The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 17, 1908

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1.4 ehe topisia daily jouiiiiEiroAY nvsinira, APIL 17, 1CC3. ITOPEM STiTE J0CRH1U 1 By FRANK P. MAO LEXIS AN. (Entered July 1. 1876. as eoond-clasx natter at the postoffice at Topeka, KaiL. ynder the act of congress. (VOLUME XXXV ...No. 102 Official State Paper. J( Official Paper City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 'toenta a -week to any part of Topeka, or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan pea towns where the paper baa a carrier Mratem. gy mall, one year 4S. By mall, three months.... J Saturday edition of dally, one year... 1.00 TELEPHONED "Susmess Offloe "Bttl JSJ Business Office Ind. 107 Reporters" Room ..Bell IJT Reporters Room In?- J Frank P. MacLennan Ind- W PERMANENT HOMB. Topeka State Journal building. 800 and 02 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. -New York Office: Flatlron building, at Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avesue and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building- Pau Block, manager. IfULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF TILE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of the (Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or Tanlzation for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeka. The news Is received In The State Jocr tial building over wires for this sole pur pose. Mr. Dust Is a prominent candidate tor mayor of Milwaukee. He has a namesake In about every town who Is Bore or less In the public eye. !A sudden gust of wind and a merry widow hat met in collision on Kansas venue the other day, and, doubtful though It may appear, the wind got the better of the encounter. It's now up to President Roosevelt to make good his threat to veto the public buildings bill as he said he would If the house of representatives 3id not make provision in the naval bill for four big battleships. Mr. Coburn's report on the condi tion of the wheat throughout the state Is mighty encouraging. Once again has old General Prosperity sounded over Kansas the slogan on the horn of plenty that everyone likes to hear. Mr. Bryan declares that he Is the greatest beneficiary of the work done fcy Mr. Roosevelt in that the latter has made the former's ideas "respec table." But being a beneficiary is something quite different from being an heir. Considering the temperature of the weather it would seem a trifle early for a community to get excited over a "mad dog" scare. But one such is in progress in Douglass. The folks in Butler county seem Intent on taking the lead in all things. If congress quits .on May 9, which Is the date that has been set tenta tively by the leaders for the final adjournment,- many things will have been left undone by the national law makers which ought to have been done. But thus it ever is. It will be hard work, indeed, for the city fathers of Herington to go wrong. A clergyman has been desig nated by the mayor as chaplain of the local legislative body ami he will open every meeting with prayer. We had no idea that affairs were such with the Herington council that a chaplain was needed. Nobody is much surprised over the Information which has been furnished Fred S. Jackson, the state's attorney general, that the lumber companies in Kansas are working under an ironclad combine. Lumber prices could never have been maintained at their exorbit ant figure if this had not been so. Mr. Jackson will probably use every effort to cut the tentacles of this octopus and the people will be ready to help him In all ways. The expected has happened. An nouncement is made by a representa tive of the local gas company that any action taken by the city council "In the way of reducing the gas rates as they were fixed in the original franchise granted to the company will be fought in the courts. It was hardly expected that the gas com pany would sit calmly by and permit Its rates to be cut without taking some vigorous action. Not much perspicacity was needed to foretell that the senate would never agree to the proposition made by the house of representatives for the cen tralization of all the pension agencies throughout the country in one large bureau at Washington. There was no need for such legislation and the ac tion of the senate committee on pen sions in frowning on the plan was the proper one to take. And that this ac tion has been taken is especially good news to Topeka where the. largest pension agency in the country is lo cated. Ohio has ever been noted for pro ducing all kinds of peculiar specimens of humanity as well as more than her share of great men, so there is really no cause for wonder over the rather extraordinary actions of an individual In her midst which have Just come to light. He was mayor of Enon. a small city near Springfield, until a few weeks ago when he resigned. It seems that for years past he has been a worship per of a wooden woman idol as an emblem of purity. The extent of the satisfaction he received from this sort of worship is not narrated, but it cer- talnly must have been of the peaceful order. To transform the dignified thirty fifth parallel of north latitude into a macadamized roller skate, pedestrian and automobile highway, to be con structed by the United States from the blue Atlantic to the Golden' Gate, via Newbern. N. C electric lighted, po nced and bordered with new Idea gar den cities, wherein no man nor maid shall break the eight hour law,' is the object of a bill which has been intro duced recently In the house of. repre sentatives by Bourke Cockran of New York. It is almost needless to state that Mr. Cockran introduced the bill "by. request." Unfortunately if this road is built it will run south of Kan sas. Still we will use our influence to have It" diverted this way. ON THE RIGHT ROAD. President Roosevelt's veto the other day i of a water power grant was no surprise, as it was in pursuance of a policy he had previously announced. The message accompanying the veto, however, more fully elaborated the chief executive's views on the subject. His refusal to permit congress to make permanent grants of valuable fran chises, without compensation or re strictions, is simply a part of his com prehensive belief in the conservation of the natural resource of the country for the benefit of the whole people. It' is a correct policy, too. It is not to be expected that it will meet the unqualified approval of predatory wealth or of the promoters who have come to regard public property as legitimate spoil. It need not be denied that utili zation of such resources by private in terests has developed much wealth in the nation and benefited many persons. But we have entered upon a new era in development. Cities demand com pensation for franchises in their streets; other civil divisions have ceased to aid the construtclon of rail roads by issues of public bonds. It Is proper that the government shall con serve what remains of the public do main and exact terms that will more largely benefit the people. If valuable rights are disposed of they should pay a rental that will aid in the improve ment of the public highways of com merce, or the reclamation of waste areas. Mr. Roosevelt has boldly taken the right road In this matter. HANDICAP OX RICH MEN'S SONS. The Hartford Courant says of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbdlt. who inherited 1 60, 000.000 and who aspires to expert- ness as a driver of English coaches "Alfred G. "Vanderbllt has money enough to be of some service -in his day and generation, but apparently it is his chief ambition to be a stage driver. Driving stages is a perfectly respectable business, provided there is public need for the stage to be driven; but it is a great social waste for a man having the Income of a lot of mil lions to do that work. Either the mil lions or the tastes of this young man are a clear misfit." That Judgment probably reflects the sentiment of this country concerning Alfred Vanderbllt and all other sons of rich men who are wasting their money and opportunities on frivolous sports and disreputable social adven tures. It is to be said, however, in Justice to some of the families who are Just now so conspicuous in the public press, that they have produced good citizens as well as bad ones. Cor nelius Vanderbllt, the oldest brother of Alfred G., has made a serious study of railroad mechanics and is the in ventor of an Improve locomotive. George-Gould is distinguished as a great railroad financier and manager, and we believe no scandal has touched ihm or his personal domestic circle. Helen Gould is known far and wide as a munificent philanthropist and a woman of the finest Christian charac ter. Peter Cooper Hewitt, son of Abram Hewitt and grandson of the founder of Cooper Institute, is a sci entist and inventor of great- distinc tion. These are notable cases of children of very wealthy men who have chosen to lead clean and honorable lives. There are others in public life, in fin ance, in manufacture and trade, in literature, in science and in the church, that might be cited. They are more than a fair offset to the idle, the prodi gal and the socially leprous who re ceive so much attention in the news papers. In pronouncing Judgment upon the sons and daughters of millionaires the worthy and honorable should not be overlooked. Their names never appear associated with the vices and follies of the Idle rich, and the general pub lic knows nothing of what many of them are doing. But, after all, youth and an unlimit ed bank account is a bad combination. A rich man's son has a worse handi cap on him than the son of a work ingman, other things being equal. HORRORS IN OUR PRISONS. A report published recently by the American Prison association is in effect an arraignment of the whole prison system in the United States. Two hun dred and ninety Institutions in thirty- seven states were visited and carefully Inspected. With a few exceptions it was found that all sorts of horrors ex isted which could not be Justified under any statute ever enacted. Prisons were hot-beds of disease, dangerous not only to the inmates but to the outside pub lic. The character of the food and the way of serving it were revolting and demoralizing. Overcrowding was a frightful evil. In Birmingham, Ala., 240 .men were found in 72 cells and 25 women in 10 cells. In Los Angeles 135 men were found in 88 cells. One person to a cell, the prison association says, is all that should be allowed. "It is a strong temptation," says the report, "to specify particular cities where terrible abuses exist; where lit tle children are kept In rooms with pol luted and diseased adults; where a poor insane victim of brain disorder howls all night in company with ruf fians; where an honest fellow, unable to pay a fine for a spree, is locked in with thieves. These are not pictures from novels; they are bald prosaic facts set down by eyewitnesses in an swer to printed questions." Imprisonment without occupation, the report declares, is a straight path to insanity. In 143 Jails the men pris oners have no occupation, while In 155 the women prisoners have nothing to do. The association is strongly In favor of labor colonies where persons may be taught in an intelligent way to lead better and useful lives. It favors keep ing prisoners until their reform is rea sonably assured, but it is insistent that where no effort at reform is made, the