The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 5, 1908

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V EVERYBODY i EVERYBODY 16 PAGES NEEDS IT. 16 PAGES READS IT. J LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 5, 1908.- SATURDAY EVENING. FIVE CENTS. POLITIGALGOSSIP Cost of Republican State Cam paign Is Announced. $18,500 and There Is Same Left. DEMOCRATS WAIT. Bat Cost of Their Campaign Was Much Less. Governor-Elect Stubbs Makes a Trip to Washington." From the Republican state committee headquarters comes the statement that It cost the Republicans $18,500 to con duct their state campaign and that af ter this expenditure there is $500 left in the treasury with which to keep the headquarters "going" for a few months longer. The postage account was the largest of the campaign according to this state ment. being Jo. 000, while the expenses of the speakers was about $4,000. The printing bill was $3,800 and the balance went for office help and incidentals. The speakers were all allowed their full traveling expenses but received no money aside from that. Since he publication of a campaign balance sheet began in Kansas with the last campaign there is no way of mak ing comparison with the expense of previous campaigns. There is no doubt, however, but that much less money was spent this year than for a long time in the election of a Kansas state and na tional ticket, but then the campaign was quiet and peaceful except on the occasion of the Taft tour of the state, and the expenses for that occasion were principally borne by the national com mittee. It Is said that the Democrats spent about $7,000 in their state campaign, but no official statement has ever been given out by those who were in charge of that undertaking. Governor-elect W. R. Stubbs left his home in Lawrence today for Washing ton where he expects to be gone for about, a week. It is announced that the governor has important business in the national capital but the nature of this business was not stated. W. W. Stahl. of Sterling, has an nounced his candidacy for the office of chief clerk of the next house. Mr. stahl will be remembered here as a well known Washburn man in charge of col lege athletics for several years. He ran for the office of county attorney on the Republican ticket in Rice coun ty last fall but was buried under the Democratic landslide in that section of the state. C. A. Brilhart, of Howard, Is the only other candidate yet an nounced for the Job of chief clerk. Mrs. Shelden. of Lawrence, has pre pared a bill to be presented at the next session of the legislature embodying many changes in the law governing the educational institutions of the state. The bill provides for the consolidation of the present state board of education, the text book commission and the three boards of regents and substituting therefor a state board of education which is to be elected by the people of the state, such board to consist of eight members together with the super intendent of public instruction wno is the constitutional head of the educa tional interests of the state. W. S. Albright, the new bank com missioner of Kansas, is In favor of the bank deposit guaranty law. Mr. Al bright expressed himself as follows: "Personally, I am inclined to favor a guaranty law, as a benefit both to bankers and to depositors. I believe, however, that such a law should be more carefully studied out, and its pro visions made such that all interested parties will be protected. I doubt whether any law making it compulsory for banks to participate in a guaranty plan would be constitutional. "It is urged by some bankers that it would be the best plan to provide in the law that in case of a failure, the assets of the bank should first be ex hausted in paying off depositors before the guarantee fund is called upon to make up the deficit. Some have sug gested that the receiver of the bank, or the bank commissioner, mignt issue certificates -to the depositors, showing the amount due, so that the depositors may be able, if they want their money at once, to discount their certificates. An arrangement of this kind would suit some of the bankers because it would still give to the depositors a reason for discriminating between the old, well established bank with plenty of assets, and the new bank with small re sources. Many bankers object to the guaranty law because they say it would wipe out the well-won reputation of established banks, and make them equal in the public mind with le3 stable banks. "It looks to me as though the com ing session of the legislature was prac tically certain to enact a guaranty de posit law, and the bankers might as well make up their minds to accept such a law. The chief thing is to get a law which is carefully prepared, and to make it a bona fide guaranty deposit law." DEAD MEN VOTED. Glaring Election Frauds Perpetrated In Chicago Primaries. Chicago. Dec. 5. The ballots of men long residents of other cities, of tem porary absentees, of the insane and even the dead were east in the primary election of last August in Chicago. "Repeaters" voted in platoons with the connivance of wilfully unseeing Judges and clerks of election and fraud, rampant to an extent hitherto unknown in a city never famous for the purity of its political atmosphere rendered the resultant party nominations morally worthless. These and other startling allegations were made in the report of the special grand Jury which after several weeks of delving into charges growing out of Chicago's first primary and returning eighty-one Indictments against two fcor or more of politicians and others adjourned. The investigation, owing to physical limitations merely scratched the .lurface of the situation according to the report and doubt is expressed that there has been an honest city or general election in Chicago in years, the findings of the inquisitorial body characterized the primary election as a disgrace to the city. Voting machines are urgently advised as a step in a remedial direction and a wider applica tion of civil service is recommended, it is stated that while the Jury cannot af firm that no frauds were perpetrated by civil service employes, it is signifi cant that they found no such. On the other hand, the re'port re marks the fact that although the police were In the vicinity of every polling booth, the Investigators received no aid from them Jn seeking to fasten re sponsibility for the condition which prevailed. Referring to the fact that Frank J. Loesch, the special state's at torney appointed to conduct the inves tigation, had been compelled by injunc tion to perform his public duty with out comparison, even drawing on his own purse for necessary expenses in one instance, the report denounces the men responsible. PROMETHEUS LAUNCHED. Big Steel Collier Takes to the Wfctcr at Mare Island. Vallejo. Cal.. Deo. 5. Mare Island navy yard, across the straits from this city, was in holiday dress today in honor of the launching or ine great steel collier Prometheus, which is destined to carry fuel to the fighting ships of Uncle Sam's navy. The docks and yards were thronged with Interest ed visitors and about the ways where the big ship lay they formed a closely packed throng. It was a stirring spectacle and the onlookers answered the thrill of It with a hearty American cheer as the flag decked ocean carrier lifter buoyantly to the resistance of the water and swung slowly around in the grip of the flooding tide. The Prometheus is the largest steel ship ever built on this coast and throngs that came to the launching from the bay counties testified to the Importance of the occasion in the eyes of the people of the coast. Under the direction of Naval Con structor H. A. Evans, whose pet and pride the big ship is, the building of the collier has been accomplished in remarkable time, as the keel was laid in October, 1907, and Constructor Evans asserts that he can have her ready to Join the fleet by January 1, 1909, if necessary. Everything pos sible was done toward completing the Prometheus before she took the water and it but remains to install the ma chinery and she will be ready for her trial trip. The ship has a aispiace ment of 12.500 tons and naval men declare that the addition to the navy of this big coal carrier and the sister ship now being constructed in the east is a most important event. BOY PREVENTS A WRECK Closes Gate at Railroad Crossing Just in Time. Paterson. X. J., Dec. 5. A 12-year-old boy, Willie Summers will probably be rewarded by the Erie Railroad company for his cool head and good judgment as shown last night when he prevented a collision between a train and an" automobile at a cross ing in this city. While taking a basket of luncheon to the towerman, Willie stumbled over the man, who was lying unconscious on the floor. Frightened and fearing that he was dead, the boy still had presence of mind enough to pull the rods closing the gate