The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 2, 1908

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THETOPEKA DAILY STATE JOUENAIt WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1908. toper mu mum. By FRANK P. MAO INNA5. Entered July 1. 1878, as second-class matter at the poato trice at TopeJta. .an.. nuucr vac ucx. 01 congress.j VOLUME XXXV ....No. 298 Official State Paper. Official Paper Citj of Topeka. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally edition, delivered by carrier. M cents a week to any part of Topeka. or uburba. or at the same price In any Kan sas town where the paper baa a carrier system. By mall, one year Ey mall, three months -Jx natorday edition of dally, one year... -w TELEPHONE. Business Office ....Bell 177 Business Office i I1"?; Reporters' Room Bell 677 Reporters' Room ...Ind. H Frank P. MacLennan Iod. TOO PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building;. WO and JT12 Von... nvmi nmAr n f Eighth. New Tork Office: Flatlron building, at Twenty-third street, corner Fifth avenue and Broadway. Paul Block, manager. Chicago Office: Hartford building. Paul Block, manager. PTTUi LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal ia member of the Associated Press and receives tho full day telegraph report of that great news or ganisation for the excluslva 'afternoon publication In Tooeka. The news is received In The State Jour nal bulldina- over wires for this sole pur pose. This move on the part of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives under which It is said that its members will ask congress for authority to subpoena witnesses and make them testify on matters pertain ing to the tariff and which is aimed at certain critics of the methods which the committee have been employing. looks a trifle like a grandstand play. This is news that is almost too good to be true. The Missouri Pacific pro poses to not only improve its -track and roadbed in this state but It also has plans to Improve' its service In a va-t rlety of other ways. It will construct new stations all over the state to take thfr places of those which have been destroyed by Are and otherwise unfit ted for use. The millennium" must be approaching. News from Washington that the entire system of the management of the postoffice department is to be revised may be set down as of the wel come sort. It would appear that there is a screw or two loose somewhere, in the conduct of this department. No better evidence of this is needed than the fact that the postal deficit for the' past year mounted up to the rather staggering total of $17:000,000. Sam Kitzpatrick. whose evident re ward for his legislative labors was an appointment to a lucrative place on the legal staff of the Standard Oil company, tells an interesting story of that famous organization known as the "Senate Lodge" or perhaps, it should be characterized as infamous1 if looked at from another angle and makes th rather astonishing state ment that it did not exist during the legislative session of. 1907. This may be true, but if the "Senate Lodge" was not among those present in 1907, there was something, else in the sen ate "Just as good,"' as the druggist would say, and something that was quite as effective for its own sweet purposes. It is the consensus of opinion in the foreign press and in foreign diploma tie circles that the new Japanese American agreement for the main tenance of the integrity of China and the status quo in the Pacific is an il luminating achievement In statesman ship of both the United States and Japan. And while it is hardly pertin ent, it would now be interesting for Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson to express another opinion on the possibility of a war between this country and Japan. That is the only subject he has ever talked about since he left the navy and entered public life. It is to be hoped that his constant attention to it has not unfit ted him to take up some new prop aganda. "The things President Roosevelt has In mind for the improvement of the conditions of labor throughout the country, and will probably recommend to congress, cover everything we de sire. The president's ideas are entire ly satisfactory to labor representatives, generally." This is a statement from one of the labor leaders who was the president's guest at the recent dinner he gave in their honor. This is fine, but then it must be remembered that Sam Gompers and some cither more or less distinguished lights in the labor world were not of the dinner company. The chances are that anything that Mr. Roosevelt might do for labor now would not be satisfactory in any way to Mr. Gompers. Neither of the gentlemen seem to have very high ideas of the abilities of the other. That more time should be given to hearings on the tariff there can be no doubt and Sereno E. Payne, the chair man of the ways and means committee of the house of representatives, and the other stand-pat members of the com mittee will not add anything to such strength as they may now have with their constituencies and the people of the country, generally, if they are ar bitrary in shutting off these hearings In a few days. Tariff revision is a pret ty big subject and if there is to be an honest one everyone who has anything to present to thls-committee in the way of facts and figures and arguments should have an opportunity of doing so. Of course, if the tariff, revision is to.be another joke at the expense of the peo ple no further. hearlngs.areneeessary and those which have been held are of little-worth. 1 "So say we all of us," seems to be the favorite chorus among the Re publican leaders in Keit York state politics after, they have heard of Mr. Roosevelt's desires in the premises and have had time to digest them. This was so concerning the renoml aation of Mr. Hughes. Now it pre- vails In regard to the choice of Mr. Root to succeed T. C. Piatt as United States senator, j-. Tim, Woodruff, the chairman of the New Tork Republi can state committee, wanted this job himself, but; he has finally succumb ed to the inevitable and declares that MrRoot is the ideal and logical can didate for the place. Maybe "Tiny Tim" will get a little ambassadorship or something of the sort for being a good -boy.-. In such a place he could show off his pink, red, white-and blue vests to better advantage than he could in the staid old United States senate. Then again, he has money enough to support such a Job. THE VIRGINIA DECISION. Some newspapers seem to have jumped at an erroneous conclusion as to the effects of the recent decision of the United States supreme court in the matter, of a two cents a mile pas senger, fare law in the state of: Vir ginia. They are hailing it as a de cision upholding the constitutionality of this r statute and if this was the case it could be taken as a precedent which would declare for the validity of two cents a mile passenger laws in the other states which have pro mulgated them. But this' is "not the case, un fortunately for those who believe in the justice and equity of a two cents a mile passenger rate, as a careful analyzation of the decision of the supreme court will reveal. It merely holds that the decision of a federal judge in this Virginia case which de clared the two cent law unconstitu tional was 'not a proper one as the matter had been improperly, brought before the federal courts. Of course, the 'immediate effect of this decision is to maintain the integrity of this law in-Virginia until it is successfully attacked.- if it is possible to be, in the courts- in a "proper fasnion. t The facts in this case-are as fol lows: The Virginia board of railroad commissioners issued an brder com pelling the railroads to put in a two cent passenger fare.' They were act ing under the' mandates of the new state constitution in this regard and this order of the board, became the law of the state in the premises. (The railroads at once attacked the order in the federal courts and a federal judge. Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Virginia, declared that this order was unconstitutional on the ground that the railroad commis sion's duties were purely administra tive and non-Judicial. It is this de cision that the supreme court has overruled. It holds that the proceed ing of the railroad commission was judicial in character and that the rail roads erred in failing to exhaust their rights in the proceeding in the state courts before taking their case to the federal court. But even the decision in this phase is of the utmost Im portance. It determines that railroads cannot seek to nullify an order of a state board of railroad commissioners by ignoring the state courts and tak ing it at once to federal courts. They must carry the matter through the state courts. A SUGGESTION OF WORTH. Supplementing the suggestion of President Roosevelt that the country people of the United States come to gether in their district school houses on or before December 5th, to discuss the matters under consideration by the Commission on Country Life, which the president appointed recently for the purpose of investigating the conditions under which farmers live so that these may be bettered, comes a statement from the commission itself presenting many good arguments as to why the suggestion of the president should be followed. It is pointed out that the members of the commission are serving without pay and are giving up three or more months of their time and ef forts simply to act as a medium through which the farmers of the United States may give expression to the conditions and needs of country life. As is stated, this time is all too short for the commissioners to visit all sections of the country and inquire. minutely into the conditions as they exist everywhere. So the co-operation of the country people is needed by the commission. "It need not be pointed out," says the commission, "that if there are problems for solution in the country nobody should be more con cerned in taking them up than the country people, and unless they do take them up it is improbable that anyone else can handle them to any effect. So far in the commission's Inquiry,.' the statement goes on. "tne demana most insistently- made Is for extended educational facilities fitting people to live in the country. We can think of no better opening movement in the campaign to better educational facili ties than these meetings of the country people In the district school houses which represent to them to a very large extent the only available agency for a carefully prepared basic educa tion. In these meetings the country people may determine exactly what are their educational needs. They may then inquire what their district school is doing to meet these needs.. They may then inquire to what extent they themselves can improve the distric school, and to what extent they must depend upon -overnmental agencies to help them out. "As we see It, the primary thing for the country people to do Is to clearly define what are their educational needs as they see them. This will give a basis for definite work, i "In most states of the Union the patrons-'of the school districts have it directly In their power to dictate what their system of education shall be. The status of the average country school proves conclusively that there, is no definite realization in the community -of what" the community needs are, nor- of the -fact that it, is the function of the school to