The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 21, 1908

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VtfSa rf v. EVERYBODY EVERBODY 14 PAGES 14 PAGES NEEDS IT. READS IT. LAST EDITION. FRIDAY EVENING. s topeka, Kansas; febrcaky 21, 1908. FRIDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. t if 'I vf t ALL FORM AN. Democrats at Hutchinson for William J. to the End. An Unusually Large Convention Is lu Progress. WANT HARRIS SENATOR Grant Harrington Made Chair man and Pepperel Secretary. Botkin for Governor and Atwood for Committeeman, Probable. Hutchinson, Kan., Feb. 21. Kansas Democrats In state convention 'here this morning: unanimously adopted a resolution instructing: all delegates to the Denver convention, both state and congressional to "cast a solid vote for the noimnation of William J. Bryan for president of the United States." A great demonstration lasting several minutes attended the adoption of the resolutions. Former Senator Harris was noncom mlttri when asked regarding his pos sible candidacy for United States sen- William A. Harris, Whom the Kansas Democrats Want to Stand for United States Senator. ator. The convention was held In the Home opera house, which was Crowd ed to its capacity. This is the most largely attended Democratic conven tion in Kansas in years. W. H. Ryan, chairman of the state committee, in calling the convention to order, declared that Kansas has united Democracy that had cast 150, 000 votes at the last election and said if the election were held now there would be 60,000 votes added to this. He referred to what he termed the "robber tariff and this remark elicited much applause. Mr. Ryan Introduced Grant Harring ton as temporary chairman and W. H. L. Pepperel as secretary. Mr. Harrington In his speech sad: "You can't win by sitting around with long faces and saying- 'we can't win. Why If we had thought we could have won at the last election we would have eleoted Colonel Harris for governor by 0,000 majority." "'Ml! W. H. L. Peppcren. Secretary of Con vention, At the mention of the name of former Senator Harris, whose friends are booming him for re-election to the sen ate, there was much applause. But the greatest demonstration was when Mr. Harrington mentioned the name of W. J. Bryan. "We want to broaden out," he aid. "If a man comes up to vote, if he is for Bryan if it makes no difference what his grandfather was or what his former affiliations have been, let's wel come mm. A demonstration lasting several min utes ensued during which the name of the Nfibraskan was cheered to the echo This was renewed a few minutes later when resolutions binding the conven tion to Instruct Its delegates to Denver to vote for the nomination of Mr. Bryan for president. The resolutions were Introduced by Judge W. p. Dillard of Fort Scott, and were adopted unan imously with a whoop. They follow: "Be It resolved by the Democrats of the state of Kansas In state convention assembled that the delegates, both del egates at large and delegates from the several congressional districts, to be elected by this convention to the n. tlonal convention to be held in the city of Denver, on July 7, 1908, be and they hereby are, and each of said delegates la hereby instructed to vote for the nomination or the ion. William J, Bryan, for the nomination for nresi- dent of the United States. Be it further "Resoivea, unit each and every tier on nominated as a delegate at large and every person named to this con vention by the several congressional T6.4 M1Q s district caucuses, before his ratification and election by this convention as dele gate, be required to pledge himself to vote In said national cunvenuuu mi nomination of the said William J. Bryan for president of the United States. Be It further 'Resolved, That the delegates to be elected by this convention to saia na tional convention be and they are here by directed and instructed to -cast the solid vote of the state of Kansas in ooiH national convention for the nomi nation of said William J. Bryan for president of the United States, me ae sires or wishes of any individual dele gate or delegates to the contrary not withstanding." Following the adoption of the reso lutions, committees were appointed and the convention took a recess till 2 o'clock. At the congressional caucuses the following delegates and alternates to Denver were selected: First district F. M. Pearl, Hia watha; W. O. Rlgby, Shawnee; J. W. Walker, Atchison; P. F. Eggln, Mayetta. Second district W. W. Rose. Kan sas City; Frank Cunningham, Fort Scott; James Agnew, Anderson county; E. C. Clemmons, Miami. Third S. H. Henderson, Columbus; H. B. Gobs; Sedan; G. W. Linebaugh, Parsons; Frank Comlskey, Crawford. Fourth Ed Thall, Eureka; M. F. Trultt, Eskrldge: Charles Gantz, Osage; J. M. McGowan, Emporia. Fifth H. R. Fulton, Hanover; Dr. J. B. Stewart, Clay county; William Grozer, Sailna; J. S. Allen, Dickinson county. Sixth N. B. McCormick, Smith coun ty, J. C Ersch, Mitchell county, dele gates; alternates not named. Seventh not yet selected. Eighth H. J. Roetzel, Sedgwick coun ty, and J. J- Sifty of Sumner, delegates; alternates not named. J. D. Botkin is the most talked of aa nominee for governor, while John At wood seems to lead over J. G. Johnson of Peabody, and W. F. Sapp, of Galena, for national committeeman, but a com bination might break this slate. TO CITY READERS. Another Municipal Message Today on Street Lighting. On pge rtx of today's issue the State Journal prints a long letter rrom e. Myers, president of the Edison company, replying to "A Municipal Message" printed in this paper last Thursday evening. We also print In connection with Mr. Myers" letter our reply to each of his numerous statements. The State Journal has also decided to reprint the original message from lta Issue of Thursday, February 18, and does so today on page seven so that the reader may have the whole sltuattlon In his grasp, If he so desires, and can see wherein Mr. Myers doea not al ways correctly quote the original. This latter full page is oast from the original matrix of the page In que tion and shows also the part of a co' umr of matter not pertinent. 1 his paper does not expect the average reader to wade through these long articles unless he Is particularly interested in electric lighting and saving to the city, and for the city benefit, the municipal lighting system and plant which has been a success In the past, and which will, we feel sure, be more of a success m the future with modern machinery and methods. To such readers as are interested a careful perusal of Mr. Myers artl cle and the Statte Journal's replies thereto is respectfully invited. Those who did not read the original mes sage will have an opportunity of read-- .ng it reprinted today. Without these articles on the elec- trio light question the State Journal would have printed twelve pages to day. In order, that the articles In question may not encroach upon the regular news space, we have addied two pages; making the Issue fourteen pages. mnla MnM rinjoA f XrtA-nio Pittsburg, Pa.. Feb. 21. Without ex ception the police have ordered all clubs in Greater Pittsburg closed at 1U1UU1ui. lino ;1UD houses are used as hotels, guests will they choose, but the selling of liquor will not be permitted after that hour. The order is the result of many com plaints from parents and wives. The Weather Indications. Chicago,. Feb. 21. Forecast for Kan sas: Fair tonight and Saturday: not i much change in temperature. THEY MAYSERVE. Attorney General Decides the Judge Question. Eligible to Election in Congress While on Bench. AFEECTS JUDGE REE!. Claimed That Fifth District Man Was Ineligible. Cites Cases Where They Haye Been Elected and Served. A Judge of the district court or a Justice of the supreme court may run for congress in Kansas if he so de Bires even if he does occupy a place on the bench during a part of his campaign and If his term does not ex pire until after his election to con gress. This is the opinion of the at torney general and Is borne out by a long list of legal decisions dating from 1808. John S. Dawson, assistant attorney general dug out the law at the request of Senator Fred H. Qulncy of Salina. The attorney gen eral usually does not write opinions for state senators o representatives as the state officers and county at torneys keep him pretty busy. But this question was considered of Buch Importance to the people of the state that Mr. Dawson took the time to make an exhaustive study of the ques tion and write a long opinion. The question came up when Sena tor Quincy submitted the following questions: "First. May a district judge law fully be a candidate for a party nomi nation for the office of congressman at a primary election' held under the law passed at the special session of 1908 and have the baiiots cast for him at such primaries counted by the elec tion board of the various voting pre cincts, the result certified to the va rious canvassing boards, and if he re ceives a plurality of the votes cast at such party primary, have his name placed on such party ticket at the general election following? "Second. If such district Judge so nominated, his name having been placed on the ballot at the general election shall receive a prurality of the votes cast at such general election, would it not be the duty of the state canvassing board under the law to is sue to such Judge a certificate of election as congressman r" Affects Judge Reea. Judge R. R. Rees is a candidate for congress in the Fifth district against Congressman Calderhead. Judge W. A. Job-baton of the supreme' court has been mentioned as a candidate for United States senator and under the reading of the Kansas law it was con tended that neither of these could be candidates for congress under section 18 article 3 of the constitution of the state which provides that no justice of the supreme court, or Judge of the district court shall hold any other of fice of profit or trust under the authority of the state, or of the United States during the term of of fice for which such justice and judge shall be elected. Chapter 108 of the session laws of. 1883 forbids the counting of ballots or votes cast for any Judge of the dlstrlot court or Jus tice of the supreme court for any of fice, except a Judicial office, and makes it a misdemeanor for any judge or clerk of an election, or for any canvassing board to count such bal lots or votes or permit a record of the same. Section 2692, general sta tutes of 1901. Controlled by Congress. The constitution of the United States makes the qualifications for members of the national house and senate and does not make any disqualification re garding Judges or justices except that Judges of the United States courts can not be candidates. The constitution of the United States further say that it is the supreme law and that laws enacted by congress under it are to be taken as final In spite of state constitution a id state laws. Carrying out this provision the attorney general holds that Kansas cannot make any qualifications relat ing to members of congress. These qualifications are already established by the poer that created the congress and the states th nselves and cannot be changed except by an amendment to that national constitution. The attorney general does hold a judge of the district court or a Justice of the supreme court cannot be candi dates for election to other state offices during their terms of office. In his opinion Mr. Dawson quotes a large number of decisions covering this mat ter for the past 100 years. He says: "There is a recent Ohio case. State vs. Russell, decided in 1900. 10 Ohio decis ions, 255, wherein this whole subject Is thoroughly discussed. In 1898 the state of Ohio passed an act entitled, 'An actf to prevent corrupt practices at elec tions,' one of the sections of which pro vided that any candidate for represen tative in the congress of the United States who should by himself or by or through any agent or agents, commit tee or organization, or any person or persons whatsoever in the aggregate pay out, give or contribute any money or other valuable thing in order to se cure his election, in excess of certain specified sums mentioned In said act, should be guilty of a misdemeanor. The act contains similar provisions of the same general character, and all the leading authorities are gleaned and compendiously arranged in the opinion of the court in deciding the case. The gist of the syllabus and of the matters decided are that It Is not within the power of the state legislature to super add anything to the qualifications of members of the congress of the United States, and that the Ohio act Insofar as it relates to the office of representa tive In the congress of the United States Is unconstitutional in that it seeks to impose additional qualifi cations, conditions and obligations upon candidates for, or members of congress of the United States." The di,i there holds that the act is valid so far as it applies to officers elected under the laws and constitution of the state of Ohio. This is Indeed a most in structive case. An Example In Kansas. "In 1861 Hon. Thomas Swing was elected Chief Justice of the state of (Continued on Page Ten.) "UNFAIR LIST" ENJOINED. Supreme Courts Holds That in Effect It Is a Boycott. Chicago, Feb. 2L The i Illinois su preme court at Springfield has decided that a labor union's "unfair list" Is In effect a boycott and could be enjoined. The case was brought by John E. and John T. Wilson, livery and dray men of Sparta,. 111., and owners of the Sparta auditorium. The :suit was brought by these two men against Roy Hay and other nnion labor men of Sparta. The Wilsons, were hauling brick for a school house In 1900. The local of Team Drivers' International union or dered another driver put to work. The Wilsons appealed to President C. P. Shea, but he refused to interfere. Then a notice was printed, that the Wilsons were on the unfair, list. Again in 1904 the Wilsons were work ing on a church building and could not get sufficient union help. They were permitted to employ nonunion men un der an agreement that they would pay union dues for the men and a dispute arose as to how much was due. The amount in controversy was only $4, but it resulted In the Wilsons being put on the unfair list again. Then the school board of Sparta wanted to give a course of lectures in the auditorium and quickly was ordered by the union not to hire that halL The ban later was raised at the request of the super intendent of schools. L However, the local undertaker was told not to use the Wilsons' teams in hauling his hearse. The Wilsons then secured an injunction, which is now confirmed. PUT PART BACK. General Manager Hurley Makes Small Concession In Oklahoma. Vice President George T. Nichol son and General Manager J. E. Hur ley of the Santa Fe, returned this morning from Guthrie, Okla., where they appeared before the corporation corn-mission of Oklahoma in a hearing which was ordered by the commis sion some time ago. Several com plaints were made to the corporation commission- from Oklahoma City and other towns following the reduction of the Santa Fe's train service in Oklahoma. "As a result of the hearing yester day we have decided to add another train ea-ch way between Guthrie and Purcell which will run on about the same time that Nos. 115 and 116 for merly did," said Mr. Hurley this morning. "We have also rearranged the time on the Skedee branch be tween Pawnee and Guthrie so that the patrons of the Santa Fe can make better connections in and out of Guthrie. Nos. 115 and 116 will per mit of much better connections with other lines at Oklahoma City. ''This is in no sense a compromise," said Mr. Hurley this morning., "The commission had ordered the re-establishment of aU the tSiHis which were taken off a short $lme ago. We answered this order a, the hearing. As a result of the hearing out of the eleven hundred miles of dally service which we annulled recently we have added one hundred and sixty miles in lieu thereof. We presented our aide of the 1 case at the hearing and made our answer ac cordingly to the commission yester day. After hearing our side of the case the commission decided to accept our proposition instead of demanding the enforcement of their previous or ders. "The commission is Intended as a sort of court. They are supposed to look after the Interests of the road as much as those of the people. Accord )in tbev realized our position they considered our proposition fair and acted accordingly." When questioned in regard to the recent reduction in the shops and the prospects of further reductions, Mr. Hurley stated that he did not know what would be done amd that he had not time to look into the present con- Vice President and General Mana ger Nixon of the Frisco accompanied Mr. Hurley up from Guthrie. Both officials left this afternoon over the Santa Fe for Chicago where they will attend a conference of general mana gers. MUST SHOW R1DGELY. He Declines to Head the Commerce TJntfl Conditions Improve. Kansas City, Feb. 21.-Comptroller of the Currency W. B. Rldgely who came to Kansas City to consider acceptance of the presidency of the reorganized National Bank of Commerce, will leave for Washington tomorrow. He Is said to have announced that he could not be interested personally in the affairs of the bank until he could be shown that the old stockholders were united In loyalty to each other and to the bank. The stockholders' meeting called for today adjourned for a week without transacting any business. Mr, Ridge ly"s refusal to accept the presidency of the bank in its present condition has discouraged the reorganization leaders but efforts to obtain subscriptions of the additional stock required for the re opening will be continued. Whatever the future of the bank, It is assured that depositors will be paid dollar for dollar. The bank under the administration of-Receiver Geo. T. Cutts has collected and has on hand several million dollars and its receipts are still one hundred thousand dollars a day. BIG DAY FOR BRYAN. He Is Spending It Speaking and Hand snaking at Springfield. Springfield, 111-, Feb. 21. William J. Bryan arrived in Springfield this morn ing from Jacksonville, where he at tended a banquet given by the Jackson ville Bryan club last night. A large number were present at the railway station to receive him. He held an In formal reception In the rotunda of the St. Nicholas hotel all morning. This afternoon he will address a meeting of the state Democratic editorial clubs. Later he will speak before the officers of the Bryan clubs In the state, who meet to form a state federation of Bryan clubs. Tonight he will address a monster mass meeting. A STRINGJO IT. It Is Proposed That United States Retain Control Of the $14,000,000 Chinese In demnity Fund. TO GIVE IT BACK. Bat See That It Is Used for Educational Purposes. RooBeyelt Already Committed to Its Relinquishment. Washington, Feb. 21. The proposition to control the disposition of the $14,000, 000 of relinquished Chinese Indemnity and have it used in the erection of American colleges In China and in bringing Chinese students to the Unit ed States to complete their education, has been brought to the attention of President Roosevelt and the state de partment by William T. Ellis of Phil adelphia, who has recently returned from the Orient. The plan Is not orig inal with Mr. Ellis, but has been con sidered as an excellent idea for some time by the state department. How any such plan can be worked out, especially in view of the action, al ready taken, which commits the ex ecutive branch of the government to its offer to relinquish to China the surplus Indemnity Is the puzzling question. To make the offer of the executive effective requires the sanction of congress and unless this body attaches a string to the offer, as indicated, nothing can be done. The senate has practically given Its consent to the president's offer and the matter Is now pending in the house committee on foreign affairs. LINCOLN CENTENARY. Association Organised to Properly Celebrate the Occasion. Chicago, Feb. ZL The Lincoln Cen tenary association was organized last night with a view of celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1909, in a manner that will command world-wide attention. The charter members include some of the most prominent professional and business men in Chicago. They are representatives of the various clubs, the Association of Commerce, and the Illinois Manufacturers' association. Lieutenant Governor Lawrence Y. Sher man and Mayor Fred A. Busse are among them. The purpose of the organization is to make the Lincoln Centenary observance an event of international Importance. Plans were suggested for a perman ent memorial to the memory of the great Emancipator In the form of a great buildlng-a. temple of patriotism. It is believed there are a sufficient number of patriotic citizens who revere the name of Lincoln to make the rais ing of at least one million dollars for such a purpose a matter of no diffi culty. It Is hoped to raise a large por tion of the money in one dollar con tributions. It la proposed to devote one week to fh celebration of the Lincoln Centen ary. Governors and congressmen and prominent men from every state in the Union will be invited to participate and the same formal invitation will be ex tended to admirers of Lincoln and for mer associates of Lincoln In all parts of the world. MORTGAGE PAST DUE. Mutual Life Forecloses on the Yerkea Fifth Avenue Home. New York, Feb. 21. An action has been begun by the Mutual Life Insur ance company to foreclose a mortgage for $225,000 on the home of the late Charles T. Terkes at Fifth avenue and 68th street, which was left in Mr. Terkes will for a public art gallery. The mortgage which was made in 1904, fell due In 1906, shortly after Mr. Yerkes death. By his will Mr. Yerkes left the house to his wife during her life, with a provision that when she died it was to be turned into a public art gallery under the control of five trustees, one of whom was to be the mayor of the city and the other four appointed by the Metropolitan Museum. The property Is said to be worth fully $1,500,000 and the art collection which it contains, including pictures, statuary, tapestry and bric-a-brac considerably more than that amount. Among the pictures In the collection are a number of paintings attributed to the old mas ters. It is thought that Mr. Yerkes' executors will take steps to save tha property from foreclosure sale. SHE STOPPED THE RUN. Xiece of J. R. Burton Assistant Cashier of a Bank. Madison, 111.. Feb. 2L State Auditor McCullough arrived from Springfield today and began an investigation of the Tricity bank, which closed Its doors yesterday. President C. R. Klser said today that the bank Is solvent though It has "very little cash on hand:" He would not state the exact amount. A run was started yesterday and in the temporary absence of Cashier C. W. Burton, his daughter, Miss Roxey Burton, assistant cashier, closed the bank to stop the run. Cashier Burton Is a brother of former United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kan- Struck by Block of Ice. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 21, While ten miners were being lowered into i the Stanton mine of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre coal company today, a i large body of ice In the shaft fell, striking the hood of the cage and de molishing It. Two of the men were 'killed outright, one died on the way j to a hospital and three others, it Is I believed will die ox their injuries. BREAK IN GAS MAIN. Topeka Suffers Front a "Blow Out" at Ottawa Repaired by Evening. A break occurred in the big 16-inch feed main which supplies Topeka, Lawrence. St. Joseph, Leavenworth and Atchison with natural gas and there will be a temporary famine in those towns until the break can be repaired. It is expected that by this evening the necessary repairs will have been made and the usual pres sure restored. The break occurred right at Ottawa and it Is presumed that a de fective fitting connecting one section of main with another was broken .by the pressure of the gas. A tem porary section of main has been put in around the point where the break happened in order that as much In convenience and suffering may be alleviated as possible until the main line has been repaired. It is pre sumed that the gang of men em ployed will have finished the neces sary repairs late this afternoon or evening. Naturally, however, it will take several hours after that before the former pressure can be restored because It takes some time for the gas to travel the distance that it does against the friction encountered. "The pressure has been steadily growing weaker," said L. G. Tre leaven, manager of the gas company at noon today. "I understand the break took place early this morn ing." At shortly before noon the users of natural gas noticed that the pressure was becoming very weak and that it was necessary to turn the stopcocks entirely open In order to secure enough flame to cook or heat with. Later the gas became so feeble that It was impossible to support a name. JOHNSON'S REPLY. He Shows little Interest In Proffered Complimentary Dinner. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 21. Governor Johnson has sent his reply to Con gressman F. C. Stevens at Washington In answer to an Inquiry whether the governor would accept an invitation to attend a complimentary nonpartisan dinner In his honor to be given in Washington. Governor Johnson says he knows of nothing that would take him to Wash ington before May 14, when he will attend the conference of governors call ed by President Roosevelt to discuss the conservation of the natural resources of the country. If In the meantime he should find it necessary to go to Wash ington he would be pleased to accept the Invitation. FIGURES TOO HIGH. Total of Deserving Unemployed Not v Large to New York.. New York, Feb. 21 It Is estimated by one of the managers of the asso ciation for improving the condition of the poor that there are approximately 80,000 homeless men in New York to day. Of these approximately 6 per cent are nonresidents while it is the society's estimate that about 1 per cent would work if they were given employment. Though the poverty of the deserving unemployed and their need of help Is oonstant, the society has reason to believe that conditions are improving, the number of men out of work growing smaller, and finally, that the total of the deserving class of the unemployed has been overesti mated. The great majority, a society man ager said, belong to the vagrant class and "work" the organization when they can get a chance to do so. "These men go to the missions," he said, "and get all they can. then they go to min isters and get all they can there; next they fall Into tha breadline and in a few days, when they think we have forgotten them, come back to us. We have tried to distinguish the deserv ing but when the past of the run of applicants is sifted not more than one per cent are honest or sober or willing to work when they can." WILSON IS CHOSEN. Topeka Man Again Secretary Grand Lodge of Masons. The long expected fight In the ranks of the Grand Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, came to a head yesterday afternoon In the elec tion of a grand secretary. Two can didates were placed in nomination, Albert K. Wilson and William M. Shaver, the former having held the office for some time. -Quite an en mity exists between the two candi dates and yesterday afternoon before the election the Copeland hotel was the scene of a regular political hotbed, where lieutenants of each candidate were working for votes. Wilson won out by a good margin. The total roster of officers who were elected and appointed at the session yesterday Is as follows: Grand Master, Judge Henry F. Mason, of Garden City; deputy grand master, Fred Washbon, Anthony; grand sen ior warden, Marion K. Brundage, Russell; grand Junior warden, Alex ander A. Sharp. Lamed; grand treas urer, Albert Sarbach, Holton; grand secretary, Albert K. Wilson, Topeka; grand senior deacon, William Bast Iman, Hutchinson; grand junior deac i on, A. H. Wheeler. Marion; grand chaplain, Charles H. Rogers. Hutchln I son: grand marshal, G.. M. Barnes, Leavenworth: grand sword bearer, Robert Treat Payne, Concordia; grand senior steward, W. S. Bergund thal. Topeka; grand Junior steward, Edward B. Corse, Baxter Springs; grand pursuivant, E. E. Fawcett, Em poria; grand tyler, Spencer P. Wade, Topeka. The sessions of the grand lodge I were concluded late yesterday after noon with the installation of the new officers. Most of the afternoon ses sion was occupied with the consumma tion of routine matters such as the adoption of reports ana similar pro cedure. Before adjourning It was decided to hold the annual meeting of the grand lodge a year hence In Wichita. Reception for WT. J. Bailey. Independence, Kan., f Feb. 21. Big preparations are being made by the Montgomery County Republican club to entertain Willis J. Bailey of Atchi jinn. candidate for governor, for his 1 speech here Saturday night. Governor i Bailey's address will be, in a sense, I his opening gun In the campaign. HELPS jaVEST. New Homestead Law That Helps Out Settlers. Prorldes That Mistakes Won't Invalidate Entries. GET ANOTHER CHANCE Was Opposed in the General Land Office. Measure Championed by Madison and Long. Washington, Feb. "21 wtn. h,S 0hJahonm will be greatly w a b7,the enactment of a law c?assid ,n wh'ch Judge Madison "c"alor -L-ong bad a part. It per mits second homestead entry in cer tain cases.., "HI provides that where an honest mistake has been made by an entryman In the character of the land ""n ne entered, and where there was no fraud or where the land was not relinquished by iae entrvman a consideration, the settler may have an opportunity, under such rules as general lanaofflce may prescribe, to make a second entry. In western Kansas, Colorado, Okla homa, and elsewhere in the west, homesteaders flocking to a section not particularly desirable, but which is being boomed and exploited, and anxious as they are for homes, have been deluded by land agents or have been themselves mistaken aa to the character of the land, and have finally left the homestead before making final proof. Under existing law, ex cept In the instance of one law which was not always available, the settler could not have another chance. Ha would have to purchase outright, or purchase a relinquishment if he de sired a home in some public land sec tion. But under the provisions of this bill. It will be possible for such a set tler to go to some other section and find a piece of land suitable and make another entry. s The bill was In conference for some time, and there was opposition to it from the general land office and from members of congress; but Judge Madi son labored with the conferees on the part of the house of representatives, and Senator Long with-those from the senate, with the result that the bill was finally agreed to, the report adopt ed In the two houses, and the president has now anoroved it. Both Senator Long and Judge Madi son have had a number of letters on this subject from southwestern Kansas. where the greatest Interest was in such proposed .legislation, and the news of the bill's Jmssage will be received there with' enthusiasm. K The bill was not' introduced by Judge Madison, and he is not a member of the committee on the public lands; but from the beginning he took almost ex clusive charge of the measure, and when It got into a tangle in conference, both he and Senator Long paid partic ular attention to it for several days. CAR THIEVES CAUGHT Detectives Were Waiting for Them In Railroad Yards.. New York, Feb. 21. After holding up a brakeman who had surprised them In the act of robbing a freight car in the New York Central railway yards at Eighty-first street early today and making him a prisoner at the point of revolvers, the men were ver powered by detectives after a desper ate fight. In the arrest of the men the police believe they have a gang which has stolen many thousands of dollars worth of goods from freight cars dur ing the past few months, door when a brakeman on a train door when a trakeman on a train which had just drawn in from Albany saw them and called out to them to get away from the cars. Their reply, which was enforced by three' leveled revolvers, was that if the brakeman attempted to come down from the car upon which he was standing he would be "shot as full of holes as' a screen door." Then when one of their num ber remained on guard over the brake man, the others returned to their work. After they had removed a quantity of valuable goods from the car the thieves carefully sealed the door with a counterfeit seaL It was then that the detectives came upon the trio. Thy had been waiting all night in the yards in the hope of catching the men who had been using .false seals for months and had witnessed the encounter between the brakeman and the robbers. When the door had been sealed four detectives sprang down from the ear tops where they had been hiding. Ia a desperate hand to hand fight which followed the delctives were finally victorious and the three men were locked up. The men gave their names as John T. Hughes, Alfred Rogers and Peter Brady. In a boat house where Hughes had lived the detectives found goods valued at more than $1,000. BANQUET AT FLAINvTLIiE. The Commercial Club Has a Bts Blowout at $1 Per Plate. Plalnvllle, Kan., Feb. 21. The an nual banquet of the Plalnvllle Com mercial club was held In the opera house. It was a great success. Over sixty members of the club and ladlea were present. One dollar per plate was charged. Mrs. M. Keene acted aa caterer. The Plalnvllle orchestra fur nished music. The hall was nicely decorated for the occasion. C. CK Cochran was toastmaster. Tube "D" Is Nearly Open. New York, Feb. 21. Two tunneling gangs In another of the East river tubes tube "D" of the Pennsylvania' set of four have arrived wlthia speaking and signalling distance of each other and today expect to have the barrier between them battered down and the ends of another link be tween Manhattan and Long Island Joined. By means of a pipe driven through the thin wall which separates the two tunnel sections, the air pres sure in the headings is equalized to prevent one gang from blasting in on the other. The men engaged in the work are planning to celebrata the completion of the tube.