The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 4, 1908

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EVERYBODY 10 PAGES 7tmM everybody 10 PAGES READS IT. NEEDS IT." wmit rt Mtrtt Mr If 0f n ft m ji v l- uvw lit iiiii. n 11 i LAST tEDITION. ADAMS AT HELM- Eldorado Man Chairman of Re publican ConTention. Olakes a Brief Address Outlln ing Duty of Republicans. BAILEY OUT OF RACE. Hakes Formal Announcement of His Withdrawal. Will Xot Sacrifice Business to Make Campaign. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Course of Long and Curtis Is Approved. The State Administration Is Also Endorsed. Taft for President and Mulvane for Committeeman. D. J. Hanna Is Chosen Per manent Chairman. J. B. Adams of Eldorado, was elected temporary chairman of the Republican state convention to elect delegates to the national convention, which convened at noon today. Clyde Miller was elected tempor ary secretary without opposition. The "square deal" did not present any candidate. At the afternoon session, the tem porary organization was made per manent. J. B. Adams, Clialrman of the Con vention. J. S. Simmons of Hutchinson, who was on the "slate" Tuesday for chair man of the convention, knocked his boom in the head when he arrived in Topeka by declining the honor. He said that the only thing he had ever asked for was to be speaker of the house of representatives, and having received that honor, he preferred that the other favors be passed around. It was then decided to give the place of chairman of the convention to Mr. Adams, to square the account with him for his defeat for delegate to the national convention from the Eighth district. Proceedings of the Convention. Prof. C. A. Ellenberger, organist of the First Methodist church, played the big organ to open the convention. After the organ selections, the con vention was called to order by J. T. Moore, chairman of the Republican state committee. Rev. F. M. Lynch of the First Methodist church pro nounced the invocation. The Modoc club of Topeka, led by Major T. J. Anderson, then S'ng "America Forever." The convention cheered lustily when the red, white nd blue draperies were pulled back from the organ showing a row of big pictures of W. H. Taft clear across the stage. The club responded to an encore, and sang a song the chorus containing some good Republican doc trine. The convention applauded after very verse. "I have heard it suggested." said Chairman Moore, "that this is the last Republican convention to be held in Kansas. I do not believe that. All organizations find It necessary to meet and consult together occasionally, and this will be truo of the Republican party." Secretary Clyde Miller then read the call of the convention. "Who will you have for temporary chairman?", said Mr. Moore. J. S. Simmons then nominated J. B. Adams of Butler county. J. N. Dolley nominated Ansel R. Clark of Rice county. Both nominations were greeted with applause. The vote was announced as 225 for Clark to 725 fo Adams. Chairman Moore appointed W. R. Stubbs and Cyrus Leland to escort Mr. Adams to the chair. Stubbs and Le land "boosted" Adams up over the place where the footlights should be. Mr. Adams then delivered his speech. In accepting the gavel. Mr. Adams poke as follows: "I want to assure you that I appreci ate the honor ofbeing selected as the temporary chairman of this magnificent convention of the Republicans of Kan sas. You have met here in great num bers for a great purpose, and I con gratulate you upon the especially op portune time of your coming together upon the favorable auspices which sur round you, and upon the high spirit, the courageous tone and the splendid enthusiasm of this great assemblage. Tou have gathered here to endorse a chieftain who will lead you to victory. Tou have gathered here to express a choice for president that will again be the choice of the Chicago convention In June, and- the choice of the people of this nation again In November. As ppy WEDNESDAY EVENING. usual, Kansas Is in the lead; she is in the forefront, and you have met to point out to the Republicans of this nation not only what ought to be done, but what will be done; to point out to them the unfailing way to the hearts of the sovereign people of this country. "The work of the Republican party in this nation is not yet finished. The destinies of this republic are not to be taken out of the hands of the great party of Lincoln, Grant, Blaine, McKin ley and Roosevelt. The Republican party has been the party of construc tion and reconstruction; of conserva tion and preservation; but it is peculiar ly and pre-eminently the party of prog ress and achievement. It has led the march of American progress across the continent and out upon the Pacific to the mastery of those placid, yet omin ous and prophetic waters and for fifty years has shaped the history and moulded the destiny of this great re public. Its purposes have become ac complished facts; its platforms have been written into statutes; its leaders have been the Judges, rulers, magis trates and law givers of the land and its history has been the history of the nation. Since Abraham Lincoln first kindled its glory in the gloomiest hour of the republic with its imperishable heritage, its illustrious member ship, its priceless trophies; its match less and incomparable record, it appeals to the progressive spirit of this nation, it appeals to the hopes, the courage and the ambition of our people and stirs the hearts of young men with enthus iasm as it fills the hearts of old men with reverence and admiration. It is an incredible proposition; it is an un thinkable catastrophe to contemplate that the intelligent, patriotic self-governing people of this great nation will take from this great party and from its great leaders in statecraft the reins of government and place them in the hands of dreamers and experimenters, and into the hands of a party that is historic only for its blunders and cele brated only for its colossal failures and its monumental incompetency. "There is going" to be between now and November, a getting together of the Republicans of this country. The Republican party will not meet the enemy in November, as the enemy fondly but vainly hopes, with divided ranks, with warring and discordant factions but with an impregnable phalanx under irresistible and un conquerable leadership. The Re-, publican party of the United States' need not be divided into reactionaries and progressives, radicals and con servatives. It ought not to be so di vided, and cannot long remain so di vided and maintain its integrity and its supremacy. Abranam Lincoln said this country ootid not long re main half slave and half free. Like wise the Repub'ican party cannot long endure half radical and half reac tionary. What, the party needs now is a leader, a chieftain, big enough, broad enough, strong enough to push forward the great policies of Theo dore Roosevelt and protect the inter ests of the people without incroach- ing upon the rights of property, a leader big enough and great enough to curb and restrain lawless cor porations, without injury to legitimate business and without going to the ltmIt""of Jeopardizing the liberties of the Individual and of the people. There is somewhere a common ground upon which all Republicans can stand: somewhere between' the radical and the reactionary, be tween the progressive and the con servative, there is the golden mean, the so-called happy medium, the common ground upon which all the Republicans of this country can stand together and upon which the Integrity and supremacy of the party, can and will be established and perpetuated. The one man big enough, broad enough, fair enough and strong enough to find this common ground and bring together the divergent antagonistic and seemingly irrecon cilable divisions of the Republican party is William H. Taft of Ohio. Trained for years upon the bench and dispassionate in his temperament and disposition; accustomed to weigh ing; both sides of a proposition and viewing it impartially from every standpoint, keen in his analysis, de liberate in Judgment and correct in his conclusions; possessed by nature with a marvelous genius for adapta tion, for elevation and for achieve ment he is pre-eminently and prophetically fitted for the leadership of the Republican party in the pres ent crisis. One year from this his toric day, upon this anniversary, he will be inaugurated president of the United States, and will, by the direc tion of 80,000,000 of people, inherit the greatest responsibility in Chris tendom. Congressman Miller of the Fourth district nominated for temporary secre tary Clyde W. Miller of Osage county. W. R. Stubbs seconded the nomina tion. Mr. Miller was elected by acclama tion. The convention voted to have the chairman appoint committees of nine each on credentials, resolutions, per manent organization and order of busi ness. The committees were named as fol lows: Resolutions W. T. Morgan, Reno; W. A. Jackson, Atchison; W. S. Jenks, Franklin; G. T. Boone, Labette; G. H. Lamb, Woodson; A. J. Miller, Republic; F. B. Denman, Osborn; J. N. Venard, Ness; C. H. Luling, Sedgwick. Credentials J. E. Lambert, Lyon; W. E. Archer, Brown, Frank Sponable, Johnson: S. C. Scott, Cherokee; B. F. Imfel, Chase; Geo. F. Beatty, Saline; D. J. Hanna, Graham; W. B. Smith, Pawnee; H. E. King, Butler. Permanent organization Clarence Price, Crawford; Reese Van Sant.Shaw nee; M. C. Gorrill, Douglas; O. Gossett, Labette; A. R. Strowig, Wabaunsee; C. M. Harger, Dickinson; J. B. Dykes, Smith; F. U. Russell, Rush; J. A. Jef fries, Sumner. Rules and order of business B. L. Stine, Wyandotte; Sol Myers, Nemaha; J.. W. Bryan, Miami; Seth Wells, Neosho; Henry E. Gantz, Coffey; J. B. Gower, Washington; W. E. Ward, Wal lace; F. V. Russell, Barton; O. E. Haw kinson, McPherson. The convention then took a recess till 2:30 o'clock. Bailey Out of Race. Shortly before the convention met this morning, W. J. Bailey gave the first positive announcement of his withdrawal from the race for the Re publican nomination for governor of Kansas. He said to a reporter for the State Journal: "I have withdrawn from the race for governor. In fact. I have been out of the race for some time, but for certain political reasons I have made no public announcement of that fact. "My reasons for withdrawal are these: (Continued on Page Six.) OFFERJAFT. Ohio Republicans in State Con Tention Assembled Announce Candidacy of the Com monwealth's Favorite Son. HIS PERSONAL VIEWS Are Set Forth at Length in the Platform. Roosevelt's Ideas With Tariff Revision Added Thereto. Columbus, O., March 4. The Re publican state convention was called to order at 10 o'clock by Temporary Chairman James R. Garfield. After a prayer by Rev. Lloyd C. Douglas, the committee on permanent organi zation reported that Attorney General Wade H. Ellis had been chosen for permanent chairman. The announce ment was greeted with great ap plause, and Mr. Ellis on taking the gavel delivered a short and energetic address which was received with cheers. The committee on credentials re ported two contests, involving eight candidates and recommended that all of them be seated and given one-half vote each. The report was approved. The committee on rules declared against the adoption of the unit rule and their report was adopted without debate. Congressman Burton, chairman of the committee on resolutions, pre sented the report of that body. The first plank to be greeted with applause wai that relating to labor and capital and from that time until the reading was completed the en thusiasm invoked by the platform steadily increased. The report .concluded with the plank endorsing the candidacy of W. H. Taft and as soon as the delegates caught the drift of the endorsement they broke in on the reader with a yell that caused him to pause for sev eral minutes. The report was unanimously adopt ed amid wild applause. Congressman Nicholas Longworth, presented the names of Charles P. Taft, Myron T. Herrick, A. I, Vorys and Andrew L. Harris as delegates at large and they were chosen by acclamation. Mr. Longworth had committed his speech to memory and his recollec tion failed him after he had spoken a few minutes. An awkard pause fol lowed which Mr. Longworth broke with the remark: "Just wait, I'll get started in a minute." The .convention broke into cheers and laughter and Mr. Longworrh soon "started" and finished .his speecn hAppily. For alternates at large, Oliver I. Gunckel, Arthur M. Orr, George M. Bradfleld and Alexander M. Martin were chosen. Charles A. Oottrill a colored dele gate from Toledo, presented the names of Edward Huggins, of Col umbus and J. T. Carew of Cincinnati. They were nominated without opposi tion. Mr. Cottrill made a really able and eloquent speech and was heartily applaused. Governor Harris was placed at the head of the ticket amid enthusiastic cheers, there being no other name presented. The Platform. The Republicans of Ohio proclaim this platform of principles of the cam paign of 1908: "In the nation, we stand for those ideals of government which mean jus tice, equality and fair dealing among men. "A brave and impartial enforcement of the laws, commercial and industrial liberty, individualism as against social ism; competition as against monopoly; government regulation as against gov ernment ownership: the promotion of the best Interests of labor and capital and the unflinching protection of both; compensation for injured employes of the government; the re-enactment in constitutional form of the employes lia bility act; a limitation in the exercise of the power of injunction, in order to prevent its abuse; a greater merchant marine and an adequate navy; gener ous provision for the old soldiers, the vanishing forces of the republic; liberal appropriations for the improvement of waterways and harbors, in accordance with a general plan which shall be com prehensive and Just to all portions of the country; the organization of all existing national public health agen cies into a single national health de partment. Tariff Revision. "A revision of the tariff by a special session of the next congress, insuring the maintenance of the true principle of protection by imposing such customs duties as will equal the difference be tween the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to the end that, without exces sive duties, American manufacturers, farmers, producers and wage earners may have adequate protection. "A sound financial system in har mony with the achievements of the Re publican party, and such modifications of the currency laws as will provide for the demands of commerce, satisfy the needs of all portions of the country and have at all times the quality of undoubted security. "The civil and political rights of the American negro in every state, be lieving, as we do that his marvelous progress in intelligence, industry and good citizenship hag earned the re spect and encouragement of the na tion and that those legislative enact ments that have for their real aim his disfranchisement for reasons of color alone and unfair. un-American and repugnant to the supreme law of the land; we favor the reduction of representation in congress and the electoral college in all states of this Union where white and colored citi zens are disfranchised, to the end that the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States may be enforced, according to its letter and spirit. The speedy com pletion of the Panama canal, the de velopment, step by step, of popular government in the Philippines, and the continued expansion of American influence and trade in the interest of peace and progress among the na tions of the earth. (Continued on Page Six.) TOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH JUST A DRIZZLING RAIN. It Extends From One End of State to Another. A drizzling rain has been falling all day on the -Republican delegates who have gathered in convention in To peka. The day giTes the visiting delegates a bad impression of the weather conditions in this part of the state and most of them- take advan tage of the opportunity to say, "When I left home the weather was that of spring." They lose sight of the fact how ever, that weather" conditions change rapidly, and the indications are that the conditions whioh prevail in To peka are general all over the state. The Santa Fe reports a light fall of rain as far west as Garden City while the rain has been heavier in the northeastern, eastern and southern portion of the states The precipitation! in this city so far has amounted to but .17 of an inch though the .forecast indicates that the present conditions will con tinue throughout the- next 24 hours. The moisture is badly needed all over the state at this time as there has been a shortage of both rain'and snow all winter. The gentle breeae which has prevailed all .day is from the southeast and is moving- at the rate of 8 miles on hour..- The following are the temperatures as recorded since 7 o'clock this morning: 7 o'clock 40)11 o'clook 43 8 o'clock.... .40112 o'clock 48 9 o'clock 40 1 o'clock 43 10 o'clock. .41 I 1 o'clock 44 IN FIFTElf AYS. Automobile Run From New York to Fort Leavenworth. Army Car Reached Its Destina tion This Morning. Leavenworth, Kan.,; March 4. The military automobile which left New York February 18. for Fort Leaven worth, carrying a message from Major General Frederick D. Grant to com mandants of army 1 posts all along the route of the New York to Paris race through the United States was receiv ed with great enthusiasm when it en tered the post here today.. To receive the car the Leavenworth Automobile club with ,40 members was organized yesterday. This morning early the members ran up the road to Atchison, which was reached; by the army car during the forenoon", and escorted the tourists to the fort. The trip from New York was made mr15 days. SHOOTS THREE PEOPLE. Xegro Murderer Surrounded in a Barn Resists Arrest. Clarksburg, W. Va., March 4. Frank Johnson, a negro murderer, who took refuge in a barn on the Yates farm, nine miles from here, early today, shot and wounded three persons at daylight. The injured: Miss Magheny, a school teacher. Harry Cork. John Ramsey. j It is not believed any is fatally in jured. The barn in which the negro is defying arrest is surrounded by over 500 persons. Sheriff Flanigan has ap pealed to company K. West Virginia National Guard, for aid in capturing the negro. The soldiers are on the way to the scene. SEATTLE REPUBLICAN. Only 600 Democrat Votes in a Total of 26,860. Seattle, Wash., March 4. Complete returns from yesterday's municipal election show that John F. Miller, Re publican, was elected mayor of Seattle over William Hickman Moore, city party candidate, by a plurality of about 5,000 votes. James B. Metcalfe, the Democratic candidate, was com pletely lost in the running, polling about 600 votes. The vote of the Democratic party probably falls below the 10 per cent necessary to secure participation in the next primary election. The social ist vote was about 300. The total vote was 26,860 or 85 per cent of the regis tration. HER VOICE GONE. Mrs. Patrick Campbell Cancels Sate at Decator, 111. Chicago, March 4. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Decatur, 111., says: With the opera houwe sold from or chestra to roof, at high prices for last night, many purchasers being from neighboring towns, Manager Given received a telegram from Terre Haute, canoellng the engagement of Mrs. Patrick Campbell in "The Sec ond Mrs. Tanqueray." The messaae said that Mrs. Campbell's voice was gone, and the company would pro ceed to Cedar Rapids. Having no chance to give adequate notice to the public the playgoers were met at the theater door and given hack their money. M'KEE CASE CALLED. Long Pending Suit for Divorce Comes to Trial. Paris, March 4. The long pending suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Hart McKee against her husband came up before the first tribunal in this city today. The hearing was not con cluded. Mrs. McKee Is a daughter of George W. Baxter of Tennessee. She was the widow of Hugh Tevis at the time of her -marriage to Mr. McKee in Phila delphia in January, 1905. Since their marriage the McKees have resided in Europe. The Weather Indications. Chicago, March 4. Forecast for Kan sas: Probably showers, tonight and Thursday. 4, 1908. WANTED MAN. Anti-Stubbs Faction Seeks Can didate for Governor. Effort to Induce Bailey to Stay in Fails. FITZGERALD DECLINES Lieutenant GovernorWon't Play Second Fiddle. Senator Long's Friends Fear Effect on His Candidacy. The big sensation of today's Repub lican state convention was the with drawal from the race for the Republi can nomination for governor of W. J. Bailey, of Atchison. So sure were Mr. Bailey's friends that he was Intending to do this that D. W. Mulvane called a council of the inner circle at the Topeka club Tuesday af ternoon, at which the whole matter was discussed- The party of ten or a dozen political managers ate dinner to gether, and tried to find some solution for the dilemma. Mr. Bailey and Lieu tenant Governor Fitzgerald were both present. After it was found useless to try to persuade Mr. Bailey to stay in the fight. Ex-Governor W. J. Bailey, Who Today Announced His Withdrawal From the Race for Governor. -J the council tried to persuade Lieuten ant Governor Fitzgerald to take up the Bailey boom, and put It on his own shoulders. This proposition Mr. Fitz gerald declined, firmly and kindly. There was a time when Mr. Fitzgerald might have been willing to get into the v. A a la Hntd that in X 1 1 vj taking up Bailey, the anti-Stubbs crowd threw him ore tne trcit, anu mac n now too late to try to get him back on. After this Mulvane dinner party dis solved, there were a series of very im portant conferences at the Copeland and at the Topeka club, the object of which was to find some one to enter the fight against Stubbs. There was some talk of handing the boom over to Senator W. S. Fitspatrick himself, the leader of the senate lodge, and making a square toed issue be tween machine and square deal. Some think that the machine will take up with Cy Lland, and carry him through the fight. Hard Blow to Long:. The withdrawal of Bailey from the i viq,h hijiw tn Senator Long. and his friends admit this to be the case. The friends of senator long cousiu- KC i ia ahenllltplv nepftSSafV to get some strong and active man into the race for governor, and do this at once. The reason for this extreme anxiety to have a fight made for the office of governor Is not so much in the hope of beating Stubbs as it is to draw fire from Long. The friends of Long don't like fhe idea of having Stubbs running without much if any opposi tion. It means that the whole fight in the state would center on Long, and this would be exceedingly dangerous to his chances. There must be some body in the race against Stubbs to "stir up a dust" and attract the at tention of the voters from the sena torial conflict. Meantime, the Long people are hoping that the withdrawal of Bailey from the race will fill the Stubbs fac tion with such overconfidence that the Stubbs people themselves will fur nish the "diversion" which Senator Long needs by bringing out candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor and state treasurer. If the Stubbs crowd could be beguiled Into making a fight for these offices against the present incumbents, who are considered somewhat hostile to the square deal crowd, It would answer all the purposes of Senator Long name ly, to "draw fire." Unless something of this sort can be framed up, the fight on Long would be the only fight of the campaign, and with all the square deal batteries bear ing on Long, It might go hard with himhere are all sorts of comments to be heard at the Copeland about Bai ley's withdrawal. Some say that Bailey quit because he was so en grossed in making money that he would not take time to make a fight. Others said that he would not run be cause he believed Senator Fitzpatrick and other Long people had deceived him and made false representations to get him into the race. Long's friends, it was to be ob served, were not backward about abusing Bailey for his lack of back bone. ."He has a big streak of yellow In WEDNESDAY EVENING. 