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

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EVERYBODY 10 PAGES NEEDS IT. EVERYBODY 10 PAGES READS IT. LAST EDITION. HEAVY RAIN FALLS Orer an Inch Is Recorded at ,t Topeka Station. At Abilene Precipitation Amounts to Fonr Inches. COVERS ENTIRE STATE Light Rains Reported In the Western Section. Was Badly Needed in Many Lo calities. Topeka and vicinity received the heaviest rain of the year between mid right and daybreak this morning, the precipitation amounting to one and fourteen hundredths inches. During Sunday another hundredth of an inch of rain fell, bringing the total precipi tation for the past 24 hours to 1.15 hun dredths inches the heaviest precipita tion since the 29th of June. 1907. The rainfall in Kansas this season was 2.16 Inches below normal up to the first day of May and even with the drenching received last night is about an inch below normal. The storm last night came under the "thunder storm" head and was accom panied by a brilliant electrical display though no damage is reported from this source. A light sprinkle fell Sun day morning and the remainder of tho day was free from precipitation though a light shower fell shortly after dusk. The heaviest rainfall occurred between midnight and one o'clock, followed by frequent showers until daybreak. The Indications are that the weather report from over the entire state will show a liberal distribution of heavy showers over the eastern half of the state with showers over the western section. The rainfall was badly needed In this part of the state where the wa ter supply has been low for the past few weeks, though the ground has been In excellent shape for plowing. Reports received at the telegraph of fice of the Rock Island railroad this morning indicate fine rains over the Nebraska division; heavy showers over the Pan Handle division; thunder showers over the Oklahoma division; electrical storm and hard rain over the Fort Worth division; heavy showers over the St. Louis division; a heavy rain over the Kansas City division; showers over the Missouri division and a heavy electrical storm and hard rain over the Kansas division. The Santa Fe telegraph department reports heavy rains over the Illinois and Southern Kansas division with now over the Colorado division though no snow fell over the portion of the Colorado division located in western yanam A heavy rain fell over the southern Kansas division during the right and showers prevailed this morn ing. The report Indicates a heavy rain over that section of the road between Kansas City and Newton and light rain Is reported west of Newton. The re port received by the Santa Fe from Abilene indicates a four inch rain and another report received from Navarre reports three Inches of rain at that place. Reports received at the govern ment weather station in Topeka at 10 o'clock this morning Indicate that the rain ceased falling in all parts of the state at 7 o'clock this morning, though the prospects are excellent for more rain today and tonight. This report Indicates that heavy rains have fallen over eastern Kansas during the past 12 hours, moderate rains over the central portion and light rains in the western portion. Baker, May 4. Two inches of rain has fallen at this place during the past 12 hours and the heavily clouded sky indicates more rain today or to night. Concordia, May 4. The precipita tion which has occurred during the past 12 hours has amounted to .76 of an inch. Dodge City. May 4. A light rain fell In this county during the night the precipitation amounting to .10 of an inch and hopes are entertained that the threatening conditions this morning will result in further precip itation today or tonight. Fort Scott, May 4. Ninety-two hun dredth of an Inch of rain had fallen In this part of the state since sun- down last night. McPherson, May 4. The precipita tion which has fallen so far has amounted to but .44 of an inch, though the forecast aa well as the conditions Indicate rain today or Tuesday. Manhattan, May 4. Nearly three fourths of an inch of rain fell in this part of the state Sunday night and the result will be a general benefit to all growing crops. Kansas City, Mo., May 4. All over the; central west and the southwest a arencning rain was experienced dur ing last night and m the early hours oi louay. xne rain was accompanied by severe thunderstorms, while a wind that at times reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour prevailed in some sections. Northern Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri. Kansas, Iowa and Colorado rasortea m iaii ox rrom 8-4 to 2 inches. Crops will be greatly bene fited. Osage City, May 4. One and twen- ly-eigni. nunareains or an inch of rain has fallen at this place during the past twelve hours and though a light sprinkle prevailed early this morning it was discontinued shortly r a a. m -iiy. iy A number of iigni mwwera xeii m tne vicinity of Scott City during the night the pre cipitation in town amounting to 12 f an inch. Heavy cloud to the belief that more rain will fall Sedan. May 4. The precipitation at this place during the past 12 hours has amounted to .68 of an inch and the sky is filled with clouds indicating Wichita. May 4. The indications r w pan or tne state has re Mtr4 a good fsneril rain during the MONDAY EVENING. night. The precipitation in 'Wichita according to the government weather station amounted to .78 of an inch. Toronto, May 4. This section of the state was visited with a series of heavy thunder showers during the night. The precipitation measured at 7 o'clock this morning indicated an inch and four hundredths, of rain. The following reports were received over the local and long distance lines of the Independent Telephone com pany in Topeka this morning at 11 o'clock: Richland, May 4. An inch and one-half of rain fell In this part of Shawnee county during the night and the heavy clouds in the sky Indicate a continuation of the shower period. Wakarusa, May 4. This section was visited by a number of heavy thunder showers during the night, the precipitation amounting to about an inch and one-half. Meriden, May 4. An inch of rain has fallen In this section of the county during the past 12 hours and the indications point to rain at any moment. Gfrantvllle, May 4. A severe elec-! trical storm accompanied by -a num ber of heavy showers visited this sec tion during the night the precipitation amounting to an inch and one-half. Dover, May 4. This section was visited by a heavy ram during the night, during which an inch and one- half of rain fell. JACKSON GOES SOUTH. Will See About the Labette. Joints in There is likely to be something do ing in the Labette county booze de partment, and that right early, for Attorney General Jackson went down there Sunday night, and is making some investigations wnicn win result in tearing up track. There was a whisky case tried down at Parsons recently in which it developed that the defense had in duced certain witnesses to leave the country, had taken other witnesses out and filled them so full of liquor that they were hors de combat, and had generally conspired to set at naught Section 2150 of the revised statutes which says: "Every person who shall by brib ery, menace or other means, directly or Indirectly induce or attempt to in duce any witness to absent himself, or avoid "a subpoena or other pro cess, or to withhold his evidence, or shall deter or attempt to deter him from appearing or giving evidence in any cause, matter or proceeding, civil or criminal shall on conviction be ad Judged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by imprisonment in the county Jail not exceeding one year, and by fine not exceeding $300." When this state of affairs was evi dent. Judge Clark, before whom the case -was being heard,' Instructed one of the assistant attorney generals who was present to bring the state of affairs to the immediate attention of the attorney general. And this is what caused Mr. Jackson to hasten down to Labette county. There are already two assistant attorney generals in that county, and one county attorney, but the condi tions there are said to be decidedly moist. The county attorney Is an ex Christian minister, but he seems to have failed to close the saloons. While Mr. Jackson is in Labette county and 'Parsons investigating the cause of the disappearance of witnesses, he may also make a general overhauling of the saloon situation, and find out why It is that the officers do not en force the law. Labette county seems to have only one serious handicap in the way of wide open saloons, and that is a dis trict Judge who insists that jolntists be treated the same as any other people accused of crime, and that they be given their rights, and nothing more. CURNICK IS SILENT. Refuses to Discuss the Southwestern Proposition. J. E. Curnick and H. M. Herbert who accompanied a party of Topeka nnanclers over the route of the To peka and Southwestern railroad to Council Grove returned in automo biles Sunday afternoon thoroughly satisfied with the results of the trlD Mr. uurnick maintains a sphinx like silence in regard to the financial phase of the proposition and refuses to discuss the question from this standpoint. He admits that he is agreeably sur prised at the prospects for a line through this territory but stops short when questioned as to what his report will be to the head office of the firm of Lamprecht Brothers and company in New York city. A meeting of those interested in the project will be held within the next few days and Mr. Curnick has prom ised at that time to express himself in regard to the feasibility of the proposition. The party stopped at every town along the proposed route as well as at many of the farm houses and Mr. Curnick was in this way enabled to form the acquaintance of many inter- estea Boosters ror tne line. ON MISSION OF PEACE One Reason for Tart's Trip to the Isthmus. Bogota, Colombia, May 4. The gov ernment of Colombia has reason to be lieve that the government at Panama is intriguing with Venezuela to de clare war upon this country. It is known that the occupation of Jurado, which is on the Altrato river, the boundary line between Panama and Colombia, has angered the Panama government. The occupation of Jurado was done on the advice of the Ameri can government which held that it was clearly within Colombian territory. ine attitude or. the government of ranama nas given the United States a great deal of solicitude. One of Sec retary Taft's chief missions to Panama is to try and adjust the matter. It is believed that the American snsi.n.., disapproves of the efforts of Panama to induce Venezuela to make war upon vF-i-; THAW JNJOURT. The Slayer of Stanford White Tries Once More To Secure His Freedom From the Law's Restraint. HABEAS CORPUS WRIT Brings His Case Before the Supreme Court. Will Make an Effort to Estab lish His Sanity. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., May 4 Tempor arily at least, Harry K. Thaw is out of the Matteawan hospital for the crim inal insane. As a result of today's proceedings on the writ of habeas cor pus brought in an effort to have him declared sane, he will remain in the Dutchess county Jail until the final de cision is handed down. The formal hearing in the case will come before the supreme court here next Monday. The adjournment was taken unon the request of the representative of the district attorney of New York county to give District Attorney Jerome an opportunity to appear in person to op pose Thaw's release from the asylum. In the meantime Thaw will remain in the Dutchess county Jail here instead of being returned to Matteawan. Thaw appeared to be in excellent health today, having gained fully 20 pounds In weight since his transfer to the asylum from the Tombs. One of the interesting features of today's pro ceedings was an announcement that Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, although she has brought suit for annullment of her marriage, will appear if necessary as a witness in her husband's behalf. The proceedings which began today were based upon a writ of habeas cor pus taken out at the instance of the prisoner, to procure his. release from the asylum. The writ was issued by Justice Morschaur. An interesting insight into Thaw's matrimonial affairs which have at tracted much attention since his re moval to-the asylum, was contained in a statement given out by A. Russell Peabody, one of Thaw's counsel, before the opening of court today. Young Mrs. Thaw who had sucha prominent place in the two trials other husband for murder and who has begun suit for the annullment of her marriage to Thaw, has -not seen her husband in more than two months. Mr Peabody said, however, that Mrs. Thaw has of fered herself as a witness in her hus band's behalf should her testimony be necessary to obtain his freedom. He did not know whether it would be nec essary to call her to Poughkeepsie, he said, but if he believed, it -necessary -as the case develops she ...will be sum moned. Thaw himself undoubtedly will go on the stand in his own behalf, Mr. Pea body said. He declared that the pris oner is willing to submit to any exam ination the court or the' district attor ney may desire as proof of his sanity. Mr. Peabody said he and Mr. Gra ham will oppose any attempt to have the case transferred to New York county, which It was reported Assistant District Attorney Garvan would make at the opening of the hearing. "We want the case tried in Duchess county," said Mr. Peabody. Thaw's place of confinement is here: the writ was made returnable here and we be lieve that the crowds of curious people which would be attracted in New York; can be avoided in Poughkeepsie. "We hold that the burden of proof rests upon Mr. Jerome to show that Thaw is insane. He has never been declared to be insane. Mr. Jerome's commission in the first trial adjudged him sane. The Jury in the second trial deemed him insane at the time he kill ed Stanford White." Court convened in the supervisor's room in the court house and as the ca pacity of the room is not more than 200 cards were issued to those admit ted. A score of women were among the spectators. Harry Thaw reached the court room at 10:45. He was in the custody of Amos T. Baker, acting superintendent of the Matteawan asylum and two at tendants. Thaw looked rugged and well and his color indicated that he has had plenty out of door life at Mat teawan. He took a seat at the counsel table with his lawyers and at once en tered into conversation with Mr. Gra ham, who is in charge of the habeas corpus proceedings. A private detec tive sat behind Thaw and was Joined later by Roger O'Mara, the Pittsburg detective, who helped in the prepara tion of Thaw's defense. Thaw' toyed nervously with his handkerchief while waiting for court to open. This was delayed until after 11 o'clock owing to the late arrival of Assistant District Attorney Garvan of New York. In court were Warden Flynn of the Tombs prison. New York, and nine or ten l other attaches and three chaplains from the same prison, who had been summoned by Thaw to testify as to his behavior while In prison. The opening of the hearing was de layed by a conference between District Attorney Mack of Duchess county, and Assistant District Attorney Garvan of New York. Dr. Baker, the acting superintendent of the Matteawan asylum was called into the conference at the conclusion of which Mr. Graham formally filed his writ and received from District Attor ney Mack his return to it. District Attorney Mack then moved that the proceedings be sent to New York county-Mr. Mack said he was informed that it would cost 330,000 to have the pro ceedings tried in Dutchess county. 'He thought it would be -bad for the tax payers of Dutchess county i the pre cedent were .established that cases must be tried here. Mr. Garvan said that the trial would involve sending commissions to Paris, Monte Carlo and other places in Europe to obtain evidence as to Thaw's sanity. He argued that the case should be concluded under the Jurisdiction where it originated. Mr. Graham opposed the motion. He contended- that the. proceedings should be tried under the statute in the Ju dicial district where the habeas corpus was made returnable. He said that the statement of cost of the proceedings had been exaggerated; that the func tion of the New York district attorney ended with the murder trial, and that the New York district attorney could appear only by courtesy of tho court ttOPKKA, KANSAS, SlAY 4, 1908. and the Dutchess district attorney. "To spend $30,006 would be a waste of the public money. It can be entire ly regulated by the district attorney of Dutchess county as he must audit the bills." v" Justice Morascheur denied the mo tion to transfer the -hearing but offer ed to sit in New York to hear the peo ple's testimony if both sides were to consent. Mr. Graham raised the question as to where Thaw should, be confined during the proceedings and. the court ordered him committed to the Dutchess county jail. Thaw smiled, with pleasure at the announcement, y- It was arranged to adjourn the proceedings to May 11, providing Mr. Jerome can be here on that day. After the relators' side has been heard. Judge Morschaeurr will sit in New York to accommodate Mr. Jerome and his witnesses. j Adjournment was then announced and Thaw was conducted to the jail floor of the court house. He is in the custody of Sheriff Robert Chanler .as the officer of the court.. -He will have a large room and his meals will be served from a restaurant. He can re ceive any visitors he wishes to see. EVANS ON HIS METTLE. Has Nothing to Do-With the Tucker One. .-V- Earl W. Evans, s attorney for the Standard Oil company.., is in town. When a reporter for the State Journal suggested to him that he was here to assist in the prosecution of H. H. Tucker of the Uncle Sam Oil company. to which prosecution the Standard is supposed to. be lending aid and com fort, he exclaimed: "If you say I'm here for that, there'll be a nght. Mr. Evans is a large, husky man, and therefore the reporter is forced to ad mit that the purpose of Mr. Evans' visit was merely to see- about the dlsposi tlon of tne Standard. Oil trust case which was called, for hearing in the supreme court today, a Concerning the -Tucker case. Mr. Evans said: "I never saw Tucker in my life. I wouldn't know the man if he should appear in this room now. And yet I have the honor to be the man about whom Tucker has had much to say; he has reported in. detail interviews which he has had with me, and all that. J "Further I might add that I believe I know every Standard Oil company of ficial of any great importance in the country, and in all my Intercourse with those officials, I have not heard one harsh or unkind word said about Tuck er or the Uncle Sam Oil company; I have not heard one word to indicate that the Standard Oil company wanted to hurt either Tucker r his company. And if there was any such conspiracy on foot to ruin the Uncle Sam company as has been alleged. think I would have heard of it. What does the Stand ard Oil company care about the Uncle Sam oil company it aosura to sug gest that the Standard would care whether the UneleSaro company was in existence or- not. i i-: ui CURES THE "STAGE STRUCK." The Children's Theater Is Proving to Be Useful in Many Ways. New York, May 4-The- "educa tional theater," or the children's thea ter, as it is popularly known, in which Mark Twain has taken so much in teresti is the best cure for the "stage struck" according to Miss Minnie Hertz, its director and organizer. "Many have come to us 'stage struck' you might call it," she said, "only following out a God-given im pulse within them which could be splendidly used for education and character development if properly di rected. We have tried to train them aright and have satisfied their long ings for the enactment