The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 23, 1908

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I inn. l.-1ir.iT--n -n-r r-i T---T iv .'r jr)M-'.KI- VrK-t--"WT- f-:' r T- T f M I EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 10 PAGES 10 PAGES READS IT. NEEDS IT. LAST EDITION. MONDAY EVENING. IOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH 23, 1908. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. 3 DR. ABBOTT HERE. Famous Preacher-Editor Pays Visit to Topeka. Kansas lias Kept in Tan guard of Progress, He Says. TALKSAT HIGH SCHOOL Urges Faith in Man as Well as in God. Education Good Thing if You Know What to Do With It. Dr. Lyman Abbott, clergyman, au thor, editor and friend and fellow work er of Henry Ward Beecher, arrived in Topeka at 11 o'clock this morning and a few minutes later was delivering an address In the assembly room of the nigra school. Every seat In the hall was occupied by an eager and appreciative listener, and the doors and ante-rooms were crowded with school teachers of this city. Dr. Lyman Abbott. Who Dr. Abbott, accompanied by his daughter. Miss Beatrice is on a tour of the west and is inspecting as many uni versities and high schools while on this trip as he possibly can. The first of last week he was the guest of Grinnel university in Iowa. Prom there he went to Hutchinson and Emporia, Kan., and thence toOklahoma City. From the metropolis of the new state he came back to Kansas, spending Ike latter part of the week at Lawrence In a special course of lectures at the State university. Speaking today of his western trip, Dr. Abbott said: "This is not my first visit to Kansas. About fourteen years ago I filled a num ber in the lecture course at Ottawa. I passed through several cities of this state at that time, so you see I am In position to Judge your growth and prog ress out here. "Taking the country generally from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi river I find the high schools and uni versities on about the same plane, the same class of work and the same mod ern method of handling the children. In Kansas it Is the same. I can only Judge of your schools by my brief con tact with pupils and teachers from the platform and in conversation. The progress and energy of the west almost strikes a balance with the age and ex perience of the east in the plane of effi ciency in the grand work of education. "In making comparisons on the prog ress of the west from my last trip I find that Kansas has kept in the vanguard. It is wonderful, this indomitable spirit of the west to improve cities and homes and schools and wrestle with nature and win great battles and campaigns in so short a space of time." An Associate of Beecher. The following very brief biography might be of interest to the few Topeka people who do not know all about their distinguished guest of today: Dr. Ab bott Is one of the great men of this de cade. He was born in Roxbury, Mass., In 1885, and was a graduate of the Uni versity of New York in 1858. He was ordained as a Congregational minister at Terre Haute, Ind., in I860. His first literary work was on Harper's Maga zine in 1889. Later he was associated with Henry Ward Beecher on the Christian Union, and he succeeded Beecher as pastor of the famous Ply mouth church in Brooklyn. He Is the author of numerous standard works dealing with the Bible and the doctrine of the Gallilean. Dr. Abbott is editor of The Outlook at the present time. Dr. Abbott is of slight build, but does not show his 78 years, even though the last fifty of them have been spent in Indoor work and study. His great work for Christ and human ity seems' to have left its impress on his character to the extent that it can be seen In every line of his gentle and kindly face. With his long white beard and strong features, softened by the light of his kindly spirit he could sit as a picture for one of the apostles. In his address" to the Topeka high Echool students today he spoke simply and with great earnestness and direct ness. His eloquence was that of an even balance between his intellectual ity and simplicity, and therein lay the secret of the great hold his words and writings have upon the Christian world. He said In part, taking "Faith in Humanity as Well as in God," for his subject: "The modern editor, if he would be true to his work, must write fearlessly about all things and not be gagged by the Influence of the adver tising columns of his paper. "The politician who dares to risk failure for ultimate success is a states man In the best sense. Abraham Lin coln opened one of his debates with Douglass with the words, "This coun try can not remain half slave and half free. He was told beforehand that these words would cost him the election, but he replied that he would rather give them to the country than be elected to the senate. Out of Lin coln's defeat for the senate and these fateful words on the slavery question came his elevation to the presidency. "Courage Is wanted to win in the battle of life, but sympathy with your fellow man and faith in him are just as necessary for victory as courage. World Is If ot Bad. "The world is not as bad as It is painted. The newspapers publish all the divorce scandals In the world and give the details of all the bank rob beries and the fall of all the men holding places of trust, and we think all the world is bad. But they say nothing of the thousands upon thou sands of happy homes in this land, the silver and golden weddings, the thousands of men who have held places of trust all their lives and who died in honor, even as they had lived. "Have faith in your fellows as well as In God. Above all, have faith that there is some one greater than all of us. Faith that God Is working out our social as well as religious life, and' that he is building it upon the foun dation of peace, righteousness and Is in Topeka Today. good will, and that out of this will come a great happiness for all man kind that work with Him. "You remember how the preachers came to Lincoln during the darkest days of the civil war and said they hoped that God was on our side, and Lincoln replied that he was not worry ing about that at all. nor did he oare about it. The preachers were amazed beyondi words. 'The all important thing,' said Mr. Llnoom calmly, 'la that we be on God's 'side.' "The man who prays for help is not nearly so apt to get that help as tne man who goes out into the world and works for it, righteously. "Education is a good thing only if you know what to do with, it: if not. it is a had thing. The master of chemistry can use his knowledge to make bombs. The beautiful penman can forge a note. "The lesson I want to impress upon you is to have faith in your fel lows; have sympathy for all man. kind. This is a Christian like attri- bute. Armed with this faith your work will be good. Have faith in God and your work will be lasting." Calls on Governor Hoch. Dr. Abbott's, short and masterly address was greeted with a burst of applause that lasted several minutes after he had taken his seat. The doc tor held an informal reception for a few minutes upon the platform while the pupils were marching out of the room. Scores of prominent educa tors and business men of this city came forward for a few words with the eminent writer and divine. Among them were Gov. Hoch and State Superintendent Falrchno. Dr. Abbott was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Gleed and the Fortnightly club while in the city today. After the adlress the doctor left the high echool buildfing at once for a snort visit at the manual training school. He called at Gov. Hoch's ofBce Just before dinner. Dr. Abbott was the guest of the To peka club at luncheon. He did not speak upon this occasion. An ela borate dinner will be served for the doctor and his daughter by the Fortnightly cluh at the Mills store tea room at 6 o'clock this evening. Covers will be laid for 20 guests. Dr. Abbott will leave early in the morning for Kansas Crty, where he will epeak tomorrow night at a ban quet to be given in 1113 honor by the Knife and Fork club. During his brief tour of inspection of Topeka, the celebrated clergyman, who has been the guest of so many of the finest cities in this country, al lowed many expressions of admiration to escape him regarding the broad, well shaded streets, beautiful homes and splendid buildings of the capital city of the state. He was heard to declare that Topeka compared favor ably with the best of eastern cities of the same size. Newspaper Office Blown Vp. Rock Island, 111., March 23. The Daily News office was dynamited early today and the pressroom was badly damaged. The paper has been attack ing the gamblers and advocating local license. No one was injured. The News was founded 30 years ago by John Looney, a lawyer and politic ian. Looney was indicted last June on numerous counts for alleged conspira cy, extortion and criminal libel but has not been convicted on counts that have so far come to trial. TI1EGANEYGASSER Its Failure Causes Much Com ment to Gas Users. Greatest Well in Kansas Now Is "Dry." HAVE LITTLE FEAR. Officers of Kansas Natural Gas Company Not Alarmed. Does Not Presage Failure of the Supply. The reports recently published of the failure of the famous burning gas well at Caney, Montgomery county, Kan., have aroused considerable needless anxiety In the minds of the people in this section of the state who are de pending upon natural gas from the southern fields for fuel. The Caney gasser was a seven days wonder a little over a year ago. It nana nnA of the atronerest wells ever drilled in the Kansas field up to that time. The gas pressure was so strong (hut It Vilow the casine out of the well. and all the usual efforts to cap it were unavailing. The workmen left it that night and went to get stronger ap paratus with which to cap it. During the night a thunder storm came up and a bolt of lightning set fire to the flow ing gas. The well burned for seven weeks before it was extinguished and capped. The Kansas Natural Gas com ninir i -it. noT-d rt tbft well, snent S10.- 000 in their efforts to conquer this ama teur volcano, to say noming oi uw thousands of dollars worth of gas that was consumed while the well was on fire. m The dismay of the members of the company when they uncapped this big well the other day for the first time h fiw mn v he lmaeined. The Montgomery county gas Inspector, See- ley L. Brown, was wun mom wucu mcj visited the well. The opinion of the gas inspector on the failure -of the well may be of interest to Topeka people at this time. Inspector Brown, in a letter to the State Journal, said: mi.. with thin well is slmolv A lir. ii v that it was allowed to pour forth its full volume oi gas at tne umo it vaa first drilled in. For seven weeks it run full pressure. Then, when it was cap ped up tight and no gas allowed to run at all. the pressure played out entirely. I cannot tell the exact reason for this. Natural gas Is the most mysterious and subtle of all elements. I only know that the life of a well Is very short where its full flow Is taken. The neigh boring wells quickly draw away most of the gas and all of the pressure from the well whose i'orce has been wasted. "The failure of the Caney big well need alarm no one. Last fall I tested all of the 268 wells in this county and found that nearly all of them had re tained their pressure and volume about the same as when I tested them over a year ago. And many of these wells had been hooked on to the Kansas Natural pipe line, too. In no case, however, had more than 50 per cent of their flow been taken. "Water is the worst enemy of a gas well. It does the well more harm even than taking its entire flow. The Caney well, that played out, was wet. A wet well never lasts long. A dry well will last for three or four years, even when hooked on to a pipe line, that is if it Is a strong well. "This county now has a billion and a half cubic feet flow of gas daily. A lit tle over a year ago it had less than a billion. Our gas supply is increasing. It is no time now to worry about its failure. Nor for ten years to come. The failure of the Caney well was only an unfortunate incident." THEY COULD NOT WAIT. Thirty Thousand Persons Visited Coney Island Yesterday. New York. March 28. More than 80,000 persons, an advance guard that would wait no longer ror tne approacn of soring, visited Coney Island yester day. The islanders were sur prised at the size of the crowd, they were called upon to entertain, but were not at all unprepared. There were plenty of frankfurters to go around, and roller coasters, merry-go-rounds and other forms of amusement were eagerly ac cepted by the premature pleasure seekers in the absence of the more elaborate entertainments of the big parks. The early exodus from the city to the island was regarded as a favor able omen for a memorable season when the warm weather arrives to stay. SAFE WAS LOCKED."" But $3,800 Disappeared From It Just the Same. Washington, March 28. The official report of .the investigation held on board the cruiser Milwaukee of the taking of $3,800 from the safe of Pay master Sklpwith shows that the safe probably was locked and the paymas etr was not away from the ship dur ing the time when the abstraction of the funds must nave occurred. The vessel was at target practice in Mag dalena bay at the time. The report shows that all possible precautions were taken ana tnat the robber in some way must have obtained the combination of the safe. CRASH OF "L" TRAINS Rear End Collision Causes Injury of 25 Persons. Chicago, March 23. More than 25 persons were injured in a rear end collision between a northwestern elevated and an Oak park elevated train at State and Van Buren streets, early today. A panic followed the crash and many of those who escaped inquries, wnen tne trains came to g ether suffered bruises in the scram ble ror exits. SKELETON AIRED. Old Spanish Court Scandal Brought to Public Tiew. Illegitimate Sons of King Alfonso XII Bring Suit. DID NOT STAY BOUGHT Mother of the Boys Had Been Paid $15,000 By Mother of Present King to "Burn Those Letter a." Madrid, March 23.- The judges In the Elena Sana affair called at the palace yesterday to take the evidence of the queen mother. Siena Sanz was a Spanish actress by whom King Alfonso XII had two natural sons. These children are now suing the heirs of Alfonso XII for an annuity which they claim was left to their mother by the king and which was to revert, after death to them. The queen deposed that a few days after the death of Alfonso XII, Senor Salmeron came to Senor Abella, who was then master of the household and told him that Elena Sanz had in her possession certain letters from the late king, the publication of which would cause a scandal. She would give them up for $15,000. and in ad dition Salmeron claimed $1,000 for his services in the matter." Trusting to the integrity of Salmeron, the queen paid over these two sums and was assured by him that all the letters In question had been, destroyed. The present suit of the Sanz heirs, how ever, is based entirely upon letters identical with those which -the queen paid to have burned. The Sanz mat ter is to come up before the supreme court, that tribunal having declared itself competent to try the case. WAY IS FOUND. To Rid the Country of Its Undesirable Citizens. Pittsburg, Pa., March 23. An in vestigation is in progress here which it is said will result in the deportation of thousands of undesirable foreigners from the Pittsburg district within the next few months. John T. Harper, agent at large for tne immigration bureau of the depart ment of commerce and labor, is in Pittsburg now gathering statistics in cident to commencing- deportation. While he could noo.give an estimate as to the number of foreigners who will be taken out of the Pittsburg dis trict he said it "would run into the thousands." The crusade is the carrying out of the recent order of federal authorities to use deportation as a means of checking the growth of an anarohlstlo sentiment and the ridding of the coun try of the burden of taking care of ignorant foreigners. MISS YAW'S DEBUT. Sings In "Lucia" and Receives Five Curtain Calls After first Act. New York, March 23. Ellen Beach Taw, grand opera singer, made her American debut Saturday night at the Metropolitan opera house, where she appeared as Lucia In Donizetti's opera, "Lucia di Lammermoor." She was supported by Mme. Mattfield as Ansa, Sig. Bonel as Edgardo, Btracciari as Lord Enrigo Ashton, Navarini as Ra mondo, Lucas as Arturo, and Pecchi as Normanno. The conductor was Rodol fo Ferrari. Mme. Yaw's performance was greeted with great applause. She received five curtain calls after the first act, and the audience Insisted after the mad scene that Mme. Yaw repeat the entire scene. The audience was an ex ception to the usual Saturday night audience In that most