150 CHILDREN him," commented one of the leading Long men of the state. "He pulled out of the fight with Hoch before he was licked; in fact, he might have won that fight if he had Just stood by his guns. Now he has pulled out of this fight with Stubbs when his best friends have assured him that he would carry every district in the state but the Fourth. The crowd which they call the 'machine' has not been frightened by this big talk about Stubbs. We knew that if Bailey would get out and fight, he could lick Stubbs at every Jump In the road. We conceded noth ing to Stubbs except the Fourth dis trict, and It is an actual fact that Bailey in a popular vote would have carried every district but the Fourth. But he hasn't any nerve. He has quit, and left us in the lurch." State Committee Held a Meeting. The members of the Republican state committee held a meeting Tuesday ev ening at the Copeland, for the purpose of putting a spike into the contesting delegations from Shawnee and Mc Pherson counties. In Shawnee and McPherson the county central committee chose the delegates to the state convention, after which the dissatisfied Republicans held county conventions and chose contest ing delegations. The "machine" wanted to get these contesting delegations dis posed of as far as possible before the meeting of the convention. The committee, by a vote of 2 to 2, voted to instruct the secretary, Clyde Miller, to put the names of the dele gates elected by the county commit tees on the temporary roll of the con vention, and allow the convention it self to settle the fight. The two members who voted against this resolution were W. R. Stubbs and Guy Swallow of Jefferson county. The resolution providing for this course was introduced by D. W. Mul vane and was as follows; "Whereas, The call for the Republi can state convention for March 4, 190S, states that the delegates to said con vention shall be elected in such man ner and at such time and under such rules and regulations as may be pre scribed; and "Whereas, The county committees in a large number of counties have select ed the delegates to the said convention. Be it "Resolved. That the secretary of the state committee In preparing the tem porary roll of delegates to said conven tion, which temporary roll he is hereby directed to prepare, be instructed to place upon said roll call delegates se lected by county central committees." Square Deal Slate Made Cp. As soon as W. R. Stubbs arrived in town late Tuesday afternoon, the square deal people held a caucus at the Copeland, and fixed up a slate for the convention today. It was decided to support Judge A. R. Clark for chairman of the conven tion, and M. F. Amrina of Council Grove, for secretary. The square deal slate for delegates to the national con vention is as follows: William Allen White, Emporia. William E. Stanley, Wichita. S. N. Hawkes, Rooks county. I. E. Lambert of Emporia, who was endorsed by the Fourth district con vention for delegate, declined to ac cept a place on the delegation. Mr. Hawkes, the Rooks county man, is a lawyer- and a former classmate of W. H. Taft at Yale college. Fourth District Convention. The Fourth congressional district convention, which was held yesterday at Osage City, chose A. H. Wheeler of Marion and Harry Hagaman of Onaga as delegates to the national conven tion. The alternates were D. C. Lake of Osage City and W. H. Melrose of Eskridge. G. H. Lamb of Yates Center was chairman of the convention and Chas. V. Barnes was secretary. The Miller forces controlled the convention about two to one, but the Tucker crowd almost slipped them a package in an amendment proposed to the resolutions. The resolutions en dorsed the work of Congressman Mil ler. W. L. Huggins of Emporia pro posed the following amendment: "We are in favor of a reform of the tariff along the lines of protection, and unqualifiedly in favor of placing lum ber on the free list. We are also in favor of a general reform of the tariff as opposed to the 'stand pat' policy of Speaker Cannon. "The indorsement of senators and representatives contained in these resolutions shall be construed as an indorsement of said senators and rep resentatives only Insofar as they have been in accord with the present na tional administration." A viva voce vote was taken and the supporters of the amendment claim it carried. There was some excitement in the convention, and Congressman J. M. Miller took the platform and (Continued on Page Six.) TWO CENTS. PERISH BY FIRE School Building in Cleveland Destroyed by Fire. Contained Four Hundred Little Ones When Blaze Started. WERE SOON-IN PANIC Massed in One of the Two Available Exits. Those Who Fell Were Trampled Upon by Others. LOWER FLOOR FELL Precipitating Many Into Lire Coals in Basement Where ihe Flames Originated From an Overheated Furnace. Cleveland, O., March 4. Over 150 school children lost their lives today in a fire which destroyed the three Btory brick school building on Colla mer avenue, in Colllnwood, a suburb. Just outside the city limits. At 2 o'clock this afternoon 146 bodies had been recovered and It was then believed that the lose of life would exceed 150. The fire started in the basement of the building, about 10 o'clock. Just af ter school convened. It was caused from an overheated furnace. The smoke from the fire quickly filled the building and alarmed the children and teachers. A panic en sued. No fire drill was used in res cuing the children. They rushed pell mell for the doors and windows. Walter C. Kelly, a newspaper man. two of whose children were in the ouuaing, was one of the first upon the' scene. He stated that the rear door, one of the two exits was locked. The children rushed for the front and rear, doors. The front was soon Jammed full of fighting and panic stricken humanity. Many who reached the exit first escaped, but those, the greater number, who followed, choked the doorway. Those who fell were trampled upon and many were sun- posed to have been killed In this man ned. Those behind turned and made for the windows Some upon the sec ond and third floors Jumped: from the windows and escaDed. In. thi wv three or four were killed, while others were more fortunate and escaped with Blinded by Smoke. The greater number of those who met death were cut off from escape by the smoke. which blinded them. Caught in this manner they fell with the lower floor amid the biasing timbers to the basement below. There the little bodies could be seen writh ing in their last struggle. Bodies were taken to the morgue at the Lake Shore Michigan Southern Railway company's shops. Factories in the immediate neigh borhood dismissed their men, who went to work in an effort to rescue the little ones. A few minutes after the building was known to be on fire the school was surrounded by parents, fathers and mothers, who were frantic 4n their dazed efforts to rescue their children. Very few were saved from among the children who were behind the Jam at the front door. The others escaped with slight injuries. The school was of the common grade and contained 360 children ranging in age from' 6 to 14 years. Two or three of the teachers also are thought to have perished. The fire from the basement in ad dition to filling the school rooms with smoke, which caused the first alarm," leaped up the stairway to the first, second and third floors. When the children ran from their rooms to the hallways they rushed into a fiery fur nace. It was in the hallways and at the main exit' where the greatest number met death. The hallways were narrow and could not accom modate the large number that at tempted to rush through them to reach the main door. ine J nown ixal. EDNA EAHNER, 12 years old. BERNIE SCHUBERT, 10 years bid. WILLIE WEISBARTH, 7 years old. MEYERS, 6 years old. TWO BUSCHMAN GIRLS, 10 and 13 years. HUGH MCILRATH, 10 years. THOMAS THOMPSON years. EDDIE KEHL, 11 years. ROSTOCK, 10 years. TWO WOODMYER GIRLS, 10 and 13 years. HAROLD SANGERSON, 12 years. MARY RIDGFAVAY, 10 years. ANNA ROTH. GERTRUDE DAVIS. -WALTER HERTER. HELEN HERTER. MARTHA HERTER. WERNER HERTER. KELLEY, boy, 10 years. KELLY, boy, 7 years. KATHERINE WEILER teacher HARRY 8INGLEMANN, 10 years. LUCY SINGLEMANN, 8 years. MABEL SIEGLER, 10 years. DON RUTSH, 12 years. IRENE DAVIS 14 years. ANGELENE ZUPAN, 11 years. EDWARD MYERT, 6 years. FRANK WINDMAN, 10 years. JOHN WINDMAN, 10 years LILIAN ROSTERICK, years. EMTL ROSTERICK, S years. SCHAFFER, boy years. Dragged Out With Rakes. The panic that had wnrVo fearful results Inside the building spread to the helpless crowd outside, but only for a brief time. Organised efforts at rescue were soon under way. Firemen played streams upon the piles of bodies In the doorways and tried to drag out bodies with rakes and other implements. Ambulances were soon available to take the injured to the hospitals. After the fire had been reduced some- (Continued on Page Slx.J

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1908. 2 VENTTENROUNDS Britt-Nelson Battle at Los An geles a Lively Scrap. Jimmy Saved by the Gong in the Sixth Bound. DANE THE STRONGER. In Scientific Display California Lad Was Better. Audience Seemed to Think It Was a Trifle Tame. Los Angeles, Cal., March 4. Jimmy Britt of San Francisco and "Battling Nelson" of Hegeswich, 111., fought ten rounds before the Pacific Athletic club In this city last night wltn Jirltt a slight victor in point of blows landed and Nelson somewhat the stronger at the close, but unable .to overcome the cleverness of his opponent. The fight seemed ended in the sixth round when Britt appeared to have received a knockout blow at Nelson's hands, but was saved by the gong. Nelson showed to advantage in only three rounds because of telling blows landed when the men were sparring openly. The fight was by no means a savage affair and at times the audi ence howled at the men to ngm. Time after time Britt escaped the leads of the always coming Nelson, awaiting his opportunity to send in the hard lefts that finally tired the Dane and rendered it improbable that he would be able to land a knockout blow. In all. Nelson did not land over a dozen blows that figured In the result while Britt, always giving ground stepped out of range whenever possible f and frequently straightened Nelson up with the left. In conformity with the law no decision was rendered. SAY COBB IS NOT NEEDED. listen to This Bluff From a Detroit dub Stockholder. New York. March 4. "We don't need Ty Cobb to' win the American league pennant this year," said W. H. Yawkey, principal stockholder of the Detroit baseball club. "We can win It without him. We need Cobb and Cobb needs the team, but neither is indispensable to the other. I do not make this statement with any inten tion or desire of detracting from Cobb's reputation as a ball player, for I consider htm the greatest outfielder in the business. Detroit Is not a one man team, and Cobb will neither make or break it. "However, I expect to see Cobb in the lineup. But If he doesn't come into camp we have Matty Mclntyre, as good as ever, and with Davey Jones and Sam Crawford would have as formidable an outfield as any of them. "With Rossman In shape, the Infield is stronger, and Ira Thomas will strengthen the catching staff. Look out for the Tigers. They are again American league pennant winners." Yawkey firmly believes his team Is a sure pennant winner and Is willing to make a rew wagers to mat err set. PLAYS FIRST BALL GAME. Philadelphia Defeats New Orleans Before a Crowd of 5,000. New Orleans. March 4. The Ath letios secured their first victory of the year by defeating the reconstructed New Orleans team 4 to 1. The game was played on the new grounds, and attracted a crowd of almost 6.000 Favored by a bright, hot sun. the members oi ootn learns played excep tionally well in view of the fact that it was their first real praotice. The Athletics scored three runs in the third Inning on Moran's base on balls, a wild throw by Ryan, a single by Hartsel ana an attempt by Lave Cross to throw to the plate on a hit by Nichols. Success in Life depends on character, capacity, concentration and health. De velop the first three by all means maintain the last by the one best means SEECHJLMS PILLS la Mo and 85c. The other run was made in the sev enth on Murphy's single, Collins out and Moran'j single. The home team made their only run In the seventh off Vickera, who was banged for a triple by Keilly and a single by Matthews in quick succes sion. Only one hit was made oft Dy gert, three off Maxwell and three off Vlckers. GANS THINKS BURNS BEST. Says Tommy Would Beat Johnson in a Finish Fight. Washington, March 4. Joe Gans, discussing the chance Jack Johnson would have in a fight with Tommy Burns, said recently: "I think Jack Johnson is the clev erest heavyweight in the world today. He is as clever as Jim Corbett was in his prime. If Johnson and Burns ever meet in a limited round bout I look to see Johnson get the chance. But if they ever meet in a finish fight I think Burns will win. "Tommy Burns is a better man than the public gives him credit for being. I don't think that even Tommy him self knows how good he is. Burns, besides being clever, is a rugged fel low. In a finish fight he would wear down the other fellow and win out. "I have not retired permanently from the ring. I will don the gloves again when a good man is secured to meet me." WILL BET $10,000 ON HIM. Papke's Friends Are Sure He Can Defeat Hugo KeUy. Chicago, March 4. T. E. Jones, who manages the affairs of Billy Papke, "the Illinois thunderbolt." ar rived today and reports that his man is ready to step into the ring at a mo ment's notice. "Blllv is In such con dition that he could step Into the ring rlirht now and beat KeUy. but since the fie-ht is still some distance away, and since he believes that the work for sneed and cleverness will do him no harm, I will keep him in training for the next two weeks. "Papke is one-half pound over weight, weighing 158 pounds now If the Kelly admirers are anxious to bet, they can be accommodated to the extent of $10,000. That amount is in the hands of the down-state nght fol lowers who to a man can see nothing but victory for Billy," said Jones. NAME HIS OWN SALARY. A Rather Rare Privilege Granted Old Hans Wagner. Pittsbure. Pa.. March 4. That Hans Wagner has but to fill in his own sal ary figures and attach his name to the playing contract before the season opens was a bit of news given the ball playing public of Pittsburg. Hans has the contract now. secretary i-iocice or the Pittsburg club expressed the belief that Wagner would be found in line when the team started south, and stated: Of course, there is no financial dif ference between the club and Wagner. He has been for years permitted to practically make out his own contract. He is one player In baseball who can get anything he wants." Washington May Lose Johnson. Los Angeles, March 4. Walter Johnson, the phenom twirler of the Washington team, who has been win tering at tils nome in uunaa, near here, was operated upon at a hospital at Fullerton for acute mastoiditis and the physicians say he will not be about for a month. A piece of bone was removed from an abscess back of Johnson s right ear, ana to perform the operation it was necessary to put him under the influence of an an esthetic HeUlng Signs With Wichita. Wichita, Kan., March 4. Gus Het- llng has come Into the fold. Jack Holland has received word from the Dutchman that he accepted terms with the looai management. Wichita fans will welcome the news that Het ling will play at the third cushion with the Jobbers this season. The Giants Release D. C. Shay. New York. March 4. President Pulliam of the National league has announced the release by New York to Oakland, CaL, of Daniel C. Shay. STRAUS GETS BUSY. Win Try to Have AH Anarchists in the Country Deported. Washington, March 4. The secre tary of commerce and labor has is sued a sweeping order to all commis sioners of immigration and immigra tion inspectors In oharge directing them to confer with the police in their respective jurisdictions with a view to securing the "co-operation of r the police and detective forces In an effort to rid the country of all anarchists and criminals falling wiiuiu mo w reiaung to deporta I. C. WAR IS OVER. Harriman Had It All His Own Way at Annual Meeting. Chicago, March 4.-The long strug gle for control of the Illinois Central railroad was ended when the oft adjourned annual meeting of stock holders was held and four directors were elected. With only formal pro tests recorded by the interests headed by Stuyvesant Fish, which have been opposing the administration of the road, Harriman and John Jacob As tor were re-elected to the board; A. O. HackstafT, who has been serving as director since the death of John C. Welling, was chosen to fill the un expired term and Jos. F. Titus, as sistant to President Harahan, was elected to succeed Stuyvesant Fish upon the directorate. Mr. Titus, how ever. Is to serve only a few weeks, President Harahan announcing to the stockholders that J. Ogden Armour of Chicago will be chosen to the board in place of Mr. Titus as soon as the Btock owned by Mr. Armour can be transferred to his account on the books, thus making him a stockholder of iecord. Mr. Fish was not present at the meeting,' and only a few of his allies were tntre to- watch his Interests. Neither were the bulk of the proxies neia Dy Mr. Fieri presented to the proxy committee. The report of that body showed that 6 8 4,688 shares out of a total of 950,400 outstanding were entitled to be voted, of those 571,456 were held by President Harahan. R, S. SHAW, Department of Practical Agriculture, Michigan Agricultural College. This paper has secured a series of ten articles by Mr. R. 8. Shaw of the Michi gan Agricultural college, on practical Ideas In farming. Although a young man. Mr. Shaw has had wide experience and Is considered an authority on farming. The first of these articles, which was on cat tle, appeared some weeks ago In this pa per and was very instructive. The pres ent article on sheep further Impresses In a practical way one method of utilising waste space on the farm to advantage. See story which follows. John H. .Murphy Dead. Denver, Colo., March 4. John H. Murphy, general counsel for the Western Federation of Miners and aiso general counsel tor the Brother- nood of Locomotive Firemen, died of .consumption at his home in this city last mg-nt, arter a lingering ill. ness. Hot sodas served at Price's store, located In the big block. drug .JT",1!,? 1id P" with my tomeh and nee all kinds of medicine. My toneue baa a bad odor. Two k ago a frieud reoomnaiided fhi&itoTJS"?. f,T? l"ly erred?, f j hm anau re Chaa. H r?Si",,t" paltble. Potent. Taete G-od Do Good Snilnti1kL,Th" tablet atamped C tTcL ttoarantead to cure or your money baok. 8terllng Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y s ANNUAL SALE, TEH MILLION BOXES I BAD BREATH any one urannf from inch trouble!." J Halpern, 114 E. 7th St., Now York, fi, Y. J commend I flwyi esT for The bowels VCAHOV CATHARTIC ABOLISIIJIIEM. MoTement Started at Chanute to Take Away Permits. Declare That Druggists Tiolate Spirit of the Law. MONTHLY SALE LARGE One Store Disposes of 1,100 Gallons During January. Names of the Purchasers Will Be Made Public. Chanute, Kan., r March 4. A move ment has been started by Rev. I. B. Pulliam of the Methodist church to se cure the cancellation of all druggists' liquor permits tn.Neosho county. At the close of a sermon in which Rev, Pulliam made an attack on the drug stores holding permits, he read a peti tion which was addressed to Probate Judge Alleman, In which it was charged that both the letter and the spirit of the law was being violated dally in Chanute, and the petition asked that the probate judge revoke all such per mits to sell liquor In the county and that he issue no more permits in the future to any one, whom he believed to have violated the provisions of the prohibitory law. The petitions were cir culated In the audience immediately following, and one hundred and seven male signatures were secured. At the close of the service another petition for women was circulated on suggestion of F. W. Bettes of the National Bupply company, and 120 signatures secured. In addition to this, petitions are to be circulated by committees of two among the several churches of the city, and all the petitions will be presented to the probate judge this week. The sermon delivered by Rev. Pulliam was the second of a series in which he had attacked local druggists holding permits, by the aid of a blackboard. On the blackboard he had a table show ing the number of sales made by the druggists during the months of No vember, December and January, also the amount of liquor each drug store had purchased, and the amount of liquor each has in stock. In concluding his remarks Rev. Pulliam stated that he had the name of a Chanute citizen who had made liquor purchases for five days In succession and also, the name of a man of weak mental condition who had made purchases, and he de clared that unless conditions changed his next blackboard move would be to print a list of those who were making the most extensive purchases. The Rev. Mr. Pulliam was.-qulte satrlcal in his remarks regarding the sickness in Cha nute, as shown by the number of sales, and In a facetious satirical way, made personal allusion' to a number of the druggists, referring to them by their surnames, His talk of sales, by gallons, as ex hibited, was as follows; Lia'JOr sal&r- .'r Nov. Dec. Jan. n P Wilder ............100 100 200 Boschert Williams........ 100 200 Hoshaw Drug Co. 16. 236 400 Fred Frewert :.....i.i....-.400 500 Chase W. Brown..... 500 600 E. M. Bales .--500 700 The table showed 356 gallons 100 380 800 700 1100 Of whiskx purchased,. 10 gallons of alcohol. IS gallons of gin, and 15 gallons of wine; liquors on hand, 300 gallons. HUTCHINSON'S BIG PIANT. Work; Is Being Rushed on the Soda 'i Ash Works. Hutchinson, March 4. The soda ash plant, being built by the Hutchin son Chemical 6s AJKan company in the northeast part of Hutchinson, is a little more man ou pec cini uuua, according to General Manager John Faulkner and Chief jsmgineer jonn Watson, the two Englishmen who are managing the practical work or buna- inar and operating the plant. On July 14. 1H07, tne nrst car or. lumber for the construction of the Dlant was received at the plant site. On Ausrust 3. 1907. the work of excavating for the building was com menced. The foundations are sunk low in the ground, the steel work is high in the air and the plant is spread over a lot of the soil of tne iuicninson townslte and. uo to now about 250 cars of material have been received and a large share of this has already gone into the erection or mis Dig manufacturing concern. The company Is building a plant of one unit to manufacture soda ash out of the salt vein that is below the sur. face of the earth at a depth of about 350 feet After that depth is reached there is a solid salt vein for a depth of 400 feet. In this vein five wells have been driven to the depth of 827 feet each. These are being connected bv DiDes with the plant and they will be pumped out and gotten ready for the operation of the plant when the time cornea. To make 120 tons of soda ash daily will require the use of 120 tons of limestone dally. It will also require the consumption of about 150 tons of coal dally. This, -with the shipments to the markets of-120 tons of the fin iahed product dally will add greatly to the business of tne raiiroaas cen tering In Hutchinson, which city has for TOftra been the largest in the state. In the point of freight tonnage for all of the railroads. More than 100 men are at work on the plant now, on the regular pay roll and In the employ of sub-contractors. This number or a little more will be employed until the plant is comDleted and cut in operation Then there will be two shifts of men at work manaa-inar the works of the plant. The night force will consist of about fifty men, at tne stare, ana ine day force of about seventy men. This number will be exaduauy increased These will be in addition to a large gang of men who are to start soon after that in erecting another unit to double thn mmaeitv of the plant. It is exDected that the plant will be ready for business in July. OUB PliAINSMAN NEAR DEATH. No Horn for T. G. Ix)e. ar Iieaven- worth Pioneer Settler. Leavenworth Kan.. March 4. Per- cival G. Lowe, one of the oldest resi dents of Leavenworth county and for threa trrmi a t.f senator, a member of the dragoons, and one of the best known historical writers oi tne eariy history of Kansas, is dying in San Antonio, Texas, where he went some time ago for the benefit of his health. The latest word received last night was to the effect that, he had rallied, but that his physicians stated that his recovery was dispaired of. In 1868 he was granted the contract mm BY Every Old Sore is an outside symptom of a, weak or polluted condition of the blood the external evidence of physical impurity, If they were due to outside influences; or if tne cause was confined strictly to the diseased flesh around the ulcer, then local treatment and simplecleanliness would cure them. But the foundation of the trouble is in the blood, winch has from some cause become unhealthy and diseased, and is keeping the sore or ulcer open by continually discharging into it the impurities and poisons with which it is filled. X ?Pure condition of the blood may be the remains of some constitutional trouble; tne effect of a long spell of sickness, which has left the circulation weak and germ-infected, or because the natural waste and refuse matter of the body, which should pass off through the proper channels, has been left in the system to ferment and decay and be absorbed into the blood. Again the cause may be heredi tary, the polluted blood of ancestry being handed down to posterity; but it does not matter how the trouble became entrenched in the blood, the fact that the' sore will not heal is evidence of its deep, underlying cause, and shows the absolute necessity for the very best constitutional treatment. There is nothing that causes more dis comfort and worry than a festering, discharg ing old sore, as it lingers,' slowly eating into the surrounding tissues and flesh, and by its obstinacy and tendency to grow worse," in every way suggesting the possibility of being cancerous in its nature; for there is no differ ence at first in the appearance of a cancerous and a common sistently refuses to heal may degenerate into Cancer if the poisons which produce the trouble. balves, washes, lotions, etc., cannot effect a cure of an obstinate sore or ulcer. Such treatment may assist in keeping the place clean and antiseptic, but it does not reach the blood where the real cause is PURELY VEGETABLE gradually leaves, new tissue and healthy flesh are formed, and soon the sore or ulcer is cured, and permanently so, for the cause has been entirely removed. If you have a sore or ulcer that is slow in healing do not depend upon local applications alone remember it may develop cancerous tendencies, and the only way to effect a cure is to purify your blood with S. S. S. This medicine possesses the finest of tonic properties that build up and strengthen the entire system and in every way assists in bringing about a prompt and certain cure. To sum the matter up purify your blood and the sore will; heal of its own accord. Special book on Sores and Ulcers and any special medical advice desired will be furnished without charge to all who write. to build the Union Pacific railroad into New Mexico. He afterwards traveled through Colorado and the other western states for the benefit of his health, be ing unable to perform any manual la bors he bought a piece of property nere which he knew would provide a living for his family before he left. He has two sons, and two daugnters, the youngest being Mrs. Samuel Wil son, wife of S. H. Wilson, president oi the Great Western Manufacturing Company of this city. FUEIi CHEAP IN IIUTCirCVSON. One Man's Gas Bill for the Tear in 5 Room Cottage Was $3-1.33. Hutchinson, March 4. The News says: A Hutchinson man, who had natural gas in his home on March 1, a year ago, has just totaled his bills for the year ending February 29. The house la but a five room cottage, with large pantry and two large closets. There were two stoves, ex cepting In the summer time. The total gas bill for the twelve months amounted to $34.33. This Is at the rate of J2.86 a month for the entire year. The bills were distributed as follows over the year: March, 1907 1.S5 April 2.16 May 1.89 June 81 July .54 August 60 September .89 October 2.16 November 4.86 December 4.59 January, 1908 6.75 February 7.83 Total J34.33 This is at the rate of 9 cents a day for the year, merely the daily cost of a fairly good cigar. TOOK AS OBXCE OF POISON. Prompt Action Prevents Coffeyvllle 3Ian's Attempt at Suicide. Coffeyville, Kan., March 4. Tom Annes attempted suicide at 1:30 in the morning because of a quarrel he had with his sister. He took an ounce of laudanum and his brother rushed down town In. search of a physician. He ran across Detective Fulton, who summoned Dr. Kurtz and both hurried to the house. Only prompt action on the part of the physician saved Annes' life. When he had recovered suffi ciently to realize his close call, and the rashness of his act, he was very thankful that his attempted suicide had not been successful.