whole influence of Jails is debasing. In many Jails Influences for good are meagre, if not wholly lacking. Twenty six Jails do not provide any reading matter for prisoners. In eighty-eight no religious services of any kind are ever held. Undoubtedly American prisons need investigation and reform. journal mmtiES One of the world's greatest compos ers is chloroform. Call a man level-headed and he's pleased; but call him a flat-head and he wants to fight. Gas meters are like the works of some authors. They are easy to read but bard to understand. A snail may not be blessed with gifts such as man has, but It is wise enough to keep within its shell. When a person impressively leaves the impression that he is greatly impressed he may be properly called tactful. JAYHAWKER JOTS Starr, the Coffeyville bandit, is get ting in the Pat Crow class. It is said that he has been living near Coffey ville for a week and has attended a meeting of the city council and con versed with policemen on their beats, which was one of the pastimes of Mr. Crowe. If Cyrus Leland is elected governor he will be the first Kansas executive in forty years who has only one "given name." Nehemlah Green, who was acting governor for two months in 1868, was the last one. Before him were Charles Robinson and Thomas Carney. Sixty lives were lost In Pratt the other day.. An alarm of fire in the second ward drew a large crowd to the home of Austin Gebhart where a chicken house was all ablaze. The fire was probably caused from a brooder in which were sixty little chickens that perished. The fact has been fully demon strated recently that a woman reared in town will never make a good far mer's wife, simply for the reason that she can never learn to get down out of a wagon gracefully, observes the Erie Record. A town-reared farmer ess drove into Erie the other day with a load of hogs. After she had mar keted the porkers she returned to Main street, where she wanted to do some trading. She drove up to a hitchrack, but didn't make a move toward getting out. She sat tv 3re for fully fifteen minutes gazing ab stractedly down the street apparent ly waiting for something to happen, and she would probably have been sitting there yet if Providence hadn't intervened. A. dog fight was called at this moment on one of the side streets, and while everyone's atten tion was attracted to the scene of combat, she hastily scrambled from the wagon. The real, genuine far meresses never experience any trou ble of this sort. "An exciting Incident occurred at the Central school building yesterday in Miss Laura Baumgardner s room, which was nothing more nor less than the explosion of an ordinary and very harmless looking baseball," says the Neodesha Sun. "The ball was the property of Johnnie Biddle, one of the pupils, and he had brought it into the room and laid it down af ter playing with it at recess. The ball had become dampened and while lying perfectly quiet and undisturbed it suddenly burst with a loud re port, startling the pupils and almost frightening the teacher out of her wits. With rare presence of mind and a desire to protect her pupils from further danger the teacher picked up the shattered ball and carefully carried it from the room, fearful that it might explode again. It proved, however, to be of the sin gle barreled variety and did not shoot any more. The teacher and pupils were much mystified at the oc currence and at the appearance of the ball after it burst. The inter ior of the ball was of a substance re sembling India rubber, and the con tents had been violently forced through the thread wrapping; and horsehide cover. The boy sal a ne found the ball and is in no way ac countable for its interior construction of which he was entirely ignorant" GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Everyone can stand a little more than he thinks he can. "YOU have a trouble?" old women always say to young girls. "Why, how can that be? You are not married." What has become of the old fash ioned farmer who 'often said to his neighbors: "I know a feller who has a match for your horse!" We don't suppose there Is one 'per son in fifty who can tell the differ ence, or if there is any, between emi gration and immigration. Every man thinks tnat if ne man t have to stay in his home town and look after his family, he could go to some "new country" and make a for tune in the course of a year. Though men and women are sup posed to think a great deal of each other, anything you say against the women will make the men laugh, and anything proven against the men makes the women applaud. We have noticed that when anyone in a crowd has a little scandal to re late, it is not until the speaker is through talking, and all have had their curiosity appeased, that some one says something about gossiping being improper. An Atchison woman is writing a book of dreams, and every night she dreams a new chapter. She claims that she is inspired, and the neighbors who have seen what a poor house keeper she is, and have noticed how long the dishes remain unwashed, and the beds unmade, while she is gazing into the sky, think that something like that must be the matter with her. You think you have a auick head on your shoulders. What would be your nrsi move n your DaDy snould choke until it got black in the face? If a man should be stricken in a fit. would you leave him to die, while you ran for a doctor? Could you restore a man who is apparently dead from drowning? If a child should catch on fire, would you remember that a life depends on what you do at once? Is there anyone quick-headed enoup-h to do anythin" in an emergency, except scream for help T J X All 5 AS COMMENT SIX MILLION TEARS AGO. How little lifetime Is compared With the sween of time. Even the earth, which la so old the. figures are staggering, according to the Deal guesses of the scientists, is likely a Juvenile comoared to some other Irian ets in some other solar systems. Most of us are too busy with the present to give more than passing thought to the life that has past, but the men of sci ence, who devote years to such mat ters, glean much information that would be of interest to all if we had time to read It. This is brought to mina just now by an important dls covery in fossils close to home. Last fall geologists of the University of Chicago discovered the most perfect fossil remains yet unearthed of the plaecarpus abruptus, a large amphib ious animal of the Cretaceous age. The remains were found in the chalk beds along the Smoky Hill river in Kansas, out toward the Colorado line. The scientists figure this animal and its kind lived In Kansas about six millions years ago. Kansas was not a dry state at that time; on the contra ry, it was for the most part a sea. In which dwelt many strange and hideous reptiles. This platecarpus abruptus was about 19 feet long, and is supposed to have preyed upon the lesser life of the great Kansas sea, and, from its build, to move about with equal alac rity on land or in "water. To view the solid substance of the earth, and not the slow changes wrought by time, it is hard to believe that this state was once an ocean. and again a desert, and who knows what else beside!. But we are here such a little while. One year out of all the years: one life time of the many lives before and yet to come. Is so inslsrnificant compared with the reach of time and the age of the earth, -that the other wonder is that we see so much, that we do so well. Atchison Globe. AMERICAN EFFICIENCY. One of the most interesting indus trial developments in a long while Is the announcement that the Pennsyl vania railroad, and presumably others, are following the policy of refusing employment to foreign labor, says the Nebraska Journal. If the reports are true, and If there is no political motive behind the action, we have here a cur ious confirmation of an old theory. When American labor becomes worried over an Inrush of foreign labor it has been answered that American labor has nothing to fear from this competi tion, that American efficiency is as much more above the efficiency of the incomer as the iAmerican standard of living is above that of his South Euro pean or oriental competitor. The ac- Ition of the Pennsylvania road and the opinions expressed by Nebraska rail road managers bear out this statement- According to this the hordes of Ital ians, Greeks and Japanese that did the section work of the railroads in the prosperous past years were there sim ply because American laborers, native and assimilated, had work at better Jobs. Now that industry has slackened somewhat and American laborers are to be had for this kind of work, the foreigners are frozen out. The next question is, what is to be come of the workless alien left on our hands. Doubtless a considerable pro portion of these were represented in the heavy ?"emJgration reported by the steamship companies during the past fall and winter. Leavenworth Times. ORATORY AT THE CONVENTIONS. Denver loses by the fate of Bourke Cockran. For If Mr. Cockran is no longer a Democrat and that Is the decision of the leader of Tammany Hall he Is not eligible for delegate to the Democratic national convention. His oratory is well suited to large as semblies. His voice is strong. His ac tion is Incessant. His vocabulary is copious. His frame is big. He fills both eye and ear. On numerous occa sions, state and national, he has en tertained crowds beyond all other speakers present. His speech at Chi cago in 1892 in opposition to Mr. Cleve land was, while Ineffective, a memor able exhibition of his powers. But he is not for Denver this year. Chicago loses by the fate of Mr. For aker. Ohio has chosen her delegates, and he is not on the list. He, too, is an orator who shines in a swarm of men. His style differs from that of Mr. Cockran, but is notable for its Ulncl The state has probably not produced his equal as a stumper since the days of Tom Corwln. Not one of Ohio's big four this year is an orator, and the name of the man who is to place Judge Taft in nomination at Chicago has not yet been announced. Who are to set off the fireworks at the conventions? The texts at both Chicago and Denver will be inspiring. There is not a candidate on the Re publican list whose name and achieve ments should not carry a fine panegy ric. Taft, Fairbanks, Cannon, Hughes, Knox, are somebody, and have done things; and as for Mr. Bryan, he calls for the best nominating speech his party has in the shop. What Ingersoll did for Mr. Blaine 32 years ago some body ought to do for Mr. Bryan now. The peerless leader Is entitled to the peerless nominator. Washington Star. ON KNOWING THYSELF. In one of the French traits describ ed by Mr. W. C. Brownell in his de lightful volume the Frenchman has a distinct advantage over many typical ly Intellectual Americans. The French man of good sense rarely. If ever, at tempts to do that for which he is not fitted. "People do not do things mere ly from the love of them, without regard to their capacity for doing them," Mr. Brownell asserts. "Every lover of literature does not make verses. Every lover of the drama does not write a play. It is not in France a distinction for a person of particularly literary tastes not to have attempted a novel." While the inferences in the illustra tions given are exaggerated as that every cultured American does essay a novel or write verses it is still ap parent that we as a people have not that fortunate capacity for seeing ourselves