of the boxholders were present. The house was packed and the audience was enthusiastic over the new singer. TILLMAN IS ILL May Not Be Able to Return to Wash ington This Session. Washington. March 23. A dlsptch was received here today from Senator Tillman Indicating grave doubts wheth er he will be able to return to Wash ington again during the present ses sion of congress. The telegram which was signed by himself said: "Slowly Improving but impossible even to guess when I can return to Washington." Trenton, S. C, March 23. The physi cian attending Senator B. R, Tillman, made the following statement: "Senator Tillman's condition Is much improved. He should be able to leave his room within a few days." Ideal Spring Weather. The weather offering today is ideal for the opening game of the baseball season and the promise for tomorrow is, fair and warmer, which Indicates that the second game of the series with Washington will be played under similar auspicious circumstances. Sun day was such a day as this one has been with the exception that the mer cury readings were a number of de grees lower. The following are the temperatures of the day since 7 o'clock this morning: 7 o'clock 35 11 o'clock .....67 12 o'clock E9 1 o'clock 61 2 o'clock 63 8 o'clock 41 9 o'clock 48 10 o'clock 54 Prince Wilhelm's Wedding Date. St. Petersburg, March 23. The wedding of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden to Grand Duchess Marie Pavlona has been fixed for May 3. Prince Wilhelm is the second son of King Gustave of Sweden. He visited the United States last summer. The grand duchess, whom he is to marry, is a daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch. TRY TOJLL HIM. Koreans in San Francisco At tack D. W. Stevens Advisor of the Concil of State at Seoul. BEAT HIM LAST SIGHT And Shoot Him Twice This Morning, on the Street. He Shoots One of His Assailants Through the Lungs. San Francisco, March 23. Follow ing an attack by four Koreans at the Fairmount hotel last night, D. W. Stevens, a member of the Japanese council at Seoul, was shot and per haps fatally wounded this morning at the Ferry depot as he was about to leave for Washington. The shooting was done by N. W. Chun, a Korean, Stevens was shot twice, one bullet penetrating his right lung and the second the groin. A third bullet struck a companion of the shooter, I. W. Chong. A mob of 500 men pur sued the shooter, who ran from the scene and he was captured by H. S. Kxeton, a deputy In the assessor's of fice. Mr .Stevens and the wounded Korean, were taken to the Central emergency hospital. Mr. Stevens, accompanied by the Japanese consul, had just stepped out or tne notel omnibus when several Koreans approached them, one of whom said a few words to Stevens and then struck him in the face. He then drew a revolver, covered with a handkerchief and began shoot ing, at Stevens. At the hospital, Dr. Hill extracted a bullet from the wounded Korean, who had been shot through the lungs. Stevens is a man of strong physique and is in splendid health and may recover. Last Night's Attack. The attack on Mr. Stevens at the Fairmount hotel last night was the re sult of a mass meeting of Korean so cieties of San Francisco, which ap pointed four permanent members, Eal Lee, C. K. Chung, Y. M. Moon and u. S. Choy. all young men. a commit. tee to interview Stevens to ascertain his view as expressed in the press after his arrival. The opinions expressed by him were decidedly favorable to the Japanese in Korea. The four Koreans called on Mr. Stevens shortly after 9 o'clock last night. Lee who speaks English fluently, asked Stevens if he had made the statement attributed to him in -the press, and the latter re plied in the affirmative. The young men wanted to know if the Japanese were not killing off the Koreans. Stev ens said no. The spokesmen then wanted to know if all the Korean off! clals had not been eliminated and Stevens again responded to the con trary, adding that the young man had probably been too long away from his country to know the exact condition of the government. Then the attack began. Stevens was knocked down and beaten with hotel chairs. His head struck the marble flooring but he quickly rose and seizing a chair, placed his back against the wall and held his assailants at bay until help arrived. After the assault l&al Lee said: called him a liar when I was held, but they would not let us fight. So we left. We are all very sorry that we did not do more to him. Lee said that Stevens is paid by the Korean government, but Is doing what the Korean people do not wa.nt him to do. "That Is," said Lee, "he is talking falsely about us and the Japanese. In reality he is in the service of Japan. Since the Japanese began to 'protect' Korea, thousands of my countrymen have been killed. The Japanese sol diers held up peasants for their prop erty and killed them, if refused About 500 villages in my country have been destroyed by the Japanese troops in a little more than a year since the trouble began. The Japan ese want to open schools in Korea to teach their own language. "They disbanded the Korean troops because they were loyal and so long as the Koreans had noidSera Japan could not do much In my country. "They are sending into Korea thou sands of Japanese every month and putting them in the place of our countrymen. If Japan controls my country two or three years then Korea will be Japan or a part of it. It is false when Stevens states the Japanese will withdraw from Korea. People who are trying to do what is right for Korea are arrested by the Japanese and taken away to starve. Japan has planned to eend six million emigrants into Korea in the next eight years to supplant Koreans. The great work has been placed under the direction of Former Prime Minister Katura. "It has been stated in a Korean paper that Stevens came to the United States to spy all over the country for the Japanese army. We want it un derstood that Stevens Is really em ployed by the Japanese government to spread a false impression about the conditions of my country." RATE LAW INVALID Federal Courts Upheld In die North Carolina Case. Washington, March 28. The case of Thomas F. Hunter, sheriff of Bun combe county. North Carolina, versus James H. Wood, agent of the Southern railway at Asheville, N. C, involving a conflict over the North Carolina railroad rate law, was decided today by the supreme court of the United States In favor of Wood. The decision was announced by Justice Peckham and its effect is to sustain the federal courts and thus hold invalid the law. The court also held the Minnesota railroad rate to be unconstitutional because of the enormous penalties im posed by it. The decision of the United States su preme court knocking out the Minne sota maximum freight rate law will in all probability mean the same fate for the Kansas maximum freieht rate or der of the board of railroad commission ers, if the case ever comes before the supreme court of the United States. If Kansas can defend its Dronosed distance tariff. It will have to do so by a very narrow margin, for the Kansas distance tariff is based largely upon the Minnesota tariff. It is said to be very slightly higher than the Minne sota tariff, which will tend to keep it out of the "confiscatory" class, but the chances are very much in favor of its being knocked out. The Kansas tariff was prepared un der the supervision of J. C. Lincoln, of St. Louis, formerly freight traffic man ager for the Missouri Pacific, and gen erally considered one of the most expert traffic men in the country. It is claim ed that Mr. Lincoln can defend the tariff which he prepared and make it "stick" in the courts. The Kansas freight order Is now be fore the federal court in the shape of injunction suits brought by the railroad companies to restrain the board from putting it into effect. BOYCOTT PROCLAIMED. Chinese Resolve Not to Buy Japanese Merchandise. Pekin, March 23. Japan has asked China to take such steps as may be necessary to prevent a boycott on Japanese goods in China and to put an end to the anti-Japanese agitation growing out of the Tatsu Maru inci dent. This agitation was manifested last week at Canton, where there were several large meetings at which reso lutions declaring that the anniversary of the release of the steamer Tatsu Maru be observed as a day of mourn ing and proclaiming a boycott on Japanese goods were adopted. The native guilds and the press are eivinEr nrominence to sensational re ports of the Canton demonstrations against Japan, inaicating a wiaespreaa attempt to use the Tatsu Maru case aerainst the Pekin government as well as against Japan. It is believed that a dozen or more of the men recently taken into custody on the charge of agitating for reform have been exe cuted, the particular allegation against them being that they had trafficked in governmental secrets. BRYAN THE SEVENTH. Mortality Record of Present Senatorial Session Greatest in History. Washington, March 23. The senate today for the fifth time in the present session adjourned because death had robbed the body of one of its mem bers. The announcement that Senator William J. Bryan (Fla.) died yesterday was made by Senator Clay (Ga.) in the absence of Senator Taliaferro, who left Washington early as a member of the committee, which- accompanied the body to Jacksonville.. The untimely death of Bryan, Who was familiarly known as the "baby" of the senate, a title in which he took pride, came home to the senators with more force than any which had pre ceded it. The seven sorrows that have come upon this branch of congress since adjournment a year ago, were a matter of solemn comment toaay. There was no other subject of conver sation prior to and after the session than the fact that the mortality record of the present session already is great er than in any previous entire con gress. KANSAS COURT UPHELD. In Decision by United States Supreme Bench in Asbell Case. Washington, March 28. The de cision of the supreme oourt of Kansas in the case of Asbell versus the state of Kansas was affirmed today by the supreme court of the United States. Asbell was prosecuted for taking cat tle Into Labette county, Kansas, from Indian Territory, without having them inspected and was fined $500 and sen tenced by the trial court to 30 days in Jail, the Kansas supreme court sus taining the verdict. Asbell attacked the law under which this proceeding was conducted as an unreasonable re striction on interstate commerce. He also charged that it was unfairly dis criminators' because it required an in spection at all times of the year Whether the stock imported was dis eased or not.) The opinion was an nounced by Justice Moody. CHANGE FOR THE WORSE Governor Guild Now Has ZMOo or IT Any Chance of Recovery. Boston, March 23. It was admitted at noon today that Governor Guild's chances for recovery from the uremic poisoning against which he has been contending for nearly three weeks, had decreased perceptibly during the past 24 hours. The continued decline in his vitality has been such that very little remains. "I don't want to predict," said Dr. Winslow, the attending physician, "but I think the governor will live through the day. There has been a change for the worse." The doctor Intimated, however, that he had not given up hope. Sale of 04d Masters." New York, March 23. All records for art sales this season will probably be surpassed next month, when 161 Important paintings gathered by Theron J. Biakeslee will be sold at auction. Their value is placed at be tween 3350,000 and 1400,000, for among them are works by masters of the brush in the best periods of the art in the past. In the collection are four Rubens, five paintings by Sir Thomas Lawrence, six by Romney, five by Sir Joshua Reynolds, four Boochoys and two Galnsboroughs. Tornado in Louisiana. Baton Rouge, La., March 23. Re ports have been received here of a tornado, which swept through East Feliciana Parish, La., early today. At Norwood, 50 miles north of here, a man named Rollins is reported to have been killed and many persons are said to have been injured. Much damage has been done by the wind and rain, especially to telephone and telegraph wires and communication Is vary poor. OVER OILLION. Talue of Farm Products in 17 Western States. Compiled by Union Pacific Pas senger Department. COKN IS Iff THE LEAD. An Increase of 15 Per Cent Orer Previous Years Which Is Credited to the Land Under Irrigation. Omaha. NeT tm)no 1 v... "ui,a ui in ts union mcinii passenger department has issued ft statement compiled from government reports showinsr the vulno of fnn products in seventeen states west ot tne Mississippi in 1907 to have been a billion and ninety-one million dol lars. Corn TpaiIb In o.iucu ui nettny naix a Dllllon dollars. Winter wheat Is next, valued at $100, 000,000 and domestio hay was valued) at only two million dollars less. Rye. oats, barley and potatoes follow 1 order. The report is comnared with tha DreviOUS VPJl t n H 1nHt.ta mm crease of IK nai rnt In ml,,. K u .cumv v. and this Increase Is credited to irri gation, rsieariy 86,000,000 acres wer uuuer cultivation ana tne averag value of crops per acre la given, at $12.86. Iowa ranks first in corn, oats anI. notatoes. Tfaj-iiraj. flmt in Nebraska first In rye. The report also shows an Inoreac In live stock of 250 per cent Bioae 1 f V. LITTLEFIELD QUITS. Maine Congressman Sends la HJs Resignation to Governor. Rockland. Me.. March tS.- nor Cobb has received a letter from (congressman Charles E. Uttleneld. tendering his resignation as represen tative from the Second district ot Maine. Thft resismatlnn nrnmniai by Mr. Littlefield's desire to take np his law practice, which has been se riously interfered with by bis con gressional duties. Governor Cobb, in speaking of Mr. Littlefield's resignation Mlrir "Congressman Littlefield's resigna tion comes to me as a surprise as I had received no intimation of it be fore. I have always been a great ad mirer of Mr.. Ltttleneld. I conceive It to be a distinct loss to the state when men of his ability and typo leave the service. He has helped to keep Main In the forefront of national affairs and has contributed that degree of states manship which has made Maine dele gations famous for so many yars." Mr. Littlefleld was first elected' to congress In 1899, fining the vacancy caused by the death of Nelson Dtn ley. The re-el eoti on of Mr. LlttlefialoV last year, wm accomplished only lb the face of the bitterest opposition by organized labor. Samuel Gompefav president of the American Federation of Labor, went Into Mr. Ltttlafll district and pern anally led tha Sgba on hi! THPY Wll I WAIT b. rtsaa Zoo Keepers Abandon Plan to gates Wolf Burrow. New York, Marc 25L Speoulatlco J; rife among the keepers at the Broxcfc: Zoologioal Gardens concerning the fc act number of the present inhabrUMtrtf of the wolf den, and as a result two off' them have narrowly escaped with whole: skins while attempting to Investigate Snowball and Icicle, Arotio worree re-. cently established an underground fto. j sery in a burrow. The onto wtttcOk' were born about a week ago, have beosj f carefully hidden from sight and th, mothers have resisted every tttefltmil toj dislodge them. While naturally interested, the keep-,., ers have acquired a wholesome repeCj for sharp white teeth and have decided! to wait until the cabs emerge. Thervij may be anywhere from two to Sixteen I ot them and wagers as being laid to the exact numben. SUCCESSOR TO BRYAN. Much Speculation Regardtng Vacant Florida Senatonblp.' Pens&ecia, Fla-, March 2$ Specu lation is rife here as to whom Gover nor Broard will name as successor to William J. Bryan, who died In Wash ington yesterday. The Florida cam paign Is now in foil blast with three candidates for United States senator. Congressman William B. Lamar of Monticello, John S. Beard of Pensa cola, and Albert Gilchrist of Jackson ville. It is not believed the governor will name any of these parties and the selection may be State Senator Thos. West of Santa Rosa, Eht-Senator fanmnel Paaoo of Monticello was an applicant for the position when Mr. Bryan was named and it Is probable that h will again apply. A Vacation for rather O'Brien. Junction City, Kan., March It. Father O'Brien, who has officiated so well at the church of St. Francis Xavier here in Junction for a number of years, is to have a vacation during the summer, and take a trip to his old home in Ireland. He will leave here during the month of May, and will remain abroad for three months. He has not been across the water for a number of years, and he Is anxious to go to see his people. Weather Indications. Chicago, March 28. Forecast for Kansas: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer in west posttoos tonight.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNALMONDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1908.

