The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 14, 1908

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EVERYBODY j 20 PAGES NEEDS IT. j LAST .EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBEK 14, 1908. SATURDAY EVENING. FIVE CENTS. EVERYBODY C 20 PAGES READS IT. J C- TV;. ALEXISIS DEAD Russian Grand Duke, Who Visit ed Topeka, Passes Away. Tictim of Pneumonia at Home in Paris. WAS -UEKE I 1S72. Entertained by City Maj. An derson Grand Marshal. Harks Were Borrowed From Atchison and Leavenworth. Paris, Nov. 14. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, uncle of Emperor Nicholas, died in this city today of pneumonia. The grand duke has lived in Paris al most continuously since his retirement from the position of supreme director of the navy which he had held for 24 years. The Grand Duke Alexis, whose death Grand Duke Alexis, as He looked Appeared was announced from Paris, this morn ing, visited Topeka January 23, 1872, nearly 37 years ago. The duke at that time had been on a hunting trip in the Rockies and was on his way to Jefferson City and thence went to New Orleans from which point he sailed for his home. A few reminiscences of his visit to Topeka are worthy of mention. To peka was at that time a little village of three or foor thousand, and was greatly swelled up over the visit of a European potentate. Major T. J. An derson was appointed grand marshal of the day and wore a sash over one shoulder. Several special "cops" were sworn in with tin stars to prevent bomb throwing. The legislature was in session at the time and took a whole day off (on full pay) to do honor to the occasion. The grand duke arrived in Topeka over the Kansas Pacific (mw the Union Pacific) and was escorted with great eclat to the Fifth Avenue hotel. He was met at the depot by Governor Jas. M Harvey. Major T. J. Anderson, Lieu tenant Governor P. P. Klder. J. M. Price, president of the senate, Jacob Rtotler. BDeaker of the house. Col. C. K. Holliday, who represented Topeka In the house and Orrin T. Welch, mayor of Topeka. Hacks were borrowed from Atchison and Leavenworth to make the pageant look a little grander, as hacks were scarce in Topeka in those days. Major Anderson rode in the same car riage in the parade with the grand duke. In the morning the Imperial party spent a great portion of the time in getting pictures taken at an old gal lery at Sixth and Quincy. In the af ternoon, the party was shown through the state house. A little story at the expense of Lieutenant Governor Elder in connection with the visit of the grand duke, has survived the lapse of time. Alexis was looking at the state seal when his gaze met the Kansas motto, "Ad Astra per Aspera. The grand duke repeated these words to himself, and Mr. Elder seeking to en lighten the distinguished visitor volun teered the information "Them, them s Latin." The party of the Russian nobleman is notesvorthy. He was accompanied vy Vice Admiral Poisset of the Russian navy, W. T. Machin. chancellor of state! Mr. Bodisco. consul general of Russia to the United States. Lieuten ants Tudor and Stordengraff, of the Russian navy, Mr. Shuveloff. secretary of the Russian legation at Washington. Lieutenant General Phil Sheridan, Gen. Custer of Indian war fame. Col. M. V. Sheridan, Col. G. A. Forsyth. Col. N. B. Sweetzer, and Dr. Arch, all of the United States army, were with the Rus sian party on the Colorado hunting trip and the trip through the states. The reception was a most cordial one. The memories of the civil war and the Tart that Russia played in helping the United States were still fresh in the public mind. Grand Duke Alexis at that time was only 22 years of age, but was over six feet in height, and a fine spec imen of man. APTEK THE MONEY LENDERS. Lyon County Assessor Thinks They Should Pay More Taxes. Emporia, Kan., Nov. 14. County Assessor Spencer has served notice upon James Thomson that he should appear before the county clerk Mon day at 9:30 o'clock, and show cause why chattel mortgages to the amount of $112,000 loaned by him through power of attorney should not be placed on his personal tax list. Assessor Spencer has written the state tax commission to have some members of that body here at the hearing before Clerk Martin Monday. The action was taken upon the authority of a letter from the state commission, and a test case will be made of it. If the county wins, the personal taxes of other money lend ers will be raised. Wenthor Indications. Chicago. Nov. 14. Forecast for Kansas: Fair tonight and Sunday. Not much change in temperature. NELSON GIVEX THE ICY MIT. A Philadelphia Hotel Turns Down the Prize Fighter. Philadelphia. Nov. 14. For the sec ond time within a week Battling Nel sson, lightweight champion of the world, has found It impossible to ob tain board and lodging at a swell ho tel. The Dane was given the icy mitt at New York last week, and Thursday suffered another rebuff while getting ready to register at one of the palatial hostelrles in this city. When turned down by the clerk Nelson offered to bet there were empty rooms In the building. L00KSG00D TO THEM. Newark Trades Council Wants Samuel Gompers Re-elected. Denver, Colo., Nov. 14. Several communications were read at the opening of the convention of the American Federation of Labor, includ ing the following from Newark, N. J.: "Frank Morrison, secretary A. F. of L., Denver: I fresse S i "Resolved, by council, that we express the utmost confidence in Samuel Gompers and itxne advance guard of enthusiastic is our wish that he be re-elected presi- partisans of the opposing elevens dent of the A. F. L. He may be out reached town yesterday and almost When He Visited Topeka, in Later Years. and as He with Roosevelt, but he looks good to us. HENRY F. HILFEIS, "Secretary Essex Trades Council." The committee on the reports of the officers were not ready and the com mittee on resolutions made a partial report. Resolution No. 3 in regard to the Asiatic exclusion was amended in the committee by the insertion of the word "coolie." This amendment was not sat isfactory to the California members. several of whom contended that the same resolution had been adopted by four conventions of the federation and should not now be changed. Vice President James Duncan said that the resolution as it stood would not ex clude the Hindus. The resolution was referred back to the committee to amend the resolution, it being suggest ed that the committee insert the words "races native to Asia." A number of resolutions were re por ed favorably by the committee and adopted by the convention. j Resolutions on the following sub- jects were adopted by the conven- t Protesting against sending book binding work out "of this country as has been done by some public libra- rief. jnaorsing tne principles of the Na- tional Civil service law and favorine t the passage of some suitable retire- j ment law Supporting remedial legislation in congress for better hours and pay for postal clerks. Favoring better sanitary conditions on immigrant ship. Pledging assistance to the jewelry workers in placing their label on ail work and in securing an eight hour day. Protesting aerainst child labor in bands and orchestras. Condemning the seceding teamsters and all dual organizations of team ster!. The special committee on the mat ter of seatingte operatives plasterers and granting them a charter reported favorably at the same time explaining its decision of the protests made by the tile layers and cement workers. The report precipitated a dispute over jurisdiction in which the tile layers and cement workers made vigorous protests against the adoption of the report. After a prolonged fitrht the report of the committee recommending that the executive council grant the char ter, was carried. The convention then adjourned un til Monday morning. Fiction Outdone. How can anv one look for diversion In fltion nowadays when he can find stories a hundred times as interesting In the unveiling of the past which is now going on in Crete, in Egypt, in Asia What novel can give a human interest comparable with suddenly be ing brought face to face with the actual things used in the common life of people who lived 5 000 years ago? Think of flndin- in the queen's apartments at Knossos in Crete the bathroom with "a small terra-cotta bath tub, standing much as it was left some three and a half millenniums back." Archaeology is becoming so intensely human as almost to lose its awe. Ther-? used to be something akin to eeriness in discovering traces of men and wo men of so long ago. One felt that the? must be very different beings from us. Now we see how much, how entirely, they were the same. Dr. Evans is pro ducing by far the greatest realistic story of the day. London Saturday Review. Salina 11. Herington. 6. Salina, Kan., Nov. 14. In a hotly contested game of football here Fri day the local high school team defeat ed Herington by a score of 11 to 6 Captain Quincy of the local team was retired from the game early because of injuries which may keep him out of the came for the rest of the sea son. The locals have scored 132 pumts mis year, against teams 29. opposing I ELEVENSJLASH. Big Footbai! Games Are Slated tjT East and West. Yale and Princeton Meet In An nual Battle Today. BIG GAME AT CHICAGO Husky Warriors of Cornell In Tade Marshall Field. Betting Odds Fayor Pennsy In Fight With Michigan. Princeton, N. J.. Nov. 14. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Yale and Princeton met in their annual foot ball battle. The fact that a cham pionship is not at stake does not ap- pear to have anv appreciable effect the. lnt taken in the game. every train since has deposited a crowd of rooters. It is the general be lief that the two elevens are evenly matched. The defeat of Princeton last Saturday by Dartmouth, has, ac cording to Coach Roper, had a bene ficial effect on the local eleven and the same can probably be said of Yale, who was held to a tie game on the same day by Brown. Reports from the quarters of both teams are to the effect that the two elevens are in as near perfect physical condition as possible. There .has been considerable discussion regarding Yale's sweeping changes In the lineup since the Brown game. Every one of the 28,000 seats had been disposed of long before the gates opened and there was a wild clamor for stand ing room. The genuine pneumonia weather had no effect on the attend ance. Snow fell, making the ball slip pery. Princeton won the toss. The probably lineup is as follows: Princeton Position Yale Dowd L. E... Haines Selgling L. T Lilley Waller L. G Andrus Macfaden C Blddle Buckingham R. E Goebel Booth R. T Brides Welch R. G Coy Dillon O. B .Johnson Tibbott L. H. B Philbin Read R. H. B Wheaton Dawson F. B Field or Fiegenspan. Princeton 6, Tale 0. Princeton, Nov. 14. At the end of the first half In the football game be tween Princeton and Yale, Princeton won 6 to Yale's 0. CORNELL IS HEAVIER. Average Seven Pounds More to the Player than the Chicago Eleven. Chicago, Nov. 14. The Cornell ath letes with Head Coach Larkin and As sistant Coaches Earle, Halliday and Reed and Trainer Moakley turned out early on the lake front for practice work, and after a round of lusty exer cise declared themselves in superb condition to meet the University of cnicago team on Marshall field this afternoon. Optimism was at high pitch, not only among the players, "but also among the host of Cornell en thusiasts who accompanied the team 'Here. The Cornell players average more than seven pounds more in weight than Coach Stagg's team, but lt was maintained that the lighter weight team was much the faster. It was believed that each team has nnntoH mme mAftani lar nlav in store. Great confidence was put in Captain Walder, the plunging fullback of the invaders. Captain Steffen was likewise depended upon by the Chi cago admirers to outwit the visitors. PEXXSY SEEMS STRONGER. But Michigan's Hopes Were High When Gates Were Throwr. Open. Ann Arbor, Mich.. Nov. 14. Despite the fact that the betting odds were in favor of Pennsylvania, Michigan's hopes of victory in this afternoon's football game with the Pennsylvania eleven were high when the gates of Ferry field were thrown open. These hopes were based to a considerable extent upon the kicking ability of Halfback Alierdice and the powerful playing of Captain Schultz, the Michigan center. To off set Captain Schultz's strength and skill, Pennsylvania brought four available centers so that there might be a fresh antagonist facing the Michigan captain throughout the game. Preliminary pre dictions were that it would be an open game with much punting and use of the forward pass and trick plays. At right end. which has been a weak spot on the Michigan eleven, the westerns presented Linthicum. a player partici pating in his first big game. Coach Yost's pupils went on the field with 35 trick plays which have not been used in earlier games. Special trains from all over lower Michigan poured thou sands of enthusiasts into the city dur ing the day and the largest crowd which has ever been on Ferry field was indicated. The Pennsylvania eleven came In a special car this morning from Detroit, where they have spent three days. The lineup: Michigan. Position. Pennsylvania. Embs L. E., Braddock Casey L. T Draper Benbrook L. G Dietrick Schultz, capt. C Marks Riley R- Pike Crumpacker R. T Gaston Linthicum R- E.. Scarlet Wasmund Q Keinath Douglas L. H Manier Alierdice R. H Means Davison F..Hollenback, capt. A'AST CROWD AT CAMBRIDGE. Nearly 40,000 Spectators to Witness the Harvard-Dartmouth Game. Cambridge, Mass.. Nov. 14. All roads led to the Harvard stadium to day where nearly 4 000 persons had procured seats to witness the annual football match between Harvard and Dartmouth. Today's game coming as it does, a week before the Yale-Harvard game at New Haven, is con sidered the most important home game of the year. Harvard has shown great prowess this fall and with the exception of Captain Burr, who has been out of the game tor more tnan two weeks. on account of injuries, every man Is in splendid condition. Dartmouth is also in fighting trim, Ingersoll, one of the half backs, being the only person seriously incapacitated. Neither team has been defeated this year, but each has been played to a tie. Harvard by the naval cadets and Dartmouth by Williams. Har vard last week easily disposed of the Carlisle Indians, while Dartmouth de feated the fast Princeton aggregation. The gridiron within the massive walls of the stadium was dry today and the weather fulfilled good foot ball requirements. The line-up: Harvard. Position. Dartmouth. Browne L. B Kennedy McKay L. T Sherwln Dunlap L. G Tobin Nourse C Brusse Hoar R. G... Bankart Fish R- T Rich Crowley R. E. Schildmiller Cutler Q Pishon Corbett L. H Hawley White R. H Ryan Kennard F. B Marks The officials were: Referee Lieutenant Backett of West Point. Umpire Evans, Williams. Field Judge Harry Dadmun of Worcester Polytechnic institute. Head linesman Ayreault, St. Marks school. Harvard O, Dartmouth 0. Cambridge, Nov. 14. At the end of the first half in the football game here today the score stood: Harvard 0, Dart mouth 0. K. U. REACHES LINCOLN. The Gridiron Dotted With Snow and the Betting Even. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 14. Supported by im a .3 .1 omtmmi thfl j vucueruus anu tuuuuju .a j Kansas university football team arrived i in this citv this morning. An advance guard of the Kansans came last night and a large crowd of excursionists ac companied the players on the special train. The gridiron was dotted here and there with patches of snow and the day was slightly cloudy and cold. Betting was animated at even terms. The game was scheduled to begin at 2:30. The lineup: Nebraska. Position. Kansas. Johnson L. E Pleasant Fram L. 1 Kanaan Ewing .L. G Reed Collins Harte 1 Chaloupke Harvey, capt C Carlson ..R. G Wood ..R. T Crowell .R. E Hennessey Q Steele Cook Betzer Birkerr Kroeger L. H Houghton ...R. H.... Warring F Bond INTERESTING INSURANCE New Plan Policy Provides Life In come for Beneficiary. Elon S. Clark, manager, the Mutual Life of New York, for Kansas, an nounces the placing of two interesting policies, one for $20,000 and the other on the basis of $10,000. These policies are on the jtrust i This Iflpn Is oricrinal with the Mutual Life and provides that the beneficiary shall receive a stated f,f tu-pntv vpara. cer- UIU cvrij v tain, and the said stated sum to con tinue to be paid to the beneficiary during his or her entire life. No less than twenty annual installments are paid in any event. For instance, in case of the $20. 000 policy mentioned above, which was bought by a banker in favor of his daughter, the beneficiary will re ceive twenty annual installments of $1,000 each and continue to receive the same annual installment during her life; that Is, sould the insured die this year and the beneficiary live out her individual probability, the Mutual Life would pay her on this policy in these $1,000 annual in stallments, an aggregate of $69,000. The Mutual Life's purpose in this trust fund contract is first to insure the life and finally to insure the in surance against loss through un fortunate investments by the benefi ciary. A number of Kansans now have these contracts with the Mutual Life already paying the annual install ments, among which are several of $25,000 each. The insured, after due considera tion, appreciates the fact that the an nual installment is five per cent net, no taxes, no court fees and no re sponsibility for the beneficiary. PICTURES THAT TALK. Something New In Entertainment Is the- Synchroscope. The Show World has this to say: The Synchroscope, the marvelous singing-talking-moving picture ma chine, invented by Jules Greenbaum, Berlin. Germany, is attracting much attention among moving picture men and thousands watcnea us manipuia tion in the past two weeks. The pictures present the original stage settings, the artists and various pictures of film production, the talking machine reproduces the dialogue and songs precisely as renaeren. The Aurora theater,. 