample opportunity to the roads to make the necessary changes in their tariffs, both state and interstate. The roads have about a month and a half to arrange for the change. The following is the statement given out by the board: "In arriving at a Jobber's rates basis it has been the endeavor of the board to place the river and interior jobbing centers on as near a freight rate parity as present commercial conditions exist ing in the state would permit. The board is well aware of the fact that the adjustment ordered in by it does not give to the interior Jobbers all of the relief that they feel themselves entitled to and that on the other hand the river Jobbers feel that the board has granted too much to the interior commercial centers. As has been stated by the rail road attorneys themselves, Jt is a.dlffi cult problem to ascertain the exact ef fect of a new tariff of this kind upon the many phases of commercial condi tions existing. Should the railroads or the courts order the tariff promulgated by the board into effect and the prac tical application thereof should demon strate that an unwarranted hardship was being worked to either the river or Interior jobbing centers, upon the filing of a complaint to that effect It would be the duty of the board to give the same a fair and Impartial hearing and render such relief in the premises as the testimony warranted, and It is needless to say that the board would cheerfully perform its duty in this re gard." THEY NEED A LESSON. Express Companies to Be Prosecuted for Carrying Mail. Cincinnati, Feb. 14 Violation of the postal laws by carrying first-class mall matter Is charged against the Ameri can Express company In a suit filed In the United States district court here by District Attorney McPherson. This suit was the first gun in a cam paign which the government purposes to wage against common carriers for carrying first-class mail matter con trary to law. In the information which Attorney McPherson filed he alleges that the American Express company on January 6 carried a letter from Bel ton, Texas, to Cincinnati. The letter was from Mrs. Will Brown of Belton, and in it she ordered from a glove com pany 12 pairs of gloves and enclosed an express money order for $2.47 in pay ment. Attorney McPherson claims the letter did not relate to the business of the express company and that the en velope did not bear a postage stamp as required by law. The. penalty for vio lation of this provision of the federal statutes is J100. Colonel Holmes, postoffice Inspector In charge, said: "The government is very jealous of its right to carry the mails, and Insists on it always. When public carriers carry letters not bearing postage stamps and not pertaining to the busi ness of the carrier, they are preventing the government from deriving postage money from the sale of stamps. "About four or five years ago the government waged war against carriers for such an offense. It is the opinion of the government officials that com mon carriers are becoming too lax In reference to carrying mail matter not properly stamped, and that prosecution of a few cases is necessary to bring to their attention the fact that they are violating the law." MAY BE TOO LATE. Story of the Robinson Crusoe That Admiral Evans Is to Rescue. Norwalk, Conn,,' Feb. 14. Mrs. J. H. Carlidge,' sister of Frederick Jeffs the sailor who is supposed to be on one of the Galapogs Islands, has received from Norway a report of his casting away last July and she fears that theattempr to rescue him, which is to be made by one of the ships of Admiral Evans' fleet will be too late. The vessel on which Jeffs was serving was wrecked on the Island and all the crew reached shore safely.- After spending several days on the Island, all of the crew ex cept Jeffs, who was ill, journeyed from the place where they landed to the oth er end of the Island looking for a ship. From there they were rescued, but the rescuing ship being insufficiently pro visioned, was unable to go after Jeffs. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FEBRUARY FORTUNE FOR KANSAS WOMAN. Her Father Dies and Leaves He About $100,000. Chattanooga, Tenn.; Feb. 14 Possess ing a fortune of at least $150,000 John McMillan, aged 86 years, died today in a hovel In the outskirts of Chattanooga. He had for years lived in anrmrent poverty, being seen on the streets at infrequent intervals. When away from his shack he invariably carried a chip basket which it has been learned since his death contained cash and papers worth over -$100,000.2 At one time- he owned a great deaj of real estate but six years ago his son committed suicide after which the man converted most of his property into cash. So far as known he left no will and his fortune will go to his only daughter, Mrs. James Mc Cluggage of Rose Hill, Kan.' It Is said the old man and his daughter had been estranged for many years. GOOD RAIN AND SNOW. Nearly an Inch of .Moistnre Fans In Topeka., Kansas and the surrounding terri tory have been the recipients of a heavy fall of rain and snow during the past twenty-four-1, hours. The storm has been quite general over this section of the country. In To peka the rain commenced to fall shortly after supper last night and continued almost uninterruptedly un til early this morning when It chang ed to snow. There was a total pre cipitation of .87 of an inch during the night, which is 'more than the total fall of the months of December and January combined. A half an inch of snow also f ell, here. The conditions in Topeka and in Kansas generally today point to a cessation and a turn for fair weather tomorrow. Today will be cloudy and tonight will be colder than it has been for several days. Tomorrow will be warmer and a general clearing up will follow. The. rain and snow ac cording to reports seems to have gone its limit in almost the entire state. The temperature in Topeka this morning was 3 2 degrees. This will probably prevail "with but slight va riation throughout the entire day. According to theweather bureau re ports this is about the general tem perature for the state. The wind this afternoon is 25 miles an hour from the northwest. The fol lowing, are the temperatures for to day: Vf 7 o'clock .-.S3 11 o clock... ,....33 8 o'clock 32 U o'clock....... .83 o'clock 3S I o'clock.. 32 10 o'clock.... S3 J t o'clock 33 Emporia. Kan., Feb. 14. -Snow preceded by- a light rain commenced falling here late yesterday afternoon and continued all. through the night. The total snowfall has been about four inches up to. date.- or a short time this morning it looked as theugh the-snow over but light snow fell during the greater part of the forenoon. Newton. Kan.. Feh. 14. The bisr- erest snow storm of the season struck Newton yesterday afternoon. After a light drizzling rain had fallen for a couplet' of hours yesterday afternoon, the rain gave way to snow and a con tinual fall has been evident ever since. The fall has been light, however, and has not aggregated more than -four inches. The conditions this morning point to an end of the snow some time today. t Dodge City, Kan., Feb.- 14. Snow which has been falling here since late yesterday afternoon now aggregate 1 six Inches this morning when the snow finally ceased falling. It is the first real snow of the season here and there is much elation among the farmers of this section and they veritably Insist that the present snowfall is sufficient to "save" the wheat crop. Wellington, Kan., Feb. 14. Snow and rain have fallen here in large quantities during the past twenty-four hours and this morning there was a blanket of snow over this section of Kansas and northern Oklahoma of about three inches in thickness. Re ports received here at the division of fices of the Santa Fe from Woodward, Okla.. Arkaneas city ana Oklahoma City indicate a general snowfall all over this area, tne snow Doing report ed as about a three inch fall. Cimarron. Kan.. Feb. 14. A heavy snow began falling here at 8:30 a. m. Thursday and kept it up all day and into the night with but very little wind. The growing wheat crop in Gray coun ty is in exceptipnally good condition and the moisture that Is falling will put it In fine growing shape. Lakin, Kan., Feb. 14. -A four-inch snow covers the ground. Snow fell steadily all of Thursday. It is damp and heavy and with no wind lies where it falls. Gaylord, Kan., Feb: 14. A good rain, turning later into snow, which, from Indications, is general, has fallen In this section. Wheat, that for the past six weeks has been very dry, is getting plenty of moisture. Concordtia, Kan., Feb. 14. This section was visited by a splendid rain Thursday, the first moisture since December. The rainfall came slowly and was all absorbed by the soil and will do much good. The wheat is in fine condition. Ellis. Kan., Feb. 14. Half an inch of rain fell here yesterday, followed by four Inches of snow. This will be of great benefit to wheat. Goodland. Kan., Feb. 14. It has been snowing constantly for the past thirty-six hours and was snowing at midnight of Thursday. Sherman county is covered with snow from eight to ten inches deep. Thi together with the big rain of the 10th gives this part of western Kansas a thorough soaking. New settlers are moving in and prospects for a bounti ful crop were never better. Weather Indication!:. Chicago, Feb. 14. Forecast for Kansas: Generally fair tonight -and Saturday; colder tonight; rising tem perature Saturday. Tomorrow will be the regular monthly pay day for the -men in the shops and yards. ''On acco.lit of the shops closing for the day at noon, the State Savings bank will cash checks at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. from 10:30 until 8:30 p. m instead. ef 6:30 as -is the general rule. 14, 1908. MOTIIERSTORY. Mrs. Tennyson on the Stand in the Marysville Court. Told of the Killing of Her Hus band Tiro Tears Ago. WAS QUICK TEMPERED Father and Son Had Not Had Quarrel for Some Time. Other Interesting Testimony in the Murder Trial. Marysville, Kan., Feb. 14 The taking of testimony in the trial of George Ten hyson, charged with the murder of his father, David Tennyson, the night of February 27. 1906, began late Thursday afternoon. The mother of the defend ant told of the killing of her husband and the coroner and sheriff also testi fied. The state presented thirty-seven witnesses and all were sworn in. The testimony began after George Mayer had been selected to fill the vacancy In the Jury resulting from the illness of John Lundberg. Mrs. Matilda Tennyson, mother of the defendant, said that she and David Tennyson had been married forty-seven years at the time of his death. She is 65 years old. Mrs. Tennyson answered all questions promptly and distinctly. She described the Tennyson premises and the house In particular. She had been doing her usual work about the house the day before the murder, she said. She, her husband, their son. George, and daughter. Flora, had sup per together. After supper she and her husband were sitting in the dining room. Mr. Tennyson was reading and she was knitting. Suddenly the lamp was extinguished and there was a noise like an explosion. She thought the lamp had exploded. She called to her daugh ter. Flora, who had gone upstairs some time before- She stood at tne aoor while her daughter brought a lamp and came down the stairs. When they en tered the room they saw that Mr. Ten nyson had been shot and noticed the window had been broken by the shot. She said that Mr. Tennyson was quick tempered but had always been rood to his family. sne naa never heard him quarrel with George, but had heard Mr. Tennyson find fault with Georere sometimes as other fathers find fault with their sons. He also found fault with the other children. She had not heard him find fault with George for a.. year or so. George had been farming the home, place on shares. for his father, but had decided to work for his brother the next year.'"' She did not. remember what time George lert tne nouse uiai night. She paid no attention to the time as It was tne usual ining tor nim to go to Frankfort every night. Dr. R. L. Lays of Herkimer, the coro ner, told of being notified of the -murder nf snini to Frankfort to hold an inquest. He described the nature of David Tennyson's wound. Dr. Lays said that when he conducted George Tenny son through the room where the body of his father lay, the young man held his handkerchief to his eyes. He be lieved this was too keep from seeing the body as he did not believe George was crying. Mrs. Twidwell, a neighbor, testified that the night of the murder Flora Ten ny ton ran Into her. home and threw her arms about her and said that her father had been shot. Mrs. Twidwell had heard the dinner bell at the Ten nyBon home ringing 10 or 15 minutes before Flora came In. Flora arrived there about 8:15 o'clock. She did not tell Mrs. Twidwell how long it had been since her latner naa Deen siueo, but said she rang the bell and no one came, so she started to get help. Mrs. Charles Kaufman of Frank fort testified that she saw George Tennyson at her home tne nignt oi v.. murder. As near as she could tell it was about 8:30 o'clock when he came there to see Miss Maude Sylvester, who roomeo more. w ueu Tennyson knocked at the door Mrs. Kaufman admitted him. She noticed nothing unusual in his appearance. He did not appear to have hurried especially. He was In the habit of accompanying Miss Sylvester home each night from the restaurant in which she worked. George was hold Mr. Kaufman's little girl in his lap when a young man," Edward Fla herty who also worked in the restau rant, 'came to the house and. told George that his father had been shot. George took his hat and coat and started at once. Mrs,, Kaufman was in an adjoining room ana aia not ntr him say anything as he left. The sheriff, Fred K. Barrett, told of finding a gun leaning against some salt barrels in an old house near the residence. It was a single barrel, i lnadinar shotgun. A dog was tied in the room where the gun was found. It, was tied with a rope long enough to permit it w c,v,.i uj v. of the room. The dog made no dis turbance when he entered the build ing The gun contained an empty shell. He put his finger into the muz zle of the gun and found damp burned black powder. From this he Judged that the gun had been recently dis charged. Court adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning before the sheriff had finish ed testifying and his examination will be continued today. To Plan, for .National Convent ion. nvi... irh 14 Chairman Harrv 11 n i ft New, Secretary Elmer Dover, Ser .....t.irma Stone, of the Republi can; National committee, and the members of the suo-commmee on ar- i. trrr the national conven- I-tt.Ilg;t.i,i.i tion met here today to discuss plans for holding of the convention. Suffragists All Went to Jail. London, Feb. 14. Mrs. Parkhurst, leader of the Women Suffragists and the other members of the organization who were arrested yesterday when they attempted to make a demonstra tion In the house of commons, all went to jail today for six weeks rather than give sureties for their good behavior. Three Auto's Reach Utlca. Utlca, N. T., Feb. 14. The three leading cars in the New Tork to Paris automobile tour reached here at 12:48..; FRIDAY EVENING. STOLE FOR HER FAMILY. Why Maggie Robbins of Marion Was Sent to Lansing. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 14. A wo man was brought to the state prison Tuesday evening to serve from one to five years for robbery. She was Maggie Robbins, and is the mother of four children. Some tim ago her husband ran away and left her without any support for her children and she took to stealing as the easiest means of supporting her family. Since the woman's arrest good homes have been found for her chil dren. She is from Marion, Governor Hoch's town. VICIOUS AND WRONG. Senator Clay Thus Characterized the Aldrich Currency Bill. Washington, Feb. 14. Senator Clay analyzed the Aldrich bill and declared It was wrong and vicious, and would give no" relief to the south and west. He contended that It simply enlarged the powers of the national bank and that congress was relinquishing the sovereign right to issue and circulate money, which it ought never to do. The plan of the minority in the senate for the government to issue $600,000, 000 of treasury notes and to use them in paying the expenses of the govern ment that they might find their way into all the channels of trade, was ad vocated by him. Mr. Clay said there are now in cir culation $350,000,000 of treasury notes not costing the government anything and performing all the functions of money and that this amount could be easily increased $600,000,000 without in any way disturbing our finances, and could not possibly result in a de preciated currency. State bonds, city bonds and mu nicipal bonds of the south and w.st. he contended, were now being held by eastern capitalists and that the south and west could not secure an addition al circulation by making these bonds a basis of circulation, as they had al ready been sold in the east. He de clared that the class of railroad bonds mentioned in the Aldrich bill applied solely to the railroads In the east and that the railroads In the southwest had never paid dividends as provided in the Aldrich bill. The bill, he said, was drawn in favor of the rich and power ful, enabling them to control the money Issue, and it was not in the in terest of the American people. He declared he staad by the doctrine once advocated by John C. Calhoun, Thomae Benton and Andrew Jackson, that our money ought to be in gold and silver and paper money issued by the govern ment. He. ridiculed the idea that ad ditional treasury notes would depre ciate because we did not have the gold to redeem them. "If the Aldrich bill becomes a law," said Mr. Clay, "the government guar antees the redemption in gold of the additional notes issued by the -national banks. Would not this be as great a strain on the gold reserve as treasury notes?" SCOTT HAS A PLAN. Kansas Congressman Proposes lOO Experimental Farms. Washington, Feb. 14. Representative scott (Kan.), chairman or the house committee on agriculture, has conceived a novel plan which he believes, If adopt