k. I fESZ NEST OF A CROWN PRINCESS FIRED FIRST RAILWAY ENGINE. Economies in Shoes We bought a retail shoe stock amounting to $5,000 at 50c on the dollar. We price the shoes to you this wayx 10c 25o Infants' Fancy Moccasins, sizes t to 4. 29c 75e Infants Fancy Soft Sole Shoes, sizes 1 to 4. 39c 76a one lot Ladies' House Slippers, sizes 3 to 7. 48c J1.00 Infants' Shoes end Slippers; sizes 2 to I. 50c J1J00 Misses' and Child's White Canvas Oxfords, sices to 8. 50c $1.00 Ladies' White Canvas Oxfords, 4 to 75c $1.60 Men's Fine Slippers, sizes only 6 to 7. 75c LC0 and J2.00 Child's Fancy Shoes and Slippers, sizes 2 to 8. 85c $2.00 Misses' and Child's Shoes, as sorted Oxfords and Shoes, patent leather and kid; sizes 5 to 11 and 12 to 2. 89c $1.60. one lot Ladles' Strap Slippers and Oxfords, sizes 3 to 7. 89o $1.50 Men's Work Shoes, sizes 6 to XL 98c $2.00 Misses' fine Patent Bluoher Oxfords; sizes 11 to 2. 98c $1.50 to $2.00 Child's Fine Fancy Shoes and Oxfords, sizes 6 to 8. 98c $1.50 to $3.50, one table full of La dles' Shoes and Oxfords, a mixed lot of fashionable and common sense styles, sizes 2 to 8. 98c $1.50 Ladies' Fine White Canvas Oxfords, sizes 2!4 to $1.1)0 $2.00 Boys' Shoes, assorted kinds, sizes 12 to 2, and 2tt to 6. r Sl.OO $2.00 Men's Work Shoes, sizes 6 to $1.15 $2.00 Misses' and Child's Shoes, as sorted lot, box calf and vlct kid, lace and blucher, light and heavy soles; sizes 8 to 13. $1.19 $2.50, one lot of Ladles' Shoes and' Oxfords, sizes W to 8. 91.48." $2.50 Men's Work Shoes (a mixed lot), to 11. $1.48 i $2.60 Men's Work and Dress Shoes and Oxfords (a mixed lot), sizes 6 to 11. $1.48 $2.50 Boys' Shoes and Oxfords, pat ent calf, velour calf and vici kid. sizes 12 i 2 ana 2; to t. $1.48 $2.50 Mioses' Fin. Shoes and Ox fords, sises lOVi to 2, patent calf and vici; lace and blucher. $1.48 $2.59 to JJ.00, one lot Ladies' Shoes and Oxfords, sizes 8 to 7. $1.65 $3.7 Men' Work Shoes assorted lot. sIms 6 to a. $1.65 $$.50 Tooths Patent and Velour Ox fords sizes 12 to Z. $1.65 $2.50 Youths' Fine Box Calf Lace Shoes, sizes 12 to a. $1.85 $3.00 Boys' Patent and Box Calf Oxfords, sizes to 6ft. $1.85 $2.00 Boys Velour Calf Oxfords, sizes BH to 6V4. $1.98 $8.68 Men's Tan Viol Kid Blucher Oxfords, alses to 3. $1.98 $3.60 Men's Fin. Oxfords, patent, tan and vicl, sizes 7 to VA. $1.98 $3.60 Men's Fine Shoes, patent leather, oaif and kid, sizes 6 to 10. $1.98 $2.60, one lot Ladles Fine Shoes and Oxfords, patent leather, box calf and vicl kid, sizes VJ to 7. $2.48 $4 00 Men's fine Shoes, patent, box calf and kid, sizes 6 to 104. $2.48 $3.60 and $6 00, one lot Ladies' Fine Shoe and Oxfords, sises tft to 8. Crowds visit us dally and pur chase from these '"Economies in Shoes' offerings and we spend ev ery nig-ht working- on the stock to keep ft in the most convenient shape to wait on you quickly and give you the best service of the tore during; the great sale. john l ELLET henryc- SHOE CO. 515 Kansas Avenue fir- M Crowds See Grace Wayward. Grace Hayward and her stock oom- pany opened a six days' engagement at the Grand on yesterday afternoon and last evening. She was given an en- I thuslastlc welcome by Topekans with whom she has always been a prime favorite. They literally packed the theater at both the opening perform ances and seemed to be mightily pleased with what Miss Hayward and i her company had to offer. And surely the entertainment furnished by the company is easily worth the money and then some. "The Western Girl" was the play for the opening bill. It was presented in an adequate fashion. Miss Hayward's abilities as an actress of all sorts of 1 parts is well known. She is quite as j much at home as a girl bartender in the "wild and woolly west" as she is. as "Camille" or In some other equally emotional role. And what more could one expect of any human being. She is surrounded this season by a well balanced company of generally capa ble actors, including Harry Temple, Henry W. Rowell, Edward F. Silvers, Will M. Carall, Robert Jones, Martin De Vere, Otto Wheeler. Grace- Le Mont, Vera De Vere, Kena Lewis, Jessie Eagan, James Harris and Bd F. North. Between the acts of each show sev eral of the members of the company put on specialties of a vaudeville char acter. These are In the hands of De Vere and De Vere; Will M. Carroll, Edward F. Silvers; D. Silvers and Eagan. Mitty De Vere sings Illus trated songs. Some good moving pic tures are shown and Miss Mattle Harl Burgess, the musical director, pre sides at the piano. Miss Hayward's repertoire of plays for the engagement here contains sev eral of a high class, th bill for tonight being "The Confessions of a Wife;" for Tuesday, "Thelma;" for Wednesday, "Sherlock Holmes;" for Thursday, "Camille," and "for Friday, "In a Woman's Power." At every performance a card with a number on it is given to each patron at the door and on Friday evening there will bo a drawing and the holder of the lucky number, who must be in the house when the drawing occurs, will be presented with a diamond ring. Stock at the Aurora. After having been closed for over two weeks, the Aurora theater opened up yesterday afternoon in the building formerly occupied by the old Novelty at 812 Kansas avenue. A stock com. pany is providing the bill for the opening week. The new theater has been remodeled at considerable ex pense. The new stage is one of the most expensive and prettiest In the city. The entire interior of the build ing Is tastefully decorated and the general appearance of the playhouse is such as ought to popularize it with the theatergoing public. The bill for the first four days of the week is "The Dutch Detective," a play in three acts, which is well staged and played by the oompany. This company Is compose of Gus Rapier, W. L. Kirk. George Searcy, Jessalee Rapier, Beulah Tay lor and Grace Berry, and each one of them Is a capable actor. Special vaudeville and musical at tractions are Interspersed between the acts. Copeland and Coy do a pleasing singing and dancing stunt. Miss Elizabeth Gray sings "Old Untie Sam" with illustrations Henry F. Schuldt, the manager of the theater, demon strates his ability as a saxophone solo ist with the selection, "Love's Old Sweet Song." Several sets of moving pictures are also shown. -That the new theater Is to become popular Is snown oy tne ract that the two per formances yesterday were greeted with capacity houses. Al G. Field's: on Saturday. "The Night Before Christmas," Is a scenic sensation that Al G. Fteld has arranged for the benefit of young ana oia. it aeptcis scenes and lnei dents in the celebration of the world's universal holiday season and deals with the witching hours that mark the time of the night before Christ mas. T.he pantomimists, skaters, ani mat impersonators, the waits, the choristers, comedians and dancers who appear in this production are artists selected for their especial fit ness ror extravaganza. The Al Ci Field Greater Minstrels will appear at the Grand Saturday matinee and nignt witn prices from 25c to $1.00, and matinee prices at 25c and 60 eta A Knight For a Day. At the Grand next Sundav nisrht will be seen for the first time out of Chicago, "A Knight for a Day," which is oeing produced under the manage ment of Mr. H. H. Frazee. This piece la deservedly very popular, Its long run in Chicago at the Whitney Opera house and at Wallack's theater, New York, where It still attracts lr crowds nightly, having, established its reputation as a musical comedy of unusual merit. The leading comedy roles are in the hands of Eddie Red way and Elsie Herbert, and those real lunmsnera are ennancing their ai reaay enviaoie reputations in their interpretation. Other members of the cast are: Thos. Cameron. Rntr O'Connor, Harry Mack, Jas. MacCor mack, Gertrude Hutcheson, Elsie cairo. ana urace ue Mar. This attraction plavs the wim. Wood Thursday, Friday and Saturday r 4-Vif n.nl 4 I una a.1. tx.su prices. Mana ger trawrord announces a $1 scale will be charged here. At the Novelty. Tom Almond, who. with Edith Al mond, has an act on the bill for this week at the Novelty, presents some thing for a vaudeville turn that Is en tirely new to these parts, and that of itself Is something out of the ordinary, to say the least. For during the three years, that vaudeville has had such a rather tremendous vogue In this city It has seemed that everything extant in this line of entertainment had been presented here. Almond not only dances on roller skates but he also -dances a rousing clog dance on ice skates, which would seem to be something of an Im possibility. But it is far from being so at his hands, or, more properly speak ing with his feet and his dance on these slippery things is something remark able. Then he also puts on a dance with shoes that have toes a couple of feet long and a good part of It Is done on the ends of these toes. This dancing of Almond is just about as Interesting a performance as has been seen in the vaudeville theaters hee since they have been opened. Miss Almond helps to make the act more entertaining by piaying a numoer oi musical lnstru ments in a clever fashion. There are other interesting acts on this week's Novelty bill and among them is one of the best playlets that has been seen in local vaudeville for some time. It is called "Turning the Tables" and is presented by Miss Lizzie i Kvans and Jefferson Lloyd. It's 1 sketch that smacks of life on the plains mm XN f el: r m nkm a Probably the most unique royal Crown Princess Marie, a granddaughter also of Alexander II of Russia. This picturesque woodland retreat is at the country seat of the king of RoumaJnia at Sinaia, It Is a veritable woodland nest, being a cottage built among the trees. It is one of the features of the great country estate which the Roumanian king boasts. and Is just filled brim full of bright lines and amusing situations or wmcn Miss Evans and Mr. Lloyd take the ut most advantage. The three additional acts-on the bill are given by Nellie Martinne, an Italian street singer and an accordion player, who Is capable of eettinir soma real music out of an ac cordion; Madge Maltland, a vocalist of merit and a good comedienne; and "The Great Pescatel," an aerialist. Pescatel is an aerialist of the contortion variety and he concludes his act with some shoulder dislocation stunts, while his body is tied up in a knot, that are quite wonderful. For the illustrated songs Mr. Irwin sings "Yankee Boy" and Miss Parfitt sings "Tonight, Sweet heart, Tonight." She is assisted in the choruses by Mr. Irwin and Mr. Jake Goergen and the singing of this trio makes a hit. Two series of interesting moving pictures are also shown. At the Majestic Of the many excellent trick bicy clists who have been seen in the variety houses of Topeka none of them can compare in any way with the Baader-LeVelle troupe, which is one of several excellent attractions that has been secured for the closing week at the Majestic. There are three in the troupe and the great, great majority of their tricks are absolutely new and original with them. This Is something of a de cided novelty for as a general proposi tion, the trick Dicyciists are very much alike and nowadays their acts are not much to enthuse over. But with the Baader-LeVene trio things are different and the act they present is a most interesting one. From the show which is on at the Majestic this week one would be in clined to think that Managers Craw ford and Kearney were just opening the house with vaudeville and had done their best to put on a show that would set the crowds talking. It is one of the best shows that has been at this popular house during the sea son and that is saying- x good. deal. But this may be explained by the fact that It is one of the famous Majestic road shows, all of which provide the best that is In vaudeville. Besides the great bicycle act there is a dog and monkey show that Is a wonder. They are the famous Lirnd sey drags and monkeys anil Prof. Ltrwisey has done about everyrhlng with them but teaching them to talk. And it Is believed that the monkeys Indulge In this accomplishment. Then there is Tulsa, the "girl with the big black eyes" who sings a number of character songs and indulges In some lightning changes of costume. Gil Brown has a singing and dancing act and while he Is not much of a singer he Is about as good a dancer as has been seen here. W. H. Mack and company provide the other act on the bill. They put on a comedy sketch in which a college girl, a bill collector and a preacher figure. The latter is 'rVw- -w3S FSi kSW33 SUBMAKESTE TOEPEDO BOATS THAT CAUSED C0NGSESSIO3TAL CONTBOVEBST. Several of the little submarine torpedo boats that have caused so much trouble In congress and In naval circles at various times hare recently been put to severe tests They have proved themselves so efficient that at least six of them are to he sent to the Pacific coast for use by the fleet in war maneuvers. They will be taken apart and pot aboard eoUlars and hr Teasels for the long voyage. The aubm&rlaea ahown la this picture an at practice ft the Virginia nnpaa. -mmm"r" rjg! l i": m. ci-ir A arm III :retreat in the world is that of the of Queen Victoria of England and wonderfully conspicuous hy his ab sence but he is not missed as the other two provide all kinds of fun. Mr. Karl Hummel sings for an il lustrated song "As Long as the World Rolls On" and it is needless to sty that he sings It with success. When the announcement, was madia that the Majestic was going to put on stock In stead of vaudeville, there were all sorts of expressions of regret be cause it was feared that the change would deprive the patrons of the Ma jestic of the pleasure of hearing Mr. Hummel sing. These fears were ill founded for Mr. Hummel will con tinue to sing Illustrated songs be tween the acts of the stock produc tions. This will be welcome news for there never was a more deservedly popular Illustrated song singer in this city. The show is rounded out with an excellent series of moving pic tures. At the Olympic. Interest in this week's show at the Olympic naturally centers in Psyco, a woman who seems to be full to overflowing of magnetic will power. In real life Psyco is Mrs. J. Green Donahue, of Kansas City. She is a native Kansan, having been born at Emporia and during her school days she attended Bethany. She certainly does some work, whether It is through unusual will or not, that is perplexing and mystifying. She makes herself so heavy that she cannot be lifted hy any number of men... And by her mere touch she makes boys so heavy that men cannot lift them. Every thing is done so openly that there can hardly be any trick or device in connection with it and this makes the performance of Psyco all the more re markable. She certainly ought to be able to draw audiences to the Olympic all week that will tax the capacity of the house. Two other good acts are on the bill. Louise Emerson and Harry Wright are great entertainers In a comedy playlet called ,"The New .Doctor" and Carl and Queen ,nut on a high class singing and dancing act. Frank Mar shall sings a rollicking skating song for the illustrated song. It is named "Roll Around" and is attractively Il lustrated. Two gbod series of mov ing pictures, "The Knowing Dog" and "The Children's Reformatory," are shown. Portland. Ore con. Every night at 7:35 a Pullman tour ist sleeping car leaves Topeka via the Union Pacific R. R. which goes through tc Portland. Oregon, without change. There is no better way to reach all of the great Pacific north west. Greatest spring tonic, drives out all im purities. Makes the blood rich. Fills you with warm regulator. That's Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 36 cents. Tea or tablets. Fred T. Walker. Edward Entwistle of Des Moines, Oldest Employe in World. Des Moines, Iowa, March 2L That railroad development has come with in the memory of a living man and that man the one who fired the first engine that ever made a trip, serves to impress upon the mind the rapid ity with which the world is advanc ing. Edward Entwistle, who lives in this city and will celebrate his 93rd birth day anniversary on March 24, fired the "Rocket," when it made Its initial trip over the Liverpool Manchester railway between these two points in England in the year 1829. That wo the first 8tem railway engine ever to run over tracks. Mr. Entwistle a few years later came to America and Iowa. Fifty-one years' ago he built Edward Entwistle, Who Ran the a little cottage in this city where, with his aged wife, he lives to this day. Almost past his door thunder the monster locomotives of the modern railway. He recently took a ride in the cab of one of the giant engines tnd compared the luxury to the work he had on tne "Rocket." Novel as The First Locomotive, was his trip he said it could not com pare with the thrilling sensation that came witn tne nrst trip tnat demon strated the" practicability of steam lo comotion. The Double Track Of the Union Pacific R R. between Topeka and Kansas City Is a model in Its way and operated over It are eight trains daily that are models of convenience. I yVA ww If! F. W. Thomas, supervisor of appren-; tices; W. L. AUison, mechanical engi neer, with headquarters at Chicago, and Joe Purcell of Chicago left on an extended western business trip yesterday.