as others see us. Perhaps one of our cherished traditions has weight in this deflected purpose where politics becomes Involved. Many a youth who has fine incipient abilities for business or mechanics learns early that he may become president, and, obsessed by this idea, enters the law or politics. A potentially good banker or bricklayer becomes thus a poor lawyer or a scaly politician. Indubi tably the admirable individualism and self-reliance fostered in our laws and Institutions does carry some such pen alty with it. We are, as a people, quite slavish in our devotion to such things as "the dollars of our daddies" and our ancestral political customs; but the occupations,- or vocations, and the fashions and temperamental cus toms of our forbears engender a spirit of revolt. Kansas City Star. j FROM OTHER PENS THE IMMORTAL. Since my soul and I are friends, I go laughing on my road; Whether up or down. It wends, I have never felt my load. For the winds keep tryst with me. And the stars share in my Joy; Meadow, hill or sky or sea, I create and I destroy. Hope or fear or bliss or woe Flits a shadow on the sod; Life and Death perpetual flow. Underneath them I am God. Smaller than the smallest cart. Larger than the moving Whole; One in the divided heart And the Universal soul. Silent, deathless, centred faat. Ancient, uncreated, free, I came not to birth at last. Universes are of me. Ellen Glasgow, in Harper's Magazine. Origin of Hospitals. Among the expenditures by states and cities, those for the maintenance of hospitals always meet with the nearty approval of the nubile The work accomplished in hospitals by boards of trustees and expert prac titioners or medicine and surgery can not be too highly praised. In populous cities thousands of individuals are cared for annually, and a very large percentage of the cases are handled successfully. Without these admirable establishments, thousands of the sick and unfortunate might very easily cease to exist. Since the earliest times there have been some sort of places which were designed for hospital work, although at first they were little more than shelters or cheaply built almshouses, In the Roman camps there was a medical staff to look after the wounded. Among the earliest hospitals on rec ord is that said to have been founded by Valens in Caesarea 870-80 A. D., and the one built In Rome by Fabiola. a Roman lady, although like most others of that and even later times both institutions probably were alms- nouses as well. The origin of our present hospitals is traced to the monastic arrange ments for the care of the sick and in digent. Every monastery once housed tne sick and convalescent. Almost the earliest record of the building of a hospital in England is in the life of Lanfranc, archbishop of canterbury, who in 1080 founded two, one for leprosy and one for ordinary diseases. In the eighteenth century London, between 1719 and 1747, estab lished five public and five special hos pitals. In Ireland, between 1726 and 1774 there were five public and three special ones established in Dublin, one in- Cork, one in Limerick, and in 1797 one in Belfast. Boston Globe. When Britain Fought for an Ear. Perhaps the most extraordinary ex ample of Britain going to war for "no reason at all" occurred in the reign of George II. One Robert Jenkins, an English mer chant captain, trading from Jamaica,' arriving in England in 1738, reported that his sloop had been boarded by the Spanish coast guards and that though no proof of smuggling had been found, he had been tortured and his ear torn off. All England flew into an uproar, "Jenkins' ear" divided parties and shook Walpole's ministry itself. The house of commons sent for Jenkins and he was told to bring his ear with him. The Incident grew into a crisis, though Walpole did his best to per suade people to' keep their heads; but the popular indignation was so great that next year the government was compelled to declare war against Spain. Pearson's Weekly. McKlnley's Face in Mirror. Many callers at the office of Gov. Harris within the last week have been startled by a reflection of the face of the bust of McKlnley recently Placed in the executive office, in the mirror over the large mantel as it is thrown toward the main entrance. The reflec tion is purely accidental, but it gives a side view of the face, and the soft light there, toned with the red shading of the mahogany colored woodwork in the vicinity, gives a flesh and blood appear ance to the features and such a silvery color to the hair as McKlnley's hair would probably be showing if he were still alive. It happens also that the view of the race of the bust shown in the mirror is the one which is most true to life, and the first unexpected sight of the face in the mirror causes one familiar with the office when Mc Klnley was governor to. wonder If he has been dreaming that McKinley is still alive. uolumbus Dispatch. The Population of Hawaii. A Hawaiian gentleman who is spending some time in Hartford dis plays some figures concerning his na tive country that are calculated to pro voke thought. The islands, he says, have a population of about 180,000, and of this number more than 60,000 are Japanese. Again, of the 16,034 Protest ant church members, 5,133 are Mor mons. "What do you think of that?' he asks. "One-third of our population Japs. One-third of the Protestants Mormons. Moreover, the Japs keep coming. The number arriving last years was 9,445. And again. Mormon elders abound. Hartford Times. Couldn't Say Positively. It was not in his public address that Senator Beverldge related this story. but at an Informal gathering of congen ial spirits. "When I was a boy at Adams county," he said, "Judge Blank was taken very ill. The doctor called regu larly, but the Judge kept getting worse. Finally the crisis came. The morning after the doctor called at the Judge's house. 'I hope your master's tempera ture Is lower than it was last even ing,' said he to the butler. ''I'm not sure about that,' replied the man; 'he died, sir, in the night.' San Francisco CalL Police Must Be Handsome. In Paris, they demand beauty in the police. It is a new idea credited to the prefect of police, M. Leplne, who has suddenly found out that handsome does who handsome Is, and very pro per, too. The average Paris policemen are a seedy lot- M. Leplne desires stal wart beauties. He has succeeded in making linguists of 21 specimens, which adds to the prestige of France, but it will be another matter to transform the men Into athletic Adonises. Bos ton Herald. Not His Friend. To the studio of an artist who has Just finished a pre trait cf a distinguished res ident of a neighboring city a friend of the sitter came to look at the newly- painted canvas. The visitor was uear- Mgnteu ara not parai-uiany wen ac quainted with studies. He wanted to see how good a likeness had been made of his friend. He kept walking nearer and nearer to the painting and finally put out his finger as if to touch It. The artist was getting nervous at tha approach of the finger to the paint and he asked the visitor not to touch the protrait, as it was not dry. The near sighted man put down his hand and walked to the door, turning only to say, "If It Isn't dry It Isn't my friend." And he walked out. New York Sua. TNE EVENING STORY Her Birthday Gift. (By Troy Allison.) The rarely used doorbell rang out an unexpected, rusty summons and Mrs. Jordan, engaged in putting the break fast biscuits into the oven, tilted the pan in her excitement until the care fully cut forms slid down to one end of the pan. an avalanche of dough. "Marietta, go answer that bell.", She thought Marietta had not noticed the episode of the biscuits, and she would not for worlds have the girl think there was a vulnerable spot to her stoicism, or that she owned to curiosity. "If it's a woman, don't let her In. for there ain't a woman 'round here that hasn't sense enough to know bettern to call before breakfast." Marietta, without waiting for the end of the monologue, had opened the door. "Here's a package for you," said the man from the station, grinning, and pointing to the small boy on the door step, "he's labeled to Mrs. Jordan, all right." The girl stared at the small figure in astonishment. Tm Ned and I'm a birthday present to grandma and I'm hungry," he said, with no recognition of the need of pauses or punctuation, raising very blue eyes to meet hers earnestly. "I guess he'll have to come in," said the girl in bewilderment. "I don't know anything about him, but maybe Aunt Ann does." Mrs. Jordan, waiting in the kitchen door, gave a gasp of terror when she saw the small face under the leather sailor cap. "Bobble!" she whispered faintly. "No; I'm not named Bobbie. I'm Ned die, grandma," the small hands clung around her waist. "Papa said you would love me and be awfully glad to see me." She sat down by the kitchen table and took the child in her lap. It was the first time she had ever been called grandmother, and she had never known there was a child. When Robert Jordan went to the city six years before to study bookkeeping, and, during the first year, married one of the chorus girls belonging to the "Froth and Foam Extravaganza," his mother's Methodist principles had re fused to acknowledge that she any longer had a son. His letters, unan swered, finally stopped altogether. There had been no word from him, di rect or indirect, until this small boy. with .the eyes and mouth of her own little Bobbie, called her grandmother. "I never -saw you before at all," he said, softly patting her cheeks with the cold little hands from which he had removed the mittens, "but papa said you would love me dearly, and that ev ery time you made cookies you would make me a large cake shaped like a doggie with currants for Its eyes. Will you, grandmother, pieaser Mrs. Jordan trembled from head to foot at the vision of another little boy of long ago watching her put the cur rants in for eyes. She could fancy his childish voice saying, "Mind, muwer. don't make him crosseyed." "Where is your papa?" she asked, unbuttoning the child's overcoat me chanically. ""Papa's gone away. He said he was going to stay with mamma and that I was to be your little boy. He sent you a birthday letter in my overcoat pocket. You do want me ror your utue boy, don't you?". His childish mouth quivered appre hensively at her continued silence. She left the letter unopened while she hugged him suddenly to her breast. "Yes, I want you for my little boy. I have wanted a little boy for years and years so terribly long," she said. crushing the words against his short. curlv hair. "Marietta, take the child upstairs and wash his face and hands before breakfast. He's all covered with train dust." she said, suddenly becoming conscious that the young girl had been standing silent in the kitchen door. Left alone, she looked at the letter long and silently. The years rolled back she seemed to feel with all the intensity of her young motherhood. She realized that the letter must tell her that her son was dead, yet the child, her child, seemed miraculously restored to her. Bringing her glasses from a corner of the dining room mantel sne opened the letter. "I shall not live to see your birth day, mother, but little Ned will be with you and you can't help loving him. His mother has been dead a year. The doctor says he will see that the boy gets to you safely and, mother If you will only love him and forget these last few years The