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTRlfAE-Ji'RTDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. 2 INHUMANJATHER. Bourbon County Man Beats Child as She Prays. Caught Her by the Hair and 'r" Dragged Her Around. GIKL HAD LEFT HOME. Energy is wen-nourished muscles plus well-nourished nerves. Uneeda Biscuit are the greatest energy-makers of all the wheat foods. th In dust tight. Neper sold in bulk. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY GREAT AUTO TOUR Glidden Run of the American to Start at Buffalo. A Good Roads Convention Will Be Held in Connection. TO BE A JULY AFFAIR. Philadelphia, New York and the White Mountains a Part. Where the Journey Will End Not Yet Decided. "Now York, Feb. 21. Local autolsts are discussing- wiCtl Interest the an nouncement just mode to the Buffalo Automobile club that the annual Glid den tour of the American Automobile association will start from Buffalo dur ing the week beginning Monday, July Frank B. Hower," chairman of the American Automobile association tour ins board, arrived in the city from Buf falo and confirmed the, report that the place and time of the Start of the tour had been definitely fixed. "Just what day of the week the tour win start," added Mr. Hower, "has not yet been determined, but 'it may be Wednesday, July 8. The good-roads automobile convention, which It was decided last fall to hold in connection with this year's tour, will be held in Buffalo during- the two daya preceding the probable start of the oars on the long run- "A meeting of the touring board will be held in a few days to decide the ex act route of the annual tour and draw up the rules for the event. "The tour, however, will be an east ern one this year.- After leaving Buffalo it will go through Pennsylvania, possi bly stopping at Pittsburg, then running t Philadelphia, New York, Now Haven, probably taking the shore line route to Provldenoe. then to Boston and to the "White mountains. Just where the tour will be disbanded has not been determined- The suggestion has been made that it end at the White mountains, but the cars may return by Portland, Me., and disband at Boston." Keny-Papbe Bout March 16. Chicago. Feb. 2L All doubts local fight tanjs had about Hugo Kelly and Billy P&pke meeting again in the ring were cast, aside today when details concerning tne match were completed. The arrangements were completed with the selecting of the third man in the ring. This came about after an hour's wrangling. Al Bright of Milwaukee was chosen to act as referee In the contest, which will be held in the Cream City March 16. NO TEAM FOB FORT SCOTT. Gus Alberts Fails to Raise the Cash and Leaves Town. Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 21. One Gus tavus Alberts, who braved the biting cold to come here and talk baseball has gone from town and naught but tradition remains of the baseball fran chise. Gus couldn't raise the required $760 needed to install a team here and he has yielded up the ghost and gone elsewhere. Either Pittsburg or Shaw nee, Ok., will take the place In the O. K. league accorded Fort Scott. Fort Scott was not in a position to subscribe the money Mr. Alberts want ed raised. He came too late to give his entertainments and yesterday talk ed of organizing a etock company. This, however, fell through, and there will be no team here this season. DUFFY TO COACH Eff GOTHAM. Former Champion Sprinter Is Signed by School to Handle Team. New York, Feb. 21. Announcement was made at the meeting of the- New York university students' organization that Arthur Duffy, the former champion sprinter, had been engaged to coach the track team during the coming season; that John J. Flanagan, the weight thrower, would coach the men In his special branch of work, and that Jones, a New York university alumnus and holder of the intercollegiate record for the high Jump for two consecutive years, would take the jumpers in hand. With such coaches the prospects for the track team this spring are very bright. HE WANTS NO RECORD. I Vanderbilt Will Run London-Brighton Coach on Time Table. London, Feb. 2L Alfred Vanderbilt, now making a brief stay in London, is arranging for his forthcoming coaching season on the London-Brighton road, announcement of which has excited so much interest in coaching and fashion able circles. In an interview Mr. Van derbilt denied any Intention of record breaking. "My whole idea," he said, "is to run the coach strictly to a prepared time table. Record-breaking cannot be done nowadays with heavy traffic motor cars and traction engines to be met with. The coach will start probably on May 4 and continue until the opening of the International horse show six weeks later." Schaeffer Wins at Billiards. Philadelphia, Feb. 21. Schaeffer de feated Cutler here last night in the fourth game of the 1,600 point 18.1 balk line billiard match, 800 to S24X The total scores now stand: Schaeffer, 1,200; Cut ler, 1,100. Ooulon Defeats Cooney Kelly. Peoria, HI., Feb. 21. John Coulon of Chicago, bantam weight, stopped 1 1 I I 1 ill llill' I II I II I I I Ill H M ii II.1HII II Fresh lj are nam are tram are mum them mm Ask I nil KANSAS CITY lj l U.S. A. If il There's Only One Condition Fresh from flour to table. Takoma Biscuit Made from new specially selected soft winter wheat flour by our own exclusive method of baking In modem ovens thus retaining all the nutriment of the wheat. OOSE-WlLES I Takoma Biscuit Fresh when they leave our bakery packed fresh in wax-pressed cartons, closed with theJTnple Protec tion Seal. Takoma Biscuit Always fresh no matter when you buy crisp, nacy and finely flavored. Takoma Biscuit are The satisfactory kind your grocer likes tosell V him today. Two sizes 5 and 10 cents. Cooney Kelly of Streator in the ninth round of what was to have been a ten round contest last night. A blow to the wind followed with left and right to the Jaw were the blows that won. Jack Dougherty of Milwaukee won an eight round decision over Billy Mayfleld of Indianapolis. OLDSMOBILE'S LONG TRIP. Owen Makes Journey From New York to New Orleans in 22 Days. New Orleans, Feb. 2L Ralph Owen arrived here yesterday In his 1908 Oidsmoblle stock car, completing his 2,000 mile trip from New York in 22 daya. He left New York on Sunday, January 26. The object of the trip was to demonstrate -the reliability of the car to undertake a long distance run through the south during the win ter season, and to obtain Information on good roads. Owen followed the route taken by the New York to Pans racing machines from New York to Cleveland. He then turned south, go ing through Cincinnati, Columbus Lexington, Nashville, where, owing to the bad condition of the roads, due to thaws and washouts, he was obliged to omit going through Chattanooga and went direct to Birmingham, thence to Baton Rouge and then followed the Mississippi to New Orleans. The car arrived In good condition, but Owen says that he traveled over miserable roads for hundreds of miles. Owen and his party will remain here for a few days, and the car probably will be shipped to Cuba within a week, where Owen intends to make a tour of the island. CARRIED RED FLAGS. Claimed That It Was Scene of Drunken Carousal. Little Girl Disappears and Pa- ent Is Jailed. Fort Scott. Kan- Feb. 21. O. C "Wag oner, a Garland resident, is a prisoner at the calaboose as the result of a rather- sensational episode In which he aiid hte 13 year old daughter, Ethel, figured. The child came to this city several days ago, claiming her home was an Immoral one; that her father invited men to his house of nights, where drinking and carousing was done dur ing poker games, etc She came to the Baptist church and joined and was baptized last Sunday. Certain ladies of the church and the pastor furnished the girl with clothing and she went to the Hewitt home on South Judson street. She told the church people that, she did not want to return to her home and would likely have oeen given a home In this city. Yester day her father appeared and an ugly scene ensued, t Me Is said to have knocked the child down, and though she fell on her knees and prayed him to be less cruel to her, he caught her by the hair and dragged her onto the porch of the Hewitt home and started to lead her to the Juvenile court, where he made complaint about her running away. There was no one save Mrs. Hewitt In the room at the time and Wagoner escaped with the glrL Later, however Ethel pulled loose from her lather and has not been seen since. Chief of Police Mendenhall was call ed up over the telephone and told of the inhuman treatment of the child and he at once went to the southwest side, where he plaeed Wagoner under arrest. A search is being made for the missing child,: who fled in terror. The man's case will come up in po lice court in the morning. The case attracted considerable attention, and there was quite a little feeling shown In the matter. If the girl's story is substantiated the cruel father will like ly not come into possession of her again. TOE'S BELIEF Tender .Feet $6 for $3.95 We offer in our surplus stock sale now going on 240 pairs La dies' Fine, Kid Patent Tip Good year Welt Cushion Sole Shoes, made over the latest approved street last in all sizes from 2 to 8. all width lasts from A to EE. Regular $6.00 values JJJJ The above shoes fit-like a glove and the cushion sole Is so easy on the feet that all day walking is a pleasure. The ladies of New York, Philadelphia -and Boston give this shoe preference over all others for street purposes." umh ELLETaeroire- "SHOE CO. f IS KANSAS AVENUS Victor ex G e 1 at in e SHOULD BE USED IN EVERY HOME 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 t. FOR. SALE BY ALL GROCERS S hrnrM New Selective Ringing Telephones Gives the same secret ringing service as a single! 'line at a greatly reduced cost. 'They- fill the popular" demand for a- perfect party line. We already have many hundreds in service and those who use them will testify to their merits. Our next directory will be Issued la a few weeks. Give us your order at once. THE TOPEKA INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. P. S. We guarantee four times as many Independent Telephones tn Shawnee County as can be reached by any other line.- Consider what this means to the value of your service. CLOSED BY SMALLPOX. Foreigners Started a Blot at Fhiladel- pliia Ending In Bloodshed. Philadelphia. Pa.. Feb. 21. The marching of nearly 1,000 foreigners upon City hall, where they said they in tended to make demands upon Mayor Reyburn, precipitated a riot in Broad street late yesterday evening, in which twenty persons were injured before the police dispersed the marchers and ar rested fourteen of them. The men, most of whom were Italians and Poles, marched from the foreign settlement in the lower seotlon of the city. The leaders and a score of others carried red flags having a black border. When they reached Broad street, a few blocks below the city naii, boysw wagons attempted to pass through the line. Drivers were dragged from their seats by the marchers and beaten. Policemen came to the rescue, and a riot call was sent In. The motor bloyole police were sent through the center ot the city and rounded up the entire mounted police squad, the big reserve street squad and all patrolmen, who were hurriedly sent to the soene in wagons and automobiles. Private car riages were even pressed into service. A number of persons who were watch ing the paraders got into the .first dis turbance, and when the big reserves hurried down upei the marchers a gen eral riot was in progress. Some of the marchers drew revolvers and began firing at the police and mounted officers, riding into the oenter of the fight, used their batons right and left upon the heads of the leaders. In the melee three policemen were shot and slightly wounded, and Charles Mann, who was watching the fight, was struck in the leg by a stray bullet. Re serve Officer Plott was beaten unmerci fully and Is in a hospital, as is Police man Smith, who first went to the rescue of the drivers. Harry Druding, one of these, was beaten and nearly stripped of his clothing. Fourteen par ticipants in the demonstration were se verely clubbed and had to be, sent to hospitals. The clash occurred directly in front of one of the big hotels on Broad street, and for a time it looked as thohgh the marchers would sweep into the place. Joseph Trol is declared by the police to have been the leader of the march ers, while Domlnio Donnetti and Michael Costello were assistants. Don nettl, according to witnesses, is the man who shot one of the poliemea and with the other two he was locked up on cnarges ox inciting to riot and as sault and battery with intent to kill. The other eleven prisoners are charged with inciting to riot. Nearly all of those arrested carried weapons of some sort. Portland. Oregon. Every night at 7:35 a Pullman tour ist sleeping car leaves Topeka via the Union Pacific R. R. which goes through to Portland. Oregon, without change. There is no better way to reach all of the great Pacific northwest. Leave Topeka Quickest 4:40 a. m. 2:25 p. m. 3:10 p. m. 5:00 p. m. 8:50 p. m. Kansas City and Chicago Express arrives Chicago, 8:47 p. m. Drawing-room and tourist sleepers, cafe observation car (from Kansas City) and chair cars.. By daylight in about 18 hours. Atlantic Express arrives Chicago 7:21 a. m. Draw- ing-room -sleepers, chair cars and dinlng-car.- Chicago Fast Mail arrives Chicago. 7: 28 a. m. Ob servation and compartment sleepers and dining car from Kansas City. Pullman and chair cars from here. Kansas City and Chicago arrives Chicago 9:15 a. m. Drawing-room, chair cars and dining car. Chicago Limited arrives Chicago 11:59 a. m. Obser vation-compartment and drawing room Pullmans, club-buffet car, dining-car. The train of luxury exclusively first-class. You save sixty miles travel. You eat Fred Harvey meals. More trains than any other line, and the fastest. East Iola Schools Quarantined and Arrests WU1 Be Mode. Iola, Kan., Feb. 21. Because peo ple who live In East Iola failed to re port promptly cases of smallpox in the McKinley school district, that school was closed and is being thoroughly f umigateO. Arrests of persona who are guilty of this neglect will probably be made, as the health officer .says It is due directly to them that the school had to be closed. For the past six weeks there has oeen complaints max people in jiiasi Iola who suffered with smallpox were not observing quarantine rules. There are two hundred children In this school district. Others who at tend the school come from quite a ways because the primary- grades of some other schools are crowded. This neglect is too dangerous to be passed over by the officers. Block signals and overhead crossings are important travel saieguaros. war land car ventilators, too. Buy tickets and secure reservations at Santa F depot. .'Phone 68 2. A TEN MINUTES HONEYMOON. The Marriage of a Fort Scott Couple Quickly Dissolved by Divorce. Fort Scott, Feb. 21. A little while ago Probate Judge Hudson united in wedlock an elderly couple, Wliliam Curry, of Hepler, and Mrs. Louisa R. Lumpkin, of Muncie, Ind. The couple, as lived unhappily together for a brief while and then separated1, the wife catching the train at Hepler the midnight following the marriage here at 11 o'clock in the morning, and went away. The husband has filed divorce proceedings at Girard, and In his petition says that within ten min utes after the probate judge tolled off the words uniting them the wife spunked up and said she wouldn't live with him. He says that during their ten minutes wedded life he "always" conducted himself as a dutiful husband. SOCIALISTS AT GERARD. "Mother" Jones Will Be Present to Address the Convention. Girard, Feb. 21. The district con vention of the Socialist party of the Third congressional district will be held In Girard next Saturday. It Is the intention of the Socialists to make It the occasion for a big rally of their forces In this district, andl among other notables who will be present will be "Mother" Jones, the noted woman Socialist leader and agi tator. Mrs. Jones Is at present on a speech making tour of this district and will be, it is exported in Girard) Saturday to address the convention. The object of the convention will be to select a candidate for congress and elect delegates to the national convention of the Socialist party to be held In Chicago. A Farm Sells for $35,200. Pittsburg, Feb. 21. The largest farm deal reported in a long time in Crawford county, outside of coal land A -rood safe investment, Kansas mu- uwjcv;i. iu taxation -For sale by the Prudential Trust com-1 pany. Dfl&llGInl Never Fails to RESTORE GRAY or FADED HAIR to Its NATURAL COLOR and BEAUTY No matter how long it has been gray or faded. Promotes a luxuriant growth of healthy hair. Stops its falling out, and positively removes Ban- ImM xTmavu. v.,;- onft and clossv. ite- fuse all substitutes. 2 times as much, in $L00 as 50c size. IS NOT A DYE. Philo Hay Spec. Co.. Newark. N. J. $1 ana 50c bottles, at drugaists- sWHMHMMSlBSBBBBBJSJSJJSBBBBa sales, was the sale this week of the big Crone farm, consisting of 640 acres, in Sherman township, four miles north of Girard. J. F. Crone sold the farm to J. R. Copple, the consideration being $35,200, or $55 per acre. SENATOR LONG INDORSED. Anderson County Republican Central Committee Takes Action. Garnett, Kan., Feb. 21. The Ander son county central committee met Thursday and selected delegates to the state convention at Topeka, March 4, and the Second congressional dis trict convention at Lawrence, March 8. Resolutions unanimously adopted instruct the delegates for Taft fpr president and indorsed Senator Long, Congress Scott and D. W. Mulvane for national committeeman. The dele gates to the Lawrence convention will vote as unit for O. J. Peterson of Kansas City for delegate to the na tional convention for the Second dis trict. The following delegates have been selected: (State Sennit Kirk, Harry Reppert, William Caldwell. Jack Stephenson, John O'Mara, F. O. Ramsey, A. C. Farrow, W. A. Trigg. Congressional J. Q. McAfee, Webb McGirr, Harry Sterling, William Bes siel, Dr. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Parrott, Charles Rice, Richard Trimmel. GOING BACK TO COAL. Gas Fixtures Taken Out of the Arkansas City School Houses, Today the gas fixtures were taken out of the Third and Fourth ward school houses and! the heating appara tus prepared for the use of coal. Yes terday the First ward heating ar rangements were changed and these three buildings will for the remainder of the term be heated with coal. In the Second ward building and in the High school building, the gas seems to be furnishing enough heat for the present needs and no change will be made so long as conditions remain as they are. Arkansas City Traveler. EX-SENATOR BURTON'S LATEST. Will Suspend the "Home Rule" and Make the Salina Union Democratic. Salina. Kan., Feb. 21. A Junction City paper announces that it is In formed by J. Ralph Burton, editor of the Home Rule, that that paper will be suspended from this date and the subscription list will be added to that of the Salina Union. The Union will be a Democratic paper. New Kansas Postmasters. Washington, Feb. 81. The senate has confirmed the following Kansas postmaster appointments: William Ransdell, Jamestown, Cloud county; Robert A. H. McBain, Fort Riley; Charles L. O'Neill, LaCrosse. Rush county. Instruct for D. R. Anthony. Oskaloosa, Feb. 21. The county committee has selected delegates to the state and district conventions and instructed them for Taft and Anthony. "Smart" Students Fined. Coffeyville, Kan., Feb. 21. Peace once more reiarns in the high school today. The eight boys who removed 120 seats from the auditorium of the high school last Sunday night con fessed their infraction of the rules. A board meeting was called at once and a fine of $10 assessed-against ach of the pupils. This has been paid by all of the boys and they are again in eonooi. DEATH OF MRS. W. W. BASSETT. One of ttie Early Settlers of McPber- son Onoe an Indian Captive. MoPh arson. Kan.. Feb. 21. Mrs. W. W. Bassett. one of the early settlers of McPherson county, died at her aome n Marquette, Kan., Thursday. Mrs. Bas sett was one of the hlstorio characters of the early Kansas settlements. During the Indian raids of 1868 Mrs. Bassett, with her little child, was stolen from home by the Arapahoes in their raid through McPherson into Saline nountv. Mrs. Bassett was afterward returned to her home by direction of the chief of the trrbe wnicn ajoauctea her, and her child subsequently died from the exposure of the trip. She and the child were deprived of all clothing and placed on a horse led by one of the Indians and compelled to ride all day in a chilling rain. She was almost dead from exposure when returned to her cabin by the Indians. MAYOR OF BTJRRTON LOSES. Outcome of the First Legal Battle Over the Prohibition Town Row. -Newton, Kan., Feb. 21. Mrs. Grace Michael has been awarded $600 dam ages against O. B. Matson, mayor of Burrton by a Jury in the district court. Mrs.. Michael sued for $10,000 damages on the ground of malicioua prosecution. v,a fi-vmnlainlnar witness in J l CX- h CP V T a case brought last summer against Mr. and Mrs. aiicnaei mu "u., residents of Burrton, in this county, charging them with violations of the prohibitory liquor law. The charges against them were dismissed by the county attorney and each then filed suit In district court for $10,000 damages for malicious prosecution. Mrs. Michael's case was the first tried. Fire Destroys Walden College. McPherson, Kan., Feb. 21. The dor mitory of the Swedish Mission, or Wal den college, was totally destroyed by fire Thursday. The fire was discovered in the attic, but on account of the dis tance from the fire hydrant the water .UHOIClilN.) llill II .SlkHU'UM: was not turned on until the place was a mass of ruins.' The entire contents of the upper floors were burned, but all the occupants escaped without injury. Insurance on the building was $6,500. with none on the contents. A Kansan Dies tn India. Newton, Kan., Feb. 21. News has 'been received here of the death of Amos G. Horst of this city in Bengal, India. Mr. Horst and his wife, with their 2-year-old son, went to India as missionaries in October. 1905. An epi demic of 6mallpox invaded the band of workers to wnlch they belonged and four of the missionaries, including Mr. Horst, died of the disease. Death, From the Kick of a Horse. Pittsburg. Kan.. Feb. 2L Frank Ma- thlas, a prominent farmer and stock raiser, died at his home, 15 miles south west of here Thursday, from injuries received over a week ago from being kicked oy a norse ne was riding. He was 69 years old, and leaves a family consisting of a wife and several children. A Shot Ftrer Killed. Pittsburg. Kan., Feb. ZL One shot firer was killed and another dangerous ly injured in an explosion in mine No, 15 of the Western Coal and Mining company at Franklin camp, northwest of Pittsburg, Thursday. Thomas Mof fett was burned to death and Andy McClucky was badly burned and may die. Only One "Bromo Quinine" -That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QUININES. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVH. Used world over to cure cold In 1 day. 25a. Let Price supply your drug want. Nothing is too small. A great many blood medicines contain Mercury, Potaah, 'Arsenic or wmeuuia ouuug uuuuu. uv unpleasantly and often dangerously on the system by affecting the stomach and upsetting the disres tion, and sometimes do great damage by eating out the delicate lining and This great medicine enjoys the distinction of being the only guaranteed purely vegetable blood remedy on the market. It is made entirely- from the extracts and juices of healing, cleansing roots, herbs and barks of the forest! and fields gathered under our own supervision. In the treatment of Rheu matism, Catarrh, Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Skin diseases. Blood Poison" oil h1Wl rlisrasM nnd disorders S. S. it a caf. cn It removes from the blood all impurities, humors or poisons, and safelv ait -a mniftrr mrpa fill ilia and ailments dtm tn a KaA t. w.. wuuiuuu oi cue Diood For more than forty years S. S. S. has been recognized as the best -Rw3i Purifier and the Greatest of all Tonics. We have books on thediflersnt piooa anu esw uuoura mtu c win us Kiau to sena free to all who desin them,- and will also furnish any medical advice wanted without chartr" Will l ajtil liic OTiTmr.ii o" em

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. Ml $2.50. $3. La- 60c, 89c and 2ui Silk 4-ln-Hand Neckties. 20c and 25o La dles' Hose, 25c and 60c La dies' Belts, odds and ends, 25c and 60c Stocking Caps, 10c Basement. 60c Striped Over alls for men, 23c Basement. Ginghams Apron check a yard for UC Basement Chambray 32 inoh tan, gray and g blue, yard... VC Basement Percale A 25c Turkish and $1 and 75c House 50c, 75c, Boys" yard rmm Huck Towels, a Slippers for men, Canvas Leggins. for 7C 48c 25c Basement. I Basement. Basement. ft 1 diets' Wash Suits, 75c Men's Can vas Leggins, 29c Basement. .75c 9c 14c 5c Basement. Basement. MAIL ORDERS FILLED Express Charges Prepaid on all mail orders amounting to $5.00 or. over. If you live out of town and cannot attend this great sale, don't forget our mail order de partment. Experienced people will attend to your order, and it will receive the same care as if you yourself were doing the pur chasing. Reilroad Fare Fefunded in Whole or Part to Out-of-Town Buyers MAIL ORDERS FILLED Express Charges Prepaid on all mail orders amounting 1 to $5 or over. If you live out of town and can not attend this great sale, don't forget our mail order de partment. Experienced people will attend to your order and it will receive the same care as if you yourself were doing the purchasing. 612-614 Aansas Avenue Crawford Opera House Building 612-614 Kansas Avenue a ttiw innn a n nnfninnfo) J uilfi LruuvJAiLL WUuvJyJJiyjLr fin 11 ild 11 Kirt The Sale of the Salina Stock $20,000 Worth of IB? mm Desirable Merchandise Going: at fa Only a few days more and this great sale will be a thing of the past. If you value the worth of your dollars, do not fail to take advantantage of the great money saving opportunity. Savings Beyond Compare Nothing Short of Giving Goods Away Can Equal This Mighty Sacrifice To close out every dollar's worth of goods now remaining from the $20,000 Salina stock prices have been cut deeper and deeper. Not considering how cheap we sold on the opening days of this great sale, our prices now on what is left of this stock are almost one-half of the former prices. Think of buying $2, $3 and even $4 worth for $1. This is what you can do now. BE WITH THE CROWDS TOMORROW BE ON HAND EARLY! DOORS OPEN AT 8 A. M. ill Wl Men's Suits and Overcoats For the final wind-up of this greatsale we have taken all of our men's and young men's regu lar $27.50, $25.00 and $22.50 finest Suits and Overcoats, which sold during the opening days of this sale at $12.45 and $9.98, (JD (O (HS and have cut the price now to JJlQ) Zj? All of our men's and young men's Suits and Overcoats, regular $20, $18 and $15 values, sold during the opening days of this sale for $7.45 and $6.98, now at. Men's and young men's Suits and Overcoats, regular $13.50, $12 and $10 values, sold during the opening days of this sale at $5.98 and $4.98, now for Men's and young men's $9, $8 and $7 Suits and Over coats, sold during the opening of this sale for $4.45 and $3.45, price now BASEMENT $5.95 $3.95 $2.95 MEN'S PANTS $3.50 and $4 Men's Pants of fine all cassimeres and worsteds in hundreds of patterns, all sizes, on sale for.... $2.50 and $3 Fancy and Cassimere Pants on sale for $1.98 Worsted $4.50, $5.00 and $6.00 Finest Tailored PanU tsest an wool worsteds and cassimeres, on sale now at $1.48 $2.98 Thousands of Pairs of High-grade Pants on sale at prices that are wonderfully low. $3, $2.50 Knee Pants Suits $1.48 $7.50, $6 Boys' Overcoats $2.98 $5, $4 Boys' Overcoats ..$1.85 Men's Hats and Caps $3, $2.50, $2 Men's Hats soft or stiff all colors. Hun dreds of styles and DQn shapes. All sizes tf Ov 75c and $1.00 Men's Caps. .39c 39c and 50c Boys' Caps 19c Boys' Clothing No Man or Woman who has boys to clothe can afford to let Bargains like these escape them. Boys' $4 and $5 Knee Pant Suits of the finest all wool cassimeres, cheviots and worst eds in dozens of desirable styles and in hundreds of patterns, all sizes, y2 to 17 yrs. on sale now for. $2.48 GREAT REDUCTIONS ON SHOES For Men, Women and Children Every pair in the house on sale now at prices that will SAVE YOU BIG MONEY. All of our $5 and $6 Men's Shoes on sale now for.... .All of our $4 and $4.60 Men's Shoes on sale now for. AH of our $3 and $3.60 Men's Shoes on sale now for.......... All of our $2.50 and $2.75 Men's Shoes on sale now for Men's High. Cat Shoes, $5. $4 and $3.50 Values, on sale now for. During this Great Sale special cut prices on all Rubbers, Over shoes, Felt Boots and Rubber Footwear for Men, Women and Children. All of our Ladies' $4.50, $4 and $3.60 Shoes for $3.65 $2.95 $2.45 $1.98 $2.45 $2.98 1 lot of Ladles' Pat. Colt and Vicl Kid Shoes, every pair stamped $3.60 and $3, on sale Boys' Shoes, $2 and $2.50 values. $1.98 $1.48. 1 lot of Boys' Shoes, values up to $1.50, sizes 8 to 2, for Ladles' $1.50 Comfort Shoes and Oxfords. Ladles' $1.50 Felt Top Shoes, for Ladles' $2.00 and $1.50 Pat. T1d Julieta Ladies' $2.00 and $1.50 Plain Toe Juliets t Ladles' 75c black Over $1.00 and $1.25 Overgaiters for Ladles' in red or blue 48c See the Infants'. Children's and Misses' Shoes on sale for 48c, 65c, $1.10, $1.25 and $1.48. 98c 98c 98c 98c 98c 29c Never Before Could You Buy Furs, Coats and Suits So Cheap We are determined to-close out every, winter garment.:; in the House Cost and Value not considered. We do not want to carry any over and we will not if Low Prices will sell them. Fur Coats All of Our On Sale Now For $18 and $20 Caracul Coats. 8.95 $35 and $38 Caracul Coats. .$19.95 $30, $25 Electric Seat Coats $14.50 $35 Electric Seal Coats. .$17.50 $50 Near Seal Coats $25.00 $40 Near Seal Coats $20.00 $75 Sable Squirrel ,.$40.00 Children's Fur Sets All of Our On Sale Now For $2.50 Fur Sets 98c $3.50 Fur Sets $1.25 $5.00 Fur Sets .$1.50 Fur Scarfs All of Our On Sale Now For $15 Genuine Mink Scarfs. .$7.50 $12.50 Genuine Mink Scarfs $6 $10.00 Chinchilla Scarf s $2.50 $7.50 River Mink Scarfs. .$1.98 FurSetS Scarf and Muff All of Our On Sale Now For $20 Grey Squirrel Sets $9.50 $18 Blue Fox Sets. $7.50 $15 Brook Mink Sets .$5.00 $10 Brook Mink Sets. .$3.50 $8.50 Black Coney Sets. .$2.50 Ladies' Coats Ladles' Black Cheviot Coats $10 values; elegantly tfJO QO trimmed. A great bargain; on sale at pi.i70 Ladies' $13.50 Coats, of fine, all-wool kersey; colors, black, brown and tan; trimmed with fine silk, velvet on A QQ collars and cuffs; on sale for Ladies' $15 and $18 Kersey and Broadcloth Coats all colors: lined with Skinner satin: on sale $6.75 Ladles' $20, $22.50 and $25 Best All-Wool Kersey and Finest Chiffon Broadcloth Coatii finest satin lined; beauti- Q QQ fully trimmed with silk; on sale for Silk Petticosts Ladles' $6 and $7 Finest Silk Petticoats, in all colors. Including black; on sale for.. $3.98 Ladies' Suits $5.00 $10 and $12 Suits, in nice styles black cheviot cloth, on sale for Ladies' $15, $18 and $20 Broadcloth and Fine All-Wool Serge Salts; colors, black, red, blue, brown and grey; perfectly tail ored; becomingly trimmed; skirts beautifully draped; fl!Q AtZ on sale for..... PO.'tO Ladies' $30 and $35 Finest Velvet Suits colors, tld QC black, brown and red; on sale for ,P 14!70 Ladies' Dress Skirts Ladles' Fine Panama Dress Skirls Beautifully trimmed; col ors, black, blue and brown. Our regular $7.50 skirt, Qfi QQ on sale now for. 4 ,pO.0 $8.50 and $10 Panama 'and CJilffon Panama Dress Skirts, in black, brown and red; on sale for....... .'.$4.98- 75c Sweaters for $2.50 Misses' Men and Boys, Dres Skirts for 34c 69c r Basement. Basement. MILLINERY Ladies' $7.50, $8.50 and $10 Pat tern Hats on sale for. $2.98 $1 and 75c Bear Skin Hoods for children, also Velvet Hoods, in all colors, on sale for 39c $2 and $1.50 Bear Skin Hoods for children, on sale for. 75c SI. 25 and $1 Infants' Silk Hoods on sale for 48c S2 and $1.50 Bear Skin Hats for children, in all colors, on sale for 48c $1.50 and $1 Tarn O'Shanters for children, in all colors, on sale for 48c WAISTS Ladies' Fines $6, $7 and $8 Silk Waists Tailored and fancj in all colors including black; also beautiful Net Waists; on sale for .$3.75 $3 and $2.50 Albatross Waists, in black, white and colors; beau tiful embroidered on fronts, new stocks and cuffs, lace trimmed, open front or back; sale price $1.35 Blankets Buy Blankets during this great sale never, before were prices so low on Good Biankets all of our reguar stock and all the Blankets from the Salina stock, on sale at prices that are far less than factory cost. $2.00 and $1.50 Blankets are on sale for 75c $3.50 and $4 Blankets are on sale for. .$1.75 $2.50 and $3.00 Blankets are on sale for. .$1.25 $450 and $5 Blankets are on sale for. .$1.98 $1.25, $1.50 All Wool Underwear for men. 69c 50c Fleece Lined Underwear for Boys, 19c $4 and $5 Dress t 2 50 and $3 La- Skirts, dies' Trimmed S2.98 Basement. Hata for 50c $1.50 Flannel Shirtss all colors, 69c Basement. $2.00 and $2.50 j 39c Men's Un Boys" Suits, derwear, 98c i 12c Basement. Basemert. 50c Men's Un- 40c Plaid Work $3, $4 and $5 $1.50 Waists for 60c Knee Pants derwear, Jackers, Skirts for Ladies Ladles white for boys, f f and Misses, and colored, e 19c 9c QRc 50c 19c Basement. Basement. xtJw tSW .Basement.