meet these needs. It is. as though people should disregard the postoffice and seek elsewhere for means of postal communication. We repeat then, that the primary thing for the country people to do is to clearly define what are their educa tional needs. Ascertain for themselves how. far, these needs are being met Jy their district school. Determine what share of the work which remains to be done can be handled by the community itself, and what share must be as sumed by all the people functioning a the government. "We urge, therefore, that, the coun try people in every school district throughout the United States come to gether in their school houses and hold these community conferences Saturday evening, December 6th, as suggested by the president." JOURNAL ENTRIES When, a chap can kiss either one of a girl's cheeks it's not hard for him to choose between them.. Pew men who are ever wedded to their work become divorced from it through being discharged. Many a fellow gets so rattled at the crucial moment that the girl actually shapes up the proposal. A man's clever sayings and scintillating wit is not apt to be appre ciated much by those who take tne same funny papers that he does. There is some small satisfaction to a man these days in getting a big bill for his wife's hat because she is cer tain to have purchased a big hat. JAYHAWKER JOTS A teacher in Lenora, during the ex amination in physiology, asked what was the effect of overeating. One boy wrote: It. makes you feel sleepy, and lazy, and pussy and grouchy. I never was so humiliated in my life," the Vinland Vine quotes Mrs. Sincaller as saying to her husband the other night. "You know how much I have said to Susie about doing fool ish things. The other day she went down town and bought some eggs. Imagine my humiliation when I found my own maiden name written on one of them. I think the man who Invented cold storage ought to be hanged." A constitutional amendment, plan ned to increase the pay of the mem bers of the legislature to $500 a sea son, was voted down at tne recent Kansas election. "Why?" was asked of a successful candidate the other day. "Because the candidates did not say a thing about it in their cam paigning,", he replied. "Why didn't they?" "Oh oh," he hesitated. "But I might just as well be frank about it. They were afraid to." -Kansas City Journal. This has drifted in from Clay coun ty: Recently the teacher at Otter school asked her class of little ones, in whom she was trying to instill a small knowledge of the history of this country, "who was the first president of the United States?'' "George Washington," was the prompt reply, in chorus. "Was there ever a campaign when Washington ran for president, and who ran against him?" she asked. For a time all was silent, then one little girl piped up: "Didn't Bryan run against Washington?" The Coffeyville Journal ventures to find fault with one of the hymns sung at a revival in progress there. It runs thus: "A sunbeam, a sunbeam: Jesua wants me for a sunbeam, A sunbeam, a sunbeam I'll be a sunbeam for Him." The Journal says: "With all due re pect for the cause of religion and for those singing this song, it is surely not out of place to ask what sense there is in such a composition. Its mean ing is as ridiculous as anything could be almost sacrilegious. It means no more to say 'sunbeam', than to make it read moonbeam or starbeam or rainbow, or anything else, that might have flitted into the .songwriter's mind. With the hymn books crowded full of good old songs that contain a deep and sacred meaning in every line and songs that every man, woman and child in the country knows by heart It is hard to, understand why a revival chorus should put in his time singing such senseless verses as that quoted above." GLOBE SIGHTS." From the Atchison Globe. An Atchison woman's hair looks so messy that it is said sb.e fixes it with an egg-beater. "There are so many tiresome people in the world. And -I'm one of them." Parson Twine, What has become of the old fash ioned school in which the pupils tried to whip the teacher? When women hear of a sick wo man, they say, "If it's heart disease, she'll live to die of old age." Women complain that they have not equal rights with the men. But they own one-half of the national bank Stock in this country. After any indivdual passes the age of 25, and has a photograph taken, it is because he, or she wants, that picture; there has been no outside clamor. When Father keeps a scrapbook, the clippings are all about himself, but Mother's that's different! Her scrap book is about all her kin and her children; nothing abit herself. Forty-five per cent of the stock of American railways is owned by wom en. Do the Muck Rakers realize that they are ATTACKING WOMEN? By the way, the Muck Rakers are becom ing ashamed of themselves, and the Saturday Evening Post is making ex quisite fun of the Muck Raking crowd, in a series of articles by Samuel E. Blythe. And Blythe's articles are much more sensible and entertaining than were tbe Muck Raking articles a few months ago. There is always a Revulsion. The Muck Raking was carried too far, because of its transient popularity, and people became dis gusted with it. I REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press.J The reason a woman always makes a much better decision than a man is she never does it on judgment. There's hardly anything the average man can lie about with so much en thusiasm as what perfect time his watch keeps. There is only one thing a moman likes better than having nice, wavy hair herself, and that's imagining her daughter has it. The reason a woman wants to marry off her daughters is to show how much smarter she is at it than women who haven't any. A girl always pretends to a man that all the others make love to her. He alw-ays pretends to her tie made love to anybody else. j .1 KANSAS COMMENT j A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY. There is one duty that the state leg islature which meets next January owes to itself to perform the redis trictlng of the state Into representative districts in accord with the constitu tional provision on that subject. A lawmaking body that refuses to obey the organic law of the state itself is K.ing a good deal of th-e people of the state when it expects them to obey other laws which it enacts. Political considerations have nrevented the an portionment to which certain counties of the state are entitled, and which tne constitution enjoins, and these should not be. permitted longer to in fluence the legislature to openly flaunt the constitution. Ten counties in the western -part of the state have five representatives among them, the westernmost coun ties being attached for legislative pur poses to those immediately east, half these counties being thus deprived half me time or the representation in tne legislature guaranteed them by the constitution. This arrangement was maae by common consent several years ago, when the fact that these counties were very sparsely settled was made the excuse for such apportion ment. But these conditions no longer prevail. While the counties concern ed are still not so densely populated as those farther east, they have yet a much larger population than they did a few years ago and show a great er percentage of increase in popula tion than any other section of the state. On these grounds as well as on constitutional grounds they are en titled to a representative each in the lower house of the legislature. Senator-elect Glenn of the senatorial district In which these counties are located has announced as one of his purposes at the approaching session or the legislature to secure, if possible, a legislative reapportionment which will make effective the constitutional provision and give these -counties the representation to w hich they are Justly entitled. Every consideration of lair ness and' respect for the constitution argues in favor of a reapportionment bill and Senator Glenn will not only be reflecting the wishes of his con stituents but simply doing nis duty in working for this legislation. He may expect the aid of many members of the legislature from the central and western part of the state and he should have the support of all mem bers, regardless of location, politics or any other consideration except fair ness and obedience to the state con stitution. Hutchinson News. THE FEUD. That relic of the middle ages, the feud, is still to be found in certain mountainous localities of our south where the inhabitants have really stood still or drifted backward for a century or two, in everything but a knowledge of firearms. And now it is said this barbarous method of settling differ ences, of keeping them unsettled, may invade the denser settlements. iNasn- vllle may have a feud in high circles, it Is said, as a result of the Carmack shooting. There are. many friends of the late ex-senator who declare pub licly that the blood of the Coopers, or Governor Patterson,--shall pay for the life of Carmack. And for everyone of these Carmack henchmen, there walks the streets of Nashville -an armed man who insists he is -willing to defend the Coopers or to avenge them If they are slain.. Distance may enlarge this story, but, from recent Happenings in the south, it isn't rhard to believe. The street duel-: in which Carmack was killed was an outrage of which south erners may well be ashamed, but it was less disgraceful than the fact that all men who liked one principal -better than' the other feel called upon to "take sides." The feud. If It should develop, will not be ,as bloody as the talk which precedes it, for, even In the south, they talk more than they shoot. But even such talk is disgraceful. Atchison Globe. FROM OTHER PENS SIMIAN DENTISTRY. The survival of primitive traits is always an Interesting theme. The man who dreams he is falling from a great height and Wakes up in a cold perspiration, may take comfort in the thought that his earliest ancestors occasionally tumbled out of trees. Possibly we can attribute the clever ness of the baseball batter to the fact that his stone age forefathers were skilled In the use of the flinty war club. The statement of a Chicago doctor who spent several years in the jungles of Africa that the monkeys have some knowledge of dentistry, will at least arouse a thrill of fraternal sympathy in civilized breasts. Can .it be doubted that this knowledge has been handed down from remote simian ancestors? The twinge that makes us dread the forceps and the dental tamping tools, and even the fateful sign above the door, may be an inherited terror. According to the Chicago doctor these Intelligent monkeys have discovered a peculiar blue clay which contains a strong percentage of creosote. With this clay the afflicted monkey fills the aching tooth. He presses the filling against the throbbing nerve and in many cases the creosote is sufficiently powerful to kill the cause of the pain. The monkeys can pull teeth, too. but this they do with those extremely primitive tools, the thumb and fore finger tools that are said to "be in daily use by native dentists in Japan. Cleveland Plain Dealer. WINTERING DOWN SOUTH. That was a felicitous idea of Judge Taft to go down Into Georgia to spend the winter and await the day of his inauguration. It" Will take him away from Washington and its com plications, which are not as wholesome sometimes as one could desire. But the particular benefit will come from his association with the South. They will find out down there what a real, simon-pure Republican is, and will learn to suspect that there is a brignter hope for the south under Republican domination, than under Democratic. There Is a lot of prejudice and suspicion that has been hurting the south for years. It ought not to be. President Mc Kinley gave the -south a fine oppor tunity to drop its scarecrow sus picions. So did Roosevelt; and now Taft goes right down among them, with the big olive branch of an everyr day companionship, teaching them the lesson that they must not be afraid of him, for he isn't of them. That is the first step to a patriotic brotherhood. The south is 'Sure to get on to It Judge Taft is himself the policy of good will. That smile and that big, glad hand tell more than a platform six feet long. Ohio State Journal. 