of characters outside of themselves and not one of the 630 who have taken part in our plans has gone to the professional stage. "The educational theater is soon to become a separate organization from the educational alliance, with a new board of directors, and we are to have teachers to aid the youthful actors in their work." Five Letters to the Word. Lisbon, May 4. The international telegraphic conference was opened in this city today. Belgium intends to propose a modification of the pres ent system of counting words where by the existing distinctions regarding plain conventional and code language is to be abolished and a uniform word of five letters or five figures substitut ed. This proposition .already has met with strenuous opposition from the commercial interests of Great Britain and America. Much Warmer Today. The sun was shining in a half heart ed way at 2 o'clock in Topeka and the indications for the verification of the forecast were not as good as during the morning hours. The following were the temperatures since 7 o'clock this morning: 7 o'clock 51111 o'clock 58 8 o'clock 5212 o'clock 60 9 o'clock 54 1 o'clock 62 10 o'clock 56 2 o'clock 67 Kuoinjr a Revolution. Calcutta, May 4. The police are in vestigating the native plot revealed here yesterday to murder Europeans by means of bombs, and the more thor oughly they go Into the matter, the more widespread doee it seem. The authorities believe they are facing an attempt at revolution. A number of prominent Bengalese are implicated and sensational arrests are expected to follow. Carter Harrison In New Mexico. Las Vegas, N. M., May 4. Carter H. Harrison former mayor of Chicago is visiting New Mexico. Mr. Harrison has visited the territory before and Is in terested in the study of the history, archaeology and .ethnology of New Mexico. He is a guest at the Palace hotel, Santa Fe. Baroness Von Ruexleben Is Dead. Berlin. May 4. Baroness Udo Von Ruexleben, who shot and killed her husband and then shot herself in their chateau at Beddenberg. near Dort mund, May 1, isodead. ,L v. Fifty Autos on a Tour. Paris. May 4. Fifty heavy weight automobiles of all classes left" Paris this mornine for a month's tour of France. They are engaging in an in dustrlal competition under the patron age of the ministry or war-. TUCKER IN TEARS Uncle Sam Oil Company Pro moter on Witness Stand. Weeps as He Tells Story of His Struggle. WAS NEVER DISHONEST Kept Nothing for Himself in His Deals. People Resent Oppressions of Standard in Kansas.' Amid sobs H. H. Tucker, jr., secretary-treasurer and general manager of the Uncle Sam Oil company, told Sat urday afternoon the history of the com pany which has had such a checkered career. He covered the indictments that were returned against him and as he termed the determined efforts made to wreck the company by the enemies who were alleged to be fellow con spirators along with the Standard Oil company. His testimonv was in runlttv a rn1ta.1 of history and of the grievances of a personal nature which he held against muse wno nave been arrayed against mm m the fraud order proceedings. It oniy DroKen into at intervals by his attorney who permitted Tucker to tell the story in his own way. The latter would argue his position to the jury, defending himself against the testimony that has been presented by the government. He denied that he had ever intended to defraud by organizing the Uncle Sam company;" that he had always been inspired by the best of motives and that his interests had always been one with those of the stockholders. "If I had wanted to be dishonest I could have drawn $50,000 out of the company's treasury at any time and kept it with immunity under the ten per cent stock sales contract," he said with feeling. "Just as we were mak ing a success of the company a lot of knockers came around and tried to wreck it. All of the people of Kansas rssent the oppression of the Standard in the Kansas oil fields except the at torneys, both state and federal, whose duty it is to resent it." He gave a sketch of the organization of the Uncle Sam company, stating that the idea came to hnm through the operation of the Publishers' Oil com pany which had sold its product in 1904 and 1805 to the Standard Oil! company until the oil troubles of those years caused them to practically sus pend business, the Standard OH com pany through its subsidiary company, the Prairie Oil Gas company, hav ing boycotted -the Kansas fields. The Publishers' company was financially in a tight place, said Tucker, and as a way out he conceived the idea of a rival independent organization, the Uncle Sam company. He had organ ized this first with a capitalization of $75,000,000 and he had always been sorry since, he said, that he had not left It at this amount. He asserted that the apportionment of. 1.000,000 share of preferred stock in the com pany to himself was done solely in the interests of the stockholders, as a trust arrangement, to guarantee to the Investors that no outside ring or com pany would come in and purchase a controlling interest to the detriment of the original stockholders. Though he did not pay for his stock in cash, $11,000 being charged against him on the books on this account. Tucker stated tha he had partially paid for this stock by standing person ally responsible for the advertising bills at a time when the company had no financial standing. Peter Goebel, at present trustee, and a banker of Kansas City. Kansas, thought that the company if properly managed could pay a reasonable divi dend on the Investment provided the paraffine plant at Atchison and the pipe line were constructed. He stated that $10,000 in profits had been made from October, 1907, to April, 1908. He thought good markets could be se cured for the products in time. Tells of Dividends. "I honestly believed from the oil that was sold that we had earned that money to pay those dividends and I think so yet," said H. H. Tucker, Jr., who was again placed back in the wit ness chair this morning and continued there in the afternoon. "Though at the time we declared those dividends we didn't set aside so much money from the profits made by the company to declare dividends I knew that we were making the money to pay these dividends though it might not come Just that day from that place. If we Dut the money back into the treasury from the profits the next day I didn't see where there was any wrong in it morally and I don't see It yet either, "if we wanted to declare dividends lust to sell stock we could have declar ed a great Dig aiviaena oi au,vuu, wo had the cash. too. "I never did draw any dividend on tb treasury or preferred stock held by me. If I had I would nave turned it right back into the company because T was backing it up. Tffntlcea were sent out persons whose names appeared on Tucker's mailing iut durlne the management of the com pany asking these parties to return their names along wjth the amount of stock owned by them in preparation for a dividend to be declared. Tr n number of Instances parties re turned their names, filling out the blanks, who either represented their holdings as larger than they really were or who gave it that they owned st note when as a matter of fact they aia nrt Twissess any. "Why did you send out these notices or blanks? asked Wilson, Tucker's at torncy. "Why as a sort of advertisement. We tn it the people know that we s-nitisr to pay dividends," said Tucker. He stated that it was known at the office that these blanks were mailed to some that were not stock tnr the reason that they wished to make it known as far as possible that the compay intended declaring Ait and paying them. "I don't know of but two or three mistakes made that way," Tucker said rocarrl to the dividends which were paid to those -who had filled out slips when they should not have receiv ed the amount of the dividends paid, ai n,.t ti. Hn Irreeularly. Tucker brought up a big mass oi books used In the accounts department MONDAY EVENING;. of the oil company and he explained in detail to the members of the Jury how the check was kept on purchasers of stock, especially those who paid for it on the installment plan. "We re ceived t $300 or $400 a day from these kind of people. We did it because we wanted to let the people of moderate wealth have a chance to Invest in the company and many could not pay for stock except on the installment plan." He Has the Letters. "You have preserved all the letters which you received containing re mittance for stocks and bonds?" "Yes. sir." "Can your bookkeepers secure a record of all the money received in this way?" "I don't see how you could get at it any better in other way because the amount of money sent in is right there in the letters. Then besides we entered it into the cash -book and stock book, three absolute checks." F. Billingsley, bookkeeper. ex hibited an account of the company's business under the trusteeship, the report covering from November, 1907 to April 1908. He stated that the net gain of the Cherryvale refinery for that term of five months amounted to something over 17,000 in the way of assets to the company. Some of this consisted of stock being on hand at tne refinery- He stated that he had known Tucker for thirty years and that Tucker had always had a good reputation as far as he knew. Jno. W. Dale on Stand. John W. Dale, cashier of a bank at Clearwater, Kan., director on the new board of directors of the Uncle Sam Oil company had originally in vested in 30,000 shares of the com pany's stock, later he turned In this stock together with $1,320 in ex change for $5,000. of bonds of the company bearing 6 per cent interest. Prior to that he had purchased 30,000 shares In the Publisher's Oil company. At first following close on his first purchase of Uncle Sam Oil company he had stated in reply to an offer to sell more stock that he did not care to purchase any more' oil stock in Kansas. A letter was received by him in reply from Tucker