812 Kansas ave. commencing Monday. Nov. 16, will have this machine In service, .matinees nve cents; evenings, adults, ten cents; chil dren under 12 years, five cents. WILL LET IT REST. Next Congress Prohably Will Avoid Japanese Exclusion Bill. Washington. Nov. 14. According to Congressman Perkins of Rochester, N. Y., who probably will be chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs in the Sixty-first congress and who visited the president today, nothing will be done at the coming short ses sion of congress with the Japanese exclusion bill, now pending before the foreign affairs committee unless there is an urgent demand for immediate action on the measure either affirma tively from the Pacific coast or nega tively from the Japanese government. Congressman Perkins expressed the belief that the Japanese matter of the Pacific coast was quiescent and that the governmental policy demanded that it be kept so for a while at least. FIND .NEW- TOMB. Bones of Martyrs Who Bled in Prison Ships During the Revolutionary War Are Fittingly Interred. COLUMN OF GRANITE Rising to a Height of 270 Feet Marks the Spot. President-Elect Taft Is Orator of the Bay. New York, Nov. 14. With military pomp and impressive ceremony the "prison ship martyrs" monument in Brooklyn was dedicated today. President-elect Taft made a special trip from Hot Springs, Va, to deliver the oration. Secretary of War Wright on behalf of the government made the presentation address and Governor Charles E. Hughes, on behalf of the state accepted the memorial. To pre cede these ceremonies at Fort Greene park, where the monument has been erected, was a brilliant military, naval and civic parade in Brooklyn, in which detachments of the artillery and navy national guard Grand Army of the Republic and patriotic societies took part. After more than a century of agita tion by individuals and organizations, bones representing approximately 15,- 000 "martyrs" of the Revolutionary war, who died on the prison ship "Jersey" and other lesser vessels in Wallabout Bay, Brooklyn, lie at last in a fittingly marked burial place, for which the government, New York state and hundreds of individuals made contributions. An imposing Doric column of garnite. 270 feet high, surmounted by a funeral urn and flag staff, rises above the tomb at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, and its dedication today was marked by a remarkable military parade of near ly 20.000 soldiers and marines, and i memorable addresses by President Elect William H. Taft and Governor Charles E. Hughes. Big Procession. The procession of naval and military organizations, said to be one of the largest in the history of Brooklyn, the tremendous outpouring of people from all over Greater New York, crowding densely the line of march, and at Fort Greene park massed by tens of thous ands, presented an inspiring spectacle. Major General Charles F. Roe, com manding the national guard of the state, was grand marshal of the pa rade, which comprised four divisions troops attached to division head quarters. First and Second brigade headquarters and the naval militia. In these were included two squadrons of cavalry, three batteries of field ar tillery, two organizations of the state signal corps, one field hospital corps, three coast artillery regiments, head ed by General David E. Austen; the Seventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Twenty- third, Fourty-seventh, Sixty-first and Seventy-second infantry regiments of the national guard; fourth division of the G. A. R., veterans' associations and patriotic societies, squadrons of mounted police and many military and other bands. The vicissitudes of the remains of the sailors and soldiers who died of fever and starvation, and rotted in the foul hulks of the British prison ships long anchored in Wallabout bay, which they polluted, have been many, and have caused more than one out burst of public indignation. It was in 179 2, at a Brooklyn town meeting, that definite steps were first urged to properly bury the remains. Nothing was done, however, until 1808, when the Tammany society secured funds for a temporary wooden tomb, which was constructed on Hudson street. To this the bodies, dug from the trenches along the Wallabout banks where they had been hastily interred, were re moved. With passing years the structure fell into decay, the bones became ex posed and children played with them. Public feeling became aroused, and in 1875 the City of Brooklyn removed all that could be collected, several loads of them, to a tomb at Fort Greene park under the stairs of the entrance, where they had been until work had begun on the present hand some memorial which the late Stan ford White designed, and which rep resents about $200,000. To these bones were added, four years ago, af ter a public service at Plymouth church, many more, filling about eight coffins, which had been unearthed in construction of warehouses at the Kuang Hsu, Emperor of C Brooklyn Navy yard. AH the re mains are now encased in metallic coffins i nthe spacious tomb which is approached by a stately flight of sev eral hundred steps. Prison Experiences. The experiences of the prison ship "martyrs" constitute one of the most frightful chapters in American his tory. Eleven thousand sailors and soldiers died in the "Jersey" alone, a ship constructed to accommodate only 400 men. Into which more than a thousand prisoners were usually crushed. Many were kept there for years. A survivor. Captain Thomas Dring, vividly depicted the scenes of the horrible incarceration: "Register ed and sent below numbers suffered terribly from the Intolerable heat and foul air, and when they sought the narrow air holes they found them blocked by others, who fought with all their strength for even the faintest breath of the precious air. "Utter derangement was a common symptom of the fever that caused many deaths on board, and to in crease the horror of the darkness that enshrouded us, for we were allowed no light betwixt decks, the voice of warning would be heard: 'Take heed to yourself; there Is a madman stalk ing through tne snip wun a Knue in his hand.' I sometimes found the man a corpse in the morning by whose side I laid myself down at night. "Of the bread furnished the prison ers," the Rev. Thomas Andres wrote in his account, "I do not recollect see ing any which was not full of living vermin, but eat it, worms and all, we must or starve." The condition of the great copper in which the prisoners' meat was boiled is thus described In the memoirs of Ebenezer Fox, also a prisoner aboard the Jersey: "The inside of the copper had be come corroded to such a degree that it was lined with a coat of verdigris. The Jersey, from her size and lying near the shore, was imbedded in the mud; and I do not recollect seeing her afloat during the whole time I was a prisoner. All the filth which accumulated among upward of a thousand men was daily thrown over board and would remain there until carried away by the tide. The im purity of the water may be easily con ceived, and in this water our meat was boiled Not less revolting than these scenes of cruelty and distress was the manner in which the inanimate bodies of these martyred prisoners were hastily and indecorous ly consigned to the earth, in some cases almost before they had become cold." The programme prepared for the day included: Music by Twenty-third Regiment band. T. F. Shannon, leader, closing with the "Star Spangled Banner," all standing. Prayer, the Rev. Dr. S. Parkes Cadman. Poem, Thomas Walsh. Oration, William H. Taft. Presentation of monument on be half of the national government, by Secretary of War Luke E. Wright. Acceptance on behalf of the state by Governor Charles E. Hughes. Acceptance on behalf of the city by the chairman of the board of alder men, Patrick F. McGowan. Address on behalf of the Tammany Society or Columbian Order, by Daniel F. Cohalan, grand sachem. Coldest November Night on Record. Laramie, Wyo., Nov. 14. The gov ernment thermometer at the Wyoming university registered 24 degrees below zero last night. It was the coldest November night ever recorded here. KUANG HSU IS DEAD. Emperor of China Passed Away at 5 held by the people for Kuang Hsu be- Pekin, Nov. 14 8 p. m. The emperor died shortly after 5 o'clock this even ing. The edict promoting Prince Chun to the regency and his infant son, Pu Wei to be heir presumptive, made a good public impression. It satisfied the reformers and appeals to the sentiments held by the people for Kuang Hau be cause it respects the close blood ties in the matter of succession and intro duces a new and more modern element in the government. It is an evidence of the victory of the reformers. The government today notified the American legation officially that Prince Chun had been made regent and that he was therefore head of the state. This is recognition of the retirement of the dowager empress. One of the edicts is sued in the name of the emperor said.: "Since last autumn we have been ill. The physicians recommended by the gov ernment have not been successful in curing us. We are weak and without spirit, racked by pain, without appetite, cold and feverish, and it has been im possible for us to sleep. We are anxi ous to permit the viceroys and the gov ernors to send other physicians to .is aulckly, and we will give extraordinary rewards to the physicians or officials who help us." hlna. Who Died Today. NOTHING LIKE IT. Vole at Recent Flections Makes New High Mark. Three Hundred and Seventy Fire Thousand Votes Cast. PLURALITIES AKE JBIG Taft Has Thirty-Six, Stubbi Thirty-Four Thousand. Official Returns Recelred by Secretary of State. The state of Kansas. In the recent election, cast 375,000 votes, in round numbers,-as shown by official re turns. This is 75,000 more than were cast four years ago, and breaks all records for the state. In 104 out of 105 counties. Stanton being the only one out, the total Re publican and Democratic vote on gov ernor was 359,077. The total of the same vote on president Is 358,097. With .the vote of the prohibition, so cialist and independent tickets added, the grand total of votes in Kansas will reach approximately 375,000. Copies of the official returns re ceived by the Republican State Cen tral committee from 102 out of 105 counties in Kansas show that F. S. Jackson, Republican candidate for attorney general, is leading his ticket by 445 votes. Charles Barnes, candi date for Insurance commissioner Is second. Tom McNeal, candidate for state printer is third, and A. W. Ben son, candidate for justice of the su preme court is fourth. The three counties which have not yet sent in their complete official re turns are Sedgwick. Cherokee and Stanton. It is expected that Jackson will run behind his ticket in Chero kee, and probably in Sedgwick. Stan ton is such a small county that It won't cut much figure. It is possible, however, that with Sedgwick and Cherokee reported, Jackson may be compelled to hand over the leadership of the ticket to Barnes or McNeal. On president and governor, the of ficial returns have been received from 104 out of 105 counties, Stanton being the only one out. These 104 counties give the following totals on president and governor: President Taft .197,118 Bryan 160,979 Plurality 36.139 Governor Stubbs 196.665 Botkin 162,412 Plurality 34.253 The following are the official returns from 102 counties on all the state officers: President Taft 186,469 Bryan 151,111 Plurality 35,358 Supreme court judges Benson 187.747 Helm 148.224 Plurality 39,523 Mason 186.326 Pickering 148,253 Plurality 38.073 Smith 186.085 Rossiter 147,915 Plurality 38,170 Governor Stubbs 185,999 Botkin 152.208 Plurality 33,791 Lieutenant governor Fitzgerald 186,680 McMillan 149.872 Plurality 36,808 Secretary of state Denton 186.842 Kemper 149.106 Plurality 37,736 Auditor of State Nation 187,296 Eppinger 148.334 Plurality 38,963 State Treasurer Tullev 187.361 Marshall 148,485 Plurality Attorney General 38,876 Jackson 195.028 Freerks 154,735 Plurality 40,293 Superintendent cf Public Instruct ion Fairchild 187.391 Burton 148.811 Plurality 38,580 Superintendent of Insurance Barnes 187.474 Belisle' 147,626 Plurality 39,848 State Printer McNeal 187,702 Cobb 147,941 Plurality 39,761 Railroad Commissioners Kanaval 188.385 Ayres 148,754 Plurality 37.631 Rvan 1S6.948 Field .148,035 Plurality 88.913 Ryker 185.693 Howard .148,376 Plurality 37,317 Weather Is Still Cold. The weather today is a trifle warmer than Friday, but is still a little too cool for -comf ort. There is a rising tempera ture today and the prospects are for a fine day tomorrow. The wind today was 13 miles an hour from the north west. The following are today's tem peratures: 7 o'clock 20 11 o'clock 30 8 o'clock 21 12 o'clock 34 9 o'clock 24 1 o'clock 3 10 o'clock 28 2 o'clock M

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THE TOFEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENDTO, NOVEMBER 14, 1908. INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS EVENTS SUNDAY. MONDAY. OF THE PAST WEEK AS DEPICTED BY THE STATE JOURNAL CARTOONIST TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. Topeka rooters return home from Mr. Coleman,' plaintiff, receives a de- J. Q. Royce flies his last official re- Hotel men meet at Topeka and dis- The advance notices of a cold weath- Secretary Crumbine announces that Topeka high school prepares to en the Lawrence game In bad humor. cision from supreme courU port before retiring. cuss matters of interest. er engagement are published. he will put a stop to tuberculosis. tertain St. Joseph at football. BLUE lyOWNED. Washburn Loses llar.l Game to Fair mo unt. Both Teams Pile Up Goad Sized Scores. MAKE GOOD SHOWING. Sons cf Ichabod Stronger Than Before This Season. Line Shows Sijns of Coming to Life. The failure of the "Washburn ends to break up the delayed pass forma tions of the Fairmount team; the poor judgment of the Washburn players at critical times; the failure to make clean tackles; and the lack of spirit when the team was in the lead; all these causes contributed to the downfall of the Washburn foot ball team at the hands of the Fair mount aggregation at the Wichita fair grounds Friday afternoon. The final score was 25 to 16 In favor of the Orange and black. Each team made three touchdowns, but the collegians of the peerless prin cess went the Topeka lads one bet ter by adding two field goals to their grand total. Two of Washburn's touchdowns were due indirectly to the use of the forward pass. The other was a result of a blocked kick by Munford, McVey carrying the ball across. Fairmount made two touch downs by using the delayed pass, and one as a result of blocking one of Hope's forward-passes in the shad ow of the Washfiurn Jgoal line. The Fairmount players had one decided advantage, in playing on the Wichita grounds. The grounds with all due respect to the Fairmount authorities and the management of the Wichita fair grounds are the roughest foot ball grounds in Kansas, and no team unaccustomed to them has an even break. The grounds are laid out in the quarter stretch of the race track. In summer time this place is a field of alfalfa where domestic animals hang out. There are large holes left by horses, hoofs, footpaths worn by bovine and her offspring and the natural topography of the field re sembles the Missouri Pacific road bed. This is the kind of field on which the-Washburn team met its de feat. It looked for a time as though the Washburn team had the game stowed away. At the end of the first half the score was 11 to 10 in favor of the local collegians, and with the start of the second half the wind was in her- favor. But the blue lost its "pepp" and when the Washburn team failed to block Bates' field goal after Enns had made a poor pass on th ground, the tide of the battle changed, and Washburn had to play against the' wind. In the second half the Washburn team lost its spirit. A defensive style of play was resorted to, but the dope failed to work according to specifications. It was planned to play Do You Th.nEr For Yourself Or. da you open your month like a young (ird and pulp down whatever food or medi Lne maVbe offered yon bL vj ls!BaiAan intelligent thinking woman. In need ofreiVef from weakness nervousness, pain and suHtng, then It means much to you that tnerXong tried and trnehpnes tprdiclne ftr snow coyivreTT'O?, sold by Cruggists for the cure of woman's ilia. tji ff ijr tf fjf The makers of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription, for the cure of weak, nervous, run down, over-worked, debilitated, pain-racked women, knowing this medicine to be made up cf ingredients, every one of which has the Strongest possible indorsement of the leading and standard authorities of the several schools of practice, are perfectly willing, and In fact, are only too glad to print, as they do, the formula, or list of ingredients, of which It is composed, plain English, on every bottle-wrapper. Ji i? fj iff iff The formula of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription will bear the most critical examina tion of medical experts, for it contains no alcohol, narcotics, harmful, or habit-forming drugs, and no agent enters into It that la not highly recommended by the most, advanced and leading medical, teachers and author ities of their several schools of practice. These authorities recommend the Ingredients cfD?Tierce,sTavor7te Prescription for the cure of exactly the same ailments forrehic its is worid-f ampTmedlclne is adviscd No other medicine for woman's ills has any such professional endorsement as Dr. Pierce' Favorite Prescription has received, in the un qualified recommendation of each of its several ingredients by scores of leading medi cal men of all the schools of practice. Is Such an endorsement not worthy of your consideration