across the grade just in time to stop an auto mobile. Almost at the same moment a locomotive rushed by on the track. If the boy had failed to close the gate a collision would have occurred. Turning his attention to the uncon scious towerman, Morris Dunlap, the boy was unable to restore him to con sciousness so he ran and summoned a physician. It was found that Dunlap had been stricken with paralysis. THEY ARE ALL FAKES. Recent Stories of Roosevelt's Narrow Escapes Officially Denied. Washington. Dec. 5. Recent newspa per stories connecting the president with narrow escapes from accident by being run down by automobiles, mes senger boys and latterly a fire engins have resulted in the giving out at the White House of an official statement characterizing the stories as "pure in ventions, lne statement says: "The recent stories given out that the president had a narrow escape from ac cident, first with an automobile and now with a fire engine are purely in ventions. So far as the president is aware no automobile ever came near him. If it did the president did not notice it. Now as for the fire engine matter, the whole story is absurd and the newspapers are simply imposed upon. The president's carriage was drawn up against the curb on one side of New Hampshire avenue which is broad and which at the time was de serted. The Are engine was against the curb on the other side of the street and half a- block distant when the fire en gine horse fell. The fire engine coul.l not have hit the president's carriage if it had tried." MERELY EXERCISING. Holland Denies Reported Naval Dem onstration in Caribbean. The Hague, Dec. 5. The govern ment of The Netherlands has declined to dignify the procession of three Dutch warships, the battleship Jacob van Hemkerk and the cruisers Gelder land and Friesland, along the coast of Venezuela from Puerto Cabello to La Guira as a naval demonstration. It asserts that this maneuver was only an ordinary exercise cruise. Officials today pointed' out that anything in the nature of a blockade must be duly notified to the powers before being undertaken. They say that no such notification yet had been sent, nor has the necessary notice been given to par liament of any proposed warlike action. The government hasreceived no official advices confirming the state ment that four American warships are expected at Curacoa the beginning of January; but it is thought here that now the presidential election is over the United States possibly may lend Holland more effective assurance than the moral support already promised. COGHLAN IS DEAD. Rear Admiral of the V. Passes Away. S. Navy .New York, Dec. 5. Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan is dead at his home in New Rochelle. He was in command of the New York navy yard from 1904 to 1907. Rear Admiral Logman s death occurred at 7:30 o'clock this morning at his home, 29 jt-arK avenue New Rochelle. We re i moved to that city only about two I weeks ago. near Aamirai uognian s deatn was entirely unexpected. He. with Mrs. Coghlan, was living at the home of Charles Chamberlain, a former New York newspaper man, in Sutton manor, the residence section of New Rochelle, while waiting for his new home in that city to be ready for his occupancy. The admiral was seen about the streets of New Rochelle yes terday and appeared to be as well as usual. HE FOUGHT WITH DEWEY. Dead Admiral Commanded tlie Ra leigh at Manila Battle. Washington, Dec. 5. Sincere re gret was expressed on every hand to day when the news of the death of Rear Admiral Joseph B. Coghlan be came known. Fearless, kindly and a good story teller, he had hosts of warm friends, both among officers and those outside the service. Admiral Dewey expressed himself as shocked at the news. Coghlan was with Dewey at the battle of Manila bay in command of the cruiser Ra leigh and he was promoted later for his work in that battle. He enjoyed the admiral's confidence to a marked degree and was dispatched by him on various important missions while the fleet was in the Philippines. It was Admiral Coghlan's popular ity and capacity as a good story teller that involved him in the incident of which much was made at the time when the admiral recited the poem "Hoch Der Kaiser" which somewhat ruffled the German authorities. The incident occurred at a dinner which the admiral attended and it was not intended that the fact of the recital should become public. However, it appeared in newspapers and as it oc curred after the return from Manila where there had been some friction with the German authorities the af fair was treated with more signifi cance than perhaps the circumstances otherwise would have warranted. The navy department called on the ad miral for an explanation. The admir al replied that no disrespect was meant by him toward the German emperor and with tljis statement the matter was allowed to drop. Admiral Coghlan was a native of Kentucky, where he was born in 1844. In the course of his distin guished career he had active services in the civil war in the Spanish war as second in command of the North At lantic squadron on board the flag ships Brooklyn and Olympia from June 1902 to April 1, 1904, and more recently commandant of the New York navy yard. CONEY CASE GOES OVER. District Court Is Listening to Motions Toddy. As Saturday is reserved by the dis trict court as motion day, the Coney libel case is not on trial today, and will be resumed Monday morning, with a prospect of reaching the jury some time during the week. The case had reached the state last evening where Captain P. H. Coney, the prosecuting witness. whose character is alleged to have been de famed by the circular, "Coney of Kansas." took the stand. In his testimony, which is uncon troverted by anything on the part of the defense, the witness has estab lished, up to date, a clean bill of health for himself. One of the lead ing charges in the "Coney of Kansas" circular, was that Coney, while pen sion attorney, robbed an old colored woman. Charity Ewlng, of her pen sion money. Captain Coney explained this in a manner which apparently satisfied all concerned. He acted as legal advisor for Charity Ewing after she had secured her pension through his efforts as attorney. When she died, all her papers were In his safe, as she trusted him implicitly. Among these papers was his personal note for $100, and two notes aggregating $1,150 which she had assigned to him for collection. The fact that Captain Coney had these papers in his possession, and was the only living person who knew of their existence, spoke well for hjm as he turned them over to the administrator. All the defendants in the case have taken the stand and denied signing the "Coney of Kansas" circular or authorizing their signatures to be appended thereto. The action of Commander W. A. Morgan in protesting against the dis missal of his case while the other de fendants were held, has attracted much attention throughout the coun try, and has been the subject of com ment by papers outside the state. NEW PITCHER FOR WICHITA. Manager Jack Holland Signs AVeller of the Eastern League. Wichita, Dec. 5. Manager Jack Holland of the local ball club has signed the first of the new pitchers who will twirl for the Wichita West ern league club in 1909. He wired his acceptance of the terms of Pitcher Weller of Pittsburg, Pa., today. A contract was also sent to Weller. Weller is a highpriced man, as he is a good twirler and is rather indepen dent. He had about decided to quit the game. He played a part of last season with Utica in the New York state league. He has also played in the eastern league. Shot the Wrong Man. Vinton, la., Dec. 5. George Ram stead, assistant cashier of the People's Savings bank' at Vinton, has been waylaid and shot through the shoulder by an unknown assailant. Ramstead had been to Cedar Rapids and was returning home. When near his resi dence he was stopped by his assailant who exclaimed. "I've got you now," and fired one shot. His assailant sud denly discovered he had shot the wrong man and offering an apology disap peared. Ramstead will recover. YANKEEJINKS. U. S. Cruiser Which Has Been Grounded Since September. Had Just Been Floated at a Cost of $87,500. STARTED UNDER TOW Turned Turtle While at Anchor During the Night. It Is Thought That She Can Be Floated Again. New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 5. The United States cruiser Yankee, which was floated yesterday after having been aground on a reef at the western en trance to Buzzard's Bay, for several weeks, sunk' early today off Penikese Island. The 150 members of the crew were landed safely. The Yankee was proceeding under tow to this city, accompanied by the naval collier Lebanon and two tugs. It was intended, as soon as the cruiser had been freed from the reef near Hen j and Chickens ledge to tow her to New port, but a hasty southeast gale made such a plan impracticable and the cruiser and