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4 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTRiy FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21,1908. TOPERi STiTE JODRSIL By FRANK P. MAO LEXNAN. Entered July I 1875. as second-class natter at the poetoffice at Topeka, Kan.. vnaer tne act cr congress. j VOLUME XXXV .-No. 45 Official State Paper. Official. Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF1 SUBSCRIPTION. Xally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 vents a weelc to any part 01 uburhA Ar mt (h. urn, rtrice in Uiy J&U1- aa town where the paper has a c airier By mail, one year............ ,'S Br mull ik. n.ii. Saturday edition of dally, one year.... TIFT 1TTW-?CTCSL Business Office $J Business Offic In; Reporters' Room 2 Reporters' Room J- .JS rrank P. MacLenoan ....Ind. A PERMANENT HOMBS. Topeka Stat Journal building. and mv jiaifaas avenue, corner ui Kew York Office: Flatiron building, Twenty-third street, comer Fifth mo jtsroaaway. -aui eiocx, Chicago Office: Hartford building. Fan 81ock. manager. "FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OP THE ASSOCIATFD PRKWS. Th state Journal -a a oemtier ot ate Associated Press ud receives the full day telegraph report of that great newa r ganisaties for the U elusive aftetnoou publication .in Topeka The news Is revel vea In The State Jotrr Bel buildina; oyer wires for this solo par pose. Those pumps and compressors at Bclplo are surely entitled to just a -word of praise. The gas supply dur ing the recent cold snap-has seemed to be nearly adequate. There's no doubt that Raymond "Rankin, the Oakland boy who won the medal In the W. C. T. U. speak ing contest, hopes Governor Hoch has his hope. The governor hopes that some day this lad will be the chief executive of Kansas. Harry Thaw denies the rumor that lie la to be divorced from Evelyn, the "angel child." Pittsburg. Pa., waa riot a bit surprised at this rumor. It would be difficult to develop any port of a. scandal that would surprise Pittsburg. And now the Pullman, company may be classed as an' ally to the prohibitionists. It has decided to dis continue the sale of liquor on Its cars In every part of the United States as soon as the liquors now on hand can be disposed of without loss. It's up to every man. woman and child. In Topeka and Shawnee county to lend such aid as Is possible and as they may be called on for In help ing to make the real old fashioned fair which is to be held here this fall the greatest possible success. Plans have been mads by the Nation al Civic Federation to send five hun dred of this country's school teachers next summer on a trip of Inspection of the schools In England, Scotland and Ireland as well as at various places on the continent. They ought to nick up a number of valuable pointers. "Word comes from London that Charles Frohman will have "The Morals of Marcus" translated Into "Esperanto," the new "universal language" and that he expects to present Miss Marie Doro in this version of the comedy in Berlin next August. This will surely be a novelty In the theatrical world. Col. William H. Parker, of Dead wood, one of the two congressmen from' South Dakota, emphatically denies that he slapped President Roosevelt on the back at a recent reception and called him "Teddy." Perish the thought, please, that he would be guilty of such lose majeste. j Wonderful children are always coming to the front. Connecticut ow boasts of a remarkable lad. He :1s fifteen years old and the grandson -of a multl-mllllonaire. Yet he spends mil his leisure hours away from school ,ln sawing and splitting wood. There omist be something radically wrong with this youngster. 1 Two Judges at Boone, la-, are In dulging in a war over marriage fees. One announced the other day that 4i would perform marriage cere monies free and the other came back with a similar offer and also declared .that he would throw in a wedding 'breakfast. As might be expected the latter la doing a rushing business now. No better argument, brief as it is, has ever been presented against gam. ,bling at race tracks than the one made by Dr. Lyman Abbott, the not ed prelate and editor of the Outlook, In a letter to the New Tork legisla ture In which he says: "There Is only one argument adduced in favor of race track gambling, namely, that it Muxswer to that la conclusive. It de teriorates the breed of men." A circular has been Issued by the In temational Union of United Brewery Workmen of America in which a vigor- ous argument Is made against prohibi tion. This goes so far as to say that the complete success of the movement would be disastrous to the economic interests of the nation and to the physl oal welfare and moral status of the peo ple. Also It would mean the pauperism of a million people who now gain their livelihood through the medium of breweries. It would seem, to the un prejudiced observer that these state ments are. Just a trifle too vigorous. i It would seem that Leslie M. Shaw, quondam candidate for the. Republican presidential nomination, expects just a little too much from mortal men. Lis ten to a few of bis latest remarks: "I wish that factionalism within the party to which I belong might' cease, and that a convention of broad minded, patriotic unselfish and unambitious men, unlnstructed and unpledged, might gather in Chicago on the 12th of June next and In the light of conditions as they then exist select a man, etc. When a convention of this sort can be assembled In this country the millennium will have arrived. JUST A WORD OX SLAVKRT. Senator Heyburn, of "Idaho., is terrt bly wrought up over slavery In the Philippines. It might be well for him to look nearer home. .Perhaps there is slavery In the Philippines and that it ought to be suppressed. But there is also slavery In North Carolina and slavery in South Carolina,' Georgia, Vlr- ginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and California. And there is likelihood' that it exists to a greater or less degree in other states, In Gastonla, Gaston county, North Carolina, there are seven cotton mills which run at night and work little girls in 13 hour shifts, from 6 in the evening until 6 In the morning. Many of these girls are under 12 years old. It has been estimated in round num bers that there are 60,000 boys and girls of the primary school age In our south ern states who are working In mills, some of them 10 hours a day, some of them 12, and some of them working nights. The states afford these chil dren no protection against the covet ousness of parents and mill owners. That Is slavery. It Is a worse kind of slavery than any whloh exists in the Philippines. If you will pardon the thought, it is worse than the slavery of the blacks before the war. For the blacks were so treated that they grew and throve physically. The little white boys and girls the descendants of our purest American stock men who fought at King's Mountain and who followed Morgan and Green through those mountain marohes and battles of our war of the revolution these little white boys and girls are being worked and sweated before their bones are hard and their muscles equal to a life of aimless drudgery. They wither un der it. They grow prematurely old. They become bent and sallow, hollow chested and consumptive. They die be fore their time. With them the race dies. Is there any slavery of black or yellow men equal to this? It would be well for Senator Heyburn and oth ers to look at home, and seeing, act. AN INCONSISTENT WAIL. Another class of men who do not agree with President Roosevelt are the makers of news paper. A flat recom mendation was made by the president in his message for the removal of the duty on wood pulp and paper, and it was as the result of that recommenda tion that the mournful tale of the paper makers was told in the national house of representatives a few days ago by Mr. Tirrell of Massachusetts. The burden of this wail was that the mak ers are producing paper at the very lowest price consistent with a decent profit under the conditions. To let In foreign made paper or paper materials free of duty would wreck their business, which is as legitimate as any American industry. This is an exceedingly pretty tale. and would be convincing but for some facts In connection with it. The prloe of news paper has been steadily rising for the past year. At first the manufac turers gave as a reason the claim that the demand was Increasing faster than they could increase the supply. But when the users of paper, alarmed at the rising price, with one consent combin ed to decrease their consumption, paper mills at once began to run on shorter hours and with reduced forces. This does not confirm the assertion that they were strained beyond their ability be fore. Now In the face of a congressional proposition to remove the duty, the makers put up the plea that their ma terial has gone up so that they cannot make paper as cheaply as before. Pa per making materials are constantly growing scarcer. It is true, but all the big paper making concerns control their own timber lands, and have done so for years. So that argument Is punctured. Representative Tfrrell, as the cham pion of the paper makers, tells congress that we make better paper In this country than is made anywhere In the world. Then why fear the competition of cheap paper from the outside? Those who use paper know what's what, and they will have the best. All in all, the wail of the paper mak ers has some Inconsistencies. It does not prove that the duty, which public Interest demands the abolition of, pro tects them. DISCRIMINATION DESTRAHLK. Leslie M. Shaw, former secreta. nf the treasury, made some observations in a recent address that deserves more than passing consideration. After in dicating how extreme prosperity had played havoc witOx business momiu and how the publio oonsolence had been aroused to deal with the evil con sequences thereof, Mr. Shaw pleaded for a greater degree of discrimina tion In the discussion of publio affairs. We do not ordinarily differentia said Mr. Shaw. "We either approve everything which a publio servant ooes, or condemn everything. Dis criminating praise and 'criticism are alike unusual. There are in the country, therefore, two classes of peo ple, one wno approve every act and every trend of the present administra tion, and Insist that the same shall be continued Indefinitely and forever, and another. If possible, still more un wise, who condemn everything, nnri who insist that we should undo at the earliest possible moment what ever has been accomplished' The correctness of this statement win nt -be challenged by any thoughtful observer, it is a condition which is not peculiar to this period but has prevailed for generations. The truth generally lies somewhere between the lews of the eulogists and the critics. President Roosevelt Is a great man and has rendered the country great services. He is not, however, in fallible; he is human,- and he has madie mistakes. He does not the idolatrous worship he receives in some quarters nor does he deserve the severe condemnation that he receives in others. His administration baa been notable In many ways. It has accomplished some important' things.' No honest crltle can find fault with' what the president has .done or. tried to do. Some of- the things he has said have perhaps been .unnecessary or unwise, but that is a matter of taste or opinion. Giving Mr. Roose velt hia just due. It must be admitted that his administration has been use ful and valuable. The plea for greater discrimination in judging the acts of men should be applied to those In private life as well as those In public life. Extremes of all kinds are to be avoided. Extreme praise does not deceive, nor does ex treme denunciation. They merely make more dttfBcuIt the process by which the. truth is perceived. JOURNAL ENTRIES The great majority of Jokes attained their majority years ago. In the eyes of the world a good many ioiks are nne optical illusions. It's too bad that In polite society some verse can only be referred to as DianK. A doctor is something of a success In relieving a man who is troubled With worry over his money. It cannot be said that a man practic ing on a cornet while his wife Is talk ing provide a pleasing duet. While of necessity it takes two to make a bargain It will be noticed that only one of them gets It. J AY HAWKER JOTS R. A. Van Winkle lives in Arrington. Probably he Is a descendant of old Rip's. W. L. Bartles of Iola has an old valentine he sent to his mother forty- four years ago. It was a Salina paper that reported that the Shakespeare olub was now engaged in the study of "King Liar." Twenty-two dozen and five eggs from sixteen hens during the month of January is the claim made by Dr. C. J. Forney of Lyons. Only six weeks ago an Atchison widow, aocording to the Globe, bought a mourning veil and she already has discarded it in order to prepare a trousseau. Conoernng the man who left his Iola wife because he feared arrest on the charge of bigamy, be it said to his oredit that his present wife says he never told her of his first wife. Now that the crops are taken care of, the wolves are dead, and the spe cial session ceases to Interest them, the farmers living In western Kansas are digging around and discovering all kinds of coal. Clay Center Is now at work recruit ing up a militia company. This is sup posed to mean that Clay Center peo ple will familiarize themselves with the topography of the Fort Riley mili tary reservation. Mr. James Corns of Humboldt, ac cording to the Ottawa Herald, has been released from jail after having oeen snuckea or a liberal fine and costs for dispensing barleycorn. Mr. Corn shelled out. Something surely is wrong or some thing serious is about to happen. A recent issue of the Emporia Gasette has a word of criticism to make about something at Emporia. It is called forth by the inadequate labeling of the streets and the numbering of the nouses. There is great excitement at Cha- nute on account of the disoovery of a quantity of dress goods in a corn shock near there. The land Is extremely productive around Chanute, but the ?eople are hardly prepared yet to be leve that the dress goods grew in that corn shock. Governor Morrill returned to his home in Hiawatha recently after un dergoing an unusual operation in Chi cago. A steel Instrument was Intro duced in the skin of the face near the center of the ear. and run down inside the skin toward the corner of the mouth about three inches, and into this a solution of 90 per cent alcohol and cocaine was Injected. The oper ation was to cure neuralgia, and it is said Teller resulted. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Any girl who is not In love, is an old maid. Only a few Practical Jokers are suc cessful In business. When a -very old girl becomes en gaged, she doesn't care if people know It. If you sell goods on credit, you will be expected to feel grateful for a dead bears trade. The word "girl occur In the Bible but twloe; and we always Imagined that neaven was rull or them! This man Fletcher who teaches chew ing food 100 times: did he have time to accomplish anything else In the world? An Atchison young woman wanted a boy to take a note to a gentleman. "I wui," replied the boy. "if you will tell me what Is in it." Occasionally you find a man who is so fond of Joining lodges that he is a member of everything In the world ex cept his own family. How natural it is to dislike those mo. pie who step so lightly that you do not anow tnev are in the house until they are standing beside you! If a woman has a large family and does all her own work. It is like waving a red flag at a bull to ask her what she Is doing in the way of fancy work. There Is no denying that gossiping makes time fly, but time deserves something better from. people than the desire to see how" quick they can get through it. There are three or four different kinds of men, three or four different kinds of women, three or four different kinds of communities; when you know these you know the world. Don't make of a friend a walling place; everyone who gets into the habit of wailing out his troubles to a friend will, in time, win the contempt of that friend, and the ridicule of others. There is this in' favor of Christian Science: When you ask a Christian Sclenlst about her health, you can get away In two minutes. You are tied for two hours If you ask most people this question. If you know a large family of girls very well, you are liable to say when you see them at the theater in the evening: "There is Emma Jane with her sister Mary's hat on, using her sister-Martha's fan, and wearing her sis ter Annie's itom," KANSAS COMMENT .BUY STAMPS IN ADVANCE. In anticipation of the cold weather, perhaps, and because of the complaints of the rural carrier, the postofflce de partment is again calling attention to the practice of placing coin to be used in payment for stamps in the boxes along the rural routes. People living In' the country should provide themselves with stamp books or should purchase such a quantity of stamps as will supply them ror some time. Placing the money in the bo always causes trouble for the carrier. Just imagine how pleasant it is on frosty morning to remove your gloves and fish out pennies from a cold metal box with your bare hands. Then re flect that the rural carrier is a sus ceptible to cold as yourself. In case It is impossible to keep a large supply of -stamps In the house, a small wooden or metal cup which is detachable should be placed in the box, the money -Inside of it. This will make less trouble for the carrier and will prevent the delay caused by placing the money loose In the mail box. One rural carrier, in speaking of the matter, said that he had, during tne last niteen months, picked 1,500 pennies, one at a time, out of the boxes along his route. This means delay and cold fingers, and both can be pre vented by following the recommenda tions. If the people who drop pennies in ins man Doxes during tne winter should cover a route for a week they would hardly revert to the practice of placing money in the boxes. Either ouyyour stamps in advance or use the cup as a coin receptacle. Salina journal. THOSE LAND FRAUDS. The statement of the superintendent of the Las Animas forest reserve that fully 75 per cent of the homestead en tries in that district were fraudulent reveals a regrettable state of affairs, but it is doubtless true; So-many land frauds have been discovered recently that people are not surprised at any statement officials may make In regard to offenses of this class. It is a far cry from the object of the officials responsible for the homestead law, as we have grown to know It, to the use to which the law has been put and the manner In which its privileges have been abused. Cattle barons, sheep men and others whose greed for wealth has made them blind to right and wrong so far as the deed Itself is con cerned, have taken advantage of those of poorer circumstances and weak by nature, and in many cases homestead entries have resulted. Both are to blame and both should be punished, but the man who, because of his wealth, is in a position to tempt and does tempt his less fortunate brother should be punished the more severely of the two. One of the most commendable works of the present administration Is that of punishing the men guilty of land frauds. This work has had a chas tening effect and should be continued. There should be no let up to the pros ecution of the men who are robbing the country of the land Intended to furnish homes for the great masses of people. It was the intention of the men responsible for the homestead system that every American should have a home. And the land should not be perverted .from this use. Salina Journal. FROM OTHER PENS BOOKS AND STATESMEN. contributes to the current North Amerl-. can Review an article on jtsooaisnness and Statesmanship." This is an essay c .1... .n.-ntluo. boWac iinnn tnnirm t Via t are not susceptible of precise treatment. baffling all exact mainemaucai ruio w. solution, and defying all unerring diag- I r. T hAinnfffl r that VDHt lndfiT of subjects about which anybody can gab ble, ana at tne enu, wilu umuj n nu ands and provisos and howevers, f.int ornnhlo nr of a conclusion is reached of no visible value. The earl possibly chose it because it neatly involves his own ability as both states man and bookman. He cites the familiar facts about Frederick the Great lovfng books, and Napoleon's traveling library; but both were Jokes, actually. Then he refers to Gladstone, who was a genuine ex emplar of politician and bookman. Why forget John Morley, ablest man of the cabinet, and eminent in the world of letters? Jefferson, Madison, Harrison and Garfield were prodigious students of books, and knew also how to discov er the popular thought and aspirations and to apply practical legislation. The pedant in a musty library could only be a public man In a fossiliferous age. So after all, and this was what was Intimated at the start, the coexistence, or the opposite, of bookman and states man depends, as it does In so many other instances, upon the man. But an adept like Lord Rosebery can reel off yards of mention of great lit erature and statesmen and make a readable article. So your fluid specu lator In any line can expend volubility without touching the skirt of a con crete fact of Immediate moment. Why should not a man of affairs love books, profit from studying history In its cycles open thus his mental pores to better reception of the events and needs of the times, and be the better prepared to discuss and draft measures of re form? Did anybody seek to convince the earl that the way to make a states man was to burn his books? Baltimore American. INDIAN EfDUOATTON. It is fortunate that little need was paid In the house of representatives to the attack made by the delegate from Arizona on the appropriation for the Carlisle Indian school. The Ari zona man's plea was to the effect that it is bad policy not to educate the In dian at home If he to to be educated at all. That the schools should be established on the reservations, was urged. The specious argument was advanced that It Is better to train the Indian in his natural environment Of course, the animus of the Arizona man's remarks Is very clear. In be half of of his constituencyhe desires that the money for the education of Arizona Indians be spent in Arizona. This would undoubtedly benefit Ari zona, and whether vor not It would benefit the Indian is, apparently, a matter not worthy of serious consid eration. To remove the young Indians from the banful influences of reservation life is one of the chief objects of the Carlisle school. The boys and girls are taken far away from home, and are for years trained and drilled with no communication with the less civilized regions of their birth. The eastern atmosphere Is undoubtedly a great as set of the school. When the Indians have finished their studies they feel themselves to be equipped sufficiently to make themselves useful citizens. Moreover, they appreciate what Amer ica is. and what -it means to be an American citizen. No Indian, however well educated, who spends his life -on a western reservation, can gain this necessary knowledge. -Cleveland Plain Dealer. BY THE SEDENTARY BARD. Though there's some may like to wander Up and down and here and yonder, And to sail upon the salty, stormy seas. There s something mighty bad about A harum-ecarum gadabout. And traveling's a kind of a disease. I can set all day In the same old way In the same old place, you bet. And I never take a notion For a bit of rapid motion. But I set, and set, and set. I'm In doubt about there being Any eights that's worth the seeing When you've got to go and tire yourself to death. You'd better not be worrying About the need of hurrying. And wastefully expending of your breath. I can get right down In the old home town And I never stew or fret, I ain't fond of scratching gravel In this foolish foreign travel. But I set, and set, and set. In the sun I set a-blinking. And I do a heap of thinking. And my judgment I can feel a-getting ripe. As I tilt my rocker lazily And view creation hazllv. While comfortably smoking of my pipe. x can set ana gas While the people pass. And there's nothing to beat it yet. You may think that you're improving Your condition while you're moving. But I set, and set, and set. Chicago News. Stranger Than Fiction. A downright villain like vonVelthelm, the blackmailer who has just been sen tenced at the Old Bailey to serve twen ty years, helps to redeem this prosaic age. The twentieth century has reason to feel proud of him for Illustrating the opportunities It offers to romantic dis positions... A common deserter from the German army, von Velthelm's adventures car ried him through four continents. He was as apt at making love as Don Juan and committed bigamy with at least seven women. Or one occasion he ar ranged to be married, by a mock priest who was his friend. In South Africa, he says, he bar-gained with the diamond kings, Barney Barnato and the Joels, to kidnap Kruger and bring about a revolution in the Transvaal. They were to supply $5,000,000 and pay him $250,000 for his share. He did not get as tar as Dr. Jameson, for he shot, Wolff Joel in a quarrel and only escaped conviction for murder by pleading self-defense, Afterward, while he was serving in the Bechuanaland polloe, a boay was recovered from the Thames and ldenu fled as von Velthelm's by -one of his wives. He also found time to Join the Bulgarian brigands, to make a brief sojourn in the roreign colony in japan and to leave a record in Australia. Naturally the far west attracted him. He got married there and moved on.- To be caught levying blackmail on Kaffir millionaire In London and sent to Jail makes rather a tame conclusion for so stirring a tale, but even villains In real life, like living story-writers. often betray a singular lack of Inven tion in their endings New York World. Seven-Year Alibi Wins. That in the seven years he has been married Henry Langevih has never been out of the house after 7 o'clock at. night was the conclusive alibi he established in court today, when he was arraigned on a charge of stealing chickens from Constable Joseph Demoran audi. Judge Alvan Day. Over 800 hens were; -Btylen, arid Langevin was arrested. He swore that he had not been, out of -the house-on. the night f. the theft, nor any other night,- for any? cause whatever, since he bad been married; His wife swore that he always was home before 7 o'clock at night, and that never since tie had been married had be to no out. The Judge accepted the evidence andi dischareed Langevin. Miaaieooro (Mass.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Record. Bonaparte Deadhead. Frederic Febvre publishes in the Gaulois an Interesting document pre served In the archives of the Theater m-nMnla T mine, O a fYkllrkWA' "Pass the 'citizen Bonaparte, to this evening's performance of 'Manlius.' Talma. Tv,f. otnm of raiirsA that the Em peror Napoleon, when he was only a lieutenant or arxiuery, ma very eyiuu of "orders" for the theaters. M. TrrtK.Tr-a aAAn a. utnrvf which he heard from Talma's son, to the effect that the future ruler or jrran.ee awo w no in wait for the tragedian in the gal is,i th Pnla.la Roval. and that the tragedian used often to. whisper to his companion: l-ne otner way, 11. you don't mind. I see- Bonaparte oomlng. and i m airaia ne u uk mo for seats." Westminster Gazette. Telephones for. the, Servants. rri..t v-fc, .arvnnrji m&v converse. with- iua, j out annoying members of the family. with their .-"steauies or eimer Charles F. Brush, millionaire, electrical -ha inutaUori a. second nrivate branch telephone exchange In his Euclid avenue home. The exchange, .with Its special opera H nnh of the servants' rooms. It has a connection also with fnmilv exchange.' tnat oraora my be delivered. The Brush home is distinguished for Its electrical applianoee. Of the great organ only the KeyDoara is in me musiu room. Electricity operates the bass I., Tiihi.ii in the basement, while In the garret are the high notes. The house is niiea witn mumo worn m organ Is played. Cleveland Dispatch to New York World. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. A girl is never in love If she knows why she Is. No young man would enjoy kissing a girl If he had to. Every man has a right to Keep- nis opinions to himself. If a man Is henpecked it is pecauee he deserves to be. woftaiirog wa anticinate seldom come up to the specifications. TT-ortunatelv there is seiaom any neea of brains In a love affair. w. AtiA. that flhnrtlv strrar Aas- njVOl llUl.vv; cu troylng anything you find use for It? Sometimes a woman refuses to tell a secret because she doesnt know It. It lsnt what a woman says, but how she looks when she says It, that counts, rim Vit r.f n mrflnflr'i linrr returning a verdict of "killed by kind ness"? a nrnmo-n TwJIevA everv word a man says if he Is an agent for a new kind of complexion beau tin er. Many self-made men look as if they might have been greatly Improved with a little outsiae assistant. The stone and Iron ages are things i ..ant ft rmailrfaAd for the muck-rakers to discover that the steal age is now on. t T tha a-fncrlnff nf thA tele- nw phone make a woman when she Is busy watching tne actions or wiuiira wuuuu from behind the window curtains! THE EVENING STORY Barter and Exchange.. (By .Jane Lee.) nTe even'n Paper contained very liU sUidm.; Evening papers were getting m? 4 d dry. At least so thought r7hf o01- 43 sh6 turned over one n li the other ln "ope of finding an item of some interest. ""l168?1? her glance wandered from one sheet to another.-and her attention Column yr?t,traCted, to the "Exchange i!iim 0nJy one ad" nied to ln- her. She read it to the end, mused to herself "I wonder." then read It again aloud to herself to see if It 80.U55e,d tne least blt Plausible. exchange a first-class type writer ln AI condition for genuine an tiques. Fakirs need not apply. J. B. G? Box 411." Antiques." commented Ethel to her self. "Well, we're strong on antiques .ae,.?verythlns" from tne human to still-life, from dear old Aunt Cornelia to the pen used In signing the Declara tion of Independence. Then again Aunt urneiia is worth more than a second hand typewriter, and the pen Is prob ably not worth the bell on the old ma chine. Let me think." Aunt Cornelia appeared at the door way as If ln answer to the suggestion. "Whom are you talking to, Ethel?" she asked as she glanced around the apparently empty room.- "It seems to be a very one-sided conversation, for I hear only your own voice," she added. "Auntie, dear, I am conversing with a very bright young person of my ac quaintancenone other than yours truly, Ethel Yorke," said Ethel with a sweeping bow. "Auntie, I want a type writer, and "I know you do, dearie, but talking to yourself won't get one." "Auntie, I'm not fooling. I want a typewriter, and I'm going to get one. Behold!" said Ethel as she presented Aunt Cornelia with the "ad" to read. The old lady read It carefully, glanced at Ethel, then said: v"Well, dearie, there Is the old me lodeon. -That Is a true antique. Your Grandfather Parker gave that to your grandmother' for a wedding present. It is all -carved by hand and Inlaid with teakwood." aunt Cornelia sighed as she went on. T suppose if you want to learn to be a stenographer and go out ln the work aday world, you must have a typewriter on which to learn, and I guess you bad better offer the dear old melodeon in exchange." The "ad"" was duly answered.' and within forty-eight hours a prompt reply was reoelved saying that the owner of the typewriter would call that-evening to inspect the so-called "antique." Ethel answered- the doorbell of the little, apartment that evening, for the household boasted of no maid since the loss of their little fortune. A tall, smartly dressed man entered and was ushered into the sitting room, followed by Ethel. "Are you the young lady who wants a typewriter?" he asked' as he took in the graceful lines of her well-rounded figure, her mass of red-brown hair, and the even contour of her beautiful face. "Y es," -she replied as Aha offered him a chair. "I want to become an expert typist, and I was attracted by your ad. Here is the melodeon, If you want to look It over," and she walked across the room and lighted another gas jet to exhibit her heirloom to better advan tage. The- man followed In silence.-. "It's a really,- truly nntiqua," -said Ethel. -4T'm not- a faki--ueh- as-you suggest In your 'ad- i s The young man walked wp o the beautiful v old melodeon, a- priceless treasure to one who knew its value. For the moment he seemed lost ln his admiration of the delicate workman ship, the beautifully tinted woods, and he sat down before it, dreaming. The girl looked at the man as if upon the figure in a picture. The lights fell upon him as he sat before the instrument, and she wondered why he did not speak. Maybe, after all. the old thing was worth nothing. Howard Philips, man of leisure and collector of antiques, turned to his companion, hardly knowing which he admired most the Inanimate wooden treasure or the beautiful girL "If acceptable to yon. Miss Yorke, I will take the melodeon, giving you In exohange the typewriter and a Bonus of $50," he finally said. "The instrument is a beauty and a very rare specimen," he added. The final arrangements were com pleted: and the next day found Ethel ln possession of a typewriter, and Philips with the melodeon. Philips went on with his search for antiques, but some how he felt that the greatest treasure on which his eyes had rested ln months, aye, even years, was the girl whose face seemed to haunt his dreams. A terrific snow and hall storm kept him in doors some weeks after the pur chase, and Philips sat down before the Instrument to see what sort of music it would produce. His fingers ran over the keys, but no sound came forth; he peddled with greater force, yet silence was his only- reward. Something was wrong within, and his deft fingers went to work ln the mech anism, and after several minutes' search he was rewarded by finding a package pressed against the keys. The package was apparently a wad of old papers, but with the true Instinct of thA collector Philips began to undo the yards and yards of twine about the long bundle. He was speechless. Before him lay a pile of bills, money tnat waa not his by any other right than possession. The girl's moneyl rrm aounted It carefully twice. One thousand and three hundred dollars. He must find the girl ana return ic Mere was the longed-for excuse to see her again. ThA storm had somewhat abated, and in a few minutes be started to the little apartment, in search of the girl. He was Infqrmed that the Yorkes had moved out three weeks ago. Where? Nobody knew! The janitor thought they had moved to a smaller flat in Harlem, i Now that he could not find the girl, Philips realized the folly of not having fcaot track of her. Perhaps it had been love at first sight. Indeed, as he thought about It seriously, he knew that he was very much in love. But how could he tell her so it ne couia nor una nw i a vtit to the postofflce left him none the wiser. They furnished no addresses. He drifted home to his open lire and the evening paper. He sat in the twi light gazing ln the embers, and It seem ed that every flame carried with it a shadow of the girL He read the advertisements' from force of habit, and was about to throw the paper down and refill his pipe when Ws eye caught this "ad": "vt,t id will give French lesson? In exchange for tessons on the type writer. Apply after E. T..-Y, 2 Broadway." .j.. nviu. -t no a. Mt atralghter ln his armchair. Could It be she? At least it was forth finding out. At 8 o'clock that evening Philips rang the bell of the Harlem flat, to be ad mitted and made welcome by Ethel. "You see. Miss Yorke, I am here again," he said as he turned to the girl. She seemed more loveiy inun ever. j. hA bAAtt trying to find you for a long time, but you had run away from your J old home, and I only traced you by the exchange column. The fact Is well er how would you consider the as a teacher?" Ethel's eyes danced. "You see, Mr. Philips, I tried so hard to pick It up. but could not, -so I thought of your Idea, of exchange and put that 'ad' ln the paper," she explained. "I did not dream you taught typing." "To be honest, I do not. But I hare something here something I found in the old melodeon that will buy hundreds of lessons," and he handed her the pre cious roll of bills. A ory of Joy brought Aunt Cornelia to the room, and a careful inspection of the money revived memories of a queer maiden aunt who did not believe in savings banks. Of course Philips had to remain and discuss the wonderful find, and this made him one of the tiny circle, so that the next "ad" inserted by either ap peared under the column headed "Mar riages." (Copyrighted, 1908, by P.- C, Eastment.) HVMOR OF THE DAY Bank President What wa need la a young man who has lots of paUenoa. Do you think you would doT? -applicant zee, sir; tne iaax time wen was a run on your bank I stood la Una for over four hours. Life. Flnnerty (who takes a dhroo) I see thet wan iv thim scientific gents says an oc casional spree is binifloial f'r some mln. Mrs. Flnnerty Troth It Is; I never yet saw a saloonkaper that didn't wear fine clothes an' a dimint ring or two. Puck. Boardine-houee Keener You nu brio me Just one-half the usual amount of meat until further notice. Butcher Indeed! Have any of your boarders left? Boarding-house Keeper No; but the three biggest eaters have fallen In lore.- New York Mall. "Don't you know, my boy, that otgar ettea are shortening your life?" "They haven't up to the present time." Philadelphia Inquirer. J "Now, Willie, said the bad boy's mother, sternly, "it's time you realized the futility of struggling against the Inevitable, Do you know what that means?" "Yes'm," replied the boy, promptly; "It means they ain't no use you waahin my face an' hands, 'cause they'll on'y git dir ty again." Philadelphia Press. Paeser-by I thought you ware blind? Mendicant Well, guv' nor, times Is so hard and competition is so great that even a blind man has to keep hia eyes open nowadays if ha wants to do business at all. Illustrated Bits. "What profession does your son Intend to follow after ha gets out of college?" asked the visitor of Farmer Kornkob. "I don't think he'll follow any," replied Farmer Kornkob. "I think he'll Just ait down, smoke cigarettes and let them all go by him." Milwaukee Sentinel. Physician Your boy will pull through all right. He has a wonderful constitu tion. Mr. Tyta-Phist I am glad to bear it, doctor. In making out your bill, of course, you will not make me pay for what his Annatitntlnn Vim a Annm -In rrulllns him. through, Chicago Tribune.. Miss Jones (sister of the doctor) Have you heard of Dr. Jones about here? Mr. Binks Rather, muml Yer see that 'ears and kerrldge over there? That's one of "is funerals. Tatlen, Widow Thirty-fire la the moat charm ing age in woman. Baohelor That's right. If a hard to get away from a woman of that age. Chica go News. f- -----r -tartnf !s "Was It scientifically possible for Me thuselah to have lived 900 years?" "Not in those early times, when there was neither whisky nor tobacco." 6t Louis Post-Dispatch The fellow who is willing to bet his bot tom dollar seldom has to dig down very far. Philadelphia Record. "Why. this paper is damp yet, my boy!" said the man to the New York newsboy. Yes, sir," replied the knowing boyt "If a the Waa street edition, sir." Tonk ers Statesman. ""You say he made hia wealth by honest toll?'" Every cant of it" T never knew him to do a day's work tn hia life." "Well, I didn't say whose toil It was, did I?" Milwaukee Sentinel. Paw Wal, rm glad to see that SI is dotn' suthin with bis musio at college. Nell Is ha? Paw Yes; he writes home that he's glayin third base on the college nine! hicago Daily News. TTnbhrv Did the raavptoksr take the stuff? Wlfey no; ne started to iook ic owr, hut his language was so ooarse and pro- Lane Hldl BIL UAU -J n,,v., iM, Vi n Via, nnl-v nudll fMir ory inspection. Puok. "The lady whose name you gave as ref erence, Delia," said Mrs. Hiram Often, "tells me you were not always truthful and obedient." "No, ma'am, replied the new servant, T couldn't be, wid her tellln' me all the time to say she wasn't at home." Phlla-, delphla Press. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. LFrom the Philadelphia Record When a hotel proprietor falls is he all in? If two heads are better than one, how about foreheads? There are men who seem to envr a mule his ability to kick. There are really only two letters In the alphabet that are in it. People who fish for compliments aren. orally do so. with bated breath. i In spite of Its perfume the automo bile never seems to put a mart ln bad odor. Many a man who tries to emulate thV busy bee only succeeds in getting; stung. r- It's when a woman thinks aha haa nothing to wear that aha will wear her elf out. Even in leap year a girl doesn't hava, to propose to a photographer to have mm mite ner. Wlgg Your English' friend aeema ,w tArmlnArl tn mind hia "nW... a. T,v v.... vr -r- "s mo, oe atui drops his "h's." "Thie aeema like old times," remarked the facetious customer as he gazed at the grandfathers clocks in the antiaua shop. "I believe every man should put hia beat foot forward." remarked the em phatic person. "I don't,' replied the mild little man; Tm a chiropodist." BEFLEC-TJONS OFA BACEBXXiOR. tFrom the New York PreaaJ s The way not to like a dog la to hav. It somebody else'e. ,7 What a man likes about a girl Is he never knows what it Is. .7 Nothing makes a man lose hia temnr like his wife saying he haa; A pleasant thing about a man who is really smart la he doesn't have, show off to prove it. A.woman'a idea of what 1. oomfortina. ibouid driva man into I