stating that Tucker had the voting trust of the balance of power of the company and that with this understanding I Dale purchased more stock. He had never investigated the properties of the company but he did have implicit faith in Tucker. "Would you have invested if you had known that Tucker was receiving 10 per cent commission on sales of stock?" was asked. "Yes, sir." He had no objection to the amounts spent for advertising, nor did he find anything reprehensible, in his Judg ment, in the fact that Tucker had charged himself with $10,000 for 1.000,000 shares on the books of the company. He had not investigated the holdings of the company. C. C. Kincald. president oi tne Montgomery County National bank at Cherryvale, with whom Tucker board ed prior to entering into the promo tion of the Uncle Sam Oil company, stated that he owned 8,000 shares of Uncle Sam oil stock which he had re ceived in exchange for Cherryvale Central Oil company stock, .The. Uncle Sam Oil company-used his bank as a depository later on. Kincald could not tell whether the account was a personal account of Tucker's or. the Uncle Sam Oil company. TOO MANY SUSPECTS. There Will Be No Prosecution Portuguese Regicides. of Lisbon, May 4. The government has completed its investigation of the plot to assassinate King Carlos and his son last fall. So many prominent persons are either suspected or imprisoned that it is decided not to bring any prosecu tions. King Manuel when he takes his oath of office will grant a general am nesty. This, however, will only cover offenses up to January 30, the si nations occurred February 1. Although King Manuel has expressed his willing ness to pay to the treasury money ad vanced to the late King Carlos, the cabinet on account of present condl tlon of finances of the royal household, has decided to ask parliament to can cel these debts. Dr. Jose De Alpom, chief of the pro gressive dissidents, who has been thorn in the side of the monarchy. is believed to have made a deal with the eovernment by which one of his fol lowers will enter the cabinet at the earliest opportunity. The civil governor of Ldsbon has is sued orders that all arms in the pos session of private persons be surrender ed immediately. After May 5, any per son having arms in his possession with out the permission will De severely punished. HINT TO THE CHURCH. Prominent Banker Addresses a, Sunday Audience In Chicago. Chicago, May 4. "Of late we have had altogether too much denunciation of wealth, so that all wealth has come to be looked upon as predatory and its accumulation as somehow inherently vicious. Often, too, the church, I think, has been inclined to Join in this chorus. It Is time that it lead the way back to sanity and to a rational and ordered view." This criticism of what was termed the attitude of the church in giving countenance to the critics of the re nubllc was voiced last night by David O. Forgan, president of the National bank, in a talk before the Chicago CinHnv Kveninsr club. Th. nervlc was conducted largely by members of the Chicago Association of Commerce and prominent Dusinessmen embraced the opportunity to turn the tables unon their brethren of the cloth and give the church a few hints as to the proper note to souim m puipn ora tory. His First Business Trip. London. May 4. A great crowd gath ered in Northumberland avenue this morning to witness Alfred G. Vander Mit's start on the coach venture from the Victoria hotel on its first business trip to Brighton. The coach was heart-n-cr chirred as It passed down the ave nue. Reginald Vanderbllt and Craig W. Wadsworth, second secretary of the embassy in London, were among the passengers. Weather Indications. N Chlcneo. May 4. Forecast for Kan sas: Rain tonight and Tuesday. TWO CENTS. DROWNED 120. Ferry Boat Capsizes Crossing the BiTer Dnieper. Filled With Women and Chil dren Betnrning From Chnrch. IT WAS OVERCROWDED Became Unmanageable in Mid stream and Panic Ensued. Passengers Rash to One Side and Upset It. St. Petersburg. Mav a a boat on the River Dniener Mnni yesterday near Bykhoff, in the gov ernment of Mohileff. and 120 persons w arownea as a result. The boat was filled with peasants and their, wives and children returning from church. It was overcrowded and be came unmanageable in midstream. Th passengers got into a state of. panic and overturned the boat by crowding to one side. KNOCKS ON THE LIARS. Young- Rockefeller Makes Notable Address to Bible New York. May 4. Lo. this la the man that made not God his strength. but trusted in the abundance of his ricnes ana strengthened himself fn bis wickedness. v Taking the fifty-second malm a Ma text, John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. address ed the Young Men's Bible etas of the Fifth Avenue Baptist churenfor tha first time in several months yesterday. wis talk was regarded as one of tha rauet interesting no has ever delrvsred before the class, particularly aa he spoke at length on the accumulation of wealth and deplored the present day tcjiuoiiw-jf iu uouin power ana riches by not always legitimate means. "There is no sin." he anlil "In cumulating weaitn in honest and tegl timate manner and usinar that .t. rightfully. But this man, the psalmist spoons ui naa ia&en advantage of oth ers. Not only was he given to fraudu lent practices, but he loved evil. "He loved lies. A man who tells lies, puts upon himself the greatest possible burden. It is difficult to remember to- morrow the He told today. With the power and influence he must have bad this man was cruel and false at heart. I suppose that you and I are prone to envy him. We say, 'How splendid to appeals to us always. If a man can. ret wealth and use it for th hotter. ment of other men we must not be so particular about it. Perhaps he wax untruthful, perhaps he did crush others in building up his own position. The world overlooks these things. If that is our frame of mind let us hold our judgment in abeyance until we can look a little further at the picture pre sented to us.". Mr. Rockefeler than drew a picture of the need for men who make little j money but lead righteous lives; men who can always be trusted to do tht right thing no matter what happens; men with whom one's wife andchlldrea would be safe. SEE THE BIG TREES. Men of the Fleet Visit the Redwood Forest. Rati t a On in. OB.I- Km 4 TV.v I. the day fixed for the reunion of all the warships of the Atlantic fleet. The second squadron of eight ships will weigh anchor at Monterey some time during the afternoon and steam across the bay to Santa Crux. It Is expected they will join the first squad ron before 5:80 p. m. The Alabama with Admiral Sperry in command, will lead the way with Illinois. Kentucky, Kearsarge, Maine, Ohio. Missouri and Minnesota following. Admiral Thom as announced his intention of going aboard the Minnesota soon after the second squadron arrives. He will not lower his flag on the Connecticut, however, until Rear Admiral Evans comes from Paso Robles. Rear Ad miral Thomas' staff. Lieutenants K. G. Castleman and F. D. Berrien, will return to the Minnesota with him. The principal event of the day's programme of entertainment for the fleet was a visit of the officers to the Fremont grove of big redwood trees, six miles from Santa Cruz. Several hundred of the officers, headed by Rear Admiral Thomas, made the trip to the trees. A barbecue luncheon was served beneath the overspreading trees. Hundreds of school children were received aboard the ships during the morning hours. On account of the bad weather which has prevailed for two days, preventing the people from visiting the ships. Admiral Thomas announced that this forenoon would be set aside especially for the children. Accordingly he sent the launches from the ships to take them from the wharves. Before 9 o'clock the pier and street in front of it was crowded with children, who were taken aboard the vessels. UNTIL AFTER ELECTION Government Secures Third Continu ance of Appeal to Reason Case. Fort Scott, Kan., May 4. On motion of the government in the federal court here today the trial of Fred D. War ren, editor of the Appeal to Reason, was continued until the next term of court, which will be in November. This is the third continuance requested by. and granted the government. Mr. Warren is charged with sending "scur rilous, defamatory and threatening" matter through the mails. Heavy Coal Shipments. Pittsburg, Pa., May 4. Coal ship ments amounting to 844.000 bushels left here yesterday for southern points. Another shiDment of 500,00 bushels was sent out today.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATS JOUEtHLLIIOIID AY gVEHlKQ. HAY 4, 1S03. TCPERA STATE JOBRML. By FRANK P. MAO LENNAX. (Entered Julr 1. 