ed, will enable the farmers of the coun try to produce better and far larger crops than heretofore- Mr. Scott's proposition Involves the establishment of 100 experimental farms of one acre each in every county in a group of four western agricultural states for the purpose of giving the farmers a practical demonstration of the best methods of growing different kinds of crops. It is proposed that the lands for this purpose shall be furnish ed by the farmers themselves and that they do the work of cultivation under, the direction of the experts of the de partment of agriculture. No additional appropriation from con gress will be required to test Mr. Scott's plan, it is explained, as the agricultural department now has the requisite num ber of experts to carry out the plan. Mr. Scott declares that enough money is now being practically wasted by the department of agriculture in sending out farm bulletins and other govern ment documents- to carry out his scheme. He says that much valuable information has been developed by the experts in these publications, but their contents are so little understood by the farmers that they do net derive the knowledge from them that they should as to the best cultural methods to grow corn, wheat, hay and the other regular crops. DIES IN OREGON. Death of J. J. Lee Supposed to Have Been Due to Acldent. The death of J. J. Lee of this city was announced in a dispatch received nnnD. Kir Vitu hrnther-1n-lfl.w. H. HUB 11H11 F. Brandon of 1214 Quincy street, the message calling ror instructions as to the disposition of the body. While no m ,nn m, that nnint wait ctven. iniurHianuw v.. r it is surmised that death was the re sult of an accident. Mr. Lee, who was bom in Topeka and At nf USA wan foreman for H.O T i .Y i v. n a Chicago firm engaged in building a bridge across me LaMuum n, m m far Northwest, and the telegram came from Portland. Ore., so that it is sup posed that the scene of operations was near that point. He had charge of the pile driver used in building the false i KpIHva ntrpptinnn WPr, WOrK. lui iuc sent out by wire to forward the remains to this city tor miermeni. Mrs. Lee Is in Topeka now, stopping at the home of the Brandons, where her husband left her when he started for Oregon, January 25. His father and mother are living in St. Louis. Lee was well known here, where he did a good deal of work when not employed by some outfit on out of town bridge work, among other things having put up the sand lift for Monaghan on the south bank of the river. He left no children. Found With Her .Throat Cut.' Janesville, Wis., February 14. Mrs. Martha Anderson was found dead early today, with her throat cut from ear to ear.. The district attorney is investigating her death. i -2 TWO CENTS. IIITSTIIESCIIOOLS Mrs. Julia A. Perry Says They Fail In Their Mission. Pnpils Are Taught Many Un necessary Branches. FAIL IN THEIR EFFECT Should Teach Girls How to Make a Liring. Then Would Not Be So Many In mates in Industrial School. Mrs. Julia A. Perry, superintendent of the Beloit Industrial school. In the paper which she read yesterday at the first quarterly conference of the officers of the state charitable institutions, criticised the present public school methods by which pupils are taught a lot of unnecessary branches and are al lowed to go out into the world without learning any means for making a liv ing. "If the grirls in the public schools and high schools," said Mrs. Perry, "were taught some means of earning their own living there would not be such danger of social impurity." Mrs. Perry thought that some of the modern varieties of education should be eliminated, and more practical sub jects substituted. She commended the tendency to incorporate manual train ing into the school curriculum. Mrs. Perry emphasized the fact that her work at Beloit among the wayward girls placed In her charge is directed especially to character building. She said that every girl had to be studied as an individual, and her own peculiari ties understood. She said that the ob ject of the school. was to build up the girl's character so that after leaving the school, the whole nature would re volt against returning to her former ways of life. She said that it was a mistake to suppose that the inmates of the in dustrial schools are dullards or are lacking in brains. On the contrary she contended that the reason many of the boys and girls get into the industrial schools is that they are too active and shrewd to be managed by the ordinary means. Mrs. Perry's address was listened to by Governor Hoch, who commended it and Mrs. Perry's work highly to the meeting when she had finished. A num ber of the leading club women of the city attended the meeting. The board of control rooms were wll filled by those interested in the subjects fjne"""d!scussed, both at the Thursday afternoon and this morn ing's sessions. v. 7 This morning J. H. Cooper of the Topeka hospital for the insane read a paper on "The Laboratory in the State Hospital" and W. B. Hall super intendent of the state blind school read one on "The "Value of Training the Blind." Among those who are attending the meeting are J. W. Clark, superin tendent of the School, for Feeble Mindled Youth at Winfteld; H. C. Hammond, superintendent of the School for the Deaf; W. M. Hell, superintendent of the School for the Blind; Dr. L. M. Perry, superintend ent of the Parsons State hospital; T. C. Biddle, superintendent of the To peka State hospital; L. L. TJhls, super intendent of the Osawatomie State hospital; J. D. Van Nuya, assistant superintendent of the Osawatomie State hospital: Dr. Bennett, assistant superintendent of the Topeka State hospital, Mrs. Julia B. Perry, super intendent of the Girls' Industrial school; H. W. Charles,, superintendent of the Boys' Industrial school; T. R. Oldham, steward at the boys' school; Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the state board of health, and Dr. C. H. Lerrigo. IS MURDER BAILABLE? A Leaven wortli Judge Discovers a Peculiar Defect In the lew. Leavenworth. Kan.. Feb. 14. The new Kansas law, abolishing capital punish- brought to light Thursday in Leaven worth for probably the first time.. TTn- .1 low muriiAP In tnA flr.fr uri l 11 uiw ....-v degree was an unbailable crime. The new law maaes no provision as to otui. and lawyers contend that murder in the first degree Is consequently a bail able crime. Judge Flynn of the city court here bound over Victor Jacquot, charged with killing R. J. Mintier, in the sum of $50,000. Attorneys for the defense argued that the bail was ex cessive -and prohibitive but. the Judge refused to diminish it and In giving his reason said: "Just because a lot oi wild legisla tors, scrambling around in an effort to please a long-haired executive.-overlook tM,r.ant nolnt llkA thflt la Yin mi. all null" son why to a murderer, such as Is shown in tne eviuenve, hiiuuiq show a light ball." QUEEN WRITES TO MORGAN. Alexandra Would Like to Visit Hi London Residence. London, Feb. 14. In a personal let ter to J. Pierpont Morgan thanking him for his gift of the first three vol umes of the illustrated catalogue ol his collection of pictures, miniature books and manuscripts. Queen Alex andra has expressed a wish to visit Mr. Morgan's residence in Princes! Gate, S. W- In order to view the orig inals. It is expected that the visit will be made in March,-when the Dowagei Empress of Russia will be here. Tl Is likely that Mr. Morgan will b present personally to show the col lection to their majesties. The Independent Telephone company will issue a directory containing th names of over 8,000 patrons in Topeka and Shawnee county in a few weeks so that orders for future installation! should be given at once. This directory will contain many hundreds of name! not found in their old directory as a great number of telephones have been added during the past six months and many new orders await Installation.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOlrRNAIFRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1908.. ONROLLERSKATES A Southeast Kansas Couple to Marry at Galena Rink. The Conclusion of a Romance Begun on Oiled Floor. TO BE PUBLIC AFFAIR Ceremony Will Be Witnessed by Hundreds of Spectators. Bride-to-Be Is a Respected Yottug Lady of Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 14. It is public ly announced that on next Saturday night Miss Edna Vowell of this city and ?Grover (Red) Wilson "o 3aloiia; will be united in marriage in the roller skating rink in Galena. j-t The affair is being made the occa sion for a feature for the rink and it is announced in printed circulars that the wedding ceremony will be performed on the rink floor by a justice of the peace or a minister. The time set for the ceremony is 9:30 in the evening which Manager Rains thinks will give plenty of time for the guests to arrive and witness the affair. J. C. Vowell, the second hand dealer of this city, who is the father of the bride-to-be, confirmed the public an nouncement and said in answer to the question about the truth of the an nouncement: "Yes, it is a fact, and I don't see that it Is worth while to use any more modesty about it. As far as I know about it at this time, I under stand that the arrangements will be carried out at the Galena, rink. I have nothing to do with it at all." Their engagement has been talked of in a quiet way for several weeks. But until recently the talk has been denied by all concerned. Wilson won his bride-to-be through a romantic meeting on a local roller skating rink floor, where he taught her the art of roller skating. This ripened into a fuller affection that promises to give Galena a wedding on wheels next Saturday night. Wilson is said to be about 20 years of age while Miss "Vowell Is 19 and she Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. u. Vowell of this city and has grown to womanhood here and is well respected. They will make their home in Pittsburg as soon as the celebration of the event Is over in the home of the groom. Five Women at the Poor Farm. Columbus, Kan., Feb. 14. Samuel Johnson, superintendent of the county poor farm, has submitted his report to the county commissioners ior tne year. The report shows that there are eigh teen people on the farm at present, thirteen of whom are males, and there are no colored people there. There is one minor child, two helpless and six with deranged minds. Minister and Police Settle Fuss. Minden, Feb. 14. The trouble be tween Marshal earner and Rev. Mr. Collins was settled Thursday evening without a trial upon payment by Mr. Carner of a fine of $1 and costs. The trouble arose over an altercation be tween the man with the "big stick" and the reverend gentleman, in which the marshal emphasized bis remarks by Catarrh la not merely a disease of the mucous membranes and inner linings of the body as come of the symptoms would seem to indicate it is a deep-seated blood disease, in which, the entire circulation and the greater part of the system are involved. Lite all other blood diseases. Catarrh, comes from poisons and impurities accumulating in the circulation which Irritate and inflame the tissues and mucous surfaces, and then the unpleas ant symptoms of the disease are manifested. There is a ringing noise in the ears, a thin, watery discharge from the nostrils, filthy matter drops back into the throat, the breath has an offensive odor, and many other annoying and unpleasant symptoms are characteristic of the trouble. Sprays, washes. Inhalations, etc, cannot reach the blood, and are therefore valuable only for the temporary relief they afford. To cure Catarrh the blood must be purified. Nothing equals 8. 8. S. for this purpose it goes down into the circulation, removes the catarrhal matter, purifies the blood and makes a lasting cure. When 8. 8. S. has removed the cause, the blood being pure and healthy nourishes the membranes and tissues instead of irritating them with noxious matter, and the symptoms all pass away. Book on Catarrh and any med ical advice free, jrm SWIFISPECIgIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 18 slapping the minister. Rev. Mr. Collins promptly swore out a warrant for Mr. Carner and the trial was sent for Fri day, but was settled Thursday even ins. PASS COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Were Poor Imitations of Silver Certifi cates, But Merchants Took Them. Curranvllle, Kan.. Feb. 14. This plaoe and Fuller were visited this week by two strangers who succeeded In passing several counterfeit bills. Tho bills were poor imitations of stiver certificates and at several places where the strangers tried to pass them they were refused. The strangers worked together, ap parently, and their plan was for one to enter a place of business while the other held a team of horses on the outside. The one who did most of the inside work was of medium height and rather stout built. At several of the places visited, he wore a pair of glasses and at the next place he would remove the glasses and in that manner confused several of the business men. The first place visited in Curranvllle was at Mr. Wilson's, where both enter ed the building. The one with glasses asked to have a five dollar bill changed. Mr. Wilson complied with bis request but within a few minutes noticed that the bill was a counterfeit. He demand ed .his change back. At this point the second one came into the play by claiming that the bill was all right and that if Mr. Wilson was not satlsnea he would give him five silver dollars for the bill. Mr. Wilson was glad to make the change back, and the strangers immediately departed. From this place they drove to Fuller where they were more successful in their efforts. Jim Browning's placo was visited and here they succeeded in changing- one ten dollar bill for silver. They made a hurried exit and Mr. Browning is $10 the loser by their visit. At another place in Fuller they at tempted to pass a $20 bill but the pro prietor noticed the largeness 01 the bill and also that it did not look right and refused to change it. TOIXTRY AND EGO BUSINESS. Ottawa Commission Merchants Are Doing a Bis Business. Ottawa, Kan., Feb. 14. There were three commission dealers operating here last year and they paid out to the poultry raisers of Franklin county more than $175,000 for poultry and eggs. One of the three dealers alone paid out over $75,000. This man in a busy six weeks during March and April of 1907 paid out over $33,000 an average of over $5,500 a week. O. L. Taylor, the commission mer chant, shipped a carload of poultry to the east yesterday. LaBt week J. V. Mitchell and Mr. Taylor Jointly shipped two cars of eggs east. EXPECTORATING ON SIDEWALKS. Five Violators of the Ordinance Are Arrested at nttstrarg. Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 14. Five men were arrested by the police yesterday for violating the new ordinance against expectorating on the sidewalks. "I did not think," stated one viola tor to Judge Holden in police court, "or I certainly would not have done it for I know better and have been read- lnr all nf th tnllr In tho i.,-.,,-- 1, u uonovapQiB about the ordinance and even went so itu ua iu rctiu mo ordinance wnen It was published." "I didn't know there was such an or- 1 .A .UVIUC1, "for I am a stranger here and have been in the city only a short time be fore I was arrested by a policeman. I have been in cities where this ordin ance is in force but about the first curest:atmrh thing a fellow sees when he leaves the train at the depot is a notice to that effect." "I have no excuse to make," said a third one accused of the same offense, "but I can say one thing, and that is I will never do it again." There were two others who simply plead guilty and the five were fined the minimum and allowed to go. V INSTITUTE FOB FARMERS. The Manhattan Agricultural School to Send Out Speakers. Manhattan, Kan., Feb. 14. Institutes will be held for the farmers on the eastern circuit at the following times and places. The speakers for this di vision are P. E. Crabtree and J. G. Wynkjer. The latter is a representa tive of the dairy division department of agriculture, Washington. EASTERN CIRCUIT. February 17, Osawatomie; Feb. 18, Cadmus; Feb. 19, Bluemound; Feb. 20, Richmond; Fefc. 21-22, Edgerton; Feb. 24, Feb. 25, Piper; Feb. 2. Mc- Louth; Feb. 27, Nortonville; Feb. 28, Winchester; Feb. 29, Valley Falls. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. February 17, Clifton; Feb. 18, Green leaf; Feb. 19, Frankfort; Feb. 20. Cen tralia: Feb. 21, Seneca; Feb. 22, Ax tell; Feb. 24, Onaga; Feb. 25, Emmett; Feb. 26, Overbrook; Feb. 27. Mlchi-i gan Valley; Feb. 29, Waniego. The speakers for this circuit are J. H. Miller, superintendent farmers' in stitutes. Kansas State Agricultural col lege, and Mr. H. W. Avery of Wake field. State Dairy Commissioner Wil son will be at Seneca. A WEEK TO OPEN THE SAFE. Beloit Bank Vault Containing $41,000 Has Combination Out of Fix. Beloit, Kan., Feb. 14. The cashiers. bookkeepers and accountants who are employed at the First National bank in this city-are feeling pretty good to day from the fact t hat fcr the first time in seven days or more the heavy iron doors of their bank vault swung back and gave them access to the treasures contained therein. Something more than a week ago there occurred some kind of trouble with '.he connec tions on the time lock and It failed to open. Experts tried in vain and as a last resort it was declied to drill into the big safe. The thickness of the walls of this vault is only about three inches but men drilled for 140 hours with four tons of pressure against the drill before accomplishing the desired results. There was about $41,000 in gold, silver and currency locked safely in the big vault. LEFT MONEY AND ANIMAL. Suspected Horse Thief Took Sudden Departure on Release From Jail. Cherryvale, Kan., Feb. 14. The horse thief suspect arrested here, who had ridden bareback into town and who later gave his name and address as J. Murphy, Chelsea, Ok., was liberated, after having been held 48 hours and has shaken the dust of Cherryvale from his feet. When arrested the fellow had $30 in money and about $260 in deposit checks which were placed in Butler's safe. When released he was told to wait un til Assistant Watson came up town, about 10 o'cblock and he could have his money, but he hadn't time. It is pre sumed. He left money, checks and horse, rather than take chances on be ing further detained. SHE WAS HOMESICK. Pittsburg Woman's Excuse for Appear, tag Drunk on the Streets. Pittsburg, Kan.. Feb. 14. "I recently came to Pittsburg with my husband from St. Louis," explained a woman who with her husband had been arrest ed both upon the charge of being drunk and quarreling on the streets "I am not In the habit of getting drunk and don't know what made me do so this time, unless it is because I have no friends in the city except my husband and was feeling a little bit homesick." The court fined her the lowest that he could, but her husband had to pay the full value of his little spree in the amount of $7. An Iota Real Estate Deal. lola, Kan., Feb. 14. A real estate deal involving $18,000 was closed here. The Gas City State Bank corporation traded the big brick building at the corner of Main street and the street car line for a S20 acre farm in Sumner county near the town of Wellington. The deal is one of the largest that has been closed in lola this year. Death, of A. V. ladings. Wellington, Kan?,' Feb. 14. A, V. ladings, an old soldier and) a promi nent and wealthy farmer, Hed quite suddenly at his home near Perth, this county, of a paralytic stroke. He was a native of Gettysburg, Pa., and was 62 years of age. GETS AJOOD ONE Manager Cooley Signs Pitcher Jarrott of Sioux City. Secures His Release From Holmes bysPurchase. ONLY FOR ONE YEAR. Must Giro Iowa "Man Option for Repurchase. Pitching Staff Is Now Complete, Says Manager. About the best announcement that Dick Cooley of the local baseball team has yet made for the benefit of the lo cal baseball fans is, that of the signing of Jarrott, for four years the star pitcher of the Sioux, City team in the Western League, .Jarrott is a right hander and only yesterday was Cooley finally able to secure his release by purchase from the Sioux City team of which Ducky Holmes, an old friend of Cooley Is manager. Jarrott will be about the most valu able addition to the local team, it the dope which is now being scattered con cerning his ability is any indication. He is. a big fellow, with world's of smoke up his salary limb. He is the possessor of a large assortment of curves and with ail these valuable adjuncts be has a head filled with gray matter, especially adapted and trained in the science of pitching. In his four years with Sioux City he has always won a majority of his games. The new pitcher of the White Sox is also somewhat of a performer with the willow. He has always clouted the Spalding with an average well up towards the 300 mark. A couple of sea sons past Jarrott hit like a house afire, And thereby hangs the tale of his' being sold. It happened that in Sioux City a prize of a $75 watch was given for the leading hitter on the team. Jarrott being a pitcher did not participate in as many games as the rest but he won first place by a margin of 0 points hitting at a .348 clip. Noblitt, the center neiaer or tne team and a popular piay er hit .317 and owing to the fact that he played in nearly every game he was given the prize. Jarrott never got ac customed to this act and has since been in bad with the fans of the pack ing town on account -of his losing out and the lack of grace with which he bore his loss. Cooley is pleased with his new ac quisition. "I haven't the least doubt that Jarrott will .be the leading right handed pitcher in; the Western Associ ation this season; 1 -1 think I made a ten strike when I secured Jarrott," said the White Sox manager this morning. "I tried to buy him outright but the best I could do, was to secure him for next season and allow Holmes an op tion to repurchase him. I think with out a doubt that Topeka will have the best pitching staff" In the league. We will have three veterans on the staff. which includes Jones, Jarrott, and Craig. Then there is stilt a possibility of getting Halla a I have the call on him 'if he doesn't maker good and I would sooner, get him' back thaarto4a;ke the purchase money from Wichita. There are five youngsters on the staff, Furey, Merschbn, Pollard, O'Bannon and Arnold of last season's, team. Ar nold of course will, in another year be classed as at seasoned pitcher and out of the other four there ought to be at least one or two worth keeping. We will be in the race from the start to finish -and if any team beats us they will deserve the pennant." A spell unequalled in silence except bv a national cemetery has been bro ken in Leavenworth by the signing of a baseball player by the name of Rob ert Taggart. Just what he is or does in the baseball line is not known but shows that Leavenworth is getting busy. They need to, as this Is the only report of anything 6f the kind happen ing there this season. As far as is known yet they are still looking for a manager. Johnny Flllman has re-engaged Charles Welch as one of the members of the Joplln 1908 pitching staff. He The African Negro Has Beautiful Pearly Teeth, dean, vvnite ana "errect, wittiout a Flaw, Even In Old Age. Living Near to Nature, His Digestion Is l'errect. Dr. Livingstone, and later, Henry Stanley, botn of whom spent much time In the exploration of Africa, In their memoirs mention the fact that mem bers of all the tribes that they came in contact with possessed beautiful, white, pearly, sound teeth, and that on inves tigation they found that this was due to the fact that the digestive organs of the negro had never been Impaired, and that they were able at all times to take care of the coarse fpods that, were ta ken into the stomach. The negroes' food is of the plainest kind and is seldom if ever cooked. It ia eaten as it is found with but little preparation. -The cause of unsound and imperfect teeth found among civilized people is due to two important racts tne prev alence of dyspepsia, indigestion and stomach troubles, and the food we eat. In the foods that, we eat there is a lack of chosDhates and other materials necessary to make repairs and supply the waste in the teeth. Then again few people In' civilised countries are free from dyspepsia,whlch interferes with the whole system and causes trouble everywhere. To have sound teeth, cure your dys pepsia and eat proper foods, and you will have little trouble with them. A package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets should be kept in the house at all times. They cure dyspepsia, sour stomach, indigestion, and put the stom ach and intestines in a healthy condi tion. The Tablets contain a powerful in gredient which assists the stomach in the process of digestion, and puts It In a healthy condition. There are many bodily ills due en tirely to stomach troubles." If you are ill ask -yourself if your trouble may not be caused oy inaiges tion. This may be the cause of the whole difficulty, and to cure it means to nave perfect health. You can get Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab lets at any druggists', for they are as staple as any drug in the store. They are 50 cents per package. Send us your name and address to day and we will at once send you by mail a sample package, free. Address F. A. Stuart Co- 150 Stuart Bldg.. Mar shal!, Mich. has also signed Ike Tiffany and Har vey Hicks, .one an lnfielder and the latter a pitcher. Louis Wnnriji tli. fAm.. rtvui.n-.B City pitcher, whose arm was hurt last o vi ins m an accident, nas Been signed by Dud Rlsley at Springfield. Risley has A.1sn fslirnari Hon Ta..b- an tnAAi n uv, uit H1I JLt er. The old veteran is getting busy wia winter ana is planning to restore the Queen City of the Ozarks to her former glory as a baseball town. Webb City or the Twin City base ball team, as it will probably be known promises to be a good one this season. George Markley of the Texas league has been signed to play shortstop. Jack Frost of Sioux City will play third. Red Wright, first. Nee and Thompson are two other lnfielders. The pitching staff up to date includes Roach Shaner, Burns and Milton, all of whom are good men. BASEBALL IN OKLAHOMA. Veterans Report for. Spring Practice at Oklahoma University. Norman, Okla., Feb. 14. Baseball at the University of Oklahoma was started Wednesday when more than forty candidates reported in re sponse to the call of the manager, six or wnom are players of last years team. There .was little choice in the infield positions: six signed ud for shortstop, four for third base. four for second base and one for first base, making fifteen for the Infield. There are four candidates for the pitching staff, three for catcher and the rest for the three field positions. Captain Roscoe Walker will be the re ceiver this season. He nas caught for the Sooners for the past two years. Housch, the speedy 6-footer, who did some great stunts in his line last sea son, will, be the principal twirler, while probably Hollis, Dodson and Llebler will be the other pitchers. Ratliffe, who played first base two years, will again this year hold that position. Pierce and Moore will have left and center field and Conkllng will sub-catch and field. HASKELL'S LONG TOUR. Indian Basketball Team Have a Month's Trip Before Them. Lawrence, Kan.; Feb. 14. On the most extensive trip ever attempted by a Missouri valley basketball team, the Haskell Indian basketball team will leave here today. The squad will be gone more than a month, playing twenty-one games in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Mfchigan, Ohio and Kentucky. The Indian team has had great success this year. Coached by For est Allen,-- -the former K. C. A. C. star, the redskins have been playing a superior brand of basketball. They have lost three out of the fourteen games played tthis season, the vic torious teams being Baker university, Muscatine tourists and William Jewell. The Indians got an even break with Baker and William Jewell, defeating those teams on the Has kell court. The strongest teams the Indians will meet will be Wabash college and the Detroit Athletic club. The Wab ash five defeated the Muscatine tour ists, Tale and Columbia this year. PRINCETON-OORNELL BREAK. Syracuse or West Point to Replace Cornell on Tigers Schedule, f PrincetOnN.' 2., Feb. M.-di B Ffinet head of the athletic executive commit tee of Princeton university, gave out the following statement as the reason for the break between Cornell and Princeton in football relations: "Cornell and Princeton will not meet In football this year. The three-year agreement expired last October and Princeton wished, a new agreement for two years, both games to be played in New York. Cornell refused this and insisted upon a home and home game which was rejected Dy tne mnceton management." Thn schedule for 1906 will be anr nounced next week, and it is rumored that either Syracuse or West Point will be taken on, to fill the breach maae oy Cornell. T tt. Obierta to Referee Morgan, St. Louis, Feb. 14. Earl Morgan of Washington university, capnuu oi me Pikeway basket ball team, has a griev- tToneaa 11 Tl i vr fsl tvH fl.tll- ajiua fteno. w letlc management. He was recently telegraphed by coacn jttDrigni or Mis souri State university to act as referee i. v.o KooUoi hull cram a between Mis souri and Kansas Friday evening. Then yesterday he received a reiegram irom the same source calling the engagement off as Kansas had objected to him, Morgan is a good basket ball player himself and is known about the city as a very good official. Mowatt-Devlin Bout February 21. Chicago, Feb. 14. Tommy Mowatt, the stock yards fighter, has signed to meet Tommy Devlin of Philadelphia In a twentv-round bout at Hot Springs on February 21. The match was clinched following the calling off of the Mowatt Prendergast bout, scheduled for Friday night.' Mowatt wired the Hot Springs iivinv that the Prendergast UlVlllULCiu 'a match be postponed a week to allow him to get into bukiio. j. reply a request that he take on Devlin on the 21st instead of Prendergast, and complied. lola in the O. A. K. Leagne. lola, Kan., Feb. 14. "Doc" Shively that ttlA lola. forfftlt money has been, raised and that that city will be a memoer or tne j. a. a league. He went from here to Shaw nee, Okla., to see aooni the forfeit money there. P. C. Hayden jof Webb City owns the lola franchise. He is backed by the lola Electric Railway company which will build a park. Sioux City Gets Andreas. Des Moines, Feb. 14. "Ducky" Holmes, manager of the Sioux City Western league team, has purchased Andreas, the fast lnfielder of the Des Moines team. Andreas was the prop erty of the Milwaukee club, and the deal was made with it. Holmes will probably play Andreas on second and send Wood to the outfield. Water Wagon for Altrock. s Chicago, Feb. 14. Nick Altrock has signed the pledge. Comiskey's south paw will not look upon the beer during the baseball season of 1008, unless he previously secures permission, to do so from the Old Roman himself. Nick was out of form last year. Comiskey had his own ideas of what ailed the German twirler, and beer in too copious Quanti ties was assigned as the cause. l, Abbott to Captain Toledo. Toledo, C Feb. 14. It is an nounced by Manager Armour that Abbott willc captain the Mud Hens during the -coming season'.. 7, A 7.000.OOO Foot Gas Well. LaHarpe, Kan-. Feb. 14. Another gasser has been drilled in .on the Nash t ,ht. rtlHr Tt Will test something Over seven million cubic THE HISTORY Of New Formula is Given by Mr. Cooper in An Interview. Says it was Formerly Property of German Chemist. This Man Spent Years in Per fecting it for the World. COOPER WILLED THE SECRET By His Uncle at the Time of His Death in New York City. L. T. Cooper, the man who is intro ducing for the first time in Topeka the preparations that have proved so won derfully effective In other cities, and have brought their owner an enor mous fortune In a very short time, was seen for a few moments at his head quarters, Stansfield's drug store, 632 Kansas avenue, yesterday. He was asked by the reporter: "Mr. Cooper, would you mind stating when and how you obtained this secret for mula from which your remedies are prepared?" After hesitating a mo ment, the young man said: "No, I think I may tell you. In 1896 my uncle, who was a physician, attended in a hospital in New York a German chemist who had been struck by a street car. The man had been in this country only a short time and could barely speak English. He was without money or friends and was so badly injured that there was little hope for him. He lived for some time, how ever, and gave to my uncle a formula which he claimed would produce a marvelous preparation as a cure for stomach, liver and kidney trouble and all diseases of the mucous membrane The man had papers showing that he was a graduate of the Berlin university. and at one time had been an instructor in chemistry in one of them. He stated that he had spent his life in perfecting the formula, and had come to this country to put it before some capital ists. My uncle had the preparation made up and tried it with astonishing good results, but as he was engrossed in his general practice, did nothing to ward putting the preparation on the market. At the time of his death, which oocurred In 1900, I came into possession of the formula. I was also willed $10,000 by him, and with this as my capital I started in 1901 to put the formula on the market. This was the starting point of my success. The remedy has sold in enormous quanti ties wherever introduced and is, I be lieve, the most certain cure for catarrh. rheumatism and stomach trouble In the world today. By next week you will begin to see what the remedy ac complishes, as I will have people com insr bv hundreds to express their thanks for what the remedy has done for them." 7 There was a stream of people going in and out of Stansfield s drug store yesterday afternoon, made up of call ers who wished to purchase these remedies. Preparations are sold on trial only, but if they do as claimed, Cooner should make a small fortune In Topeka alone, as the medicine is going like wild fire. If he does as in other cities, however, the amount of ttaney he donates ror cnaritauie purposes wim reduce his eranlngs materially. feet.' The rock pressure of this well is considered exceptionally good also. This is the sixth well to be drilled in on this tract. Only One "Bro mo Quinine" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used world over to cure cold In 1 day. So, A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS Bad Luck Seems to Have Pursued Holyrood Inhabitants, Lately. Holyrood, Kan., Feb, 14- Several serious accidents have occurred here lately. Alfred Sekaveck, seven-year-old son of Joseph Sekaveck, while examining a rifle that a boy friend was showing him,- was accidentally shot in the brain and dUed. A son of J. J. Coxen of Little River was seriously hurt by the bullet from a revolver which fell from the pocket of Marshal Haunberry. The ball lodged in the knee and will possibly cripple him for life. The three-year-old child of J. D. Davis fell in a tank of water this week.' Luckily Mrs. Davis discovered the child in time to rescue it alive. M. Westenhaver Son, of Sterling, are moving several large buildings around town. THE TRUTH ABOUT KIDNEY TROUBLE Kidney trouble is inflamation of the kidneys due to colds, exposure, worry, excesses in eating and drink ing, etc. Backache is seldom an evidence of inflammation of the kidneys. Smokiness or sediment that can be seen with the naked eye are not us ually evidences of a very serious stage of the inflammation. Both often show in people otherwise well and commonly disappear with the excit ing cause. The patient should diet, avoid colds and live carefully and the ordinary j case of kidney trouble will with care and treatment usually disappear the first few weeks. If it persists, or there should be continued evidence of disordered kid neys, it should demand tbe attention of the patient in view of the position taken by medical writers that about the sixth month the inflamed condi tion becomes chronic and incurable. It will be seen through all the above that the real trouble is inflam mation in the kidneys. While there are many kidney stimulants they have been abandoned by physicians, for they now know that none of them carry repair to inflamed kidneys. The late John J. Fulton was the first man In the world to discover an emollient that reaches the kidneys. It reverses the old treatment. In stead of irritating the inflamed-kidneys -with stimulants, the effect la the gradual reduction of the inflam mation and for the first time kidney disease, both in the first and second stages, is amenable- to treatment, Fulton's Renal Compound abating the inflammation in about 87 per cent of all cases. Literature mailed free. JOHN J. FULTON CO.. Oakland, CaL Rex Pharmacy, 10 Kansas Ave. Are our sole local agents. Ask for Bi-Monthy Bulletin of late recoveries. I Surplus Shoe Stock Sale Look at our show windows row after row of matchless prices of shoes and slippers for Babies, for Children, for Boys and Girls, for Men and Wo men; Shoes suitable for every; purpose, the farm, the office, the ball room, the kitchen, the schoolroom and the recess grounds. They all bear the guaranteed Shield brand trade mark, registered in the TJ. S. patent office for your protection and our protection. $50,000.00 worth of these celebrated shoes are going at reduced prices in this surplus shoe stock sale. A saving to you of to in' your shoe bills. -19 styles of Mens' and Women's fine Shoes, worth Cfi' $3.50 to $5.00, at...POV A pair of Novelty Watch Charm Shoes free. 1 ELLETntsnc- shoe: co. 515 KANSAS AVENUE" RELIABLE DENTISTRY Our success is due to high-grade work manship and best materials at reason able prices. Set Teeth for. $7.00 Somnoforme or vitalized air, espec ially nice for weak or nervous people. Gold Crowns $3 to $5 Silver filling G0o Teeth cleaned... EOe Gold filling 60c to $2 Painless extrac tion ...26c Bridge work. ..