woman leaned her head on the table, and deep sobs convulsed her. Marietta, coming down stairs with an immaculate little boy by the hand, saw through the front window some one who caused her to run hastily to the door. "Come to the steps a minute. John," she called softly. "I was afraid I wouldn't get the chance to see you today. I've determined to say yes,' even if Aunt Ann doesn't give her con sent. She seems to have a horror of people getting married. It's getting unbearable. I wanted her to say I might marry you but I'll do It, any way." John Terry's strong hand closed on hers convulsively. "Will you wear a veil and carry a big bouquet?" eagerly asked tne cnna, overlooked by them both. The man laughed good naturedly. "Hello, youngster, where did you come from? Yes, she can have the veil and bouquet, and maybe there will be a long train that you can walk be hind and carry Just like the picture of the princess and her little page. But who on earth are you, and when did you strike this town?" "I'm Ned Jordan, and my papa's name is Robert Jordan, and I've cpme to stay with grandma, and I hope you are well," the child answered with a polite timidity that caused him to rush through his explanations and wind up for lack of breath. Terry gazed at the girl meaningly. "So? The old lady has relented at last, has she?" "I don't think It's that," the girl answered softly. "I think Cousin Rob ert is dead. She seemed wonderfully affected and more gentle than I have ever known her." "Marietta!" Mrs. Jordan's voice called from the dining room. "Is that John Terry? Tell him to come in and have breakfast with us. it s awfully lucky to have a man caller on your birthday. I'm forty-nine years young," she added with a laugh that held a sob. "And I'm going to start In the fifties right. You might as well let John come on in. I'll bet he'll spend most of the year with you, anyhow." Terry. laughing, took tne girl a arm and led her to the dining room. "She s going to be married and I m going to carry her train for her, grandma." said the child excitedly. "All right, Bobbie; come sit in this chair by grandma, and let those two Deople that are so much in love with each other sit by each other." The child climbed into the chair and looked at her reproachfully. "I should think If I was your own "J1 '"fT0, wouldn't forget my name, he "Yes, Bobbie, a ear x mu die," she said, "bow your head now while John asks a blessing on my birthday gift" (Copyrighted, 1905, by Associated Literary Press.) PKifmnr1! wif Tnu haven't kissed me for a week. m rroressor taoBenxiyj jih 7 who is It I have been .kissing? Life. "May I ask what la your occupation, -i h hAurim nf th mmt ar rival. "Mv occupation replied the newcomer. "Oh, 1 m a scuiptor. "You carve marble, do yon?" "Yes." "Ah. I foresee too will be a valuable quisitlon to this table. Will you kindly come up to this end and carve this fowl?" London Tit-Bite. "In view of the hard times," said the spokesman of the delegation, "the church Is obliged to ask you to consent to a cut in salary." "Very well,", responded the suburban pastor, "the smaller labor Involved In the collection of a smaller salary ia worth consideration." Philadelphia Ledger. Soott Your friend Weed smokes so much he must buy his cigars by the hundred weight. Mott Well, he buys 'em by the hundred weight and the cigar dealer waits for his money.. Long Richleigh says he oould believe In no religion that didn't enlarge and broad en. Strong Quite so! But I fancy the Ideal, religion in Richleigh's view is one that would enlarge the eye of the needle suffi ciently to admit the camel. Dr. Griffin I must say the world Very ungrateful towards our profession. How seldom one sees a publlo memorial erected to a doctor. Mrs. Gollghtly How seldom Oh, doctor, think of our cemeteries. Stray Stories. Little Willie (looking in an algebra) What does "x" mean, pa? Pa It represents an unknown quantity, my son, like an ex-congresaxnan, for in stance. Chicago News. Ethel But, papa, I dont see why you should object to Perry Pink. He is such a retiring young man. Papa H'm! When does he retire at sunrise? Illustrated Bits. "John, do you love met" "Yes.1 "How much?" "Say fifty dollars worth, Martha. Mon ey is tight Just now." Courier Journal. "Now," said Mrs. Dresser, "don't you think my new hat is a perfect dream?" "Well, no,." replied her husband. "To be a perfect dream the bill attached to it should also be merely a dream." Phila delphia Press. "Pretty dull and monotonous out this way. isn't it?" remarked the tourist. "Not always," replied the quiet native. "By Heck! this countryll be stirred up purty consld'ble in a few weeks." "You don't say? Riots?" "No, spring plowln'." Philadelphia Press. "He lived In faith, dldnt he?" "Yes. by hope, but on charity." Balti more American. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. J A wise son overlooks a lot of his dad's talk. Some men employ odd methods in trying to. get even. It doesn't pay to spend money Just to show you have it. While any man can do wrong, it takes a good man to do right. Happiness consists of being less un happy than your neighbor. Occasionally an honest man tires of the game and takes up politics. Every time a girl builds an air castle she puts a different man in it. It's awfully hard to convince our selves that people who prasie us are liars. Before getting the best of it the average man gets the worst of it sev eral times. One of the things every husband should know is the way home imme diately after office hours. It is necessary to place some men behind the bars in order to Induce them to live the simple life. Once in a great while a married woman admits that she doesn't wish she had remained single. The average woman Isn't satisfied with giving her husband a small piece of her mind; she hands it to him in chunks. If Methuselah had been as wise as some modern financiers he would have owned the earth long before he was gathered to his fathers. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Press. It is no trouble for some people to look for it Even the fellow who has no end in view can see his finish. It isn't what a man wants, but what HUMOR OF THE DAY ut what nted. vlll love young 1 I didn't r he has, that makes him contented. When a fellow tells a girl he will her always she is sometimes enough to believe it, Nell "When I first met Olive' like ner at an." ueue "welL you know, olives are an acquired taste." "It's easy enough to make money." remarked the successful man. "Yes, the trouble is to pass it without getting caugnt, repuea tne counteneiter. The Cynical Bachelor rises to remark that married life is frequently one grand, sweet song, but with the hus band playing .the accompaniment. Tommy "Pop, what is necessary to be known as a philosopher?" Tommy's Pop "All that is necessary, my son, is to preach what you don't practice." Wlgg "So you admit that there was one time in your life when you really wanted the earth." Wagg "Yes; when I was seasick, a thousand miles from land." Blobfcs "Everybody knows he mar ried her for money. I suppose she is constantly throwing it up to him." Slobbs "Only in the shape of carfare and lunches." "I shall be glad when X am old enough to do as I please, said the boy. "And about that time you will go off and get married, so it won't do you much good, after all." replied the man. Wigwag "Your wife has a wonder ful mind. It seems inexhaustible.' Henpeckke "That's right. She has given me a piece of it every day since we were married and seems to have some left." REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. rFrom the New York Press. A nolltlcian can bet honest tifo t,. begins. A sure way to set Into a ,11armt 1- have a wife. A man's flniuwfa.1 t, 11 n l w somethine? to th fallow that k to him. else to do to be disagreeable he reads a uvwspaper iruua to yon.

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mm TOPEZA PAIL? SGJJZZJAL--r21DLZ SVHTIl.a, AITL 17, 1C5. OUT OFJIIE DARK Tax Assessors Bring Much Pro perty Into Light. Many Thousands of Dollars Worth Which Was Hidden. ONE MORE DAY OF THE Constipation Ruins Health You can't be constipated and healthy. Constipation Is the arch enemy of health. It canses more sickness than any other condition. It is the fore runner of appendicitis, blood diseases, skin diseases; it makes you more quickly liable to colds, malaria, pneumonia and fever diseases. It is far from the trifling; ill that many unthinking people believe it is. One often hears the expression, "I'd be all right if it wasn't for my stomach." Most assuredly. The majority of mankind would be in nearly perfect health if it wasn't for constipation or dyspepsia. Bat knowing its dangers the thing of next Importance is to fight it. The greatest foe of constipation is Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin. It was designed for that very purpose. Thousands of individuals and families are using it to fight the ailments of the stomach, liver and bowels. The cures it has made prove it to be a wonderful remedy in constipation even of the most obstinate nature, and every constipated person should use it and know from personal experience what it will do. Cured by Dp. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin I received a gun shot mund In M vkilt in the arm? which caused a partial riralyals ot the bowels sod from that time to the present I have had to use a laxative, have tried a great many kinds of medicines In that time but have never found any as efleotive or that has been as ntar natural as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. I have used Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and consider It Invaluable as a tonio and an aid to Impaired stomach and digestive or (ana. Your remedy promotes health and happiness and should be in every household. Gbo. o. Rankin, National Bank. Receiver, Washington. D. C. I want to say a word for Dr. Caldw l's Seyrup repsin. a wora is ui mat 1 can say for I cannot express all that I think ot your 1302. after a bad spell of kidney trouble. The doctor told me I could not live and I was in such condition that even the most severe remedies given me were a failure, but Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin entirely cured me. I wish to say to my friends that they should not fail to use Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. When I was taken sick I weighed 185 pounds and now weigh 170 pounds. Harbt H. Crawford. Decatur, HI. I have bad stomach troubles for twenty years and was in bad health when I com menced taking Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Everything I ate distressed me. I have ta ken three bottles of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and am still using it. I have no more pain in my stomach, have a (rood appetite, eat anything I want and work every day. O. BL Rickbtt, Assessor. Perry township. Allen Co., Indiana. Enclosed please find P. O. order In payment of my last bill, and yon may send me by freight four dozen of the Syrup Pepsin, fifty -eent size. Send this order at once, for I think they are eating it on their bread around here. S. H. Hons. Metcalfe. 