187B, as second-class (natter at the poatoffice at Toptka. Kan. Mjucr mi act 01 congre. j IVOLUMH XXXV No. 115 Official State Paper. OlBcUl Paper City of Topcka. TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION. Catty edition, delivered by carrier. M nnu a vim to any part 01 -xopeaa, suburbs, or at tha same price In any Kan aa towna wkm taa paper baa a carrier By mall, one year --2 By mall, three months turoay edition of daily, one yamr... .w TELEPHONES. tarfoeaa Office Business Office Reporters Room Reporters' Room Prank P. MacLennan jnd. vn ...BeU STt Ind ft ...Ind. WO PERMANENT HOME. Tepeka state Journal buUdlnff. W and K Xansas avenue, corner of Elcntn New Tork Office: Flatlron building, at Twenty-third street, comer Fifth aveaua and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Offioe: Hartford building. asl Block, manager. iTUi LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member cf the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganisation for the exclusive afternoon publication In Topeks. The news Is received to The Btate Joot tial building- over wires for this sols pur pose. Wouldn't it be a great Joke sure enough on the old gentlemen if there was any truth In the report that young Stuyvesant Fish had eloped with and married Miss Mary Harrlman? T. I Lewis, the new president of the tTnited Mine Workers of America, calls arbitration a fad. It Is evident he has a few Ideas that are not along the ame safe and sane lines of those held by John Mitchell, who was the most uccessful president that organization ver had. A young New Jersey girl has sued Dr. Dyar, one of the federal govern ment experts on bugs, for $35,000 damages because he insists that her book "Mosquito Life" Is a .plagiarism. She is Miss Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitch ell. How appropriate, at least, Is It that a girl with such a middle name Should write a book anent mosquitoes. Why wouldn't It be a good idea for the police officers to revert to the old plan of driving the patrol wagon to and from the station on the side streets during the day time? It Is not an edifying spectacle for the crowds on Kansas avenue to see this wagon bowling along with an unfortunate drunk being held in It. Yale's football schedule for next fall hows but one game a week for a season of nine weeks. In times past the large colleges and the small ones too played a football schedule de manding two games a week, generally on Wednesday and Saturdays. The teams of some colleges still follow that custom.' It would seem that one game a week of this strenuous sport is enough for any team. When It comes to being painstaking In an endeavor to see that exact jus tice is done to everyone nothing on the face of the earth can equal the government at Washington. An Illinois widow has received a check for the whole of seventy cents which repre sents the money that was due on the pay of her husband for his services as a soldier during the civil war. This borders on the ridiculous. Easy, indeed, is it to now under stand why the Californians are so enthusiastically in favor of a bigger navy, with a big portion of it strung along the Pacific coast. Los Angeles folk has been separating: some of our Jackies from their money at the rate of $12 a day for a room, fifty cents for a bottle of beer and ten cents for a piece of pie, and other cityans along the coast have been doing likewise. Other states along the same lati tude as Kansas suffered considerably worse during the recent cold snap than she did. Kentucky experienced some heavy falls of snow in addition tojnuch lower temperatures than pre vailed In this state. So there is a chance for us to express thanks that the weather conditions were not worse here. If you don't think they were bad enough ask some who has an orchard. With the approach of summer and its warm days when thirsts are aggravat ed there also comes the epidemic of stomach trouble, under the name of in digestion, which is wont to prevail among Topekans. This Is evidenced by the way the reported sales of liquor by druggists are mounting up. If you don't know It, the only efficacious rem edy for indigestion around these parts, according to the druggists' books, is beer. There's some sense to the plan in stituted by Mr. Eaton, the chief of police, requiring the patrolmen on night duty to report to the police sta tion by phone once each hour during the night. It has been quite as hard for the officers of the police force to locate the policemen at night as it has been for ordinary cltisens to find them, and everybody who. has had occasion to look for one knows just how hard that is. Congress has made provision for an appropriation of $50,000 for the pur poses of the commerce commission In Investigating the books of the railway companies in the country to ascertain If certain portions of the Hepburn rate law are being complied with. Presl dent Roosevelt has let it be known that this sum will be entirely Inade quate. He suggests that it should be something all the way from $250,000 to $500,000. The chances are that this will be another case of not what the president wants, but what he gets. There is every evidence that the sentiment of the men who serve as Aurora la Leavenworth ha not changed on the liquor question. Twelve of them Just recently acquitted a man against whom some, pretty strong evi dence was presented that he had been the proprietor of a joint. This case was the first of a series of similar ones that have been set for trial in the district court there and in the prosecu tion of which the state attorney gen eral's office is participating. It Is probable that the rest of the cases will be set over until the next term of the court. TALKING ROOSEVELT AGAIN. Most of the political experts at Wash. ington are writing stories these days for their papers to the effect that many of the Republican leaders believe that President Roosevelt is gradually de veloping some sort of a plot whereby the Republican national convention will be forced to renominate him and he will be forced t- take the nomina tion. These writers insist that things are so shaping themselves, because of the inactivity of congress on matters of legislation that Mr. Roosevelt and the people demand, that the condition will devlop where it will become evi dent that the only man who has a ghost of a show of carrying out the Roosevelt policies which are so popular with the people Is Roosevelt himself. Therefore, they argue, he must and will be re nominated. POOLS AND PRINCESSES. President Rosevelt made no at tempt, in his recent special message to congress, to conceal his contempt for the particular kind of multimillion aire who is almost the least enviable, and is certainly one of the least admir able of all our citizens; whose son is a fool and whose daughter is a foreign princess." It is harsh language, but it is the language of Americanism. It is not the language of charity, but many have suspected that there may be times when charity is not the proper virtue to apply. Most of us know what the presi dent means. The possession of great wealth is not a crime. It is even al lowable to have wrung that wealth out of the people by clever business ability. But to use that wealth in such a way as to bring discredit on the country is criminal, traitorous. The man who lets his wealth so wreck him that his progeny is degenerate and there are plenty of such instances; he who lets his wealth be used to buv foreign titles and heartaches for his daughters instead of training the girls to love their own country and seek honest husbands at home and there are many such; they are to be condemned while they are to be pitied. They are to be condemned because their influ ence must be nullified. They are to be pitied because they are doomed to sor row, suffering, destruction and ob livion. They shall live dishonored. And doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from which they sprung. Unwept, unhonored and unsung. A QUESTION OP MOMENT. The honorable, board of aldermen of the ancient city of New Raven, Conn., have before them a very serious ques tion. It Is no less than that of de- terminirg whether roller skates are vehicles or overshoes. Under the laws and ordinances of that city, vehicles are not allowed on the sidewalks and there's where the puzzle comes in. Somebody has been complaining of children skating on the sidewalks with their rollers, claiming that the noise is annoying to their peace of mind, and that the things are dangerous. We do not read that anyone has been run over and smashed and otherwise dis commoded, but certain it is that some citizens have complained and the ald ermen are working their brains over time. If these skates are vehicles they clearly have no more right on a side walk than a beer wagon has, but if they should be classed as overshoes the sidewalk Is as free to them as to oth ers. What these city fathers want to do is to set their thinking machines to work and remember that children can not be grown-up folks if they would, and that they must enjoy themselves some way. "Such recollection," re marks the New Haven Register, "would vastly help in settling the contention. It might be remembered, and If not remembered, observed, that the live youth, in whose veins course the red blood of health, must go. Roller skat ing is a somewhat novel and highly attractive method of going. The rollers are inexpensive nowadays, and side walks are better than they used to be. Hence the popularity of the sport. The necessity that remains is to face the facts fairly, and let common sense set tle such contention as there Is. Un less practiced In the streets Itself the sport is not dangerous. The rollers do not hurt the sidewalks any more than do shoe nails. The skaters make a little racket, but not enough to hurt anybody. They do not seriously get in the way of pedestrians. And they have an overwhelming right to live and have their fun. They are annoying sometimes, but they cannot In this re spect compare with some older per sons, sometimes. Let them alone." To us It really seems like a trivial matter to raise such a bother about. In the crowded business section of a large city, where the sidewalks are always crowded with people, it may be all right to bar the roller skaters, but out' in the residence portions It looks absurd to say that the children hall not roll along on skates. Unlike those of the country, the children of the crowded cities have little enough space or opportunity or sport and rec reation, and it seems like unnecessary cruelty to shut them out from this, which is a pleasant and healthful ex ercise. Let them roll, we should say, and enjoy themselves in the years when enjoyment is possible for time will come soon enough when they will no longer enjoy children's things. The ordinary rollers, with the weight of a small child on them, can do no real Injury to a well built sidewalk, and the noise they make, unless It Is In the immediate vicinity of the sick, is not enough to Justify their banishment. And if the little folks are not allowed to enjoy themselves In this way they may find something far more hurtful and dangerous to occupy them. The New Haven City fathers should hold a meeting and solemnly resolve that roller skates are overshoes, and that they have a right to travel on the sidewalks. And the same practice should be permitted to maintain in all of the cities of the country. JOURNAL ENTRIES Some folks who wrap themselves tip in their own thoughts are in great dan ger of catching cold. There's good reason for calling a criminal crooked when he becames one by trying to make both ends meet.