$4.00 New York Dental Co. All Wcrk Guaranteed Years. 618 Kansas Ave Open daily. Hours 8 to 6. Wednesday and Saturday nightu till 8 p. m. Sun days 9 to 12. Ind. Tel. 1966. 4 X INDUSTRIOUS MONEY i Is that which is so invested aa X to be earning interest. If you wish to have some- thing to show for your economy Y and a secure place for your X money you should put your S savings in Tbe Capitol Building Loan Ass's. N. E. Cor. 6th and Kan. Ave. x Where it will be safe from loss A or thoughtless expenditure and earn COMPOUND INTEREST Dr.WernetsPOWDER rFALSE TEETH Hakes loose, Dropping woDDiwgaonanngrai Teeth fit perfectly tinMat the first application. Cures Sore Gum.. Makes breato tmti. Get It At Gatlin Drug Co. G. W. Stansfleld VVernet Heatal tetsTcL. rhn4elpM." Pa,' LIGGETT'S iQ OAIUKUAI CANDY -o o- Assorted Chocolates. Bon-Hons Carmels, Fancy Boxes Per pound 29c I Fred A. Snow 623 Kansas Jive. 623 Kansas ae. Itflr An T t T T T T T f II I t 111 I I H I m i Have you tried it yet? What "Perfection Flour." Buy one sack and you'll buy another. I j 1 1 II I II I 1 1 I H H I HI I U 4. ATHEKTOH eM0 tlt. SIXTH ST. Both Pfcon 996.: There are a great many bar r gains advertised tonight. Read them;

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNASFRIDAT EVENING-, FEBRUARY 14,1903. WHY HED BLOOD MEANS HEALTH Because It Ensures an Abund ant Supply of Oxygen. How Dr. William.' Pink Puis Make the Blood Rich and Red and Enable It to Absorb Oxygen, the Great Supporter of Life. In no disease is delay or neglect more dangerous than in anaemia, or poverty of the blood. It Is common In young B Iris and in nersons who are overwork ed or confined within doors and makes its approach in so stealthy a manner that it is often well developed before its presence is recognized. In anaemia there is a rapid reduction of the red corpluscles. These corpuscles are the oxygen-carriers In the blood and they also give it its red color. That is why red blood is healthy blood. As very one knows, the body cannot live without oxygen and, as tne rea cor puscles become more and more reduced and the supply of oxygen becomes cor respondlngly less, health becomes impaired. It is then the the characteristic symp toms of languor, paleness of lips, cheeks and gums, dull eyes, loss of appetite, shortness of breath and palpitation of the heart upon the slightest exertion, nniwi' ft nMrletori the disease slowly and gradually progresses until hope of recovery Is gone, tsut taicen in mu w disease is readily curable, .the specific being a tonic medicine which Increases the number of red blood corpuscles thus enabling the blood to carry the life-giving oxygen to all the tissues of the body. Such a tonic is Dr. Williams Pink Pills.' These pills have had un bounded success in curing this stub born disease because of this wonderful property. The cure of anaemia by Dr. Williams Pink Pills is as certain as anything in medical science. Miss B. Rae Boyington, of 54 Carroll street, Freeport, 111., County Circuit Clerk of Stephenson county for the past five years, was cured of anaemia after Buffering for three years and she will ingly tells of her case for the benefit of those similarly afflicted- I became sick with anaemia, she ays, "during my senior year in the high school and think it was caused by overstudy and anxiety to pass my ex aminations so that I could graduate. I became very pale, had but little blood and no strength whatever. I grew dizzy and was hysterical at times. I was not confined to my bed but many days could not sit up. After several months my physician took me out of school, but under his treatment I was helped only temporarily, for one day I would feel better and the next worse. I finally returned to school and took only enough studies to keep me for half a day and again I was unable to stand the strain. I was very discouraged and, as in near ly three years I had grown no better, had about given up hope of getting well. "When Dr. Williams' Pink Pills were recommended to me by a friend I im mediately bought a box, although J laughed some at the idea of taking, them I was soon surprised at my re turning strength and the amount of red blood I was getting. I took several box es of the pills and they certainly did wonders for me. Since taking them. I have never been sick nor consulted a doctor. I have plenty of color and can conscientiously say that I have Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to thank for my splendid health during the past five years." A helpful booklet "Diseases of the Blood" giving more information about anaemia will be sent free upon request. If you are suffering from impoverished blood you cannot afford to wait anothor day before giving Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a thorough trial. They are for sale by all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box; six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. BIB On Saturday, both matinee and night, the patrons of the Grand are again to have an opportunity of witnessing the beautiful and ever welcome "idyl" of the Arkansas Hills, "Human Hearts." All who have sat under the spell of this Interesting story of plain honest people, will surely avail themselves of the chance of seeing it again, and those who haven't should not fall to attend. Charles H. Tale's musical extrava ganza, "Painting the Town," will play a return engagement at the Grand on Sunday afternoon and evening. Magic King in the spectacular specialty "Utopia" is one of the many features of the show. Everybody is looking forward with the greatest enthusiasm to the coming of the Italian Grand Opera company which will sing "II Trovatore" at the Grand on Monday night. Society func tions are being postponed, so as to ad mit of everybody attending, and all music lovers have nothing but grand Opera upon their tongues. And it is very evident from the indications at the box office, that the Italian Grand Opera company is to have a most en thusiastic welcome to this city. Every body recognises that such an event may never occur again, and all join in commenting upon the unusually low prices for the class of entertainment provided. Of the quality of this great organization, everybody is assured, and a delightful relaxation from the monot ony of shows which crowd in upon us from week to week will be broken. It Is evident from the unanimous opinion of those who have heard the opera pro ductions by this company, that the audience which is expected to fill the theater on Monday night will leave the performance with the feeling that their anticipations have been more than satisfied. No use theorizing as to whether coffee is harmful. Stop it and use P 0 ST V M 10 days to get facts. "There's a Reason" RAILROAD NEWS. Commission Makes a Ruling in Nine-Hour Case. Important Announcement JJ fecting Interstate Lines. A LIMIT IS PROVIDED. No Authority to Suspend Law Except on Hearing for Cause. Other Items of Interest Railway Circles. in An important announcement was made today by the interstate commerce commission respecting its attitude toward the request recently made by the operating vice presidents of the railroads of the United States that the so-called nine hour law, relating to the employment of train dispatchers, tele graph operators and tower men- be suspended by the commission until such time as the law could be amended to meet the desires of all concerned. The -nmmlsslon holds in brief that it has no authority to extend the time or suspena the operation ot tne law except in a particular- case or cases in which a hearing has been held and good cause shown for the extension asked. The commission savs: "Thousands of letters and telegrams received within the last few days indi cate widespread misapprehension as to the power of the commission to 'ex tend the law' which goes into effect March 4 next, limiting the hours of ser vice of employes engaged in the move ment of trains upon interstate railroads. The only authority is expressed in the law as follows: 'The interstate com merce commission may, after full heart ing in a particular case and far good cause shown, extend the period within which a common carrier shall comply with the provisions of the law as to such case.' We are of the opinion, without de ciding more definitely in advance of a "full hearing" upon such applications no mnv he made, that "good cause" for extension is not shown when it is mere ly alleged or made to appear mat ine law nneht not to be enforced at cer tain stations or classes of stations, be cause the number of train orders handled is small and there is no need of increasing the force of employes. Neither would it be good cause, as we believe, to show that additional opera tors can not be obtained at the wages now or heretofore offered if It appears reasonably certain that higher wages the requisite number. These are purely questions of legisla tive policy, which must nave dbcu aim were determined by the congress ad versely to the carriers, and the com mission has no rlgnt or aumorny w postpone the taking effect of this law merely because its observance will in volve inconvenience ana nnancmi hardship. We are also ot tne opinion mai buuh power as we have must be exercised be fore the law takes effect. It is the power to extend the period allowed for preparation, not the power to suspend after the law has become oDugatory. Thi.ranm wn on afford no relief after the 4th of March except in the partic ular cases where extensions may have been granted prior to mat aaie. E. F. GOULD IJXE CHANGES. Kearney Becomes Superintend ent of Transportation. E. F. Kearney, superintendent of terminals of the Missouri Facinc Iron Mountain system at St. Louis, has been appointed superintendent of transportation. His promotion will be come effective Saturday, when he will succeed T. E. Byrnes, who has re signed. J. W. Dean, superintendent of the Missouri division, with headquarters at De Soto. Mo., will succeed Mr. Kear ney as superintendent of terminals at St. Louis; John Cannon, superintend ent of the Arkansas division, with headquarters at Little Rock, Ark., wiii succeed Mr. Dean as superintendent ot the Missouri division, and M. M. Rlchey, formerly general superintena ent of the middle western district of the Southern railway, with headquar ters at Atlanta, Ga., will succeed Mr. Cannon as superintendent of the Ar kansas division. Mr. Kearney, who, although gray- haired, is only 42 years old. has been superintendent of terminals for the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain sys tem at St. Louis for three years. Prior to this engagement he was general superintendent of terminals of ie Frisco at St. Louis, and live years ago was superintendent of the Terminal Railroad association of St. Louis. Be fore coming to St. Louis Mr. Kearney was superintendent of the Chicago di vision of the Pennsylvania. The promotion of Mr. Kearney is unusually gratifying to members of the St. Louis Railway club, whose interests he always has promoted. J. W. Dean, the new general super intendent of terminals, has had a large experience. He has acted in the past three or four years as superintendent of the Missouri division, with head quarters at De Soto, Mo.; superintend ent of the Central division, with head quarters at Van Buren, Ark., and su perintendent of terminals at Little Rock, Ark. COACHING TRAINMEN'. I lock Island Officials Travel in Lecture Car. Shawnee O T uv"nvoniiiaid Rudd and McNearney." is the title which the employes of the transporta tion department of the Rock Island have bestowed on the trainmaster and the road foreman of equipment,, both i wnom nave put tne men through four different courses of instruction in the last Six WPplrR tVl last nna ftniflnff Friday night. These lectures are given in an old coach set aside for that purpose, and the men assemble In tho cnit. irhiu the trainmaster and the road foreman wain, up ana aown In the aisle care fully explaining pointers which they have gathered from observation. When they go over the road and find any thing that will improve the discip line, they make a note of it and save It tn-r les-tuv-A tim. a v, i.Bt General Superintendent Whittenton of Little Rock, happened to be in the city a-uu lautea to tne men, as ma Superin tendent Copley of Halleyviile. Whit tenton several years agro was trainmas ter at Shawnee and at that time instl- tutea tne custom on instructing the men in the rules and regulations of the transportation department. Evange list Rudd and McNearney have revived the good work and as a consequence the local department is kept In the best of discipline. Trainmaster W. Rudd appeals to the TOMORROW'S PRICES AT TOE BIG CASH STORE Here are some excellent values which should appeal to the most economical buyers DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT 52.50 Children's Dresses, $1.98 Come in blue and red, white and plaids trim med with braid and fancy but tons. Special $1.98 $1.00 Women's Wrappers, 89c Cornea In blues, black, grays and reds, $1.00 would be cheap for this goods a?!1.. 89c 75c Dressing Sacques, 49c These sacques are made of good qual ity fleeced material, comes in black and white, also blues, with medium size SEK 49c 9c 15c Percale. 9c Just received a new tot of Johnson per cale, worth 15c Comes in black, blue and gray 31-in. wide Splendid wearing material Special prlce.yd. 50c Boys' Night Bobes, 39c These robes are made from good weight tennis flannel comes in pink and white, and blue and white stripes trimmed with fancy braid good 50c values. Special price. 59c Women's Gowns, 45c Made of good grade tennis comes in blue and white, pink and white stripes yokes trimmed with fancy braid.!. Good A tin 69c values. Special.................... 491 39c 50c Women's Tennis Under Skirls 29c These skirts are made of good grade ten nis 6-inch flounce good value at Aft. 60j Special. a vC 59c Children's Pajamas, 39c Comes -in pink and white, blue and white stripes, made of g-ood grade tennis QAa flannel, each. U if U 50c Table Damask, 39c Comes in blue with floral patternsalso red and white check Special price yard 39c 15c Dress Gingham, 125c Amoekeag dress gingham, all colors in checks, stripes and plaids good 15tf values yard. .-.1 aSC $1.00 Shirt Waists, 29c These waists are made of good wearing material comes in light and me- OQn dium colors very special, each. C $6.00 Misses' Coats, $3.95 Made of heavy dark, gray cloaking, trim med with green "velvet ages 12 to 18 years Just 12 of these $6.00 garments in this unloading sale at $3.95 50c ileeced Pants and Vests, 39c Setsnug Pants and Vests splen did 50c seller, will be priced Q Per garment..' 