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE J OTTRNAL FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. R A 1 LRO AD N EV S Telegraphers Take a Hand at Commerce Commission. Want Nine-Hour Law Enforced March 4. 10,000 MEN ARE IDLE According to L. "V. Quick, Sec retary of the O. R. C. Other Items of Interest in Bailway Circles. When the' vice presidents of several large railroads went to see President Roosevelt last month they asked for suspension or amendment of the rule Affective March 4 forbidding the em ployment of any railroad telegrapher for more than nine hours a day. The principal reasons for the urgent re quest were that the railroads could not employ a sufficient number of telegraph ers and that a practical revision of the hour scale was impossible in view ot the fact that many expert telegraphers now work less than nine hours daily. The protestants were referred to the in terstate commerce commission. Recently the latter body let it be known that It had received much in formation regarding the number of un employed telegraphers. The informa tion was to the effect that thousands of telegraphers begged and pleaded for work. It has been learned that the in formation came as a result of a hurry message sent by I. W. Quick, general secretary and treasurer of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers. The message was: "To all Operators: "Now Is a very critical time for us. If the nine hour law is extended as the railroads are trying to get congress to do we will never be given the hours. We have simply lost. Our only salva tion" is to flood the interstate commerce commission with messages as we did to get the law passed. Telegraph every operator on every railroad to send the following message to the interstate commerce commission, Washington, D. C, and sign these messages in body or separately: "We beg to let the nine hour law stand effective March 4. There are 10, 000 operators in the country idle. "L. W. QUICK. "St. Louis, Jan. 31." Mr. Quick's order was complied with In many messages known to have been received by the interstate commerce commission. The phraseology of those messages is substantially the same. The following message from Julian, Pa., signed by ten operators, is a sample: "Interstate Commerce Commission: "We plead the nine hour law remains effective March 4 for humanity's sake; 10,000 telegraphers idle, being turned away by the railroads." The Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America which was engaged in a strike last fall- is not a participant in the message writing which has impress ed the interstate commerce commission. TRACK WORK SUSPENDED. IF YOIT HAVE EVER WALKED THROUGH A FOREST OF PINE TREES. FILLING YOUR LUNGS WITH THE INVIGORATING. HEALTH-LADEN AIR, YOU KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THE BENE FICIAL EFFECT OF PINE UPON THE LUNGS AND BRONCHIAL ORGANS. VIRGIN OIL OF PINE contains all the elements that give to the pine tree the medicinal properties for which it is noted. This preparation will break up a cold In 24 hours and cure any cough that is curable. It is a Derfect neu tralizing agent for uric acid, and will heal and regulate the kidneys, relieving the most obstinate case of rheumatism caused by uric acid in the system. Put up for dispensing through druggists only in oz. vials, each vial securely sealed in a round wooden case. Be sure to get the genuine Virgin Oil of Pine com pound cure, prepared only by Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, O. Properties, ery vial. uses and directions with ev- lng the shops and mammoth round house. It included the moving of the entire switch yards several hundred yards south and the construction of many additional tracks. It is this por tion of the contract which is annulled by the instructions received today. we're given positive denial today by George J. Gould, president of the road. "There is absolutely not a word of truth in these reports, or any reports of that kind involving this property," said Mr. Gould. "Receivership pro ceedings have not been thought of, or even dreamed of, arrd there is not even the most remote possibility that they will be." NEOHD Jules Murry's new college girls' play with music, "Cupid at Vassar," comes to the Grand tonlgnt. The plot Is masterly in conception, the descrip tions are vivid flashes from a brilliant pen and the characters are all pic turesque people we are glad to know and recognize. The play is a distinct success. The author has had ample and efficient aid, and in the produc tion Mr. Murry has surpassed him self. Billed as a musical comedy drama, it has already become one of the distinguished productions of the year. Florence Gear, who plays the DRINKING WATER CACTUS It M&& General Superintendent Fox Issues f Order Affecting Chanute. Chanute, Kan., Feb. 21. Instruc tions were received in Chanute today from Superintendent Fox's offices at Topeka to stop work on the Santa Fe tracks at this point. This order does not affect work on the shops which will progress under the present force. It is not expected that Contractor Stiver will reduce his working force on account of the track order. The shops will be completed in about two months, but would be useless without the necessary track facalities. When the contract was let for erect- TWICE CURED OF SKIN TROUBLES First Case a Rash Which Itched and Stung Threatened Ten Years Later With Blood-Poison in Leg But Both Times the Sufferer's RELIANCE IN CUTICURA PROVED WELL-FOUNDED "About twelve or fifteen years ago, while living in West Virginia, I haa a breaking-out, and it itched and stung so badly that I could not have any peace because of it. I saw three doctors and they did not agree on what it was, so one of them gave me something that he called medicine, but I called it soda water. I might just as well have washed in rain-water. Then I got some Cutioura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent and began to get better right away. They cured me and I have not been bothered with the itch ing sinoe, to amount to anything. About two years ago I had la grippe and pneumonia which left me with a pain In my side. Treatment ran it into tny leg, which then swelled and began to break out. It got in pretty bad chape, so I went to a doctor. He was afraid it would turn to blood-poison. Lused his medicine but it did no good. I sent for another 6et of the Cuticura Remedies. I used them three times and cured the breaking-out on my leg. Now I won't be without Cuticura. i. F. Hennen, B. F. D. Milan, Mo May 13, 1907." Messrs. Frederick V. Colville and T. J. MacDousal. the authors of this photograph, give the following description of seeing a Papago Indian quench his thirst in the desert: He cut off the top from a plant about five feet high, and with a blunt stake of palo verde pounded into pulp the upper six or. eijjht inches of white flesh in the standing trunk. From this he squeezed the water into the bowl he had made in the top of the trunk. By this itrocess he secured two or three quarts of water, slightly salty and slightly bitter to tha taste, but of far better quality than water a desert traveler is occasionally compelled to use. The Papago drank it with evident great pleasure, and said that his people were accustomed to secure their drinking water in this way in times of extreme drouth, but that they used it also to mix their meal preparatory to cooking it into bread. Local railroad men expect a counter order in a few weeks providing for the construction of the tracks as previous ly planned. XO HOPE FOR JOPLIX. to Ixrw-er Frisco and Katy Refuse Freight Rates. Joplln,' Mo., Feb. 21. The main of fices of the Frisco and M.. K. T. railroads yeserday morning notified their Joplln commercial agents that they oculd not ch.ii.ue the present freight tariffs now in vefcue in Jop lln. Thin information came as a re suit of a request n.utle by the com mercial agent3 f the two roads in Joplin that their general freight agents lake up the matter of adjust ing the present freight rates, a ques tion now being handled by a commit tee selected by the Joplin Commercial club, with a view to having some de finite understanding with the rail roads. This committee announced its intention of recommending to the Commercial club that the matter be taken up with the Interstate com merce commission. As soon as the commercial agents heard of this they apked that this step be held back un til they could take up the matter wfth their official heads. The Mis souri Pacific, which held a meeting at St. Louis on Friday to take up the matter, has not as yet been heard from. REBCTLDIXG ENGINES. BABIES ON FIRE With Torturing, Disfiguring Humors, Cured by Cuticura. Eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations, and chafings are instantly relieved and speeaiiy cured, in the majority of cases, by warm baths with Cuti- Jcura Soap and gentle applications of Cuti cura Ointment, the great bKln (Jure. This treatment permits rest and sleep, and do hits to a speedy cure in the most distressing wnen au eise iaiis. uuar&n- i mm teed absolutely pure and may be used from the hour of birth. Complete External and Internal Treatment tot r. tl rhitlrura Sran f2 Cuticura Ointment (60c.) to Real the Skin, and Cutl- Everr Humor of Infants. Children, and Adulta, enn- izoc.) to uiflanse Ufl sain. eura Reeolvent (50c.), (or In the form of Cbocolat Ilia. 40 in hdu Eioro.. SoleFrope.. Bolton. H&sb. Coated Pllle. 6c. oer TlAl of 60) to Purify the Blood. :hout the world. Potter Drug at Chem. r-aUiled Free. Cuticura Book ooSktnD; Rock Island Makes Use of Lull In Business. Shawnee, Okla., Feb. 21. Arthur )n Penter in charge of the floor de partment of the local machine shops i3 busy rebuilding twelve engines of various types. Among the number is a "Mother Hubbard," where' the en gineer and the fireman have separate cabs. Although this is a powerful type, it is not popular because of the fact that the engineer and fireman are out of communication with each other. No. 11 of the Arkansas Southern rail way is proabbly the oldest now in re pair at the shops, while 1860 is one of the latest style eight driver con solidated. All of the engines now in for re modeling are of a comparatively late model, though now and then a stray old timer is brought in. H. C. Myers, one of the men employed in the local machine shop, was an employe on the first engine put into commission by the Northwestern out of Chicago. This was in 1836 and it was a good many years later when Myers was running on it. It is still in good shape, but la kept for exhibit purposes at the Field museum. leading part, has in this her new role, struck many emotional chords andl struck them all with a firm and sure tttk TXiooitaaTBEe'snsBt Scene From "Cupid at Vassar." hand. She is surrounded with the finest collection of college girls that were available on Broadway last sum mer and is the center of one of the strongest love stories told on the road this many a season. The funniest fun and the most Original or creations are to be found in this new play, one of NO RECEIVERSHU. Con- George Gould Denies Rumor cernlng Missouri Pacific New York, Feb. 21. Reports which have been circulated in the West for several days to the effect that a receivership was about to be asked for, the. Missouri Pacific railroad Never eat a heavy meal wnen very tired. The stomach with Its nerves of digestion that govern the outpour of the digestive juices is unable to react during a condition of exhaustion. A short rest,' then a dish of crisp, savory Grape-Nuts and cream will he promptly absorbed and In a short time the vital powers will be re stored. Then the stomach will be in condition to di gest with comfort, othet deslrable foods which the natural appetite may call for. There are many 6ide to the value of Grape Nuts. Try it out for your self and you'll soon realize "There's a Reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," In pkgs. H in a Cut the Season! You've waited tor it-Here il is Tomorrow Washington's birthday we launch our great and popular "twelve-fifty n sale of overcoats the sale that is pounced upon every season by hun dreds of eager and delighted shoppers THE FINAL PRICE-CUT OF THE SEASON 1 3f i tt Now Makes You the Owner of Any $22.50, $20 or $18 Winter Overcoat in Our House every grarment doubly guaranteed by Hart, Schaffner Marx, Alfred Benjamin Co., and the Palace. Spring goods are crowding us to such an extent that we start this popular sale earlier than usual this sale in which the price is so remarkably low that every man ought to buy whether he ac tually needs a new overcoat or not. Here's Another Slice Of f the Topfor You! Choice of finest Winter Suits made by Hart, Schaff- f -fl ner Harx and Alfred Benjamin Co., (black suits in- SJj l eluded) $25, $22.50 and $20 suits, for.. hVVS&I-. )Ii fen ;J vhVvM yi 3 iff A $p: L 'T HE new 1908 spring auita and overooats, fresh from the Hart, Schaffner Marx, and Alfred Benjamin Co'a skilled workers, are ready; very smart styles. Exclusive fashions are here, fashions that are not being shown by any other concern in Topeka. Every one original yet bears the dignity of good olothes making. Cl C QQt Glad to show them to you r....P 10 Reduced To All small lots of Men's $10, $12.50 and $14 Suits and Overcoats handsome patterns All Wool. Special Trouser Bargains pr Now gives you choice from a tableful of $5 and S6 4 aJV Trousers Paragon and Hart, Sohaffner Marx makes, best fabrics freshens up the old suit besides. Quality Bargains in Boys' Clothes Boys' Clothes worth up to $5.00 Russian Suits, Rus sian 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 lots, from $3.50, $3.95, $5 and $5.95 lines. Clearing Sale price 100 Boys' and Children's Suits 2 H to 15 years, in all new models of Sailors, Russian Blouse, double breasted two-piece Junior Norfolk and Knickerbocker models, made of extra good fabrics, all splendidly tail ored and sruaranteed to give satisfaction. Not a suit in the lot that sold for less than $E, others worth up to $6.50. Stock-reducing Sale price will be'.... $2.50 $3.50 Here's Something Rich for Young Fellows! $18 and $15 Youths' QJi-T n f suits for just........: jpa .DXJ This offer is a stunner, not only on account of the price-cut, but because it involves a beautiful lot of goods in sizes 31 to 36. We are prepared to satisfy the extreme taste of any young fellow who knows and cares about correct clothes and the least yoa can do is to step in and ask to see the clothes. There's no chance for disappointment. jr. For Boys' and Girls' all wool Golf Gloves. In all colors. 50c quality. OP- For Boys' Heavy OOC Knee Pants, dou ble knee and seat. 50 and 75c quality. 4 to 17 years. 1 Q For Boys Iron J.S7C clad Hose, 25c quality. 6 to 10. or? For Boys and Girls JC blue worsted stocking caps In all com binations of colors. 50c quality. Boys, the New "L" System College Clothes are in Spring Hats- The new Derby for now colors Black, Cuban, or tan shades $3. LET US show you the largest and best Hat Stock in the State Stetson Hats $3.50 to $8 Tress-English Hats at $5 Crofut fc Knanp Hats $3 to $6 Mallory Cravenette Hats S3.00 the new Soft Hat for now- in Black and colors r'e verse trim mings $3. THE New Patterns in Manhattan Shirts Are Very Stunning See them $1.50 to $3.50 The new Spring Neckwear has just ar rived you can hear them, E?Or but they're pretty. OlC Swell showing of Spring Shirts in di neat effects chic designs P Some Saturday Bargains All that remains of our 60a fleeced mostly all sizes goes Saturday' for. Clean up of all small lots of $1.60 and $2 all wool Underwear, Saturday. Underwear 29c 79c Saturday clean up of all Fancy Vests of which the former prices were fa, 14.60, $4, (8 and $3.60 all sizes, Saturday. $2.50 Final clean up of all that remains of last fall's de signs of our fine tl.60, $2 and $2.60 Negligee Shirt also some stiff bosom shirts ohoioe d 1 C Saturday. i p Big Sale of Negligee Shirts handsome new Spring designs in neat patterns also plain blue, pleated bos-, om A very handsome lot on special sale Cn. Saturday C lightful pieces that has found Its way upon the stage uiis yir. n is uuo i the rare, much-to-be-deired pleya terested impatience to get to the endi of the Btory ana n irresuniuio temptation to linger by the way. The neonle drawn upon the stage are strongly conceived and vividly pre sented and the dramauc momema are powerfully realized. Messrs. Aekin and Singer, the man agers of "The Time, The Place and The Girl" company, which will be seen here on Sunday afternoon and evening at the Grand, tell the secret of how they secure the prettiest and brightest chorus girls of any aggregation on the road. At the beginning of this season, there were over 2,000 applicants for the oa a u-pii known New York UC, l manager asked Mr. Askin one day why the girls preterrea 10 go wiin ms at tractions rather than with any other, won coin Mr. ABkln. "it's Just like this. I give them more salary than any other producing manager. In the sum mer time I have a school for acting at Chicago and the girls come there ab solutely free. They learn to dance and sing; they are free to go anywhere they want to after they are through; I give them my confidence and they appreciate it; .1 never speak rough to a chorus girl; I pay them more money than they make anywhere else; if a girl runs short of funds I never turn them down. This year if all our at tractions are successful firancially or any one Individually the gins never lose anything by it. We cut a 'water melon.' What I mean is. they come in for a good time. If a girl Is sick or hurt, I look after her; if anything hap pens to their kin, I am here to as sist them In all possible ways. I have chaperons back with the show looking after them. That is the secret; treat your employes nice and they will al ways reciprocate. That's the secret." An unusually large number of peo ple have been attracted to the per formance of "The Man of the Hour," which is now in its second year at the Savoy theater, New York. Many men and women in eminent positions have witnessed the performances of this wonderful successful production of George Broadhurst's unique play, which comes to the Grand for a re turn engagement Thursday night, February 27. Since the announcement of Mana- ger Crawford of a special matinee for "Madam Butterfly" Saturday, Febru ary 29, out of town orders for reservations for seats have poured in in large numbers. These orders have aggregated a larger amount than for any theatrical performance which has ever been given in Topeka. They guarantee a very large attendance from the surrounding towns of Law rence, Hotton, Emporia and Junction City. The announcemeht is made that Miss Dora Ee Fillippe, the Parisian songtress, will sing the title role at the matinee, and In addition to the mentioned out of town reservations two large theater parties have already engaged seats for the students of Washburn college. Prices for the matinee performance will of necessity be the same as the evening perform ance, the expenses being precisely the same. IQUS-WHOL One package, 10 cents, makes one pint of wholesome Fruit Jelly. AU flavors from true fruits. Sales $17,439 in Two Days. the time of the acoident and only on, day's receipts of the sale of -the col lection of Chinese curios made by Mrs. E. H. Conger in Pekin before and during the Boxer uprising, while her husband was United States minis ter to China. amounted to $9,832, a total of $17,438 for the two days sale. A large number of articles were pur chased presumably for the Metropoli tan museum of art. Mrs. W. K. Van derbilt, jr., was also a large purchaser. Only One Escaped. Newcastle-on-Tvne, Eng.. Feb. 21. Fourteen miners lost their lives by an explosion in the Globe pit in the village of wasningion lasi nignt. Thre were 16 men In the mine at New York, Feb. 21. The second escaped. Shortly before the explosion occurred 600 miners ascended from the pit.. ..j- SHE KILLED HERSELF. Because Gen. Stoessel Had Beea Con victed at St. Petersburg. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 21. Because of her regret over the conviction of General Stoessel at St. Petersburg, Amelia Karris killed herself here by inhaling illuminating gas. The girl was a Russian and had formerly been employed In the general's family. She was working here in the home of Jo seph Sliver and when she was in formed of General Stoessel's convic tion she went to her room and no more was heard from her. When the escaping gas caused the door of her room to be broken open she was found dead. Health- Economy. Soiling Powder Best by Teat

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTB1TAC FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. TOPEKA STATE J01R3AL By FRANK P. MAO liENNAW. Centered July 1, 1875. m cond-cU Official Stat Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. ANOTHER MUNICIPAL MESSAGE. The following letter from Mr. I E. Myers, president of the Topeka UAiBoa company, was received Tuesday night Just prior to the receiver's departure for St. Joseph to Inspect the municipal elec tric light plant there. This letter was accompanied by a Ions article by Mr. Myers, herewith printed in foil, and setting forth a reply to this paper's "Municipal Message" published In the State Journal five days prior thereto; Bamely, on last Thursday. February ISth, and reprinted In this paper today. Earlier alteration to this reply has been delayed by the writer's absence in St. Joseph. It Is proper to note, right here, that promptly following the publication of "The Message" referred to, a letter 'was received from Mr. Myers, wherein be said: "1 have Just read your splendid edi torlal with tremendous interest, as you can well imagine, and regardless of the fact that it contained many statements and figures to which I cannot agree, I hasten to thank you for the many Kind things you have said and your apparent effort to be lair. The tremendous aa vantage under which we labor is that while your paper reaches practically every household in Topeka once a day i and spreads the gospel, as it were, with continued and telling effect, we as lu dividual can only disseminate and 1 spread our views to such people as are willing to stop and listen to us. Would jit therefore be expecting too much to ask that you extend me the courtesy of i such space in your paper as may be necessary to make reply to your splen did editorial. Whatever I may submit for publication will be in every way en j tirely proper." I To this letter the following reply was made: "lam glad the editorial Interested you. i "We strive to make the State Jour nal interesting, even to those who do Hot always agree with it. "I am especially pleased to have you express my sentiments that we Way differ on questions of -public pol icy without personal feeling. "I am bound to give you a chance :to reply, in our columns, to anything 'Which you may think misrepresented you, and of course without charge." It- will be observed that while the Rate Journal was entirely willing to permit Mr. Myers to correct any so regarded mis-statements, it was not the Intention to permit him to use the State Journal in such reply to exploit the business of his company, particularly at the expense of the city of Topeka. Mr. Myers' business as president and director of the Edi son company is to get business for that company and get all he can at the best prices he can. He is paid for doing that very thing and no criticism is offered on that point, liowever, when Mr. Myers asserts, a he has to the writer and to the coun cil, that he does not himself care particularly for the business of city lighting, that he wants to please his associates by getting more business, but that he himself is vitally interest ed in lower taxation in Topeka, and that it has been costing the city of Topeka a scandalous price in the 'matter of higher taxes by reason or the municipally owned plant over a corporate supply of light; when Mr. Myers says all these things, the read er must take them with a slight wink of the left eye and a certain discount that would be allowable in view of the fact that Mr. Myers does not oc cupy an unprejudiced position, but is a. bidder for a city contract. The reader in this connection may also be permitted to assume that the .State Journal, being the official pa 'per of thla beautiful city, is naturally somewhat prejudiced in favor of To peka's side of this question, and is also bound to look after th city's ..welfare and defend the city's Interest to the best of its ability. Mr. Myers' article is herewith printed in fun without the change of a word, al though, we regret to say that we can not quite ascribe to him the same courtesy and appearance of fairness that he has in his letter quoted above kindly attributed to this paper in this discussion. However, we think Mr. Myers ex travagance of statement will reflect against his own cause and Injure his own position rather than harm the position of the State Journal. Mr. Myers begins by heading his ar ticle "Municipal Message Number Two." Herein he starts out at the very beginning with a misnomer. The head ing of the original article, "A Municipal Message," appealed to him with such force and fancy that he steals the cap tion and forthwith dubs his Corpora tion Message, In the interest of the cor poration called the Topeka Edison company, "Municipal Message No. 2." We are not sure but that Mr. Myers should be prosecuted under the Pure Food and Drugs Act of June 80, 1906, for mislabeling his goods.. His article, however, is given herewith In full and our replies to his article are published following it in this issue In the way of foot notes marked "Exhibit A, B., etc.," and so Indexed and duplicated in brackets In Mr. Myers letter itself which here follows: MUNICIPAL, MESSAGE NO. 2. To which the attention of the Topeka State Journal is particularly re quested. c Topeka, Kansas, Feb. 18, 1908. Mr. F. P. MacLennan, City. Dear Mr. MacLennan: Herewith I band you my reply to your "Municipal Message." I know you will And it truth ful and I hope you will find, it interest ing. The only condition I attach to its publication la that It shall appear ex actly as submitted, that is, without ab breviation, omission or addition, and this I know you will see to. J was a good deal disappointed in your article of yesterday which appeared un der the heading "MORE LIGHT." In it you showed interest and depreciation at St. Joe as $5.75 and $3.63 respectively jsd directly underneath you say: 2Sjs t3 we-y Mr.: Myers figured our Interest at $18.69 and our depreciation at $12.80 per lamp per year." It is Just this sort of thing that I had in mind when I complained to you of the Journal's practice last May of so presenting its side of the controversy as to mislead its readers, perhaps un intentionally, but none -the less effec tively. I beg of you to so word what you may hereafter publish as not to permit of wrong conclusions. For In stance how much nicer it would have been if you had added to the foregoing quotation something like this but Mr. Myers' figures were based upon what it has cost Topeka and are not what he claims will be the future cost." For State Journal's reply see Exhibit A below.J In fact, anything of that sort that will' make you better understood. I have every confidence in your promise to bo fair, and to be perfectly frank with you, I do not believe you wrote this article and I also doubt whether you saw it before it was printed- You see I am absolutely, frank in discussing this matter with you because I am sure we are going to work along agreeably, and to make this result certain we have got to be honest with each other. Sincerely yours, I E. MYERS. The Topeka State Journal, having generously granted me the use of its columns In which to reply to its vol uminous editorial in defense of the principles of municipal ownership gen erally, and the failure of Topeka's electric light plant in particular. I gratefully avail myself of that courtesy. For reply see Exhibit B.l First, I desire to submit some of my reasons for not believing in the mu nicipal ownership of electric lighting plants and will also show why they inevitably prove to be failures. A city having once established a plant with certain machinery is practically bound to operate that machinery as best it can until it is no longer usable, be cause city officers can not deviate from their prescribed legal duties either in the way of providing improved ma chinery or In the operation of the plant, as can the officers and operators of privately owned plants. Most peo ple do not realize what a tremendous difference this makes. The manage ment of a private corporation is at liberty to from time to time adopt any policy, experiment or new device that will result in improvement or econ omy, it can establish rules best adapt ed to meet particular requirements and change such rules at will. It can make merit and efficiency the corner stone of its whole structure.