her convoys started for this port. When darkness set in the officers in charge of the cruiser deemed it inadvisable to proceed further inasmuch as the Lebanon draws more than 20 feet of water and it was thought that it would be haz ardous to bring a vessel of such draught into New Bedford after dark The Yankee was then towed to an an chorage in the lee of Penikese island, one of the Elizabeth group, to tn north of Cuttyhunk. It was about 2 a. m. When the Yankee went down. Although no details are yet available, it is understood that the vessel turned turtle. She is reported to have sunk in fairly shoal water with her funnels showing above the surface and it is thought that she can be raised again. The sinking of the Yankee was the culmination of an unfortunate cruise from Newport to the neighborhood of Martha's v ineyard to attend the sub marine flotilla in their fall maneuvers. While on her way from Cuttyhunk to Newport for a supply of coal, the Yan kee struck on Spindle rock, a part of the Hen and Chickens reef at the west ern entrance to Buzzard's bay, during a thick fog on September 23. After per sistent efforts by the government to free the cruiser had failed, John Ar buckle, the New York sugar refiner. believing that he could float the vessel by use of compressed air, offered his services and a contract was made be tween Mr. Arbuckle and the navy de partment by, the terms of which the former was to get $sf,buu it ne noatea the Yankee, while, if he failed, he was to receive $25,000 as part payment for his services. A long and difficult task was presented, but yesterday the Yan kee was floated. The commander of the Yankee, Chas, C. Marsh, has remained on board the Yankee ever since she struck the ledge. TTo to the time when the cruiser foun dered. Commander Marsh had left her deck but once and on that occasion he went to Newport to consult with naval officials on the plans for floating the vessel. How It Happened. Washington. Dec. 5. Official ad vices from Commander Marsh, in command of the Yankee, today, ad vises the navy department of the sink ing of the vessel after it had been raised and was enroute from Hen and Chickens to New Bedford. "After floating." he says, "the ship had a list to starboard which in creased until a broken berth deck air port flooded the compressor room and fire room. Ship listed steadily and sank deeper. When the open deck was awash all hands were sent away on tugs and we nad no casualties. Ship settled quickly in 42 feet of water. Wrecking company will renew operations at once." A court of inquiry will be ap pointed to establish the respon sibility of Commander Marsh or other officers of the Yankee for the accident. DOG SELLS FOR $1,530. It Is a Pomeranian and Weighs 3 Pounds. New York, Dec. 5. Wee canines to the number of 400, some of them in satin lined baskets and glass cases made their dainty appearance at the Waldorf-Astoria at the opening of the sixth annual toy dog show. One tiny Pomeranian. Shelton Brown Elf, by name, after getting the blue rib bon over a number of imported en tries, was sold for $1,500. This val uable little animal which was sold by Mrs. R. F. Mayhew weighs only 3 pounds, thus his price per pound in dicates his high rank in dogdom. This is said to be a record price for a Pomeranian. SOLAR HALO SEEN TODAY. Known as Sun Dog and It Indicates Rain or Snow. Perhaps you noticed a "solar halo" or sun dog about the sun during the morning hours. Among the stockmen and farmers that is considered a sure sign of rain or snow and the govern ment weather department agrees that as a sign it is one of the most reliable as far as local conditions are concern ed. The temperatures have risen slow ly since morning though at 2 o'clock the mercury was but a few degrees above the freezing point. Snow Is predicted by the weather bureau for tonight and Sunday with a lower temperature for Sunday. The following were the tem peratures since 7 o'clock this morning: 7 o'clock 27 i 11 o'clock. .34 8 o'clock 28 t 12 o'clock 36 9 o'clock 29 I 1 o'clock ,...37 10 o'clock 33 I 2 o'clock. 37 Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 5. Forecast for Kan sas: Snow tonight and Sunday; colder Sunday. BOOM FOR MET CALF. His Name Suggested for Secretary of War. Washington, Dec. 5. When President-Elect Taft reaches Washington In a few days he will be sounded quietly as to whether -he has any Kansan slated for a position in the cabinet or if he has already selected a man for secretary of war. If no Kansan is now on the list and no one is yet selected for the head of the war de partment the Kansas congressmen, or some of them at least, will present the name of Colonel Wilder S. Met calf of Kansas for secretary of war. Colonel Metcalf's friends are be coming very active and they believe that he stands a show in case Judge Taft hasn't slated Senator Long for a cabinet position. or Congressman Charles F. Scott for secretary of agriculture. Senator Long insists that he doesn't want a cabinet position and Congressman Scott will engage in no scramble for the position of secre tary of agriculture. If it comes to him it will be as a free will offering of Mr. Taft. Mr. Scott is verv well satisfied with his present place as chairman of the house committee on agriculture. Still he would not likely turn down a cab inet position if it were tendered him. J. B. Case of Abilene Is also mentioned for secretary of the interior, but it is generally believed here that Secretary Garfield will be retained in that place. wnn Long and Scott out of the way the friends of Colonel Metcalf believe his candidacy for secretary of war would receive very favorable consid eration at the hands of Mr. Taft. in case that appointment has not already oeen agreed upon. Colonel Metcalf served with distinction in the Philip pine war. As colonel of the fighting Twentieth Kansas regiment he won his spurs and was breveted a briga dier general by Secretary of War Root. He is every inch a soldier, and is perhaps better known among regu lar army men than any other volun teer soldier, except Roosevelt. So much did President Roosevelt think of him that he appointed him pension agent for all the territory embraced in the topeka agency. This appointment was made in the face of a fair and square promise made by President McKinley, shortly before his assassination, to reappoint Cyrus Leland. To repudiate a promise made by McKinlev in order to appoint Met calf shows the esteem in which the colonel is held by the present president. And it isn't likely that Roosevelt's friendship for a man will injure him in the eyes of President-elect Taft. Col onel Metcalf has always taken deep in terest In military affairs from boyhood and he would take to the work, as head of the war department, like a duck to water. FOUND FILTHY WATER. Dr. Crumbine Gets a Bottle From Hotel That Is Startling. Dr. Crumbine, secretary of the state board of health, has in his offices a quart bottle of water taken from the drinking water tank of a Kansas hotel that should serve as an' object lesson for hotelkeepers and the gen eral public. A sediment of dirt and filth and germs a half inch thick had gathered at the bottom of the bottle. A vigorous shaking of the bottle stir red this sediment until the water in the bottle resmebled the fluid taken from a hog wallow. It was astounding to look at this bottle of nasty looking sluff and consider that it came from a water cooler in the lobby of a first class hotel. The trouble lies in the fact that the water coolers are not cleaned often enough, or rather are not cleaned at all in a proper manner. Sediment from the water and ice collect day by day and after a few weeks, especially in hot weatner, tms seoimeni oecomrs infected. Water from such a tank is dangerous in hot weather. John K-lemnans, tne state rooa m- soector. has scored another victory in the interest of the pure food laws. Word was received today tnat m tne case at Inman against G. L. Ellsworth, a butcher, charged with selling dis eased and smothered hogs, that the defendant had pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and costs in justice's court. FIRST CASE OF THE KIND. Retired U. S. A. Officers Investigate a Railroad Wreck. Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 5. The Union Pacific railroad's special board of in quiry, two members of which were Generals George M. Randall and Frank D. Baldwin, retired, has re ported that in its belief the collision at Borie. November 10, in which ten men were killed, "was caused by the improper manipulation of air by En gineer Schley, which resulted in his not having the necessary pressure to control the train when the emergency arose." This is said to be the first investi gation of this character in which United States army officers par ticipated. FIXED $25 FOR CARVING WIFE. Guy Tobias Could Not Pay Sent to Jail. and Is Guy Tobias, better known as "Lit tle Tobe," Tobias, was fined $25 and costs in the court of Topeka today for assaulting his wife, Kate Tobias, with a knife. He was unable to pay his fine, and went to jail. The fight between this pair, which resulted in the arrest of both, occur red a week ago, when, for some fan cied mistreatment by his wife,, Tobias carved her extensively, but not fatally. Westinghouse Receivers Discharged. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 5. The receivers of the Westinghouse Electric and Man ufacturing company and the Securities Investment company were discharged in the United States circuit eourt short ly after noon today by Judge James S. Young. No accounts of the receivers are required to be filed by the order of the court. Oil Barge Founders. Shelburne, N. S., Dec 5. The loss of the oil barge No. 101 and the seven members of her crew was reported here today by the tug John Hughes. The Hughes reported that- while proceeding in tow from Boston for Halifax, the barge foundered off Seal island on Thursday. FOSTER BUILDING IS SOLD. Wm. McArthnr Pays $10,500 Kansas Avenue Property. for The Foster building at 415 Kansas avenue was sold today by the J. D. Miller Real Estate company to Wm. MCArtnur rormerly a Shawnee coun ty farmer, but who now lives in To peka. The building was erected a number of years ago by Charles Fos ter from whom it took its name. It is a three-story brick structure the busi ness room at the present time being occupied by a second hand store. Mr. McArthur purchased the property as an investment, paying $10,500 for it and will remodel the structure and place it in thorough repair for rental purposes. GATES TO HAVE CIRCUS. It Will Bo tlie "Greatest Show Ever in America." Galveston, Tex., Dec. 5. John W. Gates is the promoter of a new circus which will make its first tour next summer. It will include the Bostock aggregation of animals and the eques trian show of Rhoda Royal with other shows which have been bought or leased or otherwise acquired. Gates associates are not known as yet, but are admitted to be men known to the amusement world. Mr. Gates said his connection with the New York hippodrome is respon sible for his getting into the show business. "It's a chance speculation in which other circus plungers seem to be mak ing at least 3 per cent on their mon ey," said Mr. Gates. "Our circus will be the greatest show of animals and other attractions ever seen in Ameri ca. We may go broke, but men go broke in gold mine investments and don't even have the animals and tents to put up for board. But a few men have made good in the business and we are conceited enough to believe we will make the thing go. At least it will be a big show while it lasts and I will try and make it pay. I have other things to occupy my time and money, but I must be a showman. I will go the limit." It is believed Rhoda Royal is one of Gates' associates in the deal and it is understood that there are three other men interested in the enter prise. HEADS SPLIT OPEN. Four Persons Found Murdered Their Beds. In Trinidad, Colo., Dec. 5. Their heads split open with an axe, four members of the Cosmo Garcia family were found dead In their beds in their home on Corriso creek, 85 miles east of Trinidad, yesterday by Nicholas Fernandez. The dead are: COSMO GARCIA, aged 75, head of household. MRS. V. GARCIA, his wife, aged 52. TORRIVIA GARCIA, a son, aged 25. LUZ GURRULE, aged 60, friend of the family. The' condition of the bodies in dicates they had been dead for at least two days. Maggie Garcia. 18 years old, is miss ing and it is believed she has also been murdered or that she has been kidnapped. Francisco Martinez, 30 years old, who has been paying court to Maggie Garcia several weeks and who was ordered by her parents to keep away from their place has also disappeared and search Is being made lor him. DAVIS TRIAL HALTS. An Effort Made to' Impeach Testimony of Abbie Rice1. Omaha, Dec. 5. The trial of Charles E. Davis, charged with the murder of Dr. Rustln, was adjourned at noon to day until Monday morning. Testimony tending to impeach that of Mrs. Abbie Rice, the star witness for the prosecution was introduced this morning. A block watchman testified to having seen her within a block of the Rustm home at 1 o clock on the morn ing of the killing of Rustin. when ac cording to her testimony she was asleep at the house of Clara Gleason, two miles away. The watchman's test! mony was partially corroborated by that of a street car motorman. Councilman Simman, of Omaha, tes tilled to having seen Dr. Rustin at Fourteenth and Farnum street at about 1 o'clock on the morning of the kill ing. Much testimony was presented in an effort to show that Charles E. Davis reached his apartments in the Chatham hotel before 3 o'clock approximately the hour when the shooting of Rustin occurred. HE WILL INVESTIGATE. President Roosevelt to Ixxk Into tlie Anaconda Case. Washington, Dec. 5. After a hear ing at the -White House today at which the representatives of the Anaconda Copper company presented their side of the controversy over the destruction of forests and vegetation at Anaconda against which the farm ers had complained to him. President Roosevelt declared that the only pa tience he would exercise In restraining the department of Justice from pro ceeding with an injunction suit against the copper company would be to make an investigation to ascertain whether a practical method is possible for the extraction from the fumes of the smelters of the poisonous sub stances of which are doing great dam age. The president will send an expert to Ducktown, Tenn., to investigate several smelters located there, on which it is claimed appliances have been applied which extract, the sul phur and arsenic from the fumes, at a profit. If this investigation proves the practicability of the appliances, which were placed on the smelters af ter a decision by the supreme court obtained by the state of Georgia against the company the president will order the department of Justice to proceed with an Injunction suit. IT'S ALLSETTLED Republican Leaders in New Yorl Hold a Conference And Arrange Every thing foi the Dear People. ELECT KOOT SENATOH. Decide to Let Hughes Ee the Nominal Governor. Tim Woodruff Is to Make All the Appointments. New York. Dec. 5. An Important conference of Republican leaders In this state has been held quietly at the Republican club here. This statement was issued at its conclusion: "The conference was for the pur pose of cementing the harmonious re lations which exist between President elect Taft, Secretary Root, who Is to be elected United States senator in Mr, Piatt's place, and Chairman WoodruiT. of the stae committee, who is to ro m.i In chairman for the notf vir Under no circumstances will Mi. Woodruff acecpt any appointment. He is to remain head of the stale com mittee and the state offlcers-eiect and their representatives have come to an. agreement that Chairman Woodruff Is to be the clearing house man through whom all appointments are to be made to the state departments of comp troller, secretary of state, state treas urer, attorney general and state en gineer and surveyor. Those present at the conference are to make no re quests of Governor Hughes for ap pointments" It was emphatically asserted that the conference discussed no opposi tion measures to Governor Hugh- and a continuance of his policies in this state. While it was reported that the meeting was held to form an ailtanre against the governor, one of the lead ers declared that the representatives in the legislature and the Republican organization of the state will be very happy to acquiesce in Governor Hughes's polices when they are meri torious, to the interests of the people of the state and the Republican organ ization. DOLLEY FAVORS IT. Would Build a Memorial Historical Hall With That $100,000. State Chairman J. N. Dolley, In an interview expressed himself as fol lows on several matters of state In terest: "Like other members of the legisla ture I have given some careful con sideration as to what should be done with the $100,000 collected from the national government on an old debt due the state of Kansas. I like the suggestion of a historical and memor ial hall. The state house is so crowd ed and the business of the state is growing' so that It is only a question of time when some of the depart ments will have to move out or the state hoise be enlarged, and as the property or the Grand Army of the Republic 'will probably come to the state when the soldiers of the civil war are through with It. it might be a good idea to expend a few thousand dollars of this money to buy a site for a historical and memorial building. Future legislatures can complete this work. "I am very strongly in favor of a state fair. A great state like Kansan ought to have a state fair equal to the best In the union and I believe the proper thing to do is to decide to lay a good substantial foundation for a state fair to