The average man need not worry much about marrying a girl who is his inferior intellectually. There are few of them. It's hard work for a collector for a gas company to impress upon people the fact that figures do not lie. The highest exemplification of horse play is developed by a party of auto mobilis.ts who have to drag home a broken down motor car. If some lads told the exact truth they would confess to attending Sun day school for the simple reason thai their parents would whip them if they didn't. J AY HA WKER JOTS One Kansas paper calls it a kin dergarden. That's .near enough. The Spanish war veterans have or ganized a camp in Hutchinson with J. U. Brown as commander. The Jewell County Monitor comes out for another reform and declares that the men who express opinions should prepay the charges. In return for the Fredonia Herald's enterprise in putting in a typesetting machine the city council asked the editor to reduce the price of the city printing. J. P. Harris of Ottawa advertises that he wants to buy "a horse for a lady not afraid of automobiles." Why doesn't. Mr. Harris buy trie lady a touring car? Beloit's breach of promise suit has ended and the girl was given a ver dict for $2,700. The Beloit Times says the letters were spicy enough to suit the most exacting. The editor of the Logan Republi can remarks that he has been watch ing his strawberry patch and he fig ures that it won't be many weeks un til "we shall enjoy the 'fruit of our own vine." A prize of $5 was offered for the best "official motto" for the Concor dia Commercial club. The motto was limited to five words. The one adopt ed Is: "Pushing, Expanding. Growing Watch Concordia." A Rod and Gun club has been or ganized in Franklin county for the purpose, among others, or stocamg the streams with nan. This is one in stance in which no objection will bo offered to the stock watering. Oral Franklin and Gilbert Rawson of Driftwood, Rawlins county, killed a bona fide porcupine one day-last week. They have -the distinction of killing the only animal of its kind that has ever been seen in that county, ac cording to the oldest inhabitants. Bert Miller approves the proposed dramatization of "Three Weeks" since he has learned that Mrs. Glyn's pur pose is to bring out the moral lesson of the book. "If the story has any moral," he says, "the fact ought to be gotten to the public in some way," A certain kind of "fun" cost some thing when Squire Porter of Sterling fixes the bill. This was discovered by a local celebrity there who delved too deeply in the flowing bowl the other night. When the squire had assessed a fine and figured up the costs they amounted to $3$. "The Denver Express" is the title of a melodrama that is playing along the kerosene circuit. The Garnett Plaindealer's critic declares it will have to do a larger box office business than it drew in Garnett or it will beat the Missouri Pacific into the hands of a receiver. Three men were arrested near Wichita the other day for shooting a hen belonging to a farmer and then eating it. They insisted that they made their meal off a rabbit but evi dence was produced against them which made it certain that if it was a rabbit it was one of an unusual variety in that it must have had feathers on it. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. The onlv wav to win a Inwii1t la to keep out. Meanness In a hmr m ntan iiami. ops into worthleasness. No boy is thoroughly satisfied un less he owns a Shepherd dog. You alwava know what fenme non- pie will speak about when you see mem approacning: tne weatner. Country people have an idea that there is a town way of making mon ey that they know nothing about. a. woman-s laults may not be as bad as a man's we nAnrrt a man av the other dev. "hut thv -a nnif ao trying to him as his are to her." Some men are naturally meddlesome and do not know it. Look yourself ov er: ao you Dutt in, ana make yourself unnecessary enemies?. Men do not like to be bothered by women selling tickets. However po litely thev mav receive the wrmen they will fuss in private. A woman nan no ngni 10 worn ner inenas in the ticket way. Staying up late is not what it is cracked up to be. Tou are having more fun than anybody in the world if you can go to bed at 9 o'clock and fall asleeD the moment vour heart strikes the pillow. A great deal of the unhappiness m the world is due to the habit people have of expecting something that can not happen. The letter with money t 1 a taa il. uioi yuu are expecting cannot arrive because it was never sent. When a hflfhlrtr Hrl self, and lives alone, her housekeep ing uninci is so strong that she will have a little stove up In her room, and cook her meals on it, and enjoy her dainty housekeeping .immensely. But the minute she gets married, she wants to go to boarding. Society adopts a great many young men whose sisters it refuses to re cognize. It is not because the young men are any better looking, or any brighter, or amount to any more; it is because men are so frightfully scarce. Toung men never have to dance with young men at a party, the way girls have to dance with each other. KANSAS COMMENT HARD ON THU TrT tttct a via We get SOre On drafters who. rnma around and work ns for fifty cents or a dollar, and we -waste a whole lot of time aousing them. But when a poli tician comes and takes up -your time, and gets you out to go and hustle for mm, and make enemies, and when you He awake nights thinking about how you can get in your work next day for the fellow you want, and find a few v" w mm, you think your time well spent. As a matter of fact, the fellow who rom vaii a rQ Ira. rt ara n for a quarter that was worth only a na me' one who coaxed you into buying a book for a dollar that yu are ashamed to carry home, is a gentleman and a friend to you com pared to the politician who robs you of your time, and whatever influence you may have, and who talks to you when you are busy, and bores you when you are tired. The politician is the curse of our modern social and political system, and it begins to look as though the primary law has quad rupled the nuisance. Lawrence Ga zette. NEWSPAPER "TALK?" A. great deal of the "talk" one hears of trouble and other unpleasant things is without foundation in fact. And it seems certain newspaper correspond f f6 not above thls "talking" hab it. A few weeks ago -a story was widely circulated from New Tork to the effect that Frank Gould and his wife were having domestic difficulties, and that the wife would sut for di vorce. Some of the enterprising cor respondents even went so far as to tell what Mr. Gould had to say about the matter, and how he blamed it all on his being a rich man. It was said he was very jealous of his wife, which was the main musa th.i. ant relations. Now, an interview with the wife is being printed, in which she declares mem ou never oeen any trouble be tween her and her husband; that he has Slmniv rnna tn. nnt nn.i tt to rest up, and that he will return to his home when he is feeling better. Just now it is uncertain which one of these stories Is true, but the latter, DAtno ha m sanelkta 0 wa owiioiUlC aim UUUBCI VTL" tive, it is the most pleasant to believe. nv nrst one was proDaDiy started because some correspondent discovered a Gould family that had had no marital troubles, and thought that, being Goulds, they ought to. "Talk" la an nftAn e -A a. macsu u lu suit the talker's taste. Atchison Globe. FROM OTHER PENS THE UNTINSELED CIRCUS. The snanarle hnn hun t.vAn the cireuii- Tnm la Ha i--w ...m j u comes from the east. Color in plenty, but the glitter, the spangle, the eye- uuiiiiiuig, sinning raaiance or cos tumes are banished from the greater atrtrres-ationa. iliana ..a auus cu c WaU KJ the point of blasphemy. Who but one uuuci iuv mnuence or tne rever to blast vested rights would dare to in sult tradition in this way. Can these circus proprietors have any concep tion of what a circus is, or what it is for A tremendous give us for the small sum of 50 cents. oi a aoiiar, but If they think fua uii a aun nnisn as an imoroved artlr1 n e.vA.uua Bobjojijr they are mistaken. Trie public hatt ,c no man snow trusts. PossiblV thla la thA fl.r t.... iiac ui tnat disease caused by, a poison ner- uumio iLSBix many years ago. This, was the entrance of tum blers and acrnhata Ws.a n and evening clothes. They came to u.s1,,cm.c a. nuuier group or artists, men and women like Grecian statues, graceful and proud of their craft. And then came the fiytng lady, who did trapeze turns, wearing skirts and a sailor hat. And one season there was a ringmaster who had the Impui dence to appear with a short jacket and leggings. Now we have this gray shell of a nn-tim m. n.