- t T. L. King, city passenger and ticket agent of the Santa Fe, went to Kansas City last night on a business trip.. John, Purcell, superintendent of 'the SantaFe shops, has returned from Kansas City where he spent Saturday. Curtis Monical, chief clerk In the office of Superintendent C. T. McLellan at Emporia, Is In Topeka today on a business trip. Miss Margaret McColligan of Omaha First Locomotive Ever Constructed. Is visiting with Mrs. Harry Hayford at tne iarvey house. N. M. Rice, general storekeeper of the Santa Fe, has left on a western trip of inspection of the various storehouses along the Santa Fe. Conductor Coddlngton is running on runs Nos. 61 and 62 between Topeka and Argentine in the place of Conductor James 0"Byrne, who Is laying off. engineer A. I Burrell is running temporarily on the California Limited runs between Kansas City and Newton. Engineer William Simpson is laying off on runs Nos. 17 and 18 between Kan sas City and Topeka and Engineer W. X. Sherman Is running in his place. Engineer C W. Hurst Is runlng tem porarily on runs Nos. 7 and 10 between Kansas City and Newton. Fireman Tom Tansy of Argentine is visiting with friends in Topeka for few nays. Louis Waidelich, night clerk at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. is in Horton at tending a conference of the German Evangelical association. Three of the spans of the addition to the Second street viaduct have been put into place. Engineer C. S. Druce of Emporia Is visiting In Topeka for a few days. Fireman Herzmark who Is running on the Osage City runs is in Topeka visit ing for a few days. L. H. Mears of the pattern depart ment has returned from Atchison where he has b-.en spending a few days on business. Engineer E. O. Whltcomb was in the place of Engineer Will Rain on runs Noa. 109 and 110 between Tope ka and Kansas City yesterday. Engineer J. P. Kelly came In on No. 18 this morning from Newton. Conductor W. W. Hutton was on the Kansas City plug runs yesterday in the place of Conductor Harry Grif fin, who laid off. Engineer H. P. French took the place of Engineer Andy Verlin on runs Nos. 107 and 108 yesterday be tween Topeka and St. Joseph. Engineer Speckin and Conductor Ram bo were on an extra section of train No. 6 last night from Newton to Kansas City. Cheap, but good furniture, new or 2nd hand. Gresser Catons, 423 Kansas ave. Ind 958. Conductor Coddington was on runs Nos. 107 and 108 yesterday between Topeka and St. Joseph In the place of Conductor J. H. Griffith. Frank E. Cherry of the electrical department is laying off. It is rumor ed that he will start housekeeping be fore returning to work. The w-ise ones pick the date as Wednesday night. Charles Swanson, general car in spector of the system is In Topeka for a few davs having arrived from Chi cago Saturday. He will continue on a westward trip in a few days In the basketball events at the R. R Y M C. A. Saturday night the Yale 'team won from Harvard by a score of 13 to, 12 and the Princeton team defeated Northwestern by a score of 23 to 18. The finals will be played off next Saturday night. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine tablets. SrSlgtVts Vefund money if it f ailsjo cure. E. W, GROVE'S signature on each box. 25c Toltec Rite Notice. All members are earnestly requested to be present this Monday night. After a short business session there will, be an entertainment and refreshments served. Invite a friend to come with OU- l. M PENWELL, Commander. CORA W. WELSH. Secretary. BASEBALL TOMORROW Topeka vs. Washington MARCH 23, 24, 25 Gaa?3 p"!" Admission, 25c. LADIES FREE TO EXHIBITIOII SAllES mum 632 Kansas World's Uraait M. CREENBLATT, Tailor Manager .YUNG. 109-111 East Eighth Street. A. P. WHITNEY. Manager EMERSON WRIGHT In Their Merry Comedy Playetta "THE NEW DOCTOR" FRANK MARSHALL Illustrates "Roll Around" CARL QUEEN Operatic Singing and High Class Dancing PSYCHO THE 20th CENTURY MARVEIi An Act that will make you won der how it is done A Genuine Sensation OLYMPIDROME The Knowing Dog The Children's Reformatory Matinee 3 p. m. Every Day. Evening Performances, 7:45, 9:00 Amateur Carnival Friday night. Two performances ever evening except Saturday and Sunday. On those evenings three shows at 7:15, 8:15. 9:15. g Ginger Snaps 0 itf'j ila If you have been afraid to eat ginger snaps since the State Board of y Health found a mattress in one, you can be as- ly as though you made 0 yi them in your own kitchen. We sell them O V at 10c a pound or three pounds for 25 eents. 2 I v Ideal Bakery O The Place That's Different jf Hall A Schaefer. Prop. 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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, MASCH 23, 1908. RAILROAD NEWS. Building Ig Progressing in the United States. Recent Depression Affects Con struction Materially. 8,000 MILES PLANNED. A Year Ago One-Half More Was Being Built. Other Items of Interest in Railiray Circles. The Railway Age In the current is ue eays in regard to railroad! build log this yar: There la no better or more accurate Indication of the condition of the railway industry than that shown by the progress made in railway build' tag. When railways are prosperous and earnings are such as to justify dividends, the expansion and exten si on of systems follows as a matter of course. The forecast of construction for the year 1908 shows only 8,000 miles of new line upon which construction has been started or for which contracts have been let, as compared with 12, 000 miles forecast one year ago. These figures, too greatly over estimate the mileage actually under construction at this time because all projects upon which work has been started and later suspended have been Included under the head of roads un der construction. Aside from eight or ten, roads, such as the Chicago, Mil waukee St .Paul, me Western Pa cific, the Atlanta, Birmingham At lantic and the Kansas City, Mexico Orient, which must necessarily com plete a large portion of the work al ready started, construction of new lines is either completely at a stamd1 still or is being prosecuted only In a half-hearted way with greatly Inade quate forces. The causes of this decline in development are too weli known to need special comment here. In the Railway Age a year ago at tention was called to the inevitable effect which adverse legislation would have on construction, and this year the financial panic, which has affected all commercial enterprises, but has affected railways most of all, has added Its influence to discourage new projects. It will be noted that the mileage of "live projects" greatly exceeds the mileage under construction, indicating the need for new lines, but the inability to finance and promote them. Under Contract Live Constructlon.ProJects, States Miles. Miles. New England ....i 684 Middle Atlantie 280 1.726 South Atlantic 75 3,236 Gulf Mississippi valley 639 2,743 Central Northern 369 1.019 Northwestern 994 1,540 Southwestern 2,190 6,715 Pacific 3,827 2,175 Total &444 v 17J3& The largd mileage shown under construction in the Pacific States is because of the extension- of the Chi cago, Milwaukee St. Paul, the work of Western Pacific and the extension of the Harriraan lines, in Oregon, Washington and California. The Western Pacific, which is build ing from Salt Lake City to San Fran cisco, 929 miles, has laid to date 268 miles of track and has graded 620 miles. The coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul has been opened to Lombard, Mont., and there still remains about 826 miles of track to be laid to complete it to the coast. The Atlantic, Birmingham At lantic completed in 1907 its extension to Atlanta and is still working on its extension to Birmingham. This ex tension will probably be completed before the close of the summer. The Kansas City, Mexico Orient proposes to connect up the line in the United States by completing sev eral gaps which are already partially graded. These are from Emporia to Wichita, Kan., ninety-three miles; from the Red river to Benjamin, Tex., 70 miles, and from Sweetwater to San Angelo, Tex., 68 miles. The company is also prosecuting Its work in Mexi co as rapidly as possible. The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe has completed the Belen cut-off and proposed the construction of a num ber of branches and extensions for 1908, upon which all construction has now been temporarily suspended. Work is still In progress with re duced forces upon the Virginian and the South Western in Virginia and West Virginia. The Florida East Coast will probably complete Its Key West extension, but it is doubtful if it can be done during the present year, as the remaining forty-seven miles from Knights Key to Key West embraces some of the most difficult portions of the errtire extension. The Wisconsin Central is pushing as rapidly as possible Its Superior ex tension and expects to have it com pleted by the close of the year. The Missouri, Oklahoma Gulf has under construction an extension south from Rose, Okla., to Denison, Tex., and proposes also an extension north from Wagoner, Okla., to Joplin, Mo., the total length of the two exten sions being about 220 miles. In Canada railway building is not affected as much as the United States projects by the adverse conditions existing. The Canadian Northern proposes to build about 800 miles of new road, much of which already is under construction. The Canadlian Pacific proposes to build over 1,000 miles of new line, and the Grand Trunk Pacific and National Trans continental have new lines either Substantial flakes and a special "toasty" flavour- Post c Formerly called bltjan Manna Toastics Made from White Corn "The Taste Lingers." By Postum Cereal Co., Limited, Battle Creek, Michigan. CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY New Drug, poslam, Now Obtainable In Small Quantities. Since its discovery one year ago, the new drug, poslam, has success fully cured thousands of chronic cases of eczema and other distressing skin afflictions. Heretofore poslam has been dispensed soiely for the benefit of eoema patients in large jars suffi cient for a month's treatment. This was Sound to be an Inconvenience to many thousands who use It for minor akin troubles, such as pimples,, black heads, herpes, acne, scaiy scalp, com plexion btemlsh-es. Itching feet, plies, etc, which require but a small quantity to cure. To overcome this, and in response to urgent appeals, the dispensers of poslam have been obliged to adopt, in addition to the regular two-dollar paokage, a special fifty-cent else, which in future may be found on sale at Fred A. Snow's and other leading drug stores In To peka, or may be ordered direct from the Emergency Laboratories, No. 88 West 28th Street. New York CRy. In all eosema cases poslam stops Itching with first application, and proceeds to heal Immediately; chronic oases being, cured In two weeks. In less serious kin troubles, results are seen after an overnight application. Samples for experimental purposes may still be had, free of charge, by Twroiif xo cne laooracortes for them. projected or under construction amounting to several thousand, miles. BROKERS GIVE IX. Ticket Scalpers in Kansas City Drop Fight. Kansas City, Mo., March 23. The ticket brokers who were enjoined last week from handling reduced fare tick ets will not resist, so it is said. It means the end of the scalners. said a man connected with the busi ness yesterday. "The supreme court of tne united states has said repeatedly that while a regular ticket is good for a ride no matter In whose hand It may oe round, a ticket sold at a reduced rate or bearing the signature of the purchaser cannot be transferred. No body sells any unusued part of a regu lar ticket from here to New York, for instance. The unusued parts of tickets admitting a scalp are excursion tick ets. Now comes this Injunction In the federal court preventing brokers from handling these. 'We shall see," the informant went on, "advertisements in the exchange column after this about railway tickets Deing sold, if a man buys a national convention ticket from New York to Denver and return, intending to come only as far as Kansas City and stay here, he will have to advertise for sale the unused parts of the ticket good from Kansas City to Denver and back to New York. He will not find a buyer, perhaps, because the prospective buyer will be afraid the ticket is not good. Accordingly, I think ticket scalping is dead." Union avenue was known from one end of the United States to the other for Its ticket scalpers. This was in the days when emigrants were on the trail. WICHITA OFFICIALS ENJOINED. Federal Court Says Draymen Can Denver liquor Packages. Wichita, Kan., March 23. Acting upon a writ of injunction issued by Judge John C. Pollock of the federal court papers were given into the hands of Mayor J. H. Graham, Chief of Police O. C. Emery, Assistant Chief Thomas Voss and other members of the police force, enjoining them from Interfering with or molesting drivers of wagons handling goods of the Ma han Mercantile company of Kansas City or from confiscating goods of the company in transit or from Interfer ing with the agents in taking orders or In the delivery of the goods. The application for the writ was the re sult "of a series of confiscations made by the police department of liquor shipped to this city by the Mahan Mercantile company, while being de livered about the city. S. B. Amldon, attorney for the Ma han Mercantile company, after a con ference with representatives in Kan sas City based his pleadings on the fact that the confiscation of liquor being delivered In this city was con trary to the interstate commerce law. CHANGE EXPRESS COMPANIES. Alton Severs Relation With United States and Takes on American. Chicago, March 23. A change has been decided on in relation to the ex press service over the Alton road. The company will not renew the contract it has had with the United States Ex press company, but has entered into a ten year contract with the American Express company. It is the only road between Chicago and Kansas City hav ing a contract with the American Ex press company, and therefore will get the whole of its business between the two cities. The American is allied closely with the National Express com pany, which operates over the Clover Leaf road. Both these companies up erate over the Vanderbilt lines, and it is believed that the change on the Al ton will result in its getting a large share of the business off the Vanderbilt lines destined for Kansas City. ROCK ISLAND MAKES REDUCTION let Out Half of Shopmen at Valley Center, Iowa. Des Moines, la., March 23. Half of the men employed in the Rock Island shops at Valley Junction were released Saturday. The cut is made to reduce operating expenses. Nearly 75 men are thrown out of employment. It is said that a still further reduction in the working force may be made soon, al though the officials will not confirm this report. The list of discharged men in