1 .TRIOLETS. They say that figures will not He. No doubt if they're correctly added. And still I can't Imagine why They say that figures will not He. For tailor-mades do stultify When they're artistically padded. They Bay that figures do not lie. No doubt when they're correctly added. If madam owns to 29 You'll say that she does not appear it. But on her age you get a line If madam ewns to 29, I -don't say it is any sign She's 40 but she's mighty near it. If madam owns to 29, You'll say that she does not appear it. She says her feet aren't cramped in 2s. That figure is a bit mendacious. Remark uoon her tiny Aloes. She savs her feet aren't cramped in 2s. That's not the number she will choose. She finds that 5s are none too spacious. She says her feet aren't cramped in 2s, That figure Is a bit mendacious. Chicago News. Proper Diet for Soldiers. 'The fact that opposite views re garding the feeding of the soldier are entertained here and in England is creating a good deal of Interest in British and 'American army circles. Here, it is said, the army cook book is to be revised in the direction of simplicity; in the British army a greater diversity is thought to be de sirable. In this connection, the Medical Record, commenting on a paper on the subject read by Maj. Robert J. Blackham recently before a meeting of the British Medical association, says in part: "That the feeding of the soldier is in general good and the life healthy Is demonstrated by the vast improve ment that is nearly always effected in a comparatively short time in the physical condition of young soldiers. This is especially noticeable- in Great Britain,' whero tire majority of the recruits for the army are drawn from a low class of society, many of whom when enlisted are undersized and emaciated, not a few showing signs of degeneracy. Among such as these the beneficial influence of a nourishing diet is most striking. In the course of a year the thin, weedy, pale town youth will often have de veloped into a sturdy, muscular, and well-nourished soldier. But although the soldier's diet In the. American and British armies -is generous and satisfactory, some among the authorities are constantly, seeking to change it. "Referring to' the results of Chittenden, Maj. Blackham said he could not think it would be impos sible to induce groups of soldiers in different parts of the empire to adopt a modified dietary under- the supervision of officers., of the corps. and the results of such investigations migm go lar to settle some very im nnptant nllpaHnno

"Some feeding experiments have uceii unucrmnen in tne American wnere sne sat in tne crimson Ram army, but not upon a sufficiently wide; bier. "Armed cap-a-pie I see! Is the scaie to mane tne results definitely convincing and really valuable. It cannot be denied, however, that the British army and in a lesser degree the American army lend themselves favorably to this kind of research. Both are situated in widely diverse climates and the men In most re spects are eminently fitted to be the objects or such Investigations. Alluding to the feedinsr of the British soldiers in barracks. Mai. Blackham noted that reforms had been introduced, excellent In so far as the diet was varied, but to be de precated In that It was too liberal, while if they accepted the results of Chittenden it '-"was- excessive.. In European armies generally, including the British army, there was a too great sameness of diet. New York Times. Theory of CaU-liing Cold. There is a timeliness In a recent dis cussion by Dr. C. M. Rechter, of San Francisco, of the causes of grip and pneumonia. He associates these dis eases with "anticyclonlc" weather. When tne barometer rises and the tern perature falls. He Is disposed to be lieve, however, that the effects ob served at such times are due to' the mechanical influence of increased air pressure, and perhaps to an Improved opportunity for some soiar activity to manifest itself as a consequence of the heightened purity of the atmosphere. Dr. Rechter does not consider the cold responsible. Of course, it is for his professional brethren to pass judgment on this opinion, but it is fair to suggest the possibility that Dr. Rechter may have overlooked one factor in the case. The air in high pressure areas Is exception ally dry. The usual method of meas uring humidity is to place two ther mometers side by side, the bulb of one being kept moist. When the atmos phere is pretty well charged with vapor the readings of the two intru ments may not differ more than two or three degrees. On very dry days tne wet duid tnermometer will read twelve or fifteen degrees lower than Its companion, because evaporation then takes place rapidly, and evapor ation coois. vvnen a person is in a perspiration the condition of the skin more nearly resembles the wet bulb thermometer than the dry bulb Instru ment, and there Is special susceptibil ity to the chilling influence of a dry atmosphere Not infrequently at this season and during the winter months the ordinary thermometer will show that In a period of 24 hours there has been a fall of twenty degrees or more In the temperature Yet the risk which the change involves is not fully Indicated If, as Is usually the case, there has also been a conspicuous reduction in humidity. Properly to estimate any influence, which the weather may then exert, eight or ten degrees should be subtracted from the dry bulb read ing. May not cold, aggravated by dry ness, be the chief agency in inducing grip, pneumonia, and allied disorders, after all? New York Tribune. "Laziest Man" Is Vindicated. Death Thursday endeed the career of Richard Slimmer, long known as the laziest man In Mlllviile, N. J., but with his death comes the announce ment from physicians who attended him that- the unfortunate man had been grossly misrepresented. Slimmer could not be induced to work. He said he felt too tired. Efforts to have him do something for the support of his wife and five small children were unavailing. His little ones went out to beg and the authorities caused his arrest. It was no use. He simply couM not be induced to reform, and he was sent to jail. That accom plished nothing, for when the man emerged the situation was not im proved. Once not long ago chari tably inclined residents who -wanted to do something for the suffering fam ily sent Slimmer a load of wood. He refused to accept It because it was not cut.- Nobody had a good word for the man, but when the doctors were called to attend him in his last illness they found that he- had been suffering for a long time with an organic disease which sapped all his vitality and left him -weak and practically helpless. They said he had never merited his unpleasant notoriety tor laziness. Philadelphia Record. THE EVENING STORY The Winning of Edmonia. (By Janet Christine Stephens.) There was nothing of the knight-errant about Percivale Bonney. In the thoughts of Edmonia Turner, thoughts which Invariably formed the frowning background to Percivale's waking hours, he was discouraglngly and modernly inoffensive. She had once stated succinctly, as was Edmonia's way, that the only thing about him that remotely sug gested standing up for itself was the cowlick at the back of a square and otherwise irreproachably groomed head. The subject of this rather doubtful approval was secretly en couraged in the belief that the cow lick Indicated an aggressive spirit which seemed to be the heroic at tribute in the imagination of Ed monia's set. Edmonia's faintly appreciative re mark had been inspired in her mother's attic during the rummaging of a rain-bound house party, when, upon the discovery of an ancient coat of mall, Percivale had pulled it out irom unaer tne eaves and had fallen speedily to calculating how many chain dishcloths it would have made for Mrs. Turner's carefully or dered kitchen. This was too much for Edmonia. A man who could evolve dishcloths from the fabric of romance must be lack ing in the most rudimentary instincts of chivalry. It counted for naught with -her that Percivale Bonney was evincing' a business ability that made his father prouder every day, or that she had never had a rival in his loyal devotion to her. She dreamed of the clash of armor and the risks of Joust and turney, a knight who should perform feats of arms for her sake, and rescue her, if need be, from, a tyrant s might. In the free wholesomeness of American society, the tyrant had not aDDeared. and to do Edmonia justice, she really did care a great deal for Percivale's allegiance, only she desired a more daring proof. it was inereiore incumDent nnnn this thoroughly consistent young lady mat sne steei ner neart against the pleasing picture which a tall, broad- shouldered, gray-clad figure, hat oft ana lignt nair tossing in the breeze, made against a morning sky on the first day of one of his erratic autum nal visits near ner country home. She accordingly let her disdainful glance dwell upon his offensively ruddy cheek and ignored his un affected stare of astonishment at her moaern equipage, a brilliantly red automobile at a standstill upon the 1 country roaa. WrV a t r1 DnK.nA. I 1 j vc nc Bieieu her when within speaking distance of arawDnage down? Edmonia smiled tolerantly and e-ave mni neroaaa. "But why linger so far from the pa ternal castle? Has thy gentle palfrey gone lame Edmonia glanced suggestively back along the highway. "I'm waiting for a friend." She said It with conviction. The dusty road stretched in two long undeviating lines In either direction. No one was in sight. Percivale's gaze aoanaonea its quest and returned sus piciously to the Crimson Rambler. "Could I," "he asked anxiously, "flure in mat capacity?" She- reddened in turn, then" scanned him critically. Perhaps."