25c Women's Pants Vests 19c Fleeced-Lined Pants and Vests of good weight very cheap at ia cents will be priced per garment 19c THE INDIES H0f lU0URfALPAITERNS The March Quarterly is now in price 20c, with a coupon that will buy a 15c Pattern, which makes the book only cost you 5c. Style Book free at Pattern Counter. V Candy Special Peanut Squares fresh and sweet the kind that always sells fori Yf. 15o and 20c Special, pound.. XJC 'Pencil Tablets Two Pencil Tablets, each of 120 sheets paper and one Rubbr- L P V Tipped Lead Pencil for .OC Quecnsware and House Furnishings 65c save you $1.25 $2.98 $5.00 Natural Gas Heater, $2.98 This is a good size heater and will beat a large size room; regular $5.00 values, today Gas Globes for 7c Crystal glass, with frost ed top, today, 7f price... Choice of about 20O pieces Enameled Ware 10c This lot consists of wash basins, pudding pans. Stew pans, kettles and dip pers not an article worth less than fg 15c choice, today., WW 21 -quart Granite Dish Pan, 5 Bo Heavy coated, sold in most stores for 79c here today 47-plece American Decorated Dinnerware $4.50 High class decoration, aU pieces full size and up to date shape, a J C A a big value for...". I?.1U 59c only No. 8 Enameled Tea Kettle 65o You need to price them elsewhere to see the saving only...;........' Guaranteed Paint, $1.25 We can 25c to 50c per gal. on your paint Our cash price... Couch Oovers, $1.69 Roman stripe, 50 In. wiae, 3 yards long, splendid quality, today 19x36 Pillows, $1.19 Covered with best A. C. A. ticking, weight about 6 pounds special today...... Iron Beds at Gash Prices It 'will pay you to see our line of Iron Beds before buying today we offer extra fine bed with brass rails, 194, -in. base, all colors, (PC AA gilt chills, for pU.UU Guaranteed Felt Mattress for $8.00 Our guarantee goes with every one other mattresses from as low $1.69 l best A. $1.19 $2.25 We wish to call your attention to our Optical Department which is in charge of DR. GEO. RANKIN Examination Free. Satisfaction Guaranteed Dental Powder One bottle Colgate's Antiseptic Dental Powders, for cleansing and whitening the teeth, and one oake of Cashmere Bouquet Toilet jn Soap 13C Sixth and Quincy PAXTON A February Sale o! Suits and Overcoats In this sale we offer ycu good reliable mer chandise. We economize by buying the best merchandise in large quantities getting low prices by paying cash. Therefore it is a greater saving to you to buy clothing that is reasonably marked at regular selling low prices. Our aim is not to sell the chepest clothing but the best for the least money. A Sale of $10 Suits for $7.95 These are our regular $10 Suits, and we con sider they are extra good value at this price. ITT- we can snow you a Deautnui assortment oi fancy worsteds. Quality and style is just what pleases. We mean what we say. C1 fr $10.00 Fancy Worsted Suits at apt e7t) A Sale of $12.50 Suits for $9.95 Every $12.50 black Thibet and fancy worsted suit will be sold at the price of $9.95. These are our choicest patterns and are so good that they are sold in other stores for $15. To the man who needs a fine suit this means some- tfQ An thing. $12.50 choioe suits. XsVD LooK Here Winter is Not Over We Are Still Selling Overcoats Biggest reductions yet: 54 off on all Overcoats. $1.75 Boys' Suit Sale, $1.45 Boys are usually rough on their olothes. We have a suit that will hold them. This is an extra good mixed T uBooiuioro ouiii 1 guuu pattern, anu. win r fcC T wear like iron. Special price. p 1 f) X Our Furnishing Department Has as usual great values. We give you a list of a few articles that you can easilyeoonomize on. 50c Values for 39c We have put the following articles on tables for a slaughter sale: Sweaters, Yarn Mitts, Caps, Flannel Shirts. Regular prioe 50o. Tomorrow's sell- 3Q ing price.... OVC Economize by Saving Money on the Following Articles $1.00 Night Robes 69c $1.25 Sweaters. 89c 75c Caps 59c 6O0 Scotch Mufflers 39c 25o Scotch. Caps. 1 9c Men's Fleeced Underwear 45c We will close out all our best cotton fleeced Under wear at 45c. This is the best 50o garment on the market. Sizes are broken. SHOE. BARGAINS Men's Vici Kid Shoes, made up with heavy oak sewed soles, medium low heels, lace styles, strictly G1 solid throughout good $2.00 value. Our price. ..p3v Men's Shoes made up in medium weight Box Calf leathers Blucher style, solid oak sewed soles new fac tory goods every pair guaranteed regular PO $2.50 shoe. Special for one day at. $LiCiD with exte sizes 13 $1.65 Misses' Dress Shoes, made up in first qual ity patent colt stook light single sewed soles, Blucher stye, large eyelets extra good $2 shoe at special 4J L i J Youths' Shoes, Vici Kid stook made with extension Oak sewed soles good styles, new goods sizes 13 to 2. Regular $1.85 shoes at special 71 PAXTON Sixth and Quincy personal pride and Interest of his men An Instance or tnis was snown uusi Friday, when ho was out with General Superintendent Whittenton on the sher branch. Everything went nicely until on the return trip, when a "bull" was made In giving a signal, ttuaa No Change Necessary Dr. Price's Delicious Flavoring Extracts have always been hon estly labeled; no change was nec essary since the enactment of the National Pure Food Law, either as to label or their manufacture. They have had for nearly half a ientury the patronage of the intel ligent housewives of this country. Flavoring Extracts Vanttla Lemon Orangra Rom. b made a note, and on reaching Shawnee rushed to the car where Road Foreman McNearney was instructing the men and told ot the poor signal given in the presence of the general superintendent. "How would you like to be trainmas ter," he asked, "and- have the superin tendent come along and find such bad discipline?" Thursday 17 engineers, 10 firemen, 13 conductors and 17 brakernen attended the meetings; the following number at tended on Friday: 11 engineers, 4 fire men. 9 conductors and 15 brakernen. I LEAKING FEBRUARY 2T. Commerce Commission Win Give Roods a Chance to Talk. Washington, Feb. 14. In view of the announcement made yesterday by the interstate commerce commission respecting its authority to extend th law which goes into effect on March 4 next, limltinz the hours of service of employes engaged in the movement of trains on Interstate railroads, applica tion already has been made by four railroad systems for a hearing before the commission on the subject. The applications have come from the Chi cago, Burlington Quincy, the South ern railway, the St. Louis San Fran cisco and the Seaboard Air Line. Other applications doubtless will be received in a few days. The commission has set February 27 -as the date for the hearing of the applications, and it is expected that all on file with the com mission will be threshed out on that day. The commission has made It clear in Its statement that it has no authority to extend the time except in a particu lar case (or cases) and for good cause shown by the carriers. DUB TO BROKEN1 HAILS. Report on Railways In Canada Con tains Interesting Features. Ottawa, Feb. 14.i A return of tho railway statistics for the Dominion, just presented to parliament, shows that Canada has the highest railway Used by CalumoR l Boiling Onudes with th Pw'jr finrfTTira nf mnrt-Tr mileage.' measured against population, and the lowest, measured against ter ritory, of nearly all the countries of the world. There are now 22,452 miles of railway in operation In the Dominion.' giving an increase of 1,099 miles over the previous fiscal year. The number of miles under construc tion Is estimated at 8,000. Canada has one mile of railway for every 269 in habitants and every 161 square miles of area. The total capital Invested in Canadian railways is placed at J 1,1 71, 937, 80S,- the total net earnings last year amounted to $42,989,537, repre senting a rate of S.66 per cent on the total investment. Capitalisation aver ages $67,000 per mile. Traffic, during 1907, showed substantial gains over 1904. In freight, there was an in crease of 5,900,000 tons, and passen gers carried increased by 4,147,637 In number. The total earnings of the year were $146,788,214, representing an increase of 17.09 per cent over the preceding year.- The number of per sons in the employ of the Canadian railways during last year was 124,012. It Is estimated that 30 per cent of the whole population of the Dominion earn their dally bread in various branches of the carrying trade. The total mileage of electric railways is 814. The record of accidents for the year shows 687 killed and 1,698 injured. This represents the greatest number of persons, both In killed and Injured, In the history of Canadian railways. Of passengers there were 70 killed and 852 injured, and of employes 249 kill-' ed and 1,126 injured. Dealing with, the question of what proportion of the railway accidents could probably be regarded as preventable, the depart mental report refers particularly to the increasing number of accidents due to broken rails. Sufficient has been ascertained to make it clear that this menace to public safety prevails In this country, as elsewhere. The pro cess of manufacturing rails at the present time probably explains wh broken rails are multiplying. There is a consensus of judgment that here, as in the United States, the fundamental trouble has grown out ot the keen competition, on the one hand, and the pressure upon the mills on the other. This has led to thJ cuuuwuusuig ui jauor to a act lee tnat has meant poor and defective rails. J The killing of 85 persons and the in-i Jury of 287 by derailments may in -some degree have been the price that1 Canada paid last year for the hasty and imperfect production of rails. Removal Notice. Dr. Frank Orson Boyd will remove his dental office from 712 to T 31 Kansas avenue, over "Waggoner's drug store. about February 20.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURITAC FRIDAY EVEHIffP, PEBEXTAEY 14, 1908. T0PERL ST1TE JOUKML By FRANK P. MAO LENT AX. Entered July 1, 1575, as second-class matter at the poetofilce at Topena, u.aa-. VOLUME XXXV No. 40 Offij-ial Stat Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OS SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka, or sudutds. or at tne same price in tA as towns where tne paper nas a cairiei Vltm By mail one year..;....- By mall, three months Saturday edition of dally, one year.... Tin.EPHmjiia Business Office -p Buslnea. Offloe Xnd. J2Z Reporters' Room .BeU 6r Reporters' Room Jnd- JS Prank P. MacLennan Iod- 700 PERMANENT HOMK. Topeka Stat) Journal building. and 102 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. Nw York Office: FlaUron building, wenty-thlrd street corner Fifth avenue .and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building- Fan! Block, manager. FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OP THE ASSOCJATJ?I PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press Mid receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganization, tor the exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka. The news is reoelvea la The State Jour nal building oyer wires for this sole pur pose. Among the several welcomes that will greet C. W. Morse, the New York bank er, bn his return from his hurried trip abroad will be a couple of indictments charging him with grand larceny. Chances are that if this gentleman had not been located as soon as he was his stay abroad would have been an indefi nite one. Four years ago thirteen young women and thirteen young men organized a club at Kalamazoo, Mich., and wonder fully strange as It may seem this clab now consists of thirteen husbands and thirteen wives and they comprise the original membership. The last single couple in this rather remarkable or ganization was married a week ago. Col. Alexander S. Bacon of Brook lyn, who never did say anything very nice about Mr. Roosevelt has written a letter to the Rev,, William J. Long, thief of the "nature fakers," In which he declares that the president is a dual genius of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type and that he Is a "dream faker." This Is probably "false and malicious." Kansas university now has an enretl jnent of 2,000 students and Chancellor Strong predicts that ten years from now it will have 4,000. Everyone hopes that this prediction will be fulfilled. Kansas university is a great Institution and the people of the state are proud of the progress it; has made. It's an in vestment of theirs that is bringing in "wonderful returns. Railroads of Kansas caw always be depended on to do the unexpected. .They have decided to allow the board of railroad commissioners to put in effect the new schedule of freight rates which reduces all of the freight rates In the state on an aver age of 18 or 20 per cent. The roads, however, promise to fight the new schedule In the courts. In Rochester, N. T., all places of amusement have been closed on Sunday fcnd the ministerial association of that city has undertaken plans for the es tablishment of Innocent forms of recre ation for the Sabbath. They propose band concerts in the public parks dur ing the summer and the throwing open pf the school houses on Sunday after noons In the winter as places for read ing and conversation. That the wave of business depression iwhlch has been developed in various parts of the country as a result of the financial panic of a couple of months ago did not strike Topeka is best evi denced by the statistics showing that this city led all the cities of the United States during the month of January in the percentage of building gains. This is a record of which the people of the City may well be proud. It would seem that some people in Kansas City, Mo., know more about the Intentions of W. B. Ridgely, the comptroller of the currency, than he does himself. They have announced emphatical ly that Mr. Ridgely is to re sign his present position to accept the presidency of the reorganized Bank of Commerce. Mr. Ridgely denies that this Is so. If the Kansas Cityans do not care we will take Mr. Ridgely's word for it and we are glad that It is so for he is a good man for the place he now holds. Senator Philander C. Knox has been touted as one of the "conserva tive" candidates for the Republican nomination for president and the one to whom the railroads and the cor porate interests would throw their strength. Surely Mr. Knox has been misjudged, wis Kalamazoo speech makes this evident. In no uncertain words he holds the railroads rnnnn. sible for the popular uprising against them and declares that much of the stringent action against them has been due to abases on their part. Good for Knox. v As interesting as it is sensational is the statement made recently by E. L. W. Minard. president of the Canadian crab of Boston, when he said: "In the vent of an American-Japanese war. were i not for the American attitude on tariff, Canada would sever her alleg iance to Great Britain and would come to the aid of the United States." Mr. Minard probably felt safe in making this statement because there Is little danger of a war between the United States and Japan and for the further reason that if such a war should occur the United States would not need the help of Canada or any one else. THE LIGHTING QUESTION., The State Journal has some additional information about the lighting proposi tion that was not available yesterday. Pending the establishment of the municipal lighting plant which started operations July 1st, 1888, there was much discussion in the council and many propositions, submitted for the erection of the plant and for the supply of lights by private corporations. In the council proceedings published in the Topeka State Journal January 10th, 1888, is the following minute: "F. P. Baker, in behalf of the local Brush Electric Light company, submit. ted a proposition to furnish the city with 120 arc lights of 2,000 candle power each for $10 per light per month for eight hour lights, and $12 for all night lights." This Is the $120.00 proposition to which reference was made yesterday. It will be noted that while it was $120.00 for only eight hour lights, it was $144.00 for all night lights. This proposition of the Brush Light company seems to have been a sort of last resort, for previous to that time, namely, on January 4th, 1888, the city clerk stated that the low est figure submitted for electric lighting was 75 cents per light per niht. This was at the rate of $22.50 per month, or $270.00 per year. Frank M. Newland, present water works commissioner, was chairman of a committee or tne council w-mcn visited many electric light plants in the east, and) came back in February, 1888 and made a favorable report for municipal ownership. The contract for the plant was awarded February 9. 1888. No bonds for electric light plant seem to have been issued at any time, not even when the plant was started, until July 1, 1890, when by ordinance No. 1165, passing the council June 23, 1890, $28,000 in bonds running twenty years, and drawing" 6. per cent, were issued "to pay in settlement for elec tric light plant" The State Journal trusts that the mayor and) council will not permit any very great delay in taking steps to make the necessary Improvements of the city electric light plant, in or der to give the city the needed 500 lamps and produce the light with the economy that new and modern ma chinery Will permit. The city has discussed the 'matter now for nearly a year. Expert re ports were' made last May. The city can Investigate for four or five weeks, namely, until March 28 and still the city would be able to submit a -proposition at that time which could be acted upon at the general city election in April. Furthermore a lighting commission rather than the mayor and council di rect should handle the money and de cide on the machinery and new plant. using of course not abeve a certain maximum. If the council can 'decide on .that maximum and have it reas onably close to requirements, the commission ought to do the rest, if given the chance. No other opportunity to have a general city election will be possible until the following April. Of course a special election could be called at any time, but a special election would not draw out a full expression of the people, and of course, is not so de sirable as a vote at a general election, By the way, several councilmen, the city engineer, and the superintendent of the electric light plant visited St. Joe last May at the time the lighting proposition was under discussion and saw the magnificent municipal light plant which had just been installed there the year before. St. Joe had been lighting its city under the municipal plan for reventeen years. The city de cided to rebuild the plant and extend it and voted $75,000 for the purpose. They put in an entirely new building, new engines and everything new about the building and put the plant in shape for the five hundred lights. $75,000 proved too much for what they needed in the way of a plant and machinery and an ordinary building so they expended the surplus in making the' building more complete in other respects. Including conduits under the building, etc. St. Joe is a city of over twice the size of Topeka and this is what It did- We have a suitable building and a suitable engine and there is little doubt but that $50,000 would be ample for Topeka's ad ditional needs. In this connection the following editorial, written by the writer twen ty years ago, and appearing in the State Journal, January 4, 1888 will be of interest: "Our esteemed morning contem porary, the Commonwealth, published by the Brush Electric Light company, takes exception to what the State Journal said last evening about light. Now we are not in the electric light business ourselves and are free to ad mit that we are not experts, that we do not know as much as the Com monwealth does about' electric light. At the same time we cannot under stand why careful estimates of the cost of the arc light per hour is about one-third of the lowest figure the city has been able