cludes boilermakers, machinists, car penters and helpers. JAMES B. HILL DEAD. Freight Agent of the P. C. C. St. L. Victim of Paralysis. Pittsburg, Pa., March 23. James B. Hill, of this city, general freight agent of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago St. Louis, died today at Blloxi, Miss., where he went a short time ago on business. According to the Informa tion received here, he was ill but a few days with a paralytic attack. Mr. Hill was one of the best known railroad men in the country. ANOTHER BIG REDUCTION. Many Employes of C. N. O. T. P. Out of Work. St. Louis, March 23. A general reduc tion of the shop force of the Cincinnati, l New Orleans Texas Pacific has been made. It is reported that 1,000 men were laid off. The order applied to the shops at Ludlow, Ky.; Somerset, Ky.; Oakdale, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn., and Birmingham, Ala. It is stated that the men were laid off largely because they refused to accept a 10 per cent re duction in wages, which was to have been made effective on April 1. AN ANIMAL PARK "Buffalo" Jones Will Add to the Beauty of Garden City. Going to Establish a Station With About 500 Specimens. HAVE GO ATS AND SHEEP To Bring a Fine Exhibit From Grand Canon Ranch. Will in Reality Be a Hybridizing Experimenting Plant. Garden City, March 23. Colonel C. J. Jones has made a new proposition to the people of Garden City in reference to the location of his hybridizing experi ment station here and the proposition is practically closed. Under the new arrangement, a few men will take $500 worth of stock each in the plant and will select a park near In sight of the railroad where the animals will be kept and a small admittance fee will be charged at the gate of the park. E. J. Pyle has taken one of the blocks of stock and enough other stock has been taken to practically assure the proposi tion as soon as the details are com pleted. Colonel Jones says he will bring twice the number of animals here he had intended at first and this will make the plant more valuable than ever to the town. Colonel C. J. Jones arrived In Garden City yesterday afternoon from the west where he has been on business for sev eral days. Since he left Garden City, he has added a number of new and valuable animals to the herd on his ranch In the Grand Canon and many of these will be brought to Garden City, when the new hybridizing experimental station is located here. Colonel Jones has with him a fleece of an Angora goat, having recently added a number of these to the herd. He is making some experiments in hybridizing these with the native sheep and has met with sufficient success to promise much for the future. He says that some five hundred ani mals will be brought to Garden City when the plant is established. This number will Include buffalo, catalo, full blood Persian sheep. Persiarino and Persiacot sheep and many other ani mals from the ranch in the Grand Canon. IN CASE OF A FIRE. The Syracuse School Board Makes Needed Improvements. c. TTo M a rh 93 Thfi ritv school board has 'just made a thorough inspection or tne nign hciiou uunuiu6l iwth a view to putting in any needed tx nntav ImmAiHatAlv orrier- 11113 "uj ed that the doors be all made to swing outward. This has been attended to. The doors will also be kept unlocked oil t-ha timA iTivA ririlla are hp. in it Prac ticed under the direction of Superin tendent Walter ana tne teacners. a- V, m,aaiini nf rr,er.fl.lltion A. a. M a balcony will be built entirely across the back of the building.. Upon this will open all the second story-windows. A wide stairway will connect the bal- ths ornnnd. The third story 1.UUJ uw 0. or attic of the building is not permit ted to be used ior scnooi purposes ai any time. With these improvements the building can be emptied in a very few minutes at any time, and a crush cannot form even if the children be come frightened. sheriff Mccracken is dead. The Wound Inflicted by the Bootlegger Fatal to the Officer. MaIIaItia T.nrioro TCn.n.. March 23. auntff HTf.rVarlrcm rifari nf TCiriwn. this county, Saturday. He was shot by Jim riini, ot irirtwn wrilln Mervinflr a war rant on Clark, who is almost 70 years Ola, ana nas oeen regaraea as uaugoi ous. City Marshal Bunton of Kiowa t.' .1 o v,a mi-1fP when the trouble oc curred. Clark was wanted for a mis demeanor and knew he was charged with selling wnisay. tjiarK snoi oner iff McCracken in the breast. Marshal Bunton shot Clark in the calf of the leg and he fell. The officers secured their man when McCracken told of being hurt, but did not think it very bad. All at once he "T'm nil in" and fell to the erou'nd. He was moved to a restaurant 11.3 jri- a nearby ana aociors caiiea. ungeicu until Saturday noon. McCracken was a splendid and fearless officer. A Wellington Pastor Assaulted. Wellineton. Kan., March 23. Rev. Lee Boyce -Barker, paBtor of the First Baptist church of this city, was as saulted by an unknown man as he was entering the' gate of his home last night and knocked down. A by stander then interfered and prevented further violence. The man who com mitted the assault, while a stranger here, Is related to a family In the city and the attack is supposed to be con nected with a recent trouble Rev. Mr. Parker has had in his church. Charged With Starting Fires. Atchison, Kan., March 23. Arthur Thomas, a young man, was arrested In Atchison Saturday on the charge of having fired a barn in Atchison Friday night. During the past several months a great many mysterious fires have oc curred here. A Pioneer Settler Dead. Salina, Kan.. March 23. A letter re ceived here tells of the death of Sol K. Rush, the first white child born in the Solomon valley, his birth occurring in October, 1868. His parents died A Fact Unless the best Mexican Vanilla Beans are used, properly cured, properly aged, and the flavor properly extracted, and allowed to stand at least one year before of fering for sale, eood extract of Vanilla is an impossibility. Try Flavoring EflracteS sad note their delicious flavor. shortly afterward and he was reared by Mrs. M. A. Cuton-rat Minneapolis. When Sol was 1 year old Indians at' tacked the community and the child's father swam the Solomon river with the baby on his back, saving both their lives. Sol's older brother was killed in the raid. t FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED. John I. Lenau Passes Suddenly Away at His Home in Gaylord. Gaylord, Kan., March 23. John I. Lenau, one of the pioneer settlers of Smith county, was found dead In bed Saturday morning by his daughter, Miss Nellie. It seems that Mr. Lenau arose about 5 o'clock, and after a short time returned to bed. Nothing was thought or it ana in a short time the family arose to prepare breakfast, but when he failed to answer the break fast call. Miss Nellie stepped In to awake him, when she found him lying dead In bed. A doctor was hastilly summoned and was soon upon the scene only to find that he had been dead about an hour. Mr. Lenau was one of the earliest settlers here, hav ing homesteaded the farm on which he lived sometime In the year 1870. The failures came and went but through all he stuck faithfully to his post, having unbound faith in the great west. Suffice It to say that he was suf ficiently awarded, too, for he gathered together many of this world's treasures. He was a man that made many friends. Friday he was in town, hale and hearty, talking and joking with his many friends in his good humored way. He was a devoted Christian, having Join ed with the church In his early years. HE NEVER SLEPT IN PRISON. Roy Stone Is Granted a Pardon and Leaves Lansing for Home. Leavenworth, March 2 8. Roy Stone, a long term prisoner, who has served less than two years of an in determinate sentence of from five to twenty years was released from the state prison on a pardon granted by Governor Hoch. Stone was convicted of statutory assault and came to the prison alone on October 16, 1906. He was com pelled to stay at a hotel near the pris on until his commitment papers ar rived, and enjoys the unique distinc tion of being one convict who has nev er spent a night with the prison wallsi He was detailed to assist in taking care of the prison cattle and was allowed to live with other prison cowherds In a house apart from the prison. Stone s father, who Is postmaster at Caney, Kan., came to the prison Sat urday and accompanied Stone when he left the prison Sunday morning. Stone was convicted in Montgomery county. AN ARM BANDAGED TOO LONG. A Salina Jury Awards a Small Boy's Parents $2,500. SaMna. March 23. Because the bandages were allowed to remain too long upon the arm of little Fred Brown, the jury in his case against Dr. J. E. Miller returned a verdict for Brown against the physician for $2,- 500 damages. The suit was brought on the grounds that the treatment of Dr. Miller had given Brown's arm when It was broken some three and a half years ago was responsible for its pres ent condition. Damages In the sum of $10,000 were asked. The trial lasted for five days and the Jury was then out fifty-four hours. The same case was tried last year and a verdict was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $3,000, but It was set aside on a technicality and a new trial granted. BLOW TO PROBATE JUDGES. Have No Right to Issue liquor In. Junctions, Says Judge Glllpa trick. Leavenworth, Kan., March 23. Judge J. H. Gillpatrlck of the district court has rendered a decision that probate judges had no right to issue injunc tions In liquor cases. Judge Glllpatrick was absent In Europe four months last summer and Attorney General Jackson applied to Probate Judge T. L. John son and injunctions were issued in 20 cases against Joint keepers. C. D. Shuckers, in an argument, quoted de cisions of higher courts holding that probate judges had the power to issue Injunctions and restraining orders in the absence of the district Judge. Mr. Shuckers gave notice of an appeal to the state supreme court from the de cision of Judge Gillpatrlck. SENSATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS. Handwriting Experts on the Stand In the Candy Poisoning Case. Kansas City, Mo., March 23. After an adjournment since Friday, the trial of Mrs. Sarah Morasch, accused of the poisoning of 4 year old Ruth Mil ler was resumed in the circuit court at Kansas City, Kan., today. Sensa tional developments are expected late today or tomorrow, when the- hand writing experts take the stand. A number of letters written by Mrs. Morasch are now In the hands of the county attorney, who will place them in evidence to prove that the writing upon the candy box Is identical with them. Upon this point hinges the case of the prosecution. Tri-County Oratorical Contest. Herington, Kan., March 23. Ellis Davidson of the Council Grove high schools of Marison, Morris and Dickin contest here. Howard Jensen of Her ington won second place. The high schools of Marison, Morris and Dickin son counties were represented. The Judges were President Nichols of the Kansas State Agricultural college. Prof. Ritchie of the State Normal and Prof. Burdick of the University of Kansas. Thore was also a declamation contest in which Hazel Mowrer of Lost Springs and Ruth Burher of En terprise tied for first place. Death of II. O. Axtell. Clay Center, March 23. H. O. Axtell, one of the best known merchants of this city, a member of the firm of Rob inson Axtell, died at Hot Springs, Ark., where he went a few weeks ago for his health. He has been sick for a number of weeks, with small hopes of his recovery. He had lived In Clay Center about ten years and was a prominent Mason and Knight Templar of this section. Salina Boy Shoots His Brother. Salina, Kan., March 23. Fred Che ney, the 7-year-old son of Dr. E. R. Cheney of Gypsum, this county, was shot just above the left knee Saturday afternoon by his brother Rollo, 15 years old. The boys were playing "robber" and each was armed with a loaded rifle. The older boy was running down stairs when the gun was discharged. The wound is said to be dangerous. Death of Mrs. F. Pnrdy. Kansas City, Mo.. March 23. Mrs. Fannie Purdy, 65 years old, died Sat urday in Osawatomle, Kan. Mrs. Purdy had been a resident of Kansas City, Kan., about twenty years. She lived at 1970 North Fifth street. The burial will be in Chicago. IT IS STARTED. VaBBBBaM.aaBaB.aaaaSf The Faseball Season Informally Opened. White Sox and Old Timers Hare a Meeting. MANY NEW FACES. Pitcher Merchon Gives Good Account of Himself. Jarrott Proyes Easy for the Regulars. The baseball fever has taken its place along with the other epidemics and is now having its run in the city. Sunday afternoon, a crowd of eleven hundred Topeka baseball fans of the thirty third degree was given their first ex hibition of the national sport, although the afternoon was a cool one and the fans had to blossom out with winter wraps over their new spring apparel. The Topeka White Sox In a contest of eight and one-half innings easily asserted their superiority over the ag gregation of All-Professionals, signed by Sir John Henry expressly for this game. And the result of the game was sat isfactory to the baseball public. The consensus of opinion expressed during and after the game seems to indicate that Cooley's new acquisitions have met with popular favor. The real trounc ing which they gave the big leaguers indicates that a great deal can be ex pected during the coming season, al though this assertion could probably be made with more propriety after the series with Washington has ended. Our noble captain, Sir Riohard, did not have the best opportunity in the world to show off his new proteges for the reason that a large number of them are absent as yet. Neither Dr. Walter Pollard, the pill tosser from Evansville, nor Red Craig of Joplin, late of Ire land, put in their appearance and the pitching had to be done by three of the twirlers. And in his youngsters who worked yesterday Cooley seems to have found winners. Hagerman pitched the full nine innings against the big guns and escaped with but eight connections bing made, resulting in only two runs. In the fourth inning he pitched him self out of a bad hole. Merchon pre sided over the professional's slab for four Innings and was only hit twice, a pretty good record. But the locals got next to' Fred Jarrott, the pitcher se cured from Sioux City. He was trounc ed for 12 hits In four innings and all the run getting Cooley and his tribe did was done in his administration. Hagerman probably showed up the best of the trio. He showed good control, not a single pass being issued nor a batter touched. He fanned seven men, which is a pretty good record for this time In the season, but as he has been work ing in New "Mexico all winter, a good deal was to be expected of him. Mer chon seemed able to mystify all the big players during his four innings on the rubber. The All-Professionals started the run getting of the game. In the third in ning after two men had been retired Spencer Arthur Abbott, the stellar in itial Backer of the Evansville team, clouted the ball to the right center fence for a couple of bags. And Hurl burt drove one over the infield for a single, Abbott scoring on the hit. In the fifth inning the White Sox took .."H.Tlnr taken. Tmr wonderful "Casearets" for three month idI Delne entirely eared of stotnfcch. eatarrn ana ayspepsie, 1 tniiik a wopd of prat, la tne to'Gacarets'rlraheir wonderful composition, hare taken nnmeroua other Bo-ealleoremediea nt without avail ana I find that Caveareta rellera Bore in a day than all the other 1 hare takes wuuju 1 11 tn,r jamea MeOnne, MB Mercer St., Jersey City, H.J. Beat For -r C ff 1 lvs uois g CA.40Y CATHARTIC Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Qood, Nerer Sicken, Weaken or Oripe, 10c, Sc, Me. Kever sold in bulk. The genuine tablet stamped COO, Croaranteed to ears or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.7. joa mUALSALE, TEN MILLION BOXES the lead. Jarrott had succeeded Merchon. Boles was retired on an Infield hit. Stevie Ragan took his first one off Jar rott but was caught trying to purloin second on a beautiful