-t v Ljria- matic, picturesque paantry. One ur a revulsion, a puo lio protest that will hurt the "big boss" where he win aa1 n,t pm... shall we forget again tee hardness of mo Mais ana cease to speculate on why the west side of a tent can get so hot. We shall see once more th tinsled tragic queens of equestration, the cute, clever clowns and the spec tacular dash of the diving daredevils from Dahomey, specially Imported at enormous expense Cleveland Leader. LAWYERS AND CHARACTERS. The criminal recklessness with which lawyers often assail character through the medium of conventional petitions or affidavits is still, as it has been for many years, an almost incomprehensi ble fault of a profession that should safeguard reputation, not wantonly destroy it. For example, the attorney who, in a divorce petition, used the name of Miss Jutia Marlowe now ad mits that he has done the actress a gross injustice. Even the most care ful legal counselors may make serious mistakes, hut th B'a'Wb lUlllBB BOIU against the legal profession could not uc ma it aue re gar a were shown for the trutfli and nothing but the truth in Drellmlnarv stance the, attorney says: "After a viuser investigation and a more care ful sifting of the evidence, I am con vinced, that the source of Mrs. von Herrman's infnrmntirkn i vhnii reliable." Tet this source of informa tion was accepted by the attorney as sufficiently reliable to make a charge in a formal rnrtTt nafittAn brought not only the most acute mental uwirwis, out also serious illness to tne atress. The lawyer also declares that his client is entitled to a divorce "on grounds of which he was in Ignorance when he took the case." What do high-minded lawyers think of a member of their profession who WnilM TnfllfA BltoK niaMrAA AA 1.a.a without the closest possible investiga tion- ana tne most careful silting of the evidence, or without knowing all the grounds on which the proceeding could be based? It is no answer to say that lawyers guilty of such reck lessness or worse do not represent the profession. The fact Is that if the nrOfMillnn A wKnU AAA nA atAn.4 Aa such procedure if it would immedi ately aisDar mem'Ders guilty or mak ing loose charges against private char acterthese assailants of reputation could do little harm. Kansas City Star. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New Tork Press. J What a boy like about a bathtub is when the water won't run. No matter how big a girl's hat is a man can't get under- It without bump ing Into herlipaJ -f One of the hardest things Is fo tell a woman you love her In enough dif ferent ways to satisfy her. A nice thing about a vegetable garden is the money you would- have wasted soma other war If it hadn't Data that. SUMMERTIME SONG. The sun is so bright and the sky is- so otue And the grass is so green I am glad, aren't vouT The leaves are so thick and the trees are so talL There's hardly a thing that should fret us at ail. The days are so long and the nights are so blest With moonlight and stars and with pil lows and rest A boy should be glad, when in bed he Is curled. To live in this airy-day, merrylday world. The air is so fresh and the morning so fine I would all your thoughts were as merry as mine. The clover's so sweet and so Jeweled with dew. The dawn is so bright I am glad, aren't you? The songs of the birds are so glad as they play. The woods aTe so cool and so perfect the day, Let's march on and and on with a banner unfurled: "Hurrah for this airy-day, merry-day world!" The turf is so soft and the orchard so white With blossoms and buds, and our hearts are so light. Our joys are so real and our troubles so few. Our plans are so merry, I'm glad, aren't you? A blessing on life with Its health and good cheer. There's so much that's good I am glad I am here. Sun-splashed and moon-mellowed, sweet blossomed dew-pearled, Three cheers for this airy-day, merry-day world! J. W. Foley In the New Tork Times. Selling Baths In Paris. There is plenty of water in Paris and quantities of it are used on the streets by men with lines of hose made in metallic sections with flexible Joints, each section mounted on wheels. But it is almost Impossible to get water above the street level, and quite im possible to get any quantity of It hot under normal conditions. Only a few of the .very newest houses in Paris have water above the street level. This is true of hotels as well as of private houses, A hotel keeper may send up a quart of hot water to your room, but filling a tub would probably be be yond the capaoity of his establishment. Many Parisians bathe in big bath bouses, which line the Seine. In places these houses occupy a greater part of the river. But if a Parisian wants a hot bath at home he turns to the peri patetic bath tub. This originates in a bathing establishment of which there are many. The bath man, as he leaves this establishment, has two straps over his shoulders and he stands between the shafts of a two-wheeled cart. On this cart is a tank surmounted by a substantial bath tub, provided with casters. In front of the tank hang two large metal buckets and a yoke. The bath man' draws this apparatus through the streets to your house. When' you want a hot tub, you order one delivered at a time fixed. The bath man comes around with his apparatus, stops in front of your house, lifts the tub from the top of the tank, puts it over his head like a hood and carries it upstairs to your room. Returning to the street he draws hot water in the buckets, hangs them at each end of the yoke which he carries across his shoulder, and so conveys water to the tub. When the tub is full he retires and you take your bath. Then he comes upstairs, empties the tub by means ft his buckets, and carries the tub and buckets away. His passage through the streets is an everyday sight to the Parisian.- and arouses no comment. Technical World. V Tinker Earned His Freedom. George O'Rourke, a traveling tinker, who was sent to the Tombs by Magistrate Moss for vagrancy on February 1, was released the other day as the result of his sending a cooner kettle, made from a single cent, to Magistrate Moss. When O'Rourke was arraignea on January 13 in the Harlem court, Magistrate Moss gave him until February 1 to prove that he could support himself. O'Rourke had hard luck, and when the time was up he was sent for six months to the Tombs, where he became boss of the car penter shop. Yesterday Magistrate Moss got a letter from O'Rourke offering the tiny kettle, -made in off time, as evidence of ability to earn his livelihood. It is about half an inch high and well rounded and has a handle of very thin wire all in one piece and all hammered out of a cent. The magis trate decided that the tinker had proved his case and signed an order for his release. New York Sun. Poker Players Hid In Coffins. So "dead' game were twenty-two v. nn a nnlrap Alnn wna raided last evening that they sought security In caskets ana comn hid in an attic, and when rounded up, ail dust and cobwebs, they were a sorry sight. Norwalk is a morai piaue. wim bling is tabooed. That a poker club i ha tn amiIm at the Nnr- walk Social club was never suspected. but that is wnat mo bialc iuvoi Prosecuting Attorney Leo Davis, and .l i maIIaa fmind when thev III 1UWI Z-.-J" swooped down upon the place at mid night. Two dozen men were around the t ta liimned thirtv feet from a window into a pllce of ashes and escaped, otners Drone mruuKu wooden partition to P. B. Cavanagh s undertaking place and hid in the coffins. John H. Biaae, tne propnciur, fined $100 and sent to Jail for six .v. .wi. The nthprs were niuuuis i.iia fined $126 or $50 each and all paid up. Soutn xsorwaia uiavivu York World. America's Biggest Man. Calumet. Mich., claims to have the biggest man In the United States. He is Louis Mollanen, and though but twenty-two years of age, he weighs 442 pounds, but stands S feet 6 inches tall. Mr. Mollanen Is back in Calumet after extensive tours with various cir cuses, and Calumet gazes upon him dumbstruck. Louis Is, indeed, quite a boy. He wears a No. 18 shoe and a No. 8 hat, and the cloth required for a suit for him would make two for an ordinary sized man even a really big sized man. "Big Louis has stopped growing tall of late years, and while he is destined to get more rotund, he hopes that no more inches will be added vertically to his eight a MnllanAn will STO Out again next summer with a circus, as that is an easy anu occupation for the big fellow. Mil waukee Sentinel. Right Kind of Socialism. "Some of the female 'parlor Social ists might find a few hours dally in the kitchen good for what ails them. Washington Post. We agree with our esteemed con temporary's old fashioned idea that a practical knowledge of the home would be good for what ails a great many women nowadays. That is the kind of socialism that accomplishes something good without revolution. New Tork Herald, THE EVENING STORY The Mysterious Signature. CBy J. Ludlum Lee. r' "The modern bungalow is a delusion and a snare." "Suburbanites are an unneighborly. churlish lot." Thus did Harriet and Pierce Elklns respectively sum up their first month at Meadow Manor, where, on the ad vice of old family friends. Mr. and Mrs. 8am Rodgers, they had taken a pic turesque bungalow for the season. Harriet based her Judgment on warp ing doors and a shortage in kooks and other small domestic essentials, sum ming up with the announcement that when women turned architects houses would be properly planned. Her brother founded his criticism on the fact that the young woman whom he had nominated as the Meadow Manor beauty had so far ignored his very existence. She boarded .the 8:30 train with him five days out of seven and yet seemed to hold herself aloof, not only from him but all other mas culine creatures. She was a most competent young person and never gave him the least opportunity to do her a service. In his determination to make an opportunity for knightly service he ignored the iriendly overtures of other neighbors. At last Opportunity appeared on the horizon. Pierce had taken the 2:30 train home in hopes of getting a turn on the links to counteract the depress ing effects of falling stocks, and there, walking briskly ahead of him under the arching trees of the quaint village was the inaccessible beauty. And in the dust at the right of her dainty uplifted skirt lay a handkerchief. Pierce Elklns darted forward. "I beg your pardon, but I think you dropped this." The girl glanced, first at the man, then at the bit of cambric in hia hand, and smiled. "But I did not drop it." she said, and in verification of the statement pulled her handkerchief from her sleeve. Mumbling inaudible words of apology, Pierce turned down the opposite street toward home. Even golf did not im prove his