- She was still rather doubtful of his capabilities. Mentally scoring as inexcusable a devo tion to his business which had made him hitherto ignore the automobile craze, he flattened himself out, after the manner of the ardent automobilist, under her car and confided his despair to her tonneau. It was bad enough not to be roman tic, but not to be even useful was un bearable. He had not the slightest idea of how to start the machine. He crawl ed out from under the machine and mounted to the driver's seat. Her sudden accession of trust, inspir ed by his business-Uke manner, pro voked him to fresh endeavor. He made a great show of moving brakes, tight ening useless screws and peering into the machine while she scanned the scenery. Whatever he finally did to that auto mobile to start It Percivale does not know. Suddenly it slid out of the shade into the road like a bird from under his hand. "Aha!" he cried, with an assurance that he was far from feeling, "I thought so!" He held a trembling hand upon the wheel and answered Irrelevant ques tions at regular intervals. They were now gliding along between hedge rows of gorgeous autumn color. He began to feel more at ease. Edmonia hummed a little song as old as it was sweet: "The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me." He looked at her, and in that look forgot his new responsibility. She was gazing steadily down the dusty turn pike, a little smile upon her Hps. as though she would see the knight of her dreams in plumed helmet and shining armor riding to bear her away. "He couldn't catch us," said Perci vale, lh response to her thought. She started and looked with more interest at her companion. -He had spoken in the confidence that is born of Ignor ance. "Say, Ted,"- he continued- "I don't know much about your "flowers of chivalry!' I don't even understand the first thing about an aut He caught himself up. He positively would not indulge- this humiliating fact. He went on more confidently: "But you are the rose for me, sure, Ted. You must say you will marry- me this time," he added with an air of desper ation, "or I'll The threat was not completed. In the earnestness of his plea Percivale had forgotten that he was running an automobile for the first time in his life. They were now going at a tre mendous speed and every instant gathering momentum. Edmonia grip ped his arm as they lurched around a curve and bounced over a culvert. "Hang on!" yelled Percivale as they approached a slight descent. Ia his clumsy efforts to control the machine he Inadvertently put on more speed. "What are you doing?" screamed Edmonia. "Stop! Why! You are run ning away with me!" she laughed tremulously. "Why not?" he shouted wildly, as she thought recklessly. The idea of stopping was a delectable one now -to Percivale, but one which he felt that he must abandon. The roadsides of flreweed and gold enrod flew by like a track of flame. Hens flapped from under his wheels as they passed farmhouses at a rate of speed that made the occupants rush out of doors to stare after them. Out raged cries followed them when a barking dog was not quick enough to elude those blurring wheels and with a yelp of pain rolled over and over into the dlteh. Three horses baiting by the. roadside in front of another house stampeded as they whizzed by. and raced them out of sight. Edmonia now tried to expostulate with her mad cavalier. But Percivale said nothing to her almost tearful ap- I peals. His whole attention waa con centrated on keeping the thing within the limits of the road. "Beats Lochinvar!" he yelled breathlessly as they grazed a watering tub. Edmonia moaned. "You are crazy!" she cried. "Let's go home! Oh, take me home!" she commanded him. "Home!" Percivale ground the word passionately between his teeth. "You will be lucky if you ever see home again! We shall never stop!" But even as he spoke he felt something respond to his groping ".er1;. Th. machine was obeying hie controlling hand. n,Joy and a rt,lief that rolled over him like a wave made him shout aloud. Ed monia received this new demonstration as the exultation of a captor, and com manded and implored by turn; but he did not at once diminish his speed. He knew now that Edmonia had not realized his impotence. He put the machine at a hill and plunged down the other side. Ed monia was clinging to him with wild promises. He brought the car carefully to a stand still and climbed painfully to the ground. Edmonia was sobbing into her handker chief. He honed he was accepting th role of victorious knight modestly but the iron was hot! "Ted!" he cried, "you've got to keep your promise, you know. I'm not much of a knight, and I don't know how to run Hts unsuspected confession was inter rupted for the second time as she sud denly, to his astonishment, smiled up at him through her tears. "I never was driven like that In my life!" she remarked with pride. "But but. let's go home In a buggy!" "Not until we're married. said Per civale firmly. Edmonia refused to continue In the car. however, as they walked on to the nearest town, where the minister's fee was the first of a series of more mundane charges which punctuated their homeward Journey in the buggy. But in his new Joy. which was only enhanced by pecuniary interludes with the wrathful owners of slaughtered hens, the tearful mistress of an Injured dog. and damages due to the recovery of errant horses. Percivale made It a triumphal Journey. (Copyrighted, 1906. by Associated Literary Press.) liVMOR OF THE DAY Why don't you try to put more ginger into the campaign?" "Ginger!" echoed Senator Sorghum. "The suggestion comes too late. Nothing can down the flavor of kerosene." Washington Star. Towns-Well. well, the Idea of his mar rying Miss Ooldey. Why, he's a dyspeptic. Browne What has that to do with it? She's got plenty of money, and so Towne That's Just It. She'll never agree with him; she's too rich. The Catholic Stand ard and Times. "Ah! Mrs. Newcomb." said the uppish Mrs. Subbubg, "my many social duties have prevented me from calling upon you as I should. However. I will surely re turn your visit some day" "Oh! that doesn't matter much." replied Mrs. New comb promptly, "but I do wish you'd re turn the groceries you've borrowed from time to time." The Catholic Standard and Times. "What do they do at the Chaucer club?" "Oh. the members talk about each other." "And what if all the members are pres ent?" "Then thev have to talk about Chaucer." Washinaton Herald. She Yes. I admit I am very fond of dress.--He Huh! Then I should think you would wear more of It. Philadelphia Press. Physician "(answering telephone at I a. m.) Well? Phoner Thunderatlon, no! Think I'd be calling you up at this un earthly hour if I was well? Boston Transcript. Doctor You should go to Europe and see how people eat over there. Dypeptlc I do intend to go, but not until I have navfrt pnouirh to be able to Join them. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. m rather be eood than srreat." 'Then ydu won't be annoyed by any 'Serious amount of competition." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Patience That Miss Bellow Is going to sing. Patience Oh. is she? What shall we talk about? The Tattler. Not Quite Sure: "Mr. Hanklnson," said v mnthci- nf tha vounar fwoman to the youth whom she suspected of an ambition to become a member of the family, "have vou ever been baptized?" "Once, I think, he answered hesitatingly. Chicago Ti- une. -tr..'it V -tn wrvrlr Tiai-A to win old Million s aaunnter. in o T 1, good deal harder if I don t win her. isrootuyn xjiie. Eve was thinking of the snake episode, 'Adam." she said at last, with an air of conviction. "I am beginning to believe that snake worked off a lemon on us. This Is thought to have been the first lesson in pomology. fnuaaeipnia ixuB'- WunstI:ot a dollar a word." "O'wan!" Louisville Courier-Journal. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Women are almost as absurd as men are foolish. snmotitnea a woman is known by the company she avoids. p.iv anrriM neoDle their dick ana they'll pick flaws every time. He who thinks only 01 nimseit hasn't any too much to think about. t a wrtmnn is re mem Vvi:int"i'."J bered for the things she doesn t say. Th fickleness of fortune is oniy equaled by the faithfulness of mis fortune,. Where powder only covers up freckles dynamite would probably re move them. n oirntist n. man ia tne more difficult It Is for him to see his faults. .it tt-ipM'a a iitflarA noon which most of us make a show of ourselves sooner or later. You may have observed that the man who boasts that he can drink or let it alone usuaiiy umi.. In accord with the eternal fitness of things, people who keep harping on disagreeable things should be strung up- m QUAKER MEDITATIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. J Always overdo things Celling dec orators. It's a treat to listen to a man who asks you -what you'll have. Don't exagggerate your own faults. Leave that to your friends. It's when a girl says "yes" that A fellow takes her at her word. The bill collector may not be a busy-body, but he generally finds peo ple out. Too much red paint at night is apt to make a fellow blue the next morn ing. The one thing a man can borrow without bothering to pay back is trouble. Even when a woman does all In h power to brighten the home her hus band has to pay the gas bills. When a leuow tens a girl she ta nice enough to eat it again proves that the easiest way to reach a man s heart Is through his stomach. Hoax "I. suppose business is Im proving since election." Joax "Yes; I am told that even the clockmakers are putting on more hands." Wigg "After all Henpeckke has considerable power of diction." Wags; "Yes, but It can't prevail against hts wife's power of contradiction."

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6 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL--- WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBERS 2, 1908. CANNON WIN Bepresentatire Mann lias Been Making a Poll. Receives Replies From 125 Out of 210 Republicans. TAFT IS SATISFIED. Speaker's Attitude on the Tar iff Is ApproTed. The Two Will Hare a Conference In Washington Soon. Washington, Dec. 2. Having received 125 replies from 210 Republicans elected to the house in the next congress. Rep resentative James R. Mann of Illinois miles when he is told of the opposition to the re-election of Jos. G. Cannon as speaker in the Sixty-first congress. There are some, especially new mem bers, who do not commit themselves beyond saying that they want to be "With the next administration, but there are many outright declarations for Mr. Cannon, and enough favorable com ment comes from those who are not so positive as to give assurance that there is no chance of defeating "Uncle Joe. Mr. Mann sent out letters of inquiry recently to all of the incoming mem bers and has been receiving from fif teen to twenty replies a day. To date he pays that the friends of Mr. Cannon feel Justified in claiming the practically solid support of New England, ew York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan. Illinois, South Dakota and Missouri. The Kansas delegation is divided and the Iowa delegation will be for Repre sentative Walter I. Smith if his name is presented, and Ohio would be counted for Burton. Only one member replied that he would oppose Cannon. The talk of effective opposition to Mr. Cannon's re-election, however, is dying out, and press dispatches from Hot Springs, Va., are of a different trend from what they have been regarding a difference between Mr. Taft and Mr. Cannon, which has been more imag inary than real. Taft Satisfied With Speaker. Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 2. The threatened fight by Mr. Taft against the re-election of Joseph G. Cannon as speaker is off. The president-elect, so it was learned from a reliable source has been assured that Mr. Can non and the present regime in the house are ready not only to consent to a revision of the tariff that will square with the Taft pledges on the stump, but also to put through the rest of the Taft program of progressive legisla tion. The details of Mr. Taffs under standing with the Cannon people will not be worked out until he goes to Washington next week. There is strong probability, however, that the assurance of Mr. Cannon's friends will be supplemented within a day or two by a direct, message from the speaker himself. Congressman William B. McKinley of Illinois will be here on Friday. He Is undoubtedly .coming as an emissary from the speaker to pave the way for a conference between Mr. Taft and Mr. Cannon in Washington next week. Mr. McKinley is chairman of the Republican Congressional committee. He managed the Cannon presidential boom and has for years been one of the speaker's closest friends. Nobody here doubts that Mr. McKinley, speaking for Mr. Cannon, will add his assurances to those that have already come from the speaker's close friends. Persons familiar with Mr. Tafl's views have declared from the start that his threatened interventfon in the Fpeakership situation involved no consideration of personalities. All Mr. Taft wanted was definite assurance that the speaker and his supporters would play fair on the tariff, and that no obstacles would be put in the way I progressive legislation which Mr. Taft had outlined in his speech of ac ceptance, and to which the Republi can party stands committed. GIVEN A LIGHT FINE. Three Boys Who Helped Themselves to Wine Pleaded Guilty. The three young bloods of Ross vllle who were arrested for stealing some of the wine captured and stored by the sheriff, may thank their rabbits-foot and the lenience of the of ficers. In city court today, they es caped what might have been a peni tentiary sentence with a fine of $1 and costs. William Butler, David McRoberts and Londa Cottle, the trio arrested, were allowed to plead guilty of petit larceny on an amended complaint. They were arrested for a felony, breaking and entering. Sheriff Wilker son and County Attorney Schenck dis liked to send the young men to the penitentiary for the offense and agreed to the amendment. ;The costs of the case, about $3 5. will be divided among the three defendants. Aside from any desire to prosecute the young men to the extent of the law, there was some doubt in the mind of the county attorney concern ing the Identity of the persons who broke the window in John Howerton's building and stole the first collection of wine. The culprits who entered the plea of guilty today, admitted that they had syphoned some wine from the barrel, but that they did it in day light, having found a window broken and a convenient bung removed. They declare that the window was broken and the barrel tapped before they found the "good thing." It Is said that the wine was poor stuff anyway, and not valuable. It's All in the Taste! Our No. 3 Blend tastes mighty good, but our No. 10 has all there is in coffee taste. No. 3 -35c per lb. 3 lb. for $1.00 No. 10 40c per lb. CHAS. McCLINTOCK TEA-COFFEE CHINA 815 Kansas Avenue v Vffffi "4mmM Wily v- hi IfA SSSkfsnfcfffi THE REV. IT. G. B. PIERCE, Mr. Taft Is a pew holder In All Souls' Unitarian chnrch In Washington and has attended that "place of worship regularly ever since he has been at the national capital. The pastor is the Rer. Ulyssus G. ,B. Pierce, a native .of Rhode Island, and he has preached lu Washington since 1901. He was ordained to the UnlfaHajt ministry In 1S91 and preached In Pomona, Cal., from 1SQ3 to 1896. He then accepted a charge In Ithaca, N. -T..c.w e remained nntll going to All Souls churchy Washuigton. He Is the author of the book "The Soul of the Blbla.'s s MUST PASS CENSUS BILL Senator Long Says That Otherwise Can Not He Taken in 1910. Washington, Dec. 2. "One of the chief items of interest of the coming session of congress, as far as I am per sonally concerned, will be the passage of the census bill," said Senator Ches ter I. Long, who is chairman of the sen ate committee on census. "If we do not pass the bill during the short session we cannot take a census in 1910," continued Mr. Long, "so it seems to me It is rather important. There will" be practically no opposition to tne measure, so I guess it will pass all right." Referring to his defeat at the primary election and his consequent early re linquishment of his seat in the senate, Mr. Long said. I was not beaten by Republican votes. The Democrats came in and voted me out of the race." Miss Ethel Huff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Dodson. of Cornelia. Ga., will marry Lieutenant Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr.. at Fort Riley, Kan., on Tuesday, December 15. The ceremony will take place in the post chaneL Miss Helen Chaffee, who on Tuesday, December 8, will become Mrs. John Hastings Howard, will be the matron of honor, and the maid of hnor will be Miss Gladys Levin of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Virginia Rockwell, of Junction City, Kan., is to be one of the bride's at tendants. Lieut. J. W. Riley will act as best man for Lieut. Chaffee, and the ushers will be Captain Long, Lieutenant Hoyie, Lieutenant Williams, Lieutenant Mar tin, Lieutenant Pope, and Lieutenant Pegram. all of Fort Riley. Lieutenant Chaffee is the son of Gen. A. R. Chaffee, chief of staff, IT. S. A., retired. "Ah dreamed Ah was in heaven the other night." said a colored preacher. a3 he was awaiting his turn to testify in an assault case in the police court here. "As Ah stood Jest inside de gold en gates, dar came a rap. and George Washington was announced by St. Pe ter. "'Let him come up an' sit on mah right side,' said the good Lawd, who was slttin" on de throne, "Pretty soon dar was -anotheh knock, an' Abraham Linkun wuz announced by St. Peter. 'Let him sit on mah left side,' said the Lawd. "Den Ah hearoV a terrible knockin' at de gate, and de agels all trembled. "St. Peter opened the gate carefully, and den he turned roun an' said to de Lawd, "Tou'll have to get down an' give him yonr seat, Lawd. It's Theo dore Roosevelt." B. F. Culley of Iola, Kan., private secretary to' Congressman Chas. F. Scott, has purchased a controlling in terest in the Olathe Mirror, a weekly paper published in Johnson county. Mr. Culley will retain his position with Mr. Scott and delegate the conduct of the paper to its present editor. Will Peters. E. Lukens. accompanied by his daughters Misses Effie and Mary Lukens of Atchison, Kan., are late ar rivals in Washington. They are stop ping at the Raleigh hotel, and will re main here several days, sight-seeing. Here on Trickett Case. C. J R. Cooksey and his attorney from Kansas City, Kan., were In the city in regard to the disbarment pro MR TAFT'S WASHHrGTON PASTOR, CHURCH. ceedings started against the former by Assistant Attorney General Trickett of Wyandotte county. Motion was filed In the supreme court to quash the in dictment against Cooksey, but the court will not consider the matter un til next week. Any report that the proceedings against Cooksey are to be dismissed is premature and without foundation as yet. MADE.'LOXG JOIUXEY ALONE. Six-Year-Old Mnrcella Hayes Who Has Just Arrived lu .Kansas. Garden City, Kan., Dec. 2. Marcella Hayes, a pretty 6-year-old girl, has just arrived here from Pocatello, Idaho, having made the lomr journey alone. Marcella Hayes, Six-Year-Old Traveler Her father unable to obtain work in Pocatello, had come to Garden City, where he was more successful. He was planning to bring his wife to their new home when she was suddenly taken very ill. She was carried to her moth er's home while the little tot was sent to the father. Everybody acted as the good god father or godmother of the traveler on her way and she was as happy as a lark when she alighted from the train in the care of a big-hearted drummer who had volunteered to see her safely to her destination. Brokers Firm Assigns. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 2. John D. Armstrong Co., brokers, today made an assignment to Chapman Rain bow, ttorneys. Inability to realize on paper caused the suspension. The amount involved could not be ascer taineded, but. it is stated personal as sets exceed the liabilities. OCCXXXXXXX30CXXXICOCC03COCO Coffee in Every Cup McCIintock's Coffee 20c per pound Chas. McClintocK TEA COFFEE CHINA 815 Kanut Avenue 9.-11 OOCXXXIOCOCOCOCOCXXXXXXXXXX -J IT i-v ft. AND INTERIOR OF HIS i 4 AR1FUL ARCHBOLD. He Manages to Avoid Point Mr. Kcl logrg Tries to Make. New York, Dec. 2. When cross ex amination of John Di Archbold was re sumed in the Standard Oil suit today, Mr. Archbold was asked about the per centage of business done by the Stand ard Interest in 1879, but said he could only state that it was large. Mr. Kellogg called the attention of the witness to evidence given several years ago by H. H. Rogers that In 1S79, the Standard and its .affiliated interest's produced 90 to 95 per-cent of the refined oil manufactured- i "If you had that amount of produc tion do you still say; as stated by you yesterday- that- you acquired the plants on the seaboard to increase your volume of business?" "I can't say what percentage of business wo were doing." Mr. Kellogg was seeking to show that in reality the Standard did not purchase certain seaboard refineries to increase the Standard's business, but to destroy competition. The gov ernment prosecutor plied the witness with many puestlons to develop this contention. Mr. Kellogg read a statement, pur porting to give the percentages of do mestic business of the-Standard be tween 1894 and 1898, which averaged about 80 per cent. "Assuming that the Standard did 82 per cent in 1895, why did you acquire additional refineries?" asked the ex aminer. "That was done to succeed to their business." Mr. Kellogg endeavored to show that the Standard instead of developing Its own business, by its own efforts took over competitors and in that way in creased its own business. Mr. Archbold said that J. C. Sibley organized the Signal Oil company of Franklin, Pa., and General Charles Miller developed the Galena Oil company. Later the Standard bought Into both companies and combined them as the Galena Signal company, which con tinued under the direction of Mr. Sib ley and General Miller, both of whom held minority interests in the company. Mr. Archbold said that in 1881 iie had acquired control of the Empire Refining eompaniT and held the stock for the benefit of the Standard's stockholders. LEFT MANY MILLIONS. Second Family of D. A. Blodgett In herits His Fortune. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 2 The will of Delos A. Blodgett, multi-millionaire lumberman, who died a month ago, was opened today. The bulk of the estate, estimated at between $10. 000.000 and 12,0-)0,000, is left in trust to three young children of Mr. Blod gett by his second marriage. The widow is left $150,000, an annuity of $10,000, and the homestead with lib eral means of support. John W. Blodgett and Mrs. Susan Blodgett Low. children bv the first marriage, are left nothing in the will; as at the time of his secorfd marriage Mr. Blodgett divided his estate, into three portions, giving his son and daughter a third each, and keeping a third himself. SHELDON TO LECTURE. Will Tell of Visit to Norway and Show Views by Ijajitcrn. In a lecture to be given at the Cen tral -Congregational church Friday night of this week. Rev. Oharles M. Sheldon will tell a number of his per sonal experiences while on his recent Visit to Norway "with Mrs. Sheldon. The trip was made without a guide and without a time Schedule to regulate the length of the stops at various places. "One of the things which seemed un usual to us," said Mr. Sheldon, in speaking of his visit to Bergen, the largest fish market in the world, "was the noon-day band concert. Every day, a band, employed by the city would come out and play for an hour. The young fellows would stroll around in their good -clothes and take matters New Residence of Hays B. White at Mankato, Kansas. pretty easily.for the time being. "Another unusual sight to us was the method of transporting hay. It would be cut away up in the moun tains and none of it is wasted, either, every little patch of grass being cut and cured. Down the sides of the mountains. leading to the farms below are strong wire cables. The hay is fastened on these in great bunches and allowed to slide down. Almost any time during the-working hours you may see It sliding down over your head to some place,-further down the mountain where it ia needed.