throw by Bartley. Brennan singled and Hagerman drove one to right field. Price attempted to cut Brennan off at third but the ball went wide and Brennan scored. Woo ley drove a liner to center which Hurlburt allowed to dribble through his under pining for a trio of sacks and Hager man scored. Wooley tried to reach home but was winded and failed to make the score. In the first half of the sixth with one down Downs, who batted a 1000 ollp during the affray, singled. Bartley hit to Hagerman who fielded the ball to Ragan for a double play, but Stevie Juggled the phere and both men were safe. Downs making third. Price hit to Boles, but Downs scored on the out. From this point to the end, the game was an old-fashioned execution with the White Sox as the executioner and Jarrott the victim. In the sixth Crum rine and Cooley started with singles and after Landreth missed three bad ones Kahl scored both men on a double. Ra gan brought Kahl home with a triple over Prather. In the final round for the locals, Ooiens, Landreth and Kahl sin gled In succession and Boles doubled. A couple of popups to Jarrott, followed by an error on the part of Dick Brown in fielding Hagerman's grounder, netted four runs. The score: WHITE SOX. Player AB. R. H. O. A. E. Wooley. cf 5 0 2 1 0 0 Crumrine, rf. 4 1 1 0 0 0 Cooley, lb 3 117 0 0 Ooiens. lb. 1 1 1 6 0 1 Landreth. If 4 1 1 1 0 0 Kahl. 2b 4 2 3 0 3 1 Boles, 3b 3 110 6 0 Ragan, ss 4 0 2 1 2 1 Brennan, c 4 1 1 10 6 0 Hagerman, p. 4 1112 0 Totals 36 9 14 27 17 3 ALL-PROFESSIONALS. Player AB. R. H. O. A. E. Abbott, lb. 3 1 1 9 0 1 Haney, lb 1 0 0 5 0 0 Hurlburt. cf 4 0 1 2 1 0 Downs, 2b. 4 1 4 0 3 0 Bartley, c 5 0 0 6 8 0 Price, rf, S 0 0 0 0 1 Prather, If. 4 0 0 0 0 0 Funk, ss 3 0 117 0 Brown, 3b, 3 0 0 0 2 1 Merchon, p 2 0 0 0 1 0 Jarrott. p 1 0 1 2 1 0 Totals 35 2 8 24 18 S SCORE BY INNINGS. White Sox 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 4 9 All-Professionals ..0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 02 Summary: Earned runs White Sox 7, All-Professionals 1. Three base hits Wooley, Ragan. Two-base hits Kahl, Boles, Abbott, Downs. Sacrifice hit Boles. Struck out By Hagerman 7, by Merchon 2, by Jar rott 1. Left on bases White Sox 4, All-Professionals 6. Double play Brennan to Ooiens. Wild pitch Merchon. Passed ball Brennan. Time of game 1:30. Attendance 1,100. Umpire Myers. At the Western association schedule meeting which was held in Kansas City Saturday It was agreed to open the season April 30. The schedule gives Topeka a number of the leading dates of the season. Thirteen Sunday games will be played here as well as games on July 4-th and Labor day. The White Sox will open at home with Webb City, after which they meet Springfleldt and JopMn before taking the road. The season closes In To peka September 22 with the Hutchin son team. Red Craig, the Joplin pitcher, who will work for the locals, arrived In Topeka last night and will be given a chance to play. He is looking bet ter than he used to when his pitch ing captured the pennant for Spring field in the old Missouri Valley days. Pollard is due to arrive today, as is Furey and Cuthbert. Jarrott and Hagerman will be used in the game tomorrow and all the others who are In town will be used against the Washington team this afternoon. The Washington team arrived from Wichita this morning over the Santa Fe. Testerdfty they won from Wich ita in a close score of I to 0. Only four hits were mode during the game. Washington 12, Wichita 11. Wichita, Kan., March 28. In a typical March windstorm Washington second team defeated Wichita Satur day, 12 to 11. It was the opening game here and six home runs were made. Score by innmgs: R.H.B. Wichita 1 9 0 0 S 0 111 14 4 Washington S 0410000 412 14 4 Batteries Wichita, Clark, Packard, Scott, Stringer and Nichols; Washing ton. Peterson, Wilson, Hughes and Kahoe. Washington 1, Wichita 0. Wichita, Kan., March 23. Wash ington defeated Wichita Sunday 1 to 0. The game marked Frank IsbeH's first appearance in a Wichita uniform. He played first base. Kahoe scored la the second Inning on a low throw tai second by Nichols. Boore by innings: nwa. Wichita .00 00 000 000 i Washington 010090000-1 4 9 Batteries Speer, Hendrix anX Nichols; Smith. Patton, Hughes and) Warner. AMERICANS BEST AT fimnga, Oxford and Cambridge Were Defeated by a Count of 2$ to Philadelphia, Pa., March 88. Th Americans had a decided advantage; Saturday when play in the cable chess match between teams representing; Oxford and Cambridge of England and those representing Columbia. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown and Pennsylvania was adjourned. Accord ing to the rules agreed upon the play, which had started at I a, m.. ceased at 6:30 p. m. Four games had then been decided and of these the Ameri cans had won two, lost one and drawn one, giving them a score of 2 y to 1 V for their British opponents. Draws were offered to the Britons on the two unfinished games, but the later de clined, preferring that they be adjudi cated upon by Referee Walton Penn Shipley of this city. Mr. Shipley would not give his decision on the spot and stated it might be a week before his opinion was given. Experts in attendance on the games gave it as their opinion that the Amer icans would retain their lead after the adjudication and in that way win the match and the Rice trophy. The Americans who won their games were Louis J. Wolff of Columbia and C. Williams of Princeton. W. H. Hughes of Pennsylvania was beaten on the top board by H. J. Roughton of Oxford; K. S. Johnston of Harvard drew his game with B. H. R. Stower, Cam bridge, while the game between H. Blumberg of Columbia and H. Lob of Oxford and that between I. Ash of Pennsylvania and C. G. Woodhouse of Cambridge remained unfinished and in dispute. The match was played from the hall of the Houston club and Inns of Court hotel, the two places being connected by direct cables. Not a hitch occurred the entire day. Made a Jump of 131 Feet. Duluth, March 23. John Evansor of Duluth broke the American skt reoord Sunday afternoon with a jump of 131 feet in the last tournament of this season. The former record was 124 feet made by Evanson at Ispem lng, Mich., four weeks ago. Ole Fre ing of Duluth, jumped 18 S feet but fell. Four riders distanced the for mer American record. The new mark! Is the more remarkable because the day was warm and it was necessary to haul snow from nearby woods to pre pare the slide for Jumping. To Have a Baseball Park. Kansas City, Kan., March 28. -Kansas City, Kan., is to have a first class baseball park. Vlckroy park, in Armour-dale, is being converted into a ball ground. It will have a seating' capacity of 1,200, and the grounds arai being put in excellent condition. The opening game will be played between two strong amateur teams April S. Newman 20, Perry 6. Newman, Kan., March 23. The Newman team defeated the Perry nine here Sunday in a one-sided score game, the score being 20 to 6 in favor of the locals. Stern and McNlslr composed the battery for Perry, while Rodecap, Coke, O'Brien and Coke were the points for Newman. Cobb Finally Signs XTp. Detroit, March 23. Tyrus Cobb, champion batter of the American league last season, has signed a con tract to play with the Detroit Amer ican league club this year and will join the team at Little Rock within a few days. Cobb had been holding out for a three years' contract at $5,000 per year. Oklahoma School Meet May 23. Oklahoma City, March 23. Okla homa's Intersoholastlo Athletlo asso ciation met hers and selected May 23 ana tnis city as tne aate ana place ror the annual meet. The Oklahoma uni versity (Norman! withdrew from the association ana tne application of Bp- v wortn university ror membership was declined. LAUNDERING Of Evaa-y D uilpliuu Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing TOPEKA LAUNDRY CO. Phones 1S3 Second and Qulncy

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THE TOPEKA. DAILY STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1908. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL By FKAXK P. MAC LENNAN. Entered July 1. 1875, as second-class matter at the postoffice at Topeka, K.an. under the act of congress. IVOLUME XXXV No. 71 Official State Paper. Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Tvnir wiitinn rioiivrfd bv carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka, or Suburbs, or at the same price m o-"j as towns where the paper has a carrier system. By mall, one year $3.eo Saturday ediUon of dally, one year... l-w TRI.EPHONE8. -Rell 107 ouainess kjilicb zr 1rt7 Business Office v; Reporters' Room ii Reporters' Room nJ- Frank P. MacLennan Ina- 'w TP-T? Vf A WITVT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. S0O and WK Kansas avenue, corner oi his"'"- new zurK vitico: x vi. Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avenue and Broadway, ram bidch, uia...!!.. fv,u nrrio- -Hartfnrd buliaine. Paul Block, manager. FCLL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full flay telegraph report of that great news or mnizatinn for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. j l 'TVio stntn Jour rial building over wires for this sole pur pose. There Is a theory that everything is created for a wise purpose. sut win aome one please explain of what par ticular use is the republic of Haytl If the peach trees could only talk many an argument would be averted these days as to whether or not the recent cold snap has injured the pros pective crop of peaches. Washburn's faculty is to be com mended for making a course of gym nastics compulsory for all students. A sound body is quite aa much needed tor a successful battle in life as is a well stored brain. Andre Tardieu, a French Journalist, has published an interview in the Paris Temps with President Roose velt. It will not be long now before the short and uglier word will be hurled at him. Does not he know that the president of the United States never gives out an interview? Poor Andre! Russia's cut throats and bomb throwers do not seem to show the least discrimination In the plying of their murderous trade. Two of them shot to death the other day one of the prominent leaders of the Radi cal party. Perhaps the czar has or ganized a band to fight murder with murder. Senator La Follette has called J. Pierpont Morgan ana, John D. Rocke feller "pirates." If the characteriza tions that have been made of these gentlemen could. be .gathered they would be found to include all that have been applied to every kind of a sinner and a saint as well since the beginning of time. There Is now cause for international joy all around. The battleship fleet has been invited to visit Japan and the Invitation has been accepted. It would be just like some fool hater of peace, or anarchist, to attempt to blow up one of the ships during its stay in Yokohama harbor. Then there would be a considerable addition to the gayety of nations. Sensationalism in universities and professors with a "novelty of theme or statement" were roundly and properly scored a few days ago by Andrew Sloan Draper, commissioner of education for the state' of New York. And Mr. Draper delivered these remarks In the right place. He was making an address to the profes sors of the University of Chicago. That better times are ahead in the railroad world, and therefore in all lines of business activities, is becom ing apparent on every hand. The supply of idle freight cars is being diminished by leaps and bounds and the New York Central sends in an or der for 136 new locomotives and 24, 000 tons of steel rails. Other of the big railroad systems will follow suit before long. A millinery monstrosity has been developed for this season which is said to eclipse any other feminine sartorial creation, or, rather, freak, that has been invented as yet. It is called a campaign hat. It is two feet high. It is black. It is composed of fine lace. It has above all an Eng lish cockade. And its chief distin guishing feature is the cost which runs all the way from $40 to $100. This wonderful contrivance of feminine headgear has only arrived as far west as Chicago and it is hoped around here for the benefit of those who foot the bills, that it will not get any further west. Most people will wonder with Gov ernor Hoch just what objection the friends of Mr. Stubbs can have to Senator Long or any other candidates for nominations taking such steps as they see fit to get out the full vote in their respective localities and through out the state at the primary election. Until the Stubbsites raised these ob jections everyone had an idea that the chief purpose of the primary law was to get the fullest possible expression of opinion of the voters of the state as to just whom they would like to run for office. And surely this can best be accomplished by the candi dates getting out as large a vote as they possibly can through all legiti mate means. According to the British Medical Journal doctors as" a class are more subject to illness than their fellow men, and their expectancy of life Is less than that of most. An explana tion of this Is readily. found. In the anxieties caused by responsibilities which must weijrh heavy on every man of right feeling, In the amount and trvine nature of the work tne doctor has to do, in irregularity of meals and broken sleep, in exposure to weather and to Infection, ana last. but not least, in the scanty remunera tion which his labor too often brings. These conclusions of this eminent authority will be readily agreed in with the possible exception of the last one for it is the general opinion that doctors are pretty well paid for their work. But maybe the general opinion in this instance is a wrong one. THE RETURN OP THE MOTTO. It was neither a debasement nor a clipping of the coinage the crass di version of medieval potentates that Mr. Roosevelt attempted when he or dered the motto, "In God We Trust" re moved from the coins of the United States. Yet from the great majority for its restoration which the house of representatives gave, the vote being 225 to 5, one might almost believe that the members of this assemblage thought his turpitude, innocent though it was, hardly less in degree. In this, as in his simplified- spelling propaganda, the president had sadly misread the minds of his masters. Even Wall Street re vealed a deeper insight. Its hurly-burly bidding for the few mottoless coins that have been issued assuredly discounted their approaching disappearance. But enough have been coined to make it possible for the president, should he be willing to pay the inevitable prem ium, to carry on his minor transactions in the coin of his adoption. The house has not gone so far as to declare that they shall not be legal tender. The spunk that has been displayed in his personal adherence to the publicly ta booed and legally Inhibited simple spell ing may likewise be shown In a discrim inating selection of the executive pocket money. Moreover, the president can pride himself upon having provided the most interesting chapter in the his tory of American numismatics. MOB VIOLENCE AT ANN ARBOR. Ann Arbor, the seat of the Univer sity of Michigan, was, recently, the scene of the worst riot ever charged against university students in this country; a riot which was quieted only by the bugle call to summon to ac tion the company of militia which was under arms at its armory. The trouble arose over the ejection of a student from a playhouse, and over 2,000 students participated in the dis graceful affair. The conduct of the students at Ann Arbor is absolutely without extenua tion, and the authorities of the town were derelict in their duty In not sending the militia at the inception of the outbreak. The fact that rioters were students of a university should not have been given a moment's con sideration. They were no more en titled to tender treatment than would have been a similar crowd of Italians, Portuguese or Greek laborers. From an educational standpoint the exhibition was pitiable. In strict Jus tice every man in the crowd' should first be expelled from the university, and then made amenable to the criminal