111. lam recommending your valuable Syrup Pepsin to all my friends In this community and others that wish an invaluable remedy for dyspepsia and constipation. O. A. Fiscaaa. Ciudad Portirlo Diaz, Mexloo. Cured by Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin One can never tell what day some member of the family will become constipated or have indigestion, jaundice, bloated stomach, biliousness, sour stomach, bad breath, flatulency, lazy liver, weak stomach, sick headache or some other ailment affecting the stomach, liver or bowels, and then Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will be instantly needed, as it is sure to cure these diseases. It is sold under a positive guarantee to do what Is claimed for it or money will be refunded. It is easy to take because pleasant to the taste, is gentle in action but promptly effective, and entirely free from the griping so common in salts, purgative waters and cathartic pills, tablets or powders. It is for that reason the best remedy for infants, children, women, old people, invalids and others. Go to your druggist today and get a 50 cent or $1 bottle under the guarantee. Complete directions are on every bottle. FREE TEST takes It Send for it If you have any symptoms of stomach, liver or bowel disease. Gentlest yet most effective laxative for children, women and old folks. A guaranteed, permanent home cure. THE PUBLIC VERDICT: "No Laxative So Oood and Sura as OR. CALDWELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN." This product bears purity guarantee No. 17, Washington, P. C. Address PEPSIN SYRUP CO. tlO Caldwell Bldg., Montloallo, ill. TO BE NO LET UP. Judge Wallace Will Go Right on With Prosecutions of Sunday Workers. Kansas City, April 17.-Judge Will lam H. Wallace, of the criminal court, was well pleased today at the first conviction last night in a theatrical case growing out of his campaign for the enforcement of the Sunday ob servance laws of Missouri. "Judge Porterfleld's Instructions to the Jury In the case of L. A. Keller, the ticket seller convicted of violating the Sunday labor statute by selling tickets on Sunday vindicates my posi tion on the law and agrees with that f our supreme court," said he. Judge Wallace had been quoted as saying he would ask the grand Jury to Inquire into the work of the petit Jury that on Wednesday failed to find a ver dict In a similar case, that of Thomas Taafe, a ticket seller. 'The defense offered no evidence that the defendant, Taafe, did not work," eald Judge Wallace, "and the state had evidence that he did. Under these circumstances It seems Inexplicable ,liow the Jury refused to return a ver dict for conviction, unless some of them deliberately refused to obey their oaths." The cases of the other Indicted the atrical men will be taken up without delay, beginning next week, and ac cording to Judge Porterfleld, to whose division they have been transferred upon order of the state supreme court, they will be pushed to an early con clusion. In the meantime Judge Wal lace, the latter says, will continue to 1 seek the Indictment from week to week of others who violate the Sunday law. There Is to be no letup. STRONG AS A MULE Farmer Geta Power From Food. Anyone can better his condition. If eating improper food, by changing to the right kind. It is becoming well known among all classes of people In this country, that strength of mind and body come from the nourishment that is taken Into the system In the form of food. A cowboy whose stomach got all out ,of order on a ranch, went to farming and incidentally found the cause of his trouble and the way out of it. He writes: "I was raised on a cow ranch, lived like the rest on beef and potatoes, often eating too much, until my stomach be came so weak and I was so run down I had to quit the Job. "Then I tried farming but did not get any better. My nerves were all un strung and I could not sleep at night. A year ago I saw an ad. about Grape Nuts being such a wonderful food, and told my wife I was going to try It. "So I bought a box of Grape-Nuts and by the time I had used this food two weeks, the weakness began to leave my stomach. "Now I weigh 184 lbs., and am as strong as a mule. We eat Grape-Nuts for breakfast, and I also take some as a lunch between meals. I must say that Grape-Nuts is the best food there la, and nearly everyone in town, seeing my improvement, has taken to eating it." "There's a Reason." Name given by Postum Co.; Battle Creek, Mich. Read "Tha Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. johh armstuohg, Decatur, ill. It gives me pleasure to speak a good word for Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. For ten or fifteen years I have neither been dead nor alive. Stomach Trouble, Kidney Trouble and Constipation had almost worn my life out. I tried every remedy on the market. The best skilled physicians all over the coun try treated me. Thousands of dollars I had paid out for treatment My money was gone and my diet was raw eggs and crackers and milk. I could do no labor, was poor, hag gard and weak, but at last the remedy was found. Often I would tell our druggist about my trouble. He would always tell me, "Take Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin." At last I told him I would trust to him. so I commenced on Syrup Pepsin. Today I weigh more, feel better, and can do more work than I have for fifteen years. Patrick Gbskn. Alvin, IU. While not in the habit of recommending to my patients "patent medicines," the good qualities of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin force me to acknowledge its genuine merits and recommend it in all cases of Indigestion. Sour Stomach, and eructation of disagreeable gases and undigested food. J. B. Scott. M. D., Fayette. Mo. I was troubled with a dull pain in my stom ach for six months, and tried all the doctors in town and they done me no good. So I saw advertised Syrup Pepsin, and after taking three bottles was cured, and have never been bothered since. You can't make this too strong to suit me. Alfred Kbixt. Prop. Locke's Hotel. Waterloo. Ind. I have used Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin In both my own family and in my practice and state unhesitatingly that I have got better results from it than any other form of pepsin I have used. I consider It a most excellent preparation. I E. Covey, M. D., Savannah, Term. Thoss wishing to try Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin before buying can have t free sample bottle sent to their home by addressing the company. This offar Is to prove that the remedy will do as we claim, and Is only ooss to those who have never WORTH $2 A WEEK To Wear a Dress Suit at Work, Chicago Musicians Declare. Chicago, April- 17. Members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians Insist it is worth $2 a week more than the regular scale of wages to wear a dress suit. A demand based on this theory was embodied in resolutions adopted yesterday by the organization and will be presented to the Chicago Theater Managers' association. Both "first" and "second" class houses are included in the demand. The first class scale is $20 for eight performances, and the second class scale is $18. "It is worth $2 more to appear in dress suits at every performance," said President Winkler of the federation. "Laundry bills are high, and there is great wear and tear on the suits." TO CHECK THIEVES. Largo Users Will Have Xame Per forated in Postage Stamps. Chicago, April 17. The operations of a youthful postage stamp thief in Chicago, small as they were, have brought about a change In the fed eral regulations governing the use of stamps. Incidentally the boy who was instrumental indirectly in bring ing about this change in the law has reformed. Who he is probably never will be made public, as a machine manufacturer in whose employ he was, is guarding his identity care fully. It was some months ago that the unnamed boy was discovered sell ing stamps to a downtown confec tioner. Investigation disclosed that the man was carrying on a brokerage business in stamps which were stolen by office boys and messengers. Secret service men discovered there was no way of stopping the business or prosecuting the "broker." The confectioner declared he purchased the stamps at a discount and that he had no reason to believe he -was re ceiving stolen property. The attention of Postmaster Gen eral George Von L. Meyer was called to the case, with the result that a plan for identification of stamps used by big business houses was de cided upon. The plan consists of perforating the Initials of the pur chaser in stamps. By this means, it is believed, the theft and sale of stamps by employes will be stopped. Preacher Found Dead. Woodbury, N. J., April 17. The Rev. George W. Thompson, pastor of the Woodbury Presbyterian church, with a fashionable congregation, was found in a room in a hotel here today with a bullet wound in his head. It Is believed he committed suicide. A week ago his engagement was an nounced to Miss Fannie Kenworth a wealthy member of the church. Mr. Thompson was 45 years of age. No reason for the suicide is known. Big Salt Plant Burns. Ithaca, N. T.. April 17. The Inter national Salt Company's plant at Lud lowville, eight miles north of this city, was burned early today. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The plant em ployed 150 men who will be out of work. The fire is supposed to have originated from spontaneous combus tion in the vacuum tank. OFFICIALS SURPRISED Topeka Fortunes Undergo a Startling Increase. Will Probably Mean a Much Lower Bate. The old Arabian fairy tales of sud denly acquired riches are not in it as compared to the personal property which one of the personal property as sessors is discovering up and down the principal business street of Topeka, Kansas avenue. The genii whom Aladdin used to call up simply by taking down a brass lamp from the pantry shelf and shining It up have their deeds eclipsed by the work of this genii of a tax assessor who uncovered $1,050,000 of personal property belonging to twenty-three different people who last year confess ed to the ownership of only $250,000 worth. These instances were picked at ran dom from the number the tax assessor has already visited and leaves out of consideration the wealthiest merchants and business men of the city who have not been visited. If this average of personal property assessable Is maintained all. through the rate of taxation In Shawnee is go ing to be materially reduced. The tax of 5.30 of last year will be scaled down from one-half to three-fifths and prob ably will not reach 2.5. The man who owns real estate is go ing to profit immensely by the read justment of the burden of taxation. The man with real property could not tuck away his holding in the pockets of his coat or put it away In a tin box and bury it In the back yard, or possi bly in a stocking. The lever that is prying out all of this Information is section 27 of the new state tax law passed in 1907. The section says with a threat: "If any person or corporation shall knowing ly give a false or fraudulent list, schedule or statement required by this act, or shall fail or refuse to deliver to the assessor, when called upon for that purpose, a list of the taxable prop erty, which under this act, is required to be listed, or shall temporarily con vert any part of such property into property not taxable, for the fraudu lent purpose of preventing such prop erty from being listed, or of evading the payment of taxes thereon, or shall transfer or transmit any property to any person with such intent, he or it shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $5,000. Prosecutions un der this act shall be brought by the county attorney in the district court of the proper