Stamp Sales Increase. Kansas City, Kan., March 4. The stamp receipts of the Kansas City, SALARY f to Right Man for Agency Supervision Apply to Elonls. Clark, Mgr. The Mutual Life of New York Topeka, J 0M1 IMPURITIES IN THE BLQ OD located, and can therefore have r r C5. vs. o. goes to tne iountam-neaa oi tne t trouble and drives out the poison-producing1 germs and morbid matters which are keeping the sore or ulcer open. It removes every particle of impurity from the circulation and makes this life-stream-pure, fresh and health-sustaining. Then as this ll t f Vtlsts? Sr n n 4- n 4-t. ln n t. 11VU) JU.iiJL4.VJ. uiuuu AO V-CU1J.CU. LU L11C piaLC HCcLl" inc npoitis nil rllcrTiararp reaepe t'rif ltiflomm'itinti THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Kan., postofflce for February were 317,787.48, an increase of ,15- per cent over that of the .corresponding-month last year. .The receipts for February, 1907, were 315,464.88. r GETTING WHEATON JURY. A Venire of Thirty Men Exhausted in the Iola Murder Case. Iola, Kan., March 4. With a venire of thirty men exhausted and but two Jurors selected, the first day of the trial of C. H. Wheaton, on a charge of second degree manslaughter In con nection' with the death of Miss Maud Rellly, his stenographer, closed last night. Judge Foust ordered an addi tional special venire of twenty men drawn. Miss Reilly was stenographer for Wheaton at the Grand theater, which he managed, and controlled. She was 111 last October and in three weeks died. Before death she led the offi cers to believe that either a Kansas City physician or a Fort Scott physi cian was responsible. Dr. O. M. Brooklns, a negro doctor at Fort Scott, was arrested. This case has never come to trial. Detectives are in vestigating' the alleged Kansas City end. Wheaton continues to affirm his in nocence. He was formerly a bank cashier in Iola, and afterward one of the most prominent theatrical man agers In this section of the state. THIS IS COFFETVIUxE'S PXtAN, The Day Declared a Holiday to Raise Fonda for New Industries. Coffeyville, Kan., March 4. Mayor Wilcox has declared today a holiday in this city because it is the day mark, ing the beginning of the effort to raise a bonus fund of 3100.000 to be used In securing new Industries for Coffey ville Thirty of the leading business men divided into six committees have the soliciting in hand and they have already secured promises of the larger part of the fund. The mill whistles of the city will be blown every time 3500 Is added to the list and the indications now are that it will be a noisv day in Coffeyville. This bonus fund will be paid to new industries as they come here and build their plants. This city has al ready expended more than 375,000 for this tmrpose and the town'e population was raised from 6,000 to nearly 20,000 by means of these previous gifts. It is the hope of the chamber of commerce, whioh has the new movement in hand, to increase the population to 40,000 persons. FOR CARNEGIE UBRARV. Tlie Corner Stone to Be Laid at Wich ita. Tuesday, March to. Wichita, March 4. The corner stone of the new Carnegie library, to be built on the Falrmount college campus, will be laid Tuesday morn ing March 10, at 10 o'clock. The stone will be laid with the service of th9 Masonic grand lodge of Kansas. At 10:30 o'clock an address will be made in the chapel by Prof. D. M. Fisk. In the afternoon the in augural service of Henry Ernest Thayer, D. D., as president, of the col lege, will be held. In the evening J. H George, D. D., will make an ad dress in the Plymouth Congregational church. f A DINNER TO PR. STRONG. ipj jr i. Alumni Association to En tertain Him This Month. Kansas City, March 4 Dr. Frank Strong, chancellor of the University of Kansas, will be a guest at a formal dinner to be given by the alumni of the university in Kansas City the lat ter part of this month. Plans for the dinner were made at the monthly luncheon of the alumni at the Univer sity club today. The date will be an FED AMD i KEPT OPEK BAD SORE FROM AN OLD WOUND. I want to recommend S. S. S. to any who are la need of a blood purifier, and espeolally as a remedy for sores and obstinate ulcers. la 1877 I had my leg badly oat on the sharp edge of a barrel, and having on a blue woolen stocking, the place was badly poisoned from the dye. A great sore formed and for years no one knows what I suffered with the place. I tried, it seemed to me, everything I had ever heard of but I got no relief, and I thought 1 would have to go through life with an angry, dis charging sore on my leg. At last I began the use of S. S. 8., and it was but a short time until I saw that the place was Improving. I continued it until it re moved all the poison from my blood and made complete and permanent cure of the sore. JNO. ELLIS. 250 Navy Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. ulcer, and any sore that per- s blood is not purified of the

no permanent good effect. ,i -e -i .e- COMPANY, ATLANTA, OA, nounced after Dr. Strong has been communicated with. Herbert S. Had ley, attorney general of Missouri, Wll-i Ham Allen White of Kansas and other former students Of the schol will at-" tend the dinner. BIG K. P. MEETING. State Grand lodge to Have Three Days Session in May. Independence, Kan., March 4. The indications are that the- encampment of the state grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias, including the uniform rank, which Is to be held in this city, com mencing May 28, will be the biggest thing of the sort in the history of Kansas, and unquestionably nothing that southern Kansas has ever seen will approach It. The meeting will last three days and prominent speakers will be present. B. B. BELL TAKES hUDAXOt A Marion County Resident Grows Weary of life. Marion, Kan., March 4. Ben B. Bell, a resident of this county for many years and well known In this part of the state, was found dead in his barn, 14 miles north of here, early Tuesday. He had commit ted suicide by taking carbolic acid and laudanum. No cause for the sulolde la known. Bell was in comfortable circum stances, had Just moved to the farm from here and, so far as Is known, had no financial troubles of moment. Ha got up in the night to get some laudanum for aa aching tooth for Mrs. Bell and. It is supposed, the idea of suicide came to him then. Besides his wife, he leaves two chil dren. A Big Revival at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Kan., March 4. The revi val that has been going on In the First Methodist church the last four weeks. Is still in progress. The interest has grown from the beginning. About 300 have made profession of conversion Gives Work to 4,000. Berwick, Pa., March 4. After hav ing been shut down for the last two weeks In all Its departments, the Ber wick plant of the American Car and Foundry company has resumed work, giving work to 4,000 employes. What Causes Headache. From Oct. to May colds are the most fre quent cause of headache. LAXATIVE BBOMO QUININE removes cause. E. W. Groves on box. 2c California or the Northwest. Now Is the time to go. Only $30.00 via Union Pacifto every -day, March 1st to April 30th, 1908, to San Francisco. Lo.i Angeles and many other Califor nia points; also to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and many other Oregon and Washington points. Tickets good in Tourist Sleeping Cars. By taking a tourist sleeper, pas sengers can materially reduce the cost of a Pacific Coast trip without sacrificing the slightest degree of comfort. Tourist Sleeping Cars run through dally via Union Pacific. For reservations and all information in quire of F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Agent, or J. C. Fulton, Depot Agent: A Convenient Train. For Topeka people who desire a. fnti business day in Kansas City is the Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves Topeka every day at 7:05 a. m., ar riving in Kansas City at 8:50 a. m. You can get breakfast in the diner on this train and dinner on No. 101 which leaves Kansas City at C p. m.. reahi It makes no difference how long von'M suffered, or what failed to cure you. lister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes iinv weak men. women and children etrrvni and health ty. It's done so for thouiSdf why not for you? 86c Ta. or Taillii F. T. WaUur.

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i 1 j.f: f 4 i 1 (I V 'I RAILR0AD NEWS. Thousands .Are Affected by Be cent Railroad Economies. Quarter of Million of Employes Idle or on Part Time. PUBLIC WILL APPROVE A Fair and Impartial Investiga tion of Conditions Needed. Other Items of Interest in Railway Circles. Two hundred and fifty thousand railroad employes either are out of work or are on reduced time. This Is a conservative estimate, and is based upon figures given by repre sentatives of the big railroad systems of the country. It is claimed the rail roads are justified In closing stations and shops and reducing the number of trains by the lack of business, and it is true that conditions in many of tne states, particularly those of the middle west, are not such as to re quire shipments as extensive as thosw made in more prosperous times. Long strings of empty freight car lie on sidetracks at the large termina stations. Frequently trains are pass ed, made up for the most part of "empties," returning from points where they delivered shipments. The number of freight cars in the United States is 2,100,000. It is believed that 850,000 of these are not in use at all. One system which owns 46,000 freight cars has 30 per cent of its entire equipment idle. It is confidently asserted by rail road officials that if a fair and impar tial investigation be made by the In terstate Commerce commission, as re cently directed by the president, the public will approve heartily the econ omies which have been made or are contemplated. It is pointed out that there is no business house in the 'world, large or small, which, in time of depression, does not adopt a policy of retrenchment. Should this not be done, financial difficulties follow. It is said further, not with an in tention to scare, but with a serious appreciation of the situation, that it is not. all plain sailing with some of the roads by any means, and that the greatest care must be exercised In their financial management to pre vent a disaster. This condition makes a reduction in expenditures imperative and confidence is expressed that the government investigators will justify this policy. The following statement given out by the general manager of one of the large systems may be regarded as typical of the conditions which exist: Our company owns approximately 46,000 freight cars, 1,200 of which we have standing idle on sidetracks. We Many Physicians insist that there is a peculiar type of which may well be called "Coffee Drinker's because the caffeine in coffee tends to congest the stomach and liver and prevent the release of the natural fluids used to digest food. Fortunately there's NO TANNIN NOR CAFFEINE in P FLY TO PIECES The Effrtet of -Coffee on Highly Organized People. "I have been a coffee user for years, and about two year ago, got into a very serious condition of dyspepsia and Indigestion. It seemed to me I would fly to pieces. I was so nervous that at the least noise I was distresed, and many times could not straighten myself up because of the pain. "My physician told me I must not eat any heavy or strong food and ordered a diet, giving me some medicinO. I followed directions carefully, but kept on using coffee and did not get any better. Last winter tny husband, who was away on business, had Postum Cereal served to him in the family where he boarded. He liked it so well that when he came home he brought some with him. We began using it and I found it most excellent. While I drank it my stom ach never bothered me in the least, and I got over ray nervous troubles. When the Postum was all gone w-6 rr-tTned to coffee, then my stomach began to Bart ire as before and the nervous conditions came tn again. "That showed me exactly what was the cause of he whole trouble, so I quit drinking coffee altogeth r and kept on using Postum. The old troubles left igain and I have never had any trouble since. "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to WeaviHe," in pkgs. POSTUM CEREAL estimate that our surplus equipment, in addition to these 1,200 cars, amounts to 12,000 empty cars in ex cess of our orders, making a total of 18,200 cars Idle, or about 80 per cent of our entire freight equipment. We have not made any material re duction in the number of locomotives in service, owing to the necessity of keeping engines at work in order to move the large number of empty cars we have on our lines belonging to oth er companies and disposing of them. Our empty mileage during January, as compared with the previous month on this account, increased about 75 per cent. I find it is very difficult to deter mine just how many men have beei laid off on account of the slump in business, but I find that my records Indicate that there have been 2,600 salaried men dismissed from the ser vice on this account since November 1, and I should say, approximately that number of additional train ana engine men, or a total of about 5,000. This system employs about 30,000 I should say that dismissals in the sam proportion have been made by other systems. The disposition on the part of rail road operators is to believe that the effect of the president's order to the commission will be to make the meu dissatisfied with the present wage scale. Attention is called to the fact that on the Rock Island system at Increase was made in the pay of alt classes of employes beginning in No vember, 1906, this increase, ranging irom fa to 2u per cent. Similar increases are claimed to have been made by other systems. But these high wages, it is contended, could only continue while prosperity existed. Moreover, attention is called to the large additional expenses which have been forced upon the roads by the state and federal enactments ot the past two and a half years. Rail road commissions in many states have ordered more trains, or the construc tion of additional stations or the like. More exhaustive returns, necessitat ing a larger clerical force, are requir ed by the Interstate Commerce com mission. There is now entering into effect the law fixing the hours of labor of railroad employes. The railroads will obey the law be cause they dare not do otherwise. A few years ago evasion would hav been possible, but with the people awake, there must be obedience. This will mean that more men must be employed. It will mean that, the pay of men now in service will be re duced, for they are paid by the hour, but even by economizing in this direc tion the operators claim their ex penses will be Increased. The railroads have been hit In an other direction. They have been com pelled to reduce freight rates by or der of the Interstate Commerce com mission where interstate traffic wa involved, and by order of state rail road commissions where interstate traffic existed. They also have had their passenger fares reduced by law. "The public ought not to forget. said a well known operator, "that the officials of a road are responsible In a general way to the people, but in a specific manner to their employers, the stockholders. The latter demand a return upon the money they have invested, and if we do not get it fo- Dyspepsia It is made of clean, hard wheat; retains all the natural food elements of the cereal, in cluding the "vital phosphates" necessary for rebuilding nerve, and brain cells, and is the NATURAL REFUGE of the coffee -drugged dyspeptic CO., LTD., BATTLE CREEK, MICH., U. S. A. them they will employ somebody who will. There is no question- that- we have been guilty of abuses in the past, but the Intention and effort nowadays Is to obey the law. The administra tion In Washington has impressed up on us what we may expect if we fail to do so. At the same time, it seems to me to be a very short sighted policy to attack the railroads from motives of revenge, for it should not be for gotten that the prosperity of the country is lndlssolubly bound up wltn that of the common carriers. BIG CUTS OX MISSOURI ROADS. Recent Reports Show Ten Thousand Men Out of Employment. St. Louis, March 4. According to a recapitulation of statements of Mis souri railroad officials, published here today, about 10,000 employes in the operating, mechanical and clerical de. partments have been dismissed recent ly to offset revenue losses suffered by the roads. It Is estimated by the state railroad commission that probably 8,000 of the present unemployed men have been laid off in the last fifteen days. The Chicago Alton management announced today that its 100 passenger train collectors would be dispensed with. Employes retained by the Cot tonbelt" road it is announced, have been required to lay off five days each month without pay until further no tice. Sweeping retrenchments have been ordered by the Gould interests operating the St. Louis, Iron Mountain Southern and Missouri Pacific roads. The operating officials of the St. Louis San Francisco road met today in Springfield, Mo., to reduce operating expenses until the crops begin to move next fall. The Missouri. Kansas Texas road has put into effect many economies, which, according to one of the officials, have cut down operating expenses $75,000 a month. The Louisville Nashville, the Mo bile Ohio, the Southern railway and many other roads operating to the south out of here have made a 10 per cent cut in the wages of all employes not identified with labor unions. The Wabash has laid off many men and curtailed its repair work. A high offi cial of one of the principal Missouri lines said that the roads terminating in St. Louis have economized to the total extent of 1 million dollars a month.' PROMDTKjrr OFFICIAXjS let out. Missouri Pacific Road Makes Another Sweeping Reduction. Kansas City, March 4. The Mis souri Pacific railroad has announced that it will close indefinitely its com mercial offices in Boston, Cairo, Birm ingham and New Orleans. A cut of 33 per cent has been made in the of fices that remain open and all of the foremen employed in the shops at f-edalia have been laid off indefinitely. Telegrams were sent from the head quarters of the Missouri Paoiflc rail road in St. Louis Saturday summarily discharging eight or more employees. Two on the list are in Kansas City, M. D. Darnall, commercial agent, and S. B. Lowe, traveling passenger agent. The list Includes L. D. Knowles, gen eral agent, Milwaukee; C. McAdams, commercial agent, Memphis; J. C. Forrester, commercial agent, Cin- Dyspepsia 99 roffl LL TAKE- ABOUT FIVE TO RELIEVE YOU OF Read why nothing will upset your Stomach or remain un digested if you eat Dia pepsin afterwards. You can eat anything your stomach craves without fear of a case of Indi gestion or Dyspepsia, or that your food will ferment or sour on your stomach if you will take one 22-grain Triangule of Diapepsin after eating. Your meals will taste good, and any thing you eat will be digested; nothing can ferment or turn into acid or poison or Stomach gas, which causes Belch ing, Dizziness, a feeling of fullness af ter eating. Nausea, Indigestion (like a lump of lead in stomach), Bllliousness, Heartburn, Water brash, Pain in stom ach and intestines or other symptoms. Headaches from the stomach are ab solutely unknown where this effective Diapepsin Is used. No matter what you think your trouble call it by any name you choose it Is certain that the real finnqtf- XT T Wilson. flAfllsttAn-f mn. Louis E. Edward, general passenger I ABOLISH TRAINMASTER'SOFFICE Threatened Change at Chanute Has Been Effected by Santa Fe, -Chanute. Kan.. March 4. J. C. Ramsey, who has been trainmaster for ,the Southern Kansas division of the'Santa Fe Rail-road company left yesterday. Tor Kansas tnty, to take the run as passenger conductor on trains Nos. 203 and 204 between Kansas City and Tulsa.' The office of trainmaster, which he had held for several years has been abolished. The order became effective yesterday. Mr. .Ramsey bumped Conductor Record. The work wnicn JM.r. Jtiamsey ana his office force has been doing has been turned over to Assistant Super intendent J. F. McNally. Mr. Mc Nally has moved from his office down the hall Into the one formerly occu pied by Ramsey. No change has been made in the forces of either office at present, except that Frank Wickstrom goes back to work for the roadmaster. v Railroad men say that the abolish ment of the office of trainmaster here is what was to be expected. This division is about the only one on the e.vstem which has been carry ing an assistant superintendent and a trainmaster. It has been necessary here because of the great amount of construction work and improvement which the company has done on this division for several -years. EARNINGS FALL OFF. Pennsylvania Lines Report Tils De crease in Receipts and Expenses. Philadelphia. March 4. The month ly statement of the Pennsylvania Rail road company, giving a comparison of earnings and expenses of the lines east and west of Pittsburg for the month or January, shows a large de. crease In the sroea and net earnings, and in the expenses as compared with the same month last year. The gross earnings of the lines east of Pittsburg, directly operated, show a decrease of $2,020,400; there was a falling off of Jl.185,600 in expenses, and the net earnings show a decrease Of $666,800. Lines west of Pittsburg, directly operated, show a decrease in .gross earnings of $1,652,800: a decrease in expenses of $1,071,100, and a decrease In net earnings of $581,700. SANTA FE NOT WELL OFF. Vice President Jansen Says Road Can Not Offset Higher Costs. The following plain statement con cerning Atchison's affairs is made by Vice President Jansen: "Our earnings are off very decided ly, and we have not been able to make a corresponding reduction in operat ing expenses. The latter amount to 70 per cent of gross earnings. "Less than a year ago our employes were granted an increase which ap proximated $2,500,000 a year. If wage reductions are necessary there can be no other recourse for the employes than to co-operate with the managers. "It has not been any one man or one legislature or one law that has been responsible for the decline in busi ness." NEW TRAINMASTER APPOINTED. E. C. Wills Selected for Missouri Pa- cine Position at Coffeyville, .Effective today, E. C. Wills, for merly of Wichita and for the past year trainmaster of the main line of the' Missouri Pacific railway from CoffeyvUle to Osawatomie, has been appointed trainmaster of the entire southern Kansas division of the Mis souri Pacific sailway, with head quarters at Coffeyville, succeeding C. S. Welsh, trainmaster or tne u. bh. A. division, who has been trans ferred to other duties. RAILWAY OFFICIAL CONVICTED. Division Superintendent Held Re sponsible for Fatalities. Los Ansreles, March 4. For failure to nrovide a flagman or safety gate at the street crossing in this city which was recently the scene of a ra tal collision between a train and a street car. Judge Frederickson today fined Thomas Cullen, superintendent of the Salt Lake railroad, $150 or 15 days in JaiL The charges against K. F: Wells, general manager of the company were dismissed. PROGRESSIVE GOODLAND. The Commercial Club Is Booming a High School. Goodland, Kan.. .March 4. The Goodland Commercial club called a citizens meeting at the Walker opera house for the purposo ot interesting the citizens in the matter of a new county high school for this city. The meeting was well attended and a programme was rendered by the pupils attending the present high school. Addresses were made by several of the prominent men of the city in which they set forth the many reasons why a new school building was needed. In taking a vote of those present for the voting of the $20,000 bonds for this purpose not a vote was cast against the proposition. Good land, Kan., is the largest and best city in northwest Kansas, the people here thiBh. MINUTES INDIGESTION cause is fermentation of the food you eat.