be in or near some city that will meet the state half way In donating grounds and putting up a substantial sum against the amount appropriated by the state. "But one other matter needs, I think, prompt attention and that is a state sanitarium for consumptives. The increase in the annual number of vic tims of this 'great white plague' Is ap palling. A good share of this money ought to go to establish a sanitarium, where the afflicted persons can go and be nursed back to health. Those who can pay should be charged a fair price and the state should care for sach unfortunates who are unable to sup port themselves. "This will be an expenditure of this money which will do a vast amount of good. The historical and memorial hall outlay will be for the intellectual and patriotic Interests of the state: the state fair will stimulate the industrial and commercial interests of the state: and a state sanitarium will enable the state to do something in a humani tarian way for an unfortunate class of Its citizens who should have a first call upon its care and protection, and help to stamp out a plague that annually takes such a terrible toll of human life. "I do not suppose that the tltm 000 above mentioned will be sufficient to establish all of these undertakings, but a further appropriation by the legislature can be made to supply any further funds needed." ALBERT PATTEN IS CHOSEN. Will Represent Ilibllc Utilities Commcrcia! Club. In At a meeting of the public utilities Interests of the city which was held in the rooms of the Commercial club this morning. Albert Patten, superintendent of the Topeka Railway company, was elected as representative of the public utilities, on the board of directors for the new chamber of commerce. Tha directorate of the new organization l- now nearly completed. Piece of Glass Through His Nose. New York. Dec. 5. In the collision of two taxicabs late last night, Rupert Hlggins of London, a son of Henry V. Higgins, director of the Covent Garden Opera company, was painfully injured. The smashup occurred in Fifth avenue near Forty-second street during the hour that the theater crowda were on their way home. After the injured man had been removed from the vehicle It was found that a piece of glass had passed entirely through his nose. The accident was caused, it is said, by one of the chauffeurs turning to the left Instead of the right. Both were arrested.

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THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JOTTETAI-SATrRD AY EVENING.; DECEMBER 5, 1903., INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK AS DEPICTED BY THE STATE JOURNAL CARTOONIST BUJMIJA. mv&VAX. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY. 60SH. L0KAT 2 V yTHS ikszcKAn Or) A new crime is discovered by the police. A 6REATSGHEft1E. Garden City Man Proposes to Utilize Russian Thistle. Would Convert the Pest of the Plains Into Paper. GOOD AS WOOD FIBER. Sugar Mill Could Furnish the Lime for Bleaching. Thousands of Tons cf the Weed Collect Against Fences. Garden City, Kan.. Dec. 5. J. W. .Wampler, a resident of this city, and formerly living in the paper making district in Ohio, is sure that he has solved a preventive for the danger of a white paper famine. His idea is simplicity itself and besides reducing the price of paper to the minimum will rid the western part of Kansas of a pest, the Russian thistle, which has become a menace to the farming in terests. Every roadside in this part of the state as well as the uncultivated fields yield a crop of tons of Russian thistles every year and so far the weed has been of no benefit to the farmers of this section of the state. The thistle is a weed of the tumbling sort and frequent ly measures 20 or 25 feet in circum ference and is protected with sharp spines so thickly set that it is impossi ble for stock to eat it after it has ma tured. After the first frost it becomes loosen ed from the soil and starts on its trip across the country and is carried for miles and until it is stopped by an ob struction of some kind. Perhaps a barbed wire fence is in its path. If this is the case its progress is stopped and thousands of other thistles are piled up until finally an incline of Russian this tles is formed up. which the thistles roll until they surmount the obstacle and continue their Journey before the wind. They are not idle as they travel across country and millions of tiny powder like seeds are, deposited along the way which the following season grow as nothing else does. Winds, rain, freezes or drouths do not affect them and it is on this weed that Mr. AVampIer relies for his raw ma terial from which he proposes to manu facture white paper. Garden City boasts of a million and one-half dollar sugar mill, the largest in the west and from this flows a con stant stream of waste lime which can be utilized in the bleaching process. From this plant cheap power can be secured and the cost of making of pa per will be reduced to the minimum. The raw material will cost nothing, the Hme for bleaching but little more and the power can be purchased for much less than it can be manufactured. -The price of white paper such as is used in the making of newspapers has advanced at such an alarming rate that the publishers fear that they will soon be robbed of their profit if the cost of the price of paper is not reduced. White paper at the present time costs nearly three times as much as it did four or five years ago and the price is still climbing skyward. What to do with the Russian thistle has been a subject which has caused the farmers of the western part of the Ftate more loss of sleep than any other thing during the past few years. Ten years ago the plant was unknown in that section of the state while today there is scarcely a field which has not been invaded. The seeds are small and can not be separated from alfalfa seed tv the machinery now in use and the alfalfa seed which contains that of the Russian thistle is no desirable. There is already talk of forming a company which will install the neces sary machinery for paper-making and undertake the task of lowering the price of the paper trust on print paper. It has been suggested that the commer cial club collect several bales and for ward to a paper mill as an experiment Humphreys Seventy-Seren breaks up Grip and THE SILENT COLD The silent Cold may not be as an noying to others, but it Is' none the less serious to the patient, with its in sedlous Sore Throat, pain and sore ness In the head, chest and limbs, bills up and down the spine, general prostration and fever. In snch cases "Seventy-seven" Is the remedy par-excellence and can be depended upon every time. All Drug Stores 25c. Humphreys' Homeo Medicine Co., cor. WllUam and Ann Streets. New York. uT2r" Mr. Capper starts after the paper company. so that the value of the thistle as a foundation for paper may be deter mined. The greater part of the white paper on the market today is made from wood pulp but the manufacturers claim that there is a shortage in the supply and that it will be but a few years un til the supply is exhausted and then a substitute must be found. The stalks of various kinds of grains have been utilized in the manufacture of paper. Cane and KafHr corn have been tried as well as cornstalks and found to make a fair grade of paper though of not such a quality as could be used in printing newspapers. The Russian thistle is a woody fibrous growth, tough and pliable and there seems to be no good reason why it cannot be made into a first-class grade of paper. As it is now the farmers are building tight fences to keep the this tle out of their fields and burning the piles which accumulate along their fences. ITnder the new regime the farmers will construct their fences higher and tighter so that their crop of Russian thistles can be kept on their farms un til such a time as they are ready for the paper mill market. Before the wa ter can be turned in the ditches in the spring it is necessary that they be cleaned of the Russian thistles which accumulate during the winter months. Thousands of tons of thistles are burned every season and many more tons plowed under each spring but the seeds with which the plants are loaded cannot be collected and the roadways threaten to become veritable Russian thickets if something is not done to prevent the plants spreading. A paper mill using Russian thistles would do away with this menace, throt tle the paper trust, again place white paper on the market at such a price that the publisher would not be threat ened with heart failure every time he receives a bill from a paper house and the lot of the thistle raisers of western Kansas would be an enviable one. The man who demonstrates the possibility of manufacturing white paper, or any other for that matter from the Russian thistle, would be entitled to knighthood anil the western Kansas farmers would crown him losd