A booklet of ingredients, with numerous athorative profesional endorsements by the leading medical authorities of this country. rill be mailed free to any one sending name and address with request for same. Address tlx. B. V, Piarce, Buffalo. I T. 1 SELLS' "S W' the game safe, and rely on the wind to carry Hope's, punts .out of danger. Hope failed to punt up to his usual form even with the advantage of the wind. The Washburn line showed up somewhat stronger than against Drake and Kansas. Holes were found in goodly number through which the Fairmount tackles and backs made good gains. But Fairmount could never have won by relying on straight football. The weakness of the Washburn tacklers was a big drawback' to the Blue defense. Time and time again Fairmount men would elude all the tacklers in the line and get down the field where McVey and Smiley would be compelled to down them. And this pair represents the tackling strength of the Washburn team. Robb is a pretty good tackier, but he has not been at his best this season on ac count of his physical condition, while Larimer hasn't done as well as was expected. Until the Washburn men can leave their feet and make some tackles, the handwriting will remain on the wall. Hope failed to play his usual good game for Washburn.- He did not use the usual amount of headwork which he displays and his punting was of an inferior quantity. The Fairmount line rushed him somewhat, but even then he did not kick high and failed to place his kicks as is his usual wont. Once or twice he called for the for ward pass, when it was an almost impossible chance to get it away and a very risky proposition. On the defense, the work of Whit ney, Smiley and McVey was all that could have been desired. Smiley on numerous occasions made brilliant tackles in the open tnat saved the Washburn goal line, as least for the time being. McVey too, brought runners to the ground that had ap parently got away. Whitney broke through the line and downed many men for losses. On the new game or the open field work, the Fairmounters were a poor second to the Washburn bunch. But twice did the forward passes of the Wichita collegians work. Poor pass ing on the part of Cox was mainly responsible as the ball usually hit the ground. The Washburn defense as far as open play -went was strong and the forward passes and onside kicks very frequently were broken up and the Washburn men took the ball. Three of the Washburn men were effective ground gainers, McVey, Smiley and Codding. Both the halves carried the ball for good gains on short end runs and forward passes. Codding was the main battering ram against the opposition line and made good gains. Whitney also gained ground, while Brethour would have done much better had not he received a severe Jolting early in the game. But one change was made in the Washburn lineup. McKnight who had played a hard game and taken a number of knocks retired in favor of Munford, Codding was shifted to cen ter while "Silent Dave" played tackle. And the way Munford played was enough to disprove the theory of Os lerism. Munford had no sooner got in the game than he broke through and blocked a punt. He showed a complete reversal of the form he showed against Kansas. Maybe it was second childhood. For the Fairmount team. Bates, the two Planks. White and Solter distin guished themselves both on offense and defense. Bates punted for the Wichitans and did a pretty good lob of it although many of his long punts were Doosted by the wind. J. Plank and Solter were the chief ground gain- j ers. tiin xnayer, who was with Washburn last season showed up well. The work of the officials1 was be yond reproach. Several times close decisions had to be made, but the work of all concerned was evidently so fair that there is no stigma of crit icism added. "We were fairly beaten." said Coach Weede after the game, "and have no apologies to make, but the result might have been turned in our favor had a little better Judgment been shown at times." Financially the game was a loss to the Fairmount team. Washburn was guaranteed J350 for the trip and the attendance wasn't enough to make more than half the amount. Wichita is evidently not a football town. Out side the student body of Fairmount who attended the game free of charge there were not more than a couple of hundred paid admissions. .Despite the hard game the Wash burn team came through the game without injuries. There were no cas ualties other than some hard knocks and bruises. The game in detail: The Fairmount team scored the first touchdown, after thirteen min utes of play. Fairmount won the toss and chose to defend the north goal giving them the advantage of a hard wind from the north. Hope kicked off and Bates made a return of 20 yards placing the ball on the Fair- mount 3 5 yard line. After two inef fectual attempts to make the 10 yards nates punted to Smiley who fumbled but recovered. Hope was forced to punt. Fairmount tried a forward pass and Smiley intercepted the I throw. Hope punted to Bates and then the Fairmount team worked the ball to the Washburn 10 yard line by end runs ana tackle swings. Here the Washburn backs broke through and carried the Fairmount team back ten yards, but on the next formation J. Plank on a delayed pass went around the Washburn left end for a touch down and kicked his own goal. Hope for Washburn kicked off with the wind at his back to White, who was downed on the spot. A double pass failed to gain for Fairmount. C. Plank made fifteen yards on an end buck. Bates tried an on-side kick but the ball hit the line, Washburn getting it. Codding made six yards through ''l' l' I yf iyif J '"'l the line. The next two plays in the line netted four yards. A forward pass was tried but Cox intercepted the ball. Two Washburn men fell with Cox and the ball was awarded to the visitors by the referee. With the ball one foot from the Fairmount goal, the Wheatshockers braced and held the visitors without a gain for two downs. The third plunge into the line, how ever sent the ball over the line, Whit ney making the touchdown, with Codding pulling him over the line. Hope made a successful punt out and afterwards kicked the goal, making the score 6 to 6. J. Plank kicked over the goal line at the kick-off for a touchback. The ball was taken to the Washburn twenty-five yard line. Hope kicked thirty yards to Cox. G-. Solter made five yards. The next play lost Fair mount two yards, Whitney spoiling it. A forward pass was then attempted, but it touched the ground and Fair mount was penalized fifteen yards. It being the third down, Washburn was given the ball. Codding failed to gain through the line. Smiley lost three yards. Hope punted thirty yards to Bates. who made a four yard return. Wetmore made eight yards, but both teams were declared off-side and the gain was not allowed. C. Plank made eight yards on an end buck. Bates made three yards through the line. He followed with another plung for ten yards. Solter failed to gain in two at- 'oss "mot Color AYER'S HAIR VIGOR the hesr STARS ON THE YA LE-PRIXCETON TEAM. tempts. Bates then made a place kick from the fifteen yard line. Score Fairmount 10, Washburn 6. Hope kicked to Fairmount's five yard line. Bates making a return of twenty yards. Brethour was hurt in the mix-up and time was taken out. Thayer made ten yards on an end buck. McKnight was injured this time and time was taken out again. An end run by White netted fifteen yards. Wetmore gained eight yards through the line and Thayer followed with five more. G. Solter made four yards but Fairmount was penalized five yards for off side play. Thayer gained six yards. Bates punted twenty-five yards out of bounds. Smiley made thirty yards on a for ward pass. A plung into the line fail ed to gain. Codding made four yards. A forward pass to McVey netted twenty yards and a touchdown. Hope failed to make a good punt out. Score Washburn 11. Fairmount 10. J. Plank kicked oft over the goal line. Hope punted from the twenty five yard line. Hodgson blocked the kick, but Washburn recovered the ball on the exact spot, where Hope had kicked it. Washburn failed to gain through the line. Bates intercepted a short forward pass. Solter gained two yards through the line. Cox lost ten yards when he could not find a man to throw the ball to on a forward pass. Bates attempted a drop kick from the forty-eight yard line. The ball went to Washburn's eight yard line and was caught by Smiley, who was downed on the spot. Brethour failed to gain through the line. Whitney made five yards and Hope punted twenty-five yards. Bates making a five yard return. Larimer downed White with a six yard loss. Time was called for the end of the first half with the ball in Fair mount's possession on Washburn's forty yard line. Score Washburn 11, Fairmount 10. Second Half. Fairmount took a decided brace in the first part of the second half and played the Washburn team off of its feet. The wind had died down a lit tle when the whistle was blown for the second half, Fairmount having a slight advantage by it. Guyot re placed Wetmore at right half. J. Plank kicked off fifty yards to McVey who returned the ball five yards. Codding gained four yards through the line. A punt by Hope went only twenty yards into Fair mount's territory. Bates secured the ball and returned it five yards. C. Plank made twenty-five yards around the end. Guyot made seven yards through the line. Codding was in jured and time was taken out for him. Guyot made four yards through the line. Fairmount was penalized five yards for off-side play. C. Plank failed to gain. Bates made a lucky place kick from the fifteen yard line. The pass from center was poor, but Bates succeeded in booting it between the bars, before Cox had picked it up to hold for him. Hope kicked off to Bates on Fair mount's 15 yard line but the latter re turned the ball to Washburn's 50 yard Tr-uth and appeal to the Well-Informed in every ,valk of life and are essential to permanent, iuccess and creditable standing. Accor ngly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family iaxatives is the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs bn which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it is free from all objection able substances.. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the. genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug gists. line. Solter made 4 yards through the line. He followed with seven more on a play. C. Plank gained six yards. A forward pass, Cox to J. Plank netted 10 yards. C. Plank and Thayer each made four yards through the line. Guyot made two plunges into the line for six and three yards. Another play in the line failed to gain and Washburn was given the ball. Hope's punt hit the men in the line of scrimmage and bounded back. J. Plank picked it up on the bounce and ran to Washburn's 10 yard line before being downed. Guyot made three yards through the line. McKnight was taken out of the Washburn team. Codding was sent to center and Munford took Codding's place at tackle. Bates tried a place kick from the 10 yard line but the referee de cided it was no goal. Hope kicked from the 25 yard line to Cox for 25 yards. Thayer made six yards through the line. Cox was down ed behind the line for a three yard loss on a delayed pass. Bates' punt was too low and hit the line men, Washburn securing the ball. C. Plank blocked a forward pass and ran to Washburn's goal for a touchdown. J. Plank kicked goal. Score Fairmount 20, Washburn 11. Hope kicked off 50 yards to Guyot, who returned 10 yards. Guyot made six yards in two line bucks. Bates punted 20 yards out of bounds. Solter made 9 yards on an end buck. A similar play gained three yards. White fumbled a forward pass but recovered the ball. Thayer failed to gain through the line, but J. Plank made 40 yards on a fake end run. C. Plank made 20 yards on two end bucks. G. Solter was carried over the line for a touchdown by Thay er. Plank failed to kick goal, after a successful kickout. Score Fairmount 25, Washburn 11. Hope kicked off 25 yards to Thayer. The latter made an eight yard re turn. A forward pass Cox to White netted Fairmount 30 yards. Guyot and Thayer failed to gain in two attempts. Fairmount was penalized five yards for offside play. Bates' onside kick for 15 yards was secured by Smiley. Smiley gained one yard. Washburn was penalized five yards for offside playing. Hope was downed by White for a five yard loss. Smiley failed to gain through the line. Smiley punted 35 yards to Bates who made a four yard return. Thayer failed to gain. Fair mount's forward pass failed, the ball touching the ground. The penalty of 15 yards was given by the referee. Washburn blocked Bates' punt but Fairmount secured the ball. A play in the line failed to gain. Codding blocked Bates punt and Mc Vey recovered it, running 15 yards for a touchdown. Hope missed the goal. Fair mount was declared offside, however, and he was given another trial but fail ed gain. Score Fairmount 25, Wash burn 16. J. Plank kicked off 40 yards to Smi ley who made a 10 yard return. Hope failed to gain on a quarterback run. Smiley booted the ball 25 yards to Bates. Thayer made three yards through the line. Solter made two more and Bates punted 30 yards. Smiley re turned the ball 10 yards. Two plays into the line failed to gain. Hope kicked 30 yards and Bates re turned the ball 5 yards. Fairmount's forward pass touched the ground and the wheatshockers were penalized 15 yards. Bates kicked 40 yards. An on side kick Dy .nope ror xa yaras went to Cox. Bates returned the kick to the center of the field as time was called, ending the game. Score Fairmount 25, Washburn 16. -The lineup: Fairmount. Position. Washburn. J. Plank L. E Larimer Thayer L. E Brethour Hodgson L- G Reazin Ennis C McKnight Codding. Rowles R- G Templeton C. Plank R- T Codding Munford. White R- E Cobb Cox Q Hope Solter 1- H Smiley Wetmore R- H McVey Guyot. Bates F. B Whitney Touchdowns Whitney, McVey 2, J. Plank 2. Solter. Goals from touch down Hope, J. Plank 2. Goals from placement Bates 2. Referee Samuels Emporia. Umpire Wade, Fredonia. Field Judge Eidson, Osage City. Head- linesman Gardner, Wichita. Length of halves 35 minutes. FOR SAVANNAH RACES. Auto Speeding Will Start at a Re srectable Hour. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 14. There is considerable difference in the time be tween the starting time of the races at Savannah and those held at Long Island and Dieppe, France. In the case of Savannah the races do not start un til 9:30 and 11 o'clock, giving every body opportunity of making all neces sary preparations, thereby taking their time in getting to the course. Now in the two former Instances it was neces sary to either sleep on the course the night previous to the race or get up so early that the discomfiture incurred was of such a nature that It took away half the pleasure of the race. Then again, all details have been so perfected that as soon as persons reach the grandstand ushers will take them to their positions and there will be ab solutely no confusion. Though the fact that the grandstand and the start and finish of the races are within the city limits and within easy access by all car lines an expense of only five cents is Incurred in reaching the course. Cobb to Play Winter Ball. Columbus. Ga., Nov. 14. Having secured consent from Mrs. Cobb to play winter baseball, Ty Cobb, De troit's noted batter, has signed for a season with semi-professionals in New Orleans. It is said here that a move ment may be started by New Orleans Southern league officials to stop the independents, as many stars, includ ing Ryan of Cleveland, have been signed in addition to Cobb. HEAR OF A BIG AUTO DEAL. few York Motor Trade Gets Humor of Proposed Amalgamation. New York, Nov. 14. Confirming of a rumor that has been heard fre quently in automobile circles regard ing the probable amalgamation of three large American factories, came yesterday when it was officially denied that George J. Kobusch will be con nected as president with the concern that it is proposed to form. The de nial was made through George G. John, treasurer and general manager of the St. Louis Car company, of which Mr. Kobusch Is president. According to Mr. John, the propos ition was made to Mr. Kobusch and was declined. The company with which the two men are connected is one of the largest producers of street cars. It also builds the American Motor automobile. It was desired to add the automobile department of the St. Louis Car company to the com bination. One of the richest men in the city is said to be back of the pro ject to amalgamate the three fac tories. Two of the factories under stood to have agreed to enter the combination are in Michigan and the third in New York state. The state ment from Mr. Kobusch la the first definite information regarding the probable formation of what several automobile dealers assert will be a trust. That the control of three large fac tories would have an effect on