- All else are merely symptoms or the result of this cause. For all these things you will find a sure cure in Diapepsin, and one 22-grain Triangule, taken after your next meal, will' prove this. Despepsin really does all the work of a healthy stomach. It digests your meals when your stomach can't. Each triangule will digest 3,000 grains of food -and leave nothing to ferment or sour. Any good pharmacy here can supply these 50-cent cases of Pape's Diapepsin, which have the complete formula print ed thereon to show just- what you are taking, and that it is no more harmful than candy. Start taking Diapepsin today, and by tomorrow you will actually brag about your healthy, strong Stomach, for you then can eat anything and everything you want without the slightest discom fort or misery, and every particle of Impurity and Gas that is in your stomach and Intestines is going to be carried away without the use of laxa tives or any other assistance. mm Robert Edeson Tonight. Thoroughly American and typical of the best type of modern plays "Classmates," in which Robert Ede son will be presented at the Grand to night by Henry B. Harris, should be one of. the most popular of the sea son's attractions. Mr. Edeson comes here direct from a four months' en gagement at the Hudson theater in New York, where the play created a sensation and was one of the big hits of the season. "Classmates" is gen erally acknowledged to be the great est success of Edeson's career and is neculiarlv lntrRHno- f rir- Son that It 1 thA flroj nla-n- tn life at the national military academy ox vYem jt-ennu air. ttiaeson is sup ported by a notable cast including Pauline Anthony, Marjorie Wood, Maud Granger, Wallace Eddinger, Sidney Ainsworth, Frank Mclntyre and Lawrence Eddinger. "Way Down East." There are many things to take into reckoning when accounting for the Robert Edeson, Who Will Be Seen at Fat All My Life, and How I Got Rid of It. First a, captivating plumpness begins to teal upon woman m her twenties. Plump ness is followed by oh, horrors fatness. and shortness of breath and heart flutters. Then, alas, come the chin that is double and the comical lumbering w&ddle of the overfat. Fine sarcasm to tell euoh a wo man to exercise. Why not counsel flying? She Is as able to do the one as the other. It's another keen cut to suggest dieting. When ladles are just so fat they haven't an ounce of will power or energy to spare for extras just living is hard enough work for them. What then? Are these unfortunates con demned to be fat for Hfe? No, believe it or not; a simple home receipt, easy to get at a drug store, will take that fat off and keep it off. Listen! ounce-Marmola. ounce; Fluid Extract Cascara. Aromatic and 3 ounces Syrup Simplex mixed at home and taken in teaspoonful doses af ter meals and at bedtime, will take off as much as a pound a day in some cases. Get the Marmola in the sealed packages you are sure it is fresh that way take the mixture a month and you'll see. The fat seems to drop off and leave nice, smooth, firm flesh, while the health and complex ion improve wonderfully. mkm a It R. L Will Sell HORSES -ON- THURSDAY, MARCH 5 th At Topea Fair Gronnds, Commencing at 10 A.M. Sharp Most of the famous trotting- sires of the world are represented by their get. Mr. M. A. Low sells twenty carefully selected Colts from the Walnut Grove Farm. "1 III 111 ItHlllll 1' 1 "I' "M" HONEY SAVED by having your teeth attended by us. Always up-to-date, pain less, reliable and the largest dental concern in Kansas. Popular Prices. DRS. LYON HEATHEREY Office Established IS years. Ind. Phone Ills. Kil Kansas Atb Topeka, Kan. Over W. A. L. Thompson JTrtw. m r imn tremendous vogue of "Way Down East," which will be presented at the Grand on Sunday night. The sim plicity of the story appeals to every body, the broad fun of the inimitable Hi Holler, the comedy of the other characters, the realism of the various scenes, the wonderful simulation of the blizzard, the strength of the com pany and the power of the third act scene; these things in some measure will tell why "Way Down East" fills the theater season after season. Added the Grand Tonight in "Classmates." to this is the fact the cast is kept up to its original standard of excellence, while the production is .made more elaborate each succeeding year. Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Mrs. Patrick Campbell the dis tinguished English actress will ap pear at the Grand on march. 12. Her present American tour is under the direction of Liebler Co. She will be seen In the role of Paula Tan queray in "The Second Mrs. Tan queray" one of several of the famous characters in which she has won her greatest fame. Mrs. Campbell made a profound impression with theater goers of this country upon her pre vious visits to these shores, and her reappearance here is especially Im portant, not alone on account of her fame as an actress and her interest ing personality but especially so as she will give Topeka theater-goers an opportunity of witnessing her in a play that has created such wide com ment as "The Second Mrs. Tan queray." It affords glimpses of the quiet, tense manner which Mrs. Pat rick Campbell utilizes so effective ly in her most moving scenes. Few artists know so well how to express muoh by mere suggestion. Experts may differ as to whether Mrs. Camp bell is really a beautiful woman, but at any rate she gives you the im pression that she is beautiful where- ILULE, All of His II M 111 I IH I 1 1 I H m Best set of teeth oood set of teeth.rrrr""rr"""rrrrrrriTM Gold crown, 22K... S.M Porcelain crowns 4.08 Bridge work, per tooth... 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Billy Rambo. a pianist, who elorlea. in the fact that he knows nothing of) music and would be unable .to pick out the key of G from the key of Z, -f won the prize in the amateur .contest I at the Majestic last night, which, aa is usually the case, crowded the theater to the, limits of its capacity. Mr. Rambo may not know anything of the j intricacies of music but he certainly jknows how to get noise and tunes out oi a piano, jne iook several rails out of It through the medium of some "rags" that were heartily applauded-, by the audience. Mr. Rambo's only who has appeared before as an ama teur. This time she came out dressed in the red shirt and leather breeches of a cowboy and with her for a sort of a chorus were three girls dressed in cowgirl togs. They sang a song that seemed to go pretty well with ths crowd but when it came time for ths audience to applaud for the prize win ner, the girls were passed by and ths prize enthusiastically awarded to Mr. Rambo. There was another act o the amateur bill. It was furnished by the Pickle Quartette, comprising four of the men who appear in differ ent acts on the regular professional bill. Their voices did not harmonize to any great extent, probably because they would not let them. They cut up -a lot of fun that seemed to make a hit with the audience. To Be Safe To be safe confine yourself to the use of such flavors as your experience and judgment tell you are of the purest quality. Havorin$ VanBES Lemon OranffS) Rose, St Extracts are just as they are represented to be. If not the cheapest ther are the best, and no puddings, i caKcs, creams, or otner table deli cacies, are spoiled by their use. vtS3i 996.J

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THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING; MARCH 4,1908. T0PER1 STATE JOURNAL By FRANK P. MAO LKNNAN. Entered July 1, 1875. a c"d1"" natter at the poetofflce at Topeka, Kao, under the act of congress.1 VOLUME XXXV ...NO. Offtnial Stat Paper. Official Paper Otty of Topeka. TEKlia OB SUBSCRIPTION. j.i. hr carrier. 10 cent, a week to any part, of Topeka, r suburbs, or at the same price In sas town where the pacer to a carrier tyrtem. By mall, one year By mall, three months.... V.T i"oa ftatnrday edition of dally, one year.... TELEPHONES. Business Office 33 1I fusinees Oftloe 45,1167? Reporters' Room y"U j( Reporter' Room mo yrank P. MacLennas Ina PERMANENT HOME. Topeka Btat Journal bunding. tj ana W Kansas avenue, corner of New York Office: FlaUron bulldto. Twenty-third street, corner Fifth arenus Ud Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford bulldiag. ram Block, manager. PULL, LEASED WIRE RKPORT OF THE AS8QCIATKP PBM88. The State Journal is a membor of The Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great newii OT raniaatico for the exclusive afternoon publication in Topeka. The news la received in The State) Joftv rial building- over wires for this sole pa ee, Surely New Torkers are developing Into anything but frail Individuals. A woman dropped eleven stories In an ele jrator and injured a wrist. It Is the Idea of the Edlna Democrat, f Missouri, that Bob Evans is carry ing a loving- cup on his arm rather than a chip on hig shoulder. Mr. Bryan urges the idea that the banks are primarily for the interest of the depositors. Everybody will agree with him in this with the possible ex ception of the bankers. No wonder the wheels of Justice move "with a sluggish pace in Missouri. The supreme court of that state is three years behind in its work. This is cheer ul news for the litigants on the other aide of the Kaw. About the limit of foppishness has teen reached by the national guard efflcer in New Tork who has issued an order prohibiting commissioned officers in his" regiment from participating in athletic contests because, forsooth, they are "undignified." A professional beauty of' Paris has succeeded in creating a sensation by parading the streets with a tiny poodle In the ears of which glitter two pairs ot diamond earings. This woman's place is with the denizens of Newport who entertain monkeys at dinners. Some real marriages are little more than Jokes, but it has turned out in New Tork that a lot of Joke marriages performed by a notary at a festive party at Coney Island are real in the eyes of the law and the trouble that has resulted is of considerable propor tions. A universal vote of thanks should be extended to Cald Sir Harry Maclean who was the forced guest of Raisuli, the bandit, for seven long months. He did not keep a diary during his captivity nor has he any intention of writing a book or lecturing on his experiences. He must be a truly great man. Topeka is glad to once more enter tain the -representative Republicans from all parts of the state. Although they are not going to be here as long as they usually are because of the minimum of work that the primary law has left for conventions to do, they are none the less welcome. And It is To peka's hope that they will come again at the first opportunity. Naturally, there's a little excitement In northern Kansas. A Chicago geol ogist is of the opinion that there is plenty of oil and gas in Leavenworth and Jackson counties. And there will be plenty of wells sunk that will not ven yield water. But it is to be hoped that the opinion of the Chicago man is wall founded and that gas and oil will fee found in that locality In profusion. Indications are that the present municipal fiscal year which has yet two months to run will show a saving ot 50,000 over last year. This is a record that Mayor Green, the council men and the other city officials, may point to with pride. They are to be congratulated for the fine showing that they are making. Let them keep the good work going along in the same way. Of course it will be nice to have Mr, Rldgely, the comptroller of the cur rency, deliver an address at the an nual convention of Kansas Bankers' association, but it would seem that bankers in other parts of the country are more In need of Ideas and pointers on safe and Bane banking than are those of Kansas. This was evidenced by the way the bankers and banks of this state went through the financial panic with their flags a-flylng from the top of the staffs. Some interesting International news is found in the cable dispatches to the effect that Great Britain is decisively In earnest in her determination to en force Belgium to make much needed re' forma in the administration of the af fairs in the Congo. It is to be hoped that a little war wiH not be necessary to accomplish the desired ends but the conditions in the, Congo under the Bel glum rule are far worse than were those in Cuba under Spanish domina tion. Smtm r-.lers-vmen in Chicasro are en gaged in a little war amongst them telves over the theaters. The play houses and their people are being de fended by some of them and others are attacking them with words that are little less than vicious as this excerpt from a sermon delivered by a Baptist minister will show: "Every time you buy a ticket to the theater, remember that that ticket is printed in blood and stained with the tears of ruined wo men." Such talk as this is little less than an -insult to the intelligence of the people of the country and countless actors and actresses who are quite aa high-minded and moral, and even more so than some ministers. THE BALANCE OP TRADE Official figures Indicate that the trade balance in our favor for the month of January was 1120,000,000. This Is pointed out as unprecedented. There have been whole years which did not aggregate as much. It is especially fortunate at this time and under existing conditions. It means that more money is coming in than is going out and that there should be and indeed is no difficulty in having a sufficient circulating medium for all business requirements. Unless the home market has gone to pieces so much of a foreign market would in dicate that there la a demand for American made products, which is a hopeful sign for the mills and fac tories. It is too much to expect that the big, balance for January will be retained and duplicated during every month in the year. Another thing that these figures show is that Americans have prac tically stopped importing. And peo ple are not spending their money for luxuries made abroad, but are de voting it to pay for the necessities made at home. The Imports of mer chandise fell off 82 per cent in Janu ary, while exports Increased about 9 per cent, making a difference of over 40 per cent In the balance. This is the general rule, though it has not worked out so quickly on some occa sions. There is manifest wisdom in spending American money in Ameri ca Just now and also in getting as much foreign money to come homo as 'is possible. If most of the prod ucts bought at home are of American make and at the same time exports can be increased, it is a substantial help and one which will not fall to be appreciated. What is more needed now is a demand from somwhere which will keep industrial plants at work. If the homo market is not big enough, the foreign market must be sought the more earnestly. RAILWAY EMPLOYE'S INTEREST. Certainly no complaint can be made of the spirit displayed by President Finley of the Southern railway in ap plying for the mediation of the con ciliation board created by the Erd mann law. The employes of the rail road declined the railway's offer look ing to a reduction of wages. Instead of provoking a conflict, destructive of the welfare of both employer and em ployed. President Finley asks for the friendly adjusting offices of a public agency. This public agency may not be impartial the subject on which it is asked to pass is so complicated that adjustment is not easy but the door to a settlement of differences is kept open, and this is ho small gain. It is impossible to conduct an in vestigation such as President Finley asks for without educative good. It will impress, no matter what the out come, the great fact which employes and 'the public are prone to forget. namely, that wages are not out of funds created by the employer, but out of income out of funds that the employer collects for the article he sells or the service he performs. This is simple this is primary. But half the wage discussions seemingly pro ceed on the theory, at least on one side, that the employer possesses a purse of Fortunatus into which he may dip at will, and that his refusal to dip is born of corruption of the soul and a desire to grind the faces of the poor. In his annual report, using language and making general assertions calcu lated to stimulate wrangling rather than to allay it, President Truesdale of the Lackawanna Railroad company says that "with great shrewdness and foresight those who have planned and are responsible for the political pro gramme have alienated from the rail ways the chief political influence that they might and should have every rea son to expect would use their influ ence to protect them from a campaign, namely, the employes of the railways." If it is a fact, and it is, that the inter ests of the railway owners and railway employes are one, then the intelligent railway manager should welcome every opportunity to emphasize the existence of this oneness. An Inquiry Into why the income of the Southern railway has been reduced, leading to a corresponding reduction in the fund available for wage distribution, should do something toward restoring a per ception of the community of interest whose nonrecognltion President Trues dale discovers regrettably absent. WOMAN'S LABOR RIGHTS. A case in which organized labor, the social settlements and the reform world generally were keenly interested has Just been decided by the federal su preme court. -This decision was made in the suit involving the validity, under the fourteenth amendment to the con stitution, of the Oregon law prohibiting employers from requiring or permitting women to work more than ten hours a day in any factory, laundry, or me chanical establishment. The court of last resort of Oregon had sustained the act in a careful opinion. but the defendant in the case took an appeal to the United States supreme court and strongly urged the view that women were no longer the wards of the state, entitled to special protection, but citizens in full possession ot all civil rights and immunities and that any law regulating their labor and interfering with their freedom of contract was as arbitrary and void as a similar law applicable to adult men- Statutes regulating and restricting the labor of women in gainful occupa tions of certain kinds are in force in some fifteen states of the Union, and the fate of all of them was apparently bound up with that of the Oregon ten hour law- The friends of such legisla tion were rather uneasy, on account. first, of the fact that the supreme court of Illinois had annulled such an act, and secondly, because of the undoubted progress that women have made in the last decade or so In "Invading" various spheres of activity and in obtaining recognition of their rights and claims. Might not the supreme court hold that woman could demand her freedom and equality and at the same time success fully defend herself from "paternalistic" legislation treating her as a weaker vessel. But the court, however, properly de clined to take any such views as these. Its opinion expressly refers to the re moval of restrictions and the legal equalization of the sexes, but attaches no controlling significance to that ten dency. Even, it says, if all political and civil differences should disappear, there would remain the physical differ ences of function and structure, affect ing woman's capacity for labor and en durance. And the difference justifies legislative discrimination between men and women. In reasonably restricting the labor of women the state exercises the police power of protecting the pub lic health and caring for the vigor of the race. JOURNAL ENTRIES Bad as a person's cough may be it's the best he's got. Grip seems to thrive Invariably on all remedies recommended for it. e A spoony telephonio conversation is Just about as nauseous as anything. w It doesn't pay to recover umbrellas quite as much as it does not to lose them in the first place. Chickens always go homo to roost but not generally until they have laid their eggs in some other fellow's barn. It puts a druggist in a pleasant frame of mine to have a woman gush ingly tell him that she has decided to patronize his store and then buy a postage stamp. JAYHAWKER JOTS Just about the time Wellington gets that federal building it should get busy again asking for an addition to the building. The town will grow a great deal in the next fifty years. A Fort Scott man has been arrested for beating his daughter because she insisted upon praying. There are a lot of people in the town who feel like praying for a return of the good old days of the whipping post. Hutchinson does not own a police patrol wagon, but rents one. Every prisoner brought to th'e police station in the rented wagon is fined one dol lar more than those who walk, and this extra dollar goes toward paying the rent on the wagon and team. Un less too drunk, the man arrested in Hutchinson will walk. The effects of falling in love take many queer forms, says the Cimar ron Jacksonlan, but a well known young North Main street busi ness man has them all beat. He re cently spent a whole day grooming his sorrel horse preparatory to tak ing his girl out driving. He used ofl to smooth down the refractory win ter's coat of hair and brushed it down with military hair brushes until the horse shone like a dollar. A Cowley county paper contains this advertisement of a cow for sale: "Some months ago I purchased from my friend, Hon. J. M. Irons, a pedi greed cow. I want to sell her owing to the rheumatism in my left leg, caused by her kicking at a fence post and striking me. When I first pur chased her she was very wild, but l have succeeded in taming her so that I can peep through the corral without her tearing the gate down. To a man who is a good Christlon and does not fear death, she would be a valuable animal. But I want to sell her to some one who will treat her right. She is one-fourth shorthorn, two-fourths hyena ana the balance Just ordinary cow. She will be sold cheap for cash. C. M. Scott, two and a half miles east of Arkansas City, Kansas. GLOBE SIGHTS. IFrom the Atchison Globe. It is a pitiful thing to hear a good baby cry. Some people's conversational voices sound like preaching voices. It is surprising how long a thing will live after it is on Its last legs. Unfortunately there is no means of vaccinating against "love at first sight." A woman has more confidence in her doctor than a man has In his re ligion. Perhaps you are like a new coun try: Haven't developed your natural resources. A man of forty has spent at least five years of his life listening to the stories of other people's woes. A man should quit amateur sing ing after 30. A woman may keep it up a little longer, but not much. Tou have only to say that a woman is pretty to hear some one in the crowd say: "Yes, but she hasn't much sense." A very Jealous woman will often say, "I have not a Jealous bone in my body." A woman who s not jealous never says anything about it. There is this difference: Before a girl child is two