county, upon complaint made by any tax commissioner, county assessor, or deputy county assessor. "A fee of twenty-five dollars shall be taxed as costs in each case in which a conviction is had, and said fee shall be paid to the county attorney for his ser vices, to be taxed as costs in the case but in no case shall the county be liable therefor. Executions may be issued for the collection of all fines and costs Imposed under the provisions of this act." Section 29 says: "In every case where any person shall refuse to make out and deliver to the proper deputy asses sor the statement required under this act, or shall refuse to take and sub scribe to any of the oaths or affirma tions required, the deputy assessor shall proceed to ascertain the number of each description- of the several enumerated articles of property and value thereof, and for this purpose he may examine on oath any person or persons whom he may suppose to have knowledge thereof; and such deputy assessor shall make a note of such re fusal in a column opposite the person's Bad Animals The two-legged animal, man, can beat any other animal in the world, no matter how many legs it has. Arthur E. McFarlane, in this week's issue of The Saturday Evening Post, tells a good deal about the' business and how it is done. He tells how an Ohioan, named Rarey,'went to England and broke the wickedest horse that ever lived. He tells how Peter Conklin, of Barnum Bailey's, fought a lion for a piece of beef. He tells how Mrs. Gallagher spanked a runaway lion with a broom. And he tells but we're not going to tell you everything, because we want you to buy this week's SATURDAY Evening Post for yourself. It costs 5 cents at the news stands, or $1.50 the year by mail. Now on sale. The Curtis Publishing Company philadelphia Our Boars .Are EvrywHr Copies will be delivered to any address by LOUIS R. SMITH 627 Van Buren Stret, Topeeka, Kansas. G i i

Dry Goods Women's Salts The kind that sell at $25.00 in other stores $18.95 Women's Suits Priced at $19.50 on the credit plan; our sale rjrice $14.95 Women's Suits Tou who help pay the other fellow's bills are asked $12.50 for like garments our Easter price .$7.95 Lawn Waists All-over embroid" ery front our 86c ones Saturday for 50c Fancy Shirt Waist Plaid, black or white; lace or embroidery trim ming you.ge$.,two here for the price of th credit man's one 98c Net Waist Made over Jap sllk trimmed with medallions $5.00 garments, here .V. J .$3.95 Misses' Jackets Light colors and plain red; velvet trimming you can add $2.00 to your bank ac count If you buy a coat here $5.00 values ...$2.98 Women's Hose The stockings we sell at 25c, the credit buyer pays 35c for, 10c of which helps pay bad bills and office help. See our plain, lace and embroidered lisle hose, at 25c Sundries Fancy Colored Crepe Napkins, with fancy borders, carnations, roses, Jap figures, strawberries, etc., per hundred 19c 300 Boxes of Box Paper The 25c kind, in plain, linen and satin finish, special ..13c Lead Pencils Lead pencils with rubber tip, five for .....5c i S PAXTON name, and the cOunty assessor shall add to such valuation, when returned by the deputy assessor, fifty per centum of the value so returned." The above two sections of the law are printed at the top of the statement of the personal property left with each person by the assessor. The tax payer has an idea of what he Is going to run up against if he attempts to evade. After reading the above sections the following changes in personal property statements were made by citizens of the city: Occupation 1907. 1908. Merchant $18,000 30.000 Merchant 12,000 26.000 Merchant 1,000 7,000 Merchant 25,000 122.000 Manufacturer 37,000 162,000 Capitalist 10,000 55,000 Attorney 300 5,000 Merchant ..less than 17,000 over 60,000 Merchant 5,000 10,000 Merchant 2,600 13,300 Merchant 6,000 14,000 Merchant 10,000 32,000 Manufaceurer 10,000 56,000 A woman 1,000 87,000 A woman. ...less than 1,000 58,000 Merchant 2,100 11,800 Merchant 16,000 29,000 A wholesaler 1,500 21,000 Merchant 5,000 30,000 Manufacturer 4,000 19,000 Capitalist 8,000 36,000 Merchant 60,000 164,000 "In a few Instances," said the asses sor, "I find persons who had less this year than last. It always leads me to question them closely and as an ex planation I find that in a number of instances these parties had put their money into new buildings or had bought property." EAS Department Heather-bloom Petticoats A $2 value or your money back. .$1.95 Cambric Petticoat We sentries" at $1.25, and they are better than our competitors' at the same price tomorrow 98c r Silk Petticoats Black or colors $5.00 values our "Four Days Easter Sale" price..... $3.95 Nainsook Petticoat Trimmed with lace or embroidery the 60c you save here will buy you a stylish veil $2.00 value $1.50 Nainsook Drawers Umbrella style; beautifully trimmed if you buy them here, the 25c you have saved will get you a stylish tie 75c values 49c Easter Small Wares. Side and Back Combs A big variety at very special prices back combs with cameo settings. .50o Umbrellas There are $1.60 val- ues in the lot- our Easter sale price 98c Supporters Credit stores want 20 per cent more for the same quality to help pay losses) try a pair or, our satin pad, at 25c Handkerchiefs Pure, sheer lln--. en, with dainty lace trimming S5c in credit stores Easter sale price each 19a Children's Hose Medium rib, guaranteed black; all sizes, per pair 10c Women's Vests Long sleeve, high neck, full bleached our Eas ter price 25c Kid Gloves 16-button length, black, tan and white $3.00 values at ..$2.95 Silk Gloves 16-button length, black, navy and brown; double tips; $1.50 values .$1.25 Veiling Black, brown, navy and white; 18 inches wide, per yard lOo Veils Made of fancy net, bound with ribbon to match; 64 Inches long;: black, brown, navy and other shades 75c values 49c Staple Dry Goods. f-V Ready-Made Sheets Full sire, full bleached; worth 65c, each 47c Turkish Towels Double thread, large size; .15c values. .12o Percale 36- inches wide; light or dark patterns; 12 c regular ly, per yard 10c Bleached Muslln-lBetter than Hope, or your money back, per yard lOo Table Damask Turkey red,. S5o grade, per yard .250 Shelf Paper, In sheets of SO feet, in yellow, white, blue and pink, sheet 4o Special In Candy Italian cream candies, with soft centers, the 20c kind, lb lOo Envelopes XXX quality, 6 H inch size; regular price 5c pack; j 3 packs for 5c A ROLLER SKATE RECORD. William Robinson Goes the Mile In Chicago in 2:24. Chicago, April 17. All previous records fo the mile on roller skates were broken last night, when William Robinson, American amateur cham pion, did the distance in 2:24 which is three seconds faster than Ollie Moore's professional record of 2:27. The race in which Robinson set the new mark was in the final heat of a handicap affair, in which he started from scratch. Robinson passed the entire field before five of the eight laps had been reeled off. Left Her Baby In a Store, New York, April 17. As the clerks In a Fourteenth street dry goods store were putting away their stocks for the day yesterday, they were aroused by the wailing of a baby. Search in the nursery revealed a three-months-old CXXXXXXXOCXXXXXDOOCXDOOOOCJOO Fancy Full-weight COMB HONEY Per Rack.. 15c Ferd. Dreisbach Ind. 291-236 Bell 291 913- Kansas Avenue 00000000000000000000000000 R Men's, Youths' and Boys' Clothing Department umy two days lelt to Duy JbUrmshings. Have you seen our lines lortms season i If not you have missed something that's very interest ing to you. Men's Special Easter Suits,$ 12.50 If quality, style and price will cut any figure, we will sell every one of these suits before Easter. Tour special attention is called to all the new season's colors, new patterns, new styles; everything up to date we guarantee the quality. These suits are so finely tailored that other stores are glad to show same quality as extra $16 values. We certainly have the call on $12.50 suits in Topeka. See these values at ....$12.50 Young Men's Special $7.50 Suits We would rather show you these $10.00 values than tell you. The fabrics In these suits are made up with some very special colors and weaves, guaranteed pure worsted cloth. The tailoring, styles and patterns are Just the thing for the young man. Young man. if you want to save some money, buy a $10 Easter suit here tomorrow for $7.50 Men's Trousers We want men who are very particular about their dress r-we want to save you $1.05 on the best ready to wear pants, on the market, cut full bloomer or peg top style, new colors, new styles $5.00 trousers for. ...$8.95 Boys' Suits We will give you a chance to buy your boy one of our finest suits, in light gray or dark brown, new, up-to-date colors in stripes and plaids. Mothers, we want to say to you that these suits are extra fine tailored; you can not buy a better one in the city our $5.00 values for.... $3.95 Special Easter Furnishings We wish to save you money on your Easter purchases on Furnishings. New Merchandise at Saving Prices. Men's Easter Neckwear, 39o We have purchased the prettiest and largest assortment of neck wear for the occasion you will find in the city Four-in-Hands, Tecks and Clubs. This is our regular 50c line. Easter price for tomor row 39C Men's Dress Shirts Our $1.60 line for $1.00. Beautiful blue and cream Suoisettes, nothing better shown on the market. Congratu late yourself for getting such a shirt at such a price our $1.60 shirts for y j. .$1.00 Our Extra 60c Line of Men's Dress Shirts A fine assortment, light and dark colors this 50c grade for S9c Men's Fancy Lisle Hosiery Ex tra quality silk finish and the kind you pay 35c and 50c for elsewhere any new color you. desire for to morrow selling, for.'. .25c Shoe Department Women's Three-Strap House Slippers Plain opera toe,- light turn sewed soles; sizes 3 to 8, ex tra good values at. $1.25 ..Misses' Oxfords Soft vicl kid stock; blucher style, light, hand turn sewed soles; made over broad. ID) A fr,T7nTT 6th and infant girl who had evidently been forgotten by its mother in the haste of closing her day's shopping. The mother could not be found, but all the shoppers remaining In the store gave the infant more than enough atten tion, several of them offering to adopt it. House Detective James Gabay vetoed that plan and carried the Infant to a nearby police station, the captain sending it to Bellevue hospital, where it spent the night. Trade Wedding Rings for "Coke." Chicago, April 17. A baby's locket, given by Its mother in payment for cocaine to which she is a slave, was one of the exhibits in the Desplaines street court. Among other articles shown in court that had been paid to the criminals for cocaine were twenty wedding rings given over by women who are in the chains of the habit. Jim Hing, styled "king of the West side cocaine traffickers," who for the last year has been operating a cocaine "dispensary" as a laundry was fined $550 by Judge Wells as a result of the trial. Sam Kee, his partner, was fined $50 for keeping an opium resort. Llndsborg, 17; Ottawa, 9. Llndsborg, Kan., April 17. Beth any took the last game of a series of three Thursday from Ottawa uni versity by a score of 17 to 9. The game was played in a slow drizzling rain which was a cause for many errors. Bethany bagged twenty hits from Coe, while Ottawa was only able to get seven from Thorstenberg. -Carlson of the Swedes got a home run. The Bethany boys play Wesleyan university and Hays City next week. Batteries Thorsenberg and Carl son; Branson, Coe and Price. SAI your master oiouung ami i