- In its practical operation it has no Dolitics. It Is bound by no unchangeable laws, needs only to employ those that are competent and responsible, and. as profit is absolutely necessary to Its very existence, all sentiment is put aside and everything made to yield to that one object success. On the other hand the officers of a municipal corporation must adapt themselves to the laws provided for their government. These laws stipu late how a thing- can or can not be done, who shall and who shall not do it. There can be no deviation. There are occasions constantly arising when some way other than the one provided oy law could be advantageously em ployed; but it can not be so used, as to do so would lay the offending offi cer liable to charges of misfeasance or malfeasance. It may seem that this Is wholly bad, but it is far from being so. Laws are enacted and entorced not only for the general good, but also to guard against unlimited power be ing placed in the nanus or puoiic servants. The private corporation maintains a system whereby every scrap of in formation regarding the operation of Its business is secured, assembled. scrutinized and recorded. It Is then considered as a whole, as an inde pendent factor and in combination with other factors. If it appears that a single element can be made more profitable or less expensive by in crease, reduction, combination or elimination, every force in the business is set to work at that problem until it to successfully solved. Can the Jour nal conceive of anything of this sort being planned, much less undertaken. oy a. municipality i tninK not. ine records of any ordinarily well managed electric DroDertv will dis close the cost of performing every de tail essential to the operation of the property aa a whole. The Topeka Edison company can tell at a glance Just how much electrio current it has obtained from each pound of coal it has used since it started in business. Its records disclose the quantities of water evaporated per pound of coal consumed, the loss in transmission of eaich class of current it manufactures, the efficiency of each unit in its plan and the entire plant under different conditions of load, and innumerable other records of like cnaracter. What record has the city of what Its plant has done during the past 20 years? Absolutely none. Instead of being able to show the cost of any operating charge in detail, it could not even produce the true total cost, and it re mained for the trained minds of a corporation to accomplish that which the city itself either thought unneces sary or was unable to produce. In this connection it is amusing to note that until the officers of the Edison company disclosed Che truth with re spect to the cost of operating the citys plant, nobody knew, In fact no body seemed to care what it had been doing, nor" Is Topeka's experience in this particular essentially different from that of other cities. A com petent and honest man operating a municipal lighting plant, whose rec ords would be so complete as to be beyond successful contradiction, would be a recognized authority. For reply see Exhibit C.l It is for these and many other rea sons I could cite that it is utterly im possible to apply true business meth ods to municipal industries. A "busi ness administration" sounds well but it can only be carried out as far as the law will permit, and is alwava subject to our political system. For' instance, one superintendent of the city light plant secured his position through on ordier of court, notwith standing the mayor's appointment of another man. Business men, fault finders and theorists when making wholesale attacks upon public officers should know and remember that the best that can be done is to approxi mate true business methods. In proof of the foregoing the writ er submitted to the State Journal a list of more than 60 cities ranging in population and importance from New York with its four millions to Beverly, Ohio, with but 1,700, and in every case the result is the- same. Failure! tFor reply see Exhibit D.J Failure!! Failure!!! And in almost ev ery instance from the same cause, namely, lack of careful business ad ministration. Will the Journal he good enough to publish my letter of January 30th. in which I gave the his tory of these failures, and will it also please- write to Mr. Chas. W. Snow at Syracuse, New York, who I under stand was chairman of a committee of Syracuse Dusiness men, bankers and labor union officials, appointed about a year ago to investigate the advisa bility of establishing a municipal plant in Syracuse and secure a copy of that committee's report, and. will it publish that also? I will now touch upon some of the statements appearing in "A Municipal Message" as published in the Journa February 18th, the first paragraph of which is typical of the entire article, in .that it states, "The Edison company renewed its proposition made last year." This is entirely .wrong. Since submitting Its original propositions, the Edison company has in no way re newed or amended the same. What it did do was to make an audit of the city's books so as to ascertain the past cost of street lighting and nothing more. This action was taken at this time because there was pending be fore the city council the question of issuing $50,000.00 additional bonds with which to rehabilitate the present plant. No plans having been prepared upon which any estimate of cost could be based, and there being no evi dence that better results could be ob tained in the future than in the past, I thought, and still think, that before authorizing such an expenditure it was proper to know what the money was to be spent for and what results could be accomplished with such expendi ture, a line of thought natural to any prudent business man but generally considered unnecessary and sometimes undesirable in connection with muni cipal electric lighting plants. For reply see Exhibit E- In the next paragraph of its edI- torlal the Journal urges the city not to confess its failure. Why not Many other cities have done so and Topeka's experience in the lighting business is no different than that of other cities,- so why not admit the truth and make it unanimous? The Journal says it "strenuously opposed the Edison company's propo sition last year.". True, and on May 25th last It stated that the cost of street lighting for the previous ten years had been $39.84 per lamp per year. In the editorial to which this is an answer, this appears: "Despite the effort of Mr. Myers to show that the lights are costing the city $75.50 per lamp per year, they are costing the city only $52.88 per" lamp per year." On Saturday afternoon, Feb. 8th, Mr. MacLennan submitted fig ures to the writer by which he show ed the cost to be $65.00. Which of these three costs does the Journal now prefer, namely that published May 25th last, $39.84, that of Feb. 8th, $65.00 or that of Feb. 13th. $52.88? Notwithstanding the Jour nal's estimates vary with its necessi ties, it should not submit so many dif ferent figures for the same item. It would help the people to understand if the Journal -would reach one con clusion and stick to it, and also en able the people to know what it wishes them to accept as the cost, because- there is no more ground fox taking its last figures as correct, than those published last May which the Journal then said were "Detailed Facts About Cost of the Light." The statement that the writer "tried to convinoe the State Journal of its er ror" is absolutely true. Aside from any selfish motive which may have prompt ed such an herculean undertaking, the writer was moved from a sense of duty. It Is an old saying that "a little know ledge is a dangerous thing" and this is especially true where it is vested with great power, and the writer hoped through the education of the Journal to spread the gospel of truth to Its multitude of readers -and thus bring the facts to the attention of the taxpayers of Topeka. If no other good comes from this ef fort, the fact that previously published and circulated costs have been proven to be wholly erroneous has of Itself done much good, in that it has awaken ed the people to a realization of the fact that its venture into the field of street lighting has been a very costly experiment. For reply see Exhibit F. The Journal acknowledges my letter reciting the failure of municipal light ing plants in about 60 other cities. In it I said, "I think I could point out ten municipal lighting plant failures to any one successful plant to which anyone can refer." I am still of that opinion, and having quoted 60 failures I would like to know where the six successful plants are, in fact the publication of that letter would doubtless be both in teresting and enlightening to the peo ple of Topeka, who are entitled to know all and judge for themselves. The Journal further said, "We only differ In our deductions and conclu sions' and then added that it would "undertake to show that the city has saved much money In the past by doing its 'own lighting and is now producing the same tor less than $55 per lamp per year and can continue to do so." It then presented Innumerable figures, essential to its contentions, but not based on facts, and used them to suit its purpose by drawing erroneous con clusions therefrom. At my first inter view with the Journal I offered to sub mit facts and .figures which would prove the cost of street lighting to have been almost double the amount popularly believed to have been the cost, attach ing to this offer only one condition, towit: that the Journal should not re peat its unfair practice of last May, namely, contradicting facts and figures with mere assertions and claims, but that such facts and figures as I would submit would, if disputed at all, be met with other facts and figures of like record and equal integrity. This the Journal unqualifiedly agreed to. it is therefore surprising to find in its "Mun icipal Message" that almost every fig ure used, exoept where mine are quo ted, is entirely and absolutely assumed and in no instance based either upon the city's records or any other authen tic or reliable authority. This is equal ly true of its statements which are mere assumptions. I told the Journal I would not discuss this subject except upon the submission of facts and fig ures of record. Having failed to meet this condition, which It cheerfully agreed to, the Journal cannot expect me to engage In a controversy in which all my figures and statements are based upon the city's records while the Jour nal's assertions and figures are predica ted upon its hopes. I will, however, to make myself clear, point out what I object to. .For instance, is It not misleading to say "The State Journal is satisfied that the average cost will not exceed $70.?" Would the Journal In vest $50,000 for the improvement of its plant on the mere statements of one of its subordinate employes that he was "satisfied" that such an expenditure would enable the Journal to produce its output at less cost? Certainly not. The Journal would very carefully investi gate the cost of the proposed Improve- ment and definitely ascertain the re sults to be obtained and after calmly and deliberately doing this it would at the end of that time "reach a conclu sion," but this conclusion would be based on facts and not on the hopes or prophecies of any subordinate employe. For reply see Exhibit G, In considering municipal matters it seems to be the Journal's disposition to reach the "conclusion" first and the facts afterwards, whereas In private ownership the reverse is invariably the rule. v Another illustration -of the- matter to which I object, namely.' the use of assumed figures, appears in this para graph, from the" Jourrnal's "Munici pal Message," "If the cost to the city over 18 years ago, as shown, from Mr. Myers own figures as to operation. Interest and depreciation was $100.00" (which figures I neither made nor used) "and his own figures show that the average cost was $75.00. it must be conclusive that the pres ent cost is but $50.00. as $100.00 for the early years and $50.00 for the later years, would make an average cost for the whole timo of $75.00." The Journal knows fun well from information taken from the city's books which I submitted, that for a long period the city plant had a capacity of but 184 lamps and. that for another period it had a capacity of 264 lamps and for still another period 334 lamps, and that these va rious capacities operated for various periods. The Journal must therefore know that its method of arriving at its -"conclusions" in the foregoing calculation is at once erroneous and misleading-. It is easily possible to ascertain the actual cost per lamp for any fixed period and there seems to me no necessity for presenting as sumed figures, particularly when such figures do not represent the facts. I would therefore like to know why the Journal used assumed figures. About the only thing that these figures bring out is that the Journal has reached still another average cost per lamp per year. Heretofore I have quoted three of the Journal's' claimed costs. Now we have a fourth. Ordinarily three out of four such claims would be wrong. In this case the Journal has the distinction of being wrong in all four instances. For reply see Exhibit H. So I say I will not be led Into a discussion where I am quoting from the city's records and the Journal is practicing clalrvoyancy, that is to say, it is telling the public what It thinks it ought to hear or- whatever is nec essary to give color to its claims, and using such arbitrary figures as would seem to support its "conclusions." I have neither the time nor the dis position to engage in so fruitless a. controversy but would be glad indeed to receive and discuss any figures which the Journal can submit that are founded upon either the city's rec ords or any other records the accu racy of which can be verified'. It is generally admitted that To peka's electric light plant has been a failure both financially and as a street lighting system. In fact If It were a success it would not be a subject for discussion at this time. Of course the Journal disputes this, but argu ment will not change me records. It can continue to make claims but these would not alter the plant's history nor change failure to success. With nothing tangible or authentic upon which to base Its claims and figures, is it not the part of charity to relieve the Journal of Its embarrassment and excuse it from further attempting the impossible? The people now know what has been done in the past. What they want to know is what can be done in the future, and they ought tot be told this before being asked to vote on the question of issuing additional bonds. For reply see Exhibit II Aa the first step then in this direc tion, will the Journal please publish the details which sonstitute the total cost of $15,000 per annum for operat ing the proposed asew 500 light plant, as published in the. Journal February 18. So far. the Journal's only basis for this probable cost is the electric light superintendent's willingness to bet hla salary on the result. Query If he loses the bet, who pays? And is this sufficient assurance on which to invest $50,0-00 more money? Next will the Journal please explain how Topeka is going to produce 500 lights at a maximum, cost of $45.50 per year eaoh. while Detroit with 8,600 lights Is unable to produce a like ser vice for less than $52.87, with an im mense modern plant, under the man agement of a commission, Just such as the Journal recommends, and with an interest charge of but 4 per cent and only 8 per cent per annum charged to depreciation. For reply see Exhibit J.j After the Journal has satisfactorily answered the two foregoing questions there will be others propounded from time to time and the taxpayers thus put in position to intelligently Judge whether It is wiser to contract for street lighting or invest whatever fur ther sum may be necessary to renew and extend the city's plant. The mayor is about to employ an ex pert to determine the cost of such -renewal and extension and the results to be obtained therefrom. If this expert's figures prove to be as low as the Jour nal would Kke, it will heartily approve them. If they should exceed the Jour nal's Ideas it will doubtless dispute them the real attitude of the Journal being' "We must have a municipal plant" rather than "Is It wise and profitable to have a municipal plant." If the Journal could put aside Its senti ment it would agree with me. However, this is not a subject to be influenced by sentiment. It Is one of business, name ly, dollars and cents to the taxpayers. For reply see Exhibit K.J I am grateful to, and slnoerely thank, the Journal for the courtesy it has here extended me. Respectfuly submitted, Jit. E. MYERS. EXHIBIT "A." The writer wrote the article headed "More Light." saw it before it was printed, and stands by it now. In no part of any of Mr. Myers numerous letters to the editor of this paper, has he anywhere given any other figures for Topeka's depreciation and interest than the figures quoted above. Interest $13.68 and depreciation $12.80. He has never given any figures which he state gives the actual cost of the light which the erty Is manufacturing at the pres ent per lamp per year, nor has he stated the figures giving the future cost. This is remarkable because Mr. Myers made the boastful statement that until his company-dug into the records, the city did not know -what its light was costing it. Mr. Myers has never told us this to this date and it remained for the State Journal to tell him what the light is now costing the city of Topeka. The State Journal told him in "The Municipal Message." pub lished February 13, and reprinted to day. The figures were based on Mr. Myers' accepted valuation of the To peka plant one year ago, bis own stated interest rate at 6 per cent and his own estimate of the depreciation, in fact our estimate of the depreciation was a trifle larger thanhis. He gave the depreciation at $51,763, while we esti mated it at 5 per cent which would have been $65,000, 'and Mr. Myers was trying to get as large a depreciation as possible in order to show that it would cost Topeka as much money a he could plausibly show. The only figures which Mr. Myers has given as to the cost of the light to Topeka, is the av erage cost for the past eighteen years which he says was as follows: v. Operating expenses ...$49.08 ..Interest 18.69 Depreciation 12.80 Total .$75.57 These figures were written to The State Journal and are also today dis played on the south wall of the com mittee room of the council In the city building and they are the only figures given showing interest and deprecia tion per lamp per year and are spread nearly the length of the committee i ruum wiius. xo repeat w nat ine State Journal showed was the cost to the city for lights per lamp per year last year, not an average of 18 years, but the past year actually: Operation .$43.45 Interest 4.19 Depreciation 4.19 Lost taxes 1.00 Total ..$52.83 The above figures are reached by charging 6 per cent Interest on the value of the city's plant a year ago as accepted by Mr. Myers, $27,500, divid ing this interest by 828 the number of lamps, gives $4.19, depreciation the same 5 per cent $4.19. The operating expenses for 1907, as shown by Mr. Myers' figures in the table The State Journal printed, and by the city's records was $14,251.07. Dividing this by 828 gives $43.45. EXHIBIT "B."' Topeka's electric light plant Is not a failure. Nothing could show this more conclusively than the fact that the light is now costing Topeka, handicap ped as it is, by old style lamps aud old machinery, only $52.83 against Mr. Myers' proposition of $55, and against his own company's charge for lights to. day to the city of Topeka for the thirty-two lights on Kansas avenue $65 per lamp per year for a light which Is not so good as the city Is producing right now. As proof of this, let the reader ob serve the street lights on Kansas ave nue, which are all Edison lights from the'shunganunga to Garfield park, and they will note that these Edison lights are not so strong as the city's own lights on the other streets. So far as municipal ownership gen erally Is concerned, Mr. Myers got a demonstration on Wednesday of this week after he wrote his "Municipal Message Number Two" which ought to last him a while. When Mr. Myers mentions municipal failures, will some body please "holler:" "St. Joseph" in his ear and watch him start! In his letter of January 30th, Mr. Myers says: "I do not know of any municipally operat ed plants that can be called entirely successful." Answer: St Joseph, and there are others, but St, Joseph Is suf ficient at present. EXHIBIT "C." Part of this portion of Mr. Myers' letter is answered in "Exhibit A" above. Further answer is: "St. Joseph," whose management is under a board of public works or commission (which Topeka purposes to have) and whose records are as carefully kept as those of the Edison company and which municipal plant uses late and modern" methods and machinery, -economies which To peka contemplates with its new plant. What St. Joseph has done, Topeka- can do. There are able men In St. Joseph In municipal offices and there are Just as able men in Topeka. In xact a 1st. Joseph man said to the writer: "What a fine body of able, intelligent business men you seem to have in Topeka in the city administration, if the mayor and the counoilmen here with us today are samples. EXHIBIT "D." Answer: St. Joseph and Topeka. There Is no particular objection to .printing Mr. Myers letter of January 30th except that It is a space-killer, be ing twenty closely typewritten pages and devoted to a calamity howl against municipal ownership and detailed state ments of alleged municipal plants which were burdened with bad politics and bad management. Bad management would wreck any plant, or concern, municipal or corporate. In Mr. Myers whole twenty page letter he never men tioned St. Joseph. but did mention what the alleged cost had been to municipally lighted cities as follows: Bay City, Mich., $90,86; Bloomington, 111. $90.00; Chicago, 111., $100.00; Chicago again $84.00; Lincoln, Neb., $98.84; Lin coln again $79.61; Muncie, Ind.. $76.50; Harvard, I1U $150; Lake wood, Ohio, $130.00. He overlooked St. Joseph. $54.07 and Topeka. $52.83. There Is also no particular reason why Mr. Chas. -W. Snow's report of Syracuse, N. Y., should not be printed, but Topeka's actual successful experience and St. Joseph's actual successful experience are worth more than any number of alleged fail ures. Furthermore, it is quite sure that the electric companies In cities where there have been municipal plants have frequently misled the municfpalitles by Juggling figures, and other methods which corporations have not hesitated to use, and by cutting rates and mak ing a proposition like the $55 one now pending before Topeka, and by attrac tive and expert presentations of the ease, such as Mr. Myers himself has made. They have -thereby induoed municipalities to wreck and dismantle municipal plants under a misguided ap prehension which will cost those cities thousands of dollars. There Is more Joy in such offices as Mr. Myers', over one municipal failure than over a dozen municipal successes. Private corpora tions doing public service feed off from municipalities. As a rule they get valu able franchises, franchises worth dou ble the plants, for absolutely nothing. They eat municipalities, eat 'em alive, where they can; but they are not going to swallow Topeka's. municipal light plant, or our municipal waterworks, if The State Journal can prevent it. We wish to say right here, however, that Mr. Myers' management of the Edison company is far ahead of the grasp and greed of many other similar companies, and that from this investigation we are convinced that the Edison company's prices for Topeka residence and com mercial lighting are far more favorable than most cities enjoy, but Topeka can beat The Edison company on a street lighting propositon. EXHIBIT E. That is an adroitly worded para graph; is a slam at the mayor and council; an implication that Mr. Myers is more anxious to see that the city saves taxes and does not make mistake in purchasing a new plant than he Is to secure a contract. The State Journal does hot understand Mr Myers' criticism of its statement that: "The Edison company re newed its proposition made last year." This is entirely wrong. The mayor and council understand that the Edison eonrpany ha Renewed it i proposition of $65.00 made last spring, and Mr. Myers says in one of his letters discussing this question, to the writer, January 31, page 7: "I think I have submitted all the facts and figures necessary to convince you that the city cannot afford to operate a plant at a cost of over $75.00 per lamp per year on moonlight schedule when it can buy superior service at $55.00 per light all night and every night." If. that statement and Mr. Myers' efforts mean anything- they must mean that the Edtlson company has renewed its proposition of a year ago to supply lights for $55.00 per light. EXHIBIT 'F." The plain answer to the statements made in the part of Mr. Myers' article to which this exhibit is a reply Is that Mr. Myers misquotes the article in the State Journal of May 25th. He says that on May 25th last the State Journal stated that "the cost of street lighting for the previous ten years had been $39.84-" The writer has Just referred to the State Journal article in its Issue for May 25th. 1907, and notes that the paper was careful to say: "These fig ures show the cash cost of the lights to be $39.84 per lamp per year." This is repeated again in another part of the same article. Mr. Myers omits the word "cash" and would have the reader infer that the State Journal gave $39.84 as the total cost per lump per year. On the other hand the State Journal said in the very next sentence from which Mr. Myers, consciously or unconscious ly garbles the quotation, that another element "brings the cost up to $51.00." This is remarkably close to the State Journal's other figures given In this is sue today and quoted from the munici pal message of last Friday at $52.83.. In Its discussion last May the State Jour nal was careful to say, (files for May 8, 1907,) that the cost, $39.84, was accord ing to the reports of the superintendent what the plant has required in cash, a certain average for the last ten years. The "cash cost" of course could not in clude interest, depreciation nor taxes lost, and did not pretend to' include them. The figures, $52.83, did include them. In regard to the $65.00 figure which Mr. Myers says was submitted to him February 18th there is this to be said: On the Saturday on which Mr. Mvers says the $65 were given him the writer had not completed his investigation by several days, but told Mr. Myers that he was fully convinced in hl mm mtnrl that the city could this year of 1908 make its own light with its present plant for less than $55, and that it did not cost the city during the past year over $65, and in reaching the $65 amount the writer accepted Mr. Myers' figures of $42, or rather $41.87. as the average operating expense for nine years past, and add $11 for interest, $11 for depreciation and $1 for taxes lost, making $65. The writer at that time, however, did not clearly see the "joker" in Mr. Myers' interest and de preciation figures. He took the depre ciation for the past year as one eighteenth for the entire depreciation and the interest at one-eighteenth for me entire interest on $89,000 up to Jan uary 1, 1908. Our errors lay in the fact that we assumed, as Mr. Myers had in his figures, that the city had in Its plant a year ago $89,000, when as a mat ter of fact it only had $27,600. All the rest of It had been charged in and counted into the cost of the lamps in the past as depreciation,- and the de preciation and the interest as well should have been figured as only 5 per cent on $27,600; very different from 6 per cent on $s,000. i i,- We used Mr. Myers, fieures $42.00 or $41.87 because he convinced us that our figures of a year ago. $39.84. were probably wrong due to an. error in Mr. Goodrich s nine year report. we accepted Myers' figures little dif ference. V EXHIBIT "G." Well, here is another case where Mr. Myers misquotes the State Journal, and shamefully misstates many mat ters. The State Journal did not say: "We only differ in our deductions and conclusions." It stated it differed mainly In those respects, and said to quote exactly from the article of Thursday, February 13: "In this argu ment we will use Mr. Myers' own fig ures and compilations differing" from him almost solely In his deductions and conclusions and agreeing "with him in many." It is Just as well to be truthful in quotations.' in this para graph to which this exhibit is a reply, Mr. Myers shows considerable nerve and gives us an opportunity to show how he has "juggled figures" in this discussion. He says: "Is it not mis leading to say 'the State Journal is satisfied that the average cost will not exceed $70.00? Would the Journal invest $50,000 for the improvements of its plant on the mere statements of one of its subordinate employes that he was 'satisfied' that such an expendi ture would enable the Journal to pro duce its output at less cost,' eto. The State Journal used the phrase "not to exceed $70.00" simply to avoid a rather elaborate calculation of interest covering a period of 18 years and months, and based on all of the in vestments which Topeka has made from time to time in its plant, aggre gating $89,263. Mr. Myers figured the total interest on this at $65,096.70 and the interest per lamp per year at $13.69. These deductions of Mr. Myers for total interest, $65,096.70, and interest per lamp per year, $18.69, are simply absurd, and the process by which Mr. Myers arrived at those figures was ex ploded by Superintendent Stewart of the St. Joseph plant and by his assist ant Mr. Strong before the Topeka visitors, and in the presence and hear ing of Mr. Myers himself. This was brought out by questions asked by Mr. MacLennan for the very purpose of showing the councilmen how Mr. Myers liad exploited his interest fig ures and these figures stand today on a placard on the wall in the comsnit tee room of the city hall and are also printed in this paper today from the issue of Thursday February 13. Now there is not the shadow of a doubt that Mr. Myers interest figures are too high. The mayor knows this, the coun cilmen know it and the -writer can figure it out exactly. But it is a tedi ous process and would require several hours time and would not be particu larly interesting to the reader; and when completed woufd simply show the average cost for 18 years did not exceed $70.00 per year, or there abouts, instead of $75.67, Mr. Myers average. Some rainy day we will figure this out for our own satisfac tion, but it is not essential to this dis cussion for the reason that the State Journal stated: "We have started out to accept Mr. Myers own figures and for the sake of the argument assume that they ($75.57) are correctly ad duced." EXHIBIT "H." This statement of Mr. Myers is in tended to be humorous. It Is simply untrue, applying to each of the four cases wherein he says the State Jour nal "being wrong in all four instances." EXHIBIT "I." have "nothing tangible If we authentic upon which to base claims and figures. then tb city's records and Mr. Myers' transcription thereat are not tangible or authentic. EXHIBIT "J." The State Journal answered this in part February 18. We will say further that Mr. Myers' figures show that it cost the city of Tooeka in 1895 for one year $16,974 for operating expenses alone to operate 184 lights, while the operat inar winpnftpn nf tho vai 1Qfl? (wiriltnv to Mr. .Myers' futures, were $14,251 for 384 lights. Topeka put in some new machinery in 1896, extended its .plant, and It only cost in 1897 to operate 264 lights $9,711. With new modern machinery we can reduce expenses as before, and we can operate even cheaper than Sfc Joseph and Detroit because we will have a -smaller investment and will be content without a stenographer and a suite of rooms for our superintendent, and without tile floors and porcelain lined bathtubs, and we can be more econom ical in other directions which the larger cities of Detroit and St. Joseph would not consider consistent with their methods of life. EXHIBIT "It Here Mr. MTprq a train illinWn Vi tremend.ous interest in the taxpayer. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS In this discussion the writer realises that he is handicapped in handling -a subject with Mr. Myers who has spent his lifetime in the lighting and electrical industries. He began as a boy in one of the Edison plants and knows the business from the ground up and should' De above Juggling Interest figures. -In talking with people upon thla sub ject and trying to get at the facts the. writer has observed that there are "knockers" on Mr. Goodrich, the super intendent of: our municipal plant. A number of these "knockers" we find have not visited the plant or do not take the trouble to go down there, even occasionally. They say Mr. Goodrich, is too old. Well, we are not intimately acquainted with Mr. Goodrich, but have observed him very closely recently, and without saying whether or not he is the best man for the place we are sure ha has been maligned to a more Or lesa -extent by those who have thought the municipal plant we have has not been even the success it really has been in Topeka. Mr. Goodrich's reports to the city monthly are In detail and neat and apparently accurate. Mr. Stewart the superintendent of the St. Joseph plant is grey-haired. George Wilmarth of the Topeka fire department is grey-haired but we would like to see the color of the hair of the mayor who would attempt to remove him. Mr. Goodrich is a "fighter" andi we admire him for that quality. He is ai Gettysburg hero. He is also a competent electrician. We are not saying the most competent, one way or the other, but he was formerly superintendent of the Edi son plant in this city. He is a vigor ous, able-bodied, bright minded gen tleman and he has proven that he is worth more to the city, than the city Is to him. He has some good Ideas. If he should be "fired? in the future, his salary ought to be raised first. One mayor tried to remove Mr. Goodrich and the supreme court back ed up the law and no mayor has at tempted to dislodge him since. Mr. Goodrich to handicapped by the city's refusal to give him decent material with which to work and yet he is to day producing light cheaper than the model SU Joseph plant is producing it.. And we 'defy successful contra diction .of .this fact, and we don't, care, whether the man who attempts to con tradict it thinks Mr. Goodrich Is the right man -for the place or not. We ar simDlv statine conditions an wa Fflnd them. And, furthermore, Mr. Goodrich is producing the lights which the city is burning from its own lamps at $12.00 less than the city is paying the Edison company today. Mr. Goodrich keeps his machinery and the building in neat and good working condition and he has an engine today that is almost as good as the St. Joe engine. He is a droll man and re marked to the writer who said that the machinery seemed to be in" first class condition, considering the cir cumstances. "Yes," said he, "the only real cheap thing about the plant is the superintendent. He gets $1,000 pet annum. THE CimAJRISG HOUSE. How the Institution Works and Saves "Work. t- The New York clearing house is composed of fifty-three banks, na tional and state. If a. bank wants to become a member, it must submit to a searching scrutiny; its moral and financial standing is investigated. In New York a bank whose capital does not exoeed' $5,000,000 pays a fee of $5,000; if the capital is larger the fee Is $7,600. Some New York banks have paid as high as 10,0oa initiation fee. The expenses of the institution are paid by assessments. A bank. to. be come a member, must have a capital and surplus of at least $600,000. The average amount of money cleared or exchanged each day between the fifty-three banks in the New York clearing house is $313,687,B6. This amount has been as high as $690,000,000. If this immense sum had to be ac tually and physically exchanged be tween the banks eaoh day, it would) need an army of clerks, and congest business. Through the medium of tha clearing house, it is accomplished in less than an hour, and requires just a per cent ox ine actual cash of tha whole amount involved, or an averaM of $12,500,000 a day. All checks cashed by one bank nn another are placed in pigeon holes marked for that respective bank. Tha next day all checks received the dav before are cleared. At 10 o'clock each morning reDre- sentatives of every bank in the clear ing no use assemble in the oleartnv room. Each bank has a desk that la numbered, .and each bank's repre sentative brings a package for eaoh bank for whom it has cashed checks. on tne stroke or 10. a Irons- mnnru. and the clearing begins. The various pacaages are deposited on the differ ent desks, and each bank's desk soon noma mi ine cnecks against it that were deposited the day before, uxw bank owes money, or has some coming-. Each bank pays to the p.imi. house, by 1:80 each day., the nmnnr of its total balance with ail the banks. me vaa or ine clearing, eaxrh olrk returns to his bank all checks drawn on it the day before. Those go first to the paying teller, who sees that the signatures are right; next to the bookkeeper, who sees if the man drawing the checks has funAa k bank. If the check is not arood. it n. straight back to the bank throwh which it was cleared. This bank is re sponsible for It The amount of clear ing house exchanges ana balances is printed in the papers each day, and form a barometer of business. If thev ing. if small the volume of business contractlngaturday Evening