years old she can do a better Job of buttoning her moth er's waist up the back than her father can do. We would like to personally know a milliner who was on good terms with another milliner, or a singer who could run across another sing er's name in the paper without turn ing up her nose. If you want a man to enjoy a good meal it is safest to invite him with out his wife. Ten to one she will be the kind of a woman who is afraid all the time that her nusband will eat something that will not "agree" with him. When married women sit and stare at the fire, what are tney thinking about? They usually have such an odd look around the corners of their mouths, and so many wrinkles in their foreheads, It can't be anything very pleasant. An old fellow who has been mar ried three times, says mat a man can Impose on a woman, and fool her in most things, but it has been his ex perience that as soon as a woman becomes; jealous, a man had better take hia coat and bat and run. KANSAS COMMENT CHEERFUL. INFORMATION. It seems that some people are always on the lookout for sad news, always hunting for some ill omen over which they can worry, some basis upon which an evil prediction can be made. The latest such article was published in a Chicago paper, and contains the cheerful intelligence that in forty years most of the people, especially of that section,' will be "lop-sided, lazy, stunted, nearsighted and nervous." This is something which will cause men to throw back their shoulders and laugh the laugh of the happy, is it not? Is it of such nature that all who read it will be made happier and better by so reading? The author of the article then goes ahead to prove it and says that 40 per cent of the children have defective vis ion from one cause or another, 16 per cent suffer from hearing defects, 20 per cent have some defect of the nose, throat or mouth; 40 per cent are ner vous, and 60 per cent are below normal in height, weight and strength. The wearing of glasses will increase until practically everyone will wear them, according to the man who is now Imparting cheering Information In the hope of making the world better. Poor feeding and lack of sufficient sleep and rest will cause the people to have a chronic tired feeling. And so one might continue, but what is the use? Is it not enough to say that such a prediction is absurd on the face of it? Does it not seem more reason able that we will be better men and Never were people so given to sports women physically than ever before? and exercises calculated to assist nature in the work of making us perfect physically as at present. If the human race grew and develop ed from what history indicates it was in the beginning to what it is now, without training or cultivation, does it not seem that with the increasing knowledge of the people concerning the laws of health, the Instruction of learn ed men on how to develop the body as well as the mind, and above all the desire of everyone to be perfect physi cally, more probable that we shall be a healthy, hardy race of people in forty years, instead of having degenerated into puny, lazy, lopsided men and women. Sallna Journal. CHANCES FOR KANSAS FRUIT. There is a good deal of talk every year "about this time about the chances of a fruit crop. Fred Well house, one of the apple kings of Kan sas, was in Topeka the other day and stated that the fruit is all right now but he had great fears of a late cold spell that might do great damage later in the spring. As a matter of fact the prospect for a large fruit crop in this state is al ways very flattering about the middle of February. Some of the coldest weather ever experienced in the state has been during the last half of Feb ruary, and it did not kill the fruit. Mr. Wellhouse says peach buds are al ready swelling some. There is noth ing very remarkable in that. The peach trees In 1871 were in full bloom the first of April and they made a good crop. The only danger to peaches and apples in this state is very warm weather in the latter part of March or April continuing for more than a a week and followed by a freeze from the first to the tenth of May. We do not need any fruit kings to tell us that fruit is all right now. Of course It Is all right now and will be for more than a month even if there is not a peach or an apple raised in the state this year. Wichita Eagle. FROM OTHER PENS STANDARDIZATION. 8omebody has written recently that the life of the average murderer in the United States is safer than that of the brakeman, since the death rate among murderers is lower. That probably is an exaggeration. But in any event the figures cited by the interstate com merce commission are sufficiently start ling. About one trainman In nine is injured each year and one in 133 is killed. Such facts as these lend them selves to the contention frequently made nawadays that the competitive system in business is automatically too destructive of life and morals to be permitted to continue. The argument la plausible. Men competing to stay in business, it is contended, are forced by the exigencies of competition to adul terate and cheapen products and to save the money which ought to be spent in safety appliances. Therefore, there is a widespread adulteration of foods, hundreds of lives are sacrificed yearly in mines and thousands on the rail roads. If the government should adopt the radical let-alone policy often urged the outlook would be wretched. Happily the theorists who urge such a policy are comparatively few. The trend is all in the other direction toward what Prof. E. A. Ross has called "standard ized industry." The competitive system with its undoubted enormous advan tages may be safely continued, provid ed its conditions be standardized. That is, there must be standard securities, which the public may buy without danger of purchasing water. There must be standard conditions of sanita tion and safety for workers who must be only adults, and there must be a standard product. Kansas City Star. CONVICTION; THEN DIVORCE. The wife of a wealthy New Yorker, somewhat Indefinitely described as a "young Standard Oil millionaire," elop ed with a horse trainer three months ago. This precious pair now threaten to return to this country to "face their friends." Recreant wives and their companions have gone abroad and come back with impunity heretofore. No wonder that these two should feel con fident of meeting no greater punish ment than the frowns of their "friends." Unfortunately there is no statute of the United States to punish an offense against the marriage vows committed on the hlerh seas, even if the offenders were sailing under the American flag. Nor can they be excluded from this country, as they might be if they were aliens. Here is a case of a great public scandal, but the prosecuting officers will hardly consider It their duty to interfere, even if the elopers return "to face their friends." The husband will simply sue for a divorce, and no doubt it will be granted. There should be an amendment to the divorce law, how ever, to the end that whenever the grounds alleged by the libellant consti tute a crime a felony or misdemeanor punishable by law, a conviction of the accused party must be shown before a divorce is granted.- This is an exten sion of the rule of the common law in cases of civil actions for injuries re sulting from crimes. One consequence would certainly be 'that fewer divorces would be granted on "statutory grounds," because in most case" the evidence presented goes no farther than to raise a suspicion. Philadelphia Press. IT'S NOT WORTH WHILE, not worth while th r,-ttir, Tt'm The .hn. .L Best Yo iu iiiQ woe; spend your time forgetting Your Best look ahead for laughter. 1 t.Va And The uuiq i ii letu u ill make the golden years. k worth while the grieving About the chances lost; What gain are you receiving w,lle you count the -cost? Forget them. O forget them! Look on ahead and smile. The blue days, though you've met them. Are none of them worth while. rt?ot IK1""1 while the whining wnen things are going wrong. The mourning and repining Mix sunshine and your song! Come, shake the shade of sadness And lose the dreams of gloom s' J?earA J5t" 2me foT gladness. So give It lots of room. Chicago Post. Rated by a Tyrant. Sensational exposures of tyrannical and despotic decrees promulgated by -eter Vereg4n and other self-appointed leaders of the Doukhobor communities In the middle west are being made by some of their followers who have at last revolted from the iron rule of their masters under which they have chafed so long. Veregin induced thousands of Doukhobors to leave their European homes and follow him to western Can ada several years ago. Since then he has been accumulating hundreds of thousands of dollars, while his flock has nothing to show for its labors on the virgin prairie. Veregin organized his followers into communities, appointing a leader, gen erally a priest, for each settlement. To these leaders all moneys earned by the Doukhobors had to be forwarded, in order that a fair division might be made among all the members.. All stock, farm implements, chattels, and even clothes belonged, not to one man, but to the community. By this means the leaders have been able to keep their flock well In hand, as at the first murmur, the complaining one would be turned out of the community as un worthy of a place among the chosen. The situation in the Doukhobor vil lages at the present time is unparallel ed. They have been ordered to sell all their cattle, many having done so al ready. No reason for the order is giv en. It is a ukase. Fifteen thousand head of sheep given them by the Quak ers last fall have been sacrificed at ri diculously low prices, the whole of the proceeds being turned in to the lead ers who in turn forward it to Veregin. A special order has Just been sent forth that all chickens, ducks, and oth er barn yard fowls must be disposed ot immediately. Recently agents have been around telling the people that to keep a record of the passing of time is little short of mortal sin and that all watches, clocks, and hour glasses must be surrender ed. From one community $6,600 worth of Jewelry was taken away and no re turn was made, except to the leader. The use of mirrors has also been for bidden. Tea, sugar, coffee, and all animal and farinaceous food has been placed un der the ban. The nourishment of the neonle is now narrowed down to strictly vegetable diet, a considerable portion of which they devour raw. The women, who for a long time ex celled in embroidery, have been for bidden to further exercise their talents in this direction. A new rule made recently Is to the effect that a Doukhobor must not have more than one shirt. No limit is placed on other clothes. Seattle Post Intel ligencer. Prohibition in Atlanta. "I think it can be truthfully stated that prohibition has already done the city of Atlanta a great deal of harm," Bald Mr. Morris H. Manhelm, of the Georgia metropolis, at the CaswelL "I have lived in Atlanta for the past ten years, but am now hunting a new home. Before the sale of liquor was abolished it was generally conceded that Atlanta wa9 one of the busiest, liveliest, most prosperous and progres sive of southern communities. It looks to be Just the reverse of that now. In fact, the town seems dull to the point of stagnation, and there is complaint from many quarters over the changed conditions. Atlanta, you will remem ber, tried prohibition twenty years ago, and it proved such a dismal failure that the traffic was re-established- "About the worst feature of the situ ation Is that prohibition has not stop ped the use of intoxicating liquors in Atlanta. The buying of whisky and beer goes on, only the money is sent away. Every week J124.000 goes out of Atlanta to outside towns mostly to Chattanooga for cases of beer and juga of rye and bourbon. The city is loser, for It is robbed of the revenue that came from licenses, but the trade goes on Just the same and there is no way of stopping It unless all the railroads in the United States cease their opera tions." Baltimore American. King Alfonso's Horoscope. Repeated rumors concerning King Al fonso's death bring to mind his horo scope of twelve years ago. This was said to be almost as fortunate as Queen Victoria's. "Spain will become very prosperous under his reign, and he will live to be an old man. He will enjoy good health, but be liable to weakness of the stomach, liver, and intestines; he will also have some kidney trouble If he does not lead a temperate life. He will marry early in life and will be very fortunate in his marriage. His wife will live to a good old age, but he will out live her. She may bring him three chil dren, only one of which may live. He will meet many accidents, particularly to the head, face and abdomen, and is very likely to get a scar on his face that he will carry through life. His horoscope is fortunate for overcoming his enemies both in war and diplomacy." New York Press. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. If you would be friendless, be frank. How easy it Is to tell others It's no use to worry! Every dog has his day and every woman has her way. Keep both eyes on an enemy who is anxious to do you a favor. Sympathy may be all right In its way, but it doesn't weigh much. Once in a great while you meet a man who thinks original thoughts. People can no more help growing old than they can help growing fat. If ugliness was only skin deep lots of women would try to shed their skins. It isn't necessary to mention your lawyer In your will; he's sure to get his share. The man who makes a good living for his family is seldom of much use around the house. 1 Every man feels that a lot of great ness is concealed about his person waiting for the world to discover it Even the homely leap year girl may be able to catch the right kind of hus band if she baits her hook with the long green. THE EVENING STORY Playing With Peter kin. By Frances Trumbull.) Peterkin drummed on the window pane and frowned at the gray mist that walled in the house from all the world outside. He could not even see across the yard to the carriage house, nor watch for the occasional pedestrian or vehicle on the street at the foot of the drive, for the blanket of moisture, half fog, half mist, seemed to press in from all sides. Even the house was silent, for most of the folks had gone to a mat inee concert, and nurse had taken ad vantage of the fact to envelop her self in a mackintosh and slip down the street to where Dan McCarthy patroled hia beat. Dan and nurse were to be married some day, and Peterkin knew that in such cases people liked to Bee a lot of each oth er. Then the sound of a piano broke the gravelike stillness, and Peterkin smiled brightly. Letty must hav came downstairs. He had wanted her so much, but Letty had a head ache, nurse had said, and must not be disturbed. Now he made for the mu sic room with eager feet, but paused a moment in the doorway. Letty turn ed as the patter of footsteps ceased. "What's the matter, dear?" she asked, as she held out her arms and Peterkin sprang into them. "I'm lonesome," he announced as he snuggled against her shouldei "Nurse went out, and I'm all alone, and It's dreadful to have to stay in the house whole days and days." Lettys arms tightened about the little form as he spoke, for Peterkin had Just come up out of the Valley of the Shadow, and until the little lungs were stronger he must be held a prisoner in the house. She had supposed that the nurse was with him, and his lonesomeness appealed to her. "Never mind, baby," she comfort ed, as she kissed the sensitive little face. "We'll have a fine time now. What do you want to play?" "Let's play I'm a bear," he sug gested. "I'll growl as loud as I can and you can holler and run away. Then I'll chase you and I'll eat you up." Growling was bad for bears Just past pneumonia. "I think it would.be nicer to be a dancing bear," she suggested. "I'll play the piano and you'll dance. Then If you are a very good bear, you shall have a piece of candy. Peterkin approved the suggestion and gravely performed a lumbering dance to the tune of a dreamy waltz, but a fit of coughing checked the per formance, and sent the girl Into a terror of alarm. She had suggested the dancing bear as the lesser of two evils; but even this was too violent She caught the child up In her arms again and his sobbing complaint that he could not play any more brought a chill to her heart. Vainly she tried to comfort him, and she was glad when the bell rang and a deep voice from the hall told of ths arrival of Dr. Grantley. Peterkin checked his sobs to call to the physician, and Grantley, slip ping off his wet raincoat, came into the room, bringing his own sunshine with him. There had been times during those anxious vigils beside Peterkin's little cot when the gravely tender eyes had been moist with pity, and Letty had felt her heart strangely moved, but she liked Grantley best as he looked now, with the merry twinkle behind the glance of professional austerity. She regretted that she was the child of a rich father. Grantley was a young practitioner and far too proud to let it appear that he had sought a marriage- foi money. More than once she had fancied that deep down in the great depths of his eyes she had read suppressed passion, but she told herself with a sigh that the Bronson money was a barrier to love that Grantley would not seek to surmount. Now as the doctor came forward Peterkin smiled his welcome, but Letty offered only the barest touch of her hand before she withdrew it and buried her face in Peterkin s curls to hide the telltale flush. Grantley also sought to hide embar rassment, and so he did not notice hers, as his fingers clasped the baby wrist and he waited for the record of the pulse. "We'll have you out In a few days, he declared gayly as he replaced his watch. "You are getting along ra mously." "And I can go out and play?" asked Peterkin wistfully. "To be sure," declared Grantley, catching the note of longing. "Letty was playing with me," ex plained Peterkin politely. "She is very nice, but l like to go outooors. "It is hard to find a game that will not excite him to unwise exertion," explained the girl. "Then he coughs that dreadful cough, and I grow afraid. I am at mv wit's end." "You play with me some," pleaded Peterkin, catching at the doctor's sleeve. Letty mutely seconded the in vitation and Grantley sank Into a chair. "Suppose that we turn the tables and you be the doctor," he suggested. "Take my watch and feel my pulia." He handed the timepiece to Peter kin and taught the child how to catch the throb of the pulse. Peterkin was delighted and for ten minute pre scribed outrageous remedies for all sorts of imaginary complaints. But at last the amusement palled and he slipped the watch back into Grantley's pocket. "Now I'll be a minister," he an nounced, as he climbed upon a chair and strove to compose his laughing mouth to the gravity he thought proper in a man of the cloth. "I'll pass the contribution box." vol unteered Grantley, catching up the top of the candy box, but Peterkin would not have it so. "This isn't a church where there s preaohin," he explained. "This is go ing to be a church where they marry people." "This is an age of specialism," mur mured Grantley. "But I did not toow that the churchly offices were being split up. Peterkin, you are an inno vator." "I'm not," contradicted Peterkin. "I'm a minister, and I'm going to marry you and Letty." "You are getting it all wrong," re minded Grantley with a laugh which did not cover his embarrassment, "The way to do it is to wait until peo ple come and ask you to marry them." "Oh, yes," agreed Peterkin. "You and Letty must come and ask me to marry you." It was from the frying Pan to the fire. Grantley looked at the girl, but could only see one pink cheek, as she pretended to be looking out of the window. t "You have to be engaged first, went on Peterkin. following up the correc tive hint. "Please hurry up and be engaged, so's you can come and ask m He danced up and down upon his chair in his eagerness to continue the game. Grantley looked ma certainly at Letty, and now the girl's face wat turned toward him. She was looking straight Into his eyes. For a moment the room was very still as these two, the man and the) woman looked into each other's eyes, and saw therein the tale the man dared-not put into words. It was useless to fight love with pride after that revealing glance, so Grantley moved over to the sofa and. sat down beside the girl. "Please marry us, Peterkin," he asked, as he possessed himself of Let ty's hand. "We are engaged really and truly and we want to be mar ried by you first!" (Copyrighted, 1907, by M. Cunningham. liVMOR OF THE DAY "Your wife never sinera airr mm. Did she lose her voice?" "No; she found her senses." Cleveland Leader. "Why don't you go to work?" "Work!" rejoined Meandering Mike. 'Look at da thouaa-ide of nnnr follows that Is lookln' fur work in' fntlin1 mis erable widout It. Now work ain't neces sary to me, an' I ain' goln' to butt In an" reach fur it merely fur de sake of bav in' something to brag about." Washing ton Star. the inquisitive pigeon. "Mv fet tlnlalat r' fhnKVlt on the overhead wire. "What tickled them?" 'AonrlA fllrw la wnilln, I 41 jtm kisses over the telephone." Chicago News. 'My friend." said the mui in tha hlok frock coat, "can I get you interested In the UDliftr 'Of what?" inquired the man in the red vest. "De lid." Louisville Courier-Journal. Mrs. Gadder (rising to denartV-Well. you must come and call on me some day. It's your turn, now. Mrs. Chlllicon-Kearney Yes, I think It has been my turn for the last five or six years times, hasn't it? Chicago Tribune. We are what we feed on, "quoted Mr. Hlxson, laying down his book. "And I am willing to say the author is right. For example" "I am already a believer," Mrs. Hlxson interrupted. "You will insist on having lobster for supper always." And Mr. Hlxson, mortified, grew very red. Town and Country. Bella Gracious! My dear, I do hope you're not ill: VOU look n mnrh tlrtCT In. night. Stella rm quite well, thank you, dear; and you how wonderfully improved you are! You look positively young. Ulus trated Bits. "But why do you wish so many clos ets?" asked the puzzled architect. "I want you to understand," replied the lady, with dignity, "that If our family isn't very old it has more skeletons than any other in the social bunch." Philadel phia Ledger. What makes you so sure that the In dians are capable of adapting themselves to our Ideas of civilization?" "The fact," answered Senator Sorghum, "that so many of them are anxious to re ceive money from the government without working for it." Washington Star. Miss Pechls Mr. Hansom has called up on me several times lately. Miss Ohellus Yes; I told May she shouldn't do that, Mies Pec his Do what? Miss Chellus She told him you had money. Philadelphia Press. First Autoist Smlthson takes his whole family with him now every time he goes out in his automobile. Second Autoist I reckon he's afraid if he didn't he mlht run over some of them by mistake. Utica Observer. Wife Are you going to ask that young Jenkins and his fiancee to our house party? Husband Not much. Wife You dislike him, don't you? Husband Yes, but not enough for that. Life. "Every family should keep an account of Its expenditures." "We tried that scheme, but it failed to give satisfaction." "Why?" "Oh, my wife was too liberal. Things I wanted charged as sundries she Insisted on charging as booze." Washington Herald- Mr. Jones Would you support my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed? Cholly Yes, sir. Mr. Jones Then you're an idiot, and you can't have her! Judge. Farmer Bentover I've Just heerd that the wldder Dlggs has married her hired man. Farmer Hornbeak Then, by Jolly, he'll have to climb down from the fence and go to work. Puck. "I want to get some salad," said Mrs. Youngwife. "Yes'm," said the dealer. "How many heads?" "O gracious! I thought you took the heads off. I just want plain chisken sal ad." Philadelphia Press. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. A sparking d-eviee Courtship. It's easy to be nice to people you don't know very well. Even the painless dentist will hurt when he sends in his bill. To have the last word is seldom worth the time it takes to get it. When a woman says a thing she doesn't always mean it, unless she has red hair. When a scion of aristocracy mar ries an heiress he becomes one of the helresstocracy. Somehow or other the necessaries of life seem so unimportant com pared with the luxuries. When a man has a weak constitu tion and his energies begin to flag does his constitution follow the flag? Hoax "I wonder why Roosevelt positively declines a renomlnatlon Joax "Perhaps he would rather write than be president." Even an actor will tell you that it Is better to play to a full house and never get a hand than to play a hand and never get a full house. Blobbs "Yes, sir; he earned every penny he has." Slobbs "Bat I ai ways thought he married money Blobbs "He didX but if you had ever seen his wife you would Know that ha earned it," SiUicus "Since Bione' engage ment was broken off he has invested in a talking machine." Cynicus "Yes; I suppose he figured that it was cheaper to buy a talking machine than to get married." mcnin REFLECTIOJrs OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. A woman will never sdmi are big unless thev cet Orjtlmtjrm la t1.lnV4 tag life when you kVyou arn?" uua.11 s conscience never hnh. h till he's ill, and a woman's ectT A bov can somt1mA. consequences of a fine education b living to an extreme old age. It is more rnmnntin