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12 nu Ff petit c nn q lw illl-ll LLIll LMUUIS Bishop Millspaugh and Dean Kaje Differ. n Former Holds That Fast Is Oyer Saturday Noon. i Li Fancy Evaporated PEACHES (20c Yalue for pound 12 Jc IPresh Roasted Coffee, lb 11c Fancy Head Rice, 3 lbs. 25c Extra Choice Prunes, 3 lb. for 25c jHeinz Sauer Kraut, qt. 5c EFancy Small Sour Pickles, f per gal. -20c IGood Canned Corn, 4 cans for 25c SLarge can Salmon 10c JHeinz Vinegar, per gal. .35c Vhite Hoop Herring kg 95c EE F. O. G. Codfish, 1 lb pkg. for 20c SFancy Small Prunes, 6 lb 25c ood Breakfast Bacon, per lb. 14c fBest Yet Flour, High Pat ent, 48 lb: sack $1.35 Fresh Catfish lb ;20c ilPure Hog Lard, lb .11c 50c val. Imperial Tea, lb 29c Fresh Roasted Coffee, lb 15c or 7 lb. for..... $L00 Fancy Navy Beans, 6 lb. 25c Best Kerosene, per gal. .10c Fancy Large Dill Pickles, per doz 20c 25 lb. Best Granulated Sug ar, for. $1.00 (With a 15.00 Grocery Order.) FRASERBROS. C O. D. STORE Southeast Cor. 6th and Jackson Sts. Both Phones 600. J WASHBURN PliAXS TOMORROW. Will Meet Santa Fe Team on College Grounds. Announcement la made that there will be a baseball game Saturday af ternoon at 3:30 o'clock on the Wash burn athletic field between Washburn and the Santa Fe railway team. This game was arranged this morning, -when It was found that It would be too wet for the Washburn K. V. game today. The Santa Fe team Is composed of pome of the strongest amateur play ers In the city. The catcher Is Kitch en and Worsley and Robinson will do the pitching Saturday. The various factories have sent us expert demonstrators who'll be glad to show and explain the many Machines, Buggies, Separators, Paints, etc., carried by us. You ob ligate yourself in no way by attending this Grand Dem onstration It's to explain and educate, to show them up. BE SURE AND ATTEND THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES TO INTEREST YOU COME IN AND GET ACQUAINTED WITH US Western Vehicle Supply Co. 419-421 Kansas Avenue J. L. M0NEYPEMNY, Mgr. Our Easter Hats Our Correot in Style Unexcelled in quality, surpassing in good taste, and above all, they are becoming to the wearer. Mrs. C. H. Morrison TOO MANY SWEETHEARTS They Appear to Have Ix-d to the Suicide of a Preacher. Woodbury, N. J. April 17. This quiet little town was greatly shocked this morning over the sensational suicide of the Rev. George W. Tom son, pastor of the Woodbury Presby terian church and the subsequent developments which involved the names of at least three women of this place. Mr. Tomson was found dead In the Newton hotel today with a bul let In his brain. At first those who knew him would not believe that he had died by his own hand, but the evidence to that effect was so strong that at last they had to admit that It was only too true. But the sensation caused by his suicide was as nothing compared with the conditions that were developed when the clergyman's friends searched for a motive for his act. Now that the clergyman Is dead there are many stories coming out as to the life he led, but how many of them are true, it is impossible to ascertain. The sudden death of Mr. Tomson caused a great shock In Woodbury, especially in view or nis engagement to wed a Miss Kenworthy of this city. Mr. Tomson came to Woodbury from Clayton, N. J., about ten years ago. He built up the congregation of the church until it became one of the largest and most prosperous in South Jersey. Mr. Tomson was married a number of years ago. His wife died about a year and a half ago, since which time he has been living at the Newton hotel here. Miss Kenworthy was at her home here. when the news of Mr. Tomson's death was received by her. An effort was made to learn from her when she had last seen Mr. Tomson, but she was too much overcome by the tragedy to be seen. Through a friend, however, it was learned that there had been no rupture of the engage ment between the minister and her self and that there had been no estrangement of any kind.- When Mr. Thomson's engagement became known a woman who lived at the same hotel where. Mr. Thomson resided began to circulate reports in volving Mr. Thomson. This so aroused the women members of the church that on Monday last a delegation of the wo men of the congregation called at the hotel. There was a stormy scene and as a result the woman left Woodbury that evening. It is said by guests of the hotel that at the time of the announcement of Dr. Thomson's engagement to Miss Kenworthy, the clergyman and the woman in the case had a violent scene. She is alleged to have said that she would not permit any other woman to come between them. "He owes me," she Is alleged to have said, "all the love and duty belonging to a wife and I shall not permit him to desert me." It Is also reported that a meeting of Sunday school teachers held last Thursday night the woman, who was a member of Mr. Thomson's church, de nounced Mr. Thomson, calling him, among other things, "a hypocrite." Woman In the Case. Philadelphia, April 17. The woman, whose name Is involved in the suicide of the Rev. George W. Tomson of Woodbury, N. J., was located in this Grand Demonstration TOMORROW EXPERTS FROM THE FACTORY TO SHOW YOU Mowing Machines Cream Separators Deere Hay Loaders Buggies, Paint Every Person Interested in Farm Machinery Of Any Kind Should Be Here Tomorrow! city this afternoon. She is about 35 years of age. It was first reported that she had gone to the Pacific coast. When Informed of the tragic end of Mr. Tomson she was greatly affected. She refused to say anything regarding the affair, and hurriedly left the store at which she is employed as a clerk, without permission, to go home. FORGE HUMAN CHAIN Firemen on Ijeave Make a Thrilling Rescue From a Tenement. New York. April 17. Two firemen who were taking a day off made a thrilling rescue on the top floor of a burning tenement on Third avenue to day by forging a human chain from the coping of an adjoining house and swinging to safety George Delta, who had been caught by the fire in the hall way of the building. Delta woke from a sound sleep, startled and confused, to find flames coming up through the area way. He ran first to the front of the building, but there was no escaping in that direction and when he tried to go back was confronted by a sheet of fire. The young man again ran to the front window and screamed for help. The firemen did not have ladders enough to reach to the top floor where Delta was hemmed In. Firemen Dugan and Slthes were off duty, but were near the place when the alarm sounded. They climbed into the building next door and appeared on the coping which was several feet high. er than the window In which Deitz was standing. They called to Delta to climb out on the window sill.- Then Sythes crawled head first to the edge of the coping, Dugan holding his feet. Slowly and carefully the perilous feat of gain ing a swing so that Sythes could reach Deitz's hand was accomplished. Held fast by the firemen Delta let go of the window casing and for several mo ments the two men were swinging in midair 60 feet above the i pavement. Meantime Dugan was crawling back wards. He regained his feet and was then able to pull the two men to the coping. A great crowd which had gath ered In the street cheered the daring rescue. IN REBELLION. Up State Democrats Object to Rule of Murphy and Connors. New York, April 17. A conference of a number of delegates to the Dem ocratic state committees from various countries throughout the upper part of the state Is scheduled to be held at the Hoffman house in this city to night. The purpose of the meeting is to formulate some plan by which protest may be made against the re sults of the convention and the con trol of the state committee by the forces headed by W. J. Conners and C. F. Murphy. The question as to the right of the delegates from each senatorial district to elect a member of the state committee Is expected to be the chief point under discussion and it is possible that a method will be agreed upon In the endeavor to force a recognition of that right by the newly chosen state committee. Delegates from 26 counties are ex pected to attend the meeting. THE WEDDING SUPPER Dean Refuses to Permit Mem bers of Family to Attend. Will Take Place at Tope ha Club Saturday Evening. Bishop Millspaugh of the Topeka diocese and Rev. Jas. P. De B. Kaye, dean of Grace cathedral, differ over the Question as to what hour the sea son of Lent ends. The marriage Monday night of next week of the bishop's daughter. Miss Elvira Mills paugh to Mr. Chauncey Dewey of Chicago, is the innocent cause of this controversy between the two eminent churchmen of this state. The bridegroom-to-be has made ar rangements for an elaborate ante wedding dinner for the bridal party at the TOpeka club Saturday night, and has invited many friends of the bride's family and prominent Epis copallans, among them Miss Amy Nelson, of Iron wood, Mich., sister of Mrs. Kaye, wife of the dean. Now Bishop Millspaugh holds that the Lenten season ends on Saturday af ternoon, and therefore this dinner with Its elaborate and lavish details is in order, and no violation at all of the forty days' fast preceding Easter. Dean Kaye takes the view that the season of Lent fasting does not end until Saturday at midnight, and this dinner at the Topeka club on Easter eve will therefore be a gross infrac tion of one of the most sacred cus toms of his church. He has forbid den any member of his household from attending the supper. There is no apparent 111 feeling over this controversy between the bishop and the dean. Still, it Is an important difference of ODinion and complications may yet result. The Disnop stated today that In his opinion the fast of Lent ended Satur day, any time after the noon hour. The dean reasons from the stand point of a strict churchman. He stated that the Episcopal prayer book is explicit on this matter. The fast of Lent begins on the Tuesday night at midnight before Ash Wednesday and continues for forty days, except Sundays, and ends at midnight on Saturday or Easter eve. Not an hour or a minute before this time. The wedding supper, of the gallant Chi cago bridegroom is beyond the pale of strict church law, and no member of the dean's household will be allowed to attend. This was an ultimatum, delivered by thtf dean today. The dean stated that he did not be lieve that the bishop contended against the authenticity or propriety of a sacred custom that his church has observed for 18 centuries. Ha said the church cal endar will show exactly 40 week days from the midnight hour before Ash Wednesday and the midnight hour of Easter Sunday. It is likely that the bishop takes a lenient view of the mat ter, shared by many churchmen, who consider the Lenten fast so near ended Saturday night that a feast a -few hours before does not matter. But the dean believes that all strict churchmen held out for every hour of tne u days' last. It is possible that this wedding dinner tomorrow nieht may have influneced the bishop a little bit in the forming of his opinion. The only argument given by the bishop in support of his opinion was that Lent ended on Easter, and that it was the custom of the Jews, under sanction of their prophets, to begin the celebration of all days of festival the day before. The bishop reasoned that it would be perfectly proper to begin the celebration or