prices there is little doubt and it is not Im probable that if the venture Is car ried through other similar moves will be made. The most Important feature would be in the ability to secure spec ial terms on the huge quantities of raw material required. It would be possible also to lower the cost of pro duction by making in each factory only one type of car. WILL TIME FAST AUTOS. Promoters Will Catch Speed at Savannah With Electric Device. Chicago, Nov. 13. Chicago motor dom, already famous for the many innovations it has introduced In the way of automobile contests, is about to be honored by the use of a local timing device which will be tested in connection with the American Grand Prix at Savannah. F. H. Trego of the contest com mittee of the Chicago Motor club has received a telegram from N. H. Van Sicklen of Chicago, who now Is in Savannah assisting in the promotion of the big road carnival, asking if Trego would make the trip to Savannah and Install his timing apparatus which the Georgians wish to use to time accurately the big cars over a two-mile stretch while the race is in progress. This timer was designed by Trego especially for the Algonquin climb and because of the difficulties met in prev ious years in getting accurate results. By its use Trego demonstrated that automatic timing is from one-fifth to one and one-fifth seconds faster than a watch snapped by individuals. His scheme is simple, a string being stretched across the road at the bot tom of the hill. At each end of the string is a wooden peg which is in serted in an electrical device. As the car touches the string these pegs are pulled out, forming an electrical con tact which sets in motion a watch at the top of the hill. As the car finishes it touches another string, which pulls out two more pegs and the watch Is stopped. Not a complaint was lodged against the device at Algonquin and there was no disputing the time, as Is some times the case when watches are held by three men, who seldom agree as to the exact fraction of a second. A HUGE BID FOR CRIGER. Comiskey Offers Boston Club $10,000 for k Catcher. Chicago Nov. 14. Comiskey offered President John I. Taylor of the Boston red sox $10,000 for Catcher Lou Crlger night before lad. Taylor told of the offer yesterday. He withstood the temp tations' of a check for that sweet sum and Crlger will remain with Boston. The boss of the white sox refused to discuss the offer when asked about it. Why the sox should need another catcher of Criger's caliber could not be explained, unless Comiskey expects Sul livan to retire. "Sully" Is now in Ire land collecting a fortune recently in herited by Mrs. Sullivan. Another wind fall to Sullivan himself some time ago, besides the small fortune "Sully" has saved during his career behind the bat, puts him In a position to quit baseball whenever he pleases. Of course, it Is handy to have two catchers like Sullivan and Criger on a team, but only one can work at a time and except in case of accident one would have to sit on the bench. How ever, Comiskey was most anxious to get the Boston star. His offer of $10, 000 for a backstop whose health is none too good and who has seen the service that Criger has is entirely without pre cedent. Comiskey After nn Amateur. Bloomington, 111.. Nov. 14. George Dehner. a promising amateur player, whose home is in Lincoln, was tender ed a contract by Comiskey to work out. for first base on the White Sox team, next seaon. Dehner will likely ac-' cept, although his father rrefers to have him retire from the game and devote himself to business. Piles Cured in to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, blind, bleedlngor protrudinif plies in to 14 days or money refunded. Sua. Everybody reads the State Journal.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING.. NOVEMBER 14, 1908. 3 ON SCOTCH ROADS Thcmas Keddie and Wife of Reno County Spin Miles. Enjoyed the Barns and Scott Country Auto Tour. FIND HIGHWAYS FINE A Trip Made Through Irish Land to City cf Dublin. Machine They Rode in Was Taken From Kansas. Hutchinson, Nov. 14. Thomas Keddie of Hayes township has a motor car that has seen several thousand miles of the finest roads in the Highlands and Lowlands of Scotland this sum mer. It is a car that has been going some. Leaving New York city with Mr3. Keddie on July 4, the car, which was bought from a company in Hutchin son, was taken along. It was landed at Glasgow and it has been used almost continually until it was loaded for shipment on the Caledonia of the Anchor line, which sailej from Glas gow with Mr. and Mrs. Keddie two weeks ago today. Two weeks ago yes terday Mr. Keddie says he hauled a bunch of school children to school over as fine a road as could be found any where. He really hated to leave Scot land because of the fine macadam roads there. To hear a description of the country through which the summer's tour of Scotland was taken, is a liberal educa tion in Scottish geography. He is a close observer of scenery and the fine colors of the grasses, the trees and the flowers, made an impression that is not easily forgotten. He told of trips through the Robert Burns country and the hills made noted by the stories of Sir Walter Scott. He told of visits to towns spoken of in the oldest Scotch histories and of places of note, which are told of in the poems and romances of early days. They visited fine places in the north of England, in the car, and the visit was accompanied by fine weather nearly all of the time they were in their old home land. A trip was made to Dublin and the old Irish town visited. Mr. Keddie tells some interesting experiences in con nection with this trin. But the car was worth everything it cost in making the trip. It made it possible to see so much more country. If there are speed limits on some of the Scottish roads it is evident that they were unknown in some instances when the Keddies were in a hurry, for a fine road and a straight stretch make the mind wander a little bit about speed limits. He tells of a fast run, which took them through Edinburgh, and which required some very rapid traveling. This was possible with the car, no hill being too steep to stop its way. air. and Mrs. Keddie are glad to get back home. Their visit was just what they wanted, but they have lived 38 years in the United States, 32 years be ing spent in this county. They are at tached to their adopted home in a way that is not possible with the old home. But they'll go back again on other visits. Mr. Keddie tells a good story about purchasing a suit of tweed in Scotland and learning, after he had gotten on the ship on the way home, that the pants were trousers of knee length. Will Be a Fine Building. It will require seventy cars of crushed rock, 600 perch of foundation rock, forty-five cars of sand, fourteen cars of cement and eight cars of steel rods to put In the foundation, and for STEADY GROWTH PROVES The very fact that liostetter's Stomach Bitters has been able to satisfy the public demand for a reliable home remedy for 55 years stamps it at once a very superior medicine. During those years it has established such a record that today it is generally acknowledged to be the leader of its class. You'll make no mistake in keeping a bottle of the famous HQS TETTE always in the house for some member of the family is apt to be taken with a sudden spell of Stomach or Bowel trouble. It not only gives prompt relief but prevents Indigestion, Dys pepsia, Costiveness, Biliousness, Insom nia, Colds, Grippe and Malaria, Fever c nd Ague. Here's voluntary, convincing proof: Bangor, Wis. Mr. John Efeson writes "I could not get along without your Hostet ter s Stomach Bitters in my house. I find it excellent." the reinforced concrete work for the new high school building. This does not include the sand and cement that wiii be used in the plaster and brick work. Atchison Globe. CARNIVAL DAY AT OKETO. Merchants Have a Special "Blowout" for Their Patrons. Oketo, Kan., Nov. 14. The big gala day and the several free attractions thrown in for good measure, is now a part of the bright and interesting side of the history of Oketo. All the mer chants were at their best, nor did any of them have cause to worry or regret the Dart they took to make it a sue cess. And from now till long after dark every business house was crowd ed and extra clerks were on duty wait, ine- on the wants of the customers. Be sides they all brought along money, if not cash a bank check was given. Oketo is one. of the thrifty towns in Marshall county. No less than 100 car loads of wheat have been shippea irom herp nf this vear's croc Besides many carloads ,of apples and thousands of bushels or peacnes or me years iiun have been forwarded to other markets. And there are her carloads of stock, of stone and flour to add to her shipments. And a little later must be added the corn shipments. for the farmers around here have raised' a good crop. The Oketo roller flouring mills of H R. Chapman Co., is undergoing many needed repairs at an outlay of about $2,500. These mills are among the old est on the Blue river, and have a daily capacity of 125 barrels. The Oketo flour has a first-class reputation aDroaa as well as home. The hardware and implement indus try is carried on by A. W. Eley and Thompson Champagne. The business In this line has been large, and these lirms carry a big stock to meet the trade demand. One of the large furniture houses in this section is that of C. M. DeLair. The patronage which is tributary to the town need not go farther away than Oketo to get their wants served in this line. The lumber trade for the year clos ing has been exceptionally good, show ing that building has been spirited in both town and country. Hedge Evchaner keep their yard so supplied with building material the patrons don't have to go elsewhere to get their orders filled. Oketo has two general firms which is a plenty, and they can make some mon ey, too. The firms of N. A. Brubaker and Root Hodge deserve all the big trade they have enjoyed for years. The Oketo State bank, established as a private bank as early as 1889 and incorporated a state bank in 1899. had in October, 1900, deposits $59,680.29 In the same months this year the de posits had increased to $140,524.20. The drug and jewelry business is carried on by Locke Bros. They have built up a trade worth having. The people of Oketo can't get along without her Eagle. S. W. McCoy is giving the town and country a credita ble newspaper, and the business men appreciate it with a good line of ad vertising. The first sale day was a success, and others will be held from time to time. The amount of produce received was enormous. The town is located in a rich stock, grain and fruit section. FREAK ELECTION BETS. Oketo Citizens Paid the Wagers They Lost With Good Grace. Oketo. Kan.. Nov. 14. Several freak election bets were paid by the people of Oketo to the amusement of hundreds of spectators who crowded the streets. The most novel one was to see Ira Hedge riding a dilapidated gray horse, gaily decorated, and Taft paint ed on both sides while every few yards he was hurrahing for Taft. He is a Democrat, but it is almost a foregone conclusion that he will vote the Re publican ticket in the future. He was to be dressed in woman apparel, but there wasn't a dress in Oketo large enough for him to climb into. Dr. J. W. Chambers lost his bet. He wheeled his man through the streets in fine fashion. He is a Republican and bet on Nebraska giving Taft her electoral vote. He was hurrahing for Bryan as he trudged along through the street, which he did with as much R'S Bear Lake, Mich. Mr. Griswold writes "Your never failing remedy for stomach trouble and general debility is always kept in my home." grace as if he had voted the Demo-' cratic ticket. Other amusements which followed were a shooting match between the Oketo and Marysvllle gun clubs, with Oketo in the lead: Marvsvllle and Oketo also played a game of football, ana tne latter carried off the honors. WICHITA SCHOOLS GROW. Over 800 New Pupils Have Come Into the City This Year. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 14. One of the most remarkable evidences of the growth of Wichita during the past year tics in tne monthly reports- rrom the various schools to Superintendent Knight. These reports show that for October of this year there were over 800 pupils in attendance at the Wich ita public school who attended schools outside of Wichita last year, but are now residents of this city, with tneir parents. This, according to Superin tendent Knight, is an unprecedented record. While the increase of 802 students from out of town schools is the most remarkable feature of the teachers October reports, the increase in the total enrollment of the city is another interesting item. The reports show mar ror uctODer 6,611 pupils'were en rolled in all the buildings. This is against 6,070 for the same month last year, making the gain 541 students. WICHITA GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. CaldweU Have Been Married Fifty Years. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 14. A notable event in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Caldwell of 628 East Central avenue. will occur next Wednesday when these two citizens or Wichita will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The First Presbyterian church will tender a reception to them on their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Caldwell, who for many years has been secretary of the Wichita board of education, was married to Sarah A. Pollock on November 18, 1858. The wedding took place in the little town of Norwood, 111., where the ycung couple lived for thirteen years. In 1871 they came to Wichita, where they have resided since. The two children of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell will be present at the cele Liation of cieir parents roiden wed ding anniversary. BROOM FACTORY BURNS. Leavenworth Has an Early Morning Fire With a Loss of $12,000. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 14. The M. A. Kelly broom factory at Ninth and Miami streets was partly de stroyed by fire. The fire is supposed to have started from an electric wire. The warehouse, containing a large stock of broom corn, handles and wire and twine, was entirely burned, and the main factory was damaged. The firemen had considerable trouble keeping the flames from reaching the storage tanks of the Standard Oil company, half a block away. The damage to the stock and buildings of the broom factory is estimated at $12,000. This is covered by insur ance. NEODESHA A GAS JOBBER. The Town Buys Gas and Meters It Out to the Consumers. Neodesha, Nov. 14. Neodesha is the only town in Kansas that is a natural gas jobber. The council there has contracted with a private com pany to buy gas at 7 cents per thousand and will sell the same to consumers by meter measure, prob ably at 25 cents. Heretofore Neode sha has acted as collector for the gas company dividing the receipts. A new contract, however, signed on October 8, provides that the city pay for all gas used in the city limits. For the twenty-three days of October the city paid $2,334 for the gas. At this rate it would have cost about $3,100 for the entire month. The receipts for the gas from the consumers was Just $2,357. This would have left a deficit of $743 for the month of October. The city cannot sell gas at a loss, so the adoption of meters is now being advocated. Under the present contract the city has to pay for all gas used. ITS VALUE STOMACH BITTERS wasted, or that leaks out. While there is some gas that leaks out of the pipes, no one denies that there is a great amount of gas wasted. If everyone was on a meter the fires would not be burning and the doors wide open. There is some opposition to the city council passing a resolu tion that meters must be used, but it seems to be the only thing that the ciy can do and stay in the gas bust ness. FARMERS RAISE A ROAR. Object to Increase In Taxes and Se cure Lawyers to Prevent Collection., Leavenworth, Nov.' 14. Complaint has been made that the farms of Leavenworth county have been ex orbitantly assessed. Particularly strong has been the protest against me general raise or per cent, made Dy tne state tax commission at To peka. Meetings of dissatisfied taxpayers have been held at various points over the county and it is reported that at torneys in Kansas City and Lawrence have been retained to institute what ever legal action that may be possible to prevent the collection of the 25 per cent increase in farm taxes. It is a question what this legal action will be. County Attorney Lee Bond said yes terday that he had no idea of the procedure that the attorneys for the dissatisfied taxpayers would take. Those protesting against the in crease in the valuations of farm lands and the consequent increase in taxes. should take into consideration the fact that the city properties were as sessed equally high. The complain ants will perhaps be surprised and in terested to note the very remarkable increase in the valuations placed on the properties of the public service corporation of Leavenworth county by tne state tax commission. In a com parative table showing the valuations of the railroad and other public ser vice, corporation properties in the county, copied from the tax rolls it is noted that several of the companies nave been raised, more than ten times the valuation of their property as as sessed in 1907. THE GAME WARDEN BUSY. Causes a Kinsley Hotelkeeper to Pay 321 Fine for Serving Quail. Emporia, Nov. 14. State Deputy Game Warden McGowan has returned from a little trip to the western part or tne state, where ne nas oeen on the trail of game law dodgers. Out at Kinsley, Deputy McGowan arrested Charles Herman, ex-proprietor of the Grove hotel, on the charge of servin game, and Herman was found guilty and paid a fine and costs of $24. Mc Gowan heard Herman had been serv ing quail, and from a former cook he secured the evidence that caused the conviction. Walter Smith was another Kinsley man who paid $24 for violating the laws. Warden McGowan was on: nosin around the Arkansas, when he saw Smith shooting ducks. Smithy saw McGowan and waded across the river, and as he reached the other side began to sink in a bed of quicksand. It was some time before the man succeeded in getting out, and then Deputy McGowan crossed a bridge and headed him off about two miles away. Smith confessed that he had no license. In addition to paying the fine, he had a narrow escape from death and lost a $60 gun in the sand. FOR HER HUSBAND'S DEATH. Mrs. Richard Bailey Sues Iola Spelter Plant Tor $lu,uuo. Iola. Nov. 14. Alleging that her hus band, Kichard Bailey, met death in the machinery of the Prime Western Spelt er company of this city through the neglect of the company, Mrs. Katie Bailey has brought an action in district court to recover $10,000 damages. Mrs. Bailey sets up in the petition that on the 24th of August, 1908, her husband was attending to his duties at the plant and went to place his hand under the elevator to examine ths crushed coal as it came out, that being a part of his work, when in some man ner his hand caught in the roller and he was pulled down into the hopper and machinery where he was so badly injured that he died a short time after ward. Now Mrs. Bailey charges that the machinery was not properly guard ed. MI VERS RETURN TO WORK. Operators in Osage County Beginning to Pay the Contract Price. Pittsburg, Kan.l Nov. 14. Official word was received at the miners' head quarters in Pittsburg today that the operators in the Osage county field were gradually agreeing to pay the contract price for dead work demand ed by the miners. All of the operators at Burlingame, and all but one in Osage Cit-' have commenced to pay the contract price, and the men have returned to work in these mines. AT THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. One Hundred and Fifty Boys Enter the Wichita Corn Contest. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 14. The two days' session of the Sedgwick County Farmers' institute opened here Friday. Professors Headley Wheeler and Pratt of the State Agricultural college, and Dr. W. N. Neil, inspector in the federal agricultural department, are on the programme. One hundred and fifty boys entered the corn contest and fifty girls entered the canning contest. MARK THE SANTA FE TRAIL. Delegation From Wichita Win Aid at lost Springs. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 14. The gran ite monument to mark the Santa Fe trail at Dost Springs will be dedicated today and twentv-five members of the Daughters of the American Revolution will go from here to take part in the ceremony. Delegations from Newton, Peabody and other towns will take part in the dedication. SHE WAS CLEANING HER DRESS When the Gasoline Exploded and Miss Smith W&s Horribly Burned. Sallna, Kan., Nov. 14. Miss Maggie Smith, a stenographer at the Lee wholesale house, was horribly burned by the explosion of gasoline at her home in this city. She was cleaning a dress skirt when the explosion occur red, and she was wrapped in flames. Her entire body was burned, and it is announced that she may die. The house was partially wrecked. Strawberries in Winter. Raspberries and strawberries raised in his own e-arden are what Prof. A. W. Sickner can have for dessert these days. At the present time Prof. Sick ner has six kinds of strawberry vines that are producing fruit. The rasp berries are good fruit, also, although the berry is some what smaller than those raised durinr the summer. Wichita Eagle. Child Burned to Death. Arkansas City, Kan., Nov. 14. Winifred Brem'mer, the 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brem mer, fell asleep too near a gas stove Friday. Her clothing caught fire and she was burned to death. RAILR0AD NEWS. What Economy Has Done for the Darlington. Has Increased Traffic One Hun dred Per Cent. UNDER HILL CONTROL Several Independent Lines Hare Been Pnrchascd. Other Items of Interest in Kail way Circles. The New York Chronicle, a financial paper, in a long article discussing the Burlington report, says: "It was in 1901 that the Burlington came under the joint control of the Great Northern and the Northern Pa cific. In the year ending June 30. 1901. the road had moved, roughly, 3,350,000, 000 ons of freight one mile. For 1907-8, notwithstanding the- loss in traffic be cause of business depression the reve nue tonnage transported one mile, ag gregated 6,655,887,419 tons. This is an increase of just about 100 per cent for the seven years. But,the fact to which we wish to direct attention is that this increase of 100 per cent in transnorta- tion service was accomplished with an actual reduction in freight train mile age, the miles run by the freight trains in 1908 having been onlv 17.562.515 miles. against 19.168,750 miles in 1901. In a word while in 1900-1 it was necessary for the freight trains to run 19,168,750 nines in oraer -to move 3.350.000,000 tons of freight one mile, in 1907-08 the trains moved 6,665,887,419 tons one mile by running only 17,552,515 miles. The mean ing of this is that each train' hauled correspondingly more tons of freight. mat is, carried a greatly increased load. In 1908 conditions, of course, were not propitious for obtaining the best oper ating results and the average trainload was reduced somewhat, but neverthe less at 379 tons it compares with but 180 tons in 1901. The result of all this is that in face of a considerable decline in the average rate received per ton of ireignt per mile, the trains have been able to increase in a very marked way their revenues per mile run. There are no statistics available to show what the trains earned per mile in 1900-01; in 1901-02 they earned only $1.96 per mile run; in 1906-07, on the other hand, they earned $3.07 per mile run, and in 1907-08, $3.02 per mile. "Notwithstanding this striking devel opment of operating efficiency and not withstanding a' tremendous gain in gross-earnings (of which only a rela tively small portion was lost in 1908) net earnings the last three years, as we have already seen, have declined. Although the result in this case fur nishes a noteworthy illustration of how an important railroad system has been doing a rapidly expanding business and the benefits have accrued not to the stockholders but to the communities served in the lower rates charges for transportation and to the laboring classes (to whom most of the expendi tures and outlays of the railroads go directly or indirectly) in increased wages and reduced hours of employ ment. "The company's fixed charges have been declining. This is because until the late year its funded debt had been diminishing. For 1907-08 these fixed charges, including sinking fund contri butions, aggregated only $7,642,902, against $8,017,578 for 1906-07. But the company also charged $3,225,994 to in come for betterments. After allow ing for these charges and for 8 per cent dividends on the company's stock, a small surplus, namely, $22,366, re mains on the operations of the 12 months. Up to July 1, 1907, the Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad had been leased to an intermediate company namely the Chicago, Burlington Quincy railway but on the date men tioned that lease was cancelled, and during the year under review the pro perty was operated directly by its own board of directors. A change has also been made in the income statement. Previously it was the practice to de duct from available income the inter est for the year on the Northern Pacific-Great Northern joint C. B. Q. collateral 4 per cent bonds ($200 of these bonds having been given in exchange for every $100 of Burlington stock) but now the dividends paid Burlington Quincy stock are deducted and no men tion is made of the joint collateral bonds. As these dividends are now 8 per cent where before they were only 7 per cent, the dividends suffice to pay the interest on the bonds and it is im material how the item is entered in the accounts. "The company In November. 1907. purchased the Sioux City Western railroad from Sioux City to Ashland, Neb., with a branch to O'Neill, Neb., 229 miles, at a cost of $5,636,708. It also spent $7,913,907 for construction and equipment, making altogether a capital outlay of $13,550,615. this includ ing the discount on bonds sold. To obtain the means for thi3 purpose $16, 000,000 of general mortgage 4 per cent bonds of 1908 were sold. Other bonds, however, were purchased or paid off, leaving the net increase in the funded debt for the 12 months only $14,374,000. In 1906-07 there had been an actual de crease in the outstanding funded debt in the sum of $5,482,000. At the close of the previous year, on June 30, 1907, the balance sheet showed a small floating debt in the shape of $2,000,000 bills pay able. This has evidently all been paid off as no corresponding item appears in the balance sheet for June 30, 1908." APPRENTICE EDUCATION Is Playing a Prominent Part in Rail way Problems. Owing to the lack of skilled me chanic the education of apprentices is one of the most important problems with which the railroads have to deal, says William Menkel in the American Reviews of Reviews. A number of the companies have accordingly establish-' ed systematic courses of study for their young men to which the older work- A Tired Worker will find recuperation and strength from a lunch on Grape-Muts and cream. "THERE'S A REASON" Capt. Schwickardi Writes fit .AM RUDOLPH B. SCHWICKARDI. A War Veteran's Tribute to Pe-ru-na Rudolph B. Schwickardi, Capt. 39th N. T. Vol. Inf., writes from 1818 G St., N. W.. Washington, D. C. as follows: "Having the fullest confidence in the efficacy of Perana, both as a tonic and as a remedy for catarrhal trouble. I commend its use In the strongest possible terms. It should be in every household." War Left Ailments. Mr. William J. Lees. 3501 Morgan St.,, St. Louis, Mo., member Frank P. Blair Post No. 1, Grand Army of the Republic, and ex-Commander of the U. S. S. Benton Miss. Squadron, writes "The war left me with a complica tion of stomach, liver and kidney troubles, and I decided to take Peruna for my affliction. I began to use it about five years ago at the earnest solicitation of some friends. At that time I was only able to be up about half of the time, and my health was simply miserable. I consider a bottle off and on is a preventive. "I certainly do endorse your rem edy, and am glad to do so." Helped From Chronic Catarrh. Capt. Lemuel M. Hutchinson, Mont pelier, Vt., writes: "It gives me pleasure to write you this letter at this time on account of the good your Peruna has done me when I was quite done up with a very bad cold. "I could hardly perform my ordin Capital and Surplus, $160,000.00 The Merchants National Bank 605 Kansas Avenue USE Perfection Flour IDLE MONEY The State Savings Bank CORNER SIXTH AND KANSAS AVENUE Payable on demand in case of need. Renewal necessary only onee In 3 yean CALL for statement Deposits, $1,000,000.00. 3 Per Cent on Savings Account. men are in some cases also admitted. This work has now passed the experi mental stages. In the night schools conducted by the Union Pacific in its Omaha shops attendance by appren tices is compulsory. A, regular three year course is mapped out, including arithmetic, elementary mechanics and mechanical drawing. The Omaha Pa cific library has established a special branch at the shops, containing books on mechanics and engineering to which the men have free access. The boys take great interest in their work and advance rapidly. As soon as they finish the course and are properly qualified they are put at more respon sible work. This school proved so successful that another has been opened by the company in its shops at Cheyenne. NEW TEXAS USE Gulf. Texas and Western Backed by New York Capital. The Gulf, Texas Western has filed application for a charter. It will suc ceed the Dallas New Mexico, lately sold to Megargel Co., No. 5 Nassau street. New Tork, N. Y. The proposed line will run from a point in Sabine county to Benjamin, in Knox county, 500 miles, via Tyler, Kaufman and Dallas. A branch from Booneville to Fort Worth is contemplated. The incorporators are R. C. Megar gel of New York; J. J. Jeermyn and R. B. Williams of Scranton, Pa.; Ben B. Cain, Tyler, Tex.: L. Dabney, Bennett Hill, and J. W. Pinson of Dal las, Tex.; J. W. Cain of Chicago, and Oliver Loving of Jacksboro, Texas. Capital, $500,000. LOSS OF $120,000.000. Is Shown in Combined Net Earnings of Roads. Chicago, Nov. 14. Gross earnings of the railroads of the United States de creased by the sum of $139,000,000 during the fiscal year ending June 30, n it "i navfi Tnp. Fullest Confidence in the Efficacy of Penwia." ary duties, but from the use of Pe-a runa I am almost restored to health. I am quite convinced that It has helped me from chronic catarrh, to) which I am subject. It has also ben eflted my throat. "I can truly recommend it as th best all-round medicine it ha beanf my privilege to become acquainted! with. "Of this I am quite convinced front my own experience." Mr. W. C. Rollins, Prairie View. Tex as. Secretary of the State Normal and Industrial College of Texas, writes that for years he had chills and fever, and after taking Peruna his appetite returned, he became stronger, the fev er left him. and he is now in excellent health and vigor. Pe-ru-na Tablets. Some people prefer to take tablets, rather than to take medicine in a fluid! form. Such people can obtain Peruna tablets, which represents the medicin al Ingredients of Peruna,. Each tablet is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna. Might as Well Be Earning In terest 4 Per Cent 6-Months' Coupon Time Certificates at 1908, according to Slason Thompson, manager of the bureau of railway sta tistics, whose report was issued today. The figures are compiled from the monthly reports of the railroads to tha interstate commerce commission. Tha figures show the gross earnings for the) past fiscal year- to have been $2,450, 000,000, or 10,652 per mile. For that preceding fiscal year the gross earnings were $2,589,105,578, or $11,382 a mile. As the operating expenses for 1908. approximately $1,729,000,000, will not fall more than $20,000,000 below those of 1907, the report continues, the offi cial returns for the year just closed, will show a loss of $120,000,000 in net earnings from operation as compared with 1907. Everybody reads the State Journal. The triumphant result of forty years of earnest effort, devoted entirely to the science of pure roods, is WHEAT FLAKE CELERY F Its superiority over other Cereal Foods cannot be questioned. It is the kind of food that strength ens and assists in establishing healthy action of the bowels. for sal by Urecera it i i