humor, and the next morn ing at breakfast his mood had not changed. "Will you have two lumps?" asked Harriet as she was pouring the coffee. "Seventeen," growled Pierce. "Seventeen; all in one cup!" cried Harriet in amazement. "I thought you asked me the day of the month." explained Pierce. "Two will do. The fact is. Sis, I did not sleep well last night and my brain is befuddled. That blamed roof leaked again and the rain came right in oh my bed. I've decided not .to go to town this morning, but instead I'm going 'round to see our landlord and tell him what I think of him." "The roof over the kitchen leaks, too," said Harriet plaintively. "You might mention that also." "What's the heaat'a name". aaItaJ Pierce. "I really don't know," Harriet an swered. "The bills come in signed 'M. M., per Hock Hock.' "Well I won't bother Hock Hock, for they are like all agents," said Pierce. "I want the man higher up the owner himself. M. M.." he mused. "I bet his name is Mike Murphy, and I'll also wager that I'll rouse his Irish before I get through with him." "He lives in the little white bunga low on Maple avenue: Mr. Hock point ed it out to me," directed Harriet as her brother started on his mission. .Pierce soon-found the bungalow and rang the belL He waited a moment and then rang' again. He was in no mood to wait. From the hall inside a voice called: "Coming, coming." And she came! The beauty! Pierce gasped. He had evidently made another mistake. "I am looking for our missintr land lord," he explained. "I really don't know his name some Irish contractor, I'll bet, ashamed to sign his full name." "Sit down on the porch, won't you. Mr. She hesitated. The beauty would make no mistakes. "Elklns is my name Pierce Elklns and I fear I have made a mistake. My sister and I live in the little red cot tage on New street. I'm searching for our landlord name unknown, but methods atrocious. Really Miss Miss Now Pierce hesitated. "Markwell," she added. "This landlord signs his receipts 'M. M.,' and I'm after his blood," finished Elkins. "Won't you sit down?" again sug gested Miss Markwell and she deftly turned the conversation into more agreeable channels. The landlord was forgotten. "I wonder if your sister would like to know me," said the beauty finally. know it is my place to call but I rath er hesitated well for several reasons.' "Oh. I do wish you would call on Har. riet. She's a brick all right, and as lonesome as a stray cat. No one has called yet." "Well, I'll come over this afternoon while you are on the links," said Miss Markwell with some emphasis about the links. But when Miss Markwell called that afternoon it was Pierce who answered the beU. "You see I've such a fearful cold from that leaking roof," he explained, "that I thought I better stay home and nurse It." Miss Markwell bit her lip. "I do hope. Miss Elklns," she said, "that I may be allowed to see this much-talked-of roof while I am here. The fact is," she continued with rather halting speech "the fact is, oh, bother I'm your landlord." 7 Pierce took a firm grip on the table to keep from losing his balance. Neith er he nor Harriet spoke and the beauty was forced to cover the pause. "I'm the Terrible Turk.' I'm Mlka Murphy' alias Muriel Markwell, alias 'M M.' She seemed quite relieved that the awful news was out. "Well, I'll be hanged!" This from Pierce. "Who would think it?" This from Harriet. "You see, I built these four houses as an Investment with some money that father left to me." explained "M. M." "And now, Mr. Elklns, if you will come with me, we will hunt up a roof man and have the repairs done right away. I am tired of agents. I want to be an old-fashioned landlord and take good care of my tenants." She smiled an Irresistible smile. Monday found, the men at work, and "M. M." drooped In to see how things progressed. Tuesday morning she look ed for Elklns on the 8:30 train, but he was not in evidence. Wednesday it was the same story, and that afternoon Muriel thought she would make anoth er tour of inspection. Harriet met her at the door with rather a long face. "The celling fell in Pierce's room on Monday night and his arm is broken," was her greeting. "Oh. Miss Elklnsr eried Muriel. "I feel for all the world like a murderer at large. What am I to dor' "Suppose you come up and see Pierce. Perhaps he can suggest a way out of it," said Harriet with sisterly Interest. They found Pierce lying back In a Morris chair reading the latest issue of, "Farm Life." He made a very in teresting picture with his bandaged arm and his smoking Jacket thrown about his shoulders. "What can I say?" said Muriel as she reached forth a supplicating hand to meet his free one. "I don't know what you can say, but there's a heap of things you can do," boldly asserted the invalid. "Anything anything r cried Muriel. "Well, sit down for one thing," said -Pierce as he pulled a chair very close v to his. She sat down beside him, and -it was twilight when she left. It was a matter of comment in the neighborhood that Mr. Elkins nursed a broken arm for the longest time on record. When neighbors inquired oi the local doctor how the patient prog ressed the doctor shook his head and. smiled. "A serious case,' was his only com ment. "A very, very serious case." (Copyrlghted. 1908. by Associated Lit erary Press.) HUMOR OF THE DAY "Here, you!" growled the cranky man in the reading room, "you"vo been snoring horribly." "Ugh! heyf gurgled the drowsy one. "If you only kept your mouth shut," went on the cranky one, "you wouldn't make ao much noise." "Neither would you," replied the other. Philadelphia In quirer. The months were talking. "I al ways envy you," said June to Febru ary. "You envy me?" exclaimed the little fellow. "Yes." June answered, affecting that sweetness which drives the poets wild, "you are the only one of us that ever gets a day off.'"--St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Lovers once, but strangers now," sighed the romantic one. "Married Inquired the practical friend. Louis ville Courier-Journal. Mrs. Knicker Henry, why did you leave your shoes on the stairs last night? Knicker (dazed, but inspired) English custom, m'dear; left 'em to bo blacked. Puok. The Sergeant (in the discharge of his duty) What's yer name? The Prisoner Alexandrovltchowsklcs The Sergeant I axed yer name I don't give a domb what yer cable ad dress is! Puck. "Then you refuse muh?" hissed the foreign nobleman. "Yes," yawned the beautiful girl, "just a plain American beef baron or pork prince is good enough for me." Washington Herald. She He Is a person of perfect ease and self-possession, and is thoroughly at home anywhere. He Yes, he even has the faculty of making you feel a total stranger in your own house. Tit Bits. "Father," asked Rollo, "what is a financier?" "A financier, my son, dif fers from the ordinary business man in being able to make the government sit up and worry when his affairs do not go right." Wasp. "Well," remarked the man who fa vored a greater navy, "that recent war in the east was a great lesson to us." "That's what!" replied the plain citi zen. "I've learned a lot of new names that I never knew were In the geographies." Philadelphia Press,. Nameless But All Right. "What play did you see?" asked the amiable mistress of her maid, who- had been taken by her best young man to the theater the evening before. "They didn't tell the name of It." returned the maid. "It said on the outside of the theater that it was 'as you like it, and I did like it, but I don't know the name." New York Times, Guarding Against Error. Assistant (to country editor) How's this obitu ary? Editor Why, it's my own. "Yes. That Haskins chap the dead shot was in here yesterday looking for you with a gun, and I thought If anything should happen you might like to cor rect the proofs before hand." Life. Poor Chap! Visitor Do you find it economical to do your own cooking? Young Wife Oh, yes; my husband doesn't eat half as much as when we had a cook. Comic Cuts. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Trouble soon pines away and dies if neglected. Sometimes there is trouble brewing in a brewery. Many a homely womaif has posed as a beauty specialist. It is possible to acquire a round sum in a square deal. Woman's tears and a dog's limp are not always what they seem. It doesn't do much good to talk to the average man for his own good. Some men think they know enough if they know where they can borrow money. Honesty is the best policy, but too many people fall to iteep the pre miums paid up. A woman Is never satisfied with herself until she has put it all over her neighbor in some way. Life is merely a game of chance and fate seems to have stacked the cards against most of us. Nothing Jolts a narrow-minded man more than being forced to admit that he Is In the wrong. The world says only good things about men who are dead but not about those who are dead broke. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Buy words "How much?" Push Is a good weapon, but pull kills more game. Some fellows never make a stand until they can't run any farther. The mere doing of one's duty doesn't entitle one to strike an at titude. Some girls fish for husbands, and some buy them in the market. Dars to do right and you will soon have a reputation for being poor but honest. You can give some peoola a nfac of your mind without improving them mentally. When a woman begins to wrinkid you cant convince her that her lines are cast in pleasant places. After a man has reaped hia a-oirtan harvest it is easy enough for him to preach the doctrine of making hay while the sun shines. Tommy Pop. what la the tv.. man at a wedding?" Tommy's Pop "The best man at a wedding, my son -is the one who isn't gettina married." Sillicus "Here's a Dlece In thA per about man out west trading his -wife for an automobile." Oynlcua-. "That's a good bit like Jumirfnsi fresm the frying pan into to ftrsj,

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