law. The University of Michigan could better suffer a decimation of Its student body than to condone a crime against the com munity In which it is situated. Incidents like that which has so signally disgraced the University of Michigan indicate clearly that there has in some of the so-called great uni versities been a departure from the real business of training young Ameri can gentlemen, and attention is being directed towards the sometimes de rided small colleges. Topeka is favored with one of these smaller institutions, and it may be said, to its credit, that it Is notably free from student rowdyism which has caused the friends of the great state university at Ann Arbor to hide their faces in shame. PLAYING MARBLES "FOR KEEPS" With the gladsome sprint, which has arrived in all its glory, comes the usual round of out door pleasures. spcrts, pastimes and games. One of the latter will be the good old-fash ioned game of marbles, which dates back in history so far that Its origin is lost in the same obscurity that veils many other ancient customs and traditions. It Is a good, wholesome and interesting game, also, or perhaps it migrnt De better to say that most of the games played with marbles are entitled to be classed in this manner. And every year, with the recurrence of spring, the boys in this and many other parts of the world get out their marbles, and for at least a few weeks this Is the popular and all-absorbing game with them. Sometimes, however, the prevailing tendency of the boys in most com munities is to allow this game of marbles to drift Into a petty form of gambling by playing for "keeps." When this Is done it is really a ques tion whether the game is a good one for boys, and whether it should be en couraged or even tolerated. While it is true, the value of the stakes won and lost is inconsiderable neverthe less the principle involved is exactly the same as gambling in its larger and more reprehensible forms. A dozen or two ma-bles may represent "capital" to the boy owner, Just as much as real money does to the same boy when he becomes a man. And when he cultivates habits of petty gambling as a lad, he Is pretty sure to follow the same custom after he grows up and reaches the estate of manhood. Most parents and teachers en deavor to discourage the practice of playing "for keeps" among the boys in whom they are interested, and es pecially if they are wise and intelli gent, and realize the baneful effects of perverted training and tendencies during the years of youth. This is the formative period of character, and the experience of ages has shown that habits and practices indulged in during the years of childhood axe cer tain to mold and influence the per son, his thoughts and opinions, throughout his entire life. The tree will grow as the twig is bent, and if the child is started in habits of rambling, even by playing marbles "for keeps," he is pretty sure to look with tolerance on games of chance during later life, and also apt to in dulge in such games to a more or less extent. It is sometimes claimed that the tendency to gamble is inborn in all human beings, but whether or not there is anything to this it is certainly wrongful and a mistake to encourage tendencies of this character. Gambling in its worst forms is undeniably a terrible evil. It has probably caused more unhappiness, blighted more lives, wrecked more careers and re sulted in more' crimes than any other prevalent evil in the entire list, not even excepting its twin brother, drink. And in study the problem of where the gambling instinct first begins one is impressed with the thought that playing marbles "for keeps" is simply a primary lesson, leading up to the larger forms of real gambling and its hurtful train of distressing and ob jectionable consequences. JOURNAL ENTRIES In all domestic dramas the wife plays the leading role. It is never necessary to be In troduced twice if you are known to have money. A man who manufactures an obesity cure may be said to live oh the fat of the land. When you get right down to facts the sort of an animal that most women desire for a pet is a man. Most folks find the books pointing the path to 'success unsatisfactory be cause all begin by telling them that tney nave got to work. JAYHAWKER JOTS Mound "Valley spent $32.50 for the use of bloodhounds to trace a bur glar. They only succeeded in treeing a cat. J. C. Starr, celebrated the twenty- third birthday of his paper, the Scott County News, last week. He founded the paper. Lady floor managers at the leap year ball in Mapleton prevented the females from raising any disturbance about their partners. Things are getting so quiet in Ot tawa that it has been necessary to work up a little excitement by spring ing a ghost in a vacant house. This Is the unkindest cut of all: A Kingman county man who has lived in that county thirty-five years has bought a farm In Arkansas and will move to that state. Tom Charles, president of the State Editorial association, has sold his pa per, the Belleville Freeman, to Albert Kimball, for many years editor of the Scandia Journal. Mr. Charles is forc ed to take up his residence in New Mexico on account of Mrs. Charles' health. An Olathe paper relates that a farmer was in town this week trying to buy a bull dog with a white patch over his eye. When asked why he wanted a bull dog of that description, he answered that such a dog would take hold and never let go. "Why, sir," said the farmer, "we people of the farm are Just pestered to death with fellows with petitions who insist on bringing out this candidate or that candidate for office. They are worse than lightning rod sellers or book agents. They come right into the yard or the house and they place a paper before you and demand that you put your name down. They don't give you a chance to inquire whether it is a mortgage, a promissory note, a pardon for a chicken thief or a peti tion for a new road that you are to sign. When you hesitate they look at you in utter amazement, as If they think you have suddenly gone crazy. They want your signature and they want it quick. It is no use to tell them that you don't want to sign any petitions, for they get sore and are likely to say things. To sum the whole primary larw up in a few words the legislature has loosed upon the poor, overburdened farmers of Kan sas a pest worse than the green bugs of last year, and a bench-legged bull dog who wears a patch over his eye Is about the best preventive I know of." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. The smallest of men is the stingy man. It's better to forget an injury than to forgive it. Few men are powerful enough to keep their faces closed. The owl Is the most solemn-looking bird and the most stupid. A girl's face is her fortune if she is able to land a millionaire. When a man makes good he doesn't have to explain how he did it. It's safe to knock some men down before turning the other cheek. The only way you can have fun with some people Is to make them angry. Fortune occasionally smiles on a man, but more often it Indulges in a grin. After all, there is nothing that af fords people more real pleasure than agreeable work. When it comes to speaking ill of their neighbors most people are there with the goods. Brag may be a good dog, but there is no more bravry In him than there is in a society poodle. Some people can ever see the silver lining to a cloud of adversity if it is hovering over others. REFLECTIOSS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. Love letters are equal parts hys terics and Imagination. A girl wants to have golden hair even if it must be red. A man can fall into any habit ex cept that of having good ones. A woman wants her husband to go to church so as to show what a good influence she has over him. It's less of a trial to eat your wife's meals and tell her you like them than to stand her tears if you don't. KANSAS COMMENT WILL NOT FIRE ON THE FLAG. A pretty story with a discreet blend ing of sentiment and patriotic respect, has reached the Cleveland Plain Dealer. It appears that arrangements are in progress at Fort Worth, Texas, with a view to having a sham battle there as an added attraction- at a national live stock exposition. The contesting arm ies are to be made up of the Confeder ate Guard of Dallas on one Bide, and a force of Texas National Guardsmen on the other. The Dallas company is an organization of. Confederate veterans of the civil war, while the guardsmen are younger soldiers. All details ap pear to have been amicably arranged until the question of flags to be borne by the rival forces were brought up. Then the captain of the Confederate guard emphatically declared that his force would not participate in the bat tle If the. militia men carried the American flag. "No, gentlemen," said the captain, "under no circumstances will we fire on the Stars and Stripes, not even in a sham battle. We stopped all that in 1865." After this emphatic declaration the managers held a hurried consultation, at which it ..wag decided that the militia men must use other colprs and the battle is now an assured attrac tion. Wichita Beacon. MAKING A STRENUOUS FIGHT. It seems to be a task of no small magnitude for the Long machine'to find a man who is willing to become Its candidate for governor against W. R. Stubbs. The machine does not want to line up behind Leland because of his dislike for Long, and Stubbs' defl is too open and aggressive for the proua sna oaugaiy n.in.n'ii ate. So the strenuous work of candl Just now the machine Is bringing all of the pressure possiDie to Dear upon i i i 1 t senator ti. xs. miner, mi nucuipi be made to lead him to the slaughter, hoping that by so doing a Long emis sary In the shape of a gubernatorial candidate maybe turned loose upon the Kansas prairies. What success will attend these efforts remains to be seen Reports of the progress being mad differ, some say they will succeed and that Mr. Miller will get into the field, ntharo ffuv that hA will keen out. In view of the fact, however, that Clvde Miller, tne senators son, was secretary to Mr. Stubbs' campaign tion, it would at least warrant the VJJllilJil.Ll-.t. .11 IV... presumption that nis ratner win not get into the race unless there are some extraordinary inducements held out to him. However, the machine may bring enough pressure to bear upon Senator Miller to get him to consent. Salina Journal. RICH MEN GETTING THEIRS. te &nniBtii TTaItiz. who went to New York from Butte, Mont., 18 months ago, witn iis,vuv,uw, nas not omy iuai all his money, but Is a million dollars in j.kt irivo rtr k1 tt vears aeo. Heinz

was written up in the magazines as a wonder. ine ricn men are ia,ieiy Bet ting theirs. Lord Armstrong, a rich TSneHshman. is reported to have lost $6,000,000 in a Jew years. Atchison Globe. VALUE OF.' THE HEN. The farmers ofe the- middle and far west wrestle with indifferent soil and baffling weather, the traders in the Chicago "pit" fleece each other and the public year in and year out over the wheat crop. Meanwhile, the cackle of the great American hen is heard from Palm. Key to Nome the cause of the cackle bringing in each year larger wealth than the per spiration of the wheat farmer and the frenzied outcries of the gentle men on 'change who kindly under take to sell his product. The fact is not generally recognized, Dut it is bedrock. The hen Is such, a common thing, so prevalent, so oldl-fashioned, that we do not think of her as a source of millions upon millions of dollars. Yet the egg industry flourishes and must flourish when corn and wheat are bringing rock bottom prices. There is always a money market for the product of the poul try yard, no man can corner the crop and its upbringing does not involve a fraction of the expense and anxiety incident to supplying the country with its great basic dividends of the soil. There are gratifying evidences that the southern farmer has not been remiss in following up his advantages along this line. The old reliable "dominiecker" still flourishes, but by its side are fast appearing the finer and more remunerative breeds in barnyards from Virginia to Texas. No reason exists, however, why the far mer of the south should not double or quadruple his income in this di rection. A little patient study, of the question in its details, investment of money that would otherwise be squandered on passing luxuries and he can add a side line to his activities that should be of material assistance in solving the annual problem of the growing bank account. Atlanta Con stitution. THE NATURE OF POLITICS. If we could get back to the true Idea of politics a branch of civics that treats of the principles of civil govern ment and the conduct of state affairs what rare good fortune would come to the people! But we have been ac customed to another kind, the bicker ing, quarrelsome kind; the self-seeking kind; the kind that is apt to regard principles as a sort of paw to rake the chestnuts out of the fire. There are some signs that the people are getting tired of that kind of politics. They want the patriotic kind. They more and more incline to the doctrine of Mr. Hitchcock, quoted in the diction ary, that politics Is also a branch of ethics, and that the morality of a policy is the first thing to be considered. This standnoint of high motives de mands that the discussion be marked by frankness, sincerity, patience, self abnegation. That was Washington's idea of politics. That was Lincoln's. These men never thought of their own fates; It was always of their country. That Is what made them great. There Is no public man great who is more concerned about his own preferment than about the publtc good. This bois terous tempestuous, .angry spirit in politics is degrading. It pulls down the country. It corrupts the public service. It lowers party purpose. Where all are Interested in one object the happiness of the people there should be no rancor or vituperation. These only come when self-seeking controls the controversy. This does not exclude those friendly rivalries for the honors that a party has to bestow, but it regards the contest, not one of personal Interest, but one to decide upon whom a public duty shall rest. The duty should calm the conflict and raise the prize above a personal com pliment or a victory for self s sake Ohio State Journal. FROM OTHER PENS HABITATIONS. r "ighff mhm Thmane1su1fwrrUped8- bUt to YetfSy'V.Sot t0Pi. and this the where- lore of the why tyI?f than make up for their length by being one foot high. I dHye,to1?ye m Scotland, where the cult of Celts wear kilts, or In Provencal marshes, where the peas ants walk on stilts: JvMn England, toe but mer r fy! what's the use? Nobody'd understand my Jokes the An gles are obtuse! 