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1903. OUR NOVEMBER Department Managers' Sale which began yesterday, will, as usual, continue throughout the month The special lines will be re-arranged and strength ened for next week's selling, so that some depart ments will have even greater bargains to offer. Special Reductions on Suits Monday The Mills Dry Goods Co. United states Senator Thomas C. Piatt at tlie top.. At bottom, rehdtn ft from left to right, are ex-Governo r Frank IJlaok or Xew York. Ambassa dor Wbitelaw Kcid, Congressman J. S loat Fassctt and Secretary of State Elihu Root. PLATT SUCCESSION, four Xew Yorkers Prominently Men. tioned for Senatorsliip. Albany, N. Y.,' Nov. 14. Rarely have four greater names ever been associa ted with the senatorship than are now tm. the tongues of New York politicians In connection with the successor to Thomas Collier Piatt. Senator Piatt's term expires March 4. He is an old man. Infirmity has robbed him of all Tigor. Domestic infelicity has harassed him for many months. He is not a candidate for re-election, and probably could not be elected if he wanted to be. Thus all discussion of the next New lYork senator eliminates him from the question. This is no suggestion, however, that there is not magnificent timber from nrhich the choice is to be made. First and foremost in the- list stands EHhu Koot, secretary of state in the cabinet f President Roosevelt. If Mr. Root does not remain s President Taft's premier he will undoubtedly have the backing of the administration for the New York senatorship. and at all events he is today practically the leading can didate among the prophets. Whitelaw Reid. ambassador to the court of St. James, is another prob able aspirant. Mr. Reed has repre sented us in England for several years with distinguished success. He was at one time a candidate for vice president on the Republican ticket, with Ben jamin Harrison. He is a big man. When It is suggested, he would give up the court of St. James for the United States senate, some suggestion is given of the prominence and im portance which public men atla'ch to a place in the upper house of congress. Ex-Governor. Frank Black is another would-be senator. Black is a lawyer and an orator of great power. He is the man who nominated Roosevelt for president In the Chicago convention of 1904. He is a big man and as a can didate will loom large on the horizon. Congressman J. S. Fassett of Elmira also wants the place. He was one of those whom the New York delegation to the Chicago convention last summer considered along with "Sunny" Jim Sherman as a possible New York can didate for vice president. In addition. ex-Lieut. Gov. Timothy Woodruff, chairman of the Republican state committee, is grooming for the job. It is evident that there will be no j dearth of good material, and that the J probable difficulty will come from New York's embarrassment of riches. Gove County Trouble. Suit has been filed in the supreme court to oust the trustees of the Gove county high school. In the petition it Is claimed that the law creating that school, being a special act of 1903, is unconstitutional, and that if It were not the officials of Gove county did not comply with its provisions in establish ing the school. A stipulation has been entered into whereby the case will not trp triei until April. All parties agreed to let the school finish its present year. The object of the suit la to wipe out tb. school. raHTOPERAlW W. S. Massey of Grantville, Kan., was in town today on a short busi ness trie Miss Mabel Anderson is able to be out and around again after several weeks' Illness with an attack of tonsilitis. Mrs. S. R. Hill of Council Grove, Kan., is here visiting friends and relatives for two weeks. Mr. Frank Johnson returned to work Friday morning after being off two weeks on account of an injured foot. Mrs. Willis Norton went to Spencer, Kan., today to remain until Sunday evening the guest of her parents. Miss Florence Newlan has re turned home from Osage county where she has spent the past two weeks visiting her grandparents and other relatives. Miss Hattie Nelson has returned to her home in Overbrook, Kan., after spending a week here visiting friends. Mr. Harry Hart of Kansas .City came here today to spend a short time visiting relatives. Miss Eunice Mullen went to St. Marys to visit friends of the college over Sunday. Miss Hazel Kennedy will be able to return to work Monday after being off two months on account of illness. She has been suffering with an at tack of typhoid fever. Mrs. Martha Jordan left this morn ing for Portland. Ore., where she was called on account of the illness of her daughter, Mrs. E. J. Christian, who is very sick. Miss Orville Wright has gone to Hannibal, Mo., where she will make an extended visit with her parents. S. T. Coleman has sold his farm, which is west of the reform school, to Mr. D. Stanley. F. P. Elmore of the Shawnee State bank was called to Nortonville Fri day on account of the death of his niece. Miss Gertrude Elmore, who died Thursday. The funeral was held at Nortonville today. The gravel road on St. John street as far east as Jackson has been com pleted, everything has been settled tip and the residents of that district are happy. W. S. George was In from Kilmer today. W. H. Thomas has returned from Arkansas where he spent the past two weeks on a business trip. S. F. Kensinger and family and Wm. Bridge and family went to Kansas City today to make their future home. Mrs. D. A. Lawton of Silver Lake was a North Topeka visitor today. Walter Coleman of Wichita. Kan., is here visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Coleman who live on the Rochester road. Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Butts of Belle ville, Kan., have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. M. G. Lane of North To peka. Kan., left today for Wheaton, Kan., to spend Thanksgiving with relatives. Rev. Burns, who has been visiting' friends here for a few days, returned to his home in Organ. Mo., today. Maurice Jenkins has moved away from W. M. G. Lane's residence, 1021 North Quincy street. Burton Skinner, the little son of Mrs. Ralph B. Skinner of 1125 Van Buren street, who has been suffering with appendicitis, is convalescent. Mrs. Sam S. Steele, who has been visiting her daughters, Mrs. J. A. Mitchell and Mrs. Jno. Currey, in the country for the past ten days, re turned home yesterday. For sale or trade 7 room house with five lots, barn. 1428 N. Topeka avenue. Selling at Cost Farm Wagons, Gasoline Engine, Heavy Team Har ness, Cook and Heating Stoves. Foucht's Hardware. Mr. E. W. Rankin, manager of the Farmer Advocate, will address tha men's gospel meeting at the Y. M. C. A. this evening. His subject will be, "An swers to Some Objections." There will be a duet by Misses Whiteker and.Cur rie. All men are invited to this meet ing. Immediately at the close of the gos pel meeting at the Y. M. C. A. this evening Mr. J. T. Shaw will lead the male chorus. All men interested in music are invited. The Santa Fe sale of unclaimed freight is now going on at the old freight depot on Fourth street. J. A. Pettit of the freight sheds cut his foot a few days ago and is unable to be at work.' J. W. McJones of the bridge factory was laying off today. Engineer E. S. Kickabaugh of Argen tine was in town Friday and Saturday. C. S. Fuller, who works at the freight depot, will go to Burlingame Sunday and remain until Thursday on a hunt ing trip. Next Wednesday night there will be a grand rally of the gymnasium classes at the Y. M. C. A. The evening will bo spent in playing all kinds of games and a general good time is in store for all. All members of the classes are urged to be present. S. H. Sharp, general superintendent at LaJunta, is in town a few days on a business trip. Fred Cramer of the machine shops layed off this afternoon and went to Lecompton with the Y. M. C. A. foot ball team to play ball this aftem oon. Sam Swearingen of the paint shops aiso piays on tne team. Paul Sweet of the betterment depart ment is in Arkansas City on business. General Superintendent F. C. Fox is in Newton on business for a few days. Paul Hart of the Kansas City union depot, formerly of Topeka, has resigned to become secretary to W. B. Jansen, fourth vice president of the Santa Fe. W. H. Dickerson, agent of the Santa Fe at Windom. Kan., and well known in Topeka, is Just finishing the finest residence in the town as a home for himself. The passenger equipment to be used hereafter on trains 3 and 4 Is now in the Topeka shops, where it is being equipped for being heated by steam while the engines, used between here and Dodge City are being equipped so the steam can be furnished for heating the passenger cars, and it is understood that the engines along the entire line, which handle these trains are being likewise equipped, so that the train on its trip will be steam heated. This is not only a more satisfactory manner of heating the cars than with the pres ent coal heaters, but In the case of wrecks the liability of the cars catch ing fire is thereby lessened. Mr. Homer Martin of the electrical department is laying off and is spend ing the time on a hunting trip. Mr. Avery Turner, general superin tendent of the Pecos Valley, and sta tioned at Amarillo, Texas" is here spending a few days on a business trip The interesting address given by Sen ator Charles Curtis at the Y. M. C. A. last night was largely attended. He told of his trip to the Philippines and of his visit in China and Japan and neighboring countries which was great ly appreciated by the members and friends of the association who were present. An engine which had been rebuilt in the shops and was about to be sent out on trial trip, exploded yesterday after noon at 4:15 o'clock, severely scalding W. E. Williams, John Becker and O. D. Johnson of the boiler shops. The en gine was one of the large type and had been tested and was almost ready to be sent to the round house, when the ex plosion occurred. The mud drum cap under the boiler which covers an open ing of 18 inches was blown- off, allowing the hot water and steam' to burst out with such force that the workmen who were standing near were completely drenched with the hot water and steam The men were immediately taken to the Santa Fe hospital. John Becker was burned about the feet and legs. O. D. Johnson about the back and legs and W. E. Williams about the face and hands. W. E. Williams had Just left the hospital a short time ago after a siege of sickness. All three of the men spoke of it being Friday, the thir teenth, but said that they were not superstitious. The exact cause of the explosion has not been determined. However, It must have been due to a defect In the mud drum cap. POLICE JKTINGS. Cleo Bennet Branches Oat in Her Work. Establishes a Rescue Home on North Side. UO SAVE YOUJiG GIRLS. Effort Will Be Made to Check Growing Eril. Deserters Appear to Be Becom ing More Numerous. One woman has taken up the mat ter of street walking girls and fallen j women in tWte city of Topeka. Cleo Bennet, the reformed police court character and at the present time a member of the Salvation Army has established a Rescue Home for Fal len Women at 1132 Kansas avenue In North Topeka. The home Is at the present time a three room cottage but as Boon as the work progresses It will be added to and made into a per manent home. Cleo Bennet has gone through some of the worst experiences of any wo man every living in Topeka and she has for a good many years been in the lime light continually. At one time she tried to burn down the city jail and she has committed numerous other crimes. After spending a few months in the penitentiary she re formed and since her release about ten months ago she has been doing a noble work In the bottoms o'. Topeka both on her own service ai.a under the service of the Salvation Army. On account of her acquaintances among, the fallen women and girls of the city she makes an excellent worker among them and she has suc ceeded In reforming a large number of them both at their homes and at the city and county jails. The new' home will be called the Cleo' Bennet Rescue Home for Fallen Women and will be conducted under the patronage of the Salvation Army. All contributions from Topeka people will be gladly received. The opening day of the home was yesterday, Fri day, the 13th, but this does not feaze the Interested worker. Cleo Bennet. She is doing a work that no other wo man in Topeka has ever dared to do and if successful she will be the cause of the saving of many girls who run the streets at night. The police reports every day show arrests for street .walking and the street walkers are in almost every case young girls under twenty years of age. Chief Eaton has called attention to this. fact many times but the churches and relief societies in the city have paid no attention to this local need. There has been a storm of criticism raised over the city because such little attention was given to the girls of the Bottoms and to girls who have ac quaintances in the Bottoms who never fail to lead them astray. Street walk ing in Topeka is about the only real misdemeanor that the excellent police force has to deal with and is powerless to stop without the help of the people of the city. Gleo Bennett has spent every cent she ever possessed in establishing this home and when it is in running order she will be helpless herself until people of the city contribute to the work. It is reported that the county commis sioners will furnish the coal for the purpose but nothing definite has been decided. It is known that the county is figuring on 'the proposition. The police force is greatly in favor of the idea and already they have pledged their help to Cleo Bennett. The plan instituted by Cleo Bennett pleases Chief Eaton and he said this morning: "I will feel as though I have per formed the duties of my office when I clear uo this street walking problem. The future reputation of the cleanli ness of the city depends upon the younger people and I am greatly in terested in them." After having escaped from the pa role officer and skipped up the :ock Island yard and down along the river, Willie Chllders. a parole from the re form school was captured by Officer Mead last night. The young boy has been one of the best behaved boys in the school but on being released on parole he fell back to his old compan ions which brought on his old habits. Once more Marshall Hays, a son of the Rev. Mr. Hays of North Topeka, is anchored in the Eaton harbor by the officers and paid out by his father. Marshall Is a good boy naturally but he gets unnatural about once a month and his companions fill him up on liquor. He always repents to his father and tells him that he will reform and his father always appears at the station the next morning happy at the chance ;of getting he son under the parental roof once more. Officers Douglas and McGuire caught the boy last night. In last evening's mail the chief of nolice received 30 deserter circulars from the government and this morning 45 more. Desertions from the army are undoubtedly becoming more than a common occurrence and when the gov ernment pays all of the $50 fines for the captures, it will mean a huge sum for the return of men who have lost the Vspirit." Another man has failed to carry himself according to every point in the law and Officer Fribance made business pick up last night just in front of the postoffice. A man run ning a pop corn and peanut establish ment on wheels has been dropping anchor In front of the federal build ing and last night the big English of ficer took the word of a number of complainants and ordered the man to move. After a number of word ex changes and a few touches of muscu lar language the ma ndrove off from the "beat" presided over by Fribance. Things are mighty quiet In the bot toms these nights. Not a good old fashioned raid or pull has been made in this district for a number of nights. On being asked by a reporter why such marvelous conditions seem to ex ist a colored hurrah boy made the fol lowing statement last night: "Let me tell you all about this re form as you call It. We all ain't re forming down heah but dat big chief has a officer in our midst who cer tainly does tear 'up things. Let me tell you, sah, when ever I step outside of the doah I see dat officer peeking out of the corner of his eye at me end T can't do nothing but act decent. He is de worst we have had in a long time and we all stay in the house and watch him go meandering by." On inquiry It was found that Officer England is keeping the peace In the Honeycombs and his star is blinding the eyes of the unruly negroes. Ens- Hand is one of those men who has lit tle use for law breakers and he never fails to make use of his "big stick." If Officer England stays in the bot toms long it will mean a big hole In the monthly receipts at the police station. "Oh, I wish that a big wagonload of policemen would come to my house at once. There are burglars in the house and I can hear them as plain as can be. Do come right away before they get up stairs and steal us all away." This is the thrilling tale told over the phone to Jailer Lawson last night. Immediately big Bob Palmer mounted the patrol and together with Sergeant Ross the wagon went tearing down Harrison street to 1029 where the fear ful complaint found its origin. The wagon drove up to the curbing and the two big officers jumped out and ran Into the house. For an hour every nook and corner was searched. Every bed was peered under. Every closet search ed and not a man could be found. Every window was Intact and the doors were locked securely. When the police heard of the circumstances they knew the cause at once. The lady of the house was alone with only her daughter and maid, servant. This was enough. Cases of" this kind come up every so often. It all depends upon when the man of the house leaves for the night and then the bad bold, burglars lay siege to the homes with blood in their eye. Such is imagination in the wild and wolly west. An escape from the insane asylum caught by Detective Frank Summers the other night had the following line of conversation to give to the big de tective "They say I am crazy, but I am not. They say I am at the state insane asylum but I am not. No I am with you. Let me tell you something. I have been 22,622 days at the Insane asy lum but I don't like it very well. But I like it as well as they like me. I don't like them because they are run by the United States. They won't let me pay my way out. I have 22 million and 284 dollars in the bank at Wichita and I will write them out a check for 80 cents if they will let me go. I am a cousin of Rockefeller and my wife married Vanderbilt. I wanted to be president of Germany but the insane asylum wouldn't let me." A supposed deserter was picked up by the police the other night but was released by Judge Urmy at the last session of the police court on account of his success in showing the court that he had nothing to do with the army and had never been in the ser vice. The man gave his name as O. C. Westbrook but did not have any occupation. He had an excellent carriage and walked down Kansas avenue as if he was at the head of a regiment on parade. He resembled somewhat a photograph received by the police department from the gov ernment describing a deserter and he was taken up on this charge. The police are haviny any amount of trouble with the bunch of deputy sheriffs who are overrunning the city. It seems that an officer of this variety can be found at almost every time and they are taking undue liberty with their stars. An arrest of Wil liam Smith was made this morning. He was charged with impersonating an officer and pleaded guilty to being a deputy sheriff. Deputy sheriffs are getting a little too plentiful for the order of the law. When an officer has to arrest an officer there is a leak somewhere. Not long ago a deputy sheriff was arrested for being drunk and disorderly and again a bunch of three of them were caught attending a keg party. If many more of these cloudy nights