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arsuia THETOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1908. TOPEKA ST1TE JOURNAL. By FRANK P. MAO UCNNAJf. Entered July 1, 1875, as second-class matter at th postoffice at Topeka. Kan., under too act of congress." VOLUME XXXV. ..No. 89 Ofllnial state Paper. Official Paper Ctty of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 eenta a week to any part of Topeka, or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kn aaa town where the paper naa a earner fyatem. By mall, one year..... fy mall, three months Saturday edition of daily, one year.... TELEPHONES. Business Office P!1 12 Business Office I?"?: JJ Reporters' Room rt Reporters' Room n2' JS Frank p. MacLennan ....Ind. 700 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. na 02 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. New Tork Office: FlaUron building. Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avenue and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford buUdJng. Paul Block, manager. mt LEASED WIRE REPORT OP THE ASSOCJATM PiUSSS. The State Journal la a member of the Associated Preea nd receive the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganization for the exclusive afternoon publication la Topeka. The new la received in The State Jour nal building- over wire for thla aole pur pose. That vaudeville la Intensely popu lar' with all classes of Topekans -was avidenced at one of the theaters the other night when the audience con tained a blind man and also one that was deaf and dumb. Leavenworth has taken the lead among1 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. CoL Alexander S. Bacon of Brook lyn, who never did say anything very Bice about Mr. Roosevelt has written a letter to the Rev. William J. Long, chief 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 laker." This Is probably "false and inaliciaus."- In Rochester, N. Y., all places of amusement have been closed on Sunday and 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 of the school houses on Sunday after noons in the winter as places for read ing and conversation. Senator Philander C. Knox has been touted as one of the "conserva tive", candidates for the Republican nomination for. president and the one o wno"m the' railroads "and the cor porate Interests would throw their strength. Surely' Mr. Knox has been misjudged. His Kalamazoo speech makes this evident. In no' uncertain words he holds the railroads respon sible for the popular uprising against them and declares that much of the stringent action against them has been due to abuses on their part. Good for Knox. It would seem that some people In Kansas City, Mo., know more about' the Intentions of W. B. Ridgely, the comptroller of tho 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 Cltyans do not care' we will take Mr. Ridgely's word for It and we are glad that it Is so for be is a good man for the place he now holds. OPERATING EXPENSES CITY OF FROM NOV. 1. 18S9, (Taken from City Clerk s Record.) I From Period Joy.. 1889. to Dec.. 1892 Han., Feb., and Mar., '93 to Mar., 1893. April, 1893. to March. .1884 April, is, to Marcn, liss April. 1895, to March, 1898 April. -1898. to March, 1897 April, 1897, to March, 1898 April, 1S98, to March, 1899 April, 1899, to March, 1900 April, 1900. to February. 1902 March. 1902. to December. 1903 January. 1903, to December, 1908 January, 1904, to December, 1904 January, io lecenuwr, iswo ...........................534 January, 1906, to December, 1906 ."."SS4 January, J907, to December, 1907 ..834 Total operating expenses, 13 yrs, 2 mo. INVESTMENT ACCOTTNT CITY OF TOPEKA ftTROM NOV. 1889, TO JAN. t 1908. (See Detail Sheet showlngltems of investment.) Lamp" Date Capacity oi Plant. Nov.. 1889, Kingman report original cost of plant 184 March, 1897, extensions .264 December. 1897, extensions ....264 July, 1899, extensions 264 January, 1901, extensions 834 February, 1901, extensions 834 March. 1901, extensions ..334 November, 1901, extensions 334 February. 1906, 90 Warner lamps Total investment Total interest. TOTAL COST OF CITY EL ECTRIC- LIGHT PLANT. (Itemised Nov. 1, 1SS9. to January 1. 1908.) November. 18S9, to December 31st, 1892, cost of plant as per report of Lewis King man, City Engineer, on file: Original cost of lot and building .'i..... 865933 Original cost of plant, poles and wires. 46.88865 Jnev 1896, to March, 1807, paid to Fort Wayne Elec. Co. for new are lamps asd generators 12,043.83 April. 1897, to December. 1887. paid te Fort Wayne Elec Co., for new are lamps and generators 2.284 88 July. 1899 Paid to J. S. Morse, extension to building .......i. 400 00 Hardware, extension to building S8 28 J. Bromlch, extension to ?lant 117 42 W. M. Thompson Co., for new engines 7 045 00 January, 1901 Overton Mfg. Co., extension lines.... 1,867 10 Overton Mfg. Co., 400 H. P. heater 506 00 February. 1901 Overton Mfg. Co., extension poles............ 68140 FOrt Wayne Elec. Co., new dynamo 3 705 00 March, 1901, Overton Mfg. Co., extension plant L19L60 September. 1901, copper wire 96 10 October, 1901, freight on poles 21900 Cedar poles 73' gg November, 1901, Overton Mfg. Co., extension plant 417.97 February, 1908, 90 Warner arc lamps "lial.HL $89,263.08 A "MUNICIPAL" MESSAGE. A few weeks ago the Topeka Ed3i son company renewed its proposition made last year to furnish street lights for the city of Topeka at the rate of $55.00 per lamp per year for 500 arc lights, equal to $27,500 per annum. The acceptance of this would mean the abandonment of the present city electric light plant, the confession of the failure of the municipality to light the city and the admission that it was costing the city of Topeka more than $55.00 to make its own light, and would cost the city for the next period of five or ten years, as might be covered by a contract, more than $55.00 per lamp per year if the city continued to produce its own light. The State Journal strenuously op posed the Edison company's proposi tion last year. The mayor and coun cil declined or postponed the pro posal. During the past few weeks the Topeka Edison company's able president, Mr. L. E. Myers, has tried to convince the State Journal of Its error, and has rehewea efforts with the council In whose hands the $55.00 proposition is now under considera tion. In discussing matters with the edi tor of this paper, and in response to various requests for information put by him to Mr. Myers, a series .of let ters to the writer have been written by the president of. the Edison com pany endeavoring to .substantiate his proposition that municipal lighting, in Topeka has been a failure and the city should), accept his proposal. These letters, seven In number, and running from two to twenty pages each, and with much statistical information, cover the failures, or alleged failures, of municipal lighting plants in some forty or fifty other cities; cover a careful and comprehen sive statement of the cost of operation and maintenance, Including interest and depreciation, of the Topeka plant during its nineteen years' career, adducing the alleged cost to the city of each lamp per year. i These letters and figures from Mr. Myers have failed to shake this pa per's convictions and stand during the past twenty years for a municipal lighting plant, its lower cost and other advantages to the city for the present and the future. In this argument we 'will usa Mr. Myers' own figures and compilations, differing from him almost solely In his deductions and conclusions and agreeing with him In many. We will undertake to show conclusively and clearly that the city has saved much money in the past by doing its own lighting, is producing the same today for less than Mr. Myers' proposition, $55.00 per lamp per year, and can continue to produce the light for less money and furnish the 500 lights de sired. Practically all of", the figures sub mitted have since last Friday evening been submitted to the ways and means committee of the council and other members of the council and are still placarded on large sheets of paper on the walls of the ways and means committee room in the city building. It must be admitted that Mr. Myers and his assistants have taken great pains and used particular care to present accurate Information on the conduct of the city electric light plant. It must be admitted, too, that the manner of their presentation in these letters and along the same lines ..in Mr. Myers' talk before the city coun cil were on their face .wellnigh, con vincing and calculated to sustain the Edison company's proposition as one which could not be gainsaid. But careful analysis' and Investi gation prove the contrary. Despite the effort of Mr. Myers to show that the lights are costing the. citv $76.50 per lamp per year, they are costing the city today only $52.83 per lamp per year, and should cost the city with a more modern plant very much TOPEKA ELECTRIC LIGHT TO JAN. V19CS PLANT Lamp capacity Total Operating of plant, lp vestment, expenses.. ..184 447.38 43.7UO.S3 66,447.98 8.482.65 66.447.98 13,844.89 66,447.98 11.288.93 56,477.98 15.974.28 67,496.80 9,711.18 70.781.68 10.689.45 78.S8S.38 11,198.51 78.882.38 11.160.13 88.044.55 23.980.84 88,044.55 10,887.86 88.044.55 14,360.62 88.044.55 14,808.46 88.044.65 13.765.99 89.263.06 14.819.84 89,263.06 14,251.67 ..184 ..184 .184 ..184 ..264 ..264 -.364.: ..264 ..334 ..834 894 S34 ...$238,157.97 ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT Total Amount of Investment. period interest to 1-1-08. at 5 $55,447 98 18 yr 2 mo 150. 865.00 12,048.82 10 yr mo 8,424.00 3,284.88 10 yr 1 mo 1,655.00 7,600.70 8 yr mo 3,230.00 3,376.10 7 yr mo 1.181,60 4.J86.40 6 yr 11 me 1,408.24 1,191.60 yr 10 mo 407.18 808.07 6 yr 2 mo 248.93 1,218.51 1 yr 11 mo 116.73 $89,263.08 $65,096.70 less, this figure counting operation, interest, depreciation and taxes lost. In one of his letters Mr. Myers says: "I think I have submitted all the facts and figures necessary to convince you that the city can not afford to operate the plant at a cost of over $75.00 per lamp per year when It can buy su perior service at $55.00 per light." The false conclusion in the above statement lies in the fact that Mr. Myers endeavors to create the Impres sion that because he has shown that it has cost the city $76.00 per light that that Is what It is costing the city now, whereas Mr. Myers himself shows in his calculations the $75.00 cost per lamp per year is only the average cost for .the past 18 years. A dozen years ago Mr. Myers would not have thought of proposing to light the city for $55.00 per lamp, nor for $75.00 per lamp. And indeed the Edison company has made a previous proposi tion to the city at $88.25 per lamp per year, moonlight schedule. This was In 1898. Let us look at Mr. Myers statement that the average cost has been $75.00. These figures are reached by an er roneous conclusion and the State Jour nal is satisfied that the average will not exceed $70.00, but we have started out to accept Mr. Myers' figures and for the sake of the argument will assume that they are correctly adduced. If the average for the 18 years was $75.00, let us see what the actual cost was for the first few years under mu nicipal lighting. Eighteen years ago all lighting, of this nature was enor mously expensive compared with the present dav machinerv. and methods. Mr. Myers' figures in these letters and before the council show that 184 lamps were operated from November 1, 1889, to December 1, 1892, for $43,705. This i3 an average for each of the three years of $14,568, or for the 184 lamps $79.19 per year. The city at this time had Invested $55,000. Interest on this at 5 per cent Is $2,750. Divided by 184 lamps makes $15.00 per lamp per year to be added to the cost to cover the Interest. This makes $94.17. In Mr. Myers' calculation he shows plainly that the depreciation has been 6 per cent on the amount invested from time to time. Now to cover the deprec iation add $15.00 more, making the cost per lamp per year $109.17 for the aver age of those early years, as against Mr. Myers' average of $75.00 on the entire 18 years. The above cost of $109.00 Is somewhat reduced by the fact that the first year's operating expenses of the plant were e-ily $10,862, Instead of $14, 568, the average for the three next years. This reduces the cost to the city for the early years for lighting the city in round numbers to $100.00 per light per year, There is an Impression that about twenty years ago there was a proposi tion made to the city by the old Brush Light company for $120 per lamp per year; but this is not definite. The coun cil proceedings of the time however show that there was a debate in the council at that time when the city was discussing the proposed municipal plant whether the city could produce the light for less than $120. Mr. Mulvane who was present thought not. Right here It should be noted that Mr. Myers states the city plant began operation November 1, 1889, when as a matter of fact it began Jyly 1, 1888, or sixteen months prior, and instead of having been In operation eighteen years and two months, as Mr. Myers assumes in his arguments, the plant has been in operation nearly twenty years. This error in Mr; Myers' statement I am sure Is-unintentional-and would not materially change his conclusions, ex cept to make them somewhat mora favorable- for the city. His error unr doubtedly grew from the fact that Mr. Kingman's report began with opera tions November 1, 1889, Instead of at the commencement July 1, 1888. But to resume: If the cost to city over 18. years ago, as shown from Mr; Myers' own figures as to operation, in terest and depreciation was over $100.00, and his own figures show that the aver age was $7B.00, It must be conclusive that the present cost Is about $50.00, as $100.00 for the early years and $50.00 for the later years would make an average cost for the whole time of $75.00. Based on the facts that there has been a con stant general reduction in the cost of producing light, although a city to be sure is not always, able' to profit by these conditions, this particular cost of $50.00 Is shown by the method of aver ages. Later on In this article it Will be shown that the actual cost for the last year was about $50.00. Mri Myers set forth by letter and publicly, and accurately, that- the orig inal cost of the plant was $55,447.00, that additions to the plant were made from time to time, bringing the total cost up to $89,263. He takes Mr. Brill's estimate made a year ago that the present worth of the plant and real estate, is $27,500. and shows the depreciation to. be the dlffer- He'' figures the interest on the $55,000 originally investea irora ixoy, oa. m January 1, 1908, and ori the other sums as they are expended from the time they were expended to Jan. 1, 1908, making a total interest of $85,096. He gives the total .operating expenses dur ing the 18. years, $236,867. Adding these total figures ror operation, inieroi, auu depreciation, and dividing by the num ber of lamp years, he arrives at his figure above given,' $76.57, as the cost per lamp per year under city opera tion,, including interest and deprecia tion.' It will be noted that the interest and the depreciation are practically In round numbers the same. In other words, that by figuring the -depreciation Just as the interest is figured the de preciation U 5 per cent. This shows that so far as the Topeka city plant Is concerned, the -depreciation has been a trifle under 6 per cent per year for. the entire time. As a matter of fact, Mr. Myers should know that he has figured a sum entire ly too large for the Interest. In other words, he has figured the interest at 5 per cent for 1907 on the entire $89,000 put Into the plant from "the very be ginning, when the city, according to his own figures, only had. left of Its or iginal Investment and additions at the beginning of 1907. $27,500. The rest Of the $61,763 he has charged off as de preciation and charged that deprecia tion into, the cost of the lamps for the past 18 years. In other words, to figure the .interest accurately when depreci ation is charged off the interest should be merely figured upon the actual worth of the Investment each year in real estate, plant and machinery. This is the reason why his figures of $75.67 as given above are sure to be too high, and would probably be under $70. How ever, we are going to make our points upon Mr. Myers' own figures. Mr. Myers has charged into interest account for 1907 lighting five per cent on the total of $89,263.00, that la $4,463.16. The proper charge should be five per cent on $27,500, that is $1,375. Quite a difference- nine dol lars a lamp a year difference on the 828 lamps. The charge for interest Is incorrectly figured by Mr. Myers on every year but the very first of the eighteen years. That is the "Joker" in the apparently fair Interest figures.' Mr. Myers admits that from Jan uary 1, 1908, or from what ever time the city may put in its new plaat. that interest on the investment should only be figured onjwhat; remains of the investment that Is on $27,500. Mr, Myers having himself established the proper percentage of depreciation at 6 per cent, we will now look at present conditions. A year ago Mr. Myers assumes in his argument that Topeka had remaining left in its plant $27,500. The interest on this amount for 1907 at 6 per cent was $1,376. Mr. Myers' table shows 328 lights used1 in January, February and March of last year.j Presuming this was the aver age and dividing $1,375 by 328 would give $4.19 as the proper allowance per lamp per year for interest last year. The proper allowance for deprecia tion is, as above shown, the same, 6 per cent, namely, $4.19. The operat ing expenses taken from the city rec ords and shown in Mr. Myers' tables for 1907, were $14,261.67, which,- di vided by 328, the number of lights, gives the cost of operation per light $43.45. Thus we have the cost to the city for each lamp per year at the present time aa follows: Operation ....$43.45 Interest 4.19 Depreciation 4.18 Total .$51.83 Adding, If you choose,- $500.00 loss or $1 per lamp per year, of taxes, which is ample, we have the present cost $52.83. It must be borne in mind that if the city decides to accept the Edison $55 proposition, it must wreck the present city plant. .And while the plant may be worth for operating purposes, un der city management all the $27,500, It would have to be sacrificed if the city goes out of business. Inasmuch as Mr- Myers says in one of his letters, that while he accepts the estimate of $27, 600 as a basis for this discussion, he also says: "My own business honest Judgment would put the value of this at approximately half of It, but the result of all these figures is going to be sooverwhelmingly favorable to my con tention that I can afford to yield on this and use the estimated present value of $27,600." Thus it appears, quite plain ly that it the city is forced to dispose of its plant, it would probably lose $15,000 out of the $27,600. Assuming contract period of five years, the city would thus lose $3,000 per year. Di vide this by five hundred lamps it would make the loss per lamp per year $6.00. Therefore, it would not be un fair in comparing the cost of Mr. Myers' $55.00 proposition, to add this loss of $6.00 to it, making the cost to the city really $61.00. Mr. Myers compared his $75.00 average with his $55.00 proposition, now let him compare this $52.83 ac tual cost now with his $55.00 proposi tion. "But," say the Edison people, "for our $55.00 you get a lamp all night, instead of by a moonlight schedule." Well, some years ago the Edison people wanted to charge $83.25 on a moonlight proposition. The cost of production has decreased, but if the city now wants an all night schedule It will cost it even on the basis of the high operating expenses for the present old style plant about $7.00 per lamp per year additional. But If the city will make one single little Improvement, namely, put in modern lamps over the entire system, as they put in ninety new lamps two years ago on an experiment, they will save over the cost of the-old .operation $8.60 per'lamp per-year. The Edison company today trims" 613 arc lamps, which require trimming but two to four times a motitte, (toy the work of two, boya who together- get about 65 per month while"'" the",r city, previous to this recent experiment of putting in 90 modern lamps, was payPng to trim S84 lamps, five men at $6-7.80 per month, or' $287.50. 'per month for what It" cost the Edison people' $65 to trim .nearly, twice the number of lamps. This is a thing that a commission in. charge of an electric light plant would not stand for' a single month. There' are numerous 'other .simple methods of economy. The saving in carbons alone would be over $1,000 a year With the modern lamps; that Is, the carbons for 600 modern lamps would cost at least $1,000 per year less than the carbons for 328 of the-style now In. common use by the city.- L Now let us look at the cost of the lamps per year to the city with, the plant modernized and equipped with labor saving, fuel saving, carbon say ing, up to date machinery, operating five hundred lamps which the city needs. Mr. Myers, however uninten tionally, has really complimented Mr. Goodrich, the present superintendent of -the electric light plant, who has been in this position for about nine years, and has actually paid a tribute to municipal ownership when he shows that the lights have cost the city only an average of $75 per lamp per yeai for the Dast 18 years. A visit to the plant, and the writer has made several of them within the past few days, will show that the city has a good substan tial stone building with a- good roof over it; that It has'.a splendid Corliss engine practically as- good today as it was when it was Dougnc nine years ago for $7,000. It will show four genera tors or dynamos in-working condition, but needinr rewinding for the new ser vice. The big belts all seem, to be as good as new. Thare are four boilers and they are doing very good service for three hundred lights, but are not economical and are not of value for a five hundred light plant. They will have to come out and new ones go in. but it will take a less number of now ones than there are old ones. The city is handicapped by'having no water purifier. Every big modern plant haa this because It keeps the boilers from scaling, and purified water used In. the boilers not only .saves them, but is a good economizer of fuel. v The estimate for additional new ma. chlnery and new equipment inside and out, to put the plant in first class con dition for' economical management runs all the way from $40,000 to $65, 000. Mr. Freeman, the. expert em ployed by this city, made last May one estimate of $45,000, -two of $60,000 and one of $65,000. The $65,000 proposi tion included a $15,000 gas engine which could probably be ignored, as It is not likely that the city would now use a gas engine. In one of the $60,000 estimates was included a gas engine to cost $20,000. The $7,000 Corliss engine the city is now using Is ample for the new plant and first class for steam operation. The $45,000 proposition estimate made by Mr. Freeman, is- apparently safe and for more money than is needed. According to the present superintend ent of the plant,' Mr. Goodrich, who says that he is firmly convinced that if the mayor and council would put the electric light plant in charge of a com mission of three first class men. on the same plan under which the waterworks of the city is now most efficiently man aged, that the commission can contract for everything that-Is necessary, for not to exceed $40,000. It seems safe to figure on $50,000 as the maximum, allowing a liberal margin for safety.

Now as to operating- expenses, the present operating expenses of the elec tric light plant are about $14,000 a year, shown In Mr." Myers' table printed here with. Superintendent Goodrich says with the new equipment, with machin ery, -boilers, lamps and other machinery brought to date, he could operate the Plant for $15,000, or about $1,000 more per annum for five hundred lights than the 328 cost now. "If I cannot demon strate this I will be willing to work for no salary at all," said he. Strange as it may appear, a new mod ern plant for five hundred lights, will require a less number of men to op e2"ate it than the present plant with 328. Witness the Edison company In trim mers alone, using two boys to trim twice the lignts the city has been trim ming with four or five men. With the new lamps there will be a big saving In carbons, those necessary for five hundred modern lamps costing at least 65 per cent less than those needed for 328 under the old style. To produce the current for five hundred lamps, and all night Instead on the moonlight sched ule, would of course, require more fuel, but a large amount of this added fuel would be saved by reason of new mod ern boilers equipped with purifiers. Now take the depreciation figured by Mr. Myers In these letters and the city has invested at present In the electric light plant $27,600. Figures accepted by Mr. Myers. Adding to this $50,000 for new equipment, puts the investment at $77,500. Five per cent interest on this is $3,875, divided by five hundred, gives $7.75 aa the Interest charge per lamp per year. Add this same amount, 6 per cent, $7.75, for depreciation. Then add $30 per lamp per year for operating ex penses. This would make the cost per lamp per year to the city $45.50. The operating- expenses per lamp above are arrived at by dividing $15,000 per year by five hundred lamps, giving $30 per lamp per year. The estimate of $30 per lamp for operating expenses may be disputed by the Edison com pany, but It is made on the basis on which the superintendent stakes his salary. However let us look at It another way. For the last nine years, says Mr. Myer's table, the cost per lamp per year, without Interest and depreciation, has been $41.87. This, notwithstandins the out of date lamps, the old equip ment, the overloaded plant and the mixing of politics with electricity. It cannot be disputed that modern lamps alone would have saved the city on this average cost (the wages of four trimmers at $690 a year, which is $2, 760) $9 per lamp per year, on the 308 lamps which Mr. Myers says were in operation during the last nine years. Thus, if it did cost the city, as Mr. My ers says, $42 per lamp per year, with the modern lamp the city could have cut this expense from $42 to $33 per lamp. Thus, if under the old opera tion during the past nine years, the city had put In modern lamps which would have paid for themselves in two years, and which would have been good for ten years more, they could have re-. duced this figure to ass, wmcn is qune close to the above estimate of $30 with 600 lamps and up to date equipment, without taking into account a host of other economies, present day machinery effects. at r- -MVc-a Vinit been n. very busv man since he went after this $55 con tract which would oring- nis company each year $27,500.00, which amountin two years would more than pay for all the money the city needs to put its plant where we will be proud of it just as today we are proud of Mr. MvAr onprcrv anc enterprise and money In giving Topeka a superb street railway service auu apicuum electric light, heat and power equip- nrWllVt f 11 1-TV! All ttlA -frllSinftSS mens v. houses, factories and; residences with tne DeSL OI llgllL HUU ci I. 1-1-1. lf,-Qr than oPnorfl 1 1 V VV 1 1 1 1 tUC v O charged. Topeka is favored in these respects ana 1 can congrnuiuw iu-nr.- Mvnra nhpn he, savs in ji-jva A.iu. j T l.tt.rcf "r-mr nf 45 Aiec- yj 113 Ui trically lighted cities, all comparative to Topeka, ivan., mere are uui iwu where the rates are as low for resi- t0.y.rcr an fhnsp charared bv us. and in both of these cases the charges for commercial service arc iu 1 1 per cent higher tnan. our cnarges. Good. In another letter Mr. Myers, giving a list of twelve municipally lighted cities says of street lighting: "The cost would) easily exceed $80.00, with which our, proposition of $55 .certain ly -compares most lavurauij. i" other compliment to Topeka's plant ir. Vmrg Ravi has averaared us $75 end which is-now costing us $52.83. Mr. ..-.Myers aa uwi. uur Edison rates are lower than those of most any other company in the coun try." He says (page 1, letter January 30, 1908): Of these 45 electric light ing plants only two municipal, others corporations "it is interesting to note (in the statement attached) there is but one city (Harrlsburg, Pa., cheap coal) Where the price for street lighting Is less than that we offer ($55):" How a municipal plant does worry a corporation down on the price and what a compliment to our little old municipal plant which today does the work for $52.83. Shake, Mr. Mayor and Messrs.' Counoilmen and Mr. Goodrich! But I started out to say Mr. Myers has been a busy man. He has been counting poles: for he says, in another letter: "I would also call your atten tion to the fact that the city is using 618 poles belonging to private corpor ations and. if this privilege be with drawn there would be a further im mediately necessary expenditure," etc. This was interesting, a little sensation al and Important if true, and appar ently true. The city electric light plant has 1,838 poles (Myars' count and be lieved to be correct).- My attention being called to these things they were looked up. To begin with, the four corners at Seventh and Quincy were observed. This is right under the noses of the mayor and aldermen and they can look out of the council cham ber windows and see the deplorable condition. The poles were Identified bv an expert pole man. The Myers companies, railway and light, have only one pole out of the four sup ports and have actually foraged on two of the city's own electric light poles and have, with brazen effrontery, saved an other pole by anchoring Into the city building a big iron ring, a trolley wire supporting cross wire! If the city should withdraw this privilege, the To peka Railway company and the Edison company would be put out of business at that important Auditorium corner till it put up some poles of its Own. Why pursue this line of the contention. The facts are that all companies use each other's poles more or less. Reci procity. It's all rights Saves eye sores. One pole can serve many com panies. Out with the man Who would plant two -to fire poles where one good one was planted before. At Tenth and Jackson there were twenty-eight poles a clump of a forest. Now after the "consolidation privilege" there are stiil sixteen. Count them, 16.- It might be noted In passing the pole question, that according to Mr. Myers' count the city-Is using 81 To peka Edison company poles. If the proportion at the Fire Station corner keeps up over the city, the Edison has the best of the pole privilege. On Kansas avenue nearly the -'whole length -the Edison company is today 1 t.A ..I anMn 1I nnrlf Ak its lamp supports; and the city la pay- "B me reason company b& per lamp per year for the very lights hung from the city's own poles. nave soia notmng about tne con dition of the machinery at tha plant," VTltM DimrIJ... r T 9A cmucui jKiyera gauuai; TOaual ii iS generauy aamittea mai It is completely worn out and practi- CallV unfit ..1 n mw- n-An afa 1 uu,uiuu is wrong, hub omer wnwx has just been down to see and ma- j"""? n jane Herbert tiacKney, xv. v-urrau ana Josepn .tiromicn iu testify to the -excellent condition of the M or rViilfoc. 1 a ..ua UfUlQ Ll 1C&ESL. M In one of his letters Mr. Myers says: About three-fourths of the city's cop per wire has no Insulation and what Insulation there is is not good." Well how much insulation has Mr. Myers" forty miles of heavily charged trolley wires? None at all. I observed a good deal of the Edison's wiring with Insula tion gone in chunkn a.nA rnnAd shreds of It fluttering in the breeae -down near Lincoln school for Instance. There Is much fake about Insulation. It gets worn or unreliable in a couple of years, but copper wires last indefinitely and lighting corporations don't braid on new insulation, but let it go. Mr. "Myers "said in the discussion, not1 in writing, that he did not want the contract ad enough to quarrel about it. mat ne iikea Topeka and wanted to upbuild the city In every way, but did believe the municipal plant" was a heavy tax on the city, that the Edison com pany was a tax payer and was interest ed in keeping down taxes and would help in that direction by this $55 pro position as they were well -equipped makers of electricity at the low figure by which the citizens would be big tax. savers. The writer replied that he too was a Tax-payer. He paid last year over, a third as much as the big Edison company which is bonded for $700,000 and stocked for $1,250,000.00 and paid taxes laet year on a valuation of $107, 700.00 the taxes being $5,862.60. The Edison company has no complaint to make on high taxation. This is undeniably a good time to buy machinery and material including the miles of copper wire needed for the outlying districts which require the additional lights included in the 500. The demand for these supplies has fallen off heavily recently and dealers are anxious to sell and the copper wire has dropped a half since the estimates were made by Freeman and by Brill a year ago. Mr. Myers thinks a dozen tons of copper wire will be needed. Electrician experts this year are ad vising cities against any long time contracts for lighting, saying that im provements are constantly being made which are reducing cost of lighting; that lamps have been adopted within a year that require only a third of the energy to produce a given light. Let Topeka get the benefit of all this In stead of giving it to a company. As an example showing how Mr. My ers' figures, however unintentionally, have misled the public, the following Is quoted from the Topeka Capital, of last Saturday morning, following Mr. My ers' talk before the council the evening before: "It now seems certain that the coun cil committee on ways and means will include in the city electric light plant bond proposition the alternative of abandoning the city plant and purchas ing current from the Edison company for the street lighting system. The committee did not take final action on the matter last night, but it was given wide discussion. The Edison company has made an offer to furnish all night service, every night in the year, for $55 per lamp per year. Figures were pro duced at last night's meeting showing that, since the establishment of the Plant in 1889, it had cost the city an average of $75.67 per lamp per year, op erating on a moonlight schedule. "The statement showed the total op erating expenses since 1889 to be $238,- 857.97. The original total investment of $89,263.06 has suffered a depreciation of $61,763.06. In addition, an enormous amount has been paid out In interest on the Investment. The average cost per lamp per year Is divided as fol lows: Operating expenses. $49.08: inter est. $13.69; depreciation, $12.80; total. $75.67. It is estimated that this cost will be increased 46 per cent on an all night schedule, so the saving to the city If the plant Is abandoned will be considerable. Whether the contempla ted extension of the plant, to cost from $50,000 to $75,000 would result in a re duction in operating expenses per lamp is only problematical." The State Journal would not dispute the fact that the Edison company can mechanically now produce light cheap er -than the city does, provided the Edi son company could do business without a profit; if the Edison company had no capital invested in a franchise, or in a going concern.. It must be remembered that the city can figure no profit, no Investment on going value, or on the enormous Investment capitalized In the' matter of franchise. These are the rea sons why the city, with a plant handi capped by politics, and with the city council afraid to spend money asked by the superintendent of lighting, for economical lamps and machinery, yet can still furnish lights cheaper 'than the handsomely equipped and finely managed Edison company will propose to do. It must be taken Into consideration that another great advantage to the eity In maintaining control of Its own street lighting lies in the fact that by dismantling its plant now and going out of business it is at the future mercy of the Edison company, and could do nothing at the end of the period in the way of refusing whatever proposition it had to make on a continuance of its performance, unless it again commenced anew and decided to go into the munici pal lighting business, which in the year of 1908 H had decided was a failure and had abandoned.'--- It has been reported by some of the enemies of municipal lighting that the city has about. $80,600 worth of bond out against the city electric light plant and had only $27,500 in the shape of the present value of the plant to show for Its expenditures of $89,000 during the past 18 years. So far as the State Journal Is able to learn, and the records are a Utile hard to unravel on this point for lack of time, the city has outstandnlg only $28,000 in- bonds chargeable to the electrio light plant; that the city never issued any bonds for the lighting plant except the original issue twenty years ago of. $55,000 at the time the plani was started j and -that of this all but $28,000 has -been paid off, and all of the other additions to the plant have been paid tor- as they were made out of the general revenue fund, or other wise. This, however, cuts no particular figure in this discussion for the reason that the depreciation between $27,600 and the total Investment of $89,000 has been charged off as depreciation in Mr. Myers' calculations, and has been charged Into the cost of the lights for the past 18 years. If the city has paid for everything but $28,000, it has paid for the difference, or $61,000, the esti mated depreciation. If it still has bonds out for the whole amount. It simply has gone on borrowed capital and not paid for any of this deprecia tion, but will actually nay for it only when It payB for all of the bonds ex cept the $28,000. It will look better. Or GAllraa it A i. i uixaa care or this depreciation as It occurred and will uwn iroier Business management. There i nn. ne nr ti.. i from which no quotations have as yet mwie in mis article. This let ter ia of tvnTit, v.on a by saying: 0,,B" "I Stated to trnti o ji a thought I could point out ten muni cipal lighting plant failures) to every one successful plant which any on could refer to. As a matter of fact. I do not know of any municipally operated nlnnta v. qualifledly called successful. To- peKas experience in this direction it no exception. I am going to list here a number of failures. I do not want to take your time with the details In each case, but will give you the facts concerning forty or fifty of them SO that you can see what it Is that con tributes to and brings about this dis appointing result. I think you will find that there is one governing cause and. t ha f im i i adWraUonV- ou,no without going Into dfetails It will be stated to the redr that the let ter sets forth alleged failures of municipal plants. In substance tha failures are attributed to bad man asrement duo tn nn.. of clean business administrations. ii answer me estate journal makes to his is that In view of the lower average cost Mr Mnn j .....jut-.. that the city of Topeka has expended iwr-Muns-per year that Topeka must be congratulated upoa havinsr bettor mrtvnra j -j, uw..w. vuuum. men, better superintendents of electric tuuiL, na jess political misman agement than most of the cities In Mr. Myers' list whloH hov. vnn. n. municipal lighting. It is safe to say mat xupeaas mayors ana Topeka's councilmen do rank far above thOSe Of VftTV mull fIH oni IKaf probably aside from the recent sewer huus xupeita nas recently Dean remarkably free from graft, corruption IU14 fn..nTnritATisv V. n V. A and plundered so many of the cities of tvi. 1 But here are a tew of Mr. Myers statements rerardlnc tViM a muni cipal lighting in other cities: Bay iiy, raicmgan, bw.bh; tJioomington, ill., $90-00; Chicago, $100.00 in 1900, cut to S&l OA In 10AR. T.tnunln -MK..o,l.a to Ci but recently cut to $79.61. Another city, ioa nA. i (iov.w, jxiuiiviB, xiiuicwin, d.ov, eic. eic Mr. Myers does not mention the suc- fAaarii! mimff1nAl nlonf a fit .Tm TTn official figures say the cost there is bdoui ou.uv per lamp per year, x nave figures which give the cost In Detroit, There Is reason to doubt these figures, but on the other hand plausibility for their correctness for the reason that Detroit has a model municipal plant, and charges off only 3 per cent for de preciation. Is It not Topeka's duty to stick tp municipal lighting under all the cir cumstances. Not to abandon and wreck Its plant and thereby herald the Joyful news to all of the lighting cor porations of this country "Munlolpal lighting Is a failure. Topeka, that beau tiful and model city, tried municipal lighting twenty years, mads a failure of it and abandoned it." To abandon the municipal plant now would be an insult to the many good mayors and councilmen the city has chosen In the past and who were tha consistent' friends of the municipal system, believing that It was a saving and the best for the city over other plans. Abandonment would reflect on Mayor Cofran, one of the most success ful business men of Topeka, a man who made one of our best mayors, under whom the municipal plant was started, and who while mayor required a dally report of the cost and operation of this plant. With his experience as mayor and as a man Intimate with machinery, he is today an ardent advocate of muni cipal ownership, but believes with many others that it should be put into 'tha hands of a commission, and divorced from politics. Mayor Harrison was a strong advo cate of the municipal lighting plants sustained it and favors It today. Mayor Davis and his associates saved the city much money by the little Item of putting. In ninety modern-lamps twa years ago.. Other mayors, too numerous to men tion, fostered the municipal idea and stood by the guns of the city constant ly menaced by alluring charges of cor porations, naturally and commendably working for their" own interests, in the shape of proposals all the way from $120 to $56. What the -State Journal hopes tha ways and means committee of tha council will see fit to do at its meet ing to be held within a few days, is that it will recommend that tha coun cil at once put the city eleotric light department in the hands of a com mission, of three good men, like those men and that commission which arc now "so successfully operating the To peka waterworks,' Let the superin tendent r of -the- electrio plant -work under this commission of three Just as Superintendent Shaw of the water works acts under that commission, all doing splendid work. Then 1st the committee advise that the mayor put before the people at the special elec tion soon to be held, a proposition to vote $50,000 in bonds, so much there of as may be necessary to be expended by this commission upon its thorough satisfaction of tha requirements In tha way of new machinery and equipment' to put the city's plant up to date ah 4 in shape to supply five hundred lights. It seems to the State Journal, that it would not be fair, in view of the past success of the municipal plan, which has saved thousands and thousands of dollars to Topeka, to assume that there Is a question in the matter of its success, in other -words, that the city should hot vote upon the altar native whether It should accept tha Edison company's $55.00 proposition or vote $56,000 In bonds. Tha coun cil should decline the Edison proposi tion in the opinion of this paper and proceed with its duty to put the plant up to date and give the unllghted por tion of. the city .the lights to which they are entitled, and this can only be done by expending, money for the ma chinery necessary, The city trusts the waterworks com mission to spend thousands, of dollars in needed extensions and improve ments. Now let the mayor and coun cil place the light plant on the same basis. ''The-city" has this power through a law pushed through by Representative Bird at the last regu lar session:-of the legislature a year ago, permitting the council by sim ple ordinance-to put the lighting sys tem in the hands- of a commission. Frank N. Newland, member of tha waterworks commission, said to tha State Journal, some time ago: "Tha city can run the light plant Just aa well and as economically as It run's the waterworks if it goes at it tha same way. I am not in favor of put ting the light, plant under the same commission as the waterworks, but I am In favor of the city continuing tha ownership of the light plant and op erating it in the same manner as tha waterworks is run. I am strictly Iax fvorvof municipal ownership," i