1 Cleveland Leader. Eating and Living. There is a school of hyglenists whose motto is "Eat less and live longer." Abstemiousness is com mended as the first of virtues. Per sons, of course, who lead a physically active or laborious life are conceded larger rations than axe allowed to persons engaged in sedentary occupa tions, or without occupations, but in any case there is danger, it is con tended, of eating too much. The hu man engine requires just so much fuel, and no more. If given too much, the only result is to burn out the boil ers and clog the pipes, with the effect of indigestion, dyspepsia, rheumatism, Bright's disease, and the hundred other Ills caused by excessive feed ing and deficient exercise. "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die," is commended as a wise say ing, for the reason that those who look chiefly to eating and drinking for their merriment are sure to die tomorrow or next day. It is jfcinted out that octogenarians commonly lead the simple life, and are con tent with simple food, and little of it. The older they get and the less they do, the less they task the organs of digestion and assimilation, in con sequence of which they continue effi cient a surprising length of time. Circumstances, no doubt, alter cases. The Laplander, needing heat, consumes blubber and plenty of it, while the southern negro takes, in summer, to watermelons; but It Is a good general rule, according to this school of hyglenists, to eat sparingly of every kind of food and cut the meat ration down to one-third. The opposite school teaches that a liberal diet is a protection against disease, and protests against a regi men which reduces one's diet and strength to the minimum. A margin of strength over and above the needs of mere existence Is wanted, it is urged, in order that the battle against the germs of disease may be fought to a successful conclusion. A well fed man will resist disease where the underfed man succumbs. It has been neia Dy doctors that, in the tropics, the white man should reduce his diet to a minimum, but the British in In dia have found it necessary to in crease the meat ration, for the reason that extra nourishment is needed by the white man in that climate to meet extra strains. The natives are a feeble folk, succumbing readily to epidemics, and it Is because their diets leaves them no margin of strength with which to meet ordeals. At Panama, says American Medicine, "it has been discovered that the healthiest negroes are the well-fed prisoners in the Jails, and that those fed as Wiley and the others advocated are sickly and cannot work. So the proper diet was supplied by the official mess kitchen-, and the' transformation is said to be marvelous one writer be lieving that, without this generous feeding, the canal cannot be built. -If a man "Wants to stand the tropics he must eat more than enough for the purpose, so as to be well nourished and carry a surplus for emergencies. The medical profession has recom mended a low dietary, and it Is a grand thing to have their theories dis proved." Injudicious eatlnsr ana excessive eating have, perhaps, worse results and quicker results In the tropics than in colder climates, but a man who does hard work must have plenty to eat there, as everywhere else. Baltimore Sun. A Talc of Two Derelicts. It was only a half -starved cur with the scars of many kicks showing on its shivering skin, but there was something about the little beast that touched the heart of a human derelict" who stumbled through Madison Square yesterday. He stopped and the dog came cringing up to fawn at his burlap-covered feet. His hand went into a ragged pocket and came up holding a 25-cent piece Just earned by chipping the Ice off the sidewalk before a Madison avenue home. Two minutes later man and dog were In a side street saloon. The man had a glass of beer and a bowl of stew. The dog was ravenously lapping up a basin of hot soup. The derelict now and then dropped a piece of meat from his dish into the dog's food that had taken the 10 cents meant to be saved for a Bow ery lodging house bed. But he didn't seem to mind that. New York Tele gram. Blsliop the First English Pawnbroker. No one would guess that "Uncle" had so illustrious an ancestor as a right reverend prelate, yet this seems to be so. For pawnbroking was first introduced Into England by Michael de Northburg, bishop of London, in Edward Ill's reign. He set up an establishment for lend ing money to the poorer Londoners on portable property, and, according to Dugdale, if any sum so Dorrowed was not paid at the expiration of a year, the preacher at St. Paul's Cross was to announce tnat tne pledge would be sold In fourteen days, unless pre viously redeemed. Pearson s Weekly. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Some men acquire their popularity vith a club. Th ties of wedlock the kind a man's wife makes for him. Ifanv a fallnw wfoft in Ambitloillt to become a prize fighter makes a poor nst oi it. Even the man who wants money bad would draw the line at counter feit Tnonev. Many a man treats his friends in a barroom better than he treats his wife at home. Every woman Jfves to congratulate herself that there was one man she didn't marry. A man may acquire the habit of taking everything as it comes from dining at a table d'hote. A woman with an account at a de partment store can generally be de pended upon to fill the bilL There Is nothing new under the sun, especially to the woman who has been married three or four times. Muggins "I hear your wife has had a great deal of Illness lately; what seems to be the trouble?" Bug frtns "As nearly as I can figure it the doctor needs the money." "A fool and his money are soon parted,"quoted the Wise Guy. 'Yes, but they were lucky to have gotten together In the first place," added the Simple Mug. 1 THE EVENING STORY On Thin Ice. When the letter from Aunt Salina was received announcing that she would arrive on a visit the next week, mother and daughter looked at each other for a long minute, then the for mer said: "We must keep It from her." "Yes." "If we don't she will certainly talk right up to the deacon and make things worse than ever. Your Aunt Salina Is not afraid of any living man. You Just act as natural as you can, and don't let her catch on to a thing." And yet five or six days later, when the guest in question arrived, she hadn't been In the house half an hour before she set her Jaw and said to Mrs. Thompson, her widowed sister: "Now, Ruth, while Mary is upstairs, I want to hear all about It. There's some skullduggery been going on here, and I want to get at the root of It. It's no use to put on that innocent look, for I'm a woman that can't be deceived." Then the widow had to fix It nn. Her daughter Mary, now 20 years old, had oeen Keeping company" with Deacon Bromley's son James, and the mar riage day had once been set. Deacon Bromley had then favored the match. The widow had a fine farm adjoining his, and If she took 40 acres off of hers and he 40 oft of his the young folks would have a good start in life. She, as well as he, could also contlrbute considerable cash toward building the new house and barn. Yes, it would be a good match all around, and every thing was going swimmingly when the deacon took in a summer boarder. He was what might be called a half cash boarder. That is, for two weeks he paid half the price of board and lodging in cash and the other in infor mation which changed the deacon' nature all over. The boarder had made a study of family trees, so he asserted and after scratching his head and con sulting the signs in the family almanac for a fortnight, he announced that the Bromleys were direct descendants of Lord Bromley, of England, while Lord Bromley himself was a grand nephew of William the Conqueror, The deacon had always been rather a stiff-necked man toward the com munity, and this information added to his pride. He did not question the stranger's information, and after a time it began to get in Its work. He wasn't rich, but he had the blue blood in him, and that was even better. In four weeks he was walking as if he had a poker down his back, and at f the end of four more he said to his son: I "James, there is nothing that hurts a family more than a mesalliance. What is the world going to say when it hears that a Bromley has married Thompson "Are you talking about Mary Thomp son. father?" asked James. "I am. I am seeing things a great deal different than I did a few weeks ago. Where did the Thompsons spring from? Who are they? Was the first Thompson a lord or duke or only coorjer?" "But you know, I'm engaged to Mary Thompson, and you know that the fam ily Is respectable. No one can say that there has been anything against them, from grandfather down." "Urn! Um! None of them- have been In Jail as I know of, but I ask again 'Who are the -Thompsons?' We know who the Bromleys sprang fronv and J cannot consent to any plebeian alliance. Until I know who the first Thompson was, I shall feel Justified in opposing this match. It will be no use wnat evor to are-ne the matter with me. am determined to preserve the purity of our blood as it has come aown to us." James did not cease to call at the widow's, but it was not long before she realized that he had something on his mind, and he was finally prevailed upon to state It. He held in direct op position to his father, but that did not satisfy the insuuea momer or tuo spirited daughter. Strained relations followed. Such was the situation when Aunt Salina arrived. She listened to the story with a grim look on her face, Ti-Vion it was finished she said: "Ruth, you were never no good at handling cases like this, and you must thines to me. I know all about v,a Th.-.rr.nsons and the Bromleys, too and I've heard a thing or two about William the Conqueror since I went to Michigan to live, xou just u of the fuss and let me settle it my C1"But you won't go to the deacon and call him an old Idiot?" protested the "I can't tell what I'll do. Providence generally takes a nana in k these, and I shall depend a good deal providence. We won't say a word to Mary about it." Providence didn't wait long before taking a hand in. December had come. Instead of being married on Christmas day, as the young couple had hoped for, they were as good as estranged. T3ron the house and the barn nond of considerable Z? thnnrh this had been wr- solid for two or three weeks, a recent south wind had gone far to weaken the ice, and the hired man had skirted tne pona i bj"b On the afternoon of the very next day after the story nna uu pmmlm came walking to- annrt cut across the fields, and when he reached the pond he ,t,r,e,i boldly on the Ice. It began v- and thnua-h a direct descend ant of Lord Bromley, and through him of William the Conqueror, the deacon didn't consider it derogatory to his dignity to mane i head of a barrel appearing above the ice. He dared not go back and he dared not go forward, and he shouted for some one to come auu """'T. -plank out on the ice to save his blue blood from being chilled. "My soul, but there's Deacon Brorn i 4nAinir on that barrel in the 1jji th roose pond!' ex claimed? the widow as she heard the shouts and looked out of the window. t- Tr-wir.nop." answered Aunt Salina, "and now you keep hands off. Providence and me are lmg to run .h-n- nt im hood and shawl and mittens, for the conversation may last some time. Five minutes later she stood on me bank of the pond, sizing the deacon up, and after a bit she sa d: "I am Mary's Aunt Salina, from Michigan, and here on a visit. Did you want to see any one in particu lar?" v "Why wny, as x w& ju- you know. I tnougnx i wui and ask for any letters James might have written." "And did James know you were go ing to ask?" "N-o I cn't say that ne did. I see a twelve-foot board there by the woodshed. May I ask you to kindly bring it here and shove it out on the l06"What! What!" exclaimed Aunt Sa lina aa she glared at him. "Sir. Z was "Yes?" "And how dare you, sir how dart a Bromley ask a Thompson to drag boards aronnd? It's an Insult, sir n Insult to our blood!" "I didn't mean It so. I didn't know I never heard that the Thomp son's had had "Had any blood at all, you mean, sir! Another insult! What do you think you are, sir?" .-i "You may have heard of Lord Bromley, of England?" queried the deacon, trying- to look dignified bt making a failure of it, as any man must have done, perched In the center of a goose pond. "Yes. sir, I have, and with good reason. He stole a norse from Thompson and was hanged for It!" "You you don't say!" "In the next generation two Brom leys were branded on the palms of their hands for cattle stealing. In th third, one of them went to prison for arson. He sought to burn down the castle of a Thompson." "Can it be possible?" "And in the fourth, fifth ftn4 six generations the Thompsons got to gether all their retainers and drove all the Bromleys out of the country, and the king rewarded them for it. Is it possible that you never heard that Lord Grassy was a Thompson f Doesn't history tell you that the Duke of York was a Thompson? Why. man, there isn't a noble in England today that wasn't a Thompson first. He had to be." "I I have been told that I de scended from William the Con queror," faltered the deacon, as he felt that he had lost his case. "But who was William the Con queror? When he landed In England it was the Thompsons that lent him money and paid his house rent until he could strike a Job. Deacon Brom ley, dto you want that board to get ashore on?" "If you please." "And Is It to save an Idiot or a sen sible man?" "Um! I think I would like to talk with the widow a little while. I didn't know, you know "No," replied Aunt Salina as she went after the board, "but you do now. It's Thompson. It's Thompson with a 'p. It's the Thompson family, descended directly from Adam and Eve, that have been making and un making kings and emperors and dividing up the earth for the last six thousand years, and are not througti yet. There's the plank, and now you come in and have a talk and get over your foolishness." The marriage took place a month later, and Deacon Bromley hasn't had a chance yet to thrash the genealogist who paid half cash for his board. (Copyrighted, 1908,, by Associated Literary Press.) HUMOR OF THE DAY Wife Do you like those beautiful sus penders I embroidered you, dear? Hubby Yes, darling they don't show when I am dressed. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Hear the story of -the shaky build ins? "Nope. What Is it?" "Oh. there's no foundation to it." Pio neer Press. Mrs. Black Nothing that mother eats agrees with her. Black Food seems to have human In telligence. town Topics. w i r. "Your husband is not a very practical man, is he?" "No," answered Mrs. Torkins. "His idea of economy is to save up money to bet at the next race meeting." Washing ton Star. "I broke a record today, word with a woman." "Didn't think it possible, happen V Had the last How did it "Why, I said to a woman in the car: Madam, have mv Ret" Phiia.inhi. Ledger. Knicker Why ham Jnnpx t?r voA 0. on his auto? Booker Because he furnishes the cases for the hospital. New York Sun. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. You laugh at Some nAnnla- -i t i i- laugh at you. The expression. "Thev say," has ruined many a man. Did you ever notice how hard it for people to get alone with nh other? If you should die. and find vow-naif a ghost, Is there anyone you would haunt If you must kill a human beinsr. kilt yourself; it will be the easiest way In tne ena. The shorter the hours a man works the more he howls about being taxed beyond his strength. Nine women out of ten understand their husbands. One man out of ten understands his wife". Every time vou do a thin that i. foolish, you fulfill the prophecies of those who dislike you. "He," the wife and daughters of deaf man always say, "hears a lot more than he lets on." Domestic note: Son's favorite m appears on the table a great deal of tener than Father's favorite. Did you ever in all your life have really good time? Isn't it a. fa that something always haonenx t spoil it? Nothing that is really needed in thi. World ever has the courage, the en terprise and the persistency of the dandelion. When women are sick, thev tn their husbands of their own accord how they are feeling; their husbands do not ask them. So many good things have been mala that it is hard for a man to say a good thing that has not been said a hundred times before. A woman who will tell the tmM. about the number of men who have asked her to marry them Is as rare as the man who doesn't exaggerate the number of fish he catches. If you have a friend who trfM funny, don't lose an opportunity discourage him. A great many worth. young men are spoiled by being en- vuuibsu iuuiuoo to db runny. From the day the children nl tie and are not satisfied because fath er doesn't keep a candv stnra the day of his death, there i criticism of him going on around home. It must be a terrible Fin.ri. write a sad farewell to famn friends, and go to one's death thlnk- .,sjf muurn. ana then ha brought back to life by the stomach pump route. ta There are all kinds of fao lng weak people strong; we wonde? that someone does not advocate sleVn as a cure all. We never knew ant one to get more of It than was S" for him, and half the tJZtZ world are really suffering for iZ want you to know that I Thompson before I married!"

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