cover the stars of the deputies the police will have to en large the calaboose capacity. Dressed up In all of the necessary and unnecessary hunting togs a young man was arrested last night for load ing himself before he did his gun. He had intended to go hunting but be fore he had reached the city limits he emptied the contents of a little bottle which contained liquor pri marily intended for snake bites and the like. The young man lost his gun before the police found him and if he had been allowed to go much longer he would have lost all his money. He had about ten dollars and an ex pensive watch on his person when ar rested. The young fellow gave his name as John Doe and considering the circumstances in the case, that name will do as well as any. The prisoners at the city jail are kicking about the food they are get ting. Last night they told a visitor to the station that they read the State Journal every evening through a loaf of bread. They saved the beans until they were put on the rock pile the next day and broke them then. The meat was something awful and It is never touched, not even by the station mascot. For the last few days several of the prisoners have been sick in their cots on account of the food served them. It is not the fault of the police force that such a kind of food is being given out to the prison ers, but the fault of the restaurant keeper who has the nerve to ask men to eat such material. Of course the prisoners will have some kind of a as It is not as good as "mother used to make" but when the meat is ac tually stale and the bread a minus quality It Is a shame that the men have to stand it. The pure food laws don't affect, the city jail prisoners. RED CROSS MEETING. Will Co-operate in War on the Great White Plague. At a. meeting of the Red Cross peo ple in the governor's office yesterday afternoon, at which. Governor Hoch presided, resolutions of sympathy were adopted relative to' the recent deaths of Captain T. B. Gerow of Atchison and Dr. May Stout of this city. The sudden death of Captain Gerow was particularly felt,, as he had been present at the last preceding meeting of the society and took active interests In Its doings. Vote of thanks was also passed In favor of Christ hos pital, Drs. Kiene and Bowen, and Miss Williams, matron, for their efficient aid in outfitting and providing a hospital relief tent for free alleviation of suf fering at the late state fair at Topeka. Dr. S. J. Crumbine presented a plan for a campaign to be inaugurated in this state for the prevention of tuber culosis. The secretary was authorized as a means to an end, to issue a quan tity of "Merry Christmas" stamps to be designed by Howard Pyle, and place the same on sale at an early date, from the sale of which a fund is to be created for the prevention and eradica tion of the "great white plague" within the state. Dr. Charles M. Sheldon and the secretary were selected to repre sent the Red Cross society at the forthcoming convention to be called by the governor. Charles F. Scott' of Iola and D. R. Anthony of Leavenworth were selected to act as delegates from the Kansas branch of the Red Cross at the annual meeting of the national organization IF IT DISAPPEARS, IPS ECZEMA How to Ten Whether a Skin Affec tion is an Inherited Blood Disease or Not. Sometimes it is hard to determine whether a skin affection is a sign of a blood disorder or simply a form of eczema. Even physicians are often puzzled in their diagnosis. The best way for one afflicted is to go to Fred A. Snow's or any good druggist who handles pure drugs and obtain 50 cents' worth of poslam. Apply this, and if the itching stops at once and the trouble is cured in a few days it may. be set down- as having been eczema, as this is the way poslam acts In the worst cases of eczema, and in curing acne, herpes, blotches, tetter, piles, salt rheum, rash, barber's and other forms of itch, scaly scalp, and all surface skin affections. Those who will write to the Emergency Laboratories, No. 32 West Twenty-fifth Street, New York, can secure, by mail free of charge, a supply sufficient to cure small eczema Burface or clear a complexion overnight and remove pimples in twenty-four hours. to be held in Washington city Decem ber 8 prox. Letter of recognition from the na tional headquarters was read by the secretary,, recognizing the Kansas branch as among the efficient workers in philanthropic work, there being up ward of one hundred members throughout the state. Inquiries or. orders for Red Cross "Merry Christmas" stamps may be sent to the secretary, state House, Topeka POLITICAL GOSSIP. Harry B. Fleharty, the former Kan sas preacher, politician and lawyer, was carried into the office of attorney gen eral of Nebraska on the Democratic wave which swept that state at the last election. Fleharty was private secretary to Governor Leedy. He had been a preach er up to that time, but he quit working at the job and went in for the gay and happy life in Topeka. There are some wild and weird stories about how Harry Fleharty and kindred spirits used to get out and celebrate the vic tory of Populism. Fleharty afterwards took up the practice of law, and is said to have become a brilliant at torney. Senator Fred Quincy, of Salina, has announced that he is in favor of the "split primary," allowing the state to choose its candidate for United States senator at the time of the general election instead of at tjje time of the primary. This is the kind of a pri mary which Senator Fitzpatrick and the "senate lodge" made such a stub born fight for, but which was beaten by W. R. Stubbs. The fact that Senator Quincy is in favor. of the split primary makes it look as though Senator J. L. Bristow (elect) is also in favor of it, for Quincy Is from Brlstow's home, H. G. Larimer, of Topeka, says that the coming legislature will make no change in the present plan of holding the senatorial primary at the same time with the primary for other officers. He thinks, however.- that the time for hold ing the state primary should be chang ed, and that it should -be held early in the season so that delegates to the na tional convention and the Republican national committeeman, may be cho sen at the primary. Chairman Dolley, of the Republican state central committee, has received the following letter from Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York, who made Republican speeches in Kansas during the campaign: "My Dear Mr. Dolley: I thank you most heartily for your kind letter, and I cordially congratulate you upon the victory in Kansas. It was a great privilege to take part in the national campaign, and I shall never forget the kindness of the Kansas people. "With best regards, I am very sin cerely yours, "CHARLES E. HUGHES." Capt. Peterson, of Topeka, is con ducting an aggressive campaign for appointment to the job of adjutant general of Kansas to succeed General J. W. F. Hughes. Captain Peterson is the man who, at the time of the Spanish-American war posted up printed notices all over town calling upon the patriotic citizens of Topeka to rally to his standard and march against the Spaniards. He sign ed the notices "Captain" Peterson, and had a squad of men drilling on Kan sas avenue almost before Dewey's guns at Manila had cooled off. But his com pany never got beyond the experimental stage. The statutes require that the adju tant general shall have had five years' experience with the national guard. Governor Hoch has decided to ap point Mrs. T. B. Gerow to succeed her husband as superintendent of the state free employment bureau. "Mrs. Gerow is a very competent woman," said the, governor, "and I know of no higher1 tribute that I can pay her late hus band than to give her the position made vacant by his death." mv. I ntfsin rn thp Tiart of the ETOV- ernor will no doubt please the people Of Atchison. -VI rs uerun s in laovo until April 1. Concordia Blade: If the socialists had had a candidate for state senator In this district this year Senator Cald well would have won hands down, but having no candidate of their own most of the socialists voted for Moore. The socialist vote In this county was in the neighborhood of 250 and "had they had a candidate of their own they would have voted for him and this would have elected Senator Caldwell. TEXAS LANDS. F. E. Grimes Says They Are Good Investment. F. E. Grimes telegraphed from Pecos, Texas, yesterday: To the Editor of the State Journal: Please say through your paper any one contemplating: coming- to Texas on next Tuesday excursion should purchase ticket to PeCos and ask E. D. Balcom to show Toyah valley lands as I believe there's no better opportunity for investment In Texas. F. E. GRIMES. USE Perfection Flour There are a great many bargains advertised tonight. I haw foond California to be ideal winter reaort. Thousands of other persons have made the same discovery. Ideal for those who wish to be secure against winter's chilling blasts, its snows, its discomforts. There flowers bloom, birds sing and fruits ripen at a season when here the re verse is true. For persons desiring to play golf, fish, swim, go boating, automobiling, or in dulge in other outdoor sports during tha winter, or gain or retain health, Califor nia's the place. I've traveled over the Santa Fe and know a great deal about it. I always recom mend it to my friends who want the best. That shows my con fide oca in Santa Fe service. I know California and the Grand Can yon of Arirona like a book, and am com petent to give full information about the trip thither, and what to do after reaching there. If you have any friends planning a trip to California, send me their names and addresses, and I II lend you fft copies of profusely illustrated books above Califor nia and tha Grand Canyon of Arizona. T. Kin. City Passenger A stent, Topeka, Kan. Paying Rent pays the landlord Why not be your own landlord? You can buy a home on what you pay the landlord rent. Our way is easy. See our secretary and get our booklet of many plans. SHAWNEE BUILDING LOAN ASSOCIATION 11S West Sixth Street HAND SAPOLIO FOR TOILET AND BATH Delicate enough for the softest skin, and yet efficacious in remov ing any stain. Keeps the skin in perfect condition. In the bath gives all the desirable after-effects of a Turkish bath. It should be on every wash stand. ALL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS DON'T WORRY About Moving CALL US Phone 320 Topeka Transfer Storage CO. 406 Eaat Sixth Street TO-NIGHT 23c. WHITEKER BROS. Wholesale Fruit and Produce Largest Dealers in Kansas. Write for Price List. Topeka, Kansas. L M. Penwell Undertaker and Embalraer 111 QoUcj Street EftO) Phone 191

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THE TOFEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL S ATTTBD AY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14,1903., given m sur Methodists Will Contribute $109,001) in Cash. you white men would find it out if you ever .tried it." Lots of Work to Do. The "committee began its third day'a session her today with only half its work laid out for the five days' session accomplished. The public meeting FLINT-ISJIflED, Hypnotist Pleads Guilty to Vio lating Kansas Lair. The Largest Stock of Fine Pianos in the State tonight at which Bishop Mclntyre of St. Paul was to speak has been called off and the night session will be devoted to business instead. Money Used to Rebuild San Francisco Churches. He Used Boy Under 18 as a Sub ject. Bran TT V Us

The quality guaranteed the best and the prices unques tionably the lowest That is the reason you can depend on our store when you go to select a piano. 2 Carloads of These Fine Instruments Have Just Arrived Comprising Many New and Tastefully Designed Cases Come and See Them. They Are Yours for a Very- Small Payment EJ1ERY HIXZK STIUl'SS REIN HART CAPEX WHITNEY Dl'MIAK CO. CONWAY KI.MISAI.Ij Monthly Payments if Desired W. F. Roehr Music Co. Topeka, -Kansas 630 Kansas Ave. United States Senator Albert J. Hopkins at Left. Eoss at Right. FIGHT ON IN ILLINOIS. Rival Candidates for Senator Claim Endorsement of Primary. Springfield. III., Nov. 14. The com lns session of the Illinois legislature will be a veritable bedlam. With a fierce fight on for the speakership, with an election recount pending, and last but not least, the United States senatorship in the balance, the legis lative programme is indeed full. The first and greatest battle will be over Senator Hopkins' seat at Wash ington. It will be remembered that Illinois had an advisory primary this year, in which all of the candidates for senator participated. If the result in the state is to be taken as a whole, Senator Hopkins won an easy re-election In the legislature, because he car ried more districts than his Republi can opponents. The senator's most active opponent, however, was the young and eloquent Congressman George Edmund Foss, who made a strong score in the primary, although losing out in the total. Friends of Koss claim that the primary must not be viewed from the standpoint of the state wide total, but that the opinion district by district must be considered. If the opinion by districts is to pre vail, then Hopkins' would have 86 votes on joint ballot In the legislature, Foss would have 27. ex-Senator Mason 12 and the Democratic Mr. Stringer 79. This would give Senator Hopkins 1 a lead but not a majority, and would open the way-for a- Foss fight. The Hopkins men, however, insist that the primary vote was for the purpose of ascertaining the sentiment of the en tire state, and not of a single district, and that the advisory vote is binding on me noie nepuDiican membership of the legislature. If this construc tion is followed, and all of the Repub licans line up for him, he would have a total of 125 vtes. or 22 more than necessary. Our Absolutely Reliable Prescription Dept. Is the pride of our store and the confidence of the public. When you bring your prescription here you can rely on its being filled accurately and with exactly what it calls for. We will positively use no substitute whatever, no matter how trivial. This we guarantee. We us t--nly pure and per fectly preserved drugs. I J. M. BRUNT DRUGGIST Sixth and Jackson Sts. Each Month ROYAIi HALLET DAVIS WKGMAN KKELli MKHI.IX SOXS. MEHUX BABY GRAND SIMPLEX PLAA'EH PIAXO KIMBALL PLAYER PIAXO MGHLIX PLAYER PIANO Congressman George E. SUPREME COURT VACANCIES. Tart May Have tlie O orlunilv to Fill I-'our Places. Washington, Nov. 14. Associate Justice Rufus W. Peckham reached his seventieth year last week and non there are in the supreme court the chief justice and three associate jus tices who can retire on full pay any time they desire. Chief Justice Ful ler is now 75, John M. Harlan, asso ciate justice, is also 75, David J. Brew er will be 71 next June and Justice Peckham has Just turned 70. It is altogether too early to predict just when these men will actually leave the bench, but it will undoubtedly be after March 4, in which case the new presi dent, William Howard Tafi, will have the filling of part, if not all, of the vacancies on the supreme tribunal. No one can predict who will suc ceed the present incumbents, but Judge Taft's personal acquaintance with the prominent lawyers over the country will enable him to judge wise ly when it becomes his privilege to select successors. J f t K 9 ''-&ZtJH.i7jfri AssoelLte Justice Peckham Reaches the Itctiriiig Age. It is believed that Justice Peckham will probably avail himself of the op portunity to retire within the next year. During the past few- years his health has not been of .the best and more than a year ago it was rumored he would like to leave the bench. He took his seat in 1895, succeeding the late Howell E. Jackson of Tennessee. He is a Democrat, but was never ac tive in politics. At the time of his ap pointment by President Cleveland he was justice of lhe supreme court of appeals of New York. He is highly esteemed on the supreme bench as well as by all others who know him. Macule. said the inexperienced young thing to the cook, "the b'scuits wore a sisht. If you can't do better next time I wl.l have to discharge you."' "Ye will will ye?' Mngete retorted. "I'll have ye know, mum. that I've bin workin' out two years, an I've worked for eishty-nine of the best families in town, an' I ain't never bin dis charged yet. I'm leavin this) afternoon for a better place." -Judge. 2- a Jet t trZ& 2 MILLIONS WANTEP All But Five Hundred Thousand for Missions and Extension. Knell-Work Mapped Out at To peka Conference. The committee on home missions and church extension of the Meth odist Episcopal church at the third day of its session today apportioned $100,000 of the total appropriation of $850,000 for the rebuilding of the churches of San Francisco that were destroyed by the earthquake two years ago. The sum of $135,000 had already been spent in this work and $150,000 more is needed to repair the damage done by the earthquake. Frisco and Dr. Evans. The debate on the San Francisco proposition occupied the greater part of the session of yesterday afternoon and was by far the most notable dis cussion of the meeting. Among those who spoke for the Pacific coast city were: Bishops H. W. Warren, E. H. Hughes and J. W. Hamilton, and Secretary Forbes and A. J. Wallace, a layman of Los Angeles. Bishop Hamilton, now of Boston, was sta tioned at Frisco for eight years I previous to and during the earth-1 quake and his word picture of that I The First Methodist Ch great city and the terrible disaster it suffered came from the heart to the heart. The members of the com mittee, sitting quietly in the Topeka church could almost hear the sounds of crumbling walls and see the awful havoc created by the fire. Dr. W. C. Evans, former pastor of the local church, was an interested listener of the proceedings. Dr.