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r e THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JCURWAIi -FRIDAY E VENING-, FEBRUARY 21, 1908; SHUT UP WITH CORPSE. V. JL 11C M. JJtCL SECOND DO G SH AUDITORIUM Ji Wednesday, Thursday, February The Finest Exhibition Some of Them Direct of Dogs Ever in the From the New York West. Show. Every Day From 10 Admission Only 10 Cents v COMMISSION IS NAMED. Duty Will Be to Revise and Codify Educational Liaws. f. I Govern or Hoch today appointed the following as the members of the Kan- sas educational commission asked for by the State Teachers' association: J. W. Gleed, Topeka, Kan.; Superin tendent R. F. Knight, Wichita, Kan.; Superintendent L A. LowtheT Em poria, Kan.; Superintendent W. D. Rosa, Peabody, Kan.; Principal W. S. Pate, Cherokee, Kaai.; A. J. Stanley, county superintendent, Lincoln,. Kan. Superintendent' E. T. Fairchild is the chairman of the commission and be announced that he would call a meeting of the commission within! the next three weeks to begin work. The names of the commissioners were pre sented to the governor by Mr. Fair child. The commissioners are to work with out pay but their expenses are to be paid by the appropriation from the funds of the Starts Teachers' associa tion. -The work of the commission is to codify all the present educational laws of Kansas and draft new ones that are thought necessary for the betterment of the Kansas educational system. The commission is to study the laws and conditions in Kansas and other states and then to draft laws which will meet these conditions and make the schools better. For this reason Mr. Fairchild selected a man from the schools of first class and also from second class cities. Then he has one from the county schoole and one from the county high school's and a lawyer who will draft the laws. It la expected that the commissioners from' the different departments of school' work will tell what their own schools need In the way of legislation. The same kind of work is being done by a special commission in Iowa and in other states. When the' commission has drafted its laws it will present, them to the legislature and then go before the house and senate and explain the pro posed laws to the raemers. In many Instances school laws of merit have been turned down by the legislatures because the members did not under stand them. This commission will ex plain the laws asid furnish the mem bers of the two bodies with all the information about the plan and! What ia hoped to be accomplished by them. I Harriet Hosmer Dead. Boston, Feb. 21. Miss Harriet Hos mer, the sculptress, died today at her home in Watertown, after an illness of about three weeks. Quality Goods Any article priced here is the very best possible to buy. Note the Iowness of the pries. No better grades can be had at any price. Pure Fruit Jams in Glass Jars QtflJTCE. PER JAR.. 80c PEAR, PER JAR 30c PEACH. PER JAR S0o PliUM. PER JAR. .80c STRAWBERRY. PER JAR ..30c RED CURRENT, PER JAR 30c Pl.NEA PIM.K. PER JAR .30c BLACKBERRY, PER JAR. .80c Pure Maple Syrup prVT BOTTLE 35c QUART TIN'S 60c 14 GAL TINS .......$1.00 1 GAL. TINS $2.00 CROSS ANT BLACK. W ELL Imported Goods Made in London. VINEGAR, PER BOTTLE. 35o CHOW CHOW, PER JAR..:.25C SCOTCH KIPPER'O HERRINGS, IN TINS ,.v,.. v. 25o S.- RAE OO.'S V (Leghorn,' Italy.) STNEST SUBLIME LUCCA OIL, PER QUART ;..95c Fresh Roasted Peanuts, per lb 15c Raw Peanuts, per lb 1 5c CHAS. McCLINTOCK Tea-Coffee-Crockery 815 Kansas Avenue igiuii V1UU ANNUAL Friday and Saturday, 26 27 28 29 a.m. to 10:30 p. m. UNDER TWO RIVERS. First of the Pennsylvania's System of Tunnels Completed. New York, Feb. 21. The first of the great systems of tunnels and subways by which the Pennsylvania railway wlll be enabled to run a train from Philadelphia under the Hudson river across Manhattan Island and under the East river to Long Island City is completed. The two ends of one of the four tubes connecting Manhattan were brought together under the head of the middle of the East river oft Thirty-fourth street before noon today and the steel rings composing the shell of the tube were for the first time bolted in one continuous string from shore to shore. This tube was begun in August, 1905, and is 4.000 feet in length. Two other tubes will be completed within a few days and the fourth will be finish ed within three months, according to an announcement made by the com pany. The completion of the first tun nel .was celebrated in Long Island City by a display of flags about the works of the company. Workmen who were digging the tunnel from the Long Island City side first broke through into the end of the tunnel extending fro mthe New York side last night but the two ends were not connected until today. So accurate were the measurements of the engineers that the ends came together with a variation of only three-eighths of an inch.' This system of tunnels under the East river will connect the Long Island railway with the Pennsylvania Rail way Terminal now being contructed at Thirty-third street. New York. A connecting railroad is to be construct ed in Long island City and Brooklyn to connect with various stations of the Long Island railroad. PRESSED FOR MONEY. Bank Is Compelled to Close Although Said to Be Solvent. San Francisco, Feh. 21. The Market Street bank, located at the corner of Seventh and Market streets, did not open its doors this morning. Its finan cial condition is being Investigated by the bank commissioners. The bank had deposits amounting to $1,132,206. The officials of the institution claim that it is solvent, but state they are pressed for money to meet demands. LOCAL MENTION. The most convenient drug store in town is Price's. Two hundred and ninety-three post offlce money orders issued from the Chicago and Boston postofflces have been stolen and a notice of warning to this effect has been received at the local postofflce today. Merchants and banks are warned to look out for these orders. The numbers on the orders run from 10177 to 10186 inclusive, 10015 to 10200 inclusive, 18S16 to 19000 inclu sive and numbers 1719, 1760. 1762 1770, 1785, 1787, 1791, 1793, 1T95, 1797, 1799, and 1800. If you have any particular brand of smoking tobacco that you find difficult to secure try Eagle's. They carry all the standard and exclusive brands of tobacco on the market. The whereabouts of Fred Henderson who lived in Topeka for 20 years, is sought by his brother, Fred Henderson Peick of 32 Pearne street, Btngham ton. New York. A man named Charles Worlen or Chas. Worden is dead at Albuquerque and it is thought he has relatives in Topeka. A. Borden, an undertaker there telegraphs to know what to do with the body. The banks will remain closed Satur day on account of the celebration of Washington's birthday which is down on the calendar as a legal holiday. The meeting of the board of directors of the Topeka and Southwestern rail way scheduled for tonight has been postponed until Monday evening. The Western Sorosis will meet with Mrs. Monroe on February 29. Officers will be elected. There will be only one delivery of mail tomorrow. The postofflce will close at 10 a. m. During the days that the Santa Fe shops are closed down the cars on the Oakland line will be run during the rush hours of the morning and evening in a twenty minute schedule instead ot on a fifteen minute schedule as usual. During the other hours of the day the cars will be run on the regular half hour schedule. If you have any particular brand of smoking tobacco that you find difficult to secure try Eagle's. They carry all the standard and exclusive brands of tobacco on the market. ow Joe Burner Spent Seven Days In a Light House. Toledo, O., Feb. 2L Fleeing in. terror over long stretches of treacherous ice from the Toledo harbor lighthouse where seven days he had been Impris oned with the dead body of Captain Delos Hayden, Joe Burner reached the city. He brought the news of the death to friends and relatives telling of the nerve racking vigil beside the dying man In the lonely lighthouse and his still more terrifying experience while watching over the dead body waiting for a turn in the weather which would permit his escape over the ice. Hayden was conscious to the last and left a message for each of his relatives and friends.- He died in his faithful companion's arms. Burner placed the body in one of the lower rooms of the lighthouse and began his wait for an opportunity to reach shore. Around the lighthouse the ice was firm under the. snow and when Burner started he had strong hopes of reaching the shore in safety.- Yet the trip was extremely perilous, he being not even equipped with a pike pole with which to sound the Ice. Many times he fell into air holes, going into the icy waters to his knees. He had no idea as to the direc tion in which he was walking and had he gone 200 feet either east or west out of the course he happened to take ha would have missed landing altogether. A FEUDIST ALSO. Man Arrested For Murder and a Nnmber of Burglaries. New York, Feb. 21 A mild look ing young man who described himself as James A. Baker, of Columbus, O., when he was arrested here last night, after a seven thousand mile chase, charged with murder and a long se ries of postofflce and railroad station robberies is now said to have been one of the Hatfleld-McCoy feudists of Kentucky. His real name is suppos ed to be Dickinson. The prisoner was arraigned today and held in- $5, 000 bond. The detectives say Baker has told them that he committed several burg laries in New England for which Jo seph Kelly, alias Hobbs, is now un der arrest. MAY GO TO AUSTRALIA. Cordial Invitation Is Extended to the Battleship Fleet. Washington.-Feb. 21. An exceedingly cordial invitation to have the American battleship fleet visit Australia has been extended by Alfred Deakln, prime min ister of Australia. Secretary Root in acknowledging the invitation remark ed;. "The eventual movements of our fleet have not yet been determined. While it is probable that the vessels will return by way of Suez, I would be glad if some of them could be sent by;the Austral ian route, but it would be premature to promise this." Secretary Metcalf In making public the invitation today expressed the gratitude of the navy department for the cordiality express gratitude and Bald that the matter would be taken under consideration. Date Set for Land Fraud Trial. Washington, Feb. 21. Justice Staf ford of the supreme court for the Dis trict of Columbia today set April 1 next, as the date for the beginning of the trial of Frederick A.. Hyde, Henry P. Diamond,- John A. Benson and John Schneider, charged with con spiracy to defraud the government out of 1,000 acres of. .public land in Oregon and California.. About 40 wit nesses from the west will be .called- Tillman's Resolution Passes. Washington, Feb. ,21.-The. Tillman resolution instructing the attorney general to prosecute suits against transportation companies in Oregon which have received land grants and have not compiled with the terms of the grants was today called up by Senator Fulton and passed by the sen ate without debate. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. E. E. Fisher, aged 54 years, died yesterday: afternoon of pneumonia. Mr. Fisher up to the time of his death was proprietor of the Ladies' Ex change restaurant. He was at one time superintendent of the State In-' sane Asylum farm at Osawatomie. He was a member of the Knights Tem plar. Red Men. I. O. O. F. No. -40 and a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Ma son. He is survived by his wife. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. Huffman 'Brown, aged 75 years, died yesterday at his home in Mission township. His death was caused by paralysis. The funeral will be held from the late residence tomorrow and interment will be In the Mission Center cemetery. John H. Upshaw, aged 26 years, died yesterday at "his home in Sea brook from a complication of dis eases. The funeral will be- held Sun day afternoon .at 2:80 from the Shiloh Baptist church and the burlai will take place in ML Hope cemetery. The services will be in charge of the Knights Templar. THE TOGGERY 602 Kansas Ave. Has just received their new. line of y uv," y Fancy Vests and Neckwear From New York. We have some of the Most Beautiful Patterns that have ever been shown in Topeka. Neckwear from 25c to $3. F a n c v vests from $1 to $8. The Toggery Topeka Man's Fur nisher 602 KAN AV. ,Nextdoor to Eowiey' drug store. mfti UHiii iiiiiii iiiiiiiiHv mum i ia i u i gum Appyi luiii&iuu u uiiiui I uu ill u uniuii u W.e want you to know the values offered Here are always the best obtainable Here Are Some Exceptionally Good Ones for Tomorrow's Selling 53.25 SilK Waist $2.89 Made of splendid quality of Taf feta Silk, embroidered and tucked fronts; colors black, white brown, light blue and. navy 4JO QQ Choice tomorrow. P,' 59c Womcns Waists 39c Women's Fleeced lined Waists, fancy colors, panel front, 4 tucks yoke length, 69c value OQ -tomorrow O $2 Wool Shawls $1 All of our wool Shawls are offered at just price. J4.00 ones at .$2.00 3.00.' ones at 1.50 2.00 ones at 1.00 $2.50 Children's Dresses $1 98 These dresses are made of Eng lish Cashmere, trimmed with tucks, braids and- 'buttons. Good value at' $2.50 tomorrow $1 98 30c Sheeting 23c 9-4 Unbleached Sheeting finer quality than -pepperel full 2 4 "yards, wide. Regular value y OO' &0e.- Tomorrow,. li vl wv- Cigar Specials y y Saturday; ;we will sell 3 Owls for iocr 3 Henry Georges for ibc;-3 Cremo's for ioc; THEiADIES'HOf HjOURNiLPATTERNS The latest-fashions will be- found in the Quarterly Style Book. Forty eight full pa.ge drawings showing spring styles. Over 1000 correct fashion drawings-. Correctly illustrated styles In Hats, Shoes and Dress v Accessories." It not only tells yo how to dress, but tells you how to be your own' dressmaker. -any IScent Home Journal pattern free with each copy at- 20. cents. ;-When ordered by mall add 12c for postage. ,y Candy Special yo 1 pound of Great, Big! Earge, Luscious Gum Drops, -worth 20c pound Saturday, pound .V TOo SS'PAXTON This remarkable photograph shows the Pantheon of kings and queens at St. Vincent s monastery in Lisbon, the capital of PortugaL Here the remains of King Carlos and his son. Prince Luiz, have been interred. The pnotog?aph is a most Interesting exhibit. On the left are apparent a long line of royal caskets which are en shrouded in the T royal robes of the monarch who wore them while in Ufe. and surmounting each casket Is the crown which pressed the oyal brow while living. The high tomb In the center is that of Luia I., father of the lat King CHoIIn this T royal Pantheon the murdered Carlos and his murdered son now rest-From Stereo graph Copyright by Underwood Underwood, New York. MOSLEM WOMEN'S SHRINKS. Old Gun Covered With Prayer Sym .tools. Among the ruins,, xf the old city of Bagdad, to the left ef the Tigris, stands a large square 'brick structure In which the Moslem keepers solemnly assert the body of Joshua ls;buried. It is useless to test their statements by the apparr ent age of the building, for the small $6 Misses' Coats $3.95 Made of dark grey cloaking, trimmed with velvet only a few sizes left. Tomor- T2 QC row we offer choice for pOyO Ladies' Coats for Half Price We have several Ladies' Coats that range in price from $15 to $22.50 that are priced for tomor- Price $4.00 Skirts $2.50 Made of medium weight suit ings, plaited styles with CO cn 4-inch fold tomorrow. ,pC'sV Western Washers $3.25 These are well made and high ly recommended you pay as much as $4.00 at other 0 OC stores' tomorrow. Gas Stoves $3.50 Made of best Russia "Iron stands 22 in. high, open grate, style regular, $5.00 jO tt( stove tomorrow. ....pO.O U Qt. Granite Coffee Pol 20c 2 qt. Granite Coffee Pot. .SSc No. 6 Berlin Kettle, with cover, a good 45c value O O tomorrow JOC No. 8 Granite Tea No. 8 Granite Tea Kettle 59c -Best Double Coated. Granite Warer cheap, at 76c tomorrow". OIC $1.75 Gas Plate $1.39 A much needed and well made Gas Plate, with two holes, large burners tomorrow. $1.39

square bricks of Its walls, gathered from the ruins of the Arabic period, may indicate only a reconstruction. The present Dulldlng Is not ancient. The entrance, protected by a portico, leads Into a large open court, which. is sur rounded by chambers. At the further end of the court, oc cupying the entire rear of the building, is the shine, a spacious, windowless chamber, lighted only by the doorway and entirely destitute of furniture save for the coarse reed mats which cover the brick' floor. Its center is capped by a large dome, and the walls have Topeka's One Important Clothing Sale Is Now On If you want to make a Capital Investment we will give you a chance to buy one of our $15, $13.50 or $12.50 Black Thibet. Suits at such extra low prices as $11.45, $9.95 and $8.95. These are High Grade Hand some Tailored garments and are in a-class by themselves as to val ue giving. We have one of the best and most carefully selected stocks of these fine Australian wool. Black Thibet Suits in- the city, and we believe no one can afford, to miss this great sale. Everybody should have a black suit and we offer an opportunity to buy one ot these snappy, smart styles Regular prices: $15, $13.50, $12.50 Reduced prices: $11.45. $9.95, 8.95 Dear in mind we are selling Over coats now off from regular prices. Winter Merchandise ..We don't claim to be a prophet but we will make a good guess that there will be several more cold days to come. All Winter Furnishings will be sold regardles of cost. These include underwear. Mitten's, Caps, Flannel Shirts, Mufflers and so forth, Protec yourself against' .these cold raw days with little, expense. Important Hat Sale Regular $1.75, $1.50 Grades at $1.19 This sale comes at a time you want it. -at Is not-very profitable to usv- Nevertheless -xe; gain your ..bat. friendship. We Include in this sale all styles, Telescopes, Columbia's Fedora, Alpine's and Dakotas. Don't forget this sale It's important. Regular prices. $1.75. $1.50. Re. duced prices $1.19. y- Glasses furnished at reason able prices. J DR. GEO. N. RANKIN, Y V tfy Optician, J ISO-lbs. Pure Cream Candy, worth 20c pound, on sale Saturday, for pound j QQ PAXTON recently been whitewashed, yet in places beneath the thin white coat ap pear the more ancient Hebrew inscrip tions which were once, the interior dec orations. The tomb beneath the center of the dome Is protected by a large rectangu lar paneled case of dark wood, and, ex cepting In one place, where a panel is missing. It Is Invisible. "At the head of the case are two projections, about whieh are tied a number of. strings or rags torn from the garments of the visiting pilgrims. One day, -while -1- was standing at the head of the sacred All Overcoats Now x off j 'Ik "ivA t If v'H Will Examine Your Eyes Without Charge 6th and Quincy MRS. ANNIE M TRAPP, .tamping and rtah8Ta sooda. 71 Kansas kvet, up-. tomb, a young Moslem woman, entered and, with eyes -wet with weeping she a rag from her garment and a bout on,8 o the projections; while she mumbled a prayer to Ood that before a year hence, when sho should come to untie the rag, she might present her husband with a child. i It was but a repetition of the picture of Hannah, the -mother of Samuel -while she was at the tempi weepin and praying before EH the prlaat. Ik the shrines of the east the oletura la still common Before the government buildings at Bagdad stands a big can non which the ignorant Arab wmen' aware of Its tremendous power believe: can answer prayer. The old gun la h.ir hLddri ;wlth the 8trln and rig about It each to represent araver and could it speak it might tell stranee stories of the confessions which the confiding women have poured out to it So with the tomb of Joshua. There th ras" ntSirvS of'ToshuTwas tnC Jewufhhan the Turkish offlcialsJcahedhann8umbeJ of them to be arrested as they we bearing the body of a noted rabbi there for burial. They were imprisoned attempting to bury a Jew aPt the shrfe of the great prophet. They were finally released upon the payment of Uree sums of money.but the care of the tT?h was taken from them. Since then tomb-has been forbidden to the w.8 and, like most-Moslem, things it shows neglect. Yet should I we rh?i3 the Jewish woman as she cesses tZ old boat bridge we might seTh2? he toward the tomb and from a d!stin look longingly at the ow whu she is forbidden to entery whltel Hps utter a prayer with the hone tw the long-burled leader, even so away, may hear and answer It at day School Times. anwer It- Sun- Woman -Anarchist Arrested. -Philadelphia, Feb. 21 to. this afteoou arVeVS! Ine De Cleyre, on a warrant r.y..!T her with inciting to riot. Chfln 'TOO LATE TUCLANNirr. Wen"TrwelTas'"women cream and powder for youth keepr. 15c!7

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTRITAE FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. '9 i "Topeka Hat Station" SPECIAL New Styles Spring Hats Your Choice $1.90 See Them POPULAR CLOTHIERS 617 Kansas Avenue Weston Bread.. The natural flavpr of the wheat berry no sug ar, no malt, no chemicals 10 cents a loaf and worth the price. Also salt-rising bread Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at the Ideal Baftery The Pace That's Different, Heil Schaef er, Props. Phone 190. 121 W. Sixth St. HAD BOOK HID. How City Attorney Destroyed Joinists' Alibi. Mr. Dreuning Severely Censured by Judge Dana. whose outer office the police docket was hidden, is in no way responsible in this case. He knew nothing of the hady transaction, and did not know that his office had been used as a re pository for the missing evidence un til the case was closed. Judge Reed, who conducted the defense of Adams, discovered the trick, and appealed to the court after the hasty conviction of his clients. It took the Jury only 20 minutes to convict Adams and his wlf on all the counts charged. The four negroes who gave testimony In the case may be arrested for perjury. GIVEN A NEW TRIAL. Conviction of F. M. Adams and Wife Set Aside. Cement Company With Twelve Mil lions Capital Pays $6,400. Telltale Docket Dragged From Its Hiding Place. GREAT J MILLINERY REDUCTIONS On all the latest pat-i terns in STREET AND f DR.E.SS HATS Topeka Millinery Co. MISS BARBARA TAUER 2 611 Kansas Avenue MUSIC HALL 526 QUINCY ROLLER SKATING Every Night, and also Saturday Morning, Afternoon and Evening. Marshall's Band Will play Tonight; Saturday Afternoon and Saturday Niirht. LADIE- FREE LUMBER Our special price for Sat urday will be on Rubber Roofing. GILLETTE NICHOLSON 100 Kansas Avenue TeL 390 Topeka L. M. PEN WELL Undertaker and tmbalmer 811 Quiticy Streak Eotb Phone 192 There are a great many bar gains advertised tonight. City Attorney Drennlng received a "call down" in district court this morn ng, which, by all the rules, should "hold him for a while." What the court said to him was broader than anything ever eiaid to a prosecuting attorney from the bench in the Shawnee county district court within history, and there is a chance that Judge Dana, will file dis barment proceedings against the city attorney. When court opened this morning at 9 o'clock the assembled Jurors and wit nesses expected a city appeal case to be the first thing on tap. They were sur prised when the court rapped for atten tion, and delivered himself in substance as follows: "In this court,, last evening, 'Bee" Adams, a negro, and his wife, Johann Adams, were each convicted of selling liquor Illegally. These two defendants will be granted a new trial, for the fol lowing reasons: T "The prosecution deliberately lied to this court in regard to certain condi tions. The case went to the Jury under conditions which demand a new trial. Mr. Drennlng, If you wish to bring this case up during the next tarm of court, and fight it along straightforward meth ods, a new trial will be granted, other wise, the case will be dismissed as soon as it comes up for trial." The facts In the case are these: Last evening a Jury in the district court found "Bee" Adams and his wife Johann Adams, guilty on eight counts of liquor selling six for Johann and two for "Bee," whose right name is F. M. Adams. The conviction was based on the testimony of two police officers and four negro "spotters" who had as sisted the police in the capture of the Adams tamlly. There is little doubt in the mind of the public concerning the ruht oi me Adamses, who have enjoyed a bad reputation and frequent convic tions for a number of years. "Bee" Adama Is known to be a Jolntlst and bad man; about a year ago he distin guished himself by trvlnir to kl 1 n nr- llceman, and escaping with a light fine ior assault, ius wife served time in the penitentiary for manslaughter, and both are admitted to be bad customers. But the evidence against them was bad ly tangled and they are entitled, as the court said, to a new trial. ine iour negro "spotters" testified mat tney nao purchased liquor, suffi cient in amount to constitute th irH counts, from the defendants on October 2. 1907. The defense hanriiui K Joseph Reed. Introduced an alibi show ing tnat Adams and his wife were not In town on October 2, 1907. The city as rebuttal, put two policemen on the stand. These officers and his wife were arrstri vv. on October 2, knocking out the alihl The defense, to rebut the rebuttal ap pealed to the court to order the produc tion of the police docket, which would show the date of the arrest of the Adamses. mis is a reasonahia ni...i n ...uwGoi. i rr- puea tne court. "nnA n i. j present in court, th tectlve to go to the police station and procure the docket in question. While the officer was enroute, one of Dren- "'"6 siaiants telephoned to th nn- Hce Jailer: "Tell Detective Summers uocnet aione, and go on ud town, out of eight." The message v-"" iaio, me oiricer having se i-uieu me oocket, and started back to the COUrt house. Th nam. oH., tant, who Is in no way blamed for the orders of his superior officer, met the officer In the corridor of the court. ana took possession of the book, hid ing K m a hole behind a filing cas ii me omce or tne clerk of the dis trict court, only a few feet from the court room. As the case was resum ed, this city assistant rose in his place In court and said: "Your honor, the document you ordered from police court can not be procured. Judge TJrmy has left the station, and the book is locked up with his keys." J udge Dana says that he -was not only subjected to this falsehood hnr that later, the city attorney appeared before him and stated that the book had been finally secured, and that It corroborated the statement of .the prosecution that Adams and-; wife were arrested on October 2, 1907. On this Information, the court al lowed the trial to proceed,- being pressed for time, and the defendants were easily convicted while the- cor roboration of their alibi was hidden m the office a few feet distant. The docket shows that Adama and wife were arrested on OctobertS. The city attorney knew this -when he caused the police court docket to oe hidden during this trial.-- jyiprauy, me city attorney was right. The defendants could not be charged with anything for which they we: noi guury. legally, he is sub jeci to disbarment proceedings. in reviewing the offense committed Dy tne city attorney,. Judge Dana ex onerated the policemen who testified m tne case. I find." he said, "that these are honest men, but the best of men ar liable to make mistakes, particularly in cases or tnia Kin-d,, where these or- ncers nave made numerous arrests in the Interim. They can not be ex pected to remember dates. As for tne prosecution, there la no excuse. When these defendants were convict ed, the prosecution knew that the conviction was secured upon fraud." A well known attorney, speaking in cog, remarKea arter tne case had been disposed or: Judge Dana has a repu tation for being calm and unruffled but this fraudulent case has stirred him to the point where It would be dangerous for a spectator to giggle. it is certainly a remarxaDie occur rence a district court Is horn swoggled, and catches the fakers with the goods on them. I am sorry for urenmng. The call-down of Drennlng, city attorney, is the talk of legal circles today, and tne lawyers are generallv of the opinion that Judge Dana may prefer disbarment charges against Urenning. The state charter board at its meet ing today granted a charter to the United Kansas Portland Cement com pany, one of the largest companies ever authorized to do business In Kansas. The company has a capital of $12,750,000 and its charter fee was $6,452.50. The company is a West Virginia corporation and the charter granted today was its license to do business in Kansas. This company is a combination of several Portland cement companies in southeastern Kansas. The stock of the company is divided into $8,500,000 in common and $4,250,000 in preferred stock. The company says that it has real estate to the value of $9,857,406.43 and personal property valued at. $1, 233,992.29. The paid up capital is $10, 260,000. President, eGo. E. Nicholson, Iola; vice president, A. B. Cockerlll, Nevada, Mo.; secretary, W. S. Goodin, Iola; treasurer, L. I. Northrup, Iola. The Wear Coal company of Topeka has increased its capital stock from $50,000 to $150,000. The increase was granted by the state charter board to day. Other companies which were granted charters today follow: Glen Elder Lumber Co., Glen laaer, $15,000. Iola Amusement Co., loia, B. M. Medicine Co., ElDorado, $10,- 000. Schwartz Glass Co., Peru, $20,000. Geneseo Telephone Co., Geneseo, $10,- 000. M. B. Cohn Dry Goods Co., Ottawa, $10,000. Downs Electric Light .rower to., Downs, $25,000. Harwood Electric Heating to., Hutchinson, $30,000. Casebeer Hardware Co.,McLoutn,iu,- 000. Kettler Furniture Carpet Co., inc.. Pittsburg, $10,000. Falrvierw Telephone Co., inc., air- view, $10,000. Van Wormer craig mercantile w Inc., Osborne, $10,000. Without capital stock: th Kn.Tvna. Phi society. Manhattan. Austro-Hungarian Shooting club and Ronnvalent society. Kansas City. Pilgrim Congregational cnurcn, Kan sas City. STUCK IN THE SHOW. A BIG CHARTER FEE. Z 0MM MM The Store of Dependable Merchandise THE M. CKOSfSY CO, Established 1881 Incorporated 1907. A Special Showing of Spring Jackets TO-MORROW For Ladies, Misses and Children At Unusually Low Prices Prices made possible only by the stringency East, causing less orders to be placed, hence the anxiety of the manufacturers to accept orders at marked price concessions in order to keep their factories in opera tion. J-.- ;v-if- Ladies' Covert Jacket, fitted collarless.Gy front, satin lined, tailor stitched,$5.98 tfn flfi value, each. sjO.Ul Ladies', Covert Coat, fitted model, rows of self-strapping, satin lined, collarlesa Cn QQ $6.75 value, each. .p3,VO Ladies' Covert' Coat, fitted model, trimmed with tailored strappings of the material, 40 straps in all, fly front, satirt lined, $10 value, G?! PA only, each.... ,J Ladies' Birds-eye Covert Coat, fitted, one of the newest pointed front and back mod els, strap trimmed, trimmed sleeve.eatin lined, Tift ff $12.50 value, each. 4HU.UU Ladies' Covert Coat (Eng lish covert, hard twisted) fit ted back, box 4 front, 6atin hned.two pockets, $15 value, each... Ladies' extra fine quality Covert, fitted model, button through front, Peau de Cygne iined,5t17.oU value, oaclx 1. WVa UUUIU $12.50 $15.00 Box baok Covert Jacket, tastefully trimmed with self strapping, unlined, fly front, a garment usually sold at $5 for ladies' or misses' tf3 QQ sizes, each pDVO Box back Jacket of Fancy Cloaking, braided broadcloth collar to harmonize, double breasted, colors green, leather and brown, $6.50 CC flA values, each pJJJ Same style as above, made of covert cloth, with red, green, Holland blue collars, trimmed with fancy metal but-fln Afl tons, $6.50 value,ea.tp3UU Misses' Covert Coat, box back, wide plait in back.fancy inlaid broadcloth collar and cuffs, braided fancy patch pockets.double breasted, fancy buttons, colors red or green trimmed, $6.50 val- tfC ff ue, each. ..p3Uv Misses' Box Coat of gray suiting, with red or green vel vet coat collar.double breasted, trimmed with military but tons, $3.98 value, PA each iJtJV American Car Spends Another Xigbt In a Drift. W-wka. Ind.. Feb. 21. The Ameri can car in the New York to Parts auto mobile race left here at 8:o& tnis morn ing for Ligonler, six miles west, hav ing been laid up here through the night. The automobile became fast in the drifts east of here last nlghtjr after a toilsome Journey over 12 miles of al moBt Impassable roads from Kendall-: vllle. THE PARTRIDGES BURNED. A Consignment to the Kansas Game Warden Destroyed at Sea. Sallna, Kan., Feb. 21. State Senator Fred H. Quincy, representing Mime and Ottawa counties, has Deem ex pecting for the last ten aaya to receive shipment or nungnrau i" n from the state geime warden, jjei Travis, to be distributed in the two counties. Last niht Senator Quincy received a letter from Mr. Travis, saying that the ship on-which the partridges were Deing impunoa burned at sea and the birds were all lost. The shipment tncraoea Diras la be distributed all over the state. Saline and Ottawa county rectuveu sno rairs of the pheasants mat were distributed i the state utsi year mra the birds are mostly doing well and increasing rapiaiy. Weather Is Warmer. The. wAather today "is much warmer than for any day this week previous. The sky has been practically cloudless and the wind has been at a minimum all day. The indications are that this nrutiiat twin nrevau ior suvenu ua-ya. The wind today Is 12 miles an hour from the south. The following are the temperatures: 7 o ciock. 8 o'clock. 2 9 o'clock 10 o'clock sa 11 o'olock.. 84 12 o'clock ...86 1 o'clock 2 o'clock ;.,39 Emigration Stops. Antwern. Feb.".- 31. ESnlgration from this port to I the United States has practically ceased Because oi xne h.iiof that It is now very difficult to get employment there. As a result the Red Stat" line steamer Gothland which has Just been fitted, out for the emigrant trade Oas peen iaia up. Kokbmo Woman Gives Fortune To Help Women Who Suffer. Tn H nast few years Mrs. Cora B. Mil ler has spent $125,000.40 In giving medical treatment to afflicted women. Sometime ago we announced in the col umns of this paper that she would send free tratment to every woman who suf fered from female diseases or piles. More than a million women have ac K.nii this senerous offer, and as Mrs. Miller is still receiving requests from thou sands oi women irom ail Darts oi ina world, who have not yet used the remedy, she has decided to continue the offer for a. while longer, at least. This is the simple, mild and harmless preparation that has cured eo many wo men in the privacy gc tfcelr own homes after doctors and othas remedies failed. It is esDecially prepared for the sueedv and permanent cussj of leucorrhoea or whitish discnarges. Ulceration, displace ments or falling of the womb, profuse, aoajitv or nainful periods, uterine or ova rian tumors or growths; also pains In the head, baok and bowels, bearing down feel ings, nervousness, creeping feeling up the spine, melancholy, desire to cry,- hot flashes, weariness ana plies Irom any cause, or no matter of Bow long standing. Every woman sufferer, unable to find relief, who will write Mrs. Miller now. without delay, will receive by mail free of charge, a 60-cent box of this simDle home remedy, also a book with explana tory illustrations showing why women suffer and how they can easily cure them selves at nome witnoui me aid of a physi cian. Don't suffer another day. but write at Th olrlc nf tliA 4lfrt -S.--,.f'r aimer SATURDAY Final Clearance of Wool Waists This Price Will Sell Them Quick $1.98, $2.50, $3.50, $3.98, $5.00 Waists, your QO choice to-morrow, each, .i TPVf This Will fie Your Opportunity Just the time to se cure a pair of shoes to finish out .the winter and early spring. ATTEND THIS FINAL SALE WINTER SHOES Including every pair of odd sizes and broken lines in our $2.50 and $3.00 Shoes. Price Will Be $1.85 Sale Begins SATURDAY Morning The collection includes Patent Leathers, vici-kid and calf skin with medium and heavy soles, medium military and Cuban heels. At this moment of writing there is a good assort ment of sizes it is possible to fit every one with a de sirable pair of shoes. After Saturday night there will be very few of these shoes remaining. Jewelry and Fancy Goods Department 5c v 10c Belt Pins and Brooches, for each Some very attractive styles In round, oval and diamond shapes with stone settings in turquoise, amethyst saphire and emerald. Men's 25c and 60c Cuff But tons to close out 1 ff at pair A hundred pair in almost as many designs lit both link and button styles. Tooth Brashes 15 c, 25c-values for each 20c- and 10c One Lot 15c Beauty Pins, to close out at, set..,..-.....' Wire Hair Brushes one J C lot to close out, each .,.,IUC Hair Brushes real' bristle, "sec- onds" of 25c quality T Special each. XUC T Beanty Brnshes rubber lOo values, for each...... Fine Tooth Combs all kinds at thespecial price of 10c Indies' Back Combs 50c OP numbers for. .AOC Indian Bead Bags some bags among them worth up Art to 12. choice for each P VV 10c 7c NOTION SPECIALS s About 20 stylrpf'JTancy Metal "Buttons suitable, for many pur- poses some among them worth! up to 35o dos. for 10c