of. that portion of the state. UNIVERSITY TO PAY TAXES. Franklin County Thinks the Ottawa School Should Be Assessed. Ottawa, Kan., Dec. 5. Can Franklin county collect taxes from Ottawa uni versity? The county officials, for the tirst time since the founding of the institu tion, are trying to do it. The college trustees claim exemption from taxa tion, and are prepared to fight the assessment in the courts if necessary. The question as to the exemption of the college property involves the con stitutionality of the tax law enacted by the 1907 legislature. xnc adopted at that session, and effective after July 1, 1907, provides that land used for educational purposes, not to exceed ten acres in any one case, shajl be exempt from taxation besides ail buildings used for such purposes. The Ottawa university campus comprises a little less than 33 acres. Exempting 10 acres in accordance with the law, the remaining 22M acres were assess ed this year at $7,000, which makes the tax amount to $94. FOR A "COUNTRY OLtB." Wichita Rural Residents Plan a Swell Organization. Wichita. Kan., Dec. 5. This city Is to have a new country club. A number of the residents of Riverside, Wiley, Buffum and other streets west of the Little Arkansas river are or ganizing "The Central Riverside Coun try club." A tract of land comprising about three acres will be purchased west of Central Riverside park. This location is an ideal one. A commodious club house will be built in the center of the tract. Arrangements will be made for swimming and boating. The natural advantages of the Little Arkansas river will enable the club to provide swimming and boating facili ties. For those persons desiring out door sports, tnere win ue leuma, bowling and croquet. The membership will be limited to about 300 persons, but it will not be restricted to persons residing near the club house. BIG ZINC ORE SALE. 1,000 Tons Disposed of at Galena at a Basis Price of $44 Per Ton. Galena. Kan.. Dec. 5. One of the largest individual zinc ore sales ever consummated in the Kansas-Missouri mining district was made here, when the Cockerel Zinc company purchased from Lynch Williams 1.000 tons, worth approximately $40,000. The ore had been held for more than a year because of unsatisfactory prices, and was released at a basis price of $4 4 per ton of 60 per cent mineral. The ore is considered low grade and the price represents an advance of $2 over last week. Advancing prices have given a new Impetus to mining operations. State Blacksmiths to Organize. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 5. The Kansas Association of Blacksmiths, Wagon makers and Carriagemakers will meet in Wichita January 6. It is proposed to organize the central and western part of the state as solidly as the east ern part is organized. Roy Reeves of. this city, the secretary-treasurer of the association, is making reservations for 300 delegates. Charged With Stealing Wheat. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 5. Nine small boys, eight of them colored and one white lad, have been arrested by Thomas Larkin, deputy sheriff, in the past two days, on the charge of steal ing grain from the cars in the Leaven worth railroad yards. They are held -y 1 I I I C i PARsgMg Dr. Crumbine opens negotiations with tuberculosis. at the county jail awaiting their trial in the juvenile court before Judge Thomas L. Johnson. Three of the boys are paroles from the. juvenile court and will be sent to the reform school to serve their sentences without trial, having violated the terms of their paroles. DEDICATING THE MARKERS. Chancellor Strong and Geo. W. Martin Speak at the K. V. Services. Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 5. Formal services dedicating seven markers that have been placed on historic spots in Lawrence, were held in the chapel at the university. George W. Martin, secretary of the State Historical so ciety, delivered the address. In speaking of the freesoilers and the anti-slavery settlers of Kansas Mr. Martin said that, although the cit izens of Missouri would raid, pillage and destroy life and property in Kan sas, when this state was in its infancy, all of that had been forgotten and no malice now exists against Missouri. When Mr. Martin concluded his speech Chancellor Strong of the uni versity said there was one statement made by Mr. Martin which he wanted to correct. "That statement," said the chancellor, "is concerning the feeling Kansans have for citizens of Missouri. Although there is no ma lice, we are getting revenge from Mis souri every Thanksgiving day." The seven markers which were dedicated are placed in Lawrence, as follows: One in Professor Hodder's front yard at 1115 Louisiana street, marks the site of Governor Charles Robin son's first house in Lawrence; at the office of the Pierson Milling company, a marble slab states that fifty feet east of that spot the first house in Law rence was erected; on the west side of Ohio street, just north of Berke ley, a stone marks the location of the old Unitarian church, in which was held the first public school of Kansas; two of the stones commemorate in cidents of the Quantrel raid; on the west side of New Hampshire street in the 00 block, a stone Is placed to mark the spot where a score of unarmed recruits for the Union army were shot down by the raiders; another is plac ed at the corner of Indiana and Win throp streets, where Trask, Thorp and Griswold, free state men, were killed. Another marble slab was placed in the wall at the northeast corner of the Eldridge house to mark the site of the Old Free State hotel, and the other is located in front of Fraser hall on the University campus, marking the site where the barracks of the union sol diers stoocU in 1863. SOLD DILUTED MILK. Wichita Dairyman's Milk Contained Too Large Per Cent of Water. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 5. J. N. Jur gens, a local dairyman, arrested on a charge of selling and delivering di luted and unwholesome milk, was fined $10 in police court last night. Al though Jurgens would not say that he was guilty, he would not fight the case. Jurgens said that while he did not deny that his milk contained: more than 88 per cent watery fluids, he had not diluted the milk. He seemed un der the impression that as long as he had no hand in the dilution he was free from prosecution. Funeral of D. E. Potter. Peabody, Kan., Dec. 5. Rev. Dwight E. Potter, son of T. M. Potter, state senator-elect from the Twenty third district, was buried at Peabody Friday. His death occurred at Oak land, Cal., last week, after a long hos pital illness following an operation for sacroma and the body was brought by the father to Peabody. Dwight Potter was one of the most gifted men in the ministry of the Presbyterian church giving up a sue cessful pastorate at Oakland, Cal., to became Pacific coast secretary of the board of missions. Death of Robert Armstrong;. Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 15. Rob ert Armstrong. 78 years old, a resident of this city since 1853. died at his home here of heart failure. For many years he was a deputy United States surveyor general and as sisted in the subdivision In a large part of western Kansas and Okla homa. He is survived by a wife and four daughters. Commission Plan for Salina. Salina. Kan., Dec. 5. Petitions are in circulation here praying the mayor to call a special election to vte on the proposition of a commission form of government and about 500 names had been fixed to them at 6 o'clock. The election will be held In January. Woodmen at Wichita. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 5. A state rally of the Woodmen of the World brought 500 delegates and the sovereign offi cers of the lodge to Wichita. At a meeting last night a class of 300 can didates were initiated. ABSOLUTE PROOF OF THE MERIT of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Is found in the fact that it has been able to satisfy the public demand for a reli able home remedy for over 55 years. If you have never tried It, start today. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS will tone and sweeten the stomach, re store the appetite and prevent Sour Risings, Heartburn, Indigestion. Dys- pepsia, Costiveness, Biliousness, Pe- male Ills, Colds. Grippe and Malaria. Group of Civil war veterans are brought into court. CHASE TOJSUFFER Pulliam Asserts That He Has Committed an Offense That Calls for Severe Punish ment by the Commission. TO BE DISCIPLINED. Farrell Denies That He Wants First Baseman Back. New York Owner Says He Does Not Need Hal. New York, Dec. 5. According to the feeling in baseball circles here, Hal Chase, the youthful but talented first baseman, will not be allowed to play with the Yankees next year because of his derelictions during the season past. Harry C. Pulliam, president of the National league, is quoted here today as follows: "Chase committed one of the most grievous sins of baseball. He violated the sacredness of his contract, and. In circumstances, so far as I can learn, which leave him without one prop of Justification. I will not say that the commission could not pardon such an offense. But I do know that the com mission will, without doubt, make such an example of Hal Chase that other players may well stop and consider be fore taking such a course as he did." President Frank Furrell denies that he has made any move looking to the return of First Baseman Hal Chase to the Yankees in 1909. The president of the Greater New York club is much an noyed by the reports that he is relent ing in his feelings toward Chase and was negotiating for his return. He says he has not written to Chase since his desertion last summer, nor has he authorized any one to see the first baseman. Manager Stallings is equally emphatic that he has had no communi cation directly or indirectly with Chase. He says the prospects of Chase ever playing On the New York American league team are exceedingly remote. Chase, it is alleged, has been guilty of the most serious transgressions of baseball, that of deliberately breaking his contract without justification and deserting his club. Contract jumping is punishable with a most severe pen alty by the national commission. Under these conditions President Farrell is practically helpless. Even if he desired to secure the return of Chase he could do no more than appear be fore the national commission and plead leniency for his former first baseman and this, he says, he has not the slightest intention of doing. WOULD BUY K. C. CLUB. Clark Griffith After a BaU Franchise in the Missouri Town. New York, Dec. 5. Clark Griffith, the former manager of the Highland ers, is In New York and will not leave the city until after the baseball meet ings are concluded next week... If he can succeed in purchasing the franchise of the Kansas City club, for which he is negotiating, the major leagues will not see him as a mana ger next season and probably not for many seasons to come. He admits that he is desirous of ob taining possession of the Kansas City club and believes that it will make his financial future assured In profession al baseball. If he is unable to buy that property, it is quite certain he will accept the offer which has been made to him to take charge of the Cincinnati club in 1909. Should Griffith not go to Cincinnati it is an open question who will be en gaged to handle the Cincinnati team another year, although there is a bare possibility that Muggins, tne present second baseman, may be ask ed to assume the position of manager. Auto Men Buy Ascot Track. Los Aneeles. Cal.. Dec. 5. The sum of $32,000 has been paid to bind the sl nt Ascot nark by L. C. Widrig, a capitalist representing the White com pany, makers of wnue steamers, wno is said to be supported by other auto mobile men, whose intention it Is to make the park the greatest auto speedway in the world. The track will be cement, and the turns banked 40 or 45 per cent. Experts say Ascot is the fastest track in the world. as proven by recent automoDiie and mo torcycle contests. Shortstop Granville Quits. Sioux City. Ia., Dec. 5. Arthur Gran ville, shortstop on the championship Sioux City team last season nas aeciaea to quit the diamond, according to a let ter received by Manager "Ducky" Holmes. Granville Is In St. Louis and he has decided to go into business. Holmes Immediately wired Koepplng of Duluth and has signed him lor tne va cant position. Hogan Picks All Star Team. New York. Dec. 5. James J. Ho gan, former Yale captain and member or tne Aii-Aitiencan team, n piticu an Ail-American team for 1908 as follows: Left end, Schildmiller, Dart- mouth; left tackle, Draper, Pennsyl- vonla- laft o-,iaB.,4 Andrlia.. Yale! Ceil-.. IcrVlt STViarA Hoar, Harvard; right tackle, Fish 'Harvard; right end, Scarlett, Pennajl- Tuberculosis congress official notice of the house fly. vania; quarter back. Miller, Penn sylvania; left halfback, Hollenback, Pennsylvania; right halfback, Tibbott, Princeton; fullback, Coyr Yale. DIFFER OVER A SALARY. Overall and Murphy Fail to Agree Af ter a Two Hours' Session. Chicago, Dec. 5. Pitcher Overall of the Cubs had a two hours' star chamber session with President Murphy yesterday, during which a disagreement arose over Orvie's sal ary clause in next year's contract. The big pitcher refused to sign at the terms quoted. Last season was a checkered one for Overall. He started out as a world beater and pitched splendid ball until disabled by an injury May 30. The big fellow was two months getting back into shape, but rounded to Just in time to finish the campaign at his highest speed. He worked in the final game of the world's series and shut the Detroit Tigers out, be sides setting ten of them down on strikes. Manager Chance was so impressed by the form shown by Overall when he was really fit that he ventured the statement that in 1909Overall would be the best pitcher in the National league, with the possible exception of Brown. GOLD AVATCII FOR BATES. Fnirmoiint Coach Is Given a Farewell Reception. Wichita. Dec. 5. Willis Bates, who recently resigned his position as ath letic director at Fairmount, was ten dered a reception by the faculty and students of Fairmount college. The reception, wnich was attended by 150 was held in the Fiske hall. A banquet was later given in the dining room. Bates was presented with a gold watch by the students, Tom Elcock, a senior student, was toastmaster and also made the presentation speech. Papke Abandons Jones. San Francisco, Dec. 2. Billy Papke has decided to change managers and T. E. Jones is at present without an executive position. Instead, Sam Berger has cut in on the game and is to look after the affairs of Papke. Berger is one of the junior members of the "fight trust" on the coast and won the heavy-weight championship at the Olympic games in St. Louis in 1904. Gotch and Hack to Meet Again. London, Dec. 5. Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt met today, thrashed over their differences and agreed to meet again in March. They buried the hatchet, Hack apologizing for many of his severe criticisms on the ground that the sting of un expected defeat had affected his judgment. The two men named a committee to take charge of the de tails of the match. Gotch has cabled to Wittig, the American manager of Hackenschmidt, to come to England to look after the match. Want a Coast to Coast Race. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 5. Alaska, Yu kon and Pacific directors have asked M. Robert Guggenheim to use his influence as a director of the Ameri can Automobile club to promote a race from New York to Seattle. A trophy will be given to the winner. diesbro to Quit the Game. Conway, Mass., Dec. 5. Jack Ches bro of the New York club Rtates that COMMON SENSE most intelligent people to use only nown composition. There Dr. Pierce's medicines, the Ich print every ingredient entering pers and hem nnon the bottle wrarw nem upon tne Dottie wrap- its correctness under oath. are daily Ing in favor. The com- Pierce s medicines is open position of to everybody r. fierce being desirous of having the search light, of investiga tion turned nmy upon nis formulae, being conhdentthat the better the composition or these medicines U known tin mow will their great curative merits bnrecog- T l. T7?""" riized. Being whollv'made of the aetiva medicinal principles extracted from na tive torest roots, by exact processes original with Dr. Pierce, and without the use of a drop of alcohol, triple-refined and chemically pure glycerine being used in stead in extracting and preserving the curative virtues residing In the roots employed, these medicines are entirely free from the objection of doing harm by creating an appetite for either al coholic beverages or habit forming drugs. Examine the formula on their bottle wrappers the same as sworn to by Dr. Pierce, and you will find that his Golden Medical Discovery," the great, blood-purifier, stomach tonic and bowel regulator the medicine which, while not recommended to cure consumption In its advanced stages (no medicine will do that) yet does cure all those catarrhal condi tions of head and throat, weak stomach, torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, if neg lected or badly treated lead up to and finally terminate in consumption. Take the "Golden Medical Discovery" tn time and it is not likely to disappoint yon If only you give it a thorough and fair trial. Don't expect miracles. It won't do supernatural things. You must exercise your patience and persevere in its pse for a reasonable length of time to get iuu oenenis. xne ingredients ol which Dr. Pierce's medicines are composed have the unqualified endorsement of scores of medical leaders better than any amount DI laV. Of? Tinn-nrnfMainnol fiicHmnnlola 1 IlPV AfA Tint, ffirfan aura.. ,n Ka mented with but are sold by t.ll dealers ia lcues at reasonable ericas. 