faster Sunday on Saturday afternoon, and this celebra tion itself would necessarily end the fast or lent. It Is an interesting controversy and requires the splitting of ecclesiastical hairs to reach a decision. Profane history refers to Lent as the SDriner tide fast of 40 days before Easter. The Roman Catholic and later the Episco pal churches have observed this custom for 18 centuries. Catholic theologians contend that this fast is of apostolic origin, but the majority of the Pro testants claim that it is ecclesiastica in origin. The common opinion is that Lent was established as a prepara tion for the great anniversaries of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection and in remembrance of His 40 days' fast in the wilderness. In the begin ning this fast was limited to 40 hours, but was later extended to 40 days and even to 60 days by the Romans. Gregory the Great set the time of the beginning of the fast at the midnight before Ash Wednesday. In the early centuries the rigors of this fast were very severe. At one time only one meal of dry food a day was allowed. The Greek church still maintains these severe oustoms, and as a result the sep aration of the Latin church followed. The breaking of Lent has always been, and is yet considered a serious offense against the church. The offenders are regarded "as transgressors against the church." But one finds nothing in either pro fane or sacred history to decide at what hour the fast ends. Still, it would be presumption on the part of a lay man to dispute the arguments of so eminent a churchman as Bishop Mills paugh. The opinion of the dean, there fore, shall stand against it as that of a strict churchman holding out for every Jot and title of the law. Prom Just such disputes as this have arisen all the dogmas, creeds and isms of the last 2,000 years. There are too many of these now, so it is to be hoped that a compromise will be reached regard ing this wedding dinner. The possibil ities of this are extremely dim at the present time, but then all things are possible. In the meantime, does Chauncey Dewey, the debonair bridegroom from Chicago, realize the future ex tent of the dissensions he has caused in high places in the Kansas diocese of the church of which he is a member as a result of his efforts to be a good fellow? A wedding dinner is a simple and sacred custom when given to a few friends at the right time. The Chicago man was unfortunate in his choice of a date. Out of the happiness and in nocent good cheer of this preliminary feast to the brilliant wedding of the blshoD's daughter may be born dis turbing factors that shall flourish for years to come. Maybe not. The bride groom, the bishop and the dean are all standing firm and hoping for the boats Mar their hopes be realized. 707 Km. Ave, Topeka 1118 Main St. Kansas City, Mo. JOHNSON IS GUILTY. Han Who Killed Paramour Most Go to Prison for Ten Tears. A 0 OA tVi'a ofraiinAAn tVi A -fill"!? In liberation of just 24 hours, came Into tne court room ana announced inai they had arrived at a verdict. The fendant being on hand in charge of J-repuiy esneriir cunajr, auu ucuiauucu the verdict. "We the jury, find the defendant guilty of murder in the second de gree," read the clerk, ana a sister oi the defendant, who has broken down bovomI timoa nrttiff tYtt trial with real or feigned fainting spells, began to cry. A numDer oi me utiemiaia relatives have been in attendance since the trial began last Monday. The punisnmeni lor muraer m second degree is an Indeterminate sentence, ranging from a minimum of 10 years, to lire in tne penitentiary. It is understood that the Jury was tied for nearly 24 hours on the degree of murder, a few holding out for murder in the first degree. The defendant, Fred Johnson, is charged with murdering Mary Kim ball, a dissolute woraau wim muuxu v. ud Kir lr'oiriner and heatin-z her. Tho wnmnn lived lone enouerh after the assault, which occurred on the night of October 12th, last, to reacn the telephone, call Dr. H. H. Keith, and make a statement to the effect that Johnson had killed her, after his arrival. Last night at dark the jury reported that it had not reached a verdict. Judge Dana, Instead of dis charging the jury for the night, order ed the sheriff to provide cots and bed clothes, and lock the undecided twelve in their room. This morning at 10:30 the Jury poked vigorously on the bell, and the assembled multitude, consist ing of attorneys, relatives of the de fendant and court officers, promptly assembled in the court room to hear a verdict. The jury filed in, looking re markably fresh for a party of men who had been wrangling all night, and asked for further instructions on the technical meaning of "willfully." This seemed to Indicate, to the assembled attorneys, that the contention lay be tween first and second degree murder. The court explained to the jury that "willfully" did not mean that the de fendant framed up a scheme to kill the woman by kicking her, but that he kicker her, knowing what he was do ing at the time. Again the Jury filed out, some of them looking grim and determined, and others showing slight r.t fattciia. At 12 O'clock sharp another signal was heard from the Jury room, ana tne uuui ucjb um court met the "doubtful dozen" on the court roof floor. This time it was re ported, in substance, that the jury de sired to go out to lunch, and further deliberate on the case this afternoon. In the meantime Judge Dana had cor rectly sized up the situation, and or dered all other Jurors and witnesses in the Young liquor case to report Mondav morning. It has been discov ered that Bradford Miller, foreman of the Jury, assisted by three other mem bers of the Jury, are holding the other nrh f .ilT-nrt trt a standstill. Whether Miller and his supporters favor first degree muraer as a. veruKi, vi a, id diet of manslaughter too low to meet wfth the antiroval of the eight, is un known at this time. The instructions of the court left five verdicts for the Jury: Murder in the first degree; mur der in tne second uegree; man slaughter in the first degree; man- Why Not Drink Imported Coffee? Blend No. S per lb S5o S lbs. $1.00 Blend Ito. 10 per lb 40a Containing Genuine Arabian Mocha and Mandhling Java. These Coffees are in a class by themselves. Their superior quality and Individualness gives them a distinction not found in other Coffees. A trial order of either of these blends will con vince you that it's just what you have been looking for in Coffee. Sold Exclusively Here. CHAS. McCLINTOCK Tea Coffee-China 815 Kansas Avenue Ladies, don't forget when you are down town tomorrow looking for your Easter suit we are offering Every Wool Suit in the house,. (absolutely nothing reserved.) At 10 Per Cent Off the MarKed Price SATURDAY and MONDAY Not one old last season's style, but every one this spring's newest models. This includes our White Wool Suits. Spring Style 1908 JSK. JL. GROCERY Following prices will crowd our store again Saturday. Try us. We guar antee satisfaction. Moses Best Flour $1.25 Best Potatoes, per bu.... 0c i Good Hams, per lb ....120 Fancy Bacon strip, per lb 13c Dressed Chickens, per lb... ...16c Headquarters for Easter Eggs, Fresh Country. Two Dozen. .25 Cents Dried Peaches, fancy, per lb 10c Extra fancy Prunes, 3 lb 25e Good Prunes, 6 lbs. .25c Uneeda Biscuit, 3 pkgs 10c Ginger Snaps, per lb. .5c A Good Coffee, per lb. .10c MICKLE Phone 429 116 East WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE l-T:nni It gives the best service 1 i I ine money, is me piuuec ul buu dcitii,? m w. community, reaches four times as many people in Shawnee County as all others combined, has the exclusive direct connections with ov er 90 per cent of the local exchanges in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, Is a Home Institution consequently Identified with Topeka's Interest, and needs your support. Call Contract Department No. 1000 and give your order. THE TOPEKA INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. 812-814 Jackson Street. slaughter in the fourth degree, and ac t,ittai Th nrosecution made a strong case against Johnson, but failed to show premeditated murder, the foun dation ror a nrst oegree verutvi. uut seemed to make a good case of second murfi.r tia four dpcrrees were uegico given to the jury according to law; First degree, because the information so charged; second degree because the evidence warranted, and the two out side degrees of manslaughter, because they are statutory provisions. tvi. in Y-ir rofljraATTitipri At 1:30 this afternoon, and the court is hoping for a verdict before night. It Is the gen eral guess or attending aiiorneya tiiai the verdict will be murder In the sec ond degree POUCE COURT NOTES. tm, ;.t.ii .intirt HtirVpt will be oc cupied all day Monday with cases ap pealed from police court. All the de Ananta in th.H. psrm were found guilty in Judge Urmy's court, so the police are deeply miereneu in come, aside from the fact that about the -entire police force has been- sub on witnAAstAs in the different cases. Most of the defendants are charged with selling liquor contrary to law. Among these are Ed Hoss field, George Harrison, Andy Dupree, x M. etevsnsnn Rprthn. Woodell and J. E. Wldner. Clarence Toung was convicted of selling cocaine inegaiiy and Maude Humphries of conducting a house of ill fame. Judge Urmy is generally sustained In his decisions In these matters. Betty McCoy, who was convicted In police court some time ago on charge of selling liquor illegally, and who ap pealed the case to the district court. A deposit will bold any gar ment selected nntil called for. THE TOGGERY We are showing our new Spring Styles in Men's Hats and Furnishing Goods. Our spring line for this season is more nifty than it has ever oeen in the past. Tomorrow, Saturday only, we will sell a beutiful line of four-in-hands, blue, white polka dot, 50-cent neckwear, three ties for 1.00 THE TOGGERY 602 Kansas Ave. THE: Fresh Seeded Raisins, 8 pkg... 25c Tomatoes, 3 cans 25c Quaker Toasted Cornflakes, 2 pkgs. for 15c Egg-O-See, 2 pkgs 15o ANDERSON Sixth Street and the most service fori 1 .,1 became Insane last night, at least the officers thought so far awhile, but later it was learned that she had been drinking "Dollar Five" whisky, which explained her symptoms of insanity. For the benefit of the uninitiated it might be well to state that the brand of whisky above referred to costs $1.05 per gallon, deriving its name from the re tail selling price. It is as strong as mescal and has all the properties of nitric acid. G. E. Smith and W. S. Plummet, druggists, charged with selling cocaine illegally to Jessie Harris, a colored girl and dope fiend, were tried in po lice court this afternoon. NEW BRICK FLAT. One W ill Be Built at 1200 Kansas Avenue. A brick flat will be erected by Mary E. Cornell at 1200 and 1202 Kansas avenue to cost 14,000. The flat will face on Twelfth street. Oth er permits Issued are: George Moes er, dwelling, 314 Fillmore street. $2,500; dwelling, 1117 Pine street, A. A. Robinson, $1,600; dwelling, lots 234-236 Euclid avenue, H. C. Kurtz, $1,600; C. E. Olander, addition to dwelling, 200 Topeka avenue, $1,000. Mr. Stnbbs at Glrard. Glrard, Kan., April 17. W. R. Stubbs spoke to a large audience in the court house here last i evening. Between 500 and 600 people were present. Mr. Stubbs received a splen did reception and made many friends. fill I! ZI.Tdt T Y J

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