- Evans was transferred to the Oakland district immediately after the earthquake to "meet the emergency" in a city that had grown in a week from 125.000 to 225,000 population. How well he succeeded is told by the Christian Advocate as follows: "At the recent session of the Cal ifornia conference, Dr: W. C. Evans was transferred from the Oakland to the San Francisco district, to suc ceed Dr. W. S. Matthews, who was appointed to Trinity church, Berkeley. Dr. Evans comes to the most difficult situation in Methodism, but is already proving' equal to the task. His two years on the Oakland district were of unprecedented success. having in creased the salaries many thousands of dollars." Will Ask for Two Millions. It now develops that the committee at its sessions here will ask the Method ist church for two million dollars for the coming year. Of this sum $1,500,000 will be used lor home missions, church work and church extension, and $500,000 as a supplemen tary sum for general purposes. The committee has already appropri ated $8."0,000 for the year's work and the apportionment of this money is now in the hands of committees and a final report will not Jikely be presented un til Monday morning's session. Frisco and Dr. Evans. In the debate this morning over the request for the two million dollars, one of the delegates declared that "The nv,;Man rf rho SnnHfii: sphnnlu Jtre now depended upon to raise most of the money for home missions, ana tnat tne preachers and their congregations should be especially called upon to do their share or tne worK oi proviaing funds." A resolution was passed today in strcting the church extension head quarters at Philadelphia to extend credit to the San Francisco churches in the sum of $56,000. This is in the nature of a loan and not a gift. The t?i.Ica -i m In ,T t in this sum and paying interest on the amount at. the rate of 7 per cent, 'lne object is to have the Philadelphia of fice borrow this sum in the east at a lower rate of interest and advance it to the Frisco churches. They can pay it off as the original debt and at the same time enjoy a lower rate of inter est. A Xeerro Addresses the Committee. President Lovingood, of the Sam Houston college at Austin, Texas, ad dressed the committee this morning. President Lovingood is a negro.- In the course of his remarks he said: "It is a strenuous Job to be a negro, and At the whirls, Collars cults that we "have washed, starched !nd ironed ready to deliver to our cus tomers! The sight of their cleanliness, smooth edees and superior finish will speak more eloquently than we can in cold newspaper type of our doing your work. Look today and we'll work for you to-, morrow. The Mutual 50 Employees. Waeona. Phones 519. Topeka' "So Water" LAUNDRY mir ilia

Rev. F. X. Dynch, Whose Church Has Been Honored as the Meeting Place of the National Methodist Com mittee on Missions. The committee yesterday appro priated $S50,000 for the work of home missions and church extensions but the apportionment of this money to the various states and missions will take up the time of the committee un til the close of its last business ses sion Monday. Sessions Interesting. 4 The business sessions of the com mittee are interesting in spite of the fact that only dry business matters and columns of figures are discussed. urch of Pheonix, Arizona. Men from Boston, New Orleans, Cin cinnati, St. Paul, Denver, San Fran cisco. Philadelphia, St. Louis and Memphis debate the expediency of the measures proposed for the health and growth of the church. The amount of money involved in these delibera tions gives weight to the every detail of the discussion of these able men. Where the Money Goes. It Is among the weaker churches of the western states and in the slums of the great cities that the greater proportion of the money is to be spent; As Dr. Forbes put it in his speech last night outlining the work of tiie committee, the rich are called upon to help the poor ,the strong to i elp the weak and the enlightened to instruct the ignorant. Out of this exchange comes good for the whole body. The church has 4.000 missionaries in the field and the committee has a half million dollars for these mission aries. Tne money can only be appor tioned after a thorough discussion of conditions. The sum of $118,000 has been assigned for young people's work and for printing, office expenses, sal aries, etc. The Methodist church has given a million dollars for the work of home missions and church extensions, but there are so many places for the money that the committee must pro ceed most carefully in order to make this sum cover the field of active oper ations. Mass Meeting Sunday. At the mass meeting at the audi torium Sunday afternoon the great est preachers of the Methodist faith in this country will speak. It is ex pected that this meeting will be a feature of the committee's five days session here. STORY OF STANDARD. Will Be Told by Rockefeller Himself in Court. New York, Nov. 14. John D. Rockefeller is expected to go on the witness stand when the hearing in the government's suit to dissolve the Standard Oil company is resumed next week and tell the story of that gisantic corporation. It is said that Mr. Rockefeller will be a willing witness and that for some time he has been desir ous of clearing up certain matters con cerning the company. At the office of the Standard Oil com pany it was stated that the company will subpoena Mr. Rockefeller. John D. Arch bold, vice president, and J. A. Moffett, a director of the Standard Oil company as witnesses for the company. It is expected Archbnld and Moffett will follow Mr. Rockefeller on the witness stand. WROTE SPEtCH ON WAY President-Elect Taft Arrives Brooklyn to Mako Address. in New York. Nov. 14. President-elect Taft, who delivered an address at the dedication of the prison ship martyrs' monument in Brooklyn, arrived at Jer sey City at 12:45 o'clock this after noon and immediately boarded a tug which took him to Brooklyn. Mr. Taft was met at Jersey City by his brother. Henry W. Taft, Timothy L. Woodruff and several representa tives of the Prison Ship Martyrs' as sociation, including General Horatio King. The party boarded the tug Narketta, which took them to the Brooklyn navy yard. There they were met by Rear Admiral Goodrich, the commandant of the navy yard and Mr. Taft was escorted to the Brooklyn club for the dedication ceremonies. When Mr. Taft's train left Washing ton, not a line of the speech he was to deliver this afternoon had been writ ten. With his secretary he began work on the address soon after the train left Washington and compieted his task just before reaching Jersey City. t DAN DYER SWITCHES. Dan B. Dyer, of Smith Center, who it was announced would be a candidate for sergeant-at-arms of either the house or senate, has decided to be a candidate for secretary of the senate. This makes three candidates in the field Dyer. Hopkins and Kretsinger. Dyer has had a good deal of experience in legislative sessions, having been sergeant-at-arms of the bouse for several sessions. I DR. WILM COMPLALNS. Says Practice Is Injurious to Youths. Calls Attention to Regulations In Other Countries. Between the devil (represented by the statutes of 1903, which prohibit hypnot ism of minors under the age of 18), and the deep sea (represented in this in stance by the only possible defense or even a plea of "not guilty"), "Doctor" H. L. Flint, the hypnotist who has en tertained Topeka audiences on many occasions, gave up $25 and costs in city court today. Flint was arrested last evening, by Captain Wintrode, marshal of the city court, upon a warrant charging two counts of the violation of chapter 219, session laws of 1903, "An act prohibit ing hypnotic exhibitions under certain conditions." Flint was charged by Dr.' E. C. Wilm, of Washburn psychologi cal department, with having hypnotized at his Thursday night performance a boy named Charles Lundborg, 16 years of age, who lives at 1035 North Jack son street. Flint gave a bond signed by Dr. H. W. Roby, who is an admirer of the hypnotist, and the case was set for hearing at 11 o'clock this forenoon. Flint appeared, accompanied by his retinue and Attorney J. B. Larimer. It took a solid hour of wrangling between Larimer and Schenck to decide on a plea. Flint did not care to plead "not guilty," because dozens of witnesses could be brought to show that the Lundborg boy was one of his alleged "subjects." Such a plea would have branded the "doctor" as a faker to a certain extejit, and was undesirable. The only thing to do under the circum stances was to make an easy lighting-place- and plead -guilty, County Attor ney Schenck recommended" a fine of $25 and costs, .which r seemed satisfactory to the defendant and his attorney. Larimer intimated that .the act of legislature under which the case was brought, is unconstitutional, as "the title "prohibits" and the text of the act only "regulates." The county attorney blandly agreed to stand pat upon the law as it is, without any apologies. The penalty under the act of 1903, for permitting minors under 18 years of age to take part in any hypnotic ex hibition ranges from $10 to $100 fine, and from "ten days to three months in Jail, or both at the discretion of the court. Dr. Wilm, of Washburn college, was aided in the prosecution by James Mc Clure. Both .seemed to take hypnotism seriously, and declare that it is injurious- to health. Dr. Wilm said today, in regard to this case: "Thls Prosecution is not to start any trouble for the trouble's sake and it is not my desire to interfere even in the smallest degree with any man's legitimate business. It is simply brought with a view of stopping what I consider to be a public disgrace. Competent psychologists and medical authorities are almost universally of the opinion that the continued prac tic of. hypnotism is injurious to the subject and that it. should be regulat ed or prohibited by law. t-nysicians in this city yho make a practice of nervous and mental diseases a spec ialtv. have said that there can not be any doubt of its injuriousness. It is p. morbid condition in which the-will and consciousness of the subject is i deadened by the operator.' I could cite quotations from any number of authorities who denounce the Indis criminate practice of hypnotism as heintr iniurious to the subject. Why we often think that Russia is bar- baric in her customs yet in tnat coun try no chvsician can hypnotize a sub ject except in the presence of two witnesses. In Prussia public exhibi tions are prohibited. We sometimes criticise the French for certain prac tices yet they regard the indiscrim inate practice of hypnotism from mercenary motives sufficiently ser iously as to limit the use of hypnotic suggestion to the medical profession. I also understand that legislation reg ulating the use of hypnotism and prohibiting its illegitimate exercise hn been Dassed in Italy and Switzer land and what I can not understand 1st how it Is that any enlightened and intelligent community will stand idly by and see the minds of its children, mere school boys, coined into money by those who do the community no good in return for the harm and in Jury wrought by such practices. Is not the mental keenness and self re spect of our American boys of suf ficient importance and value to so ciety and the body politic to arouse public sentiment to the extent of stop ping what Is undoubtedly a detrimen tal and injurious practice and thwart ing schemes whereby the mental alertness, finer sensibilities and intel ligence of our children are deadened, for merely monetary purposes." ESTEY MAY LEAVE. Offered Pastorate of Big Church in St. Louis. Two elders of the King's Highway Pres byterian church of St. Louis were in the city a few days ago on a mission for a new pastor for the $100,000 church they are bu.ldinx in the Mound City. They extended the call to Dr. S. S. Estey, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city and urged him to come to St. Louis and look over their field. Dr. Estey has not yet made up his mind to accept the call. He likes his work here very much, likes the people and the city and there is harmony and accord in Presbyterian circles in To- PlfnB's Highway church is one of the leading -churches of that denomination in St Louis -and has a membership of 800 persons. But then the Topeka church is one of the twenty-six largest churches of that faith in this country and has a mem bership of 1JS0. Nevertheless, the offer from St. Louis is; a distinct advance for Dr. Estey. This is- the second or third offer this able Presbyterian divine has had from an eastern city church. Dr. Estey is a New Englander, but he had all his minis terial experience in Kansas preaching in Independence, Ida and Salina before he was called to Topeka. He likes Kansas and the Knnsas spirit and only a most temptins offer will take him away from the Sunflower, state, v Il;vvanl 6, Dartmouth 0. Cambridge. .Nov. 14. Final score: Harvard 6 Dartmouth 0. 1 It undoubtedly needs a thorough overhauling af ter the summer wear. We offer you experienced automobile repair men and up-to-date facilities. DON'T FORGET OUR FACILITIES The best and most modern con veniences are at your service. Past experience has probably taught you that one freeze out amounts to more than garage service for all winter, to say nothing of the trouble of start ing your engine when it is cold. Terry StailoKfl Belies Cor. 7th and Qvincy inn 706 The DifferT-c? between a dollar saved and a dollar spent is Just two dollars. Did it ever occur to you that way? It's worth thinking about. Another difference is the feeling you have afterward. The dollar saved gives you a feeling of real pleasure it may call "for a little sacrifice for the time being but afterward you feel better for having denied yourself and the dollar is still yours. That is the, nice thing about having money in the bank you have, saved it-it is still yours you can have it when you wish. W'e make it a part of our business to urge you to have a bank .account have an account at this bank, for it not only helps our business but yours more so. 1 The Prudential 634 Kansas LOCAL MENTION. The men of the Central Y. M. C. A. will give a social party tonight in Gemmell hall at the Central building for their lady friends. A program of illustrated songs, moving pictures, pi ano solos and mandolin club numbers will be given In connection with the evening's events. The social party is given under the auspices of the so cial committee.. Dr. S Tempie, Osteopath. 735 Kansas ave. Ind. 164?. Res. 5174. Bell 1885. Elmer .E. Bloom, a clerk at the Weightman Pharmacy hag purchased the R. S. Tre&t drug store business at Hutchinson and will move there in the next .few days. L. K. Bowers, a contractor of this city has received the contract to erect the new hay sheds which will be con structed soon at Fort Riley. The Home Heating and Plumbing Co. is located at 113 East Fifth street, not at 118 East Eighth street as an error in their advertisement made It appear. Mr. F. C. Bowen, formerly county treasurer, has opened a real estate office at 532 Kansas avenue. Telescope. Fan Tails, Cornets and Gold Fish at Rosser Bros, 803 Kansas avenue. Exacting smokers never fail to appreciate the superior qualities of Eagle's Rose Tint five cent cigars. This cigar has won its way into popularity through pure merit. Just received 2,000 Gold Fish, Aq uariums, Castles and Sea' Moss at Rosser Bros. TO DINE AGAIN. Address on "The Spirit Which Makes Cities." Initial' arrangements were made to day for a dinner to be given by the Manufacturers' and Jobbers' associa tion of Topeka next Thursday even ing at 6:30 o'clock at the National hotel roof garden. This will be the first meeting of the association since the successful din ner for six hundred given in July last. Plates will be laid for about eighty and a new feature in decorations will be carried out. The event of the evening will be an address by W. J. Berkowitz, president of the Berko witz Manufacturing company of Kan sas City. Mo., who is one of the most Interesting and fascinating of after dinner speakers. He -will talk upon MP I I I S'niS B&nls Avenue the subject "The Spirit Which Makes Cities." The dinner is expecte'd to revive some latent enthusiasm and will puve the way for other meetings including the annual event of merchants and Jobbers week to be "pulled off" next summer. The association, numbering about fifty, Is one of the liveliest organizations in Topeka. There will be invited guests to the number Of thirty odd. WOMAN PRORATE JUDGE. Governor Hocli Appoints Miss Clara Kaiser in Franklin. Governor Hoch this morning appointed Miss Clara Kaiser to the position of pro bate Judge of Franklin county, to succepd L. C. Crittenden who died a few davs ago. Miss Kaiser ha been a clerk In the pro bate Judge's office for eight years. Rev. H. W. Chaffee, who was elected probate Judge at the recent election, was urged bv some to ask the governor for the appointment to fill out Judge Crittenden's unexpired term, but Instead he wrote a letter asking Governor Hoch to appoint Miss Kaiser. Fancy Chandeliers AND Gas Fixtures Add more to trie beauty and artistic effect of your home than anything: else that a like amount of money will buy. You'll find no end of new ideas and interesting- things in this department of our store. Mission Oak,. Mission Brass, Oxidized Copper and dozens of other designs, both artistic and beautiful. 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