-- "Among the fjords we founds many Interesting things, too;. Some' of the cliffs are. straight down to. the water and keep on going straight down. Fre quently they- are so steep and the water, so deep that big steamers pass close enough that you can touch them as they go by. The scenery in Nor way Is fine. Many of the cascades have a fall of 500 feet. By the time the w-ater reaches the pool below it is sheer mist." While touring the country Mr. Shel don' got many views which he has since had transferred to slides and which he will use to Illustrate his lec ture. The lecture will be repeated Saturday afternoon for children under 16 years of age. At each lecture an offering will be takent the proceeds to go towards the new church building. MR. MILLS CONFIRMS IT. Expects to Erect "Building at-Ninth, Street Sometime. That a six story building is to be erected at the corner of Ninth and the avenue by the Mills Dry Goods Co, was today confirmed by Mr. W. W, Mills. The four lots on that corner have already been purchased by the Mills company. This will afford a build ing space of 100x150 feet. There have been no definite plans made for the building except that it will be six stories high, four floors and the base ment to be used by the dry goods store, and the upper two stories as or fices. The time of building has not been considered. The Mills store is now comfortably situated and their lease does not expire until October 1912. There is no hurry for the building, though its construction will be begun as soon as the arrangements can be completed. ROBERTS MOVES UP. Chief Clerk to Anditor Conrad Is Pro moted. J. W. Roberts, who for tho past 12 or 15 years has been chief clerk in the office of auditor of disbursements for the Santa Fe, A. L. Conrad, received a promotion today and becomes state house accountant. Mr. Roberts was succeeded by F.- H. Bunnell, who for a number of years has been assistant chief clerk. The position which has been given Mr. Roberts is one recently created and the appointment carries with it an increase in salary. vMR. CLARK BUYS. Pays $17,000 for Kansas Avenue Busf ness Property. Elon S. Clark, general manager of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York for Kansas, has closed a deal for the property at 823 Kansas avenue, now occupied by the French bakery. The price paid was $17,000, and -it is stated that Mr. Clark will im mediately commence extensive im provements on the property. CAPPER WINS HIS CASE. Awarded $3,554 Damages Against Manufacturers' Paper Company. Arthur Capper was awarded $3,554 damages against the Manufacturers' Paper company in the district court to j ti,a -iiivtr was nut two and a half houres and answered the 24 questions preparea oy ine acicuc a.uu au,ii...,.,. by the court in favor of Mr. Capper. This is the case In which Mr. Capper sued the paper company for damages alleged from a breach of contract. The company had sued Mr. Capper In Chicago and secured a judgment for $3,500 for paper. All on Board Lost. VKcbe, Japan, Dec. 2. The Japanese ..on- r'inooi -vraru has foundered off Wei Hei Wei. The entire crew and all the passengers on poara were iooi. t ivt TnfaM mtm fnr- floor. couch and carriage use. Beautiful, use ful ana cheap, wo myiur HAYS WHITE'S NEW HOME. Political Farmer Builds One at Man kato at Cost of $10,000. Mankato, Dec. 2. The new resi dence of Hays B. White, recently completed in Mankato at a cost of over $10,000, is as modern, convenient and comfortable as possible. Mr. White came to Jewell county In 1875. He is now 53 years old. He owns 800 acres of land about three miles from Mankato. Since he moved from the farm to his new town house, he has been referred to as a retired farmer, but he says he will actively superin tend his 800 acre form, making daily visits thereto. The new residence of Hays B. White is large enough to entertain all local and political gatherings. Many of his friends say that the creation' of this residence means that he will be an active candidate for congress to succeed Congressman Reeder in 1910. At any rate, he needs rest from ac tive farm labors, and he Is always In fine health when he is actively en gaged in politics for the old Re publican party. ARMED SAILORS LAND. They Are Guarding the Legations at Port au Prince. Port au Prince, Dec. 22 P. M. Arm ed sailors from the two American cruis ers and the French cruiser in the har bor, were landed at half past 1 today. They are guarding their respective legations. The rage of the mob against Nord Alexis was appeased for a short time by the giving out of the news that the former president had embarked on a vessel at a distant point on the coast. This is not true, for the president is still at the palace. The people are now realizing, however, that they were de ceived and now groups are again form ing around the palace. Their attitude is distinctly menacing. STOP DIUNKING ON TRAINS. State Board of Railroad Commission- ers Makes an -Order. 5 The state railway board will soon draw up and send recommendation to the railroads of the state urging that they adopt rules and regulations to stop the drinking ef intoxicants on trains in Kansas. This action has been finally decided upon by the board. While the recommendations is not mandatory, yet the board feels that such action is not necessary, as the railroads will be glad to co operate with the board in the effort to. stop the disorders and disgraceful scenes arising out of such practice. .Intoxicants are now prohibited on Pullman and dining cars and there appears to be no good reason why drinking of any kind in the trains should not be stopped. The board will not consider the report on the condition of the Mis souri Pacific road in this state as a result of the recent tour of in vestigation until at a later session this week. New York Money Market. New York. Dec. 2. MONEY Money on call firmer. 2BV4 Per cent: ruling rate and closiner bid 2: offered at 2'4. Time loans a trifle firmer: SO days. 23ia-3 per cent; 90 days, 3 per cent; six months. 3314 per ceni. Close: Prime mercantile paper, 344 per cent. Sterlinir exchanee steadv with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.84.55!t4.84.6fi for fio dav bills and at S4.s.7 ror Uemana; commercial bills. $4.40V4(ff4.40V4- -SILVER Bar silver. 47c; Mexican dol lars. 4oc. BONDS Government bonds, steady railroad bonds, irregular. This design would make up charm ingly if developed in olive green cloth trimmed with Oriental embroidery or amethyst chiffon' velvet with Syrian embroidery. The gown in the illus tration had a flounced skirt of white chiffon, with a lace coat belted at the raised waistline by a girdle of white satin. The plastron was of lace, with a bow of gold tissue. The sleeves were of tucked chiffon capped with lace. The yoke and collar were also of chiffon, the collar being finished with a frill of lace. All members Maccabees No. 24 be present at meeting tonight. Election of officers. Who Needs a Dress Vest Some plain white $3.00 Vests. Some with a little black figure Vests with silk mixtures, $3.00 ones. Some plain gray or plain brown. Some black Vests with silk figures. Swell Panel Vests, $3.00 is the regular price. We have all sizes, for fat, slim or regu lar built men. It's to be the great est Fancy Vest Sale ever in Topeka, be cause our price is mighty low. YOUR CHOICE of any Vest in our HOUSE 2fe U 622 KANSAS AVC 1 M. Penwell Undertaker and Embalaer 111 Qafocy Stmt Ut Pboaea 1S2 LOCAL MENTION. Dr. S. Temple, Osteopath, 735 Kansas ave. Ind. 1642. Res. 5174. Bell 1SS5. "My! My! What on earth would I i-dflrwheutc-mj'; Independent -phone V- I said a Topeka lady yesterday. "I order my groceries, talk with my friends, direct my affairs as an official of the club; in fact I need never be out in stormy weather. Isn't It a blessing." Those who find it convenient to smoko a small cigar will find Eagle's cupid cigar to possess the greatest to bacco qualities obtainable yet the price is only five cents at all dealers. The sale of the J. W. Going property at 823 Kansas avenue to Elon S. Clark for $17,000 was made through tho real estate agency of H. C. Bowman, 42 Columbian building. If you want to buy or sell real estate of any de scription call on him. He has others Just as good. See advertisement in another column. Colonel W. W. Denison has Just re ceived a consignment of 26 headstones for deceased Union soldiers from the department quartermaster at St. Louis. They will be placed in the Topeka cemetery. Mr. Denison is preparing another requisition to be sent to the quartermaster general the 20th of this month. L. M. Crawford has returned from his Chase county ranch where he has been superintending the building of a large and comfortable bungalow with dancing floor and banquet room, so that he and his friends can enjoy club life winter or -summer. Fine line of hand painted china Fri day at" Miss Witwer's studio, 1125 Western avenue. A picture never wears out and Is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Buy one for your friend for Xmas at Coe Brcs." Cut Rate Art store, 828 Kansas avenue. Wanted Airship Insurance. Jacob Weiner, a farmer of Nepaug. today to buy fire insurance. He insisted on there being a flying ma chane clause in the policy, saying he had read how Orville Wright had per fected his aeroplane, and he thought there was as much danger of a flying machine striking and wrecking his building as lightning if aeronautics keep pace with the development of au tomobiles. The farmer wanted a five-year policy but when informed by Justice James Smith, the insurance agent, that he was ahead of the insurance companies, which have not yet begun to insure against loss by flying machnes, he said dejectedly: "Insure my buildings for one year only. Perhaps the companies will be up to date by the time my policy ex pires." Winsted dispatch to New York World. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. The funeral of Joel T. Kirk, who died Monday evening, will be held at tha home on West Eighth street, Thursday morning, at 10:30 o'clock. Elizabeth Barnhill died at the home of H. C. Atchison, 317 East iemn street. Tuesday evening at tne age i n tha,.inoi The funeral 1 1 ytniB vj tut"..-. was held from the Atchison residence this afternoon at 4 o ciock. Mrs. Mary J. Petro. 920 Tyler, died at i i i. v. mnmlnr of Dneumonla. Interment will be at Beloit Kan. Fri day afternoon. Brief services will be held at the residence iiiuij mim ing at 10 o'clock, sne iees one daughter and four sons. Miss Mae Petro Topeka: T. W. Petra Salt Lake tt -ir pairn Relnit. Kan.: A. M. Petro 1127 Tyler, and N. J. Petro, 707 Buchanan street. Two brothers. Dr. Nelson Ward, Burlington, Wyoming: William Ward, Sallna, Kan.; and a brother-in-law, J. m. reiro, onn peka. also survive her.