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL-WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1908. 51 HIS WORK DONE. Han 11 1?11fv gU i. 1 1 of Santa Fe, Retired. Has Worked for the Company Forty Years. IS GIVEN A PENSION. For Quarter of Century Fore man of Repair Yards. Here When the Tracks Were First Extended Westward. In the employ of the Santa Fe rail way for 89 years and never missing a payday; having watched the growth of the road from a- single Una of track f two miles In length reaching from Topeka south In the direction of Pau Una, to a great system reaching from the Great Lakes to the Golden Gate; nd having for years held the unique honor of being the oldest employe on the Santa Fe road In point of service, la In brief the story of the remarkable railroad career of George H. Elliott, of Topeka, who retired from the service of the Santa Fe last Saturday night. Mr. Elliott retires from the position of foreman of the Fourth street repair George H. Elliott, Oldest Santa Fe Employe, Who Has Retired. tracks which he has held for a number of years, on a pension which has been granted him under the liberal pension system of the Santa Fe. April 21, 1869, Mr. Elliott, a young man who had just attained his ma jority a few weeks before landed in Topeka, having come all the way from Virginia. Five days later he joined a force of men who were at work laying the first rails on the future great Santa Fe system. At, the time he commenced to work the Santa Fe owned but about two miles of track extending south from Topeka and a right of way which was graded almost to the present site of Pauline. There was not a railroad building of any character on the Santa Fe property In Topeka. The road did not own an engine or a car of any kind. With the Santa Fe little more than a dream In the minds of her promoters, Mr. Elliott commenced his long service with the road. He worked with the construction gang laying track for a few months. Then with the arrival of the rolling stock of the Santa Fe, Mr. Elliott was placed at work setting up cars and later as repairs were needed he became engaged In the car repairing department, with which work he allied himself during the remainder of his ser vice with the Santa Fe. Gradually the work of the car re pairing department Increased and in a few years separate quarters for this work were set out east of the station, which have grown to what are now known as the Fourth street yards. Mr. Elliott worked here steadily until twenty-five years ago, when he was appointed foreman of the yards, which position he has since held. He has been In active service nearly all of that time, and had missed but few days until a few months ago when it was necessary for him to take a vacation on account of nervous troubles. Mr. Elliott is a man sixty years of age at the present time. He has seen all of his long years of service in To peka and has long been recognized as one of the landmarks in the history of the Santa Fe and of Topeka. During his long residence here he has been ?ost T o a s t Made from White Corn, is far and away the most winning delicacy that has yet appeared on the breakfast table. Ready Cooked, Brown, fluffy flakes; with cream, nothing has yet approached them in tempting goodness. One can't forget the "Toastie" flavour. 'The Taste Lingers." SOLD BY ALL GROCERS. Made by POSTUNi CEREAL CO., LIHITED. BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN.. Sheep a Profitable By trt.1.. There are many farms in this country on which a large number of sheep could not be kept profitably, but scarcely any farm exists which cannot keep a few at least, and these can be maintained on the alleys and corners of the farm on what is now an entire loss. The illustration shown above is typical of the way one thrifty farmer utilizes his lane for this purpose. Toung trees in the lane can be easily protected against sheep, whereas It is al most impossible to prevent the rubbing and trampling of cattle from injuring them. Cattle also trample down the bor ders of a well edged and graded road while sheep do not. The following data secured by the writer will illustrate some possibilities along this Mne. On October IS, 1900, 230 range lambs were given the run of 11J acres of an irrigated farm in the Gallatin valley, Montana.This recognized as one of the well to do residents of the city. "There were very few of us who ever dreamed of the Santa Fe becom ing the great road she now is." said Mr. Elliott, in speaking remlnlscently of some of his early experiences. "In fact It was thought that the road would be a great thing for the town if it ever reached Carbondale. But as the road built further west every sum mer and then built east, too, we be gan to realise that the Santa Fe would be a big road some time." "I have been with the road so long," says Mr. Elliott, "that I hardly realize what It is not to be a part of the Santa Fe any longer. I can hardly believe that my service with this road is ended." Some of the experiences which Mr. Elliott relates of his first years of service are very Interesting, and hard ly seem real to the younger genera tion. THEY'RE WIDEAWAKE. C D. Welch Tells About the $100,000 Bonos Fund in Ooffeyville. "This Is a holiday in Coffeyville," said Charles D. Welch, formerly of Topeka, but now a resident of Coffey vllle, this morning. "We are raising a bonus fund of $100,000 there and In order that every business man may turn out and help in the work our mayor has declared the day an offi cial. If not a legal holiday. Merchants, professional men and in fact every class of citizens are working hard to day to get as large a sum subscribed on the first day as possible. I believe that fully half the total amount desir ed will be subscribed today. The mill whistles will be blown every time $500 Is added to the list. Six com mittees of five men each have the matter in hand and the city has been divided Into districts. "This sum will be disbursed by the chamber of commerce to new Indus tries on a basis of so much per man, taking into consideration, of course the amount of the employes" wages and the sum Invested in the Industry. A plant employing a large number of men at low wages will be put on near ly the same basis as a plant employ ing fewer but at higher wages. We confidently expect this movement to bring us at least 20,000 more popula tion than we now have, and we are urging people to subscribe to the fund on the ground that It will be a good Investment as well as a subscription to a donation. "This is not Coffeyvllle's first ef forts along this line. Five years ago our Commercial club began work by selling new additions and using the profits from the sale in getting new Industries. The new plants would then be located near the addition and the value of the lots thus enhanced. In this wav about $75,000 was dis bursed and'as a direct result of that work Coffeyville grew to a city of nearly 20.000 people." Mr. Welch is here attending the state convention. He Is a son of the late R. B. Welch.

ormerly called Elijah's Manna. i e s 9 Product of the Farm '-1 iJ fi, i1 nin"aW area consisted of 85 acres of stubble land upon which wheat, barley, oats and peas had been grown the previous season, also 7 acres of clover land from which two cut tings of hay had been removed during the season. The wheat and barley stubble lands possessed good stands of new seed1 ed clover. When the lambs began glean ing and grazing on this area at the date herebefore mentioned, the 230 head weigh ed 11,609 pounds, averaging 60.8 pounds per head. When removed to the feed lots No vember 15, the lambs weighed 13,9i8 pounds averaging 60.6 pounds thus having gained 9.7 pounds each in the month. The total Increase of 2249 pounds of lamb, val ued at AVta per pound, would amount to $101.30, which sum represents the revenue secured from the waste Droducts of a 112 acre western farm by sheep under condi tions where these products could not have been saved or converted into marketable commodities otherwise. R. S. SHAW. CARNEGIE HELPS HER, Gives $25,000 to Daughter of an Old Benefactor in Distress. New York, March 4. Out of grati tude for an obligation rendered to him many years ago, Andrew Carnegie has given $25,000 to Mrs. Henry Sanger Snow, whose husband, formerly treas urer of the New York New Jersey Telephone company, is a fugitive from Justice. Snow Is charged with the em bezzlement of $29,000 and when he disappeared his wife and three chil dren were left without other resources than an appeal to relatives for aid. Much publicity followed Snow's de falcation and it was then that Mr. Carnegie remembered the favor of the times long ago. It had been rendered him as a matter of fact by Mrs. Snow's father, David Brooks, a wealthy manu facturer and banker of Baltimore, who died about 20 years ago. Mr. Car negie was a poor boy in western Pennsylvania, struggling to make his way when Mr. Brooks came to his aid. What the service was or what the amount no one concerned would re veal. Mrs. Snow declares that she has never known the nature of the obli gation, as she had no acquaintance with Mr. Carnegie, and that her father never mentioned the subject. Her first knowledge of the benefaction was when she received word that the $25, 000 had been deposited to her credit in a New York bank and that she was free to draw upon it whenever she pleased. Before Snow disappeared it was as serted that he had obtained possession of his wife's fortune amounting to about $40,000 and had used It in an effort to save himself by plunging In Wall street. He failed to get on the right side of the market and every" thing was swept away. STAMP VENDING MACHDTEw A committee has been appointed by the postmaster general to test the various stamp-vending machines recently patent ed, for the purpose of "selecting the most perfect for the use of the department. This step on the part of the postal au thorities has been contemplated ever since a number of the patents were is sued. It now remains with the committee to examine the 20 or more machines of fered and make a selection. The new devices are not only considered as labor and time savers, but with their substitution m the place of clerks it will be possible to place them in the corridors of large office buildings and on every street corner, where they will be in con stant servica. ANTI-DONG MAX FROM WEST. R. P. Hoover of Garden City Saya Sentiment Is Asalnst Senator. It Is evident that R. P. Hoover, a Garden City councilman who Is at tending the Republican convention to day, is an anti-Long man with strong convictions on the subject. In discuss ing the Long sentiment irt Finney countv he salil- "There is no Long sentiment there iv nueaii ana i reel sale in saying that he will lose that county as well as several others in the western and southern portion of the Seventh dis trict. "In the past Long has always car ried Finney county with ease, but mat ters have changed materially and a strong fight is being made on him. This is true In oil nf th. h ties in the western portion of the state wiiere uie sugar Deet industry has reached any prominence and this in cludes all of the counties adjacent to the Arkansas river. "The sugar factory at Garden City made 150,000 sacks of sugar last year, twentv train lnsirta nf tT-n,-i.r each. Senator Long indicates by his niuiuae in congress mat he would cripple this industry which Is one of mo rnijeni m ms suite Dy tne admis sion of free suc-ar from tho Phiiinnin. Islands. There is also a great deal of dissension among the old soldiers of the district who feel that they hav6 iarea oaaiy at nis nanas. The Garden City Herald, one of the oldest and staunchest Republican newspapers in Rasiiftffissn FOR SALE HERE Hill 1 I I I I lug a hard fight on the senator." NEGLECT OF A COUGH OR COLD IS apt to Invite more serious trouble. To break up a cold quickly and cure any cough that is curable, there is no more ef fective remedy than Virgin Oil of pine. The virtue of this preparation has been proven In thousands of homes, where It is regarded as an Indispensable household remedy. It is put up for dispensing through druggists only in o. vials. each vial securely sealed in a round wood en case. Be sure to get the genuine. VIRGIN OIL OF PINE COMPOUND PURE. Guaranteed under Serial No. 451. PREPARED ONLY BY LEACH CHEMICAL CO., CINCINNATI. OHIO. Properties, uses and directions with each vial. CLEVER LITTLE PLAYLET. Mr. Al Iiuttringer, Formerly With Maud Adams. Seen at the Novelty. One of the best little plays that has been seen in vaudeville In Topeka is "A Thing of the Past," which is pre sented this week at the Novelty by the Al Luttringer-Lillian Lucas Company. It is a frontier drama and gives a stir ring picture of the strenuous Ufe In a mining cabin in Montana. Not of the roaring, ranting kind, but a realistic. 1 YJ?? Al Luttringer In "A Thing of the Past." rational story of life that is dramatic to the core and has a charming love episode In It. The principal parts are in the hands of Mr. Luttringer, who was with Florence Roberts during the seasons of '92-'93-'94 and with Maud Adams last season, and Lillian Lucas a really talented actress of record in eastern companies. Miss Lucas' work In the little playlet Is of an exception ally high order. Mrv Eunice C. Hunt fills the leading supporting part In an acceptable manner, and the stage set ting is realistic of a mining cabin. two more Arrests. Tile Chicago Police Continue to Dis cover Anarchists. Chicago, March 4. Continuing their efforts to unravel the supposed plot to assassinate city officials which led to the attack on George M. Snippy, chief of police, Monday morning, the local police this morning arrested two more men, who are alleged to be anarchists. The prisoners, Charles Yanlatls and William Stadlweiser, were taken in different parts of the city and each denied knowledge of the plans of Laz arus Averbuch to kill Shlppy. Harry Shippy, son of the police official, and who was badly wounded while assist ing his father to overcome the anar chist, was declared by physicians at the Augustana hospital to have passed a restful night. Despite the desperate nature of his wounds the young man la said to be Improving and to have good chances for ultimate recovery. The arrest of Yaniatis, which took place in the Ghetto district, was made oninf ormatlon given to AssistantChief of Police Schuettler yesterday by investi gators for the White Hand society, an organization formed some months ago to combat the activity of the Black Hands. A complete list of suspected Italian anarchists now resident In the city has been furnished by the society and further arrests are expected. Stadlweiser was arrested at North Halstead street and Sheffield avenue because he was unable to give a po liceman a satisfactory account of him self. When taken to the police sta tion, a heavy revolver was found In his possession and he was held on a charge of carrying concealed weapons while efforts are being made to trace his supposed connection with anarch istic societies. The Last Train Leaving Topeka for Kansas City in the morning is the Union Pacific No. 10S at 8:15 a. m., arriving In Kansas City at 10:15 a. m. The afternoon train returning Is the earliest train into To peka at 6:15 D. m. With health all things are happiness, without it other blessings can't be enjoy ed We make health for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is health. Try It; 'twill surely make -on well, ffic Tea or Tablets. F. T. Walker. Kansas municipal bonds, nontaxa ble. In sums of $500 and up, for sale by the Prudential Trust company- SPRING SuitorO'Coat MADE TO ORDER MADE TO FIT MADE TO SATISFY AND GUARANTEED $15 NO MORE NO LESS Pants to Order, $4.50 532 Kansas Avenue World's largest L 6REENBLATT, Tailor Mutager p i NO DRAINAGE BONDS. Anti-Directors Are Chosen in North Side District. At the election held in the North Topeka drainage district yesterday the members of the old board of di rectors were defeated by large ma jorities and an entirely new board elected for the next three years. The new board consists of J. B. Blllard. J. N. Stewart, a R. Kutz, Charles Stov er ana ueorge Young. Bonds to the amount of $126,000 were voted two years ago, the proceeds to be used in erecting dykes and straightening Sol dier Creek for the purpose of pre venting a recurrence of the floodB of four and five years ago. The bonds were never Issued and If the plans of the new board are car ried out never will be as the feeling prevails that they are largely In ex cess of the amount necessary for the contemplated Improvements. It Is the purpose or the new board to raise the necessary funds for improvements by direct assessment and to cancel the entire bond issue of $125,0000 if It Is necessary to make it. A direct levy was made last year and there now remains in the hands of the treasurer of the board $3,500 of the sum raised and this money will be expended In improvements Imme diately, and the board will anticipate another levy and proceed with the work after this sum has been expend ed providing that such a course may seem necessary. The plans of the old board con templated an entire change of the channel of the creek at several poults which would have necessitated large expenditure of money. The new board has entirely different plans and will immediately commence the work of ridding the stream of obstructions and it Is possible that there will be a small amount of dyking done. The members of the old board will hold a meeting Wednesday for the purpose of closing up Its affairs and turning the business over to the men who were elected yesterday. Now that the sale of the bonds has been defeated the cost of the im provements will be assessed against the real estate In the district while If they had been sold the assessment would have been made against all or the property in the district The fight made In the Shungamm ga district In South Topeka resulted In the re-election of the old board by a large majority, the Square Deal faction from the Keith district polling but a small vote. This faction which is opposed to the tax levy for Im provements in the district received but 302 of the 1,038 votes cast. J. C. Shimer who headed the ticket advo cating the Improvements in the dis trict received the largest number of votes of any of the candidates. Nearly every spring the Shunga nunga overflows and damages and de stroys much property along the course of the creek and the improve ment ticket favors straightening and clearing the stream of debris which has lodged In the course for a num ber of years. All went well until an election was held in the .Keith dis trict two weeks ago In which candi dates unfavorable to an additional lew for improvement purposes were Tinmlnated. The members of the ticket pledged "the voters to refrain from further expenditures until a maJorltv of the voters at an election should Instruct them by their votes to proceed.- This was the Taction wnicn mot defeat at the polls yesterday. The board elected last night consists of .T. C Shimer. T. J. Hurley, Frank Fowler, George Skeene and A. Q. Hahan. Engineer W. P. Beeler has bumped Engineer Don Ritchie on runs Nos. J. 15 and 116 between Kansas City and Newton. Engineer Beeler was recently bumped off runs Nos. 9 and 4 between the two points by Engineer J. P. Kelly. Engineer Ritchie will re turn to work in freight service over the cutoff. Engineer Ed Ash Is running on the Marcellne runs in tne place of En gineer George Lusk who Is laying off for a few days. Engineer Thomas O. Jones Is lay ing off at his home on account of sickness. Engineer O. W. Jones of Argen tine Is running temporarily on runs Nos. 1 and 10 between Kansas City and Newton. Engineer W. C. Sherman is run ning temporarily on runs Nos. 121 and 30 between Topeka and Emporia. Engineer. Dan Shannon is running on runs Nos.. 10-6 and 106 between To peka and St. Joseph. Engineer A. Gehms of Marceline, who has been taking the place of En gineer George Lusk on the Marceline runs, has returned to his home In Marceline and is now running out of that place in freight servioe. Business car No. 9 has been sent to the shops for repairs. This car is used by W. E. Hodges,' general pur chasing agent for the Santa Fe. The board of directors of the Rail road Y. M. C. A. will meet tonight at the rooms of the association. Sup per will be served at 6:15 by the ladles. The entertainment at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. Friday night will be un der the auspices of the Bp worth league of the Walnut Grove church. Eleven of the students of the local telegraph school of the Santa Fe have been transferred to Pueblo from which point they will be assigned to service on the Colorado division. In order to meet the demand created by the new nine hour law which goes into effect today. Conductor Frank Tipton of Argen tine is still laying off on account of sickness. On account of the increase in busi ness which is being noticeable .at Argentine, several of the firemen have been placed! back at work on the extra board. The shops of the Santa Fe at Em poria and Argentine which have been closed for a week are now open and It Is thought that there will be no need of further closing. Work has piled up considerably during the week. Arthur Phelps of the electrical de partment has returned to Topeka af ter having been in Kansas City on a visit. Fireman Sears of the eastern divi sion and his brother, Ernest Sears, a machinist at Argentine, are on a month's vacation to California. George H. Elliott, foreman of the Fourth street rip track yards and the oldest employe of the Santa Fe In point of service, has been retired on a pension. C-M. Buck, office engineer of the eastern grand division, is in Oskaloosa for a few days. t; ww I) air STYLE The Mallory Cravenette Hat im DOUBLY Guaranteed The name of Mallory, since 1823, has Stood for the best fn 'men's hatwrar honest materials, best workmanship, and styles that are accepted as standards. Besides this guarantee of excellence, the Mallory Cravenette Hat has what no other hat can have the ouallty of being eath er proo t fium the Cravenette process, which makes a Mallory stay new in spite of all kinds of weather. We can heartily endorse any hat that bears the Mallory stamp. We hare them, both soft and stifii in all styles and all the popular shades. They await your inspection. 