to procure from the Brush company in this city. We called at the city clerk's office this morning and learned that 75 cents per light per night, that Is $22.50 per month, were the lowest figures sub mitted. (270 a year.) The Journal would like to see Topeka companies get the contract for lighting the city, but why Topeka should pay $22.50 and Wichita $8.00 is something not yet explained. "We think the mayor and Beveral of the council favor the purchase of a plant by the city. If the city of To peka can get as good rates from pri vate companies as other cities get we believe it would be better for the city to keep out of the business, but if the city can not get favorable figures it had better manufacture its own light if the figures given at the council meeting the other evening are reliable. The esti mates we understand Include interest on investment and all. The city clerk imorms us tnat tne oner or the Brush company to light the city for $10,000 included only thirty-two lights placed on eight towers, four on each tower We think even 120 lights suspended somewhere near the earth would give more and better light to the people on the surface of this portion of it, than ininy-two in tne aerial regions. Tn peka wants to light the earth not the heavens. Let us have more light Turn on the figures." This shows what a splendid invest ment the city light plant proved to be. AN ARMY OF RESERVES. There appears to be much merit in the suggestion, of General Bell that a reserve army be established consist ing of 50,000 men who have already served. in the regular army and re tired to private life, yet the details of the plan do not commend its prac ticability. General Bell would have this reserve foroe, or first line of de fense, made up of men under forty, to be paid a few dollars a month, to hold themselves subject to a call to arms at any moment and to spend ten days each year in dirlll at regular army pay- It is to be regretted that under pres ent arrangements the valuable exper ience gained by thousands of men dur ing one or more enlistment terms is wholly lost to the government in time of sudden need. Tet it is doubtful if the ordinary man, retiring from the army to engage in some civilian pur suit, would consider any monetary in ducement the government, would be likely to offer sufficient to bind him self to drop that pursuit and take up arms at any time the nation called. Service in the ranks of the re serves could of course be made a con dition at the time for enlistment in the regular army, but present condi tions do not encourage such a proce dure. The government is now finding It impossible to get the number and the type of men it wants to serve in the army, and the added hardship of being required to serve a term in the ranks of reserves after active enlist ment ends would be likely to still fur ther discourage recruits. The govern ment's task Is to make military duty alluring rather than forbidding. Leavenworth has taken the lead among the cities of Kansas by deciding to try the commission form of govern ment. Her experiment along this line will be carefully watched with interest by the other municipalities of the state. JOURNAL ENTRIES People are easily forgotten when they have lost all their money. Ability to get it away from the oth er fellow is what makes most men rich. e An Inconsistent temperance man is one who kicks on the amount of his water tax. One poor way for a man to provide for the future Is to get married unless the girl has plenty of money. There's one time when a man leads his wife. That's on the way to the altar and there the leadership gener ally ends. JAYHAWKER JOTS McPherson still thinks it is entitled to a new Santa Fe depot. A booze iointist in Pratt warns bootleggers to keep off his premises. Dodge City now boasts of the oppor tunity of eating flour from home ground wheat. There is so much prosperity in Dodge City that the people paid liber ally to see a home talent minstrel show. Some person without a particle of feeling for his thirsty neighbors stole five quarts of whisky from a buggy at Hazelton. The owner refers to tha theft as a terrible calamity. A dwarf orange tree with forty-two oranges on it Is attracting considerable attention at Yates Center. It belongs to Elmer Hayes and at one time this season it had 75 oranges on it The public schools at Medicine Lodge were closed for an indefinite period on account of a smallpox scare. The smallpox frights in the winter equal the mad dog terrors in summer. ReDorts have been Bent out ..from Reno county to the effect that the Hessian fly is damaging the wheat The press agent of the Hessian fly ha got in ahead of the green bug's news agent It is said by some farmers that crows spread cholera among hogs, and the farmers of Wilson county are get ting rid of the crows by putting strych nine in a raDDit, wnicn is nung in a tree where the crows roost. The sheriff of Crawford county is getting busy and put the lid on thirty six saloons last week. It is evident from the list of the names of the own ers that the foreign element predomi nates among saloonkeepers in that county. Such names as Pallettl and Tschitilstch appear. It is not stated how the prosecuting attorney got out the warrants without breaking the alphabet GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. There is not on earth a church Jan itor who can please a woman. A rood many men think every other business, but theirs, is graft Somehow, an unmarried man seems younger than one who Is married. A man may escape being a fool, but he cannot hope to escape being called one. A woman says meaner things than she dees: a man does meaner things than he says. The hawk eats the dove, but the hawk seems to be surrounded by as many dangers as the dove. The man who uses whisky as a cold cure Is very susceptible to "drafts" and changes in the weather. If you must be a loafer, be a quiet one. The man who is a loafer is enough of a nuisance without adding noise to it If by noon you are an hour ahead of your work, some loafer will find it out and come in and put you two hours behind. The wrath of the woman who pouts may be unpleasant, but it is sunshine compared to the woman who watches, and says nothing. Borne men have the same kind of sense as tne aog wnicn runs after a wagon for the sake of lying in the shade when it stops. The relief a man feels when he suc ceeds in getting the world oft his shoulders, does not prevent his get ting the load back again within a month, or two. It is perhaps the greatest misfortune in life that the angel of a young man's dreams later becomes the one whom he holds to account when the potatoes are burned. KANSAS, COMMENT DEVELOPERS IN KANSAS. The development of far-western Kansas, from an agricultural stand point, is now assured. The Mennon tes are settling there, and they are developers. Near Syracuse last year a few of them settled and the colony nas since grown to about two hundred families. The other day, according to dispatches, some thirty families set tled near Deerfleld, in Finney county, and the indications are that more will follow soon. ..J16 flt thing these Mennonites did. in their respective settlements was to build a church; the next was to build a school house. No colony In the world's history began with bet ter, foundations or with, better reasons for success. The people who build on religious and educational foundations the true pillars of order in any hu man settlement will succeed, and ought to succeed, The colony at Deerfleld is located outside the sugar beet belt. They lo cated there purposely. They are not specialists in farming and do not care to be. They want to till the soil as their fathers tilled it, and they desire to raise general agricultural products. In other words, they have gone there to make homes that will not be en tirely dependent on a monopoly, whether It be a sugar monopoly or anything else. This is the very best evidence of their intentions to develop western Kansas. .Each member of the colony has purchased from 160 to 820 acres of land and has paid for it. They will build substantial home s and farm build substantial homes and farm trees and within ten years the travel er over western Kaj-ixaa todav will not "know the country when he revisits it. Wichita Eagle. THE WATER0 DRUNKARD. Water is an 'excellent beverage when taken in moderation, but the man who can't govern his appetite for it takes great risks. An Illinois man woke the other morning with a consuming thirst. He had eaten codfish balls and othe angel food the previous evening. Casting moderation to the winds, he drank eighteen pints of the sparkling fluid, after carefully blowing the foam off it, and straightway died. The eminent surgeon who held the autopsy said that the water unques- tionabiy killed him. Thus another home is laid desolate by a man's passionate fondness for water. Drink buttermilk. Emporia Gazette. ANENT THE PRIMARY LAW. The new primary law, which is now in effect, not only requires a nominat ing election, but petitions must be cir culated before a candidate can get his name on the nominating ballots. A can didate for a state office must secure signed requests from at least 2 per cent of the voters of his party in the state, asking him to become a candidate, and these signatures must be secured in at least ten counties. But the candidate must not circulate these petitions, nor may he hire men to circulate them: j disinterested citizens must circulate them, as a matter of patriotism. Who doubts that this provision will be ev- erywhere violated? More law-breakers for Kansas. Atchison Globe. 1 BALIE WAGGENER'S FEARS. Senator Balie Waggener, who is general attorney -torthe Missouri Pa cific, is afraid the new tax law will work a hardship on the farmers to the benefit, of the f-ailroads. It Is too j bad that the farmers will have to rely on the state tax commission in stead of Balie for protection under this law. And how thoughtless it was of such a friend of the farmers as Balie is to fall to see the injustice I of this law until the legislature had i adjourned.: Hutchinson News. FROM OTHER PENS AMERICANS IN ENGLAND. An English woman writer and' an American woman writer have chanced recently to emphasize the fact that, largely owing to American influ ence, the old-fashioned relations be tween tenants and landed proprietors in England' are deteriorating. The charm of the feudal spirit which Amer icans recognize readily enough in books Is unknown to them in real life. And while not all the newly rich own ers of old estates are Americans, while not' all proprietors who have ceased to exercise the old paternal care for all on their land have American wives, it seems evident that, to a certain extent Americans of both sexes are responsi ble for a deploraiblj change. Sentiment has no part in the mental equipment or financial disbursement of these 'new" lords or ladles. The old serv ants and all those who in the old days would have had some claim on the master's Indulgence are regarded no lons-er. Instead of being pensioned off comfortably they are left to get along as best they may. The consequence oi an tnis is mat the condition of the laboring man on an estate subjected to sucn cnanges has sadly deteriorated. The greater wealth brought into the community benefits no one except the owner of it These untrained proprietors have no sense of responsibility; they have no realization of the moral obligation entailed upon them by the assumption of a title and an estate; and the class to which they professedly belong is weakened by their undesirable allegiance. Whether Amer icans or English are responsible for the passing of the old landed proprie tor, the cnange is regreiiaDio. xsaiu more American. ENGLISH ELECTION ROWDYISM. Occasionally it is given to American voters to realize how anaemio their politloal methods are. When a bit of cabled political news from England af fords the basis for a comparison this realization becomes acute. Higher thought has not destroyed the sound orthodoxy of, parliamentary elections which have contributed so many de lightful pages to English fiction. An appeal to reason still carries with it an appeal to the fist, and the English voter still retains the right in his sim ple, honest untutored fashion to "bash" the head of the other fellow. "Serious rioting," as the cable dis patches describe it has the light to follow or accompany the polling. All that is asked is that the police "arrive opportunely." The poll in mid-Devonshire to fill a vacancy in the house of commons is the latest Illustration of the fact that the right to "bash" the head of the electorate Is still dear to the heart of the electorate. Although the equal suffrage movement has not achieved the ultimate goal of the ballot, the mid-Devonshire poll shows that it has been admitted to equality in the "bash." The equal suff racists prob ably appreciate the liberality of thought which confers on them the right to be "bashed pelted, hustled, stoned and kicked, on equal terms with the enfranchised population. They probably regard it as a recognition of the Inherent equality which they seek to cava recojrnlzed.- Chicago Tribune. HYMENEAL POOLS. -Just now the bachelor must know T3 the rlsk quadrennial. 8t,'.uhe teela no Knockout blowx Ji all his hopes perennial. He, figures on the laws of chance Though he Is living riskily -?,a.Uy danger that romance Will be shoved at him friskily A?d ind" th ong end of the odds nf? his, as you can see to one wh? dodges arrows, as he plods inere s not much scare in three to one. F?r-,t5ree years he can live in peace. With maid nor widow daring to ouggest his 'burdens he Increase; For one, say he's not caring to. Indianapolis News., The Troubles of a Mother Bird. In Harper's for February. Jennie Brooks writes her observations of the family life of a killdeer bird. Her description of the first day when the young birds left the nest and the alarm of the parent birds is par ticuarly Interesting: "The male distorts himself and brags' of his wounds directly in front of me; but the instinct of the female is too strong1 It cannot brook suppres sion; she daintily picks an insect here and there, from among the grasses "at the nest's edge. Aha! young birds are about somewhere! (for thougli she does not feed mm. she does capture the food and shakes it apart or tears it up for him, or scratches it out of the ground), and gladness suceeds despair. Putting out my hand to help myself rise, Io! I lay it almost on a small brown ob ject lying flatly on the ground! Fancy my dellghtl One of the young kill deer! Hardly out of the shell and warmly feathered. Near by is the sec ond bird-baby, and both, though apart, are exactly ten inches from the nest. Perfectly inert they lie two mottled brown splotches scarcely lar ger than a silver dollar, and on one side protrudes a funny little- brown head for all the world like the head of a turtle. "In wonder I lift first one, then another, and lay it in the palm of my hand. The bright black eyes are wide open so different from tree-born babies! Scarcely out of the shelL and able to walk! To run, I should have said; for as I put down the first one he staggered up on a very drunken pair of legs, and tottered, like a palsied old man. off amoner the weeds. Taking the remaining morsel of bird in my nana, I held it out to the mother, who with much talking, had come and stood almost within my reach. I said: 'I have it here It is, see? Your little bird see? Though. not a linguist, I think she knew kind ness when she saw it, ana she also knew me, for she 'bobbed and curt sied and circled about me, though she kept out of reach, in evident maternal pride, and I felt that we were each congratulating the other on the sue-. cessful issue of her nursery affairs! Then the faint calls of the baby who had lost himself in the weeds sent the mother running, though her backward glances showed a divided heart, fear ing to leave me wholly alone with the one, and to lose the other in the tan gleweed! Back to the nest straggled the venturesome one, an anxious mother jerking along behind him. When I laid down the one I held she hastily stepped abroad and brooded them. But the world was too new and in teresting to be so soon forsaken. An inquisitive head pushed Itself out from her feathers and) stayed out de spite her evident disappointment. 