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12 THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1908. "Baking Absolutely rURE Insures delicious; health ful food for every home, every day. The only baking powderf made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar made from grapes. Safeguards your food against alum and pKosphate of lime harsh mineral acids which are used in cheaply made powders. The sidewalk around the Novelty theater is being- repaired, and a much smoother walk will be the result. Dick Cooley is back from a hunting trip which he spent in the vicinity of Alma. He brought back a great deal of game. Louis F. Bixbey of McPherson, a graduate of Kansas university, has ac cepted a position as pharmacist at the Weightman drug store. The election of a captain for next year's Washburn team will take place et the college chapel next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Numerous complaints of burst wa ter pipes indicate that last night's se vere freeze has provided a midwinter harvest for the plumbers of the city. F. J. Curnick, of New Tork, who is relied upon to build the Topeka Southwestern railroad. is in Topeka again after a week spent at Joplin, Mo. Claude K. Sheppard has secured a permit for the erection of a J2.600 resi dence at 1318 Mulvane street, which Is to be ready for occupancy by the first of the year. Preston P. Flemlken, 26 years of age and a resident of Topeka. secured a li cense in Kansas City Tuesday to marry Pearl E Mitchell, 24 years of age, of Massena, Iowa. The mercury reached the lowest point of the winter early this morning and the supply of gas, contrary to the ex pectations of many, was sufficient to meet the emergency. A fierce contest is expected next Saturday when the old Spavs meet the present Washburn football team. The honors will be about even and it will he a fight to a finish. Christmas is three weeks distant yet many of the windows along Kansas avenue have assumed U eir holiday attire under the directions of experi enced window tailors. But two more weeks of the open season on quail remain but at the rate the Bob Whites are being slaughtered in the vicinity of Topeka the family will be all but exterminated before. A meeting of the directors of the Commercial club will be held on De cember 11 for the purpose of making changes which will permit the reor ganization of the club at a later meet ing. The mercury dropped to fourteen degrees above the zero mark at 7 o'clock this morning and remained there for nearly an hour, establishing another cold weather record for this winter. The river is filled with floating ice and the still water is covered with a coating of ice of sufficient thickness to afford excellent skating for the youngsters of the city, as well as some of their elders. O. S. Taylor has been appointed as sistant by Manager Bainter who will have charge of the Midwinter expo sition this winter and will assist in securing and managing vaudeville fea tures far the event. Jacob Smith, who died at his home on Harrison street. Monday night, was a member of the G. A. R. and fought In the Battle of the Blue. It was re ported that he came to Topeka over- land with an ox team, but this is in correct. He went from his Ohio home to St. Louis by rail, and from there took a steamer to Leavenworth. He later came to Topeka in a wagon. The fact that forty-six witnesses have been subpoenaed to testify in the Coney libel case indicates that the af fair is one of much importance to those interested, all reports to the con trary notwithstanding. The property formerly owned by J. S. Grice, the West Sixth avenue grocery man, who died about a year ago, was sold by Sheriff Wilkerson Tuesday to satisfy the claims of the heirs who were unable to agree upon a division of the estate. Work on the north side of the West Sixth avenue pavement has been en tirely suspended owing to the cold weather and will not be resumed until the mercury again gets above th-i freezing point. There are still three blocks to be paved. An important meeting of the board of directors of the Topeka South western railroad will be held at the Commercial club rooms this evening when the appointment of E. B. Merriam as secretary of the company as the suc cessor of Major T. J. Anderson will be ratified. Councilman H. P. Miller of the Sec ond ward will be initiated into the mysteries of the Anti-Horse Thief as sociation next Friday evening. His friends claim that ha has a perfect edge on his party razor and threat ens to shave "the mustang's" head If he gets too frisky. Chas. S. Eagle has been elected to membership in the Anti Horse Thief association and is to be initiated next Friday night. This morning he got a view of the Texas terror, especially im ported to be used in place of the goat for the occasion and Immediately open ed negotiations with the attendant to find out how many boxes of his most celebrated brand it would take to have knock out drops administered just be fore his turn comes. COULDN'T SEE TO READ. Gas Pressure In Kansas City, Kan., Wns A'ery Weak Last Night. Kansas City. Kan., Dec. 2. The nat ural gas pressure in the northwest part of the city was so weak last night that in many homes families could not even see to read by gas lights. The part of the city west of Seventh street and north of Virginia avenue suffered most on account of a lack of heat. At Eighth street and Troup avenue the pressure was very low. Persons living in the vicinity of Thirteenth street and the Quindaro boulevard, and Eigh teenth street and the Quindaro boule vard also complained of the low pres sure. There was an average supply of gas in the central part of the city and in Armourdale. CITY HALL NEWS. Dr. Van Horn's Tubercular Con gress Report to Be Printed. Mayor Green Says It Is Full of Valuable Information. CLEANING UP STKEETS Commissioner Snyder lias Com pleted His Work. Oyer 1,800 Wagon Loads Leaves and Trash Hauled. of Under Water 20 Minutes. Vallejo, Cal.. Dec. 2. The sub marine boat Pike, which has just been overhauled and repaired at the Mare island navy yard, the work costing J20.000, was put through a series of tests yesterday. The boat was sub merged several times, on one occasion staying under water for 20 minutes. The submarine Grampus, which has also been refitted, will be tested next week. Bolting Powder Receiver! Highest Award World's Pure Food Exposition Chicago, November, 1907 What does this mean? means that Calumet has set a new Standard in Baking Powder the standard of the World. Because this award was given to Calumet after thorough tests and experiments, over all other baking powders. It means that Calumet t the best baking powder in every particular in the world. And this means that Calumet produces the belt, most delicious, lightest, and purest baking of all baking powders. n't th; f 1 II f YU at mean, V 1 1 rm v i v Before the special session of the coun cil Dr. Charles B. Van Horn made his report to the city after attending the International Cc.ngress on Tuberculosis held at Washington. His report was full of valuable information and also suggestions to the city of Topeka. Mayor Green said this morning that special measures had been taken since the report but that Topeka would un doubtedly follow some of the excellent suggestions made by the doctor. The report is considered a. valuable one to the city and it will be printed and dis tributed, also placed on file. In part Dr. Van Horn said: "Tuberculosis in all its forms is in fectious and that form affecting the lungs, commonly known as consump tion, which is the most prevalent form, is by far the most prolific source of its spread. Heredity is now generally con sidered to have but little direct bearing upon the propagation of the disease. "Thousands are being cured annual ly in every quarter of the earth; clim ates hot and cold; atmospheres high and low are producing their equal quota of cures. Air, plenty and pure 24 hours a day. Food that nourishes for every meal and continual rest is what is cur ing tuberculosis every day and curing it to stay. "The establishment of sanitoria. hos nitals and dispensaries, day camps and colonies in accordance with the needs of each community should be in the larger cities, from public revenue and supported by taxation. A patient needs friends and support rather than cli mate. "Whole communities become excited and families become frantic when smallpox appears. It is under the hands of the law at once. But not a dollar of public money is being expended tow ard the prevention of a disease that will claim, if unchecked, .five million of the present generation in the United States. ;.h "The incredible carelessness with which consumptives move from house to house, without precaution or warn ing to their successors, their employ ment in important positions dangerous to the public health and the general neglect of sanitary precautions de mands that every case be known and under observation of the public health officer. "Ninety per cent of all deaths is known to be due to the ingestion of infected food, the infected air 'of the home the public halls, the schools, cars and factories, careless expeeioranun m the home, on the sidewalks and in pub lic places. Direct sunlight will kill tub erculosis in ten minutes. T-no is a favorable location with t n slum district. I trust that the city will lend its heartiest co-operation to the private interests now working In .v, itv np-nlnst the olague. and to the state bdard of health in creating a trav n v,ihit and nrocuring the neces Co legislation to establish a strongly organized resistance." Thi cold snap Is liable to play r,avnn with the cement crossings which are being inserted in the pave r,t nn T.ocust street. The people in this district could not wait until warm weather for their pavement and the council granted them the benefit of the doubtful weatner ana me went to work. This cement street crossing idea is a new one on the pavement programme and it will be used all over the city as fast as the new pavement is planned. Street Commissioner Snyder says that the cement crossings are fine for both the usage of the public and the looks of the pavement but when slippery weather come he is looking forward to a number of "slip and fall" com plaints. In the last two or three weeks the firemen at the No. 2 station have been bothered with numerous school chil dren who have been attracted to the station by its many interesting fea tures. During an alarm the other day one of the children was almost trampled under the feet of a team. Chief Wilmarth has pasted a poster on the station bulletin board to the following effect: "Children unattended not allowed to congregate in this sta tion." The last of the fall foliage was gathered up by the street cleaning force in Fotwin today., xnis nas Deen a record Dreamng year ior tailing leaves. Since the beginning of the fall the street commissioner has ac counted for 1.800 full wagon loads being hauled from the streets of To peka. Twelve teams have been work ing ten hours a day on this work. This is a record never before equalled. But the result can be steadily seen. Never before were the streets !n such a good condition. Street Commissioner Snyder says that the people of the city have helped wonderfully in this work by burning the leaves in front of their residences. There used to be an ordinance against this but it was instituted when the pavements were all of asphalt and pine blocks. A fire would do great damage to them and the burning ordi nance was passed to save them. How ever the present street commissioner encourages the burning of leaves, as the extensive brick pavements are not harmed. On account of the damp weather and the favorable conditions the foliage this year was much heavier than ever before. Another increase in the hauling was caused by the additional pavemets over those cleaned last year. A Man May Eat Any Meal And Digest It Easily If He Will But Try. FREE DIGESTIVE TABLETS. Don't be afraid of your meals. The reason you have dyspepsia is that something is lacking in your digestive apparatus necessary to the stomach's worK. A perfect stomach loves to work, Perfect digestion is not afraid of any meal' and benefits by its consumption or rood the whole machine of man. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make easy the work of digestion, because they combine active fruit and vege table essences which are needed by me stomach. These essences are so powerful they digest food without aid from the stomach. They have done this with a meal encased in a glass tube. We will send a trial package to any one rree tor his name and address. Eat what you will or when you will then take a Stuart Dyspepsia Tablet and see how you will digest that meal In a short time your stomach will have a natural supply of gastric juices ana your whole system will be able to take care of digestion easily. Ask any druggist about Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. His answer will tell more than we can say. Ask him how they sell. If you want to buy mem give him 50c. But if you want to test them write us and you will re ceive a trial package by mail with out cost. Address F. A. Stuart Co.. 150 Stuart Bldg., Marshall. Mich. asked for an alley to be constructed be tween juadison and Jefferson streets, the north side of the alley to be 121 feet south of the front line of lots fronting on East Tenth street. The city has been planning on a -"benefit district" in this section and the peti tion came in just in time. According to the money paid in there are only 1.400 cows supplying the city of Topeka. with milk. Only $362.25 has been turned into the city treasury bjr the owners of the milk fountains. The threat that arrests would follow a non registration has caused quite a flutter among the owners and the registration has been heavy the last few days but when it is estimated with authority that there are 2,200 cows supplying the city with milk, the farmers are still on the danger line. It only costs $1.00 a year to register a cow and it will cost a preliminary fine of five dollars to gether with police court fame, if the cow is not registered. The owners can take their choice. The two big fumigating "steamers" were taken from the office of the city physician last evening and for three hours the big high school building was "aired" from top to bottom. The cause was the smallpox scare caused by Clyde Adams, the son of Charles Ad ams, 12d Jjincoln street, who was tanen from the building yesterday. His case is not very serious and the high school scare will amount to nothing. It took about five gallons of the formaldehyde burned in the big steamers tot mean sure death to the germs. Sanitary Sergeant Pattison reports a new scarlet fever -case at the home of S. J. Heniych; 917 North Kansas ave nue. There are but three in the family the little boy having, the disease and a quarantinevhus been declared. The latest building permits reported by Fire Marshal' Wilmarth Samuel Suess, 1160 Grand avenue, one story frame dwelling. $1,800: E. J. Covell. 51: West Tenth, frame barn. $190: Claude W. Sheppard, frame dwelling. 1318 Mul vane, $2,600; M. C. Stein. 357 Lane, Do Your Christmas Stopping Early Early in the day and early in December. That will he vour oiggcK gut or tne nonaays to tne workers behind the count ed- and on tne delivery wagons. Suits tKat were $23.50 to $40 now priced $19.75 Do you care to save from $3.75 to $20.25 on your tailored Suit And not only save, but secure a Suit of style and quality to please the most fas tidious critic Tlnrty-five such. Suits will fc e on sale liere tomorrow at $19.75. cuUed from .L: J 1 f .1 i .i tag minnctt ranta 01 loose nigher $23.50 to $40.00 quality. Black, taupe, raspberry and wisteria broadcloths; black, navy blue, green and brown serges; and fancy suitings. Most of them have long, semi-fitted coats 30 to 45 inches all of them are satin-lined and are superbly tailored and finished. We suggest your seeing them early for highest values. Railroad1 Fare Refunded, is Part or Whole, to Ont-of-Town Bnyen Crosby Bros. Co. NO MORE WRINKLES Scranton Woman Makes Remarkable Discovery That Proves to Be a Great Aid to Beauty. Broad Minded and Liberal, She Offers to Give Particulars to AH Who Write Absolutely Free. iff Jv .SA Only one fire so far this week. That. a two-story frame dwelling house i Delia Ellison, of Scranton. Pa., seems to be the woman whose name shall TO down i history as? the discoverer of the true secret of beauty. J" or centuries past women have realized that wrinkles not only made them look much older than thev were, but were also the destroyer of their beauty, and with ceaseless efforts they have southt to stav the hand of time, which robbed them of this most valuable ciiarm. Ivn-owiri that the homely woman with deeo lines and furrows muBt fight an un equal battle with her younger and better looking sister, many resorted to annoying and even dangerous experiments trying to regain their former youthful appear ance. This new discovery, however, will do away with ail these rash measures, as the treatment is harmless and simple. It is said that aside from banishing wrinkles in from one to three nights it is a great aid to beauty, making the skin soft and velvet v and beautifying the com plexion. Manv who have followed Miss EllisoiVs advice look from five to twenty years younger, and judging by the num ber of replies she is receiving daily, peo ple are not slow at taking advantage of her generous offer. It comes as a surprise that the dis coverv should be made by a modest little woman in Scranton when our large cities are full of beautv doctors and specialists who have sousrht in vain for a treatment that would turn back the clock of .time and place the imrtrint of youth on the rast-tleeting footsteps 01 age. dui r frame one story dwelling, $1,600; Charles W. Moore, 1169 Grand avenue, frame dwelling, $1,500. This is a falling off from the usual amount of permits but the -winter months are not very agreeable to builders. The November report of the city health department was finished by the sanitary sergeant at the city of fices today. This month is a rather unhealthy one there being 66 con tagious and infectious diseases in the city. However, among those sick nesses there was but one death that resulting from a hard attack of diph theria. This record of fatalities is marvelous considering the variety of diseases and the weather. Smallpox took first prize among the diseases there being 37 -cases of this infection. Jone of them were fatal. Diphtheria came secona witn s cases and tne one death does this prove that 13 is an unlucky number? Scarlet fever claimed 12 candidates while chicken pox could get hold of but one child. Typhoid fever on which depends the real health of the city had but three sufferers. Last November there were but 18 cases of the above diseases. During the month there have been 5 2 fumigations, and 57 quarantines. Ten cases of small pox remain in quarantine, 1 of typhoid fever, 3 of diphtheria, and 3 of scarlet fever. The reason that there has been so many contagious diseases this year is the fault of the parents and families in which the disease was located. People have such a dread of the In fections that they even fear to report it to the city authorities and it la al lowed to spread. In some cases the parents have allowed their children to go to school saying that they did not think the case serious. This is a criminal offense. The city health de partment is supported for the work among such diseases and it is the duty of citizens to report the least sign of contagious or infectious disease. The candidates for city offices are coming out slowly. The latest is the papers of Sanitary Sargeant J. D. Pat tison who will accept the position as city treasurer If the people so desire. Mr. Pattison is one of the young sol diers of the civil war and one of the oldest of city officials. If any one de serves promotion Mr. Pattison should be the "anyone." He served as presi dent of the city council for two years. Then as a councilman three years. .He has been connected with city affairs ever since he has made Topeka his home and has held his present position as sanitary sergeant for five years.- ToDeka will get $16,041 more taxes this vpar than last in other words the city will receive $656,438.52 taken as a whole. This Includes the regular city taxes, n-hiph amount to $278,521.63. the special citv taxes which amount to S112.65S.20,

and the scnooi taxes amuuiiuus 258.69. All of this creates a brighter atmosphere in the city hall. CAX'T FIXD SOLID ROCK. SPECIALIST Or. Cookinham Treats Acute, Chronic and Special Diseases of Men and Women Makes no calls. My whole time devoted to office practice 106 East Seventh Office Hours 9 to 12, 2 to 5, 7 lo 8; Sunday, 9:30. 10:33. Mon., lues.. Thurs., Fri. Eves. Chicago Cheap Would you consider me presumo tuous if I were to suggest you visit Chicago now One reason why this is a good time for you to go is be cause the reduced rate of $16.30 Round Trip will be in effect today, and again on December 7 and 8. The final return limit will be December 12. The sav ing in railroad fare will leave you that much more for spending in Chicago. Five trains daiiv through Pullmans on all but one. Harvey meals, block signals, minimum grade crossings, rock ballasted track, courteous and competent em nloves. and. back of it all, that efficiency possible only in a line under one management. t T. I King, Ticket Agent The KEELEY TREATMENT Alcohol and Dims Addictions cured by a thorough and scientific course of medication. Or. Keeley's Remedies employed exclusively. The largest and best appointed Keoley Institute in the Vcst. Kor particulars address The Keeley Institute. 716 West Tenth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Xew York May Be Forced to $10,000,000 Bridge. Build AURORA THEATER 812 Kansas Avenue The Synchroscope Moving Pictures That talk and sing First run films program for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Talking and Singing Moving Pic ture Subjects. "Billy Brown." "Christie's Minstrels," "Laughing Song." Ordinary Moving Picture Subjects What a Small Boy Can Do. Indian Bets. Alps King. La Arfellienne. Entire Change of Program Mondays and Thursdays. Matinee 2:30 and 3:30 p. m. Nights 7:15, 8:15 and 9:15 t. m. Matinee 6c. Night Adults 1V Children 6c fnntslpns of aKe, iramn awening nouse -7, Vi. n,.,( ho i t owned and occupied by H. Meir at remain ii"ii. hr i.. 1320 North Jackson street. Some tar i In sr-eakini? of the discovery she said: Doinng on tne stove had started to boil over and an alarm was turned in. No damage resulted. There will be a soecial meetine of the claims and accounts committee, J. J. Lannen, J. W. F. Hughes, C. W. Horn, of the city council on Friday evening at the committee room in the city hall. ine monthly bills of the city will be scrutinized. A fully signed petition was sent to City Clerk Burge this morning. It Yps. 1 know thpri would be many ad' vantages in mv eoing to some of the large cities, but I have made arrangements to give particulars of my treatment Free to r11 who write me. so that the women in every city and town may have the ben efits of mv discovery." This statement shows that she is both broad-minded and' generous, and all who wish to banish, (their rinkles and im prove their complexion should write her at once. Her address is: DELIA ELLISON. 305 Burr Bldg.. Scran ton. Pa. Just state that you wish particulars of her discovery and she will send them in sealed envelope free of charge. New Tork. Dec. 2. -Unable to find solid rock bottom through which' to carry a conduit under the Hudson river north of the city, near Peekskill, N. Y., it may be necessary for New Tork to erect a $1-0,000,000 suspension bridge in order to perfect the new Catskill water supply sys tem, now under construction, fuch a bridge would have a span of from 1 200 to 1.400 feet, with a maximum height of 150 feet. Although if built it will be used primarily to carry the giant conduit, arrangements will also be made for traffic facilities. A ten tative report on the proposed structure- has already been submitted to the board of "water supply. HER ASHES TO THE LAKE. Body of Chicago's Oldest Xurse Cremated at Her llequest. Chicago, Dec. 2. In accordance with her oft expressed desire, the body of Miss Emma Renshaw, Chi cago's oldest practicing nurse, who died suddenly from pneumonia Mon day, was cremated today and her ashes cast to the winds on the lake. She was one of the city's unique figures, and though she had enjoyed a clientele among the well known families ever since she came here from New Orleans during the civil war. little is known of her ancestry She had no relatives, she said. Miss Renshaw was found dead in a closet of her room. Two Shot Firers Killed. TMttRhurs' Kan.. Dec. 2. Two shot firers met death in mine No. 15 of the SHELLABARQER &S0N UNDERTAKERS Parlors 122 W. Fifth St. Phone 373 Western Coal and1 Mining company, 10 miles northwest of here. The vic tims, A. B. Clark, aged 36 years, leaves a wife and five children; George Barton, aged 22, leaves a wife. A powder gas explosion following a windy shot resulted in the instant death of the shot firers. THURSDAY, DEC 3 Price 1 Sc to 50c Meadow Brook Farm A Story of New England Life FRIDAY, DEC 4 First Time Here CHECKERS One Year in N. Y. PRICES-25 Cent, to $1.50 SATUCDAY The Texas Cattle King See the Cowboy Band Price: Wat. Children 10c. Adult 25c Night 16c to 60o MONDAY pTucIi.0B00e S. S. LEE SHUBERT Preterit MADAME NAZI MOV A Seal Sale Open Friday Portland. Oregon. Every night at 7:35 a Pullman tour ist sleeping car leaves Topeka via the Union Pacifis R. R. which goes through to Portland, Oregon, without change. There is no better way to reach all of the great Pacific northwest. The Kind Yon Havg Always Bought Sean the 9iM m m "a' lffi'? OASTOXIXA. Been the ?1Itl8 'nl1 Yoil Km AI3!IS "fliig'tt CASTOAZA. BEST SHOW IN TOWN 7 BIG ACTS Amateurs Friday 2 Indies' Watches given away Friday Afternoonl J. L. EDDY Contractor and Hulldcr Repairing and Jobbing. Store Fronts. Shelving Counters, Hardwood Floors, Plain or Orna mental. Shop 110 E. Mnth St.