9 3 raws g-fc Leave. Returning f iJ Xr Til 'VllV Topeka. Lv. Kan City I 1 L ilfllHtt 4:30 A.M. 8:05 A. M. 1 5:50 A.M. 10:40 A.M. 1 r iKlrILM v 8:25 p- m- end p. m. nil If irt 7:25 P.M. 10:00 P. M. I 1 I I jfcJ 7:56 P. M. I 10:18 P. M. Jf J j 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 in a few weeks. Give us your order at once. THE TOPEKA INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. P. S. We guarantee four times as many Independent Telephones In Shawnee County as can be reached by any other line. Consider what this means to the value of j our service. ARCHITECTS MAY ORGANIZE. Can for a State Meeting Is Sent Out Today. An attempt is being made to organ ize the architects of the state Into an association for their mutual protection and a general letter is being sent out today by a committee consisting of L. M. Wood and J. G. Holland of Topeka and Hair and Smith of Salina which is as folloWB: "Believing that it would be for the best interests of our fraternity to or ganize a 'Kansas Association of Archi tects' for the purpose of regulating practice in a uniform way; notably, the regulation of competitions; the advoca tion of a uniform scale of prices; and to eliminate the disgraceful scramble that obtains in this state; and believ ing that the younger members must have work, and believing that it takes a young architect longer to build up his prices to a recognized standard after once starting in on a low grade than it will to get a paying business on the 'traveled road," and believing that a good license law would be of great benefit to us, as well as to our patrons, therefore, we, the undersign ed, after due consideration, have decid ed to ask all of the architects doing business in the state of Kansas to meet us in the city of Topeka, on March 25, 1908, at the parlors of the Commercial club, 627 Kansas avenue, for the purpose of considering these questions and any others that may come before the meeting, for the good of the fraternity. We can not get a license law without an organization behind it. We may miss some, but tell all of the boys to come. Please notify L. M. Wood, 627 Kansas avenue, by March 20, if you will be here." KANSAS CITY DEPOT HEARING. Continued to March IS by the Rail road Board. The application of the Kansas' City, Kansas, Mercantile club for an order of the railroad commission requiring the railroads to build a union depot for Kansas City, Kansas, was presented to the commission this morning, and after a short hearing continued until March 18. The hearing will then be had at Kansas City, Kansas. The city was represented by G. A. Renz, member of the city council, and Carl Dehoney, secretary of the Mer cantile club. The attorneys for the city were all engaged with business in the Kansas City courts and could not attend. On this ground the city asked for continuance, and the railroads did not oppose the application. The city claims that the railroads are trying to delay the construction of a depot as long as possible, and the railroads sav that the delay has been I as much the fault of the city as the fault of the railroads. The case has SERVICE Sole Agents in Topeka DOUBLE TRACK NO STOPS FAST TIMB Depot First and Kansas Avenue. Phones 384. 7 1 SHELLABARGER &S0N UNDERTAKERS Parlors 122 W. Fifth St .Phone 37J X A Spur to Regularity J Membership in a Building a and Loan Association is a spar i to regularity in the saving or money. Our Class A shares cannot T be excelled as a medium for X investing your savings system- atlcally each month, and rate T of interest earned. J Call or send for Prospectus. The Capitol Building Loan Asa'n. X 534 Kansas Avenue. I 'I I 1 1 I I I I PHONE J ()lo) tWhen you need the service of a Merchants' Transfer Storage Co. rT4 1 I I I I 1 I I 1 1 L. M. PEN WELL Undertaker and Embakaer 611 Quincy Strssb BetuPbeasa Ift. been held up waiting for the railroads to take some action about a union depot in Kansas City, Mo., but the city is tired waiting now, and wants a depot of its own, regardless of what Kansas City, Mo., gets.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAI-WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1908. ADAMS AT HELM. (Continued from Page On.) When certain of my friends came to me they convinced me that the two -United States senators, the state officers and tka rnncrrHHlrknfl.1 dale&ration were ai- most unanimous In the desire that I enter the race. I was not Inclined to go into the fight because I was nicely located at Atchison and naa no ma position to re-enter politics. But my friends grot after me. and made it easy for me to accept their support, inon came the special session of the legis lature, and the enactment of the pri mary election law. This put an entire ly different phase on the matter. "Had there been a convention, and had I been nominated, it would not have been necessary for me to take much of any time from my business between the time of the convention and the election. But under the pri mary law a man must get out and make a hoorah campaign throughout the state Just as he would for a gen eral election. That is the only kind of a campaign that can win. I don't are to sacrifice my business interests to such an extent, and I will not do it. The Republican party needs me much more than I need the support of the Republican party. I don't care about fetting back into politics. I will not e dictated to by any faction or or- fanization. I do not know who will e selected to make this race in my stead." Lobdell or Davidson. The gossip now centers on who the antl-Stubbs crowd will select to make the race against Stubbs. It seems to be generally conceded that some can didate will be put Into the race without jany delay. Judge C. E. Lobdell of Lamed has .been tendered the support of the antl jBtubbs crowd, and he will take several days to think the matter over. It is 'regarded as very unlikely that he will i accept the offers of support. Judge ILobdell feels that he is well situated at j present In his job of district Judge, and he has no desire to get into the race merely for the purpose of making a (acriflce of himself In the Interests of 'Senator Long. i There has also been some talk of C. ,1. Davidson of Wichita, who is a ("square dealer," but at the same time la supporter of Long. Davidson's square Ideal friend9 think he would make a eerlous mistake In accepting the chance I to make the race in Bailey's stead. Mr. Davidson himself declined to make any 'statement about the matter. Grant Hornaday, of Fort Scott, said this morning: "I will not consent to be a candidate for governor. When I with drew from the race, I undertook certain business contracts which will make it absolutely necessary for me to devote my entire time to my business. I have no time to make a campaign for gover nor." W. J. Fitzgerald lieutenant governor, also declares positively that he will not make the race. The situation seems to be still unset tled, and it probably will continue so for several days at least. It may be that the result will be that the Bailey support will Anally go to Cyrus Leland. Leland is being urged strongly by the Third district crowd, including some of the most active sup porters of Senator Long. But there are nf T nnrr'n frlana TT:V) n foal that Leland can not make the kind of a campaign which is necessary to beat Etubbs. Long Denies Story. Senator Long was asked this morn ing whether it was true that he de sired to be a delegate to the national convention so that he may be elected temporary chairman of the conven tion. He said: "That story Is false. There Is noth ing to it. Deny it." In spite of this some of Senator Long's best friends say that the report is cor rect, and that Senator Long will in all probability be made chairman of the national convention. Such an action by the national con vention, it Is thought by Long's friends, will help him in his fight for re-election to the senate. Shawnee Bolters Got In. When the roll was being called on temporary chairman, and the name "Shawnee county" was called, Robert Stone, the head of the contesting delegation from Shawnee, which occupied seats on the opposite side of the hall from the "regulars," got the floor first and shouted: "Shawnee casts 28 votes for Ansel R. Clark of Rice county." Chairman Moore refused to recog nize Stone, and turning to the place wheTe the "regulars" were seated. recognizee! D. W. Mulvane who said: "Shawnee casts 28 votes for J. B. Adams." Then Chairman Moore turned to the contesting delegation and said': "The state committee has decided that the contesting delegations shall ot take part in the temporary or ganization of the convention." "Oh, that's all right," replied JStone. "I didn't understand." There was much cheering and con fusion while this clash was going on. Delegates to National Convention. The election of delegates to the na tional convention did not take place until the last thing of the convention. There have been no changes in the "machine" slate, which will doubtless go through without much opposition. This slate was as follows: Chester I. Long. Charles Curtis. Grant Hornaday. B, A. McGonigle. The Stubbs slate had been having a hard time this morning, and it is doubt ful whether there will be much left of it. it is said that many of the annan dealers are objecting to the plan of proposing the names of W. E. Stanley and William Allen White. I. E. Lam bert of Lyon county has given it out that Mr. White's name must not be presented to the convention, and the Sedgwick county delegation is opposing the suggestion that Mr. Stanley be placed on the slate. They say that they don't want to have these men dis credited with "President" Taft by al lowing themselves to be run over by the machine bandwagon. Afternoon Session. The first thing was the report of the committee on rules and order of busi ness. The- committee recommended that no resolutions be read before the convention without first being present ed to the committee on resolutions. This was for the purpose of choking off objectionable resolutions. The order of business recommended was as follows: 1. Report of committee on order of business. 2. Report of the credentials commit tee. v 8. Report of the permanet organiza tion committee. 4. Report of the committee on reso lutions. 5. Election of four delegates and four alternates to the Republican na tional convention. Report of Resolutions Committee. The committee on resolutions held a meeting Immediately after the adjourn ment of the morning session of the convention, and adopted the following report: "We commend the administration of Governor E. W. Hoch and the offi cials associated with him. Their management of state affairs has been clean and capable and they have shown thamselves worthy of the trust given them. "We approve the record and work in congress of Senator Cheater I. Long, Senator Charles Curtis and our delegates in the national house of representatives. They are placing Kansas on the roll of states noted for able representatives and their stand forhe Interests of the people of Kan sas commands and receives our hearty commendation. "We believe that the experience and ability of our national committee man, David W. Mulvane, are of value to the party in the nation and the state and we Instruct our delegates to vote for his re-election. "We believe in the principles of organized labor and that the working man is entitled to every fair protec tion for his labor and property. We" favor the use of the Typographical union label in all printing wherever possible. "The Republicans of Kansas in state convention assembled have reas on to be proud of the record and work of the party in the past. It has written the history of the country lor a half century and has guided the na tion in its progress to the leading place among the nations of the world. With the record of performance, of duty done, of results secured, we know that the Republican party will squarely meet every issue and rightly solve every problem of the present and future. "We are proud of the great leaders of the Republican party since its be ginning. It has given to the countryi statesmen of wisdom and ability, presi dents of character and genius. And es pecially we do approve and endorse the administration of Theodore Roose velt with Its record of brilliant achieve ment at home and abroad, Its policies of patriotism and honesty, and its stand for stalwart and sturdy Ameri canism, always and everywhere. The Republicans of Kansas are or one mind in their choice of a candi date of the party for president of the United States. The proven statesman ship, executive ability and magnificent manhood of our candidate fit him for the high office and command the ap proval and confidence of the people; therefore. We instruct the delegates to the national convention to vote on every preliminary and test vote and on every ballot for the nomination of William H. Taft." Hanua Permanent Chairman. When the convention convened this afternoon D. J. Hanna of Hill City, formerly lieutenant governor, was elect ed permanent chairman without oppo sition. Governor Hanna took charge of the convention without making a speech. Committee on Credentials. It was decided by a unanimous vote in the committee on credentials to seat the "regular" delegations from both Shawnee and McPherson counties. These are the delegations selected by the county central committees of the respective counties. The meeting of the credentials com mittee was held immediately after the adjournment of the convention. Eight members of the committee were pres ent. Each contesting delegation was allowed to make a statement of its case. Robert Stone of Shawnee county spoke for the Shawnee contesting dele gation. The committee then went Into exec utive session and reached a speedy de cision in favor of the "regular" dele gates. The contesting delegations say they will carry the fight to the floor of the convention in an effort to knock out the report of the committee. The following are the alternates to the delegates to the national conven tion who are on the "slate:" W. T. Vernon of Quindaro. J. T. Moore of Pittsburg. T. A. Noftzger of Anthony. James Smith of Clay. The commitete on rules and order of The committee on rules and order of that all the delegates be voted for on one roll call, and that a majority vote be required to elect. The report was adopted with only a few dissenting votes. When the report of the credentials committee was made. Judge A. R. Clark of Rice rose and asked that the com mittee on credentials make a report to the convention concerning its reasofl for seating the delegates in contested counties. Judge Clark made this suggestion in the form of a substitute for the motion to adopt the committee's report. W. R. Stubbs spoke in favor of Judge Clark's motion. "In Justice to the good name of the convention," said Mr. Stubbs, "I think we should have a fair statement of the facts." W. Y. Morgan suggested that the chairman of the committee on creden tials make a statement of the facts, and the suggestion seemed to sAisfy every body. J. E. Lambert, chairman of the com mittee, came forward and stated the facts of the contest as presented to the committee. Lambert Explains. Mr. Lambert first spoke of the Shaw nee county contest and outlined the facts clearly and impartially. He then discussed the McPherson county case He said the state committee had al ready decided the case, and that In view of the fact that there was little time to Investigate it was decided to follow that line. "The distinguished gentleman from Lawrence," said Mr. Lambert, "holds his commission in this convention by the bare vote of the executive commit tee of the county central committee of Douglas county." This shot was greeted by tremendous cheering and applause. "I'd like to ask," said T. A. Noftzger, Dy wnat authority the committee seat ed the Douglas county delegation.which was not selected by the county com mittee?" There were more cheers. W. R. Stubbs then arose and said: "The action of the county central Qood Coffee Is known to the drinker before he tastes it; Just as soon as the aro ma escapes from the pot; If you want that delicate appetizing cof fee try any of the following blends: Blend Nos. 7-9-11, per lb.... 20c Blend No. 15, per lb .25c Blend No. 4, per lb !s0c Blend No. 3, per lb 35c Blend No. 10, per lb 40c CHAS. McCLINTOCK Tea Coffee Crockery ',8.15 Kansas Arenue committee in Douglas county was taken without my knowledge or consent. 1 do not approve- of such a method, but there was no contest in, Douglas coun ty. The committee was unanimous." Stubbs speech was also greeted with great cheering. The cheering of Stubbs' speech seem ed to come more from the balcony and the spectators than from the del egates. J- T. A. Noftzger then' tried to make a speech, and roasted the McPherson county contesting delegation. A member of the McPherson contest ing delegation kept interrupting Noftz ger. He declared Noftzger was mis stating facts. .There was great con fusion in the hall, and much hooting, hissing and shouting. Noftzger switched off onto a de fense of the "senate lodge" and there was a storm of hissing. I d like to know, shouted a dele gate, "whether the gentleman is de fending the senate lodge or the ques tion before the house? Judge Clark asked that a representa tive of each contesting delegation be allowed to state his case. This sugges tion was drowned In a storm of howls. A delegate in the rear of the hall got on a chair and insisted on making a speech in defense of the McPherson county contesting delegation. The del egate kept on talking until he was forced into his seat by the sergeants- at-arms. Permanent Organization. The committee on permanent organ ization then reported the permanent officers as follows: For chairman D. J. Hanna. For secretary Clyde Miller. Assistant secretaries S. B. Hasklns of Johnson, A. Floersch of Pottawa omie and Henry Monroe of Shawnee. W. X. Morgan ana J. s. usDorn were named to escort Mr. Hanna to the chair. Mr. Hanna did not make any extend ed speech, but thanked the convention for the honor. A. W. Smith of McPherson county made the point of order that Clark's motion had been carried out and was out of order. The point was sustaned. The chairman then put the original motion to adopt the committee on cre dentials, and amid tremendous tumult and confusion declared It carried. Resolutions for Taft. W. Y. Morgan then came forward and read the report of the committee on resolutions. When the section was read endors ing D. W. Mulvane as national com mitteeman there were hoots, and groans, and laughter. Mulvane a friends came to the rescue with a burst of applause and cheers. The resolutions were adopted with only about twenty or thirty dissenting votes. 150 CHILDREN PERISH BY FIRE. (Continued from Page One.) what piles of charred little bodies were still visible in the doorways. In the rear door bodies burned beyond recognition lay piled five feet high. A man who had reached the school chil dren shortly after the fire broke out, declared that the back door was lock ed. He attempted to break down the door but failed to do so,. He then smashed in the windows with the aid of some other men and rescued a num ber of children by dragging them out. Ihe names shot up through the central halls with terrible rapidty. It is stated the children were terri fied beyond all control and the teach ers, although they struggled bravely to marshal their charges out of the building, in something like order, were utterly helpless. Those who were familiar with the building and were early on the scene oeMeve that most of the loss of life was due to the fact that all of the rooms were dismissed at once. Pu pils pouring down the stairs made for the doorways already full of chil dren escaping from the lower floors. The exits were soon choked. The desperate ones behind pushed and stnuggles for their lives, driving the Human wecuges tne tighter in places. Neighbors living across the street were the first to reach the burning buildings and the lower halls were already filled with flames when they arrived. They helped out such chil dren as they, could reach, but they were forced to see many beyond their aid. The doors and windows were packed with terrified little ones, whose panic left them helpless to es cape. Down Fire Escapes. Many children descended the fire escapes but feared to Jump on reach ing the bottom. They, were pulled down to make room for others. Fear ful scenes were enacted around the burning school house. Fathers and mothers raved, cursed or prayed. Many tried to break- through the crowd and some got as far as to dash toward the flaming doorway. One big man in overalls and Jumper was re strained by force. Explaining in broken English that his "kinder" were in the building, he struggled des perately with the three men who held him. Finally they threw him to the ground and sat on him, forcing his great form down in the ankle deep mud. The building was completely de stroyed, only the outer brick walls re main standing. The floors and roof fell into the Interior early in the fire, making the rescue of intact bodies absolutely hopeless. As soon as fire men and volunteers could get close enought attempts were made to pluck bodies from the death heaps at the doors. It was found that the flames had practically incinerated the bodies. Firemen with rakes, forks and shovels turned up blackened bones, little blackened skulls, masses of charred flesh, but bodies recognizable as such were no longer to be found. A fearful stench added to the horror of the scene. Miss Anna Moran, principal of the school, who escaped, says that the children made a mad rush for the door as soon as the alarm of fire was sounded, but were driven back by the choking smoke. Later the flames prevented the escape of many from the burning building. Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon ni-rt bodies, had been recovered from the ruins. Of these 32 had been identified The bodies of 12 boys and 11 girls are at the morgue burned beyond recognition. At 1:45 o'clock this afternoon 71 bodies had been removed from the burned building, including that of Miss Fiske, one of the teachers. At the above hour the list of missing num bered 108. Many Fatally Injured. At 11:30 25 bodies had been reniv. ed from the ruins and were taken to the shops of the Lake Shore Michi gan Southern Railway company, where the company's physicians attended the injured. Practically every ambulance in me eastern pan 01 Cleveland, was called as well as every available nhv. cian. Many children rescued are be lieved to be fatally Injured, either by fire or being trampled upon. Scores of children have been taken to .city hospitals. Three little girls met in stant death in'attempting to Jump to safety from the third floor of the burn ing building. They were. Mary -Ridge-way, Anna Roth and Gertrude Davis. A man named Dorn discovered his little girl among the mass of injured and crushed. He caught the girl by the hands and, in his frantic efforts to save her, pulled her arms from her body. The four children of the Janitor of the building lost their lives together in the fire. The greatest loss of life was caused by one of the- exits being closed, to which point scores of the children rush ed. Their escape was blocked by a door that opened inward. In this manner they were delayed in reaching the other door and windows. It is said that as a result of the stampede scores of chil dren lost their lives. i Of the nine teachers of the school, seven are accounted for. The two miss ing are Katherine Weiler, of Cleveland, and Grace Fisk of East Cleveland. Principal Frank P. Whitney of the school, estimates the number of dead from 75 to 150. The pupils were mostly very young children, ranging in age from 9 to 12 years. IRISH SUPERSTITIOXS. Death Coach and the Sullen Driver Fairy Horse and Great Black Bird. The tide, of civilization and educa tion is surging over Ireland, and in towns and large villages steam and electricity, motors and bicycles, libra ries ana newspapers have dealt a deathblow to many picturesque old customs and romantic legends, but amid the wide stretches of bog, in the wna glens and mountain passes, and along the stormy Atlantic coast ancient rites and' myths linger. JNO wonder stranse .superstitions linger in the scattered hamlets by sea or in the lonely cabins on the rock islands round.. the iron coast, for on winter nights, when the mighty surges break thundering against the tower ing cliffs and the storm wind walls weirdly through the hollow caverns and ivied ruins, where the deserted fortresses of. the powerful chieftains of bygone days look .down on the roaming waves and the cry of the gulls and curlew echoes over rock shores and. across wide loughs and estuaries, one might wen fancy that the sounds were the voice of giants or wizards doomed for their sins to wandter forever round this coast, the mournful wail of the "banshee" or of the White Lady of the Cliffs" a. fa mous Munster apparition- women and children, crouching over the fire of driftwood'. neat or furze branches, flaming fitfully on, the open nearth, cross themselves as a louder wail rings through the dark ness or a rumbling sound is heard that to their ears seems to be the rolling of the wheels of "the headless coach" or "death coach," so called in the County Cork because horses and driver are supposed to be headless. The coachman is the "Dallahan," that Is, a dark or sullen person, a gob lin of most malignant disposition. xnis phantom is said to "follow" many old Munster families, the vehicle lumbering heavily up the avenue and stopping at the front door when ever a death is about to occur in the house. I know numbers of persons and not by any means merely un- eaucatea peasants who are per suaded that they have heard the rumbling of the headless coach. Needless to say,' the noise of a heavy cart at night along an unfrequented road is sufficient to- terrify supersti tious people Into believing that they have heard the death coach they take good care not to see it! Another much-dreaded apparition Is the Phooka, or Fairy Horse, a very malicious spirit who is said to appear in the shape of a beautiful coal black steed with fire darting from his eyes and nostrils. Occasionally he adlopts the form of a black bull or goat, and some times he appears as an awful com pound of several black animals horse, bull, goat and ram. In his equine form he is said to amuse him self by enticing solitary travelers whom he meets after dark into mounting him, and as he invariably looks like a "nate cut of a horse, such as every Irishman appreciates, he is said to succeed very frequently in his nefarious plan. The instant the rider is on his back the elfin steed dashes off madly through stream, lake and bog hole, thicket and coppice, hedge and ditch, marsh and ravine, till the terrified mortal, drenched, torn and bruised, shrieks for mercy or perhaps remem bers to gasp out a prayer, when, with a furious bound, the Phooka flings him off, preferably Into a muddy pool or a furze braze, and darts away, leaving the unhappy rider to pick himself up, invariably finding that he is miles out of his way. SuoWen falls are attributed to this malignant sprite, and many a man who has lost his way or met with an accident coming home from fair or funeral on a dark night is convinced1 for the rest of his days that he has been led astray by the Phooka, al though his troubles were due to a yet more potent spirit. Dangerous rocks and crags are often called "Carrigna Phooka" (rock of the Phooka), just as deep pools or holes in a river or bog are "Poul-na-Phooka." A beautiful waterfall in Wlcklow bears tills name. "The Poukeen,? as he is sometimes called, is also said to adopt the form of a great black bird or a bat the latter is greatly feared by the coun try folks. In the bat form he Is sup posed to lure people into climbing ivied walls and towers, from which he throws them an idea which seems to bear some relation to the vampire stories of eastern. Europe. He is the "pouke" of Spenser, and from break ing the necks of the unwary to spoil ing the blackberries on Michaelmas ever, in order to vex the archangel, there are few enormities of which he Is not guilty, according to popular be lief. "Puck, the household fairy," of English legend, finds his Irish coun terpart in the "Fir-Darrig," or "Red Man," a merry goblin, very similar to the Scotch red cap, or brownie. He is said to be dressed in scarlet the at tire of most of the Irish fairies is supposed to consist of a green suit. red shoes, long white stockings, a red or black cap, with an eagle s feather. This little red-clad sprite is said to be remarkable for the extreme beauty of hi3 voice, which, according to the now fast-disappearing race of story tel lers, is "like the sound of the waves," "the music of angels, or the warbling of birds." A sweet voice is highly esteemed in Erin, where a girl pos sessing that "excellent thing in women" is said to be able to "coax the birds off the pushes." New Ire land Review. Tax Commissioners Visiting. Members of the state tax commission have- commenced their "visitation" work, which the law requires. Under the law. one or more of the commis sioners must "visit' every county In the state once each year. Commissioner Crummer Is visiting a number of coun ties along the Union Pacific in the Fifth congressional district. Commis sioners Howe and Glass will start Wed- ucBuay- on- a visit to Leavenworth, Atchison, nml r,fV,,i. in em Kansas. OFFER TAFT. (Continued from Page One.) "These are the policies of the Re publican, party as exemplified in the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. We endorse his splendid administra tion and declare that neither- halt nor retraction- shall be sounded in the march towards better eovemment. We specially approve the enactment 01 tne railroad rate law, the strength ening of the supervisory powers of the Interstate Commerce commission. the prosecution of illegal trusts and monopolies and of evil doers, both in the public service and in the com mercial world, together with the en forcement of all wholesome measures which have made safer the guarantee of life, liberty, and property. We congratulate the American people that their recent safe passage through a financial disturbance indicates the sound basis on which our commercial. industrial and agricultural interests are founded; and the Republican party hails with confidence the signs now appearing of a complete re storation of business prosperity in all lines of trade, commerce and manu facturing. "In the state we stand for an effec tive and compulsory primary election law; and efficient supervision and in spection of banks and trust companies; the abolishment of child labor; the pro tection of employes in shops," mines, factories and upon the railroads, local option for the people and the control of public service corporations and the regulation of their rates. We endorse the Republican administration of state affairs and we congratulate the people of Ohio that our representation in the senate and house of representatives of the United States maintains the state's high rank in the national legislature. Nominates Taft. "Once more Ohio presents to the na tion a candidate for the presidenoy. In this convention chosen upon a call for a primary election providing for a specific choice for president of the United States we send greetings to Republi cans everywhere and announce with pride and devotion that every delegate here assembled is instructed for Wil liam H. Taft. -He is the man equipped for the day and its duties. His con spicuous part in the achievements of a greater America, his broad knowledge and experience in law and government, his genius for world peace and ad vancement, his rare tact and sturdy courage, and more than all else, his steadfast devotion to the enduring pol icies of Republicanism makes Ohio's candidate the ideal leader for 1908. We pledge him our earnest and loyal sup port and instruct our delegate to the national convention this day chosen to vote for William H. Taft until he is nominated- "Upon this platform we go before the people, appealing for their support In the name of the great things doing and the greater- things to do." WANTED A MAN. (Continued from Page One.) protested against the adoption of the amendment. He said Speaker Cannon had named him as chairman of the committee on claims, and that if the amendment, which criticised Cannon, was adopted, he could not go back to Washington and face the speaker if his own district passed such a resolu tion. Finally a vote was taken by delegations, and the amendment was defeated. CLOSE BLOCK OFFICES. Santa Fe .Makes an Order Which Limits Open Time. Owing to the nine hour telegraph law which went Into effect today, the Santa Fe has completed arrangements for the partial closing of many of the smaller block offices along the lines of the eastern division which ex tends from Argentine to Emporia. One block office at olivet has been entirely discontinued. Four operators have been let out. The offices which are affected by the partial closing are as follows: Peterton, Scranton, Lang, Barclay, Reading, Carbondale, Wakarusa, Te cumseh. Spencer, Lecompton, Lake View, Eudora, Wilder, Zarah, Eliza beth, Lebo, Melvern, Le Loup, Wells ville, Neosho Rapids and Gardner. The operators who were let out were stationed at Barclay, Peterton, Te cumseh and Lake View. ALL GO FREE. Mrs. Hartja Loses the Suit Against Her Traducers. Pittsburg, Pa., March 4. Augustus Hartje, John L. Welshons, a .hard ware merchant and friend of Hartje and Clifford Hooe, the negro coach man, who have been on trial in crim inal court charged with conspiracy to blacken the character of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, were all acquitted today, binding instructions having been giv en to the Jury to find such a verdict and place the costs of the case upon the countv. It is now stated that Mrs. Hartje" will push her action to obtain a divorce from her husband. The case is on trial list and will be called within a few weeks. TODAY'S MARKET REPORTS Chicago, 111.. March 4. WHEAT-Wheat opened active and strong. Commission 1 lioflw hnvers asd prices were up a cent over yesterday within the first 15 minutes of trading, uonoiuons ai Liv erpool, -where the prices were up 1 pence, 1 iv- ,v,,1tm rwAinti) were themain factors in this advance There are indications, too, ru"v.""" bull campaign is about to begin- May onened ic lower to a shade higher, at ?9c&$lS .sold up to $1.01. and then relcted t? $1X. Minneapolis. Duluth and i Chicago reported receipts of 292 cars. The market showed a tendency to sag in the last half. May fell off to 99c. The SosS waV weak, with May off lc. at 99 "rnRN There was a big trade in corn and a strong market. Local receipts were 100 cars less than had been estimated and the RtrenKth of wheat also had an effect MaV opened higher atCeC2a. Sola at 62c, and went up to 63c. In sympathy with wheat the corn mar ket weakened considerably toward the close The close, nevertheless, was steady wfth 'May a shade higher, at 6262c OATS-Oats were very quiet, but firm May opined He higher, at 53c sold at 5363c, and then advanced to 54c. PROVISIONS Provisions were rather STOCK SHIPPERS To Insure Yourselves Clay, Robinson Co., Lira Stock Commission merchants, Stock Yards, Kansas City. IB MLov nAYfc UUH Dn writu AT VHtVABO. 80. ST. JOSEPH, ML OMAHA. DENVER, SIOUX CITY, SO. ST. PAUL, E. BUFFALO! quiet and easy. May pork opened 1015c off, at $11.90. Lard was 5c lower, at $7.75. -i"Lpenea Dig-iic lower, at $6.67.70. RYE Caeh: 84c. BARLEY Cash: 7582c. TIMOTHY March, $4.85. CLOVER 419.20. Chicago Market, Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 4S6-1 Chicago, March 4. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May ...100 101 99 99-99 1 00- July 9514-95 96 94- 94 9514 Sept 92-9214 93 91 91 92 CORN May 62- 63 62 62- 62 July ...61-60 62 60 61 60 Sept Hfe- 61 60 60 60 OATS May 63 54 53 5S 53 July 45 46 45 46 46 Sept 38 38 38 38 37-38 PORK May ...11 90 11 57 11 80 11 82 12 06 July ...12 30 12 36 12 17 12 17 12 36 LARD May 7 76 7 80 7 70 7 70 7 80 July 7 96 8 02 7 92 7 92 8 00 RIBS May 6 75-67 6 72-75 6 62 6 62 6 75 July ...TOO 7 02-05 6 92 6 92 7 05 Kansas City Grain Market. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 W. Sixth St. Phone 486-1 Kansas City, March 4. Open WHEAT May 96 July 88 Sept 87 CORN May 56 July 67 Sept 56 High Low Close Yes 95- 95 96 87 87 88 85 85 86 87 67 56- 56- 56- 57 56- 56- 66 56 55 56. 55. Kansas City I Ave Stock. tj- nir -v, A P4TTLB Receipts today 6,000, including 200 head ot souTnerns. marnei KLeauy lj tlye steers, 4.5Kg5.80j southern steers, W.00 (55.20: southern cows; 2.7&4.O0; native cows and heifers, $2.6O5.O0; stockers and feeders, $3.40(55.00: bulls, $3.254.50; calves, $3.506.50; western steers, $4.25&5.5u; west ern cows, $3.254.50. ket steady to 5c lower. Bulk of gales, $420 S14.40; heavy, $4.aofi. pacncis, yi.y..., pigs and light. $3.904.3O. SHEEP Receipts today 6,000 head. Mar ket 10c higher. Muttons, W.65; lambs. $6.406.85; range wethers, $5.00g.26, lea ewes, $4.606,35. Chicago XAve Stock Market. Chicago. March 4 CATTLE Receipts today about 20,000. Market steady. Beeves. $3.906.00; oows and helt-f4- erns, $4.005.00; stockers and feeders, $2.(5 HOGS Receipts today about 42,000 head. Market weak. Light, $4-204.45; mixed, $4.254.50; heavy. $4.254.60; rough, $4.26j 43fl?pigs, $3.504.30; bulk of sales, $1.35 000 head. Market steady Jo strong. Na tives S3 2&Cao.ot; western, fj.wnw-w,. jv. lings! S6-25; lambs, $5.006.90; -westerns, $6.006.90. --c-;-; 1 -:r Kansas City live Stoct Sales Today- T-. t 1 r- live atnnlc com Lrrhe following sales were made today at the stock yaras, raiibtxa telephoned to The Topeka State Journa mission merchants, with offices at all markets. CATTLE Receipts today 6,000 head. Market steady to strong. HOGS-Receipts today 17,000 head Mar ket weak to 10c lower. Bulk of salee, $4.20 SHEEP-Receipts today 6.000 head. Mar- ket strong. KILLING STEERS. No. 25.. 1.. 46.. 29., 4. 1. 4. 20. 12., Wt Price. No. vvi. Price. $5.10 5.50 5.40 953 $4.90 5 1338 ....1060 5.00 18 1390 ....1338 5.45 19 1"2 750 5.10 COWS AND HEIFERS. 900 4.75 1 480 ..v.1120 3.75 6., 36 830 4.85 36 820 764 2.75 10 1180 1260 4.60 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS. 3.50 4.90 4.80 4.10 19 743 4.35 10 4.76 3.85 .1076 4.8b I 11 4.40 820 CALVES. 180 224 6.10 3.95 230 4.50 BUI .1020 .1246 3.25 I 8... 3.75 I 8... HOGS. Price. IN o. $4.45 74... 4.40 I 70... 4.20 I 7... .1130 .nao 8.75 S.65 Price. $4.40 4.30 3.90 No. Wt 64 218 2 560 33 179 wt 280 404 120 Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, 111., March 4. CHEESE Mar ket strong. Daisies. 13Wc: Twins, 12 13c; Young Americas. 1313o. POULTRY Alive poultry firm. Tur keys, 13c; chickens, 12c: springs, 12c. BUTTER Market easy. Creamery, 20 GtJ&Steady? At mark, oases Included. 1818o. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, March 4.-CoWHET Tjcr-plrts 70 cars. Unchanged. May, iRiO, Julv 83c Cash: No. 2 hard, 99c$1.01; No 8 hard. 98&99c: No. 2 red, $1.021.03; No' 3 red, 99c$1.02. CORN-Unchanged to lo higher. May. K34n- Julv 66c. Cash:. No. 2 mixed, 56 icl Noy3 nSxed, 56c; No. 2 white, white. 50961c; No. 2 mixed, 48tf49c. HAY-CWce timothy steady. $11.00 12: choice prairie 25&0o higher, $8.75 9' BUTTER Weak. Creamery, 30c; pack EGGchlgher, Fresh extras, lto; current receipts. 16c. Xew York Produce Market. vrn-k. March 4. BUTTER Market steady dreameries, specials, MBSle; Bteaay. tras 30c- creamery thirds to fiSt? 25; Sto tras to peaial8- Vil- 'n firrts to thirds, 2428; western fac ?orV firsts; 22c; seconds, 21c; imitation "TElfirU cream specials. ISc; .mi iolored and white, fine. 15c; ditto SJJS colored fine. 15c; white. 15c; ditto od M prlme. 1415c; ditto late mad. be?t, llei2c; ditto common to fair, 0 UBGGS Firmer. Western firsts, 22c; do. SepmiLTRY Alive poultry firm and ten rfir, hieher on fowls, though official de!,?nf had not been settled at a late 21 Dressed poultry was quiet. Phila SelUphiarprin1 gickens, 2528c: turkeys, iaS18c; fowls, lOtglJjC- Market Gossip. v,T j. E. Gall, Commissions, provisions? Cotton and Stocks. Office ilOWBixthSt. Phone 486.1 Liverpool opening cables: Wheat ld hla"rpraenrchabfes: Wheat ld hiareriotCs at! CWheat, 63; corn, 18; "Estimated car lots at K C. tomorrow: Wheat. TO; corn, 16; oats, 16. Car lota at Chicago: Wheat, 15; corn, Eattol'tld'car lota at hicago tomor Best Results Consign To row: Wheat, 89; corn. 368; oats, 247. Receipts of wheat in the northwest to day were 277 cars. Last year 359 cars. uverpooi closing cames: wneax i'j&a higher; corn d higher. New Tork Stock Market. Wall St., New York, March 4. STOCKS Insignificant gains and losses shown by the opening prices of stocks left the move ment without any decided current in either direction. Operations were very small. Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie fell 1 point. There was a moderate advance in prices, which lifted the majority of stocks from to point above yesterday's close. Speculation became lifeless again at the higher levels, but prices held up well. American Smelting preferred eaggsd 1 points. Light selling carried prices below last night with the decline In Union Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande running up to a point and in Canadian Southern 2 Soints. Lackawanna sold at a decline of points and Brooklyn Union Gae 6 points and the market became virtually stagnant at the declines. Bonds were steady. Interest in the market decreased stead ily until they were minutes at a time when no transactions were registered on the stock tickers. The tone seemed a lit tle firmer. Some of the low priced stocks were sold more freely, especially Erie and the Southern Railway. The market otherwise ruled firm, though excessively dull. Great Northern Ore Certificates advanced 2 points and Western Union 1 point. Range of Prices' of Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, 1 uvwiuiiB, pultun ana diucjls. Office 110 W. Bixth St. Phone 486.1 New York, March 4. Stooke Op'n High Low Cl'se Yes Am. Kue-flr ita -mi. 11 i-iiii iiAli. peeopie's das r:.. e f1"-?'- popper sum M 4t 51 60 ?t 80 40 39 40 40 U. S. Steel, 00m.. 29 29 29 29 29 U S. Steel, pfd.. 92 92 92 92 92 Atchison, com 6S 6S 67 67 68 Ana,coa 32 32 32 32 32 1. VV. 4 g1- paul 109 116 109 ii6 109 R. I., com 11 11 11 11 11 Great Northern 118 118 117 118 117 ?aclf? 3!. 32 31 Am. Smelting 59 60 59 60 59 go. Pacific 121 122 121 122 121 Texlsfc 2 Pacific 6S 68 67 "67 68 Readiing 96 96 95 96 96 So Railway 10 10 9 9 9 Jjnion Pacific 111 133 m U3H 112 2- 27 27 274 2654 26 g- 0 79 79 .79 79 79 Katy 47 47 47 7 48 Pennsylvania U2113i4 112 113 112 f aoi 143 1 143 142 Na- Lead 48 48 48 48 48 C F. I 16 16 16 16 sew York Money Market. New York, March 4. MONEY Money On Call PflflV. 1 flf na. 11 V. and closing bid 1 per cent; offered at 2 P?.r c1n-?'ilne loans steady. Sixty day bills. 3S per cent; 90 day bills. S4 per cent; 6 months, 44 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper 55 per cent; sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.8666 v. d.L .MJVjt.ooJU lUF ot uay uiua, commercial Dills, 4.83. 011-1 t 1.1. car silver, roftc; jviexican dol lars, 47c. BONDS Government bonds steady. New Tork Sugar and Coffee. New York, March 4. SUGAR Raw su- 96 test, $3.87j molasses sugar, $3.12. Refin- cu bubci eiKouj. 1 usiteu, o.w; powaereu. $5.00; granulated. $4.90. COFFEE Steady. No. 7 Rio, 6 c; No. 4 Santos, 88c. Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., March 4. COTTON Market higher, 11 7-16c. New York. March 4. COTTON Salen today 50 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet. miauiins uymuaa, ix.w; miaajing gull. $11.90. Topeka Market. Furnished by the Charles Wolff Packing Co. Yards close at noon Saturday. HOGSTOPeka- MarCh MIXED AND BUTCHERS $3.854 05 HEAVY 4.0&S4.JO LIGHT 8.763.6 Cannot use hogs under 150 pounds. Do not market hogs unless same are well fin ished, as we cannot use half fat stuff. We give below prices of cattle eqectlva at once, until further notice COWS (good) $2.75S00 COWS (common) 2.002.60 HEIFEES (good) 3.0O&425 HEIFERS (common) Z.25S2 75 BULLS (good) 2.50SSOO BULLS (common) 2 00' Si CALVES. 100-200 lbs V. 40oii 75 CALVES, over 200 lbs i.00aa an EGGS AND POULTRY. VJmS ti Furnished by The Topeka Packing Co 114-116 W. Laurent st. This is wholesale market.1 POULTRY Springs, all sixes, hens 9o stags. 5c; old cocks, 4o; young turkeys! 12c; ducks, 8c; geese, 7c. EGGS 15c. BUTTER 1420c. Furnished fln.nWCr Co BUTTER Elgin, 31c; N. Y. Creamery 8O0; Chicago. 31c. wy, EGGS Chicago, 19c; New York. FRUIT AND PRODUCE Hc Fumished by J. E. Lux, 210 Kan. Am 1 FIGS Per box, 65c. -aTe.J CRANBERRIES Lata Howe, per bhl 12 60 PINEAPPLES-Per box, t4.2S4.5n PINEAPPLES Per box, 4.26. HONEY Per 24 rack case, $3.75 GRAPES Almlra, per bbl., $4,004.25 LEMONS California, per box$3 SO O RANGES Fancy Navel, Per box7"$2.50 2GRAPE FRUIT Per box, $6.00. BANANAS Medium sized bunch.- large bunches, z.ou; Jumbo, $2.75. T-w; ada. per bbl.. $o.00fe6.50. w,-an- COCOANUT-Per do.. 70c; per Mck 'TOMATOES Florida, per 6-baaket rr... $4.00 crate, CANAD RUTABAGAS Per bi. o CAULIFLOWER-California. n,,' J?: $3.00. CELERY J umbo, per bunch, son!" CABBAGE $1.15 per cwt. a0 TURNIPS Per bbl., 4050c. PARSNIPS Per bu., 75c .trTS Per bn BEETS Per bu., 75c. HORSERADISH ROOT Per i. ONION SETS Per bu., $2.75(33 ONIONS Per bu.. $L25: Ra-i?- crate. $1.50. Per SEED SWEET POTATO Ra-S". per bu. i.) I'uift 1 wr.-i luauQ ana Colorado -r rals. per bu.. 80QS3c. "rado Ru- SEEU fUiAiut-K. R. E. O $1-10; Bliss Triumphs, $1.00. DU- Swiss. 17c Limburger, 18c Daisy ,4 Dairy Twin. 2 to box. 15c; WiaconsTn l,' low or white, 15c; Brick, i. COnsln PANNED OYSTERS -NT xr lects. 45c; N. Y. Counts. 50c; Standard. 35oT Grain Market. Lf uiuwucu uj j. cuiara, corner sas Ave. and Curtis St.J an" WHEAT-No. 2. SKfe' MSh t No. 4. 7780c. a. 8-ijps50. CORN New and old, 50c OATS-No. 2. 4346c; No.'fc 4043,-

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