'Twas her only chance to cud'dle them, for such canny younsters would soon be independent of their parents!" Fresh Air for Pneumonia. We treat pneumonia differently now than they did as little as ten years ago. Now, very largely, we let the patient fight his own battle, and the most ef fective weapon we give him is fresh air, real fresh air, and lots of it. The fact that pneumonia might be called simply a shutting- off of oxygen shows how important this is to give the patient plenty or air. in one larga New York hospital, says the February Delineator, sufferers from the disease are carried to the roof and kept there day and night When your child grows ill move it to the largest and sunniest room In the house, and open the windows. If it is too cold for that, have another room near by into which the patient may be moved at least three times a day. to permit a thorough ventilation oi tne sick room. All un necessary furniture and all pictures, hangings and other impediments should be taken out of both rooms. An attack of pneumonia begins in a manner which suggests a very bad cold. The patient has a chill and a fever and suffers from pains in the side. A cough soon appears, and the breath becomes short and quick. The valiant battle of the overworked heart Is Indicated by a quick pulse and flush ed cheeks. Soon there are- signs of great exhaustion, with headache, sleep lessness ana (.sometimes j aeiirium. During all of this period the blood is waging a tremendous war upon the Invading germs. If it is destined to lose, the exhaustion will grow more and more marked and the patient will die. But If it is destined to win there will come a time it will be between the fifth and the tenth day when the patient will suddenly seem brighter. The temperature will fall, the breath ing 'will be more regular, and the vio lent jumping of the pulse will cease. When this happens it is aslgn that the battle Is won. The Greatest Secret of the Times. Two American inventors, the Wright Brothers, are negotiating with the gov ernment for the sale of an aerial war ship. In an article, "The Men Who Learned to Fly," In the February Mc Clure's, George Kibbe Turner tells the history of the experiments which have resulted in this remarkable flying ma chine. The inventors say for them selves: "We feel that it is absolutely essen tial for us to keep our method of con trol a secret. We could patent many points in the machine, and it is possi ble that we could make a sucoess of the invention commercially. We have been approached by many promoters on the matter, ut we believe that our best market is to sell the machine to some government for use in war. To do this, It is necessary for us to keep its construction an absolute secret. We do not believe that this secret can be kept indefinitely by a government, but we believe that the government which has the secret can hold the lead in the use of the invention for years. It will be able constantly to keep ahead of other nations by developing the spec ial knowledge in its possession. "So far as we can learn, we are able now to give a 'government a five years' lead in the development of the flying machine. The recent trials of Santos Duraont's aeroplane in Franca confirm M Ita this belief. Take one point only. He is trying to sustain a no-pound machine in the air for short flights with a 50-horse power engine that Is, sustaining ten pounds to the horse power. We are flying and carrying, at a rate of 30 miles an hour, 925 pounds with 16 horse-power that is, practically 60 pounds to the horse-power. The comparison speaks for itself concerning the relative efficiency of the two ma chines.'' TNE EVENING STORY "Roses Red and Violets Blue."" IBy Temple Bailey. The waiting room in the big depart ment store was In a balcony that form ed a sort of halfway house between the nrst and second floors. From a seat in one of the bulging corners one com manded the whole sweep of busy count ers all the sparkle and gutter and color 0Vttract,ve,y displayed goods. .1. e,8.slca' 19 Pretty. and visiting the great city for the first time, it seemed like fairyland. IAWantJ;0 DUT everything," she said to Aunt Theodora Hancock, who had brought her there. "fi ,Thedora smiled Indulgently, saii n0t 8r,d that utters'" 8he ,Jesslca smiled back. "But I like the glitter, she said. "I never use scent ed soap, but I shall surely buy some because of the pretty boxes, and that pale green note paper is a dream, al """J81 I never write on anything but white, and I am awfully drawn to those strings of glass beads, even though I am sure that I should never dare wear them in public." But Aunt Theodora, after years of city residence, was an experienced shopper. "Beware of temptation," she warned. "Come on upstairs and look at the sensible things." "I don't want to be sensible," Jes sica pleaded. "I want to stay here and see people buying things that they don't want for the mere pleasure of buying." Aunt Theodora hesitated. "Do you really want to sit here for a while?" she asked, with an air of re lief. "I could leave you and slip up to the grocery department and give an or der. But you mustn't stir from this corner or I should never find you." "Oh, I'll stay," Jessica promised. Tou run along. Aunt Theo, I am per fectly happy right here." So Aunt Theodora took her stately way through the crowds, and Just as she disappeared Jessica's eyes fell on the valentines. There was a marvelous display, right In the middle of the store, and strung from post to post, were plump red hearts transfixed with golden darts, while fascinating pink cuDids bobbed and bowed with every tiny current of air that swept through the store. Jessica's heart gave a little throb of delight She would buy one for Cousin Bob. He would never know who sent it and she would like to see his eyes on St Valentine's morning, when he opened his mail at the breakfast table. Without a thought of Aunt Theodora she hurried downstairs to the crowded counter. It was not easy to make a choice. There were so many beauties exquis ite, modern, hand-painted cards, with verses from all the love poets and old fashioned valentines with old-fashioned rhymes. Jessica s eyes rested lovingly on a quaint affair of lace paper, with a nose gay of fat pink roses and huge violets in the center. It was very like one that Cousin Bob had sent her when she was a little girl, and she had kept it among the most precious of her treasures. The verse, too, was the same "Rosas red and violets blue. My heart to you is ever true." She smiled a little wistfully as she read. Probably Cousin Bob had for gotten that other valentine had for- gotten the later days when at 22 he had visited the old farm and had made a new world for. little Jessica of.i He had seemed wonderful, to her then, and he was still wonderful with his frank, kind ways, and his pleasant manner. But now he was a man of the world, and he might marry almost any of the beautiful women of his set Again she fingered the valentine. Why not send it? And even while she hesitated, into the balcony waiting room came Aunt Theodora, escorted by a tall young with a frank smile. "Where has that child gone?" Aunt Theodora said blankly to her stepson. "I told her not to stir. You'll have to go and look for her. Bob. I'm dead tired. It's lucky I met you." "We'll wait a minute," he advised. "She can't have gone far." And even as he spoke Jessica hove in sight, eyes shining, her cheeks as red as roses, and in ner nana a paper pack age. "By Jove, she's a charming little thing," said Cousin Bob, noting with appreciation the ripple of her hair, the delicate oval oi ner race a Dove ner sort gray furs, the becomingness of the vi olets in her hat. Aunt Theodora looked at him, re proachfully. "Well, have you Just discovered her attractions?" she asked. "I brought her down here because she is the sweetest little gentlewoman I have ever met, and I wanted to show you anoth er type from the gay young ladies that you meet in society. And you have hardly noticed her." Cousin Bob laughed. "You're a matchmaker,, he teas ed. "Do you really want me to marry Jessica?" Aunt Theodora looked at him scornfully. "I love you both," she said, "and I'd like to leave my mon ey to both of you. But you've been so slow making up your mind, that some one may have gotten in ahead of you." "Oh." began, Cousin Bob and Just then Jessica Joined them, and Cousin Bob insisted on taking them to a wonderful restaurant where they had lunch to the sound of music play ed amid the palms, and he was so de voted that Jessica's heart beat high. The week that followed was full of delights and of attentions from Cou sin Bob, and it was on St Valentine's Eve that Aunt Theodora came into Jessica's room, and found that young lady in a pink dressing gown braid ing her shining hair. Aunt Theodora was In gray flannel, and her hair was in crimping pins. "Jessica," she said, solemnly, as she sank into a big chair, ''If Bob proposes to you, dont accept him the first time he asks." Jessica stared at her. "Oh, Aunt Theodora," she stam mered, "Cousin Bob isn't a bit in love with me." Aunt Theodora sniffed. "Well, he has reached a condition very much like it," she informed her niece. "It doesn't take Bob very long to make up his mind, and he has known you for years. But I know him, and he'll value your love, if yon don't let him see it too easily." And then she went away while Jessica sat like a crumpled roseleaf on the foot of the bed, and wept For that afternoon she had mailed the lace valentine to Counsln Bob! And now If he should discover that she had sent it and should despise her for showing her real feeling! She made up her mind that he should not find out, and then she went to bed to sleep fitfully, but through her troubled dreams ran the comforting hope that Cousin Bob really loved her. It was a pale little Jessica who came down to the breakfast table the next morning. Aunt Theodora was not there, but Cousin Bob was. He was opening bis mail, and to hide her agitation, Jessica began to open hers. on top was a great box, and wltnin was a bunch of violets and two fra grant American beauties, and on a card was written in Cousin Bob's fa miliar writing: "Roses red and violets blue, My heart to you is ever true." She looked up and her eyes met his. In his hand he held the valentine she had sent. But his eyes were not danc- ln. There was in them Instead a very tender light "Jessica," he said softly, "Jessica, did you send me this?" Remembering- Aunt Theodora's warning, she tried to say "No," but she was a truthful little thing. "res," she whispered and bent over her flowers. Then she explained ela borately. "But. of course, valentines don't mean anything. Everybody sends lots of them." i The brightness went out of his face. "I sent only one," he stated sternly. "The roses and the violets sDoks to me of you, Jessica, and took me back to the verses I sent you when I was a little lad. And I meant every word of it Will you marry me, Jessica T" xne proposal came so suddenly that It found her all unprepared. Her heart pounded madly. She forgot Aunt Theodora, she forgot everything Dut tnat he loved her "Yes," she whisoered. as she heard her aunt's step upon the stairs.' "And the beauty of it" was the way Cousin Bob upset Aunt Theodora's tine theories when that night he told her of their engagement, "was her girlish ness. A woman of the world would have held me off, but it was her sweet surrender that won me. I was sure she loved me from the first." (Copyrighted 1908 by C. H. Sut cliffe.) HUMOR OF TNE DAY Mr. Jawb&ck That boy gets his brains from roe. Mrs. Jawback Somebody got 'em from from you, if you ever had any that's a cinch. Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Newrocks Really, I'm sorry we didn't accumulate more souvenirs of our European trip. Mr. Newrocks Oh, we can get all we want In New York. Town and Country. "Did prohibition work In your town?" "To a certain extent" answered the ir responsible character. "What do, you mean?" "Them af got drinks was prohibited from sayin' anything about it" Wash ington Star. "Doctor," said the convalescent smiling weakly, "you may send in your bill any day, now. "Tut, tut," replied the M. D., silencing his patient with a wave of his hand. "You're not strong enough yet" Judge. "Well, little one," said the kindly old man, "what are you going to do when you grow to be a man?" "I guess I'll be a freak," replied the bright child. "A freak? Why?" 'Cause I'm a little girL" Philadelphia Press. Borem I think I hear your father's step on the stairs, so perhaps I had better bid you good night Miss Hitts (yawning) Oh, It can't be father; he's a late sleeper. Perhaps It's the hired girl coming down to prepare breakfast. Chicago Daily News. "Do you really love me, John?" "Oh. no I wear theBe summer pants and this tramp overcoat merely to appear ec centric, that's all." Washington Herald. Reporter Senator, I have heard that you got your start in life by selling news papers. Senator Lotsmun Not quite correct my boy. The fact is but this is confidential, you know that I got my start by buying one or two newspapers. Chicago Tribune. The Guest Here, I am tired of such rot ten service! The Head Waiter What's wrong, sir? The Guest I ordered black bass, and the waiter brought me bluef ish. The Head Walter You must excuse George, sir. He's color-blind. Cleveland Leader. "My friend Harker Is engaged to a the atrical woman," said Singleton. "Theatrical woman!" exclaimed Wed derly. "Say, did you ever see one that wasn't?" Chicago News. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record.! Thermometers may rise even in the fall. A man may wax impatient even when the barber is waxing his mustache. Make your own mark if you don't want some other fellow to make a mark of you. "It's a good thing to keep your plans to yourself, unless you happen to be an architect. Don't be a bigamist Too many cooks spoil the broth, so only marry one at a time. Truth crushed to earth will rise again, and It is kept pretty busy with its ups and downs. Wouldn't it be fine if we could dis charge our obligations with the usual two weeks' notice? It wouldn't take a fruit dealer to convince us that bridal pairs are soft est when they are green. The reason there are no women after dinner speakers is because women tell all they know before dinner. A man may have an impediment in his speech, but that doesn't matter so much if there is none in his nerve. The newspapers are full of lies," complained the chronic kicker. "Ah, been reading the obituary notices, I suppose," suggested the editor. Nell "The widow BJones doesn't seem to do any more talking about her late husband." Belle "Oh, you know she's married again. She now talks abut her latest husband." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. -F.vnn a good physician may wt rVmv. bad to worse,, He's a poor detective who is afraid of his own shadow. But of course you never took a mean advantage of any one. i TTC-. n tarAmnn at n 9 a iivji vi ucr ruooer plant she is apt to stretch it. j j Any ftinu ui tiiiTiue ia gooa as long as you don't attempt to follow it. If you haven't the right of way you have a right to tret out of the way. lou can t arways get tne true meas ure of a man by consulting his tailor. Mind your own business and let other people mismanage theirs if they want to. n.Aa (a aval A a Ka o--vlyl tv.-j. oiic"- v"c uui mere lire no mute millionaires on our visiting A WWiimu wav"ww uw VIJilUlCQ Will JOOK like her and she hopes her photographs A wtAn fa ftnllat, r w uuiuw irouoie if he can find another 'man foolish enough to lend him money. Naturally a young man's best girl Is all the world to him which explains why all the world loves a lover wniy giri wno is wining to take,tn wash nl to mnnnrt th. ffyrri tn tv a n man wuv wears a loc of rings on his fingers.

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POLITICALGOSSIP New Humor That Mr. Stubbs Will Start a New War. Bring Out Candidates Against Anti-Square Dealers. WOULD PUNISH THEM. Apply to Those Not In Sympathy With His Candidacy. ProTiding of Course They Can't Hurt Him Politically. Now that W. R. Stubbs is a straight out candidate for the governorship, ome of the present state officers are beginning; to wonder whether he will make an attempt to head a ticket of his own choosing by bringing out can didates against those of the state offi cers who are not in his "camp." He has a- reputation for being autocratic nd dictatorial in politics. The Btubbs people insist that there is mucn to be done" here m itansas ue fore the state is redeemed from ma chine rule. This statement, oft repeat d, may be significant. It may mean that one of the things to be done is to make up a complete Republican state ticket of square dealers. Under the primary law, it is easy enough to bring out candidates for state office, when a powerful force like Btubbs Is behind the candidacy, wnne by undertaking to open up a fight on ome of the state officers, Stubbs would draw the fire of all of the friends of those officers, he might feel that the advantages to be gained would offset the risks which he would run. Stubbs would probably select for at tack the following state officers: Secretary of State C. E. Denton. State Treasurer Mark Tulley. State Auditor James Nation. Attorney General F. S. Jackson would not be attacked, nor would E.'T. Fair child, superintendent. of education. These two officials have never been hostile to the square deal, and they are protected by certain other politi cal considerations. C. E. Denton, secretary of state, would, however, be lawful prey for Btubbs, because Denton lives in Sena tor Long's district, and isn't supposed to owe Stubb's anything. Stubbs does not hope to get much support from Denton's friends anyway, and it would be more agreeable to get Denton out of the way, even at the cost of some bitterness and bloodshed. In a general way the same remarks apply to Nation and Tulley. They both come from the Third congressional dis trict, which is an antl-Stubbs country, and consequently does not need any special consideration at the hands of Stubbs. Of course the fact that Secretary Denton, Auditor Nation and Treasurer Tulley have all made excellent records in their respective offices, and are ask ing merely for nomination for a second term is not supposed to cut much fig ure in a political battle, even from the Stubbs standpoint. "But after atl;- the alarm wMch ls prevalent in certain quarters lest Mr. Stubbs and his square deal friends start in a warfare of extinction against the state officers who are not in entire sympathy with the square deal crowd, may be entirely unjustified. Mr. Stubbs may have the most peaceful intentions in the world. Every present state offi cer will assume that peace is to prevail but he will go armed. Besides Mr. Stubbs will probably have all he can do to take care of himself. Joseph L. Bristow, of Sallna, who was in Topeka yesterday on his way home from Wichita, said that he would, within a few dlays, be ready to make formal announcement of his candidacy for United States senator. "I am gratified, of course," said Mr. Bristow "that Mr. Stubbs has de cided to make the race for governor, but there was no agreement or alli ance between us. I am glad Mr. Stubbs is not going to run for the senate, because I had made up my mind to run, and we would have drawn strength from the same source." Mr. Stubbs of course denies any "alliance" with Mr. Bristow. No one has believed that any ngTeement was ever made of this character, but it is admitted on all sides that the ar- rangement has made friends of Stubbs and Bristow. The following is a statement given out by Mr. Stubbs: "In reply to the published state ments that I have entered Into a deal or combination with Mr. Bristow, to elect him to United States senate, I will state that I have not entered Into any deal, combination, or agree ment, whatever, with any person or persons, in regard to the nomination or election of a United States senator. "W. R. STUBBS.". W. R. Stubbs went to Osborne, Kan., today where he will speak Saturday afternoon and evening. These are the first, speeches which Mr. Stubba has made since announcing positively that he will stay in the race for the Repub icaa nomination for governor. Secretary Taft will not take a hand In the Kansas senatorial fight to the Interest of Joseph L. Bristow of Salina. The latter enters a strong de nial that the personal friendship which exists between the two will occasion Secretary Taft throwing the weight of his powerful influence to wards Mr. Bristow. Mr. Bristow was in Topeka today. "Secretary Taft will not take part in the Kansas senatorial contest," said he, "certainly I would not ask him to and he would' not if I did. The con- EVER SEE or TRY Elijah's Manna The most deliriously flavoured flake food made. Be sure the food comes to the ta ble crisp; When package is allowed to remain open the moisture of the air makes it tough. In such case insist that it be dried in an oven as per directions on skg., then it is delicious. Large Family pkg. 15c. Postura Cereal Co.. Ltd.. mako mt -jSVUieagnxfsnH MEN! $3.50 and $4 SHOES Tomorrow for All the small lots have been gathered in one great display and for the purpose of speedy Clearance the price of every pair is herewith reduc ed to $2.50. Ia the assembling of the various lots all sizes are included, and the styles are necessarily brand new, as they are all selected from our celebrated S3. 