iOoBone Hfe. Pins-etraignt and crimped for t d-oz 5c Ten styles of 'Dress Buttons most Iy small sizes have been sell ing at 15c to 20c doe. C for dos ."V Pearl Buttons suitable for all kinds of colored or white wash goods 4 sizes in 2 and e 4 holes, dos Scissors 6 in. to 9in. sizes some are "Factory i Samples" worth 35 and 50c for 25c 10c Finishing Braids in both white and colored for C, bolt.............. ,OC Soap Sale ''i 15c box of 3 cakes, for 10c box lOc box Old-Fashioned Butermilk Benzoin Oat Meal English Glycerine Forestry Club English Oat Meal THP I IMPPRIP Q A I 17 Now going on Tells everything you want to know about Dainty Under OEi JL11iJJliIIEi OiLii muslins, and the prices affords you a saving worth investigating. The variety is quite the most satisfying ever shown here. You may thank the inclement weather that many of the thousand bargains advertised earlier in the week are yet at your disposal. t V CHANCEL10B VON BUI0W, WHO IS HATED BY SOCIALISTS. Socialist demonstrations in Germany have revived rumors of the probable resignation of Chancellor von Bulow, who has held the post for seven years despite the machinations of a strong party at court. The chancellor is an aristocrat of the old," -dominant feudal class and unalterably opposed to Socialist aims. The exquisite tact and charm of manner characteristic of him in his social relations he throws aside in dealing with Socialists. His opposition to the marriage of the crown prince' to. iDecella. daughter of a Russian grand duchess, turned the crown prince against him, and the influence of the prince and princes has gained rapidly upon the empexoc We Want Your Grocery Business We Will Save You Money Sweet Naval Oranges, per pk 40c Baldwin Apples, per pk .....85c Fine Head Lettuce, per bunch 5o Bananas, per doz. 15c and 20c Malaga Grapes, per lb. 15c Spinach, per peck. 20o Corn, 4 cans .25e Peas, 3 cans 25o 3-3 lb. Cans Tomatoes ...25o Polks, Extra Selected Tomatoes, 2 for .....25o Best Over Tomatoes, 2 for. t .23o Fresh Country Eggs, per doz SOo Skinned Hams, per lb. .12e Bacon, per lb ..13c Salt Pork, per lb. 7&c Shawnee Grocery THE BIG STORE Ind. 415-425 BeU 425 112 East Sixth Street D. J. DICKINSON, Mgr. We Will Try to Please You Good Goods Good Service TO CHARGE EXCESS RATE Missouri Paclflo Follows Jjead of Santa Fe on Passenger Fare. The Missouri Pacific railway has de cided to follow the lead of the Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe system and after March 20 people who do not buy tickets before boarding the trains will be re quired to pay an excess, fare. The no tices that the excess fare plan will be established are being sent out at pres ent so that everyone who usually rides on the Missouri Pacific trains will have sufficient warning of the penalty for not buying tickets at the depot ticket offices. The basis of the excess fares are as follows: For distances less than ten miles, collect three cents per mile, actual mileage. When ticket rate at two cents per mile is 20 cents and not more than 50 cents collect ten cents excess. When ticket rate at two cents per mile Is 60 cents and not more than $1 50 collect 25 cents excess. When ticket rate at two cbents per mile is $1.50 and over collect 50 cents The excess fees will not be collected when passenger board trains where there is no ticket agent. These excess rates are practically toe LISTEN! TOMORROW SATURDAY THE TOGGERY WILL SELL 60 All-Leather Suit Cases, $7.00 and $8.00 J- gf values -for,... POeVv! We guaran tee these Suit Cases to be strictly All-Leather, with Locks, Mountings and Trim mings of the Best. THE TOGGERY 602 Kansas Avenue, next door to Kowley Drug Store. same as those In force on .the Santsv w CUUU1U, A.VIkUUlU,

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0 3 CONVINCING Proof of Cooper's Statements Received Yesterday Mrs. Robbins' Letter Was Reve lation to Many Persons Letter in Substance is Given to the Public. ALL DOUBT IS REMOVED. Regarding Wonderful Remedies Being Introduced Here. Some of the letters which have been received by Mr. Cooper during ms visit to Topeka have contained wonderful stories of restored health, and this in the short tlm that he has been here. Stansfleld's drug store where he is making: his headquarters, has also been the scene, where many interest ing and novel sights have been wit nessed daily during the past two weeks. Yesterday Mr. Cooper received a letter which would tend to dispel any doubts or misgivings some people might have regarding the Cooper preparations. It was rrom a lady who had suffered for three years with rheumatism and was finally un able to get around alone. She suf fered severe pain and was daily get ting worse when she neard what Cooper's preparations were doing for sick people in Topeka. We give below the substance of Mrs. Ahi Robbins letter. She said: "I have been a great sufferer from rheumatism for the past few years and although I had tried everything known in order to secure relief, I was daily losing strength and becoming more helpless until I was practically an invalid. Not only that but I suf fered with severe pains almost con tinually, and my sleep was broken nearly everjf night as n. result. I had almost despaired of ever being a well woman again, when I noticed in the paper rnat Cooper's preparations were doing for people who suffered from rheumatism and stomach. Thinking perhaps I might be able to secure some relief from these remedies I decided to try them. "The result has been more than gratifying almost immediately after commencing the treatment. I began to notice a little Improvement, my sleep was more restful and the pain whic'h I had suffered continually be gan to let up. "Upon the completition of the sec ond bottle I was entirely free from pain and could begin to move around without aid. I have taken over three bottles of this wonderful medicine and the result is that I am feeling like a new woman again. I expect in a short time to be as well as ever and the thanks are due to Mr. Cooper's new preparations. 'This Is certainly a wonderful remedy as I have proven and I can say to all who suffered as I did that these preparations nave done more than was claimed for them in my case." Such letters as these seem to be convincing proof that Cooper's prepa rations are accomplishing much good in Topeka. KILLED 28. Ten Tons of Dynamite Blew I7p at Powder Works. Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 21. With a force that shook the entire bay region ike an earthquake the packing house of the Hercules Powder Works at Pi nole, fourteen miles north of here. blew up at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon, and in the explosion four white men and twenty-four Chinamen were killed. Ten tons of dynamite went up In the terrific blast, shattering the sheds to dust and splinters. W. W. Stillwell. foreman of the packing house, was blown to atoms at his post of duty. Manuel Enos, Joseph Grace and W. A. Rodregues were the other white men killed. The twenty-eight dead In clude every man who was at work In the packing house. Flames burst forth in the ruins, fol lowing the explosion and threatened the gelatine house, where two-score of girls were at work. A panic ensued, and many were cut by flying glass and crushed and trampled in the mad rush for the doors. The families of the men who daily risk their lives at the powder plant came running from the little hamlet of Pinole, seeking news of loved ones. The danger of an additional explosion prevented those who escaped injury from approaching too near the wreck. and it was not until late In the even ing that the number of dead and In jured was known. Charles Birmingham, the sunerin- tendent of the plant, took charge of the mine following the explosion. An armed guard was thrown around the powder works, and no one was allow ed to get within the danger line. A fire fighting brigade was organized, and in the face of the hazards that might have meant death for Birmingham or any of his men the flames were fought down, and most or tne plant not torn to tatters by the explosion was saved. As far away as Berkeley and Oak land the shock of the explosion caused intense excitement. People rushed from thier houses and places of busi ness, thinking another earthquake had come. The Hercules plant Is owned by the Dupont-Meours Powder Trust, and Is used for the manufacture of black powder of high explosive power. The loss to the company Is placed at about $100,000. As Is usual In such cases, no definite cause for the accident can be given. Killed Her With an Ax. Bingham. Me., Feb. 21. James A. Deane broke Into the home of Charles McKay at West Forks, 20 miles north of Bingham, at midnight last night, killed Mrs. McKay with an axe after chasing her to the yard of a neighbor ing house, and then committed suicide by cutting his throat. Dean, who was 30 years old. was employed In lumber ing camps. Mrs. McKay was 20 years old. It Is believed that Dean's act was prompted by Jealousy. Half a Million for Harvard. Newport, R. I., Feb. 21. By the will of the late Mrs. Amy Sheldon, filed here today, a bequest of $300,000 to Harvard university is made. THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE REPLY TO ROOSEVELT. Statement by'the President of the Ixmi.svlIIe Nashville R. R. New York. Feb. 21. President Milton H. Smith of the Louisville and Nashville railroad company in a statement given to the press com ments upon the letter which orf Tues day President Roosevelt addressed to the interstate commerce commission. In his communication the. president directed the commission to compile data concerning conditions on the Louisville and Nashville and other railroads which had taken steps that might result in a reduction of wages to employes and consequent contro versy. President Smith first states that the interstate commerce commission is at present in possession of the data to enable it to promptly advise as to the conditions obtaining which justiry reduction in pay. He continues: "Such data will show that during the past six years there has been ma terial increase in the pay of nearly all classes of employes the last important increase of many classes becoming ef fective March 1907; that during the five years ending June 1906, there was material increase in the gross and net revenues of the company; that for the year ending June 1907, there was a large increase in gross revenues. with a slight or nominal Increase in net revenues; and for the six months ending December 1907, there was a small increase In gross revenues, a large Increase in operating expenses and corresponding decrease in net revenues. He adds: "The result of operations for the month of December is as follows: "Gross earnings decreased $594,948, operating expenses Increased $96,440, net earnings decreased $991,388. Add ing other income and deducting charges against income taxes. Interest, etc., not including dividends show a deficit of $237,978." Enforced curtailment resulted In a cut of officers' salaries 8 and 10 per cent on February 1, last, and notice to other employes that on March 1, their wages would be reduced to ap proximately the pay they received prior to the advance of March 1, 1907. Mr. smitn denies tne likeunood of a controversy with the employes. who he believes will loyally accept the unavoidable cut. The statement concludes: "I make the following quotation from the president's communication in which he quotes from a communica tion of a confidential character from the general manager of the Louisville Nashville Railroad company to the system chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors: 'One of them, the Louisville Nashville, In announcing the reduc tion states the drastic laws Inimical to the Interest of the railroad that have in the last year or two been en acted by congress and the state legis latures are largely or chiefly respon sible for conditions requiring the re duction.' 'The following is a more extended quotation from the same communica tion: 'With the present conditions con fronting us and with the drastic laws inimical to the Interests of the rail roads that have in the last year op two been enacted by congress and. by the state legislature which have rie- sulted and will undoubtedly continue to result in the loss of revenue and in creased expense, thereby greatly Im pairing the company's credit, it Is clearly apparent that there exists an urgent necessity for reduction in the company's expenses.' "From the foregoing it will be seen the general manager did not assert that the legislation was 'largely or chiefly' responsible for the conditions requiring the reduction, but that such legislation 'has resulted and will un doubtedly continue to result In loss of revenue and Increased expense' a statement which I am sure no one will attempt to controvert." FROST HURTS CROPS. Early Vegetables and Fruits Damaged in the Sooth. New Orleans, Feb. 21. Early fruits and vegetables, mostly Intended for shipment to the north, have been dam aged by the cold wave of the last two days. Reports today from southern Mississippi and Louisiana are that strawberries, which are in bloom, have been Injured, and that lettuce, radishes and peas have suffered. Peach, pear and orange trees, which were in blossom, have been hurt, but great numbers of such trees escaped. Long Beach, Miss., which is on the gulf shore, reported ice half an inch thick. Body of Flood Victim Found. Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 21. The body of an unknown woman, 50 years old, sup posedly a victim of the recent flood was found today in the Ohio river at Neville island. SUITINGS TOPCOATS OVERCOATS CRAVENETTS 200 patterns to select from. Each garment made to order. Made to fit. Made to please. OUR PRICE Less 532 Kansas Avenue w!J'1La'TI I. GREENBUTT. Tailor Minager Spring Patterns IN No ei r No More PlO JOUBNAI-rBIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1908. THEY MAY SERVE. (Continued ffom Page One.). Kansas and the following year Judge Ewing accepted a colonelcy in the 11th regiment of Kansas volunteers by ap pointment of Edwin M. Stanton, secre tary of war, and resigned the office of chife Justice. Nelson H. Cobb was ap pointed to succeed him at a time too shortly prior to the election to permit the election of a successor. On the the ory that Judge Ewlng acceptance of the colonelcy operated ipso facto to vacate his office as chief justice, one John H. Watson ran for the office of chief justice at the election and secured some votes, and the state board ol can vassers gave him a certificate of elec tion and quo warranto was brought by the attorney general In the name of the state challenging the right of Chief Justice Cobb to continue in office, ana it became necessary for the supreme court to discuss to some extent tne questions herein considered. The su preme court admitted that the constitu tional provision restricting state judges from holding or enjoying other offices during the terms for which they had been elected was totally ineffective ard uncnforcible as to offices and created oy the constitution or laws of the state of Kansas. Doubtless there might be a valid penalty, such as forfeiture of the judicial office, for accepting an other office under the national govern ment. "Again in state ex rel against Gil more, 20th Kansas, 651, an act of the legislature of the state of Kansas super adding qualifications to those specified in the constitution of the state of Kan sas for membership In the legislature of the state of Kansas, was considered and it was there held that the state leg islature could not add the qualification of sobriety to the qualifications defined by the constitution of the state of Kan sas requisite to hold the seat In the leg islature. Not for State Offices. "It is undoubtedly true that for all offices created by the constitution of the state of Kansas and by the laws of the state of Kansas, the justices of the supreme court and judges of the district courts of this state are ineligible to be come candidates to be elected to cr to hold any other office than a Judicial office during the terms for which they were elected either as justices or Judges, and this would hold true whether they resigned their offices as justices of the supreme court or Judges of the district courts. The disqualification would con tinue. But as to offices created by the national government, by the national constitution or statutes, our constitu tional provision disqualifying our Jus tices and judges has no application. As to our act of 1SS3 forbidding the count ing of ballots and the making of a rec ord of votes cast for any person holding the office of justice or Judge, the scope of that act must be limited and restrict ed to offices created by the constitution and statutes of the state of Kansas. That is to say, a Justice of the supreme court, or a judge of a district court, may not become a candidate for gover nor, nor state treasurer, nor county at torney, nor county assessor during the term for which he was elected as jus tice or Judge, and his resignation of his Judicial office would not cure his in eligibility; but a to the office of Unit ed State senator or congressman, or any office created by the constitution or statutes of the United States, he may lawfully become a candidate and law fully be elected thereto, anything in the constitution, or. laws of the state of Kan sas to the contrary notwithstanding. "Our .Kansas .statute of 1883, for bidding the counting or recording of voters, does not apply to elections of members or congress and. matters pertaining thereto such as a primary election, and the refusal to count the votes or to do any act restricting the right of a citizen.of the United States to run for such office or to hold such office, or to vote for a person for such office, and all such acts are grievous offenses under section 5397, 5508 and 6510 of the compiled statutes of the United States of 1901. "As a matter- of operative con struction, it may be noted as a fact of Kansas history that the restriction In the Kansas constitution did not prevent the election to congress of Judge Peters of Newton, a Kansas district judge, pome twenty years ago; and neither did the state law against counting of votes, or the state law regulating the printing of the general ballots prevent the nomination and recent election of Hon. Edward Madi son, congressman from the Seventh district. Judge Madison resigned from the district court during his canvass for the office of congressman, but his resignation did not remove any al leged disability, for. the constitution of Kansas, if It were applicable to his case, would bar him for the entire term for which he was elected aa dis trict Judge four years. A resigna tion would not cure any such consti tutional disability. "In fine, a Judicial officer of the state of Kansas may lawfully become a candidate for .member or congress, and it Is a crime under the laws of the United States to do any act deny, ing or Impeding his right so to do under cover of any state law." FEEL FOR STOESSEL Sympathy for the Condemned General Is Extensive In Russia. St. Petersburg, Feb. 2L The passing of sentence of death yesterday by. a court martial upon Lieutenant General Stoeaset, who was tried on charges of cowardice and treason In surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese, is read with little satisfaction in the Russian capital, where it is felt that the trial of Generals Btoessel, Fock, Reiss and SymnofI has done practically nothing towards establishing the real responsi bility for the fall of the fortress. The court indeed fixed the extent of the guilt of Stoessel and others, but neglected to Judge the situation of which they were the product. It declin ed to admit testimony regarding the preparedness of the fortress at the be ginning of the war, the role of the navy in the defense of a marine stronghold, and other underlying faotors in the humiliation of Russia. The newspapers today express sym pathy with General Stoessel and de clare that the death sentence undoubt edly will be commuted. They demand also that General Kuropatkln, Viceroy Alexleft and other officers still more intimately responsible for the loss of war be placed on trial. Funeral Train Is Delayed. Spartanburg, S. C, Feb. 21. Rep resentative Edmund H. Hinshaw, of Nebraska, one of the congressional paa-ty accompanying the body of Sena tor Latimer to the tetter's home at Belton, became ill just before the funeral train reached here thie morn ing. Physicians were summoned to the station and it was found that Mr. Hinshaw was suffering from b lad- der trouble. After thev Amir. tstered relief, the train proceeded to tseiton, reaching- thoro ihmi nnr. Oklahoma for Bryan. Muskogee Okla., Feb. 12. William J. Bryan will be unanimously en dorsed for president at the Oklahoma Democratic state convention, which will meet here tomorrow and a solid delegation will be sent to the' Denver convention, instructed to vote for him as a unit on any platform that he may favor. This was conceded here today. Gall for Bank Statement. Washington, Feb. 21. The comp troller of the currency has issued a call for a statement of the condition of all the national banks at the close of business on February 14th. TODAY'S .MARKET it E PORTS Chicago. Feb. 21. WHEAT The wheat market was unsettled' at the opening to day, although prices generally were in clined to be firm. Higher artces at Liver pool strengthened the early market, but a siump was caused by liberal shipments from Argentina. Later prices rallied on buying by shorts. May wheat opened c to 3c higher, at 9293c, and sold at 92ig:9-.(4c. and then rallied to 93c. Min neapolis. Duluth and Chicago reported re ceipts, of 244 cars, against 323 cars last week, and a holiday last year. The market himni. fi half of the session on a good demand Jrm shorts. May advancing to 93c from 92ViQ2Hc, The close was firm with May c higher, at-934c. CORN The corn market was dull and prices were easy. Cables were off slightly. in.y corn openea a snade lower to c hierher. at fi!to. tn anA mrilA at 69Hc Local receipts were 20 cars, with 1 or contract grade. Commission houses m,1 a firm marVet late in the day. The close was firm with May -ferBc nigner, at 60B4c. OATS The oata market was easy in sympathy with corn. May oats opened He lower, at 624c. and sold at 52c. Local receipts w.ere 30 cars. PROVISIONS A 10c decline in the price of live hogs caused an easy market In provisions. May nork was a shade to 10 12c lower, at $11.0011.16. Lard was 2Ac lower, at $7.2214. Ribs were 25c lower, at $6.27fffl.30. RYE Cash: 8182c. BARLEY Cash: 8081c. TIMOTHY $4.85. CLOVER March. $19.20. Cbicaeo Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, frovislons. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 4S6.1 Chicago, Feb. 2L ODen High Low Close Yes WHEAT May 92-93 934- 92H- 934 92-94 July SKJi 88 Sept 86W Stt4 mk 8&ta 86 CORN May 59- Hi 67-i 58 57V-57 67H 59H 56 62 44 36 11 05 11 50 7 22 7 42 6 27 6 67 60 59- 58- 57- July Sent 67 67 OATS May July Sept 53 44 37 52 37 11 30 11 65 7 37 7 55 6 40 6 67 62 44 37 11 22 11 60 7 82 7 62 6 35 6 65 52 44 87 PORK May ...11 15 July ...11 60 11 15-17 11 65 7 25 7 45 6 32 LARD May 7 22 July 7 42 RIBS May July 6 30 6 67 6 60-62 Kansas City Grain Market. Furnished by J. E. GalL Commissions. Grains, frovloions, cotton and stocks. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 486. Kansas City, Feb. 21. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May 89 July 82 SeDt 79 90 82 80 89 81 79 89-90 89 82 82 80 80 64 64 63 53-63-53 62 CORN May 64 64 54 July Sept v53 63 62 53 Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 21. CATTLE receipts V.0UU, including 300 soutnerns. Market steady to 10c lower. Native steers. $4.306.80;8outhern steers, $4.00(ge.20;south eern cows, $2.754.10; native cows and heif ers, z.buo.2; stockers and teeders, &5.4U 4.90; bulls, $3.004.25; calves. $3.606.50; western steers, $4.005.60; western cows, $2.76fi4.50. HOGS Receipts today 12,000 head. Mar ket 6c lower. Bulk of sales. J4.1&&4.40; heavy, $4.S04.46; packers, $4.204.40; pigs and light, $3.804.30. SHEEP Receipts today 4,000 head. Mar ket steady. Muttons, $4.50(36.40; lambs, $6.26,-96.80; range wethers, $4.80.20; fed ewes, 4.4g4.S0. Chfcaao Live Stock Market. Chicago, Feb. 21. CATTLE Receipts to day about 7.000 head. Market 10c lower. Beeves, $4.006.10: cows and heifers, $1.76 (S-l.ao; Texans, $3.704.7&; calves, $5.2&7.00; westerns, $4-00B4.75; stockers and teeders, $2.75t.85. HOGS Receipts today about 35,000 head. Market 10c lower. Lights. $4.204.45; mix ed, $4.25.4.6Z; heavx. $4.2&4.5o; rough, X4.25fr4.30; pigs, $3.704.35; bulk of sales, $4.404.50. SHEEP Receipts today were about 10, 000 head. Market steady. Natives, $3.25(3 5.60; westerns, $3.4O6.60; yearlings. $6.60 6.30; lambs, $5.00(56.90; westerns, $5.006.90. Kansas City Live Stock Sales Today. The following sales were made today at the stock yards, Kansas City, Mo., and telephoned, to The Topeka State Journal by Clay Robinson Co.. live stock com mission merchants, with offices at all markets. Kansas City, Feb. 21. CATTLE Receipts today 3,000 head. Market weak to 10c lower. HOGS Receipts today 12,000 head. Mar ket 1020c lower. Bulk of sales, $4.104.SO; top, $4.35. SHEEP Receipts today 4,000 head. Mar ket alow. KILLING STEERS. No. Wt. Price. INo. Wt Price. 18 864 $4.66 I 16........1030 $4.86 82 .1264 4.86 COWS AND HBIFBH5 6. 6. 1.. 8. 11. 660 4.35 I 1 5040 3.50 947 4.05 28 648 6.75 830 3.30 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 920 4.65 4.00 15.. 730 4.25 4.60 620 20.. 847 CALVES. 1.... 1.... 160 230 6.25 I 10.... 4.00 J 8.... BULLS. S.60 J 2.-.. 3.45 f HOGS. Price.lNo. $4.82 17.... S.85 I 234 840 4.50 3.85 8. 12. .1140 940 .1260 4.10 No. Wt. 76........ 127 18 98 Wt. 110 35 Price. $3.90 4.06 Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Feb. 2L Close WHEAT Receipts today 8 oars. Unchanged to lo higher. May. 89T4o; July, KttOjCash N o 2 hard, 92fi6c; No. 8 hard. 9093o; No. 2 red, 97Sc; No. 3 red ao. CORN Unohanged. May, 64c; July. 68c. Cash: Nos 2 and 8 mixed, 64c; Nos. 2 oi&Srnchanged. No. 2 white, 51c: No. 2 mixed. 48W9c. A. ..a.a A A A. AAAjA4mf ff f f f TTT",,B J That's all. Coffee. Try some. Blend Nos. 7-9-11. per It) -20c Blend No. 15, per Tb... 25o Blend No. 4. per lb SOo Blend No. S, per lb .85c Blend No. 10. per lb 40o Chas. McClintock Tea, Coffee, Crockery 815 Kansas Avenue Matchless Suits In the new Spring Models all the newest cheviot fabrics in the nifty brown stripes at Next September our competitors will be offering these same Suits in their Summer clearance sales as $28, $25 and $22.50 suits at $15 special. Why not select one now at our store and get the full season's wear? New Hats, New Shirts, New Suits, New Furnishings. Everything new. Patronize Topeka 's up-to-date store. watch TJ Grow. TTaMb STOCK To Insure Yourselves Best Results Consign To Clay, Robinson Co., Uvs Stock Commission Merchants, Stock lards, Kansas City, Wt LS0 HE 01M OWII OFFICjU Kt CHICAflO. SO. ST. I0SEM, 0. OMAHA. DENVER. SMUX CUT. 0. ST. PAUL. E. BUFFALO! RYE 7478o. HAY Steady. Choice timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice prairie, $8.508.75. BUTTER Steady. Creamery extra, 33c i packing stock, 20c. EGGS c lower. Fresh extras, 21c cur rent receipts, 19c. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, 111., Feb. j2L CHEESE Market firmer. Daisies, ll12c: Twins, 10 12c; Young Americas, 12S?12?ic. POULTRY Alive poultry firm. Turkeya, 12c; chickens, 12c; springs. 12o. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 21 32c; dairy, 2028c. EGGS Weaw. At mark, cases included, 2021C. o New York Produce Market. New York, Feb. 2J. BUTTER Market irregular. Western- factory nrsi, Z4sr--c; ditto held. 23 24c. CHEESE Firm.UTlll cream specials, xou; m.n ,.nir,-ri and white, fine. 16c: ditto la-ge colored fine 15c; white, 15c; ditto gcod to prime, 1415e; ditto late made be,t, ll12c; ditto common to fair, 9 -p-nGS Easier. Western and southern firsts, 24c; seconds, 24c. -nMMinda. 24ffl24c. POULTRY Alive poultry dull. West ern chickens, llc: fowlsiso; turkeys, 13c.Dressed poultry steady. Western chick ens. 104T17O; turaeya, ituci iuw, ivm l$c. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, iirains. rroviBiuiiB, vuti.wn uiu muvi... Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 4S6.J Llveroool oDening cables: Wheat un- oIt q n trtrK .nm 1AA lower. Llveroool second cables: Wheat Kd higher; corn M lower- Car lots at w xia.L, aa. cwu, w. oats, 6. Estimated car lots at k- oamruaj WKoo ft- nm. 12: oats. 2. Car lots at Chicago: Wheat, 6; corn, 20; oats, 20. Estimated car lots at jnrcao Dmruj Wheat. 18; corn, 73; oats, to. Receipts of wheat in the northwest to a, t. w.r. ?3t mu-a. Last year 318 cars. Liverpool closing oaoie n urai j.7h-'.7h higher; corn a iowt. New Tork Stock Market. Wo ii Rt New York. Feb. 21. STOCKS Opening prices ol stocks looay wure om little changed from last night. The move ment showed no pronounced tendency m either direction and the dealings were small. Northern Pacific declined 1 point and Missouri Pacific ana American omen ing preferred point. rrloes dnitea aownwuru uuuer uie icou of St. Paul, in which there was a Drier period of selling which oost tt a point. Recessions In other stocks reached about hRlf as much before the market began to improve. The rally brougnt tM litt up to a parity with yesterday's closing or above, after which the price halted and trading became very quiet. The strength of the metal Industrials sustained prioes in sympathy, but trading in the general list was dull., Louisville Nashville rose 3 points, Delaware Hud son American Smelting and Texaa Pa ifi Tjinri Trust 2 coints. Consolidated Gas 8H points, Amerioan Smelters Securi ties preferred a 1 points ana i. raw. New York Central, National Lead, Ana conda, National Biscuit ana orn jfro ducts preferred 1 point. The tone was heavy at reacraon ai noon. Bonds were irregular. T, reaction caused some demand for special stocks which Influenced the whole list, in ew Haven Rmnni a 'khii, x-acinu Mail 2 points. Wisconsin Central prefer rA 9. nnlnts Readlnar and Missouri Pacific 1 points and Union Pacific, Northwest ern ana American sugiu- i yumu Business contracted steadily during the afternoon, traders being reluctant to have apv open contracts over the holiday. The tone OI me mACl was n.ci i ui n yy ii i (n but hardened to the best again. Paclflo Mail imnrowl 4 points, western union points," Amalgamated Copper 1 points, Wabash preferred and American Sugar 1 points. Range of Prices of Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 486. New York, Feb. 21. Stocks Op'n Hirh Low Cl'se Yes Am. Sugar 112 113 11174 112 112 People's Gas 84 Amal. Copper 47 49 46 49 47 B. R. T 41 41 40 40 40 Am. C. F 26 26 26 26 26 U. S. Steel, com.. 38 28 28 S 28 U. S. Steel, pfd... 92 82 92 92 92 Atchison, com S 68 68 68 685, Anaconda 30 31 30 81 80 C. G. W 3 3 8 4 St. Paul 108 109 108 109 108 R. I., com 11 11 11 11 11 Great Northern 118 118 117 118 118 Mo. Pacific 31 32 30 32 31 Am. Smelting 69 60 58 60 58 No. Pacific 121 122 120 122 121 N. Y. Central 95 96 95 95 94 Texas Paclflo 16 So. Pacific 68 68 68 68 68 Reading w..V,t.t' 95 96 94 36. 85 Method wnv SHIPPERS Erie, com 13 13 13 18 13 So. Railway 9 Union Pacific 116 116 116 116 116 C. O 26 26 26 26 26 B. O. 79 80 79 80 79 L N 89 90 89 90 Pennsylvania 111 112 lTr 112 112 Can. Pac. 144 144. 144 144 144 Nat. Lead 39 41 39 41 38 C F. L 16 17 16 17 17 New York Money Market. New York. Feb, 21. MONEY Money on call easy, 12 per cent; ruling rate 1, closing 1 and offered at 1. Time loans trregular. Sixty days, 3 per cent; 90 days. 4 per cent; 6 months. 45 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 66 per cecnt; sterling exchange firm, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.867D4.86 for demand and at $4.834.835& for 60 day bills; commercial bills. H.SS'A. SILVER Bar silver. 55c; Mexican dol lars. 44c. BONDS Government bonds steady. New York Sugar and Coffee. New York, Feb. 2L SUGAR Raw sugar steady. Fair refining, $3.17; centrifugal, 94 test. $3.67; molasses sugar, $2.92. Refined sugar quiet. Crushed, Jo. 60; powdered. $4.90; granulated, $4.80. COFFEE Quiet. No. 7 Rio, 6c; No. 4 Santos, 88c. Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., Feb. 2L COTTON Market steady. llc per pound. New York. Feb. 21. COTTON Sales to day none. Spot closed quiet and 10 points higher. Middling uplands, $11.60; mlddlina gulf, $11.76. Topeka Market. Furnished by the Charles Wolff Packing Co. Yards close at noon Saturday. Topeka, Feb. 21. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS .$3.7588.95 HEAVY -.-8.90(34.00 LIGHT 8.553.S Cannot use hogs under 150 pounds. Do not market hogs unless same are well fin ished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. CATTLE. We give below prices of cattle eqectlve at once, until further notlra 1 COWS (good) $2.763.00 COWS (common) 2 0M2 6a HEIFERS (gooO) 8.003!25 HEIFERS (common) 2.25S2 75 BULLS (stood) 9 RrkS cm BULLS (common) -2 KV2 fin CALVES. 100-200 lbs. AiZal CALVES, over 200 lbs s.OoSlofi EGGS AND POULTRY Furnished by The Topeka Packing Co 114-116 W. Laurent St. This is whnl..i'l market. PPOULTKY springs, all iu.,' hens, 9c; stags, 5c; old cocks, 4c; youmi turkeys, 12c; ducks, 8c; gees, 7c. EGGo fTesn country, iodise TtTTTTBR 1420c. Furnished by The Topeka Creamery Co. BUTTER Elgin, 32c; N. Y. Cream 8232c; Chicago, 28c. -wr- bUUa v rwviftu. arc; I FRUIT AND PRODUCT Furnished by J. E. Lux, 210 Kan Aw 4 DATES Hallo wis, per lb., a "1 FIGS Per box. 76c CRANBERRIES Late Howe. $11.26. PINEAffiiiws-rer dox. J4.2S -HONEY Per 24 rack case, t3.Btyai3.tR GRAPES Almira, per bbl., $4 004T25 LEMONS California, per boxu $3 odiaa Kn ORANGES Fancy NaveL s vTAVJi'Si 2.75 UKAfHi r nui i-rw oox, $5.75 BANANAS Medium sized bunch, rt. Urge bunches, $2.50; Jumbo, 75 APPLES-N. Y per bbl., $5.006 60- Can ada, per bbl., $5.606.60. tan. COCOANUT fer do.. 70c- $6.25. TOMATuUiB riorioa, per S-baeket crate,' 34.00. CAWAiJA x t' x ajuag AS Per bu nn- i CAULIFLOWER-Callfornla; peUr" cie; liKi iLUE-TeiM, per basket, ov. CELERY Jumbo, per bunch IS? I CABBAGE $1.26 per cwt I TURNIPS Per bbl., 4O60c PARSNIPS Per bu.. 75c CARROTS Per bu.. 75c. BEETS Per bu., 75c. i HORSERADISH ROOT Per lb k ONIONS-Per bu.. $L101.16- Sniii.K per crate. $1.60. Spanish, POTATOES Idaho and Colnroj. n rals, per bu.. 0S3e. -krado Rn- SEED POTATOES R. R. E. O ,-'k $1.00: Bl:?s Triumphs. $100 bu- CHEESE Wisconsin Y. A lSo- Ti.i. Swiss. 17e; Limburger. 18P Dati. B1?.ck Dairy Twin, 2 to box. 16c; Tv-lsconm iti5 low or white. 15c; Brick, ISe 1 yel" CANNED OYSTERS N Y Ext u-ibslW; cHJSi- Grain Market. Furnished by J. B. Billard. corner Kan sas Ave. and Curtis St. WHEAT No. 2 85ffOIMv FiJi No. 4. 77SOc. msc. No. 8, 8285cj Oar aa old. 48o. OATSNO. 2. 43ffl46ct Npl.

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