1 Leads medndines of k fore ft is thai tnakeWoJ wl NUOt .i i V Chairman Dolley drops in to confer with Stubbs. he may not play baseball next sea son. He is doing a fine business with his stack of lumber, and his friends think he will announce his retirement from the game. Chesbro has already threatened to quit, but may be induc ed to play another season. EBBETS SIGNS UP GRIFF. The Latest Report Is That the "Old Fox". Will Manage Brooklyn. New York, Dec. 5. Clark Griffith, former manager of the Yankees, is now slated to manage the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers next season. Al though neither President C. H. EDbets, of the club from across the East river, nor the "Old Fox" would confirm the report in circulation today about the latter being the next director of the Dodgers. There is only one thing In the way of Griffith being the next manager of the Brooklyn team, and that is that Ebbets will give "Wild Bill" Dahlen the position if President George Dovey, of the Boston Nationals, turns him over to Ebbets, as the latter claims he promised to do at the meet ing of the board of directors of the Na.tional league in Cincinnati' last September, when the protested Giants-Cubs game was settled. Des Moines Team's New Home. Des Moines. Dec. 5. After having superintended the building of his new ball park here Owner John F. Hlg gins of Chicago has returned to his home. An up-to-date grand stand has been built and a grass infield and outfield arranged for on the site of the old Sunday park in East Des Moines. A new clubhouse has been built for the ball players and the new bleachers are more comfortable than the old ones at the downtown park.. German Jockey's $15,000 Salary. Memphis, Dec. 5. According to George Walker, the American trainer, who reached his home in this city to day, after four seasons as leading trainer of the German turf, Jockey N otter will get an annual salary of $15,000 to ride for the Weinberg stable, trained by Walker. Walker has signed for three years to handle the German stable. His horses won $185,000 the past season. Wisconsin's New Captain. Madison, Wis.. Dec. 5. John Wilce of Milwaukee, unanimous choice of the critics for the fullback position on the All-Western team this year, has been elected captain of the Uni versity of Wisconsin football team for 1909. Rich Hill 20. Butler 4. Rich Hill, Mo., Dec. 5. The annual basketball game between the Butler and Ricli Hill high schools here re sulted in a victory for Rich Hill by a 20 to 4 score. Jack Henry to Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 5. Claude H. Varnell, who arrived from Wheeling today, announced that he had pur chased Jack Henry, a catcher from the Lincoln, Neb., team in the Western league. There are now five catchers on the local squad. Stovall to Captain Louisiana. Baton Rouge. La Dec. 5. R. L. Stovall of the State University eleven, champion of the south, today was elected captain for 1909. He is the lightest center rush in the southern states. GIFTS FOR SIRS. LONG WORTH. Presents for Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt From Dead Chinese Empress. Washington, Dec. 6. Mrs. Nicholas i "mgwonn, aaugnter or resident R,t .,fh Ql. v...t;e.., .,'U C 7". .7 the gift of the late empress dowager of China, to whom she paid a visit some years ago. The presentation was made by Tong Shoa Yi the special ambassador. There are also some presents for Mrs. Roosevelt while to the president are to be given several hundred vol umes of Chinese literature printed in the Chinese language and hand somely bound. Booth's Wardrobe at Auction. New York, Dec. 5. Two hundred and fifty pieces of theatrical wardrobe of Edwin Booth, the tragedian, and nearly as many pieces of furniture and bric-a-brac from his collection have been sold at auction here. The prices paid were considered small. A pair of Shyiock scales brought $25; a little Shylock bag with keys $12 and a Shy lock knife often sharpened stage fashion, on the shoe, $20. A Richard III mace, Jeweled, was bought for $18; his steel coat of mail, with buckles. $27; Brutus sword, in deerskin scab bard, $17. A Hamlet wig brought $10. Broom Corn $100 Per Ton. Woodward, Ok., Dec. 6. Farmers received $100 per ton for broom corn on the streets here today. This Is the highest price in the history of the western Oklahoma growing district. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any ease of itching, blind, bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded, aoc. A Convenient Train. For Topeka people who desire a full business day in Kansas City is th,e Union Pacific No. 102 which leaves To peka every day at 6:50 a. m., arriv ing in Kansas City at 8:35 a. m. You can get breakfast in the diner on this train and dinner, on No. 101 which leaves Kansas City at 6 p. m reaching Topeka at 7:35 p. m. Old Spavs take the measurement of Washburn eleven. GOLD WAVE HELPS Trade Has Been Stimulated Throughout the Country. Tariff Uncertainty Now theOnly Drawback Noted. EXPANSION OF OUTPUT Continues to Be a Feature of Manufacturing Industries. Only One City Shows a Loss In Bank Clearings. New York, Dec. 5. Bradstreets says: Weather conditions have been irregu lar but the arrival of a cold wave fol lowing unseasonable mild temperatures has stimulated retail trade north, west and east, and even helped business at the south at some points, though hold ing of cotton and low prices therefor have tended to check buying in the cot ton belt as a whole. Collections have shared in the irregularity in trade and there is noticeable more complaint as to these than as to business generally, more particularly in the south. Heavy wearing apparel, shoes and coal have been helped by climatic de velopments. Holiday trade, too, shows signs of expansion and comparisons with a year ago in all lines are natur ally in favor of current business. In some lines of wholesale trade there are evidences of more quiet conditions. Thus in raw wool, leather and some lines of cottons and iron and steei j there is rather less doing, party because of Jarge business recently booked, part ly because or a desire to see what the next month or so will bring forth, and also because of recent advances in many prices. Many early spring trade wants have, in fact, been filled, and there is still some conservatism as to buying ahead, more particularly as the tariff situation is still a subject of con gressional inquiry. In manufacturing there Is no evi dence of halting in the tendency tow ard expansion of output previously no ted and the preparations made or in making in this line give signs of a large trade being looked for 1909. Business failures in the United States for the week ending December 3 num ber 222 against 190 last week, 272 in the like week of 1907. 216 in 1906, 203 in 1905, and 231 In 1904. Business failures in Canada for the week number 38 against 35 last week and 26 last year. Wheat, including flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending December 3, aggregate 6,106,258 bushels against 4,936.242 last week and 6,192,241 this week last year. For the 23 weeks ending December 3, this year the exports are 100.426,054 bushels against 96,675,059 in the corres ponding period last year. Corn exports for the week are 1,806,290 bushels against 864,609 last week and 1. 180,276 in 1907. For the 23 weeks ending December 3, corn exports are 5,302,675 bushels against 21.664,247 last year. Bank Clearings. Bradstreet's bank clearings report for the week ending December 3 shows an aeKreirate of $3.519.9!S.0ii0 as Hgalnst K.54N. 943.000 last week and -474.fl61,000 In the corresponding week last year. The fol lowing: Is a list oi me ciueo. Pet. Pet. dec. Cities- Amount. inc. .ti.ni.vti.v 6S.2 New York Chicaso 2SS.313.0-? I'M Boston 7.2.w a. a Philadelphia -SS'iiS i!'f St. Louis -sii-JJS i i Pittshure 45.3o3.Oi 17.7 San Francisco 42.4fi9.nr 40.2 Kansas Citv 4-'.S11.O1p0 60. a Baltimore S5t,ws,(JiiO 7.8 C,cinnaTi Minneanolis 26, 140.0") .1 New Orleans 21.5oO.ono Cleveland 15.8'1.0"p0 3.3 Detroit 14.929.000 J7.C Iiuisville 14.61IWO 3.5 16.0 Los Anseles 33.18S.000 S0.7 Omaha 14.106.OKJ 36.8 Milwaukee 13.41S.000 3.1 Seattle 10.2i'3.noo 34.7 St Paul J2.37.OH 7.S Buffalo 9.060.000 7.6 Denver 9.7t1.0n0 4.6 Indianapolis 8.26(.W 37.4 Fort Worth 13.S11.nrt) 4K.3 Washington. D. C. 7.4?7.onO 19.3 Salt Lake City R.3?!).n"0 112 4 St. Joseph 6.79ii0 5.0 Lincoln. Neb l.2s:;.mo 17.8 Wichita 1.S75.-IOO fi0.9 TOPEKA 1.173.O"0 28.3 Oklahoma 1.44S.000 1"0.3 Houston a2-45'"' Galceston 20.718.0u0 6.2 Dr Howard Johnston who will speak to men at the Majestic, Sunday. De cember 6 at 3 p. m.. is doubtless the foremost authority In this country on the subject of "Religious I?"t.' If you do not. hear him you will miss a rare treat. 1000 25c Mantles on special sale, ea. Two fcr 25 Cents They r Extra Good With Content Coer wire BICYCLE FREE H. M. Cross Cycle Co. 810 Kansas Avenue