50 and 84 lines including Wash burn's s m a rtest Blucher, Button and Lace effects, in every leather. test between Senator Long and my self will be fought out upon the is sues. He and I have well defined and dafferent opinions upon certain ques tions of public policy and it will be for the people to decide which one of us will best represent the sentiments of Kansas in the United! States." W. H. Ryan, chairman of the Demo cratic state central committee, is get ting real serious about his candidacy for governor. He is getting before the public by means of a Joint debate with J. A. Wayland, editor of the Socialist paper published at Girard. The sub ject for debate is, "Resolved, That competition in industry leads to mo nopoly and monopoly leads to panics." Wayland takes the affirmative and Ryan the negative. Osage City, Kan., Feb. 14. The Re publican county central committee of this county has hit upon a new scheme for electing delegates to the state and congressional conventions. The coun ty committee met in Lyndon and ap portioned the delegates to the two con ventions among the different precincts o the county. -Bach, precinct gets a delegate to one of the conventions and has a chance to vote on both. Then the committeeman from each precinci is to decide how the delegate is to be selected. He may provide for a pri mary m nis precinct, or there may be a caucus to name the delegate. In this way the voters of each precinct get a direct vote on the delegates to the conventions to name the national dele gates. The Republicans here believe that this extension of the primary sys tern is about the best method of selecting-delegates that has thus far ap peared. The programme for the Democratic fitat A hnnnilPt t ha haM In TrTTr a An February 22 includes addresses by Wil liam oeumngs tsryan, senator tieorge H. Hodg-es of Olathe, Thomas H. Coughlin, Edgerton, H. C. Tobey, Sa lina. anil H(nnr Kwnn CntnrmrnnA Fails. Mr. Bryan will begin speaking at j.u o ciock, ana win be given two hours for his speech. LARGEST OF ITS KIND Something About the New Auditor ium Denver Is Building. Denver: Cnl VoH 1 A n, a auditorium in this city which is being uuinuu io completion lor tne meet ing fit tVlA Tintillnnl rVamniKaHn jnin vention, July 7, is the largest building ui Kina in ine united estates, it is larger than Madison Square Garden in NeW Tnrlr W Vl 1 Vl until paictiIU n-oo I u i &uv.vuv,jr ,ua the most spacious assembly hall in the country. Madison Square Garden seats 12,137 while the seating capacity t m uenver auditorium is lZ.bOO This capacity far surpasses that of the Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake, the Cincinnati Music hall, the Metro politan Opera house in New York CltV. and thft millflnr-iiim nnliufin m in Chicago. The Chicago auditorium w o.uuu ana tne i"onseum as tne seats are arranged for the Republican convention, seats 11,011. The Denver auditorium is admir ably located, being situate in the uusiiieas center or me city ana witnm a few minutes wnllr fmm tVlfi T'nlnn depot, and only a block from the cen tal ioup, wnere an tne. car lines or the city converge. In the opinion of thOS vVl O hftVP mariA Q ct 11 il t- r.f tlin large assembly halls of the United sjLaits, me uenver auditorium in the best equipped and most complete in its appointments. The buildings contains four and one half million cubic feet of space, which will be lighted by 5,000 sixteen candle power electric lights. There will be no arc lights used in the au ditorium. A series of 14 mammoth "cluster" lamps in the ceiling, each having 1,280 candle power and made up of 16 candle power electric lights, will provide the principal illumina tion. Four thousand smaller lights will be placed in various parts of the vast hall. There are over 200 lineal feet of exits, being greater than- for any similar building in the United ot.iet:. These exits are so distributed that the building can be emptied entirely within two minutes.- The building is cmireiy oi nre proor material, three million brick and 1,600 tons of steel being used In its construction. -.It will be seated with opera chairs through out and will contain an Immense pros cenium and stage, which will adapt the building to the purposes of grand opera, festivals and similar entertain ments as well as conventions. The desisrn of the auditorium build ing is In the Renaissance style of architecture. The walls are of light gray brick with granite and concrete trimmings. There is no wood used In i 1 I Jjjt Morrow 'lml M $6., I 'arJUJs Stetson Pjr. $185 Enough Said THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE C 4 M I iff A iff f the construction of the building ex cept the sashes of the windows. Seats will be arranged with special reference to the convenience of the delegates to the Democratic national convention. Ample accommodations will be provided for the delegates and alternates and special attention will be given to the press section, which will contain 'accommodations for more than 600 working newspaper men. The acoustic properties of the building are 6uch that the ordinary voice pitched at the tone used In public speaking can be heard dis tinctly in all parts of the hall. The vast building lends itself ad mirably to. elaborate decorative schemes and it Is the Intention of the management to place the building in gala attire in July in honor of the first convention held within its walls. The building was projected several years ago by the city of Denver and Is constructed at public expense. A great number of conventions choose Denver as their meeting place every year, making it imperative that a spacious assembly hall be provided for" their reception. j ASK SPECIAL RATE. Theatrical Managers Appeal to Inter, state Commerce Commission. New Tork, Feb. 14 The National As sociation of Theatrical Producing Managers has petitioned the interstate commerce commission, an amelioration of the existing high railroad rates as applied to theatrical companies. They ask that theatrical companies be put in a class by themselves and that the railroads be allowed to make special rates for them. It being argued that traveling theatrical companies should be treated as excursion parties with stop-over privileges. Until the opening of the current sea son it had been the custom of the rail roads to allow special rates to theatri cal companies en tour, but the recent rulings of the commission forced the roads to abandon the custom. It is ar gued that the railroads themselves are willing to return to the old rates. The condition of traffic in the south in particular, has now become such that many large companies have can celled their dates rather than pay the rates of the "long jump" in that part of the country, as the increased rates would eat up most of the profit. If not all of It. The average Increase of rates in the south Is now a cent per mile, which, with a large company means a difference oi many thousands or dollars in traveling expenses. The effect of present railroad rates is exemplified by the fact that book ings for the south are said to be 70 per cent less ror next, season man is customary with advance bookings at this time of the year. During the pres ent season 18 companies have cancell ed their dates at the finest theaters in the south, and other companies, which continued on tour have reduced the number of actors at least one-quarter or one-third to the detriment of the productions and the dissatisfaction of theater-goers, M CRD EH HALTS WEDDING. Bridegroom Shoots and Kills His Prospective Brotber-ln-Law. Huntington, W. Va., Feb. 14. Be cause of interference with plans for the-marriage of his, sister, Henry Bean, a prosperous young fanner, living at Prichard, was shot through the head and killed yesterday by Vir gil Hatten, the young woman's fiance. Young Hatten and Miss Daisy Bean were to have been married yesterday. When Hatten. accompanied by a min ister and a party of friends, arrived at the. Bean-home, he was met by the girl's brother who forbade him to come on -the premises and subjected him to Insults. The men Boon came to blows. Finally Hatten drew a re volver and shot and killed Bean. The Eat slowly. Eat regularly. Eat intelligently EAT Grape-Nuts "There's a Reason" J OUBNAIr FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1908. $15 315 $15 $15 $15 $15 $15- Here's the 3 Pants Bargains IF ME djo (?r Trousers Sale If you will taka V'" the time tomorrow to come in and see the wonderful values in fine Trousers, such makes as Hart, Schaffner Marx and Paragon highest- grade fabrics, that former- ly sold at $5 and 16; you would buy at least two or three pair at our sale price of. .$3.50 0 for. .-choice of a splendid- lot of tyxJ men's trousers in Worsteds, Chev viots and Caasimeres. Many of them left from suits that-sold up to $18.00, they are ac tual $3.50, $4.00 and 4.&0 values. tf CJfl 'r men's good business trousers, pX.Ovf mostly Cassimeres, also some Worsteds,, the price hardly covers the cost of the fabrics. Th,ejr are worth UP to 42.50 In all sizes. Now for a Clean Sweep TnrougEout tKe Most Complete Furnishings Store in the City:-- Men's 75a. and 50c Negligee Shirts including blaok sateen 8 tomorrow 39o Men's $3.00 Flannel Shirts, tomorrow. ....$2.00 Men's $2.50 Flannel Shirts, tomorrow.;....'......' 81.75 Men's $2.00 Flannel Shirts, tomorrow..... $1.35 Men's $5.00, $4.50, $4 and S3.50 Fancy Vesta all 8izes,$2.50 50o President Suspenders, Saturday 25o 25c Boston Garters, Saturday 15c 25o Shawknit Hose, Saturday 19c 35c and 25o Fancy Hose. 19o Men's $1.50 Wool Underwear Choice of any $1.60 Pure Wool Underwear, natural, blue,tan,red colors $1.15 Men's 75c extra heavy fleeced Underwear, tomorrow. 50c Men's 50o fleece lined Underwear, tomorrow. 39o Men's $1.00 all-wool Underwear, ribbed or flat, in sev eral colors, tomorrow.. ,79o Men's finest $1.50 and $2 Negligee Shirts, plain or plait- ed, cuffs attached or detached regular or coat styles, tomorrow.. Men's splendid $1.25 and $1.00 Shirts, over 400 to se lect from, all sizes 69o FOR customers going south or to California or abroad who want new styles we're showing Spring models in Suits, Over coats, Raincoats, Hats, Shirts and Oxfords. men are members of two of the oldest and most respected families of South ern West Virginia, Hatten surrend ered this morning. jjEWTS BUYS MOREHOUSE STORE Manager for James B. Harden Goes Into Business for Himself. Mri W. J. Lewis who has been con nected with the Jewelry store of Jas. B. Hayden for the past twenty-two years, and manager for the past four years, has purchased the jewelry stock oi K. P. Morehouse, at 809 Kansas avenue, and took charge of the business -yesterday. The new firm will be known as w. 3. Lewis Co., and they will Increase the Btock and remodel the store -adding a fine optical room, and as Mr. Lewis has acquired an enviable reputation as an expert optician, they will make a specialty of fine optical work. Mr. Lewis will sever his con nection with the Hayden store March 1st. Card ot Thanks. The widow and family of the late Samuel Young of 114 East Twentieth street, desire to express their thanks and appreciation to the many kind friends and neighbors who assisted them during the illness and in con nection with the death of their loved husband and father.. FItKD F. YOUNG. Whist Toornameni Begins. Omaha, Feb. 14. The Central Whist association met in the Rome hotel to- $15 $15 $15 Get Yourself a $25, $2150 or $20 Hart, Schaffner Marx Suit or Overcoat in any Style, Size, Color or Pattern for LlVJ And it will be the best stroke of business you have made for many a day! Not only because you'll have the best style, quality, fit and satisfaction that can be put into $25 to $20 clothes, but because you will Save Yourself Five to Ten Dollars' And don't lose sight of the fact that scores and scores of the garments, including blacks and blues, now on sale are the very thing for early spring wear. Look ahead a bit. Rest of Your

$9.50 Tomorrow for Choice of Unusu ally Splendid Values in Men's Suits and Overcoats That formerly sold for $12.50, $15 and $16.50, suits of silk mixed and fancy wors teds,velours, cassimeres and tweeds. Over coats made of pure all tons in black, cut lonp; and stylish, also a number of fancy Cheviots, now so fashionable. All these splendid garments are now marked at 81.15 Sour Stomach "I used C&scarets and feel Ilk tnewmtn. Thar been a snffarer from dyspepsia and soar stomach for the last two years. I hire bn takinc medi cine and other drues, but could find no rellaf only for a short timo. I will recommend Case are ts to my friends as the only thlRs; for indleestion and our stomach and to keep the bowels In ood eon ditioo. They are very nice to eat." Haxry Btookley, Aiaucfc Chunk. P Plauant, Palatable, Potent. Tasta Good. Do Good. Ksver Stctt.n. Weaken or Gripe. lOe, e. Mo. eTe old In bulk. The cennine tablet (tamped CC0. euaranteed to euro or your money keek. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 500 AHMUAL SALE, TEH KILUCM BOXES day with. 150 players from six states represented. The morning- was taken up with a business, session and In the afternoon play began with the Des Moines cup and Richards trophy hung up as prizes. The tournament will last two days. One reads many ads claiming wonderful i-oeiiita- Knme we believe, others we don'.t We are not trying to deceive you by fancy ads, but simply ask you to try Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea; if it fails, get your money DacK. soc lea or lauieis. r. j., Walker. y3 Seat For V, CAMPY CATHARTIC $15 $15 $15 Ytoeoaerssirsrest Money Saving wool Kerseys, Mel n jverseys, mei- $.50 mil best we offered earlier in the season for S20, $18,$15& $12.50. Your unrestricted choice for only of Positively the Greatest Quality-Bargains Ever Offered in Boys' and Children's Clothing Boys' Clothes worth up to $5.00 Russian Suits, Russian Overcoats, 2 to 7 years; Double-breasted Suits, 8 to 16 years. Made of all-wool fabrics, in gray and brown plaids, checks and mixtures. Some suits have two pairs of Knickerbocker pants. They are all small loU, K from $3.50, $3.95, $5 and $5.95 lines. Clear- K JT fX' ing Sale price 100 Boys' and Children's Suits 2Jf to 15 years, in all new models of Sailors, Russian Blouse, double-breasted two-pieoe Junior Norfolk and Knickerbocker eood fabrics, all splendidly tailored satisfaction. Not a suit in the lot that others worth up to $7.50. Finest Youth' Suits and Overcoat $18.00 and 520.00 Young Fellows' College Suits and Over coats, Black and Blues included. In the lege clothes also other famous makes OtS Saturday for Boys' all wool OOC Knee Pants. BOc and 75c quality. 4 to 17 years. AtL Saturday for Boys fine 4JJC Madras Shirts. 12 to 14 neck collar attached or detached.-- 12c Saturday for Boys Heavy Hose fast black. All sizes. Hats and Caps Sale of S3, 53.50 stylish Soft Hats in all swell prevailing colors See them OC Saturday..... $9 Sale of $2 Soft Hats- Black and col orsSaturday $1.35 Victorex SHOULD BE USED Because it is delicious Because it is easily prepared Because it is economical Because it always gives satisfaction Because it complies with all pure food laws Because it is a Kansas product u FOR. SALE BY A Convenient Train. For Topeka people who desire a full business day In Kansas City Is the Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves Topeka every day at 7:05 a. m., ar riving In Kansas City at 8:50 a. m. You can get breakfast In the dfher on this train and dinner on No. 101 which leaves Kansas City at 6 p. m., reach ing Topeka at 7:35 p. m. Let us have your prescriptions. Price" drug store. 5 $15 $15 015 010 S15 $15 $15

mm Program: Sensational Sacrifice Sale of Small Men's and Young Men's Fine Suits Cut in both single and double breasted models, ill sizes 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36. Mostly small lots of well known makes; the values in this sale are among- the $7.50 models, made oi extra $3.75 and guaranteed to give sold for less than $5. Stock-reducing Sale price will be Your choice of our finest $15.00,, $11.50 famous L" Col- QQ Saturday for Boys' Knidker 0C bocker Pants, 3 to 10 :yra.. In neat dark patterns. QS? Saturday for Youths' Long 77C Pants. All sizes In Worsted and cassimers. o E Saturday for boys' aatrsve han back Gloves. 60a kind. at a Sacrifice 91 and 75c Winter Caps all kinds Cfl Choice...... wwC G e 1 at in e IN EVERY HOME ALL GROCERS The Last Train Leavinz ToDeka for Kansas City in the, morning is the Union Pacific No. 1081 at 8:15 a. m., arriving in .Kansas uiry at 10:15 a. m. The afternoon train returning is the earliest train into Tot? peka at 6:15 p. m. The Double Track 1 Of the Union Pacific R. R. between j Topeka and Kansas City Is a model in l its way and operated over it are eight train daily that are models ot coatt ycaienee. J

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